dropoffyourkeylee
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A 'Paradise' for mice turned out not to be so
by Petraglyph inin this experiment, mice were given a perfect environment in which to live.
for the mice you would think this was 'paradise'.
but due to their nature it did not take long for this to become a horrible place to live.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z760xny4vm.
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dropoffyourkeylee
Cool video! The narrator doesn't say so , but this is a variation of a Malthusian catastrophe. -
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2016 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses
by wifibandit inthe 2016 yearbook is now on the official site.
pdf.
it has been added to the archive of all prior yearbooks.
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dropoffyourkeylee
The disparity between the increases of 'peak' and 'average' publishers is curious. It may be simply a function of reporting methods. It used to be explained that 'peak' includes ones who report several months at one time to catch up, so August (at the end of the service year) was the highest month, as people were asked to complete all their reports before Sept 1. Now with texts, electronic communication, etc it may be that the effect of the 'peak' is less pronounced. In either case, the 'average' publisher is probably a better measure to compare across years. -
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If a year is really 365 1/4 days why 360 days to calculate 1914
by blondie indoesn't that throw off the date?.
*** w51 6/15 p. 383 questions from readers ***.
in establishing the length of the seven times of the gentiles, a time or year of 360 days is used, to give 2,520 days, which become 2,520 years when ezekiel 4:6 is applied.
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dropoffyourkeylee
The '360' was inherited from William Miller and the Adventists, and probably before that. -
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When did district conventions become regional conventions and why?
by slimboyfat ini think it was gary and heather bottings' book the orwellian world of jehovah's wifnesses that noted the function of the habit of the watchtower organisation of changing organisational terminology periodically.
congregations became companies and then back to congregations again.
circuit overseers became circuit servants and then back again.
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dropoffyourkeylee
Just an observation from my perspective (midwest US). Back in the day (pre 1980) the district was well defined. All congregations in a district were assigned to the same district assembly, the congregations within the district were consistent, the district overseer and circuit overseers were visible and present at the district assembly, etc. More recently, the 'district' convention was a hodgepodge of congregations from numerous congregations from different circuits. The district overseer wasn't there, nor was it even clear what district it was. So I think the concept of 'district' had ceased to exist anyway for at least 15 years. -
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2016 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses
by wifibandit inthe 2016 yearbook is now on the official site.
pdf.
it has been added to the archive of all prior yearbooks.
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dropoffyourkeylee
I can't get it to open from my phone, are there any notable decreases? -
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Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses Closing & Sale in Boonville, MO
by Brokeback Watchtower inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydbkxynecic
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dropoffyourkeylee
The injustice is that the local JWs raised the money to build this hall and paid it off with their own donations. But now they are forced to give it up and they don't have a say. -
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Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses Closing & Sale in Boonville, MO
by Brokeback Watchtower inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydbkxynecic
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dropoffyourkeylee
Boonville Missouri, pop 8319, not to be confused with JF Rutherford's home town, Boozeville.
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GB Samuel Herd on "Angels and Women"
by freetosee ini find it interesting that samuel herd (as co) promoted the book angels and women in his talk "fear of giants".
he called it a fascinating book, once you pick it up you cant put it down without reading it from cover to cover!
he also mentions that russell wrote the foreword of the book and that it can be found in the gilead library.. .
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dropoffyourkeylee
I have a copy of Angels and Women, but not of Selma. It is definitely a bit of early science fiction, of the kind I found fun to read when I was growing up. It may have seemed a bit strange at the time it was written (about 1870 or so) but it is not the 'inspired by demons' book that some have made it out to be. H G Wells novels aren't much different.
i also have a copy of Atla by the same author, mrs JG Smith. She was Ann Eliza Brainerd, wife of JG Smith who was a very wealthy railroad baron and one time governor of Vermont.
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American accents, Bette Midler, Clinton, Rick Fearon, Strathclyde, Morningside
by slimboyfat ini used to enjoy being able to distinguish different local accents, but for some reason i've got worse at it.
i was thinking about this today when i was listening to bette midler on the scottish radio.
i thought to myself i quite liked her accent and also that it reminded me of someone else.
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dropoffyourkeylee
Billy thanks for those links.
, did Russell say ' shulamite's Son' at the end? What's up with that?
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American accents, Bette Midler, Clinton, Rick Fearon, Strathclyde, Morningside
by slimboyfat ini used to enjoy being able to distinguish different local accents, but for some reason i've got worse at it.
i was thinking about this today when i was listening to bette midler on the scottish radio.
i thought to myself i quite liked her accent and also that it reminded me of someone else.
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dropoffyourkeylee
Lorne Greene ( Ben Cartwright from Bonanza) was indeed from Canada.