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The Illusion of Order: When 'Civilized' Means 'Sterilized'

 I remember my first visit to the United States over a decade ago. Landing from my small, bustling hometown of Meerut, India, I was instantly awestruck. The silence, the systematic flow of traffic, the lack of honking—it was a world engineered for flawless human convenience. Everything was neat, clean, and in order . For nearly a year, I was hypnotized. I praised this country for its efficiency, its cleanliness, and, notably, its lack of stray animals . Where were the dogs, the cows, the insects that are a normal part of life back home? The US, I thought, was truly a superior model of civilization. My clothes never even collected dust; it seemed the entire landscape was sterilized. But as the years passed, the hypnosis began to fade. I started asking a darker question: What is the price of this perfect order? The Cost of the Empty Road My initial praise for the US was based on what I didn't see: no stray animals, no swarming insects, no dust. I realized this absence wasn't a s...
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Video Game Review - Completed Horizontal Stabilizer Jammed Mission on Jumbo Jet Flight Simulator

 Hurray I cleared one more mission of the Jumbo Jet Flight Simulator mobile game. The mission was to land the aircraft which was Lockheed L-101 Tristar safely as its trim malfunctioned. The horizontal stabilizer jammed as I tried to land the aircraft at Catalina Airport. The airplane started to drop rapidly as the trim for the horizontal stabilizer stopped working. The airplane was controllable manually only.  The first thing I did to stop the rapid fall of the aircraft was to put down the flaps to full.  I don't know if this is the correct procedure or not, but this is what came to my mind. During the after-analysis of the gameplay walkthrough video of the Jumbo Jet Flight Simulator, I found that the simulator itself suggested lowering the flaps to regain some pitching-up action. I was successful in landing the aircraft on the third attempt. In the first attempt, I was taken by surprise.  I was not familiar with where the runway was. I was high as I passed over the ...
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Learned Stall Recovery and Troubled Elevator Emergency Landing on Jumbo Jet Flight Simulator

 I played the jumbo jet flight simulator today and I cleared two rounds. One was the stall and recovery round of the Lockheed Tristar L-1011 airplane. The second was to make an emergency landing after the left elevator malfunctioned. In the stall and recovery training round I put in full power and pitched the airplane up. As a result, the airplane started to lose airspeed. At 160 Knots indicated airspeed the stall horn started shouting, but I held the nose up attitude and the airspeed continued to bleed off. At 130 KIAS I gently released the back elevator pressure and started to pitch the aircraft down gently. I also reduced the throttle initially to reduce the load on the wings and aircraft body. I checked the turn coordinator and made sure the wings were level. All the movements were going in a smooth transition. Within a few seconds, the aircraft had recovered from the stall. The Jumbo Jet Flight Simulator showed that I had cleared this round of stall recovery training. The next...
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Thanking The One Thousand Years Back and Now

  Once upon a time, someone was milking a cow, and a thought came into his mind that he should thank "The One" who created a creature that could give such a life-giving thing to drink. Then he thought what better way to thank "The One" than by offering the same milk that had been gifted to him. But where to find "The One" who gifted him with this. He searched for "The One" everywhere but he had no clue as to where he was. After much research, a thought came into the little heart of that person. He gathered some mud, wet it with water, and formed a small tomb-like thing, maybe in the shape of a small hump. He then gathered his thoughts and in his heart, he thought of "The One" who gave him animals that give healthy life-giving milk. In his heart, he said I consider this small tomb as you "The One" because I am not able to find you anywhere after much search. And to thank you for giving me such a life-saving thing to drink...
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