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  Man to be jailed for writing child porn stories

  by joenobody in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2009/10/29/11570841.html.

  man to be jailed for writing child porn storiesby megan gillis, courts bureau.

  a man got the minimum sentence of 14 days in jail thursday for possessing child pornography stories about sex involving teen girls and incest he wrote himself and never tried to publish or share.. judge hugh fraser called the facts in the case of michael jay thomas rather unique because it dealt only with written material.. thomas, 43, pleaded guilty to one count of possessing child pornography.

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  joenobody

  http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2009/10/29/11570841.html

  Man to be jailed for writing child porn stories

  By MEGAN GILLIS, COURTS BUREAU

  A man got the minimum sentence of 14 days in jail Thursday for possessing child pornography — stories about sex involving teen girls and incest he wrote himself and never tried to publish or share.

  Judge Hugh Fraser called the facts in the case of Michael Jay Thomas “rather unique” because it dealt only with written material.

  Thomas, 43, pleaded guilty to one count of possessing child pornography. The 10 stories found on a computer hard drive are now sealed.

  “We don’t have real, live victims in this particular case,” defence lawyer Catherine Huot said in sentencing submissions.

  The law defines child pornography as material whose “dominant characteristic is the description, for a sexual purpose, of sexual activity” with someone under 18.

  Under the law, an accused could try to argue artistic merit as a defence.

  The Crown had sought three to four months in jail.

  Thomas was charged after police were contacted in December 2008 by employees of Future Shop — where he worked — regarding written material found on a demo computer.

  His resume was in the same folder.

  Thomas admitted that he’d written some of the stories and also edited material he found on the Internet.

  Fraser concluded the collection was small, involved teens and Thomas poses little risk to kids.

  He went to the Royal Ottawa Hospital for help on his own. A psychiatrist did phallometric testing and found him to be a low risk to reoffend. He was even lower risk where “live children” are concerned.

  Thomas had no criminal record and has already suffered, Fraser said.

  He’s lost his job; his wife of 16 years “wants nothing to do with him”; and his religious community, the Jehovah’s Witnesses, are aware of what he’s done.

  Thomas has to submit a DNA sample to the national registry and will be a registered sex offender for a decade.

  During a two-year probation order, he has to take any treatment suggested by a psychiatrist, stay off the Internet and away from girls under 18 without supervision.
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  Profound Ponderings

  by joenobody in

  1. social
  2. humour

  came across this great site of twisted humor, much along the lines of a deep thoughts.

  there are some pretty funny thoughts with crudely drawn paint cartoons to go along with them.

  probably appeals mostly to guys, but hey... check it out at www.profoundponderings.com.

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  joenobody

  Came across this great site of twisted humor, much along the lines of a Deep Thoughts. There are some pretty funny thoughts with crudely drawn paint cartoons to go along with them. Probably appeals mostly to guys, but hey... check it out at www.profoundponderings.com. Here's a sample: War and Peace and Yoink! There is a time for war and a time for peace. Sometimes there is a time for both simultaneously, which doesn't really make sense, but if you stop and think about it for a second I might have just enough time to grab your wife's underwear off my kitchen counter before you notice.
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  Ummm... what day is the Memorial?

  by joenobody in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  not going (obviously) but i need to know soon to plan something around family...

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  Not going (obviously) but I need to know soon to plan something around family...
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  Help- Can anyone show me Yearbook 1967 P.105 Snake slilenced by a witness

  by Witness 007 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  need a qoute- demonic talking snake would fall silent when the witnesses would call.

  if i cant get it i will have to do my usual...steal it from the kingdom hall library.

  opps in my meeting bag!

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  Yeah, but they'd NEVER publish sh!t like that nowadays. Talk about laughably unbelievable nonsense. Magicican gets run out of business and suddenly he wants to read the literature?
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  Subprime Fix

  by skeeter1 in

  1. social
  2. current

  the problem:.

  your mortgage has interest.

  in the beginning 15+ years of a mortgage, almost all of the payments go towards interest.

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  joenobody

  Oops I did it with Person B only putting 5% down... even better...
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  Subprime Fix

  by skeeter1 in

  1. social
  2. current

  the problem:.

  your mortgage has interest.

  in the beginning 15+ years of a mortgage, almost all of the payments go towards interest.

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  joenobody

  I don't understand the manner in which many people determine that which they can afford when it comes to a mortgage. Simply put, most people work backwards from a monthly payment to a 20 or 25 year mortgage at current rates and determine the house they should be buying. Banks are only too happy to amortize things over 25 years. And that's the problem... you will never start paying down principal until you've renewed 3 or 4 times and are into about year 13 or so. To me, you need to consider the entire purchase price of the home OVER THE LIFE of the amortization. In other words, when looking at what house you can afford, be aggressive in your initial payments. You might not be able to afford a large downpayment, but you can insist with the bank that the amortization period be scaled down to 11, 12, 14 years... whatever. Figure out what you can afford per month based on that - why pay the banks all sort of unnecessary interest? Consider some round numbers. Person A wants to buy a $300 000 house, but Person B is considering a $250 000 house. Person A goes to his bank and naively accepts whatever the bank offers: 10% down, 5 year term at 6% and amortized over 25 years. Person B goes to the same bank, pays the same 10% down, gets the same 6% term over 5 years but amortized over 12 years instead. Let's assume that there is certainty over the time and that 6% is a readily available rate when renewals come up. Person A would pay about $1725 per month (if they paid monthly) for their house. Person B will pay a fair bit more per month at about $2300. However, Person B will likely only have to renew his mortage twice (assuming every 5 years), while Person A will renew upwards of 5 to 7 times and will be subject to the uncertainty of the times. Person A got a nicer house upfront for a little more, but Person B has PAID OFF their mortgage in less than half the time by being aggressive. Here's the real catch: Person B paid a total of approximately $331 000 for their $250K house by the end. Person A? Their $300K house cost them a whopping $517 000 by the end! I know the numbers are rather simplistic, but what is difficult to ignore is that banks routinely slide those 20, 25 and 30 year terms in front of customers without them blinking. They are too tied up in worrying about a fraction on an interest rate or what colour the new drapes will be. So what if Person B takes on a aggressive mortgage like that and then runs into financial difficulty at some point where they can't afford a monthly payment as high as that? If you approach the mortgage holder they will ALWAYS let you rearrange the mortgage to extend the amortization period period. Why? Because it's easy money.
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  What do you think of Minimus?

  by Priest73 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is my tribute to the ex-dub m&m.

  all of his silly threads... no disrespect intended.

  dish.

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  joenobody

  He's like snack food.
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  When you were in field service....

  by lavendar in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  did you ever have anyone, at the door, say something to you that created a seed of doubt in your mind about the wts?

  something at all that started you thinking "maybe i'm really not in the truth".

  i would be interested in hearing about that.. thanks,.

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  I remember calling on a family that invited us in when I was 17. They were smiling and very friendly, but brought out some photocopies of WT mags from the 1890s to the 1930s with a number of things highlighted. I remember reading them and seeing the dates 1874 and various other things. They asked me to explain some of it; I asked to read it and take it with me. The other guy I was with was nervous and didn't want anything to with the call. I spoke to an elder who was out with us later on and he told me they were apostates and that we didn't have any need to read old literature. That sparked quite a thought in my mind as I wondered why the heck what I had read seemed so very different to me. Start of the slippery slope...
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  Did you have a favorite food at the assemblies (when they sold it there)?

  by kitten whiskers in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hubby and i got on the topic last night.

  he was wondering what i was eating- a frozen jello pudding cup.

  i remember getting them at the assemblies, especially the hot summer district assemblies.

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  joenobody

  Best stuff:

  - cheese danish

  - egg muffin

  - frozen pudding

  I also remember way, way back in the late 70s, the circuit assemblies had a hot turkey lunch. Good stuff.

  Worst stuff:

  - fruit bags with fruits that wasn't yet ripe

  - subs - very low grade crap meat w/ Kraft Italian Salad dressing

  - roast beef sandwiches - also crap meat w/ Kraft BBQ Sauce

  And finally...

  - Cott Cola

  This was the cheapest cola known to mankind. No Pepsi, no Coke. Not even a Royal Crown cola... nope. A Cott Cola. The WT probably kept those guys in business because I NEVER saw the stuff sold elsewhere.

  To make matters worse, imagine a warm, almost hot can of Cott Cola on a Sunday afternoon. Just terrible stuff. You felt you were getting a sore throat as you tried to down the stuff. What was it made of? Who know?
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  True Co$t of a Convention

  by zack in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for years one of my assignments was in accounting both at the circuit level and district level.

  i was never department head because those slots are filled my true company men.. the cost of an assembly is determined by a formula the assembly hall committees uses.

  it's pretty straightforward.

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  joenobody

  megamomma - I think you meant "pyrotechnics"