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  1. Dave-W

    South Korea reports 91 recovered patients tested positive

    South Korea reported Friday that almost 100 patients thought to have recovered from the new coronavirus had tested positive again, sparking fears that populations could become re-infected with COVID-19. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that 91 people who had...
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    Tiger at NYC's Bronx Zoo tests positive for coronavirus

    A tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the new coronavirus, in what is believed to be the first known infection in an animal in the U.S. or a tiger anywhere, federal officials and the zoo said Sunday. The 4-year-old Malayan tiger named Nadia — and six other tigers and lions that have...
  3. Dave-W

    I am giving the sermon tomorrow online

    Tomorrow 10:30 am EDT. Go to SonOfDavid.org and click the "watch now" button.
  4. Dave-W

    Drive thru confessions!

    I do not know if this is being offered elsewhere, but i saw this on the news Friday evening and thought it was BRILLIANT. Covid19 keeping you away from the Church? This priest's approach is a great idea IMO. Bowie priest offering drive-thru confessions amid calls for social distancing | WTOP...
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    Cyber-Attack Hits U.S. Health Agency

    Cyber-Attack Hits U.S. Health Agency Amid Covid-19 Outbreak The U.S. Health and Human Services Department suffered a cyber-attack on its computer system, part of what people familiar with the incident called a campaign of disruption and disinformation that was aimed at undermining the response...
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    Gov Hogan orders Md. restaurants, bars, theaters closed; Metro Transit Police officer tests positive

    Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has ordered all restaurants, bars, movie theaters and gyms in the state to close effective 5 p.m. Monday. A Metro Transit Police officer based out of a station near the Franconia-Springfield Metro in Virginia has tested positive for coronavirus. Dramatic new guidance...
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    I got this email this morning ...

    And thought it fitting to pass on to this forum. Women of the bible, in honor of Purim, Women's History month (March) and International Women's day. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: God used Women in the Bible - inspiring change for such a time as this Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2020...
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    3 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in my home county

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/maryland-confirms-three-cases-of-coronavirus/2020/03/05/687def10-5f3d-11ea-b014-4fafa866bb81_story.html March 5, 2020 at 11:31 p.m. EST Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Thursday that three people from Montgomery County have been diagnosed with the...
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    Woman wearing face mask attacked in possible coronavirus hate crime

    A woman wearing a face mask was attacked at a Chinatown subway station after allegedly being called a “diseased b*tch” — in what police are treating as a possible hate crime sparked by coronavirus fears. Shocking video shared by the NYPD’s hate crimes unit shows a violent confrontation...
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    Iran trying to hide extent of Corona Virus epidemic

    Iran’s deputy health minister was drenched in sweat at the press conference on Monday where he vehemently denied Tehran was covering up the extent of the coronavirus outbreak. He kept wiping his brow with his handkerchief and was in visible distress as he said quarantines were a “Stone Age” way...
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    14-year-old girl installs cameras to record proof of alleged abuse

    Because no one believed her. A 14-year-old girl resorted to installing cameras in her bedroom and recording the alleged physical abuse she endured because no one believed her, her mom and police said. The girl provided video evidence of the alleged assaults to the Okaloosa County Sheriff's...
  12. Dave-W

    It Seemed Like a Popular Chat App. It's Secretly a Spy Tool.

    It is billed as an easy and secure way to chat by video or text message with friends and family, even in a country that has restricted popular messaging services like WhatsApp and Skype. But the service, ToTok, is actually a spying tool, according to U.S. officials familiar with a classified...
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    MJ Only A theological question

    I am not in the habit of limiting my responders so this is a bit unusual. But I have come across something that i am not quite sure how to respond to. I am familiar with what replacement theology is and what theological antisemitism is; but is there a name for the theological idea that there...
  14. Dave-W

    I Got Tired of Hunting Black and Hispanic People

    At a police station tucked into an end-of-the-line subway terminal in South Brooklyn, the new commander instructed officers to think of white and Asian people as “soft targets” and urged them to instead go after blacks and Latinos for minor offenses like jumping the turnstile, a half-dozen...
  15. Dave-W

    Reading a book

    that might be of interest to this folder's contributors: I am a fan of the TV show Air Disasters. Over the Thanksgiving weekend I was talking to my BIL and he mentioned he had just finished reading this book. Wht the author did as Captain of a Boeing 737 when an engine exploded after taking...
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    white supremacist arrested in thwarted synagogue attack in Colorado

    A man who repeatedly espoused anti-Semitic views has been arrested in a plot to bomb a historic Colorado synagogue, federal officials said Monday. The co-conspirators turned out to be undercover agents. Court documents say Richard Holzer was arrested Friday in Pueblo just after the agents...
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    Scientists Taught Rats How to Drive Tiny Cars

    Rats in a University of Richmond lab have learned to do something many Americans struggle with every day: successfully drive themselves to pick up food. The furry drivers were taught to navigate a custom-built rat car and the findings suggest rats may possess a greater ability to learn tasks...
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    The U.S. is the only rich country in the world where the mortality rate has been going up, not down

    Much of that trend is driven by men without college degrees in America’s heartland, according to Brookings. “Significant sectors of our society are dying prematurely from preventable deaths (deaths of despair) and almost 20% of prime aged males are out of the labor force,” according to a recent...
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    “Me Too” comebacks????

    Is Redemption Possible In The Aftermath Of #MeToo? Here is a story asking if it is possible to make a comeback after someone is accused of sexual misconduct or assault. ....... It's been two years since the #MeToo movement erupted, toppling many powerful men accused of sexual misconduct...
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    Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes Cross With Natural Species

    Biotech company Oxitec has created genetically engineered (GE) mosquitoes in an attempt to control mosquito-borne diseases like yellow fever, dengue, chikungunya and Zika. The male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes have been genetically engineered to carry a "genetic kill switch," such that when they...