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Observations and conclusions concerning ʻOumuamua's trajectory were primarily obtained with data from the Pan-STARRS1 Telescope, part of the Spaceguard Survey, [43] and the Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope (CFHT), and its composition and shape from the Very Large Telescope and the Gemini South telescope in Chile, [44] and the Keck II telescope in Hawaii.
A group of 9 people are trapped in the visa office at an Indian Consulate after a massive earthquake hits an unnamed American city. Among them are two visa officers, Malathi and Mangalamon, on the verge of an adulterous affair; Jiang, an elderly Chinese-Indian woman and her gifted teenage granddaughter Lily; Cameron, an ex-soldier haunted by guilt; Uma, an Indian-American girl bewildered by ...
The Umauma Falls [1] [2] are located on the Umauma River on the Big Island of Hawaii, approximately 16 miles north of Hilo. They are unique in Hawaii as being a series of three waterfalls in close proximity. They are easily viewed from an overlook located on private botanical garden property accessible for a fee.
On September 2, 2004, a change of management of World Botanical Gardens took place, and in 2008 the Umauma Falls overlook and its surrounding 90 acres was sold to Umauma Experience. [2] In 2009 the garden officially opened [3] a zip-line tour known as Zip Isle Zip Line Adventure descending into the Hanapueo stream gulch.
Real Life is Taylor's first novel; he is a "scientist turned novelist" who did his undergraduate studies at Auburn University Montgomery. [2] Charles Arrowsmith, writing for The Washington Post, said that "Like many first novels, Real Life appears to hew to its author's own experience—Taylor has written in numerous personal essays about being gay and Southern, his abusive upbringing and his ...
Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta is a 2022 novel by American writer James Hannaham. Set over the course of the Fourth of July weekend, it follows the titular character, an Afro-Colombian trans woman who returns to Brooklyn , New York after spending twenty years incarcerated in a men's prison.
[1] [2] [3] The memoir was listed on The New York Times Best Seller list for July 2015 [4] on the "celebrities" list. Common Sense Media gave the book a three out of five stars, saying, "Some portions of the book are more engaging than others. The sections on his childhood are riveting, but when he tries to make his first forays into dating ...
Rather a series of events from life than a complexly plotted work, we follow the fortunes of Uma and Arun as they engage with family and strangers and the intricacy of day-to-day living. The novel is in two parts. The first part is set in India and is focused on the life of Uma who is the overworked daughter of Mama and Papa.