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DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS-10 WORLD REGIONS/TRADE BLOCS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS-10 WORLD DIVISION WORLD GOVERNMENT) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(THE EU (EUROPEAN UNION) TAKES OVER IRAQ WHICH HAS SPLIT INTO 3-SUNNI-KURD-SHIA PARTS-AND THE REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE IS BROUGHT BACK TOGETHER-THE TWO LEGS OF DANIEL WESTERN LEG AND THE ISLAMIC LEG COMBINED AS 1)
LUKE 2:1-3
1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
Brics nations launch new development bank-Today @ 08:52-JULY 16,14-EUOBSERVER
Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - dubbed Brics nations - on Tuesday signed a deal to launch a new $100 billion development bank and emergency reserve fund, reports the BBC. With headquarters in Shanghai, the new bank is seen as a challenge to the western-dominated World Bank.
EU leaders may expand Russia sanctions-Today @ 09:12-JULY 16,14-EUOBSERVER-By Andrew Rettman
BRUSSELS - The EU has provisionally agreed to start listing Russian companies over the Ukraine crisis ahead of Wednesday’s (16 July) summit.Member states’ ambassadors at a meeting in Brussels on Tuesday clinched a deal to alter the legal basis of the EU’s Russia blacklist to enable the bloc to target Russian firms which benefit from, or which are linked to, its aggression against Ukraine.An EU diplomat familiar with the talks told EUobserver “the new [legal] criteria would move us toward stage three, something like stage 2.7. No concrete names were discussed, but it’s less about listing top people in the Kremlin, and more about Russian companies”.The EU’s so-called “stage two” sanctions have so far targeted more than 70 individuals and two ex-Ukrainian firms taken over by Russia when it annexed Crimea.The “stage three” sanctions, which have already been drafted by the European Commission, are designed to target whole sectors of the Russian economy, such as high-tech industries or banking.The EU diplomat noted that Tuesday’s accord gives leaders’ more leeway in Wednesday’s deliberations. But he added: “The summit is dynamic and unpredictable, so it’s hard to say what this might mean in practice”.A second EU source said: “The ambassadors’ discussions did not lead to any concrete plan. Everything is still up in the air for the PMs and heads of state to discuss”.The EU last week added 11 names of pro-Russia rebel chiefs to its sanctions register.But the US and Ukraine are pushing for it to go further.A Ukrainian source told this website that Kiev would like to see the EU trigger a “light” version of stage three to show Moscow that Europe will move forward on a “stage-by-stage” basis unless it stops “destabilising” Ukraine.The debate comes after Russia failed to fulfill four conditions - including freeing of hostages by rebels, and handing back control of border checkpoints - issued at the last EU summit in late June.But France, Germany, and the EU foreign service are still hoping to launch peace talks between Kiev and rebel chiefs under the stewardship of the OSCE, a European multilateral club, with EU diplomats in the Ukrainian capital holding meetings with OSCE delegates on Wednesday.For its part, the US has said it is willing to impose new sanctions unilaterally if the EU summit does not bear fruit.A State Department spokeswoman, Jen Psaki, told press in Washington on Tuesday: “We … still believe that there are more steps that the Russian separatists need to take, that the Russians can take themselves". She added: "We feel if [Russian] president Putin cares deeply about his people, about the economy in his own country, [the threat of more Western sanctions] should continue to impact his decision making”.Putin himself on Tuesday sent a telegram to incoming European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker saying that EU-Russian relations are being “seriously tested”.He also attended a summit in Fortaleza, Brazil, the same day together with the leaders of Brazil, China, India, and South Africa - the so-called Brics.The bloc launched a new Development Bank and Currency Reserve Pool with a capital of $100 billion each to counter what the group sees as the Western-controlled World Bank and International Monetary Fund.The Brics’ neutrality over Ukraine at the UN have been touted by Russia as a counter to US and EU claims that he is isolated on the world stage."Recently Russia has been exposed to a sanction attack by the US and its allies” he told Russia’s Itar-Tass news agency in an interview on Tuesday.“Together we should think about a system of measures that would help prevent the harassment of countries that do not agree with some foreign policy decisions made by the US and their allies, but would promote a civilised dialogue on all points at issue based on mutual respect".
EU summit may decide only on foreign policy chief-14.07.14 @ 09:28-EUOBSERVER-By Valentina Pop and Andrew Rettman
BRUSSELS - Leaders meeting on Wednesday (16 July) are likely to pick only the new EU foreign policy chief, with a decision on the successor to Council head Herman Van Rompuy “possibly” delayed until autumn.According to one EU source, "if a complete deal is feasible, we should go for it. Otherwise, it will be only the high representative."A second source told this website that it is "certainly a possibility" that only the foreign affairs chief is picked.Both the foreign policy head - Catherine Ashton - and the Council president - Herman Van Rompuy - have five months to go until their terms end. But in the case of the foreign affairs job, the successor also has to undergo hearings in the European Parliament and to be voted together with the rest of the new EU commissioners in October.At the core of the delay is a disagreement in the Socialist leaders' camp.France's Francois Hollande is reluctant to endorse Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt for the Van Rompuy job. Thorning-Schmidt is a centre-left politician, but close enough to the centre-right to be acceptable to the likes of Germany’s Angela Merkel or the UK’s David Cameron.The political colour of one top job will determine the other, as the centre-right and the centre left are dividing the posts evenly.If Italian foreign minister Federica Mogherini, the frontrunner, is appointed foreign policy chief the Council presidency should go to a Prime Minister from the centre-right.Ireland's Enda Kenny is one of the names being floated. Two Baltic ex-PMs - Valdis Dombrovskis of Latvia and Andrus Ansip of Estonia - are also options.A Baltic choice would mean eastern European states would get a prestigious EU role. But it might not be enough to placate opposition to Mogherini.A senior source in one of the Baltic capitals told EUobserver on Monday: “We’re not very happy about her and that’s putting it politely. She has little experience overall and no experience of the eastern neighbourhood. We find it hard to understand why she chose to go to Moscow to meet [Russian leader] Putin in her first trip of the Italian [EU] presidency”.The source added that Poland is “still pushing” for its FM Radek Sikorski, but said this might be designed to block Mogherini rather than to get him in.The source also said that Kristalina Georgieva, Bulgaria’s EU commissioner for humanitarian aid, is “a good compromise candidate” because she is a woman from the east with a technocratic rather than a political background.But an EU official familiar with the talks said he "doubts" Georgieva will land the post, while Mogherini is "likely" to get it.On the table are also the trump commissioner posts - economics, energy, digital agenda, trade. France is pushing for the economics post, while Poland would like to land energy, Britain trade and Germany telecoms.Wednesday’s EU top jobs talks will come alongside a fresh discussion on how to handle the Russia-Ukraine crisis.Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko phoned Van Rompuy on Saturday to urge him to adopt a tougher line.He told Van Rompuy that Putin is sending Russian troops and Russian “heavy military equipment” across the border, amid an escalation in fighting over the weekend.
EU in east-west divide on foreign affairs job-Today @ 08:14-JULY 16,14-EUOBSERVER-By Valentina Pop
BRUSSELS - Italian foreign affairs minister Federica Mogherini has emerged as a frontrunner for the EU foreign affairs job, but eastern member states find her too Russia-friendly and have threatened to block her appointment.Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius on Tuesday (15 July) was the first leader to go on the record against Mogherini."The Italian foreign minister's candidacy will not be supported," he told public broadcaster LRT. He added that his view is shared by Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite, who will represent his country at the EU summit in Brussels on Wednesday.The Baltic states, as well as Poland and Bulgaria, have threatened to put the decision on the foreign affairs post to a vote. But in order to get a blocking minority, they would need the support of the other eastern countries - Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Romania, and the Czech Republic.They have so far taken a more neutral stance.But Italian news agency Ansa on Tuesday reported, citing sources “close” to incoming European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker, as saying that “10 to 11” countries are now lined up aganist her appointment.Juncker himself has said he wants someone "strong and experienced" to fill the post. EU leaders have to be "in agreement" with Juncker when making the appointment.At the core of the resistance is Mogherini's friendly attitude toward Russia.Her first foreign trip under the Italian EU presidency was to Kiev and Moscow, where she met Russian leader Vladimir Putin and invited him to an EU event in Italy in October.Both she personally and the Italian government more broadly oppose tougher EU sanctions and support the construction of South Stream - a pipeline, part of which is to be built by an Italian firm, that will pump gas from Russia to south-east Europe bypassing Ukraine.Her opponents also say that she, like her predecessor in the EU post, Catherine Ashton, lacks top-level foreign policy experience and that her appointment would downgrade the importance of the EU foreign service.The 41-year old Mogherini, who became Italy’s foreign minister in February, studied political philosophy and the link between religion and politics in Islam. She entered the Italian foreign ministry in 2003, specialising in the Middle East Peace Process, Iraq, and Afghanistan.The fact that an Italian, Mario Draghi, is already installed at the helm of the European Central Bank, is another argument against her elevation.But a meeting of Socialist leaders in Paris last month, saw Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi push for her nomination despite the counter-arguments, in a bid backed by French president Francois Hollande.Socialist leaders later agreed that Hollande would present their joint position at the EU summit.
The centre-left camp also plans to push for the post of EU Council chief to go to a Socialist after Juncker, a centre-right politician, got the most senior EU post, and amid expectations that the new chairman of the Eurogroup of finance ministers will also go to a conservative - Spanish economy minister Luis de Guindos.The centre-left demands come despite the fact that Socialist Martin Schulz just got re-assigned the European Parliament president job.Centre-right leaders have said the centre-left cannot get three out of four top jobs, especially since they lost the EU elections in May.But the parliament post is split in a deal which will see a centre-right MEP take over the office after two and a half years. Meanwhile, some centre-left politicians have questioned whether the EU foreign policy post or the parliament job can be counted on an equal footing with the Council and Commission.“The question is what counts as a top post?” one EU official told this website.An alternative to Mogherini eyed by some eastern members is the RU's current humanitarian aid commissioner, Kristalina Georgieva.A respected former World Bank official loosely affiliated with the centre-right and more neutral geopolitically, Georgieva is however hampered by not having the support of her own government, Bulgaria.Some EU leaders, notably Germany's Angela Merkel and France's Hollande, would prefer to agree an overall package of all the EU jobs at the summit dinner on Wednesday evening.But the leaders’ meeting might see just the foreign service position filled if there is no general agreement.The EU foreign post is double-hatted as a European Commission vice-president. The set-up means that whoever gets it must be approved by Juncker, undergo a European Parliament hearing, and be voted in by MEPs along with the other 26 commissioners in October.But the EU Council post can wait until the incumbent, Herman Van Rompuy, steps down in November.
ISAIAH 17:1,11-14
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
11 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
12 Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations,(USELESS U.N) that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!
13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
14 And behold at evening tide trouble; and before the morning he is not.(ASSAD KILLED IN OVERNIGHT RAID) This is the portion of them that spoil us,(ISRAEL) and the lot of them that rob us.
AMOS 1:5
5 I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden:(IRAQ) and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir,(JORDAN) saith the LORD.
JEREMEIAH 49:23-27
23 Concerning Damascus.(SYRIA) Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea;(WAR SHIPS WITH NUKES COMING ON SYRIA) it cannot be quiet.
24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
27 And I will kindle a fire (NUKES OR BOMBS) in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.(ASSADS PALACES POSSIBLY IN DAMASCUS)
PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they (MUSLIMS) have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,(JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, PALESTINIANS,JORDAN) and the Hagarenes;(EGYPT)
7 Gebal,(HEZZBALLOH,LEBANON) and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA,ARABS,SINAI) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
THE WORLD AND UNITED NATIONS ARE SUCH A BUNCH OF HYPOCRITES.ASSAD WHO JUST GOT SWORN IN AS SYRIAS PRESIDENT FOR ANOTHER 7 YEARS.HAS KILL WHAT 200,000 CIVILIANS IN SYRIA AND AT LEAST 2 MILLION FLEED THE WAR GOING ON IN SYRIA FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS.WERE IS THE STUPID WORLD IN NOT FORCING ASSAD INTO A CEASE-FIRE WITH ITS MURDERING ENEMIES.BUT ISRAEL GETS FORCED INTO A CEASE-FIRE FOR KILLING 204 MURDERERS IN GAZA AND THE WORLD CRYS FOWL AGAINST ISRAEL BUT LETS HAMAS-ARABS-SHOOT SOME 1,700 ROCKETS-MISSLES INTO ISRAEL AND OH THATS ALLOWED.WE CAN NOT TALK OUT AGAINST HAMAS.THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DEFEND THEMSELVES.BUT WERE IS ISRAELS RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELD FROM THE JACK-ASS-FROG-EYED-PIG-FACED ARAB MURDERERS IS MY QUESTION.ISRAEL JUST HAS TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS AND NUKE EVERY ARAB-MUSLIM COUNTRY AROUND THEM.SO ISRAEL CAN FINALLY HAVE SOME PEACE.ISRAEL HAS TO NUKE ASSAD IN SYRIA ALSO TO STOP HIM FROM MURDERING ANYMORE SYRIAN CIVILIANS.
Syrian President Assad sworn in for 3rd term-Associated Press-By ALBERT AJI and ZEINA KARAM JULY 16,14-YahooNews
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Proclaiming the Syrian people winners in a "dirty war" waged by outsiders, President Bashar Assad was sworn in on Wednesday, marking the start of his third seven-year term in office amid a bloody civil war that has ravaged the Arab country.Looking confident and self-assured, occasionally making jokes, Assad declared victory over "terrorism" and said countries that supported the Syrian opposition "will pay a high price."The grandiose ceremony at the presidential palace in Damascus caps what has been a recent reversal of fortune on the battlefield for Assad's forces battling the rebellion against him. In the past year, the 48-year-old leader has managed to seize the momentum in the civil war, with his troops making steady advances on several fronts against outgunned rebels bogged down in infighting.Syrian state TV broadcast what it said was a live ceremony Wednesday during which Assad took the oath of office. The TV showed Assad arriving at the People's Palace in the Qassioun Mountain, the scenic plateau that overlooks the capital from the north.A band played the Syrian national anthem after which Assad was seen walking a red carpet past an honor guard into a hall packed with members of parliament and Christian and Muslim clergyman.Wearing a dark blue suit and a blue shirt and tie, Assad placed his hand on Islam's holy book, the Quran, pledging to honor the country's constitution."I swear by the Almighty God to respect the country's constitution, laws and its republican system and to look after the interests of the people and their freedoms," he said to thunderous applause from the audience.He then launched into a speech in which he praised the Syrian people for holding the vote and for "defeating the dirty war" launched on the Syrian people."They wanted it to be a revolution but you were the real rebels," he said. "They failed in trying to brainwash you, or break your will."Throughout the crisis, Assad has maintained that the conflict that has torn his nation apart was a Western-backed conspiracy executed by "terrorists" — and not a popular revolt by people inspired by the Arab Spring uprisings, seeking democracy and disenchanted with his authoritarian rule.As the conflict slid into civil war, Assad refused to step down and last month, he was re-elected in a landslide victory in a vote dismissed by the opposition and its Western allies as a sham.He won 88.7 percent of the ballots cast in the first multicandidate elections in decades. The voting didn't take place in opposition- held areas of Syria, effectively excluding millions of people from the vote.Syria's civil war, now in its fourth year, has killed more than 170,000 people and displaced one third of the country's population. Reflecting the security threat surrounding Assad, the inauguration ceremony was for the first time held at the presidential palace and not in the Syrian parliament as has been the tradition.Syrian TV announced Wednesday morning he would be sworn in at noon. His previous term in office was to expire on Thursday, and he had been widely expected to be sworn in then.Assad's wife, Asma, was also in the audience Wednesday, sitting alongside several women in the front row."Congratulations for your victory and congratulations for Syria and its people who have defied all kinds of terrorism," Assad said.He mocked Arab and regional backers of the Syrian rebels fighting to topple him. "Whoever has supported terrorist whether in the West or the Arabs will pay the price sooner or later," he said.Assad did not mention recent developments in Iraq and Syria, where militants from the so-called Islamic State group have taken over large chunks of territory, declaring it a self-styled caliphate.He vowed, however, to continue to fighting "terrorism" to liberate Syrian cities from rebels, including Aleppo and Raqqa in the northeast. Raqqa is under the full control of Islamic State fighters."We will not forget our beloved Raqqa, which we will liberate from the terrorists, God willing."___Karam reported from Beirut. Associated Press writer Bassem Mroue contributed to this report from Beirut.
FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
B.C. wildfires prompt new evacuation orders-CBC – JULY 16,14-YahooNews
Fire crews have contained a brush fire on Mount Boucherie in West Kelowna, B.C., as wildfires continue to spark evacuation orders and camp fire bans across the province.The fire ignited on Tuesday afternoon on the west slope of the mountain, which sits near the shore of Okanagan Lake in the province's popular wine-growing region.Firefighters, aided by by helicopter and planes, have now surrounded the fire with flame retardant, but it is still not under control, according to the District of West Kelowna.West Kelowna Fire Rescue and BC Forestry are asking boaters on Okanagan Lake to avoid the path of helicopters filling buckets with water, as they continue to douse the flames.It is not yet known how the fire was started. No evacuation alerts or orders are being issued at this time.In response to the high fire risk, the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen issued a temporary fire ban, beginning on Wednesday, applying to all open burning, including campfires and fireworks.Meanwhile, the Coastal Fire Centre is standing down over reports of a wildfire burning in Golden Ears Provincial Park near Maple Ridge, B.C., after they sighted no flames on a helicopter flight over the area.In the Peace River Regional District, an evacuation order has been issued for the Mount McAllister area, southwest of Hudson's Hope, as a wildfire in northeastern B.C. grows to 10,000 hectares.The wildfire, burning 100 kilometres southwest of Fort St. John and 56 kilometres west of Chetwynd, is believed to have been sparked by lightning.Just outside the Lower Mainland, the Thompson-Nicola Regional District has issued an evacuation alert for residents living near Murray Lake, due to an aggressive forest fire covering 60 hectares.The fire, which was sparked by lightning, is burning between Hope and Merritt, around 238 kilometres northeast of Vancouver.Firefighters, airtankers and helicopters have been battling the fire since it was discovered on Monday, but ground crew have now been removed due to safety concerns.Meanwhile, in B.C.'s northwest, the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako has declared a state of local emergency as a wildfire in Chelaslie Arm grows to 13,000 hectares.An evacuation order for Tetachuck Lake and Chelaslie River has also been expanded, through Uchu Reach to Intata Reach on Natalkuz Lake to the south side of Chelaslie.On Monday, BC Parks closed nearby Entiako Provincial Park and issued an evacuation order for all cabin owners and all recreational users within the park.The Chelaslie Arm wildfire, which is burning some 200 kilometres southwest of Prince George, was discovered last Tuesday and is believed to have been caused by lightning.On B.C.'s south coast, the fire risk is high to extreme and a campfire ban has been issued throughout the entire Kamloops Fire Centre, beginning on Wednesday.The Cariboo Fire Centre has expanded its campfire ban, also beginning Wednesday, to cover the entire area.The ban applies to open fires of any size, fires with a burn registration number, industrial burning, fireworks, tiki torches, sky lanterns and burning barrels.The ban does not apply to stoves or portable campfire apparatus that use gas, propane or briquettes, as long as the height of the flame is less than 15 centimetres.In the Cariboo Regional District, the Euchiniko Lakes wildfire, also believed to have been sparked by lightning, has grown to cover 2,200 hectares since it was discovered last Tuesday.As of Tuesday, 120 firefighters were trying to control the blaze, with six helicopters continuing to bucket the fire to support ground crews.A local state of emergency was declared in the district and an evacuation order issued for the Euchiniko Lakes Ranch on Sunday.Last week, three oil and gas worker camps were evacuated due to concerns over the spreading Red Deer Creek wildfire, which was estimated to cover 6,401 hectares on Tuesday.As of Tuesday, the wildfire was within 10 kilometres of the Alberta border, prompting the Municipal District of Greenview to issue an evacuation order.According to B.C.'s Wildfire Management Branch, 118 firefighters working around the clock have made great progress on the fire and are continuing to build a fireline.There were a total of 12 wildfires listed on the B.C. Wildfire Management Branch's "wildfires of note" list Tuesday evening.In the Prince George fire centre:22km Tenakihi.Euchiniko Lakes.Forres Mountain fire. Mount McAllister fire.Mugaha fire.Red Deer Creek fire.Salmon Lake fire.Valley south of Morfee Lake.In the Kamloops fire centre:Apex Mountain. Maka-Murray.In the Cariboo fire centre:Soda Creek.In the Northwest fire centre:Chelaslie Arm.Dozens of other wildfires are also burning across the province. On Sunday, 21 firefighters from Ontario arrived in Kamloops to help support B.C.'s wildfire fighting efforts.
POISONED WATERS
HOSEA 4:1-3
1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land,(EARTH) because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
ZEPHANIAH 1:2-3
2 I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.
3 I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.
EZEKIEL 32:6-9
6 I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.
7 And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.
9 I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.
REVELATION 8:8-11
8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
9 And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood:(bitter,Poisoned) and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.(poisoned)
REVELATION 16:3-7
3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.(enviromentalists won't like this result)
4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
6 For they(False World Church and Dictator) have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
Polish power plant leaks fuel, threatens river-Associated Press-JULY 16,14-YahooNews
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A malfunction at a Polish power plant on Wednesday caused a leakage of fuel, prompting emergency officials to work to make sure it doesn't contaminate the nearby Vistula River.A spokesman for the plant, Piotr Ludwiczak, said about nine tons of the fuel, an oily substance used in combustion called mazut, escaped from the plant.He said most was stopped by a protective firewall, but that some "trace" amounts entered the river. Firefighters were working to remove the fuel that did enter the Vistula.Ludwiczak says "we believe this will not harm the environment."The malfunction occurred near Kozienice, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) southeast of Warsaw.
Japanese nuclear plant deemed safe, nears restart-Associated Press-By MARI YAMAGUCHI -JULY 16,14-YahooNews
TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese nuclear plant won preliminary approval for meeting stringent post-Fukushima safety regulations Wednesday, an important step toward restarting the country's first reactors under the tighter rules applied after the 2011 disaster.The Nuclear Regulation Authority accepted a report that found the design upgrades and safety improvements at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s two reactors at the Sendai Nuclear Power Station have complied with the requirements introduced last July.The regulators deemed the plant capable of avoiding severe accidents in situations equal to what occurred at Fukushima Dai-ichi, where an earthquake and tsunami critically damaged the plant, causing reactor meltdowns that released radiation into the nearby community. All of Japan's 48 remaining reactors are offline for safety checks and repairs since the 2011 disaster.Five regulatory commissioners unanimously agreed to move to a next step, a 30-day technical public comment period beginning Thursday until Aug. 15 before a final approval.Authority chairman Shunichi Tanaka called it "a major step" and that the inspection for the Sendai plant incorporated lessons from Fukushima, particularly focusing on ways to build layers of protection in case of serious incidents in a country prone to natural disasters, including volcanic activity, earthquakes, tsunami and typhoons."Previously, safety inspections were merely design-based, but this time we focused on how to prevent severe accidents," he told a weekly commissioners' meeting, which was repeatedly disrupted with anti-nuclear protesters heckling from the floor.Multi-layer steps are mainly to protect the reactor core and its containment chamber from damage, and plans are also underway to reduce radiation leaks to a fraction of the amount released in Fukushima. The operator upgraded the equipment's seismic resistance and were to triple the tsunami seawall to 15 meters (50 feet), Tanaka said. Other risks such as terrorist attacks, airplane strikes and violent volcanic explosions also have been considered.The Sendai plant is surrounded by at least five active volcanos. Commissioner Kunihiko Shimazaki, a seismologist, said it's difficult to accurately predict eruptions but current assessment suggests a catastrophic eruption is "extremely unlikely."Though public opposition over restarts exceeds support, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government has been calling for restarts, saying a prolonged shutdown hurts Japan's economy and reversing a nuclear phase-out policy adopted by the previous government. The safety approval for the Sendai plant and its expected restart marks a big boost for the nuclear industry."I take this as a step forward," Abe told reporters. "When there is a final decision that the plant is safe, we will proceed with a plan to restart the reactors, while trying to gain understanding from local communities and the residents."It will still take a few more months to get the No. 1 and No. 2 reactors at Sendai Nuclear Power Station online, officials said. The operator has to clear final steps such as on-site checks, followed by obtaining local government consent, before the two reactors resume operations. Two reactors in western Japan had been briefly reactivated to avoid summertime power crunch but have been since switched off pending safety checks.Opponents say the approval is premature, because some of the key safety measures including filtered vents to reduce radiation leaks can wait for two years and communities still lack adequate evacuation plans. They say regulators are too optimistic to assume a massive volcanic eruption is unlikely, and they worry if adequate protection is considered in case of contaminated water leaks as in Fukushima.Many Japanese nuclear reactors years ago had been built fairly close to densely populated areas based under loose safety standards and evacuation requirements. Recent simulations and drills in some communities showed it would take more than two days for all residents to evacuate out of the zone."Japan is a volcanic island. Volcanoes are considered a weak point for Japan," said Terukatsu Yoshida, who was among dozens of protesters who opposed the Sendai plant's restart outside the authority's building in Tokyo.The Sendai plant is 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) southwest of Tokyo and on the southern tip of Japan's Kyushu island. Regulators in March placed the plant, which operates two of 19 reactors nationwide that are undergoing safety checks, on a fast-track for safety approval, largely because the operator was quick to raise the bar on tsunami and earthquake safety.Regulators will now shift to screening the remaining 17 reactors that applied for inspection.
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.
Typhoon kills 10 in Philippines but eases before heading for China-Reuters-By Rosemarie Francisco and Manuel Mogato -JULY 16,14-YahooNews
MANILA (Reuters) - A typhoon killed at least 10 people as it churned across the Philippines and shut down the capital, cutting power and prompting the evacuation of more than 400,000 residents, rescue officials said.The eye of Typhoon Rammasun, the strongest storm to hit the country this year, passed south of Manila after cutting a path across the main island of Luzon, toppling trees and power lines and causing electrocutions and widespread blackouts.By Wednesday evening, the storm was easing in the capital and markets and public offices were due to reopen on Thursday. Some schools were to remain closed.Manila Electric Company said 76 percent of the area it serves was without power, compared with 86 percent earlier in the day."Our weather is improving as the typhoon is moving further away," Rene Paciente of the weather bureau said, adding storm alerts in various part of the country were lifted or lowered.The number of evacuated residents had reached 409,000, Wilma Cabrera, the Social Welfare Assistant Secretary, told Reuters.Many of those forced from their homes were in the eastern province of Albay, the first to be hit by the typhoon, the disaster agency said. They were taken to schools, gymnasiums and town halls for shelter.
Officials said 460,000 had been affected by the storm.
Major roads across Luzon were blocked by debris, fallen trees, electricity poles and tin roofs ripped off village houses. The storm uprooted trees in the capital, where palm trees lining major arteries were bent over by the wind as broken hoardings bounced down the streets.Public Works and Highways Secretary Rogelio Singson and Admiral Alexander Pama, the executive director of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, surveyed the typhoon-affected areas by helicopter."I am happily surprised because of the minimal casualties and damage," Singson said, adding the typhoon had passed through the most populated area of the country, with about 17 million people living in its path.Singson and Pama said the government was more prepared after the devastation caused by Super Typhoon Haiyan in November, evacuating people at risk in coastal and landslide-prone areas well before the typhoon made landfall.Parts of the Philippines are still recovering from Haiyan, one of the biggest cyclones known to have made landfall anywhere. It killed more than 6,100 in the central provinces, many in tsunami-like sea surges, and left millions homeless.Tropical Storm Risk, which monitors cyclones, downgraded Rammasun to a category-one storm on a scale of one to five as it headed northwest into the South China Sea. Haiyan was category five. A category-one storm has maximum sustained winds of 95 mph (153 kph) But it predicted Rammasun would gain in strength to category-three within a couple of days, picking up energy from the warm sea as it heads for the Chinese island of Hainan.
TACLOBAN HIT AGAIN
The storm brought sea surges to Manila Bay and prompted disaster officials to evacuate slum-dwellers on the capital's outskirts.Rhea Catada, who works for Oxfam in Tacloban, which suffered the brunt of Haiyan, said thousands of people in tents and coastal villages had been moved to higher ground."They are scared because their experiences during Haiyan last year are still fresh," she said. "Now they are evacuating voluntarily and leaving behind their belongings."Social Welfare Secretary Dinky Soliman said 5,335 families, or nearly 27,000 people, had been affected in Tacloban. Some had returned to the Astrodome, where thousands sought shelter and dozens drowned during storm surges in the November disaster.A woman of 25 was killed when she was hit by a falling electricity pole as Rammasun hit the east coast on Tuesday, the disaster agency said. A pregnant woman was killed when a house wall collapsed in Lucena City south of Manila.Nearly 400 flights were grounded during a four-hour closure of Manila airport. Two airliners suffered minor damage when gusts blew them into nearby obstacles, airport officials said.Train services in the capital were suspended because of the lack of power. Ferry services were suspended, including to the holiday island of Boracay where 300 tourists were stranded.(Additional reporting by Karen Lema and Erik dela Cruz; Writing by Nick Macfie; Editing by Ron Popeski)
EARTHQUAKES
ISAIAH 42:15
15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places,(DIFFERNT PLACES AT THE SAME TIME) and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
1 Day, Magnitude 2.5+ Worldwide
26 earthquakes - DownloadUpdated: 2014-07-16 11:40:40 UTC-04:00Showing event times using Local System Time (UTC-04:00)26 earthquakes in map area
3.1 104km ENE of Cape Yakataga, Alaska 2014-07-16 09:10:01 UTC-04:00 0.5 km
4.8 88km W of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea 2014-07-16 07:11:16 UTC-04:00 10.0 km
5.3 88km SSW of Vaini, Tonga 2014-07-16 06:58:27 UTC-04:00 23.8 km
4.2 15km NNE of Borazjan, Iran 2014-07-16 05:40:15 UTC-04:00 10.0 km
2.5 7km ESE of Medford, Oklahoma 2014-07-16 05:18:06 UTC-04:00 4.2 km
3.0 21km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska 2014-07-16 04:33:19 UTC-04:00 95.0 km
2.7 2km SW of Coamo, Puerto Rico 2014-07-16 03:23:41 UTC-04:00 7.0 km
2.9 50km N of Loiza, Puerto Rico 2014-07-16 01:35:29 UTC-04:00 46.0 km
3.1 79km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico 2014-07-16 00:53:58 UTC-04:00 19.0 km
5.1 112km SSW of Isangel, Vanuatu 2014-07-16 00:24:08 UTC-04:00 9.3 km
4.0 110km SSE of Qiemo, China 2014-07-16 00:06:36 UTC-04:00 14.3 km
2.5 7km N of Luther, Oklahoma 2014-07-15 22:54:17 UTC-04:00 5.9 km
4.3 167km NE of Ndoi Island, Fiji 2014-07-15 22:48:13 UTC-04:00 520.4 km
4.4 270km SE of Lambasa, Fiji 2014-07-15 22:24:28 UTC-04:00 584.7 km
4.3 58km WSW of Corinto, Nicaragua 2014-07-15 22:08:57 UTC-04:00 51.5 km
4.6 232km WSW of Wrigley, Canada 2014-07-15 20:28:54 UTC-04:00 14.0 km
4.5 227km WSW of Wrigley, Canada 2014-07-15 20:20:08 UTC-04:00 15.7 km
4.2 104km NE of Atka, Alaska 2014-07-15 19:13:52 UTC-04:00 195.0 km
2.7 48km ENE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2014-07-15 18:40:20 UTC-04:00 14.0 km
2.9 11km NW of Challis, Idaho 2014-07-15 18:29:03 UTC-04:00 5.3 km
5.0 84km E of Nikolski, Alaska 2014-07-15 18:13:20 UTC-04:00 49.6 km
2.5 Quarry Blast 30km NNE of Tulelake, California 2014-07-15 17:44:01 UTC-04:00 0.0 km
3.3 10km ESE of Gilroy, California 2014-07-15 17:10:09 UTC-04:00 4.3 km
3.2 10km ESE of Gilroy, California 2014-07-15 17:09:34 UTC-04:00 5.1 km
2.6 73km SW of Homer, Alaska 2014-07-15 14:52:30 UTC-04:00 84.0 km
5.6 93km W of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea 2014-07-15 12:39:00 UTC-04:00 1.9 km
DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS-10 WORLD REGIONS/TRADE BLOCS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS-10 WORLD DIVISION WORLD GOVERNMENT) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(THE EU (EUROPEAN UNION) TAKES OVER IRAQ WHICH HAS SPLIT INTO 3-SUNNI-KURD-SHIA PARTS-AND THE REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE IS BROUGHT BACK TOGETHER-THE TWO LEGS OF DANIEL WESTERN LEG AND THE ISLAMIC LEG COMBINED AS 1)
LUKE 2:1-3
1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
Brics nations launch new development bank-Today @ 08:52-JULY 16,14-EUOBSERVER
Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - dubbed Brics nations - on Tuesday signed a deal to launch a new $100 billion development bank and emergency reserve fund, reports the BBC. With headquarters in Shanghai, the new bank is seen as a challenge to the western-dominated World Bank.
EU leaders may expand Russia sanctions-Today @ 09:12-JULY 16,14-EUOBSERVER-By Andrew Rettman
BRUSSELS - The EU has provisionally agreed to start listing Russian companies over the Ukraine crisis ahead of Wednesday’s (16 July) summit.Member states’ ambassadors at a meeting in Brussels on Tuesday clinched a deal to alter the legal basis of the EU’s Russia blacklist to enable the bloc to target Russian firms which benefit from, or which are linked to, its aggression against Ukraine.An EU diplomat familiar with the talks told EUobserver “the new [legal] criteria would move us toward stage three, something like stage 2.7. No concrete names were discussed, but it’s less about listing top people in the Kremlin, and more about Russian companies”.The EU’s so-called “stage two” sanctions have so far targeted more than 70 individuals and two ex-Ukrainian firms taken over by Russia when it annexed Crimea.The “stage three” sanctions, which have already been drafted by the European Commission, are designed to target whole sectors of the Russian economy, such as high-tech industries or banking.The EU diplomat noted that Tuesday’s accord gives leaders’ more leeway in Wednesday’s deliberations. But he added: “The summit is dynamic and unpredictable, so it’s hard to say what this might mean in practice”.A second EU source said: “The ambassadors’ discussions did not lead to any concrete plan. Everything is still up in the air for the PMs and heads of state to discuss”.The EU last week added 11 names of pro-Russia rebel chiefs to its sanctions register.But the US and Ukraine are pushing for it to go further.A Ukrainian source told this website that Kiev would like to see the EU trigger a “light” version of stage three to show Moscow that Europe will move forward on a “stage-by-stage” basis unless it stops “destabilising” Ukraine.The debate comes after Russia failed to fulfill four conditions - including freeing of hostages by rebels, and handing back control of border checkpoints - issued at the last EU summit in late June.But France, Germany, and the EU foreign service are still hoping to launch peace talks between Kiev and rebel chiefs under the stewardship of the OSCE, a European multilateral club, with EU diplomats in the Ukrainian capital holding meetings with OSCE delegates on Wednesday.For its part, the US has said it is willing to impose new sanctions unilaterally if the EU summit does not bear fruit.A State Department spokeswoman, Jen Psaki, told press in Washington on Tuesday: “We … still believe that there are more steps that the Russian separatists need to take, that the Russians can take themselves". She added: "We feel if [Russian] president Putin cares deeply about his people, about the economy in his own country, [the threat of more Western sanctions] should continue to impact his decision making”.Putin himself on Tuesday sent a telegram to incoming European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker saying that EU-Russian relations are being “seriously tested”.He also attended a summit in Fortaleza, Brazil, the same day together with the leaders of Brazil, China, India, and South Africa - the so-called Brics.The bloc launched a new Development Bank and Currency Reserve Pool with a capital of $100 billion each to counter what the group sees as the Western-controlled World Bank and International Monetary Fund.The Brics’ neutrality over Ukraine at the UN have been touted by Russia as a counter to US and EU claims that he is isolated on the world stage."Recently Russia has been exposed to a sanction attack by the US and its allies” he told Russia’s Itar-Tass news agency in an interview on Tuesday.“Together we should think about a system of measures that would help prevent the harassment of countries that do not agree with some foreign policy decisions made by the US and their allies, but would promote a civilised dialogue on all points at issue based on mutual respect".
EU summit may decide only on foreign policy chief-14.07.14 @ 09:28-EUOBSERVER-By Valentina Pop and Andrew Rettman
BRUSSELS - Leaders meeting on Wednesday (16 July) are likely to pick only the new EU foreign policy chief, with a decision on the successor to Council head Herman Van Rompuy “possibly” delayed until autumn.According to one EU source, "if a complete deal is feasible, we should go for it. Otherwise, it will be only the high representative."A second source told this website that it is "certainly a possibility" that only the foreign affairs chief is picked.Both the foreign policy head - Catherine Ashton - and the Council president - Herman Van Rompuy - have five months to go until their terms end. But in the case of the foreign affairs job, the successor also has to undergo hearings in the European Parliament and to be voted together with the rest of the new EU commissioners in October.At the core of the delay is a disagreement in the Socialist leaders' camp.France's Francois Hollande is reluctant to endorse Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt for the Van Rompuy job. Thorning-Schmidt is a centre-left politician, but close enough to the centre-right to be acceptable to the likes of Germany’s Angela Merkel or the UK’s David Cameron.The political colour of one top job will determine the other, as the centre-right and the centre left are dividing the posts evenly.If Italian foreign minister Federica Mogherini, the frontrunner, is appointed foreign policy chief the Council presidency should go to a Prime Minister from the centre-right.Ireland's Enda Kenny is one of the names being floated. Two Baltic ex-PMs - Valdis Dombrovskis of Latvia and Andrus Ansip of Estonia - are also options.A Baltic choice would mean eastern European states would get a prestigious EU role. But it might not be enough to placate opposition to Mogherini.A senior source in one of the Baltic capitals told EUobserver on Monday: “We’re not very happy about her and that’s putting it politely. She has little experience overall and no experience of the eastern neighbourhood. We find it hard to understand why she chose to go to Moscow to meet [Russian leader] Putin in her first trip of the Italian [EU] presidency”.The source added that Poland is “still pushing” for its FM Radek Sikorski, but said this might be designed to block Mogherini rather than to get him in.The source also said that Kristalina Georgieva, Bulgaria’s EU commissioner for humanitarian aid, is “a good compromise candidate” because she is a woman from the east with a technocratic rather than a political background.But an EU official familiar with the talks said he "doubts" Georgieva will land the post, while Mogherini is "likely" to get it.On the table are also the trump commissioner posts - economics, energy, digital agenda, trade. France is pushing for the economics post, while Poland would like to land energy, Britain trade and Germany telecoms.Wednesday’s EU top jobs talks will come alongside a fresh discussion on how to handle the Russia-Ukraine crisis.Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko phoned Van Rompuy on Saturday to urge him to adopt a tougher line.He told Van Rompuy that Putin is sending Russian troops and Russian “heavy military equipment” across the border, amid an escalation in fighting over the weekend.
EU in east-west divide on foreign affairs job-Today @ 08:14-JULY 16,14-EUOBSERVER-By Valentina Pop
BRUSSELS - Italian foreign affairs minister Federica Mogherini has emerged as a frontrunner for the EU foreign affairs job, but eastern member states find her too Russia-friendly and have threatened to block her appointment.Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius on Tuesday (15 July) was the first leader to go on the record against Mogherini."The Italian foreign minister's candidacy will not be supported," he told public broadcaster LRT. He added that his view is shared by Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite, who will represent his country at the EU summit in Brussels on Wednesday.The Baltic states, as well as Poland and Bulgaria, have threatened to put the decision on the foreign affairs post to a vote. But in order to get a blocking minority, they would need the support of the other eastern countries - Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Romania, and the Czech Republic.They have so far taken a more neutral stance.But Italian news agency Ansa on Tuesday reported, citing sources “close” to incoming European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker, as saying that “10 to 11” countries are now lined up aganist her appointment.Juncker himself has said he wants someone "strong and experienced" to fill the post. EU leaders have to be "in agreement" with Juncker when making the appointment.At the core of the resistance is Mogherini's friendly attitude toward Russia.Her first foreign trip under the Italian EU presidency was to Kiev and Moscow, where she met Russian leader Vladimir Putin and invited him to an EU event in Italy in October.Both she personally and the Italian government more broadly oppose tougher EU sanctions and support the construction of South Stream - a pipeline, part of which is to be built by an Italian firm, that will pump gas from Russia to south-east Europe bypassing Ukraine.Her opponents also say that she, like her predecessor in the EU post, Catherine Ashton, lacks top-level foreign policy experience and that her appointment would downgrade the importance of the EU foreign service.The 41-year old Mogherini, who became Italy’s foreign minister in February, studied political philosophy and the link between religion and politics in Islam. She entered the Italian foreign ministry in 2003, specialising in the Middle East Peace Process, Iraq, and Afghanistan.The fact that an Italian, Mario Draghi, is already installed at the helm of the European Central Bank, is another argument against her elevation.But a meeting of Socialist leaders in Paris last month, saw Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi push for her nomination despite the counter-arguments, in a bid backed by French president Francois Hollande.Socialist leaders later agreed that Hollande would present their joint position at the EU summit.
The centre-left camp also plans to push for the post of EU Council chief to go to a Socialist after Juncker, a centre-right politician, got the most senior EU post, and amid expectations that the new chairman of the Eurogroup of finance ministers will also go to a conservative - Spanish economy minister Luis de Guindos.The centre-left demands come despite the fact that Socialist Martin Schulz just got re-assigned the European Parliament president job.Centre-right leaders have said the centre-left cannot get three out of four top jobs, especially since they lost the EU elections in May.But the parliament post is split in a deal which will see a centre-right MEP take over the office after two and a half years. Meanwhile, some centre-left politicians have questioned whether the EU foreign policy post or the parliament job can be counted on an equal footing with the Council and Commission.“The question is what counts as a top post?” one EU official told this website.An alternative to Mogherini eyed by some eastern members is the RU's current humanitarian aid commissioner, Kristalina Georgieva.A respected former World Bank official loosely affiliated with the centre-right and more neutral geopolitically, Georgieva is however hampered by not having the support of her own government, Bulgaria.Some EU leaders, notably Germany's Angela Merkel and France's Hollande, would prefer to agree an overall package of all the EU jobs at the summit dinner on Wednesday evening.But the leaders’ meeting might see just the foreign service position filled if there is no general agreement.The EU foreign post is double-hatted as a European Commission vice-president. The set-up means that whoever gets it must be approved by Juncker, undergo a European Parliament hearing, and be voted in by MEPs along with the other 26 commissioners in October.But the EU Council post can wait until the incumbent, Herman Van Rompuy, steps down in November.
ISAIAH 17:1,11-14
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
11 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
12 Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations,(USELESS U.N) that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!
13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
14 And behold at evening tide trouble; and before the morning he is not.(ASSAD KILLED IN OVERNIGHT RAID) This is the portion of them that spoil us,(ISRAEL) and the lot of them that rob us.
AMOS 1:5
5 I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden:(IRAQ) and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir,(JORDAN) saith the LORD.
JEREMEIAH 49:23-27
23 Concerning Damascus.(SYRIA) Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea;(WAR SHIPS WITH NUKES COMING ON SYRIA) it cannot be quiet.
24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
27 And I will kindle a fire (NUKES OR BOMBS) in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.(ASSADS PALACES POSSIBLY IN DAMASCUS)
PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they (MUSLIMS) have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,(JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, PALESTINIANS,JORDAN) and the Hagarenes;(EGYPT)
7 Gebal,(HEZZBALLOH,LEBANON) and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA,ARABS,SINAI) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
THE WORLD AND UNITED NATIONS ARE SUCH A BUNCH OF HYPOCRITES.ASSAD WHO JUST GOT SWORN IN AS SYRIAS PRESIDENT FOR ANOTHER 7 YEARS.HAS KILL WHAT 200,000 CIVILIANS IN SYRIA AND AT LEAST 2 MILLION FLEED THE WAR GOING ON IN SYRIA FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS.WERE IS THE STUPID WORLD IN NOT FORCING ASSAD INTO A CEASE-FIRE WITH ITS MURDERING ENEMIES.BUT ISRAEL GETS FORCED INTO A CEASE-FIRE FOR KILLING 204 MURDERERS IN GAZA AND THE WORLD CRYS FOWL AGAINST ISRAEL BUT LETS HAMAS-ARABS-SHOOT SOME 1,700 ROCKETS-MISSLES INTO ISRAEL AND OH THATS ALLOWED.WE CAN NOT TALK OUT AGAINST HAMAS.THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DEFEND THEMSELVES.BUT WERE IS ISRAELS RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELD FROM THE JACK-ASS-FROG-EYED-PIG-FACED ARAB MURDERERS IS MY QUESTION.ISRAEL JUST HAS TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS AND NUKE EVERY ARAB-MUSLIM COUNTRY AROUND THEM.SO ISRAEL CAN FINALLY HAVE SOME PEACE.ISRAEL HAS TO NUKE ASSAD IN SYRIA ALSO TO STOP HIM FROM MURDERING ANYMORE SYRIAN CIVILIANS.
Syrian President Assad sworn in for 3rd term-Associated Press-By ALBERT AJI and ZEINA KARAM JULY 16,14-YahooNews
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Proclaiming the Syrian people winners in a "dirty war" waged by outsiders, President Bashar Assad was sworn in on Wednesday, marking the start of his third seven-year term in office amid a bloody civil war that has ravaged the Arab country.Looking confident and self-assured, occasionally making jokes, Assad declared victory over "terrorism" and said countries that supported the Syrian opposition "will pay a high price."The grandiose ceremony at the presidential palace in Damascus caps what has been a recent reversal of fortune on the battlefield for Assad's forces battling the rebellion against him. In the past year, the 48-year-old leader has managed to seize the momentum in the civil war, with his troops making steady advances on several fronts against outgunned rebels bogged down in infighting.Syrian state TV broadcast what it said was a live ceremony Wednesday during which Assad took the oath of office. The TV showed Assad arriving at the People's Palace in the Qassioun Mountain, the scenic plateau that overlooks the capital from the north.A band played the Syrian national anthem after which Assad was seen walking a red carpet past an honor guard into a hall packed with members of parliament and Christian and Muslim clergyman.Wearing a dark blue suit and a blue shirt and tie, Assad placed his hand on Islam's holy book, the Quran, pledging to honor the country's constitution."I swear by the Almighty God to respect the country's constitution, laws and its republican system and to look after the interests of the people and their freedoms," he said to thunderous applause from the audience.He then launched into a speech in which he praised the Syrian people for holding the vote and for "defeating the dirty war" launched on the Syrian people."They wanted it to be a revolution but you were the real rebels," he said. "They failed in trying to brainwash you, or break your will."Throughout the crisis, Assad has maintained that the conflict that has torn his nation apart was a Western-backed conspiracy executed by "terrorists" — and not a popular revolt by people inspired by the Arab Spring uprisings, seeking democracy and disenchanted with his authoritarian rule.As the conflict slid into civil war, Assad refused to step down and last month, he was re-elected in a landslide victory in a vote dismissed by the opposition and its Western allies as a sham.He won 88.7 percent of the ballots cast in the first multicandidate elections in decades. The voting didn't take place in opposition- held areas of Syria, effectively excluding millions of people from the vote.Syria's civil war, now in its fourth year, has killed more than 170,000 people and displaced one third of the country's population. Reflecting the security threat surrounding Assad, the inauguration ceremony was for the first time held at the presidential palace and not in the Syrian parliament as has been the tradition.Syrian TV announced Wednesday morning he would be sworn in at noon. His previous term in office was to expire on Thursday, and he had been widely expected to be sworn in then.Assad's wife, Asma, was also in the audience Wednesday, sitting alongside several women in the front row."Congratulations for your victory and congratulations for Syria and its people who have defied all kinds of terrorism," Assad said.He mocked Arab and regional backers of the Syrian rebels fighting to topple him. "Whoever has supported terrorist whether in the West or the Arabs will pay the price sooner or later," he said.Assad did not mention recent developments in Iraq and Syria, where militants from the so-called Islamic State group have taken over large chunks of territory, declaring it a self-styled caliphate.He vowed, however, to continue to fighting "terrorism" to liberate Syrian cities from rebels, including Aleppo and Raqqa in the northeast. Raqqa is under the full control of Islamic State fighters."We will not forget our beloved Raqqa, which we will liberate from the terrorists, God willing."___Karam reported from Beirut. Associated Press writer Bassem Mroue contributed to this report from Beirut.
FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
B.C. wildfires prompt new evacuation orders-CBC – JULY 16,14-YahooNews
Fire crews have contained a brush fire on Mount Boucherie in West Kelowna, B.C., as wildfires continue to spark evacuation orders and camp fire bans across the province.The fire ignited on Tuesday afternoon on the west slope of the mountain, which sits near the shore of Okanagan Lake in the province's popular wine-growing region.Firefighters, aided by by helicopter and planes, have now surrounded the fire with flame retardant, but it is still not under control, according to the District of West Kelowna.West Kelowna Fire Rescue and BC Forestry are asking boaters on Okanagan Lake to avoid the path of helicopters filling buckets with water, as they continue to douse the flames.It is not yet known how the fire was started. No evacuation alerts or orders are being issued at this time.In response to the high fire risk, the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen issued a temporary fire ban, beginning on Wednesday, applying to all open burning, including campfires and fireworks.Meanwhile, the Coastal Fire Centre is standing down over reports of a wildfire burning in Golden Ears Provincial Park near Maple Ridge, B.C., after they sighted no flames on a helicopter flight over the area.In the Peace River Regional District, an evacuation order has been issued for the Mount McAllister area, southwest of Hudson's Hope, as a wildfire in northeastern B.C. grows to 10,000 hectares.The wildfire, burning 100 kilometres southwest of Fort St. John and 56 kilometres west of Chetwynd, is believed to have been sparked by lightning.Just outside the Lower Mainland, the Thompson-Nicola Regional District has issued an evacuation alert for residents living near Murray Lake, due to an aggressive forest fire covering 60 hectares.The fire, which was sparked by lightning, is burning between Hope and Merritt, around 238 kilometres northeast of Vancouver.Firefighters, airtankers and helicopters have been battling the fire since it was discovered on Monday, but ground crew have now been removed due to safety concerns.Meanwhile, in B.C.'s northwest, the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako has declared a state of local emergency as a wildfire in Chelaslie Arm grows to 13,000 hectares.An evacuation order for Tetachuck Lake and Chelaslie River has also been expanded, through Uchu Reach to Intata Reach on Natalkuz Lake to the south side of Chelaslie.On Monday, BC Parks closed nearby Entiako Provincial Park and issued an evacuation order for all cabin owners and all recreational users within the park.The Chelaslie Arm wildfire, which is burning some 200 kilometres southwest of Prince George, was discovered last Tuesday and is believed to have been caused by lightning.On B.C.'s south coast, the fire risk is high to extreme and a campfire ban has been issued throughout the entire Kamloops Fire Centre, beginning on Wednesday.The Cariboo Fire Centre has expanded its campfire ban, also beginning Wednesday, to cover the entire area.The ban applies to open fires of any size, fires with a burn registration number, industrial burning, fireworks, tiki torches, sky lanterns and burning barrels.The ban does not apply to stoves or portable campfire apparatus that use gas, propane or briquettes, as long as the height of the flame is less than 15 centimetres.In the Cariboo Regional District, the Euchiniko Lakes wildfire, also believed to have been sparked by lightning, has grown to cover 2,200 hectares since it was discovered last Tuesday.As of Tuesday, 120 firefighters were trying to control the blaze, with six helicopters continuing to bucket the fire to support ground crews.A local state of emergency was declared in the district and an evacuation order issued for the Euchiniko Lakes Ranch on Sunday.Last week, three oil and gas worker camps were evacuated due to concerns over the spreading Red Deer Creek wildfire, which was estimated to cover 6,401 hectares on Tuesday.As of Tuesday, the wildfire was within 10 kilometres of the Alberta border, prompting the Municipal District of Greenview to issue an evacuation order.According to B.C.'s Wildfire Management Branch, 118 firefighters working around the clock have made great progress on the fire and are continuing to build a fireline.There were a total of 12 wildfires listed on the B.C. Wildfire Management Branch's "wildfires of note" list Tuesday evening.In the Prince George fire centre:22km Tenakihi.Euchiniko Lakes.Forres Mountain fire. Mount McAllister fire.Mugaha fire.Red Deer Creek fire.Salmon Lake fire.Valley south of Morfee Lake.In the Kamloops fire centre:Apex Mountain. Maka-Murray.In the Cariboo fire centre:Soda Creek.In the Northwest fire centre:Chelaslie Arm.Dozens of other wildfires are also burning across the province. On Sunday, 21 firefighters from Ontario arrived in Kamloops to help support B.C.'s wildfire fighting efforts.
POISONED WATERS
HOSEA 4:1-3
1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land,(EARTH) because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
ZEPHANIAH 1:2-3
2 I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.
3 I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.
EZEKIEL 32:6-9
6 I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.
7 And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.
9 I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.
REVELATION 8:8-11
8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
9 And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood:(bitter,Poisoned) and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.(poisoned)
REVELATION 16:3-7
3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.(enviromentalists won't like this result)
4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
6 For they(False World Church and Dictator) have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
Polish power plant leaks fuel, threatens river-Associated Press-JULY 16,14-YahooNews
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A malfunction at a Polish power plant on Wednesday caused a leakage of fuel, prompting emergency officials to work to make sure it doesn't contaminate the nearby Vistula River.A spokesman for the plant, Piotr Ludwiczak, said about nine tons of the fuel, an oily substance used in combustion called mazut, escaped from the plant.He said most was stopped by a protective firewall, but that some "trace" amounts entered the river. Firefighters were working to remove the fuel that did enter the Vistula.Ludwiczak says "we believe this will not harm the environment."The malfunction occurred near Kozienice, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) southeast of Warsaw.
Japanese nuclear plant deemed safe, nears restart-Associated Press-By MARI YAMAGUCHI -JULY 16,14-YahooNews
TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese nuclear plant won preliminary approval for meeting stringent post-Fukushima safety regulations Wednesday, an important step toward restarting the country's first reactors under the tighter rules applied after the 2011 disaster.The Nuclear Regulation Authority accepted a report that found the design upgrades and safety improvements at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s two reactors at the Sendai Nuclear Power Station have complied with the requirements introduced last July.The regulators deemed the plant capable of avoiding severe accidents in situations equal to what occurred at Fukushima Dai-ichi, where an earthquake and tsunami critically damaged the plant, causing reactor meltdowns that released radiation into the nearby community. All of Japan's 48 remaining reactors are offline for safety checks and repairs since the 2011 disaster.Five regulatory commissioners unanimously agreed to move to a next step, a 30-day technical public comment period beginning Thursday until Aug. 15 before a final approval.Authority chairman Shunichi Tanaka called it "a major step" and that the inspection for the Sendai plant incorporated lessons from Fukushima, particularly focusing on ways to build layers of protection in case of serious incidents in a country prone to natural disasters, including volcanic activity, earthquakes, tsunami and typhoons."Previously, safety inspections were merely design-based, but this time we focused on how to prevent severe accidents," he told a weekly commissioners' meeting, which was repeatedly disrupted with anti-nuclear protesters heckling from the floor.Multi-layer steps are mainly to protect the reactor core and its containment chamber from damage, and plans are also underway to reduce radiation leaks to a fraction of the amount released in Fukushima. The operator upgraded the equipment's seismic resistance and were to triple the tsunami seawall to 15 meters (50 feet), Tanaka said. Other risks such as terrorist attacks, airplane strikes and violent volcanic explosions also have been considered.The Sendai plant is surrounded by at least five active volcanos. Commissioner Kunihiko Shimazaki, a seismologist, said it's difficult to accurately predict eruptions but current assessment suggests a catastrophic eruption is "extremely unlikely."Though public opposition over restarts exceeds support, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government has been calling for restarts, saying a prolonged shutdown hurts Japan's economy and reversing a nuclear phase-out policy adopted by the previous government. The safety approval for the Sendai plant and its expected restart marks a big boost for the nuclear industry."I take this as a step forward," Abe told reporters. "When there is a final decision that the plant is safe, we will proceed with a plan to restart the reactors, while trying to gain understanding from local communities and the residents."It will still take a few more months to get the No. 1 and No. 2 reactors at Sendai Nuclear Power Station online, officials said. The operator has to clear final steps such as on-site checks, followed by obtaining local government consent, before the two reactors resume operations. Two reactors in western Japan had been briefly reactivated to avoid summertime power crunch but have been since switched off pending safety checks.Opponents say the approval is premature, because some of the key safety measures including filtered vents to reduce radiation leaks can wait for two years and communities still lack adequate evacuation plans. They say regulators are too optimistic to assume a massive volcanic eruption is unlikely, and they worry if adequate protection is considered in case of contaminated water leaks as in Fukushima.Many Japanese nuclear reactors years ago had been built fairly close to densely populated areas based under loose safety standards and evacuation requirements. Recent simulations and drills in some communities showed it would take more than two days for all residents to evacuate out of the zone."Japan is a volcanic island. Volcanoes are considered a weak point for Japan," said Terukatsu Yoshida, who was among dozens of protesters who opposed the Sendai plant's restart outside the authority's building in Tokyo.The Sendai plant is 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) southwest of Tokyo and on the southern tip of Japan's Kyushu island. Regulators in March placed the plant, which operates two of 19 reactors nationwide that are undergoing safety checks, on a fast-track for safety approval, largely because the operator was quick to raise the bar on tsunami and earthquake safety.Regulators will now shift to screening the remaining 17 reactors that applied for inspection.
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.
Typhoon kills 10 in Philippines but eases before heading for China-Reuters-By Rosemarie Francisco and Manuel Mogato -JULY 16,14-YahooNews
MANILA (Reuters) - A typhoon killed at least 10 people as it churned across the Philippines and shut down the capital, cutting power and prompting the evacuation of more than 400,000 residents, rescue officials said.The eye of Typhoon Rammasun, the strongest storm to hit the country this year, passed south of Manila after cutting a path across the main island of Luzon, toppling trees and power lines and causing electrocutions and widespread blackouts.By Wednesday evening, the storm was easing in the capital and markets and public offices were due to reopen on Thursday. Some schools were to remain closed.Manila Electric Company said 76 percent of the area it serves was without power, compared with 86 percent earlier in the day."Our weather is improving as the typhoon is moving further away," Rene Paciente of the weather bureau said, adding storm alerts in various part of the country were lifted or lowered.The number of evacuated residents had reached 409,000, Wilma Cabrera, the Social Welfare Assistant Secretary, told Reuters.Many of those forced from their homes were in the eastern province of Albay, the first to be hit by the typhoon, the disaster agency said. They were taken to schools, gymnasiums and town halls for shelter.
Officials said 460,000 had been affected by the storm.
Major roads across Luzon were blocked by debris, fallen trees, electricity poles and tin roofs ripped off village houses. The storm uprooted trees in the capital, where palm trees lining major arteries were bent over by the wind as broken hoardings bounced down the streets.Public Works and Highways Secretary Rogelio Singson and Admiral Alexander Pama, the executive director of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, surveyed the typhoon-affected areas by helicopter."I am happily surprised because of the minimal casualties and damage," Singson said, adding the typhoon had passed through the most populated area of the country, with about 17 million people living in its path.Singson and Pama said the government was more prepared after the devastation caused by Super Typhoon Haiyan in November, evacuating people at risk in coastal and landslide-prone areas well before the typhoon made landfall.Parts of the Philippines are still recovering from Haiyan, one of the biggest cyclones known to have made landfall anywhere. It killed more than 6,100 in the central provinces, many in tsunami-like sea surges, and left millions homeless.Tropical Storm Risk, which monitors cyclones, downgraded Rammasun to a category-one storm on a scale of one to five as it headed northwest into the South China Sea. Haiyan was category five. A category-one storm has maximum sustained winds of 95 mph (153 kph) But it predicted Rammasun would gain in strength to category-three within a couple of days, picking up energy from the warm sea as it heads for the Chinese island of Hainan.
TACLOBAN HIT AGAIN
The storm brought sea surges to Manila Bay and prompted disaster officials to evacuate slum-dwellers on the capital's outskirts.Rhea Catada, who works for Oxfam in Tacloban, which suffered the brunt of Haiyan, said thousands of people in tents and coastal villages had been moved to higher ground."They are scared because their experiences during Haiyan last year are still fresh," she said. "Now they are evacuating voluntarily and leaving behind their belongings."Social Welfare Secretary Dinky Soliman said 5,335 families, or nearly 27,000 people, had been affected in Tacloban. Some had returned to the Astrodome, where thousands sought shelter and dozens drowned during storm surges in the November disaster.A woman of 25 was killed when she was hit by a falling electricity pole as Rammasun hit the east coast on Tuesday, the disaster agency said. A pregnant woman was killed when a house wall collapsed in Lucena City south of Manila.Nearly 400 flights were grounded during a four-hour closure of Manila airport. Two airliners suffered minor damage when gusts blew them into nearby obstacles, airport officials said.Train services in the capital were suspended because of the lack of power. Ferry services were suspended, including to the holiday island of Boracay where 300 tourists were stranded.(Additional reporting by Karen Lema and Erik dela Cruz; Writing by Nick Macfie; Editing by Ron Popeski)
EARTHQUAKES
ISAIAH 42:15
15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places,(DIFFERNT PLACES AT THE SAME TIME) and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
1 Day, Magnitude 2.5+ Worldwide
26 earthquakes - DownloadUpdated: 2014-07-16 11:40:40 UTC-04:00Showing event times using Local System Time (UTC-04:00)26 earthquakes in map area
3.1 104km ENE of Cape Yakataga, Alaska 2014-07-16 09:10:01 UTC-04:00 0.5 km
4.8 88km W of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea 2014-07-16 07:11:16 UTC-04:00 10.0 km
5.3 88km SSW of Vaini, Tonga 2014-07-16 06:58:27 UTC-04:00 23.8 km
4.2 15km NNE of Borazjan, Iran 2014-07-16 05:40:15 UTC-04:00 10.0 km
2.5 7km ESE of Medford, Oklahoma 2014-07-16 05:18:06 UTC-04:00 4.2 km
3.0 21km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska 2014-07-16 04:33:19 UTC-04:00 95.0 km
2.7 2km SW of Coamo, Puerto Rico 2014-07-16 03:23:41 UTC-04:00 7.0 km
2.9 50km N of Loiza, Puerto Rico 2014-07-16 01:35:29 UTC-04:00 46.0 km
3.1 79km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico 2014-07-16 00:53:58 UTC-04:00 19.0 km
5.1 112km SSW of Isangel, Vanuatu 2014-07-16 00:24:08 UTC-04:00 9.3 km
4.0 110km SSE of Qiemo, China 2014-07-16 00:06:36 UTC-04:00 14.3 km
2.5 7km N of Luther, Oklahoma 2014-07-15 22:54:17 UTC-04:00 5.9 km
4.3 167km NE of Ndoi Island, Fiji 2014-07-15 22:48:13 UTC-04:00 520.4 km
4.4 270km SE of Lambasa, Fiji 2014-07-15 22:24:28 UTC-04:00 584.7 km
4.3 58km WSW of Corinto, Nicaragua 2014-07-15 22:08:57 UTC-04:00 51.5 km
4.6 232km WSW of Wrigley, Canada 2014-07-15 20:28:54 UTC-04:00 14.0 km
4.5 227km WSW of Wrigley, Canada 2014-07-15 20:20:08 UTC-04:00 15.7 km
4.2 104km NE of Atka, Alaska 2014-07-15 19:13:52 UTC-04:00 195.0 km
2.7 48km ENE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2014-07-15 18:40:20 UTC-04:00 14.0 km
2.9 11km NW of Challis, Idaho 2014-07-15 18:29:03 UTC-04:00 5.3 km
5.0 84km E of Nikolski, Alaska 2014-07-15 18:13:20 UTC-04:00 49.6 km
2.5 Quarry Blast 30km NNE of Tulelake, California 2014-07-15 17:44:01 UTC-04:00 0.0 km
3.3 10km ESE of Gilroy, California 2014-07-15 17:10:09 UTC-04:00 4.3 km
3.2 10km ESE of Gilroy, California 2014-07-15 17:09:34 UTC-04:00 5.1 km
2.6 73km SW of Homer, Alaska 2014-07-15 14:52:30 UTC-04:00 84.0 km
5.6 93km W of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea 2014-07-15 12:39:00 UTC-04:00 1.9 km
