What’s interesting about this is that the pleasure of the performance comes as much from the story as from the skill, which says something truthful about performance art.

Once again, Rancho Santana made it to Travel & Leisure magazine’s list of the Top 10 Central American resort hotels. To read the article, click here.

 All cultures are not equal… all religions are not fundamentally the same.

Once you’ve been infected with the coronavirus, it spreads through your body via cell-to cell transmission. This is how it works:

The coronavirus contains ribonucleic acid (RNA) surrounded by a protective layer, which has spike proteins on the outer surface that can latch on to certain human cells. Once inside the cells, the viral RNA starts to replicate and also turn on the production of proteins, both of which allow the virus to infect more cells and spread, especially to the lungs.

You can subscribe to “alerts” from the FTC – direct-to-consumer notices about worldwide scams that are being perpetrated digitally. (Subscribe at ftc.gov.)

I signed up a while ago. This is the most recent one that I’ve received:

Cryptocurrency blackmail scam alert 

The email suddenly appears in your inbox. Someone is writing to say that they have access to your cell phone or your computer. And they’re about to make your sensitive videos, pictures, or compromising information public. Pay them money (a ransom), they say, using a cryptocurrency, like Bitcoin, and they won’t expose the truth.

Have you gotten one of these emails? If so, you’re not alone. The email is a part of a cryptocurrency blackmail scam that’s been popping up for a while. But last month, the FTC saw another uptick in the number of reports of this scam.

We’ve said it before, but it’s always worth repeating. The person behind these emails is a scammer. Don’t pay him. He’s using threats, intimidation, and high pressure tactics to trick you out of your money. And while the scammer may say that he knows about an alleged affair, a video, or something else that could embarrass you if it was made public, it’s all fake. In fact, it’s also a criminal extortion attempt. Which is why it’s really important that you report this type of scam to the FBI, right away. And once you do, remember to tell the FTC, too, at ftc.gov/complaint.

An amazingly detailed animation of the human brain…

https://www.facebook.com/ScienceNaturePage/videos/1179056422226614/?t=0

 

The US isn’t the only country to celebrate the 4th of July. In Britain, Portugal, and Sweden, American military bases host celebrations that are supported by local businesses as a way to boost tourism. And for reasons that I can’t understand (perhaps any excuse for a party?), America’s independence is also celebrated in Denmark, Norway, Ireland, China (Shanghai), and Australia (Sydney).