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Test your Other in fiction you knowledge of The “” must read: the “Twilight” Here are some famous stories in literature. series... saga continues... ** “Dracula” : Bram Stoker’s sophisticated and mysterious Count Dracula remains timeless. 1. Name the As fans look forward to the new ** “The House of Night”: This largest and most companion novel in the “Twilight” 2007 series by P.C. Cast and powerful coven of Kristin Cast follows the vampires, which also series, let’s take a look at its author adventures of a young vampyre enforces vampire Stephenie Meyer and what makes the Zoey Redbird. laws. ** “True Blood” : Charlene vampire romance series so special.. Harris’s vampire novels feature 2. How are the Sookie Stackhouse and her close Cullens dierent from encounters with the fanged other vampires? creatures. 3. The legacy of his great­grandfather ______made Jacob the rightful leader of the La Push The rise of Stephenie Meyer Lightning success pack. Like her famous counterpart J.K. Rowling, Meyer got the idea The “Twilight” saga was an instant success with teens. The rst for her book all of a sudden. She was a struggling writer book came out in 2005, closely followed by a lm adaptation 4. What are Twelve years ago, a blood­ when she had a vivid dream ­ a boy and girl sitting in a with a star cast ­ shone as and “Twilight” fans sucking vampire captured meadow confessing that they were falling in love with each Kirsten Stewart portrayed the clumsy . Though the called? the imagination of teens other. There was just one slight problem in this romantic series received a drubbing from the critics, the lms caused a across the world. The story of tableau – the boy was a vampire and found the scent of her sensation at the box oce. More books ­­ “” (2006) , 5. Besides the the terrifying mythical blood irresistible. Meyer remembered every glorious aspect of “” (2007) and “” (2008) ­­ followed suit. “Twilight” series, what creature ­with a pale face the dream and began penning it down so that it won’t slip other books did and a chiselled jawline ­ away. Before she knew it, she had a complete book in her Meyer write? falling in love with a meek hands!

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A QUEST c Novel scientic notes ARTIVITY Learn whether a blueprint is really blue and why your stomach rumbles when Artwork by Akshaya R.S., you are hungry Class 1, Madonna School, Is a blueprint actually blue? Yes. The blueprint is a technical drawing of an like the traditional prints. Bengaluru. architectural or engineering design. It is a large drawing Why does your stomach growl when hungry? If you have original artwork with white lines on a blue background or blue lines on a The rumbling sound related to current, trending white background. that you hear originates in issues, share them at The process of blueprinting was invented in the 1800s. the stomach and the small [email protected] with the It was a cheap and simple method of reproducing large intestine. The wall of the subject ­ Artivity. Select entries drawings. digestive tract is lined with will be published. The design is drawn on tracing paper and placed on a smooth muscles. When Please mention your name, paper that is chemically treated with a mixture of food enters the system, class, school and city. ammonium iron citrate and potassium ferrocyanide. The these muscles contract to double paper is exposed to bright light for several minutes propel the food forward as a result of which the treated paper turns a brilliant and mix it with the gases Prussian Blue except in the parts covered by the drawn and juices. These lines. The paper is contractions produce vibrations and the rumbling noise. then washed and These muscles also contract when the body senses the dried, yielding a absence of food. Hence the rumbling sound occurs not Will Tyson get inside the ring again? blue­coloured only after you have had a meal but also when you feel negative of the hungry. But the sounds are louder when the stomach is Back in shape, he says he could consider charity exhibition matches original drawing. empty. It is like shaking a carton of juice that is full Nowadays, newer versus one which is almost empty — the empty carton WHO IS MIKE TYSON? I want to go to the gym and more makes a louder sloshing sound. Mike Tyson is a 53­year­old former and get in shape to be sophisticated Ancient Greeks had a name for this rumbling — they b world heavyweight champion in methods are used to called it borborygmi. able to box three or four­ boxing. He became the youngest produce blueprints, (Content provided by Amrita Bharati) round exhibitions for some heavyweight champion of all time but they are not blue when he defeated Trevor Berbick (left charities and stu. in picture) in 1986, aged just 20. He won 50 of his 58 professional ghts – 44 of which were knock­out victories – before retiring in 2005. A TECH BYTES c WHAT IS THE BUZZ ABOUT? Tyson recently posted a training video on social media. Tyson’s video showing him hitting mitts in a gym not only generated more than nine million views in just a few days but What is pixels also some buzz about just what the ageing former champion might have left in him. “I start my day with the boxing thing, I go in there and hit the mitts, 30 minutes, 25 minutes, start per inch? getting in better condition,” Tyson said in an Instagram Live session with rapper T.I. Pixels per inch (PPI) is the measure which quanties the number of pixels found on a square inch surface. It is used to identify or WILL HE BE FIGHTING AGAIN? determine the pixel density of any display such as a television “I’ve been working out, I’ve been screen, smartphone screen and monitor. trying to get in the ring, I think I’m For a computer display, the PPI is calculated by dividing the going to box some exhibitions and diagonal resolution in pixels (calculated using the Pythagorean get in shape,” Tyson also said. theorem with pixels in height and width) with the diagonal size of Tyson hasn’t announced any the screen in inches. The higher the PPI, the higher the quality of plans to return to ght again, the display. though he did suggest on an It is good to keep the PPI in mind when buying an electronic Instagram post he might make gadget with screen. Even if the size of the screen is big, unless its PPI himself available for 3 or 4­round is high, you cannot obtain a good quality viewing experience as a exhibitions if the price was right. screen with low PPI cannot reproduce sharp images. Tyson looks good, is explosive TEXT: REUTERS, AP; and still very powerful even at his current age. But some PHOTOS: AL BELLO/ believe he is doing nothing more than fanning the ames of GETTY IMAGES, fame by teasing fans with his latest video. REUTERS, AP

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