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Very odd we have been using the feature for a while now maybe two years. So I think I am up to speed on how to make it work. And this is a recent issue with the request button gone. Using NWS 8.1 #1453 / NWP 4.0.12

Disregard my previous post. We don't use the hospitality request feature but I turned it on to test. Followed their instructions at https://nwscheduler.com/how-to/schedule/schedule-public-talks-local/#Request_Hospitality_via_NWP. Everything appears to work for us, including having the request button show up in the NWP app. Using NWS 8.1 #1453 / NWP 4.0.12

We don't use the hospitality request feature but I turned it on to test. Followed their instructions at https://nwscheduler.com/how-to/schedule/schedule-public-talks-local/#Request_Hospitality_via_NWP. Everything appeared to work, including having the request button show up in the NWP app. However, when importing the request via NWS, it does not show up as scheduled in the Public Talk - Local section or in the weekend meeting info in NWP.

It progresses as you age. In my experience there is no silver bullet. The animal protein isn't a complete answer as i was vegan for 7 years. helped for awhile but it came back. I will say fresh fruit even though spikes blood sugar it also lowers much faster then starches. best habit is to read every single ingredient list and know how to spot processed foods. even the new fad to process "organic" foods. I have been trying "parasite" herbs. kinda helps some but i did notice appetite is way less.

So curious if anyone has seen this. I am updated in both Scheduler and Publisher. The option to select 'Hospitality' is gone? We have been using this feature for a year now with no issues, I unchecked that option in App settings. Sent the data, then back and re-ticked the box and sent the data. Additionally, the PT entries have the hospitality option checked. Re-checked the settings option, added a different mail and still no joy. Any ideas on the fix? I sent a request to support, and their kind but generic reply was thoroughly check the help/support section. Which I had done before contacting them. But I went through the steps again and supplied all the screen shots. Has anyone dealt with this?

Thanks for sharing.

No, we have not had any negative issues. We anticipated there would be some unexpected hiccups but there really haven’t been. The key is communication. Weeks before the first coordinated update we created a WhatsApp group thread called Shared Persons. The thread is not used for anything else except NWS. All the elders and ministerial servants get the same messages at the same time. They know when the coordinated update will take place. They know when there is a green light to use NWS again after everyone is updated. We also can send reminders, work arounds for new issues, and answer questions. This WA thread alone has saved me a lot of phone calls and texts from individual brothers with tech issues.

I would have 1 Person and 24 Duties waiting for me to send. I have no idea where that came from but after clearing or sending it several times it seems to have gone away.

Same here

I have done Roth conversions every year since I retired. I am in a very low tax bracket and will fill the bracket with a conversion without exceeding the bracket. I'm positioned very well for RMDs.

That's brilliant. Thanks for sharing the idea. Any negatives to that approach so far?

We had a lot of problems with that but not anymore. Our brothers are told never to update until the secretary schedules a "Coordinated Update." Everyone stays on the same version until the Sunday he picks. Then on that day - no one edits or sends app data until he gives the green light. Everyone updates on that same 'down for maintanance' day. If a brother is out of town we just remove him temporarily from Shared Persons and restore him when he returns. It has worked beautifully 2 times now and we are all always on the same version. We have typically been waiting until a few minor versions come out so more bugs are patched and we don't have to have the Coordinated Upates too often.

I personally have numerous devices and don't experience any issues. I don't either think that is the issue.

One problem right now for retired people is Required Minimum Distributions (RMD's). It depends on how much money you have in a traditional IRA or traditional 401K. The RMD's affect the amount of taxes you will pay on Social Security. If you have a very large amount of money in the traditional IRA or 401k it can also trigger an Income Related Medicare Adjustment Amount (IRMAA), The income used to determine IRMAA is your Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) — which is your AGI plus tax-exempt interest and dividends from muni bonds — from two years ago. Your 2024 MAGI determines your IRMAA in 2026. Your 2025 MAGI determines your IRMAA in 2027. Your 2026 MAGI determines your IRMAA in 2028. https://thefinancebuff.com/medicare-irmaa-income-brackets.html At age 73, you have to take out 3.77% of the money in that year. At age 120 you are required to take out 50% of whatever is left. RMD tables can be seen here. You can avoid RMD's by doing a ROTH conversion, but you have to pay the taxes on the full amount of the conversion in the year you make the conversion.

After the latest update, the administrator should refresh all app data. It will bring back the PIN numbers for Elders.

Yes. I know because I’m Portuguese 😅 it seems that Quebec doesn’t allow religious activists outdoors it reminds me this :

I would love to go! I always think to myself, if Jehovah allowed us to go a different planet, I'd be the first in line..🤗

Even the publishers who only use one device are receiving the message to submit their report

If they’re filming ep 10 now, as someone here mentioned, then maybe in 2028 we’ll get another three episodes, 9 to 11, considering the huge amount of work (post-production, music, translation etc). And by the way, I wonder, when the Governing Body and helpers watch the preliminary version, they can recommend any changes? (such as reshoots/additional photography or possibly a re-edit?). Maybe all the details have already been decided at the storyboard and script stage.

I never heard about this, despite the fact that it was happening right under my nose. I'm not too familiar with the Portuguese community, but I've heard lots about the Quebec government imposing their laws (about language [French must take precedence], about public prayer [generally not allowed], about secularism [clothing that identifies one's religion], etc) on the population. Of course, those laws have no effect on Jehovah's Witnesses, but I can easily see why it would introduce problems for other religions. I known only a little bit about the Portuguese people who live here, fanning the flames whenever the Portuguese teams are playing in an end-of-season match, or this procession. Yes, they can be a stubborn bunch.

WHO declares Ebola outbreak an emergency of international concern The Ituri Province in the DRC is right next to the Bundibugyo District in Uganda, where the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola was first discovered in 2007. The general area there is remote and getting there is difficult due to the lack of roads and the quickest way there is by plane. Walking is the other option, though it would require climbing over mountains or walking around them. It's unlikely to be pandemic levels given the remoteness of the region, the serious lack of transportation in and out of there, and few travelers going there in the first place.

Portuguese can be so stuburn… https://www.coastreporter.net/national-news/portuguese-procession-held-in-montreal-despite-permit-refusal-12294256 He said the Plateau-Mont-Royal borough cited Quebec’s new law on public prayer, which prohibits organized public prayer in certain public spaces under the province’s secularism framework introduced in April.

Monday, May 18 He is your life.—Deut. 30:20. Moses, David, and John lived in time periods and circumstances that were different from ours. But we have much in common with them. They served the true God, and so do we. Like them, we pray to Jehovah, rely on him, and look to him for guidance. And like those men of old, we are confident that Jehovah richly blesses those who obey him. Let us, therefore, heed the parting words of those older men by obeying Jehovah’s commandments. Then we will have true success in all that we do. We will have life and “endure a long time,” yes, forever! And we will have the joy of pleasing our loving heavenly Father, who fulfills all his promises in ways far beyond anything we can anticipate or even imagine.—Eph. 3:20. w24.11 13 ¶20-21

I have a hard time emphasizing to the shared brothers the importance of keeping their NWS installation updated to the latest minor version. I always let them know when a new minor version is released and from time to time remind them of the devs strong encouragement to always run the latest version. I'm wondering if by deleting those that continuously fail to update, it would force them to always install the latest version. 🤔