Interesting that you think power will actually be taken away from congregation elders. The moves recently seem to have been to de-centralise some of the responsibilties that bethel do (perhaps to make local congregations more accountable in lawsuits etc.) I'm thinking of the appointing of pioneers and MS'ses which is now done by elders at congregation level, and the branch is merely "notified".
Posts by 88JM
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28What do you think are the future doctrine changes will be?
by thedepressedsoul inthe whole organization is going through huge and big changes.
it can be seen by names of departments, to how things function and teaches.
my questions to you is, what do you think the future changes will be, both in teaching and organizational matters?.
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BOE: Kaboom to DOs
by pixel into all congregations re: district overseers.
dear brothers:.
march 20, 2014. we are pleased to inform you of a significant decision made by the governing body that will affect the work of traveling overseers worldwide.
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88JM
Totally agree - this is to fill the lack of CO's. In the few areas where there are enough CO's to go around, DO's will be moved to CO's and CO's will be re-assigned as elders to "stuggling" congregations.
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Photography and HDR
by ILoveTTATT inas i have mentioned before, i love photography, and specially a technique called hdr.
hdr stands for high dynamic range, and it means the ratio of the "lightness" of the lightest spot in the picture to the darkest.. .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/high-dynamic-range_imaging.
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88JM
I agree with a lot of what you say about HDR. Scott Kelby wrote an article a while ago with a similar outlook. Unfortunately, non-photographers like the "Harry Potter" look, but like you I prefer the more natural look where HDR is used to "enhance" an image, not make it unrealistic.
http://scottkelby.com/2010/the-case-for-hdr/
Photomatix is one of my favourite programs for it too. I thought this was a good article on a photoshop HDR technique that allows you to create more natural looking stuff:
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What Ailed Those Pilots ... ?
by snowbird inthe pilots and crew of the missing plane, was something wrong with all of them?.
sylvia.
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88JM
Interesting to hear your viewpoint Under The Radar.
You're the first person I've heard to say this of the pilot:
"I don't think he had any involvment whatsoever in the incident. Of course, I don't know what happened, but I'd be shocked if he had anything to do with it."
Every other opinion I've heard of him seems to point to him as the prime suspect.
Interesting that you also feel the media have revealed too much about what is known - nothing I've heard so far has "shocked" me or was something I didn't already strongly suspect - nothing you wouldn't know just by watching the Discovery channel?
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88JM
Yes there is (non-military) equipment that can interrupt and scramble cell-phone signals within a certain radius. I'm not sure how anyone would have got such equipment past security though - it's not going to be something small enough to stick in your pocket, more like a small briefase at minimum.
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88JM
That's probably one of the best theories I've heard yet UBM.
It's certainly not confirmed that it's terrorism, only that whoever was flying the plane after it lost contact "knew what they were doing" from a technical POV. That almost certainly points to the pilot. If it was terrorism, then the pilot was responsible and likely was the only one on that plane involved.
I do agree that the intelligence services know more than they have released.
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88JM
Yes I was thinking it seemed like a lot of trouble to go to steal a plane full of (presumably now dead) passangers. Wouldn't it just be easier to steal one off the tarmac on the ground? But then it would be much more obvious that it was terrorism and the plane would be stopped/shot down for sure.
Still, if this is terrorist activity which it certiainly does appear to be, then it seems strange that no-one has owned up to anything yet, which makes you think there is more to come.
On the other hand, I do think this could be one of those things that we never get to the bottom of, never hear the real story and the plane is never found at all.
I don't think Violia's theory about the plane being taken over and flown like a drone quite holds water. You can fly an un-manned military drone from the ground because it is designed to be flown like that, but these 777's don't have those kinds of automation systems. Sure, they have auto-pilots, but they're not available wirelessly to anyone on the ground, and you certainly can't even use auto-pilot to land a plane. Although the pilot was a flight-geek, I think it's beyond unlikely that he retro-fitted any sort of automation system during the flight while the thing was in the air.
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New pioneer book
by 88JM inhello folks - nice to be back after a three week holiday down under.
did i miss anything remotely interesting?
sad to see that atlantis' informant in bethel has been ratted out.
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88JM
Haha - I bet they have a cleaning rota for those loos that everyone ignores too!
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When do Auxilliary CO's go out in field service?
by Quarterback ini moved into this new cong for over two years now.
we have this younger couple that are part time co's.
i know that they would be busy serving a cong when they are asked to do so, but that is not too often.
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88JM
Haha dozy you do have some good stories. I bet I know the C.O. you mean as well, getting his car washed.
I also love that you're implying elders count ministry time for judicial committee work and DF'ing appeals!
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88JM
If you get chance to attend one of the bigger Mardi Gras'es, I thoroughly recommend it.