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  1. @Jay Witness The brains of adult men are about 10% larger in total size than the brains of women. Because men generally have a larger stature and more muscle mass than women, their brains require more neurons to control the body.
  2. A truck driver who was using his mobile phone when he killed a grandmother by ploughing into her car has been jailed for five years. David Shields, 34, was caught on camera inside his cab scrolling on his device for a full 18 seconds leading up to the collision last February. He tried to brake at the last second, but his recovery truck smashed into the back of missionary worker Yvonne Blackman's car as she queued in traffic on the A75 in Dumfries. Footage has now been released showing Shields, from Drongan, East Ayrshire, checking his phone before noticing Ms Blackman's car at the last second. At the High Court in Glasgow on Friday, Shields was also banned from driving for seven-and-half years after admitting causing death by dangerous driving. Ms Blackman, from Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, was on her way to meet friends when the crash took place. The 66-year-old, a mother of four and gran to 18, died several weeks later in hospital. Yvonne Blackman Ralph Blackman, her husband of almost 38 years, spoke outside court following the sentencing. "I think it was a reasonable deterrent for other drivers from doing a similar thing because it caused a lot of suffering," the 78-year-old said. Visably distressed, he added: "It caused a lot of heartbreak to all of our family, grandkids, sisters, brothers and myself. "I'm still not settled properly yet but I'm getting there, but like I said before the main thing is that justice has been done. "Me and my family are hoping that any driver who actually uses their phone while they're driving should realise that suffering and heartbreak is caused not just to their family but the victim's family as well." Mr Blackman added of his wife: "[She was] very fun going and she liked to get things done. "In a lot of years she was a missionary for the JW [Jehovah's Witnesses] and she was knocking on doors trying to get people to do the right thing and serve god. "She loved having holidays, dancing - she had a lot of life to live." Jailing Shields, judge Lady Stacey told him: "I have seen a video of the crash and know you were paying heed to your mobile phone for 18 seconds. It was a very dangerous thing to do. "I know you did not intent the catastrophic result, but you should have known the terrible risk you were taking." Shields, who served as a lance corporal in the Royal Highland Fusiliers in Iraq and Afghanistan, wept as he was led away to the cells. David Shields His defence counsel John Scullion QC earlier said: "He has asked me to apologise to Mrs Blackman's family and is ashamed of his actions that day." The crash happened after Ms Blackman was caught in heavy traffic on the A75 Gretna to Stranraer road around 8.30am on February 8, 2017. Shields was driving a truck for 911 Rescue Recovery from Stoke to Kilmarnock when he ploughed into the back of her Toyota Yaris. Prosecutor Liam Ewing said: "Witnesses noted that the lorry did not appear to brake until a short distance before the collision, at which time it skidded or snaked." The Toyota car hit a BMW in front before spinning to a halt. Ms Blackman died in hospital on February 23 from chest and spinal injuries caused in the crash. Shields told police he only noticed "at the last second" that the "traffic was not moving", and added: "I slammed the brakes on, slid and collided." Analysis of the seven cameras in his truck's cab showed his "attention had been on a dash-mounted mobile telephone". Mr Ewing said: "An analysis established he had been focusing on the phone ... therefore failing to maintain proper observations of the road ahead. "(This was) for a period of 18 seconds prior to reacting to the presence of the car." He is seen driving while checking the phone before his cab shudders as it hits Yvonne's car. It is not known what he was doing on the mobile at the time. Part of the charge Shields pleaded guilty to stated he did "repeatedly interact with and focus your attention" on a phone. David Shields' dangerous driving has irrevocably damaged many lives and our thoughts go to the family of Yvonne Blackman. Driving while handling a mobile phone, in any context, is illegal and dangerous and can have the most serious of consequences." – DAVID GREEN, HEAD OF SCOTTISH FATALITIES INVESTIGATIONS UNIT http://www.itv.com/news/border/2018-09-28/truck-driver-was-using-mobile-when-he-killed-grandmother-on-a75/
  3. From May 1, 2017 to January 8, 2018, courts exonerated our brothers who were criminally charged in the past for conscientious objection to military service or for participating in the preaching work. Source
  4. Five tips can help you to avoid wasting your valuable time. Source
  5. Fünf Tipps, um wertvolle Zeit nicht zu verschwenden. Quelle
  6. In schwierigen Zeiten dürfen wir nicht vergessen: Wir sind nie allein. Quelle
  7. @Jack Ryan Interesting to see that you highlight how the JW Elders in Japan are clearly unitedly following the direction of the Governing Body as per the letter of December 2, 2017Â December 2, 2017 - Re: Using and Maintaining Kingdom Halls 43: Internet Service: If the bodies of elders using a Kingdom Hall determine that having an Internet connection at the Kingdom Hall would benefit the congregations and that the congregations can afford it, the elders should present the publishers with a resolution to obtain such service. If Internet service is obtained, it may be made available for use by congregation publishers. However, please note the following direction in this regard: Access to the Internet should be password-protected. Only publishers in good standing should be permitted access. The password should not be announced publicly. Instead, it should be given to the approved publishers individually. The primary use of the Internet at the Kingdom Hall should be for theocratic purposes. Hence, if a publisher were to use the Kingdom Hall connection to access inappropriate websites, his connectivity privilege would be revoked. If it is determined that a publisher should no longer have access to the Internet at the Kingdom Hall, the elders should change the password. The publisher should not be allowed access until the elders are convinced that the individual has rectified his conduct. It would be wise to change the password periodically and redistribute it individually to those publishers approved to have it. Â
  8. @SuziQ1513 I have to agree with you on this one. Not a great comparison to make. @Gone Away Very true words indeed.
  9. Most assemblies don't word it quite that way. I have seen only a couple that made my eyebrow raise a little. I think most people don't realize how much it costs to run an assembly hall too.
  10. @Srecko Sostar Since we do not have "Threaded replies" capability on this forum, I would ask each member that if they want to go down a seperate fork / line of reasoning to start a new thread where such can be discussed. Sorry for this but it is necessary unless you all want to soon start talking about fungal infections on this thread.  . Here is the fork I split off for you to discuss it: p.s. - other members can assist by responding @Gone Away to such rabbit holes by starting a new topic referencing the one in which the new topic arose. p.s.s. - In order to make it easier on all of us... instead of posting endless links to bible quotes on biblehub etc.. please post the scripture in its entirety. @JOHN BUTLERÂ
  11. So... a quick question to educate me (and others) Why are they ALL wearing orange robes of some sort? The robes appear to be of the same color that buddhist monks use. If the color is just a choice of personal style... then why are they ALL wearing the same choice?
  12. Convention of Jehovah’s Witness ‘Be Courageous’, Sri Nataraja Thirumana Mandapam, Red Hills, 9.20 a.m. https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/chennai-today/article25011670.ece Anyone have any photos / video clips from this convention they can share below? Please do.
  13. I'm sure we are all interested in the welfare of our Brothers and Sisters in the area:
  14. Moral of the story: Don't date non JW men and you won't end up in their fire pit. Or Always use the New World Translation of the scriptures using the name "Jehovah" ... it might help lead relatives to where your bones are buried. Or....
  15. Thanks for remembering!! I am glad to say that it is all still there. http://www.jw-archive.org/ I thought Tumblr platform that it was built on was going to disappear awhile back but it is still running. I think Google has it's own agenda though. I remember someone saying that Watchtower pays Google to suppress certain websites in searches. Google only indexes a portion of many websites and has really deteriorated in search over the years. They themselves want to be the "aggregator" of content for people instead of leading people to the sources. I think the search world is ripe for disruption soon.
  16. Well.. at least a few remember it. I guess we normally didn't take photos at such events. It's not like we had cell phones with cameras back then. How time flies by.... Not many people will remember such times (even less as the next 30 years flies by) I know the @admin hates "Link Rot" but I can only imagine how in 30 years all of these websites and even jw.org will be gone just like many of the early internet conversations are rarely ever seen or indexed by Google. (that is if they even exist at all anymore) Listserv Google Groups Yahoo forums (I can't remember what they used to be called) . Maybe Yahoo 360? Or even the huge email conversations we used to have and exchange on certain topics.... All gone..... Maybe that is why I like Books so much?
  17. Seems like yesterday.... how time flies... The connection with NYC used to be so strong as you can hear in this audio. How quickly we vanished from that Metropolis.
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