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I was really excited to be going to Springfield, Missouri, as I had heard about its great taverns, excellent restaurants and huge Bass Pro Shops.
In fact, my expectations were pretty high, so when everything in Springfield exceeded those expectations, I became a huge fan of this wonderful city.
Spending the Night Where Elvis Slept on Route 66
First, I checked into the Best Western Route 66 Rail Haven Motel. It had a 1950s-style look to it from the exterior, but the rooms were modern, clean and very comfortable. There is an Elvis Presley room on the property, which is decked out with an Elvis Cadillac bed and memorabilia in honour of the times Elvis himself stayed at the motel.
Springfield is actually the birthplace of Route 66 and even the Visitor Information Center is decked out in 1950s décor with a whole bunch of Route 66 souvenirs. Plus, just like everywhere else in Springfield, the staff is as friendly as can be!
Shopping and Dining in Springfield
There are many Bass Pro Shops all over the country, but Springfield boasts the original and the largest of them all – and this place is huge! Whether you are an outdoors person like me or not, the shop has so much to see including alligator pits, aquariums, the NRA National Sporting Arms Museum, the Archery Hall of Fame, a restaurant, café and sweets galore. Everyone can enjoy this place.
After salivating over all the amazing camping and boating equipment at Bass Pro Shops, and wandering around for hours, it was time to go somewhere else for lunch, so I went to the Aviary Café and Creperie. Everything on the menu looked great, but I opted for beef medallions, eggs and pomme frites which were delicious.
Exploring the Caverns by Jeep
Now fed and watered, I went to Fantastic Caverns, the only ride-through cave in the U.S. It's much larger inside than most and there are columns going from the base to the ceiling, and tiny cave pearls in the water. This is a beautiful natural wonder and unlike any other that I have toured.
Downtown Springfield: Nightlife, Sports & Western Lore
I popped into downtown Springfield for a look around, and found a wonderful mix of eclectic shops, restaurants, antiques, art galleries, museums and live theatres. I grabbed a quick drink at one of the bars in Springfield's Park Central Square, which is home to the first recorded quick draw Wild West shoot out – super awesome! For dinner we headed to Nakato Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi Bar, which was very tasty and once again staffed by a friendly crew.
A great night's sleep followed the sushi and sake, and then the next morning, I visited Hammons Field, where the Springfield Cardinals baseball team plays. My last stop was Wilson's Creek National Battlefield, the site of the first major Civil War battle west of the Mississippi River.
There is still so much more to experience here in Springfield. What I did get to do during my stay was so entertaining that I've had an absolute blast and look forward to a return visit.


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how the perfect satisfaction
will look, lift your face
and say,
Like this.
When someone mentions the gracefulness
of the nightsky, climb up on the roof
and dance and say,
Like this.
If anyone wants to know what "spirit" is,
or what "God's fragrance" means,
lean your head toward him or her.
Keep your face there close.
Like this.
When someone quotes the old poetic image
about clouds gradually uncovering the moon,
slowly loosen knot by knot the strings
of your robe.
Like this.
If anyone wonders how Jesus raised the dead,
don't try to explain the miracle.
Kiss me on the lips.
Like this. Like this.
When someone asks what it means
to "die for love," point
If someone asks how tall I am, frown
and measure with your fingers the space
between the creases on your forehead.
This tall.
The soul sometimes leaves the body, the returns.
When someone doesn't believe that,
walk back into my house.
Like this.
When lovers moan,
they're telling our story.
Like this.
I am a sky where spirits live.
Stare into this deepening blue,
while the breeze says a secret.
Like this.
When someone asks what there is to do,
light the candle in his hand.
Like this.
How did Joseph's scent come to Jacob?
How did Jacob's sight return?
A little wind cleans the eyes.
Like this.
When Shams comes back from Tabriz,
he'll put just his head around the edge
of the door to surprise us
Like this.

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Scientists have discovered a world much fancier than our homely, little Earth.
New research that will published in the journal Astrophysical Journal Letters details a planet that is eight times heavier than Earth and with twice its radius. But instead of being covered in water and granite, it is encrusted in graphite and diamond.
"This is our first glimpse of a rocky world with a fundamentally different chemistry from Earth," lead researcher Nikku Madhusudhan, a Yale postdoctoral researcher in physics and astronomy, said in a statement.
That's why this is scientifically important. But, in truth, we're distracted by shiny things. So we wonder: How did these scientists know that 55 Cancri e, the technical name of the planet, which is 40 light years away, is so fancy?
The New Scientist says that at first the scientists believed that it was covered in "supercritical water," or water that walks the line between gas and liquid.
The New Scientist adds:
"[Olivier] Mousis and colleagues reckon this assumption is unsupported because the planet's star, 55 Cancri, is richer in carbon than it is oxygen. Recalculating with that in mind, taking the planet's mass and radius into account, suggests that about a third of that mass is carbon.
"Based on estimates of the temperature and pressure throughout the planet, this carbon could be in the form of diamond, which requires extreme conditions to form. One of five known planets in its solar system, 55 Cancri e, sits very close to its host star. 'When you form diamond, it's only a matter of temperature and pressure, and the temperature is very high on the surface,' says Mousis."
The diamond planet, by the way, also moves much faster than our own. Its year lasts just 18 hours and its temperature hovers around the 3,900 degree Fahrenheit mark.
Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.


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p1 Modula-2 |
Object Oriented Modula-2 compiler
for Apple Macintosh supporting Mach-O as command line tool or from Xcode .
Implementing ISO standards IS 10514-1,2,3
Last update: May, 6th 2022
p1 Modula-2 is the programming tool for the professional Macintosh developer.
p1 Modula-2 has a powerful and easy to use high level debugger.
p1 Modula-2 supports both Cocoa applications and command line tools.
p1 Modula-2 is compatible with all languages using the Mach-O conventions.
p1 Modula-2 can easily be used from within Xcode.
p1 Modula-2 is fully integrated in MPW and compatible with all other MPW languages.
p1 Modula-2 supports both 68K and PowerPC Macs.
p1 Modula-2 is also very well adapted for writing desk accessories, init resources and external routines for e.g. Hypercard or 4th Dimension.
p1 Modula-2 supports Carbon applications and command line tools.
p1 Modula-2 supports PowerPC, Intel-32-bit, abd Intel-64-bit Macs.
p1 Modula-2 can easily be used from within Xcode.
Version 10.0 is available
V10.0 is 64-bit-only and supports both Intel x86_64 and ARM arm_64.
V10.0 supports macOS as well as iOS.
The current version of p1 Modula-2 is version 10.0.
The most recent version supporting 32-bit and Carbon is version 9.4.
The "Classic" version of p1 Modula-2 is version 7.3.
New features in version 10.0 (for details please look at the compiler manual):
A free demo version of p1 Modula-2 10.0 may be downloaded from this site. It implements p1 Modula-2 with the following restrictions:
The package is a stuffit archive. Download demo version V10.0 (size: 1.0MB).
A free demo version of the 32-bit version is also available. Download demo version V9.2 (size: 1.7MB).
A free demo version of the old MPW compiler (V7) is also available. Download demo version V7.0 (size: 1.9MB).
There are actually no updates available.
Updates are available as self extracting archives in MacBinary format.
To save time for updates newer than 7.3.1, the update is split in two parts
Download update V7.3 to V7.3.10 (excluded library and example sources) (268k)
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Here is a selection of commercial programs written in p1 Modula-2 to show the wide range of possibilities
a high level language like Modula-2 offers to the programmer.
Product: Discus CD labeling software
Program size: 100,000 lines
Sales: new product
US Publisher: Magic Mouse (www.magicmouse.com)
Product: Flying Colors 2 Deluxe
Program size: 100,000 lines
Sales: approx. 100,000 copies
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UK Publisher: Logotron (www.logo.com)
Nederlands Publisher: AW Bruna Informatica (www.awbruna.nl)
Product: Curious George Paint & Print Studio
Program size: 100,000 lines
US Publisher : HMI Interactive (www.hminet.com)
Edward de Jong
Product: Anime Designer DragonBall Z
Program size: 100,000 lines
Japanese Publisher: Bandai Co., Ltd.
Product : Pythagoras
Description: Pythagoras is a CAD-program for surveyors and civil engineers
integrating the specialised drawing and calculation functions. This
includes :
- import of data from data collector
- ground modelling (contour lines, cross sections, volume calculations)
- road design (profile, cross sections, cut & fill)
- integration of raster & vector data.
web-site : www.pythagoras.net
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Googolator | an arbitrary-precision calculator |
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"With 850,00 arrests a year, keeping marihuana illegal is a big business."
The Top Five Special Interest Groups Lobbying To Keep Marihuana Illegal
Last year, over 850,000 people in America were arrested for marijuana-related crimes. Despite public opinion, the medical community, and human rights experts all moving in favor of relaxing marijuana prohibition laws, little has changed in terms of policy.
There have been many great books and articles detailing the history of the drug war. Part of America's fixation with keeping the leafy green plant illegal is rooted in cultural and political clashes from the past.
However, we at Republic Report think it's worth showing that there are entrenched interest groups that are spending large sums of money to keep our broken drug laws on the books:
1.) Police Unions: Police departments across the country have become dependent on federal drug war grants to finance their budget. In March, we published a story revealing that a police union lobbyist in California coordinated the effort to defeat Prop 19, a ballot measure in 2010 to legalize marijuana, while helping his police department clients collect tens of millions in federal marijuana-eradication grants. And it's not just in California. Federal lobbying disclosures show that other police union lobbyists have pushed for stiffer penalties for marijuana-related crimes nationwide.
2.) Private Prisons Corporations: Private prison corporations make millions by incarcerating people who have been imprisoned for drug crimes, including marijuana. As Republic Report's Matt Stoller noted last year, Corrections Corporation of America, one of the largest for-profit prison companies, revealed in a regulatory filing that continuing the drug war is part in parcel to their business strategy. Prison companies have spent millions bankrolling pro-drug war politicians and have used secretive front groups, like the American Legislative Exchange Council, to pass harsh sentencing requirements for drug crimes.
3.) Alcohol and Beer Companies: Fearing competition for the dollars Americans spend on leisure, alcohol and tobacco interests have lobbied to keep marijuana out of reach. For instance, the California Beer & Beverage Distributors contributed campaign contributions to a committee set up to prevent marijuana from being legalized and taxed.
4.) Pharmaceutical Corporations: Like the sin industries listed above, pharmaceutical interests would like to keep marijuana illegal so American don't have the option of cheap medical alternatives to their products. Howard Wooldridge, a retired police officer who now lobbies the government to relax marijuana prohibition laws, told Republic Report that next to police unions, the "second biggest opponent on Capitol Hill is big PhRMA" because marijuana can replace "everything from Advil to Vicodin and other expensive pills."
5.) Prison Guard Unions: Prison guard unions have a vested interest in keeping people behind bars just like for-profit prison companies. In 2008, the California Correctional Peace Officers Association spent a whopping $1 million to defeat a measure that would have "reduced sentences and parole times for nonviolent drug offenders while emphasizing drug treatment over prison."


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BERLIN — With Black Friday and Cyber Monday now a fading memory, local residents and visitors are flocking to area shopping centers, prompting local law enforcement officials this week to issue a few common sense reminders to ensure they, and their packages, make it home safely.
With the calendar changing to December last weekend, the holiday shopping season is in full swing as thousands flock to area malls and shopping centers. Joining them, unfortunately, is an in-kind criminal element ready to take advantage of even the smallest opportunity. It happens every year at this time and local law enforcement agencies step up patrols and increase their visibility in heavy traffic shopping areas, but residents should be armed with a good dose of common sense and extra vigilance to deter would-be criminals.
"Unfortunately, there is a criminal element looking to take advantage of shoppers armed with packages and wallets full of money that are often distracted and let their guards down during the holidays," said Ocean City Police spokesman Mike Levy this week. "Fortunately, a few common sense methods can deter criminals and help protect shoppers."
Of course, common sense should be practiced by shoppers at all times of the year, but with the sheer volume of holiday shopping and the associated criminal element ready to prey on it, the number of incidents spike up during late November and December each year.
Worcester County Sheriff's Office Colonel Doug Dods said this week many holiday shoppers tend to let their guard down and throw the simplest common sense practices out the window during the hustle and bustle of the season.
"First and foremost, it's important to be aware of your surroundings and keep a close eye on what is going on all around you," he said. "Most of what we're seeing are crimes of opportunity. People let their guard down for a second and a would-be criminal is ready to jump at the chance. The best thing to do is make it harder for them by following some basic common sense practices."
Many of the holiday shopping-related crimes take place in dark or dimly lit parking lots away from other shoppers, according to Levy. He suggested a few basic practices to prevent becoming a victim.
"Try to park in well-lit areas near the entrance if possible," he said. "Make a note of wear you parked so you're not stumbling around in the dark looking for your car when you come out with an arm full of packages."
Levy also had a few reminders for protecting one's personal property and preventing a possible crime.
"Keep your keys in your hand while you walk to the car so you're not out there fumbling through your pockets or purse while you're out there," he said. "Also, remember most keys are now equipped with a personal alarm system in the form of a panic button. If you're approached or feel uncomfortable, don't wait to use that button and sound an alarm so others will be alerted in the area. For women, carry a cell phone in a pocket and not in your purse so if someone grabs your purse, you're not out there without a phone."
Once shoppers get to their cars, they are still vulnerable thefts and break-ins if they don't make an attempt to conceal their packages, said Dods.
"When possible, put packages in the trunk, or in the back in an SUV and try to cover them up," he said. "Criminals see a seat full of packages and it's an invitation to break in and steal them. Some criminals we've arrested have said they just walked through a mall parking lot trying doors until they found one unlocked."
A fairly new wrinkle for holiday shopping predators in recent years has been an increase in Internet-related crime. With more and more shoppers headed to the computer instead of the mall, as indicated by a reportedly robust Cyber Monday last week, savvy criminals are finding a way to prey on them as well.
"We're seeing cases of scammers sending emails to people reminding them of a package they're waiting for and they ask people to open a hyperlink to access their tracking. Opening the link allows criminals to access personal information and account information, for example."
Ironically, many have resorted to Internet shopping in order to avoid the traditional element and parking lots and malls, only to find a more sophisticated criminal waiting to prey on them.
"We see more and more examples of cyber theft and on-line scams every year," said Dods. "You have to be just as vigilant, or more vigilant then if you're going to the store because the threat is not always readily visible. As a general rule, if it sounds too good to be true then it probably is."
Levy said another possible threat often awaits people right in the stores where they shop. He said there has been an increase in the theft of account numbers and other personal information in recent years.
"Always try to use a major credit card and avoid using a debit card while shopping if possible," he said. "Debit cards often give thieves an opportunity to gain access to checking and savings accounts. Use a credit card and check your statements often to ensure only those things you have purchased are on there."


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France Allows Itself to Become a Muslim Country
A video shows Friday in Paris. A hidden camera shows streets blocked by huge crowds of Muslim worshippers and enforced by a private security force.
This is all illegal in France: the public worship, the blocked streets, and the private security. But the police have been ordered not to intervene.
It shows that even though some in the French government want to get tough with Muslims and ban the burqa, other parts of the French government continue to give Islam a privileged status.
An ordinary French citizen who has been watching the Islamization of Paris decided that the world needed to see what was happening to his city. He used a hidden camera to start posting videos on YouTube.


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While Turkey hit the headlines last week with a ban on paying for items with cryptocurrency, the government of India appears to be moving towards outlawing cryptocurrency completely. An unnamed senior government official told Reuters last month that a forthcoming bill this parliamentary session would include the prohibition of the "possession, issuance, mining, trading and transferring [of] crypto-assets." Officials have subsequently done little to dispel the concern that they are seeking a full cryptocurrency ban: in response to questions by Indian MPs about the timing and the content of a potential Cryptocurrency Act, the Finance Ministry was non-committal, beyond stating that the bill would follow "due process."
If the Indian government plans to effectively police its own draconian rules, it would need to seek to block, disrupt, and spy on Internet traffic
If rumors of a complete ban accurately describe the bill, it would be a drastic and over-reaching prohibition that would require draconian oversight and control to enforce. But it would also be in keeping with previous overreactions to cryptocurrency by regulators and politicians in India.
India regulators' involvement with cryptocurrency began four years ago with concerns about consumer safety in the face of scams, Ponzi schemes, and the unclear future of many blockchain projects. The central bank issued a circular prohibiting all regulated entities, including banks, from servicing businesses dealing in virtual currencies. Nearly two years later, the ban was overturned by the Indian Supreme Court on the ground that it amounted to disproportionate regulatory action in the absence of evidence of harm caused to the regulated entities. A subsequent report in 2019 by the Finance Ministry proposed a draft bill that would have led to a broad ban on the use of cryptocurrency. It's this bill that commentators suspect will form the core of the new legislation.
The Indian government is worried about the use of cryptocurrency to facilitate illegal activity, but this ignores the many entirely legal uses for cryptocurrencies that already exist and that will continue to develop in the future. Cryptocurrency is naturally more censorship-resistant than many other forms of financial instruments currently available. It provides a powerful market alternative to the existing financial behemoths that exercise control over much of our online transactions today, so that websites engaged in legal (but controversial) speech have a way to receive funds when existing financial institutions refuse to serve them. Cryptocurrency innovation also holds the promise of righting other power imbalances: it can expand financial inclusion by lowering the cost of credit, offering instant transaction resolution, and enhancing customer verification processes. Cryptocurrency can help unbanked individuals get access to financial services.
If the proposed cryptocurrency bill does impose a full prohibition, as rumors suggest, the Indian government should consider, too, the enforcement regime it would have to create. Many cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, offer some privacy-enhancing features which make it relatively easy for the geographical location of a cryptocurrency transaction to be concealed, so while India's cryptocurrency users would be prohibited from using local, regulated cryptocurrency services, they could still covertly join the rest of the world's cryptocurrency markets. As the Internet and Mobile Association of India has warned, the result would be that Indian cryptocurrency transactions would move to "illicit" sites that would be far worse at protecting consumers.
Moreover, if the Indian government plans to effectively police its own draconian rules, it would need to seek to block, disrupt, and spy on Internet traffic to detect or prevent cryptocurrency transactions. Those are certainly powers that the past and present Indian administrations have sought: but unless they are truly necessary and proportionate to a legitimate aim, such interference will violate international law, and, if India's Supreme Court decides they are unreasonable, will fail once again to pass judicial muster.
The Indian government has claimed that it does want to support blockchain technology in general. In particular, the current government has promoted the idea of a "Digital Rupee", which it expects to be placed on a statutory footing in the same bill that bans private cryptocurrencies. It's unclear what the two actions have in common. A centrally-run digital currency has no reason to be implemented on a blockchain, a technology that is primarily needed for distributed trust consensus, and has little applicability when the government itself is providing the centralized backstop for trust. Meanwhile, legitimate companies and individuals exploring the blockchain for purposes for which it is well-suited will always fear falling afoul of the country's criminal sanctions—which will, Reuter's source claims, include ten-year prison sentences in its list of punishments. Such liability would be the severest disincentive to any independent investor or innovator, whether they are commercial or working in the public interest.
Addressing potential concerns around cryptocurrency by banning the entire technology would be excessive and unjust. It denies Indians access to the innovations that may come from this sector, and, if enforced at all, would require prying into Indian's digital communications to an unnecessary and disproportionate degree.


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6 Seater Teak Root Dining Set | 1.5m Round Teak Root Table with 6 Royal Blue Lucca Velvet Dining Chairs
Introducing the Teak Root 1.5m Round Dining Table Set with 6 Royal Blue Lucca Velvet Dining Chair. Whether you have a larger family or love entertaining this Dining room set would be a fantastic addition to your home.
6 in stock
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This teak root table features a gorgeous and characterful reclaimed teak root base supporting a round 1.5m tempered glass top.
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In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to fix the Bluetooth connectivity or not pairing problem on the Poco X4 Pro 5G. The device was launched globally at MWC 2022. The device sports a triple camera setup which houses a 108-megapixel primary camera. It is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 SoC under the hood and runs on a 5,000mAh battery. Xiaomi Poco X4 Pro 5G came out of the box with Android 11 on top of MIUI 13.
Transferring data over Bluetooth is slow, but that isn't its only application. As smartphones are getting rid of the headphone jack, Bluetooth-paired wireless headphones are a craze; and the Poco X4 Pro 5G does the same. In any case, we have a tonne of questions on Poco X4 Pro 5G Bluetooth problems that users are facing, and there are too many.
We accounted for most of the issues and tried troubleshooting methods that you can use to fix the Poco X4 Pro 5G Bluetooth problems in a few minutes. Of course, this guide can be used to fix Bluetooth problems and issues on all Android devices.
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Page Contents
- Poco X4 Pro 5G Device Overview:
- How To Fix Poco X4 Pro 5G Bluetooth Problem?
- Restart the phone
- Toggle Bluetooth Connectivity
- Toggle Airplane Mode
- Set Your Phone's Bluetooth To 'Discoverable'
- Distance Matters
- Remove older connections
- Forget and Pair
- Clear Bluetooth Cache
- Reset Bluetooth Settings
- Incompatible Driver
- Update the OS
- Pull Off a Factory Reset
- Still facing Bluetooth problems on Poco X4 Pro 5G?
Poco X4 Pro 5G Device Overview:
The Poco X4 Pro 5G boasts a 6.67-inch AMOLED panel with a 120 Hz refresh rate. It's an FHD+ panel with a resolution of 1080 x 2400 pixels and an aspect ratio of 20:9. The screen has a peak brightness of 1200 nits. Underneath, it is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 5G processor, built on a 6nm manufacturing process. It's an octa-core processor with two Kryo 660 Gold cores clocked at 2.2 GHz and six Kryo 660 Silver cores clocked at 1.7 GHz. For handling graphics-intensive tasks, it comes with the Adreno 619. The smartphone runs Android 11 out of the box with MIUI 13 skin.
Talking about the camera, we have a triple camera setup at the rear and a single selfie camera at the front. The triple rear camera setup includes a 108MP primary sensor paired with an f/1.9 lens, a 64MP wide sensor paired with an f/1.8 lens, and a 2MP macro sensor paired with an f/2.4 lens. The selfie camera at the front is a 16MP primary sensor paired with an f/2.5 lens. However, both the front and rear camera systems are limited to 1080p video recording.
The smartphone offers four storage options: 64GB internal storage + 6GB RAM, 128GB internal storage + 6GB RAM, 128GB internal storage + 8GB RAM, and 256GB internal storage + 8GB RAM. Additionally, it comes with a hybrid microSD slot for storage expansion. For connectivity, it supports Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 5.1, GPS, NFC, Infrared port, FM radio, and USB Type-C 2.0. It also features a side-mounted fingerprint sensor, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, and compass. It packs a 5000 mAh battery that can be charged quickly using a 67W power adapter. The company claims the phone goes from 0 to 70% in 22 minutes and 0 to 100% in 41 minutes. The smartphone is available in three color options: Laser Black, Laser Blue, and Poco Yellow.
How To Fix Poco X4 Pro 5G Bluetooth Problem?
In Some Poco X4 Pro 5G smartphones, users report that they cannot pair with any smartphone, sometimes Bluetooth disconnects, audio distortion in Bluetooth headsets, Bluetooth not working, and more. If you are someone who is facing any Bluetooth issues on your Poco X4 Pro 5G, then try these troubleshooting tips.
Restart the phone
Software glitches are a thing, and there's no denying it. It could trigger at any time, and that is why sometimes even a flagship phone tends to stutter a bit. Talking about Poco X4 Pro 5G Bluetooth Problem, it is possible that when you tried to connect to a Bluetooth device, the software intercepted a bug or error causing issues like not being able to connect or transferring issues or even as early as not being able to detect a Bluetooth device.
Restarting the phone is a swiss army knife of Bluetooth troubleshooting methods as it tends to fix a string of issues, and you'll have to do it. Try doing the same for the recipient or sender device too.
Toggle Bluetooth Connectivity
Assuming that you were able to connect to a Bluetooth device, if the phone rejected the connection or you weren't able to discover the said device, why not try toggling the Bluetooth connection. Bring down the Notification Panel and double tap on the 'Bluetooth' tile to disable and enable it. You can do it a few times just in case.
Toggle Airplane Mode
Just like any other connectivity-linked issue, Airplane Mode could interfere with Bluetooth connectivity, causing the system to fail to register to a Bluetooth device or slow transferring issues over Bluetooth. Simply go to the Notification Panel and tap twice (or in pairs) to toggle airplane mode or flight mode. This should enable and disable the airplane mode (that's why in pairs). Check if the issue has been fixed or not.
Set Your Phone's Bluetooth To 'Discoverable'
Some smartphones have a feature called "Discoverable" or its synonym that, only when enabled does the other device discover your device. If you forget to make your device discoverable, no amount of toggling Bluetooth or Airplane Mode or any of the methods listed here won't work. The recipient device won't be able to detect your device, so there's nothing you can do until you enable it.
Distance Matters
Some users would connect to a Bluetooth device and travel far from each other, thinking it will work. Bluetooth devices have a range, and just like Wi-Fi, as you draw farther from the other device, the network strength grows weaker. This could cause a slow transferring rate or abrupt disconnection (or/and connection in a loop).
Remove older connections
My Sennheiser wireless earphones continue to pair up with my PC when I turn it ON to watch a movie on my phone. This is because the earphones were paired on both the devices, and depending upon which device intercepts it first and other metrics, it connects to the laptop instead of my phone.
The simple fix is to unpair the unwanted device (e.g., laptop, in this case) and pair it up with the phone. Based on which device you are trying to connect over Bluetooth (speakers, accessories, smartphones, etc.), you could have multiple connections, so this trick would work.
Forget and Pair
One of the common Poco X4 Pro 5G Bluetooth problems is probably not being able to connect to a Bluetooth device that you have previously connected with. Here, you can use a trick called forget and repair. For this to work, you need to forget the Bluetooth device and pair again, and there's a greater chance that the bug would subside.
Step 01: First up, go to Settings >> Bluetooth >> Connected Devices.
Step 02: Find the network you want to forget. Since you tried connecting to the said network, it should be under the "Discovered/Paired" section.
Step 03: Long-press or tap on the gear icon against the said network and tap on 'Forget Device'. Note that the procedure for this step could differ from phone to phone.
Step 04: Now that you have successfully forgotten the network, connect it as usual and check if the problem has been sorted or not.
Clear Bluetooth Cache
Cache on an Android smartphone is both a boon and a curse in some cases. Regarding Bluetooth issues, cache built-in can interfere with working on Bluetooth on Poco X4 Pro 5G. Deleting the Bluetooth cache can resolve the problem at once.
To clear Bluetooth Cache, here's how you can do it.
Step 01: Go to Settings on your phone and proceed to "Apps & Notifications."
Step 02: Tap on the 3-dot icon on top to see "System apps" and search for "Bluetooth". Tap on it when you find it.
Step 03: Go to "Storage & Cache" and clear it. This should help fix the impending Poco X4 Pro 5G Bluetooth Problem.
Reset Bluetooth Settings
It is quite possible that some settings have gone haywire and that is where resetting it works. This will restore the network settings to factory settings and hopefully, it will fix the problem as well.
Step 01: Navigate to the Settings app on your phone and proceed to "Connection & Sharing".
Step 02: Next up, select "Reset Wi-Fi, mobile networks, and Bluetooth".
Step 03: Finally, click on "Reset Settings" and that should restore settings related to Bluetooth, Mobile Data, and Wi-Fi alike.
Incompatible Driver
If you are trying to connect the phone to the PC via Bluetooth, an incompatible driver can hamper the connection. It is recommended to update the Bluetooth driver on your PC to test if this method worked or not.
Update the OS
Incompatible software on the smartphone's front can cause Bluetooth to suffer wrath. If you are facing this Bluetooth problem on Poco X4 Pro 5G (or any other smartphone), update its software and check if the problem works or not.
Pull Off a Factory Reset
This is the last resort but you should know that doing so will technically remove all the data from your phone permanently. Take a backup if you consent to it and proceed. You can use the phone's Settings app to commence, proceed "About Phone >> Factory Reset" and select "Erase All Data" and it is done. Set up the device as a new one and check if the Bluetooth issue has been fixed or not.
Still facing Bluetooth problems on Poco X4 Pro 5G?
Although I am not certain that you are facing this issue, assuming that you have followed the troubleshooting guide mentioned above to fail to start Bluetooth, your phone will likely have a hardware issue. The Bluetooth system on your phone has hardware aka chip and it might be facing issues. You have two options. Either walk into a third-party service center (and void warranty, if any, but cheaper) or an authorized service center (warranty stays intact but could be expensive).
We are at the end of this troubleshooting guide on how to fix the Poco X4 Pro 5G Bluetooth Problem. Hopefully, Bluetooth on your phone has started working properly irrespective of the issue it had including 'Bluetooth not connecting', 'Bluetooth disconnecting', 'Bluetooth not detectable', 'transferring data is slow on Bluetooth', and others.


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13 Sugars are molecules of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. The simplest include glucose, fructose, and galactose. Table sugar is crystallized sucrose, a fusion of one fructose and one glucose molecule.
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15 Glycolaldehyde, an eight-atom sugar, has even been found in an interstellar gas cloud near the center of the Milky Way.
16 Glycolaldehyde can react with a three-carbon sugar to form ribose, the basis for both RNA and DNA, so the glycolaldehyde found in deep space may be a chemical precursor to life on Earth.
17 That cloud also contains ethylene glycol, a sweet relative of glycolaldehyde and the main ingredient in antifreeze. Either complex sugars can be synthesized between the stars or there is a truck stop at the end of the universe.
18 Sugar can help get you there to find out. Burn sucrose with a dose of corn syrup and saltpeter and you get "sugar propellant," a popular amateur rocket fuel.
19 How do you spell relief? "Obecalp," a sugar pill manufactured to FDA standards, is marketed as a treatment for children's mild complaints. (Try reading the name backward.)
20 It's not all mind games. The sugar glucosamine works as an immunosuppressant in mice, and xylitol (a sugar alcohol) can prevent ear infections in kids. Sweet!


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The parents of Charlie Gard, Chris Gard and Connie Yates, have ended their legal fight over treatment for their son. Here is the statement from Connie Yates which was read to the High Court:
"The last 11 nearly 12 months have been the best, the worst and ultimately life changing months of our lives but Charlie is Charlie and we wouldn't change him for the world. All our efforts have been for him.
This is one of the hardest things that we will ever have to say and we are about to do the hardest thing that we'll ever have to do which is to let our beautiful little Charlie go.
Put simply, this is about a sweet, gorgeous, innocent little boy who was born with a rare disease, who had a real, genuine chance at life and a family who love him so very dearly and that's why we fought so hard for him.
We are truly devastated to say that following the most recent MRI scan of Charlie's muscles, as requested in the recent MDT meeting by Dr Hirano; as Charlie's devoted and loving parents we have decided that it's no longer in Charlie's best interests to pursue treatment and we will let our son go and be with the angels.
The American and Italian team were still willing to treat Charlie after seeing both his recent brain MRI and EEG performed last week. He's not brain dead (and never has been). He still responds to us, even now, but after reviewing the recent muscle MRI it was considered that Charlie's muscles have deteriorated to the extent that it is largely irreversible and, were treatment to work, his quality of life would now not be one which we would want for our precious little boy. They both agreed that treatment should have been started sooner.
There is one simple reason for Charlie's muscles deteriorating to the extent they are in now – TIME. A whole lot of wasted time. Had Charlie been given the treatment sooner he would have had the potential to be a normal, healthy little boy. His muscles were in pretty good shape in January, although obviously weaker than a child of similar age, and his brain scan was that of a relatively normal child of his age. He may well have had some disabilities later on in life but his quality of life could have been improved greatly. The reason that treatment was not commenced in January orApril this year was that Charlie was found to have 'irreversible brain damage' and treatment was considered as 'futile'. Dr Hirano and Dr Bertini, together with other internationally renowned paediatric neurologists have now reviewed Charlie's MRI's and EEG's which were performed in January and April respectively and they have confirmed that these MRI's and EEG's showed NO actual evidence of irreversible brain damage. Unfortunately Professor Hirano did not have access to the raw data and he based what he said in April on reports. We did not have access to these second opinions before the initial trial, hence why we are where we are today. Had we had the opportunity to have raw data of the MRIs and EEGs independently reviewed, we are convinced Charlie would be on treatment now and improving all the time.
However, we are now in July and our poor boy has been left to just lie in hospital for months without any treatment whilst lengthy court battles have been fought. We have been told time and time again that Charlie has a 'progressive disease' but rather than allow treatment for him with a medication that was widely accepted to have no side effects, Charlie has been left with his illness to deteriorate, sadly, to the point of no return.
We would like to say a few words in the hope that Charlie's life will not be in vain. We have always acted in our son's best interests from the very beginning. We were told back in November that all his organs would fail and it was likely that we only had days left with him but to this day aside from Charlie's need for ventilation not one organ has 'failed'. We have always been led by Charlie. I promise every single one of you that we would not have fought this hard for our son if we thought that he was in pain or suffering. There has never been any proof that he was and we still don't think that he's in pain or suffering to this day. Having said that, we have decided to let our son go and that's for one reason and one reason only. It is because the prospect of improvement is unfortunately now too low for Charlie. Our doctors in America and Italy were still willing to treat Charlie after reviewing the MRI head scan from July 2017 as they still felt that there was a chance of meaningful improvement in Charlie's brain. However, due to the deterioration in his muscles, there is now no way back for Charlie. Time that has been wasted. It is time that has sadly gone against him.
We now have 7 experts supporting therapy for Charlie's condition which I think is proof that it was more than reasonable to try it. Nucleosides are simply a powder that would've gone into Charlie's milk and are compounds which all of us in this room produce naturally. Unfortunately, Charlie can't produce these due to his disease, which is why he is the way he is. We want people to realise that we have been speaking to parents whose children were just like Charlie before starting treatment and now some of them are walking around like normal children. We wanted Charlie to have that chance too.
Our son has an extremely rare disease for which there is no accepted cure but that does not mean that this treatment would not have worked, and it certainly does not mean that this shouldn't have been tried. We have only been asking for a 3 month trial of treatment to see if there was any improvement. We have been asking for this short trial for the past 8 months. Charlie did have a real chance of getting better if only therapy was started sooner. It was never false hope as confirmed by many experts. Now we will never know what would have happened if he got treatment but it's not about us. It's never been about us. It's about what's best for Charlie now. At the point in time when it has become too late for Charlie we have made the agonising decision to let him go.
This has also never been about 'parents know best'. We have continuously listened to experts in this field and it has raised fundamental issues, ethically, legally and medically – this is why the story of one little boy from two normal everyday people has raised such conflicting opinions and ferocious arguments worldwide.
All we wanted to do was take Charlie from one world renowned hospital to another world renowned hospital in the attempt to save his life and to be treated by the world leader in mitochondrial disease. We feel that we should have been trusted as parents to do so but we will always know in our hearts that we did the very best for Charlie and I hope that he is proud of us for fighting his corner.
We will have to live with the 'what if's' which will haunt us for the rest of our lives but we're thinking about what's best for our son. We have always believed that Charlie deserved a chance at life and we knew that his brain was not as bad it was made out to be and that's why we continued.
We completely understand that everyone is entitled to their opinion and this was always going to be a matter which would cause a huge debate in who's right and who's wrong. In truth, there are no winners here. One thing is for sure though. We know deep within our hearts that we have always had Charlie's best interests in the forefront of our minds and despite what some people think of us, we will try to walk away from this with our heads held high. As I said, we know the truth, and in our hearts we know that we have done all of this for our darling little Charlie. We have never done this for selfish reasons. We didn't keep him alive just because we couldn't bear to lose him.
Charlie had a real chance of getting better. It's now unfortunately too late for him but it's not too late for others with this horrible disease and other diseases. We will continue to help and support families of ill children and try and make Charlie live on in the lives of others. We owe it to him to not let his life be in vain.
We would like to thank our current legal team who have worked tirelessly to try and save Charlie's life and they have not asked for a single penny. They won't even let us buy them a coffee. They have done it out of the kindness of their hearts because they believed in us and they certainly believed in Charlie. We would like to thank everybody who has supported us throughout this journey in this country and thousands of people worldwide and we also would like to thank the staff at GOSH who have looked after Charlie and kept him comfortable and stable for so long. The care he has received from the nurses who've cared for him has been second to none. But most of all, we would like to thank Charlie for the joy he has brought to our lives. The love we have for you is too much for words and we love you so very much.
Despite the way that our beautiful son has been spoken about sometimes, as if he not worthy of a chance at life, our son is an absolute WARRIOR and we could not be prouder of him and we will miss him terribly. One little boy has brought the world together and whatever people's opinions are, no one can deny the impact our beautiful son has had on the world and his legacy will never ever die. Charlie has had a greater impact on and touched more people in this world in his 11 months than many people do in a life time. We could not have more love and pride for our beautiful boy. His body, heart and soul may soon be gone, but his spirit will live on for eternity and he will make a difference to people's lives for years to come. As his mum and dad, we will make sure of that. We owe that to our boy. We will do our utmost to ensure that no parents have to go through what we have been through and the next Charlie that comes along WILL get this medicine before it's too late and Charlie will save many more lives in the future, no doubt about that.
We are struggling to find any comfort or peace with all this, but one thing that does give us the slightest bit of comfort, is that we truly believe that Charlie may have been too special for this cruel world.
We are now going to spend our last precious moments with our son Charlie, who unfortunately won't make his 1st birthday in just under 2 weeks' time, and we would ask that our privacy is respected at this very difficult time.
Mummy and Daddy love you so much Charlie, we always have and we always will and we are so sorry that we couldn't save you.
Sweet dreams baby. Sleep tight our beautiful little boy.
Charlie Matthew William Gard
Our hero!"


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A few months ago we released a Preview of the Amazon Redshift connector in Power BI Desktop. This new connector allows users to easily build reports based on their Redshift data, either by importing the data into Power BI Desktop or by using DirectQuery mode. You can find more details about the Redshift connector in Power BI Desktop in this previous blog post.
Today we are very excited to announce support for Redshift-based reports in the Power BI Service, allowing users to publish their reports to unlock seamless consumption of reports & dashboards based on Redshift data. In this blog post, we will show you step-by-step how to accomplish this task.
Creating Your Report Using Power BI Desktop
The first step is to create your report using Power BI Desktop. Note that the Redshift connector is exposed as a Preview feature in Power BI Desktop and, as such, it needs to be enabled from the "Preview Features" tab within the Options dialog (File->Options and Settings –> Options).
After enabling the connector, you will be able to find it under the Database category in the "Get Data" dialog.
In order to connect to Amazon Redshift, you have to provide Server and Database information. From this dialog, you can also specify whether you would like to use Import or DirectQuery mode. More information regarding the differences between these two connectivity modes in Power BI can be found in the following article. In this case, we will use DirectQuery.
After specifying a Server and Database to connect to, you will be prompted for credentials. You need to provide a username and password in order to access your Amazon Redshift database.
Upon specifying credentials, a connection to Amazon Redshift will be established and you will be presented with the Navigator dialog where you can browse all databases and tables in your database and select one or multiple items.
Once you have selected objects from their databases, you can decide to Load or Edit data:
- If you select Edit, you will be taken into the Query Editor dialog where you can apply several different data transformations and filters on top of your Amazon Redshift data, before the data (or metadata only in the DirectQuery case) is transferred to the Data Model. Many of these operations will be performed against the underlying Amazon Redshift database, depending on whether such operations are supported by the backend or not.
- If you select Load, and had selected DirectQuery mode, metadata about the selected tables will be transferred to the Data Model and you will be able to start creating report visualizations that are linked to the underlying data source and will issue live queries as users interact with your visualizations. If using Import, after clicking Load, queries will run against your Redshift database to extract the data and load it into the local Data Model.
Afterwards, you can author report visualizations, measures and other report elements within the main Power BI Desktop window just like you would do with any other data sources.
Publishing Your Report to the Power BI Service
After you're done authoring your report in Power BI Desktop, it is time to publish it to the Power BI Service. Note that, unlike in most other cases, the Publish button is disabled in Power BI Desktop for now. This will change with next month's (April) release of Power BI Desktop, allowing you to publish your Redshift-based reports directly from Power BI Desktop.
For now, you will have to upload your PBIX file from within the PowerBI.com "Get Data" experience. We will select "Files" in the "Get Data" screen within PowerBI.com.
At this point, you can either upload your PBIX file directly or you can save it to OneDrive and connect to it from PowerBI.com to add the report to your workspace.
In this case, we will upload the Local File that we just created in Power BI Desktop. Please remember to close the PBIX file in Power BI Desktop before trying to upload it, or you will get an error otherwise.
After uploading the PBIX file, the dataset and report will be imported into your workspace. At this point you can open the report, but when using DirectQuery you will get an error that credentials need to be configured. This is caused by the fact that trying to open the report will trigger live queries against Redshift to retrieve the latest data for your visualizations.
Configuring Credentials and Refresh Settings
Clicking the "Enter credentials" link will take you to the Settings page for your dataset, where you can configure credentials by clicking the "Edit credentials" link. If you were using Import connectivity mode for this dataset, this is the page where you would be able to configure Refresh Schedule and check the Refresh History. Since Redshift is a cloud service, there is no need to use an On-Prem Data Gateway in this scenario; Power BI Service will directly connect to Redshift on your behalf to keep your reports up to date, either based on a Scheduled Refresh policy or based on user interactions with DirectQuery reports.
After credentials have been specified, you can go back to your report and, because we are using DirectQuery, now you will see the visualizations load up-to-date data from Redshift and refresh contents as you interact with them. At this point, you can leverage any other PowerBI.com feature, such as pinning visualizations from this report to your dashboards and share them with other users, consuming this content from Power BI Mobile apps, etc.
What's Next?
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How support groups can boost your health
For people living with chronic health conditions such as arthritis, diabetes and cancer, the health system can seem impersonal and impractical.
A large inhibiting factor to patients feeling involved in their own health care is the outdated medical model that sees the patient as a passive recipient of treatment and advice. The clinical nature of medical care doesn't take enough account of how people live their lives or how they'd like to. The focus is on managing disease, not promoting well-being.
Support from peers – people already living with health conditions – could help fill in the gaps. Instead of just helping combat the disease, peer support groups can help improve quality of life.
Promoting peer-based support from and for people living with chronic health conditions has the potential to improve outcomes, increase access and improve efficiency in health care.
What do peer support groups do?
The internet provides endless access to health information to people seeking more involvement in the management of their own conditions. But finding reliable and relevant sources can be difficult without guidance and support.
Peer-support groups offer advocacy, assistance and education; led and managed by people living with health conditions, for people like them. Traditionally peer support groups are location-based groups that meet regularly, but an increasing number of online groups are expanding access to support.
For example, the Young Women's Arthritis Support Group provides links to research, encouragement and "life-hacks" both online and with regular meetings. Their Facebook page regularly includes comments seeking information and ideas for living with a range of musculoskeletal conditions, with topics such as work, relationships, pregnancy, exercise and technical questions about research. They talk among themselves and also link to experts who can provide clinical, legal and practical advice.
Peer support groups can offer real, practical advice the medical system is unlikely to bring up. For example, making a cup of tea in the morning to hang on to so the hands can warm up and lose some of the overnight stiffness with arthritis, or how to have a conversation with your boss about a condition they may never have heard of, such as fibromyalgia.
Better disease management
We know wealth affects health – chronic disease prevalence is greater in lower socio-economic populations. We also know health care is heavily influenced by culture, setting and population.
Social interactions have a vital relationship to health outcomes, but medical culture often neglects the importance of social relationships in disease management health and well-being.
The medical model is particularly poor at achieving behaviour change such as diet and exercise. But there's evidence to suggest people who attend "illness-affiliated" peer-support groups better manage their chronic conditions and have better health outcomes than those who solely rely on medical interventions.
For example, a 2013 study showed improved blood glucose management during peer support group attendance among diabetics.
A recent review also found people who attend illness-affiliated peer-support groups better manage their chronic conditions, with research showing:
- better health outcomes than those who solely rely on medical interventions
- improved access and exposure to additional health services, as well as greater confidence in people approaching or going through treatment
- peer-support groups are a cost-effective strategy.
Improving peer support
While all Australian state and territory governments contribute financially in some capacity to peer-support services, there is little consistency between jurisdictions' approaches.
Some state health departments explicitly recognise peer-support services as an essential component of public health strategies and have written policy plans of how to incorporate and build a peer workforce to help organise and lead groups, while others lack a coherent peer support infrastructure. The result is an ad-hoc approach with patchy referrals, little quality control and no systemic evaluation.
As chronic disease becomes more prevalent, government and communities should consider a better structure to build upon peer support services to maximise health outcomes. Peer-support has the capacity to provide nuanced assistance and education to those living with chronic health conditions in a compassionate and non-judgemental way.
Government can assist a peer support group for people with arthritis for as little as $5,000 a year, to allow for things such as venue hire, catering and administration expenses. As the average cost of one knee replacement is between A$18-$30,000, it's likely even small changes in how people manage their diseases will provide a return on investment.
(Source: Victoria University)
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Saturday, June 7, 2008
Summary Saturday: Project 365, Week 23
8 comments:
- Andi said...
Ok, all of your photos are great, but I LOVE the last one...wow! Something so wonderful about beds and rumpled sheets that is THE most appealing thing to me...it is sexy, fun, comforting...what a GREAT shot!
- June 7, 2008 at 10:45 AM
- Christina said...
Great shots this week, and I agree - that bed is SO inviting!
- June 7, 2008 at 11:49 AM
- Dawn said...
Such a great array of images and colors. I love the orange background shot with your son, and the buildings in the first one - as well as that bed!
- June 7, 2008 at 4:29 PM
- SarahJeanie said...
I feel like I should say something about your bed... ;-) Love your picts! What no fountain ones?????? Hope your weekend is great! See you soon?
- June 7, 2008 at 4:53 PM
- Arizaphale said...
You're doing really well with this challenge! I LOVE th shot of you. Could you be any more beautiful? No wonder your sons are so cute. I am enjoying the variety you post and I love the thought provoking first shot...
- June 7, 2008 at 6:59 PM
Love them all, but especially the one of you. You are beautiful...such a fabulous smile and gorgeous eyes.
- June 7, 2008 at 9:47 PM
- Unknown said...
sweet...i love the one of you! you are doing such an amazing job - week 23 already! nice consistency and persistence!
- June 7, 2008 at 10:47 PM
- Kim said...
You take a nice self-portrait. You have pretty eyes. (my mom's eyes are green, so it's always been a fave eye color)
- June 17, 2008 at 10:23 PM


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8/18/13 Rev. David McArthur
Cinderella and the Now Moment
Cinderella, in the story, reflects our feeling (a feminine) aspect and shows us our feelings in the unfoldment of our souls. An orphan, Cinderella doesn't really know who she is, or see herself as loved, as having value. This is one of the great challenges of the soul—we see the world "out there" as having value, but not ourselves.
The invitation to the ball, to step into something wonderful, comes from the King (a God symbol). But she feels she can't go until everyone else is served first. Do you seek your identity by constantly serving every one else? Finally she puts on the beautiful gown she had made for herself but her step mother and step sisters tear it to shreds. How we let our lack of self worth tear our dreams to shreds! She goes to the garden, an ancient symbol of the heart. She finds the Fairy Godmother (the feminine aspect of God), and finds love and acceptance.
The horses (the ability to move through space and time to the fulfillment of self) take Cinderella to abundance, to the banquet with the King. This experience illustrates the "now moment" , when we are able to experience both the feminine and masculine aspects of God (the Fairy Godmother and the King), and it ends for Cinderella at the last stroke of midnight. So too does our experience of the now moment have an end. But we still have the beauty, the knowledge, that we are magnificent spiritual beings. Affirm, "I am a magnificent spiritual being!" "I am a magnificent spiritual being!" "I am a magnificent spiritual being!"
Pat Grabow, in The Immortal Now, says, "The transcendence is in the now. It is always occurring in the now." You can't get there "someday". And you can't stay in the now. It's not about staying but entering in, about accepting the magnificence as the real and beautiful knowledge of self, and more: of an illumination of the moment.
The Prince (the male, the thought, the mind), knows his identity, but cannot feel it. The now moment is not found in the head, but has to be entered through the heart and the feelings (Cinderella). The glass slipper (the understanding of who we are, feeling and thought, embracing and experiencing) lets Cinderella return to the palace, to her abundance.
You are the child of a loving God, a magnificent spiritual being. And when you know it you can return to your abundance, you can go to the ball!


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In 2017, Germany overtook France to become Europe's leading supplier to the African continent. While France's trade balance has remained in surplus (apart from in 2008 and 2012, when oil prices reached all-time highs), its market share of exports to Africa halved from 11% in 2000, to 5.5% in 2017. This loss concerns all key export sectors, with the exception of aerospace. Nevertheless, according to the recent analysis conducted by Coface, there are 27 African countries that could represent a potential rise of around 21% in exports.
The slump concerns capital goods, the automotive sector and pharmaceuticals
The erosion of France's share of exports to Africa is part of the more widespread deceleration of French exports globally (which fell from 4.7% in 2001, to 3% in 2017). To a lesser extent, Italy, the UK and the US are following a similar trend in terms of exports to the African continent. Unsurprisingly, China has seen a rapid increase in its market share (from 3% in 2001, to around 18% in 2017), followed by India, Turkey and Spain.
The weight of French sales to Africa is falling in all key sectors, with the notable exception of the aerospace sector, which is continuing to post good performance (market share rose to 33% in 2017, up from 12% in 2001).
• In the machinery sector, France's portion of exports to Africa halved between 2001 and 2017 (down from 12% to 6%). As with Italy and Germany, this was due to competition from Turkey, Spain and in particular China, whose share increased eightfold, to reach a quarter of all machinery exports to the African continent. In several of the French-speaking African countries, the fall in France's market share is striking and has dropped by between 15 to 20 percentage points (pp) in Algeria, Morocco, the Ivory Coast and Cameroon and by 25 pp in Senegal.
• In the electrical and electronic appliance sector, France, the leader until 2006, saw its market share fall to 3% in 2017 (vs 16% in 2001). China's share followed the opposite trajectory, rising from 7%, to reach more than a third of exports to the African continent. France's market share in French-speaking Africa has fallen by 20 pp.
• France's portion of the export market in the pharmaceutical sector almost halved during the same period (down from 33% in 2001, to 19% in 2017). At the same time, India's share of pharmaceutical exports to Africa rose from 5% to 18%, driven by the low-cost generic drugs segment. Belgium, Switzerland, Germany and the UK have also gained from France's export decline to French-speaking Africa.
• In the automotive sector, competition from China and India (now Africa's fourth largest supplier in this segment) was particularly marked. France's drop from third position in 2001, to seventh place in 2017 (down from 15% to 5%) was exacerbated by the progress of other European countries, such as Romania and Spain, particularly with exports to the Maghreb.
• The decline in France's market share in sales of wheat (11% in 2017, vs 16% in 2001) was partly due to an extremely poor harvest, but above all to competition from Romania, Ukraine and Russia. Together, these three countries supplied more than 40% of total wheat exports to Africa in 2017 (compared with only 3% in 2001). Meanwhile, Canada, the US and Argentina made strong progress in Algeria and Senegal.
A potential gain of 21% for exports to 27 countries
Coface's analysis indicates that there is a potential gain for French exports to Africa (in value terms) of around 21%, which would allow it to regain a market share equivalent to the precrisis levels of 7%. This is mainly linked to the fact that French export levels are below potential in 27 of the 53 countries analysed, and specifically in:
• the countries where France's presence is relatively stable, such as East Africa (10% below potential) and, to a lesser extent, in Southern Africa, where the gap between trade conducted and potential trade varies from -2% for Uganda, to -71% for Botswana and -89% for Rwanda. In certain countries such as Somalia (-25%), Zimbabwe (-40%) and Sudan (-71%), corporate behaviour has been affected by political risks;
• the countries with a legal system of French origin, including some of the markets in French-speaking Africa (-26%), particularly in the Sahel (Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad).
In certain African economies that share neither the same language, nor the same legal system, French exports exceed the levels estimated by Coface's model. This is the case for South Africa, Namibia, Ghana, Angola, Kenya and Nigeria. These results suggest that factors other than those included in the model are having a positive impact on French exports to these countries.
Panorama publication from Coface.


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When my son was in grammar school, he had great faith that in God. So, he prayed, "Lord, please finish this work the teacher has given so I can go on out to the playground with my friends." He was so disappointed when he came back to class and had a bad grade on his paper! He had confused faith in God with the fairy tale about the poor shoemaker. Examining What It Means to Believe
Knowing that God hears when we pray encourages us to ask. But we need more knowledge of prayer than my young son had. The first requirement for answered prayer is "Have faith in God," (Mark 11:22) "Anyone who wants to come to God must believe that there is a God and that He rewards those who sincerely look for Him." (Heb. 11:6)
Believe and trust are a verbs and describe actions, like run, jump, hop, skip. When we believe what God said in the Bible, we have done something although it is an action in the mind. We act on the Word of God by believing and trusting what He said. What we believe is seen by what we do. Our actions demonstrate what we believe. The Greatest Thing We Can Do
One very great Christian lady was asked, "If you had to live your life over again, what would you do differently?" She said, "I would have believed God!" Believing God gives us a firm persuasion that the Bible is absolutely true. If we believe all God said, we will trust, or place our full confidence, in Him. We will know He is our Father and we are His child because He said, "To them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name."
We have performed an action when we believe what God has said and done. He confirms within our heart what we have believed. There is not much distinction between believe and trust. If I believe something, I will trust that it is true.
History or Present Help
We can "believe" the facts of history, but this is just knowledge that doesn't affect the way we live. So much of our belief in the Word of God has no power because we don't realize believing is action. We may have known facts in the Bible, but we believe them in the same way we believe George Washington was our first president. To move from knowledge to firm persuasion of God's Word requires a choice to believe.
Pray like this: "Lord God, you are the Almighty One, forgive me for doubting your holy Word. I choose to believe everything you have said. Help me to understand that this is the action you require." What About Doubts?
When doubts come, reaffirm your commitment to believe God. You must choose to believe Him even if you have to go against your feelings. Many times we don't "feel" different when we have chosen to believe. Once when I was thinking about Jesus saying that He was with us always, I prayed, "Lord, are you with me?" One word came into my mind. "Always." I rejoiced for God had answered me with a word from the Bible.
Our Will is Important
When I choose to believe as an act of my will, it produces action. We all act on what we believe. We need to daily turn our attention from present surroundings and hear God speak. He doesn't speak out loud but deep within when we read the Bible. From the open Bible is the most sure way to hear from Him. He also speaks through people who are teaching or preaching Bible truth. Then the creation declares the glory of God. (read Psalm 19) And He speaks quietly directly in our mind.
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