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Casey Stoney: Ex-England captain on rebuilding after San Diego sacking and becoming Canada boss Casey Stoney: Ex-England captain on rebuilding after San Diego sacking and becoming Canada boss Stoney, who won 130 caps for England and captained Great Britain at the 2012 Olympics, had been in charge of San Diego Wave for nearly three years after resigning as Manchester United manager in 2021. The NWSL club were a new franchise when she became head coach and she led them to third place and then top spot during the first two seasons. They twice reached the semi-finals of the end-of-season play-offs, which crowns the league’s champions, but her third season had not continued on the same trajectory with just three wins after 14 games. She saw the job as a long-term project. She had experienced a painful spell apart from her partner, Megan, and three children – twins Teddy and Tilly and youngest child Willow – when she first moved to the US but they had eventually resolved their visa issues, enabling them to be reunited, and set up their family home in California. “It took 22 months to get them out there, we were 22 months apart, we weren’t even out there a year [together] and I lost my job,” she says. “If I’m honest, I didn’t think I deserved to lose my job either, so that made it even tougher, with the successes that we had, we just had a little dip. It wasn’t even anything major. “So to be treated in that way, after everything that had been done and sacrificed and everything that had been achieved, it was really, really hard to ******** on a personal level, but it was more what happened to my family. “I have three young children, they were nine and six at the time, they didn’t have a home. So that, for me, is inexcusable to do to a family.” The day her children were supposed to be back at school in August in San Diego following their summer break came and went, so Stoney took on home-schooling herself. It was a ******* she describes as “one of the hardest times in my life”. She says: “It did make me question if I wanted to stay in the game because if the game chews you up and spits you out like that, after everything that we had sacrificed to be there, and after what I had achieved in a short space of time, and what we had achieved as a club, it did make me question the game. “I got offers quite quickly after the announcement and I said no to all of them, whether they were right or wrong, because I wanted to take time. I needed to make sure I sorted our lives out. “My priority was my family [and] how do we get back to San Diego.” Source link #Casey #Stoney #ExEngland #captain #rebuilding #San #Diego #sacking #Canada #boss Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Machac opens his ATP account by claiming ******** title Machac opens his ATP account by claiming ******** title Czech tennis player Tomas Machac has won his first title on the ATP Tour, beating Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in straight sets in the final of the ******** Open. Eighth seed Machac, who won gold in the mixed doubles at the Paris Olympics, became the third player from his country to win an ATP 500 title, following Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek. “It feels amazing,” Machac said after lifting the silver gourd-shaped trophy following his 7-6 (8-6) 6-2 win on Saturday (Sunday AEDT). Ranked 25th in the world, Machac was the superior player on serve, landing seven aces in a tightly contested first set where neither player could get a break. Spain’s Davidovich Fokina was on the verge of winning the set when he led 6-5 in the tiebreaker, but Machac held his nerve to win the next three points and claim the set. The 24-year-old stepped up in the second set, getting the first break of the match to go up 3-2. Davidovich Fokina struggled to keep up as Machac won every subsequent game to seal the victory. Machac, who beat Novak Djokovic in last year’s Geneva Open to reach his first ATP Tour final, where he lost to Casper Ruud, fell to his back after securing the championship point in Acapulco as Davidovich Fokina’s return got stuck in the net. “Congratulations for your first title,” Davidovich Fokina told Machac at the presentation ceremony. “I don’t know how you feel right now, I never won a title, but for sure it feels amazing.” The Spaniard has now lost three finals, including at this month’s Delray Beach Open. Source link #Machac #opens #ATP #account #claiming #******** #title Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

NFL combine 2025 takeaways: Grades for top WR prospects, plus other winners and losers from on-field workouts – CBS Sports NFL combine 2025 takeaways: Grades for top WR prospects, plus other winners and losers from on-field workouts – CBS Sports NFL combine 2025 takeaways: Grades for top WR prospects, plus other winners and losers from on-field workouts CBS SportsBest NFL combine workouts, draft standouts: QB3 emerging? Speedy receivers and running backs rising? ESPNNFL combine: What We Learned during Saturday’s activities in Indianapolis NFL.comAfter four days and 59 interviews, we’re back from Indianapolis NBC SportsNFL combine live updates: 40-yard dash for QBs, WRs, RBs plus more drills Yahoo Sports Source link #NFL #combine #takeaways #Grades #top #prospects #winners #losers #onfield #workouts #CBS #Sports Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Why shoppers can expect steeper discounts on their booze as Dan Murphy’s, Liquorland owners vie for dominance Why shoppers can expect steeper discounts on their booze as Dan Murphy’s, Liquorland owners vie for dominance West Australians can expect ******* discounts on their booze as the companies behind the nation’s major bottleshops vie for dominance amid the cost-of-living crunch. Source link #shoppers #expect #steeper #discounts #booze #Dan #Murphys #Liquorland #owners #vie #dominance Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Wobbly galaxies help shine a light on the universe’s strangest stuff Wobbly galaxies help shine a light on the universe’s strangest stuff When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An illustration shows a pulsar within a cloud of dark matter. | Credit: Robert Lea (created with Canva) Dark matter, widely known as the universe’s most mysterious stuff, is rarer on Earth than gold — and that’s despite the fact that dark matter outweighs “ordinary matter” by a staggering ratio of five to one. The finding came courtesy of scientists who propose a novel way to map dark matter using the “wobble” of the Milky Way. That wobble is due to the influence of the Milky Way’s satellite galaxies, like the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), and rapidly rotating neutron stars, or “pulsars.” Fascinatingly, pulsars act like “cosmic lighthouses” in the cosmos, sweeping beams of light across vast distances. The team’s previous work has in fact used these extreme stars, when orbited by stellar companions in systems called “binary pulsars,” as dark matter probes. The scientists’ new research, however, further suggests solitary pulsars could be used in such an investigation, too. “When we first began this work in 2021 and did the follow-up publication last year, our sample was composed of pairs of millisecond pulsars – binary millisecond pulsars,” Sukanya Chakrabarti of the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) said in a statement. “However, most pulsars are not in pairs. Most of them are solitary. In this new work, we show how to effectively double the number of pulsars we can use to constrain dark matter in the galaxy by rigorously using solitary pulsars to measure galactic accelerations.” By “constraining dark matter,” Chakrabarti means limiting the possible properties and characteristics of dark matter. As more neutron star data is collected, the gravitational acceleration measurement of binary pulsars and their single counterparts could shine a light on the gravitational field of the Milky Way and, thus, the shape and distribution of dark matter in our galaxy. “Because it’s a larger sample, we now have a breakthrough,” Chakrabarti said. “We are able to measure the local dark matter density using direct acceleration measurements for the first time.” The team found that there is less than 2.2 pounds (1 kilogram) of dark matter in a volume equivalent to that of the entire Earth. “If you compare that to millions of kilograms of gold produced every year — you can see that pound-for-pound, dark matter is more valuable than gold!” Chakrabarti said. Dark matter glue and wobbly galaxies Dark matter, which makes up about 85% of the total matter in the universe, has been sort of a problematic phenomenon for scientists because it doesn’t interact with light — or, if it does, that interaction is too weak to be detected with current technology. That tells researchers that dark matter can’t be made of atoms like everyday matter is, because the particles that comprise atoms — electrons, protons, and neutrons — do interact with light. Credit: Robert Lea (created with Canva) The only way we can know whether dark matter exists at all is via its interaction with gravity and the influence this interaction has on light and everyday matter. In fact, this influence is crucial. If galaxies weren’t packed with invisible dark matter, the gravitational influence of their “everyday matter” — stars, planets, dust clouds, and so on — would not be sufficient to prevent them from flying apart as they spin. Galactic dark matter content is thought to be heavily concentrated in the centers of galaxies, but it’s believed the substance also extends out to form a spherical shell that extends far beyond the limits of a galaxy’s visible matter. That explains how dark matter can be less common in an average sphere around the size of Earth than gold is here on our planet — but still vastly outnumber atoms of all types. Space is vast, and dark matter is way more spread out across the universe than gold or other elements are. An artist’s impression of the dark matter halo (blue) that is believed to surround the Milky Way galaxy. | Credit: ESO/L. Calçada Chakrabarti explained that in her earlier work, she used computer simulations to show that, as the Milky Way interacts with its satellite galaxies, the stars in our galaxy feel a very different tug from gravity depending on whether the stars are located above or below what is known as the “galactic disk.” The LMC is one of the Milky Way’s larger dwarf galactic satellites, for instance. As it orbits our own galaxy and passes near to the Milky Way, it can pull some of the mass in the Milky Way’s galactic disk towards it, leading to a lopsided galaxy with more mass on one side. As a result, Chakrabarti said that gravity is felt more strongly on one side of the Milky Way. “It’s almost like the galaxy is wobbling — kind of like the way a toddler walks, not entirely balanced yet,” she continued. “So this asymmetry or disproportionate effect in the pulsar accelerations that arises from the pull of the LMC is something that we were expecting to see. “Here, with the larger sample of pulsar accelerations, we are actually able to measure this effect for the first time.” Cosmic lighthouses Pulsars, like all neutron stars, are born when stars at least eight times as massive as the sun run out of their fuel supply needed for nuclear fusion and can no longer support themselves against the inward push of their own gravity. As the cores of these stars crush down, the stars’ outer layers, and most of their masses, are blown away in tremendous core-collapse supernovas. This leaves a stellar remnant with between one and two times the mass of the sun condensed into a width of around 12 miles (20 kilometers). This means neutron stars are composed of the densest matter in the known universe. If a teaspoon of neutron matter were scooped up and brought to Earth, for context, it would weigh 10 million tons. That is equivalent to stacking 85,000 blue whales onto a teaspoon. One teaspoon of neutron star matter equals about 85,000 blue whales. | Credit: Robert Lea (created with Canva) The rapid reduction in size of the massive stars’ cores has another consequence: it speeds the neutron star up to rates of rotation that can reach 700 turns per second. Think of this as being like the cosmic equivalent of an ice skater drawing in their arms to increase their rate of spin. Luckily for scientists, this rapid spin and its precise frequency make pulsars excellent timing mechanisms. Pulsars and other young neutron stars are also notable for possessing some of the strongest magnetic fields in the known universe. “The incredibly strong magnetic field of the pulsars will twist and coil on itself as the pulsar spins, which leads to a kind of friction, like rubbing your hands together,” team member and UAH postdoctoral associate Tom Donlon said in the statement. “Pulsars also emit particles at very high speeds, which beams away energy. These effects [known as magnetic braking] lead to the pulsar spinning more slowly as time goes on.” An illustration shows a magnetar surrounded by green magnetic field lines | Credit: Robert Lea (created with Canva) The magnetic field of a pulsar captures ejected particles and then flings them away as the neutron star rotates. These particles, dispersing as “stellar wind,” also carry away angular momentum, slowing the spin of the pulsar, or causing it to spin down. The spin-down process is key in the team’s research. “Because of this spin down, we were initially forced to use only pulsars in binary systems to calculate accelerations because the orbits aren’t affected by magnetic braking,” Donlon said. “With our new technique, we are able to estimate the amount of magnetic braking with high accuracy, which allows us to also use individual pulsars to obtain accelerations.” Using this technique and the excess data it provides, researchers should be able to better determine how dark matter is distributed through our galaxy as more data is gathered. Related Stories: — Dark matter might live in a dense haze around stellar corpses — Dark matter could finally reveal itself through self-interactions — James Webb Space Telescope joins cosmic detectives in hunt for dark matter “In essence, these new techniques now enable measurements of very small accelerations that arise from the pull of dark matter in the galaxy,” Chakrabarti said. “In the astronomy community, we have been able to measure the large accelerations produced by ****** holes around visible stars and stars near the galactic center for some time now. “We can now move beyond the measurement of large accelerations to measurements of tiny accelerations at the level of about 10 centimeters per second each decade, 10 centimeters per second is the speed of a crawling baby.” The team’s research is available as a pre-peer-reviewed paper on the paper repository site arXiv. 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Top Takeaways From Wide Receiver and Running Back Workouts at the NFL Combine – Patriots.com Top Takeaways From Wide Receiver and Running Back Workouts at the NFL Combine – Patriots.com Top Takeaways From Wide Receiver and Running Back Workouts at the NFL Combine Patriots.comBest NFL combine workouts, draft standouts: QB3 emerging? Speedy receivers and running backs rising? ESPNNFL combine: What We Learned during Saturday’s activities in Indianapolis NFL.comNFL combine live updates: Quarterbacks, receivers, running backs run 40-yard dash and more Yahoo SportsAfter four days and 59 interviews, we’re back from Indianapolis NBC Sports Source link #Top #Takeaways #Wide #Receiver #Running #Workouts #NFL #Combine #Patriots.com Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Olympian, Colombian athlete among NRL’s combine winners Olympian, Colombian athlete among NRL’s combine winners American rugby sevens player Adam Channel says making an NRL debut would be on par with featuring at the Olympics after he was selected among four winners at the league’s Las Vegas combine. Channel, Marcus D’Acre, Renee Gonzalez and Maria Isabel Arzuaga Gonzalez were hand-picked from 50 entrants at the combine held in Vegas as part of the NRL’s second trip to the US. Each is in the running to receive a development deal at an NRL or NRLW club for 2025. No combine winner went on to train with a club in 2024, but there is a sense this year’s recruits are better prepared because all have an elite rugby pedigree. ********* D’Acre has played top-level rugby in Canada, Singapore and New Zealand, while Arzuaga Gonzalez and Gonzalez respectively play for Colombia and Canada in sevens. Channel, meanwhile, featured in the USA’s sevens campaign at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The NRL has also introduced financial incentives to sway clubs into helping develop the fledgling pathway from the US to Australia. Any development deal for combine winners will be exempt from the club’s salary cap, and the NRL will foot half the bill. If clubs choose to take the player on for 2026, they will need to include their salary in the cap. D’Acre and Channel are also poised for easy transitions to life in Australia. Channel, 28, has New Zealand heritage, and 20-year-old D’Acre’s father is from Melbourne, so neither is likely to face visa issues if signed to an NRL club. Both men are dreaming of playing in the outside backs at NRL level, with D’Acre already approached by North Queensland. “If you ask anyone who went to the Olympics, they’ll say it’s the greatest sporting achievement of their life, and it was, 100 per cent,” said Channel, who hails from Long Beach, California. “Knowing the grand scale of the NRL, and the presence that it has in Australia, having the opportunity to hopefully debut one day in an NRL side is close to par with that feeling of playing in the Olympics, in my opinion. “I’ve got such a massive love for the game of rugby league. If one day I get the opportunity to debut, it’d mean the absolute world to me.” The two men follow rugby league, but the two women have come to league a little later. Renee Gonzalez only began learning the ins and outs of the rules during the week, but has found an unlikely teacher in Russell Crowe. The Oscar-winning actor narrates the video the NRL produced to educate Americans about rugby league’s rules ahead of the 2024 Vegas games, and Gonzalez has watched it many times. “It’s just studying the game. I’ve watched a few Jillaroos games actually, which was helpful,” said Gonzalez, who hails from Vancouver Island. “I’m a visual learner, so I have to be on the field doing the game. I’ve still a lot to learn, but I’m excited about this opportunity.” Source link #Olympian #Colombian #athlete #among #NRLs #combine #winners Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Bitcoin’s volatile sell-off is ‘very natural’: Anthony Pompliano Bitcoin’s volatile sell-off is ‘very natural’: Anthony Pompliano Bitcoin’s (BTC-USD) recent sell-off has caused concern among many investors as the cryptocurrency dropped by over 25% since it’s record high in January. Professional Capital Management founder and CEO Anthony Pompliano sits down with Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi at Bitcoin Investor Week to reassure crypto investors of the digital asset’s volatile nature and that bitcoin has historically seen several drawdowns of 30% or more during previous bull markets. “Really what we’re seeing is just what has always happened, bitcoin is a volatile asset. That’s what people are buying — it’s buying volatility. So if you want bitcoin to go up, you’ve got to be okay with it going down sometimes, and these kind of cooling off periods, or these consolidations, are very natural,” Pompliano tells Yahoo Finance. Regarding the broader market, Pompliano notes that bitcoin’s current decline is tied to global liquidity: “Bitcoin just happens to be the asset that is most sensitive to global liquidity. Whenever you get that sensitivity, if liquidity is contracting, bitcoin will go down.” Additionally, the conversation shifts to where Pompliano talks about the potential impact of the US buying bitcoin as part of a strategic bitcoin reserve, suggesting that it could drive prices much higher. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Morning Brief here. This post was written by Josh ****** Source link #Bitcoins #volatile #selloff #natural #Anthony #Pompliano Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Gervonta Davis vs. Lamont ******: LIVE round-by-round updates – MMA Fighting Gervonta Davis vs. Lamont ******: LIVE round-by-round updates – MMA Fighting Gervonta Davis vs. Lamont ******: LIVE round-by-round updates MMA FightingGervonta ‘Tank’ Davis vs. Lamont ****** Jr. live updates, results and analysis ESPNGervonta Davis keeps title after disputed draw with Lamont ****** Jr The GuardianGervonta Davis vs Lamont ****** live updates, time, fight card results TennesseanTank vs. ****** Results: Live updates of the undercard and main event MMA Fighting Source link #Gervonta #Davis #Lamont #****** #LIVE #roundbyround #updates #MMA #Fighting Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

NSW Premier Chris Minns announces return of Parklea Correctional Centre to public ownership NSW Premier Chris Minns announces return of Parklea Correctional Centre to public ownership One of Australia’s largest and most controversial prisons is returning to public ownership. NSW Premier Chris Minns confirmed on Sunday his government would assume control of the Parklea Correctional Centre in northwestern Sydney, marking an end to a 15 year experiment in private management of the jail and making it the second facility to shift from private to public hands after Corrective Services NSW took over the Junee centre in April this year. Mr Minns, speaking at a press conference alongside Corrections Minister Anoulack Chanthivong, said the government should provide “fundamental, frontline, basic services” such as rehabilitation in the criminal justice system. “The truth of the matter is, a Labor government was responsible for outsourcing the management for Parklea jail, and it was a mistake,” he said. “We need to be in a position where we are providing good, rehabilitative services for people in NSW who fall foul of the law. “And the public has to have confidence that if someone is arrested and goes through the criminal justice system, they will be securely in confinement, keeping the community safe. “We believe the best way of doing that, is to ensure we are providing public correctional services in NSW.” Camera IconThe NSW government will assume control of the Parklea Correctional Centre in 2026. NewsWire / James Gourley Credit: News Corp Australia The move to take control of Parklea forms another link in the government’s rollback of privatised services in the state, which Mr Minns said would benefit taxpayers over the long-term. “We’ve had a strong line against privatisation since we were elected two years ago and we’ve done it based on evidence,” he said. “Not based on feelings or ideology, but based on facts. We looked at the amount of money motorists had to pay based on privatised motorways, the amount of money people had to pay in electricity, because of privatised energy companies … we don’t want to nationalise individual services that are in the private economy, but when it comes to fundamental, frontline, basic services, they need to be provided by NSW government employees. “It is the best way of ensuring taxpayers get value for money.” The government will take control of the 1500-bed jail in October 2026, Mr Minns said, following the end of MTC Australia’s contract in 2026. US -based MTC took control of the jail in 2019 with a $1.3bn contract to run it for seven years. Mr Chanthivong said the jail’s 300 jobs would be preserved in the handover and public control would deliver value to taxpayers, security guards and prisoners. “By bringing in Parklea back into public lands, it means the highest focus is not on the highest profit to shareholders, but the greatest value to the taxpayers of NSW,” he said. “Being part of an integrated network of 31 other facilities means our officers and our inmates will have access to the whole suite of government services. Camera IconNSW Premier Chris Minns said the move away from the privatisation of correctional services was based on ‘facts’ and not ‘ideology’. NewsWire/ Gaye Gerard Credit: News Corp Australia “Education, training, skills and the great work of justice health to ensure our focus is on rehabilitation, reducing reoffending and keeping our communities safe.” Independent investigations into Parklea’s management have exposed allegedly inadequate inmate care and inmate-on-inmate violence. Mr Minns said concerns around the facility’s management had partly propelled the change. “We’ve been looking at it for a while,” he said. “We’ve seen parliamentary inquiries and independent analysis of the management of Parklea over a number of years, realising that what looks to be on the sticker price like a lower figure paid by taxpayers, it the long run you end up paying a lot more.” He said the initial cost of ownership would be “about the same”, but taxpayers would likely enjoy lower costs over the long-term. Source link #NSW #Premier #Chris #Minns #announces #return #Parklea #Correctional #Centre #public #ownership Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Woman, 22, describes the ******* symptom she mistook for growing pains Woman, 22, describes the ******* symptom she mistook for growing pains At 16, Eldiara Doucette felt pain in her right arm that she struggled to describe. “It could have easily been classified with a standard teenage ‘growing pains,’ which is, unfortunately, how a lot of this flies under the radar,” the now 22-year-old from California tells TODAY.com. “I had that pain in my right arm, and it was nothing at the time.” After experiencing arm pain for years, Eldiara Doucette was eventually diagnosed with a sarcoma, a soft tissue *******. By the time she was 18, her pain reached “unbearable levels,” and she visited several doctors. At first, she thought she had carpal tunnel. A doctor ordered an MRI and eventually discovered why Doucette experienced such pain — she had a sarcoma, a soft tissue tumor in her elbow. “When you’re a kid you have this complex of like ‘I am invincible,’” she says. “I didn’t really accept the gravity of the situation.” Pain that gradually increased After the arm pain began, Doucette noticed it slowly became more severe. But she wasn’t sure how to address it. “It was something I felt afraid to talk about,” she says. “I was a very anxious teenager.” But when she went to college in California, the pain became overwhelming. “It was shooting nerve pain out into my fingers and part of my explanation was it felt like someone was breaking my fingers backward,” she says. While Doucette knew she needed help, she didn’t understand how to navigate the medical system, and she didn’t have help. She eventually met with some doctors who dismissed her as her pain worsened. “I can’t sleep. I can’t eat. I can’t drive,” she explains. “There is a certain level of pain that a person reaches where all they are is that.” Doucette, then 19, moved back home to Florida and began researching doctors and made an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon with “really good reviews.” At the appointment, she broke down. “It was the first time that I even acknowledged it out loud,” she says. “I started sobbing.” At the time, her right elbow appeared swollen, so the doctor sent her for an MRI. When she returned for a follow-up, Doucette was stunned by what he said. “He goes, ‘I’m so f______ sorry nobody took you seriously.’ And I was like ‘Nothing after that is going to be good, right?’” Doucette recalls. “He goes on to say that I have a 5.4 cm tumor, so roughly golf-ball sized tumor in my elbow.” He called the lump a “mass” and mentioned the word sarcoma. “At the time that meant nothing,” she says. “I know to a lot of people sarcoma means nothing because it’s such a rare *******.” She followed up and visited a ******* center where the doctor suspected she had something called a benign schwannoma, a type of non-cancerous nerve tumor, the Mayo Clinic notes. The doctor recommended removing it to help ease Doucette’s pain. When she woke up after surgery, she felt so good, she cried. “I had the usual surgery pain but in comparison it was nothing,” she says. “I didn’t have that nerve pain that was haunting my life.” Before undergoing an arm amputation to treat her synovial sarcoma, Eldiara Doucette asked her friends to write notes on her arms as a kind of goodbye to it. But a week later, a call changed everything. Doctors sent samples of the mass to pathology, and it revealed she did have *******, synovial sarcoma, a rare soft tissue ******* that forms near the joints. “I’m learning the schwannoma misdiagnosis is actually prevalent with sarcomas, specifically synovial sarcoma,” she says. “It was such a roller coaster.” This 2021 diagnosis meant that Doucette needed to undergo 25 rounds of radiation before a second surgery so doctors could clear margins and make sure they removed the *******. Following treatment, she had an MRI every three months to make sure the ******* had not spread. About a year after her diagnosis, Doucette was re-enrolling in college when she went for a scan that spotted “something suspicious.” “A couple of months before my year scans is when I started to notice those symptoms,” she says. “I was in a little bit of perpetual nerve pain because of how much they had to mess with the median nerve — the tumor had grown around it.” The MRI results upended Doucette’s life again. “I had finally gotten back on track,” she says. “There’s something about being in remission that’s inherently scary because when things are good, they can still turn bad. But once they’re bad, they’re bad.” After the MRI, doctors attempted a biopsy without anesthesia, but the mass intertwined with her median nerve and the pain felt intense. “Having a needle pushed into a nerve — it was one of the more traumatic things that I had experienced,” she says. She started sobbing. A nurse holding her hand also started crying and the doctor stopped the biopsy because Doucette experienced so much pain. “It’s one of the more emotional parts of my story,” she says. “It is something I think about all the time.” Doucette underwent the biopsy with anesthesia, and she soon learned her ******* had recurred in 2022. After having surgery to install a port, she started three rounds of chemotherapy, including doxorubicin, also known as the red ****** for its “bright red color.” “I was inpatient in the hospital for six days and every day I’m getting that infusion,” she says. “Then the next two cycles, they were five days long.” After treatment, Doucette’s scans looked clear. “Officially I was *******-free in terms of the labeling of it,” she says. “With my *******, it is so aggressive it can just linger.” Eldiara Doucette held a memorial to say goodbye to her arm after doctors amputated it to treat her rare soft tissue *******. Sharing her story on TikTok helped Doucette process many emotions she’s faced since being diagnosed with ******* originally in 2021. For the next year and a half, Doucette was in remission. She underwent a few arm surgeries to try to help with pain and function. But mostly, she enjoyed life. “It was a beautiful time. I’m glad that I had that opportunity,” she says. “In retrospect, it was almost like a farewell to my arm, which I didn’t know was coming in near the end of my remission.” Synovial sarcoma Breast *******, lung ******* and colon ******* are solid ******* tumors known as carcinomas, which are the most common type, making up anywhere from 80% to 90% of ******* diagnoses, according to the Cleveland Clinic. While much rarer, sarcomas are cancers that grow “in some of the soft connective tissues,” Dr. Aaron Burkenroad, a medical oncologist and hematologist at UCLA Health, who is now part of Doucette’s treatment team, tells TODAY.com. Synovial sarcoma, the type of ******* Doucette has, develops in “the synovium, (which) is actually the lining of the joint.” Sarcomas can develop anywhere, but they most often occur in the arms and legs, he notes. In treating sarcomas, the gold standard is surgery. “The mainstay of treatment is complete surgical resection,” he says. “Even with surgical intervention, there is a risk for recurrence.” If the ******* recurs or spreads to other parts of the body, doctors also consider using chemotherapy. “The standard medical therapy is chemotherapy-based treatments,” he says. “There has been a limited role of other agents, like oral targeted therapies or immunotherapy.” Doctors sometimes misdiagnose synovial sarcoma as a harmless mass for several reasons, including its rarity and making a diagnosis based only on a scan. “Someone will take a look and say, ‘Oh I think this a benign lesion so let’s just cut it out because maybe it’s causing some symptoms,” Burkenroad explains. “When they remove it, they find that, ‘Oh, this is actually a soft tissue sarcoma.’” That means patients, much like Doucette, need to undergo subsequent surgery to make sure they have clear margins. Doucette experienced what’s known as a local recurrence, where her ******* has come back, but in the same spot. Having so many surgeries in one location can lead to problems with pain and mobility. “She certainly had some symptoms related to the tumors and that included things like neuropathic pain,” he says. ‘Very shocking’ In 2024, as Doucette massaged her scar, she felt a “little nodule” on her elbow. “My heart sunk,” she says. “It takes a lot to bother me or (get me) worked up, but I almost instantly started crying.” Her doctor ordered an MRI, followed by a biopsy, which found tumors, including one growing into her bone. “They imaged three new (masses),” she says. “It was very shocking to hear there … (were) more in a short amount of time, too. Because my three-month set of scans before that showed nothing.” At the time, Doucette was waiting for a nerve transplant surgery to try to help with the ongoing problems she faced with her elbow and arm. When the new MRI and biopsy results returned, doctors recommended amputation of her right arm above the elbow. “Amputation is the only way to eliminate that possibility of further local recurrences,” Burkenroad says. “The hope, too, is that by doing this type of extensive surgery it will also eliminate the possibility of recurrence as metastatic disease … but it’s not a guarantee, unfortunately.” Doucette understood amputation could be an option. “I knew it was coming. But my doctor said, ‘We can do this sooner or do it later. I know that some people like to take time and say goodbye,’” Doucette recalls. “I don’t like waiting.” Doctors scheduled her amputation surgery for five days later. Doucette made a plaster cast of her hand and created TikToks, as Bionic Barbie, counting down to her amputation. Right before surgery surgery, friends wrote short “farewell” notes on Doucette’s arm. “I have some pictures of that as my last memory,” she says. When she woke after her amputation surgery, she felt strangely at ease. “I really think that making those videos and processing my feelings day by day really helped me prepare,” she says. “If I had just not thought about it and counted down the days in my head and kept myself distracted in non-arm related ways, then it would have been much more jarring.” Being surrounded by her boyfriend and best friend, also helped. While the amputation will prevent the ******* from returning to her elbow, her doctors recommended additional chemotherapy following surgery. “I’ve had too many recurrences. I am at really high risk for my ******* spreading,” she says. “My oncologist brought up that chemo could be helpful in either delaying another recurrence or hopefully getting that cured for good.” Eldiara Doucette hopes to empower other young adults to take control of their health and advocate when needed. Doucette plans on getting a prosthetic arm and hand and has a GoFundMe to cover the costs. Sharing her story too helps her encourage young people to advocate for their health. “Sarcoma tends to happen in a lot of younger people. We all hear about pediatric *******. We hear about geriatric *******. But young adults are stuck in this awkward middle ground where it’s like being invisible,” she says. “It’s possible to feel normal and feel empowered in the decisions you’re making for yourself and the path you are on even if it is as tragic as *******.” This article was originally published on TODAY.com Source link #Woman #describes #******* #symptom #mistook #growing #pains Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

‘Grateful’ Ukrainians in Seattle rally to heal fractured U.S. relations – The Seattle Times ‘Grateful’ Ukrainians in Seattle rally to heal fractured U.S. relations – The Seattle Times ‘Grateful’ Ukrainians in Seattle rally to heal fractured U.S. relations The Seattle TimesRare Protest at U.S. Embassy in Ukraine Reflects Fears Over Trump The New York Times’An embarrassment and a humiliation’: People rally in Bentonville to support Ukraine 4029tv Source link #Grateful #Ukrainians #Seattle #rally #heal #fractured #U.S #relations #Seattle #Times Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

West Coast Eagles star Jake Waterman admits feeling pressure ahead of 2025 season following breakout year West Coast Eagles star Jake Waterman admits feeling pressure ahead of 2025 season following breakout year West Coast star Jake Waterman admits he is feeling the pressure going into 2025 following a breakout season that saw him earn All-*********** honours last year. Source link #West #Coast #Eagles #star #Jake #Waterman #admits #feeling #pressure #ahead #season #breakout #year Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Fallout 5 Just Got a HUGE Leak Fallout 5 Just Got a HUGE Leak There’s absolutely no denying the fact that Fallout is one of the largest RPGs in the world. Anyone can instantly recognize the series with its unique 1950s aesthetic, diving deep into the era’s obsession and fear of nuclear weapons. Fallout 5 is one of the most anticipated RPGs of the decade. (Image via Bethesda) Unfortunately, it’s been more than a decade since we’ve witnessed bombs dropping and adventuring through our favorite post-apocalyptic world in Fallout 4. Gamers don’t really count Fallout 76 into this equation, as it was a multiplayer title that didn’t even perform that well. Naturally, this has led to everyone itching to know more about Fallout 5, and considering the franchise’s incredible history, a new entry could prove to be one of the best RPGs we’ve ever seen. Although information on the next game is quite scarce, here’s everything we know about Fallout 5. When will Fallout 5 come out? Fallout 5 is still years from release. (Image via Bethesda) IIf you’re someone who is hoping to see another mainline Fallout game anytime soon, there’s some bad news. It’s highly unlikely that Bethesda will drop a release date for Fallout 5 anytime soon. It’s confirmed that the game will eventually happen, but it’s still years away from entering production and then hitting the shelves. As of now, Bethesda is working hard to develop the Elder Scrolls 6. It’s one of the most anticipated titles in Bethesda’s catalog, and considering the failure of Starfield, the studio’s future depends on this game. That’s not all, though; rumors have also suggested that Todd Howard and his team are working on an Oblivion Remake. While chatting with Variety, Howard revealed to fans that it takes Bethesda around five years to realize a Fallout game. While the studio does have plans for future entries, they haven’t started exploring what could happen. Considering all these factors, it’s safe to assume that Fallout 5 won’t be released before 2030 at the earliest. Bethesda won’t begin the work on the title until it’s done with Elder Scrolls 6, and even that game doesn’t have a release date right now. It’s going to be a long wait, but at least we have the Fallout Season 2 to look forward to. What will Fallout 5‘s story and setting be? Fallout 5 should take bold steps when it comes to the story and setting. (Image via Bethesda) Bethesda has confirmed that Fallout 5 will happen down the line, so it’s still not confirmed what the game’s story, setting, or character could look like. However, that doesn’t mean that we don’t have clues about where the future of the franchise could take us. As Howard was an executive producer on the Fallout Series, he directed the showrunners to avoid a number of subjects that could find their way into the next Fallout game. So, it’s clear that Fallout 5 won’t cover everything that we’re going to see in the TV series. One thing’s for certain, though: the next Fallout will be set in a US state, as the franchise has always stuck to this aspect. If you’re someone who is looking for a Fallout experience on a new land, consider taking a look at the community’s modding work, which has brought Fallout to London. Will Fallout 5 be an Xbox exclusive? The next Fallout might go multiplatform. (Image via Bethesda) In the past, we’ve witnessed all Fallout games dropping on both Xbox and PlayStation consoles, eventually making their way onto PCs. However, back in 2020, Microsoft decided to purchase Bethesda’s parent company, ZeniMax, for more than $7.5 billion dollars. What this meant was that Fallout, Elder Scrolls, and other Bethesda titles were now under Microsoft’s wing. With this move, many assumed that the next Fallout entry in the franchise might be an Xbox and PC move. However, last year, Microsoft revealed that a number of Xbox games would be making their way to Nintendo and PlayStation consoles. We’ve seen rumors surfacing online suggesting that even big names such as Halo and Gears of Wars could be making the jump, and even Starfield is a part of that conversation. While chatting with GameSpot, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer stated that in the future, any Xbox title could make a debut on PlayStation. Could this mean that Fallout 5 will also be a multiplatform release? It’s too soon to say anything, but we’re likely to learn more about this subject when the game enters production. Will Fallout 5 use a brand-new engine? Bethesda needs to upgrade its game engine capabilities. (Image via Bethesda) One of the biggest complaints about Bethesda has been its use of Creation Engine. While the studio has given us some remarkable games with it, its cracks have been getting worse as the years have gone by. Not only do animations and art styles look rough, but the games are also filled with technical problems and loading screens. While preparing for the launch of Starfield and the Elder Scrolls 6, Bethesda revealed that it has completely overhauled the infamous Creation Engine. According to Howard, it’s the biggest overhaul in the company’s history. This overhaul came in 2020, but it didn’t look to have much effect, as Starfield was bashed for its poor graphics and performance. All we can hope is that by the time Fallout 5 rolls around, Bethesda will bring even more upgrades to the engine or ditch it in favor of Unreal Engine 5. The Oblivion Remake is supposed to be based on Epic Games‘ engine, and that’s the first time we’re going to see a Bethesda game that does not use Creation Engine. Fallout 5 must use more advanced tools and completely overhaul all the graphics, lighting, and animations we’ve grown up to see in the franchise. What could Fallout 5‘s gameplay look like? Fallout 5 isn’t likely to step away from the roots of the franchise. (Image via Bethesda) Just like its predecessors, it’s expected that Fallout 5 won’t deviate away from the RPG roots. There have been calls for an integration of multiplayer mode in the mainline games, but Bethesda will likely focus on delivering a single-player experience for which the studio has earned a name for. We’re most likely to see open-world exploration returning as a key feature. There could be improvements to existing combat systems, such as V.A.T.S. Fallout 4 introduced crafting and settlement mechanics, which are likely to receive enhancements in the next game. Fallout 5 might also feature the same story-driven quests and faction interactions. However, there’s a high chance that these could end up being more complex than previous entries. What gamers would like to see in Fallout 5? The next Fallout game needs a number of new features. (Image via Bethesda) Now that we’ve covered what we know about Fallout 5 so far, it’s time to take a look at a number of things gamers want from Bethesda in the next title. One of the biggest things Bethesda needs to improve upon is roaming around the wasteland. As Fallout games have continued to evolve, the open-world environments have become *******. If Fallout 5 continues on that path, some type of vehicle for exploration needs to be introduced. It’s not an unrealistic expectation and could bring an entire new storyline. In older Fallout games, karma was a core mechanic that was crucial to experience. However, for some odd reason, Bethesda stripped it in Fallout 4. It’s time for Howard and his team to feature a return of the karma system in the next Fallout title. It could prove to be one of the biggest improvements for the franchise, bringing back the concept of player choices and consequences that actually result in something. With that said, are you excited for Fallout 5? 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Earth’s tiniest wild cat species captured on camera for the first time: ‘Rare and sensitive’ Earth’s tiniest wild cat species captured on camera for the first time: ‘Rare and sensitive’ The rusty-spotted cat, the tiniest (and lightest) cat on Earth, has covered new ground. A few weeks ago, it was spotted in West Bengal, a northeastern Indian state bordering Bangladesh. According to the Times of India (TOI), they’re only found in India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka and are rarely spotted by humans. The Felidae Conservation Fund reports that they’re a near-threatened species. In the past, they were hunted by humans mistaking it as a baby leopard because of its similar coat. Its new appearance spells out good things for the local ecosystem. Anjan Guha, divisional forest officer of Purulia (a district in West Bengal), told TOI: “Such a rare and sensitive lesser cat will only survive in a forest where it gets a favourable ecosystem … The recent movement by tigers, presence of leopards and now this lesser cat also show that the wild food chain is being maintained in the forests here.” The 2023 India State Forest Report showed that green cover in Purulia increased by 4 square kilometers (1.5 square miles), according to TOI. Conservation of rare animal species is crucial to healthy, balanced ecosystems. According to the World Health Organization, a balanced ecosystem provides clean air and water to humans and animals alike, stabilizing the climate and limiting the spread of diseases. If ecosystems are out of whack, the amount of fresh water and food is limited, hurting human health. Watch now: How bad is a gas stove for your home’s indoor air quality? While there’s a long way to go, stories like these show that there’s hope for a brighter future. There are conservation successes happening all over the world. In the U.S., scientists are experimenting with cloning endangered species as a means of conservation — and so far, it’s working. In 2024, a clone of the nearly extinct ******-footed ferret successfully reproduced, which is a promising step forward. And in Orkney, an archipelago off Scotland’s coast, invasive stoats were eradicated, bringing the local ecosystem back into balance. The rusty-spotted cat can now be added to the list. Now that they know a little more about its location, conservation efforts can be ramped up. Tiasa Adhya, a member of the IUCN Cat Specialist Group, a wild cat conservation organization, told TOI, “This new record is a significant contribution to the puzzle.” Join our free newsletter for good news and useful tips, and don’t miss this cool list of easy ways to help yourself while helping the planet. Source link #Earths #tiniest #wild #cat #species #captured #camera #time #Rare #sensitive Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Activision Teases ‘Verdansk Collection’ That’s Set to Drop on March 10 Activision Teases ‘Verdansk Collection’ That’s Set to Drop on March 10 If you head to the Call of Duty merch store, you’ll be met with a pop-up promoting the ‘Verdansk Collection’, which comes with the tagline ‘drop back in’. There’s also a countdown set to expire on March 10, which has many thinking that the return of Verdansk will be formally announced on that day. It has long been rumoured that Verdansk will make a grand return on March 20, five years after it first appeared when Call of Duty: Warzone debuted worldwide. It was Insider Gaming that exclusively revealed the plans to bring back Verdansk, the iconic first map in the insanely popular battle royale game. It’s Coming The prompt on the Call of Duty shop bears an iconic throwback to Verdnask – an image of the damn and the crashed plane in the wastelands beneath. It’s a snowy vista that we’ve all seen time and again, and on March 10, the full ‘Verdansk Collection’ will be revealed, whatever it may contain. Fans have been chomping at the bit to get back to Verdansk since it was removed from the game in 2021. I’ve maintained that we don’t miss Verdansk, but the vibes we experienced playing it with our friends for the first time. The world was a different place back then, struggling under the weight of COVID-19, and Warzone made for a flawless escape from all that. However, it’s not all sunshine and lollipops, as some prolific creators have stressed that even Verdansk isn’t enough to bring them back, given the state of the game. It’s no big secret that Warzone still has issues with performance, network stability, and cheaters. Let’s hope all that is resolved (big hope) by March 10 – and even more so by March 20. Are you looking forward to seeing what the Verdansk Collection contains? Let us know what you’re hoping to see in the comments below. For more Insider Gaming coverage, check out the news that daily bonuses are likely coming back to Call of Duty SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter to receive the latest news and exclusive leaks every week! No Spam. Source link #Activision #Teases #Verdansk #Collection #Set #Drop #March Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Trump 2nd term live updates: GOP senator says she is 'sick to my stomach' after White House blow up – ABC News Trump 2nd term live updates: GOP senator says she is 'sick to my stomach' after White House blow up – ABC News Trump 2nd term live updates: GOP senator says she is ‘sick to my stomach’ after White House blow up ABC NewsMurkowski slams Trump administration over Russia-Ukraine war stance: ‘Sick to my stomach’ The HillDid Russia Invade Ukraine? Is Putin a Dictator? We Asked Every Republican Member of Congress The AtlanticDiplomacy Watch: GOP hawks double down against Trump policy Responsible Statecraft Source link #Trump #2nd #term #live #updates #GOP #senator #039sick #stomach039 #White #House #blow #ABC #News Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Phoenix level NBL series, down Hawks in Game 2 Phoenix level NBL series, down Hawks in Game 2 Young American Matt Hurt bagged 30 points to help South East Melbourne Phoenix level their NBL semi-final series against the Illawarra Hawks. Source link #Phoenix #level #NBL #series #Hawks #Game Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

The ******** EV Maker Threatening Ford and GM The ******** EV Maker Threatening Ford and GM Four years ago, Xiaomi was a successful smartphone business and its car business consisted of nothing more than a plan approved by the board and a vow by billionaire founder Lei Jun to make it work. This year, the company’s assembly lines are set to turn out 300,000 vehicles, and it has already shipped more than 135,000 in less than a year on the market. The wait list for its first car, the SU7, a Porsche look-alike that starts at around $30,000, is around half a year, and Xiaomi’s Hong Kong-listed shares have more than tripled in a year. Lei has done what Tesla, Apple, Ford Motor and General Motors have been unable to do: create a hit, inexpensive electric vehicle—and fast. Tesla took more than a decade from its founding to reach the 300,000-vehicle production level. Fifteen-year-old EV truck maker Rivian made one-sixth that number last year. Lei, a 55-year-old serial entrepreneur, is a household name in China with tens of millions of followers on social media and a Steve Jobs-like flair for hourslong presentations where he touts his products. His latest was on Thursday, where he showed off a new $73,000 version of his car that zips from zero to 60 mph in less than two seconds. He has never lived outside China but from a young age harbored admiration for U.S. tech titans. He has said he was inspired by a 1999 book, “Fire in the Valley,” that described Jobs and other Silicon Valley personal-computer pioneers. He has been called “Lei Jobs” for his casual outfit with jeans resembling the Apple co-founder’s. In addition to marathon livestreams, he has posted more than 20 TikTok-style short videos this year—sometimes pitching products, sometimes just chatting. Lei has carved out his place in an overcrowded ******** EV landscape that has come to dominate the global industry. ******** companies manufacture more EVs than all other carmakers in the world combined, selling mostly to local consumers who—unlike Americans—have flocked to EVs and plug-in hybrids. China’s biggest EV maker, Warren Buffett-backed BYD, now sells more cars than Honda. American automakers such as Ford and GM, by contrast, have scaled back ambitious EV expansion plans, hampered by high battery costs and the slow rollout of EV chargers. Ford’s chief executive, Jim Farley, has said China’s widening lead poses an “existential threat.” Xiaomi—pronounced SHAU-mee—sells its cars almost entirely in China. Other ******** EV makers, though, are piling into global markets, sparking a backlash that has led the U.S., European Union, Brazil and other nations to impose tariffs. While their overall share is still small, ******** EV makers are grabbing a ******* chunk of the car market in Europe and Southeast Asia. One sign of the times: The bestselling car brand last year in Singapore, long a bastion for Japanese carmakers led by Toyota, was China’s BYD. Farley, Ford’s CEO, had a Xiaomi SU7 specially shipped to the U.S. and spent six months last year driving it. “It’s fantastic,” Farley said on an October podcast. “I don’t want to give it up.” The maker of the sporty sedan, he said, was “the Apple of China.” Xiaomi’s rise could probably happen only in China. ******** EV makers control nearly every aspect of manufacturing and can turn to domestic suppliers for most of their materials and parts. That makes their operations more efficient than those of non-******** car manufacturers, which depend on a global supply chain that is susceptible to delays, price fluctuations and logistical hiccups. There’s a wait list for the Xiaomi SU7 vehicle, pictured in November. – Du Jianpo/VCG/Getty Images ******** companies also enjoy government support and the freedom to put aside the quest for short-term profits to satisfy investors. The local government of Beijing, eager for a hometown carmaking champion, pulled strings to fast-track the central-government approvals needed to launch Xiaomi’s carmaking, according to people familiar with the matter. Whatever Lei needed, he could readily find it in his country—including the thousands of construction workers needed to put up a plant the size of 135 football fields in 19 months. “China as a manufacturing base for cars is simply impossible to match in scale, supply chains, materials, regulatory speed and intensity of competition,” said Michael Dunne, who runs a consulting firm focused on the China auto market, in a recent blog post. The Xiaomi smartphone—still the company’s core product, accounting for about half of its revenue—was an attempt to bring a less-expensive version of Apple’s iPhone to the masses. Lei built Xiaomi into the world’s third-largest smartphone maker by unit sales after Apple and Samsung. By the mid-2010s, Apple was researching a possible Apple car, and Xiaomi executives repeatedly pressed Lei to consider the idea as well, say people who worked with him. He said making a car looked too risky and costly. But in January 2021, Lei was startled when a friend called to say that the U.S. Defense Department added Xiaomi to a list of companies that support China’s military, which would prohibit Americans from investing in the company. The designation was later removed, but Lei said in a speech last year that the experience prompted him to reconsider cars as a way to diversify. There was another concern: Some of Xiaomi’s top talent had defected to EV companies. Xiaomi’s board met in March 2021. Lei told directors that the car had become an extension of people’s digital lives. “It’s the future and Xiaomi must be part of it,” he recalled saying at the time. Lei told directors the project would cost some $10 billion. They decided to say yes—on the condition that Lei personally lead the project. Lei Jun checked out cars of various brands at the Guangzhou Auto Show in November. – Costfoto/NurPhoto/Getty Images Cities across China vied to attract Xiaomi’s car factory, from Lei’s home province in central China to Tesla’s host city, Shanghai. Beijing’s city government, like the others, offered help with getting land and tax benefits, but it had a trump card: pull with the central government, which had begun holding back approvals for new EV makers to avoid oversaturation. Xiaomi got the go-ahead. Lei told his team to speak to potential customers one-on-one rather than rely on market surveys. He was sometimes spotted in Xiaomi’s underground garage, inspecting cars he had never driven. He would approach the owner, strike up a conversation about its pros and cons, and find a way to borrow it for a day or two. He also insisted that all the executives in Xiaomi’s auto division, himself included, take professional racing training. His conclusion: People wanted an affordable and sporty sedan, costing less than a Tesla and with a range of more than 400 miles. And it must connect seamlessly with Xiaomi’s smartphones and other smart devices. Lei turned to his network of contacts developed through making smartphones as well as Xiaomi-brand home appliances. Xiaomi and Lei had invested in dozens of companies with technology critical to EVs, including autonomous-driving systems, batteries and automotive chips, according to corporate filings. Lei said the founders of fellow EV startups Xpeng and NIO offered him tips in the hopes that Xiaomi could give the entire EV industry credibility. To keep the price down, Lei decided Xiaomi should make barely any profit on the cars to start and hope for future profits by selling car software and other services, according to people with knowledge of his strategy. Several suppliers said they felt squeezed, but the firms Lei was pressuring often owed their start, in part, to his investments or early support. Plus, association with Lei was a badge of honor that could open doors with other clients. Drawing on its R&D team of tens and thousands of people and profits from the smartphone business, Xiaomi invested in production technology that could save money in the long run. To assemble a car at Xiaomi’s factory, more than 700 robots work in unison. – VCG/Getty Images Foremost was an idea borrowed from Tesla. Xiaomi called it the hypercasting machine, which employs large-scale, high-pressure aluminum die-casting to create car frames. Automakers traditionally forge dozens of parts separately and weld them together. The Xiaomi machine, several stories high and two basketball courts long, creates a car frame as a single piece in 100 seconds, taking molten metal heated to 1,300 degrees Fahrenheit and dunking the shape into 45-degree water to harden it. To assemble the car, more than 700 robots work in unison in what is known as a dark factory—so automated that, in theory, the lights could be shut off. With a following of tens of millions on social media, Lei used his personal brand to market the car, bypassing conventional advertising. The wait list was already ballooning when the SU7 went on ***** last spring. Lei has faced criticism for the car’s resemblance to a Porsche. In an interview with local media in April, Lei said it was common for cars to resemble one another and pointed to distinctive features in the SU7 such as the headlight design. “But people are saying we look like McLaren,” Lei said wryly. Recently, Lei was spotted driving a Ferrari Purosangue, a $400,000 Italian SUV, which prompted fans to speculate he might create a more affordable version of the Ferrari. Wan Ni, a BMW 3 series owner, said she wanted to go electric because of high gas prices and was planning a test drive of the Xiaomi SU7, drawn by the design and vibrant colors. Lei says women account for half of Xiaomi car customers and are driving the brand’s growth. He recently said he doesn’t want Xiaomi perceived as merely a low-price brand. On New Year’s Eve, Lei streamed a 4 ½-hour show live on social media, showing off his leviathan casting machine and talking about how he wants to push the brand toward the higher end, as Apple has done with its products. Xiaomi is still a fraction of the size of the world’s top automakers that make millions of vehicles a year. “My current priority is to simply get a seat at the table,” he said. “Unlike Steve Jobs, I’m more pragmatic and willing to show humility.” Lei Jun looks at ******** startup Li Auto’s Li L6 SUV during a car show in Beijing in April. – VCG/Getty Images Write to Yang Jie at *****@*****.tld Source link #******** #Maker #Threatening #Ford Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Wildfires Break Out in the Carolinas, Prompting Evacuations – The New York Times Wildfires Break Out in the Carolinas, Prompting Evacuations – The New York Times Wildfires Break Out in the Carolinas, Prompting Evacuations The New York TimesNorth Augusta crews battle flames as fire danger flares across S.C. WRDWMultiple wildfires erupt in the Carolinas, force evacuations CBS NewsMassive wildfire prompts evacuations, road closures in Carolina Forest WMBFForestry Commission airdrops ‘not possible’ over Carolina Forest wildfire wpde.com Source link #Wildfires #Break #Carolinas #Prompting #Evacuations #York #Times Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

West Coast coach Andrew McQualter hails Hands Oval as “one of the best” community football grounds he has seen West Coast coach Andrew McQualter hails Hands Oval as “one of the best” community football grounds he has seen Bunbury’s credentials as an AFL venue have received a resounding tick of approval. Key stakeholders have come out in support of Hands Oval’s dry run in Saturday’s pre-season clash between West Coast and North Melbourne, months before it hosts a match for premiership points in June. Eagles coach Andrew McQualter even hailed the surface as “one of the best” community football grounds he has ever seen. More than 7000 fans watched West Coast beat the Kangaroos by two points. Both sides will return to the region in round 13 as part of a deal struck between North Melbourne, the State Government and City of Bunbury last year which will see the Kangaroos play a home game at Hands Oval, as well as another at Optus Stadium, for each of the next three seasons. A $19.5 million upgrade of Hands Oval was officially marked as complete earlier this year and a further $5.7 million in upgrades are now in progress before the home-and-away clash. McQualter said it “was great to come down here to Bunbury and play”. “I love community football grounds and I think this is one of the best I’ve ever seen,” he said. “I love it, I think it’s brilliant. I love the idea of coming down to the South West to play. We’ve got a couple of local players from this area so I know they got a bit thrill of coming down here,” he said. Camera IconA friendly rivarly between West Coast and North Melbourne fans in Bunbury. Credit: Amber Lilley/South Western Times/South Western Times “We can’t wait for the match during the season when we’re down here.” South West Football League general manager Jason Crowe said the first AFL game at the home of the league since 2011 was a “huge success”. “Just going by the comments I’ve received, a lot of people were saying how well organised it was, how easy it was to get in, transport, car parking, all that sort of stuff. All the hard work paid off,” he said. “There was a little bit of commentary, ‘it looked a bit empty’ … it was always going to be that we go with a lower attendance with this one to get most things right instead of having an epic fail by having 13,000 people in there and we couldn’t cope. We erred on the side of caution in that regard to ensure those who were in there had the best experience. “Both clubs were over the moon, they were really happy. The AFL gave the ground a really big tick of approval as one of the best community grounds they’ve ever played on as far as the surface. We’ve ticked quite a few boxes. Crowe said the lessons learned from the day would be invaluable ahead of the two teams returning for the home and away game in June. “(Saturday) was like a training run to put all of our plans in place and how we actually fulfilled those plans, and I think we fulfilled them all pretty well,” he said. Camera IconSouth West Football League general manager Jason Crowe with City of Bunbury mayor Jaysen Miguel. Credit: Amber Lilley/South Western Times/South Western Times “Now we’ve got some data and stuff we can go on for the next game … there’s just a few minor things we’ll have to change.” The contest was largely defined by a strong breeze blowing towards the northern end of the ground, where 15 of the 20 goals in the game were kicked. North Melbourne assistant coach Xavier Clarke said the wind was tricky but not an issue. “That’s reality, we can’t control the conditions. It’s a beautiful ground, they’ve done a great job getting it ready,” he said. “We look forward to getting back here again during the season. It’s a great set up. “It’s great to see the crowd turn out, the ground’s terrific, we can’t control conditions but it was great to see everyone turn out.” West Coast forward Jake Waterman said he had enjoyed having a “little taste of what’s to come.” “It’s a great day down here, there are so many great supporters in the South West,” he said. “It’s massive for the South West that we’re coming down here to play for premiership points. I’m excited to get back down here and take on the Kangas again.” North Melbourne’s Robbie Hansen Jr, one of eight WA products on the Kangaroos’ list, said the club had loved their time in the South West and were impressed with the Hands Oval’s facilities. “It’s a bit different to the last time I was here, they didn’t have the grandstand,” he said. Camera IconNorth Melbourne fans Basil Heart, Valerie Ugle and Rex Collard in Bunbury. Credit: Amber Lilley/South Western Times/South Western Times “It was a good ground to play on, the atmosphere was actually unbelievable. The grass was unbelievable.” Bunbury mayor Jaysen Miguel said his overwhelming feeling after seeing thousands of fans stream through the gates was one of pride. “It’s been talked about for a long time, but to see the teams out there now, it’s fantastic,” he said. “It’s almost a bit surreal, in a way. “It’s built to a capacity to allow for the AFL. Realistically, we didn’t expect to have that six months later, we were probably thinking more about getting WAFL games involved. “Everything’s aligned and here we are.” Draped in a North Melbourne scarf, Mr Miguel said he had no qualms over jumping on the Kangaroos’ bandwagon. “A few people have given me a bit of stick about that, but let’s be honest, if North Melbourne hadn’t looked to sell some home games, we wouldn’t be here today,” he said. “My way of saying thank you is joining up for a $110 country membership and showing I support them.” Source link #West #Coast #coach #Andrew #McQualter #hails #Hands #Oval #community #football #grounds Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

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Dominant, wasteful Reds too strong for Phoenix in ALW Dominant, wasteful Reds too strong for Phoenix in ALW Gun import Lucia Leon has scored a brace to deliver Adelaide a 3-1 away win over Wellington and keep the Reds in the hunt for the A-League Women premiership. The Reds dominated throughout at Porirua Park, but were often wasteful in attack and consistently denied by Wellington’s brilliant Portuguese goalkeeper Carolina Vilao. But a second-half double to Dominican Republic international Leon allowed the Reds to leap to 33 points, seven behind leaders Melbourne City and two behind Melbourne Victory. Finals aspirants Wellington (20 points) sit four points outside the top six. Adelaide, despite missing Emily Condon (knock), had a remarkable 31 shots at goal (14 on target) to Wellington’s six (two) and took the lead after just four minutes when defender Ella Tonkin headed home the opener. From there, Vilao thwarted multiple Adelaide chances while Chelsie Dawber clattered a strike off the crossbar in the 33rd minute. Wellington hit back in the 41st minute. Olivia Fergusson pounced on a loose pass, spotted Adelaide goalkeeper Claudia Jenkins off her line and coolly dobbed a wonderful long-range finish to equalise. Leon restored Adelaide’s lead with a cracking long-range strike in the 56th minute. Adelaide received a penalty in the 78th minute after Tiana Jaber attempted to clear the ball and instead caught Dawber with a kick to the head. But Vilao made a big save to deny Fiona Worts, who clattered a header off the bar from the subsequent corner. Leon made the result a certainty in the 86th minute when Wellington failed to clear a corner and she hacked home her second. Brisbane Roar host Sydney FC later on Sunday night to wrap up the round. Wellington host Western Sydney next Sunday while Adelaide take on Central Coast next Saturday. Source link #Dominant #wasteful #Reds #strong #Phoenix #ALW Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Federal judge rules Trump’s firing of head of special counsel was unlawful, will maintain his job – Fox News Federal judge rules Trump’s firing of head of special counsel was unlawful, will maintain his job – Fox News Federal judge rules Trump’s firing of head of special counsel was unlawful, will maintain his job Fox NewsJudge Rules Trump Can’t Fire Head of Federal Watchdog Agency Without Cause The New York TimesTrump Firing of Whistleblower Agency Head Unlawful, Judge Rules Bloomberg Source link #Federal #judge #rules #Trumps #firing #special #counsel #unlawful #maintain #job #Fox #News Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]