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Lorenz Reibling gives interview about real estate

by OrphanCrow in

this interview was posted april 16, 2015 on youtube.

lorenz reibling's replies to the reporter in argentina are in english.. lorenz reibling is intimately connected to the watchtower society and, according to some sources, is a jw himself.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3ssa-9yvii.

so who is lorenz reibling?

OrphanCrow

vidiot: Hell, I'm a five-year-plus fader who knows the TATT backwards and forwards, and the possibility that the WTS could be surreptitiously profiting from the "bloodless" med-tech industry - and what's more, crafting it's blood-related policies to maximize said profits - never occurred to me.

Vidiot, I was in the same boat as you five years ago. It never crossed my mind. I was doing some digging around about charity laws and nonprofits - I have some knowledge about the nonprofit system through experience in the art world - galleries and artists' collectives operate in that system. Somehow or another, in my research, which had taken me down to Australia, I stumbled upon a link that ended me up with access to a court ruling from Russia. A court case between the Watchtower Society and the Russian Supreme Court. I translated it and when I read it through, trying to make sense of the judgement, one part jumped out at me - the WTS lawyers were making a case to the Russian courts that the reason that the JWs were valuable to Russia was that there were 3000 doctors all lined up and waiting to give bloodless treatment to JWs.

And that is when my first spidey sense went up - I had a rigorous professor in university for my research and methodology class, and ethical dilemmas were a large part of that class. Something didn't sit right with that. And then, when I started to look into this "bloodless medicine" that was being talked about in the Russian courts, the JWs all started to tumble out of the blood management tree.

That is when I started to do extensive "outside research" - I poured over medical books and studies, trying to understand blood and the technology that is associated with it. I schooled myself on blood history and how the bloodless market developed and where it fits in the blood transfusion timeline. And it was when I was doing that, that I stumbled upon an old, outdated book in a medical library that I visited to research blood transfusions. It was a book that had been produced by the WTS and placed in the medical library in 1974.

It was from reading that book that another revelation happened - I found my baby's place in the history of blood transfusion development. I wasn't looking for that, either, when I started this. I was only trying to figure out what kind of funding model the WTS was using for tax purposes.

I guess I shook the blood tree a little hard. My own blood fell out of it.

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Strange Moment During The 2015 Regional Convention

by JW_Rogue in

hi, i'm new here but hadn't seen this mentioned anywhere yet.

during the "imitate jesus" rc there was a strange moment where they played a video of a brother trying to explain the 1914 teaching.

the brother quickly goes through all the scriptural "proofs" and the householder is dumbfounded.

OrphanCrow

Finklestein: I wonder why no other Christian based faith came up with 1914 and its supposed relevance ?

They have. It just hasn't been advertised as extensively.

The Ba'hai faith claim the same 1914 prophecy. (The Ba'hai's are considered to be an apostate offshoot of Islam - they believe in the progression of prophets - Moses, Jesus, Mohammed and then Baha'u'llah).

In a newspaper article from Colorado around 1915, Abdu'l-Baha is pictured as the "Son of the Founder and Present Leader of the Baha'i Movement." A subheading entitled "Predicted War" goes on to say:

"At Leland Stanford university, in October, 1912, this same Abdu'l-Baha predicted the Great War: 'We are on the eve of the battle of Armageddon, referred to in the 16th chapter of Revelation. The time is two years hence when only a small spark will set aflame the whole of Europe."

http://www.uhj.net/end-time-prophecy.html

World War I which began in August of 1914, on the date 'Abdu'l-Baha accurately predicted was considered by scholars, after the fact, to fulfill the same Biblical prophecies as given by 'Abdu'l-Baha. Yet 'Abdu'l-Baha gave the date of this event before it actual transpired in the world, and without the benefit of the "hindsight" of experts who saw, after the fact, that what 'Abdu'l-Baha gave and the date that he gave, was the explicit fulfillment of the prophecy and apocalyptic warning of God

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New Documentary to boost JW's stand on blood

by discreetslave in

this trailer is circulating on jw apologist sites and youtube channels just in time for their annual reminder on no blood.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnyjhjecfim

OrphanCrow

I am bumping this thread to add some information about the two productions that are mentioned by discreetslave:

The film is the result of another project called Beijing Goes Bloodless.www.asiageographic.com/productions_pnn.html
The new documentary Primum Non Nocere is set to be released this springhttp://www.asiageographic.com/productions_pnn.html

The film Primum Non Nocere was produced and directed by two Jehovah's Wintesses who are part of the WTS bloodless team.

Richard Melseth and James Reynolds.

Melseth has been groomed by the WTS for his role in promoting 'bloodless' medicine since back in the 90s when he got his start with the Phoenix Hospital Liaison Committee for Jehovah's Witnesses (1993-1997). He also is one the JWs who are founding members of the Society for the Advancement of Blood Management - founded in 2001 and the first society of its kind.

Melseth's bio from website mybloodsite.com (now defunct):

Mr. Richard Melseth is Director of Blood Conservation Medicine at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, in Phoenix, Arizona. With ten years experience in the field of bloodless healthcare, Melseth has initiated development of hospital policies and clinical protocols, and coordinated multiple blood conservation education programs for physicians, nurses and the public, both locally and nationally.

Melseth's background in business development along with training while serving on the Phoenix Hospital Liaison Committee for Jehovah's Witnesses (1993-1997) propelled him into the world of blood management with program implementation at OrNda St Luke's Medical Center in 1995 and at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center in 1999, a 625-bed, Level 1 trauma center and teaching hospital.

I have little information on James Reynolds except that he is tight with the other bloodless JWs - I believe Reynolds is also a JW. He is linked to the SABM, a JW organization, and to many of the JWs who are bloodless men. Reynolds and Melseth work together on promotion/propaganda campaigns for the bloodless world of the JWs.

discreetslave: I find it interesting the trailer is being circulated just before their serve-us meeting regarding No Blood. And that these projects are from an Asian production Co.,I say that because a few years back a JW from my old cong was attending the WT language instructors course he said they were told that the WT is focusing on the Chinese and are trying to direct more efforts towards reaching the Chinese especially the immigrants. He said they figured if more Chinese became JW's while abroad it will help gain more ground into China. This was second hand info but seeing this and noticing more Asians in the Learn From God's Word section of the public WT it seems more obvious.

Richard Melseth and James Reynolds have been part of the team actively grooming the Asian bloodless market for several years now.

A 2010 SABM newsletter chronicles the Asian bloodless promotional activities.

http://www.tingey.tv/Bloodless/PBM_Asia_report.pdf

The noblood propaganda films and other media formats that have been generated and distributed publicly, as well as inside the JWs, is entirely produced by the WTS and their strategically placed bloodless JW men. The information on these two films in particular is biased and deceptive. The information originates with the same organization that has put the Bloody Ban in place for the JWs to begin with.

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Lorenz Reibling gives interview about real estate

by OrphanCrow in

this interview was posted april 16, 2015 on youtube.

lorenz reibling's replies to the reporter in argentina are in english.. lorenz reibling is intimately connected to the watchtower society and, according to some sources, is a jw himself.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3ssa-9yvii.

so who is lorenz reibling?

OrphanCrow

Millie: Oh my OrphanCrow, this reads like a compelling sci fi novel.

Everything I have posted is available on the internet for anyone to find.

The sources are credible...it isn't fiction. I wish it was. None of what I have posted is secret or made up - the saying that "truth is stranger than fiction" certainly applies.

I dont have time to watch the videos right now but I will!

I have made some notes and observations about the 2013 REFIRE talk by Lorenz Reibling. I had made some notes earlier, but the video interested me so much that I watched it a few more times. I will copy and paste those comments here:

The 2013 video, where he presents to the REFIRE convention. is really interesting. The timelines and strategies line up well with the restructuring that the WTS is doing inside its organization.

I had made some notes and entry points on the video in a previous post, but I would like to expand on some of those points.

I think that Reibling's presentation explains a lot about the WTS' operations in land acquisition and development.

3:05 - L.R. talks about how a real estate market can be affected by a "high perception of uncertainty". Hmmm...I guess that would be like the JWs in the late 60s and early 70s who had a high perception of uncertainty and sold their homes before "Armageddon". (add - think of how property prices dropped in areas that were specifically targeted by JWs campaigns. Some ended up in court - the issue of preaching in gated communities. Land and home prices stalled while that was going on.)

8:38 - L.R. talks about stupidity - "Stupidity is normal".

8:50 - the US market - buying up of inventory - (think of how handy it is that there are all those KHs for sale...)

14:45 - L.R. speaks about biases - home bias, action bias...and prejudice.

15:37 - this is the mark that is very interesting...LR addresses the German perception of investing in the US - how Germans view the Americans as intellectually and culturally inferior. L.R. says that they told "those German investors to invest somewhere else." Hmph....does this coincide with the hold-ups on construction projects that the NY WTS was experiencing in 2011/12? Where they "were waiting on Jehovah"? Or were they having problems with their German investors ?

L.R. follows that up with an explanation as to why his investment firm is so successful, what it is that makes his company controllable. His company (he is always repeating this mantra) is located worldwide - on 3 continents and in 11 locations. The locations are important but L.R. says that what makes his company click is the loyalty. How does Taurus achieve this? Because Taurus uses "local specialists" who are loyal. "...they are not other people. They are our people."

Well, we know who "our people" are - they are JWs, loyal to the WTS. L.R. even says that they will occasionally use another player (think about the WTS' Jonadab class of helpers) but that they stick with their team. Of course they do - JWs always do business with other JWs - it is how the WTS works.

And how does L.R. build his team?

21:21 - "...building a local team, not around a deal, but around an idea..." ummm....that would be the idea that Jehovah is in charge...

L.R. then talks about promising potential in Turkey and about the Brooklyn developments Taurus was involved in. (see link re: Standish Hotel in previous post)

26:16 - L.R. says they are optimistic about the real estate market and investments in the US, but not so much about the European market.

28:27 - this is the big one...I think. L.R. says that he was successful in one of his missions. The mission was to find a new investor. He did - he found "a partner for life".

Whoa...would I ever like to know who this new "partner for life" is.

The video was taped in 2013...and less than a year later, the JW religion underwent a huge makeover. JW..org was launched in August 2014, and the changes since then have been rapid and radical. My guess is that this new "partner for life" is now the one giving directions to the whores of Babylon. The WTS' new pimp is calling the shots - and I wouldn't be surprised if this new pimp has their fingers in the technology world.

No wonder Tight Pants Tony sneers when he is on camera - he doesn't like being told what to do.

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Lorenz Reibling gives interview about real estate

by OrphanCrow in

this interview was posted april 16, 2015 on youtube.

lorenz reibling's replies to the reporter in argentina are in english.. lorenz reibling is intimately connected to the watchtower society and, according to some sources, is a jw himself.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3ssa-9yvii.

so who is lorenz reibling?

OrphanCrow

Mr. McMillan's updated profile says that he worked for Rio Tinto for 3 months in 2011.

Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and metals company.

His profile from 2010 listed details about his duties when he was employed by the Watchtower Society. He did work for the WTS at the Channar Iron Ore Mine.

Channar Ore Mine, if my memory serves me correctly, was owned by Rio Tinto and I think the iron ore projects in the Pilbara region were also owned by Rio Tinto.

The WTS, in some way, is linked to and/or has interests in the mining industry.

It might be that whoever has control of Old Chuck Russell's mining stocks has invested them wisely.

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Lorenz Reibling gives interview about real estate

by OrphanCrow in

this interview was posted april 16, 2015 on youtube.

lorenz reibling's replies to the reporter in argentina are in english.. lorenz reibling is intimately connected to the watchtower society and, according to some sources, is a jw himself.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3ssa-9yvii.

so who is lorenz reibling?

OrphanCrow

Here is some information that I had uncovered back in 2010, 5 years ago, that is pertinent to this thread.

It is clear that the WTS has JW friends that are heavily invested in realestate, construction/development, investments, and the bloodless market. To throw another monkey wrench onto the pile, the following information may prove interesting.

In this old post of 2010, the link to the profile of Alexander McMillan (an Australian JW) no longer works. This is a new one: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/alexander-mcmillan/44/950/aa8 but some of the material that I copied back in 2010 is not on his updated profile.

*****

This is from a public professional profile of a fellow from Australia by the name of Alexander McMillan. (text color change is mine...)

Summary of Expertise:
Training and Documentation Consultant
Alex is an experienced training consultant and Instructional Designer - a seasoned professional who focuses in on improving communication skills at all levels of the business environment.

His training and consulting experience spans a variety of industries including: financial services, mining, transport, insurance, government, printing & publishing, IT, telecommunications, horticulture and healthcare.

Areas of expertise and experience include the following:
Needs analysis and writing of technical documentation, training manuals and
Policy & Procedure manuals and Presenter's guides - diverse subject matter
Flowcharting of processes & procedures. Analysis of business policies/processes.
Train the Trainer programs on business communication and presentation

This is listed in his past experience and past employers:

- Management Training at Teamwork Consulting
- Instructional Design at Westpac Banking Corporation
- Oracle writing at Sydney Airport Corporation
- Training and Documentation at TACTICS Consulting Pty Ltd
- Systems Training at Telstra
- Technical Writing at Coles Myer Liquorland
- Technical Writer at Allianz Insurance
- Instructional Design at everis
- Business Communication & Technical Writing at Watchtower Legal NY
- Senior Technical Coordinator at Legal Department of Watchtower Society

More details about his employment at the Watchtower Society:

Business Communication & Technical Writing
Watchtower Legal NY
(Information Technology and Services industry)
August 1998 — March 1999 (8 months)
Senior Technical Coordinator
Legal Department of Watchtower Society
(Information Technology and Services industry)
January 1987 — January 1992 (5 years 1 month)
preparing documentation and conducting seminars on writing skills
Design and write 32-page plain English brochure on Charitable Planning and its
relationship to Government tax laws. Distributed throughout U.S.
Coordination and production of seminar materials, PowerPoint presentation
and Presenter's notes for Public Affairs Office for worldwide distribution; Technical Illustrators & Co. W.A.
Public relations role: liaison between client and company
Project management - coordinator of major documentation projects
Writing, artwork and production of Occupational Health and Safety manuals, Operations and Maintenance Manuals. Site visits to mines
Writing of corporate brochure and advertising materials
Achievements: Documentation project management (team of four) for new
CRA iron ore mine commissioning in the Pilbara region. Eighteen-month project.
Analysis, writing and editing with a resultant comprehensive range
of operating and procedure manuals for Channar Iron Ore mine

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Synthetic Blood in 2 Years? How Will the GB Shoot This Down?

by DarioKehl in

interesting read.

if they already allow "fractions," there's no way they can ban this.. here:www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/nhs-to-give-volunteers-synthetic-blood-made-in-a-laboratory-within-two-years-10343279.html.

OrphanCrow

I don't think that the WTS will be in favour of this kind of "synthetic blood".

They will say that it is prohibited because the source that is used to make the product is human blood.

As far as stem cells go, Jehovah's Witnesses have been treated with stem cell transplantation for years already.

For example, in 2004, the American Society of Clinical oncology published a study that treated 26 Jehovah's Witnesses with autologous stem cell transplantation.

Autologous Stem-Cell Transplantation Can Be Performed Safely Without the Use of Blood
Purpose Autologous stem-cell transplantation has been shown to be a curative procedure for a variety of leukemias and lymphomas. Most transplants require RBC and platelet support. We report the ability to perform autologous transplantation without blood-product support.
Subjects and Methods In this study, we treated 26 patients with religious objection to blood products with autologous stem-cell support without the use of any blood products. Patients received a combination of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), erythropoietin, and interleukin-11 or G-CSF alone to mobilize stem cells. Post-transplant patients received intravenous iron, erythropoietin, G-CSF, and epsilon aminocaproic acid.
Results There were two major bleeding complications (8%), with two treatment-related deaths (8%). There were three minor bleeding complications (12%). The median fall in hemoglobin level was 4.7 g/dL; the median hemoglobin level 30 days after transplantation was 9.2 g/dL. The median total number of days with platelet count less than 10 × 109/L was 4 days; the median days to platelet recovery greater than 20 × 109/L was 12 days.
Conclusion Autologous stem-cell transplantation can be performed safely without the use of any blood products.

And a 2015 study published in the same journal:

Autologous Stem-Cell Transplantation Without Hematopoietic Support for the Treatment of Hematologic Malignancies in Jehovah's Witnesses

It appears that as long as the stem cell treatment does not use blood as a source, stem cell transplantation is not prohibited for Jehovah's Witnesses.

bafh: So technically, they are "manufactured" in that they came from a lab - but they are still blood cells. So my vote is they don't allow it even if it didn't come from a person or animal.

Hemopure, the synthetic blood (oxygen carrier/blood doping agent) made from bovine blood, is manufactured in a lab. Hemopure has WTS approval.

This one won't pass simply because the source is human blood. (and it might have something to do with the JWs who have interests in Hemopure).

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Jehovah's Witness woman refuses blood, then dies.

by Lee Elder in

another jehovah's witness woman has died while giving birth due to massive blood loss and refusing a blood transfusion.

she leaves nine children behind.

she finally consented to the transfusion but it was too late to save her.

OrphanCrow

vidiot: ..the life-saving potential for artificial transfusable blood is undeniable, but the WTS could potentially benefit from itso much (both ideologically and financially)

Yes, it is conflicting. The benefits of artificial blood are undeniable. However, those benefits do not extend to the exclusive use of artificial blood to sustain life. It is invaluable when blood is in short supply or a distance away - it is often used to keep somebody alive until they can access what really works - real blood.

In the meantime, it doesn't perform as well as real blood does. The WTS and the noblood propaganda, that is proliferated by those associated with the WTS, concentrates on the adverse reactions that are possible with real blood transfusions. What they neglect to say, though, is that adverse reactions when using Hemopure, occur more often than when using allogenic blood..

They always demonize real blood, and never reveal that artificial blood is riskier than allogenic blood.

The WTS, and the JW blood societies, misrepresent the facts about blood.

millie: When it comes to backing up what you post....
you really bring it!

Damn you, Millie! Lol! Now I had to go and find what I needed to back up my claim. I had to dig really deep.

From the wayback machine:

https://web.archive.org/web/20101209175544/http://www.bloodmanagement.org/content/blogsection/26/155

The Society for the Advancement of Blood Management (a JW society - the "father" of all other blood management societies) was targeting the following countries as far back as 2005: China, Croatia, Australia, New Zealand, Austria, Latvia and Namibia, Africa.

*And the JW blood boys were in Russia, too. Funny how the company that manufactures Hemopure moved to Russia right at the time that the WTS was trying to get legal status as a religion. When the WTS didn't get religious status, coincidentally, Biopure moved their main operations back to the States. Makes a person go hmmmmm, doesn't it?

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Jehovah's Witness woman refuses blood, then dies.

by Lee Elder in

another jehovah's witness woman has died while giving birth due to massive blood loss and refusing a blood transfusion.

she leaves nine children behind.

she finally consented to the transfusion but it was too late to save her.

OrphanCrow

millie: I can see this really taking off in African countries where there is so much fear of contamination in the blood supply which is scarce already.

Bloodless medicine and blood management is already established in many African locations. Shannon Farmer, and other JWs, have been grooming the African blood market for years*. Bloodless medicine is already there.

South Africa was the first country to give approval for artificial blood. Africa is a great market for alternative blood medicine.

(fun trivia fact - the industry that profited the most from the AIDs epidemic is the bloodless industry.)

* I have the documentation to support this...just not sure where it is right now... :)

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Lorenz Reibling gives interview about real estate

by OrphanCrow in

this interview was posted april 16, 2015 on youtube.

lorenz reibling's replies to the reporter in argentina are in english.. lorenz reibling is intimately connected to the watchtower society and, according to some sources, is a jw himself.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3ssa-9yvii.

so who is lorenz reibling?

OrphanCrow

Back to the money trail and more about Reibling and his investment strategies and concerns.

Taurus/ReiblingBros. was involved in the Assembly Square project in Boston. From a 2006 article:

In the fall of 1999, Assembly Square Limited Partners (ASLP) faced two serious problems. They had bought the mall property with $300,000 in cash and a one-year, $18.5 million loan that was due in October. But they could not legally obtain as-of-right permits to build big box stores.

And...who was ASLP? You guessed it...

Taurus New England, ASLP’s majority partner, never seriously considered building anything other than a big-box-dominated project. This was not just because of Home Depot’s contractual constraints. Taurus had had enjoyed great success by buying failed projects, repackaging them, and selling them for a quick and substantial profit. The last thing they wanted was to execute an office-based master plan. Also, principal Lorenz Reibling was and remains deeply pessemistic about the Boston-area economy’s future demand for office space.
So Taurus faced the challenge of obtaining permits to build a project to which most Somervillians then objected. They determined to meet that challenge by replacing erstwhile partner National Development with a politically connected developer.
Environmental activist and unsuccessful congressional candidate John O’Connor was married to Carolyn Mugar, who with her brother David, was heir to many Star Market properties. The Mugars were major contributors to the Massachusetts Democratic Party, and Carolyn sat on the Conservation Law Foundation Board of Directors.
Mr. O’Connor had persuaded his wife to create a development company that, starting with the supermarket properties, would showcase “green” development. They called it “Gravestar.” One of its first projects was the Porter Square strip mall, which drew mixed reviews from neighbors.
O’Connor had become close with a political operative named Natasha Perez, whom he installed in a cottage on his and Ms. Mugar’s residential property. During the Spring, 1999 special election to replace Mayor Michael Capuano, Ms. Perez had also become quite close with candidate Joe Curtatone, when she served as his campaign field officer. She subsequently went to work for Gravestar, and at the same time, as Deputy Executive Director of the Massachusetts Democratic Party.
Taurus calculated that Gravestar had the political juice that they needed. They brought Gravestar into ASLP, gave them a small equity position, and charged them with managing public relations and delivering the permits. Gravestar, in turn, charged Natasha Perez with leading this effort.
This was the biggest opportunity that Gravestar had thus far encountered. Unfortunately, John O’Connor, beloved in the environmental community, had the bad judgment to die at the age of 44, before he could fully appreciate the environmental disaster that ASLP’s plans would create.
Joe Curtatone was deeply impressed with Lorenz Reibling when Natasha Perez introduced them. This is understandable; Mr. Reibling is brilliant, charming, highly successful, and has an avuncular manner. Curtatone sought a personal relationship, taking Reibling’s family to see the tall ships when he was out of the country, and attempting to persuade Reibling to purchase the Prospect Hill house across the street from Joe’s sister’s home. They dined together regularly at Henrietta’s Kitchen in Harvard Square, discussing a variety of topics, including Joe’s political ambitions.

I guess the rules for playing political games are different for the JWs who smell like money.

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A 2014 interview from Argentina, with Lorenz Reibling.

Selected quotes from above link:

Global Investment property: the look of an expert
Lorenz Reibling, President of Taurus Investment Holdings, the international company that develops Argentina Austral Park, was interviewed by the online media of Germany's most important business. The following is an excerpt from the interview with his views on the opportunities and risks in real estate markets in different regions of the world

Lorenz speaks about his client base:

Düsseldorf . Reibling is the president and co-founder of Taurus Investment. The company, based in Boston, specializes in real estate investments for very wealthy and institutional clients. Handelsblatt-Online spoke with him about his exclusive clients; opportunities in the German real estate market; and prestigious project in Texas.
Professor Reibling, many customers are very rich. Who would trust their money?
Our customers must meet three main criteria. They must be able to invest the money in a long period of time; if necessary, they should be able to increase the amount they have invested; and must be willing to commit to our business model. Anyone with $ 500,000 available to have the opportunity to participate in a "test project" to see how things are going. What we really want to see is, however, a greater potential for liquid capital as the service offered to these customers takes a lot of time demands.
How solvents should be your customers?
We always advise clients to invest about 5 to 15 percent of their liquid capital with us. At five million - our entry-level standard- this would correspond to the liquid assets of over $ 30 million. Also, of course, we have significantly more wealthy clients, including some billionaires.
Are they correct the lists of billionaires published in magazines?
No. The information on the goods included in the lists is often exaggerated over which in excess default-. Our clients include, at least, two German billionaires who have invested millions of dollars. None of them appears on these lists.
Do you sometimes refuse to take customers?
Yes, it happens. Liquidity alone is not enough. For us it is important that the client understands exactly what we do. In the worst cases the customer may lose all our investments in real estate. Anyone who does not understand this, or is not able to think like an entrepreneur is in the wrong place if you come to us.

The interview is lengthy, and wraps up with a discussion about global markets, and Lorenz tells why Taurus invests in certain countries:

It [Taurus] also invests in countries which do not bet conservative investors. Argentina is experiencing a national crisis. Turkey has big political problems of India is not developing as many investors expected. Why did you choose these particular countries?
There are countries that certainly would be just as interesting, such as Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Rwanda, Mozambique, and South Africa, to name a few. Ultimately, our business model is based on having a strong individual in a country. Our Director in Argentina is an Argentine first level; our man in Turkey is Turkish; our man in India is Indian.Without trust these people would not be able to win local investors or make deals . Ideally we want someone who has a good network at their disposal. When we have such an individual we can not enter the market.
"Investments based on a Philosophy"
Can you give us an example of how it works?
In Turkey, for example, we have developed an office building and a shopping center to the tune of three million digits. Our man in Istanbul organized everything and got aboard Turkish investors. 70 percent of the money comes from Turkey, the rest worldwide.
What is your assessment of southern Europe?
We also look at the region, particularly Spain. We are convinced that the two criteria I mentioned earlier, demographics and labor market trends are not in favor of Spain. Although the demographic evolution of Spain is somewhat better than in Germany, the employment situation is much worse. We decided not to invest in Spain.
Is the crisis in southern Europe will end soon?
We believe that the countries of southern Europe still have difficult times ahead before they can regain a sound economic base. Without the funding from Germany not only Spain, but also Italy would be in a very tight corner. Where we want to invest, but now we can not because we are involved in the consolidation of our activities in India, is Africa.
Many investors mainly associated Africa with poverty, lawlessness and corruption. What countries do you mean?
Rwanda is a wonderful country. Mozambique is also interesting. However, in the case of a company that was founded 40 years ago and in an interim phase of 20 years has become an American enterprise, with added value and strong ... we must allow time for such things. Sometimes we get angry about missed opportunities, but despite this, we first want to focus on our projects in India and Turkey, and ensure they are successful. The most exciting project for me personally, is in Austin, Texas.
That's where you are making a large housing development incorporating alternative energy sources.
We bought plots of land during the crisis and we are very satisfied. We are developing additional 7,500 homes and 100,000 square meters of land for schools, parks and other facilities.
The big attraction is a geothermal system that provides energy. The technology will be provided by Bosch and BASF. Austin is a thriving, young and liberal city. And we've been fortunate that a new road has been built nearby. We expect our investors to at least double its capital.
Why, despite the "Energy Revolution" This type of geothermal energy projects in Germany do not work?
If you could show me a piece of land to allow the construction of several thousand homes in a good location and infrastructure, we would in Germany too. This type of project has to reach a critical size of thousand homes to be profitable. The local government has major problems with this type of project.
The German owners have been supporters of alternative energy sources for a long time.
If you, as an individual, purchase a geothermal system, it does because of its philosophy. And so you forget the figures and do something good for the environment. The reason the project in Austin is so interesting is because it is gigantic. In total we have invested nearly one hundred million dollars to date; It is a responsibility that can only be assumed if economies of scale are appropriate.

And...a few fun facts about Taurus Investments:

TAURUS INVESTMENT - FACTS AND FIGURES
Managed assets: Taurus Investment Holding currently manages real estate valued at three billion dollars.
Customers : Customers Investment deTaurus consist mainly high net worth individuals. Many of them come from German-speaking countries, USA, Canada and Israel. In addition, institutional customers have also invested $ 350 million with Taurus.
Offices: The company is headquartered in Boston, USA Taurus also has offices in London, Florida, Texas, Munich, Buenos Aires, Istanbul, Athens and Trivandrum (India). In total, Taurus operates in 16 markets worldwide. ( Editor's Note: In Argentina operates through Taurus Americas and its main project is the development and operation of the Southern Park) .
Projects: The volume of projects Taurus is generally in the range of 10 to 100 million US dollars. Between 5 and 20 investors can participate in each project. The flagship project of the company is currently in Whisper Valley, located near Austin, Texas.

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