US POSTAL SERVICE TO ISSUE NEW BEAUTIFUL PRIORITY STAMPS!

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service has revealed two additions to the 2020 Stamp Program: Big Bend and Grand Island Ice Caves. Both stamps will be released on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020. There will be no national first-day-of-issue ceremony for these stamps. Details on obtaining first-day-of-issue cancellations will be announced in a future Postal Bulletin issue.

These stamps are a convenient way for customers to pay for Priority Mail and Priority Mail Express Flat Rate shipping with a single stamp. Priority Mail is a fast domestic service that includes flat rate shipping in one, two or three business days based on where your package starts and where it’s being sent. Priority Mail Express is the fastest domestic service, with limited exceptions; available 365 days a year, with a money-back guarantee and delivery shipping to most U.S. addresses, including PO Boxes.

Big Bend
With this Priority Mail stamp, the Postal Service celebrates the beauty of the Big Bend region in West Texas, where river, mountain and desert ecosystems coexist in its vast expanses. The stamp art depicts the Rio Grande flowing between the sheer limestone cliffs of Santa Elena Canyon in Big Bend National Park. Art director Greg Breeding designed the stamp with original art by Dan Cosgrove.

Grand Island Ice Caves
With this new Priority Mail Express stamp, the Postal Service celebrates the winter beauty of the Grand Island Ice Caves in Lake Superior. Located near Munising on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Grand Island is marked by massive sandstone bluffs. Impressive in any season, the bluffs are especially dramatic in winter when lake water seeps into the crevices and caverns, forming magnificent ice curtains and icicles that hang like stalactites from ceilings. The stamp art features a colorful illustration of how one of these ever-changing ice caves might appear from the inside looking out toward the west at sunset. Art director Greg Breeding designed the stamp with original art by Dan Cosgrove.

THE WORLD: YOUR HEART'S DESIRE HAS ARRIVED AT LAST!

Mystic Faerie Tarot

A major element of happiness is wholeness - the sense that everything is working together in harmony. Not in a static way, but with dynamic balance. Involvement is also important. To be happy, we must feel connected - engaged with what is around us. There is also accomplishment - knowing that we have goals and are moving toward them successfully. When all these elements come together, we feel fulfilled and blessed.

The World represents these moments and all that goes into them. In readings, it is a very positive sign that you are in a position to realize your heart's desire. What that is for you depends on the situation, but it will always feel great. Remember, though, that Card 21 is a symbol of active contribution and service. To hold the World in our hands, we must give of ourselves to it. That is the source of true happiness. Learn Tarot

PHOTOGRAPHY TECHNIQUES FOR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS

The best thing about photography is that it captures our most precious moments. Most of us want our most beautiful moments to forever be etched in our memories, and one great way to do this is to take memorable pictures.

As a photographer, you will want to capture all the grandeur you’re seeing in any event or occasion, and your job entails being able to connect a photo with a particular feeling or emotion. You might already know by now that every occasion requires different techniques.

Whether you’re a wedding, a party, or a gig photographer, there are plenty of ideas to make your special event photography much easier. Luckily for you, we’ve curated a few tips to make your perfect shots easier.

Photography Gear

You’ll need different photography gear for every occasion that will either make or break your event. Most events usually take place indoors, which is why low light situations need to be considered. Your camera body will need to be a low light one, so you can capture photos in indoor settings. https://searchbyimage.org/

Make sure it’s also high in megapixels count to get the details shot. For outdoor events, you’ll need a camera body that is fast and light.

As for your lenses, make sure your camera’s lenses are a max of f/2.8. You might also want to consider luxury glass, prime and higher lenses for sharper and clearer images. You’ll also need proper lighting equipment; for instance, for dark spaces, most experienced photographers will opt for off-camera flashes instead of the on-camera flashes, since the on-camera ones give off harsh feel to the images.

Share a Shot List with Your Client

Whether this last is shared by you or your client, it will help manage both parties’ expectations; your client will know what to expect from you, and you’ll know exactly what to provide them. This checklist will get you started on capturing certain images during events; see here how some concerts and music photographs look flawless. The list also acts as an on-paper proof, so your client wouldn’t end up saying that you missed an important shot that wasn’t disclosed to you in the first place.

Pre-Events Photos Are Memorable Too

Even though your client might not necessarily ask for this, your event planner will love and appreciate your pre-event photos. They will be of great use for event planners since they can add them to their portfolios for future events, which is a necessary marketing strategy!

Some clients, however, specifically ask their photographers to be there before the event to get a few shots. They’ll appreciate the fact that these images were taken to show the effort they put into making this day memorable.

For wedding photographers, some brides or grooms appreciate those getting-ready-for-the-big-day photos you might capture.

Whether you’re an aspiring photographer or an experienced one, your job is to take perfect images and collect memories. Do not be afraid to take candid photographs and be diligent about capturing the best moments.

Events and occasions only happen once, which is why it’s crucial that you capture the key moments for your clients. Get yourself prepared with these tips for flawless images.

THE FBI CRIME LAB OFFICIALLY OPENED 87 YEARS AGO ON 11-24-1932

FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory

The crime lab that is now referred to as the FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory officially opens in Washington, D.C., on November 24, 1932.

The lab, which was chosen because it had the necessary sink, operated out of a single room and had only one full-time employee, Agent Charles Appel. Agent Appel began with a borrowed microscope and a pseudo-scientific device called a helixometer.

The helixometer (ballistics microscope) purportedly assisted investigators with gun barrel examinations, but it was actually more for show than function. In fact, J. Edgar Hoover, the head of the FBI, provided the lab with very few resources and used the “cutting-edge lab” primarily as a public relations tool. But by 1938, the FBI lab added polygraph machines and started conducting controversial lie detection tests as part of its investigations.

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In its early days, the FBI Crime Lab worked on about 200 pieces of evidence a year. By the 1990s, that number multiplied to approximately 200,000. Currently, the FBI Crime Lab obtains 600 new pieces of criminal evidence every day.

The origins of the FBI Bureau’s lab may be traced back to the 1920s. The latest developments in the field of scientific crime detection had captivated Hoover and other Bureau officials for years.

After he became Director in 1924,  J. Edgar Hoover encouraged the Bureau to keep an eye on the latest insights into Bureau work that science provided.

At first, this interest was focused on fingerprint identification matters, especially those dealing with the discovery of latent fingerprints, but the use of scientific analysis in other matters was becoming prominent in law enforcement circles, and Hoover wanted the Bureau to use these methods where applicable.

By 1930, the Bureau began using outside experts hired for such work on a case-by-case basis. That same year the Bureau began a criminology library for the use of its agents and support personnel,7 and it took over the collection and publication of uniform crime statistics from the International Association of Chiefs of Police.

In its new agent training program, the Bureau included expert lecturers on subjects like the use of the comparison of handwritings, the comparison of typewritings, the taking of fingerprints, the classification of fingerprints, moulage, ballistics and similar technical criminological subjects.8

Clearly, the application of science to criminal investigations was becoming a Bureau priority and went on to catch millions of killers and inspired the ID NETWORK...LOL

THE FABULOUS B2 SPIRIT STEALTH BOMBER!

The Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit, also known as the Stealth Bomber, is an American heavy strategic bomber, featuring low observable stealth technology designed for penetrating dense anti-aircraft defenses; it is a flying wing design with a crew of two. Launched in April 1997.

The bomber can deploy both conventional and thermonuclear weapons, such as up to eighty 500-pound class (230 kg) Mk 82 JDAM Global Positioning System-guided bombs, or sixteen 2,400-pound (1,100 kg) B83 nuclear bombs. The B-2 is the only acknowledged aircraft that can carry large air-to-surface standoff weapons in a stealth configuration.

Because of its considerable capital and operating costs, the project was controversial in the U.S. Congress. The winding-down of the Cold War in the latter portion of the 1980s dramatically reduced the need for the aircraft, which was designed with the intention of penetrating Soviet airspace and attacking high-value targets. During the late 1980s and 1990s, Congress slashed plans to purchase 132 bombers to 21.

In 2008, a B-2 was destroyed in a crash shortly after takeoff, though the crew ejected safely. Twenty B-2s are in service with the United States Air Force, which plans to operate them until 2032.

The B-2 is capable of all-altitude attack missions up to 50,000 feet (15,000 m), with a range of more than 6,000 nautical miles (6,900 mi; 11,000 km) on internal fuel and over 10,000 nautical miles (12,000 mi; 19,000 km) with one midair refueling.

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It entered service in 1997 as the second aircraft designed to have advanced stealth technology after the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk attack aircraft. Though designed originally as primarily a nuclear bomber, the B-2 was first used in combat dropping conventional, non-nuclear ordnance in the Kosovo War in 1999. It later served in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya.

*NEW* A CHRISTMAS CAROL MINISERIES ON FX!

Guy Pearce as Ebenezer Scrooge

This looks like a great new holiday treat... A Christmas Carol is an upcoming fantasy miniseries based on the story of the same name by Charles Dickens. It is due to air on BBC One in the United Kingdom and FX in the United States on December 19, 2019. The three-part series is written by Steven Knight with actor Tom Hardy and Ridley Scott among the executive producers.

Filming locations include Rainham Hall in east London and Lord Leycester Hospital in Warwick. Cast members include Hardy, Guy Pearce as Ebenezer Scrooge, Andy Serkis as the Ghost of Christmas Past, Stephen Graham as Jacob Marley, Charlotte Riley as Lottie and Joe Alwyn as Bob Cratchit.

Starring:
Tom Hardy
Guy Pearce as Ebenezer Scrooge
Andy Serkis as Ghost of Christmas Past
Stephen Graham as Jacob Marley
Charlotte Riley as Lottie/Ghost of Christmas Present
Joe Alwyn as Bob Cratchit
Vinette Robinson as Mary Crachit
Jason Flemyng as Ghost of Christmas Future
Kayvan Novak as Ali Baba
Lenny Rush as Tiny Tim
Johnny Harris as Franklin Scrooge

KING OF PENTACLES: POTENTIAL AND SUCCESS

You arrive on the path of achieving and enjoying success…

The King of Pentacles represents someone who is unusually successful in business dealings and acquiring material possessions. Call this Pentacle "The Midas Touch" or "The Husband Card". This King could represent you, a friend, family member, father figure, boss, lawyer, businessman, mentor, potential lover, potential marriage partner, or even an open enemy.

You may make solid business decisions and wise investments for yourself, a friend, family member, father figure, boss, lawyer, businessman, or mentor. The King may represent a potential lover or potential marriage partner, someone who is trusted, honest and dedicated and may sweep you off your feet. Read More on Lotus