no wonder albuquerque's car insurance is so high!.
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Your tax $ at work.
I can't really see any scenario where this would be anything but incompetence, other than maybe something that happened during a chase. But I would think a high-speed chase would've caused more damage to the car in front (A141).
This looks like A141 just wasn't paying attention and backed into and over F105.
when we look at the conti case we see the amount of control that the governing body has over the rank and file makes them open to lawsuits.
i see lots of areas where this can work against the financial and legal interest of the corporation, for example:.
1. a banning of blood transfussions enforced by disfellowshipping.
DoC's note led me to crunch some quick numbers for the last 2 decades. Interesting.
This is using Yearbook figures:
1989 Peak Pubs - 3,787,188
# Baptized 1990-1999 - 3,234,811
So, 1999 Peak Pubs should be 7,021,999.
1999 Peak Pubs - 5,912,492
A difference of 1,109,507 - or 34.29% of the number baptized.
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1999 Peak Pubs - again 5,912,492
# Baptized 2000-2009 - 2,699,241 (note this is 535,570 less than the previous decade)
So 2009 Peak pubs should be 8,611,733
2009 Peak Pubs - 7,313,173
A difference of 1,298,560 - or 48.10% of the number baptized.
So in the aughts, WTBTS lost amost half of what they gained in membership.
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2-decade figures
1989 Peak Pubs - 3,787,188
# Baptized 1990 - 2009 - 5,934,052
2009 Peak pubs should be 9,721,240
2009 Peak Pubs - 7,313,173
A difference of 2,408,067 - 40.58% of the number baptized.
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How much of the loss is due to older ones dying off and how much due to people leaving, I can't be sure. I'll leave more detailed analysis of these numbers to others.
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is anyone here attending a district convention this coming weekend, june 14-16, 2013?
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Sorry, mine's July 5-7
i always felt that circuit overseers always acted as if they were some type of celebrity at the hall.people damn near worshipped these people.
i always felt like we should worship god and not these people or the governing bodyw while i was still in.. this was probably my process of eventually leaving..
Yea, we have the CO and the DO (a "work-with" week) at my hall this week. Fun to watch all the hypocritical ass-kissers showing up early (who normally show up at the last minute) and fawning all over these guys.
DO came to the literature counter doing his handshakings and greetings. Guy's hand was smooth as a baby's ass. Bet he's never done a day of hard work in his life.
it shows a bunch of happified people working on a house.
tagged with the scripture they build houses and have occupancy.
but in the picture they are all wearing hard hats and safety harnesses.
'tis okay. Anything that doesn't make sense can just be explained as a miracle by the Great and Powerful Jar-Hoover.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/jehovahs-witnesses-couple-from-jupiter-accused-of-/nyhx3/.
posted: 2:50 p.m. tuesday, june 11, 2013. jehovah's witnesses couple accused of neglecting child by feeding only fruits, vegetables and juicescomment(31) 21 191 22 477relatedview larger louis, claudelview larger louis, vanessaby alexandra seltzerpalm beach post staff writer.
a suburban jupiter couple is in the county jail today after they refused to give their 19-month-old boy the nutrients he needed, causing him to end up in a local hospital's intensive care unit.claudel and vanessa louis face charges of neglect of a child with great bodily harm.palm beach county sheriff's deputies were called to st. mary's medical center in west palm beach on june 5 to investigate the child neglect case.. the 19-month-old boy was admitted to the hospital may 24 after he had trouble breathing.the boy's doctor told the investigating deputy that the boy was severely malnourished, underdeveloped and was in respiratory distress, according to a sheriff's probable-cause affidavit.
as a last resort they took him to the doctor
These people should not be parents. Now or ever.
i downloaded the hobbit.
didn't see it in theaters because at nearly three hours, it's just too damned long.
not sure i'm going to make it through the whole movie.
Interesting. We shall see.
My main disappointment was that since PJ had stuck largely to the books in LotR, I thought he would do so in Hobbit. Still, as I said, it wasn't bad enough to prevent me from buying it when it came out. I guess when he decided to make Hobbit 3 movies instead of 2 ($$$), he needed some filler.
i downloaded the hobbit.
didn't see it in theaters because at nearly three hours, it's just too damned long.
not sure i'm going to make it through the whole movie.
I saw it and later bought it, just because I am a huge Hobbit/LotR fan. I was somewhat disappointed that it was FAR less faithful to the books than the LotR trilogy. (bout to get spoilery up in here, just in case you haven't seen it.)
Azog and Radagast are barely mentioned (just in passing) in the book. Here Azog is made a main antagonist and Radagast is given a much larger role (though I did find him amusing, so...) The whole thing with the Radagast, the witch king, the blade, and Saruman (who never appears in the book - he is soley an LotR character). - none of it int he book. If this stuff comes from Tolkien's supplementary works, that would pacify me somewhat, but as it is, AFAIK, ol PJ just made them out of whole cloth, which is a bit irksome.
Still, looking forward to parts 2 & 3 as they come out.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22869399.
look at the slant given to this news:.
in the days leading up to pope benedict xvi's resignation in february, the italian media carried many un-sourced reports that gay vatican clergymen had been working together to advance their personal interests, leaving the holy see vulnerable to blackmail.. or gay vatican clergymen have been working to overcome the church's hatred of gays?.
The Church believes that Jesus made the rules and the Church doesn't have the authority to change them.
So, where did Jesus forbid priests to marry? Or even establish a priesthood at all?
so ever since they discontinues the food service at the assemblies and dcs, jws have been "lovingly encouraged" to pack a light lunch to eat.
the secretary at the hall that i am held hostage in said during the service meeting that even a sub would be too heavy to eat, and that a light salad was the best option.
what do you fine people think is the real reason why, in the absence of food service, jws are told to not leave the building at lunch?
I loved the pasta salad at lunch. Mmmm...
.... damnit. Now I'm hungry.
