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Posts by besty
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A1 - faithful witness - No, I am not lonely today, thanks for asking.
A2 - faithful witness - I don't know, what is invisible and smells like worms? Your weiner?
A3 - phizzy - Jimmy called his father in law into the back school for 'a chat'
A4 - bruja-del-sol - yes, I have had a lack of PM's lately. Thanks for bridging the silence with your insightful question. means a lot to me.
A5 - ripvanwinkle - you nodded off before typing your question...
A6 - rvw - ah you woke up! The earth will in fact stop spinning on its axis concurrent with the WTS making a successful prophecy.
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yep - lets do that - also I can post the answers without the question and then you can guess back - this will prolly result in a messy thread.
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Hongkong billionaire offers $147,000,000 to man who can turn his daughter str8
by fulltimestudent inthis is an interesting and novel incident.
the billionaire's daughter has been married to another woman for 9 years (legally).
but the father refuses to accept that his daughter doesn't want to marry a man and has just doubled the cash reward to a successful suitor to $147,000,000.. background:.
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20,002...
the search goes on...
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More JW STATS from this year's CA: Gods Word Is Beneficial for Teaching
by suavojr inthis past weekend i wasted my time at another jw ca, during this time this is what our new do shared with all the drones and i just wanted to share with all of the current awaken jw's or ex-jw's.. .
public address: who is rocking the nations, and how?.
we all know the jw leaders love talk about numbers!.
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Marriage Consummation - emailed question has me stumped
by jwfacts ini received an email from a jw that got married, but the wife never had sex with him.
they were together for a period of years.
he told the elders, but they said there was nothing that could be done.
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Sadly the instances of bridesmaids being shagged by the groom at the reception is almost non-existent at JW weddings.
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What is the real Percentage of visitors to jw.org
by maisha init seems the main countries are not visiting the jw.org site as they say in their stats.. this is the claims made: jw.org reaches 230 nations.
but here are the stats from alexa.. i realise alexa is not 100% accurate, but it is sure different ti jw claims.... country.. % of visitors.. rank in that country.
united states20.9%1,770 brazil8.1%589 mexico6.7%562 japan5.1%1,729 russia3.8%2,434 italy3.5%1,177 united kingdom3.1%1,910 nigeria3.0%351 france2.5%2,657 germany2.4%3,533jw.org is just a pointer domain to watchtower.com.
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More JW STATS from this year's CA: Gods Word Is Beneficial for Teaching
by suavojr inthis past weekend i wasted my time at another jw ca, during this time this is what our new do shared with all the drones and i just wanted to share with all of the current awaken jw's or ex-jw's.. .
public address: who is rocking the nations, and how?.
we all know the jw leaders love talk about numbers!.
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Our literature is in over 650 languages, and during this year our goal is to translate our literature into 1000 different languages! There is not a single corner of the planet that is out of our reach.
going back to westenddave's chart here:
the language boasting is a complete red herring.
75% of their publisher growth is accounted for from just 12 languages - the rest - meh - window dressing and busy work - if they had 10% growth in publishers you can bet your bottom dollar they wont be talking about releasing the Panda tract in Ouagadougou
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More JW STATS from this year's CA: Gods Word Is Beneficial for Teaching
by suavojr inthis past weekend i wasted my time at another jw ca, during this time this is what our new do shared with all the drones and i just wanted to share with all of the current awaken jw's or ex-jw's.. .
public address: who is rocking the nations, and how?.
we all know the jw leaders love talk about numbers!.
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besty
Let me take a crack at explaining what I have tried to do with these numbers shown below.
To my mind if a country has 10% of the total global publisher numbers then it 'should' return to the Borg 10% of the annual growth in publishers. (I know there are 100 reasons why this doesn't happen). Some countries are pulling their weight, some countries are lagging and some countries are punching way above their weight.
So this is what that comparison looks like. Countries at the top of the table are doing really well. Countries at the bottom are struggling.
Lets try a few examples
Angola has 1.22% of the total publishers and therefore you could reasonably expect them to add 1.22% of 159,383 or 1949 new publishers. Instead they managed to add 7380 publishers. (7380/1949) = 3.8X Factor. Well done Angola.
Zambia has 2.08% of the total publishers and therefore you could reasonably expect them to add 2.08% of 159,383 or 3316 new publishers. Instead they managed to add 3313 publishers. (3316/3313) = 1X Factor. Well done Zambia - bang on the money.
USA has 15.17% of the total publishers and therefore you could reasonably expect them to add 15.17% of 159,383 or 24,176 new publishers. Instead they managed to add 11,573 publishers. (24,176/11,573) = 0.5X Factor, or 50% of sales target. Oh dear.
You get the idea?
Standout performers for me are:
Angola, Congo, Ghana, Ecuador, Mozambique, Phillipines, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Nigeria and Malawi.
See anything? (Africa, Tier 2 LatAm)
Standout underperformers are:
Chile, Brazil, Australia, USA, France, Cuba, Russia, Argentina, Italy, Britain, Canada, Korea, Ukraine, Spain, Germany, Japan, Portugal, and Poland, naughty naughty Poland.
See anything? (Tier 1 LatAm, The West)
In Europe we call them the Big 5 Nations - UK, Germany, France, Spain and Italy - all in decline.
Look around the middle of the table for South Africa for countries that achieved exactly the 1X growth you would expect - they are truly average.
The other thing worth noting is how 'Other Lands' returned about 10X growth compared to global avergae - banning is good for WTS and other cults. Governments should take note that banning is counter-productive, but then they are cults in themselves so it serves their purposes on a greater scale to have a few banned organisations to keep their people in line.
Bear in mind also that the X factor is relative to a pretty paltry growth rate globally of 2.1%. So just picking on Canada for an example - their 0.2X factor means they only achieved 20% of sales target, which in itself was just 2% growth....this is a really poor perfomance Canada.
Also note the big countries that achieved negative growth in actual numbers (ignoring population growth which makes it even worse) Germany Japan Portugal and Poland - your place in the Hall of Shame is assured.
Ireland is the only Western Europe country of any note that is actually doing better than you would expect with 1.2X or +20% above target. Even then its a small base of 6000 publishers.
Purrple highlights are closed/closing branches.
Sorted in descending X Factor Order 2012 Ave. Pubs 2013 Ave. Pubs 2013 % of total Expected Publisher Increase Actual Publisher Increase X Factor Montserrat (P-32) 16 21 0.00% 0.4 5 11.5 Rota (K-20) 13 17 0.00% 0.4 4 11.4 Norfolk Island (P-23) 7 9 0.00% 0.2 2 10.7 30 Other Lands 27,388 34,485 0.45% 714.0 7,097 9.9 Cambodia (K-16) 546 684 0.01% 14.2 138 9.7 Kosrae (L-22) 17 21 0.00% 0.4 4 9.2 Macao (J-17) 239 283 0.00% 5.9 44 7.5 Mayotte (N-9) 101 117 0.00% 2.4 16 6.6 Mongolia (F-15) 317 366 0.00% 7.6 49 6.5 Niue (O-26) 23 26 0.00% 0.5 3 5.6 Bangladesh (J-14) 161 181 0.00% 3.7 20 5.3 Kiribati (M-24) 120 134 0.00% 2.8 14 5.0 Samoa (N-25) 450 496 0.01% 10.3 46 4.5 Nepal (H-13) 1,665 1,833 0.02% 37.9 168 4.4 South Sudan (L-7) 1,103 1,207 0.02% 25.0 104 4.2 Angola (N-6) 86,802 94,182 1.22% 1949.9 7,380 3.8 Tinian (K-20) 12 13 0.00% 0.3 1 3.7 Yap (L-19) 25 27 0.00% 0.6 2 3.6 Azerbaijan (G-9) 1,064 1,149 0.01% 23.8 85 3.6 Cook Islands (O-26) 176 190 0.00% 3.9 14 3.6 Guatemala (H-33) 33,017 35,598 0.46% 737.0 2,581 3.5 Malaysia (L-16) 4,124 4,440 0.06% 91.9 316 3.4 Rwanda (M-7) 20,604 22,152 0.29% 458.6 1,548 3.4 Saint Maarten (O-32) 311 334 0.00% 6.9 23 3.3 Kosovo (D-11) 207 222 0.00% 4.6 15 3.3 Saint Pierre and Miquelon (D-37) 14 15 0.00% 0.3 1 3.2 Uganda (L-7) 5,691 6,093 0.08% 126.1 402 3.2 Madagascar (O-9) 25,779 27,591 0.36% 571.2 1,812 3.2 Belize (H-33) 2,198 2,352 0.03% 48.7 154 3.2 Congo, Dem. Republic of (M-6) 163,349 174,687 2.27% 3616.6 11,338 3.1 Bonaire (Q-30) 103 110 0.00% 2.3 7 3.1 Belarus (E-7) 4,965 5,300 0.07% 109.7 335 3.1 Timor-Leste (N-18) 194 207 0.00% 4.3 13 3.0 Nauru (M-23) 15 16 0.00% 0.3 1 3.0 Nicaragua (H-33) 23,453 24,984 0.32% 517.3 1,531 3.0 Thailand (K-15) 3,508 3,737 0.05% 77.4 229 3.0 Montenegro (D-10) 233 248 0.00% 5.1 15 2.9 Namibia (O-5) 1,891 2,012 0.03% 41.7 121 2.9 Tahiti (M-27) 2,700 2,869 0.04% 59.4 169 2.8 Palestinian Territory (H-8) 64 68 0.00% 1.4 4 2.8 Albania (D-11) 4,635 4,923 0.06% 101.9 288 2.8 Sao Tome´ and Prncipe (M-4) 634 673 0.01% 13.9 39 2.8 Equatorial Guinea (L-5) 1,359 1,442 0.02% 29.9 83 2.8 Taiwan (J-17) 8,366 8,853 0.11% 183.3 487 2.7 Vanuatu (N-23) 492 520 0.01% 10.8 28 2.6 Guinea-Bissau (K-2) 123 130 0.00% 2.7 7 2.6 Congo, Republic of (M-5) 5,526 5,835 0.08% 120.8 309 2.6 Turkey (G-8) 2,171 2,291 0.03% 47.4 120 2.5 Burundi (M-7) 10,511 11,082 0.14% 229.4 571 2.5 Panama (J-34) 14,242 15,007 0.19% 310.7 765 2.5 India (J-12) 34,995 36,869 0.48% 763.3 1,874 2.5 Rodrigues (O-11) 38 40 0.00% 0.8 2 2.4 Bulgaria (F-7) 1,925 2,026 0.03% 41.9 101 2.4 Honduras (H-33) 20,122 21,165 0.27% 438.2 1,043 2.4 Bolivia (M-36) 21,957 23,014 0.30% 476.5 1,057 2.2 Haiti (O-28) 17,403 18,236 0.24% 377.5 833 2.2 Liechtenstein (F-4) 85 89 0.00% 1.8 4 2.2 Anguilla (O-32) 65 68 0.00% 1.4 3 2.1 Co te d\Ivoire (L-3) 8,786 9,190 0.12% 190.3 404 2.1 Tanzania (M-8) 14,478 15,137 0.20% 313.4 659 2.1 Togo (L-4) 16,612 17,348 0.23% 359.2 736 2.0 Sri Lanka (L-13) 5,132 5,359 0.07% 110.9 227 2.0 American Samoa (N-26) 204 213 0.00% 4.4 9 2.0 Saint Barth ´elemy (O-32) 23 24 0.00% 0.5 1 2.0 Aruba (Q-29) 877 915 0.01% 18.9 38 2.0 Turks and Caicos (N-29) 302 315 0.00% 6.5 13 2.0 Suriname (J-37) 2,536 2,644 0.03% 54.7 108 2.0 Costa Rica (J-34) 27,172 28,316 0.37% 586.2 1,144 2.0 Curacao (Q-30) 1,811 1,883 0.02% 39.0 72 1.8 Ghana (L-3) 109,085 113,392 1.47% 2347.6 4,307 1.8 Iceland (B-1) 356 370 0.00% 7.7 14 1.8 Ecuador (K-34) 76,587 79,566 1.03% 1647.3 2,979 1.8 Mozambique (O-7) 47,906 49,765 0.65% 1030.3 1,859 1.8 Philippines (K-18) 178,467 185,387 2.41% 3838.2 6,920 1.8 Nevis (P-32) 53 55 0.00% 1.1 2 1.8 Mexico (G-31) 749,585 777,429 10.10% 16095.5 27,844 1.7 Faroe Islands (C-2) 108 112 0.00% 2.3 4 1.7 Venezuela (J-36) 124,670 129,284 1.68% 2676.6 4,614 1.7 Gambia (K-2) 197 204 0.00% 4.2 7 1.7 Zimbabwe (O-7) 38,637 39,999 0.52% 828.1 1,362 1.6 Dominican Republic (O-29) 34,132 35,331 0.46% 731.5 1,199 1.6 French Guiana (J-37) 2,138 2,211 0.03% 45.8 73 1.6 Colombia (J-35) 152,280 157,395 2.04% 3258.6 5,115 1.6 Hong Kong (J-17) 5,262 5,435 0.07% 112.5 173 1.5 Indonesia (M-17) 22,862 23,596 0.31% 488.5 734 1.5 Israel (H-8) 1,348 1,391 0.02% 28.8 43 1.5 Peru (L-35) 110,651 114,153 1.48% 2363.4 3,502 1.5 Chad (K-6) 609 628 0.01% 13.0 19 1.5 Benin (L-4) 10,545 10,872 0.14% 225.1 327 1.5 Pakistan (H-12) 842 868 0.01% 18.0 26 1.4 Kenya (M-8) 24,223 24,965 0.32% 516.9 742 1.4 Cape Verde (K-1) 1,936 1,995 0.03% 41.3 59 1.4 Burkina Faso (K-3) 1,518 1,563 0.02% 32.4 45 1.4 Guyana (J-37) 2,680 2,758 0.04% 57.1 78 1.4 Nigeria (L-4) 312,251 320,589 4.16% 6637.3 8,338 1.3 Fiji (N-24) 2,734 2,807 0.04% 58.1 73 1.3 Myanmar (J-15) 3,705 3,803 0.05% 78.7 98 1.2 Ireland (E-2) 5,930 6,078 0.08% 125.8 148 1.2 Malawi (N-8) 78,225 80,175 1.04% 1659.9 1,950 1.2 El Salvador (H-33) 37,721 38,643 0.50% 800.0 922 1.2 New Caledonia (O-23) 1,936 1,983 0.03% 41.1 47 1.1 Guinea (K-2) 692 708 0.01% 14.7 16 1.1 Ethiopia (L-8) 9,300 9,515 0.12% 197.0 215 1.1 Sierra Leone (L-2) 1,840 1,882 0.02% 39.0 42 1.1 Gabon (M-5) 3,560 3,641 0.05% 75.4 81 1.1 Georgia (G-9) 17,577 17,964 0.23% 371.9 387 1.0 South Africa (P-6) 89,929 91,848 1.19% 1901.6 1,919 1.0 Zambia (N-7) 156,898 160,211 2.08% 3316.9 3,313 1.0 San Marino (F-5) 199 203 0.00% 4.2 4 1.0 Liberia (L-2) 5,728 5,843 0.08% 121.0 115 1.0 Saint Kitts (O-32) 202 206 0.00% 4.3 4 0.9 Switzerland (F-4) 17,696 18,038 0.23% 373.4 342 0.9 Cameroon (L-5) 35,604 36,288 0.47% 751.3 684 0.9 Paraguay (M-37) 8,781 8,947 0.12% 185.2 166 0.9 Senegal (K-2) 1,116 1,136 0.01% 23.5 20 0.9 Chile (M-35) 72,420 73,658 0.96% 1525.0 1,238 0.8 Kyrgyzstan (G-12) 4,804 4,882 0.06% 101.1 78 0.8 Norway (C-4) 10,959 11,133 0.14% 230.5 174 0.8 Brazil (L-37) 737,951 748,940 9.73% 15505.6 10,989 0.7 Solomon Islands (M-22) 1,717 1,742 0.02% 36.1 25 0.7 Trinidad & Tobago (R-33) 9,216 9,347 0.12% 193.5 131 0.7 Saint Lucia (Q-33) 711 721 0.01% 14.9 10 0.7 Malta (G-5) 570 578 0.01% 12.0 8 0.7 Martinique (P-32) 4,711 4,771 0.06% 98.8 60 0.6 Antigua (P-32) 475 481 0.01% 10.0 6 0.6 Seychelles (M-9) 327 331 0.00% 6.9 4 0.6 Botswana (O-6) 2,045 2,070 0.03% 42.9 25 0.6 Cyprus (H-7) 2,439 2,468 0.03% 51.1 29 0.6 Dominica (P-33) 422 427 0.01% 8.8 5 0.6 Australia (O-19) 64,884 65,596 0.85% 1358.1 712 0.5 Grenada (Q-32) 547 553 0.01% 11.4 6 0.5 Lithuania (D-6) 3,095 3,126 0.04% 64.7 31 0.5 United States of America (E-32) 1,156,150 1,167,723 15.17% 24175.9 11,573 0.5 France (F-4) 121,331 122,456 1.59% 2535.3 1,125 0.4 Serbia (C-11) 3,816 3,851 0.05% 79.7 35 0.4 Cayman Islands (H-34) 221 223 0.00% 4.6 2 0.4 Cuba (G-34) 94,810 95,656 1.24% 1980.4 846 0.4 Gibraltar (G-3) 113 114 0.00% 2.4 1 0.4 Russia (C-15) 162,748 164,187 2.13% 3399.2 1,439 0.4 Romania (F-6) 39,803 40,154 0.52% 831.3 351 0.4 Kazakhstan (F-11) 17,175 17,321 0.22% 358.6 146 0.4 Argentina (N-36) 142,435 143,620 1.87% 2973.4 1,185 0.4 Italy (G-5) 245,326 247,259 3.21% 5119.1 1,933 0.4 Denmark (D-4) 14,281 14,380 0.19% 297.7 99 0.3 Central African Republic (L-6) 2,474 2,491 0.03% 51.6 17 0.3 Uruguay (O-37) 11,386 11,464 0.15% 237.3 78 0.3 Britain (E-3) 131,629 132,515 1.72% 2743.5 886 0.3 Lebanon (H-8) 3,581 3,602 0.05% 74.6 21 0.3 Papua New Guinea (M-20) 3,770 3,792 0.05% 78.5 22 0.3 Belgium (E-4) 24,131 24,243 0.31% 501.9 112 0.2 R ´eunion (O-10) 2,887 2,899 0.04% 60.0 12 0.2 Mauritius (O-10) 1,733 1,740 0.02% 36.0 7 0.2 Virgin Islands, British (O-31) 264 265 0.00% 5.5 1 0.2 Austria (F-5) 20,795 20,873 0.27% 432.1 78 0.2 Mali (K-3) 274 275 0.00% 5.7 1 0.2 Canada (C-31) 112,710 113,111 1.47% 2341.8 401 0.2 New Zealand (Q-24) 13,742 13,789 0.18% 285.5 47 0.2 Barbados (Q-33) 2,484 2,492 0.03% 51.6 8 0.2 Korea, Republic of (G-18) 99,970 100,276 1.30% 2076.1 306 0.1 Ukraine (E-7) 149,199 149,597 1.94% 3097.2 398 0.1 Spain (G-3) 107,986 108,254 1.41% 2241.2 268 0.1 Netherlands (E-4) 29,292 29,356 0.38% 607.8 64 0.1 Jamaica (H-34) 11,838 11,843 0.15% 245.2 5 0.0 Swaziland (P-7) 2,938 2,937 0.04% 60.8 -1 0.0 Sweden (B-6) 22,043 22,033 0.29% 456.2 -10 0.0 Azores (G-1) 749 748 0.01% 15.5 -1 -0.1 Czech Republic (E-5) 15,352 15,329 0.20% 317.4 -23 -0.1 Germany (E-5) 162,705 162,459 2.11% 3363.5 -246 -0.1 Lesotho (P-7) 3,648 3,640 0.05% 75.4 -8 -0.1 Puerto Rico (O-31) 25,827 25,752 0.33% 533.2 -75 -0.1 Hungary (A-10) 22,593 22,526 0.29% 466.4 -67 -0.1 Japan (G-19) 216,692 215,966 2.81% 4471.2 -726 -0.2 Slovakia (F-6) 11,094 11,056 0.14% 228.9 -38 -0.2 Finland (C-7) 18,710 18,643 0.24% 386.0 -67 -0.2 Portugal (G-2) 49,049 48,843 0.63% 1011.2 -206 -0.2 Madeira (H-1) 1,140 1,135 0.01% 23.5 -5 -0.2 Armenia (G-9) 11,019 10,965 0.14% 227.0 -54 -0.2 Bahamas (G-35) 1,602 1,594 0.02% 33.0 -8 -0.2 Andorra (F-4) 164 163 0.00% 3.4 -1 -0.3 Macedonia (D-11) 1,329 1,320 0.02% 27.3 -9 -0.3 Greece (G-6) 29,003 28,804 0.37% 596.3 -199 -0.3 Niger (K-4) 290 288 0.00% 6.0 -2 -0.3 Bosnia and Herzegovina (C-10) 1,191 1,182 0.02% 24.5 -9 -0.4 Croatia (B-9) 5,552 5,509 0.07% 114.1 -43 -0.4 Poland (E-6) 124,292 123,278 1.60% 2552.3 -1,014 -0.4 Moldova (F-7) 20,020 19,856 0.26% 411.1 -164 -0.4 Saint Helena (N-3) 117 116 0.00% 2.4 -1 -0.4 Tonga (O-25) 225 223 0.00% 4.6 -2 -0.4 Estonia (D-6) 4,152 4,108 0.05% 85.0 -44 -0.5 Bermuda (F-36) 462 457 0.01% 9.5 -5 -0.5 Guadeloupe (P-32) 8,089 7,993 0.10% 165.5 -96 -0.6 Luxembourg (E-4) 2,013 1,988 0.03% 41.2 -25 -0.6 Latvia (D-6) 2,327 2,290 0.03% 47.4 -37 -0.8 Saint Martin (O-32) 299 294 0.00% 6.1 -5 -0.8 Marshall Islands (L-23) 178 175 0.00% 3.6 -3 -0.8 Slovenia (B-8) 1,983 1,948 0.03% 40.3 -35 -0.9 Guam (K-20) 748 730 0.01% 15.1 -18 -1.2 Virgin Islands, U.S. (O-31) 615 593 0.01% 12.3 -22 -1.8 Saint Vincent & the Grenadines (Q-32) 355 340 0.00% 7.0 -15 -2.1 Chuuk (L-21) 46 44 0.00% 0.9 -2 -2.2 Greenland (A-38) 154 147 0.00% 3.0 -7 -2.3 Saint Eustatius (P-32) 22 21 0.00% 0.4 -1 -2.3 Pohnpei (L-22) 81 76 0.00% 1.6 -5 -3.2 Palau (L-19) 80 75 0.00% 1.6 -5 -3.2 Saipan (K-20) 212 196 0.00% 4.1 -16 -3.9 Sudan (K-7) 495 456 0.01% 9.4 -39 -4.1 Falkland Islands (Q-37) 12 11 0.00% 0.2 -1 -4.4 Saba (O-32) 9 8 0.00% 0.2 -1 -6.0 Tuvalu (M-24) 62 53 0.00% 1.1 -9 -8.2 Wallis & Futuna Islands (N-25) 61 49 0.00% 1.0 -12 -11.8 Grand Total (239 Lands) 7,698,377 159,383