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When using the Metric System the preferred units are metres or millimetres.........as far as rainfall is concerned it should be millimetres..........same goes for length measurements in in Civil and Mechanical Engineering. all measurements in millimetres. Centimetres is not a preferred dimension.

Actually, the Big Bang theory does not postulate that the universe was all contained in a single point. The theory only postuates that early in the universe, it was extremely compact, hot, and expanding rapidly. It makes no attempt to extrapolate to zero time, because the math fails, and every professional in the business thinks that a failure in the math means that there is some new physics principle at work that will alter the equations for those super-early moments.
That doesn’t stop people from ignoring the mathematical failure and postulating what did happen. Indeed, that is the way physics progresses. But the honest answer is that for the very early time, when the universe was no more than a Planck length in size, our current physics theory tells us nothing.
My own favorite speculation is the one you mention in your question, that time did not exist prior to the Big Bang. But if time didn’t exist, then what does it mean for time to “be created”. That requires movement of time. So many physicists think that when the proper new physics is added it, we will find that the universe existed before the Big Bang, and that what we are seeing is some sort of a “bounce”. But we don’t know the true physics for such super dense material, so we can’t really say much more.
As I said, I enjoy more the idea that time just started at the Big Bang. But this is not physics; it is playful speculation.

Richard Muller, Prof Physics, UCBerkeley, auth “Now -The Physics of Time- (to be published 2016)
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Alan Jackson - Remember When

The Mormons even got their Governing Body to sing along:
I thought @JW Insider 's comment was interesting. I didn't know they had done the same project. Was it done before or after the JW version?

This is a version the Mormon's did actually dancing around like the JW's above:
@JW Insider said "Mormons at BYU did a much better job actually singing along" ......

Dear Tom @ LoveLine:
There's this obnoxious brother at the Kingdom Hall making advances toward me. I want him to drop dead, but my parents are pushing him because he has a lot of dough.
I think he's sincere but I don't know. He has 60 wives and 80 concubines. They take up the entire 2nd auditorium. But he has said many endearing things to me, like: "Only one is my dove, my flawless one." 
This pulls at my heartstrings. What should I do?
[There may be 60 queens 
and 80 concubines 
And young women without number.
But only one is my dove,
my flawless one.....Ca 6:8-9]
......
Dear Person:
You forgot the "young women without number."
Tell the guy to take a hike. He's used that line on each of the 60 queens and 80 concubines.
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When Warren Buffett offers investing advice, everyone listens. The world’s greatest investor has never been shy about the strategies that have helped him amass a $72 billion net worth and grow his company, Berkshire Hathaway, into a juggernaut valued at over $212 billion. 
But one thing he doesn’t do is encourage the average individual investor to try to mimic his success. The best advice he can give those investors, Buffett has said, is to do exactly the opposite. We’ve parsed through some of Buffett’s more popular insights on investing to come up with a few that apply to the average worker looking simply to invest for long-term, steady growth.
1. The worst investment you can make over time: cash. 
We always keep enough cash around so I feel very comfortable and don't worry about sleeping at night. But it's not because I like cash as an investment. Cash is a bad investment over time. But you always want to have enough so that nobody else can determine your future essentially. 
2. Invest in a broad-based index fund that tracks the S&P 500. 
If you are a professional and have confidence, then I would advocate lots of concentration. For everyone else, if it’s not your game, participate in total diversification. The economy will do fine over time. Make sure you don’t buy at the wrong price or the wrong time. That’s what most people should do, buy a cheap index fund, and slowly dollar cost average into it. If you try to be just a little bit smart, spending an hour a week investing, you’re liable to be really dumb.
Recommended reading: “Common Sense on Mutual Funds: New Imperatives for the Intelligent Investor” by Vanguard founder Jack Bogle. Any investor in funds should read [Bogle’s books]. They have all you need to know.
3. Invest in yourself. 
“The best investment you can make is in your own abilities. Anything you can do to develop your own abilities or business is likely to be more productive.” 
4. If you’re determined to pick stocks, don’t buy into a business you don’t understand. 
[Individual investors] ought to think about what he or she understands. Let's just say they were going to put their whole family's net worth in a single business. Would that be a business they would consider? Or would they say, "Gee, I don't know enough about that business to go into it?" If so, they should go on to something else.... There are all kinds of businesses that [longtime partner and vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Charlie Munger] and I don't understand, but that doesn't cause us to stay up at night. It just means we go on to the next one, and that's what the individual investor should do.
5. Focus on the competition as well. 
[Buying stock in a company is] buying a piece of a business. If they were going to buy into a local service station or convenience store, what would they think about? They would think about the competition, the competitive position both of the industry and the specific location, the person they have running it and all that. 
6. Invest for the long haul. 
“If you aren’t willing to own a stock for 10 years, don’t even think about owning it for ten minutes”
7. The hardest part about investing: trusting yourself. 
You need to divorce your mind from the crowd. The herd mentality causes all these IQ's to become paralyzed. I don't think investors are now acting more intelligently, despite the intelligence. Smart doesn't always equal rational. To be a successful investor you must divorce yourself from the fears and greed of the people around you, although it is almost impossible.

See some islands and countries already being affected by climate change: http://www.businessinsider.com/islands-threatened-by-climate-change-2012-10/#kiribati-1
 

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Biggest Super Moon Since 1948 !
Moon to get super close to Earth...  Monday,  ( Nov. 14. 2016 )
Everything you need to know about Super Moons! Nothing beats a bright and beautiful "supermoon." Except maybe, three supermoons! 2016 ends with a trio of full moons at their closest points to Earth, with the one on Nov. 14 being the closest so far in the 21st century!
A supermoon is the coincidence of a full moon or a new moon with the closest approach the Moon makes to the Earth on its elliptical orbit, resulting in the largest apparent size of the lunar disk as seen from Earth. The technical name is the perigee-syzygy of the Earth-Moon-Sun system. The term "supermoon" is not astronomical, but originated in modern astrology. The association of the Moon with both oceanic and crustal tides has led to claims that the supermoon phenomenon may be associated with increased risk of events such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, but the evidence of such a link is widely held to be unconvincing.
Occasionally, a supermoon coincides with a total lunar eclipse. The most recent occurrence of this was on September 27–28, 2015, while the next time will be in 2033 or 2034...
ENJOY  WATCHING ;-)

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Interesting quote. Thanks for sharing.

http://archive.timesrecordnews.com/lifestyle/just-where-does-the-constitution-mention-god-ep-427107906-332674781.html
Views  By Bill Lockwood, Minister Of Iowa Park Church Of Christ.
 

Not a happy topic, and only an enquiry...

A friend staying with us from France asked what would happen if one of us dies here (we'd been talking about bodies donated to medical science in her field, so not as morbid as it seems!) We don't have travel insurance as we now live here. Would that mean our families would have to cover the cost of repatriating our bodies? Is there any insurance that exists solely for this and is it very expensive? 

As I said, just an enquiry and hopefully not something we'll ever need to action, but my anxious mind would like to know the answers!

To design a map of the world is no easy task. Because maps represent the spherical Earth in 2D form, they cannot help but be distorted, which is why Greenland and Antarctica usually look far more gigantic than they really are, while Africa appears vastly smaller than its true size. The AuthaGraph World Map tries to correct these issues, showing the world closer to how it actually is in all its spherical glory.
Created by Hajime Narukawa at Keio University's Graduate School of Media and Governance in Tokyo, the design just won the grand prize from Japan’s Good Design Award as Spoon & Tamago reports. It beat out over 1000 entries in a variety of categories. 

Unlike the Mercator projection, the 1569 mapping technique that you'd probably recognize from the world maps you saw in school, the continents on the AuthaGraph aren’t lined up straight across—they’re angled in a way that provides a more accurate representation of the distances between them. “AuthaGraph faithfully represents all oceans [and] continents, including the neglected Antarctica,” according to the Good Design Awards, and provides “an advanced precise perspective of our planet.” No longer does Africa look the same size as North America, or Antarctica look like one of the biggest continents (it’s smaller than everything but Europe and Australia).
The map—which is used in Japanese textbooks—can be fit into different shapes without losing its accuracy, and AuthaGraph sells paper assembly kits where you can fold it from a sphere to a cone to a flat map, mimicking the way the projection itself is made.
[h/t Spoon & Tamago]
All images courtesy AuthaGraph.

LOL... can't wait for the end to arrive. ;-)
This is almost a history of this whole saga here:
http://forum.theworldnewsmedia.org/forum/72-2016-presidential-election/

YES...  "It's  closer  than  you  both  will  think" ! 
( look  into  the  Bible...)

Donald Trump the Republican candidate to the Presidential Election creates an event today in Tampa, Florida with a cute baby.
"Oh look, a future construction worker, a baby, so cute, give me that," Trump said, as he spotted a baby nearby.

But behind the smiles and photo opportunities, Trump's path to election victory remains narrow - in spite of a close race in national polling.
 

 

ITS  NOW  PUMPKIN - TIME.....
Pumpkin is a very low calorie vegetable (actually technically a fruit) that is packed with antioxidants such as vitamins A, C, E, beta-carotene, and zea-xanthin which can help prevent age-related macular disease. Pumpkin is also a rich source of B-vitamins such as folates, niacin, thiamin, and pantothenic acid and minerals like calcium, copper, potassium, and phosphorus.
see full article:
 
 

They start arriving....   PHOTOS  OF  CENTRAL  WORLD  IN  WARWICK. THESE  BROTHER'S  JUST  TO  ATTEND  THE  ANNUAL  MEETING.

Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner

CHINA DECLARA LA GUERRA AL CRISTIANISMO, lo que incluye a los testigos cristianos de Jehova.
El partido comunista esta llevando a cabo una campaña nacional contra las iglesias que dicen ser cristianas. Exigen que todos los devotos juren lealtad al partido comunista. Muchos de sus lideres han sido encarcelados. se han derribado unas 2000 cruces y han demolido algunas iglesias.
China se une a Rusia al enfrentarse a la cristiandad en algunas de sus variantes. Ambas naciones han tomado acción contra Babilonia la Grande y de paso contra los testigos de Jehova.

I just searched and found this https://imessagepc.com/.

When Warren Buffett offers investing advice, everyone listens. The world’s greatest investor has never been shy about the strategies that have helped him amass a $72 billion net worth and grow his company, Berkshire Hathaway, into a juggernaut valued at over $212 billion. 
But one thing he doesn’t do is encourage the average individual investor to try to mimic his success. The best advice he can give those investors, Buffett has said, is to do exactly the opposite. We’ve parsed through some of Buffett’s more popular insights on investing to come up with a few that apply to the average worker looking simply to invest for long-term, steady growth.
1. The worst investment you can make over time: cash. 
We always keep enough cash around so I feel very comfortable and don't worry about sleeping at night. But it's not because I like cash as an investment. Cash is a bad investment over time. But you always want to have enough so that nobody else can determine your future essentially. 
2. Invest in a broad-based index fund that tracks the S&P 500. 
If you are a professional and have confidence, then I would advocate lots of concentration. For everyone else, if it’s not your game, participate in total diversification. The economy will do fine over time. Make sure you don’t buy at the wrong price or the wrong time. That’s what most people should do, buy a cheap index fund, and slowly dollar cost average into it. If you try to be just a little bit smart, spending an hour a week investing, you’re liable to be really dumb.
Recommended reading: “Common Sense on Mutual Funds: New Imperatives for the Intelligent Investor” by Vanguard founder Jack Bogle. Any investor in funds should read [Bogle’s books]. They have all you need to know.
3. Invest in yourself. 
“The best investment you can make is in your own abilities. Anything you can do to develop your own abilities or business is likely to be more productive.” 
4. If you’re determined to pick stocks, don’t buy into a business you don’t understand. 
[Individual investors] ought to think about what he or she understands. Let's just say they were going to put their whole family's net worth in a single business. Would that be a business they would consider? Or would they say, "Gee, I don't know enough about that business to go into it?" If so, they should go on to something else.... There are all kinds of businesses that [longtime partner and vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Charlie Munger] and I don't understand, but that doesn't cause us to stay up at night. It just means we go on to the next one, and that's what the individual investor should do.
5. Focus on the competition as well. 
[Buying stock in a company is] buying a piece of a business. If they were going to buy into a local service station or convenience store, what would they think about? They would think about the competition, the competitive position both of the industry and the specific location, the person they have running it and all that. 
6. Invest for the long haul. 
“If you aren’t willing to own a stock for 10 years, don’t even think about owning it for ten minutes”
7. The hardest part about investing: trusting yourself. 
You need to divorce your mind from the crowd. The herd mentality causes all these IQ's to become paralyzed. I don't think investors are now acting more intelligently, despite the intelligence. Smart doesn't always equal rational. To be a successful investor you must divorce yourself from the fears and greed of the people around you, although it is almost impossible.