Framework for China-led international bank signed

Yahoo – AFP, Benjamin Haas, 29 June 2015

Supporters of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank say fears over

 undue Chinese influence are overblown, and that the participation by more 

than 50 countries will dilute Beijing's power (AFP Photo/Wang Zhao)

Beijing (AFP) - Countries from five continents formally signed up Monday to the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank -- a potential rival to the Washington-based World Bank -- as Beijing steps up its global diplomatic and economic role.

Australia was the first country to sign the articles of association creating the AIIB's legal framework at a ceremony in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, an AFP journalist saw, followed by 49 other founding members.

Seven more are expected to do so by the end of the year.

The bank will have a share capital of $100 billion, with $20 billion paid in initially, the document showed.

The signing "is an embodiment of the concrete action and efforts made by all countries in the spirit of solidarity, openness, inclusion and cooperation", Chinese President Xi Jinping said after the ceremony.

Supporters of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank say fears over

 undue Chinese influence are overblown, and that the participation by more

than 50 countries will dilute Beijing's power (AFP Photo/Wang Zhao)

Signalling China's central role at the bank, he added: "Now we are willing to listen to your views and proposals."

The AIIB has been viewed by some as a rival to the World Bank and Asian Development Bank, and the United States and Japan -- the world's largest and third-largest economies, respectively -- have notably declined to join.

Earlier this month, former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke rebuked US lawmakers for effectively encouraging the AIIB's formation by blocking reforms giving developing nations a greater say in the IMF.

Beijing will be by far the largest AIIB shareholder at about 30 percent, the articles of association posted on the website of China's finance ministry showed. India is the second biggest at 8.4 percent with Russia third on 6.5 percent.

The voting structure gives smaller members a slightly disproportionately larger voice, and a statement accompanying the articles said China will have 26 percent of the votes.

That is not enough to give Beijing a formal veto over all the bank's decision-making, but it will still have an outsized say and a block on some votes which require a 75 percent majority -- including the choice of the bank's president, suspensions of members, and changes to the rules.

"China's shareholding and its voting power at the establishment of the AIIB is a natural result led by the rules decided by all members," said Shi Yaobin, a vice finance minister, according to the official Xinhua news agency.

"China is not deliberately pursuing the veto power," he added, saying share percentages could be diluted by future new admissions.

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) speaks to Swiss Economy Minister Johann

 Schneider-Ammann (L) as he meets with the delegates attending the signing

 ceremony for the Articles of Agreement of the AIIB in Beijing on June 29, 2015

 (AFP Photo/Wang Zhao)

Among non-Asian participants, Germany is the largest shareholder with 4.5 percent, followed by France with 3.4 percent and Brazil on 3.2 percent.

The AIIB is expected to go into operation later this year and its headquarters will be in Beijing, despite calls from Indonesia that it be based in Jakarta, further cementing China's prominence in the institution.

But all financial terms in the agreement are in US dollars, rather than China's currency, the renminbi, and the bank's working language will be English.

Transparency concerns

Only 50 of the 57 countries that have applied for founding membership signed up in Beijing on Monday, and the finance ministry said the remainder -- Denmark, Kuwait, Malaysia, Philippines, Poland, South Africa and Thailand -- have yet to ratify the necessary agreements.

Washington sought to dissuade its allies from taking part but European countries including Britain, France and Germany have rushed to sign up as they seek to bolster ties with the world's second-largest economy.

There are some concerns over transparency of the lender, which will fund infrastructure in Asia, as well as worries that a resurgent Beijing will use it to push its own geopolitical and economic interests.

The articles of association promise the bank will "be guided by sound banking principles in its operations" and ensure its operations comply with "policies addressing environmental and social impacts".

Russia's Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak leaves after signing an article

 of association to help set up the AIIB during a ceremony at the Great Hall of the

 People in Beijing on June 29, 2015 (AFP Photo/Wang Zhao)

But equally vague statements in the past have done little to soothe critics.

Supporters say fears over undue Chinese influence are overblown, and that the participation by more than 50 countries will dilute Beijing's power.

The articles of association specify that the bank's president must come from the Asian region and will serve a maximum of two consecutive five-year terms.

Shi, a vice finance minister, said that China will "recommend a strong and powerful candidate" for the position, Xinhua reported.

In Tokyo, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said: "We hope the AIIB will play a role as a financial institution that contributes to Asia's development while meeting standards of international institutions, including for its governance.

"We'd like to watch it closely, including its actual operations."

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Vatican signs first accord with Palestine, making recognition of state official

The Vatican has signed its first accord with Palestine, legally recognizing it as a state. The Holy See said it hopes the agreement will lead to improved relations in the Middle East although Israel expressed regret.

Deutsche Welle, 27 June 2015

Vatican Foreign Minister Paul Gallagher and his Palestinian counterpart, Riad al-Malki, signed the treaty at a ceremony inside the Vatican on Friday.

The treaty covers the life and the activity of the Catholic Church in Palestine. It is the first accord since the Vatican recognized the Palestinian state in February 2013, and marks the Vatican's first legal recognition of Palestine.

Gallagher said he hoped the Vatican's recognition "may in some way be a stimulus to bringing a definitive end to the long-standing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which continues to cause suffering for both parties."

The Vatican had welcomed the decision by the UN General Assembly in 2012 to recognize a Palestinian state.

Calling the agreement "historic," al-Malki said it marked "a recognition of the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, freedom and dignity in an independent state of their own, free from the shackles of occupation."

Israel complains

The Israeli Foreign Ministry expressed "regret" at the Vatican's decision. Israel called the accord "a hasty step (that) damages the prospects for advancing a peace agreement."

Both the United States and Israel oppose recognizing the Palestinian state. They say that it undermines US-led efforts to negotiate an Israeli-Palestinian deal on the terms of Palestinian statehood.

Israel also said it could have implications on its future diplomatic relations with the Vatican.

But Gallagher called for peace negotiations to resume between Israelis and Palestinians towards a two-state solution. "This certainly requires courageous decisions, but it will also offer a major contribution to peace and stability in the region," he said.

jm/bk (dpa, Reuters, AP)

Pope Francis welcomes Palestinian authority President Mahmud Abbas during

a private audience at the Vatican on May 16, 2015 (AFP Photo/Alberto Pizzoli)

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"Not Your Father's New Age" - Feb 14/15, 2015 (Kryon Channelling by Lee Carroll) - (Text version)

".. Everything that has transpired during these years has been realized potential. That is to say that we see the potentials of what you might do, and report on that and only that. Much of what we see now is realized quickly. When we told you in 2012 there would be a new pope, 13 months later it happened. This was not prophecy, but rather a potential. We saw it coming because we have the overview and we knew of the anxiety of the existing pope, the health of the man, and we also knew of the potentials of a South American pope to come forward. All of these things should be a "connect the dots" for you. I come yet again, not with prophecy, but with information given with a congratulatory attitude of potential. ..."

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

Politicians begin to weigh in on the supreme court’s ruling in Obergefell v Hodges, with Republicans notably expressing far more divisive opinions

The Guardian, Ben Jacobs in Washington, Friday 26 June 2015

“Love is love,” declared Barack Obama, in the aftermath of the supreme court’s landmark decision on gay marriage on Friday.

In a speech in the White House Rose Garden, the president warmly embraced the court’s 5-4 decision in Obergefell v Hodges as a step towards making “our union a little more perfect”. He described the ruling as “a victory for America”.

“This ruling is a victory for Jim Obergefell and the other plaintiffs in the case,” he said. “It’s a victory for gay and lesbian couples who have fought so long for their basic civil rights. It’s a victory for their children, whose families will now be recognized as equal to any other. It’s a victory for the allies and friends and supporters who spent years, even decades, working and praying for change to come.

“And this ruling is a victory for America. This decision affirms what millions of Americans already believe in their hearts: when all Americans are treated as equal we are all more free.”

Obama referenced proudly the work of activists who he said had labored for “years, even decades” in the fight for marriage equality, and said the decision was “a vindication of the belief that ordinary people can do extraordinary things”.

The White House released this image, of the building colored like the rainbow
flag, on Facebook following the supreme court’s ruling. Photograph: Facebook

He also praised the court for reaffirming “that all Americans are entitled to the equal protection of the law. That all people should be treated equally, regardless of who they are or who they love”.

Obama noted that “progress often comes in small increments, two steps forward and one step back”, but celebrated the court’s decision as a reminder that sometimes “justice arrives like a thunderbolt”. He praised the decision as “an extraordinary achievement” and referenced a statement made by Robert F Kennedy.

“What an extraordinary achievement,” he said. “What a vindication of the belief that ordinary people can do extraordinary things. What a reminder of what Bobby Kennedy once said about how small actions can be like pebbles being thrown into a still lake, and ripples of hope cascade outwards and change the world.”

Obama’s powerful statement came as a little surprise. The president publicly endorsed same-sex marriage in 2012 and referenced the push for gay marriage in his second inaugural speech. Almost in lockstep, leading Democrats echoed his words.

Among presidential candidates, Hillary Clinton said in a statement: “I am celebrating today’s landmark victory for marriage equality.” Former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley proclaimed that the “supreme court affirmed that marriage is a human right – not a state right … the American dream is strongest when all are included”. And Vermont senator Bernie Sanders said: “Today the supreme court fulfilled the words engraved upon its building: ‘Equal justice under law.’”

The Democratic National Committee chair, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, used similar language to the president, saying “Love is love, and love is now the law”, while Senate minority leader Harry Reid celebrated the decision and said: “The supreme court ruled on the right side of history.”

In a particularly poignant statement, the Democratic New York congressman Sean Patrick Maloney said: “Last year, I celebrated this ruling in a personal way – by marrying my now-husband Randy after 22 years together, with whom I have raised three beautiful children. While the idea of marriage was once impossible in the eyes of the federal government, because of the supreme court’s action, our relationship was finally treated as equal under federal law.”

Maloney added: “These triumphs are not only for families like mine, but for millions of Americans who still face legal discrimination simply for who they are and who they love.”

Republicans expressed far more diverse opinions. Some were ready to accept the court’s decision. Ohio senator Rob Portman, a supporter of gay marriage, said: “I would have preferred for this issue to be resolved by the democratic process in the states because I think you build a more lasting consensus that way.” But he added: “Now the court has reached its decision, I hope we can move past the division and polarization the issue has caused.”

Some presidential candidates took similar tacks. Dr Ben Carson, who supports civil unions, said: “While I strongly disagree with the supreme court’s decision, their ruling is now the law of the land.”

South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham echoed Carson, saying: “I am a proud defender of traditional marriage and believe the people of each state should have the right to determine their marriage laws. However, the supreme court has ruled that state bans on gay marriage are unconstitutional, and I will respect the court’s decision.”

Graham expressed his opposition to the pursuit of a constitutional amendment to overturn the court’s decision, adding: “Furthermore, given the quickly changing tide of public opinion on this issue, I do not believe that an attempt to amend the US constitution could possibly gain the support of three-fourths of the states or a supermajority in the US Congress.”

Not all Republicans were so pragmatic. Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee said: “The supreme court can no more repeal the laws of nature and nature’s God on marriage than it can the laws of gravity.

Huckabee went on to compare the court to King George III, saying: “I will not acquiesce to an imperial court any more than our founders acquiesced to an imperial British monarch. We must resist and reject judicial tyranny, not retreat.”

Wisconsin governor Scott Walker called for a constitutional amendment. In his opinion, “this supreme court decision is a grave mistake. Five unelected judges have taken it upon themselves to redefine the institution of marriage.”

Walker went on to argue: “The only alternative left for the American people is to support an amendment to the US constitution to reaffirm the ability of the states to continue to define marriage.”

On Capitol Hill, House majority whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana pointedly proclaimed that he agreed with Justice Antonin Scalia’s dissent in the case. Scalia condemned what he said were the “unelected judges [who] took it upon themselves to rewrite the laws to their own personal liking”.

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"The Akashic Circle" – Jul 17, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Subjects: Religion, The Humanization of God, Benevolent Design, DNA, Akashic Circle, (Old) Souls, Gaia, Indigenous People, Talents, Reincarnation, Genders, Gender Switches, In “between” Gender Change, Gender Confusion, Shift of Human Consciousness, Global Unity,..... etc.)  - (Text version)

“… Gender Switching

Old souls, let me tell you something. If you are old enough, and many of you are, you have been everything. Do you hear me? All of you. You have been both genders. All of you have been what I will call between genders, and that means that all of you have had gender switches. Do you know what happens when it's time for you to switch a gender? We have discussed it before. You'll have dozens of lifetimes as the same gender. You're used to it. It's comfortable. You cannot conceive of being anything else, yet now it's time to change. It takes approximately three lifetimes for you to get used to it, and in those three lifetimes, you will have what I call "gender confusion."

It isn't confusion at all. It's absolutely normal, yet society often will see it as abnormal. I'm sitting here telling you you've all been through it. All of you. That's what old souls do. It's part of the system. …”

Obama hails health care ruling as win for 'hard-working' Americans

Yahoo – AFP, 25 June 2015

Supporters of the Afforable Care Act rally outside the US Supreme Court on

June 25, 2015 in Washington, DC (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)

Washington (AFP) - US President Barack Obama on Thursday hailed the Supreme Court's decision to uphold his legacy-gilding health care law, casting it as a win for ordinary Americans.

"Today is a victory for hard-working Americans all across this country," Obama said in the White House Rose Garden, eschewing overt political gloating despite a victory that cements his signature domestic policy achievement.

Obama's Republican foes have tried repeatedly to overturn the law, which expanded insurance coverage to millions more Americans.

The Supreme Court decision was the most serious challenge to those reforms among 50 votes in Congress and a plethora of court filings.

In this instance, the high court's nine justices could have gutted subsidies essential to the program.

"This is not about the Affordable Care Act as legislation or Obamacare as a political football. This is health care in America," Obama said.

US President Barack Obama speaks alongside US Vice President Joe Biden about

the Supreme Court's ruling to uphold the subsidies that comprise the Affordable

Care Act in the Rose Garden of the White House, June 25, 2015 (AFP Photo/Saul Loeb)

"The Affordable Care Act is here to stay."

Slamming "misinformation campaigns" and "doomsday predictions," Obama quickly said he was ready to work with Republicans on further reforms.

"My greatest hope is that rather than keep refighting battles that have been settled again and again and again, I can work with Republicans and Democrats to move forward."

But in a sign of how central Obama believes the law is to his presidential legacy, he described it as on par with the passage of health care coverage for the oldest and very poorest Americans during Lyndon B. Johnson's 1960s "War on Poverty."

"This generation of Americans chose to finish the job, to turn the page on a past when our citizens could be denied coverage just for being sick," he said.

Obamacare prevented insurers from barring people from coverage who had pre-existing medical conditions.

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Matthew message (Channelled by Suzanne Ward, June 24, 2015)

Matthew Ward - June 24, 2015

Matthew Ward

With loving greetings from all souls at this station, this is Matthew. As information from countless sources pours in, please keep in mind that only some is factual—much is disinformation, misinformation, incomplete coverage, skewed perceptions or uninformed opinions—and that everything that actually is happening is purposeful. This includes teetering or bankrupt economies; protests about injustices; terrorism; weather extremes and natural disasters; massive numbers of refugees; corporate and governmental shake-ups; and yes, even FIFA’s scandalous operation. Everything going on in your world is serving to fulfill chosen karmic experiences or aiding Earth’s return to environmental health or stirring minds that have been stuck in the oblivion of third density’s limitations.

It isn’t necessary in this moment that everyone understand current situations in the context of karma and balance, planetary cleansing and ascension or souls awakening—eventually that understanding will come to each individual. What is necessary in this moment is happening, and it is evident around your world: the peoples’ ever-growing determination to no longer accept killing, oppression, corruption, deception, pollution and impoverishment as “just life.” All light beings throughout this universe are beaming light and helping in many other ways to assist your dedicated endeavors to end “just life” conditions.

A number of messages some time ago explained what caused the 10-year delay in your society’s attaining the consciousness level anticipated by the Highest Universal Council when they formulated Earth’s Golden Age master plan. In a more recent message we told you that by the end of your year 2017, that decade of delay will be over—a fact that meant no more than that, yet it elicited a flood of emails.

The questions can be summed up as follows: Do you mean that no important developments can happen until the end of 2017? Is that when spacecraft crews will land and ETs living here will identify themselves? Will Earth reach her ascension destination in 2017? Can Earth really be restored to her original health and beauty in that short time? Does this mean all wars will continue until 2017?

Especially erroneous is the idea that our statement meant, or implied, that no significant developments can happen until the end of 2017. Beloved Earth family, with every passing day you are moving forward in transforming your world, an undertaking of unprecedented magnitude that is being achieved with unprecedented speed! We wish—as you do!—that everything this entails would happen in the blink of an eye, and it could if enough souls there believed it could. But few know they have this innate power, so progress in ways the populace can see goes according to what they think is possible in linear time, and they have no idea about major developments “off stage.”

That notwithstanding, with great joy we tell you that activity in strategic areas is reaching fever pitch, so to say, and Earth’s energy field of potential indicates that results with far-reaching benevolent effects is on the near horizon. Nothing can reverse this forward movement, but its momentum could be slowed because the field is in constant motion as energy streamers zigzag this way or that in accordance with thoughts, feelings and deeds of every life form on the planet. Steadfastness in radiating your light will help to keep momentum in the fast lane.

Now then, we are happy to respond to a variety of questions. No, we don’t perceive China as “trying to become #1 with economic and military superiority over the US and Russia.” China’s leaders are no different from those in the United States, Russia and all other countries—they want a satisfied citizenry because that is the foundation of national stability. The government of China would like to show solidarity to the world, but largely due to social media, it is evident that there is conflict among those in power, much like it is in other countries during these tumultuous times. Powerful persons in all ruling bodies from community level to international are reacting to heightening vibrations—hardliners are digging in their heels, up-and-coming leaders are embracing the light. As “good vibes” keep accelerating, the hardliners will wane in numbers and influence.

Numerous readers in the United States have expressed concern that the military training exercise called Jade Helm is a “red flag” so the government can declare martial law, confiscate guns, and put dissenters in FEMA camps to undergo brainwashing. This is no different from the many other instances that also were labeled “red flags”—either outright false information disseminated to create panic or the assumption of individuals who tend to ascribe sinister intentions to whatever the government does. Please do not be drawn into the fear that is the basis of this melodrama from “either/or” source.

Another area of some concern is the risk posed by potential malfunctioning of the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland. First we say, if scientists in advanced civilizations and Nirvana had not deemed that your world was ready for this advancement, they would not have “filtered” to your physicists even the idea of this technology, much less construction and operating instructions. Yes, it is human to err, as your saying goes, and if someone does that, crews in ships overhead are prepared to prevent a serious outcome.

We have been asked if all who were involved in the shooting in the historic church in Charleston, South Carolina, agreed to play those roles. The nine persons who died and their families did agree, but their agreement, like many others during this stage of Earth’s ascension, contains what could be called a “contingency” clause. In this case, the clause stipulates that if racism no longer is an issue in your world, there would be no need to end the lifetime or grieve the loss of a loved one due to a racially-based incident. Lamentably, racism does still run deep in your society. The persons who died in the church and their families became the most recent souls to emphasize that the sickness inherent in bigotry must be cured, and that is the same purpose served by the young man who agreed to do the shooting.

Individuals who change genders respond to their awareness that heart, mind and body, they are not the gender identified at birth. While physical changes may be a more complex mental and emotional undertaking than persons experience in uncovering their homosexuality or bisexuality, all of these souls are claiming their authentic selves. An aspect of your society’s advancement is the honoring of transgender individuals, who, like everyone else, don’t know that they chose in soul contracts to be pioneers in this sense. People who resist accepting the validity of gender change—or of any sexual nature other than heterosexual—still are rooted in religious dogmas that have barely even a nodding acquaintance with the sanctity and divinity of every soul.

Matthew said the Illuminati made their money illegally and immorally so it can be recovered and used to eliminate poverty. Why don’t the people who’ll be in charge of the new economic system just take the money out of Illuminati banks now and distribute it where it’s desperately needed?” The individuals in positions to do this are acting with forthrightness within the laws of your society. To do otherwise would be acting in the same reprehensible ways the Illuminati have all along, thus employing the very tactics they are striving to eliminate.

Another needless concern is overpopulation. The number of people in your world is not the cause of starvation, subsistence living and lack of health care—unequal distribution of monies and Illuminati control of natural resources is. Many planets in this universe smaller than Earth have far more residents, who live peacefully in abundance and with respect for all life forms in their worlds. When Earth is restored to her original health, she could easily accommodate all the needs of double your current population—but please do not assume that this means there will be a population explosion!

Although the Illuminati no longer have access to the technology they formerly used to cause earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and severe storms, energy set in motion by those events has a domino effect. The energy of a quake, for instance, doesn’t stop when the tremors stop, but rather it continues to flow and generates a multitude of less powerful quakes before it dissipates. Although “ancient” negativity has been dealt with, “fresh” sources are bringing to the surface deeply entrenched remnants of the massive amount created long ago, and occasionally this happens in areas where natural disasters are considered anomalies.

It is the same with Mother Nature’s activity, but the intent differs greatly and intent has its own energy streamers. The intent of the Illuminati is to create negativity, which could be considered self-replicating because its energy sustains and empowers them; Mother Nature’s intent is to release negativity so it isn’t available to create more of itself.

A reader who saw a film of a reporter from the United States interviewing Vladimir Putin asked if there is any truth to his claim that he is not responsible for the unrest in Ukraine. Earth’s monitors in Nirvana apprised us of that interview, so we can state that Mr. Putin’s claim is truthful—it is Illuminati troublemakers who are responsible—and he also is correct in saying that the shared cultural history of people in Ukraine and Russia crosses national borders.

“Why is the US always seen as the bad guy no matter where on Earth trouble spots are?” Washington, DC, and Wall Street are the headquarters of the Illuminati’s Rockefeller faction, but since few know this, all of their operations are attributed to that country’s government. And not without good reason. From its very beginning that government has been riddled with Illuminati or operate under their influence, and later they infiltrated the CIA, FBI, FDA, NSA, CDC, UN, NASA and all other agencies that could further their aim of world domination.

Furthermore, the Rockefeller faction was extremely forceful in expanding its influence well beyond the United State whereas the Rothschild faction, which grew out of the original small group in Bavaria, concentrated its efforts in Europe. While the Rockefeller group still is clinging to some fragments of power, the Rothschild group is fast losing the last shreds of its former control of governments, banking and commerce, and the stronghold they once had in the Vatican is gone. Pope Francis is on a house-cleaning mission as well as speaking out against Illuminati-created world conditions that both factions have been trying to keep status quo. They are seeing their efforts becoming less and less effective; eventually they will see their utter futility.

It is so that we haven’t attributed the increase in light on the planet to solar flares; however, we have talked about the effects of light from all sources. In addition to saving Earth’s very life, effects may include unusual and temporary physical, mental and emotional conditions, and definitely intensifying light magnifies personal characteristics and behavior. Also we have told you light’s long-term—and vital!—effects: Ittransforms carbon-based cells into the crystalline form that are viable in higher vibratory levels and enables advancement in spiritual and conscious awareness. So yes, absolutely Sol’s activity is part and parcel of Earth’s ascension and yours.

We understand the feelings of the reader who wrote her difficulty in believing that anyone would choose a life of suffering or cause suffering to others, that the first is masochistic and the latter, sadistic. Indeed, it is difficult to imagine why souls would willingly choose either role—or that all of you have done the very same many times. It is with unconditional love for all others in the pre-birth agreement that some souls agree to act with extreme harshness so others can experience what they need to balance lifetimes when they were the abusive ones. When peoples live together happily and harmoniously, life on Earth will be in balance and no more back-and-forth lifetimes will be needed.

“Thousands of children are dying every day. How is it in keeping with LOVE and LIGHT that all these innocents are deprived of physically ascending with Earth?” The importance of the karmic aspect aside, Earth’s residents physically ascending with her never has meant living there throughout the journey to her destination in fifth density. Every single soulwho has lived on the planet since its ascension process began 80-some years ago was or is physically ascending location-wise.

The aim of every soul in every lifetime is personal ascension—growing spiritually and consciously—and this has little to do with incarnation longevity or location. By embodying only a short time, a soul can complete contract provisions and achieve personal ascension. A person who lives 100 years and lifelong makes free will choices contrary to soul contract selections doesn’t experience what was needed to personally ascend.

Dear brothers and sisters, like every other person who has entered Earth’s spirit realm, when you transition and review your lifetime, you won’t measure it by how long you lived, but by how you lived.

Now we bid you farewell in words only, as our unconditional love always is with you.

LOVE and PEACE

Suzanne Ward

Website: The Matthew Books

Email: suzy@matthewbooks.com

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Want China Times, Staff Reporter 2015-06-23

A standoff between Chinese and Japanese coast guard vessels in the waters

 near the Diaoyutai, July 2012. Japan would nationalize the islands a few months

later. (Photo/Xinhua)

China and Japan are likely to establish their first liaison mechanism next month to prevent a war over disputed East China Sea islands currently under the administration of Tokyo as the Senkaku (Diaoyu to China, Diaoyutai to Taiwan), reports our sister paper Want Daily.

Sources from China told Want Daily that representatives from the two nations have held five meetings to discuss the creation of a maritime liaison mechanism for members of the two nation's naval or coastal guard units to communicate with each other in English in the event of a contingency in the waters near the islands. It is very likely to be formalized in July, the sources said. Beijing has yet to decide whether it will establish a similar mechanism in the disputed South China Sea, they added.

The maritime liaison mechanism regulates Chinese and Japanese activities in the air defense identification zone, exclusive economic zone and open waters declared by both nations in the region of the East China Sea. It does not include the territorial waters and airspace of China or Japan.

According to the agreement, the People's Liberation Army Navy will notify Tokyo whenever Chinese aircraft or warships go near the waters of Okinawa in the future. The Ground Staff Office of the Japan Self-Defense Force and the General Staff Department of the PLA will also establish a hotline, according to the report.

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South Carolina governor calls for removal of Confederate flag

Yahoo – AFP, 23 June 2015

A man holds a sign up during a protest rally against the Confederate flag in

Columbia, South Carolina, on June 20, 2015 (AFP Photo/Mladen Antonov)

Charleston (United States) (AFP) - South Carolina's Governor Nikki Haley is leading escalating bipartisan calls for the removal of the controversial Confederate flag from the grounds of the state capitol, after last week's deadly shooting at a black church in Charleston.

The contentious flying of the Civil War battle flag -- seen by some as a symbol of lingering racist sentiment in the American South, but by others as a hallmark of Southern pride -- has returned to the spotlight since the massacre.

Governor Nikki Haley speaks to the 

media as she asks that the Confederate

 flag be removed from the state capitol 

grounds on June 22, 2015 in Columbia, 

South Carolina (AFP Photo/Joe Raedle)

A website apparently created by accused gunman Dylann Roof, 21, includes a manifesto embracing white supremacy and photographs of him holding a Confederate flag and a handgun.

Roof has been charged with nine murders over the June 17 shooting rampage at the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston during a Bible study class.

"Today we are here in a moment of unity in our state, without ill will, to say it's time to move the flag from the capitol grounds," Haley told a press conference Monday, flanked by a host of political leaders from both parties.

"One hundred and fifty years after the end of the Civil War, the time has come," she said, adding the flag "causes pain for so many."

The flag's 24/7 presence -- alongside a memorial to Confederate war dead on the lush green State House lawn -- has been a point of friction in South Carolina for years.

But after the killings at "Mother Emanuel," the flag -- unlike the US and state flags -- was not lowered to half-staff, sparking outrage and adding momentum to see it removed from the state house.

As calls built for the flag to come down, Walmart, the largest retailer in the country, announced it would remove all merchandise bearing the Confederate flag from its stores, saying such items had "improperly" found their way onto shelves.

Mayor of Charleston Joseph P. Riley Jr. 

speaks to the press outside the Emanuel 

AME Church on June 19, 2015, in 

Charleston, South Carolina (AFP

 Photo/Brendan Smialowski)

Numerous US retailers offer Confederate flag items online and the banner is seen emblazoned on t-shirts, caps and trucks throughout the south.

'Symbol of hate'

"The time has come for the Confederate battle flag to move from a public position in front of the state capitol to a place of history -- the state museum, the Confederate museum," said Charleston Mayor Joseph Riley.

"The Confederate battle flag years and years ago was appropriated as a symbol of hate," Riley said, saying it was used by racist groups and others opposed to "equality among the races."

South Carolina Senator Tim Scott agreed that the flag "represents pain and oppression" for those who don't support it.

"It is time for the flag to come down," said Scott, the first black Republican congressman from the South since the Reconstruction era that followed the Civil War.

Presidential candidates for the 2016 race have also added to the chorus of calls for removing the flag.

"I hope that, by removing the flag, we can take another step towards healing and recognition -- and a sign that South Carolina is moving forward," said Senator Lindsey Graham.

Hundreds of people gather for a protest rally against the Confederate flag in

Columbia, South Carolina, on June 20, 2015 (AFP Photo/Mladen Antonov)

State senator Marlon Kimpson urged citizens to put pressure on their elected representatives.

"What we have to do is galvanize and use this window of opportunity in light of this horrible tragedy and come away with a solution and an agenda to rid this state of hate, division, and racism," he said at a news conference.

"I think that ridding the flag from the front of the statehouse is a start."

Removing the flag from the State House grounds requires a decision by the Republican-dominated legislature by law, now in summer recess.

Republican Governor Haley said she would call lawmakers back into session to debate the measure if they did not act to do so themselves.

"There will be a time for discussion and debate, but the time for action is coming soon," she said.

"My hope is by removing a symbol that divides us, we can move forward as a state in harmony and honor the nine blessed souls who are now in heaven."

This undated photo taken from Lastrhodesian.com on June 20, 2015 allegedly

shows Dylann Roof with the Confederate flag (AFP Photo/Handout)

Over the weekend, several thousand protesters gathered at the legislative building in the state capital Columbia, demanding the battle flag be taken down.

Organizers called the event a "warm-up" for what they hope will be an even bigger anti-flag protest at the state house on July 4 -- America's Independence Day holiday.

As of early Tuesday, more than half a million people had put their name to a petition launched by the left-leaning MoveOn.org activist group, calling for the flag to go.

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