Songwriting: The Creative Process
For an artist the creative process can be hard. I find myself unmotivated several days out of the week, but there are a few things I do to keep ideas flowing through my mind.
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Protecting Your Home Network: 9 Essential Cybersecurity Tips
In an increasingly digital world, safeguarding your home network against cyber threats is paramount. With the proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, ensuring online security has become more complex yet crucial. Here are essential cybersecurity tips for households to fortify their home networks and protect their IoT devices.
The Importance of Cybersecurity for Women Experiencing Interpersonal Terrorism
Leaving an abusive relationship is a courageous and challenging step. Staying safe afterward, especially when children are involved, is nearly impossible in today’s US family court environment. And yet, we must.
Women in this situation face numerous obstacles, from finding safe housing to rebuilding their lives emotionally and financially. Women with children are frequently re
Women in this situation face numerous obstacles, from finding safe housing to rebuilding their lives emotionally and financially. Women with children are frequently re
OPINION: Chinese spy balloon targets the US, and domestic violence survivors know the feeling
While Americans across the nation spent the last two days tracking an alleged spy balloon hovering in U.S. airspace in an unprecedented act of audacity by the Chinese government, outraged citizens and U.S. government officials expressed their fears and anger over social media and in press gatherings.
Is the balloon carrying a potential biological, nuclear, or chemical threat? Is its purpose for surveillance and taking stock of our security resources? Are we safe? Is it a sign of imminent danger
Is the balloon carrying a potential biological, nuclear, or chemical threat? Is its purpose for surveillance and taking stock of our security resources? Are we safe? Is it a sign of imminent danger
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Body of Stephen Smith to be exhumed as re-opened investigation takes new turn, Buster Murdaugh denies involvement. | Barbara Washington
COLUMBIA, SC- State Senator Dick Harpootlian, a defense attorney in this month's well-publicized criminal case that culminated in the conviction of high-profile attorney Alex Murdaugh for the murder of his wife and son in June 2021, released a statement on Twitter this morning on behalf of his client, Murdaugh's son, Buster.
The statement asserted that Buster Murdaugh was not involved in the 2015 death of his classmate, Stephen Smith, and requested that "the media immediately stop publishing de
The statement asserted that Buster Murdaugh was not involved in the 2015 death of his classmate, Stephen Smith, and requested that "the media immediately stop publishing de
Hamantaschen: The real love triangle
My first day of Jewish conversion class began the morning after antisemitic US citizens declared a National Day of Hate.
My teenage son asked to stay in the car, where he sat and waited for me, no doubt flipping through his TikTok feed and snoozing, while what appeared to be armed security guards in neon jackets stepped out the back door of the synagogue office space where we were scheduled to meet. Moving determinedly around the elderly gentleman who held the door open, they began moving up an
My teenage son asked to stay in the car, where he sat and waited for me, no doubt flipping through his TikTok feed and snoozing, while what appeared to be armed security guards in neon jackets stepped out the back door of the synagogue office space where we were scheduled to meet. Moving determinedly around the elderly gentleman who held the door open, they began moving up an
Chinese surveillance device targets the Carolinas today | Barbara Washington
WILMINGTON, NC- An alleged Chinese spy balloon flying at around 60,000 feet over US airspace has begun its course over the Carolinas early this morning. The balloon is currently hovering over Charlotte, NC.
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration trajectory model, the balloon is expected to travel near or over the military bases of Camp Lejeune and Fort Bragg before exiting US airspace off the coast of the Carolinas. U.S. Government officials said that in recent years,
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration trajectory model, the balloon is expected to travel near or over the military bases of Camp Lejeune and Fort Bragg before exiting US airspace off the coast of the Carolinas. U.S. Government officials said that in recent years,
McDonalds opens up in the Vatican, Cardinals Not "Lovin' It" – EpicPew
Protests from clerics and locals haven’t stopped the opening of a controversial new McDonald’s restaurant in the Vatican.
Located approximately the length of a football field away from the Vatican State, less than 100 yards, the restaurant is downstairs in a Vatican-owned building in the Pio Borgo district of Rome.
Quickly dubbed “McVatican” by locals, the restaurant will be open seven days a week and operate from 6:30 am to 11:00 pm, with WiFi available to customers. Other fast food restauran
Located approximately the length of a football field away from the Vatican State, less than 100 yards, the restaurant is downstairs in a Vatican-owned building in the Pio Borgo district of Rome.
Quickly dubbed “McVatican” by locals, the restaurant will be open seven days a week and operate from 6:30 am to 11:00 pm, with WiFi available to customers. Other fast food restauran
