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Wow, you've gone too far in conspiracy theory, but it is fair to say that Canada habors corrupted money. What you've mentioned was just the most famous case, recently there has been another one, unfortunately the crook in the new case is broke now - and still costing Canadian taxpayers money (in court).
When DXP first opened up China that included authorizing the banks to transact foreign currency. The procedure required China's banks to correspond with foreign banks. This being an entirely new field the necessary laws and banking supervision were not in place. Bank insiders found they could move millions out of their bank branches into foreign banks with literally a click of a mouse. No one said they couldn't and no one knew they if they did. The great bank robbery happened. The bank insiders quickly wired millions then
billions to foreign banks to their personal accounts. They promptly wiped clean the transaction records in their branch and ran.
Now you certainly can't possibly steal that kind of money in hard cash. It would be impossible to park that kind of money in any bank in China. So you have to have the banking instruments to do so to wire the loot and park it abroad. There are only a very few countries where you can wire this kind of money to. They are all in the G8 developed countries, or more specifically the US, Australia, NZ, Canada and the UK. By the time the China's Central Bank caught on billions had already been stolen and their thieves gone. The few unlucky enough not to have escaped in time were promptly shot.
When the receiving bank took in millions into brand new accounts from sources in mainland China there must be something very fishy about the money. Its a no brainer. Everyone in China was poor then and even the top government official drew a salary of less than US$1000 per month.
Private enterprises were then taking baby steps and not a single private enterprise was worth a million bucks let alone have a million in cash to send out. But the G8 banks let it through and kept it. For good and denied they even had received such money up till today.
Who would but a mainland Chinese national turn up promptly without proper personal and travel documentation. Passports and travel out of China was very restrictive then and no bank official would suddenly have a reason to travel to a G8 country on pleasure. He was a fugitive on the run.
Now if you cannot prove who you are you cannot withdraw the money. These were new accounts with no prior history. And even if you prove who you are you have to explain that the money is legally yours. There is a counterclaim from the Chinese government claiming it's theirs. As a fugitive from China how are you going to produce that kind of proof? Who are you going to complain to? You can't go back to China and you can't even let them know where you are. You have no legal rights and no ready cash for pricey lawyers in the new country. Very likely, for that few million bucks, the host country was willing to grant instant refugee status
and he was on his own thereafter. No money and he can't tell anyone about his caper in China. Neat.
Where these thieves were identified by China the host countries
refused to extradite them as there were no extradition treaties in place. And man did the host countries play up their hypocritical principles about human rights and their abhorrence for capital punishment. They would not send back these crooks to faced the death penalty (never mind China promised no to impose that.) The banks also refused to release records of transfers of monies from China citing privacy laws. There was no way the crooks would be allowed to return to China where they would enable China to reconstruct the accounts to make claim. The were other tricks Western governments and banks sought to keep the loot for themselves.
The most public case was http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-5/31/content_604460.htm
[China's most famous fugitive - Lai Changxing - could be returned to the country soon if a North American court turns down his final appeal today to avoid extradition. ... Lai, 53, is accused of heading a syndicate, based in coastal Xiamen in southeast China's Fujian Province, that colluded with corrupt government officials to operate the biggest smuggling operation uncovered in China since 1949.
The case involved US$10 billion worth of goods ranging from cigarettes to cooking oil. ]
Canada's trick was to delay the decision until Lai was drained dry of the 2 billion bucks he was reputed to have brought with him. On arrival Lai bought himself a fortress of a mansion(s) and staffed it with round the clock security. Luxury goods. Servants. Expensive lawyers. Multiple court hearings and appeals. Until by the time Canada let him go Lai was a bankrupt.
$428 billion. Wow. I knew it was big. But that big? The real crooks are the western banks and governments. This is a big boys' game. We can only gape in wonder.
China banks are still very young; even they are huge in size. They are still like a baby, should be implanted with basic knowledge and skill of competition, should be protected and guided actively. Now they still should concentrate their energy on improving and strengthening their basic management system, then prudently start the derivative service in the financial fields. Of course they should learn from the western banks when they meet trouble: check the rule and correct it quickly, but not ascribe it to someone's fault simply.
There are pretty well known analysis of corporate competency and efficiency for banks.
China's entrepreneurs got very little help from banks, most of them started with a few thousand yuan and do not have access to loans until they have become quite successful and can not do it without bribing or befriend with a banker.
In fact even the infrastructure were not jumpstarted by the banks, in the beginning HK firms brought in capital and built them, in exchange for rights to collect toll, the banks had little money and were certainly not interested in risky project. Nowadays those projects are virtually a cash cow and HK firms have totally been shut off, banks are begging to loan, it is a classic story of banks want to loan you money if you don't need it.
The banks were close to insolvent back in the 90s because of the same reason of rackless lending (though still much better off the US real estate bubble where you can get a mortgage if you can breath) in early 90s, mostly to government enterprises and real estate. It is worrisome that history will repeat itself in the next few years, just look at the recent corruption cases involving bankers, a branch manager can often steal more than tens of millions of dollars (yes dollars).
If Chinese banks are as well managed as HongKong then you will probably halve the corruption and lost of capital, not to mention boosting the economy and entrepreneurship.
There is another thing i want to add. Economist MUST stop applying rules that work in developed societies to developing ones. China, so far made much better progress following it's own set of "development" and probably has an idea how and when to let its bank open up. I kind of like the fact that they are not exactly rushing with financial system liberalization.
Eco,i'll tell you what. Capital has a tendency to move where it can get the biggest profit from its utilization. Cheap labor capital equally, manufacturing, and opportunity to hire local talent all lead to rapid economic development, DESPITE of as you said inefficient government controlled financial system.Oh, something else. Not following IMF rules for economical development, also helped.
I wonder: if Chinese Government is so inept, its financial system so inefficient and there is not much opportunity for entrepreneurship, what exactly is behind China's meteoric rise in recent years?
"But rather than viewing this as an education in how an unrigged market works it considers the investments an embarrassment."Unrigged!? Then what is the purpose of the Federal Reserve and the government-backed banking cartel? It is statements like this that give true economic freedom a bad name.Since the banking system periodically causes massive economic destruction, isn't it long past due that its basic foundation be reexamined? How about we try honesty this time instead of fractional reserve banking which is both fraudulent and by turns inflationary and deflationary?The public at large may not understand finance but they understand honesty. And when they find out that fractional reserve banking is the chief culprit behind the business cycle, well, it would be best if the bankers just left the planet.(sorry about the formatting errors on my previous comment)
"But rather than viewing this as an education in howan unrigged market works it considers theinvestments an embarrassment."Unrigged!? Then what is the purpose of theFederal Reserve and the government-backed bankingcartel? It is statements like this that give trueeconomic freedom a bad name.Since the banking system periodically causes massive economic destruction, isn't it long past due that its basic foundationbe reexamined? How about we try honesty this time instead of fractional reserve banking which is both fraudulent and by turns inflationary and deflationary?The public at large may not understand finance but they understand honesty. And when they find out that fractional reserve banking is the chief culprit behind the business cycle,well, it would be best if the bankers just left the planet.
The financial and investment sector in China is a wreckage. The banks are still being run like a government agency, poor service, tedious process, etc. However, I don't see why China must let outside banks become big players, Hong Kong has all the knowhow it needs in banking and investment for now, which China is definitely lagging behind in opening to.
The government is certainly starving off competition so that its most incompotent and profitable sector can stay ahead.
A good analogy for the differences in the banking systems in Asia and in the West is the difference in traffic patterns. In the West, there is more efficiency, more traffic per km of road, greater average speed on expressways than, say, Indian highways. However, when accidents do happen in the West, there are far more incidents of pileups -- involving several vehicles - than in India, where pileups are far less frequent.The West has a cultural affinity to tightly coupled systems whereas Asia is more informally, less tightly coupled. Therefore, banks in the West are too dependent on each other -- in a way that only financial disasters highlight -- with no "play" to adjust exposures, due to their overleveraging and excessive exposure to investments in listed securities on their asset side rather than non-transferable loans as Asian banks have a preponderance of. While there is a "coarseness" in this, there is an alternative wisdom: tightly coupled, efficient markets are not necessarily good for long-term survival.
There is a lot of negative comment and schedenfreude in the responses to your articles on finance.The essential nature of banking and finance in a modern society seems to be easily forgotten.Perhaps a summary of:- losses to total revenues (over 40 years, or a generation ?)- number of banking transactions per day (making commerce and daily life more simple)- total assets under management- total gain in world wealth (over 40 years, or a generation ?)etc...With my pension under management and using a bank with a wonderful telephone service and internet options I have enough free time to comment on Economist articles.
The conclusion paragraph does seem lazy and self-serving. It would be like a tech powerhouse at its height of power and looking at emerging competitors armed with a different technology/approach to the market: their own analysis begin with earnest and best intentions, highlighting/listing pros and cons, and then WISHFUL thinking kicks in and claims we shall remain OK/superior... The history of the industry proves such introspection sadly wrong."Put yourself in others' shoes" --- please, do try to do a search of articles/news in any Asian language, and one would be hard-pressed to find anyone there identifying with the conclusion here. Why is that? While I am not economic historian, but I think financiers had all once been viewed with suspicion and/or relegated/supressed to lower social rank. Historically until late 19th century/early 20th century, the class of intellects are accorded with far more prestige and class than the financiers/traders/merchants. I can't help but wonder, perhaps it is the late financial industry that is an aberration than the new norm.The state of the finance in US is simple and pure greed running rampant and reshaping the political landscape to underwrite and justify its place and activity in the economy. This stigma will not be lost on the world as the world learns the cause of what ails US/European banks with huge losses.In time, I am sure Asians will spend time examine differences in US and countries in Europe and study how differences lead to different outcomes. They will strive to incorporate benefits of the adoption while engender them at the pace and characteristics in accordance to their own social-cultural perspectives. After all, I recall reading an Economist article on Finland and it reports Finnish society do, well at least psychologically, feel a sense towards unity (less income gap) and a sense of guilt towards too much wealth. Undoubtedly, there are good aspects of the Western finance. The real question is, speculation in the end does not serve the society well except the lucky speculators and so how shall a financial system be ushered into place to provide benefits (of say risk management) while suppressing speculation. Western bankers/financiers lose their lusters precisely because they have played their game and blown up financial nuclear bombs. Pocketing their gains while offloading the society at large to contend with the problems, now they hop on a flight and doll out advices to enable them to have more means to speculate in the market over there... It serves them right to be shunned.
From a systems biology perspective the western finance system and free markets systems are forms of cancer for the earth body system. In a healthy earth body these system would be serving the health of the overall earth body. Instead the tables have been turned and they have become the masters. And as masters they are all consuming self referential, short term, positive feedback loops fixated on growth for its own sake and are bleeding the earth body dry. Economies, free markets, finance systems, democracy etc. no longer serve us - we serve them. We are continually asked to make sacrifices to these systems.The reductive, competitive, strategic, scientific, managerial, short term, self interested mindsets that underpin these systems have not yet evolved to deal with the complexities of the integrated, interdependent system we live in.Those who laud over the "progress" we have made in the western world with free markets, democracy and the finance system might also pause for a moment and reflect that is has a negative side that is threatening our future survival - pollution, unsustainable renewable resource depletion, climate change, obesity, chronic disease etc. Short term "progress" does not guarantee long term sustainability.These systems are cancerous parasites. But who is going to apply the restraints - the negative feedback loops to stop this self inflicted suicidal behaviour. Who is going to transform these systems into systems that serve the greater good. The "democratic" system is yet another short term positive feedback loop - it is a self referential poll driven system in the hands of special interest groups such as the finance system. We can't expect to fix the problems we have created with the same level of intelligence that created the problems. We need feedback systems that reflect all the costs and apply the appropriate restraints. Free markets that ignore "externalities" are not sufficient. We are dealing with a global integrated system. What we need is a global immune system with the appropriate negative feedback loops.
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i installed a green garden fence near my neighbors fence in the backyard but 3 inches or more from the property line. it's one of those green fences you buy at lowes in a roll and you roll put and you just basically drive a post in with a hammer. well my neighbors who hate me went out and took a picture of it. i'm assuming they will complain and go to city. do I need a permit for this type of fence. I put in due to rabbits and turkeys going underneath their wood fence and eating my garden. any thoughts? |
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>>> any thoughts? Yea.. Ride it out. People worry so much about rain tomorrow that they can't enjoy the sunshine today.. If I spent my time worrying about what the neighbors say, do or think. I would not have any time to tell them to go to He77. |
Temporary fence. Should be ok, depends on local property codes. If the local folks tell ya to take it down---complain daily---or twice daily about animal control not controlling the varmits. Or sue the neighbor for letting the varmits out of their yard. Sometimes a person has to get creative. |
permits vary widely by location. best is to check with your own local authorities. you may find out it is perfectly legal and there is nothing your neighbors can do about it. |
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thanks for your time folk. I've been having issues with the neighbors for over 5 years. they stalk me when I mow the lawn. whistle when I go outside. it's been nuts and I've been trying to sell for almost b7 months now. the fence is there now to keep animals out because I have a flower garden and also vegetables to worry about. they have tried to get my previous fence torn down but it was wood and I did have a permit. this one like I said it's a green type roll out fence. it is vinyl coated metal but not cemented in ground, just has these green stakes you drive into the ground. I didn't complete the whole fence but wanted to before end of week. now I'm thinking I should've called the city. I didn't think this type required a permit but maybe it did. |
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Temporary garden fence should be a non event. If no cement was used its temporary. Worse case if the town insist...they will have you fill out an "after the fact" permit so they can make their little bit of money. Make sure where your property line is. Your neighbors may have installed their fence a foot inside their property line. That would would mean your 9" into theirs. Al |
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City adviced no permit requires. Said neighbors can call if they have an issue. |
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"I would like to take the opportunity to thank our partners, developers and consultants of the project, Ernst and Young, the leader of the advisory Consortium and the financial advisors of the project, and White and Case, the Legal Advisor, Poyry, the Technical advisors, and the financial advisory board, and all those who have contributed or will contribute, to the completion of this pioneering project," said Al Tayer.
"The Dubai Integrated Energy strategy 2030 seeks to improve demand efficiency by diversifying energy sources so that, by 2030, the total power output of Dubai will be 71% generated from natural gas, 12% from nuclear energy, 12% from clean coal, and 5% from solar power 5%, in addition to reducing energy demand by 30% by the year 2030," added Al Tayer.
Phase One of the project is due to begin in the start of 2020 and will have a production capacity of 600 MW. The second phase will have an equal production capacity and will be launched in the last quarter of 2020.
DEWA, represented by Al Tayer, has also signed an MoU with the Society of Engineers – United Arab Emirates, represented by HE Essa Al Maidoor, President of the Society of Engineers. The purpose of this MoU is to exchange of knowledge, expertise and cooperation on training programmes and joint activities and initiatives for smart cities, spreading awareness about sustainability, environmental awareness and benchmarking, and communicating with groups on specialised technical cooperation projects in corporate social responsibility.
"In line with the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to maintain Dubai's position as a global hub for trade, finance, tourism and green economy, DEWA is seeking to strengthen its strategic partnerships with all government agencies and business sectors," said Al Tayer.
"This MoU reflects the determination of DEWA and the Society to further strengthen their strategic partnerships. This agreement is in line with the UAE 2021 Vision, and aims to consolidate the country's position regionally and globally to position it as one of the best countries in the world by 2021," said Al Tayer.
"We have strong collaboration with the UAE Society of Engineers covering the promotion of conferences and events organised by DEWA, encouraging enrolment of DEWA's architects in the Society of Engineers, the exchange of expertise and research in the field of energy and its sustainability," added Al Tayer.
"We are always exploring other cooperation frameworks to organise joint activities in these fields, in addition to cooperating in the training and development of engineers, projects and community initiatives and sponsoring activities and events. We appreciate the society's efforts to cooperate with DEWA in awareness campaigns, joint seminars in rationalising electricity and water consumption and the joint coordination to highlight DEWA's initiatives and achievements on a global front through the World of Engineering magazine," said Al Tayer.
"The Society strives to serve the country in various fields. Moreover, we appreciate the Society's initiatives that reflect an ideal example on the joint cooperation between organisations."
On the last day of the show, Al Tayer was certified by the Green Project Management Sustainable Centre of Excellence as being carbon neutral, the first CEO to receive this award in the region. Al Tayer received the award, from Joel Carboni, Founder and President of GPM Global, in recognition of DEWA's continuing efforts in following environmentally-friendly standards for managing projects by applying international best practices in green projects.
The aim of this award is to recognise companies' role in applying best practices in the management of green projects.
Moreover, SGS GULF has awarded DEWA with the ISO 14064 certificate to be one of the first organisations in the UAE that is recognised with such a certificate in recognition of its efforts in environmental sustainability reflecting the Green Economy for Sustainable Development initiative of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, Ruler of Dubai, to establish the UAE as a world leader in green economy and a centre for trade, finance, tourism, and green economy, in accordance with DEWA's vision to be a sustainable world class sustainable utility and the Dubai Integrated Energy Strategy 2030 to decrease the consumption of energy by 30 percent by 2030.
"This new achievement strengthens our journey to enhance transparency and credibility in the measurement and monitoring and reporting processes and decreasing carbon dioxide emissions and identifying responsibilities and risks pertaining to emissions resulting from global warming," said Al Tayer.
"We always strive to adopt the highest international standards in environment and we have achieved competitive results in adopting clean sustainability procedures in our development projects in coordination with the Dubai Carbon Centre of Excellence."
DEWA was verified through a series of stringent examinations on levels of designing and developing of enterprise-level greenhouse gas inventories including quantifying, monitoring and reporting emission reductions. The results showed that the amount of emissions comply with the standards of ISO 14064, which ensures DEWA's efforts in achieving better environmental outputs that are a matter of pride to the UAE and Dubai in particular and reinforces its journey in sustainability. The verification process was done with support from Dubai Carbon Centre of Excellence and SGS GULF based on the standards of ISO 14064-3:2006. Al Tayer has received a certificate from Rachid Cherkaoui, Regional Head and MD of SGS Gulf, during a ceremony held at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre as part of WETEX 2014.
To integrate this achievement, DEWA established a framework for monitoring and reporting to verify procedures to follow in the coming years. DEWA is proud that 12 employees from different departments have trained and completed the ISO 14064 provided by Bureau Veritas.
Al Tayer handed certificates to the employees at WETEX 2014. This step will contribute to applying DEWA's strategy in reducing carbon emissions.
In addition, DEWA has announced the winners of the tenth Best Consumer Award during Smartech Shopper 2014, the inaugural consumer exhibition organised in conjunction with WETEX 2014.
The Best Consumer Award encourages DEWA's residential customers to reduce the consumption of electricity and water and implement eco-friendly practices to reduce the use of natural resources required to generate electricity for a sustainable future, for generations to come.
"DEWA consistently raises awareness about conservation and the rational use for electricity and water among the residents of Dubai by conducting awareness campaigns throughout the year to achieve real savings in the consumption of electricity and water in the residential, commercial and industrial sectors. This award comes at a time where DEWA is making rapid strides in enhancing a responsible culture within society to conserve natural resources," said Al Tayer.
Al Tayer said that the levels of savings in the consumption of water and electricity achieved by the winners ranges from 17-53% for water and 17-56% for electricity, which is a clear indicator of the efficacy of these campaigns in raising awareness across all aspects of society.
"We are proud of the innovative ways in which DEWA's customers have achieved remarkable savings that exceeded 50% in one year alone. This proves the success of the conservation campaigns led by DEWA and the interaction it generated with customers," Al Tayer added.
DEWA has managed to save 5,902,065kWh of electricity and 33,564,486 gallons of water in 2013. The total savings for the last 5 years is over AED 22.4 million.
SmarTech Shopper, which is held under the theme "For A Better Life", also witnessed impressive numbers of retail visitors where exhibitors presented various household appliances and eco-friendly applications. The visitors had the opportunity to get special deals for various household appliances.
SmarTech Shopper has proved that it is also a platform for end users considering they are the largest consumer segment of water and electricity. It also raised awareness about DEWA's efforts to preserve natural resources and support environmentally-sustainable concepts.
"SmarTech Shopper is part of DEWA's commitment to the Smart City initiative and it has provided a platform for the region's leading trade and retail eco-friendly products. The exhibition primarily targeted consumers, which enhanced DEWA's efforts to reach out to students and all members of the community and encourage them to rationalise their consumption of water and electricity at home, including contributing to preserving the environment and natural resources," said Al Tayer.
SmarTech Shopper is a remarkable leap in DEWA's services where it has provided eco-friendly products with competitive prices compared to their conventional counterparts. DEWA has allocated 9 booths to encourage the public and visitors to adapt to sustainable solutions.
Many seminars were also organized on the side lines of SmarTech Shopper to educate the public about using eco-friendly products during WETEX and Green Week.
DEWA has signed an agreement with Dubai Carbon, to mitigate the effects of climate change by the efficient use of the UAE's resources, reducing the carbon intensity and energy consumed in line with the Green Economy for Sustainable Development initiative, the UAE Vision 2021 and the Dubai Integrated Energy Strategy 2030.
The agreement also will bridge closer links between students, students' unions and DEWA by providing students with valuable skills in reducing carbon emissions, adopting cleaner energy sources and more efficient industrial processes.
DEWA will provide Dubai Carbon with access to its experts through a formulation of a working group to identify areas of synergy and contribute in country-specific activities like the Green Economy for Sustainable Development initiative and Expo 2020.
DEWA also signed signed an MoU with LG Electronics, which produces household electronics. Both parties joined hands in promoting green and sustainable products and solutions, developing and partnering sustainable awareness campaigns, promoting offers and campaigns by LG dedicated to DEWA's employees for eco-friendly products and solutions.
"DEWA is signing these MoUs to achieve the vision of Government of Dubai in making Dubai a centre for sustainable development in the region by disseminating practices to rationalise electricity and water use and conservation of natural resources within Dubai," said AL Tayer.
The MoU was singed by Khawla Al Mehairi, Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Communications at DEWA and Duk Young Kim, President of LG Electronics.
"We have recently been awarded the '2014 ENERGY STAR – Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Recognition.' This is the highest award for partners of the Energy Star from the US Environmental Protection Agency; for our contribution in spreading the concepts of sustainability worldwide. We expect that our agreement with DEWA will achieve record results because of the special awareness of Dubai's community on several occasions in this area. We will put all our experience in promoting household products that save energy and reduce wastage rates," said Duk Young Kim.
"We value the importance of these MoUs with companies such as LG Electronics, in promoting eco-friendly products and sustainable solutions to raise awareness of sustainability issues among all segments of society in Dubai. Under the agreement, we will be organizing campaigns and promoting products and eco-friendly solutions by LG Electronics to DEWA staff." said Al Tayer.
Al Tayer said that this year witnessed several agreements done by DEWA with leading institutions in hardware and green solutions, to promote green initiatives especially to DEWA's consumers.
DEWA, represented by Al Mehairi, also signed an MoU with B/SH/, represented by Mark Saunders, Chief Executive Officer of Bosch and Siemens Home Appliances Group.
"The objective of this MoU is to encourage among society a culture of sustainability that incorporates a strong awareness of the importance of electricity and water. It is easy to take for granted the electricity we use and the water we consume. These consume our precious natural resources which we need to preserve for future generations. By spreading awareness to society at large of the importance of reducing how much electricity and water we use, and encouraging the use of energy- and water-efficient appliances, in partnerships with internationally-recognised manufacturers, we can all realise our goal to achieve a sustainable future, for generations to come" said Al Mehairi
"We aim through this partnership, to target over 10,000 employees working at DEWA in addition to all its consumers. We will promote products and solutions that reduce energy consumption, taking into consideration that a large part of the energy consumed in Dubai is from home appliances," said Saunders.
Al Mehairi signed another agreement on behalf of DEWA, with Osram, to foster a culture of sustainability in all segments of society and raise awareness about the optimal consumption of resources to preserve them for future generations.
More than two-thirds of the global market depends on lighting lamps and lighting systems. OSRAM develop traditional lighting technologies, and energy-saving and LED solutions.
The exhibition has gathered experts, service providers, investors, decision makers and consumers from private and public sectors all under one roof. It has also attracted specialists and experts from electricity water and energy and environment and oil and gas technologies.
The exhibition displayed latest technologies relevant to water, energy, environment, oil, gas, energy resources-management, green economy and development solutions.
The exhibition formed an ideal platform to discuss and display the newest topics and happenings in several domains most importantly water, energy, environmental management, sustainable development rationalization of water and electricity sources grids energy management solutions the use of renewable energy especially solar and nuclear. The exhibition acted as a convenient place for companies to display and showcase the newest technologies and solutions in the fields of electricity and water savings.
Many scientific conference and specialised seminars were organised on the sidelines of WETEX 2014 during which participants have discussed the latest developments in energy affairs, research and technological and scientific progress in the areas of sustainable energy.
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well,it certainly is a beauty,and I can see why you love it so much and want to know its name.Wish I could help you, but,I have no idea who it is.Hope some one can help you. Jean |
- Posted by celestialrose zone 4/5 NH (My Page) on Tue, Jan 29, 13 at 10:42
Hi Marg, I don't believe that could be it since that is listed as a very-late bloomer and mine actually starts early to early-midseason and is done blooming long before the lates start up. But thanks for the suggestion! I know it's going to be difficult finding out it's name. Jean, glad you think it's a pretty one too! I wish you could smell it. It has the nicest fragrance. Celeste |
- Posted by organic_kitten 7 (My Page) on Tue, Jan 29, 13 at 13:02
Beautiful blooms, and fragrant? I don't blame you, I'd keep it too. No idea on the name. kay |
- Posted by Old_Gardener63 none (My Page) on Tue, Jan 29, 13 at 14:09
Is it noc/extended bloom? That is truly one of the loveliest yellow daylilies I have seen and the fragrance sounds divine! Do you recall how many years ago you bought it? |
Have you tried Tranquil Lake Nursery's list of very fragrant daylilies? There are lots of yellows listed, with stats, so maybe you might get lucky there. Avedon |
- Posted by proteinqueenfccc (My Page) on Tue, Jan 29, 13 at 16:46
It reminds me of Top Honors, which I had for awhile, sorry no photos anymore. Heidi |
Looks and acts just like my Yazoo Elsie Hintson. You can find it in the AHS online database.Elsie smells as good as she looks.I wish I could say the same about my dog! |
- Posted by mantis__oh z6 OH (My Page) on Wed, Jan 30, 13 at 14:54
The coloring is similar to Atlanta Moonlight, though AM seems a bit rounder and the ruffles tighter. |
- Posted by celestialrose zone 4/5 NH (My Page) on Wed, Jan 30, 13 at 21:03
THANKS for the suggestions everyone. I checked out all of those mentioned but I don't think it's for SURE any of those, although mine does share similiar features and some are close. Yazoo Elsie Hintson maybe is the closest but the bloom size is way larger than mine at 8 inches. Mine is only between 6 - 6 1/2 inches and is an established clump I've had about 6 years. I don't notice it as being nocturnal but it's possible I overlooked that. There are so many yellows and so many look similiar...sigh. I may never know! Celeste |
Celeste, I was wondering if it might have been a seedling from the nurseries own hybridizing program and that's why it was labeled 'yellow' because it was not a registered plant? Think that might be it? If it is the case, you sure came out the winner on that one! Marg |
- Posted by phaltyme21 5-6 (My Page) on Fri, Feb 1, 13 at 15:22
Oooooo this is BEAUTIFUL. Name or no name I wish it was in my garden. I would call it My Precious. It will be interesting if you find the name. Kay |
- Posted by irish_rose_grower z7 LI NY (My Page) on Fri, Feb 1, 13 at 23:11
HI, what a pretty flower...and the fragrance sounds amazing. I was bored tonight, so i went to Tranquil lake and looked through their list. Here are some real possibilities. My tradition Moldovan Shinto Shrine West River Moon Wind Song (good pics on Daves garden) May May Lemon Lolly pop decatur Supreme Della Robbia Fragrant Light Golden Milestone Ice Follies Just suppose. As for the height - i don't always go by what the hybridzier lists for the height - because i have noticed great variances in heights from hybridizer vs. my garden. |
- Posted by darobi2459 none (My Page) on Wed, Feb 6, 13 at 23:30
Is it a tet or dip? Also check parentage of some of the closer ones like the Autumn Oddity. |
That beautiful daylily reminds me of Omomuki. |
- Posted by celestialrose zone 4/5 NH (My Page) on Thu, Feb 7, 13 at 17:15
I want to thank you all for your suggestions & help. I considered all that you mentioned and did my research. I think I have finally found a name for my beautiful, fragrant yellow NOID!! I am about 98% sure that it is 'Wind Song', an older cultivar that irish rose grower suggested. Everything seems to add up and the photos on Daves Garden & Tinkers were spot on. Thanks so much irish rose grower! There isn't a lot of info out there on it even when googled..... probably because its from 1974 and probably not well known. The nursery I got it from was not a daylily nursery but a garden center that sells mostly perennials and annuals. They didn't have name labels on the pots of daylilies so my guess was it would be an older cultivar. (They just labeled them by color and it makes sense that it wouldn't be a newer, expensive daylily). This just proves that some of the 'golden oldies' are treasures. I am sure you will all be seeing photos of it again come summer because it just loves the camera and I love it so. Celeste |
- Posted by irish_rose_grower z7 LI NY (My Page) on Sat, Feb 9, 13 at 15:53
This is happy news. The bloom form really is quite pretty and to get a great fragrance is an added bonus. I have found that some of my favorite daylilys are older inexpensive daylilys. I'm going to have a look on the lily auction to see if i can find it for sale. |
- Posted by celestialrose zone 4/5 NH (My Page) on Tue, Feb 12, 13 at 0:38
irish rose grower.....if you don't have any luck on the Lily Auction I see that Earlybird Daylilies (Robin Calderon) has Wind Song and it is very inexpensive. I have ordered from Robin for several years (with another large Spring order coming) and she sends wonderful, large divisions. She might still be having her sale so if you're interested you should email her. Celeste |
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[Analytical & Intelligence Comments] RE: Chile: Earthquake Strikes North of Santiago
Released on 2013-02-13 00:00 GMT
Email-ID | 314988 |
Date | 2008-03-18 05:05:34 |
From | email@example.com |
To | firstname.lastname@example.com |
My job as sales and operation director in charge for north American supply
chain management, I had read your article three months ago, no subsequent
articles about this earthquake and the impacts on global economic will be.
Sir, lately I am already having serious supply chain issue with inductor,
which is made with cooper wire, and I am beginning to see a potential issue
with AC power adapter, which also uses lots of cooper wire.
All of these are made in China, from what I had been hearing was Chinese
government is restricting export of pure cooper products, limiting its
sales to local market, what the supplier was saying was, the Beijing
planner is putting this restriction until Beijing Olympics passes.
Question, does this current cooper constraint have something to do with
the Chilean earthquake?
Source: http://www.stratfor.com/geopolitical_diary/geopolitical_diary_bear_stearns_and_fed_strategy


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Interview DetailsLong interview process plus computer hour testing. Total interview process was about 4 1/2 hours. You have to interview with 5 different leads. Friendly professional staff and I accepted the offer. CarMax is looking for hardworking individuals who understand how to offer exceptional customer service.
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Application DetailsI applied online. The process took a week – interviewed at CarMax in October 2014.
Interview Detailsfirst, you apply online, then you will get an email to do a online questionnaire....mostly behavioral questions. If they are interested in you, you will get an email to setup a telephone interview.
On the phone interview, its the typical describe what you currently do, you know you are doing well when they proceed to ask you the "tell me a time when" questions. the whole telephone interview lasted 20-30 minsInterview Questions- what was your most difficult experience with your current job and how did you handle it Answer Question
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Application DetailsI applied through other source. The process took 2 days – interviewed at CarMax.
Interview DetailsPhone screen, followed by in store online interview. If you pass the online iterview, you will meet with 2 managers and answer a lot of " tell me about a time" questions. Be specific. If you pass here, you will meet with purchasing manager for more situational questions.
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Application DetailsI applied online. The process took 1+ week – interviewed at CarMax in May 2014.
Interview DetailsInitial communication was with a recruiter in VA. She was awesome! Very friendly and personable and prepared me well for the face to face interview. The actual face to face interview came fairly quickly after the phone interview, but set aside about 4 hours. I first interviewed with 2 Senior Buyers, then another buyer took me on a tour of the facility, and then I interviewed with the buyer who took me on the tour as well as the Purchasing Manager. The interview was intense. Be prepared for Behavioral Interview Questions.Definately have specific examples ready - prepare for this interview using the STAR method. While intense, it was clear that the team was very approachable and happy to answer any questions you might have. I got the feeling that the people loved working there and had a ton of fun being there. I definately felt a good vibe!
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Reasons for DecliningWhile I would have loved to join the upbeat high energy environment, the pay being offered was lower than my current salaary so unfortunately I had to decline. But if you're entry level or looking to switch career paths, definately check out Carmax! I had a great interview process!
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Application DetailsI applied online. The process took 2 weeks – interviewed at CarMax in April 2014.
Interview DetailsInitially got an email questionnaire, followed by a phone interview with a CarMax recruited that lasted 20-30 minutes. A few days later I was contacted to come in for an interview, which was grueling. I showed up at 10am, filled out some information about myself on their computer systems, later interviewed with two buyers in the department, after I took a test on the computer which wasn't very difficult, just tests your analytical and problem solving skills. This was followed by 3 more sets of interviews. All questions in each of the 4 interviews were the same, but re worded. The repetitive questions became draining towards the end and by the very last interview I was a mental mess, considering I hadn't eaten and had been waiting around most of the day since 10 am, and I didn't finish interviewing until 6pm!! Overall the company culture seemed good, employees seem very happy and get along well, based on my 6 hour observation...
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Application DetailsI applied online. The process took a week – interviewed at CarMax.
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It may be hyperbole to name Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers as America's best rock and roll band, but not by much.
At 63, Petty is still playing with attitude. "I'm going to keep on fighting 'til I get it right," Petty sings on "American Dream Plan B" from the Heartbreakers' new album "Hypnotic Eye." He remains vulnerable on "Fault Lines," while his cracking band rages behind him.
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francoisd Distinguished Virtual Ranger Joined: Thu Dec 23, 2004 1:38 pm Posts: 1936 |
Tue Dec 06, 2005 4:22 pm |
Honeyguide birds, also known as honey birds, indicator birds, and simply honeyguides, (family Indicatoridae) are several dull-colored near passerine bird species of the order Piciformes, notable for their method of obtaining food. They have an Old World tropical distribution, with the greatest number of species in Africa and a few in Asia.
The honeyguide feeds exclusively on the contents of bee colonies: beeswax, honey, and bee larvae. However, since it is unable to open colonies by itself, the African species enlist the help of other animals - typically the ratel (or African honey badger), the baboon, or the human. After locating a hive, the honeyguide seeks out a suitable "follower", which it then leads to the hive by means of a series of characteristic vocalizations, gestures, and flight patterns. The follower is expected to open the colony or hive, incapacitate the adult bees, feed on the contents, and leave remnants for the honeyguide. The bird is rarely disappointed in this respect, if only because its symbiotic stomach bacteria enable it to digest beeswax, which its followers tend to ignore. Bushmen tradition says that the honeyguide must be thanked with a gift of honey, and that if it is not, it may lead its follower to a lion as punishment. Although the Asian members of the Indicatoridae family are not known to recruit "followers" in their quest for honey, they are also referred to as "honeyguides", due to linguistic extrapolation The legs of honeyguides differ in length from species to species, and are used by the birds in somewhat different ways while feeding on beeswax. The Scaly-throated Honeyguide (Indicator variegatus) crouches over wax that is of large bulk, perching and pulling; it often holds a larger piece of wax between its legs, toes clamped about the front end, with the body touching the wax. Greater Honeyguides (Indicator indicator) have longer, less feathered legs; they peck from side to side in a generally upright posture, not crouching. Lesser Honeyguides (Indicator minor) sometimes crouch, but they do not generally clasp the wax. The more or less notched bill of adults of these species may help in freeing wax, as well as in aggressive "biting". The Greater and Scaly-throated Honeyguides, when under pressure from numbers of others at a wax source, often pick off a piece of the material and fly with it to a secluded spot; they are often chased by others, but can lift and fly with pieces as heavy as 14 g. Lesser Honeyguides and Pallid Honeyguides (Indicator meliphilus) rarely fly with large pieces of wax, but they do at times carry away a tiny fragment. Reproduction In addition to being a bee predator, a mutualist with its follower species, and a symbiont with its wax-digesting bacteria, the honeyguide is a brood parasite. Honeyguide nestlings have been known to physically eject their host's chicks from the nest, and in some honeyguide species have hooks on their beaks with which to more easily wound or kill. The closely-related barbets are a frequent choice of host species. Brood parasite and its Primary host(s) Greater Honeyguide (Rollers, starlings, bee-eaters) Lesser Honeyguide (Large barbets, woodpeckers) Scaly-throated Honeyguide (Woodpeckers) Information on the Family INDICATORIDAE (HONEYGUIDES) Honeyguide's Revenge (A Traditional Zulu Story) |
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Snoobab Virtual Ranger Joined: Fri Aug 26, 2005 2:28 pm Posts: 408 Location: JHB |
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Thanks francoids, very informative and interesting.
Besides Sharpbilled and Lesser, these birds are also a bit of a bogey for me. |
lam Junior Virtual Ranger Joined: Mon Aug 29, 2005 9:28 am Posts: 221 Location: Port Elizabeth |
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They are extremely difficult to spot as they move very little.
Our first greater honeyguide called from a perch for ages. We tried to find it at the start of our walk and gave up. At the end of the walk it was still calling from the same place. It took me at least 15 minutes and a lot of neck-ache to finally spot the bird and another 5 to 10 to show my SO where it was. If they didn't call, you wouldn't even know that they were there. |
wildtuinman Legendary Virtual Ranger Joined: Thu Dec 02, 2004 10:27 am Posts: 5412 Location: Chasing down the rarities |
Wed Dec 07, 2005 7:12 am |
Thanks for the interesting topis cois!
I had an awesome sighting of the greater honeyguide in June on the Bushmans' trail! It is also believed that when it was dissapointed by the "follower" that it will seek revenge and the next time will lead the "follower" to a lion or snake. Nasty revengefull buggers, these lil ones. |
francoisd Distinguished Virtual Ranger Joined: Thu Dec 23, 2004 1:38 pm Posts: 1936 |
Wed Dec 07, 2005 8:20 am |
We were very lucky in seeing these birds from a game hide and also very close to us. Every time we saw them it was late afternoon (after 16:00) as they came to the water for a drink.
Jakkalsbessie Distinguished Virtual Ranger Joined: Thu May 26, 2005 12:00 pm Posts: 530 Location: At work longing for the outdoors! |
Wed Dec 07, 2005 8:44 am |
we sometimes hear the greater honeyguide here in Pretoria... just love that familiar Victorrrr victorrr call. Always greater to hear it in the bush though
j-ms Junior Virtual Ranger Joined: Fri Jul 29, 2005 7:55 pm Posts: 303 Location: Schoenmakerskop (near Port Elizabeth) |
Wed Dec 07, 2005 7:33 pm |
lam wrote They are extremely difficult to spot as they move very little.
Our first greater honeyguide called from a perch for ages. We tried to find it at the start of our walk and gave up. At the end of the walk it was still calling from the same place. It took me at least 15 minutes and a lot of neck-ache to finally spot the bird and another 5 to 10 to show my SO where it was. If they didn't call, you wouldn't even know that they were there. So often the first sighting is the most difficult. Since the sighting mentioned above, lam and I have had a number of Greater Honeybird sightings (and grotty photos). The one that sticks in my mind is the occasion at Pafuri where I got a Greater Honeybird and Red-chested Cuckoo on sight (ie. not identified by calling) plus a NT when she was asleep in the back of the Landy. |
francoisd Distinguished Virtual Ranger Joined: Thu Dec 23, 2004 1:38 pm Posts: 1936 |
Fri Mar 10, 2006 10:23 am |
Some more photos and info on reliable spots to see these birds in Kruger and other SANParks will be appreciated.
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The pale, haggard face and the expression of fear in the elderly gentleman's eyes are still fresh in my mind as I try once again to focus on getting myself safely home through the crush of Friday... Read More
1Nov 13, '11 by FreshLittleStudentThis made me tear up. I have been studying my Fundamentals book all day...hunting through websites to complete my care plan and read this. THIS is why I bust my butt studying and why EVERYTHING has been put on the back burner for the next year and half (until I get my degree).
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