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This guy has got a set on him, let me tell you. Are they as big as the nuts that the EIG are holding while they start crying about public money for a new stadium in a year when they're cheaping out on the Oilers payroll? Probably not but the EIG's brazeness most likely stems as much from knowing their audience as it does anything else. Meanwhile, Omar faces down drug lord after drug lord, constantly stealing from their coffers and daring them to stop him. And in his leisure time he makes no bones about strolling around the projects in nothing but silk pajamas. Plus, did I mention he's gay and makes no bones about it? Are the last two things related? Well maybe:) but at the end of the day this guy just doesn't give a f**k.
Recently the contents of the Oilers collective nutsac was called into question when Hemsky was knocked of Tuesday's game in Minny by Derek Boogaard. Actually, the folks who follow this team as closely as Donald Trump follows high school cheerleading, hey the guy's always on the hunt for his next wife, have had their doubts about this team and organization for years. Yeah, we had the league's heavyweight champ in Laraque but on the occasions when the big guy went all mean and destroyed oh say Chris Simon, his overt physicality and his hand wiping domiance were chastised by Craig MacTavish. As much as I'm in the camp of MacTavish, I've always felt he didn't use the big guy properly. If you consider fighters as weaponry, MacT always had the biggest gun but he was pretty much afraid to use it. We saw this way back when the night in San Jose when Marchment went after Weight's knees and we've seen it pretty much every time in the last two years in the BOA when Robyn Regehr's matched up against Hemsky and makes it a point to punish him as much as possible: the Oilers rarely retaliate.
Heading into last night's game against the Ducks the references to the Oilers being soft were about as veiled as Lindsay Lohan's happywarmfunzone. Sometimes it's helpful for guys not to read the papers or listen to the radio but on other occasions a kick in the ass is needed and it looks like, early on at least, the Oilers took the message. Right off the bat, less than eight mintues in, Raffi Torres drilled Travis Moen and was ready to dance before Matt Greene stepped in, maybe because it was his favorite song. Truth be told, the Oilers played nasty right from the beginning, did anyone else notice Nedved running at people, and it seemed like for some reason the primary targets were Penner and Getzlaf.
The latter has escaped the organization's clutches twice, ie they looked over him at the draft and then they didn't insist on his inclusion in the Pronger trade, and I must say that I look the likes of the kid on the ice but he came across as a bit of a pussy last night. There was one incident where the Webster-esque Bergeron moved him from in front of the net and Ray Ferraro started feeling just like he did when he climbed the rope in gym class but there was yet another occasion where the bigger Geztlaf was also bossed around by #47. And Bergeron wasn't finished either as he took the trouble to upend Penner on an open ice hit. Did anyone else see Marc struggling trying to left this guy into the air? I'm thinking Penner is tipping the toledos, another nod to Gorilla Monsoon:), at close to 250 and in that hit it looked like Bergeron felt the weight of every pound. The very same shift, young hopeful Mathieu Roy took the oppurtunity to bury former Oiler Todd Marchant and didn't flinch in the accompanying aftermath of old school pugilist Shawn Thornton engaging him in a set-to.
I listened to MacT's postgame comments and he said that if Roy keeps that up he'll find a spot in the lineup and that's more of a possibility now than ever given the news that Staios's knee isn't improving and we're now looking at him missing weeks as opposed to mere days. Of course there's only so far guts, courage and heart will take you, for instance it isn't all that great when it comes to making a first pass;) but in the interm it looks like it's all the Oilers pretty have on the backend so why not use it?
Which leads us to the next installment of the Battle Of Alberta and the aforementioned Regehr. Maybe he won't get the chance this time around to try and belittle Hemsky but that's just my point. But if Ales does play or even if he doesn't, it might be a good time for a Jason Smith or someone of that ilk to try and intimidate say a Turtleneck Tanguay or Kristie Huselius. When it comes to bringing the physicality, most of the Flames usually come correct but the Oilers not so much. Round 6 of the BOA seems like an appropriate stage to exhibit some new found love for the rough stuff.
Heading into tonight's game against a suddenly hapless Ducks squad, the Flames lead the Oilers by two points and one win and they have two games in hand. It may seem like folly to be so dimissive of the current kings of the NW, ie the Canucks, but my money's still on Calgary as the likely cock of the walk. To that end the Oilers must hold serve in their both their remaining BOA matchups and they must find a way to take at least a point in their last game in Calgary.
Of course first things are always first though and tomorrow night I'm looking for the Oilers to sound off like they've got a pair and hopefully shrink the respective jewels of the Flames in the process.


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Kellogg has recently held its analyst day, in which it presented figures of an EPS growth of 5%-7% for FY13 against the consensus estimates of ~9%. However, based on its strong fundamentals, I feel the company should keep on growing in the long run. Kellogg has significantly higher quarterly revenue growth of 12% against its competitor General Mills, which showed a lesser revenue growth of only 5%, while Ralcorp Holdings has a reasonable revenue growth of 11%.
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In this post, I am presenting you a tutorial for the land cover classification of cropland. In particular, we are going to classify a Landsat image acquired over the US state of Kansas, near the city of Ulysses, using the new version 2.3.2 of the Semi-Automatic Classification Plugin for QGIS, which allows for supervised classifications (an updated tutorial is available here).
As shown in the previous video, the study area is mainly covered by cropland, and we are going to classify a Landsat 8 image acquired in April 2013 (available from the U.S. Geological Survey), using a semi-automatic approach (i.e. the entire image is classified automatically basing on several samples of pixels "ROIs" that are used as reference classes).
Before the classification process, we are going to convert the DN values to reflectance. The reflectance is defined as the ratio between reflected and incident energy on a surface (see here for more information about the conversion to reflectance of Landsat images).
First, download the image from here. The image is a subset of the entire scene, including the following Landsat bands (each band is a single 16 bit raster):
- 2 - Blue;
- 3 - Green;
- 4 - Red;
- 5 - Near-Infrared;
- 6 - Short Wavelength Infrared 1;
- 7 - Short Wavelength Infrared 2.
1. Conversion of raster bands from DN to reflectance
|Original DN spectral signature
|TOA spectral signature
|DOS1 corrected spectral signature
- Open QGIS and start the Semi-Automatic Classification Plugin; in the main interface select the tab Pre processing > Landsat;
- Select the directory that contains the Landsat bands (and also the required metafile MTL.txt), and select the output directory where converted bands are saved;
- Check the option Apply DOS1 atmospheric correction, and click Perform conversion to convert Landsat bands to reflectance;
- At the end of the process, converted bands are loaded in QGIS.
2. Definition of the classification inputs
In order to create the color composite in QGIS, we create a virtual raster. Then, we define the band set that we are going to classify. Finally, we create a training shapefile which stores the ROIs (i.e. Regions Of Interest) that define the land cover classes.
- From the menu Raster select Miscellaneous > Build Virtual Raster (catalog); click the button Select... and select the bands 3, 4, and 5; select the output file (for instance rgb.vrt); check Separate (bands will be separated) and click OK;
- In the plugin dock ROI creation click the button Band set beside Select an image; the tab Band set will open; click the button Select All, then Add rasters to set (order the band names in ascending order, from top to bottom using ? and ? arrows);
- In order to create the training shapefile (a polygon layer having several attribute fields that will store ROIs), in the dock ROI creation click the button New shapefile, and select where to save the shapefile (for instance ROI.shp).
3. Creation of the ROIs
The following are the land cover classes that we are going to identify in the image:
- crop (e.g. fields with green vegetation)
- low vegetation (e.g. fields without green vegetation, or shrubland)
- built-up (e.g. artificial areas, buildings and asphalt)
- farms (e.g. farm areas)
- bare soil (e.g. soil without vegetation)
- water (e.g. surface water)
- In order to create a ROI, in the dock ROI creation click the button + beside Create a ROI and then click any pixel of the image; zoom in the map and click on a red pixel of a circular field; after a few seconds the ROI polygon will appear over the image (a semitransparent orange polygon);
- Under ROI definition type a brief description of the ROI inside the field Information (e.g. crop; notice that descriptions are not used during the classification process, but are useful for distinguishing ROIs); the field ID (i.e. identifier of the class) is used as reference for the land cover classification, therefore it is important that each category has a unique ID value (ROIs sharing the same ID are evaluated as a single ROI); since we need more than one ROI per class, set the ID = 11, so that the first figure represents the class, and second one the ROI number (other crop ROIs will have values from 11 to 19; in the same way we set ID from 21 to 29 for low vegetation, and so on);
- In order to save the ROI to the training shapefile click the button Save ROI to shapefile;
- In the plugin main interface, select the tab ROI tools > Spectral signature, which displays the plots of selected ROIs, and select the item crop; if the checkox Plot s is checked, then the plot will display the standard deviation of each ROI.
4. Classification of the study areaIt is useful to perform classification previews, in order to assess the quality of classification (for example a common problem is soil classified as built-up and vice versa). If the result of the preview is not good, then we need to go back to the phase of ROI creation, delete the faulty ROIs and/or create new ones.
- In the Classification dock, under Classification preview set Size = 500 (i.e. the side of the classification preview in pixel unit); click the button + and then click on the image; after a few seconds, the classification preview will be loaded (with default colors);
Also, we can save a visualization style in QGIS, and set this .qml file as the default style for every classification or preview.
- In the panel Layers, left click on the classification preview and select Properties > Style; select the render type Singleband pseudocolor and change the colors and labels of classes, according to the training ROIs; then, click Save style ... to save the .qml file (e.g. classification.qml);
- Under Classification style click the button Select qml to select the file classification.qml; thus the next classification or preview will be loaded with this style;
- click the button Perform classification and select where to save the output (e.g. classification.tif).
Here you can download the final land cover classification.
5. Calculation of classification accuracyIt is useful (and necessary) to assess the accuracy of land cover classification, in order to understand the reliability thereof, and to identify map errors.
Please, notice that this classification is only for demonstration purposes, because an accurate land cover classification would require ancillary data and field survey.
However, in order to assess the classification accuracy, we can compare the land cover classification to the ROIs we have created (theoretically, image pixels belonging to a certain ROI should be classified as that ROI's class).
- Select the tab Post processing > Accuracy of the plugin main interface; select the classification.tif beside Select a classification to assess and select the ROI shapefile beside Select the reference shapefile; then click the button Calculate error matrix and the matrix will be displayed; you can save the error matrix by clicking the button Save error matrix to file;
Generally, classification accuracy is considered good if it is > 80%. For this classification, we can see that the overall accuracy of the classification is about 91.4% (the error matrix is reported below). Also, it is useful to consider the error for single classes (i.e. omission and commission).
6. Calculation of classification statistics
In order to estimate the cropland in the area, we are going to reclassify the classification raster in fewer classes, according to the main land cover classes.
- From the Processing toolbox navigate to SAGA > Grid - Tools > Reclassify Grid Values; in the tool window, under Grid select classification.tif; under method select [2] simple table;
- Under Lookup table click the button ... to open the window Fixed Table; the lookup table has 3 columns: minimum, maximum, and new. Minimum and maximum define the reclassification range for the new value, according to the following table.
|Low vegetation
|Bare soil
- Click "OK" and after a few seconds the reclassified classification will be loaded.
- Select the tab Post processing > Classification report of the plugin main interface; select Reclassified grid beside Select a classification and click Calculate classification report; after a few seconds the report will be displayed (see the following table).
|Percentage %
|Area [metre^2]
From these results, we can see that in the study area (at the moment of image acquisition) there are about 738 square kilometers of crop class (class 1, about 10% of the study area) and 6231 square kilometers of low vegetation class (class 2, about 87%). Also, we can notice that about 14 square kilometers are occupied by farms (class 4) and about 18% is built-up (class 3).
Of course, these numbers are the result of a tutorial for demonstration purposes; for a better estimation of class areas (and possibly the identification of the crop type), we need field data which can improve the creation of ROIs and help for the assessment of classification accuracy.
However, the aim of this tutorial is to show how land cover classifications can be performed simply and rapidly using open source programs, which are useful for several activities, such as land cover monitoring or precision farming.
The following is the video of this tutorial.
- ML = Band-specific multiplicative rescaling factor from Landsat metadata (RADIANCE_MULT_BAND_x, where x is the band number)
- AL = Band-specific additive rescaling factor from Landsat metadata (RADIANCE_ADD_BAND_x, where x is the band number)
- Qcal = Quantized and calibrated standard product pixel values (DN)
"For relatively clear Landsat scenes, a reduction in between-scene variability can be achieved through a normalization for solar irradiance by converting spectral radiance, as calculated above, to planetary reflectance or albedo. This combined surface and atmospheric reflectance of the Earth is computed with the following formula" (NASA, 2011, p. 119):
- ?p = Unitless planetary reflectance, which is "the ratio of reflected versus total power energy" (NASA, 2011, p. 47)
- L? = Spectral radiance at the sensor's aperture (at-satellite radiance)
- d = Earth-Sun distance in astronomical units (provided with Landsat 8 metafile, and an excel file is available from
- ESUN? = Mean solar exo-atmospheric irradiances
- ?s = Solar zenith angle in degrees, which is equal to ?s = 90° - ?e where ?e is the Sun elevation
It is worth pointing out that Landsat 8 images are provided with band-specific rescaling factors that allow for the direct conversion from DN to TOA reflectance. However, the effects of the atmosphere (i.e. a disturbance on the reflectance that varies with the wavelenght) should be considered in order to measure the refletance at the ground. As described by Moran et al. (1992), the land surface reflectance (?) is:
- Lp is the path radiance
- Tv is the atmospheric transmittance in the viewing direction
- Tz is the atmospheric transmittance in the illumination direction
- Edown is the downwelling diffuse irradiance
Therefore, we need several atmospheric measurements in order to calculate ? (physically-based corrections). Alternatively, it is possible to use image-based techniques for the calculation of these parameters, without in-situ measurements during image acquisition.
The Dark Object Subtraction (DOS) is a family of image-based atmospheric corrections.
Chavez (1996) explains that "the basic assumption is that within the image some pixels are in complete shadow and their radiances received at the satellite are due to atmospheric scattering (path radiance). This assumption is combined with the fact that very few targets on the Earth's surface are absolute black, so an assumed one-percent minimum reflectance is better than zero percent". It is worth pointing out that the accuracy of image-based techniques is generally lower than physically-based corrections, but they are very useful when no atmospheric measurements are available as they can improve the estimation of land surface reflectance.
The path radiance is given by (Sobrino, et al., 2004):
- Lmin = "radiance that corresponds to a digital count value for which the sum of all the pixels with digital counts lower or equal to this value is equal to the 0.01% of all the pixels from the image considered" (Sobrino, et al., 2004, p. 437), therefore the radiance obtained with that digital count value (DNmin)
- LDO1% = radiance of Dark Object, assumed to have a reflectance value of 0.01
Therfore for Landsat images:
The simplest technique is the DOS1, where the following assumptions are made (Moran et al., 1992):
- Tv = 1
- Tz = 1
- Edown = 0
Therefore the path radiance is:
ESUN [W/(m2 * µm)] values for Landsat sensors are provided in the following table.
- BandLandsat 4*Landsat 5**Landsat 7**11957198319972182517691812315571536153341033103110395214.9220230.8780.7283.4484.90
** from Finn, et al. (2012)
For Landsat 8, ESUN can be calculated as (from http://grass.osgeo.org/grass65/manuals/i.landsat.toar.html):
-Chander, G. & Markham, B. 2003. Revised Landsat-5 TM radiometric calibration procedures and postcalibration dynamic ranges Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on, 41, 2674 – 2677
-Chavez, P. S. 1996. Image-Based Atmospheric Corrections - Revisited and Improved Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, [Falls Church, Va.] American Society of Photogrammetry, 62, 1025-1036
-Finn, M.P., Reed, M.D, and Yamamoto, K.H. 2012. A Straight Forward Guide for Processing Radiance and Reflectance for EO-1 ALI, Landsat 5 TM, Landsat 7 ETM+, and ASTER. Unpublished Report from USGS/Center of Excellence for Geospatial Information Science, 8 p
-Moran, M.; Jackson, R.; Slater, P. & Teillet, P. 1992. Evaluation of simplified procedures for retrieval of land surface reflectance factors from satellite sensor output Remote Sensing of Environment, 41, 169-184
-NASA (Ed.) 2011. Landsat 7 Science Data Users Handbook Landsat Project Science Office at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, 186
-Sobrino, J.; Jiménez-Muñoz, J. C. & Paolini, L. 2004. Land surface temperature retrieval from LANDSAT TM 5 Remote Sensing of Environment, Elsevier, 90, 434-440


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The git repo you get when creating a new azure web site uses a password scheme. Not that annoying except you can't use the default git credential cache from Windows. As usual, there's an excellent answer on Stack Overflow, and a very nice Windows Credential Store for Git on CodePlex.
Grab the codeplex git-credential-winstore.exe, run it, and you'll have the Windows credential manager to handle your git remote credentials.
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If this movie doesn't have Ringo Starr in it, it's not going to be worth a shit.
Director Emmerich to make prehistory By Tatiana Siegel and Borys Kit
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LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - German director Roland Emmerich, who offered a terrifying glimpse of the future in "The Day After Tomorrow," will deliver a blast from the past with "10,000 B.C."
The Columbia Pictures project centers on a young mammoth hunter who embarks on a journey through uncharted territory to secure the future of his dying tribe. In the process, he saves the one he loves. The story is based an idea that Emmerich envisioned a decade ago. Shooting is set to begin next year.
The deal marks the first project under Emmerich's production deal with Columbia, which was signed in April. He last teamed with the Sony-owned studio on 2000's "The Patriot" and 1998's "Godzilla."
Emmerich most recently directed and produced the 2004 Fox disaster thriller "The Day After Tomorrow," which earned $187 million at the domestic box office. His credits include "Independence Day" and "Stargate."
Roland Emmerich directing another movie is a terrifying thought.
Originally Posted by TheTravis!
what do you think the reason emmerich has for the cavemen walking hunched over?
'If You Don't Know Where You're Going, Any Road Will Get You There." --The Cheshire Cat
Be hold the Glory of Hermit Crab in a Glass Shell
Heh. On a related note...my wife has had a six year estrangement from her father which was touched off by the fact that she lost his copy of Caveman. Seriously...I'm not joking.Originally Posted by TheTravis!
Looking back on that list...is it possible that the best movie emmerich's ever done has been stargate?
subquestion...is emmerich the poor man's verhooven?
How dare you besmirch the good name of Showgirls. Saved by the Bell gets nailed in a pool. That movie rocks.Originally Posted by The Roman Candle


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How To Install Android 4.2.1 AOKP ROM On Samsung Galaxy S3 i747
We were beginning to miss the Samsung Galaxy S3 as the last article about this powerful device was posted a few days ago. Meanwhile, the South Korean company is still selling hundreds of thousands of units across the globe, while developers are still releasing custom ROMs for the Android-powered phone.
AOKP is one of the most popular ROMs for Android devices. The unofficial version of the ROM has been ported to the Galaxy S3 by a pair of developers, called Ktoonsez and Task650. These guys ported AOKP for the AT&T and Rogers version of the Samsung Galaxy S III, therefore only owners of these devices can install the ROM.
Checking your model number is easy as you have to go to Settings -> About Phone. Read the details there, and if you have a phone with model number SGH-i747 or SGH-i747M, then you can install the ROM. Please note that the procedure is risky, meaning that you may damage your phone. In addition, owners will lose the warranty so they will have to be sure that this is what they want.
The unofficial AOKP ROM is based on Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean and it comes packed with several new features, including more Navigation Bar colors, animations, Chronus clock support, and the weather widget found in CyanogenMod.
There are some requirements before the installation. First of all, you should backup all your data because it will be deleted during the installation. There are no "ifs and buts" on this one, thus follow this guide. Secondly, go to Settings -> Developer Options, and check the box next to the USB Debugging option.
A custom ROM installation also requires a rooted Galaxy S3 with an unlocked bootloader and ClockworkMod Recovery flashed on it. All of these can be performed by following this link. At this point, you've met all the conditions therefore you can begin.
How To Install Android 4.2.1 AOKP ROM On Samsung Galaxy S3 i747
1. Download the ROM from here.
2. Download Google Apps from this link.
3. Transfer both of the downloaded .zip files on your smartphone's microSD card.
4. Disconnect your handset from your PC, and switch off your Galaxy.
5. Boot the device into Recovery mode by pressing the follow key combination until the display turns on: Volume Up + Home + Power.
6. Backup your device by navigating to and selecting Backup and Restore. Then navigate to Backup and select it. Select Yes to confirm and Go Back to the main menu after it is done.
7. Wipe your handset's data by navigating to Wipe Data / Factory Reset. Select it using the Power button and press Yes to confirm the action. Go Back when it is over.
8. Wipe your smartphone's cache by going to Wipe Cache Partition. Select this option will prompt a confirmation therefore press Yes. When it is complete, Go Back to the main recovery menu.
9. Continue by going to Advanced. Select this option and then select Wipe Dalvik Cache. Confirm the process as required so click Yes, then Go Back after it will be complete.
10. The next step is to navigate to and choose Mounts and Storage. Now select Format /system. Confirm by pressing Yes and Go Back once it's done.
11. Install the ROM by navigating to Install zip from sd card. Select this option, then press the Power button to select Choose zip from sd card. You will be asked to find the ROM's .zip file on your device's microSD card. Select the file and confirm the installation by pressing Yes. It will take several minutes to complete, but Go Back when it will finish.
12. Install the Google Apps package as well, by selecting Install zip from sd card, then Choose zip from sd card. Locate the Google Apps .zip file on your microSD card and select it, too. Confirm the procedure with Yes, then Go Back when it will be completed.
13. Select Reboot System Now and your Android handset will automatically reboot.
That is everything that you must to do install the unofficial AOKP ROM on your AT&T / Rogers Galaxy S III. Let us know if you have successfully installed the ROM on your handset.


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We know that as you get older strength training becomes critical, but it seems like power training maybe even more important.
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Does foam rolling work as it is claimed? What does the recent foam rolling study say?
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December 04 2011
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October 30 2011
Circuit weight training takes less time compared to traditional weight training, but can it increase strength and muscle similar to a traditional routine?
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September 25 2011
Can participating in sports make you better at everyday tasks? This was an interesting study which looked at answering this question.
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In this New York best seller, Tim Ferriss claims that he gained 34lbs of muscle in 4 weeks. Here is what I think
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Dacha Capital: a rare commodity play
Investors who are alert to up-and-coming niche opportunities have probably heard about opportunities in rare earth mining. The excitement about this sector stems from the fact that many high-tech industries depend on "rare earth" elements (Neodymium, Europium, Terbium, Dysprosium, etc.) which are produced almost exclusively in China. China is increasingly committed to keeping its resources for its domestic use, so it's easy to extrapolate the increasing value of supplies outside of China.
But the Canadian and Australian companies that produce rare earth ore are risky investments, as are all small mining companies. And while the recent IPO of US rare earth miner Molycorp (NYSE:MCP) has been met some success on Wall Street, it will be some years before the company can develop the capacity to actually produce refined ore. (Much of the difficulty in obtaining these metals is separating them from each other, as well as from other materials, in the ore).
A much safer way to gain exposure to the rising value of rare metals is to actually own the refined ore. Dacha Strategic Metals Inc. (TSX:VENTURE:DSM)(OTCQX:DCHAF) is a small company that buys Rare Earth metals that have already been mined and refined, and resells them at fabulously increased prices.
The managers have targeted Yttrium (NYSE:Y), Terbium (Tb) and Dysprosium (Dy) as the main assets to accumulate. Yttrium is mainly used in lighting; Tb and Dy are primarily used in magnets designed for high temperature environments, such as hybrid cars and military vehicles. And "hard to get" is actually what the name Dysprosium means! (This is clearly the prototype for the fictional "Unobtainium"--but no Pandorans were injured in the stockpiling of this asset).
What I like about this stock is that, with smart management, the investment is as close to foolproof as you can find in the volatile commodity sector. The metals are stored securely, mostly in Singapore. While anything is possible, the risks that could reduce the value of this asset seem remote. But the upside has already proven spectacular. Terbium Oxide stockpiled early this year cost $360/kilo, and is now quoted at $2600/kilo. Clearly, management knows what they are doing and have already added a lot of value to the invested capital. Yet the stock persistently trades at less than its net asset value:
6/13/11 (intraday)
Disclosure: I am long OTCPK:DCHAF.
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Climbing the Wall of Worry
O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day!
Which now shows all the beauty of the sun,
And by and by a cloud takes all away!
—The Two Gentleman of Verona. Act i. Sc. 3.
They say that a bull market climbs a wall of worry, and we have plenty of worry. Uproar throughout the middle east, meltdown in Japan, sovereign debt in Europe, and, here in the US, lingering depression ("the worst recession since..." doesn't really cut it)..... take your pick.
On April Fool's day, the market surged on the good news that unemployment was down by 0.1%. Is that really good news, or just a rounding error? Here's some perspective:
Maybe there's hope for a recovery in housing? Maybe, but "hope" is not a great strategy (click and drag image to see right side):
You may recall that market crash of 2008 was preceded by a run-up in the price of oil. See anything familiar here?
These data provide a dandy "climbing wall" for the US equities market, which looks bullish beyond belief:
But this is nothing, compared to the bullishness in emerging markets (compare 36-day and 600-day time frames).
It shouldn't be surprising that US stocks keep going up, as companies are reporting the highest profits ever. The question for us worriers is whether these gains are sustainable.
One glitch in that news is that the financial sector now accounts for about 30 percent of the economy's overall operating profits. Put another way, the financial sector is skimming 30% off the top of the income of the rest of the economy—i.e., the part that actually produces something. This lopsided money-grab by the financial sector was another precursor to the 2008 crash.
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours.
California strikes [out] again!The Good news: if Proposition 25 passes in November, then next year's budget will only require a simple majority, and all this nonsense will stop. Well, at least some of it will.
The worst-rated state for muni investment has just sealed the case for staying that way. With the annual budget 3 months overdue and payments for vital social services already being delayed, the governor and the legislative leaders have finally reached an agreement to break the deadlock.
But the preliminary leaks about the "solution" they arrived at is mind-bogglingly irresponsible--again. No new revenue (because Republicans will not support any), only cosmetic cuts, and the "balance" will come from increasing estimates of revenues--from taxes and federal support.
Next week, the legislature will vote on the deal. Either they have an attack of conscience and say no, in which case the state will have to start using IOUs to pay bills, leading to more disputes and probably lawsuits; or they say yes, and leave investors wondering if there will ever be a long-range plan to actually become solvent.
Disclosure: No tickers mentioned. I have long positions in several CA muni bond funds.Tags: municipal bonds
Check out the action in QTWW. All on no news? May 13, 2011
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Knee And Ankle Sprain
Author: Jeannie Nichols SCCI (e,v) BCRS
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March 19, 2010 I sprained my left knee very badly, I felt myself go off of my knee to the left and my companion heard a snap. Nothing was broken, but I was down. I asked for the oil bag out of my truck and immediately applied Helichrysum to the knee. I layered on several other oils, Frankincense and Peppermint and Cederwood.
When I got myself home and in the house, I started my regimine of oils, and cold packs. Every few hours the first several days, I'd go through my Valor, Cedarwood, Lemongrass, Frankincense and Copaiba. The first few days I also did often apply Helichrysum. Also Reiki, ultrasound and a horse linament was used alternating with the Ice packs, it is called FM 11 and can be purchased from CircleStarFarms.
Some 18 years ago I had suffered the same injury, at that time it was almost 9 months before the knee had full range of motion. This time it was 2 months and 9 days I pronounced myself well. I also took 4 oz. of NingXia Red a day. All this being older, even into the senior years. I love the power and regenerating properties of the YL oils and NingXia Red.
The dates are clear to me, because May 28 2010 was the first day of racing at Ruidoso Downs Race Track in Ruidoso, New Mexico. I was able to ride that day. That evening going to do chores I sprained my right ankle getting out of the truck. I heard tissue shredding!
I had an important event coming up that I had to be mobile for. This time I set to mending with Rose & Helichrysum, rather liberally, along with the Valor, Cedarwood,Frankincense, Lemongrass, Wintergreen, Peppermint and Copaiba. The Reiki, ultrasound ice packs and FM 11 were also used regularly and a walker with a seat and wheels was used to save the ankle stress the little I could get around. We did take pictures and have several witnesses, I was able to walk with out limping in 3 weeks.
I was grateful to be able to assist at the Stewart's CARE Intensive in June 2010 in Salt Lake City with out the injury being a bother. The previous similar injury to the ankle was 16 years ago and at that time it took over a year to be well from it. Young Living oils and Nutritional products are keeping me going strong and mending faster that I did in my 30's
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Tonight is the start of the NBA season; it's my favorite time of the year.
All three games this evening should be good.
- Miami at Boston - tipoff 7:30PM ET on TNT
- Phoenix at Portland - tipoff 10:00PM ET on KGW in Portland
- Houston at LA (Lakers) - tipoff 10:30PM ET on TNT
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By Chris Marasco - March 19, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, BRK-B, HNZ, JNK
No doubt you've heard of Hedge Fund Titan David Einhorn. He has been plastered all over the news lately. Einhorn was pestering Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) to pay out cash to shareholders. The interesting part is that Einhorn wasn't pushing for a simple dividend increase on common stock.
Instead, Einhorn wanted Apple to create a special preferred equity instrument whose payouts were tied to Apple's secure stream of more »
How These 4 Stocks Track Oil's Low
By Chris Marasco - March 7, 2013 | Tickers: BP, CHK, XOM, HAL, USO
Oil just hit its lowest point this year. Closing at $91.02 per barrel, oil prices are still up 17.8% from their 52-week low of $77.28. However, does the downtick in oil represent a new downtrend?
Oil, which is traded as an ETF through the United States Oil ETF (NYSEMKT: USO), largely tracks the S&P 500 in general price direction. Of course both assets rise or fall more »
Will Someone Please Clean Up These Dirty Balance Sheets?
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Despite record-setting low interest rates and banks that are flush with capital, energy firms badly need financed.
High spending, enormous risk appetite, and "perceived corporate governance lapses" have pushed investors to tone down risk-taking at these companies. Let's use Chesapeake (NYSE: CHK) as an example.
Chesapeake's talent for producing natural gas – it is the second largest producer in the U.S. – led the firm to seek debt. That more »
QE Hammers 5 Businesses
By Chris Marasco - March 4, 2013 | Tickers: T, BAC, F, BA, VZ
Did you know that Citigroup has cut its staff by 25% since the since the financial crisis first hit? For banks, that has become the norm.
Take Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) for example. In late 2011, Bank of America announced that it would eliminate 30,000 jobs. By September 30, 2012 Bank of America axed 17,800 employees. But the headlines continued into September: "Bank of America to Lay more »
Apple Fiasco Proves That Fixed-Income Could Blow Up
By Chris Marasco - February 13, 2013 | Tickers: AMLP, AAPL, JNK |
If Wall Street Journal columnist Rolfe Winkler is right, then investors seeking "safety" could be on the verge of losing billions of dollars.
"Mr. Einhorn's move might be the clearest signal yet that the bull market in fixed-income and high-yielding securities is well into bubble territory," writes Winkler.
To me, the fixed-income marketplace appears to be overheating. There certainly could be more upside, but I see four distinct areas more »
This Stock Will Weather the Storm
By Chris Marasco - February 13, 2013 | Tickers: FB, GOOG, YHOO
Turbulent waves call for skilled, resilient captains. Marissa Mayer is one such captain.
Since taking the top spot at Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) in July, Mayer has implemented a number of structural changes to Yahoo's business models and culture. Here are a number of the positives.
Mayer Makes Ground
3 Reasons Why BlackBerry Lost Its Core
By Chris Marasco - February 11, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, T, BBRY, NOK, VZ
A lot of people got rich trading BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) during the past few months. Since bottoming above $6 in late 2012, the stock has multiplied to just under 18. But now the price trades near $13.
I certainly applaud the savvy traders able to exploit a beaten-down security. But the excess share price growth is not tied to reality.
To be fair, BlackBerry does have three major upsides. First more »
The Next Large Gas Play Is in … China?!
By Chris Marasco - February 6, 2013 | Tickers: BP, CVX, COP, PTR, RDS-A
Did you know that in Asia, natural gas can sell at multiples of the price in the United States? It's true. And the price differential is one reason that U.S. oil and gas giants are crossing their fingers (lobbying) that the government will permit natural gas exports.
Interestingly, China has a storehouse of natural gas. Taken from The Wall Street Journal:
"According to the U.S. Energy Information more »
The Fed Won't Embarrass Big Banks Again
By Chris Marasco - January 30, 2013 | Tickers: BAC, C, FITB, JPM, NES.DL
Last year the Fed publicly embarrassed Citigroup (NYSE: C). During the Stress Tests in 2012, Citigroup applied to repurchase $8 billion of its own shares over two years. But the Fed said no.
This year is a different story. Citigroup kept its requests far more modest, as CEO Michael Corbat and Chairman Michael O'Neill "told executives that under no circumstances will Citigroup fail to win approval this time around more »
Google Maps Is the Best Map App
By Chris Marasco - January 25, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, BBRY, FB, GOOG, GRPN
The GPS is going out of style. Mapping apps are among the most widely used apps, because they give users real-time travel information. Now, map apps have evolved to forecast travel times for driving, public transportation, walking, and cycling.
But giving directions is just the tip of the iceberg. Here is how top tech giants are competing.
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) reasserted its dominance as the top map app when more »
4 Trades to Make in 2013
By Chris Marasco - December 28, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, BBRY, HPQ, NOK, VZ |
Does 2013 hold a major market rally, or a steep market selloff? Whether the markets shoot up or drop down, here are four trades I will be watching for in 2013.
Go long Apple
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) topped $700, then fell back to earth. Right now Apple sits at $512.04. At this price, Apple yields a 2.1% dividend, trades at 11.6 times earnings (ttm) and trades at more »
BlackBerry 10 is Doomed
By Chris Marasco - December 26, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, BBRY, GOOG, NOK, VZ
Renowned venture capitalist Mark Suster used to love his BlackBerry -- until Research In Motion (NASDAQ: BBRY) goofed far too many times. And by then, Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone had come along and made the BlackBerry look like an outdated calculator.
According to Suster's blog Both Sides of the Table:
I upgraded my Blackberry three times. Each time I was sure that THIS was the time they'd fix more »
4 Stocks NOT Correlated to Apple
By Chris Marasco - December 21, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, BBRY, FB, NFLX, NOK
Michael Jordan was the heart of the Chicago Bulls offense. He led the Bulls to six National Championships.
Yet even Michael Jordan needed to take a breather during most games.
That's why I'm not overly concerned with Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) major sell off. For many investors, Apple's torrid growth has left their once-balanced portfolios brimming with gains – and also a large weight towards Apple stock.
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Similar to many weeks on the PGA & Nationwide Tours — especially this season on both tours — this past weekend at the John Deere Classic and Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic once again saw a multitude of former Gateway Tour players hanging around up near the top of their respective leaderboards.
As it played out, seven former Gateway Tour players scored Top 25's in the Quad Cities and another seven earned Top 25's in Wayne Gretzky's event on the Nationwide circuit.
Starting with the annual pre-British Open warm-up at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, IL, Brandt Snedeker led the list of Gateway Alum in the field by notching his best finish of the year — a tie for 2nd — worth $321,066.67.
Along with a T5 finish last week at the AT&T National that has helped vault him to 85th in the FedEx Cup standings, the past two weeks account for his best two finishes since the heartbreaking T3 performance at the 2008 Masters. Perhaps now then, it's safe to say the Tennessee native has fully — and finally — rounded back into the same form that has garnered him one TOUR win and thirteen total Top 10's since 2007.
Moving down the list, Matt Jones and Kevin Streelman also notched a pair of Top 10's with T5 and 8th place finishes, respectively, to see each move up to 133rd and 76th in the yearlong FedEx Cup race.
With the tie for 5th, Jones ties his best finish of the year to reach $436,481 in earnings, while Streelman, now with $789,644 in the bank this year, notches his second Top 10 of 2009.
Finally, four other former Gateway Tour players — Spencer Levin (15th), Charley Hoffman (15th), Chris Stroud (15th), and Robert Garrigus (23rd) — each found their way into the Top 25 at the Deere to continue the great year Gateway Alum are wracking up on the PGA TOUR.
In the Nationwide Tour's 2nd Annual trip up to "Cottage Country" in the Thunder Bay area of Ontario, Canada at The Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic Presented by Samsung, the good play of former Gateway Tour players continued with Chris Anderson (T4), Garth Mulroy (T4), & Josh Broadaway (T9) each finding their way into the Top 10, and Dustin White (T17), John Kimbell (T20), Bubba Dickerson (T20), and Byron Smith (T25) each notching Top 25 finishes.
Former Gateway Tour players have made quite an impact on The PGA TOUR's younger brother in the past couple of years and this season is certainly no exception with Mulroy, Dickerson, Kevin Johnson, and Roger Tambellini already accounting for Nationwide Tour victories just halfway through the season.
The 138th Open Championship
While the finishes of Gateway Alumni in the weekly TOUR stops this year have perhaps helped make The Gateway Tour's mission of providing an environment where players can build the skills necessary to compete on the PGA TOUR a reality, The Gateway Tour's former players — after just eight years of the Tour's existence — have already made quite an impact on professional golf's major championships as well.
As the 138th Open Championship is on the horizon in Scotland this week, eleven former Gateway Tour players will tee it up with hopes to continue that trend. The following players will compete at Turnberry this week:
Fredrik Andersson
Mark Brown
Ken Duke
Charley Hoffman
J.B. Holmes
Martin Laird
Steve Marino
Sean O'Hair
Jeff Overton
Brandt Snedeker
Bubba Watson
Best of luck over there, guys!
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I like your five. Some of the nominees I have questions about: Rick Hendrick and Darrell Waltrip for starters. Hendrick should be in one day but not on the first list. DW could not beat Lennie Pond for Rookie of the Year and was not well-liked at all as a driver.
Dale Inman and Banjo Matthews should have been on the first list. Matthews made cars safer, or perhaps we would not be talking about the sport at all. Inman was a key part of Richard Petty's success.
Back to Hendrick, John Holman and Ralph Moody should have been on the list before Hendrick or Richard Childress. They were the first super-team owners. They brought Mario Andretti, Jim Clark and Gordon Johncock to NASCAR in the middle 60s. Their massive headquarters, since demolished, was the first of its kind. They also won with drivers like David Pearson, Fred Lorenzen, Andretti and AJ Foyt. Also, they were one of the first to construct purpose-built cars.
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NASCAR's Hall of Fame choices will be difficult: Here are my five
By admin | July 8, 2009
By Richard Allen
The first class of members will be inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2010. NASCAR has released the names of 25 people who make up the candidates for that initial membership and narrowing the number down to the maximum of five entries will be difficult to say the least.
For what it is worth, I have compiled my list of the five men I would vote for if I had a vote. Here are my choices for the NASCAR Hall of Fame:
Bill France, Sr.- 'Big Bill' was a larger than life character who was responsible for the very creation of NASCAR. After having promoted races on the beach in Daytona he saw the need for an organization to make and enforce a standard set of rules for stock car racing.
Not only did he lead in the founding of NASCAR but he built the track most associated with the sport. In 1959, his Daytona International Speedway opened and has been the center point of stock car racing ever since.
France ruled NASCAR with an iron hand until his retirement in 1972. An example of his dominating control of the sport came when drivers once refused to race in Talladega. France simply rounded up more drivers and put the show on anyway. When his drivers saw that the sport would go on without them, they came back.
Without 'Big Bill' France there would be no NASCAR, much less a Hall of Fame.
Bill France, Jr.- Where 'Big Bill' left off, 'Bill Jr.' picked up. The younger France ushered the sport into a new era. His father created the organization, and he took it to the next level.
It was under the second of the France family that the sport became the modern day behemoth it is today. He modernized the sport by tightening the schedule, luring in major sponsors and putting NASCAR on television.
The massive grandstands at the tracks, the huge sums of money involved in racing and the spectacle that is NASCAR today are due to 'Bill Jr.'. Without him there would be no need for a Hall of Fame because few would know the sport even exists.
Richard Petty- The sport's most successful and recognizable driver has to have a place in the Hall of Fame.
Petty won 200 races, seven NASCAR championships and seven Daytona 500s. Those accomplishments speak for themselves. His number of race wins and Daytona 500s is not even close to being matched by any other driver and his number of championships is matched by only one other.
Dale Earnhardt- This is the one driver who can match Petty's number of championships with seven. And no other driver has come within realistic striking distance of matching the championships of these two.
'The Intimidator' was one of the toughest and most talented drivers to ever sit behind the wheel of a NASCAR race car. In an age in which the sport was transitioning toward modernization and new ways of doing things, Earnhardt remained a throwback to a tougher era. For that, he was very popular among a large group of passionate followers.
Unfortunately, Earnhardt died on the last lap of the 2001 Daytona 500.
Junior Johnson- One of the most successful drivers and car owners, Johnson symbolized the very roots of NASCAR. He came from a background of moonshine running to become one of the most successful businessmen of his time.
After winning 50 races as a driver, he retired at a young age to become a car owner. His teams won six NASCAR championships and dominated the series throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s with drivers Cale Yarborough and Darrell Waltrip.
Johnson is often credited with discovering the technique of drafting. And perhaps most importantly, he was responsible for bringing the first major sponsor, Winston, to the series.
The problem with the list I have compiled is that it is too short. Names such as Pearson, Yarborough, Waltrip and Allison among many others have been omitted. But, Hall of Fame memberships are supposed to be selective. And, those left out on the first ballot will have many more opportunities to make it in later.
The Hall of Fame is a good idea, perhaps one that is overdue. My one concern is that drivers and other personalities from many years ago will be forgotten. If I could suggest one thing it would be that NASCAR establish an old timers committee such as that in the Baseball Hall of Fame. This committee would have the ability to induct someone from many years ago who might have otherwise have gone forgotten.
Richard Allen is a member of the National Motorsports Press Association. His weekly column appears in The Mountain Press every Wednesday.
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July 9th, 2009 at 11:42 am
I like your five. Some of the nominees I have questions about: Rick Hendrick and Darrell Waltrip for starters. Hendrick should be in one day but not on the first list. DW could not beat Lennie Pond for Rookie of the Year and was not well-liked at all as a driver.
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July 9th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
Richard you are correct about them no including the early pioneers!
I agree with Charlie, John Holman and Ralph Moody, and Smokey Yunick, should have been on the list!
I mean Holman and Moody had most of the legend drivers either driving or furishing cars for them,plus provided a training ground for mechanics like Robert Yates, Jake Elder, Waddell Wilson!
I like Benny Parson, but I dont see how he got included and Fred Lorenzen did not, Fred first to win on all superspeedways and the first to win over 100,000 and did it in 1963 and ran only a limited schedule! Rex White a two time champion should be included as well.
It would have been better if on the first HOF Inductiveses they could have done mabe 8 to 10, then start doing 5 years later!


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