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  Introduce A Girl To Engineering Day

  by TD in

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  the day is/was yesterday, today or tomorrow depending upon what you read:.

  http://www.eweek.org/newsstory.aspx?contentid=237.

  ~tom (---who's doing his part).

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  Razziel

  I have highly mixed feelings about this. It is very important to increase the number of females interested in engineering/science related fields. We need to draw upon all of our intelliegent youth, regardless of their gender, race, etc.

  However, going through Engineering school, I saw several women who were given a free ride. I'm not kidding. Less than 10% of the students were female, and nearly all of them could not perform well on examinations, homework, or laboratory work as compared to their male counterparts. I find this odd since females tend to perform better than males in high school and college entrance examinations.

  But I can cite multiple examples where females had a failing grade (D-F) and were passed through the classes, and males had borderline grades (C-D) and were failed. I am not sexist, but I am very merit oriented.
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  Witnesses are saying "END IS RIGHT NOW!"

  by free2beme in

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  i have witness friends telling me, that this is the end right now!

  that this globel issue of the nations of egypt, libya and others ... is the sign they looked for.

  now with what is happening in the usa, wisconsin to be exact, more trouble is rising and this is it.

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  Villabolo: I honestly don't know what their beliefs are now regarding the King of the North and King of the South. I do know my parents loved the modern day fullfillment prophecies from Freddy during the 60's-80's, and they ate that stuff up. My mom still believes '75 was the right date adding in the time Adam was alone in the garden of eden naming all the animals. My mom is still thoroughly deluded. I'm virtually positive my dad now thinks it's a bunch of bunk, but it's too late for him to change, as he is a 40+ year elder and what little social life they have is based on their JW friends.
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  Witnesses are saying "END IS RIGHT NOW!"

  by free2beme in

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  i have witness friends telling me, that this is the end right now!

  that this globel issue of the nations of egypt, libya and others ... is the sign they looked for.

  now with what is happening in the usa, wisconsin to be exact, more trouble is rising and this is it.

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  Razziel

  My mom texted me today that the great tribulation was imminent with the events in the middle east. She came in before '75. She saw that and has said the society was wrong to play up '75. She saw the energy crisis of the '70's, the vietnam war, civil rights protests, the cold war, the fall of communism, and even Obama as president who she thought would usher in the call of peace and security. She should know better by now.

  My texted reply was "So who is the King of the North now?". That did not go over well.
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  Were you 'alive in '75' and how was that year for you?

  by punkofnice in

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  i was a junior borgite in 1975. i remeber looking at the calendar at work in october and thinking: 'armageddon isn't here yet.....and it doesn't feel like it will be here anytime soon either!'.

  i was surprised that jehovah hadn't obeyed the superior command to bring the big 'a' as instructed to him by fred franz.

  how dare god disobey the jw leader!!!!!.

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  I wasn't yet thought of in '75. I was in the post-'75 JW baby boom, born '78. My parents were early 70's converts in the push to stay alive til '75.
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  Final Launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery

  by leavingwt in

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  the final launch of the space shuttle discovery.

  live feed:http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-hd-tv.

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  Razziel

  Watched it, as I have others. Simply beautiful what we as a human race, even with all of our shortcomings and foibles, have been able to accomplish.
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  Any Stock Holders out there? I need Financial Advice. No...not which stocks I should buy.

  by Voices in

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  ok first off let me ease your worry...i'm not asking you 'what stocks i should invest in.

  ' i have a stock in mind that i have seen progress steadily up and up.

  before i could even think about investing, i knew this company was going to take off and it's slowly climbing.

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  To add to Diamondiiz' comment, I wouldn't say stocks are rigged, but in the short-term, they can definately be artificially manipulated for months or even over a year before they swing back towards fair market value.

  Also, for the comment that it is easier for $5 stocks to double than $50 dollar stocks, that is not exactly true. Stock price is simply market capitalization divided by the number of outstanding shares. A $5 dollar stock isn't "cheaper" than a $50 dollar stock. What is true, is that it is easier for a company with a smaller market capitalization to double before a company with a large market capitalization, and that has nothing to do with stock price.
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  Any Stock Holders out there? I need Financial Advice. No...not which stocks I should buy.

  by Voices in

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  2. friends

  ok first off let me ease your worry...i'm not asking you 'what stocks i should invest in.

  ' i have a stock in mind that i have seen progress steadily up and up.

  before i could even think about investing, i knew this company was going to take off and it's slowly climbing.

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  You said you aren't just looking for financial independance in the future, but also a source of income now. If that is the case, you need both long-term value investing principles, and short-term technicals. It depends a lot on how much capital you have to work with. If you are only investing in $1000 increments, even brokerage fees of less than $10 a trade will seriously reduce most short-term gains.

  If your starting capital is less than $10,000, my advice is to keep all your eggs in 2 or 3 baskets, and throw diversification to the wind until you have more to invest. You say you already have a company your research has identified, and I'm assuming that means you feel it is a solid company with future growth opportunities, and that you feel the company's stock is underpriced.

  I would split my capital into thirds. If you feel the company is underpriced, I would use the first third to buy the stock now as a one year or more hold depending on how the companys future unfolds. Use the 2nd third to trade off of volatility in the same stock. Volatility is your friend. Use technical analysis to identify trends and trading ranges. The 1st third of your holding will appreciate if the market eventually agrees with your research assessment. In the mean time, the 2nd third will help you lock in gains and minimize losses right now.

  Be patient with the final third. Wait for the stock to break out from its trading ranges before committing it. If it is a break on the upside, get in and ride up to the new trading range, then get out. If the stock breaks to the lower side, wait for a new trading range to be established first, and re-evaluate the company. If nothing has fundamentally changed about the company, you can use the final third to lower your cost-average of the 1st third.

  Finally, if you have some success with this, research options trading. You can both hedge part of your investment to protect yourself, and add income right now. Options gains can potentially outperform (on a percentage basis) any common stock purchase you will make. But you have to know exactly what you are doing before you get involved with them.
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  Questions about The Garden of Eden - Found nr. Rashaya, Lebanon

  by paygan in

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  my name's paul and i'm carrying out important work to show and share with the world the location of real garden of eden and central site of the agricultural (neolithic) revolution.

  i led the field walk there in november 2009 and saw the damage being inflicted and the urgent need for protection by getting world heritage site status, requiring public support and official investigation.. http://www.paygan.com/eden/images/500/kharsagpanorama.jpg - the garden of eden (kharsag) - panorama.

  this location of the site was comprehensively mapped out by christian o'brien in his 1985 book, "the genius of the few" where he identified it through descriptions given in the earliest nippur tablets (the barton cylinder, etc), atrahasis and the book of enoch, along with other mentions in the bible, the book of jubilees, the koran etc.

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  Well this thread went over about as well as running around Poland in a Hitler suit.
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  Does God Keep Time or is Time a Human Construct?

  by Band on the Run in

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  i was watching oz re-runs on hbo.

  everyone is prepping for a major prison riot.

  apocalyptic scenes are shown.

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  Razziel

  Time is a consequence of the second law of thermodynamics.
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  Does anyone know what happens to full-time JW's(DO's, CO's, Missionaries, Special pioneers, etc) when they reach old age?

  by african GB Member in

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  i am just wondering since these people never work a secular job.

  is there some sort of an arrangement from the society to care for them?

  presuming they don't even have children of their own to look after them when they are old..

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  As of a dozen years ago in the US, most of these guys (former DO/CO and special pioneers) got a small pension from the society after retirement. It wasn't as much as social security, but they did have a pension program or whatever they called it. I don't know if they still have this program, but yes they gave older retired ones who had give long time service financial aid.