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Beginning as a Witch
I started consciously following the path of the witch just over a year now. After a few personal experiences that almost made me think that I was going mad, I decided to look into these and after adding the situations together, I decided this would be the right path to follow in order to understand these experiences and use them.
Tapestry of Night Part 2
My sector was named after a monster, the Chimera of ancient Terra, and sometimes I have to agree with the early explorers that decided to name it. Vulkas is the name of the main world where I live, one of the three worlds comprising the system. Vulkas is a primal world, dotted by erupting volcanoes triggered as the face of the world moves toward our main star, Solace. Those eruptions give way to great slag heaps full of valuable materials belched up from the bowels of the world. Hence, the main economy of our world is in refining and selling whatever can be made of those materials.
Peter IveyPublished 6 years ago in FuturismEnvironmental Equality: Water's Worth
Water is pure liquid hydrogen and oxygen and makes up more than half of the human body. In the article, “Six Natural Resources Most Drained by our 7 Billion People,” Camila Ruz argues, “Fresh water only makes up 2.5 percent of the total volume of the world’s water… 70 percent of that freshwater is in the form of ice… so by 2025, people could be living in countries with absolute water scarcity.” (Ruz) Since the Earth already has minimal freshwater resources and overpopulation, water will be considered endangered by 2025. Water is a necessity, and without it, it will be impossible for flora (plants) and fauna (animals) to survive. Here is more information on how our water is filtered, how the chemicals affect us, and how to preserve it.
Kayli MartinPublished 6 years ago in FuturismThe Golden Fleece
Jason, once Captain of the Argo and leader of the Argonauts, now picked at the bamboo bars of his make-shift cage as he was carried along the trail on a pole by two of his taller men. The sun was out, and birds were chirping. Monkeys ranged above him hooting and screeching. The men, once his own, were singing a tawdry old sailors song. He was trapped in a cage, but also imprisoned in a fog of dumb cheer. Doom was straight ahead, and he could not escape it.
H. Robert MacPublished 6 years ago in Futurism'Solo: A Star Wars Story'
(POSSIBLE SPOILERS AHEAD) Solo: A Star Wars Story is one of the biggest box office disappointments in recent history. Currently, Solo: A Star Wars story is sitting at a paltry domestic earnings of $127,745,692 per (Box Office Mojo). Let's just say this is an underwhelming amount especially compared to the main Star Wars films. The question is, why?
Ethan WaynePublished 6 years ago in FuturismA Review of 'Solo: A Star Wars Story'
The backstory to our beloved pilot Han Solo finally arrives. The film definitely isn't the best Star Wars film by a very large boundary but it proves to be a worthy backstory to our beloved character, fitting into Han Solo's nature like a glove. So without further ado, let us get into the review.
Keep Your Own
2354 BCE Northern Ireland The sun rose over the green marshes and dense forests of Ireland as the elders sang their awakening song on the cliffs of the mountain.
Jay TildenPublished 6 years ago in FuturismDespite Critics and the Price Tag, 'Waterworld' Has My Approval
What’s so wrong with Waterworld. Kevin Costner and Dennis Hopper battling it out to gain a foot hold in this post environmental apocalypse at sea. Yeah, I like the 1995 action adventure with an environmental conscience, and it’s unfortunate that critics allow factors outside the movie screen to affect their judgment.
Rich MonettiPublished 6 years ago in Futurism'Solo: A Star Wars Story' Provides Fun Story and Stellar Performances
A lot of us Star Warsfans have been very apprehensive about the newest anthology film, Solo: A Star Wars Story, myself included. I feel like most of us have just been very hesitant about someone who wasn't Harrison Ford playing Han Solo.
Jonathan SimPublished 6 years ago in FuturismThe Abjuration of the Astronomer
You are quiet. Softer than usual—the edge is there, but your eyes sag with exhaustion. You’ve none of your usual confidence, none of the venom that has vanquished so many foolhardy critics. When you enter your new temporary residence (though a voice in my head says prison instead), you do it in shambles. You only brought one bag, and I can see the papers and garments stuffed hastily inside as you set it on the table, head bent, sighing heavily. You walk to the tiny window over the empty writing desk.
Jay TildenPublished 6 years ago in Futurism'Solo: A Star Wars Story' Movie Review
Released: May 25, 2018 (United States) Length: 135 Minutes Certificate: 12A Director: Ron Howard Starring: Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Joonas Suotamo and Paul Bettany
Robert CainPublished 6 years ago in FuturismThe External Nose
Some are tiny and button-like, some look like a ski jump, others have bumps in the middle or wide nostrils, but they are all sone of the biggest mysteries in evolution. Why do we have an external proboscis that protrudes from our faces? This should be an easy question to find an answer to, but nothing could be further from the truth. A lot of research has been done on the shape of the nose and that is determined by the climates our ancestors lived in. In a paper published in PLOS Genetics, "Investigating the case of human nose shape and climate adaptation" byArslan A. Zaidi, Brooke C. Mattern, Peter Claes, Brian McEvoy, Cris Hughes, Mark D. Shriver, the authors put forth the idea that wide noses with larger nares are selected for in warm, wet environments, and long, narrow noses are selected for cold, dry climates. They examined nose measurements from a total of 140 women who were of West African, East Asian, northern European or South Asian ancestry. One doesn't have to leave Africa to find exceptions to their findings. Northern Ethiopians and Eritreans have narrow noses, and genetics have shown little admixture from Europeans or Arab groups, and instead have a common cluster of Y chromosome E3b, a haplogroup unique to the horn of Africa. Then there are the Fulani people of West Africa. They live in a warm, humid climate, but have narrow noses. This is the largest tribe in Africa, and they do not fit the mold these researchers have determined.
Monica BennettPublished 6 years ago in Futurism