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"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. …

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Banks urge city funding for monorail

Adisti Sukma Sawitri, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

A consortium of local banks wants Jakarta administration to acquire majority ownership of PT Jakarta Monorail to ensure investment in the on-off monorail project.

PT Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) president director Sigit Pramono said Monday the banks had made the request during discussions with the administration and Jakarta Monorail.

Sigit said a greater role by the administration would reduce the risks banks might face in the future.

"As a part of the public sector, public transportation projects are never profitable without subsidies or support from the central and local governments in any country," he told The Jakarta Post.

The banks and the administration engaged in a series of negotiations to settle financial schemes for the city's monorail projects after Jakarta Monorail, as the operator and constructor of the project, failed to attract foreign investors last year.

BNI, PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) and PT Bank Mandiri (Bank Mandiri) are among the local banks that intend to finance the project.

After being entangled in almost a year of negotiations, it has been agreed the banks would provide a US$345 million loan for the project while an additional $144 million would come from Jakarta Monorail's internal equity.

The administration and the City Council have agreed to provide 10 percent of the equity by disbursing $14.4 million.

PT Adhi Karya, an existing stakeholder, has also been asked to increase its ownership from 7 percent to more than 20 percent under a new financing scheme, despite the fact the state-owned construction company also holds a 24-percent share in PT Indonesia Transit Central (ITC).

ITC is the existing main stakeholder which controls 91 percent of Jakarta Monorail's total shares, while PT Omnico Singapore Pty Ltd holds the remaining two-percent share in the company.

Governor Fauzi Bowo said the administration planned to invest in the company, but added the company's mounting debts were a major concern.

"I never said the administration would not take over (the shares of the company), but this kind of decision would be easier if the company was not overburdened with debt," he said at City Hall in Central Jakarta.

ITC president director Sukmawaty Sjukur denied the consortium had ever been in debt.

The monorail project, which is to comprise two separate monorail lines, is part of the city's planned integrated transportation system aimed at overcoming the perennial traffic chaos in the capital.

The monorail's green line will run through South Jakarta's Kuningan business district, along Jl. Sudirman to Tanah Abang in Central Jakarta. The blue line will link Kampung Melayu in East Jakarta with Roxy in West Jakarta.(tif)

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