THE PAINTED PIGS FRIDAY MORNING FRYERS

THE PIG SAYS ITS HOT OUTSIDE. IS THIS WHAT THEY CALL THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER ?

SUCKS TO BE A DOG THEN, CAUSE WE PIGS ALWAYS SWEAT AND THE SWEET SUMMER HEAT IS A WELCOME PHENOMENA. LOTS OF HEAT IN THE MARKETS TODAY, AND THE SENTIMENT SEEMS TO BE HIGH. WHICH IS AN ODD THING FOR THE SUMMERTIME, AND THE STOCK MARKET.....USUALLY IN SUMMER.........ITS WHEN THE HUMANS HIT THE BEACH, THE FARMER HITS THE HAY, AND THE PIG HITS THE STY TO STAY COOL. 

ON WITH THE SHOW.....

http://advisorshares.com/

(FOR THOSE THAT WANT INFO ON ETF'S-OR ON FNDM )

WATCH FOR FNDM BUYING TO INCREASE AGAIN TOMORROW IN ADVANCE OF NEWS. OVER A MILLION SHARES TRADED AND UP 10% ON THE DAY WITH .15 AS THE HIGH. THIS IS GREAT BECAUSE THE HIGHER THE SET BASELINE GOES THE HIGHER THE LAUNCH PAD ON DAY ONE OF THE MOVE. THE PIG LIKES .40 TO .50 LEVEL AS A FIRST ESTABLISHED RESISTANCE AREA.

TWO BUYING GROUPS ARE REPORTED TO BE INCOMING FRIDAY IN ADVANCE OF VERY SIGNIFICANT NEWS FROM A MAJOR US BANK.

 

AMZ.V..TOP SCANNER OF THE NIGHT !

THIS PIGLETS BEEN IN THE TOP 10, 15 OR 20 FOR 3 MONTHS. THAT TELLS THE PIG THERE'S UNDERLYING STRENGTH, THAT TELLS THE PIG THERE'S FIRE TO THAT BILLION DOLLAR DEPOSIT RUMOUR. THE PIG HAS BEEN WATCHING IT CLOSELY. IT NOW MAY BE TIME TO MOVE ON IT.

 













IZN.V...PUCKER UP PIGGY YOUR ABOUT TO BE KISSED. NUMBER TWO ON THE NIGHT AND STRONG NUMBERS EVERY WHERE AND IN EVERY SECTOR !MAKE THIS A NICE PIGLET TO OWN. THE PIG WILL BE LOOKING AT GETTING A FEW IN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO...PROVIDED LIQUIDITY IS THERE......YOU KNOW THE RULE

LGD.V...ANOTHER PIGLET THAT'S BEEN HANGING AROUND THE TOP 25 FOR SOME TIME. A PIG PREVIOUS PICK AND ONE THAT'S BEEN IN ACCUMULATION MODE FOR 2 SOLID MONTHS. SCANNED TOP 3 TONIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE JULY 2. BUT ITS NOT IN THE OP 3 OR 5 OR EVEN 10 BECAUSEOF LIQUIDITY ISSUES, WE NEED LIQUIDITY TOM TRADE. PATIENCE IS ONE THING, LIQUIDITY IS A CLOSE SECOND IN OUR BUSINESS.GET LIQUIDITY AND GET SOME SHARES.....

THE PIGS SOFTWARE OF THE WEEK....
(FREE TOO)


http://www.jingproject.com/

Copper May Rise Next Week as Commodities Attract More Money, Survey Shows

By Anna Stablum - Jul 29, 2010 5:01 PM MDT Thu Jul 29 23:01:00 UTC 2010

A shopper looks at copper fittings for pipes at a Home Depot store in Atlanta. 

Photographer: Chris Rank/Bloomberg 

Copper, up 11 percent this month in London, may rise next week as investors allot more money to commodities, according to a survey.
Eleven of 21 analysts, investors and traders surveyed by Bloomberg, or 52 percent, said the metal will gain next week. Eight predicted lower prices and two forecast little change. Copper for delivery in three months was up 3.2 percent for this week at $7,255 a metric ton on the London Metal Exchange at 3:45 p.m. yesterday.
Hedge funds and other large speculators boosted their net- long position, or bets on higher prices, for New York copper futures to 3,915 contracts as of July 20 from 2,862 contracts on June 29, according to U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission data. Investors put $15.4 billion of new money into raw materials in the second quarter, up from the prior three months, Barclays Capital said July 16.
“We would not be surprised to see fresh money hitting commodities as we head into August, given the rally seen so far in July,” Randy North, a trader at RBC Capital Markets in London, wrote in a report yesterday. “This buying, in turn, will likely trigger further technically driven buying.”
The red bars on the attached chart are derived by subtracting bearish forecasts from bullish estimates, with readings below zero signaling the majority of respondents expect a decline. The green line shows the copper price. The survey data shown are as of July 23.
The weekly copper survey has forecast prices accurately in 47 of the past 97 weeks, or 48 percent





THE PIG FOUND A RALLY GOOD SITE FOR THE NOVICES OUT THERE. IT EXPLAINS A TON OF THINGS ON JUNIOR MINING, TERMINOLOGY, ASSAYING......ETC. CHECK IT OUT ! CLICK THE MENUS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL STOCK PORTFOLIOS. GOOD STUFF !!






http://cjrs.ca/

FNDM-ALERT

 THE PIG CALLED THE IR DEPARTMENT THIS MORNING.......

Keep an eye on FNDM because........trust me the news thats coming will shake the financial community in New York. BNY(Bank of New York) handles trillions in funds and todays news shows the new alliance link formed. As well we are waiting on the news on a very large (yes very large)  commitment as a sign of good faith from BNY to start of this new relationship. Check out the chart, do some DD you will be very happy by this time next week.

THE PIG WAS IN YESTERDAY AT .10....ITS SEEN A HIGH OF .15 AND IS TRADING AT .12 NOW. THE PIG EXPECTS A BASE ION THE HIGH TEENS TO FORM BEFORE NEWS GIVING A DECENT SIZE LAUNCH AND PROFIT TO THOSE IN EARLY.

MTB.V ALERT

Mountain Boy Minerals Ltd.: Drilling Continues to Extend High Grade Gold Zone Beneath Historic Dunwell Mine Workings 
 




STEWART, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - July 29, 2010) - Mountain Boy Minerals Ltd. ("Mountain Boy" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:MTB) reports that recent drilling at its wholly owned Dunwell Gold Mine continues to expand the previously announced discovery zone. Assay results have been received for the commencement of the 2nd phase drill program. The primary purpose of the 2010 drill program has been to test the potential for depth extensions to the known Dunwell gold-silver mineralization.


The Dunwell Gold Mine is a former producing gold mine, located 7.5 kilometres northeast of Stewart BC, 2 kilometres off paved highway 37A. The property has excellent infrastructure being at a low elevation allowing for exploration year round.


To date, a total of 8 holes have been completed on the 2nd phase drill program, from 2 panels located 40 and 60 metres north of the previously announced discovery holes. Drilling is testing approximately 150 metres below the lowest underground workings. Significant results from one of the holes are as follows:



--------------------------------------------------------------------------
             From      To   Length                                        
DDH No.        (m)     (m)      (m) Au g/t  Ag g/t    Pb %    Zn %    Cu %
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D4-10-15   208.84  213.14      4.3   15.62    42.0    0.04    0.40    1.44
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Core intersection widths are interpreted as being true width given the dip of the mineralized zone.


To date, the new zone of mineralization has been intersected over a length of 250 metres, a depth of 100 metres over widths up to 10 metres. Mineralization is open in all directions from the new drilling as well as on strike from the upper existing workings.


Breccia zones and quartz-sulphide veins are developed en echelon and adjacent to a major north striking, west dipping fault zone (West fault). The veins are commonly situated along one or both sides of parallel lamprophyre dykes which are up to 0.6 metres wide.


Surface exploration indicates that another zone of high grade mineralization is present on the property. Float sampling in a creek bed yielded values ranging from 1.05 to 29.22 g/t gold, 1.2 to 313 g/t silver, 0.03 to 0.215% copper, 0.01 to 5.25 lead and 0.09 to 12.24 zinc. Further exploration consisting of soil sampling and prospecting will be conducted in order to locate the source of this float. Mineralization consists of lenses and stringers of pyrite, galena, sphalerite and tetrahedrite with minor chalcopyrite, native silver and argentite in a gangue of quartz and minor calcite. Locally, the Dunwell vein contains up to 75% sulphides. The mineralization is more intense where the veins are intersected by fractures of the West fault zone.


Ed Kruchkowski, P. Geo., a qualified person under National Instrument 43-101, is in charge of exploration on behalf of the company. All assaying is being carried out by Assayers Canada in their Vancouver facilities.


About Mountain Boy Minerals


Mountain Boy Minerals Ltd. is a Canadian based mineral exploration company with diverse property and resource holdings around the Stewart region in British Columbia's golden triangle. It owns 30% of the Silver Coin project, a gold-silver-base metals project with a 43-101 defined 944,000 ounces gold in the measured and indicated category and 1,400,000 ounces in the inferred category. The Company is also exploring silver-base metals on its American Creek and Bear Valley properties as well as copper-gold on their Stewart area claims.


ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD


Ed Kruchkowski, Director


"This news release may contain forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements address future events and conditions and therefore involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements."



FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

Mountain Boy Minerals Ltd.
Investor Relations

604-681-0710




or

Mountain Boy Minerals Ltd.
Ed Kruchkowski

250-636-9232

www.mountainboyminerals.ca

HOW MUCH IS 21 TRILLION ?

FNDM IS ON THE MOVE.......EXPECT A BLOCKBUSTER NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT NEXT WEEK........HERE IS A CLUE..


BNY Mellon is a global financial services company focused on helping clients manage and service their financial assets, operating in 36 countries and serving more than 100 markets. BNY Mellon is a leading provider of financial services for institutions, corporations and high-net-worth individuals, providing superior asset management and wealth management, asset servicing, issuer services, clearing services and treasury services through a worldwide client-focused team. It has $21.8 trillion in assets under custody and administration and $1.0 trillion in assets under management, services $11.6 trillion in outstanding debt and processes global payments averaging $1.5 trillion per day. BNY Mellon is the corporate brand of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (NYSE: BK). Additional information is available at www.bnymellon.com.

THE PAINTED PIGS THURSDAY MORNING THUMPERS

THE PIGS EARS ARE SORE. THE STY PHONE LINES WERE BURNING UP TODAY. TIPS, QUESTIONS, AND A PHONE CALL FROM HALF WAY ACROSS THE WORLD FROM A READER.

THE PIG DABBLED IN A FOREIGN WORLD TODAY WITH THE PURCHASE OF AN OTC LISTED STOCK. IF THE PIGS SOURCES ARE TO BE CORRECT THEN THIS ONES GOING FOR A RIDE. WORD IS A FEW NEWSLETTER WRITERS ARE PICKING IT UP FRIDAY FOR NEXT WEEKS START TO THE NEWS FLOW. THINK BIG....AS IN BIG DEPOSIT HOUSE.........REALLY BIG......

SOME MOVERS AND SHAKERS TODAY AND GOOD NEWS OUT FOR A FEW PLAYERS. AN OLD FAVORITE (THE PIGS OWNED IT FOR 2 YEARS) PPI.V MADE A MOVE TODAY. SOME THINGS APPARENTLY STIRRING IN THAT SITUATION. MTB.V RUMOURED TO BE COMING OUT WITH SOME STELLAR RESULTS. FAU.V HAS THE SAME BUT NOTHINGS BEEN SEEN YET. A PATIENCE GAME THIS IS.WOF.V, ADB.V, AND ACG.V ALL BEING HELD IN THE STABLE FOR BREAKOUT MOVES, BY THE PIG.ITS GOING TOBE A GREAT FALL !!!

ON WITH THE SHOW....

http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/FNDM/quote

http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=52749144

An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.
Lao Tzu

THE PIGS REAL ESTATE SITE OF THE DAY.......

(A FRIEND OF THE PIG AND 18% RETURN IS NOTHING TO SCOFF AT)

http://terragoldworld.com/kingswood-heights.html

BTR.V.. HOLY ACCUMULATION BATMAN !!!....HIGH SCANNER OF THE NIGHT IN 8 OF 10 AREAS......AND A PREVIOUS PIG PICK BACK A MONTH OR SO AGO. SEEMS THE SKIES ABOUT TO OPEN AS THE CLASSIC TURNAROUND STARTS TO UNFOLD. AGAIN PATIENCE REQUIRED AND A GOOD DOSE OF LIQUIDITY ALSO, TO STIR THE POT AND KEEP IN BOILING. NO VOLUME NO PRICE....NO SMOKE...NO FIRE.

URX.V...A MOVE AFOOT...OR A TRADING SCHNOOK ?...FRESH ACCUMULATION (NET CAPITAL INFLOW) WITH MOVING AVERAGE UPTICKS HAVE THIS AS OUR SECOND SCANNER OF THE EVENING.. GOOD NUMBERS IN DISTRIBUTION AND SENTIMENT AREAS AS WELL. MORE TIME AND LIQUIDITY NEEDED THOUGH.

IMI.V...GAP UP AND GAP OUT OR GAP UP AND FLAT OUT ? ANOTHER CURIOUS SCAN BUT NEVERTHELESS 3RD ON TONIGHT S SCANS. SAME SITUATION, WITH A BUY ORDER BY THE PIG...NOT UNTIL THE LIQUIDITY SHOWS STEADY AND THE ACCUMULATION SHOWS A LARGER AND LONGER CONTINUATION.

Hidden signs of life in the economy

http://money.cnn.com/2010/07/28/markets/thebuzz/

FROM THE "IT'LL NEVER HAPPEN" DEPARTMENT....

http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/2010/07/27/14847206.html

THE BEER NUT.....

http://www.wellsvilledaily.com/lifestyle/food/x139150896/The-Beer-Nut-Scottish-beer-is-very-squirrelly

THE PIG'S HEADS UP !!!!

FUND COM INC - FNDM:OTC:BB

NOW, THE PIG'S A POSITIVE THINKER.....BUT CAN STILL ADMIT WHEN HE KNOWS LITTLE ABOUT A SUBJECT. CASE IN POINT...THE OTC OR... "OVER THE COUNTER"..... MARKET IN THE US....SO HAVING SAID THAT....THE PIG KNOWS ITS NOT WITHOUT ITS RISKS...BUT NOT WITHOUT OPPORTUNITY EITHER.....SO THE PIG WANTS YOU TO LOOK AT ACQUIRING A FEW SHARES (THE PIG PICKED UP A FEW AT .10 THIS MORNING) FOR SOMETHING THAT MAY BE COMING DOWN THE PIPE.........THE PIG KNOWS YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED......

THE COMPANY INVOLVED WAS SOLD DOWN FROM $2.75 TO PENNIES (IN LESS THAN A YEAR) BY ONE DISGRUNTLED SHAREHOLDER AND THEN THE  SHORTING CROWD TOOK OVER...BUT..... THERE IS A STORY BEHIND THE SCENES HERE....JUST WHAT IT IS..WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE.....

WHAT THE PIGS LOOKING FOR HERE IS THAT SOLID "OTC BURST" THAT HAPPENS IN THESE STOCKS.......AT FIRST TO THE .30 TO .40 RANGE IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO.........AND THEN TO MUCH HIGHER LEVELS IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO......LETS FACE IT...THIS TIME LAST YEAR IT WAS A SOLID STOCK AND A SOLID COMPANY....... AND STILL IS......SO MUCH SO MANAGEMENT IS BUYING IN SPADES....AND WE WONDER WHY THAT IS.........NEWS PENDING ? 

THE PIGS THINKING IS THAT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, ALL THOSE WHO OWNED IT AT $2 PLUS (MANAGEMENT INCLUDED) HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN SEEING IT RETURN THERE.......

 

NORTH WEST UPGRADING

 

Upgrader plan in final stages

 

Provincial government decision to proceed to detailed talks 'bodes well' for $5B area project

 

By Dave Cooper, edmontonjournal.comJuly 28, 2010 7:57 AM

 

 

 

A reactor vessel being shipped to the North West Upgrading project near Redwater before work on the facility stalled.

Photograph by: supplied, edmontonjournal.com

EDMONTON — The Alberta government gave the green light Tuesday for detailed talks to proceed with North West Upgrading to handle provincial royalty bitumen, and likely allow the firm and partner CNRL to build a $5-billion facility near Redwater.
Energy Minister Ron Liepert said a contract could be signed by early fall. If that happens, construction will start next spring, with about 8,000 workers needed -- including work at the site in related manufacturing.
The Tory caucus agreed Tuesday with a cabinet decision the day before to accept an agreement in principle with the firm.
"We have agreed on a term sheet, and it has been approved, so now we will proceed with negotiations. This bodes well for the future of the project," Liepert said in an interview.
"This is all part of the negotiations. You had to agree within this scope of how we are going to get to an agreement, because without agreeing on these general principles there wouldn't be a deal."
The province selected North West Upgrading's project in May. The first phase of the three-phase project will see the upgrader handle 50,000 barrels of bitumen a day.
The upgrader would get most of its supply through the new Bitumen Royalty in Kind (BRIK) initiative, under which Alberta will begin to take its share of royalties in bitumen rather than cash, which it can then make available for upgrading in a move to encourage value-added production in the province.
Neil Shelly, executive director of the Heartland Association, a collection of local municipalities that includes Edmonton, said after North West was chosen in May that the move was "the most significant good news in three years" for his region.
Liepert has said the commercial conditions for processing the government's bitumen must make business sense.
"The whole intent (of BRIK) is to get as much value-added as we can. But as a provincial government we have to look at this as a business opportunity, not a make-work project," he said at the time.
"North West is not going to invest $5 billion in an upgrader if they aren't going to make money on it, too."
North West chairman Ian MacGregor has said the 75,000 barrels per day under BRIK and the 25,000 bpd coming from partner Canadian Natural Resources will be enough for the first two phases of the three-phase joint-venture project.
"We'll have two good customers, the province and CNRL. And we'll help them market the diesel fuel," he said after his firm was selected.
North West has about six months more engineering work to do on the upgrader. Using a gasifier instead of a coker, the plant will produce a pure stream of 3,500 tonnes a day of carbon dioxide that will feed into the Enhance Energy's pipeline that will move the CO2 to central Alberta for enhanced oil recovery.
dcooper@thejournal.canwest.com

© Copyright (c) The Edmonton Journal

 

 

 

 

 

THE PAINTED PIGS WEDNESDAY MORNING WONDERS

THE PIG LOVES TECHNOLOGY AS MUCH AS THE NEXT GUY, BUT WHEN IT WON'T WORK. ITS ENOUGH TO DRIVE A PIG BUGSY. NEWS OUT OF THE US THAT THE PENTAGON IS MISSING 9 BILLION DOLLARS OF IRAQI OIL REVENUE. HOW THE HECK DO YOU LOSE THAT KINDA MONEY WITHOUT SOME HELP. STRANGE, REALLY STRANGE. URANIUM MARKET RUMOURS AGAIN TODAY AND MORE THAN A COUPLE OF PLACES MENTIONING A COMING COPPER SHORTAGE. SOME OIL PUNDITS SAYING $100 OIL BY CHRISTMAS.  YIKES !! 2007 ALL OVER AGAIN. EITHER WAY IT BODES WELL FOR US COMMODITY BUGS. NOW IF NATURAL GAS  CAN KEEP A REASONABLE PRICE, THIS WINTER WON'T BE SO BAD FOR THE FARMER AND HIS FURNACE.

ON WITH THE SHOW...

Leadership lesson / Jimmy Pattison

Friday, June 25, 2010
Gordon Pitts

As head of the Jim Pattison Group, he has an estimated personal net worth of $4 billion (U.S), according to Forbes. Here, he stresses the importance of building relationships.

"When I was buying my first General Motors dealership in 1961, I was 32 and needed a loan for $40,000. I had a net worth of just $22,000, including life insurance and house equity. The Royal Bank manager at the corner of Cambie and Broadway in Vancouver, Harold Nelson, had a loan limit of only $5,000. So he sent my application to the downtown office, and they turned me down-twice. Harold said, "I can't get this loan through."

The only thing he could do was take me down himself to see the head of the Royal Bank for British Columbia, whose loan limit was $100,000. Harold persevered, got me an appointment and took me down to see this man. Two days after the meeting, I got my loan approved.

Eventually the Royal Bank transferred Harold to Dallas, where he retired. In 2004, I was inducted into the Horatio Alger Association, a U.S. organization that honours people who overcome adversity. I flew Harold Nelson to Washington from Dallas for the award. In my speech, I said, 'You don't do these things alone. You've got to have somebody who helps you, particularly in your early days.' The 700 people gave him a standing ovation. He was 90 then, and he died recently at 96. I remember saying 'Here was the man who lent me $40,000.

I wouldn't be here today without him.' "

-As told to Gordon Pitts

TODAY'S NUTS AND BOLTS.........

ACG.V.....HOLDING ITS OWN-NICE CHART.....ADB.V HAD MANY BIDS ADDED TODAY AND LATE IN THE DAY HAD SOME ONEROUS ASKS PULLED ALSO....SOMETHING MAY BE COMING......FAU.V...GOING THROUGH THE USUAL GROWTH PAINS F ANY STOCK READY TO BREAK INTO THE BIG TIME, ADD TO THAT AN INDECISIVE MARKET FOR IT...

NTR.V  UP ON GREAT PRELIM RESULTS COULD TRADE BACK TILL NEXT SPRING THE PIG HEARS BASED ON A LACK OF DRILLING.... 

TONIGHTS SCANS.....

GLC.V...BIG EXPECTATIONS SAYS THE SCANNER ON THIS PIGLET. HIGH NUMBERS IN SEVERAL AREAS INCLUDING MOMENTUM, SENTIMENT AND MOVING AVERAGE REVERSALS. THE PIG FIGURES A HAPPENING IS IMMINENT BASED ON THIS SUDDEN REVERSAL.

PRM.V....ANOTHER STRONG REVERSAL PATTERN DEVELOPING HERE. SCANNER PICKED IT UP ON FRIDAY BUT THE NUMBERS WERE SUFFICIENTLY WEAK ENOUGH TO KEEP IT OUT OF THE TOP 10 SCANS. NET CAPITAL AND MOVING AVERAGES LEADING THE WAY HERE.

July 23, 2010

Women make better beer tasters than men

Kiran Chetry - Anchor, CNN's American Morning
Filed under: Living

(CNN) – The woman you're about to meet has perfected an enviable skill to some: beer tasting. We know most men like beer more than women do, and judging by TV commercials, some men like beer more than they like women. But when it comes to the art of beer tasting, women are drinking men under the table.

http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2010/07/23/women-make-better-beer-tasters-than-men/ 

 

MTB.V ALERT

Mountain Boy Minerals Ltd.: Drilling Confirms High Grade Silver-Lead-Zinc Mineralization at BA, and Identifies New High-Grade Structures 

 




VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - July 26, 2010) - Mountain Boy Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:MTB) announces that Great Bear Resources Ltd. ("Great Bear") (CNSX:GBR) has released the first drill results from the BA project in the Eskay Creek mining district near Stewart, northern British Columbia. Diamond drill hole BA-2010-79 intersected three separate mineralized zones at the Main Zone, two of which were previously untested, and one of which carries anomalous gold values. Results are summarized below.

Boone Pickens Predicts $400 Oil

June 14, 2010

Summary

Boone Pickens predicts that the US energy policy will drive the price of oil to $400 per barrel in less than 10 years. But, the US energy policy has historically had little influence on the world price of oil. Pickens advocates natural gas as an alternative to OPEC oil. This would benefit Clean Energy Fuels Corp., a company of which he owns almost 30%. Nevertheless, natural gas is a cost effective alternative for long haul transportation. Moreover, the US energy policy needs an overhaul.

Analysis

On June 4, 2010, Boone Pickens appeared on the CNBC program, Mad Money w/ Jim Cramer, and declared that the current US energy policy will drive the price of oil to $400 per barrel in less than ten years. I disagree with Pickens’ statement because the US energy policy has not influenced the world price of oil since the first oil embargo in 1973. However, the US energy policy does impact our energy independence, which is associated with national security.

 

Pickens is promoting that the US energy policy should be revised to revolve around the increased consumption of natural gas, or ‘anything other than OPEC oil’. He has a vested interest to increase natural gas usage, not only for BP Capital, his investment fund, but also for Clean Energy Fuels Corp., a company of which he owns nearly 30%.

 

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is the most viable clean energy alternative for long haul transportation and large concentrated diesel users, such as ports or railways, because it has high energy density, and is lower cost per BTU than crude oil. Increasing LNG consumption for long haul transportation would require a capital investment to convert existing truck fleets from diesel to LNG. Truck and engine manufacturers, such as Paccar Inc., Navistar International Corporation, and Cummins Inc., could be some of the beneficiaries from this conversion.

 

Pickens supports passage of the Natural Gas Act of 2010 in Congress. This Act provides tax incentives for natural gas vehicles and fueling stations. While this could be a good start, the current US energy policy favors ethanol as the chosen alternative fuel. So, there are at least three conflicting energy policies that the Obama administration would also need to reconcile. 

 

First, the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) is ethanol centric. The Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reduction required by the RFS will increase sugar cane ethanol imports from Brazil until cellulosic ethanol products become economical and available. Instead, the RFS should only require a GHG reduction, and should be technology and product neutral. 

 

Second, increasing the percentage of ethanol required in transportation fuels will decrease Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) because ethanol has a lower energy density than fossil fuels. So, to comply with CAFE, automobile manufacturers will have to sell more high-MPG vehicles, such as hybrids or diesels, which are less profitable than gasoline powered vehicles because they cost more to produce, and have historically required consumer incentives to sell.

 

 

Finally, the US government needs to fund infrastructure spending across the entire alternative fuels supply chain, including pipelines, railways, distribution terminals, and retail outlets. Currently, the only infrastructure improvements being funded by the US government are new E85 stations, which could stretch the already taxed ethanol distribution network to the breaking point. As Pickens points out, many of the major oil companies are investing in US natural gas production, which should increase the supply of natural gas in the US. According to Pickens, this supply increase will lead to increased availability at the retail level. However, the major oil companies no longer control the fuels distribution system, or own many of their branded service stations.  Most of these systems are in the control of Master Limited Partnership (MLP) companies, which are more concerned with paying out a dividend than reinvesting. Matters of fact, most of these companies require firm take or pay contracts before they will invest!

 

Increasing the supply of LNG in the US fuels market could be a game changer that increases energy independence, decreases transportation costs, and reduces many criteria pollutants, including nitrogen oxides, particulates, and greenhouse gases. Like Pickens, I advocate that Congress start by passing the Natural Gas Act of 2010, and then continue by reconciling the conflicting energy regulations that are a legacy from the 1980’s, when the US was actually projecting to run out of natural gas.

INFORMATION

THE PIG RECEIVED A FEW QUESTIONS AS TO WOF.V AND ADB.V. IF YOU HAVE OR PLANNING TO GET POSITIONS IN THESE SITUATIONS. UPSIDE IS GREAT BUT PATIENCE HAS TO BE GREATER. THESE ARE MEDIUM TERM TIME HORIZONS AND THE BEAUTY IS YOU GET IN BEFORE THE REST OF THE MARKET DOES. 

THE PIG HOLDS ALL OF HIS PURCHASES FOR AT LEAST A MONTH, USUALLY 3 MONTHS. THIS GIVES US A WHOLE QUARTER TO COMPLETE A MICRO BUSINESS CYCLE. FOLLOW THE SMART MONEY. THE PIG KNOWS NOT EVERYTHING IS GUARANTEED, SO WE TRY TO WEED OUT THE PRETENDERS AND GO WITH CONTENDERS. THAT'S NOT TO SAY WE HAVE NOT HAD A FEW OFF COLOR SELECTIONS IN PAST, BECAUSE HE HAS. BUT WE HAVE TRIED TO ELIMINATE THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. REMEMBER CAPITAL PRESERVATION IS RIGHT UP THERE WITH PATIENCE.

THE PIG KNOWS PEOPLE TURNING 30 TO 50% A YEAR ON THEIR PORTFOLIOS BY CAREFUL SELECTION, EARLY BUYS AND ADDED PATIENCE ! YES...IT CAN BE DONE.

ADB.V ALERT/FAU.V ALERT

ADB.V

MARKET DEPTH SHOWING BIDS HAVE BEEN PULLED. THERE ARE 4.7 MILLION SHARES ON THE BID BETWEEN 1/2 CENT AND 1 AND 1/2 CENTS. THERE ARE ONLY 2 MILLION ON THE ASK FROM 2.5 CENTS TO 5 CENTS. A SLOW AND STEADY ACCUMULATION IS UNDERWAY HERE,

FAU.V

PROSPECTS FOR A LATE DAY MOVE ARE GOOD. IN PREPARATION FOR NEXT WEEKS RELEASE OF RESULTS AND CONTINUED NEWS WELL INTO AUGUST. A DOG AND PONY SHOW TO THE SITE WILL HAPPEN WITH MAJOR BROKERAGE ANALYSTS IN MID AUGUST.

ENA-T ALERT

Enablence Technologies to release 2010 results July 27

2010-07-23 09:12 MT - News Release\

Mr. Tim Thorsteinson reports

ENABLENCE TECHNOLOGIES INC. TO HOST CONFERENCE CALL FOR FINANCIAL RESULTS
Enablence Technologies Inc. will host a conference call on July 28, 2010, between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. EDT. All interested parties should call 416-340-8018 or, toll-free, 1-866-223-7781. Management will respond to questions from analysts on this call.
A Stockwatch press release announcing the fourth-quarter 2010 financial results for the period ending April 30, 2010, will be issued after the markets close on July 27, 2010. Enablence will discuss the integration of the Teledata Networks acquisition which closed on June 23, 2010. The financial statements as well as the related management's discussion and analysis will be made available on Enablence's website and SEDAR.
An archived replay of the conference call will be available until Aug. 27, 2010, at the company's website.

THE PIGS THURSDAY NIGHT PORK PICKS

DAMN COUNTY ! DAMN PHONE COMPANY ! DIGGING THE STREETS UP AND IN THE PROCESS SCREWING UP THE PIGS INTERNET ACCESS. ANYWAY ENOUGH OF A RANT (WE PIGS HAVE SHORT RANTS). SOME DEVELOPMENTS TO TALK ABOUT TODAY ALONG WITH NEW SCANS AND THE USUAL COLLECTION OF EVERYBODY ELSE'S MUSH.

ADB.V....THE PIG GOT SOME YESTERDAY AT .02 AND .025.......A SPEC BUY....RUMOURS OF ANOTHER DEAL ADD TO THE FIRE AND PIG SEES .10CTS + IN THE FUTURE. ONCE AGAIN LIQUIDITY MUST CONTINUE. SOME ADDITIONAL DD IS BELOW...(from stockhouse)

The company is sitting on (at current prices) $2800/day in cashflow from Ft. Scott. Which equates to about 1 million + a year in cashflow. Has a proven resource worth ($4 a cubic foot). Which in my calculations using known fundamentals comes out to $1.6 billion gross or around $16 a share. Is debt free.I think this would attract some attention of potential buyers, JV partners or equity stakeholders. Would you not think the same ?
Upon completion of the foreclosure, Admiral Bay is debt free, haspositive working capital and retains its Ft. Scott Property in BourbonCounty, Kansas. As of July 31, 2009, Ft. Scott had proved reserves ofapproximately 4.2 Bcf and is presently producing approximately 50Mcfgpd. The Company has also retained a 25% working interest in theRevloc Project located in Cambria County, Pennsylvania.

BCF=An abbreviation forbillion cubic feet. Unit used to measure large quantities of gas,approximately equal to 1 trillion (1012) Btu.

Quantities of natural gas are measured in normal cubic meters (corresponding to 0°C at 101.325 kPa) or in standard cubic feet (corresponding to 60 °F (16 °C) and 14.73 psia). The gross heat of combustion of one cubic meter of commercial quality natural gas is around 39 megajoules (≈10.8 kWh), but this can vary by several percent. This comes to about 49 megajoules (≈13.5 kWh) for one kg of natural gas (assuming 0.8 kg/m^3, an approximate value).The price of natural gas varies greatly depending on location andtype of consumer. In 2007, a price of $7 per 1,000 cubic feet (28 m³) was typical in the United States. The typical caloric value of natural gas is roughly 1,000 British thermal units (BTU) per cubic foot, depending on gas composition. This corresponds to around $7 per million BTU, or around $7 per gigajoule. In April 2008, the wholesale price was $10 per 1,000 cubic feet (28 m³) ($10/MMBTU).^[35]The residential price varies from 50% to 300% more than the wholesaleprice. At the end of 2007, this was $12–$16 per 1,000 cu ft (28 m³).^[36] Natural gas in the United States is traded as a futures contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Each contract is for 10,000 MMBTU (~10,550 gigajoules), or 10 billion BTU. Thus, if the price of gas is $10 per million BTUs on the NYMEX, the contract is worth $100,000.

The Company is consideringa number of strategic options including the sale of additionalassets, the purchase of or combination with other oil and gas assetsto create a company with additional scale and growing the Companythrough intrinsic drilling and development of existing assets.

FAU.V...NEWS TODAY...PP CLOSED...NOW ITS FREE TO ROLL.....RESULTS NEXT AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF THEM...BE AWARE ......THIS IS THE PLAY OF THE YEAR IN SOME EXPERTS (AND THE PIGS) OPINION.... 

Fire River Gold 11-million-share private placement

2010-07-22 15:24 MT - Private Placement

The TSX Venture Exchange has accepted for filing documentation with respect to a non-brokered private placement announced June 18 and June 22, 2010:

Number of shares: 11 million shares

Purchase price: 50 cents per share

Warrants: 5.5 million share-purchase warrants to purchase 5.5 million shares

Warrant exercise price: 75 cents for an 18-month period

Number of placees: 136 placees

Insiders: Canadian Gravity Recovery Inc. (Harry Barr), 20,000; 293020 B.C. Ltd. (Harry Barr), 20,000; Richard Goodwin, 20,000; Robert Guanzon, 10,000; David Oakley, 50,000; Sprott Asset Management LP, 1.5 million; Linda Holmes, 10,000; Kabavest Holdings Ltd. (Kevin Lawrence), 10,000; Olav Langelaar, 30,000; Spiros Cacos, 16,000; Taryn Downing, 10,000

Finders' fees: $75,000 cash payable to Loewen, Ondaatje, McCutcheon Ltd.; 3,000 shares payable to Dundee Securities Corp.; $2,500 cash payable to Macquarie Capital Markets Canada Ltd.; $33,000 cash payable to PI Financial Corp.; $15,980 cash and 23,040 shares payable to Canaccord Genuity Corp.; $60,000 cash payable to CIBC World Markets; $1,500 cash payable to Haywood Securities Inc.; $15,000 cash payable to Calico Management Corp. (Jevin Werbes); $1,250 cash payable to Alex Kuzneco

CZS.V..A PREVIOUS PIG PICK...STARTING TO BREAK NOW....STILL ROOM FOR UPSIDE AS THE SCANNER SAYS ITS EARLY YET......LIQUIDITY AND MOMENTUM BOTH CONSIDERATIONS AND CAUTIONS.....

Consolidated Spire Ventures Looking to Acquire Tanzania Gold Prospects
7/22/2010 6:00:07 AM - NWC

Jul 22, 2010 (TheNewswire.ca via COMTEX News Network) --
(via Thenewswire.ca)
Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd. ("the Company" or "Spire") wishes to announce that it has entered into negotiations to acquire gold prospects in Tanzania. As soon as terms can be agreed upon, a news release announcing the details will be issued.
Brian Buchanan, President of Spire states, "If we are able complete a deal in Tanzania it could add significant value to Spire. When you look at the market's clear interest in Tanzania, we are certainly motivated to acquire gold prospects in the region, especially in the light of how the market has embraced companies such as Canaco Resources Inc. (TSXV: CAN) that recently announced significant gold grades in Tanzania and, this week, announced a $20 million bought deal. Management is optimistic that an agreement can be completed."
If you are not currently on the CZS updates list, please send in your email address to info@spireventures.com or call 604-662-7455 with the best method to keep you informed. We will send out regular updates and news releases to everyone who asks to be on the list. For further information contact the Company at (604) 662-7455 or website: www.spireventures.com.
FOR INFORMATION OR INVESTOR RELATIONS,
CONTACT THE COMPANY AT (604) 662-7455 or WEBSITE: www.spireventures.com
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD,
Brian Buchanan, President and Director

SAH.V...ANOTHER PREVIOUS PIG PICK AND HIGH SCANNER. BREAKOUT DAY AND ALONG WITH A PROLONGED ACCUMULATION PERIOD, LOOKS LIKE THOSE IN THE KNOW ARE EXPECTING BIG THINGS.  




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Food Network’s Diners, Drive-ins and Dives

Guy Fieri, the Food Network’s star of “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives”, recently paid us a visit to indulge in some of Chef Mike’s incredible specials. Guy’s crew spent two days filming a segment for the show. They were treated to demonstrations and tastings of: the wivershack’s whasckily wabbit with spaetzle dumplings, braised lamb shank, peanut crusted soft shell crab, turtle soup and of course the New Orleans’ favorite, red beans and rice.
The episode premiered on June 23rd and will be replayed on the Food Network several times. Check the Food Network’s website for showings of: “Where the Locals Go”
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives on FoodNetwork.com

Betting your whole life on one roulette spin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGCdBsOIKYA&NR=1

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