The news arrived of the death of the composer Ennio Morricone. He was hospitalized in a clinic in Rome following a fall that caused his femur’s fracture.
An encyclopedia could be written to analyze the hundreds of music pieces written by Ennio Morricone. His soundtracks, which include a wide range of styles, made the history of cinema contributing to the success of many movies of all genres. He will be remembered as one of the greatest composers in the history of cinema.
The Covid-19 pandemic has stopped or at least slowed down many industries’ operations with a number of consequences and ramifications. The shutdown, which is hopefully only temporary, of a factory, is a clearly visible event, but behind it, there may be other events connected to it and less visible. For example, there are important materials in several different industries such as tungsten carbide and silicon nitride: in their case, there are problems connected to production and distribution, but there’s also the problem connected to research on their performance and to the expansion of their applications.
The novel “The Fifth Season” by N. K. Jemisin was published for the first time in 2015. It’s the first book in The Broken Earth trilogy. It won the Hugo Award as best novel of the year.
Essun is a mature woman with two young children who hides her orogene nature. One day she comes home and finds out that her husband killed their son after the boy shoe his orogene abilities and left the city with their daughter. Struck with her emotions, Essun manifests her abilities.
Damaya is a little girl when she first reveals her nature as an orogene. Her parents follow the laws and turn her over to a Guardian, who is part of an order of people who can control orogenes. Damaya is brought to the Fulcrum, where she will be trained so that she blindly obeys orders and her powers will be used to manipulate earth and stone only based on the instructions she receives.
