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  What novels have you been reading recently? Recommend any?

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  i've always been a bit of a reader - but only reading about topics i find interesting, e.g.

  natural history, dinosaurs, etc.. recently i've started to select, buy and read novels.. this year i've bought and read frankenstein (mary shelly), dracula (bram stoker), the hound of the baskervilles (a. conan doyle), 'salem's lot (stephen king), jurassic park (michael crichton) and the firm (john grisham).. i have an inclination towards horrors and thrillers.. what fiction have you been reading?.

  could you recommend anything?.

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  "Cryptonomicon" by Neal Stephenson. If you have a lot of time there is also "The baroque cycle" also by N. Stephenson.
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  European Prospective 2017-2022

  by sp74bb in

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  the new "business plan" for jw.org in europe has already received a name within the org: european prospective 2017-2022.. this plan is already on the table of the big guys in the us.

  in the practice it has been already getting the approval of the majority.

  so, no surprise at all to vote it.. essential features of the "business plan":- sale of all branches in the eu, except germany and uk (the latter benefits from brexit and certain privileged position)- all printing and digital material prepared and printed from germany- in each country, a local liaison office is left, certainly no more than 3-4 families.- free part-time worker is boosted from home, cheaper and hastle-free !- money to the new entity formed in belgium, as a non-profit organization (ibsa goodbye ...)- the most complicated ... who will care for the data of european jw ... confidential information and color envelopped with sensitive information.... enjoy the new european jw times !.

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  hi sp74bb,

  Thanks for collecting the information in one place. As you might know, this forum has been burned before by people who claimed to "know" what would happen but it turned out to be false so that's why people are so skeptical.. I myself almost can't make myself believe what you are saying is true because it would be so dramatic. a bethel family is husband+wife so 3+4 families is approximately 6-8 people?

  What I wanted to say is that I hope you will revisit this thread whenever one of the things you mention come to pass with a big fat "I told you so"; then we will know for sure that you are right.

  You mentioned one of your past predictions had come to pass on another thread, but I forgot what it was. I wonder if you would link it?
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  Transfer of Bank Balances and Kingdom Halls.

  by kramer in

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  two things related to ongoing comments regarding forgiving of loans / transfer of balances to the wtbs and the ownership of kingdom halls.

  firstly, i would argue that congregations don't care that bank balances have been transferred to the society.

  i would contend that people contribute to the preaching work, and that's it , so long as there is enough in the bank to maintain the hall with a reasonable reserve, then i doubt many would argue against it.

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  Juan: Very nice summary. I remember when you broke the Menlo Park kingdom hall back then but didn't take too much note, it just seemed like local power play... fast forward now and it is clear decisions to sell KHs are being taken even in my country centrally, there is even a website dedicated to selling KHs and other properties.

  Well spotted back then, I guess it shows how you can sometimes predict more about what the WT will do by observing details.

  Still, I think the big questions remain what they need 2-3 billion dollars for.
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  My daughter graduated Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours yesterday.

  by Xanthippe in

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  Congratulations to your daughter and you. What kind of arts is it?
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  I conclude evolution is guided

  by KateWild in

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  your qualifications are way above mine so i'd love to hear more about the specifics of what you have researched and how that supports the existence of a deity.

  k99, i am not really convinced that you're interested in my conclusions.

  in nature amino acids formed to then form dna.

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  RedPill: I think homochirality is a millstone around the neck of abiogenesis. I think the first proteins couldn't arise from a primordial soup with only racemic ingredients.

  That the WT featured this argument in their last crapcast would be enough to send me running!
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  Chelmsford is green-lighted

  by Saltheart Foamfollower in

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  looks like chelmsford is going ahead after all.

  here is the text of a letter to be read out this week:.

  to all congregations in britain and irelandre: branch relocation project updatedear brothers:we rejoice to inform you that in june of this year, the governing body gave approval for thebritain branch to relocate to new facilities that will be constructed just south of chelmsford.

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  konceptual: that's a very good picture. you can really tell how many additional buildings there were in the original plan and how closely spaced they were. It looks like the left-most half of the project (non-residential) has been rotated, buildings have been removed and the warehouse/(printery?) could be a very slimmed down version (it is hard to see due to the perspective).

  It is unthinkable they wont brag about the project later so it will be interesting to compare once more detailed plans become available. Judging from the existing construction work under way I bet the project was halted and already completed/approved plans were re-written; I would be interested if someone with experience in construction had an opinion.
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  Chelmsford is green-lighted

  by Saltheart Foamfollower in

  1. watchtower
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  looks like chelmsford is going ahead after all.

  here is the text of a letter to be read out this week:.

  to all congregations in britain and irelandre: branch relocation project updatedear brothers:we rejoice to inform you that in june of this year, the governing body gave approval for thebritain branch to relocate to new facilities that will be constructed just south of chelmsford.

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  konceptual: It looks like offices (greenish blue buildings) move into "residential services" and one set of offices is removed. I think there might still be four rows of residential, the last building is just next to the lobby (it could be something else of course). Residential services would be kitchens right? (if I recall these were removed as part of the downsizing). Removing offices would make sense with reduced printing activities as I assume there must be some computer work involved in printing.

  Auditorium would make sense for education of evangelizes. Could there possibly be a fee on the cards and then a system of "scholarships"?
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  Chelmsford is green-lighted

  by Saltheart Foamfollower in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  looks like chelmsford is going ahead after all.

  here is the text of a letter to be read out this week:.

  to all congregations in britain and irelandre: branch relocation project updatedear brothers:we rejoice to inform you that in june of this year, the governing body gave approval for thebritain branch to relocate to new facilities that will be constructed just south of chelmsford.

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  Temple farm is a bit like when I am assembling Ikea furniture. There is a lot more stuff in the illustration than in the finished product and I can't figure out what goes where :-D.
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  Chelmsford is green-lighted

  by Saltheart Foamfollower in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  looks like chelmsford is going ahead after all.

  here is the text of a letter to be read out this week:.

  to all congregations in britain and irelandre: branch relocation project updatedear brothers:we rejoice to inform you that in june of this year, the governing body gave approval for thebritain branch to relocate to new facilities that will be constructed just south of chelmsford.

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  Konceptual: Lol, I was trying the same.

  
  
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  Chelmsford is green-lighted

  by Saltheart Foamfollower in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  looks like chelmsford is going ahead after all.

  here is the text of a letter to be read out this week:.

  to all congregations in britain and irelandre: branch relocation project updatedear brothers:we rejoice to inform you that in june of this year, the governing body gave approval for thebritain branch to relocate to new facilities that will be constructed just south of chelmsford.

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  Re what bluesbrothers said here are the existing temple farms plan:

  
  

  I just checked, it appears to be archived on waybackmachine

  http://www.templefarmdevelopment.co.uk/proposal