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I hope he has a good lawyer A 23-year-old Sydney resident has been left “struggling” after Nespresso mistakenly took hundreds of dollars from her bank account due to an internal technical error. Raha Bonakdar said she was randomly fleeced of $370 [USD] on Wednesday and only realized on Thursday when she opened her phone banking app. “I was about to transfer some money somewhere and I opened my bank account and thought, ‘Wait a second, why am I missing $540 [$370 USD]?’,” Bonakdar told news.com.au. On closer inspection, she saw that on Wednesday at 2:19 pm, the amount had been withdrawn by Nespresso. “I was shocked. I couldn’t move,” she said, revealing she had not paid for any product or subscription from Nespresso for several months. She contacted the company immediately and a staff member confirmed there had been an error and she would be refunded the money that had been mistakenly taken. While the worker was apologetic, Bonakdar argued it was unfair given she would be hugely out of pocket for up to five business days. She was eventually offered a $50 [$34 USD] store credit – compensation she said was far below what she was willing to accept. “I just bought a new car, I just paid for braces … I have a good wage but it doesn’t matter. They took $540 [$370 USD] that I was meant to use to pay for my bills,” she said. Bonakdar had no choice but to survive on her savings until the $370 landed back in her account. “I have to go through my savings and pull out every single dollar that I have left to just pay for the bills on the weekend. I have rent due as well,” she said. “Regardless of whether I have money saved here or there, I’m still struggling to pay bills that I was supposed to pay for tonight.” She added that $34 – that could only be spent on coffee products – was “definitely not enough” for her being out of $370 due to an internal error. “I feel like my account was violated. It wasn’t a cyber breach, if it was, maybe I would have been more easygoing because that would be an external factor, but that fact it was internal, that’s what’s p**sed me off,” she said. Bonakdar spent 40 minutes on the phone with the supervisor on Friday, who she said doubled down on a $34 voucher being the best they could offer. In an email she received from Gavin Hughes, the company’s Oceania head of customer care and services, on Thursday, it was confirmed $370 had been taken from her account because of a business “payment error”. “We are getting in touch as we are aware that you have been affected. We would like to apologize for this anomaly. This is a matter we take very seriously, and your experience is our absolute priority,” part of the email, shared with news.com.au, read. “We have moved quickly to resolve this internal payment error and are refunding $540 [$370 USD] payment taken from your account December 7, 2022.” The email said the refund could be processed immediately, or take between three and five business days. “We’d like to assure you that your personal data has not been put at risk, this was an internal issue in our closed and protected environment. We are also taking steps to safeguard against any recurrence of this error going forward,” the email stated. Following inquiries from news.com.au, Nespresso responded to social media posts made by Bonakdar saying it would investigate her complaint. A spokesperson for Nespresso said the company had notified the affected customers and apologized for the inconvenience. “On December 7, we identified a payments issue which has meant some of our customers were incorrectly charged on their Nespresso subscription. We immediately took action and moved quickly to resolve the issue and refund any payments taken,” they told news.com.au. “This was an internal issue in our closed and protected environment, we are taking steps to safeguard against any reoccurrence of this issue in the future. We have notified all customers who have been affected and apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.” https://nypost.com/2022/12/09/woman-had-to-use-savings-account-after-nespresso-makes-unauthorized-charge/?dicbo=v2-848210b4e4a1e008c994b9357f5a4997https://nypost.com/2022/12/09/woman-had-to-use-savings-account-after-nespresso-makes-unauthorized-charge/?dicbo=v2-848210b4e4a1e008c994b9357f5a4997

Scientists Down Under went to new depths to see a world never-before explored with human eyes. Australian researchers searched deeper than scuba divers and submarines could go. Cameras explored the frigid sea bottom, under enormous pressure, down to 3.6 miles under the surface. And look what they found… “There are wonderful things that live in the Twilight Zone with bioluminescence, lights and big fangs,” Dianne Bray, Senior Collections Manager at the Museums Victoria Research Institute in Australia, told FOX Weather. “The deep sea is our least known environment, and we captured just a tiny amount.” The “Twilight Zone” sits on massive, ancient volcanoes, now seamounts, that are 40 to 120 million years old. The largest mountains in Australia, above or below water, can be 42 miles across, and the only surface evidence of them is the tiny, tippy-tops that we know as Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands. The area is Australia’s newest Marine Parks, designated in March. “And the seamounts get studded with these enormous monsters, and yet we know nothing about them,” explained Tim O’Hara, chief scientist of the mission, before his 35-day journey to the unknown. “No scientific expedition has been there to look at the biology or the fauna down there. So we’ll be the first.” PREVIOUS 3of3 NEXT Australian scientists explored the ocean depths 3.6 miles below the surface. Museums Victoria Research Instit They discovered many new species of fish. Museums Victoria Research Instit One of the hundreds of unidentified species discovered by scientists on this trip. Museums Victoria Research Instit They welcomed the never-before-seen blind eel. It is covered in loose, transparent and gelatinous skin. “They’re also livebearers. So the females give birth to live young,” Bray marveled at the oddity in fish. “So they really don’t have any dispersal mechanisms. They don’t have larvae that get carried around in the current.” The blind eel was just one of the hundreds of specimens that O’Hara and his team brought back to the Institute. PREVIOUS 2of2 NEXT This pancake urchin flattens like a pancake when out of water. Museums Victoria Research Instit The tripod fish stands stationary on its three ray fins to feed. Museums Victoria Research Instit “We expect maybe a third of all the animals that will bring back will be new species,” said O’Hara. Bray’s favorite find is the tripod fish. “Those amazing deep-sea fishes that stand high up off the seafloor on their long, thin fin rays and face into the current to feed,” said Bray. PREVIOUS 1of3 NEXT During this fish's development, one eye migrated to the other side of its body. Museums Victoria Research Instit Scientists estimate 1/3 of the fish discovered will be new species. Museums Victoria Research Instit Researchers said the deep sea is "our least-known environment." Museums Victoria Research Instit “They’re not only just hermaphrodites, they’re simultaneous hermaphrodites. So they have a functional ovotestis, which is a pretty interesting reproductive strategy and a great one for life in the deep sea where animals are rare,” continued Bray. “So maybe they only have to meet one other fish to mate.” The fish have fully formed ovaries and testes complete with sperm. They can not inseminate themselves, but they can inseminate any other tripod fish. The unique oceanography of the area evolved creatures with wholly specialized features. “The Cocos Keeling Islands area is a really interesting area because it receives currents from Africa, from the western Indian Ocean and also from the Pacific,” Bray explained. “We were trying to work out what kinds of animals live there that are unique to this region and what animals are fairly widespread.” Take a look at the Sloan’s Viperfish with huge fangs that are visible even when its mouth is closed. They sport rows of light organs along with one at the tip of their long upper fin with which to attract prey. Among pumice stones that are likely from Krakatoa’s 1883 eruption in Indonesia, you can also find the Slender Snipe Eel. It has a long tail that can stretch over 3 feet in length. The tail is similar to a thread, though. The entire animal weighs under 2 ounces. The pancake sea urchin, with its poison-tipped spines, flattens out, like a pancake when out of water. The institute collects DNA and then maps and traces the species’ biogeography and evolution to not only learn about the world humans share with animals but learn how to better coexist with nature. “So it’s a really important role that something that museums alone are capable of doing. There’s still parts of the world that are completely unknown,” said O’Hara. “This is like the wild west of Australia, it’s just it’s an unknown territory. And so, to be the first person or the first group of people to go there and explore this area in detail is a privilege. And it’s a very exciting endeavor.” The team mapped the ocean floor with high-tech multibeam sonar and cameras. Nets and sleds collected samples that are now being studied. https://nypost.com/2022/12/09/never-before-seen-fish-found-more-than-3-miles-under-the-sea/?dicbo=v2-749ecb26a5bbb9f5267da87540520606 This is the same country that gave us the koala?

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I went to Europe for three straight years 1989-1991 and was amazed at the look of some of their subway stations. I remember the chandeliers(!) in Moscow. Today I saw this: UKRAINE WAR A light in the dark Ukraine city takes holidays underground to avoid missile strikes Kharkiv City Council posted a photo of its New Year’s tree, installed in the city’s central subway station rather than in its central square, on its Telegram channel.

Next time you're annoyed by the inconveniences of grocery shopping, think of her. A TikToker has gone viral revealing what life is like in a rural part of Alaska. Salina Alsworth, 25, hails from Port Alsworth, which has a population of about 200 residents, according to Census figures. She collects her mail from an air taxi and endures an hourlong flight to the nearest grocery store, more than 160 miles away. For her 340,000 TikTok followers, she often posts videos showcasing the beauty of the state and the realities of doing mundane tasks in her remote slice of southwest Alaska. For example, she explained in an essay for Insider that she takes on a big grocery shop every three or four months. Buying fresh produce is a major challenge, she wrote. “If the weather is bad it might be up to a week before the fresh items I purchase can be flown home,” Alsworth divulged, noting that a small carton of raspberries can cost $4 to $5 if it’s shipped in from outside the state. “Because of this, I often ask myself if I should buy ripe bananas or green ones that might be ripe by the time I get to use them, but I usually just get a little bit of each.” Stocking up on canned goods is essential, Alsworth emphasized, so she typically purchases peaches, pears, corn and green beans while keeping expiration dates in mind. She also relies on food that can be frozen, like bacon, bagels, milk, shredded cheese and lunch meat. While people in the lower 48 pack their groceries into their car and head home, Alsworth said she has to haul her haul on a flight home. She says it can cost between 90 cents and $2.50 per pound for freight to be sent to her village. She’s careful to pack delicate items like eggs and bananas in bubble wrap. There’s not often room for her groceries on her return flight, she disclosed, so her goods land on another plane. In October, Alsworth shared a video of her shopping trip to Costco in Anchorage, where she filled her cart with bagels, sweet potatoes, asparagus, cereal, ground sirloin beef patties, pepperoni, bacon, chopped salad, grapes, bananas and more — to the tune of $422.35. “I’m glad to be set for the winter,” she confided in the three-minute clip, which picked up 30,000 views. “I’ll get a lot more orders this winter, just with the fresh stuff that I need because we go through that stuff fast, but now I’m set for a good while.” Alsworth said she works at her family’s travel lodge, the Farm Lodge, during tourist season and at the air taxi service in the winter. She also sells Alaska gifts in her Etsy shop. https://nypost.com/2022/12/10/i-live-in-a-remote-part-of-alaska-i-have-to-fly-to-the-grocery-store/ TikToker Salina Alsworth showcases remote Alaska life to her 340,000 followers. TikTok/@salinaalsworth_ak She reveals what it's like to do mundane tasks like grocery shopping and getting the mail in Port Alsworth, Alaska. TikTok/@salinaalsworth_ak Port Alsworth, in Southwest Alaska, only has about 200 residents. TikTok/@salinaalsworth_ak Alsworth says she has to take an hourlong flight to Anchorage to get groceries.

No doubt all named after Sarah Jessica.

The man with baseball's prettiest eyes will be playing for Toronto this season. That is, until he gets injured. Again.

He seems to be wearing only one sock in that one.

A chocolate advent calendar sold at Lidl grocery stores as recently as Monday is under voluntary recall over concerns it may be contaminated with salmonella, the Food and Drug Administration announced this week. Lidl — which operates more than 170 stores across nine East Coast states and Washington, D.C. — says the issue was discovered during routine testing of its 8.4 ounce Favorina-branded advent calendar (premium chocolate with a creamy filling). The affected calendars, sold between Oct. 12 and Dec. 5, have a 2023 “best if used by” date and a barcode number of 4056489516965.

I have a couple of VCRs I'm no longer using, if you want them.

Images with his kids, so I can't post them: https://pagesix.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/12/Ryan-Loche-wife-Kayla-expecting-third-child-pregnant-0007.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=768 https://pagesix.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/12/Ryan-Loche-wife-Kayla-expecting-third-child-pregnant-0011.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=861

Their frozen entrees are only okay. I had the chicken parm & the lasagna with meat sauce.

It's $162/8.

I wonder of this will elicit any opinions here... Elite Chicago prep school dean brags about kids handling sex toys in class https://nypost.com/2022/12/09/chicago-prep-school-kids-given-dildos-and-butt-plugs-dean-says/ The dean of students at an elite, $42,000-a-year Chicago prep school has been filmed bragging about kids playing with “dildos and butt plugs” in class while getting tips on having “queer sex.” Joseph Bruno was secretly filmed by Project Veritas talking about the Pride Week event at Francis W. Parker School that included a visit by drag queen Alexis Bevels. An LGBTQ+ Health Center came in and “they were passing around butt plugs and dildos to my students — talking about queer sex, using lube versus using spit,” Bruno said. “In a classroom, while I’m sitting there,” Bruno said — noting it was for kids as young as 14. “They’re just, like, passing around dildos and butt plugs … The kids are just playing with ‘em,” he said of the high schoolers. “They’re like, ‘How does this butt plug work? How do we do — like, how does this work?’” he said, with the drag queen there to “pass out cookies and brownies and do photos.” Drag queen Alexis Bevels was also there to “pass out cookies and brownies and do photos.” In the clip secretly filmed in a coffee shop, Bruno confirmed that he had not told trustees about the sex-toy lesson, insisting he felt no need to because they would find it “wonderful.” “That’s a real cool part of my job — I don’t have to worry about stuff like that,” he was recorded as saying, bragging about how he had “so much freedom” and “so much money to do stuff” at the school. Bruno refused to answer questions when Project Veritas chief James O’Keefe confronted him outside the school door — with the guerrilla journalist loudly calling out in front of kids: “Sir! Anal butt plugs and toys?” No, oral butt plugs, you idiot! However, just as Bruno predicted, the school stood by him — blaming the “far-right activist group” for having twisted an example of its “inclusive, LGBTQ+ affirming, and comprehensive approach to sex education.” Principal Dan Frank told parents that “we are heartbroken that one of our colleague’s words have been severely misrepresented for a malicious purpose.” Project Veritas “edited this video with malicious intent,” Frank complained — adding: “We are sickened by this group’s deceptive tactics.”

Elite prep school dean filmed bragging about kids handling 'dildos, butt plugs' And that's a bad thing, why?!??

No, former inmate in a Yeshiva until I was paroled for bad behavior in the middle of 5th grade. (I believe it was on Dec 5th, 1972.) BTW, I transferred to a public school that had a schoolyard that would soon be made famous by Paul Simon. Alas, much of that (in)famous schoolyard was built over when they needed to expand the school.

You know those are just regular people in costumes, right?

Like I said, FILTH.

Are you talking about brunches featuring drag queens, or just brunches in general?

Mr. up-to-date is currently listening to a CD on his desktop computer. It's one of my "I like a few songs from a few artists" CDs. Go West, Chris DeBurgh, Supertramp, Ricky Martin, Enrique Iglesias.

Boy, has this thread gone off track... it was supposed to be about good people trying to keep Mr. Cameron from spreading his poisonous vitriol to kiddies.

I don't use one, but have to use the handicapped cart in supermarkets, and have found almost everyone I encounter, workers or shoppers, to be very considerate and helpful. Most of the time I'm out (which is not often) I use a rolling walker and experience the same. P.S. Sorry about your travails. P.P.S. If you're wondering why I gave you a confused emoji, it's because I didn't know whether to give you a crying one for your injuries, or an applause one for the experiences you've had as a result. P.P.P.S. If you weren't a doctor, I'd say keep your spirits up by thinking of all the extra providers you'll be able to afford to hire after you win your lawsuit, or settle with the deli's insurance company.

Mets are loading up today. Gotta keep up with the Phillies, I guess.

Are you freaking kidding? Who names their kid Danielle?