It says to me that to drink something that only MEANS blood doesn't fall under the order to abstain from it.
Sara Annie
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What does this WT Study Article mean to you???????
by plmkrzy inbelow is the entire wt study article from the february 15th wt.
can anyone find any new light or old light renewed?
what does this study article mean to you?
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Michael Jackson.....again!
by ScoobySnax inwell now i can't make my mind up...!!
(whats new) over her in the uk, skyone has just aired the michael jackson side of the documentary from martin bashir....you know the one where mj is filming bashir interviewing him, a kind of a me watching you watching me thing.
while i've always thought mj has lost the plot a bit, i do like his music, and this new film totally contradicted the original bashir documentary.
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Sara Annie
Happyout--
Thanks for the information. In my personal experience (which is relatively limited, let's say maybe 10 friends who are parents of bi-racial kids) I haven't noticed any children who looked as completely and totally caucasian as Jackson's who have one black parent and one white parent. My personal experience is limited, admittedly, and it's entirely possible that he's the bilogical father of all of the children. As to who on earth would let the man adopt a children given his personal weirdness factor, I guess money could go a long way in convincing the powers that be...
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"Sexist" Dress Code??
by Fe2O3Girl inhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2791943.stm
a job centre employee has taken his employer to a tribunal because he claims that the dress code is sexist - women are not required to adhere to a similar standard.
his union is backing him.. i am inclined to say "oh boo hoo, poor you, your employer has a dress code!
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Sara Annie
If you work for MY business, I call the shots. I can tell you what to wear, I can tell you what is acceptable behavior and what is not as long as I'm not breaking any laws.
If I want you to wear a tie, do it. If you don't want to wear one, go work for someone else. The end.
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Michael Jackson.....again!
by ScoobySnax inwell now i can't make my mind up...!!
(whats new) over her in the uk, skyone has just aired the michael jackson side of the documentary from martin bashir....you know the one where mj is filming bashir interviewing him, a kind of a me watching you watching me thing.
while i've always thought mj has lost the plot a bit, i do like his music, and this new film totally contradicted the original bashir documentary.
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Sara Annie
The question I have that no one has been willing to answer is where in the world did he get those white children? Those kids are not bi-racial, and no matter what color his skin is now, the man is genetically black. I don't believe those children are biologically his, and no one seems willing to step up and confront THAT lie... The man is a horror.
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At what price conception?
by wasasister ina young woman i work with, and her husband, have been trying unsucessfully for three years to conceive a child.
she first took fertility drugs and then went for artificial insemination.
those methods have failed and now they are proceeding with in-vitro.
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Sara Annie
My husband and I discussed this issue before we were married, just to make sure we were on the same page. We both wanted children, and knew that with my medical history there may have been some setbacks in conception. We decided that if we weren't able to conceive naturally after a reasonable period of time that we would explore the fertility treatments available, but we also decided that the pursuit of the creation of a child with our combined genetic material wasn't worth spending tens of thousands of dollars we did not have, nor the heartache of knowingly creating embryos that have a less than even chance of survival. We decided that if we were unable to have children without going to extreme measures, we would pursue adoption or decide to remain childless. (I can't imagine entering into a marriage without discussing such matters--In my mind there are three major deal-breaker issues that you have to have a consensus on if your marriage is to survive: Money, Religion, and Children)
We have two children. Both were conceived with a little bit of pharmaceutical help, and I can't picture life now without them. We were lucky enough to have the family we wanted with a minimum amount of invasive and ethically questionable activities or treatments. Heck, I took a pill everyday to NOT have a baby for years, taking a pill once a day for a few months was a pretty small price to pay.
I do understand the desire to have children and I believe that people should have the choice to pursue medical avenues to aid in conception. Where it becomes a problem, in my opinion, is when people do so the exclusion of all other options. If a couple who earns only a modest amount of money (or a wealthy couple for that matter) decides to spend 50 grand trying to get pregnant, there's something wrong with that picture. At some point, the reasons people should have children have gotten lost in the quest for the holy grail of reproducing your genetic mix. It's a form of hubris to think that our genes must be passed on to a new generation, while ignoring the fact that there are other ways to impact the world by shaping the character of another human being. If extreme measures are taken, I say call a spade a spade, and don't drape it in the cloak of "God's will" or "medical miracles". Present it for what it is: A relatively selfish desire to have your own biology go forward.
Having a child a deeply personal choice, and I don't think anyone should regale other people with tales of the specifics of the medical barriers or the cost involved. Around the time I became pregnant with our first child, there was a woman in my office who had been trying for a few years to get pregnant and was spending (by her own account) upwards of $25 thousand dollars in that pursuit. I remember the hushed voices of other employees admonishing everyone not to 'celebrate' other people's pregnancies around this woman. She would burst into tears and rail against the unfairness of life when she found out that someone else was expecting a child. She herself told us how, when her own sister announced that she was going to have a baby, she threw herself onto the couch and sobbed, and that she didn't know why her sister would make such a 'cruel announcement in her presence'. Her histrionics were horribly distasteful, and I had a very hard time being sympathetic for someone who apparently took such delight in garnering the sympathy of others without ever once considering that other people had their own problems and setbacks. I wanted to tell her "Life's tough all over, sister. Get over yourself." Her personality in this respect, and others, made me wonder what kind of mother she would be when/if she did have a child.
Now, with all of that said, should the particular co-worker you describe receive any sort of special treatment as the absences she has taken for Dr. visits? No. Should the fact that her fertility quest has made her a less valuable and dependable employee be reflected on her work record? Yes. Should insurance cover extraordinary costs associated with pursuing pregnancies? Absolutely not. Should she be allowed to pursue pregnancy at all costs? That's an ethical question, and the area of bio-ethics is one hell of a mine-field to navigate. I became interested in the field while reading a novel a while back and my research into field was both interesting and absolutely terrifying at the same time. The questions are sticky when you push into morality as decision-making. I don't have the answers.
(A comment on the McCaughey's (sp?)... I always thought it was alarming that they had thousands of dollars to spare trying to get pregnant, but no money for dental care. That woman's teeth were atrocious--I remember they had to airbrush them on the cover of Newsweek to 'clean her up' a bit. But hey, having seven babies led someone to donate her braces and bridgework, so I guess that problem took care of itself...)
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The horror of blimps
by pr_capone inone of the funniest stories i have read in a long time!
not my own but found at another forum.
last week while travelling i stopped at a zany brainy store and saw that they had a blimp for sale.
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Sara Annie
pr_capone,
What a great story... I'm sorry it's not your own, it has a very publishable quality to it. We had a similar experience in our house one night with a giant red m&m character balloon (one of those with the accordion style legs and arms hanging off of it) that made it's way from the kitchen chair it was tied to all the way up the stairs into our 6 year old's bedroom. Such a 3 AM shriek I've never heard before or since!
Thanks for re-posting it here, it added a needed lift to my afternoon!
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Does anyone TRULY die?
by anti-absolutism ini have been reading the book, "the power of positive thinking" by norman vincent peale.
he is/was a christian minister, but his thoughts on god are somewhat different than what i thought a minister's thoughts would be.
in the second last chapter he expresses an interesting viewpoint.
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Sara Annie
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Illusions is one of my favorite gifts to give as well. The story had a profound effect on the way I view this world and this life, and I marvel at how wisdom comes in the most wonderfully unexpected forms. I still spend summer afternoons lying in the back field with my husband trying to make clouds dissappear...
To anyone else who just wants a good read, I again highly reccomend this book (Illusions by Richard Bach). It's not a theory, or a way of living, a religious tract, a self-help book, or a new "scripture". It's just a great story about a man who flies an airplane, meets another man, and learns a thing or two about himself and life in general along the way. I can't reccomend it highly enough!
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Sara Annie
Chevy, your answer was pretty close to correct...
The symbols do change each time you start a new "round" of the game, but the mathematical constant is that any time you perform the calculation they ask you to do (two digit number, subtract the sum of the digits from the original number) you will always come up with a multimple of NINE. Each time you are asked to pick a new number, check out the list... All multiples of 9 (along with several other numbers that cannot possibly be an answer) will be the same symbol.
Devious, yes, but still pretty cool!
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Does anyone TRULY die?
by anti-absolutism ini have been reading the book, "the power of positive thinking" by norman vincent peale.
he is/was a christian minister, but his thoughts on god are somewhat different than what i thought a minister's thoughts would be.
in the second last chapter he expresses an interesting viewpoint.
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Sara Annie
"Illusions" by Richard Bach
Read it. Sums up the majority of the comments in this thread in a simple story that is a thoroughly enjoyable read. One of the best gifts I've ever received, it helped me to verbalize what it was I felt about the idea of God, religion, and the relationship of this life to the "next". Pick it up, you'll be glad you did.
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WE ARE HERE FOR YOU
by kls into all in and around new york ,we are all thinking of you ,please know we care.
let board know if we can help in any way.
so sorry, so sad
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Sara Annie
I'm all for support, but...
Why are we here for them right now, again?