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  New Yorkers: how are you getting to work during the MTA strike?

  by NewYork44M in

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  my commute has gone from 40 minutes to over two hours.

  i first walk across the brooklyn bridge to the wtc path terminal.

  i then take the path to 33rd.

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  Tort of Misrepresentation

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  the tort of misrepresentation provides a remedy for one acting in reliance on a false representation by another whose conduct in, rendering the representation, was culpably careless, but not deliberately fraudulent.

  moreover, if a party to a transaction is under a duty to speak, non-disclosure or concealment may also constitute negligent misrepresentation.

  to recover damages for negligent misrepresentation, it must be shown that:.

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  Best Jehovah's Witness - Village Voice Oct 6-12

  by NewYork44M in

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  check out page 28 from the "best of new york" issue:.

  "his wisper could be a mantra, but more likely he's just nervous.

  be that as it may the quiet man who hands out'the 'the watchtower' at the metropolitan g/lorimar l makes droopy dog look like a cocksure speed freak and has dome more to humanize his religion than packs of bothersome type a doorbell pushers.

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  Hope and Endurance in Brooklyn

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  hope and endurance in brooklyn.

  there may be a few that are aware that hope and endurance are the theme of the current two-day circuit assembly.

  last weekend i attended the assembly at the brooklyn assembly hall.

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  the society and education

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  experience over the weekend.

  just to clarify..... sad is the societys official acronym for special assembly day.

  i attended yesterday at the brooklyn assembly hall with approximately 1,800 others.

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  Should a 78-year-old pioneer?

  by NewYork44M in

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  here is the situation.

  i found out that my 78-year-old mother-in-law is aux pioneering this month.

  she should not be driving at all and especially not with other people in the car.

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  Public Talk Déjà vu

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  several weeks ago i sat through the public talk and could not believe the lack of substance of the talk.

  it was filled with worn out bromides and illustrations that we have all heard hundreds of times.

  i was embarrassed for the speaker and flabbergasted that the audience could actual sit through such nonsense.. thenabout half way through the talk, i realized that i recognized the talk.

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  Groupthink

  by NewYork44M in

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  i posted some information about this subject in another topic, but i thought the topic of groupthink deserves a seperate thread.

  irving janis originally defined groupthink as a mode of thinking that people engage in when they are deeply involved in a cohesive in-group, when the members strivings for unanimity override their motivation to realistically appraise alternative courses of action.

  " according to his definition, groupthink occurs only when cohesiveness is high.

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  Islam's Ugly Assault on Beauty

  by NewYork44M in

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  an interesting column from the ayn rand institute concerning the recent world beauty contest in nigeria.. http://www.aynrand.org/medialink/columns/rt112702.shtml.

  one paragraph stood out:.

  "but the most revealing element of this islamic attack was a slogan chanted by rioters: "down with beauty.

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  My S.A.D. experience

  by NewYork44M in

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  for those who have been out of touch for more than a few years, a s.a.d.

  is the special assembly day.

  i attended the sad in brooklyn this weekend and thought you might enjoy some of the highlights.. the morning began with two "telling" illustrations.

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