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Interviews with M.T. Keshe and Konstantin Meyl After September 21, 2012 Event – YouTube

Interviews with M.T. Keshe and Konstantin Meyl After September 21, 2012 Event – YouTube.

Interviews with Keshe and Meyl following today’s lecture

Pre-ordered 5kW generators expected to be available in December. Also, a demo of the gravity-modification technology is scheduled for Dec. 14. Three U.S. astronauts from Moon missions are expected to attend.


Konstantin Meyl, myself, M.T. Keshe

by Sterling D. Allan
Pure Energy Systems News 

With my previous stop in Europe taking longer than expected, and with a 1.5-hour flight delay due to technical problems (wing fell off [just kidding]), and rush hour traffic, I didn’t arrive at today’s lecture by Konstantine Meyl at the Keshe Foundation until after it had concluded. But I did get a chance to interview Keshe and Myel. I didn’t do too bad for driving on Europe roads for the first time. Good thing the directions were easy. Not being able to read the road signs puts a big damper on navigation!

Here were the highlights from the event.

  • Keshe announced that those who have previously purchased the 5kW generators (there were 10,000 pre-orders available) could expect them to be available some time in December, but they would need to figure out a way to pick them up.
  • Keshe announced that on December 14 they will be holding a large even (6,000 seating) holding a demonstration of the technology. Three astronauts who landed on the Moon are likely to attend.
  • Keshe announced that on December 14, they will be holding a large event (5,000 seats) holding a demonstration: Full Space and Energy of the Technology. Astronauts, one of whom has landed on the Moon, are likely to attend. Keshe privately showed me a response from one of them, dated Sept. 20, confirming that he will be attending. Keshe doesn’t want the name disclosed yet.

Here’s an amateur video I shot of the concluding of the event, rough tour of the facility, and interview with Keshe and Myel.

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Kiva – Loans that change lives

Kiva – Loans that change lives.

We are a non-profit organization with a mission to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. Leveraging the internet and a worldwide network of microfinance institutions, Kiva lets individuals lend as little as $25 to help create opportunity around the world. Learn more about how it works.

Since Kiva was founded in 2005:

  • 829,095 Kiva lenders
  • $350 million in loans
  • 98.96% Repayment rate

We work with:

  • 166 Field Partners
  • 450 volunteers around the world
  • 65 different countries

More metrics and stats >

Why we do what we do

We envision a world where all people – even in the most remote areas of the globe – hold the power to create opportunity for themselves and others.

We believe providing safe, affordable access to capital to those in need helps people create better lives for themselves and their families.

How we do it

Making a loan on Kiva is so simple that you may not realize how much work goes on behind the scenes.

Kiva works with microfinance institutions on five continents to provide loans to people without access to traditional banking systems. One hundred percent of your loan is sent to these microfinance institutions, which we call Field Partners, who administer the loans in the field.

Kiva relies on a world wide network of over 450 volunteers who work with our Field Partners, edit and translate borrower stories, and ensure the smooth operation of countless other Kiva programs.

Learn more about how it works.

How we’re funded

100% of every dollar you lend on Kiva goes directly towards funding loans; Kiva does not take a cut. Furthermore, Kiva does not charge interest to our Field Partners, who administer the loans.

Kiva is primarily funded through the support of lenders making optional donations. We also raise funds through grants, corporate sponsors, and foundations.

We are incredibly thankful for the support that has enabled us to do the work that has touched the lives of so many people.

Learn more about our partnerships or make a donation.

How you can get involved

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Anil Gupta: India’s hidden hotbeds of invention | Video on TED.com

Anil Gupta is on the hunt for the developing world’s unsung inventors — indigenous entrepreneurs whose ingenuity, hidden by poverty, could change many people’s lives. He shows how the Honey Bee Network helps them build the connections they need — and gain the recognition they deserve.

Anil Gupta created the Honey Bee Network to support grassroots innovators who are rich in knowledge, but not in resources. Full bio »

There could be nothing more wrong than the Maslowian model of hierarchy of needs. … Please do not ever think that only after meeting your physiological needs and other needs can you be thinking about your spiritual needs or your enlightenment.” (Anil Gupta)

via Anil Gupta: India’s hidden hotbeds of invention | Video on TED.com.

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Meet Robert Rubin: The Man In Charge | ZeroHedge

Meet Robert Rubin: The Man In Charge | ZeroHedge.

Meet the man, who many say (most of whom correctly) has been running pretty much everything from deep behind the scenes.

Rethinking Robert Rubin, by William Cohan

Bill Clinton has a favorite Robert Rubin story. It’s 1999, and the Cabinet has gathered to discuss the business of the American people. Except no one can focus because the impeachment crisis is raging, and even the most veteran Washington power players are, for lack of a better term, freaking out. “It was amazing what he did,” says Clinton of Rubin, his then-Treasury Secretary. “He often didn’t say much, and I was stunned when he wanted to speak. He just sat there and in about three minutes summed up the whole thing in a very calm way, and had an incredibly positive impact on the attitude of the Cabinet. He said, ‘What we’ve got to do is get up tomorrow and go back to work, just like we did today, make good things happen, and trust the system and trust the American people. It’s going to be fine.’ And oh my God, you would’ve thought that somebody had gone around and lifted a rock off everybody’s shoulders.”

Rubin’s knack for spreading wisdom and tranquility has been the defining trait of his professional life. Whether economies across Asia are contaminating each other like kids on a school bus or the Mexican government rises one morning and decides to devalue the peso, Rubin’s hooded eyes and perpetually mussed gray hair give him the air of an ancient Galapagos tortoise. Whatever nastiness politics or the global economy may throw at him, he abides. [click on above link for more]

[so many informative posts at zerohedge.com – please take a look at them]

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Poor New Yorkers Spend 25% Of Income On Cigarettes | ZeroHedge

Poor New Yorkers Spend 25% Of Income On Cigarettes | ZeroHedge.

It sucks to be poor. It sucks to smoke (broadly speaking). But most of all, it sucks to be a poor smoker in New York. This is the finding from a study conducted by RTI’s Public Health Policy Research Program which shows that low-income smokers in New York spend 25 percent of their income on cigarettes, a finding that led a smokers’ rights advocate to say it proves high taxes are regressive and ineffective. Bloomberg reports: “In New York, with the nation’s highest cigarette taxes, a pack of cigarettes can cost $12, though many smokers have turned to cheaper cigarettes bought online and by using roll-your-own devices. Wealthier smokers — those earning $60,000 or more — spend 2 percent on cigarettes, according to the study.” The imminent solution: hike taxes even more of course. After all it is not like broke New York City needs the cash broke smokers will stop using EBT cards and other forms of cheap credit to feed addictions. And while at it, hike school tuitions a little more: in a society in which the only peddled hope of regaining the American dream is graduation with an advanced pottery degree, and in which (non-dischargeable) student debt costs nothing, what is the downside?

Amusingly, it seems America has something resembling a smoker’s union: [click on above link to read post]

 

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Guest Post: How to Navigate An Economy Weighed Down By Government Meddling and Cronyism | ZeroHedge

Guest Post: How to Navigate An Economy Weighed Down By Government Meddling and Cronyism | ZeroHedge.

 

Submitted by Doug Hornig of Casey Research

How to Navigate An Economy Weighed Down By Government Meddling and Cronyism

If you wanted to sum up the just-concluded Casey Research/Sprott Inc. Summit titled Navigating the Politicized Economy, you could say “The situation is hopeless but not serious.”

More than 20 speakers – many of them world-renowned financial experts and best-selling authors – gathered in Carlsbad, CA, from September 7 to 9 to ascertain exactly how hopeless, and what investors can do to protect themselves.

Casey Chief Economist Bud Conrad reconfirmed – with a blizzard of charts and graphs – that the ship of state is still heading for a fiscal iceberg… and that iceberg looms closer by the day.

Click on above link to read article.