Stephanus... I wish I had more than mere words to comfort you with. Enjoy the good memories and take time tomorrow to reflect on what made your daugther special. Take care as best you can under the difficult circumstances.
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A Teenager Tomorrow - The Pain Still Lingers
by Stephanus inmy daughter would be turning 13 tomorrow, if she were still alive.
it's been nearly 5 years since her death, and yet the pain and the sense of incalculable loss is still there.
her birthday is one of the hardest times of the year - one where the hurt really manifests itself - we should have been having a big party, but all we have to remember her by is a hard cold lump of stone with her name on it.
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Man MAULED by LION During AWAKE Photo Shoot
by Funchback inhttp://www.miami.com/mld/miami/news/local/4309638.htm
panama city zookeeper mauled by lion .
panama city, fla. - a 500-pound african lion mauled a zookeeper who had stepped into the animal's cage thursday to pose for a magazine photo.. george koll, 61, was attacked in the head and throat by the male lion.
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Dang it, ashi! You keep cracking me up.
By the way, the newspaper article left out a couple of important details (see additons in red):
...Koll, who owns 77 Zoological Park in Southport, was giving a tour to several reporters for the Jehovah's Witnesses' Awake magazine when a photographer asked him to step inside the lion's cage for a photo, officials said. As a practical joke, one of the Witness reporters affixed a piece of raw steak to the back of Koll's shirt.
"He does it all the time," Steve Kirk, a zoo employee, told The News Herald of Panama City. "He's never had a problem with him. He goes in with all the big cats."
The lion, named Samson, was calm when he entered, then Koll stumbled and fell to the ground and the lion pounced, dragging him across the cage. It was later learned that one of the Witness reporters "accidentally" tossed a banana peel in the vicinity of Koll just prior to him stumbling.
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Man MAULED by LION During AWAKE Photo Shoot
by Funchback inhttp://www.miami.com/mld/miami/news/local/4309638.htm
panama city zookeeper mauled by lion .
panama city, fla. - a 500-pound african lion mauled a zookeeper who had stepped into the animal's cage thursday to pose for a magazine photo.. george koll, 61, was attacked in the head and throat by the male lion.
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Malk... You raised a point (sort of): Luckily, the Photographer jumped in and helped. But what about the "several Awake reporters"? What the heck were they doing???
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Keep Free From Murmuring....Are YOU A Murmurer?
by minimus inwt.
11-15 02 states:"persistent murmurers attach too much importance to their feelings or position, drawing attention to themselves rather than to god.
if not checked, this causes dissension among spiritual brothers and hinders their efforts to serve jehovah shoulder to shoulder.this is so because murmurers invariably voice their complaints, doubtless hoping that others will sympathize with them.
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Funchback
I'd say that the WTBTS won't be promoting this particular site anytime soon.
By the way, if you're ever in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: BEWARE OF THE MUMMERS!
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Man MAULED by LION During AWAKE Photo Shoot
by Funchback inhttp://www.miami.com/mld/miami/news/local/4309638.htm
panama city zookeeper mauled by lion .
panama city, fla. - a 500-pound african lion mauled a zookeeper who had stepped into the animal's cage thursday to pose for a magazine photo.. george koll, 61, was attacked in the head and throat by the male lion.
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Funchback
ashi and Pope... Very Funny! "Not Interested"...that's a classic.
minimus... Let the reader use discernment.
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Man MAULED by LION During AWAKE Photo Shoot
by Funchback inhttp://www.miami.com/mld/miami/news/local/4309638.htm
panama city zookeeper mauled by lion .
panama city, fla. - a 500-pound african lion mauled a zookeeper who had stepped into the animal's cage thursday to pose for a magazine photo.. george koll, 61, was attacked in the head and throat by the male lion.
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http://www.miami.com/mld/miami/news/local/4309638.htm Panama City zookeeper mauled by lion
PANAMA CITY, Fla. - A 500-pound African lion mauled a zookeeper who had stepped into the animal's cage Thursday to pose for a magazine photo.
George Koll, 61, was attacked in the head and throat by the male lion. He was listed in critical but stable condition Thursday at Gulf Coast Medical Center.
Koll's nurse, Tracy Schroeder, said he would remain in intensive care through Thursday night.
"He's stable. He's doing fine," she said.
Koll, who owns 77 Zoological Park in Southport, was giving a tour to several reporters for the Jehovah's Witnesses' Awake magazine when a photographer asked him to step inside the lion's cage for a photo, officials said.
"He does it all the time," Steve Kirk, a zoo employee, told The News Herald of Panama City. "He's never had a problem with him. He goes in with all the big cats."
The lion, named Samson, was calm when he entered, then Koll stumbled and fell to the ground and the lion pounced, dragging him across the cage.
The photographer jumped into the cage with a stick and pried the lion off of Koll, zoo employees said.
Samson is one of two lions at the zoo, which opened eight years ago and has more than 400 animals.
Officials said there are no plans to euthanize the lion.
Information from: The News Herald
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JWs - Selfish or Selfless? Read Article & D...
by Funchback inhttp://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=5620405&brd=1942&pag=461&dept_id=220556&rfi=6
the red commentary is mine.
i can't help it!
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Wolfgirl... All I kept thinking about as I read the story for the first time was, "Why??? What's the point???"
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JWs - Selfish or Selfless? Read Article & D...
by Funchback inhttp://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=5620405&brd=1942&pag=461&dept_id=220556&rfi=6
the red commentary is mine.
i can't help it!
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Funchback
Well, since no one responded , I am going to sit on an umbrella covered bench and shoot the breeze with some JW ladies.
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"God is my CoPilot" TedJaracz' life ...
by SixofNine incoming soon in the religious fantasy journal "the watchtower".
yikes!
i hope this doesn't qualify as speaking abusively of a glorious one!
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I am serious!...And stop calling me Shirley!
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JWs - Selfish or Selfless? Read Article & D...
by Funchback inhttp://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=5620405&brd=1942&pag=461&dept_id=220556&rfi=6
the red commentary is mine.
i can't help it!
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http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=5620405&BRD=1942&PAG=461&dept_id=220556&rfi=6
The RED commentary is mine. I can't help it! LOL!
Mission possible: Sharing a message By: Carlton Fletcher, The Albany Herald October 07, 2002 They've become as much a part of downtown as the historic buildings that line Broad Avenue. And on most days you'll find them on Broad, in the courtyard between the Goodwill outlet store and Wig City, smiling at passers-by and offering religious tracts. (I thought that when doing 'Street Work' the JWs are supposed to APPROACH the people, not vice-versa) Their mission: saving souls. (Yeah...their OWN souls! "No preach? No Everlasting life for you!!!" - The Watchtower Nazi)) Socie Nailor and Leola Douglas are Jehovah's Witnesses, and they are part of a group of believers that gathers downtown each day to fulfill what they say is their mission. ("We're on a mission from God..." - The Blues Brothers)
"We are given the command in Matthew 24:14 to preach the good news of God's Kingdom," Nailor said on a recent sunny afternoon. "Jesus commanded us to go - not sit - to go out and teach all nations his word. We are following his commandment." (LOL! Wait until you read something said later in this article. Remember "sunny afternoon" and "not sit"! There will be some great irony. read on...)
Nailor has been actively involved in her mission work since 1976, Douglas since 1986. And while they are downtown regulars, their work is not confined to that area. (That's nice! The rest of Albany can be graced by your presence.)
"Since I was baptized in 1976, I've gone door-to-door, been to market places, stood on streets, walked parking lots ... gone anywhere people gathered," Nailor said. "I stand down by Jimmie's Hotdogs and at the Shackleford Shopping Center, but most days I'll spend some time here." ("Do not be boasting in the name of the Lord"...or something like that.)
Douglas is not in Albany as frequently, but like her friend she does mission work usually six days a week. (Mission? Are we talking about JWs or Mormons?)
"I might be in Albany a couple of days a week," Douglas said. "I stay in Newton, so I do a lot of work down there. But I drive into Albany a few days every week." (Um.....Okay, then.)
Nailor's and Douglas' sunny disposition and cute little-old-lady charm make them good neighbors for nearby businesses. (They might be cute now but wait until you see them shun someone. "Cute little-old-lady charm" turns into "ugly nasty-old-witch venom!")
"They'll come in here and get ice water every now and then," (for free, no doubt!) Bo Henry, co-owner of Harvest Moon restaurant, said. "They're really nice ladies, and they're just a part of the character of downtown." (Hey, Bo. Get baptized as a JW, get disfellowshipped or DA yourself, and then come back and tell us if these ladies are as nice as they seem.)
Here's the ironic part I was telling you about:
After braving the extremes of heat, rain and infrequent cold spells for years at their posts downtown, Nailor, Douglas and their fellow Witnesses now occupy umbrella-covered benches placed in the courtyard by Albany Tomorrow Inc. (Sigh! Can you imagine the rest of the John Q. Public trying to find an open seat on the umbrella-covered benches in order stay cool in the heat, dry from the rain, and covered from the snow? They approach the bench and see a bunch of old lady, JW chatterboxes who are supposed to be preaching but instead are gossiping or doing whatever else old JW women do. Besides, even if the non-JW found a place to sit, they'd be too afraid to because you KNOW them old JW ladies are going to GANG-TEACH the poor ol' non-JW.)
"Obviously, the sitting areas were not placed in that location just for these ladies, but we're glad they're using them," Judy Harrison, vice president of Albany Tomorrow, said. "The beautification and revitalization of downtown is an ongoing project that we're actively involved in." (Uh, I betcha the people who can never find a place to sit would disagree with you, Judy)
Nailor and Douglas say they appreciate the accommodations. (Of course they do! After all, it is FREE, isn't it?)
"It's nice to have the shade and the protection from the weather, but we'll be out doing God's work no matter what the weather is," Douglas said. ("...as long as we have a place to congregate when the weather IS actually bad...")
Adds Nailor: "We'll be doing God's work as long as we live; that's what we're called to do. Despite the bad condition of the world today, the good news of Jehovah and Jesus Christ gives everyone hope. It means life for all." (Hmm...Based on how nice everyone treats you and how happy you are for the nice accomodations, is the condition of the world really that bad?)
Edited by - Funchback on 8 October 2002 23:17:7
