Pig butcheringis a term used to describe long-term scams that include developing relationships with victims. It combines elements of a romance scam with an investment scam. There's also a trend toward what are called “hybrid scams,” which combine different scam types, such as romance sc...
When I asked her what was a source of inspiration, she said ” Most definitely, my Mom’s gardens.” Alexis’ mother is a landscape designer, so she is surrounded by beauty and bounty. When I asked her about her perspective on food, she said” It is so important to use all of the...
Pig butchering scam (Sha Zhu Pan, 杀猪盘), as a new type of online scam initially targeting Asian victims, has rapidly spread globally with the growth of Southeast Asian fraud groups, causing enormous financial losses to victims and casting a shadow over their emotional lives. This study ...
of yore, for it is the common lot of mortals to sustain the upsand downs of fortune." Page17The Fox and the Monkey A MONKEY once danced in an assembly of the Beasts, and so pleased them all by his performance that they elected him their King. A Fox, envying him the honor, ...
My question is this: the owl has a broken wing (it was fine when mounted, but got broken when packed and moved years ago, sometime between Texas and Colorado–what can I say, F-I-L worked for Amoco and they got transferred every other year). Is there some taxidermist who will fix...
Thepollen count for Lafayetteis expected to be about as high as it can go. The Hub City and its allergy sufferers can expect an over-the-top dose of allergens from oak trees, fir trees, and the plethora of grasses that are starting to grow rapidly since the area is now receiving adeq...
"And the one right on the other side of the line was this song 'Lost.' And the only reason it didn't go on is because it sounded — it had the same intensity as 'Numb.'" Thus, we get to hear it today in a whole new light, albeit in the absence of Chester Bennington, but ...
On Facebook I quietly unsubscribe from friends who regularly make angry issue-related posts, even if they’re right. I don’t want to be pummeled by “truth,” no matter how true it is. I understand why they do it. I’ve done it. […]
are asked, which no human being could answer: Why there is only one such animal, why I rather than anybody else should own it, whether there was ever an animal like it before and what would happen if it died, whether it feels lonely, why it has no children, what it is called, etc...
Hell even the ads in Japan butcher English. 27 ( +25 / -1 ) oikawa May 6, 2012 07:46 am JST Well, like he says in reasons 2 and 3, the reason is blatantly obvious. It's not what they study. Why would you expect someone to be able to do something which wasn't what they...