Gold Price above $1,385

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The gold price is above $1,385 per ounce today. As of 1:07 pm the gold price was $1,387.40 per ounce. That is up $25 for the day. Market participants are flocking to gold during the last trading day of the month of November.

The dollar looks stronger, but that is a false impression. The reality is, that the Euro lost ground and made the dollar look relatively stronger. There were no fundamental changes in regards to the dollar, but there are some circumstances that weaken the Euro. Especially the debt concerns in Greece worried the market and supported the gold price.

The Euro recently lost about 0.9% against the U.S. dollar and was noted as $1.2987.

John Travolta And Kelly Preston Very Happy About New Son Benjamin

On Tuesday Kelly Preston's and John Travolta's son Benjamin was born in a a Florida hospital. The weight of the baby at birth was 8lbs and 3 oz. The baby and his mother are happy and well.

In a statement the family said:

"John, Kelly and their daughter Ella Bleu are ecstatic and very happy about the newest member of the family. Both mother and baby are healthy and doing beautifully."

As there was some confusion in the media about the necessity of silence during the delivery of a baby, The Washington Post printed excerpts from a press release by the Church of Scientology:

"A silent birth is labor and delivery done in a calm and loving environment and with no spoken words by anyone attending. Chatty doctors and nurses, shouts to “PUSH, PUSH” and loud or laughing remarks to “encourage” are the types of things that are meant to be avoided."

And they continue with this part from the press release:

"The point of silent birth is NO WORDS. It does not mean a mother cannot make any sound during childbirth. It is doubtful that any woman could give birth without making any noise at all."

The Washingthon Post also gives the source of the data and the exact reason for it by continuing with this quote:

"L. Ron Hubbard discovered the hidden source of nightmares, unreasonable fears, upsets, insecurity and psychosomatic illness -- the reactive mind. This part of the mind records all perceptions during times of pain and unconsciousness -- which childbirth is for both mother and child. And words, in particular, spoken during these moments, can have an adverse effect on one later in life."

Fed Gives Better Economic Expectations for 2011

Today the Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) has released the minutes of its meeting from November 2-3. The outlook remains mixed, but there were several points that indicate that the future is starting to look better.

Here a few quotes that show the economic outlook:

"In their discussion of the economic situation and outlook, meeting participants generally agreed that the incoming data indicated that output and employment were continuing to increase, but only slowly."

"Banking institutions reported signs of improving credit quality. Improvements in household financial conditions were contributing to better performance of consumer loans. "

The graphics below show how the GDP is expected to increase and the unemployment rate is expected to decrease.

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Prince William and Kate Middleton Wedding April 29 at Westminster Abbey

As the Guardian reports, Prince William and Kate Middleton have picked the date and location for their wedding. April 29, 2011 is the date of the wedding and Westminster Abbey in London will be the location for the official ceremony.

The wedding day will be a bank holiday in Great Britain. The day had been chose, as it seems very likely that the weather is going to be nice and friendly.

The cost of the wedding ceremony will be shared by the Royal family and the Middletons. The additional fund for security services during the wedding ceremonies will be provided by the British government. The wedding ceremony will most likely be held by the archbishop of Canterbury.

Gold Price in Rally Mode, Trading Above $1,375

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The price for gold was $1,375.09 per ounce at 10:17 am this morning. With $22.79 it's up sharply from the opening.

The reason for this seems to be that North Korea needs attention and is bombing South Korea. Gold loves conflicts. Whenever there is an uncertainty or a conflict, the gold price immediately starts to climb, as investors flee paper based investments and shift to gold instead.

While I am writing this post, gold continues to climb. As of 10:31 am the price for one ounce was already at $1,379.20, up 26.90 for the day. Hopefully Kim Jong-Il will come to his senses fast. While I do like to watch the gold price climb, I completely do not like war or any military conflict.

At 2:58 pm the price for gold was $1,376.40. That means gold is trading above the $1,375 mark for several hours now and seems to have found a stable range.

Update:

At 4:21 pm the gold price is at $1,375.86 per ounce, up $23.56 for the day.

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Gold Price Climbing Up Again

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The gold price on at 3:23 pm on November 22, 2010, was $1,364.12. That is up $11.82 from the opening price.

The World Gold Council released it's third quarter outlook a few days ago and reports, that in 2010 more gold will be used, compared to 2009. India and China are the two main markets for gold. In these two markets income levels are increasing, which in turn is going to increase the demand for gold jewelry. The $600 billion in additional printed money will send more investors into gold. The weakening U.S dollar and an increasing fear of inflation will also contribute to a increase of the gold price in the near future.

There are also technical factors that are important. As long as gold remains above $1,330, several sell indicator will not be triggered. For next week traders expect gold to clear $1,366, which actually already happened while I am writing this. The price of gold at 3:46 pm was $1,366.08.

Update:

The gold price was $1,362.95 at 8:03 pm, up $10.65 for the day.

Thestreet.com brings the price increase fro gold in relation to the bailout package for Ireland from the International Monetary Fund.

Apple’s iOS 4.2 Released for iPad, iPhone & iPod Touch

The long anticipated software update for iPad, iPhone & iPod Touch in the form of the iOS 4.2 has been released by Apple today and is available for download.

Just in time for the holiday season Apple brings Multitasking, Folders, Unified Inbox, Game Center, AirPlay® and AirPrint.

“iOS 4.2 makes the iPad a completely new product, just in time for the holiday season,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Once again, the iPad with iOS 4.2 will define the target that other tablets will aspire to, but very few, if any, will ever be able to hit.”

Find My iPhone Feature Free

With the new software release the Find My iPhone app is now available free of charge. The feature was before only available to MobileMe subscribers, which automatically syncs email, contacts, and calendars on all mobile devices via WiFi. Now users can simply download the free app from the app store and relocate iPhone or iPad or iPod touch once they showed up missing. It is also possible with this app to remotely access the lost or stole device and erase or lock sensitive data.

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Multitasking and Folders for Apps

This feature makes it possible to run several apps at the same time. The active app is actually the only one that is running. The other apps "run" in the background, but are on hold in order to safe energy and not drain the battery. Apps can be stored in different folders, bringing some order into the multitude of apps on the users device.

Unified Inbox

From now on all of the users emails can be seen in one window. It is no longer necessary to switch from one pane to the next in order to see emails addressed to a different alias. This feature is a big win for users with several email addresses. No more flipping back and forth through 5 or more accounts several times a day.

Game Center

Now the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch has a build in multi-player feature. Users can connect with other devices to play games. Friends can be challenged and scores and games can be shared. Well, not the games itself can be shared, but users can spy their friends array of games and discover new games. A boom in mmorpg will come to the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. The Game Center feature alone can blow Nintendo or Xbox, PSP Go, PlayStation out of the water.

AirPlay

Apple TV is now fully integrated with iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. That means music and videos can be enjoyed on all devices.

AirPrint

With AirPrint the need fro additional printer drivers has been eliminated. Users can now print directly and wireless from any of the devices powered by iOS.

The iOS now supports 25 additional languages, including Portuguese, Chinese and Korean.

2010 Proof Silver Eagle Available from US Mint

Today at noon, the 2010 Proof Silver Eagle was made available on the US Mint web site.

This collector's version of the official United States Mint American Eagle Silver Bullion coin contains one ounce of .999 fine silver and is available for $45.95 plus a small shipping charge.

The mint does expect the demand to be high. That means, if you order during the first few days, you could expect delays.

In 2009 no proof Silver Eagles were produce, due to lack of raw materials.

"We have worked very hard with vendors to increase the quantity of precious metal planchets available to us," said US Mint Director Ed Moy. "That hard work has paid off. In fact, we have tripled our supply of silver planchets from Fiscal Year 2007 levels."

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The 2010 Proof Silver Eagle may be ordered from the US Mint website or by phone: 1-800-872-6468.

At the time of this writing the number of proof Silver Eagles to be minted in 2010 was not known. If you are interested in buying proof Silver Eagles, it is advised that you order directly through the mint. That way you avoid paying the dealer spreads.

O, The Oprah Magazine App Review

The Oprah Magazine is now available as iPad app. It is supposed to "live your best life," as Oprah says it. It has been designed to seamlessly work with the iPad and its touch screen.

Some features of the Oprah Magazine App

Oprah will personally unveil the new magazine issue. It also features an animated cover. The app issue of O will also feature an exclusive video of Oprah, showing her doing an interview the director and actor Tyler Perry.

If you don't know yet what to give to your friends and family for Christmas, the holiday gift guide will give you some inspirations. You'll get picks from Nate Berkus, Dr. Oz, and you probably already guessed it, from Oprah herself.

If you are short on cash, you can winn all the items in the holiday gift guide by entering the "12-Day Holiday Give-O-Way" sweepstakes.

Just in case you like some of the things you read, you can easily forward and share the items or stories. You will most likely use this feature a lot.

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Let's say you like an item, you can buy the thing directly with a few clicks from the O app.

For the book fans Oprah included excerpts from her favorite top ten books.

Oprah Winfrey commented on her iPad app: "I love the written word, and I love the iPad. To me, it’s another way to experience the intimacy of this magazine and it’s part of the future of the business."

"It’s a new way to connect with our readers, who are on a path of becoming their best selves."

[rating: 3/5]

Bad rating because not kid friendly and heavily loaded with product promotions.

You can download the O App here.

If Oprah now would leave out brutality, profanity and the promotion of drugs, her readers would indeed have a fair chance to become their better selves. But that is just my personal opinion. What do you think?

HIP 13044 B - A Giant Planet From Another Galaxy

Astronomers have spotted an new planet, called HIP 13044 B, which has somehow made its way into our Galaxy.

The strange planet has been discovered by scientists with the help of the European Southern Observatory's La Silla telescope in Chile.

The new planet is orbiting a decaying star at the edge of the Milky Way. This is the first time that a planet has been discovered from outside our Galaxy.

The planet is about 25% larger than Jupiter and it is about 2,000 light years from Earth.

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A dwarf galaxy has been swallowed up by our own galaxy billions of years ago and this planet belonged to that system and has somehow survived.

An article about this giant new planet of extragalactic origin has been published today in Science Express.

Warner Bros New Movie Archive Releases

Warner Archive New Releases

Warner Archive New Releases

In addition, the following films are part of this week's new releases: Classic TV Christmas Collection (4 DVD Set), Human Comedy, The (DVD, Remastered) , Outfit, The (DVD, Remastered) , Luise Rainer Collection (3 DVD Set) , Phantom Tollbooth, The (DVD, Remastered) , Hotel, Cry Wolf, That Forsyte Woman, Never Say Goodbye, Woman in Red, The (1935) , Man With a Cloak, The, B.F.'S Daughter, Secret Bride, The, Green Light (1937), Films Starring Barbara Stanwyck (5 DVDs) , Films Starring Errol Flynn (4 DVDs).

Top Sellers

Classic TV Christmas Collection (4 DVD Set)

Price: $39.95

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Thundarr The Barbarian: The Complete Series (1980-82) (4 DVD Set)

Price: $19.95

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Pirates of Dark Water: The Complete Series (4 DVD Set)

Price: $29.95

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Gathering, The (Remastered) (2 DVD Special Edition)

Price: $19.95

Harry Potter - Catch up With the First 6 Movies on DVD and Blu-ray

The latest installment in the Harry Potter series is out in theaters this week, so don't miss this opportunity to catch up with the first 6 movies on DVD and Blu-ray!

Catch up on Harry Potter with the first 6 movies on Blu-Ray today! Shop Now!

Catch Up On Harry Potter on DVD & Blu-ray
The latest Harry Potter movie is coming out this week and die-hard fans will want to catch up on the preceding movies before hitting the theaters this weekend. Promote the first 6 movies on DVD & Blu-ray with these links:

Catch up on Harry Potter before seeing the final movie! Shop now for Harry Potter on DVD!

Don't you hate it to watch number 6 of a series of movies without having seem all the others? Or maybe you did see the other Harry potter movies, but it was like ages and you would like to refresh your memory.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" is probably the hardest one to keep up with if you haven't read the book or seen the other Harry Potter movie. That means, if you want to enjoy this one, you should read up or watch up on the other parts.

Gold Price Up 1.74% for the Day

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Gold was trading higher today. The price at 7:30pm was $1,360.02. That is an increase of 1.74% or $23.22 for the day.

Now, that the most ridiculous IPO has been gobbled up by market, business can continue as usual. Dumb money has been milked to the tune of $20 billion and paid the tab for GM. During the next few days and weeks we should see gold getting back in rally mode, while the stock market will most likely behave as usual after a large IPO.

You can read the article "GM's IPO: A Warning Sign for Tradersfrom" by Jason Goepfert, which gives a pretty good insight in what might lay ahead in regards to the stock market.

The dollar, as you might have expected showed his weakness again. The fact that the highs of the gold price continue to be higher and the lows continue to be lower, shows that we are still in a bull market for gold.

The underlying factors have not changed, just the "lying" factors have changed.

GM Begins Trading and Attracts Dumb Money

What a wonderful world. You can take a company, eradicate all investors money by letting it go bankrupt and then, just a few years later lure the same stupid investors back into the same company.

The "new" General Motors stock started to trade today on the New York Stock Exchange under the old ticker symbol GM. Business as usual. Dumb money flowing in and driving the stock price of the largest IPO in the US history up. Most recently it was up 8.5% at $35.80 a share.

About two years ago GM went bankrupt. After some $50 billion in tax money and some modest restructuring GM is back in business, as far a the stock market is concerned. This is probably the most impressive investment stunt sine a long time.

The IPO price was $33 a pop. The total amount offered was $20.1 billion.

After hitting a high of $35.80, the stock price starts to go down to about $35.20. It looks like the IPO speculators are bailing out.

There is a difference between a donkey and a human being: The donkey only hits his toe once on the same stone.

Here is an interesting comment from a Yahoo user on a recent article "GM's IPO: A Warning Sign for Traders" related to the IPO:

"Lets face it, GM is in commodity business making cars distinguished little from all other car companies in the world. Their costs are still higher than many of their overseas competitors even after bankruptcy. After many years of making poor quality products, their reputation haunts them in the market and will continue to do so for years. Their pension fund is still underfunded to the tune of near $13 billion, probably much more if realistic investment returns were used for calculation. They are still under the thumb of the UAW which seems to have gained more power, not less, during the fake bankruptcy.

Regardless of what the stock market does, it would seem there is scant reasons to believe GM will be a market leader over the long term. So the question is, why are so many so anxious to buy it, given all the other companies out there with potentially greater growth and stock appreciation potential? Maybe hoping to turn it quickly and make a buck on the short term euphoria, but if too many have this idea it will be less likely to work. Especially if, as this article hints, we are now near a market top."

The Green Lantern Trailer with the Sexiest Man Alive

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Yesterday we reported on Ryan Reynolds supposedly being the sexiest man alive. Well, he probably is. At least he draws a lot of attention, not only because of his looks, but also because he is starring in The Green Lantern.

The new movie will be released next summer, but the trailer is already available. The trailer is just a little teaser, which introduces Hal Jordan, played by Ryan Reynolds.

Short facts about The Green Lantern

Director: Martin Campbell
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong, Jay O. Sanders, Temuera Morrison, Taika Waititi, Jon Tenney, Angela Bassett, Tim Robbins
In theaters: June 17th, 2011

Green Lantern Trailer 2011

Hal Jordan is the first ever selected to be part of the green lantern corp. By wearing a special ring he is granted super powers and has to safe earth from the vicious enemy called Parallax. But before Hal can overpower the enemy, he has to learn how to use his super powers...

Green Lantern Entertainment Tonight Preview

Leonid Meteor Shower November 2010 Live Video/Audio Feed

Here you can Watch the Leonid Meteor Shower Live Video/Audio Feed

This live video/audio feed is from the Nasa camera mounted NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. It’s light-activated, so it will become active at dark. You can also hear the meteors passing by.

Video clips at UstreamThe Leonid meteor showers have their peak activity between November 17 and November 18, 2010. You can expect to see about 10 to 20 meteors per hour. The comet of origin of the Leonid meteor is the comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle. The Leonid meteor shower will seem to originate from the constellation Leo.

This year it might be difficult to see a lot, as the half-full moon will be lighting the night sky and make it difficult to watch the shooting stars.

The best bet is to go as far away from any city and then look for the darkest patch of sky you can find. Sit down, relax and you'll soon see shooting stars passing by.

You can calculate the Leonid meteor shower activity with the Fluxtimator. More about that here.

You can watch the meteor shower after dark, but it can be best seen around dawn.

Pee Monkey Plant Bloom App Review

Pee Money is a new fun games app from the Pee Monkey series.

It's a follow up to the #1 best seller Pee Monkey Toilet Trainer

You can help Pee Monkey aim and water plants through forty levels of puzzles. Once you successful soak a plant it starts to bloom into a nice flower and adds points to your account. There is a limit on the pee that you can spend on watering.

Pee Monkey Toilet Trainer 1 & Pee Monkey Toilet Trainer 2 and Pee Monkey Jungle Fire were very successful and they have been downloaded about 2 million times combined.

Pee Monkey Plant Bloom Features

• Top Secret Pee Physics TM
• 40 brain teasing levels to test fluid mechanics
• Atmospheric sounds and animation

Pee Monkey Plant Bloom App Screen Shot

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Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.

You can download the Pee Monkey Plant Bloom App for $0.99 from the app store. Asn if you are not sure whether you want to shell out all the 99 cents, you can try the Pee Monkey Plant Bloom Lite for the excellent price of free first.

Verdict:
It's fun to play. Fast. Not 5 out of 5 as it could be viewed as offensive by some.

[rating: 4/5]

Pee Monkey

Ryan Reynolds Supposedly Sexiest Man

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According to People Magazine, Ryan Reynolds is the sexiest man alive. But in case you are hoping to marry him, you're too late in the game. Scarlett Johansson already married him some time ago.

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Scarlett Johansson was named "Babe of the Year" earlier this week by GQ.

Other men who topped the list in prior years Mel Gibson, John F. Kennedy Jr., Harrison Ford and Richard Gere, George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp.

The Canadian native told People: "The sexiest thing about Canadians is that there's an inherent ability to be self-deprecating. That has served me well in my career and personal life."

People announced its 2010 list on Wednesday. But so far they only leaked some pictures, as they hope to propell the newsstand sales of the next issue, which is available on Friday.

Whether Ryan Reynolds is really the sexiest man alive or not, depends on who judges.

What do you think?

Eva Longoria Files for Divorce from Tony Parker

Eva Longoria has filed for divorce from her husband and NBA star Tony Parker, based on CNN reports. The couple has been married since 2007.

The news of their divorce comes a day after the rumor began on Twitter but was quickly shot down as being totally false.

The divorce papers were reportedly filed this morning in L.A County Superior Court according to PEOPLE. Longoria has cited "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for the divorce.

The couple signed a prenup (prenuptial agreement) on June 21st 2007 but it was then amended in June of 2009.

The couple has no children together.

Tony Parker's team the San Antonio Spurs play tonight at home against the Chicago Bulls.

The other woman is Erin Barry, according to Sports Illustrated writer Bryan Armen Graham, the wife of Tony's former Spurs teammate Brent Barry.

"Have it on good authority from entertainment sources that "former teammate" in Tony Parker-Eva Longoria affair is Brent Barry," Graham tweeted.

Chad Ochocinco Wants to Marry Evelyn Lozada

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Evelyn Lozada and Chad Ochocinco Engaged

TMZ reports, that Evelyn Lozada and Chad Ochocinco are now engaged. Chad Ochocinco gave his a 10-carat ring to his girlfriend, anxiously waiting whether the request to marry would be honored or not. Evelyn Lozada, who stars in "Basketball Wives" took the ring and said yes. Evelyn and Chad were together for four months, before Chad made up his mind and concluded that Evelyn is the one.

Evelyn Lozada's parents are from Puerto Rico and she was born in Brooklyn, NY. Chad Ochocinco is a Cincinnati Bengals receiver. The 32-year old Chad was born in Miami, FL and was drafted by the Bengals in 2001. He played college football for Oregon State before going to Cincinnati.

The wedding date has not been selected as of today.

Evelyn Lozada commented on the deal along with a picture of her huge engagement ring on Twitter:

"I'm no rabbit but 10 carats looks good on me!! Let the hating begin ▸▸▸▸▸▸▸ Let's go!!!!! *Wink*"

That does not look like this is is going to last forever. But hopefully I am wrong. You can read more about Evelyn Lozada here.

Epicurious Recipes & Shopping List App Review

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With Thanksgiving not too far away, you might want to try out a recipe app for your iPhone, iPad or for your Android phone or tablet PC. The Epicurious App is one such app that is available for almost any platform. On to of it is free. So, how can you go wrong.

The app lets you browse and search Epicurious.com's database of over 28,000 editor-created and tested recipes, toggling between an easy-to-view shopping format, and a recipe format that shows one instruction step at a time.

"We want our brands and content to be available on all platforms, wherever our readers are," said Sarah Chubb, President of Condé Nast Digital. "I am delighted that we are further extending the reach of Epicurious by bringing this useful app to the Android Market."

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"Their exclusive voice recognition functionality and widget capabilities help to create an entirely new and innovative experience for our users," says Tanya Wenman Steel, editor in chief of Epicurious.com.

"Epicurious' Recipes & Shopping List: On the Go and In the Kitchen" for Android ™ features:
Proven recipes: Over 28,000 professionally tested recipes to ensure a delicious meal.
As these recipes are mainly taken from magazines, namely Gourmet and Bon Appétit, plus web-exclusive recipes from renowned chefs and cookbook authors, it's real fun just to flip through the pictures.

Don't expect to find "How to create a diner under $10 for 8 people recipe". While the app is free, you probably have to calculate a little more than usual to buy the sometimes unusual ingredients. Not unusual for a 5-star chef, but probably missing in your pantry.

Once you found the recipe that you want to try, it spits out a shopping list for you.

You can download Epicurious for the iPhone and iPad here.

The "Epicurious' Recipes & Shopping List: On the Go and In the Kitchen" application is available free in the Android Market.

Take Advantage of The Gold Pullback

With the pull back in gold over recent days it makes for a good entry point. So right now might be a good time to look into a few companies that might be worth having stock in when the price correction ends and the uptrend gets back on track. Lets take a quick look at a few companies you may possibly want to do some homework on and eventually put some money into. Today we are going to focus on a few Canadian companies.

Alamos Gold Inc. (TSE:AGI)
http://www.alamosgold.com

The first company we will take a look at is Alamos Gold Inc. They are a company based out of Toronto  and are an exploration, mine development and mining company that specialize in the mining of precious metals, primarily gold. Their major operations are in Turkey and Mexico. Their main mine is called the Mulatos Project which is located in the east-central section of the State of Sonora, Mexico. It is approximately 300km from the US-Mexico boarder. At this mine not only are they extracting gold but they continue an exploration program within the Mulatos District in hopes of continual growth of the mine in the area. Within the Salamandra group of concessions (which the Mulatos deposit is within) they have a satellite system of prospective gold deposits that they hope to mine in the future.

This company looks like it is headed in the right direction with mining projects currently underway along with their exploration projects that are underway and that haven't even begun yet so the future looks bright and they are a company worth digging a little deeper with and could be worth investing in.

NovaGold Resources Inc. (AMEX:NG)
http://www.novagold.com

This company out of Vancouver with gold and copper-gold projects in British Columbia and throughout Alaska. All of their projects are still in the exploration, construction, and planning stages. Their assets include over 17 million ounces of gold reserves and over 12.7 million gold resources. They also have over 9 billion pounds of copper resources. They have been able to keep their discovery costs far below the industry standard for gold and seem to of set themselves up for a bright future.

With some more homework into the background of this company it could show their is great potential for this company in the future. They could be a great long term investment with the assets they still have in the ground and over the next few years will begin to cash those assets in and make them and possibly you a lot of money.

Yamana Gold Inc. (NYSE:AUY)
http://www.yamana.com

Yamana Gold is a fast growing company, it was founded in only 2003 and has quickly grown to having seven mines already producing and seven more in the developing stages. The Chapada mine is one of their biggest producers currently and is located in Brazil's northern Goias State. The mine has a life of another 13 years and is producing 1.7 million ounces of gold and 2 billion pounds of recoverable copper on an annual bases. They are currently working on plant optimization to increase efficiency and should be complete that within 2012 and would increase throughput to over 22 million tonnes per year.

The company also has a group of projects in the development stages and looks to be setting up for a great future. The company has gone from nothing to 14+ on going projects in under seven years so we should expect them to continue to grow.

Prince William and Kate Middleton are Engaged to be Married

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Prince William, or officially Prince William Arthur Philip Louis of Wales, the son of Prince Charles of Wales and late Princess Diana of Wales has officially proposed to Kate Middleton, his girlfriend for almost 10 years.

After his father the prince is the next in line to the throne. prince William is the grandson of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Prince William is a Flight Lieutenant for the Royal Air Force and is currently getting trained to become a search and rescue helicopter pilot.

Here is a lovely video from The Telegraph giving some insights and details about the royal engagement.



Kate Middleton is not from royal decent. The British press tried to make a fuss about it, but the people don't really care and like her very much. Whenever she would appear in public a cheering crowd would gather.

Needless to say that all hell is breaking loose in England now as almost the whole population wants to have their say in the royal wedding. Bookmakers already are accepting bets on the date of the wedding. Paddy Power, one such bookmaker is making August 13th 2011 the favourite at 3/1.

Other bets are on the designer for Kate Middleton's wedding dress, the color of the Queen's hat during the wedding ceremony and where the wedding ceremony will take place.

Gold Price Going Down Further

During the early morning hours the price for gold showed continued weakness. As of 10:15 am, the price for gold was $1,351.34 per ounce. That means gold has lost about $17 today. Gold is currently trading about $58 below it's most recent highest ever of $1,409.80 on November 8, 2010. While the gold price is down 2% for the last 30 days, Gold is still 20% up for the year.

Update:

At 10:06 pm, the price for gold was $1,335.39. That means the price slipped further during the afternoon trading, but is trading above the low for the day which was $1332.17 per ounce.

Update November 17:

Gold starts to move up again. During early morning trading on Wednesday, November 17 at 10:48 am the gold price was $1,343.03 and trending up.

Update November 17:

At 1:29 pm the price for gold was $1,336.66 per ounce.

At 3:56 pm the gold price was $1,335.9.

On the chart below you can see that the last days corrections did not break the trend. The trend for gold is still pointing up nicely.

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Based on all that, gold is still a good investment. The entry just got a little easier for now. If you are on the fence of investing in gold or buying gold coins, now seems to be an ideal time to actually get started. The best time to invest is within an uptrend, while a price correction is going on. It is doubtful that this correction will last long.

Prince William to Mary Kate Middleton

ABC News reports that Prince William of Great Britain and Kate Middleton are now officially engaged. The pair met about eight years ago while they were students at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and they had a regular relationship since then.

The press in England always tried to find something wrong about the relationship, as Kate Middleton is not from royal decent. Kate Middleton was dubbed "Waity Katie" by the British press.

Prince William Engagement

Last month the two were vacationing in Kenya, when Price William proposed to Kate. The Queen of England is also very happy about the recent events. Buckingham Palace released a statement saying that the Queen is "absolutely delighted" for Prince William and Kate, who are both 28 years old.

"The Prince of Wales is delighted to announce the engagement of Prince William to Miss Catherine Middleton," the statement from Clarence House read. On the Queen's recently established Facebook page it reads:"The Prince of Wales is delighted to announce the engagement of Prince William to Miss Catherine Middleton".

Royal Wedding Prince William Kate Queen Elizabeth II UK

Royal Wedding

The royal wedding is scheduled for next spring in London. It was also reported that Prince William got the OK from Kate Middleton's father, before he ask Kate. CNN has some pictures showing Kate and Prince William here.

Reactions on Twitter to the Royal Engagement News

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zara_bieber‎: "Congrats to Prince William & Kate Middleton! ;) Its so sad that I won't get to marry Prince William. LOL xD"

peterjharvey‎: "Hmmm...is today a good day to get out those photos of me & Kate Middleton?"

Lucy_mpm2ltd‎: "So pleased 4 Prince William + Kate Middleton. I think they'll do our country proud! :)"

niccharge‎: "Congratulations to Prince William and Kate Middleton!"

EmmaKmorritt‎: "Congratulations to Prince William and Kate Middleton!! What lovely news."

niknakm: "Kate Middleton is going to be the hottest queen ever!"

On the next page you can read more information about Kate Middleton.



Catherine Elizabeth "Kate" Middleton was born on 9 January 1982. For years the media has already speculated that she is going to marry Prince William at one point. While there was some chatter that it would be not right as Kate is a commoner, history showed that things like that do not matter in England any more as referenced by the late Lady Diana.

Kate's father was originally a flight dispatcher for British Airways, but later on founded a mail order company together with his wife. It is called Party Pieces and sells party decorations and supplies. Through that mail order business the Middletons became millionaires.

Kate Middleton grew up in Berkshire. She then went to Marlborough College and finally studied at the University of St Andrews, where she met Prince William. Kate is already used to living the royal life: She attend several high profile events and has always been admired for excellent fashion taste.

Gold Price Slides Down to $1,365 per Ounce

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The price for gold was rather weak on Monday morning. During the day the yellow metal turned out to be even softer with prices as low as $1,365 per ounce. Kitco.com reports that the weaker price for gold was not only due to the stronger dollar, but there was also some predominant selling visible.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York placed $7.923 billion in Treasury bonds into public on Monday, its second operation as the central bank engages in a second round of quantitative easing to support lending and spending.

How the week will go as far as gold is concerned, remains to be seen. As Marketwatch.com reported a few days ago:

Gold’s feverish run has made a lot of people a lot of money, and though the rally has taken a breather in the last few days, there’s no shortage of flag-waving supporters who claim gold is on a march to $1,600, $1,800, $2,000 and beyond. After all, gold is still well below its 1980 peak, when it was worth around $2,300 an ounce in today’s dollars.

This was actually taken from an article that tried to "prove" that gold is a bad investment. But that is what you hear everyday: the media says this and quite the opposite the next day. Most of the reporters and writers don't really have a clue as to what is going on and try to sound very wise. Even if the gold price would fall further, lets say to $1,200 an ounce, it could not be considered a bad investment.

If you look at it short term, yes that might look bad, but investing is usually done with a longer time frame in mind.

The underlying factors for the appreciation of gold have not changed. Just because somebody is playing around with currencies does not remedy the overall situation.

Jessica Simpson Engaged

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Rumors have it and TMZ has it too:Jessica Simpson is planning to marry former football star Eric Johnson. The two did not meet yesterday. They have been dating since last May.

Another source has already spotted the engagement ring: Jessica Simpson's engagement ring was designed by Neil Lan. It is sporting two large diamonds on each side and in the middle is ha a nice ruby. This has been spotted while Jessica was signing autographs in Overland Park, Kansas on November 13.

Jessica Simpson was born on July 10, 1980 and is an American  singer, actress, TV personality and also a fashion designer. She is known through the MTV reality show, Nick and Jessica.

If the name Jessica Simpson does not ring a bell, here is something to refresh your memory:

Jessica Simpson - These Boots Are Made For Walkin'

Eric Johnson used to play for the New Orleans Saints. But since 2008 he has not played any NFL game.

Metro PCS Phones – No Contract, 40 Bucks per Month

Metro PCS is a wireless communications provider that offers Unlimited Local & Long Distance Calling Plans for a flat fee:

MetroPCS $40 Unlimited Local & Long Distance Calling Plan

While their coverage can vary, the plans have one huge advantage: They do not force you into a long term contract. Instead they offer service and let you decide whether they are worth keeping or not.

Depending on where you live Metro PCS could very well be the ideal wireless provider.

One interesting feature that is offered with some plans: For $5 per month you get unlimited calls to Mexico. If you have relatives in Mexico or if you do a lot of business with Mexico, this could be a huge money saver.

MetroPCS is with 7.9 million subscribers fairly small, compared to AT&T.

Lose it! iPhone App Review: Weight Loss Made Easy

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Whilst millions of people are striving to lose weight at any one given time most people have come to realize that weight loss is never an easy process, and it requires willpower, determination, and staying power. For some people the hassle and inconvenience of checking every packet label and trying to get past the jargon to find out the calorie levels in what they are planning to eat all becomes too much, and this is something that can contribute towards people giving up on their quest to lose weight.

We all start out with determination and good intentions when we make that decision to lose excess weight. However, we all lead busy lifestyles and these days, with all of the nutritional jargon that is included on food labeling, we can ill afford to spend what seems like an eternity checking labels and counting calories before we get around to actually putting any food in our mouths. It is this inconvenience and hassle that often results in people giving up on their weight loss plans.

Luckily technology has come a long way over recent years, and those looking to lose weight now have a number of tools and resources at their fingertips that were not available in the past. Lose It! is an iPhone app that can prove invaluable if you are looking to shed the pounds, as it makes calorie counting easy, fast, and convenient, leaving you to focus on more important things than the labels on your food!

Continue reading on the next page.

How Lose It! Makes Weight Loss Easier

Most people that embark upon a weight loss program are not nutritionists and do not have in-depth knowledge about the amount of calories that they should be consuming, which foods are low calorie, and what portion sizes they should be eating. With Lose It! there is no need to have this knowledge because this invaluable iPhone app does all the hard work for you, saving you time, frustration, and inconvenience.

One of the excellent features of the Lose It! app is that you can create a custom profile, which enables the app to calculate your daily calorie requirements based on a number of factors such as your gender, age, height, weight loss target, and starting weight. This can then be adjusted as you lose the weight to ensure that the calorie requirements remain accurate for the most effective weight loss.

The other invaluable feature of the Lose It! app is the searchable database, which is very simple to use and makes it easy for you to enter food and portion sizes to get easy access to nutritional values that are relevant to you. Hundreds of brand name products are included on the database, and you will find tracking daily fat, cholesterol, protein, fiber, and carbohydrates a breeze using this app.

Other invaluable features of the Lose It! app include:

• The ability to add exercise information from a comprehensive list, which will then result in your daily total being automatically adjusted to reflect calories that have been burned off through exercise


• Features that allow you to easily monitor your daily and weekly calorie intake, so you can see at a glance what your remaining calorie allowance is


• The provision of a simple, quick way to graph your weight loss as you go along, which is both informative and encouraging if you are trying to lose weight


• The ability to quickly get nutritional information on many brand name and restaurant foods, with the database being updated on a regular basis to include new food/products that come onto the market

One of the great things about the Lose It! app is that it is so easy to use. Losing weight no longer means pouring over every item of food that you put in your shopping basket to check on calories and fat content. With Lose It! weight loss is made easy, simple, effective, and affordable, which is why this app has become the most downloaded health and fitness app for the iPhone.

Continue reading on the next page.

Why Choose Lose It! To Help You Lose Weight?

There are many reasons why you should consider opting for the Lose It! app to help you lose weight, and these are summarized below:

• This app will eliminate the need to check the often complicated food labeling on every food item you buy


• Lose It! makes it easier to monitor and regulate food portions


• With this app there is no need to spend money on costly diet books and calorie counting charts because all the hard work is done for you


• The app boasts many features that will make it quick and easy not only to calculate calorie intake and allowances but also monitor weight loss as your weight loss program progresses


• Lose It! is the perfect weight loss tool for those that want to live their lives and lose weight rather than dedicating all of their time to calorie counting and reading up on nutrition

How You Can Start Enjoying the Weight Loss Benefits of Lose It!

The rave reviews about Lose it! by developer FitNow, speak volumes about the effectiveness and success of this weight loss app. If you want to start benefiting from the ease, convenience, and invaluable help that this app provides you can download it with ease either from the Apple app store or through iTunes. The app is actually free to download so you won't have to pay to start losing weight quickly and easily.

With this app being free you have nothing to lose by trying it out apart from your excess weight, so it's well worth ditching the calorie counting books, eliminating the need to check complicated labels, and giving this hugely popular weight loss app a go. The Lose It! app is compatible with the iPhone, the iPod Touch, and the iPad.

Summary

The reason why I think this app is so great – and why it has so many excellent reviews – is because it is really simple and easy to use, saving me time and effort. Maintaining the stamina to lose weight can be difficult enough, but having to immerse myself in books and labels or count Weight Watchers points makes it all the more complicated and time consuming. With Lose It! I don't have to worry about looking or feeling like my life revolves around my diet – a few taps on my touchscreen is all that's needed to get the information that I want.

[rating:4/5]

This is a guest post by WeightLossTriumph, a site of valid online weight loss program coupons. You can download promotional coupons for Weight Watchers and coupons for Diet to Go.

Fitclick iPhone and iPad App Review: Weight Loss Made Easy

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The weight loss industry has become a multi-billion dollar global industry, and this is because people have become increasingly focused on losing weight to both look their best and to feel their best. Whether it is for health reasons, aesthetic reasons, or just to feel better, most of us know what it feels like to want to lose a few pounds – and sadly many of us also know how it feels to fail!

There is no doubt that weight loss is a difficult process, and is not something that is going to happen overnight with a click of the fingers. No matter how you try and dress it up healthy weight loss is all about stepping up the exercise and reducing calories and fat, and summoning up the willpower and stamina to do this can be difficult. However, you can benefit from a helping hand, and having the right tools at your disposal can make all the difference.

FitClick is an app for the iPhone and the iPad, and is designed to make weight loss easier through the provision of tracking, monitoring, and number crunching tools. The last thing you want when concentrating on weight loss is to be dragged down with calorie counting and scribbling down notes, and FitClick eliminates the need to do this because it does the work on your behalf.

Continue reading on the next page.

Kick Starting Your Weight Loss with the Fitclick App

When you register your details with FitClick you will be on your way to easier, more manageable weight loss. FitClick is not a miracle worker and is not going to make your weight loss program into an overnight success. What it will do is give you the tools and resources to manage your calorie intake, exercise levels, nutrient monitoring, and weight loss tracking, all of which can help to push you that bit further and help your weight loss program to be more successful.

You will need to provide some basic information with regards to your height, weight, gender, age, and weight loss target, and this will then ensure that the app provides data that caters to your individual needs to maximize the results of your weight loss program. The diet and workout tracker from FitClick allows you to monitor both diet and exercise with the convenience of just one single app, reducing the hassle and inconvenience that is often involved in trying to lose weight.

Some of the features that make the FitClick app so effective include:

• A built in 'Calorie Balance' display that shows how many calories you have eaten, how many you have burned off, and how many you have left based on your recommended calorie intake. This is all calculated from the information you provide when you register and the food intake and exercise information that you log on a daily basis


• The diet tracker, which you use to provide details of your food intake. There is room for five meals, and you are able to add a number of food items for each meal and adjust serving sizes


• A comprehensive database for adding meals and food items, or the ability to enter custom foods/meals


• A workout tracker to provide details of your exercise activity, where you enter an exercise and select a duration to find out how many calories you have burned


• A nutrient tracker for over 110,000 foods


• Optional prescribed diet plans


• A custom grocery list feature


• Built in tools such as BMI calculator, body fat calculator, and weight chart


• Demos and videos for help with exercise


• Thousands of built in recipes to fit around your diet plan

These are just some of the great features that the FitClick iPhone/ iPad app offers, and many people have found that the system provides the additional support needed to stick to that weight loss plan, whether that is a commercial diet program (i.e Atkins, South Beach diet Nutrisystem, Medifast, etc) or your own personal meal plan.

Continue reading on the next page.

The Benefits of Using Fitclick to Help You Lose Weight

In a nutshell, the FitClick app provides you with one simple, easy to use, and convenient solution when it comes to logging, monitoring, and tracking your diet, exercise, and weight loss. This app takes all of the hassle out of having to keep tabs on your eating, activity levels, and progress, which is one less thing for you to worry about when you are trying to shed the pounds.

With FitClick you get an app that will enable you to:

• Keep track of the calories that you eat and burn off


• Stick to a personalized diet plan


• Create your own custom diet plan to follow


• Benefit from a personalized workout routine or develop a custom one depending on your needs and preferences


• Get valuable information on hundreds of exercises and thousands of nutrients


• Keep an eye on the number of calories you have left so that you don't go over your recommended allowance


• Use visual aids to monitor your progress


• Get access to more tools and resources at FitFlick.com free of charge

Start Benefiting from the Fitclick Weight Loss App

Benefiting from the FitClick weight loss app couldn't be easier, as you can simply download the app from the Apple app store or via iTunes. The app costs only $3.99, which is a small price to pay for ease, convenience, and ultimately success.

Compatible with the iPhone, the iPad, and the iPod Touch, this app provides those that want to lose weight with a valuable resource in terms of helping to keep calorie intake and exercise in check. The tracking tools that come with this app make it easier for you to get encouragement by seeing how well you are doing, or make changes if you feel that your weight loss is not progressing as well as it should be.

Summary

One of the things that I really like about the FitClick app is its simplicity. I love being able to manage my exercise and diet from one easy app, and being able to monitor my weight loss, calorie intake, and activity levels just by tapping my iPhone screen. Although I still have to drum up the determination and willpower to lose weight myself, this app makes it far easier for me to manage my diet more effectively, which is one less hassle for me.

[rating: 5/5]
FitClick Diet & Workout Tracker
This app is designed for both iPhone and iPad.

Author Bio

Matthew Papa is a biologist with a keen interest in technological innovations that help us improve our diet and overall health. His blog offers coupons for Medifast orders and discount promo codes for Nutrisystem, two meal replacement diets.

Absolute Fitness App Review: The App that Makes Weight Loss More Manageable

Whilst the theory behind losing weight may seem relatively simple to most people, putting this theory into practice is not always quite so simple. Losing weight requires a certain mindset from the dieter, such as determination and willpower, but in many cases it can also involve committing a lot of time because of the need to check food packaging and labeling, count calories, check other nutritional information, and continually crunch numbers to work out how many calories you have consumed and what your remaining calorie allowance is.

Add to this the need to factor in calories burned off through exercise, monitor food portions, and keep a check on weight loss progress and you can find yourself with a very time consuming process on your hands. The good news is that weight loss doesn't have to be this inconvenient and time consuming if you use the right tools and resources.

Absolute Fitness is an iPhone app that is ideal for those looking to lose weight without having to dedicate all of their time to calorie counting and monitoring. This app makes weight loss simple and achievable through its simplistic design, ease of use, and high level of effectiveness when it comes to providing you with all of the information and data you need to lose the weight.

Take the Hassle out of Weight Loss with Absolute Fitness

As anyone that has tried to lose weight in the past will know, shedding the pounds is not always an easy process, and most people are keen to deploy any effective tools and resources available that can help them in their quest to lose weight.

Absolute Fitness is a popular iPhone weight loss app, and boasts many benefits. This app is easy to set up, and when you are setting it up you are asked to enter details relating to your date of birth, your weight, height, activity levels, and target weight amongst other things. All of the information that you enter at this stage will help to ensure that the app works most effectively for your specific goals and needs.

Another great thing about the app is that you can benefit from a video tour that enables you to get the best out of this app for the most effective weight loss. A useful user guide is also available if you want to check on any of the features or add more features as you go along. Absolute Fitness is like a high tech food diary with plenty of extras to aid those that want to lose weight without having their world revolve around counting calories.

With Absolute Fitness you can easily and conveniently keep track of your food and exercise using the diary feature, and you can track your progress as time goes on so that you can be encouraged by your weight loss and make sure that you are still on track to reach your goal, or you can see where you are going wrong and make changes to rectify the situation.

Amongst the great features and benefits that the Absolute Fitness weight loss app offers are:

• A database of different foods and exercises that allow you to quickly and easily select and add to your daily foods/exercises


• The ability to add custom food and exercises that are not on the database


• The ability to check and track your weight loss progress


• Being able to check on the intake of fat, carbohydrates, protein, potassium, sodium, cholesterol, etc.


• A feature to tag items that you eat on a regular basis to save time and increase convenience

How Absolute Fitness Can Help You To Lose Weight

One of the key ways in which the Absolute Fitness weight loss app helps you to lose weight is by tracking and monitoring your intake and progress so that you can better understand your eating and exercise habits and make changes accordingly.

The way in which this app lets you track your progress also adds to its functionality, as it means that you can view your progress through a variety of visual aids that make tracking and analysis much easier.

Many of us have gone through the process of writing everything that we eat down in a notebook, but carrying this around and jotting things down every five minutes can get very tiresome. And after all that scribbling there are still no graphs, visual aids, or tracking facilities to help us see how we are progressing. With this iPhone app you can do away with the pen and notepad, log everything with ease, and benefit from the great monitoring, tracking, and nutritional features.

In short, Absolute Fitness allows you to:

• Diarize your food intake and exercise using the huge database, through custom entries, and by tagging regular exercise and foods


• Analyze your eating and exercise habits to make changes where necessary


• Monitor your progress and keep a check on your calorie intake and intake of things like fiber, potassium, saturated fat, etc.


• Log and manage your intake of food and calories, level of exercise, and ultimately your weight loss


• Get information on a variety of vitamins and minerals that are vital to a healthy diet and form an important part of healthy weight loss


• See how much you have eaten and how much you can continue to eat on a daily base


• Track blood pressure, body fat, sleep levels, and even water intake


• Receive additional support from the developer in addition to the video tour and the user guide


• Benefit from the comprehensive variety of information in the built in nutritional database

Give the Absolute Fitness Weight Loss App a Try

It couldn’t be easier to give the Absolute Fitness weight loss iPhone app a try, as you can download it with ease and speed. The app, which is developed by Aqua Eagle, can be downloaded via iTunes and the Apple app store and costs just $4.99. When you consider how much you would spend on things like calorie counting tools, nutrition books, notepads and pens, and other tools to help you to log and monitor your food and exercise this is a small price to pay.

For this very reasonable price you can enjoy the convenience of being able to manage your weight loss program from your iPhone, and you can save the money and time that you would use trying to manage your weight using 'old fashioned' tools and resources. The app is compatible with the iPhone and iPod Touch.

Summary

The ease and convenience, plus the easy set up that come with this app, is what makes it so appealing and popular. Absolute Fitness takes the hassle and hard work out of keeping tabs on your diet, your exercise, and your weight loss, and this is what makes it so unique and effective for me. When it comes to weight loss I want all the help I can get, and with the Absolute Fitness app I can hit the ground running rather than seeing my weight loss program as a hard, uphill struggle.

[rating: 5/5]

About the Author

Matthew Papa writes for WeightLossTriumph.com, a site that reviews best online weight loss programs and offers eDiet promotional codes.

Gold Price Falls Like a Rock

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The gold price saw some major correction today. As of 2:20 pm the price for one ounce of gold was $1,365.11. That is down $37.99 for the day.

The steep losses came overnight. Now gold is trading well below the $1,400 mark. It looks like many investors had implemented stop losses for their overnight positions. Once the stop prices were triggered many position flooded the market.

The volatility of gold can be very large and corrections can be as much as $100 in one day, which was last seen in July 2010. The long term outlook for gold is still very good. The money printing ordered by the Fed in order to cure the economy will continue to drive prices back up.

Skyline Movie Review

Synopsis: In the sci-fi thriller Skyline, strange lights descend on the city of Los Angeles, drawing people outside like moths to a flame where an extraterrestrial force threatens to swallow the entire human population off the face of the Earth.

Skyline is directed and produced by the Brothers Strause (Alien vs. Predator: Requiem), whose company Hydraulx has provided visual effects for Avatar, Iron Man, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and 300.

Cast: Eric Balfour, Scottie Thompson, David Zayas, Donald Faison, Brittany Daniel, Crystal Reed, Neil Hopkins

Director: Colin Strause, Greg Strause

Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller

Release Date: November 12, 2010

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Official Website: http://iamrogue.com/skyline

Behind the Scenes: http://www.iamrogue.com/skyline-behin...

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/skyline

Here are different reviews:

Liverpoolecho.co.uk writes:
"Taken in the spirit in which it's hopefully intended -- a brainless thrill ride -- Skyline is a slick genre piece that entertains for 92 minutes and is forgotten as soon as you walk out of the cinema. "

The only reason to see this alien suspense thriller is the nightmarish creature design, says Tim Robey from telegraph.co.uk:
"We get some watchable flurries of hunt-'em-down suspense between the interminable kvetchings of the human prey, but the only salient reason to see this is the creature design, by those HR Giger-inspired wizards Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr.

Radiotimes.com wants to say:
"Once the ace special effects and full-on monster mania take prominence over the soap opera plot, it does become weirdly fascinating. "

It's a science fiction thriller. You have to like the genre in order to appreciate the movie.

From the Red Carpet: SKYLINE Film Premiere

Here is a Skyline sneak preview clip.

Gold Price Slowly Moving Up

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The gold price slowly, but steadily advanced during the trading day. At 4:18 pm the gold price was $1408.66. That was up $9.56 from the opening price.

The volatility of gold and many other precious metals has increased during the last couple of weeks. Investors are still mulling over the impact of the Fed's announcements.  With any commodity you will see prices moving up and down. The important thing to watch is the long term trend.

The gold price has gained 37% against the euro over the past year, as  goldalert.com calculated.

Updates:

At 8:44 pm the gold price was $1,401.36 for one ounce.

At 11:12 pm the price for gold was $1,398.04 per ounce

At 8:55 am, November 12, gold is trading at $1,388.81 per ounce

Prices for Bullion Gold Coins

Krugerrand Gold Coins Price : $1,447.07 – $1,483.12

Canadian Gold Maple Leaf Price : $1,446.90 - $1,482.70

American Gold Eagle Bullion Coins $1,459.60 – $1,549.00

Prices for gold coins courtesy of goldprice.org.

Gold Price at Around $1,400 per ounce

Gold was trading around $1,400 on Wednesday. At the time of writing this post the price for gold was $1,400.00. First the price went down to $1,385 and then it went up, crossing the $1,400 per ounce line, with a high just short of $1,410 per ounce.

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Kitco reports:
"Comex gold futures prices have weakened further in mid-morning dealings Wednesday. December gold last traded down $18.50 an ounce at $1,391.70. Gold prices have backed down after some bargain-hunting buying interest briefly pushed the market back toward the daily high. The U.S. dollar index has also strengthened further at mid-morning, which is putting fresh downside pressure on the precious metals. "

TheStreet reports:

"Gold for December delivery was slipping $22.40 to $1,387.70 an ounce at the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. The gold price Wednesday has traded as high as $1,410 and as low as $1,383.40. "

The underlying reason seems to be the strengthening dollar against the Euro, which is most likely a short term issue.

Update

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The gold price at 7:00 pm was $1,401 per ounce.

At 9:15 pm the price for gold was at $1,404.45.

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Prices for Bullion Gold Coins

Krugerrand Gold Coins Price : $1,447.07 - $1,483.12

Canadian Gold Maple Leaf Price : $1,446.90 - $1,482.70

American Gold Eagle Bullion Coins $1,459.60 - $1,549.00

Prices for gold coins courtesy of goldprice.org.