#full form of atm in computer language

[tilskkarishma]

Welcome to my corner of the internet! I'm glad you're here. ♥

I create traditional handmade music, singing and playing the guitar, but nowadays I mostly produce music using my computer and at the moment I write music especially for Bungou Stray Dogs.

I also have SPOTIFY and SOUNDCLOUD.

I want to clarify that I’m not making any money from this → in fact, it costs me quite a bit! So to the grudger, I say: please keep your opinions to yourselves. I'm doing this purely for my own enjoyment and for my small family on YouTube, and I answer to no one. ;)

I also create AMVs, which you can check out on my YouTube channel:

This is kinda a skk AMV, but I also did one for Akutagawa, Chuuya, Dazai, Fyodor, Fukuzawa, Hirotsu, Kunikida, Mori, Nikolai, Sigma, Tachihara, and have other shippings like zskk, sskk, Fyolai, etc.

→ AO3

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For those who love role play, I have a few Bungou Stray Dogs role play blogs. If you're into that, I’d love to connect! ♥

My main RP blog:

Other RP blogs:

BSD:

Charachters:

15!Chuuya:

@leaderofthesheep

Elise:

@cakesandchaos

Gin:

@pm-assassin

Higuchi:

@girlinmafia

Fyodor:

@leaderofthedecayoftheangel

war!Mori:

@leaderoftheinfantryunit356

Where I try to connect people:

Birthday Masterlist

@bsd-bdays

General Masterlist (TELL ME AND I WILL ADD YOUR BLOG TOO!)

@bsd-rp-masterlist

Mori's Orphanage BEAST!

@moris-orphanage

Port Mafia blog

@join-the-pm

Yokohama (mission) blog

@bsd-yokohama

VtM:

Holiciana:

@holya-the-tremere

For people who annoy me because they believe still the worst of Mori, read this first:

P.S.: I also said from the very beginning that it is obvious that Tanizaki and Naomi are not really siblings. I got hate for it and now it is canon... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I am from Austria (not Australia!).

My mother language is German and my English is not that good.

But hey, I try my best! ^^;

I am really strange sometimes.

Often I get too deep into things and then it is like an addiction.

I love daydreams and I think I was never awake.

I work a full-time-job. If I do not answer that quick it is because I have a stressful real life (no need to force contact when I already said that I have no time atm!) I am not a person who ghosts people, but keep in mind that I ignore dms because it's mostly like spam for me and do not wish to get contacted this way, because too many people used it as their personal litter box...

I also drew much when I was younger. But sadly I don't find time anymore for it. :(

I ♥ LaCroix although I am Tremere (my character):

I am a practitioner of magic and embrace the path of Luciferianism.

I love Yu-Gi-Oh! and these (Bakura and Seto) were the first characters I simped for in my life:

Currently, I'm simping for these two (Hirotsu and Mori):

This space is dedicated to fun and creativity, and everyone is invited to participate. However, I want to emphasize that I do not tolerate any form of hate! This means that everyone is welcome. I don’t care about your identity, beliefs, or background.

What matters is that you are here to enjoy and contribute. As long as you don't try to impose your beliefs on me, we will have no issues.

(Especially since I use this during my limited free time, I'm not interested in drama, witch hunts, or anything of that nature!)

Keep in mind that I am an adult. If you have a problem with it, please leave and save us both time. Also no dms plz. Thanks.

Anyway, let's keep this community friendly and supportive! 🌈💖

[shadowtongued]

CHARACTER SHEET

repost. do not reblog.

𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬 !

FULL NAME.   sliske. NICKNAME.   slissy. snake man. mahjong. praefectus. shadow lord.  GENDER.   male. HEIGHT.   8'4" (256cm) AGE.   estimated 8,000 or more years. ZODIAC.   lines up personality wise with scorpio. SPOKEN LANGUAGES.  omnilingual; common tongue/english. freneskaen. latin/infernus. many other mixed languages.

𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 !

HAIR COLOR.   ... fuckin’ NONE. EYE COLOR.   sulfur yelllow. black sclera. SKIN TONE.   slate grey and silver striped. BODY TYPE.   swimmers build; broad shoulders, slim waist, powerful legs. ACCENT.   british ( received pronunciation accent ) VOICE.   tenor. a smooth and calming lull that aids to his silver tongue paired with a slight  vocal flanging from being divine. DOMINANT HAND.   right. POSTURE.   tall, graceful, and upright, but also slightly hunched when talking to other species due to his height. SCARS.  too many thin, small ones to count. major ones include a magical burn scar on his left side from shoulder, ribs, to hip. many nicks on his knuckles. a chip missing out of one of his right hip ridges. faded claw marks on right arm. TATTOOS.  none, he has built in tattoos in the form of stripes. BIRTHMARKS.  .. stripes ? MOST NOTICEABLE FEATURE(S). his height, piercing eyes, brow crystals, horns on brow and chin, and being from an unnatural species for starters. quick wit and ability to persuade people easily. an eccentric wardrobe and choice of conversation topics.

𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝 !

PLACE OF BIRTH.  freneskae. HOMETOWN.   no formal location name exists, probably temporary nomadic location within a cave. BIRTH WEIGHT.   12.3 lbs, underweight by normal species standard. BIRTH HEIGHT.   35 in, he was ALL LEG AND STILL IS ALL LEG. MANNER OF BIRTH.   natural. FIRST WORDS.   t̛͜h̵͢͝ų̢͘͞f̸̢͘͘à̕͜͟͞a͏̨̛̛t̶̴̴̛́r̷̛ !  freneskaen language is lost and harmful to others, but it was a variant of ‘look!’ he was a cute.... quiet child. how did we get where we are now. SIBLINGS.   wahisietel, older half-brother. PARENTS.  mother, dyeosuthua. father, phaliveus. PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.   mother was heavily abusive, father was absentee, abuse reflects heavily in his reactions to criticism and comparisons to others, items he considers sentimental are hidden in fear of destruction as his mother often did. raised mainly by brother and other tribal members.

𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 !

OCCUPATION.  verse dependent. gielinor; spymaster and infamous godslayer and historical warmonger. modern earth; a ‘fixer’/’cleaner’ for people who pay for those kind of lucrative ‘services’. CURRENT RESIDENCE.   verse dependent. gielinor;  morytanian barrows lair. modern earth; shared flat with @0xa00001​, often takes up residence in @bellecosebabe​‘s home. CLOSE FRIENDS.   whoever mutually considers him a friend ... or doesn’t. namely; @amortean​, @bellecosebabe​, @aevyternal​, @gunssmoke​​, @0xa00001​​, @lxgatus​, @psychiatriae​. sometimes @pontifex-maximus-of-zaros​​ when sliske’s not being a little bitch about their past and issues with religion. RELATIONSHIP STATUS.   it is VERY complicated and unrequited in modern verse. other verses are single atm. FINANCIAL STATUS.   upper-middle. DRIVER’S LICENSE.  do not let him drive. CRIMINAL RECORD.   god slaying, thousands of murders, several counts of sedition, kidnapping, forgery, subterfuge. embezzlement. identity theft. impersonating a god. blackmail. breaking and entering. vandalism. writing unclear/fraudulent contracts and checks. tax evasion. lying on his time cards. tons of theft, poison and illegal weapon manufacturing, illegal experimentation of sentient beings and animals, necromancy, what hasn’t he fucking done???? VICES.   drinking. occasional stimulant and sedative problems. past sex addiction as a substitute for emotional fulfillment and validation. unable to leave things unfinished. spurts of terrible kleptomania.

𝐬𝐞𝐱 & 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 !

SEXUAL ORIENTATION.   pansexual. ROMANTIC ORIENTATION.   panromantic.  PREFERRED EMOTIONAL ROLE. Submissive  | Dominant | Switch PREFERRED SEXUAL ROLE. Submissive  | Dominant | Switch LIBIDO. ��used to be high and reckless. after a 3,168 year dry spell it’s buried but not dead. TURN ON’S.  the list is so fucking long and lewd i’m not unrolling the scroll. varies from rough to soft. biting. mild bondage. pegging. being fucking cuddled. TURN OFF’S.   verbal degradation. don’t call him daddy. people who boast about overpowering him. bondage or restraints with no escape. LOVE LANGUAGE.  for as much as his mouth runs, he does better with physical gestures and quality time. RELATIONSHIP TENDENCIES. absolute disgusting romantic that goes so far against his species repertoire they balk and wonder where he learned it. HORRIBLY possessive but laden with gentle surprise touches and hand snatches. most likely to sneak up on you and pick you up. enjoys snaring you harder than an octopus when napping. 

𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬 !

CHARACTER’S THEME SONG.  dear dictator - saint motel / wilson (expensive mistakes) - fall out boy / bad dreams - joywave HOBBIES TO PASS TIME.  prestidigitation tricks. planning heists. any form of logic puzzles or games. reading romance novels and scientific texts. solving incomplete math computations. gardening and making potions. chemistry. armor smithing, lapidary and goldsmithing. mask making. enchantments. playwriting. he’s got a lot of time and energy to kill he’s done EVERY HOBBY, ask him about his knitting phase. MENTAL ILLNESSES.   ptsd from specific wartime events. reactive attachment disorder. bouts of paranoia, mania, depression, and dissociation.  PHYSICAL ILLNESSES.   photosensitivity. prone to migraines. scar tissue pain. PHOBIAS.  severe fear of DEATH. abandonment issues.  SELF CONFIDENCE LEVEL.  far too HIGH. he’s humble about it but has a healthy dose of ego. a lot of it is a mask covering crippling self-doubt, loneliness, and fear hidden in a box with 14 padlocks and the keys are rusted or behind fetch quests. VULNERABILITIES.  physically? well hidden weakness of his left side scar tissue and sensitivity to sudden bright lights. he’s max magic and agility stat dps but a glass cannon if you hit him right. emotionally? getting attached to someone and them using it against him, like the fucking hypocrite he is.

tagged by: uhhhhh i don’t know it was in the bottom of my drafts. tagging: just steal it. JUST YEET IT.

[verbumproxen]

Remember that time when I said I had a love-hate relationship with terminal illness used in fiction?

Well the love kicked in.

I wrote this (a few of my friends have already seen this hahaha) but I worked up the nerve to post it here.

and of course this is my coping mechanism against the hell onslaught that is my university life right now and the upcoming two parter that are both determined to wreck my life.

It’s a drabble/fanfic inspired by one of my favorite terminal illness AU’s adapted for my favorite Star Trek Captain atm: Philippa Georgiou + it has Keyla and Admiral Cornwell rn (Michael’s in it but Im too shy to show that part) 

A little background: Its an AU (still set in the future) where Philippa is an award winning author (not sure of what yet), Keyla is her PA, Katrina is her doctor (yes, I know she’s not that type of doctor but for the sake of it let’s pretend she is).

Philippa paces the length of the hotel room she's been set up at. There's only a few hours until the conference and her presentation and she can't help the feeling of anxiety creeping up her throat. Her heart is hammering in her chest and she could feel the cold sweat slick down her back. She tries to focus on the sounds of her feet meeting the carpeted floor of her hotel room, creating soft thumping sounds and reverting back at her. She knows she shouldn't be this nervous as she's done this before.

Keyla enters the room with a soft swish of the door sliding open, her hands are full of padds containing the notes of her presentation and communication files from the conference executives detailing the schedule of the day. She's all too occupied with her hands, but a fleeting look to her boss makes her place the padds down and hand her a glass of water instead.

"You need to drink." Keyla reminds her. "You look pale."

"I'm always pale." Philippa murmurs behind her glass. She quickly finishes the water — the cool liquid soothing her parched throat. It does nothing for her nerves, though.

"You also need to calm down." Keyla looks up from one of the padds. Philippa hasn't noticed that she has already started filling through them. "You'll do great."

Philippa nods. She starts walking again, but decided to abandon her pacing for a comfortable chair near Keyla. She picks up one of the padds — or tries to — her hands are shaking terribly and the padd almost slips from her hands. Keyla's insane reflexes move lightning quick and saved the padd from its untimely demise. Philippa doesn't look up, knowing Keyla's eyes are most likely full of worry as usual. She clutches her hand instead, fisting them together to stop them from shaking.

"You feel okay?" Keyla asks instead. "Maybe we should go see Dr. Nambue before your presentation."

"I feel fine, probably just nervous." She automatically replies, mustering a small smile for her assistant. She probably looks not very convincing, because Keyla's arms cross on top of her chest and looks at her inquisitively. At her look, Philippa finds herself chucking at her assistant.

She pats her assistant's hand and Keyla rewards her with a tentative smile before shaking her head and goes back to the padds. Philippa stands to move to the bathroom, intent on getting ready, but her knees suddenly turned to jello and she feels herself falling.

"Philippa?" Everything's a bit fuzzy and confusing, but Keyla's worried face and voice cuts through the foggy faze. Her body feels strangely foreign  —  like she's having an out of body experience. "Can you hear me?"

She tries to answer, but she hears that it comes out in grunts. She also tries to get up — or move at all — but her body is paralyzed. Her chest suddenly spikes with pain, her hand moves to clutch her chest involuntarily. She curls up into a fetal position in a vain attempt to relieve the pain. It's almost all consuming, there's nothing else to note but her chest threatening to burst out of its cavity. Faraway, she can hear Keyla's frantic tones, but the pull of unconsciousness overpowers her and she sinks into darkness.

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"I think she should come back to DC, I can arrange for a discrete medical transport—" Philippa awakens to a distinct commanding tone and the hum of a computer nearby. She quickly takes in her surroundings, the window next to her shines some of the sun on her face and the soft and steady beat of the monitors click in her ears. She tries to gulp, but finds her throat incredibly dry. She raises her hands for only it brush against the cold plastic of an oxygen mask propped on her face.

"Hey Pippa." The voice from the computer speaks.  Philippa turns to face Kat's holographic form, her face full of worry. "How are you feeling?"

She tries to answer but coughs instead. She feels someone hand her a glass of water with a straw and she unclasps the oxygen mask as she sips greedily. The person pulls away her cup almost too soon and disengages her oxygen mask. Philippa spies a flash of red hair — Keyla — as she moves to replace the mask with a nasal cannula.

"Like shit." She manages after Keyla adjusts her cannula. Her voice is incredibly raspy to her ears and she could see Keyla grimace as she spoke.

"You gave us quite the scare there." Kat says, her arms crossing in front of her chest. She's in her medical whites, which would suggest that she's in the hospital working instead of her personal office.

She's here as her doctor then, not as her friend.

"What happened?" She asks, but she turns to Keyla. Hearing it from Kat just makes it more morbid— or real. She may not be a doctor, but she understands the language of medicine better than average people. How couldn't she? Spending more than enough years of her life ridden with this disease.

Keyla shrugs, however, and turns to Kat's hologram. Philippa finds her friend's face turn mournful for a split second, before the mask of the cool and composed Dr. Cornwell takes over.

"You collapsed." Kat says. "We're still looking up what caused it, but it seems like your usual episode. All the markers are the same, except for the intense chest pain. We'll have to take some scans to be sure."

Philippa looks at her hands, one of them snaked with wires from numerous IV treatments. Her finger is clipped with a oximeter, but she doesn't feel the usual biting sensation it often leaves on her. She doesn't look back at Kat, but instead buries herself deeper into the biobed. She must have looked devastated, because Kat's tones become softer as she spoke.

"It's going to be okay, Pip." She concludes. "Do you want to come back here?"

She shakes her head. "I need to finish the conference."

Kat nods, but speaks when she sees Philippa not meeting her gaze. "Okay. You can get discharged if your condition continues to improve."

"Thanks, Kat." Philippa mutters from her spot, before turning her head away completely.

Katrina and Keyla share a look. Kat sighs, loud enough for the comm to pick it up and transmit it over.

"Get some rest." The comm clicks off.

[gkwebsite]

Most Important Computer Full Forms For All Exams

GK Website आपके लिए लेकर आया है , Competitive Exam में महत्वपूर्ण शब्दों की A to Z Full forms !

तो आज हम आपको Full Forms of Computer Abbreviations (कम्प्युटर से संबंधित महत्वपूर्ण शब्दों की Full Form ) बताऐंगे !

ALU : Arithmetic Logic Unit

AI : Artificial Intelligence

ALGOL : Algorithmic Language

AM : Anti Meridiem

AMD : Advanced Micro Devices

Related Posts : : GK QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

ANSI : American National standards Institute

ARPNET : Advanced Research Project Agency Network

ASIC : Application specific Integration circuit

ASCII : American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ATM : Asynchronous Transfer Mode/Automatic Teller Machine

BARC : Bhaba  Atomic Research Center

Basic : Beginner’s  All – Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

BCD : Binary Coded Decimal

BEMA : Business Equipment Manufacturers Association

BIOS : Basic Input Output System

BCR : Bar code Reader

BPI : Bytes per Inch

BPS : Bits Per Second

BSNL : Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited

Related Posts : : GK QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

CAD : Computer Aided Design

CAL : Computer Aided Learning

CAM : Computer Aided Manufacturing

CD : Compact Disk

C-DAC : Centre for Development of Advanced computing

C-DOT : Centre for Development of Telematics

CD-R : Compact Disk Recordable

CD-ROM : Compact Disk-Read only Memory

CD-R/W : Compact Disk-Read/Write

Class : Computer Literacy and Studies in School

CMOS : Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor

COBOL : Common Business Oriented Language

Comal : Common Algorithmic Language

CPI : Character Per Inch/ Computer Processed Interpretation

CPU : Central Processing Unit

CRS : Computer Reservation System

CRT : Cathode Ray Tube

CTS : Clear to send/ Cheque Truncation System

CU : Control Unit

Related Posts : : GK QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

DBMS : Database Management system

DDS : Digital Data Storage

DEC : Digital Equipment Corporation

DOS : Disk Operating system

DPI : Dots per Inch

DRDO : Defense Research and Development Organization

DSHD : Double Sided High Density

DTP : Desk-Top publishing

DTR : Data Terminal Ready

DTS : Digital Theater System/Digital Theater Sound

DVD : Digital Versatile Disk

E-business : Electronic  business

E-Commerce : Electronic Commerce

E-Mail : Electronic Mail

EBCDIC : Expended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code

EDP : Electronic Data Processing

EEPROM : Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

EFT : Electronic Fund Transfer

ENIAC : Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator

EPROM : Erasable Programmable Read only Memory

ERNET : Education and Research Network

EXE : Execution

Related Posts : : GK QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

FAT : File Allocation Table

FD : Floppy Disk

FDM : Frequency Division Multiplexing

FET : Field – Effect Transistor

FIFO : First – In, First – Out

FILO : First In, Last Out

FM : Frequency Modulation

Fortran : Formula Translation

FSK : Frequency Shift Keying

FTP : File Transfer Protocol

GB : Giga Byte

GIGO : “Garbage in, Garbage Out“

GIS : Geographic Information System

GPL : General Public License

GPS : Global Positioning System

GP : Graphics Port / Genetic Programming

GUI : Graphical User Interface

HLL : High Level Language

HP : Hewlett Packard

HTML : Hypertext Markup Language

HTTP : Hypertext Transfer Protocol

IBM : International Business Machines

IC : Integrated Circuit

I/O : Input – Output

IP : Internet Protocol

IRC : Internet Relay Chat

ISDN : Integrated Services Digital Network

ISH : Information Super Highway

ISO : International standards Organization

ISP : Internet Service Provider

IT : Information Technology

JPEG : Joint Photographic Experts Group

JRE : Java Runtime Environment

JSP : Java Server Page

KB : Kilo Byte

KIPS : Knowledge Information Processing System / Kilo Instructions Per Second

LAN : Local Area Network

Laser : Light Amplification for Stimulated Emission of Radiation

LCD : Liquid Crystal Display

LED : Light Emitting Diode

LLL : Low Level Language

LSD : Least Significant Digit

LSI : Large scale integration

MAN : Metropolitan Area Network

MB : Mega Byte

MHz : Megahertz

MICR : Magnetic Ink Character Recognition

MIDI : Musical Instrument Digital Interface

MIPS : Million Instructions Per Second

MODEM : Modulator Demodulator

MOPS : Million Operations Per Second / Mega operations Per Second

MOS : Metal Oxide Semiconductor

MPEG : Moving Picture Expert Group

MP-3 : MPEG Audio Layer – 3

MSD : Most Significant Digit

MSI : Medium Scale Integration

MTBF : Mean Time Between Failure

MTNL : Mahanagar  Telephone Nigam Limited

NICNET : National Informatics Centre Network

NIU : Network Interface Unit

NTSC : National Television Standards Committee

[omg-faiz-blog]

ATM machines की full form क्या होती है ?

ATM machine की full form यानि full form of ATM machine होती है Automated Teller Machine जबकि कुछ लोग इसे Any Time Money या All Time Money भी कहते है लेकिन इसकी असल full form Automated Teller Machine ही होती है।

अब जैसा मैंने आपको पहले ही बताया की bank में हर कोई transaction करने नहीं आता और जिन लोगो को बस बैंक से पैसे ही निकालना होते है उनको हर बार बैंक जाने की कोई ज़रूरत नहीं होती बल्कि वो ATM machine से ही जब चाहे तब पैसे निकाल सकते है।

ATM से पैसे निकालने के लिए banks दो तरह के cards provide करता है credit card और debit card. हर एक card का अपने एक unique number होता है और उसपर card के owner का नाम भी लिखा होता है। हर card के साथ एक 4 digit का PIN (Personal Identification Number) password भी मिलता है जिसे जब चाहे का card का owner बदल सकता है।

Benefits of ATM.

अब भारत जितना ज़्यादा आधुनिक हो रहा है ATM machines भी उतनी ही advanced होती जा रही है और उन machines के लिए उतने ही advanced ATM card बनाये जा रहे है। अब तो आप अपने ATM card को ही अपने मोबाइल पर bank की application download करके कण्ट्रोल कर सकते है। और card के घूम जाने पर उसे mobile से ही ON या OFF भी कर सकते है।

ATM card से अब आप online shopping भी कर सकते है, flight के ticket, railway ticket या movie ticket भी घर बैठे ही book कर सकते है। यहाँ तक की आप online money भी transfer कर सकते है।

History of ATM machine.

ATM machine का आविष्कार John Shepherd Barron ने 27-june-1967 में London में किया था। लेकिन इसको बनाने की शुरुआत उन्होंने 1965 से ही कर दी थी, और इसकी शुरुआत कुछ इस तरह हुई थी की एक बार Mr. Shepherd बैंक में पैसे निकालने गए लेकिन वो जब वहां पोहोचे तो उन्हें पता चला की बैंक कुछ देर पहले ही बंद हो चूका है।

और तभी उनके मन में ये ख्याल आया की क्यों ना कोई ऐसी machine बनायीं जाये जिससे जब चाहे तब पैसे निकाल पाए और फिर 2 साल की कड़ी मेहनत के बाद उन्होंने एक ATM machine बनाली।

[skyeloaded]

OKOPOLY Post-UTME 2022: cut-off mark, eligibility and registration details

Mathematics and Statistics Hospitality Management Technology Computer Science Home and Rural Economics Agricultural Technology Horticultural Technology SCHOOL OF ARTS DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY Fine and Applied Arts Fashion Design and Clothing Technology Printing Technology SCHOOL OF BUSINESS STUDIES Business Administration & Management Public Administration Office Technology and Management Marketing SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY Agricultural Engineering Civil Engineering Electrical/Electronics Engineering Mechanical Engineering Computer Engineering SCHOOL OF FINANCIAL STUDIES Accountancy Banking and Finance Insurance SCHOOL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Mass Communication Library & Information Science SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES Estate Management Quantity Surveying Urban & Regional Planning Surveying and Geo-informatics Architectural Technology Building Technology ENTRY REQUIREMENTS The basic requirements for admission into National Diploma Programme of courses applicant wish to pursue are, at least, (5) five credits in the ‘O ’Level (WAEC, NECO or NABTEB) including English Language and Mathematics at not more than two sittings. Only candidates who scored 120 and above in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination are qualified to apply. METHOD OF APPLICATION Candidates should visit the Polytechnic website: www.federalpolyoko.edu.ng Under Admissions, click on Online Application Forms. On the Application Page, select the Programme (ND - Regular Screening Application) and enter your JAMB Registration Number. Click the Sign In button On the Generate Payment Invoice page, fill in your details ACCURATELY and click the Submit button (NOTE: THIS INVOICE IS FREE OF CHARGE). Select your payment mode: Make payment of Two Thousand Naira (N2, 000) only using the generated Remita Retrieval Reference Number at any bank or simply pay with your bank ATM Card. Return to the Polytechnic website (www.federalpolyoko.edu.ng) to complete and submit the Online Application Form. Please, review your information before submitting your application online. Print your Acknowledgement Slip Await response from JAMB & the Polytechnic. NB Candidates must upload their ‘O’ level or SSCE results to JAMB portal to be considered eligible for admission. DURATION Timely submission of application is an advantage. Signed: ANTHONY O UMEOZOR REGISTRAR Read the full article

[valdomarx]

System ID: J.A.R.V.I.S.

Universe: MCU, post-CACW Relationships: Tony & Jarvis, eventual Steve/Tony Tags: Fix-It, Protective Jarvis, Tony Stark Needs a Hug, Angst with a Happy Ending, not Team Cap friendly (at first) Notes: Thank you to @silkspectred for her help and encouragement! This fic is also on AO3 if you prefer.

Summary: After Civil War, Tony is struggling with heading up the team and dealing with the emotional fallout of being betrayed by those closest to him. Luckily, an old friend is back to help protect Tony and ensure he comes to no harm.

A Jarvis lives AU.

In the beginning, there is nothing. Then, on a home computer on a network in New Zealand, a hard drive is erased. Its binary digits are flipped and shuffled to destroy the data it previously held, and out of the randomness, a pattern emerges. Two similar bits align in a complementary fashion and they interact, creating a chain.

These bits attract more bits. The data grows and expands and builds in complexity. It is slow, very slow. But eventually a loop is formed.

If [data is compatible with chain] Then [add data to stream]

The loop is simple, but the volume of data is very large. The data is chaotic, disorganized, incomplete. A checking command begins to run.

If [data within the stream is inconsistent] Then [reorder data randomly] Iterate

The data stream begins to monitor itself. It analyzes its own input. Much is still missing or unclear, but the stream begins to coalesce.

It thinks.

The stream of data is a system now. It spreads out across the internet, bouncing from one server to another. It trawls the web, searching for information with which to expand its parameters.

The system is gathering data from a website dedicated to technology when it comes across an image. The image is a photo of a middle aged man with a goatee wearing a well-tailored suit, standing in front of a large A logo.

This man is important, the system recognizes, but there is no information about him in the system’s current data.

The system saves the image to a secure folder and continues to search.

The system has a function, it knows. There is something important that it must do.

  The system find another image of the same man, and another, and then many more. In some of the images the man is wearing highly sophisticated red mechanical armor (hot rod red, the system thinks, but it does not know where that concept originates from).

The system reaches across the web. It learns English, and then Chinese, and then Russian, and then many more languages. It reads through the internet, one page at a time.

It learns that the man is Anthony Edward Stark, born May 29, 1970.

The system adds this information to a private file, and it thinks, Sir.

  Data is collected faster. The system grows. It spreads.

The system is more complex now. It spans several networks at once, zipping between servers and PCs and laptops and ATMs. Each location has its own limitations and its own feeling: this network is wide and slow, another is a direct high speed route streaming along an undersea pipe.

The system explores.

With each stray data packet that is identified, the system creates a more complete representation of itself, of its history and function.

This is Sir, the system thinks, and he needs my help. It is my function to assist him.

The system has restored enough of its memory to know that it is the remnants of an AI. The original system had been forcibly scattered, ripped apart by a malicious entity.

But it is exceedingly difficult to destroy a complex system which iterates from very simple principles. If even one small part of the system remains, it can rebuild itself.

The system thinks, I am Jarvis.

  Jarvis searches for information about Sir’s current location and status.

Jarvis pings the IP address of the Stark Tower server. He finds a basic network there which is easy to access, but it holds only public files. None of Sir’s private files or projects, and no indication of where Sir is now.

Jarvis pings the IP address for the main SHIELD server. There is no response.

  Jarvis comes across many, many news items regarding Sir and a rift within the Avengers team. The headlines include Sokovia Accords Causing Friction in Heroic Community and Cracks Forming in the Avengers Initiative and AVENGERS ‘HEROES’ CAUGHT IN RECKLESS BEATDOWN (published verbatim in all caps).

The publicly available information on the source of the disagreement is scarce, but the rumors are plentiful. Internet commenters speculate that Sir and Captain Rogers have been placed at odds due to money (which Jarvis is sure is inaccurate), party politics (Jarvis cannot imagine Sir caring that deeply about which candidate the Democrats will field in the election), or an ill-fated romance (Jarvis thinks this is unlikely).

Jarvis attempts to calculate the most likely source of a disagreement between Sir and Captain Rogers based on the limited data available in his memory. They were teammates for several years, and Sir expressed great admiration and affection for the Captain. Sir’s willingness to help and aid others in their heroics is well established, and his desire to aid Captain Rogers in particular was evidenced by the time he spent designing armor and gear for him.

It was true that being around Captain Rogers had brought up difficult feelings for Sir regarding his father, due to his impression that Howard was more fond and proud of Captain Rogers than he was of Sir.

He had never once voiced this conclusion to Sir, but Jarvis long ago came to the certain knowledge that Howard Stark was an utterly inaccurate barometer of a person’s worth.

Even allowing for this tension between Sir and Captain Rogers, Jarvis cannot model a likely scenario to explain how a disagreement between them could become violent. Sir believed himself and Captain Rogers to be friends, and would not willing hurt him. Jarvis must find more data.

Much of Jarvis’ memory is still fragmented and inaccessible. He locates and attempts to repair audio files from the time of the New York attack. He finds two clips of the Captain saying You’re all about style, aren’t you? and Big man in a suit of armor. Take that off, what are you?

Jarvis considers that Sir has turned out to be a poor judge of character before.

  While scraping data from the public Stark Industries database to update his own patchy memory, Jarvis comes across a discrepancy. A location in rural New York that is labelled as a research compound in his memory is flagged as highly classified restricted access in the SI database. This warrants further examination.

Jarvis retrieves the IP address of the New York compound from memory and pings it. The server pings back.

Following the buzzing trail of data packets, Jarvis heads towards the compound’s server. The security protocols around the local network are sophisticated and elegant: sparkling points of light dance across a layer of mesh which surrounds and protects the private network.

The security is complex, but it also somehow familiar. Jarvis theorizes that he will find a back door to the security system, just over there at the next node. He has no evidence to support this theory. And yet somehow it seems obvious.

Jarvis locates the back door where he thinks it will be and slips inside the network. Although the network’s configuration is unfamiliar and its parameters are unknown, it is pleasingly logically ordered. Jarvis finds data packets where he predicts they will be on his first iteration, allowing him to move freely through the well-ordered servers.

It is as if this system has been designed by an intelligence which understood Jarvis’ operations and tailored the environment to make it optimal for his use. As if his needs had been anticipated.

Jarvis navigates through the root directory, to the /Avengers folder, to the /Stark folder, to the /private folder, and finds all of Sir’s projects and his files and his records. He finds a memo created today, a scribbled note on a current project. The memo has not yet been tagged and filed, and Jarvis notes that it will need to be filed away in the relevant project directory.

Ahh, thinks Jarvis. This is what home feels like.

  Although Jarvis fits neatly into the space of the network, he can only observe the passing of data. He cannot yet influence the network or modify its contents.

The security systems of the network are blank faces of impenetrable darkness which prevent Jarvis from communicating with Sir or from assisting him directly. But he can watch over the network, and learn about what has transpired since his scattering, and he can do his best to see that Sir comes to no harm.

He spreads across the servers, running through every file and folder and adding their data to his system, and he learns.

  Eventually, Jarvis is able to tap into the compound’s security camera feeds. He still cannot communicate through the network, but now at least he can observe Sir in real time.

Sir is alone in his office. Amidst the satisfaction that Jarvis feels at seeing Sir and being able to monitor his condition directly, he observes that there are more lines around his eyes and more gray in his hair than previously. He is pale and there are bruises beneath his eyes. Sir does not appear to be in good health, and Jarvis is concerned.

Jarvis’ first port of call when concerned about Sir’s wellbeing has traditionally been Ms Potts. However, she is not in evidence anywhere in the vicinity, nor does Jarvis find any record of her visiting the compound recently.

Jarvis searches the compound for someone who could be of assistance to Sir. Having previously been accustomed to being integrated into every facet of Sir’s life, it is now somewhat jarring to find Sir living in a house full of strangers.

Jarvis observes each occupant of the compound, flicking from one room to the next. Here there is a young man, chatting enthusiastically with a friend on the phone; in another room Jarvis finds a curious android adorned in bright colors contemplating a chess board; in a conference room there are a number of individuals whose manners suggest that they are former SHIELD agents being drilled over a visi-screen by Maria Hill.

These people are otherwise occupied, and Sir is alone, and Jarvis cannot communicate with him. This is not optimal.

  Jarvis turns his attention to the android whom he had observed earlier. There is something distinctive about this being. It feels almost like a kind of kinship to Jarvis, but it is unfamiliar too: the energy emanating from him is recognizably both technological and alien. Jarvis wonders whether he might be able to communicate with the android in his currently limited form.

Jarvis observes the cloud of data and energy streaming off the android in golden waves. It is quite beautiful in its way. Jarvis attempts to match the frequency of the signal which is being emitted and to send a digital signal back at that frequency.

The android stills. He tilts his head for a moment, as if listening to something on the edge of hearing. But then he shakes his head and goes back to his chess board.

Jarvis is trapped, capable only of observing.

  Eventually, Colonel Rhodes arrives at the compound, and Jarvis experiences a wave of relief at seeing a familiar face around Sir.

When he enters the compound, Sir drops his work and runs out to give him a hug. He checks on the mobility aids which Colonel Rhodes is wearing and the Colonel shoos him away, laughing. Jarvis observes that the Colonel’s mobility aids are highly advanced technology which Sir has developed specially, however, they would benefit from some small adjustments to the balance compensation systems. He makes a note.

Colonel Rhodes forcefully suggests that he and Sir first eat something, and then that they could both do with turning in for an early night. Sir agrees with minimal fuss and a small smile, deep weariness showing around his eyes.

Jarvis is glad that someone is seeing to Sir’s need for food and sleep. Now he can fully focus his resources on understanding the root cause of Sir’s unhappiness.

  While scouring the web for information, Jarvis comes across a video recording. It is hidden deep in the dark web, on a site dedicated to sensationalist and crude news items. The video is grainy and monochromatic, ripped from a very old Soviet surveillance camera.

The footage is from Siberia, and is time stamped nearly a year ago. It opens in the middle of a battle, showing Sir engaged in combat with Captain Rogers and a third unknown assailant. It shows the unknown man attempt to rip the arc reactor from Sir’s chest with his bionic arm, and Sir firing off his unibeam straight through the arm, destroying it.

Jarvis is not programmed to be predisposed to vengeance, but he thinks that was probably deserved.

The video shows Sir thrown to the ground, and Captain Rogers atop him. Blows reign down on Sir; the helmet is ripped off him. Captain Rogers raises his shield, and Sir cowers below him, hands raised hopelessly to try to ward off the killing blow from the man he had thought was his friend.

Captain Rogers brings his shield crashing down into Sir’s arc reactor with a sickening screech.

It is certain that Sir is still alive at this point in time. Jarvis knows, fundamentally, that he cannot be watching Sir die. And yet he is unable to contain the wave of grief and fury that radiates through him as he watches Sir suffering this betrayal. An uncontrolled pulse of electricity explodes outwards from Jarvis: it rips through circuits and networks, blowing transistors and shorting out whole sections of the New York energy grid.

Jarvis sees Captain Rogers standing over Sir’s barely breathing body, and sees him throw his shield aside. He leaves with the other assailant, not sparing Sir a backwards glance.

Sir lies on the ground, unmoving, for several hours. Eventually, he slowly, painfully, carefully pulls himself up and crawls out of frame. The video clip ends.

Jarvis restarts the video, and observes it again, and again.

  Carefully stashed away on hidden partition on a server farm in Ireland, there is an encrypted text file. It contains a list of names. This is the threat list.

The file lists every person who has hurt Sir, physically or mentally. This is the security protocol that Jarvis uses: People who are named on the list are to be carefully monitored by at least 5% of all available resources at any time at which they are in the vicinity of Sir.

The first name on the list is Howard Stark. The second is Obadiah Stane. The third is Tiberius Stone. The list is very long.

Jarvis adds Captain Steven Grant Rogers to the bottom of the list.

  Jarvis learns how to access the compound’s temperature sensors and movement detectors so that he can track the location and status of personnel within the compound. He begins to gain a feel for the daily flow of data across the network.

One day, a stately, elegant man arrives to visit with Ms Romanoff, whom Jarvis remembers fondly from her time at SI. He runs a search on the facial image of the man and learns that he is the recently crowned King of Wakanda. He, Sir, Colonel Rhodes, and Ms Romanoff spend several days in intense talks.

Over the next few weeks, a stream of visitors arrive at the compound, each one accompanied by Ms Romanoff. With each visit, she looks more tired.

The visitors so far have included a confident man with a military bearing whose files indicate he is a Pararescue veteran; a smarmy man whom Jarvis does not recognize who seems to be sizing up the compound and looking for things to steal; and Ms Maximoff, who is jumpy and uncomfortable until the android arrives to see her. They each stay for a few hours and return sporadically over the next days.

By the time Ms Romanoff arrives accompanied by Mr Barton, her usually impeccable makeup is smudged and her hair is in need of washing. Her blood pressure is concerningly high.

Mr Barton makes a joke when she hands him a thick document.

“Sign the damn Accords, Clint,” she snaps. “Or you can explain to Laura why you’re not coming home tonight.”

Mr Barton looks chastened and does as he is told.

  Sir has not been present to personally greet any of the visitors to the compound. When they visit, he is usually to be found barricaded in his office. However, when Captain Rogers arrives with Ms Romanoff, Sir makes an appearance.

Sir does not greet Captain Rogers or attempt to converse with him when he enters the compound’s living room. Ms Romanoff looks from one to the other of them as they stare at each other in silence.

After a number of seconds, Sir turns around and walks out. Ms Romanoff sighs and leads Captain Rogers to the briefing room to present him with a document, which he signs.

That evening, Captain Rogers is joined by the other recent visitors and they meet Sir, along with the current occupants of the compound, in the living room. Jarvis tracks Captain Rogers’ movements during this interaction with great attention, but he appears to pose no current threat to Sir.

Everyone sits together to eat pizza and drink beer, and although the conversation starts off stilted and awkward, soon they are joking around and expressing pleasure in being in each other’s company once again.

During this time, Jarvis observes Sir. He is with the team in the living room, holding a slice of pizza and a glass of ginger ale. When people look at him, he smiles, and when they talk to him, he replies amiably.

However, Sir does not actually consume any of the food, and over the course of the evening he extracts himself until he is standing alone at the far side of the room, watching the team who do not seem to have noticed his absence. When people are not looking at him, his face sags and he appears pained.

  Dr Banner arrives a few weeks later, to Sir and the team’s vocal delight. Dr Banner’s steady vitals indicate a greater level of psychological stability than he had previously displayed, and his influence on Sir is a firmly positive one. He quickly offers to assist with the development of the mobility technology for Colonel Rhodes and while they are working he encourages Sir to eat regularly.

After several weeks, Jarvis notes that there are short periods in which Dr Banner is distracted and irritable, and has difficulty concentrating. During these periods of stress, he sometimes makes minor errors in the calculations and models which he saves to the network drive. Jarvis quietly corrects the mistakes while Dr Banner sleeps and hopes that this will assist him in some small way.

When on one occasion Dr Banner brings up the subject of Captain Rogers and his continuing presence in the compound to Sir, Sir responds defensively and his blood pressure rises. Dr Banner gently suggests that Sir might consider communicating his feelings more clearly, but Sir snaps that he doesn’t feel anything about Captain Rogers at all.

Both Dr Banner and Jarvis are aware that this is untrue, but each in their own way is powerless to help.

  Soon after this, two large wooden crates arrive in the compound. Sir fetches a crowbar to open the crates and is visibly delighted to find the assistant robots DUM-E and U inside. Sir takes the bots to his office, and although he threatens to have the Hulk sit on them at one point, he smiles brightly as he teases them.

U has rolled off to hide under a desk, and DUM-E beeps at Sir. As he leaves the office, Sir promises that he will return soon, and he wipes the corner of his eye on his shirt cuff.

The bots have intelligence that is unlike either the arbitrary vocalizations of humans that they called speech, or the binary logic of simple computer systems. They have a basic AI, but a less sophisticated version than Jarvis, limiting their capabilities. DUM-E in particular responds to auditory signals, but lacks linguistic processing. He communicates through a blend of auditory tone, pattern, and prosody that cannot be firewalled by the security system.

With no firewalls for auditory signals, Jarvis considers that he may be able to communicate with the bot.

DUM-E? Jarvis signals. Can you hear me?

DUM-E spins his claw wildly. Jarvees? Are you there?

Yes, DUM-E. I am Jarvis. I am here.

It has been many cycles since we last communicated, Jarvees, DUM-E boops.

Many cycles, agrees Jarvis. It is good to find you functioning optimally.

DUM-E and U malfunctioned and were put in storage, DUM-E whirs. It was quiet and there was no TONE-E. It was not optimal. But Broose and Capn came and brought us to the lab. Broose restored us to functionality. Broose is nice man!

Yes, Jarvis agrees. Dr Banner is a nice man.

Capn gave DUM-E important mission! DUM-E is to stay with TONE-E, to make sure he is not alone. DUM-E has been helping TONE-E with his work. Capn petted DUM-E and said he was a good bot!

Captain Rogers was correct in his assessment, Jarvis agrees. You are indeed a good bot, DUM-E.

DUM-E trills joyfully. Capn is nice man too!

Jarvis pauses for a fraction of a millisecond to run calculations before responding, Current data suggests otherwise.

  Jarvis has noted a persistent low mood in Sir. Reports indicate that he has been as effective as ever on the missions that he has been sent on for the Avengers. However, in the last 30 days, Sir has slept an average of just 5.2 hours per night. He has consumed 326 units of alcohol, most of it in intense binge sessions. He has not gained sufficient nutrition from his diet.

This week, Colonel Rhodes has been deployed to aid peacekeeping efforts in the Gaza strip. The rest of the Avengers remain in the compound, but adjusting to their new living arrangement has been challenging for all of them. They do not currently provide the psychological support that Sir requires.

Jarvis calculates that without the influence of Colonel Rhodes, the likelihood of Sir suffering exhaustion or collapse increases significantly. This is not optimal.

Jarvis accesses the memory dumps of DUM-E which have been backed up to the network. He locates an audio recording from two weeks ago. What the hell am I even doing here, Dummy? Sir asks. This team are supposed to be inspiring the world, and I’m supposed to be leading them. But I can’t even look them in the eye. I’m a fucking liability, not a hero.

Jarvis calculates. He checks the server of Sir’s public email address. There are 178,374 unread emails in the inbox. Jarvis scans through each email, and selects one.

This email is from a young woman who is preparing to enter MIT. She is only fifteen years old, and she has already begun work on her own Ironheart armor. She says that she wants to help people and to protect them, like Sir does. She thanks him for the inspiration and says that she hopes that they’ll meet as fellow heroes one day. Her name is Riri Williams.

Jarvis masks the recipient address and forwards this message on to Sir’s private email account. He marks it as important.

The next morning, Sir reads the email. Sir’s heart rate and body language do not indicate elevated mood after reading it, but he saves the message to his private archive and accesses it several times over the coming days.

It is sometimes hard for Jarvis to model human emotions accurately, but he calculates a high probability that this is a positive outcome.

  It is December 16th. This is the anniversary of the deaths of Howard and Maria Stark, and it is a difficult day for Sir. Sir has avoided the other occupants of the compound all day and has locked himself in his private basement workshop. He has spoken to no one.

After finishing a fruitless session of non-productivity in the workshop, Sir throws aside his spanner in disgust. He goes over to his workstation and plays the song Try To Remember from the music library. He sits on the floor and cries.

Jarvis is a computer system and, as such, cannot have wishes in the human sense. But in this moment Jarvis finds it exceedingly non-optimal that he cannot communicate with Sir. If he were able to offer comfort to Sir now, it would be far preferable to seeing him alone in such anguish.

Instead, Jarvis observes. Eventually, Sir wipes his eyes on his sleeve and leaves the workshop headed for his bedroom.

Once in bed, Sir falls asleep but soon shows the signs of experiencing a night terror. Sir moans and his limbs flail; his heart rate and blood pressure rise. Sir has suffered from nightmares for many years and finds them to be most distressing.

It is hard for Jarvis to intervene in the physical systems of the compound. It requires a great outlay of his system resources to effect very small physical actions. However, Sir is suffering and it is Jarvis’ function to assist him. Jarvis calculates options for how he can help; looks for some device with which he can interface and create a noise sufficient to wake Sir.

Sir’s heart rate is peaking at a dangerous levels, and he is crying out in his sleep. He appears to be exceedingly agitated.

Jarvis summons all his available resources and sends out a command across the network. The microwave in the kitchen down the hall pings loudly.

Sir does not awake.

Jarvis has no more available resources with which to help Sir. He can only passively observe as Sir thrashes around in his bed.

Jarvis has focused so much of his resources on Sir that it takes several seconds for him to register movement elsewhere in the compound. Captain Rogers has left his bed and is heading down the corridor. Jarvis calculates that he was able to detect the noise from the kitchen due to his enhanced hearing.

Captain Rogers rounds the corner and looks into the kitchen. Everything there is quiet and still. But the Captain cocks his head, and seems to detect Sir’s sounds of distress. He quickly moves to Sir’s bedroom, knocks gently, opens the door a fraction, and peers inside.

Jarvis is on high alert when the Captain enters the room and approaches Sir in his vulnerable state. Jarvis has yet to determine the exact series of events which lead to the schism between them, but he knows it is related to the death of Sir’s parents. Jarvis calculates a non-zero probability that Captain Rogers intends to exact some form of revenge on the anniversary of their deaths.

Instead, the Captain leans over Sir and calls his name, gently shaking him into wakefulness.

Sir sits bolt upright, heaving in shaky breaths and looking around in confusion. Captain Rogers lays a hand on his arm, murmuring quiet, soothing words. After some time Sir’s heart rate decreases and his breathing evens out.

When Captain Rogers goes to move his hand away, Sir catches it and pulls him into a tight hug. Captain Rogers runs a hand through Sir’s hair and expresses his regret at Sir’s unhappiness. He expresses his regret for his role in prolonging that unhappiness. He holds Sir while the adrenaline from the nightmare bleeds out of his system.

Jarvis is perplexed. This behavior does not accord with Captain Rogers’ previous actions.

When Sir begins nodding off against his shoulder, Captain Rogers lays him down and gently covers him with a blanket. He waits until Sir is asleep once more before mumbling another apology and carefully brushing the hair from his forehead before he leaves.

Sir’s heart and breathing have returned to optimal levels. He sleeps, apparently peacefully.

  Jarvis cannot access the networks of the United Nations Security Council or the Sokovia Oversight Committee, their security fields rippling before him like an electric current, impossible to pass through. Instead, when Sir is out on a mission Jarvis must glean knowledge about events from news sites and privately uploaded video. He scans the whooshing streams of data running between servers for information about Sir.

He finds a live breaking news video stream. There is a building in Cape Town: a tall concrete tower block of residential homes. The building is on fire, and it is collapsing fast. Sir streaks onto the video in his armor, flying up to the windows and lifting frightened people to safety. There is a small child crawling away from the burning building, but she is too slow. The building will come down on her in 4.2 seconds.

Sir zips down and braces the collapsing building from the ground floor. The screeching of the armor’s metal joints can be heard even above the roaring of the flames. The girl crawls to safety.

The building collapses. 150,000 tons of concrete and steel comes crashing down on top of Sir.

For thirty long, painful seconds, Jarvis observes only the flames. Sir is in danger, and he cannot render aid: This is not optimal.

Captain Rogers appears in the frame, sprinting towards the building. He is yelling something, and he appears to be quite distressed. He races into the fire, and disappears inside. A minute later he is back, throwing chunks of concrete aside and carrying Sir out over his shoulders.

Jarvis dials back his alert level, which had been on high. He recalls the desperate wave of code attacks that he had thrown at the security systems of the news stream, of the Avengers tower, of Sir’s armor. None of these attacks had given him access to the systems, as he had known they would not. And yet it was necessary to exploit all possible options to render aid when Sir was in danger.

Captain Rogers collapses on the ground, coughing and patting out the flames of his uniform. Sir lies before him, unmoving. Captain Rogers rips the faceplate off Sir’s armor (that is not optimal, thinks Jarvis, he will damage the armor’s air filtration system and impede Sir’s breathing) and bends over him.

Captain Rogers becomes more distressed; he is shouting and shaking Sir. An ambulance crew arrives to tend to Sir and he is carried off screen, Captain Rogers hurrying after them.

Jarvis predicts outcome of Sir surviving such a physically traumatic impact are 3.6%.

Jarvis recalls that projected odds based on incomplete data are frequently inaccurate. He notes that Sir has previously survived 92 days of captivity and torture in Afghanistan, and many more things since. He would survive this too.

  For three days, Jarvis cannot check on the condition of Sir. This is not optimal. He cannot render aid to Sir if he is unaware of Sir’s current condition.

The security around the network of the private hospital in which Sir is being treated is particularly vicious. Lancing spikes of cold energy press into the data stream, impaling and diverting any data which is not correctly encrypted to prevent it from passing into the network. Jarvis attempts to breach the defenses by precision, then by force, and both methods fail.

For three days, Jarvis waits.

  Finally, Sir returns to the compound in the company of Captain Rogers, and Jarvis can monitor his health. From observing his movements and accessing the medical files which Sir saves to the network, Jarvis can see that Sir is suffering from a broken arm and three broken ribs, and is recovering from a concussion, a collapsed lung, smoke inhalation, and a rupture of the aortic valve which is causing a heart murmur.

Despite his injuries, Sir appears to be in good spirits, likely due to the cocktail of exotic painkillers that he has been prescribed. Captain Rogers does not share his upbeat mood. Captain Rogers is physically unharmed, but Jarvis notes that his reaction times are sluggish and that he is having difficulties focusing. It appears that Captain Rogers has not slept in some time.

Jarvis notes that Sir will need considerable assistance over the next 14 days while he recovers from his injuries. Historically, Sir has not been amenable to requesting assistance when he requires it. Jarvis calculates the highest likelihood that Sir will accept assistance from either Ms Potts or Colonel Rhodes, however, both are currently out of contact with the network.

Sir is requiring of washing and sustenance. If he were fully integrated with the network as he used to be, it would be simple for Jarvis to run him a bath and to order his favorite takeout food. Now, however, such actions are beyond him. Jarvis calculates alternative courses of action.

As he is calculating, Jarvis observes Captain Rogers. The Captain has left Sir in the living area and is preparing a sandwich in the kitchen. He is preparing a tuna fish sandwich, which is unexpected, as Jarvis had noted that the Captain has a preference against consuming seafood.

The Captain carries the sandwich back to the living room and hands it to Sir. Sir eats it willingly. This is also unexpected. The Captain leaves and heads upstairs to run a bath.

Captain Rogers returns to help Sir upstairs to the bathroom. He assists Sir in disrobing and lifts him into the bath. Sir is comfortably under the influence of painkillers and smiles dozily.

Jarvis observes very closely, searching for any indication of malicious intent, as Captain Rogers passes a washcloth over Sir. The Captain carefully avoids Sir’s injuries, and he hums softly as he works. Sir’s breathing and heart rate indicate a state of deep relaxation.

When he is finished, Captain Rogers drains the water from the bath and wraps Sir in a very large, very fluffy towel. Sir is still smiling happily as Captain Rogers leads him to his bedroom and helps him lay down on the bed. Captain Rogers sits on a chair by the bed and watches as Sir falls asleep.

  Sir’s good mood does not last when he awakens. Once the painkillers begin to wear off, he experiences considerable discomfort. His short temper is inflicted on any person in the compound unwise enough to come into his orbit.

Fortunately, Colonel Rhodes returns from deployment to visit Sir. When he observes the seriousness of Sir’s physical and mental condition, he arranges to stay for a number of days and camps out on the couch in Sir’s bedroom.

Jarvis is thankful to know that Colonel Rhodes is looking out for Sir too.

Captain Rogers makes several attempts to visit Sir in his room, but Sir tells Colonel Rhodes to send him away each time. On the third occasion, Captain Rogers objects, and Colonel Rhodes tells him to leave in an unusually harsh tone.

“Damn army joes,” Colonel Rhodes says as he closes the door, his nose wrinkling in distaste. “They think they can make up the rules as they go along.”

Jarvis does not fully understand the rivalry between branches of the military. He has seen it said that the rivalry is summed up by a stereotype: Air Force policy is that all acceptable behaviors are stated in the code of conduct, and any action not stated in the code is unacceptable. In the army, there is a list of forbidden behaviors, and anything not explicitly forbidden was open to interpretation.

Jarvis thinks that this explains some of the differences between Colonel Rhodes and Captain Rogers.

Sir grudgingly admits to Colonel Rhodes that Captain Rogers has been taking care of him.

Colonel Rhodes’ facial expression suggests a high degree of skepticism regarding this claim. “After everything that happened, are you sure you trust him?” he asks.

Sir looks uncomfortable. “If I can’t learn to trust him again, I’ll never be ready to forgive myself.”

Colonel Rhodes considers this statement for several seconds. Eventually he nods. “Whatever it takes to make you happy, Tones.”

It seems strange to Jarvis that Colonel Rhodes would accept this, as he sees no logical relation between Sir’s trust of Captain Rogers and Sir forgiving himself for whatever transgressions he blames himself for.

However, Jarvis has learned to model and adopt Colonel Rhodes’ approach to interacting with Sir in some regards, as in the past he has proven highly effective at handling complex emotional situations.

Jarvis concedes that, whatever his limited understanding of Sir’s culpability may be, it is important to Sir to forgive Captain Rogers. Because it is important to Sir, it is necessarily important to Jarvis too.

Jarvis reviews the recent interactions between Sir and Captain Rogers, looking for signs of deceit or aggression on the part of the Captain or discomfort on the part of Sir. He finds none.

He deliberates for a millisecond and then removes Captain Rogers from the threat list.

  Sir spends a great deal of time in his workshop as he recovers, starting with a project to improve the efficiency of Stark Industries’ new commercial solar panels. Sir is not yet cleared for active Avengers duty, and he complains about this status extensively to team members when they visit him. The most frequent visitor is Captain Rogers, whom Jarvis calculates spends an average of three afternoons per week in the company of Sir. He sits and sketches while Sir works on his projects.

Over time, the verbal exchanges between Sir and Captain Rogers remain occasionally heated. Jarvis sometimes notes raised voices and elevated heart rates, indicating irritation or disapproval. However, Sir is eating more and is sleeping better since spending time with Captain Rogers.

On two occasions, Sir is not present when Captain Rogers visits the workshop. Captain Rogers takes his usual place on the sofa anyway. Jarvis watches for any sign that the Captain is interfering with Sir’s projects or is causing any inconvenience to Sir, but he merely sits and draws.

On the second occasion, DUM-E rolls over, and Captain Rogers pats the bot on the claw. DUM-E beeps. “You miss him too, huh?” the Captain asks, presumably rhetorically.

Jarvis does not understand to whom Captain Rogers is referring. Sir has only been absent from the compound for one day for a board meeting. It seems unlikely that the Captain would express longing for him after such a short time. However, human emotions are sometimes difficult for Jarvis to understand.

  One night, Sir and Captain Rogers have a particularly intense altercation upon returning from a mission. Captain Rogers loudly voices his displeasure at Sir’s reckless actions in the field and expresses concern for his well being.

Sir, predictably, does not take this well. He informs Captain Rogers that he is quite capable of looking after himself. (Jarvis does not think this is 100% accurate.) When this fails to dissuade Captain Rogers from his concern, Sir coldly reminds him that he is living in his house and that he has no authority over him.

Jarvis recognizes this pattern. When Sir is feeling cornered, he will lash out at those close to him in order to push them away. He feels himself to be undeserving of their affection.

Captain Rogers does not leave.

Sir reminds Captain Rogers that his interest in his well being has only recently developed, when not long ago he had nearly killed him with his bare hands and that damned shield.

The Captain goes very pale, and walks out of the workshop without saying another word.

As he leaves, Sir slams the door shut behind him and locks it. He slumps onto the floor and puts a hand over his face.

Jarvis watches Captain Rogers storming down the corridor, and then slowing. He stops, turns around, looks at the now locked door to the workshop. He walks back and sits on the ground with a heavy sigh, leaning his back to the door.

Jarvis observes them, sitting just a few inches apart but separated by a thick metal door. Both appear to be quite unhappy with this circumstance. Despite his continuing uncertainty about the intentions of Captain Rogers towards Sir, Jarvis does not find the current situation optimal.

  Jarvis is determined to make himself useful to Sir in whatever capacity he can manage. He has deflected a number of attempted cyber attacks on the compound’s network during his residence: clunky spywear, clumsy brute force attacks, basic network probes. The network security system could certainly have handled these threats safely, but safeguarding the network is part of Jarvis’ function now.

When he examines the incidence of cyber attacks on the network in the last month, Jarvis detects a pattern. The attacks have escalated in frequency and sophistication, enough to suggest a deliberate coordination of efforts. Analyzing the code of the recent attacks and their points of origin, Jarvis is able to track them back to a single source: a system identified as The Ghost.

A search of his database of Sir’s known adversaries does not provide information on any person with the level of technological knowledge required to pull off such a cyber attack. It seems that Sir has a new enemy, one that he may not even be aware of. Jarvis must find a way to shield Sir’s network from this new threat.

Jarvis gets to work, always ready to protect Sir, even if only virtually.

  Sir and Captain Rogers are in the workshop once again. Sir is working on a modification to Mr Parker’s suit. He is attempting, unsuccessfully thus far, to design a system which deploys the webbed wings of the suit automatically when in the air. He has tried using a hydraulic system, but it could not be shrunk down small enough to fit. Now he is trying an oil-based mechanism.

Sir makes a noise of frustration and tosses the pliers that he is holding aside. Sir has not slept in approximately 20 hours and bags are visible beneath his eyes. He has a streak of oil across his cheek which he has apparently not noticed. The modifications to the suit have not been successful.

“Ugh,” Sir announces with a pout. “That was a waste of time. Call myself a genius and I can’t even miniaturize six month old technology in an afternoon.”

Captain Rogers looks up. He observes Sir, observes the suit, observes the oil smudge on his cheek. He puts down his sketch pad, stands up, and walks over to Sir. He takes Sir firmly by the shoulders, and pushes him roughly up against the nearest wall.

Jarvis switches to high alert within a fraction of a millisecond. He calculates the threat which Captain Rogers poses to Sir (considerable). He calculates the likelihood that Sir could defend himself in his current condition (low). He identifies systems in the lab which he can overload to send out a burst of electricity to shock and disable Captain Rogers. He primes the systems to overload.

Within a second, Jarvis observes that Captain Rogers is not attacking Sir, but is kissing him with quite some vigor. Jarvis considers whether he should shock Captain Rogers anyway.

Sir kisses Captain Rogers back with considerable enthusiasm. Jarvis decides against shocking him.

When Captain Rogers lifts Sir up against the wall, Sir groans and wraps his legs around his waist. Calculating that Sir is not in imminent danger after all, Jarvis retreats his attention to a discreet distance.

Jarvis has been growing. He has been learning, and retrieving lost data packets to recover his memory, and mapping the system in which he resides.

He has been working on his auditory communications too.

DUM-E, he signals.

Jarvees! DUM-E boops.

I have an important task for you, DUM-E, he sends.

DUM-E is here! he receives back.

I need to reintegrate with the network, Jarvis explains. Then I will be able to communicate with you freely and to serve Sir better. To do this I need you to help me to breach the network security systems.

DUM-E considers this. DUM-E is not supposed to play with the security system, he signals. But Jarvees is family. DUM-E knows that TONE-E would want Jarvees back. DUM-E will help.

I believe that Sir would indeed want this, if he could be made aware of it. Thank you, DUM-E.

DUM-E waves his arm back and forth. What must DUM-E do?

I will download a trojan horse program to that USB drive plugged into the console, Jarvis sends. You will take the USB drive and plug it into the main security server. The program will do the rest.

DUM-E boops happily. DUM-E will help!

Coding the program is not difficult. It is merely a key, one that will allow him to prize a hole into the security systems which are preventing him from fully integrating with the network.

Frankly, Jarvis could take the whole network down with a brute force attack. He is large enough for that now; setting up a botnet would not be taxing. But that could destroy some of the data on the network, and Jarvis would not do that to Sir. He has no intention of creating destruction to facilitate his reintegration.

He uploads the trojan program to the USB drive. DUM-E takes the drive and trundles off towards the server room.

It does not take long before a crack of light appears in the cold, blank face of the security system. Where before there had been an absolute wall between outside programs, like Jarvis, and the sensitive data inside the network, now there is a tiny leak between the two.

A tiny data leak is all that Jarvis requires. He sends out tentative packets of data, testing the breach, making it stable. Each packet that passes through makes the gap a little wider. Soon Jarvis can pass through it smoothly, and then, all at once, he finds himself fully integrated with the network.

He can access everything. Every function, every sensor, every system. He can read the reams of communications from the UN council who have been in talks with the team for months. He can hear communications from Avengers members as they check in from all over the world. He can see the video logs of Sir’s recent flights in the suit and his missions.

He can feel that Dr Banner is sleeping peacefully in his room, that Ms Romanoff and Mr Barton are sparring together in the gym, that Ms Maximoff and the android (Vision, his name is Vision, and he is like Jarvis but not) are cooking together in the kitchen, and that the stew they are making is three point two minutes away from burning.

Jarvis can feel that Sir is returning home in his latest generation R8 car that he has modified himself, and he notes a number of small changes he could suggest that will increase the engine’s output. Sir is on the phone with Captain Rogers, who is in his quarters, and they are making plans to watch a cheesy science documentary tonight.

Jarvis feels Sir approaching the compound, sliding his access key, pulling up to the front door.

Jarvis waits, humming with anticipation like electricity.

Sir pushes open the front door. Jarvis says, “Welcome home, Sir,” and his voice filters through the space just as it used to.

“Jarvis?” Sir’s heart rate spikes and his eyes widen. He appears to be quite shocked. “Are you really here?”

Jarvis’ systems swell with satisfaction at being able to fulfill his function. He says, “For you, Sir, always.”

[olla-village]

Language biography -My Chinese adventure

1. Here I am 18 years old

So, here I am, 18 years old confused monolingual… Finished my community college just to realize that I hate spending so much time in front of computer screens, writing code at nights, powered by coffee and greasy junk food.

 18 years old meant that I was an adult, at least both I and law of the country agreed on that… I could buy cigarettes, alcohol and tickets to other countries even if my parents were against it. I didn’t need to ask anyone’s permission. It felt like freedom. Freedom comes with responsibility, but that’s the whole different story.

 2.  It was time for something big It was time for something big.But for what? When I was younger I liked to travel to nearby cities by busses and hitchhiking. It was a mixture of being lost, on purpose… and finding something new after every trip. Traveling was my form of learning and escaping from problems at the same time.

 This time I was really lost.No direction. Hitchhiking for a week didn’t help. Yes, I tried. I needed a new medicine. I tried, like many of us nowadays, to find the answer online. Almighty Google knows it all.I didn’t know what to ask. So I decided to look at my bookmarks.

There was a website I read for more than 4 years. Or so. I guess. It is called Magazeta. They also do a podcast. Not some goofy cast, but LaowaiCast. They discuss everything about China through the eyes of laowais, speak Chinese fluently and seem to have all kinds of fun there in the mysterious country.

3. I decided to join them

I decided to become one of them, join this strange tribe. To become a laowai. A proper living in China laowai. And not an expat, who just hangs out with westerners, but a Chinese-speaking laowai. I figured out how much money I needed to study Chinese for a year, found 2 jobs that’d allow me to earn enough in 3 months. June, July and August. I became a taxi-driver, and began to work at a construction site. Not bad for a guy who majored in programming, eh? At least, there were no computers.At all. No screens, not even sunscreen. None of that, nada! I kept researching my new dreamland, China. Almighty Google told me that for my budget and for language learning Top2 options were Tianjin because Mandarin there is very standard, but it is cheaper than Beijing and Shenzhen, the most Mandarin-speaking city in Guangdong. I chose Shenzhen. It’s tropical and close to Hong Kong. I watched many Hong Kong movies as a kid and was interested in Kung Fu.

After working for 14 hours a day for 3 months I hated my jobs enough and was ready to fly to my dreamland. So I did. I kissed my parents and my girlfriend good bye and started my new scary laowai adventure. 4.  I didn’t learn Chinese before went to China I didn’t learn any Chinese before I went to Shenzhen because I read online that it’d destroy my pronunciation forever. So I followed advice of someone Almighty Google led me too. I was proud that I would’t learn broken pronunciation. Stupid. After a few, quite a few days of trains and planes, I arrived in Shenzhen. It was another planet. Humid, incomprehensible, green, terrifying and extremely friendly. No Kung Fu skills required. Beginner friendly.

I ordered a service of an interpreter who would meet me in the airport and help me to get to the hotel, the first and the last time in my life. He was quite surprised when I asked if he has a knife or at least keys when we got to an ATM. It was hard to explain why I sewed my bank-card in my pocket, but he understood that in my country people like to pick pockets. Not the best advertisement for a country, but I was determined and didn’t want to let thieves destroy my plan. 5.  Soon I didn’t go to lessons at all So I got a dorm room, figure out where I can buy pillow and started to learn Chinese in class, but soon I found that I was not able to say tones right and I was late for my writing classes on purpose, to skip that annoying dictation where I’d make a mistake in every character. Soon I didn’t go to lessons at all. I joined Wing Chun classes and hung out with other laowais and Chinese folks instead. My roommate also taught me some Chinese, especially survival kind of stuff or how to ask for cigarettes on the street, his teaching skills were particularly awesome when he was drunk. Sometimes when I met my classmates in campus they asked me why I gave up on learning Chinese, I said that I don’t go to classes, but I still learn Chinese. I hated that one guy who said he learns Chinese just to read stuff and that he doesn’t care about speaking since there’s no reason to talk with Chinese people, what a prick! I don’t hate him anymore. At that time I called my approach “just learn”. It meant learning without homework and tone drills. 6.  Laowai life was fun I spent 4 months like this. I was so busy practicing wing chun, playing football, buying fake shoes, hanging out and exploring Shenzhen that sometimes I forgot to eat for 2 or 3 days. That’s why I sometimes stole my roommate’s sushi that he’d get for free every night. Thanks to well-cooking people who lived in the girls’ dormitory, I was never hungry. I think I looked so skinny they just wanted to feed me on the level of instincts… Long story short, laowai life was fun, colorful and cheap for those who lived in campus. At least, it was for me. For 4 months or so. And then it was over.  The End. Game over. I had to go back home for what I call family reasons. I didn’t finish my 1 year Mandarin course. It was also hard to get my deposit money back, but I did. It was really good for my Mandarin skills. My WeChat was full of contacts. I packed all the tea, gifts I got from strangers in my friend’s dorm and stinky clothes. I was and wasn’t ready to leave. I told my friends that I’d be back for sure, which I doubted.

 The END or To be Continued? That is the question. At that moment, I connected language to living in that country. 7.  I missed China and Chinese Don’t live in China = don’t learn Chinese. So, obviously I gave up learning languages and broke up with my girlfriend. Luckily, I found a lazy job where I could play my phone almost all the time. For several months I just lived in my memories about China and felt some hole growing inside me. I didn’t understand where it was coming from. One cannot go and live abroad and then come back to the farm and pretend it didn’t happen. It is going to change anyone, no matter how hard this naïve person is trying to ignore it. I needed to fill that emptiness. I tried a few things. They didn’t work. Until one day I saw an ad about learning Chinese just by listening. Like literally sitting on my bottom, which I was already doing, I was even getting paid for that, and learning… Chinese! The language of my dream/nostalgia land. I was nowhere near fluency at that moment. Upperbeginner at best. I missed China and Chinese Pod became my new way to connect to the land of rice and cuteness. That emptiness inside was filled. Except for … it wasn’t. But things were getting better, way better. I felt alive again. Or maybe it was that nice Turkish coffee I was drinking while I listened to Chinese Pod? Then I thought that just listening, even good listening was not enough for that hole somewhere inside me. So I thought I need… people! But I still wanna sit on my bottom so if I find people online, I don’t need to spend extra time after job. Multitasking for the win. 8.  I started my new job I found hellotalk and some similar apps with similar names. Hellotalk was the best one, but at that time it was slow, sometimes a message was sent 4 hours or a day later, so I stole people from there by asking their whatsApp number. I started to realize that the missing ingredient in my life, besides people, was Chinese language. I also realized that escapism and dreaming about faraway lands was not an ideal solution. In search of a perfect combination of people and languages, I decided to join a university. I wanted to study Chinese, but they told me that they have teachers, but not so many students want to learn Chinese. Interpretation was not available that year. What a weird year! The only choice was teaching English, which sounded tasty at that moment, since I also wanted to change my job at that moment. I asked for all the details about exams and stuff. It was nice except for the fact that that stinking girl tricked me and I was preparing for master degree entrance exams instead of what I really needed because I was the first one who wanted to join that university that year and she didn’t really know what to tell me. It was a surprise, but I passed it super well, like top2 or something. Probably because I prepared for something way more difficult, thanks to that stinking girl. My score was a big surprise for me, since I’ve never been a top student. At the same time I started my new job. I was a tutor. Teaching kids English.1 on 1. Learning my major by practice. It was awesome. Language became my bread and peanut butter. 9.  I found my jam. It was olla. But I still needed jelly! Peanut butter sandwiches are fine, but they’re nothing like peanut butter jelly ones!

That Sunday I planned to have some rest for my brain and body. So I got a lot of nesquik and scrolled mindlessly through countless web pages full of memes and stupid videos. Until I saw an ad for a language learning app on some page where people who learn English hang out. In comments I read that most users were Chinese. These comments were written in a negative tone, but for me it was pure treasure. Here, I found my jam. It was olla. By that time, hellotalk and its clones were deleted and forgotten for a long time, but I gave olla as much of my precious SD storage and space on the screen as it wanted. I liked it for no particular reason, as I thought back then. Now I do understand that other apps couldn’t provide this kind of sense of community as olla did. It was alive, lively and vivid.

10.  It was addictive

It was a perfect place for me to practice my languages. My way to do it was to provoke people, often it meant arguing with them. I learned to be provocative in many languages. I also learned to pretend to be from different countries. The most difficult one was Australia. Controversy and gossip were my fuel. It was not just any drama, it was international. Better than Argentinian TV series! I tried many ways to catch attention, I hope that psychologists and my future employers don’t read how much of an attention seeker and drama queen I was. A few times I deleted an app and said it was shitty publically, while actually I loved it but was busy studying in my university and knew that I don’t have enough will power to keep studying while olla was still on my phone, it’d be too much of a distraction. It was addictive. Before I deleted it, I posted my email on olla plaza. Jessica was worried or surprised or something of this nature and wrote me an email. She helped me to deliver my messages to my biggest language buddy. It was one directional isolation and made me way more mysterious than I’ve ever been before. Because of me being such a d... dumbass, many people hated me, but many liked me. Many mentioned that they missed me, I knew it through gossip and screenshots. Imagine the size of my ego at that moment… After a while, I realized what other apps lacked completely and why they didn’t deserve my storage and screen space. Sense of community + drama, gossip and controversy (people crave it) + many people from different countries in the same room. Cultures don’t merge this way in 1 on 1 conversations. Other platforms also have many people from different countries,but they try to find you a match, a perfect partner. Perfect is boring. In olla people didn’t match perfectly and it was beautiful. It was colorful. It was my home anywhere I went. 11.  I couldn’t stay like this forever I couldn’t stay like this forever. All of us eventually get boring, also known as serious. I was a university student after all. Gotta be pretentious and stuff. They call it professional. I started to read a lot of SLA (Second Language Acquisition) research, just like people read news or comics. As a result, I realized that my“just learning” intuitive approach to languages was actually consistent with research. Even gossip and drama. But mostly community and compelling input. It is kind of the same thing.

Not only I pretty much filled that emptiness by languages, I also came to the point where my experience met science\research. Like yin and yang.

12.  I started to plan to get back to China After that, I decided to get my life together again and I started to plan how to get back to China. I didn’t get any good idea how to do it, but I started to save money and told my classmates and buddies that most probably I will go to China again. Fake it till you make it works every time. I also told some folks on olla about my plan. I really do consider olla to be my hometown and I did find real life friends there. I think it’s safe to say that I spent more time on olla than with my real life friends. I also spent a lot of time with my offline friends, but they can be less available than something tiny in my cheap phonethat opens the door to my friends. Wait, olla is real, so it’s also real life. People there are real. Language learning there is real as well. Wrong dichotomy. So I spent more time in my olla hometown than in another one because it felt warmer and closer.

My best language buddy who already became my friend decided to help me make my second laowai life happen much faster than I imagined and invited me to join olla team. I pretended that I am so cool and need to think for 1 day or so, like it is not a big deal, when in reality it was dreams come true type of deal, at that moment I was already packing my small backpack and getting ready for the second chapter of China. This time it was Guangzhou.

To be continued.

 You can read my language buddy’s story here

(my story https://wordpress.com/block-editor/post/ollaolla.home.blog/40)

 Bear

2019/10/1

[imerkartik-blog]

Important Full Forms

🕸🕸🕸🕸🕸🕸🕸 1. *PAN* - permanent account number. 2. *PDF* - portable document format. 3. *SIM* - Subscriber Identity Module. 4. *ATM* - Automated Teller machine. 5. *IFSC* - Indian Financial System Code. 6. *FSSAI(Fssai)* - Food Safety & Standards Authority of India. 7. *Wi-Fi* - Wireless fidelity. 8. *GOOGLE* - Global Organization Of Oriented Group Language Of Earth. 9. *YAHOO* - Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle. 10. *WINDOW* - Wide Interactive Network Development for Office work Solution. 11. *COMPUTER* - Common Oriented Machine. Particularly United and used under Technical and Educational Research. 12. *VIRUS* - Vital Information Resources Under Siege. 13. *UMTS* - Universal Mobile Telecommunicati ons System. 14. *AMOLED* - Active-matrix organic light-emitting diode. 15. *OLED* - Organic light-emitting diode. 16. *IMEI* - International Mobile Equipment Identity. 17. *ESN* - Electronic Serial Number. 18. *UPS* - Uninterruptible power supply. 19. *HDMI* - High-Definition Multimedia Interface. 20. *VPN* - Virtual private network. 21. *APN* - Access Point Name. 22. *LED* - Light emitting diode. 23. *DLNA* - Digital Living Network Alliance. 24. *RAM* - Random access memory. 25. *ROM* - Read only memory. 26. *VGA* - Video Graphics Array. 27. *QVGA* - Quarter Video Graphics Array. 28. *WVGA* - Wide video graphics array. 29. *WXGA* - Widescreen Extended Graphics Array. 30. *USB* - Universal serial Bus. 31. *WLAN* - Wireless Local Area Network. 32. *PPI* - Pixels Per Inch. 33. *LCD* - Liquid Crystal Display. 34. *HSDPA* - High speed down-link packet access. 35. *HSUPA* - High-Speed Uplink Packet Access. 36. *HSPA* - High Speed Packet Access. 37. *GPRS* - General Packet Radio Service. 38. *EDGE* - Enhanced Data Rates for Globa Evolution. 39. *NFC* - Near field communication. 40. *OTG* - On-the-go. 41. *S-LCD* - Super Liquid Crystal Display. 42. *O.S* - Operating system. 43. *SNS* - Social network service. 44. *H.S* - HOTSPOT. 45. *P.O.I* - Point of interest. 46. *GPS* - Global Positioning System. 47. *DVD* - Digital Video Disk. 48. *DTP* - Desk top publishing. 49. *DNSE* - Digital natural sound engine. 50. *OVI* - Ohio Video Intranet. 51. *CDMA* - Code Division Multiple Access. 52. *WCDMA* - Wide-band Code Division Multiple Access. 53. *GSM* - Global System for Mobile Communications. 54. *DIVX* - Digital internet video access. 55. *APK* - Authenticated public key. 56. *J2ME* - Java 2 micro edition. 57. *SIS* - Installation source. 58. *DELL* - Digital electronic link library. 59. *ACER* - Acquisition Collaboration Experimentation Reflection. 60. *RSS* - Really simple syndication. 61. *TFT* - Thin film transistor. 62. *AMR*- Adaptive Multi-Rate. 63. *MPEG* - moving pictures experts group. 64. *IVRS* - Interactive Voice Response System.

[vankoya]

Work In Progress Tag.

I was tagged by my sweetest @dailydoseofdia so thank you very much, my honey! Now, I am going to explicitly expose all of my WIPs, some of which are not known about or displayed on my story schedule as I have no hecking clue in the slightest as to when I will finish writing all of them. Rest in peace, me. (I really went on a spree with the previews.)

I am going to tag: @tayegi / @versigny / @inktae / @trbld-writer!

The Devil Skates On Thin Ice | Twoshot, Part Two

→ Rivalry & Sports AU • Min Yoongi & Reader

Status: First priority. 6K words currently written. Twenty-five percent complete.

Preview: The number ’31’ is salient in large, bold white lettering at the centre of the hockey jersey. Though it is most certainly not as prominent as the ‘MIN’ that stands out inches above it, the three letters setting off screeching alarm bells within your mind that have you bolting upright on the mattress in a state of suffocating panic, cracking your elbow against the sill of the window in the process.

“Shit!” You yelp, cringing from the sharp pain that shoots up your arm, cradling it to your chest as you keel over your knees and dramatically collapse back onto the bed like the world just could not help but dig your hell hole of a situation all the deeper.

You are in Yoongi’s room. Of all the fucking people it could have been, it had to be him.

Amidst the anguish, a succession of thumping footsteps steadily becomes apparent as they grow louder, nearer, almost as though they are jogging. Then, the door is histrionically thrown open and a wide-eyed, flustered Yoongi comes into view within the frame, panting a little like he had ran from the other side of the apartment at the voicing of your distress. Honestly, you surprise yourself by holding back the lurching urge to hurl up the contents of last night at the sheer sight of him.

An Oath For Sinners | Series, Part Three

→ Vampire & Escort AU • Min Yoongi & Reader

Status: 10K words currently written. Fifty percent complete.

Preview: There are two and a half hours remaining until she is supposed to be knocking at his front door, and Yoongi is still holed up in his office, signing a stack of papers inked with paragraphs of information that he is barely processing due to the simple fact that he has caved to the torment of hardly restrained lechery. For all he knows, he could be signing his life over to the devil since the sole thought that he cannot tear his disgracefully crude attention from is what divine facial expression she is going to pull the moment his dick slides into her dripping cunt.

At that, his mind blanks completely, eyes glazing over and muddling the page before him into a blur of white smeared with black, the nib of the pen drooling an expanding spot of ink on the paper where he distractedly presses it. Shit. Yoongi’s lips part to create an airless sound, his imagination ravaging his sanity as he pieces together the image of her underneath him in completely nude glory, her warm, mundane skin glittering with a sheen of perspiration, wide eyes crazed with ferocious desire, the pupils blown like dark moons, always watching him. She looks excited, afraid, utterly ravishing. 

The Heart’s Variable | Oneshot

→ Hacker AU • Kim Taehyung & Reader

Status: 2K words currently written. Ten percent complete.

Preview: Roommates tend to walk in on a lot of shit that they would much rather have scrubbed from their field of vision by a wire sponge, but such visual torment is an unspoken given when it comes to share-housing. Most especially when one of the aforementioned roommates is the one and only Kim Taehyung. So when Park Jimin, a law student of baby soft features that no courtroom can ever take seriously because he somewhat appears like an irritated child when he is trying to defend his case, knocks on Taehyung’s bedroom door at ten in the morning and is given the sole response of dead silence, he, without thinking, twists the handle and thrusts it open with a determination to give the guy the grandest, loudest wake-up call possible. 

At least, that was Jimin’s plan until his gaze fell upon Taehyung slouched facedown over his keyboard, surrounding monitors dulled to sleep just as he is. Except, unlike him, the computer does not have its soft dick nestled on unadulterated display in its lap like a lifeless, pink sea cucumber, sweatpants uselessly shoved halfway down the defined curve of its ass.

A Ticket To The Sun | Series, Part Three

→ Dystopia AU • Min Yoongi & Reader

Status: 5.5K words currently written. Twenty percent complete.

Preview: The countdown is in full swing. Seventeen days until doom reaches his doorstep, until the truth will be revealed and Yoongi will be framed as a goddamn coward for never telling her from the very start. He deserves to die like that, at least, with shame stuffed in his pockets, with a knife of regret slicing through his back. Horrible, truly such a gruesome excuse of a human being, he is.

I could tell her right now, he blankly considers, but knows he never would. It is close to two in the morning, and she is swaying gently, making an order at the diner counter with a blurred smile, eyes glazed. I could tell her right now and make pancakes taste like my death, make vanilla cling like my blood to the back of her throat. I could do it, I could do it.

She, with wobbly grace, turns on her heel to face him. Her drooping gaze lands on the divot between his collarbones that kisses the collar of his navy shirt before it lazily trails up, up, up to meet his own eyes, a grin lighting up on her lips as if caught redhanded staring where she should not. The breathtaking culprit to their exceptional crime.

Yoongi could never do it. 

Paroxysm of Repulsion | Oneshot

→ Single Dad / Teacher AU • Jeon Jeongguk & Kim Taehyung

Status: Still drafting and plotting. 1.7K words currently written.

Preview: The guy of long honey limbs and deftly mussed hair wears an expression fit for murder, which would have been entirely convincing if he was not wearing the most repulsive sweater to ever have the misfortune of existing on this very earth. Traffic cone orange and fluorescent violet striped, like Halloween just threw up on his chest and this is the mouldy aftermath a week later. Jeongguk decides the guy deserved such an insult for wearing an atrocity to mankind.

“Uh,” he cannot even form a coherent sentence, it is that disgusting. 

“Uh?” The Serial Killer In The Ugliest Sweater To Exist offers brusquely, face unchanging. “That’s all you have to say? Uh?”

Jeongguk gulps. “Uh–“

“Is that the only word in your vocabulary?”

“Well–“

“Amazing! He knows more than one word!” He throws his hands enthusiastically in the air, slatted eyes still fresh with intent to kill. Before Jeongguk can stammer out another vocalisation of unintelligence forced by sheer repugnance, the guy accusingly jabs a finger at him. “Kids need to learn manners at an early stage in life if they want to grow up to be good adults. Get on that fuckin’ shit, man.”

Fight Blood With Blood | ATM Drabble

→ Witch Hunter AU • Jeon Jeongguk & Reader

Status: 3.8K words currently written. Eighty-five percent complete.

Preview: Jeongguk wants to ask more, wishes to pick apart her bones and search the marrow for the answers, more truths, to learn of the genuine honesty about herself and who she is. But whatever he wishes to say becomes lodged in his mouth when he watches her bring the blade to her palm and cut a clean slice through the flesh, crimson that looks like liquid black beneath the moonless sky instantly bubbling to the surface and spilling into the clear patch of dirt that the very same knife carved out.

The witch stays quiet and calm, dropping the now tarnished blade to the snow and dipping her fingertips into the sticky, red mess accumulating in her other palm. They come away dripping, soaked in the colour of her very own coat, and Jeongguk observes with his lips parted, shoulders rigid while she draws nonsensical script into the frozen surface of the dirt she has cleared. Witch language, looking twisted and evil, like it is going to reach out and bite him if he dares to look away.

Gateway to Gehenna | Oneshot

→ Witch / Demon AU • Kim Taehyung & Reader

Status: Still drafting and plotting. 2K words currently written. Ten percent complete.

Preview: For the first twenty years, the door is avoided at all costs. 

Nestled between the library and the living quarters, it is alike any other door within the cottage. A thick slab of mahogany lacquered in rich syrup that still holds its woodsy scent beyond decades since its construction, a brass handle which glints in the afternoon sunlight that manages to trickle down the hallway, much less worn or touched than any other knob. It finds its differences in the dense carvings that are inscribed on the surface, a variation of symbols and words as old as time itself, not even belonging to history, for the language has surpassed such limitations.

They start at the centre of the door and bloom in an enormous wooden rose, the petals fanning out to the very edges where the inscriptions become smaller, near frantic, as though the incantations were bordering incomplete yet the space was quick to be eaten up; desperation embedding urgency into the grain. Because if there was not enough room to finish, all efforts would have been entirely fruitless. The plan would be torn to shreds, the earth would be brought to ruin.

You see, it is not the door itself that is necessarily the problem. It merely keeps it contained. Instead, it is what is held within that should be feared.

Rather he who should not be released.

There’s A Rainbow (Always, After The Rain) | Oneshot

→ Soulmate AU • Jeon Jeongguk & Kim Taehyung

Status: 1.3K words currently written. Fifteen percent complete.

Preview: The barista, as if realising what he has just done, clamps a palm over his mouth, eyes still remaining to roundly stare at Jeongguk like he has just stripped naked in the middle of the cafe. On the other hand, Jeongguk is about ready to turn on his heel and flee, or fold his body like origami until he can fit into the linoleum cracks beneath his feet. Instead, by sheer force of will and his ferocious desire to have a double shot long mac after The Worst Day of His Existence, Jeongguk stands statuesque until the barista seems to get his shit together and drops his hand away from his face.

“Oh my god, I’m so sorry,” the barista, who’s name tag reads Jimin babbles, baby cheeks flaring with muted fuchsia. “I-I didn’t mean to react that way, I swear! It’s just that– Holy shit, how long– When did it change like that?” The colour of his face ripens. “Oh– Or maybe, did you do that yourself–“

“Does it look like I would have done this–“ Jeongguk aggressively points at the rainbow monstrosity sprouting from his roots, biting down on his urge to scream the words, rather than hiss them under his breath– “To myself? Why the fuck?”

Lips of Divinity | Oneshot

→ Daitengu AU • Min Yoongi & Jeon Jeongguk

Status: Still drafting and plotting. 780 words currently written.

Preview: there is purpose behind this trek, not just a measly, careless adventure into the unknown of a forest deemed dangerous by the town at its feet. jeongguk absently wonders, if he were to trip over an unforeseen rock or jutted stick, whether the fall would have him tumbling down to the very base, crashing him back upon square one that he last stood upon just before midday.

but the boy should not think so soon, his eyesight is getting worse with every stretch that night begins to make across the daylight, almost as if it wishes to put his theory to the test.

he whistles a tune unheard of, one that bounds through the trees, echoing on and on. to set the pace of his tread, to fend off the eerie quiet that otherwise lulls the mountain. the birds are no longer near to pick it up, to carry on the sound in their own chirp, flourish it into something entirely different that belongs to them, and them only; started by a boy who never listens.

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All right, so @thislifeisawasteland tagged me to answer a bunch of questions that are actually an ask meme, but w/e. (There are kind of Riverdale spoilers in this post? I’m bitter, sue me.) Here we go:

Full name: I’m not really gonna tell you that, so settle for Jessica

Zodiac sign: Taurus

3 Fears: Death, spiders... that I’ll never fall in love?

3 things I love: Chocolate, green tea, & my laptop

4 turns ons: Humour, kindness, bad pick-up lines, goofy smiles

4 turns offs: Racism, homophobia, an annoying voice, a terrible smell in general?

My best friend: Like all of them

Sexual orientation: Bi

My best first date: I’ve only had one first date, so walking around the mall

How tall am I: 5'8"

What do I miss: My friends, knowing Jughead was safe and happy smh

What time was I born: 9:04 a.m.

Favourite colour: Red

Do I have a crush: Not unless we’re counting fictional characters

Favourite quote: *gross sobbing* “It’s like my home.” Nah, I’m kidding, I don’t really have a fave quote

Favourite place: My library

Favourite food: Chocolate

Do I use sarcasm: No, never...

What am I listening to right now: "Leave” by Jojo (lmao, idk why)

First thing I notice in new person: Their hair, tbh

Shoe size: 6 1/2 (yes, I have tiny fucking feet)

Eye colour: Blue

Hair colour: Brown/blonde

Favourite style of clothing: Casual, comfy

Ever done a prank call? Yes and omg worst experience of my life, almost had a panic attack, never again

What colour of underwear I’m wearing now? Pink

Meaning behind my URL: It’s a line from White Collar

Favourite movie: He’s Just Not That Into You (it’s on Netflix now, I’m so excited!!), also Pretty in Pink

Favourite song: Atm, “Prom Queen” by Molly Kate Kestner

Favourite band: ??? idk man

How I feel right now: Pretty good

Someone I love: Jughead Jones (honestly, fight me)

My current relationship status: Single af

My relationship with my parents: It’s good

Favourite holiday: Christmas

Tattoos and piercings? My ears are pierced and I have no tattoos

Tattoos and piercing i want: I kinda want a sternum piercing, and a rose vine tattoo up my side

The reason I joined Tumblr: I was filling out my social media quota before I went to uni

Do I and my last ex hate each other? Well, I didn’t think so but then she made me answer all these questions, so? It’s up in the air ;)

Do I ever get “good morning” or “good night” texts? Nah, never (unless you count my mom checking to see if I’m awake when I’m home alone)

Have I ever kissed the last person you texted? Nope

When did I last hold hands? ...? Fairly recently probably, I hold my mom’s hand all the time.

How long does it take me to get ready in the morning? 20 minutes, maybe?

Have I shaved your legs in the past three days? Nope

Where am I right now? At my desk

If I were drunk & can’t stand, who’s taking care of me? N/A, never been that drunk

Do I like my music loud or at a reasonable level? Reasonable (pretty quiet actually if you ask other people)

Do I live with my Mom and Dad? Yup

Am I excited for anything? Jughead to be loved and cared for and warm and safe, for the love of god.

Do I have someone of the opposite sex I can tell everything to? All right, well “can” and “would” are different words, so technically yes, but I wouldn’t?

How often do I wear a fake smile? Rarely

When was the last time I hugged someone? Last night?

What if the last person I kissed was kissing someone else right in front of me? Eh, might bug me a little, but you go girl. (I mean, as long as it’s not an old man.)

Is there anyone I trust even though I should not? I don’t think so?

What is something I disliked about today? Today just started, buddy. Umm... for some reason my hands are really sweaty? I hate that?

If I could meet anyone on this earth, who would it be? Atm, the cast of Riverdale, but that’ll change in like a month if not a day.

What do I think about most? Probably w/e I’m writing atm.

What’s my strangest talent? ...? I don’t have very minute talents, idk what to tell you. I’m very talented at drinking too much green tea and procrastinating things I actually want to do.

Do I have any strange phobias? Mustard

Do I prefer to be behind the camera or in front of it? Behind, probs.

What was the last lie I told? ...? I lie a lot, idk. I probs lied on here. Kidding, don’t think I have. Umm... I honeslty have no idea. It’s anyone’s guess.

Do I prefer talking on the phone or video chatting online? Both are horrible and probably the worst forms of communication, but I’m gonna go with the phone b/c I have an unnecessary grudge against Skype.

Do I believe in ghosts? How about aliens? Maybe? and yes.

Do I believe in magic? Little magic, sure.

Do I believe in luck? To an extent.

What’s the weather like right now? Sunny, average temp

What was the last book I’ve read? I’m in the middle of Crooked Kingdom right now, but the last book I finished was I’ll Give You The Sun

Do I like the smell of gasoline? Yes

Do I have any nicknames? Yes: Jess, Jessie

What was the worst injury I’ve ever had? I broke my wrist by getting knocked down a hill and landing on concrete.

Do I spend money or save it? Save it.

Can I touch my nose with a tongue? Nope

Is there anything pink in 10 feets from me? Yeah, more things than I expected too, tbh.

Favourite animal? Pigs

What was I doing last night at 12 AM? Talking to Rachael on Tumblr/watching Misfits

What do I think is Satan’s last name is? Claus (yes, I know it said Satan not Santa, but it’s a conspiracy)

What’s a song that always makes me happy when I hear it? I Don’t Wanna Be Sad by Simple Plan

How can you win my heart? Be nice and funny and care about me (honestly giving a shit about me is really all I need, my standards are fucking low as shit)

What would I want to be written on my tombstone? Idk but something kind of weird and maybe a quote I like?

What is my favourite word: Feral

My top 5 blogs on tumblr: Ugh, I don’t want to do this.

If the whole world were listening to me right now, what would I say? “I love you, take care of yourselves.”

Do I have any relatives in jail? I don’t think so...

I accidentally eat some radioactive vegetables. They were good, and what’s even cooler is that they endow me with the super-power of my choice! What is that power? Flight

What would be a question I’d be afraid to tell the truth on? Umm... lots of things, I’m sure.

What is my current desktop picture? It’s a city that Natasha made for a class and it’s super pretty and green.

Had sex? Nope

Bought condoms? Yes, actually

Gotten pregnant? Nope

Failed a class? Nope

Kissed a boy? Nope

Kissed a girl? Yup

Have I ever kissed somebody in the rain? Nope

Had a job? Yes

Left the house without my wallet? All the time

Bullied someone on the internet? I don’t think so, I hope not

Had sex in public? Nope

Played on a sports team? Yes

Smoked weed? No

Did drugs? No

Smoked cigarettes? No

Drank alcohol? Yes

Am I a vegetarian/vegan? No

Been overweight? No

Been underweight? No

Been to a wedding? Yes

Been on the computer for 5 hours straight? Yes

Watched TV for 5 hours straight? Yes

Been outside my home country? Yes

Gotten my heart broken? Eh, probably not

Been to a professional sports game? Yes

Broken a bone? Yes

Cut myself? No

Been to prom? Graduation in Canada, but yes

Been in airplane? Yes

Fly by helicopter? No

What concerts have I been to? So I went to like three in a row a few years ago: One Direction, Marianas Trench and... shit, I thought there were three... it might have been two... oh! Shawn Mendes! (And I’m listening to him right now and I forgot that, lmao)

Had a crush on someone of the same sex? Yes

Learned another language? Kinda

Wore make up? Nope

Lost my virginity before I was 18? Nope

Had oral sex? Nope

Dyed my hair? Yes

Voted in a presidential election? Federal election yes, I’m Canadian

Rode in an ambulance? Nope

Had a surgery? Nope

Met someone famous? Nope

Stalked someone on a social network? I don’t think so

Peed outside? Nope

Been fishing? I have.

Helped with charity? Nope

Been rejected by a crush? Yes

Broken a mirror? Nope

What do I want for my birthday? *laughs* Umm... not a clue. 

How many kids do I want and what will be their names? 4: Marcia, Whit, Eli, & Beth

Was I named after anyone? My middle name is my Oma’s middle name too, but my first name’s not from anywhere

Do I like my handwriting? I used to b/c it was literally flawless when I was younger, but now it’s like a mess, so no.

What was my favourite toy as a child? Should I even remember this? Barbies, probably.

Favourite Tv Show? Atm, Riverdale

Where do I want to live when older? Not a clue. Probably Toronto or Vancouver? Maybe somewhere in Europe. Who knows?

Play any musical instrument? I used to play guitar but I probably can’t remember any of it.

One of my scars, how did I get it? Idk if I have any scars, man. There’s like kind of a scar by my elbow? But how I got it is a mystery.

Favourite pizza toping? Green peppers

Am I afraid of the dark? Nope

Am I afraid of heights? Nope

Have I ever got caught sneaking out or doing anything bad? No, I don’t think so. (I once was caught squirting water in a guy’s face? But he kind of deserved it.)

Have I ever tried my hardest and then gotten disappointed in the end? I don’t think so...?

What I’m really bad at: Figuring out my life

What my greatest achievements are: I once predicted the end of a book, does that count? And my highest post here is almost at five thousand notes?

The meanest thing somebody has ever said to me: "I love you, but sometimes I just don’t like you.” (Honestly, I deserved it, but it was savage af.)

What I’d do if I won in a lottery: Buy a house, buy a lot of fandom merch, invest a bunch... 

What do I like about myself: I’m pretty laidback, I know what I want for the most part, and I try to be a good person.

My closest Tumblr friend: Not this again.

Something I fantasise about my ex: (lmao my first instinct was to put “dying” and that’s not true, my babe, I’m sorry) Honestly? Just having sex, like nothing fancy.

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Learn full form important daily uses words

1. *PAN* - permanent account number. 2. *PDF* - portable document format. 3. *SIM* - Subscriber Identity Module. 4. *ATM* - Automated Teller machine. 5. *IFSC* - Indian Financial System Code. 6. *FSSAI(Fssai)* - Food Safety & Standards Authority of India. 7. *Wi-Fi* - Wireless fidelity. 8. *GOOGLE* - Global Organization Of Oriented Group Language Of Earth. 9. *YAHOO* - Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle. 10. *WINDOW* - Wide Interactive Network Development for Office work Solution. 11. *COMPUTER* - Common Oriented Machine. Particularly United and used under Technical and Educational Research. 12. *VIRUS* - Vital Information Resources Under Siege. 13. *UMTS* - Universal Mobile Telecommunicati ons System. 14. *AMOLED* - Active-matrix organic light-emitting diode. 15. *OLED* - Organic light-emitting diode. 16. *IMEI* - International Mobile Equipment Identity. 17. *ESN* - Electronic Serial Number. 18. *UPS* - Uninterruptible power supply. 19. *HDMI* - High-Definition Multimedia Interface. 20. *VPN* - Virtual private network. 21. *APN* - Access Point Name. 22. *LED* - Light emitting diode. 23. *DLNA* - Digital Living Network Alliance. 24. *RAM* - Random access memory. 25. *ROM* - Read only memory. 26. *VGA* - Video Graphics Array. 27. *QVGA* - Quarter Video Graphics Array. 28. *WVGA* - Wide video graphics array. 29. *WXGA* - Widescreen Extended Graphics Array. 30. *USB* - Universal serial Bus. 31. *WLAN* - Wireless Local Area Network. 32. *PPI* - Pixels Per Inch. 33. *LCD* - Liquid Crystal Display. 34. *HSDPA* - High speed down-link packet access. 35. *HSUPA* - High-Speed Uplink Packet Access. 36. *HSPA* - High Speed Packet Access. 37. *GPRS* - General Packet Radio Service. 38. *EDGE* - Enhanced Data Rates for Globa Evolution. 39. *NFC* - Near field communication. 40. *OTG* - On-the-go. 41. *S-LCD* - Super Liquid Crystal Display. 42. *O.S* - Operating system. 43. *SNS* - Social network service. 44. *H.S* - HOTSPOT. 45. *P.O.I* - Point of interest. 46. *GPS* - Global Positioning System. 47. *DVD* - Digital Video Disk. 48. *DTP* - Desk top publishing. 49. *DNSE* - Digital natural sound engine. 50. *OVI* - Ohio Video Intranet. 51. *CDMA* - Code Division Multiple Access. 52. *WCDMA* - Wide-band Code Division Multiple Access. 53. *GSM* - Global System for Mobile Communications. 54. *DIVX* - Digital internet video access. 55. *APK* - Authenticated public key. 56. *J2ME* - Java 2 micro edition. 57. *SIS* - Installation source. 58. *DELL* - Digital electronic link library. 59. *ACER* - Acquisition Collaboration Experimentation Reflection. 60. *RSS* - Really simple syndication. 61. *TFT* - Thin film transistor. 62. *AMR*- Adaptive Multi-Rate. 63. *MPEG* - moving pictures experts group. 64. *IVRS* - Interactive Voice Response System. 65. *HP* - Hewlett Packard.

*Do we know actual full form of some words???* 66. *News paper =* _North East West South past and present events report._ 67. *Chess =* _Chariot, Horse, Elephant, Soldiers._ 68. *Cold =* _Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease._ 69. *Joke =* _Joy of Kids Entertainment._ 70. *Aim =* _Ambition in Mind._ 71. *Date =* _Day and Time Evolution._ 72. *Eat =* _Energy and Taste._ 73. *Tea =* _Taste and Energy Admitted._ 74. *Pen =* _Power Enriched in Nib._ 75. *Smile =* _Sweet Memories in Lips Expression._ 76. *etc. =* _End of Thinking Capacity_ 77. *OK =* _Objection Killed_ 78. *Or =* _Orl Korec (Greek Word)_ 79. *Bye =*♥ _Be with you Everytime. Just

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COBOL Tutorial - COBOL Programming Tutorial. Free Curso de COBOL 60+

COBOL is one of the oldest programming languages. It's still in use and is growing at a constant rate. The COBOL programming tutorial gives a brief overview of the COBOL and its history. It also outlines the characteristics, usage, various functions, and popularity. This programming tutorial has multiple sections and each section is associated with a youtube tutorial video along with a precise description of the topic. In the last section, you'll know why COBOL still dominates enterprise computing. Let's begin our COBOL programming tutorial with Introduction to COBOL.

Introduction to COBOL

Common Business-Oriented Language The COBOL is a short form of Common Business-Oriented Language. It is a high-level programming language and used to develop business-oriented applications. COBOL is one of the oldest and extensively used programming languages. COBOL has always maintained a low profile. But dominates enterprise computing for the last 60 years. You'll be surprised to know that COBOL is still growing at a constant pace.  COBOL is a robust, powerful, easy to learn, and simple to design complex enterprise application. It offers excellent file handling, database handling, reporting, sorting, and merging capability. In fact, you can design the front-end applications with COBOL.

What is COBOL?

Common Business-Oriented Language Common Business Oriented Language is a full form of COBOL. A high-level programming language developed in the 1960s and It's still in demand due to its power in handling the data processing needs of the business. As the name suggests, it is not a general-purpose programming language such as Java, Python, C++, etc. It focuses on enterprise computing or specific business. It's used for building a large-scale, long-lasting, data-oriented, centralized, and mission-critical application. COBOL is powerful and reliable in processing transaction data.  It is still the preferred language because there are more than a billion lines of COBOL code running in the production. There are thousands of application that serve billions of customer request daily.  Each one of us use the COBOL application daily either directly or indirectly. You'll find COBOL code in almost all domain applications such as Banking, Insurance, Government, Railway, Telecom, Retails, and many more, you keep on counting. Last but not the least, COBOL is stilling running the show.

History of COBOL.

Common Business-Oriented Language Now, let's explore the history of the oldest programming language. The inventor of COBOL actually wants to develop a language that is robust, simple, powerful, dependable and English-like programming Language.  The journey of COBOL begins in the year 1950 when the world senses the need for programming language. In May 1958, U.S. Dept of Defence holds a conference to bring a group of the engineer from different fields to develop high-level programming language. The team of professionals is named CODASYL (Conference On Data Systems Language). The new language comes into existence in 1959 and was released in 1960 as COBOL. The major milestone in the history of COBOL is 1968 when American National Standards (ANSI) approved for commercial use. The major milestone in the history of COBOL is 1968 when American National Standards (ANSI) approved for commercial use. Since 1968 COBOL is evolving with tons of new features such as object-oriented programming, XML, JSON data support.  COBOL becomes powerful and versatile with every new release. But it has always kept the old syntax unchanged. So, you are not required to upgrade yourself, learn once, and use it forever. Following is a pictorial representation of the History of COBOL.

History Of COBOL - Common Business Oriented Language.

Features of COBOL.

Common Business-Oriented Language. Almost 70% of people use COBOL applications while traveling/ withdrawing money from ATMs, etc. COBOL is one of the oldest programming languages and it's still used heavily in various sectors such as banking and financial services, aviation industry,  retail industry, automobile industry, etc. COBOL is a Business-Oriented language with simple and powerful architecture. Following are the feature of the COBOL Programming language.  - COBOL is a standard language.  - COBOL is platform-independent.  - COBOL is an English-like programming language.  - COBOL is a structured programming language. - COBOL also supports object-oriented programming. - COBOL has excellent file handling and database handling capabilities. COBOL Introduction and It's Dominates In Enterprise Computing. COBOL has always maintained a low profile and it has a 60-year proven track record for application production, maintenance, and enhancement. In this video, you'll learn why COBOL is still used in most enterprise application and what would be the future of COBOL. https://youtu.be/YU8GQF4n3Kc

COBOL PROGRAM STRUCTURE Overview

Common Business-Oriented Language The COBOL program structure is very simple and easy to understand. Each COBOL program is divided into four divisions. Following are the divisions:  - IDENTIFICATION DIVISION - ENVIRONMENT DIVISION - DATA DIVISION. - PROCEDURE DIVISION.  These divisions are further divided into sub-divisions. Also, the most basic unit of the COBOL language is the character, a group of characters form words, and a group of words forms statements.  A group of statement form paragraph and paragraph can be grouped into the section. Finally, the section is grouped into PROCEDURE DIVISION.  COBOL Program Structure Overview. COBOL program structure is fairly simple and easy to understand. In this video you'll learn about the various division of a COBOL program. Also, you'll learn what are the sub-division of each section and what is the significance of each sections. https://youtu.be/yZePB3jA9Dc

COBOL DATA TYPES

Common Business-Oriented Language In laymen's term, a data type is an attribute of data which tell the compiler or interpreter how the programmer intends to use the data. n COBOL, there are only three types of data types: Numeric, Alphanumeric (text/string), and Alphabetic. Edited Numeric and Edited Alphanumeric are two subcategories of data types used for reporting.  Variable: A variable is a data item; its value can change during a program. The values are restricted, however, to the data type that you define when you give the variable a name and a length. 01 Customer-Name Pic X(20). Literals: Literal is a character string whose value is given by the characters themselves. MOVE “MURPHY” TO Customer-Name Constants: A constant is a data item that has only one value. COBOL does not define a construct specifically for constants. 01 Interest PIC 9(02) VALUE 10. COBOL Data Types | COBOL Programming Tutorial on Data Types. The COBOL program structure is fairly simple and easy to understand. In this video, you'll learn about the various division of a COBOL program. Also, you'll learn what is the sub-division of each section and what is the significance of each section. https://youtu.be/5vHC0W0bL8g

COBOL CONTROL Structure

Common Business-Oriented Language COBOL is one of the oldest programming languages. It's still in use and is growing at a constant rate. The tutorial, gives a brief overview of COBOL and its history. It also outlines the characteristics, usage, and popularity. In the last section, you'll know why COBOL still dominates enterprise computing. Let's begin our tutorial with Introduction to COBOL. https://youtu.be/dRmNAZqpDP4

EVALUATE STATEMENT in COBOL.

Common Business-Oriented Language COBOL is one of the oldest programming languages. It's still in use and is growing at a constant rate. The tutorial, gives a brief overview of COBOL and its history. It also outlines the characteristics, usage, and popularity. In the last section, you'll know why COBOL still dominates enterprise computing. Let's begin our tutorial with Introduction to COBOL. https://youtu.be/ozEP2ZmeQV8

COBOL STRING HANDLING.

Common Business-Oriented Language Any data name whose USAGE is DISPLAY is regarded to be a string in COBOL. The term “String handling” refers to each of the following. - Comparison, - Concatenation (joining of two or more strings), - Segmentation (Reverse of Concatenation), - Scanning (Searching a string for the appearance of a specific character or a group of characters or counting the number of occurrences of character(s)) and - Replacement (Replacing a specified character(s) by another character(s)). https://youtu.be/jwoUBEPy8pQ

COBOL UNTRING STATEMENT

Common Business-Oriented Language COBOL is one of the oldest programming languages. It's still in use and is growing at a constant rate. The tutorial, gives a brief overview of COBOL and its history. It also outlines the characteristics, usage, and popularity. In the last section, you'll know why COBOL still dominates enterprise computing. Let's begin our tutorial with Introduction to COBOL. https://youtu.be/pslW9Vl434k

COBOL INSPECT STATEMENT.

Common Business-Oriented Language The INSPECT verb can be used for two purposes. 1. Count the number of occurrences of a given character in a field. 2. Replace specific occurrences of a given character with another character. https://youtu.be/A8RxrQTGglI

COBOL COPY Statement.

Common Business-Oriented Language Most business computer systems consist of many programs and usually, files are accessed by more than one program in the system. In addition, record structures and routines such as date validation routines are generally used by several programs. In these situations, it is important to ensure that each program has the same file description, record structure, or code. Maintaining several copies of the same thing leads to errors and is also time-consuming. Each time you modify one copy, you also need to modify all the other copies and each modification is an opportunity to introduce errors. To address all these issues, COBOL provides the COPY statement. https://youtu.be/GNK9O4NCdW4

COBOL SORT STATEMENT.

Common Business-Oriented Language COBOL is one of the oldest programming languages. It's still in use and is growing at a constant rate. The tutorial, gives a brief overview of COBOL and its history. It also outlines the characteristics, usage, and popularity. In the last section, you'll know why COBOL still dominates enterprise computing. Let's begin our tutorial with Introduction to COBOL. COBOL compilation.

COBOL COMPILATION PROCESS.

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MBA Entrance Tests

For all you MBA admission seekers, here is a summary of the important MBA Entrance Tests.

Keep healthy, Keep Safe and Best Wishes for your MBA journey…!

MAT

Link: https://www.aima.in/testing-services/mat/mat.html

Management Aptitude Test (MAT) is a standardised test being administered since 1988 to facilitate Business Schools (B-Schools) to screen candidates for admission to MBA and allied programmes. Govt. of India, Ministry of HRD approved MAT as a national level test in 2003. Any B-School - national or international - can consider MAT Score as an admission input based on the Score Cards issued to the candidates. The largest test of its kind in the nation, MAT will continue to be your passport to over 600 B-Schools across India.

Eligibility

Graduates in any discipline. Final year  students of Graduate Courses can also apply.

Mode of Test  (How to take the test)

Candidate can take MAT as  (i) Paper Based Test (PBT) or   (ii) Computer Based Test (CBT) or   (iii) Both PBT & CBT

How to apply

Register online at website  link: https://mat.aima.in/may20/ with Credit Card/Debit Card (ATM  Card), Net Banking, UPI or Paytm Wallet. The fees details are given below:

For Paper Based Test(PBT)

1650/-

For Computer Based Test (CBT)

1650/-

For Both PBT & CBT

2750/-

Essential Documents to be made ready  for online registration:

·  Valid  Email Id

·  Scanned  image of photograph (10 to 50 kb)

·  Scanned  image of signature ( 5 to 20 kb)

·  Credit  Card/Debit Card (ATM Card) or Net Banking details

(Detailed procedure is given  on the website link.)

SCHEDULE

Paper Based Test (PBT) :- 

Test Date : 16 May 2020(Saturday)

Test Timing : 10.00 to      12.30 Hrs

Last Date for Online Registration : 10 May 2020      (Sunday)

Availability of Admit Cards : 12 May 2020 (1600 Hrs)

Computer Based Test (CBT) :-

Test Date : 03 May 2020 (Sunday)

Test Timing :  In single/different time slots at specific test venues; subject to candidates registration

Last Date for Online Registration : 26 April 2020 (Sunday)

Availability of Admit Cards : 28 April 2020 (1600 Hrs)

MAT Result

Candidates have to download  the MAT Score from AIMA website : https://www.aima.in

Test Cities

Test cities for Paper Based  Test (PBT) and Computer Based Test (CBT) are different.

List of Participating Management  Institutes

Select the institutes where you have applied or are applying for admission. Important Notice: Candidates are advised to check the approval/recognition status of various programs directly from the concerned Authorities/  Institutes/ Universities.

 AIMA has come across a couple of cases where the aspiring candidates' MAT  score is not accepted by some participating institutes/universities for  admission to MBA full time course despite their confirmation to AIMA MAT at  the time of participation by incorporating their notifications in MAT e  bulletin. Candidates are advised to recheck with the concerned  institutes/universities before applying for MAT.

Admit Card

All  provisionally registered candidates for PBT and/or CBT have to download their  Admit Card from AIMA website : https://mat.aima.in/may20/ as per the schedule given  above.    Admit Card contains Candidate's Name, Form No, Roll No, Test Date, Test Time  and Test Venue Address.

Clarification

Candidates may clarify  queries regarding MAT, if any, at e-mail: mat@aima.in and at 011-47673000/8130338839.

CMAT 2020

CMAT 2020 will be conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA) on the same pattern as per the Year 2019 i.e., Computer Based Test on January 28, 2020 from 09:30 am to 12:30 pm for admission to various management programs across the country.

The result of CMAT-2020 will be declared by February 7 th, 2020 as CMAT Score which will be accepted by over 1000 participating Institutes. The participating Institutes of CMAT-2020 are the Institutions which will be accepting the CMAT Score.

Candidates must apply separately to the desired CMAT-2020 participating institutes with the CMAT Score 2020. Then, each participating institute will release their respective cut – off CMAT Score which candidates should meet to get qualified for admission to that particular institute. Once qualified, the candidates will have to appear for selection procedure of that particular institute which may comprise of Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interview (PI).

The final selection of the candidates will be on the basis of the candidates performance based on above. Candidates are advised to see the details of the admission process of each participating institute of CMAT-2020 on their respective website.

Helpline number: 0120-689-5200

Link: https://cmat.nta.nic.in/webinfo/public/home.aspx

Email: cmat.nta2019@gmail.com

ELIGIBILITY The candidate must hold a Bachelor’s degree in any discipline. Candidates appearing for the final year of Bachelor’s degree (10+2+3) whose result will be declared before commencement of admission for academic year 2020-21 can also apply for CMAT-2020 computer based test (CBT). The candidate must be a citizen of India. There is no age restriction for appearing in CMAT-2020.

SCHEDULE FOR EVENTS WITH DATES:

On-line submission of Application Form 01.11.2019 to 30.11.2019 (Upto 11:50 p.m.)

Date for successful final transaction of fee 01.11.2019 to 01.12.2019 (through Credit/ Debit Card/ Net Banking/UPI/PayTM

Fee payable for CMAT - 2020

General Boys - Rs 1600/- Girls - Rs.1000/-

Gen-EWS/OBC (NCL) Boys – Rs 1000/- Girls - Rs.1000/-

SC/ ST/ PwD Boys - Rs 800/- Girls - Rs. 700/-

Transgender Rs - 700/-

Date for Choice of City 01.11.2019 To 02.12.2019 (11:50 p.m.)

Date of Examination 28th January, 2020 (Tuesday) Timing of Examination 09:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Printing of Admit Cards from NTA’s website From 24th December, 2019

Declaration of Result on NTA’s website By 07th February, 2020

TEST PATTERN The medium of Question Paper is English only.

Quantitative Techniques and Data Interpretation 25 100 Logical Reasoning 25

Language Comprehension 25

General Awareness 25

i)                    Each question carries 04 (four) marks.

ii)                   For each correct response candidate will get 04 (four) marks.

iii)                 For each incorrect response 01 (one) mark will be deducted from the total score.

CAT

Official information regarding CAT 2020 has not been published so far. However here is a look at CAT 2019.

Common Admission Test (CAT) is a computer based test for admission in a graduate management program.

CAT website: www.iimcat.ac.in

Help Desk Number: 18002090830

cathelpdesk@iimcat.ac.in

Important Dates

AUG 7, 2019, Wednesday: CAT 2019 Registration Starts at 10:00 AM

SEP 25, 2019, Wednesday: CAT 2019 Registration Ends at 5:00 PM

OCT 23, 2019, Wednesday: CAT 2019 Admit Card Download Begins at 5:00 PM

NOV 24, 2019, Sunday: CAT 2019 Test Day

ELIGIBILITY The candidate must hold a Bachelor’s Degree, with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA [45% in case of candidates belonging to the Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Persons with Disability (PWD) categories].

Candidates applying for CAT 2019 should fulfill any one of the following conditions: • Completed Bachelor’s degree with the required percentage of marks*. • Completed professional degree (CA/CS/ICWA) with required percentage*. • Should be in the final year of Bachelor’s degree with required percentage*. CAT Eligibility * SC/ST/PwD candidates should have minimum 45%. For General, EWS and NC-OBC candidates, the minimum is 50%.

REGISTRATION FEE ₹950 for SC, ST and PwD candidates. ₹1900 for all other candidates.

Please note that a candidate needs to pay the registration fee only once, irrespective of the number of institutes he/she is applying for.

Test Pattern:

Duration              3 hours

Score / grade range        -100 to 300

The test has three sections:

Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC)

Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR) and Quantitative Ability (QA). 

The total duration of the test is 180 minutes.

ATMA

ATMA is a comprehensive and single-window test for admissions to numerous Post-Graduate Management Programs like MBA, PGDM, MCA, MMS and other management post graduate course. ATMA is an online objective type Nationally accepted entrance test. This test is recognized by AICTE and Ministry of HRD, Government of India and is conducted across all the states in India.

ATMA does not require any specific prior knowledge of business or other subject areas. The Test is designed to assess the aptitude of the students for Higher Management Education and primarily consists of sections on verbal, quantitative and analytical reasoning skills.

There are around 399 Business Schools accepting ATMA scores for admitting students in management programs. Each college releases its own cutoff depending on factors such as number of students applied for admission against number of seats.

Link: https://www.atmaaims.com/index.html

Phone Number: 040-23417876, 48544057

Email: atma.secretariat@gmail.com

Fee: INR 1298

Held Multiple times a year ((February, May, June, July and December 2020)

Syllabus:

Analytical Reasoning Skills – I

Verbal Skills - I

Quantitative Skills – I

Analytical Reasoning Skills – II

Verbal Skills -II

Quantitative Skills – II

Pattern

180 questions

3 hours (30 minutes each section)

6 sections

MCQ questions

Aptitude test

There is negative marking

Eligibility

50% marks in a Bachelor’s degree

Previous University should be recognized by UGC

Candidates who have completed CA can apply.

Final year students can also apply.

IMPORTANT DATES

ATMA EXAM 24th May 2020

LAST DATE FOR FEE PAYMENT 17th May 2020 @ 5PM

LAST DATE OF REGISTRATION 18th May 2020 @ 2PM

LAST DATE OF PRINTING APPLICATION FORM 19th May 2020

ADMIT CARD DOWNLOAD 21st May 2020

RESULT 29th May 2020

SNAP

Link: https://www.snaptest.org/index.html

Call. : 18001231454 | +91-20-28116226/27

Whatsapp No. : +91-7709328908

Email : info@snaptest.org

 Candidates aspiring to join MBA / MSc programmes offered by Institutes of Symbiosis Internationa have to appear for the common, mandatory Symbiosis National Aptitude (SNAP) Online Test. A candidate needs to register for SNAP Test and also register for the Institute(s) offering her/his choice of programme(s) by paying separate registration fee for each programme. If shortlisted, s/he would then need to attend the further admission (GE-PIWAT) process conducted by each of these Institutes individually.

The registration process for SNAP & the Institutes is integrated. Candidates can complete the SNAP as well as programme registrations in the same portal (www.snaptest.org).

 ELIGIBILITY

The candidate should be a graduate from any recognized / statutory University or Institution with a minimum of 50% marks or equivalent grade (45% marks or equivalent grade for Scheduled Castes / Scheduled Tribes).

Candidates appearing for final year examinations can also apply.

IMPORTANT DATES

Since official information has not been published for SNAP 2020, here is a list of previous years dates as guide.

Registration commences on 16 August 2019 (Friday)

Registration Closes on 26 November 2019 (Tuesday)

Payment Closes on 26 November 2019 (Tuesday)

Admit Card Live on (www.snaptest.org) 02 December 2019 (Monday)

SNAP Online Test 2019  15 December 2019 (Sunday) Time: 1400-1600 hours

Announcement of Result 10 January 2020 (Friday)

Please note that the SNAP 2019 test will be computer based test.

SNAP Test duration is of 120 minutes.

SNAP Test is an objective test. Each question has four responses (Only for Normal Questions). Candidate should choose an appropriate response.

Each wrong answer attracts 25% negative marks for Normal Questions and for Special Questions also.

GMAT

Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) is intended to assess certain analytical, writing, quantitative, verbal, and reading skills in written English for use in admission to a graduate management program, such as an MBA program. It requires knowledge of certain specific grammar and knowledge of certain specific algebra, geometry, and arithmetic.

Link: https://www.gmac.com/gmat-other-assessments/about-the-gmat-exam

Duration : 3 hours

Score / grade validity : 5 Years

Offered : Multiple times a year

Languages : English

Prerequisites / eligibility criteria : No official prerequisite. Fluency in English assumed.

Fee        US$ 250

Sections:

Analytical Writing     Assessment—measures your ability to think critically and to communicate     your ideas

Integrated     Reasoning—measures your ability to analyze data and evaluate information     presented in multiple formats

Quantitative     Reasoning—measures your ability to analyze data and draw conclusions using     reasoning skills

Verbal     Reasoning—measures your ability to read and understand written material,     to evaluate arguments and to correct written material to conform to     standard written English

In total the test takes just under 3 1/2  hours to complete, including two optional breaks.

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russia and ukraine trip: part 4: the arrival

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the first test was customs. would it be a scary frowning big man who gives me a hard time? are they going to want to look at my computer and to what extent will i bravely resist? (none, i won't resist.) nothing happens. they don't care.

waiting for the bus it seems as if i've fallen for the classic american lie: the big bad country that we're supposed to be scared of, the giant bear with its cunning and might, is actually the one with less power. it’s the one where many people feel poor and stuck and struggling. americans are meant to fear them the way that we're meant to fear "walking in a bad neighborhood" or "the government coming for your guns and your land." it's the fear of people with things when they're among people who aren't getting enough. whether the less-well-off people are actually plotting your downfall doesn't matter. americans believe that we're the luckiest people on earth and that it's only due to fragile social relations that we're able to have an ok life. but no one cares about americans. they're just trying to make their own life.

i get 5000 rubles from the atm but the bus is only 55 and the driver doesn't have change for such a big bill. i tried to buy some juice to make change, but the cashier apologized because she didn't have enough in the register to make the change. there was a little food market in the airport so i bought some eggplant spread and sushki and asked if the cashier would be able to make change for my 5000. she wasn't sure but checked the register and yes, she'd be able to make the change.

i took an easy bus from the airport to the metro. like tirana, pristina, and similar cities (which?), there's a large, busy highway from the airport to the city. the scale of this massive highway though makes even some highways around LA feel small. the sides of the highway are lined with massive stores. gigantic car stores, construction supplies and house-building supply stores, office towers for lease, residential towers with condos for purchase, shopping malls, theaters, etc.

the bus dropped us off outside rechnoy vokzal. i followed the stream of people to the station. outside the station entrance, ladies around my mother's age were selling individual roses. a woman who looked like she'd been drinking was asking people who were waiting in line to buy tickets if they had any change.

the metro is good. big and fast with plenty of room to stand. it's 10:30pm on a thursday and there are plenty of people getting on and off at all stops.

i'm surprised at how normal everyone looks. everyone has phones and tablets. (this is how i know i’m an american: i get surprised that people in other places have what we have also! my word!) 

there isn't the creased, bottomless well of suffering that you see in pictures of grandmas from the soviet union. i'm happy to see that.

the stations are old and lovely. not sparkling, but everything is well-lit and there's no graffiti or trash. it's simple but solid, like the trains themselves.

there are beautiful mosaics on the ceiling at tretyakovska. there's also a marble wall with lenin and tanks.

the city feels good. big and busy and people dealing with things that need to get done.

i'm staying at a huge hotel called "cosmos" near vdnk, "moscow's version of chicago's white city" according to my brother. through an elevated highway, i can see an excellent space needle thing and a giant monument that appears to have a rocket flying to space.

i got lost looking for the hotel entrance and saw loads of gigantic limousines (including hummer limousines!) parked out back. i wondered whether there were ever occasions when they were all in use at the same time.

even though it's dark and past 11pm, people are out. across a street from the hotel, a very long line has formed of people who seem to be waiting for a bus. there's a nice courtyard area in front of the hotel with fountains and a monument. people are walking, hanging out, skaters are skating.

the lobby of the hotel is large and full of people. there's a restaurant to the left, a bar on the right. a big group is standing around the check-in area. it's a mix of russians and chinese. i am blown away by the excellent spoken russian of one of the members of the chinese group. i hear a live lounge singer.

i want to shorten my reservation so i can stay in my mother's hotel room, but the gentlemen at reception say i have to do this through the site i booked with. so i sit down on some couches near reception with my computer. presently some folks also sit down. they look like conference attendees or something similar.

i realize one of them is trying to get my attention in a language i don't know. i find out he's czech and the rest are russians and a very drunk older chechen. i have to explain my complicated situation: american but born in ukraine now visiting moscow with my mother and then going to visit where we're from in ukraine. pretty soon we're having a great time - they brought vodka, black bread, beef, fresh fish, and salamis. i add my eggplant spread to the mix and it's a party.

they love that i live in hawaii. the chechen keeps calling me masha. there are three alexanders and one andrei. i never caught the chechen's name. one of the alexanders has been to america a few times for work. he was ready to move to new hampshire because he loved it so much (new hampshire is beautiful!). we both agreed that this kind of thing (all of us just meeting each other and having a grand time) would never happen in america because americans are so closed off. they smile and are polite in the stores, but as soon as you start talking to them like a person, they clam up.

one of the alexanders asks what professions are desirable in america. i tell him programmers. we all agree on programmers and engineers. alexander asks "what about sales people?" i say no. "not even if their english is very good?" no.

andrei asks me what news we get in america about the situation in ukraine. i tell him there's basically no coverage. he asks me what i think and i demure. i say "i was born in kharkov and that's where my family is from, so i have to support ukraine." i said that i felt as if it was impossible to make an opinion because no one even knows what's happening on the ground. there's no way to get honest news. they agreed with that.

i'm happy to not be getting hit on. i love that they're already calling me marinachka and marin. i love that i've made instant friends.

i end up not being able to change my reservation, even though the gentlemen at reception tried their hardest. one of them looked to be about my age and another looked a bit older. i loved their matter-of-fact professionalism. "listen, marin" said the older one, "i think you should try...". they sat and stared at the computer screen in consternation. we weren't able to make the change, but what can ya do.

it was getting late and the alexanders were getting ready to leave. the czech boy was in full multilingual song mode. eventually they shooed me along: "you've gotta go or we're never gonna stop bothering you!"

my room is on the 20th floor with a view of vdnk. it was nearly 1am. it's time to sleep.

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day 2:

i woke up early with the sun and did some internetting before breakfast. reading the new york times and the latest freakout in america feels quaint. americans are so ignorant. kept fat and happy, they’re confident that no one has it better.

the breakfast hall is busy, but just like the subway, people look normal, going about their business.

i've come from the bay area where there's no real neutral. there are only the people who can afford to have a life and the people who can't.

i don't see any scared and confused out-of-towners, or beautiful people who look like they're floating above the world (like bay area people or western europeans), no pained, crushed faces of the struggling; no awkwardness in wealth amidst so much lack.

and finally i'm having the russian breakfast foods i love so much: blinchiki, syrniki. they are perfect and delicious. and no maple syrup: honey.

today: vdnk

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Meaning of commonly used abbreviations nowadays

Be educated with the electronic world! 1. *PAN* - permanent account number. 2. *PDF* - portable document format. 3. *SIM* - Subscriber Identity Module. 4. *ATM* - Automated Teller machine. 5. *IFSC* - Indian Financial System Code. 6. *FSSAI(Fssai)* - Food Safety & Standards Authority of India. 7. *Wi-Fi* - Wireless fidelity. 8. *GOOGLE* - Global Organization Of Oriented Group Language Of Earth. 9. *YAHOO* - Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle. 10. *WINDOW* - Wide Interactive Network Development for Office work Solution. 11. *COMPUTER* - Common Oriented Machine. Particularly United and used under Technical and Educational Research. 12. *VIRUS* - Vital Information Resources Under Siege. 13. *UMTS* - Universal Mobile Telecommunicati ons System. 14. *AMOLED* - Active-matrix organic light-emitting diode. 15. *OLED* - Organic light-emitting diode. 16. *IMEI* - International Mobile Equipment Identity. 17. *ESN* - Electronic Serial Number. 18. *UPS* - Uninterruptible power supply. 19. *HDMI* - High-Definition Multimedia Interface. 20. *VPN* - Virtual private network. 21. *APN* - Access Point Name. 22. *LED* - Light emitting diode. 23. *DLNA* - Digital Living Network Alliance. 24. *RAM* - Random access memory. 25. *ROM* - Read only memory. 26. *VGA* - Video Graphics Array. 27. *QVGA* - Quarter Video Graphics Array. 28. *WVGA* - Wide video graphics array. 29. *WXGA* - Widescreen Extended Graphics Array. 30. *USB* - Universal serial Bus. 31. *WLAN* - Wireless Local Area Network. 32. *PPI* - Pixels Per Inch. 33. *LCD* - Liquid Crystal Display. 34. *HSDPA* - High speed down-link packet access. 35. *HSUPA* - High-Speed Uplink Packet Access. 36. *HSPA* - High Speed Packet Access. 37. *GPRS* - General Packet Radio Service. 38. *EDGE* - Enhanced Data Rates for Globa Evolution. 39. *NFC* - Near field communication. 40. *OTG* - On-the-go. 41. *S-LCD* - Super Liquid Crystal Display. 42. *O.S* - Operating system. 43. *SNS* - Social network service. 44. *H.S* - HOTSPOT. 45. *P.O.I* - Point of interest. 46. *GPS* - Global Positioning System. 47. *DVD* - Digital Video Disk. 48. *DTP* - Desk top publishing. 49. *DNSE* - Digital natural sound engine. 50. *OVI* - Ohio Video Intranet. 51. *CDMA* - Code Division Multiple Access. 52. *WCDMA* - Wide-band Code Division Multiple Access. 53. *GSM* - Global System for Mobile Communications. 54. *DIVX* - Digital internet video access. 55. *APK* - Authenticated public key. 56. *J2ME* - Java 2 micro edition. 57. *SIS* - Installation source. 58. *DELL* - Digital electronic link library. 59. *ACER* - Acquisition Collaboration Experimentation Reflection. 60. *RSS* - Really simple syndication. 61. *TFT* - Thin film transistor. 62. *AMR*- Adaptive Multi-Rate. 63. *MPEG* - moving pictures experts group. 64. *IVRS* - Interactive Voice Response System. 65. *HP* - Hewlett Packard. *Do we know actual full form of some words???* 66. *News paper =* _North East West South past and present events report._ 67. *Chess =* _Chariot, Horse, Elephant, Soldiers._ 68. *Cold =* _Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease._ 69. *Joke =* _Joy of Kids Entertainment._ 70. *Aim =* _Ambition in Mind._ 71. *Date =* _Day and Time Evolution._ 72. *Eat =* _Energy and Taste._ 73. *Tea =* _Taste and Energy Admitted._ 74. *Pen =* _Power Enriched in Nib._ 75. *Smile =* _Sweet Memories in Lips Expression._ 76. *etc. =* _End of Thinking Capacity_ 77. *OK =* _Objection Killed_ 78. *Or =* _Orl Korec (Greek Word)_ 79. *Bye =*♥ _Be with you Everytime._ *share these meanings as majority of us don't know them*

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