AJ - they have been using outside contractors on building projects, including halls, for a while now. They even have an article about it on JW.org at the moment
konceptual99
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All downloads no longer hosted on jw.org
by neat blue dog inwhether it's videos on jw broadcasting or pdfs on jw.org, all downloads used to be archived in-house at "assets.jw.org/" followed by the items name/code.
now clicking a download link retrieves the items from akamai.net, a web services company..
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Need a Caleb&Sophia-doll?
by crazy_flickering_light init`s so crazy:.
http://4ourkids-shop.com/epages/79abeb7d-1743-402a-b693-f12374c6191f.sf/en_us/?viewobjectpath=%2fshops%2f79abeb7d-1743-402a-b693-f12374c6191f%2fcategories%2fshop.
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konceptual99
"We made these so our kids would have wholesome toys" = "We've seen ministyideaz and others making money from JW type shit and want some of that action".
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Convention Weirdness
by BlackWolf inwell i just got back from 3 days in hell, and geez was this convention strange or what?
im sure someone's probably made a topic about this already but i can't believe that there weren't any new releases besides the movies.
has that ever happened before?
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konceptual99
Too true Blondie. I've only really noticed it since I have moved to the fringes of the congregation but your experience is still happening day in day out.
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post disappeared
by thereishope invery sad!
i posted a very personal message yesterday evening, received one reply - thanks!
meant a lot to me, now my post is nowhere that i can find.
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What a fader can say to a sleepy witness?
by Darkknight757 ini have a question.
yesterday while the wife and i were hitting garage sales we seen a house selling tools.
this house happened to be a witness couple getting rid of some old stuff.
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konceptual99
I was with a small group of people the other day and one of the group said that they were surprised they were a Witness - they didn't like the ministry, didn't like going to all the meetings, didn't like the amount of stuff that needed doing and how they could easily be a Catholic and just pop to Church on a Sunday.
I just said well don't do it then.
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Kevinly Class Activism - Brilliant!
by konceptual99 inthis is great.
i'd love to see this at brighton in a couple of weeks.... "i'm of the kevinly class" or "praise kevin" would be a great way of letting any activist know there are those awake that know what they are doing.
https://youtu.be/ld0-jvn98aa.
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konceptual99
I think you have a point WMF but it's a nice example of the sort of activism that can reach people without being overly confrontational or weird.
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How baptism rate at conventions relates to yearbook growth rate (Discussion)
by bohm inwe had a number of posters report on the baptism rate at conventions which is usually less than 1% and rates lower than 0.5% is by no means uncommon.
despite this there is still a positive growth rate in the us (0.71% according to the yearbook) and i wonder how these numbers relate.
i wonder if anyone can help me out if these assumptions are true:.
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konceptual99
Sorry bohm on two counts. Firstly by "waste of time", what I really mean is that I don't there is really a way of correlating the convention baptism ratio to overall ratios with any science. I think it's simpler just to wait for the yearly report as that has the figures. I didn't mean to pour such scorn on your efforts :-)
Secondly, I thought it was peaks between years you're right - for increase it is averages.
I think most of the baptisms are at CAs.
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Kevinly Class Activism - Brilliant!
by konceptual99 inthis is great.
i'd love to see this at brighton in a couple of weeks.... "i'm of the kevinly class" or "praise kevin" would be a great way of letting any activist know there are those awake that know what they are doing.
https://youtu.be/ld0-jvn98aa.
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konceptual99
This is great. I'd love to see this at Brighton in a couple of weeks...
"I'm of the Kevinly class" or "praise Kevin" would be a great way of letting any activist know there are those awake that know what they are doing.
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How baptism rate at conventions relates to yearbook growth rate (Discussion)
by bohm inwe had a number of posters report on the baptism rate at conventions which is usually less than 1% and rates lower than 0.5% is by no means uncommon.
despite this there is still a positive growth rate in the us (0.71% according to the yearbook) and i wonder how these numbers relate.
i wonder if anyone can help me out if these assumptions are true:.
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konceptual99
I appreciate your thinking and time you've spent on this bohm but I think the above is over egging the pudding.
The number of baptised witnesses is never published. The figures that are used to calculate growth rates are for publishers. Publishers are not all baptised.
Also, the figures always are based on peak publishers. They are massaging peaks through things like having 30 hour pioneer opportunities when the CO is coming.
As you say, baptisms happen at CAs as well as RCs.
Trying to get these extrapolations is IHMO a little bit of a waste of time as the variables are too great. I think the overall trend analysis of the YB presents a more useful indication of the actual health of the organisation. To that end it's quite simple....
More and more time is being spent converting less and less people.
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All downloads no longer hosted on jw.org
by neat blue dog inwhether it's videos on jw broadcasting or pdfs on jw.org, all downloads used to be archived in-house at "assets.jw.org/" followed by the items name/code.
now clicking a download link retrieves the items from akamai.net, a web services company..
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konceptual99
The WT have used external lawyers for years. I don't have documents on this but I am sure there will be a paper trail to support this around the web as the WT has never hidden it and it's hardly a scandal - "multi-national corp uses external lawyers to support internal legal capability" is not exactly news.
The printing side of things is all rumour as far as I can tell. I think we just need to wait and see as the paper trail confirming this, if it is true, will come to light sooner or later. Again, even if it is true it's not exactly a scandal except that the WTS has pumped it's nuts up about doing things inside the organisation for years and years as evidence of Jehovah's blessing and how the organisation will be able to do anything in the New Order.