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Week 7 Story: What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.

It wasn't just any regular night at the MGM Grand casino it was the night the 5 sons of the billionaire Alfred Hunter the inventor of the toothbrush. The 5 sons were there to celebrate one of their 21st birthdays. The son  whose 21st birthday  went by the name Rico. As soon as the sun went down the boys went straight to the blackjack tables. The MGM Grand casino manager knew who these boys were and knew  their large sum  of money and small knowledge of gambling techniques could win the casino a lot of money so he decided to watch them and do whatever he could to take their large fortune. As the night went on so did the partying, drink after drink these boys consumed making them even more reckless and  unstrategic  with their gambling. The manager knew it was his time to strike. The manager walked over to the group of boys and congratulated Rico on turning 21. He then went on to offer them a private gambling room with double the stakes as a birthday present to Rico. The boys accepte

Reading: Mahabharata part B

1. Vidura's mother was a servant so he was able to become King. He's a member of Dhritarasthra's court but hes loyal to Pandu 2. The Pandava brothers used to live in the forrest with their mother Kunti. Now the Pandava brothers are back in the forest and must survive once again 3. There is a love affair between Bhima and the rakshasi Hidimbi 4. After defeating the rakshasa Hidimba, Bhima will now do battle with an asura 5. The Pandavas are currently living in hiding, disguised as Brahmins. News of the Draupadi's brings them out of hiding but they remain in costume 6. swayamwara of Draupadi 7. Arjuna won over Draupadi as his bride but due to Draupadi's mother's command all five Pandavas will now become Draupadi's husbands 8. Gives a more detailed story of Draupadi's childhood and why he she now has to have 5 husbands. 9. Yudhishthira becomes a king in his own right 10. The marriage with 5 husabands doesnt work because Arjuna breaks the housing si

Reading: Mahabharata part A

1. Explains how Vyasa is born 2. Introduces the character Devavrata who is the son of King Shantanu and the goddess Ganga. He is a human but has the power of 8 gods. 3. Satyavati is now the new love interest of King Shantanu after he has been deserted by his first wife 4. Explains how Devavrata gets his name: the Sanskrit word the "terrible oath" which Devavrata takes here so that King Shantanu can marry Satyavati is Bhishma pratigya, hence the name "Bhishma." 5. Brishma takes the three daughters of the King of Kashi to be brides of Shantanu's son. 6. Only two of the girls will become Brishma's wives and the third one Amba will return in the story later. 7. Having wives didn't solve anything because King of Shantanu's son died before he could have any sons to carry on the family name. 8. I explain the birth of Karna and how he will be relevant in the story 9. King Pandu is cursed similar to when Dasharta was cursed from hunting. 10. Pandu re

Story: Microfiction

6 word Story "Uh, sir..... We're out of bullets" Note: I've seen many war movies and a lot of other gun movies and I just pictured a scene of a soldier having to explain to his commander that they are out of bullets "The man fled into a dark and narrow alley. He was prolonging the fate he knew he had already met." Note: This short story I wrote came to mind when I was thinking about a man who had done wrong and cheated many people out of there money. He was being chased by someone trying to get back at him and he was prolonging the fate he knew he had already met. Soldier

Reading: Hanuman

When he was younger Hanuman grabbed at the sun thinking it was a fruit and got stronger and saved Sugria from an Elephant. Sugria was exiled from the kingdom into the forest to Hanuman went with him. In the forest is where he met Rama and Lakshman. He brought Rama back to Sugria to talk. Sugria tells Rama about the story of how he trapped Vali his brother into a cage so Sugria could take the throne but now Vali has escaped and wants to kill Sugria. Rama says he will help Sugria by killing Vali and letting Sugria take the throne again. Once on throne, Sugria sends Hanuman and the monkeys to go help find Sita. While Hanuman is searching he goes atop a mountain to see someone who is friends with his father. Hanuman finds Ravana's kingdom and watches him and his many wives as he looks for Sita. He discovers Sita for she is the only one not giving herself to Ravana. When no one is looking Hanuman talks to Sita and gives her Rama's ring. Hanuman offers to take Sita away but she refus

Learning by Heart: Desk stretches

https://hbr.org/2015/12/6-yoga-exercises-you-wont-be-embarrassed-to-do-at-your-desk?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=harvardbiz It's funny because before I even read this article I already do some of these exercises in class. My favorite one to do already in the chair turns because it cracks my back. I'm gonna try the neck one because my neck always hurts when I sit in one place for a while.

Growth Mindset

F-Fresh I-Ideas S-Start H-Here I didn't really know how to start an acronym so I just looked around and saw a picture of a fish and went on from there

Comment Wall

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Biography: Childhood room

My childhood bedroom looked like a kid's bedroom was mixed in with a 1980's western movie. When you walk in the first thing you see is my big cow rug. I don't know why I had a big cow rug because it's not like I had a ranch or that I lived out on a farm but I had one. The next thing you would see was my bunk beds pushed up against the wall. The sheets were navy blue and the bed frame was wood that was shaped like a tree. If you looked upon the ceiling I had those super cheesy glow up stars that would light up at night. The last important thing I had was a small tv placed in the corner. The tv had no function except to play games on my GameCube which I would play pretty much everyday.

Extra Credit Reading Notes "Nachiketa a collection of stories from the Upanishads"

I decided to read "Nachiketa a collection of stories from the Upanishads". The first story is about a boy named Nachiketa who is occupied with a bunch of spiritual questions. One day when the boy's pet deer dies he wonders if there is life after death. His dad gets furious at him and sends him down to the god of death Yama. Down there Yama grants the boy three wishes. The boy's three wishes were to make his father happier, for him to be rode of hunger and thirst and for Yama to answer the question if there is life after death. After the boy gets his wishes he is sent back home. Another story is about a different young boy named Satyakama who goes and studies Gautama. Gautama sends him on a journey with cows and one of the bulls tells Satyakama where Brahma is. Bibliography:  Nachiketa: A Collection Of Stories From The Upanishads  (Volume 702). Yama

Story: King Kong's sons

Once upon a time in a jungle far far away lived a monkey named King Kong who was the strongest and most powerful monkey in the jungle kingdom. King Kong lived his life in servitude by leading his tribe to glory and happiness. One day King Kong began to notice that his wife was bringing him a lot of joy, however, King Kong believed that it was selfish for him to experience any type of joy or pleasure for all of that should be reserved for his tribe. With this in mind, King Kong decided to ban his wife from the tribe forever. King Kong's wife Blitz was heartbroken and ran off to the deep dark jungle to find a place to stay. While in the deep dark jungle Blitz ran into a family of wild hogs and asked if she could stay with them for a while. While staying with the hogs Blitz found out she was pregnant and gave birth to two twin monkeys named Ralph and Albert and called them the Ape brothers. While growing up the Ape brothers learned about stories of the great King Kong but no one ever

Reading: Suyra how the sun god was tames

The story begins with Sajina who falls in love with the sun god. Sajina's father arranges a wedding for them and they get married. Sajina and the sun god have kids but sajina runs away because she is blinded by the light. The sun god gets mad and curses Sajina to give birth to the god of death. Sajina makes a shadow of herself to spend time with the sun god. The sun god finds out but takes back sajina and the shadow and they all three live a happy life.

Reading Notes: The sons of Rama

The Story starts at the very end of the normal Ramayan story. Rama exiles his wife Sita when she is pregnant because Rama believed that he should have no happiness and all happiness should be for his people. So Sita goes and takes refuge at some person's house where she has two twin boys. The person tells the twins all the story's about Rama but leaves out that Rama is their father. One day when Rama was to perform a horse ritual the horse ran away and the twins caught it. Rama sends multiple people to go get the horse back but every time they get defeated. Rama finds out that the twins are his sons and faints and also asks Sita to come back but she refuses and goes to live with her mother Twins Bibliography:  The Sons of Rama: Luv and Kush — The Invincible Twins  (Volume 503).

Learning by H.E.A.R.T Time management

One thing about this class that I need to fix is my time management. I need to not wait until Sunday night to finish all my assignments for this class because I have a lot of other work to do on Sundays. For example, I had to study for a test last night and wasn't able to finish one of my assignments because of it.

Tech Tip: Browser typing

The thing about browser typing is that it's super quick and easy to navigate back to webpages. Instead of having to go back and re-copy or re-type something into google I can just find the website I need back in my bookmarks.

Story Week 4 "Twitter"

I try I fail I Repeat I just saw some inspirational tweets on accident and it gave me the idea for this story. There's nothing I like more than going through twitter. However, I hate the limited amount of characters. If I could change one thi My short story is cutting off as if I'm on twitter. Twitter

Ramayan Reading part D

1. Hanuman crossed the river from India to Ravans castle using superpowers but Rama and the monkeys still need to cross. 2. Ravana uses his powers of illusion to try and make Sita disappear before Rama 3. Garuda heals Rama's army as they are injured from Ravanas son 4. One of the best warriors is Rama's brother but they have to wake him up and feed him 5. After another devastating attack from Ravana Brother its up to Hanuman to save the army 6. Ravana tricks both Sita and Rama convincing that the other is dead. 7. Lakshaman kills Ravanas son and Ravana seeks revenge 8. Ravana rides his chariot into battle to try and kill Lakshaman 9. Gods planned for Rama to kill Ravana so one of them sends a chariot to Rama 10. Agastya give advice to Rama about how to Ravana 11. Using the Brahma weapon Rama kills Ravana 12. Ravana's wife mourns him and holds a funeral 13. Sita doesn't expect what happens after the war 14. Sita demands a test by fire to show her loyalty to

Ramayan Part C

1. Rama and lankshama go looking for the monkey king but Sugrivia thinks they are spies, 2 Sugriva explains his feud with Vali and asks Rama to kill him 3. The wife of Vali finds out that Rama is a friend of Sugriva and begs Vali not to attack Sugriva 4. Rama kills Vali but very dishonestly because he hides and then kills him 5. Vali's wife and Sugriva grief over the death of Vali 6. Sugriva is now king and tells Rama he will help him find Sita but they must wait until the rainy season is over 7. Once the season is over Sugruvua sends different tribes of monkeys to look for Sita 8. They run into the bird man's brother and he tells them they are going in the right way 9. The birdman tells the story about him and his brother flew too high and burnt his wings. 10. 11. Hanuman now prowls the city of Lanka, looking for Sita. He finds Ravana place and enters his bedroom to find him sleeping but can't find sita 12. Hanuman finally finds Sita being guarded. 13. Hanuman

Feed Back Strategies

Why do so many managers avoid giving praise In the article, they talk about how managers feel like a difficult part of their job is giving praise to their employees. They took a survey with managers and 44% of them to agree that they struggle with giving their employees praise. Another survey was conducted in which 21% of managers avoid giving their employees negative feedback but even more people 37% avoided giving positive feedback. Managers believe that giving negative feedback is part of their job but positive reinforcement is optional https://hbr.org/2017/05/why-do-so-many-managers-avoid-giving-praise What Kinds of messages help kids grow This article is about the importance of making sure your kid has a positive mindset. If your kid has a mindset of believing in themselves they have a better chance of thriving in challenging situations. It is very important to add to generic messages when praising your child. For example instead of saying "Good Job," you could say

Topic Research Monkey and Crocodile

The one topic I enjoyed the most was the story about the Crocodile and the monkey. I enjoyed this topic the most because I believe it's the most similar to an American children's story and it reminds me of stories I used to read. Another version of the story is that there was a mother crocodile who told her son to fetch a monkey heart for her instead of telling her lover. The son then swims to shore and tells the monkey about an Island with fresh mangos and that he would take the monkey there on his back. The other version had the male crocodile sit on a rock and wait for the monkey to step on the rock. The other version the monkey hops on the crocodiles back and then when they are in the middle of the river the crocodile tells him he's going to rip out his heart. The monkey tells the crocodile he left his heart back onshore and that they need to go get it. When they get to shore the monkey runs away leaving the crocodile son weeping. Link to alternate story  https://www.