You must meet the first 6 Mandatory guidelines before you can continue on your journey. If one of these guidelines are not followed then your journey will take you nowhere

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"The truly wise man is he who always believes the Bible against the opinion of any man.

" R.A. Torrey

It is to the Bible that we owe our Legacy of the Law. It is the Bible that ushered in an area of compassion, liberty and justice. The 10 Commandments are the moral and legal foundations of Western Civilization.

The Mandatory Criteria 6 questions Disqualifying Criteria The Purpose of the Dove Award Program The Application

Change takes preparation Change brings difference! The A'B'C's of a good site. Throughout our award program you will find that there has been placed great detail in explaining just what is meant by pics,labels,family friendly,content of a web site. There are also tool's for you to use to test and use. And above all if there is a question we want to work with you, for that is the whole purpose of any award program 'to help' make a difference. For without you there would be NO AWARD PROGRAM'S. So continue your journey with honest, open eyes and we will work with you in that difference"

You are here on your journey the 10 Mandatory things we look at so take your time and if you have any questions contact us

You are here at our Mandatory Criteria. Ten guidelines that are explained in great detail. We have put forth a effort to greatly detail and explain each one of them for your understanding. Following will be 29 of our Disqualifying Criteria. To be honored with The Dove Award is more than just another rated award...you can be sure that you have 'made the difference" through your web site mission by the eyes of those who come to visit with you. "Change" bring's difference as you journey toward your goal.

Definitions of change deepen: become deeper in tone/ make or become different in some particular way/ an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another/the action of changing something;/undergo a change; become different in essence;/the action of changing something/exchange: give to, and receive from, one another

To see things in color is a blessing but there are those who see things in a shade of gray. From the page you were on the Css backround was a color map. Change....to Gray.

Water in a liquid state goes through a transition to become different, a gas or iceWater to change into iceFundamentally, Change denotes the transition that occurs when something goes from being the same to being different. For example, water in the liquid state is not the same as water in the frozen state. Or water that becomes as the bubbles on the left in a gas state. At some point, it experienced a transition and became different. Thus, it changed.

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For the most part, today's moral standards are defined by today's society and, as it changes, so does our perception of moral standards. Just think about things that were seen as unacceptable 30, 20, or just 10 years ago and are now considered to be perfectly acceptable according to today's society. Though some subjects might be considered acceptable to those who apply for our Award we reserve the right to determine if it falls outside of our Ethics and Criteria according to our Standard the Bible.

There are thousands of religious group's here in North America alone which promote systems of morality derived from their sacred texts and tradition; these are primarily Christian, Jewish, and Muslim. There are also dozens of non-religious, secular organizations which promote their own ethical and moral belief systems, as derived from social sciences and logic. Examples are the Agnostics, Atheists, and Humanists.

There are many conflicts among this great diversity of beliefs over specific "hot" religious topics like equal rights for gays and lesbians, abortion access, physician assisted suicide, etc.Some for the better and some probably not. That is why we use the one standard that remains the same. Our standard is the Bible our choice for that solid foundation that has been proven over the thousands of years.


The moral principles and precepts contained in the Scriptures ought to form the basis of all of our civil constitutions and laws�All the miseries and evils which men suffer from - crime, ambition, injustice, oppression, slavery and war - proceed from their despising or neglecting the precepts contained in the Bible." Noah Webster

A word about ETHIC [S] BeginningThe yardstick of ethics is the BibleEnd


Change is built upon a solid foundation, solid ethics

[A] Green Light Amber Light about Pic's and Labels] [B] Membership badge sizes [C] False posting of membership badges

1. [A] [B] [C] We will not continue your journey for our award if you are not listed as a member of at least one of the following organizations that govern the quality of family viewing and standards for web sites. Your site must receive a Green light Pics found and as stated family safegreen light to continue your journey. If you post one of these badges showing membership and your PIC'S are present but there is a problem and it brings up a Amber means a problem and must be corrected before your journey continues Amber light we will look at your text [code] and to see if PIC' are listed. If it is just a code problem we will put your application on hold for 7 day's to give you time to correct it. [Explanation] If there are no PIC'S present [ What are pics see below] this is dishonest and to those site's that strive to make a difference and work hard to keep the internet safe .[B]The badges for your affiliations must also be at the proper size of the issue. [Not resized like the two here which are done to illustrate our point...we check the button sizes of all posted memberships] ICRA http://www.safesurf.com/ If the badge you have posted on your site is the wrong size then we will place your application on hold until your correct the issue. This must be done within the 7 day time period that we allow you to make repairs.
[Green light from tester] [Red light from tester]
Green light from the label tester means that all your labels and pics are as posted if you are family friendly and safe for all eyes your will recieve a greenlight if there is a problem you will recieve a amber light and we will give you time to repair your problemWe will test your pages with the ICRA label tester if you post their membership badge upon your pages if a red light comes up we will look to see if you have pics or labels if non are present you will be disqualified from our program for a period of one year
If when we test your site and you get a Red light means no Pics present and if you have a badge posted without the pics present when we go to look at your code we will disqualify you from this program for a period of one year red light then you will be disqualified if you post a badge and have no pics or labels present in your code. Just because you have a badge on your site page does not mean each page is labeled. We will test each page of your site and hold you to the same guidelines of this Mandatory Criteria. There are some sites that post a membership on the index page and believe that is all they need to do. Each page must have PIC' S if you represent certain memberships. Again this is dishonest and you will be disqualified as below.
[C] We will disqualify you from our program for a period of 1 year, and you will be placed on the W.O.R.D. surf list The W.O.R.D. staff will contact the organization and inform them of the false posting of a membership badge placed upon your site representing a 'safe' or family friendly. Then our staff will follow your site for a period of one year. We believe if a site post's a badge to which they by no means represent this is to us lying and against ethics. We have found sites that target youth by posting false badges upon their sites. We also contact your host to see if you are within their guidelines. By no means are we the 'internet police' but our programs are based upon youth, kids, and family and to that we hold dear and to the highest of all standards.
[NOTICE of extended time in your evaluation: if we have to contact your membership by e-mail this may take a longer time element than the stated evaluation time for our program thus the 7 day evaluation time will be longer due to this fact] If you belong to a program which no PIC' S are used we will contact them to see if they have visited your site. If they have no record of this and you post the badge again you will be disqualified from our program for a period of 1 year.
1. ICRA 2. Safesurf 3. Family Friendly 4. Watch Dog 5. W.O.R.D. 6.Trust Worthy Site

ICRA http://www.safesurf.com/ Family friendly logo 88x31 This website has been visited and validated by both ICRA and Safesurf and gives us a green light for our mega tags W.O.R.D. representing difference http://www.speedyadverts.com/

Badge size's [ ICRA 88 Pixels X 31 Pixels] [ Safe Surf 108 Pixels X 34 Pixels ]


What are PIC's? What are labels?]Explanation [Need to label your site click here] You can test your pages and site below by clicking onto the proper program link or label your site by clicking above.

What are labels and pics on a web site

Test Links from these programs ICRA Family Friendly Safe Surf [We test each page of your site]


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