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New Moon square Jupiter
December 23, 2022 December 23, 2022 / grayastrology / Leave a comment
Aurora Borealis (1882) from The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings
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Capricorn is zodiacal terrain that holds the duality of civilization and the wilderness. The wildness of Capricorn demands survival skills and sharp strategy, while its affinity for societal systems emphasizes cultural conditioning influences we must interface with. It's the only zodiacal sign where Saturn and Mars are both glorified and fortified, a place of courageous initiative as well as cutting contraction. The New Moon in Capricorn on 23 December is fertile with creative visioning and pragmatic grounding, possessing the serendipity of cloaking the turning of the seasons in black, moonless night. The fertile darkness of the lunation will be aligned with the solstice when the Sun stations at the extreme of its declination, a time of extreme darkness giving way to the return of light in the northern hemisphere. It's the darkest time of the year with the longest nights in the northern hemisphere, as the Sun reaches the nadir of its lowest declination while it rises and sets in the same place for several days; in the southern hemisphere the Sun pauses while at its greatest height in declination during the longest days of the year. In the spirit of transitional Janus, we may simultaneously reflect upon the growth of the past year while turning toward the bright beginnings of new goals and resolutions for the year ahead.
The Capricorn New Moon occurring during solstice means it is on the World Axis, the axis mundi centered upon zero degrees of the cardinal signs in the tropical zodiac. Moreover, Jupiter is further activating the Aries Point by occupying zero degrees of Aries, while Ceres is at 1°09′ Libra and Uranus is at the cross-quarter of fifteen degrees of Taurus. The first degrees of Aries and Libra are the nodes of Earth, the intersection of the celestial equator with the ecliptic that defines the zodiac. Activations of the Aries Point focalize manifestation of archetypal forces through the World Soul into worldly events, and so the planetary combination of Sun, Moon, Jupiter, and Ceres will combine their influences so that issues around justice, wealth, food supplies, labor movements, freedom, faith, grief, and purification will come into prominence within current events. In our personal lives, we will have amplified support for opening to reception of abundance in the year ahead and enlarging the scope of vision to engender plans and strategies for burgeoning creative directions.
In addition to Jupiter boosting the beneficence of the Capricorn New Moon, Venus and Mercury will also be present within Capricorn and glowing brightly in the night following sunset. In fact, all of the visible planets will be visible in the darkening sky following sunset in the days surrounding the lunation. The star of Aphrodite will be especially emboldened with resilient hope and creative ripeness, as she has recently emerged into visibility as an Evening Star and will be continuing to increase with brighter and brighter light in the months ahead. Venus is receiving the liberating and innovative force of Uranus in Taurus through a flowing trine aspect, accentuating our capacity for breaking free into new storylines freed from restrictive patterns of the past. Venus and Mercury will both be separating from trine aspects with Uranus while applying toward creative sextile aspects with Neptune in Pisces, with Mercury forming an exact sextile with Neptune on 24 December and Venus on 28 December. With Venus and Mercury carrying a Promethean torch to light the way forward, their combined presence in Capricorn will kindle new ideas for creative development while also enhancing capacity for devising plans of action that can adjust to changing conditions.
The Capricorn New Moon is ruled by Saturn in Aquarius. Saturn is in a solitary place of forming no major aspects with other planets besides separating from its longstanding square aspect with Uranus in Taurus that has been the dominant astrological influence during the past couple of years. Saturn is six degrees away from Uranus on the day of the New Moon and will be almost ten degrees past Uranus by the end of the forthcoming lunar cycle. The tension between Saturn and Uranus during the past couple of years has been the driving force behind systemic collapses, movements for change, and the overturning of old and familiar storylines and structures in our personal life. Within their friction is the consolidated contraction of Saturn that slowly builds enduring structures, set against the accelerated vision of Uranus that resists restrictions and insists on making innovative changes to the status quo. Although their disruptive influence is ultimately on the way out during 2023, there will be a final activation of Saturn and Uranus during January and February. Utilize the stillness of the solstice and the darkness of the New Moon for reflection upon the ways in which your life has been reordered and reshaped by Saturn and Uranus since the end of 2020, and how you can utilize the final months of Saturn occupying its airy domicile of Aquarius to solidify the foundations and structures of whatever changes have taken shape.
During the forthcoming lunar cycle Saturn in Aquarius will be nearby the fixed star Deneb Algedi in the tail of the celestial Sea Goat (the Capricorn constellation). Saturn's proximity to Deneb Algedi will bring additional emphasis to envisioning ways of generating greater wealth and material manifestation, as well as how to protect and preserve resources that have already been acquired. Deneb Algedi is a fixed star often associated with the ancient creator deity Enki aka Ea who dwells in subterranean water. A trickster and wise magician, Enki reorders the conventions of civilization from the depths, transfiguring the landscape so that the resources needed to fuel civilization can grow and take root. As Deneb Algedi also connects with the law and order of conventional society as well as the metaphysical principles of natural law, Saturn's presence with the Sea Goat's starry tail will call attention to where we need to free ourselves from conventional conditioning in order to claim the authority for steering our lives forward from a place of authentic desires and presence.
Pan and Fortune (1793) by William Blake
The month following the Capricorn New Moon will place extra focus on Capricorn, with Venus forming conjunctions with Mercury and Pluto in Capricorn and Mercury undergoing a retrograde passage that will keep the star of Hermes within the confines of Capricorn until 11 February. There is a mercurial quality to the lunation as the Capricorn New Moon is in the bounds of Mercury while Mercury is at its maximum elongation as an Evening Star, the point of its solar cycle in which it begins to slow down in preparation for stationing retrograde. Mercury will ultimately station retrograde in Capricorn on 29 December while forming a conjunction with Venus only three degrees away from Pluto. Venus will then form an exact conjunction with Pluto on 31 December. The union between Venus and Mercury will be particularly powerful due to Mercury stationing retrograde on the same day, facilitating penetrating insight into the underbelly of your relational dynamics and creative processes. There will be a deep well of unconscious forces to investigate that can uncover meaning that had been buried in subconscious recesses as well as insight into your relationships with power and societal conditioning.
Since Pluto will exit Capricorn to enter Aquarius next year on 23 March 2023, the potent activation of Pluto by Mercury and Venus will make the month ahead an opportune time for contemplating the many ways in which your life has changed since Pluto entered Capricorn in 2008. During 2023 and 2024 we will experience Pluto moving back and forth between Capricorn and Aquarius until finally entering Aquarius for good on 19 November 2024. Pluto's archetypal meaning includes death and rebirth experiences as well as the wealth and treasure that can be retrieved during underworld journeys. Pluto signifies our inner subterranean realm, the deep soul patterns circulating in our unconscious that often drive our instinctive reactions without our awareness. Pluto is also connected to desire for power, dynamics of power and control, and power struggles. When we resist the transformative change of Pluto for security reasons we can experience upheaval and breakdown, but as we surrender to its process of decay and regeneration we may experience a purification in which we burn away old restrictions and evolve into a more potent vitality. Though you have likely already experienced immense regeneration in the Capricorn section of your natal chart since 2008, the months ahead will bring opportunities for receiving deeper lessons of insight into the ways that Pluto in Capricorn has brought about pivotal confrontations that have reshaped your life and perception.
Fortunately a powerful ally and mentor for exploring the shadowy realms of Pluto will be stepping forward: Chiron. Chiron will have a more amplified presence than normal due to stationing direct at 11°56′ Aries on 23 December, the same day as the Capricorn New Moon. Moreover, Chiron is occupying the fiery domicile of Mars while engaging in a receptive sextile aspect with Mars retrograde in Gemini. As Chiron slowly begins to generate forward momentum in the weeks following the Capricorn New Moon, Mars will finally end its retrograde passage and station direct in stillness on 12 January 2023. Chiron in myth and astrology mediates the division between wilderness and civilization, helping us gather the guidance of our ancestors and the resilient resources found within the recesses of inner psyche. Residing in his shadowy cave on the outskirts of society within a wild landscape of medicinal plants and mountainous terrain, Chiron is the wise hermit who trains the alienated in cultivation of the unique qualities they can share as part of finding a role in community. Whatever difficult issues, tests, and wounds have been stirred up by the retrograde passage of Mars, the stationing of Chiron can help in attuning to the deeper lessons and wisdom to retrieve from the turmoil and challenges.
With Jupiter also co-present in Aries along with Chiron, the Capricorn New Moon also serves as an initiation into the buildup of Jupiter slowly approaching a conjunction with Chiron that will take place on 12 March 2023. There is an excellent article written by Brian Clark about the Jupiter-Chiron cycle and their conjunction in Aries in 2023 you can read here. Amongst many other themes, Brian Clark deduced that the start of a new cycle between Jupiter and Chiron in 2023 will highlight mundane issues centered around educational changes, medicinal wisdom, indigenous reconciliation, refuge for the displaced, and natural and psychic wilderness.
2 of Pentacles by Pamela Colman Smith
Capricorn 1 Decan
The New Moon in Capricorn will rise in the first decan of Capricorn associated with the Two of Pentacles image illustrated above by Pamela Colman Smith. The image of a juggling magician set against a backdrop of sea change embodies the capacity of Capricorn to penetrate into structural forms and impact matter from the underlying fabric of reality. Fittingly for a decan focused upon shaping material fortune, the first face of Capricorn is ruled by both Jupiter and Saturn. T Susan Chang in 36 Secrets wrote that Jupiter's rulership of this face is shown through the metaphysical lesson of the Two of Pentacles: "the only constant is change." Chang wrote that while the Two of Pentacles portends that nothing will be remaining the same, its connection with the first decan of Capricorn also signifies that there will be opportunities opening up to take advantage of for new growth and experiences. As we bring the volatile year of 2022 to a close, the New Moon in the first face of Capricorn is a boon for gleaning the new goals for growth we can gather from the many changes we experienced during the past year.
Austin Coppock in 36 Faces ascribed the image of "A Headless Body" to the first face of Capricorn, stating it "entails the descent of the spirit into the body of the world itself," bringing consciousness to deeper and deeper levels of matter to "set those powers in motion" as well as "use the higher, logoic functions to guide them along their course." Coppock analyzed the attribution by the 12th century philosopher and astrologer Ibn Ezra of a bestial man carrying a cattle prod to this face, suggesting it reveals the capacity of this decan to not only set material forces in motion but also steer them in order to create change such as new sources of work and sustenance. Coppock further illuminated that since "the figures which roam this decan can root deeply into what soil they find themselves in," using discernment in choosing which location to lay down roots within is critical. If we wish to utilize the capacity of Capricorn for building a sturdy foundation that will support the development of enduring structures, we need to be mindful where we choose to begin construction.
While Coppock cited the image of a headless man holding a sword found in the Hellenistic text Liber Hermetis as the inspiration for his image of "A Headless Body," it's further interesting that it also directly connects to the image for this decan found in Demetra George's translation of The Sacred Book of Hermes to Asclepius (a Greek language text ascribed to Hermes Trismegistus during early Roman Imperial period, possibly around 50 CE): "Body of a man without a head, dressed in a scarab skin wrapped around his chest, small water urn in right hand, left hand stretched out upon thigh." While the image of scarab skin in The Sacred Book of Hermes to Asclepius fits well with the scarab-faced deity Khepri in Egyptian religion who represents the rising sun, creation, and the renewal of life, the fact that the figure is also carrying a water urn reveals the purification and spiritual regeneration that can be experienced during the solstice when the Sun enters the first face of Capricorn. Like the headless Ketu associated with the South Node of the Moon, the headlessness of figures associated with the first decan of Capricorn also reveals the extraordinary power of this face for attuning with the spirits of material forms.
Moreover, the "atavistic consciousness" Coppock described within the first decan of Capricorn that "descends into the natural world with ease" connects well with the Hellenistic text 36 Airs of the Zodiac attributing the ancestor of earth and body-based healers, Asklepios, to the first face of Capricorn. Asclepius, son of the Sun god Apollo and a mortal woman, embodies a centered focus which integrates all surrounding realms, both material and immaterial. Rooted in Earth, Asclepius is a healer who emerges in times of crisis and cathartic change, reverent of Nature, in balance with masculinity and femininity, and reliant upon ritualistic incubation to find healing cures. Asclepius is associated with healing through dreams, an incubatory process that reveals the connection between external symptoms and the underlying unconscious. With his hermetic staff planted in the ground, Asclepius weaves together meaning from celestial and chthonic realms through discernment centered in his sensual nature, applied to his work through disciplined spiritual practice.
The capacity of Asclepius to monitor synchronicities in waking and dreaming life for deeper meaning will be especially helpful to cultivate with Mercury stationing retrograde in Capricorn within a week of the New Moon. We can expect another great wave of change to take place during 2023 due to Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto all entering new signs, and so the New Moon occurring in the first decan of Capricorn is ideal for envisioning how to be co-creative with the changes underway. May the stationing of the solstice Sun during the darkness of the New Moon in Capricorn aid you in dreaming the creative life you wish to embody in the year ahead.
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Chang, T. Susan. (2021). 36 Secrets: A Decanic Journey through the Minor Arcana of the Tarot. Anima Mundi Press.
George, Demetra. (2021). Egyptian Decans: Star Gods of Time. Astrology University.
Cancer New Moon
June 28, 2022 June 28, 2022 / grayastrology / Leave a comment
Study for 'The spirit of the new moon' 1888 by Arthur Loureiro
The New Moon in Cancer on June 28 comes only a week after the seasonal turning point of the solstice, the beginning of summer in the northern hemisphere and winter in the southern hemisphere. Since the New Moon is in the watery, reflective and receptive sign of Cancer, the zodiacal sign where the Moon finds her home, our emotional needs, drives, hungers and desires will become palpably felt. With the New Moon forming an amplifying square aspect with Jupiter in Aries, feelings regarding one's present circumstances can become magnified, with the fiery presence of Jupiter inducing yearning for satiation of unsatiated hungers, demonstrations on behalf of what we wish to nurture and cultivate within our relationships and community, conflict from the impact of ambitious plans on personal relationships, and courage in taking risks to leave the familiar for the inspiration found in the unknown. The Cancer New Moon harbors a renewal of vision for goals to pursue that will nurture an enlivening of purpose and meaning in the season ahead.
The Cancer Moon is also forming a conjunction with Black Moon Lilith, indicating that the Moon will be at the outskirts of its apogee or farthest point in its orbit. As the wide ranging motion of the Moon signifies the wide range of our perceptions and feelings, the Cancer New Moon being at the point farthest away from us in orbit will bring to the surface insights, symbols, and reflections that have been farthest from our conscious awareness. As Black Moon Lilith is an unconscious balancing point connecting our conscious awareness with what has been cast off or kept in the subconscious, it's fitting that it is named for a mythological figure who has taken a multiplicity of forms across different cultures but has consistent associations with the wild feminine and being cast off from civilization into the outskirts of the wilderness. As Lilith is also a figure who has been demonized and exiled, the New Moon conjoining Black Moon Lilith can also put us into deeper contact with parts of our inner multiplicity that carry the burden of feeling judged or being ostracized. The tension of the square aspect between the New Moon and Black Moon Lilith in Cancer with Jupiter in Aries can catalyze inner conflicts that create opportunities for bringing parts of our personality out of exile and more fully into the scope of our personality.
In current events, the numerous economic and political crises erupting around the world involving mass populations facing hunger and lack of foundational resources have continued to inspire mass protests. There has recently been a wave of protests and workers' strikes around the world due to inflation and political turmoil, with the build up of tensions erupting into mass demonstrations such as in Sri Lanka where the longstanding economic crisis has more recently shifted into complete economic collapse. The synergy between the Moon and Jupiter that can inspire mass movements was intrinsic to the Cancer Solstice chart which signifies mundane astrological themes for the season ahead, as there was an applying conjunction between the Moon and Jupiter in Aries when the Sun reached zero degrees of Cancer demarcating the solstice. Furthermore, the forthcoming Leo New Moon on July 28 will form a flowing trine aspect with Jupiter in Aries, with Jupiter's presence intensified due to stationing simultaneously. As a result, we can expect the numerous conflicts exacerbating food and resource shortages, a well as other societal conflicts, such as the recent reinterpretation of the 14th amendment of the United States Constitution by the Supreme Court in the United States to take away a woman's right to choose whether or not to have an abortion, to continue to mobilize widespread action in the season ahead.
There are numerous planets occupying air and fire signs, diurnal zodiacal signs that support active direct action in the world, as the Sun and Moon form their conjunction in Cancer. As a result, there is astrological support for taking action to create change and make significant movement regarding whatever ways personal storylines have been reshaping due to shifts emerging from within and due to a need to adjust to the impact of disruptive external events from around the world. Fortunately, within the emphasis of planets in air and fire signs (Mercury and Venus in Gemini, Mars and Jupiter in Aries, Saturn in Aquarius), Venus in Gemini is applying toward a harmonious sextile aspect with Jupiter in Aries during the lunation. The creative collaboration present within the sextile between Venus and Jupiter can show up through the formation of alliances of support as well as in creative collaborations, and suggests there are opportunities available to find greater support to help with whatever difficulties one is presently experiencing.
Providing an underlying lift of inspirational support drawn from Spirit for mass movements and individual motion is Neptune, as Neptune will be stationing retrograde during the Cancer New Moon at 25°27' Pisces. Neptune stationing places it in a phasis condition of saturating the astrological landscape with its numinous significations, with the divine archetypal presence of Neptune becoming more present in our daily lives. Neptune in Pisces unleashes a tidal wave that can disintegrate the structures that have been defining identities, dissolving patterns and boundaries as part of a radical reshaping process. Neptune stationing retrograde is an opportune time to reflect upon however Neptune has been washing away the familiar and contemplating the messages we have been receiving from intuition, imaginal realms, and spiritual exploration. Any disillusionment being experienced will be important to pay attention to and remain curious about however it may be bringing reorientation to deeper truths.
From June 28 until December 3, Neptune retrograde in Pisces will slowly recede from 25°27' to 22°38' Pisces, bringing a second opportunity to experience its impact in this degree range. Allow the stationing of Neptune to release the illusions of the past that need to be carried out to sea, while opening you to waves of inspiration that can help carry you further than you would otherwise imagine. The stationing of Neptune during the Cancer New Moon makes the forthcoming lunar cycle ideal for taking action on whatever dreams and inspired revelations have been developing.
Seated Giant (1818) by Francisco Goya
Dredging up volcanic volatility underneath the flowing waters of the Cancer New Moon is a tumultuous square aspect between Mars in Aries and Pluto in Capricorn that will become exact on July 1. Moreover, Mars is moving in between Saturn and Pluto, separating from a productive sextile aspect with Saturn retrograde in Aquarius and applying toward a turbulent square aspect with Pluto that may correlate with significant developments in the reordering of personal and global structures. In the United States, the stormy square between Mars and Pluto will be especially potent as the USA approaches its second exact Pluto return on July 10 (meaning Pluto will be returning to the same degree and minute of Capricorn where it was on July 4, 1776 when the Declaration of Independence was signed). In current events we will likely witness an intensifying of conflicts, while in personal events the intensity may be felt in the deepest recesses of psyche. Mars clashing with Pluto can feel relentless and ferocious, supplying a fuel of fierceness to relentlessly pursue goals in the face of opposition and contention. While we may feel a tenacious resiliency in pursuit of objectives, we also need to temper expectations so we are not consumed by anger if results fall short of our ideals. The tension between Mars and Pluto may feel like being dragged down into the fires of the underworld, yet the intense heat of associated challenges can reforge our will force and put us in touch with new found sources of strength from within.
In the midst of the titanic tension brewing between Mars and Pluto, Mercury in Gemini will be playing an intermediary role as it applies to a trine aspect with Saturn in Aquarius and a square aspect with Neptune it will complete on July 2. Mercury will then separate from Saturn and Neptune and fly swiftly through the rest of its airy home of Gemini while applying to a sextile with Mars that it will not complete until Mars enters Taurus and Mercury enters Cancer on July 4. Mercury is moving fast as a visible Morning Star in its airy home, and so while in an optimal solar phase and sign position possesses the full skillset of Hermes for listening, questioning, communicating, mediating conflicts and paradoxes, as well as brokering deals. With Mercury simultaneously in a flowing aspect with Saturn and a tense aspect with Neptune, the Star of Hermes can help sift through the fog of Neptune relative to dreams and ideals to separate out the illusory aspects from that which can be effectively brought into reality, as well as how to effectively organize and structure plans to be grounded while retaining the inspirational influence of Neptune.
The dual entrance of Mars into Taurus and Mercury into Cancer on July 4 is important not only due to them finally completing their sextile aspect, but also due to Mars and Mercury leaving their diurnal domiciles where they directly express themselves with great speed and outwardly directed action into earthy and watery nocturnal signs where they will take a slower pace with greater emphasis on being reflective. Mars entering Taurus is additionally significant because it begins an immense build up of extreme tension that will culminate at the end of the month when Mars in Taurus will form a conjunction with Uranus and the North Node of the Moon in Taurus. The combined presence of Mars, Uranus, and the North Node will likely correspond with another wave of increased volatility regarding the present economic and political crises already taking shape, as well as opportunities for incredible innovation and breaking new ground in development. While the influence of Mars, Uranus, and the North Node will be more acutely felt during the forthcoming Leo New Moon on July 28, the entrance of Mars into Taurus on July 4 with Mercury forming a harmonious aspect will deliver early warning signs and messages regarding the shape of what is to come.
2 of Cups by Pamela Colman Smith
Cancer 1 Decan
The New Moon is in the first decan of Cancer associated with the Two of Cups card illustrated above by Pamela Colman Smith. In the image we find two lovers coming together in passion and longing, with a caduceus of intertwining snakes and a winged lion arising in the space between their merging desire. Fittingly for the erotic reciprocity found in the symbolism of this image, the first face of Cancer is ruled by Venus and the Moon. Yet Venus is not only about the romanticism of Eros and Psyche, nor the Moon only about the enclosure of their fertile love in the palace of Eros. The Cancer New Moon can thus connect us with the Eros of care, love, and fellowship that weaves community together when focused upon a common purpose that brings practical help and resources to those in need. It can also reveal those in our relational field who we can form mutually supportive dynamics with. As we are entering an extended period of collective volatility, we will need to be actively co-creating community that can flexibly mutate in accordance with the changing societal dynamics.
Austin Coppock in his book on the decans 36 Faces ascribed the image of "A Mother and Child" to the first face of Cancer, as he wrote that the face holds the hungers of our emotions and biology, the womb that gives birth to us and all of our resulting needs. Yet the nurturance and sustenance present in this face for both biological children and what we birth from our creativity must also be placed within the waxing and waning nature of the Moon and the fact that hunger and loss can lead to "the chain of mothers and children becom[ing] an endless cycle of beasts devouring and being devoured in return." Coppock further connected the themes of mother and child to the pursuit of romantic love found in the Two of Cups since "it is the perfect support, half-remembered from the womb, that gives rise to the human dream of similarly nursing bonds between committed partners." Coppock wrote that idealized unions can be realized in the first decan of Cancer, and that the "face's magical virtue is to establish mutually nurturing relationships." Coppock declared there is an alchemy of love and need blended together in the first face of Cancer, with the energy circulating between the two participants "as if the two reside in each other's wombs, simultaneously devouring and being devoured, yet neither is depleted." The ideal entwining of vessels found in the first face of Cancer can be found within all manner of collaborative relationships and is not limited to the realm of romantic love.
In contrast, the Hellenistic text 36 Airs ascribed the goddess Nike, the goddess of victory, to the first face of Cancer. A daughter of the underworld river goddess Styx, Nike allied herself with Zeus in the war against the Titans, a mythic war resonant with the astrology of the past few years that has involved a massive reordering of society due to a global pandemic and numerous conflicts and power plays for control that have resulted in reaction. Nike served as the divine charioteer of Zeus in battle, while also rewarding victors of competition with the glory of wreathed laurel. In 36 Faces Austin Coppock connected the presence of Nike in the first face of Cancer with the ancient symbolic link between chariots and the body as the vehicle of the soul, symbolism also resonant with the connection in tarot between the VII Chariot arcanum and the zodiacal sign of Cancer.
In connection with Coppock's symbol of "A Mother and Child" for the first face of Cancer, it's worth contemplating the significance of Nike being the daughter of the underworld river goddess Styx. Residing in the heart of the underworld, Styx allied herself with the Olympians in their revolution against the Titans, eventually becoming the source of the water by which gods swore oaths, ensuring that the Olympians who replaced the Titans would keep their oaths. Nike and the other children of Styx helped enforce order even amongst the gods, with Nike's emphasis on victory not only limited to the climatic moment of the victor but also the devoted care and commitment necessary to ensure that what has been gained in victory will not be lost due to carelessness or forgetting what one has sworn to do.
Within the darkness of the Cancer New Moon, give yourself the space to feel all the limitless, nonlinear emotions and messages emanating from the Sun and Moon coming together and fertilizing the lunar fields of Cancer. Though emotional processes unfolding within the darkness of the lunation may feel messy, the harmonious sextile aspect between Venus and Jupiter can correspond with finding support through relationships of mutual care for the new directions emerging to follow. With Venus and Jupiter in the active signs of Gemini and Aries, it's also an opportune time for helping to organize networks of support within community to care for those in need and helping to mobilize effort on behalf of the changes you wish to materialize in society. The astrology for the rest of 2022 will bring increasing waves of disruptive change across global societies, yet within the chaos will be found great sources of creativity to engage with.


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Iranian Commander Killed In Airstrike At Iraq-Syria Border
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The incident came just days after Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was assassinated in Tehran in a killing that Iran has blamed on Israel.
WorldReutersUpdated: December 01, 2020 3:54 am IST
An air strike killed a commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards at Iraq-Syria border (Representational)
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An air strike killed a commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards at the Iraq-Syria border sometime between Saturday and Sunday, Iraqi security and local militia officials said on Monday.
They could not confirm the identity of the commander, who they said was killed alongside three other men travelling in a vehicle with him.
The vehicle was carrying weapons across the Iraqi border and was hit after it had entered Syrian territory, two Iraqi security officials separately said.
Iran-backed Iraqi paramilitary groups helped retrieve the bodies, the two officials said, without elaborating or giving the exact time of the incident.
Local military and militia sources confirmed the account, although Reuters was unable to verify independently that an Iranian commander had been killed.
Israel launched air raids against what it called a wide range of Syrian and Iranian targets in Syria last week, signalling that it will pursue its policy of striking Iranian targets in the region as U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to leave office.
Iraqi officials fear a conflagration ahead of President-elect Joe Biden taking office because he is viewed as less confrontational with Iran than the Trump administration.
Iran-backed Iraqi militias are still reeling from the U.S. assassination of Iranian military mastermind Qassem Soleimani in January and their Iraqi leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and have vowed revenge against the United States.
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GOP governors unveil 10-point plan to end border crisis, urging Biden to act – Fox News
Republican governors on Wednesday unveiled a 10-point plan to end the crisis at the southern border as they called on the Biden administration to act to solve the continuing surge of migrants, and reverse policies they say is fueling those record numbers.
"President Joe Biden has caused a humanitarian crisis and chaos on our border," Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said in Mission, Texas along with eight other governors. "All Americans saw what happened in Del Rio, Texas just last month and we know that chaos will be repeated unless and until President Biden takes action."
HOUSE HOMELAND REPUBLICANS DEMAND TRANSPARENCY FROM BIDEN OVER 'OUT OF CONTROL' BORDER CRISIS
"The president must act, he cannot ignore this humanitarian and national security crisis any more," Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts said.
The Biden administration has been facing a massive surge in migrants at the border throughout the year, with more than 200,000 migrants hitting the border in both July and August. In September, it faced down a crisis in Del Rio, where more than 15,000 predominantly Haitians gathered under the International Bridge.
While the Biden administration has blamed root causes like poverty, corruption and violence in Central America for the surge, as well as the Trump administration's ending of legal asylum pathways, Republicans have blamed the Biden administration's rollback of Trump-era policies.
"It's not a secret anymore," Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey said. "They have created this crisis and Americans know it."
The governors unveiled a 10-point plan to reverse the crisis, including actions they said Biden could take with the stroke of a pen. It includes the full restoration of the Trump-era Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) — which kept migrants in Mexico for their immigration proceedings. The administration was recently ordered by a federal court to restart the policy.
FORMER ICE OFFICIAL BLASTS MAYORKAS: 'HE'S WATCHING BORDER BE OVERRUN AND HE'S PROUD OF IT'
Separately, the governors call for the end of "catch-and-release," more border wall construction, an expansion of Title 42 expulsions, deployment of more federal law enforcement to the border and for the administration to provide more resources to keep the border secure.
In his remarks, Abbott also took aim at DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas directly: "Secretary Mayorkas is a disaster in what he's done and no-one should put any trust or confidence in what he says."
MIGRANT CRISIS COULD BRING 1M PEOPLE TO US-MEXICO BORDER, GUATEMALAN ACTIVIST WARNS
Earlier in the day, Republican senators held a press conference, where they also laid the blame squarely on the Biden administration for the crisis at the border — and called for it to reverse its decisions that they said made the crisis worse.
"This is a humanitarian crisis, this is a public health crisis this is a national security crisis, and Joe Biden and [Vice President] Kamala Harris won't do a damn thing about it," Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said.
Meanwhile, both Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa and Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, emphasized that the crisis has a knock-on effect in states across the country due to the impact of criminals and drugs as they travel throughout the country.
Please wake up," Ernst said, addressing the Biden administration. "You have to address this situation, Republicans have solutions we have outlined, it's your time to act."
Biden and Chinese President Xi are planning to hold virtual meeting, sources say – CNBC
Myocarditis after Covid-19 Vaccination in a Large Health Care Organization | NEJM – nejm.org


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No. 11 Stanford women rally late to beat Oregon
Karlie Samuelson scored 18 points and Lili Thompson had 16, including two baskets in the last 35 seconds, to rally No. 11 Stanford to a 64-62 women"s basketball win over Oregon on Friday night in Eugene, Oregon.
Thompson scored on a drive to tie the game at 62 with 34.3 seconds left but failed to convert the 3-point play. Then Stanford"s Kailee Johnson blocked Lexi Petersen"s shot on the other end with 11 seconds remaining.
Thompson scored on another drive with 2.4 seconds left and again missed the ensuing free throw, but after a timeout that allowed Oregon to move the ball to the frontcourt, the Ducks didn"t get off a final shot in time.
Kaylee Johnson scored 16 points and had five of 11 blocks for the Cardinal (14-3, 4-1 Pac 12).
Petersen had 17 points and Lexi Bando 15 for the Ducks (11-5, 0-5), who led at the half — 36-32 — for the fourth time in conference play.
Bando had a 3-pointer — Oregon was 12 of 21 behind the arc — for a 61-56 lead with five minutes left. Kailee Johnson and Briana Robertson made baskets in the next minute for Stanford, but both teams went cold until a free throw by Jillian Alleyne put the Ducks up 62-60 with free throw at 52.5 seconds. Oregon shot 27 percent, 1 of 16 inside the arc, in the second half.
Oregon State 70, Cal 48: Gabriella Hanson scored 13 of her career-high 20 points in the first half, and the No. 12 Beavers (13-3, 4-1 Pac-12) broke the game open in the third quarter and rolled over the visiting Bears (10-6, 1-4).
Hansen hit 5 of 6 shots, including three 3-pointers, as the Beavers opened a 35-26 halftime lead. OSU missed its first two shots in the third quarter, then hit 7 of 8 while Cal was in a 2-for-13 stretch. The lead ballooned to 54-30 on a Hanson jumper at 1:25.
Jamie Weisner added 16 points, Ruth Hamblin had 15 and both had nine rebounds for the Beavers, who shot 58 percent to improve to 19-1 in their past 20 home conference games.
Courtney Range had 17 points and Kristine Anigwe 16 for the Bears, who shot 34 percent, 26.5 in the second half.
Arizona State 64, Colorado 37: Quinn Dornstauder had 15 points and 10 rebounds, and the 10th-ranked Sun Devils (14-3, 4-0 Pac-12) used stifling defense to rout the visiting Buffaloes (5-11, 0-5) for their 11th straight victory.
Washington 64, UCLA 56: Kelsey Plum had 23 points, Talia Walton added 22, and the Huskies (13-4, 4-2 Pac-12) beat the No. 17 Bruins (11-5, 3-2) in Seattle. Washington took the lead for good with an 11-2 run that ended at 55-48 with 6:32 left.
Washington State 73, USC 61: Borislava Hristova had 13 of her 21 points in the second half, and the Cougars (12-5, 3-3 Pac-12) beat the No. 25 Trojans (14-3, 2-3) in Pullman, Washington.
SMU: Junior guard Keith Frazier, the former Dallas high school star whose name was prominent in an NCAA investigation that led to a postseason ban for the undefeated Mustangs, has decided to transfer. Coach Larry Brown said the 2013 McDonald"s All-American "wanted a fresh start" after taking time away from the program to consider his future.


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Researchers project 7 million missing girls in India by 2030 due to sex-selective abortion
By Nancy Flanders | September 2, 2020 , 04:45pm
A new study has found that approximately 6.8 million fewer girls are expected to be born in India by 2030 due to the prevalence of sex-selective abortion in the nation. The largest deficit of female births is predicted to occur in Uttar Pradesh, a state in northern India.
Researchers from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia, and Universite de Paris in France stated that there has been an imbalance in the male to female ratio in India since the 1970s when ultrasound technology allowed parents to learn the sex of their child prior to birth and abortion was legalized. Indian culture largely prefers male children.
Sex-selective abortions and prenatal sex discernment testing were both banned in India in 1994 under the Pre-conception and Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act. However, that act seems to exist in name only, and though illegal, sex-selective abortion is a common occurrence.
Previous research looked at the national projections of the sex ratio at birth or was based on expert opinion. The new study, published in the journal PLOS ONE, however, broke down the sex ratio at birth in the largest 29 Indian States and Union Territories which made up about 98.4 percent of the total Indian population as of 2011. The preference for a son was found to be higher in statistical significance in nine specific states or territories.
READ: HORRIFIC: Child in India was raped by police chief, then forced into an abortion
"We project that the highest deficits in female births will occur in Uttar Pradesh, with a cumulative number of missing female births of 2 million from 2017 to 2030," said researchers.
"For the whole of India, summing up the 29 state-level projections, the cumulative number of missing female births during 2017 to 2030 is projected to be 6.8 [million]," they added.
Between 2017 and 2025, the projected number of missing females is 469,000 per year. That number is expected to increase to 519,000 a year from 2026 to 2030.
The unhealthy and unnatural ratio of boy and girl births caused by sex-selective abortion has major implications including a lack of wives, which has led men to become involved in sex trafficking and the securing of child brides. The natural sex ratio at birth is 105 males for every 100 females. In India, the sex ratio at birth is nearly 114 males for every 100 females.


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Army Soldiers carrying concealed firearms
Thread starter oldbanger
Campaign Veteran
MagiK_SacK said:
...I still have my first amendment right, I can protest and speak out against something all day. I just can't associate the military or bring discredit upon the military while doing so.....
As soon as you said "I just can't," you proved my point. In no way did I imply you signed away a lot of rights. Just SOME. And before you go there, I also did not imply it was a bad thing.
MagiK_SacK
VA Beach, VA
MAC702 said:
That is easy enough to avoid. Stay out of uniform, and stay away from the words I'm in the 'military'. Avoid those two things and you are golden
DamonK said:
Actually, it specifically says that you don't have the same rights as you would with civilian employment. For someone who is suppose to pay attention to detail, you seem to only read and understand what you want to. Just because you don't want something to be true doesn't make it so.
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Please instead of telling me your interpretation please point to Section, paragraph number ext that you are interpreting that I won't have the same rights as I would with a civilian employment?
DamonK
Ft. Lewis, WA
How about page 2, section 9. The entire section, but specifically paragraph 2.
That is true, BUT, if I wasn't in the military, I would not need to make certain of certain conditions before exercising a "right."
I don't know what point you are making here. So as not to be accused of ignoring it, could you please clarify it for us?
I guess what I'm getting at is as long as I don't associate my views/opinions with the military there shouldn't be a problem. The same, I am willing to bet, is the same with any other employer. As sad as it may sound if you were to go to a political rally wearing a work uniform you run the risk associating your views/opinions with your employer. That is something that most employer I would like to believe would like to avoid.
A similar but not exact example would be that woman that got fired for the picture she posted of herself throwing up the middle finger and acting like she was screaming next to the sign at the Arlington nation cemetery.
I don't know if that explains it or not. I guess I'm just trying to say its no different than any other employer. The military is just a little more liberal in enforcing such a rule. Hope that helps.
So just to be clear you are specifically referencing this paragraph:
"(2) Subject to separation during or at the end of my enlistment.
If my behavior fails to meet acceptable military standards, I may be
discharged and given a certificate for less than honorable service,
which may hurt my future job opportunities and my claim for
veteran's benefits."
Sorry, you quoted me before I figured it out and felt stupid and deleted it prior to your post.
I like your example. She had a right to do what she did, and the company had the right to fire her. They would not have had the right to throw her in the brig and deny her future freedom (or ANY kind of "discipline") because of it, though. That is a HUGE difference.
Nope, nice try though. I'm talking about the entire section, not just the one excerpt. Maybe look at the paragraph directly above the one you quoted.
I like your example. She had a right to do what she did, and the company had the right to fire her. They would not have had the right to throw her in the brig and deny her future freedom because of it, though. That is a HUGE difference.
I see your point. All I can really say to that is if that were to happen it would be a consequence of signing the DD form 4. By agreeing to enlist you agree to be subject to the UCMJ on top of Federal/State/Local laws and regulations. Are you guaranteed to end up in the brig, not necessarily, but that's not to say don't have a point.
...Are you guaranteed to end up in the brig, not necessarily, but that's not to say don't have a point.
Correct, in fact I edited my post again before you quoted it. ANY discipline would be proof that you did not have the "right" to do what you did. Firing (basically you just leaving) is not a discipline in this context.
1245A Defender
north mason county, Washington, USA
Wowwie!!!
I wont cite anything for you.
There is a profound differance between being in the service and having a job as a civilian and there is a "right that you signed away"!
The RIGHT to tell your boss "Take this job and shove it! I dont work here anymore!"
golddigger14s
Activist Member
Lawton, OK USA
armaborealis said:
I was always kind of hoping a soldier would show up to some unit social function (off base of course) open carrying. The CG's policy never said anything about open carry, after all!
The only reason that USARAK changed the policy was because congress prohibited the DoD from implementing such policies during the NDAA last year. Don't think for a moment that the Army had a change of heart...
I did go to an off base unit function with an empty holster. Even though we were wearing civies, we were considered "on duty" at our designated place of duty. On duty, or in uniform on or off base we are not allowed to carry a personal weapon. In the last three years that I've been retired I have carried a loaded gun more than in the 21 years in the Army. (BTW, I was combat arms)
oldbanger
beckofbeyond - Idaho
oldbanger said:
While off military installations, Soldiers are required to follow Alaska law.
Repeal of Concealed Firearm Policy.pdf
update with image
Oldbanger, tis an olde, six year olde, thread and you posted almost the same post you did in Mar of 06!
In the interim, Nov 2016, the DoD issued a directive 5210.56, Arming and Use of Force, http://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodd/521056_dodd_2016.pdf
good reading and quite a step forward for our service members.
MSG Laigaie
Philipsburg, Montana
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Bhubaneswar: At a time when efforts to rescue two labourers trapped inside a stone quarry near Bariput in Jeypore district are still on, the Odisha Contractors' Association on Saturday alleged that no action has been taken against the owner of the company so far as he has the support of some influential people belonging to the 3rd floor of the State Secretariat.
Even though an FIR has been lodged against the construction company DD Builders, the firm has been awarded the contract to complete the pending work of Bomikhal Flyover in Bhubaneswar as its owner is closely linked to third floor officials, alleged president of the association, Prabhat Das.
"DD Builders has close links with the 3rd floor and for that reason no one is daring to take action against the company," alleged Das, adding that awarding the Bomikhal Flyover project to DD Builders is a dangerous step," said Das.
"We strongly condemn the government's move of roping in non-Odia contractors and agencies by neglecting Odia contractors. Such anti-Odia strategy will not be tolerated. The government has not only resorted to harassment of Odia contractors but also Odia officers. It must change such approach else it will have to face the consequences," Das stated.
On the other hand, Kendrapara MP Baijayant 'Jay' Panda today expressed concerns over the matter through a tweet.


Peattie's Christmas story will be appreciated by both children and adults. The Lease includes restrictive rules: no running, jumping, and nothing else that might satisfy children's natural liberties. But it also includes a "clause" about no peddlers or agents entering the building. Is Santa allowed to make deliveries to the children or not?
Though, to be sure—as every one of the flat children knew—they were in the greatest kind of luck to be allowed to live at all, and especially were they fortunate past the lot of children to be permitted to live in a flat. There were many flats in the great city, so polished and carved and burnished and be-lackeyed that children were not allowed to enter within the portals, save on visits of ceremony in charge of parents or governesses. And in one flat, where Cecil de Koven le Baron was born—just by accident and without intending any harm—he was evicted, along with his parents, by the time he reached the age where he seemed likely to be graduated from the go-cart. And yet that flat had not nearly so imposing a name as the Santa Maria.
Only Kara Johnson never said anything on the subject because she knew why Carlsen didn't smile, and was sorry for it, and would have made it all right—if it hadn't been for Lars Larsen.
It was in the Lease not to run—not to jump—not to yell. It was in the Lease not to sing in the halls, not to call from story to story, not to slide down the banisters. And there were blocks of banisters so smooth and wide and beautiful that the attraction between them and the seats of the little boy's trousers was like the attraction of a magnet for a nail. Yet not a leg, crooked or straight, fat or thin, was ever to be thrown over these polished surfaces!
"You can see for yourself," said Ernest, who lived on the first floor, to Roderick who lived on the fourth, "that if Santa Claus can't get up the front stairs, and can't get up the back stairs, that all he can do is to come down the chimney. And he can't come down the chimney—at least, he can't get out of the fireplace."
"Let's go see the Telephone Boy," said Roderick. This seemed the wisest thing to do. When in doubt, all the children went to the Telephone Boy, who was the most fascinating person, with knowledge of the most wonderful kind and of a nature to throw that of Mrs. Scheherazade quite, quite in the shade—which, considering how long that loquacious lady had been a Shade, is perhaps not surprising.
Nevertheless, hope springs eternal, and the boys each and individually asked their fathers—tremendously wise and good men—if they thought there was any hope that Santa Claus would get into the Santa Maria flats, and each of the fathers looked up from his paper and said he'd be blessed if he did!
And the words sunk deep and deep and drew the tears when the doors were closed and the soft black was all about and nobody could laugh because a boy was found crying! The girls cried too—for the awful news was whistled up tubes and whistled down tubes, till all the twenty-six flat children knew about it. The next day it was talked over in the brick court, where the children used to go to shout and race. But on this day there was neither shouting nor racing. There was, instead, a shaking of heads, a surreptitious dropping of tears, a guessing and protesting and lamenting. All the flat mothers congratulated themselves on the fact that their children were becoming so quiet and orderly, and wondered what could have come over them when they noted that they neglected to run after the patrol wagon as it whizzed round the block.
As time went on, melancholy settled upon the flat children. The parents noted it, and wondered if there could be sewer gas in the apartments. One over-anxious mother called in a physician, who gave the poor little child some medicine which made it quite ill. No one suspected the truth, though the children were often heard to say that it was evident that there was to be no Christmas for them! But then, what more natural for a child to say, thus hoping to win protestations—so the mothers reasoned, and let the remark pass.
The day before Christmas was gray and dismal. There was no wind—indeed, there was a sort of tightness in the air, as if the supply of freshness had given out. People had headaches—even the Telephone Boy was cross—and none of the spirit of the time appeared to enliven the flat children. There appeared to be no stir—no mystery. No whisperings went on in the corners—or at least, so it seemed to the sad babies of the Santa Maria.
"It's as plain as a monkey on a hand-organ," said the Telephone Boy to the attendants at his salon in the basement, "that there ain't to be no Christmas for we—no, not for we!"
The Telephone Boy, who usually got a bit of something hot sent down to him from one of the tables, owing to the fact that he never ate any meal save breakfast at home, was quite forgotten on this day, and dined off two russet apples, and drew up his belt to stop the ache—for the Telephone Boy was growing very fast indeed, in spite of his poverty, and couldn't seem to stop growing somehow, although he said to himself every day that it was perfectly brutal of him to keep on that way when his mother had so many mouths to feed.
Sounds of falling glass, of breaking shutters, of crashing chimneys greeted their ears—not that they knew what all these sounds meant. They only knew that it seemed as if the end of the world had come. Ernest, miserable as he was, wondered if the Telephone Boy had gotten safely home, or if he were alone in the draughty room in the basement; and Roderick hugged his big brother, who slept with him and said, "Now I lay me," three times running, as fast as ever his tongue would say it.
Dawn came. The children awoke, shivering. They sat up in bed and looked about them—yes, they did, the whole twenty-six of them in their different apartments and their different homes. And what do you suppose they saw—what do you suppose the twenty-six flat children saw as they looked about them?
"Here's where Santa Claus came!
If it hurt when he fell on the floor."
And of course all the parents thought and said that Santa Claus must have jumped down the skylights. By noon there were other skylights put in, and not a sign left of the way he made his entrance—not that the way mattered a bit, no, not a bit.
In closing it is only proper to mention that Kara Johnson crocheted a white silk four-in-hand necktie for Carl Carlsen, the janitor—and the janitor smiled!
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To make sure you are doing organic gardening, outline what organic means to you and ensure your seeds, plants and provides fit your standards. There isn't a set scientifically agreed on definition of what "natural" persistently means, so firms can label practically something natural. Know what it means to you, then read labels to be sure you buy issues constant along with your beliefs.
Now you're way more prepared in relation to organic gardening. You thought that you were ready earlier than, properly have a look at you, now! Hopefully, the information that were offered gave you some recommendation that may enable you get started together with your natural gardening adventures so as to start rising like a pro! When watering vegetation use recycled water, but avoid re-using water from sources comparable to baths, washing machines, or dishwashing. These water sources might comprise harmful chemicals that can be absorbed into your greens akin to nitrates and phosphates. This water may even include pathogens that could harm you or your plants.
Use cleaning soap in your plants. Not much is worse than a nasty aphid infestation. Your crops will look terrible, and eventually die, if the bugs continue to work in your crops. To get rid of them now, fill a spray bottle with dish soap and water. Spray totally, and repeat as wanted. Because horticulture has been around for hundreds of years, folks have developed many ways to grow fresh, natural vegetables and fruit that won't require using harmful chemical substances. If this sounds like something chances are you'll be eager about, continue studying this text, for just a few natural-related tips.
When starting your organic garden, a fantastic tip is to determine which greens you must pick to plant in your garden. Some greens are higher suited to home germination than others are. Some nice greens to contemplate planting include broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce, peppers, onions, tomatoes, basil, and more. When you're digging holes in your yard through which to plant shrubs, bushes, or trees, don't make it perfect. Holes with good sides will actually work in opposition to you by restricting plant growth. The roots can not penetrate the sheer face made by a shovel.
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Whereas most people think of large organic farms after they hear about natural gardening this is not at all times precisely the way it works. If you're fascinated about becoming an natural farmer all you need is a small piece of land and a few seeds of your personal. If you plant it and take care of it, it's most likely natural! When watering your garden, consider a soaker hose instead of utilizing a hose or watering can. If you happen to turn the soaker hoses strain onto low, you possibly can leave your water on for hours which is able to enable a part of your backyard to be slowly irrigated. This may provide you with time to do different issues.
Mulch should be your finest pal in relation to caring in your organic backyard. Try to think about mulching as a method of maintaining the "ground" of your garden. To do this appropriately yearly, be sure so as to add one to three inches of compost or mulch when planting your beds. If you are making an attempt to develop tomatoes from seed, use old drink cups or yogurt containers to begin them. When they're able to be transplanted, just lower the underside off of the cup and put them proper into the bottom. This may help shield the new plant from worms and other pests.
In the event you notice dry decay on the blossom end of your fruiting greens, blossom finish rot could be in charge. This is caused by an absence of calcium in your soil. To remedy the rot organically, use eggshells. Crush three or four eggshells and bury them within the soil across the affected plant. A mixture of aspirin and water can assist your ailing plants. An aspirin and a half, combined with a couple of gallons of water, will do wonderful issues for your vegetation. You simply need to spray the answer in your vegetation to assist them in avoiding ailments. Apply at three week intervals.
Sawdust, straw, cardboard, paper and wooden pulp are all examples of dried plant material. Your compost pile should never include meat, ashes or charcoal.


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Intel Drop, Trump, Hate and America's Evangelical Monstrosities
Home World NEO – Khashoggi's Message in a Bottle, Will We Get It?
NEO – Khashoggi's Message in a Bottle, Will We Get It?
Did the Saudi Crown Prince act alone in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi?
Jim W. Dean, Managing Editor
by Jim W. Dean, VT Editor …with New Eastern Outlook, Moscow
[ Editor's Note: This was the quickest that NEO has ever posted one of my articles, sent in late morning on Saturday and up early in the evening.
I had held back sending them something on the tragic Khashoggi story, as I wanted to absorb what others were publishing to look for things that got lost in the shuffle of a fast moving story. In our business, there is an art to stepping back and climbing a tree to get a better view of things.
Whose string was the Prince on, and what tales could he tell?
What hit me was that Saudi Arabia's slaughter of Mr. Khashoggi was an attack on all of us in journalism. Like other deep state puppets the Saudi Crown Prince views us as enemies, where if we do not serve their interests we must be dealt with in a way to make an example to others.
But after more thought, I felt it unfair for journalists to hog all the spotlight for the growing danger under which we work.
Even our own government will harass and detain us, and our respective Intel agencies might do worse, as they have done so many times to others, and for so many years. Or they could just sub out a killing to the growing army of private contractor people, many from the Special Ops community.
That is when I zeroed in on the best legacy we could give Mr. Khashoggi, which is to launch our own jihad against all extrajudicial killing going on in the world, not just on journalists, but "critics". And the main mountain to climb would be to challenge the secrecy and immunity behind which governments do their "wet work" during peace time.
Gordon and I have seen this transcend from a quiet, tightly controlled activity into an industry, where not just government actors on the payroll are involved like the Khashoggi dissection team. And not long ago we had a torture empire where current CIA chief Gina Haskel made her bones, where innocent victims were abused simply for having the misfortune of having the same name as a wanted person on a list.
She was defended during her confirmation hearings as those actions being necessary because the country was under attack, and yet that threat was not serious enough to require testimony under oath for the 9-11 commission, a big clue that US entities were being protected for that great crime, the slaughter of 3000 Americans who were abandoned to the cheap cover up that ensued.
Gordon and I are not aware of a single institution that has pushed to turn this situation around and to hold perpetrators, no matter how high their position, fully liable for extrajudicial murders and subject to the full penalty.
Such an effort would require the formation of counter teams to hunt down the growing number of perpetrators and suspects, and reward money for those willing to testify against their superiors, and witness protection programs.
If we do not have the stomach or courage to do this, then they will continue to abuse and kill us whenever they feel necessary, whether we are innocent Syrian air-strike victims or on the kill list. On the contrary, we need to have our own housekeeping list as it were, but one for their apprehension and prosecution if possible, or a final shoot out if not for those resisting arrest.
As it stands, they don't think we have the stomach for it. And maybe they are right. But major things have changed in history many times due to the death of one person, and I feel Mr. Khashoggi might be one of those junctures. Let me know what you think in the comments, as there are forces already on the path to covering this atrocity over … JD ]
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– First published … October 21, 2018 –
We may never know if Mr. Khashoggi had a premonition about his visit to the Saudi embassy in Istanbul. He walked in to complete some routine paperwork to marry the anxious lady waiting outside for him, and has now become part of journalism history.
The watch that gave us a big story
But for his incredible foresight to wear his Apple watch recording device, synched up to his iPhone with his finance' outside, we would not have the amazing evidence of his murder that Turkish officials have been dangling about with leaks to keep world's attention on the story.
Because she waited for him until the embassy closed, I suspect the poor woman had not been listening to what had happened to him in real time or she most certainly would have alerted authorities. I cannot imagine her horror when she finally did play the recording.
For those who did this, and all those involved in the planning, being executed in the same manner that Mr. Khashoggi was sent into the hereafter is the only just punishment for them, with the exception that they will burn in the infernal regions.
But now I must transition from what I might wish for, into what we all must do to honor Mr. Khashoggi, and those I am sad to say will be following him if we cannot create a revolution against immunity for state-sponsored murders, whether it be one at a time or bombing a wedding or bus load of children. There should be zero immunity for such acts. This problem is way beyond the killing of journalists.
I don't mean to overshadow the theme in his last Washington Post column where he warned us of the dark cloud of media repression that has descended upon the Arab world, and certainly not the only place. He made his case well, and I do not have to repeat it here, as you can read it in the link above.
It is hard not to be pessimistic about the chances of turning the situation around, as the Arab governments are only part of the problem; the other being who has gained ownership of most of the media in many of these countries, and the who their silent partners are.
In the US, when Rupert Murdoch wanted to penetrate the US media market, he used two main tools. First, he sought out a corruptible, powerful politician in Newt Gingrich, who once was teaching at a nondescript college in Georgia next to my Congressional district.
The US laws had to be changed for a foreign entity to purchase a major media platform, or platforms in Murdoch's case; and Newt Gingrich, as Speaker of the House, was just the political player he needed in the post-Reagan years, after he had enabled consolidation of US media which eventually killed off the independents.
Less known is what came with the Murdoch media empire, and that was the intelligence service of a small country in the Mideast who saw the long-term benefit of getting control of a big slice of US media for many reasons, one of them being the political power it gave to take care of friends and punish enemies, or even critics.
While Russia has taken the accusation heat for interfering in US elections, in comparison to what Israel has done here, Russia has not even gotten started. Before one can run for Congress in the US there is a virtual swearing in that takes place where candidates must pledge allegiance to always support anything Israel wants from the US.
Ex-Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney once described this in detail to a group of Palestinians in Atlanta, one of whom briefed me after the meeting. None of it surprised me. The same
Although McKinney considered herself a long time supporter of Israel, that was not enough for them. They wanted it in writing. She would not do this, and their support vanished overnight. All the Hollywood celebrities who had pledged to support her went silent.
I share that story not to pile all the blame on Israel, but because it has been so successful. But the big problem is that Israel paved the way for intelligence organizations viewing "independent media" as a ludicrous concept, that such a powerful influencing medium needed to be in the right hands for national security reasons. That is the card always played when they do something they are not supposed to do.
It was five years ago when Veterans Today started writing about "fake news" and "fake media". Our context was not about what it is now, fabricated stories, but carefully rolling out the theme of how deeply the Intel orgs have penetrated media. It is an industrial-scale business where everyone who can do it, does.
Mr. Khashoggi is dead only partly for what he had presented us on media repression. It was no surprise to us that when States or their security organizations lay a heavy hand on domestic media, it is one more small step toward punishing all critics who will not submit. Silencing and killing journalists has been in fashion for some time.
But the horror inflicted on poor Mr. Khashoggi is the exception. Intelligence agencies have huge options available to them to speed up a pesky journalist's demise in a way that leaves no tracks back to who ordered the wet work to be done. There are non-public ways, like the routine trip to the hospital where a mistake was made resulting in a dead patient, or even the disguise of natural passing.
I have saved the worst news for last, and the biggest challenge for us all. Yes, it would be nice to launch an international press jihad against intimidating, imprisoning and killing journalists. Catherine Shakdam did a wonderful article for NEO on the breadth and depth of the revulsion to Khashoggi's gruesome murder. It is a must read. But I feel Mr. Khashoggi would want us to raise our sights to go hunting bigger game.
There is a much more dangerous threat out there that hangs over far more than journalists, and this is the trend in what has been happening to those who disagree with State policy. It is open season on critics of any government policy that can be framed as a national security issue, where those revealing or opposing anti-democratic policies are murder targets themselves.
I am talking about the growth in extrajudicial killings by a growing list of state perpetrators, with the victims coming from all walks of life. Government actors on state payrolls are doing the work, but even more troubling, we see the growing army of private Special Operations people providing a hiring pool for Murder Incorporated, on a scale normal people would find hard to imagine.
This is why VT has rallied against the huge expansion of the Special Operations Command, as we saw it as using taxpayer money to train top-tier killers who were being quickly cycled back out to the private contractor market. The numbers were beyond what we had seen of bad apples among retired military wanting to live the good life doing one or two nasty jobs a year. It had become an expanding industrial scale market.
So far, we do not see a single international institution taking up the mantel against this scourge. It is what has supplied the regime-change hired killer manpower needed, from the illiterate unemployed jihadist in Russia, to highly trained Special Ops people.
VT discovered a large contingent, five figures, hidden in the budget of one of the big internet platforms. When we made quiet inquiries to our old sources as to what this number of people could possibly be used for, the answer came back quickly, "destabilization and regime change operations".
Until we build a defensive mechanism to be able to punish state actors for extra-judicial killings, we will see the carnage continuing to grow. The Deep State loves the idea of its opponents being murdered, as the cost is small and the risk of prosecution is zero.
I don't have an action plan other that to call for more public exposure on this threat, to get a big public discussion going on to build enough strength to start turning the tide back on immunity for privileged, well connected murderers, both in and out of uniform, and in and out of government.
Gordon Duff delved into this issue with his last NEO, pointing out that Khashoggi had not really become a target until he criticized Trump, who already had his own record for demonizing the media and journalists, with Jeff Bezos, owner of the Washington Post being shown what could happen to those who criticize powerful people.
Bezos led the way in pumping some of his huge fortune into buying a media platform that could not be pressured economically. Was the Washington Post hiring of Mr. Khashoggi another turning of the screw for speaking truth to power? As Gordon Duff posed in his article, Khashoggi was murdered not for his criticism of the Saudi Crown Prince, but of Donald Trump.
Will that even be looked into? We shall have to wait and see. But we have the biggest opening to push back against the mass murderers among us who have long viewed themselves as untouchable. The worldwide revulsion to Khashoggi's killing could be our last and only chance to save ourselves from these demons, so let us lock arms and move forward.
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NM1938 October 23, 2018 at 6:22 pm
"That Brazil's new head of state changed from a oligarch Jew to an evangelical Trump copy is neither demockrassy or a political election. It is a farce like everything else in so called world politics. Murdock & Co, the international Oligarch club are the master and recruiter of "politicians". They move their careers up or down, not the voter at the election".
Living a life-time, We [some of the people], have been aware our lives were forcefully held in check no matter how hard we struggled, often just above the level of survival. The greatest Man ever born of a woman, came teaching the truth in all things just and noble, admonishing those in great fortunes and power. As those born thousands of years before Him, now two thousands years since His death; those who speak to truth in all things just and noble, suffer the same fate of being silenced.
David Odell October 22, 2018 at 9:00 am
By taxing the churches, we are helping to purge them of predators they are unaware of. It's tough love.
I always say, be ready for unexpected allies, such as the wealthy CEO's in this case, who are accomplishing quite a bit by canceling a meeting. Finance holds more sway than politics or violence, and the timing in relationship to Davos in the Desert has born fruit for the rebellion. The two structures which promote and nurture immunity from murder are Monarchy and Religion. On a good day, religion is harmless and Monarchy can be also. But where we are, is the same forces who would hire private armies, has easily found that the best and most easily influenced soldiers for this army, are the religious and the simple folks who live by adherence to doctrines or values based conformity. So we have to tax the religions to purge the handlers. The good folk will keep their faith, which is intangible and does not need money. The handlers will drop them like a stone when there is no money or soldiers in it. It's a multi-phase rebellion.
Adrian2MiL18 October 22, 2018 at 12:04 am
Anyone have an opinion about Cindy Sheehan ???
https://youtu.be/OvwZHRBWt2U
Adrian2MiL18 October 22, 2018 at 2:37 am
Johnny America, I don't know about her, only just that she's one of the leaders of that movement…. that's why I'm asking
She is the "Gold Star" mother who is the metoo of her group. I love the way she rattled the Bush's and likely changed the political atmosphere of Texas politics in the process, and she is also an example of how passion can speak truth to power with small finances and small protests that are creatively able to gather media attention. Single person protests, are often as effective as the large groups, and more people need confidence to speak truth to power. Everyone should be attending town meetings and elections for judges and sheriffs. The grassroots of our future will depend on feeding information directly to local government. Send the poop back uphill, as they say.
Trakkath October 22, 2018 at 12:03 am
the word "party" alone means divide and rule, split them all up in parts, best will be everyone is standing alone. And they only are commercial thugs w/o liability to suck us dry. And birds of same feather´flock together (criminals)
Trakkath October 21, 2018 at 11:55 pm
Richard Lighthouse/Estimated Numbers: Targeted Individuals and the Terrorist Watchlist
https://everydayconcerned.net/2018/10/17/richard-lighthouse-estimated-numbers-targeted-individuals-and-the-terrorist-watchlist/


I just picked up a 1987 Yamaha BW350 for my wife and and am making it street legal for her to bop along on the coast, I will surely use in mud/snow. Right after this pic I power washed the engine and got the loose paint off, the next warm day I will tape off the frame and hi-temp paint the engine. The carb is coming off and going to Hobbs next week..
I have been considering removing the hand guards with directionals off my Hypermotard (go with small aftermarket directionals) and can easily put them on the BW. When I removed the stock plate holder / lights off the Hyper to put the under-tail holder on I made the mistake of throwing the stock in trash, could have used those too. It already has a hi/low bean headlight and I will use the air horn off her Ruckus for horn (also have one on bicycle which is a life saver on ocean Blvd).
I will need a cable style front brake lever with brake light activator - the rear light activator is easily available online. Here is an easy light control fix.
Dropped carburetor off at RJ's in Nashua, happy to hear that it was a mess and surely the cause of tough starts. I cant say the wife is loving its current location in the house.
How tough are street conversions in NH?
Maine lets you register with a bill of sale + receipts for parts used in conversion, but then getting an inspection is a different story.
Holy crap that thing looks huge!
my town clerk told make street legal - take it to inspection shop for form telling that it is now legal and she can then register it for me.
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That is in nice shape! Always wanted one.
Cool bike! Good luck getting it running right!
y town clerk told make street legal, take to inspection shop for form telling it is legal and she can then register it for me.
do they make dot street legal tires for that?...are the tires the same size at the tw200 (if that's the case you're all set)?
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That is my immediate challenge. TW200 tires are too tall..
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I'm still trying to figure out how this factors into a motorcycle inspection though. Like do I still get a normal bike inspection sticker, and they just disregard those items?
Thanks MHenry, there is conflicting info though the state does seem to exclude reference to directionals.
My bike inspector told I need to find this form for him to use. This one also excludes directionals though is not a state site.
So the inspection form you attached actually references that RSA215a, makes sense.
I would make sure to print a copy of Sections 35-39, and also Section 14 to bring with you. Then you can show the legal requirements of what the bike has and does not have/need. According to the RSA, you don't actually need a switched brake light either. Just a solid-on tail light like included on most enduro bikes.
As I'm typing this, I think I'm going to print a copy of those sections to keep on the bike this summer, just in case I get hassled.
I picked up a 200xcw back in the fall that I plan to plate this year, so I've been digging through all the requirements myself, too. I've already got a title though, so the largest part of the battle is done.
That could be worth adding the blinkers and brake light, etc in itself. Just wanted to be clear above about what is legally required vs. "desired" features.
That bike is infamous in the world of Big Wheels. The builder in Milford NH knows his stuff - to build that bike with the swing arm is not inexpensive..
Well it is registered, I now have a VT tag while living in NH. Hand guards w/directionals from my Hyper will go on this weekend, I have the brake light actuating handle from Amazon in a box and the rest of road legal items being collected.


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Skarta involved in the final phase of LKAB's LabSAK project
LKAB's goal is to produce the best pellets in the world, and LKAB invests heavily in research and development. Sampling facilities and a chemical laboratory, formerly located in different parts of LKAB's industrial area, were concentrated in common facilities near production units in order to improve the efficiency of research and development.
"The third and final phase of the project involved the transfer of an existing laboratory. The aim was to move everything under one roof," says Jonas Gisslén, Project Manager at LKAB.
Phase three now complete
The extension of the SAK office was completed in summer 2014. A sampling and chemistry laboratory has been assembled on five floors in common facilities, near production units.
In the third and largest phase of the LabSAK project, the entire existing building was demolished, with the exception of the basement, and new facilities for sampling were built.
Roof for the protection of drawgear
In the basement of the existing building is located drawgear that supplies electricity to units in different industrial areas and to LKAB's ore transport traffic. The sensitive drawgear cannot be exposed to moisture. LKAB decided to keep the basement and protect it from the weather.
Skarta was commissioned to build a wooden frame roof for the basement, on top of which a tin roof was installed. Skarta also built a new entrance to the basement, covered the existing and new walls with a metal sheet and insulated the roof. The alternative would have been to move the drawgear, but this would have meant not only high costs but also power cuts leading to major malfunctions.
Schedule the biggest challenge
"The goal was to deliver the project in a timely and agreed manner," says Skarta AB's Site Manager Tomasz Respondek.
The project was launched just before the beginning of the summer holidays, when construction in Sweden is at a standstill.
"As expected, delivery times for certain materials were delayed and the project stalled all summer. We lost time despite making purchases as soon as we received the order. In order to catch up on the schedule, we had to hurry to work in the autumn when we received all the materials. Before the final inspection, we made a self-delivery, which we do in all of our projects. Before the final inspection, we will correct any changes identified in the self-delivery process," Tomasz describes the process.
Delivered fully on schedule
"Skarta succeeded in a project in which the construction industry usually fails," says Jonas Gisslén, LKAB Project Manager.
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replacing the entrance
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