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US vs Germany
A year or so ago, I tweeted the following: Thanks to Russia, Germany is unified. But thanks to the US, Germany is still occupied. Four countries that are still occupied by the US are United Germany, Italy, Japan, and South Korea. They are the main pillars of the Wall of Enmity that the US has built since after the Second World War. No US military are supposedly allowed in the territory of the former East Germany, but the US Military has essentially free movement in these four nations. The island of Okinawa has a giant US military base that occupies almost half the Island. These four countries are unique, in that despite occupation, they are highly advanced and world competitors, unlike the case of the Philippines, which has been under US tutelage since the Spanish- American War of 1899.
The Wall of Enmity that I wrote about a year or so ago extends from the Baltics, Poland, the Ukraine, Romania, Turkey, the Gulf States, through the Straits of Malacca to the Philippines, Japan, and South Korea.
Germany is a key nation of Europe. It is very uncomfortable with its subservient position.The new US ambassador to Germany is demanding that its' government follow the US policy on Iran. The Germans have been angered by this. The Alternativa fur Deutschland, AfD, Chief opposition party, is demanding a more independent foreign policy, especially pertinent with respect to energy. The US is trying to prevent the construction of the NORD Stream 2 at all costs. This is about Russian gas being supplied to Germany bypassing Ukraine; but the reasons go much deeper. This event affects whether Germany stays occupied and subservient to the US or opts for independence. Meanwhile, migration, multiculturalism supported by western,especially the US NGOs are dividing and threatening the very character of Germany and Europe.
Germany has to choose: subservience or independence. Merkel's future and that of the Grand Coalition are at stake. In the next election, Merkel and the Grand Coalition will lose badly. The AfD will likely win and demand drastic change. If they win they would confront the US directly. They would pursue detente with Russia, and defend its industries, especially its' automobile industry. It would pull the EU East and pull Germany out of NATO. Pulling Germany out of NATO would be the final straw. Germany would then follow the Turkish model of confrontation with the US. The consequences would be dire. Most of the world would side with Germany. Sanctions against Germany and EU would not work. The US and the few English speaking countries of the world would face isolation.
This entry was posted in Angela Merkel, baltic states, East Germany, European Union, germany, independence from u.s., iran, NATO, South Korea, subservience, the Philippines, the USA, Wall of Enmity on August 8, 2018 by JP Geonomics.
Turkey, the Geo-Strategic Pivot of History
To paraphrase Napoleon: "Geography is destiny; control Constantinople, control the world." This was true in the time of Napoleon, and it is even more true today.
Turkey was one of the most faithful allies of the US. It helped the US in the Korean War, 1950-53. A NATO member since 1950. To whatever the US wanted, Turkey said yes. Turkish labour helped rebuild post war West Germany. But Turkey was taken for granted by the West, essentially a colonial entity in possession of the most geo-strategic real estate in the world…
How things change. Today, the US and Turkey are in confrontation mode. Until July 15, 2016, Turkey embraced the US- Israeli view of Syria; Assad must go, because Assad would not buckle. There was a confrontation with Russia. A Russian plane was shot over Syria by a Turkish jet. A Russian ambassador was assassinated in Turkey. Trade sanctions were imposed on Turkey, and Russian tourists boycotted it. The US was hoping for an irrevocable confrontation between Russia and Turkey. A coup d'état against Erdogan, if successful, would make this confrontation with Russia permanent. This confrontation would re-enforce the Wall of Enmity which the US is building from the Baltic, the Ukraine, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, India, yes India through the Straits of Malacca to the Philippines, Japan, and South Korea. If the coup d'etat had been successful, Russia would have been eliminated from Middle East involvement.
But the coup did not succeed, possibly with Russian help. Erdogan apologized to Putin, and relations normalized. Slowly, rapprochement between Turkey and Russia became friendly. And then suddenly, three countries: Iran, Turkey, and Russia synchronized their Middle East policy especially in regards to Syria and Lebanon and Hezbollah. So, now, instead of Russian disarray, one has US-Israeli-Saudi disarray.
How will things play out? World events cannot be taken in isolation. The Wall of Enmity has been breached in two places: the Ukraine and Turkey. The Wall of Enmity in North East Asia is stable, because the tension is high.
The situation in the Ukraine is different because of the German situation. Germany is entering a period of uncertainty. Whoever and under what circumstances the next German government is formed, the German people will demand independence, denuclearization, and the end of US military occupation. The Germans are increasingly yearning for an independent foreign policy. The US will try to prevent a German exodus by increasing tensions and the chances of war in the Ukraine and blaming Russia as the aggressor.
Turkey is the key geostrategic pivot of History. The Turks are a proud, nationalistic people. Under Erdogan, they have had the first truly independent foreign policy since the time of Kemal Ataturk. They will not buckle to Western pressure. They do not care for the EU. By being independent and moving closer to Eurasia, Turkey will help reduce or even eliminate Western influence in the Middle East. Turkey will withdraw from NATO very slowly and the US will not push. If Turkey withdraws, NATO unravels. That is the one thing the US does not want.
Another attempt at a coup d'état cannot be excluded.
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Very Short Observations IV
The knowledge is intentionally withheld that the EU nations use dollars, not euros, in trade among themselves, as well as with other nations. It is amazing and true. So, the dollar is not only the petro-dollar, but the official currency of international trade. The most important world trade is in oil, and until now, it has been traded in dollars. Most international debt is also denominated in dollars. The dollar is used as the chief instrument of enforcing sanctions against nations who do not follow US policy. The dollar is the Thunder Bolt of Zeus that I mentioned in my earlier posts from 2015-16.
But the exceptionality of this currency which makes the US the exceptional nation may be coming to an end. China will be trading oil in the yuan, convertible to gold. Oil nations will be able to sell their oil for the yuan on the Shanghai Exchange, avoiding dollars. The yuan will be freely exchangeable for gold. Many oil nations will flock to the "Petro-Yuan". This new development is of great geo-economic significance. Venezuela, for instance, would be able to sell its heavy crude from Lake Maracaibo for yuan. How the US will react to this challenge remains to be revealed. Will the US react aggressively to China?
A commodity that is necessary for all life on Earth is water. Mother Nature provides us water free of charge. Fortunate are those nations or people who have an abundance of it. Those nations who feel they are powerful enough are willing to go to war to get it. The countries of the Mediterranean basin that have an abundance of water are the new republics of the former Yugoslavia. Other countries are Turkey, Lebanon, and possibly Syria because of the two rivers that flow through North East Syria from Turkey: the Euphrates and the Tigris, which touches Syria as it leaves Turkey and enters Iraq.
Countries that are water poor: Libya and Israel. Libya was intentionally destroyed in 2011, killing and sodomizing its leader, Gaddafi, in order to plunder its resources, especially its oil. Gaddafi wanted a gold dinar for all of Africa. Israel, a water-poor yet highly advanced country, whose water needs are increasing daily, needs a source of free water. Presently, Israel imports about 50% of its fresh water from Turkey. If a confrontation develops between Israel and Turkey, in the future, Turkey could shut off its water exports to Israel. De-salination is an inadequate substitute; it is also very expensive.
And so Lebanon beckons. To get the waters of Lebanon, war is inevitable. Hezbollah, whether one likes it or not, is the guardian of Lebanese independence vis a vis Israel, so war is inevitable. Israel experienced Hezbollah in 2006 war. Hezbollah is no joke.
Saudi Arabia is not a country in the normal sense of the word, because it is owned by 50,000 to 100,000 royals who take most of its oil wealth for their own personal use. But the Saudis are now in trouble. They're losing their war in Yemen. Oil revenues are down. A confrontation with Iran looms in the distance. Internal dissension exists. The situation in the Saudi Arabia is precarious. They have pushed themselves into a Zugzwang situation. An alliance with Israel and the dismissal of the Lebanese prime minister are possibly related. The official dogma: Hezbollah and Iran have become mortal enemies of Israel and the Saudis. Big war is inevitable for water, oil, and hegemony of the Middle East and the world. The US and NATO will side with the Saudis and Israel, unconditionally; most of the rest of the world will side with the Palestinians, Hezbollah, and Iran. Will this war turn nuclear? Possibly!
The Ukraine cannot be ignored; it is on the verge of collapse. The Ukraine's internal and external policies are totally absurd. For example, certain nationalists want to break diplomatic relations with Russia. Also, they are buying expensive anthracite hard coal from the US rather than cheaper and better quality coal from Russia or Donbass for its power plants; Ukrainians will be freezing this winter! Also they are trying to mpose the Ukrainian language on minorities such as Hungarians and Russians. Kiev will gamble war in order to save itself; it will not work.
Contrary to Main Stream Media propaganda, the US economy is not doing well. Both, debt and stocks are precariously high. The EU not much better; just ask the Greeks.
Truly, a very precarious time; very unique in history!
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Short Observations II
The predominant idea or movement of the 21st Century has been the movement away from subservience to independence.
The power that is trying to arrest this flow is the US, the status quo power. Dialectics is the enemy of status quo. Dialectic change is a historical process, and is a threat to US hegemonic position. The US is enlarging NATO, yet NATO is falling apart. Turkey, one of the most significant nations of NATO is moving away from it and the US after the unsuccessful putsch against Erdogan in 2016. Turkey is pursuing an independent policy in the Middle East, which are contrary to the interests of Israel and the US.
The EU is also moving away from unconditional subservience to the US to independence, as recent German elections have demonstrated. Actually, Germany is moving away from remaining an occupied state to being independent. The poor showing of the Christian Democratic Union Party of Angela Merkel and the Social Democratic Party of Martin Schultz is the proof. Alternativa fur Deutschland party scored big. They came from nowhere. They are the third largest party in Germany and they want change. Big change that is an anathema to US interests. Alternative for Germany wants to follow the Bismarck policy of friendship with Russia. Will the EU follow Germany?
Middle East great changes! Alliances are shifting and changing. Overall, huge Islamic alliance is forming in the Middle East and South Asia. Lebanon, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, possibly Bangla Desh, Malaysia, Indonesia. At the same time that this Alliance is forming, India is drifting West. The lynch pin of this alliance will be Iran and Turkey. Just look at the geographical position of Turkey and Iran. The Saudi King is visiting Moscow. Very interesting…
Israel is in panic mode. Assad is successfully fighting ISIS. Iran is a key player in this game. Iran has strong connections with Hesbollah of Lebanon, as well as Syria, Iraq, and Yemen. Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria have determined that an independent Kurdistan will fail; Israel wants Kurdistan to succeed. Israel is instructing the US to destroy Iran, thereby assuring Israeli domination of the Middle East, and the fresh water resources which Israel critically needs. Whether the US will oblige remains to be seen.
There is an economic factor involved here as well. The Fed is pushing stocks higher. Some are predicting the DOW at 40,000 within a decade or sooner. Others are predicting total collapse. Foreigners are pouring their money into the US stock market, thereby supporting the dollar and the bond market. The Fed must support the stock market at all costs. If it fails, all hell will break loose. All three will collapse: the dollar, the bond market, and the stock market, and there will be no more free lunch for the US.
The Ukrainian situation is 'dormant'; a low intensity war. Kiev has no choice but to do that. It must be in the game even though it is losing. Ukraine is slowly dying. Population is decreasing. Wages are decreasing. People are very angry. What is keeping the Kiev afloat are Ukrainian remittances from Russia where over 4,000,000 Ukrainians work. Kiev is selling the Ukraine on the cheap to the West. It is only question of when, not if, the Ukrainians revolt.
Africa and Latin America are two continents where natural wealth is in relative abundance and people are waking up to protect it. Epiphany is rampant in Africa and Latin America. Western corporations are milking them as in colonial times. Globalism is just another name, more modern, for colonialism. Epiphany cannot be stopped. Venezuela will not buckle. In due time, more countries will join Venezuela. That is the flow of History.
North Korea is a thorn in US foreign policy in Asia. US interest is to maintain a Wall of Enmity extending from the Baltic, Poland, Ukraine, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Persian Gulf, India, Straits of Malacca, Philippines, Japan, all the way to South Korea. The idea is to maintain this Wall of Enmity and push it to squeeze the hell out of China, Iran, and Russia.
China has said that if the US attacks North Korea it will automatically be on the North Korean side; a Korean War II would be inevitable and the potential catastrophe would be immense. North and South Korea would be destroyed. If China got involved, then Japan, China, and, possibly, the US would be severely damaged. A Korean crisis is, and will be, lots of thunder and very little, if any, rain.,
All scenarios discussed here could end up in a big war. In my opinion, the most likely scenario would be a US attack on Iran to make the Middle East safe for Israel. All kinds of excuses would be used to justify the attack. But wars never go according to plan. It seems that Iranian strategy is to receive and not give the first blow. After that, all hell would break loose. All of the Middle East, and possibly the world, would be in flames.
The only thing that will prevent wars that may occur anywhere is the collapse of the US stock market. Foreigners would pull their money out. At least, those who would be able. That would lead to the dollar and bond market collapsing. The US would have no choice but to turn inward. We will see.
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Zugzwang situations of US in Korea, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Turkey, Ukraine, etc.
After the USSR dissolved itself in 1989, the US pushed East. All of Eastern Europe fell under US influence, plus many republics of the former USSR such as the Baltic republics and Georgia. It was the greatest gain of geostrategic territory in human history in such a short amount of time. It was done without war, but through lies, deceptions, and false promises that were never kept. Russia, under Yeltsin, was on the verge of collapse. Life expectancy and demographics were collapsing. It appeared that the further fragmentation of Russia was inevitable. But one man finally aroused Russian defiance, and that man was Putin.
It was evident to the West that Russia under Putin would not buckle. On the contrary, Russia grew stronger. Like the Phoenix, it rose from the ashes. Despite its economically small size compared to the US, China, and the EU, it is incomparably powerful due to its size, geographic position, natural wealth, and resilience of its people. It is present in the Pacific, Arctic, North Atlantic, Baltic, Central Europe-Kaliningrad, Central Asia, Black Sea without spending a kopek.
US, being essentially isolated geographically in North America must project power in order to be pertinent and to extract natural wealth from others. This policy has become unbearably expensive and the rewards have had diminishing returns with the passing of time.
As universal hegemon, the US is involved everywhere diplomatically, economically, and militarily, imposing its policy and worldview on others. The world has become very resentful and is starting to fight back.
One modus operandi of US foreign policy has been economic strangulation of economies of countries that do not follow US instructions. But lately, this policy has not been too successful. A good example is Iran. Many methods have been tried occultly with the participation of Israel but to no avail. Iran is getting stronger and stronger. The US and Israel may try a military option, but this is fraught with great danger.
The US Congress is legislating serious sanctions against Russia which the President will sign in order to weaken the Russians. It will fail. Russia is an autarchy (meaning a country who is economically independent, not the authoritarian definition) and such countries only get stronger. The German invasion of the USSR is a good example. Also, countries of the world are moving away from subservience to US and moving to independence. An excellent example is Turkey.
Thus, the US is caught in Zugzwang in many geographic situations of the world: North Korea, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Syria, Iraq, Venezuela, etc. It is conducting military exercises constantly with its allies from the Baltic, Black Sea, Mediterranean, Persian Gulf, South China Sea to North Korea.
One can say that US foreign policy consists of a constant poking and provoking.
This entry was posted in autarchy, Eastern Europe, economic sanctions, European Union, independence from u.s., iran, Putin, Russia, sanctions, Soviet Union, subservience, the future, turkey, united states, Vladimir Putin, Yeltsin, zugzwang on July 30, 2017 by JP Geonomics.
The Geo-Political Motives of Anti-Russian Sanctions
General Von Clausewitz stated: War is the continuation of politics by other means. It can also be stated that in addition to war, economic sanctions are the continuation of politics by other means. The US is notorious for using economic sanctions to overthrow the governments that are not willing to be subservient to its' interests by destroying their economies. Also, the US uses its' economic clout to force friendly countries to enter into subservient alliances with the US. NATO is a classical example. The US used sanctions against the USSR from the beginning of its existence to its end.
With the demise of the USSR, the West considered Russia to be easy prey. Yeltsin made Russia an easy prey. Even Yeltsin realized when NATO bombed the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1999 that the West was not what it pretended to be. In the 1990's, the West started to plunder Russia to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars. The Russian fifth column and oligarchs participated in the plunder. By quirk of fate or by design, Yeltsin appoints Vladimir Putin as the Prime Minister of Russia at its greatest hour of need.
Putin immediately restores the Russian back bone. He made sure that Russia cannot and will not be taken for granted. Tensions develop between Russia and the West. Selective sanctions were applied against Russia by the US using the Magnitsky Act. The big break occurred with the Maidan coup d'état in the Ukraine in the spring of 2014. Crimea splits and returns to Russia via referendum and not aggression. Crimea was gifted to Ukraine in 1954 by Nikita Khruschov, leader of the Soviet Union at that time. Lugansk and Donetsk split from the Ukraine and became independent. The West cried aggression and imposed massive sanctions on Russia. The ruble was attacked, and collapsed from 29 rubles to one dollar to around seventy. The price of oil was collapsed from around 100 dollars to below 40. Russian officials were sanctioned. Credit to Russian banks and corporations was frozen. They tried to ban Russia from using SWIFT, Society for Worldwide International Financial Transactions. They backed off because they feared the consequences.
Russia responded. It banned all agricultural products from countries that imposed sanctions: the EU, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Japan, and others. Result: boomerang. The Baltic republics are in super depression because they lost the Russian market for their dairy products, fish, and transport. Greece's condition worsened with the Western embargo. The rest of the EU is in a recession which can be said to be severe. Some reports state that the EU has lost 500,000 jobs and three hundred billion euros of revenue due to Russian sanctions. Damage to the US has been minimal. The US still uses Russian delivery systems to carry its space capsules to the International Space Station. If the US had prevented Russia from using SWIFT, it is likely that Russia would have refused to transport US capsules to space station. Tit for tat.
Many EU countries are clamoring to end the sanctions. President Hollande will not run for re-election. Marine Le Pen of the National Front {Front National} will win. She will pursue independent economic and foreign policy for France. Chancellor Merkel's re-election is in doubt. Beppe Grillo of Italy, founder of the Five Star Movement {Movimento Cinque Stella}, may be the next leader of Italy. Populism is breaking everywhere. Movements from subservience to Independence are evident on all continents
The idea behind the sanctions was to destroy Russia economically, partition it and control its immense natural wealth. The Ukraine was the first step. The Ukraine's future is only with Russia. Russia is the Ukraine and the Ukraine is Russia. They have a common culture, blood, and soul.
Clausewitz stated: Russia cannot be defeated.
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Subservience vs. Independence
In the next twenty five years, if there is no nuclear war, the intense struggle in the world will be between Subservience and Independence. By 1945, the US became the dominant power of the world. The dollar became the official currency of the world backed by gold and military power. The US obligated itself to protect European Empires as they disintegrated slowly. The British Empire became the British Commonwealth of Nations, the French Empire became the French Union, while other European Empires simply disintegrated. All the states of the European Empires became de Jure Independent States, but the de Facto were subservient to the West. The only country that could challenge the US was the USSR. The US proclaimed the USSR as the enemy and created military blocks such as NATO, CENTO for the Middle East and SEATO for South East Asia. With the collapse of USSR in 1991, the US became the Hegemon of the World. With Yeltsin in power there was the danger that Russia might disintegrate, but this did not happen.
With the advent of Putin, the Yeltsin policy of subservience to the US has been abandoned, and Russia has become stronger and is growing stronger despite sanctions. Iran, since the Islamic Revolution of I979, despite Western sanctions, has become much stronger and becomes a key player of the Middle East, the Persian Gulf, and the Arabian Sea of the Indian Ocean. It is not likely that Iran would have become influential in the region and the world if it had stayed subservient to US, and not sought independence.The question must be asked as to why the US fought the War of Independence against Britain if subservience is such a pleasant state? It is very simple, the US would have never become what it is today if it had stayed a member of the British Empire. Why did Britain elect to leave the EU if it so pleasant to obey the rules and regulations of the European Commission? One of the reasons why Japan is still stagnating is because Japan is still occupied and subservient to the interests of the US. Ask China why its growth has been phenomenal. The main reason is that China is independent and subservient to no one. The end result is everybody wants good trade relations with China, including the US. The Rest of the World is also observing this geostrategic situation…
Turkey, under Erdogan, was questioning its relation to the US. Turkey was helping the US by supporting ISIS and allowing the US to use Incerlik Air Base to bomb the Syrian Government positions in their fight against ISIS. At the same time, the US was scheming with the Kurds to set up a Kurdish State of Northern Syria and Northern Iraq. Also, the Turks shot down a Russian bomber over Syria to please the US. Apparently, Erdogan was not involved in the Russia plane shooting. His pro-American Prime Minister, Ahmet Davutuglu ordered the shoot down. All hell broke loose. Erdogan fired his Prime Minister Davutuglu, appointed Binali Yeldirim as Prime Minister, and apologized to Russia. Rapprochement with Russia occurred followed by an unsuccessful coup engineered by US help from the Incerlik Air Base. Turks are very unhappy and very defiant. The main opponent of Erdogan is Islamist Gulen who lives in US. Extradition of Gulen to Turkey will be very, very slow, if it ever occurs. Hope that Turkey would revert to being a subservient ally is gone. Turkey has chosen an independent path.
The Philippines has also chosen the path to independence. After the Spanish- American War of 1898-99 engineered by President McKinley using the sinking of the Battleship Maine in Havana Harbour to declare war on Spain. The US won with not much difficulty. Subsequent occupation and suppression of Philippino resistance was somewhat more difficult. After several years of guerilla war, the Philippines were fully pacified. One would expect that after 116 yrs under American Rule, the Philippines would be highly developed and prosperous! But it is not. The Phiippines are one of the poorest countries of South East Asia. They resent their subservience to the US, and elected Duterte as their President. He immediately opted for independence.
Turkey and the Philippines, major countries of Afro-Eurasia have set an example for other countries of Latin America and Afro-Eurasia to follow. Germany will follow the policy of Otto von Bismarck, the friendship with Russia. France will resurrect the policy of General Charles de Gaulle of Europe from the Atlantic to Vladivostok. Italy, Spain, and other countries will follow. Russia only has to sit and wait and remain strong.
In Asia and South East Asia, countries following the Philippine example are Pakistan, Bangla Desh, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, etc. They all want to be independent.
In Africa there is a yearning for independence from Algeria in the North to the Republic of South Africa in the South. The yearning to be independent and free is unstoppable.
Latin America is the same. There is a yearning from the Rio Grande in the North to Tierra del Fuego in the South to be free and Independent. Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin have not been forgotten by the people of Latin America and the West Indies.
Another name for subservience is globalization. Globalization is the system that allows giant multinational corporations to exploit and rule the world according to the rules set up by the City of London and Wall Street. Globalization has been around since the British East India Company ruled India, Pakistan, Bangla Desh, Shri Lanka, Myanmar. Globalization sounds much nicer than subservience.
Also, subservient states are holding dollars, while independent ones are accumulating gold.
However difficult, the road to independence is unstoppable. That is the flow of history.
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Is the US facing the same problems as Third Century Rome?
The world, but particularly the US, is entering a period of great uncertainty, as did Rome in the third century AD. There were external threats and internal instability. Inflation was destroying the internal fabric. The coinage was diluted of its precious metals, silver and gold. People lost faith in its institutions, its army and its emperors. Through such inflation, the people were getting poorer. The longevity of its emperors was very short after the assassination of the Emperor Alexander Severus in 235 AD The Empire fragmented and was in danger of collapsing. Two external threats were ever present: the Tribes of Northern and Eastern Europe were pressing on the Empire and in the East, there were Persian threats. Three emperors lost wars with Persia, and one, Emperor Valerian, was even captured by the Persians in 260 AD through a ruse.
The 42nd Emperor Claudius Gothicus, (268-270), stabilized the frontiers by defeating the Alemani and the Goths, but unfortunately, died of some kind of infection. The 51st Emperor Deocletian, (284-305), further strengthened the Empire by reducing inflation, further stabilizing the frontiers, and introducing tetrarchy to government. Tetrarchy is four person rule. Deoclitian split the administration into a Western Empire centered in Rome, and an Eastern Empire centered in the future city of Constantinople to be founded by Emperor Constantine the Great in 330 AD. When the Western Empire fell in 476 AD, the Eastern Empire or Byzantine Empire lasted for almost one thousand years until Contantinople fell to the Turks in 1453.
Is the US in a similar situation? Possibly? The US has been in decline since President Nixon defaulted on the gold obligation of 35 dollars for one ounce of gold. Nixon proclaimed it would be temporary, but almost 50 years later is still going. As a result inflation became rampant, Congress became generous and passed the law that allowed Americans to own gold again. President Roosevelt and Congress banned ownership of gold except in jewelry in 1933.
Economic conditions were deteriorating slowly. Inflation in the seventies, Reaganomics in the eighties, Clintonomics in the nineties, subprime mortgages and the tech bubble in the first decade of the new millennium and a severe bust in 2007-09 that nearly collapsed the entire system. Throughout this period, living standards for Americans were going down. The main culprits were debt, public and private, quality job losses, inflation, lack of affordable universal health care, expensive education, and foreign military interventions.
As I mentioned in my previous posts, the three pillars of paper, all based on debt, are keeping this system afloat, but just barely, and they are the dollar, the stock market, and the bond market. The Federal Reserve and the Treasury are keeping the system going by shunting new money into stocks and bonds creating conditions for a financial shock that is becoming inevitable. Zero interest rates and quantitative easing are propping up the system, but not curing it; it cannot be cured.
One could call the US economy a "mirage" because there has been no actual growth since the late 1960's. The living standards of the people have been going down and down, but the lies and deceptions have been going up. One does not know whom to believe. In socio-economic terms, three economic classes have developed in the US: the owner class of 1%, the overseer class of 4-5%, and the Precariat class of around 95%. The Precariat Class is composed of all ethnic groups, religions, and races, but it is kept divided by the Ownership Class for its own interests. The Precariat is on the whole totally dispossessed, and they live from pay cheque to pay cheque, with the loan sharking firms eating them in between.
The present recovery after the almost system collapse 0f 2007-8, has been nothing but "a mirage", a statistical "recovery" propped by a series of quantitative easings and zero interest rates. The ownership class and the overseer class are doing extremely well, but the precariat class is barely surviving.
In foreign policy, the US, a hegemonic power, has become a reactionary force in order to maintain its world wide empire based on dollar indebtedness and exploitation of the rest of the world. Through its policy in the Middle East, it has lost Iran and now may lose Turkey, two large countries dominating the key strategic areas of the Afro-Eurasia. It is true, the US has gained eastern Europe through the European Union and NATO, but Europe itself has become unstable.
In the Middle East, some claim that the US and Israel have created ISIS and Al-Qaeda to destroy Syria and Iraq in order to get to Iran, and take total control of the Middle East and its natural resources. If Turkey switches to Eurasia, and a compromise is reached between Syria and Turkey, the US will lose the Middle East. The next shoe to drop will be Saudi Arabia because of its disastrous war in Yemen, as well as internal dissension.
Never before in its history has the US faced such complex problems as a dying economy reflected in dying cities, dilapidated infrastructure, poor but costly education and health care; city violence could be a precursor to a general revolt.
The world is waiting with bated breath the results of the US presidential elections, The precariat class is flocking to Mr. Trump for salvation and the ownership class is in a panic. How the elections will turn out nobody knows, but if there is a financial collapse Trump would win massively. In that case, it is quite likely that martial law would be proclaimed and the elections postponed. Only time will tell.
This entry was posted in Alexander Severus, bond market, Clintonomics, constantinople, debt, dollar debt, Donald Trump, Eastern Europe, economic depression, economic recovery, European Union, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, great upheaval, inflation, interest rates, iran, Iraq, ISIS, israel, monetary policy, NATO, New Millenium, Nixon, precious metals, quantitative easing, Reagonomics, Richard Nixon, Roosevelt, Saudi Arabia, subprime mortgages, syria, tech bubble, tetrarchy, the Crisis of 2007-8, the Federal Reserve, the Gold Standard, the Great Recession of 2007-09, the Middle East, the Overseer Class, the Ownership Class, the Precariat class, the USA, three economic classes of the United States, three pillars of US power, turkey, united states, US economy on August 26, 2016 by JP Geonomics.
The Significance of the Failed Turkish Coup
The coup of July 15-16, 2016 that was not supposed to have failed, failed. The balance of power, the strategic changes that are taking place now and that will take place in the future will have profound influence on the flow of world history.
Turkey is the key country of the Mediterranean Sea. Via the Straits of Bosporus and the Dardanelles, is the gateway to the Black Sea, Russia, the Caucasus Mountains, and the Caspian Sea, as well as being the road that leads to Baghdad, the Persian Gulf, and the Indian Ocean. The question must be asked why a country of 84,000,000 people, occupying an area of over 750,000 square kilometers, and with a very proud history is not only not independent but subservient to the Interests of the US. They helped the US in many wars from the Korean, 1950-53, to present-day involvement in Syria and Iraq, with no or minimal benefits to Turkey. With Russian intervention in Syria, the military situation there began to change in favor of Syria and its allies. The neocons in the US State Department panicked and wanted a confrontation with Russia. They wrote a letter to Secretary Kerry in early 2016 to that effect.
The shooting down of the Russian bomber over Syria on November 24, 2015, changed everything. The US had hoped for a military confrontation between Russia and Turkey, but President Putin never took the bait. Putin accused the Turks of " stab in the back", and ordered massive sanctions against them. Turkey suffered all the economic costs of the Turkish boomerang, the US none, but it was about to suffer the strategic damage of the Turkish boomerang…
President Erdogan started to doubt the wisdom of Turkish foreign policy concerning his neighbors. Europe would not let him join the Union, nor give visa free entry to Turkish citizens, and Russia had punished the Turks economically. The US, most likely, wanted for Turkey to participate in the invasion of Aleppo which would destroy the Syrian resistance. But Erdogan refused, dismissed his pro-US prime Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, and apologized to Putin. The US strategy in Syria, and, in Iraq was now in disarray. Something had to be done, a nice little coup d'etat with a minimal of noise, but it simply did not work out.
The consequences of this unsuccessful coup d'état will be enormous. The intimate subservient relationship that Turkey had with the US is now gone. No amount of nice talk and visits by US officials will restore this relationship. Erdogan has chosen independence for Turkey that the Turkish people support. If that means a friendly and strategic relationship with Russia, Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Lebanon, then so be it. If that means a cool and correct relationship with Israel and the US, then so be it.
The rapprochement with Russia is remarkable. The meeting between Erdogan and Putin in Russia will be significant. The possibility of a strategic alliance in the making between Iran, Turkey, and Russia is there. This alliance could easily beat ISIS and free the Syria and Iraq of the scourge. Iraq and Syria would join the alliance of Iran, Lebanon, Turkey, and Russia. Another domino would fall, and Saudi Arabia, Israel and the US would be totally isolated. That would be a nightmare for Israel and the US. The European Union would start shifting East. After all, Napoleon said that "geography is destiny". Let us observe what happens. Only time will tell.
This entry was posted in Ahmet Davutoglu, Erdogan, Europe is a peninsula of EurAsia, European Union, independence from u.s., iran, Iraq, ISIS, israel, lebanon, modern Turkey, rapprochement with Russia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Secretary John Kerry, syria, the USA, Turkish coup d'etat, Turkish downing of Russian plane on August 8, 2016 by JP Geonomics.
Will Turkey leave NATO and join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization?
Turkey has been a "good boy" ally of the West since 1952 when it joined NATO. It's been in many wars supporting the US, from the Korean,1950-53 to Iraq One, 1990, Afghanistan 2001. Iraq Two in 2003, to present wars in Iraq and Syria, by supporting ISIS. ISIS nearly won, but now, is possibly losing.
The only benefit Turkey has ever achieved from being the "good boy" ally was supplying cheap labor to West German economy. Germans look kindly on the Turks for being their close ally in the First World War, and by being pro-German in the Second World War.
For all its devotion to the West, the rewards have been small. Wasn't it the British ex-prime minister Cameron, who said that Turkey can become member of the European Union in next three thousand years? Turkey has no chance of joining the Union. Vague promises yes, but no membership. Russia was one of the most important trading partners of Turkey. Turkey gambled and lost an excellent neighborly relationship with Russia by shooting an unarmed bomber over Syrian territory. I am sure that, Turkey got an encouragement from the West to increase the enmity between the Turks and the Russians. The economic reprisals from Russia were massive and Turkey is still suffering from them. All this Turkish confrontation with Russia did not cost the US a penny, but the benefits were immense.
The Turks started to put two and two together and they did not like what they saw. President Erdogan started to think. First, he apologized for the plane, and Putin responded; rapprochement between Russia and Turkey began. It will be a slow process, but it is the beginning. Also, Turkish rapprochement with Iran, Iraq, and Syria will begin. ISIS will be the big loser. Someone in the West did not like this, hence the coup d'état.
The coup d'état failed, and the Shanghai Co-operation Organization beckons to Turkey to join provided the conditions are met. The New Silk Road of Afro-Eurasia led by China also beckons Turkey, and Turkey might just bite. As a result, the West will face a debacle in the Middle East. The West will not like the rapprochement between Turkey and Russia. Another coup d'état will be attempted to prevent it. A great confrontation between Turkey and the West is in store. How the historical wind will blow, and how history will flow remains to be seen. Only time will tell.
This entry was posted in "good boy" ally, Afghanistan, David Cameron, devotion to the West, Erdogan, European Union, germany, imperialism, independence from u.s., Iraq, Iraq One, Iraq Two, ISIS, NATO, Russia, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the Korean War, turkey, Turkey will never join EU, Turkish coup d'etat, Turkish downing of Russian plane on July 20, 2016 by JP Geonomics.


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A bank in every African pocket?
Mary Kimani
Ann Wanjiku walks up to a green-and-white booth with an "M-Pesa agent" sign on it. There she shows the agent her identity card and her cellphone, which displays a personal identification number (PIN) provided by a client.
Using the PIN, the M-Pesa agent takes just a minute to verify that the client has transferred payment for 1 000 traditional carvings into Wanjiku's mobile money account. Wanjiku then withdraws the amount in cash.
Like 90% of Kenyans, Wanjiku does not have an account in a regular bank. Across Africa, only 20% of families have formal bank accounts, according to a World Bank survey. In Tanzania, the percentage is as low as 5%; in Liberia it's 15%.
But the proliferation of cellphone services around the continent has opened a new way to extend financial services to people like Wanjiku. In the few countries where they have emerged, companies such as M-Pesa can use any phone or phone card to provide affordable services to customers wherever there is a cellphone signal.
Expanding such innovations in the use of modern ICT more widely was a central topic at a Connect Africa Summit held in Kigali, Rwanda, in October. More than 1 000 private-sector, government and donor representatives discussed how such technologies can help find solutions to Africa's development problems.
Money under mattresses
Most banks in Africa have branches only in urban areas. Brian Richardson, CEO of Wizzit South Africa, a cellphone banking facility, notes that expanding access to rural areas has traditionally involved opening new branch offices. "As long as you have that mindset," he says, "it becomes incredibly expensive to bring banking to the mass market."
As a result, regular bank services are often simply unavailable. Ethiopia has just one bank branch for every 100 000 people, compared with Spain, which has 96 branches for every 100 000 people. Moreover, requirements to maintain relatively high account balances make such services too costly for most Africans.
Even in South Africa, which has a more extensive banking system, it is estimated that people keep about R12-billion "under mattresses", says Richardson. "If we could take just a small portion of that into the formal banking system, the impact on the economy would be enormous."
Established in 2004, Wizzit has signed up 50 000 South African customers. It hopes to reach 16-million others, in a country where about 60% of the population has no bank account.
Holders of Wizzit accounts can use any cellphone, even the cheap, old models popular in low-income communities. Users can deposit cash into their cell-based accounts through any post office, or any branch of Absa or the Bank of Athens. Salaries can be paid electronically into a Wizzit account. Account holders also receive Maestro debit cards accepted at ATMs and by retailers. There is no minimum balance or annual fee, but users pay between about R1 and R5,50 per transaction.
According to Mohsen Khalil, the World Bank's director of global ICT, Wizzit's operation is one of the most innovative approaches to mobile banking, since it specifically targets the poor. If this model works in South Africa, he says, the World Bank will help the company expand coverage within and beyond the country. "We may be looking here at … the most effective way to provide social and economic services to the poor."
Touch of a button
Some counterparts to Wizzit have emerged elsewhere in Africa. Like Wanjiku, about one million Kenyans use M-Pesa, a joint product of the Vodafone/Safaricom cellphone company, the Commercial Bank of Africa and Faulu Kenya, a microfinance organisation.
M-Pesa customers deposit money with a registered agent or phone vendor. The agent then credits the phone account. Users can send between 100 Kenyan shillings ($1,50) and 35 000 shillings ($530) via an SMS to a desired recipient — even someone using a different mobile network. The recipient then can obtain the cash from a Safaricom agent by entering a secret code and showing personal identification.
Similar services are now available in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia. In Zambia, Celpay, a product of First National Bank of South Africa, allows businesses to pay for services and receive payments via cellphone accounts. Celpay currently processes up to $10-million in payments per month.
In South Africa, First National Bank also partners with cellphone provider MTN, which provides services for South Africans who already have a bank account but also want to send and receive money over cellphones.
Between them, MTN and Wizzit enable 500 000 South Africans who do not have accounts to send and receive money to relatives, pay for goods and services, check balances and settle utility bills. Until the advent of the two services, South Africans often paid couriers from R200 to R350 to deliver cash to relatives. Now such transactions cost only about R3,50 through mobile bank networks.
The greatest impact is in rural areas, says Beyers Coetzee, a rural community officer for Wizzit. "Eighty percent of all farmers do not have bank accounts." Moreover, he adds, a Wizzit account, unlike a regular bank account, is not closed if the customer does not use it regularly. That is "very useful for seasonal workers" in particular.
Rob Conway, head of the Global System for Mobile Communications Association, an international group of cellphone service providers, says that such innovations have "changed the lives of millions of Africans, catalysing economic development and strengthening social ties".
Lauri Kivinen, head of corporate affairs for the Nokia Siemens network, agrees that this development is significant. "It means unprecedented, substantial change for ordinary people," he says. Through cellphone banking, people can "extend their social and business networks, boost their productivity and so much more, all at the touch of a few buttons on a cellphone".
Reprinted from UN Africa Renewal
Ann Wanjiku
International Bank For Reconstruction And Development
Mohsen Khalil
Rob Conway
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aanu adeoye & the continent
'Armed bandit' or 'bandit terrorist'? In Nigeria, the game of...
Over the past two months a controversy has developed over the government's desire to relabel armed outlaws as 'bandit terrorists'.
fola aina & the continent

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Maybe I'm just a little slow...but I've finally decided that I have to act on my decision (2004) to start focus-writing on Slow Birth (think slow dancing, slow cooking, slow kisses, slow lane, take it slow, baby...) Don't you just take a big breath and sigh when you read those words?
I loved reading "In Praise of Slow" by Carl Honore, and discovering the Slow Food and Slow Travel movements as they emerged. We had always raised our children according to the "slow" philosophy. We talked, we listened to music, we read books together, and my husband and I kept our lives in pace with our children's development - we kept things slow, and the family flourished. When the slow movement began, it was nice to see that other people were discovering this way of living.
"You shouldn't have a home birth because it's too messy!"
One client's mother, a surgeon, was concerned about her daughter's decision to have a home birth because, "I walk around the OR with my boots covered in blood, dear. It would be SUCH a mess!" I asked her if we walk around our houses during our periods with our boots covered in blood. "Well, no," she answered. "That's silly. We wear pads or tampons." After her daughter's home birth, the surgeon Grandma was amazed..."I guess it's the docs that cause the mess!"
Well...labour at home (even when planning a hospital birth) is clean because we are used to keeping clean when we bleed on a monthly basis. Labour is no different. And, for some reason, women seem to lose WAY less blood at home births - a matter of fully functioning hormones, perhaps?
searching for information for the ongoing debate with her husband? Even though it is the woman who must ultimately make the decision about her birth setting, it is imperative that her partner is included in the process of informed choice, and comes to understand and support her decision, without fear.
I've been talking a lot about "an undisturbed birth" lately.
The language that we use in labour is so potent. I'm uncomfortable with many descriptive terms surrounding birth, such as "I'd like a normal birth"...or "She had a natural birth" ...or "We did a pure birth." It sounds like all others are abnormal or unnatural or impure. Birth just should be.
So, it came to me, recently, when I realized that so many of my clients have what I describe as "she just went into labour and then had the baby" births...they had all been undisturbed in labour. My role is to keep her private space protected and undisturbed, to help her feel free to move undisturbed, to be the guardian of her cave. She remains hidden, unobserved, in a safe space.


It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Kim Shields on May 28, 2014.. Kim attended Nicki's Circle South and was an avid supporter of Jodi's Race.
We will remember Kim with love.
Born March 27, 1961 in Oakland Ca and entered into eternal life May 28, 2014. Kim fought a valiant battle with stage 4 ovarian cancer for 5 years and always lived by her motto "Live Strong". Kim is survived by her loving husband Joe; parents Jim and Gerrie, Lemmond; sisters Dawn Marie Lemmond, Kelly Martinez, Jennifer Adams and many nieces and nephews. Kim and Joe were avid travelers and cyclist and enjoyed cycling around the world. Kim taught school at Molholm Elementary in Lakewood and Colorow Elementary in Littleton. Memorial service will be held 3:00pm Tuesday June 10, 2014 at Light of the World Catholic Church, 10306 West Bowles Avenue in Littleton. CO 80127. In lieu of flowers please visit www.forevermissed.com/kimshields for information and donations.
Heaven received another angel on May 28th, 2014. Kim fought a valiant fight for 5 years from stage 4 ovarian cancer. She didn't let that stop her and 'lived strong'.
Kim was born in Oakland and moved to Sacramento with her family in 1971. She graduated from Encina High School in 1979, where she was a cheer leader.
She is survived by her parents Jim and Gerrie and her three sisters, Dawn Marie Lemmond, Kelly Martinez, and Jennifer Adams. She and her husband, Joe Shields, lived in Denver the past 30 years. Kim earned her masters degree with honors.
Kim taught school there at Molholm Elementary, and Colorow Elementary. Her skills as a teacher and her love of children brought her high acclaim from students, their parents as well as her peers.
Kim and Joe were avid mountain cyclists. They rode in races in several states. She never let her illness slow her down. She lived by the motto 'live strong'.
She left an inspirational legacy of love, caring, and the will to overcome. She will be missed by all who knew her.


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System for and method for optimizing audio transfer resolution through the analog to digital conversion process
A system and method for optimizing audio transfer resolution including a digitally controlled analog gain control element receiving an incoming analog input, an analog to digital converter receiving an adjusted analog signal from the analog gain control element, a digital level measurement element receiving a digital signal from the analog to digital converter; and a processor receiving a level measurement control signal from the digital level measurement wherein the processor supplies a gain control signal to the analog gain control element.
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JEANGLAUDE, JEAN BRUNER
FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI (MARKET SQUARE 801 PENNSLYVANIA, N.W., WASHINGTON, DC, 200042604, US)
1. A system for optimizing audio transfer resolution comprising: a digitally controlled analog gain control element receiving an incoming analog input; an analog to digital converter receiving an adjusted analog signal from said analog gain control element; a digital level measurement element receiving a digital signal from said analog to digital converter; and a processor receiving a level measurement control signal from said digital level measurement wherein said processor supplies a gain control signal to said analog gain control element.
2. The system of claim 1 wherein said digital level measurement element is a digital signal processor.
3. The system of claim 1 further including: a user interface electrically connected to said processor wherein said CPU receives an adjustment parameter from said user interface.
4. A method of optimizing audio transfer resolution through an analog to digital conversion comprising the steps of: receiving an incoming analog input signal; modifying said incoming analog input signal to create a gain adjusted analog signal; converting said gain adjusted analog signal from analog to digital to provide a digital signal; determining an amplitude of said digital signal; determining a gain control parameter from said amplitude; and adjusting said step of modifying based on said gain control parameter.
5. The method of claim 4 wherein said step of modifying includes adjusting an amplitude of said incoming analog input signal.
6. The method of claim 4 wherein said step of determining an amplitude of said digital signal includes measuring said amplitude.
7. The method of claim 4 further including a step of: supplying a recommended gain control parameter to a user; receiving an adjustment factor from said user; and modifying said gain control parameter with said adjustment factor.
8. A method of optimizing audio transfer resolution through an analog to digital conversion comprising: means for receiving an analog input signal; means for controlling a gain of said analog input signal to produce a gain adjusted analog signal; means for converting said gain adjusted analog signal to a gain adjusted digital signal; means for determining an amplitude of said gain adjusted digital signal; means for determining unused dynamic range; means for adjusting said means for controlling to affect said unused dynamic range; and means for adjusting said means for controlling said gain.
9. The method of claim 8 further including: means for including a user supplied adjustment in said means for controlling.
10. A machine for optimizing audio transfer resolution through the analog to digital conversion process comprising: an analog variable gain element for controlling the gain of an analog input signal; an analog to digital converter for converting said analog input signal to a digital signal; means of determining a maximum level of successive samples of said digital signal; and means for adjusting said analog variable gain element.
11. The machine as claimed in claim 10 wherein the input gain control can be changed based upon a defined set of digital level characteristics.
12. The machine of claim 10 wherein the input gain control is set to a predetermined level after a user defined time period.
13. The machine of claim 10 that can be set to a predetermined level after a plurality of successive digital sample magnitudes exceed a user defined level.
14. The machine of claim 10 that will reset the analog gain to a preset level if the input magnitude remains below a user-defined threshold level.
15. The machine of claim 10 that will reset the analog gain to a preset level after a user-defined period of time.
16. The machine of claim 10 further including: means for including user adjustment to said step of adjusting said analog variable gain element.
[0001] The present invention relates generally to the field of analog to digital conversion, and more particularly, to optimizing audio transfer resolution through the analog to digital conversion process.
[0002] Digital transmission and storage systems have a limited capacity of accurately transferring and storing the magnitude of digital signals. Digital signals are based upon a finite range of values including a maximum digital value. When an analog signal is converted to a digital signal, any analog signal that corresponds to a digital value higher than the maximum value cannot be accurately represented. In other words, Analog-To-Digital (A-D) converters clip input signals when the magnitude of the input signal exceeds the upper limit of the A-D converter. A level higher than the maximum allowable value is "clipped" to the maximum digital value, which is known as digital clipping or digital overload. These digital errors cause audible distortions. Methods to prevent digital overload include processing the signal before the A-D conversion with automatic gain devices. These devices modify the analog input level within a predetermined range to limit the maximum input level and reduce or eliminate digital clipping. Unfortunately, these devices also alter the overall characteristics of the audio signal relative to time. Another common method for reducing the probability of digital overload in digital recording or transmission is to operate at a reduced level to provide more capacity for signal peaks to pass without encountering the maximum allowable value. Operating at a reduced level means the incoming analog signal is reduced to eliminate or decrease subsequent clipping.
[0003] Digital signals also have a finite resolution of discrete values. As converter resolution increases, the steps used to quantize the analog waveform become "finer." When incoming analog signals are reduced to eliminate clipping, the granularity or fineness of the steps to represent the analog waveform is also reduced. Reducing the input signal results in a reduction in the difference between the lowest level and highest level signal (the dynamic range). Low level signals that could have been accurately represented using the entire range of values may be lost in the conversion noise from the reduction in granularity.
[0004] One method to prevent overload when converting an audio signal to a digital signal and to prevent distortion is by ensuring the level of the analog signal is kept below the corresponding maximum allowable digital signal. This is typically accomplished by injecting the analog signal into a converter and checking for any overloads. If overloads occur, the level is manually reduced by the operator and a second pass is made. This process may take several iterations before the maximum analog signal level is identified and passed without creating a digital overload or distortion.
[0005] Another method to reduce or eliminate digital overloads is to input analog signals at a reduced level and then add gain in the digital domain after the A-D conversion has been completed with a technique called normalization. Normalization is where a digital signal is sampled to find the highest amplitude digital samples. Once the highest amplitude digital signals are identified, the gain of the digital signals would be increased to achieve the desired maximum level. Typically this level is a fraction of a decibel below the maximum allowable digital level. This process does not consider the incoming signal and will modify all resulting digital samples by the same calculated amount. Any noise will have the same increase in gain (amplitude multiplication), thereby raising the noise floor of the "normalized" signal as well. In addition, raising the digital level in this manner (multiplication) will not improve the ultimate resolution of the signal. This occurs because the entire dynamic range of the digital signal path was not used by the incoming analog signal.
[0006] U.S. Pat. No. 5,821,899, entitled "Automatic Clip Level Adjustment For Digital Processing," purportedly automatically adjusts the analog input and output signal levels to optimize transfer resolutions through a digital processor. This system alters both the input and output gains of a digital process to theoretically maximize the resolution and reduce the probability of digital overloads. This system is designed to operate dynamically, changing the input gain and output gains together in a predetermined fashion, to maintain unity gain through the system so no perceived volume change is noted by maintaining an overall gain of unity in the two adjustments made.
[0007] The present invention is directed to a system and method for optimizing audio transfer resolution including: a digitally controlled analog gain control element receiving an incoming analog input, an analog to digital converter receiving an adjusted analog signal from the analog gain control element, a digital level management element receiving a digital signal from the analog to digital converter; and a processor receiving a level measurement control signal from the digital level measurement wherein the processor supplies a gain control signal to the analog gain control element.
[0008] The foregoing has outlined rather broadly the features and technical advantages of the present invention in order that the detailed description of the invention that follows may be better understood. Additional features and advantages of the invention are described hereinafter and form the subject of the claims of the invention. It should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the conception and specific embodiment disclosed may be readily utilized as a basis for modifying or designing other structures for carrying out the same purposes of the present invention. It should also be realized by those skilled in the art that such equivalent constructions does not depart from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the claims. The novel features that are believed to be characteristic of the invention, both as to its organization and method of operation, together with further objects and advantages will be better understood from the following description when considered in connection with the accompanying figures. It is to be expressly understood, however, that each of the figures is provided for the purpose of illustration and description only and is not intended as a definition of the limits of the present invention.
[0009] FIG. 1 is a waveform illustrating an example of an analog input signal received by the system of FIG. 3;
[0010] FIG. 2 is a waveform illustrating an example of the digitized audio signal values of the analog signal resulting from the A-D conversion of the waveform of FIG. 1 in the system of FIG. 3;
[0011] FIG. 3 is a simplified block diagram of an analog to digital processing system;
[0012] FIG. 4 illustrates the dynamic range and resolution results from a digital normalization process;
[0013] FIG. 5 illustrates the use of the dynamic range resulting from one embodiment of the present invention; and
[0014] FIG. 6 is a flow chart of the operation of one embodiment of FIG. 3.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0015] One primary objective of the present invention is to provide a circuit configuration that employs automatic adjustment of an analog gain stage. This automatic adjustment is based upon an analysis, of a digital representation of the analog gain amplitude. The dependency of the automatic adjustment of the analog stage on the digital representation may be used to optimize the analog to digital transfer through the analog and digital signal paths.
[0016] An embodiment of the present invention may also automatically optimize analog to digital transfer of an audio signal based upon an analyzed digital representation of the analog signal and a predetermined set of dynamic range parameters applied to the signal in the analog domain.
[0017] Another objective of this invention is to maintain an analog signal that presents a consistent level range to an analog to digital conversion stage based upon a set of parameters.
[0018] FIG. 1 is a waveform illustrating an example of an analog input signal 100 with maximum positive 101 and negative 102 amplitudes. This waveform may be applied to an analog to digital converter resulting in an output of a string of digits that represents the waveform in the digital domain.
[0019] FIG. 2 is a waveform illustrating an example of the digitized audio signal values 200 of the analog signal resulting from the A-D conversion of the waveform of FIG. 1. The digital measurement typically consists of signed integers with a finite maximum value. The maximum positive 201 and maximum negative 202 values are shown that correspond to the maximum positive 101 and negative 102 values of the analog waveform of FIG. 1.
[0020] FIG. 3 is a simplified block diagram of one embodiment of an analog to digital processing system 300 of the present invention. An analog input signal 301 is applied to the input of a gain element such as analog gain control 302. Analog gain control 302 is variable and computer controlled by Central Processing Unit (CPU) 309 through control line 312. In its simplest form analog gain control 302 applies a linear multiplier to analog input signal 301 to increase or decrease the amplitude by a fixed amount. Note that many other adjustments are possible and within the present invention. The resulting gain adjusted analog signal at 303 is applied to analog to digital converter 304 where the signal is changed from an analog signal to a digital representation of the analog signal. A digital representation of the signal is available at 305 and applied to a digital level measurement device such as Digital Signal Processor (DSP) 306. Note that other forms of digital level measurement could be substituted in place of dedicated DSP. Measurement of the amplitude of the digital signal is made by DSP 306 and the digital signal is available at digital output 307. Digital output 307 may be sent to a digital transmitter or other circuits for further manipulation.
[0021] A level measurement control signal is available at 308 and is sent to CPU 309. A user using user interface 311 may supply the desired control parameters through bi-directional control interface 310. Note that CPU 309 may be programmed to automatically apply predefined control parameters. CPU 309 calculates the correct gain control parameters using level measurement control signals applied at 308 and user interface signals at 310. These signals are available from DSP 306 and user interface 311. The correct parameters are sent from CPU 309 to analog gain control 302 by gain control signal path 312.
[0022] FIG. 4 illustrates the dynamic range and resolution resulting from a digital normalization process. FIG. 4 also shows the effect of the normalization scheme on the dynamic range and noise floor. The digital representation of the signal includes a dynamic range 401. Dynamic range 401 is the difference between digital minimum level 402 and digital maximum level 403. An input signal includes an input maximum level 404 indicating that the input signal is not using the total available dynamic range 401, with unused dynamic range 405 remaining. Adding gain 409 to input signal 406 in the digital domain results in a new noise floor 407 and no change to the input signal's dynamic range 408.
[0023] FIG. 5 illustrates the use of the dynamic range resulting from one embodiment of the present invention. Dynamic range 401, maximum level 403 and minimum level 402 remain unchanged from FIG. 4. Input signal 406 is applied to the system of FIG. 3 and converted to digital. DSP 306 (FIG. 3) measures the difference between the maximum level 403 and input maximum level of 404 of input signal 406. This measurement indicates the amount of unused gain 405. This measurement is used to calculate the desired gain by CPU 309 (FIG. 3) that is sent via gain control path 312 to analog gain control 302. The desired gain may also be dependent upon the value received from user interface 311. This can be any level below the maximum input level 403. The resulting signal 501 uses more of dynamic range 401 of the system. A maximum input level is now 502 leaving much less unused dynamic range 503.
[0024] FIG. 6 represents a flow chart 600 of the operation of one embodiment of the present invention. Before an input signal is applied 406 (FIG. 4), maximum digital level (also called maximum level) 403 is stored in step 601. This maximum digital level 403 allowed by CPU 309 is compared to input level 406 in step 602. In step 603, if input level 406 is less than maximum digital level 403 step 610 prompts the user to reset gain lower.
[0025] In step 603, if input maximum 404 is below maximum level 403 and the system is set to automatically adjust the gain in step 604, CPU 309 will increase the analog gain using the analog gain control 302 in step 609. The gain is then changed in step 611. If the system is not set to automatically adjust the gain, the user will be prompted in step 605, through user interface 311, to accept or reject the change in step 605. Upon receipt of user input in step 606, the user will either accept the gain change or reject the change in step 607. If the gain change is rejected by the user in step 607, the gain will not be changed as shown in step 608. If the system is set to automatically adjust the gain in step 604, then the gain will be increased in step 609. If the input is at the maximum level 403 the invention will prompt the user to set the analog gain lower in step 610.
[0026] While the invention has been described in connection with a preferred embodiment, it is not intended to limit the scope of the invention to the particular form set forth, but on the contrary, it is intended to cover such alternatives, modifications, and equivalents as may be included within the spirit and scope of the invention defined by the appended claims.
[0027] The drawings constitute a part of this specification and include exemplary embodiments to the invention, that may be embodied in various forms. It is to be understood that in some instances various aspects of the invention may be shown exaggerated or enlarged to facilitate an understanding of the invention.
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Q: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError in Android 9 asynctask I just published a new version of our app to the Play store and I am suddenly getting a ton of java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError exceptions.  They seem to be only for Android 9.  Here is the stack trace..any ideas?
I can't seem to replicate it in the debugger.
java.lang.RuntimeException:
  at android.os.AsyncTask$3.done (AsyncTask.java:354)
  at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.finishCompletion (FutureTask.java:383)
  at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.setException (FutureTask.java:252)
  at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run (FutureTask.java:271)
  at android.os.AsyncTask$SerialExecutor$1.run (AsyncTask.java:245)
  at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker (ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1167)
  at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run (ThreadPoolExecutor.java:641)
  at java.lang.Thread.run (Thread.java:764)
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
  at com.concept2.ergdata.Sync2.getUser (Sync2.java:304)
  at com.concept2.ergdata.Sync2.synchronize (Sync2.java:76)
  at com.concept2.ergdata.ErgData$synchronize.doInBackground (ErgData.java:2284)
  at com.concept2.ergdata.ErgData$synchronize.doInBackground (ErgData.java:2281)
  at android.os.AsyncTask$2.call (AsyncTask.java:333)
  at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run (FutureTask.java:266)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException:
  at dalvik.system.BaseDexClassLoader.findClass (BaseDexClassLoader.java:169)
  at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass (ClassLoader.java:379)
  at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass (ClassLoader.java:312)

A: java reflection was limited in android 9 ,for more details please check android site

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Credit – Most Florida FHA lenders will require that you have at least a 580 credit score. However, we work a few lenders that will go down to a 500 credit score.
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Mortgage Insurance – There are two types of mortgage insurance premiums (MIP) required for all FHA loans. The first type is upfront mortgage insurance premiums (UPMIP), which is 1.75% of the total loan amount. This fee can be included in the loan, and does not need to be paid out of pocket. The second type of mortgage insurance premiums is paid monthly, which is 0.85% of the loan amount (calculated annually, but paid monthly as part of the monthly mortgage payment).
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The FHA offers two different programs for refinancing an FHA loan. This includes the FHA streamline refinance, which allows you to easily lower your interest rate and mortgage payment (and does not require a credit check, income documentation, or a new appraisal). The other option for refinancing an existing FHA loan, is the FHA cash out refinance, which allows you to pull out money from the equity in your home.


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It should see that there are two "upright" parameters and flag them as a Bogus file option.
Possibly related: <code>|upright =1.5|</code> (with a space between "upright" and the equals sign) is ignored (the image renders as upright=1.0), but is not detected as a bogus option.
In this example, the second "upright" is marked as a Linter bogus file option, but it is actually the "upright=2" that is being ignored. The Linter error is correct, but the options are being processed incorrectly (the first valid option should be processed in order to be consistent with handling of the other named parameters like left/right and thumb/frame).
I also documented a bunch of edge cases, some of which behave differently based on which parameter is being processed, at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images. It seems like someone might need to go back to the spec for the File display options and make sure that the code is written to the spec. (...or write a spec...) I keep finding odd little quirks.


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Fitness apps are mobile applications that are designed to help users track and improve their physical fitness. These apps offer a variety of features such as tracking workouts, logging meals, setting and achieving fitness goals, creating personalized workout plans, and tracking progress. Some Fitness apps also offer additional features such as live and on-demand classes, audio coaching, and social sharing capabilities.
Fitness apps are available for both iOS and Android platforms. Some popular fitness apps include MyFitnessPal, JEFIT Workout Tracker Gym Log, Home Workout – No Equipment, 7 Minute Workout, Nike Training Club, WorkoutTrainer: Fitness Coach, 30-Day Fitness Challenge – Workout at Home, Daily Yoga – Yoga Fitness Plan, Fitbod – Workout & Fitness Planner, and Runtastic Running & Fitness Tracker.
1 MyFitnessPal
2 JEFIT Workout Tracker Gym Log
3 Home Workout – No Equipment
4 7 Minute Workout
5 Nike Training Club
6 Workout Trainer: fitness coach
7 30-Day Fitness Challenge – Workout at Home
8 Daily Yoga – Yoga Fitness Plan
9 Fitbod – Workout & Fitness Planner
10 Runtastic Running & Fitness Tracker
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MyFitnessPal is a popular fitness app that helps users track their nutrition and exercise. It allows users to set and track their daily calorie and macro goals, log meals and snacks, and monitor their progress. The app also includes a database of over 6 million foods, which makes it easy for users to track their nutrient intake. Additionally, it offers a barcode scanner for easy logging of packaged foods, and the ability to connect with friends and share progress. MyFitnessPal also includes an exercise tracking feature that allows users to log their workouts and see how many calories they have burned. The app is available for free on both iOS and Android platforms.
JEFIT Workout Tracker Gym Log
JEFIT Workout Tracker Gym Log is a fitness app that helps users track their workouts and progress. The app offers a variety of workout plans, including strength training, bodybuilding, and powerlifting, as well as a library of exercises with detailed instructions and animations. Users can also create their own custom workout plans or import plans from other sources.
In addition to workout tracking, JEFIT offers a range of other features to help users stay on track with their fitness goals. These include a calendar to schedule workouts, a progress tracker to monitor gains in strength and muscle mass, and a body log to track changes in body measurements. Users can also use the app to set reminders, track their supplement intake and keep a log of their personal bests.
JEFIT also allows users to connect with friends and share their progress. And also offers a built-in timer, which can be set to count down or count up, and also has a stopwatch mode. The app is available on both iOS and Android platforms and offers a free version as well as a Pro version with additional features.
Home Workout – No Equipment is a fitness app that offers a variety of bodyweight exercises that can be done at home without any equipment. The app offers a wide range of workouts, including strength training, cardio, and stretching exercises, as well as a variety of programs tailored to different fitness levels. The exercises are accompanied by detailed animations and instructions, making it easy for users to perform them correctly.
The app also offers daily workout plans, which are tailored to the user's fitness level and goals. Users can choose from different workout plans such as fat burning, muscle building, and cardio. It also includes a workout reminder feature to help users stay on track with their fitness goals.
Home Workout – No Equipment also offers a progress tracking feature, which allows users to monitor their progress over time. Users can track their weight, body measurements and reps, and see the progress graph. The app is available for free on both iOS and Android platforms.
7 Minute Workout
7 Minute Workout is a fitness app that offers a quick and efficient workout routine that can be done in just 7 minutes. The workout is based on High-Intensity Circuit Training (HICT) which is a form of interval training that alternates between short periods of intense exercises and short rest periods. The exercises included in the workout are designed to target multiple muscle groups, and can be done with minimal equipment, such as a chair and a wall.
The app includes a variety of different routines, including a classic 7-minute workout, a 7-minute abs workout, and a 7-minute full-body workout. It also includes a workout reminder feature to help users stay on track with their fitness goals. Additionally, the app offers a progress tracking feature, which allows users to monitor their progress over time.
7 Minute Workout is available on both iOS and Android platforms and is free to download. It also offers in-app purchases for additional features such as new workout plans and the ability to customize your own workout plans. The app is designed for users of all fitness levels and is a great option for those who are short on time but still want to fit in a quick and effective workout.
Nike Training Club (NTC) is a fitness app developed by Nike that offers a wide range of workout plans and exercises to help users achieve their fitness goals. The app offers a variety of workouts, including strength training, cardio, yoga, and more, with different levels of difficulty and duration. The exercises are accompanied by animations and instructions, making it easy for users to perform them correctly.
NTC includes a variety of ready-made workout plans, such as "Get Lean" and "Get Strong", as well as the ability to create custom workout plans based on the user's goals and preferences. The app also offers a variety of personalized training programs, created by professional Nike trainers, that adapt to the user's progress and goals. Users can also track their progress and milestones, and set reminders for their workouts.
The app also includes a feature called "Nike Master Trainers" which allows users to access live and on-demand classes led by Nike's top trainers.
Nike Training Club is available for free on both iOS and Android platforms. Some features like personalized training plans require a subscription.
Workout Trainer: fitness coach
WorkoutTrainer: Fitness Coach is a fitness app that offers a wide range of workouts, exercises and workout plans, to help users achieve their fitness goals. The app offers a variety of workouts, such as strength training, cardio, and stretching, with different levels of difficulty and duration. The exercises are accompanied by animations and instructions, making it easy for users to perform them correctly.
The app includes a variety of ready-made workout plans, such as "Beginner Bodyweight", "Advanced Cardio", and "Yoga for Stress Relief", as well as the ability to create custom workout plans based on the user's goals and preferences. The app also offers a variety of personalized training programs, created by certified personal trainers, that adapt to the user's progress and goals. Users can also track their progress and milestones, and set reminders for their workouts.
WorkoutTrainer also includes a feature called "ProTrainer" which allows users to access live and on-demand classes led by certified personal trainers. The app also includes a feature called "Workout of the Day" which suggests a daily workout plan to the users.
WorkoutTrainer: Fitness Coach is available for free on both iOS and Android platforms. Some features like personalized training plans, ProTrainer and HD video require a subscription.
30-Day Fitness Challenge – Workout at Home
30-Day Fitness Challenge – Workout at Home is a fitness app that offers a 30-day workout plan to help users achieve their fitness goals. The app offers a variety of exercises, including strength training, cardio, and stretching, with different levels of difficulty and duration. The exercises are accompanied by animations and instructions, making it easy for users to perform them correctly.
The 30-day workout plan is divided into different levels, from beginner to advanced, to cater to users of all fitness levels. The app also includes a progress tracking feature, which allows users to monitor their progress over time. Users can track their weight, body measurements and reps, and see the progress graph.
The app also includes a reminder feature to help users stay on track with their fitness goals, which reminds the users to complete their daily workout. Additionally, it includes a feature called "Fitness Challenge" which allows users to set a 30-day fitness challenge for themselves and track their progress.
30-Day Fitness Challenge – Workout at Home is available on both iOS and Android platforms and is free to download. However, some features may require in-app purchases.
Daily Yoga – Yoga Fitness Plan
Daily Yoga – Yoga Fitness Plan is a fitness app that offers a variety of yoga workouts and plans to help users achieve their fitness goals. The app offers a wide range of yoga poses and sequences, including beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels, with different durations and focuses such as flexibility, strength, balance, and relaxation. The exercises are accompanied by animations, video demonstrations, and instructions, making it easy for users to perform them correctly.
The app includes a variety of ready-made workout plans, such as "Relax and Renew", "Yoga for Stress Relief", and "Morning Yoga", as well as the ability to create custom workout plans based on the user's goals and preferences. The app also offers a variety of personalized training programs, created by certified yoga instructors, that adapt to the user's progress and goals. Users can also track their progress and milestones, and set reminders for their workouts.
Daily Yoga – Yoga Fitness Plan also includes a feature called "Live Classes" which allows users to join live yoga classes led by certified yoga teachers.
Daily Yoga – Yoga Fitness Plan is available for free on both iOS and Android platforms. Some features like personalized training plans, live classes, and HD video require a subscription.
Fitbod – Workout & Fitness Planner
Fitbod is a workout and fitness planning app that creates customized workout plans for users based on their fitness goals, equipment availability, and experience level. The app offers a variety of exercises, including strength training, cardio, and stretching, and allows users to track their progress.
Fitbod uses machine learning algorithms to create personalized workout plans based on the user's inputs. Users input their fitness goals, equipment availability, and experience level, and the app generates a workout plan that is tailored to their needs. The workout plan includes exercises, reps, sets, and weight recommendations. Users can also customize their workout plans by swapping out exercises, adjusting sets and reps, or creating their own exercises.
The app includes a variety of exercises with animations and instructions to help users perform them correctly. It also allows users to track their progress, set reminders, and log their workout history. Fitbod also includes a feature called "Muscle Targeting" which allows users to target specific muscle groups and track their progress.
Fitbod is available for free on both iOS and Android platforms. Some features like personalized workout plans, muscle targeting, and progress tracking require a subscription.
Runtastic Running & Fitness Tracker
Runtastic Running & Fitness Tracker is a fitness app that helps users track and improve their running and overall fitness. The app offers a variety of features to help users stay on track with their fitness goals, including GPS tracking for outdoor runs and walks, personalized training plans, and audio coaching.
The GPS tracking feature allows users to track their distance, pace, and duration, as well as create a detailed map of their route. The app also includes a range of tracking options, such as time, distance, and calorie tracking, and can be used for running, walking, cycling, and more.
The personalized training plans feature allows users to create a personalized training plan that fits their goals and schedule. The app offers a variety of pre-built training plans for different distances, such as 5k, 10k, and half marathon, as well as custom plans that users can create themselves.
The audio coaching feature provides voice feedback during the workout, such as pace, distance, and time. It also allows users to listen to music, audiobooks, or podcasts while working out.
Runtastic Running & Fitness Tracker is available for free on both iOS and Android platforms. Some features like personalized training plans, audio coaching, and progress tracking require a subscription.
Please follow these Fitness apps and stay healthy and energetic always at any age. These Fitness apps will definitely help you to shape your body and keep you fit physically as well as mentally.
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