Interesting graph!
What this is saying is that since 1996 The Watchtower's "relative growth" has been negative...
So what was so special about 1996? Was that because of the change in the generation doctrine??? I didn't realise it had that much of an effect on the average JW's psyke.
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Watchtower Decline Confirmed - Only 1.9% growth in 2006!
by Neo inthe official watchtower 2006 service year report is not out yet, but i have it on good sources that this year's increase on publishers number is 1.9%.
the average number of publishers will be around 6,500,000. .
here's the % increase for this decade:.
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Oh... poor guy. What have they got against trumpets...
At least he could've done a half decent rendition of God save the Queen. Not like the one they played on the start of Day 1. -
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I hear ya clam, but Freddie should bowl himself in longer stints if he wants more wickets. One of the theories is that he hasn't developed enough match fitness so he's saving himself as he wants to last the whole series. Well he's definetely the best bowler out there for england at the moment. Shame about Mahmoud. I really wanted to see him take on the Aussies. Not just yet i guess...
Well i hope today is as interesting as yesterdays play. Good luck to Punter. Hope he gets a double.
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Hey Frog,
Geez been a while since I've bumped into you... How are things?
I think you are going to get that pommy wolloping you so desire.
Shame about the england injuries. I was really looking forward to seeing Mahmoud up against the aussies. I was pretty certain he'd be one of england's ashes heroes.
One thing that baffled me today was Freddy's bowling of himself in short stints... He'd bowl 3 or 4 over spells. He only gave himself 1 over with the 2nd new ball. Yet he appeared the most dangerous of the bowlers. What's going on with that? Any english fans make sense of it?? Somehow the captaincy doesn't feel right on his shoulders, me thinks.
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Hey Clam,
It's not a bad little pitch, there are a few little cracks that will start to open up towards the end of day 3 which is really going to suit the the more accurate bowlers (not to mention what Warney will do on it). IT's the kind of pitch that will really favour the team batting first, but regardless of that, the English bowlers haven't bowled very well. I believe this pitch will reward good accurate bowling. It's quick and bouncy although there isn't heaps of sideways movement.
The thing is, I don't think I've ever seen the Australian team this confident or determined. They really want to win this. Real bad. It will take something amazing from England to retain the ashes.
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Watchtower Decline Confirmed - Only 1.9% growth in 2006!
by Neo inthe official watchtower 2006 service year report is not out yet, but i have it on good sources that this year's increase on publishers number is 1.9%.
the average number of publishers will be around 6,500,000. .
here's the % increase for this decade:.
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I believe the only real indicator of watchtower growth is the number of newly baptised each year. Each year the number of newly baptised "should" increase by about 1.5% (approx world growth) over the previous year.
It would be nice to see a graph of percentage increase in baptismal numbers per year as this would give a nice representation of how the watchtower really is going.
Another great graph would be world_population_increase/newly_baptised per year... I believe this would give the best indicator of watchtower growth vs world growth.
Has anybody been able to generate such graphs? I'd love to do it myself but don't have all the data i need to do it at the moment. Would be nice if someone has all the stats in a form (csv perhaps?) i can load into a database and run some reports and generate some graphs against it.
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After seeing Harmison's shocker of a first ball I had the feeling that this series may not be much of a contest.
By the end of the day that feeling was proved right.
Let's just hope the poms have something better to offer tomorrow...(Although they probably won't :P)
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Dub attack!!
by unclebruce inthis evening i went for a stroll around the headland, camera at the ready hoping one of the last of the migrating whales appeared.
oh look, there's a fluffy dog.
ain't he cute ... [ .
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Cute dog! Shame about the owner though.
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Lightening exits woman's bottom
by misspeaches inread the article here... http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20548077-13762,00.html.
lightning exits woman's bottom.
a woman has suffered severe burning to her anus after being struck by lightning which hit her in the mouth and passed right through her body.. natasha timarovic, 27, was cleaning her teeth at home when lightning struck the building.
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She'd come in handy if you run out of power points to plug your kettle in... :D
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Words and expressions a JW can't say
by JH inname few words or expressions a normal person can say, but not a jw.. when someone sneezes, you can't say bless ya !.
if you want to surprise a jw, you can't say boo !!!
http://www.prankcallsunlimited.com/pcu/booecho.mp3.
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Wanker, Bitch, Bloody Hell, Anything with the F word (instant heart attack for any JW within proximity) "The Finger" (ok it's not a word but it's an expression)