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  Those "Passion arousing jungle rythyms" !

  by wobble in

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  do any of you remember the wt putting those words in print ?.

  i remember when i read them that i thought "they don't give me a hard-on", now, slow dancing close to a lovely lady, that was different,.

  i was pleased to see her !.

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  One of my JW mom's old 45's that I danced to as a little girl:
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pvf_YKBYJVI

  And the flip side… for Ms. Ziddy.
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyWYSNUQ8H8
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  NZ & AUS: Soundgarden Tour

  by betterdaze in

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  *finally* got to hear/see soundgarden live this past summer... now you can, too.

  soundgarden made their thunderous return to the stage this summer with a run of north american tour dates throughout july.

  it's been fifteen years since they last performed outside of the us.

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  *Finally* got to hear/see Soundgarden live this past summer… Now you can, too.
  
  ~Sue

  Soundgarden made their thunderous return to the stage this summer with a run of North American tour dates throughout July. It's been fifteen years since they last performed outside of the US. Now, we'd like to announce Soundgarden is headlining the 20th Anniversary of the Big Day Out Festival in New Zealand and Australia. Soundgarden played their first BIG DAY OUT in 1994 – the year Superunknown was released. In 1997, they returned for an encore. 2012 will bring the group’s long-awaited return down under.
  
  http://www.bigdayout.com/
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  Customers arrested for trying to take their money out of Citibank & Bank of America

  by flyphisher in

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  http://geraldcelentechannel.blogspot.com/2011/10/customers-arrested-for-trying-to-take.html.

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  These "customers" don't realize that banks have surveillance cameras, too? From start to finish, the entire childish escapade was filmed.
  
  The police will have that footage, plus an arrest list to cross-check with Citibank's actual account holders. Duh!

  And the beauty of it all? Already-gouged taxpayers have the honor of footing the bill for court costs and police overtime.
  
  ~Sue
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  Obama orders troops to Africa

  by straightshooter in

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  president obama has ordered the deployment of troops to uganda to assist in the capture of joseph kony.

  kony is the leader of the lord's resistance army.

  kony and his followers have committed horrible atrocities.

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  Uganda's Oil: A bonanza beckons
  
  Obama doesn't give a flying fart about Ugandans. The goal here is to rape his African countrymen out of their natural resources before the Chinese can do the same.
  
  ~Sue
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  Getting rid of HUGE JW library

  by jukief in

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  my husband, alanf, started collecting jw literature about 20 years ago when he began his indepth research into the religion.

  his collection includes just about everything the society has ever published, from books and magazines down to booklets, pamphlets, and handbills.

  some pieces are quite rare.

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  Please consider donating the collection to a university where it could be properly archived to serve as a public resource.

  Or here: http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/

  It's American cultural history, after all.
  
  ~Sue
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  I Called the Headquarters About the "Slaughter of Apostates" Quote

  by DT in

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  in case you haven't heard, the november 15, 2011 watchtower, page 5 made this comment.

  "today, no servant of jehovah uses physical force against opponents of pureworship.

  "vengeance is mine," god says.

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  The Personal Web Page of Ray Hobbs
  Author, Lecturer and Generally Nice Guy
  
  Meet Ray Hobbs
  
  T.R. (Ray) Hobbs was born in Pontypridd Wales, in 1942, and is a Canadian citizen. He is an author of three books and several articles on Theological and Biblical subjects, with special emphasis on the social and cultural background to the Old and New Testaments.
  
  Ray received his education at the University of London (B.D., Ph.D.) at the University of Zürich, Switzerland (three years’ postgraduate study) and at the International Theological Seminary, Rüschlikon, Switzerland (M.Th.)
  
  From 1969 until 1995 he taught at McMaster Divinity College and McMaster University, Hamilton, where he was Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament Interpretation. From January 1996 until June 1998 he was professor of Old Testament at the International Theological Seminary, Prague, The Czech Republic. Since 1998 he has enjoyed an early retirement from ‘regular’ work, but writes much and lectures occasionally at McMaster University and elsewhere.
  
  Ray’s special interest is in ancient military history, especially as it applies to Old and New Testament interpretation.
  
  (E-mail address at link.)
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  “Reading Between the Lines”: Belgian architects construct see-through church

  by betterdaze in

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  belgian architech duo gijs van vaerenbergh constructs see-through church.

  amir iliaifar | september 25, 2011. .

  inspiration for art can be found anywhere, from the most banal things to the most extraordinary.

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  Belgian architech duo Gijs Van Vaerenbergh constructs see-through church
  Amir Iliaifar | September 25, 2011
  
  

  Inspiration for art can be found anywhere, from the most banal things to the most extraordinary. Sometimes what begins as banal, through art, can become extraordinary and Belgian architect duo Pieterjan Gijs and Arnuot Van Vaerenbergh have achieved just that with their construction of a see-through steel framed church.
  
  The term ‘transparency’ has found its way into many aspects of society, from politics to policy, economics to religion. And it is the latter that the young Belgian architects have chosen to focus on and take inspiration from. Known collectively as Gijs Van Vaerenbergh in Belgian architectural vernacular, the duo have collaborated to design and construct a see-through church in the Belgian region of Haspengouw. This particular project is part of a long-term art installation in different locations of Limburg, the Netherlands over the next five years as part of the Z-OUT project for Z33 House for Contemporary Art.
  
  The ten meter structure is made of 100 stacked layers and 2000 columns of steel plates. Depending on where you stand, the church can appear to look like a traditional structure, however change your point of perspective and the seemingly solid walls seem to vanish before your eyes.
  
  According to the architects, the amount of people attending churches is on the decline, particularly in the Netherlands, with increasing amounts of abandoned churches which is an issue of concern among several artists. With this in mind, the architects in cooperation with Z33 named this project “Reading Between the Lines” - which implies a perceived, obscure, or unexpressed meaning. While most associate the meaning of transparency to mean that nothing is hidden, everything is in plain sight, the idea behind “Reading Between the Lines” extends this idea of transparency onto the church and equally onto the observer who must learn to read between the lines even among things that are seemingly transparent.Just because you can see something doesn’t make it real, neither does something not exist because it can’t be seen.
  
  [Photos copyright Kristof Vrancken/Z33]
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: the Holocaust didn't happen, there are no homosexuals in Iran (he thinks he killed them all?), and....

  by glenster in

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  iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad has said he believes - as an.

  engineer - the world trade center towers could not have been brought.

  down by aircraft.. interviewed after his address to the un general assembly sparked a. walkout, he told the ap news agency some kind of planned explosion.

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  Apparently, "He will come alongside with Jesus Christ."
  
  ~Sue
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  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: the Holocaust didn't happen, there are no homosexuals in Iran (he thinks he killed them all?), and....

  by glenster in

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  iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad has said he believes - as an.

  engineer - the world trade center towers could not have been brought.

  down by aircraft.. interviewed after his address to the un general assembly sparked a. walkout, he told the ap news agency some kind of planned explosion.

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  Ahmadinejad United Nations Speech: Full Text Transcript
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  Does A City Have A Right To Limit "Bible Study" In A Home With A Group Of People?

  by minimus in

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  i saw an article today about a ban on home bible studies in california (san juan capastrano).

  if more than 3 were involved, it was considered by the town, a "church".. i don't think this was posted here.. to me, this is really going too far!!

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  As has already been brought out on the two previous threads, it is a simple zoning issue.
  
  ~Sue
  
  
  WHAT IS A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT?
  
  A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT (CUP) allows a city or county to consider special uses which may be essential or desirable to a particular community, but which are not allowed as a matter of right within a zoning district, through a public hearing process. A conditional use permit can provide flexibility within a zoning ordinance. Another traditional purpose of the conditional use permit is to enable a municipality to control certain uses which could have detrimental effects on the community (Neighborhood Action Group v. County of Calaveras (1984) 156 Cal.App.3d 1176).
  
  Consideration of a CUP is a discretionary act. A CUP application tendered by a project proponent is considered at a public hearing and, if approved, is generally subject to a number of pertinent conditions of approval. Depending on local ordinance requirements, hearings are typically held by a board of zoning, the planning commission, or a zoning administrator. The owners of property near the site are sent advance notice of the date, time, and place of the hearing.
  
  Examples of common uses allowed with a conditional use permit can be found in any city or county zoning ordinance. For example, Santa Rosa's zoning ordinance lists uses which may be permitted within single-family residential districts with a conditional use permit. These uses include churches, public or private schools, public building or utility structures, parking lots, temporary subdivision sales offices, and community care and health care facilities. Chico's zoning ordinance lists various uses permitted with a use permit issued by either a planning director or planning commission. These uses include temporary amusement attractions, the placement of a building or structure on a lot or parcel which has been moved from another lot or parcel, public buildings and facilities, parking or access located off-site from the site being served, private recreation centers, and planned developments. Each city or county may include in their zoning ordinance a wide variety of uses which they will permit with a conditional use permit.

  (More at link.)