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Victorian State Government announces inquiry into sexual abuse among religious organisations
by sizemik inthe victorian premier, ted baillieu and attorney-general robert clark made the announcement at parliament house at 1.15pm yesterday.. some would prefer a royal inquiry (see article), but either way, things could get uncomfortable in wt world down the track.. an inquiry was one of the key recommendations of an earlier inquiry into child protection by retired judge phillip cummins.. this was the same inquiry steven unthank made submission to in person, which was fairly well received.
the efforts many others have gone to in order to add weight will surely have also contributed.
a number here have made a contribution in various ways and can feel gratified by this progress.. the full herald sun article is here.. .
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Watch Tower Society v. Jehovahs Witnesses
by sizemik inan interesting follow-up article by steven unthank .
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.. http://jwnewsnetwork.wordpress.com/2012/04/08/wts-v-jw/.
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Eating Blood v Transfusion . . . same thing?
by sizemik inthe wts ban on the transfusion of whole blood or primary components is established on a number of "principles" which when taken in their entirety give rise to the doctrine.. one important one is the refusal to distinguish between the consumption of blood by eating .
and the consumption of blood by surgically implanting it (transfusion).
we've all heard the "alcohol" analogy.
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Safe sex works . . .
by sizemik inif you're prudish and easily offended don"t watch this vid .
.. if i get banned .
it was nice, thanks.. but i can't see any rules being broken .
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Possibility of a Major Methane Release Triggered by Melting Arctic Ice Constitutes a "Planetary Emergency".
by sizemik inclimate 'tech fixes' urged for arctic methane.
by richard black - environment correspondent, bbc news.
an eminent uk engineer is suggesting building cloud-whitening towers in the faroe islands as a "technical fix" for warming across the arctic.. scientists told uk mps this week that the possibility of a major methane release triggered by melting arctic ice constitutes a "planetary emergency".. the arctic could be sea-ice free each september within a few years.. wave energy pioneer stephen salter has shown that pumping seawater sprays into the atmosphere could cool the planet.. the edinburgh university academic has previously suggested whitening clouds using specially-built ships.. at a meeting in westminster organised by the arctic methane emergency group (ameg), prof salter told mps that the situation in the arctic was so serious that ships might take too long.. "i don't think there's time to do ships for the arctic now," he said.. "we'd need a bit of land, in clean air and the right distance north... where you can cool water flowing into the arctic.".
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George Clooney arrested
by sizemik inhttp://entertainment.msn.co.nz/article.aspx?id=8436695.
george clooney arrested.
george clooney and his father have been arrested during a protest outside the sudanese embassy, and the actor says he has asked president barack obama to engage china on stopping a humanitarian crisis in northern africa.. the protesters accuse sudanese president omar al-bashir of provoking a humanitarian crisis and blocking food and aid from entering the nuba mountains in the county's border region with south sudan.. clooney, his father nick and others were arrested on friday after being warned three times not to cross a police line outside the embassy.
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Russian Prosecutor's office seeks to declare Jehovah's Witnesses leaflets extremist
by sizemik inprosecutor's office seeks to declare jehovah's witnesses leaflets extremist.
kursk, march 14 - rapsi.
the kursk regional court has started considering the prosecutor's office petition to declare five jehovah's witnesses religious leaflets extremist, the court spokesman albert aseyev told ria novosti on wednesday.. "the leaflets speak about general and spiritual issues.
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Steven Unthanks case . . . this might help fill some gaps.
by sizemik ini was alerted to steven unthanks latest feature article on jwnews.net .
.. it was posted just a few days ago (11th) and explains a number of things some have puzzled over with regard to australian law, and why things unfolded as they did.. it includes a report compiled by an ex-jw who attended the hearings.. for those that took an interest in the case .
it might fill in some gaps for you.. it's on the home page and entitled .
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JW conman pretended to be a successful butcher to commit a £3.3million tax fraud
by sizemik inthey teach them well in wt land .
walter meaty: fraudster butcher in 3.3million tax con.
gary turner convinced people he ran a meat wholesalers famous for its sausage rolls but the firm had been bust for 14 years.. his walter mitty-type fantasy was in fact a ruse to rip off the taxpayer by continuing to claim vast sums of vat from hmrc on the basis he was still in charge of a going concern.. and the cash he gained funded a luxury lifestyle.. when turners detached house was raided, revenue officers found five luxury cars with personalised number plates and a watch collection worth more than 35,000, including two rolexes valued at 17,420.. a 4,600 juke box and three guitars costing 2,000 were also discovered.. it also emerged he spent 7,000 on family holidays to spain and used more taxpayer money to build a new house with a top of the range kitchen and bathroom as well as two other properties.. turner, 47 a jehovahs witness, was declaring huge profits from his non-existent business and claiming back tens of thousands of pounds every year.. .
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Jehovah's Witnesses church leader 'poisoned' by rival
by sizemik inmore trouble in paradise .
jehovah's witnesses church leader 'poisoned' by rival.
the adelaide hills jehovah's witnesses community has been rocked by the alleged poisoning of a church official and his young family by a rival.. google_ad_section_end(name=story_introduction) the extraordinary series of events, in which glyphosate weed killer was injected into food, milk and fruit juice cartons in a fridge, was uncovered only after the victim set up a hidden camera in his kitchen - apparently catching the culprit in the act.. .