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5pm Thursday, 27th June 2013 at Nam June Paik Art Center
The Learning Machine exhibition which was inspired by the educational implications of 'art as experience' created by Fluxus artists in the 1960s is intended to show 'art' as a field of teaching and learning. These artists experimented in a new relationship between 'an artist creating experiences' and 'the audience as a co-creator,' pioneering various artistic forms of expression such as happening, event, game art, mail art, and so on. Their experiments dissolved the sharp distinction between an artist and a viewer and brought about the concept of the 'creative citizen' who has creativity and spontaneity. Some of their artistic forms like Fluxus kit and event that connected art to everyday life presented the educational model of learning from experiences through direct experiences, conversations, cooperation, and liberation of meaning.
Joseph Beuys who said that his becoming a teacher was his greatest work of art or John Cage who was a teacher of all Fluxus artists developed methods for participation and applied them in education process. Nam June Paik also agreed about the educational effect of art as 'creative play' in his statement that: "What is more educational is most aesthetic and what is most aesthetic is most educational."
Interestingly, 'art as experience' by Fluxus artists has also much to do with such notions as experiential education and integrated education that are commonly used in educational fields of today. The recent changes in the perception of learning gave rise to the movement from the old teaching model based on the unilateral transfer of knowledge to the new model of learning community for learning from each other. Learning through conversation, inquiring, group play and games serves as the most effective educational model for the future generation who will live in the knowledge and information society.
By introducing these Fluxus artists' educational methodology, the exhibition aims to reestablish the relationship of teaching and learning through works of contemporary artists and show different types of learning such as learning through direct performance and interdisciplinary cooperation. This positive process of reorganizing knowledge and information will certainly pave the route for the greatest leaning, as well as to prove to be the most rewarding educational experience for 'the audience as a creator.'
Nayoungim & Gregory Maass' work which began with the tautological and incoherent question, "the Fluxus is on the Floor, or the Floor is on the Fluxus?" is composed of a recombination of their past works with different purposes and usages, and the related graphic works and drawings on a chalkboard. The chalkboard drawings on which the words such as entertainment, correlation, ultra-stable feedback loop, unlearning, etc., are written and other objects including a bunch of keys, French bricks, a soy sauce bottle and a treasure box imply a kind of learning process in which all things are related to one another. Most of their works dealt with language, logic, and representation, which can be classified into working categories like enemy and friend, learning process, theory and practical artistic techniques, economic structure, and so on. This shares a similar context with the diagram of Maciunas who liked reorganizing the knowledge system, Robert Filliou's 'poetry-objects,' and Fluxsus' games.
Young-gle Kim is an author of the book titled 『The Chronicle of Monami 153』, featuring all kinds of records, rumors, and imaginations about the Monami 153 pen and the related images. In this book, readers may find a mixture of fiction-like facts and fact-like fictions in a Monami pen. In this exhibition, Kim presents her new writings and images regarding this pen, as well as Spinning Ballpoint Pen, a video capturing the motion of fingers and hands of a winner of a pen spinning competition.
This black and white film is composed of various video experiments by Fluxus artists, such as shots of a blinking eye, a smiling mouth disappearing slowly, cigarette smoke rising slowly, the letters of entrance and exit, a man in the streetholding a picket sign saying "Regardez-moi, cela suffit!," and so on. Viewers will be able to watch how these very ordinary situations are reborn as a unique form of art in the restrained composition.
Mieko Shiomi who was born in Okayama, Japan, studied music at Tokyo University of the Arts and performed in the avant-garde performance group Ongaku with avant-garde musician Takehisa Kosugi in 1961 to initiate the Japanese experimental music movement. Fluxus Balance, a kind of collaborative mail art project that can be continued by any player at any time, is composed of response letters for the artist's request: "Write down in one of the squares on the Balance what you want to balance with something which another person wants to balance." The viewers will meet various thoughts of countless people far distant in time and space by weighing these letters sent to Shiomi and the card written by them.
Yiso Bahc as an art educator wanted his students to experience the diverse processes in which they thought with sight and connected what they thought to drawings. For him, creativity relates to the process to consider how to creatively understand and express ordinary things, rather than to present something new. Bahc encouraged his students to keep a daybook during his lectures, which reflected his practice of keeping working notes. His working notes were also a visual diary that was filled not only with working ideas but also with all kinds of memos, schedules, etc. His works, drawings, and working notes on display in this exhibition will reveal Bahc as an art educator and the trajectory of his artistic practice.
siren eun young jung works mainly with video and text. Recently, she presented a series of stages for Yeosung Gukgeuk(Korean all-female musical theater) actresses playing male roles who had been the subject of her video works for a long time. While the stage was set up sometimes in a waiting room of an old railway station, and other times in a formal theater for performances, the artist found this stage work still difficult because it excluded the intervention of editing.
In this exhibition under the theme of Fluxus-style learning, jung produces a kind of laboratory to learn about theater arts. Scenographer Chae-sun Shim shares her knowledge and insights that she learned from various experiences. In one corner of the exhibition room, jung gains the knowledge of movement, spatial arrangement, and so on, that is needed to create the stage, and Shim works with jung to organize the stage details for Yeosung Gukgeuk, a genre that is rather unfamiliar to her. And all this process of 'learning' is recorded in video by documentary film director Emmanuel Moonchil Park.
Fluxus Island in Decollage Ocean is a poster by Nam June Paik in 1964 for advertisement for 『Decollage #4』, published by Wolf Vostell. The phrases written by Paik on the poster, such as 'Ministerium of mixing the enemy-race', 'MAUSOLEUM j CAGE', and 'CINEMATHEK of all the censured past in 20 century' not only show Paik's humor and sharp observation, but also anticipate the advent of Fluxus, a community of multi-genre and multi-cultural artists.
Wol-Sik Kim's project called Seemslike Community since 2008 showed how the arts penetrates into life by exploring the network of relationship in the living world. The ping pong and the action of ping pong shown in Difficult Play, a total theater that was created last year as a result of the collaboration with the people from the Ansan Community Rehabilitation Center served as a gesture symbolic of the communication between different people. In this exhibition, the artist places four ping pong tables and displays ping pong rackets produced by him. By staging a scene of sending and receiving a ball in the exhibition space, Kim approaches the moment in life that is drawn near art.
Kanghyun Ahn who focuses on the bodily experience as an important element to evoke memory, installs a space for learning where light, images, movements are working in a mixed way. This huge learning instrument is based on the totalizing understanding of the human body as a locus in which knowledge and experience, information and system are constructed. Ahn proposes a field of learning where knowledge and memory are exchanged by creating the bodily movement, or a concentration of the interplays, that recomposes the organized forms of knowledge and information.


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lettuce wraps with black beans, spring onion, pea pesto, + a homemade hot sauce
I've been making and eating a lot of lettuce wraps recently. For lunch, for an appetizer, for no real reason at all. I know it might not sound very exciting, but trust me, I'm talking about some high-maintenance lettuce wraps here.
High-maintenance in the best way possible. Bear with me now...
Not the kind of high-maintenance that would scare you away. You know I don't like things to be too complicated around here. Just the kind of high-maintenance that takes something that needs a little fixing up and making it a little fancier.
It all started when I found the most beautiful head of butter lettuce at my local Whole Foods, that was grown here, locally in Brooklyn. Beautiful lettuce from Brooklyn? I was smitten. This lettuce was meant for big, beautiful, veggie-filled lettuce wraps.
I started with a basic lettuce wrap with lots of raw veggies and some pea pesto that I had made recently. They were delicious. The pea pesto really made the wrap, but I thought maybe it could use a little something else.
A few days later, Michael and I wanted a snack, and I had a little leftover butter lettuce so I decided to make some more lettuce wraps. This time I added some black beans for some protein and a dash of hot sauce for some spice. These lettuce wraps rocked our world.
Because they were so good, I had to make them again. This time for myself for lunch, but I went one step further and I decided to make my own hot sauce. I have been dying to make my own sriracha for quite some time and in browsing some favorite blogs of mine I found this great recipe to make a proper sriracha (one that would taste exactly like the original but without the added preservatives) however it requires days of fermentation. Something I will be tackling soon, but not today. I needed some hot sauce, pronto.
So I found a few other recipes, this one from Winnie of Healthy Green Kitchen, via this post from Sarah from Sprouted Kitchen. It looked super easy so I gave it a go. This hot sauce is awesome. Although it is not exactly like sriracha, it is close enough for me. I made a large batch and have been putting it on anything and everything.
I have a thing for hot sauce if you couldn't guess.
Now, of course, if you are not a hot sauce person, you can totally leave it out. The lettuce wraps are just as great without it. You can also make up any combination of veggies and beans that you like. White beans and red pepper, chickpeas and carrots. This is a fridge leftover kid of recipe.
What's also great about these is that they are like a reconfigured salad. So if you are bored with your salad routine, go make yourself some fancy, high-maintenance lettuce wraps for lunch.
lettuce wraps with black beans, spring onion, pea pesto + a homemade hot sauce
about a dozen wraps
for the homemade hot sauce:
1/4 lb of red chilies, seeded and diced
1 habanero (optional – or a more mild chili if you prefer), seeded and diced
1 medium sized red pepper, seeded and diced
5 cloves of garlic, sliced
1 tablespoon of grapeseed or sunflower oil
3 tablespoons of brown rice vinegar
1 teaspoon of stevia or palm sugar
3 tablespoons of water
for the pea pesto:
1 cup of fresh of frozen peas
a handful of basil (about ¼ cup) chopped
¼ cup of pine nuts
1 clove of garlic
¼ teaspoon of salt
¼ cup of olive oil
¼ cup of water
for the lettuce wraps:
1 head of butter lettuce
½ cup of black beans
1 spring onion, white part only, sliced very thin (preferably with a mandolin)
a couple handfuls of micro greens (I used arugula, but pea shoots or sprouts would work great as well)
1 avocado, sliced thin lengthwise
Start by making the homemade hot sauce
- Heat the oil in a cast iron skillet over medium heat and add the peppers and garlic. Sautée for several minutes until the peppers are soft, being careful not to burn the garlic. Remove from the heat and allow to cool.
- Place the sautéed peppers and garlic in a food processor and add the brown rice vinegar and stevia or palm sugar. Blend continuously for about 2-3 minutes until the mixture is pureed. Add in the water to thin out and blend for another 2-3 minutes.
- Place in a mason jar or another airtight contain and set aside while you are preparing the rest. Also, clean out the food processor at this point because you are going to make the pea pesto in it.
Then make the pea pesto
- Place all of the ingredients expect for the oil and water in the food processor. Pulse several times, and then while the food processor is running continuously add in the olive oil in a slow stream and continue until it is emulsified. Then add in the water until you have the consistency you like. I like it to be on the thinner side so it is easy to spread along the lettuce leaves.
- Remove from the food processor and place in a bowl or airtight container.
Assemble the lettuce wraps
- Carefully remove the leaves from the lettuce head and place them on a plate. I like to lay two on top of each other, I find that doubling them up makes them easier to eat.
- Then layer the ingredients. I like to do it like this: pea pesto, avocado slices (about 2), a small spoonful of black beans, a good-sized pinch of micro greens, a drizzle of hot sauce.
- Serve immediately, and eat by just folding the wraps in half with your hand.

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Almost 16 years ago, I was introduced to this salad while working at a health food store in San Francisco. It's an unlikely combination of figs, cantaloupe and avocados, that turns into a surprisingly satisfying summer treat. Served on skewers as an appetizer, or tossed as a salad, it's sure to delight your palate. Take a look at how this unusual fruity combo comes together. Instructions and original recipe to follow.
cantaloupe, avocados, figs, mint leaves, chives, olive oil, rice vinegar, sugar and salt
Cube melon, slice avocados and cut the figs in half. Finely chop the mint and chives and whisk along with the olive oil, vinegar, sugar and salt. If you choose to skewer the fruits, do so before adding the dressing. In that case, add the ingredients to a bowl or platter and drizzle with the dressing before skewing. Enjoy!!


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We are so honored that Inspiration Mississippi chose to feature the SummerHouse designers on their blog! In this post, the designers all answered a few questions about their background, the importance of design, how they would describe the SummerHouse Style and more!
>> Read the full post here! >>
Thank you Christina Foto for taking such fantastic pictures of the designers!
Thanks so much for dropping by today! And thanks again to Inspiration Mississippi for the lovely feature! 🙂
Have a great day!


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Travel app Gogobot combed through the reviews of the 10 million people who use the food and fun travel app and came up with this list of the best-rated ice cream shops in the nation.
Leopold's has been a Savannah favorite for nearly century. It is credited for creating the original "tutti frutti" flavor, a pink ice cream dotted with candied fruit.
One of the three founding brothers went on to become a Hollywood producer and then filled the cute old-fashioned 50's style parlor with show-biz memorabilia.
Most importantly, it offers a huge variety of delicious flavors.
Scoops is famous for coming up with incredible new flavor combos that they think up themselves and get as suggestions from loyal customers.
Two favorites include Brown bread (caramelized Grape Nuts) and dairy-free salted Oreo (one of a number of vegan options)
And the best part is, "it's cheaper than most fro-yo place," says Gogobot reviewer Molly M.
Little Man makes its ice cream in small batches, serves it in home made cones, and is affordable enough that you won't feel bad about going back the next day for another scoop.
And it gets bonus points for its location: a giant, old-fashioned milk can.
Marianne's is a family-owned Santa Cruz institution, open for nearly 70 years.
It's famous for a huge selection: 100 flavors of ice cream.
Examples include spumoni (rum ice cream with fruit compote swirl) and macapuno (coconut ice cream with baby coconut string).
Then there's flavors like lavender, cardamom pistachio, and "Hwy 17" Rocky Road, named for the highway that connects the ocean town of Santa Cruz with the southern San Francisco Bay Area.
Jeni's gourmet ice cream flavors are inspired from a sense of time and place, like snow-covered trees in winter, sun-blanched beaches, or a Southern wedding.
Gogobot reviewers rave about brown butter almond brittle, the "world's milkiest chocolate" and also dark chocolate, wildberry lavender, pineapple upside down cake and ice cream sandwiches like chocolate truffle with backyard mint.
As far as nostalgic Cape Cod experiences go, ice cream at the Four Seas in the summertime has been a classic for more than 80 years.
And if you keep your eyes open, you can often catch a celebrity or two enjoying a scoop with their kids after a day at the beach.
Molly Moon's is known as a place where families, friends and ice cream lovers gather to enjoy the world-class flavors and waffle cones.
This shop is also known for its creative seasonal offerings like strawberry sorbet with balsamic glaze, maple walnut, Earl Gray, Thai tea, and black sesame.
The single scoop is so huge, one Gogobot reviewer says you can ask them to "halve" it, so you can try two flavors with that one scoop.
Carmela had been selling "artisan ice cream" at local farmers markets for years and recently, it opened a tiny shop for enjoying a scoop anytime, or bringing home a pint.
Carmela is also known for sorbet. Flavors include meyer lemon olive oil, lavender honey, cucumber sorbet, Guinness, salted caramel, dark chocolate with cacao nibs, or fresh mint with cacao nibs.
The ice cream flavors at Salt & Straw are inspired by the weird and wonderful city it calls home.
Where else would you find blue cheese in ice cream (as part of a pear and blue cheese flavor)? Or sea urchin (as part of sea urchin meringue)?
Other combos include goat cheese marionberry habanero, honey balsamic strawberry with cracked pepper, almond brittle with salted ganache, salt and caramel ribbons, and honey lavender.
And also true to Portland's ethos, the ingredients are locally sourced and organic.
San Francisco residents love ice cream and among those in the know, Bi-Rite stands out.
It has unique flavors (honey lavender, salted caramel, roasted banana, and balsamic strawberry), everything is homemade including the toppings, and it uses locally sourced organic milk.
And for the adventurous, there are cool flavor combos like the 'Dainty Gentleman" which combines honey lavender, orange cardamom, and Earl Grey flavors, topped with blood orange olive oil and a dash of sea salt.


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Aviation Outlook Africa
Aviation Outlook Africa is a unique conference offered in the African market, focusing on meeting the demand for aviation solutions. Aviation Outlook is held annually at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa
The event targets decision-makers and stakeholders as well as representatives of local and international airlines, airports and government officials. It is a leading aviation event that brings together airlines, airports, regulators and aviation service providers at one strategic platform.
Working throughout the year, the Aviation Outlook Africa is an unrivaled and cost-effective sales and profile solution which brings exhibitors face-to-face with potential customers and prospects. The event offers buyers an access to cutting edge state-of-the-art aviation technology and solutions-providers.
Aviation Outlook Africa addresses some of the most relevant issues holding back the development of Africa's aviation sector. Forerunning Carriers, airports and CAA come together in July to discuss: Partnering with airlines for expansion, safety and compliance, How the creation of alliances can aid Africa's aviation development and Joint ventures and their relevance for small and large carriers. Some of the objectives of the conference are "seeking new destinations and routes for growth investment and financing opportunities for growth, improve airports infrastructure and efficiency, increase customer engagement and revenue and build partnerships and alliances.
If you work in the aviation industry as a consultant, an investor or are part of the civil aviation authority and these challenges influence you, then you need to book your seat at Aviation Outlook Africa to be a part of the creating history.
Johannesburg, South Africa
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In Carriage Trade, Sonbert interweaves footage taken from his journeys throughout Europe, Africa, Asia and the United States, together with shots he removed from the camera originals of a number of his earlier films. Carriage Trade was an evolving work-in-progress, and this 61-minute version is the definitive form in which Sonbert realised it, preserved intact from the camera original.
With Carriage Trade, Sonbert began to challenge the theories espoused by the great Soviet filmmakers of the 1920's; he particularly disliked the 'knee-jerk' reaction produced by Eisenstein's montage. In both lectures and writings about his own style of editing, Sonbert described Carriage Trade as 'a jig-saw puzzle of postcards to produce varied displaced effects.' This approach, according to Sonbert, ultimately affords the viewer multi-faceted readings of the connections between individual shots. This occurs through the spectator's assimilation of 'the changing relations of the movement of objects, the gestures of figures, familiar worldwide icons, rituals and reactions, rhythm, spacing and density of images.'
Postcards from Warren pays affectionate homage to Sonbert's globetrotting endeavors by creating an original college from postcards that Sonbert sent to filmmaker Jeff Scher over the course of their more than twenty-year friendship and collaboration.
Carriage Trade
Warren Sonbert, USA 1972, 16 mm colour, 61 min
Postcards from Warren
Jeff Scher, USA, 1999, 16 mm, 1 min


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Joining the CCRO
The CCRO is an independent non-profit corporation, almost entirely funded through its member dues. Member dues are based on a 12-month cycle, beginning on the anniversary of the month you first join. We have engaged all types of companies as members, and accomodated expert individuals & educational institutions as well. If you have any questions about your eligibility to join, just contact us by e-mail or call 281-825-4870.


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Welcome to Quadrant 2
Enabling Organizations for Good to do Great Work.
We Make Apps For Good
Inspired by Occupy Wall Street and now used around the world, I'm Getting Arrested is the first mobile panic button app. With the click of a button, users can let anyone know if they're being arrested.
Record, Report and Connect with Mobile Justice, one of Quadrant 2's Bystanders Rule! apps. Mobile Justice lets you record police misconduct and report it to a local ACLU affiliate.
Our Bystanders Rule! technology is now used by over 20 different organizations. Read more about Mobile Justice and Bystanders Rule! platform.
Created with the labor group OUR Walmart, WorkIt is a peer to peer support network for 1.3 million non-unionized Walmart employees. It makes use of IBM's Watson Artificial Intelligence Engine and a group of human experts to get quick answers to complicated questions using natural language.
OUR Walmart and Quadrant 2 will bring WorkIt technology to other organizations starting in 2017.


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Refuse to Be a Victim
Course Name: Refuse To Be A Victim
Cost: $25.00 per person
Course Overview: 3 hour course that offers men and women a variety of options to prepare their own crime prevention and personal safety strategy.
Course Length: 3 hours
Course Topics:
Classroom Instruction
- Home and workplace safety strategies
- Automobile/car jacking
- Physical safety in public ie., elevators, restrooms, etc.
- Mindset and awareness
- Use of devices such as pepper spray, stun guns, etc.
- Home protection systems and lighting
- Additional self-defense training opportunities
- Computer and Internet safety and fraud
- Out of town travel security
Pre-requisites: No prior experience required
Please note: The button below will take you our course overview page, where you can select your firearm class of choice from the dropdown menu, then register for available dates and times. If you have any questions about registration, please give us a call at 410-335-5100.


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"(West is) shrewdly teamed up here with director Marti Lyons, who also is the real deal. With these two hugely talented women, you're never ahead of their game. And thus you sit back, enjoy yourself and try to figure out the nature of the play."
Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune
By Calamity West Directed by Marti Lyons 2016


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not really the guns
I think, for many people, this really wasn't so much about concealed weapons as being tired of the constant erosion of our rights. It seems every time we turn around we see new laws that taken one at a time might be justifiable, but taken in total are becoming intolerable. Every time we turn around there is another law passed that takes just a tiny bit of our freedom away, or saddles us with ever more government. I think what a lot of people here are saying is that it's time to draw the line. We do not want national health care, national IDs, ridiculous fines for seat belts....the list goes on and on. Government at all levels needs to see that we are not subjects in this country we are citizens, and have had it with being dictated to by government at all levels.
Republican Caucus and convention this weekend
This offers a great opportunity for those registered republicans in the county to get involved in the process, and bring up our concerns to the party.
Event: Sheridan County Precinct Caucus and ConventionDate: Saturday, March 13, 2010Time: 8:00AM - lunch from 12 – 1 (candidates invited to speak)Location: Sheridan Inn, SheridanContact: Kathy Coleman | 307-673-5264 | firstname.lastname@example.com
concealed weapons
Really was surprised to learn God guaranteed the right to carry a concealed weapon.
It's every mans God Given
It's every mans God Given Right to defend himself and family and his property.....Period!!
God Given Rights
Which "God" guaranteed that and where can you find it written in text that is understandable. I understand you have the right to defend yourself, family & property, again what does that have to do with packing a concealed weapon that you can get a permit for, unless of course you are a felon, or have domestic problems. Most everyone that owns guns in WY have gone thru the hunter education course, been in the military or had some sort of safety training. Just don't understand what the problem is with haveing a permit. Defending yourself, family & property also involves a little detail called reasonable force, just because some kid walks across your yard does not give you the right to take a shot at them. Trespassing, maybe, reasonable force, no. Again, you can get a permit to carry a concealed weapon so what is the problem. Period:
P.S. Show me one instance
Show me one instance where a kid was shot in Wyoming for walking across someones lawn? That's a lame arguement designed to scare people. Vermont has no Concealed Carry Law, if you live there and own a gun your allowed to carry it concealed if you wish. There's no one in Vermont going around shooting kids crossing there lawn and there isn't much crime in Vermont either. And even if something like that did happen the person doing the shooting or threating would go to jail. There are only 2 reasons you can shoot someone. You have to either prove you were in danger of grave bodily harm or your life was in danger, anything else will land you in jail and every gun owner knows this.
Oh yeah, I took the hunter safety course because my wife had to take it. My dad showed me how to shoot a gun and showed me how to be safe with it, I didn't need the givernment to teach me.
The Bible couldn't be
The Bible couldn't be clearer on the right – even the duty – we have as believers to self-defense.
Let's start in the Old Testament.
"If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him," we are told in Exodus 22:2. The next verse says, "If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft."
In other words, it was perfectly OK to kill a thief breaking into your house. That's the ultimate expression of self-defense. It doesn't matter whether the thief is threatening your life or not. You have the right to protect your home, your family and your property, the Bible says.
The Israelites were expected to have their own personal weapons. Every man would be summoned to arms when the nation confronted an enemy. They didn't send in the Marines. The people defended themselves.
In 1 Samuel 25:13, we read: "And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff."
Every man had a sword and every man picked it up when it was required.
Judges 5:8 reminds us of what happens to a foolish nation that chooses to disarm: "They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?"
The answer to the rhetorical question is clear: No. The people had rebelled against God and put away their weapons of self-defense.
"Blessed be the LORD my strength which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight," David writes in Psalms 144:1.
Clearly, this is not a pacifist God we serve. It's God who teaches our hands to war and our fingers to fight. Over and over again throughout the Old Testament, His people are commanded to fight with the best weapons available to them at that time.
And what were those weapons? Swords.
They didn't have firearms, but they had sidearms. In fact, in the New Testament, Jesus commanded His disciples to buy them and strap them on. Don't believe me? Check it out.
Luke 22:36: "Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one."
I know. I know. You biblically literate skeptics are going to cite Matthew 26:52-54 – how Jesus responded when Peter used his sword to cut off the ear of a servant of the high priest: "Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?"
Read those verses in context and they support my position. Jesus told Peter he would be committing suicide to choose a fight in this situation – as well as undermining God's plan to allow Jesus' death on the cross and resurrection.
Jesus told Peter to put his sword in its place – at his side. He didn't say throw it away. After all, He had just ordered the disciples to arm themselves. The reason for the arms was obviously to protect the lives of the disciples, not the life of the Son of God. What Jesus was saying was: "Peter, this is not the right time for a fight."
In the context of America's current battle – as we make plans to rebuild after the devastation of Sept. 11 and defend ourselves at the same time – we should recall Nehemiah, who rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem.
"They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon," we're told in Nehemiah 4:17-18. "For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded."
Any more questions, skeptics?
God given rights were in the
God given rights were in the Decliration of Indipendance, not the Bill of Rights.
Concealed weapons
"God" did not write the Declaration of Independence or the Bill of Rights. A good bet that "God" would not have put a clause in that says you have the right to pack a weapon to harm others with.
All I can say is go to the
All I can say is go to the Wyoming Gun Owners Association's web site and make a list of all those who voted against this bill ( and against our constitutional rights ) and vote them out of office in November 2010.
The people of wyoming need to start protecting our Constitutional Rights and we can do that at the voting booth.
Concealed Gun Smoke
Once Again "OUR ELECTED OFFICAL" are blowing smoke up our A$$! This smells of the seat belt law that was put on the books to protect us from ourselves and is now used against us! Vote all the bums out from the local yokal to the bamboozelers in Washington! Vote on tax day!
Criminals are Lawless
Criminals don't abide by the law, so to them a concealed carry permit is merely nothing more than a piece of paper. So rather than give "Law-Abiding" citizens the right that is already guaranteed by God and the Constitution; we restrict the Law abiding citizens??? Sounds counter productive to me? Why not let the law abiding citizens carry concealed with out a permit/permission? The criminals don't ask for permission??? According to Wyoming state law it is already a legal right for anyone to open carry in the state of Wyoming with out a permit. What about those in the winter that want to put on a carhart and it covers their firearm, should that law abiding citizen be hauled off to jail because their coat conceals their firearm? I don't think so.
The only good not passing this law did was give the "upper-hand" to the criminals by restricting the Law abiding citizens to be able to defend themselves.
The 2nd amendment doesn't say you can carry a firearm if you pay $xxx amount of money for a permit, and that right should not be infringed. Some can't afford the cost of the permit and some simply refuse to get a concealed carry out of principal and open carry. I also know many who have a concealed carry but open carry as well.
Have you looked into the cost of a concealed carry permit? It cost $80 total. If you can afford a handgun, you can afford a permit.
Outrage not just about concealed carry
Honestly I would have liked to have seen this become law, but I can always open carry with no permit or permission if I so choose. The bigger outrage is that these three bozo's disregarded what the people they are supposed to represent asked them to do. Mr.Patton had over 1500 emails, and the question of the week shows 2/1 support for the bill. What these three have done is to tell the public their wishes did not matter, and please don't bother us be emailing or otherwise getting involved in the political process. I always encourage people to rite and call their representatives in all levels of government because I think it makes a difference, what these three have done is make a mockery of our the democratic process.
I'm glad they didn't pass
I'm glad they didn't pass this. What's wrong with having to pass a competency test in order to get a permit to carry a concealed weapon??? I for one feel a little safer knowing that if someone is legally carrying a concealed firearm they at least know how to use it. Of course criminals are still going to carry guns without a permit, nothing is going to change that. I just don't want some law abiding idiot to feel like he can now carry a gun because it makes him feel cool without having any training at all.
Know the guidelines
Apparently you've never looked into getting a concealed weapon or else you would know that the competency test is rather uncomplicated. I took a hunter's safety course 20 years ago and was able to get my concealed permit. That is without ever shooting a handgun.
Its a right that we have according to the 2nd Amendment that we can carry a weapon. Plus, I can guarantee that the "thugs" out there aren't worried about their concealed weapons permit. Does that make you feel safer?
Our legislators ...
... simply don't trust the law-abiding citizens of the state whom they are supposed to serve. Let's think about that before voting next time.
The 2nd ammendment does not
The 2nd ammendment does not grant us the right to keep and bear arms, it prohibits the government from attempting to prohibit this pre-existing (God-given) natural right. It also establishes the DUTY of citizens to be armed (for the security of a free state)! Our founders were not perfect, but they were very smart men who had studied history and government enough to know that the only real national security lies in an armed populace, not in any governmental system or agency.
I don't know where you get
I don't know where you get the idea that the 2nd Amendment doesn't give us the Right to Keep and bear Arms?
The 2nd Amendment says " The Right ( meaning you have the Right ) of the people ( that's us ) to keep ( Have in their possesion ) and Bear ( meaning "Carry", I just looked it up in the dictionary ) Arms shall not be infrindged.
Infrindged means encroach or trespass, so Shall not be infrindged would mean the government or anyone ( local, state or federal ) my not trespass or encroach on these Rights.
I think you are
I think you are misunderstanding Hank's post. The way I understand it: The right to arm oneself has always existed. The 2nd Amendment does not grant us that right; it prevents the government from taking it away.
concealed carry
Sheridan needs to find some representation that will represent the people for a change!
Concealed weapons give a
Concealed weapons give a criminal a moment of pause prior to him trying to rob someone.. He has to think about the risk of himself not walking away from a robbery for fear of being shot by a pullled concealed weapon. As it stands now, when a criminal does his deed, the only fear he has is the fact he MIGHT spend some time in jail... With our without the bill, people will continue to get shot.. This or any other bill will never solve all of our issues, but giving a criminal a split second of pause prior to his crime will save lives.. IMO
The United States
The United States Constitutions says:
The right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. ( Shall not meaning NEVER )
It Does Not say you have the right to keep and bear arms as long as your local, state or federal government will give you a premit.
Vermont doesn't require you to have a concealed carry permit in order to carry concealed. If you live in Vermont you can carry a loaded handgun concealed with no permit. They don't have people carrying guns all over and shooting people on accident and they don't have a lot of crime either.
Reguardless if you own a firearm or not doesn't matter. You have the right to own one should you choose to do so, our forefathers said this was one of our God Given Rights and wanted to make sure it was never taken away from us.
I have a friend who grew up not liking guns, now she wants to buy a gun and learn how to use it so she has asked her brother to show her how.
Personally I'm sick of our elected officals ( Local, State and federal ) thinking they can distroy our Constitution whenever they think it's for the greater good, it's not for them to decide. Our forefathers stated that these were "God Given Rights", not rights given to us by the people we elect.
Wyoming needs to stand up to the federal government and restore and preserve Wyomings Constitutional Rights. They owe the citizens of Wyoming that much.
Where exactly does it say in
Where exactly does it say in the Constitution that these are "God given rights"? It doesn't. Is it a "God given right" to own another human being? Many of the forefathers owned slaves. It was economically against their (the forefather's) interest to outlaw the ownership of another human being because they needed slaves to produce their income. So, be careful when you talk sanctimoniously about the forefathers -- they weren't exactly god-fearing individuals.
God given rights
The Declaration of Independence states that we have rights endowed by our creator and the Constitution then enumerates some of them in the Bill of Rights.
The Constitution makes no
The Constitution makes no mention of God-given rights but The Declaration of Independence does. Therefore it seems to me that the intent behind the Bill of Rights is to limit the government's ability to infringe on the rights that are "endowed by our creator."
Concealed Weapons
The Second Amendment is not nearly as clear cut as many gun rights advocates assume. Its language ("A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.")could certainly be interpreted to mean that the reason for allowing citizens to keep and bear arms is for the express purpose of maintaining a militia, perhaps with emphasis on "well regulated." Does this not imply that necessary and proper limitations on the "right" to bear arms are within the purview of government's authority, that citizens may not have an absolute right to carry any kind of weapons in any set of circumstances without restriction?
Furthermore, long and clearly established jurisprudence has ruled that none of the so-called "God given rights" in the Bill of Rights are absolute. All of these rights are essentially relative to the extent that reasonable limitations may be imposed on these rights. Freedom to freely exercise one's religious beliefs, for example, does not give someone the right to sacrifice another human being in the name of his/her religion, even though there might be those who genuinely believe that periodic sacrifices to the gods are demanded. I think most rational people would consider this to be a reasonable limitation on Freedom of Religion. As Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, so famously said, "The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing a panic. [...] The question in every case is whether the words used are used in such circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger that they will bring about the substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent."
There are dozens and dozens of such examples where legal authority has ruled that basic freedoms are not absolute and may in exigent circumstances be limited. The Second Amendment, too, is not absolute and debates as to what, how and where arms might be limited should account for its relative nature.
None of the rights are absolute
You are correct that even though the constitution states that the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed it has been ruled by judges and legislated by law makers that it and every other right we have may be restricted and infringed by every level of government.
The failure of those public officials to uphold the constitution merely shows that We The People have a never ending battle on our hands trying to maintain some level of freedom from the never ending push for control of would be tyrants.
As for your argument with regards to a "well regulated" militia the term "well regulated" means well equipped, it does not mean squashed by government red tape. All of our rights end where they infringe on anothers rights so your argument about a religious sacrifice is incorrect as well.
Some question as to what you're arguing
You quote the 2nd amendment, but appear to be using the argument that we should not have guns. Which is not the subject of this question. Wyoming law already allows open carry with certain exceptions. The non-permit law would have allowed anyone to carry concealed as they now can openly with the same exceptions.
Interestingly, the Supreme Court recently heard arguements on a handgun ban in Chicago. They had already ruled that the Federal Government can not ban handguns.
To the argument that gun owners and carriers know how to use their weapons, absolutely. If one should have to use their weapon they should be able to use it safely and accurately. It's a personal preference to me to use two hands and center of mass.
Well said! Besides, how many
Well said! Besides, how many criminals are going to choose not to carry concealed because there's a law saying they can't?


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VBA Code To Add An In-Spreadsheet Hyperlink To A Picture Object/
What This VBA Code Does
This VBA code looks for any shape within the ActiveWorkbook with a specific name and gives it a hyperlink (with a hover description) back to a specific Worksheet. This is very useful when creating "Back" or "Go To" buttons within your spreadsheets.
Sub Picture_AddHyperlink()
'PURPOSE: Add A Hyperlinks (linking within the workbook) to a specific
'shape/picture name throughout the workbook
'SOURCE: www.TheSpreadsheetGuru.com/the-code-vault
Dim shp As Shape
Dim sht As Worksheet
Dim ShapeName As String
Dim LinkAddress As String
Dim LinkDescription As String
ShapeName = "Picture 2"
LinkAddress = "'Contents'!A1"
LinkDescription = "Back to Contents"
'Loop Through each worksheet in Workbook
For Each sht In ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets
'Look for specified shape
On Error Resume Next
Set shp = sht.Shapes(ShapeName)
On Error GoTo 0
'If specified shape is found, add hyperlink
If Not shp Is Nothing Then
sht.Hyperlinks.Add _
Anchor:=shp, _
Address:="", _
SubAddress:=LinkAddress, _
End If
'Reset shp variable
Set shp = Nothing
Next sht
End Sub
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Nearly 15 years after his death, the legacy of George Harrison and his fellow Beatles continues to reveal itself. At the moment, it's in the form of a rare black-and-white photograph in the hands of Olivia Harrison, wife of the late singer-guitarist: It shows the early Beatles posing with their instruments in a barren stretch of Liverpool, England, dressed in matching suits but still looking tough behind their smiles.
"Look at the tones in John's face," Olivia says, marveling at the image of a young John Lennon. She is sitting with family friend Nicholas Roylance, publisher at U.K.-based Genesis Publications, who hands her a batch of smaller pictures of George, capturing him as both a Beatle and solo artist. "Where did that come from?" Olivia says, examining one of the pictures. "That's super cute."
Her ongoing mission to excavate, catalog and share the long musical history of her husband is never-ending, and has already led to her co-producing the acclaimed 2011 documentary George Harrison: Living in the Material World, directed by Martin Scorsese. Now comes the expanded reissue of his 1980 book, I Me Mine, a casually intimate memoir and collection of lyrics. The book and a meticulously crafted vinyl box set of Harrison's 12 solo albums arrived in time for the 74th anniversary of Harrison's birth, which fell last Saturday.
"I have an overdeveloped sense of duty," says Olivia, sitting in the Santa Monica offices and studio where her son Dhani Harrison and collaborator Paul Hicks create music for TV and film. "It obviously means everything to me."
For the book, that meant locating handwritten lyrics for songs George created for the five albums he recorded after the memoir's original release and before his death from cancer in 2001. She found the material in cupboards, piano benches and throughout Friar Park, the playfully Gothic estate the onetime Beatle purchased in 1970 and where Olivia still resides.
"The lyrics were all over the house," she says. One piano bench used regularly by keyboardist Billy Preston during visits to George's home studio was filled with 20 years of work, and one desk was loaded with lyrics and Polaroid photos just from 1973. "It was pretty much a revelation. There would be spiral-bound notebooks. Some of them would go back to the Sixties. Others would be around the [Traveling] Wilburys time. Some were in the Eighties."
The book includes a handful of lyrics never recorded, including something from the early Seventies called "Hey Ringo," which includes the line: "Hey Ringo, there's one thing that I've not said/I'll play my guitar with you till I drop dead."
"I was really moved because I'd never seen it," Ringo Starr told Rolling Stone, minutes after seeing the song for the first time during a weekend VIP celebration of the book at Subliminal Projects in Los Angeles. "He was my best friend. I had two other great friends, and three brothers. We were pals."
The party Saturday was the opening of a Harrison pop-up store at the gallery of artist Shepard Fairey, whose portrait of Harrison is the reissued book's new cover. The event drew a crowd of invited friends and admirers that included Eric Idle of Monty Python, Joe Walsh, Jakob Dylan, Black Sabbath's Geezer Butler, the Cult's Ian Astbury, "Weird Al" Yankovic and the Bangles' Debbi Peterson. Fairey was the night's closing DJ, spinning records by Beatles contemporaries on limited-edition turntables decorated with his portrait of Harrison in the vivid Buddhist colors of orange, burgundy and ochre.
"For George, being spiritual and also a rabble rouser, it's a real awesome sweet spot for me to get to be associated with," said Fairey, wearing a T. Rex T-shirt with a photograph shot by Starr. "The Beatles and George Harrison are undeniable. If you don't like the Beatles, it's like saying you don't like a flower or a sunset or the ocean. You're being contrarian in a way that makes you someone I don't want to hang out with."
On the walls were Fairey portraits of the former Beatle and facsimiles of Harrison's original handwritten lyrics from throughout his career. There were words from "Behind That Locked Door," scribbled onto a blank record sleeve, and the water-smudged lyric to "Beware of Darkness" (both from the 1970 classic All Things Must Pass).
One lyric, for "The Pirate Song," was co-authored by Idle, who collaborated with Harrison on several films and music videos. Harrison became a producer and founded Handmade Films initially to fund Python's The Life of Brian, even mortgaging Friar Park to raise the money. "His spirit is always around," Idle told Rolling Stone. "He was like the best friend you ever had. You couldn't imagine a man so lovely – to everybody."
Accompanying Starr to the gallery was Joe Walsh, both friend and brother-in-law to the Beatles drummer. (Walsh is married to Marjorie Bach, sister of Barbary Bach, Starr's wife since 1981.) Years before his time in the James Gang and the Eagles, Walsh saw the Beatles perform at Shea Stadium in New York and was inspired. "I was screaming right along with all the rest of the girls," Walsh said.
He met Harrison a few times, and played alongside him at the Royal Albert Hall in 1992, and was an open admirer of his guitar playing. "When you sit down and try one of his leads, the technique is wacky," he said of Harrison. "The parts he would come up with, they don't make any sense, but they're brilliant. His choice of notes makes your hand go to a different position than anybody would ever think of. You really realize how special he was."
The timing of both the book and the album box set to Harrison's 74th birthday was a happy accident, says Olivia (who returned to Subliminal Projects the next day for the public opening, talking to fans lined up down the street). The new version of I Me Mine is published by Genesis, who released the original edition in 1980. Harrison and the late Genesis founder Brian Roylance were great friends, and current publisher Nicholas Roylance was a childhood friend of Dhani and spent many days around the Harrison home.
"Some of the fondest memories of my life were those years they were putting the book together," Olivia said. "It made George really think about his songs."
Midway into the party at Subliminal Projects, Olivia Harrison grabbed a mic and thanked the friends gathered, and talked about updating the book. Behind her were Fairey and Dhani Harrison. "There was 20 more years of songs," she said. "I didn't feel it was right to not let those songs see the light of day."
Standing nearby was Starr, whom she described as Harrison's "best friend in the room." There was applause, and then Starr flashed two peace signs and offered another farewell for his old friend: "Let's have peace and love for George."


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Beauty is all about how confident you are about your own skin. Being you is beautiful
"Beautiful" It's a powerful word it's a yearning of every woman to look beautiful. It's a word that holds status of a girl and on the other hand, makes one chases for hard-bitten diet and even plastic surgeries but don't forget you are a woman, born beautiful and you don't have to look beautiful for others as you don't owe your beauty to anyone but only to yourself.
Women have the birthright to wear makeup. It depends on you whether you want to go work with makeup or bare face. Beautiful women do things for her only. There is nothing wrong in grooming yourself.
Makeup is not a recent topic of tittle-tattle. It existed even at the time of civilization. Whether it's an Indian, Singaporean or Egyptian women everyone wore makeup as they find it empowering them in many ways:
- At the workplace, you can't go with shabby hairs and dull face. Even your boss will ask you that "Are you unwell" or "Did you sleep late at night" so yes! A litter makeup like- lipstick, foundation or bronzer can heighten the glam quotient and helps women in boosting their confidence and presenting them in front of colleagues/friends and others.
- Puberty, a period in your life when you think you grown-up and wants to behave and look like glamorous and glittering girls then makeup has the ability to transform your babyish face and gives you a new glam look. After all, it's a great way to attract someone with your pizzazz look.
- Now if we have talked about teenage girls then also we should know that women who have crossed 30 wishes to reduce their age and their only hopes are good makeup which suits their skin and makes them look ravishingly young.
- 'What pleases your eyes please your heart' but everyone is not blessed with natural beauty so "what should they do?" It's everyone's their right to look gorgeous and stunning and makeup is for this genre of women, it helps them to hide their flaws with makeup and get a perfect appealing look.
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So the Oscar's huh? We were with friends last night having dinner and watching the grand show...it was weird right? A few times it seemed like we were all in the twilight zone. Neither one of us can claim great knowledge and wisdom in the area of film-making but this Awards show seemed a little all over the place. But, all that said, it's still fun to see the dresses, the speeches, the falling on stage (btw...Jennifer Lawrence is numero uno in our books...if you can fall accepting your Oscar, still get a standing ovation and look like Cinderella doing it....YOU GO GIRL. We are in your corner and rooting for you.) Anywho...there was a show-stopping moment when Ben Affleck (wasn't he just the cutest) was receiving his award...and we wanted to say a personal thanks to Ben for reminding us of this: "Don't hold grudges." Those are wise words. Hard words to put into daily action. Why are we so predisposed to holding onto things? Let them go people. And by people we are by all means including ourselves. It's a daily fight to do.
If you see someone who is happy and blissfully walking though life, it's probably not because they've never been screwed over or hurt...they have....they've just learned to not hold onto it. By holding onto the hurt that someone else has caused you, you are giving that person or situation power over your life and letting the hurt recirculate. We've all heard the old proverb that compares holding onto hate/hurt/anger/grudges to drinking your own poison and expecting the other person to hurt. Oh, but it's hard. It's hard to see unjust things carry on. It's hard to feel wronged. But, in the end...letting it go will set you free.
Be free. Sing free. Love free.
" And work harder than you knew you could."
Thanks Ben, you handsome thing you for inspiring us last night... -j&k-


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I've been using Cleartrip for booking tickets online for more than 4 years IIRC and have done enough business with them that they once sent me a vase of flowers. I like their website and the online experience has been very good. I've personally recommended them to friends.
I had to make a visit to Austin this summer to visit the Enthought US office. The ordeal begins there. I made a booking from Mumbai to Houston and back for 23rd July but since the booking was last-minute, the online booking didn't make it and I was called by their phone department. After a round of discussion back and forth (I was booking tickets for for both me and my wife, KD) over a day or so we finally got a good deal. I was told the ticket is confirmed but the next day I was called by cleartrip to say that my ticket was cancelled by the airline! KD's ticket was fine! So, I had to book in the next available ticket category which entailed a roughly 60% increase in fare for myself. I figured that was the least hassle given all of the logistic constraints and went ahead. As usual, they wanted the full cash before issuing the confirmed ticket so I did a bank transfer to them to pay. I had to do this twice given that the fares were changed. This whole process took a good part of two days -- phone calls, discussion, online transfer, confirmation cancellation, rebooking etc. Anyway at this point I had received the a new ticket, but only the original invoice for the charges. I never received an invoice for the updated booking. I needed to provide an invoice for my flight to claim any reimbursements. I called their office twice to ask for the invoice. I was promised twice but nothing ever came.
Once this was done, we found that KD couldn't get a visa for reasons I won't explain here. Now we had to cancel her ticket alone, which I again did. Turns out that cleartrip's phone service is not connected to their online service, so all that you do on the phone transaction never shows up on their website. This is a huge pain for you have to go through the IVR and phone service for nearly anything. They don't even seem to have an email based service. Anyway, I asked again for the invoice and was upset that they didn't send it and expressed the same. I was assured again but it was an empty assurance.
As it is, I was upset that the confirmed ticket was cancelled and that I had to pay a lot more. I had called thrice for an invoice and nothing was sent. I left for Houston on the 23rd and KD called them again (about 10-20 times when she was roaming) during the next week asking about the invoice and the cancellation. Nothing. The staff were polite but nothing got done and we had no news. They apparently needed my account number even though I had done a bank transfer but never bothered to ask me about it before I left. KD didn't have it handy and they said they'd do the transfer. They got an earful from KD too but it was all useless.
I was livid about not being sent the invoice after this long and finally called them from the US on my mobile. I was really upset and was being assured again and was being given some random lame excuses about this. I escalated the matter to the supervisor who also got an earful and promised to follow up. He called me back the next day (and left a message) and in a day or so I finally received my invoice! Phew.
The agony doesn't end here. I still had no sight of my cancelled ticket refund and had no way of knowing how much I was owed, I had no proper bill, and no information on what was being done. I was promised in the cancellation confirmation email that I'd receive the exact refund amount but didn't get that either. Nothing. No news and they had a lot of my money and a return flight to the US isn't cheap!
They did call KD in the meanwhile and she told them to process the payment. After I returned I was called on 25th August. I was eating lunch and they asked me for my account number again. I asked to be called back in an hour since I didn't have it handy. I never heard from them until I called them on 28th and spoke to two supervisors and really gave it to them. They finally got my account number and I hope they make the transfer. Apart from apologies on the phone, they haven't done anything to make amends.
In all, every step of the way was badly handled. Cleartrip has a nice website but their phone department is a complete mess. They've lost a customer.


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Common (or Garden) Gnomes
Stretch Goal Achieved!
Thanks to your support we have been able to unlock the stretch goal Hawksbeard miniature and his wheelbarrow!
The gnome with the wheelbarrow will be made available free to anyone who has pledged for the full set of gnomes, and two copies of the miniature free to those who have backed us for the double set of gnomes and incur no additional postage
Stretch Goal Announced £4000
"I'm afraid it's too late to get rid of them, they appear to have set their foundations..." observed the Wizard Gudgrief as he monitored the gnomes working on the hill through his spyglass. The Baron groaned "It's one thing to have gnomes at the bottom of the garden, but it's the noise they make, and the terrible squeaking I hear at night." Gudgrief stroked his beard as he scanned the growing gnome hill. "Well, once the majority of the work is completed, you'll barely hear a thing of course... Aha! There's your culprit!" He passed the spyglass to the Baron, who watched a gnome with a wheelbarrow tipping a large pile of earth onto the mound before heading off to fetch more, the wheel squeaking ominously. "I think I have a solution!" remarked Gudgrief to a hopeful looking Baron. "You do?" He sighed with relief. "Of course," said Gudgrief optimistically "a spot of oil on the wheel should do the trick..."
We are pleased to announce our stretch goal for this gnomish Kickstarter! If we reach the stretch goal of £4000, Hawksbeard, the gnome with the wheelbarrow will be made available free to anyone who has pledged for the full set of gnomes, and two copies of the miniature free to those who have backed us for the double set of gnomes.
As this is a 2-part miniatures, you won't be able to choose him as your reward for the single figure pledge, but you will be able to choose him as the reward for the double figure pledge, with Hawksbeard and his Barrow counting as BOTH of the miniature choices.
The Baron of Midlam, on dealing with the matter of the 'Winter Adventurers' returned home to Midlam Manor, to a most alarming sight. For there, at the end of his estate, at the bottom of the garden, was a hill, where previously, there had been no hill.
Fortunately the Wizard Gudgrief had accompanied him, and was quick with sage advice. "I fear my Lord, that you have a mild infestation of gnomes, the common or garden sort. Quite harmless, I assure you... "
The Baron did not look best pleased, for this was Midlam Manor, his supposedly secret retreat, far from the hustle and bustle and plotting and scheming of Midlam Town. And now there were gnomes here.
Gudgrief, sensing the Baron's dismay was quick to step in. "You'll find they are no bother, indeed, they are good at tending gardens so they team with flowers, will protect your grounds from wild animals and alert you to the coming of foes. Other than that, you'll hardly know they are here... harrumph, apart from the hills of course... they do so like to build hills..."
Midlam Miniatures are pleased to present a collection of thirteen 28mm scale figures, for all of your Fantasy games. There are a variety of both male and female gnome miniatures.
This is our seventh Kickstarter, and we are using it to help develop and extend our range of miniatures, in this case, gnomes.
Our six previous Kickstarters - Wizard Apprentices, Wizard Halflings, Cultists of the Kraken Lord, Servants of the Undead Pharaoh, Halfling Adventures and Winter Adventurers have all successfully funded and shipped.
The gnomes are approximately eye-level with our previous halfling miniatures. A reference photo is included for scale: (Halfling miniatures not included in this kickstarter).
PLEASE NOTE: The miniatures are cast in a high quality pewter, with a high Tin content, but may contain a small quantity of lead. We unfortunately cannot guarantee lead free models. Most 'lead free' metal usually contains a small amount of lead.
The delivery date of January 2018, is our shipping date. As we ship all over the world, delivery times vary considerably, and it's easier to give a shipping date rather than an arrival date.
All images and miniatures are ©2017 Midlam Miniatures.
Risks and challenges
Risks and challenges
Risks are low, though there is always a small chance that a figure does not cast properly.
In these unlikely circumstances we would either get a replacement mould or commission a sculpt by the original sculptor, matching the original as closely as possible, with whatever modifications are necessary for the miniatures to cast correctly.
Should this happen, the estimated release date of January 2017 for all miniatures could be pushed back by a month or two until any problem was fixed.
We will keep people updated at all stages of production to let them know how the manufacturing is going.Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
Funding period
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A Coconut Oil Comparison: RMS & Live Superfoods/
As a night owl, every morning is a giant fail for me. I'm disoriented and even more clumsy than normal, and indubitably I trip over the cat at least three times if the sun hasn't risen. The only thing I look forward to is my addictive daily Refinery 29 email. It runs the gamut from current events to workout tips to health news, but in my pathetic morning state, the pretty pictures and bright colors are pretty much all it takes for me.
Today I got an email for "13 Products That Changed Our Beauty Game". I used to have a bit of a spending problem with beauty products, but the past few years I have focused my sometimes-wandering attention to budget-friendly natural substitutions. However, I can't say that I'm not sometimes tempted by some of the gems the beauty industry puts out, and I kinda wish I didn't give in to temptation this morning, because it put me on this rant, and I had really planned on being more productive this morning. The first product showcased is the RMS Beauty Raw Coconut Cream, Retail $18 for 2.5 oz.
One of the natural substitutions that is the all time, hands down BEST natural substitute for a bevy of beauty products, in my opinion, is Coconut Oil. Raw, Organic Coconut Oil, to be exact. I have hooked multiple friends and family on it, and whenever someone asks me the trapped on an island question I always have to clarify whether or not there are already coconuts on said island before answering (this doesn't happen very often), because if not, I would probably bring me some coconut oil. It is my first answer whenever someone asks me (typically with a little judgement) how I managed to grow my hair to hippie lengths, it allegedly helps fight cellulite when slathered on asscheeks, it is a brilliant makeup remover, hand cream, is anti-bacterial, is said to help aid in weight loss, and excellent for making green smoothies taste like a pina colada. I pretty much worship it. So you would think I would be all about this RMS cream, right? It was one detail that set me off on this rant.
Except they already have. Unfortunately for them, however, they have priced it reasonably without a fancy brand name, and made it easily available to consumers. Yet, after a quick google, I found that the RMS Beauty Coconut Cream (do not be fooled by the "cream." This is Coconut Oil, they just wanted to "differentiate" it from its monetarily superior competition) is universally adored by both models and bloggers. As they should! Coconut oil rules. But I am not the only one who noticed that RMS is putting a fancy label on a product that you can easily acquire at most grocery stores, as you can see from the comments sections of the Refinery 29 article. Here is R29's response (deep breath):
We are SO glad you asked that. We asked RMS founder Rose Marie Swift and here's what she told us:
"The quality of a product depends on how it's made. Many think that if they pick up an organic coconut oil from their local store, it will be just as good. However, I always remind people that 'organic' is a guarantee of safety, not quality: an organic product at the grocery store can be good, bad, or mediocre — including certified organic coconut oil. For example, coconut oil can go through chemical refining, bleaching, and deodorizing. Really bad coconut oil can be hydrogenated and could still be called natural! Organic certification agencies don't distinguish between oils made from fresh coconuts, and those made with dried coconut (copra). Certification agencies also allow the use of chemicals for oil extraction. But all of these processes impact the quality of the product in a negative way, and the RMS brand avoids them all, making it a superior product to what you would find at the grocery store.
"Traditionally, hand-pressed coconut oil is most common and is made by grinding and pressing fresh coconut into coconut milk. Unfortunately, the heat process involved depletes caprylic and lauric acids and reduces the antioxidant capacity of the oil. In some cases it can cause bacteria and rancidity. With the direct expeller process, dried coconut meat (copra) is ground and pressed to produce a liquid that's 90% oil and 10% water. Some heat is applied to the liquid to remove the remaining water. The resulting oil is light to medium texture, but, like the traditional method, the heat depletes the beneficial nutrients. These techniques cause contamination and again rancidity even before the oil is extracted from the meat.
"The best extraction method is centrifuge-based, meaning the product is created without heat and makes a truly raw product with all the healing nutrients left 100% intact. This is the most expensive coconut oil and the only oil RMS uses. The coconuts used in our oil are handpicked, made the day we order them (to avoid fermentation and oxidation) and shipped fresh immediately to us. Nothing beats this coconut oil."
We've tried both this and the coconut you get at the grocery story and there is truly no comparison. Our senior beauty editor, who has dry skin but is prone to breakouts, immediately clogged up using the grocery store oil, and hated the residue it left on her face, never fully sinking in. The RMS hydrated her skin and gave it a glow without causing blackheads or pimples, and it absorbed fully within just a few minutes. Hope that lengthy explanation helps!
Lovely! That sounds great...but where have I read that before? Oh right, it was when I bought this Coconut oil at about $10 for 16 oz.
You can click here to visit their website, which has more details about how it's made. Made from only fresh, not dried coconuts? Check. No refining, bleaching, or deodorizing chemicals? Check. No heat, centrifuge based extraction? Nailed it. Hmmm, I'm starting to think that both RMS Beauty and I both purchase the same Coconut oil...
Let's break down the numbers, shall we? Per ounce, the Live Superfoods version costs $0.63 per ounce, while the RMS version costs a whopping $7.20 per ounce. That is a 1,152% markup per ounce, off an already marked up price (Live Superfoods has to make a living too). Yikes. Having used the Live Superfoods brand many times, I can say that it has never made me break out, and I have never had a problem with it absorbing into my skin, like the Senior Beauty Editor at R29, who may have purchased an inferior oil (even Whole Foods sells inferior brands).
Have you heard the phrase speak with your wallet? If we keep supporting companies like RMS by buying their overpriced Coconut Oil, they will continue to treat us like mindless lemmings who will blindly follow and pay unreasonable prices for a product we can easily find elsewhere, just because they wrap it up in a pretty package. I will definitely be supporting other Coconut Oil brands, and this incident has kind of turned me off RMS Beauty altogether. However, Live Superfoods isn't the only option for Coconut Oil (some, like Dr. Bronner's are even certified fair trade), however, they seem to have the best information regarding how their oil is made. Here are a few other good options out there (especially for you Trader Joe's shoppers...)
Cold-pressed from fresh meat that has been dried with no high heat, chemicals, or bleaching. Available in stores, or you can buy it online here. They even have a Coconut Oil Cooking Spray, which I use and LOVE.
Certified Fair Trade, but states on the website that it is cold-pressed from dried coconuts. Might not be the best if freshness is your top priority, but I have used this brand before and it has worked great for me.
This is one of the first Coconut Oils I have tried (I have also tasted their Coconut Butter, which has the meat ground in, and it is INSANELY good. Like a Mounds bar but better.) Unfortunately, their website does not give a lot of information into their process, but it is stated that is is raw, organic, virgin and non-hydrogenated.
Hope this list helps you make an informed decision, and for those of you who already own the RMS Beauty Coconut Cream - now you have some great options for refilling your display worthy jar for all your moisturizing needs. Happy hydrating!
3/16/14 update: I found a Canadian brand that has an incredible Coconut Oil that is Fair Trade and cold-processed within hours of picking the coconuts:
This, friends, is the cream of the crop when it comes to Coconut Oil. This Canadian brand promotes and prioritizes ethical business practices and environmental sustainability, and this coconut oil is certified fair trade, a huge bonus for putting your money where it counts. The cold-pressed DME Virgin Coconut Oil has earned multiple organic certifications, and meets all the criteria above. You can read more about it on their website here, but I also contacted them, because I did not see it explicitly stated that no chemicals or other ingredients were added. They got back to me very quickly with the following:
Alpha's Award Winning Fair Dinkum Fair Trade DME™ Virgin Organic Coconut Oil is fresh pressed by small holders on the Solomon Islands from mature, wild crafted coconuts within 20 minutes to 2 hours of husking the nut. It is the freshest, fairest, most future friendly coconut oil that you can buy. It is not processed in any way other than filtering, and no chemicals of any sort are used in the pressing, processing or packaging of our coconut oil. It is not refined, bleached, or deodorized. With DME™ you get that fresh, smooth, coconut flavour that signifies the highest quality of oil.
You heard it right folks, and they even spelled flavour with a u, so they mean business. This brand even goes one step above RMS by promoting fair trade. The only downfall is that they are a Canadian brand, so shipping to the US can get a bit pricey if you order from their website (plus they require a $100 minimum, although they have some other products you could try - I have heard great things about their Tamanu Nut Oil and MCT Oil), but lucky for non-Canadians it is also available on Amazon for $19.99. Yay Amazon. Also, you get to support Canadians, who are 100% awesome (I have been there, this is verified.)


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About Us
In 1987 our classes started in a small studio and due to overwhelming demand we moved to larger premises. Finally in 2007 we moved to our purpose-built studio on Montague Street in North Wollongong.
To date Dance World has taught thousands to dance Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Ballroom and Latin. The phenomenal success is due to a team effort. Doug has been the visionary driver whilst his wife Yvonne maintains balance and public relations. Then there are the teachers; most of whom have been with Dance World for over 15 years, which is testimony in itself. All in all, a happy family institution has been created where students can learn the joy of dance at whatever level suits them.
Dance World was created by Doug Newton, a former Australian Professional Latin & Ballroom Champion, and World finalist. Doug has vast national and international experience, and a lifetime commitment to the arts, especially dance.
Dance World has the advantage of longevity and experience, and we are always evolving to meet new trends and the needs of our students.
The administration is fine-tuned, efficient and friendly, and we are a family-owned business.
There is something for everyone 3 years and up. You can choose to learn at any level that suits, over a wide variety of dance styles.
Our purpose-built studio has two floors and the following features:
- Tarkett dance floor upstairs - the same floor used by The Australian Ballet School
- Sprung wooden floor downstairs
- Air-conditioned
- Great lighting
- Amazing sound
- Great detail and design
We have a happy and friendly environment, and are in a great central location close to the Princes Highway and Memorial Drive.


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CAPITAL PRESSURE specializes in the handling and transportation of fluids related to all sectors of the Oil and Gas industry. With over 27 years of history in the oilfield, we understand the needs of our clients and are committed to providing the most cost effective and safest management solutions possible. In order to provide timely response to the Central Alberta area, units are located in strategic centers.
Capital provides services including high pressure pumping, hot oiling, sweet and sour bulk fluid transportation (TC306, TC307, TC312, TC406, TC407 and TC412 services), steaming/high pressure cleaning, vacuum and hydro-vac service, chemical sales and delivery.
Safety: A Way of Doing Business
At Capital Pressure, the pursuit of excellence in Safety has ultimately resulted in a more cost effective way of doing business. By driving towards zero incidents in the field, we are continually reducing the significant costs that are associated with all incidents. Recent trend analysis show that our relentless commitment to safety has paid dividends for our employees, our clients and our environment.
To ensure consistently high standards of service, Capital Pressure has developed a comprehensive hazard management program. We are proud of this program as it represents a significant investment and commitment by both management and employees. It is implemented in partnership with government agencies in order to maintain a superior safety and regulatory compliance record. The result of this working relationship is Capital's inclusion in the OH&S Partnerships program since 1994.
From the moment of being hired at Capital Pressure, employees are integrated into an ongoing industry leading training program dedicated to ensuring that a high degree of safety and proficiency is standard operating procedure. All proper PPE - such as safety glasses, hard hats, fire resistant coveralls and personal monitors are standard apparel. Fit tested breathing equipment and other specialized PPE is available as the client requires.
Capital's fleet of equipment is continuously updated. New technology and innovations that provide solutions for our clients are adopted as they become available. With over 100 pieces of equipment to select from, an appropriate size and type of unit for each specific job is readily available


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Darren McGavin and Simon Oakland
Originally uploaded by Brite light photos.
The photo comes from the movie The Night Stalker which later became a tv series. But the initial Night Stalker was a wild ride of a made-for-tv movie. And if you were in the news business, well, it was too much fun.
Kolchak discovers that there is a vampire loose in Las Vegas - a real one, not just some retiree on a bus trip who has played the slots too long and seems like they are the undead.
But his editor is skeptical. (Who wouldn't be?)
The local authorities are concerned it will be bad for business. (A universal theme, correct?)
But Kolchak won't let it go and in this scene finally confronts his editor.
"This nut thinks he's a vampire. He killed five, maybe six women. And he's drained every drop of blood from every one of them. And that is news, Vincenzo, news. And we are newspaper. We print the news. We don't supress it."
My editor at the Petaluma Argus-Courier, and the reporters who worked directly for me, got so sick of hearing me light up with some variation of that quote photographer Tom Balmer finally took a picture of me, waving my cigar and printed the text of the quote in the corner, handing it to me in a little newsroom ceremony. It's still a prized possession.
It was part tribute, part shut up, willya. But in weird way, the quote - and Darren McGavin's dogged pursuit of the story - set the tone for that newsroom. The city officials in Petaluma thought that they had a whole newspaper full of Karl Kolchaks on their collective asses. And they did, I suppose. Several of the city councilmen looks kind of like vampires, now that I think back about it.
McGavin just died, well into his 80s after a long and successful film career.
My nomination for his best work should be pretty obvious.
R.I.P. Karl Kolchak.