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Buffy Summers is back on the beat, but the laws of vampire slaying have changed.
This month saw the debut of Dark Horse Comics' "Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Season 10" -- the canonical continuation of Joss Whedon's legendary TV series. And while this latest installment of the continuing adventures of Buffy and her demon-stomping Scooby Gang presents a "back to basics" approach, the return of magic to their world is set to upend the way they slay. In our world, the core Buffy title has seen some changes of its own as writer Christos Gage and artist Rebekah Isaacs have taken the reins on the flagship title after creating the spinoff "Angel & Faith" in Season 9.
NYCC EXCLUSIVE: Dark Horse Comics Unveils "Serenity" and "Buffy: Season 10"
With Season 10's first issue in the hands of fans, CBR News is happy to roll out BEHIND BUFFY SEASON 10 -- our ongoing exploration of the comics with the writers, artists and editors behind the stories. This time, Chris Gage unpacks the events of the season-launching "Buffy" #1 by explaining what Whedon and his co-writers plotted out at their annual Buffy Summit, how the birth of a new magic seed has changed the laws on how vampires operate, what the emotional reunion for Buffy and Young Giles (not to mention the rest of the Scoobies) means for the future of the books and whether Xander's conversations with his dead fiance Anya can be taken at face value.
CBR News: Chris, let's start with where you fall in the massive collaborative that is "Team Buffy." For "Season 10," you're reuniting with Rebekah Isaacs, but you guys have also shifted to the core "Buffy" book instead of "Angel & Faith." What was your initial reaction to being tapped for that gig, and how do you feel about it now that you and Rebekah have settled in?
Christos Gage: Currently, I feel great about it, thanks to the readers being very kind and accepting of what we did with the first issue. I'm also seven issues in, and I'm having a lot of fun, so that's a good sign. Initially, I was extremely nervous and uncertain. Going into the Season 10 summit, [Dark Horse editor-in-chief] Scott Allie let me know that Andrew Chambliss, who wrote Season 9, wouldn't be returning, due to increased producer duties on the TV show "Once Upon A Time," and if I wanted to write "Buffy," the job was mine. I knew I wanted to stick with Rebekah, but Scott said she had told him she was fine working on either book, she just wanted to keep the team intact -- which was very flattering, but also nerve-wracking, because now I was choosing for both of us! I had loved working on "Angel & Faith," and collaborating with Rebekah, Dan [Jackson], Steve [Morris], Comicraft, Scott, Freddye [Lins], Sierra [Hahn], Joss and the whole team. So sticking with that team provided some security. But I also felt like, while I was comfortable with the cast of "A&F," I didn't feel like I knew Buffy well enough to say, "She should do X and feel Y about it," and I wasn't sure how involved Joss would be to guide that, given his work on "Avengers 2" -- I wouldn't have been surprised if he had to miss the summit altogether. So initially I was leaning toward sticking with the comfortable territory of "A&F."
But then we had the summit, and Joss was there, and worked his magic -- not just coming up with great ideas of his own, but bringing out the best in a room full of incredible creative minds, from "Buffy" TV show veterans like Jane Espenson, Drew Greenberg and Nicholas Brendon to folks like Andrew and Victor Gischler. By the time we broke for coffee, I told Scott that if the "Buffy" gig was still open, I wanted it! I was so excited to write the stories we'd been talking about. Hopefully that translates onto the page!
Obviously, a lot of these things shake out at the Buffy creative summits led by Joss Whedon. In the past two comic seasons, we had a giant, world-shattering arc and then one that seemed to draw the focus back on the cast a little bit. What's your memory from the summit of the challenges or concerns that Joss wanted to tackle coming into this year of the book?
There wasn't a ton of looking backward. Joss did reiterate what he said prior to Season 9, which was that in Season 8, they had really leaned into the freedom of the comic book format and scaled things super-big, and in Season 9 we'd brought the focus more back to the characters. He wanted to continue that focus, even increase it. There was a general agreement that we didn't want another looming apocalypse -- we were kind of apocalypsed out for a bit. There's not much else I can say without seriously spoiling upcoming plotlines, but we did talk about the way the show has always reflected the life stages of the characters, and we wanted to continue with that. Through the magic of comic book timing, the characters aren't the same ages as the actors, they are mostly in their early to mid-twenties. They have left college, or the immediate post-high school phase of their lives, and are entering adulthood. Season 9 examined that to a point, and I plane to keep doing so. My recollection of that part of my life is that it feels like you are being thrown into the deep end of the pool, into this world of grown-ups, and you're trying to make the transition while figuring out what the new rules are -- how you want to shape things going forward, and how those hopes and expectations mesh or clash with reality. So that's what our characters will be experiencing, both in their lives and in the supernatural adventure sense.
RELATED: NYCC: Dark Horse Expands the "Whedonverse" Beyond "Buffy"
On a more personal level, last season's theme was one of acceptance. Everyone in the gang had to both accept what role they'd played in the war over the Seed of Magic and accept their role in life in a broader sense. At this early stage in the game, what can you say about the theme of Season 10?
It's right there in the title of our first arc, "New Rules." Having reached that acceptance you spoke of -- that understanding of who you think you are or want to be - you have to decide how you're going to move forward. Every choice you make carries a ton of weight, and has tremendous ripple effects, on you and on others. And quite often, life throws obstacles in your way, or just won't cooperate. That's the theme. Deciding who you are and what you want is great, but it's just the first step. Now you have to put it into practice.
As for the issue itself, we jump into the story with a "back to basics" approach with Buffy in a California town slaying away. But maybe everything is not so basic as it seems. What did you want to get across to make this a strong first issue but also a solid first chapter in a larger story?
It was a tricky issue because I wanted to both acknowledge what had happened in the recent past and provide a good jumping on point for new readers. I think the TV show did that well, often using the clever device of the first day back at school in the fall for their first episode of a season. You got caught up on where your characters were, and got an idea where they were headed. They're not in school anymore, and in fact there's probably less "story time" that passed between seasons 9 and 10 than ever passed between seasons of the show, but I was sort of going for that same feel. We get caught up with old friends, but the whole "vampires are different now" revelation points us solidly forward. I was worried about achieving the right balance, but people seemed to like it, so that's a relief.
At the heart of "Buffy," as always, are the relationships. One of the first ones touched upon here is Buffy and Spike, and she labels where they're at with "Yay For Maturity." After so many winding roads for the pair, what's the value in having those two relatively happy and in synch for once?
It's where they are. Season 9 got them here. Spike got to a place where he can stand on his own, and Buffy has embraced her role as Slayer. It's a good place for both of them. But sometimes I think we want to put people in an easily labeled category -- i.e. "in love/out of love" -- when real human feelings are a lot more nuanced and complicated. So where they are in issue #1 isn't necessarily where they'll be in issue #2, 3 or 27.
We also get a strong introduction for Vicki -- the "new breed" vamp who debuted at the end of last season. Again, we're early here, but should we take her role as leader of this vamp camp (couldn't resist) as a sign that this is a major new player in the Buffy world, or are there more forces to be seen behind the new kind of vampire?
Vicki is one of those characters who started out as purely a plot device -- she appeared at the very end of Season 9 as a representation that people sired as vampires will now be something new and different. Along the way, she grew into her own person. As I wrote her, I got a kick out of her bad attitude. She's just snarky and mean to everyone. It's a sort of fun thing you can't really do with Spike anymore, or not as much, now that he has a soul. You can do it with Harmony, but Vicki is smarter. Vicki isn't the elected queen of vampires or anything -- at least, not yet -- but being the first of her kind seems to give her some standing among her peers. But she's not the cause of the change in vampires, more the beneficiary.
And hey... Anya's back! Or her ghost is! Or Xander is just hallucinating! We're just not sure! At this point in the game, do you see this storyline more as a mystery as to whether or not Anya is ready to play a bigger role in the series or as a reflection of Xander's guilt for his brief time as turncoat?
I think the take-away, for now, is just that Anya's back. Whether she's some sort of figment of Xander's mind, or her actual ghost, her presence is going to give us more insight into Xander as well as helping Xander take a closer look at himself -- all with the fun of having Anya around, a character I and many other fans love. This was actually something Joss pitched for Season 9 -- I still remember his pre-summit e-mail of ideas for all of us to think about including something to the effect of, "I think it's high time Anya starts haunting Xander, don't you?" -- but there didn't end up being room in the season, with everything else going on. That kind of ended up working out for the best, because I think after his experiences in Season 9, Xander is more in a place to benefit from Anya's presence -- or be driven completely insane! Kind of the same way I'm benefiting from having the actual portrayer of Xander, Nicky Brendon, co-writing several issues. Except in that case, I only reap rewards from having him there -- it's our long-suffering editors who might be driven crazy by the naughty jokes we keep trying to slip past them!
The return of Giles is something everyone who followed "Angel & Faith" last year was probably waiting for, but you played the page where he reconnects with Buffy in total silence. Why make that choice for this moment so long in the offing?
I'm a big believer in letting the art speak for itself when words aren't needed, and this was one of those times. It helps to be working with Rebekah, and know she can totally get across everything that needs to be said in the characters' facial expression. Scott also was a big champion of letting this be a big moment with plenty of space. I think originally it wasn't a whole page, and he said it deserved to be, which it did.
RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Gischler Brings "Angel & Faith" to "Season 10"
At the very end of the issue, the gang's all back together. This is the first time we've seen all the Scoobies together in a while. What does that hold for the future? Or maybe I should say, how does having them as one group impact who goes where in "Season 10" #2 and the new season of "Angel & Faith"?
I don't think I'm telling tales out of school when I say that Faith is only guest-appearing and will be seen in her own book going forward. As for the others, you'll see how things shake out in issue #2. Then the cast as of issue #3 will pretty much be what it is in future issues. But as we saw last season, crossovers aren't out of the question!
Stay tuned for more on "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" as we continue to go Behind Season 10!


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Governance and the desire for a consistent user interface may require you to occasionally change or reset the image used for the site icon.
First a few notes on the site icon
- Sometimes Microsoft calls it the Site Icon and sometimes the Site Logo
- The site logo is changed using Site Actions, Site Settings, Title, Description and Icon
- If the URL is blank in the top level site, then the default icon is used
(this icon is found here: /_layouts/images/siteIcon.png)
- If the URL is blank in a sub site, the the icon from the top level site is used (not the icon from the next parent up)
Top level site URL is blank, so the default icon is used (siteIcon.png)
Subsite 1's URL is supplied and has a custom icon
Subsite 1A's URL is blank, and the site display's the top level site's icon (siteIcon.png)
Then the icon for the top level site is changed to "newIcon.png"":
The top level site displays the newIcon.png image
Subsite 1's URL is supplied and has a custom icon, and is unchanged after the change to the top level site
Subsite 1A's URL is blank, and now display's the top level site's new icon (newIcon.png)
Using PowerShell to document icon usage
PowerShell can be used by administrators who have access to the SharePoint web servers to search and update SharePoint. The following scripts use the SharePoint 2010 cmdlets. Similar scripts could be written for SharePoint 2007 if needed.
The following PowerShell will list all of the sites in a site collection and their icons:
$site = Get-SPSite http://urlToYourSite $site.AllWebs | foreach { $_.Url + " Logo URL: " + $_.SiteLogoUrl }
The result might look like this for the first example above:
http://intranet Logo URL: http://intranet/subsite1 Logo URL: /SiteAssets/CustomLogo.jpg http://intranet/subsite1/subsite1a Logo URL:
And after changing the top level's icon to "newIcon.png" might look like this:
http://intranet Logo URL: /SiteAssets/NewIcon.png http://intranet/subsite1 Logo URL: /SiteAssets/CustomLogo.jpg http://intranet/subsite1/subsite1a Logo URL: /SiteAssets/NewIcon.png
If you want to dump all sites in a web application you could use this PowerShell: (all one line)
Get-SPWebApplication "http://intranet" | Get-SPSite "| Get-SPWeb |
foreach { $_.Url + " Logo URL: " + $_.SiteLogoUrl }
Or for all webs in all site collections in all applications:
Get-SPWebApplication | Get-SPSite | Get-SPWeb |
foreach { $_.Url + " Logo URL: " + $_.SiteLogoUrl }
Changing the Site Icon
This following PowerShell script sets the icon in every subsite of a site collection to an icon stored in the Site Assets library of the top level site.
NOTE 1: This will change the top level site and EVERY subsite in the site collection.
NOTE 2: There is no undo.
NOTE 3: The users of all of the subsites will need at least Read permissions to the icon file.
$site = Get-SPSite http://urlToYourSiteCollection $site.AllWebs | foreach { $_.SiteLogoUrl = "/SiteAssets/NewLogo.jpg"; $_.Update() }
If you set the SiteLogoUrl to "" then all the sites revert to the default site logo.
$site = Get-SPSite http://urlToYourSiteCollections $site.AllWebs | foreach { $_.SiteLogoUrl = ""; $_.Update() }
If you wanted to set the URL so each site would point to its own custom image in its own library then you can add "../../" to the URL: (the following is all one line)
$site.AllWebs | foreach { $_.SiteLogoUrl = "../../SiteAssets/NewLogo.jpg";
$_.Update() }

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Gossip Hair necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 88 diseños de 25 diseñadores freelance.
I have a hair salon and need a design for my homepage. We already had a contest but the winner I did not hear from. Please see detailed description for more on this. We have logo. See link in detailed description.
Gossip Hair
I already had a contest on this and was very satisfied with the winner. Unfortunately I did not hear from the winner even after sending several emails. Please have a look at this contest and the design of the winner. I really liked it so similar or better I would like! :) Click here to go to the contest.
What I want is this to be readymade into html so I just can put it on the web. I do not know html....
There is only 3 pages:
1. Frontpage
2. About us
3. Contact
I have text ready and photos for "About Us" (We are 3 hairdressers).
Here is link to logos: Click here for logos.
There are 3 logos:
1. Gossip in purple. This color is our main color.
2. Gossip in black.
3. A variation of our logo. We use this in some prints we have. I like this logo very much. But when we use it the logo is white and background is purple. I do not have a copy of that.
Again remember that I was very happy with the design of the winner in the last contest so I will be happy if someone just use that and finish it. Of course if someone do something even better I will choose that.... :)
Hope for many good designs. Good luck! :)
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Roy planted the tip of his sword in the ground, leaning on it for a few moments as he caught his breath. Nearby, dead hobgoblins were messily piled up. The sounds of battle echoed all around him. Suddenly, he felt compelled to go to one of the other piles… cautious, and yet curious, Roy walked towards the pile he was strangely drawn to, catching a glimpse of something red and shining amongst the corpses.
When he got there, Roy dug through the corpses and found a skull, one eye the source of the strange red glint.
"Hello there," the skull said suddenly, in a voice that oddly seemed to be a purr, despite the lack of vocal cords and such. Startled, Roy eyed the thing suspiciously, without replying. Then a wave of mixed emotions came over him.
"Come closer," the skull said quietly, and Roy felt himself leaning forward towards that skeletal grin…


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In an attempt to fend off another sexist-money online outrage, the Bank of England is asking the general public to suggest ideas for the face of the new English £20 note. So expect to see a talking cat from a mobile phone advert or Rihanna on our future money.
Of course that won't happen. There are safeguards in place to ensure the internet can't hijack the process and force a generation to look at the face of Tomasz Schafernaker every time they pull out a £20. The Bank of England wants people to "suggest" ideas for the star of the next note, asking us to pick a known face and name from the visual arts world.
There will, of course, be a committee involved, which will collate ideas and bin the stupid internet ones you thought were funny, before governor Mark Carney gets a shortlist to pick his favourite from. So there's hardly any public involvement at all, really, it's just to help avoid claims of sexist money when, inevitably, it's the face of a man or some men.
The star of the new £20 note for England will be announced in 2016, before hitting pockets some time over the next three to five years. Perpetually overlooked artist LS Lowry is one of the most hotly tipped early runners for inclusion, although the BofE says there could be "more than one character" on the note to appease several groups. [Band of England, YouTube]


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Have you been looking into a business you can do from home, in your own time, but get turned off by what you consider to be mlm lingo? Does the term downline both confuse and bother you? It shouldn't. It's just a word.
All businesses have their own terminology. My brother is a business consultant specializing in organizational ontology, which is terminology right there. In his business he uses words like valuenets, holagents, work fractals and other such lingo. In context it all makes perfect sense.
The word downline is not at all scary…in fact it is a word common to all businesses. Let me show you.
In a typical corporation you have the perfect example of downline. Start with the CEO and go down the line to vice president, to department manager, to project manager, to job foreman to worker to the guy in the mailroom. Downline is simply an organization chart designation.
In a network marketing business, downline indicates people you have personally sponsored into your same business. Network Marketing, or direct selling, businesses operate as a business model that requires every person to join the company as an independent contractor. In order to join the company, someone who is already an active independent contractor must sponsor you. So, people you sponsor become your downline.
Depending upon the type of compensation plan your company offers, your downline plays an important role in your business. In the case of the company with which I'm an independent distributor, the sales volume of my downline [people I've personally sponsored and people they've personally sponsored] determines my bonuses and commissions. I earn nothing from the process of sponsoring – the person pays their new distributor fee [in the case of my company the new distributor fee has been waived for the remainder of this year as its way of helping in this economy] to the company and then is in business for themselves…just not by themselves.
Obviously I am downline from my sponsor…who is downline from her sponsor and so on. What I really like about this type of downline is that each and every person is in business independently. In the corporation example, the CEO may or may not be the owner of the business…in fact, many CEOs are merely employees – just like everyone downline from them.
So – don't let the terminology of a particular business model deter you from what might be the answer you seek for meeting whatever financial needs you may have. Even the moniker "mlm" simply means multi-level marketing and this has to do with the type of compensation plan. And, remember, even a corporation has multi-levels of compensation for its various employees.
A networking marketing, or direct selling business just might offer you the extra income you need to:
- meet your mortgage payment
- take up the slack if you are laid off or downsized
- purchase the extras your current paycheck just won't allow
- help you get out of crippling debt
- let you take a vacation this year
- do whatever is your dream
Downline – just a word.
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This is absolutely Papilio designer's conspiracy! They use vintage lace and cascading ruffles, spread out a place in the ancient palace of the secret garden, a large area of ??three-dimensional lace, and the use of color transition, making the air as if filled with the fragrance of roses, lily of the pure, poppy sweet, mellow and even coffee pudding with caramel flavor ... ... it seems retro mix spread in the fashion industry,but also continue on for a long time and refused to disperse.Now let's have a look at these elegant wedding dresses.
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text: Ferrero Chocolates are wrapped in wonderful foils in shades of gold, silver and chocolate. You can find them at every grocery store this time of year and their price is very affordable. I decided to make them even more special by adding a jeweled embellishment on the top of each one. I love the way they look with the faded roses that I am just about to throw away. Faded roses and chocolates- how beautiful for Valentine's Day!


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My Heritage And I: Playful Family Portraits Inspired By Vintage Iconic Photos
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My name is Bebe and I am an art director and content creator. #myheritageandi is a photography project I conceived and made last year, taking inspiration from iconic portraits of celebrities with their families, pets included. I used the original images (8 in total) as a starting point and I carefully chose the models, the costumes and the locations that were fit for giving a contemporary adaptation of the portrait. The idea was to tell playful family stories: all the characters are styled with witty humor in unusual and often irreverent postures, to show that a certain 'joie de vivre' brings together, despite time lapses and generational gaps.
The picture of famous Italian actress Lucrezia Lante Della Rovere with her dog, Arturo, was inspired by iconic photos of Hollywood divas from the 50s portrayed with their pets. All photos were shot by talented photographer Filippo Avandero.
More info: theheritagestudio.com | Instagram | filippoavandero.com
Herbert Tobias with his cat, 1962 by Peter h. Fürst | Carolina, socialite, with Pancita
Shirley MacLaine with Sachi Parker, 1959 by Allan Grant | Berengere, jewellery designer, with Lou
Paul McCartney with baby Stella, 1960 by Linda Mccartney | Alessandro, yuppie, with baby Bernardo
Bebe Buell and daughter Liv Tyler, 1980 | Roberto, artist, with Nina
Buster Keaton with sons Robert and James, 1924 | Angelo, Farmer Charming, with Matilde and Margherita
Heather McCartney with Martha, 1971 ca, by Linda McCartney | Nora, cutie, with Ned
Brigitte Nielsen and son,1990 by Alice Springs | Bebe, lifestyler, with baby Bernardo
Ivy Nicholson and dog, 1954 by Henry Clark | Lucrezia, actress, with Arturo
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To the apple of his eye, his daughter, and his precious wife and lifetime companion, he was the devoted Daddy, supportive husband and the strong but silent backbone of the Willey family whose love, kindness, support and guidance will never be forgotten.
Taylor Funeral Home, Inc. has endeavored to provide the most up-to-date information for the families we serve. We trust that you will find the information listed on this website to be of value to you.


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My YAPC::NA 2012 Moose talk slides are up!
At YAPC::NA 2012 I gave a talk about Moose, and I've uploaded the slides.
The talk was fairly successful and people approached me later and said they enjoyed it and found it very useful. I'm happy to hear that. I hope they will help you too. :)
If you have any questions regarding the slides, please let me know. The video should follow at some point.
I was told color-blind people might have trouble with some red on green emphasis in the slides. Do not worry, slideshare shows the entire text under the slides so you'll able to see it. Sorry about that, I'll be sure to use a different color schema next time.


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Khaliqur Rahman
I was in Edinburgh University in 1987-88 to do M Sc in Applied Linguistics. I was on British Council scholarship. During this period, apart from doing my course work I was able to observe the education system there from close quarters.
School education there is free. The government bears the cost. If I had taken my children with me they too would have got free education. The parents, therefore, don't spend a penny on their children's school education. At 18, one finishes school and becomes an educated responsible citizen. He or she is ready to either enter life and take a vocation or go for university education. They are deemed fit to take their decisions on their own. For example, before 18, they cannot smoke, they cannot drink. After 18, they can, if they wish to. Nobody can stop them.
If they choose to go for university education, they can do so. But they have to be on their own. They don't depend on their parents. This means that those who do go for higher education have proper motivation to pursue education and thus improve and enhance the quality of life for themselves and, if possible, contribute to society, country and humanity. They go for higher studies because they want to and not because they have to (which undesirably and unfortunately is the case, particularly in India, in the sub-continent and, perhaps, in other developing countries).
In an academic session there, there are three semesters of 10 weeks each. Each semester is followed by a four week vacation. At the end of the third semester the undergraduates go for a 14 week summer vacation. The postgraduates who have qualified themselves through project works and written exams are allowed to write dissertation. Generally, they have to write 3 projects, 2 portfolios (equal to 1 project) and take two written examinations.
During the vacations, the students (both boys and girls) go out to seek work to earn enough money to be able to pursue studies on their own. They work part time/full time in restaurants, shops, airports, petrol pumps...anywhichwhere...that gives them money. The girls don't hesitate to work in pubs, the boys, too, do hard work like gardening or baby-sitting.
Thus, the ratio of 30 week work and 22 week vacation is very constructively utilized.
Here, it should be appropriate to relate that during semesters the classes are held 5 days a week. On Mondays and Tuesdays, a one hour lecture is followed by an hour of pre-tutorial and that is followed by an hour of tutorial. The tutors, too, listen to the lectures and are thus prepared for the tutorials. In the pre-tutorials the students in their tutorial groups select the problem areas in the lecture and prepare for the tutorials. In the tutorials, the tutors guide them to sort out specific problems, if any. On Wednesdays, there are no classes. The students go to the library to finish off with the inputs of the lectures that were truly followed by pre-tutorials and tutorials. Thursdays and Fridays are like Mondays and Tuesdays, except that on Fridays, they have lectures by visiting professors instead of tutorials. On Saturdays, the students can go to the library. What is noticeable, here, is the fact that the follow up of the lecture input is more than three times in respect of time duration.
The evaluation of the students' work during the year is done internally. Two teachers in the department evaluate the projects and the portfolios and the written examination scripts. They cannot fail a student but can recommend failure. There is one external examiner appointed for all the universities for a subject every year. This external examiner checks the cases of recommendation for failure. The external examiner can call the candidate for interview to make sure that no injustice is being done to the candidate.
In 87-88 only two candidates failed in the department, one in Applied Linguistics and one in English Language Teaching.
After the external examiner's report, a committee investigates why the candidate failed. The committee's report is sent to the sections concerned like Materials Production (related to curriculum/syllabus design, testing and evaluation, teaching, accommodation, etc) to get to know the cause of failure so that it can be rectified in the next session.
They understand the importance of education and work culture that accommodates work and leisure. The students, too, understand how to convert leisure into resource to pursue higher education.
Their syllabuses change every year according to the needs of the students. The students record their wants and expert educationists analyse their wants to find out what, in fact, they need. This is known as want-need analysis.
They have small and honest syllabuses to follow. Therefore, they get honest and big results!


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HELLLOOO Friday! & WHEW what a week it has been! Only post for me today... I think!
It's time for another Farm Fresh Friday Challenge over at The Greeting Farm! This week my teamie, Kristina is hosting and she chose to her favorite color as the theme... PURPLE!
I colored this sweet girl from the Winter Greetings set that I surprisingly hadn't colored yet since it released! I had to remedy that quick and those she would look SO cute in all purple! :)
I used various shades of the BV-copics to color her outfit and once again hit up my trusty-ole BOX of scraps to find some matching papers... oh an of course some washi tape- there's always room for some washi tape! :D
Be sure to check out the other fabulous inspiration by the rest of my TGF teamies on the blog and hope to see you play along!
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Tuesday, 29 November 2011
My Swap with Lisa
17 comments:
OhMy! Lisa sent you some gorgeous goodies!!! Love the bottle.
Happy week to you, Tina!
~ Zuzu
- 29 November 2011 at 14:54
- di@cottage-wishes said...
How wonderful to have a friend to swap with! What a fun packet you received. I just finished doing a christmas project with my mom and grandfathers old swatches and clock parts and trays! Bits are so much fun and you received the best.
- 29 November 2011 at 16:29
- Gail said...
What gorgeous treasures! I, too, love Lisa and her style....so beautiful.
Hope you are well and have fun creating with those gifts...:).
- 29 November 2011 at 17:07
- Dorthe said...
Hi Tina,
what a fantastic swap packet from Lisa. I too, love her creations, and this bottle is fabolous.
You lucky one !
Kærlige knus-Dorthe
- 29 November 2011 at 20:00
- Vintage Market Place said...
This is a wonderful swap to receive
I know you will come up with some amazing stuff with it all.
Wish you the most wonderful Holidays
- 29 November 2011 at 20:03
- Blessed Serendipity said...
Such pretty things Tina. Your altered bottle is gorgeous.
- 29 November 2011 at 20:30
- time worn interiors said...
Lisa is the best! She made a dollhead serving plate and brought it to a blog party I attended in Texas! Of course I got to take the plate home with me! I love it!
Great swap! I can't wait to see what you make out of these treasures!
- 29 November 2011 at 22:53
- Petite Michelle Louise said...
lisa is a sweetheart! lucky you! Congrats on your 700+ followers too! ;)
- 30 November 2011 at 02:08
- Julia - "Vintage with Laces" said...
You have received lots of fantastic goodies from Lisa, dear Tina. I love the gorgeous bottle and everything else you got as well as everything you had sent to Lisa. What a wonderful swap you both had!
Congratulations on 700 followers!
Big hugs to you,
- 30 November 2011 at 07:17
- Lisa said...
Yippee! 700 that's wonderful! I think I'm like number 459.
I'm glad you liked your package, even if it was horribly late. Did I leave a note explaining the bags. If not you must have thought, wow what a cheapie putting grocery bags in here! They have a waxy finish to them & look amazing in art. I take a couple everytime I go to buy bagels. I ask of course, if they only knew their bags are in Denmark!
- 30 November 2011 at 13:36
- Miss Sandy said...
Wonderful! I saw that bottle on Lisa's blog, it is truly amazing. Have fun with your new treasures.
- 1 December 2011 at 04:50
- The Feathered Nest said...
Oh Tina...what gorgeous treasures Lisa sent you!!!! They all look like what you love too ~ isn't it wonderful how we get to know one another's tastes so well?? The bottle is my very favorite...just beautiful! Sending you hugs and love, Dawn
- 1 December 2011 at 16:20
- jan b. said...
Okay ... so I jumped over to Lisa's blog to see what you sent her. OH MY! what treasures!!! I'm quite envious of that lace book. Now you'll have everyone wanting to swap with you.
- 2 December 2011 at 16:30
- Lululiz said...
You must have been over the moon with all those beautiful treasures she sent you. The altered bottle is just amazing, what a gorgeous piece.
- 2 December 2011 at 18:40
Oh, these are treasures, Tina. Not only because of what they are, but because WHO they are from.
Hugs, Diane
- 3 December 2011 at 22:56
- Old Paper Roses said...
Dear Tina,
What a beautiful swap, the bottle is gorgeous!
I'm going to check out the link and see what pretties you've made.
Have a lovely Sunday...
Hugs Michelle
- 4 December 2011 at 12:03
- Rebecca said...
Hi Tina
How wonderful! Everything is beautiful. So much fun
- 5 December 2011 at 17:08


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Many of our visitors spot it on their own; displayed on the shop floor in an array of different colour options it look divine. If not spotted at first, as soon as you give it a try once your in the realms of the fitting room, I can assure you you'll want it in every colour available and will be calling for new colours every season! I'm a strong believer in this one..
|Opera Push Up Bra in Black by Chantelle | http://uk.chantelle.com/en/
|Opera Shortie/Hipster in Black by Chantelle | http://uk.chantelle.com/en/
|Opera Suspender Belt and Brazilian/Knicker in Black by Chantelle | http://uk.chantelle.com/en/
The collection is so successful because of the outstanding structuring and beautiful lace elements. The push up is the dreamiest padded bra, with it's gorge plunging neckline created by a Chantilly lace over lay. The half cup has a soft lace edging to avoid any cutting across the cup; it's made completely from Chantilly lace and a black mesh lace giving a sheer sexy effect. And the 3-part bra is a beautiful unpadded full cup, ranging all the way to an F it's perfect for all the extra coverage and support you could possibly desire.
The bottoms suit EVERYONE, I mean it. With three styles to choose from at least one will be perfect for every shaped woman. The more traditional style briefs have a soft edging to disappear under garments. The thong's wide band is super comfortable and is again, made of entirely Chantilly lace leaving the softest line. As it's a little thicker there's no awkward digging in around the hips, the band sits flatteringly just where you want it. And then the shortie/hipsters, as photographed above, are just the perfect alternative for all women who want something sheer and sensual whilst still having a little coverage!
|Opera Push Up Bra in Ivory by Chantelle | http://uk.chantelle.com/en/
A dreamy alternative to a simple 'white' bra or as a bridal lingerie option...
I've paired Opera with many different wedding dresses, which include beaded 20's dresses with plunging necklines, high elegant lace necklines, long sleeved bohemian dresses.. the list is endless.
The deep suspender belt is also a beautiful option for shape wear under your special dress during the day, or as a sexy full bridal outfit for the evening!
|Opera Three Part Bra and Knickers in Black and Gold by Chantelle | http://uk.chantelle.com/en/
There was a point to my ramblings. I wanted to get you acquainted with the collection before I brought to you the new A/W 14 colour...
The most luxurious Black and Gold.
So dreamy and festive!
|Opera Half Cup Bra in Black and Gold by Chantelle | http://uk.chantelle.com/en/
|Opera Shortie/Hipster in Black and Gold by Chantelle | http://uk.chantelle.com/en/
|Opera Push Up Bra in Black and Gold by Chantelle | http://uk.chantelle.com/en/
|Opera Knicker/Brazilian in Black and Gold by Chantelle | http://uk.chantelle.com/en/
All of Opera's shapes and styles are now available in Black and Gold. I think it's an edgy alternative to a simple black bra!
Metallics are sweeping the runway at Fashion Week's all over the world - soon to be London, how exciting!
With the festive period on it's way and darker colours creeping back into our clothing palettes when we're getting ready in the morning, a small sprinkle of gold on your lingerie is exactly what you need to refresh for A/W 14.
Start planning which dresses and shirts are going to be revived with a hint of gold Chantilly lace peeking out from beneath their hems; I know I have!
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by Dusty Brazil
Pacific Sotheby's International Realty
Del Mar, CA 92014
Are you a retiree who is on a reduced or fixed income? Do you still have a mortgage? Then you might want to consider a mortgage refinance. After all, interest rates have never been lower. And it is likely that interest rates will rise in the next year or two as the economy continues to improve. But when you refinance, you not only can get the benefit of a lower interest rate and a lower monthly payment: You also can enjoy substantial benefits at tax time! Want to learn how you can pay less to Uncle Sam next April after you get your mortgage refinance? Keep reading!
#1 Mortgage Interest
With your original or refinanced mortgage, the largest tax deduction you will get is most often the interest that is paid on the loan. For most Americans, mortgage interest is tax deductible up to a certain amount. This means that you can subtract that interest from your income, and this will typically lower your taxes substantially each April. You can deduct the mortgage interest on your original mortgage and any refinanced mortgage in these circumstances:
- The loan is for your first or second home that is not rented out
- The loan is secured by the home itself. This means that your house is collateral for the mortgage loan. If you do not make your payments, the lender can take the home.
You itemize your deductions on your tax return. This means that you are listing all of your tax deductible expenses. You add them up, and then deduct it from your gross income.
If you are refinancing into a lower interest rate, you will of course not be able to deduct as much mortgage interest as before, but you will drop your monthly payment. Another option is if you ever take out a second mortgage on your home with a home equity line of credit. You can use that money for whatever purpose you see fit. And, you will be able to write off that mortgage interest at tax time, too)
#2 Mortgage Points You Pay
Did you pay points when you did your mortgage refinance to lower the interest rate? You might be able to tax deduct them in April. 'Points' are simply prepaid interest. You are paying them up front so that you can enjoy a lower interest rate over the years. One point is 1% of the loan amount. So if you pay one point on a $200,000 loan that is $2,000 you are paying at closing. Points also can be called other things, such as loan origination fees, loan charges, discount points, and loan discounts. Note that if you pay points when you refinance your mortgage, you generally have to deduct those points over the life of the loan. So, if you have refinanced into a 15-year mortgage, you will then deduct part of the points for every year you have that mortgage.This is very different from when you buy your home; in that case, you are able to deduct all of the points in full in the year that you pay them.
#3 Property Taxes
Did you refinance close to when your property taxes are due? Then you might have paid property taxes when you closed the new loan. If you did, then you can deduct what you paid on your next tax return. However, remember that you only are able to deduct property tax payments that you made during that calendar year. You may not deduct any money that you paid into escrow for your future property tax payments.
#4 Private Mortgage Insurance Payments
If you have under 20% equity in your house, you will usually be paying mortgage insurance premiums. For many Americans who have loans that were taken out before 2007, you probably could not tax deduct your PMI payments. However, when you refinance, you should be able to deduct your new PMI premiums if you still have them. This deduction is available for people who itemize all of their tax deductions. Note that it will phase out for taxpayers filing married jointly who earn above $50,000 per year. However, you also should know that some things are not tax deductible when you are doing a mortgage refinance:
- Your closing costs for a mortgage refinance, which include appraisal fees, attorney fees, inspection fees, etc., generally are not tax deductible.
- However, when it comes to refinancing a loan on a rental property, you will generally be able to deduct your closing costs from your taxes. Closing costs, interest and points paid are all expenses of owning a rental property, and generally, they can be deducted from your taxes.
The federal tax code is very friendly to people who own their own home. If you rent, you are losing out on many tax advantages. When you refinance, you will be able to write off expenses that can easily save you a few thousand dollars at tax time. This can be a big plus for retired home owners who are ready to start reducing their monthly payment obligations as their income is getting lower or is now fixed at retirement. It is a good idea to talk to your tax advisor when you are refinancing your mortgage to ensure that you are able to take maximum advantage at tax time. Get more tax deductibility info from the IRS website.


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For those who are here for the first time, thank you for visiting.
When I lived in Scotland I used this page to document my eatings and cookings, travellings and gorgings.
I lost passion for this project once I returned to Australia, but having recently travelled to Bali, I thought I would diarise my eatings, as my travel posts are still my favourite to date.
So Bali...
It was never a place I thought I would visit again, after a family trip when I was about sixteen.
My memories were that of beggars, dirty beaches, KFCs that sold rice and very touchy, intrusive hawkers.
As a travel agent I would often refuse to serve those travelling to Bali. I could pick the type as well. Generally a pretty rough Coastie, looking to get messy as, buy saroungs and have a fish foot spa.
These notions were intensified with the televising of "What Really Happens In Bali". Ungh.
I was really craving a holiday though. A relaxing holiday, and two of my girlfriends had suggested a girls' trip to Bali. I submitted. I also had never done a 'girls' trip' before either, and wanted to give it a go.
The plan was simple. The girls would go before me. We would meet up after they had been there for a while in Seminyak for a 5 day escape in a Villa, then they would leave and I would spend 3 days, in an all-inclusive 5 star resort, to fully unwind... and to see if I could break the world weight-gain record.
I arrived at midnight to the Villa, where the beatiful girls had a bintang waiting for me. We chatted for a while then headed to bed.
In the morning, we got ready and headed to the Ku De Ta Hotel for breakfast. The Hotel was gorgeous and get on the beach. We started the day with cocktails, and followed with scrambled eggs with smoked salmon, capers and creme fraise on beautiful artisan bread.
So far, the food in Bali was already proving to be a wonderful surprise.
We wandered the boutiques of Seminyak, they were lovely but all seemed over-priced. Then retired to the villa for a dip and a sloth.
We got into some dresses and caught a taxi. The place was absolutely swamped with people. I generally don't care for on overly-popular tourist spot, and although the spot was very lovely, and the sunset spectacular, it wasn't really my gig. Damn good cocktails tho.
After Potato Head we headed to Cafe Bali, which would become our local. This place would have been very at-home in Paddington, Teneriffe or any other trendy Brisbane suburb. It was set in a beautiful Queenslander-type property, which a diverse menu. Their food was really well priced and came out in no time at all.
|photo courtesy of http://blog.eoasia.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/cafe-bali.jpeg
My travel companions had been here previously, and couldn't get over the tuna steak at just $8
I started with the Oriental Tuna Tartare with ginger, avocado and seseme oil (7.80) . It was so fresh and delicious. I wasn't even bothered by the mason jar... much.
For main I had mie goreng special ($4.80). God I love mie goreng. So tasty.
My companions had the tuna steak ($7.90)
The Salmon Linguini ($9)
The quesadilla ($4.90)
Please note, all prices are in Australian Dollars, based on conversion rate of IDR10000= AUD1
Breakfast the next day we headed to Sisterfields.
I was getting the feeling that cafes over here were very good at fulfilling need of Australian tourists. I didn't mind, they did it very, very well.
Sisterfields also had an incredible menu, we decided to go all out!
|photo courtesy of thebalibible.com
I decided to go for one of my favourite things, that being eating lunch foods for breakfast. And started with the Chilled 40 degrees Salmon Salad ($14) It was absolutely extraordinary.
You may also notice a trend as to how much fish and seafood I ate on this trip!
To supplement this, I had a potato manchego cake ($3), it, also was delicious. Crispy deep-fried outside, soft, cheesy potato inside.
My companions ordered the pancakes, a chia bowl, avo on toast and polenta fries.
I finished with the fruit platter with coconut lime granita and Bavarian cream ($6.50). It was delightful.
We had some more slothing time, then I just felt the need to get out of the villa for a bit, find somewhere new.
We found a lovely little place for a cocktail, The Corner House. It was a shady little oasis.
Now as you may have noticed, food is extraordinarily good value in Seminyak. However drinks, though still cheaper than Australia, (where isn't?), are a bit more pricey. $10 for this basil, lime daiquiri. Not complaining though.
We had booked in at Motel Mexicola for dinner, which we had heard wonderful things about, and we were very excited to try.
|photo courtesy of theultimatebali.com
Their Mexican food menu looked fresh, light and delicious.
We started with a jug of margarita, as you do in when in Mexico.
Then we went to town.
Gorgeous little tostadas
I had the Ceviche Acapulco... kingfish marinated in lime with tomato, onion and corianda accompanied by corn chips ($7). Gods, this dish was heavenly. Definitely one of those dishes I could eat every day for the rest of my life!
My other super-happy-place dish, was the crab roll- Rollos de Cangrejo. This was one of the stand out dishes of my whole trip. With a texture almost like deep fried tofu but a beautiful, sweet crab flavour. YUM!
Day three was to be out "fancy ladys' day".
We had massages,treatments and pedicures booked so we opted for a light brekky, again at Cafe Bali.
Baked goods and pastries in Bali are really, very good!
Feeling all relaxed after being pampered, we made our way to the extraordinarily good Mama San.
We peeked over at the table next to us in awe. Then decided to each order what we wanted and make a buffet out of it. No one was disappointed!
One of my favourite things ever, combination dumpling noodle soup ($11). Not a great sharing item though. Oops.
Dumplings ($6.90)
Crispy Duck ($6.90)
Asian Greens
Crispy whole fish ($16)
The fish was an absolute standout and we spend maybe twenty minutes after we had finished picking every bit of flesh of his little cartilage skeleton
I even ate it's eyeball for good luck.
Absolutely stunning! I can confidently say, this was one of our eating highlights of the whole trip. Every single thing we ordered was a minimum of a 9/10. It's how I want my chinese food to be always, but never is.
Thank you so much, Mama San.
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We had found Urchin Grill and Raw Bar on Trip Advisor and it looked perfect for our fancy night out.
We started with cocktails on the deck.
This glorious restaurant was also a Gin Club, so I couldn't go past a gin martini.My companions' cocktails also looked amazing, especially the steaming one served with dry ice.
The restaurant looked such a high standard, I loved the open kitchen.
Nearly every time I go to a fine dining restaurant I order the tasting menu. An eleven course was available for around $75. But this needs to be ordered by everyone at the table, and we just couldn't agree. Fortunately, almost everything on the tasting menu was available on the entree menu. So I just created my own. I absolutely love entrees and quite often I will order an entree to start, followed by two entrees for a main. So this was simply perfect for me.
The bread was outstanding. How beautiful is the mossy salt bowl?
The first of my many courses was the urchin maki ($6). It was lovely.
My cottled egg with sea urchin and cavier ($7) was a very early on favourite for me. Absolutely intense but immaculate flavours and the presentation was simply stunning.
My third was the individual cone of tartare ($5). Also excellent.
My next round of food included the absolutely sublime steamed lobster in lobster consomme ($20). It was very sumptuous, the lobster was sweet and the variety of mushrooms were beautiful as well as wonderfully flavoured.
Also in round two was the crab lasagne ($15). Foam aside (I find foam a little useless and pretentious), this was light, but flavoursome and fresh.
My "fancy" dinner dates had opted for the sashimi and scallops to start
We loved watching the chefs do the splatter art on this plate, but wondered how many times a poor customer would end up with a big glob on their shoulder.
For my mains I had the scallops ($16.50) and the urchin fettuccine with urchin butter and caviar ($16).
The scallops were cooked perfectly. I found the cauliflower to be a little overwhelming for the subtle flavour of the scallops.
The fettuccine was simply wonderful.
For me, this was a perfect fancy night out. I loved it. And for all of my food, drinks and cocktails coming to $130 (including service and tax of 17%), was substantially cheaper than any of the fine dining I've had in Australia, the UK or Europe.
I should mention, service and tax of between 17 and 21% had to be added onto everything and was a pain in the butt.
Our next day we were off to Canggu, a spot about 40 minutes north-west of Seminyak popular with Surfers (and hippies).
We had been recommended Betelnut, and stopped in for breakfast. It was a nice, quiet, relaxing change of pace for us.
After yesterday's full-on food affair, we opted for simple. I had the rocket, tomato and cheese and bacon, corn and cheese toasted baguette. Avo on toast and acai bowls for my ladies, we all had fruit juice.
We stopped into the lovely Old Man's for a couple of drinks by the beach, before finding out we couldn't get a taxi home. We walked a couple of km's, got a little sunburnt, hailed a taxi anyway and headed back to our hometown of Seminyak.
The girls got out at Seminyak to head home to the villa. I was dying for some non-boutique, non-$80 a piece cotton dress marketed to the upper-middle Australian tourist market, so I carried on to grubby Kuta.
I'm not going to talk about Kuta, it's gross, its crass, it's full of rough Australians! Gross tattoo parlours are everywhere and the whole place stinks.
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This was to be our last night in Seminyak, and our last night together as a trio. So it seemed fitting to spend it in what had become our club house, Cafe Bali.
I had a few too many cocktails, some prawns and more salmon and was quite sad to know it was going to the the last night with my two lovely holiday companions.
On the Friday the girls and I catch a taxi to Nusa Dua, I will create a new post of my glorious 3 days in the Sol Beach House All Inclusive by Melia.
I did love Seminyak, especially Eating Seminyak, and I can't wait to stuff myself senseless myself again, next year.


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The Seany Foundation took part in a branding summit to fine tune our marketing and messaging. With this, we have begun working on updating The Seany Foundation's logo, color scheme, website, and finally, the camp logo. We are very excited to present you with the brand new, Seany's Camp Reach for the Sky and Seany Foundation logos. We hope you like them!


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The Lancer Touch Tower Was Voted The
Coolest New Product At NACS
October 2014
This year's number one Cool New Product takes cold dispensed beverages to a whole new level. One of the busiest spots at last week's NACS Show in Las Vegas was the Cool New Products (CNP) Preview Room. Over the course of four days, more than 1,800 retailers visited the CNP Preview Room to get a sneak peek at the innovative products that entered the convenience channel this year.
The Lancer Touch Tower Tops The List Of
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We teamed up with Domaine Home and floral expert Maurice from Bloom & Plume to show you how to create a gorgeous ombre rose arrangement. Fix this up for your next soirée and you'll definitely be the center of attention!
1. Start with the darkest roses 2. Peel leaves 3. Cut all roses at the same length TIP: no greens in the water! 4. Stems should hit the corner of the vase 5. Continue next level with a lighter color rose 6. Add dimension by inserting dark roses in the center TIP: Constantly turn arrangement to watch shape BEAUTIFUL! This will last 7-10 days. Visit Domaine Home for shopping, style & inspiration for the home!
Visit Bloom & Plume for more about LA-based floral expert Maurice Harris.


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|acStringListContainer component.
|property Values[Index: Integer]: String;
|The Values is the run-time only property, which can be used to read or modify the second part of string, separated on 2 parts with some character of string specified in NVSeparator property. The Values property should be used only if each string of the list is organized in the manner of "name=value" and allows to retreive and modify the "values" (as well as Names property gives an access to "names").
|With the Values you can access a second part of a specific string ("value" part, after separator), to read or modify the "value" at a particular position. Index gives the position of the string, where 0 is the position of the first string, 1 is the position of the second string, and so on ("Count - 1" is the position of last string in the list).
|To locate a particular string in the list, call IndexOf method, or use IndexOfName and IndexOfValue methods if the string list is the list of "names=values" (where each string is some "name" and "value", separated with some character).
| For example, if the fist string in the list is "hello=world", and the separator sign is "=", then reading of the Values[0] at run-time will returns string "world".
|procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
| // retreives the "value", by index entered in some Edit box, and displays it in some Label
| Label1.Caption := acStringListContainer1.Values[StrToIntDef(Edit1.Text, 0)];
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Today, it's generally forgotten that when the "Bill of Rights" was ratified in A.D. 1791, that it included a "preamble" from Congress that explained fundamental purposes for those first ten Amendments.
Understanding these fundamental purposes is important since those purposes constitute evidence of the intent of the Amendments/law. The law is the legislators' intent. In the case of the Constitution and Amendments, the "legislators" are We the People. The preamble to the "Bill of Rights" explains the People's/sovereign's intent behind the Bill of Rights and thus explains the fundamental "law" of those Amendments.
For example, once you understand this "preamble," you'll see that the 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms was intended to protect the people of the several States of the Union—but not against invasion by foreign enemies—but rather, from despotism imposed by our own federal government.
If you google "Bill of Rights preamble" you'll find several sources for this document.
Here's the Preamble's text:
The First 10 Amendments to the
Constitution as Ratified by the States
December 15, 1791
Congress OF THE United States
begun and held at the City of New York, on Wednesday
the Fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine.
THE Conventions of a number of the States having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government, will best insure the beneficent ends of its institution.
RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, two thirds of both Houses concurring, that the following Articles be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, as Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, all or any of which Articles, when ratified by three fourths of the said Legislatures, to be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said Constitution; viz.:
ARTICLES in addition to, and Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, proposed by Congress, and ratified by the Legislatures of the several States, pursuant to the fifth Article of the original Constitution.
The previous "preamble" is then followed by the first ten Amendments ("Bill of Rights").
The fundamental "purposes" for the Bill of Rights is seen in the first paragraph/sentence of the Preamble:
"THE Conventions of a number of the States having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government, will best insure the beneficent ends of its institution."
Fifty-nine words. One sentence. Let's take it apart, piece by piece:
• First, who caused the Bill of Rights to be added?
A: "THE Conventions of a number of States".
Note that these "conventions" were not state legislatures, but were instead private "assemblies" of the People of the various States of the Union. These "conventions" took place to ratify the Constitution in A.D. 1787 & 1788.
The Constitution was ratified by the People, not by the State governments. That tells us that the People were the sovereigns (plural), not the governments of the States of the Union. In essence, the People/sovereigns agreed to ratify the Constitution on condition that a Bill of Right would subsequently be added. (It might be argued that if there's no Bill of Rights, then there's no Constitution.)
The Constitution is the "People's law". Statutes are the "government's law". The government's law is intended to be of lower authority than the People's law.
• Second, why did the People "desire" these first ten Amendments?
A: "[T]o prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers."
What does the preamble mean by "its powers"? It means the powers of the newly-ratified Constitution.
Who could misconstrue or abuse the powers of the newly-ratified Constitution? The States of the Union? No. The counties? No. Foreign countries like England, Canada or France? No.
Insofar as the federal government is the only entity with access to the powers of the Constitution, the only entity that might able to "misconstrue or abuse" the newly-granted powers of the Constitution would be the federal government.
Thus, the fundamental purpose of the Bill of Rights was to protect the States of the Union and the People of the States of the Union from the federal government.
Get that?
The People who founded this country expressly demonstrated in the Preamble to the Bill of Rights that the People, quite sensibly, didn't trust the newly-created federal government as far as they could throw it. They regarded the federal government as a necessary evil and, as George Washington had once warned, at best a "dangerous servant". Therefore, distrusting the newly-created federal government, the People insisted that the Constitution be amended to include additional protections for the People and against the federal government.
From this perspective, you can see that the 2nd Amendment's guarantee of the right to keep and bear arms was intended to protect the People from federal government. I.e., the 2nd Amendment was intended to empower the People to shoot federal politicians, officers and employees if they tried to use the Constitution as a device to subject the People to despotism rather than serve them.
(This implies that the fundamental purpose of the militia's of the States of the Union (referenced in the 2nd Amendment) was to protect the States against the federal government. This is particularly interesting insofar as modern "state militias" (National Guard) are now primarily under the control of the federal government rather than the governments of the Sates of the Union. Thus, the organized "militia" originally intended to protect the People against the federal government, has been captured by the feds and now primarily serves the federal government rather than the People of the States.)
The purpose for the 2nd Amendment was to guarantee that the People had enough weapons to intimidate (and, if need be, kill) federal officers or employees if they attempted to subject the People to despotism (absolute rule). This is not a license to shoot any cop you don't like. But, as declared in the "Declaration of Independence,"
"Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security."
The Preamble to the Bill of Rights refers to "misconstruction and abuse" of the powers of the Constitution. The "Declaration of Independence" refers to "abuses and usurpations". I have no doubt that the "misconstruction" referenced in the Bill of Rights corresponds to the "usurpations" (unwarranted takings of powers not granted) in the Declaration.
"Despotism" means absolute and unlimited power confided to single man or elite group. It necessarily means that such "despot" would not recognize any higher authority including 1) the God of the Bible; and 2) the People. Instead, the "despot" (individual or elite group) would rule however he/it desired without limit or restraint imposed by others.
Correlatively, "despotism" means that the People other than the "despot(s)" are reduced not merely to status subjects (who have some rights such as the right of protection due from a monarch to his subjects), but to status of objects—to the status of chattel, goy, animals and "human resources"—who have virtually no rights whatsoever.
I.e., if the "despot" has absolute power, the People have no power (or rights) whatsoever.
The Declaration declares that when there is persistent evidence (a "long train of abuses and usurpations") that a particular "government" intends to rule with absolute authority, recognizing no higher authority and reducing the people to the status of objects without rights—then it is the People's right and even duty to "throw off" such despotic government and form a new government whose principle duty would to secure the People's "future security" rather than the security of the despot and/or of the government (perhaps under the pretext of "national security").
Thus, the Declaration was based in part on the principle that the fundamental purpose of government is to serve the People rather than compel the People to serve the government.
But, when there was sufficient evidence to show that a government had abandoned its role as servant and assumed the role of master (despot), then it was the People's right and duty to "throw off" such government and construct another.
How do you suppose such despotic governments should (or could) be thrown off? By petitioning our congressmen? By voting the despot(s) out of office?
Insofar as we are subjected to a despotic government, by definition, that government doesn't give a damn about anything the People say or vote because the despots presume the People to be objects rather than men and women made in our Father YHWH Elohiym's image and endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights. By definition, a despotic government will not admit the People have rights or peacefully restore power to the People.
When faced with a despotic government, the people have only three choices: 1) surrender and submit to the violence of despotism; 2) wait on God to miraculously remove the despots; and 3) commit violent acts to "throw off" the despots.
Despotism is, by definition, violent. Either the People consent to be subjected to the despot's violence, or the People rise up to "throw off" the despot by subjecting the despot to violence. The United States of America began with the choice to "throw off" the despots by means of violence against the despot.
The right to commit violence against despots would be essentially meaningless unless the People retained sufficient weapons to affect that overthrow.
The 2nd Amendment is evidence that the Founders: 1) never trusted the federal government; and 2) sought to provide the People with sufficient weapons to "throw off" any despots that might one day seize control of the levers of federal power.
The 2nd Amendment's purpose is not to protect the right to go duck hunting in the Fall. It's not to protect us against invasion by Red China. The 2nd Amendment recognized that the principle enemy of the People of The United States of America was, and would always be, our own federal government.
Thus, the 2nd Amendment's purposes are:
1) always to intimidate the federal government with the implicit threat of blowing their damn brains out if they become despots (masters) rather than servants; and
2) rarely, but sometimes, to shoot and kill any agents of despotic government.
Much like the 2nd Amendment, the 1st Amendment's protections for freedoms of assembly, speech, press and petitioning government for redress of grievance were all intended to prevent the federal government from silencing the people in order to subject them to Despotism.
Likewise, every one of the first ten Amendments were ratified for the purpose of protecting the People of the States from the federal government's intentional "misconstruction" or "abuse" of the powers of the Constitution of the United States.
• Third, how can we describe the first ten Amendments?
A: As "declaratory and restrictive clauses".
Who makes "declarations"? Sovereigns.
I.e., the "sovereigns" (We the People) made certain "declarations" (Bill of Rights) concerning how the powers that we delegated to the federal government might be exercised by our servants—the federal officers and employees.
What do these clauses "restrict"? The Bill of Rights was intended to restrict the ability of federal officers and employees to exercise the powers granted by the Constitution.
Just as the "governor" on an engine is intended to ensure that the engine will never exceed a certain speed, the Bill of Rights was intended to ensure that the federal government would never exceed the limits of powers intended and granted by the Founders.
• Fourth, the Preamble to the Bill of Rights further explains a purpose of the Bill of Rights as, "extending the ground of public confidence in the Government, will best insure the beneficent ends of its institution."
The term "confidence" typically implies the existence of a trust relationship wherein the beneficiary "trusts" the fiduciary (servant) to act in the best interests of the beneficiary. Similarly, the term "beneficent" is sufficiently similar to "beneficiary" to imply the existence of a trust relationship.
As used in the Preamble to the Bill of Rights, The terms "public confidence" and "beneficent ends" imply that the Constitution is a trust indenture wherein the People (sovereigns) are intended to be the beneficiaries and the government (and it officers and employees) are intended to be fiduciaries (servants) acting in the best interests of the People/beneficiaries. The "beneficent ends" of the Constitution were to serve the best interests of the People of the several States of the Union.
• George Washington—the first president of the federal government—once warned that, "Government, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."
Washington saw government as existing in only two forms:
1) dangerous servant; and
2) fearful master.
In Washington's view, the best you ever get from any government is a "dangerous servant".
That is, under a trust indenture like the Constitution, government may be the People's servant/fiduciary—but that government is always struggling to reverse that relationship, assume the role of the "master"/sovereign and reduce the people to the role of fiduciaries/servants (or even objects). Washington warned that while government may be your servant, that servant is always dangerous, always seeking to overthrow the People's sovereignty and claim absolute power and sovereignty for itself. Thus, anyone dumb enough to trust the government is a fool and a lousy excuse for an "American".
Insofar as the "dangerous servant" succeeds in usurping power and sovereignty for itself, it evolves into the "fearful master" (despot) and the People are necessarily degraded to the status of subjects, objects or even animals.
Since A.D. 1933, American history provides ample evidence that our "ever-dangerous servant" has usurped and abused powers, that it is bent on becoming our national despot and reducing Americans to the status of "objects" or "animals".
As irrefutable evidence, consider the articles I've written on "man or other animals" at https://adask.wordpress.com/category/man-or-other-animals/. Pay particular attention to https://adask.wordpress.com/2008/06/17/man-or-other-animals-1/#more-46 and https://adask.wordpress.com/2008/06/17/man-or-other-animals-3/#more-47 which show that our government has expressly declared the People to be nothing more than "animals" and that doing so constitutes an act of GENOCIDE against the American People.
This is no joke. Genocide. It's not hyperbole. When you apply the facts to the law of genocide, it's apparent that your purported government, right now, is committing genocide against you, me and the American people. This is absolute evidence that our "dangerous servant" is evolving into the "fearful master".
Who believes that today's "government" is acting in the best interests of the American People? Anyone? Who believes that today's federal "government" has not perpetrated "a long train of abuses and usurpations" against We the People? Who would deny that the evidence of this "long train of abuses and usurpations . . . evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism"?
As declared in the Preamble to the Bill of Rights, the first ten Amendments to The Constitution of the United States are intended to protect us against the despotism of the federal government. Use them accordingly.
Authored on March 17th, A.D. 2011 by Alfred Adask–a man made in our Father YHWH Elohiym's image and endowed by my Creator with certain unalienable Rights–writing at arm's length within the venue of The County of Dallas within The State of Texas—a member-State of the perpetual Union styled "The United States of America".


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The first trailer is out for Showtime's Masters of Sex season 2, and things are looking quite dark for Bill, Virginia, and everyone else.
This new Masters of Sex trailer is our very first look at the upcoming episodes which begin to air July 13 on the pay cabler.
While many of the scenes are cut so they are out of context (thus not spoiler-y), there are a few moments that stood out to us: Bill and Virginia are trying to make their relationship work, but they have to go to lengths like getting a room at a hotel for their rendezvous. Scully is ill, so it seems, and has been disappearing. Lillian has been hospitalized as well, and she's not giving up on buying out Virginia. Finally, Bill participates in another fist fight this season just like he did in the first.
Watch the Masters of Sex season 2 trailer below:
In another new video which promotes Showtime's summer offerings (which are Masters and Ray Donavan), we see two new clips where Virginia says she's getting propositions all the time since the big presentation during season 1, and Bill tells his wife that something is "done," and it's the "last time" they'll speak of it. Is Mrs. Masters on to Bill and Virginia's relationship?'
Masters of Sex season 2 has added several newcomers. One of the more recent additions is Sarah Silverman who will play Betty's ex-lover Helen. Notably, Silverman is currently in a real life relationship with Michael Sheen who plays Dr. Masters.'
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Chack joined our collection in 2013, as a replacement for little Tinka the First! He is a very beautiful little bird, still a member of the same family group as the Tawny and Wood Owls, so enjoys flying in a sheltered environment. We are training him to be one of the Barn Team. As we have ended his second season, we are finding that he is one of the best, most consistent fliers in the collection - always willing to please and fly to your glove.
The Chaco Owl is a medium-sized owl that is found in southern South America, from the Chaco region of southern Bolivia (Santa Cruz), SW Paraguay and to Argentina, south to Córdoba and Buenos Aires provinces. This owl inhabits both dense and open forests and shrubs on hilly, rolling and flat areas.
It feeds mainly small mammals, birds, reptiles, insects, scorpions and centipedes. Chaco Owl is mainly nocturnal and crepuscular (low light of dawn and dusk), and rests during the day in tree cavities, dense brush, isolated trees or even on the ground.
In some areas it is quite common, but not widely so, in other areas being rather scarce, although not considered to be threatened on the global level, local populations of this species may be vulnerable to habitat changes.


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So here we are in March ... the first month of autumn ... my birthday month! EEK! How did that happen?! Didn't I just have a birthday?! :0P It also means that Sweet Peg and I have been doing the final blog-hopping to collect everyone's OPAM finishes for February and we're just about ready to do the double-whammy prize draw for January and February ... stay tuned to both blogs in the next couple of days! :0) Can I say, you OPAM gals have started the year with a blast of sewing ... there were 394 finishes for February - WOO! HOO! Well done! Let's see if we can beat that tally in March! :0)
Now ... there hasn't been a LOT of sewing happening here in the last couple of weeks due to moving my folks in and getting us all settled, just one pinwheel table runner for a wedding gift ... which I forgot to take a photo of - OOPS!! After two and a bit weeks, we're all bumping along together pretty nicely, especially since we re-shuffled our sitting room to bring Mum and Dad's lounge suite and TV in from the garage where their stuff is stored, to set up a lounge room for them ...


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Over the festive period there's no better excuse to get together with some of your besties for a themed dinner party! There's so many themes out there you could go with - Christmas, Geisha, American or my personal favourite MEXICANA!!!!
I ordered some props from Flingers Party Shop to really set the scene. They arrived so quickly, were well packaged and were perfect for the night!
For the food I planned a banquet fit for a matador!!! Chicken Enchilada's, Beef Tacos, Chips & Dip, Potato Wedges and my favourite, Avocado Salad! All yummy and packed with fresh vegetables so you don't have to feel quite so guilty.
For the Enchilada's I used the Asda Kit, it's great value for money and really tasty (I prefer it over the Old El Paso kit!) I stuffed these with chicken, peppers and onions and top with cheese. For the Beef Tacos I browned the mince and added the seasoning (for me personally this didn't have enough flavour or spice so still going to keep searching for the perfect taco recipe!) I lined the shells with lettuce, spooned in mince and sprinkled a little bit of cheese.
The Avocado Salad is my absolute fave, so easy to make and it brings a POP of colour to the table. Serve it with a big side of Sour Cream and it'll go down a storm I promise!
INGREDIENTS (Serves 4)
2 Avocado's
2 Red Onions
1 Punnet of Cherry Tomatoes
1 Lime
1. Slice the Cherry Tomatoes in half
2. Cut the Avocado in to squares (keep it nice and chunky!)
3. Slice the Red Onion into cubes
4. Mix together in a big bowl and top with a squeeze of lime
For pudding I wanted something with a bit more of a kick... especially as it's coming up to the festive season! While in Jamaica I drunk a lot of Pina Colada's so I wanted to recreate this for the girls. I grabbed the ingredients, whizzed it all together and served. They were strong but disappeared quickly and there were a lot of giggles after!
INGREDIENTS (Serves 4)
Pineapple Juice
Coconut Milk
Rum (White or Dark)
1. Pour Rum into blender (I used one shot per person)
2. Add the whole tin of Coconut Milk
3. I added around half of the Pineapple Juice (you can always add more to make it less strong)
4. Add loads of ice and blend!!
5. Pour into glasses and decorate with fresh Pineapple on the rim
6. Wait for the giggles to kick in!
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SNU Asia Center completed a research project focusing on the US and China's foreign policy toward ASEAN and Southeast Asian nations. The project, which was supported by a small grant of the ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade, was carried for a period of three winter-months of 2010-2011 by a 7-member research team appointed by the Asia Center, headed and coordinated by Prof. Chung-Si Ahn, the Center's visiting research fellow and Prof. Emeritus of SNU in political science. Six invited co-authors are Chang Jae Baik (SNU, focusing on US policy to Southeast Asia), Hee-Ok Lee (Sungkyunkwan Univ, on Chinese policy to Southeast Asia), Jong-Kil Kim (Inha Univ. comparing the US and China'a economic relations in Southeast Asia), Sung-Yoon Yang and Joon-Young Chang (Hankook Univ. of Foreign Studies, on History of China-Southeast Asian bilateral relations) and Bun- Soon Park (Sam Sung Economic Research Institute, on economic survey of Southeast Asian nations).
The output of the research project was published by the SNU Asia Center's Southeast Asia Research Monograph, entilted as the US -China Relations in Southeast Asia and Korea's Foreign Policy Agenda in March, 2011. The monograph is to be available for public access through the ROK Government site on sponsored research outlet website. (prism.go.kr/homegage/ put in here the right site address) and SNUAC home page (put it in here the http://snuac.snu.ac.kr/, look for the section for ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade )
Major research findings of the project is briefly highlighted by Professor Ahn herein:
1. The sudden and unprecedented rise of China in political, economic, and military terms of power projection in the world and Asia over the past two decades
The first and second chapter of the report by Prof. Ahn analyzed the rise of China and the US-China relations in the context of the .