~Space Weather Update~Solar Slinky~ Solar Wind Speed 444

CHANCE OF STORMS: NOAA forecasters estimate a 15% chance of polar geomagnetic storms on August 17th in response to the possible impact of a minor CME. Arctic and Antarctic sky watchers should be alert for auroras. Storm alerts: text, phone.

SOLAR SLINKY: Solar activity is low this week. Nevertheless, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory spotted something interesting happening on the sun's southwestern limb. Click to view the "solar slinky" in action:

The loops in the movie are made of magnetism, glowing red-hot because they are filled with 80,000 K solar plasma. They move with slinky-action as they are buffeted by winds in the sun's atmosphere and jostled by minor explosions on the stellar surface below. Of course they are much bigger than a terrestrial slinky. The entire Earth could fit through any of the loops with room to spare.

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Is this dream about disclosure?

Is this dream about disclosure?

Date of dream: this morning

Location: lowereast side, nyc

Time: around 10pm Summer evening

It was about 10 pm. I was with my friend and her kids at a restaurant. A friend I haven't seen in a long time shows up. We talk, have dinner and catch up.

We were walking out of the restaurant onto the streets. All of a sudden there is a gasp in the crowd around us. Everyone is looking at the sky seeing a huge image of a face flashing different colors and lights. The funny thing is that this image was also present and live on my iPhone, which tells me it was probably live on all video/tv screens. I began running home to my mom. I get to my mothers and everyone that is there is moving around so fast. (I believe my father was there somewhere in the background. My dad is on the other side of the veil) I am rushing around trying to figure out what to gather and I see that my mom and family have already started gathering some items like clothes, food, and water.

Key Dollar, Sterling, Euro Libor Rates Continue To Fall

The Wall Street Journal
August 16, 2012

By Nick Cawley

The cost of borrowing dollars, sterling and euros for three months in the London interbank market continued to fall Thursday.

Data from the British Bankers' Association showed that the three-month dollar London Interbank Offered Rate, or Libor, decreased to 0.43350% from 0.43450% Wednesday.

To read the rest of this story, visit Online.WSJ.com.

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JPMorgan, Barclays Among Banks to Get N.Y. Subpoenas

Bloomberg Business Week
By David McLaughlin on August 16, 2012

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and Barclays Plc (BARC) are among seven banks subpoenaed in New York and Connecticut’s investigation into alleged manipulation of Libor, according to a person familiar with the matter and company filings.

Subpoenas were sent in recent weeks to five of the banks, Deutsche Bank AG (DBK), Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc and HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA) in addition to JPMorgan and Barclays, the person said yesterday. Citigroup Inc. (C) and UBS AG (UBSN) received subpoenas earlier this year as part of the investigation.

To read the rest of this story, visit BusinessWeek.com.

Insight: Standard Chartered's New York nemesis wins deal but makes enemies

Reuters
By Carrick Mollenkamp and Brett Wolf and Karen Freifeld

Thu Aug 16, 2012 2:34pm IST

Superintendent of the Department of Financial Services Benjamin Lawsky listens to New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo speak during a cabinet meeting in Albany, New York in this October 12, 2011 file More...
Credit: REUTERS/Hans Pennink/Files

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Oracle Report - Thursday, August 16, 2012

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Balsamic Moon Phase - Moon in Leo

Today's energy is more complex than one would hope for the last day of a Balsamic phase (New Moon starts tomorrow). This is going to require us to be proficient at shape-shifting, like a butterfly. The day will evolve in stages for us. There's a wild and unpredictable quality also, as Venus squares Uranus. Here are the things that are happening, any of which you may experience today:

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Israelis protest against possible military strike on Iran

PressTV
August 12, 2012

An Israeli anti-war protester holds a sign asking Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to bomb Iran during a demonstration in Tel Aviv on March 24, 2012.

Hundreds of Israelis have demonstrated in Tel Aviv to protest against a possible military strike on Iran and demand the resignation of Israeli premier and minister for military affairs.

Carrying signs condemning any strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, the protesters gathered outside Minister for Military Affairs Ehud Barak’s residence on Sunday and called on him and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign, DPA reported.

The demonstrators accused the officials of acting belligerently and pushing for war with Iran, saying the consequences of such action would be dire.