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FARGO, N.D. (KVLY) A south Fargo man took to the Nextdoor app after he says a woman claiming to be a Jehovah's Witness knocked on his apartment door Sunday night. It all happened in the 2300 block of 30 1/2 Ave. S. The man didn't want to talk with us on camera today, but he tells our reporter the woman claimed her name was Stephanie, and that she wanted to share the word of God. The man says when he looked through his peephole he saw the woman had empty hands. The man says he didn't open the door as he didn't know how she got in his building without buzzing for access, and didn't know if she actually was part of the religion or not. He says after lingering outside his door for about 10 minutes, the woman left. And while door knocking is no unfamiliar task for the Jehovah's Witness, it wasn't something members were doing last night. Fargo Jehovah's Witness member, Guy Howie says it's unusual to find a member at your door without an iPad, meeting invitation or bible reading in their hands. He also says members usually travel in twos when knocking through neighborhoods. Howie says Jehovah's Witnesses don't go into secure buildings unless they're buzzed in. He says if one does end up at your apartment door, you'll see or hear other members on your floor trying your neighbors as well. With motives unknown, Howie says an incident like this is concerning, but says it's not the first time he's heard something like this happening. He says Jehovah's Witnesses are not dishonest people and only come to your door to share a message of good news. Howie added members of the religion will never ask you for money. Fargo Police say they haven't heard of any incidents like this recently, but they also urge you to report any suspicious activity by calling dispatch at 701-451-7660. Read more: https://www.valleynewslive.com/content/news/Man-warns-of-possible-Jehovahs-Witness-impostor-door-knocking-in-south-Fargo-567144561.html

Cheryl Pitts was having trouble breathing, could barely walk and her skin was turning gray. She needed heart surgery, but her choice of hospitals was limited. A Jehovah’s Witness, Pitts couldn’t accept a blood transfusions or other treatment with blood products because of her religious beliefs. In need of a bloodless surgery, the 64-year-old Portsmouth woman decided to go to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center — one of seven Ohio hospitals that offer blood alternative solutions to adults. “I just can’t handle the thought of having to take blood,” Pitts said. “Even before I became a Jehovah’s Witness, I would not take blood.” She didn’t trust receiving blood because of the possible complications that come with blood transfusions. Blood transfusions replace blood that is lost through surgery or injury or if a person’s body is not making blood properly. Though generally considered safe, there is some risk of complications and allergic reactions, according to the Mayo Clinic. In central Ohio, only Grant Medical Center and Nationwide Children’s Hospital have a blood conservation program that uses methods to limit blood loss during surgery and provides blood alternatives to people who don’t want to do transfusions for religious reasons or safety concerns. Read more: https://www.record-courier.com/news/20200120/grant-medical-center-nationwide-childrens-offer-bloodless-surgery-to-jehovahs-witnesses

On the morning of January 19, 2020, in Kazan, law enforcement officers detained about 15 believers, including two children and two women over the age of 80. All of them were interrogated using psychological pressure about who forces them to read the Bible. Some believers have been searched and detained. https://www.jw-russia.org/en/news/2020/01/12.html

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A molecule made of two rhenium atoms (dark spots) travels around two carbon nanotubes (lighter lattice of spots), settling into the gap between the nanotubes. When the atoms separate by a larger distance, the bond between the atoms is broken, and then later reforms.

I want to try something different. Normally I explain the picture on the artwork or in the comments , but this time I want to see how you all interpret the message behind these pictures. Let me know what this picture makes you think of or how you think it relates to us spiritually down below!

The parents of a severely jaundiced 14-day-old premature baby, who vehemently opposed blood transfusion for their child on medical and religious grounds, have explained the motive behind their action. Father of the baby Emmanuel Onokpise, who claimed he and his wife were never informed their child was in any danger of death due to the weight, said they love their child and believed in medical intervention to cure ailments. He added that being Jehovah’s Witnesses, they also had an obligation to obey Jehovah’s commandment to abstain from blood consumption. “Jehovah, the creator, expressly prohibits the ingestion of blood. He made this law both before and during the Christian era,” he said The Lagos State Government took the baby Onokpise from the parents following a court order directing it to do so. The government waded into the matter when a concerned member of the public informed the Office of the Public Defender that Mr and Mrs Emmanuel Onokpise had, contrary to medical advice, discharged their severely ill baby from hospital after refusing her blood transfusion on religious and medical grounds. Baby Onokpise, who was born on December 18, 2019, is now in an orphanage home. According to the government, the baby’s parents, who were on Medical Insurance with a Health Maintenance Organisation (HMO), “vehemently opposed the blood transfusion” for the baby and took her home, where her condition deteriorated and death was imminent. Onokpise, who Responding to enquiries from The Nation, Onokpise said in a statement “The doctors informed us after she was delivered that she had jaundice. She was being treated for it.” Read more: https://wuzupnigeria.com/parents-reject-blood-transfusion-for-their-baby/

Era noche de viernes, la mayoría de los hidrómilos descansaban en sus casas mientras la temperatura descendía ante el ingreso de un frente frío, en tanto que un nutrido grupo de hombres, mujeres y niños trabajaban codo a codo para rehabilitar algunas calles de la colonia Kilómetro Dos.Son integrantes de la comunidad religiosa denominada como “Testigos de Jehová”, quienes tienes su salón en el cruce de las calles del Maestro y Nicolás Bravo, siendo precisamente la calle del Maestro la que se encontraba plagada de baches. COMPRARON MATERIALLuego de varias solicitudes que no tuvieron respuesta ante autoridades locales, los integrantes de dicha comunidad decidieron cooperarse para comprar un camión con 14 metros cuadrados de asfalto, el cual tuvo un costo de 2 mil 500 pesos. Leer más: https://www.presencia.mx/nota.aspx?id=166574&s=3&fbclid=IwAR1p05ZgzQZInYHyg4cxMkBRfBjFpnv5-LOcfEUPhxQ-QAiXrSv3Rfs5Uy8

That's me today, I don't find my eyeglasses, and I see blurry ocasionally while using contact lenses 🤦‍♀️😅

A Future with Less Screens Mojo Vision is all about "invisible computing." The company, whose founders include industry veterans from the likes of Apple, Google, Amazon, and Microsoft, wants to reduce our reliance on screens. Instead of pulling out your phone to check why it buzzed in the middle of a conversation, look to the corner of your eye to activate an interface that will tell you in a split second. "We want to create a technology that lets you be you, lets you look like you; doesn't change your appearance; it doesn't make you act weird walking down the street," said Mike Wiemer, cofounder and chief technology officer at Mojo Vision. "It's very discreet and frankly, substantially, most of the time it doesn't show you anything." Making smart contact lenses is no simple task, though—even Alphabet's Verily subsidiary had to refocus its Smart Lens program after hitting a few snags. You need to have the right sensors at the right sizes, the power to make it all work, and a display and image sensor, too. These sensors range from custom wireless radios to motion sensors for eye tracking and image stabilization. https://www.wired.com/story/mojo-vision-smart-contact-lens/

Carolina del Norte – Estados Unidos.- Un hombre resultó herido durante un tiroteo registrado afuera del Salón del Reino de los Testigos de Jehová en Davis Park Road, en la avenida Richland de Gastonia. La policía del condado de Gaston se encuentra investigando lo sucedido. La víctima fue llevada de emergencia a un hospital cercano, según manifestaron las autoridades la herida que presenta no es de profunda gravedad. La violencia en Gastonia mantiene preocupados a sus residentes, justo una hora antes del tiroteo en las adyacencias del espacio religioso, se registró un robo a mano armada en la pizzería de Little Caesar, ubicada a menos de tres cuadras del Salón. En ese suceso nadie resulto herido y hasta el momento se desconoce si ambos casos se encuentran vinculados. http://progresohispanonews.com/gastonia-tiroteo-afuera-de-un-salon-de-testigos-de-jehova/

CARROLLTON, Ala. (WIAT) — Three people who were killed during a tornado last Saturday will be laid to rest in the coming weeks. Tyrone Spain, 51, will have a funeral at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Aliceville City Hall. On Jan. 25, there will be a memorial service Albert and Susan Barnett at Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Hall in Duncanville that will start at 1 p.m. Albert was 85 years old while Susan was 75. The Barnetts and Spain all lived on Settlement Road outside Carrollton and were in their separate homes when the tornado hit. The three were the only people in the state killed during the weekend storms. https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/funerals-set-for-victims-of-pickens-county-tornado/

Bengaluru doctors save life of 4-year-old boy with bloodless bone marrow transplant The boy belongs to the Jehovah’s Witnesses faith, the followers of which cannot take blood transfusions as treatment. It is not rare for doctors to take young children for bone marrow transplants. In fact, it is one of the most effective treatments for certain forms of leukaemia and other disorders. However, when the individual in question belongs to a faith which doesn’t permit them to get a normal blood transfusion, how do doctors tackle such a challenge? Bloodless bone marrow transplants are given to individuals belonging to the Jehovah’s Witnesses faith, and this was exactly the method used by doctors in Bengaluru to save a 4-year-old boy. Ittai James Moshi and his parents hail from Tanzania. The boy’s parents are both IT professionals who moved to Bengaluru in 2018 for his treatment. He was diagnosed with a form of abdominal cancer and required a bone marrow transplant to treat him. However, the standard procedure to initiate a bone marrow transplant involves getting a blood transfusion. As Ittai and his parents belong to the Jehovah’s Witnesses community, it was not allowed for him to undergo the routine transplant. https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/bengaluru-doctors-save-life-4-year-old-boy-bloodless-bone-marrow-transplant-116255

Mujeres protestantes que celebran la Navidad son las últimas víctimas de redadas policiales en reuniones de adoración. Los oficiales registraron la casa, tomaron teléfonos, obligaron a las mujeres a escribir declaraciones y tomaron fotos y huellas digitales. Los funcionarios a menudo convocan y amenazan a personas que se sabe que son religiosas (incluidos los hombres que asisten a la mezquita, las mujeres que usan pañuelos en la cabeza y los testigos de Jehová). Ocho testigos de Jehová fueron multados en 2019. La policía allanó una reunión navideña de mujeres protestantes en una aldea en la región oriental de Lebap de Turkmenistán el 26 de diciembre de 2019. Los oficiales registraron la casa, confiscaron teléfonos e interrogaron a las mujeres en la estación de policía. A principios de enero de 2020, la policía convocó a las mujeres una por una, las obligó a escribir declaraciones y les tomó fotos y huellas digitales. Oraciones en la mezquita de Ertogrul, Ashgabad Azathabar.com (RFE / RL) Parece que ninguno de los protestantes ha sido multado aún . Aunque esta es la única incursión conocida contra cristianos protestantes en 2019, durante todo el año la policía también allanó las reuniones de los testigos de Jehová, interrogó y amenazó a personas y llevó los casos a los tribunales. Los incidentes incluyeron violencia física policial, intimidación, allanamientos (a menudo sin orden judicial) y confiscación de pertenencias personales. "Los oficiales hostigan, interrogan y presionan a los testigos de Jehová, incluso amenazan con 'arreglar un accidente' si no renuncian a su fe", dijeron al Foro 18 https://www.tajikistannews.net/news/263734553/turkmenistan-raids-searches-fines-threats-beatings-headscarf-bans

Protestant women celebrating Christmas are the latest victims of police raids on worship meetings. Officers searched the home, seized telephones, forced the women to write statements and took photos and fingerprints. Officials often summon and threaten people known to be religious (including men who attend mosque, women who wear headscarves, and Jehovah's Witnesses). Eight Jehovah's Witnesses were fined in 2019. Police raided a Christmas gathering of Protestant women in a village in Turkmenistan's eastern Lebap Region on 26 December 2019. Officers searched the home, seized telephones and questioned the women at the police station. In early January 2020, police summoned the women one by one, forced them to write statements, and took their photos and fingerprints. Prayers at Ertogrul gazy Mosque, Ashgabad Azathabar.com (RFE/RL) It appears that none of the Protestants have yet been fined (see below). Although this is the only known raid on Protestant Christians in 2019, throughout the year police also raided Jehovah's Witness meetings, interrogated and threatened individuals and brought cases to court. Incidents included police physical violence, intimidation, house searches (often without a warrant) and seizures of personal belongings. "Officers harass, interrogate and pressure Jehovah's Witnesses, even threatening to 'arrange an accident' if they will not renounce their faith," they told Forum 18 (see below). At least 8 Jehovah's Witnesses are known to have been fined several days' average wages while one of them was also jailed for three days on accusations of hooliganism (see below). Officials forcibly took some Jehovah's Witnesses from their workplace or homes for interrogation, "all in an effort to pressure them to abandon their faith" (see below). One Jehovah's Witness fined in 2019 was Arslan Begenchov. Police summoned him just weeks after he completed a one-year prison term for refusing compulsory military service on grounds of conscience (see below). https://www.tajikistannews.net/news/263734553/turkmenistan-raids-searches-fines-threats-beatings-headscarf-bans

The father of a severely jaundiced 14-day-old premature baby who denied the baby life-saving blood transfusion on medical and religious grounds, on Saturday explained his side of the story. Mr Emmanuel Onokpise claimed he and his wife were never informed their child was in any danger of death to the baby due to the weight. The Lagos State Government evacuated the baby via a court order following information from a concerned member of the public informed its Office of the Public Defender that Mr and Mrs Emmanuel Onokpise had, contrary to medical advice, discharged their severely ill baby from hospital after refusing her blood transfusion on religious and medical grounds. Baby Onokpise, who was born on December 18, 2019, is now in an orphanage home. According to the government, the baby’s parents, who were on Medical Insurance with a Health Maintenance Organisation (HMO), “vehemently opposed the blood transfusion” for the baby and took her home, where her condition deteriorated and death was imminent. Onokpise, who responded to enquiries from The Nation via a statement, said he and his wife loved their child and believed in medical intervention to cure ailments. He added that being Jehovah’s witnesses, they also had an obligation to obey Jehovah’s commandment to abstain from blood consumption. Read more: https://thenationonlineng.net/why-we-rejected-blood-transfusion-for-our-baby/

Although this is the only known raid on Protestant Christians in 2019, throughout the year police also raided Jehovah's Witness meetings, interrogated and threatened individuals and brought cases to court. Incidents included police physical violence, intimidation, house searches (often without a warrant) and seizures of personal belongings. "Officers harass, interrogate and pressure Jehovah's Witnesses, even threatening to ‘arrange an accident' if they will not renounce their faith," they told Forum 18 (see below). At least 8 Jehovah's Witnesses are known to have been fined several days' average wages while one of them was also jailed for three days on accusations of hooliganism (see below). Officials forcibly took some Jehovah's Witnesses from their workplace or homes for interrogation, "all in an effort to pressure them to abandon their faith" (see below). One Jehovah's Witness fined in 2019 was Arslan Begenchov. Police summoned him just weeks after he completed a one-year prison term for refusing compulsory military service on grounds of conscience (see below). http://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=2534

Wow, thanks for sharing your story, it touched my heart

A North Carolina congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses was “still a little traumatized” Thursday after a church member was shot while sitting in her car in the church parking lot Wednesday night, an elder told The Charlotte Observer. Several other members who were outside during the shooting scrambled to safety in the congregation‘s Kingdom Hall, joining other worshippers who “sheltered in place,” Elder John Wray said. The Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses is located in Gastonia. Wray, who was among those in the church at the time, said he never heard any of the shots outside. https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article239361273.html

@Arauna I'd like to hear your experience if you'd like to share it someday

Bengaluru: A cancer patient requiring bone marrow transplant can become a complicated case if he or she belongs to Jehovah’s Witnesses denomination as blood transfusion is a taboo for the community even during life-threatening conditions. However, a four-year-old boy from Tanzania, who was suffering from fourth stage abdominal cancer and belonged to Jehovah’s Witnesses, successfully underwent bone marrow transplant (BMT) in Bengluru in what was a bloodlessprocedure. The treatment usually entails five to six blood transfusions, but in this case, doctors at Mazumdar Shah Cancer Centre, Narayana Health City increased his blood levels three weeks prior to the procedure. Ittai James Moshi from Dar es Salaam in Tanzania underwent the transplant in September 2019 and is recovering. Ittai’s parents, IT employees in Tanzania, shifted to Bengaluru in late 2018 for his treatment. “In mid-2018, my son started having high fever, body pain and stomach cramps. No medicine helped despite repeated consultations with pediatricians in Tanzania. By October 2018, he stopped walking,” said James Moshi. A private hospital in Bengaluru first treated Ittai for bacterial infection. “His infection had spread to the skeletal system. On seeing no recovery, a battery of tests were done. He was then diagnosed with cancer,” recalled Moshi. Read more at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/73281419.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

Bonus Point: Some pearls form naturally in clams and oysters. However, cultured pearls are different. They are formed when someone intentionally puts an irritant into an oyster triggering the defense mechanism. Similarly, some of our brothers and sisters may have suffered physical, verbal or sexual abuse. They did nothing wrong, something wrong was done to them. In these instances it can take years for them to learn to cope with the pain. Still, with God’s love and spirit, even such deep scars from the actions of others can create pearls. If this has happened to you, others who have suffered may see your pearl of strength and be encouraged to keep pressing on as well. Most importantly, Jehovah sees your pain and all you have done to keep moving forward despite it. In his eyes, that has more value than any pearl that has ever been found.

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On January 13, 2020, the Perm Regional Court upheld the decision of a lower court to punish Aleksey Metsger for practicing his religion. He will be fined 350,000 rubles. https://jw-russia.org/en/news/2020/01/1550.html

Se refiere a la serpiente con el artículo "el" más cauteloso y no "la" más cautelosa como normalmente se usaría ese artículo para esa palabra femenina en Español?