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...sounds like you're in great company-- I'm envious. <g>
Speaking of Jamis bikes, here's the final ride photo I took of the old girl last weekend. The shot was taken when it was -16°C, a beautiful day, sunny with NO wind to speak of ... and yes, I was properly dressed.
Yes, the weather is one of my biggest challenges. A perfect day on the bike is when I pick the right amount of clothes to within a variance of 5°C-- I always err on the side of being too hot. The energy expended on being too cold, plus that ligament, the one that's hidden behind the back of my knee (it starts to click with every pedal stroke) is enough for me to stop ridding permanently. Seriously, it takes me the longest time to recover from being too cold.
-- so I sympathize.
ROBTV -- Market Call -- TOP PICKS
Alcan (AL TSX)
Aurelian Resources (ARU TSX-V)
Polaris Minerals (PLS TSX)
Bill Belovay, VP and portfolio manager, Jones Heward Investment Counsel
Mining and metals stocks
...another laggard, a potentially explosive laggard.
Supply and Demand: If China Wants It, You Should Buy It
http://china.seekingalpha.com/article/27151
...and this will be the last time I mention this one-- so if you are not long, too bad.
another one that looks good "IMHO" is CXX.V
Junior Uranium Miners Reluctant to Be Acquired
“We’re NOT for Sale!”
http://www.stockinterview.com/News/02162007/Junior-Uranium-Reluctant-Sale.html
Cycling the Silk Road
http://www.slate.com/default.aspx?id=2159564&entry/2159565/
Bike Racers Gear Up With Geodata
When the Amgen Tour of California blasts through your town at 30 mph next week, you should do what any respectable bike racing fan does -- stand on the side of the road and cheer until you're blue in the face. But if you aren't lucky enough to see the riders up close, just follow the race on Google Earth.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72739-0.html?tw=rss.index
The rink I have assess to is standard size for hockey ... and at the moment I'm without a MTB (until I get my new one), so either today or tomorrow I'll go shopping for a pair of skates.
...about the speed skating, I haven't done anything with it, yet. I still need to buy the skates. <vbg>
...that said, still riding my MTB in the snow-- and I've manage to keep my weight in check over the winter ... come spring I should be pretty fast ... may even race again.
...I bought, yes, bought a new mtb-- I went against what I said on the thread earlier and went with a brand and style of bike that's different to what I originally wanted. I did buy a full suspension bike, but what I didn't do is buy one which featured the "Horst Link" rear design.
The "Horst Link" is a term for a four-bar rear suspension which attaches the rear axle to the seatstay instead of the swingarm.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_suspension#Four_Bar
I went with a much simpler single-pivot suspension system-- which is pretty much a swing-arm attached to a shock (with progressive valving).
Reason...?
With all the troubles I've had over the winter with of broken links, worn bolts and damaged bearings and all the power absorbing slack to go with it-- I was more in tune with the advice that a fully active rear suspension is more engineering than what a high mileage cross country bike needs.
I get the bike next week-- looking forward to first ride impressions, should be interesting.
nice call...!
from Andy's blog:
http://www.bmocm.com/publications/fxcom/busch/
Iran's Energy Crisis: The NYT reports today that Iran is struggling to keep up with domestic demand for automobiles. "Some analysts say that if this acute imbalance between stagnant production and rising demand at home continues unchecked, Iran will have no oil left over to export within a decade. Its oil exports, totaling $47 billion last year, account for half the government’s revenue.....To curb demand, which has been driven in part by subsidies that keep the domestic pump price at a mere 35 cents a gallon, the government plans to begin rationing gasoline in March, a measure so unpopular, and potentially explosive, that rationing plans have been put off several times in the past."
The FT reports that Iran will be able to develop enough weapons-grade material for a nuclear bomb and there is little that can be done to prevent it, an internal European Union document has concluded. In an admission of the international community's failure to hold back Iran's nuclear ambitions, the document - compiled by the staff of Javier Solana, EU foreign policy chief - says the atomic programme has been delayed only by technical limitations rather than diplomatic pressure according to MNI. "Attempts to engage the Iranian administration in a negotiating process have not so far succeeded." The picture is clear, but not to the Europeans. The sanctions on Iran are working to squeeze them on domestic oil/gas production, but it has caused the Iranians to seek out the nuclear solution to their energy needs....among other things. Not to forget, they also have a very militaristic leader making threats to wipe out Israel.
Bottom line: Watch for the situation to become more unstable should Iran ration gasoline next month. Things could really get ugly as the US surge gets going and the forces start encountering Iranians inside Iraq.
Frank Barbera's GST MarketFAX
http://www.grandich.com/docs/barbera.02.06.07.pdf
...or maybe he realizes that his only recourse is through the press.
If your dope tests aren't good enough, then hanging them high with poor reputations with the hope that it affects their pocketbook is fair when you view this battle as a war.
Think of it this way for Armstrong, replacing Discovery Channel and finding another big prestigious sponsor with $15 million in change for a cycling team with a rumoured un-prestigious doping program is next to impossible.
I suspect if Armstrong's team were a publically traded company it would trade at a discount.
-- score one for the anti-dope crowd.
check out GEM-TSXV
IMO, it's a far better spec
Doping-Pound not backing down on Armstrong stance
By Steve Keating
TORONTO, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Dick Pound, head of the World
Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), said on Tuesday that an International
Olympic Committee (IOC) reprimand will not stop him from seeking
answers to doping allegations surrounding Lance Armstrong.
"If Lance thinks this is going to make me go away he is
sadly mistaken," a defiant Pound told Reuters during a telephone
interview.
The retired seven times Tour de France champion has denied
using performance-enhancing drugs after reports he used the
banned blood-booster erythropoietin (EPO) during his career.
In May last year, an independent investigation cleared him
of doping during the 1999 Tour and accused anti-doping
authorities of violating testing rules.
Armstrong filed a complaint against Pound for continuing the
allegations.
Ruling on the complaint, the IOC Ethics commission
recommended the WADA chief had, "the obligation to exercise
greater prudence consistent with the Olympic spirit when making
public pronouncements that may affect the reputation of others."
Retroactive testing of samples taken during the 1999 Tour
were conducted only after an approved test for EPO had been
developed.
The French sports daily L'Equipe reported that six of 15
positive results were produced by samples provided by Armstrong.
MANY QUESTIONS
Pound believes many questions surrounding the positive tests
have yet to be answered by the International Cycling Union (UCI)
or Armstrong.
"These are documents. This is an accredited laboratory that
found EPO in (Armstrong's) urine from 1999 and it's been matched
with forms you signed so if the analysis is right and the forms
aren't forgeries you may have something to explain," said Pound,
a Montreal lawyer and Canadian IOC member.
"That's as far as I've gone.
"He (Armstrong) has done nothing about the L'Equipe article
and has done nothing except complain about me for some unknown
reason. I've said those are the facts.
"The UCI knows 15 samples showed EPO and six of them have
been linked with (Armstrong), there are another nine that the
UCI knows who they are that they aren't doing anything about.
"We think this is something that ought to be looked at by
the UCI."
Armstrong hailed the IOC ruling as a victory, saying in a
New York Times article that it "establishes a certain precedent
that the head of WADA has to act a certain way in public".
But the ruling has done little to silence Pound.
"This (the positive 1999 tests linked to Armstrong by
L'Equipe) isn't the only piece of evidence that the UCI could
consider if it wished to do something," said Pound. "There's
lots of other evidence around.
"You would have to test it and make sure it was reliable but
there's evidence given under oath by people who were on the same
team who have claimed to have heard Lance admit to all this
stuff.
"It's there for the UCI to deal with. They may conclude it
is not sufficient or they might conclude it was eight years ago
and we're not going to do anything about," he added.
"I don't know what they are going to do. The UCI has shown
no interest in doing anything about it."
The UCI could not be reached for comment.
((Editing by Mark Meadows, London Sports Desk; Reuters
messaging rm://mark.meadows.reuters.com@reuters.net, +44 207 542
7933))
Keywords: DOPING/POUND INTERVIEW
Month-End Uranium Auction Keeps
Buyers on Hold: Price Pauses at $75/Pound
http://www.stockinterview.com/News/02112007/Uranium-Prices-On-Hold.html
14-day hourly -- Qs/AEM -- a fed market...?
Why Cycling Needs "Team EPO"
http://grg51.typepad.com/steroid_nation/2007/02/is_cycling_read.html
I think the problem with it is that it's African without significant Chinese representation.
What I do like is that it's reasonably liquid, it's tradable and it has great support in this price area.
...good spec.
Inconvenient Kyoto Truths
By George F. Will
Was life better when a sheet of ice a mile thick covered Chicago? Was it worse when Greenland was so warm that Vikings farmed there?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16960409/site/newsweek/
sorry... I'll make it up to ya-- check out URE.TO
is oil leading gold...?
awful correction here
I was losing money until a few minutes ago-- I'm now cash.
fingers are now crossed, hoping for a correction.
well, my screens are solid red, you paying attention to that...?
-- lunchtime lull...?
drilling for what...?
hourly chart on Capstone Turbine-- possible bottom in place
you must be on a hot streak-- to be taking risks like that...!?
Baker Hughes Announces January 2007 Rig Counts
HOUSTON, Feb. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Baker Hughes Incorporated
(NYSE: BHI; EBS) announced today that the international rig count for January
2007 was 972, up 21 from the 951 counted in December 2006, and up 67 from the
905 counted in January 2006. The international offshore rig count for January
2007 was 276, up 5 from the 271 counted in December 2006 and up 13 from the
263 counted in January 2006.
The US rig count for January 2007 was 1,714, down 4 from the 1,718 counted
in December 2006 and up 241 from the 1,473 counted in January 2006. The
Canadian rig count for January 2007 was 568, up 112 from the 456 counted in
December 2006 and down 92 from the 660 counted in January 2006.
The worldwide rig count for January 2007 was 3,254, up 129 from the 3,125
counted in December 2006 and up 216 from the 3,038 counted in January 2006.
January 2007 Rotary Rig Counts
January 2007 December 2006 January 2006
Land OS Total Var. Land OS Total Land OS Total
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Europe 26 48 74 9 26 39 65 27 54 81
Middle
East(1) 235 28 263 8 226 29 255 182 28 210
Africa 52 17 69 2 47 20 67 38 9 47
Latin America 265 70 335 6 260 69 329 262 61 323
Asia Pacific 118 113 231 (4) 121 114 235 133 111 244
---- --- ---- --- ---- --- ---- ---- --- ----
International 696 276 972 21 680 271 951 642 263 905
United
States 1630 84 1714 (4) 1634 84 1718 1396 77 1473
Canada 564 4 568 112 452 4 456 656 4 660
---- --- ---- --- ---- --- ---- ---- --- ----
North
America 2194 88 2282 108 2086 88 2174 2052 81 2133
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Worldwide 2890 364 3254 129 2766 359 3125 2694 344 3038
(1) Beginning with the January 2006 report, the company has discontinued
its rig count for Iran and Sudan. In the third quarter of 2005, our
independent foreign subsidiaries initiated a process to prohibit any business
activity that directly or indirectly involves or facilitates transactions in
Iran, Sudan or with their governments, including government-controlled
companies operating outside of these countries.
January 2007 Workover Rig Counts
January 2007 Var. December 2006 January 2006
United States 1479 -5 1484 1506
Canada 799 376 423 812
---- --- ---- ----
North America 2278 371 1907 2318
About the Baker Hughes Rig Counts
The Baker Hughes Rotary Rig Counts are counts of the number of drilling
rigs actively exploring for or developing oil or natural gas in the United
States, Canada and international markets. Baker Hughes has issued the rotary
rig counts as a service to the petroleum industry since 1944, when Hughes Tool
Company began weekly counts of US and Canadian drilling activity. Hughes
initiated the monthly international rig count in 1975. In 1987, Baker Oil
Tools began its monthly workover rig count.
North American rig count data is scheduled to be released at noon central
time on the last working day of each week. The international rig count and
North American workover rig counts are scheduled to be released on the 5th
working day of the month. Additional detailed information on the Baker Hughes
rig counts is available from our website at
http://www.bakerhughes.com/investor/rig .
Baker Hughes is a leading provider of drilling, formation evaluation,
completion and production products and services to the worldwide oil and gas
industry.
(I think?)
well, with all the fanaticism in the world today-- being a fanatic about cycling is the least worrisome of the bunch.
...about the cold, not a big deal if you're used to it.
I was raised in a small mining town in Northern Canada where we played street hockey (some folks would call it brawling) until 10 every night in temperatures colder than -40.
The weather we're experiencing here in Edmonton has been surprisingly warm considering the amount of snow. I'll bet you there's at least 4 feet of it on the ground, yet the temperatures seem to average up to -5°C every day-- prime riding weather if you ask me.
I ride on the horse trails along the river, hard packed by both walkers and horses. The hoof tracks are pounded 6 inches in the snow and on warm days it'll drizzel a little rain only to have it freeze over at night.
-- so you can imagine how incredibly rough and hard the surfaces can get.
Like I was saying, I can't imagine myself riding anything but a full-suspension MTB.
The present weather forecast is a little out of the norm-- but the constant snowing isn't.
http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/city/pages/ab-50_metric_e.html
btw, good the hear your friends are clean.
TECHNICALS - NY softs technical indicators
COFFEE COCOA SUGAR FCOJ COTTON
MAR MAR MAR MAR MAR
<KCH7> <CCH7> <SBH7> <OJH7> <CTH7>
Close Feb 5 116.60 1634 10.48 191.05 54.64
High 118.35 1640 10.57 192.50 54.95
Low 116.10 1610 10.45 187.80 54.20
5-DAY M.A. 117.59 1629 10.55 188.11 53.87
20-DAY M.A. 118.49 1610 10.79 197.64 54.26
50-DAY M.A. 122.48 1606 11.33 198.74 54.21
9-DAY R.S.I. 37.65 66.45 22.63 42.83 63.42
14-DAY R.S.I. 38.85 61.21 24.88 40.21 57.03
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Note: Data calculated from previous close. Indicators are based
on the time periods recommended by their developers or commonly
used by technical analysts. Moving averages are simple moving
averages. RSI formulas include a smoothing factor utilizing an
exponential moving average (EMA), determined to be the industry
standard. All calculations can be made using Reuters Graphics
or Reuters Technical Analysis products.
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Contract High 143.50 1792 18.54 207.60 56.64
Contract Low 101.90 1433 8.27 106.00 50.81
Notice Day Feb 17 Feb 14 Mar 01 Mar 01 Feb 22
Expiry Date Mar 20 Mar 15 Feb 28 Mar 12 Mar 08
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BULLISH CONSENSUS ON January 30: 24 Month Range
Low Hi
Sugar 35 from 36 on January 23 21 - 93
Cocoa 48 from 48 on January 23 26 - 59
Coffee 62 from 62 on January 23 25 - 80
Orange Juice 77 from 84 on January 23 22 - 91
Cotton 44 from 47 on January 23 21 - 69
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* Bullish Consensus, Copyrighted, Market Vane Corporation
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In my little universe of oil, gas, mining and the C$ -- softs aren't exactly at the top of my list.
let me think about it for a couple of days-- I'll see what I can throw out on the thread going into the weekend.
right now I'm sitting with more cash than I would like expecting a correction ... the action today was lukewarm at best ... yet the PoG seems to march along without my permission.
I was surprised by this mornings up move, I'll even be more surprise if the correction doesn't start tomorrow a half hour before the open.
...and they say bull markets climb a wall of worry.
play some of the easier stuff-- there's lots of low hanging fruit in the Canadian markets.
yes, a mystery-- if it were common knowledge we'd be chasing the move and not selling into it.
I'm just speculating with a vivid imagination-- how else would you get rich...???
so then we both agree that DEMAND is the only catalyst.
when you stretch the charts out over a 10-year period-- there's only two charts that have any kind of reasonable correlation and that's China's economy and the PoG.