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  For Lurkers Only

  by nvrgnbk in

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  are you an active jehovah's witness?.

  i was when i found this place.. this place, jwd, didn't change that.. i knew that so many things were wrong with the organization.

  i was an elder.

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  snowbird

  So many, many newbies lately. The harvest is indeed great ...

  Snowbird

  p.s. By the way, where is nvr?
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  Do you suffer INTELLECTUAL STARVATION?

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  symptoms of intellectual starvation:.

  1.purposelessness, time-wasting, apathy, cynical desuetude.. 2.aimless hobbies that run out the clock.

  3.fluff reading.

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  snowbird

  I won't overanalize it.

  Freudian slip, perhaps?

  Snowbird
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  If Michael Vick were a Witness...

  by Numinous in

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  ...it would be fine to hang dogs as long as you weren't smoking while you were doing it.

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  I just can't feel bad for someone that would harm an animal or a person.

  NOW I get you. Thanks for the clarification.

  Snowbird
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  If Michael Vick were a Witness...

  by Numinous in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ...it would be fine to hang dogs as long as you weren't smoking while you were doing it.

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  That would explain why his brother Marcus is an even bigger ass. It doesn't justify their behavior but it does help explain it.

  That was my point. When you've been surrounded by brutality and ugliness from a tender age, it's hard to break away. I hope he gets intensive and extensive counseling. He certainly needs it.

  Snowbird
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  If Michael Vick were a Witness...

  by Numinous in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ...it would be fine to hang dogs as long as you weren't smoking while you were doing it.

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  What a disgusting person he is, how can anyone justify treating anymals in such a way?

  Lola

  I feel sorry for him. Have you read about his formative years? An understanding is everything.

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  Woodpecker Plan Has Big Price Tag

  by purplesofa in

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  2. current

  the ivory-billed woodpecker has thought to be extinct.

  a supposed siting(i am sure is on youtube) perked the interest of wildlife people all over the world.

  as the article points out, over a 5 year time span 27 million dollars is proposed to keep this bird from extinction again!

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  	Bird Guide Species Accounts Video Gallery		Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus Order PICIFORMES - Family PICIDAE For complete Life History Information on this species, visit Birds of North America Online. Pileated Woodpecker, male About the photographs range map Play sound from this species Pileated Woodpecker, female Menu Cool Facts Description Similar Species Sound Range Habitat Food Behavior Reproduction Conservation Status Other Names Nearly as large as a crow, the Pileated Woodpecker is the largest woodpecker in most of North America. Its loud ringing calls and huge, rectangular excavations in dead trees announce its presence in forests across the continent. Cool Facts The Pileated Woodpecker digs characteristically rectangular holes in trees to find ants. These excavations can be so broad and deep that they can cause small trees to break in half. A Pileated Woodpecker pair stays together on its territory all year round. It will defend the territory in all seasons, but will tolerate floaters during the winter. The feeding excavations of a Pileated Woodpecker are so extensive that they often attract other birds. Other woodpeckers, as well as House Wrens, may come and feed there. The Pileated Woodpecker prefers large trees for nesting. In young forests, it will use any large trees remaining from before the forest was cut. Because these trees are larger than the rest of the forest, they present a lightning hazard to the nesting birds. Description top Size: 40-49 cm (16-19 in) Wingspan: 66-75 cm (26-30 in) Weight: 250-350 g (8.83-12.36 ounces) Large woodpecker. Red crest on head. Black body. White in wings, at base of primaries, and underwing linings. White conspicuous in flight; at rest shows only as small white spot at front of wing. Black and white stripes on face. White stripe extending from base of bill down neck. White stripe above eye and below crown. Throat white. Bill thick and silvery gray. Yellowish feathers over nostrils. Legs and feet grayish black. Eyes yellow. Sex Differences Sexes similar, male has red crown and forehead and red in black mustache stripe. Female has gray to yellow-brown forehead and no red in mustache stripe. Immature Juvenile similar to adult, but has shorter crest and brown eyes. Similar Species No other living North American woodpecker is large and black with a red crest. The Ivory-billed Woodpecker is similar but even larger. It has a large pale white bill, a black throat, a black crown, a white line down the neck extending onto the back, and very large white patches in the wings. In flight, the trailing edge of the wing is black in Pileated Woodpecker and is white in Ivory-billed Woodpecker. Calls of pileated resemble those of Northern Flicker, but are louder and more ringing. Sound Call a loud, ringing "kuk-kuk-kuk." Drumming loud and resonant. »listen to songs of this species top Range Range Map © 2003 Cornell Lab of Ornithology About the map Summer Range Resident throughout southern Canada, Midwest, and East, westward to eastern North Dakota and eastern Texas. In western United States found along Pacific Coast and northern Rockies. Habitat Found in deciduous or coniferous forests with large trees. Food Insects, primarily carpenter ants and wood-boring beetle larvae, fruits, and nuts. Behavior Foraging Gleans from branches, trunks, and logs. Makes deep rectangular excavations in trees and logs. Pries off long slivers of wood to expose ants. Reproduction Nest Type Cavity in tree, usually dead tree. Cavity unlined except for wood chips. Egg Description White. Clutch Size Usually 4 eggs. Range: 1-6. Condition at Hatching Naked and helpless. top Conservation Status Pileated Woodpecker populations declined greatly with the clearing of the eastern forests. The species rebounded in the middle 20th century, and has been increasing slowly but steadily in most of its range. Only in Arkansas do numbers seem to be going down. Other Names Grand pic (French) Sources used to construct this page: top Bull, E. L., and J. A. Jackson. 1995. Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus). In The Birds of North America, No. 148 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, and The American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. Summary species account »
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  Need Your Opinion and Why...

  by brunnhilde in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  backstory: i just moved out of the house my soon-to-be-ex and i own together.

  he's staying until the house sells.

  in the meantime, i'm paying half the mortgage and half the utilities.

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  I would tell him if he wants to have "company," he'd better rent a room or go to "company's" place! What chutzpah!

  Snowbird
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  Do you suffer INTELLECTUAL STARVATION?

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  symptoms of intellectual starvation:.

  1.purposelessness, time-wasting, apathy, cynical desuetude.. 2.aimless hobbies that run out the clock.

  3.fluff reading.

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  Is the possibility of time-wasting here too? Certainly. Depends on which threads you respond to.

  LOL! Still kicking butts and taking names, huh Terry?

  Snowbird
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  Do you suffer INTELLECTUAL STARVATION?

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  symptoms of intellectual starvation:.

  1.purposelessness, time-wasting, apathy, cynical desuetude.. 2.aimless hobbies that run out the clock.

  3.fluff reading.

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  Let's see: desuetude =disuse and Fanzines = fan clubs. Hmmm, I don't think I'm guilty.

  I'm memorizing the names and numbers of the Presidents of the USA. I'm also cataloguing how many bore the name George, James, John, William, etc.

  The Bible fascinates me. Just this past week, I memorized the three-tribe grouping around the tabernacle. You never know when this stuff may come in handy.

  Thank you for your erudition.

  Snowbird
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  Mother Teresa doubted God's existence during her last years

  by Gregor in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  her personal diarys and letters have revealed she doubted gods reality and this in turn caused her to ask herself "is jesus true?

  " she no longer prayed right up until her death.

  in my opinion this in no way detracts from her being a wonderful, self sacrificing woman.

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  She was only human. Of course, the WTS is likely to have a field day with this.

  Do you think these verses will have any effect on their condemnation of her?

  Matthew 27:45 Now from the sixth hour darkness fell over all the land until the ninth hour. (46) And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?

  Snowbird