From John with love

"If anyone serves Me, he must continue to follow Me [to cleave steadfastly to Me, conform wholly to My example in living and, if need be, in dying] and wherever I am, there will My servant be also. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him."

John 12:26 (AMP)

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Look how helpful do they think it is.

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Lost people on mountains

Tracking boys.....

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FEMA Requests Info on Availability of 140 Million Meals, Blankets and Body Bags for New Madrid Fault Zone

FEMA has issued multiple RFI’s (Request For Information) regarding the availability of 140 million packaged meals, blankets and underwater body bags for the region known as the New Madrid Seismic Zone in the central United States. The Department of Homeland Security issued a similar request for diesel and gasoline for the states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and Florida.

It should be noted that this is the exact region currently experiencing GPS disruptions related to DoD testing. These are the states that would be unaffected by seismic activity in the New Madrid zone – they surround the fault line to the east and south and would be the most logical place to stage command centers and strategic operations within FEMA’s protocols and “zones.”

The New Madrid Seismic Zone, sometimes called the New Madrid Fault Line, is a major seismic zone and a prolific source of intraplate earthquakes (earthquakes within a tectonic plate) in the southern and midwestern United States, stretching to the southwest from New Madrid, Missouri. Earthquakes that occur there potentially threaten parts of seven U.S. states: Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi. Oklahoma’s recent spike in felt earthquakes can be directly attributed to the New Madrid, as well.

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EARTHQUAKE WARNING FROM RUSSIAN INSTITUTE of PHYSICS of the EARTH

A new report released today in the Kremlin prepared for Prime Minister Putin by the Institute of Physics of the Earth, in Moscow, is warning that the America’s are in danger of suffering a mega-quake of catastrophic proportions during the next fortnight (14 days) with a specific emphasis being placed on the United States, Mexico, Central America and South American west coast regions along with the New Madrid Fault Zone region.

This report further warns that catastrophic earthquakes in Asia and the sub-continent are, also, “more than likely to occur” with the 9.0 magnitude quake in Japan today being “one of at least 4 of this intensity” to occur during this same time period.

Raising the concerns of a mega-quake occurring, this report says, are the increasing subtle electromagnetic signals that are being detected in the Earth’s upper atmosphere over many regions of the World, with the most intense being over the US Western coastal and Midwest regions.

Important to note are that Russian and British scientists are at the forefront of predicting earthquakes based on these subtle electromagnetic signals and have joined in an effort to put satellites in space to detect more of them.

More ominously in this report are Russian scientists confirming the independent analysis of New Zealand mathematician and long-range weather forecaster, Ken Ring, who predicted the deadly Christchurch quake and this week issued another warning of a quake to hit on or about March 20th

Ring explains his methodology for predicting earthquakes as follows:

“The planets very much affect the earth, indirectly, by having an effect on the Sun. Some planets are very large. If the Sun was a basketball the gas giants Jupiter and Saturn would be the size of grapefruits, and the Earth would be, on that scale, the size of a peppercorn.

Jupiter and Saturn cause extra tides on the Sun when they get on either side of the Sun (as with Moon – Earth-Sun when the moon is full) and when these gas giants get on the same side as the Sun, (as with Earth -Moon – Sun when the moon is new). These greater solar tides become sunspot activity and solar flares and can be understood as akin to the increase in tides caused by the Moon when it too gets alongside Earth or opposite Earth.

At the moment we have Jupiter and Saturn on either side of the Sun and creating a tug of war with Earth in the middle. That started last September and will continue until about May. In September the Earth was right in line with Jupiter, Saturn and the Sun too.

That’s why there were several 7+ earthquakes around, it wasn’t just us. For instance there was one in Pakistan on the same day as Christchurch. This Jupiter/Saturn alignment continues until about May, and the Earth comes back into line as well in March. It is why there may be an extreme event, perhaps a large earthquake, around 20 March, which is when the Moon may be again in a trigger position.”

According to this report, however, where Ring is correct in assessing blame for our Earth’s earthquakes on the Sun and Planets, his substituting of Perigean Spring Tides (also known as King Tides) for the low pressure systems associated with them may be incorrect.

The mention in this report of massive low pressure systems being associated with catastrophic earthquakes is especially dire to the United States Midwestern region, which even today is continuing to be pounded by horrific rainfall amounts, and most especially impacting the New Madrid Fault Zone State of Arkansas which has suffered over 800 earthquakes in the past 6 months alone.

Equally in danger, this report continues, is the South American Nation of Bolivia which has, likewise, suffered catastrophic low pressure system storms that in the past week have killed over 52 people.

Most ominous in this report, though, is its warning that the fault-riddled State of California may be about to suffer its most catastrophic earthquake in decades as new reports for this region show the mass death of millions of fish [photo bottom left] is now occurring, and just like the mass stranding of whales on New Zealand beaches days prior to the February 22nd destruction of Christchurch.

Making the situation for our Planet even grimmer are the reports that our Sun is continuing to spew forth massive solar flares, the latest warned to hit our Earth today or tomorrow thus prompting the Hermanus Space Weather Warning Centre (SWWC) to issue a Solar Flare warning for the Southern Hemisphere.

Interesting to note in all of these events is the United States Army announcing this week that it is holding a rare training event involving the US Military, the CIA, Canadian officers, US Treasury and State departments, the US Agency for International Development, the Defense Threat Readiness Agency and the International Red Cross between March 21-25 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and which should the worst happen they will certainly be prepared for it.

As this report concludes, that as of yet, “no firmly reliable” method for predicting earthquakes has been scientifically recognized, it is well worth noting the too many to be ignored anomalous coincidences leading up to catastrophic mega-quakes are breaking out all over the World and should only be ignored at ones peril.

In other words, it is always best to be prepared should disaster strike, wherever the warning comes from.

REAL NEWS REPORTER



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Exodus from Tokyo begins

SHIZUOKA, Japan | A quiet exodus from Tokyo began on Tuesday after another explosion and a fire at a nuclear-power plant in Fukushima sent radiation levels above normal in the capital and in other prefectures in the north and east of Japan.

Many fleeing Tokyo residents said they could no longer tolerate tremors jolting them out of bed, four days after the strongest earthquake to hitJapan in recorded history struck Friday, followed by a raging tsunami that may have claimed as many as 10,000 lives.

Many feared that a cloud of nuclear radiation could drift from the plant 170 miles northeast of the capital toward the Kanto Plain, home to about 30 million people in a vast metropolis including Tokyo and Yokohama.

The Tokyo metropolitan government said radiation levels surged to 23 times the normal level Tuesday in the capital.

“The possibility of further radioactive leakage is heightening,” Prime Minister Naoto Kan said in a TV address Tuesday morning. “We are making every effort to prevent the leak from spreading. I know that people are very worried, but I would like to ask you to act calmly.”

Whashington Times

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Why the Dollar's Reign Is Near an End

The single most astonishing fact about foreign exchange is not the high volume of transactions, as incredible as that growth has been. Nor is it the volatility of currency rates, as wild as the markets are these days.

Instead, it's the extent to which the market remains dollar-centric.

Consider this: When a South Korean wine wholesaler wants to import Chilean cabernet, the Korean importer buys U.S. dollars, not pesos, with which to pay the Chilean exporter. Indeed, the dollar is virtually the exclusive vehicle for foreign-exchange transactions between Chile and Korea, despite the fact that less than 20% of the merchandise trade of both countries is with the U.S.

Chile and Korea are hardly an anomaly: Fully 85% of foreign-exchange transactions world-wide are trades of other currencies for dollars. What's more, what is true of foreign-exchange transactions is true of other international business. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries sets the price of oil in dollars. The dollar is the currency of denomination of half of all international debt securities. More than 60% of the foreign reserves of central banks and governments are in dollars.

The greenback, in other words, is not just America's currency. It's the world's.

But as astonishing as that is, what may be even more astonishing is this: The dollar's reign is coming to an end.

I believe that over the next 10 years, we're going to see a profound shift toward a world in which several currencies compete for dominance.

The impact of such a shift will be equally profound, with implications for, among other things, the stability of exchange rates, the stability of financial markets, the ease with which the U.S. will be able to finance budget and current-account deficits, and whether the Fed can follow a policy of benign neglect toward the dollar.

Wall Street Journal

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Underwater mortgages rise as home prices fall

WASHINGTON — The number of Americans who owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth rose at the end of last year, preventing many people from selling their homes in an already weak housing market.

CoreLogic said Tuesday that about 11.1 million households, or 23% of mortgaged homes, were underwater in the October-December quarter. That's up from 22.5%, or 10.8 million households, in the July-September quarter.

The number of underwater mortgages had fallen in the previous three quarters. But that was mostly because more homes went into foreclosure.

Underwater mortgages typically rise when home prices fall. Home prices in December hit their lowest point of the housing bust in 11 of 20 major U.S. metro areas. In a healthy housing market, about 5% of homeowners are underwater.

About 2.4 million people have only 5% equity or less in their homes, putting them near the tipping point if prices in their area fall.

USA TODAY

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A New World Financial Order: Why Is China Buying EU Sovereign Bonds?

In recent months, the Chinese Central Bank, the People's Bank of China (PBOC), has begun a two-pronged shift in its policies governing foreign currency reserves. The PBOC is decreasing the share of its portfolio that is made up of U.S. Treasury securities, while increasing its rhetoric in support of the Euro, along with increased purchases of Euro-denominated sovereign debt and infrastructure investments across Europe (from a highway in Poland to Romania's power grid).

China is worried about the economic future of the Eurozone for both political and economic reasons. Economically, the PBOC risks substantial losses to its portfolio of Euro-denominated sovereign bonds, if any restructuring occurs. The Chinese State Council also wants to preserve financial and economic stability in the EU, which is China's second largest trading partner as well as garner support within the EU as a check against the ongoing currency manipulation dispute with the U.S. Politically, China would like to see the EU's arms embargo lifted, as well as loosening of the strict export controls on high-tech products. Besides these specific political and economic rationales, China seeks to be seen as a global stabilizing force in the wake of the global financial crisis.

In general, beleaguered European governments, especially those with downgraded credit ratings, have welcomed China's investments, going so far as to praise China because the assistance has helped (to some degree) to restore financial confidence in their countries. Voices of opposition are also heard, including accusations that China's actions are merely symbolic and self-serving. Per my friends at DC Tripwire, 72% of China's foreign exchange reserves remain in U.S. Treasury bonds, some view China's incremental buying of Euro-denominated government bonds as evidence of their attempt to claim a larger share of the global financial sector, rather than supporting the re-establishment of global financial stability.

Chinese officials realize that the nation's newfound enthusiasm for Euro-denominated bonds is still a double-edged sword. On one hand, the PBOC runs the credit risk related to a continuing Euro-zone recession (as do all investors), while on the other hand, China's diminished dollar holdings will lead to a further strengthening of the RMB against the value of the dollar, thus reducing China's export competitiveness.

China is also undertaking investments beyond sovereign debt, particularly in infrastructure projects such as road and port construction, and grid network installation. Importantly, many of these investments would not be possible without Chinese support due to budget austerity stemming from the sovereign debt crisis. The Eurozone's historic hesitation about Chinese investment has also largely been replaced by trade missions wooing Chinese investors in Shanghai and Beijing. According to DC Tripwire, these efforts have resulted in $35B of Chinese investment in Europe in 2010- as well as China's first foray into the once closed-off European luxury brands, such as Volvo.

China's investment position echoes Charles de Gaulle's famous quote that "Europe is the Europeans' Europe" -- China's investments rely upon the statesmanship and consensus-building of European leaders to craft effective austerity measures, devise new financial regulations, increase the functionality of European Financial Stability Facility, and reinvigorate the confidence of Eurozone consumers.

Amidst this shift, it is still important to note that China's increased role in continental Europe will not translate into an outright severance from its interdependence with the U.S. economy. As evidence that China and the U.S. remain thoroughly intertwined, the Treasury Department, on February 28th, revised its data related to foreign holdings of American securities. China held $1.61T (as of June 2010) of U.S. government debt, up from previous reports of $1.46T and $900B.

Huffington Post

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China says U.S. must stop Taiwan arms sales

(Reuters) - The United States will put improved relations with Beijing at risk if it does not stop selling arms to Taiwan, China's Foreign Minister said on Monday.

The world's two biggest economies have sought to steady ties after a year that exposed strains over human rights, Taiwan, Tibet and the gaping U.S. trade deficit with China. Chinese President Hu Jintao visited the White House in January.

"The atmosphere at the moment in Sino-U.S. relations is good," Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi told a news conference on the sidelines of the ongoing meeting of China's parliament.

Vice President Joe Biden will visit China in the middle of this year, after which Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping will go the United States at "an appropriate time", Yang said.

"Of course, it is an objective reality that China and the United States have some differences or even friction over some issues," he added. "What's important is to properly handle these differences on the basis of mutual respect."

Early last year, Beijing reacted with fury to the Obama administration plans for a new round of weapons sales to Taiwan, the self-ruled island that China deems an illegitimate breakaway province, threatening to sanction the U.S. companies involved.

"We urge the United States to ... stop selling arms to Taiwan and take concrete actions to support the peaceful development of cross-Strait relations. This is very important in upholding the overall interests of China-U.S. relations," Yang said.

The United States is obliged under the 1979 Taiwan Relations Act to help the island defend itself.

While China-friendly Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou's promotion of closer economic ties with Beijing has reduced the risk of military conflict, the island is nonetheless seeking to shore up the balance of power against China.

Beijing has threatened to attack if the island tries to declare independence, and China has been outpacing it in its military build-up.

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