Dubai – UAE – Jan. 8-9th, 2009

Dubai (in Arabic: ?????, Dubayy) is one of the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula. The Dubai Municipality is sometimes called Dubai state to distinguish it from the emirate.

Written accounts document the existence of the city for at least 150 years prior to the formation of the UAE. Legal, political, military and economic functions with the other emirates within a federal framework, although each emirate has jurisdiction over some functions such as civic law enforcement and provision and upkeep of local facilities. Dubai has the largest population and is the second largest emirate by area, after Abu Dhabi. Dubai and Abu Dhabi are the only two emirates to possess veto power over critical matters of national importance in the country’s legislature. Dubai has been ruled by the Al Maktoum dynasty since 1833. Dubai’s current ruler, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, is also the Prime Minister and Vice President of the UAE.

The emirate’s main revenues are from tourism, property and financial services. Although Dubai’s economy was originally built on the oil industry, revenues from petroleum and natural gas currently contribute less than 6% (2006) of the emirate’s US$ 80 billion economy (2009). Property and construction contributed 22.6% to the economy in 2005, before the current large-scale construction boom.

Dubai has attracted attention through its real estate projects and sports events. This increased attention, coinciding with its emergence as a Global City and business hub, has highlighted labour and human rights issues concerning its largely South Asian workforce. Established in 2004, the Dubai International Finance Centre was intended as a landmark project to turn Dubai into a major international hub for banks and finance to rivals New York, London and Hong Kong.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai

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Finding Your Trusted Business Partner (Chinese Mainland Businesspeople)

Through HKTDC and the outstanding professional services of Hong Kong, Hong Kong is the ultimate platform in expanding Mainland Private Enterprises’ (MPEs) businesses overseas

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Takeoff from Toronto to Hong Kong on Cathay Pacific Flight CX 827 on 777-300

This video was taken around 9:30am on Friday May 7th on Cathay Pacific Flight # 827 from Toronto to Hong Kong. This flight is nearly 16 hours in duration. On this flight, I was sitting in seat 2K. The takeoff was to the north.

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myHotelVideo.com presents Royal Plaza in Kowloon – Hongkong / China / China

More @ http://www.myhotelvideo.com/en/landingpage/youtube/resourceid/Mhv_Catalog_Offer::1401
Location:
Situated in Mongkok in the heart of Kowloon, the hotel sits atop the Kowloon-Canton Railway Station and is only 35 minutes by rail from both China and Hong Kong International Airport. It is directly linked to one of the largest shopping centres in Hong Kong with over 200 shops and an 8-screen cinema. There is access to public transport in the immediate vicinity with Mongkok KCR Station just 2 minutes away. Harbour City is 10 minutes away on public transport, while HK Convention & Exhibition Centre is 12 minutes away.

Facilities:
The hotel offers 693 elegantly appointed guest rooms of various sizes in different categories. Both luxuriously appointed rooms, hotel service apartments and club floors designed for business travellers are on offer. It is air-conditioned and has a lobby with 24-hour reception. Dining facilities and a laundry service (subject to fees) are available.

Rooms:
The hotel caters for all budgets with room sizes ranging from just over 30 m² to just under 150 m². All rooms come with luxurious amenities. En suite bathroom, hairdryer, direct dial telephone, satellite/cable TV, Internet access, minibar and individually adjustable air conditioning feature as standard.

Sports/Entertainment:
Health and beauty services are offered. A state of the art gym and a large, heated swimming pool for guests who just want to relax are available.

Meals:
A choice of superb dining venues offering a wide variety of gourmet cuisines will delight even the most discerning guest. A new extension of Royal Plaza Chinese Restaurant has been opened, offering Shanghainese cuisine as well as delicacies from the northern part of China. It also features Cantonese fare and sumptuous seafood delights.

Payment:
American Express, Diners Club, MasterCard and VISA are all accepted by the hotel.

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Barracuda Networks Truck

About Barracuda Networks:
Barracuda Networks Inc. combines premise-based gateways and software, cloud services, and sophisticated remote support to deliver comprehensive security, networking and storage solutions. The company’s expansive product portfolio includes offerings for protection against email, Web and IM threats as well as products that improve application delivery and network access, message archiving, backup and data protection.

Coca-Cola, FedEx, Harvard University, IBM, L’Oreal, and Europcar are among the more than 100,000 organizations protecting their IT infrastructures with Barracuda Networks’ range of affordable, easy-to-deploy and manage solutions. Barracuda Networks is privately held with its International headquarters in Campbell, Calif.

Powerful Products & Technology:
Barracuda Networks’ product portfolio includes: Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall, Barracuda Web Filter, Barracuda IM Firewall, Barracuda Web Application Firewall, Barracuda SSL VPN, Barracuda Load Balancer, Barracuda Link Balancer, Barracuda Message Archiver, Barracuda Backup Service, and the BarracudaWare software portfolio. Combining its own award-winning technology with powerful open source software, Barracuda Networks solutions deliver easy to use, comprehensive security, networking, and data protection products. Barracuda Central, an advanced 24/7 operations center manages data centers for all service-based offerings and works to continuously monitor and block the latest Internet threats.

About Data World Computer and Communication Ltd:
Established in 1984, Data World Computer and Communication Ltd (Data World C&C) is a leading
technology services, IT business management and solutions company. With our supreme experience
across Hong Kong and Greater China Region, extensive skill-sets and solutions covering across
different industries, Data World C&C’s mission is to empower customers’ business growth through
perpetual advancement of quality solutions and services.
Headquartered in Hong Kong, Data World C&C has established support centers in Mainland China
(Shenzhen and Dongguan). Data World C&C has a solid networking in Hong Kong amongst business
and channel partners; we have full confidence in offering our professional IT knowledge to satisfy our
customers’ need in Hong Kong and Mainland China.
We specialize in 5 key areas:
• Network Infrastructure
• Network Management
• Network Security
• Network Communication
• Web Application
With proven success in market development and technical expertise in the IT field, Data World C&C is
dedicated to providing quality technical support and professional consultancy services to our channel
partners and customers in order to ensure all parties can enjoy a win-win situation.

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Don’t Panic! – Some Good News (Really?)

Don’t Panic! Jan 9 Update

Note to all, I’ll be travelling to Hong Kong tonight. I will try and continue these videos, but:
1. I have no idea what my access to the raw data will be like
2. I have no idea what access to youTube will be like, and
3. Who knows if I am now on some stupid ‘terrorist’ watchlist for speaking the truth!

A slice of good fortune amid the economic gloom:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/a-slice-of-good-fortune-amid-the-economic-gloom-1232084.html

Greggs blames profit fall on rain:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/oct/10/greggs-fooddrinks

Greggs chief attacks speculators for driving up the price of wheat:

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/consumer_goods/article3533252.ece

Corn Prices May Enter Decade-Long Slump, Agency Says:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aDgLNXDbgg.4&refer=home

WTH is a Bushel? 4 Pecks! (About 60 pounds in the US; The volume stays the same, the weight changes based on moisture count)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peck

Confused yet? It is supposed to be simple, then Kings come along and change everything!

We ain’t seen nothing yet:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/08/interestrates-bankofenglandgovernor

Darling’s insistence that Quatatative easing isn’t printing money is in the second last paragraph.

Now the really bad indicator of the day: German bond sales fate signals trouble ahead:

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/16c7ceba-dcbe-11dd-a2a9-000077b07658.html

Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics!
Think that’s bad? have a look at the 4th sentence. They’ve been cooking the books at ADP as well – such a suprise!

ADP Reports 693,000 Private-Sector Jobs Lost in December:

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2009/01/07/adp-reports-693000-private-sector-jobs-lost-in-december/

Now hang on – The BLS just reported Dec job losses at 632,000; while employment fell by 524,000.

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf

Buried in the ‘Commissioner’s statement is the telling line about part time workers – “Over the last 12 months, the number of such workers has grown by 3.4 million.”

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/jec.nr0.htm

Starting to see another pattern in the ‘truth’ you hear from the government and business? Research is best done by comparing past stats to current stats. Be sure to keep copies on your own systems; they may be found guilty of changing old numbers as things get bad…

Jan 23 is bantered about as a ‘day of reckoning’ for Obama. Guess who is expected to announce Job Cuts on Jan 23?
IBM Notebook: Rumors fly about IBM layoffs in January:

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090105/BIZ/901050315

It is just rumours at this point

But why around the end of January?
Jan. 23 layoffs would skirt new state law:

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090108/BIZ/901080322

Need a good laugh during these testing times? Go here:

A biting appraisal of the British Psyche in the first response:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AilNC0ZYZvpVdZWwH.dJvMjsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20090105063232AAJlhsb&show=7#profile-info-UegvETtzaa

Peace

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Finding Your Trusted Business Partner (Hong Kong SME – Cantonese)

The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) offers business a helping hand. With comprehensive services and a dedicated team, HKTDC can help Hong Kong SME find the right business partner, explore new frontiers and expand markets with ease.

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PolyU Faculty of Business: Where new thinking creates business opportunities

With over 200 academic staff, 5,400 current students and 30,000 alumni, the Faculty of Business is one of the largest business schools in the Asia-Pacific region. This video showcases our professional teaching, international accreditations, whole person development, work-integrated education and career development.

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ABC HK 1st Regional Seminar at Parkview Hong Kong 27 Sep 09.m4v

ABC (Association of Bridal Consultants) is biggest and most valuable Association over the world. The Association is for bridal professionals, bridal market and brides & grooms. The Association has more than 4,000 members in more than 40 countries. Our individual members are separated into Professional Levels and Assistant Levels. The Professional Members are from business of Wedding Planning and business of related fields such as Wedding Gown, Flower, Photo, Video, Make-up, Stationery and etc. The Assistant Members are for beginners or for less than enough business experiences. ABC Members are also corporate entities from hotels, wedding sites, educational institutions, websites, magazines and suppliers.

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Milton Friedman – Free to Choose 1990 – 1 of 5 The Power of the Market PL 3/5

Wolny wybór to film wyj?tkowy. Idee i tre?ci w nim zawarte wp?yn??y na gospodarcze losy wielu krajów ?wiata. Pomimo czasu, jaki up?yn?? od jego pierwszej publikacji, wci?? stanowi on doskonale udokumentowany wyk?ad na temat stosunków spo?ecznych w dzisiejszym pa?stwie. Film pokazuje mechanizmy sprawowania w?adzy, cele jakie jej przy?wiecaj? i rol? jak? odgrywa w?adza i poszczególne jej agendy, w ?yciu wspó?czesnego cz?owieka. Pokazuje te? efekty tego wp?ywu na ?ycie, zarówno ca?ych spo?ecze?stw, jak i poszczególnych jednostek.

Milton Friedman, zaliczany do czo?owych postaci chicagowskiej szko?y ekonomii, to laureat nagrody Nobla w tej dziedzinie. Zwolennik wolnej konkurencji, cz?onek zespo?u doradców ekonomicznych prezydenta Reagana. Jego prace odegra?y wa?n? rol? w odchodzeniu od interwencjonizmu w USA. Stanowi? równie? inspiracj? przy wolno?ciowych przemianach w wielu krajach ?wiata.

“Niezwyk?a klarowno?? i sugestywno?? wywodu. Friedmanowie pokazuj? krok za krokiem, jak decyzje maj?ce s?u?y? interesom obywateli, staj? si? w efekcie ci??arem coraz trudniejszym do zniesienia.” Jan Winiecki

Zapraszm na kana? IRC UPR:
Link (wymaga Javy):

http://www.ircx.net.pl/upr/

Dla wymagaj?cych:
sie?: ircx.net.pl/6667
kana?: #upr (kodowanie UTF-8)

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