![]() Season 2 is set more than a century after the finale of the first season, “tension mounts throughout the galaxy in Foundation season two. Enraged by Hari's claims, the ruling Cleons - a long line of emperor clones - fear their unrivaled reign may be weakening as they're forced to reckon with the potential reality of losing their powerful legacy forever." Hari Seldon predicts the impending fall of the Empire, “he and a band of loyal followers venture to the far reaches of the galaxy to establish The Foundation in an attempt to rebuild and preserve the future of civilization. The story chronicles a band of exiles on their epic journey to save humanity and rebuild civilization amid the fall of the Galactic Empire. We’ve got a new trailer for you to watch for the second season of Apple TV+’s ambitious series adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s Foundation. ![]()
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![]() In the second meditation, Descartes discusses exactly what was mentioned prior - the mind and body. Descartes says the same is true for many things - "truth" can be found using the senses, as they are the connection between the mind, body, and the real world. ![]() However, as he matures, he finds out the truth using his senses. As a young child or even a young adult, Descartes does not know exactly what love is. The first of the six meditations discusses how the author, Descartes, came to know the simple truths in life. Indeed, many of Descartes' ideas are controversial, as you cannot prove a negative, but they are revolutionary for the time the work was written. The subjects under consideration range from youthful falsehoods to the existence of a God. ![]() Meditations on First Philosophy is a work written by 17th century French author Rene Descartes that discusses six "meditations" on the truth that humanity can decipher from the natural world. ![]() Written by people who wish to remain anonymous We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. ![]() These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She writes about everything from dating to infertility, to how friendships evolve as you get older, to why being pregnant at forty-one is unexpectedly freeing-all with the goal of appreciating the lives we’ve lived so far and the lives we still hope to live. Now, in her debut memoir, Shafrir explores the enormous pressures we feel, especially as women, to hit particular milestones at certain times and how we can redefine what it means to be a late bloomer. And while she was one of Gawker’s early hires and one of the first editors at BuzzFeed, she didn’t find professional fulfillment until she co-launched the successful self-care podcast Forever35-at forty. After a long fertility struggle, she became a first-time mom at forty-one, joining Mommy & Me classes where most of the other moms were at least ten years younger. She was an intern at twenty-nine and met her husband on Tinder in her late thirties, after many of her friends had already gotten married, started families, and entered couples’ counseling. A memoir about what happens when your coming-of-age comes later than expected.ĭoree Shafrir spent much of her twenties and thirties feeling out of sync with her peers. ![]() ![]() ![]() And it’s easy to forget that some of what we now consider classics of great art were also beloved by many in their time. The Venn diagrams of the two often overlap, but not always. It’s a constant struggle, and a constant argument: what is popular versus what is great art. ![]() Thing That Can Be Argued: whether or not this season was actually any good… It is being talked about all over the place, with lots of people hailing it as the finest season of Trek in ages, lots more simply expressing their joy at seeing Picard, Riker, La Forge, Worf, Crusher, Troi, and Data together again-and on the bridge of the Enterprise-D, no less! It got the best viewership of any Trek show on Paramount+, actually rivalling network offerings. Thing That Cannot Be Denied: Picard season three was a huge hit. ![]() ![]() ![]()
![]() ![]() The expedition carried three watertight radio transmitters - one for 40 and 20 meters, one for 10 meters, and a third on 6 meters. Much later DNA evidence proved that Heyerdahl’s assumptions were at least partially correct. ![]() “It was the theory of Heyerdahl, leader of the venture, that the settlement of the Pacific Islands resulted from a migration of American peoples who had sailed there many of years ago, rather than a trek from Asia as claimed by other scientists,” the QST article explained. Norwegian explorer and ethnologist Thor Heyerdahl wanted to prove that people from South America may have migrated to Polynesia, and he took Amateur Radio along on his ocean journey.Ī December 1947 QST article, “ Kon-Tiki Communications - Well Done!” called the trip the “most unusual expedition ever to place reliance on Amateur Radio for communication.” The Kon-Tiki departed Peru for Polynesia on April 28, 1947. It was better known as the Kon-Tiki, a raft constructed largely from balsa logs. ![]() Sixty-seven years ago, on August 7, 1947, the maritime mobile station LI2B concluded its journey from South America by washing ashore on an island in French Polynesia. ![]() ![]() ![]() "Reading this book is like getting a hug from a friend who knows exactly what you’re going through. A graduate of the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, LeUyen lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two sons. Her own books include The Bear Who Wasn't There and Big Sister, Little Sister. She is the co-creator, along with Shannon Hale, of the bestselling graphic memoirs Real Friends, Best Friends, and Friends Forever. Morris and the bestselling Princess in Black series by Shannon and Dean Hale. LeUyen Pham has illustrated more than one hundred books for children, including the Caldecott Honor book Bear Came Along by Richard T. She and her husband, the author Dean Hale, have four children and live near Salt Lake City, Utah. ![]() ![]() She also wrote three novels for adults, including Austenland, now a major motion picture starring Keri Russell. Shannon Hale is the Newbery Honor–winning and New York Times bestselling author of the Princess Academy series, The Books of Bayern, Book of a Thousand Days, Dangerous, and the graphic novels Rapunzel's Revengeand Calamity Jack, as well as the Ever After High and Princess in Black series, and the upcoming The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl for Marvel. ![]() ![]() ![]() When he was 17 years old, Winston moved to Perranporth, Cornwall, where he lived for 34 years. Graham's father, Albert Grime, was a prosperous tea importer and grocer, but became incapacitated by a stroke. As a child, Winston contracted pneumonia, and on medical advice was educated at a local day school rather than Manchester Grammar School which his father had in mind for him. ![]() Graham was born in Victoria Park, Manchester, on 30 June 1908. Winston Graham was the author's pseudonym until he changed his name by deed poll from Grime to Graham on. Winston Mawdsley Graham OBE, born Winston Grime (30 June 1908 – 10 July 2003), was an English novelist best known for the Poldark series of historical novels set in Cornwall, though he also wrote numerous other works, including contemporary thrillers, period novels, short stories, non-fiction and plays. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He said they must all go to sleep at night at the same time and appear in the park at the same time. ![]() Finn tells them they're not alone in appearing to the park at night. ![]() Finn wakes up and sees the laser burns on his real body, his mom asks him what happened so he lies and says that a bully burnt him with a cigarette.ĭuring the day Finn and his strange new friend, Amanda track down the other four hosts Willa, Philby, Maybeck, and Charlene. This time, he sees two of the other DHIs Charlene and Philby, and to make matters scarier, a group of pirate Audio-animatronics from Pirates of the Caribbean ride around in cars from Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin, and they shoot lasers at Finn. The next night he finds himself back in the empty dark park as his DHI. Finn doesn't believe Wayne, and Wayne sends Finn back to his real body by pressing a red button on a black fob. There is a mysterious group called the Overtakers, who plan to take over the parks and maybe the world. Wayne tells Finn that he must find the other kid hosts and arrive at the park at the same time or else Disney is in danger. While in the empty park one night, he meets Wayne, an elderly cast member and original Imagineer. Finn realizes that these are no dreams, and are actually happening. Many nights, Finn has been appearing in Disney parks as a DHI and a hologram, while he is asleep. ![]() ![]() ![]() With this support buoying her, Ellie might finally be able to cast aside the Fat Girl Rules and starfish in real life-by unapologetically being her own fabulous self. Fortunately, Ellie has allies in her dad, her therapist, and her new neighbor, Catalina, who loves Ellie for who she is. It's also where she can get away from her pushy mom, who thinks criticizing Ellie's weight will motivate her to diet. In the water, she can stretch herself out like a starfish and take up all the room she wants. To cope, she tries to live by the Fat Girl Rules-like "no making waves," "avoid eating in public," and "don't move so fast that your body jiggles." And she's found her safe space-her swimming pool-where she feels weightless in a fat-obsessed world. Ellie is tired of being fat-shamed and does something about it in this poignant debut novel-in-verse.Įver since Ellie wore a whale swimsuit and made a big splash at her fifth birthday party, she's been bullied about her weight. ![]() |