Jean E. Pendziwol is the award-winning author of eight published children's books. Her debut adult novel, The Light Keeper's Daughters, will be published in 2017 by HarperCollins; her latest children's book, Me and You and the Red Canoe, will also be published in 2017 by Groundwood Books. You can find her online at http://www.jeanependziwol.com/.
Shauna Kosoris: Your writing career began with the publication of the picture book No Dragons for Tea: Fire Safety for Kids (and Dragons), which was published in 1999. What inspired you to write this book?
Jean E. Pendziwol: My writing career actually began a few years before that. Prior to having kids, and continuing on a casual basis after they were born, I worked as a freelance writer, mostly for trade publications. I researched, wrote, photographed and did editorial coordination. Having young children re-exposed me to children's books, and in particular, picture books. I love the format – the partnering of images and text, the challenge of working within a limited number of words, and, especially at that time, the ability to hold a story completely in my head before I even put pen to paper. No Dragons for Tea was inspired by my daughter. At that time, she was extremely afraid of fires, and more so, by fire alarms. I was concerned that she didn't have the necessary tools to respond in an emergency situation and searched out resources. What I found were a number of books about fire safety that were all either didactic or frightening. With the help of our local fire prevention officer, Brian Berringer, I came up with the idea for the book. I was thrilled when Kids Can Press wanted to publish it! I was fortunate in that it was timely, relevant, accessible and engaging and it carried an important message.
I love that it spawned a whole series of engaging safety stories for children, too! Right now you've published eight picture books, with another one tentatively scheduled for release next year. What is the appeal of writing for children?
I love the challenge of writing picture books. There is a misconception that because the stories are short and for children that writing them is a simple task. It's actually one of the hardest genres to get published in, which I fortunately didn't know at the time I headed down that path. Several of my picture books are poems, and while written for children, have a universal appeal. Once Upon a Northern Night in particular has touched many people. I love that my stories speak to people in an intimate way. And because I value and respect children, I want to create something for them that is valuable and respectful.
What's the hardest thing for you when writing a picture book?
There are so many audiences to keep in mind. The audience for the story is a child, but it also needs to speak to the adult who will be making the decision to buy or borrow the book. Picture books are most often read out loud, and read many times over, and as a writer, these are things I need to consider.
Your debut adult novel, The Light Keeper's Daughters, is due out next summer. What made you switch your focus from writing children's books?
I haven't. I love and will always love writing for children; this is just another branch of the same writing tree. When I first started working on The Light Keeper's Daughters, I intended for it to be for middle grade or young adult readers. But as the characters began to take shape on the page and the themes and plot evolved, it settled into a story more suited to an adult audience. I was also at a point in my life where I was able to devote time to a more involved, lengthy writing process necessary for a novel-length story.
Has it been hard switching from writing for children to writing for adults?
For me, writing is always a learning process. Skills applicable to children's writing are also important for adult writing; keeping the audience in mind; respecting the reader; ensuring that the voice remains consistent; and keeping the pace appropriate. I think my tendency to be a concise writer has served me well in my work for children and that has carried over to my writing for adults as well.
What can you tell me about your new novel?
The Light Keeper's Daughters features two fascinating women, Elizabeth, who is elderly, blind and living in a senior's home, and Morgan, a teenager completing community service hours for spray-painting graffiti. They are drawn together after the discovery of journals penned by Elizabeth's father when he served at Porphyry Island as lighthouse keeper nearly sixty years ago. As they decipher the musty words, they realize they are connected through Elizabeth's enigmatic twin sister, Emily, their lives shaped by the harsh Lake Superior environment and the secrets kept by a family for a lifetime.
I look forward to reading it next year! So what are you working on now?
Fair enough. What book or author inspired you to write?
I grew up sailing on Lake Superior, so had plenty of time for reading. Interestingly, I never envisioned myself being a novelist, although I always loved to write. Some of my favorite books included the Mary Stewart series about Merlin and King Arthur (The Crystal Cave, The Hollow Hills), Clan of the Cave Bear (Jean M Auel), Nancy Drew, Agatha Christie, Ken Follet. As a young child, I read Enid Blyton, and had A.A. Milne read to me.
I think that's a difficult question – readers are so diverse, which is wonderful. Not everyone likes the same kind of book. Some of my favorites (other than the ones noted above) include To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee), The Thirteenth Tale (Diane Setterfield), Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (Dai Sijie, Ina Rilke), All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr), Skellig (David Almond) and the Little House books by Laura Ingalls. Oh, and Because of Winn Dixie (Kate DiCamillo) – pure genius in my opinion.
I just finished The Illegal (Lawrence Hill), I'm reading Fifteen Dogs (Andre Alexis), and have Amy Jones' We're All in This Together on the list. I'm also re-reading some of my favorite middle grade books, looking at them from the perspective of a writer, including The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis), Coraline (Neil Gaiman), Little House in the Big Woods (Laura Ingalls), and Holes (Louis Sachar). And, of course, Because of Winn Dixie.


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TruAmerica and Intercontinental Acquire Largest Apartment Community in Santa Rosa for $59 Million
Los Angeles, CA, August 5, 2015 –TruAmerica Multifamily in partnership with Intercontinental Real Estate has closed on its largest acquisition in the San Francisco Bay Area with the purchase of Maribelle Apartment Homes, a 287-unit garden style apartment community in Santa Rosa, CA for $59 million. The transaction represents TruAmerica's fifth joint venture encompassing almost 1,300 units with Intercontinental.
Built in 1987, Maribelle Apartments is the biggest apartment community in Santa Rosa. It features a mix of one- and two-bedroom apartment homes on a low-density 13.4-acre site and includes a clubhouse fitness center, resort-style pool, dog park and picnic areas with barbecues. The property has easy access to US 101 and California State Highway 2 and is near the soon-to-be-completed Santa Rosa Station of the Sonoma Marin Rail Transit Service. It is well located within walking distance to the Historic Railroad Square and Downtown districts and within a three-mile radius of 2.5 million square feet of retail, dining and entertainment options.
TruAmerica specializes in identifying, acquiring and repositioning mid-tier apartment communities to provide high-quality rental housing for working families in growth markets throughout the Western United States. Since acquiring its first asset in San Jose, CA in 2013, the Los Angeles-based investment firm has become one of the most actives buyers of multifamily properties in the United States, building a portfolio of nearly 10,000 units including over 1,000 in the San Francisco Bay Area.
"There is probably greater demand for workforce housing in the Bay Area than any other region in the United States," said Greg Campbell, Senior Managing Director of Acquisitions for TruAmerica. "Unlike many large cities where economic growth is limited to a particular area, the Bay Area is continuing to experience strong economic fundamentals across an entire region which stretches more than 100 miles from San Jose to Santa Rosa.
San Francisco and the Peninsula have experienced 46 percent and 50 percent respectively in rent growth over the past four years, according to Real Facts. This has put additional upward pressure on rents in outlying areas. In Santa Rosa, which is 50 miles north of San Francisco, rents have increased approximately 28 percent over the same period.
Rents should continue to climb in Santa Rosa, which already boasts an average rental occupancy rate of 97 percent, as there is very little product in the pipeline. According to Marcus & Millichap's Institutional Property Advisors, who marketed the property on behalf of Fairfield Residential, construction of new apartment inventory has been limited due to the city's historically controlled growth approach to residential development. Approximately 70 percent of the city's 6,600 units were built before 2000.
"At our cost basis, we will be able to upgrade the property while still keeping rents in line for working class families," added Jessica Levin, Director, Acquisitions for Intercontinental. "This acquisition falls squarely into our value add investment strategy of which TruAmerica shares a similar mission and has been a fantastic partner."
TruAmerica's investment will benefit from a seven-year, interest only, fixed rate agency loan originated by Brian Eisendrath and Cameron Chalfant at CBRE Capital Markets, Inc.
TruAmerica Multifamily is a vertically integrated value-add multifamily investment firm based in Los Angeles. Founded in July 2013 as a joint venture between Robert Hart and The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, TruAmerica has been one of the country's most active multifamily investors and manages a $3.8 billion portfolio of almost 19,000 units across prime locations throughout Northern and Southern California, Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Arizona and Utah. For more information on TruAmerica Multifamily, visit www.truamerica.comor call (424) 325-2750.
About Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation
Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation is an SEC registered investment adviser with expertise in real estate investment, development, asset management, and construction management. Since inception in 1959, Intercontinental has managed, developed, and owned over $10 billion in real estate property. Today, Intercontinental owns and manages a portfolio in excess of $4 billion for its clients. Intercontinental balances its portfolio both by robust property mix and by geographic diversification, while actively seeking opportunities to invest in both core and core plus, as well as value-add development projects. Visit www.Intercontinental.net or call (617) 782-2600 for more information.

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Have you heard of the Timehop app?
I recently downloaded it to my iPhone and it gathers info from your Facebook posts from when you started and sends notifications of what you posted on that day a year ago, 2 years ago, or as far back as you've been on Facebook. It's really kind of fun to get a Timehop notification and then see what you've posted years past.
I received one today that made be giggle. It hopped me back in time to remember a cute moment that happened this same day 2 years ago, which I had posted on Facebook back then and now Timehop has refreshed the memory.
On December 23rd 2 years ago, my daughter, then 17 years old, was helping me clean the house to get ready for Christmas Eve guests. She asked if we could put on some Christmas music to get us in the holiday spirit. "Well of course," I said, "why wouldn't I?" She responded, "just making sure you're not a Christmas Stooge!" While laughing, I had to correct her, "ummm, I think you mean Scrooge!"
If it weren't for my kids, I think I'd laugh half as much!!!!
Merry Christmas and don't be a Scrooge or a Stooge this year!


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Updated with fun, colorful pages and engaging art, the best-selling Home Workbooks series is a favorite for both parents and teachers! This book offers educational and entertaining activities, puzzles, and games based on academic standards and provides the early learning skills children need to be successful in school. Skills cover beginning reading and phonics, beginning writing, one- and two-digit addition and subtraction, graphing and measurement, and more. An incentive chart and 140 stickers are included. Perfect for home, school, summer breaks, and road trips!


An easy and quick recipe for everyday oatmeal for the family.
1. Combine water, salt, date, and shredded coconut in a sauce pan. Bring to boil.
2. Add oats (1 to 3 ratio of oats to water; about 3/4 cup oats to 2 cups water for thicker oatmeal). Simmer for 3 - 5 minutes, or until tender.
3. Remove from heat. Stir in flax seeds, hemp seeds, chia seeds, maca spice, and coconut oil. Mash 1/2 banana with a fork and stir into oatmeal.
4. Garnish with fresh fruit (we used winter citrus).


In recent newsletters, we've discussed what's really at stake when you plead guilty or no contest to a traffic violation, as well as how to find information that will help you fight your case.
Keep in mind that these are national averages only and don't factor in your personal circumstances (e.g., where you live, how long you've been with your carrier, how old you are, marital status, your driving history, etc.), so Insurance.com has created a calculator that does. Using this tool, you can find out what the rate increase would be for a particular violation based on plugging in a little (anonymous) data about yourself.
Let's say I've been cited for reckless driving. In Madison, Wisconsin, a conviction will cost me six points on my license. According to the calculator, it will also trigger a 40 percent hike in my insurance premium, based on my specific circumstances. If I pay $1,000 a year in car insurance, my rate could go up to $1,400.
Note also the cumulative effect citations could have on my driving record. If my driving record is already compromised, that reckless driving charge could not only lead to a hefty rate increase but to a license suspension as well. If I continue driving on a suspended license and get caught, my pain only compounds, and my rates go through the roof (if I can find anyone who will insure me). All the more reason to fight that ticket.
Out-of-state traffic offenses/convictions are not immune because the information will likely find its way back to your home-state insurer and DMV—with similar negative effects. Contest these tickets as vigorously as you can.
While the Insurance.com calculator is only an estimating tool, it could prove valuable when answering this critical question: what's really at stake when you get a traffic ticket? It's usually more than you think.


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Michael Garver "Mike" Oxley is an American politician of the Republican party who served as a U.S. representative from the 4th congressional district of Ohio. Oxley was born in Findlay, Ohio and received a bachelor of arts degree from Miami University in 1966 and a law degree from Ohio State University in 1969. He is a member of the Alpha chapter of the Sigma Chi fraternity at Miami. From 1969 to 1972, Oxley worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and became active in the Ohio Republican Party. He served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1973 to 1981. Oxley was elected a U.S. representative in 1981 in a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of U.S. Representative Tennyson Guyer. Oxley began serving at this post in 1981. He served as the chairman of the Committee on Financial Services, and was House sponsor of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which enacted "sweeping post-Enron regulations of publicly traded companies." He was also the house sponsor of a 2006 bill that condemned media outlets that had published information on a covert financial surveillance system.
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Objectives: To give ESRs experience of running both conventional tutorials as well as EBL sessions.
WS: Introduction to Academic Teaching: (responsible D. Ward, Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy) "Enquiry-Based Learning" (EBL) an innovative, learner-centred teaching method. Day 1: •Academic Trainers (Senior Lecturers from UM) will explain how to run a successful tutorial, and introduce the ESRs to EBL. • ESRs will deliver an EBL session in the afternoon within groups. Day 2: • Using pre-prepared teaching materials, the ESRs will deliver a tutorial to UM undergraduates who will provide feedback on the quality of the session. • Academic Trainers will also give feedback; • a session on successful lecturing.
WS: Review of Quality Management: (responsible A. Hollo-Tas) • Review of how Quality Management actually is working in the ETN and at host organizations.
"The 3rd ETN School was hosted by Prof. Donald Ward at the University of Manchester. He and his colleagues, Dr. Ruth Grady and Dr. Tracey Speake, introduced us to various aspects of "Good Teaching" and "Statistics" which will help us to avoid common mistakes in research and allow us to become better scientists. Besides, we had a lot of fun to test our team spirit and the competitiveness by playing the "Escape Room" game. In the last two days, in the Mid-Term meeting, every ESR presented the progress and the difficulties of their projects which showed the excellent and hard work of all of us within the last year. (Wolfgang Schlattl, ESR at S.A.F.AN.-BIOINFORMATICS)"


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State Board Of Education Votes To Restore Local Control Of LRSD, Strips Power Of Teacher's Union
Sarah Kellog KUAR
The Arkansas State Board of Education busted the Little Rock Education Association, the teacher's union for the district, voting not to renew the contract, effectively ending the bargaining power for the union.
High Profile Labor Leader Has a New Gig Fighting Against Teacher's Unions
Hamilton Nolan Splinter
Andy Stern, the former head of SEIU, is using his resume in organized labor to support a group that explicitly aims to undermine teacher's unions.
Teachers Walkout Fallout: Impeachment Effort Underway Against OEA Leaders
Andrea Eger and Samuel Hardiman Tulsa World
OEA president, vice president target of some after walkout. The relative lack of legislative action during the walkout left teachers wondering what had been accomplished before the walkout was declared over.
Oklahoma Walkout In Danger As Arizona, Kentucky Teachers Press For Strike Action
Jerry White World Socialist Web SIte
Rank-and-file teachers denounced the Oklahoma Education Association (OEA) for collaborating with school officials and the media to encourage a back-to-work movement to end the strike.
All Of West Virginia's Public School Teachers Are On Strike
Emily Stewart Vox
It's actually illegal for teachers to strike in West Virginia. They're doing it anyway. Thousands of public school teachers across West Virginia went on strike this week in protest over their pay and benefits, affecting more than 277,000 students.
Why Democrats Should Unite on a Charter School Moratorium
Jeff Bryant Campaign for America's Future
A moratorium on charter schools draws a bright line between a political regime intent on serving the privileged and a Democratic party that seeks to uphold labor and civil rights.
Teachers Object As NEA Leaders Eye Clinton
Lauren McCauley Common Dreams
The president of the NEA, the largest union in the US, is reportedly drumming up support for an endorsement of Hillary Clinton as early as next week. However, this has spurred protest from rank-and-file members who argue that a primary endorsement excludes the majority's input. Those who support Senator Bernie Sanders are planning a grassroots campaign in opposition to the what they expect will be a Clinton nod.
Clinton Endorsement Divides Teachers Union
ANNIE KARNI Politico
NEA state officials and rank-and-file members plan to protest upcoming vote to endorse Hillary Clinton.
Teacher Unions Default on the Fightback
ANN ROBERTSON and BILL LEUMER Counter Punch
Because their traditional allies from the Democratic Party have obsessively embraced corporate-motivated innovations, teacher unions seem paralyzed, unable to respond with a new strategy. They criticize the overuse of standardized tests, but they keep electing Democrats to office who, once elected, more often than not join the corporate attack on education.
How teachers unions must change — by a union leader
Valerie Strauss (introduction), Bob Peterson (body) Washington Post
There is nothing new about Republican opposition to teachers unions, but in recent years, it has become increasingly clear that some Democrats have turned against them as well. In the following post we hear from a union leader, Bob Peterson, the president of the Milwaukee Teachers' Education Association, about how he thinks teachers union must change to keep alive public education.
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I wrote about Hours for iPhone a few months ago and found it to be a useful, legible and easy-to-use time tracker. Now the folks at Tapity have teased Hours for the Apple Watch, and the've made the iPhone version temporarily free. Yep, the $6.99 time-tracking app is currently gratis.
Tappity founder Jeremy Olson explained his company's decision in a recent blog post. In short, he was inspired by the bottom-up approach that has worked so well for Slack.
"Start by making the best solution for individuals, who in turn advocate adoption for their team, who in turn evangelize to other teams…and up the chain it goes...Eventually, we will not make most of our revenue from individuals tracking their time, but from businesses who want to collect that time and accounting providers who want to subsidize that collection."
As Jeremy notes, that will require "mass adoption on the ground floor." Hours is a very good app, and we wish him luck. His full article is worth a read and you should check it out.
On the Apple Watch, Hours simplifies the act of starting and stopping timers as needed. Instead of pulling your iPhone out of your pocket, you simply tap the timer you want to make active. Pretty darn simple. Changes sync instantly to the iPhone app.
It looks great and we'll have a look at it as soon as we can.


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Green Onions - Steve Cropper & Donald 'Duck' Dunn
Donald "Duck" Dunn (November 24, 1941 – May 13, 2012) was an American bass guitarist, session musician, record producer, and songwriter. Dunn was notable for his 1960s recordings with Booker T. & the M.G.'s and as a session bassist for Stax Records, which specialized in blues and gospel-infused southern soul which became known as Memphis Soul. At Stax, Dunn played on thousands of records including hits by Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Rufus Thomas, Carla Thomas, William Bell, Eddie Floyd, Johnnie Taylor, Albert King, and many others. Dunn also performed on recordings with The Blues Brothers, Muddy Waters, Freddie King, Isaac Hayes, Levon Helm, Neil Young, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Eric Clapton, Tom Petty, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Wilson Pickett, Guy Sebastian, Rod Stewart, Bob Dylan, Roy Buchanan, Steely Dan, Tinsley Ellis and Arthur Conley. Dunn was born in Memphis, Tennessee. His father nicknamed him "Duck" while watching Disney cartoons with him one day. Dunn grew up playing sports and riding his bike with fellow future professional musician Steve Cropper. After Cropper began playing guitar with mutual friend Charlie Freeman, Dunn decided to pick up the bass guitar. Eventually, along with drummer Terry Johnson, the four became "The Royal Spades". The Messick High School group picked up keyboardist Jerry "Smoochy" Smith, singer Ronnie Angel (also known as Stoots), and a budding young horn section in baritone saxophone player Don Nix, tenor saxophone player Charles "Packy" Axton, and trumpeter (and future co-founder of The Memphis Horns) Wayne Jackson. Cropper has noted how the self-taught Dunn started out playing along with records, filling in what he thought should be there. "That's why Duck Dunn's bass lines are very unique", Cropper said, "They're not locked into somebody's schoolbook somewhere". Axton's mother Estelle and her brother Jim Stewart owned Satellite Records and signed the band, who had a national hit with "Last Night" in 1961 under their new name "The Mar-Keys". The bassist on "Last Night" was Donald "Duck" Dunn, but he left the Mar-Keys in 1962 to join Ben Branch's big band. The Booker T and the M.G.s group was founded by Steve Cropper and Booker T. Jones in 1962; Al Jackson, Jr. served as the band's drummer. The original bassist, on early hits such as "Green Onions", was Lewie Steinberg; Dunn replaced him in 1964 Stax became known for Jackson's drum sound, the sound of The Memphis Horns, and Duck Dunn's grooves. The MGs and Dunn's bass lines on songs like Otis Redding's "Respect" and "I Can't Turn You Loose", Sam & Dave's "Hold On, I'm Comin'", and Albert King's "Born Under a Bad Sign" influenced musicians everywhere. As an instrumental group, they continued to experiment with McLemore Avenue (their reworking of The Beatles' Abbey Road) and on their final outing, 1971's Melting Pot, which featured basslines that to this day serve as a source of inspiration for hip-hop artists. In the 1970s, Jones and Cropper left Stax, but Dunn and Jackson stayed with the label. He worked with Elvis Presley on his 1973 RCA Album Raised On Rock. Dunn went on to play for Muddy Waters, Freddie King, and Jerry Lee Lewis, as well as Eric Clapton and Rod Stewart. He was the featured bass player for Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty's "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" single from Nicks' 1981 debut solo album Bella Donna, as well as other Petty tracks between 1976 and 1981. He reunited with Cropper as a member of Levon Helm's RCO All Stars and also displayed his quirky Southern humor making two movies with Cropper, former Stax drummer Willie Hall, and Dan Aykroyd, as a member of The Blues Brothers band. Dunn was the bassist in Eric Clapton's band for Clapton's appearance at Live Aid in 1985. Dunn played himself in the 1980 feature The Blues Brothers, where he famously uttered the line, "We had a band powerful enough to turn goat piss into gasoline!" He appeared in the 1998 sequel Blues Brothers 2000, once again playing himself. Dunn & the MGs were the house band for Bob Dylan's 30th anniversary in the music business concert at Madison Square Garden playing behind Dylan, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Tom Petty, Stevie Wonder, Sinéad O'Connor, Eddie Vedder, and Neil Young who recruited the MGs to tour with him and recorded with Dunn several times since. In the 2000s Dunn was in semi-retirement, although he still performed occasionally with Booker T & the MGs at clubs and music festivals. In June 2004, Dunn, Cropper, and Jones served as the house band for Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival. The group backed such guitarists as Joe Walsh and David Hidalgo on the main stage at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. In 2008, Dunn worked with Australian soul singer Guy Sebastian touring The Memphis Album. Dunn and Steve Cropper arrived in Australia on February 20, 2008, to be Sebastian's backing band for an 18-date concert tour, The Memphis Tour. Dunn is credited with performing on a version of the standard "I Ain't Got Nobody" alongside Booker T Jones, Steve Cropper and Michel Gondry in Michel Gondry's 2008 film Be Kind Rewind. On the morning of May 13, 2012, Dunn died in his sleep after finishing his fifth double show at the Blue Note night club in Tokyo with Steve Cropper the night before. He had been in the country as part of an ongoing tour with Steve Cropper and Eddie Floyd. 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require 'test_helper'

class PaymentAuditsControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
  setup do
    @payment_audit = payment_audits(:one)
  end

  test "should get index" do
    get :index
    assert_response :success
    assert_not_nil assigns(:payment_audits)
  end

  test "should get new" do
    get :new
    assert_response :success
  end

  test "should create payment_audit" do
    assert_difference('PaymentAudit.count') do
      post :create, payment_audit: { amount_from: @payment_audit.amount_from, amount_to: @payment_audit.amount_to, datetime: @payment_audit.datetime, payment_id: @payment_audit.payment_id, payment_type_from: @payment_audit.payment_type_from, payment_type_to: @payment_audit.payment_type_to }
    end

    assert_redirected_to payment_audit_path(assigns(:payment_audit))
  end

  test "should show payment_audit" do
    get :show, id: @payment_audit
    assert_response :success
  end

  test "should get edit" do
    get :edit, id: @payment_audit
    assert_response :success
  end

  test "should update payment_audit" do
    patch :update, id: @payment_audit, payment_audit: { amount_from: @payment_audit.amount_from, amount_to: @payment_audit.amount_to, datetime: @payment_audit.datetime, payment_id: @payment_audit.payment_id, payment_type_from: @payment_audit.payment_type_from, payment_type_to: @payment_audit.payment_type_to }
    assert_redirected_to payment_audit_path(assigns(:payment_audit))
  end

  test "should destroy payment_audit" do
    assert_difference('PaymentAudit.count', -1) do
      delete :destroy, id: @payment_audit
    end

    assert_redirected_to payment_audits_path
  end
end

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Lukhanyo Bele (* 16. April 1982 in Alice, Südafrika) ist ein südafrikanischer Schauspieler.

Leben
Lukhanyo Bele wuchs in East London, Südafrika, auf. Mit 16 Jahren ging er nach Kapstadt und studierte dort an der New Africa Theatre Academy in Athlone Schauspiel, welches er 2001 erfolgreich abschloss. 2011 übersiedelte Lukhanyo Bele nach Wien, Österreich.

Filmografie
 2003: This life (Fernsehserie)
 2005: Mama Jack (Kinofilm)
 2005: Bootie & Dicomatic (Fernsehserie)
 2006: Madame & Eve (Fernsehserie)
 2007: Stellenbosch (Fernsehserie)
 2007: Shooting Stars (Fernsehserie)
 2008: Stürme in Afrika (Fernsehfilm)
 2008: Montana (Fernsehserie)
 2009: Kennedys Hirn (Fernsehfilm)
 2010: Die Minensucherin (Fernsehfilm)
 2010: Red Sun (Fernsehfilm)
 2011: Copposites (Kinofilm)
 2012: Forced Love (Fernsehserie)
 2016: Tatort: Virus (Fernsehfilm)
2017: Fluchtpunkt (Virtual Film)
2018: Berlin Alexanderplatz (Kinofilm)
2018: Six Underground (Kinofilm)

Theater
 2001: The Island and the Apple Box
 2001: Good Rubbish
 2002: Leopard in my Suitcase
 2005: Bootie & Dicomatic
 2009/2011 und 2012: Amaza
 2013–2015: Huckleberry
2017: Crudeland
2019: Die Küche
2019: Cry it out

Auszeichnungen und Nominierungen
 2001: Bronzemedaille für das beste "Educational Program" The Island and the Apple Box
 2014: STELLA: Nominierung in der Kategorie "Herausragende Produktionen für Kinder" mit Huckleberry

Weblinks
 Agenturprofil bei Crawford Talents

Filmschauspieler
Theaterschauspieler
Südafrikaner
Geboren 1982
Mann

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Day 42 : Oct 12, 2014 : Should I be sad that I had to work on a Sunday? Or should I be happy to have free lunch? It's all a matter of choice, and I knew what is it that I have chosen – free lunch!
Day 43 : Oct 13, 2014 : After an hour of swimming, I was very hungry. I was so hungry that whatever dinner that I was having at that time seemed to be exceptionally delicious.
Day 44 : Oct 14, 2014 : Influenced my colleague to play an Android game called Dot Arena. It was the first time he is attracted to the games I am playing.
Day 45 : Oct 15, 2014 : There's a beverage tasting at my company. We were supposed to rank the drinks that we want at our pantry – matcha soy milk, fruit punch, espresso, etc. It was all good. I wonder if they would serve wine too. Just kidding.
Day 46 : Oct 16, 2014 : Undecided of what to eat at Alexandra Village Food Centre. Thus, I walked all the way to ABC Food Centre for my dinner. It didn't disappoint me.
Day 47 : Oct 17, 2014 : Saw an elderly man giving up his priority seat in the bus to another elderly lady. The act of kindness is touching. This makes me wonder – what are the youngsters doing?
Day 48 : Oct 18, 2014 : Watching Quantum of Solace right now at Channel 5. It's free, it's legal, and it's in HD. Haha.


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The troll druid quietly slipped around the orc, helped the tauren to sit more comfortably against his cushions, and unobtrusively left, leaving the orc staring intently at her friend. Sunlight streamed in through the small window, creating a faint halo around his horns. Her eyes raked across him, noting the haggard sag of his face, the trembling in his hands, and the massive bandage around his torso.
"You're a sight for sore eyes," the orc said. They grinned stupidly at each other.
"Sore is right," the tauren replied, wincing as he shifted. "I feel like I was trampled by a stampede of kodo!"
The orc folded herself down next to her friend. Seated, he still towered over her. She pushed away the knowledge that the injury was far worse than being trampled, that the druids had despaired of him waking, that he could have lost the use of his legs. He didn't need to hear those worries. Noticing a blanket folded at his feet, she made a show of draping it over her own legs, then casually tucked the other half across his knees.
"I'm not a calf," he said shortly, reaching for the blanket.
She ignored his hands and smoothed it across his lap. "I know that."
"I'm not ready for pasture yet, either." His voice rose.
"I know that," she replied mildly. Their eyes met for a tense moment. "You've got a while yet till you start losing your mane," she joked.
After a pause his glare softened, and he snorted. "Earthmother send that I never wind up as bald as you."
"You could never look as good as I do bald," she shot back, and the mood was just like old times.
The orc tilted her face up, feeling the sunlight prickle her scalp. "Do you remember when we had to go swimming?"
"To get those vines?" He grimaced. "I like swimming, but when everything in the water is trying to kill you..."
"At least you're good at swimming! If it hadn't been for those endless breathing potions, I wouldn't have even gotten into the water."
They exchanged glances before downing their water skins together. The tauren shook his head, sticking out his tongue at the unpleasantly salty flavor. He waded in to the water, the orc following less eagerly. She stopped, immersed to her ribs, and frowned.
"I don't know if I'll ever get used to breathing underwater," she muttered. Then, she sank under the surface, eyes squeezed shut, and breathed deeply through her mouth. Thanks to the magic of the breathing potion, the water was uncomfortable, but not choking. It swirled coolly down her throat and pooled in her lungs. She opened her eyes.
The tauren had been waiting patiently for her and now kicked his hooves, moving towards the dark, sinuous patch of seaweed climbing the steep bank opposite them. Nestled in the undulating seaweed were the knots of slimy, strangling vines the druids needed for their forays into Tempest Keep. He did not relish fighting aggressive vegetation on the doorstep of Serpentshrine Cavern, but this would be their job until a new method was discovered.
"But then, that one time we dropped by the hop field..." the orc said, eyes twinkling.
The tauren scrunched up his face even as he smiled. "Ahh, don't remind me, it hurts to laugh!"
They had been merrymaking at a small farm owned by a mutual friend and were leaving in the wee hours of the morning. Chuckling quietly, they staggered across the dry chill of Durotar, aiming for the Orgrimmar city gates. They passed by other small farms, including a small personal hop yard.
The tauren gestured to the vines climbing the support trellis. "L-look," he slurred. "We could grab these and make-" he hiccuped, "-beer armor."
The orc snorted. "Could enchant it to make drinks stronger to the wearer."
Giggling, the orc grabbed a vine and wound it around his head like a crown. The hop clusters stuck out comically over his forehead. "I'm ready for Brewfest!"
The orc began to laugh, doubling over and shaking helplessly in her drunken state. "Hop bracers could make you able to hold bigger, deeper mugs!"
Suiting her words, the tauren grabbed another string of hops and wound it around one wrist. He fumbled, attempting to wrap the other, and finally gave up. The orc laughed hysterically at this display.
"Don't-don't use too much," she cautioned, gasping with mirth. "You'll ruin the beer!" She leaned against a support pole of the trellis, then stumbled backward. Her hands grasped for purchase, finding only fistfuls of hops, and she fell gracelessly to the ground covered in vines.
Forgetting where they were, the tauren let out a guffaw. "Now who's ruining the beer?" he challenged. Neither spoke while they cackled maniacally.
A light flared to life inside the distant hut, and the door opened with bang. "WHO IS THAT ON MY LAWN?!" shouted an irate orc.
The pair looked at each other, mirth forgotten. "Go, go," whispered the orc breathlessly, scrambling to her feet.
They took off, trailing vines behind them.
Two days later, having slept the previous day away, the orc turned up early in the leatherworking shop and discovered several lengths of hop clusters in her bag. I must have carried them with me, she mused, not remembering much after the party. With no pressing matters on the schedule, she decided to put her idle hands to work and make a gag gift for her partner.
Three hours later, she had a fairly convincing pair of gloves, which she placed on the tauren's worktable. She rationalized the use of valuable leather as practice rather than waste. After all, the design was still new, and she needed to make good armor for the druids that commissioned the shop. Stomach rumbling, she closed the workshop and went in search of some grub.
Upon returning to the workshop, the orc noticed that several other leatherworkers had trickled in during her absence. The tauren was seated at his table, pretending to peruse a Cenarion Circle missive. His eyes were still a little red. The orc strode over to him and slapped the table good-naturedly, causing him to wince slightly.
"Did you get my present?"
She gestured to his desk. "I made your a pair of gloves and left them on your table. A special pair of gloves," she prompted, grinning. He showed no recognition. Frowning, she continued, "A Brewfest...pair of gloves...?"
Another leatherworker, an unusually slender goblin, strode into the room. Hearing only the last part, she piped up, "Oh, I found those gloves you made and added them to the shipment to Shattrath. The vendor there can't seem to keep anything in stock, so it was great you made extra!" She continued about her business, oblivious to the frozen silence she left in her wake.
The trouble seemed far away now, safe in the bright room in the valley. Dust motes pranced through the sun shafts, heedless of the quiet inhabitants.
"I didn't tell anyone else in the workshop but you. I sent a courier to Shattrath, but by the time he arrived they had sold the pair, and the druid wore them into battle before he heard of the mistake. It's a miracle he survived wearing what should have been a party favor."
"All's well that end's well," the tauren said consolingly. "Just think of all the time we wasted gathering vines the hard way!"
The orc threw back her head and began to laugh. The tauren looked on, smiling, as she laughed herself silly. After several minutes, her giggles subsided and she wiped tears from her eyes.
The tauren watched this with polite amusement. "What was that all about?"
"I don't know," she said, gently clapping a hand on his shoulder. "I'm just glad you're back."
Is everyone level 90 yet?
Every expansion I read tons of posts about preparing for the coming content and think "Oh, yeah, I should stock up dailies and crafting mats." And then I don't. Of course, I know I'm not exactly in the running for realm first of anything. I'll get to max level eventually, probably soon after I start getting heckled by guildies to catch up and run dungeons with them.
This past week I started logging in more, and more regularly. Amazingly, stuff got done! I got to see the Theramore scenario, took care of the new Scarlet Monastery, finished up my last achievement in Tol Barad, and powered through the last few achievements I needed for my Cata heroic dungeon drake! Many of those were thanks to Rades filling out our guild group of four, and he got his drake too!
On Tuesday I was at school for most of the day, finally coming home late and playing way past my bedtime. Everything is so great!! I started my pandaren monk and was extremely surprised to see that the starting zone was pretty empty. I suppose by that time everyone was already level 30 or so. The music is much more varied than in the beta, and it's so good! I'm really enjoying listening to it while questing.
Earlier today, instead of making flashcards like I should have been, I instead logged into my main to start up ~pet battles~. If you haven't looked into it yet, I found what appears to be a great addon for that called PetBattle Teams, which does exactly what it sounds like. I hope you can name the teams!
In other news, for the two of you following the fiction updates on the blog, I've compiled the timeline on the Series & Resources page immediately under the Leatherworkers section. Hopefully it makes the progression clearer!
The tauren's eyes fluttered open as Hadakha rose from his side, ready to make room for the next shift in the healing rotation. A callused hand reached out and grabbed his arm. He looked down at the ravaged form as the tauren's mouth moved, then bent down and offered a trickle of water to his patient. After moistening his lips, the tauren croaked "Thank.....you."
Hadakha patted the hand on his arm and gently laid it back on the bed. "I'm glad to help, my friend." He stepped toward the door and, hearing the commotion outside, turned to appraise the tauren. "Do you think you can handle visitors?" he asked wryly.
The corner of the tauren's mouth lifted slightly in response. "Don't.....let her......get to....you. Not.....your....fault." Hadakha nodded soberly and strode out of the room, almost running into the orc standing right outside. They stared at each other for a long moment, Hadakha meeting her angry, bitter gaze calmly. He put his hand on her shoulder.
"He is awake. You can see him now. Try not to tire him out." The orc snorted, shrugged his hand off and pushed past him into the room. He exchanged knowing looks with the short, matronly troll woman who was his replacement shift, and strode out into the late morning sun.
Suddenly an arm linked through his, and he found himself walking alongside a very cheerful druid. Akabeko grinned at him. "Good morning! How's your energy? Feel like doing some real training?"
"You're certainly in a good mood today. Any particular reason?"
"I've just had a very relaxing break, now that you mention it! Although" she frowned, "someone defiled the grave of an old guild member, Dahakha – he was before your time. If I ever find them..... You okay?" Hadakha nodded as he recovered from his stumble. "So, let's go do some multi-target training! I'll just need to grab my kit from HQ first. You should probably bring some gear too."
Five minutes later, they entered the guild headquarters. As they headed for their rooms though, another guild member burst in, wildly looking around. "Quick! You guys gotta come see this! The Horde has assaulted Theramore!"
Hadakha and Akabeko looked at each other. As one, they bolted for the door, dashing out into the excitement that was starting to sweep Orgrimmar.
A goblin had set up a small podium and was speaking into an unnecessarily complicated megaphone. The druids pushed their way through the crowd, listening to her steady stream of reports.
"...framed as a mission to rescue a captured Horde spy ended with an aerial assault on the Alliance outpost Theramore. Through superior goblin technology and the might of the Horde, the endeavor was a success. Horde casualties were minimal, and Theramore lies in ruins. So far, the deaths of prominent Alliance members, including Jaina Proudmoore, are unconfirmed. For more news as it breaks or a commemorative plaque, please see one of my associates near the podium. For the Horde!"
The cry was taken up by her associates and some in the crowd. She began her spiel again.
"Early this morning, Garrosh Hellscream, Warchief of the Horde, directed a military maneuver framed..."
Around them, commotion surged as newcomers pushed forward to listen and those who had already heard retreated to talk amongst themselves.
Hadakha turned to his guildmate and found her stock still, gripping both of her braids with more force than necessary. "Aka?" he said, repeating himself to be heard over the hubbub.
She shook herself. "Why would Hellscream attack Theramore unprovoked? What news has there been recently that suggests it's a threat?"
"Maybe we're not privy to all the information the Warchief is." He wrinkled his nose. "Although you'd think there would be more prelude to a major event like this."
Akabeko opened her mouth as if to argue, then visibly wiped the concern from her expression. "Perhaps I should have been following current events more closely. Then again, I'm just a cog in the war machine. I'm sure the Warchief has his reasons. I'm...going to get one of those newspapers, and then we are going to train properly."
"Right," Hadakha agreed. He nonchalantly offered to carry the newspaper after watching the way she wrung it between her hands.
You may recall the horrible experience that was gaming on my laptop. Having finally moved into my new apartment and set up my PC, I was finally able to sit down and play for many uninterrupted hours today. It was awesome!
On Monday, Navi invited me along to a Laid-back Raid, which I joined from Lady Deathwhisper up until too many people had to go before Lich King. I got to finish Valithria on heroic! Hooray! Sadly, I spent the rest of the day unloading the shopping and trying to put my life back into cabinets and shelves.
This morning I woke up, went to school long enough to find out my class assignment and officially register, and then it was time for FUN!
I logged into my main! There were pets and mounts everywhere! I did quests in Tol Barad because GIMME DAT FOX.
Then I switched over to my mage (hey do you guys even remember Sprinkie) and actually quested! For a while! Now she is at 81 and in Vashj'ir, but sadly those mobs are still beating on her pretty hard :( Why am I so terrible at mage-ing? Is it because I'm too cheap/lazy to buy glyphs?!?!
The craziest part is that when I ported out, ending up near the Tol Barad portal in Org, I saw a name I recognized...Dragonray was standing RIGHT. THERE.
We got to chat, which was great, and now we are totes ~battletag friends~. I'm so glad my friends list is starting to actually have people online!! Note to self: make an effort to be sociable OR ELSE.
Lately I haven't had much to say outside of storytelling, because aside from the ongoing storylines in my head, there wasn't anything happening to me! But now that I can actually play again, just like that, the switch is back on, and the floodgates to CREATIVITY are open!
It had been a long week. More than that, it had been demanding, time-consuming, and exhausting. More than that, it had caused Akabeko and her co-conspirator to miss their one-week opportunity to access the Darkmoon Faire, and neither was particularly happy about it.
At the urging of those close to her, Akabeko had agreed to go home for some refreshment. Fortunately, she could truthfully say that visiting her family was relaxing. She knew too many who avoided going home for fear of fighting, nagging, criticizing, and the silent treatment. Even so, she hadn't particularly wanted to leave her workshop or her...plans. The plans had likely been the reason Katza had so strongly insisted she go.
It was strangely satisfying to slip back into the calm, deliberate lifestyle of Camp Narache. Akabeko, who frequently snatched her companions from the fingertips of death, who had felled the greatest of foes, who knew the greatest fighters of the age, could still be put to work fetching water and chopping potatoes. Now she just did it with a little more pizzazz.
Her mother filled her in on the necessary goings-on: what her brothers, both of them Bluffwatchers, were up to, who was courting who, which hunts had been most successful, the recent drama of the shared vegetable patch. During the day Akabeko was sometimes called to heal injuries, other times to instruct the fledgling druids of the camp. At night she ate at the central bonfire, because her neighbors never tired of hearing news from abroad.
At least it had been a nice trip, if not all that refreshing. Although she never mentioned it, Akabeko wasn't sure she could feel completely at ease anymore. She suspected many in her line of work felt the same. The sharp pain of many losses had faded over time, as it should. In fact, she was quite capable of ignoring it. Rather than pain, she simply felt empty. Life continued perfectly normally, except for the dissatisfied emptiness lurking at the back of her mind. It was like never getting quite enough sleep, not feeling perfectly full, missing the last drop in the glass. Understanding that the emptiness was part of her now didn't feel like giving up so much as acknowledging reality.
Gloomy thoughts, she chastised herself, pumping her wings and leaving the thoughts behind her. I should have a clear mind for this.
Akabeko tucked her wings and dove. She could feel her tiny heart fluttering at the same time her tauren emotion threatened to pull her back into birth form. It wasn't any special holiday, but at dusk spirits were known to come visiting. Could she really be that lucky? She couldn't move fast enough.
Unaware of the stormcrow hurtling towards him, the spirit shifted into cat form. Akabeko recognized the gray mane, and was now close enough to pick out the metal tips on each horn. She screeched plaintively. Wait for me! I'm coming!
The cat faded into nothingness. She screeched again in despair, willing herself to fall faster. Finally she braked, landing sloppily and rolling awkwardly to her feet. "Spirit," she gasped, loping through the graveyard. "Dahakha. Dah!" Her head whipped left and right, looking for any sign of the bull or the cat she had seen. The graveyard was completely empty.
Defeated, Akabeko returned to Dahakha's memorial. "Spirits," she choked out, leaning over the memorial as she caught her breath. "Why? Why would you-" She squeezed her eyes shut in frustration. Soon, her breathing calmed and her heart quieted. The plains of Mulgore were completely in shadow. She knelt to pay her respects to her friend, looking at his memorial in the murky twilight. Something wasn't quite right.
She reached out, touching the space below his name engraving that her eyes had already confirmed as empty. The last time she visited, she had brought a lockbox as a gift and left it beneath the totem. Now it was gone. Her features drew into a considering frown. Although it was possible that a quillboar had wandered into the graveyard to loot, the frequent tauren patrols in the area almost entirely discouraged it. Any self-respecting tauren would never defile a resting place by stealing, and non-tauren had no reason to be in Red Rocks. Her hackles rose in anger.
A twinkling in a nearby copse of trees became brighter and brighter as twilight faded into night. Enraged, Akabeko shifted into travel form and raced towards the glimmer, hoping to catch the thief. Closer to the light, she shifted back in preparation for a fight. This close, she could make out a glowing engineer's wormhole. Mystified, she looked in vain to see where the wormhole led. The wormhole winked out, plunging her into darkness.
Just a little bit for you today. You may recall the Warcraft Movellas writing competition over a month ago. When I saw the prize list, I suspected it was too good to be true, and it seems that it was. Of course, simply being recognized was a pretty great prize, but when I got an email asking for my address I thought I might actually get a new keyboard! Alas, a month and unanswered emails later, I have to admit that these guys aren't going to come through, and that's kind of disappointing!
I'm so bummed that I'm missing so many weeks of pre-expac excitement! I want to be trundling around everywhere as a crazy tree, whacking miscreants left and right with my leafy branches. My friend recently sent me a very intriguing GW2 video which had some legitimate criticism of WoW, but I still like it! I like the quests and the grinds and the gameplay! UGH I just want to hole up in my room and play!!
Finally, I would also like to read the new novel, but why on earth is the kindle edition five bucks more than the paperback? BUH.
The room was quiet when the orc slipped inside. She had waited for the druids to finish their healing and leave, and it was late enough that she didn't expect any other visitors. The tauren-shaped lump in the center of the room's single pallet was still, save for its shallow breathing. The orc sat cross-legged at the head of the pallet and looked at her friend.
The tauren looked terrible. Even in sleep, his eyes clenched and unclenched in pain. His fur was dull and dry and rasped against the bedding when he moved. This close, she could hear a faint wheeze in his labored breathing. The orc had never seen him look so bad. Her chest constricted painfully.
"Huh," she grunted. "Usually you're the talkative one. I don't know quite what to say." She huddled in silence, eyes never moving from her partner.
Finally she shifted, stretching out a leg and rolling her neck. "Do you remember," she croaked, cleared her throat, and tried again. "Do you remember the first time we went hunting Crust Bursters in Blade's Edge Mountains? The Cenarion Circle barely looked at the paperwork before approving them as a source of chitin." She huffed out a laugh. "Do you remember the heat? It was awful down in that valley. But we didn't want the mature ones, we wanted the little ones because their chitin was much more flexible."
She remembered the flat expanse of rust-colored rock, the tense wait for the slight vibration underfoot, the telltale pebbles bouncing and jumping as the underground worms approached. They had collected ravager parts for bait and strung them up one by one, waiting for the ungrown worms to surface.
"They came shooting out of the ground with their ridiculous too-short legs. And that one that couldn't find its way back underground! They should be grateful we put that one out of its misery. Do you know that was my first assignment back on the job, our first assignment together? I had been out of the game for a while, and you were pretty fresh as well. I admit to having some misgivings about your ability."
The orc leaned her head back against the wall. "Perhaps it doesn't count as a confession if you aren't awake to hear it. You could probably tell, anyway. I don't know if I was particularly friendly to you at the time."
The work had gone surprisingly easily. The wormlings would emerge from the ground, intent on the stinking ravager carcasses, only to find themselves snared in a continuously tightening trap. It was easy work for the orc to step in and end their suffering.
"I was very impressed by those traps you custom-made. I guess you developed that talent when you were still a hunter. Those traps made me reconsider my opinion of you. It made me think we might work well together."
They had been preparing the corpses, removing the chitin and gathering the remains for disposal when the real rumbling had begun.
"I had thought we were getting off lucky, but it never seems to work out that way for us, does it?" The orc shook her head, a half-smile on her face. "When that adult Crust Burster found us I thought I might have to sacrifice you to escape." She paused and looked guiltily at the tauren. "Kidding. Anyway, it was quick thinking on your part to toss all the leftover ravager parts away. I was still torn between all the chitin I was holding and the axe at my belt!" She shook her head again. "When I finally came to my senses you already had the wyvern ready to go, and we got away with most of the loot. I remember thinking, 'I have to work harder so he doesn't have to come to my rescue.' That's when I knew I wanted to work together again."
The room fell silent. There was no change in the tauren's breathing. Hesitantly, the orc smoothed the mane on her friend's forehead and stood.
"Spirits be with you," she said gruffly. She didn't look back as she left the darkened room.
As I was taking this some noob driving by yelled "Hey, Avatar!"
I was really hoping to have more time to play WoW this summer! Even though the speed and graphics limitations on my macbook are pretty discouraging, there have been some evenings where I've wished I could watch Scrubs reruns and level or grind Tol Barad tokens. I lost a lot of time having to wait for an OS upgrade and then convince my mom to let me use the keyboard from her computer, not to mention all the traveling I've been doing.
Then again, the traveling has been pretty rewarding. I got to visit my grandparents, get my long-awaited tattoo and bonus ear piercings, visit my best friend, and see my cousins in New York. I explored Cathedral Caverns, got to eat fantastic food, saw a Broadway show (Rock of Ages), met a chiweenie puppy, and now I'm getting to enjoy a convention of nerdfolk!
Sadly, I am extremely behind in my blog reading. I've got almost 2 weeks worth of posts to work through, along with hours and hours of podcasts for listening! If you get any comments on really old posts, well that's why. However, while it's still relatively new, you should go and appreciate this wonderful fanart Kamalia made for me and Navi's scheme at the Darkmoon Faire! It's completely perfect, and I love the detail of everything on the desk!
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Elon Musk to get Twitter board seat after becoming biggest shareholder
The appointment comes after the billionaire entrepreneur and meme poster asked Twitter users whether they wanted an edit button for tweets.
Elon Musk has been given a seat on Twitter's board after becoming the company's single biggest shareholder.
The company has informed the US securities regulator that he will join the board as a Class II director.
Shares in the platform surged by a quarter after it was revealed he had bought a 9.2% stake worth almost $3bn, meaning his investment immediately increased by more than Twitter has ever recorded in profits.
The billionaire entrepreneur and meme poster has celebrated the investment by polling users to ask if they wanted an edit button.
It is not clear whether the poll was a genuine request for policy feedback or simply a joke. The poll's options - "yse" and "on" - were typos for "yes" and "no".
As of publication almost three-quarters of the 2.4 million respondents had voted "yse".
Twitter's new chief executive, Parag Agrawal, quoted the post and said: "The consequences of this poll will be important. Please vote carefully." It is unclear whether he was serious.
The immutable quality of posts on Twitter has been a hallmark of the platform ever since its launch in 2006 despite recurrent if muted requests for change.
Mr Agrawal added, of Mr Musk's appointment to the board of directors: "Through conversations with Elon in recent weeks, it became clear to us that he would bring great value to our Board.
"He's both a passionate believer and intense critic of the service which is exactly what we need on Twitter, and in the boardroom, to make us stronger in the long-term. Welcome Elon!"
Mr Musk responded: "Looking forward to working with Parag & Twitter board to make significant improvements to Twitter in coming months!"
The billionaire's investment followed criticisms of Twitter's approach to free speech, after he claimed he was giving "serious thought" to building a new social media platform.
His stake is considered a passive investment which signals he has no demands on a larger slice of the company - although analysts have cautioned it could ultimately lead to Musk becoming more involved with the running of the business.
Musk's use of Twitter has got him into trouble in the past.
He is locked in a legal battle to free himself from the constraints of a deal he made with US regulators in 2018, an agreement that forces him to have his tweets about Tesla pre-approved by a lawyer to avoid breaking rules around the disclosure of market-sensitive information.
The billionaire had signed an agreement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) after he claimed, in a tweet, he had secured funding to take the company private at $420 (£325) a share.
But the billionaire now argues he was coerced into signing the agreement, officially known as a consent decree, due to "the SEC's unrelenting regulatory pressure", according to a court filing.
Musk's legal team has accused the body of trying to curtail his right to free speech.
#Elon Musk #Tesla


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FIRST NAME GREATEST, LAST NAME EVER!
Three very lucky people are listed in GQ American's annual selection of achieving men.
Some of our favourites include Kid Cudi, Wale and Drizzy.


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Johnson, Cheney, Lucas Introduce Livestock Risk Management, Education Act
Tri-State Livestock News
Today U.S. Representatives Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.), Liz Cheney (R-WY), and Frank Lucas (R-OK), introduced the Livestock Risk Management and Education Act, a bill that would provide grants to certain state land-grant universities to better equip livestock producers with risk management training.
Agriculture, Economy, Education
Johnson co-sponsors bill to help agricultural students
Rep. Dusty Johnson is co-sponsoring a bill in the U.S. House to help agricultural students at public schools.
The bill would provide federal grants for risk management training, teaching students about volatility in the livestock market.
Agriculture, Education
Johnson, Thune, Rounds applaud new U.S. poultry agreement with China
Dakota News Now
A partial breakthrough in the on-going trade dispute with China.
That country has now agreed to once again allow U-S poultry products to be sold in the country ending a five year ban following an outbreak of Avian Flu in 2014.
U-S trade representatives say this development could lead to $1 billion in U-S poultry exports to China over the next year.
Siouxlander shares her struggles with CMT disorder to make a difference
October 8, 2019 In The News
Siouxland Proud
A South Dakota woman has spent months raising funds to support a trip to the nation's capital, hoping to speak to lawmakers about CMT, a nervous system disorder. When she wasn't able to raise enough to make the trip Congressman Dusty Johnson came to her instead.
Johnson Replies To Students' Letter With Personal Visit
Place a politician into a roomful of curious news reporters and there's a chance that mayhem will ensue, with questions being shouted and the elected office holder trying his or her best to come up with a politically correct answer.
South Dakota's officials applaud Japan trade deal's boost for Ag. Industry
September 25, 2019 In The News
Lisa Kaczke
U.S. Sen. John Thune and U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson applauded a new U.S. trade deal with Japan as a positive for the agriculture industry.
South Dakota's Rep. Johnson to Congress: Time to pass the USMCA
Sarah Mearhoff
PIERRE, S.D. — South Dakota's Republican U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson says it's time for Congress to pass a trade deal with Mexico and Canada.
South Dakota's state federal leaders boost Sioux Falls tornado Recovery
Sen. John Thune's thoughts were with his hometown of Sioux Falls as it faced the aftermath of three tornadoes.
"I'm grateful to all the emergency responders, electric crews and all those who worked through the night to keep residents safe," Thune said on the floor of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday.
Infrastructure, Health
Johnson looks to expand childcare options for parents in college
September 4, 2019 In The News
PIERRE, S.D. — Looking to ease the burden of child care for parents in college, U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., is planning to introduce a bill to open federal college and university grant dollars to fund more accessible child care to student-parents.
Representative Dusty Johnson introducing The Empower parents in College Act
Anson Mareus
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Kelo.com) -- Representative Dusty Johnson is looking to make the transition for single parents going into higher ed a little easier. In the month of September Johnson will introduce the Empower Parents in College Act.


Ahead of what has been reported as an upcoming Tesla Model 3 production shutdown, the automaker is making notable progress.
It seems Tesla Model 3 production is on a consistent roll now and hopefully will continue to surge forward.
Tesla Halts Model 3 Production For Up To 5 Days To "Improve Automation"
Bottlenecks are still present and automation still in need of improvement.
Admits human are necessary and underrated.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk apparently decided it was time to send out a congratulatory email to Tesla employees.
Tesla surpasses 300,000 vehicles produced, which leaves only one of the original 10 operational milestones unsatisfied.
Tesla Model 3 VIN numbers are really starting to skyrocket in comparison to not long ago, and more and more are for dual-motor, all-wheel drive vehicles.
Remember when Elon Musk said batteries would come out of the Tesla Gigafactory as fast as "bullets from a machine gun"?
And … the pre-orders for the Tesla Semi keep coming in, although this one is a bit unique in comparison.
A recent Tesla Fremont factory tour suggests that the automaker has the current potential to build about 1,600 Model 3 vehicles per week, and that's only with a single line.
YouTuber posts a detailed video of a Tesla Gigafactory tour, complete with the mammoth project's history and details … as well as a look some early Model 3 vehicles.
The installation of the dash as mostly a single unit really is something worth watching.
Following last evening's Q3 earnings report, Tesla issued emails to Model 3 reservation holders noting a delay in delivery timeframes.


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