PATRICK'S UNIVERSE ~ Information, Acknowledgement & Copyrights

INFORMATION

What is Patrick's Universe about?

Patrick’s Universe is a non-profit global web community portal founded and funded by Patrick Rotcivz and supported by dedicated volunteers from the web communities spanning the globe. It is a free site created out of the labour of love to reach out and touch the lives of people from across the borders of nations in the World Wide Web.

Patrick’s Universe is about love and the practice of love in our daily lives. It is about compassion and charity in our interaction with people – caring, sharing, and giving – thus touching the lives of many a people who surfed into our path in the virtual world of the Internet.

How did it begin?

Originally the site was created by Patrick Rotcivz on the 3rd of October, 1998 as a personal website known as Patrick’s Homepage. Within a short span of time, the site expanded with the participation of a number of literary contributors and volunteers from the various corner of the globe. As the site grew to become a global community portal, the domain name was changed to Patrick’s Universe to reflect the participatory nature of all surfers in the World Wide Web. Patrick’s Universe was officially launched on the 30th of October, 1998.

What are the objectives of Patrick’s Universe?

The main objective of Patrick’s Universe is to spread the message of love in the World Wide Web to promote goodwill, friendship, understanding, mutual respect and equality among peoples of all nations.

How did the Global Web Community of Patrick's Universe come about?

The experience of the empowerment of love is the most powerful magnet that has drawn people from all walks of life together to form a fraternity within the virtual universe of Patrick's Universe. This singular factor alone is responsible for the explosive and unstoppable growth of our web community in all countries around the world.

How extensive is the global reach of Patrick’s Universe?

Since the founding of Patrick’s Universe millions of visitors have surfed into our universe and the number of page visitation is growing daily. We have reached out to almost all the countries in the continents of Asia, America, Africa, Europe and Australia including the settlements in the Artic and the Antarctic.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Foremost in mind, I want to acknowledge that the source of life is from the infinite intelligence, and sustaining all life forms is the spirit of Love. Thus, I am a manifestation of Love made flesh unto this physical world.

The channel of love is John Yeo Yan Kai, my beloved father, who sowed the seeds of love and nurtured me into this world. He is the source of my inspiration to take upon the mission of love through the labour of love in my creations of this virtual universe.

It would not be complete, without mentioning my heartfelt thanks and gratitude to Napoleon Benjamin Yeo who introduced me to a web-hosting portal called Angelfire, one fateful evening of the 3rd of October, 1998 whereupon I embarked into learning and creating within hours my first universe in the World Wide Web. That was the significant date of the birth of Patrick’s Universe.

Without Angelfire, the provider of the free web hosting services where Patrick’s Universe was initially created and hosted, this site could not have been created. The ease of instruction for the novice to learn HTML and to create a website simultaneously is never easier than what was created by Angelfire. My heart felt gratitude is extended to the original creators of Angelfire. However, since the acquisition of Angelfire by Lycos, the philosophy of the new owners have changed drastically thus forcing Patrick’s Universe to migrate and to create its own domain to be free from the unfair practices and commercial restrictions imposed by Lycos.

My special thanks to all the authors and artists for their creative work whose talents are the source of inspiration to mankind and to stimulate the mind to greater heights of creativity. It is the spirit of sharing and teamwork that helps to make this web-site a place for all.

It will not do justice here if I do not mention the names of the accredited writers and artists personally.

My special thanks and love is extended to the authors and poets in Patrick's Universe notably Lady Kila, Angelbrneyes, Loracoak, Zsarina, Gerry Ward, Tawnee Aiken, BellaDonna, Marie Goodrich, Sandy, Pandora and many others who have joined us and contribute to the building of our universe.

The most beautiful artwork ~ paintings and drawings that appears in the various pages in Patrick's Universe are the creations of the credited artists. My special thanks and gratitude is extended to Boris Vallejo, Clyde Cadwell, Hajime Sorayama, Jonathon Earl Bowser, Luis Royo and Michael Whelan for making it possible to the share their creation for non-commercial purpose within the World Wide Web. Their works are copyrighted and are registered trademarks and all rights are reserved by the respective artists.

I must also noted here that the spirit of sharing and teamwork that was provided by many others who have shared their love with us, has contributed to the spread of the message of love through Patrick's Universe in the World Wide Web.

Finally, without you, my beloved friends, fans and surfers in the World Wide Web, this web-site could not be possible. I thank you all from the bottom of my heart.

COPYRIGHTS

Stories and poems in the link pages are the copyright of the credited authors and Patrick's Universe. Artwork on the links pages are the creations by Boris Vallejo, Clyde Cadwell, Hajime Sorayama, Jonathon Earl Bowser, Luis Royo and Michael Whelan, and are all copyrighted and registered trademarks of the respective artists. All rights reserved by the credited authors and artists. Any use without expressed written permission is forbidden under Copyright Laws.