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Painful Luxuries: Stop Single-Use Plastic

I was traveling from shanghai Pudong airport to the London Heathrow on Virgin Atlantic airline in the economy class in August 2019. As expected, the staff was hospitable and welcoming. I ordered Mulsim meal while booking the ticket so the air hostess always used to serve me first before the other passengers. With every meal, there was something to drink like juice, plain water. The cutlery was always new with a spoon, fork, glass, and the meal box. The glass which I drink was only used for once and was dumped in the flexible basked in front of the seat which couldn't hold enough things so I used to pinch the glass to dumb in the basket. It was a kind of privilege to be treated like this. Further, when I stayed in a hotel in London where every day the staff provided me with new disposable plastic utensils. However in a world when we are worried about the massive plastic pollution, hotels and airlines are one of the simple examples where it has been used as a luxury. How could it ...

Living in a Box

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Photo By: brucegerencser.net/tag/living-in-a-box Human beings tend to think in limits, they bind themselves in boundaries. This limits their perspective of broad generalization of the world (Continued).

Outdoor Activities to engage ESL students

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List of activities for the children Photo by:  letcteachers.wordpress.com Icebreaker Hi, do you hear me? Ok ok, Clap once if you hear me, Students will clap Ok, Clap twice if you hear me Then students will clap Ok, Ok Thank you. Hi, how are you? How was your day? From which city do you come from? When are you having holidays? Introduction My Name is Wajid and I am from Pakistan. A neighbor country of China. Pakistan and China are good friends. I am a Doctor Students at Nanjing University. My First Experience in China. I came to Nanjing University in 2017 it is my second year in Nanjing. Nanjing is a very beautiful city, I went to Beijing, Hangzhou, and Shanghai. Chinese people are very kind I like cycling and football. High-Five Challenge So today, first we will have a high five challenge The method is that every one of you will have a high five with everyone else, you have 1 minute and the person with highest high-fives will be the winner....

The Bonds of Sentiments: A Nostalgia

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Emotions and feelings are one the most precious attributes that human beings possess, feelings make you travel in the pleasant memories of past and provoke blissful voyages. Emotions have no boundaries, neither do they suffer from discrimination of race, skin, border, and nationalities. Human beings hold similar emotions no matter whether they live in the deserts of Sahara or in the snowy lands of Siberia. It is the feeling that connects people around the globe. Human beings attach themselves with the place they live, people they surround and even with the inanimate facets which they experience in their everyday life. It is often hard to say goodbye to some beloved friends and places to whom you are attached emotionally. Photo by: redwallpaper.com Many at times, it is distressing to think about the closure part of any demanding venture when it has not yet completed as even we are on our way of achieving life goals but the emotional attachments make you feel grieved. In...

Spring a Gift of Nature

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Article published by Nanjing University In winter sun rises not exactly from the east but a bit south of east and sets partly south of west, that causes the days to be shorter and less shiny. In winter sun rises not exactly from the east but a bit south of east and sets partly south of west, that causes the days to be shorter and less shiny. When sun changes it direction by shifting a bit towards the center of the horizon, it's light start to become pleasant, shiny and refreshing. It offers a very cheerful view of the environment after the short gloomy days of winter. With the start of spring, one can feel the wave of change in every creature on earth. The trees start to blossom, the grass transforms it's color towards green and the flowers tend to open up their petals to make the environment more vibrant and colorful.  Its around 2 am in Xianlin and sitting in the balcony of my room, I can hear the birds chirping and making the atmosphere majestic by signing ...

Life Goes On

I was feeling a bit emotional today. I recently received a call from my father he just left my son on his first day at school, and I can feel that he was intensely worried as my son was weeping while going to school. He told me that I will not go home after leaving him in the school will go to the vegetable market and drink tea at some restaurant to pass the two teasing hours worrying about my son. How time changes, it is reminding me about my grandmother, who used to drop me at the school and sit at a Dhaba (small restaurant) near my school until two hours pass by, and then she used to come to the teacher and asked her to leave me as it was enough for that day. I still remember how horrible was my initial days at school it was a kind of prison, you live freely without any responsibility and suddenly you need to start a routine that you never have thought about. All my memories have been recalled today, how I used to be anxious while starring towards the school gate waiting for my ...

Coursera Software Architecture for the Internet of Things Course Questions Answers

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Software Architecture for the Internet of Things Design Process Why is it important that needs, wishes, constraints, etc. are  clear from the beginning ? What can you do if this is not the case? Does every project need a  full-blown software architecture ? Why (not)? What is most important : the functional requirements or the non-functional requirements? Motivate your answer. Answers When all these aspects are clear further stages of software development can run smoothly,, however, if there are ambiguities, then it will create conflicts with some other software components. No, it depends on the size of the product to be developed, if the system is small, then you can start the development right away. You do not need to waste money on architecture development. Both are the most important in the software development, functional requirements instigate the product to be developed, while nonfunctional requirements provide you the relationship among differ...