More carmakers caught in headlights of VW engine-rigging scandal

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Volkswagen has admitted it installed illegal software into 11 million 2.0 liter and 3.0 liter diesel engines worldwide (AFP Photo/Josh Edelson)

Volkswagen emissions scandal

Iran's 'catastrophic mistake': Speculation, pressure, then admission

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Analsyts say it is irresponsible to link the crash of a Ukraine International Airline Boeing 737-800 to the 737 MAX accidents (AFP Photo/INA FASSBENDER)

Missing MH370 likely to have disintegrated mid-flight: experts

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A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 commercial jet.

QZ8501 (AirAsia)

Leaders see horror of French Alps crash as probe gathers pace

"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. …

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Push for Women-Friendly Transport in Jakarta


Jakarta Globe, Nurfika Osman, January 19, 2011

Indonesian women and school children board a women-only carriage of a commuter
train at a station during its launching ceremony in Depok, West Java, Indonesia.
An Indonesian train operator launched women-only carriages as a new service
following complaints about pinching, groping and unwanted advances.
(AP Photo/Irwin Fedriansyah)  
 

The government has announced plans to provide more transportation facilities geared toward women and children, aimed largely at tackling incidents of sexual harassment on board public transportation.

Under a three-year agreement, signed on Wednesday by the Ministry of Transportation and State Ministry for Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection, existing public transportation facilities and vehicles will be modified to curb harassment, allow women to breast-feed their babies and provide an all-round more comfortable commute.

Linda Gumelar, the minister for women’s empowerment, said the present state of the transportation sector gave rise to “a lot of gender issues.”

“We’re fully aware that there are many cases of sexual harassment against women and girls in overcrowded public transportation, as a result of the lack of facilities designed to create a more comfortable commute,” she said.

“We want more forms of transportation to be available in order to prevent sexual harassment as well as to create a more comfortable environment for all people who use public transportation.”

Among the measures to be taken under the agreement, bus terminals, train stations, air and sea ports will be required to provide nursery rooms where mothers can breast-feed their babies.

“Children have the right to be healthy and mothers have the right to get the support of the community on this matter,” Linda said.

She said stations would also have to provide more toilets for women. “Women have special needs and they usually bring their children,” she said. “We also want the steps on buses to have a lower, more ergonomic design that suits Indonesians better.”

Linda also called on the Transportation Ministry to set up a call center where the public could report stations for not providing gender-sensitive facilities.

Transportation Minister Freddy Numberi said he was ready to implement the plan.

“We realize our public transportation standards need to change because people are more aware of gender equality in every aspect of life,” he said. “We also realize that we need to make these changes in order to provide more comfortable transportation for all people, especially women, children and the disabled.”

Freddy said he was considering setting up a directorate dedicated to planning and designing gender-sensitive transportation facilities. “We’re going to fix our transportation system to support women and children,” he said.

In response to sexual harassment cases on board commuter trains, the country’s first women-only train cars were launched in August.

Fitted out with pink seats, the special cars are so far only available on the route running from Jakarta to the southern satellite city of Depok.

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