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Urban Armor Gear rolls out Metropolis Series cases for 10.5" and 12.9" iPad Pro models
Urban Armor Gear has revealed its new Metropolis Series cases for 10.5" and 12.9" iPad Pro models, featuring a smart cover that both protects the screen and functions as a multi-position stand. The case has a spot to keep the Apple Pencil secure when it's not in use, and corner bumpers provide extra drop protection for the iPad's display. The case can be removed from the adjustable stand — making the case compatible with Apple's Smart Keyboard — and features oversized ports and cutouts to make sure that all the buttons are easily accessible and the device is still able to use various third-party cables and accessories. The 10.5" case costs $60, and the 12.9" costs $90, with both models available in red, black and blue.
Report: Apple acquires computer vision company SensoMotoric Instruments
A paper trail of purchases through shell companies seems to indicate that Apple has secretly acquired German computer vision company SensoMotoric Instruments, MacRumors reports. On May 2, Apple's vice president of corporate law Gene Levoff signed off on allowing a German law firm to buy SensoMotoric on behalf of Vineyard Capital Corporation — suspected to be a shell company. On June 16, SensoMotoric filed new articles of incorporation and subsequently removed more than a dozen pages that once featured information about its products, also deleting the site's job listings and contact information, among other things.
Apple partners with Hertz to test self-driving car technology
Apple has leased a "small fleet" of cars from Hertz to test its self-driving car technology, Bloomberg reports. In the latest round of filings with the California DMV, Apple is shown to be leasing more of the Lexus RX450h models that it was originally reported to be using to test its systems, all coming from Hertz's Donlen fleet-management unit. The deal mirrors a much larger agreement between Alphabet and Avis for a similar arrangement, and Hertz's stock jumped 18 percent on the news of its relationship with Apple. Neither Hertz nor Apple commented on the report, but a person familiar with Apple's project said the company has been testing a half-dozen self-driving vehicles on public roads near San Francisco for more than a year.
Apple releases first iOS 11, tvOS 11 public betas, updates to developer betas
For those willing to accept the risks associated with installing a beta OS on your device, Apple has rolled out its first public iOS 11 and tvOS 11 betas. The iOS 11 update provides a greatly expanded and customizable Control Center, the ability to record what's happening on your screen, a Maps app that includes indoor maps for airports and malls, and new HomeKit functionality, among other improvements. On iPad, iOS 11 provides a new dock and better support for the Apple Pencil. The tvOS 11 upgrade comes with some new bells and whistles as well, including an automatic setting for toggling between Light and Dark Mode, and the ability to store your Home screen layout in iCloud — along with your installed apps — so that this information can be synced across multiple Apple TVs or restored should you ever have to reset or replace your Apple TV. For anyone not already enrolled in the public beta program, you can get started on Apple's website.
Anki releasing Code Lab addition to Cozmo app to teach kids to program robots
After announcing the global roll out of its Cozmo robots will start in Canada next month, Anki is launching a companion program in its Cozmo app on July 31 to teach kids to code. In a press release, the company laments the current state of coding programs aimed at kids, calling them a "lackluster and disjointed experience." The company's Cozmo Code Lab is intended to make for a more intuitive experience, providing a simple visual programming language that allows users to program the robot with basic drag-and-drop actions. "With the launch of Code Lab, Cozmo now helps kids develop the logic and reasoning skills that programming requires," said Boris Sofman, CEO and co-founder at Anki. "Based on the Scratch Blocks project, a collaboration between MIT Media Lab and Google, we now have a powerful tool that gives anyone interested in learning to code a robot the opportunity to unleash their creativity." The Cozmo app will allow owners to program their robots with anything from basic movements to much more complex actions, such as avoiding obstacles, speaking short phrases, playing dozens of animations and reacting to stimuli like a face, a smile, or a frown.
Apple cuts 58,000 Chinese apps from the App Store
From June 10 to 21, Apple cut around 58,000 Chinese apps from its App Store, a number six to 10 times larger than usual, People.cn reports. Beijing-based data analysis firm ASO 100 noticed the sudden spike, leading to some grumbling that the move could be seen as retaliation against Tencent, owner of the WeChat app at the center of a debate about Apple's insistence on taking a 30 percent cut of "tips" sent through social media apps in the country. But after looking at the data, ASO 100 claims Apple's move didn't seem to target WeChat's tip service or other apps that allow developers to bypass Apple's vetting process for sending out patches. While Apple has pulled apps like The New York Times' at the request of the Chinese government in the past, the latest spike in removals seems to be part of Apple's greater push to delete duplicate and low-quality apps as reported last week by TechCrunch. Apple also recently stopped returning search results for 32-bit apps in an effort to discourage users from downloading old, out-of-date apps.
Apple hires Stanford digital health head amid HealthKit push
Apple is boosting its push into the digital health realm once again, hiring Dr. Sumbul Desai, the former head of Stanford's Center for Digital Health, Internet Health Management reports. The center, created this January to connect the university's researchers with technology companies to further their health goals, has close ties to Apple. Stanford was an early adopter of Apple's HealthKit platform, using it as early as 2014 in studies of children's diabetes. Desai has worked at Stanford since 2008, serving as Vice Chair of Strategy and Innovation at Stanford's Department of Medicine and as the Associate Chief Medical Officer of Digital Strategy and Innovation at Stanford Healthcare. The company is in the middle of a major push to reshape the health care field, and Desai is the second high-profile hire coming from Stanford, joining Dr. Rajiv Kumar who was hired last summer. [via Apple Insider]
Virgin Mobile USA to become first 'iPhone-only' carrier
Virgin Mobile USA plans to become the world's first "iPhone-only" network as part of a new deal with Apple to begin selling the carrier's wireless plans through Apple's retail network, Reuters reports. The carrier, which is a subsidiary of Sprint that licenses its name from Richard Branson's Virgin Group, is revamping its business to remove Android devices from its lineup in the coming years. Branson, who was directly involved with the deal, told Reuters in an interview that he felt it was a good fit due to the similarities between the Apple and Virgin brands in advocating for human rights and other social causes, and that Apple's retail head Angela Ahrendts was "tremendously supportive" of the partnership, and that Virgin was basically "knowing on an open door" in approaching Apple.
Indoor Maps for Airports and Malls now appearing in iOS 11 betas
Early signs of Apple's new Indoor Maps feature in the iOS 11 Maps app have begun appearing for specific airports and shopping malls as of the second beta of iOS 11 released earlier this week. According to MacRumors, indoor maps are now available for Philadelphia International Airport, Mineta San Jose International Airport, Westfield Valley Fair in San Jose, California and Westfield San Francisco Centre in San Francisco, California. The new feature, similar in design to the indoor maps feature introduced in Google Maps in 2013, provides detailed floor plans airports and shopping malls to allow users to help locate way to key points of interest ranging from stores to facilities such as washrooms, boarding gates, security checkpoints, baggage claims, information kiosks, and more.
Apple releases fourth betas of iOS 10.3.3, tvOS 10.2.2 to developers
Apple has released fourth developer betas for iOS 10.3.3 and tvOS 10.2.2; a new beta of watchOS 3.2.3 has not been released at this point. As with the last round of betas, these all include only minor updates and bug fixes, alongside the iOS 11 developer releases that are currently in beta with major new features, expected to be debuted in the fall.
Apple seeking lower rates in renegotiations with record labels
With current contracts with record labels set to expire at the end of this month, Apple is looking to reduce what it pays the labels for streaming music, Bloomberg reports. According to people familiar with the matter, the talks are part of larger negotiations to revise Apple's relationship with the music industry overall, and cover not only the Apple Music streaming service, but also content available for sale on the iTunes Store. The new terms Apple is seeking would bring the company closer to the rate that Spotify is currently paying the record labels, who are reportedly more optimistic now about the future health of the music industry, following worldwide growth of 5.9 percent last year that was directly attributable to Spotify and Apple Music.
Apple releases second set of betas for iOS 11, tvOS 11, and watchOS 4
Apple has released a second round of betas for iOS 11, watchOS 4, and tvOS 11, addressing a number of issues in the initial developer previews released during WWDC. As only the second betas of major new OS releases, however, the release notes continue to list a large number of known issues that are still pending. iOS 11 beta 2 also enables the new Do Not Disturb while Driving feature, which was not implemented in the first beta, as well as Hindi dictation in Siri, a new sync system for Safari Bookmarks and Reading List, and several other developer changes under the hood.
Particularly noteworthy is that, for the first time Apple has taken the unusual step of listing compatibility issues with several third-party apps in the iOS 11 release notes, including Tweetbot, VSCO, Square Cash, Citi Mobile, KakaoTalk, SlingTV, Kindle Books, Skype, Pinterest, and Facebook Messenger; it's unclear why Apple has chosen to single out those particular apps out of the two million apps available on the App Store, since it's normally expected that problems will occur with third-party apps when using early betas for major iOS releases.
Qualcomm claims its technology is 'at the heart of every iPhone' in latest filings
After Apple expanded its lawsuit against the wireless chip maker earlier this week, Qualcomm has responded with claims that its "innovations are at the heart of every iPhone and enable the most important uses and features of those devices," MacRumors reports. Apple claims Qualcomm is "double-dipping" by forcing manufacturers to pay unreasonable licensing rates and royalties to gain access to its chips. Qualcomm fired back that "Apple knows well that Qualcomm has been the de facto R&D arm of the industry" and claimed that Apple is "rarely first to market with any new technology, which shows it is relying heavily on the R&D investments in the most revolutionary technologies by companies like Qualcomm." How integral Qualcomm's technology is to the iPhone has become the central question of the case, with Apple arguing that Qualcomm charging royalties on the entire value of the device is unfair given the company only supplies one component. "As Apple innovates, Qualcomm demands more. Qualcomm had nothing to do with creating the revolutionary Touch ID, the world's most popular camera, or the Retina display Apple's customers love, yet Qualcomm wants to be paid as if these (and future) breakthroughs belong to it," Apple said in its complaint.
Apple still undecided on fingerprint scanner for iPhone 8, unlikely to ship before October
In a new memo, Cowen and Company analyst Timothy Arcuri claims Apple's fingerprint scanner for the iPhone 8 is "still being worked out," Apple Insider reports. The company is still considering three options: Putting a pinhole in the glass to use an optical or ultrasonic sensor, using a capacitive or infrared "film" sensor embedded in the display, or simply thinning the display's glass over a sensor area. However they decide to solve the problem, Arcuri sees a delay of at least one or two months in production, leaving the phone shipping in October at the earliest. Arcuri is also voicing doubts about whether the expected iPhone 7s and 7s Plus will even materialize, but still notes that the devices could still boost Apple's sales in September by offering options like wireless charging.
Ex-iOS head Scott Forstal talks about the grudge that helped create the iPhone
In a rare interview with the Computer History Museum, former iOS head Scott Forstal revealed that the original iPhone would never have existed without Steve Jobs' dislike of one particular Microsoft employee. The technology that would eventually create the entire smartphone industry as we know it started as a tablet project conceived by Jobs after a particularly irritating encounter, Forstal said. "We had been working on a tablet project and it began because Steve hated this guy at Microsoft," Forstal recalled. "Every time Steve had any social interaction with that guy, he would come back pissed off. He came back one time and that guy was talking about how Microsoft had solved computing. Steve came in on Monday with a set of expletives and said 'Let's show them how it's really done'."
Apple Camp registration for kids' summer classes now open
Apple has opened up registration for its summer Apple Camp classes aimed at kids 8 to 12, with sessions set to begin in July. There at three courses available at Apple Stores across the US and in select other locations, all of which utilize Apple products and software. The Creating Characters and Composing Music course will encourage kids to create their own stories by sketching characters with an Apple Pencil on the iPad Pro, then creating a musical track with vocals in GarageBand. The three-day Stories in Motion with iMovie course will teach students to storyboard their ideas, then learn about camera angles and editing during shooting before presenting their finished product. During the Coding Games and Programming Robots session, kids will use Tynker to solve puzzles before learning to program a Sphero robot. All of the courses are free to attend.
New photos compare size of alleged iPhone 8 dummy to the iPhone 7 Plus
New photos that 9to5Mac received from Israeli tech blogger Shai Mizrachi show an alleged iPhone 8 dummy model next to an iPhone 7 Plus, allowing for the first real idea of its size. Like the purported iPhone 8 in previous photos, the device features a black glass back, silver trim and a vertical dual camera that appears larger than that of the iPhone 7 Plus despite being in a smaller handset. An accompanying video shows the device from all angles and a side-by-side size comparison with the iPhone Plus, placing it much closer to the footprint of the iPhone 7 if not exactly the same size. The device is never turned on, so it's difficult to say how the edge-to-edge display's size compares with that of the iPhone 7 Plus, but there is no visible home button on the front or back of the device, lending more credibility to the idea that Apple has introduced a fingerprint scanner embedded under a certain area of the screen.
Apple has former NSA, FBI investigators cracking down on leaks of company information
Apple has hired investigators who previously worked for the NSA, FBI, Secret Service and US military in an effort to crack down on product leaks coming from the company's employees, The Outline reports. In a briefing titled "Stopping Leakers - Keeping Confidential at Apple," members of the Global Security communications and training team laid out how Apple investigators are working to prevent information from getting into the hands of the press, counterfeiters and competitors, as well as hunting down the sources of the leaks. In a video played during the presentation, Greg Joswiak, Apple's Vice President of iPod, iPhone and iOS product marketing, said, "This has become a big deal for Tim. Matter of fact, it should be important to literally everybody at Apple that we can't tolerate this any longer."
Tim Cook floats teaching coding in schools during Trump meeting
During his meeting with President Donald Trump and some of the nation's top tech CEOs, Tim Cook said the government should consider making coding a requirement in schools, Recode reports. The breif remarks — which came during Trump's gathering to discuss how Silicon Valley can help modernize the government — echo previous statements Cook has made about his belief that it's a disservice to kids not to be teaching them to code since it's "just another language, and just like any other language it should be taught in schools." Apple is making its own push in that regard, expanding its Swift programming education programs for older kids and partnering with Tynker on free games that prep younger kids for future lessons.
Apple working with Health Gorilla startup on health record data project
Apple's health team has been working with tech startup Health Gorilla to add diagnostic data to HealthKit, CNBC reports. Apple is making a big push to expand HealthKit to become a portable repository of all of a person's medical records, and two people familiar with the initiative said Health Gorilla is working to integrate with "hospitals, lab-testing companies such as Quest and LabCorp and imaging centers" to add blood work and other data directly into HealthKit. The company is working hard to turn HealthKit into a diagnostic tool capable of analyzing and understanding the implications of patient information, going so far as buying health data startups Gliimpse and Beddit to improve their data collection abilities and and make it easier to share that data with the right health professionals. Health Gorilla is focused on giving doctors a "complete picture of patient health history" according to its website, but offers free services to patients as well.


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|"Everyone wanted to join the Dry Warriors, and Kaito was leading the largest organization in the Water Tribe. But, soon, the Great Battle of Omashu unfolded, and Kaito went to help Avatar Mikio in the fight. While injured during the battle, Kaito sat in a healing house of Omashu. When he finally was almost ready for battle again, a fire blast from Mikio in the fight accidentally hit a part of my grandfather's house. When he tried to Waterbend it out, Kaito grew weak and was left in the burning house to his doom. The Dry Warriors, my only hope, it was ruined. No one could lead them the way Kaito did. When I came of joining age, the Dry Warriors had disbanded. With three brothers and a sister who were all Waterbenders, I was soon forgotten by my parents, enveloped in a world of royalty. The Avatar, an overly publicized freak who can bend all the elements ruined the life I never had."
|— Shirou from The Stranger
|""I only edited the first four, sadly. I was planning on revising the Fifth Scroll of Kaito after your grandfather finished writing it in The Great Battle of Omashu, but, then it-"
"Then the Avatar had to kill him and his scroll."''"
|— Shirou and Akio in The Third Seminar
|""Your past life, Avatar Mikio, is available for you at any time. And I know how you can contact him. You see, there is a place in the mountains above Ba Sing Se, an Avatar Temple where all the Avatars from the Earth Kingdom are left and their spirits are awake. This place is in a fortress known as the Northeastern Earth Mound. Next week, I am hoping for you to visit there. I think it will be eye-opening for you, in more ways than one.""
|— Daiki to Hotaru in The Peak of Power
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This is Chapter 40 of The Avatar Rhythm Series
Hotaru looked up. Hot, tired, and sore, she smiled, staring at her destination. After miles of backpacking, she was finally here, at a huge building carved out of the top of a mountain, with a green temple sitting at its top.
The Northeastern Earth Mound, Avatar Temple of the Earth Kingdom.
She walked up its huge stairs, and then towards the temple door. Hesitantly, she put her hands on the doorknob, and then, looked back at what Daiki said to her before she left.
"Whatever you find in the shrine of Avatar Mikio," he said, "Do not be scared to accept it, for it is your duty to learn. As the Avatar, you have the wisdom of whether or not the secrets of the world you are about to learn should be shared, so I can only tell you to think about it. Just remember, none of this should be feared."
Back in reality, Hotaru opened up the doors of the temple. Stepping inside the darkness of the round room in front of her, she looked around. Paintings on walls of Avatar after Avatar, dressed in traditional Earth Kingdom garb and balancing on stone pillars jutting out of the clouds. Staffs, armor, hammers, and swords balanced on walls, and scrolls filled bookshelves beside them. Hotaru walked over to the center of the room, where a circular stone platform stuck out of the wooden floor. On it, the picture of a yin yang was carved. She walked over to it, drawn by an unknown force. She sat on the raised platform, put her hands on her knees, and closed her eyes. In meditation in this sanctuary, a new part of her awakened.
When she opened her eyes, a man stood in front of her. Underneath a black robe he wore green and gold armor, and he had a thick black beard.
"Are you... Avatar... Mikio?" Hotaru asked, somewhat startled.
"That I am," the man said in a deep, rough voice. "In reality, we are one and the same, for I and all our past lives reside in you."
That freaked her out a little. "What do have for me?" she asked.
"What do you wish to learn?"
Hotaru pondered his question for a minute. Daiki had told her to learn the Avatar State, and how the Avatar Cycle worked and rotated through time. But now that the question was asked, she wondered if that was really what she wanted to take from her meeting with her past life. "I want to learn how to keep balance in the world as an Avatar, and I want to learn how I can change the chaos that is unfolding in my life between Shirou, Shinji, The Procession, and The Quadrination Bandits. I need to know how I can stop this, as it is my duty."
Mikio nodded. "Living the life on Avatar is a challenge, and many face with huge forces that must test everything they have in them. You are facing this now, this war unfolding within your own past friendships. I do not know the details of it, as I cannot see all that you do in your life, however, I think that you may learn from the largest hardship of my life, ending the Great Battle of Omashu."
Hotaru gasped. That was the battle Shirou always talked about, the battle in which Mikio apparently killed his grandfather in. "I think I would benefit from that story."
"A story?" Mikio asked. "Why tell you a story when you could see the war for yourself?"
A deep wind seemed to flow from and through Hotaru and everything she saw was enveloped in darkness besides for herself and Avatar Mikio.
When light reappeared, Hotaru and Mikio were standing in a rectangular stone room and a meeting appeared to be in progress. A large council of large men in uniforms sat around and looked at a teenager in royal clothes at the head of the table.
"Where are we?" Hotaru whispered to her past life, still dazed from everything.
"There's no need to whisper," Mikio said. "We don't exist to any of them. And we are currently in the King of Omashu's private meeting room, over twenty years into the past."
"Has Shirou's grandfather died yet?"
"No, in fact, The Great Battle of Omashu has barely even begun. But it's about to get much worse, very quickly. Listen to what they are saying."
Hotaru leaned forward, ears open.
"I don't know what to do!" exclaimed the boy everyone was focused on. He seemed as if on the brink of tears. "How many are really after me?"
"Many," said a general with a long beard. "You do realize that just last night we stopped an assassination attempt aimed towards you, and it's only been three days since the tragic speech made by your father?"
"Who planned the attack?" asked the boy.
The same general looked over to him. "I'm not sure if you are exactly up to date with your city's current politics, but the assassins we found in the palace yesterday were traced back to the agent squad of Lower Omashu's General Hironori."
"Hironori!" another man across the table spat. "Damn, I should have suspected he was a traitor."
An older man looked down. "We can never trust him or anyone affiliated with his quadrant of our army anymore."
"Guys," the child said. "Can you please just help me? You can deal with military operations later, but now I want to know whether or not to hide or fight, to lead or to have one of you lead. Does that look like I have been defeated already? On the other hand, I'm not a very good ruler, and barely know earthbending."
"Yes, my King."
Hotaru looked over to her past life. "What are they talking about? And that boy can't be the King, can he?"
"That child, Isamu," Mikio said, "Was just brought into power in Omashu, because of his arrogant fool of father's mistakes."
"Who was his father?" asked Hotaru.
"He was the most proud person I knew - the worst ruler for this place. Everything he did, he did for himself. He made himself a god in this city. And he never taught his only son a thing about ruling a kingdom because he didn't want to waste his time."
"Did he start the Great Battle of Omashu?"
"Not directly. You heard that general say something about a tragic speech made by him, right? Three days ago, Isamu's father decided he would show everyone how brave and powerful he was by making a speech from the top of the palace at the very tip of the mountain Omashu is constructed around. All the community got from that was the King's stupidity - halfway through his glorious talk he lost his footing and slipped backwards off the palace and a hundred feet down into the city streets."
Hotaru snorted out a chuckle.
"It's okay to laugh. He made a fool of himself in front of the whole world, and now his inexperienced son who isn't even eighteen yet has to face the consequences."
"How did that create a war?"
"The highest military officers in Omashu decided that they had a chance at power at this opportune moment, when the King was faulty and young, when political struggles turned into chaos. They thought it would be easy to take down Isamu and claim the throne for themselves. That is how the battle began."
Hotaru nodded, deep in thought. She listened back in on the meeting at hand.
"Hironori's forces may very well outnumber your remaining protectors, Isamu," a man with a thick notebook said. "It may be hard to win this battle."
"It's not just Hironori's forces. It's disappointing to see everyone who has became opposed to their government since the King died. From his personal advisors to ordinary citizens, everyone is after this throne."
"We will have the aid of the Northern Water Tribe, won't we?" asked a young captain. "Chief Kaito has agreed to help and have his men aid us in battle."
"We need to think," said the man with the notebook. "We need a secret weapon. He turned to the Military Weapons Officer of Omashu beside him. "Do you have any ideas?"
Isamu spoke up. "Can we use the Avatar?"
The various officers and consultants looked around and murmured to each other. "Do you have anything opposed to that?" one of them said. "I think the Avatar has just finished his training, he'll be at his prime."
"I'll send out a letter to his current home in the South Pole immediately," a messenger on the sidelines said, turning around and leaving.
Mikio looked down at Hotaru. "What do you think?"
"It's interesting. All of this past that I've heard Shirou mention - It's real. May I see more?"
Mikio nodded, and darkness once again enveloped them.
This time, they reappeared in a round icy room with an elderly waterbending instructor, and in front of him was a younger Mikio, with a shorter beard and less scars on his face, wearing a blue tunic.
"Is that you?" Hotaru asked, even though she knew.
"Yes, and I'm just finishing my waterbending training."
The young Mikio looked at his instructor and pulled out a letter. "So, Makoto," he said. "I got this letter from Isamu and the the Generals of Omashu the other day - you have heard about what's happening there, right?"
"Yes," said his master, Makoto, a rougher voice than Hotaru expected. "And I assume they want your help protecting the young king in times of war."
"Well," he gave Makoto a blank look. "Yes, yes they do. I think it is my duty to help the world in times of need, do you not agree?"
"I agree when you have completed your forms and are strong enough to get out there in the field as a fully realized Avatar - which you have not!"
"Strong?" asked young Mikio. "I can bend all four elements at once! Beat that, anyone! I'm as strong as anyone will ever be!"
"And your ignorant confidence in winning is your downfall."
"Omashu will fall if I do not help. I'll finish my training afterwards, but the world is in need of me now."
Makoto shook his head in disappointment. "You need discipline! By no means will I give you permission to leave this place until you have mastered waterbending."
"Then I won't need your permission." Mikio blew a gust of wind at his master, pushing him into a wall, and froze him against it, then, with the time left, smashed through the walls and ran outside, quickly disappearing in the ongoing raging blizzard.
Hotaru gasped, and looked over to her past life. "You... really did that?"
Mikio's hand was over his head. "Don't judge me. I usually wasn't like that."
"In the end," he continued. "I still think I made the right decision."
"I think I made the right decision. I shouldn't have pulled it off the way I did, but I do think that what my future actions in the Great Battle of Omashu were more important that me learning my final waterbending form."
Hotaru looked at him, thinking everything through. "Did you ever even come back to learn waterbending?"
"Did that ever prove to be a problem for you?"
"Just remember," Mikio said. "Your fate is never more important than the fate of the rest of the world, and sometimes you have to do what you need to do in order to change the fate of the rest of the world, even if it means to sacrifice your power or your potential power. That is what it means to be a true hero, Avatar or not."
Hotaru nodded. "Lets see more."
A week later, young Mikio was walking down the bridge to Omashu's front gate, two bodyguards behind him. At the door stood three men, the young Isamu, a large man in a military uniform covered in medals, and an elderly man in a blue Water Tribe robe.
"King Isamu of Omashu," said the Avatar, shaking his hand, "I am at your service."
He moved down the line to the man in the uniform. "And you are?"
"I am General Hideo, Executive Chief of Omashu Military Operations and long-time friend and ally of Isamu."
"Good to know." He moved down to the Water Tribe man, his wrinkled face sparkling with life.
"I am Chief Kaito of the Water Tribe," the man said proudly, "My men are here to aid you in defending our king in this war."
Mikio nodded. "Lets get going, then."
As they turned around and began to speak, Hotaru and older Mikio watched from atop one of the towers over the front gate in Omashu.
"So that's Kaito," Hotaru mumbled to herself. "That's the man," she hesitated about going about this, "We killed."
"That's what they say, isn't it? I never meant to do anything to him, whatever happened."
"You mean you didn't kill him?"
"We'll just have to see for ourselves," Mikio said as their visions once again turned dark.
The next thing they saw was a stone room with a large table, where young Mikio, King Isamu, and Kaito sat around, looking at an extensive map of Omashu with clay figures on it that represented where the armies of each commander in the ongoing war were.
"Are you sure that Hironori's men are in the Upper Omashu already?" the Avatar asked. "The last time we heard from Kauru he was still at the bottom of the city."
Kaito nodded. "And we last spoke with Kauru three days ago."
"Didn't we have a line of guards surrounding this section of the city?" Isamu asked. "I watched them the other day."
"Yes," Kaito said, "But when the army wants your throne too, it doesn't do much."
"The army is against us too?" Mikio asked.
"Yesterday they were with Hironori's men attacking the police headquarters. Everyone is tearing down this city until they get to you, Isamu."
"We should just like," Isamu thought for a second, chuckling, "Make an earthquake and throw all of those men off the city."
Mikio frowned. "Come on, be serious."
"It's alright," Kaito said, shaking the map on the table so all the figures on it fell over. "Boom!"
They all laughed, even Hotaru in the background.
"But yeah," Mikio said. "Lets be serious."
Isamu nodded. "Are we allowed to wage war on our own army?"
"We have to do whatever it takes to bring justice to Omashu," Kaito replied. "If that means destroy Hironori's forces, even though it's a section of the Omashu military, we have to do it anyway. This is for the people."
"The people would probably be better off without me as their leader," Isamu said. "Look at how well I'm doing so far! I don't know a thing."
Mikio looked at the boy. "It doesn't have to be like that. We can train you. I promise that after this battle I will teach you what I know and make you a better king - as the rightful king of this city."
Isamu smiled.
"Well then," Kaito said. "We need to strike. And I think the only way we can do it is up front. Mikio, you are our secret weapon. You, my army, and the last standing of our allies from Omashu will go straight up and battle. It will be costly, but may be the only way."
"I understand. We should get moving, then."
The trio looked around at each other.
"This may be the last time we all meet like this again," Kaito said. "I hope the best for everyone."
As they got ready to leave for the battle, Hotaru looked up at her past life.
"Kaito was right," the older Mikio said to her. "We never did all see each other again at the same time. It all happened so fast."
"I want to see how it happened," Hotaru said. "I want to see how Kaito died. I want to see it for myself."
They came back at a brick plaza in Upper Omashu not too far away from the royal palace. On one side were a group of Omashu rebels from Hironori's forces, on the other side Water Tribe fighters and a few Omashu citizens also allied with Isamu, led by Kaito, ready to battle. Hotaru and Mikio watched the past from atop a nearby building.
"Watch," said Mikio. "Keep an eye on Kaito during this fight."
Hotaru scanned the crowd of clashing forces, blood splattering, and bashing of steel against steel for the old Water Tribe chief, and discovered him close enough to the building they were sitting on that she could hear his duel with an earthbender.
His opponent kept throwing rock after rock at him, but every time Kaito swung out the metal staff of his and smashed them to bits with incredible accuracy and strength for someone his age. The earthbender, in a last ditch effort to win, lifted a huge mound of bricks from the ground over the chief's head, and prepared to drop them. "Smash this, old man."
Chuckling, Kaito quickly opened the pouches on his belt and drew the water out of them, splashing it up and freezing it around the ball of bricks. Now covered in a substance he could bend, Kaito lifted the bricks over the earthbender's head and dropped them, with a smash. "I try my best."
Suddenly, out of the corner of her eye, Hotaru spotted a rebel of high rank charging at Kaito from behind. She screamed, even though she knew it would do nothing to change what was about to happen in the past. Before Kaito had time to react, the man behind flung a rapid stream of stones at his back, and the last thing Mikio showed her before they drifted off into another scene was Kaito falling over in pain.
When the blackness faded and the Avatars reappeared, they were watching Kaito lying down in small hospital bed, in pain but still smiling. One on side of him was young Mikio, on the other stood a Water Tribe healer.
"Is he going to be okay?" Mikio asked desperately, looking at his good friend.
Kaito choked out a laugh. "I'm going to be fine."
The healer looked up. "I'm sorry, chief, but your state is very hard to heal. The attacks in the last battle fractured two ribs, tore open the tissue on your back and cracked your spine. My healing is supporting your back right now and your brain is still functioning, but I'm afraid that I was never trained to the highest level of healing-"
"Is he going to be okay?" Mikio asked.
The healer shook her head. "He will still live as long as a healer can actively stand by his side, but in order to permanently help, or at least, do keep him alive by himself for more than a couple days, he will need to undergo serious surgery - something that isn't available outside of the Northern Water Tribe and the richest communities of Ba Sing Se. It would take too long and be too difficult to transport him that far and keep him alive at the same time."
"I want to get out of this bed before I die," Kaito said. "I want to live. I want to see my home and my grandson who was born just a few days after I left for this city."
"You're a good man," Mikio said.
"Miss, may I see the Avatar alone for a minute?"
The healer nodded. "I'll come back in five to reapply water to your wound."
Kaito smiled as she left. "Thank you."
Once they were sure she was gone, Mikio asked, "What do you need me for?"
Kaito reached to his bedside table and handed him a scroll with the Water Tribe insignia on it.
"Is this? No, it can't be? Is it finished?"
"I've spent the past five years of my life researching, contacting sages and meditating in the Spirit Oasis in the North Pole for this. I've been writing it for the past three days straight in this bed. It's finished."
Mikio slid his finger along the side of the parchment scroll. "The Fifth Scroll of Kaito. The legendary final piece in the set. Am I the first one besides you to have seen it?"
Kaito nodded, his withering face full of joy.
"May I ask, what is this one on? I know the first four were on the main elements and their cultures, I actually read the second scroll in my airbending training, but what is left for the last one and why did it take so long?"
"The first was on fire, the second on air, the third on water, and the fourth on earth," the chief said, his voice crumbling from his age and condition. "The final scroll is on the void in between them that connects them all. On raw energy, the Spirit World, the reasons why life exists and dies, why suffering is brought and stopped, how everything works from the inside - secrets I wish even I did not ever have to know."
"Why are you telling me this?" Mikio asked.
Kaito shivered. "I can feel it coming over my body already. It's tearing me down. Unless some miracle occurs, I'll be dead by the time I get out of this house. If I do pass, take this scroll. Take it from the dresser beside my bed and bring it back to the North Pole. Give it to my godson Akio, who always edits my work. Then, I want you to read the final thing before anyone else. It's my final wish."
The Avatar nodded. "Please don't die now."
"I try my best."
Mikio stared at Kaito. In that frail body there was a spirit that just completely dumbfounded him. He always smiled, always chuckled, always looked up even on the brink of death. It was the willingness to stay up and keep strong, the willingness to live. He wanted to live. And even though they both knew that he was going to pass away in weeks, maybe days, they smiled at each other anyway. "I better get going then. We have a war to win and a king to save."
"Come back soon."
"I will. I promise."
Their vision faded as Hotaru stared at older Mikio. There were tears building up around his eyes, and she knew that he was having a hard time rewatching such an emotional time of his life. "You never did come back, did you?"
A week later in the past, young Mikio was chasing down a group of rebels in the back streets of Omashu, sending fireball after fireball, stone after stone, wave after wave and gale after gale. As one of them turned a corner into a sidestreet, he sent a huge blast of flames at the building on the corner, which toppled right onto the enemy, instantly killing him.
Next up was a young woman rebel armed with knives, that jumped down from the tower on the other side of the alley, throwing a small dagger at the Avatar. Mikio quickly looked up, shot his wrist upwards, and twisted a gust of air around the knife, turning it around and whipping it back at the rebel. Once he heard the scream, he kept on going.
There was one more left to bring down and he had run up to the courtyard in front of the gate to Upper Omashu. Mikio sprinted that way, jumped up the flight of stairs with a gale of wind, and landed in the cobblestone path, where his final opponent stood.
Not just any opponent, though. It was General Hironori's right-hand man - the same officer that had injured Kaito. The man had crippled his friend and now was making him slowly die. He looked frightened at the sight of Mikio catching up to him. That's what the Avatar wanted. Mikio stared at him, his eyes grew white, and he created a colossal inferno that he threw over the rebel, instantly incinerating him and engulfing everything in its path, including the buildings around it. Dropping back to the ground, Mikio smiled, knowing that the man that had put Kaito in the hospital was now dead.
The older Mikio, watching it all in the background with Hotaru, looked down.
"What just happened?"
"If I could only go back and change what I did," he said. "But it's too late."
At the same time Hotaru did, young Mikio in the vision realized what the building behind where the final rebel used to be was, the building that he had just burst into flames along with the ones around it. The hospital. Mikio, in insane fear, ran through the flames and into the burning hospital, smashing through the wall and into the main hall, now filled with smoke, he sprinted through crowds of screaming nurses and broke down the locked door leading into Kaito's room. The walls were charred, the roof had flaming holes in it, and the window was shattered.
Hotaru, watching in fright, gasped.
The bed in the room was empty. There was no skeleton, no flesh or ashes. Mikio frantically looked around the room. Kaito couldn't be dead. It didn't make sense. But his body was gone, and the room he was staying in was crumbling due to the fire that the he, the Avatar created. There was no way of telling what had happened.
"The scroll," Mikio muttered to himself, and suddenly ran to the dresser beside the bed, which still was in one piece. He checked the first drawer, throwing out all the clothes - nothing. The second was empty. The bottom one had a few pieces of paper and notices in it, but that was all. "Where is the Fifth Scroll of Kaito?" he shouted, breathing fire up at the sky in anger, breaking down. "I promised..."
Before he could do anything, there was already doctors, officers, and people from the media crowding around him, looking at the Avatar, Kaito missing from his room, and the fire he created.
"What happened?" Hotaru asked her past life, who looked distraught watching all of this again.
"To this day, I don't know," Mikio stated solemnly. "And it only got worse."
"What do you mean?"
"What they accuse me of. The word that traveled across the world. That I killed the Avatar that day. I'll show you one last piece of my past."
They were at a court this time, and a large crowd of people were watching a judge, young Mikio, Kaito's nurse, and a few lawyers speaking to each other. Hotaru and Mikio watched from the back. "And you say you're not guilty?" the judge asked.
"I didn't kill Kaito," young Mikio said. "I started that fire but I did, in no way try to kill Kaito."
"You didn't try to, eh?" one old man shouted out from the crowds. "That's too bad, you did!"
"I don't know what happened to Kaito, alright. How can you say he's dead? There are no bones or blood at the hospital site. He couldn't have just burned!"
"That's not true," one of the lawyers said. "You say that you completely burned that officer of Hironori's, and we have no evidence of his body!"
Mikio sighed, angry. "That's because I burned him in the Avatar State - I was unnaturally powerful."
"We have no proof you weren't in the Avatar State when you came into Kaito's room." He paused. "And, if we may, turn the attention to Kaito's nurse, what were you doing at this time?"
The healer looked terrified. "Kaito was falling asleep and I had just applied my powers to his wound, so like I had did many times in the past weeks, I decided he was able to stay in the room by himself for a half hour while I helped other patients. I figured if anything major happened, we had other nurses to take care of him. Anything could have happened in those thirty minutes."
"Anything! See, Avatar? You could have killed him."
"I was Kaito's best friend! I would never kill him!"
Isamu spoke up from his seat. "He and Kaito were very good friends. I would never have seen them do anything like this."
The judge frowned. "Many people were after that Fifth Scroll of Kaito, my lord. Sometimes greed is stronger than friendship, as all evidence points to in this case. I hereby accuse Avatar Mikio for destruction of a public building and the murder of the Water Tribe Chief, and hold all charges against him."
When Hotaru and Mikio next saw light, they were back in the Northeastern Earth Mound sanctuary, where they had started.
"That was... interesting," Hotaru muttered, trying to think everything over. "Does that mean that the Avatar didn't really kill Shirou's grandfather - that everything claimed is false?"
"I don't know what happened," Mikio said. "But I know I didn't kill him. I couldn't have."
They paused for a second.
"Avatar Mikio, my earthbending teacher is probably going to get mad if I didn't learn anything about going into the Avatar State or something like that."
"Well, have you ever went into the Avatar State before?"
"Twice, once I was put into it by someone else, the other was when I was about to be killed by the Fire Lord in Agni-Kai."
"That sounds fun," Mikio said. "But on a more serious note, you know how it feels, then. I have no secret in how to enter the state. It's always there - my power and the power of all of our past lives. When you sat in this room, and awakened me to learn my past, you used a certain power that you can access anywhere. Use that power that you unlocked today. I'm always here and so is your true Avatar power. The thing that has always troubled us is how to find power inside. Search yourself, locate that energy, and then use it whenever you need."
Hotaru smiled. "Thank you, Mikio."
"It's nothing. I'm always here if you need me."
They gave each other a final nod, Hotaru stood up from her meditative seat on the pedestal in the sanctuary, and her past life faded from her vision.
Everything was different now. What if everything Shirou claimed about the Avatar, Kaito, and the Great Battle of Omashu was false? One thing was certain - she knew the truth and had to use it. It was time to go back to the rising conflict. It had to all fit in somewhere, the story she had just heard, Shirou, Shinji, Kaito, the Quadrination Bandits. It was time for her big Avatar moment. Every one in the past had theirs.
Hotaru looked within herself, and saw the spirit that she had always struggled to reach before. Her eyes light up white and she ran out the door of the sanctuary.
It was time.
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Department of Civil Engineering, Nehru Institute of Technology (NIT), Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India and Cafet Innova Technical Society (CITS), Hyderabad, Telangana, India are jointly organizing 3rd International Conference on Earth Sciences and Engineering (ICEE\u20132016) during 17th - 18th June, 2016. <\/p>
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When we were all kids at some point of our lives, we always loved a good book in our hand so that we can hug and sleep with it just because we loved it so much that it should be the first thing we see when we wake up the very next day.<\/p>
My personal favorite is Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice which is so beautifully written portraying each and every event. A classical romance that takes place in the 19th century. As a kid, we had the tween version of it in school so that the complexity of the language use does not cause us any trouble when we read it. In English class, the teacher had asked every student to come up with their favorite book and I chose this and it has been my all time favorite ever since.<\/p>
A book that makes me 'completely, perfectly and incandescently happy marking Miss Austen's words from the book. The story revolves around a common British wealthy couple known as 'The Bennett's' who has five girls. They want their daughters to marry a wealthier man than them so that they can inherit everything. Mrs Bennett a pompous woman who wants the richest man from UK. The five girls are happy go lucky, rather mischievous and often lost in their own world of happiness and merry making. Elizabeth, the second child of the family is someone who likes to mind her own business she never used to indulge or poke her nose into others business. That's when she meets the fairest man of the isle, known as Mr. Darcy who is rather polite and serious in nature. She never thought she would fall for him and even if she did she thought it would be a huge mistake. Turns out certain instances from the book shows that Mr Darcy liked the way how Elizabeth behaved, he held her hand while leaving the Bingley Cottage and finally confessed his love towards her. A dreamy man who captured the hearts of all the ladies all over the world in a way that we were so lost in Austenland and wanted to meet a man like Darcy. An amazing book with an amazing end which has a lot of plot twists and you feel as if you're the inside the book featuring all the respective characters.<\/p>
In vain I have struggled, to realize the concepts of this book as already re translating it into the modern English took time. An amazing end to an amazing book. Books of the 19th century are a must read as it really captures your mind, body and soul making you dive deeper.<\/p>"}]
Fifteen minutes left... I nervously keep checking the time. Calm yourself first. You need to be able to think straight. Think.\u200c<\/i> Taking a deep breath I still myself. Amid the myriad of emotions ,the only thing that comes to mind is how I felt when I first saw my article published in the college magazine. That was me. My fingers traced over my name again and again. I was nearly giddy with elation. My love for literature is something mere words cannot express. My first encounter with the vast worlds hidden inside inked pages was with Winnie the Pooh. It was a rainy afternoon and a particular five year old was driving her mother bonkers. Running out of patience my mother handed me a book of bedtime stories....and the magic began.<\/i> The words painted such colourful pictures in my mind. The possibilities were limitless. I could do anything or be anything I wanted to. In this world I found myself. It helped me combat my fears and express my opinion. I had found my true calling. The fears that held me back would always nag at the hollows of my heart but I vowed turn my back on them. I would engross myself in any opportunity I could find and overcome any adversity. The only way you ever express yourself is to put yourself out there and hope for the best. My only aim now is to be able to help those who were like me with the potential to do better, but hold themselves back. I can expand my horizons while inspiring others to do the same. At the end of it all the only ones who ever start are the ones who take the first step.<\/p>
I love video games, and I'm pretty sure if you played them, you would too. Unless, of course, moving images on the screen make you sick or something, if that's the case, my condolences. <\/p>
That being said, the industry has been rapidly growing, from being a niche not so long ago to gaining mainstream acceptance and continuing to grow rapidly as ever, with the years blurring the line between technology required by gamers and tech that interests non-gamers. With more people showing interest in gaming, I thought it would be a great time to introduce people to the top games of the year they should be playing. <\/p>
1. Horizon: Zero Dawn<\/b><\/p>
Horizon: Zero Dawn asks us what'll happen if the apocalypse happens and machines took over the world. Featuring machine animals and humanity at the brink of extinction, Zero Dawn mixes and matches elements from various games into one neatly wrapped package, with beautiful vistas and fantastic enemies; there were more than one occasion when your jaw just dropped at the wonderful sight the game wanted you to behold. Gameplay wise, it is nothing new, but it still manages to be a joy to play because it incorporates the best of the games it takes inspirations from. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1500722073336","data":"5973349e8fcd9"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1500722156107","data":"
2. NieR:Automata<\/b><\/p>
The surprise hit of the year, NieR;Automata comes from the mad genius Yoko Taro's mind. An unconventional game through and through, it boasts of solid gameplay, an emotional story and endings that will leave you emotionally devastated. Automata has become one of my favourite games of all time with how it progressed and played, and the sheer quirks and madness about the game director Taro put in the game. Oh, and the soundtrack is perhaps easily the best this year. The music is enchanting a<\/attachment>nd haunting. <\/span><\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1500722382181","data":"5973355d7b1ba"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1500722440486","data":"3. Resident Evil 7 <\/b><\/p>As a long term Resident Evil fan, I was sorely disappointed with the direction 5 and 6 took, the franchise had turned from a horror game to an action game with horror elements, which was literally the last thing a fan ever wanted. The franchise, a storied one with multiple games and many stories and movies, seemed to be at the end of its life, but then came Resident Evil 7. <\/p>Not only was this a return to the roots of survival horror, the same roots upon which the franchise was built on, but it took a step further and became a first person title, allowing players to also experience it in VR. The same tense moments of creeping through a house, looking for supplies and puzzle solutions returned, along with the Baker family, who have quickly become the first family of horror this year. I'm actually quite surprised not many people are talking about this fantastic game, it is electrifying at parts. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1500722780771","data":"597339c2476ed"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1500722782687","data":"4. Prey <\/b> <\/p>Another entry that will scare you to the bone if you let it, Prey is a return to form for a studio that has been struggling to get the game out for years. The problem here is that anything I tell you about the game will spoil the experience, it is a unique experience, and probably Bethesda's wisest investment this year. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1500722953747","data":"597339ef84698"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1500722955617","data":"5. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds <\/b><\/p>One large map, 100 players, a rapidly shrinking area of action, a battle to be the last man standing. This is PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, originally developed as a mod for ArmA 2, and inspired from the DayZ mod. The game took the internet by the storm and has caused a massive spike in interest, with the game beating even CounterStrike: Global Offensive with the number of concurrent players, something I thought would never happen. The premise of the game is to survive and be the last person alive on an island where the area of action shrinks periodically to force the remaining players who are still alive to come closer together, making confrontations nearly impossible to avoid. <\/p>Players are dropped on the island with no equipment, which the players must rapidly find or risk being shot down. The tension combined with the thrill of the hunt or be hunted gameplay has earned it a massive fan following, a well deserved one, I'd say. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1500723425764","data":"59733a01e2757"}]
3. Resident Evil 7 <\/b><\/p>
As a long term Resident Evil fan, I was sorely disappointed with the direction 5 and 6 took, the franchise had turned from a horror game to an action game with horror elements, which was literally the last thing a fan ever wanted. The franchise, a storied one with multiple games and many stories and movies, seemed to be at the end of its life, but then came Resident Evil 7. <\/p>
Not only was this a return to the roots of survival horror, the same roots upon which the franchise was built on, but it took a step further and became a first person title, allowing players to also experience it in VR. The same tense moments of creeping through a house, looking for supplies and puzzle solutions returned, along with the Baker family, who have quickly become the first family of horror this year. I'm actually quite surprised not many people are talking about this fantastic game, it is electrifying at parts. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1500722780771","data":"597339c2476ed"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1500722782687","data":"
4. Prey <\/b> <\/p>
Another entry that will scare you to the bone if you let it, Prey is a return to form for a studio that has been struggling to get the game out for years. The problem here is that anything I tell you about the game will spoil the experience, it is a unique experience, and probably Bethesda's wisest investment this year. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1500722953747","data":"597339ef84698"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1500722955617","data":"
5. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds <\/b><\/p>
One large map, 100 players, a rapidly shrinking area of action, a battle to be the last man standing. This is PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, originally developed as a mod for ArmA 2, and inspired from the DayZ mod. The game took the internet by the storm and has caused a massive spike in interest, with the game beating even CounterStrike: Global Offensive with the number of concurrent players, something I thought would never happen. The premise of the game is to survive and be the last person alive on an island where the area of action shrinks periodically to force the remaining players who are still alive to come closer together, making confrontations nearly impossible to avoid. <\/p>
Players are dropped on the island with no equipment, which the players must rapidly find or risk being shot down. The tension combined with the thrill of the hunt or be hunted gameplay has earned it a massive fan following, a well deserved one, I'd say. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1500723425764","data":"59733a01e2757"}]
ROBOVEDA is a national level exclusive robotics symposium conducted by THE ROBOTICS CLUB-SNIST. Roboveda is known to conduct various robotic events with participants coming from every corner of the nation.\n\tROBOVEDA\u201917-here\u2019s the technical gorge yet again geared up with high spirit and verve all set to chase the engineering domain of today\u2019s technological world. With the grandeur of the success of ROBOVEDA\u201916, the team of Roboveda is again all set to take upon the intricate task of organizing technical symposium and to make it more triumphant and elegant than that of last year\u2019s.ROBOVEDA\u201917, with its robotic tradition comes up to inspirit all the robotic zealots and same as the previous year, the event is going to be a 3-day technical gaiety sated with action and anticipation. The symposium would be of highest technical attribute with all the events very well upgraded which would test the technological know-how of the students. \nThis 3-day event which is going to be conducted on 15th, 16th and 17th of September is expected to exert a pull on about 5000+ participants from all over the country and we are looking forward for the amateur buds of robotics to bloom at our college so that we can experience the robotic whiff and savor the technicality of robotics. <\/p>
The uniquely flavored events of ROBOVEDA\u201917 designed to test the technological expertise of the participants are presented as: <\/p>
\u2022\tTwelve Robotic events <\/p>
\u2022 Tech Talks <\/p>
\u2022 Experiential Workshops <\/p>
\u2022\tRobotic Expo <\/p>
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What is the greatest fear in all of humankind? What is the fear that invokes in us a sense of urgency, thrill and dread all together? It is the fear of the unknown<\/i>. The unknown scares us so much, that we may, well before it arrives become slaves to self-oppression and depression. It makes us see the often unnoticed areas of our lives. The areas we moslty overlook. The grey areas. These get refocused in our visions when the fear of unknown creeps in, just like a sea vessel venturing out in the uncharted waters. A ship lost in the vast never ending territory. When a ship is set sail, it is before hand, set to sail in a direction which will eventually take it to the intended destination. But as things sometimes tend to go awry, a gust of mischievous wind hits the ship's masts and sends them in another direction. Now the course of the ship has changed. It is heading into a \"no\" direction. Headed towards an unknown path. Headed to the unknown<\/i>. <\/p>
Slowly the fear of of unknown builds itself up. The captain is shocked. He immediately tries to come back to the path he was sailing on. Was it the right? The left? Backward? A bit forward perhaps? Which way was he travelling on before? <\/p>
He looks around and finds water on all sides. Going right, left and forward are his only options now but how does he do it? Everywhere it's the same. Sea and more sea. He chooses finally to go forward. One question lingers in his mind now, \"What lies ahead?\"<\/i>. Thus the fear of unknown deepens. <\/p>
It's roots clutching his heart now. He becomes driven by emotions. Lost in the middle of the sea with no direction, no path to follow on, no one to guide him home he thinks of his family, his friends whether or not he'll be able to see them again. His heart swirls in chaos, screaming for a way out of this unintended and doubtful quagmire. He looks at his crew on-board. All as uncertain as himself waiting on him to be certain again, to take control of the ship again afterall it's his job isn't it?<\/p>
The responsibility of their lives weighs him down. Putting on a fake braveness, unsure, he gives out his commands. The crew gain their confidence back because if the captain is so sure then who are they to question him? The ship resumes its activities and all is forgotten. Now the captain carries the sole wieght of all the collective fears of his crew members. The fear is multiplied. Since he cannot ask, counsel with, be advised by anyone of his crew he goes onward with his decision.<\/p>
He's burdened with fear, responsibilty, guilt and when one cannot express himself at all, he becomes mentally irrational. The stems of the fear of unknown branching its way into his mind, taking control. He becomes adamant, angry and agitated. But all this he cannot express freely to his crew, who are diligently carrying out their chores and are unbothered. He hides his feelings in fear of disturbing their calmness.<\/p>
When he sees up, he sees a sea full of raging waves, full of different directions, many rights and many lefts but each not definitive of being his lost path he once was travelling on. But when the crew look up they see their captain, standing tall and deteremined, his head held high. They see a promise, they see faith but what they cannot see is that their captain is holding his head high only to see if he can remember which way he came from and which way to go.<\/p>
Oh the variations of perceptions in the same plane of sight. <\/p>
As to all those wondering why I elaborated on and on about a ship and a scared captain is because all of us engineers are the captain, the crew our parents and friends, the ship - our life, the sea? Yes you guessed it right! The sea is engineering and finally the mysterious gusts of wind are our lovely and very much dreaded backlogs. <\/p>\n"}]
INTRODUCTION <\/p>
\nArms and limbs are one of the most important parts of a human body and are for a robot too. They are required to move a robot and also the object that it carries. The robot is required to carry any object and move across with stability and agility, the most important characteristics. So here\u2019s introducing VISTAAR an event that tests your ability to design and develop a robot which is agile and stable enough to complete the given task.<\/p>
\n\nPROBLEM STATEMENT <\/p>
\nThe task is to build a manually controlled (wired or wireless)or voice controlled robot which can pick up and place the objects in specified positions without losing its stability while traversing over any terrain. Bots can be made using modules and motor drivers. <\/p>
\nROBOT SPECIFICATIONS <\/p>
\n1.\tMAXIMUM DIMENSIONS <\/p>
Length: 40cm <\/p>
Breadth: 40cm<\/p>
Height: 60cm (from the bottom most point of the robot)<\/p>
\nRemote will not be considered while checking the dimensions. <\/p>
2.\tRobot can use modules that suit the problem statement and also the use of gear box is allowed.<\/p>
\n\nNOTE <\/p>
\n1.\tThe robotic arm can expand during the competition but while checking its dimensions, it should be in contracted form and shall not exceed the maximum dimensions.<\/p>
\n2.\tA tolerance of 5% is allowed in the aforementioned parameters, taking into consideration the error of the measuring instruments. <\/p>
3.\tThe arena contains terrain platform or some obstacles at some paths, the bot should clear the total path in the directions mentioned for next level.<\/p>
\n\n\n\n\nPOWER CONSTRAINTS <\/p>
\n1.\tThe Robot can home a DC power source capable of powering it to a considerable period of time(can either use on-board or off-board battery).<\/p>
\n2.\tThe potential difference across any two points must not exceed 18 V.<\/p>
\n1.\tThere will be a set of coloured balls in a closed box and the participant has to pick up a ball with certain colour and that coloured ball will be their target to score.<\/p>
\n2.\tThe robot will be placed at the starting position from where it needs to travel according to the path mentioned clearing the terrain and obstacles present and pick up the coloured target ball in the arena and place them in a box. After clearing the balls the robot should come to the end point. All the balls are either sponge type or plastic balls. <\/p>
3.\tThe coloured balls in the arena will be placed at random positions. <\/p>
4.\tThe box can either be inside or outside of the arena. If the box is inside the arena then the robot has to place the target balls in that box and come to the end position. <\/p>
5.\tIf the box is placed outside the arena then the robot has to go to the box every time it picks up the target ball and after placing all the balls it should return to the end point. <\/p>
6.\tQualification is judged based on the time taken by the robot to complete the task in clearing the coloured balls.\n<\/p>
ARENA SPECIFICATIONS <\/p>
1.\tThe arena for the qualification round will be maximum of 600cm x 600cm as l x b in dimensions. <\/p>
2.\tThe width of the path in which the robot needs to travel will be in the range of 50cm to 60cm. <\/p>
3.\tThe diameter of the objects (balls)to be carried will not exceed 10cm. <\/p>
4.\tThe space in between any two blocks will be a minimum of 25cm to 30cm.\n5.\tThe actual arena might differ a little from the picture of the arena given above. <\/p>
6.\tThe robot must travel only in the path shown in the arena at the time of participation. <\/p>
\nRULES AND REGULATIONS <\/p>
\n1.\tOnly Under-graduates are allowed to participate in any of the events conducted as a part of ROBOVEDA\u201917.<\/p>
2.\tA team can consist of a maximum of 4 members. <\/p>
3.\tMembers of different institutions can form a team. <\/p>
4.\tOnly 2 members of a team are allowed to stay around the arena (for controlling and assisting) and a team is allowed to play with one robot only. \n5.\tAny kind of damage to the arena will not be entertained, and if done, the robot will be immediately disqualified. <\/p>
6.\tAll the required accessories have to be brought by the participants. <\/p>
7.\tNo technical assistance will be provided by the coordinators during the time of the event. <\/p>
8.\tNo practice runs will be provided. <\/p>
9.\tUse of an IC engine in any form is not allowed. <\/p>
10.\t Modules can be used in bot(Arduino, MC, RF, nRF etc.,) and motor drives can also be used. <\/p>
11.\tHuman interference (e.g. touching the robot) during the game is not allowed. <\/p>
12.\tIn case of technical problems penalties will be issued. <\/p>
13.\tIf a participant does not comply with the rules of the event he\/she will be disqualified from the event. <\/p>
14.\tMisbehaviour of any kind will not be tolerated and the team will be subjected to disqualification from ROBOVEDA\u201917. <\/p>
15.\tThe robot should not harm the opponent or the field. Constantly harming the arena may lead to disqualification. <\/p>
16.\tNo external power supply will be provided at the time of event. <\/p>
17.\tUse Lego kits are strictly prohibited and will lead to disqualification. <\/p>
18.\tReadymade PCB\u2019s are not allowed. <\/p>
19.\tParticipants with wired robots are strictly advised to get wires of length 3m or more. <\/p>
20.\tIn case of wired robots the wired should be slacked though out the game.\n<\/p>"}]
\n\n\u201cFootball is undoubtedly a challenging game, but are the robots prepared to face this or better yet, take it to the next level Sounds futuristic. GOALAA is a platform where you build a robot, capable enough to surpass all the difficulties in order to celebrate victory. Ultimately, success lies in the hands of the deserving Show case your skills to merge the realms of robotics and human in the game of football.\u201d\n<\/p>"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1498909208369","data":"
PROBLEM STATEMENT <\/p>
\nBuild a soccer playing robot skilled enoughto overcome obstacles placed around the ball and make a goal with least possible time.The robot\u2019s ball handling skills inaddition to the controller\u2019s skill and precision will be tested. Each round hasdifferent judging criteria (overall points, number of goals scored, and time taken)for getting through the next round.\n<\/p>"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1498909238573","data":"
ROBOT SPECIFICATIONS <\/p>
\n1.\tThe Maximum dimensions of the robot is30cm x 30cm x 30cm(l*b*h).<\/p>
\n2.\tRobots can be wired, wireless, or autonomous. In case of wired robots the wire should remain slack throughout the round.<\/p>
\n3.\tPower supply to the robots should not exceed 12V.<\/p>
\n4.\tPower supply must be ON\/OFF board.<\/p>
\n5.\tThere is no weight limits for robots. <\/p>
6.\tTolerance of 5% on dimensions and power supply will be allowed.<\/p>
\n\nARENA SPECIFICATIONS<\/p>
\n\n1.\tThe arena dimensions are 3m x5m.<\/p>
\n2.\tCenter circle diameter is 60CM.<\/p>
\n3.\tGoal post half circle radius is 60CM.\n\n\n <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1498909308807","data":"59578af9e7baf"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1498909348061","data":"
QUALIFYING ROUND <\/p>
\n1.\tBalls are placed at different locations on the arena surrounded with different obstacles. The shapes of obstacles will be revealed during the event.<\/p>
\n2.\tStandard table tennis balls are used.<\/p>
\n3.\tTwo robot will be placed at start point. <\/p>
4.\tEach player has to choose the court.<\/p>
\n5.\tIn each court there are 3 balls you have to goal it in the opposite goal post in the given time .<\/p>
\n6.\tWhoever do it first he\/she will be qualified to the next round.<\/p>
\n7.\tTime limit for the qualification will be decided on the day of the event.<\/p>
8.\tIf the robot touches the obstacles the team will be penalized accordingly.\n9.\tThe penalty will be announced on the day of the event.\n\nNote: Arena for the first round and final round will be displayed on the day of the event. The position and shape of the obstacles may vary from qualifying round.<\/p>
\n\n\nRULES AND REGULATIONS <\/p>
\n1.\tA team can consist of a maximum of 4 members.<\/p>
\n2.\tMembers of different institutions can form a team. <\/p>
\n3.\tOnly 2 members of a team are allowed to stay around the arena (for controlling and assisting) and a team is allowed to play with one robot only. \n4.\tOnly Undergraduates are allowed to participate in the event.<\/p>
\n5.\tAny kind of damage to the arena will not be entertained, and if done, the robot will be immediately disqualified. <\/p>
\n6.\tCollision of the robots during the game will not be entertained whoever does they will be disqualified. <\/p>
7.\tAll the required accessories have to be brought by the participants. \n8.\tNo technical assistance will be provided by the coordinators during the time of the event.<\/p>
\n9.\tNo practice runs will be provided.<\/p>
\n10.\tUse of an IC engine in any form is not allowed.<\/p>
\n11.\tHuman interference (e.g. touching the robot, stepping into the arena) during the game is not allowed. <\/p>
\n12.\tIf a participant does not comply with the rules of the event he\/she will be disqualified from the event.<\/p>
\n13.\tMisbehaviour of any kind will not be tolerated and the team will be subjected to disqualification from Roboveda. <\/p>
14.\tThe robot should not harm the opponent or the field. Constantly harming the arena may lead to disqualification.<\/p>
\n15.\tNo external power supply will be provided at the time of event.<\/p>
\n16.\tA robot with the base of a toy car and its gear box as a machine part will be disqualified. Also, LEGO kits are strictly prohibited and will lead to disqualification. <\/p>
\n17.\tParticipants with wired robots are strictly advised to get wires of length 3m or more. <\/p>
\n18.\tIn case of wired robots the wired should be slacked thoughout the game.<\/p>
\n19.\tReady made PCB\u2019s are not allowed.<\/p>
\n\n\nNOTE <\/p>
\n1.\tAll participants will be given Certificate of Participation. <\/p>
\n2.\tWinners and runners will be given Certificate of Merit. <\/p>
\n3.\tMember participated from a team cannot participate in another team for the same event.<\/p>
\n4.\tIn case of any discrepancies, the decision of the coordinator and the event head shall be the final and no further arguments shall be entertained\n5.\tA robot is allowed to participate only once in that particular event.<\/p>
\n6.\tWe request the participants not to assume anything without contacting us. <\/p>
7.\tTeam Roboveda is not responsible for any kind of damage to your robot.\n8.\tAll the participants should bring their college ID cards.\n\n\nIn case of any discrepancies, the decision of the coordinator and the event head shall be the final and no further arguments shall be entertained.\n\n <\/p>"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1498909591619","data":"
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\nSai vamshi:-9494893001 <\/p>
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I wasn't as attached to Linkin Park as my older cousins were who were 90s kids were. By the time I could appreciate good music, they had already graduate to bands like Zeppelin, Flyod, Steven Wilson and further, so that's where I started. But I suppose the whole reason I was lucky enough to be introduced to these genres of music was because of my cousin's introduction to the world through Linkin Park. <\/p>
The point here is that, while their loss is something I cannot comprehend, the reason behind Chester Bennington taking his own life is all too familiar for anybody who has been a teenager and gone through a period of depression. <\/p>
As the staff writer of stuMagz says it, thinking suicide is selfish is discounting the fact that the man who committed suicide was so depressed he felt that suicide was the only way out for him. It is even more selfish to expect someone to keep living with depression just because you think suicide is wrong. Of course it is, everyone knows that, the point is that we should be helping people out of depression rather than criticising them for choosing to commit suicide after the fact. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1500639940103","data":"5971f345977b0"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1500639984514","data":"
The fact is that Bennington was suffering with chronic depression for a long time now, and for people with depression, every day is a struggle. Many people simply do not understand what depression feels like: it is when your mind wants to die but your body is doing its best to fight and live. You lose the will to do anything, even getting up from the bed in the morning is a struggle because you constantly ask yourself just what exactly is the point of getting up in the first place. Every night, you go to bed wishing, praying even, to die in your sleep. What kind of existence is that?<\/p>
Even the most successful people have depression, money and fame is no indication of happiness, and if you know someone who is going through depression, this is a formal plea from me, a random guy on the internet, please, please help them as much as you can. A simple action from you can mean the difference between life and death. The person needs therapy and all the support they can get, it is not something that'll be cured by watching a funny movie. Depression is a cancer that eats away at everything, so much that the only reason to live becomes death. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1500640242787","data":"5971f473964b3"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1500640287208","data":"
If you are suffering through depression, let me assure you that you need help as much as a person with any other condition, and you deserve help, no matter what you think. Please go see a counsellor, invest in yourself, because you are worth it. <\/p>
Please do not ignore depression, it has taken way too many lives from us already. No more. <\/p>"}]
Hyderabad has always been known as the city of lakes, most of which have been lost due to rapid urbanisation. With only 162 lakes left (which is a fraction of what originally existed), it is imperative to protect these lakes from pollution, encroachment and other threats. Live the Lakes is an initiative by Society for Advancement of Human Endeavour (SAHE), to connect communities to lakes and a serious effort to revive the surface waterbodies in our city. As a part of this initiative, they are conducting a major plantation drive at Regulagunta Lake near Chandanagar on Sunday, July 23, 2017.<\/p>
Keeping in sync with the Telangana government's Haritha Haram initiative, this plantation drive aims to improve the ecosystem around the lake, as Viiveck Varma of SAHE explains, \"We always aim for a comprehensive solution, instead of just a plantation drive where the saplings are forgotten about once the drive is over. We are going to plant specific saplings, that suit the ecosystem here and that will actually thrive and benefit the lake. After roping in experts, we have figured out what plants\/trees that will be beneficial here.\"<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1500709496254","data":"597302d700660"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1500631752767","data":"
The solution, according to Mr. Viiveck, should be a comprehensive one taking into consideration all the factors involved. <\/p>
\"There are a lot of people involved with the lakes, the community that lives nearby, the people who thrive on the lake like fishermen, etc. Loss of a lake affects them all and it is important to figure out and implement a comprehensive solution rather than just cleaning up the lake and forgetting about it later. We believe in involving all the concerned parties and also the government bodies like GHMC and HMDA, to ensure no further damage happens to the lake once it is cleaned,\" explains Viiveck, adding, \"For instance, if a lake has chemical affluents dumped into it, we go to the concerned industry\/factory and help them find an alternate solution for dumping their waste. There's no point in blaming someone or pointing fingers. We want the community to be a part of the solution and that is why we are doing this drive.\"<\/p>
They also address problems like encroachment of lakes and assist the government with the necessary research and information. Roping in architects and geologists and mapping the current scenario and comparing it to the digitised maps that the government has, they help the government understand the issues and assist the government in coming up with solutions for encroachment. <\/p>
<\/p>"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1500709042913","data":"stuMagz is proud to announce that we are the student outreach partner for this much-needed initiative. To participate in this event and for more info, click here.<\/a>\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/322508761529793\/<\/a>The event is on July 23,2017 and the reporting time is 7:30 A.M"}]
When I first came into this college I felt I was stranded on an island with a number of unknown people. People staring and passing comments when I used to show up late as if I have committed a crime. Moreover, I knew nothing about my peers and vice versa. Being an introvert by heart I was shy to make conversations with others. We sit there thinking something will happen but college life will be over and one will be left without memories. So one has to stand up and brew their own memories as you have to look back to it one day when you are old and laugh about the things you've done when you were a child.<\/p>
A few days later when the classes were on a regular basis, I started speaking to everyone by getting rid of the shyness and ego. They too spoke in a friendly manner to me. Like that we made a gang consisting of 6 girls and we used to hang out on a regular basis. That is when one fine day during the lunch break, were being freshers everyone's attention was on us and they were waiting for an opportunity to catch hold of us so that they can get to know us 'better' and by better I mean rag us.<\/p>
The second year of Mechanical Engineering students were sitting on the parapet and giving us the look which is quiet understandable that we are 'next'. They were already ragging a couple of newbies and seeing us they stopped because apparently we were 'most-wanted' back then for being rebellious. And so, we were bait, a group of twenty boys and six helpless girls. With endless commenting and making fun of us they were trying to break us down. They made us sing songs backwards, pretend to make food items with sound, dance, kneel down and propose to any senior. Thirty minutes of pure torture for some but a wild experience for me. Out of the group, one boy was the rudest and harshest of them all, their intention was to break us as a whole. But that, fortunately, did not happen because our minds were fit as a fiddle. The boys, to their surprise, did not know we would act like this eventually they retreated and gave up because they realised it was of no use. That is when the tables turned. The professors, on seeing us being ragged, came to us and asked us to rag the seniors back, which we did it with great honour and pride. We roasted them all but under the influence and guidance of the professors. Their faces turned out to be like roasted nuts and we made a pact to be friends. The best decision ever made by juniors as well as seniors.Instead of having a world war three we brought peace and true among both years. Now they have graduated, being friends with them was the best choice we had ever made, I would rather say fate played a huge role in bringing a group of people together and now three years have passed by, but they have never failed to amaze us. The departments of civil and mechanical engineering are sworn to see each other in hatred but we broke that barrier and now we go together like India and United Kingdom but sometimes we turn plates and be India and Pakistan.<\/p>
The best memories are made in college and this was my favourite memory. Now since all the slates have been wiped clean and we will only a have a year of fun and enjoyment after that we will part our ways. Just like when you think about yesterday, a day that will never come back to you. It only exists as a memory. But you never know what tomorrow holds for you, as every day is a gift. So enjoy your college days to the maximum as you will never get a phase like this in your life ever.<\/p>"}]
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Israeli Carrots
Recipe by Chef rmshill
These carrots are great for something different and easy.
Top Review by KateL
Please see my page for my rating system; I would make changes before making these again. These were tasty carrots. I used a Vitamix to process the spice mixture; because the amount was so small, I had to add a teaspoon of oil to get the Vitamix to do its job. In fact, I had to give up on variable speed and use the high speed with on/off pulsing. So make more sauce and your hassle factor will decrease exponentially. As for the carrots, there is no such thing as baby carrots... my halved "baby" carrots (carrots cut down to "baby" size), required 6 minutes to eliminate crunchiness. Made for Spring 2013 Pick-A-Chef event.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 2 quarts water
- 1 lb baby carrots, halved
- 1 garlic clove
- 1⁄2 cup fresh cilantro
- 2 tablespoons fresh dill (I used 1 t of dried)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon orange juice
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cumin
- 1⁄4 teaspoon kosher salt
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- Bring water to boil and add carrots. Cook 5 minutes and drain.
- Place garlic, cilantro and rest of ingredients in a food processor until combined. Spoon mixture over carrots and toss to coat. Serve warm or room temperature.


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My son is the out of state freshmen that is not under the watchful eye of his (retired) Marine Stepfather & (football) Coach and his mom (track & field coach) of course earning a scholarship and going to school out of state, something is bound to happen. This situation is not a typical college story. My son was persuaded to purchase a BB Gun (from Walmart) with other college students to hunt with. What seem to be a no-brainer for us responsible adults, was not so for our son. The gun was brought back to the campus, started being passed around and played with by other students and eventually ended up in the wrong hands. Thankfully no one was hurt, the BB Gun was never discharged, pointed at any one etc, The point was it should not have been there. Needless to say, My son was let off with an suspension and could return to school, the other kids involved has been expelled and can not return. However he ended up with a charge of carrying a weapon, and needed legal representation.
I met Mr. Casale through a Google search. After reviewing other clients review I decided to have him represent my son (in college) Mr. Casale is the type of experienced professional that will educate you, not only with the upcoming process and procedures but also how incidents like my son had (carrying a weapon - BB Gun) can affect his future. Mr. Casale spent at least 45mins to an hour with me over the phone advising me of the charges, fees, due processes etc. I felt very comfortable choosing him as the attorney that will be representing my son. Himself as well as his staff was so understanding and patient with our unique situation ( being out of state and not having the funds readily available) Mr. Casale walked us trough this difficult time and made me comfortable with all the questions and uncertainty I had as a mother. This experience (although mind recking) has been one I (and my son) will never forget.
I would advise anyone whose seeking an attorney with experience, professionalism and understanding Mr. Casale is your guy.
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Rough start!!!!
So my fiance started a new job today!!!! I have had him home for a little over a month so it was so nice to have him helping out! Well this morning was a rough start to get back to what i do best and doing everything alone!!! All this kids were crying at once at one point i almost broke down myself!!! Feeling better and now I'm about to cook a tasty meal to end the day just right!!!!!
I think I would and will feel the same way if/when my husband goes back to work. He's been home since the end of August.
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