I saw some of this on another board. If you divide the hours by the number of baptisms, it takes 7,000 hour to reach one baptism. If you take the amount of the actual increase (which is about 100,000 less than the number of baptisms) it takes 11,000 hours to get one more publisher. This has to be about the most inefficient human activity ever. And that does not account for the fact that a good number of their baptisms are the children of witnesses.
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Toddler accidentally shoots woman dead in Idaho Walmart
by nicolaou ina woman has been shot dead by a 2-year-old in a wal-mart store in idaho.. .
the 29-year-old was shopping with four children in the store in hayden, when the two-year-old reached into her handbag and fired the weapon, shooting her dead.. initial reports suggested the woman was the boy's mother, but the police have said that this is as yet unclear how they are related.. source; http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/toddler-accidentally-shoots-woman-in-idaho-walmart-9950847.html.
i've nothing to add to my past comments on americas psychotic relationship with guns.
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JeffT
Has anybody ever thought of ways of dealing with this besides banning guns?
In my opinion Simon is on the right track, if we follow that train of thought to its conclusion. Requiring insurance is not a burden. I've got a one million dollar umbrella policy that (bundled with my home and auto insurance) costs $12 a month. We already license gun owners who hunt and carry concealed weapons. Why not license them all?
How about universal safety training? We teach junior high school kids to put condoms on bananas so nobody gets hurt if a loaded penis goes off, why not teach them how to handle a gun? I've been around guns my entire life. I know how to check the safety and determine if a gun is loaded. I also know not to point it at anything I don't plan on shooting. These points got beat into my head so long ago and so emphatically they are now automatic. That kind of training might have prevented this tragedy.
There is a problem with gun culture in this country. That culture is located in our cities, twelve of which are responsible for one quarter of all gun deaths. But we don't talk about that, I guess because its politically incorrect.
Simon, you're point about Canada having lots of guns and far fewer deaths actually proves the point a lot of us are trying to make. Its not the guns, its the people.
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JeffT
Stay sober.
Exercise more.
Once again I'm vowing to work hard on getting a novel published.
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blood hemoglobin
by crazyguy1 init seems as though since 2006 the borg allows red blood cells minus the skin of the cell.
so my question is why would the cells outer skin be removed?
i maybe completely wrong on this but its my understanding that this is the only part of the red blood cells that is not allowed by the borg?
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I have no idea what you're talking about. Red blood cells don't have "skin." Extracting the nucleus would be a seriously complex task. Extracting hemoglobin can be done, but I suspect that is more for laboratory analysis than surgical applications.
I think there are some attempts to make artificial hemoglobin, I don't know the status or the research.
Do you have a link to an article?
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Any luck kicking the bottle?
by Ignoranceisbliss inas i continue my sllllooooooowwwwwww fade one of the things that i want to do is better myself as a person.
one of my biggest pitfalls has always been drinking.
i don't think i am an alcoholic but at the same time i've never been a very good drinker.
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JeffT
I had my last drink on August 28, 2005. I've been active in AA since then.
Two things to keep in mind at the outset: there is a difference between a problem drinker and an alcoholic. A problem drinker can find ways to quite or manage the problem. Alcoholism is a medical condition, at least partially genetic in origin; we metabolize alcohol differently. This makes it pretty much impossible to quit without help. That help can take different forms, but will always require professional help.
What kind of drinker are you? Nobody but yourself can answer that question. However, if think you might have a problem, you should seriously examine that question. BTW, alcoholics come in many varieties, not all get drunk all the time.
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Steve Pinker ... evidence on the surprising decline in violence
by digderidoo inthis is an interesting lecture.
one that flies in the face of current jw and i assume most non jw thinking.
evidence shows that when examining history mankind was more violent over the centuries than they were during the 20th and 21st century.
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JeffT
So increased wars and violence mean that it's almost time for God's Kingdom to arrive.
Inreased peace and less violence mean that it's almost time for God's Kingdome to arrive.
This is a great example of an unfalsifyable hypothesis.
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Looks like ABC New York got the okay.
by truthseekeriam inhttp://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.gov/search/case/dockets.cfm?dist=1&doc_id=2025979&doc_no=a136641.
12/19/2014order filed.
upon due consideration, the media request of applicant abc news to make a video recording of oral argument in the above-referenced appeal is granted.
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JeffT
We'll have to watch for when they air something from this. My guess is it will be on 20/20.
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From 1 to 10, how do you rate the value of the Internet in your awakening?
by Hidden-Window inas we all know, the internet is a real game-changer in allowing us to know the truth about the watch tower and its history.
i always had doubts and it was the internet that presented me with the ever-growing number of individuals who were going through a similar struggle.. i give the internet a 9 in my awakening.
what about you?.
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Zero.
The internet didn't exist when we left. Did all our research at the library.
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JW caregiver married grandfather with dementia
by Paige2014 ini am so angry and i need to vent.
a jw who was hired to be a caregiver for my grandfather in the early stages of dementia went and married him over the objection of family, the gal and the va social worker.
this happened several years ago.
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I am very involved in my 92-year-old mother's care. I highly recommend contacting Adult Protective Services to look into this. If its above board, nothing else will happen. If something is amiss, looking into it is there job.
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Sister in congregation diagnosed w/AML Leukemia. I'm so mad right now.
by azor ini just need to vent.
i want to scream from the rooftops right now.
life is hard enough when you battle blood cancer but is an unnecessary evil put upon good people by this evil cult.
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Azor, what part of the world are you in? I have some major contacts in the Leukemia treatment community (my father was a major player in developing bone marrow transplants). PM me if you want.
The WTBS position on blood is nonsensical and suicidal.