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DINING OUT / At hidden Japantown gem, small is definitely better
Published 4:00 am, Friday, February 2, 2007
My friend and I peered into the seafood case at Kappa. What was that strange-looking seafood?
At first, we thought it was deeply garnet tuna cut into oblong chunks. But, no, it showed more texture and definition of shape.
Finally, we asked Rumiko Kimura, who serves customers at this diminutive Japantown restaurant while her husband, Toshiaki, prepares the food.
"Spicy cod roe," she told us. "Simmered with red pepper and dashi."
A single serving of the thumb-size roe arrived unadorned in a small blue and gold lacquered bowl. The first taste sensation was startlingly creamy -- more dense and unified than the crunchy roe often served atop sushi rolls. Next came a wave of saltiness, which subsided into a mellow afterburn of spiciness. So simple, yet so extraordinary.
Moments like this come frequently at Kappa, which The Chronicle first reviewed in 1990. Even nearly two decades later, dining here is an adventure for the senses.
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The fun begins when trying to find this hidden tiger. It is on the second floor above a Denny's, behind the center wooden door in a foyer marked Club Nishiki. An illuminated lantern advertises the restaurant's name in Japanese characters, but not in English.
When you walk through the door and past a green curtain, you understand why the owners prefer to keep such a low profile: There are only 10 seats around a bar, and a small private room that fits four.
It is serenely cocoonlike. Within that serenity, though, arresting details emerge. The energetic, architectural flower arrangements that occupy one corner of the room. The handsome geometric angles of the polished wood bar. The two neat rows of oversize sake bottles behind the counter. The fluid way that Toshiaki Kimura arranges precisely prepared ingredients on beautiful plates and in delicate bowls.
Kappa focuses on a style of eating, popular in Tokyo, known as koryori-ya: small plates that emphasize the ingredient's freshness and intensity. There are two ways to approach a meal: omakase (the chef's tasting that starts at $85) or a succession of a la carte dishes.
Unless you're well acquainted with the intricacies of koryori-ya, ordering a la carte often requires a barrage of questions that Rumiko Kimura expects and patiently answers. She also readily informs you about the host of nightly specials and makes it clear that the restaurant does not serve sushi.
But it does offer sashimi (plates begin at $25), consisting of glistening ingots of fish and seafood cut to order and served with real, sinus-clearing wasabi. The selection can include familiar varieties such as ahi, yellowtail and uni. They were among the most pristine I've ever tasted.
From there, the dishes move more into the esoteric. Intrepid diners will find themselves with a world of mind-opening flavors appearing before them.
Sometimes they have an air of the familiar. Juicy chicken meatballs ($8) are fun finger food, served two to a stick. Fried fish cakes ($8) are common in dim sum parlors, but these have a smoother texture and are less greasy than most. Kimura instructs diners to pour a bit of thick, complex soy sauce over a small mound of grated ginger and use the mixture to season the cakes.
Sometimes the creations can be a bit daunting to Western palates. Hirame -- halibut -- sashimi is one of the restaurant's current specials ($18). The fish is topped with a chunky golden-brown sauce that turns out to be ankimo, or monkfish liver. In an odd, wonderful way, it resembles vitello tonnato, the Italian combination of veal with tuna sauce. The halibut's milky neutrality restrains the ankimo's funky assertiveness.
Kimura does her best to steer non-Japanese customers away from the truly formidable offerings. After we saw her husband retrieving a dark, squiggly concoction ($15) from a container, we inquired about it.
"Squid," she said. "With a sauce made of" -- she paused to search for the word -- "stomach."
We requested it. She shook her head in warning. We insisted.
She was right. Both my friend, a fellow food journalist, and I were glad we ventured into unknown territory, but neither of us could finish the uniquely chewy squid.
The cost of the omakase -- which needs to be requested at least one day ahead -- may seem prohibitive, but the a la carte portion can also add up quickly. Besides, the pleasure of relaxing into the unexpected procession of daily specials is worth the splurge.
We began our omakase meal with flounder, rather than halibut, in ankimo sauce, followed by a seasonally appropriate crab sunomono: eye-popping lumps of Dungeness crab and lightly pickled cucumbers, topped with a viscous arrowroot sauce for texture.
Next came a New Year bento box full of exquisite, one-bite tastes: a silky room-temperature omelet; shishamo, or vinegared sardine; a crunchy hunk of pale roe; mild sea snail; a sliver of smoked salmon sushi (yes, this was an exception to the no-sushi rule); one mild, curled sea snail; and a sliver of duck breast on a minty shiso leaf.
We segued into sashimi, on the side of which was served steamed uni, a treatment I'd never tried before. It gave the sea urchin a compressed, appealing sponginess.
A yakimono, or grilled course, was the equivalent of the rich meat entree on a New American tasting menu. A hunk of velvety glazed salmon shared the spotlight with a decadent slab of unagi and an oyster painted with red miso.
We chased the grilled plate with a boiled course consisting of root vegetable chunks suspended in a smoky bonito-flavored broth. The vegetables themselves were mealy, and it was the one disappointment in three meals at Kappa.
Dessert was a graceful denouement featuring ripe slices of pear and mango, a fluffy mound of whipped, boiled chestnut and one red-and-white-striped mochi ball filled with black sesame paste.
It was a meal I'll not soon forget. I didn't want the transported feeling to end as Kimura genially opened the door for us as we walked out. A view of the spiraling Japantown pagoda just outside the restaurant helped suspend my reverie.
Then we walked downstairs, past the Denny's and out again onto the bustling sidewalk. Ah, the glorious contradictions of San Francisco.
Kappa 1700 Post St., Suite K (near Webster Street), San Francisco; (415) 673-6004. Dinner 6-9:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, until 9 p.m. Saturday. Sake served. Reservations and credit cards accepted. Difficult street parking. Overall: THREE STARS Food: THREE STARS Service: THREE STARS Atmosphere: TWO AND A HALF STARS Prices: $$$ Noise Rating: ONE BELL Pluses: Seasonal and daily-changing Japanese dishes served in an intimate, 14-seat restaurant. Minuses: Restaurant is unmarked in English and can be difficult to find.
RATINGS KEY FOUR STARS: Extraordinary THREE STARS: Excellent TWO STARS: Good ONE STAR: Fair (box): Poor $ Inexpensive: entrees $10 and under $$ Moderate: $11-$17 $$$ Expensive: $18-$24 $$$$ Very Expensive: more than $25 Prices based on main courses. When entrees fall between these categories, the prices of appetizers help determine the dollar ratings. ONE BELL: Pleasantly quiet (under 65 decibels) TWO BELLS: Can talk easily (65-70) THREE BELLS: Talking normally gets difficult (70-75) FOUR BELLS: Can only talk in raised voices (75-80) BOMB: Too noisy for normal conversation (80+) Chronicle critics make every attempt to remain anonymous. All meals are paid for by the Chronicle. Star ratings are based on a minimum of three visits. Ratings are updated continually based on a least one revisit.


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A bright two bedroom apartment located in a high quality development close to the world renowned golf resorts of Vale do Lobo and Quinta do Lago.
Featuring two bedrooms on suite, living room with fireplace and dining area, fully fitted and equipped kitchen, 2 storage rooms and a roof terrace with BBQ area providing excellent views of the Ria Formosa and the sea.
Offering easy access to the beach and all amenities, this apartment is an ideal holiday home.
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April 05, 2010
BURLINGTON – Vermont state employees "walked the talk" last year. A total of 339,125,192 million steps to be exact, recorded on pedometers one footstep at a time during the 12-week Get Moving Vermont spring challenge.
Hundreds of state employees are expected to sign up for the Get Moving Vermont challenge during National Public Health Week, April 5-9. The spring challenge officially kicks off April 12 with a walk around the Vermont Statehouse led by Governor Jim Douglas, who wears a pedometer and tracks his activity every day.
"Worksite wellness programs have gained significant momentum in Vermont in the past few years; there were 80 employers in Vermont last year who received awards from the State of Vermont for their wellness initiatives," said Health Commissioner Wendy Davis, MD. "We knew, as state employees, that if we were going to encourage the rest of the state to move more and eat healthier foods, we could – and should – set an example."
The Get Moving Vermont program is a collaborative partnership with the Vermont Department of Human Resources, Department of Health and the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness & Sports. The online tool is available to anyone who wants to participate in the 2010 "The Hills Are Alive with Vermonters Walking" spring challenge, not just state employees.
Participants can track their activity, fruit and vegetable consumption, water intake and weight, and follow their progress up through elevated peaks such as Mount Mansfield and Camel's Hump.
"We encourage state employees to participate with their family and friends and to track activities they do in and out of work," said Maura O'Brien, program coordinator for the Division of Workforce Development & Wellness in the Department of Human Resources. "If you want to positively impact employee health and wellness, it's essential to connect their work and home lives; this has been one of the benefits of our collaboration."
Last year, more than 500 state employees, and friends and family of state employees, logged more than 159,000 miles, including 127 state employees who completed the full challenge and walked the equivalent of the entire length of the nation's longest footpath, the 2,172 mile Appalachian Trail.
State employees formed 95 teams last year, and although some chose to compete against each other, the intent is to promote physical activity and set milestones in a supportive way. Participants are encouraged to walk at least 10,000 steps a day, and the majority of Vermonters who sign up eclipse their initial goals.
Any Vermonter who wants to sign up for the challenge should visit the Get Moving Vermont website at: www.getmoving.vermont.gov. You can also follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/healthvermont. For more information on National Public Health Week"A Healthier America, One Community at a Time,"visit: www.nphw.org.
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I am not sure how I even wound up here, but found this and gotta admit I'm more than a little curious...
I thought a lot of these materials were "protected' now? In any event, that could be quite a package to fall into the wrong hands...Quote:
In past, perfumers have been using in quantity some aromatic raw materials of produced by animal. Today, the very high price and scarcity of these scents make their use in mass perfumery absolutly prohibitive. Sinthetic substitutes commonly used are only a poor imitation void of the olfactory wealth that the real animal pheromones possess. Nevertheless they are sufficient to cheat the nose of the consumer and the deepest aspirations of his soul. In fact, these animal aromatic substances are used since dawn of mankind for pleasure as well as for health, and they are part of all traditional pharmacopea.
Our kit of the animal scents contains the real natural tinctures prepared in our laboratory of:
Honey bee tincture 16ml
Ambergris tincture 16 ml
Civet tincture 16 ml
Castoreum tincture 16 ml
Hyraceum 16 ml
If you wish to buy the single products click here.
"...These animal aromatic substances are always pheromone molecules and they appeal to our nervous system and to our emotions as no botanical scent really does..." (See discussion in Forum)
"Honey, come over here I want you to smell me. I'm wearing this new parfum my dear son sent me, Castorerum Tincture 16... isn't it divine!!?...........Honey?........ HEY HONEY WHY ARE YOU RUNNING AWAY LIKE THAT?"


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Hard Core: Power, Pleasure and the "Frenzy of the Visible"
August 5, 2011 § 1 Comment
Once again I find myself in the entirely …exhausting? weird? whatever, swear words… position of having to distill nearly 300 pages of serious business cultural theory into a digestible blog post designed for quick and easy frankensteining when I'm asked whatever I'll be asked for the written portion of the breadth exam. In the case of Hard Core, this is a particularly difficult task — Williams is a badass and throughout her analysis braids pubic hairs of awesomeness into g-strings of success. For example she uses feminism to challenge anti-pornography feminists, arguing that the anti-pornography stance, however well-intentioned, reifies precisely the gender dynamics (naturally and necessarily and always-already victimized women subject to and subjected by naturally and necessarily and always-already sadistic rape-monsters aka all men in the history of ever) that the anti-porn crusaders purport to condemn (22). She also eviscerates Freud, basically by reminding people what the crazy bastard actually said– namely, that women are dickless horrors and no wonder men end up obsessing over women's feet or underwear or whatever. Because somewhere in the recesses of their lizard brains they recall the fateful moment they saw mommy naked for the first time and OH MY GOD WHAT IS THAT DEATHLY HOLLOWS, clearly that's not the correct sex organ, you know like the one I have, which unlike mommy's murder hole recalls the wizened nose of a dust-caked marsupial which apparently can't stop raping, ever, and why doesn't mommy have one, perhaps it was suctioned off by our Dyson, this is simply too much for my lizard brain to process because what if my penis is next, I must find a way to reinstate the wholeness I once attributed to mommy thereby alleviating my own fear of patented cyclonic suction and/or vaginas lined with razor blades, oh I know, why don't I pretend her stiletto heels are actually her penis, ah that feels so much better, now I can be a heterosexual. Which is as circular and self-replicating –not to mention blithely ahistorical– as it is offensive and lulzy (46; 54).
And, in perhaps my favorite section, she discusses the history and present ubiquity of the "money shot," wherein the penis-haver gets down on one knee and professes his affinity and respect for the bright-eyed young lady he's chosen to tenderly bed. lol jk when he cums on her face. According to Williams, the "hydraulics of ejaculation" (94) may indeed mark the woman as less-than, but it also performs a fetishistic function, framing the act itself as revelatory and worthy of further study (as opposed to knee-jerk condemnation). It is, as she argues, man unable and/or unwilling to take woman into account. It is man so focused on man that the visibility of woman is obscured quite literally by the shadow of teh phallus. Thus the money shot, politically problematized as it may be, makes visible an entire system of relations –Foucaultian power at its most bare– in which women are something to be obscured (117).
In other words there is lots to say and lots to admire about this book. As usual, though, I have to think about where and in which ways I can connect Williams' argument to my other selections. Foucault's articulation of the "implementation of perversions" –so easily applicable to the history of pornography– is a recurring theme, and can be likened to Cohen's claim that "deviance" is both brought about and subsequently condemned by the same spider-webbed social and political forces i.e. power. There's lots of stuff about no-homo penis-play a la Eve Sedgwick (81), as well as connections to the panopticon generally and Mary Douglas' positing of a symbiotic, chicken-and-egg relationship between social norm and social aberration (35). As with most of these selections, Williams will be a supporting character if she's featured at all (we're talking written exam question), but this is one of those books I'm happy to have read due to I am now smarter for having stuck with it. I'll take that as a win, NOW LET'S WATCH WIPEOUT.
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August 24, 2009
Pol wants train station named for Jackson
A campaign is under way to rename a Brooklyn, N.Y., subway station for late entertainer Michael Jackson, who filmed his
Bad video in it in 1987.
Jackson died June 25 at the age of 50. The cause of his death is still under investigation.City Councilwoman Letitia James said she has approached the Metropolitan Transportation Authority about naming or co-naming the Hoyt-Schermerhorn station in honor of the controversial pop icon, the New York Post reported.
James told the newspaper although the MTA has denied her request, she plans to organize a petition drive.
Having Michael Jackson visit and moonwalk at this station was a huge deal not only for Brooklyn, but all of New York in the 1980s, James said. "And renaming this station in his honor would put it on the map and help
ensure that people don't forget."
Agency sources told the Post none of the subway stations in the MTA system are named or co-named after individuals because it could confuse straphangers.


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PROFILE: Xuefeng Lu Jump-Starts College Education
Xuefeng Lu has lived in the United States only three years. A 2003 graduate of Withrow International School, he already has completed more than 110 credit hours of college at UC.
Date: 8/25/2003 8:00:00 AMAt 19, UC student Xuefeng Lu is way ahead of most college students his age. At the end of Spring Quarter 2003, he already had completed 111 credit hours of study, more than half the credits needed for a bachelor's degree.
By: Marianne Kunnen-Jones
Phone: (513) 556-1826
Photos By: Peter Griga
Lu, who has lived in the United States for only three years, jump-started his college education by starting on it before he left high school. The Ohio Post Secondary Enrollment Option Program (PSEOP) allowed him to enter UC while still a student at Withrow International High School in Cincinnati. This program allows qualified high school students to earn college credits. Lu's first course at UC, in fall 2001, was college physics.
Adding to the "wow" factor of his head start on college is the grade point average Lu has maintained while doing it - he has a 3.9 out of 4. Asked how he does it, he smiles and seems slightly amused by the question. "It's just like going to school. It doesn't feel any different," he says.
Students who use PSEOP are prohibited from participating in extracurricular activities at the university, so there hasn't been much to distract Lu from his studies. After this summer, he will become a matriculated student in the McMicken College of Arts and Sciences and plans to major in biochemistry with the possibility of going to medical school someday. His PSEOP credits were taken before June 2003 and then in summer 2003 he became a regular student.
"Why would I want to stay in school so long if I can get out faster?" explains Lu, who attends the summer session for about five hours three days a week.
Lu moved to the United States from Zhengzhou, Henan Province, in China, after only about six months in high school there. He hasn't been able to return to China, even for the recent funeral of his grandmother, because of potential re-entry problems. Although he misses relatives back in China, Lu says the opportunities here in the United States are worth the sacrifice.
For other students interested in PSEOP, Lu recommends applying early: "I applied in February to begin classes in the fall.
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Local Sports Briefs
Published 7:00 pm, Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Gillette aces
at Green Tree
Ralph Gillette scored a hole-in-one Wednesday at Green Tree Country Club. Gillette aced the No. 7 East hole with a 7-iron from 137 yards. Witnesses were Jerry Blair, Tommy Hawkins and Barry Pender.
UTPB to swim in
Rocky Mountain
The University of Texas-Permian Basin will be competing in swimming and diving in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference as an associate member for the 2008-09 school year.
UTPB will compete in the RMAC along with Colorado School of Mines, Mesa State and University of Nebraska Kearney, who are fulltime members. Grand Canyon University and Incarnate Word are also associate members in swimming and diving.


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Apparently people ask Bruno Mars all the time what it's like to be him. Funny or Die wants you to know whatta man Bruno Mars really is. He's the type of guy that heroically rescues dogs from blazing fires and showers with his full suit on. He's a cowboy, a lumberjack and a brutal fighter. He's the type of guy that will comfort you while you're sobbing along with The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants while still shedding a single, manly tear himself.
You may know him as the talented singer of "Grenade," "The Lazy Song," and "Just The Way You Are." But at the core, Bruno is really just mighty man.


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Nvidia Pascal GP100 GPU reportedly tapes out
16nm HBM2 design
Nvidia has reportedly successfully taped out Pascal, its next generation GPU based on a new FinFET node, with new memory to boot.
Qualcomm and Allwinner teaming up for LTE tablets
Another Chinese marriage of convenience
Chipmakers Qualcomm and Allwinner are teaming up to develop and market affordable LTE tablet platforms for the Chinese market.
New Moto phones and Moto 360 successor coming soon
Lenovo CEO Yang Yuanquing has confirmed that several new Motorola devices are on the way, including a new flagship phone and smartwatch.
ASRock integrated Braswell boards listed in Europe
Starting at €70 for dual-core Celeron N3050
ASRock's new integrated Braswell boards are coming and now we got a chance to see some listings in Euroland.
Snapdragon 810 powers new Project Tango device
Adreno 430 makes the grade
Google has selected Qualcomm's Snapdragon 810 for a new Project Tango device – a dual-camera smartphone with advanced 3D features.
TSMC to move to 16FF+ in next six months
Foundry plans to triple 16nm capacity in 2016
TSMC's 16nm FinFET process has barely gotten off the ground, but the foundry is already talking about 16nm FinFET Plus, which is due to launch by the end of the year.
TSMC to set up 10nm pilot in June
Mass production in late 2016
TSMC is planning to create a 10nm pilot line at its 300mm wafer plant in Fab 12.
AMD to refresh Kaveri line-up this week
A few new SKUs could be on the way
It appears that a couple of new Kaveri APUs are on the way, but don't expect any miracles.
Intel NUC gets Braswell overhaul
6-watt Celerons and Pentiums
Intel has refreshed its NUC line with a few new models, based on 14nm silicon.
Xiaomi wireless speaker box reviewed, in stereo and Technicolor
Review: Going stereo on the cheap
Xiaomi's recent dive into the accessory market has resulted in a number of unusual and interesting product launches, ranging from audio accessories to aluminium mouse pads.


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I have 3 boys of my own. We also have 2 foster girls.(6 and 7 years old, sisters). We are having difficulties w/discipline. Go figure! But, we need some new ideas for the foster children. we cannot spank them so we need to do something that will get their attention. in general,they are REALLY well behaved. The boys and girls do not get along well. So, we have used time-out, time alone in their rooms, one on one time w/each other, and so many other things....nothing seems to get through to ANY of our kids.. what do we do now?Answer Question
Asked by mcba0430 at 9:56 PM on Nov. 14, 2010 in School-Age Kids (5-8)Level 2 (9 Credits)
Answer by DonnaPinitonya at 10:11 PM on Nov. 14, 2010
Answer by Kittty_Katt at 10:18 PM on Nov. 14, 2010
Answer by GoodyBrook at 10:23 PM on Nov. 14, 2010
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Answer by KTMOM at 2:24 PM on Nov. 15, 2010
Answer by maya123 at 4:11 AM on Nov. 20, 2010
You really need to treat ALL off the children the same even your own. Spanking your boys cause they are your own children isn't fair to the boys or for the foster girls to see. I grow up in a foster home from 14 till i was 17 and the things that I Saw with the difference on treating the children was just as messed up as my home life was for those years. You need to treat all the children the SAME in the house so cut the spanking out all together and stay constant especially with the girls they need someone that is gonna show them that they care and love them, foster children: we have a lot of thoughts in our heads and we are full of empty no one gives a crap feelings and sadness inside us.
Answer by raemommy at 4:30 AM on Nov. 20, 2010
Answer by sonsmom at 6:31 AM on Dec. 8, 2010
Next question in School-Age Kids (5-8)
Good gifts for a girl
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Arthur Berton McCarty
October 19, 1881 --- August 15, 1952
Ohio death index listed the birth yr. as 1882
Monnetta McCarty
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text: images via net-a-porter Head over heels with small boxy bags at the moment, so here's a selection of (pricey) bags to choose from. Luckily Zara and Asos have some more affordable options, so I might be doing a bit of online shopping on this Sunday eve. Which one's your favourite?


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We've made it.
Tonight is the last of the early Idol auditions, and we're promised goood singers we didn't get to see the past few weeks.
Why not condense the entire audition process into this show? Because then we wouldn't get guys in capes or chicken costumes or bikinis.
We'll be watching, of course, and live-tweeting the action. Follow it above, starting at 7 p.m.
And you can also find me and join in on Twitter for all things Idol — commentary, music and more. Follow me!
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The warm wind gently carried the message through the lush vegetation
of the rain forest, traveled high into the dense canopy that shrouded
the jungle in mystery. Wild honeybees built combs just beneath
the crown, out of reach of most of the animals. If they heard
the wind whispering, they ignored the tales to go about their
business. Birds of every kind, parrots clothed in a riot of color,
helmeted hornbills and falcons picked up the gossip and conveyed
it swiftly on bright wings, shrieking with delight throughout
the forest. Noisy troops of long-tailed macaques, gibbons and
leaf-eating monkeys heard and leapt from branch to branch joyfully,
shouting with anticipation. The orangutans moved cautiously through
the trees in search of ripe fruit, edible leaves and flowers,
maintaining dignity in all the fuss. Before long, the news was
everywhere. There were few secrets in the community and everyone
had been waiting with concern.
heard the news long before her scent reached him. Brandt Talbot
shrank into the heavy vegetation, his chest tight and his body
taut with sudden anticipation. She was here at long last. In his
domain. Within his grasp. It had been a long hunt to find her,
nearly impossible, yet he had managed it. He had deliberately
lured her to his lair and she had come. He was so close, he had
to use iron self control to keep from moving too quickly. He couldn't
spook her, couldn't tip his hand, allow her to realize for one
moment that the net was closing around her. It was essential to
close every avenue, drive her to the center of his domain and
cut off each escape route.
strategy had been planned for years. He had time to plan while
he searched the world for her, while he reviewed every document
in his hunt for his prey. When he was certain he had the right
woman, the one woman, he put his plan into action.
moved swiftly through the thick fauna, silently but quickly, effortlessly
leaping over fallen trees as he made his way toward the outer
edges of the jungle. A rhinoceros grunted nearby. Deer scrambled
in fear as they caught his scent. Smaller animals scurried out
of his way and birds fell quiet at his approach. The monkeys retreated
to the higher reaches of the canopy but they, too, remained hushed,
not daring to raise his ire as he passed beneath them.
was his kingdom and he seldom flaunted his power, but every species
was aware interference would not be tolerated. Without his constant
vigilance and his continual care, their world would soon disappear.
He watched over and protected them and asked little in return.
Now he demanded complete cooperation. Death would come silently
and swiftly to any who dared defy him.
was different the moment Maggie Odessa set foot into the jungle.
She was different. She felt it. Where the heat on the coast had
been oppressive, stifling, within the forest, that same heat seemed
to envelope her in a strange perfumed world. With each step that
took her into the deeper interior, she became more aware. More
alert. As if awakening from a dream world. Her hearing was much
more acute. She could hear separate insects, identify the trilling
sounds of birds, the cries of monkeys. She heard the wind rustling
in the branches overhead and smaller animals scurrying among the
leaves. It was strange, yet exhilarating.
Maggie had first learned of her inheritance, she had thought to
sell it off without seeing it, out of respect for her adopted
mother. Jayne Odessa had been adamant that Maggie never enter
the rainforest. Jayne had been frightened by the very idea of
it, repeatedly begging Maggie to promise that she would never
put herself at risk. Maggie loved her adopted mother and didn't
want to go against her wishes but after Jayne's death, a lawyer
had contacted Maggie to inform her that she was the daughter of
a wealthy, couple, naturalists, who had died violently when she
was a child and that she had inherited their estate deep in the
rainforests of Borneo. The temptation was too much to resist.
Despite the promises Maggie had made to her adoptive mother, she
had journeyed halfway around the world to look for her past.
had flown into the small airport and rendezvoused with the three
men sent by the lawyer to meet her. From there they'd traveled
in a four-wheel drive utility vehicle for an hour before they
left the main highway and took a series of unpaved roads leading
into deeper forest. It seemed as if they had bumped over every
rut and pit in the dirt road. Eventually they had parked the vehicle
to proceed on foot, a prospect Maggie hadn't been happy about.
The humidity was high and she knotted her khaki shirt around her
backpack as they trekked into deeper forest.
The men seemed enormously strong and well prepared. They were
well-built, quiet when they walked, intensely alert. She had been
nervous at first but once they were walking along the trail in
deeper jungle, everything seemed to change, she felt as if she
were coming home.
she followed her guides, winding deeper into the darkened interior,
she became aware of the mechanics of her own body. Of her muscles,
the way they moved sleekly, easily, her strides almost rhythmic.
She didn't stumble, she didn't make unnecessary noise. Her feet
seemed to find their own placement over the uneven ground. Maggie
became aware of her own femininity. Sleek with sweat, small beads
ran in the valley between her breasts, her shirt plastered to
her skin. Her long, thick hair, her one call to glory, was heavy
and hot against her neck and down her back. She lifted the heavy
mass, the simple act suddenly sensual, lifting her breasts beneath
the thin cotton tee, her nipples rasping gently on the material.
Maggie twisted her hair with the expertise of practice, fastening
the thick rope to her head with a jeweled stick.
that the heat and primitive jungle should suddenly make her conscious
of her body. The way she moved, her hips gently swaying, almost
an invitation, as if she knew someone was watching, someone she
wanted to entice. In her entire life, she had never been a flirt
or a tease, yet now the temptation was overwhelming. It was as
if she had come to life, here in this dark, overgrown place with
vines and leaves and every kind of plant imaginable.
trees vied for sunlight with the tall trees. They were draped
with liana vines and creeping plants of various shades of green.
Wild orchids hung above her head and rhododendrons climbed as
high as some of the trees. Flowering plants grew on the trees,
stretching for the sunlight that managed to make its way through
the heavier canopy. Brightly colored lorikeets and other birds
were in constant motion. The raspy call of insects was a noisy
hum that filled the forest. The air was sweet with perfumed flowers
that teased her senses. It was an exotic, erotic setting where
she knew she belonged.
tilted her head back with a small sigh, rubbing at the sweat on
her throat with the palm of her hand. Her lower body felt heavy
and restless with each step she took. Needy. Wanting. Her breasts
were swollen and achy. Her hands were trembled. A strange elation
swept through her. Life pulsed in her veins. An awakening.
was then she became aware of the men. Watching her. Hot eyes on
the movements of her body. The curve of her hips, the thrust of
her breasts straining against the fabric of her tee-shirt. The
rise and fall of her breath as she walked along the narrow path.
Ordinarily, knowing that she was being watched would have embarrassed
her, yet she felt wanton, almost an exhibitionist.
examined her feelings, and was shocked. She was aroused. Totally
aroused. She had always thought she was a bit on the androgynous
side. She never noticed men the way her friends did, never really
was attracted to them. They certainly didn't find her attractive,
yet now she not only was aware of her own sexuality but was reveling
in the fact that she was turning men on. She frowned, puzzling
over the unfamiliar feelings. It didn't feel right to her. She
wasn't attracted to the men, even as aroused as her body was.
It wasn't the men. It was something deep within her she couldn't
moved along the path, feeling eyes caressing her body, feeling
the weight of stares, hearing the heavier breathing of the men
as she went deeper into the darkened interior of the forest. The
jungle seemed to close behind them, vines and bushes spreading
across the trail. The wind gusted, heavy enough to drop leaves
and small twigs onto the forest floor. Flower petals, vines and
even a few smaller branches settled onto the ground so that it
looked as if it hadn't been disturbed in eons.
eyes were seeing details differently, much more sharply, catching
movement she shouldn't have been able to notice. It was exhilarating.
Even her sense of smell seemed enhanced. She was trying to avoid
walking over a beautiful white lacy plant that seemed to be everywhere.
It gave off a pungent odor. "What is this on the ground?"
She ventured to ask.
"A type of fungi," one of the men answered gruffly.
He had introduced himself merely as Conner. "Insects love
it. They end up spreading its spoors everywhere." He cleared
his throat, glanced at the other men, then back at her. "What
do you do in the big city, Miss?"
was startled that he asked her a question. None of the men encouraged
much conversation. "I'm a veterinarian for exotic animals.
I specialize in felines."
had always been drawn to the wilds, studying and researching everything
she could find on rainforests, animals and plants. She had worked
hard to become a veterinarian of exotic animals hoping to practice
in the wilderness but Jayne had been so unwavering, resolute in
her determination to keep Maggie close, she had eventually settled
for working for the zoo. This had been her big chance to go the
place she had always longed of seeing.
had dreams of the rainforest. She had never played with dolls
like other little girls, but plastic animals, lions and leopards
and tigers. All the big cats. She had an affinity for them, she
knew when they were in pain, or upset or depressed. Felines responded
to her and she had quickly acquired a reputation for her ability
to heal and work with exotic cats.
men exchanged a brief long look she couldn't hope to interpret.
For some reason their reaction made her uneasy but she persisted
in attempting to converse now that he'd given her an opening.
"I read that there are rhinoceros and elephants in this forest.
Is that true?"
man who called himself Joshua nodded abruptly, reached back and
took her backpack out of her hand as if the weight of it was forcing
them to slow down. She didn't protest because he didn't so much
as break stride. They were moving fast now.
"You're certain of where you're going, there's really a small
village where there are people around? I don't want to be left
all alone with no one to help me if I get bit by a snake or something."
Was that her voice? Throaty? Husky? It didn't sound like her.
"Yes, Miss, there's a town and supplies." Conner's tone
was guarded.
ripple of unease went through her. She struggled to tame her voice,
make it once more her own. "Surely there's another way to
get there without going on foot? How do they bring in supplies?"
"Mules. And no, to reach your home and the village, you must
it always this dark in the forest?" Maggie persisted. What
landmarks were they navigating by? There were so many trees. Ironwood
and Sandalwood. Ebony and Teak. So many different kinds. There
had been numerous fruit trees like coconut palms and mango and
banana and orange along the outer perimeters. She recognized the
various types of trees, but couldn't tell how what the men were
using to identify the actual trail. How could they tell where
they were going or how to get back? She was intrigued and a little
awed of their ability.
"The sunlight has little chance to penetrate the thick
branches and leaves above," came the answer. No one slowed
the pace, no one even glanced at her.
could tell they didn't want to converse. It wasn't exactly as
if they were being rude to her, but she could tell when she addressed
them directly they were uneasy. Maggie shrugged carelessly. She
didn't need conversation. She had always been comfortable with
her own company and there were so many intriguing things in the
forest. She caught a glimpse of a snake nearly as thick as a man's
arm. There was a tiny spot of spectacular color that turned out
to be a frog of some sort on a tree. And so many lizards she lost
count. It should have been immensely difficult spotting such creatures.
They blended with the foliage, yet somehow she could see them.
Almost as if the jungle was changing her in some way, improving
her sight, her ability to hear and smell.
silence took hold of the forest. Insects ceased their endless
hum. Birds abruptly stopped their continuous calls. Even the monkeys
ceased all chatter. The stillness disturbed her, sent a chill
cascading down her spine. A single warning was shrieked high in
the canopy, an alert of danger, and Maggie knew instantly that
it was danger to her. The hair on the back of her neck raised
and she nervously turned her head from side to side as she walked,
her eyes restlessly probing the thick foliage.
apprehension must have communicated itself to the guards. They
tightened up the distance between them, one dropping back behind
her, urging her to move more quickly through the forest.
heart accelerated, her mouth went dry. She could feel her body
begin to tremble. Something moved in the deep foliage, large,
heavily muscled, a shadow in the shadows. Something paced along
beside them. She couldn't really see it, yet she did, the impression
of a large predator was there, an animal stalking her silently.
She felt the weight of an intent, focused stare, the unblinking
eyes of something savage. Something was fixated on her. Something
we safe?" She asked the question softly, moving closer to
her guides.
course we're safe, Miss," one of the men replied, a tall
blond with dark, brooding eyes. His gaze slid over her. "Nothing
would attack so large a party."
group wasn't that large. Four people tramping on a nonexistent
path toward an uncertain destination. She didn't feel all that
safe. She had forgotten what the third man's name was. It suddenly
bothered her. Really bothered her. What if something did attack
them and the man tried to protect her and she didn't even know
who he was?
glanced back. The trail had disappeared completely behind them.
She lifted her chin, another shiver finding its way through her
body. Something watched and waited to attack. Were they walking
into an ambush? She didn't know any of the men. She was trusting
a lawyer she knew very little about. She'd investigated him, of
course, to insure he was legitimate, but that didn't mean she
hadn't been deceived. Women disappeared every day.
Odessa?" It was the tall blond. "Don't look so frightened.
Nothing is going to happen to you."
managed a small smile. His reassurance didn't take away her fear
of the unknown, but she was grateful he had noticed and had tried.
"Thank you, the forest went so quiet all of a sudden and
it feels so
" Dangerous. The word was in her
mind but she didn't want to speak it aloud, to give it life. Instead
she matched her stride to the blond. "Please call me Maggie.
I've never been very formal. What's your name?"
hesitated, glanced toward the left into the heavy foliage. "It's
Donovan, Miss
Maggie, Drake Donovan."
you been to the village often?"
have a home there," he admitted. "We all have homes
Relief swept through her. She felt some of the tension leave her
body. "That's reassuring. I was beginning to think I had
inherited a small hut in the middle of the forest or maybe at
the top of one of the trees." Her laughter was low. Husky.
Almost seductive.
blinked in shock. There it was again. She never sounded
like that, yet twice now her voice had become an invitation. She
didn't want Drake Donovan to think she was coming on to him. What
in the world had gotten into her? Something was happening to her,
something she didn't like at all. She knew it was wrong, everything
about it felt wrong, yet her body was raging at her with an urgent,
primitive need.
several yards away, through the thick foliage, Brandt feasted
his eyes on her. She was everything and more than he had expected.
She wasn't tall, but he hadn't expected her to be. Her body was
curvy, lush breasts and hips, a small waist, strong legs. Her
hair was thick and luxurious, a wealth of red-gold silk. Her brows
were reddish, her eyes as green as the leaves on the trees. Her
mouth was a sinful temptation.
was oppressively hot and she was sweating, a dark vee down the
front of her shirt, darkening the area around her high, firm breasts.
There was a damp line down her back, drawing attention to the
sweep of her back, the curve of her hips. Her jeans rode low on
her hips, exposing an enticing expanse of skin and revealing her
belly button which he found exceedingly sexy. He longed to capture
her right there, drag her away from the other men and claim what
belonged to him. He had taken far too long in finding her and
the Han Vol Dan was nearly upon her. He could tell. The
others could tell. They tried not to look at what didn't belong
to them, but she was so naturally sensuous, so alluring and compelling,
the men were reacting with the same ragged hunger as he felt.
Brandt felt bad for them. They were doing him a favor, despite
the danger to all of them from the overpowering emotions. He had
been tracking poachers when she had arrived and the men had gone
to meet her in his stead, to bring her to him.
rain began, great sheets of it, working to penetrate the heavier
foliage above them, sending the humidity up another notch. The
downpour bathed the forest in iridescent colors as the water blended
with light to make prisms so that rainbows washed across the vine-draped
trees. The woman, his mate, Maggie Odessa, turned her face
up in delight. There was no grumbling, no squeals of shock. She
raised her hands over her head in silent tribute, allowing the
water to cascade over her face. She was rain-wet. The drops ran
down her face, her lashes. All Brandt could think of was that
he needed to lap every drop from her face. To taste her petal
soft skin with the life giving water running over it. He was suddenly
thirsty, his throat parched. His body was heavy and painful and
a strange roaring started in his head.
tee-shirt was white and instantly soaked through in the sudden
deluge, rendering the material nearly transparent. Her breasts
were outlined, full, intriguing, a swell of lush creamy flesh,
her nipples darker and twin hard buds of invitation. The richness
of her exposed body drew his gaze like a magnet. Beckoned him.
Mesmerized him. His mouth went dry, and his heart hammered out
an urgent tattoo.
glanced back at Maggie, his gaze lingering for a hot, tension-filled
moment on the sway of her breasts.
warning rumbled deep in Brandt's throat. The growl was low, but
in the silence of the forest, it carried easily. He coughed, the
peculiar, grunting cough of his kind. A threat. A command. Drake
went ramrod stiff, jerked his head around, peering uneasily into
the bushes.
gaze followed Donavon's to the thick vegetation. There was no
mistaking the sound of a large jungle cat.
tossed her the backpack. "Put on something, anything to cover
yourself." His voice was clipped, almost hostile.
eyes widened in amazement. "Didn't you hear that?" She
held the pack in front of her, shielding her breasts from their
view, shocked that the men seemed more concerned with her body
than with the danger approaching them. "You had to have heard
that. Maybe we should climb a tree or something."
is a leopard, Miss Odessa. They climb trees quite easily. And
running doesn't do a bit of good if they've decided to make a
meal of you." Keeping his back to her, Drake shoved his hand
through his wet hair. "Just put on something else and we'll
be fine."
like naked women?" Maggie quipped, as she hastily pulled
on her khaki over-shirt to cover her tee-shirt. If she didn't
make light of the situation she might panic.
First choice every time, you might want to remember that,"
Drake said, his voice tinged with humor. "Are you decent?"
buttoned the khaki shirt, right over the soaking wet tee. The
air was thick, the scent from so many flowers almost cloying in
the oppressive humidity. Her socks were wet, her feet becoming
uncomfortable. "Yes, I'm decent. Are we even close yet?"
She didn't want to complain but she suddenly felt irritable and
annoyed with everything and everyone.
didn't turn around to check "It's a bit farther, do you need
to rest?"
was very aware of her escorts watching the heavy foliage warily.
Once her breath caught in her throat. She could have sworn she
saw the tip of a black tail twitching in the bushes a few yards
from where she stood, but when she blinked, there were only the
darker shadows and endless ferns. As hard as she tried, she could
see nothing in the deeper shadows, but the impression of danger
remained acute.
rather keep going," she admitted. She felt very out of sorts.
One moment she wanted to entice the men to her, the next she wanted
to snarl and rake at them, hiss and spit at them to go away from
go then." Drake signaled and they were once more on the move.
The three men were carrying guns, slung carelessly across their
backs. Each of them had a knife strapped to his waist. None of
them had touched the weapons, not even when the large cat had
made its presence nearby known.
pace the men set was grueling. She was tired, wet, sticky and
far too hot and most of all, her feet hurt. Her hiking boots were
good ones, but not as broken in as she would have liked. She knew
there were blisters forming on her heels. She was growing hungrier
by the moment. Maggie wasn't about to complain. She sensed the
men weren't pushing her to be cruel, or to test her endurance,
but for some other reason that had to do with safety. She complied
as best she could, hurrying along the trail in the sweltering
heat, wondering why the jungle felt so close and where the trail
had disappeared.
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9/25/2009 2:04pm, #1
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My 1911 from Vickers 1911 Pistolsmithing Class
Well, I completed this class almost a year ago and have been waiting to get set up to finish handguns prior to finishing this one off. I really wanted to do absolutely everything to this pistol myself.
So a couple of nights ago I got my blast cabinet up and running. After blasting the pistol I parkerized it with manganese parkerizing solution. Now for everything leading up to that point.
As I said I built this pistol during the class, since the class I have put a couple thousand rounds through it and it has run like a sewing machine. I had little doubt as most of Larrys class focuses on making a 1911 that will run and keep on running
Again because I wanted to do everything that I could to this pistol, I hand checkered the frontstrap myself. I also wanted to use this as a learning experience.
It was definitely a learning experience. I learned that I will be sending all of the frames that I work on from here on out to Pete Single. It was about six months ago when I checkered it and I think my arm is still hurting!
Besides the frontstrap and Larrys reliability modifications, this pistol sports a USGI National Math Barrel and bushing that I hard fit after the class. The Kart barrel that I fit during the class was fine and worked a 100% however, when the opportunity came up for the GI barrel, I really wanted to fit that one.
Vickers Tactical Hammer, Sear and Disconnector
Ed Brown Grip Safety
Ed Brown Tactical Thumb Safety
Smith and Alexander Mag Guide
10-8 Trigger
10-8 Rear Sight
10-8 Pin Set
10-8 Plunger Tube
10-8 Slide Stop
10-8 Magazine Release
Novak Front Sight
Strider Gunner Grips
Rear of slide hand serrated 40 LPI
All in all it was a fantastic class and I was very happy with the results.
9/25/2009 2:15pm, #2
Very nice. Glad you enjoyed the course! I wouldn't mind taking one myself someday.
9/25/2009 2:35pm, #3
Imagine what you could've learned had you taken a pistol class that centered on a relevant, modern handgun, instead of some re-invented, 100 year old relic? Building your own Sig or HK...wow, man what a rush! Well...you're more than welcome to come over anytime, wipe off gobs of cosmoline and work on my relics anyday! :new_usa:
Just kidding, man....hope that gun works out for you and congrats on working on it yourself.
9/25/2009 2:48pm, #4
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I will be the first to admit the 1911 is not for everyone. You really have to be an enthusiast to get the most out of this pistol.
9/25/2009 2:59pm, #5
I'm not picky. I love 1911s, I love SIGS, and I love Glocks. Those are my top 3. H&Ks I don't like quite as much. My USP CT was problematic out of the box. I only really like their rifles and the P7, which they don't make anymore... Bastards...
9/27/2009 9:58am, #6
LOL C'mon...no need to re-hash the ages old debate on that old relic. =)
People like the thing (the 1911)...well, most people do because of the single action trigger pull. But, in all fairness...if you were to walk around with a cocked, double-action pistol or revolver, you'd find that their trigger pulls are nearly equally awesome in single-action mode. Hell, the aforementioned HK USP Tactical that I have has the option to carry it around "Cocked and Locked" with sort of the same "sweep down" safety removal [adding a decocker] as you'd have if you developed the muscle-memory to shoot the 1911 under stress. And you can't deny the awesomeness of the USP Tactical's trigger job.
1911's (IMHO) are great little plinkers, but I have yet to see one (from a Caspian to a Springfield) that operates with the reliability of a modern, SA/DA pistol....so much that I'd want to risk my life on it. Much like a hot-rod car or your house...or your paintball gun, 1911 pistols are gigantic black holes for money. There's always 3-4 more accessories that you can get for it and you're always fiddle-fucking around with the thing...whether it's "tuning" your extractor or messing around with it's internals/changing springs and buffers. Some people enjoy spending their time working on their own stuff, reloading their own custom ammo to match their guns, and get a great sense of pride for doing so. Good for them.
Because in the end....it's what you like and what you like spending your time doing...not what some anonymous asshole on the Internet (like me) tells you. :icon_smur
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9/27/2009 5:43pm, #7
Hey, I thought that 1911s were famous for reliability.
My 1911 seems to be a bit less reliable than my Ruger P97DC, but I attribute that to the fact I got it used. (I got the Ruger used as well and it had reliability issues until I replaced the extractor. Since then I haven't seen a single malfunction on the Ruger.)
9/27/2009 6:07pm, #8
9/27/2009 6:40pm, #9
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Yeah, I am a huge fan of the 1911, however, I know it's limitations. I carry one everyday and I stake my life on it, however, I know what I have to do in order to make it run and to keep it running. Like Ken Hackathorn said, if you maintain your gun like you do your lawnmower, the 1911 is not for you.
The 1911 is an enthusiast pistol, you have to want to carry it and do what it takes to maintain it in order to make it run reliabily enough to stake your life on.
9/27/2009 9:35pm, #10
So, I just read that whereas the original military 1911 was built to loose tolerances and was very reliable, that modern ones are built to be "match grade" and therefore are more finnickey. True?


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How does this work: God's inerrant, sufficient Word of Truth, now infused with extra-biblical revelation and a voice that tells you he is Jesus speaking new words of comfort into your itching ears? What about Revelation 22:18, telling us this ought not to be done?
I originally wrote this in 2014, and am reposting it now so that it remains a resource for Bereans wondering why it is an atrocity to God, who warns us not to do what Sarah Young and Thomas Nelson Publishing have done:
I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues which are written in this book; and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the tree of life and from the holy city, which are written in this book.…
Thanks to the multi-million dollar Jesus Calling product line, you can cuddle up with a syncretized blend of heresy with God's breathed-out Word. First adorning Christian bookstore and church library shelves in 2011, Publisher Thomas Nelson calls this "part of the Signature Series line of Thomas Nelson Bibles, and describes this atrocity here:
The Jesus Calling Devotional Bible puts readers in touch with God and His answers for their life situations. Missionary Sarah Young had been journaling her prayers for years when she began "listening" for what Jesus was saying to her within the words of Scripture. In this Bible, 260 scenarios pose life struggles to which Sarah Young gives answers from her Savior—words that Jesus has lovingly laid on her heart—words that have comforted and inspired Sarah and many others around the world.
There's even a cute video, that invites viewers to, "open the door to a meaningful dialog with Jesus Christ our Lord."
So what did they add to this "Bible?"
- 260 prayers with devotions by author Sarah Young
- Hundreds of inspiring scriptures highlighted throughout the text
- New King James Version® (NKJV) in paragraph format
- Index to devotions
- Two-color text
- Presentation page
- Ribbon marker
Snippets from the inside suggest that cannon is NOT closed, and that Jesus is still talking to you outside of Scripture, just like Sarah Young claims He has been doing with her for years:
Then there is this:
What does this "Jesus" of the Jesus Calling Bible have to say?
Clearly, this "Jesus" calling is the wrong number. Let's make sure we're dwelling in the real deal: God's Word alone. It is our authority. Sola Scriptura!
Be sure to read Warren B. Smith's new book, Another Jesus Calling: How False Christs are Entering the Church through Contemplative Prayer, to find out what this false christ says to the author that points to a very different Gospel and a different Jesus. Related articles
- Nine Million Reasons to Read Another Jesus Calling (steakandabible.com)
- Is "Jesus Calling" a wrong number? (Book Review)
- Jesus Calling By Sarah Young: W.U.I. (Writing Under the Influence)
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Kabir Segal told his favorites include Hamlet and Nigeria after his appearance on The Leonard Lopate Show.
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Andrew Young , a top aide to Martin Luther King, Jr. and one of history's most important civil rights leaders, was at Dr. King's side when he was assassinated. Young and his godson Kabir Sehgal talk about how two generations view civil rights, race, faith, love, and leadership.


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Garreth Murphy: Pat Kenny the pensioner shows no sign of slowing down
SO Pat Kenny turns 66 today.
At an age when most of us are considering winding down and putting our feet up after a lifetime of work and raising kids, Pat is still putting in the hours with his show on Newstalk.
However, while the veteran broadcaster has said that he doesn't "pay much heed" to birthdays anymore as he gets older, he'll still be eligible for a free travel pass from today.
Handy for that early morning commute from leafy Killiney to the city centre each morning.
The veteran broadcaster has spoken in the past of Newstalk being his last major career challenge but if he has a change of heart and decides to hang up his microphone, he'll also be eligible for his age old pension from today.
Pat was born on 29 January 1948, so under most recent changes to the old age pension, he'd be able to rock up and start claiming.
That's €219 nicker he's entitled to every week.
Okay, so it's not really a patch on his current deal with Newstalk but he's earned it.
Now the bad news - Pat would have to take a significant hit on his current deal if he's planning to take up the State pension.
In fairness to Pat, though, he's been no slouch about putting in the hours. He did 41 years in RTE before making the switch to Newstalk during the summer.
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rating: 3/5
Punchline: Triangular love story
Genre: Love
Type: Straight
Banner: EVV Cinema
Cast: Aryan
Rajesh, Naresh, Anu Mehta, Suman, Chandra Mohan, Chalapati
Rao, Ali, Mallikharjuna Rao, MS Narayana, LB Sriram, Krishna
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Dialogues: Vegnesa Satish
Music: Koti
Lyrics: Veturi, Sai Sri Harsha, Kandikonda, Surendra
Krishna & Madhuphala
Cinematography: V Srinivasa Reddy
Editing: V Nagi Reddy
Fights: Stun Siva
Story - Screenplay - Direction - Producer: EVV Satyanarayana
Theatrical release date: 12th August 2005
(Aryan Rajesh) is an NRI millionaire who descends on
to Korumamidi in search of a suitable girl to marry.
He finds Radha (Anu Mehta) to be the right girl. But
he comes to know that she is in love with another guy
called Devudu (Allari Naresh). Later on it is revealed
that Devudu is dead. The rest of the story is all about
what happens when Devudu comes back alive!
Artists Performance
Rajesh is adequate. But his mannerisms and dialogue
delivery does not sound like that of an NRI kid who
is born and brought up in USA. He would be speaking
pure Telugu with native accent. Allari
Naresh steals the show by enacting the sympathetic
role with ease. He suited the role very well. Heroine
Anu Mehta improved a bit
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Bhagawan's comedy is also well received. Suman
and Chandra Mohan are adequate.
Technical Departments:
- Screenplay - direction: Story of the film is pretty
much predictable. Screenplay of the film is just OK.
Direction is good in parts. EVV succeeded in getting
the much vital flashback right. He also did well in
creating comedy scenes on LB Sriram and Krishna Bhagawan.
The logic of putting Sardarji get-up to Allari Naresh
and making all others think that he is someone else
is unconvincing.
Dialogues by Vegnesa Satish are OK. He did well in creating
good humor on cell phone usage and cell phone companies
and service providers. Here is the list of hilarious
situations that took on cell phones -
1. Hutch: Hutch
dog (Pug breed) following LB Sriram because he uses
Hutch connection.
2. Nokia: It's caption of connecting people
is extended to felicitating extramarital relationships
through cell phone conversations.
3. Idea: mee jeevithanne marchestundi - how
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of the people.
1. Hutch: Hutch
dog (Pug breed) following LB Sriram because he uses
Hutch connection.
2. Nokia: It's caption of connecting people
is extended to felicitating extramarital relationships
through cell phone conversations.
3. Idea: mee jeevithanne marchestundi - how
cell phone usage negatively affected the lifestyle
of the people.
departments: One song (Yenduke Paruvama) is good.
All other songs are of old type. Camerawork by V Srinivasa
Reddy is not adequate with inconsistent lighting. Production
values of the film are just OK. They had shown Singapore
to pass it off as USA.
First half of the film is little boring. Second half
is better. Flashback episode that depicts love between
Anu Mehta and Allari Naresh is good. The comedy in second
half is entertaining. This film is better than the recent
releases of EVV. On a whole, it makes an average flick.
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Updated 4:45 pm, Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Online and free courses are a growing trend in higher education.
Many schools are rushing to add Massively Open Online Courses, or MOOCS, which are largely free and not for credit. They enroll a huge number of students who watch videos of lectures online, and use online tools to complete coursework, but don't actually interact with the professor.
Tens of thousands of students are taking courses with professors from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University, as well as local community colleges and larger public universities. Schools increase their exposure and the courses can essentially offer free advertising. The American Council on Education, a higher education umbrella group, announced earlier this month that it will evaluate whether some of the courses should be worth college credit.
Students who take a MOOC earn certificates of completion, but generally not any sort of credit. However, as more students and colleges look to keep costs down, MOOCs may be one of the best ways to do that, said Mika Hoffman, the executive director of Excelsior College's Center for Educational Measurement. They are also an incredibly effective way for nontraditional students — the type of students to which Excelsior gears its programs — to earn college credit.
"It's important to acknowledge different people learn differently," Hoffman said. "MOOCs are reaching out to people who don't need a bricks and mortar education."
Students who complete a MOOC can earn credit from Excelsior, which is transferable to about 1,500 institutions of higher education. The school currently offers 31 exams, which cost $95 each, that lead to three college credits. In essence, this is similar to the credit offered for Advanced Placement exams for high school students. The exams are proctored, require identification and can be taken at Pearson education sites around the world.
Excelsior is now working to match more of its exams to free, online courses.
That could be particularly useful for students who want to knock off some of their remedial or introductory coursework. Getting some requirements out of the way can equal a savings on college tuition because it could mean less courses, Hoffman said.
And while Excelsior doesn't create exams for specific MOOCs, it does offers exams that match existing online courses. Those include: Introduction to Psychology at Yale University; Principles of Microeconomics at MIT; and Calculus on the Web at Temple University.
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Whistleblowing, gossip and rumors under fire – free speech as well
I encourage everyone to share their good and bad experiences when it comes to jobs, and life in general. A good friend saved me from continuing at one of my previous jobs when she explained to me in myspace blog post about what happened to her when she moved up in the company and ended up at the corporate office. At that point I knew I had no business striving to reach that level and it saved me a lot of time and effort. I was telling Sara about a site on the net that focus on sharing gossip and rumors, and another site that focused on whistleblowing about bad corporate activities, and she told me that there was some bad news about these sites recently. I told her how surprised I was that they have been under so much scrutiny given the free speech guarantees that we are supposed to have in this country.
Wikileaks recently had a court order to shut down, but i think the whistleblowing site will return and the court proceedings should pave the way for other sites like it to stay afloat without challenge. The college rumor site juicycampus.com has gotten some bad press, but my hope is that people will wake up and learn to take thins they read online, and hear in person for that matter, with a grain of salt. I know that there is a whole industry of forensic web people out there that scour the internet looking for information about companies online, trying to protect the reputation of businesses from being tarnished by people posting information on web sites. While I see the value of this type of work, I think sometimes these places go to far in their tactics for changing information that has been posted. I mean if someone finds a ranting blog post on a myspace about xyz company or person for that matter, surely adults can know in their mind that the post is only half the story, and it is one person's view of events. I seriously doubt that someone will come across a random anonymous post and decide that they shouldn't invest in something.
The power of technology and the internet should not be limited with frivolous cease and desist letters and law suits and malicious prosecutions, all limiting free speech. People should be adults and consider all angles and makeup their minds by the credibility and amount of posts. If you read something that is anonymous, you take it with a grain of salt. If you read something on CNN.com from Larry King, well, you take that for what that is. Heck a lot of people today don't even believe what the mainstream media reports, why should eveyone be freaking out about what is posted on a no name site with no credible author?
Perhaps this will be the decade where people learn to toughen up their listening skills. Already you see a big movement on digg.com where people will demand references and sources before buying into any story. Now if we can just get the rest of the world to wake up, demand proof, take everything with a grain of salt, and stop listening to gossip so much. I do believe that listening to gossip encourages it. When someone is talking about someone to you, be sure that they will be talking about to someone else later, and probably in a similar scandalous tone.
So use technology to spread the word, use sources when you can. If you must write anonymously be sure not to include any details that will get you found out through a process of elimination. If you are going to hate on something keep it real, and realize that when other people are hating, often they are only telling part of the truth.
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A hiker I met on the Tenderfoot Trail a couple of years ago told me that her ambition was to hike every mile of Boulder County's trails. While that's not one of my ambitions, I expect to get close to that goal before I'm 80.
I do like to go to places that I have never seen before. Today I climbed to Bummer's Rock for the first time. This trail in the Betasso Preserve overlooks Boulder at elevation 5,430 feet from a height of 6,670 feet.
In this picture it's 7:35 a.m. and most people in Boulder are just getting up at a hazy daybreak on a Indian summer morning. The Valmont Power Plant and the Valmont Reservoir in the center of this photo are about eight miles from where I was standing on top of Bummer's Rock.
I had been up since before 5. I was planning to hike closer to Boulder, but since I woke up too early, I decided to make a little longer drive. Still, I didn't want to hike too far this morning, because I need to stand by at my apartment for UPS to deliver my new lightweight tripod later today.
So the short Bummer's Rock Trail worked well for me this morning. I carried my heavy tripod hopefully for the last time.
I took each of these photos — and 55 more — from exactly the same spot. All that I had to do was to move the zoom lens in and out and swivel the tripod a bit. I had an easy morning on a new trail.


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The agent of Giuseppe Rossi is hopeful that the new Fiorentina player will be back in action during the month of April.
The Italian international signed for the Tuscan club in January after a deal was done with Spanish Second Division outfit Villarreal.
However, Rossi hasn't played a competitive game since October 2011 because of a recurring knee ligament injury which has required two operations.
"He was examined again at the end of January and his knee was judged to be very stable," Federico Pastorello told La Politica nel Pallone.
"The work that he is doing in New York is bearing fruit.
"At the end of this month we can hopefully plan his return to Florence and then see him back in action during April."
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Hospital patients informed they require surgery can feel like they receive less than hospitable treatment. Stunned patients are kicked around like a soccer ball from one department to another as they receive tests, and sometimes leave the hospital with unanswered questions about a procedure that could permanently change their lives.
But at Central Peninsula General Hospital the director of perioperative services, Kim Vester, was determined to see CPGH offer patients expecting surgery an alternative to the cold indifference of hospital hallways and waiting rooms.
"You know, they're probably very scared because they have just been told they are going to have surgery," she said. "I want this hospital to be more personal. Everybody should be a VIP."
In early January, these concerns resulted in the opening of the CPGH preoperative clinic, a snug little room tucked into one of the hospital's hallways and marked only by a computer printout welcoming patients into the clinic. Walking into the clinic, a patient might wonder for a moment if they have accidentally walked into someone's house. Instead of a cold, paper-covered examining table, there's cherry wood furniture, plants and a green leather recliner that sits next to the clinic nurse's silk flower-draped desk.
The preoperative clinic is a one-stop shop. Once patients find it they don't have to worry about finding their way to any other department. With the exception of X-rays, all testing can be done there, and even when a patient requires X-rays, the clinic ensures they are personally escorted to where they need to go.
"There's no more patient wandering around and not knowing where to go," Vester said.
In addition, the clinic offers patients the chance to sit down with a trained surgical nurse, ask questions and express their concerns.
By taking the time to sit down and make sure all of the patient's questions and concerns are addressed, the hospital can get to know the patient better and troubleshoot potential conflicts before they occur.
"We're already reaping the awards," Vester said. "There are fewer delays and cancellations."
Since the clinic opened Jan. 13, there has been a 38 percent drop in cancellations and delays, she said.
"When you're more comfortable being someplace, you don't have much fear about what's going to happen," said Sandi Burger, a patient who visited the clinic Feb. 8.
Burger, who was due for a surgery to remove a cyst Feb. 9, said although she generally knows what to expect due to two previous surgeries, she still found the clinic's services attractive.
"This is really new to me, but gee it's nice," Burger said as a water fountain on the windowsill behind her gurgled and a nurse completed a blood draw from her arm.
"It's nicer than just sitting in the waiting room like cattle."
Amy Parham, a CPGH nurse who works in the preoperative clinic, said many nervous patients leave the clinic feeling relieved because they learn about what is going to happen to them in a relaxed atmosphere, and without feeling rushed to come up with questions.
Taking the time to chitchat with patients can reveal concerns missed during a typical exam, she said.
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"I'm glad you mentioned that," Parham said. "We have a lot of patients who wake up nauseated."
Parham explained that Burger did not have to suffer from the severe sickness if she wore a scopolamine patch during her anesthesia.
"Oh, that would be wonderful," Burger said.
The preoperative clinic is not required. If patients aren't interested and do not want to add another appointment to their list, they are free to go ahead with their surgery without the counseling. Vester noted, however, that visiting the clinic is sometimes faster than going through the usual routine of hopping from one department to another to complete tests.
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The young Kiwis, the Aussies, and the French have been in this situation before, but this is the first time we've seen the Irishmen complete for a podium position at a major European or World event. The skiff scene in Ireland has been a long and steady progression, with a single team always pushing at the world level. Now, with the 49erFX girls and Matt and Ryan there is a bit more momentum for skiffs in the Emerald Isle, and these two racers will be ever so eager to bring home some hardware in the sixth year of their partnership.
For the Australians, Outteridge and Jensen, this is the first time they will have competed in a bounded course area since the America's Cup as they have been absent from the 49er circuit for most of the duration of the theatre style test period. A start in the theatre could also be an end, as there is a chance this will be the last ever theatre style conclusion to a regatta, with ISAF set to vote again on the matter in less than two weeks time. While theatre style racing has upped the intensity of fleet racing, many in sailing leadership positions prefer consistency among the events and traditional racing.
Hansen and Porebski had a poor qualifying in Palma but have been able to bounce back sharply in Hyeres. They are sailing with plenty of confidence as they know they can keep up with the very best after training day in, day out with Burling and Tuke. For the French pair of Dyen and Christidis, this is also a bit of redemption from Palma, where they too missed out on qualifying. They won the Bronze medal at the 2013 World Championship just down the road in Marseille, and will be looking to do at least that well again this time around.
In the 49erFX, there is no chance of a French bronze medal this time, like there was at the Worlds last year, as Sarah Steyaert and Julie Bossard withdrew from the event after Sarah suffered an ankle injury in training just days before the first race.
There is a good fight shaping up for Silver, as the 2013 World Champions, Maloney and Meech (NZL) and 2013 European Champions, Nielsen and Olsen (DEN) are separated by only five points after 15 races. The 49erFX raced as a single large fleet for the first two days of qualifying, and then a split fleet of 21 boats for the three days of gold fleet. All of these teams have had plenty of opportunity to go head to head, and it will take three more short races to see who emerges. Nielsen and Olsen picked up the silver in Palma, while Maloney and Meech took a little while to get going in both Palma and Hyeres, but not seem to have regained their swagger from 2013.
In fourth place are Dobson and Ainsworth (GBR) who have an outside shot at a medal should either of the teams ahead falter.
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