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Prior to 1968 we pictured Jesus in our artwork as a 'beardless' man. It was based on an error in an archeological finding (Antioch Chalice) that depicted Jesus without a beard and was dated to within a hundred years of his life. The 1968 Watchtower explained the change in a QFR in the magazine. The 1968 Calendar from the Watchtower Society had already be printed. It showed Jesus without a beard. The artwork we used after that showed him with a beard. We made very few moving pictures prior to this time and few or none of these (except the Photo-Drama) were ancient Biblical dramas. So our recognition of approved ancient males being bearded goes back at least to 1968 (or before). The end of the QFR shows the reason we wanted a 'clean-shaven' appearance for modern publishers of the Good News. *** w68 5/1 p. 286 Questions From Readers *** Questions From Readers ● When Jesus Christ was a man on earth, did he wear a beard?—K.A., U.S.A.

And you are Canadian...😎

CDN is the initials or abbreviation for Content Delivery Network. It is composed of a company who has many servers (server farms) around the world (such as 100 countries). They sell the ability to take your digital data at one point (input) and then post it or share it with their servers and release it around the world according to your instructions. It is 'cloud based' information distribution on a very large scale. Akamai is one company, Amazon got into the game around 2009. The Watchtower Society has used both of the companies. When a monthly broadcast is finalized, it is sent to the CDN company with instructions as to when and how it is to be released. The CDN company shares it with their 50-100 server locations around the world. At the appointed time the simultaneously release the material. Then they monitor the release. When you request access, the CDN identifies your location and releases the data from the nearest server to you. If one server is getting bogged down with too many requests, the CDN company will reroute the request to a more distant server with less load for a quicker response. I have attached a copy of Akamai's visual explanation from their website.

We used Akamai service for many years but after Amazon offered AWS in 2009 (at a good price I assume) we branched out to use much of their delivery package. So the content you see on Broadcasts and Updates and similar digital information is uploaded to one of these services and they redistribute it around the world using their 'server farms' or data centers to get it to your locality.

Possible 052 Since the last one was 061 (instead 051) it may be 062 instead.

Back in the Covid days it was often. It has settled to 8 or 9 mostly now...♥️

Close but no guarantee. To get 8 updates per year they have to be produced about every 6 weeks. They can be off a week either way.

The 1961 first edition was taller and matched the other books we had at the time. A few years later we shrank the overall height of all of our books (Bibles included). See picture below.

It is interesting to place a 'timeline' on the picture. The woman looking out the window had the books for some years. The black NWT does not look as used as the green one. She may have had them as a teenager and then left the Truth. The oldest timeframe would be limited to 40 years. The books would have been updated about 20 years ago. As a guess, she has been gone 20-40 years. If she was 16-18 years old when she left, she would be in her mid-late 30s to mid 50s now when she is looking out the window. My guess might be that she is in her 40s and has been away from the Truth for 25-30 years? Never give up hope...♥️

Here is a picture I just took in my library. The green book to the right is the original 1961 NWT, The brown songbook is from 1984. Any of our black NWT Bibles can be the one on the left. The one I grabbed was a bit more used and had 'spread' out a little. As Br. Shawn said, the caption refers to "older translations of the NWT and a songbook".

I use a Canon Pixma printer TR8622. It has ADF, back side vertical paper dispensing and lower front paper source as well. It is a multicolor unit with 4 CLI-221 cartridges and a large PGI-280 black cartridge. The XXL hold the most ink. A set of five cartridges is less than $10 (even at Walmart). I pay less than that on eBay.

The reason the question was asked is that Ramapo is not built yet. So if filming is over and sent to "post-production" for finishing...where was it filmed? Pre-production would be getting ready 'before' filming.

Can you imagine the words the GB or Bible writers would have used? John writes down the Revelation and adds, "...don't take it too seriously because you have to wait another 2000 years for fulfillment". He didn't know that and would not have said it unless directed to by holy spirit. Proverbs 13:12 reminds us..."Expectation (or hope ftn) postponed makes the heart sick" But Paul expresses the thought of "a little while" to encourage his fellow Christians...in Hebrews 10:36-37..."For you need endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the fulfillment of the promise. For yet “a very little while,” and “the one who is coming will arrive and will not delay.” The footnote adds: "Paul likely refers to these faith-strengthening accounts in order to assure his readers that it would be for a limited time only that they would need to endure trials and persecutions." The included danger of researching the nearness and being so convinced that you say it (and you are wrong) is easily seen by our mad dash for the 'end' in the 1975 era.

If Jehovah had listened to Peter, Jesus would not have gotten back to heaven and none of us would be here.