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"A Summary" – Apr 2, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Religion, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Intelligent/Benevolent Design, EU, South America, 5 Currencies, Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Middle East, Internet, Israel, Dictators, Palestine, US, Japan (Quake/Tsunami Disasters , People, Society ...), Nuclear Power Revealed, Hydro Power, Geothermal Power, Moon, Financial Institutes (Recession, Realign integrity values ..) , China, North Korea, Global Unity,..... etc.) - (Text version)

"The Timing of the Great Shift" – Mar 21, 2009 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Text version)

“ … Here is another one. A change in what Human nature will allow for government. "Careful, Kryon, don't talk about politics. You'll get in trouble." I won't get in trouble. I'm going to tell you to watch for leadership that cares about you. "You mean politics is going to change?" It already has. It's beginning. Watch for it. You're going to see a total phase-out of old energy dictatorships eventually. The potential is that you're going to see that before 2013.
They're going to fall over, you know, because the energy of the population will not sustain an old energy leader ..."

"Update on Current Events" – Jul 23, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Subjects: The Humanization of God, Gaia, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Benevolent Design, Financial Institutes (Recession, System to Change ...), Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Nuclear Power Revealed, Geothermal Power, Hydro Power, Drinking Water from Seawater, No need for Oil as Much, Middle East in Peace, Persia/Iran Uprising, Muhammad, Israel, DNA, Two Dictators to fall soon, Africa, China, (Old) Souls, Species to go, Whales to Humans, Global Unity,..... etc.)

"The Recalibration of Awareness – Apr 20/21, 2012 (Kryon channeled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Old Energy, Recalibration Lectures, God / Creator, Religions/Spiritual systems (Catholic Church, Priests/Nun’s, Worship, John Paul Pope, Women in the Church otherwise church will go, Current Pope won’t do it), Middle East, Jews, Governments will change (Internet, Media, Democracies, Dictators, North Korea, Nations voted at once), Integrity (Businesses, Tobacco Companies, Bankers/ Financial Institutes, Pharmaceutical company to collapse), Illuminati (Started in Greece, with Shipping, Financial markets, Stock markets, Pharmaceutical money (fund to build Africa, to develop)), Shift of Human Consciousness, (Old) Souls, Women, Masters to/already come back, Global Unity.... etc.) - (Text version)

“… The Shift in Human Nature

You're starting to see integrity change. Awareness recalibrates integrity, and the Human Being who would sit there and take advantage of another Human Being in an old energy would never do it in a new energy. The reason? It will become intuitive, so this is a shift in Human Nature as well, for in the past you have assumed that people take advantage of people first and integrity comes later. That's just ordinary Human nature.

In the past, Human nature expressed within governments worked like this: If you were stronger than the other one, you simply conquered them. If you were strong, it was an invitation to conquer. If you were weak, it was an invitation to be conquered. No one even thought about it. It was the way of things. The bigger you could have your armies, the better they would do when you sent them out to conquer. That's not how you think today. Did you notice?

Any country that thinks this way today will not survive, for humanity has discovered that the world goes far better by putting things together instead of tearing them apart. The new energy puts the weak and strong together in ways that make sense and that have integrity. Take a look at what happened to some of the businesses in this great land (USA). Up to 30 years ago, when you started realizing some of them didn't have integrity, you eliminated them. What happened to the tobacco companies when you realized they were knowingly addicting your children? Today, they still sell their products to less-aware countries, but that will also change.

What did you do a few years ago when you realized that your bankers were actually selling you homes that they knew you couldn't pay for later? They were walking away, smiling greedily, not thinking about the heartbreak that was to follow when a life's dream would be lost. Dear American, you are in a recession. However, this is like when you prune a tree and cut back the branches. When the tree grows back, you've got control and the branches will grow bigger and stronger than they were before, without the greed factor. Then, if you don't like the way it grows back, you'll prune it again! I tell you this because awareness is now in control of big money. It's right before your eyes, what you're doing. But fear often rules. …”

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

North Sumatra Home to Country’s Most Corrupt Officials: Watchdog

Jakarta Globe, Nivell Rayda, February 23, 2011

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The country’s leading antigraft watchdog has released new figures on corruption in the regions for 2010, and the news is not good for North Sumatra and East Kalimantan.

Medan, the capital of North Sumatra. The province is the
most corrupt in Indonesia, according to figures compiled by
Indonesia Corruption Watch. (Antara Photo/File)

Agus Sunaryanto, head of the investigation unit at Indonesia Corruption Watch, said on Wednesday that based on the number of graft cases involving government officials, North Sumatra was the most corrupt province in the country.

The organization recorded 64 corruption scandals involving North Sumatra government officials at the provincial and district levels last year.

“North Sumatra’s provincial administration has to pay serious attention to corruption practices [involving government officials] plaguing the province,” Agus said. “The government must establish greater transparency and impose strict monitoring in regard to the use of its coffers.”

He added that losses incurred from graft in the province amounted to Rp 288 billion ($32.5 million) over the year.

One of the more prominent examples of corruption in the province was the case of North Sumatra Governor Syamsul Arifin, who was arrested in October in connection with alleged graft committed while he was head of Lankat district.

And in 2008, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrested Abdillah, the mayor of the provincial capital, Medan, and his deputy, Ramli Lubis, for two cases of graft.

North Sumatra administration spokesman Edi Sofyan denied the government had failed to carry out reform in the province.

“Just the opposite, actually,” Edi said. “The high number of cases [in North Sumatra] shows that we are serious about tackling corruption.”

Data recorded by the ICW showed there were 448 corruption scandals involving local officials nationwide last year, with 176 cases recorded during the first six months.

“In the first half of 2010, state losses caused by corruption nationwide amounted to Rp 2.1 trillion,” Agus said.

“In the second half of the year, losses amounted to Rp 1.5 trillion. The trend is worrying. These figures suggest that law enforcers tend to touch on only petty corruption cases.”

According to ICW records, East Kalimantan suffered the greatest losses of the nation’s provinces to corruption in the second half of 2010 at Rp 601 billion. This figure came from just two cases that were handled by local law-enforcement agencies during the period.

East Kalimantan was followed by Jakarta, which recorded Rp 200 billion in state losses from six separate corruption scandals.

Gamawan Fauzi, the minister of home affairs, has painted a bleak picture of the country’s regional heads, saying too many have been implicated in graft scandals.

“Among the 155 regional heads who have been named graft suspects, at least 17 of them are [current and former] governors,” Gamawan said during a meeting with Committee I of the Regional Representatives Council (DPD).

In November, Transparency International Indonesia named Cirebon in West Java and Pekanbaru in Riau as the most corrupt cities in Indonesia. The results were based on the organization’s most comprehensive survey yet, which polled 9,237 members of the business community in 50 cities.

The two cities tied in last year’s Corruption Perception Index with a score of just 3.61, with 10 being the cleanest.

“Reports from local and national media on both cities are filled with cases of corruption,” researcher Frenky Simanjuntak said. “This has affected the perception of businesses operating there.”

Medan scored 4.65 in the Transparency International survey, ranking 22 out of 50 cities.

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