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The “Pi” in the title is an Indian boy named Pi Patel who finds himself adrift for 227 days in a small boat with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.
The 2012 movie “Life of Pi” is based on a 2001 novel of the same name by Yann Martel. He was at the helm for such classics as “Sense & Sensibility” (my personal favorite), “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”, “Hulk”, “Brokeback Mountain” and “Life of Pi”. Taiwanese director Ang Lee sure has directed a mixed bag of films, mixed in terms of genre but not in terms of quality. While married to one of his former students with whom he had two sons, he also had a child with writer Amber Reeves, and another child with author Rebecca West. He was a prolific author, and a prolific lover as well. Wells is particularly well known for his works of science fiction, including “The War of the Worlds”, “The Time Machine”, “The Invisible Man” and “The Island of Doctor Moreau”.
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In a sushi restaurant, the sea urchin roe is called “uni”. The “roe” of a sea urchin is eaten as a delicacy in several cuisines around the world. Sea urchins are globular, spiny creatures found just about everywhere in the ocean. Some kelps can grow at the rate of 1-2 feet per day. Kelps can grow to over 250 feet in length, and do so very quickly. Kelps are large seaweeds that grow in kelp forests underwater. Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across