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29-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
How a pair of Palos Verdes altar boys grew up to be Soviet spies
Christopher Boyce and Andrew Daulton Lee were childhood friends, altar boys raised in the Catholic pews and prosperous suburbs of the Palos Verdes Peninsula. By the mid-1970s, Boyce was angry about the Vietnam War and Watergate. He was a liberal, a stoner and a lover of falcons. Lee, a doctor's adopted son, was a cocaine and heroin pusher who was spiraling into addiction. How they became spies for the Soviet Union is a story emblematic of 1970s Southern California, where the state's massive Cold War aerospace industry collided with its youthful anti-establishment currents. Everyone agrees it should never have been possible. In the summer of 1974, Boyce, a bright but disaffected 21-year-old college dropout, got a job as a clerk at the TRW Defense and Space Systems complex in Redondo Beach. He won entree through the old-boys network: His father, who ran security for an aircraft contractor and was once an FBI agent, had called in a favor. Boyce made $140 a week at the defense plant and held down a second job tending bar. TRW investigators had performed only a perfunctory background check. They skipped his peers, who might have revealed his links to the drug culture and to Lee, who already had multiple drug busts and a serious cocaine habit — the white powder that would inspire his nickname. In "The Falcon and the Snowman," Robert Lindsey's account of the case, the author describes Boyce beginning the day by popping amphetamines and winding down after a shift puffing a joint in the TRW parking lot. Falconry was his biggest passion. "Flying a falcon in exactly the same way that men had done centuries before Christ transplanted Chris into their time," Lindsey wrote. Boyce impressed his bosses and was soon cleared to enter the steel-doored fortress called the "black vault," a classified sanctum where he was exposed to sensitive CIA communications pertaining to America's network of espionage satellites. The satellites eavesdropped on Russian missiles and defense installations. Among the goals was to thwart a surprise nuclear attack. Reading CIA communiques, Boyce didn't like what he saw. Among its other sins, he decided, the U.S. government was deceiving its Australian allies by hiding satellite intelligence it had promised to share and meddling in the country's elections. "I just was in total disagreement with the whole direction of Western society," Boyce told The Times many years later. He attributed his espionage opportunity to "synchronicity," explaining: "How many kids can get a summer job working in an encrypted communications vault?" Soon he made his life's "biggest, dumbest decision." He told his buddy Lee they might sell government secrets to the Soviets. Lee talked his way into the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City, where Russians fed him caviar and bought classified documents with the toast, "To peace." Lee's KGB handlers devised protocols. When he wanted to meet, he would tape an X to lampposts at designated intersections around Mexico City. For more than a year, thousands of classified documents flowed from the TRW complex to the Soviets, with Boyce sometimes smuggling them out in potted plants. In exchange, he and Lee received an estimated $70,000. At parties, Lee showed off his miniature Minox camera and bragged that he was engaged in spycraft. In January 1977, desperate for money to finance a heroin deal, he flouted KGB instructions and appeared unannounced outside the Soviet Embassy. Mexican police thought he looked suspicious and arrested him. He held an envelope with filmstrips documenting a U.S. satellite project called Pyramider. Under questioning, Lee revealed the name of his co-conspirator and childhood friend, who soon was also under arrest. Boyce had just returned from a hawk-trapping trip in the mountains. The espionage trials of the two men presented special challenges for the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles. The Carter administration was ready to pull the plug on the case if it meant airing too many secrets, but a strategy was devised: Prosecutors would focus on the Pyramider documents, which involved a system that never actually got off the ground. Joel Levine, one of the assistant U.S. attorneys who prosecuted Boyce and Lee, said only a fraction of what they sold to the Soviets ever came out at trial. "I was told these other projects should not be revealed. It's too costly to our government, and you can't base a prosecution on them either in whole or in part," Levine said in a recent interview. "You just gotta stay away from it." For federal prosecutors in L.A., hanging over the case was the memory of a recent humiliation: the collapse of the Pentagon Papers trial, as a result of the Nixon administration's attempt to bribe the presiding judge with a job. It had caught prosecutors by surprise. "We were afraid it would ruin our reputation forever if something like that were to happen," Levine said. "So we made it very, very clear right from the get-go that if we smelled something like that was afoot, we would walk into court and have the case dismissed on our own." The defendants had sharply different motives. Lee was in it for the money, Richard Stilz, one of the prosecutors, said in a recent interview. But "Boyce was totally ideology. He wanted to damage the United States government," Stilz said. "He just hated this country, period." The defendants got separate trials. A rift that had been growing between them deepened with their mutually hostile defenses. Lee's defense: Boyce had led him to believe he was working for the CIA, feeding misinformation to the Russians. Jurors convicted Lee of espionage, nonetheless, and a judge gave him a life term. Boyce's defense: Lee had blackmailed him into espionage by threatening to expose a letter he had written, while stoned on hashish, alleging secret knowledge of CIA malfeasance. Jurors convicted Boyce as well, and a judge gave him 40 years. In January 1980, at a federal prison in Lompoc, Boyce hid in a drainpipe and sprinted to freedom over a fence. He was on the run for 19 months. He robbed banks in the Pacific Northwest until federal agents caught him outside a burger joint in Washington state. He was convicted of bank robbery and got 28 more years. In 1985, the same year a popular film adaptation of "The Falcon and the Snowman" was released, Boyce testified on Capitol Hill about the despair attending a life of espionage. "There was no thrill," he said. "There was only depression, and a hopeless enslavement to an inhuman, uncaring foreign bureaucracy.... No American who has gone to the KGB has not come to regret it." He spoke of how easily he had been allowed to access classified material at TRW. "Security was a joke," he said, describing regular Bacardi-fueled parties in the black vault. "We used the code destruction blender for making banana daiquiris and mai tais." Cait Mills was working as a paralegal in San Diego when she read the Lindsey book and became fascinated by the case. She thought Lee had been unfairly maligned, and she spent the next two decades fighting to win him parole. She got letters of support from the prosecutors and the sentencing judge attesting that Lee had made strides toward rehabilitation. He had taken classes in prison and become a dental technician. He won parole in 1998. She turned her attention to freeing Boyce, with whom she fell in love. She wrote to the Russians and asked how much value there had been in the stolen TRW documents and received a fax claiming it was useless. He got out in 2002, and they married. They later divorced but remain close. Both live in central Oregon. Stilz maintains the damage to America was "enormous." "In a murder case, you have one victim and a person dies," Stilz said. "In an espionage case, the whole country is a victim. We were so far advanced over the Russians in spy satellite technology. They leveled the playing field. That's probably the most important point." He gives no credence to the Russian government's claim that it derived no value from the secret information. "Of course they'd say that," Stilz said. "What do you think they'd say? 'Oh yeah, it allowed us to catch up with the United States in terms of spying.' They're not gonna say that." Cait Mills Boyce said that Boyce and Lee, childhood best friends, no longer speak, and that the silence between them wounds Boyce. "He said, 'I love that man; I always loved him. He was my best friend.' It hurt him so badly." She said Boyce, now in his 70s, lives a solitary life and immerses himself in the world of falconry. "His entire life, and I kid you not, is falconry," she said. "He will die with a falcon on his arm." Part of what pushed him into the world of espionage, she thinks, was the challenge. "I think his uncommon smarts led him down a whimsical path that ended up being a disastrous path, not just for him but for everybody involved," she said. Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Los Angeles Times
29-05-2025
- Los Angeles Times
How a pair of Palos Verdes altar boys grew up to be Soviet spies
Christopher Boyce and Andrew Daulton Lee were childhood friends, altar boys raised in the Catholic pews and prosperous suburbs of the Palos Verdes Peninsula. By the mid-1970s, Boyce was angry about the Vietnam War and Watergate. He was a liberal, a stoner and a lover of falcons. Lee, a doctor's adopted son, was a cocaine and heroin pusher who was spiraling into addiction. How they became spies for the Soviet Union is a story emblematic of 1970s Southern California, where the state's massive Cold War aerospace industry collided with its youthful anti-establishment currents. Everyone agrees it should never have been possible. In the summer of 1974, Boyce, a bright but disaffected 21-year-old college dropout, got a job as a clerk at the TRW Defense and Space Systems complex in Redondo Beach. He won entree through the old-boys network: His father, who ran security for an aircraft contractor and was once an FBI agent, had called in a favor. Boyce made $140 a week at the defense plant and held down a second job tending bar. TRW investigators had performed only a perfunctory background check. They skipped his peers, who might have revealed his links to the drug culture and to Lee, who already had multiple drug busts and a serious cocaine habit — the white powder that would inspire his nickname. In 'The Falcon and the Snowman,' Robert Lindsey's account of the case, the author describes Boyce beginning the day by popping amphetamines and winding down after a shift puffing a joint in the TRW parking lot. Falconry was his biggest passion. 'Flying a falcon in exactly the same way that men had done centuries before Christ transplanted Chris into their time,' Lindsey wrote. Boyce impressed his bosses and was soon cleared to enter the steel-doored fortress called the 'black vault,' a classified sanctum where he was exposed to sensitive CIA communications pertaining to America's network of espionage satellites. The satellites eavesdropped on Russian missiles and defense installations. Among the goals was to thwart a surprise nuclear attack. Reading CIA communiques, Boyce didn't like what he saw. Among its other sins, he decided, the U.S. government was deceiving its Australian allies by hiding satellite intelligence it had promised to share and meddling in the country's elections. 'I just was in total disagreement with the whole direction of Western society,' Boyce told The Times many years later. He attributed his espionage opportunity to 'synchronicity,' explaining: 'How many kids can get a summer job working in an encrypted communications vault?' Soon he made his life's 'biggest, dumbest decision.' He told his buddy Lee they might sell government secrets to the Soviets. Lee talked his way into the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City, where Russians fed him caviar and bought classified documents with the toast, 'To peace.' Lee's KGB handlers devised protocols. When he wanted to meet, he would tape an X to lampposts at designated intersections around Mexico City. For more than a year, thousands of classified documents flowed from the TRW complex to the Soviets, with Boyce sometimes smuggling them out in potted plants. In exchange, he and Lee received an estimated $70,000. At parties, Lee showed off his miniature Minox camera and bragged that he was engaged in spycraft. In January 1977, desperate for money to finance a heroin deal, he flouted KGB instructions and appeared unannounced outside the Soviet Embassy. Mexican police thought he looked suspicious and arrested him. He held an envelope with filmstrips documenting a U.S. satellite project called Pyramider. Under questioning, Lee revealed the name of his co-conspirator and childhood friend, who soon was also under arrest. Boyce had just returned from a hawk-trapping trip in the mountains. The espionage trials of the two men presented special challenges for the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles. The Carter administration was ready to pull the plug on the case if it meant airing too many secrets, but a strategy was devised: Prosecutors would focus on the Pyramider documents, which involved a system that never actually got off the ground. Joel Levine, one of the assistant U.S. attorneys who prosecuted Boyce and Lee, said only a fraction of what they sold to the Soviets ever came out at trial. 'I was told these other projects should not be revealed. It's too costly to our government, and you can't base a prosecution on them either in whole or in part,' Levine said in a recent interview. 'You just gotta stay away from it.' For federal prosecutors in L.A., hanging over the case was the memory of a recent humiliation: the collapse of the Pentagon Papers trial, as a result of the Nixon administration's attempt to bribe the presiding judge with a job. It had caught prosecutors by surprise. 'We were afraid it would ruin our reputation forever if something like that were to happen,' Levine said. 'So we made it very, very clear right from the get-go that if we smelled something like that was afoot, we would walk into court and have the case dismissed on our own.' The defendants had sharply different motives. Lee was in it for the money, Richard Stilz, one of the prosecutors, said in a recent interview. But 'Boyce was totally ideology. He wanted to damage the United States government,' Stilz said. 'He just hated this country, period.' The defendants got separate trials. A rift that had been growing between them deepened with their mutually hostile defenses. Lee's defense: Boyce had led him to believe he was working for the CIA, feeding misinformation to the Russians. Jurors convicted Lee of espionage, nonetheless, and a judge gave him a life term. Boyce's defense: Lee had blackmailed him into espionage by threatening to expose a letter he had written, while stoned on hashish, alleging secret knowledge of CIA malfeasance. Jurors convicted Boyce as well, and a judge gave him 40 years. In January 1980, at a federal prison in Lompoc, Boyce hid in a drainpipe and sprinted to freedom over a fence. He was on the run for 19 months. He robbed banks in the Pacific Northwest until federal agents caught him outside a burger joint in Washington state. He was convicted of bank robbery and got 28 more years. In 1985, the same year a popular film adaptation of 'The Falcon and the Snowman' was released, Boyce testified on Capitol Hill about the despair attending a life of espionage. 'There was no thrill,' he said. 'There was only depression, and a hopeless enslavement to an inhuman, uncaring foreign bureaucracy.... No American who has gone to the KGB has not come to regret it.' He spoke of how easily he had been allowed to access classified material at TRW. 'Security was a joke,' he said, describing regular Bacardi-fueled parties in the black vault. 'We used the code destruction blender for making banana daiquiris and mai tais.' Cait Mills was working as a paralegal in San Diego when she read the Lindsey book and became fascinated by the case. She thought Lee had been unfairly maligned, and she spent the next two decades fighting to win him parole. She got letters of support from the prosecutors and the sentencing judge attesting that Lee had made strides toward rehabilitation. He had taken classes in prison and become a dental technician. He won parole in 1998. She turned her attention to freeing Boyce, with whom she fell in love. She wrote to the Russians and asked how much value there had been in the stolen TRW documents and received a fax claiming it was useless. He got out in 2002, and they married. They later divorced but remain close. Both live in central Oregon. Stilz maintains the damage to America was 'enormous.' 'In a murder case, you have one victim and a person dies,' Stilz said. 'In an espionage case, the whole country is a victim. We were so far advanced over the Russians in spy satellite technology. They leveled the playing field. That's probably the most important point.' He gives no credence to the Russian government's claim that it derived no value from the secret information. 'Of course they'd say that,' Stilz said. 'What do you think they'd say? 'Oh yeah, it allowed us to catch up with the United States in terms of spying.' They're not gonna say that.' Cait Mills Boyce said that Boyce and Lee, childhood best friends, no longer speak, and that the silence between them wounds Boyce. 'He said, 'I love that man; I always loved him. He was my best friend.' It hurt him so badly.' She said Boyce, now in his 70s, lives a solitary life and immerses himself in the world of falconry. 'His entire life, and I kid you not, is falconry,' she said. 'He will die with a falcon on his arm.' Part of what pushed him into the world of espionage, she thinks, was the challenge. 'I think his uncommon smarts led him down a whimsical path that ended up being a disastrous path, not just for him but for everybody involved,' she said.
Buzz Feed
28-04-2025
- Health
- Buzz Feed
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We were able to stuff all those cords inside and hide them away! Box is cute too!" — Amazon Customer Get it from Amazon for $13.99+ (available in white or black). 14. Sol de Janerio's Brazilian Bum Bum body cream, a top-rated lotion featuring guarana extract, coconut oil, and caffeine to help smooth and tighten your skin. Plus, it basically smells like sunshine in a jar so you won't even have to bother with perfume. You're welcome! Caffeine has a number of skincare benefits, including brightening and temporarily reducing the appearance of stretch marks and cellulite, if that's something you're looking to do! You can read more about the skincare benefits of caffeine at the Cleveland Clinic. Promising reviews: "I've only been using this for four days and can see a slight difference in the appearance of my cellulite. I have a deep dimple in my left butt cheek and I can already tell that it's shrinking and smoothing out. I've used very expensive creams, oils, and lotions but after four days I already see more results with this product. To make it even better, the scent is amazing! I use it all over because it makes my skin so soft even the next day." — ChelseaK " This stuff is magic! It smells amazing. Lasts for the entire day. Doesn't feel greasy. Goes on smoothly. I will definitely be reordering!" — Skittles79 Get it from Amazon for $24+ (available in three sizes). 15. Or a retinol body lotion that can minimize wrinkles and textured, crepey skin with the help of dermatologist-recommended ingredients, like retinol and ferulic acid to promote skin cell turnover. Plus, you can use it pretty much anywhere thanks to the non-greasy formula! Promising reviews: "I could kick myself for not trying this sooner! It is my new favorite lotion... After one night of using this, I woke up to smooth, soft moisturized skin that wasn't itchy at all. This lotion goes on and absorbs beautifully. It's not too thin or thick, and the scent is sensational... It's not greasy or slick and does not have a residue that pills or transfers." — TickTockAlice "INCREDIBLE BEAUTY PRODUCT!! Works like magic! I am 66 years old and after using this moisturizer for only four days, I have not needed to use foundation makeup. This Medix retinol cream is a serious game changer!" — Nancy C. Trussell Get it from Amazon for $19.99 (also available in a two-pack). 16. A tasty tube of chicken-flavored toothpaste for taking care of your pup's oral hygiene — even if it is downright terrifying in there. Trust me, the "after" photo alone will be worth it. This will help you keep their pearly whites clean, freshen their breath, and prevent dental health issues. Promising review:"This is my dog's favorite toothpaste! Every night he comes upstairs to have his teeth brushed and won't go to bed until this demand is met. He only likes this brand, funny boy!" — FeFe Get it from Amazon for $9.99 (available in two sizes and a peanut flavor). 17. A beeswax wood polish and conditioner, which will work wonders for restoring that sacred antique you were about to give up on. Instead of slathering it in a coat of paint, try this first! It's made with beeswax that'll instantly revive your sad furniture, doors, and more. Promising review: "What is this sorcery?! I've been slowly replacing my hand-me-down furniture with mid-century beauties. The pieces I can afford are in good but not perfect shape. There are scratches, dents, scuffs etc. This stuff is MAGIC. It doesn't help the physical dents, obviously, but it virtually erases the color defects so your eyes don't even register the damage. I bought this after seeing it in a BuzzFeed article about must-have household care products, and this really is essential. After I used it on my bedroom suite, I tried it on my door frames, and WOW. My house is old, built in the '60s, and the tired, worn-down wood has come back to life! This is a long-term relationship, and I will always have some on hand." — Lisa McCool Get it from Amazon for $9.98. 18. A mouthguard and retainer cleaner if yours is in dire need of a refresh. Drop a tablet in a glass of warm water, then add your mouthguard, retainer, or Invisalign to help obliterate odor-causing bacteria, discoloration, and plaque. You can use these tablets on your Invisalign, night guards, retainers, dentures, and more. Promising review:"I really loved this product. I am currently waiting for a new Invisalign set. My old Invisalign needed to be cleaned. I read the reviews and decided to purchase. OMG it worked! There was a fresh taste and they were clean. I wish I had found this product sooner. I did let them soak overnight only because I had been wearing them for the last four months. Nothing happened to Invisalign; there was no weakness or anything. Just very clean and fresh. If I could have given the product 10 stars, I would have." — Lisa R. Get a pack of 120 tablets from Amazon for $17.45 (also available in packs of 60 or 240 tablets). 19. A Pikk-it tool so you can stop shaving years off your life by trying to manually untangle your own hair from the vacuum. This lil' gadget will work to get rid of all the stubborn strands that are affecting your vac's suction power. You can use it on hairbrushes as well! Promising review: "Between myself (medium long hair) and my overly fluffy cat, a lot of hair and fluff was continually getting caught up on the roller brush of my vacuum. I dreaded vacuuming because it took so long to pull and snip the hairs wrapped up on the roller brush out with scissors. Not anymore! This silly, little, inexpensive thing works great! Super quick to remove all the hair/fur — in virtually a minute, then back to vacuuming with my lovely Miele vacuum." — MKS Get it from Amazon for $8.99. 20. A pack of carborundum sponges, aka the kind of magical cleaning product you'll wish you'd found A LOT sooner. They're just *that* good at lifting the stubborn stains and grime you typically spend wayyyy too long hunched over the sink angrily scrubbing to no avail. Promising review: "Nice and thin. You'll find so many more uses for these around the house than just getting stuff off the underside of cookware! I had hard, scaly water deposits on the glass surrounding our powder room faucet (one of those fancy, highfalutin modern-looking things). I've tried everything for four years to get this stuff off. One day, I thought, maybe I'll try my sponges. Took it all off super easily!!!! The faucet looks like new. My only rec is to spot-test your item first before using it because it will scratch certain surfaces if you scrub too aggressively (for example, it gets the burned-on, weird stuff off of the bottom of my fave Our Place pan, but I rubbed too hard in one spot and it took the color right off lol)." — Hoarder Get an eight-pack from Amazon for $7.99+ (available in two sponge thicknesses). 21. A cuticle oil when you wanna restore dull nails ASAP! Whether you picked off a gel manicure or your nails just need some TLC, this cuticle oil is a game-changer. It contains sweet almond oil, jojoba, and vitamin E to soften and strengthen. Promising review:" This product is amazing. I've always had acrylic or dipped nails because my real nails have always been brittle and always break and peel. I decided to give my nails a break and wanted to try and grow them out. I can't even believe the outcome! They are stronger than ever and growing! I really wish I had taken a before pic to show the difference!" — Joe D. Get it from Amazon for $9.90+ (available in three sizes). 22. A pumice stone you'll wish you bought ages ago because it can power through years of rust, lime, and calcium buildup while still being gentle on your porcelain throne. If your toilet brush has failed you, this pumice stone will deliver the double-take-worthy results you crave. 23. A reviewer-beloved TruSkin vitamin C serum (over 98,000 5-star ratings, to be precise) with vitamins C, E, and hyaluronic acid to hydrate and brighten your skin. It also works to smooth and fade both blemishes and dark spots like an absolute charm. It's great for many skin types, including sensitive, oily, dry, and combination! It's recommended that you do a patch test 24–48 hours before applying this all over your face, as it's a strong, concentrated formula. After that, apply three to five drops once daily and follow with a moisturizer (ideally one with SPF if you apply in the morning!). Though the bottle looks small, reviewers say it'll last you several months with daily use. Check out our TruSkin Vitamin C Serum deep dive for more info! Promising reviews:"Been buying this product for a few years now. The dramatic change to the even tone and youthfulness of my skin is unmatched!! This serum works like magic. Love it!!" — Bria "Best $20 ever spent!!! The results are unbelievable. I was a bit skeptical because all the reviews were from Caucasian women, and I was slightly worried that my skin would not respond as well, but I was quite mistaken. With or without makeup, my skin is bright and smooth, and my spots are disappearing. One other result I am sure a number of people have not noticed is that your palms get softer too; I guess the residue on the palms makes it soft and supple." — Mayowa O Get it from Amazon for $21.97+ (available in two sizes). 24. A pet stain *and* odor eliminator because you should be able to do both at once. This stuff will help you tackle accidents and messes as soon as they happen. After this cleaner, it'll look and smell like nothing happened — this one may even call for a triple-take. You can use it on many surfaces, including carpet, furniture, floors, and clothing! This stain and odor eliminator spray uses a chlorine-free and color-safe formula that is safe to use around pets and children. The natural enzymes in this product are activated on contact, which allows it to feed on ammonia crystals and organic matter until they're completely eliminated. Promising review:"I have an elderly dog who has occasional accidents and a cat with chronic bladder issues. Without this product, I'm pretty sure I would've burned down the house. On fresh accidents, it works with just one treatment. It removes the stains, and more importantly, it completely removes the odors. On older, setting stains, it completely removes stains and odors after several repeat treatments. I've tried so many products over the years. Hands-down, this is the best." — SR Kelly Get it from Amazon for $23.92+ (available in two scents and two sizes). 25. And a Bissell Little Green machine, which is a portable, lightweight device that can combat the much larger stains around your home. Whether it be pet accidents, wine spills, or kid-related messes, you'll be amazed by the outcome. Heck, you may even get excited about discovering new messes that need to be cleaned. The Bissell Little Green machine can be used on carpet, fabric, and upholstery. It offers strong spray and suction to remove tough pet stains with ease. It has a 48-ounce tank that allows you to do plenty of cleaning before a refill is needed. It comes with a 3-inch Tough Stain Tool, a HydroRinse Self-Cleaning Hose Tool, and a trial-size of Spot & Stain with Febreze Freshness formula. Promising review: "We have a small couch in our bedroom, and our littlest will sleep there sometimes and has had a few accidents on the couch, so now it has a urine smell. I honestly went over the couch about four times, and each time, the water came back up brown! After the fourth time, though, the urine smell is finally just about gone, with the exception of one small spot (instead of the entire couch cushion)! I quickly went to clean our ivory cushion dining room chairs, and I didn't realize how dirty they even were until cleaning them. More brown water! This is a great buy if you have kids and pets." — Family Get it from Amazon for $99.99. 26. A jetted tub cleaner — no one wants to bathe in a tub with yucky jets that can be traced back to... countless previous owners. If you've avoided taking a bath because of the questionable gunk lurking in the jets, you *need* this cleaner in your life. It takes just 15 minutes to clean — run the water, pour it in, and fire up the jets! Oh Yuk is a family-owned small business based in Minnesota that specializes in PhD chemist-formulated cleaning products for home appliances, from dishwashers and washing machines to hot tubs and jetted bathtubs. Promising review:"We bought a house with a jetted tub in December. Despite several DIY cleaners, the jets still had a funky smell. Bought this product after seeing it on YouTube, and do not regret my purchase! The amount of 'yuck' that came out of the system was 'ewwww'! Bonus is my entire bedroom suite smelled clean after using!" — Meganb Get it from Amazon for $17.78 (available in two sizes and as a two-pack). 27. A set of closet organizers if you know (and loathe) the feeling of hopelessly digging around for that *one* pair of socks and coming up empty. This organizer will whip those messy drawers back into shape ASAP. It's also great for bras, underwear, scarves, and anything else you can never seem to find. BTW, some reviewers mention that bras with larger cups don't fit in the bra organizer quite as well, but it can still be used for other garments! Promising reviews: " Ordered two of these sets to tackle an unruly sock drawer, and I'm thrilled with the results. I was nervous that the sizes would make odd configurations in the drawer, but they fit rather well. If every pair of socks was rolled up they might fit a bit better into the dividers, but I want to see the sock pattern when I open the drawer. I'll use the extra two pieces from the sets in the closet somewhere. Seem like decent quality, they zip diagonally across the bottom to stabilize the dividers." — MissTish64 "Just got this for our baby drawers and it's so helpful for organizing their little outfits and onesies. I was overwhelmed at first with all the clothes in the drawer and now I feel so much better opening it up. Game changer!" — kristy Get it from Amazon for $14.97 (available in seven colors). 28. A fungal nail renewal treatment because there is indeed a solution to that funky toenail that's been bothering you. It targets fungal nail damage and may help with the discoloration, thickness, and brittleness you wish would disappear. Promising review:"I've been dealing with a bad fungus nail for about three years. I've been trying to use products off the shelf and bought one here, you know the ones with the brush. It never worked 'til I bought this one. Let me tell you, it only took just under a week to see GREAT results. It's pretty much gone and it's been less than two months. Buy it and don't think about it! You won't regret it!" — itslilac Get it from Amazon for $16.97 (also available with nail files). 30. A pack of dishwasher cleaning tablets that'll give your machine a super thorough cleaning while it runs. If you've been pulling out spotty dishes that are far from clean, it might be time to clean the machine itself! Promising review:"I rarely post reviews, but this stuff has completely changed our lives. Our dishwasher, utensils, plates, and glasses were covered with dry scale and nothing we tried came close to helping. After using the tablets three times our dishwasher looks like new; our glasses are sparkling like fine china and everything else looks fabulous. Highly recommend, worth every penny, best product BY FAR!!! One great advantage is you can use it with your dishes. Some other products are used to clean the dishwasher but not to clean dishes and glasses. Buy this, you will be blown away!!! It is astounding!" — Jenny Get a six-pack from Amazon for $8.99 (also available in packs of 12). 31. Revlon's oil-absorbing volcanic face roller, which can make excess oil instantly ✨disappear✨ with a few swipes — no, you're not hallucinating! It's more eco-friendly than blotting sheets and you won't have to keep reapplying powder. Promising review:"First off, if you have extremely oily skin, this. is. it. I was so tired of getting blotting powder/wipes. It felt wasteful and always left residue on my face. I saw this on TikTok and NEEDED it. It was backordered but then I got an email saying it was in stock and I was SO excited. Not only is it affordable, but it's washable, which helps you save money and be less wasteful." — Kelsey B. Get it from Amazon for $7.73. 32. A magical oil stain remover — it'll help bring your driveway and paved walkways back to their original glory days. Just apply the formula, allow it to dry, then brush it away to reveal a stain-free surface! Good luck not staring at it hours on end in pure astonishment. Promising review:"Changed the oil on my girlfriend's car and some oil spilled on my NEW I didn't notice 'til four days later. Four spots all about the size of a dollar bill baking in the Arizona sun for four days. Put the stuff on (sits on the stain like pancake batter — don't be afraid to pour liberally) and let it sit from 6 p.m. 'til about 9 a.m. the next day. It dried and the instructions said to just sweep the stuff up. It broke apart with the broom and the stains were gone, just swept up the powder pieces — took about a minute. I WAS SHOCKED! Something that actually works on oil and it's easy. Absolutely NO sign of anything that was there. My driveway is smooth concrete so I can't vouch for what would happen with a rougher surface but whoever makes this stuff is a genius. If they tried to take on World Peace, Earth would be a better place." — AmazonBob Get it from Amazon for $17.97 (also available in a larger size). 33. A hard-water stain remover for banishing those ghastly stains in your shower and restoring it to its beautiful like-new condition. It works on cloudy shower doors, spotty fixtures, dirty tile, and more. Seriously, this stuff works so well, you'll live for the big reveal every time you use it. This helps eliminate hard water stains, rust, and limescale from many surfaces, including shower doors, shower stalls, shower glass, windshields, windows, glass, barbecues, chrome, tile, toilets, granite, steel, fiberglass, pools, bathtubs, sinks, granite, marble, chrome, boats, autos, brass, stone, metals, porcelain, brass, aluminum, stainless steel, hard vinyl, and more! Promising review:" The difference was INSTANT and amazing! Also, this is a large bottle. I'm so thrilled with this product. I wish I'd taken before and after pictures, but I was embarrassed. My only regret is that I didn't find this product years ago!" — Julie G. Get it from Amazon for $18.86. 34. An all-natural, non-abrasive scour paste to clean almost any dirty surface in your home that you've tried literally everything else on. Those random areas you didn't even realize needed cleaning? This paste has got you covered. It's made with natural ingredients, like coconut, olive, and jojoba oils. Plus, it's scented with essential oils so it smells positively delightful. Danielle Healy / BuzzFeed Humble Suds is a small business based in Evergreen, Colorado, and run by moms Holli and Jennifer. BuzzFeed Shopping editor Danielle Healy swears by this stuff. In her own words:"I recently moved into a new apartment, so lately I've been cleaning A LOT. Shortly after moving in, my partner and I went to store something on the top of the kitchen cabinets only to find them caked in a thick layer of grime 🤢 After going at it with regular multipurpose cleaner (with little success), we broke out the scour paste as a last-ditch effort and OH BOY did this miracle product deliver (pics above). If it can handle that grossness, it's going to have no problem with day-to-day messes like soap scum and burnt-on food. Plus, it smells delightful and comes in minimal, low-waste packaging!" Promising review: "Buyer beware: don't buy just one!! Learn from my mistake, and buy at least two jars because this stuff is INCREDIBLE. I used it on my textured shower floor. It was EASIER to clean and required less scrubbing than any other product I've used, including CLR. If you have black matte bathroom fixtures, this is the stuff you need. My shower and sink drains look brand new. My other favorite part about this scour paste, is the fact that I don't need to use any paper towels. Just a wet rag to wipe it all down at the end. I will be buying more jars for myself and to give to my friends because this stuff is absolutely amazing. You won't regret it!" — littleashleyshortcak Get it from Humble Suds on Etsy for $15.95+ (available in two sizes). 35. Joesoef's pharmaceutical-grade anti-acne sulfur soap reviewers swear by for clearing up skin irritation caused by acne, clogged pores, rosacea, and dermatitis. Many people even say they discovered it from their dermatologist! Amazon Read more about sulfur in cleansers and acne at Mayo Clinic. Joesoef Skin Care is a small business that specializes in anti-acne skincare products. Promising review:"I recently saw a dermatologist talk about those clogged pores on and around your nose. If they are of uniform size, they aren't blackheads. She suggested using a sulfur soap to get rid of or minimize those stubborn clogged pores. This has a slight sulfur smell, it is not overwhelming and it disappears when dried. It works! My pores are much smaller. After applying and drying, moisturize." — Sandy G Get it from Amazon for $12.99 (also available in multipacks). 36. An enamel paint if you cringe whenever you see the outdated, worn-down appliances around your home. You can easily revive those ugly surfaces with this stuff, whether you're tired of looking at an old fridge, washer and dryer, or even bathtub, enamel paint will save the day! Some reviewers have even used this on their countertops or sinks, but if you do that, you may want to use an acrylic sealer! According to one reviewer, it's also great to use on vintage appliances! Promising review:"Oh my goodness! This stuff is amazing! I remodeled my bathroom, and the washer and dryer looked terrible. One coat of this, and they look brand new! I'm going to add another coat today just to make it extra durable." — Linda Forester Get a quart from Amazon for $23.72. 37. A fast-drying grout paint pen so you can finally solve one of *the* most appalling issues you'll ever deal with — stubborn mold that hangs out around showers, sinks, and tiled areas. Yuck! Simply apply it, wait a few hours, and watch it disappear. Promising review:"I used this product five years ago on the bathroom floor of a house we bought. It had beautiful beige tile and hideous orange grout. After cleaning the grout with a paste of OxiClean, I applied the pen. It covered completely, and I have beige grout. It has lasted without reapplying for five years. The floor is washed every week. We recently bought a vacation condo with beige tile and orange grout in the shower. I used the white pen, and the shower looks brand new. Now I ordered more for the floor." — Pamela Brucker Get it from Amazon for $8.99+ (available in two tip widths and other colors). 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The Sun
23-04-2025
- Sport
- The Sun
Liverpool FC showcases its leadership in sustainability with latest The Red Way report
LIVERPOOL, UK - Media OutReach Newswire - 23 April 2025 - Liverpool FC published its latest The Red Way report today, celebrating the club's continued sustainability progress in building a better future for its people, planet and communities. The Red Way (TRW), which was launched in 2021, is the club's award-winning sustainability strategy, and its third annual season report marks an important milestone in the club's ongoing journey to becoming a more sustainable organisation. Aligned to 16 of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the strategy outlines the progress made on the club's long-term commitment to driving positive change through governance, innovation and strategic and collective action. The 2023/24 season saw TRW recognised with nine major sustainability awards in a 12-month period, including the Front Office Sports' Most Sustainable in Sport award and the Sports Industry Awards for Environmental Sustainability. These accolades reflect the demonstrable progress being made across all areas of the club from Operations to Retail and Travel. Environmental sustainability remains a central focus under the Planet pillar, with 96% of all energy used at club sites coming from renewable or low-carbon sources. During the 2023/24 season the club offset 100% of its football operations emissions, reduced its overall carbon emissions by 12.5% compared to the previous season (2022/23) and achieved a 15% reduction on its 2019/20 baseline. Significant steps were also taken to reduce emissions from travel, including eliminating 100% of carbon emissions from domestic team flights through investment in Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). The club also continue to utilise Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) to fuel its team buses, which creates a reduction in carbon emissions of up to 90 per cent from regular diesel. Biodiversity efforts have flourished under the club's award-winning grounds team with over 1,000 trees and hedges planted. Further initiatives include the installation of honeybee colonies and solitary bee habitats, the club now has 60,000 bees across all its sites. This helps to support local pollinators, attract new wildlife and plant species and the continued success of the club's allotment, which produced half a tonne of food used within its busy kitchens. The legendary Anfield pitch is now fully recyclable and has already been put to good use making benches for the club's new orchard at the AXA Training Centre. Liverpool FC also remains the first Premier League club to achieve ISO20121 (sustainability) and holds both ISO45001 (health and safety) and ISO50001 (energy) certifications – which reflects both its commitment and governance credentials in this space. Under the People pillar, LFC continues to champion equality, diversity and inclusion through its Red Together initiative. The club hosted its first ever Iftar event at Anfield, welcoming over 2,800 people to break fast together during Ramadan. The club also created powerful and engaging content for International Day of Disabled Persons, with 12-year-old super fan Dáire Gorman helping to raise awareness of Crommelin Syndrome, leading to a surge in public interest and a 12-month high of worldwide online searches for the condition. The club's work in its local and global communities continues to expand through the club's official charity, LFC Foundation. Last season, the Foundation supported more than 127,000 people and delivered an impressive social return of £13.70 for every £1 spent. More than 60% of participants came from the most deprived areas of the country, demonstrating the Foundation's commitment to making a real difference where it matters most. Jonathan Bamber, Liverpool FC Chief Legal and External Affairs Officer and Executive Sponsor of The Red Way, said: 'Understanding the impact that we do – and can – have is critical if we are to continue to succeed, on and off the pitch. 'The landscape we work in, and the challenges we are facing, are increasingly complex and regularly shifting. Despite this, we remain as ambitious, determined and optimistic as ever. We do this work because we believe it is vital if we are to be the football club that we want to be. Our commitment to The Red Way is stronger than ever.' The club has also played a key role in global sustainability conversations, attending 24 international events across the 2023/24 season, including COP28 and the UN's Global Eradicate Hate Summit. This global engagement reinforces LFC's growing influence as a sustainability leader not only in football, but across the wider sports industry. Rishi Jain, director of impact at Liverpool FC, added: 'The Red Way is more than a strategy – it's a key priority for the club and is embedded into every aspect of the business. This is our third annual report and it's incredible to see the progress that has been made and that we continue to make, thanks to the support from our fans, staff, partners, and communities who help us achieve our ambition to be a truly sustainable football club. 'We have set ambitious targets, including achieving net zero by 2040, and we understand that we are on a journey and there is still much more to do. This report is a celebration of how far we've come and confirms our commitment to go even further.'
Malay Mail
23-04-2025
- Sport
- Malay Mail
Liverpool FC showcases its leadership in sustainability with latest The Red Way report
Liverpool FC showcases its leadership in sustainability with latest The Red Way report LIVERPOOL, UK - Media OutReach Newswire - 23 April 2025 - Liverpool FC published its latest The Red Way report today, celebrating the club's continued sustainability progress in building a better future for its people, planet and Red Way (TRW), which was launched in 2021, is the club's award-winning sustainability strategy, and its third annual season report marks an important milestone in the club's ongoing journey to becoming a more sustainable to 16 of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the strategy outlines the progress made on the club's long-term commitment to driving positive change through governance, innovation and strategic and collective 2023/24 season saw TRW recognised with nine major sustainability awards in a 12-month period, including the Front Office Sports' Most Sustainable in Sport award and the Sports Industry Awards for Environmental Sustainability. These accolades reflect the demonstrable progress being made across all areas of the club from Operations to Retail and sustainability remains a central focus under the Planet pillar, with 96% of all energy used at club sites coming from renewable or low-carbon sources. During the 2023/24 season the club offset 100% of its football operations emissions, reduced its overall carbon emissions by 12.5% compared to the previous season (2022/23) and achieved a 15% reduction on its 2019/20 steps were also taken to reduce emissions from travel, including eliminating 100% of carbon emissions from domestic team flights through investment in Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). The club also continue to utilise Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) to fuel its team buses, which creates a reduction in carbon emissions of up to 90 per cent from regular efforts have flourished under the club's award-winning grounds team with over 1,000 trees and hedges planted. Further initiatives include the installation of honeybee colonies and solitary bee habitats, the club now has 60,000 bees across all its sites. This helps to support local pollinators, attract new wildlife and plant species and the continued success of the club's allotment, which produced half a tonne of food used within its busy legendary Anfield pitch is now fully recyclable and has already been put to good use making benches for the club's new orchard at the AXA Training FC also remains the first Premier League club to achieve ISO20121 (sustainability) and holds both ISO45001 (health and safety) and ISO50001 (energy) certifications – which reflects both its commitment and governance credentials in this the People pillar, LFC continues to champion equality, diversity and inclusion through its Red Together initiative. The club hosted its first ever Iftar event at Anfield, welcoming over 2,800 people to break fast together during Ramadan. The club also created powerful and engaging content for International Day of Disabled Persons, with 12-year-old super fan Dáire Gorman helping to raise awareness of Crommelin Syndrome, leading to a surge in public interest and a 12-month high of worldwide online searches for the club's work in its local and global communities continues to expand through the club's official charity, LFC Foundation. Last season, the Foundation supported more than 127,000 people and delivered an impressive social return of £13.70 for every £1 spent. More than 60% of participants came from the most deprived areas of the country, demonstrating the Foundation's commitment to making a real difference where it matters Bamber, Liverpool FC Chief Legal and External Affairs Officer and Executive Sponsor of The Red Way, said: "Understanding the impact that we do – and can – have is critical if we are to continue to succeed, on and off the pitch."The landscape we work in, and the challenges we are facing, are increasingly complex and regularly shifting. Despite this, we remain as ambitious, determined and optimistic as ever. We do this work because we believe it is vital if we are to be the football club that we want to be. Our commitment to The Red Way is stronger than ever."The club has also played a key role in global sustainability conversations, attending 24 international events across the 2023/24 season, including COP28 and the UN's Global Eradicate Hate Summit. This global engagement reinforces LFC's growing influence as a sustainability leader not only in football, but across the wider sports Jain, director of impact at Liverpool FC, added: "The Red Way is more than a strategy – it's a key priority for the club and is embedded into every aspect of the is our third annual report and it's incredible to see the progress that has been made and that we continue to make, thanks to the support from our fans, staff, partners, and communities who help us achieve our ambition to be a truly sustainable football club."We have set ambitious targets, including achieving net zero by 2040, and we understand that we are on a journey and there is still much more to do. This report is a celebration of how far we've come and confirms our commitment to go even further."To learn more about The Red Way and view the full 2023/24 season report, visit Hashtag: #LiverpoolFC The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
