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How to Turn Any eBook Into an Audiobook

The app we’re using is called “NaturalReader.” It’s available for the iPhoneiPad, and Android devices. The app is completely free. For the best experience, you’ll want to sign up for an account. You can easily do so with a Google account or Apple ID.

Lastly, you will need an eBook of some sort. The app we’re using supports a wide variety of file types, including EPUB, MOBI, and PDF. NaturalReader cannot read DRM-protected eBooks from iBooks, Kindle, Nook, or Adobe OverDrive.

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How to Listen to Any eBook

First, install the NaturalReader app on your iPhone, iPad, or Android device. The first thing we’ll do is select a voice. There are free and paid voices to choose from, pick one and tap “Next.”

Source: How to Turn Any eBook Into an Audiobook

How Conservatorships Were Used to Exploit Native Americans – YES! Magazine

Native Americans were put into a status of guardianship due to a system of federal and local policies developed in the early 1900s. A lawyer explains this sordid history in light of the recent case of pop star Brittney Spears’ conservatorship. Source: How Conservatorships Were Used to Exploit Native Americans – YES! Magazine

I have a dream…

I have a dream of a world without boundaries, without money, without leaders… I have a dream of a world where we are all allowed to pursue our talents, our passions, cultivate what we are truly good at and where every talent receives its due respect. Where someone who is good at building houses is […]

Ideas and Advice for How To Live a Joyful and Empowered Life.

I have a dream of a world without boundaries, without money, without leaders… I have a dream of a world where we are all allowed to pursue our talents, our passions, cultivate what we are truly good at and where every talent receives its due respect. Where someone who is good at building houses is […]

I have a dream…

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COVID-19 Vaccines Mean a Safe Return to Normal Life in Nepal | UNICEF USA

To date, Nepal has received more than 3.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines via the COVAX Facility, a global alliance formed to ensure the equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines worldwide. Many of those doses were donated by the governments of Japan and the U.S. as part of a global strategy to end the pandemic. As a key partner in COVAX, UNICEF is leveraging decades of experience protecting the world’s children from vaccine-preventable diseases.

Now that COVID-19 vaccines have arrived, Bham is one of a growing number of community members who have been vaccinated and are relieved to be able to return safely to normal life. There is more work to be done: just 22 percent of Nepal’s population is fully vaccinated. 

“I’m happy to have gotten the vaccine,” she says. “I feel sure that it will do something good, so my heart is happy.”

Source: COVID-19 Vaccines Mean a Safe Return to Normal Life in Nepal | UNICEF USA

Hidden camera footage exposes bribery for palm oil in Papua New Guinea

A palm oil executive was secretly filmed describing the payment of bribes to public officials in exchange for logging permits and access to land in Papua New Guinea, in a new undercover investigation by Global Witness.

Investigators from the London-based watchdog group posed as Western businessmen over dinner with executives from East New Britain Resources Group (ENB), one of the biggest logging and palm oil firms operating in Papua New Guinea (PNG). As a hidden camera recorded his every word, the company’s public relations manager said bribes to a government minister typically ran from from 50,000 to 100,000 Papua New Guinean kina ($14,000-28,000).

Source: Hidden camera footage exposes bribery for palm oil in Papua New Guinea