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In my previous post, I wrote about the infectious energy that filled the room on the first day of Ideation Camp. The second day was not very different. <\/p>
People, especially the shy ones, came out of their shells, glad to collaborate on ideas and work together as a team on the second day, discussing how to solve issues they were presented with for about half the day among themselves, getting ready to tackle their given challenges. This process not only helped in brainstorming a solution for the problem, it also served as a litmus test to see who could do what. <\/p>
By the time the judges came in, all the 12 teams were ready with their presentations.<\/span><\/p>Twelve teams were in a state of mind to present well and win.<\/p>The only thing I could think of was how good I was going to make my presentation when the time came. So good, I told myself, that we may just yet the first place. Being a spokesperson for the team also comes with the additional responsibility of effectively communicating what our collective thought process was. It's not as easy as it sounds. <\/p>After all the presentations were done, <\/span>Suman sir and <\/span>Nitin <\/span>Kulkarni sir congratulated us for our thoughtful solutions. <\/span><\/p>Although only 2 of the 12 teams that participated won the prize, let me take a moment to congratulate each and every one of us who came out and participated in the Ideation Camp, especially those among us who were there to learn something new and how ideation works. Victory and defeat are part of life but the valuable experience you pick up from it is what matters. For me, it helped me improve my presentation skills and I'm quite certain the others will tell you something similar. <\/p>I heartily congratulate all the participants for coming forward and taking a step of participating in this workshop.<\/span><\/p>I mainly want to thank Suman sir, Sathish sir and Nitin Kulkarni sir for taking this initiative and encouraging us.<\/p>The main thing I have learnt from this camp is, <\/p> Learning something in everything is called winning.<\/p>"}]
Twelve teams were in a state of mind to present well and win.<\/p>
The only thing I could think of was how good I was going to make my presentation when the time came. So good, I told myself, that we may just yet the first place. Being a spokesperson for the team also comes with the additional responsibility of effectively communicating what our collective thought process was. It's not as easy as it sounds. <\/p>
After all the presentations were done, <\/span>Suman sir and <\/span>Nitin <\/span>Kulkarni sir congratulated us for our thoughtful solutions. <\/span><\/p>Although only 2 of the 12 teams that participated won the prize, let me take a moment to congratulate each and every one of us who came out and participated in the Ideation Camp, especially those among us who were there to learn something new and how ideation works. Victory and defeat are part of life but the valuable experience you pick up from it is what matters. For me, it helped me improve my presentation skills and I'm quite certain the others will tell you something similar. <\/p>I heartily congratulate all the participants for coming forward and taking a step of participating in this workshop.<\/span><\/p>I mainly want to thank Suman sir, Sathish sir and Nitin Kulkarni sir for taking this initiative and encouraging us.<\/p>The main thing I have learnt from this camp is, <\/p> Learning something in everything is called winning.<\/p>"}]
Although only 2 of the 12 teams that participated won the prize, let me take a moment to congratulate each and every one of us who came out and participated in the Ideation Camp, especially those among us who were there to learn something new and how ideation works. Victory and defeat are part of life but the valuable experience you pick up from it is what matters. For me, it helped me improve my presentation skills and I'm quite certain the others will tell you something similar. <\/p>
I heartily congratulate all the participants for coming forward and taking a step of participating in this workshop.<\/span><\/p>I mainly want to thank Suman sir, Sathish sir and Nitin Kulkarni sir for taking this initiative and encouraging us.<\/p>The main thing I have learnt from this camp is, <\/p> Learning something in everything is called winning.<\/p>"}]
I mainly want to thank Suman sir, Sathish sir and Nitin Kulkarni sir for taking this initiative and encouraging us.<\/p>
The main thing I have learnt from this camp is, <\/p>
Learning something in everything is called winning.<\/p>"}]
For most, the life of a BRAT (Born Raised and Transferred) AKA the unassuming Army\/Navy\/Air Force kid in your class, led to more than just a few curiosities about their way of life. Was there any room for pleasure amidst all that rigid structure? Perhaps they were real brats, enjoying all those perks an army ranking afforded them? Did their parent(s) sleep with guns under their pillows? As we tend to with any community that seems to live behind closed doors, existing within realms and structures that appear so different from our own, it was these kinds of prevalent misconceptions about the BRAT life that prompted our inquiry into the real experiences of this community. In an era where the defence community is often a media target (many times, the scapegoat for political agendas and the object of contempt; on rarer occasions, abusers of their own power) it\u2019s easy to forget the individuals that make up the whole. Men and women who must stay away from their own children for months on end, in an effort to protect the country.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
While I compiled this article through the lens of army kids\u2019 observations, things became a lot clearer. The defence environment really does tend to be independent of our own in many ways, yet the nomadic nature of the fauji life gives BRATs a profound social understanding of people and cultures as opposed to regular civilian perspectives. Underneath the pleasure of army privileges is often a constant battle with the fear of not being able to see their loved one who is out sacrificing their safety for the nation, not to mention the challenge of being separated from their army parents for months at a time. The BRAT community is more diverse than most, but their hearts are in sync with their commonly-shared experiences of love and loss in the cantonments \u2013 their minds distinctly resilient, having been raised in an environment of selfless duty.<\/p>\n
I cannot thank the forces enough for teaching me the art of humbleness, adaptability, and treating everyone with equality.<\/p>\n
My favourite part of being an Air Force kid is telling my civilian friends about the places in the country my father has been to, places that one only ever does read about in Geography textbooks. Growing up as an Army BRAT is, I believe, an opportunity only a few lucky ones get. I changed seven schools and eight cities as a Fauji BRAT. During this period I grew up in small and big towns alike, attending convent, government, defence and private schools and forming close friendships with people across economic stratum and religions. This experience has taught me more about this country, its different people and cultures than any form of theoretical learning ever can.<\/p>\n
A sense of decorum and discipline is instilled in you early. Though fauji parents are not super strict \u2013 but they tend to live life with discipline and punctuality. Cantonment life, in general, with amenities like football grounds, swimming pools, gyms, the mess bar and that occasional bungalow house are perks I thoroughly enjoyed. Though, what I loved the most were fauji parties - trust me no one knows how to throw a classy yet crazy party like officers and soldiers do! In my personal experience, there isn\u2019t anything I have particularly disliked about the fauji lifestyle.<\/p>\n
A sense of equality. It\u2019s a golden rule of the fauj and it\u2019s instilled in my consciousness. I feel the separation of religion from a profession, in the forces is one of the reasons that could have contributed to my tilt towards atheism. While growing up with many strong women around me, female officers and equally brave wives and widows of officers has made me a feminist.<\/p>\n
Stepping out of the defence environment was quite strange for me, even though I had many civilian friends growing up. When I came to Hyderabad for my intermediate and undergraduate studies, I found the lack of a political opinion, or worse, a highly uninformed opinion about national politics and the armed forces highly disconcerting. People seemed to be more interested in how much of subsidy I could get while buying alcohol from the Defence canteen than what my father actually did as an Air Force officer! Eventually, I made my peace with it. Though the funniest thing I had to adapt to was being \u2018fashionably late\u2019, a norm I don\u2019t quite understand or like to follow. While in the defence environment punctuality was a given, in the civilian world I often find myself alone at parties when I turn up on time, at times even the host is busy taking a nap!<\/p>\n
Home is the cantonment, the fighter jets flying over our houses and our parents in uniform. Home is the parties and the parades, the salutes and the air shows. Home is where the Air Force sends us, plain and simple. Everything else is just a home away from real home.<\/p>\n
Jai Hind!<\/p>\n"}]
Today I and my friends have conducted an event in one of the government school under \"LHH ORGANIZATION\"<\/b>.<\/p>\n
I feel very Happy to be the part of this event.Each and everyone are brillant with their skills.<\/p>\n
when we entered in their school campus all are watching like a stranger's towards us....\nBut when we leave the campus each and every student shook their hands with us saying byee to us with a broad smile on their pretty faces.....<\/p>\n","id":"1504284129524","type":"txt"},{"data":"
One of the competition is Drawing<\/i>...Each and every student are having their own creativity...They are showcasing it on the paper.<\/p>\n","id":"1504284129524","type":"txt"},{"data":"59a98940d4a27","id":"1504284129524","type":"img"},{"data":"
And the other is of about Quiz <\/i>competition.<\/p>\n","id":"1504284129524","type":"txt"},{"data":"59a989dc5a53f","id":"1504284129524","type":"img"},{"data":"
We just made them to play Kabadi...And the childrens of even first class can play the kabadi.They are playing like a pro. I was just surprised to them.<\/p>\n","id":"1504284129524","type":"txt"},{"data":"59a98ae0a6ffc","id":"1504284129524","type":"img"},{"data":"
And finally these are the childrens who got prizes in the event.<\/p>\n
Their innocent faces started glowing like a star.And I came to know that even Government School children can compete with private school childrens.The only disappointed thing is that none are their to nurture and encourage them.<\/p>\n
I wish them all a very bright future ahead.And may God bless them abudantly...❤☺<\/p>\n","id":"1504284129524","type":"txt"},{"data":"59a98ba00b856","id":"1504284129525","type":"img"}]
After years and years of questioning people, I still haven\u2019t found the answer for it. Who really is a handicap? Does being handicapped mean missing of a leg or a hand? Or does it just lie in a person\u2019s thinking process?<\/p>
<\/p>
I have seen many people in my everyday life who are referred to as \u201chandicapped\u201d. Actually, people put me under the same category, i.e., \u201chandicapped\u201d. I grew up thinking that I was normal. Even today I consider myself normal. People just look at my physical appearance and estimate what I can do and what I can\u2019t. But if they would have taken a look beyond these physical disabilities, they could have seen the REAL me. The ME who is a dreamer, the ME who is obsessed with fashion, the ME who loves \u201cLOVE STORIES\u201d and \u201cHORROR FILMS\u201d, the ME who loves to take pics, the ME who loves to hang out with friends, and most importantly the ME who is determined to go against all odds to achieve my DREAM. <\/p>
So in what way am I a handicapped? Just because of some disabilities, am I considered as a handicap? There are many people in this world who have disabilities and defects, maybe just minor ones so, are all those people handicapped? I don\u2019t think so. Just because you can\u2019t find a solution to a problem doesn\u2019t mean there\u2019s no solution. Just because you think I can\u2019t do something, achieve something mean I really can\u2019t do anything. It\u2019s your thinking that has stopped you from crossing your boundaries. It\u2019s you who has put limitations on your thinking. It\u2019s you, who can be EXTRAORDINARY someday chose to be just ORDINARY. Don\u2019t you dare put me into that category? I choose to cross those BOUNDARIES. I choose to find the NEW and BETTER me. I choose to be EXTRAORDINARY someday. <\/p>
So finally I am not the people\u2019s ME but the real ME.<\/b>\n<\/p>"}]
If you haven\u2019t read the last chapter of the series please read it and come back! <\/p>
Chapter-4: The backstory<\/a><\/p>Gyrus Parker noticed a shiny thing in the air. It was the pigeon sent to Hari by Marilyn!<\/b> He immediately ordered the best one of his snipers to shoot for it and get him the shiny thing. He knew something was wrong because Marilyn escaped in front of his eyes. He got the scroll and read Marilyn\u2019s message<\/b>. His eyes filled up with loathsome satisfaction<\/b> and went paranoid over the packet.<\/p><\/p>\u201cI don\u2019t have the IQ of a cane toad, do I?\u201d<\/b> saying this he attached that scroll to another pigeon and set it free. He didn't want Dr Winreg\u2019s team to get a clue of him. Shortly after this, he shot Dr Winreg in the head after saying \u201cI don\u2019t need you anymore.\u201d<\/b><\/p><\/p>Meanwhile, Marilyn and Simba reach the University as it was the safest place for the packet, to be placed, according to her. She quickly found a class locker<\/b> and used it to put the packet. It was the class on the topmost floor of the block.<\/b> Marilyn and Simba came out and met Hari in the Corridors of the floor keeping Dr\u2019 Winreg\u2019s cabin.<\/p><\/p>It was the 31st of December and late at night.<\/b> Marilyn shared everything that Dr Winreg had told her about the mission with Hari. They then walked out of the university and discussed everything that has happened to each other in the past couple of days. They seemed as if they lost interest in life and were there just for the sake of their professor\u2019s aim of preventing the world from a \u2018bio-war\u2019<\/b>.<\/p><\/p>\u201cHere\u2019s the plan. Simba and I will head back to the university to get the packet. You return to the Mansion and explain everything to the officers from World Peace Organization. This is very important! They have to know what everyone went through and how this can be ended. We need to act quick and smart.\u201d <\/b>Said Marilyn.<\/p><\/p>Nodding in acceptance, Hari left the place.<\/p>Marilyn and Simba went to pick up the packet. They step into the class and are about to open the locker that they noticed it is 11 pm again!<\/b> Marilyn starts panicking and predicting simultaneously. The block suddenly gets surrounded by the same choppers that had earlier attacked them. As predicted, bullets start showering from the sky.<\/p><\/p>They quickly laid down on the floor and started unlocking the locker while one bullet hits the locker breaking its door. Marilyn quickly grabs the packet and they run towards the lower floors. \u201cI knew this would happen and that\u2019s why I have made the packet\u2019s look alike. Now listen to me carefully Simba. I will hold the fake packet and run out of the university, Parker\u2019s men would chase me. Meanwhile, you take the real one and reach Thugz Mansion as soon as possible to hand it over.\u201d<\/b> explained Marilyn.<\/p><\/p>Listening to this Simba thought that the perfect person to hand the packet over was Marilyn. There was no point in she losing her life for Simba to hand it over. Having thought this, Simba vigorously jerked the fake packet and ran as fast as he could out of the university. \u201cNO!\u201d screamed Marilyn<\/b> and ran after him when it struck her mind that the real one was yet to be given away.<\/p><\/p>She then ran in the opposite direction to reach Thugz mansion when men from the choppers killed Simba in the most hostile manner possible and taking the packet into their custody.<\/b><\/p><\/p>Meanwhile, the officers of the organization were more than traumatized and were unwilling to believe in what Hari told. They denied single-mindedly and were leaving the place when Hari tries to stop them and falls off the Mansion\u2019s stairs. He was already weak and weary but this made him vulnerable. Reluctantly he ran behind them when Marilyn approaches the with the packet in her hand with the seal of \u2018Parker Industries\u2019 on it.<\/b><\/p><\/p>They look at it and then start believing in everything that has happened with the students and the professor. Confirming the fact and assuring them that the bacteria will get destroyed, they leave the place.<\/b> Marilyn then tends to injured Hari and they walk out of the place as if nothing happened and there came the fireworks welcoming New Year and promising a peaceful and just ending!<\/b><\/p>"}]
Gyrus Parker noticed a shiny thing in the air. It was the pigeon sent to Hari by Marilyn!<\/b> He immediately ordered the best one of his snipers to shoot for it and get him the shiny thing. He knew something was wrong because Marilyn escaped in front of his eyes. He got the scroll and read Marilyn\u2019s message<\/b>. His eyes filled up with loathsome satisfaction<\/b> and went paranoid over the packet.<\/p>
\u201cI don\u2019t have the IQ of a cane toad, do I?\u201d<\/b> saying this he attached that scroll to another pigeon and set it free. He didn't want Dr Winreg\u2019s team to get a clue of him. Shortly after this, he shot Dr Winreg in the head after saying \u201cI don\u2019t need you anymore.\u201d<\/b><\/p>
Meanwhile, Marilyn and Simba reach the University as it was the safest place for the packet, to be placed, according to her. She quickly found a class locker<\/b> and used it to put the packet. It was the class on the topmost floor of the block.<\/b> Marilyn and Simba came out and met Hari in the Corridors of the floor keeping Dr\u2019 Winreg\u2019s cabin.<\/p>
It was the 31st of December and late at night.<\/b> Marilyn shared everything that Dr Winreg had told her about the mission with Hari. They then walked out of the university and discussed everything that has happened to each other in the past couple of days. They seemed as if they lost interest in life and were there just for the sake of their professor\u2019s aim of preventing the world from a \u2018bio-war\u2019<\/b>.<\/p>
\u201cHere\u2019s the plan. Simba and I will head back to the university to get the packet. You return to the Mansion and explain everything to the officers from World Peace Organization. This is very important! They have to know what everyone went through and how this can be ended. We need to act quick and smart.\u201d <\/b>Said Marilyn.<\/p>
Nodding in acceptance, Hari left the place.<\/p>
Marilyn and Simba went to pick up the packet. They step into the class and are about to open the locker that they noticed it is 11 pm again!<\/b> Marilyn starts panicking and predicting simultaneously. The block suddenly gets surrounded by the same choppers that had earlier attacked them. As predicted, bullets start showering from the sky.<\/p>
They quickly laid down on the floor and started unlocking the locker while one bullet hits the locker breaking its door. Marilyn quickly grabs the packet and they run towards the lower floors. \u201cI knew this would happen and that\u2019s why I have made the packet\u2019s look alike. Now listen to me carefully Simba. I will hold the fake packet and run out of the university, Parker\u2019s men would chase me. Meanwhile, you take the real one and reach Thugz Mansion as soon as possible to hand it over.\u201d<\/b> explained Marilyn.<\/p>
Listening to this Simba thought that the perfect person to hand the packet over was Marilyn. There was no point in she losing her life for Simba to hand it over. Having thought this, Simba vigorously jerked the fake packet and ran as fast as he could out of the university. \u201cNO!\u201d screamed Marilyn<\/b> and ran after him when it struck her mind that the real one was yet to be given away.<\/p>
She then ran in the opposite direction to reach Thugz mansion when men from the choppers killed Simba in the most hostile manner possible and taking the packet into their custody.<\/b><\/p>
Meanwhile, the officers of the organization were more than traumatized and were unwilling to believe in what Hari told. They denied single-mindedly and were leaving the place when Hari tries to stop them and falls off the Mansion\u2019s stairs. He was already weak and weary but this made him vulnerable. Reluctantly he ran behind them when Marilyn approaches the with the packet in her hand with the seal of \u2018Parker Industries\u2019 on it.<\/b><\/p>
They look at it and then start believing in everything that has happened with the students and the professor. Confirming the fact and assuring them that the bacteria will get destroyed, they leave the place.<\/b> Marilyn then tends to injured Hari and they walk out of the place as if nothing happened and there came the fireworks welcoming New Year and promising a peaceful and just ending!<\/b><\/p>"}]
I have no idea why I waited this long before reviewing this. <\/p>
The Antec A40 Pro CPU Cooler is what we call an air-based CPU cooler that is bigger than the stock CPU cooler Intel or AMD provides along with their CPU chips. Not only do they have a bigger fan, Coolers like these are designed with high temperatures in mind, particularly for those who do CPU intensive work like rendering and graphic design and for people like me, gamers. <\/p>
Buying this was an impulsive decision I took 4 days after purchasing Assassins Creed: Origins, because Origins - a CPU heavy game - was firing all 8 cores of my 8 core CPU, thus causing it to run at a whopping 100 degrees Celsius. I couldn't keep playing like that for longer sessions without the risk of my computer burning the house down, so I went ahead and bought the cooler. The review is my observations after the fact. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1513429582535","data":"5a3521b59dc4e"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1513429585799","data":"
I soon noticed that it wasn't just with Origins, but other games also caused my CPU to hit 100 degrees easily, which made it all the more important for me to purchase the cooler as soon as possible. Before swapping out the coolers, I ran a test to see how hot the CPU got with the stock cooler. I wish I had saved the screenshots so I could show you, folks, what I'm talking about. Nonetheless, here are what the test results looked like. <\/p>
With Stock Cooler:<\/b> <\/p>
I'll attach an image of the stock cooler down below so you can see what it looks like. <\/p>
With the Stock Cooler on, the temperature of my CPU on idle, that is to say, the temperature when I was running no other program except Spotify and Steam, which are always on my PC, was oscillating between 55 degrees Celsius to 63 degrees Celsius. A very high idle temperature in itself, but with stock coolers, it is expected that the idle temperature would be around 50. This was nearly 13 degrees higher. <\/p>
On load, when I ran games like The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Assassin's Creed: Origin, the CPU temperature instantly shot up straight to 100, beyond which the CPU software I was using did not measure. While Witcher was not as CPU heavy as Origins, the latter brought my PC down to its knees with how demanding it was, it didn't even matter that the rig was powered by an i7 4770K, one of the best Core i7 processors in the market during its release. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1513429981880","data":"5a3521ce7696f"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1513429983960","data":"
With Antec A40 Pro: <\/b> <\/p>
Opening up the CPU and installing new stuff is always an anxious task, you're constantly afraid of breaking stuff and installing this CPU cooler was definitely one of the most anxiously sweat dripping stuff I've done with my PC so far, and I'm one of those weirdos that get parts and build PCs on our own. For the cooler to install properly, it had to snap in place over the CPU, and when I say snap, I actually mean snap, a loud one that made my heart miss a beat and worry if I'd bent one of the CPU pins. I've done that one before as well. <\/p>
Applying moderate amounts of thermal paste that came packaged with the cooler, spreading it out and snapping the cooler in place later, it was the moment of truth. Firing up the CPU after plugging it in, the first change you notice is that the CPU cooler's fan actually has a colour, a blue light that looks cool if you're into that kind of stuff. <\/p>
Running similar tests as earlier, I was pleased to note that the temperatures on idle had fallen to a breezy 35-40 degrees Celsius, from the earlier default of around 60. That was a near 25 degrees Celsius drop in temperature, which is absolutely massive. <\/p>
Of course, all of this would be for nought if I didn't test it on load, so running Assassin's Creed Origins again to check the temperatures gave me quite the pleasant surprise as temperatures refused to go beyond 60-65 degrees Celsius, a full 40 degrees drop in temperature on full load. Maybe it was the new thermal paste, but I honestly did not expect such a drastic change. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1513431027434","data":"5a3521e28e3c2"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1513431029369","data":"
My PC performance has been top notch since I installed the Antec A40 Pro, it is cheap, reliable and mercifully quiet, a very important factor to consider while buying a CPU cooler. The downside would be its wonky installation, but then again it is better than attempting to chop off an entire section of the back panel just to facilitate a water cooling system and it gets the job done for a much lesser price. <\/p>
I'd heartily recommend this to anyone looking for a CPU cooler and if you're a gamer looking to build a PC, you should go with this cooler to keep your gaming risk free. <\/p>
Click here to buy! <\/a><\/p>"}]
I only know<\/p>
When psychologically inside hurts you daily<\/p>
I only know <\/p>
When dreams turn to disastrous nights <\/p>
When 11 years love betrays you and your loyalty <\/p>
When unknown people become your own, better than known ones <\/p>
When efforts melt down everytime despite hard work <\/p>
When painless tablets don't let go of your pain from your body <\/p>
When things fall apart and takes so much long time to be again your life's perfect part <\/p>
When you start longing to meet some people so badly<\/p>
When your simplicity and Frank, friendliness show you gloomy hours <\/p>
I only know and only I know <\/p>
How those feel <\/p>
Ask me <\/p>
every second I'll tell you <\/p>
how desperately I request all to make them (those feeling) go <\/p>
Ask me. Just ask to know.<\/p>"}]
Are two Kings better than one? Are two Kings better than no Kings? Did Stephen pass on his flair for writing a bit too much to his younger son as well? Buckle up as we read this year's horror entry by Stephen King and Owen King in which the women of the world fall into a deep sleep and are wrapped in a cocoon, which when cut open causes said women to fly into a homicidal rage and murder everyone around them. Relatable, because I tend to murder everyone around me when someone wakes me up from a really nice dream. <\/p>
Now, Stephen King has been around for long enough - and influential enough - to classify a certain type of stories as 'King-esque'. King has been writing horror for a good 40 plus years now, often fueled by a ton of cigarettes and drugs (don't do drugs, kids) which led him to pen out the deepest darkest horrors in his mind on paper, which is how we got IT. <\/p>
So yeah, seriously, don't do drugs. <\/p>
So how does Stephen King's collaboration with his son Owen hold up with Sleeping Beauties?<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1513426633776","data":"5a35170e7c5be"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1513426635726","data":"
For starters, King senior might have evolved over the years from writing endless prose that leads nowhere - or leads somewhere very slowly - but with two Kings collaborating on the project, it seems that the book lengths are back to haunt our hands as we desperately try to hold up a 750 page tome and pray it doesn't fall on our faces. Or maybe that's just me, I read lying down on the bed. <\/p>
The first thing you need to know about Sleeping Beauties is that it does not shoe-horn feminism, although it does get a little out there every now and then, it is still two white men writing the story. Before going into this book, I had presumed to read something similar to the fantastic graphic novel Y: The Last Man on Earth, but it turned out to be much darker than that. While Y does have it's moments, Sleeping Beauties penchant for making sleeping ladies kill everyone around them is kind unnerving. <\/p>
Does it get under your skin? Oh yes, it does. In spades. It isn't Stephen King's best work and at the time of writing this, I do not know which parts were written by whom, although I'm sure a quick google search will solve this issue for me, it does manage to bring in that trademark 'King-isms', the kind of storytelling that has become unique to King and authors inspired by him (think Alan Wake but in real life.) <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1513428321900","data":"5a35172b951fd"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1513428323785","data":"
Of course, King himself is not perfect and any King novel shows his flaws, this one has too many characters and too many threads to follow that ultimately lead to the same place, which is fine, but then why drag on the story endlessly by introducing an endless stream of characters that will not even be relevant a few pages later. I'm certain this is due to my bad memory but I did go 'Who is this guy' once or twice when the characters introduced showed up, some of them anyway. <\/p>
That being said, Sleeping Beauties is a definite must read if you're a King fan and a worthy read if you're not but are looking to read some horror, who better to take you on a journey in horror literature than The King himself, right? <\/p>
Click here to buy the book! <\/a><\/p>"}]
HOW MANY TIMES DID YOU THROW A PLASTIC BOTTLE INTO THE BIN?<\/b><\/p>
Each year, the world produces 300 million tons of plastic, much of which resists degradation and ends up polluting every corner of the globe, but a team of European scientists may have found a UNIQUE solution to the plastic problem. They discovered that a common insect can chew sizable holes in plastic shopping bag within 40 minutes.<\/p>
As we know that plastic pollution is the very serious issue in every country, scientists are doing research in order to reduce this plastic pollution. In the last decade, plastic has affected the health and life of human beings very badly. Some incidents have attracted the attention of the mark about the use of plastic in daily life So because of this serious issue scientists are working on it.<\/p>
The discovery was led by Federica Bertocchini, a developmental biologist at the University of Cantabria in Spain. She first noticed the possibility as she cleaned out her backyards beehived two years ago. She removed some wax worms (Galleria mellonella) living in the hive and placed them in an old plastic bag. when she checked the bag an hour later, however, she discovered small holes in the part of the bag with the larvae. Although Bertocchini wasn't an entomologist, she guessed immediately what was happening.<\/i><\/p>
The larval form of a small moth, wax worms get their names because they live on the wax in the beehives. Like plastic, wax polymer, which consists of a long string of carbon atoms together, with other atoms branching off the sides of the chain. both wax and the polyethene in Bertocchini,s plastic bag had a similar carbon backbone.<\/p>
When they placed the worms on polyethene plastic, they found that each worm created an average of 2.2 holes per hour. Overnight, 100 wax worms degraded 92 milligrams of a plastic shopping bag. At this, it would take these same 100 worms nearly a month to completely break down an average, 5.5-gram plastic bag.<\/b><\/p>
Here's hoping we can reduce plastic pollution to a major extent with this move but then again, all of it will be naught if humans continue to be reckless about their surroundings. I do not understand us, sometimes, why would we want to destroy our own homes like this with reckless abandon? Let's hope we can encourage more people to reduce their plastic consumption, therefore reducing plastic around the world. <\/p>
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Being a noun, the word itself tells us that all the points which form sentences in your life are strong.<\/p>
A strongest point is the one which you excel in. Where you can compete for the world with a confident posture, look, language, communication, etc. You can think that a person will have both strong and weak points too. But, the same person can also think that his weak points can be changed to strong points with his willpower. A weak point is just an attribute that is inadequate or deficient. <\/p>
There are few points how to overcome your weak points like<\/p>
* Always have perseverance in any situation.<\/p>
* Do not blame another person for your weakness. <\/p>
* Be the same your are with 0% changes. <\/p>
* Recognize your weak point.<\/p>
* Convince yourself to change weak to a strong point. <\/p>
* Very importantly, never expose your weak points to the world. <\/p>
* Look for others whom you can be with and change yourself. <\/p>
Finally, I want to convey that every weakness has a hidden strength.<\/u><\/b><\/p>
Don't hide, come up with new things in your life.<\/p>
Because once you do, there is nothing stopping you, ever.<\/p>"}]
I have to hand it to director Rian Johnson for masterfully crafting Star Wars's 8th episode into a heavily polarising and thoroughly enjoyable Star Wars film that not only defied expectations but changed how we understood the universe itself. <\/p>
The Star Wars Universe, that is, not ours. Just in case. Trust me there's a long story behind why I'm making that clear. <\/p>
Now that we've got corny jokes out of the way - just kidding, there's more to come - let us talk about the 8th episode in this highly diverse and richly written, directed and drawn franchise over multiple media properties, from Video Games to TV shows, to comics and movies. How does a director realistically make a film that has such a tremendous history behind it? <\/p>
For one, you hire a director that is a gigantic fan of the franchise. This is where Rian Johnson comes in. Picking up exactly where the previous episode, The Force Awakens, left off, the story takes us through a journey of loss, regret, actions and redemption, all the while managing to look fantastic. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1513422791813","data":"5a35076d6a8d5"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1513422793523","data":"
Indeed, the cinematography and the use of colours in this movie is absolutely fantastic. The last one hour of the movie truly define the term 'Every Frame A Painting', for you could just pause at any moment, taken a screenshot and that screenshot would have been good enough to be your wallpaper. It's just that beautiful. <\/p>
Combine this with Rian's tight direction and sweeping camera angles for the series's trademark lightsaber battles. Johnson's influences for these scenes, for the careful observer and the casual film aficionado, clearly are drawn from Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, another film that I highly recommend you watch as soon as possible. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1513423117773","data":"5a3507888ccc1"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1513423119295","data":"
Before talking about the story, I want to highlight the direction each character took in this movie. It is safe to say that The Last Jedi is fundamentally a movie about failure - failure to do the right thing, failure to put emotions in check and be objective about something, failure to be confident, failure in achieving your goal. The message of the movie, then, is that failure is not the end of your journey, but a new, more precarious and precious beginning, one where you now have the opportunity to learn from your mistakes and correct them. Everyone in the movie goes through one failure or another, from the conflicted and internally tortured Kylo Ren, performed by Adam Driver, to Daisy Ridley's Rey, our new series protagonist. <\/p>
While series veterans like the late and great Carrie Fisher as General Leia Organa, Hope of the Resistance, and Mark Hamill returning to play the protagonist of the original series, Luke Skywalker, are absolutely fantastic, it is Adam Driver who steals the show in this movie. The relatively unknown actor shot into fame two years ago when Kylo Ren took off his mask on screen in The Force Awakens and Driver instantly became famous around the world. <\/p>
Of course, nothing against current trilogy's newcomers like Daisy Ridley, John Boyega who plays the former Stormtrooper named Finn and Oscar Issac who plays the hot-headed pilot Poe Dameron, but it is Adam Driver with his fantastic portrayal of inner conflict and angst that makes him stand out in this movie. I'll be very surprised if he isn't nominated for awards, if not at Oscars, then at other conventions. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1513424651058","data":"5a3507a19b894"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1513423922866","data":"
The Last Jedi challenges what you know about the Star Wars universe, which finally brings this review into discussing the story. Now, much like how The Empire Strikes Back was a polarising movie, The Last Jedi is seemingly headed in the same way, except these days there is the Internet to instantly discuss about the movie. Cinematically, there are a few issues with how the pacing works and the Resistance plot is a big negative for me, but it does have its moments. Whenever the resistance plot was playing out on the screen, it felt less like a Star Wars movie and more like an animated Disney film. If I wanted that, Disney, I'd have just gone to watch Ferdinand instead (also an excellent movie.) <\/p>
Nevertheless, the story of The Last Jedi changes everything we know about the Star Wars Universe, it also manages to fix many glaring issues with the prequels released in the early 2000s, which is frankly a miracle in my books because I totally did not expect that to happen at all. The prequels have been an endless source of memes but with The Last Jedi, the movies can be viewed in new light. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1513424188342","data":"5a3507ec92da5"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1513424190413","data":"
Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi is the second greatest Star Wars movie ever made, second only to Empire Strikes Back. It took fan expectations of what the movie would be like and threw it out of the window while still delivering a fantastic experience and a story that is going to lead us to an epic conclusion in December 2019. It hurts that we have to wait 733 days to know what happens next but at the same time I'm glad the The Last Jedi is such a neatly wrapped movie that it makes me think I'm okay with the wait for Episode IX. <\/p>
There's so much more to talk about when it comes to The Last Jedi but anything would be considered spoilers and I do not want to ruin the experience for anyone else. Go watch the movie and I guarantee that the movie will leave you in stunned silence multiple times throughout its runtime. <\/p>
There has been an awakening, after all. <\/p>"}]
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