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A friend is curious what would be more culturally appropriate to offer as a drink in this case; a 16 y/o Irish girl has just spent a long day at the hospital with her dad in Belgium, and found out that her father is undergoing probably routine but emergency surgery, say for an impacted gallbladder. Would a fellow Irish businessman, acting as informal guardian, assuming he wanted to offer a pickmeup, offer the girl coffee, tea, or an alcoholic beverage? (Nothing sexual is implied, he's a friend of the family.) This is for a short story, all that is wanted is cultural authenticity in regards to a mood improver. Thanks. μηδείς ( talk) 03:26, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
Tea or coffee. Paedophiles have bribed victims with alcohol; and the Irish Roman Catholic Church is in a historic child abuse scandal - about why bishops did not act on allegations against priests and so on. There are fewer circumstances it is appropriate to give any U18 alcohol; even a legal guardian with no perverted interest is aware of how it is perceived. It would be mitigated if there were a female adult present, if it were in the context of a meal or if they both had alcohol. One alcohol which would be completely acceptable would be Irish coffee - filter coffee with an alcoholic component. It is difficult or impossible to abuse, because it costs $5-10, and is so difficult to make that in my experience the bar staff always had to phone the publican. I've routinely had coffee since at least 16. My IP address locates to Lisburn, UK/Ireland. -- 81.145.165.2 ( talk) 11:36, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
how much profit do mobile manufaturers make on the MSRP of a product? for example, a Galaxy S5 will cost USD 971 for an end buyer. now out of this USD 971, what percentage goes to Samsung and what to the retailer? — Preceding unsigned comment added by EditorMakingEdits ( talk • contribs) 11:52, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
that is gross profit. i need to know how much money the company gets by selling a single unit of galaxy s5? -- EditorMakingEdits ( talk) 03:47, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
People have backtracked and priced components and ended up with, say, 140% manufacturing cost compared to sale price for an iphone. That emphasises how much guesswork there really is. Also, account for shared components with other models, development of the next model, paying debts, currency exchange rates and working practices. Whereas the Dutch go home at 15.30, the South Koreans finish work at probably 20.00. Google might charge for software. Android is open source, but apps like Google Maps are proprietary. -- 81.145.165.2 ( talk) 11:25, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
One of the Jehovah's Witnesses' most famous practices is their non-celebration of birthdays, Christmas, Mother's Day, Halloween, New Year's Day, Valentine's Day and other holidays other than the Memorial of Christ's Death (although they do celebrate weddings, anniversaries and funerals). From what I read, this was not one of their founding doctrines (unlike their 606, and later, 607 B.C. date for the Babylonian Captivity); in fact, this doctrine comes only from 1951, long after various splinter groups (both from the Witnesses, and from the Bible Student movement) had formed, and six years after their prohibition of blood transfusions.
Now here are my questions: 1. Do any of the non-JW groups in the Bible Student movement also share this practice of not celebrating birthdays and holidays? 2. Are there any other religions outside of the Jehovah's Witnesses, Bible Study movement or not, Christian or not, or organizations, religious or not, that also share this practice? And among these other groups (if there are any), why do they follow the practice? 3. How did this doctrine develop? Our articles do not mention how the doctrine was formulated, although our article on Jehovah's Witnesses practices does mention that at least some practices are formulated at meetings of the JW's Governing Body; however the Governing Body did not exist in 1951. Narutolovehinata5 t c csd new 13:35, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
Only one real answer here, and it refers back to the official page for the religion. No actual answers for the OPs question. Shadowjams ( talk) 07:56, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
The Saudi authorities have basically decreed that all celebrations/observances other than Ramadan, Hajj, Eid, and ordinary Friday prayers are un-Islamic (list from memory; I may have missed one). This applies to both Western holidays such as Valentine's Day and a number of Shi`ite holy days... AnonMoos ( talk) 14:11, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
I have received two petitions in the past week or so asking my support to end the "Active Financing Exception" and the "CFC Look-Through Rule." I have never heard of either of them. What are they, and how do they compare fiscally to negative interest on excess reserves? Cc User:Farcaster EllenCT ( talk) 16:15, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
And is it also racist for someone te describe someone with pale skin if they are talking someone they met? Because for example if someone says their college professor is of Japanese descent, is it rude for someone to say for example the person I'm dating is white, has European ancestry or pale skin? Is this culturally acceptable? Venustar84 ( talk) 17:48, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
It's never racist to describe reality. To believe otherwise is to subscribe to some weird religion of unreality for some other reason, often a self-serving one. At the point that accurately describing reality is considered a problem, free thought is dead. Shadowjams ( talk) 07:53, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
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A friend is curious what would be more culturally appropriate to offer as a drink in this case; a 16 y/o Irish girl has just spent a long day at the hospital with her dad in Belgium, and found out that her father is undergoing probably routine but emergency surgery, say for an impacted gallbladder. Would a fellow Irish businessman, acting as informal guardian, assuming he wanted to offer a pickmeup, offer the girl coffee, tea, or an alcoholic beverage? (Nothing sexual is implied, he's a friend of the family.) This is for a short story, all that is wanted is cultural authenticity in regards to a mood improver. Thanks. μηδείς ( talk) 03:26, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
Tea or coffee. Paedophiles have bribed victims with alcohol; and the Irish Roman Catholic Church is in a historic child abuse scandal - about why bishops did not act on allegations against priests and so on. There are fewer circumstances it is appropriate to give any U18 alcohol; even a legal guardian with no perverted interest is aware of how it is perceived. It would be mitigated if there were a female adult present, if it were in the context of a meal or if they both had alcohol. One alcohol which would be completely acceptable would be Irish coffee - filter coffee with an alcoholic component. It is difficult or impossible to abuse, because it costs $5-10, and is so difficult to make that in my experience the bar staff always had to phone the publican. I've routinely had coffee since at least 16. My IP address locates to Lisburn, UK/Ireland. -- 81.145.165.2 ( talk) 11:36, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
how much profit do mobile manufaturers make on the MSRP of a product? for example, a Galaxy S5 will cost USD 971 for an end buyer. now out of this USD 971, what percentage goes to Samsung and what to the retailer? — Preceding unsigned comment added by EditorMakingEdits ( talk • contribs) 11:52, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
that is gross profit. i need to know how much money the company gets by selling a single unit of galaxy s5? -- EditorMakingEdits ( talk) 03:47, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
People have backtracked and priced components and ended up with, say, 140% manufacturing cost compared to sale price for an iphone. That emphasises how much guesswork there really is. Also, account for shared components with other models, development of the next model, paying debts, currency exchange rates and working practices. Whereas the Dutch go home at 15.30, the South Koreans finish work at probably 20.00. Google might charge for software. Android is open source, but apps like Google Maps are proprietary. -- 81.145.165.2 ( talk) 11:25, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
One of the Jehovah's Witnesses' most famous practices is their non-celebration of birthdays, Christmas, Mother's Day, Halloween, New Year's Day, Valentine's Day and other holidays other than the Memorial of Christ's Death (although they do celebrate weddings, anniversaries and funerals). From what I read, this was not one of their founding doctrines (unlike their 606, and later, 607 B.C. date for the Babylonian Captivity); in fact, this doctrine comes only from 1951, long after various splinter groups (both from the Witnesses, and from the Bible Student movement) had formed, and six years after their prohibition of blood transfusions.
Now here are my questions: 1. Do any of the non-JW groups in the Bible Student movement also share this practice of not celebrating birthdays and holidays? 2. Are there any other religions outside of the Jehovah's Witnesses, Bible Study movement or not, Christian or not, or organizations, religious or not, that also share this practice? And among these other groups (if there are any), why do they follow the practice? 3. How did this doctrine develop? Our articles do not mention how the doctrine was formulated, although our article on Jehovah's Witnesses practices does mention that at least some practices are formulated at meetings of the JW's Governing Body; however the Governing Body did not exist in 1951. Narutolovehinata5 t c csd new 13:35, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
Only one real answer here, and it refers back to the official page for the religion. No actual answers for the OPs question. Shadowjams ( talk) 07:56, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
The Saudi authorities have basically decreed that all celebrations/observances other than Ramadan, Hajj, Eid, and ordinary Friday prayers are un-Islamic (list from memory; I may have missed one). This applies to both Western holidays such as Valentine's Day and a number of Shi`ite holy days... AnonMoos ( talk) 14:11, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
I have received two petitions in the past week or so asking my support to end the "Active Financing Exception" and the "CFC Look-Through Rule." I have never heard of either of them. What are they, and how do they compare fiscally to negative interest on excess reserves? Cc User:Farcaster EllenCT ( talk) 16:15, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
And is it also racist for someone te describe someone with pale skin if they are talking someone they met? Because for example if someone says their college professor is of Japanese descent, is it rude for someone to say for example the person I'm dating is white, has European ancestry or pale skin? Is this culturally acceptable? Venustar84 ( talk) 17:48, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
It's never racist to describe reality. To believe otherwise is to subscribe to some weird religion of unreality for some other reason, often a self-serving one. At the point that accurately describing reality is considered a problem, free thought is dead. Shadowjams ( talk) 07:53, 21 April 2014 (UTC)