United Nations Declaration (Articles 1 - 30):

Article 1: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Article 2: Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.

Incoming UN chief names three women to top posts

Incoming UN chief names three women to top posts
Nigerian Minister of the Environment Amina Mohammed, seen in 2015, will be the UN's number two official (AFP Photo/Mireya ACIERTO)

Sustainable Development
"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.) -
"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.)
(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.)


The Declaration of Human Freedom

Archangel Michael (Via Steve Beckow), Feb. 19, 2011

Every being is a divine and eternal soul living in a temporal body. Every being was alive before birth and will live after death.

Every soul enters into physical life for the purpose of experience and education, that it may, in the course of many lifetimes, learn its true identity as a fragment of the Divine.

Life itself is a constant process of spiritual evolution and unfoldment, based on free choice, that continues until such time as we realize our true nature and return to the Divine from which we came.

No soul enters life to serve another, except by choice, but to serve its own purpose and that of the Divine from which it came.

All life is governed by natural and universal laws which precede and outweigh the laws of humanity. These laws, such as the law of karma, the law of attraction, and the law of free will, are decreed by God to order existence and assist each person to achieve life’s purpose.

No government can or should survive that derives its existence from the enforced submission of its people or that denies its people their basic rights and freedoms.

Life is a movement from one existence to another, in varied venues throughout the universe and in other universes and dimensions of existence. We are not alone in the universe but share it with other civilizations, most of them peace-loving, many of whom are more advanced than we are, some of whom can be seen with our eyes and some of whom cannot.

The evidence of our five senses is not the final arbiter of existence. Humans are spiritual as well as physical entities and the spiritual side of life transcends the physical. God is a Spirit and the final touchstone of God’s Truth is not physical but spiritual. The Truth is to be found within.

God is one and, because of this, souls are one. They form a unity. They are meant to live in peace and harmony together in a “common unity” or community. The use of force to settle affairs runs contrary to natural law. Every person should have the right to conduct his or her own affairs without force, as long as his or her choices do not harm another.

No person shall be forced into marriage against his or her will. No woman shall be forced to bear or not bear children, against her will. No person shall be forced to hold or not hold views or worship in a manner contrary to his or her choice. Nothing vital to existence shall be withheld from another if it is within the community’s power to give.

Every person shall retain the ability to think, speak, and act as they choose, as long as they not harm another. Every person has the right to choose, study and practice the education and career of their choice without interference, provided they not harm another.

No one has the right to kill another. No one has the right to steal from another. No one has the right to force himself or herself upon another in any way.

Any government that harms its citizens, deprives them of their property or rights without their consent, or makes offensive war upon its neighbors, no matter how it misrepresents the situation, has lost its legitimacy. No government may govern without the consent of its people. All governments are tasked with seeing to the wellbeing of their citizens. Any government which forces its citizens to see to its own wellbeing without attending to theirs has lost its legitimacy.

Men and women are meant to live fulfilling lives, free of want, wherever they wish and under the conditions they desire, providing their choices do not harm another and are humanly attainable.

Children are meant to live lives under the beneficent protection of all, free of exploitation, with unhindered access to the necessities of life, education, and health care.

All forms of exploitation, oppression, and persecution run counter to universal and natural law. All disagreements are meant to be resolved amicably.

Any human law that runs counter to natural and universal law is invalid and should not survive. The enactment or enforcement of human law that runs counter to natural and universal law brings consequences that cannot be escaped, in this life or another. While one may escape temporal justice, one does not escape divine justice.

All outcomes are to the greater glory of God and to God do we look for the fulfillment of our needs and for love, peace, and wisdom. So let it be. Aum/Amen.


Pope Francis arrives for historic first US visit

Pope Francis arrives for historic first US visit
Pope Francis laughs alongside US President Barack Obama upon arrival at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, on September 22, 2015, on the start of a 3-day trip to Washington (AFP Photo/Saul Loeb)


Today's doodle in the U.S. celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech on its 50th anniversary (28 Aug 2013)

'Love is love': Obama lauds gay marriage activists in hailing 'a victory for America'

'Love is love': Obama lauds gay marriage activists in hailing 'a victory for America'
The White House released this image, of the building colored like the rainbow flag, on Facebook following the supreme court’s ruling. Photograph: Facebook

Same-sex marriage around the world

"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. …

Merkel says Turkey media crackdown 'highly alarming'

Merkel says Turkey media crackdown 'highly alarming'
Reporters Without Borders labels Erdogan as 'enemy of press freedom'

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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

McKinsey implicated in Galleon trial

McKinsey consultancy linked to biggest US biggest insider-dealing case since 1980s as former partner Anil Kumar testifies

guardian.co.uk, Dominic Rushe in New York, Monday 14 March 2011


Courtroom drawing shows ex-hedge fund tycoon Raj Rajaratnam, right; assistant
US attorney Andrew Michaelson, left, and Judge Richard Howell, top right,
listening to witness Anil Kumar during the insider-trading trial of Rajaratnam.
Photograph: Shirley Shepard/AFP/Getty Images

The management consultants from the McKinsey group gather in Washington this week as the reputations of some its most senior former employees are on the line in a New York court.

The US government's biggest insider-dealing case since the 1980s is proving an embarrassment to McKinsey, whose blue-chip client list includes more than 90 of the 100 leading global corporations, and governments in more than 35 countries including the UK. Two senior McKinsey figures have already been implicated during the trial and a third is expected to be named this week.

According to prosecutors, Raj Rajaratnam, billionaire founder of the Galleon hedge fund, was fed lucrative and illegal tips about McKinsey clients by some of the consultancy's top executives. Rajaratnam is accused of making $50m (£31m) from these and other tips and faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.

Anil Kumar, a former senior McKinsey partner who has pleaded guilty to securities fraud and is co-operating with the government, took the stand for the second day on Monday. Kumar, one of the prosecution's star witnesses, has agreed to forfeit $2.7m in fees and profits he received from Galleon.

Kumar said Rajaratnam paid him in the name of Kumar's housekeeper and passed him confidential documents about the chipmaker Intel, rival of Kumar's McKinsey client AMD.

Kumar alleged the hedge fund manager pressed him for financial details on AMD. "He wanted to move to an arrangement where he could monitor the benefits and share the profits," he testified.

Kumar was a protegé of Raj Gupta, former head of McKinsey and a former director of Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble. Gupta has been named as a co-conspirator and accused of passing inside information on to Rajaratnam about companies including Goldman and P&G.

In court Jonathan Streeter, a federal prosecutor, has mentioned a third, as yet unnamed, McKinsey executive. He is believed to be David Palecek, a former classmate of Rajaratnam's brother Rengan. Streeter told the jury they would hear a recording of a phone conversation Rajaratnam had with his brother "talking about plotting to get inside information from a consultant at McKinsey". Streeter said Rajaratnam described the executive as "dirty" and talked about getting him to "play ball" by adding his wife to the Galleon payroll.

Palecek died last year but Catherine Redlich, a New York-based lawyer who represents his wife, said in a statement: "What the tape does not reflect is that Mr Palecek never agreed to "play ball" with the Rajaratnams, never received money from them, and never agreed to put his wife on Galleon's payroll."

Last week Kumar testified that he shared client secrets with Rajaratnam because he felt obliged to him after agreeing to accept $500,000 a year in consulting fees. "Mr Rajaratnam kept asking me for that information and I felt that I owed him something given how much money he was paying me," Kumar told the court.

According to telephone conversations secretly taped by prosecutors, Kumar and Rajaratnam discussed transactions involving AMD, Business Objects, Cisco, eBay, Samsung Electronics, Spansion and other companies. Many of these firms were or are McKinsey clients.

A spokeswoman for McKinsey said the firm had no comment. Sources close to the firm said the trial and its implications would be discussed at this week's annual partners' meeting in Washington. More than 1,300 of McKinsey's senior staff are expected at the meeting.

Last week John Dowd, Rajaratnam's top lawyer, said it was a "monstrous lie" that his client had manipulated Kumar into betraying his clients. He said he would show that Kumar funnelled his money into his own accounts and did not properly inform McKinsey about it.

Kumar has said he violated McKinsey's policies when he shared confidential client information with Rajaratnam. McKinsey is built on a "foundation of trust", he said. If the firm ever lost its reputation for maintaining client confidences, he said, "it could destroy the trust that McKinsey had with its clients".

Founded in 1926, McKinsey is arguably the best-known management consultant in the world. The firm operates as a partnership and has strict rules on client confidentiality not least because its business operates on a "non-exclusive" basis with different teams allowed to work for competitors.


FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2009 file photo, Rajat Kumar Gupta,Chairman
of Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, listens to
a statement, during a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos,
Switzerland. Federal regulators have charged Gupta, a Goldman Sachs
former board member with insider trading, saying Tuesday, March 1, 2011,
he provided confidential information to the central figure in a major
hedge fund probe.(AP Photo/Keystone/Alessandro Della Bella, file)


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