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Why copyrighting it through a deposit?
A work which complies with both form and originality requirements is copyrighted immediately upon its creation, even though it is unfinished, regardless of its style, form of expression, purpose or merit. Hence, copyrighting an intellectual work is not conditional upon any legal deposit.
By contrast, a voluntary deposit is recommended to every author, before he/she takes any steps towards work disclosure to the public (delivery to persons who are liable to exploit the work, a producer, a publisher, etc. In fact, in the event of an infringement, and more generally of a copyright dispute before a judge, who has sole jurisdiction to assess the facts, the deposit, whether in a physical of electronic form, is useful for the authors to submit a clear and indisputable evidence of the work content and creation date.
The deposit can demonstrate your work's priority, ownership and content. The deposit implies neither your membership in any of the e-dpo partner societies nor the inclusion of your work in their repertories. On the other hand, if you want to gain royalties resulting from the exploitation of the work you have created and deposited, you can become a member of the relevant collective administration society, considering your geographical location and the repertoire which your work belongs to. Through your membership, you incur the obligation to register your works which come under the repertory of your collective administration society, prior to any exploitation. Your work's registration form is both its "identity card" (title, genre, duration and creation date) and the contract entered into among your co-authors, if any, for sharing your royalties. The registration sheet can be used for the payment of the royalties as generated by your work.In case of a dispute about the work I have deposited, what should I do?
In the event of forgery issues with your work, it is recommended to solicit a lawyer and gather evidence of your work's priority. The deposit does not enable in any way the e-dpo partner societies to act in your name and institute proceedings on the basis of an infringement or your moral and economic rights. Furthermore, the e-dpo partner societies are not responsible for the deposit content. In contrast, the deposit is a prima facie evidence making it possible to presume your work authorship and certifying the date at which you have deposited it. Within the framework of and before any legal action, you can then commission a bailiff who will gain access to the deposited work, without questioning its priority date. If you can gather ample evidence of an infringement of your work, you can refer to an interim relief judge in order to terminate it pending a judgment on the merits. It is an emergency procedure which can be sought within a short time in order to prevent an imminent damage or put an end to a clearly illicit trouble. Failing that, you have the possibility of bringing an action before a trial judge to have the alleged infringement legally established and obtain redress. If you are summoned to appear before a judge, you can also ak him/her to commission a bailiff so that the latter can gain access to the deposit and certify, as applicable, the priority of your work. Anyway, the courts have sole competence in this matter.I have deposited my work. Will royalties be paid to me?
The deposit is useful to provide and evidence to the priority, ownership and content of your work. On the other hand, it is not sufficient as such to be paid royalties for the performance and copying of the work you have deposited. To that purpose, unless you have already done it, you can become a member of SACD (France or Belgium), SCAM Belgium, SOFAM or DeAuteurs, depending on the repertoire which your work belong to and your geographical location. The society of which you will have become a member will then be able, through your work registration slip, to collect the royalties as generated by its exploitation and pay them back to you. For France and every other country but Benelux, get in touch with firstname.lastname@example.com and, for the Benelux countries, email@example.com my deposit valid abroad?
Work copyrighting is not subject to any formality. The law, indeed, protects the work "by the mere fact that it was created" provided that it is materialized in an original form, i.e. it bears the imprint of its author's personality. These basic principles, which determine the copyright protection, are universal. Hence, a screenplay which was created in France is protected all over the world provided that it is materialized in an original form, irrespective of any formality. This lack of formalism, however, often makes it more difficult to identify the author of a work who then has to prove his/her authorship of the work. The deposit makes it possible to solve that difficulty: it is, indeed, a prima facie evidence to the work's priority, content and ownership, whithout precluding, however, an evidence to the contrary to be submitted. Hence, a deposit which has been made in France is an item of evidence which can be put forward throughout the world. Newertheless, and even though, pursuant to international conventions, the work copyrighting conditions are identical in most countries (work materialized in an original form/no prior formality), it is advisable to make, in addition to the deposit as made in France, a deposit with the Copyright Office in Washington in order to alleviate the legal procedure in case of a dispute in the United States (that single step is then enough, Writer's Guild membership is not required).
The deposit storage infrastructures are highly secure: the premises are secure and all the data are replicated in real time in a backup server.
e-dpo complies with the provisions of the Loi Informatique et Libertés and is committed to ensure the privacy of those data being handled. Moreover, only a bailiff commissioned either by you or by a court decision may get access to the file contents.
Both authentication and integrity of those data being stored in the e-dpo safe are guaranteed through such processes as cryptographic fingerprint, time stamping and traceability.
The whole package gives your deposit an evidential value and provides precedence to the deposited work, as can bee ascertained at any time by a bailiff, where necessary.Are creation of and access to my account made secure?
All of the exchanges, from your workstation to your personal space in the safe are secure. An https-type asymmetric encryption ensures the authentication, privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.
Your ID is made secure through a system which validates your e-mail address upon the creation of your account. Furthermore, you will get access to your account through an identifier and a password which are only known to you.
Upon the validation of your deposit, e-dpo will send you an e-mail containing the registration or renewal certrificate. It certifies the deposit of your work or its renewal at a given date and time and specifies, in addition to the deposit number and the associated co-authors, if any, the deposit digital footprint, i.e. a unique character string ensuring that the deposit has not been changed in any way.Can a bailiff certify my deposit?
When commissioned either by yourself or a co-author, a bailiff, in agreement with all the work authors, or pursuant to a court decision, can gain access to your account to check it. He/she can access it either through firstname.lastname@example.com for every applicationj concerning France and other countries but the Benelux or through email@example.com for the Benelux.Is the bailiff access to the deposit reliable and secure?
Access is granted to the bailiffthrough a particular profile and a specific USB stick. That access certifies that the bailiff is the single person who may access the content of the deposited file.
The bailiff also can check that your deposit has not been changed at all. That very intervention is traced and historized by e-dpo.
At any time, you can log into your account, view and print the history of your deposits, and download the relevant documents (deposit or renewal certificate, invoice).
Those deposits which have been terminated because of failures to renew them are left in that historical record for one more year.
e-dpo notifies the expiry date of your deposit through an alert e-mail.
A 1st alert is sent to your address as recorded in your account 1 month before the expiry date of your deposit.
A 2nd alert is sent to you on the day of its expiry; you still can renew it within 3 months.
Without any renewal of your own within that time, an ultimate e-mail is then sent to you 3 months after the day of its expiry to notify the deletion of your deposit.
In order to be duly informed, please modify your e-mail address in your account if it has changed since the creation of the account.
e-dpo notifies the imminent expiry of your subscription through an alert e-mail if your subscription is not exhausted
A 1st alert e-mail is sent to you 4 months prior to the expiry, a 2nd e-mail is sent 3 months before the deadline and an ultimate e-mail is sent on the day of the expiry, to notify that your possibly unused deposit(s) is/are lost.
e-dpo is a service managed by the SACD in cooperation with its partner, the Maison des Auteurs in Brussels, consisting of the SACD Belgium, SOFAM and the deAuteurs Flemish bureau.Who can be contacted where necessary?
For all queries regarding a deposit either in France or in every other country but the Benelux, please contact SACD France (firstname.lastname@example.com). For a deposit in the Benelux, you can get in touch with the Maison des Auteurs in Brussels (email@example.com).
e-dpo is compatible with every file format, up to a maximum of 150 Mo. The download will however depend on the quality of your network connection. If your file exceeds 150 Mo, you can use a standard compression tool.
That compression will definitely not impair the legal validity of your deposit.
e-dpo can be used by every author or creator, whether he/she is a member of a society of authors or not. Every work can be deposited with e-dpo, in any repertoire whatsoever (audiovisual sector, theatre, still images, science, literature, music, multimedia, radio, other) and regardless of its development stage (synopsis, screenplay...).I am a producer. Can I make a deposit on behalf on an author?
A producer is clearly allowed to make a deposit on behalf of one or several authors. When creating the account, just state that you are a society, not an individual.I have written a work in joint authorship. Can I make a deposit?
You can deposit joint works with e-dpo.
e-dpo can be used for referencing up to 5 co-authors for the deposited work. As such, they are also protected by the deposit.
The depositor has to deliver the deposit-related validation documents (validation e-mail, deposit or renewal certificate, invoice) to all the co-authors.
A deposit is one file, which can comprise one or several files, regarless of their format. Zip your file if it exceeds 10 Mo.
In order to ensure the legal validity of your deposit, all these files should be related to the same work.
Being a member of one of the partner societies is not necessary for making a deposit with e-dpo, which is opened to every author or creator from any repertoire (audiovisual sector, theatre, still images, science, literature, music, multimedia, radio, other).
If, however, you wish to receive information about their conditions for membership, then please contact SACD (email@example.com) for France or every other country but the Benelux or the Maison des Auteurs in Bruxelles (firstname.lastname@example.com), which acts on hehalf of SACD Belgium, SOFAM and the Flelmish Author Office in the Benelux countries.
In order to deposit with e-dpo, you just need a computer and an Internet connection. No specific hardware or software is necessary.Which are the deposit steps?
Step 1: I create an account
Step 2: I deposit by uploading my file
Step 3: I pay online
Step 4: I receive my deposit certificate and my invoice
After your account has been created, an e-mail is sent to you for validating it. You then have to click on the Internet link as specified in the e-mail.
Without that action for validating your e-mail address as an identifier, you cannot login.
Failing that validation, when you try to log into your e-dpo account, a message will indicate that your account has to be validated to be accessed ; to that purpose, click on the link as received through the e-mail.
This message will also propose to send you again the validation e-mail if ever you hand not received it.
Your deposit is validated once the paymlent is made. You will then soon receive a validation e-mail containing your deposit or renewal certificate and the related invoice.How long will the validity of my deposit last?
Your deposit is valid and kept for a renewable 5-year period.At what hours is e-dpo accessible?
e-dpo is accessible on a 24 hr basis.
You can seek the renewal of the relevant work from the SACD. Since you don't have any e-dpo account, you can only send that application through a postal mail containing a € 10 chaque payable to the SACD (11 bis rue Ballu, 75009 Paris).
The deposit renewal validation e-mail together with the relevant documents (certificate, invoice) will automatically be sent to the depositor, for his/her attention. Nevertheless, the SACD can provide a copy to you.
You can have some information in your deposit changed by the SACD, particularly the work class or genre, the addition or deletion of a co-author.
Your application shall be made by e-mail (email@example.com ) or by post ( 11 bis rue Ballu, 75009 Paris) with a copy of your ID document and that of each of the co-authors, with their agreement.
Only the deposited work title may not be modified in order to ensure the legal validity of your deposit. Every modification shall be displayed to the depositor when he/she views the history of his/her works.
You may ask for the return of the deposit of which you are the author or a co-author during its validity period and till the end of the 3 months after its expiry date.
Note that a return before the expiry date will result in a cancellation of your deposit.
Following that return, e-dpo will delete all information on your deposit.
That request, along with the consents of all the work co-authors, if any, and a copy of your ID card (and of each co-author's ID card), shall be sent to the SACD either by e-mail or by post (email@example.com, 11 bis rue Ballu, 75009 Paris)
If ever you forget your password, you may request a new one by logging into e-dpo and clicking on "Forgotten password?" on the home page.
A new password will then be randomly generated in the form of 10 alphanumeric characters and be sent to you by e-mail.
For safety purposes, we advise you to change it as soon as you log in.
If no account exists at the e-mail address mentioned in your application, then the e-mail you will receive will state that your password request is not related to any account.
If ever your forget your identifier, i.e. your e-mail address, then you may send a request to the SACD by mail (email@example.com),together with a copy of your ID document. the SACD will then provide the relevant instructions.
After 5 errors when attempting to enter your identifier or password, a safety captcha will be displayed. That safety measure is usual with the Internet and consists in entering a string of characters being provided.May I change some data in my account?
You can do it yourself, by logging into your account ("changing my personal data") and change such data as your intra-Community VAT number if you have made a mistake when creating your account, your possible new (non-) membership of a society of authors, your administration language, your e-mail address, phone number, postal address, country of residence and password.
Besides, you can submit a written request to the SACD, by e-mail or post together with a copy of your ID document (firstname.lastname@example.com, 11 bis rue Ballu, 75009 Paris), to have other data changed in your account: your status (individual or society, first name and surname or your society if you are a society acting on behalf of an author.
Can I change the administration language?
At any time after creating your account, you can change your administration language among French, English and Dutch by logging into your account ("changing my personal data").
The susequent deposit(s) or renewal(s) made after that change will imply the generation and storage of e-mails and related documents (certificate, invoice) in that new language.
The documents, if any, corresponding to a deposit made before such language change will still be written in the language in which they were generated.
In accordance with the CNIL (Commission Nationale Informatique et Libertés) rules, you can apply for the closure of your account at any time. If, however, the latter contains one or several still valid deposits, then such deletion will require the consent of all the possible co-authors of the work as covered by the deposit(s).
That application, together with the consent of all the work co-authors and a copy of each co-author's ID document, is to be sent to the SACD by e-mail or by post (firstname.lastname@example.com, 11 bis rue Ballu, 75009 Paris).
In accordance with the CNIL (Commission Nationale Informatique et Libertés) rules, your account can be automatically deleted in two instances:
You can renew your deposit, i.e. extend it for another 5 years, at any time during its validity period, by logging into your account and by a mere click on the "Renewing" button corresponding to the relevant work.When can I renew my deposit?
Your deposit can be renewed upon its expiry date (and at the latest within 3 months after it). An early renewal may also be made, before the expiry date, at any time during its validity period. Only one early renewal is possible.How is the expiry date of a deposit notified to me?
e-dpo will notily the imminent expiry of your deposit.
Hence, you will receive 3 e-mails notifying its expiry:
What will happen if I don't renew my deposit?
If your deposit is not renewed within 3 months after its expiry date, then the deposit and the related data and documents (certificate, invoice) will be securely deleted.
The deletion of that deposit will be kept for one more year in the history of your deposits, then its trace will be deleted.
oYou may ask for the return of your deposit during its validity period and till the end of the 3 months after its expiry date.
Note that a return before the expiry date will result in a cancellation of your deposit.
Following that return, e-dpo will delete all information on your deposit.
Your request, along with a copy of your ID card, shall be sent to the SACD either by e-mail or by post (email@example.com, 11 bis rue Ballu, 75009 Paris). If your deposit involves several authors, then you also have to attach their respective consents as well as the copies of their ID documents.
You can submit a written request to the SACD, either by e-mail (email@example.com) or by post (SACD, 11 bis rue Ballu, 75009 Paris) together with a copy of your ID document and the IDs of all the work co-authors, if any, to have some deposit data changed: the work class and genre, the addition or deletion of a co-author.
Only shall the deposited work title not be changed, so that the legal validity of your deposit can be guaranteed.
Yes, you should, because that work is not quite identical to the previously deposited one. Furthermore, e-dpo, in order to guarantee the legal validity and integrity of your deposit, only allows a bailiff to gain access to the content of a deposited file.
e-dpo relies on the Société Générale's Sogenactif remote payment system, which is the 1st French Internet payment solution, the exchanges of which are made sure by an SSL protocol.What are the e-dpo rates?
The e-do rates are as follows:
I have not exhausted my subscription upon its expiry date. May I use it for a renewal?
The subscription is restricted to the deposit and is not applicable to the renewal. Nevertheless in order to facilitate an optimized subscription, e-dpo will send you an alert e-mail when its expiry rate is imminent..In which case can I reclaim the VAT?
You can reclaim VAT by entering your intra-Community VAT number if you are a society registered in a European Union country excl. France (Article 196 in the VAT Directive' 2008/8/CE dated 12 February 2008).
In the event of a data entry error, you can correct your number by logging into your account and modifying your personal data. You are solely responsible for the accuracy of the entered data. In case of a fraud, SCALA shall in no way be held responsible for it.
As regards the depositors from other than EU countries, whether they are individuals or societies, the VAT does not apply (Article 259in the CGI (Geenral Tax Code) or 44 in the VAT Directive).
You can pay your deposit or renewal b y means of a CB, Visa or MasterCard credit card.Can I get an invoice?
Your invoice is sent to you by e-mail as soon as your deposit is validated. It can also be viewed in the history of your deposits.


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Erin has been slowly going down hill. She spends most of her days in bed. On occasion she will wake up and we will talk. She doesn't eat much, only fluids and has lost quite a bit of weight. She is fighting so hard, but the truth is her time is very close.
I am sad that Erin will be leaving this earth life but so grateful for the knowledge of the plan of salvation. I will miss her and ache for her but I am so grateful for a loving Heavenly Father who loves Erin more than me. She has gone down hill so much over the past few weeks. Today I just laid by her on her bed and we talked and cried together. She told me was scared to go and I tried as best I could to help her know what it would be like and who would be waiting for her. She is my hero!! I am still strong in the gospel and the Lord. I love the Lord with all my heart. I know he has been with us. He has held me when I felt I could not take another breath. I have felt His comfort and His love. I know He is aware of me and my suffering. The other day as I was in the shower crying, I suddenly thought of Emma and Joseph Smith and all the children they buried and I thought what am I sad about. I will have buried only one. Still it is hard and my heart aches. But here is the message...I know God lives, I know he loves me and my little family. I know Jesus Christ died that we all might live together again some day and I know that if I keep my covenants I will get to be with Erin again, and I will get to be her mother and raise her in the next life. What comfort this gives me. Yes I know that my Redeemer lives. I know it more than ever before.
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Very rarely flown except on Bossington days when the wind has gone north.
From West take A39 to Minehead turn left into town centre along High Street. From East take A39 to Minehead straight across first roundabout, fork right at second round about, T junction turn right onto High Street. Turn left off High Street and left again sign posted "North Hill", keep following signs to North Hill, drive along top of hill for about 3 miles until road ends at a car park (SS 910 477). Drive carefully on the narrow roads and beware pedestrians, cyclists and horses. From the car park the launch is NNW. Take the path North from the North East corner of the car park and then NW then N to the grassy slopes above the cliffs.
HG & PG Experienced pilots only. Ensure conditions are strong enough to stay up, as going down is not a good option.
Bottom Landing
Use the same BL as Bossington Hill. On the beach at low tide only, (not recommended due to quicksand and lack of path up). Beware the beach disappears at high tide. It may be possible, with great difficulty to climb up the scree slopes from the beach with a PG; this would probably be impossible with a HG.
PG Side-Slope Landing
On the grassy slopes above the cliffs/scree but not recommended. The slopes are very steep and you may find yourself slipping down, over the steeper scree/cliffs and onto the beach. If you launch and think you are going down, side land immediately.
Top Landing
Behind takeoff. Any suitable clear patch in the heather/gorse, look carefully at the area as you walk out and from the air before your choose your spot. Further East there are fields which have been used for top landings. On days with reasonable height gains it is possible to fly back to an area North East of the car park. Do not land in the Car Park.
XC Potential
Part of the ridge run from North Hill. Recommended that you launch at North Hill instead. . Jump the gap West to Porlock Hill for a 20 mile coastal ridge run to Ilfracombe. However, there is a good chance of going down into the sea and rocks!
A potentially dangerous site. Under no circumstances land in the sea. The climb up from the beach is difficult and dangerous. Backing sea breeze winds eliminate lift and may result in bottom landings. Don't launch here if you are expecting the sea breeze, wait at Bossington instead
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Gary Vickrey brings expertise in leadership and business transition to Tanner LLC
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SALT LAKE CITY, April 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Utah accounting firm Tanner LLC is pleased to announce that Gary Vickrey, a prominent leadership development and business transition expert, joined Tanner LLC as a partner in January of this year.
"Gary is a recognized expert in executive coaching and development, conflict management, succession planning, and talent management nationally and throughout the world," says Jeff Bickel, Tanner's Managing Partner. "Gary's unique expertise aligns well with so many baby boomer executives and partners who are making leadership transitions. He will be a valuable source of insight as the leader of our new Leadership Solutions Practice."
Before joining Tanner LLC, Vickrey was the president and CEO of JLS-Vickrey, where he established Leadership Development Academies for global organizations and professional services firms in the United States, Canada, South America, and Asia. With unique experience as the advisor for numerous family-owned organizations around the world and some of the largest automotive groups in the country, Vickrey's background encompasses a broad range of fields, including the chemical, financial services, pharmaceutical, construction, automotive, technology, and professional services industries. His consulting clients include BASF, Loewen, Kraft Canada, Bayer, PKF North America, the 20 Group, and many others.
Bickel says, "We welcome Gary's unique perspective and vast experience from advising so many leading companies and organizations. Tanner's vision is that each of us will make a positive impact in the lives of those with whom we work every single day. Gary will add greatly to that vision."
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And we say hello to year 2014! New start, new challenges and opportunities, and of course, new anime series are coming our way!
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Friends camp is founded on Quaker philosophy and has an unique and refreshing view on empowering camp staff to create magical and memorable experiences for campers. The facilities are modest and camp property is kludged together crossing a road to get to their waterfront property. Nat, the camp director, walked us around the facilities and told us about an average day at camp. Campers can chose from a variety of electives taught by counselors, the elective. What is different at Friends Camp is the degree of creative freedom given to the counselors to lead all kinds of unique sessions. Some of the electives align with Quaker beliefs like volunteering at a local soup kitchen or using their pacifist beliefs to lead a protest. One session Nat told us about what a group of kids lead by their fearless counselor conquered the Tempest and then attended a local theaters Shakespeare production at the end of camp. One group may choose to put on a production at camp or stitch together a quilt of all of their secrets. Nat spoke of the trust inherent in the culture that allows counselors to teach their passions and in turn inspire campers really invest and take part in the elective they have chosen. Camp as a whole sounded like a place where a freedom and creativity are common place week after week summer after summer.


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A lot of words are being tossed around by my generation. Love. Tolerance. Respect. As in, respect others' beliefs, tolerate everyone, and love everyone. We say these things easily enough. They're looked up to as noble ideals—but what do they actually mean? How do most people understand them? If I disagree with someone else's beliefs, is that disrespectful? Is it intolerant to try to change others' beliefs? If I believe someone else's actions are morally wrong, is that hateful?
I sense a deep divide between what these words mean to the popular culture and what they mean to Christians. I'm going to propose that these words should have meanings or applications other than what they are now.
Can you define this? We all know intuitively what it is, but might struggle to articulate it precisely. We might say it's being polite and considerate in our words and actions, or giving due consideration to others' thoughts, feelings, and opinions — but that doesn't seem to quite fit the bill, not entirely.
I think that to respect someone is to behave towards them in a manner befitting their status. Different levels of respect are appropriate to different positions: for example, I hope you'd respect the President more than your boss, and your boss more than your neighbor. At the same time, your neighbor's status as a human being created in the image of God merits a grave measure of respect. That's why I try to respect everyone.
However, I sense a disturbing trend in popular thought. More and more, it seems to be considered disrespectful to suggest or say that another person's beliefs are wrong, even if that suggestion comes through explaining what you believe is right.
We say it's arrogant (and certainly disrespectful) to suggest that anyone else's most dearly-held convictions are in error—whether morally, factually, metaphysically, or philosophically. However, to call this arrogant is nonsensical, because error is precisely what we suggest when we claim to believe anything. To claim that anything is right is to claim that something else is wrong.
For example, to claim that this is right — that a woman has the right to have an abortion because she has the right do as she pleases with her body — is to claim that this is wrong: that an embryo or fetus is a separate individual with individual rights, not just a lump of tissue that can be disposed of like a cancer.
All truth-claims are exclusive by their very nature (which, by the way, also casts a pale light on our love of "inclusiveness"). Therefore, if it's arrogant and disrespectful to say that someone else's beliefs are wrong, then it's arrogant and disrespectful to claim to know any truth about anything — because no matter what you claim to know about spirituality or ethics, it's (almost) always going to contradict what someone else believes.
Of course, this isn't so much a widespread issue yet: it's still possible in many people's minds to say "I respectfully disagree." The next two, though, present more difficulty.
Currently, we see this most often in the contexts of religion and homosexual rights, yet we seem to have a hard time defining it, preferring instead to focus on "intolerance" and its effects. For example, the Institute for Religious Tolerance, Peace, and Justice gave no clear definition that I could find after 10 minutes of browsing their website; on the other hand, they make statements such as, "religious intolerance…is often the cause and underlying root of oppression and warfare" and "religious intolerance as the root problem of many of our modern difficulties."1
Maybe we can get a clue by looking at something that's considered "intolerant." Voting "No" on legalizing gay unions is a current example. This is seen as hateful, mean, and intolerant, because — why? Because you refuse to endorse something that you morally object to? Because you're not falling in line with what the (ever-increasing) majority thinks is right?
On the other hand, if you legitimize something that you believe is wrong, does that make you tolerant, open-minded, progressive, and loving? No: it makes you a hypocrite who can't stand by their values in the face of social pressure. A big problem that I see is where the culture demands, "Agree with what the crowd says is right, regardless of whether you believe it's wrong" and defines compliance as tolerance.
Properly, tolerance is saying, "I think you're dead wrong, but I can respect you and live with you peacefully anyway." Maybe a lot of you would agree with that definition, and this isn't aimed at you: it's aimed at what I perceive to be the prevailing mode of thought, particularly in my generation.
This is our most difficult term. It's hard to tell what most people mean by it. Mostly it seems synonymous with "being nice and courteous." It might even extend to showing compassion, sympathy, and mercy to people who deserve it and aren't offensive or mean.
With this one most of all, we seem to be better at defining what it isn't than what it is. We can think of a whole spectrum of things that are clearly unloving and hateful, from throwing trash on your neighbor's lawn to (again) murdering someone because they're different from you.
Perhaps we'll move towards a definition of love by defining its opposite. What is hate? It is wishing or doing harm to someone else out of enmity. Lopping the heads off your neighbor's roses out of spite is hateful; abusing someone because of their religion or sexual orientation is hateful; rejoicing that someone else is going to hell is extremely hateful (as well us unbiblical).
What then is love? Perhaps it is wishing and doing good to others regardless of personal feelings, regardless of how they treat you, and even (dare I say it) regardless of what it costs you or whether they hate you. However, as far as I can see, most people would stop that definition at "others," giving a definition of love that goes something like this: do good to people when they deserve it (or at least haven't done anything to not deserve it), if you feel like it, if it's not too inconvenient for you, and when it doesn't harm you or make you feel bad. Do that, and you're officially a loving person.
The new ethic
Don't hate, tolerate; teach (it doesn't matter what, as long as it makes people feel good), love (those who love you, whatever love is), pray (to whatever deity, world-soul, or unknown force makes you comfortable, but don't expect too much out of it); respect everyone, and don't preach hate. Obviously, I'm painting in broad strokes, as I must when describing a widespread trend, but this is the core of our generation's ethic as far as I can reckon it.
I find this ethic hardly worth following. It is tepid and timid, and its greatest objectives seem to be to A) not offend anyone and B) get everyone to be nice to each other. Now, I'm all in favor of being nice to each other and avoiding giving offense where possible, but these aims alone are too small—unworthy to be compared to the radical love that comes to us and from us when we are established in Christ and the power of His spirit. Many of us Christians do such a poor job of showing what kind of love is possible through God, but this is what we're called to do and what we must strive to do: we are to love our God and our neighbor with a love that is patient and kind, that is not arrogant or rude, that is humble and gentle, and the counts others as more important than ourselves.
My fellow Christians, I pray we take this call seriously. To my unbelieving friends, I pray you come to know a Christian who does so.
No blog entry next week, on account of I'm going to be in the mountains. Nathan the Paul will resume its regularly-scheduled programming on Friday, June 28th, with an entry on what to do about unloving Christians.
P.S. For those who want to know, on the issue of whether or not to legalize gay marriage, I suppose I'm indifferent. What is it to me if this country doesn't forbid what the Bible forbids? After all, we are not a "Christian nation," and the government is not an arm of the church.
So while I'm certainly not going to fight (or vote) for legalizing gay marriage, I don't see that it much matters whether it passes or not. People are going to keep doing what they do, and all I can do is to continue to do my best to live as a representative of Christ, depending on His grace to enable me to do so, and do my best to communicate the Gospel in my words and actions.


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The flowers are 'champak' and they are blooming in Goa right now. You can find them by following their sweet smell in the markets or on road-sides where village women have strung them into gorgeous 'venis', little garlands designed to decorate one's hair.
The botanical name of the plant is 'Michelia champaca' and it is a variety of the Magnolia family.
Interestingly, I found a video that shows how to string flowers together in a veni using two long threads and stringing each flower using special knots. I don't think the video explains enough for one to try this on their own but clearly shows how delicate the process is. Click here for link.
The strong sweet smell, vibrant yellow color and delicate shape are a treat for all senses.
And did I tell you that they smell like heaven... the entire house smells like a perfume factory !
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Fragrant yellow gold ...
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Lovely images! Where did you get the flowers from? The Panjim market? I know some ladies sell them also at the KTC bus station and on the bridges leading out of Panjim.ReplyDelete
They are so beautiful... The smell is everywhere in the house ! Bought them at Mahalakshmi temple today !ReplyDelete
I looked for them in Panjim market today, but no luck. Came back instead with a string of mogra and a veni of white flowers that have now opened up and smell amazing. Hooray for 'local' flowers.ReplyDelete
PS: Love that plate that you have used for your display. Is it clay? Lovely.
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Pairing: YunJae, side!YooSuMin
Rating: PG-13
Length: Chaptered
Genre: AU, angst
Disclaimer: I don't own anything apart from the story. I wish I had YunJae and if I had my way, they'd move to New Zealand so they can be civil-unionised here :P
Summary: I know that you can love me, when there's no one left to blame. So never mind the darkness, we still can find a way - He can see the pain, the way it ripples just underneath the surface, and far from running away, all he wants to do is claim him. Nothing lasts forever…not even ink. Time heals all wounds they say, but sometimes it takes a wound to heal a wound.
AN1: This wouldn't leave me alone. It's sort of how The Tattooist was originally meant to be…it was not meant to be cracky and so damn fluffy you'd get a fucking toothache. April told me to try and complete the idea within a oneshot. Well, I failed lmao, but I think the chapters will be short :O
AN2: This edit was made by Eryn :O I miss her T_____T
He stares at the lush carpet, hearing but not listening.
Looking, but not seeing.
Existing but not living.
How many months has it been? Two? Three? He's honestly lost track. He knows it's far too short though. Far, far too short, but no one actually gives a fuck.
Everyone who gave a fuck is dead.
"Do you understand, sir?"
He looks up, blinking at the two men staring rather worriedly at him.
Lawyers should have poker faces, shouldn't they?
"Summarise it for me, please." He murmurs, voice barely above a whisper, for his throat hurts dreadfully from the last few nights.
It's the rainy season, and where he lives, this means thunder and lightning.
And thunder and lightning means nightmares.
And nightmares mean screaming.
He doesn't even know whether he can call them nightmares anymore.
They're more like flashbacks.
Memories, he's been trying to repress for what? Two months? Three?
Perhaps it isn't really "trying" if he honestly cannot remember.
Dissociative amnesia, they called it.
All he gets are flashes, but those flashes are enough for him to wake up screaming, drenched in sweat, and crying his eyes out.
He doesn't really know why it happens, for he can never recall specifics of his nightmares.
Just flashes.
Flashes of white.
Flashes of blue.
Flashes of red.
And the very hot flash of yellow.
He can practically feel the searing heat, and hear the screams.
And they always belong to him.
"Your fiancee had her will changed when her parents died, and she left everything to you. Your parents left everything to you too."
"So basically I get everything?"
He doesn't want it. Not a single fucking fifty won piece. He'd rather have nothing.
"Sell everything."
"E-e-everything, sir?" One of the kindly bespectacled gentleman stares at him in consternation.
He pauses, leaning back in his chair and staring unseeing at the two men.
His eyes move back and forth between their faces, but if someone were to ask him ten minutes later what those men looked like, he wouldn't be able to pick them out of a line up.
He has ceased to notice anything.
"Keep the house."
"There are several, sir. Which house do you mean?"
"The one where Jess—" he cuts himself off.
No names.
He promised himself, no names.
He clears his throat and tries again. "The one that my fiancee and I bought. The one I'm currently living in."
"Do you really want to sell everything?" The other kindly bespectacled man asks him.
They all look the same. These two men might as well be twins for all the difference they appear to him.
"Keep the bike."
"Are you sure you wouldn't prefer a car?"
Absolutely fucking tactless.
But he really doesn't care.
He gets up, tired of the whole thing.
Tired of their attempt at sympathy.
Tired of the world thinking he has everything.
Tired of being the only one left alive when he caused the whole thing.
"No," he replies quietly.
Before he turns on his heel and walks out the ornate double doors whose only duty is to intimidate whoever is faced with them.
Nothing intimidates him though.
Nothing except thunderstorms.
The music is pounding so loudly that the walls are practically vibrating. Old school rock is playing on the stereo, and he scowls as he works, cursing internally at losing that fucking bet and being stuck with the shit jobs for a month.
Shit jobs, meaning the most banal of banal ink in the whole fucking world.
He can hear his friends and brother laughing uproariously outside, even louder than the music and that is really fucking saying something.
The bastards are probably laughing at him.
Admittedly, if one of them had lost the bet, he'd definitely be laughing right about now too.
He glares at the offending rose he is colouring in, resisting the urge to accidentally use black instead of red. Why anyone would choose to put the most generic shit on their bodies is beyond him. This is not fucking high school where your friend doodles on your arm during calculus. This shit is about as permanent as you can get when it comes to body art. Though with the cost of laser treatment growing more affordable, the amount of shit jobs coming in has been steadily increasing.
The trend started a good couple of years ago.
And the result?
Increasingly uninspiring shit.
Why bother putting thought into something when it's just as easy to get rid of it when you're sick of it?
Everything is fucking disposable.
Even your own fucking skin.
How goddamn sickeningly disgusting is that?
He's really fucking tempted to ask this stupid girl if her momma ever taught her that her body is a temple and she shouldn't be tattooing a rose on her tit.
This is the third fucking rose in a row.
All on their goddamn chests.
Airport runways more like it.
He doesn't know why the fuck they're bothering to call attention to their imaginary boobs.
Alright, so he's being unkind since he personally prefers no boobs, but he is just about at the end of his patience and ready to call it quits.
There are only so many fucking roses a man can tattoo before going insane, and he's been doing it for two weeks.
It's gotten so bad he doesn't even have to think about it anymore, but yet he does his best. He will always do his best regardless of the banality and the sheer stink of vanilla that almost suffocates him. Getting a tattoo nowadays is almost like a rite of passage these days, but these kids don't seem to get that tattoos don't translate into street cred, or whatever the fuck currency they are trading in these days.
He lives in a university town, and the canvases are aplenty.
But there is no depth.
None at all.
And he can only do so fucking much on the most insipid of flesh, no matter how talented he is.
He stops, staring at the pale white skin he is inking, knowing full well the vapid canvas will never appreciate his skill. All she wants is to get into his pants. Her creeping hand, and incessant whining would have driven him crazy had it not been for the pounding music.
Hammering a steady beat against the base of his skull.
Thudding, perpetuating a headache he'd been nursing from his over indulgence the previous night.
But it is a welcome respite and distraction.
"There, done."
He puts the finishing touch on the beautiful rose that to him at that very second, is the ugliest fucking thing he has ever seen. His mouth is turned down into a scowl he cannot hide, and he simply grunts when the girl comments on it.
When her whining receives zero attention from him, she leaves with a pout, the cloud of vanilla ugliness trailing after her.
He cleans up, packs up, going through all the necessary motions, scowling the entire time.
"No wonder that girl ran out of here. You look like you want to murder someone," a rather jaunty voice from the doorway observes.
"You'd be at the top of the list."
Junsu clicks his tongue at his friend, not at all bothered by the threat as he enters the room, helping the man tidy up.
"Why are you so cranky?"
"I've used the same fucking stencil of the same fucking rose, on the same fucking three girls today."
"Ah…" his friend grins, understanding the problem. "Roses pay the bills."
The taller man merely grunts in disgust as he readies his sketchpad for the next client. If it's another fucking rose, he is going to fucking quit.
"Giving you the shit jobs actually took money away from the pool, you realise? Whoever takes the shit jobs takes the cash."
"You can have it all."
"No way." A loud voice interrupts from the doorway yet again, as a second and third man enter the small room. It is definitely becoming a little overcrowded in there.
"Who the fuck is manning the counter?"
"I closed for lunch."
"You're not getting out of this." The third man wags a finger at the extremely irritable tattooist as he slips an arm around the waist of his companion. "You've been a right fucking snob for years, leaving all the shit jobs to Min and Su just because you're the best. A true artist would try and do the best he can with what he's given." Yoochun utters sagely as if he knows what the fuck he's talking about. Well, he doesn't since he's the resident piercer, but that's beside the point.
"You think too highly of me," the tattooist replies. "There is only so much a man can do with the best art on the most uninspiring of canvases."
"That girl was rather pretty."
"Yeah," he nods. "Pretty average."
"You know what your problem is?" Changmin settles against Yunho's chair, dragging Yoochun to stand between his legs, wrapping his arms around the man as he looks around him at the scowling tattooist. "You're too fucking spoiled."
"Spoiled by all the garbage I've been subjected to for two weeks, yes." Yunho replies, deliberately misunderstanding.
"Min's right." Junsu nods, perching next to the tall man on the chair, rubbing his hand along the inner length of the maknae's thigh. "All the serious guys always ask for you. Unless they specifically want the silly freshman shit, or lettering, they will always ask for you. Why do you think we decided to stop booking you more than a week in advance at a time? You'd be booked solid for months."
"Something wrong with that?" Yunho retorts belligerently, glaring at his so-called best friend. The four of them co-own Mirotic equally, though the profits are divided according to the jobs they take, each contributing a percentage to the overhead and other incidental expenses. Shit jobs do pay well, as they are charged by the piece, and the three tattooists can easily fit in twice as many shit jobs in a day compared to the more elaborate tattoos.
Some weeks, shit jobs can easily pay all the bills.
Changmin for example, charges by the hour at times for the shit jobs, milking it for all it's worth with his gorgeous face that girls practically trip over themselves lining up to get into his room. Many are willing to pay a full two hours for a tattoo that would've taken him an hour to ink, just to be in his company. The youngest of them all is an awkward kid who snarks more than he talks, but blessed with a face that the angels would probably cry over, not to mention a wiry, lanky body that seems to be all the rage at the moment, what with the increasing popularity of kpop.
He can say the meanest, shittiest things, and the girls would still flock to him, too mesmerised by his looks to actually stop and listen to what he has to say, or notice that he, Junsu, and the resident piercer are all actually a little too close to be normal.
Yoochun with his perfect smile, and the extremely disarming way he has for putting everyone and anyone at ease. Coupled with Junsu, they are both a surefire way of getting you to pierce or tattoo parts of your body you would never have imagined prior to stepping foot into Mirotic. Between the two of them, they could probably talk a nun into tattooing an upside down cross on her back, and getting a hood piercing, and on top of that, convince her to bring her fellow nuns in for similar work.
That has actually happened.
Though they were not real nuns.
Just some sophomores dressed up as nuns for Halloween.
And mixed into the unlikely threesome is the lone wolf.
Older brother to Yoochun, both practically sharing the same mouth, and even similar moles on their faces.
But they couldn't be more different.
While Yoochun is the easy going, yet emotional cry baby of the lot, Yunho is the silent and brooding leader of the pack. The actual artist of the group, he has the personality of one.
He is the only one among all of them who can get through a nine hour sitting without anything more than bathroom breaks. His focus is nothing short of legendary, and his single-mindedness absolutely astounding when faced with it.
Junsu, the resident calligrapher, can go for three hours max.
Changmin, shit job extraordinaire, perhaps five.
Yoochun, zero. He has no patience, hence why he's the piercer.
But Yunho can go on for as long as necessary.
He can channel all his needs, even the physical and emotional into his art that he has no need for companionship.
Not of the superficial kind anyway.
Unlike Junsu and his two bedmates, who slake their physical needs with each other, Yunho has been known to remain celibate for months.
It's actually coming into fifteen months now.
Yunho isn't asexual.
He just despises the disposable nature of society.
And yet despite all that, there is a very playful side to the oldest in the group. A side only his three co-owners have seen, and some of his regular clients.
Yunho is a paradox of the best kind.
Junsu is shaken from his wandering thoughts by Changmin biting his ear.
"I'm outta here," Yunho mutters in disgust as he leaves his work room. "Just motherfucking clean the goddamn place up when you're done."
He shuts the door with a loud bang, though he knows the other three would have barely noticed his exit. He's not sure how it happened, but Yoochun had come home one day with Changmin in tow. The two had clapped eyes on his best friend, and the three have been inseparable ever since.
And that was a good seven years ago.
It's really no wonder that Yunho hasn't been able to settle into any type of relationship, when the only one he's really been subjected to is the most functional threesome he has ever seen.
A functioning dysfunction.
It's actually a little disgusting how loving the three of them are with their random puppy piles, with Changmin usually on the bottom as the other two try and hug (or fuck) his snark away. They haven't really succeeded as far as Yunho can tell, though sometimes he does get the feeling that the youngest snarks out of habit rather than desire.
They don't show it in public of course, but once that closed sign is on, or they are within the walls of their apartment, all bets are off.
He has seen far more of his younger brother than he would like in multiple lifetimes.
Yunho scowls as he slips his hand into his back pocket to retrieve his pack of cigarettes and lighter. He feels like an outsider in his own fucking home.
Not that he truly minds, for his brother is happy, and that is enough for him.
He lights up the sole stick, tossing the empty box as he leaves the building, heading to the closest cafe to grab something to eat. He isn't really hungry, but they're probably going to be closed for a good hour so he might as well make full use of the time.
Not two steps have been taken by him off the curb when somebody in a great fucking hurry smashes right into him, making him lose his last cigarette.
He is about to growl at the man, when he catches sight of his face.
Now this is a worthy canvas.
AN1: I think you can tell I have a lot of pent up angst to get rid off.
AN2: Should I write or should I stop, and go back to fluffy SB drabbles? It's easy for me to hide behind that universe because it's so all-encompassing. To be honest, writing this and the fluffy drabbles both give me enough in terms of a way to release my stress and everything so yeah.


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SPRING LUV AFFAIR Mix by Host, Steve V. Rodriguez
Listen to what host, Steve V. Rodriguez, of TALK ABOUT GAY SEX podcast, is listening to now with his new soulful mix to help you stroll into your Spring love affair. Groove to the mix and then listen to Steve's intimate sexual secrets on Episode 10. Track listing below:
- Ch-Ching - Chairlift
- Favorite Star - Quadron
- Passionfruit - Drake
- New Position (Original Mix) - Cupcakes
- It's Your World (First Take) - R. Kelly
- You Don't Know Me (feat. RAYE) - Jax Jones
- Trouble (feat. Absofacto) - The Knocks
- You Know How To Love Me - Phyliss Hyman
- U Live 2 Far Away (Jriv Remix) - Tortured Soul
- Get it Together (feat. Black Coffee) - Drake
- Eres Mis Ganas - Los Amigos Invisibles
- Spirit of Chicago - Simon Pagliari (feat. Cream Sound Factory)
- Sauna - J Mills
- Untitled track - Untitled Artist
- Slolove - Janet Jackson


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Dumfries Dentist Offering Friendly & Professional Private Dental Care
Welcome to Hazelbrook Dental Practice, 96 Glasgow Street Dumfries, where dentists Richard Colbeck and Fiona Lilburn, together with the rest of the experienced dental team, are here to provide you with the expert dental care you deserve.
Why Choose Hazelbrook Dental Practice?
- Long Established Family Practice
- Professional, Friendly Service
- Emphasis on Preventative Care
- Dental Plan Available
- NHS Care for Children
- Disabled Access
- On Site Parking
- Easy Access from the Dumfries Bypass
- 0% Finance Available
- Facial Aesthetics
New patients are always welcome
For further information contact our friendly patient care team
01387 254100
Our Dentist Fiona Lilburn is now providing a range of Facial Aesthetic Treatments. Please ask at reception for details.
0% Finance now also available for Treatment plans over £600.


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Our two-room suite has a queen bedroom with desk, a living area with queen-size memory foam sleeper sofa, additional seating, dining table and of course, full bath. You will enjoy the spacious comfort and the lovely view of Cook Inlet. Delightful work by Alaskan artists enhances the setting.
A full kitchen with stove, microwave and refrigerator, and equipped with cookware, plates, glassware and utensils, allows you to prepare simple meals during your stay.
Coffee and tea service are available each morning in the common area of the west building, where the Suite is located, and you will be just steps away from the main building Living Room where breakfast is served.
Please have a look at all our room types: Suite, Private Bath and Shared Bath.
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Eleanor Catton has become the youngest writer to win the Man Booker Prize, with the longest novel to triumph in the award.
Catton, 28, beat competition from Colm Tóibín, NoViolet Bulawayo, Jhumpa Lahiri, Ruth Ozeki and the favourite, Jim Crace, to be awarded the £50,000 prize by the Duchess of Cornwall at a ceremony in Guildhall in London.
The author began The Luminaries, her second novel, aged 25, and has eclipsed the previous youngest recipient of the award, Ben Okri, who won aged 32 in 1991.
Judges praised the "astonishing maturity and poise" of her 832-page work, saying the length of a book "doesn't matter as long as it's good". They added that the "dazzling, luminous, vast" novel allowed readers to get lost in a story that is "quite exceptional".
It is further recognition for the genre of historical fiction, following Hilary Mantel's two Booker victories for Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. Catton's work comfortably eclipses the 672-page Wolf Hall, winner in 2009, for length.
Catton joked her work had been a "publishers nightmare" for logistical reasons, saying she had been compelled to buy a new handbag just to fit it in.
Speaking after the result was announced, she said her publishers had been thrilled that the final manuscript was just short enough "not to collapse under its own weight in paperback".
Booker Prize winner Eleanor Catton, second left, at a photocall in London last weekend with fellow shortlisted authors, from left, Jhumpa Lahiri, Colm Tóibín, NoViolet Bulawayo and Ruth Ozeki
The Luminaries, set in the gold rush of Victorian New Zealand with a focus on money, wealth and values, was also the longest novel on the short list, although judges emphasised it was important to look "not at length but quality — and we have got quality".
The Telegraph awarded the book five stars in a review on its release in August, calling it an "irresistible" second novel.
A spokesman for Waterstones said that the announcement was "great news for readers", and that Catton's "hugely enjoyable and compelling affair" was potentially the biggest seller on the shortlist. Previous winners, including Life of Pi by Yann Martel, which sold two million copies, Thomas Keneally's Schindler's Ark and Mantel's two books, received a significant sales boost thanks to the award.
The decision will be celebrated in Catton's home country of New Zealand, with the author claiming: "Everybody feels the success is partly theirs." She is the second winner from the country, after Keri Hulme in 1985.
Catton is unlikely to be fazed by the accolade of being the prize's youngest winner, saying previously that the question of age was "slightly infuriating" in a professional sense.
Speaking at the ceremony, she said: "I feel very honoured and proud to be living in a world where the facts of somebody's biography doesn't affect how people read the book.
"I think that's true of age and also ethnicity and all sorts of features of being human. When people can look beyond that and consider the work in itself, its always a good thing, so I think we're lucky in that way."
Catton thanked her partner, Steven Toussaint but said her family in New Zealand did not have a television and had not yet had a chance to speak to her about the result.
She added she had accepted the prize with "trembling knees" and a "dry mouth", and had not decided how to spend her £50,000 prize money
The Duchess of Cornwall, who presented the award, told the assembled audience she had been "longing to know the victor" as a "common reader", because it "either gives us the chance to discover a new writer, or an opportunity to celebrate the work of someone more established".
Author Ben Okri has now sent his congratulations to Catton for breaking his record as the youngest winning writer, telling the Telegraph: "I think its lovely. Records are there to be broken. Give it 15 years and a 26-year-old will win it."


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Black Americans and Fluorosis Memorandum (1962)
EPA approves the use of waste fluorides (1982)
Waste Fluoride Compounds (1958)
ADA Journal Effect of Fluorine on Dental Caries (1944)
Grand Rapids Fluoridation Experiment Results (1950)
1931: The cause of the 'dental problem' is discovered. Chief chemist Churchill of ALCOA to McKay
1955 disturbing tactics still in use today
1926 letter : "...extremely disfiguring defect..." Dr. Mckay to the Surgeon General


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A delightful gift box hints at a romantic surprise inside. Maybe it is a ring? Yes it is a ring, but it's not just a piece of jewelry. Actually Memo Ring is USB flash memory for Win/Mac – with LED and capacity 2GB. Memo Ring has many ways to use.
I wonder whether there any crazy geeks that will make offer to the girl with this ring. In any case Memo Ring is a great stylish gift in a stunning package. Ring made with plastic and available in three colors: pink, yellow and glitter. I bet some of your memories are much more expensive than diamonds.
For more detail and prices please visit Gung site.


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Did 'returning' terrorists become extremists in Guantanamo?
WASHINGTON — One of the detainees whom a newly released Pentagon report says returned to the battlefield after he was released from the Guantanamo Bay prison camp told McClatchy that he was a local security leader in Afghanistan when he was arrested and became a radical Islamist only during his detention.
A second, a Kuwaiti man charged with links to al Qaida, told McClatchy that he'd never been to Afghanistan when he was arrested in a hotel room in Peshawar, Pakistan. He later contradicted himself, however, was held for three and a half years and is now listed as a suspected terrorist.
The men were listed in a Defense Intelligence Agency report, released Tuesday, that found that one out of every seven terrorism suspects, or 74 of the 534 prisoners who've been moved out of Guantanamo Bay are suspected or confirmed to have returned to terrorism.
The findings come as the Obama administration has promised to close the facility by January, despite protests from lawmakers and military personnel who say the 241 remaining detainees are too dangerous to be released or transferred to prisons in the U.S.
Portions of the report were leaked last week to The New York Times, which published them on the morning that President Barack Obama and former Vice President Dick Cheney spoke on the future of Guantanamo. Cheney quoted from the Times story as he argued that the detainees are too dangerous to release.
The report found that 27 were confirmed terrorism suspects and another 47 were suspected terrorists as of April 7. That's up from 61 confirmed and suspected terrorists in January, the last time the Defense Department released such figures.
The department defines suspected in part as "unverified or single-source but plausible" reported activities. In its 27 confirmed cases, the Pentagon said it has fingerprints, DNA, photos or reliable intelligence tying them to terrorist activity since their release.
Most of the confirmed and suspected terrorists the agency listed have either died in battle or in suicide attacks, or have been arrested by local authorities.
The agency report, however, doesn't say how many were jihadists before they were detained and how many were indoctrinated in Islamic radicalism while they were detained.
Mohammed Naim Farouq said he was working as a security commander near Gardez, Afghanistan when U.S. forces chased his police truck down and arrested him in 2002. He said he was taken to Bagram Air Base near Kabul and then to Kandahar Airfield, where he was held for three months. There, he said, he was stripped and interrogated about allegations that he was a member of the Taliban, which Farouq denied.
"They stripped me naked, out in the open, where everybody could see," Farouq told McClatchy in 2007. "I was thinking that these are infidels who have come to a Muslim country to imprison us, just like the Russians," whom U.S.-backed Islamic fighters drove out of Afghanistan in the 1980s.
In 2003, Farouq was transferred to Guantanamo, where he said he was stripped naked, put in a line, blindfolded and marched to a station where they were issued new clothes. Along the way, he said, soldiers yelled and laughed at them and snapped pictures.
After interviewing Farouq in Guantanamo and reviewing his case, Afghan Attorney General Abdul Jabar Sabit concluded that he was a rural gangster, not a terrorist. Farouq, Sabit found, wasn't linked to the Taliban or to al Qaida.
Farouq was released from Guantanamo in July 2003. In a 2006 report, however, the Defense Intelligence Agency said he had ties to al Qaida and to the Taliban, and was leading a group of Taliban militiamen, and Tuesday's report calls him a suspected associate of the Taliban and al Qaida. Farouq denied those charges to McClatchy reporter Tom Lasseter in 2007.
Saad Madi al Azmi said he was in a Peshawar hotel room when police conducted a routine check of the hotel. Al Azmi's visa had expired three days earlier, and he was carrying $59,000 in cash for what he said was a business venture.
Although he told McClatchy that he'd never been to Afghanistan, Azmi told a panel of tribunal judges at Guantanamo that he'd traveled there for three weeks, but he denied that he was in Kabul for anything related to al Qaida.
However, a questionnaire his family filled out said that he'd gone to Kabul to work with the Wafa Humanitarian Works Organization, which has been linked to al Qaida and is on the State Department's list of terrorist groups.
Tuesday's report lists him as a suspected al Qaida associate.
Guantanamo: Beyond the Law, a McClatchy investigation
Profile of Mohammed Naim Farouq


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Policies & Best Practices for Social Networking
Departmental use of Facebook and other third-party web services to conduct University-related communication introduces a variety of legal and policy issues. This document highlights some of those issues and provides expectations and strategies for safe and effective use of Facebook and other social networking sites.
Any group or organization must gain prior approval before creating a social networking site or posting a video to YouTube (or other video server) site using the name, "Thomas University," its logos or symbols.
TU departments and organizations, faculty, and staff
TU departments and organizations, faculty, and staff must use TU-controlled services to conduct required official and other University activities. Communication that contains privacy-protected information must use only secure TU-controlled services such as TU Email, Blackboard, or Cams/Hawklink.
Departments, organizations, faculty, and staff (henceforth referred to as "organizations") that choose to use Facebook or another social networking site should be prepared to educate employees and other participants about expectations related to the use of third-party web applications, privacy concerns and other relevant policy and legal issues.
Uses of Facebook at TU
Thomas University academic, student life, alumni and administrative departments may establish public Facebook groups to complement official communication and attempt to foster community among users.
Facebook Groups vs. Individual Networking
Facebook participants network with each other in two basic ways: they build personal networks by becoming "friends" with other participants, or they establish more general connections by joining groups and pages. Groups promote interaction based on common interests rather than personal relationships. Facebook Pages are mainly used by organizations to which one may only "Follow" and is the preferable choice.
Thomas University academic, student life, alumni and administrative departments that choose to use Facebook must establish an appropriate page rather than depicting, intentionally or otherwise, the department as an individual and soliciting/requesting or accepting "friends." All groups and or pages must join and/or follow the main TU Facebook page.
Personal emails are not to be used or listed as a means of communicating on a University organization Facebook page. An organization's Facebook page must be linked to a proper TU email address as it is owned by the organization of the University and not the individual creating, managing and/or act as administoring a page.
- For example: TU's A-B Honor Society Facebook page would need to its official TU email address, firstname.lastname@example.com, listed as the main contact source.
Individuals with personal Facebook accounts who have been granted permission to manage a page may be added as a page administrator in order to post on behalf of the organization. To ensure proper care is being maintained, pages should have a two University approved, page-administrators for dual control of an account. Official University guidelines and best practices for posting will be provided upon establishment approval.
Any Thomas University organization may apply for approval to establish a Facebook or other social networking group that represents a Thomas University entity and is entitled to use the university's copyrighted logos and brand name in accordance with the established guidelines.
Setting Up and Administering Facebook Groups
Facebook groups can have three levels of access:
- open, meaning anyone can join and invite others to join, and anyone can see group information and content.
- closed, meaning an administrator must approve requests to join and only members can see content.
- secret, meaning the group does not appear in search results or in the profiles of members. Membership is by invitation only and only members can see group information and content.
Thomas University organizations should create open or closed access groups. Every approved site must have a designated group administrator who monitors participation and content.
Seven content tools are available in a Facebook group. The group administrator determines which tools are enabled:
- Show related groups, which are other Facebook groups in which group members participate
- Show related events, which are events from related groups
- Discussion board
- Wall (for members to post notes and other content)
- Photos
- Videos
- Posted items (usually used to link to external web content)
With photos, videos and posted items, the administrator can allow all members to add content, or restrict it to the administrator only. A group administrator can also designate others in the group to have administrator privileges.
Administrators should thoroughly familiarize themselves with the policies regarding privacy and rights to content per social networking service. It is the responsibility of the group administrator to configure the group privacy settings in such a way as to provide maximum protection to the group's members as defined by each social networking service.
Expectations and Guiding Principles
The following expectations and principles should govern Thomas University organization's Facebook groups and also apply to Twitter, MySpace, and any other social networking site.
- The group description--visible at the top of the group page—should describe the purpose of the group site and should provide ground rules for participation, including warnings against discussing students who do not wish to participate in the group, student records or other protected personal information, and encouraging respect for others in all communication. Content on approved Thomas University sites must reflect the university's Diversity Statement and policies regarding harassment and nondiscrimination.
- Inappropriate content may be removed. Facebook has a built-in tool for reporting violations of its terms of use. Specifically, posts that attack an individual or group, or are deemed advertising or spam, can be reported to Facebook and can result in loss of privileges for the offender and potentially the group.
- Personal educational or health records may never be communicated via Facebook or any other non-secure third-party system. (See federal FERPA and HIPAA laws, as well as Georgia University System student privacy statutes.)
- As a channel of communication, the Facebook group should augment official channels of communication (such as the departmental website) rather than replace them because as noted above, Facebook is not to be used to conduct official or required University activities.
- Participation in the group must be voluntary, and non-participation cannot result in negative repercussions for a student or employee.
- Although the nature of social networking is social and extracurricular, participants' conduct should be in accordance with general policies governing students' rights and responsibilities as Thomas University students.
- Groups typically should be open to any person who falls within the definition of member as determined by the Thomas University organization creating the group. A department may choose to open a group for at least the limited purpose of making group content available to all and not requiring group membership to see it.
- Official images, logos, graphics, or other copyrighted materials owned by TU are not to be used unless official written permission has been obtained.
- Group administrators should be aware that when starting a Facebook group for a TU organization or class they are representing Thomas University to the public and should conduct themselves accordingly.


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What would happen if the starship Enterprise encountered the Death Star? Who would win in an ultimate battle between the Enterprise and the Death Star? Let us know what you think!
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Top Furniture for Geeks
Just a few short years ago, the word Geek still had negative connotations attached to it. Companies didn't really make products designed specifically for those of us who proudly label ourselves as Geeks. Today, though, all of that has changed. It seems that nearly every company now sells products aimed at our Geeky side. You can find everything from shower accessories to jewelry – and everything in between! There are several websites dedicated to selling nothing but Geek items. If you know where to look, you can even find some amazing Geek furnishings for your home!!
Scrabble Furniture
Periodic Table
Nintendo Chair
Geek Door Lock
CD Chair
Book Chair
Pac-Man Shelves
Pac-Man Coffee Table
LEGO Couch
Number Keys Seat
Rubik's Cube Tables
Calculator Chairs
These are just a few of the things that I've come across on my travels across the web. What Geeky furniture have you seen, that I may have missed?
Some of the furniture pictures were also featured in a blog post on Geek.Ology.
What do Geeks Smell Like?
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I smell like myself, since I don't really use any type of fragrance, other than my deodorant. I usually use chapstick, which may smell like cherries or mints. I have not purchased any kind of cologne over the past several years – since college! I never thought I could find a scent that was Geeky enough, so I stopped trying. I was happy when my friends at ThinkGeek gave me a chance to check out their newest scent… Red Shirt.
Bright, clean and direct with top notes of green mandarin, bergamot and a hint of lavender (your hope), finishing with base notes of leather and grey musk (your smoldering shoes after you've been vaporized). Smell like the future, because tomorrow may never come.
It's strong, for sure. But it's very Trekkie smelling. I kept sniffing and sniffing the bottle, because I like it. You know you want to wear it… I will be! If you really want to impress the ladies, you're going to be ordering some today.
Red Shirt cologne – because tomorrow may never come!
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Which Star Trek do You Like the Most?
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Setting phasers to stun, Captain! Shoot to kill! I have two phasers here! It's like a classic Star Trek phaser, with several different settings. Don't you wish you were this cool? You can toggle whether or not the light shines through the phaser or not, or you can pop out the smaller part to carry around with you! Do you see the light? This isn't enough for you, eh? You say you want a Star Trek communicator, as well? Oh, well I have one of those too. So hah! In your face!
This is nice little set, if you happen to love the classic Star Trek. I was more a fan of the Next Generation, but not so much Enterprise. It just didn't do it for me. What are some other toys from the original Star Trek? Oh yes! How could I forget my cute little Tribble? You have to be careful with those. They'll multiply before you know it.
In the 23rd century, an enterprising trader named Cyrano Jones procured an interesting and adorable little creature. These tiny furry beasties had a calming effect on the nervous systems of humanoids – well most humanoids, anyway. They were called tribbles.
These tribbles, when they're not busy being cute and purring, were prodigious breeders. As one country-doctor once quipped, "Well, the nearest thing that I can figure is that they're born pregnant – which appears to be quite a time-saver!" In fact, their ability to multiply is so incredible, they can fill an entire cargo hold in three days – that's one million, seventy-one thousand, five hundred sixty one tribbles… assuming one tribble with an average litter of ten producing a new generation every twelve hours. That's some impressive breeding, right there. It would make any man want to high-five any tribble, except tribbles don't have arms.
These tribbles, however, are genetically altered to be sterile. In fact, ThinkGeek will guarantee that, should our tribbles somehow begin to multiply, we will dispatch someone to remove the infestation from your starship or space-station – even if it takes seventeen-point-nine years.
If you've always wanted a phaser, or a communicator, or even a Tribble, you can pick them up at ThinkGeek! Make sure you ask me for a coupon, because I usually have one. Out of these three, I have to say I like the Tribble the most!
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Wurzels, Ratchets, and Star Trek… Oh, My!
Wow. Just yesterday, we gave away ten webcams from Microsoft. We finally reached that 7500 member mark… and we've smashed it already! Have you checked out what's been happening on Geeks today?
Forum Threads
- Do you need any good Photoshop tutorials?
- Who left the lid off of the peanut butter?
- Do you use BitTorrent?
- What is the first thing you upgrade on your computers?
- What inventions can you not wait for?
Blog Posts
- Are there double standards in America?
- iPod rant of the day.
- Will Microsoft make the same mistakes with Windows 7?
- Why should you change your primary browser over to Firefox?
- Never crawl again…
Not to be outdone, here is the latest happenings over on Lockergnome.
- Are there weaknesses in the IRS computer systems?
- Hamfest, Sociology, and fake boobs… what more could you want?
- Have you heard of DisplayPort?
- Deep fried Pepsi? You have to be kidding me.
- Do you even know what a wurzel is?
If you haven't joined us yet, what are you waiting for?


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Best Deals Of New Year's Eve 2019
New Year is almost here and everyone including me is looking forward to spectacular fireworks and amazing festivals that would become our beautiful memory for next 365 days. This year, If you aren't sure where to celebrate last hours of eve, then brace up yourself and enjoy this time in a sandy lands of Middle East that are best known for gigantic deserts, lush oases, luxurious hotels, lavish resorts, and some incredible traditional destinations to spend your time.
New Year Deals in Dubai:
How can a list of New year's eve be complete without mentioning the stunning capital of UAE, Dubai who leaves thousands of people breathless every year by most outstanding and epic fireworks. It is undoubtedly one of the best places to start your new year. The city offers a countless celebrations and right amount of enthusiasm to move in New Year.
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New Year Celebration In Cairo
The cultural capital of Egypt, Cairo celebrates the New Year with massive midnight gatherings, firecrackers and feasting. Every Year, This city surprises the visitors with the great range of activities and unusual celebrations
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New Year Festivities In Manama
Very hospitable and friendly city of Bahrain, Manama is most modern and developing city who welcomes the visitors with warmth and love. Every year, this city displays most impressive and colorful fireworks on New Year eve and offers a plenty of entertainment and Vibrant festivals.
New Year Fireworks in Kuwait City
Surely this city has a lot to offer on this New Year's Eve, there are so many luxury hotels and resorts that serves the finest food, lively entertainment to the visitors and welcomes the New Year with fun, food, fireworks and lighting around the city.
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So Step out of your comfort zone and explore the beautiful capitals of Middle East and enjoy the New Year celebrations