She loves to cook and quickly learned to make healthier versions of the couple's favorite meals.

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Mr. Lewis, the data forensic expert in New York, says he recently worked on one case where the spouse enabled the "find my phone" software on all of her family's smartphones, which lets you pinpoint the location of the phone using GPS. She quickly learned of her husband's frequent trips to an ATM, where he withdrew cash she didn't know about.

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But she said invisible fences were "harmless" and animals quickly learned to obey alarms which warn them they are about to be shocked.

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She invited me to shadow her over time, and I learned quickly the importance of partnerships, especially with the faith community and school personnel.

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She learned quickly: She began as a production supervisor at the main brewery before switching to the innovation group in 2010, then becoming head of the pilot brewery last year.

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She approached a couple of the big cinema chains but quickly learned her primary job there would be to push as much high margin soft drinks and snacks as possible.

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