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Silverlight's shine seen in video editing application
Top Banana, Metaliq's video editing app, was built in a month using Silverlight and Expression and takes up less than 50K, the company CEO said at MIX07.
LAS VEGAS -- Microsoft used its MIX07 keynote address to show off the power of Silverlight. Considerable buzz ensued. So, however, did a bit of "How'd they do that?" bewilderment.
A chat with Metaliq, the company behind the video editing program Top Banana, offered some insight into how it can be done.
Top Banana is a browser-based application with a drag-and-drop interface that lets users edit several video clips simultaneously, merge clips or separate a clip into a series of images.
To develop the application, Metaliq used Expression Design, Expression Blend and Visual Studio 2005. The company finished the project in about a month, according to CEO Beau Ambur.
Design allowed the application designers to fine-tune the buttons, chrome and other visual elements of Top Banana, group them and export them into Blend as XAML files. In Blend, designers were able to "tweak the XAML visually" and work on application features like fade and zoom capabilities, Ambur said. Developers then wrote the application logic, for tasks such as loading video clips and navigating through the app, in Visual Studio.
"We were really happy with how all the tools worked [and] writing the code in C#, which we were really used to," Ambur said.
The ability to move UI elements from design to development as XAML, the Extensible Application Markup Language, is a well-advertised selling point of Microsoft Expression and Silverlight. This means, for example, that the button created in Blend will not be changed once it moves into Visual Studio.
Ambur cited other advantages to using the products in tandem. The Visual Studio version of a file can be open, and running, in both VS and in Blend. In addition, a designer can compile the VS file inside of Blend. "It's amazing how quickly it can generate the entire project," he said.
Finally, Ambur was impressed with the way Top Banana came together. The whole application is less than 50K and provides a "really fast load experience."
As for video storage, Ambur said he was impressed with the announcement of Silverlight Streaming for Windows Live, which is offering developers and designers up to 4 GB of space to store and deliver video content.


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Vermont State Police have suspended a second trooper as they investigate the circumstances of a fire that destroyed an unoccupied building on the property of another trooper.
Officials said Tuesday night that Trooper Jason Haley was put on paid administrative leave, along with Trooper Stephen McGranaghan.
The fire on McGranaghan's property was reported shortly after midnight Monday. Police say McGranaghan had a permit to burn brush on his property, but did not have a permit to burn the building.
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Investigators say the 35-year-old Haley was at the scene of the fire.
The results of the investigation will be turned over to the Attorney General's office.
McGranaghan, has been a trooper since 2009 and Haley has four years of experience. Emails were sent to them seeking comment.
There were no injuries.


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Benefits of Church Renewal
Have you ever thought, "I think I might have taken this church as far as I can? Maybe I need to leave and let the next guy take it to the next level?"
If you are in (or have been in) the critical 5-7 years post launch of your church I suspect you have. I completely understand the why for thinking this way. In fact, there may be many reasons.
Some Planters experience discouragement. The church you now lead is not the one you envisioned six years ago. You had hoped for people to be more engaged, committed and generous. You thought there would be more conversions to Christ. People you loved and helped have left.
For other Planters it is just plain tiredness. Let's face it. Starting a church is hard work. For some it's the new challenges of managing people and things that have to get done. Maybe you are better at vision and ideas, and managing people is boring and difficult for you.
I suspect that you are probably in the weekly grind of sermon and services prep, and there's little margin for thinking and visioning. You grab ideas here and there from podcasts or articles in Church Planter Magazine, but you don't have time for thinking and praying.
So what can a Planter do?
First, get a Gospel Coach.
Our friend, Omar Ortiz said, "I first began using a Gospel coach during a very difficult season of ministry in church renewal. My coach helped me to have a renewed sense of purpose and direction in my ministry. More than that, however, my coach helped me to see my own need to repent of sinful patterns in my life. He helped me to move beyond simply paying lip service to applying the gospel to my life and actually led me there. Gospel coaching has been one of the most profound experiences I have had in ministry."
Your health and the health and thriveability of your family is most important.
No magic wands can be waved to make that happen. A Gospel Coach can help a lot. If you don't have one, don't delay. No matter how great a planter you've been so far, a Gospel Coach can help with the health and sustainability you need. I'm not talking about a life coach or a buddy that's planted before. Even the best golfers in the world have a golf coach. You need a church planting coach that is able to bring the gospel to bear on all aspects of your life — Relational, Personal, Missional and Spiritual.
When I ask a Planter who is thinking about leaving, "What do you think the next guy will have to do to grow and become a reproducing church?" The majority list several things they know need to be done.
Well, why not do them yourself with the leveraged leadership you've earned? Most Planters leave before they get a return on their relational investment is realized. You won't begin to get the return on those investments — married couples, counseled people through bondage and addiction, buried loved ones, baptized and discipled — until after the seventh year. If you leave at year 5, 6 or 7, you lose the return.
Second, have a health assessment done for you, the leaders, and the church.
Like going to a physician for a check up, this can get the true reading on where you are as a church and help bring renewal and hope for the present and future ministry in the city God has planted you. You can learn more about church health assessment at www.churchleaderinventory.com.
God's calling is God's enabling. As I've written elsewhere, you are perfectly righteous in Jesus so you have nothing to prove. You are eternally loved so you have nothing to fear. You are completely forgiven so you have nothing to hide.
Remember, you don't have to plant a church alone. Never before have there been more resources for training as there are now. If you want to have a Gospel-centered church, it's important to have a gospel-centered coach. Church Planter Coaching is an intentional Gospel conversation with focused discussions about the planter's relational, personal, missional and spiritual life. Click here to learn about CMM's Next 5 to 7 ministry for church planting pastors today!
Joe Estrada
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Our church falls into the 5 to 7yr mark of planting and everything described in this post hits the nail on the head. Would like more information on this issue. Thank you and GOD bless.
10/6/2019 07:27:29 pm
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Another perfect day in San Diego, but from the counter of her family-owned, oceanfront smoothie shop, the owner was too busy to notice the sun glistening off the Pacific Beach waves. The chaos of two employees out sick meant her part-time employees would work overtime while she delivered book-keeping documents from her CPA to her tax preparer. She rushed out with a stack of receipts, but was too busy to realize some of the tax credits available to her as a small-business owner.
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Whilst doing some other writing stuff for other people, we stumbled upon a Swedish duo called Lake Heartbeat. Being Swedish essentially means they're guaranteed to be a). not exactly ugly and b). pretty good at making irresistible pop melodies. Seeing as there are no photos of either them on their myspace page, we can neither confirm or deny their relative aesthetic merits, but we can confirm that their album Trust In Numbers is a very nice listen indeed.
Produced by Dan Lissvik - who also worked on the recent Taken By Trees album - it's all '80s keyboard rushes, padded drums and heavily-accented lyrics about falling out of love. It's "misery pop" as only the Swedes can do. This is the first single, 'Mystery':
If you don't like it then fear not, it's only the fourth best song on the album. If you do like it then you'll be pleased to hear it's only the fourth best song on the album.
Thursday, 1 October 2009
Hurts with every Heartbeat
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A woman whose love portion to her husband backfired has admitted that she is living in fear of her ex-husband who is harassing and threatening to assault her.
A woman identified as Moleen Mukunzve recently approached the Harare Civil Court in Zimbabwe where she applied for a protection order against her ex-husband, Trymore Rambawo, accusing him of harassing and threatening to assault her even though the two separated a year ago.
According to H-Metro, the woman who disclosed she is living in fear of her ex-husband who is harassing and threatening to assault her, said: "Your Worship, I do not want to be harassed and this man is my ex-husband. I want him to bring back my property that we used to use at our matrimonial home. I am no longer interested in him, I only want my things back".
In her response Rambawo said, "The property she is claiming is not even hers, it belongs to me. Your Worship mukadzi ndaimuda uyu. Ndakamuona ane mushonga paakabva ku South Africa zvinove zvinhu zvakandirwadza chaizvo. I do not have her property these are my hard-earned belongings which I bought with my own money without her contribution.
"The reason why she left our matrimonial home it is because I caught her with some juju whose use I didn't know whilst she knows that we are Christians and don't use juju," said Rambawo.
Presiding magistrate granted the protection order in Mukunzve's favour.
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Monday, 1 June 2015
Everyday Look #2
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The Too Faced mascara is the best mascara I've ever tried!! It's ALWAYS sold out whenever I go to buy it! DOH.ReplyDelete
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Steakhouse Live is a DIY platform for radical performance practices. It's rough. It's raw. Unprofessionalism is embraced. Work cuts across performance art, theatre, visual art, cabaret, sculpture, dance, drag and participatory performance.
Founded in 2013, Steakhouse Live grew out of a frustration at seeing artists who were making challenging and provocative live work not getting supported and shown in the right context in London. Since then Steakhouse Live has produced and curated around 30 events and worked with over 120 artists.
We have programmed performances in parks, streets, fields, art galleries, fetes, yards, abandoned warehouses and artist studios. Along with our many one‐off events we hold a regular curated performance night at Artsadmin entitled Tender Loin and we have independently produced annual Steakhouse day Festivals of Live Art from 2013.
To contact Steakhouse please e-mail: contact (at) steakhouselive.com.
Steakhouse Live is a member of Live Art UK, the national network of Live Art promoters.
Privacy: Steakhouse Live takes your privacy seriously, read our Privacy and Data Protection Policy to find out more.
Who we are…
Katy Baird is a London based artist and activist who often finds herself in uncomfortable situations of her own making. Her solo work is intimate and autobiographical in nature, reflecting on gender, class and sexuality. It has been performed at a variety of Live Art festivals and venues throughout the UK as well as squat parties, clubs and raves. She worked as Coordinator at the Live Art Development Agency from 2012-2017 and is Artist-in-Residence at the queer club night Knickerbocker.
Mary Osborn is a freelance producer, dramaturg and Artist Advisor. She currently works part-time as an Artists' Advisor and Programme Co-ordinator at Artsadmin. In a producing capacity, Mary has worked closely with artists Lucy Hutson, GETINTHEBACKOFTHEVAN and Eleanor Fogg (johnsmith). She has also collaborated with performance artist Foxy and Husk as a dramaturg on two shows that have toured internationally and has recently begun a new curatorial collaboration with Copenhagen based producer Emma Møller.
Aaron Wright is a curator and producer of Live Art. in 2016 he became the new Artistic Director of Fierce Festival in Birmingham. Aaron has also worked as a guest curator and consultant programmer for the National Theatre, The Arches, Glasgow, and Cambridge Junction, as well as co-producing club night Knickerbocker at The Yard Theatre. Aaron also performs across the UK and internationally as his alter ego TRACEYEMINSOUNDSYTEM.
Alex Lawless produces Charlie Sloth on Radio 1Xtra and sits on their playlist committee. He's a DJ and promotes queer dance party Knickerbocker with Aaron Wright. He has previously produced pantomimes and Radio 4's Woman's Hour.
Edythe Woolley is a performance artist who enjoys confusing the glamorous and the grotesque, and dismantles societies gender constructs to give the patriarchy a good old slap in the face. She's performed at Live Art festivals, queer clubs, theaters, cinemas and fun parties across the country and in NYC. Edythe is the co-founder and co-curator/producer of Low Stakes Festival and a founding member of The Wardrobe Ensemble. She has worked as project manager for Split Britches, project assistant at Bobby Baker's company Daily Life Ltd and has helped produce Peopling The Palace(s) Festival. In her spare time she fights with the anti-fascist group Femme Feral in Theresa May Smack Down.
eleanor fogg makes live experiences with performance, video and sound. she likes to keep things visceral as well as visual, and she's interested in transformation. eleanor curated ausform micro fest: makeup edition in 2015, and has worked as a producer on various projects including bristol proms festival of classical music and digital art (classic fm / watershed / bristol old vic). she doesn't understand how to work within one discipline and likes projects that cross boundaries and context
Louise Orwin is an award-winning Live Artist, researcher, writer and performer and co-founded Steakhouse Live in 2013, producing the annual Steakhouse Live festival until 2015. Her work spans the live and recorded with incarnations in performance, video and photography and springs first from a place of vulnerability, honesty and risk, and second from the idea of a chance encounter with a stranger.
Lucy Hutson was associate artist at Steakhouse Live from 2013-2016. Lucy is a London-based artist; making work since 2008, her work engages with capitalism and gender. She works with found objects and unloved artefacts.
Valeria Tello Giusti helped with Steakhouse Live social media in 2015. Valeria is a Peruvian artist and producer working in physical performance, live art and dance.
Johanne Hauge helped with Steakhouse Live in 2016. Johanne is a Norwegian live artist who makes messy, personal work. She plays with gender, failure and 'realness' and loves being bossy, dancing and google translate.


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Explore Africa
Africa is a vast and beautiful continent that has many cultures, countries, traditions, geographic wonders, and wildlife. Please join us as we explore Africa in more detail.
Africa is home to some of the harshest environments on earth as well as some of the world's largest and most exotic animals, some of which are quite dangerous and even deadly.
Africa is also home to some of the world's most beneficial and unrivaled natural ingredients. Ingredients that possess the power to heal, soothe, and rejuvenate the mind, skin, body, and spirit. Ingredients that you may have never heard of, such as mongongo oil, and as such, will not likely come across in other products. Rest assured, ingredients that you will find throughout the entire Shea Terra Organics product line are the best, even if you've never heard of them. By harnessing these ingredients Shea Terra Organics' products not only help heal and beautify those who use them, they also help to empower and enrich the lives of many impoverished villages and families throughout Africa.
We hope to provide an in-depth interactive Shea Terra African experience in this section in the near future, but please feel free to contact us in the meantime to learn more about Shea Terra Organics as well as how a portion of each purchase goes toward helping improve the lives of deserving African families in need.


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Various Chicago Blackhawks players have made it a habit of appearing in videos showcasing their whacky personalities, childish antics, or sick puck-handling skills, but for Patrick Kane and Andrew Shaw, things got a bit more interesting in a new ad they appear in for BMO Harris Bank.
In the spot, the duo are shown swimming with a bank customer, but they aren't exactly in swim gear:
The bank, which has sponsored the Hawks for over five years, also had a series of ads that debuted during the 2013 season. One of the more notable ones starred Patrick Sharp in an environment slightly more familiar to him than a swimming pool:
It's tough to tell which direction the bank will go with their next Hawks ad. Maybe Jonathan Toews helping a customer at the grocery store? Marian Hossa pumping gas for someone in a blizzard? Duncan Keith performing home improvement work?
If BMO uses one of our ideas, we'll expect a royalty check in the mail.


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It's December and that means we are getting the house decorated and ready for the Christmas holidays! It also means Christmas baking and here's a recipe that is on our list every single year. This simple Gingerbread Men cookie recipe is bound to be a hit.
If you have never made Gingerbread men (or Gingerbread boys, as we call them) it is so much fun! Not only to bake, but to spend hours on a snowy afternoon decorating them all up. Here's my Gingerbread Cookie recipe – try it this year.
Gingerbread Men – Recipe
Usually what we do is make the gingerbread and bake the boys one day. The next day, we spend the afternoon decorating them all. It's like an assembly line of little soldiers!
Gingerbread Ingredients:
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup dark molasses
3 1/2 cup flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ginger
1/2 tsp salt
Blend the butter and sugar until creamy. Then beat in the molasses.
Sift the flour, baking soda, spices and salt.
Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture in thirds with 5 or more tablespoons water. Take your time and get it all blended together before adding more. Work in the last of the mixture with your hands.
Flour your counter and plop the gingerbread on there. Make sure you flour your rolling pin too. And then, keep some extra flour handy.
Roll thin using a rolling pin. You may need to keep dusting your counter with flour to keep the dough from sticking.
Then cut out with your Gingerbread Men cookie cutter or Ninjabread cutter. Bake for 8 minutes at 350 degrees. Let them cool completely before icing!
Gingerbread Man Cookies – Decorating
(Disclaimer: Pretty much anyone can decorate better than me. That. Is. All.)
Gingerbread Men Icing Ingredients:
2 cups icing sugar
1/2 cup butter
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 tbsp milk or cream
Mix thoroughly. Split into several dishes if you are going to want different colours of icing.
Just use food colouring to create the colours you want.
Other decorating ingredients:
Coloured sprinkles
Chocolate sprinkles
Chocolate chips for jacket buttons
Here all the arms, feet and the head have all been dipped in the icing and then dipped in the sprinkles. Just lay them on a cookie sheet or plastic wrap after and let them dry completely.
You can see I am using a good sized container for dipping the extremities. Even still, the odd guy gets broken. I dip him too and then I eat him!
Make them as colourful as you like. You are only limited by your imagination when it comes to decorating!
Sometimes we make both Gingerbread Men AND Ninjabread Men. You can't go wrong and little kids just love these guys!
Gingerbread Men
A Christmas tradition, this is a great way to spend an afternoon with little ones. So much fun!
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup dark molasses
- 3 1/2 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp cloves
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp ginger
- 1/2 tsp salt
Icing Ingredients
- 2 cups icing sugar
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 tbsp milk or cream
Beat the butter and sugar until creamy.
Then beat in the molasses and set aside.
Sift together the flour, baking soda, cloves, cinnamon, ginger and salt.
Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture in thirds. Use 5 or more tablespoons of water to slightly thin the mixture.
Work in the last of the mixture using your hands (mixture will be thick)
Dust your counter, then roll the dough thin, using a rolling pin.
Cut out the gingerbread men using a cookie cutter.
Bake at 350 degrees for about 8 minutes. Remove from cookie sheet immediately and let cool completely before icing.
Mix the icing sugar, butter, vanilla and milk well. Separate into different dishes if you want to add food colouring to some of the icing.
Decorate by dipping arms, legs and head into the icing, then dip into bowls filled with sprinkles or chocolate shavings.
Use a pastry bag to make the shirt buttons, eyes and mouth.
Enjoy and have fun!
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Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr signed his 8th Order (Order) as emergency manager, ordering the inspector general (IG) and the auditor general (AG) to investigate possible waste, abuse, fraud and corruption associated with Detroit's employee benefit programs. Under the Order, the IG and the AG are required to prepare and deliver a preliminary written report (Report) to Orr within 60 days. Importantly, based on the forthcoming investigation, the Report will likely propose recommendations to Orr regarding how to address any potential waste, abuse, fraud or corruption uncovered.
Orr likely ordered this investigation based on the irregularities found while analyzing the pension plans. Orr's spokesman stated that Detroit's General Retirement System could be underfunded by 30% to 40%, while the Police and Fire Retirement System could be underfunded by more than 20%. In recent years, former city officials and businesspeople like Monica Conyers (former city councilwoman and former General Retirement System trustee) and Jeffrey Beasley (former Detroit treasurer) have pleaded guilty or have been charged with corruption relating to the employee benefit programs. Ousting any waste, abuse, fraud or corruption in these benefit programs is critical to Orr's restructuring and is fundamental to ensuring that Detroit has a solid foundation upon which to grow for decades to come.


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The Department of Philosophy and Englishmof Moridhal College, Dhemaji in association with the Moridhal Branch Lekhika Samaroh Samiti, Moridhal, is organising a two-day long UGC-sponsored national seminar on 'Women Empowerment: Problems and Prospects in North-East India' on June 27 and 28 at the college premises.
Moridhal College, a premier higher education institution is situated in Moridhal, a vast rural area lying on the border between the state of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh and is dwelt in by people of diverse caste, communities, tribes and ethnic groups who have their own distinct cultural traditions, religions and languages. Moridhal College is a co-education institution initially started with Arts Stream only and subsequently, Science Stream was too introduced to cater the needs of Science education of the area.
Active participation and papers are invited from the interested scholars, academicians and teachers. The last date of submission of abstracts is June 20 and submission of full papers (two sets of hard copy with a CD) is June 2. Abstracts and papers can be presented either in English or Assamese. The abstracts and full papers can be sent by mail.
Sub Themes to be discussed in the Seminar:
1. Government Policies and Women Empowerment.
2. Role of GOs and NGOs for women empowerment.
3. Role of SHGs for women empowerment.
4. Role of Women organisations for women empowerment.
5. Women Empowerment and Democracy.
6. Role of Civil societies for Women Empowerment.
7. Problems of women empowerment in North East India.
8. Prospects of Women Empowerment in North East India.
9. Any other issues related to the main theme.
For further details, please contact:
Dharjya Jyoti Patowari (Convenor)
Suravi Gohain Duwarah (Joint Convenor)
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Dear Emily,
A couple months ago you some how came across my blog and read an I Make Emily Henderson Cry post. I about fell out of my chair when you wrote on my Facebook page. I do hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Since watching Secrets From A Stylist (please bring it back, I need you in my living room…but not in a creepy kinda way), I've learned so much about my style and how to create vignettes. I still haven't mastered the art of mixing and matching pillows, but I swear I'm practicing.
Reading your blog and watching your videos…girl, you are a wealth of knowledge that people like me value, adore, and cherish. It's like you've created your very own little army of eclectic style mixing wanna be designers. Because of you, I had the confidence to start this master bedroom makeover and know it would wind up magazine worthy. And for that, I thank you. So if you're reading this, I hope you see how you've inspired me. From velvet navy headboards to brass sconces to mix and matched furniture. Mid-Century Modern with a little bit of granny as you call it. Wipe those sweet salty tears of sadness away and come out from hiding in the closet because girl, I'm about to blow your mind…I hope, fingers crossed.
There's been some chatter…mostly started by myself…of a super secret amazingly stupendous master bedroom makeover project. Yep, it was on track for a very cool feature in a very cool magazine, but, weird shit happens sometimes and whomp, whomp, whomp, I think that game is over. It's okay though, I'm over it…not really. Insert laughing so hard I'm crying emojis here. I still have what will soon be one dreamy little spot to lay my pretty head. That is, pending a gorgeous rug's arrival from India, a painter who has been perpetually busy and a DIY. Note to self, stop slamming the painter get on that DIY already. Oh, and some wall art above my bed.
Because the space is not finalized (the main feature is the rug), this post is not a complete reveal (sad face), but I promise to share more then just a one picture sneak peek. I'll also be sharing with you how everything came together, and who helped me make my master bedroom makeover happen.


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Published at Tuesday, July 10th, 2018 - 19:03:15 PM. Bedroom. By Alisz Schmitt.
The bed is usually the most important furniture piece in the bedroom. There are, of course exceptions and the bed may not even be part of the bedroom at all. If it is, however, its design has a big impact on the room's overall design. A black bed always looks beautiful, regardless of the style. It's the little black dress of interior design. You can always count on it to be elegant and stylish.
This contemporary bedroom has an interior design based on contrasts. The dark wooden floor is very rich and beautiful and matches the exposed wooden beams in the ceiling. They contrast with the white walls and white rug. The bed has a design based on the same type of contrast, featuring a dark wooden frame, white bedding and brown decorative pillows.
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How rich is Brett Lee?
Brett Lee Net Worth:
$10 Million
Brett Lee Net Worth:Brett Lee (born 8 November 1976) is a former Australian cricketer and a Channel Nine cricket commentator. During his international career, Lee was recognised as one of the fastest bowlers in the world of cricket. In each of his first two years, he averaged less than 20 with the ball, but since then has mostly achieved figures in the early 30s. He was also known as an athletic fielder and useful lower-order batsman, with a batting average exceeding 20 in Test cricket.On 13 July 2012, Lee announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket. Having declined to renew his contract with his home state side New South Wales, he continues to play T20 cricket in the IPL and Big Bash League. For the 6th season of Indian Premier League he did double duty for Kolkata Knight Riders, taking on the role of bowling mentor in addition to his playing role.
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Yes, the Vivo V7 is a selfie-centric phone. But that is not the first thing that will strike you about it. We loved its blue shade – Vivo calls it Energetic Blue, and it definitely makes the phone stand out in the crowd as it is not that typical bright blue that we have seen in some of the phones but a slightly darker shade with a more serious tint to it. Thanks to the slightly curved edges on the back, subtle shadows drop off giving a hint of black color. Tilt the phone and the surface shines well, giving it a premium touch. At the top and the bottom, antenna bands go over the edges, the steel color on the blue going very well indeed. Also shining off, is that outline on the rounded off, square fingerprint scanner and the Vivo logo. On the base are the 3.5mm audio jack, micro USB port, and a mono speaker grille. All of these, put together make the phone look different, if not unique. Just 7.9mm thick and weighing 139gms, the phone feels good in the hand, and the back is not at all slippery, making it a joy to hold.
Turn the phone to its front portion and you see the full-view display. Coming with an 18:9 aspect ratio, its bezels are as thin as 2.15mm. This also means that the screen to body ratio is 83.6 percent, allowing a 5.7-inch display to fit in where typically a 5.2-inch display would be with normal bezels. How's that for cutting (bezel) edge? Unlocking that display can be done in many ways, and topping them all is the face-unlock feature, that becoming the rage these days. Setting up the face unlock is pretty straightforward, and well, the feature actually works, although Vivo to its credit has clarified that the feature is more for convenience than for security.
Of course, all of this brings us to the selfie camera, and this time it is a formidable one. The Vivo V7 sports a 24MP front camera, with Face Beauty 7.0 feature that brings in a number of enhancements, including its proprietary Face Beauty algorithm. This also makes it possible for you to get bokeh-mode for selfies as well. The Face Beauty mode flows into video calls too, ensuring a much more visually appealing experience – it works just fine with the likes of WhatsApp Messenger, Line, Facebook Messenger, Zalo, Viber, and BBM. And yes, the front camera also comes with Vivo's trademark moonlight selfie flash, which works in video mode too. The front camera also comes with the front flash, what Vivo calls the moonlight. This also works in the video mode. The rear camera packs a punch too, a 16MP shooter with PDAF, flash and f/2.0 aperture. The highlight again is the portrait mode that can create a bokeh for humans as well as other objects. There are also a whole lot of modes such a Pro Mode and PPT and also tons of filters.
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Since the Whitlam Government's official repudiation of the White Australia policy in 1973, Australian policy makers have prided themselves on recognising and fostering the multicultural nature of Australian society. As a primary school student in the 1990s, I was repeatedly told that Australia embraced people from all different backgrounds. 'Multiculturalism' was the buzz word of my social studies classes, and I've grown up believing Australia is a leading example of a racially tolerant society.
And until recently, if someone from another country asked me whether Australian society was racist, I would have admitted we didn't have an unblemished history of racial tolerance, but would vehemently claim that was behind us; most Australians today don't have a racist bone in their bodies. While memories of drunken slurs I've overheard directed towards international students might come to mind I would dismiss these as being the result of a tiny minority of 'un-Australian' individuals.
However, lurking behind my assumption that Australia hits a high mark on the racially tolerant scale is a stirring uneasiness. The recent violence towards Indian students in Melbourne sickened me, but I'm embarrassed to admit it didn't surprise me. I was tempted to chalk it up to that 'tiny percentage' of Australian racists and go on believing that the large majority of Australian society is innocent. It has been my experiences as a volunteer conversational English teacher over the past couple of years that have made me question whether racism in Australia is confined to these few extremes, or whether a subtler form is prevalent in my own, and many Australians' attitudes towards international students.
Through the Education Services for Overseas Students (ESOS) Act 2000, Australia has the highest legislative standards for international education in the world. Today, international student education is our third largest export and contributes over $12 billion annually to the economy. However, for many of Australia's 455, 000 international students, their experiences in society don't meet the same high standards as their education.
As a domestic student I remember the mixed excitement and nervousness of my first semester at university: finding the right lecture theatre, organising my program, and even finding bathrooms no more than a ten minute walk from my current location was challenging. Also, for the first time in an educational setting, I found it difficult to make friends. I would talk to people in my lectures and tutorials, then, after 13 weeks, I had new classes with several hundred new students and the process of gradually learning names would repeat. It was hello and goodbye to many, many acquaintances. I became less selective in the 'class buddies' I made. Having nothing in common with another student other than the class we shared was enough; I was grateful to have someone to sit with.
For a lot of the international students I've taught, this eagerness to accept new faces into at least the outermost realm of friendship is intensified by their desire to make Australian friends — not just to improve their communication skills, but to embrace all the opportunities available while living in another country.
Last year, I returned from four months in China teaching English and related some of my experiences to a friend. I told her how pleasantly surprised I'd been by the number of people-strangers on buses, neighbours, the lady at the tea shop-who made an effort to speak to me. My Chinese and their English was pretty basic so we often didn't get far, but there were plenty of laughs when we resorted to charades. Despite the language difficulties I felt welcome. After finishing my story, my friend related an experience of her own.
She was waiting for a bus in Brisbane's CBD when an international student sat next to her. My friend remarked upon the likelihood of rain. The young woman smiled and agreed, and my friend asked her about her time in Australia: what was she studying and was she enjoying herself. When the bus arrived ten minutes later the student was in tears. My friend had been the first Australian (other than service personnel and her teachers) to speak to her in the six months she'd been living in Australia.
I was disturbed by my friend's story and questioned whether I would have spoken to the girl. My conclusion: probably not. Truthfully, I would have been more likely to initiate a conversation if I thought she was Australian. I don't think that, like me, most Australians are deliberately racist; I'd have wondered if she could understand me, and wouldn't want to embarrass her if she couldn't. However, I wasn't embarrassed when people talked to me in China and I couldn't understand them. I was grateful they made the effort, and was encouraged to improve my Chinese. I was shocked by the hypocrisy of my attitude.
In April I met a student from Malaysia who's studying an undergraduate degree in accounting at the same university where I am completing my Arts degree. She's been in Australia since February, and is living in international student accommodation on campus. So far, the university campus has been her entire Australian 'world'. Two weeks after we met she sent me an email saying she had a 'big problem' and could we meet and have lunch together?
I agreed, and, shyly, she told me her problem. Her statistics class is made up of roughly half international and half Australian students. She wants to migrate to Australia after she's finished her degree and is keen to make Australian friends; the better chances of gaining a permanent residency visa upon completion of her studies is largely why she chose to study in Australia rather than the US or UK. When an Australian guy sat next to her in her first class and made casual conversation about their studies, she was grateful for his friendliness. She sat next to this student a few times in later lectures. One week he asked her to have coffee. At the cafe he asked her to have sex with him. She didn't know how to respond. She said goodbye without answering his request, and now was worried she had behaved inappropriately.
Her understanding of Australian culture is largely made up of what she's seen on TV, where, after just one or two dates, characters often sleep together. She didn't want to sleep with him, but suspected her conservative Hindu values may need to be adjusted if she was serious about wanting to be an Australian. She asked whether I thought she should have behaved differently. Disturbed at what she'd just told me, I suggested that other than not smacking him in the face before leaving the cafe, she'd done fine.
She was relieved and confessed that another student in her apartment building had a similar experience and neither of them was sure how an Australian girl would respond in a similar situation.
Her story opened my eyes to the vulnerability of young international students who've recently arrived in Australia and are eager to embrace what they understand Australian culture involves. The fact that some Australians are preying upon their vulnerability is appalling. While universities and colleges have student-support staff, each staff member is responsible for many students and students often feel uncomfortable talking to a stranger about personal troubles.
To better understand Australia, international students need to be meeting Australians and getting a better sample than a few opportunistic predators. Universities organise social activities designed as 'meet and mixers' for domestic and international students, but these are often attended solely by students from overseas. Free conversational English classes hosted by Australian volunteers are available in Australian capital cities. If their number could be increased one-hundred fold, most international students would have a chance to get to know an Australian in an environment broader than their university or college campus.
Advertising Australian education abroad, then isolating students who arrive isn't acceptable, and is doing nothing to change how Australian culture is sometimes misunderstood. Poor social experiences aren't something that can be fixed by throwing money at new facilities or raising teaching standards. Students not yet confident of their language skills are understandably unwilling to risk troubling an English speaker by initiating a conversation. I've been as guilty as anyone (and with my experiences overseas more culpable than many) of using compassionate reasoning to justify ignoring international students. If we accept these students and their $12 billion contribution to our economy we need to accept the responsibility of welcoming them into our society. At worst violence and at best cold intolerance are a poor welcome. Most of our laws and social norms are built upon the 'do unto others as you would have done yourself' principle. Let's rejuvenate that principle in our attitude towards our international guests. We may even discover hitherto unsuspected charades skills.
Topic tags: Helen Brake, Margaret Dooley Awards, international students
If there's one thing that the recent election campaign and its outcome demonstrated, it's the depth of the divisions that exist in our Australian community.
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what is worse is that international students are encountered a lot of man made barricades to enter the job market.
Andy Zheng | 03 September 2009
Thanks for your essay, I have been teaching in this area for a number of years and find the same as you, that few people extend conversation, kindness or hospitality to International people. I often feel there sorrow, and have invited them to my home.They are so excited to be invited to an Australian home.
I have wondered why, sometimes thinking, that people love to be busy, too busy for others. Only today a student emailed me with a volunteer, justice issue. Differences are an issue, and the above issue wasn't from an anglo.
I believe there needs to be some research into the whole concept of acceptance and would be interested if you know of any.
It is a problem in Australia.
Denyse Roberts | 03 September 2009
I don't know how it is in Brisbane but come to Melbourne and you'll see the results of really large-scale international education. Over the last 5-10 years the make-up of the people around me has changed substantially. As an Australian, I am more often than not in the minority in the street, on public transport, and on a university campus. I hear foreign languages more often than I hear English. I have gotten used to being one of the few white faces in a crowd of East Asians and Indians.In this environment it's a bit hard to feel sympathy for their isolation, they don't seem very isolated going around in their monocultural groups. It is a bit hard to feel interested in someone of another culture, solely based on the fact of their being from another culture, when they all seem quite happy doing their own thing, working towards that qualification, to get PR, and yet still remaining in their segregated worlds. I'm sure some individuals do feel isolated, but I imagine just as much as some Australians, but the vast majority seem happy with this situation. Australia must be far from their minds when they hardly have to deal with any actual Australians. Now, if they were here in smaller, more manageable numbers, then I think they would actually have more opportunities to have meaningful interactions with the locals.
Michael | 04 September 2009
Most Australians accepted multiculturalism in Australia until the 1980s and 1990s, but now we are innundated and over-populated. The public are given no say in our government's immigration program, and we are accused of being "racist" if we dare to question these policies. Sydney is full and so is Melbourne. We are being crowded by foreigners and our tertiary education system is being accessed by international students while domestic students are struggling to get finance to study. We are being globalised, and silenced by political correctness. The multicultural social experiment is failing due too many people coming to Australia. Too many students want to stay here! They are now a burden to Australia at a time we should be stabilising our population.
Vivienne | 05 September 2009
I am a retired English teacher who is just about to start a new career in TESOL teaching at a Melbourne Tafe. I found the article informative and heart rending. I hope that the issues that it raises will influence my treatment of these young people whose presence in our country has enabled me to "begin again" a career that had somewhat waned in enthusuiasm.
Joan bell | 11 September 2009
This essay has touched a tender point in my conscience. I tend not to talk to strangers on public transport, immediately burying myself in a book. I was the same on my university campus. I didn't even look to make friends in my classes. I already had my friends, mainly through church, and they were all I needed. But one of the things I've loved about some of the places I've lived in overseas has been the friendliness of locals who have helped me and talked with me and given my warm encounters when I've been far from home. And I don't offer those encounters to people in my home town. I need to think more about this. Thought-provoking essay!
Avril | 11 September 2009
Your article is a sham. Most Australians are welcoming. However, if international students hang together in groups then it Is hard for them to meet locals.
I have recently returned to university after 10 years - the difference between now and 1999 is like chalk and cheese - the majority of people I see in the library are now international students.
The problem is that ever since Howard brought in vsu structured mixing has disappeared and the number of international students has exploded.
Universities need to introduce structured mixing and there should be cap on the percent of international students in classes so there is a chance they will meet locals
the system has failed both locals and international students
it's time to start again. The starting point is to decouple education from migration.
Chris | 08 November 2009
Thought provoking.
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A hat-trick from centre Yannick Jauzion sealed an emphatic victory for France against a plucky Fiji in Brisbane on Saturday.
Jauzion grabbed three tries in succession to frustrate the Pacific Islanders, who struggled for possession throughout the game.
Christophe Dominici (2), Imanol Harinordoquy and Raphael Ibanez also touched over for France, but the match will be remembered for Fijian Rupeni Caucaunibuca's long-range effort.
The Blues winger lit up the Suncorp Stadium with a 70-metre solo try to demonstrate exactly why New Zealand fans had hoped to see him in an All Black shirt.
The game started slowly as fly-halves Frederic Michalak and Nicky Little swapped penalties, before the French number 10 gave his side the lead with his second three-pointer.
But all that changed when Aurelien Rougerie sliced his clearance kick straight into the hands of Aisea Tuilevu, whose delicate pass released huge lock Api Naevo for the game's opening score.
Despite gaining good possession, Les Bleus struggled for consistency in attack and were again forced to rely of the boot of Michalak.
With half-time approaching, at last the game opened up as the Pool B favourites touched down twice within 10 minutes.
Stade Francais winger Dominici marked his return to international rugby by finishing off a fine blindside move, while Harinordoquy muscled his way over directly from the re-start.
Fiji hit back immediately after the break, with Sevens expert Caucaunibuca blistering through some helpless French defence to touch over underneath the posts.
Michalak again replied with two three-pointers before Jauzion grabbed his fourth international try.
The incident failed to alter the course of the match, however, as Tony Marsh burst though some poor Fijian defence to send Jauzion over for his second and a vital French bonus point.
Fiji looked both down and out and minutes later the French centre grabbed his World Cup hat-trick.
With the game all but over, Raphael Ibanez ploughed over from a line-out and Dominici then grabbed his second to seal a comprehensive victory for Bernard Laporte's men.
France: N Brusque; A Rougerie, T Marsh, Y Jauzion, C Dominici; F Michalak, F Galthie (capt); J-J Crenca, R Ibanez, J-B Poux; F Pelous, J Thion; S Betsen, O Magne, I Harinordoquy
Replacements: Y Bru, O Milloud, O Brouzet, C Labit, G Merceron, D Traille, P Elhorga.
Fiji: N Ligairi; V Delasau, A Tuilevu, S Rabeni, R Caucaunibuca; N Little, M Rauluni; R Nyholt, G Smith, J Veitayaki; I Rawaqa, A Naevo; S Koyamaibole, K Salawa, A Doviverata (capt)
Replacements: B Gadolo, N Seru, K Leawere, V Maimuri, S Rabaka, W Serevi, M Vunibaka


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An option written on the differential between the prices of two commodities. Spread options may be based on the price differences between prices of the same commodity at two different locations (location spreads); prices of the same commodity at two different points in time (calendar spreads); prices of inputs to, and outputs from, a production process (processing spreads); and prices of different grades of the same commodity (quality spreads).


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NEW DELHI: Telecom major Airtel has increased international call rates by up to 80 per cent this month mainly due to the impact of depreciation in rupee.
Another leading operator Idea has also hiked international call rates by up to 25 per cent, according to the company's website.
As per the information available on the websites of two companies, standard call rates to countries like the US, the UK and Canada has been raised to Rs 8 per minute, from Rs 6.40 per minute earlier.
Maximum hike of 80 per cent has been on Airtel network on calls made for special services in Australia with effect from October 10. The calls which cost Rs 100 for dialling Australia numbers with ISD code 6113 and 6114 have been raised from Rs 100 to Rs 180.
"The strengthening dollar has put tremendous pressure on rate realisation in the ISD segments which Bharti Airtel had been absorbing till now. However, due to the recent steep fluctuations, this cost structure has become unviable resulting in corrections in ISD tariffs," an Airtel spokesperson said.
No immediate comments could be received from Idea Cellular.
The websites of both the companies show rise in call rates to most of the countries to Rs 12 a minute from Rs 10 a minute earlier, and Rs 17-20 a minute from Rs 15 a minute earlier.
Some of the ISD rates have been hiked to Rs 60 a minute from Rs 50 a minute, and to Rs 120 a minute from Rs 100 earlier.
In case of calls to Germany, Airtel has maintained old rates on certain codes. Idea has changed call rates to certain destinations in Germany by 20 per cent. At some destination in Germany, call rates on Idea Network is around 88 per cent lower compared to that offered by Airtel.


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Other types of medical malpractice insurance
Occurrence- and Claims-based insurance are two different types of medical malpractice insurance coverage. No one type of coverage is appropriate for all physician practices.
Occurrence Insurance. Occurrence Insurance covers incidents, which occur while the occurrence insurance policy is in force, regardless of when a claim is made or reported. Few insurance companies still offer occurrence insurance, but those that do offer it often charge a premium for its coverage as it's difficult to project long-term claims.
Claims Made Coverage. Claims Made Coverage is the most common type of professional liability coverage available. Claims Made Coverage provides protection for claims that occur and are reported while the policy is in effect (i.e., the coverage period).
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How To Send Snaps From Discover
Now you can send your favorite snaps from Discover. Snapchat has updated their app giving the content in their Discovery feature the ability to be viewed more by users. In the video above, you can see how it all works. Below are some screen shots that breaks down each step of the process.
This move by Snapchat is interesting. It shows that the company is trying to find additional ways to push traffic to the Discover feature, which allows brands to earn advertising dollars based upon the content they house in that part of the app.
Related >> A Breakdown of Snapchat Metrics and What They Mean for Marketers
Essentially, they added a share button to the content in Discover, but users can only share that content within the Snapchat app. Have you tried sharing this content with your friends yet? Do you even consume the content in Discover? Let me know in the comment section below.
Here is how to send snaps from Discover.
Step 1. View content in Discover.
Step 2. Just press and hold on a piece of content to Snap.
Step 3. Add a caption.
Step 4. Send.
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Milan, 14th December 2017 – Yesterday evening, in Palazzo Cusani, Lt. Gen. Roberto Perretti and Senior National Representatives met with the Consuls of the nations contributing to NRDC-ITA's international Staff.
The meeting provided the opportunity for an update on the recent validation the Headquarters underwent to cover the role of Land Component Command in view of eNRF 2018 (enhanced NATO Response Force) stand-by period, past activities and training, and the way ahead on future events.
In addition to the 13 NRDC-ITA contributing nations, were also present the Consuls of Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Poland, Romania as next NRDC-ITA new contributing nations.


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five Amazing Photography Guidelines From Famous Photographers Around The Planet
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, with his fours sons and his wife , Mary Todd, became the first presidential loved ones to be captured in hundreds of photographs taken by two prominent photographers at the time. A German photographer who studied at the popular Kunstakademie Düsseldorf between 1981 and 1987, Andreas Gursky continued to create his voice lengthy soon after he completed his research and ultimately gained fame among critics. Georgia 'Keefe is on there, and Minerva Tychart (sp?) is not on that list but she could be. Nikon was the camera of selection for pros in the 70's but Canon enhanced their merchandise substantially in the 80's. I confess I was reading down the list looking for Mr. DeCarava, who is everything you say.
Several wealthy and renowned inventers began their careers in their garden shed and if you're a photographer it could be your loft or any other spare area in the home as handful of folks beginning down the road of photography can afford their personal film studio when starting up, but there are excellent savings to be made on a shoestring spending budget and a tiny imagination by adapting a spare area into a film studio. Right here, the photographers we recommend when asked (and who we trust to capture the portraits, moments and styled nevertheless life shots that accompany life's most sentimental events) share their points of view, in their own words.
Darisz Cahyadi is an Instagram photographer from Indonesia and one of the the greatest nature photographers on the site. As with Mumler, Hope's organization was buoyed by families bereaved by war, in this case World War 1. I like your list (even even though there are a couple I am not familiar with), but I feel you missed some important points on the what can I learn from…." portion from each photographer. A lot of newspapers and magazines are becoming published from every huge city of the planet. Robert Jahns is an Art Director in Hamburg, Germany and 1 of my preferred photographers on Instagram.
He did not photograph celebrities or have fame or fortune like a lot of of the other famous photographers listed right here. I suggest you use this list as a starting point and let yourself get into a Google drift. Founded the Wedding Photographers Association of India (WPAI) – an organisation that brings collectively the ideal photographers in India to market the art and craft of wedding photography. It will provide insight into what it takes to be a photographer under those situations, and how tough it truly is to shoot a camera even though the other guys are shooting bullets back.
As Matt from the HP group lately informed me: private owners, museums, or even corporations might hold the rights to images depicting popular paintings from the likes of Degas, Monet, and Van Gogh, whose works predate 1923 (the default Public Domain date in the U.S.)! His operate, consisting of a vast quantity …


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The GENES Blog (GEnealogy News and EventS): Top news stories and features concerning ancestral research in Scotland, Ireland, the rest of the UK, and their diasporas, from genealogist, author and tutor Chris Paton. Feel free to quote from this blog, but please credit The GENES Blog if you do. I'm on Twitter @genesblog - to contact me please email chrismpaton @ outlook.com.
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Family History Show website
Nick Barratt's and Laura Berry's Family History Show, which launched initially on YouTube a couple of months ago, now has its own dedicated platform at www.familyhistoryshow.net. Each month they plan to bring news and views via online 'vodcasts' (video podcasts), with the first edition including an interview with Millvina Dean, a survivor from the Titanic. The site also provides options for various social networking link-ups via Twitter, Facebook and YouTube etc.
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No matter if you've created your web content by yourself investing your own time and energy, or you've invested real money and paid a professional copywriter to do all the writing for your website, seeing the same content on someone else's website can really be frustrating. Some people think what's on the Internet can be fairly used, but forget on the fairly part when they should credit the original author.
Plagiarism and Duplicate Content
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Plagiarism has become a serious problem on the Internet, and recently Google and other popular search engines decided it's time to put an end of this behavior since it hurts their efforts to bring quality results to the end users. Google's latest Panda update changed the way webmasters look at content now putting quality among the highest criterions, since duplicates can significantly damage their website authority and search engine rankings.
You can put a stop to it and protect your website copy from content scrappers before your website gets damaged since the Internet has made catching these predators easy, but you have to get familiar with the copy-rights you have in order to be able to enforce them. Some people are not even aware they have copyright rights; that from the moment they first started publishing on their website their work has been protected by copyright laws. Check local or government sources, maybe visit some seminars covering this law area, or get an advice from a professional attorney so you'll be better informed.
How to Check if Someone's Using Your Content?
You can check whether someone is stealing your web content if you Google search parts of your most unique sentences, or if you copy/paste your web page URL into duplicate content checker PlagSpotter and read their detailed report on the matching content. If your page is the only one that shows up in the results, your content is safe for now; but if there are also other pages that appear for the same unique text excerpts you should click the links to see how they've used your copy. If they've properly cited the content and linked back to your original post they are actually helping you reach wider audience, and these backlinks can also improve your ratings, particularly if they are coming from a popular website with good online reputation.
What Steps Can You Take if You Find Out Someone's Using Your Web Copy?
First try to contact the webmaster or the company behind the website. Check the footer section for an e-mail address and send a nice message providing all the information that proves you are the owner of the original copy and requesting them to remove it from their website. It doesn't always have to be intentional; sometimes website owners are tricked by their own unscrupulous copywriters. In most cases like this the content will disappear from the plagiarist website and some will even send an apology email, but it's all fixed with the first contact.
If the email doesn't work, you can check the domain at Whois.com to find the owner's name and phone number and directly contact them to immediately take off the copied content. The next step includes informing the hosting company (whose information you can also find on Whois) of their client's copyright infringement, and if you can prove this content violation most hosting companies will immediately remove the plagiarist website, particularly if more serious. If this all gives no results, you can send a formal "Cease and Desist" letter, or even exercise your rights under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and file a DMCA complaint directly to major search engines like Google and Yahoo.
The Copyright Protection Basics:
The copyright protection begins at the exact moment the original work was created in a tangible medium, or in the case of online content, the moment it is published on your website. Your content is protected by the copyright laws no matter if you've legally registered it or not. The registration process itself is pretty simple and requires only a filled out online registration form and a fee of about $35 (you can get more information on the official U.S. Government Copyright website). It's natural to ask why would someone bother to register the website when it's automatically protected since creation, and according to the U.S. Government Copyright website "Registration is recommended for a number of reasons. Many choose to register their works because they wish to have the facts of their copyright on the public record and have a certificate of registration. Registered works may be eligible for statutory damages and attorney's fees in successful litigation. Finally, if registration occurs within 5 years of publication, it is considered prima facie evidence in a court of law. See Circular 1, Copyright Basics, section 'Copyright Registration' and Circular 38b, Highlights of Copyright Amendments Contained in the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA), on non-U.S. works."
To prove your web content is the original and existed first you can visit the Internet Archive Way Back Machine and check which content was first indexed.
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A late night sketch from my sketchbook. Kid catching stars. I might turn it into a water colour one day
lørdag den 30. august 2014
tirsdag den 19. august 2014
Late night drawing of an apocalyptic cityscape
Indsendt af Tomas Bjornsson kl. 04.12 Ingen kommentarer:
Etiketter: Draw
torsdag den 14. august 2014
Decorating a children's nursery home
Last week I decorated a children's nursery home. Drawing up the piece with graphit from a loose sketch, and colouring it with acrylics. Hard work, but a fun and very different commission
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This lady is jogging through the woods with a German Shepherd. Great for her and even greater for the dog.
Personal Protection: West Vancouver, BC
It's very sad but there has been a few rapes and attempts of rape lately on female joggers. But with her German Shepherd, nobody will "bug" her.


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I love this project because is easy and clever. You can adapt it to your idea simply changing the size of the box or the kind of fabric you use or the interface weight.
I love it because is a gift of a friend...thanks Elena!
You need 4 strips of different fabrics (or half and half ,as in my example, if you want the effect inside different from outside) and four strips of interface (same size).
REMEMBER...you will obtain a box that is a cube with (about) the same size of the width of the strips you use. So , if I use strips 4" width , the box will be a cube 4"x4"...
For a tiny box 4 fabric strips 4"x 13" (10x34 cm) and 4 interface strips in the same size
For a medium box 4" and 3/4 x 17" and 1/2 (12x44 cm)
For a big box 6"x 19" (15x47 cm)
Iron the interface on the back side of the strips. Choose the interface weight you prefer ( just remember that a high weight interface will be better if you use it only on the outside half part ).
Okay, we are ready to start...
mark with a dot the middle of the short side of the strips...
...put the ruler with the 45° line on the long side of the strip and shift it until you meet the point in the middle on the short side (as in the pic)...and cut out the corner...
...repeat the same step for the other side and then for all the 4 strips until you will have pointed strips (as in the pic below).
Start to sew from the middle of the long side and go straight towards the side corner
Stop the seam at 1/4" (0,6 cm) before the corner and bend towards the point...
...go straight to the point and stop again the seam 1/4" before the point and stop the seam with few back stitch.
Repeat for each side, leave a little open on the last side to turn inside out the finished box.
Stitch the part left open , press the project and put the inner part inside the outer.
Turn out the edge and the box is done!
Hope the tutorial is clear and useful, but, as you know, English isn't my language...so, forgive me and my mistakes and , if you need some more explanation , please, mail me!


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