the most disappointing thing about the new star wars trilogy is that it’ll break the tradition of ending each trilogy with anakin skywalker/darth vader getting set on fire
William had a dream of bringing electricity and running water to his village. And he was not prepared to wait for politicians or aid groups to do it for him. The need for action was even greater in 2002 following one of Malawi’s worst droughts, which killed thousands of people and left his family on the brink of starvation.
Unable to attend school, he kept up his education by using a local library. Fascinated by science, his life changed one day when he picked up a tattered textbook and saw a picture of a windmill. Mr Kamkwamba told the BBC News website: “I was very interested when I saw the windmill could make electricity and pump water.
“I thought: ‘That could be a defense against hunger. Maybe I should build one for myself’.” When not helping his family farm maize, he plugged away at his prototype, working by the light of a paraffin lamp in the evenings. But his ingenious project met blank looks in his community of about 200 people.
“Many, including my mother, thought I was going crazy,” he recalls. “They had never seen a windmill before.” [x]
In 2014, William Kamkwamba received his 4 year degree at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire where he was a student.
This is Jedi Master Karymis Mar-Klaar. Today, history was made as the first female Jedi Master taught the Jedi Training Academy at the Disneyland Resort. Needless to say, it’s easy to see that she has worked hard to earn the title of Master.
This is so freaking important. This show opened in 2006 and this is JUST happening. I’m so happy about this.
I LOVE seeing the amount of willpower and strength that took. But I don’t like that she even gets to say basically ‘I’m not important! The Doctor is!’ Waaah.
