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Re: BrickFest registration fees (was: LEGO Adult Fan Convention at Legoland California?)
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lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest
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Wed, 13 Sep 2006 23:43:18 GMT
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In lugnet.events, Jon Gilchrist wrote:
> "Jeff Stembel" <jeff@aulddragon.com> wrote:
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> > In my opinion, any monetary compensation for staffmembers is akin to
> > embezzlement (especially if it is not made known) and any money going from the
> > event to another organization (again, especially if it is not announced
> > beforehand) is very unethical.
> >
> > Jeff
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> From dictionary.com:
>
> em?bez?zle [em-bez-uhl]
>
> –verb (used with object), -zled, -zling.
> to appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as money or property
> entrusted to one's care.
>
> Which leads to:
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> fraud [frawd]
>
> –noun
> 1. deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence,
> perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage.
> 2. a particular instance of such deceit or trickery: mail fraud;
> election frauds.
> 3. any deception, trickery, or humbug: That diet book is a fraud and
> a waste of time.
> 4. a person who makes deceitful pretenses; sham; poseur.
>
> Which leads indirectly to:
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> li?bel [lahy-buhl]
>
> –noun
> 1. Law.
> a. defamation by written or printed words, pictures, or in any form
> other than by spoken words or gestures.
--SNIP--
> -Jon Gilchrist
From http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=akin&x=0&y=0
2. allied by nature; having the same properties: Something akin to vertigo was
troubling her.
If you're going to go to the trouble of using the dictionary on one word at
least take the time to use it on those preceeding it.
Tim
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