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Washington: Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has dropped off Bloomberg's list of the richest 40 billionaires in the world after his social networking firm’s disastrous launch on the US stockmarket. Earlier, Bloomberg's Billionaire Index had declared Zuckerberg the 29th richest person on Earth after Facebook Inc. sold 421.2 million shares valued for 38 dollars each. But now, the Facebook founder has fallen off the list entirely, The Los Angles Times reports. Zuckerberg's net worth reached a peak of 19.4 billion dollars on May 18 , the first day of the Facebook IPO, when shares of the company closed at 38.23 dollars. By Tuesday, Facebook shares had dropped to just 28.84 dollars a share, and Zuckerberg's fortune was down to 14.7 billion dollars. Bloomberg's index measures only the wealth of the top 40 richest people in the world, and as of now, Zuckerberg is 800,000 dollars behind the current No. 40 on the list, Luis Carlo...

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan at their wedding in Palo Alto, Calif. ( Allyson Magda / Associated Press / May 19 , 2012 )  By Salvador Rodriguez ...

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Bible prophesies are happening now! Prophecy of Revelation - Daniel. There are four prophesies unfolding now. On this lens are several more soon to come. Tribulation a 7 year period and begins in occurance with: (May not be in exact order) 1. Middle East Peace Treaty to be signed (Confirmation of the Covenant) 2. Prophetic Destiny of Europe 3. 666 Mark of the Beast 4. Third Temple To Be Built (Pre-Abomination) 5. Animal Sacrifices Resumed (in new Temple) 6. Antichrist Revealed (stops sacrifices) 7. Abomination of Desolation (in new Temple) Does The Great Tribulation begin in the middle of a 7 year period known as The Tribulation? Photo Credits click here. 1. Middle East Peace Agreement (Israel) Peace agreement between Israel and Palestine 1. Internationally recognized borders between Israel and the Palestinians to be established. 2. The status of the city of Je...

1. His moral characteristics are these. Isaiah 14: 14 . . He shall say in his heart, I will be like the Most High. Dan. 8: 25 . . He shall stand up against the Prince of princes. Dan. 11: 36 . . He shall exalt himself above every god. 2 Thess. 2: 4 . . He shall exalt himself " above all that is called God." 2 Thess. 2: 4 . He shall show himself that he is God. 1 John 2: 22 . . He shall deny both the Father and the Son. Rev. 13: 6 . . He shall open his mouth in blasphemy against God. Rev. 17: 3 . . He shall be full of names of blasphemy. 2. The extent of his power. Isaiah 14: 16 . . He shall make the earth to tremble, and shall shake kingdoms. Isaiah 14: 17 . . He shall make the world as a wilderness. Dan. 7: 25 . . Times and laws shall be given into his hand. Dan. 8: 9 . . He shall wax exceeding great. Dan. 8: 24 . . His power shall be mighty. . . . He shall destroy wonderfully. Dan. 11: 36 . . He shall do accord...

Current Affairs In his apocalyptic vision in the Book of Revelation, the Apostle John sees the “beast,” also called the Antichrist, rising out of the sea having seven heads and ten horns ( Revelation 13:1 ). Combining this vision with Daniel’s similar one ( Daniel 7:16-24 ), we can conclude that some sort of world system will be inaugurated by the beast, the most powerful “horn,” who will defeat the other nine and will begin to wage war against Christians. The ten-nation confederacy is also seen in Daniel’s image of the statue in Daniel 2:41-42 , where he pictures the final world government consisting of ten entities represented by the ten toes of the statue. Whoever the ten are and however they come to power, Scripture is clear that the beast will either destroy them or reduce their power to nothing more than figureheads. In the end, they will do his bidding. John goes on to describe the ruler of this vast empire as having power and great authority, given to him by Satan...

The Countries of the G8 The G8, or "Group of Eight," consists of eight large world economic powers. The G7, as the group is sometimes known, lacks Russia Canada France Germany Italy Japan Russia United Kingdom United States History of the G8 How It All Started In the wake of the economic crisis that broke out in the early seventies, the main industrialized democracies decided – at the invitation of the French Government – to hold a top-level meeting providing an opportunity for an informal exchange of views and for talks on the measures that might be adopted to handle the serious economic and financial situation. That first meeting, which was thereafter to take place every year, was held in 1975, in the Château de Rambouillet, just outside Paris. It was attended by the Heads of State and Government of the main six industrialized countries: French President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing...

The Greatest President in American History The Cafe' (Administration): Arguably we believe that Andrew Jackson is the greatest president in American history... He was the peoples president. What do you think? Andrew Jackson: Childhood and Education: Andrew Jackson was born either in North or South Carolina on March 15, 1767. His mother raised him by herself and then died of cholera when Jackson was 14. He grew against the background of the American Revolution . He lost both brothers in the war and was raised by two uncles. He received a fairly good education in his early years by private tutors. At 15, he chose to go back to school himself before becoming a lawyer in 1787. Andrew Jackson: Family Ties: Father: Andrew Jackson - Died in 1767, the year his son was born. Mother: Elizabeth Hutchinson - Helped nurse Continental soldiers and died of Cholera in 1781. Siblings: Two brothers, Hugh and Robert, who both died during the Revol...

When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers ...