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SATURDAY, JULY 4, 2009

The Four Horsemen

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The Four Horsemen

"And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth." - Revelation 6: 1-8

Revelation tells us that there are Four Horseman of the Apocalypse who will come at the End Time. They are, by tradition, known as War, Famine, Pestilence and Death.

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  • April 2009
    • Flu Carries Lessons for Bioterror Fight

      Flu Carries Lessons for Bioterror Fight

      (Newser Summary) - The H1N1 flu outbreak spotlights a public-health infrastructure ill suited to respond to a pandemic or its close cousin, a bioterror attack, D.A. Henderson writes for Newsweek . We must “sharpen our health-care response. Rapid diagnosis and response are critical,” he writes. The “interconnected world we live in” means a little-known disease “could rapidly become the hemorrhagic epidemic of Boston or Bordeaux.” More »

  • March 2009
    • Stupidity Is Final Sign of Apocalypse

      Stupidity Is Final Sign of Apocalypse

      (Newser Summary) - "Recession" and "depression" seem far too understated to describe our world's woes. With conflicts raging from the Middle East to Mexico—and politicians pandering to Wall Street crooks who ruined our economy—let's try another word: "apocalypse," writes David Sirota in Salon. "It's not just the economic turbulence" that warrants the A-word, Sirota writes, but "the 'I feel fine' obliviousness of REM’s cataclysmic ballad." More »

    • US Will Collapse by 2010: Russian

      US Will Collapse by 2010: Russian

      (Newser Summary) - The “collapse of the American dream” is complete, says a Russian scholar, and President Obama will declare martial law and the US will splinter into six regions by the end of 2010, the AP reports. Igor Panarin, the dean of Russia's Foreign Ministry school, cited school shootings, the prison population, and the number of gay men as indicators of the US’ social breakdown at yesterday's lecture.  More »

  • February 2009
    • How to Survive the Apocalypse

      How to Survive the Apocalypse

      (Newser Summary) - Economic ruin, climate change, war—the apocalypse can’t be far off, right? Movies tell us that to survive the end of days we need “to sit in desirable country mansions, eat tinned tomatoes, develop post-traumatic psychosis and shoot each other,” Tanya Gold writes in the Guardian , noting that such a tactic "never works.” Instead, Gold learns how to navigate Armageddon herself. More »

  • September 2008
    • Malaria Fight Gets $3B Booster Shot

      Malaria Fight Gets $3B Booster Shot

      (Newser Summary) - The global fight against malaria will get an unprecedented $3 billion push from a global alliance of nonprofits, financial institutions, and governments, the Wall Street Journal reports, with a focus on prolonging the effort beyond initial successes. The Global Malaria Action Plan aims for multibillion-dollar yearly funding through 2020, and hopes to save 4.2 million lives by 2015. More »

  • June 2008
    • Ex-Army Doc to Get $5.8M in Anthrax Case

      Ex-Army Doc to Get $5.8M in Anthrax Case

      (Newser Summary) - The Justice Department will pay nearly $6 million to an ex-Army scientist for naming him in an anthrax probe 7 years ago, the AP reports. The feds settled out of court today for calling Steven Hatfill a "person of interest" in the still-unsolved case, but continued to "deny all liability in connection with Dr. Hatfill's claims,” a DOJ spokesman said. Hatfill, who has never been charged, accused officials of trying to smear him. More »

    • McDonald's: Hold the Tomatoes

      McDonald's: Hold the Tomatoes

      (Newser Summary) - McDonald’s is pulling sliced tomatoes from its sandwiches following a nationwide outbreak of salmonella linked to the fruit. A spokesman was quick to note that the chain has not detected the bacteria in its supplies, “but with an abundance of caution, we want to make sure our food items containing tomatoes are absolutely safe," he told the Chicago Tribune . More »

  • May 2008
    • Toad Venom Aphrodisiac Kills NYC Man

      Toad Venom Aphrodisiac Kills NYC Man

      (Newser Summary) - New York City officials warned people today to avoid a toad venom-based aphrodisiac that recently killed a man, the AP reports. The illegal love drug, often sold as Jamaican Stone or Chinese Rock, is harmful whether ingested or applied to the skin. "There is no definitely safe way to use it,” one official said. Similar drugs have killed at least five New Yorkers since the early 1990s. More »

    • Chronic Disease Top Cause of Death Worldwide

      Chronic Disease Top Cause of Death Worldwide

      (Newser Summary) - Chronic ailments such as heart disease have become the top causes of death around the world, Reuters reports. Infectious disease, such as tuberculosis and AIDS, has traditionally been the planet's number-one killer. But new World Health Organization stats show noncommunicable conditions, many of which are associated with a Western lifestyle, are killing more people, and the numbers are projected to continue climbing. More »

    • Quake Toll Could Top 50K

      Quake Toll Could Top 50K

      (Newser Summary) - The death toll from China’s devastating earthquake could ultimately top 50,000, Reuters reports. Some 20,000 have been confirmed dead, but Chinese officials fear for tens of thousands trapped under rubble, as rescuers contend with landslides, destroyed roads, and collapsed bridges. But even among those above ground, the multitudes of newly homeless people are beginning to strain the resources of relief efforts. More »

    • Emergency H20 Flows Into Parched Barcelona

      Emergency H20 Flows Into Parched Barcelona

      (Newser Summary) - Barcelona is having to ship in emergency supplies of drinking water as Spain suffers its worst drought since records began 60 years ago, the Guardian reports. The first shipment of 5 million gallons arrived yesterday and dozens more are scheduled. The city's reservoirs are down to a quarter of capacity with the summer heat weeks away. Water-starved agricultural regions nearby charge that the government denied their request for water for political reasons. More »

    • 2008 Twister Deaths Highest in a Decade

      2008 Twister Deaths Highest in a Decade

      (Newser Summary) - With 22 tornado-related deaths in the South over the weekend, 2008 is shaping up to be the deadliest year for twisters in a decade, USA Today reports. With 98 total fatalities, “we are on a pace that continues a record number” of tornadoes since modern record-keeping began in 1950, said an expert. Thus far, there have been 636 twisters this year, officials say, behind only 1999, which saw 669 through May 11. More »

    • 3,000 Dead, 900 Kids Buried in China Quake

      3,000 Dead, 900 Kids Buried in China Quake

      (Newser Summary) - Some 900 students were buried when a school collapsed in today's earthquake in China, state media reported, and the death climbed past 3,000 in just one county. Two other school collapses killed at least 5 children in a province adjacent to Sichuan province, where the quake occurred. Little else is yet known because phone communication is out in the epicenter about 60 miles from Chengdu, home of some 10 million people. More »

    • Storms Kill 19 in Mo., Okla.

      Storms Kill 19 in Mo., Okla.

      (Newser Summary) - Tornadoes ripped through nation's heartland today, killing at least 19 people in Oklahoma and Missouri and leaving a wide swath of destruction, AP reports. Seven people were killed in the small mining town of Picher, Okla., and another 12 were killed in southwest Missouri, officials said. Oklahoma rescuers were working to free people trapped in their wrecked homes. Tornadoes also struck Arkansas, but no deaths have been reported. More »

    • Volcanic Plume Blankets S. America

      Volcanic Plume Blankets S. America

      (Newser Summary) - A mammoth plume of ash and smoke from a newly erupted volcano in Chile is slowly working its way across South America and now poses a health risk to the 8 million residents of Beunos Aires, AFP reports. Thousands of residents of southern Chile were evacuated Tuesday, with ash coating city streets and health officials urging people to don masks. More »

    • 100,000 Burmese Now Feared Dead

      100,000 Burmese Now Feared Dead

      (Newser Summary) - The death toll from Burma's catastrophic cyclone could reach 100,000, a US diplomat said today. That's almost five times what the nation's government had estimated, CNN reports—and aid workers are still waiting in Thailand, to be allowed into the country to help the estimated million hungry and homeless survivors. More »

    • Millions Homeless, But Junta Impedes Cyclone Aid

      Millions Homeless, But Junta Impedes Cyclone Aid

      (Newser Summary) - The death toll from Burma's devastating cyclone continues to rise—foreign aid workers now believe 50,000 have died, and 2 to 3 million are homeless—but the military junta is keeping international agencies from mounting a coordinated relief effort. A flight carrying UN relief aid is in the works, but UN workers cannot get visas, journalists are barred, and no comprehensive survey of the damage is available. More »

    • Disease, Hunger Now Threaten Cyclone Survivors

      Disease, Hunger Now Threaten Cyclone Survivors

      (Newser Summary) - The Burmese lucky enough to survive a catastrophic cyclone now face the threat of death by disease and hunger. Dirty water and rotting corpses pose a grave danger of cholera and diarrhea, and the devastated infrastructure is making it nearly impossible to deliver food to people who were hungry even before the cyclone hit, Reuters reports. Aid agencies are scrambling to get help to survivors—and to persuade the military junta to grant them increased access. More »

    • Pandemic Risk Real, Mounting

      Pandemic Risk Real, Mounting

      (Newser Summary) - The danger of a worldwide bird flu epidemic is growing as the virus becomes established in the avian population, Reuters reports. World Health Organization experts today urged all nations to prepare in case the H5N1 virus mutates into a form easily transferable between humans. In birds, the strain has spread across Asia, Africa, and parts of Europe. More »

    • Chilean Volcano Keeps Rumbling

      Chilean Volcano Keeps Rumbling

      (Newser Summary) - The southern Chilean town of Chaiten has been totally evacuated after a volcano, active since Friday, belched molten lava and ash more than 12 miles high, the AP reports. Around 4,000 people have already left the area since the volcano—believed dormant for thousands of years—began acting up, and navy ships evacuated any that remained today. More »

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Dust erupts after a rocket hit the surrounding of...
Dust erupts after a rocket hit the surrounding of an Islamic seminary of a militant leader Maulana Fazlullah during a gun-battle between Pakistani security forces and militants in the village of Imam...   (AP Photo)
People watch the body of Thiago Franklino de Lima,...
People watch the body of Thiago Franklino de Lima, 21, who was killed at the Coque slum, in Recife, Brazil, Jan. 22, 2008. While Rio de Janeiro's bloody drug war makes international headlines, this balmy...   (AP Photo)
Congolese Red Cross workers try to identify victims...
Congolese Red Cross workers try to identify victims of a Congolese jetliner that crashed on takeoff in Goma, Congo, Wednesday, April 16, 2008. U.N. peacekeepers and rescue workers searched Wednesday for...   (AP Photo)
Albrecht Dürer, The Revelation of St John: The Four...
Albrecht Dürer, The Revelation of St John: The Four Riders of the Apocalypse, 1497-98, Woodcut, 39 x 28 cm, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe   (Wikimedia Commons)
A mosquito is sorted according to species and gender...
A mosquito is sorted according to species and gender before testing at the Dallas County mosquito lab in Dallas, Friday, May 11, 2007. With the arrival of spring rainstorms and steamy weather, mosquito-control...   (Associated Press)
Climate change is taking a toll on food production,...
Climate change is taking a toll on food production, especially in developing countries.   (Getty Images)
Dashde Arjan valley. Tribal region of the Kashgais....
Dashde Arjan valley. Tribal region of the Kashgais. Locust swarms threaten Iran's harvest in this 1952 file photo.   (Magnum Photos)
A girl struggles against a sand storm near a water...
A girl struggles against a sand storm near a water point in a Darfur refugee camp in Sudan, in this April 20, 2007, file photo.   (AP Photo)
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Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse , allegorical figures in the Book of Revelation in the Bible. The rider on the white horse has many ...

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