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Introduction |
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This website facilitates the distribution of
information related to projects and companies sponsored by, or affiliated
with, Wally Barker, as well as excerpt from interesting or important research
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Consulting: Business, Finance &
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Consulting CFO Services.
Mr. Barker is an experienced senior executive available to work
anywhere in the world on a contract basis. US Citizenship; currently based in
Asia. Forte is transitional senior management or advisor in
the M&A setting and/or difficult restructuring project.
Mr. Barker's background includes CFO, President and acting CEO of a
overseas subsidiary of large US public company; acquisition
integration consulting on international transactions; the CFO and acting
president of a small San Diego based gaming and US military
contractor; Manager of Mergers and Acquisitions for Ernst and Young;
Audit Manager with Deloitte and Touche; as well as employment with
investment banks Merrill Lynch and Shearson, Lehman, Hutton.
Mr. Barker first job out of college was working in oil and gas
exploration and production for Schlumberger, the industry leading
oil field service company.
Formal education includes MBA from University of California, an MS
in Engineering from the University of Alaska, and a BS in Mechanical
Engineering from University of Washington. Industry
experience is diverse.
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M&A Due Diligence, Buy-side Advisory, Investor Representation
"not an expert... but did stay at a Holiday Inn Express"
(joke). Standard M&A Advisory. Current focus and interest is Japanese companies and energy
industry. <internal link>
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Wally Barker, Global Research.
"If
information were the key to success, librarians would be a lot
wealthier" WB. (not a joke) Anyway, plans are for the
first sections of the 2008
Global Energy Review to be available mid to late June and are based on the BP
statistical data set through year end 2007 and all other relevant
data through time of publishing. Other research as
available but will go dark for most of May. See
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Investment |
- Kaizoku Gōdō Kaisha
(合同会社),
Japanese investment "partnership"
organized under the Company act of 2005, effective May 1, 2006.
Membership is restricted; liability generally limited. Important
Notice: Japan's Ministry of Finance has still not yet adopted
pass-through regulations, currently taxed as a K.K. Please
read additional disclosures. See
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Observation of the
Day - "Farm to Fork" Metrics & Self Sufficiency |
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The
scarcity of food concept is a lot more creepy to me than scarcity of
oil, as I like eating more than driving! (joke). Turns out there is a
metric – “farm to fork” and it is a measure of the distance from the
farm to where it is consumed. In the USA, the average is 1,400
miles and getting larger. The trend is both energy and "carbon
intensive, not to mention risky from a long long tem perspective, as
food self sufficiency may become an important resource issue. Here in Japan. As Japan
imports 90 percent of the wheat it consumes and, with the rising
price of wheat, is attempting to replace 20% of the wheat consuming by
using rice flour as a substitute. Japan's self-sufficiency
in food was 39 percent in the year to March 2007, falling below 40
percent for the first time in 13 years due to poor weather and declining
consumption of rice, according to the latest official data. |
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Agricultural,
Agri-Tourism & Recreation |
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The following is a list of businesses and organizations
owned or sponsored by Mr. Barker that are intended to promote sustainable active,
outdoor, rural or artistic lifestyles.
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The
Joshua Tree Ranch is a 40 acre agricultural and
agri-tourism project in Joshua Tree, California. The Ranch which includes
a "horse stable", "riding trails" and "equestrian facilities".
Located just
outside the main entrance to Joshua Tree National Park.
Operating since 2001. See
www.JoshuaTreeRanch.Com
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Quail Springs Farm is a 20 acre community and experimental farm
(and gardens) in Joshua Tree California. Located adjacent
to the Joshua Tree Ranch, just outside the main entrance to Joshua
Tree National Park. Project is still in its
infancy. See
www.QuailSpringsFarm.Com.
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Joshua Tree Climbers' Ranch is low cost climber's
campground located in Joshua Tree, California, that is operated by
local climbers with the assistance of the American Alpine Club.
In the parlance of our times, "rather ghetto". www.ClimbersRanch.Com
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Right-2-Ride
Activist conservation and outdoors recreation organization for
preserving historical recreational livestock access to, and
rights-of-way through, public lands. Sponsored by the Joshua
Tree Ranch and other concerned equestrian groups. See
www.Right-2-Ride.Com
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Rock Climbing Guides International Rock climbing
school that operated from 2002 through 2005.. Based on
leveraging national marketing and affiliation geared to specific demographic
group. The main school trained guides and operated in Joshua
Tree National Park from 2002 through 2005. Business was unable
"to scale". Brands, service
marks, and web presence included RockClimbingGuides.Com, GayClimb.Com, WomenClimb.Com.
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Other |
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Modern Japanese
History. I personally believe that a person
(or people) can not understand the present without a critical
understanding the past. Furthermore, I also believe people (or
a society) can not progress in meaningful way with an accurate
understanding the present. Finally, to accomplish this
seemingly simply task, one must also make the critical distinction
between "what happened" and "why it happened". As an
individual concerned about many of the critical problems facing
Japan, I believe the solutions can only come from a critical
understanding of the past. These problems include a) the need
to resolve ill will and tension with China and Korean stemming from
WWII, b) the need for Japan to increase it's image as an important
regional contributor and overcome the perception that it is but a
proxy for powerful western interest, and c) the need to partner with
Russia and China in joint oil and gas development area within area
of disputed claims. Hence, I believe the subject to be of
great importance. Hence, I
believe the subject to be of great importance.
Modern Japanese History
by Wally Barker
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Kobe.
A brief description of Kobe Japan.
Kobe
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US Pacific Island
Influence . A brief description of US
influence in the Pacific, including US territories of Guam, as a
primer for regional investment decisions.
Pacific Islands
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Energy Research.
We are not a political "think-tank"
although I sometime think we could be. That said,
because I am an American and my country the largest energy consumer,
I find it immensely sad that the majority of Americans fail to
appreciate the seriousness of their predicament, let alone the
reasons for their trouble. It is my personal opinion is that
that America's energy problems (and financial difficulties) will
only get worse and worse and worse, until the government does
something to address the core problems. I must be honest in
that I do not pay that close attention to the foreign press coverage
of the US political situation. However, what I have heard is
embarrasses me and does not give me faith that the current
leadership or potential leaders are have any insight to address the
problem, let alone solve it. Global Energy Research
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