On Site Factory Inspection
On site factory inspections are a very important part of our business. Here is Lou and Nancy going over the product details with one of our most important vendors for an important custom order.
Good Food Excites Lou
An Important Message From Linus
Absolutely Beautiful Animation
A really awesome video from the New Zealand Book Council.
Funny Answers from 16 Year Olds in Sweden
Hat tip to: Found it Shared itThese are genuine answers (from 16 year olds)
Q. Name the four seasons
A. Salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar
Q. Explain one of the processes by which water can be made safe to drink
A. Flirtation makes water safe to drink because it removes large pollutants like grit, sand, dead sheep and canoeists
Q. How is dew formed
A. The sun shines down on the leaves and makes them perspire
Q. What causes the tides in the oceans
A. The tides are a fight between the earth and the moon. All water tends to flow towards the moon, because there is no water on the moon, and nature abhors a vacuum. I forget where the sun joins the fight
Q. What guarantees may a mortgage company insist on
A. If you are buying a house they will insist that you are well endowed
Q. In a democratic society, how important are elections
A. Very important. Sex can only happen when a male gets an election
Q. What are steroids
A. Things for keeping carpets still on the stairs
Q. What happens to your body as you age
A. When you get old, so do your bowels and you get intercontinental
Q. What happens to a boy when he reaches puberty
A. He says goodbye to his boyhood and looks forward to his adultery
Q Name a major disease associated with cigarettes
A. Premature death
Q. What is artificial insemination
A. When the farmer does it to the bull instead of the cow
Q. How can you delay milk turning sour
A. Keep it in the cow (Simple, but brilliant)
Q. How are the main 20 parts of the body categorised (e.G. The abdomen)
A. The body is consisted into 3 parts – the brainium, the borax and the abdominal cavity. The brainium contains the brain, the borax contains the heart and lungs and the abdominal cavity contains the five bowels: A, E, I, O and U
Q.. What is the fibula?
A. A small lie
Q. What does ‘varicose’ mean?
A. Nearby
Q. What is the most common form of birth control
A. Most people prevent contraception by wearing a condominium
Q. Give the meaning of the term ‘Caesarean section’
A. The caesarean section is a district in Rome
Q. What is a seizure?
A. A Roman Emperor. (Julius Seizure, I came, I saw, I had a fit)
Q. What is a terminal illness
A. When you are sick at the airport.
Q. Give an example of a fungus. What is a characteristic feature?
A. Mushrooms. They always grow in damp places and they look like umbrellas
Q. Use the word ‘judicious’ in a sentence to show you understand its meaning
A. Hands that judicious can be soft as your face.
Q. What does the word ‘benign’ mean?
A. Benign is what you will be after you be eight
Q. What is a turbine?
A. Something an Arab or Shreik wears on his head
I’ve recently been weighing up the benefits of private education and independentschools in Hampshire, and if this isn’t reason enough to go for a non-state education, I don’t know what is.
Economist: Inflation Not to Happen in China Within 2 Years
By Zhang Jiawei (chinadaily.com.cn)
China’s economic recovery is in good condition and there is no need to pay too much attention to inflation within the next two years, said Bruce Kasman, chief economist with JPMorgan, according to financial information website hexun.com.
Kasman’s remarks came as the National Bureau of Statistics said China’s consumer price index, a main gauge of inflation, dipped 0.5 percent year-on-year in October. The rate of decline was 0.3 percentage points lower than a month earlier.
Kasman said China’s consumptions and exports were in good recovery and were much more active compared with that of the European countries and the US, according to the website.
Instead of focusing on controlling the risk of inflation in the following two years, China should try to keep the economy on a stable growing path and gradually phase out the massive stimulus package, he said.
Kasman expected China’s GDP growth rate to reach 8.6 percent this year, while the GDP growth rate in the US would be 3.5 percent in 2009. With a great confidence in China’s economy, he also expected China’s GDP growth rate to reach 9.6 percent next year, according to hexun.com.
Williamson Asia is specialized in the production of frames, mirrors, art and wall decor, and offers a complete line of products within this range. Apart from our standard line of products, we also do special projects where we are already implemented in the product development stage.
Our organization consists of 20 people where 12 are located in our main office in Yiwu – 400 km south east of Shanghai
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Payne Stewart’s Been Gone for 10 Years
Payne Stewart was always one of my favorite sports personalities, but after watching this video, I think I had underrated him.
Really Fun Piano Stairs
I came across this really fun experiment to get more people to take the stairs. I think it will work. It’s interesting that it’s from Volkswagon.
China is Top Contributor to World Economic Growth
From The China Daily:
China contributed 19.2 percent of the world economic growth in 2007, up from 2.3 percent in 1978, a report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said.
It said China tops the world in contribution to the global economic growth.
The report was the 18th by the NBS. It showcased the improving international status and influence of new China over years of development.
According to the NBS, China’s gross domestic product (GDP) was $30 billion in 1952, topped $61 billion in 1960, and reached $3.86 trillion in 2008.
China had also become the world’s third largest economy in 2008 by accounting for 6.4 percent of the global GDP.
Meanwhile, the country’s gross national income (GNI) per capita has been catching up with the world average. The GNI per capita was 10.1 percent of the world average in 1978, and 32.3 percent in 2008.
In terms of GNI per capita ranking among 209 countries and regions by the World Bank, China was 130th in 2008 at $2,770, up 15 places compared $750 in 1997.
China Daily wrote in september:
( Xinhua sept 22. 2009)
HONG KONG: The Asian Development Bank on Tuesday raised its forecast for China’s economic growth in 2009 to 8.2 percent, from its previous forecast of 7.0 percent contained the Asian Development Outlook 2009 released in March.
Unveiling the Asian Development Outlook 2009 Update in Hong Kong, Asian Development Bank (ADB) Chief Economist Jong-Wha Lee said the bank also lifted the growth forecast for Asia’s largest developing economy in 2010 to 8.9 percent from 8.0 percent.
“The 8 percent growth target for 2009 set by the (Chinese) government at the start of year now looks within reach … and, in 2010, it will be in sight of the country’s long-run sustainable growth range of about nine percent,” Lee told reporters.
The surge in bank lending and fixed asset investments pushed the growth forecast for China in 2009 by 1.2 percentage points, Lee said.
The Chinese economy grew by 7.1 percent in the first half of 2009, driven by investment and consumption, which contributed 6.2 and 3.8 percentage points of the growth, respectively. These were offset by a 2.9 percentage points decline contributed by net exports, according the report.
Fixed asset investment in real terms soared 41.2 percent in the second quarter. Investments in agriculture and infrastructure, and public funding for projects related to health and social security all rose sharply, it said.
Industrial production regained momentum in the second quarter on restocking, the report said. But weak external demand and overcapacity in industries such as steel, cement and machinery pushed the total profits of enterprises down by 22.5 percent in the first five months.
The major drivers of growth in 2010 will be infrastructure investment, construction and the expansion of consumption. Net exports were expected to make only a minor contribution, as only a moderate recovery was forecast for the world economy.
ADB said it expected mild deflation to continue in China through most of this year, but that higher economic growth in 2010 would contribute to inflation, which was forecast to rise to three percent.
The Asia Development Outlook is the flagship publication of the Manila-based Asian Development Bank. The updated version of the report projected a growth of 3.9 percent for developing Asia in 2009, compared with the previous forecast of 3.4 percent.
Williamson Asia is specialized in the production of frames, mirrors, art and wall decor, and offers a complete line of products.
Our organization consists of 20 people where 12 are located in our main office in Yiwu – 400 km south east of Shanghai.
New PU Planks are Cool!
I’m very excited about our new PU planks. Connie has developed these in many different styles. Samples are on the way!
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