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Your Apple iPhone is as a dirty as a toilet seat and is covered with 'fecal matter': disinfectant CEO
The CEO of a company specializing in cleaning products for tech gear issues a warning.
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The Original UV Phone Sanitizer and Charger - PhoneSoap 3 | PhoneSoap
Charging and disinfecting your phone has never been easier. With PhoneSoap 3, you can effectively sanitize your device and charge it at the same time!
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$400,000: The Cost to Unclog a Toilet on a U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier
" Unfortunately, this isn't the first time the toilet tissue on the ship has been in the media. In 2011 there were reports that at least twice in the carriers' first year in service all 423 toilets were out of service simultaneously"
This is going to go over well....I can't see this panning out.
According to CNN, the company said that hypothetically a first owner could purchase a three-year subscription to heated seats, which is how long that person would expect to keep the car. Then, the next owner could decide for themselves if they wanted to subscribe to the heated seats, too. This, of course, requires the car to already have the feature's hardware built-in from the factory, such as the required sensors for adaptive cruise control or the heating elements in a seat or steering wheel.
BMW casts the idea in a very favorable light in its press release, stating that it is "strengthening selection and personalization for customers, offering them maximum flexibility."Yet, this move can also be seen as the start of major automakers' dangerous slide into the territory of microtransactions. Microtransactions, known and hated in the gaming world as in-game purchases, have infuriated players by essentially charging them more money to enjoy a game they already bought.
According to CNN, the company said that hypothetically a first owner could purchase a three-year subscription to heated seats, which is how long that person would expect to keep the car. Then, the next owner could decide for themselves if they wanted to subscribe to the heated seats, too. This, of course, requires the car to already have the feature's hardware built-in from the factory, such as the required sensors for adaptive cruise control or the heating elements in a seat or steering wheel.
BMW casts the idea in a very favorable light in its press release, stating that it is "strengthening selection and personalization for customers, offering them maximum flexibility."Yet, this move can also be seen as the start of major automakers' dangerous slide into the territory of microtransactions. Microtransactions, known and hated in the gaming world as in-game purchases, have infuriated players by essentially charging them more money to enjoy a game they already bought.
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U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native American reservation
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday recognized about half of Oklahoma as Native American reservation land and overturned a tribe member's rape conviction because the location where the crime was committed should have been considered outside the reach of state criminal law. The justices ruled 5-4...
SERIOUSLY???
After lobbying efforts, U.S. Catholic Church won $1.4 billion in virus aid
After lobbying efforts, U.S. Catholic Church won $1.4 billion in virus aid
By REESE DUNKLIN and MICHAEL REZENDESAssociated Press
July 10, 2020
NEW YORK — The U.S. Roman Catholic Church used a special and unprecedented exemption from federal rules to amass at least $1.4 billion in taxpayer-backed coronavirus aid, with many millions going to dioceses that have paid huge settlements or sought bankruptcy protection because of clergy sexual abuse cover-ups.
The church’s haul may have reached — or even exceeded — $3.5 billion, making a global religious institution with more than a billion followers among the biggest winners in the U.S. government’s pandemic relief efforts, an Associated Press analysis of federal data released this week found.
Houses of worship and faith-based organizations that promote religious beliefs aren’t usually eligible for money from the U.S. Small Business Administration. But as the economy plummeted and jobless rates soared, Congress let faith groups and other nonprofits tap into the Paycheck Protection Program, a $659 billion fund created to keep Main Street open and Americans employed.
After lobbying efforts, U.S. Catholic Church won $1.4 billion in virus aid
After lobbying efforts, U.S. Catholic Church won $1.4 billion in virus aid
By REESE DUNKLIN and MICHAEL REZENDESAssociated Press
July 10, 2020
NEW YORK — The U.S. Roman Catholic Church used a special and unprecedented exemption from federal rules to amass at least $1.4 billion in taxpayer-backed coronavirus aid, with many millions going to dioceses that have paid huge settlements or sought bankruptcy protection because of clergy sexual abuse cover-ups.
The church’s haul may have reached — or even exceeded — $3.5 billion, making a global religious institution with more than a billion followers among the biggest winners in the U.S. government’s pandemic relief efforts, an Associated Press analysis of federal data released this week found.
Houses of worship and faith-based organizations that promote religious beliefs aren’t usually eligible for money from the U.S. Small Business Administration. But as the economy plummeted and jobless rates soared, Congress let faith groups and other nonprofits tap into the Paycheck Protection Program, a $659 billion fund created to keep Main Street open and Americans employed.
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NYC Rats Are Attacking Outdoor Diners After Starving During Pandemic
New York City customers have recorded accounts of rodents crawling on their shoes and on their tables in an attempt to get a piece of their food.
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Sad................
It’s possible Rivera’s last act was saving the life of her son.
Ayub said the boy told investigators they were swimming and his mother helped boost him onto the boat. When he looked back she was gone. The sheriff noted there are currents in Lake Piru, particularly in the afternoon, which is the time of day when she disappeared. Because the boat wasn’t anchored, it is possible that she “mustered enough energy to get her son back onto the boat, but not enough to save herself.”
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It’s possible Rivera’s last act was saving the life of her son.
Ayub said the boy told investigators they were swimming and his mother helped boost him onto the boat. When he looked back she was gone. The sheriff noted there are currents in Lake Piru, particularly in the afternoon, which is the time of day when she disappeared. Because the boat wasn’t anchored, it is possible that she “mustered enough energy to get her son back onto the boat, but not enough to save herself.”
Naya Rivera dead at 33: Officials confirm body recovered from Lake Piru is 'Glee' star
The "Glee" actress never returned from a swimming excursion with her 4-year-old son.
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very, very sad..................
“Thank you to the men and women of the Ventura, Tulare, and San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Departments for your commitment and unwavering effort to find Naya. We extend endless gratitude and ovation to the heroine who found her. Thank you to her friends, colleagues, and fans for your continuous support,” they concluded. “Heaven gained our sassy angel. We kindly request that our privacy be respected during this very difficult time.”
Rivera, 33, went missing on July 8 at Lake Piru, about an hour outside of Los Angeles, Calif. The Glee star rented a pontoon boat for her and her 4-year-old son, Josey, but never returned from a swimming excursion with her boy. According to investigators, it’s believed she saved her son’s life over her own when the boat started to drift as there are currents in the lake in the afternoons.
“We believe it was mid-afternoon when she disappeared, the idea perhaps being that the boat started drifting — it was unanchored — and that she mustered enough energy to get her son back on to the boat, but not enough to save herself,” Ventura County Sheriff Bill Ayub shared at Monday’s press conference.
Rivera’s son told investigators that he and his mom had been swimming and that she “boosted him” onto the deck of the boat from behind. “He told investigators that he looked back and saw her disappear under the surface of the water,” Ayub noted.
“Thank you to the men and women of the Ventura, Tulare, and San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Departments for your commitment and unwavering effort to find Naya. We extend endless gratitude and ovation to the heroine who found her. Thank you to her friends, colleagues, and fans for your continuous support,” they concluded. “Heaven gained our sassy angel. We kindly request that our privacy be respected during this very difficult time.”
Rivera, 33, went missing on July 8 at Lake Piru, about an hour outside of Los Angeles, Calif. The Glee star rented a pontoon boat for her and her 4-year-old son, Josey, but never returned from a swimming excursion with her boy. According to investigators, it’s believed she saved her son’s life over her own when the boat started to drift as there are currents in the lake in the afternoons.
“We believe it was mid-afternoon when she disappeared, the idea perhaps being that the boat started drifting — it was unanchored — and that she mustered enough energy to get her son back on to the boat, but not enough to save herself,” Ventura County Sheriff Bill Ayub shared at Monday’s press conference.
Rivera’s son told investigators that he and his mom had been swimming and that she “boosted him” onto the deck of the boat from behind. “He told investigators that he looked back and saw her disappear under the surface of the water,” Ayub noted.
From the "Headless Body In Topless Bar" NYPost Headline Files, but the NYTimes loses this round...
Man’s Dismembered Body Is Found in Luxury Manhattan Condo
Man’s Dismembered Body Is Found in Luxury Manhattan Condo
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WTF
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Shaquille O'Neal stops to help driver stranded on the side of the road
Shaquille O'Neal stayed with the motorist until sheriffs arrived.
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Black Leaders Call on NYPD to Bring Back Anti-Crime Unit as Shootings Spike
Leaders in the black community are calling on the New York Police Department to bring back the plainclothes Anti-Crime Unit that was eliminated last month as shootings and murders spike across the city.About 600 undercover officers from the unit were set to be transferred to other assignments...
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UN official: Catastrophe looming from oil tanker off Yemen
The U.N. environment chief said Wednesday that “time is running out” to avert an environmental, economic and humanitarian catastrophe from a deteriorating oil tanker loaded with 1.1 million barrels of crude oil that is moored off the coast of Yemen. Inger Andersen told the U.N. Security Council...
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Men should limit alcohol to 1 drink a day, experts say
Whether you're a man or woman, limit alcohol to 1 drink a day, new report advises
yeah - right..........................
Two species of rare beaked whales beached in Maine within weeks of each other
pressherald.com/2020/07/16/two-species-of-rare-beaked-whales-beached-in-maine-within-weeks-of-each-other/
By Hannah LaClaireTimes RecordJuly 16, 2020
Lynda Doughty from Marine Mammals of Maine (left) and team members lift a 1,700 pound Sowerby’s beaked whale into the water last Saturday. Though they initially hoped for a positive outcome, the whale later died. Courtesy of Marine Mammals of Maine
Lynda Doughty was surprised when one of the ocean’s rarest and least understood whale species washed ashore in York last month, and even more astonished when another subspecies of the whale was stranded in Phippsburg just a few weeks later.
These whales, known as beaked whales for their long, beaked dolphin-like nose, are so elusive that there have been just four beaked whales documented in Maine waters in the past 20 years.
Sadly, the whale in York, a 14-foot, 2,200 pound Blainville’s beaked whale, was found deceased. The necropsy revealed she had recently given birth to a calf, but Doughty, director and founding member of Bath-based Marine Mammals of Maine, could not find any immediate cause of death.
The whale in Phippsburg, a 1,700 pound female Sowerby’s beaked whale, was found stranded in a mudflat during low tide in Atkins Bay near Popham Beach on Saturday.
Doughty’s team used stretchers and the tide to get the whale back in the water. However, despite no obvious signs of injury or illness, she was later found deceased and no cause of death has been identified.
Doughty doesn’t know what happened to the animals, or how they got to Maine, but she does know that they should not have been here.
“The fact that a beaked whale is in a coastal area is an alarm,” she said. “There’s a lot unknown about their general habitat use, but they should not be in coastal waters.”
Beaked whales are deep-water cetations (whales, dolphins, porpoises) that swim in deepwater canyons and continental slopes and can dive for up to 45 minutes and to depths of nearly 5,000 feet, depending on the species. They use suction to feed on deep-sea fish and squid while they dive.
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Sowerby’s beaked whales, sometimes known as the “North Atlantic beaked whale” prefer the deep, cold, temperate and subarctic waters throughout the North Atlantic Ocean, while Blainville’s beaked whales, or the “dense-beaked whale” prefer tropical to temperate waters. The species lack distinguishable characteristics and can, therefore, be difficult to differentiate — Doughty said it took substantial research to identify the minute differences in skeletal structure, beak arc, color and flipper size to land on Sowerby’s and Blainville’s whales. The whole family is generally characterized as “cryptic” and “skittish,” according to NOAA.
There are 22 known species of beaked whales, but sightings are so infrequent that very little is known about their numbers, lifespans, or habits.
“They’re amazing animals,” said Rosemary Seton, marine mammal stranding coordinator at College of the Atlantic. Her organization responds to strandings from Rockland to Canada, whereas Marine Mammals of Maine responds to strandings from Rockland to Kittery.
Seton said there have not been any reported sightings of beaked whales in her area since the 1980s — a True’s beaked whale whose skeleton is on display at the college.
“That they had four in 20 years is amazing,” she said. “They’re a bit mysterious.”
There are numerous reasons a whale can become stranded, including illness, “acoustic trauma” from human noise and the use of sonar, old age and more.
But “usually something is amiss,” she said.
Doughty said the whale skeletons will be donated to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History to help scientists better understand the mysterious creatures.
“Anything we can do to gain more knowledge of (beaked whales) is helpful, and can provide future data and information,” and help track evolutionary changes, she said.
“It just goes to show … as much as we study our oceans, there’s still a lot to learn,” she said. “It makes you realize how big our ocean really is.”
Marine Mammals of Maine responds to about 300 reports of animal strandings per year — 90% of which are seals, and the remainder of which are dolphins, whales and porpoises, Daughty said. Stranded animals like whales, which cannot live outside of the water like seals can, are always an emergency situation, she said, but it is important not to try to move the animal back into the water.
“The longer that animal is out of the water, the more stress and impact (there is), but because they’re not righted in their normal position, the weight can be detrimental to them internally,” she said. Plus, because the animal does not know a person is there to help, they may try to protect themselves, which could be dangerous.
By Hannah LaClaireTimes RecordJuly 16, 2020
Lynda Doughty from Marine Mammals of Maine (left) and team members lift a 1,700 pound Sowerby’s beaked whale into the water last Saturday. Though they initially hoped for a positive outcome, the whale later died. Courtesy of Marine Mammals of Maine
Lynda Doughty was surprised when one of the ocean’s rarest and least understood whale species washed ashore in York last month, and even more astonished when another subspecies of the whale was stranded in Phippsburg just a few weeks later.
These whales, known as beaked whales for their long, beaked dolphin-like nose, are so elusive that there have been just four beaked whales documented in Maine waters in the past 20 years.
Sadly, the whale in York, a 14-foot, 2,200 pound Blainville’s beaked whale, was found deceased. The necropsy revealed she had recently given birth to a calf, but Doughty, director and founding member of Bath-based Marine Mammals of Maine, could not find any immediate cause of death.
The whale in Phippsburg, a 1,700 pound female Sowerby’s beaked whale, was found stranded in a mudflat during low tide in Atkins Bay near Popham Beach on Saturday.
Doughty’s team used stretchers and the tide to get the whale back in the water. However, despite no obvious signs of injury or illness, she was later found deceased and no cause of death has been identified.
Doughty doesn’t know what happened to the animals, or how they got to Maine, but she does know that they should not have been here.
“The fact that a beaked whale is in a coastal area is an alarm,” she said. “There’s a lot unknown about their general habitat use, but they should not be in coastal waters.”
Beaked whales are deep-water cetations (whales, dolphins, porpoises) that swim in deepwater canyons and continental slopes and can dive for up to 45 minutes and to depths of nearly 5,000 feet, depending on the species. They use suction to feed on deep-sea fish and squid while they dive.
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Sowerby’s beaked whales, sometimes known as the “North Atlantic beaked whale” prefer the deep, cold, temperate and subarctic waters throughout the North Atlantic Ocean, while Blainville’s beaked whales, or the “dense-beaked whale” prefer tropical to temperate waters. The species lack distinguishable characteristics and can, therefore, be difficult to differentiate — Doughty said it took substantial research to identify the minute differences in skeletal structure, beak arc, color and flipper size to land on Sowerby’s and Blainville’s whales. The whole family is generally characterized as “cryptic” and “skittish,” according to NOAA.
There are 22 known species of beaked whales, but sightings are so infrequent that very little is known about their numbers, lifespans, or habits.
“They’re amazing animals,” said Rosemary Seton, marine mammal stranding coordinator at College of the Atlantic. Her organization responds to strandings from Rockland to Canada, whereas Marine Mammals of Maine responds to strandings from Rockland to Kittery.
Seton said there have not been any reported sightings of beaked whales in her area since the 1980s — a True’s beaked whale whose skeleton is on display at the college.
“That they had four in 20 years is amazing,” she said. “They’re a bit mysterious.”
There are numerous reasons a whale can become stranded, including illness, “acoustic trauma” from human noise and the use of sonar, old age and more.
But “usually something is amiss,” she said.
Doughty said the whale skeletons will be donated to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History to help scientists better understand the mysterious creatures.
“Anything we can do to gain more knowledge of (beaked whales) is helpful, and can provide future data and information,” and help track evolutionary changes, she said.
“It just goes to show … as much as we study our oceans, there’s still a lot to learn,” she said. “It makes you realize how big our ocean really is.”
Marine Mammals of Maine responds to about 300 reports of animal strandings per year — 90% of which are seals, and the remainder of which are dolphins, whales and porpoises, Daughty said. Stranded animals like whales, which cannot live outside of the water like seals can, are always an emergency situation, she said, but it is important not to try to move the animal back into the water.
“The longer that animal is out of the water, the more stress and impact (there is), but because they’re not righted in their normal position, the weight can be detrimental to them internally,” she said. Plus, because the animal does not know a person is there to help, they may try to protect themselves, which could be dangerous.
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Billy Joel Proves He's Still the Piano Man While Playing Discarded Piano on Long Island Sidewalk
A now viral video shows Billy Joel stopping to play a ragtime-type tune on a discarded piano in Long Island, New York
A feel good article...
Queen makes ‘Capt. Tom’ a knight at 100. No kneeling was required.
pressherald.com/2020/07/17/queen-makes-capt-tom-a-knight-at-100-no-kneeling-was-required/
By DANICA KIRKAAssociated PressJuly 17, 2020
LONDON — In the end, Sir Tom didn’t need to rise.
On a day infused with emotion, Queen Elizabeth II tapped the blade of a sword once owned by her father on the slender shoulders of 100-year-old Tom Moore, making a hero of a nation a knight of the realm Friday.
Moore captivated the British public by walking 100 laps of his garden in England and raising some 33 million pounds ($40 million) for the National Health Service in April. The queen knighted him with the traditional sword tap, but the World War II veteran was not required to take a knee before the monarch.
Instead, Moore steadied himself against his now-famous walker and wheeled himself across the grass to stand in front of Elizabeth.
“I have been overwhelmed by the many honours I have received over the past weeks, but there is simply nothing that can compare to this,” he tweeted after the ceremony. “I am overwhelmed with pride and joy.“
The ceremony was staged outside of Windsor Castle west of London, where the 94-year old queen has been sheltering during the COVID-19 pandemic alongside her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh.
Moore, who rose to the rank of captain while serving in India and Burma during the war, revealed that he and Elizabeth spoke about ages – slightly breaking the protocol of not revealing a private conversation with the queen.
“She did mention I’m 100, and I said to her, ‘Well, you’ve a long way to go yet,’ so she’s alright,” he said.
Moore walked into the nation’s hearts by setting a goal of marking his 100th birthday with a garden lap for each year of his life.
His family elevated the challenge by using social media and the motto #TomorrowWillBeAGoodDay to seek donations to support health care workers during the pandemic, in part a show of gratitude for the doctors and nurses who took care of Moore when he broke his hip last year.
He dreamed of raising 1,000 pounds. Instead, he raised so much more.
Queen makes ‘Capt. Tom’ a knight at 100. No kneeling was required.
By DANICA KIRKAAssociated PressJuly 17, 2020
LONDON — In the end, Sir Tom didn’t need to rise.
On a day infused with emotion, Queen Elizabeth II tapped the blade of a sword once owned by her father on the slender shoulders of 100-year-old Tom Moore, making a hero of a nation a knight of the realm Friday.
Moore captivated the British public by walking 100 laps of his garden in England and raising some 33 million pounds ($40 million) for the National Health Service in April. The queen knighted him with the traditional sword tap, but the World War II veteran was not required to take a knee before the monarch.
Instead, Moore steadied himself against his now-famous walker and wheeled himself across the grass to stand in front of Elizabeth.
“I have been overwhelmed by the many honours I have received over the past weeks, but there is simply nothing that can compare to this,” he tweeted after the ceremony. “I am overwhelmed with pride and joy.“
The ceremony was staged outside of Windsor Castle west of London, where the 94-year old queen has been sheltering during the COVID-19 pandemic alongside her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh.
Moore, who rose to the rank of captain while serving in India and Burma during the war, revealed that he and Elizabeth spoke about ages – slightly breaking the protocol of not revealing a private conversation with the queen.
“She did mention I’m 100, and I said to her, ‘Well, you’ve a long way to go yet,’ so she’s alright,” he said.
Moore walked into the nation’s hearts by setting a goal of marking his 100th birthday with a garden lap for each year of his life.
His family elevated the challenge by using social media and the motto #TomorrowWillBeAGoodDay to seek donations to support health care workers during the pandemic, in part a show of gratitude for the doctors and nurses who took care of Moore when he broke his hip last year.
He dreamed of raising 1,000 pounds. Instead, he raised so much more.
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