NEW YORK CITY – Riverdale Nursing Home in the Bronx appears, on paper, the worst escape from the coronavirus pandemic, with an official state count of just four dead in its 146-bed facility. The truth is, according to the house, much worse: 21 dead, mostly transported to hospitals before undergoing. …
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If you have never seen the bare ass of a baby tarantula, your chance is now
Tarantulas, like all things hairy, sometimes become bald. And for the Brazilian whiteknee tarantula (Acanthoscurria geniculata), baldness begins with the butt. On Thursday (August 6) entomologist Gwen Pearson tweeted a photo of what that looks like. Pearson and her colleagues at the Purdue Insect Zoo at Purdue University in Indiana …
Read More »Defensive end takes Tunmise Adeleye from Ohio State
Ohio State lost a 2021 class commitment on Tuesday when ESPN’s 300 defensive end Tunmise Adeleye announced that he was backing his commitment to the Buckeyes. Adeleye is the No. 39-ranked recruit overall and the No. 6-ranked defensive finisher in the class. He is a 6-foot-3, 250-pound prospect from the …
Read More »Microsoft August 2020 Patch Tuesday fixes 120 vulnerabilities, two zero-day
Microsoft today began rolling out the August 2020 Patch Tuesday security updates. This month, the company patched 120 vulnerabilities across 13 different products, from Edge to Windows, and from SQL Server to the .NET Framework. Among the 120 vulnerabilities fixed this month, 17 bugs received the highest rating of “Critical”, …
Read More »Unsolicited masks from China arrive in Florida mailboxes
Face masks used by many around the world to prevent the spread of coronavirus have joined the list of items arriving by email that are not requested in homes in the Tampa area. News station in Florida WFLA reported that Clearwater, Fla., Resident Shan Sharp received a package to her …
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