Happy New Year 2016

Happy New Year 2016 to all my friends and colleagues around the world with my best wishes always...

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"Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see."

~ Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

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"Gold is the money of kings; silver is the money of gentlemen; barter is the money of peasants; but debt is the money of slaves."

~ Norm Franz

Norm Franz

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"When paper money systems begin to crack at the seams, the run to gold could be explosive."

~ Harry Browne

Harry Edson Browne (1933-2006)

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"The desire for gold is the most universal and deeply rooted commercial instinct of the human race."

~ Gerald M Loeb

Gerald M Loeb (1899-1974)

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"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not."

~ Ann Brashares

Ann Brashares (1967- )

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"Gold and silver, like other commodities, have an intrinsic value, which is not arbitrary, but is dependent on their scarcity, the quantity of labor bestowed in procuring them, and the value of the capital employed in the mines which produce them."

~ David Ricardo

David Ricardo (1772-1823)

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"Happiness is essentially a state of going somewhere, wholeheartedly, one directionally, without regret or reservation."

~ William Sheldon, Jr

Dr William Herbert Sheldon, Jr (1898-1977)

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"Life online is seen as a chance to 'wind up' the anxious, dupe the powerful, trash the earnest, alienate the already marginal."

~ Frank Pasquale

Dr Frank Pasquale

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"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut."

~ Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Miller Hemingway (1899-1961)

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My First Silver Coin...

Never lose touch with reality as measured by your personal liberty.

I acquired my first American Eagle silver coin in 2001 and have kept it on my desk ever since as inspiration...

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"Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great."

~ John D Rockefeller

John Davison Rockefeller, Sr (1839-1937)

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What is Numismatics?

numismatics
n (used with a sing v)

The study or collection of money, coins, and often medals.

Source: The Free Dictionary

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"Gold has worked down from Alexander's time.... When something holds good for two thousand years, I do not believe it can be so because of prejudice or mistaken theory."

~ Bernard Baruch

Bernard Mannes Baruch (1870-1965)

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"The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it."

~ George Orwell

Eric Arthur Blair, aka George Orwell (1903-1950)

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"The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates."

~ Tacitus

Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (ca AD 56-after 117)

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"Many powerful people don't want peace because they live off war."

~ Pope Francis

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio (1936- )

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"Mathematical reasoning may be regarded rather schematically as the exercise of a combination of two facilities, which we may call intuition and ingenuity."

~ Alan Turing

Dr Alan Mathison Turing (1912-1954)

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"Warriors should suffer their pain silently."

~ Erin Hunter, Into the Wild

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What is a Snob?

snob
n

1. One who despises, ignores, or is patronizing to those he or she considers inferior.

2. One who is convinced of his or her superiority in matters of taste or intellect.

Source: The Free Dictionary

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Charles Bukowski: All the Way

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"You must either modify your dreams or magnify your skills."

~ Jim Rohn

E James Rohn (1930-2009)

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US Employment to Population Ratio Edges Upwards in April 2015

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the US employment to population ratio* for April 2015 stood at 59.4%, up from 59.0% the previous month, and 59.0% the previous year. The US employment to population ratio has been trending downwards since 2000.

Many economists believe that reporting the number employed as a percentage of the civilian population provides a more accurate description of the current state of employment than conjecturing the number of "unemployed" in a population. The US employment to population ratio reached an historical peak of 64.4% on an annual basis in 2000.

*The BLS defines employment and population (civilian noninstitutional) as follows:

Employment consists of all persons who, during the reference week (the calendar week including the twelfth day of the month), (a) did any work at all (at least 1 hour) as paid employees, worked in their own business or profession or on their own farm, or worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in an enterprise operated by a member of the family, or (b) were not working but had jobs or businesses from which they were temporarily absent because of vacation, illness, bad weather, childcare problems, maternity or paternity leave, labor-management dispute, job training, or other family or personal reasons, whether or not they were paid for the time off or were seeking other jobs.... The civilian noninstitutional population consists of persons 16 years of age and older residing in the 50 States and the District of Columbia who are not inmates of institutions (for example, penal and mental facilities and homes for the aged) and who are not on active duty in the Armed Forces.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

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"Man is affected, not by events, but by the view he takes of them."

~ Epictetus

Epictetus (ca 55–135 AD)

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The Rainbow Bridge

Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.

When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.

All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor; those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.

They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. Her bright eyes are intent; her eager body quivers. Suddenly she begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, her legs carrying her faster and faster.

You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress her beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.

Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together...

~ Author Unknown


My dear Lola (2009-2015)

Thank you to my friend, Dr Rick Daniels for sending me this poem in my hour of need...

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Happy Easter 2015

Happy Easter 2015 to all readers, colleagues, and friends from around the world!

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Strong Demand for Excel Skills

Source: Indeed.com

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"The easiest way to learn how to code is to look at simple, well written sample programs of increasing complexity, and become an expert in Google search to find solutions to coding questions."

~ Vincent Granville

Dr Vincent Granville

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"The quest to build a simulation is a scientific quest. Experimenting to test a hypothesis used to be the way to do science, but simulation is the new way."

~ Will Wright

William Ralph "Will" Wright (1960- )

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"Mastery is important, not for art’s sake but to win. A brilliant model is not only beautiful, it yields insights impossible to attain by any other method."

~ Steven Levy

Steven Levy (1951- )

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"The spreadsheet is a tool, and it is also a world view — reality by the numbers."

~ Steven Levy

Steven Levy (1951- )

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"To destroy this invisible government, to dissolve the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics, is the first task of statesmanship of the day."

~ Theodore Roosevelt

Hon Theodore "T.R." Roosevelt, Jr (1858-1919)

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Source: Wikipedia

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