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Description: Agave parryi var. truncata is a small to medium sized plant that offsets and forms clumps to 5 feet or more across. Individual plants vary in size from 2 feet to nearly 4 feet across. This range depends on amount of water applied, with heavily watered plants growing considerably larger. Plants have blue-gray or light gray leaves that are up to 1 foot long by 5 inches across. Leaf margins have dark brown teeth that are usually curved back towards the base of the plant. The terminal spine is about 1 inch long, dark brown and very stout. Tall, branched flower stalks grow to 15 feet to 20 feet high. Flowers are pink or red in bud, opening to golden yellow. The flowering plant will die after blooming, however the offsets will continue to grow.
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temperature: 88F (31C)
dewpoint: 63F (17C)
The neighbors' driveway was in shade because it was late afternoon by this time, on the perfect kind of hot summer day -- partly cloudy (no storm), not too hot, not too humid, but neither was it comfortable. It was almost comfortable in the shade.
I'd say the perfect summer day is about 84F (29C), dewpoint of 50-55F (10-12C), partly cloudy with a light breeze.
Two different sized offset prickers, which are used to mark tenons through pre-drilled mortice holes
Hong Kong Transport - Buses | All types
The Hong Kong Bus Culture
The number of buses registered + licenced in Hong Kong seems to fluctuate between 18,000 - 22,000 vehicles and presumably new buses registered are offset by old buses being retired or sold over the border in China. (Source - The Transport Department, Hong Kong Government)
Bus services in Hong Kong have to be amongst the best of all major cities in the World.
All major Hong Kong Bus Companies invest heavily and are using mainly brand new double decker buses and all of them are testing and introducing single and double decker 100% electric buses and also hydrogen powered buses for future use.
☛Major Franchised Bus Companies in Hong Kong
Citybus | Cityflyer ✚ Kowloon Motor Bus | KMB ✚ Long Win Motor Bus | LWB ✚ New Lantao Bus | NLB ✚ HZMB ✚ Note : New World First Bus | NWFB merged with Citybus in 2022
☛Non - Franchised Public Bus Services using double decker and single decker buses (feeder services)
Mass Transit Railway | MTR ✚ DBTS - Lantau Island ✚ Park Island Transport Co. Ltd.
☛All Major Franchised Public Minibus Services (PLB) seating 16 or 19 people
Franchised and Non Franchised Public Light Bus Red Top ✚ Franchised Public Light Bus Green Top
☛Privately Owned Buses
Toyota seems to be the preferred brand for privately owned small and medium sized buses and are used for the following purposes
Public and Private Rehab Buses ✚ Commercial Building Buses ✚ Resident Services Buses ✚ Travel and Tour Buses ✚ Contract Hire ✚ School Buses ✚ Hotel Buses ✚ Misc. Buses for any type of charter | hire too numerous to mention including cross border buses.
One of the largest privately owned companies is Kwoon Chung Bus Company who also offer Non Franchised and Franchised Bus Services through it‛s subsidiary New Lantao Bus
☛Many Hong Kong Government Departments have a fleet of buses but for some reason also contract hire from Private Bus Companies on an “as needed” basis.
Any Government OWNED and operated vehicle in this section (such as Correctional Services Buses, Police Buses etc ) have a licence plate starting AM and any Chinese Military Vehicle has a licence plate starting ZG and naturally some of these vehicles have personalized licence plates which they buy at Government Auction!
☛.... and if you want to read about my views on Hong Kong, then go to my blog, link below
✚ www.j3consultantshongkong.com/j3c-blog
☛ Photography is simply a hobby for me, I do NOT sell my images and all of my images can be FREELY downloaded from this site in the original upload image size or 5 other sizes, please note that you DO NOT have to ask for permission to download and use any of my images!
Dish TV plans domestic sourcing of set-top boxes to offset rupee drop
DTH player has asked vendors to produce STBs locally.
Dish TV, India’s top direct-to-home (DTH) operator, is considering domestic sourcing of digital set-top-boxes (STBs) to offset rising costs due to rupee depreciation.
A flagging rupee has been an industry-wide concern for a while now, calling forefforts to control the related impact on business,the company’s top officialsaid.
Jawahar Goel, managing director, Dish TV India, said on a recent analyst call, “Given the depreciating rupee, we are evaluating possibilities for improvement in hardware economics of consumer premises equipment (CPE) sourced from India. We have also been considering options with our overseas suppliers to commence production at a base in India.”
Last month, Dish TV had taken a price hike of `250 per STB to bridge the widening gap between costof CPE and the amount realised from the customer.
Other DTH players such asTata Sky, Airtel Digital and Reliance Digital followed suit by increasing prices broadly in the same range.
Also, in this year’s Budget, Union finance minister P Chidambaram hadhiked customs duty on imported STBs from 5% to 10%. Considering there aren’t many domestic manufacturers of STBs forthe digital cable and DTH sectors, the government’sdecision to make imported STBs expensive was seen as a move to incentivise domestic manufacturing andbringing more players in themarket.
Among the few local STB manufacturers are Noida-based Dixon Technologies, Kortek Electronics and Videocon Industries. International players including Hampshire-based Exset are understood to beexploring tie-ups with Indian manufacturers to produce STBs here.
Industry experts said Dish TV’s move to source STBs locally may be followed by other players, experts said.
“We have a hunch that in the near future there can be a higher duty on import, because of the balance of payment issues. In fact, wehave already alerted our vendors to set up shop, toconvert and produce the STBs locally. We are not buying new STBs for next 3-4 months as we have enough stock. And by that time the vendors are likely set up shop in India,” said Goel.
Dish TV currently has an inventory of 1.4 million STBsand another 0.6 million with the channel partners. At `60 a dollar, the total cost of the CPE, company officials said, is close to `2,700 for a standard definition set. DTH players have been offering STBs ata subsidised cost to attract subscribers but aregradually expected to movetowards a zero-subsidy model by increasing prices. Commenting on the possibilities, R C Venkateish,CEO, Dish TV India, said,
“We are moving towards elimination of subsidies in the next one to two years.So certainly a combination of efforts to reduce costs as well as increase prices will be used. Local manufacturing will play a crucial role towards this. While it is not a very big chunk, even a couple of hundred rupees of savings will go further towards reduction of subsidies.”
He said the company is focused on increasing valuedelivery to the customer and is coming up with innovations. “New productswill be introduced in the second half, which will further position us separate from cable,” he said.
controlpanel at the delivery section ... woha! Heidelberg GTO is the most cutest presses you could work with in offset. Sounds good too.
Hong Kong Transport - Buses | All types
The Hong Kong Bus Culture
The number of buses registered + licenced in Hong Kong seems to fluctuate between 18,000 - 22,000 vehicles and presumably new buses registered are offset by old buses being retired or sold over the border in China. (Source - The Transport Department, Hong Kong Government)
Bus services in Hong Kong have to be amongst the best of all major cities in the World.
All major Hong Kong Bus Companies invest heavily and are using mainly brand new double decker buses and all of them are testing and introducing single and double decker 100% electric buses and also hydrogen powered buses for future use.
☛Major Franchised Bus Companies in Hong Kong
Citybus | Cityflyer ✚ Kowloon Motor Bus | KMB ✚ Long Win Motor Bus | LWB ✚ New Lantao Bus | NLB ✚ HZMB ✚ Note : New World First Bus | NWFB merged with Citybus in 2022
☛Non - Franchised Public Bus Services using double decker and single decker buses (feeder services)
Mass Transit Railway | MTR ✚ DBTS - Lantau Island ✚ Park Island Transport Co. Ltd.
☛All Major Franchised Public Minibus Services (PLB) seating 16 or 19 people
Franchised and Non Franchised Public Light Bus Red Top ✚ Franchised Public Light Bus Green Top
☛Privately Owned Buses
Toyota seems to be the preferred brand for privately owned small and medium sized buses and are used for the following purposes
Public and Private Rehab Buses ✚ Commercial Building Buses ✚ Resident Services Buses ✚ Travel and Tour Buses ✚ Contract Hire ✚ School Buses ✚ Hotel Buses ✚ Misc. Buses for any type of charter | hire too numerous to mention including cross border buses.
One of the largest privately owned companies is Kwoon Chung Bus Company who also offer Non Franchised and Franchised Bus Services through it‛s subsidiary New Lantao Bus
☛Many Hong Kong Government Departments have a fleet of buses but for some reason also contract hire from Private Bus Companies on an “as needed” basis.
Any Government OWNED and operated vehicle in this section (such as Correctional Services Buses, Police Buses etc ) have a licence plate starting AM and any Chinese Military Vehicle has a licence plate starting ZG and naturally some of these vehicles have personalized licence plates which they buy at Government Auction!
☛.... and if you want to read about my views on Hong Kong, then go to my blog, link below
✚ www.j3consultantshongkong.com/j3c-blog
☛ Photography is simply a hobby for me, I do NOT sell my images and all of my images can be FREELY downloaded from this site in the original upload image size or 5 other sizes, please note that you DO NOT have to ask for permission to download and use any of my images!