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OT: HiYa Mariner...Good to See Ya ! How are Ya?
Yep..still settin' trusses and such, for the floor system at this point in time now for this big, big ol' commercial-materialed home at this point in time : )
I'll just hafta shuffle some coin around and grab Me some a dat PRRM...while its sittin' in the basement here : )
Have a Good Day All...
I'll be headin' out once it starts to go from wet to less wet!
OT: SUBB, Hmmmmmm...Hard to keep track of all of Ya...swimmers, fishers, sizzlers, miners, vacationers, pinchers, ihub board travelers, cmkx time travelers...While I'm out workin' in the real-surreal world!!!
Am I gonna hafta grab some PRRM too...since it's doin' the go no lower low and tryin' hard to do the 1-2-3 step decimal---give Ya some divvies hop : ) ???
OT: Deflendus,
I'm on the fence with You,
leaning up-hill,
ready to hop on the ol' mule comin' by any
time now to take Me to the top o' the mountain...
uhhhh...I think!!! : )
OT: Hi SUBB...
"Div Dangled"...is that something like a
"Hangin' Chad" ??? : )
OT: Man, SO WHAT if We feel this Company will turn more than one market rightside up...
Our Prerogative...
Our Intelligent Choice to Ignore The Countless Posts of Perdition...
and that is basically what this board is littered with
in the off hours by 'paid' litterers!!!
IMO!!!
Time Will Tell...And This Time We Will Use Time...
"Impatience Pedaling" is Obsolete here!!!
OT: Yaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy Dallas!!! , Dallas : )
Have a Good Trading Week, Y'All !
OT: The WHOLE Market is a "Red" Flag...
Thanks For The Warning, Though!
Have A Good Trading Week, All !
OT: I AIN'T Buyin' What You Are Sellin'...
The Scenario Here Is NOT What Many Of You Bashers
Make It Appear To Be...As The Outcome Will Be Unique...
And Cannot Be Mapped Or Compared To ANY Past Scenario !
IMHO!
Good Night and Have a Good Trading Week, All!
OT: Not that this needs to be mentioned...again...in another way...BUT...Isn't it interesting how many posters lace the dogma of their posts with the pedaling of failure, exaggerated failure...relentlessly?
What is their motive?
It is My 'firm' opinion it is NOT to help the investors here!
"Tiiiiiiiiimmmmme isssss on My side...yes, it is !"
Tenacity will Win...
it is THE concept of Success...
and it IS here...
even in this snake pit!!!
OT: Hi SUBB...Good to See You !
That Tan Is Lookin' Good : )
OT:
I am very busy building...
just a "part-time" cult member.
And as Mick would say,
"Tiiiiiiiiiiiimmme is on My side...
yesssssss it issssss!!!"
OT: Casprs
Thanks For Passing On Info Of Your Weekend Casprs...
Good Stuff and Glad Ya had a Good Time : )
OT: Casprs
Thanks For Passing On Info Of Your Weekend Casprs...
Good Stuff and Glad Ya had a Good Time : )
OT: Hi Ya SH...Yep : )
On the Left Now!
Have a Good Weekend !!!
OT:
OT: I Meant "Anyone... But..."
I'll wait for a pm from a Friend...
Cratering......Plllleeeeeeaaassssseee...
Save it for those You aim to bring to Their knees...wherever They may be...living in Someone's imagination, maybe!
SUBB, OU or Wolf or Anyone that has the Level II data...
Any details on this chunk of UCAD grabbed at 4:01 today that I just saw on My 'raw data'?
The bid/ask was at $5.00 just before close, correct?
09/24/04
16:01:03
Bid $4.10
Ask $4.55
Last $4.50
Vol Shares 11,896
OT: SUBB... "HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU !"
: ) : ) : )
OT: Good Kim : )
Yep...I'm pretty (sub)grounded too...as in starting inside the foundation of a very good sized custom...will be busy with it for a while and it will definitely keep my mind occupied throughout the CMKX processes : )
Thanks, OU and Wolf!
OT: Hi Kim...How Are Ya?
Ya know...You and SUBB are practically
next door neighbors...
Ya ought to meet up some time : )
OT...Cool!!!
"Come on baby, finish what ya started
That ain’t no way to treat the broken hearted..."
"Come on baby, finish what you started
I’m incomplete
That ain’t no way to treat the broken hearted
I need some sympathy
I like to take each step, one by one
Right on time, you will arrive
By keepin’ the dream alive
It’s alive and it’s kicking
Inside of me
So come on baby, please..."
: ) : ) : )
OT: " Might As Well...Jump!!!
Go Ahead... Jump!!!" : ) : ) : )
Have a Good Time, Casprs!
OT: SUBB, Have A Wonderful Time : )
OT: I'm Good, Thanks!
Y'All have a Good Tradin' Week!
OT: HiYa StockHippie : ) How U B ?
well I'm not telling them the ones i know b/c i've been told that part of the "competitive edge" is silence.
And THAT Is THAT !!!
My Thoughts Exactly regarding this position
and "mining" in general, the cards are being
played this way because it is THE WAY to play them!
OT: Hi Skunks...How are Ya?
Your Opinions have Validity in that reply to Eviltweety...
But...it is here on this board that CMKX can be discussed without that traffic, that's all.
It is My Own Personal Opinion and Belief that She and Others
have Ulterior Motives and Do Indeed Reap or are Attuned to some sort of Compensation, whether Personal(in the future) or through a 2nd/3rd Party(now)...I refuse to accept the 'hobby' line...that is just subtle bs to Me.
There are enough Intelligent/Concerned Investors around Here to keep a 'balance' on information. If Anyone has a desire to banter with Her or those like Her, They know where to find Them.
JMHO!
Have A Good Weekend!!!
Gooooooooooo SOX !!!
Gooooooooooo PATS !!!
OT: Hi Rick...
That Is A Good Thing You Did For Dad : )
My Salute To Your Dad, You and Honor!
................
Heroes Sleep
Theirs is a quiet sleep 'neath the ocean ...
A long quiet sleep.
The feel of grass beneath their feet;
The hum of home, the familiar street;
Remembered scents and taste and touch
No longer theirs that gave so much.
They only left a heritage...
Of blood and courage.
Other brave men a fight must wage
Honoring those dead beneath the stage.
For theirs is a quiet sleep...
A long quiet sleep.
OT: Diamond Related World News..."Interesting", IMO
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NYTimes.com > Business > World Business
Looking to Africa to Polish Its Diamonds
By NICOLE ITANO
Published: September 17, 2004
ABORONE, Botswana, Sept. 16 - Eurostar Diamond Traders, the large diamond company based in Belgium, broke ground here this week in Botswana's capital city on what will eventually be the largest cutting and polishing factory in Africa.
Forty Botswana workers are already being taught the delicate skill, and by 2008, the three-story, $6 million building will house 1,000 workers in an industry that has been slow to come to southern Africa despite the region's diamond wealth. Although five of the top seven diamond-producing countries are in Africa, most of the world's diamonds are polished elsewhere. India, the world leader, employs 800,000 to 1 million people in polishing.
But increasingly, African countries are asking why the jobs have gone elsewhere.
"There's a political point and an emotional point," said Martin Rapaport, the editor of The Rapaport Diamond Review. "They're saying, 'We have these resources as Africans, why are we not able to capitalize on the beneficiation on these resources in our possession?' But they're also saying, 'Why are Indians cutting African diamonds?' "
Although small diamond-cutting factories have been in southern Africa for decades, the industry has struggled. Most of the region's rough diamonds have been controlled by the privately owned De Beers Group, which routed most diamonds through London and gave no preference to cutters in diamond-producing countries.
But that may be changing. Analysts say that De Beers may have urged Eurostar to put a factory in Botswana as a way of maintaining its ties to the government and its diamonds.
"De Beers is interested to show that they too can create jobs,'' Mr. Rapaport said. "Eurostar is a big company relying on De Beers. De Beers is now biting the bullet and saying, 'We will support people who cut in Botswana.' "
De Beers, which has recently been readmitted into the United States after pleading guilty to price fixing and paying a $10 million fine, has dominated global diamond mining and bought whatever supplies of the rough stone it could, wielding almost absolute control.
The company sold the uncut gems in packets to invited clients, known as sightholders, and buyers took what De Beers offered or risked losing all access to rough diamonds.
But changes in the industry have adjusted the playing field. Most important, although De Beers continues to dominate production in southern Africa, it no longer controls the industry as a whole. In the last two decades, De Beers's control over the market has slipped as it lost control of valuable diamond fields in places like Russia and Angola.
Today the company controls about 55 percent of the world's rough stones.
That loss of market dominance has encouraged African governments to demand more from the mining giant and its rivals, like the Israeli dealer Lev Leviev, who recently opened a 550-worker cutting and polishing factory in Namibia.
In recent years, several major diamond-producing nations in Africa have changed or are in the process of reviewing their diamond laws to give some preference to local diamond polishers.
In 1999, Namibia - whose diamonds are considered among the highest quality in the world - inserted a clause in a new law allowing the government to force miners to sell a percentage of their diamonds to local polishers. That law has never been invoked, but several entrepreneurs have established factories in Namibia in hopes that it soon will be.
Mr. Leviev's factory gets diamonds from his mines, in Namibia and elsewhere. Mr. Leviev also has mining interests in Russia and Angola.
In South Africa, legislation under discussion would impose a 5 percent export tax on diamonds that are not cut locally.
And analysts say that Botswana wants more cutting as part of the package as it renegotiates its agreement with De Beers, with whom it owns Debswana, the world's largest diamond producer by value.
The opening of the Eurostar factory in Gaborone, Mr. Rapaport and other analysts say, is a sign that the battle for control of Botswana's rough diamonds is heating up. Most previous diamond-cutting factories in the region were small. Now, major diamond buyers like Eurostar are investing large amounts in southern Africa.
Mr. Leviev, a maverick in the industry, has promised to create tens of thousands of jobs in Botswana if he receives direct access to rough diamonds, which would end De Beer's monopoly over the country's diamonds. He has made similar promises to Namibia.
The opening of the Eurostar factory, whose owners are important De Beers clients and whose new factory is backed by De Beers itself, is seen as an attempt by the diamond producer to fight back and show that it, too, can provide polishing jobs.
Emma Muller, editor of PolishedPrices.com, a diamond information service, said, "It's a power game between De Beers and the South African government, the Botswana government and the Namibian government."
Increasingly, she said, cutting and polishing are "a political demand that every producer is going to have to listen to."
For its part, De Beers once argued that cutting and polishing in source countries was not feasible, but has evidently changed its opinion.
"De Beers increasingly realizes how important it is to respect the entirely reasonable and justified demands by the governments of Botswana and Namibia to create beneficiation jobs," said Gary Ralfe, De Beers managing director, at a news conference after the groundbreaking for Eurostar.
But Mr. Ralfe warned that the desire to create jobs should be balanced against the need to keep strong global demand and high prices for rough diamonds.
Building a successful diamond polishing industry in Africa will take more than political will, analysts warn. At least six diamond-polishing factories have been established in Namibia in recent years as well as several more in Botswana and South Africa. Although the privately held companies are not required to release financial data, analysts say many have struggled and several have closed.
Still, with global overcapacity in diamond-cutting and a shortage of rough diamonds, success in the polishing industry will increasingly depend on access to high-quality rough diamonds. Both De Beers allies and competitors are increasingly betting that diamond-producing countries like Botswana will exert increasing control over their natural resource.
"What Leviev is doing, which is very scary for the diamond establishment, is saying, 'You give me the diamonds and I'll give you jobs,' " Mr. Rapaport said. "Either De Beers will compete and also bring their sightholders in and create jobs, or they'll lose out. Either way, Indian cutters have a problem."
OT: But Not...This Board's Night Life!
"An Orwellian world where any fact can be twisted in any direction by committed propagandists backed by seemingly limitless posts for compensation."
Let 'em 'twist' that paragraph and
let 'em talk to and among themselves!
Have A Good Weekend All!!!
We'll be fighting in the streets
With our children at our feet
And the morals that they worship will be gone
And the men who spurred us on
Sit in judgement of all wrong
They decide and the shotgun sings the song
I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
The change, it had to come
We knew it all along
We were liberated from the fold, that's all
And the world looks just the same
And history ain't changed
'Cause the banners, they are flown in the next war
I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
No, no!
I'll move myself and my family aside
If we happen to be left half alive
I'll get all my papers and smile at the sky
Though I know that the hypnotized never lie
Do ya?
There's nothing in the streets
Looks any different to me
And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye
And the parting on the left
Are now parting on the right
And the beards have all grown longer overnight
I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
Don't get fooled again
No, no!
Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss
OT: Hiiiiiiii SUBB : )
Glad Ya B High and Dry and Stuff!
A River Runs Through It 'Missed' Ya : )
OT: TGIF...Casprs...I've been watchin' that one for a loonnnnnnnnggggggggg time...very 'fishy' stock...only moves on fryyyyyyyydays : ) ; ) : )
OT: SUBB...You have a safe night...
batten down them hatches and
We'll see You tomorrow : )
OT: Eye B Good Stripe...
Lettin' all the Women in My life
use and abuse Me : ) : ) : )
CMKX Hurricane Force Winds Buildin' !!!
All the ol' moaners in here better take cover : )
OT: SSSSSTRRRRIIIIIPPPEEERRRRR
How U B ??? : )
Wazzzzzzzzzz Uuuuupppppp???
OT: Hi SUBB...Just passing thru...
Are You gettin' any stormy / windy happenings Your way?
Stay safe and dry and keep that addition
of Yours on the house...
Ya hear?!!! : )
OT: Ad Nauseum...Ad Infinitum...
They have Agendas,
They have Superiority / Inferiority Complexes,
They get Compensated,
They give a constant 'Smoke and Mirrors' performance!
The Internet is Their Stage!
Engage Them As Little As Possible!
They WILL "Go Away" Soon Enough!
OT: Hmmmmmmmm SUBB!!!
"JERRRRRRRRRRRRKEFF"
Sounds like one o' my jobsite compliments : )
OT: OU, Casprs, SUBB and All CMKX'rrrs : )
HiYa!!!...Long Time No See : )
Have a Good Tradin' Day!