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  Map of where we all are.

  by wanderlustguy in

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  http://www.frappr.com/xjws .

  don't know if this is done already, but here is a pretty neat way for us all to map out where we are so if anyone is travelling, they know who is in the area...if anyone thinks this is a good idea, feel free to click and update!

  edited to add...it has chat, too.

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  Madame Quixote

  Moi, aussi.
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  Would your home be better without "religion?"

  by Tatiana in

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  i have a serious question that i have been thinking about a lot lately.

  i'd really like other views.

  say there was no religion.

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  Madame Quixote

  It completely agree with every word of what you said, Tatianna. Now, if only we could convert everyone else to our way of thinking . . .
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  60 YEARS OLD.......MY FIRST TATOO

  by HappyDad in

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  my foot tastes kind of nasty......like the recent response i made to a post about "sexual positions" (what is sex?

  ) it is a done deal and i apologize for it as i have done at other times here.. ok.....i'm done with my apology......i have salved my conscience.

  ok.......you get my point.

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  Madame Quixote

  congratulations! It's actually . . . beautiful. And a very moving, meaningful image. I hope it heals well! Live long and prosper - no more of this "end of the road" stuff!
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  Keep Exposing Molestation Coverup

  by flipper in

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  i talked to my pioneer daughter (20) about the molestation settlements last week.

  she didn't know of course, but said,"dad it's just a way of jehovah cleaning up the organization and refining it.

  jehovah will make sure those people are dealt with that did these things.

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  Madame Quixote

  Here's another spot to blab about it:

  http://family.netscape.com/story/2007/03/24/jehovahs-witnesses-child-custody-case-assist/comments/1#comment924407

  I thought it would be good if some more people could comment there, since it doesn't look like there are very many posters at that spot.
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  Any news on legal custody issues?

  by Numinous in

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  there is an exsister in town, remarried, with three children from her previous marriage to an elder in this hall.

  for some reason he believes he can win in a case around the children attending all of the meetings, service, etc.

  along with not allowing the children to participate in holidays.

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  Madame Quixote

  Thank you, Numinous. You helped me find an important link I thought I had bookmarked; we have a new computer, so it was lost in the switchover. Good luck!

  Also, anyone interested, can make comments about the issue of child custody struggles among ex-jws here:

  http://family.netscape.com/story/2007/03/24/jehovahs-witnesses-child-custody-case-assist/comments/1#comment924407
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  Any news on legal custody issues?

  by Numinous in

  1. jw
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  there is an exsister in town, remarried, with three children from her previous marriage to an elder in this hall.

  for some reason he believes he can win in a case around the children attending all of the meetings, service, etc.

  along with not allowing the children to participate in holidays.

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  Madame Quixote

  There are some useful guidelines here, from Randy Watters' site:

  http://www.freeminds.org/psych/broken.htm

  Ah, finally, here is the link I've been looking for (at Randy's site):

  http://www.jwchildcustody.com/index.html
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  Any news on legal custody issues?

  by Numinous in

  1. jw
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  there is an exsister in town, remarried, with three children from her previous marriage to an elder in this hall.

  for some reason he believes he can win in a case around the children attending all of the meetings, service, etc.

  along with not allowing the children to participate in holidays.

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  Madame Quixote

  Could you clarify the issues and use paragraphs. I'm not sure I follow what you're trying to ask/tell. I guess you must have been in a hurry.

  There is a link to lawyers specializing in custody battles against JWs at silentlambs.org and it is not just for sex abuse victims; the link says they specialize in JW custody battles, period. I'll try to find it for you.

  I thought I had saved the link. I don't see it anymore at silent lambs, although there is an ad/link for a lawyer there who handles unusual/difficult cases:

  http://silentlambs.org/assistance/legal.cfm
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  HELLO TO ALL FROM THE SPAWNOFNVR!

  by SpawnofNvr in

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  hallo ebrybudy!.

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  Madame Quixote

  Welcome, Spawn! Glad to see you're here.
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  "For The Fallen"

  by Madame Quixote in

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  what i am listening to now.

  very moving:.

  marketers are creative pr.. funders include the corporation for public broadcasting and national endowment for the arts.

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  What I am listening to now. Very moving:

  hearing voices:storiesspecialswebworkswhois
  Memorial Day ceremony at the American Cemetery in Suresnes, France, Mar 30 1920

  For the Fallen– Radio Special
  for Memorial Day, Monday May 28 2007
  Hosted by Major Robert Schaefer, U.S. Army Special Forces

  For the Fallen 1 (23:00)

  Host Major Robert Schaefer, U.S. Army Special Forces, a Green Beret and poet, reveals his love-hate relationship with the bugle call "Taps." We join a "Military Honor Guard" in Long Island, recorded by Charles Lane. We hear interviews with World War Two and Vietnam vets from the public radio's StoryCorps and This I Believe series. Composer Phil Kline sets to music the slogans Vietnam soldiers etched into their lighters, in Zippo Songs. And we attend the daily ceremony by Belgian veterans honoring the WWI British soldiers who died defending a small town in western Belgium (produced by Marjorie Van Halteren and Helen Engelhardt).

  For the Fallen 2 (29:00)

  We hear troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, reading their emails, poems, and journals, as part of the NEA project: "Operation Homecoming," and selections from the NEA CD Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience with well-known authors reading their poems, prose, and essays about their time in the military. (Major Schaefer, the Host of this special, contributed the poem "Clusters" to the book.)

  Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) Casualties for month of ( casualties).

  Rollover name for serviceperson's rank, hometown, and cause of death.

  OIF Casualties - Statistical Graphs

  rank | branch | age | cause | state | month

  Military Funeral Services Over Time

  Military funeral services over time, with "Echo Taps" played by the US Marine Band. Photos from: Library of Congress, National Archives and Records, Dover Air Force Base, and Wikipedia.

  1) Civil War veteran standing and saluting with a Boy Scout and a soldier at a gravesite in Oak Woods Cemetery on Memorial Day. (LOC)

  2) Standing in the grassy sod bordering row upon row of white crosses in an American cemetery, two dungaree-clad Coast Guardsmen pay silent homage to the memory of a fellow Coast Guardsman who lost his life in action in the Ryukyu Islands." (NARA)

  3) The crew of the USS SOUTH DAKOTA stands with bowed heads, while Chaplain N. D. Lindner reads the benediction held in honor of fellow shipmates killed in the air action off Guam on June 19, 1944. July 1, 1944 (NARA)

  4) With a canvas tarpaulin for a church and packing cases for an altar, a Navy chaplain holds mass for Marines at Saipan. The service was held in memory of brave buddies who lost their lives in the initial landings." Sgt. Steele, June 1944. (NARA)

  5) Sailor and girl at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Washington, D.C. (LOC)

  6) A Marine at Vietnam Memorial on 4th July 2002. (Wikipedia)

  7-9) Ceremonies for offloading caskets at Dover Air Force Base, casualties from OIF.

  Programming and design by Stonetip . Iraq Coalition casualty count from iCasuaties.org .
  Hearing Voices Specials are crafted from new and classic radio shows. Story Editors are Scott Carrier and Larry Massett. Marketers are Creative PR .
  Funders include the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and National Endowment for the Arts . Executive Producer is Barrett Golding. Technical Director is Robin Wise of SoundImagery.com .
  StoryCorps is sponsored by AT&T, produced by Sound Portraits Productions . This I Believe is independently produced for NPR by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman, with Emily Botein, John Gregory and Viki Merrick.

  hearing voices:storiesspecialsshopsitemapweblogwebworkswhois

  corporation for public broadcasting

  national endowment for the arts

  hearing voices
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  I got married yesterday!

  by Gadget in

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  2. friends

  i've been posting on here for four years now, and so much has changed in my life.

  everything seemed to be going wrong then, but time has done wonders and things are real good now.

  lots of people on the board helped and supported me through that, as well as new non-witness friends that i made.

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  Congratulations, Paul and Claire! What a lovely, happy bride, and proud-looking groom. May you be well and happy!