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|1. Joust
|2. Mappy
|Joust is a game where knights ride on top of gigantic birds and kill each other in gladiatorial combat. Everybody is equipped with a lance, which sticks out a few pixels from their head. The goal is to collide with other jousters, ensuring that your lance is above theirs, which will then kill them. Bouncing on their heads, of course, will work just as well. It's a different formula from many arcade games from the era like Pac-Man, which typically put the player in weakened state. In Joust, most everyone is on the same playing level. That's the theory theory, anyway. The key to Joust is learning how to keep your bird under control. There is only a single button – "flap" – which will propel your bird every so slightly into the air. With a few more presses, you take your steed higher into the sky, allowing you to stay airborne. In addition to fighting against gravity, you're also dealing with inertia. Build up enough speed and you'll find yourself careening across the arena, wrapping around the screen as you disappear off one side and reappear on the other. It's a surefire way to make yourself dizzy until you skid to a stop.
|Namco is one of the great golden age arcade developers, largely known for Pac-Man, Dig Dug, and Galaxian. However, their secret best title is Mappy, a cute cat and mouse platformer with vague influences from some of their more popular titles. The goal, as the titular policemouse, is to collect a series of items strewn about the level while avoiding a miniature army of thieving cats. The stage is divided into several floors, and the only methods of traversal are trampolines strewn about.
As with many classic games of the era, Mappy cannot directly attack his opponents, but there are a few tricks he can use against them – particularly, the many doors spread around. Only Mappy can open and close doors, so he can use them strategically to divert enemies or knock them off their feet, if they're close enough. Additionally, Mappy is invincible while bouncing on trampolines. Just on these terms, Mappy is a fun game, but there are numerous layers to the scoring strategy.
|3. Bubble Bobble
|4. Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions
|When it was released in 1986, Bubble Bobble was hardly at the edge of technology. Platform games with single-screen levels had been introduced with Donkey Kong five years earlier, and were already on their way out. Yet Bubble Bobble was so brilliant, it powered a small renaissance for the genre, and was followed by many clones and sequels. It's a prime example of how you can turn a simple and straightforward concept into a mega hit and instant classic with cute, recognizable characters (some taken over from Taito's earlier game Chack'n Pop), and countless small, but clever modifications on a limited rule set.
|The Geometry Wars series had an inauspicious start as a minigame buried within Project Gotham Racing 2 for the Xbox. An homage to classic twin-stick shooters like Robotron 2084, and perfectly adapted for a dual analog controller, you controlled a little weaponized claw as you blew up lots of other geometric shapes, created in the vector style of games like Tempest. It was fleshed out considerably and released separately at the launch of the Xbox 360, where, even as a cheapie download title, it was the best game on the platform for months, inspiring legions of new twin-stick shooter clones.
|5. PacMan Championship Edition DX+
|6. TxK
|Despite being one of the most popular games of all time, Namco has long struggled to make sequels to Pac-Man. Outside of the American-developed Ms. Pac-Man, the results have been unfulfilling, gimmicky spin-offs (Pac-Man Jr., Pac and Pal), games that completely changed genres (like the oddball graphic adventure Pac-Man 2), or 3D platformers (Pac-Man World). Pac-Man Championship Edition, released in 2007, is one of the few games that's not only a suitable iteration of the original, but also the rare modern reinvention that actually bests it. This was later followed up by DX and DX+ editions, adding even more content.
|David Theurer's 1981 arcade game, Tempest, was one of the first real 3D shooters. Creating what's now known as the "tube shooter" subgenre, you control a little claw-shaped ship as it travels along the outside of a web, shooting at enemies that spawn from the other end. It's one of the bestgames of the golden era of arcade gaming, in part due to the sharp, colorful, vector graphics. However, due to both the display and the rotating knob controller, Tempest never quite got a decent home port. That is, until Jeff Minter created an update for the Jaguar, Tempest 2000.
|7. Super Mario Bros. 3
|8. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
|In the context of NES platformers, Super MarioBros. 3 decimates its competition. Even compared to other games in the series, it's a gigantic step upward from the frustrating Japanese Super Mario Bros. 2, and the diversionary (through still excellent) American sequel. Compared to the original game, the screen scrolls in all directions, allowing for more open and less confining stages, including tense levels where the screen automatically scrolls. The map allows alternative routes to the end of each world, with challenging castles at the mid-way points, and airship stages that culminate in fights against one of Bowser's seven children. Put simply, it's far more expansive than almost any other similar game on the 8-bit platform.
|In North America, Yoshi's Island is known as "Super Mario World 2", presenting it as a sequel to the legendary SNES launch game. While perhaps thought necessary from a marketing standpoint, it does an injustice to how unique this title is, as it iterates Mario tropes (and characters) in incredibly creative ways. In truth, Yoshi's Island is a prequel. The hero, of course, is Yoshi (defined as a whole species of differently colored, but otherwise identical dinosaurs), tasked with escorting a diaper-clad Baby Mario away from danger. Yoshi is better prepared for direct conflict than the Mario Bros., able to eat almost any enemy and produce an egg, which can then be thrown as a weapon.
|9. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
|10. Sonic CD
|When it was released in 1994 for the SNES, Donkey Kong Country wowed gaming audiences with its impressive CG graphics and fantastic soundtrack. Still, there was some resentment against it – it was simpler than Nintendo's own Super Mario Bros. games, and was criticized as a case of style over substance. Fast forward 20 years to 2014, and the tides have drastically turned. Nintendo's prolific New Super Mario Bros. series is fun, but safe and uninspired; meanwhile, the Donkey Kong Country series, out of the hands of original developers Rare and placed in the care of Retro Studios, has created better crafted games. Donkey Kong Country Returns for the Wii was very, very good, yet it suffered in a few areas – the forced waggle controls were lame, the music was forgettable, and the levels lacked creativity. Every issue was fixed in its Wii U sequel, Tropical Freeze.
|The third game released in the classic Sega series, Sonic CD, has always been an oddball, especially when you consider the system it spawned from. Even among Sonic fans, it can be a rather divisive game, given how different it is from those that followed. It's that sort of weirdness that makes it so memorable, though, even among a set of such great games, and there's no doubt that it's one of the shining gems of the Sega CD. From a gameplay perspective, Sonic CD almost feels like a more polished version of the first game. Sonic has his spin dash attack as introduced in Sonic the Hedgehog 2, but it's not quite as quick to use as in the later entries. The general pace is somewhat slower as well, with more emphasis on platforming and exploration than your average Sonicgame.
|11. Klonoa: The Door to Phantomile
|12. Super Meat Boy
|While first and foremost respected as an arcadecentric developer, Namco has made several fascinating games for consoles. Their most impressive non-coin-op game may be Klonoa, a slightly late attempt to get in on the Sonic-esque mascot platformer craze. Nonetheless, it turned out to be a gorgeous adventure, putting 95% of all Sonic ripoffs to shame. For starters, it barely even feels like a Sonicgame, with an art direction all its own. Playing in a 2.5D perspective, the graphics still hold up remarkably well today – something that can't be said for a lot of PS1 games. With creative character designs and vibrantly colored landscapes, it's certainly more than just jagged polygons everywhere. Everything about the aesthetics, from its cute fodder enemies to the whimsical sound design, gives off an adorable charm (though things do turn remarkably more dark later on). The main gameplay gimmick here is the "Wind Bullet", a short-range projectile that balloons an enemy a la Dig Dug, and allows Klonoa to either throw the opponent or bounce off of them for a double-jump.
|Super Meat Boy is the reason why, for better or worse, the "masocore" genre of gruelingly difficult games is so popular nowadays. It turned out to be a massive success story for Team Meat, and was worthy enough to be chronicled in Indie Game: The Movie. The setup here is that Meat Boy's partner, Bandage Girl, is kidnapped by the vile Dr. Fetus. This leads to more than 100 levels of pure platforming goodness, where all you need to do to survive is run, jump, and wall jump. It starts out fair at first. Before long, though, the tricks and enemies grow especially vile, like living missiles which split into six, or murderous Meat Boy clones. There's a gargantuan amount of content up front, as each normal level also has a tougher dark side variant unlocked if you beat the normal one under the par time. There are also warp zones leading off into hidden levels, where you can unlock characters from other indie games, each of which play akin to the games they're from while still adhering to this game's physics.
|13. Shinobi (Arcade)
|14. Strider (Arcade)
|Sega's 1987 side-scroller Shinobi is remarkable for the way it plays with the conventions of both player and enemy vulnerabilities. In most games of the time, simply touching an enemy meant death, or at least taking damage. Not so for ninja hero Joe Musashi, who is merely knocked back when running into a foe, and is only killed by a weapon or physical strike. It allows for a much more gung-ho playing style that promotes forward momentum. This is important for more than one reason. While Joe has an unlimited supply of shuriken to take out enemies from a distance, many foes have shields, which prevent them from taking damage. However, if you're close enough to an enemy, you'll automatically execute a melee attack, which will either immediately kill or at least stun them, enabling an opening for a follow-up blow.
|Capcom's Strider is a masterwork of character and game design. The hero, Strider Hiryu, is a ninja badass that flies straight into enemy territory with a hand glider. His sword, the Cypher, is so fast that its blade is like one continuous blur of light, slicing most mooks right in half. He can also somersault, and even climb on walls and ceilings. He even has robotic tigers and birds as sidekicks. The enemies, too, are well defined. The evil Grandmaster Meio is introduced as a cackling madman, with his twisted fingernails encircling the Earth. During the cutscenes, the villains each speak in their native language – Meio and the bounty hunter Solo speak English, the trio of Asian acrobats speak Chinese, and the Soviet premier (obviously patterned after Mikhail Gorbachev) speaks Russian, while Hiryu speaks Japanese.
|15. Ninja Gaiden
|16. Bionic Commando Rearmed
|Ninja Gaiden is the more highly caffeinated cousin of Castlevania. It borrows its basic formula, like the sub-weapon system and the status bar, but while Konami's vampire slaying series is slow and deliberate, Tecmo's ninja slicing game traverses at a near-breathless pace. You move fast, and the enemies move faster still, but the controls are essentially perfect. Scaling walls is executed by rapidly jumping back and forth between two columns, using rad, spinning flips that defined why every kid in the 80s thought that ninjas were just the coolest thing in existence. It also demands the need for split second reflexes, lest you miss a midair slash and be knocked into a pit for the 30th time by some infernal bird. The need to push forward is highlighted by the enemy respawn points, which can trigger infinitely if you're standing at the wrong point on the screen. The music is also intense – the percussion is some of the crunchiest on the NES, with pounding drum loops and strong melodies that perfectly suit the game's speed.
|Most action platform games involve running around, attacking, and jumping. Capcom's daring Bionic Commando did away with that last bit by removing the jump button, forcing the player to rappel around the landscape with a retractable arm. Its original incarnation was an innovative, yet clumsy arcadegame, but the mechanics were refined and assembled into a much better package with the NES version, which is a totally different game. The inability to jump initially proves puzzling for overcoming the most simple obstacles. It takes a bit of time to unlearn the techniques of other 2D platformers and instead think indirectly, but soon the snap-swing-go mechanics of the arm become second nature, and then almost every other game feels worse for not having it. It requires some split second reflexes, but flinging yourself from point to point – like a futuristic Tarzan, feet never hitting the ground – is some of the most fun you can have in a platformer. One of the greatest levels is a straight shot upwards, using all of the skills you've learned at this point to scale a massive tower.
|17. Gimmick!
|18. Castlevania Dracula X: Rondo of Blood
|At first, Sunsoft's Gimmick! looks a lot like a Kirby game. The hero, Yumetarou, a wide-eyed green blob with stumpy legs, attacks by throwing glowing stars. The enemies are all toys that have come to life, and most of the levels are colorful. This is deceiving though, because Gimmick! is hard. Very hard. It's also one of the most incredibly well put together action game of the era, though. Like Sunsoft's earlier Batman: Return of the Joker, Gimmick! was designed to compete with the early generation of Genesis and SNES titles. In the end, it ends up surpassing most of them. There are only seven not-entirely-long stages, but each screen has an incredible amount of care put into it, often with superfluous but charming details. Somewhere in the second stage, there is a motionless enemy which, if you pick up the second controller, you can briefly command. If you manage to beat this stage quickly enough, you can find the level boss taking a snooze, allowing you to push him off a ledge and immediately win the level. There's a prevailing sense that some of the enemies aren't really "bad guys" per say, they just want to play with you, like the cat creatures in the third stage that bounce around then retreat after a few steps.
|Konami's long-running vampire slaying series features the struggles of the Belmont family, in their quest to destroy the evil Count Dracula and his legion of movie monster-inspired villains. It's a franchise characterized by fantastic music and a high level of challenge, built upon a foundation of strong design. Castlevania: Dracula X for the PC Engine ranks as the best of the classic era of the series, before it switched gears into a more openended, RPG direction with Symphony of the Night. Initially an exotic import, teased mercilessly in magazines of the 90s, it's become more widely available thanks to a PSP remake and a Virtual Console release. The PC Engine is known for its colorful palette, and despite the dark overtones that come with gothic monster slaying, Dracula X has a bright and peppy look that makes it distinct from other Castlevania titles. The character designs are straight out of an early 90s anime OVA, with dramatic voice acting to accompany it. The music is also fantastic, with remixes of classic songs and several excellent new ones, all with an upbeat, poppy feel.
|19. Demon's Crest
|20. Mega Man X
|Capcom was on a roll in 1994, becoming renowned for the striking animation and bright visuals in games like Mega Man X, Darkstalkers, and Street Fighter Alpha. It's actually understandable, then, why a game like Demon's Crest would slip under the radar. It's a big departure for Capcom, with a very dour tone and a darker look than anything else the developer had put out (Resident Evil would not appear for another two years). An SNES successor to Capcom's Gargoyle's Quest games, Demon's Crest eschews most of the previous installments' role playing elements in exchange for something structurally closer to Mega Man X. Players guide Capcom's popular red gargoyle, Firebrand, through different areas, earning new weapons to use against the game's many bosses and enemies. While his animation isn't quite as smooth as that found in other Capcom games of the time, most of his abilities involve him taking on a completely different form, each with its own unique sprite. Demon's Crest's aesthetics fully deliver on the visual details, too. Backgrounds have little animation and minimal parallax, but they're very colorful and, more importantly, each of the game's six areas sport completely different graphics.
|There's much debate as to which is the best MegaMan game out of the franchise's many subseries, but almost everyone who's played the first Mega Man X would agree that it's one of, if not THE best. Set many years after the original games in a dire future, where mass-produced "replicate androids" (Reploids) fight against each other, X and his partner Zero attempt to take down Maverick leader Sigma. Despite the darker setting, its level structure is still classic Mega Man, where you pick your stage order between the eight Maverick leaders. Instead of just being "Something Man," the bosses are all modeled after animals with interesting designs, with names like Chill Penguin, Spark Mandrill, and Armored Armadillo. It's a testament to the artistry that it can make innocent looking creatures seem intimidating. Even the normal enemies exhibit personality, like lumberjack-bots who chuckle if they hit you, and living robot torsos on an assembly line. As the very first Mega Mangame not on an 8-bit system, Mega Man X takes full advantage of the SNES's graphical capabilities, with smooth animation and gorgeous backgrounds.
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I've just added 30 Lucky Dip Gift Boxes to my online shop. Treat yourself! Which one will you choose?
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I've been working hard in my studio getting all my ring designs sorted and organised and on display ready for Round the Horn. I know if it's in Novemeber, but I have a lot to get organised for it as well as an up and coming exhibition at the Park Gallery, so best to start […]
Ok so here in Scotland we're not having much of a summer! What better way to cheer us all up then – lets have a Milomade Midsummer Sale!

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Second Life. Probably, you could ask: "What else can be written about it?" . We have already discussed about its idea, business and education there. However, there is always the way to deepen the topic. Today we will try to answer the question which companies, universities and just people are thinking about.
What is the Future of Second Life?
The best way to get to know the answer is to ask Linden Lab, the CEO of Second Life. As we can read in the article "Second Life CEO looks to the future, after massive layoffs" Linden Lab wants to continue developing services such as Second Life Viewer software or a version of the service that runs in a browser, with no download required. Also he is going to focus more on consumers instead of business.
According to the article "Second Life will dwarf the web in ten years", Craig Sherman, CEO of Gaia Online, says that within some years a virtual reality like Second Life will be able provide real-time 3D graphics as good as the digital effects in today's Hollywood blockbusters. In the next few months Avatars and buildings will have shadows.
Moreover, Andrew Turner in his blog post "A Reason Why Second Life is the Future of Socializing Over the Internet!" argues that Second Life has good prospective in socializing because an Avatar represents our body in virtual reality. It is more personal that writing e-mail. Also he writes that possibly in the future the Avatar will be able to mimic the actions of the person in real life.
Jaron Lanier says: "In 25 years, robotics will be so good, we'll have no more manufacturing jobs. Software will be so good, there will be no more consulting jobs. But we will all get rich buying and selling virtual goods."
However, not everybody is so optimistic. Mitch Wagner doesn't see much of a future for Second Life even if it has many advantages. He thinks that SL will go into maintenance mode and have a slowly dwindling user base. So in his opinion, its best days are behind it.
The only thing many people agree is that Second Life is something unusual and important. What is your personal opinion about it? What is the future? Is it possible that Second life will be more popular than Facebook ? Let me know about your thoughts in comments bellow.


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God fashioned humans as a triune being: body, soul and spirit. He created our body from the dust of the ground, breathed into our spirit His breath of life and formed us into a living soul (Genesis 2:7). When our soul – our thoughts, choices and emotions – is neglected, it attempts to draw our attention to our legitimate needs, which require fulfillment.
If we neglect our needs, our Inner Child, which the Psalmist alluded to (Psalm 131:2), will make sure our body and spirit are also effected by this mental and emotional deprivation (Psalm 107:5-6). Mind-related illnesses cause our muscular, nervous, respiratory and vascular systems to break down. They are called psychosomatic illnesses. These have no physical cause or explanation.
Our dreams and negative emotions are two more avenues, which the soul uses to attempt to bring our needs to our conscious awareness. Our overall health depends on us heeding these messages. At times, as the psalmist realized, our soul is like a child and must be weaned (Psalm 131:2). If the Inner Child controls our thoughts, words and deeds, we never grow up.
Alternately, many of us work all day long to provide for the needs of other people and neglect our own needs. God created us to care for our own needs as well (Mark 12:31). This is not selfish unless our whole focus is on our self, or if we care for our self to the detriment of others. God's Spirit will lead us into a healthy balance of nurturing our self and others.
Father God, remind us that we can give our soul a wholesome treat every day! Walking in nature, a healthy snack, chatting with close friends, hobbies, reading Your Word, writing a letter or email, relaxing in the sun and nurturing a garden are just a few healthy choices. Help us to discover what makes our thoughts and emotions happy. We want to make Godly choices, which meet our needs and to help us to nurture others as well.
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If we neglect our soul, we are only 2/3 of a person! If we do not nurture our soul, one whole third of our self is crippled.


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Other People I Know
This page links to these galleries, containing images of other real people I know:
Below are sample thumbnails and a brief description of each of these galleries.
Pick one to visit, learn, and enjoy!
Former Bosses
Manager A
Long ago and far away I was hired by one boss, who liked me, then transferred to work for a different boss, who didn't like me. Contrast the images of these two bosses with one of my Self-Portraits. .... [More] [Less]
Dr. Nicholas Sharp
This gallery contains the most extreme spiritual portrait on the site. Click to learn more! .... [More] [Less]


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There's just so much to do and see in and around Florence and it's worth it to explore surrounding cities. The city of Prato, sponsoring wonderful and free day trips from Florence called "That's Prato" in spring and fall, offers the opportunity to do just that.
Only 30 minutes from Florence. Prato has a population of over 200,000 and is the third largest city in central Italy. It is trying to change its image from industrial to emphasizing its museums, monuments and cultural heritage.
Today's excursion first takes us to Cathedral di San Stefano which is located on the main square, Piazza del Comune. The adjoining cathedral museum, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, is a treasure trove including liturgical vestments, lovely frescoes and significant works by Fillipo Lippi and Botticelli.
The Cathedral is also famous as the home of the prized holy relic, the Virgin Mary's girdle (belt), which is displayed only on specific religious events and shown from the fabulous Donatello Pulpit of the Holy Girdle carved from Carrara marble.
A short drive from Prato is Comeana, the location of the Etruscan tombs of Montefortini. Around the 7th century BC, the Etruscans settled in this area but disappeared by the 1st century BC, coinciding with the arrival of the Romans.
These two tombs or tholos, with their beehive shaped chambers, were only discovered in 1966. The large size of the tombs, belonging to the same family, indicates that they were important. To view the impressive collection of artifacts excavated from the tombs we must go to the Archeological Museum of Artimino.
Artimino is a very small hamlet located in the spectacular Tuscan countryside. There are only 62 full-time residents but on weekends local restaurants are full of friends, families or weddings. Even the Medicis once enjoyed the view here —they chose this location for one of their 17 villas.
Thank you, "That's Prato" for an informative and interesting day!
Author's Note: "That's Prato" tours will begin with a new program from Sunday, September 6th and continue until December (2016). For more information visit thatsprato.com.
by Victoria De Maio
Victoria is a lover of all things Italian! A travel advisor, blogger, writer, tour leader, and published author, she is passionate about traveling to and writing about Italy.
Her book, Victoria's Travel Tipz Italian Style, is available on Amazon.
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Nickname: LG or sometimes B1
Workplace: Geomatic Technologies
PB's: In the spirit of livingin the present: My 45+ PBs are: 1500m 4:34, 3000m 9:47 Tan 12:50, 5k 16:59.7, 10k 35:19, Half Marathon 78:01, Marathon 2:50:25
Best Running Experience: Tokyo Marathon for overall experience. Did not have the best race but great to experience one of the Big Marathons on the world circuit.
Closely followed by breaking 3 hr in Marathon for the first time.
Worst Running Experience: Running seasons worst for at the AV Sandown 10km when it was a short course and every once else ran a PB.
Closely followed by running in the 12 Under 12 Tan race and having to stop for an unscheduled toilet stop. Got awarded both "Dud of the Round" and "Dump of the Round"!!
Racing Shoes: ASICS DS Racers or Adidas Adios Boost
Years Running: A long time.. started in Little Athletics Under 8 with a few sabbaticals along the way.
Why Do You Run: Because I must.
Favourite Training Session: 400m intervals on the track. There is something about the exactness of the track that appeals.
Most Needed Training Session: Hill Sprints
Hobbies: Clearly Running – and apparently transporting children to activities.
Most Important Thing To Me: Family and good health.
Biggest Dislike: Bullies and corporate psychopaths…… Queuing
Favourite Movie: Monty Python and The Holly Grail
Favourite Music: Anything that revs me up before a race.
Favourite Food: Steak
Favourite Drink: Little Creatures Pale Ale
Favourite Event: parkrun – I am in an anti AV mood lately.
Dream Occupation: Being independently wealthy.
Most admired athlete: I want to say Shane Watson to annoy Smurf but it would also annoy me.. so I will settle for Haile Gebrselassie
Little known fact(s) about me:
– I have a brother that is more closely related to Selim (Dusty) than me.
– I have to use a purple tooth brush.
– I have to match peg colours with clothes colours when hanging out the washing.
– I fell asleep at the cinema when watching sky fall.
Life Highlight: Birth of Children
Life low-point: Death of Parents
Three Things You Want To Do Before You Die: More than three things.. but would rather die happy and relatively healthy than linger on in pain.
Favourite Quote: I am a big Steve Prefontaine fan so …
"The best pace is suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die"
"You have to wonder at times what you're doing out there. Over the years, I've given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement."
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Discussion in 'DIRECTV Tips and Resources' started by rb5505, Dec 9, 2018.
is this info on the forums or elsewhere? haven't found it.
it's here
I recall three dedicated threads
search for "copy hard drive DVR"...
[nice top you have, btw]
Usually, DVR's don't allow copying HD data to an external hard disk. Just a built-in limitation.
usually, we/I recommend to search and read the subj …
seems to me you missed the point and made boo-boo
a hint: remove the internal HDD for the copy process
The information on the disk is encoded for the specific unit it was recorded on. If your intent is to copy and use elsewhere, you're out of luck.
(Exception: Programs recorded using the AM-21 off-air antenna unit are not "married" to the unit they were recorded on.)


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In Brief:
- Reduce the average family's annual tax burden by over $5000.00
- Raise the base exemption on income to $31,200.00
- Eliminate "sin" taxes on tobacco and liquor
- Eliminate the gas tax and carbon taxes
- Eliminate the Employer Health Tax
- Replace the provincial charitable donation tax credit with a $750 charitable donation tax refund
- Reduce the size of government by 14%
In summary:
The BC Libertarian Party has the most progressive tax policy ever offered to voters in British Columbia. Our collection of policies target the taxes paid most often by average British Columbians. Governments of the past have talked big about reducing taxes on "the poor," "the working class," and "the middle class." New tax credits against their income taxes are unveiled all the time. But they pale in comparison to the multitude of hidden taxes paid on alcohol, fuel, car insurance, tobacco, and others that are only reflected in the higher cost of everything we buy such as carbon taxes, payroll taxes, corporate income taxes. Those with lower incomes pay a higher proportion of their incomes toward these sorts of consumption taxes than do those with higher incomes. While a struggling young family often pays little or no income taxes, their share of overall taxes contributed to the government remains very high. Our goal is to reduce or eliminate this burden. Our policies combine to reduce total taxes and fees paid by an average family of 4 by over $5000 annually.
Through a series of legislative actions the BC Libertarians will eliminate sin taxes entirely, abolish anti-competitive cartels and price-fixing monopolies, and liberate entire swathes of the economy to competitive forces. We are specifically targeting institutions where reform will deliver immediate cost savings to British Columbians. Recipients of corporate welfare will see funding eliminated and instead benefit from an overall lower tax environment.
The tax code is a convoluted mess of tax credits for individuals and businesses set against income taxes. However, the credits are "targeted" toward groups of the population the government deems worthy of relief. If you don't live your life the way government approves (go to school, have children, drive an electric vehicle) you receive no tax credits. It is an exercise in social engineering. It is costly to administer, audit and comply with. The tax code could be made much simpler by eliminating all of these credits and instead increasing the base exemption on income by an equal total amount. Under our plan, no British Columbian will pay provincial personal income taxes on income earned under $31,200.
Governments have become addicted to tax revenues to close funding gaps in essential services. The politicization of ministry funding creates an institutionalized inertia inside the largest ministries. Successive governments have been held captive to the pressure of ever-increasing budgets. Adoption of productivity-enhancing technologies are seen as a threat to entrenched interests. As a result, the best our governments have mustered is slowing the pace of budget increases. Stopping and reversing this momentum requires a completely different approach. The BC Libertarians will reduce bloated healthcare administration costs without reducing delivery expenditures. We will tie funding to outcomes and reduce funding for programs that do not deliver acceptable returns compared with their cost. We project that our policies will combine to reduce government expenditures by 13%.
Summary of Annual tax savings for the taxpayer:
|Average (Ind.)
|Average (family of 4)
|Liquor Savings
|ICBC Savings
|Fuel Savings
|Income Tax Savings
|Employer Health/MSP Savings
(Numbers are approximate. For illustrative purposes only.)
At length:
The average BC family (earning combined $114,800) pays $48,500 in taxes, approximately $19,000 of it to the BC government. Many of those taxes are not on their income but on the goods that they buy or the businesses they frequent.
The BC Libertarian Party will eliminate liquor and tobacco taxes. Sin taxes do not discourage addiction and dependency. They don't even discourage overall consumption. BC has taxed alcohol punitively for over a century yet drinking habits remain mostly unchanged. The government is a poor authority on individual behaviour. As merely a group of individuals, government does not possess any special status to dictate moral or correct behaviour. When granted such a status, it's only logical that the power leads to abuse and a "do what we say and not what we do" mentality. Worse, by using their position of power to signal moral virtue, the government undermines the traditional moral authorities, namely the family and local community.
Tobacco taxes are increasingly creating incentives for black markets to operate in BC, opening the door to organized crime. Police resources, already stretched thin, are insufficient to enforce the illegality of contraband and resale cigarettes. The solution to this problem is simple. Eliminate provincial excise taxes on tobacco products and permit the importation of foreign made products to compete based on price. Federal and provincial governments cut excise taxes on tobacco in 1994 and they succeeded in eliminating much of the black market. Bringing a large portion of the market back to the light of day helped to balance out the losses from excise tax reductions. Notably, this campaign did nothing to slow the already falling rates of smoking. The unequivocal science respecting health risks, combined with awareness campaigns and social ostracization continue to be the primary factors contributing to fewer people taking up smoking and more smokers quitting.
The BC Libertarian Party opposes any Cannabis taxes beyond PST, and will repeal any taxes implemented. The primary reasoning for legalization is to eliminate the black market and the organized crime it funds. The legal market needs to compete on price for what most regard as a fungible commodity. Taxes prevent this and will ensure the continuation of the black market. This is poor policy and should be scrapped.
BC Libertarians believe that what you do with your body and your income is your business. If there is moralizing to be done, it should be done by loved ones or community peers. For a vast majority of people who drink responsibly, smoke cigarettes or drive gas powered cars, the extra disposable income received from these tax eliminations can be used toward productive ends.
There is no credible evidence that the removal of these sin taxes will cause a significant change in consumption habits. Accordingly, we do not believe healthcare costs will be impacted in any material way.
The BC Libertarian Party would eliminate provincial fuel and carbon taxes, saving the average family over $1000 annually. Everybody pays more when transportation is taxed to the extent that it is today. While it is costly to build and maintain transportation infrastructure, the majority of those costs are not funded by fuel taxes and carbon taxes. Most of the maintenance is paid for by municipalities while capital projects are funded independently. Tax revenue received on fuel (and soon carbon) goes into general provincial government revenues.
Because these taxes are applied to every grocery item we buy as well as gasoline consumption, they are regressive, affecting those least able to pay more than the wealthy. They also unfairly target those that must commute to work, adding insult to injury for those on the run from unaffordable urban housing and traffic congestion.
Fuel taxes and carbon taxes are a significant component in the cost of living. The BC Libertarian Party can only affect the provincial portion of the taxes, however. BC Libertarians would review regulations that stand in the way of new refining capacity in the highest demand areas, so transportation costs of gasoline can be reduced further.
The BC Libertarian Party will eliminate the Employer Health Tax. The BC NDP is replacing the MSP premiums paid by individuals with a tax on employers of up to 1.9% of total payroll. This approach raises the barriers to job creation, discourages business expansion, encourages businesses investment in automation technology, and puts pressure on wage and benefit increases for employees. Like with individuals and their tax brackets, business owners will attempt to avoid the triggering of higher health tax rates by reducing their overall business activity and hiring fewer workers. Employers only budget for labour cost increases that they can afford. With an employer tax on payroll, they will instead postpone their plans for wage increases, or accelerate their plans for automation. Marginal workers are the ones most affected by this change in cost burden, making it a very regressive tax by excluding these most vulnerable workers from the workforce entirely.
Like with minimum wage increases and other interventions, artificially increasing the cost of labour will have a negative effect on the most vulnerable, teenagers and students, and those with a disability that reduces their productive capacity. Current trends have workers joining the workforce at later ages, reducing their lifetime earning potential, human capital acquisition and overall sense of contribution and worth. The government should not add fuel to the fires driving these trends.
The BC Libertarian Party will introduce a $750 income tax refund dollar-for-dollar to taxpayers that have donated to a registered society in the previous year. With such a tax refund there would be no reason every tax paying British Columbian would not donate the maximum amount to some charity that is worthy in their minds. This will reinvigorate non-profits to once again be the cornerstones of our communities. To qualify, charitable organizations would need to maintain administrative costs below a maximum threshold appropriate for its category, as well as fulfill existing requirements for the maintenance of society status. Political entities would be ineligible for these funds.
The purpose of the existing federal charitable tax credit is to encourage people to give directly to institutions like hospitals, homeless shelters and youth sports programs, among many others. These organizations have long histories of being vastly more efficient than taxpayer funded equivalents. They improve outcomes with community-based strategies vs. those dictated from afar. They don't incur nearly as much administrative cost as direct giving to the delivery agency would, in part because they are often run by volunteers. Charitable organizations are also less likely to be swayed in their decision making by political motivations.
It is expected this program will effectively displace the government provision of certain social services that are particularly well-suited for societies to provide. Wherever possible, the BC government should try to reduce its reliance on federal transfers. The BC Libertarians will lobby the federal government to match the $750 tax refund, in exchange for equal reductions in social welfare-related transfers to the province. We will also lobby the federal government for an additional $750 tax refund to those who have donated an equal or greater amount specifically to health delivery agencies such as hospitals or treatment centres, in exchange for similar reductions in federal health transfers. The combined effect of receiving these tax refunds would be a base exemption for maximum donors of $53,500 provincially and $21,600 federally (doubling the existing exemption).
Growth Funded Deficit Reduction
Taxes that affect disposable income for every British Columbian have an effect on their total spending. Eliminating those taxes add back to the spending power of everyone, creating jobs, real wage increases and competitiveness on a global scale.
The BC Libertarian Party will pursue completely open trade agreements with the other provinces and other markets. Trade is good because it allows for an ever greater division of labour. The increasing specialization it enables makes domestic producers more attractive and competitive in open global markets, increasing the wealth of everyone involved to a far greater extent than any closed economy trying to produce everything for itself. For example, the economic potential of eliminating inter-provincial trade barriers has been estimated as high as $7500/family. Indeed, incremental steps made in the past to liberalize provincial trade in wine have resulted in Canadian wines going from laughing stock to internationally renowned, as the various disparate regions learned to do only what they do best and trade that for what the other regions specialize in. Our reforms will see the same sorts of productivity enhancements across all industries.
The BC Libertarian Party will raise the base exemption to $31,200.00. By raising the base exemption on income taxes paid by individuals, we expect the marginal propensity of workers to reject further offered work to be diminished. In other words, workers will take more hours knowing the earnings will end up in their pockets. Fewer people working cash jobs and more hours worked per employee will drive total wages higher.
The combined effect of tax cuts will be faster economic growth, and paradoxically, more sales tax revenue and more corporate/personal income tax revenue. The BC Libertarian Party will use these revenues equally to further reduce taxes and pay off provincial debt.
Tax cuts need to be paid for either by corresponding cuts in expenditures or regular sales of assets. The BC Libertarian Party will do both and will select the expenditures which are least effective in delivering desired outcomes and those capital assets which would be better managed by municipal governments, non-profits or private corporations.
Tax Enforcement and Administration Costs
Our plan replaces $700 million of convoluted tax credits with a higher basic exemption for everybody. We project that the impact of these changes on the budget will be neutral, but that administrative cost savings would be inevitable.
Those targeted for the $700 Million in annual tax credits, are primarily those of low incomes. By increasing the base exemption to such a high level, the same ends are achieved with a much simpler process for filing taxes. Shuffling money back and forth between you and government gets expensive. The replacement of these tax credits with a higher base exemption minimizes the complexity of filing taxes, the need to hire accountants to ensure all eligible credits are properly applied for, the need for the finance ministry to then audit that all to ensure the correct people are being given the credit, among other administrative costs.
Post Secondary
Under our plan, subsidies to post-secondary would be phased out over a 10 year period, reducing expenditures by $400 million annually. Please see our education policy (est. 2019) for more information and background on recent research about the societal returns to post-secondary education and possible alternative methods for enabling social mobility through the accumulation of human capital.
Post-Secondary subsidies are particularly costly to taxpayers, consuming roughly $4 billion dollars annually. These subsidies are intended to make tuition more affordable. However, schools are in business to make money and like all businesses they have difficult decisions to make in covering their costs. To match supply with demand, these subsidies do not reduce the cost of school, but are simply added to the amount students are generally able to pay and paradoxically increase the costs of education. In other words, the subsidies increase demand for post-secondary education and push prices higher. The result is higher tuition costs, students leaving school with larger debts, higher taxes, and a less productive economy.
Ending ICBC
We project that our plan to end ICBC's Monopoly will save BC tax-payers nearly $1 Billion annually. The insurance monopoly is a mess and its losses are directly related to its centralized control, lack of market-based competition and politicized incentives. It is a testament to the dysfunction of centralized economies that our government loses money running an insurance monopoly. Our plan to end ICBC's monopoly, convert it to a co-op owned by remaining premium paying drivers and to depoliticize auto insurance will directly subtract from government expenditures. Please see our detailed policy document to End ICBC.
Ending Boutique Tax Credits and Corporate Welfare
The BC Libertarian party will remove the $600 million film industry tax credit. Industries should be able to survive on their own without government assistance. Subsidies breed dependence, which stifle creativity and productivity. The BC Film industry and related fields have grown to consume $600 Million annually in special government tax breaks. Before long they will be considered "too big to fail" and will be able to hold the government hostage by demanding even more. BC Libertarians do not believe in corporate subsidy of any sort and will remove all such favouritism for special interests. A regime of significantly lower taxes, as we are proposing, will be enough to target all mobile industries to relocate to British Columbia, the film industry included.
Healthcare Administration
We propose to liberate the administration and delivery of our universal healthcare. BC Libertarians take issue with the inherent inefficiencies that exist with the administration of the system by a centralized and politicized control structure, and with how those funds are deployed to delivery agencies. We expect some efficiency gains through competition in delivery of care and through incentivized payments as global budgets are phased out. These gains will help to moderate the budgetary effect of growing health expenditures.
We plan to reduce health administration expenses by $125 million annually over a ten year period through increased administrative efficiency. While we cannot affect the funding source (taxpayers) for health care as a provincial party, we can affect the administration and delivery with reforms intended on improving both productivity and delivering more appropriate patient-centred care. Under our plan, there would be no change in universal coverage for all British Columbians compared to what is currently covered.
Healthcare expenditures are resistant to budgetary cuts due to a rising population, aging demographic, and steadily increasing availability of new treatments. Governments across the country have made many attempts at getting health budgets under control, but if the above factors don't confound them, they are confronted with a paradox: improving the healthcare system (e.g. reducing wait times, patient satisfaction efforts, extending lifespans) stimulates more demand for healthcare resources. Additionally, many people would (and already do, where allowed) choose to spend more money on their or their children's health as a first priority. Reducing the total amount spent is neither realistic, nor desirable.
The BC government is currently funding an opposition to the Cambie Surgery Centre led by Dr. Brian Day. BC Libertarians would remove the opposition and allow Dr. Day to proceed through the courts to the federal level, which is the appropriate venue for issues pertaining to the Canada Health Act. Please read our healthcare policy (est. 2019) for more info on the above reforms.
Affordable Housing Subsidies
The BC Libertarian Party will eliminate provincial affordable housing subsidies, saving an estimated $500 million annually. Affordable housing subsidies for purchasers make housing less affordable. Their introduction encourages insiders to speculate on the price gains that will occur when all the new buyers soon compete for the same properties with a larger borrowing capacity.
Affordable housing subsidies for renters may marginally increase the supply of rentals, and thereby lower the price. But the cost of doing so, at nearly $500M annually (projected to increase substantially) is far too great for the actual impact it will have (even if successful, only keeping up with population growth). When combined with the poor incentives introduced with changes to the Residential Tenancy Act, it is likely the number of rental units per person will fall again. BC Libertarians would remove the subsidies completely, and instead focus on measures that will increase supply of entry-level accommodations, such as reducing the complexity of building codes and encouraging municipalities to offer extra Floor Space Ratio for rental only buildings. We will put property owners back in the driver's seat under the tenancy laws, allowing more to put their properties up for rent without the risk of being locked in with a bad tenant.
Asset Sales
We project receipt of $10 Billion over 5 years through Asset sales.
Asset sales will be considered where qualified purchasers can be found at an acceptable price. BC has $66 Billion in debt and commits $1.2 Billion per year to debt servicing costs. Municipalities have an interest in ensuring their residents' good health. Sweden, after reforming their medical system in a similar way to our proposals made municipalities the primary owners of hospitals. We would encourage the charitable hospital societies and municipalities to form joint ventures on the purchase and operation of BC's largest hospitals. Assets owned through PavCo such as BC Place and the Vancouver Convention Centre, as well as crown corporations like the BC Lottery Corporation can be sold to realize many billions of dollars in debt cancellation. Provincial lands can be released for development, as can high value commercial and office space like the Liquor Distribution Branch and the ICBC head office.
The future security of access to affordable infrastructure is better defended by eliminating debt and the need to service it, a cost that currently sits at nearly $500/year per person and with rising interest rates is projected to rise considerably. Even if these assets were operated by non-government organizations at prices not as favourable to consumers (a speculative assumption at best), the cost savings from debt elimination would more than compensate. At every opportunity, this debt should be eliminated. It is economically unjustifiable as well as ethically dubious to burden non-consenting future generations with the repayment of debts to fund the profligate tendencies of today's unleashed governments.


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In 1946 alone, American women spent an estimated $29,200,000 for 5000 tons of lipstick — 190 million individual lipsticks in all. From this, the federal government collected $5,840,000 in luxury taxes — enough to pay the US President's salary for the next 77 years.
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Image 1: Lipstick-making begins with pouring and mixing of ingredients in large stainless steel vats, which are heated by steam to approximately 190 degrees F. Presently, a woman (foreground) pours out a sample from a new mixture for testing and analysis in the company laboratory. Here, batches of four different shades are being compounded.
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Editor's note: This article was originally published on August 9, 2019 via Legacy Research Group.Gold shot past $1,500 per ounce last week.
It's the first time the yellow metal touched that level in more than six years. And the Legacy Research inbox is packed with questions about what's next.
So we turn to master trader Jeff Clark (Delta Report, Delta Direct, Jeff Clark Trader, and Market Minute), who shows us the one gold indicator that has "never been wrong."
Before we get to that, a first for The Daily Cut mailbag…
We get lots of questions about lots of topics here at Legacy Research. But I can't remember ever seeing one about natural gas.
So when I saw Pamela's question below, I knew we had to get it in this week's mailbag.
Dave Forest (International Speculator) and E.B. Tucker (Strategic Trader and Strategic Investor) provide the answers.
And apologies in advance to any natural gas bulls in the audience…
Reader question: What do you think about natural gas? Winter is around the corner.
– Pamela D. (Legacy Research member)
Dave's answer: Great question, and there are indeed a lot of interesting things happening in U.S. natural gas (natgas) right now. Recent data suggests that production from the Marcellus Shale – America's key natgas play – may have peaked and may now be declining slightly.
That should be a positive, but there's an X factor: the Permian Basin of Texas.
The Permian isn't a gas play. It's one of the biggest oil production plays in the U.S. But the oil comes tied up with a lot of gas.
Permian producers want the oil, and they get the gas no matter what. So, they've been nearly giving away the gas. In some cases, Permian gas prices have gone negative – meaning they are literally giving the stuff away.
Oil and associated gas production from the Permian have been absolutely booming in recent years. And low natgas prices have absolutely no impact on gas production there, because producers care about only the oil.
All that said, recent softness in oil prices could drop Permian oil drilling – and thus decrease gas production.
I'm watching this key area to see what happens. If it looks like Permian gas output is finally dropping, this could be a signal to jump into gas. But that would be a very aggressive speculation, and one I wouldn't be comfortable making with my own money.
E.B.'s answer: I don't like natural gas right now. There's too much of it, which means the price won't budge in a meaningful way until the market figures out how to use all of the surplus gas produced from fracking.
However, gas is more regional than oil. It's hard to ship. The price of gas in Japan, for instance, is far higher than in Texas, where there's a glut.
In Strategic Investor, we own the world's most powerful gas producer. It has a direct feed by pipeline into Europe. Without this company, Europe would freeze to death.
To date this year, the stock is up 57%, and it pays a big dividend.
So, while I'm not an overall fan of natural gas, I have found opportunity in the sector.
And now for Jeff Clark… and the gold indicator that's never been wrong in more than 20 years…
Reader question: Jeff, I know you posted several warnings on the gold and gold miners trade, including the "Mother Indicator." The gold market just keeps grinding higher, and I am kicking myself for being early on trimming positions and even selling covered calls. What is your current conviction in the gold sector? Thanks.
– Douglas J. (Legacy Research member)
Jeff's answer: Hi Doug. I'd rather kick myself for being early on getting out of a trade at a profit than for being late. It's far easier to exit a position when everyone else is lining up to buy it than to try to sell when the entire crowd is rushing for the exits.
The fear at this point, with the gold stocks continuing to grind higher, is that the gold sector may never pull back again. It'll just keep rallying and we'll never have a chance to buy back into the sector.
That's possible, I suppose. Heck, anything is possible. But it's not likely.
Commercial traders in the gold market – aka the smart money – have a knack for getting super-bullish on gold right near the bottom, and getting super-bearish right near the top. They're not perfect. They don't time the trades exactly. In fact, they're often a few weeks early.
But, in the 20-plus years I've been following them, they've never been wrong.
Last September, for example, when gold was trading near $1,200 per ounce, commercial traders amassed the largest bullish position on gold in the past 20 years. It took a few weeks before gold started to rally. But anyone following the action of the commercial traders was sitting on large profits by February.
As of last week, commercial traders had the second largest net-short position on gold in the past 20 years. Based on what happened this week, the "smart money" is early on this trade.
But I don't think they're wrong.
Gold and gold stocks are severely overbought. Commercial traders are bearish. I wouldn't want to buy into the gold sector given those conditions.
I like the gold stocks longer-term. But I expect we'll see lower prices for most of them over the next several weeks.
Jeff isn't our only expert with a strong opinion on gold.
If you want to hear what a gold industry insider has to say, be sure to read Wednesday's issue of Casey Daily Dispatch.
E.B. Tucker – the guy who back in December guaranteed gold would hit $1,500 an ounce by the end of 2019 – gives his thoughts on the current rally… and what comes next.
Side note: I'm just back from the Sprott Natural Resource Symposium in Vancouver.
It features more than 100 investment professionals focused on natural resources and precious metals, including Doug Casey, Nick Giambruno, Dave Forest, and E.B.
One of the most interesting things I noted was the optimism of every expert who took the stage. They all see gold going much higher from here… some as high as $4,500 an ounce.
That's 125% above gold's all-time high.
Moving on, a question about bitcoin for Jeff Brown. This one comes in response to Jeff's July 25 issue of The Bleeding Edge…
Reader question: I read your article on being in Washington, D.C., to discuss blockchain technology and the future of Libra. If Facebook has this type of user base, what keeps it from becoming the dominant crypto instead of, say, bitcoin? What effect does Libra have on the future of bitcoin?
– John B. (Legacy Research member)
Jeff is on the road right now, but here's the insider's take on Libra and bitcoin from Teeka Tiwari…
Teeka's answer: Facebook has nearly 3 billion subscribers that it'll now have to train on how to use its crypto coin.
Like JPM Coin, Libra is not a decentralized cryptocurrency. It will be under Facebook's control. But the fact that these two mainstream businesses are embracing this technology's terminology – and riding the coattails of the interest around blockchain – is very bullish for the crypto economy.
Facebook will be bringing crypto to mom and pop – a huge global audience that ordinarily wouldn't be exposed to it. You've got adoption of crypto by mainstream institutions and corporations ramping up… while bitcoin emerges from a bear market. It's a wildly bullish setup, in my view.
Last up in today's mailbag… a series of options-trading questions for the team at Teeka Tiwari's Alpha Edge.
William Mikula – the guy Teeka calls his "stealth income weapon" – takes the lead with some answers.
Reader question: For options trading with Alpha Edge, do you need to have the exact amount of funds in the account to cover the contracts for the options trade?
– Aaron H. (Legacy Research member)
William's answer: At Alpha Edge, we only sell cash-secured options. This means our potential purchase obligation is 100% covered by the cash in our account. So the simple answer to your question is yes.
But let's walk through an example…
Let's say we really like the prospects of the made-up company Palm Beach Inc. With shares trading at $10, we'll offer to buy them if they drop to a "strike price" of $9 per share. This is called "selling to open a put option."
When we do this, another trader pays us a premium to "insure" their shares. By paying us an upfront premium, she knows that no matter what happens, she has a buyer for her shares at $9.
In exchange for this promise, we must set aside $900 per put contract in our brokerage account. Options trade in increments of 100 shares, so it's $9 X 100.
By having the full $900 available in our account, we'll have the cash to buy 100 shares at $9 when the option expires.
Keep in mind, we only have to purchase these shares if they are trading at $8.99 or lower on expiration day. And if they are… great. We liked Palm Beach Inc. at $10. We like it even more at $9 per share.
And if shares are trading at $9.00 or higher on option-expiration day, we'll keep all the cash we earned from selling the put and have no further obligation.
Selling only cash-secured put options the way we do at Alpha Edge is a conservative – yet profitable – strategy. In fact, over the last year, we've enjoyed 39.6% average annualized returns… all while being able to rest easy knowing we had the cash to back our trades.
Reader question: I'm excited to start implementing the Alpha Edge strategy. There are two questions I have that weren't covered in the manifesto, training course, or trade recommendations:
- Does the put option need to be executed before the call option is initiated? The put option is just sitting now and has not been executed yet, but I'm worried that I'll miss the opportunity for the call option if it doesn't execute.
- How are the stop-losses embedded in the order? Is it using a stop-limit order, or is there another way to protect capital from outsized losses?
– Jonah M. (Legacy Research member)
William's answer: I'm glad you're interested in our No-Money-Down Alpha Trades. That's one of our most popular – and profitable – strategies at Alpha Edge.
Here are the steps to put on a No-Money-Down Alpha Trade:
First, we sell to open a put option. (See my previous answer for more on that.) Here, we're agreeing to buy a great company at a discount to current prices. In exchange, we earn an upfront cash payout.
Then we take a portion of that payout and…
Buy to open a call option. This lets us profit when that underlying stock increases in price. And since we use the proceeds from our put sale to buy it, the trade has no upfront cost.
It's important for the "put sale" portion of the trade to execute first. This provides you with the cash from another trader to then buy the call option.
Many online brokers allow traders to enter both trades as one "spread trade" with a limit order. But for newer traders, this can add a level of complexity.
The easiest way is to sell to open the put option at the limit prices listed in our trade alerts… earn instant cash… then use a portion of that cash to buy the call option at our listed limit price.
If you don't follow these steps, you run the risk of the call option being purchased from your own funds. If the put option never executes, you're speculating on the stock's upside without a corresponding cash payout.
While the trade could still work out, it doesn't position you for the massive upside with no out-of-pocket cost that a No-Money-Down Alpha Trade does.
Moving on to your second question…
We do use stop-losses at Alpha Edge. But we do not enter them with our broker. Here's why…
Believe it or not, market makers are able to see stop-losses that are registered with brokers. This is an unfair advantage. I won't get into the nuts and bolts of the market mechanics. But entering a stop-loss with your broker is like playing poker with your cards face up.
That's why we track our 25% stop-losses offline. This protects our positions from any unusual or unscrupulous activity.
And rest assured, we are constantly monitoring our portfolio positions. And if we ever need to take immediate action on a position, we'll issue an alert or update right away.
That's all for today.
Have a nice weekend.
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If you are a hardgainer who is trying to add muscle to their skinny frame, it is very important that you follow the proper muscle building diet and nutrition plan in order to make sure that you are not packing on pounds of fat. You see, I can easily give you the formula that will help you determine how much you should eat in order to gain mass, but unless you are eating the right amounts of the right foods, chances are that you will pack on fat and achieve an unwanted bloated look.
Muscle Building Diet Formula for Hardgainers
20 x Total Body Weight = Total Calories per day
Example: 135lbs x 20= 2700 Calories per day.
50 Percent Clean Complex Carbohydrates.
45 Percent Clean Quality Protein.
15 Percent Natural Fats.
Muscle Building Foods
It is very important that all your carbohydrates come from complex carbohydrates such as wheat and whole grains. The protein you consume should be lean and high quality such as fish, chicken breast, and turkey. Lastly, all fats must come from natural sources like mixed nuts, peanut butter, fish, and flaxseed.
Muscle Building Diet Tricks for Continuous Growth
Another very important factor when eating to build size is knowing when to eat and what to eat at the right time. I will not argue that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but I will say that the meals consumed following your training are most crucial when packing on pounds of muscle. There are three phases following your gym routine that could make or break your gains and must be taken full advantage of for maximum results.
Phase 1 comes 15 minutes following your intense workout session. This is easily the most important of the three because this determines how effective the next two phases are. During phase 1 it is very important that you consume about 0.25(your body weight) in grams of protein along with 0.15(your body weight) in grams of fast acting carbohydrates. Yes that is correct, in this case, fast acting/simple carbohydrates work best. This will allow your body to avoid going into a catabolic state directly following an intense workout by increasing your insulin levels and putting you into an anabolic state quickly. Being in an anabolic state will allow you to continue to recover and build new muscle as oppose to putting muscle to waste during a catabolic state.
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Often, the water isn't even clean.
Well Worth It seeks to provide communities with access to safe, clean water – a basic human right.
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A contaminated water source 2.9kms away was their only was of accessing water. They would make this trip 3 x per day. In the village, the team spoke with a 70year old man from the community who had never seen clean water. He never believed in his lifetime it would be possible. The well now provides water for a community of 2,000 people.
The old water source was 3.5kms away. There was much sickness visible in the community. They cheered when the water was pumped.
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[By Sameera Ehteram] Despite the fact that Atheism is considered equal to terrorism in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the number of such people is blowing up overnight.
In April this year, Saudi Arabia passed a terrorism law declaring all non believers of Islam to be enemies of the state.
It was probably random acts like the tweet below that ruffled feathers in the kingdom:
Regardless of the restrictions and strict laws, more and more people are coming out as atheists, perhaps not candidly, but in a country where such a concept was unthinkable till recently, such admissions are surprising:
Fahad Al Fahad, a human right activist, recently claimed, "I know at least six atheists who confirmed that to me."
"Six or seven years ago, I wouldn't even have heard one person say that. Not even a best friend would confess that to me," he added.
According to a 2012 poll, five percent of Saudis described themselves as"convinced atheist." Although the figure is well below the global average of 13 percent, for a conservative country like Saudi Arabia, where civil liberties are scarce, the number is quite large.
Bassim Alim, a Saudi lawyer, thinks the sudden growth in numbers is "because people are becoming more disillusioned with the government, they started looking at the government and its support groups as being in bed together and conspiring together against the good of the people."
It may also have something to do with the ironfisted imposition of religious restrictions by the government on its people. Surely, many felt suffocated and it prompted them to retaliate.
In a country where members of the opposite sex cannot interact openly, women are not allowed to drive or even go to libraries, and people are sentenced to jail for voicing their opinions people are bound to feel the need to rebel.