Holiday Gift Giving Ideas

Robert Blake

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From: River Legacy Foundation <reply@riverlegacy.org>
Date: December 12, 2014 at 10:46:58 AM CST
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Quick Links Calendar of Events River Legacy Parks River Legacy Living Science Center  Learn With Us Volunteer Acorns Gift Shop Rent a Pavilion in River Legacy Parks Rent River Legacy Living Science Center Upcoming Events Nature Walk 2 pm, Dec. 13, River Legacy Living Science Center. Explore the trails surrounding the Science Center on a family-friendly Naturalist-led Nature Walk. Free. RSVP to 817.860.6752.   Saturday Story Time 11 am, Dec. 20, River Legacy Living Science Center. Children of all ages are invited to listen to fun, seasonal stories presented by a librarian from Arlington Public Libraries. Stay after for related craft or activity. FREE. RSVP to 817.860.6752.   Living Science Center Closed Dec. 24-25 for the Christmas Holiday and Jan. 1 for New Year's Day. Animal Exploration 2 pm, Jan. 3, River Legacy Living Science Center. Discover the habits and adaptations of a native animal during a live animal observation with a River Legacy Naturalist. FREE. RSVP to 817.860.6752. Privet Patrol 9 am, Jan. 17, River Legacy Living Science Center. Join a team of volunteers guided by expert leaders to remove invasive privet from the Science Center and park grounds. Group meets every third Saturday. Please sign-up online. Saturday Story Time 11 am, Jan. 17, River Legacy Living Science Center. Children of all ages are invited to listen to fun, seasonal stories presented by a librarian from Arlington Public Libraries. Stay after for related craft or activity. FREE. RSVP to 817.860.6752.  Nature School & Summer Pre-Registration 9 am, February 9. For students currently enrolled in education programs or enrolled in summer classes last year.   Training Citizen Scientists - Texas Stream Team Texas Stream Team is a statewide network of citizen scientists and supportive partners working together to gather information about natural resources. River Legacy Living Science Center is offering training in Core and Advanced Water Quality Monitoring for the Texas Stream Team, a cooperative partnership between The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Become a certified Texas Stream Team Citizen Scientist at River Legacy Living Science Center from 9 am to 3 pm on Saturday, Jan. 31. After this training, volunteers can collect water quality data for local water protection projects. Become an advanced water quality monitor at River Legacy Living Science Center from 9 am to 3 pm on Saturday, March 7.  After this training, volunteers will be able to collect additional water quality data such as nutrients and bacteria. Space is limited, reservations required. To register or to learn more, call 817.860.6752, ext. 105. Contact Us River Legacy Foundation & River Legacy Living Science Center 703 NW Green Oaks Blvd. Arlington, TX 76006 reply@riverlegacy.org www.riverlegacy.org December 2014 Our Animals Would LOVE some Holiday Giving! Our educational animals sent us a wish list this year! They have asked for a few of their favorite things, including gift cards to Amazon (where we buy filters and reptibark) & to grocery stores for food and supplies. Our opossum would like to help us raise $500 to expand her enclosure. Stop by the Science Center to help us fill their holiday wishes: Take an ornament tag from the Gifting Tree at the front desk with the animal's wish you would like to fulfill. Detach and fill out the form on the back side of the ornament so that the animals can send you a thank you and we can send you a tax receipt. Place the form in the donation box. Drop off your donated item(s) anytime between 9 am and 5 pm Mondays through Saturdays at River Legacy Living Science Center. Our Animals THANK YOU!  Give the Gift of Nature! Need some gift ideas for the nature lover in your family or for the person who has everything! Consider these unique gift-giving options: Give the Gift of Summer or Nature School: Have a special child in your life who loves learning about and enjoying the great outdoors? Purchase a gift certificate for a Summer at the Science Center program in June and July or for our 2015-2016 Nature School preschool program. To purchase your certificate, stop by the Science Center or call Education Director Debbie Vernon at 817.860.6752. Adopt a Wildlife Ambassador: Adoption packages start at $25 and include a photograph of your animal, wildlife fact sheet, adoption certificate and more. Download the sponsor application or stop by the Science Center to pick one up. Make an Honorarium Donation: Donate to River Legacy Foundation in honor of a family member or friend! We will send your honoree a special acknowledgement letter and will send you a tax receipt. Donate online and select Tribute Gift as the donation type or stop by the Science Center to make your donation in person. Shop our Gift Store: Find an array of unique nature-themed gifts, toys, jewelry, ornaments and more at Acorns Gift Shop located inside River Legacy Living Science Center. Acorns is also one of only two authorized retailers in Texas of Wee Forest Folk miniatures. Store hours are 9 am to 5 pm, Mondays through Saturdays. All proceeds support the Center's environmental education programs. Give or Keep a Special Ornament: Take home a hand-crafted wood birdhouse ornament to give as a gift with a special message or keep for yourself for a $25 donation to River Legacy Foundation. Donations for these ornaments can be made at Acorns Gift Shop. Dallas Sierra Club Workshops! River Legacy Living Science Center has partnered with Dallas Sierra Club to offer an "Outdoor Doubleheader" in January teaching the basics of camping and backpacking! Hiking and Camping the Great Parks of Texas Jan. 10 - 1 to 3:30 pm: Discover the hidden outdoor gems within a few hours of the DFW concrete jungle in this presentation led by Wendel Withrow, author of The Best in Tent Camping - Texas. Learn tent camping basics and discover some great hiking trails and tips for venturing into the great outdoors. Cost is $30. Books available for just $10 that day only. Stay after for autograph. Backpacking 101 Jan. 17 - 10 am to 2 pm: Leave the crowds in the campgrounds. Backpacking enables you to move into backcountry serenity, expanding your mobility to trails where your car can't take you. Dallas Sierra Club outing leaders with decades of experience leading multi-day backpacking trips will demonstrate what you need to know to begin or enhance your own backpacking experiences. Bring a sack lunch or a drink and a snack. Cost is $30. Sign up for the doubleheader of both classes for just $50! Space is limited. Please RSVP to 817.860.6752, ext. 102. Payment is due at time of registration. Future environmental stewards start here. Make a difference. Support the work of River Legacy Foundation.

Complete business telephone solutions from Fortinet

Get complete business telephone solutions from Fortinet With built-in features, flexible services and products that cover all office sizes and connection types, the Fortinet line-up of phone systems, phones and services does everything you need.  Simple, powerful and affordable Fortinet voice solutions give you everything you need to handle calls professionally, control costs and stay connected everywhere. Built for single or multilocation offices with up to 2000 phone users per location, FortiVoice can cost you significantly less than similar solutions from Avaya, ShoreTel, Cisco and others. With FortiVoice, there are no added licenses or components required to get up and running, and with DIY configuration of systems and services, you're not reliant on expensive technicians. How affordable? Hardware prices for a total FortiVoice solution in a typical 25-user deployment is under $6000, including phones for all users. A typical 50-user deployment is under $12,000. A typical 100-user deployment is under $21,000. These are all-in prices with a full feature suite and everything you need except the service. And we've got you covered there too, with FortiCall VoIP service starting at $24.95 per line per month for unlimited calling in the US and Canada. How does your current solution stack up? Register now for a free phone system health check. We'll inspect your set-up and show you where you can save money.  Ask us about special bundles for retail and education.

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5 top internet scams

The Internet can be a dangerous place if you are not careful and cautious online. Many people fall victim to cyber crime and fraud because of greed, ignorance, and carelessness. To make you aware, this article reveals five common online scams that you should watch out for. 

1. Nigerian 419 Scam

You may receive an email that asks you to help a "rich" Nigerian family transfer a huge amount out of the nation. In return, you will be promised a generous percentage of the transaction. The email will ask you to pay "processing" fees first. Delete this type of email to be on the safe side. 

2.  Lottery Scam

This scam also plays on people's greed. You will be informed that you have won a lottery even though you never entered one in the first place. The email will request your financial details that are sure to be used for identity theft or fraud. Rein in your greed, delete the email immediately, and do not contact the sender.

3. Phishing Emails

"Phishing" is considered the most common online scam today. You may receive an email, allegedly from your bank, that links to a convincing but phony web page. You will be asked to enter confidential information about your account including your username and password. The scam email will entice you to part with the sensitive details. Ignore these phishing emails, and remember that your bank will never ask you for confidential information like password. 

4. Disaster Relief Scam

Whenever there is a natural disaster, there is a flurry of relief activity afterwards to help the victims. Fraudsters make use of the occasion to appeal to people's emotions and ask for donations. They create fake websites that solicit online donations allegedly for the good cause. Another trick is to play the role of disaster victim and request monetary help. So, do your homework and make sure the charity is a genuine one before you donate your hard-earned money. 

5. Work-at-Home Job Scam

Beware of any ad for a work-at-home job that promises to make you rich. Avoid the following work-at-home jobs as they are likely to be fraudulent: assembly jobs, data entry, multi-level marketing, online businesses, posting ads, processing claims, and stuffing envelopes. Ignore any job ad that asks you to make a payment.

Conclusion

Beware of the common online scams revealed in this article and delete suspicious emails immediately. Read articles on secure online browsing and banking, and implement the tips mentioned in them to keep yourself safe in cyber space.

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The Nanny Report - November 2014

November 2014 In this month's newsletter: Parents and online safety, harmful apps, internet safety tips, and much more. Enjoy! Internet Safety: The Biggest Mistake (Smart) Parents Make A little girl goes to a friend's home to play. Instead of playing with dolls, the two girls hide away in the closet and watch hard-core porn on the family's iPad. Is the fact that the iPad was not password-protected the biggest mistake parents make? Nope. Smart parents understand that the Internet is a dangerous place for kids. To protect their children's developing minds, they install filters on their computers and password protect mobile devices. They may even reach out to other parents to make sure they are doing the same. Read more >> via net nanny Harmful Apps to Be Aware Of You may be familiar with some of the more common apps that your children use, such as Facebook or Instagram. However, there are a lot of apps that you may not know about that you should be familiar with. Many of these lesser-known apps could pose risks to your children. Read more >> via net nanny Internet Safety Cheat Sheet Kids use a lot of different websites and products that can sometimes be hard to keep up with. Many of these websites have good, useful things on them. However, these same websites can have unwanted content such as pornography. Here are a few ways to activate filters on some of the most popular websites, apps and devices. Read more >> via net nanny Safety Tips for Classroom Tablets With various teaching and learning resources available on the Internet, it's not uncommon for schools to introduce tablets in the classroom. Individual access to tablets allows students to learn independent skills and have a more structured, academic practice. If your school is going to introduce- or has already introduced- tablets to your students, consider setting some guidelines. The positive aspects of using tablets can be magnified if the negative ones are avoided. Read more >> via net nanny Delete Content- Not Friends We have social media to thank for keeping us in touch with old (and new) friends. We can also thank social media for a score of explicit and mindless material added to our daily lives. Fortunately, we don't always have to take the good with the bad. Apply these tips if you want to block a friend's content, yet still remain friends with them. Read more >> via net nanny Parents Aren't Addressing Cyberbullying A growing concern that many parents often experience is the concern that their child may be bullied online, or "cyberbullied". Do you know if your child is being cyberbullied? Do you have any idea how you might know? Would you know if your child is bullying others online? In a current survey, 44% of parents said they were concerned that their child could be a cyberbully. Much of this concern has been raised largely due to the rise of cyberbullying cases in the news. Read more >> via net nanny Free Resources for Parents Net Nanny Webinars Net Nanny webinars feature helpful tips on getting the most out of your Net Nanny software as well as special topics on pornography, protection and recovery, held twice a month and available to watch on our website, free! Latest webinar: "A Conversation About Pornography Between a Mother and Her Teenager" presented by Amy Parks, a sexual addiction therapist at Addo Recovery.  Click here to watch now! Watch all of our past webinars online at www.netnanny.com/webinars. Helpful Print Materials Booklet - 20 Tips and Tricks for iPhone and iPad [.PDF] Flyer - Ways Kids Hide Apps on Android and iOS [.PDF] Booklet - Internet Safety for Parents [.PDF] Booklet - Social Networking Challenges Every Parent Should Know [.PDF]  Flyer - 5 Tips to Follow when Talking to Teenagers About Pornography by Fight the New Drug [.PDF] Flyer - Scary Stats about Internet Safety [.PDF] Infographic - Porn Is Growing (.PDF) Infographic - Cyberbullies (.PDF) Infographic - YouTube Safety Mode (.PDF)

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The Benefits of Hiring an Information Technology Consultant

Your business reaps many benefits from modern technology. No longer do you need entire warehouses to store your paper files. Millions of pieces of information are available with a few keystrokes instead of being buried in filing cabinets in the basement. Your employees carry cell phones on the road and at job sites, which allows you to communicate with them at all times. Photos come on tiny flash drives, proofreading and spell checking happens instantly in your word processing suite, instant messaging and email smooth the flow of inter-office communication, and customers can shop on your website without ever leaving their homes.

Business technology is ubiquitous and powerful. You're not in a hurry to go back to using typewriters and whiteout, but the vast array of technology that your business relies on comes with its own set of challenges. Modern technology is more reliable than ever before, but failures do happen. Technology also moves quickly, which means it is difficult to stay on the leading edge in every category. For many businesses, it simply does not make sense to keep a dedicated IT staff on hand to handle occasional upgrades and rare failures. This is where information technology consulting enters the picture.

  

Information technology consultants are useful at all stages of applying technology to your business. From initial design, to maintenance, to emergency response for major technology crises, IT consultants have the skills and knowledge necessary to serve your business's hardware and software needs.

Before implementing a new technology scheme, it makes sense to seek the advice of a professional technology consulting team. Are you planning to upgrade your office LAN, or implement a VPN for your remote workers? Do you want to connect multiple offices with a WAN solution? Hire a consultant to ensure you are pursuing the right solution for your problem, and to guarantee the smoothest user experience and maximum uptime. Are you thinking of adding a local backup solution, or an inter-office messaging system? You don't have to fly blind, there are consultants who deal with these things on a daily basis.

Information technology covers everything from bar code scanners to smartphones. Whether you want to be sure that your mail server supports all your users' mobile devices, or centralize authentication for all of your servers and applications, or reduce your reliance on third-party hardware solutions, there are consultants with the know-how you require. With IT consultants, you only pay for what you need. Maintaining your own staff of technology experts with knowledge in every field can severely impact your bottom line, especially when dealing with niche subjects, or rare catastrophic events. It doesn't make economic sense to maintain the expense of an employee whose special skills may only be needed a few times per year. With IT consultants, you get the benefits of subject-matter experts without the expense of maintaining your own IT staff.

Business technology should make your life easier, not harder. The point of modern IT is to increase productivity, increase profit margins, and reduce headaches. If you find that this is not the case, you may need someone to look over your processes and infrastructure. Hiring a business technology consultant can be the key to getting your technology once again working for you rather than against you.

By Robert Blake