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Day 6: Constellations

Modern A/U

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Katara turned the telescope on her tripod, using the eye piece to better adjust it. She was quite excited to use the gift her father gave her on her eighteenth birthday. When her physics teacher gave her class a project, in which they would work in teams, and document any findings of constellations, she couldn't wait. Striving for straight A's and studying nonstop gave her little time to enjoy it. And what better time to put her favorite hobby to good use. Katara inhaled the smell of ocean, closing her eyes and allowing the sound of waves to overcome her senses.

Unfortunately for her, her partner was none other than Zuko, the school's top jock and most popular student. In fact, she's made plenty of effort to avoid him at all cost. She didn't care much for the group he hung around with that consisted of Azula, Ty Lee and his girlfriend, Mai. No. She just wanted to get through high school peacefully and graduate with honors. This was her senior year and she was excited to make the next step in life.

Turning the focusing knob to her liking, Katara went to sit down on the blanket she spread out on the grass right at the edge of the beach where it met the sand. She sat down in a slump, sighing angrily. Zuko was a half hour late and she was ready to go. She made sure to arrive an hour early to set up, bringing snacks and drinks in a small cooler in case they got hungry. Not that she cared for Zuko's comfort, it was only just in case.

A pair of footsteps stirred her from her thoughts and she jerked her head around to catch Zuko walking in her direction, mumbling under his breath. Katara huffed at his tardiness. "You're late." She commented.

Zuko slid his hand over his face and groaned. "Yeah. I know. Look, I'm sorry."

She eyed him from head to toe, stopping to scan his face. He looked exhausted and pale. "You okay?" She asked, little concern in her voice.

Zuko caught onto her tone and frowned. "Peachy."

"Good. That means we can get started." Katara wasn't unaware of the inaudible mock he made of her words. The sooner they got this over with, the sooner he could go home, and she could spend the rest her Friday night alone with the stars.

Zuko sat next to her, eyeing her as she pulled out a tablet from her bookbag and used the stylus to write some notes. He felt like an idiot for not coming prepared but it all slipped his mind when another argument with Mai about something absolutely petty came rearing its ugly head. Nothing satisfied her. Even after two years together, the arguments only escalated. Resulting in numerous breakups and mental frustration. Mai claimed she was through with him for the hundredth time and to be honest, he didn't really care if it was. "I, uh, didn't bring anything." He admitted.

Katara averted her eyes back to him, knitting her brow but went to grab a notebook and pen to let him borrow. "I got extra." She said.

Zuko always knew Katara was an overachiever. She was talked about from time to time among his group of friends. The hottie, Katara, a 'Miss Goody Goody' who wouldn't allow a single man near her. He knew it was only because she turned them down viciously. Making any boy asking her out to leave with his tail tucked between his legs. Zuko actually found her amusing. He wouldn't have minded approaching her years ago, but she always gave off a 'stay away' aura. Zuko wasn't the type to invade someone's space uninvited, therefore their years in high school together made them never cross paths. He leaned back, palms placed on the ground, looking over at the cooler next to her. "Those beers in there?" he asked, trying to break the awkward tension.

"Sorry, this isn't some party. We're here to work." She bit.

"Geez, I was just trying to lighten the mood." He raised his hands up in surrender.

Katara sighed softly. "I'm sorry. Uh…let's see what we could find." They both got up to stand in front of the telescope. Katara brushed sand off her lap. "You wanna look or document?"

"Might wanna look. You seem better at this than I am."

Katara nodded, leaning into the eyepiece. She moved the telescope facing southeast of the clear skies, hoping to catch something. She figured it would take a bit to find anything good.

"What exactly are you hoping to find tonight?" Zuko asked, trying to make small talk.

"Mmm." She hummed. "I was hoping to find something from the Chinese constellations. Maybe Grus or Pavo. Their both known for being found in the southern sky."

"You sure know a lot about stars." Zuko said, hoping it sounded like a compliment. He seemed pleased when she stood up to look at him with a blush gracing her cheeks.

"I don't know much." She replied, pursing her lips. Katara bent over again to search the skies. Her breath caught in her throat and she squealed, "I can't believe this!"

"What? What happened?"

"It's a dark cloud!"

"Huh?"

She gestured him over with her hand to take a look. Zuko took her place to see what all the excitement was about. "See those dark clouds?" She asked. He nodded. "That is 'the emu in the sky'. The dark areas in the Milky Way is known for making the shapes of animals. Well, at least according to some cultures. The 'emu' being the most famous in Australian Aboriginal astronomy."

Zuko raised his brows. He had never seen anything like it, let alone knew it existed. He always figured astronomy would be boring, but he was overcome by how beautiful and unreal it was. "I never knew how different things were outside of our world." He said.

"Isn't it fascinating?" Katara gave him sweet smile. His heart jumped.

"I can see why you love it so much."

"I do. Very much." Her faced relaxed in contentment. He took in how beautiful she looked when she was calm.

It was Zuko's turn to blush, turning back to the eyepiece, he cleared his throat. "So, um-what else can we find."

Giving him direction, Katara went on to show him more constellations. They found Hydrus (the Water Snake), Phoenix (the Firebird) and even Pavo (the Peacock), among other constellations and some outside the Chinese constellations.

They decided to take a break after some time. Sitting down, Katara handed him a soda out of the cooler. "What'd you think?" She asked.

"Can I be honest?" Zuko scooted closer to her, their knees touching, he was glad she didn't retreat. "This was the most fun I had…well…ever."

"You're joking." Katara chuckled. "You don't have to say it because you're forced to keep me company."

"Why would you say that." His face contorted in confusion. "I didn't think I was forced to do anything, I don't mind hanging out with you."

Katara felt embarrassment heat her cheeks. "Oh, I just thought…I don't know…that you don't like me or something. We've never talked before."

"And that says I dislike you? It's not like I never wanted to talk to you, you just seemed unapproachable."

Katara was surprised. She always had Zuko pegged as egotistical, angry and inconsiderate. But in reality, after spending just a couple hours with him, she had come to learn he was a genuinely nice person. He was polite, thoughtful and a little awkward. She found it kind of cute and couldn't help but grin from ear to ear. "I wasn't trying to be unapproachable. I guess sometimes I get so caught up in my studies that I forget how much I need to socialize. I should at least spend my last month as a senior doing something exciting."

Zuko laughed. "Maybe I should spend more time looking at the stars." But when he said that, he was staring into her cerulean eyes. They flickered with something he was quite familiar with.

Katara's breath hitched at how his pools of gold pulled her in. She felt she could melt in them all night. She always knew Zuko was handsome, even with his scar. It made him even more intriguing and a part of her thought how nice it would be to get to know him now that they've bonded under the star.

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What amount would you pay for a stylus? Samsung's Galaxy Note 8.0 evaluated The Note 8.0 is about an extraordinary tablet, yet that $399 sticker price gives us pause.

Differentiation is something that treks up a considerable measure of cell phones and tablets—how does your little, dark, rectangular section of plastic and glass stack up against my little, dark, rectangular piece of plastic and glass? Samsung's Galaxy Note lineup has dependably had a simple response to this scrutinize: the greater part of the telephones and tablets in the family have incorporated a stylus and digitizer to oblige their capacitive touchscreens.

We invested some energy with the most recent Note, a 8-inch tablet, at the current year's Mobile World Congress and left away more inspired by it than we were by the Note 10.1. That was before we caught wind of the cost, however—the Galaxy Note 8.0 begins at $399, which is $70 more than Apple's iPad scaled down and twice as much as the least expensive Nexus 7.

The Note 8.0's stylus and programming has many helpful components that its opposition needs, however the cost is hard to swallow. We'll attempt to make sense of whether the Note's elements legitimize their cost.

Body and fabricate quality: Still plastic, however better

The Galaxy Note 8.0 resembles a goliath Samsung cell phone. This appraisal applies to the design of the gadget's catches—a physical Home catch flanked on the left and ideal by capacitive Menu and Back catches—and in addition its general feel. Similarly as with the Galaxy S III or S 4, the Note 8.0 is developed totally of a lightweight plastic, which holds the weight down however adds to a "shoddy" feeling that we've grumbled about before, particularly contrasted with the aluminum collection of something like the iPad lineup.

All things considered, the tablet's development shows improvement over the bigger Galaxy Note tablet, which was made of plastic that bowed and flexed unsettlingly effectively. The Note 8.0 is somewhat creaky, however it feels more determinedly worked than its greater sibling.

Our greatest grumbling about the tablet's development is the smooth, plastic back, which doesn't give quite a bit of a hold. The delicately texturized back of the Nexus 7 or Nexus 10 is somewhat less demanding to clutch, particularly when utilizing the tablet one-gave.

The physical size of the tablet is marginally bigger in each measurement than the iPad scaled down, owing somewhat to its marginally bigger screen (8.0 inches, contrasted with 7.9) and its thicker bezels. It's additionally somewhat heavier than Apple's littlest iPad, at 0.75 pounds rather than 0.68 pounds. The tablet is still considerably simpler to hold in one hand than are 10-inch tablets, yet both the iPad scaled down and the Nexus 7 are smaller.One territory where the Note 8.0's equipment exceeds the iPad little is in screen determination—it has an indistinguishable 1280×800 determination from the Galaxy Note 10.1, yet that determination is substantially more complimenting on this littler screen. At 189 ppi, it sits ideal in the middle of the iPad small scale's 163 ppi and the Nexus 7's 216 ppi. The screen itself is brilliant and has great survey points, however of course the auto-shine setting dependably appeared to be a tad excessively diminish. Its hues are likewise somewhat brighter and more soaked than in the Nexus 7's screen.

The Note 8.0 has a couple of little stereo speakers on its base edge—they're both louder and of preferred quality over the single speaker on the Nexus 7, yet they're effortlessly blocked in case you're holding the tablet in scene mode (as you would typically do when viewing a video). As in many telephones and tablets, you'll need to bring your earphones.

The tablet's 5MP back confronting camera is situated in an indistinguishable place from it is on a considerable lot of Samsung's telephones—in the center, around the top. It really swells out from the back of the tablet a bit, which can make the Note wobble marginally in the event that it is laid level on a table. The nature of the camera is about what we've generally expected from most tablets—tolerable if the tablet is all you have with you, yet by and large second rate even to a year ago's cell phones. It likewise does not have the LED streak that you'd find on something like the Galaxy S III. While the front-confronting camera delivers low-determination pictures with a decent lot of commotion, it is in any case appropriate for video talking—the general population on the opposite side of the discussion will have the capacity to tell that you're a human, and that is for the most part all that is required.The equipment of the Note 8.0 stacks up all around ok against contending tablets, yet where it truly tries to separate itself is in its S Pen extra and programming upgrades.

The Note 8.0 runs Android 4.1.2 with Samsung's TouchWiz skin layered over top of it. The biggest changes to the stock Android UI are in the notices shade, which gives the client access to a few fast settings, and in the general look of the OS and its symbols, which are bigger and more cartoony than Android's defaults. In the event that you've utilized any current Samsung telephone or tablet, TouchWiz ought to be natural to you.The S Pen itself, which is put away in a compartment in the lower right-hand corner of the tablet, is light and plastic, and in spite of being littler than the Note 10.1's adaptation it's still sufficiently huge to be agreeable to hold. As in the other Note telephones and tablets, the pen works with a dynamic digitizer layer underneath the LCD, making the S Pen more exact than a capacitive stylus.

Naturally, expelling the pen from the tablet will consequently raise an exceptional page with access to a few formats for use with the included S note-taking application. S Note gives you a chance to make and spare manually written and wrote notes, and it additionally incorporates a couple of various pen settings you can use to make essential drawings. The S Pen is weight delicate, yet the product truly just appears to recognize a light press and a substantial one—there aren't generally numerous weight levels between the two. The screen appears to be truly responsive, and a flip capable palm dismissal include helps when taking notes, however clearly will have the capacity to fit less penmanship on a 8-inch screen than a 10-inch one.The unique Note 10.1's adaptation of S Note (and the basic Ice Cream Sandwich rendition of Android) were somewhat conflicting and temperamental, yet the Note 8.0 advantages significantly from the smoothness of Jelly Bean and the additional advancement time. S Note worked rapidly and easily on the Note 8.0, and we couldn't inspire it to crash even in the more asset escalated penmanship acknowledgment mode.Other applications on the tablet, including its schedule, mail, and office efficiency applications, additionally bolster written by hand notes from the S Pen, however you can likewise explore the OS and utilize standard applications with it similarly as you can with your fingers. A little following speck will demonstrate to you where the tip of the pen will arrive once the pen is floating around an inch from the screen, which helps you see what you're doing.

Since the Note 10.1, the Note telephones and tablets have likewise turned out to be known for adding multitasking components to Android—Android can show data from a few applications immediately through its gadgets, however when you're really utilizing an application in stock Android you can just have one on the screen without a moment's delay. The most helpful of these is likely "multi-window" mode, which has turned into more adaptable since its presentation in the Note 10.1.When we initially evaluated the component, it bolstered only a little modest bunch of implicit applications, and each application could take up just 50% of the tablet's screen. Outsider applications still should be refreshed to bolster the element, yet a few urgent applications (Chrome, Google Maps, Twitter, and Gmail) are currently on the rundown, notwithstanding the vast majority of the tablet's inherent applications. A divider between the two applications can likewise be dragged all over or from left to right (contingent upon the tablet's introduction) to change the measure of screen land accessible to each. This is particularly helpful when one of your applications (Twitter or Gmail, for instance) just needs about a fourth of the screen to capacity well, while another (Chrome or S Note) would profit by more space.In the Note 10.1, exchanging between two open applications in multi-window mode brought on a touch of slack while the tablet exchanged between dynamic applications; this slack is gone in the Note 8.0, which rushed to react even with two applications running. The element would be all the more engaging on the off chance that it were executed in more applications (Google Drive and Netflix appear like enormous exclusions to me, however this will rely on upon what applications you utilize and how you like to utilize them), yet the Note lineup's multitasking has enhanced a considerable amount since its presentation. The element has gone from being a visual cue on-a-container trick to one of only a handful few truly helpful outsider increases to stock Android, and we trust Samsung keeps on taking a shot at it.

Quick for the size: Internals, execution, and battery life

Similarly as the iPad scaled down is a littler variant of the iPad 2 within, the Galaxy Note 8.0 is a littler form of the Note 10.1. The two share generally indistinguishable specs: a quad-center Exynos 4412 (1.6GHz in the Note 8.0 contrasted with 1.4GHz in the 10.1), 2GB of RAM, 16GB of capacity, double band 802.11n, Bluetooth 4.0, and a microSD card opening. The Galaxy Note 8.0 likewise incorporates an IR blaster and a remote control application that is good with most TVs and set-best boxes. Charging is done by means of miniaturized scale USB instead of by means of the Note 10.1's exclusive docking port—a much needed development.

The Note 8.0 needs two things clients may miss: the first is cell ability, which is accessible in the global form however doesn't seem to have made the hop to the US. The second is NFC, which is likewise truant from the Note 10.1 yet is accessible essentially all around in Samsung's (and its rivals') telephones and tablets.

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