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What is woo-woo "energy"? A conversational theory…
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One evening I was having dinner with a research biologist. For some reason we arrived ar the topic of woo woo 'energy' and he was highly skeptical of the term, obviously. Wine in hand, I took up the challenge to explain it.
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How a group of children's book illustrators from the Philippines drew emotions in their bodies.
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Tips from the Design & Emotion Conference, 2016
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As an independent practitioner, going to a conference is a chance to connect with relevant ideas and inspiring people. Last month I attended the tenth international Design and Emotion conference in Amsterdam. My mission was to learn of developments in design and emotion, present a poster (with Dr. Suzanne Oosterwijk) and test a prototype web app. This post partly summarises three days of presentations and workshops, with tips on how to use these in your own work. « Read the rest of this entry »
What's feeling got to do with Big Data?
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My research interest in emotion stems from times when I was cut off from myself – "emotionally vague". Without processing my feelings I could not connect the information signals between body and mind. I was often overloaded, drained and disconnected. Tai Chi and meditation helped to reduce anxiety and bring calm. Observing feeling-sensation informed the initial idea for the visual research. There's an urgent need to weave understanding of feeling, time, place and feedback loops.
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It's true isn't it? When someone's motivation is clear and bright, it shines out of them like the Starship Enterprise's tractor beam.


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|Pope and Curia Lead Mass in Suffrage of John Paul II
(29 Mar 2010 ) "Throughout his pontificate John Paul II firmly proclaimed the law, without weakness or hesitation, especially when faced with resistance, hostility and rejection".
This is how Pope Benedict remembered the 27 years of his venerable predecessor at the helm of the Universal Church on Monday as he marked the 5th anniversary of his death on April 5th 2005.
In his homily Pope Benedict said that John Paul II "knew that the Lord had taken him by the hand and this allowed him to exercise a very fruitful ministry, for which, once more, we give heartfelt thanks to God".
Pope John Paul II is remembered by many Catholic and non Catholic alike for his dedication to peace building, an element that led to him becoming a globally recognised figure. Papal biographer and journalist, Marco Politi spoke to us about John Paul II and his impact on the international stage:

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Have you heard about master data management? In short form, it is called MDM. The Master data management process included the process, governance, standards and tools. Master data management consistently manages the critical data of an organization. It provides a single point of reference.
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The Master data management system enables an enterprise to link all of its critical data to one file called a master file which provide a common point of reference. The Master data management system can make your computing system easier in multiple system architectures, platforms and applications.
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Master data management have 2 portions: Reference data and Analytical data. Reference data means the business objects for transactions and the dimensions of analysis. In opposite, analytical data support decision making.
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If you want to compute any data, master data management tool can be used. Master data management tools are used for removing duplicates, standardizing data. It will help you to eliminate incorrect data from entering the system.
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Jeffrey Trachtenberg talks to Simon Constable, Eric Savitz and Lauren Goode about how educational textbooks have been slow sellers in digital form and what one startup company is doing to change that.
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What is the fashion trend for winter 2016
Fashion trends winter season rather inconsistent. Some designers emphasize feminine shapes using the flowing materials, and others, on the contrary, with the help of an androgynous style.
Summer fashion is beautiful, it is in this, the warm season we are able to try light and seductive clothing.
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If you have not thought about what clothes will go into your winter wardrobe, we suggest you do it now. Today, designers are very democratic length. This winter in fashion not only short pants, and short tops, shorts, skirts. Short pants and trousers tucked model – the main trend of the new season. What to look for?
Latest short trousers with rolled up trousers, as well as models with a variety of prints. Speaking of fashion prints, we first of all have in mind the floral and geometric designs. Art painting in vogue.
• Silk and chiffon
To say there is not, but the fashion is back silk fabric. In fact, they have always been in fashion, but this season designers use silk in everything: dresses, skirts, trousers, accessories and so forth. Chiffon, as a kind of silk is also popular this spring. Latest chiffon long dresses and retro models of dresses in the style of the 50s.
• Short Tops
The short length has become the norm for today's designer. Designers and then experimenting with shapes and styles. At this time, we will have a very bold trend in fashion short tops and bustiers. So if you taste so frank trend sure to include this item of clothing in your winter wardrobe. The favorites of the new season are knitted tops.
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Every year, the asymmetry is becoming increasingly popular. In a fashion includes tops and dresses with one sleeve and a shoulder. Latest dress with jagged edges and models with a train. Asymmetry is a reliable element of creativity in the hands of modern couture.
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This season, the perforation becomes a kind of trend. What is the perforation, and what it is? Perforations on the fabric and the skin is carried out with a laser. With this method, you can knock on the fabric completely different figures. This is a very stylish trend, especially given that ahead of us the cold season!
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If I know I'm going Baskin Robins, I'll bring a baggie of salty roasted almonds to put on my ice cream (don't worry, I don't bring hot fudge). And along these same lines, I also bring a baggie of granola when I'm planning on eating an acai bowl because you can never have enough granola. I know...I'm a nerd.
I first came across salty sprinkles near my last birthday. I made myself a banana split for lunch and covered it in salty sprinkles. (I think it should be a rule that everyone should eat a banana split for lunch on their birthday.)
Salty sprinkles are a mixture of raw sugar, toasted sesame seeds, and vanilla flaky salt and I promise you they are addicting, like really addicting. They take a bowl of ice cream to a new level and make ice cream sundaes crazy good! (I may just start carrying a small container of them with me (along with my baggie of almonds) just in case I stop for ice cream.)
Oh and this black ice cream is amazing! So, so, so good! I love it so much that I've made it four times already. Melissa of the Faux Martha out did herself with this recipe!
Black Ice Cream
3/4 cup cane sugar1/2 cup black cocoa powder
1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/8 teaspoon instant espresso powder
1 3/4 cup unsweetened almond milk (Califia)
14-ounce coconut cream (not coconut milk)
1/4 cup Lyle's golden syrup
In a medium saucepan, whisk together the sugar, black cocoa powder, cornstarch, salt, and espresso powder until combined. Slowly pour in the almond milk while whisking to combine. Add coconut cream and gold syrup to the sauce pan and whisk to combine.
Over medium heat, bring mixture to a simmer. Allow mixture to simmer for about 3 minutes, whisking continually. Remove from heat and pour mixture into a high-powered blender. Blend on high for 30 seconds.
Let mixture cool to room temp and then refrigerate to cool completely, preferably overnight.
Freeze in your ice cream machine according to your manufacturer's instructions. Once churned place ice cream in freezer to completely set up.
Recipe slightly adapted from thefauxmartha
Salty Sprinkles
4 teaspoons flaky vanilla salt (I use seeds from 1 vanilla bean for every 4 teaspoons of Maldon salt and blend together with the tips of my fingers, taking care not to completely crush the flaky salty.)1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds
1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons turbinado sugar
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Today on The Mental Game of Poker Podcast Jared had the opportunity to interview two big names in poker: Phil Hellmuth and Maria Ho. They're in Ireland for the inaugural iSeries Live event where they'll competing against Daniel Negreanu, Eoghan O'Dea, Carlos Mortensen, and 5 other top players in a winner take all SNG that will be streaming live on the internet with all hole cards shown.
Phil proved at last year's WSOP that he has resurrected his game and his mental game. He admits to not working on his game and just expecting to roll into events expecting to win. He's working a lot more on his game with the help of some solid players, preparing better, and taking his mental game seriously. He also reveals a few other things about his preparation for the iSeries that may shock you…
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UFC 139 Live Results Home Page
Mauricio "Shogun" Rua vs. Dan Henderson
Round 1: With a touch of the gloves, the main event is underway. Rua lands first with an inside leg kick. Henderson may have hurt Rua. Rua goes for a takedown. Henderson tries to apply a guillotine choke. Rua getting bombed on while against the cage. Henderson lands a right hand that knocks Rua down. Rua is cut and bleeding. Henderson just tosses Rua to the ground and lets him back up. Rua lands a knee to the body. Henderson throws a combination but Rua covers. Rua clinches and tries to take Henderson down. Rua lands a right hand as the fighters separated. Henderson has his righthand cocked and loaded. Rua lands an uppercut. Rua lands a right hand that knocks Henderson down. Henderson goes for a takedown and eats punches. Henderson gets to his feet and lands a right hand. Rua misses with an uppercut. Henderson lands a counter right hand. Rua moves in and clinches Henderson against the cage. The round ends and what a round it was. MMAWeekly scores it 10-9 for Henderson.
Round 2: They take the center of the Octagon. Rua lands an overhand right. The two exchange jabs before clinching. Rua presses Henderson against the fence and works knees to Henderson's legs. They separate. Henderson rushes in and lands a big uppercut and right hand. Rua covers up and lands a right hand counter. They both miss with big right hands. Rua lands a combination. Rua pushes forward with arm punches and presses Henderson against the fence. Henderson spins him and lets his hands go. Rua responds with punches. They clinch. Henderson is pressing Rua against the cage and landing knees to the Brazilian legs. The referee separates them. Rua lands a right hand. They're standing toe-to-toe and throwing bombs. Henderson lands a couple of dirty boxing uppercuts. The round ends. MMAWeekly scores the round 10-9 for Henderson.
Round 3: Slow start to the round. Rua misses with a combination. They exchange uppercuts. Henderson presses forward, landing an uppercut but gets staggered by a counter right hand. Rua tries to take Henderson down but Henderson defends it. Henderson lands a huge right hand that knocks Rua down. He swoops in to finish with a series of punches. Rua is in trouble. Rua attacks a leg at the midway mark in the round. Henderson frees himself and both fighters are back on their feet. Shogun is a bloody mess. They clinch with Rua presses for a single leg takedown. Henderson lands short eblows to the side of his head. Rua gets the takedown and lands several right hands. Henderson stands and Rua takes his back. Henderson looks up at the clock. Rua peppers his body with punches. Rua lands a combination as they break. The round ends. MMAWeekly scores the round 10-9 for Henderson.
Round 4: Rua shoots in for a single leg and gets it. He lands left hooks as Henderson gets up. Rua takes him down again but Henderson applies a crucifix and went for a rear naked choke. They scramble and are back to their feet. Shogun lands an uppercut. Henderson secures a double leg takedown and lands into side control. Rua gets to half guard. Henderson is working on a one-arm guillotine. Henderson lets it go. Rua gets back to full guard. Henderson stands and lands a right hand. Rua rolls and gets to his feet. There's two minutes remaining in the round. Rua lands an uppercut. Big uppercut by Rua that hurts Henderson. Henderson goes for the takedown. Henderson back to his feet and Rua lands a solid right hand. Henderson looks extremely tired. His hands are low and Rua takes advantage with a left hook. Rua takes him down and moves to the mount position. Rua takes his back. Henderson gains top position. The round ends. MMAWeekly scores the round 10-9 for Rua.
Round 5: Henderson's corner suggests he clinch and not exchange between rounds. Henderson rushes in and eats an uppercut. Rua gets a takedown and lands in side control. Knee to the body lands by Rua, and another. Rua moves to the mount position and postures up and starts landing punches. Henderson ties him up briefly. Rua postures up again and lands a series of punches. Henderson gets back to half guard. Rua gets the mount againt with three minutes remaining. Henderson gives up his back after eating a few hammer fists. Rua takes his back. Henderson moves back to half guard before being mounted again. Rua lands a few solid punches. He mounts Henderson. Rua lands short right hands to Henderson's head. Rua gets a burst of energy and lands hammer fists. Rua moves back to the mount position and lands right hands. Rua postures up. Henderson scrambles. Rua moves to side control and back to the mount. The round ends. MMAWeekly scores the round 10-8 for Rua. The judges will decide.
The judges scorecards all read 48-47 for Dan Henderson by unanimous decision.


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Continuous Delivery and Continuous Integration is key to any successful software, automating our build and release pipelines is a strategic matter. However, mobile apps are a special case, they are compiled applications, and there is no "Configuration" support out of the box like we have in web products web.config and appsettings.json. The lack of configuration support on mobile … Continue reading Build Once Release Everywhere – APK
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SQLite Tips and Tricks for Mobile Developers
Recently I have caught myself dealing a LOT with the low-level SQLite engine, trying to squeeze the most out of this amazing and flexible database provider. I have learnt a couple of things that I did not know, and I would love to share some of it with the mobile developer community! First of all, … Continue reading SQLite Tips and Tricks for Mobile Developers
Xamarin Developers Summit 2019 – 5 reasons why you have to be there!
Hey Xamarin Developers! In case you did not know, next month from July 11 to July 12 it will be held in Houston - TX, the biggest 100% focused on Xamarin conference that we have seen since the good old Evolve. Community Driven This conference is 100% community organized and driven, Dan Siegel decided to put his … Continue reading Xamarin Developers Summit 2019 – 5 reasons why you have to be there!
Data Startup in Mobile Applications – part I
In mobile applications, data is a critical matter: It always has to be available and ready to your users. This is even more true for enterprise applications, if data takes a long time to load, sync or is only partially downloaded from the server, it will reflect very poorly on your product quality. Internet instability … Continue reading Data Startup in Mobile Applications – part I
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February is the Xamarin Month and I was designated to post on the 10th, so here I am! I would also like to thank Luis Matos for putting up this event together. This year's theme is Love and Friendship with this in mind, I'm sharing the story of what drove me to write this custom control. Last year while … Continue reading FFImageLoading + Lottie = 😍
Presenting HttpTracer Library
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Architecting your app http service – Consuming rest APIs
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Fashion editor and blogger Sarah Clark, of Little Spree, forever inspires with her effortless approach to fashion. Find out which Autumn pieces she is loving right now.
The peacoat
"To me, a classic navy peacoat is a wardrobe staple: as essential (and, not to mention, useful) as a leather biker jacket or classic Crombie coat. It's a great Autumn piece when you're not quite ready for your full-on Winter coat. I love wearing mine with cropped jeans and either super-high heels or ballet flats, depending on how much walking my day involves."
The striped knit
"This is a great (and lightweight) wool-cashmere knit for those milder days when you want something that feels cosy, but isn't too heavy and chunky. I love the combination of the black and oatmeal stripes. It will seamlessly fill the gap your Summer Breton has left behind."
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Advanced: Very active in sports or consistently work out four or more times per week.
Aerobics Impact: Mixed
Lower Impact: Both feet never leave the ground at the same time. This minimizes stress on your knees.
Higher Impact: Includes movements like jumps, hops and skips. Very high-impact is called plyometrics.
Mixed Impact: This alternates or combines the above styles.
Toning Emphasis: Total Body
Upper body: Arms, chest and back.
Lower Body: Legs, thighs, hips and buttocks.
Abs: Abdominals (stomach), core and sometimes lower back.
Total body: Tones all three of the above muscle groups.
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Cardio segments in this workout are fun and challenging. By mixing steady state cardio with interval bursts you'll take your heart rate up and down, burning more calories and you'll make the most out of your workout time.
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This seminar is designed for technicians working with Hunter® Alignment Systems. Problem alignments can be a major barrier in profit and customer satisfaction. Understanding causes of handling issues, tire wear and collision related problems will turn problem alignments to profit while maintaining highly satisfied customers. Make your Hunter system work for you; learn the advanced tools and procedures already at your fingertips. Do a hands-on application of information and vehicle repair within this session.
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N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) is a probable human carcinogen and drinking water disinfection by-product. NDMA forms as the product of reactions between chloramines and precursor compounds in water. This dissertation aims to provide insight into the removal of NDMA precursors, their nature, and a method to aid in their identification. Watershed-derived precursors accounted for more of and greater variability to NDMA formation upon chloramination than polymer-derived precursors in environmental samples. Coagulation polymers are quaternary amines, which have low NDMA yield but high use rates. Watershed-derived precursors were removed up to 90% by sorption to activated carbon, but activated carbon exhibited much less …
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If you want to train smart though, there're some things that you should have in your gym bag at all times.
And no, I'm not talking about weird pills or any stuff that can get you in jail.
In fact, you're most likely to own most of the things I'll mention in this post already.
So what are these 5 things you should bring to the gym?
Read on to find out.
1. Exercise Logbook
While training, have a pen and paper near you.
This will let you log the most important data about your workouts.
But why should you do this?
You want to do more each workout. And the only way to know how much you did the last time you were at the gym is if you write things down on a piece of paper.
Here's what you need to log every workout (for each lift):
- The weight used,
- the reps performed,
- the sets done,
- the rest between sets (plus points: rest between exercises).
Write all of these things down as soon as you're done with each set. Don't wait till the end of the workout – you won't remember a thing.
2. Stopwatch
You must keep track of the rest time between sets.
If you don't do this, you won't be able to see real strength gains.
What do I mean by that?
Let's say you're supposed to rest two minutes between your sets of bench press but you rest for three – you don't have a stopwatch. That one extra minute of rest means a 50% increase in your rest time.
That's a big change. Enough to let you lift more weight for more reps.
But this is not real strength gain, it's just a trick.
Don't be fooled by fake strength gains. Use a stopwatch.
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Your muscle cells are mostly made out of water.
To keep your muscles strong sip on some water while you workout.
Use steel bottles to hold your water in. Plastic bottles are known to leach xenoestrogens – not good for your health.
4. Good Shoes
Low top Chuck Taylors.
Not only do they look cool but they're also a great pair of shoes in which to lift weights.
Due to their thin soles which are made out of rubber you'll have:
- more stability and control (better feel for the weight),
- better muscle recruitment (more muscle strength),
- better lifting technique.
Don't use running shoes to lift weights. They're called running shoes for a reason.
5. Lifting Aids
Don't let your grip strength hold you back.
Use lifting straps or weightlifting chalk to boost your strength in all of the lifts that involve your back muscles.
Since weightlifting chalk makes a lot of mess, most gyms won't allow you to use it. Solution = use liquid chalk.
Awesome grip strength but without the mess.
If your goal is to boost muscle mass then you need to have these 5 things in your gym bag.
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Highlights: Last week on Philly Tech News (1/30/2012 to 2/5/2012)
Reports that surfaced in the New York Post a week ago that Philadelphia Media Network, owner of the Inquirer, Daily News, and Philly.com, was for sale again turned out to be true, with a group led by Ed Rendell and Ed Snider and another led by members of the Perelman family mentioned to be among the candidates to acquire it.
Exton-based SaaS insurance provider iPipeline"s latest funding round, announced in January, turned to be for $71.4 million, according to its SEC filing.
Scrutiny of the proposed spectrum sale and reseller agreement between Verizon Wireless and Comcast and other cable companies intensified, with a Senate committee planning hearings for later this month. Meanwhile, the joint marketing arrangement continued to roll out, expanding into the Bay area.
The closing of SAP AG's $3.4 billion acquisition of SuccessFactors could be delayed for weeks, possibly even months, as the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS) investigates it, for some reason.
Philly-based ad agency Red Tettemer & Partners (Century 21) and local crowdsourcing site Poptent (Dannon) both had ads they produced run during the Super Bowl, which ad people say is two more than Philly's ever had before. And Nielsen said NBC's 2012 Super Bowl broadcast was the most watched program in TV history.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. home prices in July rose for the third straight month, surpassing forecasts and suggesting that the housing market is stabilizing after a three-year plunge.
The S&P/Case-Shiller composite index of house prices in 20 metropolitan areas rose 1.6 percent in July from June, more than triple the estimate of a 0.5 percent rise found in a Reuters poll. The index rose 1.4 percent the month before, S&P said on Tuesday.
The 10-city index gained 1.7 percent in July after a 1.4 percent rise the previous month.
The data relieved investor concerns about the impact of a weak housing market on the economy and U.S. stocks opened higher. The U.S. dollar strengthened against the yen, while U.S. Treasury bonds added to losses after the stronger-than expected reading.
"The upshot is that the housing market is starting to clear ever so slightly," said Pierre Ellis, senior economist at Decision Economics.
A record stockpile of foreclosed homes have been exerting pressure on home prices overall, but recent home sales reports show an easing up of the massive unsold inventory.
"That sustains hope that housing will get to a stable place which is good news for consumer balance sheets and, ultimately, for the economy," Ellis said.
A first-time buyer credit of $8,000, which ends on November 30, has jump-started housing activity this year but there are concerns about the impact when this incentive disappears.
"These figures continue to support an indication of stabilization in national real estate values, but we do need to be cautious in coming months to assess whether the housing market will weather the expiration of the Federal First-Time Buyer's Tax Credit in November, anticipated higher unemployment rates and a possible increase in foreclosures," David Blitzer, chairman of the index committee at S&P, said in a statement.
The monthly price increases helped the annual rates, with the yearly pace of declines in home prices slowing to a 12.8 percent drop in the 10-city index and 13.3 percent downturn in the 20-city index.
All 20 metro areas showed an improvement in the annual rate of decline in July compared with June. On a monthly basis, only Seattle and Las Vegas showed declines.
Average home prices across the United States are now at levels seen in the autumn of 2003.
Prices have plummeted 33.5 percent for the 10-city index and 32.6 percent for the 20-city index from the peak in the second quarter of 2006, S&P said.
Despite the overall improvement, annual rates for all metro areas and the two composites remain in negative territory, with 14 of the 20 metro areas and both composites in double digits, S&P said.
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Transforming Engineering Students Into Industry-Ready Professionals
The session made deliberations around the dynamics of the industry and what can be done to counter the challenges of the ever-changing engineering field. The panel discussed how engineering graduates in India are fast saturating. The panel was of the opinion that engineers in India are being produced in abundance but the faculty, resources, and infrastructure of these institutions are perhaps not competitive enough to make the students ready for the industry. The panel also discussed that how engineering graduates can be made employable.
The session was moderated by Brij Pahwa, Editorial Specialist, Businessworld who started the discussion by putting forth some statistics about the wide gap which exists between the number of graduates and the availability of jobs in the market. The panel witnessed people from academics such as Dr. Rajeev Dubey, Director- Career Services & Outreach, JK Lakshmipat University, Mr. O P Verma, Principal, G B pant College Of engineering, Mr. Nitin Puglia, Chairman, Renaissance group of institutions, Dr. RS Rai, Dy. Director and Head - Research, Planning & Statistical Services, Amity University, Mr. Navdeep Singh Ahluwalia, Head Network and Information, Dalmia Bharat Group, Dr. Sajan Mathew, Professor & Registrar (Examination & Evaluation), Alliance University.
During the discussion, Dr. Rajeev Dubey gave a mantra for 'effective learning by doing, not learning by mugging'. He said that the kind of students who focus on getting degrees and not solving the problems are the major contributors of problems existing in the engineering field. Navdeep Singh Ahluwalia, however, believes that by doing more and more internships a student becomes employable. Carrying forward this point, Dr. Sajan Mathew emphasized that every institute must promote research and innovation and must also have comprehensive industry collaborations. However, the panel was in favour of internships for teachers. According to the panel, teachers must be sent for internships which enable them with the latest skills needed in the market and equip them to provide better quality education.


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Video and Trip ReportPosted in Willy on September 26, 2011 by charakusa 2011
"When I have reached the coldest and most awesome summit…Posted in Willy on August 10, 2011 by charakusa 2011
Ben leading the first pitchPosted in Willy on August 8, 2011 by charakusa 2011
Expedition LogPosted in Jake on August 4, 2011 by charakusa 2011
June 24th
We made the first carry up to the base of Nafis' Cap. I had a feeling of incredible awe and gratitude when I popped out through the first few fins and cracks at the base of the glacier and had the first unobstructed view of the tower. I sat there a while and looked at it. Willy came up. He looked. There is something sublime about first coming into view of a goal held for so long. The size impressed us. The scale of the work ahead of us impressed us too.
June 26th
Willy and I carried some more loads up to the base of Nafis. Ben and Josh were feeling much more fit so they took a large portion of the rack and a couple of ropes ande went up to tackle the first few pitches of the route; see what's in store for us. It took them five hours to get up through the icefall to the start of the climbing. We hoped we could cut that time down as time went on…. we cut the time down, but the approach never got funner. They got a pitch up before ice started falling from above – golf balls, footballs. They hung the rope and went down. The pitch they climbed was the first pitch of an uncompleted German line. In the end, we decided on a route that went farther to the left.
Meanwhile….. Willy and I made like donkeys and carried a bunch of garbellion up to the gear dump we'd made two days before. We dropped our loads there and went up to explore a route through the icefall.
The partial route that we found was somewhat direct, and kind of steep. In one spot we fixed a rope to aide the huffing and puffing. We found a good staging area mid-way up and made two carries to there. Hopefully we'd return for our stuff before a serac fell on it.
As we were on our way down we encountered Ben and Josh, who'd found a good route through to the base of the wall. We all walked back to camp together.
June 27th
By this time our heads weren't feeling so headachy and our appetites were getting pretty healthy. And we'd had several good days of activity so we decided to take a rest day. Read: eating day.
We had two goats between our expedition and Matt McCormick's crew, so Zahid, Fita and Abas butchered up some fresh meat. Josh and Ben worked on drawing up a topo which we would never use in the end; Willy helped Zahid cut up meat. We talked itinerary for the wall. Strategized. Made a list of food to carry up. Decided what more gear we'd need up there. Talked about how we'd dispose of human waste. Ate rice and Goat Boy curry for dinner.
This is about when the weather began to really deteriorate. The clear blue skies we'd had while we hiked in and carried loads went the way of all flesh. We were packed and ready to go with the last carry up to Nafis, but we waited a few days before departing:
July 1st
I woke up 4:45 and 5:00 but I didn't crawl out of my sleeping bag. Little droplets of the past night's rain were frozen in place on the fabric of my tent. It was overcast but the clouds were at least high. K6, Kapura, Badal, Beatrice – all covered in a robe of white. Vanilla ice. Bling. Gangster rappers dressed up for the Grammys. They emanated austerity. Cold. Unwelcoming. Beautiful. I sat up in the doorway of my tent and looked out to behold the country. Tent zippers ripped the still air to my left and a second later Ben and Willy walked over. We had a truncated conversation about the weather. The upshot was to wait a while and see what the weather did – see if the walls would have a chance to shed some of their white coating. That didn't turn out to be the case.
July 2nd
We decided to hike up to Nafis' Cap for Good. The hike up was much the same except with lighter packs. It started snowing about the time we arrived at the base. Figures. We stood straining our eyes up into the snowflakes. We talked about switching to a different crack system to the left of the German line we had had in mind. We settled on a beautiful curving corner system that carried the whole height of the wall. To look up at it is stunning.
For a while, we dickered around in the snow. There wasn't much water to be had. Ben chopped two stills out of the icicles in the bergschrund and set the jetboil pots under the drips. Clearly we would have to come up with something better.
Josh went up the rope they'd fixed the other day to clean in and I busied myself with hauling up the portaledges and tents. The German team had placed a few bolts at the base of the rock, just above the bergschrund in a spot that made a decent ledge camp, but was a little exposed to ice falling from above. We hung our ledges from those bolts. I was hauling off of one of the bolts that were there, just to pull our gear across the 'schrund and up the easy snow pitch to the rock.
The 'schrund itself was about 10 meters wide at the spot where the load ledges and tents flopped across and banged into the lip on the uphill side. I hauled away and they dug into the overhung lip and the rope cut it's way into the snow and Josh and I simul hauled for all we were worth (dumb) and the rope cut still deeper and the load beneath the lip dug and crushed itself into the snow until one of the tents ripped free and dropped into the silent blue-black bergschrund and disappeared into the abyss.
There were a few minutes where we were all kind of quiet. So much for forcing things. Ben climbed down in there after the runaway tent, as Josh and I carefully finished bringing up the ledges and began to set them up. Every now and then we'd get an update from below: "I can't see 'em" "There's two different channels where it could have fallen into" "Ah, I see it" "I can't reach it" etc. Willy belayed him from above. I fooled around with a ledge, applying my sluggish mind to untangling the mess of poles and straps which are a dismantled portaledge. The snow never stopped falling. Ben eventually did fish the tent out of the crack, and we were all psyched. He didn't have any kind of a sense of humor about it though. I know because I asked him if he was ready to go down there after a ledge. He didn't laugh.
I don't think it's been mentioned yet that we found out when we arrived in base camp that the flies we'd brought didn't fit the new model BD ledges. Due to the confusing nature of how we all arrived in Pakistan, Ben had been sent the flies and Josh the ledges, and they'd never been set up together. So when we hung one from a boulder on our first day in base camp we found out the good news: THEY'RE NOT COMPATIBLE!! Luckily the little tents that Rab had send us were. So that's what we used.
Josh and Ben teamed up in one ledge and Willy and I took the other – unintentionally spooning. We had a jetboil for both ledges so the setup was that J + B would fix food, W + J fixed drinks and we passed back and forth – snow sifting inside as we did so.
Another anecdote: when you want to set a tent up on a portaledge, you have to remove the outside middle suspension strap. Take it out of the equation. If any of you hardcore wall dudes are reading this you're probably thinking "Well…yeah. Duh.". But somehow this wasn't super intuitive to us as first, and we spent the first night or two dealing with a sagging dilapidation of nylon and twisted poles. We were up around 5000m at that point. This of course was the highest we'd slept and we all had splitting headaches. So between the the headache, and the wet sagging body of the tent hanging in my face and being crammed up next to willy with his legs on top of me and vice versa… I didn't sleep much and I'm sure none of the others did either. Not allocating a piss bottle for the 2am call was a sad oversight as well. All night I listened to Willy fight for air – 3 or 5 shallow breaths then a tremendous gasping, like Chain-Stokes Syndrome.
Views from the wallPosted in Willy on August 2, 2011 by charakusa 2011
Naysa BrakkPosted in Jake on August 1, 2011 by charakusa 2011
Naysa Brakk means arrowhead tower. It's a fitting name because that's what the peak appears like. Or a pyramid; a symmetrical, three-dimensional triangle. Willy and I climbed the north ridge on the 25thof June. We left camp at first light, just after 4am. It took us 4 ½ hours to huff and puff our way up the gully to the notch where the route starts.
We wasted about an hour when Willy took my suggestion to find a detour around a spot where the gully bottlenecked and steepened to form a small waterfall. I had climbed up it; icy water running down my sleeves and soaking my pants took my breath away. I tried to climb quick as I could but it was trickier than it seemed from below. There was ice on the rocks and everything was slippery. I got to the
top and yelled down to willy to go around. But he couldn't hear me too well and I was too winded to holler down any details. When he yelled back up to ask: "WHAAAT???" I just made some vaugh circular gesture with my arm and went to find a place to sit for a second. Willy disappeared…. for a while. He had angled to climbers' right, up a low angled corner. But he got dead ended by a muddy chimney. I waited for some minutes – 20 maybe. Then I started to yell to figure where he'd gotten to. When I finally heard him reply, I realized he was in the next gully system over, and I climbed up to the top of the arrete that separated us. He was down there drying to creep his way up a sandy slab that would take him around and above the chimney that stood in his way. I was carrying the tag line, and eventually I threw that down to him and gave him a hip belay up to me. That little adventure probably cost us an hour.
We started climbing around 9am. A sharper ridge I've never seen. There were one or two face traverses that were exciting since the gear was a little tricky. Maybe the hardest moves were 5.10a – that's what the Alpine Journal calls it. But there wasn't much of that. Most of the route is really cool ridge climbing. The final 150m or so, on average, are not far off of horizontal. But the crest of the ridge itself is so sharp, that you just hand traverse the ridge with lots of air beneath you on both sides. I heard it compared to Mathers' Crest, but I haven't climbed Mathers' Crest so I wouldn't know. I just know that if the north ridge of Naysa Brakk were to be in the Alps or the Sierras, there would be a queue on it all summer long.
We were on top around 2pm. Sweet views of K7, K6 and out to Mashabrum II.
We simul down-climbed the upper section of the ridge, then made 4 or 5 30m rappels and one 70m rappel back to the notch.
It only took us an hour and forty minutes to descend the gully. It wasn't long before we were back in camp sipping tea. That would be our only Karakorum summit.
The World of Hajji ZahidPosted in Jake, Uncategorized on August 1, 2011 by charakusa 2011
The evening we arrived in Hushe, we had dinner with Zahid in the house of his second wife. In the guest room the walls are lined with memorabilia from past expeditions… Peter Croft's backpack, Jimmy Chin's headlamp, etc. We sipped chai as we sat on the floor, and he pulled out an old binder that contained all the recommendations of climbers he has worked with. He held it out with obvious pride and we read through them; a had written note from Steph Davis, formal type written letters from famous Japanese climbers, some scraps of paper torn from anything handy with a few lines of praise scribbled on them. Zahid's logbook.
The house is small. Livestock are kept in the cellar. The front door opens to a small dirt floored courtyard as it were, open to the sky, with a ladder going up to the roof where firewood is kept. Small rooms branch off to the left and right. The guest room floor is covered with blankets, and foam sleeping mats from expeditions. Zahid's brother is the porter sardar – the boss. He's in charge of hiring the porters – sending word to people's houses saying: "you're strong…. we want you." He collects their ID cards and brings them to Zahid's house where we are visiting. Zahid scrutinizes them. Gives his OK.
Zahid has six daughters, one son, two wives. In Pakistan – as he explained to us – the custom is for the daughters to go to the household of the husband's family, and sons stay with their parents to look after them as they grow older. It is not common for polygamous relationships to exist in Pakistan, but it is acceptable in special cases; the burning cultural need for sons constitutes a special case. Zahid took a lot of pressure from his extended family, after his first wife bore him four daughters. So reluctantly he took a second, who gave him a fifth daughter, then a son, and finally a sixth daughter. His sixth daughter was born with cystic fibrosis. If a child in Chicago has this condition, this is reason enough for sadness. But Hushe is far from Chicago and within the context of life in Hushe, this little girl's struggle for life is heartbreaking. Zahid poured his heart and soul and energy into finding a way to heal her; to make her stronger. The many trips to visit doctors in Skardu sucked away his savings, made his hair go white, broke his heart. Zahid says that now, in a way, he doesn't care about his long awaited son, the five other daughters. Only for his one broken child. A climber from Czech Republic, or Poland (I don't remember) who Zahid worked with on an expedition, arranged for a doctor to travel from Europe to Hushe to examine her. He sent an exercise machine for therapy. It doesn't help much.
Zahid's son is first in his class at school. He brought home a small trophy for that. This makes Zahid very proud. His other daughters tend to the cows and Dzos up in the high pastures on the way to the Charakusa Valley. The dry, rocky soil strains itself to support the needs of Hushe, and each year the crops and milk and butter that some households produce are not excessive enough to sell any. It becomes harder to find pasture land to rotate the livestock to and from, and this, interestingly is the second edge of the tourism sword. Because travel to high valleys to climb or trek, and base camps are often located in the same places where people from Hushe have been bringing their livestock for years. It's impossible for the daughters who traditionally tend the livestock up there, to coexist with expeditions full of foreign men and porters. Once upon a time, Zahid spent months with his mother at Galen Rowell camp on the way in to K7 base camp. The grazing there is good. But no one takes their cows there any more. At the same time, Hushe is inhabited by porters – men who do little or nothing else to make a living. Many of them worry that they and their families would starve if climbers and trekkers cease coming.
In 1992 Zahid traveled to British Columbia to act as an extra for the movie "K2" which was filmed on Mount Waddington. The producers paid for a certain number of Balti porters to be flown over from Pakistan, then made up the difference for their movie porters by hiring a bunch of Native Americans. What North American would know the difference? Now this little episode was a stroke of luck for Zahid because he came in to some cash. So, he went back to Baltistan and took his aging father and mother to Mecca – something very unusual for a Muslim from Hushe to be able to do. They stayed in Mecca for 40 days. Every morning they would arise at 3am and begin to pray. They would pray all day until 9pm at the Mosque, with only a short break at noon for lunch. So Zahid has the title Hajji,and when he speaks of Mecca, it's with great reverence.


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Watervliet Division Celebrates 75 Years
A dinner dance was held on August 29th to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the William F. Fennealy Div. 1 of Albany County. New York State President Tim McSweeney was on hand to present Division President John McAvoy a Proclamation from City of Watervliet Mayor Mike Manning proclaiming August 29th, 2015 as "Watervliet AOH Day"


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The body of Rancher Rob Krentz and his dog were found shot to death on his ranch. Krentz, who always was good-natured and willing to help people, had called in that he had found an illegal alien at one of his watering holes and was assisting him. That was the last that was heard from him before his body was discovered.
Rob Krentz was a lifelong rancher in Southeastern Arizona, 12 miles north of the U.S./Mexico border and 25 miles northeast of the city of Douglas. He was the father of three children. The ranch has been in his family for three generations, more than 100 years – since 1907, and sits on about 35,000 acres with 1,000 head of cattle. Running a ranch is hard work and with the influx of illegal aliens increasing, Rob was at ground zero of the stampede that is destroying the fragile desert landscape.
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He went 22-26-1 in his six seasons in Green Bay, with Brett Favre replacing him in 1992. Majkowski's only Pro Bowl came in 1989 when he led the league in attempts (599), completions (353) and yards (4,318).
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Ed O'Neill – Walk of Fame Star
Television star Ed O'Neill was flanked by co-stars past and present when he was presented with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Tuesday.
Christina Applegate and Katey Sagal, who played O'Neill's daughter and wife on the long-running comedy series "Married with Children," and Sofia Vergara, Nolan Gould, Rico Rodriguez, Ariel Winter, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet — his on-screen kin in his current sitcom "Modern Family" — attended the ceremony
O'Neill's was the 2,446th star unveiled in the television category.
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Land Rover has announced the unveiling of an all-new Defender concept, the DC100, scheduled for the Frankfurt Motor Show. Intended as a modern take on the classic Land Rover Defender, the DC100 isn't a production ready concept, as Land Rover has confirmed that a new Defender model won't be launched until 2015. We don't know much about the vehicle at present, and as Director of Design Gerry McGovern puts it, the concept represents "the beginning of a four-year journey to design a relevant Defender for the 21st century." Judging from the preliminary image, it appears the Defender is about to undergo a thorough makeover.
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The legendary Hotel Bel-Air, owned by the Sultan of Brunei's Dorchester Collection, is set to re-open in October after a two-year, multimillion-dollar renovation that will bring the iconic property into the 21st century including a posh Presidential Suite.
The famed Spanish Colonial architecture splashed in "Bel-Air Pink" will remain, while a new interpretation of timelessness is reflected through different design themes, from American mid-century modern to the glamorous decades of the 1930s, 40s and 50s conveyed in a "fresh, youthful and elegant" manner.
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Tropical Forests, Climate Change, and Jurisdictional Sustainability
Sustainable, low-emission rural development in tropical forest regions will go to scale when it is embraced and defended by the societies that control these regions. This means that the governments, farms and forest sectors, forest-dependent communities, businesses and organized civil society of tropical forest regions must realize tangible benefits from the sustainability agenda. This roundtable dialogue is designed to support progress towards a general framework for achieving jurisdictional sustainability, informed by two of the most advanced case studies: Mato Grosso, Brazil and Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.


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Making it five victories from the last six rounds, Commencal rider Cecile Ravanel has stamped her foot all over the 2016 Enduro World Series after taking the top step at Round #6 in Whistler, over the weekend. There was plenty of drama over the course of the weekend in both the mens and women's Elite categories, with the technical and taxing Whistler trails claiming more than a few victims. But after suffering a round-ruining crash at the Colorado round of the Enduro World Series, Richie Rude managed to claw his way back to claim victory in Canada.
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Press Release: Richie Rude and Cecile Ravanel have done it again – they win the SRAM Canadian Open Enduro Presented by Specialized.
Both Rude (Yeti Fox Shox) and Ravanel (Commencal Vallnord Enduro Team) each staged incredible comebacks after their days got off to a bad start. Cecile suffered mechanicals on both stages one and two, whilst Richie had to contend with a flat tyre on stage two. This put both of them at a disadvantage going into the next stages – with Cecile only just making her stage three start time.
Everything hinged on the epic stage five, the famous Top of the World trail. Isabeau Courdurier (Sunn) led the women's race all the way to the stage five, but a blistering time from Cecile was enough for the series leader to clinch the win. It was a similar story in the men's race – Whistler local Jesse Melamed (Rocky Mountain Urge bp) was on course for his first EWS win and on home soil too, but Rude's run on stage five put paid to that and he went on to win both the stage and the race. Josh Carlson (Giant Factory Off Road Team) and Casey Brown (Trek Factory Racing) both occupied the third step of the podium.
In the Under 21 Men's race Adrien Dailly (Lapierre Gravity Republic) smashed the field once again to win, with Sebastien Claquin (Rocky Mountain Urge bp) in second and Rhys Verner in third. In the U21 Women Canadian Jennifer McTavish led out Martha Gill (Marin Stan's).
In the Master's race it was Brian Lopes who romped to victory, with Michael Broderick in second and Master's World Champion Woody Hole (Hope) in third. In the team competition Rocky Mountain Urge bp were team of the day, with Giant Off Road Factory Team in second and Ibis Cycles Enduro Race in third.
The competition heads back to Europe for the last two rounds of the year, first to Valberg-Guillaumes in France before the 2016 World Champions are crowned in Finale, Italy.
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Arda Aghazarian from the YWCA of Palestine reports on the delegation's involvement and impressions.
As part of the project which specifically targets young women, with the support of FOKUS and in partnership with the World YWCA, Y-Global and the YWCAs of Palestine, Southern Sudan and Sri Lanka, and which is in line with the World YWCA and YWCA of Palestine Power to Change Fund under the title "Enhancing Leadership and Civic Engagement of Young Women to become Advocates for Change," young women from YWCAs in countries of conflict were given the opportunity to partake in a visit to Sri Lanka from December 3-11, 2011 and attend the Sthree Mela conference.
The program, co-hosted by the World YWCA and the YWCA of Sri Lanka, started with the young women's dialogue on the 3rd of December, where young women from the YWCAs of South Sudan, Palestine, Colombia, Myanmar and Zimbabwe got the chance to meet with young women members from Sri Lanka and share their experiences as young women in conflict-driven areas and the challenges they face in their communities.
That same evening, the group set off on a long journey by bus heading to Jaffna. The trip up north gave the young women's group good overview of the conflict in Sri Lanka and the difficult circumstances and remnants of struggle that have remained after the war has ended in 2009.
The group reached Jaffna on the 5th of December with a visit to the Refugees Rehabilitation Organisation. Participants were given a brief about the organisation's history (established in 1983) and the changes it has gone through during the conflict due to the borders being closed. The organisation's main focus remains to be on livelihoods in relation to the large number of internally displaced persons, in addition to the humanitarian assistance that was done in 2005 to help those affected by the tsunami.
That same day, the journey commenced and became more difficult with the visit of four different families in the IDP camp in Jaffna. Houses have been isolated, destroyed yet are inhabited up to this day by the victims of war, mostly young widows who are trying to raise their children under extremely difficult if not impossible circumstances; lacking basic house utilities such as beds, bathrooms or even a path to walk through and living in a very unhealthy environment. The next visit was to the Jaffna Hospital and meeting its Director, Dr. Mrs. Pasupathirajah, who spoke of the health problems resulting from displacement, losing houses and care-givers, and living in crowded camps.
After a difficult day, the YWCA of Jaffna and its President Ms. Soundari Watson Ratram hosted the group to a friendly cultural evening, where special dances were performed by the young kids of different ages who were happy to receive the International YWCA delegation. Later that evening, the group got the chance to meet with the first Government Agent in Sri Lanka, Mrs. Emelda Sukumar. The G.A. spoke of the help that was offered by the UNDP and other NGOs and security to help re-build the houses that were damaged by the mines, and noted that 35,000 families have gone back to their original homes since 2009. She stressed that more facilities are needed in Jaffna as there are challenges to renovate or re-cancel houses in the area. Violence against Women has also been prevalent during the war, with 221 reported cases in the hospital, a large number of which was due to domestic violence. One of the additional concerns in Jaffna is the large number of widows (about 29,000), which could potentially introduce more problems in the future.
Heading back from Jaffna, which would be a longer trip by bus than anticipated, participants expressed that the time spent in Jaffna has been quite difficult as it brought to their eyes vulnerable people who have been affected by being placed in war-torn areas. The visit has infused a strong sense to stay committed as a movement and double the efforts in creating safe spaces for women. Real solidarity, it was expressed, is where the people are, and the members of this particular solidarity visit are themselves experiencing similar issues, and have hence valued the visit and found it to be very rewarding in working together towards peace with justice and creating safe spaces for women.
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The Dragon's Path
"Everything I look for in a fantasy." – George R. R. Martin
All paths lead to war…
Marcus' hero days are behind him. He knows too well that even the smallest war still means somebody's death. When his men are impressed into a doomed army, staying out of a battle he wants no part of requires some unorthodox steps.
Cithrin is an orphan, ward of a banking house. Her job is to smuggle a nation's wealth across a war zone, hiding the gold from both sides. She knows the secret life of commerce like a second language, but the strategies of trade will not defend her from swords.
Geder, sole scion of a noble house, has more interest in philosophy than in swordplay. A poor excuse for a soldier, he is a pawn in these games. No one can predict what he will become.
Falling pebbles can start a landslide. A spat between the Free Cities and the Severed Throne is spiraling out of control. A new player rises from the depths of history, fanning the flames that will sweep the entire region onto The Dragon's Path — the path to war.
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The Dragon's Path
The King's Blood
The Tyrant's Law
The Widow's House
The Spider's War
Writing as James S. A. Corey (with Ty Franck)
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Abaddon's Gate
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