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  The Children Act: The Movie - By Ian McEwan and directed by Richard Eyre

  by darkspilver in

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  richard eyre's film adaptation of ian mcewan's book the childen act has it's world premiere at the toronto international film festival in september 2017. the children act.

  emma thompson and stanley tucci star in this adaptation of the novel by ian mcewan, about a high-court judge who finds personal and professional crises colliding when she is asked to rule in the case of a brilliant 18-year-old boy who is refusing the blood transfusion that would save his life.. adapted by booker prize–winning author ian mcewan from his own novel, this riveting drama stars two-time academy award winner emma thompson as a british high court judge tasked with making a decision that will speak to our most fraught questions regarding religious tolerance — and could mean life or death for an innocent young man.. judge fiona maye (emma thompson) is married to her work, which has become a problem for her husband, jack (stanley tucci), who announces that he wants to have an affair.

  treating the matter more as an annoyance than a life-altering crisis, fiona kicks jack out and focuses on her current case.

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  According to The Guardian today (Tue, Jan 2, 2018):
  

  Movie - "The Children Act" - UK CINEMA RELEASE: 13 APRIL 2018
  
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  2017 Service Year Report Worldwide - INDIVIDUALLY LISTED LANDS and COUNTRIES

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  2017 service year report worldwide: table with individually listed lands and countries.

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  alanv - I understand that ALL the percentage changes for publishers numbers are based on 'Average Publisher' numbers, not just the USA. I've looked at the calculations. Unfortunately I don't have the average numbers, just the Grand Total Average Publisher number.
  
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  2017 Service Year Report Worldwide - INDIVIDUALLY LISTED LANDS and COUNTRIES

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  alanv: Also what is going on with USA?

  I've checked, and it appears that for the % increase/decrease, the WT is actually using the 'Average Publisher' numbers rather than the 'Peak Publisher' numbers.
  
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  2017 Service Year Report Worldwide - INDIVIDUALLY LISTED LANDS and COUNTRIES

  by darkspilver in

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  Gayle: Do I understand correctly, on this new Service Report, are Aux. Pios. & Reg. Pios. combined?ned?

  No. Only regular pioneers (and I suspect special pioneers) - NOT auxiliary pioneers.

  You can confirm that if you compare the total at the bottom of the table with the Grand Totals here:
  

  Watchtower Releases 2017 Grand Total Figures
  

  I understand from looking at the figures from last year, that the Pioneer numbers in the above 2017 Service Year Report do not include auxiliary pioneers, but only include regular pioneers (and I suspect special pioneers too)
  
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  2017 Service Year Report Worldwide - INDIVIDUALLY LISTED LANDS and COUNTRIES

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  An updated official WT PDF of the 2017 Service Year has been uploaded to JWorg which includes both baptisms and memorial attendances for individual countries / territories.

  PDF: https://download-a.akamaihd.net/files/media_books/c4/syr17_E.pdf
  

  'All-in-one' Image: https://i.redd.it/mtndl03xba701.png
  

  
  

  
  
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  the watchtower in the uk

  by pepperheart in

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  the watchtower in the uk are expecting volunters in the uk to travel many 100s of miles for a days work either skilled or unskilled in the new bethel at chelmsford;from edinborough in scotland its almost a 800 mile roundtrip.

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  pepperheart: slidin fast they have tried with just a general invite and that cant have worked so now they are trying to put some pressure on people

  It's not to do with the 'work' - having different people coming in each day for just one day, will mean that the actual useful work that these ones will be able to do will be effectively very limited - and actually they'll possibly be a hinderance as they'll need people to organise them, tell what to do etc etc
  

  No, the real reason is that WT simply want to get as many people as possible, from all over the country, on to the site for a limited time (so they don't get in the way!) - this way those people will feel like they've had a hand in the construction - and importantly it is hoped to build enthusiasm for the new Britain Bethel.

  The local Jdubs in Britain now know that the Britain Bethel will not be printing - so people are asking questions... if they're not printing, what are they actually gonna do at this big new development??... why didn't WT just downsize Britain Bethel, sell the off-site properties, and just use the main original Mill Hill property..
  
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  UK: Significant donations to World Wide Work 2015-2017

  by truthseeker in

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  i'm analyzing the 221 congregations in the uk that had additional account info.. correct me if i'm wrong, but was it 2015 when the letter was read out instructing congregations to donate excess funds to the world wide work?.

  the amounts donated to the world wide work are significant.

  i still have much work to do.. truthseeker.

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  truthseeker: it says transfer deleted, can you repost?

  • December 19, 2017: Day Volunteer Programme for Branch Relocation Project

  • 2018/2019: Day Volunteer Congregation Assignments
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  2017 Service Year Report Worldwide - INDIVIDUALLY LISTED LANDS and COUNTRIES

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  breakfast of champions: I'm most shocked that:....
  

  Oh, they're not. I am.
  

  I number crunched the data and devised the table myself, including the column headings etc.
  

  I decided to go with 10ths of a percent to help give a general idea of either up-lift or down-lift.

  Likewise I used both the + and the - in front to hopefully make it clearer.
  
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  2017 Service Year Report Worldwide - INDIVIDUALLY LISTED LANDS and COUNTRIES

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  St George of England

  thanks - yeah, seems that the 2017 Yearbook with the 2016 Service Year was the odd-one out!

  I thought the WT checked this stuff 70 times or something before printing it!!!

  The actual Jdub numbers and figure appear robust (ie they match up similiar year-to-year) - the only problem is the population which effects the ratio and rel-terms increase <sigh>
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  2017 Service Year Report Worldwide - INDIVIDUALLY LISTED LANDS and COUNTRIES

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  Phizzy: I find the figures for Ireland hard to follow, an increase in Peak Pubs, but a big increase in the ratio of general population to Pubs, which translates to a huge minus % in the last column. Would this not mean that Ireland has had a huge population increase in just one year ???

  haha! thanks! they ARE hard to follow....
  
  It appears that WT has made another typo/mistake (see notes at bottom of table regarding population of Guinea-Bissau)

  WT appears to have added the population of Ireland (4.75 million) with Northern Ireland (1.85 million) to make 6.6 million
  
  

  WT Ireland 2016

  • Population: 4,713,993
  • Peak Publisher: 6,585
  • Congregations: 119

  WT Ireland 2017

  • Population: 6,632,107
  • Peak Publisher: 6,747
  • Congregations: 120

  
  The figures for Britain appear to be unaffected with the above mistake.
  
  Until the WT updates their own figures - I'll use 4,773,095 from The World Bank
  https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?locations=IE
  
  This therefore gives:

  Ireland 2017 CORRECTED

  • Population: 4,773,095
  • Peak 2016: 6,585
  • Peak 2017: 6,747
  • Increase: +2.5%
  • 2016 Ratio: 716
  • 2017 Ratio: 707
  • Real Terms Increase: +1.2%

  In the Grand Totals, this slightly decreases the Population, I also appear to have a mistake/typo regarding the Grand Total Ratios (excl 'Other Lands') - the 2016 ratio is 649.6 (rounded to 650) and the 2017 ratio is 648.3 (rounded to 648) - the percentage increase in real terms appears to be uneffected at +0.2%
  

  I will be looking at editing and re-posting an updated table - I want to see first if WT are going to edit their own data with regard to Russia, Guinea-Bissau and Ireland befor I rush out another version......