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"Jehovah's Witnesses do better after surgery without transfusion" - Article (July 3, 2012)
by Da.Furious in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
this article from 2012 published by the birmingham news showed up on my facebook page.. what i would have liked to see in the statistics is the inclusion of total jws refusing blood transfusion and their survival rate not only the ones taht surviced, taking about only survivors is not like for like comparison in my opinion with patients who take blood transfusion and then dont survive.. .

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darkspilver

@jwfacts: The other factor not mentioned is that the preparation done on JWs and operations are far more costly and intensive in order to reduce the need for blood.

I understand that that's an accepted principle - blood transfusions can often be avoided by careful operative technique

@jwfacts:If such level of care was taken for all patients, then survival rates are likely to have been higher across the board.

Which surely begs the question why such level of care isn't taken for all patients....

That's all folks!

DarK SpilveR
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"Jehovah's Witnesses do better after surgery without transfusion" - Article (July 3, 2012)
by Da.Furious in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
this article from 2012 published by the birmingham news showed up on my facebook page.. what i would have liked to see in the statistics is the inclusion of total jws refusing blood transfusion and their survival rate not only the ones taht surviced, taking about only survivors is not like for like comparison in my opinion with patients who take blood transfusion and then dont survive.. .

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darkspilver

@BU2B: I would not be suprised if the writer was a JW working at the paper.

Ask her ;) .... Nicole Ostrow: [email protected]

(Email address as publicly available via Bloomberg website - http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-02/need-for-transfusion-in-heart-surgery-questioned-in-study.html - btw it looks like it's another version of the same story by her, presumably regurgitating the same press release for multiple outlets, that's fairly standard practise)

That's all folks!

DarK SpilveR
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" Do not ask permission, just play the video--" service meeting instructions.
by prologos in
1. jw
2. friends
this statement startled me out of the pleasant mental absence during this week's "service" meeting.. pushing the org.

explanation: "the listener has time to interrupt, if they want--" .

together with an incredible boring "study" of an hand held device, or it's stored content, i will be a totally new crop of orgies at the halls,.
darkspilver
@bohm: By the way, there is nothing new to this. About two years ago I was approached [snip] I can't see how this will work well, the situation of looking at a video on a small screen someone is shaking is just so out of place.

Except for now, two years later (almost a lifetime in digital years) we've reached (and passed!) the 'critical mass' needed for acceptance of viewing vids on cells

I mean, gotta get hip! Sharing (youtube) videos with friends and collegues on mobiles is second nature for digital natives - we're all doing it, literally.

Aparently as of January 2014:
- 40% of YouTube's traffic now comes from mobile. Compare that to just 25% last year and a paltry 6% only two years ago.
- About 50 million people in the U.S. now watch video on their mobile phones.
- YouTube accounts for nearly one-fifth of all mobile data traffic.
http://www.businessinsider.com/mobile-video-statistics-and-growth-2013-12

That's all folks!

DarK SpilveR
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" Do not ask permission, just play the video--" service meeting instructions.
by prologos in
1. jw
2. friends
this statement startled me out of the pleasant mental absence during this week's "service" meeting.. pushing the org.

explanation: "the listener has time to interrupt, if they want--" .

together with an incredible boring "study" of an hand held device, or it's stored content, i will be a totally new crop of orgies at the halls,.
darkspilver
@WTWizard: If they are streaming, it is a waste of data. I wonder how many plays it would take a gigabyte of data. True, it can be stored on a SD card that needs to be updated every few months [snip]

But surely you just use the super duper 'all-singing-all-dancing' JW Library App! After all it is the bestest app in the world isn't it ;)

At bottom of app screen, click 'Publications', then the last item out of of four on the left hand side is 'Videos' - click on this and you currently get the option to download and save four videos in a choice of resolution to suit your device:
- Why Study the Bible?
- What Happens at a Bible Study?
- What Happens at a Kingdom Hall?
- Using JW.ORG to Share the Bible's Message
That's all folks!

DarK SpilveR
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"Jehovah's Witnesses do better after surgery without transfusion" - Article (July 3, 2012)
by Da.Furious in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
this article from 2012 published by the birmingham news showed up on my facebook page.. what i would have liked to see in the statistics is the inclusion of total jws refusing blood transfusion and their survival rate not only the ones taht surviced, taking about only survivors is not like for like comparison in my opinion with patients who take blood transfusion and then dont survive.. .

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darkspilver

Hi Da.Furious

Ah there's a blast from the past, the Pattakos study

Originally released online on 2 July 2012:
http://media.jamanetwork.com/news-item/study-examines-outcomes-patients-who-refuse-transfusion-following-cardiac-surgery/

And published in the magazine 'Archives of Internal Medicine' August 13/27, 2012 Volume 172, Number 15, pages 1154 to 1161:
http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/issue.aspx?journalid=71&issueid=24751

Use the search facility at the top of this page for more discussion ;)

That's all folks!

DarK SpilveR
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Found my old baptism photo!
by nicolaou in
1. jw
2. experiences
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darkspilver

Hi ItsMyLife

what goes around comes around....

check out nicolaou's posting from seven years ago ;)

(baptism pool front of stage on left hand side as viewed in photo in link below)

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/experiences/145416/1/Anyone-else-get-baptised-at-BOWES-ROAD-North-London

That's all folks!

DarK SpilveR
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Caleb's aeroplane returns! (w14 11/15 p.16)
by darkspilver in
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2. beliefs
watchtower 2014, november 15, page 16 .

study: "we must be holy in all our conduct".

that's all folks!.
darkspilver

@DATA-DOG

my new catchphrase?

"I'm really annoying" ;)

DarK SpliveR
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OKM 10/14: Preach the word; be at it urgently
by darkspilver in
1. watchtower
2. bible
that's their new monthly theme!.

that's all folks!.

dark spliver.
darkspilver

That's their new monthly theme!

That's all folks!

DarK SpliveR
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Wars of Religion - THE TIMES - What a JW will think
by Da.Furious in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
link to the newspaper front page on bbc:.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-28699852.

reason i started this topic is related on how the wts/jw's will react or jump onto this piece of news.. in previous years where un or some nation condemned the vatican, jw's start jumping into conclusion the end is near the great tribulation is starting.
darkspilver

@jgnat

Yes it is..... and this campaign has just started recently.....

http://www.letsownthenews.org

That's all folks!

DarK SpilveR
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Wars of Religion - THE TIMES - What a JW will think
by Da.Furious in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
link to the newspaper front page on bbc:.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-28699852.

reason i started this topic is related on how the wts/jw's will react or jump onto this piece of news.. in previous years where un or some nation condemned the vatican, jw's start jumping into conclusion the end is near the great tribulation is starting.
darkspilver

sorry

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline_of_newspapers

That's all folks!

DarK SpliveR