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Monitoring spiritual deception and world events from a Biblical perspective.

TUESDAY, JULY 20, 2010

The Purpose Driven Plague of Mysticism Video Shut

Down at YOUTUBE
The Purpose Driven Plague of Mysticism video produced by James
Sundquist and Richard Bennett has been removed by YOUTUBE for
"terms of use violation".
Is it a coincidence that this occurred in less than 1 week after posting at
Watcher’s Lamp and Christian Research Network ?

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MONDAY, JULY 19, 2010

Exxon Valdez Survivor Sounds Alarm On Gulf

Disaster
Great the oil has stopped for now. President Obama, how about admitting
that the crude oil is toxic, and demand BP provide respirators for the oil
cleanup workers, and compensation for the Gulf unemployment caused by
the disaster.

In 1989 Exxon told the cleanup workers the same story, that the crude oil
is not toxic. Some of us are living proof of the toxic exposure, and many
others have died. Please view the YouTube video, and help get the
message to Gulf residents, BP crude oil cleanup workers, and President
Obama. Respirators need to be supplied to oil cleanup crews.
Thank you.

-Merle Savage, Exxon Valdez Survivor

See also: Illness Plagues Exxon Valdez Cleanup Worker , Gulf Oil Toxic
Gas Risks To Humans , Canary In The Gulf Helps People Find Survival
Information

BP'S Benzene Blows ashore in the Gulf , Gulf Oil Disaster: The Suicide
Economy ,Gulf Oil Disaster: 400 Complain of Illness

Gulf Oil Disaster: EPA Air Quality Data Doesn't Pass Smell Test , Exxon
Valdez oil risks spur warning for gulf cleanup crews

BP's Other Toxic Legacy: 'Decades of Misery' for Gulf Health

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SUNDAY, JULY 18, 2010

Record Collapse of Earth's Upper Atmosphere

Puzzles Scientists

From Space.com:

An upper layer of Earth's atmosphere recently collapsed in an

unexpectedly large contraction, the sheer size of which has scientists
scratching their heads, NASA announced Thursday.

The layer of gas – called the thermosphere – is now rebounding again.

This type of collapse is not rare, but its magnitude shocked scientists.

"This is the biggest contraction of the thermosphere in at least 43 years,"

said John Emmert of the Naval Research Lab, lead author of a paper
announcing the finding in the June 19 issue of the journal Geophysical
Research Letters. "It's a Space Age record."

...The collapse occurred during a period of relative solar inactivity – called

a solar minimum from 2008 to 2009. These minimums are known to cool
and contract the thermosphere, however, the recent collapse was two to
three times greater than low solar activity could explain.

"Something is going on that we do not understand," Emmert said.

HT: Opinion Bug.com

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6.9 & 7.3 Magnitude Quakes Strike New Guinea

Region
From The Sydney Morning Herald

Indonesia said it has lifted a tsunami warning issued after a powerful

quake hit off neighbouring Papua New Guinea.

The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake had a preliminary

magnitude of 6.9 and was centred 525km northeast of the Pacific island's
capital, Port Moresby. It struck 57km beneath the ocean floor. It at 1304
GMT (11.04pm AEST) on Sunday.
At 1335 GMT (11.35pm AEST), a second quake with a 6.8-magnitude hit
about 105km east of Kandrian on New Britain island, at a depth of 51km.

...Meanwhile, in a moderate 5.3-magnitude undersea earthquake struck off

Taiwan's east coast on Sunday, the island's Seismology Centre said, but
there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

See also 6.7 Magnitude Quake Shakes Island Region of Alaska , DC area
shaken by minor earthquake , Solar Eclipse Quake Check , Quakes Lining
Up Around US?, Total Eclipse of July 11, 2010: Foreshadow of Disaster

Editor's note: The USGS logs these two quakes as 6.9 & 7.3. The Sydney
Morning Herald reported different magnitudes.

MAG 7.3 2010/07/18 13:35:03 NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW

GUINEA

MAP 6.9 2010/07/18 13:04:11 NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW

GUINEA

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6.7 Magnitude Quake Shakes Island Region of Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Officials say that a powerful earthquake has
shaken an Aleutian Island region of Alaska but there were no immediate
reports of damage or injury, and no threat of a tsunami.

The 6.7-magnitude temblor struck at 9:56 p.m. Saturday (0456 GMT

Sunday) and was centered in the Bering Sea about 155 miles (249
kilometers) southwest of Dutch Harbor, according to the U.S. Geological
Survey. The quake hit about 21 miles (34 kilometers) beneath the seabed.

There was no danger of a tsunami, the Alaska Tsunami Warning Center

said.

The quake was felt in both Dutch Harbor and nearby Unalaska, the nearest
communities of any size to the epicenter.

Police in Unalaska, situated just across a bay from Dutch Harbor, said they
had no reports of damage or injury.

- AP

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FRIDAY, JULY 16, 2010

UFO Halts Air Traffic In China

UFO remains a mystery -

China Daily

Object disrupted eighteen flights at Hangzhou airport

SHANGHAI - The unidentified flying object that disrupted air traffic in

Hangzhou for an hour on Wednesday remains, well, unidentified.

"No conclusion has yet been drawn," Wang Jian, head of air traffic control
with the Zhejiang branch of the Civil Aviation Administration of China
(CAAC), was quoted by Xinhua News Agency as saying.

Some media have speculated the UFO might be a private aircraft, based
on the increasing number of privately-owned aircraft in Zhejiang province.
But Wang said the possibility it was a private plane was "just a guess."

A source with knowledge of the matter, however, told China Daily earlier
that the object had a military connection.

A staff member at Xiaoshan Airport in Hangzhou said a twinkling object

was first spotted over the city's sky around 8:30 pm on Wednesday.
However, the object did not show up on the airport's radar.

Xiaoshan Airport was then closed at 8:45 pm over security concerns, and
only resumed operation at 9:41 pm.

A dozen inbound flights were diverted to nearby airports and six outbound
flights were delayed for three to four hours.

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Secrecy surrounding the Gulf Coast devastation is

criminal
By Bill Linder at Digital Journal

BP and the government are intentionally covering up the deadly health

effects related to the gushing crude and the use of Corexit, the highly toxic
dispersant. Clean-up workers are given hazmat training but are told they
will be fired if they wear protective gear or masks to protect their
respiratory systems. BP's blatant procrastination is obvious and it appears
that they really don't care if the oil is cleaned up or not.
It's unknown what the actual figures are since we have to rely on data from
BP, but ProPublica has been tracking BP's figures on illnesses and injuries
of clean-up workers. According to a recent report, there have been 552
illnesses and 785 injuries for a total of 1,337 illnesses and injuries. Again,
those are based on information from BP so it's hard to gauge how accurate
those figures are since both BP and the government are doing their best to
keep as much of that information hidden as they can.

A video -- shot before the government decided to declare Gulf of Mexico

beaches off limits to journalists -- posted by James C. Fox on YouTube
reveals reasons for the concern that BP and the Obama administration
have over giving the media access to spill areas.

The video shows water samples being collected from the shores of Grand
Isle, LA and from 20 miles out. According to the video, preliminary analysis
was done at an academic analytical chemistry laboratory, looking for the
likely pollutants from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, focusing on the
detection of benzene and propylene glycol -- one of the toxic ingredients
found in Corexit, the dispersant used by BP in the Gulf Coast.

The Gulf of Mexico has been poisoned

Benzene levels were low but results of the propylene glycol levels showed
the concentration to be between 360 and 440 parts per million (ppm). 25
ppm will kill most fish. BP used more than a million gallons of Corexit
despite being told by the EPA to stop. Consequently, the Gulf of Mexico
has been poisoned, putting all life in the Gulf Coast in danger.

Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) information on Corexit 9500 and

Corexit 9527 can be found here. Propylene glycol has been linked to liver
abnormalities, kidney damage, and can easily penetrate the skin. Corexit
9527 was also used when the Exxon Valdez oil spill -- which also involved
BP -- and most of the clean-up workers involved are dead according to a
CNN report. The Deepwater Horizon gusher is several times bigger than
the Exxon Valdez oil spill was.

A recent report from Marine Toxicologist Riki Ott reveals more of the lies
used by BP and the government to downplay the public health risks from
the oil and the toxic dispersant. Many people coming into contact with
contaminated Gulf Coast waters have had adverse reactions. As noted by
Ms. Ott, it's time for the government to protect public health first and BP's
profit second...

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Gulf geyser stops gushing, but will it hold?

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Now the wait begins.

BP finally gained control over one of America's biggest environmental

catastrophes by placing a carefully fitted cap over a runaway geyser that
has been gushing crude into the Gulf of Mexico since early spring.
Engineers, politicians and Gulf residents will watch anxiously over the next
day and a half to see if it holds.

After nearly three months and up to 184 million gallons, the

accomplishment was greeted with hope, high expectations - and, in many
cases along the beleaguered coastline, disbelief. But no one was declaring
victory just yet.

Editor's note: What about the fissures in the sea floor that are spewing oil,
methane and volatile organic compounds?

See more on the Gulf oil disaster.

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DC area shaken by minor earthquake

WASHINGTON (AP) — The DC area was shaken by a minor earthquake
early Friday.
The quake hit at 5:04 a.m. EDT and had a magnitude of 3.6.

The quake was centered in the Rockville, Md., area said Randy Baldwin, a
physicist with U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information
Center.

Police in Washington and in nearby Montgomery County, Md., said there

were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 2010

The Purpose Driven Plague of Mysticism

Experiencing God through Deceitful Mysticism

Professional deception and clever fraudulence are running rampant in

mystical claims to experience God. Thus, the signature of Satan is seen in:
  St. John of the Cross
 Ignatius Loyola
 Madame Guyon
 Carl Jung
 Richard Foster
 Mother Teresa
 Rick Warren
 Brian McLaren
 Leonard Sweet
 Phyllis Tickle

... and other deceivers of the Emerging Church movement who transmit
this plague. In this illustrated DVD, former Roman catholic priest Richard
Bennett and author James Sundquist expose the deceitful shams that
prevail at the present time. They also explain the scriptural method of
biblical meditation and genuinely experiencing God.

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Solar Eclipse Quake Check

In this post, Total Eclipse of July 11, 2010: Foreshadow of Disaster , it was
revealed that the celestial planetary alignments have an impact on
earthquake activity, during the wax and wane of the eclipse.

Was there any significant global quake activity? A look at three days
before and three days after July 11, 2010 reveals:

 3 quakes of 6.0 magnitude or greater

 26 quakes of 5.0 magnitude or greater
Interesting to note that Chile experienced 2 of the 3 quakes of 6.0
magnitude or greater. In February, Chile was struck by an 8.8 magnitude
quake.

Southern California / Baja Mexico continues to experience the "endless

earthquake" since it's April 4, 2010 7.2 magnitude quake event.

958 quakes recorded three days prior and three days after the July 11
solar eclipse.

The Pacific / Indonesian region

experienced 80 quake events of which 22 quakes of 5.0 magnitude or
greater during the eclipse window. One 6.2 magnitude quake was
recorded.
 Utah and Yellowstone National
Park rang in with 35 quakes during the eclipse window...

Alaska experienced 222 quakes, 2 of which were 5.0 magnitude or

greater...
The New Madrid Zone in the Central U.S. experienced 5 quakes under 2.3
magnitude.

The Puerto Rico region experience 13 quakes of 3.0 - 3.6 magnitude, and
7 events less than 3.0 magnitude.

Hawaii experienced 16 quakes between magnitude 1.7 and 3.3 magnitude.

Can any conclusion be drawn from these events as they relate to the
eclipse window?

In the US, the earthquake zones of Alaska, San Andreas, Yellowstone,

and New Madrid experienced events during the window. It seems that
Chile and Baja "endless earthquake" regions experienced noteworthy
activity.

See related: Quakes Lining Up Around US?

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FRIDAY, JULY 9, 2010

RICK WARREN TEACHING THE LAW OF

ATTRACTION?
From Pastor Ken Silva at Appising Ministries:

"In Dr. Laverne Adams And Rick Warren Driven By Destiny, which featured
a post by Apprising Ministries correspondent Christine Pack of Sola
Sisters, she told us that “‘America’s Pastor’ has written the foreword to a
new book” by “Life Coach” and pastrix Dr. LaVerne Adams aka the “Divine
Destiny Doctor”:

“DON’T WAIT FOR FATE TO JUST HAPPEN TO YOU! THIS COULD BE

FATAL! MAKE A DESTINY DECISION TO ADVANCE TOWARD MAKING
YOUR DESTINY DREAM YOUR CURRENT REALITY! CONTACT ME
TODAY! I CAN HELP YOU GET STARTED ON THE JOURNEY OF
LIVING THE LIFE OF YOUR DREAMS!”Dr. LaVerne Adams (Online
source, caps in original)

Um, what; exactly where does the Christian find “fate” in the scheme of the
absolute sovereignty of the one true and living God of the Bible? Answer:
We don’t. Pack also points out:

“With her new book “Driven by Destiny”, Dr. LaVerne Adams reveals 12
secret keys that inspire readers to overcome feelings of confusion and
frustration while navigating their own unique destiny roadmap… In addition
to being unbiblical, this kind of positive self-talk in Dr. Adams’ book also
comes very close to being New Age/Integral Spirituality thought, which is
not Christian at all. When I was in the New Age back in the 90s, this
thinking was dubbed “New Thought.”

...Rather curious in the first place that Southern Baptist pretending to be

Protestant Purpose Driven Pope Rick Warren would help promote the work
of a woman pastrix who’s in violation of God’s Word. Even more interesting
considering that in his defense of his dubious decision to invite Warren to
the Desiring God Conference 2010 as the keynote speaker Dr. John Piper
said of his conversation with Warren..."

Editor's note: Please prayefully consider supporting Apprising Ministries.

Your gifts will enable AM to fight the flood of deception and contend for the
faith. Click here to see how you can help.

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THURSDAY, JULY 8, 2010

Gulf Oil Toxic Gas Risks To Humans

Also, see this video, BLOWOUT SURVIVAL GUIDE by Dan Youra

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Canary In The Gulf Helps People Find Survival

Information

"Canary" Warns of Toxic Gases in Gulf

Gas Can is the name of a canary, whose website reports toxic gases from
BP's oil spill. The bird's blog CanaryInTheGulf.com monitors air quality
samples from the US Environmental Protection Agency along the Gulf
coast.

Created by Dan Youra, Gas Can wears a bird-size gas mask to protect him
on his flights into toxic air. "Gases are scary things for all of us," says
Youra. "I hatched Gas Can as a friendly ally to help us, and especially
children, to confront the reality of gases in the Gulf."
CanaryInTheGulf.com reports toxic events blowing over land.

On June 29 Hurricane Alex blew sustained levels of toxic particulate matter

(PM10) up above EPA's highest and most dangerous warning levels –
"Hazardous" and "Very Unhealthy" – for 24 continuous hours on Grand
Isla, Louisiana.

Hazardous Warning: People with heart or lung disease, older adults, and
children should remain indoors and keep activity levels low. Everyone else
should avoid all physical activity outdoors.

Very Unhealthy Warning: People with heart or lung disease, older adults,
and children should avoid all physical activity outdoors. Everyone else
should avoid prolonged or heavy exertion.

Three of six days from June 20 to June 26 registered "Unhealthy" for toxic
particulate matter (PM10) on EPA's air quality monitors in Venice,
Louisiana.
Unhealthy Warning: People with heart or lung disease, older adults, and
children should avoid prolonged or heavy exertion. Everyone else should
reduce prolonged or heavy exertion.

EPA watched volatile organic compounds skyrocket past 70 parts per

million on Grand Isle on June 19th. Concentrations above 10 ppm are
considered significant potential for health risks by the National Resources
Defense Council (NRDC.org).
According to Dr. Gina Solomon, medical expert on toxicology with the
National Resources Defense Council, "the most worrisome VOC in oil is
benzene. It is known to cause leukemia in humans."

Dan Youra, editor of a commercial distiller's manual, is experienced in the

danger that gases from crude oil represent, when they escape the normal
containment of industrial refining. Youra knows of more than 250 chemical
compounds in crude oil and natural gas. "Many toxic gases from the oil
well blowout are entering the air every day," warns Youra. "Some are the
cancer causing and concentrations are increasing," adds Youra.

Prior to widespread use of electronic gas sensors in coal mines, miners

carried a caged canary into coal mines to warn of wayward gases.
According to Youra, "if the canary stopped chirping and died, it indicated
the presence of toxic gases and the urgency of exiting the mine."

Youra's canary cartoon figure adds a lighter side to the deadly seriousness
of the subject matter and is a modern manifestation of the life supporting
role canaries played in toxic gas detection.

According to Youra, "EPA is carrying an empty birdcage into the mine.

EPA gathers air samples and then looks for averages." Youra looks for
extremes. "The 'outlier' data point is the canary," Youra says.

Youra cautions, "Gases sneak up on you." Average amounts of gases at

low levels may not kill. "Until they accumulate!" he emphasizes. "One whiff
of highly toxic gas can evade EPA's 'normal', but it may be enough to drop
a person into convulsions, unconsciousness or even death."

CanaryInTheGulf.com reports on the anomalies, the accumulations and

the trends in toxic concentrations."EPA's averages do not tally up the
accumulations of gases," Youra states. "Breathing a little toxic gas every
day is the same, and in many cases worse, than breathing a big gulp all at
once," he cautions.

CanaryInTheGulf.com links to national health resources on the web.

According to Youra, it is important to educate everyone, including children,
about navigating the minefield of gases.
"Top priority is to recognize the symptoms of toxic exposure to gases,"
Youra says. Dizziness, headache and loss of balance can be signs of
exposure. Youra coaches Gas Can to help kids learn the basics.

Gas Can is on the mobile web at GasHelp.com.

Youra was interviewed about toxic gases by Mike Siegel on Lars Larson
National Radio Show. Youra's study of gases in the Gulf is quoted in
Examiner.com by Hank Richards.

Dan Youra is editor of the Alcohol Distiller's Manual for Gasahol and
Spirits, published for Dona Carolina Distillers, San Antonio, Texas. Youra
studied quantitative analysis in graduate school at Ohio State University's
Behavioral Sciences Laboratory. He is the publisher with Michael W.
Mandeville of Solar Alcohol: The Fuel Revolution.

See also: BP'S Benzene Blows ashore in the Gulf , Gulf Oil Disaster: EPA
Air Quality Data Doesn't Pass Smell Test , Attention Gulf Coast: Prepare
To Abandon Ship , Presence of Airborne Toxic Gulf Gases Confirmed ,
The Gulf Disaster Death Gasses , Gulf of Mexico's Airborne Toxins Move
Inland - Dr. Says MOVE OUT , Gulf Oil Spill: Catastrophe of Biblical
Proportions

See more on the Endless Eruption in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Gulf Oil Disaster: Interfaith's Great Ecological

Awakening
Green religion movement hopes spill wins converts by JOHN FLESHER
(AP) – 10 hours ago

NEW ORLEANS — Where would Jesus drill?

Religious leaders who consider environmental protection a godly mission

are making the Gulf of Mexico oil spill a rallying cry, hoping it inspires
people of faith to support cleaner energy while changing their personal
lives to consume less and contemplate more.

"This is one of those rare moments when you can really focus people's
attention on what's happening to God's creation," said Walt Grazer, head
of the National Religious Partnership for the Environment.

...And believers in the stricken coastal regions are looking at the

consequences of the oil's reach and asking what good can come out of it.

"I actually didn't think I would be as deeply affected as I was by seeing oil
in the water, the birds with oil stains, the marsh grass that had turned a
shiny brown," said the Rev. Jim Ball of the Evangelical Environmental
Network, who recently toured Louisiana's Barataria Bay by boat.

Another delegation was scheduled to arrive in New Orleans on Tuesday

for an interfaith prayer service and tour. Among the participants are Jim
Wallis of the progressive Christian group Sojourners and Rabbi David N.
Saperstein of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism. Both have
served on President Barack Obama's Advisory Council on Faith-Based
and Neighborhood Partnerships.

Their appearance is being coordinated with the Sierra Club, which has
forged alliances with organized religion since its former director, Carl Pope,
acknowledged in a 1997 speech the environmental movement had erred
by shunning such ties.
"Different people have credibility with different segments of the population,"
said Lindsey Moseley, the group's Washington representative. "The oil spill
is ultimately a matter of values, which for many people are rooted in deeply
held religious beliefs."

Organizations including the National Council of Churches and the U.S.

Conference of Catholic Bishops have issued statements calling for soul-
searching. Some are providing ecologically themed online resources —
prayers, liturgy, scripture readings — for use in worship services.

"We have used God's creation without regard for the impact our rapacity
had on the other creatures with whom we share our earthly home," reads a
model prayer on the Council of Churches' website.

The push for an ecological Great Awakening since the oil spill began in
April has come from liberals as well as theologically conservative groups
such as the Evangelical Environmental Network, which previously
sponsored an ad campaign with the slogan "What Would Jesus Drive?"
that called for more fuel-efficient vehicles.

In a resolution this month, the Southern Baptist Convention declared that

humanity's "God-given dominion over the creation is not unlimited, as
though we were gods and not creatures" and called for "energy policies
based on prudence, conservation, accountability and safety."

"Caring for creation is an extension of loving your neighbor as yourself,"

said Russell Moore, dean of Southern Baptist Seminary in Louisville, Ky.,
who wrote the statement.

...The disaster may help replace longstanding divisions based on dogma or

culture with "a new kind of consensus that isn't liberal or conservative, left
or right, but focuses on stewardship of creation, care for the poor and
accountability for corporate leaders," Wallis said.

See more on the Endless Eruption in the Gulf of Mexico.

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 2010

Quakes Lining Up Around US?

Quake activity over last 24 hours ( red and blue squares only).

MAG 5.3 2010/07/08

SOUTHERN ALASKA

MAG 5.4 2010/07/07

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (area continues to experience the endless
earthquake)

MAG 4.7 2010/07/07

GUATEMALA

MAP 4.6 2010/07/07

VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
The New Madrid Quake Zone has yet to respond.

See related: Total Eclipse of July 11, 2010: Foreshadow of Disaster

UPDATE:

New Madrid Zone checks in on Thursday, July 8, 2010:

MAG 1.9 2010/07/08 09:50:07 35.399( 5 mi) WNW of Quitman, AR

MAG 1.6 2010/07/08 01:16:23 36.248( 3 mi) ESE of Ridgely, TN
MAG 2.2 2010/07/08 00:38:06 36.369( 5 mi) ESE of Viola, AR

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BP'S Benzene Blows ashore in the Gulf

"Keep checking out the EPA links and look out for rising benzene levels to
protect your health. It certainly does not look good. Basically do not
breathe if you can help it. Do not drink the water, swim in the sea, eat any
sea food or land food close to the gulf. Do not touch anything and close
your eyes, mouth and nose for the toxic volatiles and miscibles. Otherwise
you will be fine."

By Chris Landau (Geologist/meteorologist)

Please open the link to see a map of benzene locations I have plotted, for
114 points using data from the EPA web site. I have used values above 4
parts per billion for data gathered by the mobile testing stations for the
period June 24-29.
EPA has a table that makes recommendations for levels of certain volatile
organic compounds in micrograms/m3. At code yellow, they express a
level of health concern for the public.

Benzene levels have risen in some places to EPA Code yellow or 20 micro
grams/m3. 1000 ppb= 3.19 micro grams per cubic meter or1 ppm benzene
= 3.19 mg/m3. The highest level recorded for the few days, I took the data
was about 72.831 ppb. That translates to 232.33 micro grams/m3. I
wonder what code red is?

232.33micro grams/m3 is more than 10 times higher (emphasis mine)

than the code yellow concern level of 20 micro grams/m3.

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Magnitude-5.4 quake strikes Southern California

By RAQUEL MARIA DILLON (AP)

LOS ANGELES — A moderate earthquake jolted Southern California on

Wednesday, rattling buildings in downtown Los Angeles, toppling wine
bottles at desert resorts and briefly halting rides at Disneyland.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or major damage, although

residents across a wide swath of Southern California were spooked by the
force of the magnitude-5.4 quake.

It struck at 4:53 p.m. and was centered 28 miles south of Palm Springs, or
about 130 miles east of Los Angeles, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Dozens of aftershocks have been recorded, with the largest measuring
magnitude-3.0.

See related Total Eclipse of July 11, 2010: Foreshadow of Disaster

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TUESDAY, JULY 6, 2010

Total Eclipse of July 11, 2010: Foreshadow of

Disaster

July 11, 2010 will be marked by a total solar eclipse in the southern
hemisphere. It is also the last of three solar eclipses that have
consecutively appeared ( Aug. 1, 2008, July 22, 2009) on the Jewish feast
of 1 Av.

Bill Koenig at World Watch Daily reports:

"...there will be three annual solar eclipses on the 1st of Av, beginning this
year and running through 2010. We know that the month of Av — and
especially the 9th of Av — has been the most trying period throughout
history for the Jewish people.

Total solar eclipses have been a bad omen for the nations, while blood-red
moons have been a bad omen for the Jewish people and Israel."

From The International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia:

"...even those who know its cause and strike terror in those who cannot
foresee understand it In bygone ages an eclipse of the was counted an
omen of disaster indeed as the worst of disasters by all nations except one
to whom the word of the prophet came.

Learn not the way of the nations and be not dismayed at the
signs of heaven for the nations are dismayed at them Jer 10 2

To the Heb prophets eclipses were signs of the power and

authority of God who forbade them to be alarmed at portents
which distressed the heathen..."

This year's 1st of Av finds:

 The United States turning against Israel

 The endless eruption of the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) Oil Volcano

 Record setting global tectonic activity ( quakes, volcanoes )

University of California, Berkeley seismologists reported in 2009 that the

Sun and Moon Trigger Deep Tremors on San Andreas Fault .

In January 2010, 2012Armegeddon.org connected the dots between the

astronomical and the tectonic:

"A couple of days ago, the longest solar eclipse of the millennium
occurred. It occurred during the same week as the horrific Haitian
earthquake. So is there any correlation?
  The Iranian earthquake in 1978 that killed 25,000 people occurred
within hours of a total eclipse
 On August 11, 1999 there was a total solar eclipse. On August 17,
1999 a major earthquake hit Turkey killing over 17,000 people
 The 9.3 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami that killed 230,000
occurred during a full moon.

Will the destabilized region around the GoM oil volcano fracture and quake
due to the celestial forces of the solar eclipse?

Will the central United States ( New Madrid fault zone ) or California ( San
Andreas fault ) experience a significant quake event?

The odds are in favor of a nexus event.

Pray and prepare.

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Apocalypse in the Gulf: Could a Sinkhole Swallow the

Deepwater Horizon Well
From BNET.com

BP has confirmed that the failed blowout preventer (BOP) on its

Deepwater Horizon well in the Gulf of Mexico is tilting sideways at an acute
angle 12 to 15 degrees from perpendicular. Geologists and petroleum
engineers are now debating the worst case scenario: growing evidence
that the Macondo discovery well’s casings beneath the ocean floor have
been irreversibly damaged, possibly to such an extent that it may be
impossible to cap the well.

...Remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) are streaming video feeds of high

pressure columns of oil and gas bubbling up from fissures in the sea floor
— flowing from likely stress fractures in the underground piping.
A much talk-about anonymous posting at The Oil Drum, a blog often
frequented by petroleum engineers and other oil-industry specialists,
captures the fears of many scientists and environmentalists alike:

That the system below the sea floor has serious failures of
varying magnitude in
the complicated chain, and it is breaking down and it will
continue to.

What does this mean? It means they will never cap the gusher
after the
wellhead. They cannot…the more they try and restrict the oil
gushing out the bop
[blowout preventer]?…the more it will transfer to the leaks
below. Just like a
leaky garden hose with a nozzle on it.

Learn more about the tremendous impact of the Gulf Oil Disaster.

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Government Says Gulf Oil Spill Hasn't Entered

Human Seafood Supply. Really Now?
Simon Atkins, CEO, Senior Industrial Disaster Threat Forecaster,
Advanced Forecasting Corporation

Is oil from the BP Gulf disaster entering the food chain? There are
increasing food safety concerns. First we had contaminated shrimp, and
Red Lobster took them off their menu. Then it was oysters leaking oil onto
dinner plates (you didn't hear?) Now golden globs have been found on
newly-hatched crabs. Organisms in the sea can accumulate the
hydrocarbons, which could harm their ability to reproduce. What happens
when our food becomes contaminated and our air becomes toxic?
...my hypothesis is that contamination can happen even when a fish
doesn't "look oily" or when a crab doesn't "smell toxic". I reckon we are
going to see not only oil but also the toxic mix of dispersants like COREXIT
9500 (produced by the NALCO Company, and banned in the UK and over
a dozen other countries because it is four times more toxic than oil) and
other chemicals and gases enter the food chain at an increasingly alarming
rate. Here is a blunt prediction: toxin levels are going to continue to
escalate and it is only a matter of time until we hear of some food for
human consumption contamination.
Tens of thousands of jellyfish are washing up dead on Gulf shorelines.
Many fisherman are reporting on blogs and through other media outlets
that deep sea fish are being spotted at an increasing rate close to shore,
which is probably indicative of a widening "dead zone".

What will we hear about next? The poisonous soupy broth will enter (and
of course has already entered) the water vapor cycle. Weather, climate
and oceanography is everything here: air flow patterns, waves, sea
currents and rain will distribute (and of course are already distributing) the
toxins far and wide.

I seriously wonder if we might start hearing about something called "Gulf

Of Mexico Syndrome" in the future? Let us hope not, but with almost 200
million gallons of spilled oil, this will very likely be deemed (if not already by
some historians and scientists) as the largest ever oil spill on the planet.

...Already, hundreds of people are falling sick as reported by the Louisiana

State Health Department and hospitals in Pensacola just to name a couple
of places. And supposedly, most of these illnesses over the past few
weeks have been from inhalation of toxic air. You know, chemicals and
gases like hydrogen sulfide, benzene, toluene, methylene chloride and
many more.

...As a planetary risk forecaster and advisor, my job is to connect the dots.
With toxicity levels gaining, hundreds already going to hospitals and many
others visiting doctors (the ones we know about), let us hope some
potential future illness that might be called the Gulf Of Mexico Syndrome is
just a far-fetched story on the equivalent of a Tom Clancy novel. Then
again, if the story comes true, what will be the price to pay?

Time will tell.

"If you are waiting for an official announcement to evacuate, you will have
waited too long."
-Editor, Watcher's Lamp, June 30, 2010.

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Doomsday: How BP Gulf disaster may have triggered

a 'world-killing' event
From HELIUM EARTH SCIENCE

"...The warning signs of an impending planetary catastrophe—of such

great magnitude that the human mind has difficulty grasping it-would be
the appearance of large fissures or rifts splitting open the ocean floor, a
rise in the elevation of the seabed, and the massive venting of methane
and other gases into the surrounding water.

Such occurrences can lead to the rupture of the methane bubble

containment—it can then permit the methane to breach the subterranean
depths and undergo an explosive decompression as it catapults into the
Gulf waters. [6]

All three warning signs are documented to be occurring in the Gulf.

Ground zero: The Gulf Coast

The people and property located on the greater expanse of the Gulf Coast
are sitting at Ground Zero. They will be the first exposed to poisonous,
cancer causing chemical gases. They will be the ones that initially
experience the full fury of a methane bubble exploding from the ruptured
seabed."

"...Cracks and bulgesMethane is now streaming through the porous, rocky

seabed at an accelerated rate and gushing from the borehole of the first
relief well. The EPA is on record that Rig #1 is releasing methane,
benzene, hydrogen sulfide and other toxic gases. Workers there now wear
advanced protection including state-of-the-art, military-issued gas
masks.Reports, filtering through from oceanologists and salvage workers
in the region, state that the upper level strata of the ocean floor is
succumbing to greater and greater pressure. That pressure is causing a
huge expanse of the seabed-estimated by some as spreading over
thousands of square miles surrounding the BP wellhead-to bulge. Some
claim the seabed in the region has risen an astounding 30 feet.The
fractured BP wellhead, site of the former Deepwater Horizon, has become
the epicenter of frenetic attempts to quell the monstrous flow of methane."

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Apparitions of Mary: Messages of Deception

Jan Markell of Olive Tree Ministries discusses Jim Tetlow's Marian

apparitions documentary, Messages From Heaven. See parts 2-4 here.

Watch Messages From Heaven at no cost here.

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MONDAY, JULY 5, 2010

Rick Warren's Law of Attraction: Vision or Vanity

...As your vision for your church becomes more specific, you’ll find that it is
magnetic – it will pull you toward it and pull other people toward it too. -
Rick Warren's Ministry Tool box, June 23. 2010.

Rick Warren's advice mirrors the new age gnosticism found within the
pages of "The Secret". Warren instructs the reader to find a quiet place
and talk to God about your ministry. Keep a journal of what He tells you.

Really? Awaiting extra-biblical revelation direct from God? Warren makes

no mention of reading of the scriptures or testing of the spirits during this
quiet time.

Warren encourages the use of a journal during the session, and so do the
proponents of The Law of Attraction.

Warren ends his piece with purpose driven Scripture twisting of Proverbs:

“If people can't see what God is doing, they stumble all over themselves;
But when they attend to what he reveals, they are most blessed.”
(Proverbs 29:18 MSG)

Warren uses this verse to validate his quiet, direct and divine revelation
session. Which implies that whatever spiritual thoughts come into my head
during this time must be from God.

A scholarly translation of Proverbs 29:18 reads:

18 Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but
blessed is he who keeps the law.
A quick look at the verses that precede and proceed verse 18:

17 Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your
heart.18Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but
blessed is he who keeps the law.19 By mere words a servant is not
disciplined, for though he understands, he will not respond.

The vision of the prophet of God is the picture of the consequences of

walking in The Way of God ( The Law ) or in the way of the wicked.

Rick Warren apparently believes the "vision" is that which manifests in

one's imagination. Solomon called that Vanity .

Magnetism also repels. Pastors and church leaders who create their vision
boards of bigger pulpits will repel those believers who resist the personal
ambitions of a brick and mortar driven pastor.

See what's really behind Rick Warren's vision casting here.

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Gulf Oil Disaster: The Threat To Food Chain Real -US

Official
Gulf spill 'bigger and uglier than we had hoped' by David A. Fahrenthold

Some experts say troubled ecosystems are now being pushed to the
brink...

"The distribution of the oil, it's bigger and uglier than we had hoped," said
Roger Helm, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service official and the lead scientist
studying the spill for the Interior Department. "The possibility of having
significant changes in the food chain, over some period of time, is very
real. The possibility of marshes disappearing . . . is very real."
Helm said that his prognosis for the spill had worsened in the past week —
as the amount of oily shoreline increased from Louisiana to Florida,
despite cleanup efforts. "This just outstrips everybody's capability" to clean
it up, he said.

...Is the oil killing off Louisiana's coastal marshes? State officials have said
in interviews that they've seen it coating the grasses and mangroves that
hold the region's land in place.

..."The marsh grasses, the canes, the mangrove are dying. They're
stressed and dying now," said Robert Barham, secretary of the state's
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. "There's very visible evidence that
the ecosystem is changed."

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Gulf Oil Disaster: The Suicide Economy

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Gulf Oil Disaster: 400 Complain of Illness

After Gulf swimmers report illness, questions about opening a beach From
The Christian Science Monitor

Atlanta – Santa Rosa Island officials flew the double-red flag – no

swimming – over Pensacola Beach in Florida after a swath of thick oil
washed ashore from the Gulf oil spill June 23.

Two days later, against the warnings of federal health officials and based
on a visual survey of the beach, the local island authority director, Buck
Lee, reopened the beaches for swimming, urging residents and tourists to
come back to the beach. Officials left the ultimate decision on whether it
was safe to swim to beachgoers.

This week, health officials in Escambia County, Fla., which includes

Pensacola Beach, reported that about 400 people claimed they felt sick
after visiting the beach and swimming in the Gulf.

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Gulf Oil Disaster: EPA Air Quality Data Doesn't Pass

Smell Test
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THURSDAY, JULY 1, 2010

Fury as Methodists vote to boycott Israel

From JC.com

The Board of Deputies and the Jewish Leadership Council said the
Methodists’ annual conference should “hang its head in shame” for
passing a policy which calls for a boycott of goods from “illegal” Israeli
West Bank settlements and blames Israeli occupation as the “key
hindrance” to Middle East peace.

Lord Sacks said the implications of the decision would “reverberate across
the hitherto harmonious relationship between the faith communities in the
UK”.

He blasted the report as “unbalanced, factually and historically flawed” and

offering “no genuine understanding of one of the most complex conflicts in
the world today. Many in both communities will be deeply disturbed”.
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New UN Report Recommends Ditching The Dollar

From the Business Insider

The United Nations has slammed the U.S. dollar in a new report called
Retooling Global Development. They're recommending an end to the
dollar's role as dominant reserve currency, and pushing for a new global
reserve regime based on a supranational currency made up of a basket of
developed nation currencies.

While we've heard this kind of recommendation before, the UN is re-

energizing its push. For example, they blame the financial crisis squarely
on the dollar system:

UN:

The 2008-2009 global economic crisis

demonstrates that the accumulation of deficits by the reserve-currency

country, sustained by other countries because of their national policy
objectives, is not self-correcting and leads to a crisis of global proportions
whose costs are incurred by many innocent parties.

Thing is, they also admit that the dollar remains immensely popular as a
reserve asset, despite its problems and track record. They even predict
that it could become more entrenched as a reserve asset going forward:

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Edinburgh 2010, Re-Union With Rome, and John
Knox
by Dr. Paul M. Elliott, President, Teaching The Word Ministries

As the 450th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation in Scotland

approaches, the church founded by John Knox and other stalwarts has
taken a major step toward re-union with Rome.

Conversion Minus Christ, Evangelism Minus the Evangel

The recently-concluded Edinburgh 2010 Conference on World Missions

was a gathering of liberal's liberals, conducted with the full cooperation and
participation of the Roman Catholic Church, the World Council of
Churches, the National Council of Churches. This conference
commemorated the centenary of the Edinburgh 1910 Conference on World
Missions, which was one of the early meetings of theological liberals and
their enablers that led to the formation of the World Council of Churches in
1948.

Part of the work of the Edinburgh 2010 "missionary" endeavor involved

continued joint work by liberal denominations and the Roman Catholic
church on the development of a "code on conversion" detailing "ethical
standards for evangelism." But Edinbugh-style "conversion" is conversion
without the true Christ, and "evangelism" without the genuine evangel.
Edinburgh 2010 was a conclave of apostate church leaders who simply
have no idea what the Gospel is. Conference sessions and documents
used Biblical terms such as sin, salvation, the new birth, justification, and
sanctification — but with an un-Biblical, Rome-compatible ecumenical
lexicon defining them.

A Major Step Toward Re-Union

Fittingly, just prior to the Edinburgh 2010 conference, representatives of
the Church of Scotland (Presbyterian) and the Roman Catholic church
announced that they have taken a major step toward re-union, adopting a
“joint liturgy for the re-affirmation of baptismal vows.” A Scottish newspaper
reported that “as a result, Scotland has the first Protestant church in the
world to form such a bond with the Catholic Church. The two churches will
also join together to mark the 450th anniversary of the Reformation later
this year.”

Read the rest here.