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• Eat Pray Love By Elizabeth Gilbert

  Published: July 14, 2007, 11:45 pm

  Tags: Spiritual Formation, Interfaith, International Experiences, Gender Issues, Book Discussions

  do you feel about spiritual experiences that take place outside of a Christian context? How do you respond emotionally and intellectual to non-Christians who share their spiritual experiences with you?2. Gender roles come up repeatedly in Eat, Pray, Love, be it macho Italian men eating cream puffs after a home team's soccer loss, or a young

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• This is sadness.

  Published: July 3, 2007, 2:40 am

  Tags: Islam, Christian, International Experiences, Gender Issues, Politics, Culture, Social Justice

  Below is a post from my blog. I thought I'd share it here at Emerging Women since it really effects women worldwide. I encourage you to view the documentary that I've linked to in the post too.My prayers are with women all over the world who don't enjoy the amazing freedom that we have.Heather.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -What's wrong with

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• WordPress and Comment Spam

  Published: July 24, 2007, 3:56 pm

  Tags: Prevention, Personal Experiences, Articles, Akismet, Automattic, Comment Spam, Content Theft, Copyright Infringement, Copyright Law, Plagiarism, Scraping, Spam, Spam Blogs, Wordpress

  I would like to take an aside and delve into a related topic that has been on my mind for the past few months: Comment spam. Though it doesn’t have much to do with content theft, I have several reasons for wanting to cover this. First many of the RSS scrapers and spam bloggers also use this technique to supplement their work. Second, in some

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• Why the Cease and Desist Doesn't Work

  Published: July 17, 2007, 1:21 pm

  Tags: Legal Issues, Personal Experiences, Articles, Dmca, Cease And Desist, Content Theft, Copyright, Copyright Infringement, Mpaa, Plagiarism, Riaa, Social Networking

  I’ve always felt that there is something to be said for solving a problem face to face. It seems, to me, that it is always best to resolve disagreements directly, when possible, and not involve outside parties. The cease and desist letter is the obvious way to handle plagiarism and content theft matters face to face. However, in a recent

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• A Scrape of a Scrape

  Published: August 7, 2007, 11:07 am

  Tags: Prevention, Personal Experiences, Articles, Content Theft, Copyright Infringement, Ie7, Plagiarism, Rss, Scraping, Spam, Spam Blogging, Spam Blogs, Splogs

  I often get asked by reporters and bloggers alike exactly how bad scraping is on the Web. I discuss my past experiments on the topic and how, depending on your keywords, suspicious traffic starts showing up with the first post. However, as I was searching for information on IE7 security flaws for another site I’m working on, I ran across

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• First Find yourself a Good Travel Agent

  Published: May 11, 2007, 1:22 pm

  Tags: Blogroll, Travel Tips, Travel Advice, Travel Experiences, Travel Experts, Travel Club, Holidays, Cheaper Holidays

  TFC advise Its good to use a travel agent only if you know a good one ! A good travel agent will know when a small change in your schedule can save you a lot of money. If you buy direct from the airline, you may not find out such information, since they will only quote you the rates for the times you ask. So if you're going to use a

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• Whats the difference between Booking a Travel Agent and a Airline Booking Agents?

  Published: May 11, 2007, 1:20 pm

  Tags: Blogroll, Travel Tips, Travel Advice, Travel Experiences, Travel Experts, Travel Club, Holidays, Cheaper Holidays

  TFC Travel Tips There are several major differences between using a travel agency and using the airport (airline) ticket agents: A travel agent can look at all the airline fares, not just those of a single carrier. A good travel agent will check fares on at least three carriers. Airlines can only give you their own best fares. Then again, you can

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• What to ask to Help You Choose The Travel Agent Who Will Get You The Lowest Fare

  Published: May 11, 2007, 1:17 pm

  Tags: Blogroll, Travel Tips, Travel Advice, Travel Experiences, Travel Experts, Travel Club, Holidays, Cheaper Holidays

  1: Is your travel agency a member of the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) or the Association of Retail Travel Agents (ARTA)?. 2: Do you have a 24-hour emergency number? This is crucial for the air traveler who needs quick changes to his or her itinerary while traveling, especially if trying to get the cheapest fare. 3: How many Computer

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• Travel Agent Scams

  Published: May 11, 2007, 1:16 pm

  Tags: Blogroll, Travel Tips, Travel Advice, Travel Experiences, Travel Experts, Travel Club, Holidays, Cheaper Holidays

  We can show you how you can keep away from Travel Agent Scams ! Travel services usually have to be paid for before they are delivered. This creates opportunities for disreputable individuals and companies. Some travel packages turn out to be very different from what was presented or what the consumer expected. Some don't materialize at all! If

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• Travel Tips: Travel off Peak

  Published: May 11, 2007, 1:13 pm

  Tags: Travel Tips, Travel Advice, Travel Experiences, Travel Experts, Travel Club, Holidays, Cheaper Holidays

  Enjoy Europe for Less by Traveling Off-Peak From Italy to France, travel to Europe is on everyone's wish list. You can save money by booking travel for the winter months and staying stateside during the peak summer tourist season. Prices are lower January-March and you'll miss the summer time crowds. TFC Travel Tips

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• Try the City Hotels at the Weekend, no business men could mean you get big Discounts

  Published: May 11, 2007, 1:06 pm

  Tags: Travel Tips, Travel Advice, Travel Experiences, Travel Experts, Travel Club, Holidays, Cheaper Holidays

  During weekends when business travelers are at home, city hotels often have unsold rooms. Which means you can get them for deeply discounted rates. This can mean savings for travelers on four-star hotels up to 60 percent off published prices . With luxurious amenities like pools, spas and top-notch restaurants, travelers can enjoy a

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• Luggage a problem when Travelling ? organise your packing.

  Published: May 11, 2007, 12:45 pm

  Tags: Travel Tips, Travel Advice, Travel Experiences, Travel Experts, Travel Club, Holidays

  By Lyn King, TFC member Packing is probably the least pleasant part of travel. Deciding what to take and making it all fit frustrates even the most seasoned traveler. With careful pre-planning and some useful tips on how to keep items neat and organized, packing can be quick, efficient and easy. Make a List! Think of what you'll need for the

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• You will need to rest well on a long flight

  Published: May 11, 2007, 12:44 pm

  Tags: Travel Tips, Travel Advice, Travel Experiences, Travel Experts, Travel Club, Holidays

  Think window or isle? You will need to rest well on a long flight Long flights certainly take their toll on both mind and body. On a long flight, TFC advise you to reserve a window seat, as you may find it easier to fall asleep by leaning against the side of the plane. On the other hand, people who like to get up and stretch often prefer aisle

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• The DMCA on 7 Photo Sharing Sites

  Published: August 16, 2007, 1:58 pm

  Tags: Legal Issues, Personal Experiences, Articles, Dmca, Content Theft, Copyright Infringement, Copyright Law, Flickr, Image Theft, Imageshack, Notice Takedown, Photobucket, Plagiarism, Safe Harbor, Smugmug, Snapfish, Webshots, Zooomr

  Previously on this site, I reviewed the DMCA policies of the top 5 social news sites. I found, as might be expected, that the policies on the five different sites varied wildly both in terms of how they were implemented and how robust they were. Differences between the sites became clear as sites with more money, and thus better access to legal

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• A Closer Look at iPlagiarismCheck

  Published: August 22, 2007, 4:50 pm

  Tags: Prevention, Products, Personal Experiences, Articles

  As the academic plagiarism market has become more saturated, many of the academic plagiarism checking services have been seeking new markets to grow their business. They’ve found a receptive audience among businesses, especially news services, design firms and other content-generation companies where plagiarism from within is a great threat

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