50 Surprising Facts You Never Knew About Gold

[Lumi]

50 Surprising Facts You Never Knew About Gold

[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]1. The word "gold" comes from the Old English word "geolu," meaning yellow.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]2. There is more steel created per hour than there has been gold dug up throughout history.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]3. Around 161,000 tons of gold have been mined by humans.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]4. Gold can be found beneath the earth on all seven continents.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]5. It is believed that around 80% of earth's gold is still buried underground.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]6. There is an estimated total of 10 billion tons of gold in the world's oceans. That is 25 tons of gold for every cubic mile of seawater.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]7. The world?s first gold vending machine was unveiled in May 2010. Located in an ultra-luxury hotel in Abu Dhabi, the vending machine itself is covered in 24-carat gold.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]8. At the time of writing, the price of gold was $1,220.80 per ounce.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]9. Most western economies' currencies were on the gold standard until 1961.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]10. Switzerland was the last country whose currency was tied to gold. 40% of a Swiss Franc was backed by gold until Switzerland joined the IMF in 1999.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]11. The gold held at Fort Knox is accounted for by the United States as an asset valued at $44.22 per ounce.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]12. As of December 31, 1941 Fort Knox held 649.6 million ounces of gold.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]13. Today, Fort Knox holds about 147.3 million ounces. [/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]14. The size of a standard gold bar is 7" by 3 and 5/8" by 1 and 3/4" [/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]15. Alchemists believe they can change ordinary materials, such as lead, into gold.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]16. A carat was originally a unit of mass based on the carob seed used by ancient merchants.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]17. The most expensive gold coin in the world is the 1933 Double Eagle, which was sold at Sotheby's in New York in 2002 for $7.59 million.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]18. Elvis Presley owned three cars manufactured by Stutz Motor Company, in which every part that is normally chrome was converted to gold.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]19. Former Tyco International CEO Dennis Kozlowski bought a gold-threaded shower curtain worth $6,000.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]20. A noble metal, gold is prone neither to rust nor tarnish and does not form an oxide film on its surface when coming into contact with air.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]21. There are 92 naturally occurring elements found in the earth's crust. Gold ranks 58th in rarity.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]22. The chemical symbol for gold is Au, which is derived from the Latin word "aurum," which means "shining dawn."[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]23. Absolutely pure gold is so soft that it can be molded with the hands.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]24. The melting point of gold is 2,063 degrees Fahrenheit.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]25. Gold is a great conductor of electricity.
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[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]26. Gold is the most malleable and ductile pure metal known to man.[/FONT]

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[vinnie]

50 healthy foods for under $1 a pound

Apples - One a day keeps the cheapskate away.
Asparagus - HUGE store special at 99 cents a pound during Easter week. I bought 10 pounds, blanched it, and then froze it.
Bananas - Potassium for pennies.
Barley - A tasty alternative to rice and potatoes.
Beans - Canned or dried. Kidney, pinto, navy, black, red, and many more.
Bok choy - Steam and serve with a little soy sauce.
Broccoli - Yes, a store special. Usually closer to $2 per pound.
Bulgar wheat - Try it in pilaf or a tabouleh salad.
Cabbage - Green and red. I like mine fried.
Cantaloupe - No, sorry, I can't; I'm already married.
Carrots - Raw or steamed. Rich in carotenes, a healthy antioxidant.
Celery - Stir-fry it for a change.
Chicken - Whole or various parts, on sale.
Chickpeas - AKA garbanzo beans -- mash 'em up as a healthy sandwich spread.
Cornmeal - "Polenta" is all the rage these days, but I loved it 40 years ago when Mom called it "cornmeal mush."
Cucumbers - Try peeling, seeding, and steaming with a little butter and salt.
Daikon radish - My new favorite raw veggie.
Eggs - Don't overdo them, but eggs provide high quality protein and still cost about $1 per pound. (Plus, there are many eggscellent things you can do with the shells.)
Green beans - Frozen, but fresh are sometimes on sale for under $1 a pound in-season.
Greens - Kale, mustard, turnip, and collard greens are rich in vitamins and a good source of fiber. Here's how I cook 'em.
Grapes - Store special at 99 cents a pound.
Grapefruit - Bake with a little brown sugar on top for a healthy dessert.
Lentils - Perhaps the perfect food -- healthy, cheap, and versatile. Think soups, salads, sandwich spreads -- and those are only some of the "s" possibilities.
Liver - Chicken livers usually cost under $1 a pound, and sometimes beef and pork liver can be found in the DMZ ("Dollar Maximum Zone").
Mangoes - High in fiber and vitamins A, B6, and C.
Milk - Yep, on a per-pound basis, milk still costs well under $1 a pound.
Napa cabbage - Delicious steamed or raw in a salad.
Oatmeal - The good old-fashioned "slow cooking" kind ... that takes all of five minutes.
Onions - Try baking them whole in a cream sauce.
Oranges - Frequent sale price when in-season.
Pasta - Store special at 89 cents a pound -- I nearly bought them out!
Peanut butter - Special sale price, but stock up because it usually has a long shelf life.
Pork - Inexpensive cuts of pork frequently go on sale for 99 cents per pound or less; sometimes even ham during the holidays.
Potatoes - White and red, Baked, mashed, boiled, broiled, steamed.
Pumpkin - Yes, you can eat the same ones you buy as holiday decorations, and they usually cost under 50 cents a pound.
Rice - White for under $1 a pound; brown, a little more expensive but better for you.
Rutabagas - Hated them as a kid; can't get enough of them now.
Sour cream - 99 cents on sale, but long shelf life, so stock up. My cucumber awaits.
Spinach - Frozen (but Popeye doesn't care).
Split peas - Add a hambone and make the ultimate comfort soup. Try it in the crock-pot!
Squash - Try baking acorn squash with a little brown sugar.
Sweet corn - Canned or fresh on the cob, in-season. (Try this recipe for summer corn fritters.)
Tomatoes - Canned are often better than fresh to use in cooking, and occasionally you can find fresh on sale for under a buck, in-season.
Turkey - A popular bargain-priced, loss-leader around the holidays -- buy an extra bird and freeze it for later.
Turnips - Make me think of my grandparents, who always grew them.
Watermelon - Whole, in-season melons can sometime cost less than 20 cents a pound if they're on sale and you find a big one.
Wine - Well, at least the stuff I drink -- a 5-liter box (approximately 11 pounds) for about 10 bucks, on sale. (BTW, the beer I drink is even less expensive per pound.)
Yams/sweet potatoes - One of the healthiest foods you can eat, and usually available year-round for under $1 a pound.
Yogurt - 8-ounce containers on sale, two for $1.
Zucchini - OK, they're a type of squash (above). But I love them so much they deserve their own place on the list. Plus they look great in pantyhose.

 

[WhatsHisNuts]

50 healthy foods for under $1 a pound

Apples - One a day keeps the cheapskate away.
Asparagus - HUGE store special at 99 cents a pound during Easter week. I bought 10 pounds, blanched it, and then froze it.
Bananas - Potassium for pennies.
Barley - A tasty alternative to rice and potatoes.
Beans - Canned or dried. Kidney, pinto, navy, black, red, and many more.
Bok choy - Steam and serve with a little soy sauce.
Broccoli - Yes, a store special. Usually closer to $2 per pound.
Bulgar wheat - Try it in pilaf or a tabouleh salad.
Cabbage - Green and red. I like mine fried.
Cantaloupe - No, sorry, I can't; I'm already married.
Carrots - Raw or steamed. Rich in carotenes, a healthy antioxidant.
Celery - Stir-fry it for a change.
Chicken - Whole or various parts, on sale.
Chickpeas - AKA garbanzo beans -- mash 'em up as a healthy sandwich spread.
Cornmeal - "Polenta" is all the rage these days, but I loved it 40 years ago when Mom called it "cornmeal mush."
Cucumbers - Try peeling, seeding, and steaming with a little butter and salt.
Daikon radish - My new favorite raw veggie.
Eggs - Don't overdo them, but eggs provide high quality protein and still cost about $1 per pound. (Plus, there are many eggscellent things you can do with the shells.)
Green beans - Frozen, but fresh are sometimes on sale for under $1 a pound in-season.
Greens - Kale, mustard, turnip, and collard greens are rich in vitamins and a good source of fiber. Here's how I cook 'em.
Grapes - Store special at 99 cents a pound.
Grapefruit - Bake with a little brown sugar on top for a healthy dessert.
Lentils - Perhaps the perfect food -- healthy, cheap, and versatile. Think soups, salads, sandwich spreads -- and those are only some of the "s" possibilities.
Liver - Chicken livers usually cost under $1 a pound, and sometimes beef and pork liver can be found in the DMZ ("Dollar Maximum Zone").
Mangoes - High in fiber and vitamins A, B6, and C.
Milk - Yep, on a per-pound basis, milk still costs well under $1 a pound.
Napa cabbage - Delicious steamed or raw in a salad.
Oatmeal - The good old-fashioned "slow cooking" kind ... that takes all of five minutes.
Onions - Try baking them whole in a cream sauce.
Oranges - Frequent sale price when in-season.
Pasta - Store special at 89 cents a pound -- I nearly bought them out!
Peanut butter - Special sale price, but stock up because it usually has a long shelf life.
Pork - Inexpensive cuts of pork frequently go on sale for 99 cents per pound or less; sometimes even ham during the holidays.
Potatoes - White and red, Baked, mashed, boiled, broiled, steamed.
Pumpkin - Yes, you can eat the same ones you buy as holiday decorations, and they usually cost under 50 cents a pound.
Rice - White for under $1 a pound; brown, a little more expensive but better for you.
Rutabagas - Hated them as a kid; can't get enough of them now.
Sour cream - 99 cents on sale, but long shelf life, so stock up. My cucumber awaits.
Spinach - Frozen (but Popeye doesn't care).
Split peas - Add a hambone and make the ultimate comfort soup. Try it in the crock-pot!
Squash - Try baking acorn squash with a little brown sugar.
Sweet corn - Canned or fresh on the cob, in-season. (Try this recipe for summer corn fritters.)
Tomatoes - Canned are often better than fresh to use in cooking, and occasionally you can find fresh on sale for under a buck, in-season.
Turkey - A popular bargain-priced, loss-leader around the holidays -- buy an extra bird and freeze it for later.
Turnips - Make me think of my grandparents, who always grew them.
Watermelon - Whole, in-season melons can sometime cost less than 20 cents a pound if they're on sale and you find a big one.
Wine - Well, at least the stuff I drink -- a 5-liter box (approximately 11 pounds) for about 10 bucks, on sale. (BTW, the beer I drink is even less expensive per pound.)
Yams/sweet potatoes - One of the healthiest foods you can eat, and usually available year-round for under $1 a pound.
Yogurt - 8-ounce containers on sale, two for $1.
Zucchini - OK, they're a type of squash (above). But I love them so much they deserve their own place on the list. Plus they look great in pantyhose.

:toast:

 

[Lumi]

what's your point?

 

[BobbyBlueChip]

what's your point?

you first

 

[The Joker]

:toast:

Slow down tiger - there's pork in that list!

 

[StevieD]

50 healthy foods for under $1 a pound


Zucchini - OK, they're a type of squash (above). But I love them so much they deserve their own place on the list. Plus they look great in pantyhose.

What does that mean?:shrug:

 

[smurphy]

50 Great Things you Never Knew you Could do with Tennis Balls

http://lifehackery.com/2008/03/22/50-great-things-you-never-knew-you-could-do-with-tennis-balls/

1) Cut an X in the top of each ball and put them on the bottoms of chair legs to cut down on noise and floor scuffs. If you don?t have scuffable floors (or all of your chair legs are already covered) check with your local school. Many schools take donations for just this purpose.

2) Donate them to a local nursing home for use on residents? walkers. They make the walkers easier to push around for people who aren?t strong enough to lift them.

3) Hang one on string from the garage roof to help you park without running into things. When it touches the windshield or rear window (depending on which way the car is pointing), you know it?s time to stop. If you?ve got a lot of time on your hands, make it into a funny character.

4) Keep certain types of gnats or flies away from you when you are outdoors. Just cover a tennis ball in Vaseline and hang it from a tree or bush.

5) Tennis balls with holes drilled in them have been used in the UK as protective homes for field mice. Pet mice or hamsters may enjoy them, too!

6) When packing something for shipping in a box that?s too large, use tennis balls as shock-absorbing cushions that will hold the item steady in the box.

7) Use them to remove scuffs on floors. Many janitors use this trick by placing a tennis ball on the end of a broom so it?s always handy.

8 ) Protect your surfboard when it goes on an airplane journey.

9) Play a creative catch game that will amuse kids to no end - especially if you?re the one missing the ball.

10) Throw a few tennis balls into the dryer when you are drying comforters, fluffy coats, pillows, or anything else that could use a good fluffing.

11) Tennis balls can also help any laundry load dry faster - just throw two or three in the dryer and your clothes will be done quicker.

12) Speaking of laundry, put a tennis ball into your washing machine along with your shower curtain and 1/2 cup of vinegar, then wash with hot water. The vinegar will kill the mildew and the tennis ball will help to scrub the mildew off.

13) If you or your partner (or, if you?re really unlucky, the guy in the next apartment) snore, attach a pocket to the back of the snorer?s pajamas and secure a tennis ball inside. This will ensure that the snorer sleeps on his/her side - most people snore only when sleeping on their backs.

14) Make your own juggling clubs.

15) Make a very cute pencil/mail/phone holder. (Putting a cigarette in its mouth and giving it long dreadlocks would be really funny, but maybe not so kid-project-friendly.)

16) Cut a slit in one and use it to cover the trailer hitch on your truck.

17) Hide stuff in them. Make a slit in a tennis ball, then squeeze either side of the slit to open it up. Place money or other objects inside, and release to close the opening.

18 ) Use the same concept as above to pass notes or other items over long distances. Just be sure other people don?t pick it up! This idea has been used at auctions to pass receipts to winning bidders.

19) Cut a portion of the ball off so that it will fit over the sharp corner of your coffee table. Repeat for the other corners to baby-proof a room. Use this for all furniture with sharp or protruding bits to protect little foreheads.

20) Make a beautiful flower for your sweetheart. You can even fill it with candy, just in case your sweetheart isn?t quite sweet enough yet.

21) Slit a tennis ball open, insert some beans or jingle bells, and seal closed with glue or rubber cement. Give it to a toddler as a musical instrument.

22) When you are seated, put a tennis ball (or two or three) under each foot and roll your feet around on them. They make wonderful massagers.

23) Put two tennis balls into a large sock. Tie the sock securely, then use the contraption as a back massager. This is a great tool to have in your hospital bag when you have a baby since concentrated back pressure can help to relieve a great deal of labor pain.

24) Make bizarre furniture.

25) Use tennis balls to anchor clusters of helium balloons at parties. Knot together a group of ribbons attached to balloons. Cut a small X in the top of a ball and insert the knot. Fill the ball with sand if you want extra security.

26) If you are an athlete (probably even if you aren?t), learning to juggle tennis balls can improve your hand-eye coordination and visual reaction time. It can also help to keep your brain sharp.

27) Put tennis balls on the tops of poles to mark the edges of your driveway or drainage ditch. The bright yellow balls will be visible in the dark and help you avoid driving into the ditch or over the grass in the dark.

28 ) Put a tennis ball on the end of a broomstick and use it to clean cobwebs from the ceiling.

29) Wrap a piece of sandpaper around a tennis ball. It?s easy on your hands and can be used to sand curves on furniture or woodworking projects.

30) Make a unique ornament for your home or to give as a gift.

31) Make an incognito squirt gun.

32) Prevent your bike?s kick stand from sinking into soft dirt by cutting a small slit in a tennis ball and sliding it over the kick stand.

33) If you find that the legs of your lawn chairs get stuck between the slats of your deck, put tennis balls on the bottoms to keep them where you want them.

34) Keep the yuckiness out of your pool by floating some tennis balls in the water. Supposedly, the balls will absorb body oils from people who swim in the water - but you need to replace them every few weeks to keep them fresh.

35) Cut a tennis ball in half and use it to get a better grip when opening jars. Just place the ball half over the lid, and the rubber on the inside grips the lid to help you rotate it easier.

36) You can apply the same concept to screwdrivers to give you a better grip. Simply cut a slit in the tennis ball and slide it over the screwdriver handle to give you a better grip.

37) Make a tiny stereo.

38 ) Ham radio enthusiasts with gigantic antennae on their cars can use a strategically placed tennis ball to keep the antennae from ruining the paint on the cars.

39) To keep a door knob from smashing into and damaging an interior wall, cut a large slit in a tennis ball and slide it over the knob. This trick also works great to keep curious toddlers out of off-limits rooms?until they figure out how to squeeze as they turn.

40) Use a tennis ball to explain internet security to n00bs.

41) Squeeze a tennis ball in your hand whenever you have an extra few minutes to increase your hand strength.

42) If you want to leave your car door open but don?t want the interior lights to run down the battery, just wedge a tennis ball into the door frame to keep the light switch depressed.

43) When fueling up your car, use a tennis ball to keep the handle of the gas nozzle pushed in to avoid painful hand cramping.

44) Make a snowman ornament for your holiday tree.

45) Explain and illustrate molecular structure.

46) Make a pretty awesome pocket tripod for your small camera.

47) Build a model trebuchet and hurl tennis balls into your annoying neighbor?s yard.

48) Make talking apple puppets. These will amuse kids to no end. Let them be creative and make up their own characters.

49) Put tennis balls under the windshield wipers of vehicles that will be stored for long periods. This will help the blades last longer.

50) Use the time-tested method for finding your car in a crowded parking lot: put a tennis ball on the end of the antenna.

 

[kosar]

Interesting Facts about Pi

You should have noticed that the ratios for all the circles are very close. The values that you should have gotten should be very close to 3.1. The measurements that you did were not that precise. If they had been, then all of the ratios would be extremely close to each other.

What that tells us is that there is a fundamental constant1 that works with every single circle. The name of this constant is pi and its value is close to 3.1415926535897932... The Greek letter is used to represent this important constant. Click here to see with five hundred digits of precision.

One more thing that you may want to do with your data is get the mean or average2 of all the ratios (or approximations of ) that you measured to see how close you are to the value of in the previous paragraph.

In the rest of this page we have a few interesting facts about .

, a fundamental constant of nature, is one of the most famous and most remarkable numbers you have ever met.

The Egyptians and the Babylonians are the first cultures that discovered about 4,000 years ago. Here is a small table that shows some of the very old discoveries of :

Culture/Person Approximate Time Value Used
Babylonians 2000 BC 3 + 1/8 = 3.125
Egyptians 2000 BC 3.16045
China 1200 BC 3
Bible mentions it3 550 BC 3
Archimedes 250 BC 3.1418
Hon Han Shu 130 sqrt (10) = 3.1622
Ptolemy 150 3.14166
Etc...


William Jones, a self-taught English mathematician born in Wales, is the one who selected the Greek letter for the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter in 1706.

is an irrational number. That means that it can not written as the ratio of two integer numbers. For example, the ratio 22/7 is a popular one used for but it is only an approximation which equals about 3.142857143...
Another more precise ratio is 355/113 which results in 3.14159292... This was given to me by a student.
Another characteristic of as an irrational number is the fact that it takes an infinite number of digits to give its exact value, i.e. you can never get to the end of it.

Since 4,000 years ago and up until this very day, people have been trying to get more and more accurate values for pi. Presently supercomputers are used to find the value of with as many digits as possible. Pi has been calculated with a precision containing more than one billion digits, i.e., more that 1,000,000,000 digits!

Here are three different ways to approximate the value of :

/ 2 ~= (2*2*4*4*6*6*8*8*...) / (1*3*3*5*5*7*7*9*...)
/ 4 ~= 1 -1/3 + 1/5 - 1/7 + 1/9 - 1/11 + ...
~= 3 + 1/10 + 4/102 + 1/103 + 5/104 + 9/105 + ...
The symbol "~=" means approximate. They are not equalities but can be very close.
Try them out in your calculator! It is fun!

If we use the variables C for the circumference and d for the diameter, then can be expressed as the following ratio:

= C / d

This formula can be solved to find the value of d:

d = C /

and the value of C:



If you were given the diameter of a circle, could you find out its circumference? And what if you were given the circumference? Could you find out what the diameter is?

appears in many different formulas that have nothing to do circles.

Euclid of Alexandria (325 - 265 BC) is the one who proved that the ratio of C over d is always the same, regardless of the size of the circle. He did it by inscribing regular polygons (i.e., an octagon or 8-sided figure) inside circles of different sizes. He was able to show that the perimeter of the polygon was proportional to the radius (which is half of the diameter), regardless of its size. He then increased the number of sides of the polygon, realizing that as he increased them, the perimeter of the polygon got closer and closer to that of the circle. Therefore, he was able to prove that the perimeter of the circle, or circumference, is proportional to the radius and also to the diameter.

Archimedes of Syracuse, Sicily (287 - 212 BC) did the first theoretical calculation of . He used methods similar to the ones used by Euclid by inscribing a regular polygon inside a circle. He started with a hexagon and then polygons of 12, 24, 48, and finally 96 sides. He also used one of Euclid's theorems to develop a numerical method for calculating the perimeter of the polygons. Archimedes obtained the approximation 223/71 < < 22/7.







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[Note 1] -- A constant is a number that is fixed and doesn't change. In this case the constant is exactly the same number for all circles.

[Note 2] -- To get the average of all your ratios what you need to do is add them all together and divide the result by the number of ratios that you added together.

[Note 3] -- 1 Kings 7:23 reads:

He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a circumference of thirty cubits to measure around it.

Thirty divided by ten gives a value of 3. However, it is interesting to note that the word circumference happens to be spelled with an extra letter. Since in Hebrew all letters are also numbers, if we take the ratio of the value for the word as it is written (111) to the normal spelled word (106) we get the number 1.047169811... If you multiply this number by 3 you get 3.141509434... An amazingly close approximation to !

 

[smurphy]

50 Worst Songs of All Time....

http://noted.blogs.com/westcoastmusic/2004/04/50_worst_songs_.html

50. Corey Hart - I Wear My Sunglasses at Night
49. Puff Daddy f/ Faith Evans & 112 - "I'll Be Missing You'
48. Michael Bolton - 'Can I Touch You There'
47. Bobby Brown w/Whitney Houston, 'Something in Common'
46. Spin Doctors - Two Princes
45. Ruben Studdard, 'I'm Sorry'
44. Billy Joel - We Didn't Start The Fire
43. Master P feat. Silkk, Fiend, Mia-x & Mystikal - 'Make Em Say Uhh'
42. Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe
41. JC Chasez - 'Some Girls (Dance with Women)'
40. 4 Non Blondes, 'What's Up'
39. Snow - 'Informer'
38. Ja Rule - Mesmerize
37. Bette Midler, "From a Distance"
36. Color Me Badd - I Wanna Sex You Up
35. Don Johnson - Heartbeat
34. Crazytown - 'Butterfly'
33. Jennifer Lopez - 'Jenny from the Block'
32. Mr. Mister - Broken Wings
31. R. Kelly, 'You Remind Me of Something'
30. Nelly - Pimp Juice
29. Meatloaf - 'I Would Do Anything for Love (But I Won't do That)
28. Rick Astley - 'Never Gonna Give You Up'
27. Wreckx-N-Effect - 'Rump Shaker'
26. Bryan Adams - The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me is You
25. Michael Jackson, 'You Rock My World'
24. Phil Collins, "Sussudio"
23. Sisqo - 'The Thong Song'
22. Lionel Richie - Dancing on the Ceiling
21. Rembrandts, "I'll Be There For You"
20. Toby Keith, 'Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue'
19. Chicago - You're the Inspiration
18. Hammer - 'Pumps and a Bump'
17. Right Said Fred, "I'm Too Sexy"
16. Europe, "The Final Countdown"
15. Crash Test Dummies - Mmm, Mmm, Mmm, Mmm
14. Will Smith, "Will2K"
13. Aqua - 'Barbie Girl'
12. New Kids on the block - Hangin' Tough
11. Gerardo - Rico Suave
10. Huey Lewis & the News - Heart of Rock-n-Roll
9. Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry Be Happy
8. Ricky Martin - She Bangs
7. Eddie Murphy, "Party All the Time"
6. Deep Blue Something, "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
5. Vanilla Ice, "Ice Ice Baby"
4. Limp Bizkit, "Rollin'"
3. Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight
2. Billy Ray Cyrus, "Achy Breaky Heart"
1. Starship, "We Built This City"

 

[airportis]

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[Lumi]

you first

why should I have to have a point in this?

I posted what I thought was interesting, and as usual, the usual suspects want to go after me. I could have posted 50 facts about water and you would have laid into me. I certainly knew your head would pop out of someones zipper BBC to try and antagonize me, but your childish reindeer games don't work. Your air too bust eating the gubbmint cheese and drinking the kool aid to pull your head out of your 4th point of contact to understand or comprehend the shit you are really in. You probably don't even know, until now the your State National Guard are Conducting Exercises in your state with the Polish Army. Check points, drug raids, traffic stops. It's really easy to take shots at the guy whom you deem as crazy, call me any name you want, but I won't go by a serial number.

Listen to it now http://www.infowars.com/

Videos, interviews of this exercise this weekend

 

[Cie]

Wait, you mean to tell me that gold conducts electricity???

 

[yyz]

50 ways to leave your lover:


You just slip out the back, Jack
Make a new plan, Stan
You don't need to be coy, Roy
Just get yourself free
Hop on the bus, Gus
You don't need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee




Wait a second...........That's nowhere close to 50!

Paul Simon has been fuckin' us over for 35 years!

 

[hedgehog]

Gold Rises to a Record on Buying From Investors Seeking to Protect Wealth

Gold Rises to a Record on Buying From Investors Seeking to Protect Wealth

By Nicholas Larkin and Kim Kyoungwha - Jun 21, 2010

Gold rose to $1,262.63 an ounce

An employee prepares refined gold for melting at the Argor-Heraeus SA gold producing and refining plant in Mendrisio, Switzerland. Photographer: Adrian Moser/Bloomberg
Gold ingots

Unmarked gold ingots are seen ready for shipping. Photographer: Adrian Moser/Bloomberg

Gold rose to a record in London and New York as other commodities gained on speculation demand for raw materials will increase and as investors bought the metal to protect wealth from Europe?s financial turbulence.

China, the world?s third-largest economy, said it may allow the yuan to move higher, making commodities priced in other currencies less expensive for Chinese consumers. Bullion gained in eight of the past nine weeks on speculation debt-cutting measures by European nations will slow expansions. Other precious metals rose to the highest levels in at least a month.

?Gold is benefiting from other commodities,? said Jesper Dannesboe, a senior commodity strategist at Societe Generale SA in London. The China news ?is a catalyst, a trigger for buying today. People are still worried about sovereign debt levels.?

Gold, up 15 percent this year, is heading for its 10th consecutive annual gain, the longest winning streak since at least 1920. Bullion has outperformed other commodities as global equities slipped, and this month reached all-time highs in euros, sterling and Swiss francs. Holdings in exchange-traded funds backed by gold reached records, while coin sales from mints accelerated, tightening supplies.

Gold for immediate delivery added as much as $8.50, or 0.7 percent, to $1,265.30 an ounce and traded at $1,261.05 at 1:18 p.m. in London. It surpassed the previous all-time high of $1,262.50 set June 18. The metal for August delivery was 0.3 percent higher at $1,261.90 on the Comex in New York after reaching $1,266.50.

Bullion rose to $1,259.50 an ounce in the morning ?fixing? in London, used by some mining companies to sell output, from $1,256 at the afternoon fixing on June 18.

Stronger Yuan

A stronger yuan will help curb inflation in the world?s third-largest economy and shift investment toward service industries from export-manufacturing, the People?s Bank of China said yesterday. Chinese authorities had prevented the currency from strengthening against the dollar since July 2008 to help exporters cope with the global financial crisis.

?The impact on China in the short term will be neutral for gold prices,? Wallace Ng, executive director with Fortis Nederland NV in Hong Kong, said in an interview with Bloomberg Television. A stronger yuan will benefit gold prices in the longer term because it will increase the purchasing power of Chinese investors, he said.

The dollar was little changed against the euro today, rebounding from a loss of as much as 0.8 percent. All six main industrial metals on the London Metal Exchange rose and crude oil futures climbed in New York.

Russia Buying

The MSCI World Index of equities is down 3.8 percent this year, and raw materials as measured by the Reuters-Jefferies CRB Index have slid 6.5 percent. Returns on benchmark U.S. Treasuries have gained 4.5 percent this year.

Russia?s central bank bought 26.6 metric tons of gold in the past quarter, taking holdings to 668.6 tons, and the Philippines increased holdings by 9.5 tons in March to 164.7 tons, the World Gold Council said on June 18. The Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority reported last quarter that it ?modified from first quarter 2008? its holdings to 322.9 tons, from 143 tons after adjusting accounts, the council said.

?This creates speculation that Asian and Middle Eastern central banks want to own more gold,? Societe Generale?s Dannesboe said. ?It just adds to the bullish story.?

Bullion has advanced in 2010 even as the dollar, which usually moves inversely to gold, has strengthened as the euro slumped on concern about sovereign finances in Europe. The single European currency has dropped 13 percent against the dollar this year.

?Strong Interest?

Gold reached a record 1,051.27 euros an ounce, 870.65 British pounds and 1,451.16 Swiss francs on June 8, Bloomberg data show.

?It is clear that there is extremely strong interest in gold,? said Gavin Wendt, senior resource analyst with MineLife Pty Ltd. in Sydney. ?This is all a direct consequence of investors seeing gold as a more attractive investment class, and this trend will only continue to grow.?

Assets in the SPDR Gold Trust, the biggest exchange-traded fund backed by bullion, were unchanged at a record 1,307.96 tons on June 18, according to the company?s website. Global holdings of the metal by ETFs increased 0.2 ton to an all-time high 2,044.87 tons on June 18, according to Bloomberg data tracking 10 providers.

Silver for immediate delivery in London climbed as much as 1.5 percent to a five-week high of $19.4675 an ounce and last traded at $19.4175. Platinum gained 1.1 percent to $1,605.57 an ounce, the highest price in a month, and palladium was up 2.8 percent at $503.75 an ounce, also the highest price in a month.

To contact the reporters on this story: Nicholas Larkin in London at nlarkin1@bloomberg.net; Kyoungwha Kim in Singapore at kkim19@bloomberg.net.

 

[ces]

50 ways to leave your lover:


You just slip out the back, Jack
Make a new plan, Stan
You don't need to be coy, Roy
Just get yourself free
Hop on the bus, Gus
You don't need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee




Wait a second...........That's nowhere close to 50!

Paul Simon has been fuckin' us over for 35 years!

Finally! I thought I was the only one that noticed.

 

[Statman02]

Shit the bed Fred