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Defense of the Gold Standard & the Discovery of Freedom, pt 2 of 7
Muhammad Rasheed - Abdur Rasheed wrote: "Ok. What should the government have done to prevent what happened?"
Regular police enforcement shit. Those directly responsible are brought up on charges and fined all the way up the chain of command. The company given a hard deadline when they need to fix the damage, and if it isn't met shut all of that shit down, confiscate it, and throw them in prison. Or hang them from the gibbet. Whichever is cheaper.
Muhammad Rasheed - Abdur Rasheed wrote: "Who's job is it to catch companies when they pollute? Who reported the chemical company when they realized that the water was contaminated?"
I don't know. Tell me.
Abdur Rasheed - Muhammad wrote: "That's nonsense, and narrow-minded thinking. Currency wouldn't be limited to how much gold we have, when you can just divide the dollar up further."
[blinks]
I'm starting to suspect that you don't even know what the gold standard is.
The gold standard means that the USA carries the amount of gold to back up every cent of our money.
That's just what it was. If you have a fixed amount of gold backing up the equal share of your countries currency...you can't just break down the penny into little sub pennies and everything will be alright, Goober.
We both live on an island and we both trade 10 gold coins between us for goods and services. We both agree that a gold coin is worth a fixed amount of goods and services.
Say you end up with the last remaining fresh water on your side of the island and I have to keep buying my water from you. I get down to my last two gold coins so I cut them both into 300 equal pieces.
Am I NOW the richest man on the island?
Say 10 more people come to our island and they all provide different services and goods that we all need but we only have 10 gold coins.
I guess some people have to die. [grabs beating club]
Or we get the fuck off of this bullshit gold standard.
Muhammad wrote: "The Kuwaiti Dinar (KD) is the highest-valued currency in the world... everybody wants it! The KD is divided into a thousand parts (fils) as opposed to the USD's one hundred parts (cents). A 250/1000 of a KD is powerful. Using this money is what it was like living under the gold standard when the USD was still rock solid."
I didn't realize that Kuwait was still on the gold standard and that they were doing so well.
You just shot holes all in my....Kuwait ain't on no gotdamnit gold standard.
They DO produce valuable shit that most of the free world uses at their entire economy is based on it.
Kuwait is an Army base (for protection) a goat village, and one of the largest OIL fields in the world.
THAT is why their money is so valuable.
Fuck the gold standard!
Abdur Rasheed - Muhammad wrote: "Abdur Rasheed wrote: "Ok. What should the government have done to prevent what happened?"
Regular police enforcement shit. Those directly responsible are brought up on charges and fined all the way up the chain of command. The company given a hard deadline when they need to fix the damage, and if it isn't met shut all of that shit down, confiscate it, and throw them in prison."
Uuuuummmmm...it was just an accident man. Chill! Do you think that company wanted all of this negative publicity?
They just wanted to refine chemicals and make money.
Some valve leaked underground or some shit and nobody knew until the water started to smell funny and the COMPANY did and investigation and reported it to the EPA.
Relax over there Barney Fife and put that bullet away.
See why I'm not living in your crazy libertarian world.
Muhammad Rasheed - Abdur Rasheed wrote: "That's just what it was. If you have a fixed amount of gold backing up the equal share of your countries currency...you can't just break down the penny into little sub pennies and everything will be alright, Goober."
Of COURSE you can. That's what a cent is... the dollar broken down into fractions. It can be broken down even further... issue new notes. That way the dollar will not be watered down from inflation by printing more than the gold we have, and the strength of the dollar will maintain its integrity.
I didn't bring up the KD as an example of them being on the gold standard, but to point out how a further sub-divided currency note looks. 1/1,000 versus our 1/100.
Abdur Rasheed wrote: "Uuuuummmmm...it was just an accident man."
Yeah, okay. Now the WV citizens are apparently drinking motor oil out of bathtubs. They can fix that shit in 60 days... clean it all up... or their CEO will hang from the gibbet.
Abdur Rasheed wrote: "Chill! Do you think that company wanted all of this negative publicity?"
I'm sure their lawyers are trying to figure out how to sue the motherfucker that snitched.
Abdur Rasheed - I didn't mean that you weren't able to breakdown the damn penny. I meant that it doesn't add value and that would be fucking stupid (see: my island scenario.)
Muhammad Rasheed - lol Your island scenario could easily been fixed by breaking down those 10 coins, stupid.
Muhammad Rasheed - smh
Abdur Rasheed - So in your magical world...breaking DOWN money increases the value?
On the gold standard we would be limited on our gold reserves.
Which means that the value of of currency is directly linked to the amount of gold we have in our reserves as a country...and not a dollar more.
That's why they don't want to aide other countries.
The gold standard started to take a shit during WWI we we over extended our gold treasuries.
If your dollar's value is represented by X amount of gold and you run out of gold or simply can't keep up with and economic upturn...breaking down the money that you already have is NOT going to help you.
If I can buy Monsters 101 in paperback for $12 and we run out of gold and therefor cash...how can I buy a copy of Monsters 101?
I divided up all of my pennies ...now what? Can I NOW buy a copy for 100th of a penny?
That sounds stable.
Dumb ass!
Abdur Rasheed - Muhammad wrote: "There wouldn't be any bubbles if we were on the gold standard. "Bubbles" are caused by printing money arbitrarily backed by nothing by the Fed saying "Okay, print some more just because" and inflation threatening to collapse the economy. You don't have an argument on this topic."
No I don't.
Because YOU just made it for me.
Go and look up what the gold standard actually is, and then get back to me.
Start here: "A gold standard is a monetary system in which the standard economic unit of account is based on a FIXED quantity of gold."
Muhammad Rasheed - It's supposed to be a fixed quantity of gold, that's where the stability comes from. Printing more notes than the amount of gold you have creates inflation/instability.
Abdur Rasheed - Yeah, yeah. That's what I said.
THE QUESTION WAS: What happens during a sudden economic boom when your money is limited to a fixed quantity of gold?
Your answer: Break down your pennies.
Retarded answer and shows a lack of understanding of basic economic principals.
Start again.
Right there is where you said it.^^^^^^^^ dumb^^^^^^^^
Muhammad Rasheed - Abdur Rasheed wrote: "So in your magical world...breaking DOWN money increases the value?"
Where did I say it increases the value? It already had value; it was worth that exact amount of gold the note represented. Your $1 note is worth 1/20 of an ounce of gold. Break it in half and issue a $0.50 note. That one is worth 1/40 of an ounce of gold. New notes were issued, stability maintained, no inflation.
Abdur Rasheed wrote: "On the gold standard we would be limited on our gold reserves."
Yup. That's how it works. That's its strength.
Abdur Rasheed wrote: "That's why they don't want to aide other countries."
"Aid" other countries doing what?
Abdur Rasheed wrote: "The gold standard started to take a shit during WWI we we over extended our gold treasuries."
1.) World War I began one year after the private banking interests known as the Money Trust slipped the Federal Reserve Act through over the holidays when the politicians they knew would 'Nay' it were on leave.
2.) The Money Trust (their super villain name) formed the corporation The Federal Reserve, and in partnership with the US government, were given the job of controlling the nation's wealth.
3.) They IMMEDIATELY started printing more money that we had in our reserves, creating the very first recession bubble that caused The Great Depression 20 years later.
The gold standard "took a shit" because it was deliberately sabotaged by the villain of the story that wanted it gone. Slow clap for people just like you who are willful dupes because of your ignorant blind faith in a system you only think you understand. Now the economy is screwed up completely and we live in a permanent debt culture. Thanks.
Stop calling me names and argue your case.
Abdur Rasheed - Muhammad Rasheed wrote: "What makes it arbitrary? At the moment you are the only human being in history that doesn't consider gold true wealth."
I'm good with that. You still haven't found a real use for gold yet and you haven't shown why assigning an arbitrary value to a shiny rock is so different than Wall Street assigning an arbitrary value to a house. I'm still waiting. Wheat has more practical value. Laurie's seasoning salt has more value. Fresh water. The active ingredient to deodorant.
Gold is pretty though.
Muhammad wrote: "B...but everybody SAYS its valuable.
Rah: "Oh. Ok. Go get some and hold it tight."
Muhammad wrote: "Even the Federal Reserve, that believes in creating bubbles and recessions from producing money literally from thin air that you're such a big proponent of, has a stockpile of gold for their private company usage."
So you're following the federal reserve when you agree with them?
Muhammad wrote: "There wouldn't be any bubbles if we were on the gold standard. "Bubbles" are caused by printing money arbitrarily backed by nothing by the Fed saying "Okay, print some more just because" and inflation threatening to collapse the economy."
Not only do you not hear ME, but you don't even hear yourself.
So printing money arbitrarily is BAD, but printing money based on the arbitrary value of a shiny rock is GOOD?
I guess I don't have an argument.
So when are we going back on the gold standard from the early 1900's?
Sounds fun.
Abdur Rasheed - Muhammad wrote: "lol Your island scenario could easily been fixed by breaking down those 10 coins, stupid."
Abdur Rasheed - I know that it's easy to jump head first into conspiracy theories and all, but no war is budgeted.
If you live an a house and every dollar you spend is allocated for a purpose. Then you have a beef with a neighbor and it costs billions of dollars that you didn't plan on spending you are going to go bankrupt.
Now if you were on the gold standard and every dollar HAD to be backed buy gold...you would run out of gold and bankrupt your household.
If we were going to go to was against ze Germans and DIDN'T want to go bankrupt...we HAD to get off the gold standard or at least start making major plans to do so or we would go bankrupt.
I know I know the secret meeting with the illuminati and the lizard people and 'em, but sometimes it's just smarter.
Muhammad Rasheed - Abdur Rasheed wrote: "
I'm good with that. You still haven't found a real use for gold yet…"
FROM WIKI – "The value of gold is rooted in its medium rarity, easily handling, easy smelting, non-corrosiveness, distinct color and non-reactiveness to other elements; qualities most other metals lack. It is a good reflector of electromagnetic radiation such as infrared and visible light as well as radio waves. It is used for the protective coatings on many artificial satellites, in infrared protective faceplates in thermal protection suits and astronauts' helmets and in electronic warfare planes like the EA-6B Prowler. It can be manufactured so thin that it appears transparent. It is used in some aircraft cockpit windows for de-icing or anti-icing by passing electricity through it. The heat produced by the resistance of the gold is enough to deter ice from forming. Plus it is a great conductor of both heat and electricity with the added benefit of corrosion resistance."
Sounds useful to ME. In fact, in the current technological age it is more practically useful than ever.
Abdur Rasheed wrote: "…and you haven't shown why assigning an arbitrary value to a shiny rock is so different than Wall Street assigning an arbitrary value to a house."
The above list from the Wiki page proves the value isn't arbitrary at all.
Abdur Rasheed wrote: "I'm still waiting."
You are also stubborn and prideful.
Abdur Rasheed wrote: "Wheat has more practical value. Laurie's seasoning salt has more value. Fresh water. The active ingredient to deodorant. Gold is pretty though."
Gold is permanent, while those items are perishable. All the gold that has ever been mined from the earth is being used now. It does not rust or corrode. Permanence is a fundamentally desired quality in the candidates up for something stable to back up a currency. Gold has won that race over and over since before recorded history. You are the only one who can't see that.
Abdur Rasheed wrote: "Muhammad wrote: "B...but everybody SAYS its valuable.
So you're following the federal reserve when you agree with them? Nice."
The very enemy who schemed to remove us off of the gold standard so he could become [more] super rich under the same fiat system that indebted Old Europe and destroyed their economy is SHOWING YOU the true value of gold by hoarding it himself and you still don't see that. lol
But you called me a dumb ass? Interesting.
Abdur Rasheed wrote: "
At this point in the thread you've proved yourself not worth hearing.
Abdur Rasheed wrote: "So printing money arbitrarily is BAD…"
It literally causes inflation bubbles, recessions and depressions.
Abdur Rasheed wrote: "…but printing money based on the arbitrary value of a shiny rock is GOOD?"
Not a single inflation bubble, recession or depression is caused by a stable currency backed by the world's most consistently precious metal. Literally.
Lol I can't explain it any more clearer than that.
Abdur Rasheed wrote: "I guess I don't have an argument."
Not even a LITTLE bit. Don't call me a dumb ass again. Get yourself together on this item.
Abdur Rasheed wrote: "So when are we going back on the gold standard from the early 1900's?"
Why would the Fed give up their gravy train? Let me break down the fiat system again: 1.) I produce money from out of thin air by simply printing the currency. 2.) I assign a value to it based on eenie-meenie-mynie-moe 3.) I loan it to you 4.) I charge you interest and collect your actual wealth (gold!) as payment 5.) when I own all of your gold, the national deficit starts growing 6.) you are now in debt to me forever. CONGRATS!
Abdur Rasheed wrote: "Sounds fun."
Being debt free is more than fun. It is a blessing, a badge of true freedom, and worth fighting for.
I wish FB let us use bold, italic, and underline.
Muhammad Rasheed - Abdur Rasheed wrote: "I know that it's easy to jump head first into conspiracy theories and all, but no war is budgeted. If you live an a house and every dollar you spend is allocated for a purpose. Then you have a beef with a neighbor and it costs billions of dollars that you didn't plan on spending you are going to go bankrupt. Now if you were on the gold standard and every dollar HAD to be backed buy gold...you would run out of gold and bankrupt your household. If we were going to go to was against ze Germans and DIDN'T want to go bankrupt...we HAD to get off the gold standard or at least start making major plans to do so or we would go bankrupt. I know I know the secret meeting with the illuminati and the lizard people and 'em, but sometimes it's just smarter."
Why did we enter that war? World War I? Americans were calling it the "European War," and nobody wanted to enter it. For what? It would've cost a fortune in national resources and human lives and it was popular opinion that it wasn't our fight. Our nation had also consistently rejected the Central Bank's offers to take over our money system to use the very fiat system that destroyed Europe's economy. Our economy was strong. Rock solid. But you think it was "just smarter" to hand our financial system over to a private institution that specialized in a finance system that was proven to destroy whole nations for the previous several centuries? You think it was smart for us to enter that war that nobody wanted, that we still haven't recovered from?
And it doesn't bother you at all that the private banking institution… not aliens or lizards or none of that… people you actually know, in fact… pushed an act through when most of the voting members were off for the holidays? They did that so that we would give them our money system. So we would enter that war. And you think it was smart. That we're better for it.
'Kay.
Muhammad Rasheed - Abdur Rasheed wrote: "Then you have a beef with a neighbor and it costs billions of dollars that you didn't plan on spending you are going to go bankrupt ... If we were going to go to was against ze Germans and DIDN'T want to go bankrupt..."
Then you don't go to war. You fight for peace because the cost of war is too great.
If the world wasn't enslaved to the Central Banking system and its debt-producing tool of fiat, we wouldn't have the current Global War Machine Culture that requires fiat to finance it.
You are right. If we were on the gold standard, it would severely restrict the war machine. So we were tricked off of it, and a year later we were in a ridiculously costly war the American people said wasn't our fight.
Muhammad Rasheed - Imagine being in the current technological age in which there was no war (or much reduced), and we weren't in debt. That's what it would be like if the world was still on the gold standard, and the Central banks were destroyed. "Sounds fun." Fun? It would be a Golden Age of prosperity.
Interesting. Love talking about this stuff because the dots just keep connecting.
Muhammad Rasheed - Abdur Rasheed wrote: "THE QUESTION WAS: What happens during a sudden economic boom when your money is limited to a fixed quantity of gold? Your answer: Break down your pennies."
A consistently stable currency during economic growth and "booms" means the value of the currency increases. The basic currency unit would stretch farther and farther and farther...
...the literal opposite to what inflation does to the currency. Inflation weakens the currency... dilutes it... so that it no longer can buy as much as it used to. A stable currency during economic growth has the opposite effect, and the fractional increments of the currency unit can buy more and more.
Muhammad Rasheed - Under the stable economy of the gold standard in previous US centuries, you could buy two goats and a bag of feed for half a handful of pennies. Today you might be able to buy a gumball with that. With a co-signer.
Abdur Rasheed - Muhammad Rasheed wrote: "FROM WIKI – "The value of gold is rooted in its medium rarity, easily handling, easy smelting, non-corrosiveness, distinct color and non-reactiveness to other elements; qualities most other metals lack. It is a good reflector of electromagnetic radiation such as infrared and visible light as well as radio waves. It is used for the protective coatings on many artificial satellites, in infrared protective faceplates in thermal protection suits and astronauts' helmets and in electronic warfare planes like the EA-6B Prowler. It can be manufactured so thin that it appears transparent. It is used in some aircraft cockpit windows for de-icing or anti-icing by passing electricity through it. The heat produced by the resistance of the gold is enough to deter ice from forming. Plus it is a great conductor of both heat and electricity with the added benefit of corrosion resistance."
Sounds useful to ME. In fact, in the current technological age it is more practically useful than ever."
That IS pretty useful. I didn't realize how useful gold is.
How big is the market share for cockpit window defrosters?
They must be FLYING off the shelves at Air Plane Depot.
So because EVERYBODY must have an airplane cockpit window defroster explains why gold is in such high demand.
If you would have just said, "Jewelry" it would have made more sense.
I know that gold IS valuable because everybody says to get it, but you can lose you ass investing in gold just as easily as anything else.
It's worth more now more than ever, but its STILL just an inflated price based on the fluctuations of some magic wand, Muhammad. It has ZERO value.
They don't make enough gold plated satellites and twin turbo plane to justify the price. If they made something that everybody could actually use with gold then the price would skyrocket and nobody could afford whatever they were making with it.
I know that is only if we go back to the economy limiting gold standard and we can no longer own it, but the REST of the world wouldn't and as I said its a GLOBAL economy.
Muhammad wrote: "The above list from the wiki page proves..."
That less than .0001% usefulness proves my point unless you have one of the $52 million dollar jets that was made or modified back in the 1960's.
Muhammad wrote: "You are stubborn and prideful."
And rich not based on theories from days long passed.
NOT stubborn and prideful ARBITRARILY.
I know what works. I am recession proof because I don't get caught in bubbles. Gold or otherwise.
Muhammad Rasheed wrote: "Gold is permanent, while those items are perishable. All the gold that has ever been mined from the earth is being used now. It does not rust or corrode. Permanence is a fundamental desired quality in the candidates for something stable to back up a currency. Gold has won that race over and over since before recorded history. You are the only one who can't see that."
So are most of the elements on the periodic table.
So are PCB's.
Diamonds.
Did you every ask why gold over diamonds?
Who would benefit?
I just spent a SHIT LOAD of money on diamond tipped drill bits. Gold drill bits are useless btw.
Muhammad wrote: "The very enemy who schemed to remove us off of the gold standard so he could become [more] super rich under the same fiat system that indebted Old Europe and destroyed their economy is SHOWING YOU the true value of gold by hoarding it himself and you still don't see that. lol
But you called me a dumb ass? Interesting."
Space aliens again, Eh?
Scary.
Muhammad wrote: "Not a single inflation bubble, recession or depression is caused under a stable currency backed by the world's most consistently precious metal. Literally.
Lol I can't explain it any more clearer than that. "
I know you can't.
Because you would be wrong.
When your money is limited by your gold reserves your economy crawls at a snails pace.
If you have goods to sell you cannot raise your price.
Breaking down the penny won't help you.
Recessions happen when people panic and start snatching money out of the economy and burying it in the yard.
People panic when their money is supports by the arbitrary whims of the market.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1907
We were ON the gold standard in 1907 and there was no Federal Reserve.
I know the evil lizard people and space ships did it, but here in the real world...a bubble is a bubble and a BAD idea is just a fucking bad idea.
Abdur Rasheed - The idea of increasing value by breaking down the penny IS stupid.
Abdur Rasheed - Muhammad Rasheed wrote: "Under the stable economy of the gold standard in previous US centuries, you could buy two goats and a bag of feed for half a handful of pennies. Today you might be able to buy a gumball with that. With a co-signer."
You think that the only difference in the cost of living in the early 1900's and 2014 is the fiat banking system???
Abdur Rasheed - Have you abandoned the notion that breaking down pennies adds value?
Muhammad Rasheed - Abdur Rasheed wrote: "If you would have just said, "Jewelry" it would have made more sense."
It was the above-listed properties that make it valuable in science/industry, jewelry, and a stable precious metal to back currency. Toss it aside as you like, Abdur. I guarantee it won't lay there for long despite your stubborn insistence that it's not actually valuable in anyway. A trillion, trillion human beings going all the way back to Adam will disagree with you. Pigs don't care much for pearls either I hear.
Abdur Rasheed wrote: "I know that gold IS valuable because everybody says to get it, but you can lose you ass investing in gold just as easily as anything else."
Yeah, compare how gold functions as a stable backing of currency to how it functions now under the Central Banks' fiat system where it's used as just another commodity. THAT'S the same. Sure. Lol
Abdur Rasheed wrote: "It's worth more now more than ever…"
In context because of the current usage in our technological society.
Abdur Rasheed wrote: "…but its STILL just an inflated price based on the fluctuations of some magic wand, Muhammad."
The price of the dollar is what is being manipulated, giving the illusion that those items are fluctuating in value. A troy ounce of gold will buy the same thing today as it would've bought 2,000 years ago.
Abdur Rasheed wrote: "It has ZERO value."
Things with zero value are rarely hoarded, sir.
Abdur Rasheed wrote: "They don't make enough gold plated satellites and twin turbo plane to justify the price. If they made something that everybody could actually use with gold then the price would skyrocket and nobody could afford whatever they were making with it."
Everyone uses jewelry. People use gold for all kinds of things; its stats make it suitable for lots of things. [casual skim down the WIKI page] Oh, look. Gold is used in medicine. Sounds pretty valuable to ME. It has well-known uses in dentistry, and it has numerous applications making it a vital component for the electron microscope. But let me stop. That's probably not valuable to you either, amIright? Stupid science!
Abdur Rasheed wrote: "I know that is only if we go back to the economy limiting gold standard and we can no longer own it, but the REST of the world wouldn't and as I said its a GLOBAL economy."
Yeah. So what does that mean exactly? We wouldn't have a global economy otherwise? lol We could still do business with other nations… did not the ancients import/export? Explain yourself. Because the only component of a global economy that thrives on the fiat system is the War for Profit industry, as you yourself were so kind to shine a spotlight upon.
It has usefulness in industry, but it also has recognized universal value that is based on its natural properties, properties that make it the perfect candidate to back a currency as it has proved for ages. Meanwhile the Central Bank's preferred object to back a currency known as "zero" is the very worst candidate that has proven for centuries to create only debt while making a tiny fraction of the population obscenely rich. lol I don't even understand what cause you think you are fighting for in this thread.
Foolishness. You are rich based on learning what you need to learn, and applying hard-won developed skills to a particular goal path. You would probably be more wealthy underneath the goal standard and consistently growing economy.
Abdur Rasheed wrote: "I know what works."
Not on this topic.
Abdur Rasheed wrote: " I am recession proof because I don't get caught in bubbles. Gold or otherwise."
Staying out of debt traps and guarding against it makes anybody recession proof. But this fiat system is rigged to pull people into debt.
You just pulled that out of your butt.
Abdur Rasheed wrote: "So are PCB's. Diamonds. Did you every ask why gold over diamonds?"
So you can pound a diamond flat until it is transparent? And mercury? And uranium? And aluminum? lol And radon?
Abdur Rasheed wrote: "Who would benefit?"
Abdur Rasheed wrote: "I just spent a SHIT LOAD of money on diamond tipped drill bits. Gold drill bits are useless btw."
Wow that was… remarkably relevant to this topic. How did you DO that???
But you called me a dumb ass? Interesting.">
Space aliens again, Eh? Ok. Scary."
FROM WIKI – "Central banks continue to keep a portion of their liquid reserves as gold in some form…"
Why do that if it has no value?
Lol I can't explain it any more clearer than that. ">
I know you can't. Because you would be wrong."
Not. The flaw lies in the receiver, not the messenger.
Muhammad Rasheed - Abdur Rasheed wrote: "When your money is limited by your gold reserves your economy crawls at a snails pace."
1. Define "a snail's pace."
2. So?
The currency is stable and the economy continues to grow "at a snail's pace" consistently. Lol I'm supposed to be afraid of this scenario, Abdur, and prefer continuous recession bubbles, a consistently weakening dollar and a debt culture instead? Do you hear yourself?
A-Rah wrote: "Under the gold standard our stable economy would unfortunately only boom at a snail's pace so we should vote for a truly FUCKED UP! economy instead. It's smarter."
Right. "Smarter." Whose side are you on exactly? Do you hate us?
Abdur Rasheed wrote: "If you have goods to sell you cannot raise your price."
Sure I can! If supply and demand call for it I can raise my price to where the market will sustain it. A certain good I sell is scarce but the people are demanding more, so I can raise my price up from 1/1,000,000 of a gold-backed cent to 5/1,000,000 of a gold backed cent.
Abdur Rasheed wrote: "Breaking down the penny won't help you."
lol smh Lord help me.
Abdur Rasheed wrote: "Recessions happen when people panic and start snatching money out of the economy and burying it in the yard. People panic when their money is supports by the arbitrary whims of the market. [WIKI - Panic_of_1907] We were ON the gold standard in 1907 and there was no Federal Reserve."
The panic of '07 was also a tiny little thing that didn't adversely affect the nation's economy. People didn't lose confidence in the gold-backed currency, they lost faith in the banks holding their savings and wanted to hold onto it themselves. The banks took a loss and JP Morgan advised his people to come out of pocket to save their money-lending businesses. The only regular citizens who were affected negatively lost in stock market drops from betting everything on that copper company, and from the folk who were doing that unregulated side betting stuff. The banks got fucked up by that panic, and certain over-enthusiastic investors, but the citizens and the economy were fine. And notice that the banks had to bail THEMSELVES out. Imagine that?
Yeah, keep talking. You make 1907 sound good as hell compared to now (economically).
Muhammad Rasheed - Abdur Rasheed wrote: "Have abandoned the notion that breaking down pennies adds value?"
Sure, since I didn't say that.
The currency already has value... the gold that backs it, remember? The currency increases in value at your "snail's pace" as the stable economy continues to grow. As the currency increases in value, it is able to purchase more, so you can break the unit down in smaller amounts. Over time the future dime will have the same purchase power as the current dollar, and you'll be able to break it down even further if you need to. Breaking it down doesn't add the value. You break it down to take advantage of the consistently added value that builds "at a snail's pace."
Got it yet?
That's the 180 degree polar opposite to what inflation does. With inflation, you print more than what you actually possess which creates debt and dilutes the dollar. The one makes an economy prosper, the other destroys the economy.
Muhammad Rasheed - Abdur Rasheed wrote: "
You think that the only difference in the cost of living in the early 1900's and 2014 is the fiat banking system???"
A strawman? I wasn't expecting that from you. I'm disappointed.
Am I arguing between the differences in cost of living between eras, or am I arguing the purchasing power of the currency itself comparing gold standard versus fiat? Stay focused, please.
Muhammad Rasheed - Abdur's article wrote: "justices across the ideological spectrum questioned whether President Barack Obama legally appointed three members of the National Labor Relations Board in January 2012. The case is the court's first look at a constitutional provision that lets the president make temporary appointments to high-level posts during Senate recesses. Several justices indicated they accepted the argument, made jointly by a company facing NLRB sanctions and Senate Republicans, that the chamber wasn't in a recess when Obama made the appointments. At stake is the scope of a power the Obama administration says has been used thousands of times since the country's founding."
That's not the first time the president has taken a move like that in history for his own use. Didn't he pull a George Bush and pull some money out and go after Syria the same way Bush did in the War on Terror?
Obviously that recess temp thing is there for emergencies, but should a major law that has been consistently shot down literally since the country's founding be allowed to be passed through on that kind of super slick temp appointment loop hole when ALL Americans since forever said "Fuck no!" to giving our money to the Central Banks? Temp appointments should only be used to pass through baby laws, not major laws that you KNOW their political opponents are against because of an actual rock solid reason why not, and folk have to wait for them to go on vacation to pass.
Now that you've found this little tidbit, do you still think the fraudulent way the Fed Reserve Act being passed was just a conspiracy fantasy? You found the bloody glove yourself! lol
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Muhammad Rasheed - Proven by a United States congressional subcommittee which was formed between May 1912 and January 1913.
The Money Trust
Muhammad Rasheed - The Money Trust comes together to workout their fiat gravy train and plan how they would unleash the beast upon the US.
Jekyll Island was the location of a meeting in November 1910 in which draft legislation was written to create the U.S. Federal Reserve. Following the Panic of 1907, banking reform became a major issue in the United States. Senator Nelson Aldrich (R-RI), chairman of the National Monetary Commission, went to Europe for almost two years to study that continent's banking systems. Upon his return, he brought together many of the country's leading financiers to Jekyll Island to discuss monetary policy and the banking system, an event which was the impetus for the creation of the Federal Reserve.
On the evening of November 22, 1910, Sen. Aldrich and A.P. Andrews (Assistant Secretary of the United States Treasury Department), Paul Warburg (a naturalized German representing Kuhn, Loeb & Co.), Frank A. Vanderlip (president of the National City Bank of New York), Henry P. Davison (senior partner of J. P. Morgan Company), Charles D. Norton (president of the Morgan-dominated First National Bank of New York), and Benjamin Strong (representing J. P. Morgan), together representing about one fourth the world's wealth at the time, left Hoboken, New Jersey on a train in complete secrecy, dropping their last names in favor of first names, or code names, so no one would discover who they all were. The excuse for such powerful representatives and wealth was to go on a duck hunting trip on Jekyll Island.
Forbes magazine founder Bertie Charles Forbes wrote several years later:
Picture a party of the nation's greatest bankers stealing out of New York on a private railroad car under cover of darkness, stealthily riding hundreds of miles South, embarking on a mysterious launch, sneaking onto an island deserted by all but a few servants, living there a full week under such rigid secrecy that the names of not one of them was once mentioned, lest the servants learn the identity and disclose to the world this strangest, most secret expedition in the history of American finance. I am not romancing; I am giving to the world, for the first time, the real story of how the famous Aldrich currency report, the foundation of our new currency system, was written... The utmost secrecy was enjoined upon all. The public must not glean a hint of what was to be done. Senator Aldrich notified each one to go quietly into a private car of which the railroad had received orders to draw up on an unfrequented platform. Off the party set. New York's ubiquitous reporters had been foiled... Nelson (Aldrich) had confided to Henry, Frank, Paul and Piatt that he was to keep them locked up at Jekyll Island, out of the rest of the world, until they had evolved and compiled a scientific currency system for the United States, the real birth of the present Federal Reserve System, the plan done on Jekyll Island in the conference with Paul, Frank and Henry... Warburg is the link that binds the Aldrich system and the present system together. He more than any one man has made the system possible as a working reality.
The Jekyll Island Club
Muhammad Rasheed - Criticisms of the Federal Reserve Act
Throughout the history of the United States, there has been an enduring economic and political debate regarding the costs and benefits of central banking. Since the inception of a central bank in the United States, there were two major opposing views to this type of economic system. Opposition was based on protectionist sentiment; a central bank would serve a handful of financiers at the expense of small producers, businesses, farmers and consumers, and could destabilize the economy through speculation and inflation. Proponents argued that a strong banking system could provide enough credit for a growing economy and avoid economic depressions. Preceding the creation of the Federal Reserve, no U.S. central banking systems lasted for more than 25 years. Some of the questions raised include: whether Congress has the Constitutional power to delegate its power to coin money or issue paper money, whether the structure of the federal reserve is transparent enough, whether the Federal Reserve is a public Cartel of private banks (also called a banking cartel) established to protect powerful financial interests, low but steady increases in inflation, high government deficits, and whether the Federal Reserve's actions increased the severity of the Great Depression in the 1930s (and/or the severity or frequency of other boom-bust economic cycles, such as the late 2000s recession).
The Federal Reserve Act
Muhammad Rasheed - Abdur Rasheed wrote: "This conversation is like the difference between the first Wall Street movie and the second one. In the first one the worst thing that they could think of in the financial market was insider trading. In the second one insider training was laughable it was so insignificant."
How does that relate to this conversation? Explain.
Abdur Rasheed - Muhammad wrote: "Abdur Rasheed wrote: "If you would have just said, "Jewelry" it would have made more sense."
It was the above-listed properties that make it valuable in science/industry..."
What do I do again?
They named one part from one aircraft that they only made 170 of them and they no longer make them. That is the worst business model I have ever heard of. If they used gold wiring in every house then nobody could afford to buy a house. Wiring a typical house would cost well over 10 Million dollars alone. We use copper wiring in every house in the country. Copper has many ACTUAL uses in science and industry. Why is gold more valuable than copper? What makes the cost of commodities fluctuate?
Muhammad wrote: "..., jewelry,"
What makes the cost of jewelry fluctuate? You either want a big stoopid dookie chain around your neck or you don't from year to year. Is it more valuable from year over year. I'm talking about TRUE useful value and not bubble value that fluctuates with the market or the whines of the panicked masses.
Muhammad wrote: "...and a stable precious metal to back currency."
You have the cart ahead of the horse on this one. If gold wasn't arbitrarily assigned fake value not based on any usefulness then this one wouldn't be on your list.
Abdur Rasheed - Muhammad wrote: "...and a stable precious metal to back currency."
Muhammad wrote: " I Toss it aside as you like, Abdur. I guarantee it won't lay there for long despite your stubborn insistence that it's not actually valuable in anyway. A trillion, trillion human beings going all the way back to Adam will disagree with you. Pigs don't care much for pearls either I hear."
I don't think you understand my point (despite me saying it a thousand times.)
We are talking about TWO different things.
1. Gold has arbitrary value based upon the sketchy whims of the market and nothing more like any other commodity.
2. We, as a country, should go back on the gold standard and what that would mean for the economy.
Regarding #1 I don't worship gold. I recognize it as a shiny stone that people think that they can't live without.
If I have the opportunity to buy it low and sell it high I would get in it and then QUICKLY get the fuck out if it. If I tie up all of my money in gold and the price takes a dump then I could lose my ass.
I like my ass.
I invest in the most stable commodity...ME. I have yet to let me down.
I don't waste time moaning about how we should go back to the old days before anybody I knew was even heard of after you admit will never return because of some super evil genius that you couldn't pick out of a line up if he robbed you with a musket.
Muhammad: "You know what we should all do?"
Rah: "What's that Bro?"
Muhammad: "We should all start wearing top hats and tails and start going to cotillions like they did in the good old days."
Rah: "Whuh?"
Muhammad wrote: "Those were the days. Before the evil base ball cap Industry monopolized the market. Those evil fuckers!"
Rah: "What in the F..."
Muhammad wrote: "THOSE were the good old days alright. I'm just going to sit here and meditate on how sweet it would be if I had a top hat and awesome tails on right now. Mmmmmmmmmmm Top hat mmmmmmmmmmmm tails mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm."
Rah: "Yeah. Look Muhammad...I'm going to the office.
Muhammad: "Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm top hat mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm tails mmmmmmmmmm everybody else is dumb mmmmmmmmmmm"
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Red meat consumption increases the risk of early death - but it's not all bad news
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The link between red meat and mortality rates
Red meat consumption increases the risk of early death.
A study has found a link between red meat intake and mortality.
But replacing red meat with other protein sources may help you live longer.
Watch the full story above.
The study, published in the medical journal BMJ, found that an increase in red meat consumption of at least half a serving per day was linked with a 13 per cent higher risk of early death.
Increasing unprocessed meat by the same amount daily led to a nine per cent rise in mortality risk.
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In total, approximately 80,000 men and women were studied - and none of them had cardiovascular disease or cancer at the start of the study.
Researchers analysed the association of changes in red meat consumption over eight years with mortality risk during the subsequent eight years.
And researchers also found that switching to a different protein source, such as fish, skinless poultry, dairy, eggs, whole grains, or vegetables over the same eight-year period lowered the risk of death in the next eight years.
Possible explanations
The study hypothesized saturated fat, cholesterol, and heme iron in red meat could negatively impact cardiometabolic health.
Cooked red meat is also a source of carcinogens - processed meat appeared to be more carcinogenic than unprocessed meat.
Processed red meat might also be associated with a higher risk of dementia, because of the high content of saturated and trans fatty acids and the low content of unsaturated fatty acids, which could lead to blood brain barrier dysfunction.
The high sodium content in processed meat is also a strong risk factor for hypertension and vascular stiffness, which might increase mortality caused by stroke, heart failure, arterial stiffening, and renal insufficiency.
Breast cancer, colorectal cancer, and Alzheimer's are some of the other conditions that previous research has linked with red meat intake.
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More Maori could enter the home ownership market, push for a first home buyers matched grant, shop around for a better deal
New Zealand Maori Council pushed further into housing policy
The New Zealand Maori Council has welcomed the removal, for the next twelve months, of the loan to value ratio that could see more Maori being able to afford their first home. Council Executive Director, Matthew Tukaki, and Chair, Henare Mason, first raised the prospect with Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr and officials last year. The Loan to Value Ratio is a restriction bought in during 2013 restricted bank lending to people to 10% of the institutions new mortgages by value to people with less than a 20% deposit – this impacted people on lower incomes and those who were struggling to save smaller deposits of 5%.
"This is an important move because we could see a lift in first home ownership among Maori who have been previously restricted. House prices have been increasing across the country for years now and as they increase so does the value of a deposit. If a three-bedroom home in Auckland had an average house price of $850,000 a deposit of $170,000 would have been needed. The average house price in New Plymouth is around $475,000 which would have required a deposit of $95,000. This essentially locks younger first home buyers out of the market." Tukaki said
"What we might see is a tighter market and house prices coming down which should benefit those looking to buy their first home. This could see hundreds if not thousands more Maori entering into the homeowner market for the first time – and the Maori Council actively encourages that. To be frank I would rather people being a mortgage payment for their own asset than rent on someone else's." Tukaki said
"What I do think the next step should be is to look at a first home owners grant where a smaller deposit will still be needed of up to 5% but the Government matches it by a further 5% to take it to 10%. These schemes are highly successful overseas in places such as Australia and a huge amount of value in terms of the asset base of those on low to middle incomes. More importantly it gives a hand up to our young first home buyers as well as others who may still be in their middle years but stilling renting." Tukaki said
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Towers of London: Lois Burwell
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		}

		for (var i = 0; i < Thrills_Cameras.length; i++) {
			var dist = Math.pow(p[0] - Thrills_Cameras[i].pointCoords[0], 2) + Math.pow(p[1] - Thrills_Cameras[i].pointCoords[1], 2);
			if (Thrills_Cameras[i].dist > dist) {
				Thrills_Cameras[i].dist = dist;
				Thrills_Cameras[i].t = t;
			}
		}

		prevp = p;
	}

	prevp = Thrills_Spline.calcAt(0);
	var startHeight = 0;
    var minDist = Number.MAX_VALUE;

	for (t = Thrills_Start; t <= Thrills_End; t += Thrills_MIN_DELTA) {
		p = Thrills_Spline.calcAt(t);
		delta = Math.sqrt(Math.pow(p[0] - points[Thrills_TargetPoint][0], 2) + Math.pow(p[1] - points[Thrills_TargetPoint][1], 2));
		if (delta < minDist) {
			Thrills_CartStart = t;
			startHeight = p[1];
			minDist = delta;
		}
		prevp = p;
	}

	Thrills_TotalLength = 0;
	prevp = Thrills_Spline.calcAt(Thrills_CartStart);
	for (t = Thrills_CartStart+Thrills_MIN_DELTA; t <= Thrills_Cameras[Thrills_Cameras.length-1].t; t += Thrills_MIN_DELTA) {
		p = Thrills_Spline.calcAt(t);
		Thrills_TotalLength += Math.sqrt(Math.pow(p[0] - prevp[0], 2) + Math.pow(p[1] - prevp[1], 2));
		prevp = p;
	}

	Thrills_CartEnd = Thrills_End;
	p = Thrills_Spline.calcAt(Thrills_CartStart);
	Thrills_TotalEnergy = 5000 * 10 * (Thrills_GROUND_HEIGHT - p[1]) / Thrills_PIXELS_PER_METER;

	Thrills_LengthDisplay.innerHTML = (Math.round(Thrills_TotalLength/Thrills_PIXELS_PER_METER))+"m";
}

function Thrills_DrawSpline() {
	Thrills_Context.save();
	Thrills_Context.lineWidth = 6;
	Thrills_Context.strokeStyle = "#FFF";
	var p = Thrills_Spline.calcAt(0);
	Thrills_Context.beginPath();
    Thrills_Context.moveTo(p[0], p[1]);
	for (var t = Thrills_Start; t <= Thrills_End; t += Thrills_MIN_DRAWING_DELTA) {
		p = Thrills_Spline.calcAt(t);
		Thrills_Context.lineTo(p[0], p[1]);
	}
    Thrills_Context.stroke();
	Thrills_Context.restore();

	if (Thrills_ISDEBUG) {
		Thrills_DrawPoints();
	}
}

function Thrills_DrawPoints() {
	Thrills_Context.save();
	Thrills_Context.strokeStyle = "#f00";
	for (var i = 0; i < Thrills_Points.length; i++) {
		Thrills_Context.beginPath();
		Thrills_Context.arc(Thrills_Points[i].xmin + (Thrills_Points[i].xmax - Thrills_Points[i].xmin) * Thrills_Weights[i][0],
			Thrills_Points[i].ymin + (Thrills_Points[i].ymax - Thrills_Points[i].ymin) * Thrills_Weights[i][1],
			10, 0, 2 * Math.PI);
		Thrills_Context.stroke();
	}
	Thrills_Context.restore();
}

function Thrills_DrawCartAt(t) {
	var angle;
	var p = Thrills_Spline.calcAt(t);
	var p0 = Thrills_Spline.calcAt(t - Thrills_MIN_DELTA);
	angle = Math.atan2(p[1] - p0[1], p[0] - p0[0]);
	Thrills_DrawCart(p, angle);

}

function Thrills_DrawCart(point, angle) {
	Thrills_Context.save();
	Thrills_Context.translate(point[0], point[1]);
	Thrills_Context.rotate(angle);
	Thrills_Context.translate(0, -3);
    Thrills_Context.drawImage(Thrills_CartImage, -Thrills_CartImage.width / 4, -Thrills_CartImage.height / 2, Thrills_CartImage.width / 2, Thrills_CartImage.height / 2);
	Thrills_Context.restore();
}

function Thrills_RunAnimation() {
	//advance on curve with current velocity
	var targetDist = Thrills_Velocity * Thrills_PIXELS_PER_METER * Thrills_DELTA_TIME / 1000;
	var crtDist = 0;
	var prevp = Thrills_Spline.calcAt(Thrills_tCart);
	var initCart = Thrills_tCart;
	var initX = prevp[0];
	var p = Thrills_Spline.calcAt(Thrills_tCart + Thrills_MIN_DELTA);
	var delta = Math.sqrt(Math.pow(p[0] - prevp[0], 2) + Math.pow(p[1] - prevp[1], 2));
    while (crtDist + delta < targetDist && Thrills_tCart + Thrills_MIN_DELTA < Thrills_CartEnd) {
		Thrills_tCart += Thrills_MIN_DELTA;
		crtDist += delta;
        prevp = p;
		p = Thrills_Spline.calcAt(Thrills_tCart);
		delta = Math.sqrt(Math.pow(p[0] - prevp[0], 2) + Math.pow(p[1] - prevp[1], 2));
	}

	var bigDelta = delta;
	var div = 1;
	var crtDiv = Thrills_MIN_DELTA;
	var prevDelta;
	prevp = Thrills_Spline.calcAt(Thrills_tCart);
	while (delta>(targetDist - crtDist) && div<1000){
		div++;
		crtDiv=(targetDist - crtDist) * crtDiv / delta;
		p = Thrills_Spline.calcAt(Thrills_tCart+ crtDiv);
		prevDelta = delta;
		delta = Math.sqrt(Math.pow(p[0] - prevp[0], 2) + Math.pow(p[1] - prevp[1], 2));
	}

	Thrills_tCart += crtDiv;
	Thrills_Distance += crtDist+delta;
	//console.log(Thrills_tCart,crtDiv,delta,prevDelta);
	/*if (delta != 0) {
		Thrills_tCart += (targetDist - crtDist) * Thrills_MIN_DELTA / delta;
		Thrills_Distance += targetDist;
	}*/
	prevp = p;
	p = Thrills_Spline.calcAt(Thrills_tCart);

	//check if camera covers trajectory

	for (var c = 0; c < Thrills_Cameras.length; c++) {
		if (Thrills_Cameras[c].t >= initCart && Thrills_Cameras[c].t < Thrills_tCart) {
			if (Thrills_Cameras[c].energyLost == -1){
				Thrills_Cameras[c].actual = Math.round(Thrills_Velocity*10)/10;
			}else{
				var theoreticTotalEnergy;
				if (Thrills_spinners.length>0){
					theoreticTotalEnergy = Thrills_spinners[0].value*10*5000;
				}else{
					theoreticTotalEnergy = Thrills_TotalEnergy;
				}
				var theoreticPE;
				if (Thrills_Cameras[c].flatHeight!==-1){
					theoreticPE = 5000 * 10 * Thrills_Cameras[c].flatHeight;
				}else if (Thrills_Cameras[c].spinner!==-1){
					theoreticPE = 5000 * 10 * Thrills_spinners[Thrills_Cameras[c].spinner].value;
				}else{
					theoreticPE = 5000 * 10 * (Thrills_GROUND_HEIGHT - p[1]) / Thrills_PIXELS_PER_METER;
				}

				var theoreticEnergy = theoreticTotalEnergy * Thrills_Cameras[c].energyLost/100;
				var theoreticKE = theoreticEnergy - theoreticPE;
				Thrills_Cameras[c].actual =  Math.round(Math.sqrt(theoreticKE / (0.5 * 5000))*10)/10;
			}
			Thrills_hypeDocument.getSymbolInstanceById(Thrills_Cameras[c].name).startTimelineNamed("Flash", Thrills_hypeDocument.kDirectionForward);

		}
	}

	//calculate new velocity

	var potentialEnergy = 5000 * 10 * (Thrills_GROUND_HEIGHT - p[1]) / Thrills_PIXELS_PER_METER;
	var angle = Math.atan2(p[1] - prevp[1], p[0] - prevp[0]);
	var crtEnergyLost = 0.1 * 5000 * 10 * Math.cos(angle) * targetDist / Thrills_PIXELS_PER_METER;
	Thrills_EnergyLost += crtEnergyLost;

	var airResistance = Thrills_AIR_COEFFICIENT * Math.pow(Thrills_Velocity, 2) * targetDist;
	Thrills_EnergyLost += airResistance;

	var kineticEnergy = (Thrills_TotalEnergy - Thrills_EnergyLost) - potentialEnergy;

	if (kineticEnergy < 0) {
		Thrills_Velocity = 0;
	} else {
		Thrills_Velocity = Math.sqrt(kineticEnergy / (0.5 * 5000));
	}

	if (Thrills_tCart >= Thrills_CartEnd || Thrills_Velocity < Thrills_CONST_EPSILON || bigDelta == 0) {
		Thrills_StopAnimation();
		if (Thrills_Cameras[Thrills_Cameras.length-1].actual == "-") {
			Thrills_WasLastSimGood = -1;
		}else if (Thrills_Cameras[Thrills_Cameras.length-1].actual<=Thrills_Cameras[Thrills_Cameras.length-1].target){
			Thrills_WasLastSimGood = 0;
		}else{
			Thrills_WasLastSimGood = 1;
		}
		Thrills_ShowResult(Thrills_WasLastSimGood);
	} else {
		Thrills_Context.clearRect(0, 0, Thrills_Canvas.width, Thrills_Canvas.height);

		Thrills_DrawSpline();
		Thrills_DrawCartAt(Thrills_tCart);
	}
}

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Ronny Berntsen: Career Locations 1998-2012
Ronny Berntsen
Birth Date February 4th
Home Town Tjelta
International 7th $1,500
FIVB 33rd $0
FIVB C&S 7th $1,500
Overall 7th $1,500
Season Assoc Played 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th Money Points Rank 13th 17th 25th 33rd 37th 41st 49th 57th 89th CQ
1998 FIVB 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0.00 6.0 289th 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
1999 FIVB 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0.00 21.0 167th 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0
2000 FIVB 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0.00 21.0 171st 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 0
2001 FIVB C&S 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $425.00 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 FIVB C&S 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $600.00 16.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(1202nd) 210.0 0 0 1 1 2 10 3 15 1 5
(1659th) 210.0 0 0 1 1 2 10 3 15 1 5
Partner Played 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th Money Points 13th 17th 25th 33rd 37th 41st 49th 57th 89th CQ
Tarjei Skarlund 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0 32.0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0
Bard-Inge Pettersen 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0 21.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 0
Kim Hellum 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0 30.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1
Geir Eithun 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0 27.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1
Martin Engvik 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0 26.0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
Paul Otterdal 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
Martin Spinnangr 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0 18.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Oystein Holstad 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Petter Bjorbak 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Jostein Olimstad 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jon Grydeland 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Total 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0 175.0 0 0 0 1 2 10 3 15 1 5
F�d�ration Internationale de Volleyball Challenger & Satellite
Tarjei Skarlund 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $425 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Martin Spinnangr 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $600 16.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vegard Lyng 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $275 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Morten Kvamsdal 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $200 4.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 $1,500 35.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tarjei Skarlund 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $425 41.0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0
Total 41 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 $1,500 210.0 0 0 1 1 2 10 3 15 1 5


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This year for Advent, the Worship Team and the Website Team have been preparing ways for you to bring Advent into your daily life.
On Sunday, Dec 1, two Advent Devotionals will be available at church – one for children (with glow in the dark stickers) and one for adults (those who really wish they could have glow in the dark stickers).
We also have many links in our Faith Formation Advent section to online devotionals, advent activities, funny and thought provoking videos, and links to the ELCA Good Gifts catalog and the new Presbyterian Giving Catalog – both GREAT places to have a little "Advent Conspiracy" this weekend of Thanksgiving.
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Abdulmanap still cant talk or move Father of UFC champ Khabib Nurmagomedov in serious condition after Covid 19 coma
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Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, the father of UFC lightweight champion Khabib, remains in a 'serious condition' and cannot talk or move after suffering serious heart trouble brought on by Covid-19 infection, according to reports.
READ MORE: Khabib's father & trainer Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov WAKES from coma following heart surgery
"His condition is still serious. There is serious lung damage, he cannot talk or move. He also had a stroke and bypass surgery was carried out," a source told TASS news agency of the Nurmagomedov family patriarch's health concerns.
Nurmagomedov senior underwent the surgery after suffering heart trouble brought on by coronavirus infection last week and was subsequently entered into a medically-induced coma in the Moscow military hospital where he was being treated.
Despite waking from the coma and his condition being described as 'serious but stable' on Thursday, it was reported that the 57-year-old had still not recovered the ability to talk.
Abdulmanap had first fell ill in late April when he was diagnosed with pneumonia-like symptoms by local doctors in his Makhachkala hometown in Russia's Republic of Dagestan.
Ramazan Rabadanov, a close friend of the Nurmagomedov family, later said Abdulmanap's coma lasted an entire week before he regained consciousness.
Praying for the recovery of Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov. A man responsible for more World champions, across multiple fighting disciplines, than we even know. A true martial genius! Very saddened upon hearing this news tonight.Praying for the Nurmagomedov family at this time 🙏 https://t.co/OVklQphPgN
"He was taken out of a coma," Rabadanov told TASS. "He is in a serious condition, he's not talking, he was in a coma for seven days after a heart operation, he suffered a stroke."
The news of Abdulmanap's deterioration in health precipitated an outpouring of well wishes throughout the MMA world, including from Conor McGregor, a fierce former foe of his son.
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LJLJ has been on hold for almost a year with other projects having the priority over this one. With the new developer tackling the task a few months ago, our project is halted at this time.
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Dyce's action-packed lessons get aspiring students learning real songs in no time—all while teaching them music theory and scales that connects the music to relatable, practical theory. His custom-tailored lessons are based on this realization. "I know that all of my students are unique, both as people, and as musicians," Dyce states, "so I realized that my lessons should celebrate these differences." Instead of following a rigid, "cookie-cutter" approach to teaching, he makes allowances for these differences, and custom tailors a lesson plan that enriches their musical tastes, goals, and strengths. Dyce has learned, over two decades of playing and teaching professionally, when to push students—and when to stay out of the way. This sort of expert guidance helps students flourish, because they learn music on their own terms.
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Flame on!: Marvel Heroes gets an update
Joshua Otto
After an initial attempted launch of Marvel Heroes patch 1.11 on Friday that saw the game break and forced the team at Gazillion to issue another patch that reverted the game to a pre-1.11 state, the 1.11 patch is now live and has some goodies for fans of the Marvel Universe and action-MMO-RPG's.
First, and in my opinion foremost, players will now be able to play as Johnny Storm, aka the Human Torch, a member of the Fantastic Four. He will come with 25 unique powers, and as with every hero in the game, can be built to suit your preferred play style. To coincide with the release of the Human Torch, Gazillion has also released a developer's diary talking about the character:
Another addition to the game that should make players happy is the introduction of Eternity Splinters, a new in-game currency that replaces hero token drops that can be dropped from any enemy in the game at a drop rate influenced by a player's Special Item Find Bonus. Eternity Splinters allow players to play their way to unlocking new heroes without having to pay actual money to use the characters you want.
A new zone is also being introduced in patch 1.11 called Midtown Patrol that will let players take on super-villains in a wave-based format while also protecting civilians. The new zone will be available for all player levels.
To check out the full list of changes coming with the new update, you can check out the Marvel Heroes forum here.
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Ooredoo Group trials new working practices
23 August 2021 | Melanie Mingas
Ooredoo Group is to begin trialling changes to its working practices to support an "agile, modern digital working culture".
The planned changes include an option to work from home two days a week; flexibility in daily working hours; and the opportunity to extend working hours at the start of the week to enable a shorter working day on Thursday, the start of the weekend in Ooredoo's home region, the GCC.
The trail will run from September to the end of December, when a review will take place to decide if the measures will be made permanent. The group said it was "one of the first in Qatar" to take such an approach.
Group chief HR officer Fatima Sultan Al-Kuwari (pictured), said: "While the pandemic situation necessitated many of the changes with which we are now working, the extension of our pilot initiative is driven by overall market and industry development and our aim of capitalising on recent experience gained to create greater competitive advantage for our business.
"The adoption and development of a more agile, modern, digital working culture aligns with our strategy – a forward-thinking, future-proof strategy devised long before the pandemic hit – of complete digitalisation and of ensuring our organisational culture is fast-moving, innovative, efficient and imaginative enough to stay ahead of the demand curve," Al-Kuwari added.
In addition to the flexible working practices introduced, Ooredoo has noted changes in how its customers interact with its brand and services, with the group's full year financial results for 2020 showing a sharp increase in revenue generated by data.
In total, 50% of the group's revenue was attributed to data across its international markets over the year.
In Kuwait, Ooredoo Group became the first operator to launch prepaid 5G internet and in Tunisia registered the fastest 4G mobile data speeds in the country; although the customer base there decreased to 8.1 million in 2020, from 9.2 million in 2019.
In Indonesia, network improvements saw Ooredoo recognised with an Opensignal Global Mobile Experience Award. Data traffic saw a "significant increase" year on year in Myanmar in Q4, and demand for a "seamless digital experience" saw active users of the My Ooredoo App reach 3.2 million.
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Blair and James' bohemian take on a nautical Cape Cod wedding was perfectly them: relaxed, full of color, and with plenty of waterfront views. On a private beach in Dennis, Massachusetts, the couple said "I do" in an intimate ceremony by the sea. Xu Liu Photography beautifully documented the day, and we especially love Blair and James' newlywed portraits on the dock as they enjoyed a little alone time before heading into their reception.
Could these mismatched Jim Hjelm bridesmaids gowns be more romantic? Love the touches of purple in the bouquets by Beach Plum Floral too!
My inspiration was Nautical Bohemian. We wanted to have a relaxing yet fun atmosphere, that was Cape Cod-inspired and elegant. It turned out way better than we both had imagined. We were lucky enough to have so much help from family and friends and it really turned out amazing!
Spending time with family was, of course, the best part. It is very rare to have everyone you love in one place at one time.
Catering – Clam Bakes Etc.
Congrats to Blair and James on their Cape Cod wedding! To see more of Xu Liu Photography, check out Jem and Alex's quirky and fun NYC elopement.
Thanks a lot for sharing such wedding photography . Gorgeous looking.
SO nice and attractive wedding shoot . I like such shoot .


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The ASUN Executive Board is comprised of elected and appointed officials.
The ASUN Senate is comprised of elected senators from each college.
This branch makes sure that the Executive and Senate branches are upholding the legal documents.
The ASUN Department of Legislative Affairs lobbies for students on local, state and national levels.
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Elections are held each year to elect new student officers.
The Constitution and the Statutes of the Associated Students (SAS), the ASUN governing documents.
Upcoming meeting agendas and documents.


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Die Baie du Skodern () ist eine kleine Bucht an der Küste des ostantarktischen Adélielands. Sie liegt westlich des Kap Jules.

Französische Wissenschaftler benannten sie nach dem Motorboot Skodern, das von 1951 bis 1952 in diesem Gebiet für hydrographische Vermessungen eingesetzt worden und am 17. Mai 1952 gesunken war.

Weblinks
 Skodern, Baie du im Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (englisch und französisch)

Bucht in Antarktika
Bucht (Südlicher Ozean)
Adélieland

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Sterling Silver rosary made with 6mm aurora cube Swarovski crystal faceted beads. All solid sterling silver findings, pins and chain with exclusively designed sterling silver Scapular centerpiece and sterling silver 1-7/8"crucifix. Handmade in the USA by expert Silversmiths. Presented in a deluxe velour metal gift box.


The art of Eskrima (the primary art of which D.T.E. is comprised) is a native art of the Philippines. Eskrima, like Kung Fu, has many different styles and a history that is over 1500 years old. Many people have never heard of Eskrima, Arnis, or Kali (the two other names the art is mainly known as) unless they've acquired vast knowledge of the various martial arts. The reason for this being; in the 1500 or more years of the art's history it was a secret warrior art passed down only to fellow tribal members and family. In fact, few Non-Filipinos were taught this battle tested art, unless you were a trusted family friend (and even then it was rare), until the 1960's and 70's.


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Home > Archive by category "Pedestrian accident"
Elderly woman critically injured in Nashville bus accident
An elderly woman in Nashville is in critical condition after a bus struck her while she was crossing the street, an article of WKRN reported on October 28.
Reports said that around 6:40 a.m. a pedestrian accident involving an MTA bus occurred at 400 Charlotte Avenue in the vicinity of the Music City Central terminal. A pedestrian, identified as Vicki Pillow, 64, was reportedly struck by a bus where she was crossing the street. The pedestrian accident occurred after Pillow attempted to cross the road while the stop traffic signal was on and the bus she came from had a green traffic light, police said. People who saw the incident estimated that Pillow was dragged by the bus as long as 50 yards. Authorities are conducting an investigation to determine the cause of the accident.
In the tough situation that you or a loved one is critically injured in an accident, working with a qualified legal team is an important way for you to obtain the compensations you need for expensive hospital treatments. Discuss your situation with the legal team of Pohl & Berk in Nashville today by calling (615) 277-2765 to learn more about your legal options.
Car accident, pedestrian accident, Pohl & Berk LLP
Actor uninjured in apparent hit and run crash
Actor Ryan Reynolds was unhurt after he recently got involved in a hit and run accident in Vancouver, Canada, Tewkesbury Admag reported on April 13.
According to reports, the 38-year-old Canadian actor was inside a parking area beneath a hotel when he was apparently struck by a vehicle. Reynolds' publicist identified as Leslie Sloane claimed that the actor was walking when he was struck by a vehicle operated by a press photographer. Sloane further stated that the photographer fled the scene and that the actor was not injured. Brian Montague of the Vancouver Police stated that there was no additional information available after the incident.
Fortunately in this case, no one was injured by the negligent driver. Oftentimes, however, pedestrians experience serious injuries when they are hit by vehicles. If you have experienced this in Nashville, our legal team at Pohl & Berk, LLP, may be able to help you pursue financial compensation from those responsible. Call our offices at 615-277-2765 today to begin taking action.
Hit and run accident, pedestrian accident, personal injury
Man fatally struck by two vehicles in Blount County
A male pedestrian died on December 1 after he was struck by two vehicles on a highway in Blount County, an article on wate.com reported.
Reports coming from the Tennessee Highway Patrol stated that the fatal accident happened northbound on U.S. 321 in Friendsville. The pedestrian, identified as 33-year-old Virgil Jones, reportedly was walking in the road when he was struck by the two vehicles. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities later identified the two drivers as Barbara Cook and Garrison Lee Love.
The Nashville lawyers of Pohl & Berk, LLP send their deepest remorse to the family and friends who are devastated by the sudden loss of their loved one.
Car accident, pedestrian accident
Pedestrian hospitalized in Nashville accident
A pedestrian recently suffered serious injuries after being hit by a vehicle in Nashville, an article by NewsChannel 5 reported on July 2.
Reports coming from the Metropolitan Nashville Police stated the incident occurred at around 9:00 p.m. on July 1 at the corner of Timmons Street and Nolensville Road. A pedestrian, whose details were withheld, was reportedly struck by a vehicle and was brought to Vanderbilt University Medical Hospital while suffering from critical injuries. The vehicle driver, whose name was also withheld, told authorities he failed to notice the pedestrian. Although police were fairly certain that alcohol or drugs were not involved, investigation of the accident continues in order to determine whether anyone was at fault.
In Nashville alone, many people are injured in pedestrian accidents every year. If you have experienced this, our attorneys at Pohl & Berk, LLP, may work for you to get the compensation you need. Speak with us today by calling 615-277-2765, and learn more about your legal options.
Auto Accidents, Pedestrian accident
Auto Accident, pedestrian accident, personal injury
Nashville roads unsafe for pedestrians
Nashville was recently revealed by a study to be one of the most dangerous cities for pedestrians, an article by the Tennessean stated on May 22.
In the 51 locations they studied, pedestrian and metro design advocacy group Smart Growth America stated that Nashville placed 15th in amount of pedestrian accidents. At least 210 pedestrian deaths were recorded in Nashville between 2003 and 2012. Leslie Meehan of Nashville Area Metropolitan Planning Organization said that the city has delayed constructing design changes to roads that would increase pedestrian safety. Meehan stressed the need for road improvements due to the growing popularity of biking and walking around the metro.
Unfortunately, pedestrians who were struck by vehicles on the road often sustain serious injuries that result in expensive medical treatment. If you experience this in Nashville, the lawyers at Pohl & Berk, LLP, may help you hold negligent parties liable for your injuries, and you may be entitled to receive the financial aid you need for treatment. Tell us your story today at (615) 277-2765, and learn how we may help you.
pedestrian accident, pedestrian safety, road safety


It's official, we can all sigh a breath of relief and hope, and George Bush can go crawl back under his Texas rock and be forgotten, or prosecuted, or whatever. Here's the full text of President Obama's (how sweet the sound) inaugural address.
But, dear President, only 43 Americans have taken the presidential oath. In ordinal terms there have been 44 presidents, but as far as cardinal numbers go, how many presidents we've had in total, Obama is number 43. Why? Because Grover Cleveland was president in two non-consecutive terms.
Again, this is not a game-changer but at such a historic moment why not be totally true to what's transpired in our centuries of history? We've endured eight years of misinformation and misunderestimation, and more importantly, we've endured centuries of, let's call it like it is, white, male presidents. I concede that the time that this has been the case is the most important thing, that it took this long for a change is more significant than the number of men who shaped it, so moving forward what's matters is this day and this moment, but I'm still thankful that it only took 42 men before him, and that the real 43 is someone to be proud of.
Footnote: Here in San Francisco some clever cat went out and changed all the "Bush" street signs to read "Obama" this morning (pic). Maybe the city can make it official?


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An image featuring Dexter Morgan, from the TV series Dexter.
An image of everyone's favourite blue hedgehog - Sonic the Hedgehog.
An image of old school Pac-Man with Blue and Red Ghosts.
An image of Mario from Super Mario Galaxy 2.
An overview of world 1-1 from Super Mario Bros. 2.
A photograph of the sunset in the Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand.
A overview of one of the worlds in Super Mario Bros.
A scene from the video game Prototype.
A dark image from the video game Hellgate: London.
A poster from the movie "The Sword of Doom.".
A mouse crossing through a portal.
Captain America commanding the troops.
LEGO people sitting on the crane from the LEGO City Construction Site.
Ratchet and Clank vs Jak and Daxter.


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