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For furloughed workers considering a career move, General Assembly, an educational institution for aspiring entrepreneurs and Web developers, was offering a free 30-day trial for classes in technology, design and business.
"We've just moved to D.C., and we want to be helpful to the community here as employees are taking a pause," said Jordan Hepner, manager of its online education.
But the goodwill has already proved too costly for at least one business.
Washington's restaurant chain Z-Burger, which had been offering free burgers to furloughed workers, said on Thursday on Twitter it was ending the program due to "overwhelming demand."
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Up until August, I had been with DirecTv for my video services and Comcast for my internet. I decided to investigate Comcast when the Xfinity service changes were announced in my area. I spoke with a Comcast sales representative and he assured me that when the TV portion of xfinity went live in my area that FSC HD was on the list.
Well here it is in November and still no FSC HD, in fact I cannot tell if there are any new HD channels in my area as of yet. I recently spoke with a Comcast representative about the timetable for the new xfinity HD channels and FSC HD and they had no idea if FSC HD would be part of the new channels and whether there would be any new channels coming anytime soon to my area.
I would not trust much of what you hear from any of the Comcast representatives. I feel that I was lied to and intentionally mislead regarding xfinity and FSC HD, the two of the reasons that I moved from DirecTV. Our choices as comcast subscribers are to wait for FSC HD, or other desired content, to appear one day or switch to a provider that listens. To rub salt in this wound, weeks after I switched DirecTV announced that they would add FSC HD.
So far, I think I've made a mistake.
I got told the EXACT same thing prior to my area having the World Of More/Calvary/Project Xfinity done in my area only to have Comcast reps turn on their word and say "well we never said that" when I called them out on FSC HD not being available. I've given up expecting Comcast to add the channel or HDNet for that matter since its apparent my "requests" are falling on deaf ears.
I asked about this 6 months+ ago too. I only really watch TV for the footie. Early Saturdays when ESPN spoil us with an HD Prem match make switching to FSC and getting low-def picture all the harder and sadder.
Father in law has had FSCHD on satellite for ages now, I'm sorely tempted to switch to his provider, yet I still hold out a little hope.....
Tennis Channel was probably easier to negotiate carriage rights on compared to FSC HD. Still no excuse that Comcast a year into the life of an HD network has only now gotten it up and running in one market. Especially for a company that brags in their ads about having the most HD choices including sports.
It is ridiculous that it is taking them so long. Now that the Red Zone channel is no longer active, I have cancelled my Sports Package. I am not going to pay to watch SD soccer, and the rest of the content in the package does not support the $8/month they are currently charging.
++1 for FSC HD!
Same for NFL Redzone, why is it not in HD? DISH Network has both FSC and NFLRZ in HD already.
RedZone seems to be on a per market basis in regards to HD availability. Not that it matters much right now since the channel is dead until September.
FSC in HD is not going to happen on Comcast. Look at how old this discussion is. I switched to directv last fall and bought a plasma tv on black friday.
Soccer in HD on this screen often brings me close to tears.
Find a Drctv customer, get a referral, and you both get $100 bucks off your bill. Go with a local installer and they give you even more free stuff. it's a no brainer.
Comcast just bought NBC.
It needs soccer fans even less now.
Take your money and your vuvuzela elsewhere.
Seriously. Why is this thread still active?
Any word on it?
I can see, other networks, like Cablevision, DirecTV, have it already.
There is even FSN HD in Spanish on Comcast, but not English.
I can see people all over the net demanding it and nothing happens.
C'mmon Comcast.
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I am not sure you are telling the truth - I have requested FSC in HD for over a year, by telephone calls, emails and a visit to my local store. And NADA!!! Even a threat to move to DTV did not generate a reply!!!
And please tell me which one to pick for feedback as your suggestion for customer feedback does not exist.
Yeah, I was expecting a comment from some Comcast person, not sending me to some worthless (as proven above) feedback.
The Comcast administrator on this forum has requested all channel requests to use that link. If we flagged your post for followup, he would tell you the same thing.
That is the official response we are to post for channel requests.
I just checked to make sure, I posted in English and I did.
We all KNOW, hundreds of people ARE requesting FSC in HD (Google it!).
All we want is some word from Comcast person, if FSC in HD will be available and eventually when.
It's that simple.
The Comcast Cares Team has been notified of your post.
We'll see how much they care....
I find this whole issue extra ridiculous for two additional reasons:
1. In English speaking country, FSC is availiable in HD in Spanish, but not in Ensglish.
2. When I'm watching EPL game, I can see a watermark, straight in my face, "HD Live"! I say where?
But the link does not exist..........................
Try the above link and see what happens
I've called Comcast repeatedly, sent multiple e-mails, Twittered and Facebooked to death yet a year later Comcast has not added FSC at all outside of New Mexico. Even more pathetic since this is a channel that's under the "sports and entertainment" package so for me to get FSC period means I need to subscribe to that. You would think seeing that one has to pay extra for FSC that the HD feed should be included.
Come on Comcast. Please add FSC HD. I'm tired of begging. I just want FSC in HD.
The vast majority of soccer fans including myself actually hates the vuvuzela. Just thought I'd pass that along.
If you Google the issue, you can see, that those demands go back at least couple of years ago and all we're getting in this topic is some "smart alek" asking us to beg again through some worthless link.
In case you are not aware of it most of the people here are customers like your self. Unless the username is in Red which is a official Comcast employee everyone else pays a bill just like you. And we have had our issues with stuff also so we came here looking for answers. Sometimes you get them, sometimes not.
As for the link we are begging you to go to, that comes from the official people, who are generally not watching every thread in this forum. And I am not even sure if they are allowed to, I know DirectTV used to forbid their employees to answer questions on their customer help forum until recently in any manner.
Sorry about the rant, but even though we understand your frustration, please try to relize that most of the people helping out here have no real control inside Comcast so it does get a little frustrating for us also.
And I have put in a request through that same link with no results. I have also had some issues with other parts of Comcast's website that I have talked directly to people at the regional headend for my system and still have seen no fixes on the issue with the Fancast site that I pointed out to them several months ago.
So one "smart alex" wishing you a Good Evening.
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I really didn't mean any ofense.
My comment was actually pointed at JayInAlg
I got upset, because as I said
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We all KNOW, hundreds of people ARE requesting FSC in HD (Google it!).
Yeah, I was expecting a comment from some Comcast person, not sending me to some worthless (as proven above) feedback.
So, using some link obviously does nothing toward solving the issue.
"The Comcast Cares Team has been notified of your post."
Do they care? I guess not.
Solving your request of FSC-HD is not in the scope of this forum, and we have been instructed to point you to those links for logging it in the proper place.
You shouldn't be getting upset with me, as I am pointing you in the right direction, as requested by the forum administrator, who is the only Comcast employee on this community forum.
I understand. Sometimes I just wonder how most companies in this country work at times. Didn't mean to start anything. Hopefully someday some of these things will get remedied (but personally I am not holding my breath).
"but personally I am not holding my breath"
Me neither and I have to admit, that Comcast must be pretty close to the top on the list of those hopeless companies.
@ JayInAlg
"as I am pointing you in the right direction"
I'd assume, you've been pointing people in that "right" direction for at least couple of years and it must be something "wrong" with that direction since nothing positive came out of it yet.
Lighten up, Demoman. What are you, a Chelsea fan? Sounds like you need HD AND a sense of humor.
Anyhoo, best of luck.
I hope you will forgive our skepticism - but we have been trying for over a year to get FSC in HD - even the Comcast employees we talk to have no idea. It's a bad way of doing business. All we need is an answer. If FSC want to much money for the service - tell us!
We are not able to disclose any content provider, channel or company we may be working with to offer content; however, we are aware there is a demand for FSC HD. In many areas we are still confined by bandwidth. The best method to share your concern is via the information Jay provided above.
I truly appreciate your reply.
One thing, that concerns me...
If there is a bandwith concern, how come, there is enough bandwidth (at least in my area) for FSC HD in Spanish, but not in English?
Are we becoming secondary citizens in our own country?
No offense toward Spanish speaking people meant.
To my knowledge there's no FSC HD in Spanish. There is however a Fox Sports Spanish channel. At least in my area its not available in HD but perhaps its available in HD in other markets. As far as bandwidth from what I gather my area's system still has about 20% available which means more then enough room to get FSC HD added.
(Along with HDNet since Minneapolis has it... come on St. Paul deserves it too)
Actually I'm a MLS fan.... and I still can hear those horns in my nightmares at night.
It's not just Fox Soccer but GolTV. The games are broadcast in HD but we receive it in SD. The picture is cut off on the right and left plus the bigger the TV, the worse the picture. Nothing more frustrating than the ball being just off screen because it is in SD. That plus the fact that you can't even read the numbers on the back of the kit.
I think it might be time to cancel the sports package as a first step.
But the good news is that Food Network is in HD. Seriously, what is that about???
Well I found my way here after Googling, since I am so frustrated that the awesome AC Milan vs Tottenham game this afternoon will not be available in HD on FSC. Ironically, another UEFA game is available on Comcast's own Sportnet channel in HD...
Clearly we will never seen the full story on this forum - probably there is a money issue between Fox and Comcast.
I followed the link above to formalize my own request, but that's really only a form for commenting on the comcast.com website itself. I doubt it will have any impact.
My own bet is that FSC in HD will come to Comcast as soon as FIOS offers it (if ever).
What is (where is ) Comcast's own Sportsnet channel?
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In my area it is channels 52 and 852 (HD)
Comcast SportsNet is another regional based sports network available in some markets. Its usually in areas where Fox Sports Net isn't available in. Often times some of the nationally televised games on the FSN channels are also on the CSN channels as well (ie: UEFA games).
In other words Comcast you better dang well add FSC HD by MLS opening weekend.
I've got 4 more months on my contract with Comcast. If my FSC is still in standard def at that point I'm off to satellite. It's that simple. I've been waiting 3 years and I'm certainly not the only FSC subscriber wondering What the hec is taking so long.
I'm glad, someone revived this topic
I had an idea to keep this topic running and keep asking very same question over and over until we'll get some results.
Isn't it: "Customer is always right"?
We'll see if Comcast cares, or not.
Some "smart alek" stated in this topic earlier, that they do.
I am in that frame of mind also - I have 5 months left on a two year contract - I will move
I frequent several big internet forums and I posted following message on them, inviting people to give their support in this very topic.
This is the message:
"I love soccer and as you know, there is nothing better than a soccer in HD.
Comcast has Fox Soccer Channel, but it's delivered in standard definition.
Demands for getting FSC in HD have been floating over the net for quite some time, so I decided to start a small campaign on the subject at Comcast forum.
If you're a soccer fan and you're a Comcast customer, please voice your opinion at I want Fox Soccer Channel in HD!
Let's see, if Comcast cares."
Whoever cares, please, do the same.
When this topic will balloon, hopefully it'll put some more pressure on Comast and....we'll see.
Great news for those in Philly. On April 12th both Fox Soccer HD and GolTV HD will be availble on channels 1512 and 1513. That makes Philly the second market to get Fox Soccer HD with Albuquerque, NM being the first. Hopefully with Philly getting the channel that means other markers are on the verge of getting it added soon as well.
I'm not sure what the scoop is with Albuquerque, but Philadelphia just became the first market to get the latest increase in HD channels. Markets that got the World Of More upgrade went from around 35 to around 100 HD channels. Philadelphia just went from 100 to around 140. That increased capacity enabled Comcast to bring them FSC HD.
I'm not sure if other markets must receive this latest upgrade before getting the channel. Given that my market only recently received the World Of More upgrade, if things go at the same pace then I'd venture my area won't get this latest one until late 2012 or early 2013.
Well to be honest Philly is also dropping the west coast HD feeds for the movie channels the same day they are getting channels such as FSC HD. Plus from my understanding at least my market (St. Paul) still has room to spare to add more HD channels so FSC HD can still be added.
It would be nice too watch the EPL and Serie A in HD! Also the champions league games
GOLTV HD would be a nice little addtion to as I'm watching more and more of La Liga.
With the SD.
Once the season is over I'm thinking of dropping the sports package and not picking it back up until HD channels are added. I usually keep the sports package and watch the other programming on the soccer channels. But not this time as I missed games this season since they were on FSC+ which Comcast doesn't even have either.


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Guor Marial shows up for an interview at the Olympic village dressed in jeans and a polo shirt purchased from Target. He trains in old gear from Iowa State University. He will run the marathon Sunday in shoes purchased online.
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Amalthea is Just a Pile of Icy Rubble.
By studying data gathered by NASA's Galileo spacecraft, researchers have come to the conclusion that Amalthea, one of Jupiter's moons, is probably just a jumble of icy rubble, held together by gravity. scientists originally believed it was made of rock, but Galileo helped to discover that its density is actually lower than water. It probably formed further out in the solar system, but was then captured into a stable orbit by Jupiter's immense gravity.
scientists studying data from NASA's Galileo spacecraft have found that Jupiter's Moon Amalthea is a pile of icy rubble less dense than water. scientists expected moons closer to the planet to be rocky and not icy. The finding shakes up long-held theories of how moons form around giant planets.
"I was expecting a body made up mostly of rock. An icy component in a body orbiting so close to Jupiter was a surprise," said Dr. John D. Anderson, an Astronomer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Anderson is lead author of a paper on the findings that appears in the current issue of the journal Science.
"This gives us important information on how Jupiter formed, and by implication, how the solar system formed," Anderson said.
Current models imply that temperatures were high at Amalthea's current position when Jupiter's moons formed, but this is inconsistent with Amalthea being icy. The findings suggest that Amalthea formed in a colder environment. One possibility is that it formed later than the major moons. Another is that the Moon formed farther from Jupiter, either beyond the orbit of Jupiter's Moon Europa or in the Solar nebula at or beyond Jupiter's position. It would have then been transported or captured in its current orbit around Jupiter. Either of these explanations challenges models of Moon formation around giant planets.
"Amalthea is throwing us a curve ball," said Dr. Torrence Johnson, co-author and project scientist for the Galileo mission at JPL. "Its density is well below that of water ice, and even with substantial porosity, Amalthea probably contains a lot of water ice, as well as rock." Analysis of density, volume, shape and internal gravitational stresses lead the scientists to conclude that Amalthea is not only porous with internal empty spaces but also contains substantial water ice.
One model for the formation of Jupiter's moons suggests that moons closer to the planet would be made of denser material than those farther out. That is based on a theory that early Jupiter, like a weaker version of the early Sun, would have emitted enough heat to prevent volatile, low-density material from condensing and being incorporated into the closer moons. Jupiter's four largest moons fit this model, with the innermost of them, Io, also the densest, made mainly of rock and iron.
Amalthea is a small red-tinted Moon that measures about 168 miles in length and half that in width. It orbits about 181,000 kilometers (112,468 miles) from Jupiter, considerably closer than the Moon orbits Earth. Galileo passed within about 99 miles of Amalthea on Nov. 5, 2002. Galileo's flyby of Amalthea brought the spacecraft closer to Jupiter than at any other time since it began orbiting the giant planet on Dec. 7, 1995. After more than 30 close encounters with Jupiter's four largest moons, the Amalthea flyby was the last Moon flyby for Galileo.
The Galileo spacecraft's 14-year odyssey came to an end on Sept. 21, 2003. JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, managed the Galileo mission for NASA.
Additional information about the mission is available online at: http://galileo.jpl.nasa.gov/.
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Glyphosate-resistant horseweed has now been identified in almost every Delta county in Arkansas. Horseweed and other difficult-to-control weeds — such as eastern black nightshade, pokesalad, common ragweed, giant ragweed and ryegrass — are making for some hard decisions early in the growing season.
If horseweed is not controlled on the front end with a good burndown program, then there are few good options to come back with postemergence in soybeans and cotton.
Most burn-down programs for horseweed begin in late February or early March. University of Arkansas research and the work of others have shown that a tank-mix of 8 ounces per acre of dicamba herbicide with glyphosate is best for control of this weed. From an economic standpoint, glyphosate is in the mix to control other weeds at burn-down. This tank-mix is also effective on cutleaf eveningprimrose and other tough broadleaf weeds.
My second option is to substitute 1 quart per acre of 2,4-D for the dicamba. It is typically less than $1 per acre cheaper, but it can work if everything is right.
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Other products just do not perform as well as dicamba and 2,4-D on emerged horseweed; you need to get them the first try.
Burn-down treatments with dicamba need to go out an absolute minimum of 14 days prior to planting soybeans and and 21 days prior to planting cotton. These dates assume at least 1 inch of rainfall.
So, the way the plant-back interval works is you spray your burn-down, then wait until you get a rain, then start counting. After 14 days with dicamba you can plant your soybeans.
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The Energy Report: You publish the Big Picture Speculator. What does that title imply?Jim Letourneau: I believe the macro context is often more important than the details about an individual company. I read a broad range of material every day that helps me form my views, and one of my best skills is putting together the big picture and connecting the dots for audiences. A recent example of my method is my coverage of the natural gas sector, which focused on how the abundant supply of natural gas has led to a complete shift in the types of companies that people should be following. Rather than natural gas producers, investors should find companies that are consuming natural gas, like Methanex Corp. (MEOH:NASDAQ; MX:TSX; METHANEX:SSE), Westport Innovations Inc. (WPT:TSX) or Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (CLNE:NASDAQ). These companies are in great shape because their costs are significantly lower. That's a huge big-picture shift, but people get bogged down in all of the debates about fracking and other controversies. The bottom line is the U.S. now has the cheapest natural gas in the world, and that's not a horrible problem to have. When I talk to technical people, we just look at each other and think this is a miracle. No one saw this coming.TER: As a geologist, how does your technical knowledge shape your investment decisions? What do you look for in potential investment opportunities?JL: Technical knowledge includes pluses and minuses. In general, the types of companies I look for are usually going to have a market cap of under $100 million (M) and for me to get excited about them, they have to have the potential to surmount that $1 billion (B) market cap. So there's a potential tenbagger upside in them, if everything pans out. That potential could be in the form of a new technology backed by a critical management team or a higher-quality mineral property. Either way, management teams are critical for these types of things to play out.TER: How far down in market cap do you go when considering investments?JL: Sometimes I go down too far, but I think $50M is better than $5M. While you can argue that it's easier for a $5M market-cap company to go to $50M, your odds start to dwindle. It's a matter of finding that balance point. Obviously, it's nicer to buy a company cheap and have it grow into something bigger, but the company is usually cheap for a reason. I don't want to have to write about 50 companies a year that didn't quite make it. I'd rather go up the food chain a little bit and follow ones that are going to survive, and whose progress we can track year by year.TER: You spoke at the Cambridge House Energy and Resource Investment Conference in Calgary on March 30 and 31. What subjects did you cover?JL: My keynote talk was called "Making Money Using Commodity and Hype Cycles." I overlayed two kinds of cycles: The commodity cycle is a longer cycle that we've been in for over 10 years now. Hype cycles refer to heightened public awareness of a new technology or a particular element on the periodic table that hasn't been speculated on yet. A recent example would be graphite. Uranium is another really good example of a hype cycle; there was a huge amount of interest about eight years ago and hundreds of companies were formed. Investors were making lots of money with uranium stocks. Then it all withered away. There is still opportunity because some of those companies are still around and advancing their businesses. I also did a workshop called "How to Find Billion-Dollar Companies," where I mentioned some of the companies I like that have market caps near $100M with the blue-sky potential to get up to the $1B level.TER: What do you think the potential is on a percentage-wise basis of finding billion-dollar companies?JL: The odds are challenging. This is more speculative and it's much higher risk than a nice dividend-paying stock with cash flow. These companies have lower market caps for a reason; there is either skepticism about the technology or a lot of competition. We don't need 100 new rare earth mines, but maybe we have 100 rare earth companies. So which companies are going to win that race? It's a bit like horse racing; you pick your favorites. The odds are you're not going to win on every one of them.TER: For a company to get to a $1B market cap these days is probably going to involve some acquisitions and consolidations, unless it really has some amazing property or technology.JL: That's very true. Sometimes companies just lay it out and if you can see that it can get the sales and the trajectory, it is certainly possible, and it does happen. It's a challenge, and that's what we're looking for. The other important part of the stock-picking process is the timeframe. The commodity cycle has a long-term timeframe, whereas the hype cycles can be pretty brief. Eventually, the market turns and the interest goes away. The challenge for these companies, if they have something real, is to keep moving the project forward until the next hype cycle comes around, when people get really interested again. If you're investing in equities related to commodities, you're speculating both in the market and on commodities. Sometimes you can have the right commodity, but the company you pick doesn't follow that commodity's price performance very well.TER: Can you point to any companies you've seen in the last few years that have turned out that way?JL: There are a few. To be honest, the other part of this strategy is that for every company that I talk about and like, there are probably 100 that I don't. There's a lot of screening and filtering to get rid of the ones that don't have the potential. One company that I like right now is a biotech that I think we're at a triple on right now called biOasis Technologies Inc. (BTI:TSX.V). It has a protein that can cross the blood-brain barrier. Therapeutic molecules can be conjugated to this protein, allowing it to cross the blood-brain barrier. This can dramatically increase an existing drug's effectiveness. That's one. We found it under $0.50, and now it's in the $1.401.50 range.DNI Metals Inc. (DNI:TSX.V; DG7:FSE) has also performed really well. While it's down now, it had gone from around $0.20 to more than $0.60. I like it because it's pushing the frontiers a little bit. It has a very large, black shale metal deposit in northeastern Alberta, a bit north of the oil sands. Historically, very few geologists studied shales, but they've become more popular now because of shale oil and gas. The Alberta Geological Survey has done numerous studies going back to the early 1990s that mention an anomalous metal content in the Second White Speckled Shale. The grades are really low, but the deposits are very extensive. There are huge resources in place containing a whole cocktail of meterials, including rare earths, nickel, iron, vanadium, uranium, zinc, copper, cobalt and molybdenum. It's almost a conceptual play in some ways. Although the grades are not stellar, they are a little bit higher than we'd expect anywhere else. So it's a resource-in-place story, but it's also a technology story because we've seen other industries dealing with a low-grade resource that suddenly become economic plays because of technological breakthroughs. The best example of that is probably shale gas, where people knew for a long time that there was gas in these shales, but nobody was really making any money from them. New technology comes along, and suddenly these shale deposits are worth a lot of money. For DNI Metals, the challenge is how to get the metals out and make money doing it. The best method to extract these metals is pointing to a technology called bioleaching, which is being used by a company called Talvivaara Mining Co. Plc. (TALV:LSE) in Finland. That's the exciting part that's pushing the frontiers.TER: Are these metals pretty much disseminated throughout this whole deposit, or are certain metals concentrated in certain areas?JL: The metals are widely disseminated within a fairly uniform and consistent material. That makes it similar to coal or potash mining, where the ore bodies are tabular in shape. They may not be exciting, but at least you know what to expect and you can plan very large operations around that.TER: With bioleaching, is in situ recovery (ISR) an option?JL: There may be some way to use ISR, but the bioleaching at Talvivaara involves actually digging it up, piling it onto pads and leaching it by letting the bugs do their work and make acid. But there may be a way to apply in-situ technology in the upper zone. Bioleaching in heaps seems to be the approach with the most potential at the moment. The value of the minerals in this shale is probably $40 per ton (/t). Extracting the metals for less than $30/t is the challenge. No one's done it before, so there's a lot of skepticism. I think a really big mining company would eventually take interest in this because it's the kind of project that, if it can get up and running, has a life-of-mine potential of over 100 years.TER: You mentioned uranium earlier. Despite Fukushima, people are realizing that nuclear is here to stay and one of our best sources of energy generation for the foreseeable future. Is there still life after its hype cycle has ended?JL: I think uranium's future is very bright and it is a critical part of the world's energy matrix. We can't really afford to just turn it off. There actually are a lot of benefits to using it. In terms of the actual price of uranium, the market may not be as excited about it yet, but Russia said it will not renew its supply agreement with the U.S. so analysts are anticipating shortages starting in 2013, which isn't that far away.TER: What other companies would you like to comment on?JL: I like the uranium companies that use ISR technology. The main plays I've been considering are either in Wyoming or Texas, where you don't get the really high grades that you find in the Athabasca Basin. There were hundreds of uranium explorers in the Athabasca Basin and the only one that's really been successful for investors was Hathor Exploration Ltd., which was recently acquired by Rio Tinto (RIO:NYSE; RIO:ASX). With an ISR uranium project, you have a degree of certainty that a company will actually be able to build the mine and get it into production. There are three companies in that space that I like. Going from the smallest market cap to the biggest, there is Ur-Energy Inc. (URE:TSX; URG:NYSE.A), in Wyoming. It's on track to be a producer very soon with expected permitting for its Lost Creek mine early this summer. Then it will be able to get its mine into production probably within six months.Uranerz Energy Corp. (URZ:TSX; URZ:NYSE.A) is a similar company in Wyoming. It has actually started its mine construction and is looking to start producing 600800 thousand pounds (Klb) uranium/year very shortly. Both are very near-term production stories. The last one, Uranium Energy Corp. (UEC:NYSE.A), is currently producing in Texas. It has an inventory of projects coming online and the company announced property acquisitions in Paraguay and Arizona earlier this year. These are all companies with uranium resources that, once their facilities are built, enable extremely long production runs. Typically, they'll have a centralized uranium processing plant and all of the mines around it will be satellite projects. I also like Energy Fuels Inc. (EFR:TSX); it has near-term production potential and also intends to build a uranium mill in Piñon Ridge, Colorado. The challenge for all of these companies has been permitting. The various U.S. government regulatory bodies didn't really have anyone qualified to evaluate ISR projects because there haven't been any new ones developed for decades. The absence of a competent regulatory structure has slowed down progress on getting these mines built. These companies have typically spent a year or two longer than they expected on the regulatory process; it's not a reflection of any gaps in the quality of their projects.TER: At least the regulators are willing to permit these operations, which apparently was quite a problem for a while.JL: That's a very good point. These are viable, useful industries with quite good safety records and low environmental impact. Again, I like to talk about the big picture.TER: What sort of capital costs do these uranium ISR projects have?JL: There's a range, but the costs are usually $2030/lb. But these companies are pretty comfortable that they can eke out a living at the current uranium price, which is not going to encourage a whole bunch of new projects to come along. They're anticipating higher longer-term prices, which should make them quite profitable.TER: Do you have any thoughts on the current gold market?JL: I just tell people to look at a 12-year gold chart. Gold is probably the best-performing investment product over that timeframe. I personally don't think gold has that critical a role in the monetary supply, but it is a place to preserve wealth and look for protection. This recent consolidation pullback is probably an opportunity, but people need to remember that bull markets don't last forever. However, gold still has legs right now, and the trend is your friend.TER: Looking at the "big picture," what do you suggest people do to figure out how they should invest their money these days?JL: Investors have to do their research and be informed. We are in dangerous times. A lot of assets are correlated so it's hard to find safety. Sometimes maybe the best safety is not even being in the market, which I hate to say. I like finding good companies that are going to grow into viable businesses. But the markets are not kind, and we've seen what can happen when the flow of capital gets turned off. The valuations of publicly traded companies, big and small, in all sectors, tend to drop in unison, even precious metals prices. It's important to be mindful of the downside. I look for upside opportunities because I'm an optimist and I assume that life will go on. We do have some structural issues in the financial system. If that breaks down, you really don't want to own anything that's not tangible. That's the strongest investment thesis for owning hard assets. That doesn't mean owning shares in a hard asset company; that means owning the physical hard asset. If you own a car, a house or some gold, those things will still be around no matter what happens to the money supply and currency valuations. The monetary system is a wild card, and that's the thing that keeps everybody nervous. We can make informed guesses, but nobody really knows how that's going to play out.TER: We appreciate your time and input today.JL: My pleasure.Jim Letourneau is the founder and editor of the Big Picture Speculator and is a professional registered geologist living in Calgary, Alberta. He has over 20 years of experience in the oil and gas sector. Want to read more exclusive Energy Report interviews like this? Sign up for our free e-newsletter, and you'll learn when new articles have been published. To see a list of recent interviews with industry analysts and commentators, visit our Exclusive Interviews page.DISCLOSURE: 1) Zig Lambo of The Energy Report conducted this interview. He personally and/or his family own shares of the following companies mentioned in this interview: None. 2) The following companies mentioned in the interview are sponsors of The Energy Report or The Gold Report: DNI Metals Inc., Uranium Energy Corp., Ur-Energy Inc., Uranerz Energy Corp. and Energy Fuels Inc. Streetwise Reports does not accept stock in exchange for services. 3) Jim Letourneau: I personally and/or my family own shares of the following companies mentioned in this interview: biOasis Technologies Inc. and DNI Metals Inc. I personally and/or my family am paid by the following companies mentioned in this interview: I am on the Advisory Committee of DNI Metals. I was not paid by Streetwise for participating in this story.
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Re: New York Comic Con 2011 Private Photo Shoots
Holy Cow! These photographs are absolutely amazing! I mean, the costumes are absolutely mind blowing, but I think the composition, posing and lighting of the photos really capture the essence of the costumes. The photographer really made these cosplayers shine! I certainly hope that my first cosplay costume turns out just as nice. Although these cosplayers appear to be a tad more seasoned than myself. Tell me, would you guys recommend prescription colored lenses to complete a costume? Just curious! ;P
Hopefully the tips I found in another thread will help me out. Anyhoo, rockin' stuff. Any chance they'll be at the next New York Comic Con?
Hopefully the tips I found in another thread will help me out. Anyhoo, rockin' stuff. Any chance they'll be at the next New York Comic Con?
Cosplay Kitteh. :3
Re: New York Comic Con 2011 Private Photo Shoots
Just wanted to comment, the costumes are mind blowing and the photography is amazing !
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On a steamy, drizzly morning, my friend Alejandra Cisneros leads us on a narrow dirt path through the flooded rice fields.
A few yards away, a dozen ducks march single file across a dirt berm, tails twitching, looking very businesslike. Local farmers hire the trained ducks to eat pests and clean the recently harvested fields, Cisneros explains, as we settle on the bamboo deck of Sari Organik, an organic restaurant.
These carefully terraced rice fields and the surrounding rivers are sacred grounds for the Balinese, an integral part of the spiritual soup that attracts mystics, seekers and legions of yoga teachers to Ubud.
Ubud (pronounced OO-bood) is where "Eat Pray Love" author Elizabeth Gilbert famously found love, making the jungle-covered town a sort of mecca for divorced women. Promotional photos for the movie version of Gilbert's book, in theaters Friday, show a blissful Julia Roberts bicycling through rice fields not far from our breakfast spot.
From LAX, connecting service (change of plane) to the Denpasar airport, about 15 miles from Ubud, is offered on China, Korean, Cathay Pacific, Singapore, Eva, Thai and Malaysia Airlines. Restricted round-trip fares begin at $840.
"People are very concerned about the movie coming out," said Cisneros, as she raised her arm above her head, trying to get phone reception in the rice field.
Cisneros, a California native, has seen a steady increase in the number of suburban refugees in Ubud since she moved here in 2004, long before the "Eat Pray Love" phenomenon.
"Something happened a few years ago," she said. "It was no longer that adventurous to go to Ubud."
Some Ubud locals call the book, which has sold 7 million copies, "Eat Pray Gag." Many dispute the extent of its impact on tourism, but it's not hard to spot women of a certain age in town, hopping between spas and meditation seminars.
At Naughty Nuri's, a roadside bar outside town where travelers gather on picnic benches to drink martinis and eat slabs of barbecued ribs, a sign on the wall announces, "Eat, Pay, Leave." (It's posted next to a framed article quoting Anthony Bourdain praising the martinis.)
In fact, Ubud has lured searchers and wanderers for generations, long before Gilbert's odyssey. In the early part of the 20th century, Westerners such as artist Walter Spies and writer Noel Coward made the trek, looking for their own forms of inspiration in the lush hillsides.
Today the center of Ubud bustles with scooters and minibuses shuttling visitors from the local hotels. Streets are lined with designer jewelry shops, art galleries, clothing boutiques, yoga schools and readily available ATMs. It's rumored that Starbucks may be moving in.
Not long ago a barbecue stand specializing in duck was considered one of the best local restaurants. Now there are rows of pleasant open-air bistros with expansive ( English) menus offering a variety of "contemporary Balinese and Asian specialties."
During our stay in May, locals were debating the merits of a new restaurant, Clear Cafe, which features an ultracontemporary design with white stone and sedate mood lighting. "It could be in San Francisco," sniffed one British expat. "It has nothing to do with Ubud."
In many ways, Ubud is a blur of contrasts. Not far from the center of town, the hills are filled with luxurious villas and high-end resorts with expansive infinity pools. But there are still Javanese teak bungalows for rent in the rice fields, providing a simple (un-air conditioned) Bali experience for less than $30 a night.
My wife, Lietza, and I stayed at the Hotel Tjampuhan, an 82-year-old hotel with lineage to Bali's royal family, a short walk from the center of town. Moss-covered carved stones and jungle flowers cover the hotel's steep hillside, which drops off to the Tjampuhan River.
Our room, which cost about $100 a night, was at the bottom of the gorge, making every journey to the lobby a sweaty hike up stone steps. But at night the room was quiet, except for the sound of the river and the unknown critters scampering on the ceiling.
In many ways, connecting to nature is an essential part of the Ubud experience. Balinese practice a form of Hinduism steeped in harmony with the elements. It powers all aspects of their lives, from the arrangement of living quarters to the daily offerings at every shrine and temple.
For tourists, the streets and hillsides around Ubud are dotted with spas and retreats, each offering its own form of healing, enlightenment and/or cleansing. In Penestanan, a village in the rice fields, accessible only by trails, the community bulletin board is covered with notices for yoga sessions, cooking classes and aromatherapy treatments.
Compared with most tourist spots, a nurturing experience in Ubud is a bargain, which is why many Ubud visitors quickly sink into a daily sloth of hot body rubs and banana wraps. Beautiful spas set in serene jungle environments charge $10 to $30 for treatments that would cost hundreds at a Palm Springs resort.
Lietza decided to stick to the hotel's spa, a grotto of carved stone with open-air treatment rooms overlooking the river. A 90-minute body scrub and massage session cost $33, which we were assured was extravagant, by local standards.
In almost every way, Ubud is a deal (except for alcohol, which is expensive because of a new tax). Without wine, dinner for two in a garden restaurant with fresh seafood and a chef willing to experiment with sauces can easily be found for $20. It cost us $3 to have a large bag of clothes washed and crisply folded at one of many spots on the main street offering laundry service.
To get around, we hired a driver for about $30 a day. His name was Wayan, which is not unusual — Wayan is one of four names used by most adults in Bali. (The names are based on birth order; Wayan is usually the first born.)
Our Wayan was a new father in his late 20s, who often showed up wearing a cockeyed yellow-and-red baseball cap and wide black-rimmed glasses that went out of style with George Burns. He wasn't much of a tour guide — he handed us a book whenever we asked a tough question — but he always appeared on time, with a wide smile.
The biggest tourist attraction in Ubud is the Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary, not far from the center of town, where pampered long-tailed macaques scamper the grounds working tourists for snacks.
Like many sites around Ubud, the monkey forest is a place of spirituality and worship for the Balinese, not a simple theme park. Once past the gantlet of squealing crowds, the trail leads through the dense forest to ancient temples paying tribute to an array of mischievous demons, known as barongs, which the Balinese believe inhabit the forest.
At Cisneros' suggestion, we bypassed some of the larger temples on Bali and instead visited Gunung Kawi, about 15 miles from Ubud. Wayan led us down the stone steps through a landscape of jungle and terraced rice fields to the bottom of the gorge, where huge monuments to Bali royalty were chiseled out of the stone peaks in the 11th century.
Another afternoon we visited Goa Gajah, a 10-minute drive from Ubud, a dramatic example of Bali's early connection to Buddhism. The centerpiece of the site is a stone cave with an ornate carved entrance depicting the mouth of an angry spirit.
Outside the cave, an ancient stooped man eagerly urged us to follow him down stone steps to a pile of huge rocks in a narrow ravine. Looking closer, we realized the boulders were the remains of an ancient Buddha, which had been lying in state for a thousand years.
When we weren't temple-hopping, Lietza was shopping. Outside the galleries and trinket shops of Ubud, many of the villages in the area offer their own specialties. Pengosekan is known for intricate baskets made of palm fronds; Sukawati is famous for leather puppets and gold-leaf fabrics.
One day Lietza grabbed Wayan and headed for Celuk, a village clearly geared for tourist groups, complete with demonstrations of artisanship and what Lietza recognized as inflated tourist prices.
When she complained, Wayan quickly took her around the corner to a less-traveled, smaller shop. She bought a pendant with a mother of pearl bas-relief image of a hummingbird, encased in sterling, for $20, one of her favorite finds of the trip.
While she shopped I settled into Tutmak, an open-air coffee shop in the center of town with comfy pillows, free WiFi and an assortment of international newspapers. In one corner an elderly Scandinavian couple studied Bali maps; nearby two Indian women hovered over a laptop, working on a flier for an Ubud yoga studio.
Tutmak is one of several gathering spots for expats in Ubud, which remains remarkably free of raucous bars and discos. At night there is little to do except hunker down in the restaurants or join the tourists for the traditional Balinese dance performances in the temples.
One night we met a half-dozen expats on the rooftop deck of an Italian restaurant, Black Beach, near the center of town. It was movie night; a TV at one end of the deck showed a DVD of a film by Italian director Luchino Visconti.
The covered patio appeared to be the highest point in Ubud, offering a cool breeze and wide views of the lush landscape. But as the movie began the sky darkened, the humidity rose and the air grew sticky.
A few minutes later a squall hit, pelting the deck with heavy rain, ensuring no one was in a hurry to leave. As we silently ate our pizza and watched the Italian movie unfold, the rain pounding on the roof, there was a sense of convergence and harmony, and for a moment the demons of Ubud were at bay.


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Taylor Swift, Luke Bryan + More Highlight CMA Music Fest Performances – Pictures
Luke Bryan jumped into the crowd to rub against his fans, Taylor Swift joined Tim McGraw and Keith Urban and Zac Brown Band stood next to Kenny Rogers and Kid Rock. There were no shortage of surprises during Thursday's (June 6) 2013 CMA Music Festival concert at LP Field in Nashville.
Pictures from the nearly-sold out event prove that the unexpected was the only thing to be expected. Each artist performed a shortened set during a star-studded evening in Music City.
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Marvel's The Avengers set a new domestic speed record yesterday, May 17th, reaching the $400 million box office threshold in just 14 days. The previous record of 18 days was held by The Dark Knight.
Worldwide, "The Avengers" has passed Toy Story 3 and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest to become the #6 highest-grossing film of all time and the highest-grossing Disney release ever. Internationally it is currently the #9 highest-grossing film of all time.
"The Avengers" added $10.6 million internationally and $6.2 million domestically for a Thursday total of $16.8 million. The film has earned $668.7 million overseas and $402 million in North America for a global total of $1.070 billion.