Landing Gear Terms of Service

Terms of Service:
The following terms and conditions govern all use of the Landing Gear App and all content, services and products available at or through Landing Gear. Landing Gear is offered subject to your acceptance without modification of all of the terms and conditions contained herein and all other operating rules, policies and procedures that may be published from time to time.
Please read this Agreement carefully before accessing or using the App. By accessing or using any part of the app, you agree to become bound by the terms and conditions of this agreement. If you do not agree to all the terms and conditions of this agreement, then you may not access the Website or use any services. Landing Gear is available only to individuals who are at least 13 years old.
Landing Gear App access. If you create an app using Landing Gear, you are responsible for maintaining the security of your Facebook account and app, and you are fully responsible for all activities that occur under the account and any other actions taken in connection with the app. You must immediately notify the App Developers of any unauthorized uses of your app, your account or any other breaches of security. The developers will not be liable for any acts or omissions by You, including any damages of any kind incurred as a result of such acts or omissions.
Responsibility of Contributors. If you operate the app, post material to the Facebook, post links on the Facebook, or otherwise make (or allow any third party to make) material available by means of the App (any such material, “Content”), You are entirely responsible for the content of, and any harm resulting from, that Content. That is the case regardless of whether the Content in question constitutes text, graphics, an audio file, or computer software. By making Content available, you represent and warrant that:
the downloading, copying and use of the Content will not infringe the proprietary rights, including but not limited to the copyright, patent, trademark or trade secret rights, of any third party;
if your employer has rights to intellectual property you create, you have either (i) received permission from your employer to post or make available the Content, including but not limited to any software, or (ii) secured from your employer a waiver as to all rights in or to the Content;
you have fully complied with any third-party licenses relating to the Content, and have done all things necessary to successfully pass through to end users any required terms;
the Content does not contain or install any viruses, worms, malware, Trojan horses or other harmful or destructive content;
the Content is not spam, is not machine- or randomly-generated, and does not contain unethical or unwanted commercial content designed to drive traffic to third party sites or boost the search engine rankings of third party sites, or to further unlawful acts (such as phishing) or mislead recipients as to the source of the material (such as spoofing);
the Content is not pornographic, does not contain threats or incite violence towards individuals or entities, and does not violate the privacy or publicity rights of any third party;
your app is not getting advertised via unwanted electronic messages such as spam links on newsgroups, email lists, other blogs and web sites, and similar unsolicited promotional methods;
your Facebook is not named in a manner that misleads your readers into thinking that you are another person or company. For example, your Facebook’s URL or name is not the name of a person other than yourself or company other than your own; and
you have, in the case of Content that includes computer code, accurately categorized and/or described the type, nature, uses and effects of the materials.
Responsibility of Website Visitors. The developer has not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, posted to the App, and cannot therefore be responsible for that material’s content, use or effects. By operating the App, The Developer does not represent or imply that it endorses the material there posted, or that it believes such material to be accurate, useful or non-harmful. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. The App may contain content that is offensive, indecent, or otherwise objectionable, as well as content containing technical inaccuracies, typographical mistakes, and other errors. The App may also contain material that violates the privacy or publicity rights, or infringes the intellectual property and other proprietary rights, of third parties, or the downloading, copying or use of which is subject to additional terms and conditions, stated or unstated. The Developer disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from the use by visitors of the App, or from any downloading by those visitors of content there posted.

Landing Gear Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy
What information do we collect? We collect information from you when you register on our site or Use Our App. When ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your: name or e-mail address.What do we use your information for? Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways: ; To personalize your experience(your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs); To improve our website(we continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you); To improve customer service(your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs)How do we protect your information? We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you enter, submit, or access your personal information. Do we use cookies? Yes (Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computers hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the sites or service providers systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain informationWe use cookies to help us remember and process the items in your shopping cart and understand and save your preferences for future visits.Do we disclose any information to outside parties? We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.Third party links Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.California Online Privacy Protection Act ComplianceBecause we value your privacy we have taken the necessary precautions to be in compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act. We therefore will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent.Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act), we do not collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age. Our website, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older.Your Consent By using our site, you consent to our web site privacy policy.Changes to our Privacy Policy If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page, and/or send an email notifying you of any changes.
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the past, the present, and the future are all side by side, hand in hand.

I'm free.

It required some sacrifice, as is necessary for all goals. It took a while to realize it, but I believe it is worth it in the end. It's working for me, and I haven't even been trying. It's the reason I've always felt so detached, from myself, from others. It's the reason I'm so ready to get out of here, to start a new life.

So many people are so scared of change because they don't know what they'll be getting. What's been scaring me is that I don't know what I have. I've just discovered that I'm more than willing to let go of this place, whereas everyone else has too much they're not willing to leave behind. I sat down and thought, "What am I leaving behind?"

Well?

What am I leaving behind?

When I think back on the years I've spent in this town, the people with whom I've surrounded myself, there isn't much to which I can attribute fond memories. Even those to whom I can are not permanent fixtures in either my life or this place. Those I hold most fondly to my heart are not stagnant here. Those few - those very few - are not people I will be leaving behind. That handful of people will be present in my life from here on out. I will carry them in my heart and keep them in my life, because those select few are too precious to be left behind.

But every other person and thing I've been so concerned about over the past four years - they all really mean nothing to me at this stage in my life. As pathetic / bitchy / selfish as that may seem to an outsider, it's truly liberating. To them, I've found the path to loneliness. But I see now that I have so many opportunities for greatness by not being attached to this place. I have no strongholds in this town, and that's fine with me. I have an open invitation to the world, and nothing will hold me back. I've been lucky to discover early that the "friends" I thought I had aren't worth it. It's a sad realization, but it gives me hope. I'm starting to consider this a new start. Consider me at tabula rasa.

I'm waiting for the world to nurture me.

Here I come.

When Push Comes to Shove, You Taste What You're Made Of...

Sometimes in life, you have to take risks. You have to jump at the chances God is giving you, or sacrifice your dreams in the hopes that you'll have greater chances in the future. It's up to you to determine what is - or isn't - worth the risk. What's worth endangering your happiness. Or the happiness of others.

But oftentimes, others will pressure you to take unnecessary risks. They'll beg and plead with you to get what they want, even if it isn't for the best for either of you. You'll taste the guilt, and its bitter sting will burn its way all the way down, past your heart, to your stomach, where the pain and the nausea will overcome you. But you have to fight back. If you do, you'll open yourself to a world of opportunity. But you'll run the risk of losing those you love. If you don't, you'll find happiness elsewhere. But you will lose yourself.


So where do you draw the line? When does the cost of happiness become something you can't afford? Under what terms is it acceptable to sacrifice yourself?

Is happiness negotiable?

if you're so smart tell me why are you still so afraid?

This is it.

The final stretch in one of the biggest chapters of my life. I'm starting to feel the anxiety. I'm not sure what it is exactly; I know I feel the certainty looming down on me, but I'm not sure exactly what that certainty is. I know a few things are certain, but I myself am not too certain of which of these aspects of my current situation are causing such grief. It could be the finality of everything, where I know I'm leaving without a doubt, never to come back to this point in my life (and, most likely, this place). But, on the other hand, the uncertainty of where I'm going could be contributing to my feeling of unrest - it's always said that it is human nature to fear the unknown. It could be my realization of what I'm leaving behind; I've got a great family (both given and made) here to support me, the comfortable routines I've established here, the successes I've achieved, the people I've collaborated with, loved, admired, and learned from.

Maybe it's a combination of it all. Knowing I'm leaving and have no choice (although, if I did, I probably wouldn't want to be here anyway), feels like I'm being forced away from everything I know. Granted, I know I'll have great opportunities when I do leave, but I don't know what's in store for me. I don't know specifically where I'll find success, happiness, peace. I don't know for certain that I'll even find it. But, in small doses, I've found that here. It worries me that I won't feel the same way I do now. I'm not sure if I'll ever be as happy where I'm going as where I have been. But the chance that I will is so great that I feel almost obligated to take it - which also concerns me. Should happiness be a product of obligation? And, if it is, how can I be so sure that it is truly happiness? If I'm leaving everyone and everything I know, every individual and moment that has contributed to my happiness (or lack thereof) over the past seventeen years, how can I be sure that I'll find happiness out there? Most importantly, why do I feel the need to question my happiness? Maybe that's what's so disconcerting...

If I'm so excited to be given the chance to proceed with my life, why does it feel like a sentence?

Happiness shouldn't be forced. So why does it feel like it's being forced now?

I went to Heaven, I couldn't get in for what I have done.

I've been told a lot lately that pain is a necessity in life, that it is unavoidable and inevitable. My practical, rational side wants to agree with this, knowing that pain is an integral part of life, and that one cannot go through life without experiencing pain. But my heart holds so much faith that life is much more than just pain that I have to disagree. Life has joys so great that one cannot - and should not - just accept pain as it comes and believe there is no other way to live. It is not a question of strength, of heart, or even willingness. It is a matter of living life the way it was meant to be lived.


The function of pain, in the most scientific approach, is to prevent us from further harming ourselves. When we place our hands on the hot stove, the burning sensation our nerves send to our brain immediately tells us to remove that hand from the heat, to prevent a serious burn. If we prick ourselves with a needle, we immediately retract in order to prevent a serious puncture. We go through minor pain to keep ourselves from major pain, and, after a few reminders, we avoid that pain, knowing not to touch the stove, or being careful with the needle. Eventually, we are able to take care of ourselves so well that we do not have to worry about experiencing the pain we know we could get.


So why do we allow our souls to be hurt without thinking? Why don't we, through experience, learn to protect ourselves from emotional pain? What is the pinprick that keeps us from driving a stake straight to our hearts? Where is the hot stove to remind us to stay away from the situations that burn us so? How come we are so quick to be careful when there is a risk of physical pain, but we allow ourselves to become so vulnerable to emotional damage, far more often than anyone could face physical pain?

Our lives cannot be solely masochistic processes for the purpose of pushing us through. There has to be a limit.

When tears are in your eyes, I will dry them all

Question - why is the most common problem surrounding love restraint?

A good majority of us live loving someone we cannot have -whether it be by the misery of unrequited love, the common issues brought by distance, or because we are simply told we should not and cannot love this one person.



Families and friends decide that someone isn't good enough for someone, attempting to protect them from - what exactly? Being "stolen away" and brainwashed? Being hurt? Or are they keeping us from something better; being loved, experiencing life, learning how to love and live, and everything that comes with a relationship?

So many people are held back from being a relationship from the people they care about, for several different reasons. We are told we cannot love someone of a different religion, or a different culture, for no real reason other than prejudice and bias. We are raised under the gospel of the perfect structured family: husband and wife, two clean-cut kids, a steady income, and a crucifix hanging in the living room. The American Dream is portrayed as lived as a white, middle-class family living on a day-to-day routine. But most of us want more than that.

What are the true detrimental factors of your son dating your neighbor's son? How can your Jewish daughter's Catholic boyfriend hurt her any more than any other boy? How are you possibly helping your loved ones by keeping them from love?

How do you expect someone to learn how to love when you won't allow them to? Why are people so scared to allow others the opportunity to be happy? I understand the risks one must take when falling in love, but there are so many benefits from it... there are so many chances to be happy. In holding us back from love, we're only going to want it more. I mean, it's a common archetype in life and literature - take into account Romeo and Juliet, Pyramus and Thisbe, Lancelot and Guinevere, Tristan and Isolde, Aida and Rademes, Cyrano and Roxane, Mark Antony and Cleopatra - shoot, even Anakin and Padme. Every force was acting against them, despite their immense love for each other, and this led to pain and tragedy. It's far more beneficial to just allow love. To embrace it, and look forward to everything that can come from it.

Stop forcing us to go against your wishes.

Let us be happy.