The district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen presents one of the focal points of historic meadows in Europe. They derive from the middle ages as well as the early modern ages ruling monasteries. Here a cultural landscape remains until this day a living testimony of a "joint product of nature and humankind", according to the statues of the World Heritage Convention.
Within the area of the "River Isar" valley one can find the largest occurrence of "Buckelwiesen" (poor grassland with many humps), as well as the most extensive bi-annually mown mountain meadows in Bavaria in the area Garmisch-Partenkirchen and the "Ammergauer Wiesmahdhängen". In the floodplains of the river "Loisach" 20 km of related wetland, marshland and bog extend directly into the largest related marshland of mid- and west Europe, the "Murnauer Moos".
Meadows mown once called "Wiesmahder" are centuries old, documentation in "Mittenwald" dates back to 1406, bedding meadows dating back to the 16th century, both are probably much older. Archaic (common-land) meadow systems reach back to the Teutonic conquest, probably even to the beginnings of the settlement in the subboral (Hallstadt- or Latène-age).
Striking requisites of this unique cultural landscape are "Baumstadl" (typical barns), which are portrayed even on the oldest town views of the 17th century. In addition "Kochhütten" (cooking huts), "Streutrischen"(straw threshing brackets) and local livestock breeds ("Murnau-Werdenfelser" bovine and Mountainsheep) add to the broad variety of landscapes.
These meadows are also the typical landscape of the "Blauer Reiters", an important group of artists of the early modern art of the 20th century (founders of the expressionism).
Meadowlands are currently not or only subordinately represented in the World Heritage Convention.
Criterion (v): Comparable meadowlands can only be located in Europe and there in the humid sub-atlantic climate of the northern edge of the Alps. In many of their locations these meadowlands are degraded by intensified land use or are partly urbanized. This development has taken place for decades in all of the Alps, the Baltic States, the Mediterranean Sea area and Scandinavia. The number of intact meadowlands are declining. This internationally most comprehensive evidence for the traditional meadowland management in the German alps shows the different exploitation grades in a unique completeness and reciprocal dependency: "Wiesmahder" (mown meadows) in far-off locations, steep outlying locations - floriferous mountain meadows - mown meadows culture - common-land meadows in bogs and gravel pit floodplains of the mountain rivers – extensive "Sömmerungsweiden" (alpine pasture) in higher altitudes. A similarly broad spectrum in such a confined area is preserved nowhere else in Germany, Austria or Switzerland.
The continuously extensive use from the sub boreal (3700-1000 b.c.) until this day created very specific habitats with an extraordinary high biodiversity. The district Garmisch-Partenkirchen has become not despite of but because of the cultivating activities of human kind, the hotspot in biodiversity in the whole of the Alps.
Natural meadows are maintained on thousands of hectares shaping the landscape characteristically. They are documented by the habitat mapping, meadow mapping for the European FFH-guideline, numerous botanical recordings and the many declared nature reserves.
The historic character extends to all fields and valleys, where historic small parcelling in the private sector and large mowed meadowlands of medieval and early modern age common-land are preserved (RINGLER, A. 2010 "großflächigste korporativ organisierte Alpflächen des ganzen Alpenraumes"). Comparatively natural are the agricultural structures, approximately, 1.000 mostly small farms, which in many places are organized as "Rechtlergemeinschaften" (community of interest with rights to use land in a certain way) that have an exceptional persistence.
These archaic and still highly living structures have been stabilized by national agricultural and environmental programmes, successful cultural landscape projects, and an over decades evolved cooperation between farmers, municipalities and local authorities. Critical for the preservation is the traditionally strong' "spiritual" connection of the locals with their native landscape as well as the high degree of public recognition for the work of the farmers (this is also shown in numerous initiatives of the district to promote the farming in the alps, like the international mountain agriculture conference in Krün in 2009, or as the alpine convention).
Through climatic and historical qualities there are no similar cultural landscapes in the tropics, subtropics or in the Eurasian continental prairie- and woodland belt or in America. Even in Europe they are rarely preserved e.g. in parts of the Alps and the Carpathians. Meadows with history and character (in contrast to the intensive silage-fields) are (other than pasturage) "by nature" more uncommon and suffer a rapid decline. They are now among the most endangered landscapes in general.
The cultural landscape of the "Werdenfelser Land" and its surrounding areas has a special status among comparable areas in the Alps: It has a particularly high level of scenic, cultural, agricultural and biological identity and quality: The coexistence of extensive meadow use on hillsides, in floodplains and swamps as well as the close integration of historic cultural landscapes in different altitudes between 700 and 2.300 meters (from the valley of the river Loisach to the highlands of the "Wetterstein"- and "Karwendel" mountain range) is unique. The "Mittenwalder Buckelwiesen" are worldwide the most significant mowed (bulged) meadows with a fantastic biodiversity. These almost extinct "bedding-meadows" are found here in a great extent in the most significant, near natural marshland, the "Murnauer Moos".
This landscape is the result of intact circuits of complete utilisation of the grassland and has most recently experienced a comparatively favourable development. Negative developments were in the past few years, slowed down and partly reversed with a large commitment of local people and communities in award-winning landscape projects and by means of contractual nature conservation and other government promotional projects (Europe Nostra Award for Cultural Heritage for the "Berg- und Buckelwiesenprojekt" / Bavarian national award for the "Murnauer-Moos" project).
According to the screening study of the federal agency for nature conservation this area is home to the "best, world-renowned meadow and marshland complexes" which establishes the outstanding universal value of the landscape.


Prayer is one of the most powerful weapons God has given us. Marilee Pierce Dunker reflects on how to plug into the power, perception, and purpose that can only be found in God's presence.
World Vision photographer Jon Warren recreates a Christmas scene of the traveling Magi, who traveled to bring gifts to King Jesus.
Sadie Robertson of "Duck Dynasty" talks about what she's excited about for Christmas and why she's partnering with World Vision for Giving Tuesday 2018.
Praying the Scriptures is one of the most powerful ways to talk to God. Pray Psalm 139 over your sponsored child using the prompts below that correspond with verses in the Psalm.


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Electronics Components: Transistors as a Magic Potentiometer
How Batteries Work in Electronic Circuits
Switches in Electronic Circuits: Poles and Throws
Types of Switches in Electronic Circuits
What Is an Electronic Circuit?
A transistor within an electronic circuit works like a combination of a diode and a variable resistor, also called a potentiometer or pot. But this isn't just an ordinary pot; it's a magic pot whose knob is mysteriously connected to the diode by invisible rays, kind of like this:
When forward voltage is applied to the diode, the knob of the magic pot turns much like the needle on a voltmeter. This changes the resistance of the potentiometer, which in turn changes the amount of current that can flow through the collector-emitter path.
Note that a magic potentiometer is wired so that when bias voltage increases, resistance decreases. When bias voltage decreases, resistance increases.
Besides being connected to the diode by invisible rays, the magic pot is magic in one more way: Its maximum resistance is infinite. Real-world potentiometers have a finite maximum resistance, such as 10 kΩ or 1 MΩ, but the magic pot has infinite maximum resistance.
With this knowledge of the magic pot's properties in mind, you can visualize how a transistor works. There are three positions that the magic knob can be in, which correspond to these three operating modes for a transistor.
Infinite resistance: When there's no bias voltage, the magic pot's knob is spun all the way in one direction, providing infinite resistance. Thus no current flows through the transistor. This state is called cut-off because current is cut off. No amps for you!
Actually, remember that the base of the transistor is like a diode, which means that a certain amount of forward voltage is required before current begins to flow through the base. The magic pot stays at its infinite setting until that voltage — usually about 0.7 V — is reached. This state is called cut-off because current is cut off. No amps for you!
Some resistance: As the bias voltage moves past 0.7 V, the diode begins to conduct, and the invisible rays start turning the knob on the magic pot. Thus current begins to flow. How much current flows depends on how far the bias voltage has caused the knob to turn.
No resistance: Eventually, the bias voltage turns the knob to its stopping point, and there's no resistance at all. Current flows unrestricted through the collector-emitter circuit. You can continue to increase the bias voltage, but you can't lower the resistance below zero! This state is called saturation.

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In order for the National Weather Service (NWS) to recognize a community as TsunamiReady, the community must have implemented the activities in the TsunamiReady Guidelines, which are listed below and or can be downloaded. The appropriate activities will depend on each community's tsunami threat (e.g., tsunami sources) and vulnerability. These are determined by the local NWS Weather Forecast Office and the responsible TsunamiReady Board, in consultation with National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program partners and other tsunami experts, as needed. See How to Become TsunamiReady for more information about the application process.
MIT-1 Have designated and mapped tsunami hazard zones.
MIT-2 Include tsunami hazard and community vulnerability information in the community's FEMA-approved multi-hazard mitigation plan.
(1) tsunami danger area and/or hazard zone (entering and leaving signs), evacuation routes, and assembly area; and (2) provides tsunami response education (go to high ground).
PREP-1 Produce easily understood tsunami evacuation maps as determined to be appropriate by local authorities.
PREP-2 Support an ongoing sustained tsunami public education effort. This effort should include the development and distribution of outreach materials.
PREP-3 Support an ongoing sustained tsunami education effort specific to public schools in coastal community pursuing TsunamiReady recognition.
PREP-4 Hold at least one community-wide outreach or education activity annually.
PREP-5 Conduct community exercises that reinforce the concepts contained in PREP-1 through PREP-4.
PREP-6 Conduct evacuation drills for all public schools in the mapped tsunami evacuation zone to reinforce the concepts contained in PREP-1 through PREP-4.
RESP-1 Address tsunami hazards in the community's emergency operations plan (EOP).
RESP-2 Address tsunami hazards in the emergency operations plans (EOP) for all public schools in the tsunami hazard zone.
RESP-3 Commit to supporting the emergency operations center (EOC) during tsunami incidents if an EOC is opened and activated.
RESP-4 Have redundant and reliable means for a 24-hour warning point (and EOC if activated) to receive official tsunami watch, advisory, and warning alerts.
RESP-5 Have redundant and reliable means for 24-hour warning point and/or EOC to disseminate official tsunami watch, advisory, and warning alerts to the public.
RESP-6 Have Public Alert-certified NOAA Weather Radio (NWR) receivers in critical facilities and public venues.
RESP-7 Conduct emergency operations plan exercises that test at least one component of the community's EOP or one item from RESP-4 through RESP-6.
Download the guidelines and the program definitions.
MIT–1. Have designated and mapped tsunami hazard zones. The primary source for mapping potential tsunami hazard zones is inundation modeling, which illustrates expected areas to be flooded by the tsunami. If models are unavailable, other acceptable sources include guidance from tsunami experts from NOAA, the U.S. Geological Survey, state geological surveys, universities, or consultants. Modeling and mapping efforts should meet NOAA/NTHMP guidelines.
Note: for communities on the coasts of the Atlantic Ocean or Gulf of Mexico, a "baseline tsunami zone" has been prepared and, where observed, is approved to meet this requirement. SLOSH modeling is also approved for use for this purpose. Tsunami Hazard Zone maps are used by emergency managers for planning purposes and are different from, but related to, evacuation maps described in PREP-1.
Estimates of population exposure in tsunami evacuation zones should be based on local knowledge or on analysis of population data (e.g., Census), and can include ranges of population counts to recognize daily or seasonal fluctuations in workers, visitors, and temporary residents.
Communities that do not have resources to support development of a multi-hazard mitigation plan should work with the county where the community is located to be incorporated into the county's multi-hazard mitigation plan.
This requirement is met if there is a FEMA-approved multi-hazard mitigation plan that includes tsunamis.
MIT–3. Install signage, as needed, that identifies for example: (1) tsunami danger area and/or hazard zone (entering and leaving signs), evacuation routes, and assembly area; and (2) provides tsunami response education (go to high ground). Signage should be implemented according to state and local policies and as determined to be appropriate by responsible authorities, the responsible TsunamiReady Board, and with possible assistance from partners. Wherever possible, signage should comply with specifications aimed at standardization so that all coastal communities eventually will have identical signage. Continuity of signage benefits domestic residents and international visitors. In cases where tribal law supersedes state laws, tribes should make every effort to try to be consistent with state codes while also maintaining their own tribal codes. Multi-hazard signs that include the tsunami hazard are adequate for this item.
PREP–1. Produce easily understood tsunami evacuation maps as determined to be appropriate by local authorities that depict tsunami evacuation routes and assembly areas (see MIT-1). Maps should be based on tsunami hazard zone mapping and in accordance with the community's emergency operations plan. Maps should be made available via appropriate print and/or digital media.
Note: for communities on the coasts of the Atlantic Ocean or Gulf of Mexico, a "baseline tsunami hazard zone" has been prepared and, where observed, is approved to meet this guideline.
PREP–3. Support an ongoing sustained tsunami education effort specific to public schools in coastal community pursuing TsunamiReady recognition. This effort can leverage the outreach materials from PREP-2 but should also be augmented if needed to cover tsunami threats specific to any given school. Distribution can be through existing state, regional, or local educational governing bodies but cover letters transmitting materials should be included that provide schools with a means to get support from the responsible community's TsunamiReady Board. Distribution to all schools in the tsunami hazard zone should occur for initial TsunamiReady recognition and then again every three years. At the discretion of the responsible TsunamiReady Board, and to address the cases where the tsunami hazard zone represents a very small percentage of total area of the community, the distribution can be limited to schools that are in or near the tsunami hazard zone. This applies to both the initial and periodic distribution. This distribution should also occur for private schools when possible.
PREP–4. Hold at least one community-wide outreach or education activity annually to educate community residents, businesses, and visitors, with an emphasis on those in the tsunami hazard zone, on tsunami hazards, evacuation routes, how warning information will be received (including natural warnings for regions with a local tsunami threat), safety, and response. These activities may be multi-hazard as long as they include tsunamis in the content. The number of activities required for a given community is to be determined by the responsible TsunamiReady Board but will generally include at least one community-wide event and/or multiple smaller scale events.
PREP–5. Conduct community exercises that reinforce the concepts contained in PREP-1 through PREP-4. The exercises can focus solely on the tsunami hazard or can be a multi-hazard exercise that also addresses the tsunami hazard. One exercise should be conducted for initial Tsunami Ready recognition and then at least one other should be conducted within the three-year period following recognition. The exercises could be tabletop, functional, or full-scale.
PREP–6. Conduct evacuation drills for all public schools in the mapped tsunami evacuation zone to reinforce the concepts contained in PREP-1 through PREP-4. Evacuation drills should be conducted annually but can be conducted as part of a multi-hazard drill (for example, combined with a fire evacuation drill). Private schools in the tsunami evacuation zone should be encouraged to also conduct annual evacuation drills.
Specify tsunami criteria and procedures for the activation of the public warning system in its area of responsibility.
RESP–2. Address tsunami hazards in the emergency operations plans (EOP) for all public schools in the tsunami hazard zone, or have a section in community's emergency operations plan (EOP), from RESP-1, that addresses emergency operations for public schools in the community. Encourage this for private schools.
RESP–3. Commit to supporting the emergency operations center (EOC) during tsunami incidents if an EOC is opened and activated. Ensure that the EOC can execute tsunami warning functions (public notifications) based on predetermined guidelines related to NWS tsunami information and/or tsunami incidents.
Note: this applies only for communities with a year-round population of 15,000 or more. For communities with less than a 15,000 year-round population, there must be ties to an EOC serving that community.
Note: Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) are NOT included as a means of receiving tsunami alerts because WEA is only activated for the first tsunami warning and not for other levels of alerts (Tsunami Advisory, Tsunami Watch, Tsunami Information Statement). Also, WEA does not work everywhere.
All response requirements should recognize that during a local tsunami event, initial response would be performed primarily by at-risk individuals. Individuals in local tsunamis, including emergency personnel, will need to take personal responsibility for evacuating after recognizing the natural warnings or environmental cues of a possible or imminent tsunami (e.g., ground shaking from an earthquake, unusual rapid rise or fall of a shoreline). Official communications and warnings may be difficult to perform given the potential for infrastructure and telecommunication damage from the preceding earthquake and the limited time between the generation and arrival of the first wave in the tsunami.
*Note: usually, the NWR receivers would be located in the primary management office/facility that is accessible 24/7 (where appropriate) and has the authority to alter operations and the ability to order protective actions based on the NWS hazardous weather or flood warning received.
RESP–7. Conduct emergency operations plan exercises that test at least one component of the community's EOP or one item from RESP-4 through RESP-6. These exercises can be part of a multi-hazard exercise and/or can be part of an exercise that satisfies the PREP-5 requirement to conduct a community exercise. One exercise should be conducted for initial Tsunami Ready recognition and at least one other should be conducted within the three-year period following recognition. The exercises could be tabletop, functional, or full-scale.
For recommendations about additional activities to supplement TsunamiReady efforts, see TsunamiReady Guidelines: Tier Two and Other Recommended Efforts to Increase Community Resilience.


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CANCELLED Jennifer McWeeny, Beauvoir and Merleau-Ponty - The Early Works: Seeds of a Radical Ontology
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The Leiden Institute for Philosophy is pleased to announce a lecture by
Jennifer McWeeny (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
Beauvoir and Merleau-Ponty - The Early Works: Seeds of a Radical Ontology
Only a handful of scholars to date have explored any of the numerous points of connection between the respective oeuvres of Simone de Beauvoir and Maurice Merleau-Ponty despite considerable textual evidence for a profound intellectual intimacy between them. This paper is a first step in this larger, vital project; it consists in a comparative examination of the two thinkers' published and unpublished writings from the pre-war period. Beauvoir's and Merleau-Ponty's early writings display a parallel treatment of a number of themes that will become crucial to the subsequent trajectory of French phenomenology: Christianity, desire, sacrifice, flesh, subjectivity, structures of behavior. This study not only reveals philosophical seeds that anticipate the radical ontologies found in the post-War publications of these thinkers, notably, The Second Sex and The Visible and the Invisible, but also argues that the true import of these ontologies could only be understood in tandem: if being is fundamentally practical, historical, and embodied, then a method that considers different genres (genders) of embodiment is of great consequence to phenomenology.
Jennifer McWeeny is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Her research and teaching interests are in the areas of phenomenology, philosophy of mind, feminist philosophy, ontology, early modern philosophy, and decolonial theory. She is a recipient of the Fulbright National Research Award (2020), which she is currently pursuing as a visiting researcher at the Husserl Archives at the École normale supérieure, rue d'Ulm in Paris, France.
Professor McWeeny is co-editor with Pedro DiPietro and Shireen Roshanravan of Speaking Face to Face: The Visionary Philosophy of María Lugones (2019) and co-editor with Ashby Butnor of Asian and Feminist Philosophies in Dialogue: Liberating Traditions (2014). She has published more than 25 articles and book chapters that have appeared in Hypatia, Continental Philosophy Review, Chiasmi International, and Journal for Critical Animal Studies, among other venues. She has served as Executive Secretary for the Eastern Division of the Society for Women in Philosophy and as the Director of the Fortieth Annual Meeting of the International Merleau-Ponty Circle. She is currently Editor in Chief of Simone de Beauvoir Studies.
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Towards a political ontology of violence: reality, image and perception
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News Sender of False DMCA Takedown Notices Ordered to Pay £370K in Damages
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Every day millions of DMCA takedown notices are sent to major online platforms including Google, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.
The aim is to remove content that infringes third-party copyrights and the majority succeed in that goal. However, some people see the takedown provisions of the DMCA either as a tool for censorship or one to be abused in order to seize an advantage over a competitor or rival.
There are remedies available under the law that allow senders of malicious DMCA takedown notices to be financially punished but such conclusions are extremely rare. This week, however, a court ordered one abusive notice sender to pay what appears to be the most significant amount on record.
Defendant Sent Abusive DMCA Takedown Notices
In December 2019, The California Beach Co., LLC, (CBC) filed a complaint in a California court alleging that Han Xian Du, an individual living in China, had filed multiple multiple DMCA complaints with various online platforms complaining that CBC's content infringed copyright.
CBC is the exclusive distributor of a kids' playpen and sells its product through various outlets and via the Internet. Han Xian Du, on the other hand, used a distributor to sell "knockoff" variants of the playpen in the United States. According to the complaint, the defendant sent multiple DMCA takedown notices to Facebook and Instagram, demanding that CBC content should be taken down.
Online platforms have a tendency to quickly remove allegedly infringing content and in this case it was no different. Instagram responded by removing CBC's posts while Facebook disabled CBC's account in its entirety. Neither of the platforms responded to appeals to have the content reinstated.
On Christmas Day, 2019, things escalated when CBC's product page on Amazon was also removed following a fraudulent DMCA takedown notice, bringing the company's sales on the platform to a swift halt.
Complaint Sought Injunction and Damages
As per the complaint, in order to file copyright takedown notices with each of the online platforms, the defendant had to sign a declaration that the content to be removed violated his copyrights. Knowing that these declarations were fraudulent, the defendant made deliberate misrepresentations under the DMCA.
"Any person who knowingly materially misrepresents under this section that material or activity is infringing shall be liable for any damages, including costs and attorneys' fees, incurred by the alleged infringer, by any copyright owner or copyright owner's authorized licensee," the relevant section reads.
According to CBC, the company believed it could lose $100,000 every week its accounts were down and was already incurring "crippling loss of consumer goodwill". Demanding a permanent injunction to prevent the ongoing violations of the DMCA's takedown provisions, the company also sought an extensive damages award.
Court Issues Injunction and Grants Damages For Abuse of the DMCA
On January 8, 2020, the court handed down a temporary restraining order to prevent the violations, noting that Du was "temporarily not permitted to file any further takedown notices with Facebook, Instagram, or any other service provider's website as to CBC's online content or product line."
On January 24, 2020, the injunction was made permanent but despite repeated attempts to contact him, Du failed to plead his case before the court. The case was therefore dealt with in his absence and predictably went in favor of CBC.
"By virtue of his decision not to defend and to default in this matter, Defendant has admitted liability on Plaintiffs' claims," the order handed down this week by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers reads.
"[T]he Court finds that based on the Declarations and evidence in the record that CBC has suffered damages resulting from the conduct of Defendant in the amount of $369,849.12, which includes $316,991.00 in lost profits damages, $51,474.00 in reasonable attorneys' fees, and $1,384.12 in recoverable costs."
A Rare Decision Awarding Damages Under 17 U.S.C. § 512
Whether CBC will see any of this award remains to be seen but the outcome in favor of the plaintiff is important. To our knowledge, this is the highest damages award ever handed down in a case based on abusive DMCA takedown notices and is extremely rare.
In March 2015, Automattic, the company behind the popular WordPress blogging platform, won a similar case against a man who abused the DMCA to censor an article published by student journalist Oliver Hotham.
Hotham wrote an article about "Straight Pride UK" which included a comment he received from the organization's press officer Nick Steiner. However, Steiner didn't like the article so sent WordPress a takedown notice claiming that it infringed his copyrights.
Automattic stood by the journalist and went to court, demanding a damages award for Steiner's abuse of the DMCA. The blogging platform and Hotham emerged the winners, with an award of roughly $25,000 in damages and attorneys fees, again via default judgment.
Dating back to 2004, another case saw Diebold, a manufacturer of electronic voting machines, wrongfully allege that two students had infringed the company's copyrights. The EFF and the Center for Internet and Society Cyberlaw Clinic at Stanford Law School stepped in to fight dozens of abusive copyright claims, eventually emerging with an agreed settlement of $125,000 in damages and fees.
The complaint and default judgment in the CBC case can be found here and here (pdf)
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Book 2 Release and Free Short Story!
Hey guys! If you follow me on Twitter, you probably saw that the second book in the Inthya series, Daughter of the Sun, was released on Monday. I just want to offer a huge thank you to everyone who has already read and reviewed! Reviews are so important to me, and they're not just for my ego! Reviewing on sites like Amazon helps me reach a wider audience, which means I earn more money, which means I can spend more time writing and less time playing the violin on a street-corner.
Anyway, I redesigned my website, and if you have visited in the past, you'll notice there's a new page called "Bonus Content." This is where I am going to begin putting short stories and potentially other content, like essays about how Inthya works and its history, as well as a description of the pantheon and some of the major players. Everything under Bonus Content is going to be 100% free to read. I've kicked it off with a short story called Ioanna. It does contain minor spoilers for Daughter of the Sun, so I encourage you not to read it unless you've already finished the book! I also would like to hear feedback on the layout; if it's easily readable or I need to fiddle with it to make it easier on the eyes.
I hope to make this a regular feature on my website. None of the bonus content will be mandatory for your enjoyment or understanding of the books, it's just a nice little extra thing I think you might like. I'm already working on a winter-themed story about Adale and Esofi, so hopefully I will have that up sometime in December. And if there's anything else you'd like to see from me, do let me know in the comments! I love to hear from you guys!
Last thing: Book 3 in the Inthya series, The Queen of Rhodia, is scheduled for a May 2019 release date. I'll be talking a little more about that in future blog posts, so hold tight for that!
First of all i want to apollogise for the futures grammar fails because i'm not an english speaker and i don`t know if i can make sense or not.
I wanted to tell you that i really enjoyed your works and that it is refreshing to read some worldbuilding that it`s not homofobic by default. I`ve seen that people has a saying about the weird names that you picked, and i wanted to let you know that Soria actually it's a real place here in Spain and that kind of make it funnier to me.
Thanks for your time, and count on me as furure reader of your work.
Hello Marina, it's lovely to hear from you!
I did not know Soria was a real place, but that's interesting! It was probably just coincidence that I also invented it. But maybe I heard it a long time ago and forgot?
Came here (after reading a brief review of Daughter of the Sun on Tor's website) to ask where the best place to buy your books was, and discovered that your "Purchase" button doesn't do anything for me.
Oh no! That's not good. I'm clicking on it and it seems to work for me? May I ask what device/browser you are using?
Let me know if that doesn't work out for you (if you're not in the USA you might need to use your region's specific version of Amazon). My books are available in a lot of other places, and I'd be happy to provide those links as well.
Heya! I'm not entirely sure if this is the best way for you to see this. BUT I just finished Daughter of the Sun and I just wanted to tell you that it was so good I literally read it in two days because I couldn't put it down. I'm really really really looking forward to what you have in store for the rest of the series!!


So I made the announcement a couple of months ago that both my 16-year-old son and I will be thru-hiking the Lone Star Hiking Trail this coming March as a way for me to do a gear shakedown of the items I will be taking with me on my thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail February 2020.
I am going to list both my items as well as my son's so you can get an idea of what we will be taking. Since there really are no resupply points along this trail, we will have to carry a lot of food with us. The plan is to complete it in 8 days or less, so that means we will have to average about 12.5 miles a day which I think is really doable for us.
So without further ado, here is our Lone Star Hiking Trail gear list!
See my LighterPack list here for weight totals or for weights of individual items. I will be fine tuning my gear for the Lone Star Hiking Trail over the next couple of weeks.
Still working on his Lone Star Hiking Trail gear since his gear will be just for the LSHT there will be no reason for him to take everything I am taking. I hope to have his complete within the week, so check back!


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I am also a triathlete. I have completed 4 triathlons. My favorite parts of triathlon are the bike and the run. I have been a runner for 8 years, and once I got into biking almost 2 years ago, I discovered triathlons. I am also a part of Timex's Factory Team.


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L'identificazione con l'aggressore è una delle forme d'identificazione concettualizzate dalla psicoanalisi; nello specifico è un meccanismo di difesa introdotto da Sándor Ferenczi e solo successivamente da Anna Freud (1936); esso indica l'assumere il ruolo dell'aggressore e dei suoi attributi funzionali, o l'imitarne la modalità aggressiva e comportamentale e un suo sottotipo particolare è la cosiddetta sindrome di Stoccolma.

Il meccanismo è già presente e attivo durante l'infanzia: il bambino introietta alcuni dei caratteri dell'oggetto ansiogeno, assimilando così un'esperienza angosciante appena provata per trasformarsi da minacciato in minacciante. La Freud ritiene, inoltre, che tale meccanismo di difesa contribuisca in modo determinante alla formazione del Super-io. L'esperimento del 1963 di Elliot Aronson e Merrill Carlsmith sul giocattolo proibito sembra avallare tale ipotesi e dunque questo tipo di dinamica: ci si attribuisce una mutilazione del proprio desiderio pur di percepirsi autarchici, indipendenti e non sottomessi.

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 Sándor Ferenczi
 Anna Freud
 Identificazione (psicologia)
 Meccanismo di difesa
 Sindrome di Stoccolma
 Super-Io

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 Jean Laplanche, Jean-Bertrand Pontalis, The language of psycho-analysis, Karnac, Paperbacks, 1988. ISBN 0946439494; ISBN 9780946439492. Identification, pp. 205-8, Identification with the Aggressor, pp. 208-9

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Clever experiment documents multi-scale fluid dynamics
By Steve Koppes
University of Chicago physicists working in the nascent field of experimental vortex dynamics have, with unexpected help from a Sharpie marker, achieved the first measurements of an elusive but fundamental property of fluid flow.
Until now, there had been no way in the laboratory to measure the total helicity, or the measure of when two vortex rings intertwine. In their experiments, the UChicago team created thin-core vortices—the kinds found in aircraft wakes and insect flight—by producing hydrofoils using a 3-D printer.
As luck would have it, the red Sharpie marker used to label the hydrofoils contained rhodamine dye, which fluoresced when illuminated by laser light. When the hydrofoils were placed in a water tank, the dye began to diffuse, and when the hydrofoil was accelerated, the dye got sucked into the core of the newly created vortex—a process recorded via high-speed laser scanning tomography.
The new findings, published Aug. 3 in Science, are the first to show that helicity maintains a constant value during the flow of viscous fluids. Vortex dynamics have important applications in everyday life; meteorologists, for example, view helicity as a factor that contributes to the formation of supercell tornadoes.
"The fact that we have some measurements for the first time that show helicity can be preserved, especially in the presence of stretching, can translate directly to those efforts," said William Irvine, an associate professor in physics, who published the findings along with four co-authors.
In their latest research, the physicists studied three related forms of helicity: twisting, linking and writhing. The three forms are simply different ways to describe geometrically related forms that have been twisted or stretched. Each vortex tube can be visualized as a bundle of filaments, similar to those bound together in a twisted rope.
"If you take a piece of rope or or a telephone cord and you coil it up, then we would say that the center of this rope or telephone cord is writhing," Irvine said. "And if we then took this thing that we coiled up and we pulled it straight, you would see twisting along its length."
Simulating helicity in those flows has been difficult because of the widely separated yet interconnecting scales in which they operate. Previous work had been largely theoretical and involved hypothetical, simpler fluids totally lacking in viscosity. Calculations showed that helicity was conserved in these hypothetical fluids, but viscosity emerged as a significant factor in the flow of actual fluids.
"One of the core problems is that you need to sample or measure features of the flow that exist on very different length scales," said Martin Scheeler, the study's lead author, who recently completed his doctorate in physics at UChicago. The scales range from the diameter of a vortex (approximately 30 centimeters or one foot) to the diameter of its thin core (approximately one milllimeter or three hundredths of an inch).
"You need to measure the flow inside the core as well as the overall shape evolution of that vortex," Irvine said. "That's quite a separation." He characterized Scheeler's work in overcoming the experimental challenges— simultaneously tracking the fine details of the flow while still measuring the critical larger-scale dynamics—as "a tour de force."
'It's the wackier stuff that works'
Irvine's group had previously used bubbles to conduct pioneering research on the dynamics of vortices in their water-tank experiments. The helicity measurements, however, required something different, which was provided serendipitously through the Sharpie.
Dye has long been used in vortex experiments, but less precisely. In previous experiments, the dye was placed diffusely in the tank, and then the vortices would envelope them. But the Sharpie presented an opportunity to precisely position the dye at the center of the vortices, as Scheeler painstakingly painted dots onto the entire length of the hydrofoils.
"We hadn't really realized that that was a possibility until we saw dye bleeding off the hydrofoil," said Scheeler, who valued the creativity and freedom involved in designing experiments for a nascent field of physics.
"There really is no playbook, and that's really exciting," he said. "You get to try out all sorts of different things, and sometimes it's the wackier stuff that works."
Citation: "Complete measurement of helicity and its dynamics in vortex tubes," by Martin Scheeler, Wim M. van Rees, Hridesh Kedia, Dustin Kleckner and William T.M. Irvine. Science. Aug. 3, 2017. doi:
Funding: National Science Foundation and the Packard Foundation


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Recently LG has released the first official video of its new smart watch, called the Urbane Watch, which comes to bring a more sophisticated design than the current model of the company. We expected the same to come with Android Wear, something that has been adopted by LG until then. However, new rumors claim that the company would be developing its own system, as Samsung did with Tizen in its smart watches.
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Follow-up studies in people are needed to ensure the same thing happening in mice happens in people, which isn't guaranteed.
Generally, the Mail Online reported the story accurately, but focused on the personal story of Professor Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz, the lead researcher. Professor Zernicka-Goetz gave birth at 44 years old "despite a test that showed there was a high chance her child might develop Down's syndrome".
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Why Israeli-Palestinian Talks Will Fail, Again
December 10, 2013 Mitchell Plitnick 10 Comments
John Kerry speaks with Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem, November 6, 2013
by Mitchell Plitnick
There is an odd sort of atmosphere today around the soon-to-fail Israel-Palestine talks. A dramatic gesture by the United States, presenting its own security plans to both Israel and the Palestinians, has engendered mostly yawns. Yet the events of recent days have clarified the likely results of these talks, despite the ongoing secrecy around them.
Secretary of State John Kerry has apparently proposed that Israel agree to abandon the Jordan Valley (constituting some 20% of the West Bank and situated in Area C, which falls under complete Israeli control under the current arrangement) in stages over an extended period of time and subject to the "good behavior" of the Palestinians. The current plan seems to be that Israeli forces would remain in the Jordan Valley for ten years while Palestinian forces are "trained."
Not surprisingly, the Palestinians, including PA President Mahmoud Abbas disapprove of this idea. But they do so in lukewarm terms, not wanting to offend Kerry, with the hope that when the April deadline for the current round of talks rolls around that the Palestinian side will not, as it was in 2000, be portrayed as the party who refused peace. Still, as former US President Jimmy Carter once told me, a continued Israeli presence in the Jordan Valley is unacceptable to the Palestinians. Indeed, it is impossible to say that an occupation has ended when the occupying army is still there. That should be obvious.
But that's apparently not the case for Kerry and President Barack Obama. There should be no confusion on this point: however much the US administration has shifted its Mideast position regarding Iran and the broader Arab world, nothing has changed with regard to the occupation. The friction between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Obama administration can obscure this reality, but a lot of that friction is based on Netanyahu's frustration that the United States will not follow his regional designs. With regard to the Palestinians, the rhetoric may be different, but the actions of both Israel and the United States on the ground in the real world are little different than they have been for twenty years.
The Jordan Valley issue has been a known point of contention all along. Kerry and Obama have insisted that matters like this one can be worked out, but Kerry's proposed solution is simply the Israeli position rehashed. Netanyahu objects to Kerry's proposal simply because he wants the Jordan Valley to be part of Israel in any final agreement. That is not workable, but a long term Israeli presence that can easily be extended — all that has to happen is the Palestinians need to be declared "not ready" at the end of ten years — effectively accomplishes the same thing, with Israel still controlling the territory, although they might not be able to build more settlements there for some time.
Palestinian forces have already been trained by the US, and even Israel agrees that has worked well, so this insistence on more training is absurd. But the real problem here is more fundamental and points to exactly how we will know that the United States is serious about brokering a permanent agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, if they can ever reach that stage.
As many critics of US policy in Israel-Palestine and the role of the Israel lobby in creating that policy have pointed out, a US President is capable of taking on the lobby and winning, but it involves a big political fight and expending a lot of political capital. This has happened in recent weeks with regard to Iran — the Lobby has backed off. When an administration wants to fight that battle for resolving the issue of the occupation, it will do so by changing the terms of the discussion. Right now, as it has been for decades, the occupation is approached in Washington as a security issue for Israel. In reality, Israel is the regional superpower, both militarily and economically, while the Palestinians have no way at all to defend themselves. When the occupation is the priority and is treated as intolerable, then the discourse can be centered around security for all within the framework of ending the occupation rather than being a security issue within which perhaps there is some way to end the occupation.
Obama and Kerry probably know this, and have chosen to work within the existing framework and just do the best they can under those conditions. They must also know that this approach will likely fail, but the very effort will augment their efforts regarding Iran and the general reorientation away from involvement in any of the other current and brewing conflicts in the region.
The reason the United States will not engage in that political battle touches on the myths that are so often heard about the Israel-Palestine conflict; particularly the one that tells us that resolving that conflict is a "US national security interest." That is somewhat true, but it is a far less urgent concern than ratcheting down the conflict with Iran, for instance, or extricating the United States from the regional conflicts that our other "dear friend" Saudi Arabia is so intimately involved in.
Both the rapprochement with Iran and broader regional shifts offer clear benefits to the United States. In the wake of the Iraq debacle, they go a long way to ensure that such an enormous expense in blood, capital, and regional stability doesn't happen again. They also help boost the potential for US engagement in trade and diplomacy throughout the region — engagement with Iran is a huge boon toward that goal while staying away from regional conflicts. Continuing to work with whomever is in power also allows the United States to protect future relationships with these states, rather than with only the current regimes. Threats by the Saudis to shift their business to Russia or China are empty. Neither of those countries have anything more than the smallest fraction of money and military assistance the US can and will continue to offer.
But the Palestinian issue, despite its higher profile, offers little to entice a US president to go to war politically. No one in the Muslim world will suddenly forget the decades of US support for Israel's occupation. There are no obvious economic benefits to finally addressing the legitimate claims of the Palestinians. The military benefits are mostly the removal of some obstacles to US operations, the sort of thing David Petraeus got in so much trouble for pointing out when he said, in testimony before Congress, "…The conflict foments anti-American sentiment, due to a perception of U.S. favoritism for Israel. Arab anger over the Palestinian question limits the strength and depth of U.S. partnerships with governments and peoples in the AOR and weakens the legitimacy of moderate regimes in the Arab world. Meanwhile, al-Qaeda and other militant groups exploit that anger to mobilize support."
So, yes, this issue could be addressed, but it's a lot less potentially beneficial than the positive results of other policy shifts Obama is pursuing, and it would entail a considerably bigger political battle. So, it's not going to happen. Indeed, the Palestinian issue is probably being pushed now by Washington in order to manufacture a payoff to Netanyahu for his acquiescence to real US priorities.
The path to resolving the Israel-Palestine conflict has been clear for some time. The Palestinians need to abandon their dependence on the United States, which will not ever deliver the goods. They need to pursue an international strategy that creates real political pressure on Israel. The ground is fertile — Israel's obvious unwillingness to abandon the key territories on the West Bank, well beyond the major settlement blocs, and its refusal this past weekend to permit Holland to provide an electronic scanner that would have allowed Palestinians in Gaza to export goods without putting Israeli security at risk have exposed the hollowness of Israel's security arguments. Israel's actions are not about security, but about power, and this fact is something the Palestinians and their supporters around the world can exploit. It can also be used by true friends of Israel who recognize that Israel's security is at risk not because of Iranian threats that never existed (see Juan Cole's excellent explanation of that here) or some small bands of Palestinian militants, but by Israel's continued refusal to compromise.
Europe seems to be taking some steps toward reorienting the politics around the occupation to create the incentives Israel needs to change its policies. The Palestinians need to follow their lead, as do the many supporters of a just peace throughout the world, including in Israel. Waiting for the US to deliver the goods is more futile than waiting for the Messiah.
Photo: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the outset of a meeting focused on the Middle East peace process in Bethlehem, West Bank, on November 6, 2013. Credit: State Department.
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Mitchell Plitnick
Mitchell Plitnick is a political analyst and writer. His previous positions include vice president at the Foundation for Middle East Peace, director of the US Office of B'Tselem: The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, and co-director of Jewish Voice for Peace. His writing has appeared in Ha'aretz, the New Republic, the Jordan Times, Middle East Report, the San Francisco Chronicle, +972 Magazine, Outlook, and other outlets. He was a columnist for Tikkun Magazine, Zeek Magazine and Souciant. He has spoken all over the country on Middle East politics, and has regularly offered commentary in a wide range of radio and television outlets including PBS News Hour, the O'Reilly Factor, i24 (Israel), Pacifica Radio, CNBC Asia and many other outlets, as well as at his own blog, Rethinking Foreign Policy, at www.mitchellplitnick.com. You can find him on Twitter @MJPlitnick.
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Farhang Jahanpour
US's repeated failures to put pressure on Israeli leaders to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict in a fair and viable way is becoming embarrassing and is further undermining US reputation and credibility throughout the world. It would be better to openly admit that in view of domestic pressures the United States is not able to resolve this conflict and call on the UN, the EU, Russia and China to take on the challenge. The Palestinian path through the UN General Assembly seemed more promising and they should pursue the matter as best they can, while the US government should pledge not to block an agreement through the UN. After all, this is how Israel came into being, with a much smaller vote by the General Assembly than the vote cast to recognize the Palestinian Authority as a non-state member.
James Canning
I continue to think the primary goal for the Palestinians, should be to defend the Green Line as the border of Palestine. I think one can assume all Israeli army etc will in time be obliged to get out of Palestine.
Should one assume the power of the Israel lobby in the US is so great that Palestine cannot obtain fair treatment from the US? If so, then pursuit of international support is obvious way forward.
Farhang – – Perhaps John Kerry would actually welcome a Palestinian push for full UN admission etc etc etc. Even if he knows he would have to try to block it.
Curious, what of the Palestinian push for full UN membership wasn't blocked by the U.S. or the other members of the security council, just what could Israel do then? At some point in time, that will come to pass in realities sense, as will Israels roll in the M.E. have to change.
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State-owned Qatar Airways has been one of few airlines to continue regular, scheduled flights during the global lockdowns to contain the novel coronavirus, maintaining services to around 30 destinations
FILE PHOTO: Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker is seen during the 53rd International Paris Air Show at Le Bourget Airport near Paris, France, June 17, 2019. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
Global travel demand will take years to recover from the coronavirus pandemic and many business travellers may never return to the skies, the head of Qatar Airways said on Monday.
State-owned Qatar Airways has been one of few airlines to continue regular, scheduled flights during the global lockdowns to contain the novel coronavirus, maintaining services to around 30 destinations.
It said this month it would gradually resume flights to some of the 165 destinations it served before the outbreak, aiming to fly to 80 destinations by the end of June.
"I am sure there will be demand," Akbar al-Baker told Reuters by phone, forecasting the airline would be able to fill between 50 percent and 60 percent of seats.
"There are still a lot of people stranded around the world (and) people who want to visit their loved ones."
Airlines are considering how to safely operate services and give passengers confidence to fly ahead of restrictions easing.
Some have discussed leaving middle seats empty on flights to enable social distancing, while some are requiring passengers to wear masks on board.
Qatar Airways will encourage passengers to keep a safe distance from each other where possible while on board, Baker said.
But the CEO, who heads one of the Middle East's largest carriers, added he would be "very surprised" if travel demand recovered before 2023/2024.
Rival Emirates has said a recovery could be 18 months to three-years away.
Baker also said many business travellers may never return, having become accustomed to working remotely, while job losses and business closures would also have an impact.
To manage a slow recovery, Qatar Airways will reduce its fleet by a quarter, with some aircraft to remain grounded and others returned to lessors, and reduce flights.
The airline had a fleet of 203 Airbus and Boeing wide and narrow-body jets as of March 31, 2019, when it last disclosed its financial results.
Qatar Airways also said it would give away 100,000 return economy class tickets to frontline healthcare workers around the world as a thank you for their efforts in fighting the virus.
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Yankees Playoff Roster – Quarantined Taxi-Squad Opt-Outs Loom
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The makeup of the Yankees playoff roster must be announced by next week. Like everything else this year, it's about jumping through hoops.
The Yankees playoff roster in most years boils down to the "no-brainers" plus the last two or three players that will stay with the team for the duration.
Not this year, though. MLB's COVID-19 precautionary quarantine rules have Yankees' GM Brian Cashman in an uproar.
Not only does Cashman need to come up with the usual active roster (28 players this year), but he also has to select twelve players from the team's taxi squad of players (currently 29) who will stay behind at the Yankees alternate-training site in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
It's About More Than The 28-Man Yankees Playoff Roster
As if that isn't enough to deal with, Cashman must also select a 50-person support staff that will accompany the team.
2020 Playoffs a test for all personnel (Yankees Equipment Manager)
These would be clubhouse attendants, medical and training personnel, bus drivers, travel and media specialists, and the like.
Typically, Cashman is rolling through these challenges with a calm demeanor, offering:
"So it's a lot of strain in a lot of different ways, but we're happy to be part of this opportunity because we're working and we have an opportunity to do something special. We're thankful for that."
That rosy view is shared by the Yankee players who are assured of making the Yankees playoff roster of regulars.
While they are not welcoming the possibility of being separated from their families and holed up in a hotel room for up to six weeks, they can see the opportunity to share postseason money, together with a chance to win that elusive 28th World Title.
But what about the 29 players who are currently assigned to the Taxi-Squad in Scranton?
"Hell no, I Won't Go": Yankees Taxi-Squad Opt-Outs.
Cashman is currently making the rounds among them, and not so surprisingly, he's finding some who are saying – "Hell no, I won't go".
Hopefully, Cashman will find twelve who say yes, and that will be that. But, he also understands and has compassion for those who are opting out. Family separation and quarantined living aren't the only issues facing these players.
Taxi-Squad players have no guarantee of either getting on (the Yankees playoff roster) or winning a prize at the end or getting voted a (playoffs) share.
Still, Brian Cashman's first loyalties remain with the Yankees, and he finds himself in a position where he has to tell his players in limbo there's no in-between for them:
"Everybody's doing the best they can, but I'd be lying to tell you it was not a significant challenge to walk through. We've had to tell people they're either in the alternate site or they're out of the alternate side".
In typical fashion, Cashman has refused to name the players who have already opted out. But once the Yankees playoff roster is officially announced, it'll be easy to tell if some high-profile names are missing.
That list includes names like Albert Abreu, Clarke Schmidt, Thairo Estrada (photo above), Mike Ford, Miguel Andujar, and Estevan Florial. That is assuming, of course, they do not make the Yankees playoff roster containing the active 28 players.
2020 Playoffs: A Test Of Endurance As Much As Skill
Some fans and media types are lobbying hard for Commissioner Manfred to order an asterisk placed in the record books next to the team winning the World Series this year.
Jack Flaherty's "Alternate Training Site"
That is nonsense. In fact, if an asterisk is to be placed, it should be there to commemorate the team who stands alone as having overcome hurdle after hurdle, and a test of endurance like no other season in baseball history.
Yes, we know. They're doing it for the money, and for most, a lot of money.
But we also know about the players who were forced to use their hotel rooms as an "alternate training site" to stay in shape because they were only allowed at the ballpark during regulated timeframes.
Cardinal's pitcher, Jack Flaherty, joked about it – but it's true. Flaherty posted a video to his Instagram Story about having some baseballs ready for the bullpen session.
Major League Baseball is doing what it has to do. Joking about all the restraints put on them, professional ballplayers always find a way to relieve the stress and pressure.
Anyone of us would gladly trade places with them. Or so we think. But in the real world, would the choice be that easy?
Putting The Asterisk Where It Belongs
Those who make the Yankees playoff roster, the Taxi-Squad players, and even those who travel with the team as essential personnel makes sacrifices.
Hopefully, when Zack Britton, the Yankees player rep, calls the team together to vote on how postseason money is shared, exceptions will be made to include all members of the Yankees Family who participated.
That may be getting ahead of ourselves a bit here, but this baseball season has been different in too many ways to count – and this is just another way of putting an asterisk where it belongs.
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With Rahul Gandhi set to take over as Congress President on Saturday, Sonia Gandhi on Friday said it was time for her to retire.
"My role now is to retire," Sources said quoting her in response to a question as to whether she will continue as Chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary Party and what would be her role.
Sonia Gandhi also added that her son Rahul has been playing an active role in the last three years.
It was not clear as to what Sonia Gandhi meant whether retiring from politics altogether or from the Lok Sabha.
Sonia has been President of Congress party for last 19 years. Rahul Gandhi was elected Congress President unopposed on Monday and is set to take over the new role on Saturday.
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One day a large crowd pressed around Jesus while he preached (Luke 5:1–11). The Lord wanted to use Peter's boat as a floating platform from which to address the multitude, so he asked the future apostle to push the vessel out a little way from shore (verse 3)—not in itself a particularly remarkable request. But Peter's compliance to his request paved the way for a life-changing blessing.
Peter's reply demonstrates the beginning of a lifetime of faith in God. He said, "Master, we've worked hard all night and haven't caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets". The soon-to-be disciple chose to obey the Lord and to leave the consequences of his decision to him.
But notice what happened as a result of Peter's obedience – Jesus demonstrated his power and sovereignty. Peter may have started the day off thinking his efforts had been for nothing. But rather, he ended it in complete amazement because he pulled in not one but two overflowing boatloads of fish (v7).
Peter no doubt assumed that Jesus' fishing instructions would be a waste of time. But when he obeyed Jesus's simple request, Jesus brought about a miracle that gripped Peter with amazement. Jesus turned an empty boat into a full one. We, like Peter, must recognise that obeying God is always the wisest course of action. He can also take our emptiness, whether related to money, relationships or work, and He change it into something splendid.
We often hesitate to obey God because we fear the consequences of our decision. But the Lord's command is for you to fear him above all else. The same sovereign, omnipotent God who keeps our heart beating and the planets orbiting is more than able to handle the results of our obedience. When he tells us to do something and we know without a doubt it is His will, then we need to obey immediately.
When we choose to obey the Lord, He will bless us. This is because obedience always leads to blessing.


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29-year old Freddie Figgers was abandoned in a dumpster at birth and was adopted when he was just two days old by two loving parents. He is now the founder and CEO of Figgers Wireless, a telecommunications firm valued at over $62.3 million dollars, that you may have never heard of.
Freddie got his first computer when he was 9-years old. It was broken when he received it, but he quickly figured out how to make it fully operational. That was the start of his innovative future. Later as a child, after learning that his Dad had Alzheimer's, he invented a shoe for him that had a GPS tracker and a two-way communicator that he sold for millions.
He got his first job at the age of 12 as a computer technician, and by age 15, he had already started his own cloud computing services.
Soon after, Freddie became the youngest person in history to hold a FCC license, allowing him to launch his own cell phone company. That company is now Figgers Wireless, the only Black-owned telecommunications company in the country that manufacturers their own 4G LTE and soon 5G VLOTE smart phones and offers their own talk, text and data plans. The cellular service is available in throughout the USA, Figgers Wireless provides services to clients in every area along with one of the largest insurance companies in America there network expands to healthcare, aviation, government, business, and consumers.
The company is already accepting pre-orders for their newest release, the Figgers F2 VOLTE phone that will be 5G compatible for the Christmas shipping. The F2 works on any carrier in the world, which has a 5.7-inch full lamination screen and offers a stunning visual effect. The phone's silky technology innovation combines super-fast screen response speed with zero night time glare and blue light filter technology. Even more, the phone's wireless charging technology allows users to leave there phone in their pocket, or purse and when within a 5 meter range of the Figgers Super Charger the phone automatically starts charging without any cords or cables. Freddie Figgers now owns several US and international patents.
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Figgers has launched other brands such as his own credit and debit card line FiggCash that issues a premium luxury metal titanium card for all credit types issued through Visa and MasterCard. Freddie Figgers also has Figgers Health that has innovative healthcare products, and The Figgers Foundation that gives annually scholarships, supports relief efforts for natural disasters, and other humanitarian deeds. Freddie Figgers has a simple philosophy on his foundation.
"American Consumers spend billions of dollars with large corporations that that only provide a product or service, to suck the life out of you with their profits, but those companies don't financially impact the average person in our communities. I believe turning caring into action, and if you see a problem find a solution to deliver an impact to change someone's life. I started my Foundation with my personal salary and believe in giving back. I remember where I came from and simply what shall a man profit if he gains the whole world but loose his soul in the process. I'm going to impact this world and change today for a better tomorrow, because money is nothing but a tool, but with that tool we can impact and change everyday people lives with opportunities."
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Ellie Cummings just wants to feel normal. But since her mom's murder, everyone has been treating her differently. She turns to Gabe, the high school weirdo, who claims he can communicate with her dead mother. In this haunting mystery, your heartstrings will be tugged as Ellie takes a chance and discovers that the truth may be better kept a secret.
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In the spring of 2018, Guatemalan American high school senior Milagros "Millie" Vargas knows her life is about to change. Faced with journalists, trolls, and anonymous threats Millie must confront the complexity of her past, the uncertainty of her future, and her place in the country that she believed was home.
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It's been six months since Sarah's mom died. Three months since her dad fell apart. With her dad's drinking out of control, Sarah struggles to make sure that the bills are paid and that her dad's grief won't crush them all. She doesn't have time or emotional energy to find out if her cute classmate, David Garza, could be more than a friend.
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An immigrant teen fights for her family, her future, and the place she calls home. In the spring of 2018, Guatemalan American high school senior Milagros "Millie" Vargas knows her life is about to change. Faced with journalists, trolls, and anonymous threats Millie must confront the complexity of her past, the uncertainty of her future, and her place in the country that she believed was home.
"Cast into the political firestorm of an aspiring U.S. senator's campaign, a Guatemalan immigrant teen grapples with her newfound notoriety.
It's the end of Milagros Vargas' senior year of high school in Corpus Christi, Texas. So far, aspiring marine biologist Millie's accepted a spot at Stanford, although her mom doesn't yet know this. As Millie became the second caretaker of her family after her father's death, her mom expanded her housekeeping job for the Wheelers, an affluent White family. For Millie, Mr. Wheeler's campaign for the U.S. Senate means her mom will be away from her family more, caring for the Wheelers' young daughter. Then, the senatorial candidate highlights Millie and her family as examples of exemplary immigrants during a campaign speech, resulting in public support as well as hostility from internet trolls and anonymous haters. When someone sets the Vargas home on fire, they have no choice but to accept the offer to temporarily move in with the Wheelers, even as Millie finds herself inexplicably drawn toward their son, Charlie. Setting her story against the backdrop of a nameless, anti-immigrant White House administration, Mickelson does a remarkable job of plunging into complex issues with tremendous nuance. Millie's acquired U.S. citizenship, after arriving as an undocumented asylum seeker, further complicates the discourse, raising stark questions around common debates about which immigrants "deserve" to be welcomed. Full of thought-provoking conversations, messy answers, and lots of heart, this novel's a quiet knockout.
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Some of Motorola's RAZR-branded devices should receive an update to the Jelly Bean version of Google's Android operating system before the festive period is over.
Motorola RAZR HD handset owners in Europe will be able to upgrade their devices to the newest Jelly Bean version of the Android operating system starting from December.
Intel is arguably getting to the smartphone party a little late in comparison to its competitors. But will the company's size and determination to make a splash in the market be enough to drive it to success?
The company confirmed its decision to offer the newer platform in an update to its EMEA rollout schedule posted at the end of last week.
"We are working very closely with Google and our carrier partners to bring you the best possible experience on each of our Android-powered devices," the company said on the update page. "This means ensuring that all upgrades and updates enhance device functionality and provide an overall improved experience."
While the RAZR HD looks set to get the software before the end of December, other models in the RAZR family, such as the RAZR i — one of the first phones in the UK to use Intel's mobile processor — will not receive the update until the first quarter of 2013.
Older devices like the Motorola RAZR and RAZR Maxx that only started to receive the Ice Cream Sandwich build of Android in September 2012 are set to get the upgrade to Jelly Bean, but only for "select countries and carriers", that have not yet been confirmed. No specific timing for the upgrade for these devices has been announced.


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