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Asia’s largest production base of sheep-shorn – Sang Po town

  Enter the new century, China’s sustained and rapid economic development, and shows the productive forces of reform and opening-up brings vitality, while the resulting resource and environmental problems are also increasingly prominent development of productive forces to find new ways to achieve resource conservation and environmental friendship based on sustainable development, have become a firm must face. Large industry giants, small to SMEs, are exploring the scientific and technological innovation and energy savings in an effective way. And a mainstream industry leather villages, with their own practice, to explore the harmonious development of a new road.

    Henan Mengzhou Sang Pocun products due to the production of sheep-shorn eliminate poverty, but in the development of environmental bottlenecks encountered in the process. Village sustainable development as a prerequisite for industrial development, adhere to the continuous improvement of production process, gradually raise the level of wastewater treatment, and finally move toward more environmentally friendly products, the more the market selling a virtuous circle.

    Fur capital in the Garden Today

    July 18 this year, China Light Industry Association, China Leather Association awarded Henan Mengzhou Sang Po Cun “environment-friendly fur-base, China Fur City” title. An interview with reporters at the time to visit Asia’s largest production base of the sheep-shorn.

    Zhengzhou, an hour’s drive from the west, they came to Mengzhou Sang Po Cun. Here, the Yellow River and Yangtze River Pro junction. From the natural point of view, the whole village 5300, and only 835 acres of cultivated land. But this village depended on fur processing industry, imports from Australia in sheep’s clothing, the products are sold to Russia, the European Union, Japan, the United States, Hong Kong and other countries and regions. Of reform and opening up 30 years sangphok the villagers have never stopped developing the economy, pollution control, building a harmonious society’s footsteps, the fur industry, embarked on a path of sustainable development.

    From the entrance to the village “SANGPO.CHINA” the big downstairs village, you can see the neat tree-lined streets, village garden set over a hundred sets of four fitness equipment, and many children and senior citizens inside recreation. Annual output value of 2.5 billion, paid off billions of tax sangphok villagers live a prosperous life here. Villagers told reporters that because for many years tirelessly to uphold the clean production, and continuously improve the level of pollution control, Sang Pocun the sheep-shorn industry at home and abroad until a second “green storm” has withstood the test of the pace of development more step more Fast. Lined by factories in the village, there are more than 130 fur-processing enterprises, during which one after another, strewn villa-style houses, you can see here, set up by the villagers, private enterprise development, the characteristics of the fur industry cluster. Came to the village edge, see that an area of 10 million square meters of sewage treatment works, this garden-style village sewage treatment plant is miraculous transformation, renewal and key.

    Environmental costs have been so quick Fu Road to the end of

    San Po Cun known fur processing tradition, reform and opening up, the villagers were engaged in gross Piga industry. As early as in 1991, Sang village households on the development of fur processing to 800 households. They hire experts, technicians, research and development high-end car upholstery, sofa cushions, blankets, slippers, clothing and other fur products, sold live in the world. Its raw materials from Australia, New Zealand, Spain and other countries imports of salt wet skin: stripped off the farm to slaughter the sheep fur with a sprinkling of salt to corrosion, is that the

  Enter the new century, China’s sustained and rapid economic development, and shows the productive forces of reform and opening-up brings vitality, while the resulting resource and environmental problems are also increasingly prominent development of productive forces to find new ways to achieve resource conservation and environmental friendship based on sustainable development, have become a firm must face. Large industry giants, small to SMEs, are exploring the scientific and technological innovation and energy savings in an effective way. And a mainstream industry leather villages, with their own practice, to explore the harmonious development of a new road.

    Henan Mengzhou Sang Pocun products due to the production of sheep-shorn eliminate poverty, but in the development of environmental bottlenecks encountered in the process. Village sustainable development as a prerequisite for industrial development, adhere to the continuous improvement of production process, gradually raise the level of wastewater treatment, and finally move toward more environmentally friendly products, the more the market selling a virtuous circle.

    Fur capital in the Garden Today

    July 18 this year, China Light Industry Association, China Leather Association awarded Henan Mengzhou Sang Po Cun “environment-friendly fur-base, China Fur City” title. An interview with reporters at the time to visit Asia’s largest production base of the sheep-shorn.

    Zhengzhou, an hour’s drive from the west, they came to Mengzhou Sang Po Cun. Here, the Yellow River and Yangtze River Pro junction. From the natural point of view, the whole village 5300, and only 835 acres of cultivated land. But this village depended on fur processing industry, imports from Australia in sheep’s clothing, the products are sold to Russia, the European Union, Japan, the United States, Hong Kong and other countries and regions. Of reform and opening up 30 years sangphok the villagers have never stopped developing the economy, pollution control, building a harmonious society’s footsteps, the fur industry, embarked on a path of sustainable development.

    From the entrance to the village “SANGPO.CHINA” the big downstairs village, you can see the neat tree-lined streets, village garden set over a hundred sets of four fitness equipment, and many children and senior citizens inside recreation. Annual output value of 2.5 billion, paid off billions of tax sangphok villagers live a prosperous life here. Villagers told reporters that because for many years tirelessly to uphold the clean production, and continuously improve the level of pollution control, Sang Pocun the sheep-shorn industry at home and abroad until a second “green storm” has withstood the test of the pace of development more step more Fast. Lined by factories in the village, there are more than 130 fur-processing enterprises, during which one after another, strewn villa-style houses, you can see here, set up by the villagers, private enterprise development, the characteristics of the fur industry cluster. Came to the village edge, see that an area of 10 million square meters of sewage treatment works, this garden-style village sewage treatment plant is miraculous transformation, renewal and key.

    Environmental costs have been so quick Fu Road to the end of

    San Po Cun known fur processing tradition, reform and opening up, the villagers were engaged in gross Piga industry. As early as in 1991, Sang village households on the development of fur processing to 800 households. They hire experts, technicians, research and development high-end car upholstery, sofa cushions, blankets, slippers, clothing and other fur products, sold live in the world. Its raw materials from Australia, New Zealand, Spain and other countries imports of salt wet skin: stripped off the farm to slaughter the sheep fur with a sprinkling of salt to corrosion, is that the salt wet skin. Look at them close, nasty black ash. But after soaking businesses to skim off the tanning ash softening finishing a series of dyeing and finishing process, it becomes a soft and beautiful sheep-shorn products, but also pulled out loading outside the village. Left is the filthy, the removal of the essence. In the past, they melt into the surrounding water and soil contamination and endanger people’s living environment.

    Fur processing of the sewage produced ingredients In addition to formaldehyde, but also chromium, sulfides and other harmful substances, as well as protein, fat, smelly, etc. are perishable material, belonging to the complex components of high concentrations of organic wastewater. As the San Po Cun fur the expansion of production scale, modern tanning finishing processes of chemical materials, the enormous consumption of water and soil pollution problems have cropped up. Sangphok the surrounding residents are aware of, where the water can not drink, who dragged sangphok pure water to drink. At the time Sang Po Cun, street basking in a piece exudes bad smell hides, a Unit of sewage flows to the fields outside the village. Although the village dotted with row upon row of new houses, the rich or the rich men, and environment is far from clean and comfortable. The most serious problem is that, our country has gradually increased the intensity of pollution control of enterprises, the international market of non-environmentally friendly products has also increased the threshold. San Po Cun does not change the image of more and more bad days too.

    Run into the road of harmonious development of the

    Sang Pocun fur production, has been facing pressure from the international and domestic environment: the international community has repeatedly improve the ecological requirements of products, countries have replaced green barriers to tariff barriers in the past. Many large buyers are often sent to the sangphok field trips, if the product is not environmentally friendly, they do not order. Domestic government is increasing its environmental management efforts, ask enterprises to cleaner production. Sang Po Cun’s fur business began to reflect on: the protection of human survival without considering the environment, does not consider future generations can continue to rehabilitate this land, so that the long-term development model can do?

    Purification of waste water is a huge investment project, its construction, operation and management will require substantial human and material resources, relying on a one Sanda Dudou both difficult and uneconomical. To the one at home a set of huge sums of money every household to engage in sewage treatment, the same difficulties. Sang village party branch and village enterprises repeatedly to mobilize: If the industrial development and environmental protection can not be synchronized, firm size does not matter how good another big economic development prospects, the state will never allow any business at the expense of the environment and health of the masses for the the price in exchange for 1:01 to economic development. As the market for many years fought the village enterprise managers have seen the pollution to the adverse effects of product market, they quickly on a common understanding. By the end of 1996, all enterprises to raise capital six million yuan, in the spring of 1998 established a daily processing 3,000 tons of a fur wastewater treatment works to the village’s wastewater through underground pipe network to focus and unify the management. With the business growing fur and fur processing volume increased gradually, engineering, lack of processing capacity Jian Xian. In July 2002, companies raised 12.2 million yuan into fur again, two wastewater projects, daily processing capacity increased to 20,000 tons, outer row of water up to the national standards for wastewater discharge 2. As the state environmental protection efforts have intensified, by the end of 2005, Jiaozuo City, Henan Province People’s Government of the People’s Government and the outer row of fur waste water quality standards to the State “Integrated Wastewater Discharge” in a standard. Sangphok fur enterprises in financing more than 3800 million, based on the original project alterations and extension, increased the number of mature governance process, in November 2005 started in March 2007 was completed and put into operation, daily processing capacity of 30000 t. Press here to see, 24-hour online monitoring equipment displayed on the indicators, has been completely up to the national wastewater discharge standard of 1. It is understood that the most difficult to deal with waste water containing chrome tanning was collected separately from the removal of the specialized agencies for processing.

    On the basis of environmental protection in accordance with national energy-saving work in the overall emission reduction requirements, Sang Po Cun has also invested 15 million yuan for construction of gas pipeline network, as quoted in natural gas into the plant, the transformation of coal-fired boilers in all enterprises (replacement) for gas boiler, is conducive to cleaner production, and the complete elimination of coal-fired boilers of sulfur dioxide and dust contamination; right terminal wastewater plans to invest 10 million yuan will be treated wastewater compliance pipe back to the original sent to all enterprises and wash skin, in order to reduce the exploitation of groundwater, protection groundwater resources; plans to invest 15 million yuan, through the recovery of anaerobic stage production of a large number of biogas to generate electricity, can reduce air pollution can significantly reduce project operating costs; plans to invest 15 million yuan, the whole wastewater treatment process produces a large number of of organic sludge produced agricultural fertilizers, can eliminate the secondary pollution of the environment can also be of waste to treasure. This year the village committee has invested more than 500 million for safe drinking water and natural gas pipe network construction project, the villagers were using tap water and clean energy.

    Let perpetual light the fire of the sustainable development of

    The face of the international market and China’s government increasingly stringent environmental requirements, Sang Po Cun people think that, from the long-term development perspective, these requirements for upgrade products, and protection of the environment and human health are of great benefit. San Po Cun should not only be tested, but also to do our best. With the global trend of green consumption within the framework of the arrival, in fact not only the EU, including the Americas, Asia-Pacific and other regions have also increased the product’s environmental standards, foreign trade must be done to improve product eco-environmental requirements.

    Now sangphok production of sheep-shorn products, there are specifically for hospitals to use mattress, baby shoes, women breast-feeding when used in lumbar pad. From the use of these products can imagine how they met health standards. Because the product can stand Mulberry Pocun billed as the world’s most stringent test of EU standards is a green product, and some enterprises with foreign firms in each product specially when negotiating the price of adding a few dollars, telling them that it is for cleaner production and environmental protection to increase the price. Villagers told reporters that many developed countries, people are willing to pay more money to buy an environmentally responsible ways to produce the product, which is an international fashion. Global retail giant Wal-Mart is now the world, Carrefour, B & Q, IKEA, home Debao with sangphok have long supply relationship. San Po Cun this year’s sales value is expected to reach 2.5 billion yuan and exports worth 100 million U.S. dollars. Because of the fur industry, Sang Po Cun strictly implement the state environmental protection energy-saving emission reduction policies and embarked on a sustained and healthy, virtuous circle of development.

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Elephants and the Ecology

The African elephant is a very useful part of the nature. Just like the humans, they have a great impact on the environment. Many organisms in the wild depend on it. Elephants make pathways through the forest bush that are used by most of the creatures in the forest. They use the pathways for generations making them very permanent even for human use. Today most of these pathways have been converted into roads.

Elephants use their tasks to dig water from dry riverbeds during the dry season. This most of the time is the only source of water for many animals around the area. They therefore save many animals from the drought which can last for a few months. Forest elephants make clearings that allow sunlight to reach the ground thus ensuring the growth of the ground vegetation. Therefore, the smaller inhabitants of the forest are ensured of a good supply of food all the time.

Elephants and people have had a major crisis for a long time. In Africa, farmers who live near forests have had to contend with their crops being destroyed by the elephants. On the other hand, elephant’s existence has been endangered by poachers who kill them for the tasks. They later sell the ivory to Asian countries. The trade has since been banned and it is a criminal offence to be caught handling the tasks. Some countries though have a major problem with the overpopulation of this big mammal. These are especially in the southern part of Africa.

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Why is the Obama administration attempting to buy off churches like they did artists to support the comm-genda?

It’s all about separation of Church and State, until Obama wants churches to support legislation that will make his supporters / friends billions of $$ on Cap and Trade, at YOUR EXPENSE. He is working on bribing churches with our money to push Capa and Trade and other agenda items.

Those billions are what Al Gore was pushing for, not the environment. Gore will profit in the billions, as will many of the other corporate crooks the democrats have had as operatives while they made 100s of millions as they have crashed our economy. Franklin Reins of Fannie Mae who lied about his numbers to gain millions in bonus money, over 90 million over all. He had Fannie work up some patents for Cap and Trade, from Fannie Mae? Hello? What the heck is a quasi government agency doing in Cap and Trade? Because they could use it as cover. Now the patents are being used not for the government to better the citizens of the US, but a private company owned by Reins, Gore, organized crime figures in Chicago like Mayor Daily and Other Obama friends.

I know this is long, but it’s complex and twisted … especially the part where the Obama administration is offering money to those churches who support his agenda, twisted up as green development to disguise the BRIBERY.

Then Pelosi thought it would be a good idea to ask that Churches preach for Immigration reform, she was very open about it, and that’s all so democrats can gain votes. That’s all it’s about. That cap and trade crap Obama wants churches to preach, in what they call the faith based EPA initiative, is all about his buds making money, and that will come right back to Obama. It already has been. Goldman Sachs gave Obama a ton of money and have participated in the Obama agenda to drive up fuel prices and crash the banking system so he could control banks and through them pretty much all business that use credit to operate.

The Obama administration has bribed big business, elected government officials, big organizations like AARP and AMA and big insurance companies … all to screw you, the people. Now he’s bribing Churches to further his political agenda and make him billions (his friends will pay him, they always do) how absolutely twisted is that?

Breaking All the Rules – Exclusive World Class Investments to Stabilize Your Portfolio and to Help Double Your Net Worth!!

BREAKING ALL THE RULES!  Exclusive World Class Investments to Stabilize Your Portfolio and To Help Double Your Net Worth!!


Cabal Capital Management, LLC announces the launch of the Special Opportunity Fund which provides alternative investment opportunities into extremely low risk, very high financial return Advanced High Income Generation Projects through direct investments.

Our fund is unlike all others that exist today by offering investments that are focused on both strategic and tactical investment opportunities into Highly Advanced Income Generating Project(s) producing vital, very high demand product(s) that are being sold directly into the largest “Major” Universal Demand Markets in the world.  These investments allow risk adverse accredited investors the ability to participate in the revenues generated from these projects which allows for and achieves capital growth while providing the investor a low risk opportunity with the benefit of dependable and sustainable alpha generation and the long term growth from these projects.  These fully integrated projects have been designed to last 40 to 50 years or longer for their life cycles regardless of the global financial and credit markets.

Our fund is well positioned to effectively tap into these markets to the benefits of our investors.  The growth dynamics of the United States and Western Europe is based upon local, regional and domestic consumption of all the products these projects produce.  This fund is targeting routine and consistent annual double digit returns (15 – 21%) to investors un-correlated to all securities, commodities, currencies and the credit markets themselves since there will not be any exposure to these markets.  All project investments within this special investment vehicle have been specifically developed and designed to perform across various business cycles regardless of global economic conditions.

The current global credit crisis, current stock market contractions and wild swings in the commodities markets does not and will not impact our ability to produce consistent annual double digit returns now or in the future for our investors since we will never have, need or rely on the credit markets to establish margin accounts or leveraged positions which most all hedge fund type investment vehicles require to operate.  We do not require nor will we ever utilize prime services which the large investment banks provide (Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, etc.). We do not rely on the stock, commodity or currency exchanges to generate income since we can not control any of the events occurring in those exchanges for our investors, thus we are totally un-correlated to all securities, commodities, currencies and credit markets

In the case of Deflationary and or Inflationary Markets, they will have no real effect on these projects and the products they produce.  Coincidentally inflation will only increase the value of the products coming out of the projects, and deflationary markets will have very minimal impact as well since the products produced will always be in very high demand through out the world. 

Risk issues are always addressed through risk management and the review procedures for each and every investment made.  Unlike most projects which have been developed, planned and master planned, every assumption for each project has been tested, validated, verified and proven or it’s not incorporated into these project(s).  Each and every project is also backed up by a detailed Input / Output Financial Cash Model which is a detailed Program / Project Financial Blueprint that shows the quarterly inter-relationships of investments, operational production revenues, operational expenses at all levels, taxes, imposts and fees, special circumstances events, and financial obligations during the life of the Program / Project.

Since energy production and consumption is the key element to any industrialized country, and with energy consumption increasing globally at an annual rate of 5 – 6 %, energy is and always will be vital to both the U.S. and Western European Economies. Allocating to Energy and Bio-Fuels production are two major key areas of involvement and investments within our seven pronged program investment strategies approach, which consists of the following options available to us:  Energy:  Oil & Gas (Example Project to follow), Bio Fuels:  Algae Based Bio-Diesel and Jatropha Curcas {plant} direct fuel source.  Algae Based Bio-Diesel is a direct fuel source currently available and ready for full scale production and delivery {This is not a blend for gasoline!} Algae Based Bio-Diesel Fuel production utilizes proprietary photo enhanced, micro nutrient enhanced, continuous flow, automated, sensor quality controlled, bio-chemical industrial processes and then are pressed, centrifuged, oils separated from water, water treated, cooked, cracked and treated all within a 12 hour cycle (Start to Finish) to complete one batch made ready for use in any diesel engine.  Initially 270 Million Gallons per quarter to several Billion Gallons of bio-diesel per quarter will be produced depending upon the initial size of a project program.  This Algae Based Bio-Diesel Fuel source has a Cetane Rating of 105 -117 compared to 80 – 85 Cetane Rating for #1 diesel fuel currently produced by all the major oil companies, which provides more power, better millage and performance while emitting 60 – 70% less emissions across the board vs. normal standard crude oil based diesel fuels. Algae Based Bio-Diesel emits no sulfur and or nitrogen into the atmosphere, Alternative Energy:  Solar / Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Production, Wind and Electric Fuel Cell Systems, Natural Resources:  Gold, Platinum, Other Precious Metals Groups and Diamond Mining: Refining, Assaying, Separation using advanced physical technologies and Bullion production of Gold and Platinum as well as Processing, Cutting, Valuation Appraisals of Diamonds and other Precious Stones, Water:  Proprietary Water Science / Technology to Produce Fresh Drinking Water to meet Agricultural, Industrial and Human Public Health needs in critically water short areas through Water production, bottling facilities and distribution.  This can be accomplished with any available water supply {in ground water tables, above and below ground reservoirs with a high saline content normally not recommended for human consumption}, Sea Waters & Brackish Waters anywhere Globally, Hydroponics:  Food Production: Fish Shrimp, Prawns, Fruits Vegetables utilizing USDA inspectors to garner Grade A Choice Status to include direct marketing into Major U.S.A. and International Consumer Demand Markets, and Special Opportunities: Aviation Fuels: JP-1 to JP-12 for Commercial and Military Applications from Algae Based Direct Fuel Sources as well as Advanced Hyper-Speed Information Technologies and other Advanced High Income Generation Project Opportunities as they become available.

It should be noted that traditional large project investments consist normally of only one income generation production element and typically requires three years at the earliest before the investors see any type of modest return on their investment.  Our projects produce immediate results in the first year.  These Exclusive World Class Projects which are available to us for investments have no less than 2, but normally include 5 or more Major Integrated Income Production Elements within each project.  It should also be noted that each income producing element within these projects are so strong that they could stand on their own and support the entire project, which is why many of these elements are developed together to form an Advanced Integrated Income Generation Project depending upon the requirements and location of the program.

All of the projects that this special opportunity fund invests in involve Proprietary Advanced Technologies and Advanced Physical Science / Processes (not known to the great majority of Asset Manager Companies Staffs).   Other types of investment pool managers, hedge funds, etc. do not know or even have access to these world class development engineering people and the technologies assets and projects that they develop, implement and manage.  Currently we have in excess of $10 Billion Dollars worth of Advanced High Income Generation Projects available to us for investments.

Another Special Note of consideration is that each investment will bring with it potential tax advantages not typically found in other types of investments.  Depending on where the project(s) are located and how the project are legally structured and set up (Development Corporations, Development Authority, etc.) could result in tremendous tax advantages, which each investors tax advisor will need to qualify and determine the best approach for each investors own tax liabilities depending upon their current tax status, situation and strategies.

These projects are conducted by Highly Reliable, Senior Internationally Experienced Technical Managers, Senior Science Managers and Senior Logistics / Project Security Management Staffs, which have planned, developed, evaluated and trouble-shot economic development projects and strong income generation projects in over 65 countries during the past 40 years.

There are in excess of 300 Top Level Executive Technical Managers with over 30 years of Experience in each of their perspective Development Sectors available for all projects that our fund invests in.  These projects are designed to insure extreme depth of expertise and experience management which is available to any project at any and every stage of the project program, regardless of location of the project anywhere globally.

** Fully Integrated Oil & Gas / Real Example Project:

This Oil & Gas production program is headed up by a Top Level Senior International Consultant which is an Oil and Gas Industry Executive who has been involved in the Oil & Gas Industry over the past 50 years.  This Oil & Gas Executive is the Systems Developer, Scientist, Equipment Designer and Engineer who is recognized as an expert in his field by the U.S. Department of Energy who also has called him upon him frequently in the past to trouble shoot particular Oil and Gas fields as a technical advisor and as a trouble shooter to rectify any and all problems associated with troubled oil and gas production fields.

This Top Senior International Consultant has a proprietary and proven 12 step methodology for siting, drilling, completing and production techniques for all wells.  He has a historical commercial success rate of 92% for bringing in all of his wells sited, drilled, completed and producing which also has a normal life span of 15 to 20 plus year’s worth of production.

This Advanced High Income Generation Oil and Gas project is comprised of the following: 

A Top Down Electric Air Hammer System which is highly sensorized with Professional Engineers and Scientists managing all operational positions.  These auto sensor rigs provide detailed information by satellite to a centralized operations and training center where all decisions are made by people with 45 – 50 years of successful completion and production experience.

Each oil and gas well completed will be drilled in both soft and hard rock beds and will vary in depths from 3,000 feet to over 13,000 feet.  All wells in this program will be completed initially in the state of Texas, in the United States of America.

Typical production wells will produce 60 barrels of oil per day to 500 – 600 barrels of oil per day and the gas wells will produce in a typical range of 2 million cubic feet of natural gas per day to in excess of 20 million cubic feet of natural gas per day. The total net operating investment will be returned within 4 months of production for each well.

Multiple producing formations will be completed and isolated with proprietary tools and instruments which will be operated simultaneously through out the life of the wells.  The typical life of these well are 15 – 20 years because of the 12 different proprietary methods used for siting, drilling, completion and production techniques, tools, proprietary materials and instruments used on each and every well which prevents formation damage and increases the life cycle of each well to maximize the highest production obtainable.

This program consists of hundreds of oil and gas wells sited, drilled, completed and in production within a 1 – 2 year period.  These wells will be sited, drilled and completed in historically very well known and documented oil and gas producing formations within the state of Texas, in the United States of America.

Investors will receive an estimated 15 – 21% annual return per year on their investment, with payments coming at the end of each year from this program.  The threshold investment will be an aggregate amount of $400 hundred million dollars which is what the minimum program investment calls for.

Estimated program revenues are based on $60 dollars a barrel and $6.5 dollars per thousand cubic foot of natural gas.  Over the last year crude oil (West Texas Intermediate) has sold as low as $50 dollars a barrel up to as much as $147 dollars a barrel.  Over the past year natural gas has sold from $5.5 dollars a thousand cubic foot to $11.3 dollars per thousand cubic foot.

Example Oil & Gas Well Profile:  One well; properly sited, drilled, completed and producing will conservatively produce 100 barrels of oil per day and 4 million cubic foot of natural gas per day.  This provides the overall program (100 barrels x $60 per barrel = $6,000) $6,000 dollars per day of revenue.  Each 4,000 cubic foot of natural gas (4,000 x $6.5 per thousand cubic foot = $26,000) $26,000 dollars per day of revenue.  Total revenue for this example is estimated at $32,000 dollars per day of program revenue for this example. 

** All wells in this program will not produce the same **

Each month this represents a program return of (30 days x $32,000 = $960,000) $960,000 dollars of revenue coming from this one (1) example well.  The investment program we are offering involve several hundreds of program wells being sited, drilled, completed and operating within a 1 to 2 year period.

Remember, this is only two elements of a fully integrated Advanced High Income Generation Project which will involve in most cases several other elements to generate very substantial amounts of revenues over the course of the project life.  With the combination of several other Advanced High Income Generation Elements within one project, this will enhance the financial returns and revenues of the program itself, and thus will also greatly reduce any associated risk due to the diversification of the different Major Income Generation elements within each project.

Once again, the result of this Special Investment Vehicle fund are highly advantageous investment opportunities that by far exceed the majority of investment opportunities from a financial return and an extremely low risk standpoint by investing in Outstanding Advanced High Income Generation Projects.

Headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, Cabal Capital Management, L.L.C. is managed by Kent Sullivan: www.cabalcapitalmanagement.com

 

How and Where An iPhone Web Development Company Sells Off its Products?

The arrival of the Apple iPhone has changed the way communication is done. This device is now being sold like hot cakes the world over simply because of its smart communication cum entertainment prowess. It’s the first device to have taken communication and entertainment to a superior level under one single casing. The iPhone houses an exquisite range of new-age features all offering something ‘new’ of an experience to its users. Under its brilliant built, the device carries features like 2 MP camera, music player, multiple connectivity options, sufficient memory space and much more. You can even perform more with the device just by using the third party iPhone apps designed and developed by the iPhone website development companies. These companies release the apps for the device over the web, so you can easily download them for your device.

iPhone applications of business, entertainment, themes and wallpaper creation, email alerts, weather updates and of gaming have already been there in the scene for quite a long time now. All these apps have been able to fully satisfy the users who have used them. More research and development are now going on presently to offer you with new and advanced apps.

With the increasing popularity of the Apple iPhone, the number of application developers for the gadget is also increasing. Offshore iphone development has now become a common practice all over the world, especially in the developing nations. Apart from the independent iPhone application development firms, existing software firms have also jumped into the iPhone application development scene. As a result, applications have now become cheaper and all are now able to afford their favorite apps thus making their respective gadgets perform more for them.

An iPhone web development company directly sells off its products online. Just by browsing on the web, you can easily find such a company. By opening its website you can download all your required apps by paying up the required amount which is very negligible. Installation of the apps is not at all a big deal. Just by following a few simple steps you can do it yourself.

This article is written by a technical writer, working at SynapseIndia, A iPhone Web development company. We offers iPhone website development and offshore iPhone development. For more information please contact us.

Green Homes Environmental Friendly Houses!

Green homes have become the trend of today’s life. They are less expensive and eco friendly. The materials used in the construction of such homes are natural. Green homes are long lasting and don’t cause environmental pollution. There are many builders who can guide in building green homes. These kinds of homes are very natural.

Green homes are also available for rent and sale these days. Approaching green home builders can help get the best deal. It will help the cause of nature too. Environmental friendly houses will help bring down pollution level to a large extent. These kinds of homes are ideal from every point of view. The houses can be designed to suit the needs of every person. Various aspects that go into the construction of a house are explored. Green design, from ecological point of view and economical benefits all help in the environmental cause.

While building a house, one must take into consideration various factors such as choosing right type of materials, how much energy will go into construction of the house, the long term utility of the products, and so on. Solar energy can also be used for various purposes. There are many green home consultants who can guide you to get the required details on construction of houses.

You can also get related information online. You can get the latest eco news about various issues affecting global warming, climatic change, latest eco-friendly technology as well as the initiatives taken by the government on climatic changes. This will help make a right decision on the types of houses that should be built. You can build environmental friendly houses.

How much money goes into construction of a green home depends on the size of the house. Not all the green homes are alike. The materials used in the construction vary to a large extent. Each of the green homes contains different levels of green characteristics. If you plan to have a house that is fully solar powered, with an underground rainwater system, bamboo flooring, solar water heater, and sustainable harvested products – you can surely find such kind of a house. The design of the house, the type of materials used, house and site layout, all play a crucial role in deciding the cost involved in building a house.

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Analysis: Action on global climate may drift for years

Analysis: Action on global climate may drift for years
International action on climate change looks likely to drift over the next two years as politicians waver on tougher carbon caps in the wake of the financial crisis.

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Grow Or Sell Your Information Technology Company – A Crossroads Decision

Thinking of taking your information technology company to the next level with a major marketing campaign or by hiring additional sales resources? These are decisions that can impact your company’s future. It might be time to consider the alternative of selling your business.

We are often approached by software company or information technology business owners at a crossroads of taking the company to the next level. The decision in most cases is whether they should bring on the one or two hot shot sales people or channel development people necessary to bring the company sales to a level that will allow the company to reach critical mass. For a smaller company with sales below $5 million this can be a critical decision.

For frame of reference, prior to embarking on my merger and acquisition advisor career, I spent my prior 20 years in various sales capacities in primarily information technology and computer industry related companies from bag carrying salesman to district, regional, to national sales manager and finally Chief Marketing Officer. So when I look at a company, it is from the sales and marketing perspective first and foremost. I am sure that if I had a public accounting background, I would look at my clients through those lenses.

So with that backdrop, let’s look at what might be a typical situation. The soft ware company is doing $3.5 million in sales, has a good group of loyal customers, produces a nice income for its owner or owners, and has a lot more potential for sales growth in the opinion of the owner. Some light bulb has been lit that suggests that they need to step this up to the next level after relying on word of mouth and the passion and energy of the owner to get to this stage.

I have either spoken with more than 30, primarily technology based companies over the years that have faced this exact situation and can count on one hand the ones that had a successful outcome. The natural inclination is to bite the bullet and bring on that expensive resource and hope your staff can keep up with the big influx of orders. The reality is that in most cases the execution was a very expensive failure. Below are several factors that you should consider when you are at this crossroads:

1. The 80 20 rule of salesmen. You know this one. 80% of sales are produced by 20% of the salespeople. If you are only hiring one or two, the likelihood is that you will not get a top performer.

2. The president of the company and decision maker has no sales background so the odds of him making the right hiring decision are greatly diminished. He will not understand how to properly set milestones, judge progress, evaluate performance objectively, or coach the new hire.

3. To hire a good salesman that can handle a complex sale requires a base salary and a draw for at least 6 months that puts him in a better economic condition than he was in on his last job. So you are probably looking at $150,000 annual run rate for a decent candidate.

4. If you have not had a formalized sales effort before, you are probably lacking the sales infrastructure that your new hire is used to. Proper contact management systems, customer and prospect databases, developed collateral materials and sales presentations, sales cycle timeframes and critical milestones and developed competition feature benefit matrixes will need to be developed.

5. Current customers are most likely the early adapters, risk takers, pioneers, etc. and are not afraid of making the buying decision with a small more risky company. These early adaptors, however, are not viewed as good references for the more conservative majority that needs the security of a big company backing their product selection decision.

6. Your new hire is most likely someone that came from a bigger information technology company and may be comfortable performing in an established sales department. It is the rare salesman that can transform from that environment to developing the environment while trying to meet a sales quota. Throw on top of that the objection that he has never had to deal with before, the small company risk factor, and the odds of success diminish. Finally, this transformation from a core group of early adapters to now selling to the conservative majority elongates the sales cycle by 25% to as much as double his prior experience. If you don’t fire him first, he will probably quit when his draw runs out.

With all this going against the business owner, most of them go ahead and make the hire and then I hear something like this, “Yes, we brought on a sales guy two years ago who said he had all the industry contacts and in nine months after he hadn’t sold a thing and cost us a lot of money, we fired him. That really hurt the company and we have just now recovered. We won’t do that again.”

What are the alternatives? Certainly strategic alliances, channel partnerships, value added resellers are options, but again the success rate for these arrangements are suspect without the sales background in the executive suite. A lower risk approach is to outsource your VP of Sales or Chief Marketing Officer function. There are a number of highly experienced and talented free lancers that you can hire on a consulting basis that can help you establish a sales and marketing infrastructure and guide you through the staffing process. That may be the best way to go.

An option that one of our clients chose when faced with the six points to consider from above was to sell his company. This is a very difficult decision for an entrepreneur who by nature is very optimistic about the future and feels like he can clear any hurdle. This client had no sales background but was a very smart subject matter expert with an outstanding background as a former consultant with a Big 5 accounting firm. He did not make the hiring mistake, but instead went the outsourcing of VP of Sales function as step 1. When their firm wanted to make the transition from the early adapters to the conservative majority, the sales cycle slowed to a crawl. Meanwhile their technology advantage was being eroded by a well funded venture backed competitor that had struck an alliance with a big vendor.

They engaged our firm to find them a buyer, but then we encountered the valuation gap. Our business seller thought his company was worth a great deal and that he should be paid with cash at close for all the future potential his product could deliver. The buyer, on the other hand, wanted to pay based on a trailing twelve months historical perspective and if anything was paid for potential, that would be in the form of an earn out based on post acquisition sales performance.

With a well structured earn out agreement and the right buyer, our client will reach his transaction value goals. His earn out is based on future sales, but his effective sales force has been increased from one (himself) to 27 reps. His install base has been increased from 14 to 800. Every one of the buyer’s current customers is a candidate for this product. The small company risk has been removed going from a little known start-up with $500 K in revenues to a well known industry player, publicly traded stock with a market cap of $2.5 billion.

He avoided the big cash drain that a bad sales person hiring decision would have created and he sold his company before a competitor dominated the market and made his technology irrelevant and of minimal value.

My professional contacts sometimes tease me and suggest that I think every company should be sold. That may be a slight exaggeration, but in many instances, a company sale is the best route. When a information technology business owner is faced with that crossroads decision of bringing on a significant sales resource that will be faced with a complex sale and the executive suite does not have the sales background, a company sale may be the best outcome.

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New Challenges in Business Travel

By Jose Allan Tan

Booming economies mean more people are traveling. Whether for business or pleasure the entire industry is taking advantage of this.

Consider the upward spiral of hotel prices in Singapore, Hong Kong and Beijing. With prices up across the board, you’d think there is a conspiracy within the travel industry to milk the cow for what its’ worth. Then again blame it all on the law of supply and demand.

According to the Barclaycard Business Travel Survey 2005/06, almost 45 percent of business travelers said they traveled more for business in 2005/2006 than they did in 2004/2005. One third of these are due to business expansion overseas.

The report, “Traveler Tribes 2020″ (published by the Henley Centre HeadlightVision — a global strategic futures & marketing consultancy) notes that both cosmopolitan commuters (domestic travelers) and international commuters are on the rise. A personnelzone.com survey suggests that the growth in international commuting will be facilitated by a decline in fixed hour jobs.

Time efficiency and flexibility will become increasingly important to commuters. These travelers will select to use suppliers who facilitate smooth and fast travel. “They will not want to waste unnecessary time traveling. Therefore the ease of booking, speed of check-in and security, along with the convenience of a travel hub location will influence their travel choices significantly,” says David Brett, president of Amadeus Asia-Pacific.

The second type of business traveler is the Global Executive who travels in premium or business class. According to the report, by 2015, the number of business travelers using business class services will rise from 17 percent (in 2005/6) to around 33 percent in 2015, driven by the demand for improved service and better working conditions. Travel providers will need to think about technology and premium services that fit in with their needs.

Airline operators will also see an uptake in business-class travel as Global Executives take to the sky in style and comfort. For these executives, it is not so much the perk of comfort and luxury, as it is the ability to work on board the aircraft and continue working uninterrupted after the executive has disembarked the plane and headed for the office.

The trouble with traveling

To be fair, there are problems on the horizon. Security remains one of the biggest hurdles to frequent travel. Political and economic instability arising from insurgencies and bombings continue to escalate with no immediate resolution in the near-term. This may lead to the need for additional security measures, visa regulations and entry controls, which could restrict travel. Fear of the spread of global pandemics (bird flu, SARS) may also impact international travel.

This also impacts the cost of fuel which remains uncertain in the mid-term. A paradox to this is the apparent resilience business travelers have developed over the last 18 months.

While new technologies do offer an alternative method of communication for meetings, it is still maintained that this channel will be no substitute for face-to-face interaction and personal contact will be preferable as long as it remains economically viable.

Awareness of environmental issues such as global warming may lead some businesses to restrict travel in an effort to do their part to reduce carbon emissions. However, research today reveals that consumers will continue to travel as needed to meet work commitments and may only choose other more ethical options when they are comparable in price and quality.

Technology not to the rescue

Advances in video conferencing and VoIP promise to reduce the need for business travel, this has not translated into a reduction in travel particularly in Asia where businesses are often conducted face-to-face, allowing for executives to share insights into different cultures.

Airports and airline operators are not sitting idly in the stands. Working with industry bodies such as IATA, many are looking at various technologies to see what would contribute to the continued positive business atmosphere even in the face of threats beyond their control.

“Airports are also turning to technology to help solve the challenges associated with the changing security requirements while minimizing passenger inconvenience. One area where we are beginning to see convergence is between security and self-service. New applications and peripherals will allow this convergence to take place without compromising security and transaction or processing time, keeping it simple for the passengers,” says Russ Lewis, Regional Vice President of Airport and Desktop Services, Asia Pacific at SITA.

Technology is not taking a backseat to development. Brett believes that “key trends in technology that will impact the profitability of the industry are integrated information systems that offer more convenience for customers and new ways for travel providers to reach them. Over the next few years, we will see travel bought and sold as a commodity via non-traditional retail outlets, and the offerings will be personalized according to customer profiles.”

Integrated sales systems will allow travel providers to cross-sell additional products and services, and the ability to sell to customers via mobile telephony.

Coming process innovation

“Traveler Tribes 2020″ offers one caveat — it does not mandate nor predict with certainty what the future will be. “We see the report as supposed to start a conversation within the travel industry and stimulate debate about what the future of travel holds and the implications for travel service providers such as airlines,” notes Brett.

Executives are increasingly demanding more technologies to make their travel easier and more efficient. In the future, humanization of technology will mean more personalized services to meet the needs of business travelers, and information that is readily available to support their business activities.

This means that travel providers can deliver exceptional and engaging customer experience that makes travel hassle-free. For example, a business traveler who is going to miss his flight would appreciate the ability to quickly and easily reschedule another flight.

The continuing evolution of processing power will support technological developments, and it is expected that mobile communication devices will become even more advanced. Open systems architecture and web-based applications will further enable travel providers to meet the needs of customers.

The Traveler Tribe report outlines a number of technologies that are expected to be developed over the next few years. These include:

1. Digital personal identities (detailed customer information held digitally and therefore easily and quickly accessible), to enable a far more personalized service.

2. Integrated Information systems that combine information from a variety of sources.

3. Real-time information delivered to individuals based on need and location.

4. Increased customer interaction through social computing.

5. Visual information technologies becoming cheaper and more sophisticated.

Jose Allan Tan is a technologist-market observer based in Asia. A former marketing director for a storage vendor, he is today director of web strategy and content director for Questex Asia Ltd. He also served as senior industry analyst for Dataquest/Gartner and was at one time an account director for a regional PR agency.

Okuma Group: Oil Falls For Third Day

“Okuma Group” say that the price of oil falling below $73 per barrel, although likely to be short-lived, is a stark reminder of the uncertainty that underpins the global economic recovery.

A source close to the Asia-based asset management firm said that the robust recovery underway in emerging economies like China and India was proving to be insufficient to draw a line under the price of crude oil . . . for now. The source added that bearish sentiment would prevail across all commodity classes and that pessimism would remain strong in the short-term with anything considered risky being sold off.

Energy prices started the year on a high note, surging as economists predicted that China, India and other developing nations would aggressively boost petroleum imports to feed their growing economies. But China has since taken steps to control risky bank lending and cool off its economy. And Greece, Portugal and Spain have pushed the euro lower as they struggle to handle massive budget deficits.

The U.S. Dollar Index, which measures the greenback versus other major currencies, jumped Friday to its highest level since July. Oil, which is priced in U.S. currency, tends to fall when the dollar strengthens and makes barrels more expensive for holders of foreign money.

“Okuma Group” are thought to believe that nothing short of a positive US payrolls number in excess of economists’ expectations could turn the current selloff in commodities and equities around.

Oil fell 5 percent on Thursday, its steepest daily drop since July and the fifth-largest trading volumes ever on the New York Mercantile Exchange as investors dumped commodities and other risky assets.

“Okuma Group” analysts said that the long-term bull market in crude oil remained eminently intact but that as long as there was doubt and uncertainty surrounding the global economic recovery, volatility would prevail.

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