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San Diego - August 26-27, 2017
*Full walk-in tuition is $697. Tuition is discounted for advance registation.
You'll get immediate access to nearly 6 hours of recorded webinars that will give you all the lecture content for the P.I.E. workshop. Watch and learn before you attend the live workshop.
Personalized coaching is the key to mastering voiceover. During the live P.I.E. workshop, you'll receive plenty of personalized coaching from James Alburger and Penny Abshire in several areas of VO.
All on-mic coaching sessions are recorded, and you'll get a copy of everyone's recordings - not just yours! Use the direction we give others to rapidly build your own performing skills.
I highly recommend spending a weekend with Jim and Penny. Several years ago, they gave me knowledge I would have been hard-pressed to get anywhere else and most importantly - Direction (career and otherwise), which led to success within a year. This was money and time well spent in my case!
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The VoiceActing Academy P.erformance I.ntensive E.vent is an intensive two day workshop focusing on the craft of performing for voiceover. This is the place where you can test your acting abilities, learn new communication skills, and explore new directions.
P.I.E. comes in two flavors: Our P.I.E. in San Diego workshop is held at VoiceActing Studios and is limited to a maximum of 10 students. P.I.E. in the Sky is the clever name for our on-line workshop. Also limited to a maximum of 10 students, this workshop is a two-day video conference call that you can attend from the comfort of your home studio.
Both workshops are held over a weekend from 10am to 5pm Pacific Time, both days.
Whether you attend our live San Diego workshop or study with us through our live video conference call, we guarantee you will leave the event with a new and inspired perspective on how to work with voiceover copy.
Personalized, one-on-one coaching is absolutely the best way to learn and quickly master voiceover performing skills. During our San Diego workshop, you'll work closely with James Alburger and Penny Abshire in the comfort of VoiceActing Studios. You'll experience several intensive on-mic coaching sessions covering several genres of voiceover. There's nothing quite like being in the same room with like-minded people who are all eager to learn and master new skills. And that's exactly what you'll get with P.I.E. in San Diego. Oh, and did we mention that you'll be served pie and ice cream on the final afternoon of the workshop?
The opportunity to attend the live workshop, interact with other attendees and work in-person with James and Penny is completely worth it! But we also know that traveling to San Diego (or whatever city we might be in) can sometimes be inconvenient or conflict with your work schedule.
For some, it's simply not possible or cost-effective to make the trip to San Diego. So, we created P.I.E. in the Sky by taking our P.I.E. workshop on-line! You'll get the same level of coaching and training you would get if you were attending live in San Diego, but instead of being at our San Diego studio, you'll be on your laptop or in your home studio.
We've been perfecting the process of on-line coaching for more than three years with our Conductor's Club members. Because our on-line P.I.E. workshop is done as a two-day video conference call, there are some very specific things you'll need to plan for:
There are a few other things you'll need to take note of, which are covered in our Registration Package (you'll receive this after you register), but these are the primary things you need to know before signing up for our P.I.E. in the Sky workshop. If you have any questions, please call us at 858.484.0220 M-W or Friday between 10am and 5pm PT.
Performing for voiceover can be some of the best... and most profitable... fun you'll have! Ever!
But "doing voiceover" professionally as a full-time voice artist can be challenging, frustrating, and expensive... especially if you don't know what you're doing! In other words, voiceover, in many ways, is exactly like any other business you might start. But there are also many things that make voiceover very different from other business ventures... and voiceover is not for everyone!
To learn how to "do the business" correctly, you need to study with someone who's done it... and continues to do it. We've been working in voiceover, both on mic and as producers, directors, copy writers, coaches, and production engineers for more than 35 years. Need more credibility? How about 11 Emmys for audio production and sound design, the author of "The Art of Voice Acting," considered by most professionals to be the "bible" of the industry, and co-producers of the VOICE convention, the world's original and only truly International voiceover convention.
Do some research before you sign up for any voiceover workshop! And consider, very carefully, any coach who tells you that "you've got a great voice," or recommends that you produce an expensive demo after taking only a few classes. Chances are you may not be ready. There are literally thousands of people who want to break into voiceover, and those who succeed will be the people who are well trained and know what they're doing. We'll make sure your voiceover work has you on the right path.
Maybe . . . maybe not!
Voiceover isn't for everyone. Only you can be the judge as to whether or not pursuing a career in voiceover is right for you. But we can say that many of our students never intend to become voiceover talent. The performing and communication skills we teach are often more important than "breaking into voiceover." We've taught professional speakers, sales people, clergy, news reporters, actors, tele-marketers, and even theme park employees how to be more effective communicators through the use of voiceover and acting skills.
Voiceover is a specialized area of "show-business" that requires dedication, acting ability, specialized performing skills, excellent reading skills, and passion. To be truly successful, you must want to do voiceover because you can't live without it! If you don't know yet if VO is something you might want to pursue, then our recommendation is to read The Art of Voice Acting book before you take any voiceover class. Just because people tell you "you've got a great voice — you should be doing commercials," doesn't mean you should drop everything and start taking voiceover classes. "Breaking into voiceover" is a serious decision that can literally change your life . . . and you should at least learn the basics about the craft and business of voiceover before you spend your hard-earned money on more classes, books, and workshops.
The VoiceActing Academy P.erformance I.ntensive E.vent is NOT a seminar or webinar where you passively listen to lectures or watch your computer screen! Oh, no... P.I.E. is a totally interactive workshop. Whether you are attending our live San Diego workshop or attending the video conference call, you'll be interacting with James and Penny throughout the event.
Our goal is to give you the best training and education in acting for voiceover that you will find anywhere - and that can take some time. Our primary training is our Weekend Performance Intensive, which includes nearly 6 hours of webinars and 2 very full days of hands-on, personalized coaching. After you've got some basic training under your belt, we offer very affordable on-going support and coaching through our Conductor's Club membership site. Visit www.ConductorsClub.com for details.
The VoiceActing Academy P.I.E. Workshop is all about using acting, voiceover, and performing techniques for more effective communication - and these skills can be used in every area of your life.
Because this workshop is all about your performance, you will - of course - get lots of time on mic! But, unlike most other VO workshops, we don't put you in front of a microphone before you know what you're doing. The first section of our workshop consists of five comprehensive webinars designed to help you fully understand the performing concepts you'll be working with when you are on mic. We encourage you to study the webinars before attending the workshop.
During the VoiceActing Academy P.erformance I.ntensive E.vent Workshop:
Plus, you'll get our entire collection of media interviews, including the WGN "Extension 720" program from Chicago featuring James, Penny, Tim Dadabo and Doug James.
When you attend a San Diego P.I.E. workshp, you can choose to receive the complete session recordings from any one of the 5 VOICE conventions. Each convention featured some of the top voiceover professionals from around the world. This bonus is only available when you attend both full days of P.I.E. in San Diego.
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*Cancellation, Refund and Rescheduling notice: A non-refundable deposit of $100 (or $100 of your full tuition payment) gives you immediate lifetime access to the P.I.E. webinars and advertised workshop bonus downloads. You may cancel your registration for this event if notice of cancellation is delivered in writing within 10 days from your original registration date. Upon cancellation, your registration tuition will be refunded less the $100 non-refundable deposit fee for accessing the webinars, workshop materials and bonus downloads. Refund or cancellation requests after 10 days from the date of registration, or a "no-show" without written notification, will not be honored. In the event of cancellation or rescheduling by VoiceActing Academy, or you do not attend an event you have paid for in full, your registration can be applied to a future event within one year from your original registration date. If you registered with a $100 deposit, with the intention of attending a P.I.E. workshop, but fail to attend, your deposit can be applied to any future P.I.E. workshop within one year of your original registration date. If you do not pay your P.I.E. balance due and attend a workshop within one year, your deposit will be applied solely to the purchase of the P.I.E. webinars and any future workshop registration will be at the then current advertised event tuition. A minimum of 4 attendees is required to confirm a P.I.E. workshop. Travel and accommodations are not included in tuition. We recommend holding off on making hotel and travel arrangements until we confirm the event. Full tuition for P.I.E. is $697. Advance payment of $497 in full at time of registration will earn a discount of $200 off the full tuition. A non-refundable deposit of $100 gives you unlimited access to the webinars and guarantees your seat at a future workshop within one year, with a balance due of $447 due prior to the event. A $50 service fee applies for registrations made with a deposit and later upgraded to full tuition. For the purpose of this notice, business days are Monday through Friday, not including holidays. Send your refund or cancellation request to: [email protected] or by mail to VoiceActing, LLC, 13639 Freeport Rd., San Diego, CA 92129. These terms and conditions are subject to change or revision at any time without notice.
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ISLAMABAD, Aug 13: Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE) on Monday announced the result of Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) Part-I Annual Examination, 2012 in which 49.87 per cent candidates remained successful.
According to the board's spokesperson, 48,696 students submitted applications to appear in the examination, however, 48,095 took it. Out of them 23,985 students were declared successful. The examination was held in April and concluded in June.
The pass percentage remained at 55.27, 65.24, 48.53 per cent in pre-engineering, pre-medical and science groups, respectively.
In humanities group, 2,252 male students and 7,652 females appeared out of which 3,837 candidates passed.
"During the exams, 27 unfair means cases were reported and all had been decided.
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If Amendment 4, the so-called "Hometown Democracy" amendment on the Nov. 2 statewide ballot, is approved, it will require voters to go to the polls to approve or veto local land use changes. It may prompt lawsuits, increase local governments' legal fees and slow growth when Florida is desperate for economic recovery.
Why would voters install such a potentially damaging amendment in the state Constitution? It could be because public officials are doing a mighty good job of convincing voters that Amendment 4 is necessary.
Last week Florida Hometown Democracy, the group that got Amendment 4 on the ballot, was outraged about the Manatee County Commission. Tuesday that commission considered a land use change to allow a developer to build up to three homes per acre on 28 acres of a 49-acre tract known as Robinson Farms.
That's a density increase, which prompted vociferous opposition from residents. People also fought the change because about half of the 49 acres is coastal high-hazard area on the county's current land use map. All of it is high hazard on a new hurricane evacuation map.
The County Commission voted 4-3 against the land use change. But two hours later, after most opponents had left the room, Commissioner Gwen Brown had a chat with the developer's consultant about the maps, called for reconsideration, reversed her vote and the plan change was approved 4-3.
The re-vote "shows the power of developers to get their way," said Yes on 4 campaign manager Mitch Kates. "And Amendment 4 is the only solution …"
Whether Brown was confused about the maps or just changed her vote as a favor to the developer, the result was the same: Opponents felt disenfranchised and believed the developer used undue influence. And those who said it was folly to put more residents in an area at special risk in a hurricane felt their sensible message was ignored.
Some Pinellas residents are feeling similarly burned by recent decisions allowing Clearwater Christian College to destroy almost 5 acres of wetlands to expand.
Five acres of wetlands. In Pinellas County. This is a place where a resident who trims mangroves too severely may find the mangrove police at his door. It's a place where developers have been forced to avoid even small patches of wetlands.
But Clearwater Christian College wants to build a chapel and more dormitories and a new parking lot. And the Clearwater City Council said okay. So did the Pinellas Planning Council. Tuesday, so did a majority of the Pinellas County Commission. And opponents are aghast.
If the college wants to expand, it doesn't have much choice but to destroy wetlands to do it. The campus is on a small peninsula that juts into Old Tampa Bay from the west end of the Courtney Campbell Parkway. It is completely hemmed in by marshy wetlands, mangroves, bird habitat and shallow bay waters.
The college promised that in exchange for approval, it would, among other things, "improve" 99 acres of wetlands it owns on the peninsula. The college would do that in part by widening years-old mosquito ditches that crisscross the wetlands. Mosquito ditching is widely regarded as destructive to the environment, not an improvement.
The entire campus is designated a coastal high-hazard area. Opponents of the expansion, in addition to arguing that the project would have negative impacts on wetlands, an eagle nest, birds, the bay and traffic on the causeway, said it was crazy to let the college expand and move more students to a site that is so vulnerable. Opponents predicted that if officials turned down the request, the college eventually would create a satellite campus in a better spot.
But since the elected boards have approved the idea, the college will now seek approval from regulatory agencies, which opponents hope will be more concerned about the environment. Some opponents have invoked Amendment 4, saying it is the only way to prevent such wrongheaded decisions by elected officials in the future.
It would be nice if Amendment 4 were the answer, but it isn't. It is the wrong tool to fix a complex and long-term issue, and it will create new and expensive problems for which taxpayers will pay the price. What Florida needs is a Legislature that will improve rather than weaken growth management laws, public officials who support those laws, and more voters showing up on Election Day to give officials their report cards.
Diane Steinle is editor of editorials of the Clearwater & North Pinellas Times.


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HAPPY B'DAY…er, bidet…GIRL! Cute 'n' quirky ZOOEY DESCHANEL was all smiles as she sashayed into a swanky LA eatery with producers of her new "New Girl" TV show, but the grins were gone when she came sloshing back to the table after visiting the ladies' room – with her darling designer dress drenched in…toilet water!
No, ladies, not scented eau de toilette – water from a damn toilet!!
"Red-faced and embarrassed beyond belief, Zooey sat down and dripped all over her seat, dabbing her dress with a napkin as she gave producers a watered-down version of her water closet adventure," chortled My SpyWitness.
"She stammered that she'd somehow pushed the wrong button on the joint's newly installed state-of-the-art bidet/toilet – and it suddenly started spraying powerful jets of water all over her nether regions.
Zooey told us, 'I just didn't know what to do…I couldn't shut the darn thing off fast enough, and I wound up soaked in bidet water!'"
Hoping to keep her ludicrous loo mishap on the down-low, Zooey freaked when she picked up the script for the next episode a few days later and – as her producers cracked up – shrieked upon discovering they'd written a hilarious scene with her character getting super-soaked by a high-tech bidet gone berserk!


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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch will deliver the 2012 Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Lecture at Gustavus Adolphus College. Branch is considered the preeminent biographer of Martin Luther King Jr. and has written a trilogy of books that document the Civil Rights era.
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What is Information Security? Why is it important?
According to Wikipedia, information security is defined as "protecting information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction". Information security no longer belongs only to the Information Technology (IT) It's everyone's responsibility and should be incorporated into each individual's daily routine. Simply put, a security aware organization is one in which every employee understands that the potential risks of someone to stealing, damaging, or misusing electronic data stored on computers throughout the organization.
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Mod1,2,3,4 are complete, but Mod 5 has been on backorder for a month already. Has this happened to anyone else who did home schooling?
When I had taken the course it was by Thompson Direct who was bought by Penn foster. Back then I had NO problems what so ever. But after 2 years of fighting with them I still have not received my diploma:mad: They were switching ownership at the time I graduated the courses. Maybe tomorrow is my day to get it:(
wow 2 yrs waiting :eek:! They tried to stiff me before on a shipment, but I called and the guy sent one out next day air. Maybe tomorrow will be your lucky day, they seem to be trying hard to please the customer.
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Pianalto faces durability concerns at the next level
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Making the jump to the next level is difficult enough as it is for a college football player. Approximately 2.4 percent of them make it to the NFL.
And that becomes increasingly more difficult when injuries plague not one, not two, but three of your college football seasons. That's what former North Carolina tight end Zack Pianalto dealt with — and he's still going to be right there in the mix on draft day.
Pianalto was one of 12 Tar Heels to be invited to the NFL scouting combine and was also one of 19 players that participated in UNC's Pro Day a few weeks back.
But it's not surprise that the No. 1 issue that teams are bringing up is his durability.
"And you can't blame them," Pianalto told Adam Gold and Joe Ovies on 99.9 The Fan.
Pianalto missed the final four games in 2008 with a broken left fibula. In 2009 he missed a large chunk of the season with a dislocated foot. And last season he missed the final seven games of the season with a broken right fibula.
"And it's a valid concern that teams have, but all my injuries were pretty legitimate in that they were a broken bone or a dislocated foot and things that thankfully heal back to 100 percent," Pianalto said.
"I feel like there are durability issues but I might play however long I'm blessed to play in the NFL and never have another injury or I can be hurt on the first play. It's just one of those things that's up to fate."
When asked to review his work done in the past season Pianalto said it was "devastating" to have his season cut short due to injury once again. He already had 30 catches in just six games (he's still UNC's all-time leader in receptions by a TE with 95) and would have put a huge pad on his record. He still said that his time at UNC prepared him for the opportunity he's about to have.
Of course Pianalto's injury was a fraction of the Tar Heel's story in 2010. NCAA investigations gave them several team issues to face. Gold asked him if all those problems made last season more fun in a way.
"If you wanted to twist it a little bit I think you could get that way. It was very exciting to see guys step up.....guys you never heard of before, guys that were on practice squads two weeks prior. It was a really special year and I think Carolina football will be so much better moving forward for that."
Pianalto won't be doing anything special for this weekend's draft. He's back in his hometown of Springdale, Ark with his family. He admits that Saturday is "more realistic" for when he might get a phone call. So he'll have his phone right by his side.


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(WASHINGTON) — New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie refused to speculate Sunday on whether he'll serve out his entire four-year-term after winning a landslide reelection victory last week.
Interviewed on ABC's This Week, Christe told host George Stephanopoulos, "I'm going to continue to do my job and finish the job. But everybody who is trying to figure out what life is going to bring you a few years from now, I didn't expect to be sitting here four years ago, George. So, nobody can make those predictions."
Much has been made about Christie's political ambitions and whether his immense popularity in the state can carry over to more conservative parts of the nation if he seeks the White House in 2016.
The current issue of Time magazine features Christie on the cover with the headline, "The Elephant in the Room." Many believe that's a cheap shot about Christie's weight but the governor isn't prepared to get into a war of words with the magazine.
He told Stephanopoulos, "You know, George, if I'm bothered by jokes about my weight, it's time for me to crawl up into a fetal position and go home. OK? The fact is, that, you know, if they think it's clever, great for them. I mean, they run the magazine. They get to make the decisions."
More importantly, Christie said, is the fact that he's made the cover of Time twice in a single year so to him that means he's doing good for the people of New Jersey.
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"Changing Colors" was my theme song during the difficult times last year when my office was closing down and I faced a lot of uncertainty. I clung to my bootleged copy from the Texas fair and played it over and over crying many a tears. I am so happy to finally be able to get this song on this EP. Keep making music Jason as you will forever be "The Music Man of my Heart"
Loving all the new recordings. also wondering if the Live EP was video-taped for the Studio 1290 website??!! *fingers crossed*
WOW Jason...love this EP that you and your band put together...the harmonizing with the guys on "If I Were You" ..it's such a fun song..and the beatbox on "Learning to Fly"...and of course "Changing Colors" really...the whole EP is awesome...Can't wait to get it and wear it out..because I know that's what I'll be doing.


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2 Cities, 16 Cappuccinos, 1 Winning Cup
Two expert tasters do a coffee run to rate the best cappuccino. So where should your next fix come from? What's brewing on the Indian coffee scene? A few weeks ago, the answer was simple - Starbucks.brunch Updated: Nov 04, 2012 00:04 IST
So we began a hunt for experts to sniff out the best cappuccino. Our Facebook page and Twitter feed soon got flooded with requests of, "Take me, I drink coffee" and didn't stop till the time we went to press. Of course, we're crazy about coffee. It's one of the few awesome things left to get addicted to, which are not banned/illegal/frowned upon - from homemade filter kaapis to the quietly brewing coffee houses of the Sixties and the shake-shake variety of cold coffee (made famous by the the Nescafé ad that you might remember from the Eighties and early Nineties).
But the real storm in the coffee cup (we're allowed a cliché sometimes!) started in the mid-Nineties, when an outlet called Café Coffee Day (CCD) nudged its way between the expensive five-star hotel coffees and the roadside cup. CCD was quickly followed (in no particular order) by Barista, Mocha, Costa Coffee, Gloria Jean's, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Bru World Café, and now, finally, Starbucks. Perks like free Internet, impromptu guitar sessions, choco-chip cookies, a reputation as a safe dating zone and a cool after-college hangout suddenly made it okay to pay Rs 80 (or even more) for a cup of coffee.
So we sent Sonia Mohindra, who has set up many coffee outlets in India, and Sahil Jatana, who tweets as @The_ CoffeeCoach, to taste cappuccinos across several chains in Delhi and Mumbai. Here's what they found.
Sonia Mohindra (Delhi)
Delhi-based beverage specialist Sonia Mohindra runs the hospitality and interior design firm Under One Roof Hotel Consultants. A graduate from the Institute of Hotel Management, Delhi, Mohindra likes coffees that are strong, heavy roasted and done with interesting blends. Seattle's Best is her favourite place in the world for a cappuccino.
This has been the most interesting 'tasting' assignment I've done in a while. Drinking coffee has become such an integral part of our routine that we take our coffee for granted. Although we sell and consume more coffee, the quality has deteriorated overall. On the other hand, the food offering in the coffee bar industry has improved
The fact that they are pioneers of the coffee business in India is clear in the consistency of the product. The cappuccino is well presented, the texture creamy and well-blended. The aroma and flavour could have been stronger as the
after-note on the palate is missing. The coffee was served lukewarm, which meant that halfway through the cup, one was left with a tepid brew. The strange fact was that they now no longer freshly grind their beans but use an Italian-style
medium roast non-instant coffee powder. The quality of the presentation is better than the coffee itself.
What it cost: Rs 90 (regular)
Overall rating: ***1/2
Gloria Jean's Coffees
An outstanding feature of this coffee was that it was served steaming hot in a pre-warmed mug in less than 2 minutes. The preparation had a strong colour, along with a good-morning-wake up-aroma. The first taste was bold with no bitterness and a rich creamy texture. The milk was well-foamed and consistent, despite ample stirring over seven to nine minutes. Their coffee beans were freshly ground for each cup, and they use a 100 % Arabica blend sourced from Bangalore.
What it cost: Rs 79 (small)
Overall rating: ****1/2
Café Coffee Day
The cappuccino at Café Coffee Day (CCD) is inconsistent and has far more potential than the attention it gets. The cup I got for this review was mildly aromatic, foamed with enough creaminess to pass the first few sips. Unfortunately, here too, I was served a lukewarm concoction which looked better than it tasted. CCD seems to be omnipresent, whether it is highways, campuses or community markets. However, their food offering seems to be worth more than their coffees.
What it cost: Rs 90 (regular)
Overall rating: ***
Smoke House Deli
The outlet at DLF Promenade Mall is my favourite non-chain boutique coffee place as the combination of good coffee with a laidback ambience and great service makes the cup warmer and stronger. Though they use the same blend as their sister concern Mocha, the treatment of coffee is much better. It is steaming hot, well-presented with consistent foam on top. The pleasant after-taste is a good way to finish a meal. They also offer some interesting boutique blends such as a Jamaican Blue Mountain and a Kenyan AA - an interesting variation that regular coffee bars have
ceased to offer.
What it cost: Rs 125 (regular)
Overall rating: ***1/2
This coffee sure surprised me in many ways. Theirs is an in-house blend of Arabica, Peaberry and Robusta beans, which lends it a distinctive aroma unlike other coffee bars. Unfortunately, they too served lukewarm coffee, which did no justice to the blend. The cappuccino arrived with a good creamy top layer. But it settled before two sips were downed. There was an interesting flavour
lurking in the background which wasn't highlighted due to the tepid temperature. However, one must compliment them on a mellow
What it cost: Rs 90 (regular)
Overall rating: ***1/2
Sahil Jatana (Mumbai)
To explore new ways of brewing, Mumbai-based connoisseur Sahil Jatana dug out an unused coffee machine at home. However, he was yet to come across the perfect coffee powder. So he decided to start taking coffee workshops for a fee. The plan, says Jatana, is to turn www.thecoffeecoach.in into an online store for all your coffee needs.
I have always wanted to do a taste test, so going to different cafés around town was a great opportunity. The overall experience of cappuccino tasting was pretty exciting. I was disappointed by a few cafés and some of them really sprung surprises. All in all, a fun exercise.
Costa Coffee
Costa has never been big on presentation; they don't do latte art and use stencils for decoration. The UK-based chain has 100 cafés in India. They are celebrating it with a stencilled '100' on your coffee as an art. Over the past year, I've noticed the quality of their brew has gone down; the flavours and taste are missing sometimes, like in the current case. Partially self-serviced. What it cost: Rs 118 (medium)
Overall rating: **
Café Coffee Day
The indigenous coffee chain started the trend of cafés in India way back in 1998. The price point is their biggest USP. They are the cheapest coffee chain in the country, though not the best. The quality of CCD coffees fluctuates every hour, depending on how much crowd there is. In this review, the taste and flavours were average but the presentation better than many. There is self-service for snacks at select outlets. The coffee, however, is served at your table.
What it cost: Rs 73 (regular)
Overall rating: ***
Bru World Café
A newer entrant, perhaps has one of the best cappuccinos. However, it is only present in Mumbai as of now. The service at the Andheri outlet is good. They do have variations in cappuccinos and a good range of international-origin coffees.
What it cost: Rs 99 (regular)
Overall rating: *****
Di Bella
An Australian chain making its foray into the Indian market, it already has 5 outlets in Mumbai. The highest novelty factor about the boutique café is presentation. The coffee mug has a warmer underneath that keeps your coffee warm for longer. The taste and the flavour were the best amongst all. Partially self-serviced.
What it cost: Rs 113 (large)
Overall rating: ***
When you enter this Starbucks outlet, you are transported to any outlet abroad, almost. But, then reality strikes, it is apna desi version with Murg Tikka Panini. Who would have thought it? The taste and flavours are much subdued than its cousins abroad. It's new to India and people are queuing up. I went to a Goregaon outlet at a time when there was no queue to enter, but there was no place to sit, so my coffee and quick bite were had standing. Continuing the tradition of Starbucks worldwide, the local barista, too, couldn't get my name right and I become 'Shahiu'! Presentation wasn't something Starbucks would be proud of: no latte art, and a mug without a saucer for a cappuccino.
What it cost: Rs 130 (tall)
Overall rating: **
Gloria Jean's Coffees
There is nothing great about this café. The coffee is average and so is the ambience at the Bandra outlet.
What it cost: Rs 112 (large)
Overall rating: ***
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
I walk in, order a cappuccino, and wait. And wait. And keep waiting. After 5 minutes, I go to the counter to check what happened to my cappuccino, and I am told that their espresso machine is not working and will take 20 minutes. I walk out.
Overall rating: -
I am asked to pay 146 bucks for a cappuccino! I am told it will be served at my table. When the coffee arrives, it's in a latte mug, I feel something is wrong. I ask for my bill and when I see it, it's a 'posh Irish coffee', how posh is that! And when I was placing my order, I was asked if I wanted regular or strong, and I said strong. Then I saw my bill and I'd been charged for an extra shot of espresso! By far the worst coffee I have had. The service is pathetic. No order confirmation, no handing me the bill after I've paid so that I can check before I leave the counter. A coffee lover's worst nightmare.
What it cost: Rs 146 (large)
Overall rating: *
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"This terminal benefits local businesses by providing easier access to distant markets they may not otherwise be able to reach," said Don Goodwill, president of Manitoulin Transport, in a news release. "Now they have a reliable full-service transportation partner right on their doorstep that can help them drive success at home, and on a global scale."
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"Challenge the Status Quo
The Radical Question offers a compelling introduction to Radical's challenge to the contemporary church. In this concise message, Platt asks, "What is Jesus worth to you?" Then he explores what a commitment to Jesus would actually look like in action.
The Radical Idea extracts key passages in Radical Together, the follow up to Radical, to show readers that church is not built on places, performances, programs, or professionals, but on people. Platt argues that those of us in the pews are meant to be active and intentional in spreading the good news of the gospel because when ordinary believers mobilize in everyday ministry, communities and church families change dramatically.
"The goal of the church is never for one person to be equipped and empowered to lead as many people as possible to Christ. The goal is always for all of God's people to be equipped and empowered to lead as many people as possible to Christ." --David Platt" (From the Waterbrook Multnomah Publishing Group
David Platt is pastor of the Church at Brook Hills in Birmingham, Alabama, and author of the New York Times bestsellers Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream and Radical Together: Unleashing the People of God for the Purpose of God. A well-known Bible expositor, David holds three advanced degrees, including a doctorate from New Orleans Baptist Theology Seminary. He and his wife, Heather, live in Birmingham with their children.
My thoughts about the book: The book The Radical Question A Radical Idea...is well...Radical. Just like the other books that Dr. Platt has written. Books that are bold, provocative, intensely Christ centered and honoring and that is a radical departure from what the norm is that is being written, published and sold in bookstores across our country today. But I get the impression that Dr. Platt does not care about that much. What he is passionate about is calling Christians who live in the West to a new and radically oppositional lifestyle to the lifestyle's that so many "professing" Christians are living.
The radical question Dr. Platt asks in his book is, "What if Jesus is worthy of more in our lives than a Christian spin on the American dream?" Say what? Does he mean what I think he means by his question? Is he asking us whether we believe that Christ offers us a better life by being sold-out and totally following him than the life so many Christians live - a life of just a "little dab a Jesus
ll do ya" Christianity...just enough to clean them up and make them look good and presentable on the outside but not enough to radically transform their hearts and lives and thus causing them to be radical disciples of Christ. Dr. Platt makes it clear in his book that Jesus' teaching and methodology of evangelism and gathering followers to himself was a whole lot different than how evangelism is taught and done by most Christians today. Dr. Platt shares in his book how Christ actually turned people away from following him. Huh? That's not how to build a mega church and a ministerial empire Jesus. Letem all come in and follow you regardless of their level of commitment. Nope. That's not how the Lord did things. He laid his teaching out quite clearly that he was an all or nothing at all Messiah...and what he said he meant and what he said and meant still applies today. Dr. Platt writes, "The cost of discipleship is great. But I want to propose that the cost of nondiscipleship is far greater. True. And that was what Jesus taught in no uncertain terms. So at the end of the section of the book, The Radical Question, Dr. Platt makes it very clear that living for and serving Jesus is far better than anything living to achieve the American dream can offer. And my personal testimony is that what he writes is 100% true and accurate. Nothing compares to being a sold-out disciple of Jesus Christ.
Then there's his "Radical Idea" which is the second part of his book. Dr. Platt writes, "God has called us to lock arms with one another in single-minded, death-defying obedience to one objective: the declaration of his gospel for the demonstration of his glory to all the nations." He refers to what is called "the genius of wrong" which is doing things the "wrong" way according to current church and kingdom building methodologies but is right by the teachings and standards of Christ. In other words, he believes rather than what he calls "a performance at a place filled with programs run by professionals" which leaves out the people of God, the leaders of the church need to train/equip the people in the church to do the work of the ministry in their communities. And it's not about bigger and more beautiful buildings with more state of the art equipment than the neighboring church to do so and so yours can be bigger, better and offer more professionally run programs and offer more stuff...NO! NO! NO! It is about building the people of God up in the most holy faith and equipping us to do the work of the ministry - evangelizing, doing missions work, loving and serving people in our communities as Jesus did. It's a dig in, get involved and get dirty, hardcore kind of Christianity where Christ is both LORD and Savior of our lives and as a result we love him and serve him and others with complete and totally abandonment knowing that in the end we get ours. And what we receive at the end of our spiritual journey here on earth is so much better than anything you could ever own in his world below.
So, buy the book and read it. Meditate long and hard on the "radical question." Then ask yourself if you are ready to flesh out "the radical idea" in the real Monday-Sunday world the radical idea that you and I are called to living for and loving our Lord and Savior and to do the work of ministry for his glory and the advancement of his Kingdom.
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through the Blogging For Books book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255: "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising."


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Dylan Dog: Dead of Night squeaked into theaters a few months ago, unsung, unheralded and unloved. It deserved better, although perhaps not a whole lot better. Kevin Munroe's film adaptation of Tiziano Sclavi's popular ongoing Italian comic book series – which I have unfortunately never read – is one of the better b-movie matinee movies in a while, just ambitious enough to rise above a SyFy movie of the week but not quite distinctive enough to stand up to the Hollywood hit machine. I have a lot of affection for this horror/action/comedy hybrid, but it's full of "almosts." Almost good enough for theaters, almost too good for Straight-to-DVD, almost a funny comedy, almost a solid film noir, almost a clever horror film. So close, as Bill Watterson's Calvin once said, but so far.
The only slightly miscast Brandon Routh stars as Dylan Dog, a charming private detective in New Orleans who's trying to escape his own past. You see, he used work exclusively for supernatural clients like vampires, werewolves and zombies. But soon there's a mysterious murder, a missing magical artifact and a beautiful woman in danger (The Tudors' Anita Briem), so he throws himself right back in the thick of it, with his zombified sidekick Marcus (Routh's Superman Returns co-star Sam Huntingon) in tow.
Private detective movies, noir or otherwise, have a pretty straightforward structure. An inquisitive hero runs across town repeatedly, interviewing the characters involved with a particular crime, uncovering lies and deceit and then having to run back across town to confront the individuals who steered him or her wrong. The best detective movies tend to be the ones that take the hero to interesting places along this journey, and nobody can accuse Dylan Dog of phoning that part in. From zombie "body shops," where the undead can acquire spare parts after their own appendages rot off, to meat packing plants run by werewolves, Dylan's journey takes him to fun locations that keep the film interesting. Interesting, but not mind-blowing: a nightclub run by vampires who sell their own blood to humans as a narcotic? We've seen that before.
But Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles director Kevin Munroe has a confident and playful tone in Dylan Dog: Dead of Night, and his reliance on practical special effects keeps the film grounded in a kind of reality. Actually, I think "playful" is probably the best adjective to describe the film. It takes itself just seriously enough to earn your interest, but has fun with its goofy premise (although not so much fun as to be legitimately funny). Routh is fine in the lead role but seems a little too young to play a jaded, retired private detective with as much baggage as he has (not to mention the respect of monsters hundreds of times older than he is), but he anchors a fine cast filled with fine supporting players like Peter Stormare and Taye Diggs.
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night howls onto Blu-Ray with a very pretty transfer and superb surround sound, and nothing else. The special features aren't just anemic, they're nonexistent. Normally a movie with as little buzz as Dylan Dog can get away with this sort of thing, but in this case it feels like a little more examination would have been beneficial. For starters, not many people in America are intimately familiar with the original comic book, and I for one would have immediately turned on a special feature about the series after finishing the movie in order to learn more. A commentary track is also always appreciated, but we don't get that either. Disappointing, but at least the movie itself is presented well.
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night would have made an exceptional two-part TV pilot. It tells a nifty story with enough ambition to impress on network television, and to far surpass the usual Straight-to-Video monster mashes, but doesn't quite qualify as a proper "feature presentation." It's a larf, a lark, an amusement. It's a hell of a rental, and possibly worth more than that to fans of quirkier supernatural fare.
CRAVE Online Rating (Film): 7.5/10
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LA HONDA — A San Jose motorcyclist died Tuesday when he failed to negotiate a curve while driving fast on a rural San Mateo County road and slammed into a roadside tree, police said.
Police rushed to Skyline Boulevard, about two miles south of Page Mill Road, just before 6:30 p.m. and found the man, believed to be in his 30s, seriously injured. Just before the man was to be flown to a hospital he died, California Highway Patrol Officer Art Montiel said.
The motorcyclist's name has not been released as authorities are trying to notify his family of the fatal crash, according to the San Mateo County Coroner's Office.
Witnesses told police they saw the man driving at "a high rate of speed" on a black 2012 Yamaha motorcycle before he veered off the road and hit a tree about 7-10 feet away. He apparently didn't manage to follow a left curve in the road, Montiel said.
Speed was a factor in the crash, but drugs and alcohol don't appear to have contributed to the man's death. He was wearing a helmet and a motorcycle jacket.
Contact Joshua Melvin at 650-348-4335. Follow him at Twitter.com/melvinreport.


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Terryville man charged with road rage
Published 11:11 pm, Monday, June 23, 2014
BANTAM >> A woman driving home with her children from New Jersey was allegedly victimized by a Terryville man with a short temper in an apparent road rage incident Sunday afternoon, police said.
Donald Crosby, 40, of 154 Main St., in Terryville, was arraigned Monday in Superior Court on multiple counts of second-degree criminal mischief, third-degree assault, second-degree endangerment and interfering with an emergency call. He was released on $2,000 bond.
State trooper Michael Trotman wrote in a police report that Crosby allegedly jumped out of his gold Toyota Camry and struck the female driver of a gray Ford Escape, who was with her son and 12-year-old daughter, following a two-car accident at around 1:45 p.m.
Crosby had passengers in his vehicle when the two cars collided on in the northbound lanes of Route 8, near Thomaston.
The story Crosby told police was that the woman was tailgating and had tried passing him when he brake-checked her in the middle of the highway. He said she struck his vehicle and forced him and his family into the guardrail.
Police said Crosby was bleeding and wrapping his fingers in tape when they arrived on scene. Both cars were stopped in the left lane.
A cell phone lay broken in pieces on the ground at the foot of the woman's vehicle, from when police said Crosby pried it from the woman's hand when she tried calling 911 after he allegedly punched her in the face.
Crosby admitted he stomped the phone, police said, and smashed the driver's window with his bare hands when the woman tried to roll it up.
A witness, William Sousa, corroborated the woman's story, saying he saw the alleged assault after he pulled to ensure the occupants were OK after narrowly avoiding the accident.
The woman told police she feared for her life. Her children screamed in the backseat as Crosby allegedly wailed on the woman, according to police.
Reach Isaac Avilucea at 860-489-3121 ext. 324.


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Indexed ports are used to access composite HDL objects in SystemVerilog (SV). Their most frequent use is to access SV multi-dimensional arrays by defining a simple indexed port and accessing the array elements with the port indexes.
Ports in general, and Indexed ports specifically, are static objects that need to be known in the environment build up. Indexed ports were implemented in such a way that each port needs SV stub code, meaning, you have to load your e code and write its stub file using 'write stub <agent>' command. Otherwise, you would get a checksum error during simulation.
There are several disadvantages of using a stub file:
After saying this, wouldn't it be nice if we could make indexed ports to work without a stub file?
This is where the new port attribute pli_access() comes to our help. pli_access() allows you to access the HDL object, in this case the SV or Verilog array, with the PLI -- which is the C interface of the simulator -- rather than through stub access.
Let's look at an example which demonstrates how pli_access() can add flexibility to your code:
//top.svmodule top(); reg [9:0] arr [10:0][10:0];endmodule // top
top module has a 2 dimensional array named arr.
Typically, you would define an indexed port to access this array like that:
<' //top.e method_type foo(a:int,b:int);unit u { p : simple_port (foo) of uint(bits:10) is instance; keep p.hdl_BLOCKED EXPRESSION == "<p>[<a>][<b>]"; keep p.hdl_path() == "arr"; };'>
But, what if instead of 10, my memory size is determined by parameter? Alternately, the size can be bigger than 32 bits but I don't know it up front. With the regular usage, I have to define the type of the port element prior to run time, so it will go into the stub.
However, using the pli_access() attribute will not create an entry in the stubs, and therefore will not need to know the size before the run. We then can use the port type as a list of bit, which will be dynamically allocated according to what we will assign:
<' //top.e method_type foo(a:int,b:int);unit u { p : simple_port (foo) of list of bit is instance; keep p.pli_access() == TRUE; //keep p.hdl_BLOCKED EXPRESSION == "<p>[<a>][<b>]"; //not needed keep p.hdl_path() == "arr"; };'>
As you can see above, we applied the following changes:
Please note that pli_access() can be used to access only static arrays which are not defined inside classes.
pli_access() also eliminates the need to create a stub file when using the part select on a signal's hdl_path() when using the VCS simulator.
Please refer to documentation for more information about pli_access().
Nir Hadaya and Avi Farjoun
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Samsung regains smartphone leadership
Dubai: Samsung Electronics has regained its leadership position in the second quarter after losing its lead in the smartphone segment to Apple.
Samsung shipped 50.2 million smartphones worldwide in the second quarter and had a market share of 33 per cent, up from 17 per cent a year ago. Apple's fell slightly to 17 per cent, from 19 per cent a year ago. It sold 26 million iPhones in the second quarter.
"Apple's shipments in the second quarter were impacted by a combination of factors, including macroeconomic variables, increased competition from newer smartphone offerings and delayed purchasing among consumers who are waiting for the availability of the next iPhone model. All this led to a buildup of channel inventory, resulting in lower-than-expected iPhone volumes," said Wayne Lam, senior analyst, wireless communications, at IHS iSuppli.
By the end of the second quarter, about three million iPhones built up in the sales channel that weren't sold to consumers. This contributed to the slowdown in Apple's shipments during the quarter, reminiscent of the deceleration Apple experienced in the third quarter of last year as consumers waited for the release of the iPhone 4S. Apple should see a rebound in shipments "with the introduction of the next-generation iPhone model," said Lam.
Samsung has successfully addressed all price segments of the smartphone spectrum, not just the high end of the market but also the midrange and particularly the low end. Furthermore, Samsung responds quickly to design leaders like Apple to "create variations of similar-themed products based on the Android platform," he said.
According to research firm IDC, global smartphone shipments jumped 42 per cent year-over-year, but that the overall mobile phone market rose just one per cent. That means many users of so-called "feature" phones are switching to newer smartphones.
Overall, phone manufacturers shipped 154 million smartphones in the second quarter, a 42 per cent increase from 108 million a year earlier. That was slightly below IDC's forecast of 43 per cent and was the slowest growth since the fourth quarter of 2009. At that rate, Lam said it would be tougher for Samsung and Apple to expand their market shares further. IDC said economic turmoil in Europe could put growth prospects at risk.
Including basic cellphones, vendors shipped 406 million units, up from 402 million a year earlier.
Samsung and Apple combined claimed nearly half of the smartphone market.
Nokia Corp was No 3 with a 6.6 per cent market share, down from more than 15 per cent a year ago. Nokia has had some success with its Lumia line, based on Microsoft's Windows system. The company is hoping for a boost once Microsoft releases a major upgrade to Windows in October, one designed with touch screens in mind.
HTC Corp. was fourth with 5.7 per cent of the market, down from nearly 11 per cent.
Chinese phone maker ZTE Corp. claimed the No 5 spot for the first time, with a 5.2 per cent market share, up from 1.8 per cent a year earlier. Its lower-cost, entry-level smartphones have been popular in China and Latin America.
In smartphones, Samsung held 32.6 per cent of the market to 16.9 per cent for Apple and 6.6 per cent for third-place Nokia, which shipped 10.2 million smartphones.
Taiwan's HTC was fourth with 8.8 million smartphones, accounting for a 5.7 per cent share, followed by China's ZTE at 5.2 per cent for its eight million smartphones.
Robust sales of smartphones helped offset a slowdown in other consumer electronics businesses such as televisions and personal computers.
"The big question is how well Samsung's phones will sell once the new iPhone comes out," said Kevin Restivo, senior research analyst with IDC.
"Samsung and Apple have quickly become the global smartphone heavyweights though both employ somewhat different approaches to the market," said Restivo.
"Samsung employs a 'shotgun' strategy wherein many models are created that cover a wide range of market segments. Apple, in contrast, offers a small number of high-profile models. While both companies have expanded their geographic presence in pursuit of market share, the two companies will inevitably come into greater conflict as both try to generate additional gains."


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For the third time this season, UA product Spencer Larsen has been signed to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' roster. The fullback has yet to appear in a game but could see action Sunday, when the Bucs play the Arizona Cardinals.
Dan Buckner also joined the Buccaneers' practice squad after spending the previous week working with the Cardinals.
The wide receiver was not the only former Wildcat to join an NFL practice squad this week. Linebacker D'Aundre Reed signed with the San Francisco 49ers' practice squad on Tuesday. Reed, who was cut by the Vikings earlier this season, will help the 49ers as they prepare to play the St. Louis Rams today.
Player of the Week
• Lance Briggs, LB, Chicago Bears
The former UA linebacker helped keep the Bears undefeated with five tackles, one sack and a forced fumble in a 40-23 victory over the Steelers. Briggs' forced fumble led to a recovery and defensive touchdown by Julius Peppers in the fourth quarter. The Bears continue their road trip Sunday with an NFC North Division matchup at Detroit. Briggs recorded seven tackles in two games against the Lions last season.
Four to watch
• Brooks Reed, LB, Houston Texans
The Sabino High School grad compiled three solo tackles and four assisted tackles in the Texans' loss to Baltimore last weekend. Reed returns to Houston on Sunday to take on the Seattle Seahawks.
• Nick Foles, QB, Philadelphia Eagles
The Arizona alum has appeared in one game this season as Philadelphia's backup quarterback. Foles and the Eagles will try to hand the Denver Broncos their first loss of the season in Week 4.
• Earl Mitchell, NT, Houston Texans
Mitchell raised his season tackle total to seven after collecting three for Houston last weekend. The nose tackle will play the Seahawks on Sunday for the first time in his pro career.
• Nick Folk K,
New York Jets
Folk remained perfect this season with two field goals and three extra points in a win over Buffalo. The Jets travel to Tennessee this week.
The Big Number
Games UA product Rob Gronkowski has missed this season with a back and a forearm injury. The tight end is expected to play Sunday night when the Patriots play at Atlanta.
Give the Devil his due
Every week, we'll highlight one former ASU player who's playing well at the pro level. (Relax, people, it's just one guy.)
Zach Miller, TE,
Seattle Seahawks
Miller caught two touchdown passes in Seattle's 45-17 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars last week. The former Sun Devil has 17 touchdowns in his seven years in the NFL. The Seahawks play at Houston this week.
He Said It
"I had to get the first down. You saw some
of the spots out there. You never know. Especially,
when you start sliding, they usually (mark the ball)
from where you start. So I just had to make sure."
Bears quarterback Jay Cutler, on bowling over ex-Arizona Wildcats
defensive back Robert Golden for a first down in Sunday's win over
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Sidney, Neb. -- With last year's strong first quarter fueled by a firearms and ammunition sales surge, outdoor retailer Cabela's Inc. saw this year's quarter end on a less stellar note.
Revenue in the first quarter fell 9.6% to $725.8 million; retail store revenue decreased 9.4% to $440.9 million. Same-store sales plunged 21.7%, compared to the same period last year.
Net income was $25.7 million, compared to $49.8 million in the year-ago quarter.
CEO Tommy Millner cautioned that the dips were not unexpected and said growth and expansion remain in the company plan.
"With continued strong new store performance, retail store expansion remains on track with plans to open approximately one million square feet per year for the next several years," said Millner.


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By Perpetual159 and eternalshiva
I do not own Naruto or any of the characters portrayed by Masashi Kishimoto, nor do I make any monies off this fanfiction.
AN – This fic is for Gisellerocks 'cause she's supah awesome. She inspired perpetual159 with a doodle and roped me into helping write it, so this is co-authored. Make sure to leave some love to perpetual in her inbox. You can find her on deviantArt and Perpetual has the drawing posted on her site https: / / sites. google. com / site / perpetual159 / cum-cum-under-my-shower
Nothing like a little PWP to get back in the mood for writing!
The characters are married, for several years, and Hinata is aware of the ways of men.
So no comments on how OC she is, cause she isn't in this situation and it's intended.
Thank you Midoriko_sama for the input, insight and beta, I appreciate it. We had sent it to Jolly but he went MIA and the corrected document never made it out of his mailbox so, we sent it to someone else. Log in, you cunt!
God, he was exhausted.
There were no ifs, ands or buts about it—he was downright burned out no thanks to his latest mission. It was ironic how the simplicity of this task had completely drained the life out of him.
"It's not hard," Tsunade no Baa-chan had said after pulling in his interest and inflating ego with the promise of a mission that had specifically been reserved for him.
He scoffed. Not hard, my ass!
He should've known better when she casually explained what the mission entailed—welcome and entertain some VIP's from various hidden villages—but if he didn't know any better, this mission turned out to nothing other than babysitting. She knew perfectly well what it was like to take a bunch of snobbish, infuriating old farts for a tour of the village, and the fact she had assigned it to him was just cruel and unusual punishment. On several instances throughout the day, he had to wonder if he'd done something wrong, or if maybe his jabs at her about her age were finally getting to her.
"Don't act retarded," she had reminded him before he stepped out of her office. He raised a brow, curious as to what she meant with such a specific remark.
"What's that supposed to mean?" he had asked indignantly.
Tsunade simply replied, with a strange emphasis on "not to act like his usual loud self."
After painfully extracting the promise he'd be a gentleman and act on his best behaviour, she allowed him to leave the Hokage Tower only to be dragged into this never-ending political Hell.
Man, that had been harder than the last A-ranked mission he'd taken in. Their higher than thou attitude had tested his newfound patience. Every snot nosed remark that came out of their ignorant mouths he countered with an internal dialogue of Tsunade's promise that "this was for your own good, it's Hokage training."
That sneaky drunk! Hokage training or not, it was a dirty move! The worst part was that he couldn't even put these assholes in their place. He had promised.
For the first time ever, he carefully considered breaking his damned nindo just to shut them up.
Thankfully, he had somehow prevailed and followed through on his word without any incidents. His day was finally over, and he could almost laugh at himself and the way he had been so very eager to escort the dignitaries to Konoha's most luxurious hotel as his mission neared its end. And not a minute too soon, he might add. He was almost home and he couldn't wait to take a warm bath and collapse into Hinata's arms right after.
That thought brought a lazy grin to his face. There was no doubt about it; Hinata's hugs were the very best. Nothing beat the warmth of her touch, the cozy feeling it brought when her fingers gingerly rubbed the back of his neck or the loving sound of her voice when she asked about his day.
Despite the fact that his feet were dragging, that his shoulders were slumped forward and his arms were dangling lifelessly, his pace suddenly quickened—he couldn't wait another second longer to see his girl.
Oh, yes. Warm baths in the evenings are heavenly, Hinata thought as a cute, tiny smile formed on her lips. She hummed quietly while wrapping a towel loosely around herself, and then pressed her fingers against the skin of her face, trying to cool down the blush brought on by the heat of the water.
It wasn't that she had a rough day or anything, but… well, it had been something she had been looking forward to all day as she trained with the rest of Team 8. Despite her love for Akamaru, she wasn't fond of his doggy smell. It had this odd tendency to stick to her clothes for hours on end. Kiba didn't seem bothered by the stench the poor mutt let off, but she couldn't take it after a little while.
It wasn't just Akamaru or Kiba that made her daily bathing ritual a must. Shino was as much of a culprit. His bugs tended to occasionally slip past her defense and crawl into certain parts of her body she just wasn't comfortable with. It was hard to explain to Naruto sometimes just how they got in there, but he always seemed rather amused at her exuberant scenarios, and the way she would shudder when she recounted her training sessions to him.
Hinata shook her head sharply.
Now wasn't the time to reminiscence about the things Team 8 couldn't control. They complimented each other and helped her get stronger and that's all that mattered. She was willing to sacrifice her girlish smell and bug free body parts for the sake of protecting those she loved!
She pressed her lips together, and sighed nervously. Tonight… well, tonight she wanted to be extra clean. No lingering dog smell, or strange bugs in her armpits to distract her. She wanted to look a little bit more inviting than usual since it was a special night.
There was a click of the front door opening, followed by the sound of dropped sandals hitting the floor ungraciously. She felt a tang of excitement crawl up her skin as she pictured him performing his coming home routine.
Naruto had been gone so long that it was no secret to anyone she'd missed him like crazy. Even Kiba had clued in when she left the training grounds practically skipping home. His comments on her eagerness to be home before Naruto had made the tips of her ears turn bright red, and that's not even mentioning all the cat-calling noises he made the further away she got.
Taking a deep breath, she reached for her hairbrush, and right when she was about to begin untangling her wet hair, she felt a pair of arms sneak around her waist and a chin settle on her shoulder.
"Tadaima…" a tired voice muttered in her ear while a nose buried itself against her neck. She couldn't help eeping at the ticklish sensation that his scruffy start of a beard caused, but was openly surprised when she heard a sigh and felt most of his weight settle against her.
This was certainly not the Naruto she expected home.
Blinking, Hinata tried to look back at him, but he was holding her too tightly, and his face was too close to hers to see, so she turned just enough to catch sight of them in the mirror nearby. The usually rowdy blond looked thoroughly exhausted.
She felt the pang of guilt deep down, realising that after a weeklong mission, the last thing Naruto needed was a planned evening. Expecting him to do anything more than wanting to shower, eat and cuddle until he passed out would be inconsiderate on her part, not to mention the fact that he didn't even notice she was only donning a towel. This was definitely a testament of just how tired he was; he usually ate up opportunities like this with a spoon.
"Okaerinasai, Naruto-kun," she said, drawing him out of the coma he seemed to have dropped himself in. Her small, sympathetic smile seemed to momentarily rejuvenate him.
He snuggled her neck again, nose buried as far as it could at the nape of her neck, and breathed in her scent. It had been too long, and, apparently, he had missed her.
"Long day?" her question brought back unpleasant memories and Naruto just barely suppressed a groan.
"Ugh, don't even remind me. I want nothing to do with politics for a whole year!"
Her smile stretched at his melodramatics. "That bad?"
This time he did let out a long throaty groan. "Those old farts make spending time with Ibiki look like fun."
"Hmm…" was her only response. She watched in the mirror as he straightened out for a moment, heard him stretch and scratch at his fuzzy beard. He seemed out of sorts. The sweat and dirt was making his skin itch but he didn't appear ready to let go of Hinata.
"Maybe a shower will make you feel better?" Hinata suggested, her voice almost squeaked when he pulled her close to him. He took another deep breath, almost as if to taste her clean scent. His eyes were closed, missing her blush.
"That… that does sound good," he replied, still seemingly functioning on autopilot. Hinata shook her head slightly, amused that in his exhaustion he'd missed her subtle suggestion. She watched as he haphazardly took off his vest and flung it on the bed, heading towards the ensuite without as much a single backwards glance. Had he looked, he would of laughed outright, for there stood his shy little Hinata, gazing at the reflection of herself in the mirror, her face red with a blush that screamed NAUGHTY PORN while twisting the brush between her hands awkwardly.
She bit her lip as Naruto's back disappeared into the bathroom. Her suggestion wasn't that subtle, was it?
Well… he is very tired, she mused.
But, then… if he was that tired, well… she couldn't very well pretend that he'd have enough energy to shower properly, could she? What if he hurt himself in there? She would definitely be at fault! Responsible even! The Hokage in training couldn't afford to miss any time in the office. She nodded, convincing herself. It was her civic duty to ensure his safety.
Yes. That's right. Her civic duty.
She smiled and dropped her towel to the ground. There was nothing inconsiderate about helping him stay safe from the evils of a wet bathroom now, was there?
The water was hot against his scalp, and Naruto let out a deep and relieving breath as the drops rained down, washing away most of his aches and pains within moments. Hinata had been right again, the shower was revitalizing.
She always shook her head when he praised her ability to make great suggestions and her keen ability to give out just the right advice. She didn't think she was awesome, but he knew better!
He sighed. Maybe… maybe if he gave her his best puppy eyes and whined about how stiff his back was, she'd feel compelled to give him one of her infamous massages. He'd definitely be in heaven then.
Smirking, Naruto reached up and ruffled his hair, ensuring it'd get thoroughly wet before he lathered it up. It wasn't as good as Hinata's touch, but it was relaxing in its own way.
Before long his blond hair was covered with a thick layer of sud, and he scrubbed firmly. His brain kept replaying scenes with those stupid delegates asking uncomfortable details about him. He felt a surge of stress and he groaned. How did someone turn their brain off? He scrubbed harder, feeling the hairs pull from the skin and he wished for Hinata's gentler touch. She could make him forget anything in the blink of an eye with those fingers.
Moments later, with eyes shut tightly, Naruto stepped under the torrent of warm water to rinse out the suds. He paused for a moment, feeling goose bumps on his skin. He could've sworn he felt a cold draft, only to shrug and lean forward into the stream of water, not thinking much of it until two hands, with delicate long fingers, found their way into his sudsy hair.
He stopped instantly, turning his head around to find himself looking straight into the eyes of his wife.
"Hina- Hinata-chan?" he said, blinking for more reason than the soap slathering down his forehead.
"Yes, Naruto-kun?" she replied in a hushed voice just audible over the shower.
"Um… You're in the shower… with me." As soon as the words left his mouth, he wanted to kick himself. Way to state the obvious, Captain Genius, he reprimanded himself.
As always, Hinata only smiled at him, and he resisted closing his eyes with dread. He must've sounded like a real idiot.
"I am," she agreed, if anything for his sake. "You looked tired, and I thought you might need some help," she added in a sweet voice. Moving closer, she sensed his eyes on her as she pressed her water-slicked skin to his. "Let me help you wash your hair?"
Swallowing thickly, his tired mind caught up with her naked presence. Lucky for him, it was quick enough and he nodded, albeit a bit numbly, before turning away from her as he felt her fingers move across his scalp.
"Don't turn that way, silly," she said giggling and turned him around to face her. "There. That's much better."
"S-Sorry…" he mumbled, feeling slightly foolish. He was sure his brain had checked out in the last thirty seconds.
With eyes half closed, and her gaze fixed on his own, Hinata pressed her chest against his and playfully reached around his neck to massage the scalp.
"It's okay," she assured him and then softly requested, "Move back," to which he obliged. Her fingers cleaned the suds, and he felt himself relax as she massaged his scalp into mush.
She heard his sigh of relief and she let out another giggle. He peeked from one eye, trying to keep the soap from blinding him but he nearly forgot to blink when her eyes locked onto his. He didn't miss the strange twinkle in them. The subtle hint of lust she carefully tried to hide excited him.
Hinata's gaze then drifted past his to the bottle of conditioner. She reached towards it and poured a generous amount into her free hand, placing the bottle back. Applying it, she made sure to lather all of his unruly hair.
Naruto watched her intently, but she was very dedicated to the task at hand. He always took pride in being the one person who knew his wife the best, but her actions at that very instant had him a little off kilter.
He couldn't tell what she was up to. Her eyes would only meet his occasionally—actually, they were very fleeting and shy—so he was having a very difficult time reading the mood.
Hinata must have known he was struggling; she could surely feel it, and not just instinctively—that was quite the hard on he had. She raised a delicate brow at him, but he wasn't paying much attention, too consumed with figuring out exactly what kind of signals—if any—she was sending. He unknowingly pouted as his tired brain mucked up obvious attempts at being seduced.
"What's wrong, Naruto-kun…?" she asked, a slight frown forming on her brow.
"Uhhh… nuthin'," he mumbled, smoothing his features out and trying to look innocent.
Hinata hummed. He knew she wasn't buying it, and the tilt in her head told him so unequivocally. He decided to go for broke, and if he was misreading the whole scenario, well, maybe she'd take it as a suggestion.
"You're not just going to wash my hair, are you?"
Hinata grinned softly. His words came out in an almost unintelligible mumble because of his pout; she understood him perfectly.
The impish grin that brightened his face was priceless. She laughed outright when he happily replied with a boyish "I'm so glad."
"Good," she replied mirthfully.
She smirked slightly. "As a matter of fact," she began, "I've had a little something in mind for you for a while now…" Her hands slicked his blond locks away from his brow while she spoke, her cheeks blushed but the heat of the water hid her embarrassment.
Naruto shuddered violently when her fingertips teasingly trailed down his throat and grazed his chest mischievously. "Is… is t-that right…?"
She giggled just slightly and Naruto resisted closing his eyes with dread. Great, she was making him stutter like an idiot.
"That is right…"
His hands, which had been resting on his sides—he had really tried to be a good boy—wrapped around her hips and pulled her tightly against him. However, he was quick to discover that Hinata seemed to have something else in mind with the way that she shook her head and pushed him against the cool shower wall. Her hand drifted lower, all while she smiled coyly at him, and wrapped around his rigid member.
"Oh, god, Hinata…" he moaned hoarsely, throwing his head back against the tiled wall of the shower.
Her smile turned slightly predatory. She couldn't help but feel a boost of confidence at his reaction.
"You've been working very hard, Naruto-kun…"she murmured seductively, a tone he wasn't used to hearing directly from her—she was usually more subtle.
"I… I g-guess…" Somehow he found her touch much more erotic than usual. He didn't know what it was, maybe it was the way she maintained eye contact with him, or considering how, when it came to touching him there, she was terribly shy, but tonight she was different. He couldn't really tell why it was so exciting, but all he knew was that it was absolutely divine.
"You have," she assured, still with a low voice. Her finger pads traced the swollen, sensitive head, forcing him to restrain a choked gasp.
"I am sure that Konoha is grateful for all your hard work, Naruto-kun…" she added, then she pressed her head under his chin, placing a long, gentle kiss against his throat. "I'm grateful."
"I'm… glad…" he gasped. Sometimes he had to wonder if she realized exactly how sexy and desirable she could be.
"Good," she said, "because I do believe you deserve a little reward." His ears buzzed at the statement and his painfully hard cock twitched at the suggestion.
"Whah—" His eyes widened as she smiled at him lazily, pressing her breasts firmly against him before she lowered herself down, not leaving an inch between them. He shivered and suppressed the urge to moan out loud at not only the sensation but at the sight she gave him.
Now kneeling before him, her free hand stroked along one of his thighs while the other continued to touch him sensually. This little encounter she had planned had definitely taken him by surprise—it wasn't often that Hinata did that for him, and when she did, it was always in bed where she was always quick to use the blankets to cover her embarrassment, which was always amusing to see. He didn't know exactly what had driven her to throw her reservations to the wind, but he certainly wasn't about to start complaining.
His eyes were closing almost automatically as the sensations began to take him over, but he forced himself to keep them open and look down, for it was one of the most alluring sights he had ever beheld. His sweet, shy Hinata-chan, looking up at him with an expression he'd never quite seen before, one that would have been quite at home on a predator. Not only that, but there was something to say for the way she looked right now; how her hair was enticingly hugged her body. Her breasts, still being sluiced by the shower water beating down on them, began an erotic game of hide-and-seek with some loose strands of hair—this was a game that Naruto was more than willing to play.
He gasped, taken completely by surprise when he felt her tongue swirl against his tip. He looked back at her face. Her eyes were closed as she left tiny, nibbling kisses, descending inch by minute inch.
The view burned itself into his memory, making his already painful arousal throb even more ferociously. He bit his lower lip in an effort to control himself. Between his fatigue and Hinata's zealous sneak attack, he wasn't sure how long he would last, not to mention that she wasn't exactly making things easy for him.
He was almost considering telling Baa-chan to give him more "Dignitaries Babysitting" jobs if this was the kind of treatment was guaranteed to receive every time he got home, because, damn, there was nothing sexier than the way she looked kneeled before him, tormenting him with teasing fingertips and kisses. The sensations weren't unfamiliar, but the view was a sight to behold, especially when her tongue momentarily slipped past her lips to tease the slit on his tip and her mouth finally enveloped him almost entirely.
"Oh, wow…"
Once again he threw his head back, and his hips slapped against the tiled wall. His hands balled into fists since they couldn't find anything to hold on to, but he quickly reopened his eyes and his head snapped back down, blinking out the water that dripped from the tip of his hair and into his eyes. As tempting as it was to just let the sensations wash over him, there was no way in hell he'd miss watching his wife—as opposed to just feeling—giving him the blow job of the century.
It was warm…. her mouth felt so very warm… so like what he was sure heaven felt like. She was relentless in her ministrations, using her best tricks from her "How to please Naruto-kun" arsenal. And her tongue… oh, sweet ramen bowls, her tongue felt velvety smooth against the skin of his shaft. It moved at a torturous exaggerated pace and she knew it. He wanted to grunt at her to stop being such a tease, but the way she occasionally looked up at him through her lashes stopped him—he could have sworn she was smirking. His eyes rolled up into his head without his consent when her free hand travelled from his ass cheek to the base of his cock. She squeezed him playfully before her tongue swirled the tip generously and she sucked it hard for a moment—the sensation forced an unexpected groan from his lips.
He felt it this time, the smirk against his tip, but he didn't have time to come up with a witty remark. She had already taken him further into her mouth and his breath hitched when one hand cupped his balls gently, squeezing them slightly before she slipped his shaft from her mouth and pumped him slowly, enjoying the feeling of him under her touch.
Hinata was taken aback by the view, his body looked delectable under the heavy rain of the shower, his hair wild, and for a brief moment, she met his eyes and felt her heart skip a beat in excitement—they were a sharp blue, a colour that meant he desired her. Her confidence soared and she became a little bit more daring. She peeked up at him again before leaning forward and kissing the tip, licking the slit more forcefully before nipping, demanding more attention. With her lips she sucked in the skin at the base and he let out strangled moan.
Jesus, where had this come from? Naruto couldn't think anymore.
She nuzzled the shaft with the tip of her nose while letting her tongue lick from the base to the head, her hand still pumping so slowly that he was teetering on the edge of insanity. She quickly swallowed the tip whole again and without noticing, she moaned a little.
He felt the vibration—he couldn't believe it. Did she just…?
Fuck. That's so hot.
Her head began to bob, her fingers wound tightly around him, stroking him. Her tongue flicked under the head, hitting that one spot that almost made him lose his cool. His lips pulled back and he hissed, his hips jerking awkwardly as she sucked this time and let him go with a loud pop.
"Fff-" was all he managed to say; she wasn't going to allow him to be coherent. She was on a mission. She increased the speed of her hand, her eyes solely focused on her task. She could see the member throb, her face looked hot not only from the heat of the shower, but of her own arousal. Then he saw her free hand wandered down to her own throbbing sex and she slipped a finger between the lips, coating the index and middle finger with her own moisture.
"Naruto-kun…" she barely said it above the sound of the shower. He focused his eyes on her. Her face was flushed with arousal and her lips were slightly swollen from her worship and it was a scene he wasn't about to forget. What had really caught his attention though was where her other hand was hiding. She pulled it away from between her legs, smirking when he gave her a quizzical look. He caught her scent briefly for a moment, and like a bloodhound, it sent his senses soaring. Her coated fingers wrapped themselves around his erection—and before she put her lips around him she breathed him in shamelessly.
She was always aroused by their scent while they made love, and she was curious to see what they tasted like as one.
He lost it.
She sucked harder, the taste of them was sweet and bitter, but she didn't care. She wanted him to lose control, she wanted him at her mercy. She pressed her breasts against him, her head and hands working together to bring him closer and closer to the edge. She knew it was coming. She could feel his stomach muscles tensing and his breath wheezing almost out of control. His thighs tensed under her and she was determined even more despite the ache in her jaw.
His blood suddenly rushed more violently, drowning out the sound of the shower all together. His member began to throb with a vengeance and his hips snapped forward before he could control them. Hinata responded by opening her mouth further, rolling her tongue around him and taking him deeper.
He didn't know whether to sigh in relief or cry when he finally came into her mouth. All he could hear were his own strangled, hoarse groans, and the shower curtain ripping away from its rail as he gripped it tightly and pulled on it, the rings snapping loudly and echoing within the bathroom walls. He absently noticed a few rings flying in several directions, and as the water continued to pour over them, somewhere way in the back of his mind he realized that he was making a complete mess.
When he finally came back from his high, he discovered that his hand had been gripping her hair tightly to keep her in place. He loosened his grip immediately and winced apologetically.
"I'm sorry," he said, still somewhat out of breath. "Hi- Hinata-chan, are you alright?"
She didn't say a word since she herself was breathing quite heavily. He felt her nod and rest her cheek against his thigh, uncaring of the shower water raining into her eyes, or his flax member not inches from her face. His legs finally gave out on him, and he let himself slide down the slick tile wall until he was sitting opposite her.
With little hesitation, he pulled her into his arms and held her to him tightly, trying to regain his breath.
"Wow…" he heaved. "Just… wow." Was all he could say over and over.
Hinata giggled and shook her head.
Reaching up, Naruto shut off the water and flopped his arm around randomly until he finally hit the corner of the towel he'd draped on the curtain rail earlier, pulling it down around them.
"Hinata-chan," he whispered, when he felt her kiss his neck lightly. She looked up at him with a smile, and he batted his nose against hers.
"Yes?" she replied quietly.
"Let's go to the bedroom."
She frowned slightly. She expected them to catch their breath for a bit longer, but when their eyes met, she smiled, understanding where things were heading as soon as she noticed the mischievous spark.
He grinned playfully, and whispered in her ear "It's your turn."
Now off to finish CH14 of ASCIP!
Leave sum love, midoriko_sama, Perpetual and I worked hard on this!


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jjoyce wrote:Stebben84 wrote:In my opinion this story is on par with something Rickert would write.
Less candidates, not more. Status quo. What we have works just fine. I got there in two clicks by some method, but two guys who actually want to run could not so they don't deserve to run anyways.
How's that? Pretty much what you're trying to say?
Also, Stebben is drinking Colt 45. Let's never forget that.


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