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Watchtower found guilty ruled to pay 7 million to 1 victim? wow

by yourmomma in

is this recent?

http://www.silentlambs.org/oaklandlawsuit.htm.

i havent seen anyone post about it, the link has a pdf on it of the court documents, and it looks like the stamp is from 5/12 but its blurry.. .

Jim_TX

I find it interesting too - like someone else posted - that the timing of this case coincided with the trial of Jerry Sandusky. This may be helping push the jurors (and judge) towards the decisions that they are making.

I know that they aren't supposed to be watching TV or listening to radio while serving on the jury (so as to not be unduly influenced by media reports), but I'm sure that some are... it's kind of difficult to not be exposed to media reports, especially over the course of a month. The Jerry Sandusky story has been out for a while, so they would have been exposed to it prior to being sworn in as jurors.

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Watchtower found guilty ruled to pay 7 million to 1 victim? wow

by yourmomma in

is this recent?

http://www.silentlambs.org/oaklandlawsuit.htm.

i havent seen anyone post about it, the link has a pdf on it of the court documents, and it looks like the stamp is from 5/12 but its blurry.. .

Jim_TX

Barbara said - Watch Tower of Pennsylvania was not part of this lawsuit. This is what I was told. However, people don't always get their facts straight and I can only repeat what I'm told that is if they give me permission to do so.

Well, reading through all of the legal documents posted on the aforementioned website, WT of PA _was_ initially listed as one of those being sued, as well as WT of NY. It was dropped on 01/09/2012. No reason was given, though.

Has anyone else been reading through the court documents? Interesting reading.

Edited: I see Ann O'Maley already posted the info... I was late to the party.

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Watchtower found guilty ruled to pay 7 million to 1 victim? wow

by yourmomma in

is this recent?

http://www.silentlambs.org/oaklandlawsuit.htm.

i havent seen anyone post about it, the link has a pdf on it of the court documents, and it looks like the stamp is from 5/12 but its blurry.. .

Jim_TX

Thanks you Barbara for the update on this.

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Watchtower found guilty ruled to pay 7 million to 1 victim? wow

by yourmomma in

is this recent?

http://www.silentlambs.org/oaklandlawsuit.htm.

i havent seen anyone post about it, the link has a pdf on it of the court documents, and it looks like the stamp is from 5/12 but its blurry.. .

Jim_TX

One question that I would have is - Does the WTBTS own the Kingdom Hall that is being sued? (North Congregation - Freemont, CA) If they do, then that would be a tie-in directly to the WTBTS, I would think. (Although, I'm no lawyer.)

It would also seem that there would be some liability to the owner (WTBTS) for anything that goes on - on their property.

Anyway... the outcome of this case is great, so far!

Regards,

Jim TX

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Watchtower found guilty ruled to pay 7 million to 1 victim? wow

by yourmomma in

is this recent?

http://www.silentlambs.org/oaklandlawsuit.htm.

i havent seen anyone post about it, the link has a pdf on it of the court documents, and it looks like the stamp is from 5/12 but its blurry.. .

Jim_TX

Taking it to a 'local' level... I would think that the 'North Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, Freemont California' has some 'splainin to do. It will probably be dissolved, or the 'elders' replaced in entirety.

Of course... the elders only did as they were told, but that's no excuse.

Sidenote: if you are reading the court proceedings, you will notice that 'The Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses' is named in the suit, and is always a 'no show' in court.

Regards,

Jim TX

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How would you like it if Jehovah took a vacation from you?

by irondork in

from the platform: when encouraging school-age children to use their summer, and adults to use their secular vacations for pioneering, we were asked, how would you like it if jehovah took a vacation from you?.

w/82 5/15 zealous parents produce missionaries p.11.

we were brought up in a happy theocratic home where our parents helped us to love and live the truth.

Jim_TX

Umm... one could argue that the great Jeehoover has been taking a vacation for the last several thousand years or so? He hasn't been heard from nor has he left a forwarding address.

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100 watt incandescent bulbs banned: What now?

by WTWizard in

jw
friends

this is a trend throughout the world, and the united tyranny of stupidity has joined the ranks of countries where you can no longer get a 100 watt incandescent light bulb.

next year, the 75 watt bulbs go.

and, in 2016, even the halogen lights that replace them are slated for bans.. where to turn to now?

Jim_TX

Slightly off-topic, but since we're talking about LED lighting, I told my boss about a month ago that what I see - as for a direction that LED lighting will take - is LED lighting becoming part of the ethernet.

Right now, there is a POE (Power Over Ethernet) that is available on some of the ethernets that are being installed in buildings (and I assume homes).

It's a 45-Volt @ 350mA. This is the first generation POE, the newer POE specs provide more power, but high-power LEDs use 350mA, so this is adequate. 45-volts would allow for 12 LEDs to be connected in series. This is quite a bit of light, assuming the 100 Lumens per LED that is available (roughly equivalent to a 150-watt incandescent bulb).

Then there would be the feature of being able to put the lighting system onto the ethernet, allowing for remote control and monitoring.

As for the actual LED light system, it could be something like a 'glow panel' that hangs on the wall right near the ethernet plug.

That's my crystal ball prediction for the day. Whenever it happens, you can tell your friends that you heard it here first.

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100 watt incandescent bulbs banned: What now?

by WTWizard in

jw
friends

this is a trend throughout the world, and the united tyranny of stupidity has joined the ranks of countries where you can no longer get a 100 watt incandescent light bulb.

next year, the 75 watt bulbs go.

and, in 2016, even the halogen lights that replace them are slated for bans.. where to turn to now?

Jim_TX

How about some pics Jim?

I have posted photos of my LED lighting and my solar system on my Facebook account. I should post some new photos, though, showing some of the more recent stuff I've been doing.

The thing to keep in mind - I'm not an engineer - I don't have a degree. I'm just a tinkerer. I enjoy playing with solar and LEDs. They're (in my opinion) a perfect combination.

Regards,

Jim TX

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100 watt incandescent bulbs banned: What now?

by WTWizard in

jw
friends

this is a trend throughout the world, and the united tyranny of stupidity has joined the ranks of countries where you can no longer get a 100 watt incandescent light bulb.

next year, the 75 watt bulbs go.

and, in 2016, even the halogen lights that replace them are slated for bans.. where to turn to now?

Jim_TX

My job enables me to see some of the LEDs and lighting control ICs that are being manufactured to help the LED lighting industry. There are some really impressive things going on, and it is only a matter of time before you will start seeing them at your local Lowe's or other retail outlet.

One of the issues that the higher power LEDs have is that they also create heat. In order to be able to dissipate that heat, the designers will usually use aluminum heatsinks. In my opinion, this is a negative. Aluminum is not as good as copper at dissipating heat. Not only that, it takes twice as much aluminum to dissipate the same amount of heat as copper. With my personal designs, I use copper heatsinks, and am able to control the heat much better - even with my 500 to 2000 Lumen lighttubes.

Another thing that is hampering LEDs from being accepted as normal lighting is that the incandescent bulbs are round and put out light in 360 degrees. Even the CFLs had to be scrunched down to fit into the incandescent bulb size.

It is my opinion that for LEDs to be accepted as lighting in the home that we need to redefine our lighting systems, going beyond the round edison-base bulbs of yesteryear. LEDs allow for more aesthetic designs and styles to be used in lighting. I envision 'lightwalls' like I have at home, and like we've all seen in futuristic sci-fi movies, where the whole wall lights up - or glows. We are beginning to see some of these artistic LED forms in the automotive industry with LED headlights and taillights.

This same approach now needs to be applied to home lighting systems. We need to think outside the box as it were. Even cooling LEDs can be easier, if combined with plumbing with water running through the heatsinks, cooling the LEDs and at the same time heating water which can then be used. This would allow for much higher powered LED lighting systems to be deployed.

Just my ramblings on this...

Regards,

Jim TX

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How did you long-timers do it before the internet / Ray Franz books / abundant information?

by irondork in

jw
friends

with all the tools and information at the disposal of newly awakened ones, it's still no easy task coming to terms with the magnitude of it all.

it still takes a lot of gut-wrenching time and effort to get to the point where you are sure you made the right decision to leave.. .

how did you long-timers (old-timers, respectfully) manage it without crisis of conscience, christian freedom, jwn, jwfacts, freeminds, access to thousands of fellow survivors with stories just like yours?.

Jim_TX

I quit going to meetings and such back around 1983 or so. I never got promoted to MS or anything, and had no 'career path' as a JW like others did. I guess I knew something was wrong, I just didn't verbalize (mentalize?) it.

I withdrew myself from associating with a lot of the JWs, although I still associated with in-laws who were JWs.

Around 1999 or 2000, I found a web site that no longer exists, for ex-JWs (Tim Campbell's). I started reading what others were saying and realized that I was not alone. There were others who had left.

So, while I had left many years earlier, I did not know that others had just walked away, too.

I didn't have any 'bright light' revelation like many who have already posted here, but I just left. I've never been DF'ed for it, that I know of, and I never DA'ed.

Regards,

Jim TX

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