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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

by snowbird in

my sister, who lives in atlanta, told me about this book today.. it is on my must-read list.. syl.

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From a single, abbreviated life grew a seemingly immortal line of cells that made some of the most crucial innovations in modern science possible. And from that same life, and those cells, Rebecca Skloot has fashioned in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks a fascinating and moving story of medicine and family, of how life is sustained in laboratories and in memory. Henrietta Lacks was a mother of five in Baltimore, a poor African American migrant from the tobacco farms of Virginia, who died from a cruelly aggressive cancer at the age of 30 in 1951. A sample of her cancerous tissue, taken without her knowledge or consent, as was the custom then, turned out to provide one of the holy grails of mid-century biology: human cells that could survive--even thrive--in the lab. Known as HeLa cells, their stunning potency gave scientists a building block for countless breakthroughs, beginning with the cure for polio. Meanwhile, Henrietta's family continued to live in poverty and frequently poor health, and their discovery decades later of her unknowing contribution--and her cells' strange survival--left them full of pride, anger, and suspicion. For a decade, Skloot doggedly but compassionately gathered the threads of these stories, slowly gaining the trust of the family while helping them learn the truth about Henrietta, and with their aid she tells a rich and haunting story that asks the questions, Who owns our bodies? And who carries our memories? --Tom NissleyFrom Amazon

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Before you can be Baptized, you must first....

by RagingBull in

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at this week's bookstudy/school/service meeting, there is plenty of emphasis on "baptism"...and considering the book of acts, one must wonder about the eunuch and cornelius.. ethiopian eunuch - a minister of finance (political figure = treasurer)...didn't really understand what he was reading (not in the "accurate knowledge" way at least)...yet by phillip he was baptized soon after they met.

it was his faith in jesus that played the part.

cornelius - was in the roman army (military)...was a very giving man, kind, strong faith in jesus and believed in him...he and his family were baptized.

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Just anothr example of how they serve the orginization above all else.

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All time best Western movie themes

by sinis in

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here are my favorites:.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyrjh0edlss&feature=player_embedded.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iterkvrkfa&feature=player_embedded.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-HRbsejTyw

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All time best Western movie themes

by sinis in

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friends

here are my favorites:.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyrjh0edlss&feature=player_embedded.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iterkvrkfa&feature=player_embedded.

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Not sure if this classifies as an official "theme" but it's one of the best songs from a western:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkmvwCpcZlM

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All time best Western movie themes

by sinis in

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friends

here are my favorites:.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyrjh0edlss&feature=player_embedded.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iterkvrkfa&feature=player_embedded.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLzhTezsgK4

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All knowledge would be taken...?

by satinka in

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do you recall hearing this teaching...?.

i recall as a jw i was taught that if anyone dared to leave the organization, all knowledge would be taken from us.

turns out it was yet another jw lie.. now, eleven years after leaving, i still remember the scriptures word for word and by using the concordance i find my way back to the scripture in question.