Posts by expatbrit

R estricted funds are funds subject to specific trusts which may be declared by the donor(s), or with their authority (eg, in a public appeal), but still within the objects of the charity. Restricted funds may be restricted income funds, which are expendable at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of some particular aspect(s) of the objects of the charity, or they may be capital funds, where the assets are required to be invested, or retained for actual use, rather than expended.

The Commission will investigate breaches of restricted funds. Here is a link to an inquiry into a charity that did so: http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/investigations/inquiryreports/world.asp

In its conclusions, the report states:

34. Trustees have a duty to use funds raised for a specific charitable purpose solely in furtherance of that purpose. It would be a breach of trust to use these funds for any other purpose, for example other charitable purposes or as fund-raising costs to raise additional funds for charitable purposes.
35. When appealing for funds, charities must be clear about the intended purpose of funds raised, including administrative purposes.

Thus, if you have grounds and witnesses for a complaint in this regard, you have an excellent chance of triggering an investigation.

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Mass walk-out

by Elsewhere in

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in another thread heathen gave me a great idea.... http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.aspx?id=43769&site=3.

i'm always hearing apostates propose the idea of partaking of the emblems or passing out apostate literature at the memorial... but heathen has given me an even better idea.... a mass walk-out.

well, at least five people or so .

expatbrit

Um...how about not just getting up and walking out. Wait until the bread is passed to you, then get up and sprint out the door with it, screaming "wooooooohooooooo!!!"

Then piss them off even more when your accomplice does the same with the wine ten minutes later.

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Just who the hell is this Will Shakespeare?

by joannadandy in

i have always heard the arguements, rather absent mindedly in the dark halls of riverview (the english department's ancient building on my campus) that shakespeare is not responsible for writing what is ascribed to him.. my shakespeare professor had to deal with this the first day of class, when someone said, "shouldn't we be talking about marlowe" and he handled it as best he could in those circumstances, "for the purposes of this university and this class it has been decided you need to study shakespeare.

i'm just presenting it, and it's good stuff.

i don't care who wrote it, or how many people wrote it, it's just good literature.

expatbrit

I'm pretty much like Abaddon, in not having much interest in the questions of who wrote the plays. While there are theories of alternative writers, there doesn't seem to be any solid evidence to back them up.

My favourite play is Henry V. Simple, to the point, and the French get smacked.

Anyone read Webster? Shakespeare with PMS.

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some old wise sayings

by heathen in

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i thought it might be interesting to see how much of the worldly wisdom we have aquired .there are alot of quaint sayings that go way back in time here are some of my favorites to give an example - an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure , a bird in the hand is better than 2 in the bush ,what's good for the goose is good for the gander .feel free to add your favs .

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Be courteous to all, but familiar with few.

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I Need A Witty Caption, WT Pic

by jgnat in

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please forgive the poor quality of the shot.

this pic tickled my funnybone.

in case you can not see it clearly, every brother and sister around this table, bethelites all, has a toothy grin as they gleefully study the day's bible text.. i need a better caption than the one supplied.

expatbrit

Wow, this is the longest wine list I've seen in years!

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Is Rome A Bvlly?

by expatbrit in

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archaeologists in rome yesterday unveiled a new find: a scroll that appears to be part of a late roman discussion forum.

the topic under discussion was "is rome a bvlly?

", and we are priviliged to reproduce the first few posts below:.

expatbrit

Simon: Not that long! Nothing beats the internet for doing junk research on the fly.

Englishman: Unfortunately, Marcus and Spencius was closed out here in the provinces. Now I have to import my undies.

No one: I would like to make many changes to the bound volumes. Most importantly, I would like to change them into disbound and shredded volumes.

Hillary: Evil person! How am I supposed to read Roman history with appropriate dignity and reserve now?

Kabong: LOL! I love that movie! It's good enough for Jehovah!

Robyn obviously didn't notice her poster class *slinks away quietly*

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More Grammar Stuff

by ISP in

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its fun trying to explain it all to the kids.....just try these 'plurals'...... box.

city.

calf.

expatbrit

Moot is a wonderful word. I believe it goes back a considerable distance further than the 16th C. though Ruby. The Old English mot was a meeting of shiremen to discuss local business and disputes. Thus, if there was something that could not be resolved between two people, it was a "moot point", i.e. to be discussed at the moot.

Which all ties in nicely with the 16th century usage you've given.

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Cricket anyone?

by Gizmo in

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retractededited by - elderrepents on 28 december 2002 0:36:52.

expatbrit

Is it true that Armitage Shanks are the new sponsors of the English Cricket Team?

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