3008 - Helena, Alabama, USA

Peter is a scientist in a research laboratory at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). UAB is a public research university. There are 140 programs of study in 12 academic divisions which can lead a student to a bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and/or professional degrees in the social and behavioural sciences, liberal arts, business, education, engineering, and health related fields such as medicine, dentistry, optometry, nursing, and public health. As of 2019, there were 22 100 students with students from 110 countries.

UAB is also Alabama's largest employer, with more than 23 000 faculty and staff and over 53 000 jobs at the university and health system. The UAB Health System is one of the largest academic medical centres in the United States and is affiliated with the university. UAB Hospital sponsors residency programs in medical specialties including internal medicine, neurology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, surgery, radiology, and anesthesiology.

An estimated 10% of the jobs in the Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area are directly or indirectly related to UAB.

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3584 - Blaine, Minnesota, United States of America

The sender was in Las Vegas recently and bought this card from The Mob Museum. The Mob Museum, officially known as the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, is located in downtown Las Vegas. It open in 2012. It features artifacts, stories, and the history of organized crime in the United States, but also the actions and initiatives by law enforcement to prevent such crimes. The museum is found at the former Las Vegas Post Office and Courthouse, which was built in 1933. The quote on this card was from John Gotti. John Gotti (1940-2002) was the mafioso and boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. After ordering the killing of Gambino boss Paul Catellano in 1985, he took over the family and led what was the United States' most powerful crime syndicate. He was known as The Teflon Don after three high profile trials in the 1980s resulted in acquittals. Later it was revealed that the trials had been tainted by jury tampering, juror misconduct, and...

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

A wonderful message on this card that translates to to those wh o can wait, everything comes with time.

2346 - Iwate, Iwate, Japan

Keita is a junior high science teacher in Iwate 岩手町. He sent me a photo of the Tokyo Sky Tower during a fireworks display. The Tokyo Sky Tower is a broadcasting and observation tower in Simide, a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis. It became the tallest structure in Japan in 2010. In 2011, when it was completed at a height of 634 meters, it became the tallest tower in the world, and the second tallest structure in the world, after Burj Khalifa in Dubai, UAE.

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