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  Hours will be going up

  by pbrow in

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  just got done watching parts of the october episode at jdub.broadcasting and it looks like the definition of "sacred service" is getting an update.

  construction work, helping out fellow dubs, even helping out non-beliebers and opposers will soon be adding up to record progress for publishers... gett ready for a huge increase in hours being reported.... can you hear it now??

  my how jw.org provides.... pbrow.

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  Pete Zahut

  You could work at a Food Bank and be a "Pioneer" without ever so much as opening a Bible or knocking on a door.

  (sigh) The light just keeps on getting brighter and the new refinements are a refreshment to the soul.
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  News flash - ex-Bethelites protest Watchtower headquarters- Governing Body flees

  by Esse quam videri in

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  2. beliefs

  pandemonium broke out at the headquarters of the watchtower bible and track society as hundreds of former bethel workers protested being released from their assignments and told to vacate the premises.

  the governing body members barely escaped the wrath of the mob, some without the shirt on their backs.

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  Pete Zahut

  ATTICA !!! .....
  
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  JWs and Education

  by cognac in

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  my parents were always of the belief that, "the end is right around the corner".. i was a zealous kid, with a learning disorder, so my parents never gave me a hard time or pushed me in regards to my education.. this not only hurt me, but, pissed me off insanely.

  fast forward to me having my own kid.

  ava is not doing well in school.

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  Pete Zahut

  Oh....she's only six, I can't imagine how behind she could be, they are only getting started at that age.

  The early hours do seem a bit excessive, you don't want to turn her against learning.

  Kids need their sleep to do well at school.

  At the same time, you do hear about the rigorous schedules of Chinese kids and what they're able to accomplish.

  I'd examine my motives to see if I was on the right track with her.

  Is she really behind or are you afraid that she's behind?

  Was she concerned or did she ask for help?
  

  Could you be overdoing it because of your JW experience with education?

  Are her accomplishments directly tied to your feelings of worth as a parent?

  You can teach kids casually in non structured sessions and include the 3 year old. Teaching someone else is a good way to reaffirm what you know yourself.You could have the 6 year old teach the three year old what she knows and listen in.

  I'd definitely get some professional advice and do some research. It would be easy for a well meaning parent to go overboard.
  
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  Warwick news

  by Rattigan350 in

  1. watchtower
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  http://www.warwickadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=/20151001/news01/151009998/warwick-seeks-amendment-to-town-code.

  supervisor michael sweeton also sought a resolution to reduce the performance bond from pledged collateral account control agreement with the watchtower bible and tract society of new york, inc. from $22.6 million to $7.3 million and to authorize the release the difference to the organization.the watchtower bible and tract society jehovahs witnesses world headquarters is advancing in its new construction.

  the 45-acre development site on the tuxedo-warwick border, in sterling forest, is set to be completed by the end of 2016.the motion passed..

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  Pete Zahut

  Often, part of the Conditions of a City or County Building Permit is that a Performance Surety Agreement be signed and a Surety Bond, Cash Deposit or an Assignment of Funds in a Bank, to be set aside for use if the permit holder fails to complete the project.

  My first thought is that their Performance Surety may have been in the form of Cash or an Assignment of Funds in which case, they have asked for it to be reduced because they've run short of funds. Sounds like the release of around 15 million dollars has been approved if that's the case.

  If they had a Surety Bond and the amount was reduced, their Bond payment will be reduced accordingly which in turn will ease their financial strain somewhat but they won't get a lump sum of money returned to them, rather their cash outlay during the project will be less.

  I can't imagine any of these things happening without some other form of collateral (perhaps and existing Brooklyn property) having been obtained first.
  
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  JWs and Education

  by cognac in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my parents were always of the belief that, "the end is right around the corner".. i was a zealous kid, with a learning disorder, so my parents never gave me a hard time or pushed me in regards to my education.. this not only hurt me, but, pissed me off insanely.

  fast forward to me having my own kid.

  ava is not doing well in school.

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  Pete Zahut

  My mom thinks it's way to much and I'm bombarding my daughter with to much education.

  We pretty much know where your Mom's head is when it comes to education.

  What is your daughter saying ? Is she complaining more than you'd expect and does she seem overwhelmed? I'm not sure how old your daughter is but what you've described, certainly doesn't sound excessive, depending on her age. Maybe you could alternated days with the Tutor.
  
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  My Mother Died Two Weeks Ago

  by Perry in

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  none of my jehovah's witness relatives called to tell me or my family.

  just found out this morning.

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  Pete Zahut

  Sorry for your loss Perry. It's an empty old feeling that comes over you when you lose someone. Be assured that time will ease that emptiness but the one thing that helps in an immediate sense is to be around friends and family who share your grief and you didn't get that opportunity.

  I'm hoping that rather than being a deliberate unkindness this was simply a case of individuals assuming that someone else had told you the bad news and not wanting to interfere or cause an awkward situation themselves, .

  Either way, hang in there and be patient with yourself as you come to grips with this loss. I hope it helped to share this with us here who know what it is, to be left out.

  -Pete
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  First thoughts on "new" meeting...

  by konceptual99 in

  1. watchtower
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  had a quick look at the workbook and flicked through the sample meeting video.. the increased use of video shows the trend for more centralised dissemination of "best practice" .

  sure there isn't really a "school" any more and the format is a bit different but i think those that called it as the same old crap just in new package got it pretty much right.

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  Pete Zahut

  No matter what new program the Society comes up with, it always involves their having to PRINT something. It's as if they can't help themselves.

  True to form, this program is no different, right down to the repetitive questions with pre-packaged answers that leave no room for a genuine discussion to ensue or any unplanned dialogue to occur whatsoever.
  
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  America Mass Shooting: 10/1/2015

  by adjusted knowledge in

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  since this will be the norm in america, perhaps we should put a date on each of these topics.

  can't really put school mass shooting because too many to choose from.

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  Pete Zahut

  And before anyone asks why I should care about what happens 3000 miles away across the Atlantic, it's because your culture seeps across Europe like rising damp in an old house.

  Wasn't there a mass shooting in a train station in France and another in Australia not too long ago? I have to wonder why it is that why a country full of seemingly intelligent people 3000 miles across the Atlantic are willing to drop their own culture and "absorb" the rising mold of "American Culture" into their old damp houses? To listen to the news, it 's all guns all the time, over here and you couldn't walk down the street without encountering a gun or gunman.
  

  Maybe things will be better when China is the #1 world power and we can blame our own problems on them and their culture.
  
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  Effect on youths of Bethel and construction cuts

  by Tornintwo in

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  i know quite a few youths (late teens to early twenties) who have the goal of full time service, as bethelites or international construction, so they're doing the required slog of pioneering in order to achieve this goal.

  this is a goal which has been excitedly set out for them the last few years or so at assemblies etc.

  now they see the cuts, surely they are going to be discouraged and disillusioned.

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  Pete Zahut

  A lot of the kids I know who went seemed to gravitate toward some sunny climate and sandy beaches and serving where the need is more fun, rather than heading for Alaska to witness to a village on the frozen tundra. They put a few hours in field service each day or ever so many days and head to the beach. Mom and Dad financed them usually and they stayed with other JW's for little or nothing. I imagine it will stay the same even though they are cutting back at H.Q.
  
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  The NEW "Bible Teach" book

  by Oubliette in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the new "bible teach" book is out!

  thetruthbr has posted links for this and several other of the new publications.

  as an educator, i am very interested in where the society is heading with their alleged "bible education" program.

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  Pete Zahut

  Either the individuals writing this material have diminished reading and comprehensive abilities or they are trying to make sure that the message is simple enough for anyone to read and understand. The trouble is, once you get past that point, there isn't any intellectual stimulation in the form of discussion or reading, to be found among the general population or in the literature of JW's.