#UNDISTORTED BLADE

[valkyrieres]

First time watching f&r in HD and HRGH THIS IS SO YUMMY?????? bye bye YouTube's 480p 🥰

[so-true-overdue]

The modern battlefield has no borders, no trenches, and no uniformed soldiers; it is a shapeless ether of whispered lies, half-truths, and brazen fabrications. This is the terrain of informational warfare, where deception thrives not in the dead of night but in the bright glow of every screen we hold, as Russia engineers its own brand of warfare, seeping disinformation into the Western world. Through our beloved social media, like a plague in polished pixels, they infiltrate the consciousness of unsuspecting minds, unraveling the fabric of trust, turning our conversations into a cacophony of doubt. And it is not hyperbole to say that the price of ignorance here is incalculable.

What we face, friends, is an erosion of certainty—a systematic, meticulous dismantling of reality itself. A sophisticated, malevolent mechanism of manipulation, which thrives in the fertile ground of our insatiable appetites for cursory consumption. Ah, cursory—the quiet accomplice, the eager spectator. We scroll, we click, we consume in seconds what takes days or months to verify. But, herein lies the insidious genius of this digital mischief: it is designed not to persuade with the blade of a single lie but to disorient with the fog of countless untruths. And like fog, it settles quietly, unbidden, until clarity is but a memory, and reality is something we navigate with as much faith as reason.

The information deluge is vast, and we are all tempted to wade through it with a cursory glance, picking up only fragments, digesting only morsels. But make no mistake, the cunning architects of disinformation understand this superficiality better than we do ourselves. They know how to make the outrageous believable, the ridiculous plausible, and they understand how profoundly susceptible we are when we engage only the surface. Every retweet, every shared post without scrutiny becomes an unknowing alliance with this phantom army—a digital echo chamber where chaos reigns, and skepticism finds itself outgunned.

In this age, therefore, we are compelled to arm ourselves with a tool that is as venerable as it is vital: verifiable journalism. Not the thunderous, sensationalist headlines designed to gratify our biases but the patient, rigorous investigation that peels back layers of obfuscation to reveal truth’s sober face. For it is only through this unyielding pursuit of facts, verified and corroborated, that we may untangle the lies and reclaim a measure of trust in what we perceive. Journalism, when done rightly, is the painstaking labor of rendering truth in its rightful, undistorted form, and it stands as a bulwark against the tide of artful deception.

So let us not succumb to the lure of cursory engagement. Let us not trade our vigilance for the empty satisfaction of convenience. For in this fight, apathy is surrender, and superficiality is servitude. Stand guard, for the truth is under siege, not by a single tyrant or a visible foe but by an invisible host that lives in the shadows of our screens, waiting to weave its web of confusion. And so, it falls to us to lift our eyes from the scroll, to question, to verify, to be skeptical without becoming cynical. For as long as we stand firm in the defense of fact, the shadows shall never conquer the light.

In every share, in every like, in every passing glance, remember: the truth demands not just your attention but your discernment.

[crowsongcaws]

(So true, so true. Gotta love Mumbo angst! Also warning for vague descriptions of corpses because Last Life)

Jimmy's body was a mess.

Mumbo couldn't tear his eyes away from it—from the spot where Grian had shoved Jimmy off the roof, letting the other crumple on the ground. Someone shrieked—that was Mumbo, actually, Mumbo shrieked. Jimmy's glassy eyes seemed to stare directly at him, fear permanently etched into his face.

The world around him was grey, Jimmy's blood a stark contrast to it.

"He needs to learn," a distorted voice—Grian's voice—calmly said. The voice of his friend was sandwiched between so many other voices it was almost hard to tell that it was Grian.

"Wh...what?" Mumbo stammered, his voice faint and panicked as he looked up at Grian.

Grian was on the roof, his blood-red sweater harsh against the greys of the world. Those pitch-black pupils swallowed the sclera whole, and somehow, Mumbo felt as if he was talking to something much bigger than the version of Grian standing there.

"He needs to learn," Grian repeated, sharp teeth and sharper tongue enunciating every syllable of his speech, "that his actions have consequences."

Mumbo was shaking. He could smell the rot from Jimmy, taste the iron in the air. No one else was moving. Not a single blade of grass swayed in the wind. His mind was alternating between loud silence and racing thoughts that threatened to spill over, but then it hit him. This wasn't what happened; Jimmy had just died, how could he already be—?

"Actions have consequences," said Grian, his voice somehow coming from every angle around Mumbo.

I need to move. Move. Please. I need to leave, I need to run, I need to go!

Grian took a step forward.

Mumbo dropped his sword and ran. Flies were buzzing around him even as he fled, the stench of blood and rot making his stomach twist and his throat burn. Ice-cold fear kept him moving, darting past trees and stumbling over large rocks, but he couldn't get far. It was all repeating, he realized. Over and over, no matter how far he tried to run, he couldn't leave.

"Your actions have consequences, Mumbo," whispered Grian's actual, undistorted voice right into his ear.

He saw the flash of metal, and then a blade was puncturing his abdomen, sinking into his flesh with the intent to kill—

Mumbo jolted awake with a scream.

Sweat clung to every inch of his skin, his hands gripping the spot where he could still vaguely feel the burn of being stabbed. His breaths came in quick and raspy, gasping for air like he'd run a marathon.

Just a dream... it was just a bad dream, Mumbo...

His hands still trembled, his heart pumping quickly to push adrenaline through his entire body. Trying to calm himself, he sat there idly for a moment and stared at the lines and callouses on his palms. He allowed himself to feel the softness of his blanket and remembered that he was safe.

It was just a game, after all. He tried to reason that there was no point in being so distressed over something he'd willingly joined in on, but his body did not know reason, so he continued to shake.

"Just a dream, Mumbo. Just a bad dream," he whispered to himself.

And somewhere completely out of normal audible range, Grian laughed.

do you think Mumbo has trouble sleeping after the events of LastLife

[besteyespecialist]

Cataract Surgery In Ghatkopar | What is Cataract? | Symptoms of cataract

Cataract surgery is replacing the faulty lens with an artificial lens. It’s a common and safe procedure done by ophthalmologist when you are having cloudy vision. Decision to undergo cataract surgery depends on the level of difficulty; a patient is facing on daily routine activities.

What is Cataract?

Cataract is progressive in nature and develops with time you grow older. Cataract affects most of people and becomes prominent with age. It can be described as blurry, cloudy or opaque vision. Natural eye lens focuses light on the retina to form clear and undistorted image. Clouding of this lens results in blurred and distorted image. It commonly affects both eyes but in few cases one eye cataract might advances rapidly. If not treated on time, may result is complete loss of sight.

Symptoms of cataract

Ask yourself few questions

Do you feel difficulty in seeing at night?

Is reading or watching television becoming difficult for you?

Driving at night or seeing in bright light has become difficult?

Do you need assistance for finding ways while walking, cooking, shopping or daily activities of your visi

Are you opting for alternate ways to substitute your vision problems?

Glare or sensitivity to light is another symptom of cataract. Diplopia or double vision is also seen in cataract patients. It also affects color vision, leading to yellowish or brownish tint to your eyesight. Patients often need frequent changes in their eyeglasses.

Cataract Treatment in Ghatkopar

Cataract develops as a result of thickened eye lens and treatment is to replace faulty lens with a new lens. Cataract removal is a routine treatment procedure at opthalomogist clinic and carried out across the globe with rarely any accompanying complications.

To prepare you for surgery, your doctor calls you for eye checkup (a week before), to choose which eye lens is best for you.

On the day of surgery, it’s recommended not to eat for 12 hours before surgery.

Bladeless Cataract Surgery

Cataract surgery at Mumbai Eye Care, Ghatkopar, is performed using the latest robotic technology which is completely bladeless and with ultrafine precision using the FEMTOSECOND LENSX LASER, ALCON, USA. This is an US FDA approved laser cataract surgery performed by our eye doctors and eye surgeon at Ghatkopar, Mumbai. This ensures complete blade free surgery, with high level of precision and excellent visual results. This technology makes the surgery very safe and reduces the chances of any complications to negligible.

How the Femtosecond Laser Works

Femtosecond laser performs most of the steps of cataract surgery that are otherwise performed using hand, thus decreasing the chances of human error and improves the precision.

Femtosecond LASER makes the cuts or incision on the cornea that were traditionally performed using blade. These incision are perfectly self sealing and thus do not need any sutures and heal rapidly.

The capsulorrhexis can be altered in terms of size and one can get a perfectly centered capsulorrhexis thus ensuring perfect IOL or lens positioning and better outcomes in cases of premium IOLs such as toric IOL and Multifocal IOL.

Benefits of Femtosecond/ Robotic/ Bladeless/ Bladefree cataract surgery at Mumbai Eye Care, Ghatkopar.

Most Advanced technology available today

A Complete Blade Free Procedure

Laser precise predictable outcomes

Enhanced Safety

Customized Procedure

Phacoemulsification: It is a simple procedure of less than 1 hour duration. Local anesthesia or sedation makes it painless for the patient. A tiny incision is made in front of eye with laser and inserts a pen-shaped probe to break the cloudy lens into pieces. This process is phacoemulsification. Suction then removes the pieces and surgeon places an artificial intraocular lens (IOL). Lens can be made of plastic, silicone or acrylic. There are varieties of lens available for implantation as per the patient requirements like Monofocal, Toric and Multifocal intraocular lenses.

Itracapsular cataract surgery: Its rare nowadays, this technique needs larger incision and along with cataract surrounding capsule is also removed. Intraocular lens is placed in front of iris in this procedure.

Recovery

Usually it is a complication free procedure, but it is recommended to be in contact with your surgeon after the surgery. Initially, an eye drop is given to reduce inflammation and prevent infection. You will need frequent visits to the doctor to monitor any complications. Cataract removal procedure doesn’t need night stay, as it’s a small daycare surgery. Most people observe an improvement in their visual function within few days of the surgery, enabling them to restart most of their daily activities including work.

Tag : Cataract Surgery In Ghatkopar, eye specialist in ghatkopar, cataract treatment in Ghatkopar, best hospital for cataract surgery in mumbai

For  more information :

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Cataract Treatment In Ghatkopar From Eye Specialist - DR. Jatin Ashar

Cataract Surgery In Ghatkopar

Cataract surgery is replacing the faulty lens with an artificial lens. It’s a common and safe procedure done by ophthalmologist when you are having cloudy vision. Decision to undergo cataract surgery depends on the level of difficulty; a patient is facing on daily routine activities.

What is Cataract?

Cataract is progressive in nature and develops with time you grow older. Cataract affects most of people and becomes prominent with age. It can be described as blurry, cloudy or opaque vision. Natural eye lens focuses light on the retina to form clear and undistorted image. Clouding of this lens results in blurred and distorted image. It commonly affects both eyes but in few cases one eye cataract might advances rapidly. If not treated on time, may result is complete loss of sight.

Causes of Cataract

Cataract can be seen in children as a hereditary defect, while eye trauma, smoking, diabetes, excessive use of alcohol, prolonged exposure of sunlight or ultraviolet rays, extended use of corticosteroids are few causes of cataract occurring in elderly people.

Eye Examination

Cataracts can be diagnosed with simple eye exam. The eye exam contains a vision test and an examination of your eyes using a slit lamp microscope. The pupils are dilated with special eye drops to provide a better view of the back of the eye, where the retina and optic nerve are located.

Symptoms of cataract

Ask yourself few questions

Do you feel difficulty in seeing at night?

Is reading or watching television becoming difficult for you?

Driving at night or seeing in bright light has become difficult?

Do you need assistance for finding ways while walking, cooking, shopping or daily activities of your visi

Are you opting for alternate ways to substitute your vision problems?

Glare or sensitivity to light is another symptom of cataract. Diplopia or double vision is also seen in cataract patients. It also affects color vision, leading to yellowish or brownish tint to your eyesight. Patients often need frequent changes in their eyeglasses.

Cataract Treatment in Ghatkopar

Cataract develops as a result of thickened eye lens and treatment is to replace faulty lens with a new lens. Cataract removal is a routine treatment procedure at opthalomogist clinic and carried out across the globe with rarely any accompanying complications.

To prepare you for surgery, your doctor calls you for eye checkup (a week before), to choose which eye lens is best for you.

On the day of surgery, it’s recommended not to eat for 12 hours before surgery.

Bladeless Cataract Surgery

Cataract surgery at Mumbai Eye Care, Ghatkopar, is performed using the latest robotic technology which is completely bladeless and with ultrafine precision using the FEMTOSECOND LENSX LASER, ALCON, USA. This is an US FDA approved laser cataract surgery performed by our eye doctors and eye surgeon at Ghatkopar, Mumbai. This ensures complete blade free surgery, with high level of precision and excellent visual results. This technology makes the surgery very safe and reduces the chances of any complications to negligible.

How the Femtosecond Laser Works

Femtosecond laser performs most of the steps of cataract surgery that are otherwise performed using hand, thus decreasing the chances of human error and improves the precision.

Femtosecond LASER makes the cuts or incision on the cornea that were traditionally performed using blade. These incision are perfectly self sealing and thus do not need any sutures and heal rapidly.

The capsulorrhexis can be altered in terms of size and one can get a perfectly centered capsulorrhexis thus ensuring perfect IOL or lens positioning and better outcomes in cases of premium IOLs such as toric IOL and Multifocal IOL.

Benefits of Femtosecond/ Robotic/ Bladeless/ Bladefree cataract surgery at Mumbai Eye Care, Ghatkopar.

Most Advanced technology available today

A Complete Blade Free Procedure

Laser precise predictable outcomes

Enhanced Safety

Customized Procedure

Phacoemulsification: It is a simple procedure of less than 1 hour duration. Local anesthesia or sedation makes it painless for the patient. A tiny incision is made in front of eye with laser and inserts a pen-shaped probe to break the cloudy lens into pieces. This process is phacoemulsification. Suction then removes the pieces and surgeon places an artificial intraocular lens (IOL). Lens can be made of plastic, silicone or acrylic. There are varieties of lens available for implantation as per the patient requirements like Monofocal, Toric and Multifocal intraocular lenses.

Itracapsular cataract surgery: Its rare nowadays, this technique needs larger incision and along with cataract surrounding capsule is also removed. Intraocular lens is placed in front of iris in this procedure.

Recovery

Usually it is a complication free procedure, but it is recommended to be in contact with your surgeon after the surgery. Initially, an eye drop is given to reduce inflammation and prevent infection. You will need frequent visits to the doctor to monitor any complications. Cataract removal procedure doesn’t need night stay, as it’s a small daycare surgery. Most people observe an improvement in their visual function within few days of the surgery, enabling them to restart most of their daily activities including work.

Majority of people regain full activity after a few days of getting the procedure. Your doctor might fit you with a pair of glasses (if needed) once your vision is stabilized. This also depends upon the type of intraocular lens implanted in your eye.

Cataract Surgery FAQs

Are Cataracts found only in older people?

Usually it affects adults above 50 years of age, rarely seen in children as hereditary defect.

Are you awake during cataract surgery?

Yes, it can be performed with local anesthesia and minimal sedation.

Is cataract surgery painful?

No, there is little or no discomfort during the procedure.

Can eye drops cure cataract?

No, researchers are still working on it.

What is the recovery time?

Few people recover within few days, while others may take up to 3 months. It depends upon patient to patient cataract condition.

To schedule an appointment with our experts for Cataract Surgery in Ghatkopar please call us at +91 8451045935, +91-8451045934 or visit our clinic at Address.

Tags: cataract surgery in ghatkopar, eye specialist in ghatkopar east, best eye specialist in ghatkopar

[drjatinashar]

Cataract Surgery in Ghatkopar, Cataract Treatment in Ghatkopar - Mumbaieyecare

Cataract Surgery In Ghatkopar

Cataract surgery is replacing the faulty lens with an artificial lens. It’s a common and safe procedure done by ophthalmologist when you are having cloudy vision. Decision to undergo cataract surgery depends on the level of difficulty; a patient is facing on daily routine activities.

What is Cataract?

Cataract is progressive in nature and develops with time you grow older. Cataract affects most of people and becomes prominent with age. It can be described as blurry, cloudy or opaque vision. Natural eye lens focuses light on the retina to form clear and undistorted image. Clouding of this lens results in blurred and distorted image. It commonly affects both eyes but in few cases one eye cataract might advances rapidly. If not treated on time, may result is complete loss of sight.

Causes of Cataract

Cataract can be seen in children as a hereditary defect, while eye trauma, smoking, diabetes, excessive use of alcohol, prolonged exposure of sunlight or ultraviolet rays, extended use of corticosteroids are few causes of cataract occurring in elderly people.

Eye Examination

Cataracts can be diagnosed with simple eye exam. The eye exam contains a vision test and an examination of your eyes using a slit lamp microscope. The pupils are dilated with special eye drops to provide a better view of the back of the eye, where the retina and optic nerve are located.

Symptoms of cataract

Ask yourself few questions

Do you feel difficulty in seeing at night?

Is reading or watching television becoming difficult for you?

Driving at night or seeing in bright light has become difficult?

Do you need assistance for finding ways while walking, cooking, shopping or daily activities of your visi

Are you opting for alternate ways to substitute your vision problems?

Glare or sensitivity to light is another symptom of cataract. Diplopia or double vision is also seen in cataract patients. It also affects color vision, leading to yellowish or brownish tint to your eyesight. Patients often need frequent changes in their eyeglasses.

Cataract Treatment in Ghatkopar

Cataract develops as a result of thickened eye lens and treatment is to replace faulty lens with a new lens. Cataract removal is a routine treatment procedure at opthalomogist clinic and carried out across the globe with rarely any accompanying complications.

To prepare you for surgery, your doctor calls you for eye checkup (a week before), to choose which eye lens is best for you.

On the day of surgery, it’s recommended not to eat for 12 hours before surgery.

Bladeless Cataract Surgery

Cataract surgery at Mumbai Eye Care, Ghatkopar, is performed using the latest robotic technology which is completely bladeless and with ultrafine precision using the FEMTOSECOND LENSX LASER, ALCON, USA. This is an US FDA approved laser cataract surgery performed by our eye doctors and eye surgeon at Ghatkopar, Mumbai. This ensures complete blade free surgery, with high level of precision and excellent visual results. This technology makes the surgery very safe and reduces the chances of any complications to negligible.

How the Femtosecond Laser Works

Femtosecond laser performs most of the steps of cataract surgery that are otherwise performed using hand, thus decreasing the chances of human error and improves the precision.

Femtosecond LASER makes the cuts or incision on the cornea that were traditionally performed using blade. These incision are perfectly self sealing and thus do not need any sutures and heal rapidly.

The capsulorrhexis can be altered in terms of size and one can get a perfectly centered capsulorrhexis thus ensuring perfect IOL or lens positioning and better outcomes in cases of premium IOLs such as toric IOL and Multifocal IOL.

Benefits of Femtosecond/ Robotic/ Bladeless/ Bladefree cataract surgery at Mumbai Eye Care, Ghatkopar.

Most Advanced technology available today

A Complete Blade Free Procedure

Laser precise predictable outcomes

Enhanced Safety

Customized Procedure

Phacoemulsification: It is a simple procedure of less than 1 hour duration. Local anesthesia or sedation makes it painless for the patient. A tiny incision is made in front of eye with laser and inserts a pen-shaped probe to break the cloudy lens into pieces. This process is phacoemulsification. Suction then removes the pieces and surgeon places an artificial intraocular lens (IOL). Lens can be made of plastic, silicone or acrylic. There are varieties of lens available for implantation as per the patient requirements like Monofocal, Toric and Multifocal intraocular lenses.

Itracapsular cataract surgery: Its rare nowadays, this technique needs larger incision and along with cataract surrounding capsule is also removed. Intraocular lens is placed in front of iris in this procedure.

Recovery

Usually it is a complication free procedure, but it is recommended to be in contact with your surgeon after the surgery. Initially, an eye drop is given to reduce inflammation and prevent infection. You will need frequent visits to the doctor to monitor any complications. Cataract removal procedure doesn’t need night stay, as it’s a small daycare surgery. Most people observe an improvement in their visual function within few days of the surgery, enabling them to restart most of their daily activities including work.

Majority of people regain full activity after a few days of getting the procedure. Your doctor might fit you with a pair of glasses (if needed) once your vision is stabilized. This also depends upon the type of intraocular lens implanted in your eye.

Tags - cataract treatment in Ghatkopar, cataract surgery in Ghatkopar, eye specialist in Ghatkopar

For more information link - www.mumbaieyecare.com

[dragonomatopoeia]

[plato voice] comedy and poetry are inherently evil because they're popular distortions of reality. unlike my cold blade of THOUGHT which is undistorted and made of PURE REASON and LOGIC

okay i will say no matter how much i go back and forth with plato's allegory of the cave i cannot believe plato had the guts to go uggggh the representation of something will always be insufficient in comparison to the reality in both substance and ability to confer knowledge. in his ALLEGORY.

[mumbaieyecare]

Cataract Surgery In Ghatkopar and Cataract Treatment In Ghatkopar From Eye Specialist in Ghatkopar - Dr. Jatin Ashar

Cataract Surgery In Ghatkopar

Cataract surgery is replacing the faulty lens with an artificial lens. It’s a common and safe procedure done by ophthalmologist when you are having cloudy vision. Decision to undergo cataract surgery depends on the level of difficulty; a patient is facing on daily routine activities.

What is Cataract?

Cataract is progressive in nature and develops with time you grow older. Cataract affects most of people and becomes prominent with age. It can be described as blurry, cloudy or opaque vision. Natural eye lens focuses light on the retina to form clear and undistorted image. Clouding of this lens results in blurred and distorted image. It commonly affects both eyes but in few cases one eye cataract might advances rapidly. If not treated on time, may result is complete loss of sight.

Causes of Cataract

Cataract can be seen in children as a hereditary defect, while eye trauma, smoking, diabetes, excessive use of alcohol, prolonged exposure of sunlight or ultraviolet rays, extended use of corticosteroids are few causes of cataract occurring in elderly people.

Eye Examination

Cataracts can be diagnosed with simple eye exam. The eye exam contains a vision test and an examination of your eyes using a slit lamp microscope. The pupils are dilated with special eye drops to provide a better view of the back of the eye, where the retina and optic nerve are located.

Symptoms of cataract

Ask yourself few questions

Do you feel difficulty in seeing at night?

Is reading or watching television becoming difficult for you?

Driving at night or seeing in bright light has become difficult?

Do you need assistance for finding ways while walking, cooking, shopping or daily activities of your visi

Are you opting for alternate ways to substitute your vision problems?

Glare or sensitivity to light is another symptom of cataract. Diplopia or double vision is also seen in cataract patients. It also affects color vision, leading to yellowish or brownish tint to your eyesight. Patients often need frequent changes in their eyeglasses.

Cataract Treatment in Ghatkopar

Cataract develops as a result of thickened eye lens and treatment is to replace faulty lens with a new lens. Cataract removal is a routine treatment procedure at opthalomogist clinic and carried out across the globe with rarely any accompanying complications.

To prepare you for surgery, your doctor calls you for eye checkup (a week before), to choose which eye lens is best for you.

On the day of surgery, it’s recommended not to eat for 12 hours before surgery.

Bladeless Cataract Surgery

Cataract surgery at Mumbai Eye Care, Ghatkopar, is performed using the latest robotic technology which is completely bladeless and with ultrafine precision using the FEMTOSECOND LENSX LASER, ALCON, USA. This is an US FDA approved laser cataract surgery performed by our eye doctors and eye surgeon at Ghatkopar, Mumbai. This ensures complete blade free surgery, with high level of precision and excellent visual results. This technology makes the surgery very safe and reduces the chances of any complications to negligible.

How the Femtosecond Laser Works

Femtosecond laser performs most of the steps of cataract surgery that are otherwise performed using hand, thus decreasing the chances of human error and improves the precision.

Femtosecond LASER makes the cuts or incision on the cornea that were traditionally performed using blade. These incision are perfectly self sealing and thus do not need any sutures and heal rapidly.

The capsulorrhexis can be altered in terms of size and one can get a perfectly centered capsulorrhexis thus ensuring perfect IOL or lens positioning and better outcomes in cases of premium IOLs such as toric IOL and Multifocal IOL.

Benefits of Femtosecond/ Robotic/ Bladeless/ Bladefree cataract surgery at Mumbai Eye Care, Ghatkopar.

Most Advanced technology available today

A Complete Blade Free Procedure

Laser precise predictable outcomes

Enhanced Safety

Customized Procedure

Phacoemulsification: It is a simple procedure of less than 1 hour duration. Local anesthesia or sedation makes it painless for the patient. A tiny incision is made in front of eye with laser and inserts a pen-shaped probe to break the cloudy lens into pieces. This process is phacoemulsification. Suction then removes the pieces and surgeon places an artificial intraocular lens (IOL). Lens can be made of plastic, silicone or acrylic. There are varieties of lens available for implantation as per the patient requirements like Monofocal, Toric and Multifocal intraocular lenses.

Itracapsular cataract surgery: Its rare nowadays, this technique needs larger incision and along with cataract surrounding capsule is also removed. Intraocular lens is placed in front of iris in this procedure.

Recovery

Usually it is a complication free procedure, but it is recommended to be in contact with your surgeon after the surgery. Initially, an eye drop is given to reduce inflammation and prevent infection. You will need frequent visits to the doctor to monitor any complications. Cataract removal procedure doesn’t need night stay, as it’s a small daycare surgery. Most people observe an improvement in their visual function within few days of the surgery, enabling them to restart most of their daily activities including work.

Majority of people regain full activity after a few days of getting the procedure. Your doctor might fit you with a pair of glasses (if needed) once your vision is stabilized. This also depends upon the type of intraocular lens implanted in your eye.

Cataract Surgery FAQs

Are Cataracts found only in older people?

Usually it affects adults above 50 years of age, rarely seen in children as hereditary defect.

Are you awake during cataract surgery?

Yes, it can be performed with local anesthesia and minimal sedation.

Is cataract surgery painful?

No, there is little or no discomfort during the procedure.

Can eye drops cure cataract?

No, researchers are still working on it.

What is the recovery time?

Few people recover within few days, while others may take up to 3 months. It depends upon patient to patient cataract condition.

For More Info.(https://www.mumbaieyecare.com/)

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[stortztools]

A Sheet Metal Cutter That (Doesn’t) Make Waves: The Nibbler

You’re probably familiar enough with sheet metal shears. If not, getting to know them won’t take too much of your time, because we’ll gamble on a certainty that you do know what scissors are. Sheet metal shears, which are also known as tin snips or aviation snips, have two blades that come together and are leveraged via the force of arms, sometimes compounded, in order to make both straight and curved cuts through sheet metal. They’re probably the most widely recognized sheet metal cutter, and recognizable, as we explained, even with no experience in cutting and working sheet metal.

The question then, is, have you heard of nibblers? Nibblers are their own class of sheet metal cutters that have some unique and very distinct advantages over shears. Yes, shears can be used to make fairly precise, fairly quick cuts along sheet metal, but they come at a price. When not used properly, when rushed or forced, and sometimes through no fault of the user at all, shears create ragged, wavy, even uneven edges along the sheet metal medium.

That clears the way for nibblers, a sheet metal cutter that is not making waves, literally. Nibblers are a special class of metal cutters that are specifically designed to produce long cuts that do not damage the edge of sheet metal. In other words, nibblers are designed to produce an edge that is not deformed, is not torn and is not wavy. Shears can sometimes do the same, but if the material is moody or temperamental, and you need a nice, clean edge, a nibbler may be the answer.

Whereas shears work effectively by cutting through the metal, it is the same principle of leverage and force that sometimes causes the edge of sheet metal to deform. Nibblers, by contrast, remove a thin strip of metal from the sheet. Because most nibblers do not operate according to the same mechanical principles as shears, they produce the clean, even edge aforementioned.

Most nibblers will produce a fine swarf of metal chips after they have cut through the sheet metal, and although they produce an undistorted edge, some nibblers may produce a ragged edge that needs to be smoothed or finished, depending on the needs of the project. Nibblers are also preferred by some to shears simply because they are better at navigating tight turns and recesses. Shears struggle to cut sharp corners (most of the time) and even the best shears can only cut straight lines or straight and to the right or left, but not both.

If you’re looking to learn more about nibblers or you just want to see some nibblers for sale so you can learn more about their relative virtues, visit John Stortz & Son at Stortz.com. There, whether you’re more interested in shears, nibblers or some other type of sheet metal cutting tools or forming device, you’ll be able to find it.

You can also consult their customer service team with additional questions regarding controlled cutting, cutting capacity, or about hand tools for small jobs. Give them a call at 888-847-3456 to learn more today.

[theblazeofmemory]

IDK if reblogging that post was an invitation to send you some prompts, but I'd love ❛ what’s the point in having powers/magic, if you don’t take advantage? ❜ :3

Everything is an invitation for you to send me things, love

Jehan spent their free time in parks and graveyards, the only two green spaces where things were permitted to grow and strangers permitted to wander. Graveyards in particular held their fascination, the older, the better. They often spent late afternoons wandering between crumbling headstones without their shoes, seeking stories and leaving flowers in their footsteps. Whether the voices they could hear sometimes were the plants or the dead beneath their feet, they never quite figured out.

“Are you the necromancer, then?”

The voice startled Jehan so much, they jumped. No one usually pestered them out here; most strangers assumed they were grieving a loved one while they traced the letters on crumbling headstones or brought the green back to a newly dug plot. Never had someone spoken to them; never had anyone even tried.

They scrambled to get their back away from whoever this stranger was, perched up on a headstone just one row away, and immediately noticed he only let them catch bits of details at a time. Dark curls and high cheekbones. New-looking suit jacket, worn unbuttoned. Shiny dress shoes. One deep brown, beautiful eye. It was strange. Enough to make them curious but, if anything, it made them more defensive. No one hid that much unless they were dangerous.

“You’re giving me a headache with that,” they whisper at last, careful to keep one hand to the soil. They could trip him up, catch him, if tried anything.

“Didn’t know you lot were so jumpy.” At least his voice was undistorted. “You’d think being around dead things all day would kind of remove all the surprises of the living. Maybe it makes sense, though; the dead don’t talk much.”

“I’m not a necromancer,” they mutter, and the figure looks like he cocks his head like he’s confused.

“You hang around in a graveyard, bring the grass back to life, and talk to headstones, but you’re not a necromancer. Are you sure?”

Jehan tried to fix him in a glare, but that illusion continued to mess with their focus on him. “Am I- Yes, I’m sure! It’s life magic, not death magic. And can you stop doing whatever that thing is?”

“Once I know you’re not dangerous.”

“I’m not, I… watch.”

They had always been warned not to show their magic to anybody, but they felt like they still had the advantage here. They could get away if they needed to; they were fast enough on their feet, and the moment they reached the tree at the bottom of the hill, they would be safe.

Their hand hovers over the very tops on the grass, and they take a steadying breath. The clover leaves between the grass blades shifted and stretched toward their palm as they whispered encouragements under their breath. When they moved their hand a moment later, a patch the shape of their hand stood apart from the rest, the leaves taller, little white blooms sticking up above the green.

Jehan sighed with satisfaction. “See? Life. Not dangerous.”

The stranger shrugged and lets his illusion peel away. He shivered, then rolled his shoulders like he’s tossing off a cloak, and his face fully came into view as he carded his fingers through his hair. He was night made human, even without the disguise, clothes and hair and eyes dark as the shadow between the trees and features as sharp as a crescent moon. Jehan might not be dangerous, but he certainly was.

“Is that all you can do?” he asked skeptically.

“Is your illusion all you can do? I like to keep my acts small, though.”

“But why?” He slipped off his perch and crossed the row toward them, then knelt near the grass. He passed his hand over the clovers, letting them barely touch his palm. “You could do so much. What’s the point of having magic if you don’t take advantage?”

“Well, I… I like helping. I talk to the plants that are wilting at the supermarket to give them a chance to find homes. I whisper to people’s gardens from the other side of the wall, so they grow better fruit. It’s nice. It makes me feel nice. Could I maybe get a name now that you know I’m not a threat?”

“It’s on the cemetery sign.”

“Montparnasse?”

“You got it. I already know why you are, Jehan.”

They would have asked how, but he plucked one of the flowers at the base. “What are you doing?”

“Checking something.” He rolled the stem in his fingers and made an affirmative noise. “I hate to break it to you, but I was right.”

“I told you, I use-”

“Life magic, I know. What exactly do you think necromancy is? It’s the epitome of life magic. Breathing life into what once was. You could raise this whole graveyard if you wanted. Take everything you want. Why don’t you?”

“I didn’t know I could. And I have just about everything I could want. My plants, my friends, time alone, books to read. The things I don’t have wouldn’t do me much good to take, either. Besides, I do like keeping things small. Doing too much makes me feel sick.” They took the flower from between his fingers and planted it in the soil again, holding it steady until the roots took hold.

“Sounds like a waste to me,” Montparnasse grumbled, frowning at the bloom.

Jehan breathed a little laugh. “Maybe so, but it’s what I’m good at. Would you maybe… mind showing me what else you can do? If it’s not dangerous anyway.”

“Just a bit. I can’t go giving away all my secrets.”

“Of course.”

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In Animated "Fate/Grand Order" Promo Prepares To Introduce You To The Woman of Agartha

When Fate/Grand Order first launched, it promised a seven-era epic Grail battle royale. That actually reached its climax in the Japanese version of the game last year. But never fear. There's lots more to come, as Japanese servers are now into Epic of Remnant, a 1.5 bridge to part two of its story. The second sub-singularity of this, Legendary Underground World Agartha: The Woman of Agartha, is starting up, and, presented in a webcast with Mafia Kajita, Ayako Kawasumi (Arturia), Nobunaga  Shimazaki (Arjuna) and Satoshi Tsuruoka (Gilles de Rais), an animated preview builds the hype.

        This Epic of Remnant bridge will include

Episode I: Shinjuku Phantom Incident (新宿幻霊事件, Shinjuku Genrei Jiken)

Keywords include: Free-Transforming Street Ruffian (変化自在の無頼漢, Henka-Jizai no Buraikan), Magic Bullet (魔弾, Madan), Empress of Puppets (人形の女帝, Ningyou no Jotei), Ally of JusticePerpetrator of Evil (正義の味方邪悪なる者, Seigi no MikataJyaaku-naru Mono), Phantom (幻霊, Genrei, lit. Phantasmal Spirit), Gentleman Criminal (犯罪紳士, Hanzai Shinshi), The Phantasmal League of Fiends (幻影魔人同盟, Genei Majin Doumei), Fallen Star (落ちる星,Ochiru-Boshi), TraitorDouble Cross (裏切り者ダブルクロス, UragirimonoDaburu Kurosu), Lament Beneath the Moon (月下の慟哭, Gekka no Doukoku)

Episode II: The Woman of Agartha (アガルタの女, Agaruta no Onna)

Keywords include: The Hollow Earth (地底大空洞, Chikyuu Dai-Kuudou, lit. Great Underground Cavern), Hero of Brutal Insanity (暴虐と狂乱の英雄, Bougyaku to Kyouran no Eiyuu), The Brilliant Fortress (煌々たる城塞,Koukou-taru Shousai), Jungle of Gold (黄金の密林, Ougon no Mitsurin), The Fragrance of Peaches (桃の芳香, Tou no Houkou),The War-Cry of the Women Warriors (女戦士たちの雄叫び, Onna-Senshi-tachi no Otakebi), Phantasmal Metropolis (幻影都市, Genei Toshi), The Skies of Void (無空の天, Mukuu no Sora), The Distortion of an Undistorted Wish (歪みなき願いの歪み, Yugami-naki Negai no Yugami)

Episode III: The Tournament of the Seven Blade-Master Heroes (英霊剣豪七番勝負, Eirei Kengou Shichiban Shoubu)

Keywords include: Pentacle (五芒星, Goubousei), The Beautiful Beast Smiles (美しき獣は嗤う, Utsukushiki Kemono wa Warau), Empyrio (エンピレオ, Enpirio), Purgatorio (プルガトリオ, Purugatorio), Inferno (インフェルノ, Inferuno), Zen and the Sword Are One (剣禅一如, Kenzen Ichinyo), In-Laiden Karma (埋め込まれた宿業, Umekomareta Shukugou), The Seven Blade-Master Heroes (英霊剣豪七騎, Eirei Kengou Shichiki), The Blade-Maiden of the Empyrean Eye (天眼の剣士, Tengan no Kenshi), Void and Infinity (無と、無限, Mu to, Mugen), The Annihilation of All (一切鏖殺, Isai Ousatsu), Rage Overflowing (狂瀾怒濤, Kyouran Dotou)

Episode IV: Salem of the Heresy (異端なるセイラム, Itan-naru Seiramu)

Keywords include: Witch Hunt (魔��狩り, Majo Gari), Witch Trials (魔女裁判, Majo Saiban), The Most Heretical of the Witches (最も異端なる魔女, Mottomo Itan-naru Majo), The Great Calamity (大いなる厄災,Oinaru Yakusai), Anno Domini 1692 (西暦1692年, Seireki 1692 Nen), Seven at the Gallows (七つの絞首,Nanatsu no Koushu, lit. Seven Hangings), Inescapable Accusation (逃れられぬ告発, Nogararenu Gokuhatsu), "Salem," Massachusetts (マサチューセッツ "セイレム", Masachu-settsu "Seiremu")

Servants (with true-names to be revealed in the story) for Agartha include:

Caster of the Nightless City

Assassin of the Nightless City

Berserker of El Dorado 

Female Servants, as well as Astolfo, Enkidu, and d'Eon, will receive a Bond EXP bonus throughout the Sub-Singularity.

------ Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime. 

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30 Best Gift Ideas For Swimmers

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30 Best Gift Ideas For Swimmers

Swimming is a great sport, a fun pastime, and a hobby for a lot of people. The sport requires several swimming gear and tools. If you have a friend who loves swimming, this could be the right season to gift them something.

It is okay if you are not aware of the right swimming equipment. In this post, we have listed the top 30 gift ideas for swimmers. From kids to adults and from beginners to swimming professionals, you can find a suitable gift for everyone!

Table Of Contents

30 Best Gift Ideas For Swimmers

1. aegend Swim Goggles

These goggles are anti-fog, leakproof, and offer UV protection. The flexible silicone frame and improved nose piece provide extreme comfort. These ensure the goggles never leave a mark on your face. They come with a protective case.

Key Features

Inner surfaces of the lenses are anti-fog

Outer surface of the goggles has a UV-protection coating

Polycarbonate lenses stay strong even in the toughest conditions

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2. VIFUUR Water Sports Shoes

The Vifuur Water Sport Shoes work great for swimming as well as other adventure sports like kayaking or aqua yoga. The pair of shoes is available in various sizes and designs. They have a smooth neck design that prevents chafing. Their high-quality rubber sole protects the feet from getting hurt. The surface of the shoes is made of breathable fabric that offers great comfort.

Key Features

Breathable and smooth fabric with a fine stretch

Great for yoga training, beach sports, swimming, weight training, wake-boarding, sailing, boating, kayaking, windsurfing, cycling, jogging, walking, fishing, gardening, etc.

Anti-slip sole

Quick-dry material that also is flexible

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3. Stearns Original Puddle Jumper Kids Life Jacket

The Stearns Original Puddle Jumper Kids Life Jacket can be a great gift for the little ones in your home, especially if they love diving into the pool often. With this life vest, you can teach swimming to your kids and let them play safely in water. The jacket is available in interesting designs, and the nylon shell makes it highly durable.

Key Features

Designed to fit snugly for added safety

Meets the requirements for use on boats, in public pools, and at water parks

Nylon shell for durability

Safety buckle snaps in the back

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4. Speedo Silicone Solid Swim Cap

This Speedo Silicone Solid Swim Cap works well for swimmers with long hair. It also prevents water from entering the ears. The cap is made using premium quality silicone and is gentle on your hair. It hugs the head perfectly and reduces drag.

Key Features

1” high and 4.8” wide

Breathable and comfortable fit

Latex-free

Fits comfortably without any snagging or pulling

Can be stretched to double its original size

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5. Timex Mid-Size Ironman Watch

The Timex Mid-Size Ironman Watch is ideal for those who always track and record their performance while swimming. This watch is waterproof. It is lightweight and has a 50 lap memory. It is also equipped with an interval training timer and a countdown timer. The watch comes with an alarm too.

Key Features

Breathable, co-molded resin strap with buckle closure

Water-resistant up to 100m

Suitable for swimming and snorkeling (not diving)

Includes a large number display and a quick 5-button access to alarm

Has a 30-lap stopwatch memory

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6. Joycuff Inspirational Bracelet For Women

This bracelet can be the ideal gift for motivating wannabe swimmers. This personalized gift has an engraved mantra ‘Just Keep Swimming’ on its inner side. The bracelet is adjustable and fits most wrist sizes. The rounded edges of the bracelet keep it from scratching over the skin.

Key Features

Adjustable bracelet that fits most wrist sizes

Highly polished and exquisite

Round edges for smoother handling

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7. FINIS Long Floating Fins

Take your swimming practice to the next level with the FINIS Long Floating Fins. These fins are available in 10 vibrant colors. They are made of soft, natural rubber that enhances comfort. They offer ideal buoyancy, lifting one’s legs to the surface of the water. This also enables the swimmer to find the optimum body position. These fins are suitable for women of all ages.

Key Features

Long blades are designed to increase leg strength and speed

Lift your legs to the surface of the water, reducing drag and improving body alignment

Soft, natural rubber for increased comfort

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8. Beauty in Women’s One Piece Swimsuit

The Beautyin Women’s One Piece Swimsuit offers comfort and enables one to control their swimming movements like a pro. It is made of 82% polyester and 18% spandex. It has a pull-on closure and a Boyleg design. The swimsuit is made of chlorine-resistant material.

Key Features

Available in Racerback and U-back versions

Boyleg design

Double lined and built-in bras

Chlorine-resistant

Offers modest tummy control

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9. Greatever G2 Full Face Snorkel Mask

The Greatever G2 Full Face Snorkel Mask adopts a transparent flat lens made of high definition premium PU resin. It prevents vision distortion and eliminates underwater dizziness. It has a motion camera mount that helps you explore the underwater world. The mask also offers comfortable and smooth breathing.

Key Features

Made with high-quality silicone for a leak-proof effect

Comes with a removable motion camera

Silicone layer inside the mask isolates air from the nose and mouth

Offers comfortable and smooth breathing

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10. Holipick Women Two Piece Tankini Swimsuit

The Holipick Women Two Piece Tankini Swimsuit could make a thoughtful gift for professional swimmers. This floral printed swimsuit is available in several colors and has a high-halter neck pattern. It is fashionable and striking to the eyes. The material is soft and has good elasticity. It suits the best for swimming, beach vacations, pool parties, etc.

Key Features

Fashionable, bold, and colorful beach/swimwear for girls

High-neck design with neck hook closure

Padded push-up bra for support and shape

Good elasticity

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11. Scodi Women’s Surfing Leggings

The Scodi Women’s Surfing Leggings are best suited for recreational swimmers looking for something stylish and appealing. The swimming tights are uniquely designed with a contrast of black. They are super flexible, athletic, and fashionable. The seamless knit construction is good for a free-flowing movement and helps minimize irritation caused by chafing.

Key Features

Perfect multi-use leggings for fitness activities like surfing, swimming, diving, and yoga

Nylon with high elasticity and smooth fiber

Can be stretched to fit your body well

Offers perfect shape recovery

Dries quickly and is breathable

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12. BALEAF Women’s Athletic Training Swimsuit

The BALEAFWomen’sAthleticTraining Swimsuit is well-fitted and flexible. It is a perfect fit for professional swimmers and adventurers. The swimsuit is made of 90% polyester and 10% spandex that offer proper stretch and flexibility. The durable polyester fabric lasts longer than the traditional nylon fabric. The swimsuit is also chlorine-resistant.

Key Features

Fully-lined product prevents fabric transparency and gives support

Built-in shelf bra with soft removable cups and adjustable shoulder straps

Chlorine-resistant

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13. AqtivAqua Wide View Swim Goggles

The AqtivAqua Wide View Swim Goggles are the perfect gift for outdoor swimmers. The glasses have wide polycarbonate lenses with anti-fog coating. They also offer 100% UV-protection and an undistorted 180° field of view above water and underwater. The ultra-soft double seals expand and contract to hug the unique contours of a swimmer’s face. They achieve the right level of suction without applying excessive pressure around the eyes.

Key Features

100% UV-protection

Split strap design ensures fixed position during rigorous swimming

Easy adjusting of the size of the strap; can be done even while swimming

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14. Mgaolo Fitness Tracker

The Mgaolo Fitness Tracker works as an activity health tracker and monitors blood pressure and heart rate. It tracks calories and helps you record the impact of your all-day activities on your health. It also comes with a sleep monitor, pedometer, phone call reminder, sedentary reminder, etc. The tracker takes just an hour for a complete charge and lasts for 5 to 7 days.

Key Features

Offers all-day activity tracking

Single charge lasts for 5 to 7 days

Compatible with both iOS and Android smartphones

Multiple band color selections with adjustable anti-lost straps

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15. ZIONOR Snorkel Lap Swimming Mouthpiece

The ZIONOR Snorkel Lap Swimming Mouthpiece allows for a healthy airflow and an adequate amount of oxygen. It also maximizes speed by 30%. The mouthpiece has a sleek hydrodynamic design that allows swimmers to swim effortlessly with minimal water resistance. Its front mount ensures smooth arm rotation and helps maintain body alignment and stroke efficiency.

Key Features

Thickened head-pad on the head delivers comfort

Durable food-grade and odorless material

Front mount ensures smooth arm rotation and improved body alignment

Improves speed by 30%

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16. VIAHART Swimming Kickboard

With the VIAHART Swimming Kickboard, you can practice strokes with much ease. This kickboard is made of EVA foam that is free of phthalates and formaldehyde. It is lightweight and highly durable. The kickboard is perfect for kick drills and general swimming training.

Key Features

7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inches kickboard

Phthalate-free

Formaldehyde-free

EVA foam improves support and flexibility

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17. Speed Hound Swim Buoy

The Speed Hound Swim Buoy helps you keep your belongings safe while swimming on the beaches. This flotation device comes with a dry bag and a waterproof cell phone case for swimmers. The color of the buoy is bright and visible from a distance. It is noticeable against water for boats, kayaks, canoes, surfers, and paddle boarders.

Key Features

Large dry bag compartment can hold personal items like keys, credit cards, money, phone, etc.

Bonus cell phone-specific dry bag

Comes with a secure strap

Portable

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18. TOYSHARING Back Float Safety Swim Bubble Belt

This TOYSHARING Back Float Safety Swim Bubble Belt can help kids learn swimming quickly. The belt offers better support and increased buoyancy, allowing the kids to be confident. The back float feature snap buckle is easy to adjust and stays tight. The buckles on the back free the arms for proper positioning and movement while swimming. The bubble belt is made of superior durable waterproof foam material.

Key Features

Durable and waterproof foam material

Colorful, vibrant, and safe floating bubble belt

Portable

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19. Synergy Hand Paddles

The correct hand paddles can make swim training easier. These Synergy Hand Paddlescome in three different sizes. They are available with a broad-blade design for optimal water contact. The design also builds upper body strength. It also has holes that allow the water to channel through the paddles to ensure the fluidity of each stroke.

Key Features

Wide-area wrist and finger straps are adjustable for a secure fit

Works well for all age groups

Broad-blade design for optimal water contact

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20. Infinity Collection Swim Bracelet

If you are looking for an encouraging gift for your friend who loves swimming,   consider giving her the Infinity Collection Swim Bracelet. This bracelet in silver and blue comes with metal charms. It is of adjustable length and can suit most wrist sizes.

Key Features

Blue and silver-tone infinity bracelet with metal charms

Easily suits for wrist sizes between 5″ to 7″

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21. Newton Bay Swimmer’s Soap

This Newton Bay Swimmer’s Soap helps eliminate chlorine from the skin after swimming. Swimming in chlorinated water may have certain harmful effects. But you can remove the associated smell with this soap. One set comes with two 4-ounce soap bars that are made using olive oil, water, coconut oil, sodium hydroxide, organic palm oil, shea butter, organic aloe concentrate, and calendula flowers.

Key Features

Moisturizing and nourishing

Aloe vera soap feels incredible after a pool session on your skin and body

Wash away chlorine and other chemicals to revitalize your body with our sensitive skin formula

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22. 4Monster Microfiber Beach Towel

The 4Monster Microfiber Beach Towel is highly absorbent. You can pat your body dry after a rigorous swimming session. It is a sand-free, super-absorbent and premium quality towel designed for beach holidays, camping, swimming etc. The production of the towel does not use chemical dyes. The towel can dry in a short time.

Key Features

Absorbs moisture from the body quickly

Can be dried in a short time

Can be reused without waiting to dry

No chemical dyes

Comes with a mini drawstring bag for storage

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23. Sinus Saver Water Sports Nose Plug

The Sinus Saver Water Sports Nose Plug can keep water from getting into your nose while swimming. It may also prevent a sinus infection that can otherwise occur in susceptible individuals. This nose plug is a premium-quality product that can help reduce discomfort while swimming. The plug fits snugly into the nasal cavity and does not slip. It is made of high-grade medical-grade silicone.

Key Features

Nose plug perfectly fits into the nostrils

Available in different sizes

Prevents you from sinus infection and pool chemicals

Does not shrink, dissolve, or break with regular use

Soft and odorless

Comfortable to wear

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24. Athletico Swim Backpack

This Athletico Swim Backpackcomes with wet and dry compartments to store your wet clothes and other important belongings separately. The bag has an elevated, padded laptop sleeve that cushions your laptop and keeps it safe. It has a waterproof tarpaulin bottom. It can hold your kickboard, towels, fins, goggles, and other extra clothes.

Key Features

Waterproof tarpaulin bottom

Large enough to hold your kickboard, towels, etc.

Available in vibrant shades

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25. CAPAS Snorkel Fins

The CAPAS Snorkel Finsare travel-size and adjustable. They work perfect for snorkeling and diving. These are certified fins with filter pads that help them stay in shape when stored. They have soft heel straps with large thumb loops, making them easy to wear or remove.

Key Features

Comes with soft foot pocket

Flexible enough for barefoot use

Can also be worn with fin socks or dive booties

Lightweight and compact

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26. 2 in 1 Chlorine Body Wash And Chlorine Shampoo

This 2 in 1 Chlorine Body Wash And Chlorine Shampoo helps cleanse and nourish the skin soon after a swimming session. Swimming water usually contains chlorine and other harmful chemicals that may degrade skin health. This body wash and shampoo also helps remove chlorine odor, thanks to its citrus fragrance. It is a sulfate-free product that prevents skin irritation.

Key Features

Reduces chlorine odor

Citrus fragrance

Sulfate-free

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27. Swimbuds 100% Waterproof Headphones

The Swimbuds 100% Waterproof Headphones are designed for the flips and turns that happen while swimming. They come with a gold plated stereo jack that prevents corrosion. They are flanged and create a tight seal. There also is a waterproof audio extension cord. The headphones are available in four different earbud tip options.

Key Features

Flanged earbuds create a tight seal

Waterproof audio extension cord

4 earbud tip options

2nd generation Hydrobeat technology audio

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28. Hearprotek Swimming Ear Plugs

The Hearprotek Swimming Ear Plugs can keep the water from entering the ears. These waterproof, reusable silicone earplugs work best for swimmers and others who love water sports. The earplugs are shaped to fit snugly inside the ears and lay flat against the outer ears. This proper fit helps prevent swimmer’s ear (an infection). The plugs come with a reusable handy storage case.

Key Features

Made of silicone that is extremely soft and comfortable

Fits snugly in the ears

Helps prevent swimmer’s ear

Reusable

Washable

Comes in bright colors

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29. YYST Swim Bungee Training Belt

This YYST Swim Bungee Training Belt can be a great gift for people who want to learn to swim. The kit includes a waist belt, one stretch cord, one storage bag, and one loop. The waist belt is made of neoprene for added comfort. The belt extends to 40 inches. The bungee cord is 2 meters long and works perfect for adults and children.

Key Features

Made of neoprene, for added comfort

One installation loop that can be hung around any pole around the swim pool

Comes with a breathable and premium YYST storage mesh bag

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30. Speedo Men’s Endurance+ Polyester Jammer Swimsuit

The Speedo Men’s Endurance+ Polyester Jammer Swimsuitmade using 50% polyester and 50% PBT. It has a drawstring closure for perfect fit and flexible movements. The Endurance+ fabric lasts 20x longer than ordinary swimwear. The swimsuit can absorb moisture and dries out as soon as you move out of water. The 4-way stretch technology allows one to move comfortably.

Key Features

4-way stretch technology

Lightweight fabric

Quick-drying

Long-lasting

Front gusset for breathable room around the crotch area

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Swimming is a great sport. If you want your loved one to continue pursuing it, encouraging them with the right gift helps. Go through the list and check what suits your budget. Pick one or more, and see how your friend would love to use it!

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MIT engineers fly first-ever plane with no moving parts

Since the first airplane took flight over 100 years ago, virtually every aircraft in the sky has flown with the help of moving parts such as propellers, turbine blades, and fans, which are powered by the combustion of fossil fuels or by battery packs that produce a persistent, whining buzz.

Now MIT engineers have built and flown the first-ever plane with no moving parts. Instead of propellers or turbines, the light aircraft is powered by an “ionic wind” — a silent but mighty flow of ions that is produced aboard the plane, and that generates enough thrust to propel the plane over a sustained, steady flight.

Unlike turbine-powered planes, the aircraft does not depend on fossil fuels to fly. And unlike propeller-driven drones, the new design is completely silent.

“This is the first-ever sustained flight of a plane with no moving parts in the propulsion system,” says Steven Barrett, associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT. “This has potentially opened new and unexplored possibilities for aircraft which are quieter, mechanically simpler, and do not emit combustion emissions.”

He expects that in the near-term, such ion wind propulsion systems could be used to fly less noisy drones. Further out, he envisions ion propulsion paired with more conventional combustion systems to create more fuel-efficient, hybrid passenger planes and other large aircraft.

Barrett and his team at MIT have published their results today in the journal Nature.

Hobby crafts

Barrett says the inspiration for the team’s ion plane comes partly from the movie and television series, “Star Trek,” which he watched avidly as a kid. He was particularly drawn to the futuristic shuttlecrafts that effortlessly skimmed through the air, with seemingly no moving parts and hardly any noise or exhaust.

“This made me think, in the long-term future, planes shouldn’t have propellers and turbines,” Barrett says. “They should be more like the shuttles in ‘Star Trek,’ that have just a blue glow and silently glide.”

About nine years ago, Barrett started looking for ways to design a propulsion system for planes with no moving parts. He eventually came upon “ionic wind,” also known as electroaerodynamic thrust — a physical principle that was first identified in the 1920s and describes a wind, or thrust, that can be produced when a current is passed between a thin and a thick electrode. If enough voltage is applied, the air in between the electrodes can produce enough thrust to propel a small aircraft.

For years, electroaerodynamic thrust has mostly been a hobbyist’s project, and designs have for the most part been limited to small, desktop “lifters” tethered to large voltage supplies that create just enough wind for a small craft to hover briefly in the air. It was largely assumed that it would be impossible to produce enough ionic wind to propel a larger aircraft over a sustained flight.

“It was a sleepless night in a hotel when I was jet-lagged, and I was thinking about this and started searching for ways it could be done,” he recalls. “I did some back-of-the-envelope calculations and found that, yes, it might become a viable propulsion system,” Barrett says. “And it turned out it needed many years of work to get from that to a first test flight.”

Ions take flight

The team’s final design resembles a large, lightweight glider. The aircraft, which weighs about 5 pounds and has a 5-meter wingspan, carries an array of thin wires, which are strung like horizontal fencing along and beneath the front end of the plane’s wing. The wires act as positively charged electrodes, while similarly arranged thicker wires, running along the back end of the plane’s wing, serve as negative electrodes.

The fuselage of the plane holds a stack of lithium-polymer batteries. Barrett’s ion plane team included members of Professor David Perreault’s Power Electronics Research Group in the Research Laboratory of Electronics, who designed a power supply that would convert the batteries’ output to a sufficiently high voltage to propel the plane. In this way, the batteries supply electricity at 40,000 volts to positively charge the wires via a lightweight power converter.

Once the wires are energized, they act to attract and strip away negatively charged electrons from the surrounding air molecules, like a giant magnet attracting iron filings. The air molecules that are left behind are newly ionized, and are in turn attracted to the negatively charged electrodes at the back of the plane.

As the newly formed cloud of ions flows toward the negatively charged wires, each ion collides millions of times with other air molecules, creating a thrust that propels the aircraft forward.

Undistorted camera footage from unpowered glide 2, with position and energy from camera tracking annotated. Credit: Steven Barrett

The team, which also included Lincoln Laboratory staff Thomas Sebastian and Mark Woolston, flew the plane in multiple test flights across the gymnasium in MIT’s duPont Athletic Center — the largest indoor space they could find to perform their experiments. The team flew the plane a distance of 60 meters (the maximum distance within the gym) and found the plane produced enough ionic thrust to sustain flight the entire time. They repeated the flight 10 times, with similar performance.

Undistorted camera footage from flight 9, with position and energy from camera tracking annotated. Sped up 2x. Credit: Steven Barrett

“This was the simplest possible plane we could design that could prove the concept that an ion plane could fly,” Barrett says. “It’s still some way away from an aircraft that could perform a useful mission. It needs to be more efficient, fly for longer, and fly outside.”

The new design is a “big step” toward demonstrating the feasibility of ion wind propulsion, according to Franck Plouraboue, senior researcher at the Institute of Fluid Mechanics in Toulouse, France, who notes that researchers previously weren’t able to fly anything heavier than a few grams.

“The strength of the results are a direct proof that steady flight of a drone with ionic wind is sustainable,” says Plouraboue, who was not involved in the research. “[Outside of drone applications], it is difficult to infer how much it could influence aircraft  propulsion  in the future. Nevertheless, this is not really a weakness but rather an opening for future progress, in a field which is now going to burst.”

Barrett’s team is working on increasing the efficiency of their design, to produce more ionic wind with less voltage. The researchers are also hoping to increase the design’s thrust density — the amount of thrust generated per unit area. Currently, flying the team’s lightweight plane requires a large area of electrodes, which essentially makes up the plane’s propulsion system. Ideally, Barrett would like to design an aircraft with no visible propulsion system or separate controls surfaces such as rudders and elevators.

“It took a long time to get here,” Barrett says. “Going from the basic principle to something that actually flies was a long journey of characterizing the physics, then coming up with the design and making it work. Now the possibilities for this kind of propulsion system are viable.”

This research was supported, in part, by MIT Lincoln Laboratory Autonomous Systems Line, the Professor Amar G. Bose Research Grant, and the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART). The work was also funded through the Charles Stark Draper and Leonardo career development chairs at MIT.

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For every 💬 I get in my inbox, I’ll post a quote from my own writing that I’m proud of!

I actually kind of dig writing dream sequences; there’s a fun challenge in making them feel disjointed, unreal, not-quite-right but still interesting to read. I also get to pull at fractions of Sans past, which is fun. This was another AU!Sans excerpt, but I don’t doubt that my main Sans has had very similar dreams in the past. Interestingly, this was written when Gaster played a different role towards my Sans than he does currently, but I think I could still justify how Sans is seeing him in the dream. That’d be a whole slew of analysis though hahaha. 

I think I managed to get a lot of good visuals with this, and a really good feeling of just creepy and unsettling. At least, I hope I did! I very rarely feel content with my “darker” content, so it feels nice to be satisified!

Sans hadn’t been sure of how well he’d sleep, but he had felt so very tired and before he was even fully aware of it, his mind slipped into subconscious thought and left his body to rest.

In his dream, he’d been sitting at what had once been his work desk at the Lab. He was bleeding from his chest, and using a hand to compress the wound; the liquid kept seeping out between the cracks of his joints. It wasn’t very effective, but Sans didn’t feel terribly concerned.

The lab door opened, and Gaster entered the room, his body still whole as it had been prior to being scattered by The Void. Just like he used to do, Gaster buttoned up his lab coat and started explaining to him what their plan would be for the days work as he walked into another room. Sans followed him and felt his mouth begin to fill with blood.

He silently listened to his instructions, careful to keep his teeth pressed firmly together so that the blood didn’t seep through. It had been— a very long time since Sans had felt nervous, but he was certainly getting— anxious. If Gaster didn’t hurry it up, Sans wouldn’t be able to continue hiding what was building in his mouth, and for some reason, this felt awfully important to him.

Luckily, the old scientist dismissed him in time, and Sans made his way into the bathroom. He spat the blood into the sink, emptying his mouth, but it kept coming, and coming, and he idly remembered wondering if this was what vomiting felt like for humans.

It tasted like spoiled ketchup and rotten meat.

There was a pounding on the door, and the anxiety was back. An instinct told Sans to hide, toughen up, clean up, quick, quicker, and he somehow just knew that he would be as good as dead if he was caught with blood on his hands.

He had just finished rinsing the red from his bones when the door slammed open. Three human men dressed in blackish-blue came rushing in and immediately examined the sink, only to discover it was clean. Which was odd, considering Sans hadn’t thought to wipe it down.

It didn’t do much to deflate them. Two of the men grabbed Sans by his arms and pushed him to his knees, and really it hadn’t been necessary, he wasn’t even resisting, but he knew they liked to do that anyway so he let them, and waited patiently while one forced his thick, fleshy fingers into his mouth, opening it far wider than was comfortable as he checked for blood. It tasted like pencil lead.

There wasn’t any trace of red liquid anywhere on him, so they let him go and left. Sans had just gotten back to his feet and was adjusting his jacket when he heard Gaster call out from behind him. When he turned, there was a door that he didn’t remember being there before, but somehow seemed as though it belonged.

Gaster was waiting for him, notebook in hand, standing in front of an operating table. Sans could make out the pale form of a human corpse behind him. The scientist asked if he was ready to begin work. He said yes.

He put on a lab coat before approaching the table— he didn’t want to get his jacket dirty— and grabbed a surgical blade from the instrument tray beside him. It was so easy to cut into their chest, slicing through it like butter. There was no was no blood as the flesh fell open, and Sans thought that maybe he hadn’t needed his lab coat after all.

After some work, he was able to gain access to their heart and made another delicate incision into the red organ. He cut a line down, and then horizontal, creating a tiny, little cross. Carefully, Sans peeled back the cut pieces, like an outer layer of fruit, and under the thick slabs of heart, there was revealed a SOUL.

He showed it to Gaster. The scientist squinted at it briefly before shaking his head.

“No,” Sans was told, in a voice that was familiar, and whole, and for once undistorted by time and space, “That won’t do. Toss it away with the others and grab another one.”

There wasn’t much else to do except nod. Sans took the corpse by the arm, and it was strange, how cold humans got when they were dead. He dragged it off the table and over to a pile of bodies with similar incisions, all rejected, marinating in a thin pool of blood. He dumped the body in among the mound, and for a moment, he hesitated; thought he saw brown hair and brown eyes, could have sworn he had seen them before but then—

he blinked, and it was just a pile of random bones covered in fatty tissue, muscle, and skin. As he turned to walk away, the taste of spoiled ketchup and rotten meat lingered in his mouth.

Sans woke up, and a twisted sickness lurched inside of him but was just too tiredt to pay it any attention.

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Cataract Surgery In Ghatkopar and Cataract Treatment In Ghatkopar From Eye Specialist

Cataract Surgery In Ghatkopar

Cataract surgery is replacing the faulty lens with an artificial lens. It’s a common and safe procedure done by ophthalmologist when you are having cloudy vision. Decision to undergo cataract surgery depends on the level of difficulty; a patient is facing on daily routine activities.

What is Cataract?

Cataract is progressive in nature and develops with time you grow older. Cataract affects most of people and becomes prominent with age. It can be described as blurry, cloudy or opaque vision. Natural eye lens focuses light on the retina to form clear and undistorted image. Clouding of this lens results in blurred and distorted image. It commonly affects both eyes but in few cases one eye cataract might advances rapidly. If not treated on time, may result is complete loss of sight.

Causes of Cataract

Cataract can be seen in children as a hereditary defect, while eye trauma, smoking, diabetes, excessive use of alcohol, prolonged exposure of sunlight or ultraviolet rays, extended use of corticosteroids are few causes of cataract occurring in elderly people.

Eye Examination

Cataracts can be diagnosed with simple eye exam. The eye exam contains a vision test and an examination of your eyes using a slit lamp microscope. The pupils are dilated with special eye drops to provide a better view of the back of the eye, where the retina and optic nerve are located.

Symptoms of cataract

Ask yourself few questions

Do you feel difficulty in seeing at night?

Is reading or watching television becoming difficult for you?

Driving at night or seeing in bright light has become difficult?

Do you need assistance for finding ways while walking, cooking, shopping or daily activities of your visi

Are you opting for alternate ways to substitute your vision problems?

Glare or sensitivity to light is another symptom of cataract. Diplopia or double vision is also seen in cataract patients. It also affects color vision, leading to yellowish or brownish tint to your eyesight. Patients often need frequent changes in their eyeglasses.

Cataract Treatment in Ghatkopar

Cataract develops as a result of thickened eye lens and treatment is to replace faulty lens with a new lens. Cataract removal is a routine treatment procedure at opthalomogist clinic and carried out across the globe with rarely any accompanying complications.

To prepare you for surgery, your doctor calls you for eye checkup (a week before), to choose which eye lens is best for you.

On the day of surgery, it’s recommended not to eat for 12 hours before surgery.

Bladeless Cataract Surgery

Cataract surgery at Mumbai Eye Care, Ghatkopar, is performed using the latest robotic technology which is completely bladeless and with ultrafine precision using the FEMTOSECOND LENSX LASER, ALCON, USA. This is an US FDA approved laser cataract surgery performed by our eye doctors and eye surgeon at Ghatkopar, Mumbai. This ensures complete blade free surgery, with high level of precision and excellent visual results. This technology makes the surgery very safe and reduces the chances of any complications to negligible.

How the Femtosecond Laser Works

Femtosecond laser performs most of the steps of cataract surgery that are otherwise performed using hand, thus decreasing the chances of human error and improves the precision.

Femtosecond LASER makes the cuts or incision on the cornea that were traditionally performed using blade. These incision are perfectly self sealing and thus do not need any sutures and heal rapidly.

The capsulorrhexis can be altered in terms of size and one can get a perfectly centered capsulorrhexis thus ensuring perfect IOL or lens positioning and better outcomes in cases of premium IOLs such as toric IOL and Multifocal IOL.

Benefits of Femtosecond/ Robotic/ Bladeless/ Bladefree cataract surgery at Mumbai Eye Care, Ghatkopar.

Most Advanced technology available today

A Complete Blade Free Procedure

Laser precise predictable outcomes

Enhanced Safety

Customized Procedure

Phacoemulsification: It is a simple procedure of less than 1 hour duration. Local anesthesia or sedation makes it painless for the patient. A tiny incision is made in front of eye with laser and inserts a pen-shaped probe to break the cloudy lens into pieces. This process is phacoemulsification. Suction then removes the pieces and surgeon places an artificial intraocular lens (IOL). Lens can be made of plastic, silicone or acrylic. There are varieties of lens available for implantation as per the patient requirements like Monofocal, Toric and Multifocal intraocular lenses.

Itracapsular cataract surgery: Its rare nowadays, this technique needs larger incision and along with cataract surrounding capsule is also removed. Intraocular lens is placed in front of iris in this procedure.

Recovery

Usually it is a complication free procedure, but it is recommended to be in contact with your surgeon after the surgery. Initially, an eye drop is given to reduce inflammation and prevent infection. You will need frequent visits to the doctor to monitor any complications. Cataract removal procedure doesn’t need night stay, as it’s a small daycare surgery. Most people observe an improvement in their visual function within few days of the surgery, enabling them to restart most of their daily activities including work.

Majority of people regain full activity after a few days of getting the procedure. Your doctor might fit you with a pair of glasses (if needed) once your vision is stabilized. This also depends upon the type of intraocular lens implanted in your eye.

Cataract Surgery FAQs

Are Cataracts found only in older people?

Usually it affects adults above 50 years of age, rarely seen in children as hereditary defect.

Are you awake during cataract surgery?

Yes, it can be performed with local anesthesia and minimal sedation.

Is cataract surgery painful?

No, there is little or no discomfort during the procedure.

Can eye drops cure cataract?

No, researchers are still working on it.

What is the recovery time?

Few people recover within few days, while others may take up to 3 months. It depends upon patient to patient cataract condition.

To schedule an appointment with our experts for Cataract Surgery in Ghatkopar please call us at +91 8451045935, +91-8451045934 or visit our clinic at Address.

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Will a U.S. Adaptation Ruin Sebastian Lelio’s <i>Gloria</i>?

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Will a U.S. Adaptation Ruin Sebastian Lelio’s Gloria?

When asked about the field research he conducted for his film Gloria, the Chilean director Sebastian Lelio described going out with his mother and her friends. “When I have a drink with them,” Lelio told the magazine Cromos in 2014, “I see things from their side because they’re living something so fierce: a cruel process of disappearance, of becoming invisible in a society in which beauty is understood as an obsession with youth.” Despite his choice of words, the 43-year-old director—who is now working on adapting a version of the 2013 drama for American audiences—didn’t actually make a movie that dismisses women beyond their child-bearing years as “disappearing.”

Gloria doesn’t insist on an essential tragicomic sadness in female aging like so many films do. The story’s eponymous hero is 58 and long divorced, checking in at an office job by day, and working Santiago’s swank club-circuit for mature singles by night. Played by a radiant Paulina García, Gloria doesn’t explicitly reject her modest place in Chile’s free-market, so-called “miracle” economy. Instead, she seeks alternative fates on the dance floor, in the narcotic power of Lite FM nostalgia radio and in the companionship of a retired naval officer named Rodolfo (Sergio Hernandez). Mostly, though, even with the specter of abandonment and blindness (she gets a glaucoma diagnosis at one point), Gloria luxuriates in her own selfhood. She’s empathic and open and essentially untethered to the stultifying dramas that confine the lives of those around her, including Rodolfo and her grown children.

Critics in Europe and the United States praised Gloria for, among other things, its “authenticity.” Carlos Boyero of El Pais wrote that the film dares to show “with naturalness the nudity of people who’ve entered winter, it shows the desire of their bodies.” Betsy Sharkey observed for The Los Angeles Times that Lelio depicts sex between older adults in a way that “is neither gratuitous nor gross nor glossy.” But this marveling is ironically a feature of how invisibility is assigned and thrives. With Gloria, the tragedy is not in aging, but in the much-remarked novelty of a 60-ish woman in bed as something undistorted and even natural—as if it’s a surprise that human desire might persist to the end of life.

Gloria launched Lelio into the ranks of Chilean directors on the international radar, notably Pablo Larrain (of No and Jackie fame) and Sebastian Silva (The Maid). Lelio’s latest film, Una Mujer Fantástica, starring the trans actress Daniela Vega, opens in theaters across the U.S. in February. His first English-language feature, Disobedience, with Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams, debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival this fall to acclaim. And now, Lelio is also writing and directing a U.S. adaptation of Gloria, which will be inspired by the original story rather than a regular remake, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film will star Julianne Moore, who has made a career of playing fascinating women across the spectrum of human experience, from a porn actress who’s lost custody of her son in 1997’s Boogie Nights to a linguistics professor with Alzheimer’s in 2014’s Still Alice. With a film as innovative as Gloria, whose  ethos of self-deliverance translates across cultural boundaries, the prospect of a “reimagining” is bittersweet. But there’s reason to hope that, with Lelio at the helm, the Hollywood version could be the director’s rebuke to the fact that Gloria has few equivalents in American cinema.

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Most stories about women in or nearing middle age form part of the small canon of post-divorce bildungsroman films, including Paul Mazursky’s An Unmarried Woman (1978), in which an electrifying Jill Clayburgh ultimately thrives after her marriage unravels. More recent examples of similar reckoning include Mike Nichols’s Heartburn (1986), based on Nora Ephron’s novel and screenplay; Richard LaGravenese’s Living Out Loud (1998); Audrey Wells’s Under the Tuscan Sun; and Diane English’s The Women (2008). Still, these movies are about women considerably younger than Gloria and in the midst or immediate aftermath of ill-fated marriages.

Meanwhile, Nancy Meyers’s Something’s Gotta Give (2003) and It’s Complicated (2009) are genial, indulgent films about the desirability of their accomplished, older heroines. But each film winks at viewers with the improbability and counterintuitive humor of its premise; suitors swarm, romantic triangles emerge, and sex is reduced to geriatric antics. Isabel Coixet’s Learning To Drive (2014), based on a Katha Pollitt New Yorker essay, stands out as a quieter study of personal restoration and tackling long-delayed projects in the wake of divorce.

But these are all isolated examples of movies in the vein of Gloria. Since John Cassavetes’s defining films from the ’60s and ’70s, in which the inevitability of aging hangs like a guillotine blade, few directors have taken an interest in the full-dimensional humanity of older women. More typically, an aging woman’s longings are mawkish, or else her besottedness makes for absurdist fun. In Alfonso Cuarón’s Great Expectations (1998), the characters are lithe, contemporary reinventions with the grotesque exception of Nora Dinsmoor (Charles Dickens’s Miss Havisham) played by Anne Bancroft. Nora is all thwarted womanhood, a permanently jilted bride aghast at the dispossession accrued by age. Her face weeps mortician-grade makeup, a willful perversion of Charles Baudelaire’s idea that women wear cosmetics “to make divine their fragile beauty.”

Somewhere on this same small spectrum, Sally Field plays a disheveled 60-something woman who dons a Minnie Mouse bow and stalks after a younger colleague in Michael Showalter’s Hello, My Name Is Doris (2016). Like Gloria, Doris spends her days in a cubicle—that overused emblem of stifled promise. It turns out she’s a “holdover” from a corporate takeover so that even her age is an eccentricity in an office filled with insouciant youth. Then, with one innocuous and misinterpreted elevator exchange, Doris is suddenly reminded of her own vitality, perhaps for the first time since her fizzled aspirations as a bride decades earlier. But now, the movie suggests, it’s too late for her to enter any desirable man’s field of vision, much less a young one. The comedy, of course, rides on her increasingly frantic efforts to do just that.

And this is where Gloria’s protagonist departs from most similar American heroines: She’s not essentially in conflict with herself. Her loneliness is not a grasping sort, but a dignified bid for transcendence. García appears in every frame with near unwavering grace, even when high on pisco sour and making out with a stranger against a graffiti-scrawled lamppost in Viña del Mar. Viewers watch the surface turbulence of Gloria’s life from a still, clear depth, as though the events are ultimately incidental: Rodolfo’s inability to leave the collection of broken, dependent adults that make up his family; Gloria’s ex-husband’s drunken regrets at a fraught family reunion; and her own son and daughter’s unpromising relationships. Gloria cries privately at her daughter’s abrupt departure from Chile at one point, not in a bereft sense, but the way parents can feel like helpless onlookers to their adult children’s flawed lives.

Lelio has said Gloria’s script, written with Gonzalo Maza, draws lightly on his mother’s life, and is broadly an exploration of her generation—women raised for marriage and later caught in the unfettered economic and social changes in Chile after its transition to democracy in the late 1980s. Rising inequality, living costs, and divorce rates spurred by rapid modernization echo in the story’s margins, as do darker insinuations of the country’s unresolved military past in the figure of Rodolfo. The audience sees a backdrop of confinement—stairwells, parking lots, tidy apartments. Santiago is reduced to a gray drift of development that registers vaguely in the reflection of Gloria’s car window. But Lelio defies tendencies to turn each new Latin American film into a thinly veiled comment on history and politics. Gloria’s physical surroundings are bleakly dim and unspecific, with the exception of a brilliant beach where she wakes up at one point, hungover and robbed of her purse.

Of the new English-language version, Lelio has said, “It’s going to be like jazz, you’ll feel the spirit of the original story but it’ll be reinvigorated and vital.” It’s hard to imagine how Lelio’s film needs to be reinvigorated. It’d be easy to make another comically disruptive spectacle of a female character’s post-menopausal sexuality. In less adept hands, if the erratic history of American remakes is any guide—from duds like The Vanishing (1993) and Shall We Dance (2004) to the accomplished The Departed (2006)—viewers might be served up an accelerated plot or sentimental pathos. The Hollywood Reporter inauspiciously suggested that, in Lelio’s as-yet untitled U.S. adaptation, Moore’s character will be “vacillating between hope and despair” over a love affair, before ending on a note of personal vindication.

Admirers of Lelio’s work can only hope the director will handle his new film with the same deftness he used in the original. What’s radical in the director’s vision is that Gloria’s body and desire are gracefully unremarkable frames for seeking pleasure and fulfillment. And that she’s startlingly visible in her ordinariness. Gloria is a sobering reminder that it’s not the “invisibility” of older women that’s the problem, but rather their systemic exclusion from cultural relevance. Whatever acts of contortion Lelio might end up performing to cater to American sensibilities, there’s hope that he’ll at least flout Hollywood biases against the aging female body. And if not, there’s always the original, in which Gloria, in a memorable revenge scene, confronts her fatuous lover with the cool of a hired assassin. How does she follow this act? With a night out—dancing alone.

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