Adnan Oktar is an author who for many years has undertaken the mission of telling society about the scientific invalidity of Darwinism and its social dimension, which is totally opposed to religious moral values. The author describes this mission as follows in the introduction to his “Social Weapon: Darwinism.”

“… the dangers of educating young people in the light of Darwinism and of the theory's wide acceptance will be shown to people unaware of, or who ignore, the threat that it poses to societies and individuals.”

The author has published a great many books, articles, documentaries and web sites all intended to reveal the extent of the danger to society of educating young people in the light of Darwinism. (1) The author’s works first spread through Turkey and then through the wider Islamic world, and he has now turned to telling Western society about the error that is Darwinism. The author has determined his strategy in the light of Darwinism having acquired a broad basis in which to spread in Western society in educational and cultural fields, and has thus written a work of unsurpassed quality in this area in order to illuminate Western societies in which that theory is so influential. In his Atlas of Creation, which contains thousands of illustrations, consists of some 700 pages and weighs approximately 7 kilograms, Mr. Oktar has again exposed the scientific invalidity of Darwinism, using the most concrete examples. In the Atlas of Creation, the author specially emphasizes the havoc Darwinism has wreaked on mankind, the most obvious manifestation of which he shows to have been the dependence on Darwinism in the slaughter perpetrated by a racist dictator such as Hitler, who caused the deaths of millions.

This giant book was sent out by its publisher free of charge, for publicity purposes, to eminent individuals in various European countries and in the USA. Western Darwinists who discovered this magnificent volume in their mailboxes, one that openly declares the scientific falsity of Darwinism, were stunned. The campaign frequently appeared in Western media headlines, which compared the situation to Darwinism being subjected to “a sudden attack” on its home ground. The author’s opposition to the one-sided teaching of Darwinism and his exposure of the link between Darwin and Hitler were frequently discussed in newspapers and on the television.

The entry into Western society by a Muslim author with a book that elicited such profound responses, set the scene for a new phase in the intellectual struggle against Darwinism. Many Western references underlined the fact that it was not only Christians who espoused the fact of Creation in their struggle against Darwinism, and that Adnan Oktar, who has published books on the subject all over the world, must be acknowledged as the leader of a very powerful movement.

It is inevitable in this new dawn that through Mr. Oktar the dangers of Darwinist education are now expressed much louder in the West and that many people will be encouraged to reconsider the whole subject, and that education policies will even be amended. The way that the subject entered the agenda in a letter written to one of the U.S. state of Florida’s educational institutions bears a striking parallel to the account given in Atlas of Creation. The letter, written to a school board in St. Petersburg, described Hitler’s dependence of Darwinism and expressed the view that it was therefore dangerous for students to be taught the theory of evolution as a supposed scientific fact.

Impact 1: Bill Foster's Letter

The letter in question entered the agenda with a report published in the 12 January, 2008, edition of the St. Petersburg Times titled “Foster links Darwin, Hitler.” The subject matter of the article was a letter written to the school board by Bill Foster, a former City Council member. In his letter, Foster noted the dangers inherent in the theory of evolution being taught as a scientific fact, and demanded that the compulsory teaching of Darwinism be prevented.

Foster described the reason for his opposition to the theory of evolution being taught as fact in these words:

"Evolution gives our kids an excuse to believe in natural selection and survival of the fittest, which leads to a belief that they are superior over the weak … This is a slippery slope."

Foster’s letter came on the eve of the state of Florida putting new science standards to the vote. These new standards regarded Charles Darwin’s theory as the pillar of modern biology. The science standards that had been in force in the state since 1996 made no reference to the word “evolution.” The state Board of Education was to vote on the issue on 19 February.

At the same time, Foster is one of the leading candidates in the elections for the post of St. Petersburg’s mayor, due to be held in 2009. In his letter, Foster goes on to stress the link between Hitler and Darwin:

“Adolf Hitler duped an entire generation using Darwin's evolution … He sought to preserve the 'favored' race in the struggle for survival."

(*) RON MATUS and DONNA WINCHESTER, "South Pinellas: Foster links Darwin, Hitler," 12 January 2008

Impact 2: School Killings Linked to Darwinism

In the letter in question, Foster cites the Columbine massacre as striking evidence of the harm resulting from the teaching of Darwinism as a scientific fact. That armed attack, carried out by two students in a school in Columbine, USA on 20 April, 1999, resulted in the deaths of 12 students and a teacher, with a further 23 students being injured. The two assailants later committed suicide. Foster stressed how one of the pair had posted the following words on his web site:

“You know what I love? Natural selection! It's the best thing that ever happened to the Earth. Getting rid of all the stupid and weak organisms.”

In the wake of the 1999 shooting, Tom DeLay, a member of the US House of Representatives, cited Darwin’s theory as a contributing factor and wrote in a letter that duly found its way into the Congressional Record that public schools “teach the children that they are nothing but glorified apes who have evolutionized out of some primordial soup of mud."

The Columbine massacre was no exceptional attack carried out by students holding Darwinist views. In Finland, Pekka-Eric Auvinen, who described himself as a social Darwinist, shot 8 people to death at the Jokela High School some 40 miles from Helsinki, before killing himself.

In a manifesto setting out his views, Auvinen used the following words, which clearly revealed the influence of Darwinist views in this massacre:

“I am prepared to fight and die for my cause. I, as a natural selector, will eliminate all who I see unfit, disgraces of human race and failures of natural selection. … No, the truth is that I am just an animal, a human, an individual, a dissident. … It’s time to put NATURAL SELECTION & SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST back on tracks!”

Impact 3: "Darwin's Deadly Legacy" on Show in the USA

The evangelical Christian group Coral Ridge Ministries, active in the state of Florida, produced a new TV special called “Darwin’s Deadly Legacy.” The film, aired on Christian cable networks and on some 200 TV stations in the country as a whole, described Adolf Hitler’s dependence on Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution with regard to the Holocaust.

Fourteen scholars, scientists and authors contributed comments to the documentary, which was aired 26-27 August, 2007, during "Coral Ridge Hour." D. James Kennedy, the pastor of Coral Ridge Ministries, said: "To put it simply, no Darwin, no Hitler. Hitler tried to speed up evolution, to help it along, and millions suffered and died in unspeakable ways because of it." (2)

CRM spokesman John Aman said:

"Darwinism is a philosophy, it's a worldview, and one of the key things in it is that evolution advances by death, so death is a good thing. Hitler thought he was doing civilization a favor by eliminating lives that were not worth living. We of course think that is an egregious moral tragedy and a consequence of the worldview that was initiated by Darwin and popularized by his followers." (3)

The alliance between Darwin and Hitler resulted in a tragedy responsible for the deaths of some 40 million.

References
(1) Works on the subject by Harun Yahya include;
Social Weapon: Darwinism (Book)
The Disasters Darwinism Brought to Humanity (Book)
Fascism: The Bloody Ideology of Darwinism (Book)
The Intellectual Struggle against Darwinism (Book)
(2) "Coral Ridge Ministries new ‘documentary’ featuring Ann Coulter attributes Hitler to Charles Darwin," Bill Berkowitz, 6 September 2006, http://www.mediatransparency.org/storyprinterfriendly.php?storyID=146
(3) Ibid.

Before dealing with the topic of the Bees in Quran versus Bible versus sciences, it is mandatory to give some statistical hints.

The total words in the Bible are 788,280 while total words in the Quran are 77,473. It follows that, the Bible is more than 10 times the Quran word-wise. In other words, the Bible has the potential of more than 10 times than the Quran to exhibit its topics.

Back to the bees, they are mentioned four times in the Bible and once in the Quran.

Bees in the Bible

Danger of their attacks

The Bible is talking about the danger of the attacks by bees

Deuteronomy 1:44

"And the Amorites who dwelt in that mountain came out against you and chased you as bees do, and drove you back from Seir to Hormah."

Psalm 118:12

"They surrounded me like bees; They were quenched like a fire of thorns; For in the name of the LORD I will destroy them."

Could bees live in a cadaver?

It is something very interesting to know that the Bible says that the bees established their colonies inside a cadaver of a lion and made honey.

Judges 14:8

"After some time, when he returned to get her, he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion. And behold, a swarm of bees and honey were in the carcass of the lion."

As far as I know, bees NEVER do that and never make their colonies inside a cadaver of any animal. We know that bees are very clean and can not live inside a putrefied cadaver.



Bees are they symbol of enemies?

Isaiah 7:18

In that day the LORD will whistle for flies from the distant streams of Egypt and for bees from the land of Assyria.

According to the Biblical commentaries and dictionary,

It is said that, In Isaiah 7:18 the "fly" and the "bee" are personifications of the Egyptians and Assyrians, the inveterate enemies of Israel.

It means that the Bible uses the bees as a symbol of enemies.

Bees in the Quran

It is interesting that the Surah (or chapter) No. 16 called the "The Honeybee" while there is no chapter in the Bible that is called the Honeybee!

The Quran describes the functions of the FEMALE bees and their products.

"And your Lord revealed the FEMALE Honeybee; build homes in mountains, and trees, and in the hives people built for you.

16-The Honeybee, then to eat of all the produce and fruits (of the earth), and find with skill the spacious paths of its Lord: there issues from within their bodies a fluid of varying colors (and tastes and characters), wherein is healing for men: verily in this is a Sign for those who are thinking".

Surah 16:68-69

In describing the activities of the honeybee, the Quran uses the feminine gender.

It is known that in Arabic, verbs are conjugated according to gender. The use in the Quran of the feminine gender in conjugation shows that the acts were done by the female bee. To address the honeybee in the verse with the addition of the adjective “female” before the honeybee would be miraculous.



The following functions are performed by female bees as described in the Quran:

1- Building of hive

2- Collecting of nectar, new material for production of bee products

3- Making the bee products

4- These bee products have different colors, tastes and characters.

5- These bee products have

At the time of the revelation of the Quran, Arabs did not know the details of the distribution of work among the bees living in a hive; they would not recognize that those actively working in the hive were females. They had no idea about the function of producing honey and collecting nectar from fruits belonged to female bees. They had no idea about the bee products.

Therefore, it is interesting, without a doubt, that in listing the duties of bees, the Quran used the mode of conjugation in the Arabic intended for the female gender. Not only that but I may admit that the Quran is the first book on earth which talks about the bee products that include liquids of different colors, tastes and characters and have healing effects.

The subject of healing effects of bee products will be discussed later on.

More people are injured and killed on Britain's roads every year than through any other form of personal injury. You can be involved in a road traffic accident regardless of whether you are a driver, passenger, pedestrian, cyclist or motorcyclist and the injuries that you can sustain as a result of it vary in degree from relatively minor to catastrophic or even fatal.

Nearly half a million people are injured or killed on our roads every year. In order to help reduce the amount of accidents and injuries that occur each year on the roads we all owe each other a duty of care. This comes regardless of whether you are a driver, motorcyclist, pedestrian etc; whatever you use the road as you should do so in compliance with the Highway Code.

One of the most common injuries associated with road traffic accidents is whiplash. Other forms of injuries that you may suffer as the result of a road traffic accident includes broken or fractured bones, torn ligaments, head or neck trauma and even spinal cord damage. Whatever injury you are suffering from as the result of a road traffic accident you may be entitled to make a claim for compensation; this is as long as you can prove that the accident was caused through no fault of your own.

There are certain aspects that need to be looked at when it comes to road traffic accidents such as driver behaviour, road conditions and the state of the vehicle at the time of the accident. All of these will be used as proof that the accident occurred through no fault of your own.

Whether a road traffic accident was your fault or not it is important that you stop at the scene so that you can exchange insurance details and inform the police as well as an ambulance if anyone is seriously injured. Even if you are not seriously injured it is a good idea that you visit your doctor, even if your injuries seem minor. This way you will have a medical record of your accident and any injuries that you sustained as a result of it. Also some injuries that you may be suffering from might not show up straight away, which is why it is a good idea to have tests done to rule out any major illnesses.

If you have suffered a road traffic accident in the last three years that was caused through no fault of your own then you may be entitled to make a claim for compensation. No matter how you became the victim of a road traffic accident, whether you were the driver or passenger of a car a pedestrian or cyclist or motorcyclist you can make a claim for compensation if you have been injured in an accident caused by another persons negligence.

Making a claim for compensation is everyone's right after suffering from a road traffic accident so if you have suffered a road traffic accident in the last three years then contact a legal team today.

Here are some further tips regarding deciding whether or not the person you are contacting is less than honest.

Inconsistencies

There are many people who sign up for the fun located on a free on line dating site, not just to find love.  Not all of them are telling the truth about who they are.  The truth may be only a slight twist in reality and as such may be entirely harmless, but if there are numerous things that you are being told by someone and they vary from time to time it may be a cause for concern.  Choosing to trust your instinct about individuals when the stories don't add up is always a good idea. If reality varies slightly from your understanding, you may want to review your relationship.

Bragging

Some people participate in one of the free on line dating sites just for an audience so they can brag about their prowess.  Being able to talk about how many hundreds of dates one has racked up during the previous months or years is important to some of the members that sign up for dating sites.  Because the free sites cost zero dollars, the braggart isn't out a lot of money in order to have an audience for his or her ego trips. The braggart may also be proud of records or imaginary achievements in other areas too.

Reluctance to open up

A person using one of the free on line dating sites who is less than honest may demonstrate a reluctance to open up and provide any information about themselves.  Sometimes this is due to shyness, but if it persists, the person may be trying to hide something from you.  This is not a good basis for an open and lasting relationship.  Don't make the mistake of thinking that not talking about anything personal makes you or your friend seem more mysterious. This type of dishonesty may mean the person has something significant to hide.

Impossible things

Making new friends on any of the free on line dating sites or to find love can be a fascinating exercise for you.  If you wonder about someone you have met at the dating site and whether or not they may be telling you the truth, you may have a built in sensor for finding out whether they are being honest, but you may also benefit from recognizing that some of the things they claim are impossible.  For example, someone who claims to have held speed swimming records at the age of twelve could possible be less than honest.

Personality quirks

Another type of person to be wary of may be the free on line dating contact that has some odd quirks. These may not rise to the level of dishonesty, but they may be very disconcerting to you if you aren't sure what to make of the comments or actions demonstrated by the individual. Is it a personality quirk if the person expresses racial bigotry?  How about other types of actions that are unusual.  If these actions trouble you on line, you may want to avoid the person rather than carry the relationship to the next level.

Online dating has been fast gaining in popularity as thousands of people are meeting and dating online everyday. It is easy to date online as you do not have to dress up to go out anywhere as you can meet your date right on your personal computer. Though dating online can be a fun experience it also important that you are aware of the dangers of online dating. There are many people who have dated online and have had bitter experiences.

While dating online, you will meet different types of people and if you are a woman you will come across many men who would like to date you. You may be single and even unmarried but the person whom you are talking to on your date may be married. There have been many instances where married men have subscribed to these online dating websites and enrolled themselves as single parents or just single men.

Believing that these men are not married, many women have fallen into their trap only to discover later that they have been taken for a ride. On the internet you cannot verify whether the other person is telling you the truth and disclosing all the facts about him or herself. This is one of the main dangers of online dating.

Another danger lurking on the internet on these online dating websites is the problem of single women who pretend to know you and once they become very familiar with you they begin to demand money from you. This is a huge scam which is taking place on the internet. They first entice the prospective person and then threaten them if they do not start paying money. As a matter of fact many innocent men have been sending thousands of dollars to these women who stop all communications after they receive the money.

Sometimes you will find that people will begin to email you and start sending you spam or junk mail and even mails containing dirty adult material. But you will certainly not hear from the person who has been mailing you all this junk. There are cases where many women have found to their dismay men who show up at their doorstep after having somehow found out where they live.

To avoid all these dangers of online dating, it is better that when a person decides to take up online dating that he or she also makes sure to take certain precautions which will help protect him/her from unpleasant experiences.

Learn to trust your inner voice and learn to select the right people as your dates. Avoid people who do not appeal to you at first contact. Never give out personal details on your first date, definitely not until you are sure about the other person. If anyone is desperately trying to contact you then make sure to avoid that person.

There may be many dangers of online so it is up to each person to be alert and protect themselves on the interne

The last thing Chinese were generally despised, discriminated against and performing dangerous, backbreaking work for 60 to 75 cents a day in the American West, Gin Lin stood out in the crowd. He not only gained the respect of the business and civic leaders of southern Oregon but also became wealthy beyond most men's wildest dreams.

Fast clipper ships carried the news of the 1848 gold strike at Sutter's Mill across the Pacific. Peasants toiling in China's rice paddies heard that gold had been discovered in California almost as soon as factory workers in Boston and New York did. Soon the Chinese were calling America's West Coast Gum Shan, or the "Mountain of Gold." By February 1849, the first of the Far Eastern gold-seekers had landed in San Francisco. Hordes would follow

Like thousands of his countrymen, Gin Lin fled crushing poverty, war, overcrowding, disease and civil unrest in his homeland to seek his fortune in the gold fields of America.

Living conditions in mid- 19th-century China were almost unbearable, particularly in Kwangtung (Canton) province. For thousands of years the fertile delta of the Pearl River in southeast China had been the country's rice basket, but farms that once flourished had been subdivided and parceled out to generations of descendants, leaving plots too small to support a family. Squalor and filth along the teeming waterfronts caused typhoid, malaria, cholera and plague to run rampant. Social unrest and civil war added to the misery The Taiping Rebellion, which lasted from 1851 to 1864, claimed more than 20 million lives.

Young men who could only hope to make 10 cents a day in China, if they could find employment, jumped at the chance to earn 60 to 75 cents a day as miners or railroad workers in the New World. Not even the dangers of a Pacific voyage or the uncertainties of living in a foreign land could deter them.

Unlike most European emigrants, who came to America seeking freedom and hoping to build a new life, the Chinese came as temporary residents intent upon improving their economic plight and returning to China. Known as sojourners, they were strangers in a strange land. About half the men were married, but very few brought their wives. They sent much of their earnings home. Only 5 percent of the Chinese who came to America in the mid-1800s were women, most of those having been orphaned or sold by their families.

Ill-clad and unprepared for cold weather, some of the early sojourners froze to death. Their standard wardrobe consisted of loose-fitting light-blue denim pants, blue tuniclike shirts, white stockings, skull caps and cloth shoes with paper soles. Many wore the large conical straw, or "coolie," hats that provided some protection from sun and rain as well as storage space. Later arrivals added coats and boots to their attire. The queue, or long pigtail, which hung down the middle of the back from an otherwise shaven head, was not a fashion statement but considered a necessity. Manchu dictators forbid returning workers to re-enter China without them.

The main staple of the Oriental diet was rice supplemented by a few fresh vegetables and dried fruit when available. Because they boiled their water to make tea, the Chinese often avoided the diseases that swept through the mining camps.

The clannish ways and strange customs of the sojourners caused the white population to mistrust and resent them. One Chinese practice the whites found especially disgusting was that of exhuming their dead so the bones could be transported back to China. Father Francis Xavier Blanchet, an early resident of the gold-rush town of Jacksonville, Ore., wrote: "Whenever a child of the deceased leaves for China to visit or on business, they dig up the body, scrape the bones, and carefully transplant them in China so that their souls will go to Paradise."

Violence was commonplace in the mining camps, and the sojourners were often blamed for anything that went wrong. Since nonwhites were not allowed to testify against whites until 1862, and often did not get fair treatment in the courts even after that time, Chinese were frequently beaten, robbed and even killed with impunity. In some mining camps, shootings were almost a nightly occurrence.

Following the gold rush north, the first Chinese began trickling into southern Oregon shortly after the 1852 strikes were made on Jackson Creek, where the rowdy town of Jacksonville mushroomed almost overnight. More strikes quickly followed in the Siskiyou Mountains, as well as along the Applegate and Rogue rivers and their tributaries. By 1870 there were between 2,500 and 4,000 Chinese miners in southern Oregon.

The sojourners were welcomed to Jackson County with a $2-per-month head tax in 1857, and it was doubled in 1858. In addition, the state adopted a law in 1862 that directed every Negro, Chinaman, Kanaka (Hawaiian), and Mulatto" living in Oregon to pay an annual $5 poll tax. As if that were not enough, any Chinese engaged in any kind of trading was charged a $50-per-month fee. An article that appeared in the September 1, 1866, issue of The Oregon Sentinel, Jacksonville's Republican newspaper, expressed the resentment and open hostility directed toward the Chinese: We hope that during the present legislative session, the very important question of taxing the Chinese miners will not be overlooked.... It seems an unwise policy to allow a race of brutish heathens who have nothing in common with us, to exhaust our mineral lands without paying a heavy tax for their occupation. These people bring nothing with them to our shores, they add nothing to the permanent wealth of this country and so strong is their attachment to their own country, they will not let their filthy carcasses lie in our soil. Could this people be taxed as to exclude them entirely, it would be a blessing."

Those whites who put aside their prejudices long enough to get to know the Chinese found them, on the whole, to be peaceable, respectful, friendly dependable, generous and very hard-working. Celebration of the Chinese New Year was always observed with fireworks and candy that the sojourners happily shared with their non-Oriental neighbors. Although the mining camps and "shanty towns" in Oregon were filthy, Chinese miners practiced better personal hygiene than most of their white counterparts, taking daily baths with soap and warm water and changing their clothes before dinner.

Some may have drifted in from California on their own, but most sojourners arrived in Oregon under contract to a Chinese boss who farmed them out to work for white mine owners. The mine owner paid the boss in a lump sum and he, in turn, deducted any amount the worker still owed on his transportation across the ocean. All purchases of food and supplies were also made through the Chinese boss.

Gin Lin was such a boss. His arrival in southern Oregon went unnoticed and unrecorded, but it was soon apparent that he was different from most of his countrymen. Elmira McKee Thurman, an earlyday Oregon resident, remembered him as dark, heavy-set and rather youthful looking. Instead of the usual queue, he sported a full head of bushy hair.

Oregon did not allow Chinese to stake mining claims or own mining property yet by 1864 Gin Lin managed to buy mining property from John Wilson near the settlement of Buncom at the confluence of Sterling Creek and the Little Applegate River for $900.

White men were frequently eager to sell what they considered "played out" mines to Chinese. "The white man's philosophy was to get as much gold as he could and then move on," says Marjorie Edens of the Southern Oregon Historical Society. The industrious Chinese seemed happy to take over "played out" mines, and when they moved on to richer diggings, the claims they left behind were truly worthless.

Soon many of the laborers Gin had formerly contracted out to other mine owners were working for him on the Little Applegate River. He treated his men with honesty and fairness, even helping some of them purchase their own claims. He made sure the claims were legally recorded by Jacksonville attorney Charles Wesley Kahler and that the proper taxes were paid.

Gin's crew worked hard for him. Rich veins of gold were uncovered at his mining operation, and the Gin Lin Mining Company began to play an important role in southern Oregon's economy.

Gin continued to work his Little Applegate mine through the 1870s until the deposits waned. In 1881, he purchased more claims in the Palmer Creek and Flumet Flat area farther up the Applegate River.

As Gin Lin's wealth grew, so did his status among Jacksonville's citizenry. The sight of him driving a handsome buggy pulled by a high-stepping horse around town became a familiar one. He became friends with several of the area's most prominent business leaders, including pioneer photographer Peter Britt, who took several photographs of him; banker C.C. Beekman; attorney Wes Kahler; and cabinetmaker David Linn.

David Linn's son, Fletcher, described the Chinese miner in his book Memories: "Gin Lin was a large, robust character, not at all like the 'Coolie' or laboring Chinese who constituted the laboring force in his operations; and on one of his visits to 'China Town,' he came across the street to meet father, and introduced himself as 'Gin Lin alle same Dave Linn's cousin,' and he and father became quite good friends."

Gold deposits found along the Applegate River and its tributaries were soon depleted; new mining methods had to be developed to excavate the yellow metal buried in ancient streambeds along the hillsides. Hydraulic mining was the answer, and Gin Lin was the innovator of this type of mining in southern Oregon. He had the equipment he needed hauled in by pack train from Crescent City Calif, and set his Chinese crew to digging water ditches.

Hydraulic mining used pressurized water to loosen the packed gravel of the slopes. The success of hydraulic mining depended upon a reliable source of water. In order to divert water from the larger streams to the mining operations, the Chinese used picks and mattocks to dig hundreds of miles of ditches through the dense brush and rocky slopes of the upper Applegate Valley Many of these ditches can still be seen.

Water from the ditch flowed into a large wooden structure called a"headbox" From the headbox it was diverted into a penstock made of riveted steel pipes that lined a trench leading downslope. The abrupt drop in elevation increased the water pressure. The penstock pipe delivered the water to a large nozzle the miners called a "giant." Water blasted from it into the exposed hillsides. Loosened material was washed through a series of sluice boxes, or wooden troughs, which separated the gold-bearing silt from the gravel. Worthless gravel and cobbles were cast aside into tailing piles.

Fletcher Linn told about visiting Gin Lin's hydraulic mining operation: "When I was home from college for a brief visit on Christmas in 1887, father suggested that I join him on a Sunday trip to visit Gin, as he had often asked father to do. We hitched a horse to the light buggy, and started very early as the mine was ten or twelve miles from Jacksonville, over the hills into the Applegate Valley When we arrived, the operation was closed down for a 'clean-up'; so we missed seeing the operation, but 'Gin' surely entertained us in showing us some of the results of his week or ten days run. I had seen several other hydraulic operations, but never one to equal this one of 'Gins.' The work done, and earth removed by those huge Hydraulic Giants, was really amazing. The 'clean up' was the largest of its kind that I ever saw; and the Chinese workers were carrying out the gold in small buckets full, under the protection of a couple of armed guards pacing the upper ledge or rim of the mine. All 'Gin' would say as he glanced at the buckets and then to father, was 'Putty good, Cousin, Putty good.' We had a fine visit with 'Gin' and a mighty interesting day"

As a result of his mining activities in the Applegate Valley Gin Lin deposited between $1 million and $2 million worth of gold dust and nuggets in the Beekman Bank in Jacksonville. He became a familiar face in town.

Gin Lin went to great lengths to keep good relations with the white people of the community even employing several white men in his mines. He was known to shut down operations periodically through the summer months so farmers could use the water from his ditches to irrigate. It is also said that when an Indian burial was exposed, he ordered that the area be left undisturbed.

It is known that Gin Lin had at least four different wives while in southern Oregon. He made several return trips to China, each time bringing back a delicately featured, almond-eyed beauty dressed in fine silks and brocades and younger than her predecessor. He would then simply sell his former spouse to one of his men. Gin Wye, born in Jacksonville, was the son of Gin Lin's youngest and last wife, Gen Shen.

When the gold grew scarce in southern Oregon as in other parts of the West, most of the Chinese went to work on the railroads. They provided the railroad bosses with a reliable yet inexpensive source of labor.

Of the several thousand sojourners residing in southern Oregon during the height of the gold-mining era, only a handful remained by the turn of the century The 1900 census counted a mere 43 Chinese residents in Jackson County

No one is exactly certain of Gin Lin's fate, but he disappeared from southern Oregon in the late 1800s. He may have left because of racism or simply because he had made enough money and wanted to return to his homeland, or, as Marjorie Edens says, "all of the above." One story says that he sold his Oregon holdings, withdrew his money from the Jacksonville bank (hiding it on his person) and sailed in 1894 for China, where he was robbed and fatally beaten as he stepped off the ship onto the wharf at Canton. Another version of the story says he lived in China three years with his wife and son before his death in 1897.

Although Gin Lin's fate may never be known, his legend lives on in southern Oregon. Today the U.S. Forest Service maintains the Gin Lin Trail above the Applegate River where visitors can take a self-guided tour of Gin Lin's Palmer Creek operation. Part of his story is etched on the moss-covered tailing piles, the overgrown water ditches and the hydraulic cuts in the "mountain of gold" that made him rich.

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It’s quite amazing to find how the Internet and socializing have changed the way people live their life today. Traditionally, socializing was limited to meeting people on social events such as parties, clubs, or at bar scene. However, with the emergence of internet, singles have taken to on line dating like fish to water. The days are passé when people perceived on line dating as a sleazy affair; however, things have changed a great deal since then. Now if you are not a member of an on line dating site, you are considered to be either less-than-cool or social moron. Many people have found their life partner via on line dating websites.

On line dating has increased its presence phenomenally over the years as more and more people are entering the virtual romance zone. There are people who are shy away from approaching others for a date. On line dating has brought them the opportunity to do so anonymously. As a result, they are encouraged to visit various on line dating sites and sign up for membership.

When it comes to choosing an on line dating site, some people believe that paid on line dating sites are a better option than free on line dating sites. There is no doubt that the services of some free on line dating websites are no up to the mark, but they are very few in numbers. Unfortunately, they are the ones that give free on line dating websites a bad name. However, this misconception is fast disappearing as people are increasingly waking up to the benefits and advantages of free on line dating sites.

The tussle among various on line dating sites have promoted the free dating sites to introduce a wide range of interactive tools such as chat room and instant messenger to their websites in order to promote themselves. Hence, the members at the free on line dating sites take advantage of the features free of cost, while paid on line dating sites’ members have pay for the same services.

On the top of it, you have the liberty to quit a free on line dating site if you are not satisfied with its services, and you can do so without losing any money. On the contrary, a paid dating site would have taken a hefty amount from its members by the time they realize that its services are of no good to them. In a nutshell, it pays to be a member of a free on line dating site.

An important part of wisely using free on line dating sites is learning how to protect your privacy. Even though you are meeting potential romantic partners, you don't have to divulge all of your personal information. In fact, you could be putting yourself at great risk if you don't take at least some precautions when it comes to your privacy.

Keep Your Identity to Yourself

You might want to think of your privacy protection efforts as being comparable to a superhero who can't let everyone know his or her real identity because all of the villains would know who to go after. While you don't have to worry about genetically mutated evil doers (hopefully), you do have to be on the lookout for some problematic folks. Just like everywhere else on the Internet, you'll find some scam artists who will use these free on line dating sites as a source of potential marks.

The bottom line is you shouldn't reveal too much about yourself and that means even your name. Go by your screen name only for awhile. Once you get to know each other a little bit, you can start using first names but guard your last name until you are absolutely sure this is a person you can trust.

Be Careful About the Photos

While you might think you only have to worry about revealing your secrets via your profile, that's not the case. Sometimes what we allow to be included in the photos we post can be more telling than anything we say. For example, you might include a photo taken at a nearby attraction or one with someone wearing a foot ball jersey for the local team. Some photographs might even include license plates which could give away your location.

Now you might be wondering why it matters, especially if you eventually plan to meet anyway and there is a good reason. While most of the people you meet through free on line dating sites are going to be great, a small portion may not be and these people could use that information to track you down. They could become stalkers, scammers, or even worse. That's why you have to take precautions. Preventing the problem is going to be a lot easier than fixing it.

Do Not Give Out Personal Contact Information

Even if you've met someone through one of the free on line dating services, you still want to be careful about revealing too much information about yourself. Most of the services provide several communication methods that will help you keep your identity safe. However, you can also set up a separate email account through a general service, such as Google or Yahoo. You could also use a long distance calling card to phone the person because these cards mask your number and your location. You should also avoid giving out any contact information about your loved ones as well, especially your children. Remember that the more snippets you provide on the free on line dating site, the easier it will be for them to be pieced back together by someone with bad intentions. 

If you are engaged in any composting activity of sorts, you might find yourself encountering certain dangers. Composting is an activity that leads one closer to nature. But then, disasters can happen even on the road paved with good intentions. There are imminent dangers However, these dangers can be avoided by a few techniques from the pros.

Read up The best way to prepare for composting dangers is to read up. That's right. You need to read up on concepts and techniques and all the other factors pertaining to composting. Like in learning a new language, immersing yourself with available information on composting prior to the composting activity will ensure that you are to get the best deal of the composting activity. Also, it will show you how to do things the right way and keep you from doing things that can be detrimental to your safety.

Wash your hands frequently After composting, you need to wash your hands. This may seem like a no-brainer, but mos enthusiasts who get too absorbed with their activities forget the dangers of poisoning. This may not concern you directly, but children and siblings who are not oriented to the dangers of composting chemicals may not really be privy to washing their hands after contact. This is also a good motivation for you to secure a close lid for your composting heap.

Inspect your active compost frequently Frequent inspection will ensure that there are no weeds or unwelcome creatures inhabiting in your compost pile. Make sure that your compost pile remains a compost pile and not a breeding ground for harmful animals that can endanger you in your backyard. The active compost is quite dynamic in nature, so you can be ensured that you will not be bored to death or forced to watch a dull pile of manure.

Orient your friends and family about your composting activities. Getting your family and friends involved or at least amply oriented will help you be able to relay your activities to them effectively. It will also help them become aware of certain things or objects you are using in the backyard (in cases where you do your compost heaps in the backyard), and will not be inclined to hit themselves with it while taking a leisure stroll.

Keep the compost aerated The danger to compost is when it loses air and becomes more poisonous to the soil than helpful. Make sure that even when your compost heap is in a closed bin, there is still more than enough air for it to continue circulating. The aeration process helps enhance the composting process, and then it also prevents the organic materials from turning into an amorphous poisonous blob that you would not want to get your hands at.

Familiarize yourself with the machinery (for industrial scale compost heaps)

If you are dealing with composting on a larger scale and it may require some machineries, you must really exercise caution in using the machinery. Also, make sure that you are familiar with all commands, well-versed with worst-case scenarios and troubleshooting techniques for the equipment you are using.

This is more dangerous, since you are talking of a composting heap on a larger scale. So make sure that you are familiarized, as well as the people around you who will be assigned to work with you on the industrial composting process.

I want a date and I want it now!

I hear you! If you want a date now, you need to check out many of the free on line dating sites that are all over the web. These sites have all sorts of people, especially singles, listed on their sites that want the exact same thing that you do. They want a date now! They took the high road and registered with one of these sites and are waiting for someone like you to come check them out. Their profiles and pictures are ready for you to inspect and look at in order to find that right date, or mate for you.

Tell me where to go!

Hang on to your horses! You will need to search for these free on line dating sites in order to find one that is a good fit, much like a hand in glove situation. By using the search term, you will be shown a list of all web sites that meet that criterion. Then you will be able to explore to your heart’s content and will then be able to find the right online site for you and your needs. You have many choices to choose from when selecting a site that you want to sign up with online.

How fast can I do this stuff?

Good grief!  Slow Down! Once you have the free on line dating site that you want, it shouldn’t take you that long to fill out a form and submit a profile and picture to the administration of that particular site. It should take around 24 to 48 hours for approval to come down. Once you are approved then you can hunt for a date to your heart’s content and be able to receive replies from interested people who have read your profile and are interested in meeting you and making a first contact. That is when you will be able to initiate contact and meet and email to your heart’s content.

It’s that easy?

Yes, signing up for a free on line dating site is just that easy. The forms are easy to fill out and the profiles pretty much sum up who you are for the potential date or singles to peruse at their leisure. Then you and your potential date can talk and decide if you two are a match or a crash. This way, both of you has the chance to meet in cyberspace and decide if you are right for each other. Then the true fireworks can begin if you agree that you like one another enough to consider a date in the real world.

Why didn’t I think of this before?

Because probably these free on line dating sites are a new thing since the advent of the internet. Most people have not heard of them or either thinks that they don’t have the time to get into relationships. The electronic method is one of the best ways to meet people before you meet them in the real time world. It certainly beats the old time matchmaker for progress in the Digital Age. With the Digital Age comes the age of the online dater. This is the most effective way to meet people online and is a fun way to spend the time searching for someone to date.

How popular are these sites?

Free on line dating sites have become extremely popular in recent years.  More and more people are turning to the internet in order to find a date or love. There are millions of people that use these sites every day, and you can become one of them. These sites are easy to find. Simply do a web search with the term and discover how many hits that you can find with this information. It then is a matter of choice as to which one or which ones that you choose to affiliate with and sign up with in order to find a date.

What is new with these sites?

Free on line dating sites are constantly evolving. Some sites now include instant messaging in order to expedite communication between parties. There are also some sites that have fun things to do on them, such as quizzes, groups and things such as that. This is just one of the modifications that can be found on some of these sites. Another thing is that offering different ways for a first communication between parties on site. Still others will offer advice and horoscopes as part of their site. With all the fun sites and fun things to do, you will be hard pressed to find something more fun to do.

Are there any fees to these sites?

Free on line dating sites do have fees, but that is in regards to a premium account that each free site offers. You do not have to have a premium account in order to enjoy all the benefits and privileges that a free site offers. These sites make their reputation by being good free sites so that others can connect without all the fees associated with other sites that have a subscription fee to them. This is one of the benefits of joining one of these sites. This is one reason why these sites are so popular with most people on the internet.

Can I find someone to date on these sites?

These free on line dating sites offer you the chance to find someone to date and to have a relationship with. You can find someone to date online. It just takes time and patience in order to find the right person for you. No matter if you like sweet, romantic people or someone that will make you laugh, you will be able to find someone online for you to date and to possibly make a relationship with. These things do take time, so take your time and explore your options for finding that special someone for a special relationship for you.

How do I get started?

Finding a free online dating site is easy to do. By searching the internet and using a search engine, you will be able to find many different sites that are for dating or find love. By exploring each one, you will have some idea of what one of these sites has to offer you in the way of potential dates and mates. While each one is different, they all have the same idea in mind. And that is to get you a date or a mate. These sites thrive on making matches. They have replaced the old fashioned matchmaker with an electronic version.

Recap: the girl I’ve had a crush on since high school in on line dating and I just messaged her.

Within two hours, she responded to my message, “wow, you’re looking really good Danny! It’s been what? Eight years since I’ve seen you?! You’ve really filled out, I see you’re still leaving at home, maybe you want to get a drink? I’ll be in town this weekend, call me!” my jaw hit the floor… Mary, my secret crush wants to get a drink… and told me I looked good! I think I jumped right out of my seat.

When we met up at star bucks we chatted about how ironic it was that we ha both been on line dating. I told her that I had always had a crush on her and how surprised I was that she even knew who I was on the on line dating site. She snickered and told me she had always thought I was cute.

This week we will be having our 6th date!! 6th!!!! We’re done with the on line dating stuff it’s totally physical now. I can’t believe I’m actually dating Mary! She is the culmination of everything I’ve ever wanted in a woman. I dreamed that I would some day kiss her soft cheeks… and now I can! It’s amazing! I’ve never felt like this. On line dating has completely restored my faith in love. I know I’ve sort of dragged this story out, but I feel really special right now, thanks to on line dating I’m with my dream girl and I couldn’t be happier. I’ll leave an update in a month or so to let you all know how Mary and I are doing. To anyone else out there in the same situation as I was; check those on line dating sites!

The internet has been a big factor in the evolution of on line dating for without it people around the world will not be given the chance to meet a potential partner in the comforts of their very own home. The internet has accommodated the fast and trendy lifestyle of today by introducing on line dating, which is perfect for those who just want a cyber partner or those too timid to go out and meet new people.

Just like normal dating, there are certain tips that you might want to take note of when on line dating. There are three basic tips that you have to keep in mind for you to make the most out of on line dating. The first of which is to set and condition your mind in what you will be doing. Little has been said about the success rate of on line dating, however, there are a lucky few who found their lifetime partner through cyberspace. You should not be so serious when you are still starting to date online. Likewise, you should not expect immediate results. The one thing that you should put as a priority when dating online is to have fun. It is but a fact that not everything found on the Internet is real so you have to prepare yourself for some disappointments ahead.

The second tip that will prove to be helpful in cyberspace dating is to look for a reliable on line dating site. Because of its popularity, sites offering the chance to meet that special someone online have grown in numbers over the years. So before joining the throngs of the many hopefuls, it would be wise to do some research beforehand. This can be done by asking other people online as to their experiences with a particular site. You can even ask your friends for feedback if they are familiar with a dating website.

Since you can never be too sure of the reliability and safety with internet dating, you must practice it with a little bit of caution. This is the final step you have to consider when pondering to go online for your dating ventures. Most on line dating sites will require you to fill up a profile for matching purposes. When doing this avoid posting any contact information including your phone numbers and physical address. It should be enough that you are contactable by your email address.
For the first timers, dating online can be scary since it is like exploring an uncharted territory. However, if you keep some of the tips mentioned above in check, then, you will definitely avoid any problems with cyberspace dating. Finding love online nowadays is no longer a myth. It can come true and you can be one of the millions who have found their true love online. Lose no hope and take that first step into dating online. Just remember to have fun while dating because putting too much pressure on yourself will likely lead to an unpleasant experience.

Death tolls have risen. Cries are muffled now. The terror has retreated victorious. The human life is destroyed with its anguish and agony ignored by one and all. The result is out and the consequences have been suffered. Every life gone is a home shattered, a heart broken and a hope disappointed. This is not only giving vent to feelings by a common citizen like me but it is the reality which recently took place in the form of the disastrous Mumbai attacks.

To say that the approach of the human mind has come into picture with the attacks would be incorrect rather to comprehend that the attacks came into picture because of the approach is more real. The fact that the leniency, neglect and casualness of humans have culminated in such attacks is not surprising but according to me a late occurrence of an anticipated result. Though these attacks are one of the many incidents that have occurred at the international and national level, are a routine exercise as far as regional stages are concerned yet this happening has struck a cord of impending danger amongst the Indian masses only because of the close proximity of the terror to the common life which can be seen through this.

As far as I have observed this incident has culminated in only a ‘blame game’ not only amongst the intelligence agencies but also the masses. It can be seen on every possible form of media the accusations and vehement denials of the ‘men in power’ and the continuous questioning by the citizens to the so-called ‘politicians’ of the country. The media asserts in every reporting the active protests by the pubic through slogans, burning effigies signifying the rise of the masses against the terror and false representations of the government but this makes one to ponder that maybe this rising is a late reaction. It has been years since these happenings have been tormenting the existence of human life, and the reactions so appreciated in recent times should have been the means used to put forth the dissatisfaction of the ‘common man’ ages ago when the seeds of terrorism were sown. This kind of retaliation has sprung up not at a time of need but at a moment where its utility is nil, where the world requires not a shake but a jolt to awaken the ‘men of purpose’ to be of use to the world. 

Time now is to go beyond these upstarts and become the face of a full-fledged revolution. Presently as Pervez Mushraf stated in his recent interview that

‘’…..terrorism is a tree with the branches signifying the various terrorist organizations while the leaves are synonymous of the terrorists themselves’’

It is true in the sense that the growth of terrorism has been tremendous and its tenacious branches have reached even the remotest corners of the world hence the methods to instigate the government as well as to portray the impending doom are required to be harsher and more emphatic where not only the thoughts are expressive but action be taken in a co-operative, organized and resounding manner. Mere passionate speeches, patriotic stands and idealist expectations will not assist in bringing about a metamorphosis in the government machinery nor in the approach of the human mind.

The state of affairs demands a stronger stand by the citizens because the end of terrorism is a goal achievable only by the progress made by the ‘common man’ who holds the power, intellect, will and desire to pave way for a future devoid of fear and terror.

Though such expectations from the masses is not only idealist in nature but a

‘near-to-impossible’ task as none can ignore the reality that most of these aggressive ways of the public survive only the heat of the moment, few days these methods will be extensively utilized and publicized but gradually people will return to their own world oblivious of the pursuance of this aim. Numerous instances can be cited in evidence of such fickle-minded behavior of the masses where the self-interests overshadow the fury upon the loopholes in the security measures of the nation, leaving behind only false speeches, incomplete protests, ruins of a would-be revolution and the victims reeling under the loss suffered by them with nothing but pity in their hands. 

An optimistic view would be to believe that the aftermaths of the Mumbai attacks would lead to a transformation in the thinking of the people where one would be compelled to pursue the protests resulting in an affirmative action for the welfare of the society, thus I wait and watch the end of this rising or rather hope that this upstart continues…………..