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Hello, and welcome back! The temperatures have cooled down again here, which is fine with me, but it's rainy, which isn't good for baseball in the evenings. It is good, however, for getting more reading done, and that's wonderful, considering just how many May books are stacked up here on the corner of my desk. Before I get too far into them, though, I have two last April releases to share with you, and the first of the May books.
The Perfect Stranger (Brava) by Alison Kent is up first with the latest in her SG-5 series. Jack's got the mother of all hangovers, and now he's discovered that while he was drunk he got married? Somehow, he doesn't believe that. But Jillian Endicott needs him, almost as much as he's going to need her to get out of this jungle alive. I started this one with high hopes, but started skimming early on. I'm not a Kent fan, and this one didn't convert me. 'Adventure romances', with stories a la 'Lara Croft', aren't to my liking, but I'm certain some of you feel differently.
Wild, Wicked and Wanton (Berkley Heat) by Jaci Burton is next. Three best friends make a bet, that each of them will spend a sexy weekend with the man her two friends choose for her or foot the bill for a trip to Vegas. Abby is up first, with the two vets she's been training with, Mike and Seth. But two men? And is there really a chance for a happy ending with one or both? Then it's Blair's turn, with Rand, the one man she'd never choose for herself, because she knows he's completely wrong for her. Callie goes last, with her favorite fantasy man, Jack. He comes from a different world, but the two of them are set to explore some fantasies together anyway. Plenty of hot sex here, but not so much in the way of convincing romance, except in the case of Rand and Blair, which was the best of this trio of stories.
A Taste of Honey (Aphrodisia) by Jami Alden is next with the three sexy Donovan brothers, Jake, Nick and Mike, all about to meet their matches in women from their past. Jake hooks up with Kit Loughlin at a gathering for a friend's wedding, but he doesn't know she's using him as fodder for her column. Nick can't keep his mind off Kelly Sullivan when she comes back to their small town, or his hands, for that matter. But Kelly's not staying for long. Mike and Karen Sullivan were in love a long time ago, but he walked away. Now, a chance meeting reignites the heat between them, and Mike may find out some things weren't exactly the way he believed long ago. Three sexy brothers, three hot stories. I liked this one a lot, and the romance in this more than stands up to the erotic aspects of the stories, giving this one the right to be called erotic romance. Good stuff.
Until next time, happy reading!
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SeasonalLPG Catalogue: Fall 2017
Cries from the Ark
By (author): Dan MacIsaac
Dan MacIsaac
8.75in x 6 x 0.35 in | 230 gr
A pitch-perfect debut and a call to act in the service of Earth through radiant attention.
Humankind, at present, has breached floodgates that have only been breached before in ancient stories of angry gods, or so far back on geologic and biological timelines as to seem more past than past. Against this catastrophic backdrop (at the end of consolations, at the high-water mark), and equipped with a periscopic eye and a sublime metaphorical reach, poet Dan MacIsaac has crowded his debut vessel with sloths and gipsy-birds, mummified remains and bumbling explorers, German expressionists and Neolithic cave-painters.
MacIsaac knows that in order to render a thing in language, description itself must be open to metamorphosis and transformation; each thing must be seen alongside, overtop of, and underneath everything else that has been seen. With the predominant "I" of so many poetic debuts almost entirely absent, Cries from the Ark is catalogue and cartography of our common mortal — and moral — lot.
"These poems are fecund as black dirt, as carnal and joyous. Each piece is an owl pellet, a concentrate of bone and tuft, of bison, auk and Beothuk. Not since Eric Ormsby's Araby have I read a book so empathic and so glossarily rich. Fair warning, MacIsaac: I'll be stealing words from you for years." — Sharon McCartney
"MacIsaac sings a raven's work, sings the guts from our myths, sings our world with the breath that 'for a century/ of centuries / only the wild grass / remembered.' Present but acquainted with antiquity, MacIsaac's instrument is our own breathing as we say these poems of reverence to ourselves." — Matt Rader
Raised on Vancouver Island, Dan MacIsaac is a third-generation lawyer and served for ten years as a director on the board of the Environmental Law Centre at the University of Victoria. His poetry, verse translations, and fiction have appeared in a wide variety of literary journals and magazines. One of his stories was short-listed for the 2009 CBC Literary Awards, one of his poems received the 2014 Foley Prize from America Magazine, and another poem was short-listed for the 2015 Walrus Poetry Prize. He lives in Victoria.

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From the language of the art and from the cómic, Artium Museum starts Grey Flag 2018-2019 Palimpsest until July 28, 2019.
A way of making to reflect to the citizens on the cultural heritage who receive. The works of the authors of the art and of the comic turn into the banners of 100 meters that will adorn the fronts of the museum and will be replaced and even combining between them throughout these months.
There will be specifically the works of two visual artists as Ana Isabel Román and Edu López and two authors of comic Mauro Entrialgo and Laura Vernetti those who are part of this program of exhibition.


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Income disparity has become an issue of note and consequence in the US and much of the developed world. But let's be clear; middle and working class families are not worse off now than they were 10, 20 or 30 years ago. They are worse off relative to the overall prosperity existent within the economy. These are two distinctly different scenarios and we should care about absolute living standards not relative ones. Every region of the world—save those that have been struck with significant natural disasters, war, or disease – are better off now than they ever have been. This is all due to one factor that is infinitely more important than fiscal, monetary, or international policy: innovation. While a wave of populism sweeps the world and threatens this innovation in the name of protectionism, to stand in the way of this innovation is to cumulatively damage society for generations to come.
The steam engine is arguably the single most impactful invention in human history to date. It was the catalyst for the industrial revolution, a revolution that was fraught with uproar and objection from those whose jobs would be replaced by machines. Those who opposed industrialization were reasonably effective in slowing it, and thus their children were unable to reap the full prosperity of its advances. However, they did not stop it; instead this period resulted in the first ever demonstration of exponential improvement in quality of life in the history of humanity.
And now, barely 200 years later, we are on the cusp of another revolution in productivity due to two equally—if not more—impactful inventions that will raise living standards for all, regardless of the disparity of the share between classes. These are the emergence of a globally connected digital network and artificial intelligence. Coupled with the exponential rate of performance and lower cost of technological hardware per Moore's Law, these two factors will bring about an era that will make all progress that came before appear minute. All of us are in the early days of the most significant period in human advancement.
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The Patriots' Bill Belichick Won't Be Trump's Final Sports Stooge
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The New England Patriots coach turned down the Presidential Medal of Freedom this week—a fitting coda for a president who's used sports figures for success-by-association.
Updated Jan. 11, 2021 8:22PM ET / Published Jan. 11, 2021 3:34PM ET
The last time President Donald Trump publicly doled out a Presidential Medal of Freedom, the ceremony ended abruptly. On December 7, Dan Gable, the legendary college wrestler and storied coach dutifully had a medal draped over his neck while Trump rambled on about the acronym "G.O.A.T" and ribbed the Olympic gold medal-winning grappler by asking if he might be able to beat him in a match. Once the assembled press began asking about President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, Trump, without warning, drowsily wandered out of the Oval Office, leaving a befuddled Gable to throw up his hands as the cameras rolled, with little left to say other than, "He's gone."
A trio of golf greats, Gary Player, who supported apartheid in his native South Africa, Annika Sorenstam, a Trump backer, and Babe Didrikson Zacharias, who died in 1956, similarly received the award last week in a closed ceremony. But that bit of news largely failed to garner much attention, arriving as it did 24 hours after a mob of white nationalists, QAnon cultists, and assorted Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in a bloody attempt to stop the electoral votes from being counted—a failed putsch egged on by the president.
As his days in office tick down to zero, Trump is evidently determined to carry on with the toastmaster-centric portions of his job, raging pandemic or constitutional crisis notwithstanding. Bill Belichick, the celebrated New England Patriots head coach and long-time friend of the president, will be so honored on Thursday, according to Politico.
That Trump would turn to sports stars as a kind of emotional support buddy at perhaps the nadir of his presidency should come as no surprise. Both in times of crisis and relative stability, the president has surrounded himself with pedigreed jocks and ex-jocks, whether he's using them as a political punching bag or to bolster the childlike notion of masculinity stretching the course of his entire life. This despite frequent lies about his own athletic prowess and his propensity for cheating at golf.
Unlike the choices of his predecessors, over half of the Presidential Medal of Freedom awardees have been athletes, often those who've donned MAGA hats or had financial ties to the president. That includes Congressman Jim Jordan, who, when not shamelessly bolstering every half-baked utterance that emanates from the White House, is most famous for turning a blind eye to the sexual assault of wrestlers he coached at Ohio State University.
Artists, civil rights heroes, activists, scientists, scholars, and other luminaries haven't really caught Trump's eye, nor does he seem to admire athletes whose accomplishments stretch far beyond the field of play, like Billie Jean King or Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. As is the case with everything else about Trump's befouled tenure, he's turned the Presidential Medal of Freedom into a chintzy knockoff, designed to flatter the vanities of one person only.
It's a safe space, you see. It's become all-too-clear over the last four years that the ceremonial parts of the gig are the only aspects Trump ever seemed to relish or put much effort into. To him, the presidency never registered as being more than an endless series of banquets and awards ceremonies where the emcee is surrounded by and lords it over similarly deep-pocketed adoring equals–winners, one and all. And Belichick has long been one of Trump's go-to sources for success-by-association, no matter how hard the Patriots coach tries to pretend otherwise.
Way back in 2016, when Trump prevailed in the Massachusetts primary, Belichick dropped by Mar-a-Lago to pose for celebratory selfies. (The club member has been a frequent guest at the resort over the years.)
Prior to the 2016 election, he scribbled a letter offering a thudding, shameless endorsement for then-candidate Trump. Naturally, Trump read it aloud on the stump. It didn't mean anything, though, according to Belichick, because, "I'm not a political person." During an inaugural gala, the president-elect frequently mentioned Belichick and two other prominent MAGA types in the Patriots' locker room: Tom Brady and owner Robert Kraft. Again, when questioned, Belichick clammed up. "We have a big game," he said. In the ensuing years, as the horrors of the Trump regime have taken full flower, Belichick has declined to mention Trump in any way, even when questioned directly. (When the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff invokes his leadership abilities, he'll expound at length, though.)
That hasn't stopped Belichick from accepting a slot on the President's Council on Physical Fitness, where he now serves alongside Colby Covington, an MMA fighter who spews racist dreck; Jorge Masvidal, a UFC cohort who's all-too-familiar with QAnon language; and an accused quack TV doctor, Mehmet Oz. Unlike Belichick, a pile of has-beens, disgraced former stars, creeps, or shameless Trumpist sycophants haven't felt compelled to pretend there's much daylight between themselves and Trump. Storied college football coach Lou Holtz, who had to apologize for accidentally praising Hitler on-air, was happy to accept the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The same goes for Mariano Rivera, the Hall of Fame New York Yankees closer, whose commitment to dominionist theology is so unshakable, he'll wrap his arms around not just Trump but all manner of pro-Israel hardliners. When those options are lacking, Trump has simply lied about athletes appearing at the 2016 convention or fabricated endorsements that didn't exist.
But championship teams have largely eschewed the traditional trip to the White House, unwilling to be associated with a revanchist bigot and would-be-authoritarian despot. Those who held their nose and went through with it often found themselves cast as ancillary characters in a stilted, odd, and patently Trump-branded spectacle. Take the University of Clemson football team, which attended a grip-and-grin following their 2019 National Championship. Unfortunately, the president had engineered a wholly futile and purposeless shutdown of the government, leaving no staffers on hand to handle the proceedings. Instead, he served up a buffet packed with gobs of fast food—"their favorite," Trump asserted at the time. Photos from the gala show Trump beaming from ear to ear, arms spread wide, standing behind a spread of cholesterol-packed goodies.
Still, some members of the student body were wise enough to take a pass. Per The Root, 75 percent of the school's Black players declined the invitation, with three specifically citing Trump as their reason for doing so. Even a relatively normal gathering of the Baylor women's college basketball team that same year was marred by awkward, uncomfortable moments and another round of burgers and fries.
If you need any more proof of how profoundly central his association with sports is to Trump's identity, look no further than his response to the PGA yanking the 2022 championship from his club in Bedminster, New Jersey, an announcement that reportedly left the president "gutted."
Whether Belichick will attend on Thursday remains an open question. Reached by phone, an official in the Patriots media relations department said, "I don't think so," when asked if the team planned to offer a statement. The official then directed The Daily Beast to send an email formally requesting comment and an interview with their head coach. The Patriots did not respond prior to publication.
A man of integrity, someone actually deserving of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, would turn Trump down flat. (Then again, a worthy recipient would never have gotten chummy with Trump in the first place.) If nothing else, it makes for a grim if fitting coda.
Throughout the course of their two-decade-long run of dominance, Belichick's Patriots have never received much in the way of consequences for bending if not outright breaking the NFL's rules. In fact, they've been near-universally lauded, the instances of cheating dismissed as whining by mere haters and losers. If there's any justice, Trump won't ever be able to say the same.
UPDATE: Following publication of The Daily Beast's story, Belichick said in a statement that while he was "flattered" to be nominated, the events of the past week made it impossible for him to accept. Belichick also cited the social justice conversations and subsequent actions partaken by the New England Patriots this year, calling them "one of the most rewarding things in my professional career."


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1883-1886 Autograph Album from West Gardiner, Maine
1883-1886 autograph album with inscribers mostly from West Gardiner, Maine, and most appearing to have been born in the late 1860s and early 1870s.
The album, which is missing its covers, measures approximately 5" by nearly 3", contains the sentiments of 22 of the owner's friends and possibly relatives. An alphabetical list of the inscribers and any personal information they offered, appears at the end of this post.
It's possible the owner was Harry B. Hinkley of West Gardiner, Maine, who inscribed the first two pages. He was presumably Harry B. Hinkley (1869-1937), who married Alice M. Brackett (1883-1956).
An Alice M. Brackett made an undated inscription in the album but her age would have made this outside of the otherwise 1883-1886 range of inscriber dates. However, if the album belonged to Harry B. Hinkley, Alice might have found it at a later time and inscribed in it then. Or inscriber Alice might have been Alice Maud (Brackett) Spear (1873-1959), who married Charles Orlo Spear (1871-1945).
Surnames in the Album
B Babb [2] H Hamlin M Merrill
Brackett Hinkley [2] R Reed
Brann Hinkly S Small [2]
Brooks J Jones Spear [2]
C Curtis [2] L Lane W Wakefield
D Douglass Lewis Williams
I. Belle Brann of Gardiner, Maine; inscribed on March 13, 1883 "Jim's Annie". Presumably Ida Isabelle (Brann) Fuller (1866-1952), who married Alberton George Fuller (1864-1913).
If you have corrections and/or information on any of the people mentioned below, please leave a comment.
Inscribers in the Album
Annie Babb of West Gardiner, Maine; inscribed on February 22, 1886. Annie Mae (Babb) Boyden (1871-1941), who married Herbert A. Boyden (1875-1951).
Flora E. Babb - Flora Esther Babb (1867-1947).
Miss Alice M. Brackett of Westbrook, Maine. Unless this inscription was written much later or by someone else, she was unlikely the Alice M. (Brackett) Hinkley (1883-1956) who married inscriber Harry B. Hinkley. But if the album was owned by Harry himself, Alice, who did not date her inscription, could have had access to it later on. If an inscription within the 1883-1886 date range, perhaps she was Alice Maud (Brackett) Spear (1873-1959), who married Charles Orlo Spear (1871-1945).
Charles J. Brooks of West Gardiner, Maine; inscribed on February 22, no year written. Presumably Charles J. Brooks (1869-1942).
C. J. Curtis - not sure of surname
Charles T. Curtis of West Gardiner, Maine. Possibly Charles T. Curtis (1869-1944), who married Lula G. Colby (1877-1931).
Grace L. Douglass of Gardiner, Maine. Grace Lilia (Douglass) Plummer (1868-1963); married Walter Edward Plummer (1861-1944).
Carrie E. Hamlin of West Gardiner, Maine; inscribed on March 13, 1883; schoolmate. Carrie Evelyn (Hamlin) Jones (1867-1934), who married inscriber James W. Jones (1867-1958).
Harry B. Hinkley of West Gardiner, Maine; inscribed on March 11, 1883. Presumably Harry B. Hinkley (1868-1937), who married inscribed Alice M. Brackett (1883-1956).
Seth Hinkley
Faustina Hinkly; possibly Faustina Delmore (Flitner) Hinkley (1837-1899), who married Melvin A. Hinkley (1841-1911).
James W. Jones of West Gardiner, Maine; inscribed on March 13, 1883. James W. Jones (1867-1958), who married inscriber Carrie Evelyn Hamlin (1867-1934).
Charlie P. Lane [esq. added later] of West Gardiner, Maine; inscribed on March 13, 1883. Perhaps Charles P. Lane (1872-1909), who married Annie L. Smith (1885-1949).
Henry W. Lewis of Boston, Massachusetts; inscribed on March 13, 1883
Emma Lord of Pittston, Maine; inscribed on January 6, 1884. Perhaps Emma Augusta (Lord) Clarke (1867-1919), who married Charles Elwin Clark (1858-1945).
Evelyn M. Merrill of West Gardiner, Maine; inscribed on February 22, 1886. Presumably Eveline M. Merrill (1868-)
Alice M. Reed of West Gardiner, Maine. Alice M. (Reed) Higgins (1869-1956), who married Henry G. Higgins (1869-1911).
Albion F. Small - Albion F. Small (1868-1943).
Herbert Small. Perhaps Rev. Herbert C. Small (1872-1949).
Annie G. Spear of West Gardiner, Maine; inscribed on February 22, 1886. Annie Gertrude (Spear) Dustin (1870-1909), who married Miles Henry Powers Dustin (1866-1960).
Effie M. Spear of West Gardiner, Maine; inscribed on February 22, 1886. Presumably Effie M. (Spear) Mitchell (1871-1900), who married Frederick Emerson Mitchell (1861-1940).
Luella G. Wakefield of West Gardiner, Maine; inscribed on March 13, 1883. Luella Gertrude Wakefield, who married Donald Stewart McNaughton
Linnie Williams of West Gardiner, Maine. Possibly Emeline Williams
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Q: Lowpass filter (LPF) for ADC with cutoff frequency much lower than fs/2? I was reading the datasheet from the ADS868x ADCs and it seems that in its internal circuit schematic it uses a 2nd Order LPF before the ADC driver, as the picture shows.

According to the datasheet, the LPF -3 dB cutoff frequency is at 15 kHz.  Considering that the maximum sample rate for the ADC is 1 MSPS, fs/2 would be 500 kHz. Why would they do that? Doesn't this attenuate a lot of the higher frequency components of the original data? If they wanted to prevent aliasing, shouldn't they use a cutoff frequency closer to fs/2?
Datasheet

A: So, it's a \$2^{nd}\$-order filter, and the 3dB cutoff frequency is at \$15\mathrm{kHz}\$.
It's a 16-bit ADC.  The gain of the filter at 1MHz is about $$A_{f_s} = \left ( \mathrm {\frac{15kHz}{1MHz}} \right )^2 = 0.000225 \simeq 2^{-12}$$.
So at their "typical" filter cutoff, a signal at 1MHz is only attenuated by a factor of 12 bits -- and it's a 16-bit ADC, and that 1MHz signal will alias down to DC.  Since you're presumably most interested in DC signals, that means that a 1MHz signal with magnitude similar to the DC signals you're interested in will reduce your accuracy from the ADC's 16 bits down to 12 bits.
That's why the cutoff is so "low" -- and depending on your application, it may be way too high.

A: That's because the slope of a 2nd order is quite soft and not a brick-wall filter that removes everything beyond the cut-off.
If the sampling rate Fs is 1 Msps, and you set the cutoff to Fs/2 which is 500 kHz, the incoming signal is only attenuated by 3dB at 500 kHz cut-off, and since the second order filter has a slope of 12 dB per octave, it will only have about 12dB of attenuation at 1 MHz.
This basically means that any signal at 1 MHz that appears on the ADC input is only attenuated to 25% of the original amplitude and will get folded back to DC.
So in general, if you want to sample at 1 Msps, you better have all unwanted signals attenuated to silence at 500 KHz, which means the cut-off frequency must be far below that for the passband amplitude to attenuate to levels far below -96dB of the 16-bit DAC when frequency reaches 500 kHz, as the slope of attenuation is only 40dB per decade or 12dB per octave.

A: The AD8681 whose datasheet you linked to is part of a larger family of ADCs.
The last digit of the part number tells you how many input channels the IC has.  The AD8681 has one input channel.  The AD8684 has four input channels.  The AD8688 has eight channels.
No matter how many input channels there are, however, they all have only a single ADC onboard.
The AD8688 has to spread the 1MSPS across eight channels.  That makes the 15kHz bandwidth limit for each channel much more reasonable.
You have at most 125kSPS for each of the eight channels.  A cutoff of 15kHz means an attenuation of about 30 dB at 60kHz - adequate for antialiasing if your signal doesn't have a lot of high frequency content.
The smaller versions are made by simplifying the AD8688.  They all share the same basic circuitry, though, and retain the filters in all versions.

For all I know, the actual chip in all versions may be the same, with only the number of pins connected to the outside different and maybe a one time settable option that they use to tell the chip to only handle the channels it has connected.

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For Grades 5-8 , week of June 10, 2019
1. He's a Billionaire!
Superstar Jay-Z has reached a lot of milestones in his entertainment career, and now he has reached a really big one. According to the Forbes business magazine, Jay-Z is the first rapper to become a billionaire. Forbes, which tracks the worth of business, sports and entertainment leaders, declared that "it's clear that Jay-Z has accumulated a fortune that conservatively totals $1-billion, making him one of only a handful of entertainers to become a billionaire — and the first hip-hop artist to do so." In addition to his music success, Jay-Z has amassed a fortune as owner of the Roc Nation sports management company, a $70-million share of the Uber transportation company, a $70-million art collection and $50-million in real estate holdings. Other top entertainers on Forbes' list of billionaires are Oprah Winfrey (worth $2.5-billion) and NBA legend Michael Jordan ($1.9-billion). When people become millionaires or billionaires, they often use their money to help others. In the newspaper or online, find and closely read stories about Jay-Z or other celebrities using their wealth to help others. Pick one and write a personal opinion column telling why the effort is important. Then suggest other ways the celebrity could effectively use his/her wealth to help others.
2. 'Octo-Champs'
Each year, the Scripps National Spelling Bee attracts the best student spellers in the United States. This year, it attracted so many great spellers, that eight of them tied for the championship. That had never happened before, and prompted bee officials and the spellers themselves to nickname the co-winners the "Octo-Champs." Co-champions have been declared in six previous National Spelling Bees but never had more than two competitors shared the title in a single year. Crowning of this year's champions took 20 rounds, and in the last three not a single word was misspelled. After the 17th round, the bee's "pronouncer" and host Jacques Bailly told the remaining contestants that if they made it through three more rounds they would earn a share of the title. "We'll soon run out of words that will challenge you," Bailly said. "We're throwing the dictionary at you. And so far, you are showing this dictionary who is boss." Becoming a National Spelling Bee champion requires hard work, commitment and determination. In the newspaper or online find and closely read about another activity that requires hard work and commitment. Write a personal letter to someone who wants to succeed in this activity. List things they will need to do to succeed and why each is important.
3. Amazing Story
The world of antiques is a world of stories, and one of the most amazing stories is getting new attention on the continent of Europe this summer. A chess piece believed to be part of a set discovered buried in a sand dune in 1831 has been re-discovered after being "buried" in a drawer by its owner for more than 50 years. And that's just part of the story. The piece that was bought in 1964 for about $6 is expected to sell for nearly $1.3-million at an auction sale next month. The piece was once part of one of the most famous chess collections ever: the set known as the Lewis Chessmen. The 93 pieces in the collection are believed to have been hand-carved out of ivory nearly 900 years ago in the late 12th century and buried in the sand after a shipwreck on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland. The 3.5-inch piece is a fierce warrior known as a "warder," which is the equivalent of a rook in modern chess. Antiques and artifacts from the past tell stories about people, events and the lifestyles of earlier times. In the newspaper or online, find and closely read stories about antiques that have stories of their own. Pick one and retell the story in your own words. Focus on aspects of the story that would appeal most to students your age. Illustrate your retelling with drawings or images from the newspaper or Internet.
Common Core State Standards: Writing narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events; using drawings or visual displays when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or points.
4. Zap 'Em
Nuclear energy can be used for many things, from running power plants, to powering submarines, to developing atomic weapons. In the African nation of Senegal, it is being used to kill flies. But not just any flies: The deadly tsetse flies that can cause sleeping sickness in humans and make cows and other livestock sick. In a joint project between Senegal, the United States and the International Atomic Energy Agency, male tsetse flies are being zapped with nuclear gamma rays to leave them incapable of reproducing. They then are released and reduce the fly population because they cannot reproduce, the Washington Post newspaper reports. So far, the program has been successful. In one area of Senegal, 90 percent of the tsetse fly population has been eliminated, and cattle no longer are afflicted with disease spread by the flies. Other African nations are now interested in joining the program, including Uganda, South Africa and Burkina Faso. The tsetse fly project in Senegal is an example of science being used in a new way to solve a problem. In the newspaper or online, find and closely read another story about science being used in a new way. Use what you read to brainstorm an idea for an animated movie to explain the science story to students your age or younger. Write a description of animated characters you would use in your movie, and why. Then write a dialog between characters for the opening scene.
Common Core State Standards: Writing narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events; conducting short research projects that build knowledge about a topic.
5. Crowding a Landmark
Located high in the Andes Mountains of South America, Machu Picchu is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. More than 1.2-million people visit the fortress in Peru each year and crowds have gotten so big that timed tickets restrict when people can enter the stone landmark. Now a plan to build a new airport near Machu Picchu has raised concerns that the problem of overcrowding will be made even worse. The international airport will be able to accommodate larger planes than the small airport in the town of Cuzco, and that will bring more tourists to the area around Machu Picchu, opponents of the project say. It also will disrupt local life and culture in the area known as the Sacred Valley, and violate the archaeological character of the region, according to a petition opposing the plan. "An airport in the surroundings of the Sacred Valley will affect the integrity of a complex Inca landscape and will cause irreparable damage due to noise, traffic and uncontrolled urbanization," the petition declares. Many people have great interest in preserving and protecting important historic sites and natural areas. In the newspaper or online, find and closely read about one effort in the United States or another country. Use what you read to write a short editorial, summarizing what people are doing to protect or preserve one site, and whether you think that is the most effective approach.
Common Core State Standards: Producing clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization and style are appropriate to the task; reading closely what a text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it.


I was fresh off of my project completing rush and jumped right into a bit of tweaking that needed to be done on my router table. It was a simple fix, but I had been putting it off for a while. Checking it off my list of little things I need to take care of, has brought me a small measure of joy.


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"Thug Cry" is a song by American hip hop recording artist Rick Ross, released on March 13, 2014 by Maybach, Slip-n-Slide, and Def Jam, as the 2nd and final official single from his sixth studio album Mastermind (2014).  The song was produced by J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, written by Betty Idol and features a guest appearance by American rapper Lil Wayne, along with a hook performed by Betty Idol. The song has since peaked at number 37 on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The sample comes from "Heather" by Billy Cobham (1974), which was previously used in songs such as "93 'til Infinity" by Souls Of Mischief (1993) and in "No Wheaties" by Big K.R.I.T., Smoke DZA & Curren$y (2010).

Release
"Thug Cry" was serviced to mainstream urban radio in the United States on March 13, 2014 and then to rhythmic contemporary radio in the same country on April 1, 2014 as the third official single from his sixth studio album Mastermind.

Music video
On May 5, 2014, the music video was released for "Thug Cry". The video follows a prisoner, played by actor Wood Harris, as he steps out of jail after serving time. Flashbacks reveal Harris' sentencing leading up to his prison sentence. The video then ends with Ross, Yo Gotti, and friends, welcoming Harris home, giving him a Rolls-Royce.

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2014 singles
2014 songs
Rick Ross songs
Lil Wayne songs
Def Jam Recordings singles
Maybach Music Group singles
Songs written by Rick Ross
Songs written by Lil Wayne
Song recordings produced by J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League
Songs written by Erik Ortiz
Songs written by Kevin Crowe

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For those that refuse to get into the Christmas spirit till after Thanksgiving, avert your eyes! The rest of you, enjoy this new spot from Dodge.
The commercial, which the brand wasted no time posting after Halloween, features Santa's workshop and Dodge's incredibly fast Challenger and Hellcat lineup. However, they didn't stop there going further and giving Santa's sleigh a boost by way of their Redeye featuring the added touch of antlers on the logo… One we'd suggest all owners doing for the holiday season.
Additionally, they made Santa buff which could be a bit odd to some, but we like to think it's just pre milk and cookies Santa, but without a Redeye sleigh of our own we won't be fast enough to ever find out.


Our development project will enable the use of up-to-date floor plan graphics in the applications of enterprises whose core business does not involve floor plan maintenance. This also means that the end customer does not have to pay for maintenance of one and the same floor plan in different systems.
Our aim is to facilitate the use of graphic data and lower the threshold for creating an application that uses the floor plans offered by the Optimaze Floor Plan Platform.
The Optimaze Floor Plan Platform is shown in the picture below. The sections to be developed in the KIRA-digi project are highlighted and cover parts 2 (Public interface) and 3 (View3r library) of the Platform.
We receive support for development from the KIRA-digi project, which is the Government's key project for renewing the property and construction sector through digitalization.


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English title: Establishment of new nature parks and national parks on the state-owned lands in Finland.
The article is report of the Nature Park and National Park Committee appointed by the Government of Finland in 1950. It contains a proposal for establishment of new nature parks and natural parks on state-owned lands in Finland. The article also includes a draft of act and decree for establishment of the new nature parks and national parks.
In order to replace the nature reserves lost through the 1944 Armistice with new areas and to create a comprehensive network of nature and national parks, including Southern Finland, the committee proposes new protected areas. The proposal includes the following nature parks: Jussaari, Vaskijärvi, Vesijako, Sinivuori, Häädetkeidas, Salamajärvi, Ulvinsalo, Paljakka, Runkaus, Maltio, Sompio, and Kevo. National parks include Liesjärvi, Linnansaari, Petkeljärvi, Pyhähäkki, Rokua, Oulanka-Juuma, and Lemmenjoki. The total area of the suggested new 23 nature reserves is 1,425 km2. The committee suggets that the administration of the new nature parks and national parks should remain in the responsibility of Forest Service and Forest Research Institute.


Solar panels are a great way to fulfill your energy needs. You can also earn money by selling back excess electricity to the grid. Bird droppings and bird nesting issues will drastically drop the performance of your solar panels. The solar panels are unable to collect light and produce electricity due to bird droppings. The panels should be in pristine condition at all times to maximize the performance of the solar panels. If bird droppings cover 50% of the cells, there will be a 50% drop in electricity production. If the whole cell is covered by any chance, the energy conversion rate of that particular cell will become zero. Bird proofing the solar panels is extremely important to improve their efficiency and productivity in the long run.
Reputed solar entities in the United Kingdom use highly effective methods to improve the productivity of these panels. It will also help prevent any unnecessary damages to the panels. A mesh system is used over the solar panels to protect them from birds and bird droppings. Birds and other insects are kept away from the solar panels due to the mesh system. Most of these mesh systems are virtually invisible from ground level. Your roof will not be screwed or drilled for this purpose. A special variety of clips is used to secure the mesh which will not damage the panels. The mesh will not affect the conditions of the warranty on the solar panel. This is why it is important that you consider bird proofing your solar panels to improve their efficiency and productivity in the long run.


People and pets aren't the only things feeling the brrrrr of the current cold snap.
Vehicles also suffer when temperatures drop, especially into the single digits.
Kent Andrews of Andrews Tire and Service in Virginia has worked on cars for about 26 years and, along with his brother, Lee Andrews, has owned their shop since 2014. Over those years, Kent Andrews has seen the weather change, he said.
Ice causes a lot more problems for your vehicle than its powdery counterpoint does. From slick roads under tires to frozen wipers and doors, ice makes winter driving less of a joy and more of a hassle.
While the best plan is to prepare a car or truck for winter weather before the weather actually turns wintry, the best plan once that change has happened is to keep in mind that winter is as hard on your transport as it is on your body.
Large temperature fluxes in a short time, such as those that come from starting and stopping a car, can break parts that already might have been close to needing repair, Andrews said, adding that belts, hoses and batteries often are the problem.
There are ways to make cold weather easier on a vehicle, including unplugging things.
Tires — particularly how much air is in them — also are a big thing.
"For every 10 degree drop in temperature, you lose one pound of air in your tire and you won't gain it back," Andrews said.
Having enough air in the tires can change how the vehicle handles, especially in slick spots.
Andrews also recommends having a sturdy all-weather tire on any vehicle.
"The big things are to make sure you check the air pressure in your tires (and have) a good quality battery in your vehicle." he said.


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Baía das Baleias é um porto no gelo em frente a plataforma de gelo Ross ao norte da Ilha Roosevelt. A Baía das Baleias desapareceu em 1987, quando um iceberg de 159 km de comprimento se separou da plataforma de gelo Ross.

Ernest Shackleton nomeou o lugar em 24 de janeiro de 1908, durante a Expedição Nimrod, por causa do grande número de baleias avistadas nas proximidades do local.

História
Neste local o explorador norueguês Roald Amundsen (1872—1928) estabeleceu a sua base para a conquista do Polo Sul. A base foi usado entre janeiro de 1911 e fevereiro 1912.

A Baía das Baleias também serviu como um apoio logístico de base para vários outros importantes expedições à Antártica, incluindo:
1928-1930: Richard Evelyn Byrd  - primeira expedição;
1933-1935: Richard Evelyn Byrd - segunda expedição;
1939-1941: Richard Evelyn Byrd - terceira expedição.

Bibliografia
 Beau Riffenburgh: "Nimrod": Ernest Shackleton und die außergewöhnliche Geschichte der Südpolexpedition 1907–1909 (Übersetzt von Sebastian Vogel). Berlin Verlag 2006, ISBN 3827005302

Ligações externas

Baleias
Expedição de Amundsen ao Polo Sul
Expedição Nimrod


Way back in the 1880's, dairy farmers in Denmark and Sweden formed small cooperatives to invest in common dairy production facilities. By doing this they made efficient use of their milk and higher quality products. The earnings they made from their milk were equally split between the dairy farmers and together they built a good future for themselves and the next generation on their farm.
Over the years, the cooperative idea proved increasingly attractive. Small farmer cooperatives merged and became stronger. They expanded from local to regional to national cooperatives. In 2000, the largest Danish dairy cooperative merged with its Swedish counterpart and Arla Foods, the first cross-border dairy cooperative, was formed.


The first step out the door is never the easiest. Although it's easier to lay in your bed and watch The Cosby Show it's well worth the reward to go out and be active. Even I will admit to laying on the floor for a solid hour before I finally make myself get out to run that first mile.
No matter what way you choose, each is successful! Run to eat. Run to sleep. At least you have an excuse to do either right?
Going on night runs can be the greatest way to get rid of stress. There's nothing more thrilling than running at 11pm over a bridge and listening to dreamy music; It's almost eerie and emotionally overwhelming. Also, you won't bump into anyone you know as you die out.
Plan a run to end somewhere with awesome food. If you live anywhere near Dunwell Doughnuts- YOU NEED TO DO THIS! What's better then rewarding yourself with a sweet serving of fried sweet dough? Nothing. If you choose to go the healthier route, end your run at your favorite brunch spot or coffee shop. Make sure to remember to carry money with you! We're all too familiar/embarrassed with the ol' sweaty $5 bill.
You can even plan to go do a trail run. Surround yourself with nature and the miles go by like nothing. There's nothing quite like FRESH oxygen around you and finishing with dusty brown shoes. Unleash your inner Thoreau.
The most essential motivational key is thinking about how you'll feel when you finish your run. Then you can lay around the rest of the day guilt free – you've earned it!
Alex is a wannabe teenage witch from Kansas living in Brooklyn. She hopes to one day live in the woods with her records and a bop it.
Stay tuned for more Wellness posts from this marathon-running babespiration, that'll help us get up, get out, and get moving. In the meantime, download her amazing mixtape to for your next trail run or road trip.


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HomeMAGADonald Trump Junior Makes Another Visit to Montana
Donald Trump Junior Makes Another Visit to Montana
Please vote Matt Rosendale for US Senate.
October 30, 2018 MAGA, Montana 1
By Tim Ravndal
Montana is facing an all-out battle for the United States Senate Seat. Incumbent Senator Jon Tester is working hard to hold his seat. Matt Rosendale is making the challenge with the backing of the President of the United States. It is obvious in nearly every town across Montana that the battle is heated and Mr. Rosendale is fully engaged across Montana to counter the attacks by the Democratic Party and Senator Tester. Claims of illegal campaign expenditures that resulted in Senator Tester beating then Senator Conrad Burns have never been resolved. The political system and the judicial branch of government here in Montana has never reached political accountability with Senator Tester. He has been in office for the past 12 years.
The tour pushing for the "Red Tsunami" is called the "Victory Tour across Montana." Congressman Greg Gianforte is also seeking re-election to the United States Congress and is part of the tour. Donald Trump Jr. and his friend Kimberly Guilfoyle have been touring Montana cities and towns for the past week. On Friday October 26 the tour was in Helena Montana. The event was held at the Kleffner Ranch which is an early 1800's ranch that has been recognized as a historical site in Montana.
The left has attacked Donald Trump Junior when he reported his trip to Montana to hunt "Prairie Dogs." The liberal media reported that he was in Montana shooting pregnant lactating dogs. The distortion of the truth resonated across the country.
One of the strong messages from Donald Jr. was that his father is the first politician criticized for fulfilling his campaign promises. Hecklers that have followed the campaign continually try to trash everyone involved. The fact that former President Obama is still trying to take credit for the economy was pointed out and the crowd roared with laughter. Mr. Trump Jr. made the claim that his 4-year-old daughter has more knowledge about foreign relations with China and other countries than those that have been in those positions under the former president.
The main message from Donald Trump Junior is the fact that his father that is the President of the United States cannot continue to turn our country around without everyone's help. The effort to unseat Senator Tester is to facilitate the campaign to "Make America Great Again."
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1 Comment on Donald Trump Junior Makes Another Visit to Montana
norman November 4, 2018 at 12:32 PM
Folks in Montana need to smarten up and get rid of Tester. Not only is he bad for Montana, He's bad for America. Please, for the betterment of everyone , send him apackin'. His thinking is badly flawed. He thinks like most career politicians.


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Q: Filtering User Input I've read quite a few q&a's on filtering user input here, but most of the time the answer is that it depends on what you're doing. Here's what I'm doing:
Data submitted via a form that will be used in a MySQL query:
function clean($field, $link)
{
    return mysql_real_escape_string($field, $link);
}

Data submitted via a form that will be displayed back on the HTML/PHP page or in an email:
function output_html($value)
{
    return stripslashes(htmlspecialchars($value));
}

Data displayed from database:
function output_db($value)
{
    return stripslashes($value);
}

Is this sufficient for my needs? Is there something I'm not considering?
Thanks!

A: Use mysql_real_escape_string() when inserting strings into SQL queries, no matter where the input comes from.
Use htmlspecialchars() or htmlentities() when inserting strings into HTML code, no matter where the input comes from.
Use urlencode() when inserting values into the query string of a URL, no matter where the values come from.
If this data comes from the user, then you should definitely do these things because there is the chance that the user is trying to do bad things.  But security aside--what if you want to insert a legitimate string into a SQL query and the string just happens to have a single quote character in it?  You still must escape it.

A: I would really look into using something like PDO if you are starting out. You will eventually want to migrate that way, so why not start now.
PDO will cleanse your input automatically, which is great. It will also use prepare() statements, so you are guaranteed a single query, which prevents someone attacking with a "; DROP TABLE xxx;" or such.
http://php.net/manual/en/book.pdo.php

A: When you insert data into a SQL database, you need to escape it in order to prevent SQL injections, and mysql_real_escape_string() is the right thing to use for that in mysql. You have to remember to use that for everything, though, so it's error-prone. You should instead be using something like PDO, which automatically escapes every incoming value.
Data coming out of a database does not usually need any special treatment (ie. unescaping). I don't know what you're trying to do with stripslashes() there. If it's for removing magic quotes that PHP inserted, you should be doing that where you extract user-provided values from GET/POST/etc. (or disable magic quotes completely, if you can, and don't have any other software that relies on it)
Data going out to html needs to be escaped to prevent XSS. htmlspecialchars() is the right function for that. Again, I don't know what you're trying to use stripslashes() for. And again, you need to remember to escape every value, which is error-prone. You should at least consider the benefits of using a templating engine or something else that automatically escapes all values going to html.

A: If you have the ability, I'd recommend using mysqli instead of mysql, and utilize prepared statements:
<?php
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");

/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
    printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
    exit();
}

$city = "Amersfoort";

/* create a prepared statement */
if ($stmt = $mysqli->prepare("SELECT District FROM City WHERE Name=?")) {

    /* bind parameters for markers */
    $stmt->bind_param("s", $city);

    /* execute query */
    $stmt->execute();

    /* bind result variables */
    $stmt->bind_result($district);

    /* fetch value */
    $stmt->fetch();

    printf("%s is in district %s\n", $city, $district);

    /* close statement */
   $stmt->close();
}

/* close connection */
$mysqli->close();
?>

Source: http://php.net/manual/en/mysqli.prepare.php
This provides basic type checking and does escaping for you. I would not recommend stripslashes on outputting db data because:

*

*DB data can have slashes in them

*The database unescapes for you anyways

With regards to showing HTML, there is also htmlstriptags which can strip out people trying to be cute with  tags and the like.

A: i will recommend you to use the filters introduced in php 5.2 they are great and saves you lots of lines of validation and sanatization of data. check here
filter_input


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namespace Zendesk\API\Resources\Core;

use Zendesk\API\Resources\ResourceAbstract;
use Zendesk\API\Traits\Resource\Delete;
use Zendesk\API\Traits\Resource\Find;
use Zendesk\API\Traits\Resource\FindAll;

/**
 * Class OAuthTokens
 */
class OAuthTokens extends ResourceAbstract
{
    use FindAll;
    use Find;
    use Delete;

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    protected $objectName = 'token';
    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    protected $objectNamePlural = 'tokens';

    /**
     * @var string
     */
    protected $resourceName = 'oauth/tokens';

    protected function setUpRoutes()
    {
        $this->setRoute('current', "$this->resourceName/current.json");
    }

    /**
     * Wrapper for `delete`, called `revoke` in the API docs.
     *
     * @param null $id
     *
     * @return bool
     * @throws \Zendesk\API\Exceptions\MissingParametersException
     */
    public function revoke($id = null)
    {
        return $this->delete($id, 'delete');
    }

    /**
     * Shows the current token
     *
     * @return \stdClass | null
     * @throws \Zendesk\API\Exceptions\RouteException
     */
    public function current()
    {
        return $this->client->get($this->getRoute(__FUNCTION__));
    }
}

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"I've been dealing with County Line Auto Body for 2 years. The team work is perfect: the reception, appraisal, the quality of repair.
Block, chair; Amie Amiot, ex offico; Cheryl Deconde Johnson; Gina E. A communication disorder may range in severity from mild to profound. Individuals may demonstrate one or any combination of communication disorders.
His former "Rebelde" costars, Dulce Maria and Christopher Uckermann, have come out and expressed their support for Chavez during this difficult time. I prefer to remain silent due to the friendship we hold," the redhead singer said to daytime talkshow "Hoy." Christopher on his side said, "Christian has always said what is on his mind, but he has always been grounded. We sometimes don't think about what we upload to Twitter but he is a great person."After initial reports that the images were false, the pop star came out and clarified that the photos were real.


Will my Divorce Affect my State Pension?
While the start of January is traditionally when many people make a New Year's resolution to get fit, quit drinking or give up smoking, for some couples it's time to make a fresh start and call an end to their marriage. Head of Family Law Sue Leadbeater, who is also a trained dispute resolution solicitor, is calling for greater support for couples, based on a better understanding of outcomes.
Thinking of Taking the Leap this Year?
Owed a Bigger Divorce Settlement?
Can you avoid disappointment and upset in family disputes?
Does out of love mean out of business?


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Fingerprint Technology Helps Solve Cold Case
After the abduction and sexual assault of a young girl in the small community of Cairnbrook, Pennsylvania, law enforcement searched tirelessly for the perpetrator as the community feared for children's safety.
But for nearly two decades, the offender eluded the FBI and the Pennsylvania State Police—until earlier this year.
After the September 19, 1999 assault, the state police, with FBI assistance, chased down every lead. They pulled over cars that matched the description the victim provided, searched through sex offender registries, and conducted forensic interviews with the victim.
Despite these efforts, the assailant could not be identified. But when the victim guided police to the exact location of her assault, police found key pieces of evidence, including a paper bag with the offender's fingerprint.
Examiners at the FBI's Laboratory tested the evidence, but there was no match on the partial fingerprint—another dead end for investigators.
Even after transferring to another job in the department about 10 years after the crime occurred, Pennsylvania State Trooper Jeffrey Brock continued to investigate this case for another decade. "There was a sense of duty to finish the investigation," Brock said. "Any investigator has that one case they wish they'd finished, and that was mine. I just kept working on it. I wanted to get justice for that girl and her family."
In trying to find new approaches to move the investigation forward, Brock asked a now-retired FBI agent for advice. As one of the investigative steps they tried, the agent had the fingerprint re-checked in fall 2018.
Filed Under: Investigation Tagged With: Biometrics, FBI, Investigation
Atlanta Man Sentenced for Aggravated Identity Theft
The headquarters of a large national bank had detected fraud on an account and sent word to an Atlanta branch to be on alert: If an individual comes in to pick up the new debit card linked to that account, call the Atlanta Police Department.
An alert bank employee did just that when Khoi Nguyen, 43, came in to the branch to claim the debit card. Officers arrived quickly to ask Nguyen about his identity and the name on the bank account. Upon questioning, Nguyen produced a Department of Defense identification badge and claimed to be in law enforcement.
The police weren't buying it, so they called the FBI to investigate Nguyen for impersonating a federal law enforcement officer. It was soon discovered that he was not only impersonating a government official but more than a dozen different people in a sophisticated identity theft scheme.
"In his bag at arrest were 20 cellular phones, 13 different identifications, a number of credit cards, and about $11,000 in cash," said Special Agent Marcus Brackman, who worked the case out of the FBI's Atlanta Field Office.
Brackman said that Nguyen had some technical skills and likely purchased the stolen personal information he used to create fake documents and open fraudulent financial accounts off encrypted websites. "Criminals can buy identities for 50 cents on the dark web," Brackman explained.
Nguyen pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft and was sentenced in October 2018 to two years in federal prison for his crime. He was also ordered to pay restitution to the financial institution and is facing additional state charges related to similar alleged activity in other areas of the country.
"Identity theft is very prevalent," said Brackman. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, an estimated 26 million people age 16 or older in the United States experienced some form of identity theft in 2016—with many of those cases involving the misuse of a credit card or bank account. Brackman said that it was gratifying to hold someone responsible for a crime that affects so many people and creates such a headache for victims.
Filed Under: Investigation Tagged With: Crime, FBI, Identity Theft
The FBI's Regional Computer Forensics Laboratories Are Vital in the Digital Age
Technology and connected devices touch nearly every facet of modern life, and they often hold key evidence in criminal investigations. "Every single case now involves some sort of digital evidence," said FBI Supervisory Special Agent Steven Newman, director of the New Jersey Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory (NJRCFL).
Digital evidence can be on any device and can follow subjects almost anywhere they traverse in the cyber world. As such, digital evidence is key in Internet-enabled crimes, but it is also critical in cases that range from terrorism to fraud.
In May 2018, three New Jersey men were sentenced to prison for conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), which is designated by the United States as a foreign terrorist organization. The FBI became aware of the men's activities through a tip from an informant, according to Special Agent Suzanne Walsh with the FBI's Newark Field Office.
Once that tip was deemed credible, digital evidence became key to investigating the men's motives. The digital evidence left on the suspects' computers and phones was crucial to showing criminal intent in the actions the men took—from planning to travel overseas to viewing ISIS propaganda online.
Alaa Saadeh, who was 24 at the time of sentencing, was given 15 years for his crimes. The evidence investigators uncovered showed he was actively planning to join ISIS and had supported his brother's travel, both financially and logistically, to pursue that same goal.
Alaa's brother, Nader Saadeh, 23 at sentencing, was given 10 years; and a third man, Samuel Rahamin Topaz, 24 at sentencing, was given eight years. The evidence showed all three had viewed ISIS materials, maps, and videos, including videos that depicted executions. Their communications also contained evidence that showed their desire to join ISIS and revealed some of the efforts they took to conceal their activities.
Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: FBI, Forensic, Technology
Monthlong Sweep Targeted Sex Traffickers, Recovery of Minors
A month long FBI-led operation to identify and arrest sex traffickers and recover child victims has resulted in dozens of arrests across the country and the identification and recovery of more than 100 juveniles.
The initiative during the month of July, dubbed Operation Independence Day, relied on more than 400 law enforcement agencies working on FBI Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Forces in each of the Bureau's 56 field offices. The sweep included undercover operations and has led to the opening of five dozen federal criminal investigations. Agents and analysts at FBI Headquarters and in the field worked closely with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) to identify young runaways, missing kids, and juveniles who may have been subjected to human trafficking.
In all, 103 juveniles were identified or recovered and 67 suspected traffickers were arrested. The sweep resulted in 60 new federal investigations.
"The FBI is fiercely focused on recovering child victims and arresting the sex traffickers who exploit them," FBI Director Christopher Wray said in a statement. "Through operations like this, the FBI helps child victims escape the abusive life of sex trafficking."
In past years, the FBI initiated weeklong coordinated nationwide sweeps under the name Operation Cross Country to arrest traffickers and recover underage victims. This year, FBI field offices had a longer time window to plan and execute operations as part of the national initiative, with the goal being to develop richer leads and intelligence, and more robust cases.
"We are here to rescue children, and we are here to build good cases against traffickers," said Jeanette Milazzo, a special agent who led one of the Houston Field Office's task force operations in early July. In that operation, undercover officers from the Houston Police Department scanned social media and escort sites looking for what appeared to be juveniles advertising for commercial sex. They set up fake dates, met at pre-arranged locations, and then brought individuals (and their pimps in some cases) in for interviews to determine if they were underage or trafficked or if they could help identify other victims or traffickers. In each case, FBI victim specialists ensure the individuals understand their situation and are made aware of the resources available to help them.
"If we have developed enough rapport with the victim, we build a case against their trafficker and hopefully charge them in federal court," Milazzo said.
Filed Under: Investigation Tagged With: FBI, Investigation, Missing Person
Military Fraudster Sentenced
The charity sounded like a worthy and patriotic cause—an organization that would send military families on Disney vacations and pay travel costs for families to see their loved ones graduate from boot camp in South Carolina and California.
But the charity, known as "Marines and Mickey" was simply a front that fraudster John Shannon Simpson used to enrich himself. Thanks to an FBI and Naval Criminal Investigative Service investigation, Simpson is now serving a prison sentence.
"Simpson presented himself as a retired master sergeant in the Marines, and people believed him. They had no reason to question a U.S. Marine," said Special Agent Tiffany Baker, who investigated the case out of the FBI's Bluffton Resident Agency, which is part of the Columbia Field Office.
In fact, Simpson was actually a lower-level rank than he claimed, and he was court-martialed for going AWOL.
But claiming to be associated with the Marine Corps gave Simpson credibility, and donors gave nearly half a million dollars to his charity from its founding in 2014 until 2016.
Simpson befriended a Gold Star mother who had lost her son in a shooting in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 2015. Simpson and the Gold Star mother collaborated on fundraisers for Marines and Mickey.
People who knew the mother became suspicious of Marines and Mickey and dug into Simpson's military record. A friend of hers contacted the FBI, who began looking into the charity.
While the purported charity claimed that 100 percent of funds were directed to help military families, investigators found that less than 20 percent of the donations were actually used for that purpose. Most of the money was simply pocketed for Simpson's daily living expenses.
"Simpson even hosted a fundraiser that was to send a Marine's child who was sick with cancer to Disney," Baker said. "In fact, he did not direct any money toward that family."
But Simpson was a good salesman. He knew enough about the military to ingratiate himself with Marines and their families. And for a long time, no one, including his volunteers, had any reason to question his military record or how he was spending the money he raised.
"It's such an affront to the Marine Corps values that someone had the audacity to take advantage of their service members for financial gain—while pretending to have those same military values himself when he did not," Baker said. "It's just a really egregious case."
Father and Son Sentenced for Fraud
An elderly man in a wheelchair lost more than $100,000. A woman lost her high-end home and moved into a small shed on her son's property. Another victim lost her life savings and could not afford eyeglasses. Some victims declared bankruptcy.
These stories are just a few from the more than 100 victims who lost $63 million as a result of a fraud scheme carried out by the owners of Smith Advertising from around 2008 to 2012.
"This is not just a crime about money. These were people with real lives who were lied to and deceived, and they paid a real price," said Special Agent Jay Stone, who investigated the case out of the FBI's Tampa Field Office, along with the U.S. Secret Service.
Gary Todd Smith, and his father, Gary Truman Smith, ran Smith Advertising, a North Carolina-based company with offices in Florida. At first, the company did legitimate advertising work, but it hit a financial snag in the mid-2000s, particularly after the 2008 financial crisis.
"The economic downturn was probably a crippling blow," Stone said. "The right and legal thing to do if your business is struggling is to restructure and possibly claim bankruptcy. But they wanted money, so they devised this fraudulent scheme."
The scheme was complex and successful—for a time.
When the business began to struggle, the company solicited investors—including friends and associates from their community, church, and civic organizations—for "bridge loans." The company told investors that they would loan Smith Advertising money so the company could pre-purchase advertising at a discount. The company promised to pay back the investors what they loaned plus a cut of the discount.
In fact, the company wasn't buying advertising. The loans were simply to keep Smith Advertising afloat and repay previous debts—the equivalent of opening a new credit card to pay off a maxed-out one. Some of the early victims were paid back with the promised return, but that was simply other people's money that the company had borrowed. Other victims, however, lost all of the money they invested.
Filed Under: Investigation Tagged With: FBI, Fraud, Theft
Booklet Lists Observable Indicators of Potential Violent Extremists
A list of nearly four dozen observable behavioral signs that someone might be planning to commit an act of extremist violence is contained in a newly updated publication released by the country's foremost counterterrorism organizations.
Homegrown Violent Extremist Mobilization Indicators, 2019 Edition, produced by the FBI, the National Counterterrorism Center, and the Department of Homeland Security, contains a broad list of 46 behavioral indicators listed in color-coded groupings of how clearly the indicators might demonstrate an individual's likelihood of engaging in terrorist activity. The booklet updates a prior version published in 2017.
The agencies authored the updated publication to help law enforcement—and the public at large—recognize potentially dangerous behaviors as the U.S. faces a heightened threat from homegrown violent extremists.
"The booklet provides our partners with tools to identify concerning behavior so that it can be responsibly reported to law enforcement," said Michael McGarrity, assistant director of the FBI's Counterterrorism Division. "We can't be everywhere. We count on our partners to identify threats in their communities."
The booklet, published on the website of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, describes each of the behavioral indicators, organized by how easily they can be diagnosed. For example, observing someone prepare a martyrdom video could be diagnosed on its own as a mobilization indicator, while seeing an individual conduct suspicious financial transactions would be considered "minimally diagnostic" and would require other observable indicators to meet a diagnostic threshold.
The publication emphasizes that many of the indicators may involve constitutionally protected activities. But observed together, the behaviors may raise suspicions and merit reporting to authorities.
"It's an indispensable tool in our efforts to leverage all available resources to identify terrorists before they conduct deadly attacks," said Matthew Alcoke, deputy assistant director of the FBI's Counterterrorism Division.
Filed Under: Investigation Tagged With: Crime, FBI, Risk Management
Fraudsters Took Advantage of Injured Workers
Injured workers in California thought they were calling a hotline to help them navigate the workers' compensation system. What they got instead was more pain. Rather than getting the help they needed, callers were set up with a group of corrupt doctors, attorneys, and patient brokers who lined their own pockets at the expense of injured workers.
For years, dozens of marketers, doctors, lawyers, and medical service providers conspired to buy and sell patients—and their individual body parts—like commodities for insurance and workers' compensation purposes. The San Diego-based fraud ring cheated the California workers' compensation system and private insurance out of more than $200 million. They also subjected patients to unnecessary, and sometimes painful, medical procedures and corrupted the doctor-patient relationship.
Yet thanks to an investigation by the FBI, the San Diego District Attorney's Office, and the California Department of Insurance, many of the fraudsters have been convicted and sentenced.
The network preyed predominantly on seasonal, migrant workers who travel back and forth between California and Mexico. Their work in heavy labor industries, such as agriculture, can sometimes result in injuries.
Fermin Iglesias and Carlos Arguello set up various patient recruiting and scheduling companies in Central America and Mexico to direct patients to medical service providers. Arguello operated several patient recruitment entities, including one called Centro Legal. Through billboards, flyers, advertisements, and business cards, Centro Legal recruited workers to seek workers' compensation benefits. When an injured worker called the number on the billboard or card, a scheduling company took over to maximize the profits from that individual worker.
"The corrupt attorneys and doctors had the same goal—to bill as much as possible," said Special Agent Jeffrey Horner, who investigated the case out of the FBI's San Diego Field Office. "The attorneys wanted to get the largest possible settlement by any means necessary, which was traditionally based on total medical billing. The doctors wanted to make as much money as possible, without regard for the well-being of their patients.
FBI, ICE find state driver's license photos are a gold mine for facial-recognition searches
Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Immigration and Customs Enforcement have turned state driver's license databases into a facial-recognition gold mine, scanning through millions of Americans' photos without their knowledge or consent, newly released documents show.
Thousands of facial-recognition requests, internal documents and emails over the past five years, obtained through public-records requests by researchers with Georgetown Law's Center on Privacy and Technology and provided to The Washington Post, reveal that federal investigators have turned state departments of motor vehicles databases into the bedrock of an unprecedented surveillance infrastructure.
Police have long had access to fingerprints, DNA and other "biometric data" taken from criminal suspects. But the DMV records contain the photos of a vast majority of a state's residents, most of whom have never been charged with a crime.
Neither Congress nor state legislatures have authorized the development of such a system, and growing numbers of Democratic and Republican lawmakers are criticizing the technology as a dangerous, pervasive and error-prone surveillance tool.
"Law enforcement's access of state databases," particularly DMV databases, is "often done in the shadows with no consent," House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) said in a statement to The Post.
Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: Facial Recognition, FBI, Technology
FBI Investigators Thwarted Transfer of Trade Secrets to China
Wenfeng Lu was seemingly living the American dream—a comfortable life in Irvine, California, with his family and a career in medical device research and development.
Yet Lu's secret goal was to use trade secrets stolen from his employer to strike it rich in his native China. However, thanks to an FBI investigation, his plan was thwarted, and Lu is now serving a 27-month prison sentence.
Lu worked for several different U.S. companies, all of which developed high-tech medical equipment, such as clot retrieval tools and balloon-guide catheters. In each job, Lu signed a non-disclosure agreement for his research and development work.
Despite signing the confidentiality agreement, Lu routinely did "data dumps" from his various medical research employers for about three years until his arrest in 2012. Lu transferred all of the data he could get his hands on to a personal laptop. Many of the hundreds of documents Lu stole had nothing to do with his own research; he took as much information as he could access, including proprietary information.
"He had access to so many files, not just for his own projects, and he downloaded files for a variety of different projects and took them home and to China," said Special Agent Gina Kwon, who investigated this case out of the FBI's Los Angeles Field Office.
One of Lu's former employers noticed the unusual activity on their systems and reported the results of their internal investigation to the FBI. Investigators quickly proceeded to build their case and arrested Lu, just before he boarded a plane to China with the files.
The investigative team learned that Lu had planned to create and run his own medical device manufacturing company in China using the stolen technology and Chinese government funding. He had even applied for Chinese patents using technology stolen from the American companies. (China's government creates policies that disadvantage American businesses, and hacking against American companies and interests is a common tactic.)
"Lu wanted his own business, and he thought there was a great market in China for this technology," Kwon said.
Filed Under: Investigation Tagged With: Data Protection, FBI, Investigation


A little over a year ago, I posted a suggestion on the Windows Phone forum asking Microsoft to consider creating an XBOX Phone.
I started developing Windows Phone applications before the phone was officially released. I wanted it to succeed really bad, after all, C# is my favorite language and the .NET environment is IMHO the best way to develop applications hands down.
Well, a year has gone by and Microsoft is still struggling trying to get any market share. Will they succeed in trying to beat Android or iOS? It's too early to say.
One area where they dominate is Video Games. They are a really strong player in the console world, but they are lacking a handheld version of their XBOX console, so why not use that success to catapult themselves where no other phone has been able to compete?
Maybe the time has come and Microsoft might already be working on this according to this patent. Time will tell!
In the Enterprise world, it's no doubt that Java has been very successful. Java has invaded corporations like there's no tomorrow, promising reusable code, developer support and frameworks that make web development for the enterprise one of the best of its class.
Before joining a FORTUNE 50 company, I was the biggest adopter of the "Development-Driven-Development" methodology. (Don't worry. That methodology doesn't actually exist), but it gets my point across perfectly. I left Wolfram Research as a Software Engineering Manager. My team was used to creating and delivering products very fast. We were doing so good that I was promoted twice in the same year and 5 times in 4 years. It was a great feeling of getting things accomplished and being able to move on to the next target.
My team was creating something beautiful. It all started with a series of Import and Export plugins for Mathematica. After a while, the team expanded to Import and Export, Data Curation, and the Image Processing team which I managed. Together, these teams basically created what is Wolfram Alpha today (the backend part at least). We went from being able to import GIF and a few other raster images to a steam powered machine that could import almost any format in almost any field such as 3D models, spreadsheets, Bioinformatics, etc. We were also able to "Rasterize" any type of Mathematica expression into a Raster image which is still the method of generating images in Wolfram Alpha today.
Why am I telling you all of this? Because coming from a fast-paced environment where new things happened everyday to a FORTUNE 50 company was like night and day for me. Things like innovation, creativity and motivation were replaced by process, methodologies and frameworks.
A Corporation's IT sector cares deeply about HOW to do things. They are not so much focused on being cutting edge as they are in creating ways that can be easily reproduced and how to provide support for these solutions in the long run. It looks for cookie-cutter software implementations that can be executed and maintained by ANYONE even when the paradigm doesn't apply. They believe in this way of doing things so much that they are willing to adopt almost any kind of framework or methodology that promises to create a process around a solution. What I mean by that is that once a vendor gets in the door, they will be able to sell almost anything else. All they have to do is throw in a few buzzwords and it's adopted. That's the goldmine of the IT industry: Being a preferred vendor for a large corporation.
Suddenly I went from creating cutting edge applications to having meetings about which framework was in fashion that day or how we could use the newest Spring Loaded Inversion of Control Toolkit. Applications became so bloated that something that I could write in one week by myself at home would take 10 people more than 1 year to create. People were obsessed with the buzzwords and were willing to do anything to start using the newest technology just so that they didn't have to write real code.
I was getting desperate. I couldn't agree with 99.9% of what my leaders were saying and I had no way to fight against them. In the old world I could tell my VP or CEO my idea was better than theirs and they would listen to me (as long as I could back what I was saying), as for the new world, technical expertise doesn't matter if you don't fit the mold. You may be the brightest Engineer in the room, but when someone with a higher pay-grade says something, it's written in stone and can't be changed. It's a world were admitting you are wrong or somebody has a better idea than you is a sign of weakness and a sign of weakness prevents you from climbing higher in the management ladder. I can name several occasions where a superior product was questioned and vetoed because it wasn't on the approved software list / framework / language. Some times I think this is actually the perfect plot where the goal of a vendor is to make a solution as complex as possible so they can keep sucking the blood of the company for years to come.
The best example I've been part of is a project where a C# application, which was originally written as a single class, needed to be converted to a Java / WebSphere application. After a whole year of coding and 4 developers working full time, the application required 15 JVMs on 15 different servers across the country and things ran as slow as a one-legged turtle. The great thing about it was that it had the latest technology, Dependency Injection for everything, and functions written exclusively for OR comparisons. Testing this application was a nightmare. Testers needed to get 7 levels deep in the code just to see how something worked. Eventually once people realized what had happened, it was too late to turn back.
This is about the time I learned about the Spring Framework and Injection. In theory it might be an awesome idea, but Dependency Injection is not useful in practice, trust me. Dependency Injection makes an application so complicated with all the XML configuration files all over the place that the time it might save you from recompiling your app when you want to change something will be multiplied by 1000x when servicing this same application. Of course I speak from personal experience, but I've lived on the cutting edge and now I live in the conservative world. I know very well what produces results and what costs money.
Time and time again I see that developing in an environment like this is like running a marathon with your legs tied. While the latest buzzword promises to make applications easier to develop, they will make developers cry when they have to maintain this type of code and I guarantee that it will take at least 3 times more resources.
Don't take the new buzz words out there as the holy grail of development, be it Test-Driven-Development, Design-Driven-Development, Dependency Injection, Inversion of Control, etc. Analyse what your application needs. Talk to your customers. Think of how to service it and think of what you are trying to achieve. Everything has a place, but while knowing these things might make your resume look nice, they may not be the best way to solve the problem at hand.


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Vrubivka (; ) is an urban-type settlement in Sievierodonetsk Raion of Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine, at about 72.0 km WNW from the centre of Luhansk city. Population:

In the Russo-Ukrainian War Vrubivka is located near the frontline between the Ukrainian army and the separatist forces of the war in Donbas. On 17 February 2022 a school building in the settlement was heavily damaged by shelling. There were 53 children and 16 adults in the building when the shelling occurred but none was injured. Eleven other buildings in the town were also damaged. Locals blamed the  separatist forces for the attack. The last time town had been damaged by shelling was in August 2018.

Demographics
In 2001 the settlement had 1,161 inhabitants. Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:
Ukrainian — 85.53%
Russian — 13.95%
 other languages — 0.52%

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Urban-type settlements in Sievierodonetsk Raion


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Q: NET-SNMP Dell Servers after 2 days no longer report data we have a BUNCH of R410s and we've been working on getting them all setup using SNMP vs NRPE (Nagios).
We've gotten to the point where the SNMP is able to get all our data but after about 2 days SNMP won't respond to any connections.   If we restart the service it comes back working fine for another 2 days.
I've been checking ram usage on the service but it does not seem to change much.
Any ideas where I can start troubleshooting this from?? We've seen the same problem on CentOS and Fedora.

A: If Nagios is using SNMPv1 requests it will hammer the snmpd on the R410s.
Try using SNMPv2c instead. SNMPv2 has the bulk-get-capability that can put more than one request into an IP session.
You should also use the most current version of OMSA. 6.5.0 is the current version.


The addition of ISAs to your team can help you leverage and take tasks off your hands. How do you handle recruitment, training, motivation and accountability to make sure they hone their craft and stay on task? This week, we discuss this with ISA expert Dale Archdekin.
50% of what your ISA is going to do is going to be long-term nurture.
Hiring an ISA means being completely in charge of training, accountability and managing them. If you can't dedicate enough time to that - it's better to hire a third party company.
When ISAs struggle to meet targets, the leader has to retrace their steps to where they failed in the process, whether it's training, accountability, tracking or communication.
Dale Archdekin is a marketing strategist and lead generation specialist focusing on forging better relationships between the Philly Living team and their clients and soon-to-be clients. His unique blend of innovative marketing techniques from various industries, Internet visibility, and just plain logical conversation with clients combine to push the already award winning Philly Living Team to higher and higher levels of success.
ISA Recruitment, Training, Motivation & Accountability w/Dale Archdekin : The addition of ISAs to your team can help you leverage and take tasks off your hands.


A consumer study undertaken by Bellevue University has revealed an alarming fact that nearly 65% Americans currently suffer from high stress levels.
The main factors were loss of income and the high mortgage loans they had to pay on a monthly basis.
Therefore nearly 30% of the current employees in America feel stressed out at work and also undergo acute emotional strain.
The presence of these negative emotions in these employees prevents them from becoming productive and in giving their 100% best.
Thus career trend analyst from Glassdoor Scott Dobroski is of the opinion that the presence of a good work life balance is necessary to ensure that both the employers and the employees are satisfied.
Once this work-life balance is achieved employees would give their 100% best and be very satisfied with their job.
From the employer's point of view, this would create low attrition rates and generate consistent profitable growth for the company.
If you are looking to achieve a healthy work-life balance ratio in your life, you would be surprised that they are some jobs which would help you enjoy the best of the both worlds. For some of these jobs you need specialized skills, but for others you don't.
We from our end want you to be successful and thus have created a list of the best careers that you can undertake and enjoy a great work-life balance.
The experts at IBM have explained a simple fact that the job of a data scientist has evolved from the basic business and data analyst role.
A data scientist has to be well versed in the various technologies of computer applications and also be very proficient in various statistical and analytics tools.
The demand of data scientist has grown in recent years as they are very few trained people available for this job. This intense demand according to Stan Ahalt director at the Renaissance Computing Institute, UNC Chapel Hill has made companies offer benefits like flexible working hours to a potential employee.
Therefore people who take these jobs offers enjoy a healthy work-life balance and enjoy the best of both the worlds.
42.3% of the current global population is internet users. An average American spends around 23 hours a week doing various online activities.
Thus it is of no surprise that the job of a SEO expert is a coveted dream job for many people who want to maintain a good work-life job balance.
The basic responsibilities of SEO experts would include finding new opportunities for its company and also planning and monitoring various online marketing strategies.
These strategies would ensure that maximum online traffic is assured in their company's websites and their sales personnel enjoy a good website ratio conversion in minimum time. Here they are also responsible for managing the websites as a webmaster.
Most companies would ask for basic experience in handling organic search and its various tools like Google Analytics or Google Webmaster tools.
Additional experience in handling a total lifecycle of a SEO project would seal the deal for a potential job of SEO expert in many ways.
If you love facts and figures then you could enjoy the job of an accountant or a bookkeeper. Studies at Bureau of Labor Statistics have indicated that the job of an accountant is a low stressed job.
However during financial month ends and audits, they would need to work for longer hours in their office.
During the festival seasons, most bookkeepers work alone in their office, while their colleagues enjoy the festive spirit with their family. But maintaining a healthy-work life balance is not difficult, as in most cases these bookkeepers work alone and can effectively manage their time well.
The stress level is low and the work schedule can be adapted easily. All these elements make the accountant and the book keeper enjoy a healthy work life balance and this reflects in the quality work they do on a daily basis.
The importance of tourism in a country's economy cannot be ignored. Countries like Thailand, India and Malaysia thrive on the boom created by millions of tourists visiting their countries every year.
As the foreign tourist is not well versed with the languages, cultural traditions of the country, they need a friend who can help them enjoy their vacation. Due to these factors the role of a tour guide has grown tremendously over the years.
A guide has to make the tourist group comfortable and help them understand the significance of various tourist spots.
These guides with their great communication skills becomes the eyes and ears for these foreign tourists and with their knowledge in multiple languages, make these vacations an enchanting experience for them.
People who are tour guides are passionate about their jobs and they love their country's heritage and culture. Thus they enjoy their work thoroughly and give their 100% best.
If you love spending time in the garden and feel relaxed planting small shrubs and flowers, then you could enjoy working as a landscape consultant or a grounds expert.
Even though this is a low stress level job, you have to understand the fact that it is basically a seasonal job.
Since these jobs are seasonal you might have to work overtime during the spring to fall seasons and rest during the winter season.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics here has cautioned, that most groundskeepers and landscape personnel's tend to be prone to accidents and thus if you are planning to become one, you should have knowledge of how to handle certain machinery like chainsaws and lawnmowers.
This would keep the unnecessary hassles at bay and you can enjoy a great work-life balance.
In conclusion, it can be added that the stress level of an individual varies from person to person. What is comfortable for one person could be very stressful for another.
Therefore when selecting a job for yourself, where you could enjoy a healthy work-life balance, you can look through the above career options explained in detail. However it is very necessary that you undertake something that you enjoy doing best and this would in the long run help you to enjoy a good work and life balance accordingly.
Here it would be great if you could add your review on the topic discussed above. Please also add your valuable feedback, which might add further insights into the topic discussed already.


Merry Discmas & Hyzer New Year to All!
As disc golfers, we all know what we'd like to get for Christmas....more discs, more apparel and most importantly, more time to play This should be blatantly obvious to our significant others, so sometimes, we can be at a loss for words when we don't get any of the above for Christmas....from anyone. This sound familiar?
"Hey Honey, I got you a Soda Stream For Christmas this year, because I know how much you love disc golf!!!...hope you like it!!!"
Well, my fellow discgolf brethren, its time to grab the unruly reindeer by the antlers and demand disc golf goodies this year. In addition to clue-ing in the clueless, you'll also be helping to support some of our local disc golf businesses in the region, most of whom are offering up some pretty nice holiday discounts.
So lets take this opportunity to send a clear message to our non- disc- appreciating friends and loved ones this Christmas...."get me something disc related and I won't get you a chia pet in return...deal?"