Updates....2/27/07

Updated Rated Awards page of the site.

Changed the Rated Award to reflect the new chart created to list awards TLTH received from UWSAG and Award Sites Rated Sites.

The Reaching for The Stars Bronze award was upgraded to a Gold Award and was placed in the listing and changed on the display page.

I also moved some awards form the Rated Awards Page to the Independent Awards Page because there were some without ratings. I wonder what I was thinking when I placed them there. Oh well!!! At least it is corrected now.

Some Important Facts About Evaluating Sites

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Those of us which evaluate sites for listings and Awards Programs understand like few others the many different obstacles web site owners face. Many times these obstacles don't even seem important to the web owner. I use my own site as an example in the points below for clarification.

Here are some facts to help everyone understand this process a bit better. These facts can help web owners and evaluators. I believe these are points which all who evaluate web sites should take into consideration. (As time goes on, this list of facts will probably grow.)

* Many things happen which are totally beyond a web owners control, and they may not even be aware of it. This is largely due to how a web hosting company handles various functions of a site.

Different web hosting companies handle things differently. When I evaluate a site for my Awards Program, I take certain factors into consideration. Although, I have a set standard to follow, there are many variables which often are only specific to a particular site. This is why I try to keep the criteria general. Experience has taught me too look beyond the obvious. It may seem tedious, but it is worth the effort and allows me to offer a greater degree fairness to my Award Program.

* Many times links may be running on the same domain, but may be actually external links. This happens often for people who run multiple sites.

I do this myself. I have three sites which operate on one domain. To keep things simple and organized for me to be able to add things to these sites, they all run on the main tlth.org domain now. The main links to these sites are external links.

My awards received are external links for all other sites but the main site because they run from that site. I do not apply for awards for my individual sites. I do this for TLTH as a whole.
My site operates a bit differently then many others, although I have many sites, they all are a part of TLTH. As stated on the About TLTH page of the Main Site, TLTH is more then a site, it is a whole lot more. It is a way of life and a fundamental concept of help and service to others.

* Not all sites are operated by groups of people. Many listings and awards sites are run by teams of people. Each has their own particular responsibility within the site.

I have an evaluator who double checks each site evaluated applying for an award from my Awards Program, but all other operations, creations, additions, and general maintenance of my site is done solely by me. My son helped in the re-designing of my site as far as putting me on the right track with the HTML coding, but once he gave me the push, the rest was up to me. I may seek advice from other sources, but the work is all done by me and me alone. Every word, graphic, page, line, etc. is put into place solely by me.

With a site this big, things are bound to be missed. Please, email me if you find mistakes at becky188@gmail.com.

* Just because I site did not qualify for an high award in rated award program, does not mean it is not a good site. The biggest misconception in the area of award programs is that to be good site you have to win the highest honors. All the higher honors may mean is that the site owner is probably well skilled in web design.

Look at your site and it's activity. If people frequent you site and are happy with it, then who cares how many gold and diamond awards you receive. The visitors are the most important people you have to please, and if they aren't complaining, then your site is doing a great service.

* If evaluators temper their evaluations with understanding, then everyone will be pleased with the outcome.

* Sites should to the best of their ability, be able to secure a top award in their own awards program. They should be held to the same standards they expect from others.

I spend anywhere from 6 to 12 hours a day on my site. I am always checking stuff and making sure things work. I realize not everyone can do this, but I always look to see how often sites are updated. This tells me how much effort a person is putting into their site. This applies to Award Sites I apply to, as well as all other sites I may evaluate.

* Web sites are a work in progress. They are never finished. We may have a site which is running, but a good one is always trying to offer something new and fresh. We can't have visitors getting bored.

Let's all work to help each other and to work together to make the Internet safe and productive.

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News About Ratings and Listings

We like free promotion for our websites. Especially, if we run an awards program, ratings and listings are important to the promotion of these programs. I have been blessed with dealing with some great listings and ratings services for Becky K's Awards Program. However, from time to time the visitors to my Awards Program or other sites may see that a listing may disappear.

There are many reasons for this happening. Some times it is as simple as the fact that the listing has closed or link no longer works. Other times it is because of a disagreement with the service which is not being resolved to my satisfaction or because the particular listing just no longer meets the needs of TLTH, or other programs.

We all try as hard as we can to be honest and fair. None of us are perfect. Removing a listing or service at my request happens at times, but it is in no way meant to reflect a negative opinion about the listing or rating service.

We all must find the services which best meets our needs. Those I use may not be the best for your particular program. Always evaluate the listings and ratings you choose to make sure they will adequately help your program and will always treat you fairly. Make sure you choose those which will work the best for your particular program or site.

All I ask from an award program I apply too or listing services I am a member of is that they hold their own sites and services to the same standards they expect from me and others. I try to the best of my ability to do this in my Awards Program. No one is perfect, and I am not expecting perfection.

Updates....2/25/07

TLTH Main Site.....Added an award nomination badge on the main page of site for Timelines.

Becky K's Awards Program....Added a Nimination graphics from the AWARD Listing site. Removed Web Awards badge from my site and concelled my membership with this rating service.

Changed News Blog - 2/23/07

It has become apparent that trying to keep things running smoothly at TLTH has become a full-time job. As the owner of TLTH and all the sub-sites, I never seem to have things running just as I would like them too.

This News and Updates Blog was set up to make doing updates for all sites easier and less troublesome. With a site as large as TLTH, organization and simplification become benchmarks for keeping things done and up to date.

In doing this, I think I have finally found a blog which will handle the needs of TLTH better then others have done in the past.

I have changed it over and made some changes which will keep in the same basic color scheme as the rest of the site.

Visitors may post to this blog and make any suggestions they may have for changes which would benefit TLTH or things they may wish to see added to TLTH.

Thank you all for your continued support.

Becky K, Owner

Sign Hope's Petition

This petition was created by Hope Cundiff for her granddaughter Madi. Let's all support the efforts of this great lady who has been fighting for justice for so long.Please read the following and sign the petition by clicking on the link at the bottom.

To: US CONGRESS, The U Judicial Committee and The Govenor of The State of Kentucky
We, The lawful citizens of. These United States of America, do hereby sign freely and without pressure by any individual, this petition to ask our US Congress, The US Judicial Committee and The Govenor of the State of Kentucky, along with other lawmakers whom this may pertain, to assist the Cundiff Family in their pursuit of justice in the death of Madison Ann Cundiff. This child died in May of 2004 in Lexington, Kentucky and Sarah Elizabeth Taylor was charged with Murder in the same year. It will now be three years in May 2007 without a trial, while the accused is allowed to remain free on a mere $50,000.00 cash bond. We ask that you as our Protectors, Lawmakers and as described by your job duties to hold office, that this death and the justice of, along with others, be investigated to bring closure to this family and others where the JUSTICE SYSTEM HAS GREATLY FAILED. It is definetly past time, that the lives of the victims and their families are as important, if not more, than the lives of the perpetrators.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned

Sign this Petition

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Please visit TLTH Interactive to see other ways you can get involved in the fight for children and add your own story or fight campaign for victims of any form of violence.

Remembering Our Loved Ones

We loose loved ones to many different forces. Crimes, illness, and accidents happen daily and leaves many alone to grieve. By remembering those taken from us, they are never really gone because they live still within our hearts.

Please visit the TLTH Memorial Clouds page to have a cloud added for your loved one. Full details are available there and there are 8 different pages representing different situations for you to choose from. All cloud graphics are personalized for the person being remembered.
I look forward to hearing from you.

Furture Additions to TLTH

Things are every changing around Turmoil Leads to Hope. Many things I have promised still have not made their way to the site as of yet. I want my visitors to know that they are still going to happen.

My site is maintained solely by me alone. I had a little help when redesigning this site, and I do have another evaluator for the awards program to double check sites to avoid bias. All the continuing maintenance of all my site is done by me alone. When things get crazy, delays happen.

Additions to TLTH to expect soon.
* A writing site will be added as soon as the book "Chaos was Her Bread; Calamity was Her Water," is available. There are two other books which I am trying to get published as well, "Day by Day with Multiple Sclerosis" and "The Mystical Marble Valley (Not completed yet)." So as you can see I am quite busy.

You may find that things may become delayed as far as updates and other services may slow down a bit because of the work on "The Mystical Marble Valley." I will still work very hard to make sure all responses are done in a timely fashion.

* There will also be photo albums added to the site. I know, I have been promising this for a long time. It will take some time because I want to make them as nice as possible, while keeping the load time to minimum. This requires some work. You may not see this added until around Christmas time, but it will be happening.

Just keep in mind that this site is always growing and expanding. Keep visiting, because you never know what see next.

Recent Updates

2/23/07....Updates
A page was added to Becky K's Awards Program called Winners Selection Record. This page is a monthly record required to be rated at Award Sites. Corrections were made to the Main Site and some webrings were added.

2/21/07.....Updates
All sites were updated, and spell checked. I checked and fixed broken links at TLTH Christian Connection.

2/19/07....Updates
Checked, fixed, and removed broken links form TLTH Main Site; Becky K's Awards Program; and Becky K's Graphics. I created screen shots for winners of Becky K's Awards. I completely
redid the winners pages to include the screen shots.

2/16/07...Updates
Placed some news items in the blog to let visitors know what is going on around TLTH, for visitors, and the site owner.

2/15/07...Updates (Main Site Only)
Added a Site Promotion page to display all the free promotional services used by the main site.

Previous Site Updates...Jan.1, 2007 - Feb.13, 2007

TLTH Main Site Updates

February 12, 2007... Added banners for the Memorial Cloud Program and added more webrings.

February 10, 2007... Slight modifications made to navigation bar and code.

February 9, 2007... Webrings and Webring pages added to site. Memorial Cloud pages were also created and added the site.

January 31, 2007... Domain issues solved and masking removed. The site moved to a new hosting company. Updates page was modified to include only the updates which are for the current year.

January 21, 2007... The site code was checked and some graphics were fixed. Two sites were added to the Seal of Approval Certified Sites Listing. A message about the upcoming memorial page was posted on the site's main page.

January 1, 2007... The site received an upgraded award, JerryD's Bronze Award and some code for the scroll bar was fixed.

Becky K's Awards Updates

February 10, 2007... Slight adjustments made to navigation bar; some code fixing; and added a counter.

February 6, 2007... Updated status, stats, and winners pages. A gold and silver award was given.

January 31, 2007... Moved site to a new hosting company, fixed domain problems, modified code, and made some adjustments to meta tags.

January 11, 2007... Updated the Status, Stats, and Winners list pages. A Bronze Award was given.

January 1, 2007... The site received an upgraded award, JerryD's Bronze Award and some code for the scroll bar was fixed. I also gave out the first award of 2007 and updated the status, stats, and winners pages.

Becky K's Graphics Updates

February 10, 2007..... Modifications made to navigation bar and fixed some code.

January 31, 2007..... Site has been moved and is now running on tltg.org domain. Modified some code.

January 26, 2007..... Added more web sets to the Budget Websets page.

January 9, 2007..... Took book pages off the site until final publishing is completed and all information is received.

January 3, 2007..... Began working on pre-made websets and began to add them as they are completed to the site.

January 1, 2007..... Fixed some code.

TLTH Christian Connection Updates

February 13, 2007..... Modifications made to navigation bar, code, and added some a Pictures of Jesus page.

January 31, 2007... Fixed some code and made some other adjustments.

January 1, 2007... Fixed some code and made some other adjustments.

Note: TLTH Interactive and TLTH Topsite have updates incorporated in their own systems placed there by the hosting providers.