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  Candace Conti's Opposition to Watchtower's Motion for JNOV

  by DNCall in

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  2. friends

  now on the alameda county superior court website.

  guess who's going to win this one..

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  DNCall

  Now on the Alameda County Superior Court website. Guess who's going to win this one.
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  The Importance of Blind Chance

  by DNCall in

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  2. experiences

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  DNCall

  Wow BroMac! Thanks for the clip! I had never heard that selection. The sheet music graphic of "I Give You My Word" was framed for me and I had it on the wall of my studio for years. There's an interesting story behind that song. Maybe for another time.

  Regarding the new songbook, here is what I posted on someone else's thread a few months ago:

  "A lot of work fell to one person, who is a professional and very talented. Sometimes when you are under pressure to produce a lot of music in a short time, you rely on craft rather than those moments of inspiration that can either happen or not. Listening to the end result, I'm of the opinion that this is the scenario that accounts for the songbook being what it is.

  "At the time that I withdrew my services, the quality of what was being worked on was an improvement. When the final product was released, I, like so many of you, was disappointed."

  I agree with your assessment of the new book, although for me, I don't see the old book as being better. I think both books are very poor.
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  The Importance of Blind Chance

  by DNCall in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

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  Hi Terry: I was attempting an objective observation that might have application to the natural world. Maybe I was unduly prejudiced by personal experience in my word choice, if I'm understanding you correctly.

  That said, from my research, "chance" is associated with the predictability of something either happening or not happening (i.e., what is the chance of something happening?). "Blind chance" is associated more with something that is accidental, random, out of our control, unpredictable. That's why I chose "blind chance" instead of "chance."

  As an aside, do you think the conversation between the two goldfish would have been possible it they were in a natural environment as opposed to an artificial one?
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  The Importance of Blind Chance

  by DNCall in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

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  A young recording artist was driving to Los Angeles. As he was driving through the desert, he noticed that he was almost out of gas. He pulled into a gas station. The gas station was manned by two young men. The young men liked to write songs and happened to have guitars with them. The recording artist had achieved enough success that the two young men recognized him. They asked if they could play some songs for him. It was in this way that the recording artist was introduced to a song he would later record.

  In Los Angeles, the recording artist’s roommate arranged for the him to meet the owner of a small independent record label. The owner liked the song written by one of the young men at the gas station, as well as the artist’s own arrangement of the song. He booked a recording studio and recorded the song with various studio musicians, the two young men and hangers-on. The song was a hit—reaching No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 Singles, for two weeks in a row.

  The small record label shared some talent and personnel with another small independent record label. That label had a young producer who decided to make a recording of the same song, but with a different group. Although his version of the song wasn’t as popular as the original, it generated enough cash to help the young producer go out on his own and make records.

  He made his first record in his garage. It not only became a hit, but it spawned a series of hits for the group that was born from it. The young producer then went on to build one of the largest independent labels in the history of the music business.

  The year was 1960. The song written by the young man at the gas station was “Alley-Oop” (recorded by the Hollywood Argyles). The owner of the small independent label was my father, Al Kavelin. The other group that recorded “Alley-Oop” was Dante and the Evergreens. The young producer who made that version was Herb Alpert. The first song he recorded in his garage was “The Lonely Bull” by the nascent Tijuana Brass. The label he started was A&M Records.

  What if the young recording artist hadn’t needed gas when driving through the desert? What if he pulled into the gas station before the two young men had begun their shift? Or after? What if they didn’t have their guitars with them? What if he had pulled into a different gas station?

  Possibly, some of what is described above would have happened anyhow, because all the ingredients existed. Other things would not have happened, however, and pop culture as it exists today would certainly be different.

  Personally, this one blind chance occurrence in the desert had great impact on my life. It led to my growing up in a nice neighborhood, a better education, and growing up around the people I did. It made it possible for my mother to live comfortably for 24 years after my father died. Today, it makes it a little easier for my family to get by as well.

  On a much higher level, doesn’t it get you thinking about how important blind chance must have been to the development of the natural world (the Butterfly Effect and all that), not to mention our universe?
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  Candace Conti Post-Trial Motions

  by DNCall in

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  2. friends

  according to the court's website, the parties have stipulated and the court has ordered post-trial motions to be heard on august 13, 2012. by the end of july, you should be able to access the motions, oppositions and replies on the court's website..

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  DNCall

  According to the court's website, the parties have stipulated and the court has ordered post-trial motions to be heard on August 13, 2012. By the end of July, you should be able to access the motions, oppositions and replies on the court's website.
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  Doe v. Watchtower, et al./Post-Trial Motions

  by DNCall in

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  2. friends

  according to the alameda county superior court register of actions, the society will be bringing post-trial motions in an effort to have the judgment against it reversed.

  in the meantime, it applied to the court for a stay of enforcement of the judgment now in place.

  this is for protection during the time the post-trial motions are argued.

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  According to the Alameda County Superior Court register of actions, the Society will be bringing post-trial motions in an effort to have the judgment against it reversed. In the meantime, it applied to the Court for a stay of enforcement of the judgment now in place. This is for protection during the time the post-trial motions are argued. The plaintiff filed a partial opposition to this application out of concern that the Society will use this time to move its assets from the New York corporation to one of its other entities. The court's ruling on this should be forthcoming as soon as today.

  If the Society is not granted the relief it seeks via post-trial motions, it has said it will then file an appeal.
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  Mr. McCabe aka McCabe Law (representing WBTS)...

  by iamwhoiam in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  you know...as a jdub...your only allowed to engage in higher education if you plan on being an attourney for the wbts.. http://www.mccabelaw.net/our_practice.html.

  ...of course...i could be wrong, as i usually am..

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  McCabe is not authorized to speak for the WBTS as he was substituted out by the Society and replaced by attorney Shenack. McCabe is now only authorized to speak for his client, the North Fremont Congregation.
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  The Lawsuit: What Is The Aftermath?

  by metatron in

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  2. friends

  i have been reading all these wonderful posts about this huge victory for justice against the sick, evil old men of the watchtower with immense delight!.

  that said, i think it well that we should consider what the longer term effects of their defeat will be.. i continue to think that they will be under enormous pressure to discreetly end the circuit overseer arrangement somehow.

  there have been many rumors about this but the watchtower is stuck with a real dilemma.

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  DNCall

  Not that the Organization will do the smart or sane thing, but if it did, I think it would do the following:

  1. Direct the membership (not just elders) to make allegations of criminal activity to law enforcement. Law enforcement professionals are trained to investigate criminal allegations. Congregation elders and the Society’s legal department are not.

  2. Remove itself from a process in which it has no business in the first place. Breaches of confidentiality within the congregation and invasions of privacy will no longer be the Organization’s problem. Neither will they bear the burden of having to apply the Biblical "two witnesses" scenario.

  3. Allow law enforcement to do the legwork of determining valid accusation versus false accusation and then deal with the outcome congregationally.

  4. Pay the money it owes on any future judgments against it (Romans 13:1-5) and write if off to the membership as human imperfection on its part (the membership is already primed for it). The Governing Body can even say this is what the spirit has directed it to do.

  Am I missing anything?
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  Plaintiff awarded in punitive damages -21M & 1 dollar. Total award, 28M & 1 dollar. Here's more info

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  the plaintiff, candace conti's goal from the very beginning was to bring enough attention to this problem to incentivize watchtower to change its policy of secrecy.

  the award can be explained as it was decided: separate compensatory and punitive damages.

  the punitive award is established in law to punish wrongdoing - here, the conscious disregard for others - and deter that conduct in the future.

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  Sir 82: I could be wrong about this, but the apportionment used for regular damages may not be the same as for punitive damages. I belive the special verdict item that triggered punitive damages was that Watchtower acted with malice. Wouldn't it be great if $21 million was apportioned to Watchtower and $1 to the perp?
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  Watchtower found guilty ruled to pay 7 million to 1 victim? wow

  by yourmomma in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  is this recent?

  http://www.silentlambs.org/oaklandlawsuit.htm.

  i havent seen anyone post about it, the link has a pdf on it of the court documents, and it looks like the stamp is from 5/12 but its blurry.. .

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  Good night Barbara. Get some sleep!