Oh.. and housing and feeding the 3000 volunteers is also done by volunteers. Don't forget they also bought many buildings for this very purpose, robbing nearby towns of great tax revenue once old hotels were converted to non-taxable real state.
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A New Watchtower trade name: Hudson Valley
by Gorbatchov inwatchtower and trading business is a never ending combination, now under the new name of hudson valley, selling their building machines online: .
http://used-tools-equipment.com.
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The use of quotes to explain/confront life...
by StarTrekAngel inanyone who's ever confronted the hr department at your job, especially in professional/technical environments, or a counselor, or, to keep this on topic, your elders.
knows that there is a number of well crafted quotes out there, that are good to make a point across.
quotes that are used to attempt to inspire you, challenge you or make you think out of the box.
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Blood Transfusion and Eating
by dugout ini get highly irritated when this subject comes up.
this idiot gave a talk in my hall recently and said that transfusion of blood and eating blood was the same thing.
my wife accepts this reasoning.
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I remember talks in which we were told that, regarding blood, we needed to be careful when we were invited to eat, especially around other cultures, where we were not aware of food preparation. They exemplified some latin american cultures where certain whole birds are cooked with their blood still in them. We were also warned about cooking steak rare.
My question now would be, if cooking stake rare means eating blood, how is it that we are willing to eat blood if it is fully cooked? ( I do understand the red in rare steak is not technically blood)
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Lost on how to respond...
by babygirl30 inso an old friend of mine from the congregation hit me up today.
the story goes like this when we were jw's:.
- this guy used to be madly in love with me but i didn't see him as anything more than a friend.
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StarTrekAngel
Simply tell him that you wrote to offer your support. That you would explain why you are not going back but that given the way things played out (you were writing to offer your condolences) and how long it has been, you feel that is not sensible to change the subject so abruptly. That you know that Jehovah cares (even if you don't believe so) but you are shocked by the fact that it is obvious (by his wording) and by his response, that he doesn't care (he did not include himself or the other brothers in his statements, only God) -
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The use of quotes to explain/confront life...
by StarTrekAngel inanyone who's ever confronted the hr department at your job, especially in professional/technical environments, or a counselor, or, to keep this on topic, your elders.
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quotes that are used to attempt to inspire you, challenge you or make you think out of the box.
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Anyone who's ever confronted the HR department at your job, especially in professional/technical environments, or a counselor, or, to keep this on topic, your elders. knows that there is a number of well crafted quotes out there, that are good to make a point across. Quotes that are used to attempt to inspire you, challenge you or make you think out of the box. If there is one place where such quotes are constantly published out of any contexts, is social media. People tend to simply post pictures with quotes. They hardly ever bother to post them in the context of a story. They are simply regurgitated as the answer to life's problems but often times, I find myself questioning how the quote applies. Some are so open ended that, in my opinion, are prone to being, and firmly believe that in many cases, they are being used to abuse power or authority.
For example, consider the following quote.
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
The above, allegedly by Ghandi (but the true source is challenged as I read), can hardly be miss applied in my view. If I am arguing with you, especially if we have an ideological confrontation, I can not throw that quote at you pretending that it would be in your favor. In essence, I would be encouraging you to keep in your path and that you will eventually win over me. If instead, I am looking to make you accept the status quo and I want you to accept things the way they are, even when it is in a clear disadvantage to you, I could direct you to the typical... try to see the glass as half full rather than half empty. We've been there... don't look at the shortcomings of the brothers, look at their strengths. Don't look for blame or mistakes in the org, just think of the many people we are helping become better parents, leave drugs and vices, etc. In other words, to me, certain quotes and catchy phrases are abused and I have had my fair share of people trying to switch the blame to me by using quotes of that nature. So here I propose an end to this by quoting...
Consider the glass always half full, not half empty..... so long that the person who passes the glass to you is not the one who drank the other half when you were not looking.
Your thoughts?
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A New Watchtower trade name: Hudson Valley
by Gorbatchov inwatchtower and trading business is a never ending combination, now under the new name of hudson valley, selling their building machines online: .
http://used-tools-equipment.com.
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Because labor is always the most expensive and if you can find free qualified labor, you can always buy the machines. -
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A New Watchtower trade name: Hudson Valley
by Gorbatchov inwatchtower and trading business is a never ending combination, now under the new name of hudson valley, selling their building machines online: .
http://used-tools-equipment.com.
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Because they operate like a business. Like every business, when an asset begins to cost more to keep than to acquire a new one, the asset is decommissioned, regardless of its evident usefulness. We do this all the time at work. Millions of dollars worth of network equipment is forklifted out and replaced with new one. Sometimes this is done way before the end of its useful life. They still work and can be used but once you add depreciation cost and especially if the new gear will bring in greater revenues, then equipment is removed. Sometimes the cost of keeping up the old is higher than purchasing a new one. -
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When will the inquiry in the UK begin?
by StarTrekAngel indoes anyone know when the inquiry into child abuse in the uk is set to begin?
any idea on the timelines?
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I listened to the report on BBC radio about the destruction of documents by the WT. They said they may be facing a potential for criminal charge, unless they can legally prove that there was a reason to destroy the documents, despite the data protection act not demanding so and despite the inquiry having notified before hand to keep all documents.
The WT lawyers are not dumb. My feeling is that the legal implications of destroying the documents is much lesser than the legal implications of providing them. Sort of like when you are able to refuse a breathalyzer test because you know you are totally wasted and rather face a fine for refusal to comply.
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When will the inquiry in the UK begin?
by StarTrekAngel indoes anyone know when the inquiry into child abuse in the uk is set to begin?
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How many of you are health nuts?
by Harvard Illiterate 411 inthere was/is a sister in my old hall who was a pharmaceutical sales rep and she was a huge proponent of anything in the drug industry.
when someone had a headache, she was the first to say "take an asprin.
" now my husband and i are what you might call old hippies.
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I worked in a fairly large hospital for a few years. I was in IT, but I was fortunate enough to work closely with those in medical field. I did a lot of data gathering. While I am not going to say that I understood everything that was studied, I can tell you one thing. It was shocking to see the number of people that are dying of extremely preventable deceases at ages of less than 50. Those who survive, do so with such morbidity that I would rather be dead.
I've always suffered from allergies and comes spring, I would lose work sometimes when the allergic reactions were too severe. I went to a specialist, she prescribed something that I could have gotten over the counter (but since I had insurance). I had some side effects (nausea, blurred vision). She prescribed something else but it was not nearly as effective as stopping the reactions. Not once did she recommend a change of lifestyle or any other alternatives to, not replace medication, but may be complement it. It was useless.
Going back to my time in the hospital, I realized a couple of things. Whenever I had been invited to luncheons with doctors, there was no fried foods, no red meats and only natural teas to drink (made out of tea bags, no powder). Lots of veggies, fruits and salads ( and I am not referring to a Subway party tray). The vast majority were fit which also applied to many of the most experienced nursing staff. When participating in projects with them, they usually referred to patients with terms like cabbages (brain dead people in ICU). I found that to be a total lack of sensibility. So in my experience, the doctor tells you one thing but they practice another. When they do recommend lifestyle changes they simply repeat the old message (almost like a JW). "work out a sweat 20 min, 3 time a week and eat less food). Not to offend any doctors that may be around here. Please note that I am using words like "most" and "many", not "all doctors".
So I decided to give it a try. I started exercising and eating better and I mean a quite radical change. I started taking the most researched natural supplements. (like krill oil, vitamin D, and the like). Within 3 months I had more energy, I would also sleep better and longer. When the next spring came around, the allergies were so mild I could hardly notice it. I have not had a single allergy attack since 2009. Even when exposed to some of the weeds I am allergic to. Placebo effect? Call it what you want but if it works and only has good side effects, then why not? Why is the medical field not doing more of this?
I am not against medicine or science. But I have experienced first hand that the medical fields has done great strides in the science of alleviating the most life threatening medical conditions, so long they are not chronic. Transplants, trauma and injuries, etc. When it comes to the milder more chronic deceases, like diabetes, blood pressure, etc. Those they ride them on. I know because I provided the data that allowed them to milk insurance companies without crossing the line. There is no conspiracy, it is just the way it works.
Why is it that all vitamin supplements read "these claims have not been verified by the FDA" despite not having any major side effects but most FDA approved medications have more serious side effects than the condition they are meant to treat?
I think the answer is somewhere in the middle. A balance is important in all aspects of life and this is no exception. May be GMOs are not that bad and may be organics are overrated. Rather eat a GMO chicken day in and day out than sticking to nothing but beef because is all organic.
In summary. I still respect and visit my doctor when I need it. I vaccinate my children. But I have come to realize that I needed to take the doc down from the pedestal I had them on and I that I needed to listen to the other side of the story as well.