Las Vegas 🌎 Mega Sphere

Las Vegas

"MSG Sphere"

The World's Largest

Spherical Building

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Forget everything you thought you knew about live entertainment. Las Vegas, the city that never sleeps, has once again raised the bar with a mind-blowing $2.3 billion masterpiece that's rewriting the rules of live entertainment. Rising majestically above the bustling streets, even outshining the iconic Lady Liberty herself, this colossal 18,000-seat arena is not your typical concert hall. It's a true marvel that's set to redefine the very essence of live performances. Buckle up, because we're about to take you on a journey into the future, where technology and imagination collide to create an experience like no other.

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Why the Las Vegas Sphere

Will Take Over the World
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On July 4, the Mega Sphere in Las Vegas lit up for the first time, offering the world an unprecedented spectacle. The new 111-metre-high, 157-metre-wide attraction is entirely covered in LEDs. In all, there are 1.2 million of them, spread over 54,000 m2. These colossal numbers make the sphere the largest video screen in the world, but also a veritable energy guzzler, as some of the project's detractors point out. A building that raises questions in the light of today's environmental challenges, since its annual energy consumption will be equivalent to that of a city of 40,000 inhabitants. With such dimensions, the Las Vegas Sphere can now claim to be the largest spherical structure in the world.
Inside, there's an immense concert and performance hall, the epitome of American show culture. Designed to revolutionize the world of entertainment, it will offer an unprecedented immersive experience, with a huge 16k screen and motion, smell and wind simulators. E-sport, boxing and MMA competitions are also on the program. And to celebrate its arrival in the Las Vegas Skyline, the layout for the Formula 1 Grand Prix has been revisited, so that the sphere will be at the heart of the race on November 19.
A curiosity which, as you will see, will soon be invading the whole world. But before I tell you why, let me start with a video presentation!

https://youtu.be/YF05jg4U47g?si=Hu9-tPKJLoqIHoXN

The Largest Sphere in the World
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00:00 The Sphere
01:03 Spheres
01:46 The Sound Experience
03:14 The Opening Act
3:34 Performing At The Sphere
04:50 Financials
07:20 The External Sphere
09:30 The Public Sphere
11:40 Liquid Loops
12:27 Conclusions

https://youtu.be/qAFVdFtfoCk?si=9eT5DlNFtauK0JUY

Las Vegas $2.3BN

Mega Sphere

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Las Vegas MSG Mega Sphere

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World's Largest LED Sphere Lights Up for 1st Time!
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The MSG Sphere the World's Largest LED screen lit up for the 1st time in Las Vegas on 4th of July 2023. It was pretty amazing to see all the stunning visuals on the New $2.3 Billion Entertainment Venue at the Venetian Resort. U2 will officially open the MSG Sphere on September 29, 2023.

https://youtu.be/1Uzm2VpLqp0?si=BXxsiNjoXmaNDG7i

MSG Sphere Las Vegas 5.1K 

Drone Footage By Pedro Ortiz

Licensed Part 107 Pilot

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I took this 5.1K footage using my DJI Mavic 3 of the MSG Sphere! Footage taken late August 2023. Took so much more videos, pictures, and hypertime lapses. If interested, please contact me!

https://youtu.be/P6cjlaE1JFU?si=VZZiKlos51uPD8go

 

How The World's Largest LED MSG Sphere

Came To Life In Vegas
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As the largest spherical structure in the world, this new megaproject is creating a lot of buzz worldwide. construction on the Las Vegas MSG Sphere is now complete and it was fully illuminated for the first time to celebrate the Fourth of July. As part of the special event, the giant ball displayed a multitude of displays including the American flag, an eyeball, a basketball and even Earth itself. The venue is scheduled to open on the 29th of September this year. Soon, the wait will be over and people from all over the world will get to experience world class entertainment at this unique venue. Join us today as we explore all the fascinating details about it. For more Mega Construction & Megaproject content be sure to subscribe to Billion Dollar Builds. Thanks for watching this video. #megaprojects #construction #engineering

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Las Vegas Skyline

Live Stream

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This Futuristic Rntertainment Venue

Is the World’s Largest Spherical Structure

By Brandon Griggs, CNN, Thu July 6, 2023

It squats on the Las Vegas skyline like an enormous spaceship, black and mysterious – until night falls, when it will glow like the Earth from space. 

The MSG Sphere opens to the public when U2 christens the entertainment venue with a series of concerts. But anticipation is growing.

 

Cue the superlatives. At 366 feet tall and 516 feet wide, it’s being billed as the world’s largest spherical structure. 

Its bowl-shaped theater reportedly contains the world’s highest-resolution wraparound LED screen. And its exterior is fitted with 1.2 million hockey puck-sized LEDs that can be programmed to flash dynamic imagery on a massive scale – again, reportedly the world’s largest. It was fully illuminated for the first time Tuesday night to celebrate the Fourth of July. 

It’s not easy to move the needle in a city that boasts the Bellagio’s dancing fountains, a half-scale replica of the Eiffel Tower, the second-tallest observation tower in the Western Hemisphere and a beam of light that can be seen for hundreds of miles.

 

But Sphere is inspiring rapturous reactions from those who have seen it. “There’s nothing like it. It’s light years ahead of everything that’s out there,” says U2’s The Edge while touring the venue in a recent Apple Music video.

 

“It’s absolutely stunning to look up and see what’s in front of you,” says Rich Claffey, Sphere’s chief operations officer. “I’ve been in the entertainment business for almost 40 years. I’ve never seen anything like this, and I’m not exaggerating. It is off the charts.” The Sphere’s exterior will be illuminated every day and night with animations and other imagery, sometimes tied to the season. For example, it could transform into a giant pumpkin at Halloween and a snow globe at Christmas. 

 

Some people are already joking on Twitter that its enormous, swirling visuals will cause traffic accidents.  

The venue will host Music, Film events and some Sports 

Sphere was designed by Populous, the global architecture firm behind many of the world’s top sports arenas. Construction costs, inflated by the pandemic, have climbed to $2.3 billion – more than Sphere’s glitziest Vegas neighbors, including the Bellagio and Allegiant Stadium. The globe seats almost 18,000 people, sits one long block east of the fabled Las Vegas Strip and will be connected by a pedestrian walkway to the Venetian resort complex.

 

Sphere cross section render A cross-section artists' rendering of Sphere, showing the bowl and atrium inside the structure. Courtesy Sphere Entertainment It’s scheduled to open September 29 with “U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere,” a series of 25 concerts built around the Irish band’s landmark 1991 album “Achtung Baby” and running through mid-December. Ticket prices start at $140. 

 

The venue also will host exclusive screenings of “Postcard From Earth,” a film by Darren Aronofsky that promises to take full advantage of Sphere’s vast screen by offering viewers an eye-popping tour of the planet. 

 “Most music venues are sports venues. They’re built for sports – they’re not built for music. They’re not built for art,” says U2’s Bono in the Apple Music interview.  “This building was built for immersive experiences in cinema and performance … you can’t come here and see an ice hockey game.” 

In November the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix’s street circuit will pass through the Sphere property, and the arena eventually hopes to host boxing, mixed martial arts and other events as well.

 

But Sphere’s main draw may be as a venue for live music – especially the marquee residencies for which Vegas is known. 

The acts onstage will be dwarfed by the towering 16K LED screen, which wraps over and around much of the audience and can augment the concert experience with trippy animations or close-ups of the performers. 

“The screen goes from ground (level) to 250 feet high, all the way around…” says Claffey, the Sphere operations officer. “It keeps you fully immersed when you’re sitting in that bowl. I used to love IMAX in New York City, but this will blow that away.” Sphere’s producers promise next-level audio as well. Claffey says that more than 160,000 speakers spread around the bowl will deliver the same pristine sound to every seat, whether someone is in the top row or down on the floor. 

 

The venue also is equipped with haptic seats that can vibrate to match whatever is happening onscreen – an earthquake, for example – and 4D machines that can create wind, temperature and even scent effects. “The way I describe it to my friends and family is, it’s the entertainment venue of the future,” Claffey says. If it all sounds a little over the top, well – this is Vegas.

 

It remains to be seen whether Sphere can deliver on its extravagant promises. But if it works, the live-music experience may never be quite the same.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/05/travel/msg-sphere-las-vegas-venue-cec/index.html

Dancer 🩰With Alzheimer’s🧠Remembers 'Swan Lake'

Struck With Memory Loss

🩰 A Dancer Remembers 'Swan Lake' 🦢

(See Ballet at the Bottom of Page )

But Who Is She?

Música para Despertar 🎼 "Music to Awaken"
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The video was recently shared by the Asociación Música para Despertar, a Spanish organization that promotes music therapy for those afflicted by memory loss, dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Since then, media organizations, celebrities and individuals across the globe have shared the video of former dancer Marta C. González. 

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A touching video showing a former ballet dancer afflicted with memory loss gracefully dancing as she hears the music from Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake has gone viral worldwide.

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Ballerina with Alzheimer’s

 Gets Back Memory of Her Swan Lake Dance Routine

"Her mind traveled to another moment of her life."

This prima ballerina suffering from Alzheimer's listened to Swan Lake, and memories of her old routine came back...  Nov 10, 2020

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Once a prima ballerina, always a prima ballerina.  Look at the beauty and grace of her hand movements.  She continues to have the power to move people with this performance, Brava!!

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It's impossible to not be moved by this

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 This man is a hero. In my view, his work is of the utmost importance and value

The video is undoubtedly moving and uplifting, and it speaks to the power of music and dance for those suffering from memory loss. González elegantly moves her arms to the music, her eyes flashing with purpose. But many questions have arisen about González — and what the video purports to show.

Música para Despertar says that the video was taken in Valencia, Spain in 2019, and that González has since died. The charity also claims that González was a former prima ballerina with "the New York Ballet" in the 1960s. There is no such known company and the New York City Ballet does not list anyone by that name as one of its alumni.

Alastair Macaulay, a prominent dance critic formerly with The New York Times, has been chasing González's history and posting his findings to Instagram. On Tuesday, Macaulay posted that he has located a mysterious 1966 document, bearing what appears to be a Cuban governmental stamp, from a non-existent organization called "The Higher School for Professional Studies, Nueva York," saying that "Marta C. González Saldaña" could be called a "prima ballerina" in the "Ballet de las Américas" — but there is no such company in New York or anywhere else in the U.S.

Furthermore, the 2019 video of González is interspersed with archival clips of someone dancing, which casual viewers have assumed to be González performing at the peak of her career.

But it is apparently not González dancing — and the archival performance is not of Swan Lake, either. Macaulay says the clips are of a former prima ballerina from Russia's Mariinsky Ballet, Uliana Lopatkina — performing not Tchaikovsky's ballet, but the solo piece The Dying Swan, a dance set to music by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns from his longer piece Carnival of the Animals.

The Asociación Música para Despertar did not immediately respond to NPR's questions on Tuesday about the video and González.

The Alzheimer's Association notes that music can be an important form of therapy for patients with dementia and Alzheimer's disease. No matter what González' personal history actually was, Tchaikovsky's music clearly evoked a strong, truly visceral response from this former dancer.

🩰 https://www.npr.org/2020/11/10/933387878/struck-with-memory-loss-a-dancer-remembers-swan-lake-but-who-is-she

Swan Lake

In 10 minutes!
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Swan Lake is a timeless love story that mixes magic, tragedy, and romance. It features Prince Siegfried and a lovely swan princess named Odette. Under the spell of a sorcerer, Odette spends her days as a swan swimming on a lake of tears and her nights in her beautiful human form
Ballet version: from Teatro Alla Scala, with Roberto Bolle and Svetlana Zakharova as Principal Roles
The text in the video in inspired to SFB version: https://www.sfballet.org/the-story-of-swan-lake/

Dave Allen 😃Religious Jokes

Irish Comedian

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The moment, and the way he says, "and he sees that Adam's happy" is complete comedic brilliance.  😂

Although Dave routinely had fun with different religions he was never bigoted, vicious, cruel, used foul language or had an iota of hate in him. He was hugely intelligent, thought provoking and could tell a story that had you from the first word to last. As a kid he was my favorite comic on TV - it's only when they're gone do you realize how special some folk are.
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The man was singularly talented. He was story teller, joke teller, stand up comedian, sit down comedian, satirist, sketch writer & performer and actor. And he enjoyed nothing more than hosting large gatherings at the family home and making sure both adults and children had a wonderful time.

Dave Allen

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As a “practicing atheist” who frequently satirized religion in his comedy, Allen managed to alienate both Catholics and Protestants.  He’d end his act by toasting the audience with the words “Goodnight, thank you, and may your God go with you”.
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Thanks to Dave I always bless myself to make myself laugh.
"In the name of the Father , the Son , and into the hole he goes

American Reacts To Dave Allen
Amanda Rae
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Heat Domes 🔥The Science

The Science

Behind Heat Domes

CBS Sunday Morning

Temperature records have been breaking all over, as our Earth registers some of the hottest periods ever measured. Correspondent David Pogue explains how a "heat dome" has been driving up temperatures, and how extreme heat is affecting residents of Phoenix, where there has been a rise in hospital admissions for heat stress.

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Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns, mainly caused by human activities, especially the burning of fossil fuels.

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Excellent work as always, David.  I live in the northern Midwest where the temperature rarely goes above 100 F but we are seeing the impact of global warming in the form of stronger thunderstorms producing larger and more damaging hail.  Earlier this year we got hail the size of a quarter and now I need a new roof.  All the local car dealers are selling hail damaged cars at reduced prices.  Outside of extremely rare tornadoes, we always considered ourselves safe from most natural disasters.  Now we are seeing that nature can hit in a wide variety of ways.

#heatwaves #globalwarming #climatechange @TheNatureConservancy @globalinstituteofsustainab9016

What Is Climate Change?
Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. Such shifts can be natural, due to changes in the sun’s activity or large volcanic eruptions. But since the 1800s, human activities have been the main driver of climate change, primarily due to the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas.
Burning fossil fuels generates greenhouse gas emissions that act like a blanket wrapped around the Earth, trapping the sun’s heat and raising temperatures.
The main greenhouse gases that are causing climate change include carbon dioxide and methane. These come from using gasoline for driving a car or coal for heating a building, for example. Clearing land and cutting down forests can also release carbon dioxide. Agriculture, oil and gas operations are major sources of methane emissions. Energy, industry, transport, buildings, agriculture and land use are among the main sectors causing greenhouse gases.

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Politicians may still debate it but it’s getting harder and harder to deny with temperatures climbing to new heights everywhere something's going on out there.
David Pogue takes us to Phoenix where the heat is on the last eight years have been the hottest years  ever measured on the planet July was the hottest  month ever recorded July 6 was the hottest day all over the planet the heat broke temperature records including in Siberia 103 degrees more than half  the U.S population was subject to heat warnings  in July here in Phoenix Arizona the heat has broken all kinds of records including the longest streak of consecutive days where the temperature hit 110 degrees or hotter really cooking today in Phoenix 118 degrees I think tomorrow will be even hotter and it's not just the hot air that's  dangerous it's the surfaces this steering  wheel 162.5 this sidewalk is 144 Fahrenheit  that's hot enough to burn your dog's Paws in 60 seconds and this playground slide for children 182.8 degrees people say oh you live in Phoenix  it's a dry heat and honestly 100 105 is not bad but I want to stress very strongly nobody is  acclimated to 115 118 degrees more Troublesome  is the fact that the low temperature Melissa Guardaro is an extreme heat researcher at Arizona State University have there been in Phoenix hospitals a rise in admissions  absolutely the most number of Hospital admissions  for heat stress that we've ever had what can you tell us about the ways your life changes during a  heat wave like this so you don't work out Outdoors  at 11 o'clock you go and you hike at five or six  o'clock in the morning I actually have mittens in  my car so that when the steering wheel gets really  hot I put my mittens on and that's how I drive you  know you're living in a hot place when you have  to keep oven mitts in your glove compartment yeah  compartment because [Laughter] so why has so  much of the country been scorching for so long  well allow me to introduce that  breakout weather term of 2023  the heat Dome it's an area of high pressure  way up high that traps the warm air like the lid on a pot it traps the heat it stops rain from  moving in to cool us off and it just sits there  unfortunately not every area under the heat  Dome suffers equally you want to know who  gets the worst of it cities are where heat  comes to stay and comes to live Becca Benner is a director of climate issues at the nonprofit nature  conservancy cities on average are several degrees  warmer than the surrounding areas and just because  of so much pavement it tends to absorb heat better  and reflect heat better they call it the urban  heat island effect too much pavement not enough  trees and Greenery to cool things off the heat  island effect is worse in the poorer areas of our  cities where there aren't many trees and even  the bus stops don't always offer shade Carlos  Galves lives in Phoenix without air conditioning  electricity or even running water the thermometer  on his wall registers 109.
Are you able to sleep  in this heat if I sleep for half an hour then I'll lie awake for an hour after that because it's just  so hot do you have some tricks to stay cool  in here I drink a lot of water and twice a day I pour a bucket of water on myself and I just try to rest in the evening in Phoenix you can get free transportation to the city's 90 cooling centers but ever since he collapsed from the Heat last month Galves is worried about leaving  his house I'm afraid I could faint again if I go out during the day so I wait till the sun is going down to go out to get ice or water  even for people who have air conditioning not everyone can afford to use it the average bill for AC in Phoenix is over $450 a month   we have a group of people who have to make very difficult choices do I pay for air conditioning or do I pay for my rent this kind of heat wave is  bringing up all the chinks in the infrastructure last month President Biden announced some small steps toward adapting to dangerous heat like expanding access to drinking water improving  weather forecasts and setting up a heat alert system we should be protecting workers from  hazardous conditions and we will but Guardaro maintains that there's much more to be done city planners should develop heat infrastructure like  cooling centers and strategic Greenery and the federal government should start taking heat as   seriously as it treats other climate disasters FEMA has never declared extreme heat as a disaster  so flooding and hurricane all those things  can be designated Federal disaster areas but  not heat not Heat standing up more cooling centers  providing greater services for people no that is  not reimbursed by the government because there has  never been a FEMA extreme heat declared disaster which climate crisis disaster kills the most  people extreme heat is the climate disaster that  kills the most people in fact it kills more people  than all of the other disasters combined and we  kind of have a joke here that we show a picture  of before Heat Wave and then we show a picture  after a heat wave and it's the same picture and  that's part of the problem because people see  tornadoes and houses are upended and hurricanes and trees and utility poles and it's this Invisible Killer so it sounds like heat among the  various climate disasters does not get enough love  from the media and the government it absolutely  does not get enough love of course heat waves  aren't the only result of the warming Planet heat  also dries out vegetation and we get fires heat evaporates the land so we get droughts heat  evaporates the oceans so we get hurricanes the nature conservancy's Becca Benner cautions us  not to think of this Summer's heat as something  freakish and rare it's the new normal it is no  longer a future threat we are living this now so whether your basement just flooded whether you  just had to evacuate for a fire whether it's too  hot for you to go outside and enjoy yourself that  means we are now experiencing some of the impacts  of climate change we have to reduce emissions  and we have to do it immediately and faster.

 

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Rosh Hashanah 🕍 Yom Kippur

Rosh Hashanah

&

Yom Kippur

Avinu Malkeinu
Barbra Streisand
English Lyrics  🙏 Our Father' Our King

Avinu Malkeinu is a Jewish prayer recited during Jewish services during the Ten Days of Repentance.

The Jewish High Holy Days are observed for the ten-day period, beginning with Rosh Hashanah at sundown  and ending with Yom Kippur at sundown.

Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are the most important of all Jewish Holidays.

• Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year. September 15
  
• Yom Kippur is the Jewish Day of Atonement.  On this day Jews all over the world fast and pray. September 24 - 25 

Rosh Hashanah is the beginning of the Yamim Noraim, the ten days of atonement. On Rosh Hashanah, all mankind is judged. 

Barbra Streisand

Avinu Malkeinu 

Live in Israel
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HaShem writes the judgment for each of us in the Book of Life. This judgment is based on our lives of the year before, and is the decision of what will happen to us in the coming year.

Household🧼Cleaning🧹Tips

Household Cleaning Tips

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Are you sick of slaving away cleaning every single weekend? And then suddenly, it’s Monday and you never even sat down? These cleaning hacks will make your cleaning routines much more effective and cut your chores in half!  Baking soda and vinegar can clean basically anything. Today we’re breaking down our favorite cleaning hacks so you can spend more time doing what you love and less time scrubbing.

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🗣  Baking soda and vinegar foams up and will freshen up/keep your drains draining. I also suggest cleaning your coffee makers with running a pot of vinegar through it at least once a month to descale it and make your coffee taste better. But you have to run about 5-6 pots of  plain water through after to remove the vinegar thoroughly. At the same time, I also use the hot  vinegar water to clean my drains. 😊

🗣  Citrus peels corroded my garbage disposal very fast. Had to replace it after grinding lime rinds for a short while.
🗣  Your drain will clog with citrus pulp. Take my plumbers word for that 😢

🗣  Don’t use salt if you have a septic system.  Or put citrus rinds in there either. 

🗣  Salt and water do wonders for your metal pipes. Ask anybody who owns a car where they use salt on the roads in winter what it does to the metal on the cars.🙄
🗣  Does putting salt in sink overnight create corrosion?
        Yes - The salt will corrode your drain and make it look like crap.

🗣   Tennis balls can really smell up your dryer if they use cheap rubber. Be aware of that. That burnt rubber smell can be rank.

🗣 Why would a person put kitchen items in their bathroom where people wash/clean everything from their literal behinds to their pets!? In my surprised opinion there should be a rethink on that one... 🤔😥🤐

🗣   I love mixing bacon soda, alcohol, and peppermint or lemon oil. Mix and put it in an ice tray. Let it harden and put one cut in half,  down the drain at night! Pour a little water over it. Let it bubble?   Your kitchen and bathroom will smell amazing in the morning! 👍
🗣   Put your dish scrub brush in the dishwasher whilst running it with dishes

👉 https://youtu.be/dVrxUsXiLA8?si=Ad0gCHI1dB6SmNqb

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