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  Scientists - need your help please, school project

  by *lost* in

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  i need ideas for a simple school science project for my daughter.. it is for 11 year olds, so needs to be quick and easy.. can you give me some ideas for her.. much thanks..

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  The old volcano with baking soda and vinegar thing always makes a splash.

  A couple of other ideas that use kitchen items would be

  What is an emulsion? One clear container with oil and vinegar, maintaining their separation, even with shaking (like a salad dressing); then another container with the same amounts of oil and vinegar, and a packet of regular mustard (yep, mustard!). Add the mustard to the oil and vinegar and shake it up - the oil and vinegar can mix because the mustard helps form an emulsion.

  What is surface tension? Again, you'll use a clear container with water in it and a small amount of oil to float on the surface. Add a drop of dishwashing liquid in the middle and watch the oil scoot away to the edges of the container. The soap changes the surface tension of the water so that the oil disperses. Another example would be where a paper clip (or a pin, if they are allowed at school) can be made to float on top of water. Or how water will form beads on a freshly waxed surface - use a white wax crayon and a small spray bottle to mist water - you'll get a great effect if you use a smooth plastic cup or a mirror and wax one half of the surface but not the other.

  You can look up the definitions for the terms on wikipedia and give other examples of emulsions or discuss why surface tension is important.
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  From Pioneer to Professor: My Story

  by laverite in

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  i wanted to say hello.

  i knew i was gay.

  i wanted to study and learn about everything i could.

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  Hi La Vérité

  Thanks for bumping your story so I could enjoy it all over again.

  I wonder - given that your area of expertise is psychology - if you'd ever be inclined to write a book about how cults and other manipulative, exploitive groups, organizations or individuals operate in order to seduce people into being exploited. I'd certainly read it, because I have my own theories based in social psychology. Perhaps, too, it would be a way to incorporate your JW past into your present.

  It was embarrassing for me, too, when I left the JWs in my 30s and started my nursing courses in college. I didn't want anyone to know about my JW past; so much so that I decided to use my middle and maiden names professionally, rather than the name I was known by to most JWs. It was hard to disclose because I didn't want to be perceived as weak-minded (how could anyone be so dumb to join a cult?), but it was a very pleasant surprise to me how well the information was received by my colleagues. I still use my "nom de plume" so to speak, but now that I have shared my JW past with colleagues, it is as an expert, not as a "victim" or "survivor". They come to me with questions on how to discuss certain issues with JW patients, and it has been quite successful.
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  What kind of meals do you like to fix for a company?

  by Iamallcool in

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  Scully

  It all depends on who the company is and whether I like them or not.

  If I like you, then I make a big lasagna with garlic bread and salad. My go-to dessert recipe is apple strudel squares. I can make these a bit ahead of time so there's less clean up after dinner.
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  GAME OF THRONES (Season 3)

  by SophieG in

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  ok i cannot believe that no one has mentioned this series.

  does anyone watch?

  did you see sundays masterpiece and have you read the books?

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  Simon wrote:

  I shouted at the TV and then cried .

  Awww... I always knew you were a softie....

  
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  Help me in my quest to free my sister

  by Ed Daly in

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  hi there everyone, looking for some advice on helping my sister who is studying the bible with a jehovahs witnesses to escape.

  shes been studying for over a year now and attends meetings occasionally.

  i have been looking for a way to help her for a while now and the answer fell into my lap last week, during her study last week she mentioned that her son was going to a birthday party.

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  Show her the scripture in Romans 14:5,6

  One man considers one day more sacred than another; another man considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. He who regards one day as special, does so to the Lord.
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  Is The Current Watchtower Governing Body Guilty Of Child Abuse In Some Of Its Many Forms?

  by frankiespeakin in

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  1. child labor laws, by making parent force their children out in corporation sponsored advertising campaigns and indoctination meetings.

  2. making children subject to corporation sponsored disciplining and shunning.

  3. allowing child molester's to go out on corporation sponsored advertising campaigns with unsuspecting parents and children putting them in harms way.

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  @hoser

  That's exactly my point. They should not be hearing about sexual... ANYTHING at "CHURCH". It's totally inappropriate.

  Personally, I think it's part of the package that appeals to molesters - children are exposed to words and discussion in an environment that is deemed to be generally "safe". It might pique their curiosity and they might research things on their own... and then all of a sudden there's a Brother™ who is interested in that kind of conversation.

  My little sister was 16 when an Elder™ was partnered with her in Field Service™. While they were walking in a fairly remote area, out of earshot of everyone else, he proceeded to tell her how it was important to know how to put a condom on a guy and gave her instructions on how to do it correctly. He also said it was important to learn how to do oral sex correctly.

  IN FREAKING FIELD SERVICE™!!!! It creeped her right out. However, because of the conditioning at the KH, where they give public talks about fornication, adultery and homosexuality, it didn't occur to her until later that he was totally out of line.

  BTW, at some later point in time, this guy did make advances on my sister, and when she told my parents about it, they brushed it off as "Oh that's just so-and-so - he's harmless." Just like when another adult made an advance on me when I was around the same age.

  It made me LIVID.
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  Is The Current Watchtower Governing Body Guilty Of Child Abuse In Some Of Its Many Forms?

  by frankiespeakin in

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  2. child-abuse

  1. child labor laws, by making parent force their children out in corporation sponsored advertising campaigns and indoctination meetings.

  2. making children subject to corporation sponsored disciplining and shunning.

  3. allowing child molester's to go out on corporation sponsored advertising campaigns with unsuspecting parents and children putting them in harms way.

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  Is The Current Watchtower Governing Body Guilty Of Child Abuse In Some Of Its Many Forms?

  by frankiespeakin in

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  2. child-abuse

  1. child labor laws, by making parent force their children out in corporation sponsored advertising campaigns and indoctination meetings.

  2. making children subject to corporation sponsored disciplining and shunning.

  3. allowing child molester's to go out on corporation sponsored advertising campaigns with unsuspecting parents and children putting them in harms way.

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  Scully

  Consider, too, the way the WTS introduces sexual conversations to children.

  The book Learn From The Great Teacher, Lesson 10, talks about how angels desired earthly women, forsook their heavenly place and had "sex relations" with them, producing the Nephilim. It says when the Flood came, these bad angels became Satan's demons. Later in the lesson they talk about how "sex relations" is only proper between a married husband and wife, and how it makes the demons happy when boys and girls play with each other's penis and vulva.

  Really.
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  The TOPIC which may never be discussed!

  by Terry in

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  question: how does the leadership of jehovah's witnesses instruct its members to prepare for the eventual elder care of its members?.

  answer: it pretends it will never happen!.

  is this responsible leadership or some kind of cognitive dissonant malfeasance?.

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  I think about that whenever I see my parents.

  There are so many JWs unprepared for retirement - no pension, no savings. So many don't even have a house that they could use for a reverse mortgage to help them financially. The WTS expects them to shun family members who leave the JWs, but then think nothing of telling them to expect these same shunned family members to bail them out financially when it becomes necessary.

  Oh, and don't forget to leave everything you own to the WTS!!! (hopefully a mountain of debt!!)
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  GAME OF THRONES (Season 3)

  by SophieG in

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  ok i cannot believe that no one has mentioned this series.

  does anyone watch?

  did you see sundays masterpiece and have you read the books?

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  I have all the books in audiobook format - I love listening to it in the car or while I'm doing something else. Episode 9 was so well done - even though I knew what was coming, the scene was more shocking than I could have imagined.