The human brain is the boss of the body. Like a mitochondria to the cell, it is the power house of the body because it runs the whole show and controls effective performance of body functions, giving out commands and processing information even while we are asleep. The stamina of the brain therefore says a lot about our state of health.

At over 50, the body is fast aging. This brings changes to the brain size, vasculature, and cognition. The brain shrinks with increasing age and there are changes at all levels from molecules to morphology. Therefore, it is safe to conclude that in older people, the brain power is relatively diminishing. Incidence of stroke, white matter lesions, and dementia also rise with age, as does level of memory impairment.

What Can Be Done? There are protective factors that aid the aging brain as well as boost brain power. A healthy life both physically and mentally may be the best defense against the changes of an aging brain and body as a whole. We will consider the following five factors:

Consider Using Brain Supplements

Experiments and researches have proved that the best new methods to increase brain power involve using very old healing techniques the ones our own bodies already employ. The human body and brain has a well-established mechanism and body structure for regulating and boosting cognitive power. By choosing the right supplements, it’s possible to increase mental focus, brain power, boost learning ability, make memories easier to build and retain, and guarantee the long-term health of brain tissue. Check with your doctor before considering to take a supplement.

Healthy Nutrition

It is always said that a healthy body is the distinguished result of a healthy nutrition. Omega-3 fatty acids improve blood circulation, and boost the function of neurotransmitters, which help the brain process and think. Foods high in magnesium are important (such as chickpeas or garbanzo beans) because they help with message transmission in the brain.

Choline, which is present in vegetables like broccoli and cauliflower, has the potential to help with the growth of new brain cells, as well as boosting intelligence longer in older adults. Complex carbohydrates give your brain and body energy over a longer period of time. Try as much as possible to maintain a healthy diet, this is beneficial for middle-aged and older adults.

Get Enough Sleep

Most, if not all of the brain functions such as creativity, thinking, cognitive functioning, problem solving, memory, are linked to getting enough sleep. Sleep is especially necessary for memory functions, so make sure you’re getting to the deeper stages of sleep to allow for memory processing. For adults it is best to get at least 8 hours of sleep.

Cut Down On Stress

Long years of accumulated stress can do things like destroy brain cells and damage the hippocampus, which is the part of the brain that helps retrieve old memories and format new ones. Therefore, we must learn to deal effectively with stress. It is incredibly important to learn how to eliminate stress. Find out what kind of stress relief works well with your body and adapt it. Meditation and exercising go a long way in managing stress and in the long run boosting brain power. In addition, breathing deeply helps with reducing or possibly alleviating your anxiety.

Keep Your Body Hydrated

The human brain functions poorly when the body system is dehydrated. You must therefore note that getting enough liquid in your system is super important because the brain is about 80% water. Be sure to keep drinking water all day. You can also drink fruit or vegetable juice because they contain polyphenols. Polyphenols are the antioxidants in fruits and vegetables that help protect brain cells from damage and keep your brain at a high-functioning level.

The human brain has an astonishing ability to adapt and change, even into old age. You can’t stop the brain from aging but these factors are helpful to keep it sharp, strong and glowing.

Male Power Plus is a male enhancement product that was on the market to help men overcome impotency issues and erectile dysfunction. It was designed to be a very potent option for men to choose without needing a prescription. Some of the benefits associated with this supplement are to give control back to men over their erections, increase sex drive, increase energy, increase stamina, and make a man overall more competent during sexual intercourse. This product has actually been recalled and men can no longer buy it because of a certain ingredient being put into the formula.

The ingredient in Male Power Plus that resulted in this product getting pulled from the shelves is called Tadalafil, or more commonly known as Cialis. This ingredient is common in some prescription based male enhancement products. This product was advertised as a natural supplement that did not have any potentially harmful ingredients in its formula. Cialis has been associated with many serious side effects and any product that contains this ingredient should only be sold with a prescription. The full ingredient list for this product is not available to the general public, which was red flag number one. In order for this product to be sold again they will need to revamp their formula and only include safe ingredients unless they want to sell a product that requires a prescription.

The reason Male Power Plus work was because of the potent ingredient Cialis was involved. It helps promote a large increase in blood flow throughout the body. This is the best method to use when it comes to curing erectile dysfunction. The problem with using this ingredient is that it can cause large decreases in blood pressure that can be very dangerous for men of any age. Most natural formulas utilize natural aphrodisiacs like Yohimbe and Epimedium because they do not come with adverse side effects and can be very potent on their own. It is good that this product worked for men when it was available but the potential adverse side effects were too risky for a product that did not require a prescription.

It is actually common to find secret ingredients in natural formulas in products that are advertised to be safe. Male Power Plus isn’t the first product to be recalled because of complications from a dangerous drug that is in their formula, and will not be the last. This is why it is so important to consumers that a product they want to purchase has clinical trials done on it and has a plethora of information available about the product itself.

Power in of itself has many definitions that are both empowering as well as disempowering. Power is an agent that acts in a direction that is dependent on what it is paired with. If power is affixed to empowerment, the effect will manifest life affirming offspring. BUT if power is connected to control, the union becomes an incestuous marriage where power and control becomes one of the hardest addictions to break. I will use substance addiction as an example of how this marriage produces its offspring; but truth be told, power and control metastasizes in many areas of our lives, especially in relationships of all types. I have met too many addicts who put the drink down but fill the addiction with toxic relationships, obsessive work habits or extreme religious beliefs. I have also met many addicts who have never touched a mood altering substance, but are out of control with themselves, yet still insist on manipulating and controlling others. Hence, the first step in the 12 step program deals with admitting one is powerless applies across the board. This step is one of the most difficult admissions against the ego. Yet, without surrendering to peace; as that is the core of powerlessness, then the power struggle is marked with justifications and amendments.

Controlling others is the tangible act of power. The more power hungry a person; the more controlling they are of others. That is one of the many features of an addicted mind. Some of the most disturbed dictators in this world had an addiction to power and control. Joseph Stalin was one of the most mentally disturbed dictators from Russia and his reign was marked by his tight grip of control. He recalled every detail in his day, less because he was brilliant and more because he was controlling. A truly brilliant mind illuminates with freedom; whereas a power addicted mind dims with subjugation. Stalin fell into the later. He was so controlling that he suffered from profound paranoia that marked anybody who was not controllable as an enemy worth death. This, of course, is the extreme. Power and control also manifests in work and home. The irony is that the most controlling people have a deep fear that they can't control themselves. Addiction is a realized state of when we can no longer trust ourselves to control ourselves.

We seem to be at war with our ego that we must "know." Given we use a little more brain power than an ape, the wiser choice is to "wonder." God is powerful because it represents knowledge and wisdom bigger than us. If you do not believe in God, then there is still something bigger than human beings: death. Death renders us powerless; but also reveals our sublime humility that we are but children in the mysteries of the universe. Camus' story, The Myth of Sisyphus was about a man named Sisyphus who tried to outwit (power) death by chaining it (control). When death escaped, Sisyphus was condemned to roll a stone up a mountain for eternity. If he succeeded in rolling the stone to the other side of the mountain, he would have been granted the power of immortality. Yet, his obsession blinded him and every time Sisyphus rolled the stone to the top of the hill, it fell back down. The story has many meanings, but to me it was about the addiction to power and control.

Addiction is much like an obsessive relationship where intense clinging and control marks the victim; promising a high that is never grasped. Power gives a glimpse of feeling powerful and then brings us to our knees in utter powerlessness. The higher something props our ego's will, the longer and harder the fall from that perch. But what if the craving for power was removed? What if the high to control was faced and dismantled? There are many ways to fight addictions, but consider one more dimension. Meaning, lessening our urges to control people, places and things outside of ourselves. The effect of doing this will diminish the power cravings within that is akin to a hungry ghost. The less urges to chase power and control, the more likely we will be able to go from an addicted mind to an at-peace mind. Letting go doesn't mean giving up on ourselves. It means giving up an addiction that stands in the way of ourselves.

The ultimate personal power is imaging your goal at a deep mental level, and letting the power loose. Other than that, all else is just spinning “your physical wheels”. Meditation, hypnosis, self-hypnosis, goal oriented art like vision boards are all part of it. But, if you do not have a definite goal in your mind you want to achieve, you really are just spinning your physical wheels in a shallow way.

If you genuinely want to get anywhere, you must do what counts. You must take direct and powerful deep action. You must get down to the grits and sweat of where the power is, and it is where you least expect it. It is a reserve deep within yourself, your mind, your spirit, your personal genesis. What I mean by your personal genesis is what you really do want at the deepest level. Not just desires like money, home or whatever, but your deepest goals in your heart, soul and spirit.

I can only give this advice: Persist in your visualization and do not care if it goes to plan, as long as you make the goal you want to achieve genuinely. Only the most genuine of losers want things to go too closely to plan and quit when they do not, anyway. Remember what I wrote above about “spinning your physical wheels in a shallow way”. After all, too much effort is worse than none at all at times because it is like burning out a motor in neutral with full gas applied, if you get what I mean. Meditation for the sake of meditation without a genuine goal, spiritual, physical or otherwise is like this. Why do you think so many in meditation get that powerful understanding that a goal is needed after meditating like this for many years in neutral until they realize the reality of the situation anyway?

Look, some will understand, some will not. Indeed, though, consider this, meditation without a goal of any sort except to blank the mind will just be that, a blank slate without any achievement. Personal power comes through a genuine goal and objective however you look at it. That is the reality of the situation, even God and existence have a goal: The creation of the Universe, and that is always active, do you see my point to the extreme, now. On the other hand, the devil or Satan does not have a genuine goal except to bring everything down, destroy and steal personal power. Get it? So, start by imaging your genuine goal, and persist in it as God persists in creating the universe and existence and you will achieve. Actually, you cannot help but achieve if you really want the goal because persistence is power when done right, persistence is neutral lethargy when done wrong. This article and myself, your writer encourage the right use of persistence and that wraps up this article on imaging and personal power neatly.

The sad fact is, it doesn’t matter how well teachers know their content…it doesn’t matter how many strategies teachers know to improve reading comprehension or to increase academic achievement…if teachers can not manage their classroom, they can not teach.

Many experts in education agree that the students who are causing the classroom management problems usually fall into one of four categories:

1. attention seekers ~ (pencil tappers, hummers, students who talk out etc.)

2. power seekers ~ (always getting in the last word, muttering under their breath)

3. revenge seekers ~ (recipients of frequent punishment)

4. avoiding failure ~ (students who don’t do the work or withdraw from the lesson as a means of avoiding more failure)

However, for most teachers, it is the power seekers that start to make our blood boil. These are the students who question your authority and do so in front of the whole class.

Many teachers feel that they cannot let the power seeking student get in the last word because the will lose face with the rest of the class…leading others to feel comfortable questioning your authority as well.

These power seekers are trying to “bait” the teacher by mumbling something under their breath or flat out stating, “You can’t make me do this assignment!”

Bottom line…these power seeking students are trying to get a reaction out of the teacher and there is nothing they would like more than to have their fellow classmates watch the teacher explode.

Don’t do this…Don’t fall for their tricks…Don’t take the bait!!!

At least not then and there in front of the other students.

There are other options…A much better approach is to take a deep breath, don’t lose your cool, and in a calm, matter-of-fact manner simply tell the student to see you after class and then immediately continue on with the lesson.

If the power seeking student then mutter’s something under his breath again just ignore it…that’s right ignore it…the rest of class already knows that you will handle the situation without their presence. There is no need for further response at this time as all you will be doing is disrupting your own lesson and giving that power seeking student just what he wants.

Then, when the bell rings and the class is leaving, simply pull that power seeking student aside and follow through without the audience that the student desired. Depending on the situation you may also follow that up with a phone call home, parent conference, detention etc.

Just don’t get “into it” in front of the rest of the class.

By knowing the reasoning behind why a student is misbehaving (i.e. seeking power) a teacher can make much better classroom management decisions.

Some years ago my partner and I went on holiday for three weeks on our boat. We have good leisure batteries and a decent inverter, so watching TV and running the fridge and freezer wasn't expected to be a problem while we were away. However, it soon became evident that if we wanted to stay in one place for a few days, the batteries would have to be charged by running the engine for at least a couple of hours daily. This became a real problem because it meant that we were tied to the boat while the batteries charged. It was then that we decided that solar power could be the answer.

We did a lot of research because we wanted to do the job right first time. The three major components required are the batteries, the solar charge controller and of course the solar panels themselves.

The batteries. Don't use cheap batteries or be tempted to use so-called starter / leisure batteries. You must use proper deep cycle batteries. We chose Trojan T105's. These batteries are commonly used on golf buggies. In that application the batteries are charged overnight and used next day around the golf course. Theses batteries have heavier internal plates than starter batteries and are a perfect choice to team up with the rest of your solar equipment.

The Solar controller. Choose very carefully. Your new Trojan batteries will last for years if properly looked after, so buy a decent controller. We bought a Victron MPPT 75/15 controller because it can be programmed to suit the charging regime that the Trojan's require. MPPT actually stands for 'maximum power point tracking'. It's an algorithm contained within the controller that maximises the output of the panels to aid fast charging. Cheaper units can fail and damage your batteries.

Solar Panels. We have three panels, each rated at 100 watts. Although nominally rated at 12 volts, the actual open circuit voltage of each panel is approximately 22 volts. We have wired them in series and in bright conditions they put about 66 volts into the controller. The controller will accept up to 75 volts and produce up to 15 amps. In brief, the controller changes the input voltage to AC current then converts it back to DC current at charging voltage. Any excess voltage is converted to extra amps.

When we first fitted the panels they were fitted flat to the roof. We realized that we were wasting power this way so made up a tilting arrangement to better align with the sun. This immediately increased the available amperage to the batteries.

I am a fan of the 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene. It is unfortunate that I didn’t find this book when I was in college. I think things would have been a lot different for me if I had.

Though I don’t go by every law stated in the book (because most of them could turn you into a deceptive, slimy type of person) some of them speak directly to women. And if we’re going to seriously have a talk about women’s empowerment then this is a good place to start.

I think that young girls starting at 18 should read more about the laws of power. At the very least they should understand them. Especially those girls who are going to be entering the real world or the corporate world at some point in the future. If you’re not at least aware of the power plays that are going on all around you, you’re more likely to fall victim to them.

Not to mention, heterosexual girls 18 and over are in “the snakepit.” Many are very vulnerable to meeting the wrong men who only want to use and abuse a naive young girl.

Even women 40 and older can benefit from learning the laws of power. But for now in this series I’m just going to point out a few of the laws that I think women of all ages should know ASAP. Some of it may seem obvious, but a lot of women sure don’t act like they know!

Greene’s 5th law is “So Much Depends on Reputation – Guard it With Your Life.”

A Woman’s Reputation

Your reputation as a woman precedes you. In some cases it follows you too. If you run in one or more tight social circles you’ll come face to face with this law a lot.

For example, some guys will only talk to a woman within their social circle because they’ve heard she’s easy. So while that girl is thinking “yay he’s so into me” he’s really plotting and making a measured bet that he’ll get sex soon based on what he knows of her reputation.

So if you’ve ever seen a girl who has a bad reputation or is not particularly appealing who somehow gets all of the attention from guys, don’t envy her. Pity her. It’s possible she might just be a target. That is an unhappy and powerless situation to be in.

The type of men who will approach you usually depends both on your reputation and how you present yourself as a woman. If your reputation is that of a confident, smart and respectable lady, the Jersey Shore douchey type of guy is probably going to stay far far away.

And even with strangers or people you’ve just recently met you are airing out your reputation, whether you intend to or not. For instance, let’s talk about sleeping with a man on the first or second date.

Come on ladies, we have to be realistic here. Men are not usually deep thinkers when it comes to women-they don’t feel any special connection with you after just one or two dates. Please stop watching romantic comedies that sell you that bit about “love at first sight.” It’s bogus.

So if you sleep with a guy on the first or second date, don’t be surprised and hurt when he treats you like a whore or an afterthought. If you drink like a fish when you’re out at a bar don’t be surprised when someone you met there treats you accordingly. It doesn’t matter how great you look or how good of a woman you think you are.

Also, keep in mind that the places where you spend most your time and the company you keep might affect your reputation-either positively or negatively.

The Female Reputation

So as a female, what are your top concerns regarding reputation?

You may have your own opinions but I will start with three big ones: sexual promiscuity, bad attitude and lying.

Sex

Sexual promiscuity is a major button-pushing issue. The recent Slutwalk campaign is one example of that. But while I am 100% down for women’s empowerment, I am aware and realistic about the differences between women and men.

For one, women are the receivers in the sex act. Women are naturally more susceptible to a number of downsides when it comes to overdoing sex, such as pregnancy and health issues. So avoiding promiscuity is not only crucial to your reputation but also to your overall health and well-being.

Also why as a woman would you want to emulate the hoish behavior of a man? Rise above the nonsense. Elevate yourself. Don’t sleep with everyone you meet as a way to prove you’re a player or “just like a man.”

Attitude

Your attitude as a woman is also a big part of your reputation. In some places, like the office, having a little bit of an attitude might help prevent you from getting treated like a doormat. But when it comes to personal relationships your attitude should be somewhere in the middle — not too nice and not too bad.

One of the characters in my book is a ball-busting chick. Now while people surely don’t mess with her, and she has managed to find a weak-minded man to oppress, it simply can’t last. No one can stand a person who always has a bad, nasty attitude. Eventually word gets around and people will start avoiding that woman at all costs.

On the other hand, you don’t want a reputation as a pushover. You can’t be powerful as a woman if you always allow people to walk over you and have their way–especially men.

In my opinion, the best reputation for a woman (or any person for that matter) is one where people say “that girl is so cool and chill… fun to be around… but hey, don’t mess with her.”

Lying

I don’t think I can think of anything more damaging to a reputation than someone who lies pathologically. When you lie so much that no one ever knows if you’re telling the truth, that is a major problem. As a powerful woman, others need to know that you’re a trustworthy and honest person-this is important whether you’re at the office, in a relationship or building a female friendship.

Attacks on Your Reputation

As a woman when you have an enemy, whether it is a competitive woman or a vindictive male, what is the first thing they will try to attack to bring you down? Your reputation.

Again, that is because your reputation is a source of power. That’s why people who don’t like you or want to cut you down a few notches will start spreading rumors or gossip. Don’t give them fuel for the fire and keep your private business as private as possible. Also, don’t become a woman known for attacking the reputation of others–mind your own business.

Building and Maintaining a Positive Reputation

So to summarize quickly, what are the most important elements of building a strong positive reputation?

1. Treating your body as a temple

2. Treating and regarding others with respect

3. Handling tough situations with grace and smarts rather than being reactionary

4. Being loyal and trustworthy to the people who love you

5. Working both hard and smart at whatever you do

Start with this list and then build out from there.

Managing a Soiled Reputation

What do you do when your reputation is already tarnished? That’s a hard question. I can only offer an opinion on this matter.

For one, I think it’s important to own up to the situation (if true). Don’t try to lie or cover up the truth because it only makes you look more deceptive. If you were jumping from bed to bed in the past don’t try to pretend as if you’ve always been a saint. I think that the more that a woman denies something that is obviously true, the more it persists and grows. Own up to it and confront it, even if you only do so with your tightest circle of friends.

You can also use a negative as a springboard toward something positive. For instance, many motivational speakers have questionable pasts, but they use the story to help others.

Start rebuilding your reputation immediately by living your life in a healthy, positive, wise, respectable and balanced manner. Consult a trusted therapist for advice. Read books to gain knowledge and take time out with yourself to explore who you really are as a person or who you want to be. Yea, it sounds a bit trite and corny but it’s true. You can turn a bad reputation around by simply loving yourself and displaying that love to the world through your actions.

Can’t Get Around This

Greene makes one point crystal clear in his book. There is no getting around this particular law of power. It is crucial to strive to keep your reputation intact if you want to be an empowered woman.

Today, it is important to have a backup plan for everything. Generators have been around for a long time and even after electricity made its way to most households, we still find situations where we need a generator. Finding the best generator, especially a portable one is one of the greatest issues that people face today.

Portable generators can help us in many ways. When choosing the ideal generator, you may be lost because there are so many of them available even on the online platforms that we love to search in. When you do some thorough research, you should be able to know what entails a good portable generator. When you find out as much as you can about a generator, you are in a position to delve deeper into the benefits and uses that they have.

A portable generator can be defined as a piece of machinery that is user-friendly and one that provides a boost in electrical power. They are utilized when we have power outages or when the batteries die out. A portable generator can power up the various electrical equipment that may be available in a household.

The portable generators can run on gas or diesel.

How to choose

You can make a reasonable selection based on the reviews that different customers leave online. Usually, you will notice which portable generator gets the highest rating, and review and in most cases, this ends up making the best choice. Reliability is one of the traits that you should look out for. This is one of the most important aspects of any given generator available on the market today.

You should also consider how long the product has been on the market. Usually, the oldest brands that have survived the test of time are the best, especially if there is continue review and upgrade of the generator. The qualities that you should consider include:

• Maintenance: a good portable generator should be very easy to maintain. When there is a brushless alternator, you will have clean power. Track the hours that the generator will run without refueling.
• Use: a good generator should be very easy to use and friendly to the consumers. You should not have any difficulty trying to operate the generator. There should be simplicity in the operation of the portable generator.
• Durability: everyone wants something that will last a long time. As such, consider what you buy. When a machine is durable, you will not worry about degrading or malfunctioning. The material used to make it is as important as it will determine how resistant it will be to the elements.
• Fuel tank: the best generator should have a large tank for fuel. This is especially essential when you need to power up lots of equipment. A good tank should be able to fill around 5 gallons of gas or diesel. It should be able to run for 7 hours before needing to be refueled.
• The brand: you need to consider the brand of the portable generator and how reputable it is.

Power surges due to local area load shedding or lightning strikes are a reality for most people. The rush of a power surge that takes place when the electricity rushes through the electrical circuit can cause devastating results for businesses and restaurants.

Restaurants rely on electricity constantly as it affects the amount of customers they get. If a restaurant is shut down due to a power surge that electrocuted all the kitchen equipment, it means that income is lost for that period. As a restaurant owner, you need to plan what you would do in such an event and how to prevent it.

The first thing you could do is to install a power surge protector. This power surge protector can minimise the impact of a power surge when lightning strikes. So the electrical catering equipment will not get that quick rush of electricity which can lead to electrical failure. The consequences of a sudden electrical rush can be devastating as the electricity can burn or destroy an electrical appliance’s circuit board.

You could consider using gas powered catering equipment such as a gas stove and oven. For restaurants there are 6 burner stove options available that allow you to cook more food at one time. A gas stove and oven is not connected to an electrical outlet but rather to a gas cylinder. Therefore during a power surge, this commercial catering equipment will be safe.

It is advisable to unplug your catering equipment while it’s not in use during a storm. In this manner you can minimise the devastating effects of a storm. You can still continue with the restaurant duties by using the minimal catering equipment required. Anything that your staff is not using, unplug it while the storm ensues.

Check that your insurance covers the replacement of your kitchen equipment when it is struck by lightning. Most insurance companies do cover this but with others it is an optional cover. In the event that your catering equipment is damaged due to lightning, they should be able to replace it. However, take the precautions anyway, because the time between the insurance pays out and the electrical surge could be days or weeks apart and your restaurant still has to keep on going.

The last thing you want is for all your electrical catering equipment to be damaged due to lightning. Rather take the precautions before it happens and save yourself the burden and cost of having to replace the catering equipment.

Recently I had the pleasure of reading an adventurous science fiction book from a series that entertains as well as creatively stimulating the mind. The following is my review of the second book in the series which turned out to be a worthy read, just as good as the first book.

Continuing his offering of intellectually arousing science fiction, author, John L. Clemmer, once again accomplishes a satisfying and entertaining narrative with his second addition to his "Dhin" series, The Power of the Dhin.

This time around, author Clemmer fully immerses readers in a more plot driven perpetuation of the Dhin saga; albeit, he still maintains an approachable level of scientific sophistication, with this book he engages with more plot twists, action and conflict within an intelligently expansive, multiperspectived and multihabitated universe.

The story starts two years plus, ensuing the AI ​​Governors departure from earth. They exited on a mission seeking to expand their existence in the galaxy with the coveted Dhin technology. However, their efforts towards expansion do not come easily, as they find themselves faced with a powerful obstacle. Meanwhile, on earth, mankind has accomplished the feat of reverse engineering of the Dhin technology, giving rise to the beginnings of the unfettered exploration of the vast regions of space, which in turn, also leads to a stunning discovery.

Moreover, while free of the distrusted AI Controllers, citizens on earth continue a turmoiled existence with their lives made uncomfortable and disorganized by a lack of AI control and a portion of the populace unable to contribute to society in much needed technical ways, those of lesser intellect hold minimally paid jobs, forcing them to live an actuality fraught with poverty while seemingly stuck in a downcast position in society. With riots, and hacking attacks on the rise, those in power on earth, struggle to maintain control over its restless population, while clues point to the possibility of a rogue force at work and scheming, in the background.

Altogether, The Power of the Dhin turned out to be entirely enjoyable to read. It was a well-posed and successful continuation of the Dhin story, which I found both stimulating and engaging. Author John L. Clemmer, delivers with his balanced style of cognizant, palatable science fiction that is diverse in perspective, consistently creative and provides unique facets of science fact, fiction and innovation. Thus far this is a read worthy series.