![]() I was there when he came back to camp, praised because he had saved Artemis. I was there when he sent the Golden Fleece to camp and brought Thalia back to life. I was there when Percy brought the lightning bolt back to Zeus. And Percy was cool and all, but it would've been nice to win just once. ![]() Never was I mentioned among the senior campers. Sure, I was a pretty good fighter, but Percy overshadowed me. I trained at camp, but I was never spectacular. For years, I waited for my mother to claim me, but she never did. A satyr had found me, perhaps by luck, and brought me to Camp Half-Blood. I was brought to Camp Half-Blood when I was seven years old, the same time Percy Jackson came to camp. ![]() I had to introduce myself because no one knows who I am. ![]() And, of course, you know of Jason Grace, the son of Zeus, the King of the Gods. You know about beautiful Piper McLean, daughter of Aphrodite and the movie star Tristan McLean. You know about witty Leo Valdez, the fire using son of Hephaestus. You've heard of wise Annabeth Chase, the daughter of Athena. Of course you've heard of brave Percy Jackson, the son of the all-powerful Poseidon, god of the seas. ![]()
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![]() There developed an intense rivalry between the two wives. God compensated for the lack of love Leah received by enabling her to have children and closing Rachel’s womb for a time (Genesis 29:31). Jacob showed favoritism to Rachael and loved her more than Leah. ![]() In exchange for fourteen years of labor, Jacob had two wives, Leah and Rachel. In an ironic twist, the deceiver Jacob had himself been deceived. ![]() Laban then said Jacob could still have Rachel in exchange for another seven years of work (Genesis 29:21–30). So it was official: Jacob and Leah were to stay married. Jacob protested, but Laban argued that it wasn’t the custom to give the younger daughter in marriage first. On the night that Jacob and Rachel were to be married, Laban gave Rachel’s older sister, Leah, to him as a wife instead. ![]() Laban agreed, but after seven years, he deceived Jacob. Jacob soon fell in love with Laban’s younger daughter, Rachel, and agreed to work for Laban seven years in exchange for marriage to her (Genesis 29:16–20). ![]() Laban offered his nephew Jacob a place to stay. It was at Laban’s that Jacob met Leah and Rachel. At the time, Jacob feared his twin brother, Esau, would kill him (Genesis 27:41–46). Jacob, the son of Isaac and grandson of Abraham, fled to his mother’s brother Laban. The complicated story of Jacob, Leah, and Rachel comprises one of the larger sections of Genesis and includes much information relevant to the history of the Jewish people. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Learn more 50 Washington Street, Morristown, NJ 07960 No cuisines specified Menu Jury Box Menu Red Chicken $7.50 Chicken cutlet, Swiss, bacon, lettuce, and tomato. ![]() Eurovision Insight Podcast: The Community Comes TogetherJury Box (973) 605-5020 We make ordering easy. 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Jury box Judge’s Bench, Witness Stand and Jury Box face panels are raised on stainless steel legs, giving the space a light, modern feel, plus easy cleanability. ![]() ![]() Keanu’s dad walked out when he was just three, before being imprisoned for drug offences.Īnd over the course of his glittering film career, the Speed actor has seen loved ones and best friends die in horrific circumstances, including a drug overdose.ĭespite a tragic backstory full of trauma and loss, Keanu Reeves is considered one of the nicest stars in Hollywood. ![]() While the Hollywood actor has been blessed with the looks and talent which made him a box-office star in films such as Speed, The Matrix and Point Break, tragedy has plagued his personal life from childhood. Here, we take a closer look at how Keanu weathered tragedy to finally find happiness … Now the couple have been together publicly for over two years, and are said to be very much in love. ![]() When Keanu stepped out with artist girlfriend Alexandra Grant, now 48, it was the first relationship he’d gone public with in years – with the Matrix star opting to previously play his relationship cards close to his chest for decades, The Sun reported. ![]() ![]() Matrix Resurrections star Keanu Reeves has had a glittering career, but away from the cameras the actor has lived through a series of personal tragedies.įrom the stillborn birth of his daughter Ava to the death of former girlfriend, Jennifer Syme, it hasn’t been an easy ride for the 57-year-old actor – which is why fans were delighted when he confirmed he’d found love back in 2019. ![]() ![]() ![]() The views of Club speakers are their own and their participation does not constitute or imply endorsement or recommendation by The Commonwealth Club. Latte and The Cook and the Gardener and edited the essay collection Eat, Memory. Each year, we bring nearly 500 events on topics ranging across politics, culture, society and the economy to our members and the public, both in-person and via extensive online and on-air listenership and viewership. Dorothy Allison, Author, Bastard Out of Carolina and Cavedweller Co-author, Eat, Memory Amanda Hesser, Food Reporter Columnist, The New York Times. She is the author of the award-winning Cooking for Mr. After graduating from Brown and then Le Cordon Bleu, Merrill worked at Cooks. The Commonwealth Club of California is the nation's oldest and largest public affairs forum. Latte and The Cook and the Gardener, and edited the essay collection Eat, Memory. The leading national forum open to all for the impartial discussion of public issues important to the membership, community and nation. ![]() ![]() ![]() And Jessie begins to see the hopeful possibilities that lie buried in the most wrenching tragedies. ![]() ![]() She meets Dustin Matlock, a young father who has survived a devastating loss. Then, just as Jessie comes to terms with the past, life's bittersweet irony plays its hand. As Luz and her husband struggle with what Jessie's return may mean to the rebellious Lila, their seemingly solid marriage falters. Like a Technicolor tornado bursting into Luz's picture-perfect life, Jessie returns to her Texas hometown with a shattering request. Now, facing a life-altering crisis, she's decided to fix the broken pieces of her heart and seek out Lila, even if it means she has to upset the world of Lila's adoptive mother her very own sister, Luz. But she's never traveled far enough to escape a painful moment that has haunted her for the past sixteen years: the day she gave her baby daughter away. In her career as a photojournalist, free-spirited Jessie Ryder has seen the world through her camera lens. ![]() ![]() ![]() Please see extended rules for appropriate alternative subreddits, like /r/suggestmeabook, /r/whatsthatbook, etc. ![]() ‘Should I read …?’, ‘What’s that book?’ posts, sales links, piracy, plagiarism, low quality book lists, unmarked spoilers (instructions for spoiler tags are in the sidebar), sensationalist headlines, novelty accounts, low effort content. Promotional posts, comments & flairs, media-only posts, personalized recommendation requests incl. Please use a civil tone and assume good faith when entering a conversation. All posts must be directly book related, informative, and discussion focused. 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![]() Finders Keepers is spectacular, heart-pounding suspense, but it is also King writing about how literature shapes a life - for good, for bad, forever. ![]() Not since Misery has King played with the notion of a reader whose obsession with a writer gets dangerous. Decades later, a boy named Pete Saubers finds the treasure, and now it is Pete and his family that Bill Hodges, Holly Gibney, and Jerome Robinson must rescue from the ever-more deranged and vengeful Morris when he's released from prison after thirty-five years. ![]() Morris hides the money and the notebooks, and then he is locked away for another crime. Mercedes, once again featuring Detective Bill Hodges. It is the second book in The Bill Hodges Trilogy and is a sequel to Mr. Morris kills Rothstein and empties his safe of cash, yes, but the real treasure is a trove of notebooks containing at least one more Gold novel. Finders Keepers is the 67th book published by Stephen King it is his 54th novel, and the 47th under his own name. Morris Bellamy is livid, not just because Rothstein has stopped providing books, but because the nonconformist Jimmy Gold has sold out for a career in advertising. The genius is John Rothstein, a Salinger-like icon who created a famous character, Jimmy Gold, but who hasn't published a book for decades. 'Wake up, genius.' So begins King's instantly riveting story about a vengeful reader. ![]() ![]() ![]() Last week, he explained Einstein’s general theory of relativity. The explained things include cells (“tiny bags of water you’re made of”), a microwave (“food-heating radio box”), an airplane cockpit (“stuff you touch to fly a sky boat”), a particle collider (“big tiny thing hitter”), and a tree (“tree”). This week, Munroe will publish “Thing Explainer,” a compendium of blueprints and diagrams in the spirit of “Up Goer Five.” Like any good work of science writing, the book is equal parts lucid, funny, and startling. The rocket’s tower-jettison motor became the “thing to help people escape really fast if there’s a problem and everything is on fire so they decide not to go to space.” The Apollo command module became the “people box.” It was aerospace engineering made simple. He called it “ Up Goer Five.” The blueprint, he explained in a parenthetical note, was annotated “using only the ten hundred words people use the most often”-that is, the thousand most common words in English. Several years ago, Randall Munroe, the creator of the Web comic “ xkcd,” published his own blueprint of a Saturn V rocket, the launch vehicle that sent the Apollo astronauts to the moon. ![]() ![]() ![]() In spite of the fact that Dosa is intimidated by felines, the story of Oscar is beautifully written. He is not particularly fond of cats, which lends the narrative an interesting perpective he was initially skeptical of Oscar's ability and writes about the cat with a tiny bit of distance. Oscar's ability to determine which patient is going to pass away at Steere House, the nursing home in which he lives, has made it easier for nurses to determine when to call family members to let them know it's time to say their last goodbyes and, Oscar has served as a comfort to many.ĭavid Dosa is the doctor who brought Oscar to fame when he published a journal article about the cat's special abilities. Unless you live under a rock, you've probably heard about Oscar, a cat who became famous for curling up with nursing home residents within hours of their deaths. ![]() ![]() Cat-deprived little me was dying to read anything at all about cats to get my feline fix (and the offer still stands - I will always review cat books of any kind). I begged for a copy of Making Rounds with Oscar when I saw info about the book and a very kind rep from Hyperion sent me a copy. Let's get the FTC info out of the way up front. Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat by David Dosa, M.D. ![]() |