Prophecy Signs for January 9, 2015

 

“Do not keep silent, O God! Do not hold Your peace, And do not be still, O God! ² For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; And those who hate You have lifted up their head. ³ They have taken crafty counsel against Your people, And consulted together against Your sheltered ones. ⁴ They have said, “Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.” (Psalm 83)

Egypt

Headline:   Doubling buffer, Cairo to raze 1,220 more Gazan homes

The Egyptian Army is doubling the size of a buffer zone along the border with the Gaza Strip, an operation that will involve the destruction of 1,220 more homes and the eviction of residents, military officials said Thursday. The operation will expand the existing 500-meter buffer zone in the north of the Sinai Peninsula. The buffer was created last November to a full kilometer, a move meant to halt the passage of weapons and militants through cross-border smuggling tunnels but which also puts more pressure on the Palestinian militant Hamas group, which rules the coastal area. The expansion of the buffer zone is expected to be completed by the middle of next week, said the officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to media. They added that the army plans to compensate the evicted families.
Jan. 9, 2015

http://www.arabnews.com/middle-east/news/686786

  
Syria Iraq ISIS- the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (the Levant) ISIS=ISIL=IS=Daash

Iraq                              Syria                          Kurdistan

Syria Headline:   Nusra Front attempts to capture two Shi’ite villages in north Syria

Syria Headline:   Syrian opposition kills 60 soldiers in northern Aleppo

Syria’s Al-Qaida-affiliated Nusra Front and other Sunni Muslim militants fought during the night to capture two Shi’ite villages in the country’s north but were repelled, activists on both sides of the war and a monitoring group said on Friday. The insurgents were briefly able to control streets in the southern part of Zahra and buildings in the nearby village of Nubl, north of Aleppo city, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The militants, who used tanks, were pushed back from both areas by the National Defense Force, a grouping of loyalist militias under the umbrella of the army, it said. Pro-government activists published photos on social media that they said showed the bodies of Nusra Front fighters in a ditch near the villages. Reuters could not confirm the authenticity of the photos. The clashes were not reported on the state news agency SANA and the Ministry of Information was not immediately available for comment on Friday
Jan. 9, 2015

http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/middle-east-updates/1.636177

http://www.aa.com.tr/en/rss/447744–syrian-opposition-kills-60-soldiers-in-northern-aleppo

Syria Headline:   Syria Situation Report Dec. 30-Jan. 6, 2015

http://iswsyria.blogspot.com/2015/01/syria-update-december-30-2014-january-6.html

Syria Headline:  Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

https://www.facebook.com/syriahroe 

http://syriahr.com/en/category/news/

Iraq Headline:   Islamic State attacks checkpoints in Iraq’s Samarra

Islamic State militants have attacked Iraqi security forces in the central city of Samarra, killing two people and injuring 28 others, officials say. They reportedly carried out five suicide bomb attacks on checkpoints along a motorway west of Samarra. The bombings were followed by mortar attacks on the city itself. IS surrounded Samarra, a predominantly Sunni city that is home to one of Shia Islam’s holiest sites, after launching an offensive in northern Iraq in June. The latest assault on Samarra by IS militants, who regard Shia as heretics who should be killed, began before sunrise on Thursday. Two policemen and a civilian were killed when pick-up trucks carrying water tanks filled with explosives were driven towards the checkpoints and blown up. It is not clear how many of them reached their targets, but they were followed by mortar attacks on the city and an assault by gunmen. After several hours of battling the security forces, the gunmen are reported to have retreated under fire from Iraqi warplanes.
Jan. 8, 2015

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-30725552 

Iraq Headline:    ISW Iraq Situation Report Jan. 4-7, 2015

http://iswiraq.blogspot.com/2015/01/iraq-situation-report-january-4-7-2015.html 

Iraq Headline:    ISW Control of Terrain in Iraq: Jan. 7, 2015

http://iswiraq.blogspot.com/2015/01/control-of-terrain-in-iraq-january-7.html

Kurdish Headline:  Peshmerga Receives Armored Vehicles From US Army

The Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga has confirmed reports that they have received a number of mine-resistant, armor-protected (MRAP) vehicles to use in their fight against Islamic State militants. Lieutenant General Jamal Muhammad told BasNews that the new vehicles would be used in newly liberated areas in northern Iraq, to protect the Peshmerga from IEDs that the extremist group has planted. “The new vehicles we given to the Iraqi interior ministry and they have sent some on to our forces”, said Lieutenant General Muhammad. Last week the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad announced they have donated 250 mine-resistant, armor-protected (MRAP) vehicles to the Iraqi army and Kurdish Peshmerga to bolster both forces’ fight against Islamic State. The U.S. government said that it will also deliver six M1 Abrams tanks and 50 armored Humvees (a four-wheel drive military automobile) over the next two months. The delivery of additional military equipment is part of a deal which also includes six months of U.S.-provided maintenance for the MRAP vehicles and other weapons.
Jan. 8, 2015

http://basnews.com/en/news/2015/01/08/peshmerga-receives-armored-vehicles-from-us-army/

Headline:   Charlie Hebdo suspects killed and several hostages freed in French police raids

Headline:    Jihadists Urge Muslims to Support Charlie Hebdo Gunmen, Distract Investigators

Headline:   ISIS preacher: Paris attack was revenge, more to come

Headline:    UK: Qaeda in Syria planning mass attacks on West

French police killed three gunmen who rampaged in and out of the French capital this week, ending a three-day spree of violence that shocked the nation. Police launched simultaneous assaults Friday on gunmen who held hostages at two locations on the outskirts of Paris, and appeared to operate as a network. As the multifront battle climaxed, police killed Said and Chérif Kouachi—the two gunmen suspected of Wednesday’s attack on French magazine Charlie Hebdo. A hostage held by the brothers in the building north of Paris was rescued alive in the police raid, according to police officers familiar with the matter. At Porte de Vincennes, on the eastern edge of Paris, police also raided a kosher grocery store where another gunman, Amedy Coulibaly, had taken several people hostage. Mr. Coulibaly, who police believe was connected to the Kouachi brothers, was killed in the assault. French television showed images of hostages running out of the grocery. It wasn’t immediately clear if any hostage had been harmed in the raid. The drama began in the early hours of Friday when police say the Kouachi brothers exchanged fire with police near Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport, before taking a hostage in a print shop.
Jan. 9, 2015

http://www.wsj.com/articles/charlie-hebdo-suspects-take-hostage-after-shots-fired-1420793234

https://news.siteintelgroup.com/Jihadist-News/jihadists-urge-muslims-to-support-charlie-hebdo-gunmen-distract-investigators.html

http://rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/090120151

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/world/2015/01/09/UK-Qaeda-in-Syria-planning-mass-attacks-on-West-.html

Listed below are the nations which will attack Israel from Ezekiel chapter 38 and their modern day names (see chart above). 

Gog is the leader of the Russian invasion of Israel.

Magog, Meshech, and Tubal comprise modern day Russia.

Persia is Iran, parts of northern Iraq, and Afghanistan.

Cush is Ethiopia and Sudan.

Put is Libya and will most likely include Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco.

Gomer is Eastern Germany.

Beth Togarmah is Turkey and Armenia. 

Afghanistan

Headline:    Suicide bombers attack Afghan police academy

Taliban fighters have launched a coordinated attack on a police academy in the eastern city of Khost, using suicide bombers and gunmen, according to reports. At least three huge explosions were reported at Khost’s police academy on Wednesday, as three Taliban fighters tried to storm the compound. Al Jazeera’s Jennifer Glasse, reporting from Kabul, said one of the attackers detonated his explosives at the gates of the academy, while two others engaged in battles with security forces before detonating their devices. Our correspondent said there were five other reported injuries, involving three civilians and two policemen. Taliban spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, claimed responsibility for the attack.
Jan. 7, 2015

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2015/01/suicide-bombers-attack-afghan-police-academy-20151772043828389.html 

Libya

Headline:    Libya’s Hafter procures fighter-jets to counter Qatar’s Libyan Dawn

Headline:   Islamic State group in Libya reportedly executes two Tunisian journalists

Libya has procured Soviet-origin fighter-jets. Arab diplomatic sources said the Libyan Air Force has acquired four Sukhoi Su-27 fighter-jets from unidentified suppliers. They said the warplanes arrived in Libya in late December 2014 for the military commanded by Maj. Gen. Khalifa Hafter. “These are new aircraft purchased through third parties,” a source said. The sources said Hafter would deploy the new warplanes to sustain attacks on the Qatari-backed Libyan Dawn, in control of Tripoli since the summer of 2014. They said the Libyan Air Force has been exhausted and was meeting increasing difficulty in operating its 1970s-era aircraft. Until the latest shipment, the air force operates around eight Su-24 aircraft. The entire air force was said to contain some 30 aircraft, including MiG-21 and -23 as well as L-39 trainers.
Jan. 8, 2015

http://www.worldtribune.com/2015/01/08/libyas-hafter-procures-fighter-jets-counter-qatars-libyan-dawn/

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2015/01/08/Islamic-State-group-in-Libya-reportedly-executes-two-Tunisian-journalists/1401420749153/?spt=sec&or=tn

Tunisia

Headline:    Tunis Demo in Solidarity with Journalists ‘Killed by IS’

Around 300 people demonstrated in central Tunis Friday in solidarity with two journalists the Libyan branch of the Islamic State (IS) group claims it has executed. “We are all Sofiene, we are all Nadhir,” read placards held by the demonstrators, many of them young journalists, in reference to Sofiene Chourabi and Nadhir Ktari. On Thursday, the IS branch in Libya issued a statement saying the pair, who went missing there in early September, had been executed because they had “sowed corruption in the land.” But echoing official statements, the head of the National Syndicate of Tunisian Journalists, Neji Bghouri, said the “news has still not been confirmed” and called on the government to uncover the truth. “We chose to be journalists, and we know it is difficult. We have chosen freedom and we will carry on,” he said. Sami Ktari, father of one of the two, called on the authorities to “take the matter seriously.”
Jan. 9, 2015

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/162326-tunis-demo-in-solidarity-with-journalists-killed-by-is

Algeria

Headline:   Protests Hit Southern Algeria Over Shale Gas Exploitation

Protests in Algeria’s remote and sparsely populated south over efforts to exploit the country’s vast shale gas reserves spread to the regional capital Tuesday, the state news agency reported. Algeria has the third-largest estimated shale gas reserves in the world, after China and Argentina. With the country’s once-rich oil and natural gas reserves declining, Algeria authorized the exploitation of shale gas in May. Falling oil prices over the last six months have also hurt government revenues. The oil ministry announced initial success at a desert site near the oasis of In Salah, 600 miles (1,000 kilometers) south of Algiers, but over the weekend residents there began protesting, fearing the environmental impact of the drilling. The local governor, based in the city of Tamanrasset, was unable to calm their fears after a visit Monday and protesters demanded to see the prime minister. The demonstrations spread Tuesday to Tamanrasset, where 2,000 people protested in front of city hall, urging that the project be halted and carrying banners reading “Do not endanger our environment and groundwater.” Police monitored the protests, with helicopters flying overhead.
Jan. 6, 2015

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/protests-hit-southern-algeria-shale-gas-exploitation-28024284

Turkey

Headline:   US says concerned about Turkey’s contacts with Hamas leader

The United States has expressed concerns about the relationship between Hamas and Turkey with senior Turkish officials. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a daily press briefing on Thursday that Washington’s position on Hamas has not changed and classified the Palestinian group as a “designated foreign terrorist organization that continues to engage in terrorist activity.” Turkey rejects this classification and considers Hamas to be a rulers of Gaza who are resisting the Israeli occupation and encroachment. Psaki’s remarks came after she was asked about recent statement by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, who said Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal is welcome to Turkey whenever he wants. The Israeli government said on Tuesday that Qatar had decided to expel Mashaal to Turkey. Hamas officials in both Qatar and Gaza dismissed the claims.
Jan. 9, 2015

http://www.todayszaman.com/national_us-says-concerned-about-turkeys-contacts-with-hamas-leader_369278.html

Armenia

Headline:    Armenia violates ceasefire with Azerbaijan over 60 times in a day

Over the past 24 hours, Armenian armed forces 61 times violated ceasefire on various parts of the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said Jan. 9. Armenia’s armed forces, stationed in the village of Dovekh of Armenia’s Noyemberyan district, opened fire on Azerbaijani armed forces’ positions located in the village of Kemerli of Gazakh district. Armenians also opened fire from their positions in the village of Aygepar of Armenia’s Berd district at the Azerbaijani military positions in the village of Alibeyli of Tovuz district. Azerbaijani military also came under fire from positions near the Chilebort village of Terter district, Yusifjanli, Marzili, Novruzlu, Javahirli, Shikhlar, Shuraabad, Sarijali, Kangarli villages of Agdam district, Kuropatkino village of Khojavand district, Horadiz, Garakhanbeily, Ashagi Seyidahmadli villages of Fizuli district and Mehdili village of Jabrail district. Armenians were also firing from positions on the nameless heights of the Goranboy, Khojavand and Jabrail districts. The opposing side was silenced with return fire.
Jan. 9, 2015

http://en.cihan.com.tr/news/Armenia-violates-ceasefire-with-Azerbaijan-over-60-times-in-a-day_4180-CHMTY0NDE4MC80

Luke 21:9 and Matthew 24:7 speak of nation against nation and kingdom against kingdom in the end times. Revelation 6:3-4 speaks of the fiery red horse given power to make men slay one another and Revelation 6:8 speaks again of this red horse in conjunction with the pale horse of Death and Hades, as the one that has the power to kill by sword.  Luke 21:9: wars & commotions; the Greek word here is Akatastasia, meaning instability, a state of disorder, disturbance, confusion (revolutions)   Matthew 24:7: the Greek word for nation is Ethnos & refers to various ethnic groups fighting among themselves, where the next sentence in the verse refers to kingdoms (basileiva) fighting one another (not to be confused with an actual kingdom but rather the right or authority to rule over a kingdom)

Headline: Nigeria’s Baga town hit by new assault

Bodies lay strewn on the streets of a key north-eastern Nigerian town following an assault by militant Islamists, officials have told the BBC. The Boko Haram group attacked Baga town on Wednesday, after over-running a military base there on Saturday, they said. Almost the entire town had been torched and the militants were now raiding nearby areas, they added. Boko Haram launched a military campaign in 2009 to create an Islamic state. It has taken control of many towns and villages in north-eastern Nigeria in the last year. Musa Alhaji Bukar, a senior government official in the area, said that fleeing residents told him that Baga, which had a population of about 10,000, was now “virtually non-existent”. Those who fled reported that they had been unable to bury the dead, and corpses littered the town’s streets, he said. Boko Haram was now in control of Baga and 16 neighbouring towns after the military retreated, Mr Bukar said. While he raised fears that some 2,000 had been killed in the raids, other reports put the number in the hundreds. Mr Lawan, the senator for northern Borno, called on government troops to stop “dilly-dallying” and to fight back to protect residents. “The indiscriminate killings went on and on and on,” he told BBC Focus on Africa. Boko Haram’s offensive continued on Thursday, with its fighters setting up checkpoints and killing people who were hiding in the bush, the senator said.
Jan. 8, 2015

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30728158

Headline:  Yemen bomb blast kills dozens near Sanaa police academy

At least 37 people have been killed and 66 others injured by a bomb blast outside a police academy in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, police say. Two men were seen getting out of a minibus and walking away shortly before it exploded beside dozens of people queuing to enrol at the academy. Afterwards, body parts and debris from the bus were strewn across the street. There has so far been no claim of responsibility, but an offshoot of al-Qaeda has carried out similar attacks. Yemen has experienced a wave of violence in recent months, with militants from al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) battling Shia Houthi rebels who have taken control of the capital.
Jan. 7, 2015

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-30706208

 Economic collapse Revelation 6:5-6 & James 5:1-3– Worldwide– ^“ When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come and see.” So I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. ⁶ And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine.” (Revelation) “Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you! ² Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. ³ Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have heaped up treasure in the last days.” (James)

Headline:   Opinion: The dollar, on a ‘hurricane path of destruction,’ is set to fall

Headline:  Record 92,898,000 Americans Not In The Workforce

The U.S. dollar, at its highest level in nine years, is about to fall off its perch. The decline will catch most investors by surprise and create sudden reversals in oil, coal and emerging market stocks. You can profit from this if you act now and buy those sectors — and bet against dollar. That’s the outlook, at least, of Lawrence G. McDonald, a market strategist who has a knack for spotting trouble ahead in markets. McDonald says in his New York Times best-seller, “A Colossal Failure of Common Sense,” that he warned colleagues at Lehman Brothers of the coming subprime storm and how it might hurt the investment bank. To profit from those moves, consider these exchange traded funds. Get long the euro via CurrencyShares Euro FXE, +0.40% as a bet against the dollar. Get exposure to oil and coal via United States Oil ETF USO, -2.59% United States Brent Oil BNO, -3.05% and Market Vectors Coal KOL, -0.90% And buy emerging markets via iShares MSCI Emerging Markets EEM, -0.30% All of these ETFs should do well as the dollar weakens, says McDonald, who is now the head of U.S. macro strategy at Newedge. Why is the dollar about to fall? Because that’s what the Federal Reserve wants since the strong dollar is starting to create problems in debt markets that hurt U.S. growth, McDonald maintains. The euro has fallen more than 14% versus the dollar since March.
Jan. 7, 2015

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-dollar-on-a-hurricane-path-of-destruction-may-be-about-to-fall-2015-01-07?siteid=yhoof2

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/01/09/record-92898000-americans-not-in-the-workforce/

Headline:   Oil Tumbles to 5 1/2-Year Low as OPEC Reaffirms Stance

Headline:  Keystone Approval Bill Passed by House Amid Obama Veto Threat

Headline:  Oil Money to Fund the Drilling Boom is Drying Up

Oil dropped to the lowest level in more than five years on growing evidence that OPEC won’t pare output to reduce a global supply surplus. Brent slid as much as 4 percent while West Texas Intermediate fell 3.3 percent. The United Arab Emirates has no plans to reduce output no matter how low prices drop, according to Yousef Al Otaiba, the nation’s ambassador to the U.S. Representatives from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the U.A.E. stressed a dozen times in the past six weeks that OPEC won’t curb output to halt the rout. WTI’s discount to Brent shrank to its narrowest since October. “The price war continues and there’s a great deal of excess supply,” Phil Flynn, senior market analyst at the Price Futures Group in Chicago, said by phone. “The statements from the U.A.E. ambassador show that they’re doubling down and taking no prisoners. This will be a long fought war and they have the Saudis behind them.”
Jan. 9, 2015

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-09/oil-extends-rebound-amid-speculation-u-s-shale-boom-is-slowing.html

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-09/keystone-approval-bill-passed-by-house-amid-obama-veto-threat.html

http://www.infowars.com/oil-money-to-fund-the-drilling-boom-is-drying-up/

Revelation 6:6-  With the bees dying off, you will see a decrease in produce and an INCREASE in food prices!

Headline: 40 bee hives full of dead bees ‘a mystery’ in Xingyi City, China

http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fgz.people.com.cn%2Fn%2F2014%2F1211%2Fc194827-23183874.html

Pestilence & Plagues Luke 21:11 & Revelation 6:8 “And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.” (Luke) “So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death (Thanatos in Greek meaning the death of the body whether natural or violent), and by the beasts of the earth” (Revelation)

Headline: 1st MERS casualty reported in Oman

Oman reported Thursday its first death of a person from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in nearly a year. No further details were given in the Health Ministry statement carried by the official ONA news agency. It is the third MERS fatality in the Gulf sultanate. Oman borders Saudi Arabia, the country hardest hit by MERS. MERS is considered a deadlier but less transmissible cousin of the SARS virus that appeared in Asia in 2003 and infected more than 8,000 people, nine percent of whom died. Like SARS, it appears to cause a lung infection, with patients suffering coughing, breathing difficulties and a temperature. But MERS differs in that it can cause rapid kidney failure. Research by Saudi scientists indicates that camels play a role in the transmission of the virus to humans. Mers exhibits a 40 percent fatality rate and more than 97 percent of the cases have occurred in the Middle East.
Jan. 9, 2015

http://www.arabnews.com/middle-east/news/686776

Headline:  NYC Health Officials Warn of Increase in Legionnaire’s disease

City health officials are warning New Yorkers about an increase in cases of Legionnaire’s disease, a potentially deadly form of pneumonia, in the Bronx. Eleven cases of the disease were reported in the Bronx in December, compared with two in December 2013 and three in December 2012. The 11 cases reported last month represent nearly 20 percent of the total of 61 cases the borough had in all of 2014. Most cases were in the northeast Bronx.
Jan. 9, 2015

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Legionnaires-Disease-Pneumonia-Symptom-Health-Alert-New-York-City-Disease-Bronx-288054211.html

January 6, 2015 – Hundreds of dead snapper fish found, ‘a mystery’ in Doubtless Bay, New Zealand

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503450&objectid=11382496

January 6, 2015 – Thousands of fish have died in Sher Shah lake in India

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/Thousands-of-fish-die-in-Sher-Shah-Lake/articleshow/45766695.cms

January 6, 2015 – Spate of beaked whale deaths puzzle Scots experts

http://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/spate-of-beaked-whale-deaths-puzzle-scots-experts-1-3652758

January 7, 2015 –More than 100,000 of the small seabirds have been found dead along Pacific coast since October

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/cassin-auklets-found-washed-up-near-tofino-1.2891409

January 8, 2015 – 150 Birds dead due to oil spill in Northwest Ohio, America

http://www.toledoblade.com/local/2015/01/08/Another-125-dead-oil-soaked-birds-discovered-in-Northwest-Ohio.html

Headline:    Will that be cash, credit, fingerprint or iris scan?

Forget about whipping out your credit card. The next time you have to buy milk, condoms or whatever else you need, some mobile technology and financial companies are hoping you’ll give a quick imprint of your finger, scan of your eye or tap of an armband that links to your heartbeat. Once used for getting high-level security clearances and criminal record checks done, biometric security features — fingerprints, iris scans and other unique human identifiers — are just starting to make inroads as forms of payment. Already, companies like Apple and Samsung have implemented fingerprint-scanning features into their latest smartphones. Their goal? To replace your need for schlepping around a credit card (in favor of a phone number) and remembering a PIN (which could be done through your fingerprint). Meanwhile, banks in countries such as the United Kingdom and Poland are set to release credit cards, online banking features or even ATMs where customers can approve payments or withdraw cash by scanning their finger and having their vein read as a form of ID. In some cases, companies have recently started rolling out this technology.
Jan. 8, 2015

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2015/01/08/ozy-body-scans-for-payments/21401491/  

Matthew 24:7 “For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. Luke 21:11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.” Luke21:25 “And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring”

Headline: Temperatures on the red planet were warmer on Thursday than fourteen states from Washington to Maine

Time to stop remarking about how unearthly cold it is outside because on Thursday, Mars was actually warmer than many parts of the U.S. The daytime high in the red planet’s Gale Crater, as recorded by NASA’s curiosity Rover, was 17.6 degrees F – a whopping 11 degrees warmer than the 6-degree high in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Temperatures in fourteen states from Washington to Maine reported temperatures colder than Mars, as a brutal blast of Arctic air sweeps the country. Mars just recently passed its closest orbit to the sun, which partially explains why the temperature was relatively balmy. The Gale Crater is also located in one of the warmest parts of the planet, near the equator.
Jan. 9, 2015

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2902981/Time-Mars-Temperatures-red-planet-warmer-Thursday-fourteen-states-Washington-Maine.html

Headline:  Earthquakes, Blizzards, Volcanic Activity All Hit Russia’s Far East on One Day

Severe natural upheavals raged across Russia’s Far East on Thursday, as the region experienced increased volcanic activity, at least five earthquakes, avalanches and a month’s worth of snow within a day, media reports said. An airport on Sakhalin Island was forced to shut down while regional officials closed off roads and struggled to restore power to 12 villages on the south of the island that were still without electricity Thursday morning, Interfax reported. The Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport was closed for the second day in a row on Thursday, with 60 flights grounded or rerouted because of the severe snow storm, Interfax reported. More than 1,000 people were stranded in the terminal, the airport said in a statement Wednesday. The authorities have also issued an avalanche alert for Sakhalin Island and the Kamchatka Peninsula after three snow slides were recorded in one day, according to Interfax. Nobody was injured in the relatively small snow slides, which were less than 60 cubic meters in volume, a spokesperson for the local road authority was quoted as saying. The cyclone that brought these severe snowstorms to the region is expected to continue for the rest of the week, a spokesperson for the local weather service told Interfax. Four earthquakes rattled the Sakhalin region in just one day, with the strongest one on Thursday morning reaching a magnitude of 5.2 at its epicenter in the Pacific Ocean, Interfax reported, citing the local seismic station. Another 5.4-magnitude earthquake was reported in Kamchatka, according to Interfax. In a further demonstration of the force of nature, the Shiveluch volcano in Kamchatka emitted an immense plume of volcanic ash on Wednesday, which drifted northwest over unpopulated areas, the regional branch of the Emergency Situations Ministry said in a statement, Interfax reported. The nearly 5,000-meter-high Klyuchevsky volcano, also located in Kamchatka, on Monday began spewing ash up to 6 kilometers in the air, the ministry said.
Jan. 8, 2015

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/earthquakes-blizzards-volcanic-activity-all-hit-russia-s-east-on-same-day/514139.html

Headline:    What’s shaking? List & map of USGS Earthquakes

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