Author: Ahmad Parmley

Has it ever happened that a film or game adaptation of a novel you love meet your expectation? There are definitely many such films or games that rise far above the source material of their novels. We have listed below several films and games made from books that we love just as much. The below listed do their source novel justice as they live up to the expectations by bringing the same thrill and excitement as in the novels. The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings are two epic high fantasy novels written by the English author J.R.R Tolkien. The Hobbit was first published in 1937, and in 1954 The Lord of the Rings was published as a sequel to The Hobbit by the same author. The Lord of the Rings was eventually made into a much larger work than The Hobbit to the delight of readers. Both of these novels have left the shelves of libraries to find their ways in movie theatres as blockbuster movies. Peter Jackson has directed the film series of ‘The Hobbit’, which are subtitled An Unexpected Journey (2012), The Desolation of Smaug (2013), and The Battle of the Five Armies (2014). The same director is behind the film series The Lord of the Rings, which are substituted by the Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Two Towers (2002) and The Return of the...

Meetings can be long or short in nature, occurring often in one form and rarely in another – but in all ways, meetings should be productive, and waste little to no time. One important meeting style both small and large businesses will have to become familiar with is the town hall meeting. Firstly, What is a Town Hall Meeting? Town hall meetings are a little like all-hands meetings, in that: They’re of the longer variant, and thus the rarer variant. Should include everyone involved in the project or company. The point of a town hall meeting, however, is that after a brief status update or segment on the nature and latest information on the topic at hand, the focus of the meeting shifts towards creating an environment where everyone is encouraged to jump in, pitch in, contribute, ask questions and answer them and figure out a way forward against various odds, obstacles and issues facing the team. It’s partially a status update, partially a trouble-shooting session, and partially a meeting built around addressing everyone’s concerns so they can focus on work without uncertainty or being impeded by pressing questions that have to await an answer. Town hall meetings, to put it even more bluntly, are there to eliminate uncertainty and promote interconnectivity. When Town Hall Meetings are Appropriate Town hall meetings, due to their nature – that is, their...