Posts by compound complex

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"Kingdom Rhapsody"...WTF???

by stuckinarut2 in

i just cant begin to express my reactions to this....just watch it right through and see what i mean..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poxpsj5s4q4.

In its most general sense, a fair use is any copying of copyrighted material done for a limited and “transformative” purpose, such as to comment upon, criticize, or parody a copyrighted work. Such uses can be done without permission from the copyright owner. In other words, fair use is a defense against a claim of copyright infringement. If your use qualifies as a fair use, then it would not be considered an infringement.

A parody is a work that ridicules another, usually well-known work, by imitating it in a comic way. Judges understand that, by its nature, parody demands some taking from the original work being parodied. Unlike other forms of fair use, a fairly extensive use of the original work is permitted in a parody in order to “conjure up” the original.

https://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/fair-use/what-is-fair-use/

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Old Goat

by vienne in

some of you may remember old goat who used to post here.

he died last night in his sleep.

he was 92 years old.

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Did anyone else have a JW "sliding doors" moment when they made the wrong call.

by dozy in

reading the thread on mind numbing meetings reminds me of the following event that occurred when i was about 19.. i'd got a full time job away after leaving school and was working about 20 miles away - thursday night meetings necessitated working later , catching a 6.10pm bus after work and walking 10 minutes or so straight to the kh , often arriving just as the meetings were starting or a few minutes late and getting the "evil eye" from some of the jws when i arrived.

my parents ( father was the presiding overseer ) would bring my clothes in the car and i would get changed into my suit in the kh toilets.. it was one of those moments when all the stars seemed to align.

i had had a particularly stressful day at work and was even more tired & hungry than usual on a thursday night.

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(((((dozy)))))

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Artists

by Incognigo Montoya in

as a child i naturally inherited an interest in art, drawing and painting to be specific.

being a jw, the paintings and drawings in the literature always caught my eye and piqued my interest.

as i got older, and bettered my artistic abilities, i was often encouraged to put bethel as a goal, though it was family friends more so than my parents who suggested that i should pursue a bethel career, using my artistic skills.

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Landscape

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Is is true one of the new residence buildings at Warwick was never used and lays empty?

by nowwhat? in

if true what a waste of dedicated funds that could have been used to build 1000's of k.h's in africa.

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"THERE IS NO PAST we can bring back by longing for it, only a present that builds and creates itself as the past withdraws." -- Evelyn Greenslade, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

We who have given up on the notion of living forever in paradise have moved on with our lives, making the best use of our remaining days. Strangely, I have a quiet sense of purpose and contentment as I embark upon my seventh decade. I don't need "forever."

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My sister passed away this evening

by smiddy3 in

it was only about two months ago she was diagnosed with lung cancer and she was a non smoker .. she was never a jw and she never held it against me that i was for 33 years.. we had a good relationship even though we lived in different states about 2000 miles apart,.. tears are rolling down my cheeks as i type this .

r.i.p.

sylvia .

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((((((So Sorry, Smiddy and family)))))

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Fighting over table space with JWs

by compound complex in

jw
friends

the grammar table, set up in upper west side manhattan by ellen jovin, is the place to learn about the oxford comma, gerunds, conjunctive adverbs, et al.. "on rainy days, the competition between word proselytizers and the word proselytizers can be intense.

'i'm often in competition with jehovah's witnesses for the space,' she said.

earlier in the week, she found a favorite under-the-eave perch had been snagged.

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Thank you, stillin, fro replying.

I was beginning to despair of no one's commenting! Yes, I have read the above title and used it in class. My favorite lines:

The student, said the teacher, is crazy.

The student said the teacher is crazy.

World of difference, according to one's perspective.

Happy trails!

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Fighting over table space with JWs

by compound complex in

jw
friends

the grammar table, set up in upper west side manhattan by ellen jovin, is the place to learn about the oxford comma, gerunds, conjunctive adverbs, et al.. "on rainy days, the competition between word proselytizers and the word proselytizers can be intense.

'i'm often in competition with jehovah's witnesses for the space,' she said.

earlier in the week, she found a favorite under-the-eave perch had been snagged.

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A class-action lawsuit about overtime pay for truck drivers hinged entirely on a debate that has bitterly divided friends, families and foes: The dreaded — or totally necessary — Oxford comma, perhaps the most polarizing of punctuation marks.

What ensued in the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and in a 29-page court decision handed down on Monday, was an exercise in high-stakes grammar pedantry that could cost a dairy company in Portland, Me., an estimated $10 million.

In 2014, three truck drivers sued Oakhurst Dairy, seeking more than four years’ worth of overtime pay that they had been denied. Maine law requires workers to be paid 1.5 times their normal rate for each hour worked after 40 hours, but it carves out some exemptions.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/us/oxford-comma-lawsuit.html

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Fighting over table space with JWs

by compound complex in

jw
friends

the grammar table, set up in upper west side manhattan by ellen jovin, is the place to learn about the oxford comma, gerunds, conjunctive adverbs, et al.. "on rainy days, the competition between word proselytizers and the word proselytizers can be intense.

'i'm often in competition with jehovah's witnesses for the space,' she said.

earlier in the week, she found a favorite under-the-eave perch had been snagged.

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The Grammar Table, set up in Upper West Side Manhattan by Ellen Jovin, is the place to learn about the Oxford comma, gerunds, conjunctive adverbs, et al.

"On rainy days, the competition between word proselytizers and The Word proselytizers can be intense. 'I'm often in competition with Jehovah's Witnesses for the space,' she said. Earlier in the week, she found a favorite under-the-eave perch had been snagged. "My grammar books got rained on,' she said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/20/style/grammar-table-ellen-jovin.html

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A big shout out to the NHS

by moley in

last week i suffered two heart attacks, first one occurred while i was at home, phoned for an ambulance which promptly arrived and whisked me off too hospital, docs decided i needed a stent and during the angioplasty i had a massive heart attack according to the doc that did it.

i was unaware as i was out.

but what i want to say is what an amazing organisation the nhs is.

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I'm grateful you survived the ordeal, moley, and are doing better now. Smiddy, et al., too!

Here in the US, being poor doesn't prevent good care. Similarly, when I had severe angina and subsequent myocardial infarction -- is that what they call the heart attack? -- I had two ambulance ferries to two different hospitals. In ER alone, I counted some 12-plus medical personnel who attended to me one way or another. I remembered their names and sent them a thank you letter. They were caring and efficient.

When the bills came, Medicare paid the lion's share (they paid 80%, yet it was only some 20% of what the hospital charged, I recall). Since I don't have supplemental, I had a 20% copay. Was I worried? Sure, at first, but I was allowed to make interest-free monthly payments to the hospital; some companies who performed services asked what I could pay; some forgave the balance after several good-faith payments, etc.

I'm sure there are horror stories out there. In my case, however, it was compassion and caring and cooperation vis-a-vis my financial circumstances. Can you imagine my joy when I made the last $40 installment (the highest monthly payment)?

Best wishes toward a speedy recovery.

CoCo