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    Intercore got a reaction from LeolaRootStew in Witness memes   
    Just saw this one and giggled  (Rev 6:8)
     

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    Intercore got a reaction from LeolaRootStew in Witness memes   
    There I wrote down some links to Instagram pages where you can find hundreds of hilarious JW memes
    https://www.instagram.com/jw_eggs.fun.and.encouragement/
    https://www.instagram.com/jw.trekieish.and.whovian.memes/
    https://www.instagram.com/bpd_1993/
    https://www.instagram.com/single_life_as_a_jw/
    https://www.instagram.com/exclusivelyjwmemes/
    https://www.instagram.com/jw_who_thinks_hes_funny/
    https://www.instagram.com/funny_jw_memes/
    https://www.instagram.com/_jwhumor__/
     
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    Intercore got a reaction from -Chris- in DAW Talk   
    FL Studio. The first one and the last one probably 😄
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    Intercore got a reaction from -Chris- in DAW Talk   
    You can create anything with any DAW you're using, no exception for FL Studio also. For example. I'm making instrumentals of JW Broadcasting songs with it.
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    Intercore got a reaction from -Chris- in DAW Talk   
    Check PM.
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    Intercore got a reaction from Tronora in Zoom, Skype Technical Q&A here:   
    Fortunately, it has!
     

     
    If you're playing audio, you just need to expand JW Library's audio player (click on that) that it would be expanded full-screen. Then it's visible.
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    Intercore reacted to Minaise in Zoom, Skype Technical Q&A here:   
    Hello,  I literally signed up in order to share what we have learned about the distorted sound during the sharing of the songs. As for everyone else this showed up fairly recently. To be more exact in May of this year we noticed it first with one brother's machine in our AV team, at first we suspected there was something wrong with his setup, so we worked on that initially.
     
    However over time it "spread" to other machines in our AV team, finally my Windows machine also started acting the same way. Fortunately I recalled having updated Zoom that very day. So this lead me to suspect there was something in a certain update that changed it. 
     
    We then started to downgrade version by version (as we didn't know how many updates we had jumped over or what version we had been on previously) until we reached 5.6.1 once I installed that on my "Media PC" Windows machine the sound was perfect again. We have since downgraded the other three Windows machines that also serve as media players during our meetings, with the same result in every single case. All of us have also upgraded either by mistake or on purpose since then and the distortions returned in every case, as well as we have gone back to 5.6.1 to regain the clean sound once again.
     
    Early on when we realized the issue, you could easily go to the Zoom's release notes page and download any version by clicking on the numbers: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201361953-New-updates-for-Windows however at some point this was disabled. 
     
    After a little research and digging I was able to figure out the format Zoom uses for their download links and found the one for 5.6.1 from their website: https://cdn.zoom.us/prod/5.6.1.617/x64/ZoomInstaller.exe
     
    While I don't like the idea of using an outdated version of Zoom for security reasons, but I wanted to share this with all of you so you could possibly benefit from this information. Now unfortunately Zoom just announced that you will soon not be able to use Zoom if your version is too old, so it's just a matter of time (by end of the year or so?) until we can no longer use this 5.6.1. version, this is also another reason that made me sign up and share this here in an attempt to possibly figure out how we can work with Zoom to resolve this issue that does annoy many of us.
     
    I want to add that my "Media PC" Windows machine is only used for the meetings, and my main machine is a Mac, and I do indeed hear all the sound distortions on the Mac, the Win10 Media PC actually has no sound input or output devices of any sorts connected to it internally nor externally, this has turned out to be a very good solution for a number of reasons.
     
    While I have also seen the comments above about how we are blessed with what we are enjoying compared to what some brothers in some areas have to settle for, naturally we would also never find anything with subpar audio or video quality on JW.org and also figuring out things like this might in some way be of assistance so some of us in helping even where the latest technology might not be very easy to access. This last part is just my personal opinon. 
     
    Sorry to have made this so long! Hopefully including the links above is ok, I guess I will find out soon enough.
     
     
     
     
     
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    Intercore reacted to jayrtom in 2021 Governing Body Update #7   
    I didn't understand what you're saying... The average memorial attendance is 19 millions (or more) not thousands....
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    Intercore reacted to NathanW in Governing Body names   
    Thought this was cleverly funny when I saw it
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    Intercore reacted to Anniebea in 2021 Governing Body Update #7   
    Patience isn’t one of your virtues 
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    Intercore reacted to carlos in Joseph Goebbels   
    Heinrich Himmler is your man.
     
    *** w20 July p. 13 par. 17 Be Convinced That You Have the Truth ***
    17 The conviction of those brothers and sisters was not misplaced. Before long, the Nazi regime collapsed, and Heinrich Himmler—the man who said “here upon earth it is we who rule”—was running for his life. While doing so, he encountered Brother Lübke, a former prisoner whom he recognized. Thoroughly defeated, Himmler asked Brother Lübke: “Well, Bible Student, what happens now?” Brother Lübke explained to Himmler that Jehovah’s Witnesses knew all along that the Nazi regime would fail and that they would be delivered. Himmler—the man who previously had so much to say about Jehovah’s Witnesses—was finally speechless. Shortly thereafter, he committed suicide. The point? Our study of the Bible, including its prophecies, can build unbreakable faith in God and give us confidence during times of trial.—2 Pet. 1:19-21.
    https://www.jw.org/finder?wtlocale=E&docid=2020481&srctype=wol&srcid=share&par=26
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    Intercore reacted to Paulo in I know I've asked before, but how do I download and print out a tract?   
    I would just add to it that that someone can also obtain a pdf file from another person and not from JW.org, and thus would not be under the terms of use.
    Also, pdf files can have the print option disabled by the author, and that is a common feature in many commercial works, books and magazines.
     
    You can see the file properties to check what permissions the GB gave.
    As an example, you may see bellow the permisions for T-30.
     

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    Intercore reacted to Dustparticle in Biblical Joke with verses   
    My mind just went blank on what I was about to say.. Acts 28:29
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    Intercore reacted to Hotteok in Let’s share illustrations!   
    I’ll share some I know from this forum, publications or myself.
     
    1. The Biblel is like a huge castle, the owner of which is Jehovah, with countless rooms in it, each having stories and legends and gems.
    Will we take time to visit each room and explore them and find treasures? Will we take time to listen to the owner’s stories?
     
    2. Jehovah is like a movie director.
    Many things happened but Jehovah chose to shoot only some of them, for our specific benefits. 
     
     
    3. Our mind is like a bottle of water.
    If it’s not filled with water(holy spirit or Bible knowledge),
    it could get easily crushed or be filled with dirty air of this world and get polluted.
     
     
    4. If no one serves Jehovah..
    It proves that ‘MAN’ has a fatal issue (Not because Jehovah is faulty) and should be recalled as a whole, (like how a car manufacturer does) thus proving Satan is right…
    in that Jehovah should stop asking man to serve Him, because it’s something impossible..which means Satan will rule the Earth forever.
     
    5. We could either tune in to channels through which holy spirit flows or to channels where we’ll only receive spirit from demons, like a radio.
     
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    Intercore reacted to Hinata in Zoom, Skype Technical Q&A here:   
    The auto-detect feature for optimise video could be useful. The A/V servants who switch between sharing moving and still media (i.e. videos and images) may no longer need the hassle of clicking on and off that checkbox. Just keep it on indefinitely, and it will auto detect.
     
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    Intercore reacted to Hinata in ZOOM BREAKOUT ROOMS   
    Also, I recall the directions are to play the songs before and after the meeting, COVID or not. We did it in the physical kingdom halls, so we do it in the virtual KHs, too.
     
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    Intercore reacted to AH173 in ZOOM BREAKOUT ROOMS   
    This is key.
     
    Good video conference etiquette. 
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    Intercore got a reaction from jwhess in ZOOM BREAKOUT ROOMS   
    We do it too. We mute everyone and then play one or two Kingdom songs. It helps to prepare and concentrate yourself for the meeting.
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    Intercore got a reaction from blue-jay in ZOOM BREAKOUT ROOMS   
    We do it too. We mute everyone and then play one or two Kingdom songs. It helps to prepare and concentrate yourself for the meeting.
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    Intercore got a reaction from Tia in ZOOM BREAKOUT ROOMS   
    We do it too. We mute everyone and then play one or two Kingdom songs. It helps to prepare and concentrate yourself for the meeting.
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    Intercore reacted to Eejay in ZOOM BREAKOUT ROOMS   
    Zoom is weird, whatever we make of it. We are just trying to make the best of an unnatural form of association thrust upon us due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Not long ago and, for many of us, within memory, we would have had nothing at all like this. We would be likely trying to devise methods of meeting at distance within whatever legal constraints existed in our various locations.
     
    For me, the whole process illustrates how much we have to learn about applying Christian principles under difficulty.
     
    In one part of the world, we read about our brothers and sisters who are forced to share prison cells with random, tobacco-addicted criminals, and who endure these conditions at great personal cost including their physical health, undimmed in their faith, still endeavouring to share the good news with those they come in contact with. That is before we consider those who endure forced solitary confinement and sleep deprivation for no crime other than doing what we are able to do freely, albeit under the "Zoom regime".
     
    On the other hand, we learn about those who are "forced" from the comfort of their homes to use video conferencing facilities for Bible education and association. Who are "compelled" to suffer the indignities of sharing a screen with some one they call a brother or sister, but who they feel they have "little in common with". Who want to limit their association to those they feel "comfortable" with. Who want to sit through Christian meetings with their cameras switched off so as to not be observed by "strangers" (do they leave their own view of others dark?).
     
    I can't help wondering how such groups would get on "trading places"?
     
    Be that as it may, I love the facility provided by video-conference. My preference is for random breakouts without permissions before and after meetings; some element of control to ensure guests are placed  in a room with those who invited them until comfortable otherwise; a duration on the room time to ensure at least 2 sessions after meetings where possible; a limit on numbers per room to avoid necessity for screen scrolling where devices differ; a main screen return for one minute silence prior to meetings. Remember, there is no compulsion to join rooms, you can leave the meeting or room at any time if you wish.
     
    Some of the benefits I have experienced:
    I have now been in a breakout room with every member of the congregation who shares in this facility. I have got to know everyone who participates, better than prior, also on a very different level,  as I was relatively new to the congregation. The shared experience is a great "ice-breaker", and will likely provide a platform for closer association in the future. I have been able to interact with those a little shy, and learned how to draw them out tactfully to enjoy association with them. We have been able to discuss and share our "Covid challenges" with others on a regular basis. We share ministry experiences, whether interactions or innovative methods. Particularly with children who participate with their parents present. We get to know visitors, increasing awareness of the experiences of others, widening out in our love for others. Despite our rural location, we have been able to interact with  our fellow Christians in different locations and countries as they visit via Zoom. We have had visitors from all over UK; France; Germany, USA, Mexico, Peru to name a few. This would have been a rare event in normal circumstances. We have got to know and interact with the many in our congregation formally limited to telephone links for various reasons, who can now participate visually and actively in meetings and field service. Some of these are now putting face-to-voice with fellow Christians they formerly did not actually know despite being congregation members, (where such ones participate themselves as they feel "comfortable"). Family members, not associating for years, have started attending the meetings regularly, on the road to spiritual recovery. Zoom facilitates their attendance without embarrassment. (In these situations, the optional privacy controls are a welcome function).  
    Jehovah is continuing to  "finish our training" even by means of Zoom! 1 Peter.5:9-10.
     
     
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    Intercore reacted to BLEmom in ZOOM BREAKOUT ROOMS   
    I rarely visit before or after meetings. Service group is much better. What I find challenging is conversing. In our hall there are certain ones who are loud, certain ones who are always joking with each other. Other than saying hi and waving, it’s hard to get a word in edgewise even in the breakout rooms. Our hall is considered super friendly and the CO complains we are the loudest in the circuit. Lol
    I want to have a real conversation. You know where you ask someone a question and then can actually hear the reply, not get interrupted by someone else joining the room and then everyone yelling hello. 
    I find it all very surface hello, hope you are well and done. That’s not encouraging to me at all. It totally sets my nerves on edge. 
    On the other hand, in our service group most of the time there is some real conversation going on. I feel way more at peace conversing in that situation. I think it’s because it’s the same group with no new people popping in to interrupt and then it dwindles to fewer and fewer so the conversation gets deeper. 
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    Intercore reacted to Tortuga in (Spoiler Alert) FEATURE BIBLE DRAMA—Daniel: A Lifetime of Faith   
    No blood...
     
    I don't think I saw a single drop of blood. It shows that a good movie can portray violent events without making it bloody.
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    Intercore reacted to Brother_Bliss in Watchtower - public edition #3 - 2021   
    If you can navigate from JW.org -> Publications -> Magazines -> Watchtower like the rest of the public can and see that magazine, then Yes you can share the link.
     
    If the Branch has not released it to the public and you obtained the link through back door efforts, then No you may not.

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