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                    Boomer Times Book of the Month                       86 Years Of Italian Beauty

                    & Senior Life            Review                                Sophia Loren, original name Sofia Villani

           SHEPHERDS OF DESTINY, Book 1                                          Scicolone, was born in 1934 in Rome, Italy. The
                                                                                 Italian film actress rose above her poverty-strick-
                                                                                 en origins in postwar Naples to become univer-
       Author: KIEL BARNEKOV — Reviewed by Anita Finley, Gerontologist           sally recognized as one of Italy’s most beautiful
        If you like science fiction,  separating Kristian’s brain from           women and its most famous movie star.
                                                                                   Sophia is returning to the cinema after an 11-
      as I do, this will be your new  his paralyzed and close-to-death           year absence. She is starring in the upcoming
      adventure into the world of  body, planning to place his brain             Netflix drama, The Life Ahead, which is directed
      cyborgs, which is an advanced  into a new robotic body with all its        by her son, Edoardo Ponti.
      robot, with a human mind. The  necessary parts, and more.                    To read this entire article, go to BoomerTimesFL.
      science that the author had to   It was a coincidence that the
      know about and research, made  October  National Geographic’s     From The November Cover
      this so real. I was totally blown  major article  was called “Meet
      away by how skilled Kiel Barnekov  the Robots.” Loaded with pho-     What’s A Shoebill?
      is to make us  believe that there  tos of robots, from head to toe, it
      are really people who we             made for a great parallel,   The shoebill is a type of bird that cannot be
      are preparing for the cy-            except of course, trans-  easily classified. The reason lays in the fact that
                                                                a shoebill has features that are characteristic for
      borg world.                          planting the brain was   genetically unrelated types of birds such as
        The story starts in                not discussed.       storks, pelicans, hamerkop and herons. The
      2026. However, in order               The author was very   shoebill is also known as whalehead or shoe-
      to accomplish the enor-              skilled at interjecting ro- billed stork. This beautiful bird can be found
      mous experimentation                 mance along with highly  only in eastern parts of Africa, all the way from
      with brain transplants and           technical and scientif- Sudan to Zambia. The shoebill prefers life in
      robots, it moves quickly             ic challenges. Medical   tropical dense marshes, swamps and wetlands. The shoebill is listed
      past twenty years of trial           science has just gotten   as vulnerable species, with no more than 8000 birds left in the wild.
      and errors, with the government  started into a new exciting fron-  Number of shoebill is decreased due to habitat loss, destruction of
                                                                nests, increased hunting and because of the pet trade.
      very involved. This cyborg looks  tier. The future of cyborgs is fas-  To read this entire article, go to BoomerTimesFL.com.
      and talks like a human, he is a  cinating!
      class of individual that can think   Shepherds of Destiny, Book 2,   From The November Cover
      outside the box, needs little sleep,  continues with this fascinating
      and has a body that is tighter and  story. Unfortunately, the govern-  Do You Know The History Of The White House?
      stronger than a steel drum.   ment and the military have other
        Shepherds of Destiny focuses  ideas that are not humanitarian,                                Our first president,
      on the main character, Kristian  but power grabbers. They see this                            George Washington,
      Barnett,  a  wealthy, healthy, bril-  technology as making the United                         selected the site for the
      liant young male, prior to ALS,  States far superior and can use                              White  House  in  1791,   To read this entire article, go to BoomerTimesFL.com.
      who was a perfect subject. He  this technology in sinester ways.                              however, he never lived
                                                                                                    in The White House. He
      was happily married to a genius   “The Force of Evil has continu-                             ended his service as chief
      doctor/researcher, Ansley, and  ously attempted to complete the                               executive in 1797 and
      their lives were magical. When  destruction of humankind since   died before the federal government moved in 1800 from Philadelphia
      someone is diagnosed with ALS,  the dawn of time. Certain events  to the village capital named in his honor.
      their mind is the last thing to go.  throughout history that could   He gave his approval of the Georgian design for the mansion sub-
      Their body begins to deteriorate  have gone very wrong have been  mitted by Irish-born architect James Hoban in an open competition.
      and loses its mobility completely.  shepherded to good outcomes.”
      I relished this book so much be-  — Google Books            INSIDE & ON OUR WEBSITE Boomertimesfl.com
      cause a very close friend of mine   Even if you have not been into     4 Oldest Living WWII Veteran Turns 111 At New Orleans Home
      died from ALS and it felt personal.  science fiction, this book is a page
        The author brings the reader  turner and a perfect way to learn     6 Book of the Month: SHEPHERDS OF DESTINY...Book 1
      step by step into the process of  about cyborgs.               by Kiel Barnekov
                                                                   6 86 Years Of Italian Beauty
        About the author:                                          6 What’s A Shoebill?
         Kiel Barnekov is an information technology
        executive who also has innovative airline and airport      6 Do You Know The History Of The Whitehouse?
        technology and projects. He lives in Ormond Beach,       20 Great Opportunity...Become A VIP Club Member
        Florida. Visit Kiel’s website at www.KielBarnekov.com.      Of ELearningForSeniors

      (To purchase Shepherds of Destiny, Books 1 and 2, go to Amazon.com)  20 Shakshuka, Israeli/Middle Eastern Recipe
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