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A review of the book “Your Name”

Your Name is a Japanese light novel written by Makoto Shinkai. It is a novelization of the animated film of the same name, which was directed by Shinkai. It was published in Japan by Kadokawa on June 18, 2016, a month prior to the film premiere.

The plot goes like this:

Mitsuha Miyamizu, a high school girl living in the fictional town of Itomori in Gifu Prefecture's mountainous Hida region is fed up with her life in the countryside and wishes to be a handsome Tokyo boy in her next life. Later, Taki Tachibana, a high school boy living in Tokyo, wakes up and realizes that he is Mitsuha, who herself has somehow ended up in Taki's body. Taki and Mitsuha realize they have switched bodies. They start communicating with each other by leaving notes on paper or leaving memos in each other's phones.

The story is very interesting and quick to grasp and understand. This light novel is highly recommended even for new reader trying to get into the world of books.

By September 2016, the light novel had sold around 1,029,000 copies. In the second week on September 2016, the novel had sold around 112,000 more copies. After the wide release of the film adaptation in August 2016, the novel reached the top place in Oricon's weekly bunkobon sales charts for three consecutive weeks. The novel has sold over 1.3 million copies as of December 2016. On August 2018, the novel was released in an audiobook format, with Romi Park reading.

Hope you enjoy this light novel too.

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Tiger Lake processors from intel (Technical Review)

Abstract: Tiger Lake is Intel's codename for the 11th generation Intel Core mobile processors based on the new Willow Cove Core microarchitecture, manufactured using Intel's third-generation 10 nm process node known as 10SF ("10 nm SuperFin"). Tiger Lake replaces the Ice Lake family of mobile processors, representing an Optimization step in Intel's process–architecture–optimization model.

Introduction: Tiger Lake processors launched on September 2, 2020 are part of the Tiger Lake-U family and include dual-core and quad-core 9 W (7–15 W) TDP and 15 W (12–28 W) TDP models. They power 2020 "Project Athena" laptops. The quad-core 96 EU die measures 13.6 × 10.7 mm, which is 19.2% wider than the 11.4 × 10.7 mm  quad-core 64 EU Ice Lake die. According to Yehuda Nissan and his team, the architecture is named after a lake across Puget Sound, Washington. Laptops based on Tiger Lake started to sell in October 2020.

Features:

CPU

Further information: Willow Cove (microarchitecture)

Intel Willow Cove CPU cores

Full memory (RAM) encryption

Indirect branch tracking and shadow stack

Intel Key Locker

GPU

Intel Xe-LP ("Gen12") GPU with up to 96 execution units (50% uplift compared to Ice Lake, up from 64) with some yet to be announced processors using Intel's discrete GPU, DG1

Fixed-function hardware decoding for HEVC 12-bit, 4:2:2/4:4:4; VP9 12-bit 4:4:4 and AV1 8K 10-bit 4:2:0

Support for a single 8K 12-bit HDR display or two 4K 10-bit HDR displays

Hardware accelerated Dolby Vision

Sampler Feedback support

Dual Queue Support

Conclusion:

The Iris Xe integrated graphics on the new 11th gen intel mobile processors deliver high performance in n thin and light body. Light video editing and gaming on low or medium settings will now be possible on thin and light laptops.

Reference:

"Intel Launches World's Best Processor for Thin-and-Light Laptops: 11th Gen Intel Core". newsroom.intel.com.

"Intel teases its Ice Lake & Tiger Lake family, 10nm for 2018 and 2019". TweakTown. 2016-01-20.

"Intel roadmap confirms 10nm 'Tiger Lake' chip with Xe graphics, more Ice Lake and Lakefield details". PCWorld.

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5G wireless network (Technical review)

Abstract: everyone loves speed and moreover a speedy internet, so it is not surprising that every major telecom in the world is working to make it even faster. Smartphones, houses, homes and cars are increasingly requiring stable internet connections. In order to survive in the world where we urge for more and more technology, here comes the 5G network.

Introduction: The G in 5G stands for generation and 5 is the advancement denoted through a number. Wireless phone technology technically entered with 1G, and in the early 1990s it is upgraded to 2G. and eventually the world moved on to 3G and then to 4G which is much faster than 3G.

The main features of 5G are: Thousands of higher mobile data speed as compared to current 4G speeds, more battery life, five times reduced latency as compared to 4G.

5G Architecture: The 5G wireless cellular network mainly comprises of two layers-

A radio and network and network cloud. It can be used as a platform for the standardization of upcoming 5G network in the future. In the next decade it is expected that the mobile and wireless traffic volume will increase a thousand-fold and this eventually will have obsessed by the anticipated 50 billion connected devices connected to the cloud.

Conclusion: 5th generation technology will revolutionize the wireless technology, experts are still working on this five technology, millimeter wave, small cell, massive mimo, beam forming, full duplex all these technologies are still in progress. If experts figure it out, then full 5G services could arrive as early as the next 5 years.

References:

Gurinder Kaur and Komal Sharma, “Review paper on 5G technology”

W.H. Chin, Z. Fan, R. Halnes, “Emerging technologies and research challenges for 5G wireless networks.

Dhiral Gandhe reseach paper on “Study of recent developments on 5G wireless technology”.

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A quick and easy snack during this quarantine.

Noodles are the go to snacks which are quick and easy to prepare and fill up the tummy too. You can eat it plane with the added masala pack or you could spice things up by adding a few vegetables and some eggs.

Detailed Recipe:

You will need-

Any noodle pack (I used Maggi here)

Onion

Green peas

Salt and Pepper

Eggs

Oil

Butter

 Preparation:

Dice the onion.

Prepare the green peas.

Heat up water to a boil and add the noodle pack and let it boil. After the noodle is cooked drain the remaining water but leave some.

Heat up a pan and put in oil and fry the onion, then add the masala pack and the cooked noodle.

Add the green peas and stir it.

On a different pan heat up some butter and fry 2 eggs.

Turn off the heat on the noodle and serve it on a bowl.

Put the fried egg on top of the noodle

You’re all done. Enjoy your snack.

On a further notes you can also add any cooked meat of your choice.

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Who am I (Story)

“The awkward middle child”, that’s me. I have two older sisters and a younger brother. When my mom was pregnant with me my family really wanted a boy as they already had two beautiful daughters. But they had me a girl. My Grandmother gave me the Name ‘Madhubala’ it was her dying wish. I don’t remember anything about my grandparents. They passed away when I was very young. I grew up in a middle class family, my dad worked at the post office and my mom was a house wife. My parents love me a lot. Fast forward a couple of years, I now have a baby brother. My family went temple after temple to pray and ask the Gods for a baby boy. They were extremely happy when they had my brother. I felt a little jealous when my baby brother got all the attention. He was a cry baby growing up I did not like him. I didn’t have many friends around my age. I usually hang out with the neighbor’s kids when I’m at home. I wasn’t the brightest student growing up. The school I went to have strict rules about what you can and cannot eat inside the school premises and I often got teased about bringing food that wasn’t allowed when in fact it was allowed to bring those foods. School days was fun nonetheless; we were innocent kids unknowing about the true harsh nature of the world we live in. It was fun, I miss my childhood days, the friends I made, sometimes I wonder how they are doing. Growing up I fought a lot with my brother. We were like cats and dogs as our parents would say. That said we had a lot of good adventures together. We went to the same school, we played together all the time, we did everything together as a kid. Then I graduated high school and we went our different ways, we grew up basically. He went abroad to study for college and we grew further apart. He would visit once a year during the holidays, we would laugh and have a good time. I found myself attached to arts and craft growing up. As a hobby I loved to sketch during my free time. I would get a paper and start drawing then I would frame them and hung it on my room. I used to make my own clothes for my toys too, I would ask my dad to bring me clothe from tailor shops so that I could cut and stitch them into new clothes using a fashion magazine as a reference, we had a lot magazines lying around our house. Maybe if I had focused on it more and my parents gave more attention to it, I could have gone a different path. I wanted to become a lawyer it’s mostly a biased decision I made as a kid. As a kid when I had any arguments with my friends and family I would often use facts and logic and convince them they were wrong and they would make fun of me saying I should become a lawyer and fight in the court and that no one would win against me. This probably played a huge role in me choosing lawyer as a career that I wanted when I grow up. After Graduating Higher Secondary school, I had planned to study law but our family couldn’t afford it as at the time my sister was studying abroad and they had to pay for my brother’s tuition. So, I went to college and continued my studies. I tried my best to not depend on my parents too much they had a lot to take care of and I don’t want to add more on their plate. I was lucky enough to get a scholarship and I was able to help my parents out and be a little independent. I took up private tutoring as a side Job to earn a little bit more and I still do to this day. This has helped a lot in buying small miscellaneous personal items. It’s convenient to earn my keep. There are many perks and downside to being the middle child. Parents are easy going to you and you get away with most things you do but sometimes I wished they gave me more attention. My siblings have all grown up now. The eldest one completed her Master Degree and now works as a teacher and my other sister is a nurse at a renowned hospital and my brother is about to graduate from college. All of us are moving on with our lives, if I could turn back time maybe I would have been in a different place but still I’d be the awkward middle child

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A step closer to a healthier Lifestyle

A salad is the easiest thing to prepare for a diet. Some cucumber, some carrots, sliced onions, some green peppers, beetroot and crushed peanuts. There you have it  a healthy lunch ready in a few minutes.

Detailed recipe:

You will need -

carrot

cucumber

beetroot

red onions

Green peppers

peanuts

vinegar

salt

Preparation:

Slice the Onions,Cucumber, Carrot, Beetroot in thin circular slices.

Chop the green peppers

Crush the peanuts

Add a drizzle of Vinegar and salt and mix well.

You’re all done. Enjoy your healthy salad. On a further note, you can also add tomatoes for a more acidic taste.

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Insects

(photographs were taken inside my house on my terrace)

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My review of the book“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (often referred to as simply Fantastic Beasts) is a 2001 guide book written by British author J. K. Rowling (under the pen name of the fictitious author Newt Scamander) about the magical creatures in the Harry Potter universe. A good read for those who love the Harry Potter series. 

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them contains the history of magizoology and describes 85 magical species found around the world. In the Harry Potter universe, the book is a required textbook for first-year Hogwarts students, having been an approved textbook since its first publication. In his foreword to the book, Albus Dumbledore notes that it serves as an excellent reference for wizarding households in addition to its use at Hogwarts.

The book's fictional author, Newt Scamander, does not appear in the main Harry Potter book series though his name is seen on the Marauder's Map in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. He is the central character of the Fantastic Beasts film series, in which he is played by Eddie Redmayne (I highly recommend this movie). Overall this is a great book for those who are in love with the Harry Potter universe and want to explore it’s unique creatures.

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Why you should watch “Your Name”

Your Name also known as ‘Kimi no Na wa’ is a 2016 Japanese animated romantic fantasy drama film written and directed by Makoto Shinkai, animation directions by Masashi Ando, character designed by Masayoshi Tanaka and produced by CoMix Wave Films.

Your Name tells the story of Taki, a high school boy in Tokyo and Mitsuha, a high school girl in a rural town, who suddenly and inexplicably begin to swap bodies.

The plot revolves around Mitsuha Miyamizu, a high school girl living in the town of Itomori in Japan's mountainous Hida region and Taki Tachibana, a high school boy in Tokyo switching bodies when they wake up one day (kinda like freaky friday). They communicate by writing messages on paper, their phones, and sometimes on each other's skin. Mitsuha causes Taki to develop a relationship with his coworker Miki, while Taki causes Mitsuha to become popular in school.

I won’t be spoiling the rest of the stories for those of you who were under a rock and haven’t watched this yet.

The art and story is beautiful. Even if you are a not a anime fan I urge you to give this a chance.