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In the last decade or so, dreams and dreaming have become intensely popular topics of publication by scholars of antiquity. While some of these endeavors represent the publication of new or neglected texts and useful updates on the available information1, others offer new theoretical models for assessing the data.2 The work under review here falls mainly into the first camp. Its methodology is decidedly form-critical, and therefore, reminiscent (albeit with greater sophistication) of A. Leo Oppenheim's now classic work.3 Its primary contribution, however, is that it offers a thorough treatment of many Jewish dream-related texts hitherto neglected in the study of ancient dreams. These texts range in date from the 3rd century B.C.E. to the second century C.E. and include: 1 Enoch 1–36, 83–90; Daniel; Jubilees, 2 Maccabees; Additions to Esther; Pseudo-Philo; 4 Ezra; 2 Baruch; Ezekiel the Tragedian; Testament of Job; 2 Enoch; the Ladder of Jacob; Testament of Abraham; Testament of Levi (Greek); Testament of Naphtali; Testament of Joseph; Testament of Job; Jewish Wars; Jewish Antiquities; Life of Flavius Josephus; Against Apion, and two New Testament texts (the Gospel of Matthew and the Acts of the Apostles). Texts from Qumran studied include: 1Q Genesis Apocryphon, 1QJubilees, 4QEnoch; 2QBook of Giants; 11QTargum of Job; 4QApocryphon of Jacob; 4QAramaic Levi; 4QVisions of Amram; 4QVisions of Samuel; 4QPrayer of Nabonidus; and 4Q and 11Q Psalms.
The book's first two chapters provide a greater context for discussing these texts by considering a number of topics that confront the study of dreams and dreaming in ancient Near Eastern, Israelite, and early Graeco-Roman literature (e.g., dream typology, vocabulary, literary motifs, social milieu, divination, dream interpretation, incubation, prophecy, and function). Though most of the texts studied in these chapters have been treated amply elsewhere, they have not been systematically examined from a rigorous form-critical perspective, and thus, they have not produced the sort of comparative data necessary for establishing a broad taxonomy of dream types and texts.
The final three chapters of the book provide in-depth diachronic and synchronic analyses of the aforementioned Jewish texts and a summary of the author's conclusions. The analyses seek to ascertain what is distinctive about the forms, vocabulary, and functions of dream texts in Hellenistic Judaism. It is in these chapters that one finds the author's most significant contributions to the study of ancient dreams. It is learned, for example, that though these later Jewish dream texts adhere rather uniformly to the forms, vocabulary, and functions of earlier dream texts (both Jewish and non-Jewish), they also are innovative in that they represent
…a merging of alternate planes and dimensions of reality, whether spatial (heaven, earth, and the underworld), perceptual (sleeping and waking), ontological (humans and angels) or temporal (past, present and future) (p. 200).4
They thus elaborate upon, even as they transcend, traditional dream categories in ways that reflect developments in Jewish cosmology and belief.
(These dream texts) …construct and deconstruct symbolic orderings of the world. Their contents articulate categories that order cosmological, temporal, and ontological reality, revealing a heavenly sphere above earth, a present related to Israel's past, and visible angels who bridge the gap between an invisible divine and human realm (p. 243).
Other developments represented in these texts include the sudden ubiquitous appearance of angelic dream messengers, which Flannery-Dailey attributes to the Hellenistic influence of the Greek oneiros (pp. 202–203), and an increasing connection between death and sleep, which is reflected in the thematic intertwining of death, dreams and ascents to heaven (p. 242). One also finds an increasing overlap in content and style between dream texts, apocalypses, and mystical literature.
The texts' frequent focus on priestly and scribal figures and themes further suggests that the social location of the texts be located in priestly and scribal circles. Thus Flannery-Dailey opines that
…the authors of early Jewish dreams were male priests and/or scribes familiar with a temple milieu, including the practice of sacrifice, dream incubation, and dream interpretation, and furthermore that they were involved in the reading and interpretation of Scripture (p. 269).
One of the primary functions of these texts, therefore, appears to have been to establish or reify priestly and/or scribal status and authority. Such a conclusion offers additional evidence for the continuities that connect these dream texts with their Israelite and ancient Near Eastern counterparts.5 Nevertheless, as the author continually demonstrates, it is only by paying careful attention to the elements that mark changes or differences in cultural attitudes concerning dreams and/or the influence of cultures one upon another that one may obtain what is culturally specific about a particular dream text. It is this attention to cultural specificity that distinguishes the book's comparative methodology from many other works on ancient dreams, including that of Oppenheim.
While the book's methodology is certainly one of its strong points, it also raises a few issues that are worthy of critical comment. It could be noted, for example, that given the relative consistency in the way that dreams appear in ancient literary accounts it is understandable why the author would employ form criticism as a methodology of choice. Nevertheless, such consistency begs the question of whether a rhetorical-critical approach might be more usefully applied to the data.6 All of the formal patterns established by the author are thematic. But do these texts share formal patterns in language as well? We are seldom told. The sheer volume of materials makes this a daunting task, as the author acknowledges (p. 117), and it is clearly a more difficult endeavor when comparing texts composed in different languages. But when comparing texts composed in the same or related languages, it can serve to temper the evidence.
Indeed, the author's exclusive reliance on thematic patterns results in the establishment of the following three-fold structure for dream accounts: 1) an introduction that establishes the setting of the dream; 2) the dream and its delivery; and 3) a conclusion in which the dreamer awakes and his/her mood is recorded (see p. 169). However, the simplicity of this structure gives one reason to question whether it is too basic to be of service. The continuity of this structure over such a long period of time and across so many cultural boundaries makes one wonder whether the human dream experience would permit any other logical structure.
The aforementioned issues concerning the formal structures of dream texts are especially piqued by the author's inconsistent treatment of current taxonomies for dream accounts. On the one hand, the author appears to collapse conventional typological distinctions (e.g., accounts of dreams, visions, ascents, otherworldly journeys, and apocalypses) and to treat them as if they exist on a continuum. On the other hand, the author appears to adopt Oppenheim's formal categories for dream texts rather uncritically,7 especially his oft-repeated distinction between so-called "message dreams" and "symbolic dreams."8 As many scholars have observed, not every dream account fits neatly into one of the two categories, and there is considerable overlap between them. There exist symbolic dreams that require no interpreter, and message dreams that do. Therefore, while the typology is not without heuristic value, our inability to apply it consistently to the evidence makes it problematic.9
Such methodological questions notwithstanding, readers will find this a well-researched and well-written book.10 It demonstrates a masterful handling of Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, and Syriac materials. Moreover, it fills an important gap in the study of ancient dreams and offers scholars a number of new directions for exploration and research. Doubtless it will add a great deal to on-going interdisciplinary discussions concerning dreams and dreaming in antiquity.
[1] Just a few of the more significant large-scale publications include: S. A. L. Butler, Mesopotamian Conceptions of Dreams and Dream Rituals (AOAT, 258; Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, 1998); Jean-Marie Husser, Dreams and Dream Narratives in the Biblical World (Biblical Seminar, 63; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999); Kasia Szpakowska, Behind Closed Eyes: Dreams & Nightmares in Ancient Egypt (Swansea, Wales: Classical Press of Wales, 2003); and Francis Breyer, Tanutamani: Die Traumstele und ihr Umfeld (Wiesbaden: Harrossowitz, 2003).
[2] See, e.g., Patricia Cox Miller, Dreams in Late Antiquity: Studies in the Imagination of a Culture (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1994); Robert Karl Gnuse, Dreams and Dream Reports in the Writings of Josephus: A Traditio-Historical Analysis (AGJU, 36; Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1996); David Shulman and Guy G. Stroumsa, eds., Dream Cultures: Explorations in the Comparative History of Dreaming (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999); Diana Lipton, Revisions of the Night: Politics and Promises in the Patriarchal Dreams of Genesis (JSOTSup, 288; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999); Kelly Bulkeley, ed., Dreams and Dreaming: A Reader in Religion, Anthropology, History, and Psychology (Hampshire, UK: Palgrave-St. Martin's Press, 2001); Ruth Fidler, "Dreams Speak Falsely"? Dream Theophanies in the Bible: Their Place in Ancient Israelite Faith and Tradition (Jerusalem: Hebrew University Magness Press, 2005): (in Hebrew); Scott B. Noegel, Nocturnal Ciphers: The Allusive Language of Dreams in the Ancient Near East (AOS; New Haven, CT.), in press.
[3] A. Leo Oppenheim, The Interpretation of Dreams in the Ancient Near East: With a Translation of the Assyrian Dream Book (TAPS, 46; Philadelphia, PA: American Philosophical Society, 1956).
[6] I note also that while the author informs readers from the start that she will adopt a form critical approach to the materials, a more detailed discussion of her methodology and its possible drawbacks does not appear until pp. 114–119. I suggest that this material might have served readers better in the introduction.
[7] The author credits Oppenheim for establishing this typology, though Oppenheim himself (op. cited, p. 186) attributes this distinction to the 2nd c. ce oneirocritic Artemidorus of Daldis. In fact, Artemidorus may have borrowed the typology from the Stoics. See Carl Alfred Meier, "The Dream in Ancient Greece and Its Use in Temple Cures (Incubation)," in G. E. von Grunebaum and Roger Caillois, eds., The Dream and Human Societies (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1966), p. 306, who cites Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta III: 605. See also A. H. M. Kessels, "Ancient Classifications of Dreams," Mnemosyne 23 (1970), 225–249.
[8] The author's only critique (pp. 48–49) focuses on Oppenheim's argument that non-Israelites experience symbolic dreams in the Hebrew Bible whereas message dreams are reserved for Israelites.
[9] For a thorough re-assessment of the typological issues surrounding the study of ancient dream texts see Noegel, Nocturnal Ciphers.
[10] A few factual and typographical errors, however, appear in the book. These include: "from whence (sic)" (p. 46); incorrect Hebrew root given as ḥāzan (for ḥāzah) "envision" (p. 46); ša'īlu "diviner, augur" incorrectly derived from mušēlu (š-stem of elû "ascend") instead of šâlu "ask" (p. 28); apparent lack of awareness of the fragmentary dream manual at Ugarit (p. 32); mem-sophit incorrectly appears in medial position in the Aramaic word ḥalmā' "dream" (p. 130); "we have do" (p. 209).

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Ron Cantor is the executive pastor of Tiferet Yeshua congregation in Tel Aviv. He is the author of several books including Identity Theft: How Jesus was Robbed of His Jewishness. You can read Ron's blog at www.MessiahsMandate.org.
The following is the third in a series of responses by Israeli Messianic Jewish leaders to a problematic video produced by Bethlehem Bible College regarding this summer's Gaza war.
While others may focus on the content of this video, let me share what was lacking.
The New Testament Congregation is to be the courageous voice of morality and honesty to the world. However, this video by Bethlehem Bible College lacked the courage to confront Islamic Terror.
At a time when ISIS, a group with the same ultimate goal as Hamas - Islamic domination and the destruction of Israel - is murdering Christians in Iraq and Syria, the Bethlehem Bible College accused the only democratic nation in this region of genocide.
Let me address you (the Bethlehem Bible College) directly.
Have you forgotten that under Hamas, Rami Ayyad was tortured and murdered for being a Christian?
We know that a Hamas cell was planning to overthrow the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah. While you are sympathetic to Hamas in your video, can you imagine the West Bank under Hamas rule? No freedom of speech, religion or expression. Masked gunmen roaming the streets, indiscriminate killing. And who informed Mahmoud Abbas about this plot? Israel! The government that you accuse of genocide just possibly saved your lives.
Indeed, we would hope for something more balanced coming from a Christian institution. But your video, while deep with emotion, was far from reality.
Not a word against Hamas, which took over Gaza in a coup, killing Palestinian Authority officials and throwing some off of the tallest buildings in Gaza.
Not a word of condemnation over the fact that Hamas has used CHURCHES to fire their rockets.
Not a word about Hamas executing 20 or more Palestinians who protested their war.
Not a word about Hamas using women and children as human shields.
Do you not care that Hamas has executed scores of tunnel diggers out of fear they could give information to Israel? After hiring these men to work for them, Hamas murdered them in cold blood.
As Christians, does it not concern you at all that, "Since Hamas' 2007 takeover of Gaza, residents say it's imposed strict Taliban-style Islamic laws on the people."
Is this what you want for Bethlehem?
What about the words of Archbishop Alexios of Gaza: "Islam is the rule of this place and whatever Hamas says we must obey or face consequences." He is the most prominent Christian in Gaza and is clearly living in fear of Hamas.
A former tunnel digger just smuggled a letter out of Gaza detailing how Hamas killed his father and dumped his body in a pit. Why? No one knows. Hamas does not need a reason to kill.
Two weeks ago, 20 armed men showed up at PLO activist Sami Abu Lashin's house in Gaza, shooting in three times in the legs for the crime of breaking his house arrest (which in itself was illegal). My dear brothers, if they are willing to shoot their partners in the unity government, imagine what these savages will do to Christians preaching the gospel.
In your video, you speak of the disappearing Palestinian Church. Indeed, this is true. At one time Christians made up 15% of the West Bank population. Now it is 2%! But how is this Israel's fault? Do you really think that Israel prefers Muslims to Christians? If that were true, you'd see the same decline amongst Israel's Arab Christian population.
You know as well as I do that the PLO and Islamic extremists are to blame! The Christian population under Israel flourished in Bethlehem. Its decline began exactly when Israel turned over control to Yasser Arafat and the PLO.
"Under the Palestinian Authority since 1995, [the] numbers have plummeted. Palestinian gunmen seized Christian homes—compelling Israel to build a protective barrier between them and Jewish neighborhoods—and then occupied the Church of the Nativity, looting it and using it as a latrine. Today, Christians comprise a mere one-fifth of their holy city's population."
It is one thing to embrace Replacement Theology (Jer. 31:35-37), to say you don't believe that Israel is still chosen (Rom. 11:29), even to seek a Palestinian State (Ez. 36:24). It is another thing all together to portray Hamas as something noble, fighting for the people of Gaza.
Hamas' goals are murder and destruction—Sharia law! Do you think that Hamas' leaders are losing a wink of sleep over 2,000 dead Palestinians? In fact, they are rejoicing at the propaganda coup! If they are willing to execute so many of their own people, do you actually think they care about innocent Gazans? They are far more concerned about saving face in the wake of defeat.
Imagine if and when Hamas replaces the PLO in the West Bank—as they clearly wanted to do. Do you think they will remember the cute video that some Christians made? No, like ISIS, they will demand conversion or death.
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Sure we love bringing you folks the latest on Windows Phone 8 or what executive is leaving Microsoft this week, but what many of you really want to know is what about the 7.8 upgrade?
While we still don't know what it will contain, or rather if it will have more than just a new Start screen, we always knew it was destined to come after Windows Phone 8 comes out. Now, Windows Phone Brazil (official Twitter account), has responded to a question about that update to current Windows Phones. The answer is that the 7.8 update is expected for Brazil in Q1 2013, which sounds about right to us (and is vague enough to leave some wiggle room).
We're going to take a guess that such an announcement is not actually official and that tweet may even be deleted. What's more, it could vary with regions and of course carriers too. In other words, there is still plenty of mystery and did anyone really expect this before Christmas?
Source: Twitter; Thanks, Igor M., for the tip!


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Butternut Squash Lasagna Recipe
Lasagna is one of the ultimate comfort foods our family enjoys. It's butternut squash season, so I've been cooking with it a lot lately, and I thought it would be fun to use it in a lasagna dish.
To start, I roasted butternut squash pieces in the oven with herbs and honey, then blended it into a smooth purée. I then stacked layers of pasta sheets in between creamy, cheesy white sauce and butternut squash purée. It's a perfect combination of sweet and savory, and it really enhances the natural sweetness of the ricotta.
The lasagna dish can be prepared in advance (the day before) and kept it in the refrigerator overnight. It might not be the healthiest but it will definitely satisfy your appetite on cold days.
Yields: 8 servings2 butternut squash, peeled and diced
1 (9-ounce) package lasagna sheets, pre-cooked
6 tablespoons caramelized onions (click on the link for the recipe)
2 tablespoons canola oil (or any neutral oil)
1 tablespoon honey
4 sprigs thyme
2 teaspoons Tabasco
2 tablespoons tomato paste
¼ teaspoon nutmeg, freshly grated
3 tablespoons ricotta cheese
1 cup sharp yellow Cheddar cheese
½ cup mozzarella cheese
2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese
6 tablespoons unsalted butter
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
4-½ cups milk, warm
1 tablespoon salt
1-¼ teaspoons black pepper, freshly ground
2 tablespoons curly parsley leaves, for garnish
Making butternut squash purée:
Preheat the oven to 425°F. Cut the butternut squash in half, vertically. Remove the seeds and the strings in the center. Tuck a sprig of thyme inside each half. Place the halves, flesh side down, on a greased baking sheet and roast them at 425°F for about 1 hour and 10 minutes (depending on the size of the butternut squash, until soft). Let the butternut squash cool completely. Scoop out and gather the flesh. In a large colander, place the butternut squash flesh in a cheese cloth. Wrap it in the cloth by making a knot at the top and suspend it over the colander using chopsticks. The colander is not essential but is quite convenient in case the knot breaks, so you can gather the squash again in the cheese cloth without starting over. Place a larger bowl underneath the colander to collect the excess liquid (you could use it later to thin the béchamel sauce). Let it sit for a couple of hours. Drain as much liquid as possible. Transfer the butternut squash flesh to a food processor, add honey, tomato paste and a pinch of salt and pepper and pulse until smooth. Mix in 4 tablespoons of caramelized onions and add Tabasco sauce.
For the béchamel sauce: In a saucepan, melt the butter over medium-low heat; you don't want it to burn. Bring the heat back up to medium-high (the butter should be hot and golden) and add the flour. Keep stirring manually with a whisk for approximately 3 minutes. The flour should absorb the butter instantly and form a paste. Add the milk in 3 stages and stir well until fully incorporated. Increase the heat while constantly stirring for about 5 minutes. Reduce the heat to low. Add the mozzarella cheese and nutmeg. Season with salt and pepper. Add the butternut squash liquid if the sauce is too thick (I did).
Assembly time:
In a 14" x 10" x 3" high rectangular pan lined with aluminum foil and sprayed with oil (for easy clean up), spread a layer of caramelized onions first, then layer 4-½ sheets of the lasagna. Spread a layer of butternut squash mixture evenly. Sprinkle with ricotta cheese. Spread about 2-3 ladles of the béchamel sauce, then add another 4-½ sheets of lasagna. Repeat until all the ingredients are used up. Finish with the rest of the béchamel sauce. It should cover the whole tray; top with cheddar cheese.
Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and place in the oven for 30 minutes at 375°F (until golden brown).
When it's cooked, remove the pan from the oven and let it rest for at least 20 minutes. Cut into squares and garnish with parsley.
Bon appétit!
I am not a fresh-lasagna-sheet fan. I use Barilla brand lasagna. It's already pre-cooked. The heat and mioisture of the béchamel sauce will cook and soften the lasagna sheets. I think it's better to control the level of liquid and to produce a denser consistency. There's nothing worse than soggy lasagna. When you use dry pasta, you'll always get good results and you'll also save some time.
The secret to good lasagna is the balance of liquid in the dish. I use a slightly thinner béchamel sauce than the traditional one used in Mac n Cheese. The lasagna should come out firm when it's served. If the excess liquid from the squash is not removed beforehand, you'll have runny, soggy lasagna.
You could also replace the butternut squash with pumpkin.
The acidity from the tomato paste cuts the sweetness of the butternut squash.
To make béchamel sauce, always make sure all the ingredients are at the same temperature, so heat the milk in the microwave for about 2 minutes (or in a saucepan), so it's warm. If you get lumpy pieces in the sauce, don't hesitate to use a hand blender.
If you have béchamel sauce left-over, don't discard it. Just store it for later and use it as a sauce for a croque-monsieur sandwich (ham and cheese sandwich).
And if you're a pasta lover, check out my other pasta dishes.
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HANG TIME WEST – The Hall of Fame on Tuesday announced a star-studded group of presenters for the induction ceremony next Friday night in Springfield, Mass., a list headed by Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson that is powerful enough to overshadow most of the actual inductees.
Their role is strictly ceremonial, nothing more than standing on stage as the enshrinees speak. And some choices are assigned for a person or team without a personal connection to a current Hall of Famer, as the rules require. But some in the past have been interesting selections – Jordan requesting David Thompson despite not having any relationship, Karl Malone choosing Willis Reed against the same backdrop, both in nods to home-state heroes – and the presenters this time are noteworthy for the number of all-time greats.
The complete list of enshinees and their presenters:
All America Redheads — Teresa Edwards.
Lidia Alexeeva – Will not be present.
The late Don Barksdale – Bob Cousy.
Mel Daniels – Wayne Embry and Artis Gilmore.
Phil Knight – Jordan and John Thompson.
Katrina McClain – Edwards, Julius Erving, and C. Vivian Stringer.
Hank Nichols – Hubie Brown.
Don Nelson – Chris Mullin, Bob Lanier and Satch Sanders.
Reggie Miller – Cheryl Miller, Charles Barkley and Johnson.
Ralph Sampson – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Erving, and Barkley.
Chet Walker – Billy Cunningham, Earl Monroe, Adrian Dantley and Isiah Thomas.
Jamaal Wilkes – Abdul-Jabbar, Johnson, Rick Barry and Bill Walton.
In all, officials are expecting approximately 50 Hall of Famers to attend, either as participants or to watch and join in private functions.


text: During a party on May 23rd at the downtown Design Within Reach studio, DOCOMOMO WEstern WAshington launched its new website. Designed by Wolken Communica and made possible by generous grants from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, King County's 4Culture, Washington State's Department of Archeology and Historic Preservation the new website will be an important tool for a local community of individuals who share a passion for Northwest Modernism. http://www.docomomo-wewa.orgFounded in Seattle in 1998, as a chapter of DOCOMOMO_US, we are dedicated to the Documentation and Conservation of the Modern Movement in Western Washington. In 2005, DOCOMOMO WEWA incorporated as a non-profit, 501c(3) educational and charitable organization. We continue to produce educational programs with the generous efforts of volunteers and a dedicated Board of Directors. Over the past eight years, we have organized over seventy events, reaching an audience of hundreds, including home owners, designers, preservationists, students, and civic leaders. We have also served as advocates for Northwest Modernism by supporting preservation efforts, preparing landmark nominations, and creating a register of significant buildings.


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Two days ago we posted a discussion around a newly released photo from the White House. The picture was taken in the oval office on Sept 11th 2012:
We thought the picture was worth a thousand words. After research it appears we were correct. Yet again, it provides more sunlight into the events surrounding the Benghazi, Libya events and who made the critical decisions in those moments of crisis.
(Sept. 11, 2012) – "Denis McDonough, Deputy National Security Advisor, left, updates the President and Vice President on the situation in the Middle East and North Africa. National Security Advisor Tom Donilon and Chief of Staff Jack Lew are at right." (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
The picture was taken at exactly 7:28:16pm DC time. It was dusk outside, and President Obama had just completed a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Why is this important? Because we know the conversation lasted an hour.
Sept 11, 2012 President Obama spoke with Prime Minister Netanyahu for an hour tonight as a part of their ongoing consultations. The two leaders discussed the threat posed by Iran's nuclear program, and our close cooperation on Iran and other security issues. (link)
So we know the phone call began at around 6:30pm and ended just before 7:26pm.
What is equally important is what was taking place in Libya (Benghazi) during the time the phone call took place.
The attack against the CIA/State Dept. Consulate began at 3:40pm D.C. time. So this phone call between Benjamin Netanyahu and President Obama started three hours after the attack began.
What is also revealing about this photograph is who was where, why, and what decisions were being made.
It might seem odd that both President Obama and Vice-President Biden would simultaneously be tied up, indeed it is a breach of previously established security protocols for this exact "crisis" and "leadership need" reason.
But, they are used to doing it all the time – and besides, what are the odds of something actually being urgent while they are both engaged, and needing one of them immediately.
Indeed the odds are slim. Slim, but this was one of those moments when it actually existed; and had massive consequences.
You can see the phone notes in the hands of Joe Biden. Actually if you enhance the picture and zoom in on the notes you can see they are notes, in Biden's handwriting, of the phone call discussion contents between Netanyahu and Obama. Whether or not BiBi knew Biden was also on the call is unknown, but he was indeed taking copious notes.
(on the left you see the notes from Biden 9/11/12 – on the right you see notes from Biden taken during the Vice-Presidential debate)
We won't clarify the content of the notes themselves. We have done that part, but in the interest of embarrassing national security, and out of an abundance of caution for the arrival of Black Helicopters, we'll let you do it on your own. Suffice to say they are notes about the call.
It is important to remember how much flack President/Candidate Obama was getting from the opposition about his previously ignoring Netanyahu around the BiBi United Nations speech.
This call was perceived as important by both the Obama Campaign and White House advisors to a defensive pro-Israel narrative. It could not be skipped by a candidate needing to assure the Jewish electorate of his Israel-Cred. So from 6:30pm to 7:26 pm both Vice-President, Joe Biden, and President Obama, were "indisposed".
This phone call took place between 12:30pm and 1:26am Benghazi time. Again, three hours after the attack began at 9:40pm.
According to numerous reports, in Benghazi, around the same time, CIA operatives and former SEAL's Tyrone Woods and Glenn Doherty were returning from the Consulate complex to the CIA annex with the body of State Dept. Aide to Ambassador Stevens, Sean Smith. Ambassador Stevens was missing.
During this Oval Office call, Woods and Doherty were setting up defensive positions on the roof of the CIA annex building and maintaining a defensive perimeter while calling for more support.
So we know POTUS and VPOTUS were out-of-the-decision-loop. Who was making the decisions on behalf of the Commander and Chief?
Back to the timeline – and remember, this is the TIMED VERSION initially released to the media:
(5 p.m. D.C.): Just ahead of the weekly meeting with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Chairman of Joint Chiefs Martin Dempsey, White House National Security Advisor Tom Donilon tells President Obama of the attack and the fire at the main villa….
(6:07 p.m. D.C): An alert from the State Dept. Operations Center states that the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli reports the Islamic military group "Ansar al-Sharia Claims responsibility for Benghazi Attack"… "on Facebook and Twitter and has called for an attack on Embassy Tripoli."
(6:30 p.m. D.C.) : The Pentagon issues an order to a special operations team in Europe to move to Sigonella, Sicily – less than one hour's flight away from Benghazi…. [Obama and Biden are now on the phone with Netanyahu] Who is in charge?
(7 p.m. D.C.): The first of two unmanned U.S. Predator drones, which already had been flying over eastern Libya, is diverted to Benghazi, as reported by CBS News' Sharyl Attkisson and David Martin on Oct. 15. [Obama and Biden are still on the phone with Netanyahu] Who is in charge?
(7:30 p.m. D.C.): A U.S. security team from Embassy Tripoli lands in Benghazi and learn that the ambassador is missing. They try to arrange for transportation into town, with the goal of locating Stevens. [Phone call over – Obama and Biden are being updated by Denis McDonough as per the picture]
But who was representing the Commander In Chief ? During that critical hour?
(From 2011) With little to no experience guiding them, everything becomes a first-impression type situation to Obama's inner crew. To the point, Henry Kissinger reportedly, refers to Obama's group of advisers as, "kids." […]
One of Obama's closest advisers is his Deputy National Security Adviser. The person acting the part of Deputy National Security Adviser is one Denis McDonough. While McDonough enjoys the credentials of a well-educated 41-year-old, he has sparse work experience. Working on the hill as a legislative aide before transferring to a liberal think tank before campaigning for Obama before becoming Deputy National Security Adviser, is good for McDonough but embarrassing to the position which he holds. […]
McDonough has a reputation around D.C. – as a rabid mind-fixer in his mission to 'set the record straight' with democratic politicians and mainstream media types, who dare veer off the political reservation. It's rather humorous in a way to see a glorified political functionary like McDonough act the part of a seasoned and experienced political heavyweight. McDonough was promoted out of ideological loyalty over convention. Try telling McDonough that and he'll likely piss ideological vinegar all over you. But the thing with McDonough's verbal piss, it doesn't stain things, it can't… it's too inexperienced.
Above said, guess who is guiding Obama on the crisis in Egypt and the pending melt-down in the Middle East? If you guessed the low cal aperitivo named Denis McDonough, you would be correct. The United States' official response to the crisis in Egypt has so far been one big massive embarrassment. President Obama is getting bad advice; advice that is fueling his ideological ego; advice that is clearly immature in nature and devoid of geopolitical experience. (link)
Perhaps this insight from Newt Gingrich , after he spoke to a "key senator" provides some clarity to the "fog":
"There is a rumor — I want to be clear, it's a rumor — that at least two networks have emails from the National Security Adviser's office [Tom Donilon] telling a counterterrorism group to stand down," [Newt] Gingrich said." (link)
Newt Gingrich was specifically talking about his knowledge of a communication known by at least one Senator, and given to two media outlets – who did not use it. It makes sense:
Tom Donilon told people to "stand down" while POTUS and VPOTUS were on the phone with BiBi and unable to be interrupted. At 7:26pm (DC) 1:30am (Benghazi) -when this picture was taken – Ty Woods and Glen Doherty were fighting for their lives.
While Denis McDonough was bringing POTUS up to speed, at that exact moment, events in Benghazi had spiraled. What took place next, and why they did not reverse the "stand down call" is unknown.
Perhaps they considered it too late, after all, this 7:26pm update revealed the status of Ambassador Stevens as "Missing presumed Dead". Damage control time…..
Denis McDonough jumped into action and provided the good cover story.
The cover story already existed because earlier in the same day the State Dept was getting questioned about the attack in Cairo, Egypt. Again, at another embassy – and a story had already begun about a U-Tube video.
Just continue the same narrative story.
Which he did, effectively, the following day: [McDonough on Sept 12th]
"This work takes on added urgency given the truly abhorrent video that has offended so many people–Muslims, and non-Muslims alike—in our country and around the world." (link)
After all, it was this same 41-year-old "kid", who was the key deflector between POTUS and the crisis that was "Fast and Furious":
"Investigative journalists have provided details on McDonough's background and work history in politics, but the information that makes McDonough relevant to the continually breaking news on the Fast and Furious scandal is his role in silencing complaints from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)…" (link)
"A Thousand Words" indeed:


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966: Jet Fuel
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Title text: The 'controlled demolition' theory was concocted by the government to distract us. '9/11 was an inside job' was an inside job!
This comic is a reference to the "9/11 Was An Inside Job" theory that the World Trade Center in New York City was blown up by a "controlled demolition". Hairy uses the typical argument and Cueball one ups the craziness and of course Hairy eats it up. The Chemtrails conspiracy theory is (one form of) a completely different conspiracy theory which says that (exactly as Cueball does) the US Government puts chemicals and mind control agents in jets and airliners to subtly have US citizens ingest the agents.
And the title text is the natural "double down" on a theory which says that the conspiracy theory itself was concocted by the government and was supposed to distract from the truth, a parodic theory already seen in South Park episode Mystery of the Urinal Deuce.
For those wondering: it is true that kerosene does not burn hot enough in air to melt steel, but it does burn hot enough to cut the steel's supporting strength roughly in half, which is more than enough to collapse a building weighing thousands of tons. (Although standard engineering practice is to use a safety factor of three, and a safety factor of two is sufficient to allow for a 50% reduction in strength, over half of the columns in the two towers were severed in the initial impact, increasing the stress on the remaining columns.)
Cueball messing with 9/11 truther conspiracy theorists was also the subject of 690: Semicontrolled Demolition, and in 496: Secretary: Part 3 Black Hat claims the Twin Towers never actually collapsed. Chemtrails are mentioned again later in 1677: Contrails and 1803: Location Reviews.
- [Hairy throws his arms out as he talks to Cueball, who answers while lifting a hand palm up.]
- Hairy: 9/11 was an inside job! Jet fuel can't burn hot enough to melt steel!
- Cueball: Well, remember — jet fuel wasn't the only thing on those planes. They would've also carried tanks full of the mind-control agents airliners use to make chemtrails.
- Cueball: Who knows what temperature that stuff burns at!
- Hairy: Whoa.
- Hairy: Good point!
- [Caption below the panel:]
- My Hobby: Playing conspiracy theories off against each other.
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I always thought it was the aliens trying to sabotage our civilization, but the inside job theory also works. Davidy²²[talk] 08:25, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
That's what 'They' want you to think. The 'They' being the aliens who brought you the Wormhole X-Treme episode of Stargate, the Visitors From Down The Street episode of Babylon 5's 'Crusade' spin-off and the whole of the X-Files (pre-retrospectively spun off from the latter, thanks to time-travel technology). 18.104.22.168 06:24, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
I don't know how may crazy conspiracy theories the government actually does come up with (probably not many, if any), but you gotta admit that they like them, and perpetuate existing ones simply because it, as the explanation says, distracts from real issues, but also because it makes all criticisms against them sound crazy.220.127.116.11 19:52, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
- Frankly, that sounds like a crazy conspiracy theory to me. Brettpeirce (talk) 20:42, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
South Park did the "conspiracy was a conspiracy" idea first. 220.127.116.11 04:20, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
- South Park also did the "[other show] did it (first)" meme first. --BigMal27 // 22.214.171.124 17:16, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
So where are the steel beams now? I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait (talk) 20:35, 22 January 2015 (UTC)


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The Dolphins hope the pieces are in place for a more productive secondary in 2013.
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Signing with the Jets has offered DT Antonio Garay a chance to come home.
Will Arthur Jones' role grow on the Ravens' defensive line?
A snapshot of the Bengals roster as the team starts OTAs.
Former Browns LB David McMillan was shot and killed in Georgia last weekend.
The Steelers face plenty of questions as they reach the OTA portion of the offseason.
Said Texans WR Andre Johnson of WR DeAndre Hopkins, "You could kind of tell that he's thinking a lot when he's playing, but that's part of being a rookie. He's picking up everything pretty well. He went and made some plays today and that's a good thing. I think day-by-day, he'll continue to get better and better."
A visit to the Indianapolis 500 reinforced Colts coach Chuck Pagano's belief in teamwork and communication.
Jaguars RB Maurice Jones-Drew will spend the next couple of weeks rehabbing his foot in Miami.
An analysis of the Titans' 2013 schedule.
Jeff Legwold of the Denver Post thinks S Charles Woodson would be a good fit in the Broncos defense.
It looks like the Chiefs will be running a more aggressive defense this season.
K Sebastian Janikowski broke from tradition and decided to take part in the Raiders' voluntary workouts.
The arrival of DE/LB Dwight Freeney gives the Chargers defense options.
Cowboys CB Morris Claiborne says the team's defense isn't what people think it is.
Arizona State coaches are reading Giants coach Tom Coughlin's book.
T Lane Johnson is playing with the second team at Eagles practice.
The Redskins are happy with the progress made on their training camp location in Richmond.
Bears K Robbie Gould says he'll be "just as good" after last year's hamstring injury.
Said Lions DT Nick Fairley, "Hopefully we get them in third-and-long a lot this year so we can pin our ears back on D-line and go get the quarterback. I think we'll do pretty good on defense and, as a team, we're expecting big things out of everybody."
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What kind of expectations should we have for Cardinals QB Carson Palmer?
The Rams went the big-ticket route in free agency this year.
Louisiana Tech has held graduation, so WR Quinton Patton is now free to join the 49ers full-time instead after some troubles timing his previous visits with the team.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Four Yale swimmers – Molly Albrecht, Athena Liao, Hayes Hyde and Ileana Lucos – have received Mid-Major All-American honorable mentions from CollegeSwimming.com.
Albrecht, a sophomore, finished second in both the 200-yard backstroke and 500-yard freestyle at the 2011 Ivy League Championships. Liao, a junior, placed second in the 200 breaststroke and third in the 100 breaststroke at the Ivy League Championships. In addition, Liao received the team's Davies Award for outstanding performance in the breaststroke. Hyde, also a junior, won the 200-yard butterfly at the Ivy League Championships and was named first team all-Ivy in the event. Hyde won Yale's Heaton High Point Award for scoring the highest number of possible points in dual meet competition. Lucos, a senior, was fifth at Ivy's in the 200-yard freestyle.
Mid-Major All-Americans are selected on the basis on their qualification for the 2011 NCAA Division I Championships. Honorable mention selections are given to swimmers who were entered under NCAA 'B' standards, but were not selected for the 2011 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships.
The following conferences have been designated as Mid-Majors: America East, Atlantic 10, Colonial Athletic Association, Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association, Horizon, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mountain Pacific, Missouri Valley, Patriot, Sun Belt, Summit and Western Athletic.
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Study abroad is an excellent way for Political Science majors to gain a comparative and cross-cultural perspective on politics. Study abroad is encouraged by the department, so long as students have prepared themselves with a strong academic background and choose their study-abroad location with care, to assure that the courses taken abroad meet the department's expectations with respect to quality and content.
Students planning to go abroad will be given a form by the Office of International Programs (OIP), which must be filled out, in consultation with the department's study-abroad adviser. The purpose of this consultation is to make sure that a student is far enough along in the major so that he or she can finish in time to graduate and can successfully integrate the study abroad program with other academic plans. Students who are in the department's Honors Program, for example, need to plan carefully to coordinate study abroad with the Honors requirements. Information on specific foreign study opportunities can be obtained from the OIP, which is located at Hovey House.
To be eligible for elective course credits toward the Political Science major while studying abroad, students must have at least a 3.0 GPA generally and in the Political Science major before departing. If a student believes he or she should be exempted from this rule, he or she may discuss it with the department's study-abroad adviser. However, exemptions from this rule are rare.
Political Science majors should be aware that not all study-abroad sites available to Boston College students will have courses (credits) acceptable toward the major. Some sites lack political science departments or have weak political science offerings.
Foreign Language Fluency
Because gaining foreign language fluency is one of the main benefits of study abroad, Political Science majors seeking to study abroad in an English-speaking country need to have a compelling academic reason for doing so. Students who believe that their foreign language skills are not advanced enough to take college courses abroad in a foreign language should consider study-abroad programs in foreign language countries where universities offer their own students courses in English. Information about such programs can be obtained from the OIP at Hovey House.
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The Department's study-abroad adviser can advise students about which programs and courses abroad will be acceptable. Although the OIP seeks to maintain updated lists of "pre-approved" sites and courses, those lists are not authoritative, and sites and courses on such lists may in fact no longer be acceptable to the department. Students are urged to gain approval for specific courses from the department's study-abroad adviser before departing. Students who seek approval only after they return from abroad risk not getting Political Science credit for study-abroad courses.
The Department will accept no more than two courses (six credits) per semester from an institution abroad, or four courses (12 credits) for an entire year. These courses (credits) will count as major electives only. The four courses (12 credits) for the field distributional requirement in the Political Science major (one each in American, Comparative, and International Politics and in Political Theory) must be taken at Boston College. No courses taken (credits earned) abroad will be accepted for these distributional requirements. Final approval of courses (credits) taken abroad requires the signature of the department's study-abroad adviser on the Approval Forms available from the OIP at Hovey House.
Students are encouraged to take as many courses in Political Science as they wish at other institutions, within the United States or abroad, but in all, no more than four courses (12 credits) taken at other institutions may be counted as elective courses toward the Political Science major. (The additional courses may count toward the total courses required for the B.A. degree.)
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Hi smithy,
We are concerned with the amount of "free CaO" available in our bag of finest Grey cement, NOT the amount of CaO that is used to produce the cement.
Burning in a kiln – formation of cement clinker
Solid state reaction zone (900˚ - 1300˚)
CaO and reactive silica combine to form small crystals of belite, one of the four main cement minerals.
Clinkering zone (1300˚C – 1550˚C)
Inside the liquid phase, Alite forms by reaction between Belite crystals and CaO.
Crystals of solid Alite grow within the liquid, while crystals of Belite formed earlier decrease in number but grow in size.
The clinkering process is complete when all of silica is in the Alite and Belite crystals and the amount of free lime (CaO) is reduced to a minimal level (<1%).
Chemical composition of clinker
The cement clinker formed has the following typical composition:
Compound Formula Shorthand form % by weight1 Tricalcium aluminate Ca3Al2O6 C3A 10 Tetracalcium aluminoferrite Ca4Al2Fe2O10 C4AF 8 Belite or dicalcium silicate Ca2SiO5 C2S 20 Alite or tricalcium silicate Ca3SiO4 C3S 55 Sodium oxide Na2O N ) )Up to 2 Potassium oxide K2O K Gypsum CaSO4.2H2O CSH2 5
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I know it is not that time of the year yet, but when I read about this month SHF hosted by The Passionate cook with the theme "Going local!", Bobici just jumped in my mind and I desperately wanted to participate!
Well, traditional Dalmatian sweets in general are very tasteful. The main ingredient are local fruit: figs, raisins, almonds, walnuts… honey is often used instead of the sugar…
If you ever visit Dalmatic coast, island or inland you just have to try some of these: Mandulat, Rafioli, Smokvenjak (Hib), Rožata (in Split it is called Rožada), Fritule, Kroštule… and many, many others delicious sweets, cookies, cakes…
But today, I'll write about Bobici, since their background is so fascinating!
Bobici, meaning "little broad beans" ("broad beans" = "bob" in Croatian), are small cakes that got its name form the old believe that the beans represent some sort of media for the direct communication between the world of dead and the world of living. Because of their ability to bring alive the souls of the dead the beans were present in the funeral ceremony in old
In Catholic world the Bobici were traditionally served on Day of Dead (or All Souls day) that is always on November 2. It is a Roman Catholic day of remembrance for friends and loved ones who have passed away. In Italy there are similar cookies called "Fave dei morti" meaning "Beans of the Dead".
Today in Split Bobici are very popular in everyday life and they are considered
So if you ever come to Split find Bobis shop and ask for Bobići (Bobichi). You can find them in many others souvenir or delicates shops were you can fined home made Bobici that are for sure more tasteful than those form Bobis which are industrially produced. Or even better, buy local ingredients and bake them yourself!
250 g Unbleached and unpeeled almonds
250 g Sugar
1 egg
1 spoon of Maraschino
grated nutmeg
½ lemon zest
1 spoon of biscuit or Savoiardi crumbs
1 spoon of grated dark chocolate
Lightly toast the almonds and let them cool. Half of the almonds grind until they get flour like consistency (if you are doing this in a food processor be careful not to overgrind since almond are quite oily and they can easily get creamy. We do not want that!). Other half chop finely using knife (so that crumbs are size of couscous). Mix both halves back together.
Mix sugar with egg yolk. Grate some lemons zest. Add almonds, maraschino or some other domestic brandy, nutmeg, and beaten egg white (the "snow" from whites should form firm foam. Test it by turning the bowl upside down. Whites should stay in bowl.).
Mix it till you get firm dough and divide it in two halves. For white Bobici add same biscuit crumbs or grated Savoiardi. To the other half add grated dark chocolate.
Damp your hands and roll the dough between them to get long rolls about 1,5 cm thick. Cut them in 2 cm long pieces and then shape them into small balls. Lightly press each ball with finger to make a shallow pit.
Grease the baking dish or paper preferably with natural bee wax but butter or oil will do just fine. Place carefully the balls on it. Dry them in the oven on 50°C for about 3 hours.
This is basic recipe based on recipe form "Dalmatinska kuharica" by Dika Marjanović-Radica. There are lots of variants depending of the place you visit.


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Very recently, a poster on this site recommended the Rose Levy Beranbaum recipe for soft sandwich bread and I am trying it today. I can't remember who it was, but I have a few questions, maybe someone else has made it. I have followed the recipe to a "T" and have used King Arthur flour. It calls for a sponge which I let sit out for the hour last night then put it in the fridge overnight. This morning early, I took it out and let it set for about 2 hrs to warm up then did the 2nd phase, sprinkled the next round of ingredients over it and let that set for 2 more hrs as per instructions. Then you add the butter, mix, let sit for 20 min., then add the salt. OK.... I kneaded it in my KA mixer for 10 min, it still was too wet. (I weighed all ingr.) So I hand kneaded it to a more workable stage. Now it is rising for 1.5 - 2 hrs. Then you letter fold it on the counter and let it rise for 1.5-2 more hrs. I'm thinking I might skip this rise, because then when you shape the loaves, another 1.5-2 hr rise. This bread better be real good! The lead-in instructions under "time schedule" say about 4 hrs for rising time. Well, I'll be baking sometime in the night at this rate. There was the overnight rise, the rise in the bowl before kneading, then 3 rises after that.
Has anyone experienced this recipe and did you have the same problems? Very long rises and very sticky dough, having to step outside the author's instructions. Then how was it? Thanks in advance for any input. Jean P. (VA)


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Europe's Small Business Act strengthens small businesses and drives growth
Europe's 2020 strategy and Europe's economy heavily rely on Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) achieving their potential. In the EU, some 23 million SMEs employ 67% of the private sector workforce. The Small Business Act (SBA) is the EU policy framework aimed at strengthening SMEs so that they can grow and create employment. Between 2008 and 2010, the Commission and EU Member States implemented actions set out in the SBA to alleviate administrative burden, facilitate SMEs' access to finance and support their access to new markets. Although most initiatives foreseen by the SBA have been initiated, a review of implementation so far reveals that more must be done to help SMEs.
European Commission Vice-President Antonio Tajani, Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship said: "SMEs represent more than 99% of all businesses and employ more than 90 million in Europe. They are the engine behind our economy and must be kept strong, competitive and innovative. Member States must act quickly to ensure that the Small Business Act is fully implemented."
Successful SBA Initiatives since 2008
The Small Business Act is the first comprehensive SME policy framework for the EU and its Member States. Since its adoption in June 2008, considerable progress has been made through actions to strengthen SMEs in a number of areas:
Although all Member States have acknowledged the importance of a rapid implementation of the SBA, the approach taken and the results achieved vary considerably between Member States. The review underlines that Member States have to step up their efforts to promote entrepreneurship and SMEs to support entrepreneurship in today's difficult economic climate.
Giving fresh impetus to the SBA
The Commission is determined to continue to give priority to SMEs. To reflect the latest economic developments, align the SBA with the priorities of the Europe 2020 strategy and continuously improve the business environment for SMEs, the review proposes further action in a number of priority areas:
Improved access to finance to invest and grow
Smart regulation to enable SMEs to concentrate on core business
Making full use of the Single Market
Helping SMEs face the challenges of globalisation and climate change
The review also proposes strengthened governance for the implementation of the SBA, with business organisations at the frontline.
The actions outlined above represent a limited selection. For a full list of actions, see the SBA review itself or MEMO/11/109. MEMO/11/110 gives a number of examples of the successful implementation of the SBA and the "think small first principle" in Member States.
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Fifty-eight percent of respondents in a June 18 poll said the Fed will prolong the program, which seeks to lower borrowing costs by extending the average maturity of the securities in the central bank's portfolio. The current program ends this month.
Policy makers led by Chairman Ben S. Bernanke may conclude that growth is too feeble to reduce unemployment much further after payroll growth came close to stalling in May. At the same time, with inflation close to their 2 percent goal and the Greek election reducing the risk of a euro breakup, they may decide an additional round of quantitative easing isn't needed for now, economists said.
"Extending Operation Twist is the path of least resistance," said Josh Feinman, the New York-based global chief economist for DB Advisors, the Deutsche Bank AG asset management unit that oversees $232.1 billion. "It would be an extension of something we have in place, so it would be more seamless, and it doesn't complicate exit strategies as much because it's not expanding the balance sheet," said Feinman, a former senior economist for the Fed Board in Washington.
FOMC Meeting
The Federal Open Market Committee, which ends its two-day meeting today, will repeat in a statement that subdued inflation and economic slack will probably warrant "exceptionally low" interest rates through at least late 2014, according to 89 percent of the economists surveyed. The statement is set for release at around 12:30 p.m. in Washington. Sixty percent said the Fed probably won't start a third round of large-scale bond purchases, or quantitative easing.
The Fed at 2 p.m. will release policy makers' forecasts for unemployment, inflation and the expected path of the federal funds rate over the next several years. Bernanke plans to hold a press conference at about 2:15 p.m.
Bank of England Governor Mervyn King was overruled for the first time in almost three years today as he joined a push to expand stimulus that's gathering momentum as the danger of Europe's debt crisis intensifies. The Monetary Policy Committee voted 5-4 to keep its bond-purchase target at 325 billion pounds ($511 billion) this month. That defeated votes by King and two other committee members for a 50 billion-pound expansion.
Bonds, Stocks
Treasuries returned 3.3 percent from the end of March to June 18, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch's Treasury Master index, amid concern Europe's debt crisis was worsening and U.S. growth was slowing. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index lost 4.1 percent, after taking account of reinvested dividends.
Since the Fed announced Operation Twist on Sept. 21, the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note fell to 1.62 percent yesterday from 1.86 percent. It fell to a record low 1.4387 on June 1.
Stocks rose yesterday, sending the S&P 500 to the highest level in a month on speculation the Fed will announce steps to boost the economy. S&P 500 futures expiring in September climbed 0.2 percent to 1,353.80 as of 7:30 a.m. in New York.
Maturity Shift
So far under the $400 billion maturity-extension program, the Fed has shifted about $383 billion into longer-term bonds. The central bank has about $190 billion of debt with short-term maturities for continuing Operation Twist for another three months, according to calculations by Nomura Securities International Inc.
Should the Fed extend the program beyond this month, it may shift into mortgage-backed securities, in a bid to reduce the average 30-year home-loan rate from the 3.71 percent level of last week, said Stuart Hoffman, chief economist at PNC Financial Services Group Inc. in Pittsburgh.
"The economy still needs monetary stimulus, though QE3 seems to be a bridge too far," he said. "Extending Operation Twist signals the Fed is on the job, yet it is not as aggressive as quantitative easing."
Seventy-one percent of economists surveyed said the election in Greece won't influence Fed policy, while 22 percent said the vote favoring pro-bailout parties reduced the probability of more accommodation. Sixty four economists responded to the survey.
Monthly Employment
Monthly employment gains have decelerated from a high this year of 275,000 in January. U.S. payrolls rose 69,000 in May after a 77,000 increase in April, according to data from the Labor Department. The jobless rate climbed to 8.2 percent in May from 8.1 percent the month before.
Target Corp. Chief Executive Officer Gregg Steinhafel said on a conference call last month that the Minneapolis-based retailer remains "cautious" about the U.S. expansion and is planning its business on an assumption that "the current economic recovery will continue to be slow and uneven."
Retail sales fell 0.2 percent in May, following a similar decline in April, the U.S. Commerce Department said June 13. Sales excluding automobiles slumped by the most in two years.
Those results followed a series of disappointing annual profit forecasts from consumer companies. Procter & Gamble Co., Tiffany & Co., Lowe's Cos. and Tempur-Pedic International Inc. cut their projections, while predictions from Lululemon Athletica Inc., Limited Brands Inc., Macy's Inc. and Clorox Co. trailed analysts' estimates.
Operation Twist
"There is too much uncertainty not to extend Operation Twist," said Diane Swonk, chief economist in Chicago at Mesirow Financial Inc., which oversees about $61.7 billion in assets. "They need to signal their willingness to ease fairly strongly."
Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart, who votes on policy this year, described the economy in a June 6 speech as "underwhelming" and the job reports as "disappointing." The option of prolonging Operation Twist is "on the table" he said.
The FOMC in it is post-meeting statement could voice more willingness to buy bonds if necessary, saying that it "stands ready" to adjust its balance sheet rather than that it "is prepared," said Michael Hanson, a senior U.S. economist at Bank of America Corp. in New York.
The Fed reduced its benchmark interest rate almost to zero in December 2008 and later bought $2.3 trillion in securities in a bid to push longer-term borrowing costs lower. In January, it said it would keep rates near zero at least through late 2014, extending an earlier pledge of mid-2013.
The Fed started Operation Twist in September. Unlike with quantitative easing, the program doesn't increase its balance sheet. Instead, the Fed sells short-term debt and uses the proceeds to buy longer-term bonds. By keeping its assets stable, the Fed can more easily "exit" from record accommodation when the time comes.
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This was really fun!
Does anyone know what the official World record speed is for the mile??
Yeh Ronnie,ronnie wrote:Looked pretty choppy.
Some riders fit dampers on the nose to cut down vibrations. You can see Alex attaching one to his speed board in this.
That is very fast for a mile. Not sure I can get that record but might try next time I go over there. Damien Leroy just left Florida to go to Martha's Vineyard and train with Rob Douglas. It will be interesting to see how my boards/Damien do against the record holder! They are both getting ready for next month's Kite Speed Saiing World Championships in France.ronnie wrote:With that amount of chop ( especially in your run Alex), that is very fast!
Maybe you need a flat bottom boat to flatten the water for you?
I think the WSSRC records are on a set course with their representatives overseeing the record ( at least that was the way they were done). Dont know if they accept GPS yet, but they do for Hydroptere (apparently its got a super sophisticated GPS).
The GPS kite record is the 40.3 by Heinig Tilmann.
Looks nice!ronnie wrote:This might be the best spot in Hawaii, but its 650 miles from you and I suspect they may not allow visitors.
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Perhaps the best known and most loved of Art Blakey's works, The Big Beat is a testament to the creative progress of one of the best jazz drummers of all time. Now over 40 years old, The Big Beat is as thunderous as ever. Here, Blakey combines his rhythm with tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter's brilliant composing to make what could only be termed a "structurally raw" album. Each track rips through bebop as quickly as Blakey ripped through drum heads. "Dat Dere" and "Lester Left Town" stand out as part of the true canons for hot jazz. Two alternate versions of "It's Only a Paper Moon" round out the album, both brimming with the fluid integrity of the song and the drive only Blakey could provide. As one of the few drummers to step out and lead, not just play backup, Blakey created a true jazz treasure in The Big Beat. ~ Christopher Fielder


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Eru is the supreme deity of Arda. He was the single creator, above the Valar, but has delegated almost all direct action within Eä to the Ainur, including the shaping of the Arda.
Eru is transcendent, and completely outside of and beyond the world. He first created a group of angelic beings, called in Elvish the "Ainur," and these holy spirits were co-actors in the creation of Arda through a holy music and chanting called the "Music of the Ainur." He is known also as "the All-Powerful".
Eru is an important part of the stories of The Silmarillion but is not mentioned by name in Tolkien's most famous works, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings (He is alluded to as "the One" in a part of Appendix A that speaks of the downfall of Númenor).
Eru alone could create independent life or reality by giving it the Flame.
Elves and Men were created by Eru directly, without delegation to the Ainur, and they are therefore called "Children of Ilúvatar" (Eruhini). The Dwarves were created by Aulë with the belated blessing of Ilúvatar, though they would be second to the Children of Ilúvatar. Ents were also created by Eru under the request of Yavanna who reasoned that Dwarves would want to fell trees. Melkor instilled some semblance of free will into his mockeries of Eru Ilúvatar's creations (Orcs and Trolls).
The first things that Ilúvatar created were the Ainur (from his thoughts). He then bade the Ainur to sing to him; this was called the Ainulindalë, or the music of the Ainur. Melkor created a discord to the music, and Iluvatar added three themes to the Ainulindale, which talked about the fate of Arda.
The next thing he made was Eä, the "World and All That Is", and Eä was in the Void (Melkor was drawn to the Void, and so at the beginning of Arda, he lay in the Void, or the Outside as it was sometimes called). He then gave the Ainur the option to go into Eä and fashion it as they will. The Greatest Ainur who chose to do so were called the Valar, and they controlled the shaping of the Arda. They could not make life, however, as Aulë proves, who was able to give only shape to the Dwarves, while consciousness was given to them by Eru. The Valar were accompanied by the Maiar, the lesser Ainur. The elves and men, however, came directly from Ilúvatar's thoughts, and are referred to in The Silmarillion as The First Children of Ilúvatar and the Second Children of Ilúvatar, respectively, while the Dwarves would be the Adopted Children.[citation needed]
- During the Years of the Trees, Eru created and awoke Men.
- In the Second Age Eru, called upon by the Valar, buried King Ar-Pharazôn and his Army when they landed at Aman in SA 3319. He caused the Earth to take a round shape, drowned Númenor, and caused the Undying Lands to be taken "outside the spheres of the Earth".
- In a letter written by Tolkien, he stated that Eru again intervened, this time in the Third Age, causing Gollum to trip and fall into the fires of Mount Doom while still holding the One Ring, thus destroying it.
Eru meant "The One" or "Alone", and the epithet Ilúvatar meant "Father of All" in the Quenya tongue.
- Eru's role could be seen as similar towards the role of God himself from the Abrahamic religions, and was likely based entirely off of the same being, given Tolkien's faith.
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