Don't be too patriotic. Here in Québec, Canada le patriotism applies only to Québecois. A 138$ fine to a Canadian of Greek decendant, whom painted the Greek flag on his garage door.

Last week, the local french newspaper "Journal de Montreal" ran an article about Theodore Antonopoulos of Pierrefond who was fined $138 by the city for his pride in his nationality. After the success of Greece in the European Cup and the soccer world, Mr. Antonopoulos painted the greek flag on his garage door.

"It took me two months to paint that" said Mr. Antonopoulos saids of the full size greek flag on his garage door. "It took me the time, but it was beautiful".

The Soccer games were played in July and the painting was finished in September. So when a local public servant passed at Mr. Antonopoulos residence and presented him with the city fine for his masterpiece, he was extremely suprise.

The city spokeman quoted a law of the suburb which says that it is forbidden for all signs, designs, emblems, logos or drapeau (Flags) painted or reproduced on residential buildings which can be considered as publicities or in order to make known other facts. (translated from Journal de Montreal, 4 April,2006)

Does a friend ask for a Loan -

Last week was the end of the month and a lot on fixed income..(welfare, retired etc) find the end of the month hard. I know of an individual whom will lend $20 for that last week of the month but charges $8 and must be paid when the check arrives on the 1st.. Paid on the 2nd and no change to borrow the next month.

As a friend, I understand the problem.. Invisible is the need for the money, the truth. Yes a lot of raisons given but what is the truth. Even family members will borrow. It is good to be there to help friends and family, but does it help to lean money. Will it come to be an habit ? It is better to go buy what is needed and give the bill for later paying..??

Invisible is the circuit of friends and family whom the person has to borrow from. Where are you on that circuit. Easily to ask, easily to be slow to pay, easily to con..? Invisible is the actual truth of borrowed and lending. Does a friend ask for money, or does a friend lean money?

Invisible Knife Point - Invisible rights if kept invisible.

Thursday last, the Supreme Court of Canada, in an 8-0 judgment ruled that a Montreal school board went too far in imposing a blanket ban on the wearing of Sikh ceremonial daggers, known as a kirpan, by students.

In 2002, a Quebec Superior Court judge ruling said That Gurbaj Singh could carry the kirpan under certain conditions - for example, if he kept it sewn into a cloth envelope to be worn beneath his clothing; - Photo The Cannon.ca Oct 28, 2005) NOTE This is another story in 2005 - A Sikh man, Balpreet Singh, after another passenger had complained about his kirpan was taken off a Via Rail train as he was about to travel home to Toronto. "I consider that one of my fundamental freedoms ... [and my] freedom of religion is being infringed." This case unlike the private school board, was taken to the Ontario Human Rights Commissionin, because the Crown corporation Via Rail won't let him wear his ceremonial dagger on its trains.

"To be led off a train that's filled ... [is] absolutely humiliating," said the first-year law student at the University of Ottawa. Singh, 24, says he wears the kirpan for religious reasons. He says he is never without it, even while attending class.
"This is essentially one of the signs of the Sikh faith," he said. "It's absolutely required. I'm never apart from this, whether I'm sleeping or whatever. It's basically considered part of my body".

The Supreme Court's case of Gurbaj Singh Multani, started in 2001 when he was then aged 12, first wore his kirpan to school. After Margueriite-Bourgeoys school board officials tried to work out a compromise that would allow him to continue wearing the religious emblem., but with some conditions for the sake of safety.
This approach was overruled by the school boards governing and then they imposed a total ban.

The Supreme Court judgment is confined to school situations and does not apply to other areas, where as most airlines once allowed passengers to wear kirpans with blades no longer than 10 centimetres. Following the security crackdown that followed the 9-11, however, Transport Canada decreed a country-wide ban. Where the canadian Sikh MPs can wear his kirpans in the House of Commons and visitors can wear them in the public galleries; trial judges in some provinces have banned them from their courtrooms although it's all right to wear kirpans in the Supreme Court of Canada. National Post, Jim Brown March 2,2006

How Smart are you ? -

Well the photo (screen capture) is a quiz of

IQ and the question is "Which one of the 5 choices makes the best comparison? Lived is to Devil as 6323 is to 2336, 6232, 3226, 3326, 6332

Lets think about this. Lived means dead (pass tense) is to Devil means person of evil (alive or not) So Lived is to Alive (opposite to dead) is to God is to Devil. Still have not even began to think about the numbers. Or is the logic reversed. Lived (not now living) is to Devil ( not now living)

Now for 6323 to be 3236 (reverse of 6323) the only reversed in Lived is to Devil is if you are dead and the Devil is alive which is not true. Unless it is reversed to say you lived and the devil did not ever lived.

Ok so now I got it ... L I V E D is reversed to D E V I L as 6323 is reverse of 3236. Guess I have a small IQ..

Now I think I got lost with the numbers are associated with the devil, example 66's or 99's or something like that; and started to think that numbers would have to be associated with lived of which the only number is 6 (6 feet under)

Guess I should have stayed away... or invisible..

Found at Last. - How strange is the story of Tsumani victim recovery after two months buried. Yes in todays news there is an article from Islamabad of a 40 year old Pakistan who was found buried since the 8th of October. When the earthquake killed over 73,000 poeple and left more than 3.5 million with home homes; it was thought all suvivors were found.

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Internet reveals all - I am taking the time to write

this blog before going to bed (work in 3 hours)

because it is an invisible world what the

internet can reveal of you. (personal note: Very Sorry Shirley)

I did not mean to do any injustice but was curious as to what the internet would tell me about a friend whom answered my inquiry on a online dating service. Her e-mail was unique (AVCname.shaw) so I did a google or other search of AVCname.

Being an honest person, I told her in an e-mail all that I had discovered. I have not heard from her since. But it is strange how just an e-mail can reveal so much. First the name of AVCname was only used three times. Her, a gentleman in California and a Russian. So I discovered she worked hard at two ventures. A on-line product sales and a support service for kids. I also discovered other things which I will mention late.

Using the unique e-mail address I was able to get the phone number and address of the on-line sales. But by doing a reverse on the telephone under Yellow.ca I was able to get the home address and the name under which the telephone is listed.

I just wanted to learn about this individual, but the internet put me at her door. Address, telephone number etc. Even it suggested she was the child of a Australian family of 12.. Guess that was an error.

In all honesty, I told her what the search had revealed. I think that the internet is very dangerous as even the little registration can be located.

As an example, I can place a monitor on this blog and know whom reads it and from where they come. If they return or if they came from another page before. Each internet connection has an IP address which is supplied by your ISP (internet service provider) and this tells the viewer where you are. Ok where your ISP is located.

Dear friends, the invisible world is too much information leads to revealing a lot about you.

To be safe...

Do not have a unique login name... j.smith3425 is better than AVCname

Do not give too much detail... Example Yahoo members or MSN members can tell a lot

Do not give your phone number of if you must... Do not give the attachment name which allows someone to come to this telephone number

There are a lot of free e-mail providers Like Hotmail, Yahoo, MSN and others which allow you to read mail without being identified.

Use alias e-mails where possible... these e-mails send the mail to your mail box but give their name. ex smith@someting sends the mail to j.smith@rocket.net

BE CAREFUL... TOO MUCH INFORMATION IS DANGEROUS

Everything in their place - There is an invisible world of labels. Everything must have it label on it like the sugar bowl, the salt shaker and even the taps in the bathroom. How do we know which tap is hot and which is cold if the top does not have H or C to tell us.

When driving down the street, do you know which light of the three hanging stop lights is green. Is it the top light or the bottom. (Yes, even I know the middle is yellow) Likewise, a plumber will tell you the hot is always on the left side of the sink.

In quebec, the plumbling is less expensive if the contractor purchases the bathroom faucets in English. The Americian market and its volume make for a enorous difference. But the french want the faucets to say Chaud et Froid or "C" and "F". Well the "C" of cold is moved to the left for "Chaud" and then they find a "F" for Froid. Sometimes the "H" of Hot on the English faucets are left there. "One arguement was "No one is going to burn them self with the "H" instead of "F" on the cold faucet.

Another way is to just not have any letters on the top of the Faucets. or An empty (non-letter) plug on the cold faucet.