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Thunder Road Report On The Death March: Approaching A New Financial System
From Paul Mylchreest's latest Thunder Road Report
Death march: approaching a new financial system
If you are reading this, you are probably a member of what the sociologists would term middle class (albeit at the upper end). This is precisely the segment of society which is poised to come off worst from what is coming. Here is a very disturbing idea. As this crisis develops, if you are an equity portfolio manager and you want to outperform the market, you are going to have to position your portfolio so that it benefits most from your own wealth destruction and that of your family, friends and colleagues. Almost everybody is going to lose and there aren't many places to hide. This is deeply unpleasant but you can blame the central planners. I've written about my own investing, e.g. gold and silver, equities in terms of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, etc. In this Thunder Road Report (below) and going forward, I will discuss this middle class theme and highlight positions I have in individual stocks, etc. The only good thing that can come out of this is a rise in awareness. It's just awful.
In government bonds, the natural inflow of funds is approaching the end of the road – although there is probably one more short-lived and "wrong-footing" move downwards in the yield on the 10-year US Treasury. Increasingly, the flow of funds into government bonds is merely a direct reflection of newly created liabilities (debt) on the balance sheets of central banks like the Fed, ECB and Bank of England. Long-term US Treasury bonds are in their highest ever supply and at their highest ever price/lowest ever yield. Just another example of our "upside down" world.
Brief aside: besides (or maybe in conjunction with) inflation/currency devaluation, there is one other way the US could extinguish the Federal debt (US$15.8 trillion dollars when I just checked the real time national debt clock) just like that…gone! Used in isolation, almost nobody would suffer! And some people (probably less than 1%) would gain…and boy would they GAIN! Do you know what I'm talking about? Got any? Don't know if it'll happen, but at least it would cheer my wife up. She is still trying to work out how I could have forecast the Great Financial Crisis and made so little money out of it?
"You knew Fannie Mae was bust, you should have made millions."
At least she didn't add "you idiot". She's nice like that.
Meanwhile the price of the only financial asset with zero counterparty risk in the biggest global debt crisis in history has been "locked down" for months. There is a reason. It must move in volume to where there is an insufficient quantity prior to the denouement of the current financial system. A new system is coming with a bigger role for gold. You see "the man" isn't stupid, even if some of his acolytes are. He has a plan. But there's one "person" who could make things difficult for "the man", so he had to be brought "onside" first.
Dr Kurt Richebacher was the publisher of "The Richebacher Letter" until his death in 2007. Paul Volcker commented that:
"Sometimes I think that the job of central bankers is to prove Kurt Richebächer wrong."
Ain't going to happen. Richebacher himself sagely remarked that:
"The only cure for a bubble is to prevent it from developing."
Well it's far too late for this financial system. Ten years ago, before the debt bubble became catastrophic, the free market could have resolved this issue. But Greenspan, the "Great Architect", had to create yet another bubble in real estate and the "point of no return" was left far behind.
Then the helicopter-flying monetary psychopath took over and he is creating the bubble to end all bubbles in MONEY itself.
Cue a great comment from Damon Vrabel in "Harvard Lobotomies And The Disgrace Of The Economics Profession":
"The truth is that economics has been designed to completely hide the monetary system that hovers above the economy. Economics assumes money is just a medium of exchange floating through the economy to facilitate a free market and generate wealth. At times that has been true, but today it's probably the biggest lie of modern history."
Let's take most people's current favourite "safe haven", the mighty United (Socialist) States of America. This is the chart of the debt in the economy (total Credit Market Debt Outstanding) since the current Kondratieff cycle began.
There She Goes - debt in the US economy (US$bn)
Imagine telling people that you'd set up a Ponzi scheme and asked them to invest in it. They'd be very offended that you could take them for being so stupid. But you only need to look out of the window, or in the mirror. Salaries, pensions, mortgages, savings, etc. are all paid in…MONEY. And nearly everybody is "all-in."
The Euro, or its purchasing power anyway, is clearly finished if they try to keep the system together, but what about the dollar?
The songwriter, Noel Gallagher, formerly of Oasis and now with his High Flying Birds, commented
"There's only one boy in this country who scares me and that's Lee Mavers."
Raoul Pal, of the Global Macro Investor, said in May 2012 that:
"All that is left (to buy) is the Dollar and Gold"
I f-----' love reading Raoul Pal's stuff when I can get hold of it, which is incredibly difficult. He grew up (at least for a few years) near where I did and not far from Lee Mavers. I can't recommend his work highly enough. I don't disagree with him on much, but I do disagree with his view on the dollar (although he might be bullish on the dollar just from a trading perspective and he's been right since May).
The two remaining "sacred cows" preserving the US dollar as the world's reserve currency are:
- The belief that the Chinese will continue to buy US Treasuries; and
- The US dollar will maintain its monopoly on world trade.
Regarding number one, the Chinese have been sellers since the end of July 2011 (note the date). With regard to number two, have you noticed how China has set up currency swaps with nearly all of its trading partners? Have you noticed how Iran has been excluded from the SWIFT system and has begun selling oil to some countries in currencies other than dollars?
China has been preparing for dollar devaluation for nearly a year now, but hardly anybody has noticed. While everybody frets about the Euro, the dismantling of the US dollar's reserve currency status is occurring within plain sight. I think a deal was done between the US and China in late Summer or early Autumn of last year. Have you also noticed how Ben Bernanke has used just about every unconventional method of monetary policy he'd discussed in his earlier writings on preventing deflation…bar one big one? Dollar devaluation. Let me repeat that, dollar devaluation.
We are heading into a truly mega-financial crisis. This is (another) classic "I hope I'm wrong, but…" report. I think the crisis is going to result in the transition to a new financial system as the current one implodes. Best guess is that it will be either happening, or perfectly obvious that it's going to happen, within 6-12 months, i.e. within our investing time horizon.
This report connects a lot of dots and analyses each one of them. The dots include:
Dot - Loss of US AAA credit rating in August 2011
Dot - China lashes out at US "addiction to debt"
Dot - Peak in Chinese holdings of US Treasuries
Dot - China starts selling US Treasuries
Dot - Surge in the gold price in August 2011 followed by steep decline
Dot - Lock down of the gold price (using "paper gold") ever since
Dot - Movement of large quantities of physical gold from London to Asia (notably China)
Dot - Collapse of MF Global
Dot - Radio silence on China being a currency manipulator
Dot - Exter's Pyramid playing out in front of our eyes
Dot - Iran excluded from SWIFT system
Dot - BRICS countries signed the Master Agreement on Extending Credit Facility in Local Currency and the Multilateral Letter of Credit Confirmation Facility Agreement
Dot – US granted China a 6-month extension on sanctions for buying Iranian oil (India already had one)
Dot - Revisiting Bernanke's old speeches on deflation
Dot - Operation Twist
Dot - Comments by World Bank President, Robert Zoellick
Dot – BIS proposal to upgrade gold to a zero risk weighted asset in line with sovereign debt as part of Basel III
Dot - Comments by Robert Rubin ("consigliere" to the elite)
Dot - Recent meeting between Kissinger and Wen Jiabao
Dot - Why debt deflation now would paradoxically precipitate hyper-inflation
Dot – Demise of the middle class (theme)
Dot - Putting all of the above in the context of the fourth (and ongoing) price upwave of the last 1,000 years
Dot - How each of the three earlier price upwaves came to an end.
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Something is a comming but not in 6-12 months, are you kidding me. Look at Europe procrastinate. Target and Wallmart shoppers and the 90% have no gold. Do your Kardahian watching friends have any? Cash for Gold shops have sucked up a ton, doubt confiscation will happen.
One thing I am learning is that fear sells better than even sex. Trust one day will the most valued item you can't directly buy sell or trade.
Want some stock picks? dollar stores, Tyco/ADT security, guns, GE and Honeywell for alarm systems, Safe companies - crime is comming.
Red Money: From November 1968 through August 1974 I was in Vietnam [soldier/civilian].The Military currency was MPC, military payment certificates. At unannounced times the MPC was changed. I personally have experienced Red, Blue and Green MPC. Only a certain dollar value could be converted. MPC was also a competing currency with the Vietnamese currency the Dong, sometimes referred to as the Piaster or "P". Overnight the Black Market holdings in MPC was worthless. On base the money changers paid a high premium to have there overage covered. I learned at a young age to prepare accordingly.
hum... maybe here?
+ 0.46 for popcorn&rye
Reminds me of a book
How to profit from the comming devaluation -- Harry Browne
Written 2 years before Nixon's devaluation
And became a best sellar then
The devaluation was to pay a debt. The debt of the Vietnam war. Which could be called the last fighting War of World Wars 2 ---Japan/Germany being the first --- Communist Russia/China the second
The Vietnam war --- which although corrupt --- may have stopped Communist spread into Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia. We will never know the path not taken. At any rate the Supremacy of the US Military was shaken
But then after the devaluation and a decade (71-81) of stagnant growth and inflation then high interest rates .Things settled down ---- and gold which topped 800 crashed back to 250 --- silver which topped 45 went back to 6
Then the US re-asserted it's dominance not by Military might but by innovation. Reinvention. And Globalization of capiatlism.
As a result of taking on debt the 3rd world was brought out of the 1800's. The Bric nations, The Arabs, had something to sell and the US borrowed to buy it and at the same time financed global growth by pruchasing the future - Now
And now we relinquish our economic superiority just as before we relinquished or military superiority
Relinquished our crown or lost our crown --- who knows
But if we The US can keep and reignite the individual creativity we have nothing to fear --- the only thing that has been proven is that in order to maintain the world;s currency The US became something it was never meant to be
Banksters, financiers, proffesional rule makers, they do what they do best ---- but when they stop being a catalyst for freedom I think the US will reinvent itself or maybe to quote ole Abe " that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth"
"The Vietnam war --- which although corrupt --- may have stopped Communist spread into Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia. We will never know the path not taken."
LOL! Bad systems FAIL! That ANYONE could think that Communism would spread isn't fucking thinking. It was all BS, used to create the fascist ruling govt that we currently have.
I dunno, having met family members in the 80's who lived behind the Iron Curtain for decades I got the distinct impression that they thought it was pretty real.
LOL! How much does writing revisionist history pay, anyway?
Are you a collaborator ... or just dim?
The Vietnam War and LBJ's Great Society had been used to transfer wealth from bottom up. The war was required to drag on for years and years without an end in sight, just like the current warz that got started in 2001. Debasement of USD was done via dirty float, and as the result, Asia was ordered to be industralized. Now, it's time for the big time! The decline of the West has been ordered to accommodate that desire of the banking elite.
Hi ZH.
Please for the love of god post these with a PDF link as Scribd fucks up my whole system.
I like your ..."Long-term US Treasury bonds are in their highest ever supply and at their highest ever price/lowest ever yield."
We don't need no Stinkin Supply and Demand!
There's so many mistakes in the above article, along with subtle back-patting for predictions made without putting his money where his mouth is, that I could not recommend Mylchreest's report or himself as an investment advisor.
We is still a long ways away from the Treasury market seizing. Yields can halve for near on forever (they won't, but they can keep it up for a long time, even at these low yields). And other currencies will have to jump the shark first, which will of course continue the bull market in US Treasuries.
Still need a lot of feces flung in the fan before fiat asphyxiates itself.
Yup, Sex used to be what sells now it is FEAR
Yup, Sex used to be what sells now it is FEAR
"And other currencies will have to jump the shark first, which will of course continue the bull market in US Treasuries."
The USD and US Treasuries are like vampires, living only off of the blood of others at this time. But, at one point the sucking sound will cease, that we can all be sure of. Trying to nail the time is nothing but a distraction, we're really LONG past the point where people need to be getting on with getting on without.
'If you are reading this, you are probably a member of what the sociologists would term middle class (albeit at the upper end).'
So the only difference between the rich and other people is that they read different blogs?
Dot - Why debt deflation now would paradoxically precipitate hyper-inflation
Just trying to wrap my thoughts around this "Dot". The theory, as I understand it, is that Bennie will do anything, will eventually fly his helicopter to prevent debt deflation and that this printing will generate the hyper-inflation catastrophe.
He says we have 6-12 months. Is there something else I am missing? It would seem that the Bennie induced hyper-inflation will take longer than 6-12 months.
Maybe I missed the post that explains to what he refers ...
"Why debt deflation now would paradoxically precipitate hyper-inflation"
I had to ponder it, too. First thought is that devaluing the debt will significantly increase the money-to-asset ratio in the economy ie. [high/hyper-]inflation.
"He says we have 6-12 months"
I disagree ... I say we have just 2-3 months until "everything changes". Red money, capital controls, etc.
I'm not really that concerned because the MASS ARRESTS you see elsewhere are coming soon to the U.S. Everyone from Obama and Brenanke, and over 1000 others will be in chains and orange jumpsuits soon. As sure as the sun will cross the sky, the MASS ARRESTS are coming... http://tinyurl.com/cd5cyjo/
Drake, Fulford and Wilcock peddled this fantasy for years.
CNBC permabulls with more credibility than these guys...;
Have you spent a day in the military or the legal profession? Thought not. The oath fakers will be separated from the oath keepers in the near future, period, end of story.
Ya know, things are so screwed up that Im not sure a military coup would be much worse- but legal profession?
If lawyers are part of the equation we arent going to improve a damn thing, they are a considerable problem. Of course if you are arguing that the military will start shooting some lawyers, there might be a ray of hope...
What do you call 10,000 lawyers at the bottom of the sea? A good start. But seriously, listen to the interview and get a clue. A solid understanding of the military and law would go a long way in understanding the legal basis for what's coming. Without actual military service and at least some significant self education in law and politics, most people will have little appreciation for the looming MASS ARRESTS.
Still looking for something that has some arguments that one would find in a meaningful debate. If you're trying to communicate (and sell whatever it is that you're trying to sell) then you might look to improve your debate/communications skills.
Listen shitbird, you can stand aside with the women and children and let the men do the work. Less than 5% of American colonists sent the British Empire packing. It will take far less than 1% of American patriots to send our current administration and form of government to the slammer. The MASS ARREST are coming. Like most people here, you will simply be a spectator. I'm not selling anything here, just looking for some intelligent life instead of windbags like you.
Get over it, modern civilization a Ponzi scheme that is.
Mrs Market going down on the middle class tomorrow.
Bet on it:
Not too late to trade the lease in on a Medicare Scooter...;
folks if we would all just stop responding to MDB he will go away. guaranteed. no narcissistic supply no MDB.
I wouldn't waste my time trying to organize this bunch. I find MDB's stuff boring except those time when his joke is close to what some people actually believe. The biggest complaint I have about it is that I have to wade through it and the replies to get back on topic.
Why do I want him to go away? Sometimes MDB is funny and watching all the noobs waste time on replies can be amusing also.
There has been a resident MDB type here for quite some time, before MDB there was Harry Wanger, and Math Man, Johnny Bravo with his shovel, and a couple minor ones in between.
I sometimes wonder if its the same guy. Johnny Bravo may have actually been as stupid as he pretended, Im still not sure on that one.
it was all a scam, preplanned & purposeful. thank god i read on the internet. thank god i listened . thank god for Jim Willie. STRING UP ROBERT RUBIN. & thank god for silver & gold.
Jim Willie's latest...
As the years pass, the evidence mounts. The www.ae911truth.org/ organization is expert and loud, the architects and engineers who provide expert testimony on the absurd official 911 story at the World be-Trade Tower.
A secretive Russian Bond valued at $240 billion was to mature the very next day, most of which were held in the Cantor Fitzgerald offices atop the tower. Those bonds could not be redeemed at maturity, a theft.
Nothing on the official story makes any sense, nor does it stand up to chemical scrutiny or to scrutiny from phsyics.
Costa Rica has a richly dotted landscape of very well informed people with all kinds of legitimate contacts, such from Secret Service friends, bank executive friends, ex-USMilitary types, slush fund managers, obscure types, and more.
My informed sources have been numerous that have shed light on the infamous event.
It was a grand bank heist that involved around $100 billion in stolen bearer bonds, around $100 billion in stolen gold bullion bars, and around $100 billion in stolen diamonds.
The 911 event marked a coup d'etat of the United States Govt.
Their grip on power continues through to today. The true story will come out, all in time, like veracity bubbles working toward the surface. Those holding the lid on the actual events are reducing in number each year. My expectation is that the true story will come out as the inevitability of a USGovt debt default becomes evident and unavoidable, when the JPMorgan machinery fails in full view to uphold the USTBond tower. At that time, the new trade settlement systems, the new barter systems, the bypass to USDollar settlement, they will come into place.
Gold will be at the center of every new system. Much like how geophysics leads to iron forming at the core of a stable body, gold will form at the core of the stable financial body. But its price will be closer to $10,000 per ounce than $2000 per ounce.
Gold price charts mean little, when the enter paper system is in the process of imploding, first bonds, then currencies, then sham gold markets.
9-11 is just one of many justifications for the looming MASS ARRESTS and the virtual dissolution of our wholly illegitimate federal government. The traitors to the Constitution are not gods ro demons, they are simply men... men that put their pants on one leg at t a time... men that can be cuffed, stuffed, and locked away for good. http://tinyurl.com/cd5cyjo/
Let's get it on ..... Marvin Gaye ..... and Lawdy how I wish we would. I loaded the boat with gold and silver back in 2006,..... I'm gett'n older and I want a BIG payday, a new sports car, and a trophy 34DD, blonde girlfriend. Roll the fatty ..... in college (Floirda 66-70) we had a saying .... it was better to have some dope and no money than it was to have money and no dope.
Understand I just heard that from my friends.....Like ly'in Bill Clinton I never inhaled....just say'n.
nowhere to run, you say ? NOWHERE TO RUN ? ! Then, how about nowhere to run for BILL CLINTON, ROBERT RUBIN, PHIL & WENDY GRAMM, BUSH 1&2, OBAMA . I ain't running nowhere..... they should be the ones quaking in their boots running.
I dont get mad at ZeroHedge very often but when I read things like this at the end of intriguing articles, it really makes me mad!
"The rest of this Thunder Road Report will be sent next week to institutional investors who are clients via commission votes/direct payment."
I just got had by Zerohedge. Hook line and sinker. Damn. I like to think of ZH as one of the few around that is more interested in reporting than making a buck. Am I going to go sign up and PAY hard earned money for this valuable article now that I'm intrigued? No. It just lost ALL credibility.
I also wish I could thumb down the whole article in the hopes of warning others not to waste their time.
Thumbs up! I've complained about this before. Sometimes you just need to cheat, and go right to the end of the article to see if you are going to be suckered into a half-ass report, then have to pay to read the rest.
I'll not read anything from Thunder Road again, it's on my blacklist.
I come here for the entertainment: it's theatre. OK, I also come here for therapeutic reasons.
Anyone looking for "investment" information for free should really reconsider. All that you really need to know is pretty easy to figure out. If people want to profit off the misery of others (yeah, Jamie Diamon, take THAT! and he does what? he passes along any financial pains on to Muppets) fine, though that's not my style.
Well, you can give it a low rating if you so choose.
Not sure how you got had by ZH unless one of the Tylers are part of that group, it isnt like you are paying ZH if you subscribe.
lost all credibility?
yeah, because there are so many other credible sources out there to rely on every day for cutting edge journalism.
ZH is free, and the good people that work day in and day out contributing incredibly insightful material month in and month out is already an incredible bargain.
i swear if people had nothing to complain about, they'd then complain about the dearth of things to bitch about.
Who among you can actually define the goals of the NWO monies powers?
And who among you believes that you'll be able to set sail with a treasure chest of PMs and escape this coming doom? When the elite say they want 95% of the population exterminated, they very likely posses the means to carry it out. You'll be vulnerable to whatever they release regardless of where you're hiding.
I'm not trying to burst anyone's bubble here--the thought of freewheeling it in a Mad Max scenario does hold some appeal--but the determined evil of TPTB is nigh on supernatural.
Look closely at that chart and if you have a good memory and are old enough then you will notice that debt took off just when Mastercard and Visa because commonly distributed through the population and easy retail processing options for charges became common place.
This curve also correlates almost perfectly with the long term stagnation in real wages which began with the war on unions (working people in general) shortly after Reagan came into office. It is much easier to have your credit limited raised and leverage your income by making the monthly minimum payment than it is to ask your employer for a raise or join in workplace organizing to demand more.
Lenin used to say that capitalism will sell us the rope we hang it with. More accurately we have charged the rope and hung ourselves.
Credit at all levels is the real instrument of mass destruction.
"The truth is that economics has been designed to completely hide the monetary system that hovers above the economy."
You mean keynesian economics.
Since 2009, I have been reading about the imminent demise of the US economy or the global economic system and yet to read anyone with a workable (and reasonably supportable and legal) strategy for protecting one's assets. I understand that precious metals would provide that medium, but I believe with the current governmental insanity, precious metals would quickly be confiscated and a high price would be paid for those keeping the metal secret. In a financial tsunami the TPTB will declare everything that will causes 'wrong way' market actions illegal (gold, silver, shorting, inverse etf's) with severe consequences for contrarians. Buying farm land would seem reasonable ... for those able to do this ... maybe buying food futures ... but this is still just a paper asset, which may evaporate in the collapse.
I do believe that the US dollar and US banking system will not fail until that of Europe, so we will (IMO) have a small window of opportunity to act ... but act in what way.
This being said ... any suggestions or counter arguments?
Things people really need- Food, water, shelter, medicine, fixing broken things, self-defense, sanitation, mental stimulation, security, hope. There is more but the list is short.
Absent armageddon there will always be those things that people need. be in a position to provide them and you are set.
Ok ... Thank you, but I have already have ample sheltered food, water, shelter, medicine, self-defense ... I have mental stimulation galore, security, and hope. But I am still greedy ... is they're any way to protect my assets which are currently in cash in banks.
Precious metal only work if people are actually trading it. In order for the price of the metal to go up, people must be using the dollar in mass and buying that metal. Hence supply and demand. The problem is that too few people have the money to buy anything, let alone metals. And if the world were to switch to gold over night, say all of the middle east nations price oil in Gold (which would destory their governments overnight) no one would have any gold to buy it.
This means that a lot of distributions channels would shut down. And Of course this would cause people money to be worthless, but the problem would be that too few people would have metals or dollars to pay for anything. Money can only become what people have and are willing to trade. At one time tobacco, meats, wheat, etc was currency in north America because colonist did not have silver so that they could have imports. OF course the colonist didn't need silver for imports because colonist could produce everything they needed, except for English tea of course.
What you are seeing is the collapse pf the division of labor and of the state because people do not have any money. And if printing it worked that the soviet union would be around today and Cuba would not be calling for reform.
No, What needs to happen immediately is to eliminate all property and income taxes, regulations, and regulations which that would free up a lot of debt and money for ordinary people and businesses. But of course, how will social welfare be paid? There is not enough money now which is why they are borrowing money, and printing it, taking evn more capital out of the markets.
At some point the checks will bounce because too few and few people are producing things of value and have nothing of value to trade. Even when the economy recovers there is just to much debt which takes money out of circulation. People are not borrowing enough money, thus growing the money supply, to support the current economy.
What is needed is a laisse fair economy, sound money, and the end of government regulations.
China's air defenses are against the East. The US ICBM's point north. 90% of China's population is along the coast, most of which the Navy could take care of without ever having to spend a Marine.
That works since their response would be to eliminate Left Coasts on both coasts
Oh really? China's 250mph guided torpedoes say otherwise.
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Buy Silver.
Live Free Or Die.
So, why not just accumulate as much debt as possible? Either the entire Ponzi scheme collapses and 90% of people, indebted up to their eyeballs, make a new system that suits them, or the system does not collapse but he dollar is so devalued that you pay back the debt in worthless paper. In the meantime, you have used the debt to accumulate real wealth, from food to water filtration to guns and ammo to fuel. I don't see where investing in anything other than such real wealth is worth the risk.
NO, your theory misses the mark. Money is a medium of exchange, nothing more. And people must produce something or acquire something that somene else has produced that has value in order to make a trade. OF course, the other party too must have something of value to trade. It is all about supply and demand and (unrestricted) money can be anything.
And the reason why people buy the dollar is because Americans produce things that foreign people and most foreign nations want to buy, like food. They need to export something in order to get US dollars so that they can buy US Goods. Egypt riots because it cannot produce enough food for the masses and it exports hardly anything to US consumers which means it has no US dollars to buy US food.
And this is why the US is considered a safe haven. The US produces a lot of things which is key to the Global economy as well as the life blood of many nations. Most foreign nations are mercantile economics .
Mercantile economies create monopolies of trade in order to stiffle competition and to protect their political allies. They don't innovate nor create. And as such never over come diminishing returns nor create new goods and services nor produce them in sufficiant quantities. What we need is sound money and a laissez fair economy.
The world is is awash in a economic lie because too few people actually produce anything and governments don't allow for much innovation, creation, or trade. The banking problem exist, not because of banking but because of government regulations and control. SO, you can print all the money you want but if people do not produce anything, for a what ever reason, there is no need for it. The more individuals producing and trading with each other without restrictions, the better the economy and prosperious the nations as a whole.
This is what is causing the collapse of the division of labor around the world. This is what has distorted the markets for so long. IT is fiat money, taxes,debt, and government restrictions. We need a return to sound money, not a "gold standard". We need 100% asset back commodity currencies that can compete with each other. And people need to be able to afford a lifestyle and a living without having to borrow money.
The more Physical Gold and especially Silver we buy and take off the table the closer we get to reality.


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NBA Draft Trends: Mapping out where the foreign picks come from
View Foreign draft picks since 1998 in a full screen map
For the past week, we've been looking ahead -- and back -- at the NBA draft, examining 15 years worth of picks from both the pro and college angle to determine what patterns have emerged in the process. For our previous posts in this series, click here.
Today, we're looking at the overseas selections. In the map above (which you can click on to go wider/full screen), a detailed look at every foreign NBA draft pick since 1998. Click on the pin, and you'll see the player, his hometown, the year that he was drafted, his overall draft selection number, which NBA team selected him and which foreign team that he represented at the time of his pick. The 167 picks plotted out are only draft picks that were playing for foreign teams/not on college rosters at the time of their selection.
So, for example, Hasheem Thabeet (from Tanzania) doesn't qualify because he got to the NBA via UConn. The purpose of this post is to look at foreign-born/foreign-playing players only and see where the heaviest pockets of talent germinate. (And, yes, Canadians, this means there wasn't one Canuck playing international basketball at the time of the draft. I was surprised by this as well.)
How have NBA teams coveted foreign players in the past 15 years? Here's the scope of the boom -- and decline. In 2003, the peak: 20 players picked. In 2010, down to six, the lowest since the late '90s, right before the fad came in full. Look at that leap between '01 and '03. Was it coincidence that just two years later, the NBA instituted its age-limit rule?
As for foreign lottery picks, there have been just 20 since 1998, which isn't "bad," but also only bests the Big Ten in that department. The highest years for foreign-born lottery picks: 2002, 2006, 2001, all with three apiece.
You're now wondering: Which countries are producing the most pros? Here's the list of who's at the top. If it were still as one, the former Yugoslavia would dominate all over this horizontal bar graph, yo.
I encourage you to zoom in on the map above and see how clustered that pocket around Bosnia and Herzegovina is. Teeming, I tell you.
To my surprise: Germany and Russia had only four draft picks apiece in the last 15 years. In total, more than 40 countries have produced NBA players since 1998. Not bad, right? And though it's probably obvious, I must note that the country with the largest population and zero NBA players: India. About 1.3 billion people over there, and no one can ball at the best level. I guess it's all cricket and field hockey. Australia (three picks) would be higher were it not for the fact that many Aussies play college ball as the conduit to the NBA.
If you're curious, I also tallied up the draft selection of every one of these players, and the average foreign pick is selected 35th overall. (By contrast, the ACC is in the mid-20s.)
As for the NBA teams, I charted out each pick per franchise last week and where it comes. But to make it full circle for the sake of this post, here are the 10 teams that most desire foreign blood.
On the flip side, the Heat and Bobcats have taken just one foreign player in that span. (Though the Bobcats haven't been around for 15 years.)
Coming Thursday: How this year's draft order compares historically to the past 15 years.

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After a bumpy start to the season, Trevor Rosenthal has settled into his setup role nicely. Since April 24th, he has allowed only 1 unearned run in 9.2 IP. He has seen his ERA drop from a high of 5.00 on April 17th to the current low of 2.42. However, despite his run of success, there is one thing that concerns me, Mike Matheny has been using Rosenthal A LOT. Rosenthal has appeared in 23 of the Cardinals first 44 games, which puts him on pace for about 85 appearances for the year. While it is not unheard of for a team to use a pitcher that much, its rare for a team to do that to someone under the age of 25. Since 2000, only 4 pitchers under the age of 25 have appeared in more than 81 games in a season: Oscar Villareal, Matt Capps, Jonathan Broxton and Joe Smith. Oscar Villareal appeared in 86 games in his rookie season at the age of 21. He reported a sore elbow the next spring and later developed rotator cuff issues and has not been the same pitcher since. Matt Capps appea...
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Sushmita Sen & Main Hoon Na
Sushmita Sen (born 19 November, 1975) is an Indian actress who appears in mainly Bollywood films. Main Hoon Na (translation: I am here)is a Bollywood Masala-film written and directed by Farah Khan. It was the first film of Shahrukh Khan's production company Red Chillies Entertainment and Farah Khan's directorial debut film. /5
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Chiffon sari and I feel like Sushmita Sen in Main Hoon Na. So comfy they are!
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Main Hoon Na( translation:I Am Here Now) is a Bollywood action comedyfilm co-written and directed by Farah Khan. The screenplay was written by Farah Khan and Abbas Tyrewalabased on the story Anvita Dutt Guptan. It stars Shah Rukh Khan, Sunil Shetty, Sushmita Sen, Zayed Khanand Amrita Raoin the main cast. The film is the story of Indian army MajorRam Prasad Sharma (Shah Rukh Khan) who becomes embroiled in the events to ensure that "Project Milap" - the releasing of civilian captives on either side of the borders of Indiaand Pakistan- can take place as a sign of trust and peace between the two nations.Main Hoon Na is one of the most successful Indian films discussing the Indo-Pakistani conflict from a neutral point of view. It is the first film of Shah Rukh Khan's production company Red Chillies Entertainmentand choreographer Farah Khan's directorial debut film. It was released on 30 April 2004 and was declared a blockbuster hit in India by Box Office India.
when Shahrukh Khan has to sing to his teacher crush Sushmita Sen on his knees in Main Hoon Na
Sushmita Sen is so so hot in Main Hoon Na
Professor Kiran Toor reminds me of Sushmita Sen from Main Hoon Na. D only diff is that she's nt in a sari *violins play in the background*
more than the sexy chemistry teacher Sushmita Sen in Main Hoon Na. :)
Dono how gud Chitrangadha acting n dancing but find her extremely hot n sexy la sushmita sen in Main Hoon Na if no PC
Lectures are boring. We need a hot professor. Something like Sushmita Sen from Main Hoon Na
And I watched Main Hoon Na last night cause I adore SRK and Sushmita Sen and like.bawled my eyes out :/ LOL
But that's what Sushmita Sen did in Main Hoon Na and was/is considered one of the hottest saree wearers.
Directed by Farah Khan. With Shah Rukh Khan, Sushmita Sen, Sunil Shetty, Zayed Khan. An army major goes undercover as a college student. His mission his both professional and personal: to protect his general's daughter from a radical militant, and to find his estranged half-brother.
Man I wish more teachers looked like Sushmita Sen in Main Hoon Na.
Oh I see :P Then toh you'll like my Jasleen :P She is like...Bollywood example : Sushmita Sen in Main Hoon Na :D Ab laga lo..!
Her name was Firuzan Yasamis Speroni, a Ukranian. She often reminded me of Sushmita Sen from Main Hoon Na ... tumhe jo maine dekha. ;)
when i saw that kakak at JPN, its like Shah Rukh Khan saw Sushmita Sen in Main Hoon Na. exactly. tak tipu ! haizz. malm ni lena i tido.
IMO - no-one looks sexier in a saree than Sushmita Sen! Just think Main Hoon Na! > too right
Aishwarya Rai's Sarees in Devdas, Sushmita Sen's stunning look in the movie Main Hoon Na.
Upbeat song from Main Hoon Na starring King Khan! Lucky and Ram at the prom. (Shahrukh Khan), Zayed Khan, Sushmita Sen, and Amrita Rao. www.bollywhat.com www...
Sushmita Sen's entry scene in Main Hoon Na is just Epic :'D
Attendance of all guys will be 100 percent if our clge has a professor like sushmita sen in Main Hoon Na :p
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A new poll shows that by better than 2 to 1, Americans say the more they learn about Romney, the less they like him. As last week's PRRI/RNS Religion News Survey also showed, Obama edges out Romney in a head-to-head match-up.
The debate continues to rage over whether the Obama administration erred in its refusal to grant a broader religious exemption for religiously affiliated hospitals and colleges on no-cost birth control for the institutions' employees. A new PRRI survey shows that Catholics are relatively divided (52% support the requirement and 45% oppose it), despite the American Catholic bishops' concerted opposition.
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I'm running a game community blog at http://www.thegamechair.com. Currently the other authors working with me are set to author level 1 permissions. When they go to edit their published posts, the post_status field is supposed to swich to draft, however it switches to null taking it off the live site and making it not visible in the admin.
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Revel in hit after hit as the incredible, all-new for 2016, theatrical treat with a huge cast marks 50 years of Reach Out and a decade of continuing the legend of solid-gold artistes the Supremes, Temptations, Jackson 5, Isley Brothers, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, Lionel Richie and more.... Read more >>
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There are no booking fees for this production.
However, all bookings made through ATG Tickets for this venue are subject to a £2.85 Transaction fee.
All Super Seats include choice of nibble box, welcome drink and programme or theatre gift.
There are two wheelchair spaces in the stalls, dress circle, upper circle and balcony of the Theatre Royal. There is lift access to all levels.
We have an infra-red audio enhancement system in the auditorium. Patrons can choose between a headset or a necklace depending on their hearing needs. These are available from Front of House staff in the foyer. There are two devices available:
Induction Loop Necklace Suitable for persons wearing a hearing aid, the induction loop necklace is worn around the neck. Whilst wearing the necklace switch your hearing aid to the 'T' setting and the sound is amplified. The necklace has an adjustable volume control.
Headset This device amplifies sound through earpieces similar to regular headphones. Suitable for persons without a hearing aid
Guide, hearing and other working dogs are welcome in all parts of the theatre.
There are 2 accessible toilets in the stalls area and one in the basement, dress circle, upper circle and balcony of the Theatre Royal. There is lift access to all levels.
By Car
Glasgow City Council operates a supervised 24hr, pay-on foot (credit cards accepted) multi-storey car park one block from the theatre in Cambridge St. Parking after 6pm costs £1.50 and this charge entitles you to park until 9am the following day. Leave the car park on foot by the Cowcaddens Rd exit, follow Cowcaddens Rd for one block and the Theatre Royal is on your right. If you have an orange or blue badge you can park free of charge for as long as you wish in surrounding Pay & Display spaces. There are other car parks at Dundasvale and Concert Sq. Eastbound on the M8 Exit at J19 and follow signs for the City Centre. At the 1st set of traffic lights turn left into Pitt St. At the 2nd set of traffic lights turn right into West George St. Turn 1st left into Douglas St then continue (Blythswood Sq on your right) until you reach Sauchiehall St, having crossed both West Regent St and Bath St. Turn right into Sauchiehall St, then left into Rose St at the beginning of the pedestrianised area. Turn 1st right into Renfrew St then 1st left into Cambridge St. The car park is on your right. Westbound on the M8 Exit at J17. Turn left at the 1st set of traffic lights into West Graham St. Turn right at the major traffic lights into Cowcaddens Rd then first right into Cambridge St. The car park is on your left.
By Train
Queen St Leave Queen St station by the Dundas St exit (to your right from high level trains). Walk straight ahead across the taxi rank and into Dundas Lane. Turn right into Buchanan St and follow the pedestrianised area into Sauchiehall St then turn right into Hope St. The Theatre Royal is around 100yds on your right after you cross Renfrew St.
Central Leave Central station by the main entrance. Turn left into Gordon St then first right into Hope St. The Theatre Royal is at the top of Hope St 100yds on your right after you cross Renfrew St. For full timetable information call National Rail Enquiries on 08457 484950 or visit Network Rail's website.
By Underground
Leave Cowcaddens station & turn right. Walk alongside Cowcaddens Rd for around 200yds & turn right into Hope St. The Theatre Royal is in front of you.
By Bus
A wide variety of local bus routes stop close to the Theatre Royal. Longer distance services arrive at Buchanan Bus Station. Leave the bus station by the clock and head up Killermont St. Turn right up Hope St and the Theatre Royal is on your right. For timetable information call Traveline on 0870 608 2608. For other bus info call 0141 423 6600 8.30am- 6pm Mon - Fri and 8.30am- 12.30pm Sat.
By Coach
Coaches may drop off but not park in front of the theatre. Coach parks are located at High Street (call in advance 0141 552 7276) and Buchanan Bus Station (call in advance 0141 333 3762). Charges apply.
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Telephone Booking: 0844 871 7647 Calls cost 7p per minute, plus your phone company's access charge.
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The Theatre Royal Box Office (282 Hope Street) open 10am - 6pm, Mon - Sat, operates advance sales for both the Theatre Royal and our sister venue, the King's Theatre.
On show nights the Theatre Royal box office will open 90 mins before curtain up offering counter sales for the evening performance only and no advance sales after 6pm. If you are collecting tickets we recommend you arrive at least 45 minutes prior to the start of the show.
Access to upper levels
Following the redevelopment, new lifts have opened up access, meaning for the first time in the theatre's 147 year history all audience members can reach all levels.
Customers can now enjoy the theatre during the day, in a new café - Vanilla Black at the Theatre - serving coffee, cakes and other tasty treats. Complimentary wi-fi is available for cafe-users.
Creative Learning
We have purpose-built education rooms, supported by The Robertson Trust, with outreach activity run by Scottish Opera and The Ambassador Theatre Group. For more details about these spaces please contact Laura Fitzpatrick on 0141 240 1310.
Heritage Project
A heritage project - supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund - aims to share the theatre's rich architectural and performance history which has helped shape the face of popular entertainment in Glasgow. Interactive touchscreens tell the story of the theatre from its early days staging variety shows, to life as the home of Howard and Wyndham (fathers of modern pantomime), the birthplace of Scottish Television, and its transformation from TV studio back to a theatre, becoming the performance home of Scottish Opera and Scottish Ballet. For more information please visit www.glasgowtheatreroyal.org.uk


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Oh, you guys have been missing out! I forgot to post updates of this here. Related: mugenguild.com/forum/topics/ch…
The animation has been coded into the char this week and I just sent the coder sound effects for it, I think in not too much time I can make a video of it
Beauty. Is this an intro/win-pose?
Yes, an intro.
Is the intro going to be from form one to the playable form? Because ending at that form confuses me.
Yeah he's gonna completely transform into his 3rd form, then break apart to reveal his final (playable) form.
But I didn't want to give it all away just yet
But I didn't want to give it all away just yet
...wow holy shit.
Very good.
real nice
Impressive and you'll get my HONEST vote for sure
the effect is very good !
Wow I love it congratulations ! I always wana do it but I didn't find the time !
Amaizing as always Balthazar
Amaizing as always Balthazar
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Books are the most important treasure in our life. These are the sources of learning and knowledge. Read this article about the topic Books are the best friends.
Since ages books have been the real partners of human beings. They have always been proven to be a source of knowledge and learning .Though silent, insensitive and non-living but even then the company provided by them is beyond praise and incomparable. Books have always been good companions in both good and bad phases of life of people. They have always been impartial as far as their friendship is concerned. They are the same for both rich as well as poor. Robert Southey, an avid lover of books wrote:
"My never failing friends are they,
With whom I converse day by day,
With them I take delight in weal,
And seek relief in woe."
Books are great source of entertainment and recreation. Close company of books and reading them dedicatedly with interest adds a lot to our knowledge and cognizance. Books are of many types and it is the interest of an individual which he finds the most interesting to spend time with. Some love reading novels, some are passionate about current magazines, and some are fond of articles and quotation related books. Library considered as the temple of books. Lover of books finds calm and a quiet environment to interact with the books effectively there. Library is a place of peace, solitude and serenity. Hours can be spent in the library reading books. A person returning home after spending a couple of hours in the library feels relaxed and filled with knowledge. J.B. Macaulay once said, "I would rather be a poor man in a garret with plenty of books then a king who did not love reading". Books provide us company in both good and bad times. They are vested with several entertaining and interesting topics that refresh our mind. Whenever we are little depressed, there are several books that boost us and encourage us at that bad juncture of life. We get to learn from the writings of many famous personalities how to recover from difficult situations. If we look into our career point of view, books keeps up abreast with current affairs and provides us with each and every subject to prepare for the competitive. Their friendship is so selfless and pure that they do not demand their reader nothing in return. They just want reader to have sincere dedication towards them. Since our Kindergarten days books have proven to be our most faithful friends and have always been helping in every circumstance. Books are the pearls of wisdom. Many times when we travel by bus or train, books provides a best time pass and a good source of entertaining our self. Reading magazines, comics and novels in such journeys really makes the journey short and easy instead of tire journeys. Choice and content of the books is also of first and foremost importance. It is very essential what type and quality of books you read. If you develop the habit of reading poor quality and inferior books that will contaminate your thoughts and instead of increasing your knowledge that will have adverse result. So be qualitative in books selection.Beacon felt, "Reading maketh a full man". As exercise is to the body reading books is to the mind. Consistent reading of good books keeps your mind more fresh and alert and updated too.
Books are the most sincere, faithful and never falling friends. Everybody may deceive you but books will always remain beside during your bad times. Books are your friends, teachers and guides as well. Just reading a book is of no use until it is properly understood with interest. Books always want its reader to gain something from it. It wants to impart knowledge. "Life is a flower, Reading books is to smell it". Epics like Mahabharatha, Ramayana have always been a source of inspiration to all of us and keeping our culture alive till now and acquainting us all with it. The holy books like, Gita, Bible, Quran, guru Garanth Sahib teach us about the different religions which would otherwise have not been possible. We cannot even imagine the importance the books plays in our life. Thorough knowledge of these books and implementing them has taken many towards enlightenment. Thus books purify our thoughts and also make our thoughts pious. So, I feel that one should always enjoy the company of books and regard the selfless nature of the books to each and every individual.
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RSVP for the Directing Change Award Ceremony on May 19th
We hope you can join us for this inspiring event to recognize our student film makers! Please note that there is limited space and RSVP is required. To RSVP for the 2015 award ceremony on May 19th, 2015 click here:
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2014 Statewide Winners Announced in Directing Change Video Contest on Mental Health Matters Day
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ScienceDaily: "Live Evolution Witnessed In Controlled Environment Of Microbial Predator And Prey" Ooh! Live evolution! Could it really be!?
According to the news, French scientists have been busy watching predator and prey bacteria "evolve" over some 300 generations in a controlled environment—until the prey becomes "resistant." Does that sound like the story of antibiotic resistance? The scenario is so similar that the news release refers to the predator (actually the bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus) as a "living antibiotic."
It all depends on how you define evolution.
The prey in the experiment was Pseudomonas fluorescens. Under starting conditions, the predator is able to penetrate most of the prey and eat it from the inside. However, as the "evolution" takes place, only two forms of the prey survive the predator: the "Wrinkly Spreader morph" and the "Fuzzy Spreader morph." The former group colonized the top of the liquid medium the bacteria were in, forming a protective biofilm on the surface. The latter group retreated to the bottom of the bottles, where the lowest levels of oxygen are. (The "evolution" took place over 300 generations, with researchers continually agitating, sampling, freezing, and transplanting portions of the liquid medium to emulate natural selection in the wild.)
The predator bacterium "evolved" as well, eventually able to attack the "Fuzzy Spreader" morph—though the release notes that "[w]hat makes prey resistant or predators capable of attacking them again remains poorly understood."
So, is this evolution? As we have written many times in the past, it all depends on how you define evolution. In the sense that P. fluorescens is changing, yes; in the sense that P. fluorescens could one day become a completely new organism with a more sophisticated genome programming novel capabilities, no.
Instead, this is a perfect example of natural selection acting on what are likely mutations. According to the news release, all P. fluorescens should have been identical as of the first generation. Assuming this was the case, the Wrinkly Spreader and Fuzzy Spreader morphs would likely have been the result of genetic mutations after the first generation that led these two morphs to behave differently—in this case, colonizing different parts of the bottles they lived in.
A simple analogy would be a population of humans in a forest who are being hunted down by Grizzly bears. (For starters, imagine speeding up the reproductive process so that we can observe 300 generations of human and bear population growth—transplanted among different experimental forests—within a few months.) Most humans are, sooner or later, eaten by the bears. However, a few diminutive humans are able to squeeze into tiny caves in the forest that the bears can't reach inside. This small human population survives and is able to thrive once most normal-sized humans have died out.
Scientists haven't yet sequenced the bacterial genomes.
Does this new population have new genetic information that the earlier humans lacked (such as a new defense structure, sharp claws, superhuman strength, etc.)? No, and if the bears were gone and the "normal" human population were restored, the diminutive population might struggle to survive.
In none of these cases, either with the bacteria or in the fictional human/bear example, are the "evolved" species gaining genetic information or new capabilities. It's probably the exact opposite of the gain in genetic information that would be required for bacteria to evolve into fish, into reptiles, into mammals, into humans, etc.
The news release even concludes by confirming that scientists haven't yet sequenced the bacterial genomes. We're confident that when they do, they will find that the evolved bacteria are not generally more fit than their ancestors, but rather less fit.
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Halloween magic by CassiopeiaArtWatch
©2011-2016 CassiopeiaArt
This is my entry for the Black cat contest over at digital-art-fantasy.deviantart…
Thank you to the following stockers:
for the model lusete.deviantart.com/gallery/… (the exact pack i purchased is no longer available)
for the pumpkins fav.me/d4d0ynz
for the cauldron fav.me/d3hu2as
for the smoke brushes from her shop finfond.net
All the rest is my own stock
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Really impressive I love the colour focus on the center of the picture. And the two pumpkins on the front are great, nice light effect on them
I love this! Happy Halloween..late!
I like the pumpkin that seems to be turning green on his own!
Very beautiful, dear
Wonderful work!
That's fantastic! I'm in love with the little pumpkins, they crack me up!
Thanks Lucie! The pumpkins actually crack me up to.. I just had to make a fun element in this, it makes artworks so much more fun to do
a great halloween piece
Wow, your art is so amazing. Thanks for using my pumpkin-stock, I like the arms and legs and the colours of the pumpkins you put in so much


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Customizable pendant
by kakaroto, published
Thing Info
This is a customizable pendant of the rhodonea curve and other curves.
This is taken from my curve generator and made into a pendant : http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:50249
UPDATE: Now supports up to 5 different types of curves. See updated instructions below for more information.
This script will generate a pendant with an artistic rendering of a mathematical curve inside.
It was originally a generator for the Rhodonea curve (Rose).
Here are the equations used for each one of those curves :
Rhodonea curve : x=cos(a/bt)sin(t); y=cos(a/bt)cos(t)
Epicycloid : x=(a+b)cos(t)-bcos(((a/b)+1)t); y=(a+b)sin(t)-bsin(((a/b)+1)t)
Epitrochoid : x=(a+b)cos(t)-ccos(((a/b)+1)t); y=(a+b)sin(t)-csin(((a/b)+1)t)
Hypocycloid : x=(a-b)cos(t)+bcos(((a/b)-1)t); y=(a-b)sin(t)-bsin(((a/b)-1)t)
Hypotrochoid: x=(a-b)cos(t)+ccos(((a/b)-1)t); y=(a-b)sin(t)-csin(((a/b)-1)t)
(See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_%28mathematics%29 )
You can set the 'a, 'b', and 'c' parameters to affect the look of the pattern (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rose-rhodonea-curve-7x9-chart-improved.svg for example) and chose which pattern type to generate.
The patterns can vary a lot depending on the parameters, even for the same type of curve, so experiment and see what you like. I've created a few remixes that show some of the possibilities.
You can define the thickness of the pattern and outer wall as well as the height of pendant The rose radius will set the radius of the pendant.
The epitrochoid, epicycloid, hypotrochoid and hypocycloid patterns may not fit entirely in the outer circle of the pendant, so you can adjust the "Ring Adjustment" property to make them fit completely, or even to make them go beyond the borders if you think it's nicer that way.
Experiment, create and enjoy!
Note: This is my second attempt at using openscad (the first being http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:49590).
This was a lot of work since openscad wasn't made for drawing curves, and it seems I'm the first one to achieve somehting like that.
Thanks for all those who liked the design!
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nice pendant used a jade green to make it..............
oh, just saw the picture you uploaded, it looks nice! thanks for making it :)
Cool, would love to upload a picture of that. Since I don't have a 3D printer, I couldn't print it and upload a real image of it.
Awesome script.
Did you know that the Epicycloid never touches the outside no matter what settings you choose?
Is it possible to modify the script so that the circles on the outside of the Epicycloid is the actual outside ring?
Yes, I noticed the epicycloid (and I think hypocycloid too) don't always fit the outer circle, that's because it depends on the parameters, sometimes it will be smaller, and sometimes larger. That's why I added the ring adjustement configuration parameter, it should allow you to make the curve bigger/smaller so it fits and merges with the outer ring of the pendant.
Wow, I didn't even see all those extra parameters that you had to scroll down to. Thanks for the quick reply.
Note: I've updated the script, hopefully with more realistic values for the radius/thickness/height. I'd love to get a 3D printer to print this to actually see how it appears in real life. so if someone can do that and maybe some me a picture, that would be great!
See now this is a pretty cool customizer script. Well done.
Thanks! :) I was surprised to see that no one wrote a curve generating script until now :) I had a lot of fun doing it.


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I think your back study is your strongest piece out of the group
This was very helpful for my piece Bubbah.
Thankyou for the outstanding quality of work.
Thankyou for the outstanding quality of work.
These are beautiful! Great job
bottom right is a mountain of muscles like a statue
Where did you study, if anywhere?
Wow! I love the back!!
awesome work
Fantastic! you have a gifted hand!
Looks great! fantastic definition and shadowing.
Good, but you should also improve that handwriting of yours
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First, this is amazing!!!!! And second, it creeps me out cause that profile looks just like my father! Like you drew him... This is honestly freakin me out
Some gorgeous shading the shadows above the eyes really cast life into their face
dat butt. ....... more men gotta know that it's not only girls should also have a nice butt LOL XD but dude you got the muscles all like buff-y. I like it :3 Tres Marvellous
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Awesome Illustrating Skill!
that left arm. where does it go? lol
The one on the left is totally Michael Bisping!
That arm looks super weird.
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Top notch work.
I love that back *3*
Nice butt!
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On Ice - Stock by MariaAmandaWatch
©2013-2016 MariaAmanda
ive herd girl clothes are very comfortable butt ill never know guys cant wear girl clothes
Beautiful choker
Linda Maria Amanda, good photo !
MariaAmanda, the epitome of female figure. love the On Ice series!
I've said it one, I'll say it again. You are a gem my dear Maria! Fair skin, beautiful hair, and a body that makes anything you wear beautiful!
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10 Reasons Why We Love Victoria Justice!
December 2, 2012
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What's not to love about Victoria Justice? She's been modeling and starring in hit TV shows since she was little, and her fame has only grown more since then! Victoria's talent, beauty and confidence has made her one of the biggest teen stars in Hollywood, but we still have to list our own reasons for why we think she totally deserves the title:
10. This is kind of obvious, but she's the star of one our all-time favorite Nickelodeon shows, Victorious! We can't imagine who could play the talented, optimistic Tori Vega better than Vic.
9. She's an amazing singer and has been the main vocalist for many of Victorious's hit songs.
8. She's always up for trying new things. The Halloween movie Fun Size was Vic's first major big-screen role, but she's said it won't be her last. This girl is so brave when it comes to making plans- she's never afraid to dream big.
7. She's absolutely hilarious. Victoria once dished that one of her favorite ways to prank her BFFs is to hide behind doors or in their dressing rooms then jump out and scare them! She's even done this to Victorious co-star Avan Jogia – while he was holding a hot bowl of oatmeal!
6. She's a gorgeous cover girl. In the past few months, Victoria has covered magazines like Vogue, Latina magazine and Girl's Life.
5. She never forgets her roots. Victoria always says how grateful she is to her family for supporting her dreams to become an actress and singer. They even agreed to move with her all the way to L.A. so she could start modeling and auditioning for roles! That just shows how much faith they had in her, and clearly, it's paid off. So how did Vic repay them? She bought them a new house!
4. She's a great dancer. Most of the songs on Victorious have an upbeat rhythm great for dancing, so Victoria is always busting some awesome moves on the show. Plus she always looks like she's having so much fun!
3. She's super dedicated to developing herself as an artist. One of Victoria's post-Victorious plans include writing and producing her own screenplay one day!
2. Her style. On the red carpet, we've seen Vic rock both skinny jeans and glamorous gowns. She's also said that she's always up to browse vintage or secondhand stores!
1. Her dedication to being a good role model. Victoria is a huge supporter and Champion for Girl Up, a charity dedicated to bettering the lives of girls in developing countries.
What do YOU love best about Victoria Justice? Let us know in the comments or tweet us!
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I love victorious<3
She did not bring moustaches. Moustaches have been around scince the ninties and you just have to look at the right stores. She said she likes moustaches but she did not bring out moustaches. Sooo….. get your facts straight before you tell them to the world.


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Triple Chocolate Cake Pops
Recipe from Ghirardelli Chocolate
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1 recipe Grand Fudge Cake, cooled (see below)
1 recipe Ghirardelli Buttercream Frosting (see below)
5 cups Ghirardelli® 60% Cacao Bittersweet Chocolate Baking Chips
2 tablespoons shortening
58 round paper lollipop or wooden craft sticks
2/3 cup Ghirardelli Classic White Chocolate Baking Chips
complete your meal
Crumble the Grand Fudge Cake into a very large bowl. Add the Ghirardelli Buttercream Frosting. Beat with an electric mixer on low speed until combined. Using a small scoop or spoon, drop the mixture into 1-1/2-inch mounds onto waxed paper-lined baking sheets. Roll mounds into balls and freeze for 30 minutes.
In a small microwave-safe bowl, combine 1/4 cup of the Ghirardelli® 60% Cacao Bittersweet Chocolate Baking Chips and 1/4 teaspoon of the shortening. Cook on medium power (50 percent) for 1 minute. Remove and stir until smooth. Dip one end of each lollipop stick into the melted chocolate and poke sticks into the cake balls (this helps the balls stay on the sticks). Freeze for 30 to 60 minutes more or until balls are firm.
In a small microwave-safe bowl, place the Ghirardelli® Classic White Chocolate Baking Chips. Cook on medium power (50 percent) power for 1 minute. Remove and stir. If chocolate is not melted, return to microwave and repeat heating step, stirring every 30 seconds to avoid scorching. Stir until smooth. Set aside.
Meanwhile, in a large microwave-safe bowl, combine the remaining Ghirardelli 60% Cacao Bittersweet Chocolate Baking Chips and the remaining shortening. Microwave on medium power (50 percent) for 2 minutes. Remove and stir. If chocolate is not melted, return to microwave and repeat heating step, stirring every 30 seconds to avoid scorching. Working in batches, dip the frozen balls into the melted bittersweet chocolate. Allow excess to drip off. When the bittersweet chocolate is just set, drizzle the pops with the melted white chocolate. Place on prepared baking sheets.* Let stand for 30 minutes or until chocolate is set. After chocolate is set, transfer to a storage container and store, covered, in the refrigerator for up to 1 week. Let stand at room temperature for at least 30 minutes before serving.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and lightly flour two 9-inch round cake pans. In a medium bowl, combine 2 cups all-purpose flour, 3/4 cup Ghirardelli® Unsweetened Cocoa, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1 teaspoon baking soda, and 1/2 teaspoon salt, and set aside. In a large bowl, cream 1 cup softened butter or margarine and 1-3/4 cups sugar on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Reduce speed to low, and add 2 teaspoons vanilla and 2 eggs one at a time, scraping bowl after each addition. Alternately add flour mixture and 1-1/3 cups milk (starting and ending with the flour mixture), while mixing on low speed. Continue to mix until smooth. Pour into prepared pans. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until a cake tester inserted in the center of cake comes out clean.
In bowl, beat 6 tablespoons butter until light and fluffy. In a separate bowl, mix 2-2/3 cups powdered sugar with 1/2 cup Ghirardelli® Unsweetened Cocoa. Blend sugar mixture with butter alternately with milk, beat well after each addition. Beat until smooth. Blend in 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract.
* If you don't want the pops to have a flat side, poke the ends of the lollipop sticks into floral foam to suspend the pops until the chocolate is set.
nutrition information
Per Serving: cal. (kcal) 206, Fat, total (g) 12, chol. (mg) 19, sat. fat (g) 7, carb. (g) 26, fiber (g) 1, sugar (g) 19, pro. (g) 2, vit. A (IU) 145.77, vit. C (mg) 0, sodium (mg) 96, calcium (mg) 20.19, iron (mg) 1.62, Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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Introducing Fossil Fools Day
"The fossil fools ain't no joke – but that doesn't mean we can't fight them with one," say activists at www.fossilfoolsdayofaction.org as they announce plans to pull pranks April 1.
Citing destabilization of the global climate, and the inconvenient truth that communities from Alaska to Alberta to Appalachia are being destroyed by dirty energy extraction and combustion, super hurricanes, droughts, Rising Tide North America charges that in December 2009, politicians in Copenhagen, "sold us out to the fossil fools, corporate lobbyists and big banks."
"Now we're left with 'green capitalism,' carbon market shenanigans and continued assaults on our communities and ecosystems," Rising Tide states. " If we're going to stop climate change, the only real solution is to keep fossil fuels in the ground."
They are promising to convert the usual April Fool's Day jokery into Fossil Fool's Day, by "pulling some pranks that pack a punch."
In the Bay Area, some of these self-described clowns plan to pay a visit to Chevron "to send a message that fooling around with fossil fuels is fooling around with our future."
Rising Tide North America spokesperson Sarah Hampton told the Guardian that interested parties are invited to meet at 6:45 am, April 1 at Ashby BART station in Berkeley "to make noise and theater and educate the local public about our demands to Chevron and the atrocities that Chevron is responsible for globally."
"We are not announcing where we will be going," Hampton clarified. "But if folks want to get involved, they are welcome to meet at Ashby BART station, dressed like clowns and bringing musical instruments, as long as they are not planning to be violent."
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The Social Security Administration runs the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program, which is the largest federal program. It also runs the Supplemental Security Income program. These programs are growing rapidly and are financially unsustainable without major restructuring. Reforms should aim to promote greater reliance on personal savings for funding periods of disability and retirement.
The Social Security Administration will spend $954 billion in 2015, which is about $7,756 for every household in the nation.
- Social Security Retirement. Social Security faces a huge financing gap because of its pay-as-you-go structure and the aging of the U.S. population. It should be transitioned to a system of personal savings accounts, which would increase individual financial security and help to avert future tax increases.
- Social Security Disability Insurance. Growing numbers of Americans are receiving disability benefits, and the system is subject to major abuses. Policymakers should tighten eligibility for the program and explore ways to move it to the private sector.
- Supplemental Security Income. This program for low-income and disabled individuals suffers from similar abuses and overspending problems as Social Security Disability Insurance. The financing and administration of Supplemental Security Income should be devolved to the states.
- Milton Friedman on Social Security, Hoover Digest, April 30, 1999.