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darkspilver
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Second in the Medal Table - Well Done TeamGB
by konceptual99 incan't believe it - gb is currently second in the medal table, with more golds and silvers combined than even china.
given the size of the nation it's an incredible achievement and we have won in some sports where other countries typically dominate.
i can't imagine we will stay in second but i am happy to enjoy the moment.. well done to the whole of team gb!.
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'Strange' Australian Melbourne Baptisms
by darkspilver innot seen this before, or at least haven't registered it before.
maybe it's just a traditional style?.
i mean it's basically a glorified cattle trough?
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darkspilver
Hi NVR2L8!
That's all you need if you are going to dunk 1 or 2 kids at the circuit assembly...the good ol' days of mass baptism are over.
I think they baptised 500 or so this way at the Melbourne International in 2014 - see photos in OP
Daily Mail on Australian Trishy Dishy
Bendigo 2013 DIstrict Convention
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Howto: get access to scientific papers
by Anders Andersen insince most people are not aware on how to get (free*) access to scientific papers and journals, so here's a short list of resources.. search http://scholar.google.com for the paper.
maybe you'll get lucky and find it somewhere for free.. if you can only find a paid for version of the paper, get the title, doi (sort of like an isbn number) and link to the download page of the paper on the paysite.. if you don't know the doi, find it by searching your paper's title on http://crossref.org.
go to the libgen site (links here: https://sites.google.com/site/themetalibrary/library-genesis ) and search for the paper.
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darkspilver
Hi cantleave
I am a fellow of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists
I'm really sorry, but that sounds like it should have a guest publication on Have I Got News For You
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Ex JW Reddit numbers going crazy
by Crazyguy ini don't know what the membership increase is like here but over at reddit their getting 20 plus newbies daily if not more.
it's crazy how much thier growing 2000 or more since i signed up and that wasn't that long ago.
looks like the loyalty conventions didn't stem the tide.
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darkspilver
Awake! 22 June 1963 pages 3 and 4
Quantity or Quality - Which?
Quantity or quality - which impresses you most? Fallen human nature is prone to be impressed by quantity rather than by quality. Superlatives as to size or number may appeal to inherent selfishness in man. But quantity is not everything......
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Our secretly recorded disfellowshipping and 2 year anniversary since leaving on Watchtower Victims Memorial Day!!!
by Christian Gutierrez inhey guys it's been 2 years since leaving and this is how life has gone for us since then.
hope you guys have had a positive experience too!
cheers 😃.
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darkspilver
Hi dubstepped!
I love you guys and your videos but have to admit that the only time I run across you is during self-promotion. Sure would be nice to see you guys respond to the threads you start, to emails, etc., maybe even getting down in the trenches and helping one on one at times. I think I'm friends with you on Facebook, per your request, but you only show up about yourselves. Maybe that's not fair, but I've lost interest due to it.
haha welcome to the age of digital narcissism and slacktivism
And, be honest - ok, perhaps not with the OP, but with other youtubers etc - yes I'm sure they're perfectly 'nice' people, but admit it... after watching some of them you silently say to yourself in an undertone - "Thank god they weren't ever in my congregation!"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slacktivism
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'Strange' Australian Melbourne Baptisms
by darkspilver innot seen this before, or at least haven't registered it before.
maybe it's just a traditional style?.
i mean it's basically a glorified cattle trough?
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Hi wannaexit!
OMG ! It's awful. I thought the the dunker had to be with the dunkee in the water too.
haha! know what you mean
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Remote Translation Offices (RTO) of Jehovah's Witnesses
by Brokeback Watchtower inwhat do you think about these things.
it seems like a monumental waste of time and money, a pipe dream of the governing body based on wishful thinking.
this corporation is going down the tubes with these asshole deluded genius's calling the financial investment shot.. buying chemical dump property around the world to build their financial empire headquarters on while facing massive child molestation lawsuits now and many more in the future means it looking kind of bleak for these messed idiots running things.. http://jw-branchoffices.blogspot.com/p/watchtower-remote-translation-offices.html.
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darkspilver
Hi millie210!
Honestly, I dont see why it couldnt be done in a closet. Or a basement.
Wow, kinda glad I don't work for you - hard task master! haha
Yes, they could, but probably not so effectively, or even so accurately.The point being, I dont see why they cant do all of this at headquarters. All it takes is a computer to transmit data.
Remember, buying a property is a capital asset whose valve can be realised when sold and not a 'running cost' whose valve is lost.Look at how the U.N. does it. Lots of language flowing in and out there. No need to have an expensive property in Florida.
Interesting example - as, no, they don't - they use just six languages. If you wanna make a statement in your own language (not one of the 6) perhaps for political PR reasons, then you need to bring your own translation.The European Union at least uses 23 official languages, though only effectively three working languages, of which English is the most used apparently - might cause a bit of a problem when Britain exits....Oh, and building in the out back of beyond in Africa is probably way way cheaper than having it at 'HQ'I suppose the bottom line is everybody should speak English - I mean they're all gonna be speaking English in the 'New Order Paradise' aren't they - after all it's the 'perfect lanuage'!(please, that last paragraph is meant to be ironic) -
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New Dutch Assembly Hall Swifterbant - 17 September 2016
by darkspilver ina new 2,500 seater assembly hall in the netherlands - which expands to 3,500 seats for the annual conventions - is being dedicated on saturday 17 september 2016.. the existing hall on the site is converted into a venue for the wt schools - lecture room with ancillary accomodation - bedrooms, kitchen, canteen, study areas etc etc.
background information:.
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/261089/big-jw-changes-netherlands-holland.
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darkspilver
Hi Slidin Fast
On another thread the baptism "pool" or rather stainless steel sheep dip is shown in an assembly hall.
to be fair, that seems to be an Australia Melbourne only thingy? Unless anyone knows differently?
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5654326594764800/strange-australian-melbourne-baptisms
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Remote Translation Offices (RTO) of Jehovah's Witnesses
by Brokeback Watchtower inwhat do you think about these things.
it seems like a monumental waste of time and money, a pipe dream of the governing body based on wishful thinking.
this corporation is going down the tubes with these asshole deluded genius's calling the financial investment shot.. buying chemical dump property around the world to build their financial empire headquarters on while facing massive child molestation lawsuits now and many more in the future means it looking kind of bleak for these messed idiots running things.. http://jw-branchoffices.blogspot.com/p/watchtower-remote-translation-offices.html.
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darkspilver
Hi millie210!
So how does any of the above apply to the Ft. Lauderdale office in Florida?
haha - the exception that proves rule?
But seriously, out of all languages, by it's very nature Sign Language is going to be the least geo-centric language.
But why Florida?
Because it is one area of the USA that has a highest number of hearing disabled people
Check out:
http://libguides.gallaudet.edu/content.php?pid=119476&sid=1029190
And, more importantly WT-wise, a high number/density of congregations (publishers) - you can see that quite simply by doing a basic 'state' search for ASL congegations on jw.org.
They have to translate ASL somewhere, they need a bigger and higher spec place for the production of video.
Where in the US would you have expected WT to do ASL translation and video production??
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September 15th Watchtower, controversy!
by Colinconfused injust looking at some youtube videos and came across a john joseph may, a former jw who was involved in a controversy in ireland back in the late 70s i think.. it all started with a watchtower article september 15th ??.
does anyone know what the article was about?
and why so much controversy surrounding this.
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darkspilver
And this helps to tie the above two articles together - Time Magazine 22 February 1982 page 66
Note the reference at the bottom of the middle column regarding the WT's changed view of somebody who was dissassociated compared to being disfellowshipped.
