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Your Proofness: Dilaira Dubash Master Storyteller: Hurmat Majid Creativity Analysts: Jamal Khurshid, Essa Malik, Talha Ahmed Khan, Omer Asim, Mohsin Alam, Aamir Khan, Eesha Azam, Maryam Rashid, Hira Fareed and Umar Waqas

The Jurassic series PAGE 2-3

Heatstroke PAGE 4

Robot stories PAGE 6

Mint lassi PAGE 8

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Movies that bring you excitement are great, movies that bring you to the edge of your seat with thrill are better but movies that combine these two with science fiction, blood and gore are the best.

This combination is what the Jurassic movie franchise has been offering its viewers over the past decade. With the recent release of the latest installment of the Jurassic series, we offer you some insight into the previous three movies.

The idea for Jurassic Park came along when writer Michael Crichton got the idea of telling the story of the revival of dinosaurs and a habitat where they could live in a controlled environment. Crichton wanted to tell the story from the point of view of a little boy at first.

He later refined the idea and told the tale from the perspective of an older man. He shared the idea with Steven Spielberg while they were working on a different project. Spielberg, a well known dinosaur enthusiast, immediately became interested in the idea and the movie rights for Jurassic Park were bought by Universal Studios before the novel was even released in 1990. Crichton did not intend to write a sequel to Jurassic Park but when fans, including Spielberg, asked for one, he obliged by writing The Lost World, which was published in 1995.

It was later turned into the second Jurassic Park movie in 1997.

The story begins on Isla Nublar, where a new park has just been built with genetically engineered dinosaurs. Tragedy strikes when one of the workers is killed by a velociraptor.

The founder of the park, John Hammond, requests paleontologist Dr Alan Grant and his assistant Dr Ellie Sattler to come to the park and test the security measures in order to placate investors. Also joining them are Hammond’s lawyer Donald Gennaro and chaos theorist Dr Ian Malcolm. When they reach the island, they are amazed to see the living dinosaurs that scientists at Hammond’s company have cloned. However, at the same time they all have their doubts about the whole idea. Later, Hammond’s grandchildren Lex and Tim, join the group in a tour of the park. All is well until a storm hits the island, messing up the electricity system. Some of the dinosaurs, including the deadly Tyrannosaurus Rex, escape their paddocks during the thunderstorm.

After a series of unfortunate events including the gory deaths of some of the characters, Dr Grant saves the children and the survivors, including Hammond, escape the island after the power is miraculously turned back on by Lex.

The story continues four years later when Ian Malcolm is recruited by John Hammond to lead a research team to Isla Sorna, an island 87 miles to the south of Isla Nublar, the site of the original Jurassic Park. Here, InGen Bioengineering had constructed the secret “Site B”, where the dinosaurs were actually bred and then transported to the park. The site was left untouched since the disaster on Isla Nublar four years ago. During this time, the dinosaurs have flourished at Site B and Hammond’s nephew, who has taken control of InGen, leads his own team to the island to capture the dinosaurs and bring them back to the US to become attractions at a dinosaur park in San Diego. As anyone can imagine the dinosaurs cause havoc sending the party running for their lives.

Eight years after the InGen incident, Dr Alan Grant is happy with his life far from any dinosaur other than fossilised ones. Unfortunately, he is extremely short on research money, and therefore re accepts the offer of wealthy businessman Paul Kirby: a low surveillance ce flight over isolated Isla Sorna, where InGen’s second research site was located, and Dr Grant can fund his futuree research for a long time. What Dr Grant doesn’t n’t know is that Kirby needs a dinosaur expert pert to help him and his wife find theirr 14-year-old son Eric, who crashed ed on the island while paragliding.

What he does suspect, but never wanted to witness, is that the Velociraptors have evolved into a communicating species and are now smarterr than primates. The story moves forward as Dr Grant rescues Eric and the group reunites, once again narrowly escapcaping the wrath of the raptors.

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• The much anticipated sequel to the Jurassic Park movies had been rumoured since 2009, but serious work on the project only began in 2013 when Universal Studios decided to o disclose a 2014 release date e for the movie to the media, which was later pushed to 2015.

• The wait was well worth it as the movie has already raked $511 million on the first weekend of its release and is anticipated ated to be the fastest movie to cross the $1 billion n mark.

• Keeping up with the tradition on of bringing back characters from previous movies, Jurassic World sees the return of Dr Henry Wu. He was the chief geneticist for John Hammond nd in the original Jurassic Park, though he doesn’t esn’t appear in either The Lost World or Jurassic Park ark III. DESIGN BY EESHA AZAM

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4 Q: Why are ghosts bad liars?

A: Because you can see right through them

Fun facts about ice cream It is speculated that ice cream was invented in Roman emperor Nero’s time which dates to A.D 54–68. Nero is said to have sent his slaves into the mountains to fetch snow to mix with nectar, fruit pulp and honey.

The largest ice cream cone measured 2.81 m (9 ft 2.63 in) in height and was created by Mirco Della Vecchia and Andrea Andrighetti of Italy.

Q: What kind of dog can jump higher than a building?

A: Any dog because buildings can’t jump

The biggest ice cream sundae was created in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in 1988. It weighed 24 tons.

Vanilla is the most popular ice cream flavour, it makes up 20% to 25% of annual ice cream sale around the world.

Q: What’s black and white and makes a lot of noise?

A: A zebra with a drumkit

Ice cream cones were invented during 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, when large demand forced an ice cream vendor to find help from nearby waffle vendor. Together they made history.

The largest quantity of ice cream produced in a year is in the month of June.

Q. What lies at the bottom of the sea and shakes?

A. A nervous shipwreck

There are over 1,000 ice cream flavours in the world market at the moment.

It takes 12 gallons of milk to create one gallon of ice cream.

Q: What is common between a horse and a wedding?

A: They both need a groom

Hawaii is a home to an “ice cream bean”, fruit that tastes like vanilla ice cream.

Did you know?

Heatstroke Heatstroke is also known as sunstroke, thermic fever or siriasis. It happens when the body’s mechanisms for controlling temperature fail. Heat stroke is a life-threatening emergency needing immediate treatment. While many people feel sick and faint during heat waves, most of these people are suffering from heat exhaustion, a related condition usually less serious than heat stroke. There are two types of heat stroke: classic, non-exertional heat stroke and exertional heat stroke. Classic heat stroke occurs most commonly in very young or older individuals, who have health risks and are in poor environmental conditions. Exertional heat stroke occurs more often in younger, healthy individuals who participate in strenuous physical activity.

Working or exercising in hot conditions or weather without drinking enough fluids is the main cause of heat stroke. You can get heat stroke by not replacing lost fluids over days or weeks, or you can bring it on in a few hours by exercising strenuously on a hot day without drinking plenty of liquids first. Liquids help to cool us down by allowing the body to produce sweat. However, liquids are also necessary for bodily functions, such as keeping up blood pressure. You can lose large amounts of body fluid in the form of sweat without noticing any effects, but at a certain point the body will reserve the remaining fluid for vital functions and stop sweating. The body’s core temperature then shoots up, and cells start dying. Sweat evaporates more rapidly in dry weather, cooling the body more efficiently than in humid weather. When working in humid conditions, the core temperature rises more rapidly. This is why weather forecasts add a humidity factor or heat index to represent how you will actually feel outdoors.

Symptoms of heat exhaustion include, moderately high core temperature of up to 39°C, cool, pale and clammy skin, muscle cramps, headache, nausea, fatigue and weakness, dizziness or lightheadedness, possible fainting. A person suffering from heat exhaustion will usually be sweating profusely in an attempt to get rid of excess heat. If you, or anyone else, has symptoms of heat exhaustion, it’s essential to immediately get out of the heat and rest, preferably in an air-conditioned room. If you can’t get inside, try to find the nearest cool and shady place. Apart from that drink plenty of fluids, take a cool shower, bath, or sponge bath and use other cooling measures such as fans or ice towels to bring your body temperature down. Symptoms of heat stroke include extremely high core temperature of up to 41°C (106°F), hot, red, dry skin, rapid pulse, rapid and shallow breathing, headache, confusion, strange behavior, possible loss of consciousness. Someone with heat stroke has stopped sweating, due to a failure in his or her heat control system.

Heat strokes are not to be taken lightly, the patient must be taken to a hospital immediately. Meanwhile, fan air over the patient while wetting his or her skin with water from a sponge, and apply ice packs to the patient’s armpits, groin, neck, and back. Because these areas are rich with blood vessels close to the skin, cooling them may reduce body temperature.

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Get your weekly dose of unusual and funny news from across the globe!

Pyramid on Mars NASA’s Curiosity Rover has captured images of a perfectly formed pyramid on Mars and conspiracy theorists reckon it’s proof of an alien civilization.

The pyramid is thought to be about the size of a car, and most people believe it’s nothing more than a coincidental rock formation. However, an online group of alien enthusiasts goes further, insisting the “near perfect design and shape” means the pyramid is, “the result of intelligent design and certainly not a trick of light and shadow”. Other outlandish theories suggest the pyramid is simply the tip of a larger structure buried underground. Some viewers pointed out that the mysterious pyramid could have been formed by wind. This isn’t the first time that conspiracy fans have seized on images from Mars as evidence that not all is what it seems. Earlier this year, pictures emerged reportedly showing a mushroom cloud and the shadow of a workman on the Red Planet. MIRROR.CO.UK

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Flamingo maker dies

The creator of the pink plastic lawn flamingo, Donald Featherstone died at the age of 79. Featherstone’s wife, Nancy, told the press last Tuesday that her husband died the day before at an elder care facility in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, after a long battle with Lewy body dementia. Featherstone, a trained sculptor with a classical art background, created the flamingo in 1957 for plastics company Union Products, modeling it after a bird he saw in National Geographic. Millions of the birds have been sold.

Featherstone worked for Union for 43 years, inventing hundreds of plastic products in that time and rising to the position of president before his retirement in 1999. NBCNEWS.COM

KFC wins chicken/rodent argument Last week, KFC was forced to confront a customer’s accusations that he’d been served a fried rat in a three-piece meal at a Los Angeles store. An independent lab test confirmed that the breaded lump is in fact chicken, KFC spokesman Rodrigo Coronel said earlier this week. Devorise Dixon, 25, posted a photo of a nasty-looking entree to Facebook after he bit into it and something didn’t seem right. He said the piece of food had a rubbery texture, and that a store manager told him it was a rat. KFC was quick to counter Dixon’s claims. The company said he hadn’t responded to requests to have the meal tested by a lab and wasn’t cooperating with an investigation. KFC also said that a photo from Dixon’s Instagram feed, which shows the morsel from a different angle, made it clear that the food was chicken and not rodent. KFC now says it’s got the science to back up its counterclaim. Coronel said that Dixon’s attorney obtained the specimen and turned it over for testing at an independent lab. Those tests confirmed that the chicken tender was made of chicken.

Coronel also alleged that Dixon lied about being told the piece of chicken was a rat. “We did an internal investigation and talked to all employees. That statement is false,” Coronel explained. “The right thing for this customer to do is to apologize and cease making false claims about the KFC brand.” EXPRESS.CO.UK

World’s longest pizza More than 60 of Italy’s best pizzamakers worked through the night for 18 consecutive hours, to create the world’s longest pizza at Milan’s world fair, Expo 2015. Their toil was rewarded with a proclamation by Guinness World Records judge last week that it was the world’s longest pizza. Expo organisers said the recordsetting pie, made with 1.5 tons of mozzarella and 2 tons of tomato sauce, weighed some 5 tons in all. The pizza was 1.59545 kilometers, or nearly a mile long, which topped the record of a 1.1415-kilometer-long pizza made in Spain. Fair-goers could eat slices of the Milan pizza for free. Slices of long, rectangular pizzas with various toppings are a popular street food in Italy. HUFFINGTONPOST.COM

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Robot Stories Big Hero 6 From Walt Disney Animation Studios comes Big Hero 6, an action-packed comedyadventure about the special bond that develops between Baymax, a plus-sized inflatable robot, and prodigy Hiro Hamada. When a devastating event befalls the city of San Fransokyo and catapults Hiro into the midst of danger, he turns to Baymax and his close friends - adrenaline junkie Go Go Tomago, neatnik Wasabi, chemistry whiz Honey Lemon and fanboy Fred. Determined to uncover the mystery, Hiro transforms his friends into a band of high-tech heroes called ‘Big Hero 6.’

Astro Boy Set in futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy is about a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist in the image of the son he has lost. Unable to fulfill the grieving man’s expectations, our hero embarks on a journey in search of acceptance, experiencing betrayal and a netherworld of robot gladiators, before he returns to save Metro City and reconcile with the father who had rejected him.

Robots Even in a world populated entirely by mechanical beings, Rodney Copperbottom is considered a genius inventor. Rodney dreams of two things: making the world a better place and meeting his idol, the master inventor Bigweld. On his journey he encounters Cappy, a beautiful executive ‘bot with whom Rodney is instantly smitten, the nefarious corporate tyrant Ratchet who locks horns with Rodney, and a group of misfit ‘bots known as the Rusties, led by Fender and Piper Pinwheeler.

The Iron Giant This is the story of a nine-year-old boy named Hogarth Hughes who makes friends with an innocent alien giant robot that came from outer space. Meanwhile, a paranoid U.S. government agent named Kent Mansley arrives in town, determined to destroy the giant at all costs. It’s up to Hogarth to protect him by keeping him at Dean McCoppin’s place in the junkyard.

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Artwork

Arsal Winner

Alia Adil Hamna

Mariam

Hafsa Shams Winner

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Material:

Ingredients: Mint leaves Yoghurt Water Sugar Ice cubes

10-15 150 ml 350 ml 2 tbsp 7-8

• Clean dry paper clips • Tissue paper • A bowl of water • Pencil with eraser

Directions: • Fill the bowl with water • Try to make the paper clip float; it will sink due to its weight.

• Tear a piece of tissue paper to about half the size of a bank note.

• Gently drop the tissue flat onto the surface of the water.

• Gently place a dry paper clip flat onto the tissue. Try not to touch the water or the tissue.

• Use the eraser end of the pencil to carefully poke the tissue. Be careful not to touch the paper clip until the tissue sinks. With some luck, the tissue will sink and leave the paper clip floating!

Method: • Blend the mint, sugar and yoghurt together in a blender to make a smooth paste.

• Add water to the paste and blend again.

• Toss the ice cubes in a tall glass and pour the lassi over them.

• Garnish with mint leaves and serve.

Remember kids, always get permission from your parents before you start.

It’s always a good idea to have a helper nearby.

What is happening: The paperclip floats due to a phenomenon called surface tension. It basically means that there is a sort of skin on the surface of water where the water molecules hold on tight together. If the conditions are right, they can hold tight enough to support the weight of a paper clip.

Many insects, such as water striders, use this method to walk across the surface of a stream.

SOURCE: SCIENCEBOB.COM