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CONGRATS TO LUCKY WINNER – KAREN!         Readers, please join me welcoming Pat Bertram, author of Daughter Am I who’s guest blogging here today! In Daughter Am I , when twenty-five-year-old Mary Stuart learns she inherited a farm from her recently murdered grandparents-grandparents her father claimed had died before she was born-she becomes obsessed with finding out who they were and why someone wanted them dead. Along the way she accumulates a crew of feisty octogenarians-former gangsters and friends of her grandfather. She meets and falls in love Tim Olson, whose grandfather shared a deadly secret with her great-grandfather. Now Mary and Tim need to stay one step ahead of the killer who is desperate to dig up that secret. Often writers will tell a story and then go searching for the facts, which can be a challenge, but I wrote Daughter Am I to fit what I knew about bootleggers, gangsters, and the mob. I had to research cars, because what I know about vehicles wouldn...

The aviation industry is always evolving and changing to include modern technologies. There have been great innovative strides in the past few decades. However, with new technology comes new threats. Two of the biggest challenges in the aviation industry are cybersecurity and customer experience. Blockchain can help with the safety and reinforcement of all three. It is defined as a new way of recording and encrypting information that makes it extremely difficult or even impossible to hack. Role of Blockchain In Airline Industry The first big challenge is cybersecurity. New technologies in cockpit communications include controller-pilot data link communications (CPDLC). CPLDC is beneficial because it enhances ATC surveillance and communication. Because of that, mid-air collision risk is greatly decreased and also decreases the amount of non-essential communications on radio frequencies. However, they are not protected. “ These communications often contain very sensitive information ,” s...