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London, 25th August 2020 – Graydon, Europe's leading provider of business data and insight, has announced the launch of Graydon Business Risk, a new risk management solution developed in partnership with TruNarrative, the financial crime RegTech experts and Cifas, the UK's leading fraud prevention service.
Joint research undertaken by the partners in late 2019 showed organisations of all shapes and sizes face a growing threat from corporate fraud and financial crime. Further research published by Graydon and Cifas in August showed that this trend has continued, with 2020 producing a record year so far. Fraudulent companies, directors and invoices can often fall through cracks in processes and/or go undetected due to human error. An underlying cause was identified as; inadequate or disparate verification and checking resources & technology.
"When we developed the concept of Business Risk I was determined to work with partners who provided the latest technology and valuable data and insights. In TruNarrative and Cifas, we have achieved both objectives and I'm delighted that Graydon have been able to develop a unique solution to help our customers identify and prevent corporate fraud, mitigate credit risk and ensure compliance with increasing regulation. I know that organisations of all sizes across multiple sectors will benefit from the efficiencies that this solution will deliver." Simon Blackwell, Managing Director, Graydon UK
The Graydon-led collaboration will deliver Business Risk; a cloud-based commercial risk, fraud prevention, KYC and KYB and PePs and sanctions monitoring solution.
Business Risk will enable organisations to implement efficient and compliant processes into their overall client onboarding and 3rd-party risk management strategies, delivering investigators trusted business information from Graydon and Fraud Risk Data from Cifas, intuitive case management and a single customer view.
Graydon's Fraud Intelligence Unit was recently named as winner in the Outstanding Consultants category at the 2019 Tackling Economic Crime Awards.
Business Risk, built on TruNarrative's leading AI driven Risk & Financial Crime platform delivers multiple 3rd party data providers and orchestrates decisioning for eKYC, eKYB, IDV, AML and device intelligence via single API and SaaS interface. Their technology is used across Europe and the USA by lenders, banks, eCommerce and online gambling businesses.
Organisations of all sizes across sectors such as accounting and finance, aerospace, automotive, construction, IT, legal, logistics, manufacturing, property and utilities will be able to deliver a frictionless customer experience via an intuitive interface, whilst simultaneously ensuring regulatory compliance, and the best security against corporate fraud.
Business Risk customers will also be able to run checks against the Cifas National Fraud Database (NFD) through a special non-enterprise membership, exclusive to Business Risk customers. The Cifas feedback model requires members to submit cases of suspected fraud, receiving around 800 new fraud reports every hour. Cifas members include; tier one banks, mid-tier lenders, insurance companies, public sector organisations, local authorities and major telecoms providers.
Graydon Business Risk will enable firms to swiftly identify; compliance, credit and fraud risk via the single SaaS portal, with comprehensive audit trail & MI capabilities and a unique 'Financial Crime Risk Score' derived from multiple proven data sources.
John Lord, CEO, TruNarrative:
"We are very happy that Graydon will utilise our AI driven platform to deliver Business Risk. Achieving visibility of the threats posed by both existing and potential customers and third parties such as suppliers, is at the core of why the partnership between Graydon, TruNarrative and Cifas exists. Business Risk will prove invaluable to organisations to assess the Tru-risk of their counterparties."
Lee D'Arcy, Commercial Director, Cifas:
"Our partnership with Graydon and TruNarrative for Business Risk means tackling fraud head on and extending the network into the corporate fraud arena. We are pleased to extend our membership and to continue to set the standard for sharing data and preventing fraud."
About Graydon UK
With more than 130 years of experience, Graydon is a leading provider of business information, analytics, insights and solutions. Graydon helps its customers to make fast, accurate decisions, enabling them to minimise risk and identify fraud as well as optimise opportunities with their commercial relationships. To do so, Graydon uses more than 130 international databases and the information of more than 90 million companies. Graydon has offices in London, Cardiff, Amsterdam and Antwerp. Since 2016, Graydon has been part of Atradius, one of the world's largest credit insurance companies.
About Cifas
Cifas is an independent, not-for-profit membership organisation that protects businesses and individuals through effective and secure data and intelligence sharing between the private, public and third sectors. In 2019, Cifas member organisations prevented over £1.5 billion of fraud losses.
Cifas data is included in the Office of National Statistics England and Wales Crime Statistics of police recorded crime and works alongside law enforcement agencies in tackling fraud.
About TruNarrative
TruNarrative was founded with a single mission: make safe commerce simple.
Established in 2016, TruNarrative's intuitive no-code platform transforms fraud management, reduces risk, and streamlines KYC and AML processes.
TruNarrative assists ambitious companies of all sizes from across the banking, lending, financial services, betting, payments, and eCommerce industries.
TruNarrative's partnerships with major credit reporting agencies, document, and biometric verification services, device intelligence suppliers, and dozens of other market-leading data service providers offer easily configurable integrations to business and non-technical users.
The company operates from offices in London and Leeds, UK, and Atlanta, USA. Visit www.trunarrative.com for more information.


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Millville Shooting. (May 22, 1913)
Panama City Pilot
Millville Shooting. As yet no one has been held for shooting into the launches and occupants at the entrance of Millville bayou. Charles Muterspaugh was arrested as being one of the parties, but from the following dispatch from Vernon, to the Pensacola Journal, it will be seen that he proved an alibi.

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CHICABRAVA Q&A with Ashley Blaylock, Owner/Founder
February 6, 2013
CHICABRAVA Q&A with Ashley Blaylock, Owner/Founder
CHICABRAVA is an all-girls surf camp in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua founded by former Texan Ashley Blaylock which specializes in truly empowering women through surfing. Last year, during the final week of November, CHICABRAVA joined forces with the House of Hope foundation in Managua to host Camp Bella, a five-day program for women rescued from human trafficking which included surfing, yoga training, sailing and more.
The life-changing event, which was held from November 26-30, was a huge success for everyone involved. CHICABRAVA, together with local sponsors, was able to raise more than $3,000 to help cover costs for the event and provide additional financial support to give back to local women in need.
"Camp Bella was a monumental and impressionable success, not only for the wonderful ladies who made new memories, but also for the people and business that helped along the way," explains Ashley. "We have been touched by this experience and are looking forward for the next opportunity to impact lives through the power of surfing."
Ashley and staff plan to bring back Camp Bella this winter, and are looking forward to continue hosting stoked groups of women from all ages and backgrounds in 2013 and beyond. Read on to learn more on Ashley, CHICABRAVA and Camp Bella.
Ashley Blaylock, CHICABRAVA Surf Camp founder and owner.
What was your inspiration in starting Camp Bella at CHICABRAVA?
We have one professional goal and it's answering the question, "what can we do for these girls that really need this kind of thing?" The inspiration was basically just that, we knew that there was a need to present our special gift, which is empowering women. It is almost therapeutic. We knew that we could expand that to women who are less fortunate, like these young girls that were rescued from sex trafficking and human trafficking. So I'm kind of working on the same theme as the director of the House of Hope as she was interested in sending some of the girls and it just kind of all made sense. We were inspired by seeing how our program positively impaceted everyday women and we knew that it could be really effective for troubled girls as well.
Right yeah, that definitely makes a lot of sense. And you mentioned the House of Hope shelter there in Managua; how did you get involved with them and will you continue to work with them as you make this an annual event?
Yes actually the director contacted us after the event and she was passionate about the programs success. After this we thought, "We want those girls back right now" you know? I mean we started thinking about how we could make it happen more frequently and then right away we got a message from April saying how wonderful it was for all the girls and how they felt the same way. She asked, "Would we be able to make this a yearly event?" And we said, "Absolutely, we were just thinking the same thing." Originally our goal was to kind of expand it to even more groups because there are a lot of groups in Nicaragua obviously. Our main focus is women but there are also a lot of women's groups in need. But with April's group at the House of Hope it was just this particular segment of the society that was just amazing to see the effect that we had on them. It's so amazing to see the look on these girls faces. In that private moment when they are living with us, learning to surf, it's totally pure and their smiling and their smiles are just amazing and looking at this, you would never in a million years know the past that they actually have endured. So, it is really special for us and I think it was really transforming for them and if nothing else, just for that week, we were able to just bring back a little bit of their innocence and make them be fun-loving, free spirits again.
You had support from local sponsors to help run the event. When the camp ended, were the girls given any kind of equipment from your sponsors to continue surfing if they wanted to?
Well, you know the House of Hope is located in Managua which is a little bit over two hours from where we are. So that's where we are and they're over an hour from their closest beach and there's not really a huge surfing scene where they are. We sent them home with a bunch of goody bags full of stuff that we gave them and that some of the sponsors donated. We sent them home with a big CHICABRAVA beach bag with a huge beach towel and water bottle, and they also got a rash guard and shorts. Then when they left we gave them going away packages which included a CHICABRAVA tank top and stuff like that.
It sounds like they definitely went away with great memories and a true feeling of support. Can you speak on the sponsors that you had locally that helped you run the event?
Our sponsors local businesses like a Yoga studio, Zen Yoga, that donated their space and we were able to do the body awareness class with the girls. And we had support from Nica Sail & Surf who put on a catamaran tour for the whole group. We had Pan de Vida, which is the local bakery. They taught the girls how to make pizza – and some of the girls would form their dough into a heart shape and it was so precious. Of course all of our instructors donated their time in doing the event and we also had massive help from one of the local restaurants, El Timon, who donated dinners for the girls on a couple of the nights. They were really nice dinners so it was special for them. We had a fundraiser about a month before the event to get the additional funding we needed and likewise, we had local businesses donate prizes for a raffle. A majority of the funds we got from previous guests just by an e-mail campaign that we did, raising awareness for Camp Bella, so most of those funds came from previous CHICABRAVA clients - I would say like eighty percent. The other twenty came from friends, family and people within the San Juan community who donated at the fundraiser and also the raffle ticket sale. We had all these prizes and people bought a bunch of raffle tickets and we were able to raffle off some really great stuff like free surf lessons, free yoga lessons, and free meals everywhere. It was touching how many people came out in support of the cause.
What is striking is the response you had from your previous guests at CHICABRAVA, that's amazing you say 80% of the fundraising was directly from an email blast.
I would say about eighty percent, it could be seventy-five, but I would say closer to eighty. It is kind of touching because it shows that this was a cause that people want to support, but I think also in their donation it indicates that our previous guests know there was value in the experience they had at CHICABRAVA. This is their way of sharing that experience with these girls in making it possible for them to have the same experience.
Right, it's a great endorsement for the camp itself. Can you speak on your typical guests at CHICABRAVA, for the girls participating in Camp Bella, most of them didn't know how to swim at the start, is that typical for an average guest at CHICABRAVA?
Most of our guests know how to swim although the majority of them don't know how to surf. We have camps for all levels – beginner, immediate, experienced. We take all guests and we have enough instructors and vehicles and resources that we can host different levels within the same week. So sometimes we have a couple of experienced girls at the same time as we do total beginners. We just split them up and they have separate beaches in different cars and different instructors, that kind of thing. Originally we wanted to mainly cater to the female surfer because all of us girls, we're all experienced surfers and it is really fun to be able to go and surf with other girls instead of guys, no matter what level you are. If you are out there in the water with a bunch of girls, you are going to be supported and pushed more. It's a real healthy kind of competition. Like "she can do it, I can do it too." So we started the camp and then I realized there were a lot more girls who wanted to learn how to surf than there are girls who actually already know. Some people think it's only for teenagers but I guess we have girls at camp in their teens and 20s and we have had people in their 70s – we had two 70-year-olds this year. The average age is mid-to-late 30s and into the early 40s. We also have a mid 40s plus camp and that's exclusively for women in their 40s. I still don't think anyone else is offering a camp like CHICABRAVA and these women weren't ever approached and never were being offered the surfing experience. We have so many groups of these 40+ women a year. I mean these ladies are in their 50s and 60s and like I said, we had two 70-year-olds last year. We still cater to younger women as well, and we do offer teenage camps. If you look at our guest list on any given day we gave doctors, lawyers, anesthesiologists, reporters, journalists, psychologists, university teachers, filmmakers, artists, writers, all kinds of amazing women and they are all serious about learning to surf and love traveling in a foreign environment. They are being empowered together and being around like-minded women, so that's really cool.
You've had amazing guests come through in the past it seems and are sure to meet great people in the future – can you speak on any plans you have for CHICABRAVA in 2013?
For this year we definitely want to keep doing Camp Bella so we will do another camp for sure. Another thing that we are looking into for later this year would be to start offering tours to new locations. Like, Panama for example for a week, we want to make that happen because we have guests come back year after year. Some of them have four years in a row and they want to keep participating in the program but they would also like to see a new spot. Some of them are like, "Oh, I went to Panama last year and you should have been there." So we are looking to expand, by not necessarily establishing another location, but by hosting special destination trips.
Well that sounds like a lot of fun. So just one last question now that you bring up surf travel, where is your favorite place to surf and where have you gotten the best waves?
Well definitely my favorite place in the world to surf is Nicaragua, that's why I live here. I love the people and the scenery and we have consistent surf, more than anywhere I've ever been in the world. I think particularly in southern Nicaragua as opposed to central or northern Nicaragua although you can surf all up and down the coast 300+ days a year so as long as your west of those big lakes that you can see on the map, it creates off shore conditions. Where we are, we have perfect conditions almost year round. So even if the swells are only chest high, there are still perfect waves and then of course when it's get to head high it's still off shore and it's just incredible. In terms of consistency and wave conditions, Nicaragua is by far my favorite. Apart from that, I did a boat trip in the Mentawai Islands a few years back and of course that's like surfing mecca right?
Right, absolutely. Ashley, thanks so much for taking the time to speak with me. I really appreciate it and I had a great time speaking with you.
Camp Week Donors (a list of the local companies that donated services/meals/products for the girls during the actual camp week):
Pan De Vida - Pizza Night
Zen Yoga - Body Awareness Class
Nica Sail & Surf - Catamaran Trip
Restaurante El Timon - Dinners
Hotel AnaMar - Pool usage
Wrap and Roll - Lunches
Christian Surfers - Entry fee to Jesus Statue
Biblioteca Móvil - Allowing girls to volunteer by taking books out to an impoverished school in the "campo"
Hobie, San Clemente - surf trunks and rashguards
OceanStar Gifts - Journals
Fundraiser Donations (a list of the local companies that donated raffle prizes and support for our fundraiser event):
Bonnie Lassie Spa
Banana Hammocks
El Gato Negro
Pelican Eyes Sailing
Zen Yoga
Maderas Village
Barrio Cafe
Black Whale


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Newcastle boss Rafa Benitez has Sean Dyche's backing in his calls for VAR
Newcastle United boss Rafa Benitez won't be standing on his own in his cries for the immediate introduction of VAR.
The Spaniard most certainly has an ally in Turf Moor chief Sean Dyche, who has now endured a 59-game wait in the top flight for a spot kick.
The Premier League confirmed in November that the 20 clubs had come to an agreement in principle for the technology - which was utilised in the World Cup in Russia - to be implemented next season.
But Benitez has demanded that the authorities fast-track the system after the Magpies were beaten late on by Wolves after playing the final 33 minutes with 10 men following Mike Dean's decision to dismiss DeAndre Yedlin.
Earlier in the season, when questioned on the subject, Dyche had said: "The main thing for me is to get the right decisions.
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"We have to find a way to maximise the chance for officials to do that.
"We have had a few against us, and it would've been helpful for us on those occasions to have it.
"It takes time for things to get streamlined. For all the powers involved to get used to it.
"The end product will be to help refs in the good job they do, to have best chance to have best decisions.
"For me it's a definite to have it, and it will come, I am sure of it."
Matt Doherty stoked the fire at St James' Park on Sunday, making the away side's numerical advantage count in the 95th minute, nodding in to an empty net after Diogo Jota's shot had been pushed in to his path by Martin Dubravka.
Yedlin had been sent off in the 57th minute, with the score level at 1-1, for a shirt pull on Jota, who had broken clear.
Benitez also thought his side deserved a penalty during the fixture for a Willy Boly challenge on goalscorer Ayoze Perez.
He said: "If you see the incidents today. It's so obvious - the red card and the elbow in the face of Ayoze Perez. We need the VAR right now.
"In this game it would have changed everything. We were doing enough to control the game. How can you explain those decisions to all our fans?
"The ball was far away (from goal) and there were other men close enough that it wasn't a red card.
"You can guarantee to me that the player in the corner of the box can score in the top corner every time? It cannot be a red card."
The day before Benitez had stated "we need VAR right now" the Clarets had more penalty appeals waved away, this time by Martin Atkinson.
Full back Phil Bardsley was caught in the face by a high boot from Brighton's Yves Bissouma while Robbie Brady was involved in a collision with Bruno, both in the second half.
"We still can't get the elusive penalty," said Dyche. "I don't know what incident is going to have to occur but when it does I hope it's something that really counts for us and not when we're in front or behind when it doesn't count. It's 58 I think now and there were two shouts today.
"Bruno gets done on the run by Robbie Brady and body checks him in the box. The reason I know that is because I was a defender, I know when you've been done and I can tell by his body language, he's panicked and thought 'I've got to nudge him'.
"He more than nudges him, he puts him off the flight of the ball. That one's a maybe, but you see them given.
"And then the one on Bardo… he's got kicked in the head more or less – no malice, by the way, but anywhere (else) on the pitch that's dangerous play, so I don't see how it's not in the box.
"For me that has to be a penalty. But it didn't affect the game in a negative manner so I'm pleased with that. But we've got to start getting a fair shout.
"I think Brighton have had four or five in the league, Bournemouth six, but we haven't had one in 58 so I'm still searching for that."


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An Astrological Commentary
On The Birth Chart Of Barack Obama
Francis D. Grabau
"I serve as a blank screen,
on which people of vastly different political stripes
project their own views."
(Barack Obama; The Audacity Of Hope.)
So, Barack Obama is said to be the "winner" in our election games. I listened to Amy Goodman and a whole pack of liberal type intellectuals report the results all aglow with happiness at his win. I guess this turn of events gives a lot of people some "HOPE" and a measure of happiness since they tell me that they like Obama. For my part, I think he lacks real character and is not much more than a fairly narcissistic opportunist. His Neuro Linguistic Programming tactics which attempt to link him favorably to JFK, RFK, and MLK may appeal to the desperate but I think I know a wolf in sheep's clothing when I hear one. In any case, I can take him at his word and "project" my own "views" upon his mysteriously obtuse reflection in his (supposed) astrological birth chart. That chart, unlike himself, is most definitely NOT a "blank screen"! Obama, I think, is a carefully contrived Media Event and I sense some hidden agenda about to ride down upon us on his ever so elegant and trendy coattails.
I know this is a harsh judgement call but when I first "met" him -about 2 years ago on Canadian TV- I liked him very much ... for about one hour of the two hour interview I saw. He was (and remains) a highly articulate speaker with a very 'personable' style of presentation, but somewhere into that second hour I started to sense a kind of handsome "robot" whose speechifying began to annoy me. It was an odd experience for me since -at the time- he seemed to be saying "all the right things" in a manner somehow reminiscent of a fusion of JFK, MLK, and RFK. His charisma was quite palpably in evidence and I really "wanted" to like him but somehow, for some reason I just began to feel queesy, uncomfortable, vaguely angry.
I saw this program with an old friend at her home in Victoria, BC. I sat with her in her living room watching the show because she invited me to and was anxious to hear my response to him. You can imagine how uncomfortable I was when the interview ended and I had to tell her how "something" about him disturbed me, that I did not feel he actually was the person he was presenting to be. I had virtually NO logical reasons or clear evidence for my feeling/judgement ... but that judgement just kept building toward the negative as he continued to speak into the second hour of his interview. So I told her about my deep misgivings concerning him. She listened, as she usually does, quite sincerely and calmly.
But she had a book he'd written entitled, I think, "Dreams From My Father" and as I left she loaned it to me to read urging that if I did so maybe I'd see what a fine man he is. Well, the book like the TV persona he projected was quite literate, well-written (in a certain composite literary style hard to explain) and after reading the first 30 pages or so in strict sequence I felt this oppressive "atmosphere" surrounding me, -so I shifted gears and began jumping around here and there throughout the remaining text. I'd spend time after each "jump" reading maybe another 2-5 pages in sequence before that same "atmosphere" would again surround me like an amorphous dark cloud. I do not think Barack Obama actually writes these books ... which suddenly (during that year and next) seemed to appear in a hurry ... I think there's an "Obama Factory" of ghost writers on hand who create these books with his approval and help.
There is really only this highly crafted "composite" voice speaking in his texts ... it reminds me of texts like "Conversations With God" .... or like "A Course In Miracles" and similar mind control related, CIA infected crap (sometimes called 'channelling') issued by the likes of Deepak Chopra and J.Z. Knight via entities such as "Ramtha". Except that Obama's books are far more polished in their literary style. Wow, just listen to me .... quite a composite stew I've made here of a heap of writings and writers all tossed into my "paranoia pile". Composite equals Paranoia ? What the hell do I mean by "composite" personalities and composite texts? I'm not sure it's worth trying to explain to anyone who doesn't just immediately "get it". It's rather like watching an old fashioned "magic lantern" show or a shimmering phantasmagoria of images each dissolving deliciously into the other to the sounds of some beautifully executed musical score. Obama (or his troop of writers) has a way of summoning by means of enchanted prose a character called "Barack Obama" who seems as vivid as Mark Twain's "Mysterious Stranger". Yet, this Obama character, unlike Twain's Mysterious Stranger attempts (too successfully) to lull the mind to sleep in a fascinatingly pleasurable but dense swoon.
Then I watched the "real" Obama reverse himself on Iraq, could hardly believe my ears when he advocated opening the gates of war on Pakistan, and even heard him insist we had to fight the "real" war in Afghanistan. Like all of you, I witnessed the huge funding he was receiving from Wall Street types such as George Soros. I listened attentively to Obama's speech to members of AIPAC praising the hypocracy and criminal activities of the corrupt crypto-fascist state of Israel. Finally, when he did his denunciatory dance of Jeremiah Wright's views on America's serious crimes against humanity, I decided he can only be a fake. By that I mean that he really and actually does not seem to know who he is nor what he stands for.
Sometime around last July I fished the internet looking for reputable astrologers who might have posted his chart, but at that time all I could find were hypothetical charts based upon his day/month/year and place of birth but with no birth time. So I went deeper searching for his hour and minute of birth only to discover the Webster Tarpley-Phillip Burg material claiming his Hawaii birth certificate posted on his official website was a proven fake etc. But just last night (two weeks ago) I looked again and discovered a whole new batch of fairly reliable astrology sites posting his birthtime as 7:24 PM in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Okay, so I've studied the chart cast for that hour and minute and find it to be alarming. Indeed, there were good if not great "readings" of the chart on various of these astrological websites bringing up some of the same misgivings I feel about Obama. And there was an unusually refeshing candor being displayed by most of the astrologers I read who were pointing out that a whole lot depends on one's PREDISPOSITION toward Obama ... if you like him, you read the chart one way and if you don't, you read it another way. True. Yet is seems to me that, assuming his birth data is accurate, (which, in itself, is quite an assumption) there are a large number of planetary placements and aspect configurations that unquestionably point to a confused if not deliberately evasive personality in Obama's supposed chart. Here's the chart I'm using:
Barack Obama
Natal Chart
Okay, so there's the Moon in Gemini indicating ever-changing feelings expressed intellectually through speech and writing but such feeling expressions often partake of the Gemini TRICKSTER energy and are not given to stability or reliability. Barack's feeling expression is rooted primarily in his verbal brain and intellect. This Moon function of his in applying-waning square aspect to Pluto in Virgo speaks of his need to discipline his glibly intelligent and extremely facile speech into a more consciously focused expression of sincere feeling. Simply put, Obama needs to get in touch with a clearer form of practical and grounded communication. He needs to contact the unconscious (Pluto) feelings (Moon) which he doesn't even realize he feels. That's always a tall order for anyone with a Moon to Pluto waning square, and I find in my practice of astrology that precious few of such people manage to achieve that goal. Instead, they often display a carefully circumspect and guarded stance toward communicationn of their feelings, they tend to "hide" their feelings by avoiding spontaneous and relaxed conversation lest they inadvertently committ a "Freudian" slip! The Moon to Pluto waning square declares that Obama must examine his rigorous practice of being emotionally guarded, that he must surrender his tendency to painstakingly craft his speech due to his fears that some accidental expression of his unconscious feelings might otherwise be revealed.
Obama, if you observe him carefully when he's talking one-on-one, talks in a very "rehearsed" but seemingly Gemini-Casual manner. Chiron in Pisces directly opposes his Pluto and squares his Moon forming with them the notorious T-square configuration indicative of great energy under tension, of energy actually derived from such tension. This Chiron symbolizes his "wounded-healer" function which is both his crippling flaw and his potential healing gift to others. It is in Pisces, sign of "faith" and "hope". And this entire T-square configuration of dynamic tension 'releases' itself through Saggittarius in the 11th house of his peers, social friends, and partying. Saggittarius, as we all know, is the sign of the Prophet as well as the proverbial Used-Car Salesman able to convince others of their vision through passionate, fiery, persuasive speech. Obama uses this gift quite effectively in his public 11th house oratory. But underneath that prophetic oratory one senses the Pluto-Unconscious energy stirring in a tensely disturbing way ... what is he "not" saying about how and what he feels, what is his relationship to Pluto Power?
If we then look at his Mercury, ruling planet of both Gemini and Virgo and (therefore) of both his natal Moon and Pluto, we find it in Leo sign of the Leader, the fully confident ego, and the dramatist. Obama, like the rest of us, thinks and speaks with his Mercury function and it's directly opposite his Preacher-Jupiter function in the "New Age" Aquarian sign of social reform. Jupiter opposite Mercury INFLATES/INSPIRES the mind and speech with positive, Jupiter goals and yearnings. So, Obama is not only a "prophet" but an unusually "upbeat" Prophet of Aquarian Visions. Bravo, that's great ... we certainly need such Visions and Inspiration at this juncture in human political history so we all want to hope and believe in the sincerity and truth of Obama's Social Aquarian Visions. BUT ... but, but, but ... there is this gnawing, unconscious feeling one gets if one is listening quietly and calmly as he speaks ... a feeling that "something" is not quite "right" .... something is "off-key". This feeling of something uncomfortable and disturbing in Barack's speech can be traced (astrologically) back to the fact that his Mercury-Speech-Thought is in waning square aspect to Neptune expressing through often secretive Scorpio and found in Jupiter's natural 9th house at his birth.
The waning square of Obama's natal Mercury to his natal Neptune is wide of the mark by roughly 6 degrees, so it doesn't exactly "explode" in one's ear, nor is it clearly imposing itself on his consciousness in an unavoidably FOCUSED or ATTENTION GETTING manner. But it tells us, nevertheless, that his sense of Mercury-Leo Drama tends to get the better of him when he speaks via inflationary Jupiter. He's predisposed to over-dramatize his thought and speech while his Neptune IMAGINAION gets the better of him. It overwhelms him. And because this square is of the waning kind (like his Moon's square to Pluto) he's being asked, as a Soul, to surrender something of his dramatic Leo speech and thought to a deeper need for Scorpio sharing IN DEPTH. He needs to share with us all his secret, Scorpio 9th house philosophy of life ... it's DARK, UNDERWORLD aspect. He's not doing that, he's forever emphasizing his upbeat, positive, Jupiter-Aquarius Vision. This is worrisome. What does Obama really believe in, what does he really stand for, what's going on in his unconscious feeling nature? Like all the rest of us, I have no way of knowing. I can only speculate and will do so here and now.
When I observe that Obama's central core ego identity, the Sun, is also in Leo and in waning square aspect to his natal Neptune in Scorpio from the 6th house of "self-analysis", self-purification, and hard work (and less than 4 degrees wide of that exact square), I realize that this Scorpio-Secrecy issue assumes greater emphasis in his life. It's actually CENTRAL to his life. Once again he's being asked by his Soul to surrender something of his Leonine egotism and dramatic self-display in favor of a deeper need for a bit of healthy humility, personal introspection, and critical self-analysis. It's as if Neptune is forever secretly whispering to him, "Hey, Obama, get over yourself already! Attend to your secret wounds, to your human flaws, to your egotistical love of assuming center stage in the spotlight!"
But Obama finds it hard to step off stage, to stop performing as an inspiring, upbeat Prophet because Jupiter's aforementioned opposition to his brain and speech (Mercury) fills him full of ENTHUSIASM, inflates his Leo Ego so that he gets carried away by his own "charisma". He certainly has a healthy fondness for the sound of his own voice resounding over the crowds he attracts. What's so bad about that, I ask myself, after all it INSPIRES the Moon-Public! Why should he not inspire the crowds with his enthusiasm?
Maybe he needs to see how his Mercury-Speeches are in waxing quincunx aspect to his natal Chiron retrograde in first house Pisces. This is a literal health related aspect involving both his psychological and physical health suggesting he speaks publicly with such enthusiasm in order to CONVINCE HIMSELF of what he says he believes. His "wound" as well as his potential "healing" gift is, after all, in the 1st House of Self and the sign of Pisces -the sign of FAITH, so he may well have a problem with faith in himself! And that Pisces-Chiron is opposed to his Pluto in self-critical Virgo and both are in square-challenge to his ever vacillating and playful Moon-Gemini feelings. Since ego-denying Neptune as the ruling planet of Pisces is also in square aspect to both his Mercury-Speech and his Sun-Ego we may deduce with considerable validity that this fellow's Chiron Wound suggests he isn't altogether sure of just WHO he is, nor of what he SAYS, nor of how he actually FEELS! With all this challenging Neptune-Pisces energy coming at him every minute of every day he's like a guy standing on the shore in the rain watching the rapid approach of an Imagined (and self-created) Tsunami that somehow never quite arrives. And if it ever does, let's hope he (we) can swim!
Ah, but Obama is born with Aquarius Rising so he easily detaches himself from such personal insecurities while projecting the Aquarian-Jupiter-Persona of a broad, humanitarian, and glamorously 'positive' perspective. His personal insecurities are none of the Public's business (Neptune in secretive Scorpio; Moon square Pluto) and when he does choose to speak of them he writes his "composite" books with much assistance (I am convinced) from his editors and "backers". Who are these "backers" ? Just WHO'S agenda is Obama promoting? Is Obama's (Chiron quincunx to Mercury) health problem a problem with Neptunian drugs? Is he, as has been alleged, a man who sniffs cocaine? That would serve to stimulate his ego-brain as it notoriously does hyper-stimulate the cerebral cortex intimately tied into the Mercury-Brain. It chemically inflates the cerebral EGO CONSCIOUSNESS. Who knows? But this quincunx implies that Obama is subject to imbalances affecting both his moods and his brain. Is he actually INSECURE as a speaker and a thinker? Is that why he relies so strongly on prepared speeches and his pronounced gift for public self-dramatization?
It seems to me that a man like Obama whose birth chart indicates the likelihood of a great deal of personal confusion and unconscious feelings gnawing away at his core identity is a man desperately interested in convincing himself (by convincing others) that he's a veritable bastion of self-confidence. Is this why I find his highly oratorical style of "speechifying" so strident? Jupiter in air inflating Mercury in fire can supply the makings for a lot of hot air, enough to raise an entire field full of balloons! But I have my own excess of hot air balloon energy to deal with so Obama isn't all that appealing to me. Besides, I notice that his Mercury-Speech quincunx his Chiron-Wound in Pisces fails to be very specific, fails to point out the Virgo details, fails to say exactly HOW he intends to put his rhetorical Vision into practical application as his critics have also noticed.
Two other important factors within Obama's birth chart raise concerns for me: Saturn in his 12th House of possible "self-undoing" and Mars in Virgo in his 7th House of both friends and open enemies. Mars is also in favorable, productive trine aspect to Saturn suggesting that despite Obama's lack of specifics in his inspiring speeches he is more than capable of hard, very specific, Virgo work within the Establishment context of Capricorn business and government. But that 12th House can be a tricky 'place' referring as it does not just to possible self-undoing and victimization but to the 'closet' subconscious. Capricorn, ruled by Saturn, controls the cusp of this House in Obama's birth chart and in Gnostic-Occult astrology we say that ANY PLANETS found in the 12th are in a very ripe ("karmic") condition requiring that they be applied in a selfless, transforming manner if the Soul wishes to evolve. Obama actually has his Saturn function of boundary making and focus in the very sign it rules testifying to the idea that he is an astute politician and a man who has a thorough grasp of just how the 'Establishment' works ... some folks would call this a sober grasp of 'real politique' and that would explain why we've all witnessed him "playing the game" of politics and compromising right and left as he pursued his goal of the Presidency.
This same very savy, realistic Saturn function is involved in an "out of sign" conjunction or blending with his highly idealistic Jupiter in often revolutionary-reforming Aquarius so he has the wherewithal to ground any idealistic reforms he may envision in practical, tangible results. But we have to ask ourselves could this 12th House potential lead to his own self-undoing in the form of his assassination? Is there an Authoritative, stern side to Barack's personality locked away from Public view in his closeted 12th House? There are few astrological indicators more indicative of adherence to the Status-quo of politics, business, and established rules of government than Saturn in Capricorn. Is Barack Obama truly the prophetic-revolutionary "reformer" he presents himself as being, or is he secretly and rigidly Authoritarian? What kinds of stern, dictatorial AUTHORITARIAN ACTIONS (Saturn in Capricorn quincunx to Lunar North Node and Uranus in Leo) might he take as President against the citizens of America?
What have Joe Biden and Colin Powell been talking about recently when they assured the world that Obama, if elected, would face a "crisis" and/or a "test"? What, exactly, does our new President have in mind when he speaks of "sacrifices" we're all going to have to make? If Obama is truly interested in changing American (and global) politics would the "Establishment" let him get away with that? And why has he invoked the memory of JFK as astutely as he has? How could an honest man appoint Zbigniew Brzezinski as his advisor ? How could a reformer cow-tow to established Wall Street investors? What is this curious mix to Obama's character? Could it be that he has too many or the wrong kind of "advisors" merely by accident, or are they his preferred, considered choices? Since he's born with his Sun on his Descendant and Pluto, the Lunar North Node, Uranus, and Mars all in his 7th House of friends-advisors-enemies he has a lot of energy invested in relating one-on-one with advisors who might well be his secret enemies. Mars there certainly suggests the potential of violence that could come through his advisors who would then stand revealed as his open enemies.
The question being asked by many is whether or not Obama may be being set-up for a knockdown assassination thereby, once again, killing all HOPE for the masses. Hope was one of his campaign's highlighted key words, and were he to be assassinated after having been elected as the First Black President of the USA what rioting chaos might ensue and would such civil disturbances be used to justify the full implimentation of all the Neo-Con 'Homeland Security' agenda of Martial Law ? Were such a thing to take place all Americans, including most of us who did not vote for him, would find ourselves shocked and depressed -the perfect dis-spirited targets for our own, home-grown fascist military-police forces. Has the Establishment supported Obama merely to use him as a sacrificial pawn in the game of Police State America? Or is he, himself, the threat?
There are many troubling connections between Obama's Mars function and the chart of America's Declaration of Independence. The most glaringly obvious of these connections is the fact that Obama's Mars in Virgo falls in America's 9th House in tight conjunction aspect with America's Natal Neptune. It also activates and emphasizes America's Natal Mars to Neptune square since it challenges (squares) America's Natal Mars in Gemini. Okay, so this suggests the strong possibility of some sort of hidden COLLUSION between America's Corporate Media (Gemini) and Obama's campaign managers and financial-political backers. It highlights his Gemini Moon Speech by infusing that speech with our Nation's proclivity for devious, glamorous, Neptunian 'lying'.
When astrologers speak of 'lying' in the context of Neptune they try to explain that because Neptune rules the Imagination and because it is the force that permeates and can even dissolve boundaries it frequently does just that in the psyche of any person, such as Barack Obama, who has a personally stressful and challenging relationship to its healthy functioning. Under stress Neptune easily confuses one, easily lures one into believing the unbelievable. The famed SIRENS of mythology are denizens of Neptune's SEA REALM and they are well known for luring folks into death by drowning when such folks venture unthinkingly out of their tolerable depths. Neptune is seductive and can suffuse the rational mind and speech with so much 'dreaming' which seems so real to the dreamer that such a dreamer can lose all sense of distinction between the 'real' and the 'dream'. That's how such people can end up lying even though it was never their CONSCIOUS INTENTION. Often such folks have a real gift for weaving word spells and some of them, when they notice this gift, choose to use it to DELIBERATELY lure others away from the truth ...with a capital "T". In fact, to those with stressful relationships to Neptune's amorphous spirit there is often a belief that 'Truth' is so relative as to not even exist. This is especially the case when Neptune impinges on the logical faculties of Mercury as it does in Barack Obama's psyche. Do Americans actually HEAR the CONTENT of what Obama says or are we merely lulled by the righteous, heroic, and alluringly 'prophetic' tones of his dramatically oratorical speechifying?
Specifically, one hears Obama refer to vaguely defined "service" he wants Americans to undertake on behalf of their Nation. He wants Americans of ALL ages to join his loosely defined "troops" ... there's a definitely Mars-Militant tone he employs when he refers to these otherwise poorly defined "volunteer" groups. For instance, in Colorado Springs, Colorado shortly before the elections he made the following highly disturbing announcement:
"We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded." This speech can be heard on youtube right here:
I think we need to keep our eye on this kind of thing since it directly invokes the VIRGO theme of SERVICE and that theme in America always has distinctly MARS-MILITARY undertones to it. Think of JFK's creation of the famed "PEACE CORPS" shortly after his election in 1960. No sooner had he created this SERVICE-ORIENTED platform for America's idealistic youth than it was infiltrated and corrupted by the CIA! And it was JFK who later vowed to smash that same CIA into a thousand splinters. Of course, they assassinated him before he could do that and a few other things he had set in motion like doing away with the Corporate Elitist Federal Reserve. I don't hear Obama raising his voice against either of these criminally corrupt organizations. In fact, whenever I look at the CLOAKING POWER the Declaration's Natal NEPTUNE in Virgo gives to Obama's Natal MARS in Virgo I suspect that he's both being used by and using that cloaking power to disguise his true agenda from the Public.
We must ask ourselves if Obama, himself, has hidden, 12th House closeted and subconscious intentions toward America. That could be one way Saturn in his 12th House might manifest, and it is in quincunx aspect to both his Leo North Node and his revolutionary Uranus function found in conjunction with it. This is a very stressful set of aspects requiring a nimble dance while walking a tightrope between Saturn's status-quo preference and the radical rebellion of zany Uranus. Obama's Leo North Node + Uranus obviously shines out in his projected self-image as an unusual Public Leader, but there is that very authoritative side to him as well -even if it is HIDDEN in his 12th House. Could he aspire to play the role of "President" for the Global Corporate New World Order? That would nicely combine his authoritarian impulses with his revolutionary ones provided that he saw such a role as a Jupiterian Vision of how to improve the World by way of his Aquarian, "New Age" Ascendant. It would allow him to further the economic and political destruction of America as a Nation State just as the New World Order intends. Given Mister Obama's "wavy-gravy" Moon it's hard to say. Given his Sun/Mercury in square aspect to Neptune in Scorpio as ruler of his Pisces-Chiron wound it's even harder still to guess, but I repeat that I don't trust this man. He's inclined to be highly delusional. Watch out for that 'Tsunami'!
Is the fact that Obama's Lunar South Node at 27+ degrees of Aquarius is EXACTLY CONJUNCT (by degree) America's Natal Moon-Public an indicator as to why so many Americans feel this man to be the embodiment of America's Aquarian Public Ideals? Does his Uranus function in Leadership oriented LEO tightly opposing America's Natal Public Moon in Aquarius (which that same Uranus function of his 'rules') account for his nearly mesmerizing affect on the general Public? Do Americans realize that when Uranus appears in LEO it appears in the astrological sign of its astrological 'FALL' ?
Uranus in Leo describes the unique Leo Ego compelled to shine, to stand out as an exceptional individual -but that's precisely what constitutes the "FALL" of Uranus or its most inappropriate manifestation! Uranus rules Aquarius because in that astrological sign it honors and respects the UNIQUENESS of ALL INDIVIDUALS rather than calling attention in a LEO-EGO way to its own, personal exceptionalism. A distinct minority of our citizens have noticed unfavorably Obama's "superior" attitude, his not-so-subtle condescension toward the crowds he addresses. Such condescension is the frequent flaw found when Uranus is in its astrological "Fall" in LEO. It's hauntingly reminiscent of the theme of the old Hollywood film entitled, "The Man Who Would Be King" adapted as a screenplay from a short story of the same title by Rudyard Kipling. This is the same Rudyard Kipling from whom Yale's infamous "Whiffenpoofs" adapted their a capella tune concerning "poor little lambs who have lost our way, bah-bah-bah". The same Yale which houses the notorious "Skull And Bones Society" -more of those same "poor little lambs" who see themselves as "little black sheep who've gone astray". Ah, what wild Angel of Serendipity has led me here? Is this another of my self-indulgent byways? NO.
Consider how Obama's Natal Saturn at 25+degrees of Capricorn forms a tight opposition aspect to America's Natal Mercury Retrograde in 8th House Cancer and a strong conjunction aspect to America's Pluto Retrograde at 27+ Capricorn in the 2nd House. These are the Houses of Money, the Federal Reserve, and the Wall Street Stock Market. Obama's campaign has been heavily funded by Wall Street and Obama himself rushed to Congress to VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE WALL STREET BAILOUT designed to bankrupt the American Public. Is this a clear foreshadowing as to HOW Obama will employ his 12th House Saturn in favor of the Banking Establishment? What kind of "CHANGE" is Obama truly interested in promoting? Is it the change from America as a Nation to America as a subordinate member of the GLOBAL CORPORATE NEW WORLD ORDER? Everything I witness him doing seems to suggest as much. Certainly with his natal Saturn function tightly aligned to America's Pluto in Capricorn he has a strong attunement to the hidden, powerful, Plutonian SHADOW GOVERNMENT infecting the USA. Has this Shadow Government chosen him to be President? Do thinking Americans still believe there are honest and free elections in the good old US of A? If so, I'm definitely not one among them. In my view, Obama appears to have been installed as President by the same forces that have installed EVERY President of the USA since JFK. He looks and feels suspiciously to me like a Corporate Media promoted "Manchurian Candidate" ... a well-rehearsed PAWN in service to the Dark Lords seeking the fabled ONE RING OF ABSOLUTE POWER: PLUTO!
But gosh darn he seems like such a 'Boyscout', such a pleasant and likeable fella! Natch. Naturally, he happens to have been born with pleasing, relationship-oriented VENUS in warm and cozy CANCER conjunct America's own VENUS IN CANCER. Wow, what a lucky happenstance. Unless, like myself, you've gotten over the "conspiracy label" fear promoted by that same Shadow Government of America and know that such a "coincidence" would NOT have escaped the attention of the powers that be whom (I consistently insist) EMPLOY ASTROLOGY as one of their many, many psy-ops tools AGAINST the Ameriican People! Venus in Cancer, how lucky for them since it inclines ALL Americans to want to like the man. To feel that womb-like comfort of SAFETY in the protective aura of Barack.
Did you know that "Baraka" is the Sufi word for the essence of the Divine Breath which can descend upon a man like the GRACE of God and wrap him in the cloak of a "CHOSEN ONE". The question is: WHO is doing the choosing? Is it really "God" or is it the impersonation of God spawned by the forces of Hades-Pluto? Is that why Obama was born (if we can trust his birth time) with his personal MOON-FEELINGS in challenging SQUARE aspect to his own and the collective PLUTO-UNCONSCIOUS? Is he actually, totally UNCONSCIOUS of his personally challenging relationship to PLUTO-POWER? Gosh darn, he could be such a swell, trusting, All-American Guy that he doesn't even know what's up and coming for him. If he's sincere will they assassinate him, if he's not will they use him not only as our First Black President but as our First Global Corporate President as well? Will Obama turn out to be KING OF THE GLOBAL EMPIRE?
Finally, I call your attention to the fact that Obama's "Destiny Line", his North and South Lunar Nodes respectively in the signs of LEO and AQUARIUS, are within ONE degree of a stressful, challenging SQUARE aspect to his own Natal Midheaven in SCORPIO! This signifies a man who's DESTINY is profoundly affected by his choice of PUBLIC CAREER. If we consider, as many astrologers do, that PLUTO is the ruler of SCORPIO then what does it say to us that Obama's PLUTO is in the sign of Virgo which rules his 8th House of DEATH and opposes his "Wounded Healer" CHIRON function while simultaneously squaring his MOON-FEELINGS? Again, we are looking at possible public assassination as his chosen "destiny". On the other hand, if we consider MARS to be the ruler of his SCORPIO Midheaven-Career, what does its strong and flowing trine aspect to his SATURN in 12th House Capricorn signify? Mars is, after all, the undisputed ruler of his INTERCEPTED ARIES energy found in his 2nd House of "Earning A Living" and that sign of ARIES is the polar compliment of its partner sign LIBRA, INTERCEPTED in Obama's 8th House of DEATH, CORPORATIONS, and OCCULTISM. Once again we are looking at his possible DEATH at the hands of his Corporate Funders.
Intercepted signs frequently indicate obsessive-compulsive behaviour due to the fact that such signs are energy fields which have no ANCHORING on the Cusps of Houses, and the Aries-Libra polarity of signs are indicative of the RELATIONSHIP of SELF to OTHERS. Is Barack Obama an unwitting puppet in the hands of others? Are his Libran Advisors honest with him? Has he been schooled and trained all his life long as a vehicle for the shadowy "Unseen Hand" about to employ him to further their goal of a One World Government run by a One World Bank? Considering his unanchored and confused sense of Identity (as indicated by NEPTUNE square both his Mercury and Sun) has he placed his "fate" in the hands of untrustworthy advisors due to this INTERCEPTED Aries-Libra (obsessive-compulsive) difficulty discerning the differences between his Aries-Self and his Libra-Partners? Is he an innocent Lamb about to be used as a "sacrifice" ... or a Wolf in sheep's clothing about to lead the tenderly trusting sheeple he has been chosen (selected) to shepherd to their slaughter? Who can say? What is that O in Obama?
Of one thing we can be certain: a man born with Uranus conjunct his North Node in Leo is likely to SHOCK us all, is likely to be lured by Uranus into dramatically INDEPENDENT and ABRUPTLY DRAMATIC QUICK CHANGES of behaviour. Such a man may succumb to the temptation explored by the makers of "The Man Who Would Be King" since Leo, let us not forget, is the sign of KINGS. Obama, though of mixed blood and heritage is subject to what Kipling called "THE WHITE MAN'S BURDEN" imposed upon him by Kipling's "Gentlemen Rankers", the sort of men with memberships in Secret Societies such as Yale's Skull And Bones, the kind of men who sing:
"We have done with Hope and Honour, we are lost to Love and Truth,
We are dropping down the ladder rung by rung,
And the measure of our torment is the measure of our youth.
God help us, for we knew the worst too young!
We're poor little lambs who've lost our way,
Baa! Baa! Baa!
We're little black sheep who've gone astray,
Gentlemen-rankers out on the spree,
Damned from here to Eternity,
God ha' mercy on such as we,
Baa! Yah! Bah! "
(Rudyard Kipling, Gentlemen Rankers)
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Obama-Neptune Trance Formation In America. (1/30/2009)
American Gothic: Big Bird And The Cookie Monster In The White House
(A look into Barack Obama's Progressed Chart
written May 18, 2009 belatedly posted March, 2011
as the Cookie Monster bombs Libya)


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A Short History of Printing
Letterpress printing was the normal form of printing text from its invention by Johannes Gutenberg in the mid-15th century until the 19th century and remained in wide use for books and other uses until the second half of the 20th century. Letterpress printing remained the primary way to print and distribute information until the 20th century with the advent of offset printing. Basically, letterpress printing ruled the printing market for centuries.
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By Dian Hasan | August 19, 2009
For all the adventure and thrill seekers, who never exhaust in seeking new adventures across the globe, glamping like Genghis Khan, replete with yurts (Mongolian tents) amid the splendor of the Mongolian desert, is now an option. Three Camel Lodge is no slacker of an eco lodge either, and takes its responsible tourism mission very seriously. Actively empowers the local community, pursues sustainable environmental practices, and helps preserve the traditions and cultures of Gobi Desert nomadic tribes, and protect its wildlife.
Built in the heart of the Gobi according to environmentally and culturally sustainable development guidelines, the Three Camel Lodge offers a blend of adventure and sophistication, combining traditional style with superb service to create the ultimate expedition experience.
The Three Camel Lodge has a first-of-its-kind cooperative agreement with the Bulgan Sum Township and Gobi-Gurvansaikhan National Park authorities. The Lodge serves as a base for scientific research and wildlife monitoring and actively fights against animal poaching and the unauthorized removal of dinosaur fossils from paleontological sites. Hunting has been prohibited within a 12-mile radius of the camp.
In an effort to preserve the population of indigenous Gobi plants and provide cover for migratory birds that visit nearby Mt. Bulagtai, the Lodge has planted over 6,000 native plants and trees throughout the camp since 2003.
The Lodge is an active supporter of the Ongii River Movement, an award-winning organization that aims to protect one of the few rivers that run into the Gobi from the damaging effects of mining activity. These desert rivers and the seasonal lakes where they end are critical resources for Gobi wildlife.
The Lodge recycles its organic waste to local farms for use as fertilizer, builds and supports greenhouse projects, and helps local farmers with the raising of pigs, chickens and livestock. These efforts result in less waste being transported to Ulaanbaatar and a reduction in the amount of food being imported to the area, as local ger camps (Mongolian tent) can now buy eggs, vegetables and meat from nearby farms.
The Lodge launched a 'No Plastic Bags in the Gobi' program and is working with local residents and small businesses to encourage the use of cloth shopping bags.
Electricity to power light bulbs in the gers, restaurant, bathrooms, and bar is provided mainly by solar power. Wind energy is also used as a supplementary source of energy. The energy consumption is constantly re-evaluated for efficiency and measures are taken to reduce usage as much as possible.
Unprocessed natural stone was used for the buildings and traditional Mongolian felt ger tents are used as guest rooms. Local artisans and workers crafted the roofs of the buildings in accordance with the canons of Mongolian Buddhist architecture, without using a single nail.
Drainage fields used for non-drinking water were made three times larger than local requirements to make water reusable and less wasteful. The Three Camel Lodge is exploring systems to reuse non-drinking water for watering trees and supplying toilets.
All trash is separated and transported to neighboring dump areas. The Three Camel Lodge is the only local camp to practice this sorting and recycling.
The Three Camel Lodge established 'The Kids Who Love Nature Association,' an organization that gives local children the opportunity to learn about environmental issues and participate in conservation. Leading naturalists and scientists from the Mongolian Academy of Sciences give presentations on the wildlife, botany and paleontology of the Gobi, and children participate in projects such as planting native trees and cleaning and protecting mountain springs.
With the assistance of the Lodge staff, local children have participated in the cleanup of national park areas such as the Yol Valley and the Flaming Cliffs, and the Lodge sponsored and funded the planting of 2,000 trees at a local public school in Dalanzadgad, the provincial capital of the South Gobi.
Since 2005 the Lodge has been a sponsor of the Thousand Camel Festival, organized by a local NGO with the goal of protecting the endangered two-humped Bactrian camel. The much anticipated annual festival has also inspired a reawakening of interest in traditional crafts created by local artisans. The camel is nicknamed "The Gobi Ship" by local people, and is an inseparable part of the life of nomadic Mongolians.
The Lodge has the highest percentage of local employees of any camp in Mongolia, and is one of the largest employers in the Gobi. All of the Lodge's staff is Mongolian, with more than half being residents of the South Gobi province where the Lodge is located, and every trip guide is hired locally, as are all suppliers of transportation and food.


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Habitat Hammers Back with long-term hurricane recovery plan
by Jonathan Reckford, Habitat for Humanity International CEO
As I spent time in Houston working alongside families as they began the long road to recovery, I was struck with a painful reminder: The devastation wrought by hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria is as acute as it is expansive.
One family's pain of assembling a jumble of flood-ruined stuffed animals and photo albums on their living room floor is overwhelming. The thought of tens of thousands of other families in the path of Harvey, Irma and Maria going through that same exercise is hard to fathom.
The winds and rainfall have made hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria disasters of unprecedented scale. But the true hallmark of these storms is as a housing disaster of nearly unparalleled scale, with hundreds of thousands of houses destroyed or damaged. That affects lower-income people the most, as demand for intact housing has spiked, leading to higher and higher prices.
Just as we have done before, Habitat for Humanity is answering the call to help families get back on their feet. Recovery from these hurricanes will be measured in months and years, not days and weeks. We've built our Habitat Hammers Back initiative with that in mind. As vital services are restored and first responders stand down, Habitat is ramping up its response.
Habitat has a lot of experience helping communities build back after disasters. Since 1997, we have helped more than 230,000 families in 52 countries following disasters including Superstorm Sandy, tornadoes through the South and Midwest, earthquakes in Haiti and Nepal and typhoons in the Philippines. In the 12 years since Katrina, Habitat prepared more than 2,500 homes for rehabilitation and has built more than 6,000 new affordable homes along the U.S. Gulf Coast.
Below, I detail the three phases of the Habitat Hammers Back recovery initiative. But first, let's answer the question I am getting most often in the weeks after Harvey, Irma and Maria:
How can I help?
Donate: Our response will only be constrained by the amount of funding that we are able to raise. We'll keep working as long as the need is unmet and funds are available. Recent studies show that the lion's share of disaster response funding goes to emergency relief, leaving as little as 5 to 10 percent of the money for reconstruction and recovery. The emergency relief work is important, but with more than 100,000 homes damaged or destroyed by Harvey, Irma and Maria, we need resources to help families who have lost so much through this long-term recovery.
Volunteer: In the immediate aftermath of the hurricanes, it is important to give first responders and trained disaster responders the space and resources they need for their work. But as we move into the long-term rebuilding phase, we'll be counting on volunteers to help, just as they have so many times before.
The Habitat Hammers Back action plan has three phases:
Phase 1: Immediate response
In the days and weeks immediately following the hurricanes, Habitat teams have been hard at work with the immediate response effort. We've deployed our Mobile Response Units and teams of our Disaster Corps volunteers to hurricane-affected areas in Texas and Florida to help increase the capacity of local Habitat organizations. Our teams have been focused on the following tasks:
- Conducting rapid assessments of damage to housing in hurricane-affected regions and collecting data to prioritize repair;
- Removing debris and performing emergency repairs in affected homes;
- Working with our local Habitat organizations to assess their capacity for long-term recovery work; and
- Coordinating with other responders including long-term recovery groups and the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster.
Communication with Puerto Rico has been difficult so far, but we know the level of destruction has been devastating. With an island-wide power outage that is predicted to last for months, information may continue to be slow to come in for some time. We are looking at options to send an assessment team as soon as transportation and circumstances allow. Construction and long-term delivery plans will be determined after our evaluations.
Phase 2: Community stabilization
As we move out of the immediate emergency response, we turn our focus to helping families understand the recovery process and access resources to expedite repairs. In Phase 2, Habitat:
- Provides guidance to affected families on insurance claims and applications for emergency government assistance;
- Determines gaps in necessary funding for house repairs and construction;
- Disburses funds to local Habitat organizations to support repair and rebuilding; and
- Designs long-term rebuilding plans.
Phase 3: Long-term recovery
In the final phase, our goal is to bring to scale our repair and reconstruction plans. This phase will be the longest and most expensive, as we work through our local Habitat organizations to:
- Rehabilitate and repair damaged houses, with a focus on resilience to help homes withstand future disasters;
- Construct new affordable housing, to help alleviate intensified economic pressures that have driven up the cost of housing;
- Mobilize volunteers from around the country to assist; and
- Engage in collaborative partnerships with other recovery organizations, providing technical assistance and working in concert to renew communities.
Families affected by the hurricanes are counting on all of us. Please join us in offering our prayers for them. Habitat is committed to this recovery for the long haul. We'll need your help to meet this commitment. Learn more and find out how you can help.


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The legend of Nikola Mirotic continues to grow by the day. The Bulls' draftee was named ACB League MVP after leading Real Madrid to the best record in the league. And if you want some crazy Bulls parallels, Mirotic, 22, became the youngest MVP in league history. Sound familiar?
Prior to this, the youngest MVP in ACB history had been Marc Gasol, so that's pretty good company. Mirotic averaged 12.6 points and 5.5 rebounds on the year as Real Madrid racked up a 30-4 record, winning the league by four games. He shot 50.5 percent overall and 43.5 percent from three while shooting 80.7 percent from the line. This all contributed to a final "ranking" of 16.2 (no clue how this is calculated), which was fourth best in the league.
I still really haven't seen this guy play much besides a few highlight videos and some grainy online footage, but he clearly is a pretty special player. Winning the MVP in that league at such a young age is no joke, and it's also worth noting that Mirotic helped lead Real Madrid to the finals of the Euroleague before falling short against Olympiacos.
Of course, we know that because of his Real Madrid contract and the NBA rookie scale, Mirotic isn't coming until 2014 at the earliest. At that point, the Bulls could then use cap room or an exception to sign him. That would seem to muck up the grand 2014 Plan a bit, but who the hell knows what exactly that plan is anyway?
Nevertheless, I'm definitely excited for this kid whenever he does come over. I know some are worried that he may never actually play for the Bulls, but that would likely only be because he was included in a package for an established star player. Although I don't know if the Bulls should be trading Dirk 2.0...


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One Response to "tradetang.com DT300 Wholesale Price Less Than $15. Don't Pay More For Kingston USB Flash Drives! integrity_001 Is Your Best Seller For Upgraded Flash Memory. Make Money Selling USB Flash Drives, DT300 Is Hot! Enjoy Your Prison Sentence For Selling Kingston Counterfeits."
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There is a lot of Bullshit from eBay sellers being reported at FakeFlashSentinel. They insist that their usb flash drives are real and get mad at the FrankenFlash project.
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eBay sellers have an obligation to research their product and the true wholesale prices. You as a member should not suffer from their ignorance.
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There really is no choice anymore. There is so much information on the internet about fake capacity. So there is no excuse for any eBay seller outside of Asia. We all know that eBay seller id's based in Asia frequently sell fake flash nand memory.
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Yes some eBay sellers tried to get nasty with us.
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If you funded from your bank account, your best option is to leave negative feedback saying you didn't get the item. Okay, not exactly ethical, but if your testing with H2testw proves you received a fake flash memory item, all we can say at SOSFakeFlash is:
Do unto to others as has been done to you.
Our data shows that eBay is more likely to suspend sellers for items not received then for members who report a fake capacity. It shows that eBay is not really addressing the issue or trying to protect you.
Fake flash memory has been sold on eBay for more than 8 years. Did you know that?
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(Weymouth, MA) July 29, 2011. . . According to InfoTrends' latest Western European end-user research, over 40% of consumers have lost some or all of their photos. Many respondents indicated that their most favoured photo recovery solutions are back-ups stored on an external hard drive or on CD/DVDs. While these are not bad options, there is one part of the preservation equation that is often being overlooked: photo prints. Less than a quarter of consumers reported using printing as a storage solution.
Mona Belle, a Consultant at InfoTrends, states, "Consumers do not realise the value of backing-up images until they lose their favourite photos. Vendors and retailers need to remind and encourage consumers to use a combination of back-up methods: storage on an external hard drive, safe online storage, and photo prints. This is the best way to ensure that photos will be available for years to come."
Although they are popular storage methods, CD/DVDs and hard drives can deteriorate or crash over time, whilst high quality prints stored in photo albums are more likely to outlast these storage methods. Photo albums are also readily available to view and are more momentous. It is essential for vendors and retailers to offer a range of products that appeal to all consumers to encourage them to print their favourite photos in many different ways, playing up the benefits prints offer in terms of storage and viewing. A cherished photo should be printed for storage, as a gift, and for displays around the house.
As part of a larger end-user survey across Western Europe, InfoTrends has published reports on photo printing behaviours in Western Europe as well as on photo storage and transfer. To purchase either of these reports, visit InfoTrends' online store:
Photo Printing Behaviours: 2011 European Digital Photography Survey
Photo Storage and Transfer: 2011 European Digital Photography Survey
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'The Twelve' wins Best Screenplay – CanneSeries 2019
Writers Bert Van Dael and Sanne Nuyens were awarded Best Screenplay at CanneSeries' award ceremony last night. The character-driven drama seriesis produced by Peter Bouckaert of Eyeworks and Gunter Schmid. The 10 x 50′ psychological thriller will premiere later in 2019 on één in Belgium, with Federation Entertainment handling international sales.
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What Ridge Animal Hospital Blood Bank is the only 24-hour veterinary blood bank in the Denver metro area.
Our Blood Bank provides life-saving blood products to hospitals around the country; because just like humans, pets with traumatic injuries or certain medical conditions require blood transfusions. The demand for blood products continues to increase and we are always welcoming new canine donors into our program. A single donation can save more than one life because both the red blood cells and the blood plasma are used.
Donations are performed by our certified veterinary technicians. A small square on the dog's neck is shaved and scrubbed for sterility. With the dog laying calmly on its side, one unit of blood is drawn. A single donation can be used for more than one transfusion because the blood can be separated into two components: red blood cells and plasma. Throughout the donation process, the dog is comforted by our staff. After the donation the dog receives a complimentary nail trim, lots of treats and a small meal before going home to rest. The donation takes 10 to 20 minutes, but with preparation and post donation observation, you can expect your dog to stay for about an hour. You are welcome to leave your dog with us for a few hours or for the day if that is more convenient for you.
If your dog qualifies to be a donor, we request that they donate six times annually. We will call and arrange the donations at a convenient time for you.
You do not have to be a Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital client to be part of the donor program. Your dog can continue to see your primary care veterinarian. We will partner with your veterinarian to ensure that your dog continues to be a good candidate for the donor program.
- Free blood typing.
- Free annual blood work for donor health records. Results will be added to your dog's regular health records.
- Free annual heart worm test and Heartworm preventative discount through Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital.
- If your pet should ever need any blood products, you will receive a discount on blood products after 12 donations (2 years) and free blood products after 24 donations (4 years).
- Dog food discount from Royal Canin and Purina.
- Free nail trim at each donation if needed.
These benefits, with the exception of the blood product benefit (#4 above), end when the dog has retired (for any reason) from the donor program.
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Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital is the only 24-hour veterinary blood bank in the Denver metro area. It provides life-saving blood products to hospitals around the country. To order blood products or to learn more about the program, please contact us at 303-996-1366 (7am -5pm) otherwise please call the main number 303-424-3325. All orders are shipped Fed-Ex overnight and courier service is available in the Denver metro area.
Animals Donating Blood Really is a Thing!
Drs. Krista Vernaleken and Lindsay Renzullo of Bulger Veterinary Hospital in Lawrence, MA recently discussed the subject of donating blood for dogs and cats in an episode of the PAWEDcast. More episodes, and the complete episode (which answers frequent pet owner questions) is available on our PAWEDcast landing page. The PAWEDcast is available on youtube, and where ever you listen to podcasts.


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NEW YORK — The FBI and New York Police Department say they are assessing the credibility of information they received of a possible Al Qaeda terror attack against the U.S. on the eve of Election Day.
Officials say Friday that counterterrorism investigators are reviewing the information that mentioned New York, Texas and Virginia as potential targets.
It wasn't immediately clear how the intelligence came to investigators' attention. An NYPD spokesman says in a statement the information "lacks specificity."
In a statement, the FBI said it was working closely with law enforcement agencies and sharing intelligence reports.
Officials say they regularly assess all possible security threats ahead of major events.
Election Day is Tuesday, and both Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump are holding their Election Day parties in New York City.
CBS News first reported of the potential threat.
More on thestar.com:
FBI letter may not be enough to help Donald Trump
Ontario couple who taught courses for Trump University fined for fraud
Canadian Trump supporter charged after allegedly assaulting Brock University student


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Jessica Moss has been flourishing as a solo artist since the release of her acclaimed debut album Pools Of Light in spring 2017. The violinist, composer and singer best known for her fifteen-year tenure in political post-punk band Thee Silver Mt. Zion has been captivating audiences with gritty, warmly expressive electronic- and drone-inflected post-classical Minimalism (and sometimes Maximalism), accented by a distinctive melodic sensibility that channels Klezmer, Balkan and Middle Eastern tropes. A deeply talented collaborator, Moss is also a founding member of avant-klezmer group Black Ox Orkestar and has worked extensively with Vic Chesnutt, Carla Bozulich, and Big|Brave.
Moss' solo work began in 2014 with a virtual collaboration alongside Kevin Doria (Total Life, Growing), resulting in longform pieces that tell exigent stories of troubled times. Her first solo recording was the self-released cassette Under Plastic Island (2015), recorded by Fugazi's Guy Picciotto, which was followed by the acclaimed LP Pools Of Light in 2017. Moss' latest album Entanglement was released in 2018 and finds her channeling quantum theory as a metaphor for creating energetic connections through esoteric processes.
Over the past few years Moss has toured extensively throughout North America and Europe, including festival appearances at Big Ears, Le Guess Who?, ATP, Basilica Hudson's 24-Hour Drone Fest, and a mix of headlining and support dates with GAS, Xylouris White, ZU, Julia Holter and Godspeed You! Black Emperor, among many others. Recent highlights from Moss' collaborative oeuvre include recordings with Sarah Davachi, Roy Montgomery, Oiseaux-Tempête & G. W. Sok, and Daniel O'Sullivan. In addition to her musical work, Moss is a talented visual artist and she creates all of the videos that accompany her solo recordings.


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Are you the type of person who always packs your running shoes in your suitcase whenever you travel for business or pleasure? You can find a great option in La Sabana.
This beautiful park is in the heart of the city and is the perfect scenario for running, walking, or just relaxing next to the lake.