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About Me
Of course, the vegan convenience-food industry has evolved significantly over the last decade. There are now tasty, meltable cheese substitutes made without casein (not so back in 1998), and incredibly delicious milk beverages, coffee creamers, yogurt, and ice cream made from coconuts. My diet has also evolved over the years, and I've gone from relying heavily on convenience foods to centering my diet around whole, ripe, organic, (and as often as I can raw), fruits and vegetables, supplemented with whole grains, nuts, and seeds. I have gone from cooking with oceans of olive and coconut oil to preparing my meals with almost no oil at all, and I'm learning to cook with ever more simple ingredients while maintaining a complexity of flavors and a gourmet standard of taste.
Do I still indulge in the occasional vegan Boston cream donut and coconut milk ice cream sundae? Sure. Will I still eat a vegan pizza made with Daiya cheese or throw a Great Harvest Veggie Burger in the toaster oven when I realize I'm hungry, but haven't planned ahead? Yes. Do I think that it would be easier to achieve and maintain my ideal weight and vibrant health on a low-fat raw vegan diet? Absolutely. But I am comfortable where I am right now: eating thoughtfully, compassionately, sustainably, and deliciously. My meals at home are predominantly low-fat, made primarily of whole ingredients, and sacrifice nothing when it comes to taste.
Now that I no longer build my own diet around convenience foods, do I still think that anyone can adopt a vegan diet overnight and be happy, satisfied, and satiated doing it? You betcha! My clients are proof-positive that this is true. And I am very confident that even as my personal food choices continue to evolve, I will continue to inspire and delight the palates of food-lovers who come to me in search of the next great vegan meal.
As an author, speaker, and food coach, I've had the honor of teaching people from all over the world just how delicious eating vegan can be. Thank heavens, eating compassionately and sustainably is an idea that is finally catching on. Please join me in exploring Nature's bounty of green cuisine!
It is a joy for me to share my favorite food discoveries with you. Unless I believe that a person or business has misrepresented their products, services, or themselves in some way, I find negative reviews to be counter-productive to my mission of sharing delicious vegan discoveries with my readers. I realize that everyone's taste buds are different. What I think tastes awful, someone else might find delectable! Therefore, I only write about things that I love!
Many times I receive products, books, or services at no cost for review. The kind people who send me these items do so with the understanding that I will only write about things I love, and if I don't love what they have sent me, there will be no review. I do not consider this compensation, because no one can pay me enough to write favorably about something I do not like. But the FTC does regard review copies and product samples as compensation, and according to their newly revised endorsement guidelines, bloggers must now clearly disclose to the reader the relationship between herself and the "advertiser" within the post, itself. (See: http://diannej.com/blog/2012/05/new-ftc-rules-on-writing-reviews-affiliations-and-sponsored-posts/) So forgive my redundancy as of today, May 2, 2012, because all of my reviews that are about products or services I receive at no cost, will contain the following disclosure:
"I received __________ at no cost. ___________company sent me this _________ to review. You are reading this review, because I LOVE _________ not because I received __________ for free. Please know that no one can pay me enough to buy my endorsement. I only write about things I love, because it is my mission to show people just how incredibly easy and delicious eating vegan can be."
Some of the products and people I write about are also client companies. Again, I only write positively about them if I support, admire, and appreciate what they do and sincerely believe that they are making a positive contribution to people, animals, and the planet.
On September 19, 2011 I joyfully became an employee of Turtle Mountain, LLC. I have been writing positively about their products for the last fourteen years (the time when my first book was published!) I am passionate about all of their delicious dairy-free frozen desserts and refrigerated products, which is why I'm so thrilled to be part of the Turtle Mountain team. When I mention a So Delicious® Dairy Free product in a recipe, it's because that's what I use in my own kitchen and enjoy eating in my own home, and I hope you will, too!
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How is everyone??
Hope you all had a fantastic summer!
Now that summer is coming to a close, Fashion Week is just around the corner.
Next week will probably start the insane amount of castings.
Yep… 20 castings a day!
I'm super excited :)
(Source: alexandramadar)
Today marks my 4 months of being a vegetarian! My mom didn't think I could last a week. Ha!
I hope to be one for a very long time.
The other day my friend and I went out to lunch and she got chicken and I just got a salad and I wasn't even craving it. It's weird.
I had 3 go sees today and the first two I was extremely excited about because the photographers were AWESOME.
The first one went really well but the elevator was hand operated! :O
(All pictures down below)
It was really scary.
The second casting, the photographer shot with Iman, Coco Rocha, and shot for Vogue, Vanity Fair, and lots of campaigns. Well, the casting was canceled. I was so upset!
So I guess 2/2 castings went really well!
Afterwards something was telling me just to go home and eat lunch instead of going out like I always do and thankfully I did because the minute i walked into my apartment, BAM! It started pouring. I got lucky.
I haven't been out since 4. I have been reading, watching T.V., and writing. It's been actually quite fun.
I don't need to get up tomorrow until late because I start until 2!
Also! My 'modeling page' (I don't like saying fan page, that sounds… snobby, in a way) reached over 200 likes!! I am so so so happy! I was 15 away from 200 this morning and now I have 226!!! So grateful, thankful, happy, and just askfjaksdljfa Yay!!!
You guys are awesome!
Here are some pictures from today! Well, I only have like 2 but it's still pretty cool! It's of the hand operated elevator! :O
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Marketplace Fairness Act is Unfair to SMBs
Who will enforce the collection of all these new taxes on small business?
The Marketplace Fairness Act, best known as the Internet Sales Tax would be too burdensome on the small business like mine. Most sales from small internet companies are just a few dollars in lots of different places.
To require sale tax recordkeeping, collection and distribution of sales tax in the thousands of sales and use taxing districts throughout the United States is far too burdensome for all small companies.
It takes hours to complete forms for California alone. How much time is it reasonable to ask the small businessman to spend on collecting taxes? How much business will be lost if there is no economic advantage to doing business with the small businessman?
Many of California's cities, counties, towns, and communities have special taxing jurisdictions (districts), which impose a transactions (sales) and use tax. These districts increase the tax rate in a particular area by adding the district tax to the combined statewide rate of 7.50%. The rates for these districts range from 0.10% to 1.00% per district. More than one district tax may be in effect in a given location.
As a seller or a consumer, you may be required to report and pay district taxes for your taxable sales and purchases. Source: California Board of Equalization
How complex it it to pay sales tax? In California for example there are 6 pages of 'special tax rates,' that every penny of every sales has to be accounted for, collected and then individually accounted for when paying. Any mistakes will be penalized.
Have you ever paid sales tax to California? Every quarter they torture you with the complex long accountability form that takes these 5 pages of rates into account. But its not that easy because there are taxing districts and taxing zones. I don't know how anyone can figure this stuff out.
Click on the form to the left to download the PDF of the
California District Taxes, Rates and Effective Dates…. Poetry
California isn't the only state with multiple tax jurisdictions.
It is far less burdensome to place the burden of paying USE TAX rather than requiring companies to collect and pay SALES TAX.
If states want to collect tax, let them collect these taxes directly from it's citizens. Use taxes are functionally equivalent to sales taxes.
There is no reason to make a federal case out of states sales tax. The feds should stay out. Let each individual state decide what is a fair… tax sales or use or neither. Then the citizens can decide where they want to live or who they want to vote for.
However if congress does decide to go through with the insane legislation, make it fair to the smallest of companies. " ..if Congress passes online sales tax legislation, we believe small businesses with less than 50 employees or less than $10 million in annual out-of-state sales should be exempt from the burden of collecting sales taxes nationwide." Ebay President John Donahoe


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At the risk of sounding like one of those "I walked to school in the snow with no shoes" sermons we've all heard from our grandparents at one time or another, I'm completely aghast at a story out of Oklahoma in which parents are outraged because their precious babies are being made to attend class with no air conditioning. In MARCH.
According to KOCO, some parents in Oklahoma City are complaining that the school district won't turn on the A/C until April 15. Yes, temperatures have been unseasonably high this year, but not that high. It's been in the high 70s there, but you'd think the kids were being baked based on the reactions of some parents.
Parent Lauri Anderson told the station her daughter, 5, was in a terrible state after being subjected to the high heat.
She was nauseous and had a headache last night. Her head hurt, her tummy hurt, she was thirsty. When I picked her up, she was drenched in sweat and had a red face.
Please. I grew up in Nebraska, and my grade school had no air conditioning. Ever. We went until June, and if we were lucky, the teacher would open the windows. It was hot, but we survived; and I'm sure these kids in Oklahoma will too.
It's just another example of overzealous parents who try to pad and pamper their children's entire lives instead of letting them learn to tough things out. I'm certainly guilty of it sometimes too, but for the most part, I think my kids need to learn to sweat and get a few blisters here and there, because that's what's going to prepare them for real life.
I can't tell you how many hot, stuffy board rooms I've sat in for meetings throughout my career, dying from the heat or shivering from the cold. Conditions aren't always optimal, and the sooner we learn to adapt and power through anyway, the better off we'll be.
I'm glad there is air conditioning in schools in general. It's one less distraction for kids, and hopefully that leads to a little bit of greater learning. But learning to be adaptable is even more important, and I think these kids -- and more importantly, their parents -- need to learn to suck it up and stop complaining for the next couple of weeks ... and beyond.
Would you be upset if your children had to attend school with no air conditioning? Do you think parents today try to pad their children's worlds too much?
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I think this article is missing something super important. Was the central fans on?
For those children with breathing issues, this would be detrimental. Part of the reason you have AC is to move the air around, to disprise oxygen a little more evenly throughout the building. There's a reason buildings keep the air moving all tiems of the year.
I don't konw what the parents said, and sure its not THAT HOT! But there should have been some sort of air circulation goingo n.
You obviously never had a kid suffer heat stroke then. I am so not a helicopter mommy, but I do expect that my daughter will be kept in a safe environment. Kids who have suffered heat stroke are more likely to suffer again, and under less hot conditions as the original incident. In order to not die, my child has to have access to AC when it gets hot.
I think that before you write an article in which you critize people you really should understand all the facts. I live in Arkansas - right next door to Oklahoma for those who don't know where we are. Both states have HIGH Humidity - not as bad as some places in Lousiana but none-the-less very high Humidity. This month has been very very warm, I don't typically turn on the AC until late May - mid June depending if we can get a nice breeze going, but I've already had to turn on the AC-ugh!
And just so you know we have already had several days that hit mid 80's not just the upper 70's. Very bad omen for this summer. No real winter to kill all the bugs + no spring = Bug infested overgrown HOT Dry Summer. Misquitoes are already out if you can beleive that. I had to spray for Wasps already.
Hopefully these schools have opened up their windows to let the fresh air in, so it won't be so blistering hot in the buildings.
After reading the article I checked the weather in Olahoma City. This week has been fluctuating between highs of 83 and 87 degrees. The higs usually occur right around 2pm, when children are in school. And some of those days have thunderstorm warning which means no open windows to let in a breeze. If kids are becomeing physically ill, especially kids under 10, then the air should be turned on. Letting kids 'tough it out' through symptoms of dehydration just isnt responsible. It isn't pampering to prevent kids from feeling ill when it could be easily prevented.


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Aloha Green grows and ships tropical foliage, exotic fruits and other agricultural products from its 2,300 acres along the Hamakua Coast. But now the company is researching non-edible jatropha as a biofuel crop.
Nearby, Hamakua Springs Farms is in the process of developing its own hydropower, harnessing the 140 inches of annual rainfall and diverting it through a flume fitted with a turbine. Hamakua's business model? It ships hydroponically grown vegetables to top restaurants and supermarkets across the islands.
How did farmers get involved in produc-ing energy? Maybe more than on any other Island, Big Island farmers feel the pain of rising fuel costs, as their cost of moving goods jumps up with every tank of gas in a pickup truck logging miles on this biggest of the Hawaiian Islands. That's why on Nov. 6 and 7, the Malama Aina Festival will bring together Big Island growers and energy businesses to share ideas.
The two-day festival in downtown Hilo aims to increase awareness about the need of farmers to solve their energy challenges themselves. "Alternative energy is no longer a luxury, but a necessity," says co-chair Steve Shropshire, owner of Aloha Green. "We want to learn more about what people can do for themselves on a small scale and lessen dependency on outside resources."
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Yea…that Damon. Apparently he thought he was making everyone feel special, I had to tell him that it was actually a rather mean thing to do…it turns out he had liked me the whole time though. When I yelled at him about the dance thing he kissed me and told me it had always been only me so yeah Awkward Little Half-mermaid Princess got herself a boyfriend! And as far as Shelby goes, I am pretty sure there is no going back this time.
I'm happy for you! And oh, that's what they all say. She'll come around, don't worry. Remember, I'm never wrong.
(Source: granddaughteroftriton)
Oh Ember! We really should hang out more! Damon is officially my boyfriend now, that's why he was my date to the ball…and I think why Margret is mad…and I am positive Shelby hates me…ask her yourself if you don't believe me!
Oh. Wait a second. I know the Damon we're talking about. This is the Damon that asked every one to the dance. Right? I don't think Margret should be mad at you then! That seems really unfair… and as far as Shelby goes, best friends always fight then threaten to never speak to each other again. Give it time, you'll see!
(Source: granddaughteroftriton)
Aw Mel. Don't tell me you had a horrible time!
It started out fine…but I saw Damon getting yelled at by Margret and I think she might hate me so I left early…and Shelby basically hates me too so I just couldn't deal with being around her too…I ducked out and went to the pool alone.
1. Is Damon that boy you were supposed to go to the dance with? 2. I'm sure she doesn't hate you. 3. I'm positive Shelby doesn't hate you. You two have had fights before. I'm sure everything will work out!
was I the only one who had a ball at the ball?
Looks like it…luck you!
Aw Mel. Don't tell me you had a horrible time!
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Ember walked down the grand staircase. She had to mentally tell herself not to let her jaw hang open as she took in the beauty of the grand ballroom. All week, she'd been trying to imagine how amazing this day would be. It was better than she could have dreamed. She reached the end of the staircase and looked around, trying to decide what to do first. Find some friends? Find some food? Slide into the dance floor? The choices were endless. And the best part? With the mask covering her identity, no one had to know who she was. As far as everyone knew, the granddaughter of Triton was nowhere to be found. She could be whoever she wanted to be.
Melody appreciated Ember trying to make her feel better, "Thanks Ember…even if you're wrong." She stuck her tongue out teasing her cousin. "Damon is not royalty and isn't used to formal stuff like you and I are…he's going to think I look ridiculous…I should go back to my room and change…"
"I am never wrong, dear cousin. Get that ridiculous thought out of your mind," Ember gasped, pretending to be offended. "No! You look wonderful! And Damon will think the same. I promise. Trust me. After all— I am never wrong."
Melody glanced up at Ember, "I don't know about you, but this mermaid can't dance…at all…" she gestured down at the fluffy skirt of her dress, "…and Damon has never seen me all dressed up like this…I don't look like me…"
Ember laughed. "Neither can I! But that's okay. Most people can't dance anyways at these things. You just have to laugh at yourself and have fun," Ember smiled. "OH, don't worry about that. Of course you look like you. And you look beautiful," she said, trying to help settle Melody's nerves.
Melody fidgeted with her bracelet while they walked, "I am….but I'm also nervous…"
Ember looked back at Melody. "Nervous? What for? You're royalty, for Disney's sake. There's nothing to be nervous about!" Ember laughed.


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This application creates DNG matrices by optimizing Delta E from a raw photo of x-rites color checker. The color temperature for the photograph is also estimated. Inputs are raw data from RawDigger and generic camera color response from DXO Mark.
XYZoptical to RGB to XYZdata
Sr,g,b is the relative spectral transmittance of the filter array not selectivity for XY or Z of a given color.
Pulling Sr,g,b out of the integral assumes they are scalars. For example Sr attenuates X, Y and Z by the same amount.
Raw Balance is not White Point Adaptation.
The transmission loss of Red and Blue pixels relative to green is compensated by D=inverse(S). The relation to incident chromaticity, xy is unchanged as S.D=1.
(See Bruce Lindbloom; "Spectrum to XYZ" and "RGB/XYZ Matrices" also, Marcel Patek; "Transformation of RGB Primaries")
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Hey I have a list of matrices and I want to define a proc that will search through the first matrices entries looking for zeroes, and if it finds one to move on to the next matrix in the list and look for zeroes and so on. if for some reason all matrices in the list have zeroes i would like the proc to answer with 0. otherwise I would like it to answer with the ndex of the first matrix wth all non-zero entries. I've played with things and occasionally made things work. But in general I do not have a solution. This is what I'e tried:Things like this:
recu:=proc(y,n,q)options trace;local f,j,t,k;t[y]:=y:k:=y:for f from 1 to n while y<=q do;for j from 1 to n do;if evalb(C[k](f,j)=0) then;t[y+1]:=t[y]+1;recu(t[y+1],n,q);else next;end if;end do;end do;end proc;like this:
recu:=proc(y,n,q) local f,j,t,k; global S; options trace;S:=0; if y=q then return "no"; end if; for f from 1 to n do; for j from 1 to n do; if evalb(C[y](f,j)=0) then; recu(y+1,n,q);S:=S+1; end if; end do;end do;end proc;And I think I understand well why these are not workinging however I wondered what I can do that will be syntactically (sp?) correct.Thanks
Say if I need a^T * b * a, I will do this:
VectorMatrixMultiply(Transpose(a), b);VectorMatrixMultiply(%, a);
But this seems too long for such a simple matrix (and vector) computation. I am sure there must be an short way.
What if I need more computation, like
a^T * b * c*d*f*g* a, where c,d,f,g are other 2x2 matrices. If I were to use the above command, that'll take a long time to input.
Hi there
I have have a 18*18 matrix which almost each of its element are in symbolic form. Now I need to have all of its eigenvectors. Unfortunately when I use the "Eigenvalues()" function in maple i got nothing. In fact I got the error which comes below.
Error, (in content/polynom) general case of floats not handled
I need to know if there's a solution to eliminate the error? If not, what can I do to determine the eigenvectors and eigenvalues in symbolic form?
I'll be appreciated your help
Hi everyone,
I have a question regarding the derivation of tensors/matrices.Let's assume for simplicity, that I have a vector (6x1) s and a matrix A (6x6)defining Transpose(s)*Inverse(A)*s. From this function I want to calculate the derivative w.r.t. s. My approach would be
restartwith(Physics):with(LinearAlgebra):Define(s,A)Diff(Transpose(s)*Inverse(A)*s, s)
As a result I get
though I'd rather expect something like Inverse(A)*s + Transpose(s)*Inverse(A)
Now as I'm pretty new to Maple, I can imagine that my approach is wrong, but I don't know any better and can't seem to get any information out of the help documents.
Thanks in advance for any of your suggestions!
how to calculate the first step
(2,0) -> (1,1,1) and (1,4) -> (1,2,0)
how to use maple command to get (1,1,1) and (1,2,0)
how to use maple command to calculate rep(h)
to get (0,-1/2,1) and (1,-1,0)
I have two 6x1 Matrices which are the results of a calculation process in Maple. One with a set of equations and the other one with a set of variables:
A := [0, f(x6), f(x6), 0, 0, f(x6)];
b := [x1, x2, x3, x4, x5, x6];
I'd like to solve the following system:
for i from 1 to 6 do
eq[i] := A[i] = b[i]:
which is
eq[1] := 0 = x1;
eq[2] := f(x6) = x2;
eq[3] := f(x6) = x3;
If I type in the eqations manually, and execute "s := solve({eq[1],..,eq[6]},{x1,..,x6})" everything solves fine.
If I use the "for i from..." - structure, and execute "s := solve({eq[1],..,eq[6]},{x1,..,x6})" I get an empty space as solution.
I've tried to convert both matrices into lists, but it doesn't work.
Could it be that Maple doesnt know that x6 has to be the x6 in the function f(x6) ?
Can anyone tell me how to solve this please?
Hey GuysI'm designing some stuff for controll theory
There I met following problem:
I want calculate the matrix A which is the product of X and G.
A is 6x6 matrix and all values in the diagonal are ones, the rest is undefined and should be calculated
X is 6x6 diagonal matrix with the values X1...X6
and G is also 6x6 and have all these values.
now I'm stuck 'cause I haven't used Maple frequently (only some simple stuff up to now, nothing with matrices)
I'd really appreciate it, if someone can tell how to tackle this problem
Let A and B be matrices of dimensions 3,2 and 2,3 corresondingly. It isknown Multiply(A,B)=Matrix([[8, 2, -2], [2, 5, 4], [-2, 4, 5]])
What is Multiply(B,A)?
I want to introduce a matrix of order M by M as for any m, M, pl help as show in file
Say I have a 3x3 matrix with real entries (like 3.4) and want to compute, say, A^(11). How can I do it and only have 5 digits in the output? I set Digits:=5; and used MatrixPower -- but got 10 digits, which is way too many for the classroom presentation.
I'm trying to create and populate the Array `A` with a sequence of lower triangular matrices based on the following relation:
A[k+1][i,j] = a (1+k) A[k][i,j] + b ((1+j) A[k][i-1,j] - j A[k][i-1,j-1])
The rows and columns of each matrix are given by i and j; a and b are scalars. The structure of A is not important provided a matrix can be accessed for a given k. The highest k value will not be more than about 100.
The starting matrix for k=1 is
[-1 0][ 1 -1]
Any guidance on where to start with setting up the appropriate procedure would be greatly appreciated.
Greetings to all.
It is a new year (for some time now) and I am writing to indicate that the mathematical adventures with cycle index computations and Maple continue!
Here are the previous installments:
My purpose this time is to alert readers who might be interested to a new cycle index computation that is neither an application of the classical form of the Polya Enumeration Theorem (PET) nor of Power Group Enumeration. The former counts objects being distributed into slots with a group acting on the slots and the latter objects going into slots with a second group which permutes the objects in addition to the slots being permuted. What I am about to present treats a third possible case: when the slot permutation group and the object permutation group are one and the same and act simultaneously (not exactly the same but induced by the action of a single group).
This requires quite radical proceedings in the etymological sense of the word, which is to go back to the roots of a problem. It seems that after working with the PET sooner or later one is confronted with enumeration problems that demand the original unmitigated power of Burnside's lemma, sometimes called the lemma that is not Burnside's. This is the case with the following problem. Suppose you have an N-by-N matrix whose entries are values from 1 to N, with all assignments allowed and the symmetric group on N elements acts on the row and column indices permuting rows and columns as well as the entries simultaneously. We ask how many such matrices there are taking these double symmetries into account. This also counts the number of closed binary operations on a set of N elemnents and there is a discussion as well as the Maple code (quite simple in my opinion and no more than a few lines) that solves this problem at the following Math Stackexchange link, which uses Lovasz Formula for the cycle index of the symmetric group which some readers may remember.
In continuing the saga of Polya and Burnside exploration I have often reflected on how best to encapsulate these techniques in a Maple package. With this latest installment it would appear that a command to do Burnside enumeration probably ought to be part of such a package.
Best regards,
Marko Riedel
Is it just me that is being daft, or am I correct in ascerting that there does still not exist (even in Maple 17) a command for taking the commutator of two matrices?
As far as I can tell from the help pages, there exists only a commutator of vector fields (in the tensor package), and a commutator af algebraic quantities (in the Physics package).
Not having such a command for matrices is, of course, not critical, as it is very easily programmed, but I am just surprised, for something as fundamental as checking some representation of a Lie algebra, say, requires taking such commutators.
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MechaKingGhidra said...
Well, that's fine and dandy but this song isn't about girl-gaming. It's about the message of going out and actually playing the dang game while giving a few examples regarding the classes.
Just because there is a female singing in it does not automatically make it about girl-gaming.
...Erm, Raise Your Glass and Play Your Class aren't really 'girl power' songs. They are people power songs. Sure, in this parody they had all girl toons, but it's not like the lyrics are girl centric. At all. 6_o (raising a eyebrow emote. I'm bringing it into style.)
Anywho, and considering... um... have I ever seen a 'I'm a girl gamer' song on WoWmoviewatch? The fact that I can't remember one should mean something....


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Mina had, of course, been kissed before now, but all those paled in comparison to what she received today. Watching him perform on stage for the past two weeks was an electric experience and she expected any kiss of Frank's to be packed with electricity. However, this epitome of Abercrombie was amazed that this rocker could indeed kiss so deeply yet at the same time so chastely. Frank was, in other words, a polite kisser, nothing with that sloppy tongue stuff she usually got from Bobby. Mina's lightly glossed lips continued to tingle as they hopped off the merry-go-round due to the dirty looks they were being given by the harassed looking mothers on the ride. Frank held her porcelain hand in his tattooed one as they made their way to an empty bench. Sitting down, Mina took a deep breath, knowing she had to speak of the case at hand.
"Frank, I like you, I really do... but I-I can't-" she stuttered, avoiding those gorgeous emerald eyes that would make her say otherwise.
Yet it seemed as though he expected this response from her as he readily said, "Its because of Bert isn't it?"
Mina's head shot up only to meet Frank's knowing gaze, "Y-yes, um, Bert wouldn't want me to do this..." she lied and thought to herself, 'You could easily bypass Bert if you wanted to, even for Frank, but you won't will you? Why? Because you're too much of a coward to let someone in!' She picked at a hole in her pants as she mentally admonished herself.
"Usually, I'd tell you to forget what Bert says, but, " he lifted her chin and willed her to look him in the eye and said, "I understand and I won't pressure you to do something you're trusted not to do."
While they were wrapped in a warm embrace, Frank failed to notice a few tears that escaped from Mina's eyes. Tears because she couldn't tell him the whole truth...
On the ride back to the next day's venue, via taxi, Mina seemed, outwardly, happy and bubbly. On the inside, however, she slowly came undone.
"Well Princess Mina, this is where the magic ends as I return you to your fortress." Frank stated dramatically, "I bid you adieu milady."
She giggled and gave him a quick squeeze, "Thanks for coming out with me today."
"No big, I would have asked you either way." he replied before trotting off to his bus with a cheery wave.
Mina watched as Frank disappeared with tears forming in her cerulean eyes once more and quickly entered her temporary home. Once inside she completely lost all control, not knowing another person was present.
Quinn looked up to see Mina collapsing onto the floor sobbing hysterically. He swiftly made his way over to the young girl, sweeping her into a brotherly embrace. He made reassuring noises and kissed her forehead as he led them to the sofa to sit. Quinn waited patiently, handing Mina tissues every so often before asking his burning question, "Do you want to talk about it?"
To his relief, she nodded and commenced to pour her heart's troubles out. When she finished, needless to say, Quinn was surprised that this had occurred right under all their noses. But, he had to admit, she and Frank would make a cute midget couple.
Mina blew her nose and continued, "I pushed him away Quinny, I pushed away a chance at being normal again. And its all because I'm too scared to take a chance with him, to trust him."
Quinn's heart went out to the miserable teen before him. It was true, she was scared and for a good reason too. Bobby had broken her mental innocence and ravaged her trust in men. It was lucky that she and Frank even got this far at all. "Don't be. I've known Frankie for what seems like forever. I trust him, you know how hard it is to get me to do that. He won't hurt you or take advantage of you like Bobby did. But the thing is Mina, you have to meet him halfway. You've got to let down your walls for him, just give him a chance."
Mina hiccupped and smiled at his encouraging words. "Alright, I'll try to, but this time around, I want Bert to know about it. Um, after Frank and I are together, that way he can't say no."
"Sounds like a great plan. Now let's get you and Frankie some alone time, like now." he saw Mina looking hesitant and added, "You're way past the point of no return, missy, so suit up cause we're gonna lasso you a MAN!"
That night's plan failed, however, owing to the fact that My Chem was living up to their claim to fame as work-a-holics and were indeed practicing for the next day's show.
"Quinn, do I look ok?" Mina asked fidgeting in front of the bus bathroom mirror. As usual, she and Quinn were the last to primp before heading out, leaving them alone for the moment.
"Better than ok! Frankie boy is going to have his Mina fix today." Quinn teased as he took in Mina's outfit for the day. It was just a pair of form fitting, low slung jeans, chucks, and a slightly tight shirt that just squeaked past Bert's inspection.
Mina pulled her blonde hair into a loose ponytail and finished off the look with just a hint of eyeliner and lip gloss. She ignored the last part of her friend's comment and said, "Thanks, I just hope I can get him alone for a moment today."
"And why would you want to do that, Mina?", Jepha stepped from out of the bunk area looking at the guilty looking pair before him.
"Oh, um, I um... what?" Quinn stuttered, trying to cover up what they had just said.
"Its no use, I've heard enough." Jepha said cutting across the explanations. "YOU LIKE FRANKIE AND I'M GONNA TELL HIM!" He darted attempted to dart out of the bus but was viciously tripped by Mina.
"Sorry, Jephy-boy, he knows and he likes me back." she said patting his head.
"Oh so you two are an item now?" Jepha asked excited about this new juicy gossip as Quinn helped him off the floor.
"Um not yet, I'm going to talk to Frank about that today." she answered somewhat sheepishly.
"Talk to me about what?" Frank said from the door wearing his adorable Cheshire cat smile.
It was really surprising to Mina, how quickly a room could clear. With all the boys gone, except for Frank, she became flustered again as he came to sit on the sofa with her.
"A-about, yester-yesterday, I, uh, well... you see... to hell with it!" and with that Mina kissed him, forgetting all the rules. They only broke apart when cheering erupted from the front window where Jepha and Quinn were spying.
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PAWS Kuwait! Is this the end?
Most of you know us. Most of you know what we have done for the animal situation in Kuwait for more than 7 years. Most of you know that we rescued over 3000 animals during that time. Most of you know how hard we have struggled all these years and how hard we fought to continue with our work in very difficult circumstances. Most of you know under which conditions we rescued, saved, treated, sheltered and re-homed dogs, cats, donkeys, birds, horses and camels. Most of you know how stubbornly we provided education and advice in schools and in public to change the conditions for animals in Kuwait.
You might remember the time we had to leave our old place in Wafra because we were kicked out by the House of Development and we were so grateful to get the new accommodation in Kebed. We spent all our savings from the previous years to make this place a new home for our rescued animals. Now we have to move again…..
Due to personal reasons of the land owner, we got a very, very short notice to evacuate the shelter in Kebed. Within 2 months! We were shocked and desperate and angry at the same time!
Right now we have a terrible financial situation and are NOT able to move a whole shelter to another place we don't have! We relied on the promises of the land owner to be safe for the next few years. A move to another place would cost us min. 12,000 KD to build up new runs for dogs and cats, to install a sewage system, to install power, to move all the porter cabins, most of them too old to move again!
So tell me , is this the end of PAWS? Was all our work and heart blood for nothing? Will we be the victims of the circumstances here in the state of Kuwait? Will our saved and abandoned animals be victims of a system, which doesn't provide professional animal welfare in a targeted modern society?
Are we forced to give up, because powerful people change their minds from one day to another, because they don't care if abused and rescued animals have to be put down in the worst case? Because authorities see us as an annoying group of people who fight for something unnecessary, minor…for animals? I SAY NO! We have the ethically responsibility to continue PAWS' work!
THIS CAN NOT BE THE END!…but
PAWS needs your help so desperately right now, we can't fight alone, we need people to support us to continue our work! We need a place to go where we are safe, where people understand that dogs and cats are the best friends of human beings, people who understand that we have to respect every creature in this world. We need money in case we find a place to move and give the abandoned and often tortured animals a new home, right now we talk about appr. 100 dogs and more than 80 cats, at least so long as YOU will come along and adopt them!
I swear by GOD we will fight for our animals and shelter as long as we can, but I beg you support us with labor work, construction material, financial donations, with advice and most importantly a place to go !
We will install a pay pal account on our website www.paws-kuwait.org for donations, because it is a fact, we have to move!! We will try to negotiate more time to collect the necessary money. In case you want to call me personally, dial 99064229 or email me at email@example.com
GOD / ALLAH help us! People, citizens of Kuwait, help PAWS!
Manuela Tague,
Chairperson of PAWS and on behalf all our friends and members


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New York artist, Ryan Cronin, at his solo exhibition "3's A Charm" in Charleston, SC.
New York Artist, Ryan Cronin with his "Pink Peep" statue outside of his solo show "3's A Charm" at SCOOP studios in Charleston, SC on Friday, September 2, 2011
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Karin Olah should be an adjective and verb. Her warmth, free spirit and sense of humor are as engaging as her artwork. Growing up in Central Pennsylvania, the craft of quiltmaking has tremdously influenced Olah's creative process as she "paints" with fabric to reveal organic shapes and fluid flowing energy in her abstract art. The floral and unusual fruit series, also made with fabric, are maticulous and beautiful. Olah is the newest artist to join our growing family at SCOOP studios, although we have known and collected her art for years. This is a bitter sweet partnership, but we must all grow and if that means leaving, then at least we have a place to visit in Colorado and Olah will always have a place in Charleston.
Please join us on Saturday, July 30, 5-8 pm, say goodbye to Karin Olah as she prepares to journey to Colorado the next day and preview her solo show "Unwound and Bound" at 57 1/2 Broad Street, Charleston, SC 29401
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Yes, we must indulge one last time :(
Come Say Goodbye to Us At Our Final Charleston Farmers Market on Saturday July 30th & Take Home Some Giddy Goat Relics!
We will be doing our final market this Saturday @ Marion Square from 8-2 PM and we'd love you to come say goodbye to us and take home some great Giddy Goat…
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Christopher Schmidt said...
Divinity is pure over heals for a tank. Your getting topped up by spam heals 99% of the time, so why would you want an extra 5% healing when any good healer is already healing you to full and keeping you there? Now a holy pally would love this talent because it increases the healing they put out by 5% meaning they put out more heals for less mana cost. They also gain the benefit of 5% more healing on themselves if they get in a situation where they need a heal, especially since no one spam heals the healers. Next time you are tanking check the overheal meter and see alot of heals you received have become overheal anyway because you will have been spam healed during the fight, so divinity is adding to that with no real benefit, whereas you could increase your dps by a margin to reduce the fight length and increase your treat gen as a happy bonus side effect.
And, No, your build is not the most popular Tanking build. Mater of fact your build is about 4 patches out of date, and even when it was considered a "good build" it was a beginning tank build and by no means a raid build. 0/53/18 is the spec of choice for 90% of Raid tankadins. Its been shown time and again on EJ, tankspot, maintankadin.com, and the official paladin and tanking forums that Divinity is simply overhealing and not worth the 5 points. Seals of the Pure has also been shown to be far less threat generation then going further down the ret tree and picking up Vindication and Crusade. PoJ and SoC are both favorable to take as well as SoC ups your tps on trash and PoJ is a movement increase that helps substantially on several fights. Only 1/2 Spiritual Attunement is needed because you will be constantly spam healed thus regenerating mana, and you will have Divine Plea up 100% of the time if you have taken GbtL, so that extra point can be used in the ret tree as well.


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Bloomer (WQOW) - There's a lot of excitement for a new school in Bloomer, but the buzz at a meeting Monday night was about the old building. A group of parents wants to turn the old elementary school into a community center.
Last year, voters approved a referendum to build a new elementary school. There's a group that wants to form a non-profit to re-tool the old building, but there are several issues. At the top of the list: the building is already set to be demolished in the fall.
"We would like to turn it into a community center," says Bloomer parent Mandi Marik.
A group of Bloomer parents wants to give new life to an old building. They're hoping to purchase the former Bloomer Elementary School to create a "Blackhawk Activity Center".
"We have a daughter that's in fourth grade, a son that's in kindergarten, and it is hard to find gym time," Marik says.
The group would tear down a portion of the building, and keep the gym and several classrooms.
"I see the plans, and I'm very much for the idea, I like the idea," said one Facilities Committee member Monday night.
Monday night, they made an offer to the school district's facilities committee to buy the property for $5. But the committee says there are several issues with the offer.
"My concern is what's left behind, because that's what we are tasked to do, what's best for the school district, what's best for the community and everyone else," one member said.
One of the biggest concerns is cost to the school district. It already borrowed $115,000 back in April to demolish the building. Plus the parent group is asking for an additional $50,000 to remove asbestos.
"That is true that we'd be saving a lot of money in demolitions cost, but in turn you're asking for an additional $50,000, plus we're giving up land that has value," one member said.
The group says they don't feel like they should have to pay for that, since they asked the board to postpone a vote on the demolition in April.
"We came into the school board meeting in April, because we knew they could be voting on demolition and we wanted to have a little bit of time to see if we could turn it into a community center," says Marik.
No decision was made Monday night. The school's facilities committee will meet again on Thursday to discuss that offer. The parent group says they need to raise $150,000 to cover the costs of demolition and renovation, and they say they already have three businesses in town willing to help out.
The offer to buy the building is on the table for the next two weeks.
The school board has already approved, and borrowed money, for demolition of the elementary school. That's slated for October.


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The Ninth Doctor takes Rose to a crystal planet.
"Fantastic," he said, and shut the doors again.
Rose raised her eyebrows. "Well, what is it?"
"We'll need some dark glasses," the Doctor replied, and strode through the corridors, grinning. Rose looked a bit confused, but cheered up as she followed him to the wardrobe.
After being kitted up with an uncomfortable welding-mask, however, Rose wasn't feeling so positive.
"These are all we have at the moment," the Doctor explained, "Unfortunately."
"Isn't there something a little more hi-tech?" Rose muttered, her voice already muffled from the mask.
The Doctor shook his head, opened the TARDIS doors, and they were both plunged into the brilliant light of the planet.
Rose felt like her eyes were burning just looking at it, even through the mask. Tinted though it was, she could tell that everything glowed. There were rainbows in the distance, and even close up if she looked closely. The planet itself sparkled with light.
She grinned, and waited for the Doctor to lock the doors.
"What's doing it?" she asked, once he'd finished.
The Doctor slipped his hand into hers, glove meeting protective glove. "It's reflection. This entire planet is one huge crystal surface, and the suns reflect light."
At that, Rose looked up. One sun was overhead, another behind her on the horizon. They were both bright, but not as bright as the reflections upon reflections on the planet itself.
"Shouldn't it be mined or something, though?" she asked as they walked through the crystal landscape.
"Nah. Trust would never allow it. They'll have been looking after it so they can go on holidays here. Proper tourist attraction."
She could feel him grinning from behind his mask, and wondered whether he was having her on. It didn't look busy enough for a tourist attraction, she thought, unless it was closed for the season.
The strange formations of crystal glimmered in front of her, and she wondered if he was lying. They looked man-made.
"Lets have a look from that mountain up there," he said, and pointed. Rose laughed as they tried to run hand-in-hand up the hill, because she felt so silly and awkward. All thoughts of distrust left her mind as she sat up the top of the hill and rested against the Doctor's shoulder.
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Greek and Bible Study
You know what, I really don't know HOW this computer works. I don't know or understand the language behind it, and I don't know how the hardware is put together in order to make it function. However, I recognize that those elements exist, and most importantly, I know how to practically use it. Similarly, I really know very little Greek, and I really don't know a lot about how the Greek language functions. Fortunately, there are scholars who know a lot about those things and have created tools that can be practically used by anyone, whether they know Greek or not.
The Greek New Testament
Before I came to seminary, I had barely heard about the New Testament being written in Greek, let alone the importance that this plays in translating and understanding the text. That has changed now that I have three Greek courses under my belt. What I've come to realize is that although I've learned a lot about the language, there is SO much more to be learned. Just knowing the alphabet, a large portion of the New Testament vocabulary, Greek paradigms, and basic translation rules is just the beginning to understanding what is going on in the text.
Greek Study Tool
However, one of the greatest gifts that our professors gave us was introducing us to good resources, and there is one particular resource that I have become particularly appreciative of. It is the Lexham High Definition New Testament by Steven Runge. This resource takes the reality that there are some things that are communicated in the Greek New Testament that are just hard to translate, and it does something about it. The Greek authors used various literary devices of the Greek language that just can't always be communicated by translating the text word for word.
For example, there was a general word order that was followed in Greek sentences, and if that word order was changed, the author was most likely trying to draw attention to something in particular in the sentence. That emphasis can be hard to communicate in a similar way as it is translated to a different language.
Greek Language and the Bible text
In this resource, Runge has identified the attention-getters, suspense-builders, emphasized words, and outlining signals that the original authors used, and then he labels them in the English text. Runge takes into account the following literary characteristics in marking the text:
- Choice implies meaning,
- Prominence (what has the author communicated as "background" or "foreground" information),
- Contrast (recognizing an underlying pattern and how the writer breaks or changes it),
- Semantic meaning versus pragmatic effect.
Regarding point #4, Runge points out that it is "very important to distinguish between the inherent meaning of something (i.e. its semantic meaning), and the effect achieved by using it in a particular context (i.e. its pragmatic effect)" (LHDNT Introduction 1.4).
For example, it would be easy to semantically translate the phrase "your children" into another language, but the context may have an effect on what is truly being communicated. For example, if I just got home from studying and my wife looked at me and said, "Guess what your son did…," I would understand that there is more being communicate than the simple semantic meaning of that phrase. As you can begin see, a lot more goes into translation than just knowing what English word means the same as a particular Greek word.
No Greek Needed
The joy of this resource is that you don't have to know anything about Greek in order to use it. As you go through the English text, he has marked the text in a way that communicates what the Greek literary device communicates as well.
For example, he marks the forward-pointing tools that work alone (meta-comment, attention-getters, repetition, backgrounding), forward-pointing tools that work in pairs (counter point/point sets, forward-pointing reference and target), emphasis, tools for highlighting details (characterization, changed name, thematic address, near distinction, far distinction), and propositional annotations (sentence, principle, support, complex, sub-point, elaboration, circumstance, or bullet). Those titles may not mean a lot to you right now, but the introduction to the resource clearly explains each one of them and their implications.
What I really appreciate is that Runge has brought together a vast amount of knowledge about the Greek language and how it functions, and he has brought it together to create a tool that can be used by anyone, like a computer. I hope that this resource may prove to be a help to you in your Bible study or sermon preparation.
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Speaking of resources, what resources do you use to help in either Bible study, sermon preparation, or in your personal devotions?
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Oculus Rift: Virtual Reality Set For Comeback As Devs Triple Kickstarter Target
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Palmer Luckey's virtual reality headset dev kit sees a huge surge of interest in first 24 hours.
Published on Aug 2, 2012
Oculus Rift, the first iteration of the virtual reality headset backed by John Carmack, Cliff Bleszinski and Gabe Newell, has smashed through its Kickstarter target in just one day, funding more than triple the $250,000 thanks to over 3,000 developers.
"All of us at Oculus are in awe of the support we've received. Surpassing our goal so substantially in less than 24 hours is very humbling," wrote Rift creator Palmer Luckey.
The Kickstarter now has an FAQ regarding the prototype device.
"We're attending a few upcoming trade shows including QuakeCon, Siggraph, and Unite to chat with developers and gamers about the Rift and show off the latest prototypes," Luckey added. The headset will also be at gamescom.
The prototype VR device is aimed squarely at developers, who will be able to support the device with their games thanks to the Rift UDK - it should reach devs by December.