5 Actual 'Facts' About Tax Reform
Yesterday�s announcement regarding the White House plan on tax reform was a little short
on details.
We�ll fill in a few of the gaps in this note � not about what the plan should be,
but the numbers behind what it has to deliver. The most important point: corporate tax reform
is much easier to accomplish than anything else because these receipts account for less
than 10% of Federal government revenue. That�s a notional positive for equity markets.
A more troubling point: CBO baseline expectations for Individual Income Tax receipts over the
next 10 years are for +5% (good luck finding a revenue neutral tax reform plan).
Also in the �Fact mix�: total taxes as a percent of GDP are remarkably sticky over
time and the CBO projects widening deficits over the long term even under their rosy scenario.
Bottom line: investors want to see corporate tax reform (including repatriation relief)
succeed. Individual tax reform is a �Nice to have� but negotiations there could derail
the corporate side.
�You are what your record says you are.� Bill Parcells
Yesterday�s announcement on tax reform was a bit of a miss from the perspective of market
expectations. It was strong on conviction (kudos to Steve Mnuchin and Gary Cohn there),
but weak on details. In truth, this is a complex topic. As the Treasury Secretary rightly observed,
US tax code is byzantine in the extreme.
At the same time, there are some simple numbers that can illuminate the contours of the debate.
That Parcells quote at the top will guide us in this note. The record � how the US
government actually raises revenues � speaks for itself.
Fact #1: Corporate income taxes are NOT a primary driver of Federal government revenues.
That�s good news for equity markets, since corporate tax reform sits at the top of their
Trump-onomics wish list.
The Congressional Budget Office data shows that last fiscal year (2016), the US government
received $300 billion from this source. Total receipts were $3,267 billion, making the percentage
of inflows from domestic companies only 9.2%. Expected revenues this year total $320 billion
against total revenues of $3,404 billion (9.4%). The percent of total Federal revenues from
corporate income tax has not been over 15% since 1978 according to CBO data. The highwater
mark since 1980 was 14.7% in 2006. The fact that corporate income taxes is a
relatively small portion of the Federal revenue stream makes it easier to adjust these rates
and maintain a neutral long term forecast for the budget deficit. Moreover, a lower
repatriation tax on the estimated +$2 trillion of offshore corporate cash could go a long
way to filling the hole left by lower ongoing statutory rates.
All this is good news for equity markets, and I suspect one reason US stocks have been
remarkably patient with the debate in Washington over tax reforms stems from the simple calculus
I have laid out here. This piece is not that hard.
Fact #2: Where things get sticky is in the CBO�s �Baseline Budget Projections�
for future �Individual Income Taxes� and �Payroll Taxes�.
The CBO�s baseline expectations are that Individual Income Taxes will increase by a
compounded annual growth rate of 5.1% over the next decade. The exact numbers (from the
January 2017 CBO worksheets): $1,651 billion in 2017(e) to $2,714 billion in 2027. Given
that US population growth is less than 1% and wage growth is most likely no better than
2-3%, this is a tall ask. Expectations for increases in receipts from
�Payroll taxes� (withheld income taxes, Social Security and Medicare) run 3.6% annually
over the next decade. The same caveats as the prior point apply here.
Worth noting: CBO Baseline Budget Projections assume no recession in the next 10 years.
And even then, they expect the percentage of �Debt held by the public� to rise from
77.0% to 88.9% by 2027 because of annual revenue shortfalls relative to government outlays.
This is what makes the tax debate so difficult - any proposed changes to the tax code have
to be revenue neutral so as not to increase what is already expected to be a growing deficit.
Not only does the lawmaking process essentially require that (unless Democratic senators cross
party lines) but the right wing of the Republican Party tends to be deficit hawks. There simply
isn�t much room here. Fact #3: The relationship between Federal
revenues from taxes and GDP is remarkably stable, and we are currently running close
to the long run average.
Over the last 50 years, the average of Federal tax revenues as a percent of GDP has been
17.4%; last year (2016 Fiscal) the percentage was 17.8%, well within the 1.1 point standard
deviation of the last 5 decades. Since 1967 the all-time high percentage was
20.0% (2000) and the low was 14.6% (2010 and 2011).
When you consider all the different tax regimes over the last 50 years, this is a remarkable
observation. Since the 1960s, for example, corporate taxes as a percentage of GDP have
fallen from 4.1% (1967) to 1.6% (2016). We�ve had numerous attempts to change tax codes
and rates over this timespan as well. And yet that 17-18% seems etched in stone.
Fact #4: The relationship between tax receipts/economic growth/equity market returns isn�t exactly
what you think.
During the 1970s, Individual and Payroll Taxes combined averaged 12.9% of GDP; during the
Reagan years this figure was much higher 14.3%. In other words, more tax revenue flowed to
the Federal government as a percent of economic output � not less. The 70s, of course, were
a period of parlous equity market returns and economic growth. The Reagan years were
much better, even with a greater percentage of taxes relative to economic growth.
There were actually 2 rounds of tax cuts in the 1980s, in 1981 and 1986. The first was
partially repealed 1982 when revenues declined as the result of recession, and there were
several tweaks in subsequent years. The Tax Reform Act of 1986 furthered the reduction
of individual taxes started in 1981, but was notionally revenue neutral because it reduced
various loopholes and increased corporate taxes.
The upshot is that tax reform can both increase revenues and economic growth, but the Reagan
experience shows this is not a one-and-done process. Even the Gipper had to backpedal
a little after the `1981 law passed, but eventually got his agenda across the goal line in 1986.
Fact #5 (Summary): When it comes to corporate earnings and cash utilization, and hence equity
market performance, getting corporate tax reform matters more than anything else. Moreover,
it is relatively simple because the numbers are smaller than Individual/Personal Tax reform.
And the results � greater business confidence driven by certainty on the topic and lower
tax rates � would be an unalloyed positive. Not to mention the onshoring of billions of
dollars currently captured offshore�.
But � and it�s a big �But� � corporate tax reform seems inextricably linked to individual
tax reform. Here, the story gets complicated. CBO baseline estimates look unrealistically
optimistic and dynamic scoring (taking into account the economic effects of tax code changes)
is not exactly a science. Or an art� Even a tax plan crafted by an omniscient and caring
Deity could fail CBO scoring, let alone one created by well-meaning bureaucrats.
In the end, Coach Parcells remains our guiding light on the issue of tax reform. The record
is clear: lower taxes and simpler tax codes help economic growth. They are not, however,
the only driver and other issues like Fed policy and business cycles can hijack the
market�s attention (as it did in 1981). We�ve argued recently that �Trump Trade
1.0� is over (post-election �hope� bump) and Version 2.0 (actual results) is not yet
here. Nothing about the tax reform initiative makes me feel confident that we�ll be downloading
a new market narrative any time soon.
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6 Powerful Signs Your Soul Is Sleeping, Waiting To Be Awakened - Duration: 5:54.
6 Powerful Signs Your Soul Is Sleeping, Waiting To Be Awakened
BY GOSTICA
Powerful Signs Your Soul Is Sleeping, Waiting To Be AwakenedMerriam-Webster defines the
soul as �the immaterial essence, animating principle, or actuating cause of an individual
life.� It�s that part of you that drives you for life.
So having a sleeping soul is like sitting in a car with no gas, no steering wheel, and
flat tires.
You aren�t really going anywhere.
Here�s how to determine if you�re in desperate need of a spiritual awakening.
1.
Authority.
People with dormant souls don�t really believe they have much reason to question authority
figures or the people in charge.
They trust their parents, their teachers, people who give them advice, implicitly.
Lifestyle blog Power of Positivity explains that an awakened soul �takes nothing as
truth until [they�ve] looked into it and decided on it for yourself.�
2.
Trends.
People with awakened souls don�t just go along with what everyone thinks is cool, the
music everyone likes, the ideas everyone accepts.
They forge their own way.
If you find yourself following trends, your inner soul may still be sleeping.
Power of Positivity elaborates, �You stand strong in your truth even if you only represent
a handful of people who know what you do,� when your soul is awakened.
3.
Change.
People with awakened souls have accepted that change is coming whether they want it to or
not, and they are ready to jump on board the change train.
A dormant soul however is fairly accepting of the status quo, doesn�t see any reason
for things to be changing, and accepts the change imposed onto them as completely acceptable.
Someone with an awakened soul �probably can�t understand why this world operates
how it does,� according to Power of Positivity.
Awakened souls are always questioning.
4.
People.
A dormant soul is part of the crowd, while an awakened soul is at the front of the parade.
They�re leaders.
And according to Power of Positivity, if your soul is awake, �you sometimes feel very
alone and isolated in society, but know that most leaders do.�
It isn�t easy leading the revolution, but someone has got to do it.
�Even if you take the road less traveled,� the site continues, �you feel honored to
know what you do and have the fortitude to stick to your guns no matter what.�
5.
Closed mind.
An awakened soul has a mind that�s like a sieve, filled with many, many holes allowing
new information and ideas to penetrate but not get stuck.
The things you need to know will catch, and the things you don�t will push through.
A dormant soul will be entirely closed off to everything, no matter what it is.
Even if that idea is something you might have actually come to agree with, you�re set
in your ways, and have no plans of changing or even hearing something new.
6.
Conversation.
Dormant souls like engaging in conversation, but nothing too deep.
You like to keep the conversation light, airy, and buoyant.
But fairly awakened souls know that there are deeper things that need to be discussed.
They aren�t fans of small talk.
Power of Positivity explains, �You probably tell people what they need to hear,� if
your soul is awakened, �not what they want to hear.�
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Trump Says Wall To Be Built During 1st Term
BY V SAXENA
President Donald Trump claimed during a meeting with reporters Tuesday that his proposed border
wall will eventually be built, one way or another.
�The wall is gonna get built, folks,� Trump declared. �We�re gonna have the
wall built.�
But when asked when exactly construction on the wall would commence, the president replied,
�Soon � we have plenty of time.�
The announcement of this new timeline came only a day after the president backed away
from plans to demand that Congress include a down payment for his proposed border wall
in its upcoming budget, which many suspected would have led to a government shutdown.
As noted by Newsmax, in what appeared to be a demonstration of the very sort of pitiful
timidity he promised to combat during last year�s election, Trump told a gathering
of conservative media reporters Monday evening �that he would be willing to return to the
wall funding issue in September.�
Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway reiterated that sentiment while speaking on
�Fox & Friends� the following morning.
�Building that wall and having it funded remains an important priority for him, but
we also know that can happen later this year and into next year,� she said. �In the
interim, you see other smart technology and other resources and tools being used toward
border security.�
I�m sorry, but that�s entirely unacceptable.
Not only does this fecklessness stand �in stark contrast to (former President Barack)
Obama and the Democrats� refusal to negotiate on Obamacare fixes, which ultimately led to
a government shutdown in 2013,� as noted by LifeZette, but it also appeared to show
Trump to be something of a coward.
Writing for Conservative Review, Daniel Horowitz explained why.
�(W)ith control of all three branches and a president who sold himself in the primaries
as the antithesis of weak-kneed Republicans who don�t know the first thing about tough
negotiations, we are in the exact same position� as we have been countless times in the past.
Every time the Democrats ever threatened to shut down the government over spending disagreements,
Republicans capitulated, claiming that without control of the White House, the House and
the Senate, they had no other option. Yet now that Republicans have control of all three,
the very man who promised to �drain the swamp� and stand up to Democrat obstructionism
and bullying has himself capitulated like an unarmed soldier trapped in enemy territory.
Except that the president is armed to the teeth with a level of power not seen in decades.
There is nothing stopping him from fulfilling his promises except for the Democrat bogeymen
in his head.
Here�s a thought: He ought to be far more afraid of what will happen to his base�s
support if he fail to meet his campaign promises than of what might happen if he stands up
to the Democrats.
Please share this story on Facebook and Twitter and let us know what you think about President
Donald Trump capitulating to the Democrats.
What do you think about this new timeline? Scroll down to comment below!
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[Game of Thrones Fan Film] A Northern Story ~ E03 ~ Blood and Milk - Duration: 9:04.
Nothing but disgusting cattle thiefs here...
I sure won't sell myself to them.
The gods don't approve of such thoughts.
Oh silly.
Who do you think gives us such thougths?
That one is mine.
Are you thirsty?
Thirst is was brought me here.
Beer, wine?
Or rather some milk?
Wine for now, please.
Thank you.
Did you have a long journey?
Indeed.
I would be glad about a bed.
Where is the journey going?
Further north.
Did you fight in the battle?
No.
I'm a merchant.
A merchant.
You are not a merchant.
Fine...
I'm not a merchant.
But you are the landlord of this house?
I need a room.
You should not stay here...
The Boltons stop by here frequently!
Since they have layed siege to Moat Cailin
it has not been save anymore
within a radius of 10 hour's travel
I cannot harbour any henchman of the Starks.
Not anymore...
Let them come...
The Boltons.
If they find you here,
they will hang us all next to you.
I beg you!
The best thing was...
she couldn't even stop screaming anymore.
Landlord!
Bring us wine!
Landlord!
Is there a problem with your friend?
No, no.
It's fine.
Also, he is not my friend.
Wine will be here shortly, gentlemen.
Where are you coming from.
From Fairmarket.
From the damn Fairmarket!
Are the whores there really that good?
Do they really have as big tits as they say?
The biggest!
More wine?
Did you march with the Starks?
Why do you care about this?
Because the Boltons over there would hang you,
if this were true.
And...I
wouldn't like that very much.
You wouldn't like that?
No...I wouldn't.
I belong to House Cassel.
But actually I come from a smaller house.
House Marton.
My father wasn't very pleased,
that I married into a different house.
Worse even...
that I carry her name now.
Why did you take her name?
As the second born of a small house...
you don't have any chance but...
to go to the wall and become a crow or
to scrape a living as a mercenary.
And after Jamie Lannister had killed Jory Cassel
Sir Rodric offered me
his daughter's hand.
But now, that house Cassel ist dead...
I have to return.
And step in front of my father.
Where is your home?
Close to winterfell...
In Wolfswood.
Wolf Hall.
I have never heard of it.
That doesn't surprise me.
No! No!
Come with me, girl!
Please!
She is still a good girl!
That should be enough.
Help her..
Get in line.
If we leave any rests at all.
Now I'm thirsty...
For milk.
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Super Hero Finger Family Collection: Hulk Spiderman Ironman Nursery Rhymes Collection - Duration: 3:36.
Daddy finger, daddy finger, where are you?
Here I am, here I am. How do you do?
Mommy finger, Mommy finger, where are you?
Here I am, here I am. How do you do?
Brother finger, Brother finger, where are you?
Here I am, here I am. How do you do?
Sister finger, Sister finger, where are you?
Here I am, here I am. How do you do?
Baby finger, Baby finger, where are you?
Here I am, here I am. How do you do?
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SCARY Frantic moving eyeball tshirt - Digital PRANK COSTUME - Duration: 5:12.
Hello guys, welcome to new video
i'll do a fantastic product introduction today
You are already seeing it on screen right now
I ordered this interesting t-shirt from web
A moving t-shirt as you see
You can make very nice jokes With this t-shirt
When we first bought the T-shirt, the Hooked Man has a still eye
But you are downloading an app to your phone
And there are different eyes in this app
When we launch it, it looks like this
After you've done the settings
We place the phone in the shirt pocket
And eye is Ready
We can double-click to stop the eye
Only 1 of these options
Let's look at the other eyes now
Now let's look at the baby option on the menu
As you see it is a great option
Well, will it be more surprising with a shirt?
You can also touch once to toggle the light on and off
Where did I get this shirt?
I found it from a website from abroad
The price varies between $ 20 and $ 25.
You can also find the link below
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Things You Didn't Know About Bubble Tea - Duration: 4:44.
Bubble tea enjoyed brief popularity in the United States in the late 2000s but made a
comeback in 2016.
"Cheers!"
Recognizable to many people by the tapioca balls at the bottom and the wide straws that
allow you to sip them along with your tea, you probably know bubble tea when you see
it.
But how much do you really know about this odd and exhilarating beverage?
These facts about bubble tea's history, ingredients — and health risks — might surprise you.
A happy accident
Bubble tea is a Taiwanese tea-based drink invented in Taichung in the 1980s.
So the story goes, Lin Hsiu Hui got bored during a meeting and poured her tapioca dessert
into her tea — and it turned out delicious.
Nothing might've come of it if Lin Hsiu Hui wasn't already the product development manager
for Chun Shui Tang teahouse, but she was.
And that's what kicked off this trend.
Even though Lin Hsiu Hui first created bubble tea by adding tapioca balls into her tea,
the "bubble" in bubble tea actually refers to the oxygen pockets formed by shaking the
tea.
It's likely that these same bubbles formed when she first poured her tapioca dessert
into her tea during that fateful, boring meeting when she invented the stuff.
This is also why you can get bubble tea without any tapioca.
Milk tea, pearl tea, tapioca tea, boba tea, and foam milk tea are a few of the variations
available to suit your taste palette.
Evolution of tapioca size
The size of the tapioca in bubble tea can also vary.
This explains a few of the different names for the tea.
Pearl tea refers to the original bubble tea with smaller tapioca "pearls."
Boba tea, on the other hand, refers to the bubble tea with larger pearls.
Because the small pearls are typically used in desserts like the one Lin Hsiu Hui poured
into her tea in the 1980s, we might say that small pearls are the traditional style for
bubble tea, though now almost all shops use the larger boba.
If you want something chewy in your bubble tea, but don't like tapioca, that's also not
a problem!
Other options for the balls include grass, konjac, or coconut jellies.
You can also get popping boba, which is made from a seaweed extract with fruit juice flavoring
inside that pops open once you bite into it.
Some shops even offer puddings or beans as a tapioca-alternative.
Meanwhile, you may have mostly had bubble tea in its cold form, but drinkers aren't
limited to what has become known as the traditional style.
If you're craving bubble tea in the freezing winter, you can find it available in hot varieties
to help you warm up.
If you like it cold, but you're looking for something a little thicker, it's also available
as a smoothie.
Another option for customizing it is by choosing the type of tea.
Some shops offer lots of options, including green, black, oolong, and sometimes even Thai
and chai tea.
Pick your favorite variety and go from there.
Now, let's talk about the bad news ...
The waistline factor
Because the boba are most often made with tapioca starch, bubble tea isn't exactly low-calorie.
While tapioca boba are fat-free, bubble tea is loaded with empty calories and, depending
on the milk used, potentially also fattening.
Not only that, but some drinks add in flavored syrups, which means the carb count factor
can be very high.
According to a 2016 study, the high caloric and sugar content of boba beverages poses
public health concerns as they have the potential to further exacerbate the childhood obesity
epidemic, so enjoy this stuff in moderation.
There's also evidence that consumption of bubble tea and other sugary beverages has
been linked to the development of ADHD in children.
Yikes!
A bigger concern?
In May 2011, a food scandal broke out in Taiwan where the palm oil in some drinks and syrups
— including some that may have been exported and used in bubble tea shops around the world
— was replaced with diethylhexyl-phthalate.
This is a chemical often used in plastics to make them pliable and is considered a potential
carcinogen in humans by researchers.
However, the true effect of small doses of DEHP in humans — such as what would be obtained
through the casual drinking of bubble tea — still needs further testing.
Another report said that samples of bubble tea contained other carcinogenic chemicals.
That same year, however, Taiwan's Food and Drug Administration confirmed that a second
round of tests conducted by German authorities found no cancer-causing chemicals in bubble
tea.
Whether this means that the original samples were tainted in some way or that the levels
of chemicals vary from sample to sample isn't clear.
But there's been no further indication that bubble tea leads to cancer.
Even so, the risk-averse might take the better safe than sorry approach than indulge in this
bubbly beverage.
"So it's a tapioca starch, they pearlize it, and that's why they get the big straw
so you can actually suck up some of the tapioca pearl.
No?"
To bubble or not to bubble?
Although it may not be a health food, bubble tea hasn't been definitively proven as particularly
dangerous — unless you have an allergy to one of its ingredients.
As an occasional treat when you're thirsty and want something sweet and chewy all at
the same time, bubble tea is no worse for you than lots of other desserts.
And that's how it should be seen: as a dessert!
Just remember your options for customizing your bubble tea and the potential risks of
having it too often.
After all, you wouldn't drink a milkshake every day, would you?
You might gain weight, feel sick...or just end up like this guy:
"I drink your milkshake!"
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Inside Jokes Only Real Gamers Will Understand - Duration: 5:57.
Most video games take themselves pretty seriously.
Sure, sometimes a game like Octodad or Sam & Max slips through the cracks, but by and
large, most games these days seem to be a grim litany of post-apocalyptic despair.
Which is why inside jokes are so important, as they often provide a bit of much-needed
levity.
The only problem with inside jokes?
Learning how to recognize them.
Here's a look at some inside jokes only real gamers will understand — and your guide
to finally catching the gags you missed the first time around.
Zombie Genocider
You and your friends have probably competed to see who call kill the most virtual zombies.
But that probably pales in comparison to the rivalry between the competing zombie titles
Dead Rising and Left 4 Dead.
See, in Dead Rising, there's an achievement called "Zombie Genocider" that players can
earn by killing 53,594 zombies — the entire population of the city the game is based in.
Well, Left 4 Dead decided to literally one up the by putting in their own achievement
to kill 53,595 zombies.
Naturally, Dead Rising 2 responded with a new achievement requiring 53,596 kills, while
Dead Rising 3 laughed at their own joke by raising the total to 53,597.
Well, it's good to have goals, anyway.
Whimsyshire
When Blizzard announced Diablo 3, some fans were furious because the game's color scheme
looked too bright — which, sadly, is just the kind of thing that gamers typically get
worked up about.
In response, Blizzard not only didn't change the color scheme, they responded to the controversy
by adding a neon technicolored zone called Whimsyshire, filled with rainbows, unicorns,
teddy bears, and happy clouds.
Best of all, getting to Whimsyshire was extremely complex and difficult, meaning all those super
hardcore fans who complained about the game's color schemes had to work extra hard to find
it in order to complete the game.
And you thought Vol'jin was Blizzard's best troll.
Dan Hibiki
When video game developer SNK released Art of Fighting back in 1992, players couldn't
help but notice that the main character Ryo seemed to be a direct ripoff of the popular
Street Fighter character Ryu.
Capcom, maker of Street Fighter, noticed too.
They decided to get their revenge by adding a secret character to their games called Dan
Hibiki, who was a parody of Ryo — and who totally sucks in every possible way.
"You look like you might put up a good fight!"
"Yeah, right… take your shot."
"Gahhh!
Gadouken!"
Ironically, while Art of Fighting and Ryo have become almost completely forgotten by
the fighting game world, Dan Hibiki has survived — and has even become a cult favorite among
hardcore gamers.
Beating your opponent with the perpetually overmatched Dan is considered a badge of honor.
Daddy's back!
Every now and then, Grand Theft Auto V's main character, Michael, will randomly shout an...
unusual catchphrase.
"Daddy's back, bitches!"
It's in character for Michael to say something like that — but it's also designed to drive
a specific group of players crazy.
That's because it's the first line from the first mission in Grand Theft Auto IV, a game
that's lived on for years in the modding community.
But most mods don't allow you to save the game, so every time you play, you have to
start over from the beginning and hear this line again and again.
And again.
"Again and again!
Again and again and again!"
Making one of the lead characters of Grand Theft Auto V randomly say it is just rubbing
salt in the wound.
The Dopefish
The classic computer game Commander Keen describes the Dopefish like this: "the second-dumbest
creature in the universe, this creature's thought patterns go 'swim swim hungry, swim
swim hungry.'"
Aside from his bulging eyes, buck-toothed grin, and ability to fart on command —
— there's nothing particularly special about the Dopefish.
Despite this, though, he's become a game designer meme, appearing in Wacky Wheels, Quakes one,
two and three, Descent 3, Max Payne, Hitman 2, and many, many more.
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water…
Gilgamesh
From chocobos to Sid, the Final Fantasy series has many recurring creatures and characters.
But there's only one who has an in-story reason for popping up again and again.
While most Final Fantasy games don't connect to each other directly, in Final Fantasy 5,
Gilgamesh is trapped in a void outside of space and time, leaving him free to show up
as a fourth wall breaking Easter egg in almost every Final Fantasy game that's followed.
Saints Row 4's voice options
One of the best things about the Saints Row games is the series' detailed and flexible
character creation tool, which allows you to make some truly bizarre protagonists.
And that level of customization extends to the voice options, to.
You can give your Saints Row 4 protagonist one of seven voices, including one called
simply "Nolan North."
"My fellow Americans, I know a lot of people have concerns about the 'Sunday, Sunday, Sunday
Act!'
But I urge everyone to remember how f---ing awesome monster trucks are."
Nolan North, of course, has provided the voices for seemingly every character in video games,
ranging from Uncharted and Assassin's Creed, all the way to The Last of Us and Destiny,
to name just a few.
Including him as his own, specific option is pretty funny — and a great nod to one
of the most popular — and totally overexposed — voices in gaming.
The Cucco Revenge Squad
It started as a joke in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.
But the Cucco Revenge Squad, which is a group of angry chickens that descend from the skies
to kill you if you harass one of their feathered brethren, has spread like a poultry plague
across the gaming landscape.
Beyond appearing in several Zelda games, the Revenge Squad has also popped up in everything
from Super Smash Bros. to Guild Wars 2, and even got a shout out in Hearthstone.
In short?
If you see a chicken in a video game, it's probably best to leave it alone.
Y'know, just in case.
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Alien life in the Trappist 1 system may have spread rapidly find - Duration: 6:27.
Alien life in the Trappist-1 system may have spread
rapidly finds new study
Do all planets in the Trappist-1 system have life?
Simulation finds it could have spread between them rapidly.
In February of 2017, scientists from NASA made one of the greatest discoveries in space
exploration: Seven potentially habitable planets in a star system called Trappist-1, located
around 40-light-years from Earth.
Three of the seven planets have such ideal conditions that life may have already developed
there.
According to researchers, if there is life on any of the alien worlds located in the
Trappist-1 system, then it may not be alone.
A new research paper has found that debris of asteroid or comet impacts could have transported
early life from one planet to the other in the tightly-packed star system, located around
40 light-years from Earth.
Scientists note that organic material could have spread by collisions of asteroids or
comets among the planets while protecting them from radiation and reentry.
The treappist-1 system is so far our best chance of finding alien life.
Located around 40 light-years from Earth, this enigmatic star system features 7 planets
that according to experts, may be home to alien lifeforms.
A study published in the astrophysical Journal Letters by scientists from the University
of Chicago states that given the close distance of the Trappist-1 planets, life could have
transferred between them in a matter of days.
As noted by scientists in the study, �With several short-period, Earth-mass planets in
the habitable zone (HZ), the TRAPPIST-1 system potentially allows litho-panspermia to take
place on very short timescales.�
�Frequent material exchange between adjacent planets in the tightly packed TRAPPIST-1 system
appears likely,� said Krijt, the study�s lead author.
�If any of those materials contained life, it�s possible they could inoculate another
planet with life.�
Transferring life from one planet to the other
In order for alien life to spread across the Trappist-1 planets, an asteroid or comet would
have to collide against one of the planets, launching larger debris into space, which
could protect life from hazardous conditions in space.
Furthermore, scientists note that the material would have to be ejected fast enough to break
away from the planet�s gravitational pull but not so fast that it would destroy the
life form.
The journey would have to be relatively short so the life form could survive.
To come to this conclusion, scientists from the University of Chicago ran several computer
simulations for TRAPPIST-1 discovering that the process could happen over a period as
short as 10 years.
�Given that tightly packed planetary systems are being detected more frequently, this research
will make us rethink what we expect to find in terms of habitable planets and the transfer
of life�not only in the TRAPPIST-1 system, but elsewhere,� said Fred Ciesla, UChicago
professor of geophysical sciences and a co-author of the paper.
�We should be thinking in terms of systems of planets as a whole, and how they interact,
rather than in terms of individual planets.�
While scientists hope that there is life on one of the trappist-1 planets their masses�and
their densities�are not clear.
More details about the alien worlds will come to light after NASA�s James Webb Telescope,
which is due to launch in 2018 and is designed to identify the atmospheres�and signs of
alien life�on distant worlds investigates them.
Sean Carey, manager of NASA�s Spitzer Science Center at Caltech, California, said at the
time: �[We will] further refine our understanding of these planets so that the James Webb Space
Telescope can follow up.
More observations of the system are sure to reveal more secrets.�
Source: Recently discovered solar system could seed life between adjacent exoplanets
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Eine Kleine Teekann´ | Kinderzimmer Reime Sammlung | Deutsche Kinderlieder | Vorschulische Lieder - Duration: 44:05.
I'm a little teapot, short and stout
Here is my handle, here is my spout
When I get all steamed up, hear me shout
Tip me over and pour me out
I'm a little teapot, short and round
Here let me show you what I have found
When I get excited, hear me shout
Tip me over and pour me out
I'm a little teapot, short and stout
Here is my handle, here is my spout
When I get all steamed up, hear me shout
Tip me over and pour me out
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