Google Doodle Today: 160th Anniversary of the First World's Fair

Edition: 160th Anniversary of the First World's Fair

Date: 01.05.2011

Source: Google Global

Google hari ini menampilkan logo eksklusif secara global dalam rangka memperingati 160 tahun digelarnya pertama kali acara "world"s fair" yang dilangsungkan tanggal 1 mei 1851 di london.

yang menarik dari google doodle kali ini adalah animasi berbentuk kaca pembesar saat mouse kita arahkan ke gambar logo google tersebut dan menampilkan zoom gambar secara detail.

penasaran? segera meluncur ke situs google sekarang...

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An Update on My Ezekiel 38 and Ezekiel 39 Study

I have not written anything about the topic of Ezekiel 38 and Ezekiel 39 since my article about the key issues to consider when analyzing Ezekiel 38 and Ezekiel 39 a few weeks ago. However, I have spent most of my time studying Ezekiel 38 and Ezekiel 39 these past few weeks. Today I want to provide an update on where this study stands.

These past few weeks I have compiled over 20 pages full of Bible prophecy verses that may relate to Ezekiel 38 and Ezekiel 39 or may help explain the timing of the events described in Ezekiel 38 and Ezekiel 39. The Bible is full of details and clues to help increase our understanding of these two chapters, but the challenge is to locate these helpful verses and to figure out how to put these verses/puzzle pieces together. It’s not an easy task…

After studying Ezekiel 38 and Ezekiel 39 in-depth for the past few weeks I’ve concluded that these are the two most challenging chapters in the entire Bible to get a good grasp on.

• I’ve come up with multiple scenarios that could potentially explain the events described in these chapters, but each time I have found Bible verses that undermine the scenarios I have devised.

• I have also read numerous articles by different writers about what events these chapters describe. Like with my own scenarios, I’ve been able to find Bible verses that undermine these writers’ scenarios.

However, I’m currently considering a possible way to understand Ezekiel 38 and Ezekiel 39 that looks promising. I am currently considering a way to understand Ezekiel 38 and Ezekiel 39 that I have been unable to disprove yet after a couple of days of reviewing it and that is different than the main ways most people view these two chapters today. Unfortunately, I cannot say more than that at this moment because I am not 100% sure if it is the correct way to understand Ezekiel 38 and Ezekiel 39 yet…

After studying Ezekiel 38 and Ezekiel 39 for the past few weeks, I now believe one of the main keys to understanding the timing of many events described in Ezekiel 38 and understanding Ezekiel 38’s relationship with Ezekiel 39 is to understand the context that the main invasion described in Ezekiel 38 takes place. Ezekiel 38:8-12 describes the conditions that exist in Israel at a time when Gog invades (each important detail is highlighted).

• Eze 38:8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
• Eze 38:9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
• Eze 38:10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
• Eze 38:11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
• Eze 38:12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.

The key to understanding the context of the main invasion described in Ezekiel 38 is to come up with an understanding of when the conditions/details described in Ezekiel 38:8-12 will exist in Israel and an understanding of who will be responsible for creating the conditions that exists in Israel when Gog’s invasion transpires. Every explanation concerning the events described in Ezekiel 38 and Ezekiel 39 must be able to account for the details described in Ezekiel 38:8-12 in a manner that is biblically possible.

I plan to spend this weekend further studying this “promising” way to view Ezekiel 38 and Ezekiel 39 and seeing whether this new way to view these two chapters can help to bring new light to the prophecies concerning Egypt and Libya. If things work out, I could begin to publish in-depth articles about Ezekiel 38 and Ezekiel 39 as early as next week.

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My Thoughts on the Latest Pew Findings on Egyptian Public Opinion

Update: The Muslim Brotherhood seems to have found a way to circumvent the Egyptian constitution and have formed a new political party affiliated with it. They will contest up to half of Egypt's parliamentary seats in the upcoming election. Link

A couple of days ago the Pew Research Center released a survey about Egyptian’s views of ongoing events. The Pew Research Center has asked Egyptians about their views for the past several years, but this year’s results have a lot more relevance/significance because Egypt is expected to have a democratic election in the next few months.

• The potential arrival of democracy in Egypt brings new importance to Egyptian public opinion. Under Mubarak, Egyptian public opinion was relatively unimportant because Mubarak ruled as an autocrat. Under some semblance of democracy, Egyptian political figures are likely going to need to strongly consider Egyptian public opinion when proposing policies and formulating policy decisions since it will be the Egyptian public who decides their political fate (as long as democracy is intact).

Today I want to share some of my thoughts about Pew Research Center’s recent findings concerning Egyptians’ views of the U.S., Egypt’s peace treaty with Israel, and the Muslim Brotherhood.

One concern I have after reviewing the Pew survey is that Egypt appears to be a country that has potential to become a significant U.S. adversary in the future.

• Pew found that 79% of Egyptians have an unfavorable opinion of the U.S. The fact that a vast majority of Egyptians view the U.S. negatively is a strong indicator that a potentially democratically-elected government will have a negative stance towards the U.S. In addition, Pew found that 43% of Egyptians prefer that Egypt distance itself from the U.S. on a bilateral basis.

• If Egyptian political figures are responsive to Egyptian public opinion it will be in their strategic interest to adopt an anti-U.S. position since the vast majority of the Egyptian public views the U.S. negatively. The adoption of an anti-U.S. position by Egyptian political figures could eventually lead to an adversarial relationship between Egypt and the U.S as Egyptian political figures make policy decisions that the U.S. dislikes to credibly show the Egyptian public that they are serious about their anti-U.S. position.

The current military leadership of Egypt favors maintaining Egypt’s peace treaty with Israel. However, there are real questions about whether a democratically-elected government would seek to maintain the treaty as well. Pew’s findings give me more reason to be concerned about whether Egypt’s peace treaty with Israel will survive in the future:

• Pew found that 54% of Egyptians believe that Egypt should cancel its peace treaty with Israel while only 36% of Egyptians believe that Egypt should maintain its peace treaty with Israel. If Egyptian political figures listen to public opinion regarding this issue the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty is in serious jeopardy.

Some new readers may be unfamiliar with why I believe we should be concerned about the fate of Egypt’s peace treaty with Israel. Therefore, I’ll again post why I believe the cancellation of a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel (and/or Jordan and Israel) could have significant Bible prophecy implications:

By cancelling a peace treaty, Egypt and/or Jordan would no longer be constrained by the agreements they made with Israel in the past and vice versa. (Perhaps it is a war involving Israel versus these countries and others that necessitates the need for the "covenant with many" mentioned in Daniel 9:27 and Isaiah 28:15-19)

The cancellation of one or both peace treaties would also make it much more difficult for peace negotiators to reach an all-encompassing Middle East peace deal because negotiators would have to get Egypt and/or Jordan to agree to a new peace deal with Israel (in addition to getting other parties in the region to agree to peace with Israel). An increase in the difficulty to reach an all-encompassing Middle East peace deal would increase the likelihood that Antichrist will be initially hailed as a “hero” by most people for accomplishing what seemed to be impossible when an all-encompassing Middle East peace deal is finally reached.

I know a lot of people are concerned about the prospect for the Muslim Brotherhood to take power at some point in Egypt. The results of the Pew’s survey suggest that the Muslim Brotherhood would have as good of opportunity as any other group to win significant representation in a new Egyptian government if they are allowed to have candidates in the upcoming Egyptian election (which they aren’t with the ban on religious parties forming political parties still in place).

• Pew found that there is no clear consensus about who should lead the next government of Egypt. However, the Muslim Brotherhood ranked second among Egyptians at 17%; trailing the top-ranked New Wafd Party by only a few percentage points.

Even if the Muslim Brotherhood is unable to gain a significant role in the upcoming, new Egyptian government, there is still a lot of potential for the Muslim Brotherhood to gain a significant role in the future.

• Pew found that 62% of Egyptians want the laws of Egypt to strictly follow the Koran while 27% of Egyptians prefer that the laws of Egypt follow the values and principles of Islam. The Muslim Brotherhood’s desire to impose Sharia law in Egypt will make them a compelling choice for the vast majority of Egyptians who would like to see a significant amount of congruence between the laws of Egypt and what is found in the Koran when they are able to field candidates.

• The Muslim Brotherhood’s potential to gain a significant role in Egypt politics in the future is also bolstered by the finding that 75% of Egyptians have a somewhat favorable or very favorite opinion on the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. The extremely high level of popularity gives the Muslim Brotherhood a much better opportunity to galvanize voters to think positively of them than a no-name political party when they are allowed to have candidates.

The ban on religious parties forming political parties may not last for an extended period of time if Egyptian public opinion plays a significant role in determining the outcome of this issue. Pew found that half of Egyptians view the lifting of the ban as an issue “very important” to them…

After reviewing the Pew Research Center's findings I would not be surprised if Egypt eventually becomes a much more difficult country for the U.S. and Israel to deal with in the future. I expect Egyptians’ negative views towards the U.S. and general dislike for their peace treaty with Israel to eventually move Egyptian political figures to adopt positions which are more anti-U.S. and more anti-Israel than what we see now from Egypt's current military rulers. If/when the Muslim Brotherhood enters the picture I think the likelihood of Egypt becoming a difficult country for the U.S. and Israel to deal with will rise even more…

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Iran vs Saudi Arabia: The Battle to Shape the Middle East is Underway

An interesting phenomenon is currently transpiring in the Mideast as the Mideast is undergoing a significant metamorphosis. There is an ongoing battle between Saudi Arabia and Iran to shape the Middle East as the region undergoes a lot of drastic political change. The battle is currently being waged across several Mideast hot spots.

Today I highlight some of the significant hotspots where Iran and Saudi Arabia are vying to control.

As regimes across the Middle East change or destabilize there are opportunities for Saudi Arabia and for Iran-two adversaries-to gain new allies at the expense of the other and opportunities for each country to reshape the region more to their liking. Therefore, it is imperative for each country to take an interest in what is happening in the countries which are experiencing the most instability.

The following Middle East hot spots are not only hot spots because there was/is internal political instability but also since there are external attempts to influence what future role these countries will play in the region.

Bahrain: Iran wants Bahrain’s majority, Shia population to overthrow the current Sunni monarchy and install a Shia-controlled government in Bahrain. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia wants to maintain the status quo in Bahrain.

• Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have sent troops to Bahrain to help increase the Sunni monarchy’s security against the predominantly Shia protesters.

• Iran: U.S intelligence has found that Iran and Iranian-backed Hezbollah are communicating with Bahraini opposition groups. In addition, Bahrain has accused Iranian-backed Hezbollah of working directly with Bahraini opposition groups on tactics which can be used to undermine the monarchy.

Egypt: Iran wants to work with Egypt to see whether it can become a new ally. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia seeks to prevent Egypt and Iran from establishing a diplomatic relationship.

• Saudi Arabia: Several Gulf countries (likely including Saudi Arabia since they are a member of a group of Gulf countries which voiced its concern about the prospect for growing ties between Iran and Egypt) have offered financial incentives to the current military rulers of Egypt as part of an effort to persuade them to not seek closer diplomatic ties with Iran.

• Iran: Iran is reportedly working to reestablish diplomatic ties with Egypt after 30 years of virtually no diplomatic contact. There were reports that Iran had appointed an ambassador to Cairo, but Egypt denied the report. However, both Iran and Egypt have recently expressed an interest in renewing diplomatic ties soon.

Yemen: Iran is seeking to meddle in Yemenis affairs so it can increase its standing and the Yemenis Shia’s standing in the country. Meanwhile, the Saudis and others are trying to avoid a situation where Yemen, a Saudi ally, descends into a chaotic civil war.

• Iran: The Wall Street Journal cites U.S. officials who believe that Iran has worked with Shia hardliners in Yemen to further destabilize the country.

• Saudi Arabia: The Saudis and other Gulf countries are attempting to maintain some semblance of political stability in Yemen by brokering a deal/compromise between the President of Yemen and the opposition that wants him gone as soon as possible.

Syria: Iran is attempting to keep the Assad regime, who is a key ally of Iran, in power. It’s not so clear whether Saudi Arabia wants regime change in Syria, but it can be argued that Iran’s loss could eventually become Saudi Arabia’s gain.

• Iran: It is believed that Iran is providing the Assad regime with assistance to help them keep down the anti-regime protests. Iran’s assistance reportedly includes providing the Assad regime with equipment, advice, and knowledge it learned from containing the 2009 Iranian uprising.

• Saudi Arabia: Iran has accused Saudi Arabia and other Saudis allies of stirring up unrest in Syria (however, I have not yet found any evidence that this has actually taken place...).

The next several weeks and months will be important in determining how the power structure of the Middle East changes. There is potential for Iran to become a bigger player in the Middle East by expanding its influence in countries like Bahrain. However, there is also potential for Iran to make no significant gains in the Middle East if its opponents manage to contain its efforts to expand its influence in the region. Therefore, it will be important to monitor what happens throughout the region…

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Yotomo: Release New Regional Badges (Jakarta - Bali - Jogja - Bandung & Surabaya)

layanan baru social check-in dari indonesia "yotomo" kembali malam ini membuat gebrakan dengan terbitnya badge-badge spesifik tiap-tiap kota, dan bagi pengguna gowalla mungkin ingat dengan pin-pin yang ada di wilayah amrik yang dapat diunlock di kota-kota tetentu.

setelah launching 16 april lalu saat foursquare day, "yotomo" sudah menerbitkan badge-badge spesial event dan badge tematik sebanyak 9 buah dan beberapa badge masih aktif. (liat cara unlock di sini). sedangkan untuk badge-badge spesifik kota baru 5 buah untuk kota-kota besar "jakarta - jogja - bandung - surabaya dan bali" menyusul kota-kota lain di indonesia.

badge spesifik kota ini tak terbatas waktu unlock-nya jadi saat bebergian ke kota-kota yang menyediakan badge tersebut bisa sekalian check-in plus unlock badge pada saat check-in keempat.

untuk unlock badge spesifik kota tersebut adalah dengan cara check-in menggunakan aplikasi "yotomo" (sementara baru di perangkat blackberry) di kota yang memiliki badge tersebut sebanyak 4 lokasi dan di share ke layanan foursquare (kalo udah link ke twitter atau fesbuk sekalian dishare ajah). buat yang belum instal aplikasi "yotomo for blackberry" bisa unduh di sini.

selain badge, layanan "yotomo" juga menyediakan venue-venue specials yang menawarkan promo tertentu di beberapa venue partner, silahkan liat list-nya di aplikasi yotomo for blackberry atau di versi web halaman "ongoing specials on yotomo". dan bagi pengguna bisnis yang tertarik join juga bisa ikutan di sini.

bagaimana dengan jumlah pengguna "yotomo" yang mulai meningkat dari hari kehari di berbagai kota? saat postingan ini ditulis sudah ada 1393 pengguna dengan total check-in sebanyak 7385 dengan total pengguna unlock 9 badges yang udah available sejak launching "yotomo" sebanyak 3874 kali.

liat juga cara menggunakan layanan "yotomo" plus cara unlock ke-9 badge pertamanya di sini. terlebih dahulu buat akun "yotomo" di http://yotomo.com

berikut ke 5 badge spesifik kota layanan "yotomo":

Nama: Bali
The island of God
This one needs no further introduction. It is just beautiful.


Cara mendapatkan: Check-in 4 kali di Bali

Nama: Jakarta

Love your home town

Welcome to the capital city of Indonesia. Show your local identity with Yotomo.

Cara mendapatkan: Check-in 4 kali di Jakarta

Nama: Bandung

Paris van Java

Welcome to the capital city of West Jave. Show your local identity with Yotomo.

Cara mendapatkan: Check-in 4 kali di Bandung

Nama: Yogyakarta

Cara mendapatkan: Check-in 4 kali di Yogyakarta

Nama: Surabaya

Cara mendapatkan: Check-in 4 kali di Surabaya