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  China's New export drive - trains and rail systems

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. social
  2. current

  four or five times a week i travel on sydney's extensive suburban rail network.

  these days, most services use a train like this,.

  which are modern, double-decked, comfortable carriages.. it's not generally known that most of these train-sets (i.e.

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  Another Economics lesson:

  We have talked about in previous OPs that the advantage the Chinese have had for many years in labor costs is very quickly coming to an end for the low cost/low profit margin manufacturing sector. In other words, at the current pace of wages and benefits, China could lose this advantage within a couple of years, making it feasible for consumer countries to look elsewhere or start their own manufacturing. Higher wages and benefits can be offset to a large degree by increased productivity, but their factories have likely seen those capabilities maxed out.

  Their entry into the durable goods marketplace almost certainly is buoyed right now by that same wage advantage, and they probably have 10 - 15 years or so to maintain that advantage in that market. By moving the low cost/profit manufacturing sector to the agrarians, who would work for much less than the current Chinese workers who are gaining sophistication and a consumer mentality, they can extend that advantage in labor costs in the lower end consumer goods market out for many years.

  The Chinese have good economists. Given what they have to work with, they are making a lot of smart moves.
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  China's New export drive - trains and rail systems

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. social
  2. current

  four or five times a week i travel on sydney's extensive suburban rail network.

  these days, most services use a train like this,.

  which are modern, double-decked, comfortable carriages.. it's not generally known that most of these train-sets (i.e.

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  FTS,

  This is part of China's long term strategy to develop a trade based system that more closely resembles the German model. In order to bring as many of its citizens into the economic system within a reasonable period of time, they simply cannot detour from their trade first model. Having said that, the German model (higher end goods with a higher profit margin and typically less susceptible to recessions) is being embraced. That doesn't mean that China will end the low cost/margin manufacturing and exporting. It will likely be their primary thrust for a long time.

  The educated workers can easily move into the higher tech/durable goods jobs, while the uneducated agrarians are likely targeted as replacements/backfills. We are likely to see factories re-located to the agrian areas, if it hasn't already started. They are building the infrastructure to make it occur.

  Not a bad model, actually. Their GDP is heavily reliant on exports; internal consumer consumption isn't high or stable enough to allow a spreading of the wealth, not yet at least. Government spending/investment as part of their GDP has risen sharply since the Great Recession started, which is a Keynsian model that has worked fairly well for them.

  The Chinese leaders know quite well that an export driven GDP/economic model is problematic, but they have few other choices. All things considered, I give them an A- to this point. Real problems loom on the horizon, but I am pulling for them.
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  Why are we so hard on JW's??

  by James Mixon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was thinking about this last night.

  what would happen if.

  someone new check out this site, what would they think?.

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  The Watchtower organization's crime against humanity

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. Watchtower Society / JW.org
  2. Beliefs, Doctrine & Practices

  3 days ago

  The Darks Lords and all of the dark heartedness they have created and all of the harm they have done are deserving of our strongest condemnation. Never forget. Never.
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  Please Focus on the Bible

  by terrypike in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hi people, may i firstly thank those who have responded to to my intro article, i am replying to you all as a new topic because the direct messaging is not working for me at the moment so i can clarify my perspective on bible study.

  yes there are many arguments that are put forward to demonstrate for example that the bible has been composed of numerous preexisting creation story's ect, my focus is to give the bible the same opportunity to defend itself as anyone reasonably expects if charged with some crime they are not guilty of.. i find for example the account of jesus response when questioned about the divorce certificate 'but it was not so in the beginning' confirms that moses allowed changes to be made to the original, that said consider also the religious traditions moses people had been exposed to, the story of the god enki who seduced even his own grandchildren and the well known incest of the egyptian royalty, given the genetic cost, are such practices any more right now than they were then?

  communities that practice close relative marriages today are well documented for there higher risk of numerous health problems so how would you find moses on that basis, guilty or not guilty as jesus did because he understood why moses took the creation story's of other cultures and gave his people there own creation story that taught them to avoid the general pagan practice of incest.before looking any deeper at moses creation story may i also ask the question why does jesus knowing that god promised he would never again destroy the world by a flood as he did in noah's day say 'as in the days of noah ..the flood came and took them all away' so what did jesus actually mean mt 24:.

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  Perry!!!

  Great to see you. I was afraid you had linked yourself so closely to Abiathar(sssss) that you might stay gone for a while. I've missed you!
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  Just woke up

  by Doctor Who in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  new to the site.

  currently i am a ministerial servant and was told i was appointed to be an elder.

  i told the brothers i was not ready for that assignment.

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  Doctor Who,

  Glad you are awake! My GF is adorable when she first wakes up. She speaks a combination of Hindi, English and Arabic. I can't understand a damn thing she says until I get two cups of coffee in her. My reason for stating this is that you may want to take your time speaking "just woke up dub" to anyone until you get the psychological equivalent of a few cups of coffee in you.

  And this is the place for the java. Welcome.
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  The floodgates are about to open in the UK.. Sunday Times article

  by defender of truth in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  jehovah church faces flood of sex abuse cases.

  "a woman who was abused from the age of four by a senior officer of the jehovahs witnesses has lodged a 500,000 claim for compensation in a test case that could open the door to hundreds more suits involving members of the religious organisation in the uk.".

  http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/crime/article1525363.ece.

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  Re: a "£500,000 claim for compensation"

  Is there a limit in the UK for lawsuits of this type? £ 500,000 isn't that much, about 750,000 US dollars if my conversion is accurate. In the US I would expect this lawsuit to be in the $10,000,0000 range, especially considering her age at the alleged abuse. Am I missing something here my British friends? The US is too litigious, but, if the circumstances are as she suggests, this is a pittance to request.
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  Greatest Proof for evolution!

  by abiather in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  2014 was the worst year ever for terrorism: u.s. intel chief (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/wrost-year-global-terrorism-2014-article-1.2130490).

  terror attacks reached their highest number in 2014 since 45 years of its history.

  in the first nine months of 2014, there were 13,000 terror acts that killed some 31,000 people!

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  Richard,

  Your math has been proven wrong on many occasions. It is old news. Google it or search it on this site. And if we only consider the past 7000 years, the same conditions existed. I will ask you again: which time period would you rather have lived in?
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  Greatest Proof for evolution!

  by abiather in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  2014 was the worst year ever for terrorism: u.s. intel chief (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/wrost-year-global-terrorism-2014-article-1.2130490).

  terror attacks reached their highest number in 2014 since 45 years of its history.

  in the first nine months of 2014, there were 13,000 terror acts that killed some 31,000 people!

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  Abiathar,

  First of all, I thought you were leaving Richard Nixon. Second, as I've pointed out before, your obsessive focus on what you perceive to be the problems of today while completely ignoring 100,000 years of human history is comedic.

  Until the year 1900, the average age of humans, based on what the experts say, was 34. There was no social security, disability, food stamps, welfare, workers comp, health insurance, or unemployment benefits. Many children died before the age of 5, and it was more than possible that your young spouse or young adult child would also die, from pneumonia, TB or a host of other illnesses which are readily treatable now.

  And those who lived past 34, for 100,00 years Abiathar, limped or were lame if anything was broken and were disfigured or otherwise impaired by anything growing on them or in them.

  What kind of stress do you think our ancestors experienced for 100,00 years? You focus on the stresses today as if they are much worse. Really? I mean, really?

  And I will ask you again, which time period would you choose to live in other than right now?
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  Is homosexuality ever justifiable? I say YES!!!

  by TimothyT in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in the january 2012 awake, pages 28-29 there is another article about homosexuality.. .

  the writers argue that genetics, the environment, and sexual abuse do not justify homosexuality.

  the bible clearly states that homosexuality is wrong and is an abhorrent sin.

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  Morpheus,

  Ditto. Timothy T's OP dates from 3 years ago, and he seems to have been struggling with this. Bumping it has relevance, but I agree completely with you. What consenting adults do in private is no one's business, regardless of DNA, choice, recreation, gender or whatever. The Borg and the Fundies are hung up on whether gays are born that way; they have to have something, whether it is the DNA argument, the universality of gay marriage and societal acceptance, I suppose that allows them to begin tearing down their hateful bible inspired wall of bigotry and replacing it with acceptance. The Dark Lords will be the last to change.
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  Is homosexuality ever justifiable? I say YES!!!

  by TimothyT in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in the january 2012 awake, pages 28-29 there is another article about homosexuality.. .

  the writers argue that genetics, the environment, and sexual abuse do not justify homosexuality.

  the bible clearly states that homosexuality is wrong and is an abhorrent sin.

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  Timothy T,

  Like Phizzy, I quit caring what an old book written by long dead men says a long time ago. In fact, I stopped caring about what the bible said about gays when I was still an elder. But you seem to still be under its control; I respect that.

  What I know is that what consenting adults do in private never has and never will be anyone else's business. It is my hope that you can one day reach that understanding and that the Dark Lords and the old scrolls written for a different world and for a different reason no longer control you.