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Book Review on The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
Updated: Oct 14, 2021
If you are a fan of fantasy novels, you would possibly know that today the 16th of October marks 67 years of the first publication of this book, hence, I thought it'd be a good time to write a book review on "The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe" and mention a few lessons I learnt from it.
But, if you know me better - you'd no there's no way on earth that I knew that. Lol. I did read it on Twitter though and that brought to mind many of the memories I had reading this book when growing up. It does happen to be one of my favourite fantasy novels that I read - whilst growing up.
For those who don't know, the book begins in the middle of the war - 4 kids have to leave their parents and go live with an odd professor in the country whilst their parents fight the war. Lucy, the youngest happens to come across a wardrobe (The Wardrobe) whilst playing a game and enters into the unimaginable word of - Narnia. A magical world, filled with creatures unheard-of to the human realm, which at the time was under the reign of the evil witch (The Witch).
Lucy, the baby sister comes across a faun (a man with legs of a goat), who secretly works for the evil witch. A prophecy foretold that 4 kids would enter this world and save it. So the queen naturally wants to know when any 'human child' enters. The faun captivated by the innocence of the human child is unable to betray Lucy and helps her to go back.
She returns home, only to find that her siblings don't believe her. As time passes, they all enter this world together whilst running away from the strange professor. Upon entering this world, the come across two beavers - who can talk, and then are invited for dinner. Only to find out later that the middle brother, Edmund has gone to find the queen leaving them behind, hoping to become Prince of Narnia and eat some more Turkish Delight - Yes, you heard it right!
The other three children are taken to Aslan (The Lion) who is going to help them fight the queen and take their rightful places in Narnia as King and Queens.
Then unfolds the story of how the wicked witch is overturned and how 4 kids who have no prior knowledge or skill in battle lead a people into war saving and restoring peace to the magical world of Narnia.
Apart from its sheer brilliance in language, creative writing, the fantasy world which enchants your mind or the story which captivates the reader. There are many moral lessons to learn from the story. For me, personally a few stories shaped my thinking for life:
Family Stays Together
When Edmund leaves the 3 siblings for his own self-gratification of Turkish delight and the possibility of becoming King, it hurts the other 3 to no end. However, he is welcomed back into the family and their relationships restored. A beautiful picture of what not only family need to do even if wronged but also friends who are like brothers or sisters and the community around. This leads to my next point
Even if my brother or sister hurts me, I can forgive. What can we use, to battle through the daily life and struggles if not for family and friends? That's precisely what the story depicts. In their day they battled an actual war, in our modern day in our various situations and circumstances we can battle through it together rather than alone. Two is better than one, hence to-gether. Or that's just me - Lol!
Always Hope! Here is a world which has been under the rule of this tyrant for ages, and ages to come. Yet there is this undying hope in what was foretold. Hope led to belief and belief led to action and action led to the eventual result of victory. There is always hope in every situation, struggle in our lives. No matter how hard, how tough life may be - hope in what seems impossible. That's how stories are born.
What Friendship Is To Look Like
How the kids relate to each other. How they figure out what their own skills are, how they use those skills to complement each other in battle. There are moments of disunity, but even through that how they make up with each other and keep fighting together against the ultimate and main battle.
There is a particular friendship between Lucy - the youngest and Mr. Tumnus (The faun). This taught me that friendships can be made with the non liked people - you can be friends with someone who doesn't look like you (whether it be race, religion, or looks), talk like you, and someone who is totally different to you.
I would definitely recommend this book to both adults and child. It is a book which will tell you stories, teach you principles in life which wise words fail to at times
Hence, I would implore you to get this book if you haven't already. I am sure that someone in your friend circle could have it. Borrow and read, it is also available on Amazon if you want to buy it - links below.
If you aren't a reader at all - you could also buy the movie which was released a while back from Amazon!
I hope you enjoyed my book review on The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. I would love to hear your thoughts about the book if you have read it, or if you plan to - or even if you don't plan to - feel free to leave your comments below!

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Individuals who keep up with this Wisconsin drunk driving defense law blog probably know that license revocation is a possible penalty for being convicted of drunk driving. However, alleged drunk drivers are not the only ones who can have their licenses taken away. License revocation is a relatively common potential consequence for a variety of driving and non-driving offenses.
Facing allegations of drunk driving can be devastating to many Wisconsin residents. Not only does the process of defending one's self against the charges cost both time and money, but many people also suffer damage to their reputations even when allegations of driving while intoxicated are false. In some cases, individuals convicted of drunk driving lose their drivers licenses temporarily or permanently. Those losses can have long-term consequences on the affected individuals' abilities to earn wages.
Losing one's driver's license can be an injurious punishment for a Wisconsin resident convicted of drunk driving. Many people who live in the state need driver's licenses to get to work. Without a license, most people would not be able to hold down jobs and earn the money they need to support their families.
Many people think that individuals convicted of drunk driving are irresponsible miscreants who fail to contribute to society. This misapprehension is true across the country and right here in Wisconsin, where hard working people who struggle with alcohol addictions occasionally make poor decisions to drive when they shouldn't. Though their actions may put others at risk, drunken driving convictions may be the best opportunities for such individuals to take control of their lives.
In Wisconsin, multiple OWI offenses mean increased penalties, including the suspension of a driver's license and even jail time. What people accused of drunk driving need to know is that defenses are available to help protect the defendant's rights.
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DC Series motor has highest starting torque. 3-phase Induction motors have highest staring current, 5 to 7 times full-load current and develop about 2 times the full-load torque. Plain Synchronous motors do not have any starting torque.
Which is the highest starting torque motor?
The capacitor start motor develops a much higher starting torque of about 3 to 4.5 times of the full load torque.
Which of the following has a high starting torque?
The capacitor-start motor has a high starting torque. true. 25.
Which motor has a poor starting torque?
Shaded-pole motor has the lowest starting torque whereas universal motor, capacitor start capacitor-run motor and repulsion induction motor have high starting torque.
Why does a dc series motor has a high starting torque?
In case of series motor the flux produced is directly proportional to the armature current. Hence torque is directly proportional to the square of armature current. So as current during starting is 1.5 times the rated so starting torque is higher for series motor.
Which motor has high starting torque AC or DC?
Series motors exhibit higher starting torque but have a steeper drop-off in speed as the load increases. Parallel or shunt DC motors provide lower starting torque but have a flatter speed vs. load relationship and can, therefore, provide a constant speed almost independent of the load applied.
Which motor has high starting torque slip ring or squirrel cage?
Slip ring induction motors are mainly used in applications where high starting torque is required such as cranes, hoists, conveyors, etc. while the squirrel cage induction motors are used in general application like lath machine, drill machine, pumps and fans, etc.
Why is the starting torque relatively small in single phase induction motors?
Ans: The starting winding has a relatively small number of turns of fine wire and its resistance is higher than that of the main winding. … (i) The angle between Is and Im is small (approximately 25 degree) in a resistance split-phase induction motor, so the starting torque is small.
What is the difference between AC series motor and DC series motor?
AC motor works on the concept of alternating current, whereas DC Motor works on the direct current. … DC motors are self-starting motors. The armature is stationary, and the magnetic field rotates in the AC motor but in DC motor the armature rotates, and the magnetic field is stationary.
Which of the following motor will relative higher power factor?
The power factor, torque pulsation, and efficiency are also improved because the motor runs as a two-phase motor. The motor will run more quickly. Capacitor Run Motor has relatively higher power factor.
What is the starting torque of a DC motor?
Starting torque is the torque transferred by the shaft coupling during run-up (see Start-up process). It is calculated based on the ratio of power (P) to angular velocity (ω) and is represented as a rotational speed function.
What is meant by high starting torque?
In a layman’s language high starting torque is referred as the high amount of power any engine can generate initially. For example if you want to climb a hill you will require high starting torque rather than high speed.
How do you increase the starting torque of a DC motor?
Any DC motor will experience a decrease in speed when a load is applied, which causes the back EMF to decrease. The reduction in back EMF increases the net voltage, since the supply voltage remains constant. The net voltage increase causes the armature current to increase, which increases the motor torque.


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The Kingdom’s General Directorate of Passports announced that the General Directorate of Passport would extend the visas automatically through the system without the need for a visa holder to attend to headquarters of the passports department.
The General Directorate of Passports indicated that this step comes within the context of Kingdom’s continuous efforts in dealing with the impacts and consequences of the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Saudi Arabia initially suspended all international flight into and out of the Kingdom on March 15.
On Tuesday, Saudi Arabia confirmed it would resume domestic flights within the Kingdom starting May 31 via its national airlines, according to a statement from the Kingdom’s General Authority of Civil Aviation, more than two months since suspending local travel as part of measures to fight the spread of coronavirus.

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These are the perfect pancakes for an indulgent brunch, a lazy dinner or a borderline nutritious dessert. When using our pancake mixes, these Carrot Cake Pancakes combine all of the flavors you know and love about carrot cake with whole grains and use far less sugar and fat than cake. In my opinion, it’s the best of both worlds. The ease of a pancake and the decadent flavor of a carrot cake. If our 7 Grain Pancake Mix isn’t handy, our Buttermilk or 10 Grain Pancakes will also work very well in this recipe. Simply use our Gluten Free Pancake mix for a gluten free option. While we tend to think raisins are essential to carrot cake, there is a fairly prominent fellow around here (read: Bob) who will disagree, so they can be optional if you like.
7 Grain Carrot Cake Pancakes
Prep Time: 20 minutes | Cook Time: 15 minutes | Yield: 4 servings
- 1 cup Milk
- 1 Egg
- 1 Tbsp Oil
- 1 ½ cup Bob’s Red Mill 7 Grain Pancake Mix
- 1 tsp ground Cinnamon
- ¼ tsp ground Nutmeg
- ¾ cup finely shredded Carrot (about 1 large)
- ¼ cup Golden Raisins
- ¼ cup chopped Walnuts
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 8 oz Cream Cheese, soft
- ¼ cup Sour Cream
- ½ tsp Vanilla Extract
- ¾ cup Powdered Sugar, sifted
For frosting, mix together softened cream cheese, sour cream and vanilla until smooth. Add sifted powdered sugar and mix thoroughly. Set aside.
For pancakes, whisk together milk, egg and oil then mix in Bob’s Red Mill 7 Grain Pancake Mix, cinnamon and nutmeg. Fold in shredded carrots, raisins and walnuts.
Preheat a non-stick skillet to medium-high heat (about 350°F). Using a ¼ cup scoop, portion the batter onto the preheated skillet and bake until the edges are set and bubbles begin to appear on the top surface, about 5 minutes. Flip and continue to cook for another 4 – 5 minutes on the second side. Keep warm in a 200°F oven. Serve with cream cheese frosting.

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In the second in our series focusing on the England squad for the forthcoming Commonwealth Games, we speak to Tom Jarvis.
Tom Jarvis is hoping for a “crazy” atmosphere as he competes at his first Commonwealth Games on home territory in Birmingham this summer.
The 22-year-old from Skegness has had a great year so far. In March, he won his first senior men’s singles national title and then followed up by reaching the final of the WTT Feeder event in California, which propelled him to a career high of No 105 in the world.
All this came after fighting back from a major hip operation during the early part of the pandemic, and Jarvis said: “With all the stuff that’s happened over the last few years, it’s great to be in the squad, especially with it being in England.
“I hope it’s going to be loud and a bit crazy in the hall, because it’s more fun to play when it’s like that.
“I think quite a lot of family and friends are coming. I don’t think I’ve played an international tournament in England since maybe the 6 Nations when I was 15, so it’s great for them to be able to see me in this country.”
Jarvis, who was Team GB reserve at the Rio 2016 Olympics and also travelled to Tokyo as a training partner, says he will not have any nerves playing at his first Commonwealths, adding: “Having been to Rio and Tokyo, I know what I’m going into and I’m not going to be as fazed as I would be going into my first multi-sport event, so it’s heads-down when we get there and focus on playing.
“I want to win gold in the team, that’s the main focus. I think the team’s in a good place.”
Jarvis credits England coach Gavin Evans for helping him find top form. He said: “I’ve been working really closely with Gav since January and since then it’s changed it around, so big credit to him.
“It’s pushed my ranking up higher than ever. Especially coming back from the operation and a bad first half of the season, it’s been good for the confidence going into the Games.”
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There’s a lot regarding canines that most individuals don’t know, here are some truths concerning pet foods that would really shock you.
Adhere to protein-rich, not wheat, diet plans.
Diet regimens greater in protein and also reduced in wheat and processed grains (as found in a lot of shelf steady commercial family pet foods) will result in even more energy for your pet and also less GI problems.
Wash your pet dog’s food as well as water dish regularly.
Individuals conveniently forget about the sanitation of their pet dog’s bowl and exactly how it can impact their animal’s health. The majority of us would never think about utilizing the same soup or salad bowl for a week straight without washing it but lots of let their canine’s bowl sit on the floor without thinking twice. This permits microorganisms to grow and can create illness from infected dishes from a light indigestion to vomiting and diarrhea. See to it to wash your dog’s bowl daily with recipe soap as well as rinse completely!
A lot of dog foods are categorized as “Feed” and also although the pet food industry is currently a $25B organization, we found that some kibble is lawfully made from 4D meat: meat from dead, dying, infected and disabled animals. Human-grade ensures not only that the top quality of ingredients that enter into the food are edible by humans yet also guarantees food security standards of the center it is cooked in.
Beware of meat with going along with word “dish.”.
Meat dish, labeled on pet food active ingredient checklists such as “poultry meal” and also “beef meal,” is a better means of claiming it is “made” meat. Provide plants process animal by-product as well as can consist of products such as oil, blood, plumes, and whole carcasses.
Fresh food is much better.
Simply like human beings, canines really feel the distinction when they eat meals made from real ingredients. It’s simpler to take in nutrients from even more delicately processed food and therefore simpler for pet dogs to use them to stay healthy and balanced.
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Researches have shown that if you maintain your dog at an optimal weight (a 4 or 5 on the body structure score) rather than pleasantly plump (a 6 or 7) you can add 20 percent to their life (that does not desire even more time with their dog?!). The majority of dog food brands give an array based on simply your canine’s existing weight, yet not knowing your dog’s one-of-a-kind qualities such as how much workout they get, it can occasionally be up to 50 percent greater than your canine should be eating. Consult your veterinarian, or fill out your account and use Ollie’s formula, to find out your canine’s unique caloric demands as well as keep them much healthier for longer.
Stay away from chemicals.
To expand the service life of food allowing it to remain on a store rack for months, otherwise years, many commercial family pet food brand names that experience sellers (instead of directly to consumers) are required to put a lot of preservatives in their food. While natural chemicals exist, such as rosemary essence, lots of fabricated preservatives can be harmful to canines if used over an extended period of time. We discovered that some preservatives made use of double as pesticides (gross)! They are not allowed in the UK however are still lawful in the US to be made use of in dog foods.
Foods to never feed your dog
Lots of people know that chocolate misbehaves for pets. Nevertheless, you ought to additionally stay clear of onions, grapes and also raisins, macadamia nuts, as well as bones! Bones can break and bit and also can puncture your dog’s intestinal system or trigger them to choke.
Pet dogs are not wolves.
Yes, pet dogs came down from wolves and also share around 98 percent of the DNA, however that does not mean they require the same diet plan, neither do they need a raw diet. There have been no studies showing canines will be healthier on a raw diet plan, and also there are risks associated with it for both pets as well as people. Like any raw meats, they can bring virus that can create gastrointestinal disorder.
Home cooking is more challenging than you believe.
Guaranteeing your dog is well nourished with human-grade does not simply imply feed your pet food that you would consume or leftovers from dinner. Because pet dogs eat the very same point every dish it is extra vital that their food is nutritionally well balanced. We listen to constantly people cooking ground meat with peas as well as rice however there can be crucial elements missing out on for your pet dog’s wellness (or too much of some). A balanced diet should satisfy all of canines essential vitamin, mineral, and amino acid needs. It is best to either consult a veterinarian and also obtain a particular dish to follow or select a food that satisfies AAFCO demands.
Maintain your canine moistened.
Normally speaking, dogs need in between a half and a full ounce of water per extra pound of body weight each day. if your dog is energetic or lives in hot environment, possibly extra. Fresh, healthy food also keeps pet dogs much more hydrated.
Let Ollie do the benefit you!
Ollie delivers fresh made, vet-formulated dishes from real, human-grade components that make dogs’ taste buds do backflips. We customize each dish to your pet’s distinctive needs and also send it regular or biweekly directly to your front door.
Frightening Facts Concerning Your Canine.
Business Pet Food Is Fast Food-.
How can quick food (business refined food like kibble) be great for dogs?Only pet dog food suppliers believe this rubbish makes sense. Pets as well as individuals share about 75% of their genetic makeup, and also we have similar dietary demands. What we’re doing to our very own health and wellness with processed foods, we’re additionally doing to our pets.
Individuals Food Benefits Dogs-.
Despite what you have actually heard from pals, veterinarians and also pet food makers, wholesome “individuals food” is excellent for pet dogs. So-called people food or human food os truly simply “food” … as well as the only people it’s negative for are pet dog food makers. The same fresh, nutritious foods you consume can offer your pet the nutrition he requires and also save you a hill of veterinarian bills.
Prescription Diets Are Not Healthier.
Veterinarians, like medical physicians, find out fairly little about nourishment in college. Much of what they do find out comes directly from pet food business veterinarians, sales representatives, posts, researches, and also seminars.
If your veterinarian hasn’t studied as well as tried out on her own with raw or self-made diets, it’s unlikely that she understands poor food from great. As well as if vets revenue from offering one brand name, as well as not another, they have a problem of rate of interest that might influence their opinions.
The Quality Of Processed Commercial Foods Is Suspect.
Pet food may legally include “4-D” meat: meat from dead, passing away, unhealthy and disabled animals. Add a little road kill, mill flooring sweepings identified as grain, and corn contaminated with high degrees of pesticide (yes, actually) … as well as you have a dish for illness. Starches and fillers are other common active ingredients, in addition to fabricated shades and preservatives, plus synthetic minerals and vitamins that don’t nurture your pet dog successfully. The less costly the food, the less expensive the components … and the worse the nutrition..
Kibble Does Unclean
— TeethAlmost all pets age 3 and over have oral disease. A lot of these canines consume kibble. That should inform you something.Although a small study once recommended that completely dry pet food might cleanse teeth better than tinned food, better still does not indicate properly. Wanting to avoid cleaning our canine’s teeth, we as well willingly understand at kibble’s unverified wellness advantages. But acting that kibble or difficult deals with will certainly maintain teeth tidy will just cause huge vet bills, lost teeth as well as much canine suffering.
” Full And Balanced” Does Not Mean “Optimum””– Complete and balanced” means that a food satisfies marginal academic wellness requirements for the typical pet. They just last 26 weeks, and they only consist of 8 dogs. All that’s required is for 6 of the 8 pet dogs to meet specific criteria, determined by a vet exam as well as specific blood work criteria, at the beginning as well as end of the 6 months.
It’s no surprise that dogs requirement selection too. Ever before question why your dog has a food allergic reaction? Skin issues from allergies and food level of sensitivities in pets are at epidemic levels.
Intestinal tract trouble when switching over foods is a sign your canine needs extra selection. As soon as great nutrition has healed a dog’s digestive tract, your canine can consume different foods every meal just as people do. Simply switch over foods slowly over a number of weeks while your pet’s gut heals.
Kibble Is Not Much Better Than Tinned-.
Kibble Is Not Much Better Than Tinned-.
Canned food ( or wet food) is protected by the process of canning but most kibble is preserved synthetically. (Consider just how much preservative should be required to slow putridity of food neglected all day!).
Kibble begins as a completely dry cooked dish while tinned food is tinned fresh. Kibble is revealed to more warm than tinned (ruining nutrients). Even worse yet, kibble is connected to bloat, a lethal trouble, particularly for big, broad-chested pet dogs. It’s likewise drying out. Certainly, canned isn’t ideal either. Fresh is best, raw or prepared. Next best is icy pre-made raw food, and then freeze-dried raw, complied with by dehydrated foods. These are all available at far better animal shops.
Some Usual Foods Can Be Risky For Canines.
Cooked bones and rawhide chews can trigger significant illness requiring emergency surgical procedure. Wheat-based deals with can induce allergies. Onions, grapes, raisins, chocolate, the artificial sweetener xylitol and various other common foods can be poisonous for dogs and also need to be prevented.
Contrary to what numerous individuals say, garlic (in suitable quantities) is an excellent wellness food for canines..
It’s feed corn (like livestock eat), or inexpensive feed corn residues. The corn may also have actually been condemned for human intake, because there’s no top level of pesticide contamination for pet dog foods.
If that weren’t bad sufficient, corn (which gives us both high fructose corn syrup and corn oil) is fattening. Is it any kind of wonder numerous canines are overweight as well as deal with diabetic issues? As well as most corn is genetically changed, suggesting it’s additionally full of potentially cancer-causing glyphosate..
Quit Feeding Them Random Points.
Pet dog moms and dads know exactly how puppy eyes suffice when it involves food. Yet food usage is really different from humans to pets. We all recognize exactly how delicious chocolate needs to never be fed to canines, yet there are a lot of various other foods that look totally harmless but could seriously impact your canine’s health if fed. A few points to stay free from are grapes, macadamia nuts, onions, raisins, and bones. Yes, bones! A great deal of people believe bones are healthy and balanced for canines yet in reality, they actually damage as well as sliver as well as can even trigger them to choke or penetrate their intestinal tract.
They’re Most definitely Not Wolves.
Feeding pets a raw diet regimen has actually threats connected with it for both people and dogs. Since just like any raw meats, the raw diet we feed to canines additionally lugs pathogens that can trigger food poisoning.
Always Prefer Fresh Food.
As we all know, canned food goes via extreme processing to make certain they are shelf-stable. As well as to make up for it, a whole lot of artificial minerals as well as vitamins are added back to the food along with man-made flavouring.
Opt for Not Wheat, Protein-Rich Diets.
If you want a lot more power and also less GI troubles for your pet after that adhere to a diet regimen that is reduced in wheat and also greater in protein.
Keep Their Food & Water Bowl Clean.
Preserving correct health with concerns to your family pet’s food as well as water bowls is vital. It can impact their health. Simply like exactly how we humans would not reuse the exact same food bowl without cleaning it for a week directly, the exact same level of health ought to be kept for your canines.
These are simply a few of the many points every dog parent ought to know. If you do have anymore recommendations about pet food, do not hesitate to share them with us in the comments below!
Having a pet can be a terrifying point but with all these tips and techniques to help assist you as well as your pet, things ought to be much smoother. Understanding is power and also i believe all this knowledge will assist you accomplish wonderful outcomes with your animals, Pleasure take not of every little thing written below and return to it whenever possible since you never know when among these gold nuggets make come back to help you in your time of requirement for your animal.

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Poems by Rick
Sometimes people touch our lives
in very special ways,
to serve a special purpose there
and give us hope and praise,
to show a path that we must walk
a hill that we must climb,
to let us see just who we are
or who we'll be in time,
to hold us up and comfort us,
in times of great despair,
to rally round and strengthen us
and for our spirits care,
to love us just for who we are
not for glory or for pay,
to share the gift of friendship,
for one more glorious day.
It seems like just the other day
I held you close to me,
and prayed that all my love for you
would somehow set you free,
that somehow for a moment,
you could soar where eagles fly,
and fill your heart with memories
from a clear blue cloudless sky.
You could stand upon a sandy shore
and gaze at endless sea,
or walk through fields of clover
and now my prayers are answered
for you truly now are free,
God has called you home to him
to sit by his right knee.
Biographical sketch: Writing poetry is a release for me. I
find that I can get in touch with my inner self through the written
word, and truly express myself.
Ballads of our lives by Kate Meagher
Reason: Contains a great scope of new poets, with many differnt
Recommendations for writers:
I think that your true feelings should flow through your poetry.


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I just reread a book I had read in 2012 when it first came out: Susannah Conway’s This I Know. It is one of the few books I’ve gifted several times and I have recommended it often to friends going through grief and bereavement.
I found there is much to be learned from rereading. I initially leafed through it looking for a quote I associated with it, namely the assertion that even in the most dire circumstances, when you’re totally down and out, you will find that most moments are not that bad. You can make a list in your head of all the things that are OK at that point in time. There’s a roof over your head, heat in your room, a soft blanket, etc. I’ll elaborate on that when I do find the quote because it turns out that it wasn’t in this book. Nevertheless, I ended up reading the whole book again because I got hooked, and I found that in my current struggle with recovering from surgery, this book had something to offer.
And this is one thing that distinguishes books we reread from others: Again, and again, they enrich our lives. It got me thinking about which books I reread, and which I don’t. To begin with, there are few books I reread. (There is, after all, always a big pile of to-be-read books waiting.) In my case they tend to be books I first read because I hoped they’d help me with a certain problem (which they did), or they are simply favorites, in my case usually mysteries where I continue to delight in certain plot points or characters that have entered my family’s lingo (such as Sherlock Holmes’ dictum not to put stuff into your head that’s not relevant for your line of work.) They are comfortable, cozy books. Then there are memoirs with plot lines I retell, or passages I’ll read out loud to my kids, my husband or friends. They live on in my consciousness, such as Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes.
All that made me ask myself, what are the different categories of books I have in my shelves in terms of my interaction with them?
- books I reread
- favorite books I just want to have around but probably won’t read again
- books I’ve consumed but will never read again (weeding out would be in order)
- books I’ve read and want to have around to looks things up
- books I feel I should read but haven’t (again, this is where some weeding out should be happening)
Rereading this particular book was also interesting as I got to meet my former self in my annotations. It was intriguing to see which pages I had dog-eared, which sentences I had underlined, and in a few instances I had even scribbled in comments. Since this is a memoir with a creative how-to-find-yourself bent, what I had underlined showed me where I was on my journey.
The beauty of it is, I now found new passages compelling that I underlined, such as:
“Looking after ourselves requires such vigilance, such commitment.” (p. 113)
Indeed, that’s my current struggle! Maybe I should put “2018” next to my new markings so that I can distinguish when I left which marking? Hmm, that makes a reread book a mini-autobiography, doesn’t it?
Let me know what books you reread (if you do?), and if you’re ever interested in my book recommendations, sign up for my monthly newsletter, which once in a while takes on the form of a reading list.
This is one of the books that was on my shelf for a while because I love working with Susannah Conway and her month long projects (August break for one) but I didn’t get a chance (make time to) read it until recently. I never used to make marks in books because they are…books! It has only been recently that I’ve thought that it was okay to underline things especially in a book I will be keeping. There are a few books I have re-read (Little Women is my favorite) and I can see that the second reading is sometimes different than the first. Thanks for sharing this insight.
Janet, annotations are definitely an acquired skill. Ever since I’ve been writing a lot, I can’t help but underline good prose, and I’ve always dog-eared pages where I found something meaningful or beautiful. If a book I read doesn’t come away with some dog ears, it’s not a good book for me!
Thank you very much Annette , many things to think about ! I do not reread many books, because I feel I have many new books to read! Silly¨!
I reread poems mostly …of detectives , old one such as Simenon or Agatha Christie .
With all my positives thoughts with your recovery.
Thanks, Jeanne! I do reread poetry as well but that’s easier to accomplish that an entire book – short and sweet or poignant.
My favourite book is Michael Shaara’s The Killer Angels, which tells the story of the battle of Gettysburg through the eyes of several of the commanders on both sides. I go back to read it from time to time.
To borrow a phrase, some books are like old friends. Every once in awhile you have to look in on them to see how they’re doing.
I totally agree, William. Thanks for sharing your favorite book, I’ll check it out. And I love how you put it: that “you have to look in on them to see how they’re doing.”
Just checked my office bookshelves and one bookcase in the dining room. I found thirty books that I have read more than once, and two of those I’ve read more than twice: Boys of My Youth by Jo Ann Beard once a year for the past five and The Winter People by John Ehle during many, many winters. October’s class assignment, Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy, I pulled off my shelf and look forward to reading again. Know I’ll want to follow that again with Ann Patchett’s Truth & Beauty, the memoir she wrote about her friend Lucy Grealy.
I love to copy selections from most things I am reading into a journal. I dog-ear pages, then copy it all at once when I finish each book (though I have a backlog right now). This helps me to closely observe excellent sentence construction, as well as narrative that is very appealing for any number of reasons. When I am bookless, I pull out a journal and am soothed and inspired again by reading my favorite parts of books written by favorite authors.
Thank you so much for sharing your process, Nancy! I love your point about your reading journal soothing you when you’re “bookless.” Another impetus for me to improve upon my reading journal.

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King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and King of Saudi Arabia, chaired the 39th session of the council in the presence of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.
The Supreme Council of GCC States welcomed the UAE’s hosting of next summit and issued the ‘Riyadh Declaration’, which included 72 items covering matters related to the Gulf countries, the region and the world.
What is GCC?
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is a political and economic alliance of six countries in the Arabian Peninsula: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Established in 1981, the GCC promotes economic, security, cultural and social cooperation between the six states and holds a summit every year to discuss cooperation and regional affairs.
All current member states are monarchies, including three constitutional monarchies (Qatar, Kuwait, and Bahrain), two absolute monarchies(Saudi Arabia and Oman), and one federal monarchy (the United Arab Emirates).
The GCC comprises six main branches that carry out various tasks, from the preparation of meetings to the implementation of policies. They are- Supreme Council, Ministerial Council, Secretariat-General, Consultative Commission, Commission for the Settlement of Disputes and the Secretary-General.
Role of GCC today:
Whether the GCC still has a relevant function and role in the region is questionable. Though it was created for the purpose of solidifying union ranks, the blockade imposed on Qatar by its neighbours has largely annulled these principles.
The Gulf states have in the past differed in their views on several issues that have unfolded in the region over the past two decades. The role of the GCC has also been diminishing ever since the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, with the six states illustrating various approaches to the war and its consequences. This has been enhanced during the wave of protests that swept the Middle East in 2011, known as the Arab Spring. Saudi Arabia has gained a dominant role within the GCC today.


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Medical Student Research Fellowship for Summer 2011
Mentor: Ildiko Lingvay
Room number: U9.134e
Mail Code: 8857
Phone number: 2146482779
Project title: Effect of pioglitazone on pancreatic steatosis and bone turnover
Human subjects IRB approved project number (where applicable): 112008-047
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Brief Description of Project: Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study evaluating the effect of pioglitazone 45 mg daily for 1 year on beta-cell function, insulin resistance, pancreatic and hepatic fat content, bone turnover markers, bone mineral density, bone marrow fat content, body fat distribution. To measure these outcomes we use the following tests: frequently sampled intravenous glucose tolerance test, magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy, DEXA scan, clinical evaluation.
Previous Research Activities or Publications with Medical Students:
1: Lingvay I, Esser V, Legendre JL, Price AL, Wertz KM, Adams-Huet B, Zhang S, Unger RH, Szczepaniak LS. Noninvasive quantification of pancreatic fat in humans.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2009 Oct;94(10):4070-6. Epub 2009 Sep 22. PubMed PMID: 19773401; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2758729.
2: Lingvay I, Legendre JL, Kaloyanova PF, Zhang S, Adams-Huet B, Raskin P. Insulin-based versus triple oral therapy for newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes:
which is better? Diabetes Care. 2009 Oct;32(10):1789-95. Epub 2009 Jul 10. PubMed PMID: 19592630; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2752924.
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THE waiting list for elective eye surgery in East Lancashire has swelled to almost double the ideal number.
The hospital which carries out all elective eye surgery for the area is struggling to keep up.
Board papers for Burnley General Hospital revealed the inpatient waiting list in the ophthalmology department was 650 at the end of January, compared to the target list size of 346.
Bosses said there was a shortage of suitably experienced doctors to cover vacant positions.
The growing backlog of East Lancashire patients, half of whom are waiting for cataract surgery, has caused the department to miss the key 18-week waiting target, resulting in a financial penalty of £2,500.
The target means at least 90 per cent of patients should start their treatment within 18 weeks of being referred, but the ophthalmology performance dropped to 87.7 per cent in January.
The department carries out all inpatient elective eye surgery for East Lancashire.
Gill Simpson, divisional general manager of the surgery and anaesthetics division at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, said: “The increase in the ophthalmology waiting list is due to a shortage of suitably experienced doctors to cover vacant positions. This is despite significant efforts by the recruitment team to find suitable staff.
“Over recent years ophthalmologists have specialised in certain areas, for example children’s surgery, glaucoma or diabetes.
“The current waiting list has a percentage of patients who require the specialist surgical skills of one of our consultants. We have recently secured some additional theatre time for this consultant.
“We have also put in place a plan to increase the total number of theatre sessions for all our other consultants so we can reduce the number of patients waiting.”
Last month, the Lancashire Telegraph revealed hospital bosses were bidding for £10 million of government funding for a purpose-built ophthalmology unit on the Burnley site.


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Following in Cincinnati’s footsteps, the City of Hamilton introduced a new mobile pay option for 248 on-street parking meters in the downtown area.
In total, these meters represent about 45% of the city’s total. They are similar in nature to Cincinnati’s and even use the same PassportParking app to handle mobile payments.
“The option of mobile payment will make the process of parking downtown quick and convenient, which is great for both parkers and small businesses,” Hamilton City Manager Joshua Smith said in a prepared release. “It will be a welcomed change to carrying around coins and will make it easier for customers to support downtown Hamilton’s small businesses.”
When asked why all of the city’s on-street parking meters were not included, Richard A. Engle, Hamilton’s Director of Public Works, said that they wanted to focus on the most frequently used meters first to see how the new system was received.
“We wanted to pilot test the market before installing the system on all parking meters,” Engle told UrbanCincy.
In coordination with the new mobile payment app, city officials also said that they installed six credit card only parking meters a block south of High Street as a pilot test as well. So far he says that the changes have not impacted the operation of Hamilton’s Traffic Division yet, but that they will be monitoring its performance.
The changes come as cities across North America are working to modernize their parking assets, while also improving their market performance. While Engle says Hamilton is not quite ready to introduce real-time, market-based pricing for their on-street meters, he did not rule out the possibility.
“As parking demands increase, this may be considered,” Engle said. “However, it is too early to contemplate using a demand-based system at this time.”
The idea for now is to offer more modern payment options, and make the process of parking on the street easier for those visiting the downtown area.
Those interested in utilizing the PassportParking app in either Cincinnati or Hamilton can do so by creating an account at https://m.ppprk.com, and then downloading it from the iPhone App Store or Android Google Play.


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Kimberly J. Long, a Ph.D. candidate in the Dalby Lab in the Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, was a first author of a recent research paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) has released its grant research funding awards for the upcoming year. All three awarded research projects at The University of Texas at Austin involve College of Pharmacy faculty.
The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) recently awarded grants to six faculty members at UT Austin, including the Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry's Kevin Dalby, Ph.D. for his Targeted Therapeutic Drug Discovery and Development Program.
UT Pharmacy and UT Health Science Center San Antonio Assistant Professor Grace C. Lee, Pharm.D., Ph.D. is the first author of a recently published study that unveiled a novel concept, “immunologic resilience,” to accurately predict which COVID-19 patients will advance to severe disease and which will not.
The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy moved up in several research funding categories, as reported in the newly-released rankings from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP). The college rose to #8 nationally in total research funding during the 2019-2020 fiscal year, compared to #9 in 2018-2019.
Professor Rueben Gonzales of the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology was named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for distinguished contributions to the field of alcohol research.
A new study identifies several natural compounds found in food, including numeric, apple peels and red grapes, as key ingredients that could thwart the growth of prostate cancer.
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Many people and communities run food garden projects as a means to provide food security, but eight candidates from across the city had the opportunity to participate in a graduate programme to take their garden projects to the next level.
The candidates were part of the six-month Grow SA Learnership Programme and graduated in a ceremony at the V&A Waterfront last Thursday, December 2.
They received mentoring and skills development and it is hoped they will use their acquired business acumen to upgrade and upscale their garden and project operations within their communities.
The programme, run by Grow SA, was formed out of a desire to address food security through a comprehensive skills development programme.
It is run by a number of organisations operating in the food security and skills development space, as well as the hospitality industry.
They include individuals and businesses which have a long and strong relationship with the Waterfront, such as Den Anker restaurant, the Oranjezicht City Farm Market (OZCF Market) , SA Harvest, the South African Food and Farming Trust; and EcoBrick Exchange, who is a key member of the urban gardening work.
Waterfront CEO David Green said the Covid-19 pandemic had a devastating effect on the vulnerable and the homeless and the Waterfront witnessed incredible work being done by community action groups, soup kitchens and feeding schemes to alleviate some of the need.
“This motivated us to look for ways in which we could engage better with food producers, processors and distributors and – where the Waterfront has the largest impact – the market.
“Using the market within our neighbourhood as the platform, we hope to match production from small-scale farmers through the establishment of a Food Distribution Hub. This will serve as an aggregator, ensuring quality and consistency of fresh produce supply to our restaurants, hotels and broader consumer base. The next step from there would be to ensure that no excess food goes to waste.
“However, we celebrated the first step in the process, and we are incredibly proud to be part of this first graduation of cohorts from the Grow SA Farmer Education Programme. We look forward to seeing the role they will play in creating future sustainable food systems.”
Two days of the programme were spent within the Waterfront’s edible gardens section where the candidates learnt about the planting of new beds, brewing worm tea from worm farm castings, as well as how to propagate plants from existing plants.
Two of the candidates also spent their month-long internship within the V&A precinct at two tenants, the Den Anker restaurant and OZCF Market, which both resulted in ongoing job opportunities.
Henry Mathys, senior manager for social impact at the Waterfront, said the programme was to strengthen and enhance small-scale urban farmers and community kitchens.
“This programme has so many facets to it and really equips graduates to make a meaningful difference.”
Participants were taught recycling, including how to upcycle plastic into eco-bricks to be used in their gardens and furniture pieces and together the project team has been able to generate two harvests of produce for the Homestead night shelter in Cape Town.
Ian Dommisse from EcoBrick Exchange, said the initiative had evolved from the establishment of the garden project at the Waterfront, initially as a “training platform for urban farming”, into producing skilled and knowledgeable graduates who are “passionate community change-makers”.
Mr Dommisse, a landscape architect by profession, has been deeply involved in the project, which has seen the key roleplayers come together around shared values to impart knowledge and experiences in order to hone the programme syllabus.
“We all have diverse experiences and we have played to our strengths in order to pull together a holistic programme.”


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29 Mar EVERYTHING IS FINE. SO WHY DO I FEEL LIKE A TOTAL LOSER?
I’m a PhD student, living with my dad and commuting to school about once a week. I was very lucky to get a scholarship that covers my tuition and living costs (so basically, it’s a job.) I’m really shy and have a congenital disorder that is sometimes invisible, and sometimes fucks my life up horribly. I don’t have many close friends living nearby and though I socialize, I haven’t been able to make really deep connections recently (I moved, lost a lot of connections, and other life stuff.) I’ve been trying to put myself out there, going to training sessions, and volunteering as an email counselor at a children’s charity, and my academic supervisors are pleased with my output, and I write fiction on the side and am querying my first manuscript, so really, things should be great, right?
Except I feel like a complete and total loser. I guess depression has some part to play, but I’ve had a lot of therapy and I do all of the work to keep myself going (exercise, dressing according to my shape, trying hard to practice good self-care). I make plans to see my old friends whenever I can. I make plans to travel. I do all these things, sometimes exhausting myself in the process, but there are so many days when I still beat myself up for not doing more, or doing better, and being a real adult with friends and plans that go beyond watching crime shows with my dad every night.
My dad’s pretty cool with me living with him, and has refused to let me pay rent and bills—he’s been on his own because of work for a while, so he likes the company; and with me working from home, I can do the shopping and the cooking most of the time. To me, a student living from home and being paid a scholarship, life should be pretty sweet. I mean, what am I doing wrong here? Why, when I’m doing all this stuff, do I feel like I missed about a billion steps to adulting? Am I really a loser?
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Dear Brave Correspondent,
I am answering your letter today, particularly, in part because I found it so moving but in part because it is emblematic of a certain thread in a number of the letters I get. It seems like there are a lot of people with a very clear idea about how they OUGHT to be doing things, in order to be a proper adult, or a good spouse, or a better friend, or a hotter lover, or whatever. They’re not receiving any complaints at all, but still somehow they’re – you are – convinced that you’re Doing It Wrong in some way that is being kept a secret and will only be revealed when it’s become catastrophic. Like there’s another shoe waiting to drop.
Here’s the thing, Brave Correspondent: You don’t really say, in your letter, how you feel about your life. You don’t say if you’re enjoying your travel, if you feel loved and tended to by your old friends or excited about any of the new ones, if you feel good about what you’ve been writing, if you enjoy your academic program, if you’re fulfilled by your charity work, or even what your favorite crime show is. You’ve reported how you think other people would see your life, and that you think you’re not doing a good job with it when you compare it to everyone else’s life.
This is what my smartypants friend Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg refers to as “comparing your insides to other people’s outsides,” and I have long found it an incredibly useful concept to keep in mind. Especially these days, when social media is full of everyone you know or have ever known posting selfies with the Prime Minister/among their beautiful children/hand-feeding orphans/on a mountaintop/etcetera it can be very easy to assume that everyone else’s life is actually an endless parade of delightful moments and you’re the only one who’s a fucking wreck every morning trying to locate the combination of strength, patience, and optimism it takes to put pants on and go out.
Let’s just be real for a minute here: That’s most of everybody.
For sure, there are people who rise at 5:30am full of joy and serenity, salute the sun on their handmade sustainable bamboo yoga mat, drink a cup of organic tea, draw on their Lululemons and spring, like gazelles, out into the world. I tend to assume that these people are so insulated by privilege that they have actually nothing to worry about, though statistically some of them must just be congenitally optimistic and a certain additional portion extremely well medicated. For the rest of us, though? Every day is kind of a crapshoot, and we are all basically acting like ducks about it – our feet are paddling wildly, but underwater. Above the water we are trying very hard to glide serenely across the lake, because all the other ducks seem quite serene as well.
Here’s a question: What if you only did what you actually wanted to do, plus whatever you have to do to meet the demands of your academic program/job and so forth? What would happen if you let yourself focus all that energy on only and exactly what really feel good for you? Some of those things might be the kind of thing that is Good For Us but not exactly delightful, but many of them could be, you know – just things that you find actually pleasurable and not exhausting. Maybe they will turn out to help make you a more interesting writer or a more diligent student, or maybe they’ll just be fun and pleasing to you (which is a totally valid reason to do a thing). If it feels annoying or tiring or hard to make the plans but great to see the friends, that’s one thing (everyone who hates making plans and arrangements, hands up. Hi.).
Now, for sure, depression is real. Sometimes knowing that means noticing what messages are the voice of depression and consciously not listening to them, sometimes that means seeking talk therapy or medicine, or hospitalization, or whatever will let us turn up the radio in other parts of our lives loud enough to drown out the voice of depression. Part of acknowledging depression as a real thing means acknowledging that it takes a real toll on us. Depression can keep us from actualizing our ideas – our plans and dreams, and even our intention to unload the dishwasher—and sitting on the couch binge-watching White Collar and eating reheated lasagna instead. Which is not ideal.
But it’s also not ideal, however, to exhausting yourself making plans you don’t want in order to have a life that more closely conforms to media (including social media) messages about How Your Life Should Look. I understand (from personal experience) that there’s a daily internal debate for a ton of people who have chronic illnesses, mobility challenges, mental health issues and so forth about what a given time period can hold before one runs out of spoons. I think it’s very common for some types of therapy to push people, especially younger people, toward maintaining a socially acceptable-looking life that’s only sometimes actually what the person wants. And I think that the rushing current of heteronormativity and neurotypicality and in the world leads people to right where you seem to be – prioritizing an idea of An Adult Life (as demonstrated by straight white able-bodied well-resourced cisgender people) over the actual life you would like to be having. Part of being an adult, is to some extent, getting to figure out what we actually want, and doing that. What if being an adult included loving ourselves in our wholeness and doing that well, without worrying about what that looked like for other people?
(Go ahead and take a minute with that idea. I can wait.)
So, Brave Correspondent, here’s my two-part challenge to you: I would like you to see what it’s like to only exhaust yourself doing things you feel excited about, and to focus the rest of your energy on doing things that are pleasing to you. I mean, also take your vitamins and brush your teeth and maintain the physical plant as best you can even if it does not leave you full of delight, and there’s work to manage and probably also the dishes. But otherwise, how about a one-month experiment? Starting Friday, and for all of April, only do things recreationally that you actually like, or think you’ll like, disregarding entirely the idea that certain kinds of activities or pursuits are “better adulting” than others.
I have an idea that when you turn your energies and talents toward what feels delicious and nourishing to you, rather than the meal in the photo on the back of the box, you will discover within yourself new possibilities and vistas that just aren’t visible from where you are. No matter what other people think about how your life should look, or what the optics are, or how you ought to be spending your time and energy—tune in your own station right now. It’s spring, many things are coming into bloom right now, Brave Correspondent. I’d love for you to be one of them.
Love and courage,
Questions submitted will be kept confidential and may be edited for length.
S. Bear Bergman
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September 26, 2012. (Romereports.com)
Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, addressed the United Nations during the General Assembly on the Rule of Law
. Mamberti, who serves as the Vatican's Foreign Minister, said that a majority vote doesn't always equate to a law that is just.
Mamberti stated that the Rule of Law, should be synonymous with Rule of Justice. He went on to say that the interest of powerful countries, should not trump that of weaker nations.
Mamberti then cited a speech Benedict XVI's gave in Bundestag, where he reminded people that the laws imposed by Hitler, were approved democratically and lawfully, despite their evil nature.


Motorola Moto G Pro Domestic Release with Stylus Pen
Motorola Mobility japan, a Lenovo group in China, will release the mid-range class SIM-free smartphone “Motorola moto g pro” with a built-in stylus pen in Japan. SIM lock-free Motorola moto g pro has a 6.4-inch FHD + (2300 x 1080) display, CPU is Snapdragon 665 2.0GHz octa-core, RAM4GB, storage 128GB, the main camera is 48 million pixels + 16 million pixels + 2 million pixels + Laser Autofocus It is a triple camera mid-range android smartphone.
Stylus pen that can be stored in the terminal body
This model features a stylus pen that can be stored in the terminal body. The OS is Android One with an OS upgrade guarantee up to Android 12, FM radio, earphone terminal is available, the fingerprint authentication sensor is located on the back, and the connection terminal is USB Type-C. The rear camera is equipped with a 48-megapixel camera, a wide-angle action cam, a macro camera triple camera, and Laser Autofocus.
4G + 4G dual SIM dual VoLTE (DSDV) compatible
It is a dual SIM dual VoLTE (DSDV) specification that allows you to use two phone numbers with one smartphone. Since it is SIM lock-free, it can be used with cheap SIM, overseas, and carrier lines of DoCoMo, au, and Softbank.
Motorola Moto G Pro Specifications
- CPU: Snapdragon 665 2.0GHz Octacore
- GPU: Adreno 610
- Display: 6.4 inch FHD + 2300 × 1080, 19.17: 9, IPS
- RAM capacity: 4GB
- Storage: 128GB (microSD compatible upto512GB)
- Main camera: 48 million pixels (main F1.7) + 2 million pixels (macro F2.2) + 16 million pixels (117 ° wide-angle action camera F2.2) + Laser Autofocus Triple camera
- Front camera: 16 million pixels camera (F2.0)
- OS: Android 10 (Android One)
- Size: 158.55 x 75.88 x 9.2 mm
- Weight: 192g
- Battery: 4000mAh (quick charge compatible 18W)
- Color: Mystic Indigo
- WiFi: 802.11 a / b / g / n / ac 2.4GHz / 5GHz
- Bluetooth: v5.0
- Waterproof and dustproof:
- Connection terminal: USB Type-C
- earphone terminal: Yes
- Authentication method: Fingerprint authentication sensor
- Others: DSDV (dual SIM dual VoLTE exclusive specification), FM radio, NFC, stylus pen (can be stored in the main unit)
- Network: 4G LTE compatible
Motorola Moto G Pro Price, and Release date
Motorola Moto G Pro is scheduled to release on October 30, 2020, the price at the official store is $340 US. In Europe, Motorola Moto G Pro costs almost 285 Euros and is available in mystic indigo color.


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Spats, a shortening of spatterdashes, or spatter guards are a type of classic footwear accessory for outdoor wear, covering the instep and the ankle. Spats should not be confused with gaiters, which are garments worn over the shoe and lower pants leg, and used primarily as personal protective equipment.
Spats were primarily worn by men, and less commonly by women, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They fell out of frequent usage during the 1920s. Made of white cloth or brown felt material, spats buttoned around the ankle. Their intended practical purpose was to protect shoes and socks from mud or rain but this footwear also served as a feature of stylish dress in accordance with the fashions of the period.
French infantry wore white spats for parade and off duty wear until 1903. Italian soldiers wore a light tan version until 1910 and the Japanese Army wore long white spats or gaiters during the Russo-Japanese War of 1905.
Spats continue as a distinctive feature of the Scottish dress of Highland pipe bands, whether civilian or military. The modern Royal Regiment of Scotland, into which all Scottish line infantry regiments were amalgamated in 2006, retain white spats as part of their uniform. Prior to that date most Scottish infantry units in the British Army wore spats. For Highland regiments in kilts, spats reached halfway up the calf. For Lowland regiments in trews, spats were visible only over the brogue shoes.
Most regiments of the modern Indian and Pakistani Armies wear long white spats into which trousers are tucked, as part of their parade dress. Other full dress uniforms which still include spats are those of the Finnish Army, Swedish Army, Portuguese Republican National Guard, the Carabiniers of Monaco, the Egyptian Military Police and the Italian Military Academy of Modena. In the Finnish Navy, spats are part of the winter uniform. The U.S. Navy Honor Guard and Rifle Guard wear them while performing ceremonies.
Safety and protection
Spats are still used today in certain industries for safety reasons. In foundries molten metal pourers often wear leather spats to keep splashes of molten metal from burning their feet. Even a small splash that lodges in a shoe or between the shoe and ankle could cause a severe burn. Many welders also wear leather spats for protection from sparks and metal splash. Some chainsaw operators wear protective leather spats, often combined with chainsaw boots to prevent injury from accidental chainsaw contact with the foot or ankle.
Spats are also used for extreme weather conditions and are usually made from Goretex materials (See Gaiters). The Argentine Army use brown leather spats laced over combat boots as ankle supports for parachute jumping.
Symbolic usage to represent wealth
The wearing of spats is often used as symbolic shorthand to represent wealth, eccentricity, or both. Fictional characters such as Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot, P. G. Wodehouse's Bertie Wooster, Walt Disney's Scrooge McDuck, Who Framed Roger Rabbit's Toon Patrol chief weasel Smart Ass, Jean de Brunhoff's Babar the Elephant, Jiggs from the comic strip Jiggs and Maggie, Mr. Peanut, Rich Uncle Pennybags the iconic man from the Monopoly board game, the Sixth Doctor from Doctor Who and Bustopher Jones from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot, among others, have been depicted as wearing spats. In Some Like It Hot, the mob boss is called "Spats" Colombo, because he regularly wears spats. In some cases, these depictions occur long after spats ceased to be a normal part of everyday menswear: for instance The Penguin from Batman is drawn wearing spats along with a suit with tails. Similarly, Irving Berlin's song "Puttin' on the Ritz" mentions spats along with a variety of other elements of formal clothing that were common when it was written.
- By extension, the phrase "spatted" refers to aerodynamic fairings around the wheels on aircraft undercarriage.
- In Japan, the term "spats" refers to leggings.
- In American football, the act of taping the outside of one's cleats using athletic tape is known as "spatting."
- Article Pity the fellow who can't afford spats, page 35 "The Oldie" September 2012
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1/6/19 OPENING RECEPTION
MARIE BALDWIN GALLERY DTLA
5PM TO 9PM
Marie Baldwin Gallery invites you to the opening of the exhibition Infinite Morphologies, featuring work by Gary Brewer, whose paintings explore the shape shifting
nature of life from simple to complex
“We are mirrors reflecting the spirit that animates the universe. Beauty is an awareness in the mind. When we see beauty in form we are feeling something fundamental to our deepest nature; it is a response to the ordering principle that brought life into this world.” —Gary Brewer
For the duration of the month-long exhibition, there will be one event each week,
including an artist talk, and a evening with music and art.
January 6th from 5pm to 8pm | Opening Reception
January 13th from 5pm to 8pm | Artists Talk 'Darwin and the Peacock Feather'
January 20th from 5pm to 8pm | An Evening of Music and Art, with Derek Joseph Stein, cello
RSVP for the events by emailing email@example.com.
Marie Baldwin Gallery 814 S. Spring Street, Suite 2 LA, CA 90014
Gallery Hours Tuesday through Saturday 1 PM to 6 PM Sunday and Monday by appointment only


Clip-on PCB shielding cans with cover 1505
A fence and a removable cover creating a very rigid shielding can for printed circuit boards. The fence need to be fixed to the PCB with SMD clips
EMI screening covers (shielding cans) for PCB's were developed to shield only certain parts of electronic equipment from electromagnetic radiation at the source, rather than all of the components in the entire housing.
EMI shielding cans are available in standard sizes, or can be produced customized within a few days.
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PCB shields consisting of partial two parts that together form a very solid and closed PCB shield but ease to open up.
The lid and the cover work together in one stroke, resulting in a very tight closure of the lid around the fence. Resulting in good quality EMI/RFI shielding.
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If concept Corvette Stingray is the predecessor of following generation C7 Corvette whereas the industrial version will look? The artist has tried to find the answer to this question in the images legendary a sport penalty of 2011.
Looking at massive wheels, elaborate appearance, and extremely low line of a roof of a concept, it becomes obvious, that in such kind to the conveyor it will not reach. However it is improbable, that GM has created a concept abstractly, without a binding to the concrete project.
Considering it, the given sketches have been created. Presumably, new version C7 Corvette will receive small lamps of head light, and in appearance will have something in common both bends of lines of the previous model, and a concept. To official presentation of a novelty to wait remains very little then it will be possible to be convinced – courageous assumptions were how much justified.


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Review: Poor Bella Donna has had her fill of jerks. She’s had it up to here with Blind Dates and is so ready to meet a nice guy. So she contacts 1Night Stand to find her Match. Remy Sommers has had it with his playboy lifestyle. After his sister’s wedding he knows he wants to find happiness for himself. He’s heard great things about 1Night Stand, so he contacts her to find him a match.
When Bella Donna and Remy meet there is instant sexual tension. Things get steamy quickly. These two may have just found their perfect match. Bella Donna is excited to be having her First White Christmas but not even the snow could cool this match down. I really enjoyed this story. I would like to read more by Liia Ann White. If you are looking for HOT Christmas read, I’d recommend this one.
This story is part of the 1 NightStand series.
Review: Ellen and Troy have an innocent past, but he always knew she was much more than his best friend’s little sister. Then WW II intervened, and their relationship had to remain in the bud. The time is ripe for them to renew old acquaintance. Basically, they are the same people, but their war experiences have, of necessity, changed them in certain ways. The author presents both of them as they have evolved to the present time.
A chance meeting is always an excellent hook for a good romance. Troy, mustering out from the Coast Guard, recognizes the woman processing him as Ellen, whose goodbye kiss invaded his dreams by night as he watched for German U-boats by day. Now, he can make those dreams come true. Unfortunately, he’s grown used to the authority he had as a Chief Petty Officer, and she’s become independent through her work as a S.P.A.R. The ring in his pocket doesn’t seem to mean a happy ending after all unless they can find middle ground.
The author’s use of WW II background is intriguing. Her descriptions of the Florida setting are worked into the narrative in a way which adds to the overall romantic atmosphere.
Ellen Takes Troy is a fast-paced, believable short.
(Reviewer’s Note: Explicit sex–not recommended for readers who do not enjoy such.)
Review: After having lost a bet with her friend Andie, Tania Talcott finds herself at a speed dating event where she encounters Latisha Hobbs, a woman she literally bumped into one day at lunch. Just like that one brief encounter, the attraction between the two of them is instant and spontaneous. While I typically do not read f/f, because this is actually the prequel novella (although written last) to the Man Series, I knew I had to read it. We meet Tania and Latisha in the first book and I enjoyed getting this glimpse into how their relationship came to be.
This story could be read as a standalone but because it is so short I feel there was not much in the way of character development. It was written in such a way that the author assumes we have read the other novels in the series and have already gotten to know the characters. This was especially true for Tania’s character, however I do feel the author did add more insight into Latisha’s character as she played an extremely minor role in books past.
The author coordinated the perfect blend of drama and romance keeping in mind not to overwhelm the reader with too much information for such a short story. I was engaged right from the start and couldn’t put it down. Even though this story is tagged as erotica and has a very high flame rating, in my opinion, it is actually very mild compared to most books I read and is very tastefully written. It is a wonderful addition to one of my all-time favorite series.


Islamabad: Pakistan Minister for Science and Know-how Fawad Chaudhry has admitted that he had slapped a TV anchor at a marriage for linking him with TikTok sensation Hareem Shah.
Defending his transfer, the Minister whereas talking to a personal TV channel on Sunday evening mentioned he was a human first earlier than anything, The Categorical Tribune reported.
“Ministries come and go. I will not tolerate personal attacks … we are all human beings and will react when someone makes such false allegations,” he was quoted as saying.
Earlier, the Minister slammed the TV anchor Mubasher Lucman, calling him a “sham journalist” in a tweet after studies of the slapping incident went viral on social media.
Chaudhry retweeted a information article on the altercation with the caption, “People like Mubashir Lucman have nothing to do with journalism … and it’s everyone’s duty to expose him”.
Talking on Lucman’s present, a fellow anchor Rai Saqib Kharal had claimed that there have been a number of ‘indecent videos’ of Chaudhry in possession of TikTok star Hareem Shah and he had personally seen them.
This isn’t the primary time that the Minister has settled a rating with a TV anchor in such a fashion.
In June final yr, Chaudhry had slapped TV host Sami Ibrahim additionally at a marriage.


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If you are a digital marketer or a business owner looking to take your business online, the “Digital Made Affordable” workshop is a definite way to succeed in your venture.
In the Online Business Intellectual segment of the breakfast workshop, averaging the office overhead with the online overhead cost has triggered many questions. When a virtual office, a website or any other online activity operates properly in addition to our online objectives we aim to drive the fiscal office overhead and overhead Factor (will explain) down and reduce the hourly cost. That allows aggressive and competitive pricing, a good reason to attract new clients online and offline.
Overhead cost is a part of fixed office cost. Efficiency, the lifeline of a business can be measured by the Overhead Factor. While overhead is a fixed cost that remains constant, Overhead Factor is a variable number measured in percentage.
Overhead portrays the fixed cost paid to maintain a business regardless of the number of clients or sales. Overhead cost includes Phone, Electric, Tech support, Equipment lease, Rent, Insurance, etc…To that we add the cost of employees who are not directly productive but are essential for daily business operations. That includes secretaries, accounting and other employees who hold a support position. Sometimes the percentage of the President cost may also be integrated.
Along with the Overhead cost we have the cost of Producers plus the cost of martial/promotion/ advertising used to assist with the sales.
Producers are those who actively talk, meet and acquire business and/or perform the service. Producer cost should not be a fixed cost to the business. Producer salary and/or commission should be based on the sales he/she generates. That is one of the reasons most businesses set a sales goal (it’s a must so that we can reach projected sales) to each of their sales associates.
To each unit sold, product or hour, we add two costs:
- The cost of a product/or the cost of an hour of work
- Portion in percentage of the overhead cost – This percentage is described as the OVERHEAD FACTOR.
Overhead Factor is equal to: Total cost of the Overhead divided by the total cost of sale (producers plus other costs related to the sale PLUS 100%)
Overhead cost = $100,000 a year
Producer cost =$160,000 a year (this amount is a total of salary + commission + other related cost of sales items or materials)
Then the Overhead Factor = 100% + (100,000/160,000) = 162.5%
On a small scale this is how it looks. (To download the excel spreadsheet click here) It will allow you download the file and make changes that apply to your situation.
|Overhead Cost Table|
|Producer Cost||$3000 – sales personal plus sales materials|
|Overhead Factor||100% +($2000/$3000) =||167%|
|Monthly Units Sale Goal||196|
|Overhead Cost Pre Unit OCPU||Producer Cost * Overhead factor divided to monthly Units sale goal($3000*167%) / 196 (units) =||$25.53Based on the overhead we must add $25.53 to the cost of the unite or hour|
|Cost of a Unit or Production||$30||$30|
|If Sales Price is Fixed as||Sales price is dictated by the market in many cases||$72|
|The Profit Margin is||100%-((Total cost*100%)/ sales Price))100%-((55.53*100%)/72))= **||22.8%|
**Profit percentage is calculated from the sales price down, not from the cost up. (72*(100%-22.8%) = 55.53 = product cost. Calculating the sale price of the product given set percentage margin: (Product cost* 100) Divided by (100-Profit Margin) (55.53*100) divided to (100-22.8)= 5553 / 77.2 = 71.93. In the sample above I round it to $72.
If we reduce the Overhead Cost and/or increase the number of units sold, you will drive your Overhead Factor down, Cost per Unit will be reduced and the profit margin will increase.
That precisely is one of the tasks you should assign to your website!
Your job is to develop a website based on business objectives, target market and user interaction, allowing the existing consumer to communicate using your website while attracting new consumers.
If your website is not or was not developed based on business principles then you have a website that is just a large format of a business card or is like an empty show-room. It then becomes an expense center rather than a profit center.
Unfortunately in today’s business environment and in a market that grows digitally over 200% a year, one can’t afford not to be aggressive online.
Besides this, take one moment and find one reason why anyone should agree to miss the greatest advantage of the internet. It allows you to:
- Have an office anywhere there is Internet.
- Have an office open 7 days a week, 24 hours a day (no sick days or vacations)
- The greatest source of new clients and
- The fastest way to grow your business organically.


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Laura Dern, the actor behind Ellie Sattler in the iconic film “Jurassic Park,” recently called the age gap between her character and Alan Grant, played by Sam Neill, “completely inappropriate.” The realization dawned on Dern after reading an article discussing the cultural shift in awareness of patriarchal dynamics in the film industry. This commentary sheds light on a problematic aspect of a film that, while celebrated for its groundbreaking visual effects and storytelling, also reflected the less scrutinized norms of its time.
The Age Gap Issue in Jurassic Park
In “Jurassic Park,” released in 1993, Ellie and Alan were portrayed as a couple. Dern was 23 during the filming, while Neill was 43, a 20-year age difference. This disparity wasn’t apparent to Dern until later, highlighting how cultural perceptions have evolved. The script described Ellie as being in her late 20s and Alan in his mid-30s, but the actors’ real ages showed a greater gap. This discrepancy, overlooked at the time, is now viewed through a lens critical of patriarchal dynamics in Hollywood.
Revisiting the Characters in Jurassic World: Dominion
Despite the age gap, “Jurassic World: Dominion” (2022) revisited the romance between Ellie and Alan. At the time of filming, Dern and Neill were 55 and 74, respectively. While the age difference seemed less pronounced due to the actors’ older ages, it’s noteworthy that the characters’ relationship, initiated in the 1993 film, began under different societal norms. Dern’s remarks remind us that even beloved classics like “Jurassic Park” can have elements that would be questioned by today’s standards.
Laura Dern’s reflection on the age gap between her character and Alan Grant in “Jurassic Park” offers an insightful perspective on the evolution of societal awareness. It underscores the importance of examining past media through a contemporary lens, recognizing both its achievements and its shortcomings.
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Mitsubishi Lancer 1996-2001 KeyFob Remote Keyless Entry Programming Procedure
How to Program Mitsubishi Lancer KeyFob Remote Keyless Entry for the year 1996, 1999 and 2001.
Key Fob Programming Procedure (Remote)
Note. If the central locking / alarm system is malfunctioning or a replacement key fob is obtained. The following programming procedure is required to be carried out before the key fob will operate correctly. Maximum of 2 Remotes can be programmed.
- Connect a link wire between Pin 4 and Pin 1 on the J1962 Connector
- Close all Doors
- Turn Ignition to ACC position and the back to Off 3 Times with in 10 Seconds
- Doors Should lock then unlock
- Press remote control lock or Unlock button once
- Press remote control lock or Unlock button twice within 10 Seconds
- Doors Should lock then unlock
- Repeat for Second Remote
About Mitsubishi Lancer
In North America, the Lancer was introduced in 2001 for the 2002 model year as a direct replacement for the Mirage. In the United States, Chrysler had offered an unrelated Dodge Lancer at various stages between the 1950s and 1980s. However, when Daimler, who owned Chrysler at the time, briefly controlled Mitsubishi through the DaimlerChrysler-Mitsubishi alliance from 2000 through to 2004, the rights to the “Lancer” name were relinquished to Mitsubishi for usage in North America. Consequently, after Mitsubishi discontinued the 1995 series Mirage for North America in 2001, the replacement model adopted the Lancer name for the first time.
North American Lancers were powered by a 2.0-liter 4G94 engine producing 120 hp (89 kW) and 130 lb⋅ft (176 N⋅m) of torque. In Mexico, the Lancer sedan was available in DE, ES, LS and GS trims with a 2.0-liter DOHC 4G63 engine.
In addition to the facelift, North America received three additional models to the Lancer line in 2004—Lancer Ralliart, LS Sportback and Ralliart Sportback. Ralliart slots in between the base models and high-performance Evolution. These cars came equipped with Mitsubishi’s 2.4-liter 4G69 engine (rated at 160 hp (119 kW)/ 162 lb⋅ft (220 N⋅m) for the Sportback, and 162 hp (121 kW)/ 162 lb⋅ft (220 N⋅m) for the Ralliart). The power gain was due to a tuned muffler for the Ralliart, and also included a new, stiffer suspension package that improved handling and lowered for Ralliart and lifted the LS Sportback by 2.9 inches. The LS Sportback had 15-inch steel or optional 15-inch alloy wheels. The Ralliart came with 16-inch alloy wheels, front bucket seats borrowed from Japan’s Mitsubishi Evolution GT-A, optional fog lamps, and a new aerodynamic ground package for Ralliart. The LS Sportback and Ralliart Sportback were equipped with a four-speed INVECS-II automatic transmission, while the Ralliart came with a five-speed manual transmission with an option for the four-speed automatic.
For the 2005 model year, the grille was changed to include more fins to reflect a closer similarity to the North American Galant. For the 2006 model year, the fascia was changed again from a bridged fascia to one with an open vent after Mitsubishi received complaints from current owners regarding its similarity in appearance to General Motors Division Pontiac’s corporate look, and to bring the appearance closer to its bigger brother, the Evolution. (Source Wiki)


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Elegant vase hand made from aluminium will look super stylish on your sideboard or coffee table. This unique vase will stand out from your display if grouped together with other items made from different materials like glass or concrete.
Due to the handmade nature, minor variations in the pattern might occur.

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