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  How Science has advanced since the Victorian Era...

  by ziddina in

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  buttonhooks, steam-run horseless carriages, corsets, steamships, gaslight streetlights, wax candles..... these things were considered the 'latest' in "modern conveniences" during the victorian era.. the victorian era also ushered in some exciting new scientific discoveries and inventions - uranium, x-rays, electric telegraphs, bicycles, and a good part of the industrial revolution.. of course, nowadays we wouldn't dream of using buttonhooks to 'button up' our shoes, nor would we even consider having a steam-powered "horseless carriage" in our garage.. we wouldn't allow a dentist to work on us using 19th-century tools or techniques, nor would we trust a psychologist who insisted on using "phrenology" to determine why we have mood swings or depressions....

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  Robert7, please do NOT allow SPARKY to be "PUT DOWN"!!!!!!

  by ziddina in

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  robert, i've given you my contact information and i'm going to pm it again - please please please pass it along to whomever has the cat right now.. i have pets, and it would kill me to think that, if i were dreadfully sick or lay dying, that my beloved pets were going to be dumped into an animal pound or put down, just because no one would take them..... to you, perhaps, it's just a cat, but the cat was oompa's 'friend', and i'd like to try to save him.. as to 'biting' - heck, i've two cats right now who are - actually, were - 'biters'.

  they both stopped biting after they'd been here in a loving, stable environment for a while - well, that, and when they bit me, i grabbed 'em by the scruff and told them in no uncertain terms that that sort of behavior would not be tolerated.... both have stopped biting - well, chomper [guess how he got his name?

  ] still gives me little 'love nips', but nothing like he used to.... so please, let's not write off oompa's cat yet!!!.

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  "How Smart Can We Get?" Program on PBS tonight...

  by ziddina in

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  this was briefly mentioned on another thread, and i wanted to bring it to peoples' attention.... .

  pbs' "nova sciencenow" program tonight is titled, "how smart can we get?".

  the program description reads:.

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  Vangogh, Welcome to the board!!!

  by ziddina in

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  i'd just like to say hello and welcome to one of our newest members, vangogh.... though he [she?

  ] hasn't posted a "hello" thread yet, here is his first post with a mini-autobiography.... http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/240404/1/all-things-given-to-us.

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  Hello, Satinka!! If you're reading this, I just wanted to say "Hi!"

  by ziddina in

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  has anyone heard from satinka lately??.

  she and i used to have such fun on my "smileys" thread, but i haven't seen her for a few months.. i hope she's doing well...?

  satinka - zid sends hearts!!!.

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  "Truth Be Told" - the movie...

  by ziddina in

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  well, i had the rare opportunity to see this movie tonight, and i would highly recommed it for all ex-jehovah's witnesses!!!.

  the documentary film basically consisted of a series of interviews with ex-jehovah's witnesses.. instead of having one interview with the first person, then proceedeing on to the next one, however, mr. smith put together footage from each interview specific to a topic - what it was like being a small child when the parents converted, what it was like being dragged to the meetings and out in "service" as a small child, what it was like missing out on christmas, birthdays and other fun holidays, what it was like going to school and feeling different or isolated, what it was like being denied - "discouraged" - from getting a college education, what it was like dating - or "non-dating" in the religion, what it was like having one's sexual behaviors controlled and censured, what it was like being disfellowshipped, and so on.... as the film's director, gregorio smith said, his "target audience" was three-fold.... ex-jehovah's witnesses, who would be most likely to identify with the people in the film.... non-jehovah's witnesses - "worldly" people - who are interested in or might be considering joining the religion.... and the group least likely to actually see the movie - active jehovah's witnesses - however, disenchanted jws and those considering an exit might be more likely to view it.. it was well done.

  the movie used a somewhat non-threatening approach, as opposed to a confrontational or sensationalistic technique.. there wasn't anything actually new in the movie's information, though one comment made by a young man - gregorio's brother, i think - really hit home... regarding the practice of making small children go door-to-door proselytising, he said:.

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  In Memory of Sheeba

  by ziddina in

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  (i'm not sure this is the correct sub-heading, but - since i was her 'doggie-mommie'...).

  this is in tribute to the best doggie weve ever had, sheeba.

  i first met sheeba in the autumn of 1997. id been driving past the local countys animal shelter the dog pound for several years.

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  Yurts - Relatively Safe Housing for Earthquake-Prone Areas???

  by ziddina in

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  i've always had a fascination for yurts... and i've been wondering - wouldn't these make wonderful homes for earthquake-prone areas with a relatively mild climate?.

  [and the board is acting funny again... hope these pictures post...] .

  notice the lightweight wooden framework.

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  Homo Australipithecus / Hablis / Erectus / Heidelbergensis / Neanderthalensis / Denisovans

  by ziddina in

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  whew!.

  that thread title's a mouthful!!.

  first, i'm going to start out by re-posting the comments regarding neanderthals from this thread, starting on page #5:.

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  Fashion Models' badly damaged feet...

  by ziddina in

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  i hope that this link works.... go to this link.... http://www.vogue.co.uk/fashion/trends/2012-spring-summer/mules/gallery# .

  and click on one of the pictures.

  that should start the "slide show".... then move your mouse/cursor over the picture.

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