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Sam Billings hopes to emulate the destructive innings played by Jos Buttler against Pakistan as England prepare for three Twenty20 internationals in United Arab Emirates.
Having been out of form and dropped from the Test side, Buttler produced a stunning display of hitting in the fourth one-day international on Friday with a 46-ball hundred in England's 84-run victory.
Billings watched his international team-mate's knock from the stands in Dubai, and hopes to produce something similar if he gets a chance in the T20 matches that begin on Thursday.
"The bloke's a freak, to put it bluntly," he told the ECB website. "It was a phenomenal innings, and a pleasure to watch. We're all trying to emulate something like that on a personal level.
"The pleasing thing is that I think we have numerous individuals who can make performances like that happen.
"You aspire to do things like that. You've done it at county level, so it's about emulating it at international level.
"If I get an opportunity, I'll give it 100 per cent and hope it will come off."
After impressing in the ODI series against Pakistan, England's attentions now turn to the shortest form of the game with Billings hoping they can continue their form as they begin their preparations for next year's World T20.
He added: "As a squad in one-day cricket, I think we've moved forward really well.
"We feel this whole squad can really move up another level, so it's about continuing that momentum throughout this winter into the World Cup.
"The next global Twenty20 tournament is in India, it doesn't get much better than that.
"So to have a bit of experience out here, in these conditions, is invaluable."


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Jessie J has revealed that she was so happy when she watched the first episode of The Voice recently.
The 'Domino' hitmaker retured to the BBC show for a second series and earlier this year she, Danny O'Donoghue, Will.iam and Tom Jones got together in the Beeb headquarters in Salford to record the 2013 blind auditions.
They filmed the tryouts, the battle rounds, the steal and the knockouts and later this month the show will finally return to our screens.
Yesterday Unreality TV got a sneak preview of the series at the London press launch and speaking on the red carpet Jessie admitted that she 'couldn't stop grinning' as she watched back some of the talent they had seen.
She said:
"I couldn't stop grinning, I was so proud of how far the show has come. We've learned from last series, we've become more confident in each other and how we talk to each other. The talent is out of this world this year."
Jessie already has her team whittled down to just three hopefuls, that she will take forward to the live shows later in the year. She is keen to mentor and coach them to the best of her ability and confessed:
"It's exciting to be part of something that really celebrates singers."
The Voice hasn't just retained it's whole judging panel, but it's kept the same presenters too – which is relatively unheard of in the land of reality TV – and both Reggie Yates and Holly Willoughby will front the show again this year.
Yates promised fans that the new run will be even better than the first and he thinks the coaches have gotten even more competitive than ever.
He said:
"Series 2 definitely feels like it's moved on a bit, because we did so well in the first year. This time around it's great because not only are the coaches more competitive but things have changed."
The changes he mentions include less live shows, more battle rounds, more auditions and the chance for the coaches to steal each others acts.
Watch the official promo video for the 2013 series of The Voice and tell us, are you excited? Leave your comments below…..

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Japan Gundam Statue Destroyed?
Japan Earthquake Takes Down Gundam? [Updated]
One of my favorite memories about my trip to Japan during the Tokyo Game Show a few years ago was visiting the Gundam statue. Unfortunately, it seems that not only was the tip of the Tokyo Tower bent during yesterday's 9.0 earthquake, but the country's anime monument may have been destroyed. Anyone else have pictures? Send them in.
Update: The image on the right looks to be a fake. Here's to hoping Gundam is still standing somewhere.
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Posted by ESPN.com's Pat Yasinskas
The Super Bowl, which was held in Tampa this year, will be back in an NFC South city in 2013. New Orleans will host Super Bowl XLVII and that's long overdue.
New Orleans is the best of all Super Bowl venues when it comes to logistics, in my opinion, and I wouldn't mind a bit if the game was played there every year. Virtually everything (stadium, hotels, restaurants) is within walking distance, the weather is usually decent and New Orleans knows how to throw a party.
But the city had been out of the Super Bowl loop since 2002. That was almost entirely because the Saints and the state of Louisiana were having trouble working out a long-term lease agreement on the Superdome.
That got worked out a few weeks ago and NFL owners didn't waste any time in putting the game back in New Orleans, where it belongs -- at least every few years.


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Mine have a half day on their last day.
That is so nice you got help for that long and that she is coming back. Your kids must be really excited I always remember being so ready for the school year to end!
It was wonderful having her here helping, she was a big help. The kids are pretty excited, they told me they don't want to go to school, so I told them they don't have much longer before their vacation. I know I was always excited when the school year ended when I was a kid.
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My kids start in mid-August, we always went into June when I was in school. I'll probably be overrun with a school schedule for quite a few more years. It's strange I'm so pregnant and my belly is sticking out so far but yet I feel fine.
Do you have a lot planned for the summer? I mean, other then taking care of a new born and 8 other kids, LOL.
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That sounds like a great time! I hope you find something cool for everyone :)
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At the end of 2014, Facebook reported 1.35 billion monthly users and Twitter announced it had 24 million monthly users.
With an ever-growing percentage of the world immersing themselves in social media, businesses of all kinds have the opportunity to interact with existing and new customers in an unprecedented new way. If a business in the marine industry is not using social media to communicate with their customers, it is likely their competitor is.
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We spoke to a number of boat brokers at this year's CWM FX London Boat Show about their thoughts on the benefits of putting more of their marketing focus towards social media. See what they had to say below...
Summarising what the industry experts we spoke to at CWM FX London Boat Show 2015 had to say, there are 5 key benefits for a business of any size to use social media.
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GUNTERSVILLE, Ala. Saturday is a day of introspection for half the field of every CITGO Bassmaster Elite Series event.
There are always at least 50 anglers who spent the night thinking about what could have been. Bassmaster.com asked a sample of the anglers who didn't fish on Saturday what they would have done differently if they could start the event all over again.
The following are their responses:
Bernie Schulz
55th place (26-04)
"Hindsight is 20-20. To be honest, my practice wasn't stellar. My initial approach was to go an area where I caught them last time we were here, but the habitat and water levels had changed and the fish weren't there.
"It only took a few hours to figure out I needed a new approach. I decided to look for bedding fish and I found them. As practice progressed, I felt that was the most stable thing I found. The problem was that other anglers were finding them too.
"There are so many good sight fishermen on tour, that I tried very hard to develop an off shore pattern on the ledges and humps adjacent to the main river. I wanted to be able to catch a limit off beds and then go to the main river and cull. I caught 17 pounds off beds on the first day. The second day, I caught two on beds and then decided to gamble and go to the ledges, because all these incredible sight fishermen had already been through these areas.
"If I could do it again I wouldn't go to the main river. It's just not time yet. I caught two four pounders there in practice in one pass down a 100-yard stretch of a two mile spoil bank, which tells me there was a good grade of fish in that area, but they just didn't bite for me on the second day. I would have stayed on the shore especially with the cloud cover. A topwater bait would have been a good back up to the sight fishing."
Paul Elias
53rd place (26-06)
"I don't know what I would do different. It was crazy yesterday. My partner caught eight keepers and I only caught four and mine happened to be the four smallest. The wind direction was a challenge. I couldn't position the boat correctly. I didn't miss any fish. I just couldn't get any bites. If I had it to do again, I'd probably do it the same way."
Terry Segraves
60th place (25-00)
"I made one simple mistake. I started out with the wrong bait the first morning of the tournament. I used a lipless crankbait and the fish weren't biting well enough to stay buttoned up. I lost a six pounder and a four pounder right at the boat. I should have been using soft practice, a Carolina rig or a Texas-rigged worm. They just wouldn't bite those treble hooks good. I guess after the spawn they didn't have the energy."
Preston Clark
62nd place (24-06)
"I would spend more time looking for bedding fish. I think there were more fish moving up than I initially thought there were. A lot of guys are still sight fishing and I thought that would be over. Other anglers are fishing out deep and I can do that as well, but sight fishing is my strength and I should have spent more time on the trolling motor looking for beds."
Shaw Grigsby
65th place (24-03)
"I was catching my fish spinner-baiting in the morning. I caught 14 pounds early on the first morning of the tournament. My partner had 11 pounds behind me. Any of those fish he caught would have put me way up there in the standings, so I was obviously on some nice fish.
"The next day I did basically the same thing caught a limit real quick that weighed almost 11 pounds. I should have gone sight fishing after I limited. That's my strength. I had not seen a whole lot in practice on beds so I didn't have a lot of confidence in sight fishing on the second day. In retrospect I know I could have caught at least one or two good ones enough to make the cut.
"In any fishing situation, failure makes you learn. Making the top-50 cut is a little piece of success. When you miss it, it really hurts and you spend a lot of time trying to figure out what you did wrong. I know I should have gone sight fishing on the second day."
Britt Myers
71st place (23-09)
"I really don't know. I would probably throw a top water more, especially early in the morning fishing in main-lake pockets. I caught a few doing this that were quality fish, Everything else were smaller fish I would also probably spend more time in practice finding bedding fish. I caught a lot of little buck bass, but I couldn't catch the big fish by just casting, so I needed to have found more on beds."
Matt Reed
80th place (19-13)
"I just didn't make proper adjustments. I thought I was on a pretty good group of fish but I stayed with them too long. I had caught them on a big spinnerbait in practice but the fish changed and I didn't change with the fish. I think this is called my Guntersville disease. I just don't ever catch them the first day at Guntersville. I love the lake, but it can make me cringe.
"I have had really good practices there every time we've been there, but I have never had a good first day. I fished the same pattern both days. I caught four pounds on the first day and 15 on the second day. I didn't catch a fish until 11:00 and had a limit by noon on the second day. I essentially did the same thing I did on the first day. So I'm still scratching my head."
Jeff Kriet
84th place (18-12)
"I don't like to make excuses but I had mechanical problems in practice and was without a boat. I had to practice with other anglers (Mike McClelland and Jeff Reynolds) and I just wasn't prepared. I rushed on the first day. I would have fished in a little bit deeper grass. On the second day, I flipped grass and caught some good keepers. I should have fished slower and moved out deeper. You have to stick with your strengths and I didn't. I should have targeted post spawn fish."
Bink Desaro
88th place (17-11)
"I was in a good position going into the second day the weights were so tight clear to fifty. On the second day I just didn't fish the conditions. It was a custom made day for a spinnerbait dark skies, cloudy with a little bit of a chop on the water. I was throwing a swim bait. I should have used a spinnerbait right off the top of the day. I tried to stick with my game plan, but sometimes you should see what the day hands you and change your approach to fit the conditions."
Stephen Browning
100th place (12-03)
"I never got around any quality fish. I didn't have a good game plan for the second day. I would have put together a strategy for day two instead of just trying to go fishing and make something happen. On the first day, I lost a big fish on a spinner bait that I never saw. Then I had a fish break a spinnerbait.
"I convinced myself that they had to be catfish. After talking to another competitor that was fishing that area and caught some big fish, I think they might have been bass. I just made some stupid decisions. I fished an area of the lake that I hadn't fished all week. And I didn't catch anything."


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Poll results: Galaxy NEXUS vs Galaxy S II vs DROID RAZR vs iPhone 4S
0. phoneArena posted on 24 Oct 2011, 07:04
The Samsung GALAXY Nexus was announced last week with industry challenging huge 4.65-inch screen with a resolution of 720x1280 pixels. The beautiful contoured screen was the biggest highlight…
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60. Dwoogs (Posts: 20; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
Do...you....know...how..idiotic.....you.....sound....when you.....do....every.....single....post...like this with .....way too many....periods......????....???
65. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
even william shatner gets annoyed by his posts.. lol
99. gallitoking (Posts: 4721; Member since: 17 May 2011)
you know you sounded more idiotic than me.. right now... so thats your excuse.. being an idiot to make a point.. still makes you an idiot right?
18. mctcm (Posts: 204; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
if the razr had ICS and an unlocked boot loader, this poll would be very different
25. elite monkey (Posts: 21; Member since: 19 Jun 2010)
Well in the UK were expected to pay £61 per month for the ip4s! not just tech android wins but pricing aswell
29. vette21man (Posts: 351; Member since: 06 Apr 2011)
If it were a pure DEVICE selection (e.g., specs, customization, unified OS) I agree that the Galaxy Nexus wins this poll.
If we're talking ECOSYSTEM, I'd take the iPhone 4S. Particularly, backwards compatibility, resale value, Apple customer service (including warranty), app quality, iTunes Match, optional Jailbreak (icing on cake).
Check out the section "Why I Stay an Apple fan" here:
39. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
if you go all in with apple and buy all their apple products, like you have, the ecosystem would be a great benefit. Since I keep brand loyalty sparse, it wouldnt do anything for me... lol.
I dont understand the backwards compatibility and some of the other things you list, but hey, to each their own.
check out this video about the benefits of android :)
42. vette21man (Posts: 351; Member since: 06 Apr 2011)
GAH! Rick Rolled again! You know I really don't mind being Rick Astley'd, true 80s classic. I'm never gonna give you up, remixfa.
49. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
couldnt help myself :)
never gonna run around and desert you!
I just cant get over how deep the kids voice is.. he looks like hes 12.
51. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
RR I hate you now -_-
55. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
you know you love it :)
57. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
beat my record for not falling for them! sure need to re-install my link cheeking app for chrome! it was nice to see whatever the link may hold before clicking on it
58. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
ill find a way past it :)
46. vette21man (Posts: 351; Member since: 06 Apr 2011)
Quick word about iPhone and backwards compatibility:
If you buy accessories (e.g., iPod dock stereo, workout armband, external backup battery, car charger), you can be sure that your future iPhone/iDevice will work with them, too.
I find that difficult with any OS where the HW mfg doesn't make the SW (e.g., Android, Windows Phone). If you buy an extra battery or armband for these phones, most likely they won't work with your future device. So, you will have to re-buy all those accessories...if you appreciate the option to buy all of it. One of the only things that remains constant is buying a microSD card that you can use in your future device.
I realize you could buy a universal USB portable charger, but it is a less-than-elegant work-around.
And 1 more thing:
"Never gonna give you up, Never gonna let you down"
50. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
I don't know much about backwards compatibility but for example those 3G/3GS users that got an iPhone 4/4S had to buy new stuff the only issue with parts can be found when you buy non standard based products, and there seems to be a reduction on that matter lately. and if the 5/6 iPhone has a redesign you probably have to change yours too.
but for example I don't have to buy a car changer when I get a new android or wp7 device, or HDMI cable or HDMI adapter, yes cases mostly have to go but my ruining stuff stays the same since I can fit a Nexus on it (quite roomy), I ust agree that some external charging sources that work for all devices don't look pretty
83. vette21man (Posts: 351; Member since: 06 Apr 2011)
"...3G/3GS users that got an iPhone 4/4S had to buy new stuff..."
By "new stuff," the only thing you could be referring to is a case.
I guess by "backwards compatible" I meant that accessories you buy are "future compatible."
My armband, dock-stereo, external backup battery, and car charger all work with older and current models. Apple knows they have many devices supporting their form-factor and proprietary connector, so they will continue to make future devices supporting them.
Even between the latest Android phones there is inconsistency in connectors, for example the Droid RAZR has HDMI out and microUSB connectors....and a MHL port combining these two ports in one on the Galaxy SII and Nexus.
92. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
I personally see a brand incompatibility rather than general incompatibility , if you see all high end moto all have hdmi port, if you see sammy it's the same, moto is even making the laptop dock compatible with other moto handset and the keyboard dock for the transformer should work on the t2. So if you like to jump from one to the other then you have an issue,
52. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
if you stick with the same brand, the battery thing isnt always true.
I just swapped out the battery from a newer samsung and stuck it into my galaxy1. Same size battery, higher mAh.. upgrade :)
87. vette21man (Posts: 351; Member since: 06 Apr 2011)
Right, and it's good to see that Samsung supports the MHL port on both of their newest high-end models (Galaxy SII, Galaxy Nexus).
38. snowgator (Posts: 3604; Member since: 19 Jan 2011)
If we move to Verizon, the Nexus will certainly get my Wife's buisness due to it's huge, vibrant screen so long as it is a well reviewed device (which I am sure it will be) and so long as it's camera is good.
I really am still surprised that Apple went the 4S route after the long wait between iPhone announcements. Siri is the only reason to get the 4S over the 4. That may be more of the reason for the iPhone is lacking support among the tech crowds. Apple fans were expecting a bit more. I am really curious to see if they pull a huge rabbit out of the hat this summer.
Love the Droid RZR's potential, but it is only going to be on 1 carrier. Kinda surprised it did as well as it did in this poll for that reason.
54. gallitoking (Posts: 4721; Member since: 17 May 2011)
WWE will be calling for using their SmackDown logo...
61. rf1975 (Posts: 259; Member since: 01 Aug 2011)
I do not understand the sentence "most people are holding out for something better".
I think you mean "Most people ran up and bought the 4S and crazy fans are holding out for nothing".
66. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
4 million out of a few billion cell phone users is not "most people". Its a fat number for sure, but its still just a small % of the total ecosystem.
68. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
the sales also havent been broken down into "current iOS users, users from another smartphone, first smartphone" to see where the sales truely lie. Everything right now is just a guestimate. First adopters are by and large people that are already huge fans of the product, manufacturer, ect... not the general public.
76. willardcw4 (Posts: 169; Member since: 01 Oct 2011)
4 million is still a lot of phones for opening weekend. If TMo had been involved it would have been higher. Only way to really compare is to have a new Android flagship be released ON THE SAME DAY (hahaha.. good luck with that! =D) on at least three carriers.
Regardless of 'breakdown', the 4S is a very successful phone. Lot's of people were off of contract or had an upgrade and were waiting for it. You'll have to wait and see the 'long-term' success of the phone to compare it to units sold to other devices.
75. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
only in your world is 4 million in the first weekend a fail
64. chuckyoo (Posts: 34; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
The bottom line is that the IOS should have spend more time in thier device and see what their competitions are doing and up their game since they only have one device against many android squads of highperformance devices. I would think it would be a lot easier to focus on one device and build a superior phone that will set the standards for others to follow than to make excuses of many android phonoes against poor iphone. Either they man-up and come up with something great or keep playing catch-up instead and quit coming up with a product others have and calling it innovative as if it is new. The bottom line is we are heading more into a technological future and apple just made a boo-boo and face masked their supporters by coming up with the same 3.5 inch screen. Seriously? Android have reached 5.3 inch HD with galaxy note but mostly ICS 4.0 with a great standard for our devices. I remember when android first came out, iphone users clowned at android as in "what is that piece of crap", well that piece of crap is now smacking the heck out of iphone and won't even let em get up. You can take this however you like but apple fans need to stop playing the victim and know that android will not wait for anyone. SMH!
89. Sniggly (Posts: 7305; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
You do realize that out of all of us, you're the only one who consistently iterates that you want people here banned or gone?
100. gallitoking (Posts: 4721; Member since: 17 May 2011)
and you do realize thet only you .. hate/love apple soo much is insane.. right?
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Okay, Gallito, I'm going to give you another chance to make your response comprehensible to someone versed in the English language. Ready, set, GO!


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The Precious Metals Versus Interest Rates and Gibson's Paradox
"Sapiens dominabitur astris."
The present paper is going to concentrate on the precious metals almost exclusively. We shall also look at interest rates in the bond market, as we believe there is an important relationship between the precious metal markets and the bond market.
The bond market dwarfs all other markets in size except the forex market, which is the largest market in the world. We are talking about the U.S. bond market - not the global bond market.
The U.S. bond market backs Federal Reserve Notes - our paper fiat currency. The issuance of U.S. Treasury Bonds/debt is the fodder from which Federal Reserve Notes rise.
These are the same Federal Reserve Notes that we exchange with China and Japan to purchase their exports to us with - which they in turn use to buy U.S. Treasury debt. It is a most unique and fascinating arrangement to say the least. It reminds us of the word: symbiotic - as with a parasite and its host.
Interest Rates
U.S. Bonds - or obligations of debt as it were - pay interest rates to the holders (buyers) of the debt. This is another fascinating arrangement: the government sells debt that others purchase by lending Federal Reserve Notes to the government.
These are the same Federal Reserve Notes backed by the same Treasury Bonds. They are the same Treasury Bonds the Fed uses to create Federal Reserve Notes with.
If you can follow that, you are doing quite well - as it still seems incredibly unbelievable to me - and God knows I have tried to understand it. Sometimes I wonder if mere mortals can understand it.
As we have discussed in Gold Wars: Gibson's Paradox & The Gold Standard and other papers - there is a relationship between interest rates, bonds, and gold. What that relationship is depends on when you are looking at it.
Before 1995, when interest rates went down and money supply was easy - the price of gold would rise. Interest rates and gold moved opposite to one another. Once the economy overheated the Fed would raise interest rates in response to rising price inflation. Higher interest rates would slow the economy down, and with it the price of gold.
Suddenly around 1995 this relationship reversed: as interest rates went down the price of gold went down with them. This anomalous conundrum had all but the wisest of monetary wizards wondering what was up. One thing was certain: it was not the price of gold.
Why do we mention this arcane topic, arguably best left for the new world order architects of structured finance? Because suddenly interest rates are rising and so is the price of gold. It appears that Gibson's Paradox still lives on - at least it would seem. However, appearances can be deceiving.
Before we show a chart of presently rising interest rates, we want to first show a longer-term chart of interest rates. It shows the relentless and prolonged period of falling interest rates the Fed has engineered.
Ten-Year T-Note Yields
As the above chart clearly illustrates - the Fed has been on a campaign to continually lower interest rates in what appears to be a Sisyphean slope to Hades. Now it appears that the slope is about to be broken. A change in trend may be about to occur - or is it?
The next chart shows the recent rise in interest rates associated with the ten year Treasury note. Ten-year yields have breached the 5% level for the first time since 2002.
Ten-Year Treasury Note Yield
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The Jokester loves to play jokes. He enjoys confusing others by employing tricks of all persuasions. His favorite is the art of illusion.
How does one go about catching the jokester? The best way to catch him is by thinking as he does, and using that to turn the tables.
We have said and we still say - the Fed does not want the long end of the bond market to experience rising yields. If the bond market gets into trouble - the real estate market will not be far behind.
The real estate market is the crazy glue that is holding the house of cards together. Even Mr. Magoo does not want to prick the housing bubble, which is teetering on top of the debt bubble.
Somebody Is Wrong
Before 1995, if interest rates started to rise - gold would go down. Conversely, if interest rates went down, gold would go up. Gold and interest rates had an inverse relationship, they moved in opposite directions.
This is fundamentally understandable. Gold is real money. Paper fiat debt-money is just what the name says: debt. It is not real money. When interest rates go down - bonds go up in value.
Bonds are another form of paper debt, so it makes sense that if paper debt obligations are going up in value, then real money that is not debt, i.e. gold, would go up in value.
At least it made sense until 1995. Suddenly the inverse relation turned 180 degrees. As we have seen by the above chart of interest rates - yields kept going down - relentlessly.
The price of gold should have been going up; instead, it kept going down - relentlessly. If ever there was a conundrum, this was it.
Now that interest rates are going up, according to pre 1995 parameters, gold should be going down - instead it is going up. According to post 1995 parameters gold should be going up and it is.
One of the two would appear to be wrong: either gold or bond yields. However, perhaps there is more to all this than meets the eye at first blush. Perhaps either the pre or the post parameters of the relationship between interest rates and gold are wrong.
What happened in 1995 that turned the interest rate/gold ratio upside down? Intervention 21st century style is what happened. Derivatives are what happened. Structured finance is what happened. Suddenly black was white and white was black.
The Red Queen didn't know what to do. She said to go ask Alice, when she's ten feet tall. And how happy were the people - when they printed them all: tens, twenties, hundreds, and even thousands of thousands stacked so tall.
It was intervention by the Fed and other central bankers that affected the market to reverse a long-standing inverse ratio between gold and interest rates. Lending support were the mega international players: the World Bank, the IMF, and the BIS.
We offer one of many quotes from Gold Wars: Intervention and Manipulation that illustrates the hand at play:
J. Virgil Mattingly's 1995 statement to the FOMC:
"It's pretty clear that these ESF (exchange stabilizing fund) operations are
authorized. I don't think there is a legal problem in terms of the authority.
The statute [31 U.S.C. s. 5302] is very broadly worded in terms of words like
'credit' -- it has covered things like the gold swaps -- and
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Gold stands in the way of irresponsible bankers that will inflate and inflate, continually debasing and devaluing our currency of its purchasing power. Gold is the ever-watchful sentinel that gives first warning of the banker's misdeeds.
The bankers know this - it is why they fear and shun gold. It keeps them honest, healthy, and wise. However, their desires seek out other shores more distant and alluring. The pull of nature is too strong - and they are too weak.
As we stated in Gold Wars: Intervention and Manipulation during a conference organized by the World Gold Council in Paris on November 19, 1999, Robert Mundell, Professor at Columbia University and 1999 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics, made the following remarks during the question and answer session after his speech on "The International Monetary System at the Turn of the Millennium":
"Gold is subject to a lot of elements of instability, not the least of which is the attempt on the part of several big governments to make it unstable. [...] If you notice what happened in the past 20 years in government policy in respect to gold, nobody sold gold when the price was soaring to $800 an ounce. It would have been a good deal and it would have been stabilizing if they would have done so. But people sell it when it hits bottom; the British have been selling gold now that it seems to have hit the very bottom. That element - governments selling when the price is low or not selling when the price is high - makes it destabilizing. Governments should [...] buy low and sell high."
If interest rates have been manipulated downward since 1995, and with them the price of gold, then it would seem to make perverted sense that now that interest rates are going up - that gold should go up as well.
Therefore, does it still hold water that either gold or interest rates are wrong? Maybe - maybe not: maybe both.
Which relationship is right - should bonds and gold march together or in opposite directions? In addition, might the present relationship change again in the future?
I believe that those capable of such wizardry have persuaded interest rates to steadily fall as the charts indicate. Consequently, the long existing inverse ratio between gold and interest rates no longer holds sway - at least perhaps for a bit longer.
Now gold is rising with interest rates. I do not believe the Fed and company want the long end of the yield curve to rise. It will destroy what has taken them decades to pull off. It might even destroy the real estate market and with it the economy.
We have a dilemma: just what is the Fed up to? Do they want an inverted yield curve as we have repeatedly stated? Has the Fed lost control? Perhaps they no longer have the power to persuade interest rates to heed their beck and call.
The most horrid of possibilities is that rising interest rates are the desired choice. Perhaps a big hit to the real estate market is in order, as who forecloses on the property?
Who gets to keep whatever monies have been paid to date, and now gets to confiscate the property as well. A piece of property that cost him nothing to lend the money to, and which he can now lend to another - ad infinitum.
A few rare individuals study and write daily about the Fed's intervention. I believe they are correct in their basic premise. Nevertheless, I offer a somewhat different take on some of the subtle nuances that may be hiding in the tall grass.
Presently I still stand behind the belief that the Fed does not want the long end of the yield curve to rise. In my opinion, the Fed wants an inverted yield curve. This will allow for the short end of the market to rise, providing the smoke and mirrors needed as a diversion to obfuscate their profligate creation of tons and tons of paper fiat debt-money.
The most probable way to accomplish this is by persuading energy, commodities, and the precious metals to go down in price. The BIS has a 1.5 TRILLION dollar derivative interest rate position. That is some serious money - even for make-believe money, especially when highly leveraged.
Ask Long Term Capital Management - they were experts at sophisticated hedges. I never understood why they chose that name - it just didn't seem to go with their modis operandi, which was to lose all the capital as quickly as possible.
If the Fed chooses to act as above, this would provide the illusion of the dreaded d-word: deflation. This would give the Fed their excuse to lower interest rates and create reams of money to act as the liquidity and a rising tide that keeps things floating.
In the aftermath of Katrina, the price of natural gas was supposedly headed for the moon. Every reason in the world was given why there would be massive shortages this winter and skyrocketing prices for both natural gas and oil.
In January of 2006 we wrote in Black Gold: U.S. Dollar Hegemony
"Suddenly in November of 2005, the Federal Reserve gave its Approval of proposal by JPMorgan Chase & Company (click link for Fed Document of approval) "for commodity trading activities, including physical transactions in energy-related ... JPM Chase also must notify the Federal Reserve Bank of New York..."
Even more sudden was the 40% drop in natural gas prices. Do not underestimate the power of the establishment. They are not the establishment by accident.
It looks like they can go one last round, however, they have spent a good deal of their financial ammunition. They are in retreat to higher ground to make one last stand.
I am of the opinion, and it is just an opinion, as there are no facts to inconvertibly prove the supposition; nevertheless, they will be successful this time around, and will indeed persuade the markets to concur one last time.
After this is anyone's guess. I believe that due to all the intervention; all the creation of paper fiat debt-money; all the leveraged loans made to finance and refinance real estate; and especially because of the colossal derivative positions now in place - that there is coming a time when interest rates will go up, yet the dollar will go down.
Bonds will be going down and the real estate market with it. The stock market will be quick to join the party - it may even set it off. Hopefully it does not happen, cause it could get messy.
Below are several charts of gold and silver, and various indexes of related stocks. There is also a fascinating chart of the Dow/Gold ratio for the past 200 years. The basic premise behind these charts is that we are closer to an intermediate term correction in the gold and silver markets, as compared to the start of a new intermediate term up leg.
A short-term spike may still occur. The long and short of it is that we believe that within the next six months the precious metals and related stocks will be able to be bought at much lower prices.
All bets are off, however, if war or other exogenous 10 sigma-like events occur. A new world order now exists - at least for the short term. Nevertheless, when the perfect comes - the imperfect shall cease to be.
Gold Daily Continuous
The above chart shows gold to be overbought, however, that is what bull markets do. They can stay overbought for quite awhile.
We are still of the opinion that the rally is getting a bit long in the tooth and frothy.
Next, we have the five-year chart of gold, which shows that gold has broken out of its channel of several years in the making.
Gold Weekly 5-Year Chart
The PPO at the bottom shows a very high reading. Histograms at the bottom are just nudging over the zero line. Stochastics are very high as well.
Next up is silver. Its rise is getting near parabolic now. It still can go up, however, the risk to reward appears to be favoring the side of risk being greater at this time.
Silver Daily Continuous
The five-year chart of silver shows an even more parabolic rise. All the indicators on the chart show an overbought or nearly overbought level. Caveat Emptor is all we can add.
Silver Weekly
Continuous 5 Year Chart
The chart of Newmont is one of the most troubling. It is the leader of the pack as they say. Yet, while gold has been setting 20+ year highs, Newmont has fallen considerably and has under performed the rest of the market.
Newmont Mining Corp.
The charts of the XAU leave a bit to be desired. Last week the XAU had a reversal down, which didn't look too good. It has recovered somewhat, however, it is still under performing.
XAU Gold & Silver Index
The XAU daily shows the dominant markers on the chart. Many are flashing caution.
XAU Gold & Silver Index
Lastly, we have the Dow/Gold ratio going back 200 years. This is a most interesting chart, as it shows the relation of the Dow to Gold.
We are presently lowering the ratio, which means the industrials are under performing compared to gold. Richard Russell believes that before all is said and done - that the ratio will return to near 1 to 1. We concur and add - that is a scary thought.
Dow/Gold Ratio
We are nearer to an intermediate term correction in the precious metals and related stocks then to the beginning of a new intermediate term leg up. Several markets are presently at key pivot points: gold, silver, precious metal stocks, commodities, energy, interest rates, and the overall stock market.
That all these markets are sitting at such crucial junctures is an amazing coincidence.
Interest rates APPEAR to be breaking out. The Fed is going to take at least one last stand to stave off the onslaught of gold and silver. It remains to be seen if the Fed can pull it off. To do so will delay a further rise in long term interest rates - for the short term - if they still have the power.
In the not too distant future, the precious metal stocks will be much cheaper than they presently are. A bit further down the road all major markets: U.S. bond, stock, currency, real estate, and interest rates will all be aligned and headed down.
Gold and silver will be the only asset rising. The saber rattling on the news is meant to be an affect that makes an effect of large proportions. The Fed is painting itself into a corner but as wild animals behave in such situations, it seems to be preparing to launch a last offensive.
The Fed and all may well be trying to lure market players into untenable positions that cannot remain supported from such pivotal levels. Once the illusionary support is withdrawn - the markets thus set up - will fall hard. Natural gas is a perfect example.
As we quoted the Governor of the Bank of England in Gold Wars: Gibson's Paradox & The Gold Standard:
"We looked into the abyss if the gold price rose further. A further rise would have taken down one or several trading houses, which might have taken down all the rest in their wake."
"Therefore, at any price, at any cost, the central banks had to quell the gold price, manage it. It was very difficult to get the gold price under control but we have now succeeded."
It appears da boyz still play with their little toys - not fully cognescient of the power and responsibility of their actions.
The gold and silver bull markets are alive and well. They will remain so. Intermediate term corrections actually make them stronger. Positions move from weak hands to stronger hands. Higher lows form and build a stronger base from which the next assault to new highs occurs.
In a gold bull market, the higher lows are more important than the higher highs. As long as higher lows remain in place - higher highs will naturally follow.
Back in November of 2005, we wrote The Charts Are Talking. Who's Listening? At that time, we showed a bevy of cup and handle formations that appeared to be indicating that a breakout in the gold and silver stocks was most probable.
The XAU was at 110 the HUI at 231. On February 2, 2006, we penned another paper titled: The Charts Are Talking: Is Anyone Listening? At that time the HUI was at 340 - today it is at 348.
We stated that the markets were just beginning to get a bit frothy and warranted the awareness of such.
"That is what disciplined traders do during rallies in bull markets: they sell into strength, and buy during weakness. This is how one prospers in a gold war. If further upside action occurs, we will continue to do the same with a minimum of one third, and a maximum of two thirds, of our trading portfolio.
That does not mean that a correction is going to start tomorrow, as once again, no one can predict the future. What it does mean is that to stay disciplined and focused, by selling into strength, and buying on weakness - that is what matters: money management and asset allocation."
Our position remains the same. We have repeatedly sold into new highs and near new highs As of now we are sitting on the sidelines waiting for a much better entry point that we believe will be coming for the gold and silver stocks.
Since we place booked trading profits into accumulating physical gold and silver we are quite content, especially as we said months ago - it looked like silver was poised to outperform gold and we favored silver. Silver cooperated nicely.
Lastly, we agree with Michael Bolser - this is a Gold War. They have once confiscated all personal gold holdings, and at another time reneged on paying their contractual obligations to foreign nations to settle their account balances with gold bullion as they had pledged. This was Nixon's contribution to world betterment.
Gold is strong and gold will win this war, but remember all great warriors learn to retreat during certain battles - to regroup and become stronger to return another day - to win the war. Even Shaka Zulu used the deadly effectiveness of this ploy. Caveat Emptor. Expect the unexpected and be prepared.
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ASHBURN, Va. -- RG3 stood up for RG2 on Wednesday, saying anyone criticizing the quarterback's father for being in the Washington Redskins locker-room "needs to back off."
Robert Griffin III said there was no underlying meaning behind his father's locker-room visit following Monday night's 27-6 loss to the San Francisco 49ers. The two chatted at Griffin's locker before and after Griffin's news conference, fuelling more questions about the father's influence on the team.
"My dad came to check on me," Griffin said. "He came to check on me to make sure I wasn't injured. My mom was upset. He wanted to do his fatherly duties and he stepped in there to see if I was OK."
Griffin was sacked four times by the 49ers and was briefly in agony after getting kicked in the groin area on one play, but he never left the game and is not listed on the Redskins' injury report.
"Yeah, I was a little shocked that he was there, but he meant no harm," Griffin said. "And anybody out there that's going after my dad needs to back up. That is my father. I will protect my family. He served 21 years in the military -- I know that's not an excuse for anything that he does -- but he's not overstepping any bounds, so I hope people respect that and back off."
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The non-football distractions are clearly wearing on Griffin -- he even had to answer questions Wednesday about how often his linemen help him off the ground after sacks -- and he said the team needs to try harder to ignore such "outside stuff."
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Here are seven important differences between selling to companies and selling to multiple buyers. If you are selling to companies, chances are you are selling to multiple buyers. In some ways everything is the same when selling to multiple buyers as opposed to single buyers, and then again everything is different.
 Selling to multiple buyers is the same as selling to single buyers in that for both you need: a sales process, sales skills and a sales philosophy. So the fundamentals of selling are the same.
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 So what are these differences?
 Here are seven important differences when selling to companies and multiple buyers:
 1. You need to have conversations with multiple people to find out what the problem is and its impact. You need to have multiple conversations with as many people (roles) as necessary to put the 'problem puzzle' together. I say 'problem puzzle' as each person you talk to will have their own unique perspective about the problem. When you are selling to a single buyer you can obtain all the information you need from that single person and you only have to deal with one perspective - much easier. 2. It costs a lot more time, money and resources to sell to multiple buyers as opposed to a single buyer. It becomes even more critical when selling to multiple buyers to have a formal qualification system in place and for you to apply it consistently. (I recommend having a three-filter qualification system: one filter for the company, one for the opportunity and one for your competition.)
 3. You need to get a collection of yes's which eventually culminate into the final yes from the person who makes the final decision. You need to get yes's from the people who will use what you are offering, from those who influence the decision as well as from the final decision maker. One yes is no longer good enough as it is when selling to a single buyer plus not all yes's are created equal. You need to find out all the people involved that you need to get a yes from and which series of yes's lead to the final yes. You need to work out the yes puzzle.
 4. You need to learn the jargon for the company and for the role played by each person with whom you will speak. For example a CFO talks in financial jargon and a VP of Marketing talks in marketing jargon and hence if you are to communicate you need to talk in their jargon (and not yours!). One language does not fit all when selling to multiple buyers.
 5. Multiple buyers are normally involved when the risk is higher and there will be a tendency to go with the lowest risk solution. Hence when selling to multiple buyers you need to put more emphasis than you do when selling to a single buyer on showing that you are the least risk solution that can deliver the outcome they are looking for.
 6. You have a LOT more information to distill in order to get the total picture when selling to multiple buyers as opposed to a single buyer. With a single buyer you can probably get away with informal notes. With multiple buyers you need a system that works for you and helps you capture all the information you collect so you can analyze and share it. (I say 'works for you' as a lot of sales force management systems don't work for salespeople and eventually become ineffective.)
 7. When selling to multiple buyers you need a strategy tailored for that specific opportunity. When selling to single buyers you can probably have a general strategy that you can apply to all single buyer opportunities. Having a single strategy for selling to companies and multiple buyers will be a disaster. You need to spend the time to decide your strategies for each multiple buyer opportunity and you need to continually fine-tune each of your strategies throughout the sale. You will need multiple strategies: a competitive strategy, a pricing strategy, a solution strategy and a why buy from us strategy etc.
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The construction of human towers is not exclusive to the inhabitants of the Catalonian region of Spain; there are references to these types of human constructions found all over the world. From Morocco to India, Italy to Germany, you can find these still happening today in one form or another. This innate tradition of building human towers has manifested itself in Catalonia in the creation of what we know today as the castell (castle in the Catalonian language).
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At the end of the 1700's the first recorded castell was raised in the town of Arbós and by the beginning of the 19th century castells were becoming more popular and the creation of collas (teams) was increasing. The collas are similar to the brotherhoods that are so common around Holy Week. Part social club, part sports team, these clubs meet regularly throughout the year to practice tower building, compete in competitions and take part in castell demonstrations all around Catalonia.
The Catalonian town of Valls is considered the cradle of the castells because in 1805 the first collas of castellers were formed. During this time Tarragona was also very active making castells but, they would not have their first organized teams until a couple of years later. The first collas that were created were tied to the trades of the townsfolk with menestrals (craftsmen) and pagesos (farmers) being the first two collas to be established, with the pescadors (fisherman) forming one a little later. During this time of increasing popularity the heights of the castells also increased with dizzying quickness. By 1846 the castells were reaching heights of seven and eight levels or almost 30 feet. And in 1851 the first castell reached a height of 9 levels (around 33 feet). The heights reached in this golden age would not be repeated again until 1981.
This golden age lasted until 1889 and then the castells experienced an important decline in activity. With a phylloxera plague ravaging the vineyards, that were an important component of the local economy, together with the opening of a new rail line uniting Valls with Barcelona; the people needed to find opportunity elsewhere. This situation provoked a mass exodus from rural Catalonia to the big cities. This crisis affected castell activity so much that many teams disbanded or became inactive and towns like Valls and Tarragona saw little to no castell activity.
Years later with Europe recovering from the Great War and Spain having encountered a certain amount of stability in the 1920's, the castell teams began to make a timid recovery. Old teams that hadn't disbanded began to grow in numbers and new ones were being formed around Valls and Tarragona. Castell activity slowly increased with occasional competitions and exhibitions held around Catalonia. Unfortunately, this recovery would be short lived with the arrival of the Spanish Civil War. During this time all the collas disappeared.
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The castellers realized that brute strength was not enough to reach the heights they were aiming for: technique, weight and height also played a fundamental role in realizing the potential of what they were attempting to do. The incorporation of women was key to making this happen. Although women had occasionally participated in the collas, it was not until the early 1980's that they were truly welcomed into the teams as active members. The colla Minyons de Terrassa, founded in 1979, was the first to openly recruit women. With this fundamental change in the mentality of the casteller groups, towers of nine levels became commonplace and the creation of casteller teams boomed.
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