Posts by zev

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its snowing.

by zev in

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at least thats what the web cam is showing outside ..... why look out the window when you can get up to the minute snow reports by running an outside web cam .

zev

looks like i have some snow blowing to do today.

(sigh)

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its snowing.

by zev in

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at least thats what the web cam is showing outside ..... why look out the window when you can get up to the minute snow reports by running an outside web cam .

zev

forcasting 6" to 12" by morning. gonna make for a tough drive up 95 to norwood mass tommorow for work.

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its snowing.

by zev in

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friends

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at least thats what the web cam is showing outside ..... why look out the window when you can get up to the minute snow reports by running an outside web cam .

zev

at least thats what the web cam is showing outside ....

why look out the window when you can get up to the minute snow reports by running an outside web cam

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A celebration, an embarrassment

by zev in

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http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=/20041225/opinion/412250600/1029

there has been much talk lately about where christ belongs in christmas when it comes to our government and public schools.

until the early 1990s, i was among those who declared, "what's the harm?

zev

http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041225/OPINION/412250600/1029

There has been much talk lately about where Christ belongs in Christmas when it comes to our government and public schools. Until the early 1990s, I was among those who declared, "What's the harm?" At that time, I did not consider discussion of this Christian holiday problematic, because the community in which I taught was quite homogenous, and all churches in the county were of one Christian denomination or another.

I therefore saw no harm in using Christmas as a focal point for a 10th-grade writing assignment. We'd read Truman Capote's "A Christmas Memory," and I assigned my students to do a personal narrative based on a Christmas memory of their own.

One student's response to this taught me the damage done by assuming no one gets hurt by commingling public school teaching and religious matters. This student wrote, "When I'm 18, I'm going to quit Jehovah's Witnesses because they won't let me do Christmas things at school. In third grade, my dad wouldn't let me be a shepherd in the Christmas play. When we drew names to exchange presents, I wasn't allowed. Every memory I have about Christmas at school is one of being embarrassed."

I apologized to my student for my insensitivity and let him know he'd taught me a valuable lesson. This lesson is even more compelling in a diverse community like Sarasota.

Christians can keep Christ in Christmas in their home, in their churches and in their hearts. We do not have the right to embarrass a child who happens to practice Judaism, Islam, Buddhism or no religion at all.

Benjamin Franklin declared that the Bill of Rights should protect the minority from the tyranny of the majority. One student taught me that years ago.

Karen Pugh Esham

Sarasota

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Any changes in treatment of the disfellowshipped?

by fifi in

i was wondering if anyone could enlighten me as to whether the acceptable way to treat disfellowshipped family members has changed at all over the past 6-8 months or so?

i'm getting the "brush off" more and more from my family and was wondering if there have been any modifications.

i suppose i should be grateful that they talk to me at all, when i read some of the posts on this board, but i can't help wondering.. thanks for any info.. fifi.

zev

yeah, it is the same with me. i can't listen to that stuff without being sick. that was the last time i went into a kh. no more.

happy holidays to you grace!

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Any changes in treatment of the disfellowshipped?

by fifi in

i was wondering if anyone could enlighten me as to whether the acceptable way to treat disfellowshipped family members has changed at all over the past 6-8 months or so?

i'm getting the "brush off" more and more from my family and was wondering if there have been any modifications.

i suppose i should be grateful that they talk to me at all, when i read some of the posts on this board, but i can't help wondering.. thanks for any info.. fifi.

zev

ok, all fixed guys.

http://mysite.verizon.net/vze4zk5x/id4.html

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Any changes in treatment of the disfellowshipped?

by fifi in

i was wondering if anyone could enlighten me as to whether the acceptable way to treat disfellowshipped family members has changed at all over the past 6-8 months or so?

i'm getting the "brush off" more and more from my family and was wondering if there have been any modifications.

i suppose i should be grateful that they talk to me at all, when i read some of the posts on this board, but i can't help wondering.. thanks for any info.. fifi.

zev

ok. it wasn't like that, i'll have to fix the links. i had it working but the verizon web site servers suck. the isp service is fine. web site, yuk!

anywho, i'll post once i fix it. the actual mp3's are there, but you cant get to them unless i link them.

i'll let ya know.

harold

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Any changes in treatment of the disfellowshipped?

by fifi in

i was wondering if anyone could enlighten me as to whether the acceptable way to treat disfellowshipped family members has changed at all over the past 6-8 months or so?

i'm getting the "brush off" more and more from my family and was wondering if there have been any modifications.

i suppose i should be grateful that they talk to me at all, when i read some of the posts on this board, but i can't help wondering.. thanks for any info.. fifi.