"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.) -

“ … 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.)
(Subjects: Who/What is Kryon ?, Egypt Uprising, Iran/Persia Uprising, Peace in Middle East without Israel actively involved, Muhammad, "Conceptual" Youth Revolution, "Conceptual" Managed Business, Internet, Social Media, News Media, Google, Bankers, Global Unity,..... etc.)
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The headquarters of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in 
Jakarta. (BeritaSatu Photo)
"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. …

Saturday, April 07, 2012

Indonesia wins tobacco dispute with US

The Jakarta Post, by Linda Yulisman, Jakarta, Sat, 04/07/2012

Indonesia, the world’s largest producer of clove cigarettes, has won a tobacco dispute with the United States after the World Trade Organization (WTO) ruled in its favor, saying that the US ban on clove cigarettes was discriminatory as the country still allowed sales of similarly flavored cigarettes.

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The Trade Ministry’s international trade cooperation head, Iman Pambagyo, welcomed the ruling, saying that Indonesia’s winning the case would be important not only for Indonesia, but also other countries in terms of respecting the institution’s ruling. The government would continue in its commitment to international agreements under the WTO, especially regarding the technical barriers to trade (TBT) agreement, he said.

“All countries must respect it [the agreement]. With this ruling, we expect other countries will not follow the US’ move,” he said in a statement on Thursday.

The WTO’s appellate body ruled on Wednesday that the US had been discriminatory in its ban on sales of clove cigarettes as it continued to allow sales of “like-products”, particularly menthol-flavored cigarettes. The US government has expressed its disappointment over the outcome of the dispute.

“The ban on cigarettes with flavors is part of landmark US legislation to combat the public health crisis caused by tobacco products,” Nkenge Harmon, spokeswoman for the US Trade Representative’s Office, said as quoted by Reuters. The office was examining its options in complying with the ruling, she added.

US compliance through barring sales of menthol cigarettes will affect its local cigarette makers, including Lorillard Inc, the Philip Morris USA unit of Altria Group, RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co. of Reynolds American Inc., and Liggett Vector Brands LLC.

It can also comply with the WTO ruling by creating new trade concessions with Indonesia, as it has already done in a few other disputes where the US Congress was unwilling to change the law.

However, if the US maintains its ban, Indonesia can impose retaliatory duties on US exports to an amount similar to the value it has lost due to the ban.

The tobacco dispute began when the US Food and Drug Administration banned cigarettes containing fruit, confectionery or clove flavors through a new law — the US Family Smoking Prevention Tobacco Control Act of 2009 — slated to curb smoking among youths with the argument that flavored cigarettes were especially attractive to children.

The ban affected local clove cigarette producers, which supplied around 99 percent of clove cigarettes sold in the US, with annual exports estimated at US$200 million.

Indonesian authorities considered the ban discriminatory as the US still allowed sales of menthol cigarettes, widely produced by its domestic cigarette makers and consumed by more than 19 million Americans. It then filed a formal petition to the world trade governing body on April 7, 2010, arguing that the ban was not only discriminatory but also incapable of preventing young people from smoking.

The WTO’s dispute settlement body ruled on Sept. 2, 2011, saying that Indonesia’s claim about the discriminatory nature of the law was true and that, therefore, the US had breached international trade rules, especially the TBT agreement, by favoring locally made menthol cigarettes. However, it did find resonance in the ban in trying to prevent youngsters from smoking.

Indonesian exports of tobacco and tobacco substitutes were valued at $591 million last year, up 25.8 percent from a year earlier.

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