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‘Our partners were under 50 when they died from heart attacks’ ‘Our partners were under 50 when they died from heart attacks’ Phil Bodmer BBC News, Yorkshire BBC/Phil Bodmer Dawn Higgins lost her husband Craig to a cardiac arrest when he was 48 The widow of a police officer who died of a heart attack aged 48 said there was “no reason” why he should have succumbed to an unknown cardiac defect. Craig Higgins, from Sowerby Bridge, in West Yorkshire, was on duty with Greater Manchester Police when he collapsed in 2022. According to the British Heart Foundation (BHF), there has been a 23% increase in the number of 20-64-year-olds dying of heart and circulatory diseases in Yorkshire since 2019. Senior cardiac nurse Julie Ward said: “It is significant, the figures are quite shocking. It’s a very complex situation, there isn’t one factor that’s caused it. It’s multi-factor.” Dawn Higgins said her husband and the father of her two children appeared fit and healthy and took regular exercise, but had developed a thickening of the heart wall, which made it more difficult for the organ to pump blood around the body. “He ran a bit, walked his dog every day, didn’t have an unhealthy lifestyle. He didn’t smoke or drink excessively, was not overweight. Statistically, there was no reason why he should have died.” Melissa Antons Joe Banks and Melissa Antons Research by the BHF also found that in Yorkshire and the Humber there had been a 17% rise in the number of people diagnosed with heart failure in recent years, from 59,320 in 2020 to 69,190. Another woman who lost her seemingly healthy and active partner is Melissa Antons, whose fiancé, Joe Banks, from Holmfirth, died aged 32 from a cardiac arrest caused by an aortic aneurysm while competing in a half-marathon in Austria last September. “He was wearing a Garmin watch on the day of the run with his heart rate on it. It all seemed fine, he was living a very healthy life. There were no indications really.” According to the BHF data, there has been an 11% rise in the number of adults diagnosed with diabetes, a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Melissa said she would like to see more routine screening for heart disease. “Unfortunately you only notice when it’s too late, especially with young people. There’s a big need for earlier diagnosis.” She thinks screening should begin at the age of 30 to look at how the heart reacts to different tests, such a cycling or running. Her sentiments are echoed by Dawn. “Something that’s occurred to me recently is perhaps there should be more routine testing. I don’t know what age or criteria you’d have to be,” she said. “For example, we’ve got two sons and their dad has died unexpectedly of an undiagnosed condition. They’ve not been tested, surely there should be some screening.” The Department for Health has been approached for comment. Source link #partners #died #heart #attacks Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

*** eVisa: Ethical or harmful? *** eVisa: Ethical or harmful? Thank you for joining! Access your Pro+ Content below. 27 May 2025 *** eVisa: Ethical or harmful? Share this item with your network: In this week’s Computer Weekly, we examine the criticism being levelled at government proposals to use electronic visa data and biometrics to surveil migrants living in the ***. We also hear from a noted cyber pro about why he thinks the Computer Misuse Act is ripe for reform. And we find out everything there is to know about retrieval augmented generation architectures and how they can be used to infuse generative artificial intelligence (AI) into a business context. Read the issue now. Source link #eVisa #Ethical #harmful Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

John Tonkin College: School locked down after unregistered visitors enter campus on Tuesday morning John Tonkin College: School locked down after unregistered visitors enter campus on Tuesday morning A Mandurah high school and neighbouring TAFE went into lockdown after two ‘unregistered visitors’ stormed the grounds on Tuesday morning. Source link #John #Tonkin #College #School #locked #unregistered #visitors #enter #campus #Tuesday #morning Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Future of the College Football Playoff hinges on touchy subject among power conferences: Automatic qualifiers – CBS Sports Future of the College Football Playoff hinges on touchy subject among power conferences: Automatic qualifiers – CBS Sports Future of the College Football Playoff hinges on touchy subject among power conferences: Automatic qualifiers CBS SportsSEC’s Sankey: Not settled on preferred CFP format ESPNBig Ten, SEC plans for College Football Playoff are only getting more nonsensical – The Athletic The New York TimesSEC’s Sankey Wants to Reshape College Sports Without the Bad-Guy Blowback Sports IllustratedCollege Football Playoff moving to straight seeding for 2025-26 postseason, but what does future hold? Yahoo Sports Source link #Future #College #Football #Playoff #hinges #touchy #subject #among #power #conferences #Automatic #qualifiers #CBS #Sports Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

North Korea says US ‘Golden Dome’ risks ‘outer space nuclear war’ North Korea says US ‘Golden Dome’ risks ‘outer space nuclear war’ North Korea has criticised the US’s plan for a futuristic “Golden Dome” missile shield, saying it could “turn outer space into a potential nuclear war field”. The defence system, which President Donald Trump plans to unveil by the end of his term, is aimed at countering “next-generation” aerial threats to the US, including ballistic and cruise missiles. Pyongyang’s foreign ministry slammed the plan as “the height of self-righteousness [and] arrogance”, state media reported. It accused Washington of being “hell-bent… to militarise outer space” and warned that the plan might spark “a global nuclear and space arms race”. North Korea considers Washington an adversary and has routinely condemned joint military drills between the US and South Korea. Pyongyang probably sees the Golden Dome as a threat that can “significantly weaken” its nuclear arsenal, Hong Min, a senior analyst at the Korea Institute for National Unification, told AFP news agency. “If the US completes its new missile defence programme, the North will be forced to develop alternative means to counter or penetrate it,” he said. In 2022, the North passed a law declaring itself a nuclear weapons state, and it has tested a variety of ballistic and cruise missiles in recent years. Early this year it claimed it fired a new intermediate-range ballistic missile tipped with a hypersonic warhead which it said “will reliably contain any rivals in the Pacific region”. North Korea joins China in criticising the US’s plan. Beijing said last week that it is “seriously concerned” about the Golden Dome, which it said has “strong offensive implications”. “The United States, in pursuing a ‘US-first’ policy, is obsessed with seeking absolute security for itself,” China’s foreign ministry said. “This violates the principle that the security of all countries should not be compromised and undermines global strategic balance and stability.” Many analysts believe an update to the US’s limited defence systems is necessary, but some warn the process of developing the Golden Dome could face technical and political challenges. For one, its hefty price tag could ***** up a large chunk of the US defence budget. An initial sum of $25bn (£18.7bn) has been earmarked in a new budget bill – although the government has estimated it could end up costing 20 times that over decades. Source link #North #Korea #Golden #Dome #risks #outer #space #nuclear #war Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

OPINION: Why I moved to disallow Labor’s firearms regulations OPINION: Why I moved to disallow Labor’s firearms regulations Last week in Parliament I stood up for regional Western Australians and moved to disallow the Cook Labor Government’s Firearms Regulations 2024. Source link #OPINION #moved #disallow #Labors #firearms #regulations Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

To live a long and independent life, experts say you need to do these two things – Fit&Well To live a long and independent life, experts say you need to do these two things – Fit&Well To live a long and independent life, experts say you need to do these two things Fit&WellExercising for older adults: How to stay motivated for regular physical activity Deseret NewsStrong at Every Stage: Fitness Moves for Moms, Grandmas, and Everyone In Between 13WMAZAn expert trainer uses these eight moves to help her parents improve their strength and balance Inkl3 Timeless Exercises To Keep You Feeling Young and Strong CNET Source link #live #long #independent #life #experts #FitampWell Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Return of the GTi! When we’ll see Peugeot’s first EV hot hatch Return of the GTi! When we’ll see Peugeot’s first EV hot hatch It’s been almost five years since Peugeot last offered a hot hatch bearing its iconic GTi badge, but it’s about to offer one again – with an electric twist. The Peugeot E-208 GTi will make its global debut on June 13, the day before the Le Mans 24 Hour endurance race. The arrival of Peugeot’s first battery-electric GTi was pre-empted by the company’s CEO Alain Favey in March this year. No fresh information has been released prior to its world premiere, but Peugeot did promise the E-208 GTi will be “fun to drive, agile, powerful – built to deliver an unforgettable driving experience”. Hundreds of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now. Get the experts on your side and score a great deal. Browse now. Camera IconPeugeot E-208 Credit: CarExpert Peugeot Australia hasn’t sold vehicles wearing the GTi badge, which was first seen on the 205 hatchback in the 1980s, since the 308 small hatch was axed here in 2020, before which the previous-generation 208 light hatch and its GTi flagship were discontinued locally in 2018. But earlier this year Peugeot’s global CEO said the French brand “will reintroduce the GTi on the E-208 as soon as possible” in an effort to reconnect the historic marque with its sporty pedigree. It also wants to recreate a link between its production models and its current motorsport efforts, including the World Endurance Championship (WEC) in which it campaigns the 9X8 hypercar. “I’m in a position to confirm that we will reintroduce the GTi on the E-208 as soon as possible. We’ve made the decision that Peugeot GTi will be reintroduced,” said Mr Favey. Camera IconSupplied Credit: CarExpert “We want to continue to nurture the reputation of the brand for driving sensations and the fact that our cars produce particular driving sensations, either as a driver or as someone that is being driven in the car. “We will start with the 208 and [are] definitely listening to your inputs, or what our customers will say as well.” Like the latest E-208 (pictured here) on which it will be based, the reborn hot hatch will be all-electric, making it Peugeot’s first battery-powered GTi. However, Mr Favey, who said reviving the GTi nameplate was among his top priorities when he became Peugeot CEO in February this year, indicated a combustion-powered 208 GTi could follow if there’s sufficient consumer demand. Camera IconSupplied Credit: CarExpert “We don’t exclude that there might be other executions of the 208 GTi under the GTi badge, but for today there’s absolutely nothing planned in that sense.” Despite a slowdown in electric vehicle (EV) sales growth in key global markets, Peugeot’s first GTi EV will join something of an electric French hot hatch renaissance which also includes the wild Renault 5 Turbo 3E and the Alpine A290 based on the standard Renault 5 E-Tech. As part of the Stellantis group, Peugeot could fit the E-208 with the same powertrain as the Abarth 600e, given both compact hatches are based on the automaker’s e-CMP platform. The 600e employs a front-mounted electric motor producing 175kW of power and a Torsen limited-slip differential, with a 0-100km/h sprint time of 6.2 seconds. There’s also a hotter Scorpionissima variant, which produces up to 207kW of power. Camera IconSupplied Credit: CarExpert It’s possible the E-208 GTi will be quicker than the 600e if it’s lighter, and there’s also a chance a hotter special edition could be built alongside the Scorpionissima, which would be a spiritual successor to the previous limited-run 208 GTi 30th by Peugeot Sport. The last Peugeot 208 GTi manual sold in Australia in 2018 was priced at $29,990 before on-roads and powered by a 153kW/300Nm 1.6-litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine. In typical Peugeot GTi (and Volkswagen GTI) fashion, it sent drive only to the front wheels. The hot hatch had a claimed 0-100km/h time of 6.8 seconds. The current, second-generation 208 (launched in 2019) is yet to be released Down Under, despite being previously confirmed for local launch in 2024, although Peugeot has said it could still be sold here in electric E-208 form. Camera IconSupplied Credit: CarExpert In September 2024, Peugeot Australia said it still had plans to expand its EV lineup beyond the E-2008 small SUV and E-Partner delivery van, but not until 2025. Local Peugeot importer Inchcape is yet to confirm which EVs it will launch here this year (if any), but the French automaker did receive *********** Design Rule certification for the E-208 back in 2023. A single variant appeared in federal government approval documents, powered by an 115kW electric motor and a 51kWh battery pack. In Europe, this configuration offers a claimed 400km of electric range. While a limited number of E-308s arrived in Australia last year, Peugeot has yet to confirm when it’ll offer the E-2008 again, and has stopped short of confirming other EVs like the E-3008 and E-5008 for our market. 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Wall Street looks set to rebound as U.S. stock futures rally after Trump delays E.U. tariff deadline – MarketWatch Wall Street looks set to rebound as U.S. stock futures rally after Trump delays E.U. tariff deadline – MarketWatch Wall Street looks set to rebound as U.S. stock futures rally after Trump delays E.U. tariff deadline MarketWatchCNBC Daily Open: Europe is already responding to Trump tariffs CNBCU.S. Stock Futures, European Indexes Rise on Trump’s EU Tariff Climbdown WSJUS Equity Futures Gain as EU Trade Hopes Advance: Markets Wrap Bloomberg.comAfter reprieve, EU still in fix to find trade deal to satisfy Trump Reuters Source link #Wall #Street #set #rebound #U.S #stock #futures #rally #Trump #delays #E.U #tariff #deadline #MarketWatch Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

What Lions star regrets from his hot MCG spell What Lions star regrets from his hot MCG spell Brisbane forward Charlie Cameron is hoping his stunning three-goal burst against Hawthorn can help set up his season. After entering Saturday’s match with 8.15 this year, Cameron set the MCG alight with three goals in three minutes late in the second quarter. There was 4.46 left in the term when the premiership star’s first goal went through, and still 3.37 on the clock when he pulled off a snap on his opposite foot for his third. “When you’re sort of going through a little stumble – missing goals and opportunities – just to finish your work, it’s pretty satisfying,” Cameron told AAP. “I know how much those little things add up throughout the year … we’ve got a big game coming up against Essendon so I can take a lot of confidence from this.” But Cameron, who pulled out a dance for Sir Doug Nicholls Round after kicking his second goal, was eager to get more chances. His three goals against the Hawks were all on the run, depriving him of an opportunity to think more about the kick. “I wanted a set shot, I haven’t been kicking my set shots,” the 30-year-old. “Just the whole game, I was like ‘I just want one opportunity to kick a set shot’ and give me that confidence. “I’ve been missing a lot of goals this year and just been grinding away and getting the confidence back in my goal kicking. “But I was pretty fortunate to get those three goals in that second quarter.” The Lions have taken time to adjust to a forward line without star Joe Daniher, who retired days after last year’s grand-final win. Brisbane used former Gold Coast tall Sam Day in Daniher’s forward-second ruck role, before he suffered a hamstring injury in the QClash. The Lions’ breakout star of last year, Kai Lohmann, has also battled injuries and is yet to recapture the same magic from 2024. “We have a lot of different avenues into goal this year,” Cameron said. “We have had a lot of people coming through there, so we’re slowly getting there. “I think it’s going to keep building from the connection at training and into games.” The second-placed Lions host the injury-hit Bombers at the Gabba on Thursday night. Source link #Lions #star #regrets #hot #MCG #spell Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

China warns its leftover men against ‘buying foreign wives’ China warns its leftover men against ‘buying foreign wives’ The ******** government has warned its citizens in Bangladesh against “buying a foreign wife” amid growing reports of marriage scams and human trafficking in the South Asian country. The ******** embassy in Dhaka late on Sunday urged ******** citizens not to be “misled” by posts on social media offering quick marriages abroad. The embassy stated that, according to ******** law, no marriage agency was allowed to offer international matchmaking services, while citizens were barred from hiding such activities through deception or for profit. ******** citizens were advised to stay away from commercial cross-border marriage agencies and remain vigilant against online romance scams to avoid both financial and personal losses, the embassy added. China has a reported surplus of 35 million men who are unable to find brides in part due to the ******** government’s three-decade-long one-child policy, which pushed families to prefer male children. Girls were either selectively aborted or abandoned. China has also witnessed a steep decline in marriages, with 6.1 million marriage registrations nationwide in 2024, compared to 7.7 million the previous year. The decline is mostly driven by factors such as increased economic pressures, rising cost of living, and ******** women pushing back against patriarchal gender expectations. There are growing reports that a generation of so-called “leftover men” (shengnan shidai in ********) are looking towards Pakistan, Russia, Bangladesh and other nations to “purchase” brides. The growing demand for these brides has fuelled human trafficking, with children and women from South and Southeast Asian countries being smuggled into China. Bangladeshi women are among those who have been allegedly being sold in China by criminal gangs under the pretext of marriage, according to a Daily Star report. The embassy warned that those involved in ******** cross-border marriages in Bangladesh may face arrest on suspicion of trafficking. Ding Changfa, an associate professor from the School of Economics at Xiamen University, faced backlash after suggesting that men in China could consider marrying women from Russia, Vietnam and Pakistan to end the marriage crisis. “In rural China, we have approximately 34.9 million ‘leftover men’ who might face the marriage pressures of providing housing, cars, and bride price totalling between 500,000 yuan (£51,100) and 600,000 yuan (£61,400),” he was quoted by the South China Morning Post as saying. “Last year [2023], the average disposable income per capita in rural areas across China was just over 20,000 yuan (£2,000). Solving this issue could involve attracting a significant number of eligible young women from overseas,” he added. Pakistan has been at the heart of the trafficking ring, where parents in poor Christian families were being pressured to offer up their daughters to ******** men, according to reports. Human Rights Watch in a 2019 report said women were trafficked to China through “a porous border and lack of response by law enforcement agencies on both sides [has] created an environment in which traffickers flourish.” The group called on China and Pakistan to act in the face of “increasing evidence that Pakistani women and girls are at risk of ******* slavery in China”. Source link #China #warns #leftover #men #buying #foreign #wives Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

'The Handmaid's Tale' boss on the 'impossibility' of [SPOILER's] return in series finale and 'weepy' karaoke scene – ew.com 'The Handmaid's Tale' boss on the 'impossibility' of [SPOILER's] return in series finale and 'weepy' karaoke scene – ew.com ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ boss on the ‘impossibility’ of [SPOILER’s] return in series finale and ‘weepy’ karaoke scene ew.comHow The Handmaid’s Tale Series Finale Ended After 6 Seasons—With One Big Burning Question E! Online’The Handmaid’s Tale’s Ending Has Been Planned Since Day One — How It Convinced Elisabeth Moss to Star TV InsiderInside ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Series Finale: Elisabeth Moss and Creator Bruce Miller Explain That Ending The Hollywood Reporter‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Series-Finale Recap & Ending Explained Vulture Source link #039The #Handmaid039s #Tale039 #boss #039impossibility039 #SPOILER039s #return #series #finale #039weepy039 #karaoke #scene #ew.com Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

‘Bullish sentiment is back’: ASX hits three month high ‘Bullish sentiment is back’: ASX hits three month high The *********** sharemarket inched closer to a record high during Tuesday’s trading, notching up its fourth-straight day of gains as “deals get done” and “risk on sentiment” returns to the market. Despite a flat start to trading the benchmark ASX 200 index gained by 46.60 points, or 0.56 per cent, to finish the session at 8,407.60 points. The broader All Ordinaries rose by 42.70 points, or 0.50 per cent, to close at 8,631.50 points. All four big banks finished in the green led by Westpac which is up 1.7 per cent to $31.78, while ANZ jumped 1.4 per cent to $29.06, NAB added 0.9 per cent to $37.75 and Australia’s largest bank CBA closed 0.8 per cent higher at $175.34. Camera IconBullish sentiment drove the ASX to gains for the fourth day in a row. Photo: Gaye Gerard / NewsWire Credit: News Corp Australia As Wall Street enjoyed its long weekend, *********** investors confidence rose on the back of tariff pauses between Washington and the European Union. US President Donald Trump says he will pause a 50 per cent tariff on the EU until July 9, to give the trading bloc a chance to work out a trade deal. “Bullish sentiment is back, trade deals are getting done, political global leaders are doing deals and want to do deals … everyone is looking forward to Nvidia saying what the world is going to look like for the next 10 years with 60 per cent of the biggest companies in the world buying more Nvidia chips,” Moomoo market strategist Jessica Amir told NewsWire. “Markets are probably going to take out their records very soon.” Camera IconExperts say market conditions will continue driving growth in the *********** market. Photo: Gaye Gerard / NewsWire Credit: News Corp Australia With the anticipation of Nvidia’s announcement, the information technology sector drove the ASX rise with gains of 1.10 per cent, and 2.30 per cent for the past five days, led by Wisetech and Technology One. The second spark was ignited by Aussie copper stocks, with Capstone Copper Corp surged 6.5 per cent to $8.43 and Sandfire Resources jumped 3.09 per cent to $11.36 after ********* heavy-hitter Ivanhoe Mines pulling out of Africa’s biggest copper mine. “Copper is having a field day … China is probably about to really ramp up their production and development of semiconductors and new energy materials to power their economy for the next five years,” Ms Amir said. Camera IconCopper “had a field day” as China prepares to ramp up production. Newswire/ Gaye Gerard. Credit: News Corp Australia In corporate news, Telstra chief executive Vicki Brady told investors Telstra would decrease their workforce by 2030 in favour of AI. TLS gained 0.42 per cent stronger to $4.75 despite opening in the red, following Telstra’s investor day where it announced its five-year Connected Future 30 strategy. Woodside closed at 0.6 per cent higher as federal Environment Minister Murray Watt indicated a possible positive outcome for the companies major $30bn North West Shelf expansion plan. Camera IconThe AUD remained strong, while the USD traded on its third straight day of losses. NewsWire / Max Mason-Hubers Credit: News Corp Australia The *********** dollar roughly held buying 64.42 US cents despite the Reserve Bank of Australia signalling further rate cuts. The US dollar traded on its third straight day of losses as the presumption of American exceptionalism continues to corrode under the unpredictable leadership of President Trump. “The rise of the AUD is all about the death of the dollar, the US dollar. So not only do we have all the other major currencies rising such as the Aussie dollar, but we’ve also got the European dollar hitting one of its highest levels that we’ve seen for some time,” Ms Amir said. Source link #Bullish #sentiment #ASX #hits #month #high Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Facts about the elementary particles that make up our universe Facts about the elementary particles that make up our universe When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: EDUARD MUZHEVSKYI / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images Quick facts about particle physics Number of known elementary particles: 61 The particles that are in an atom: protons, neutrons and electronsThe particles that are in protons and neutrons: quarks The four fundamental forces: gravity, electromagnetism, the strong force and the weak force Particle physics describes the universe at the smallest scale. This includes subatomic particles, like protons and neutrons, as well as elementary particles, like quarks and electrons, which make up subatomic particles. It also includes the forces that govern how particles interact, including electromagnetism and the strong and weak forces holding atoms together. Weirdly, there are even particles that carry forces, such as photons (which transport energy from the electromagnetic force, or light particles). Particle physics is sometimes called high-energy physics because scientists can only study subatomic particles using high-energy experiments — for example, by smashing atoms together at nearly the speed of light. Everything you need to know about particle physicsWhat is particle physics? Particle physics is the study of the universe at the smallest scale possible — the most elementary particles and forces that, when combined, make up everything. You — along with every other living thing, every speck of dust and every star in the sky — are all made of the same fundamental particles. You might think of a particle as a tiny speck of dust or a grain of salt. However, when physicists talk about particles, they mean a teensy, tiny thing that is best described with math. Particles don’t behave the same way as everyday objects. And they are so small that we don’t measure their size in terms of length or width, we measure it in energy. We’re not even sure if electrons have a size at all — no one has been able to find it. Some particles are extremely unstable, lasting only fractions of a second. We can create and study them, even with such short lives, through instruments like the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a giant particle accelerator that works by smashing beams of particles into each other at nearly the same speed light travels in a vacuum. The LHC is buried in a 17-mile-long (23 kilometers) tunnel under France and Switzerland, where it uses more than 10,000 powerful magnets to shape the beams into circles and steer them into each other. The resulting collisions make new and interesting particles. What is the Standard Model of particle physics? The Standard Model of particle physics describes all of the known elementary particles and three of the four known forces that define how they interact with each other: the electromagnetic force, “weak interactions” and “strong interactions.” Strong interactions are what holds some elementary particles together, like the protons and neutrons that make up an atom’s center. Weak interactions are called “weak” because they work over much smaller distances than strong interactions — less than the diameter of a single proton. You might have heard that light acts like a wave, and electrons act like particles. In physics, when something acts like a wave, it acts like a lake — it has ripples that go up and down in a regular way and is one big thing. When things “act like particles,” they’re more like a pile of very small rocks. You could count the rocks and know exactly how many there are. For a long time, scientists thought things acted like either waves or particles, but this isn’t true — peer inside an atom and things act like both. This is called wave-particle duality, and the Standard Model was developed in part to explain it. How can something act as both a unique object and a wave? Subatomic particles are best described with fuzzy math. We don’t know exactly where an electron is — but we know the odds that it’s at a certain point in a general area that is ringed by a boundary. Those odds are described with an equation called the wave function. When we measure behavior that looks like a separate object, we’re focusing on the boundary. When we measure behavior that looks like a wave, we’re focusing on the probability. In 2012, scientists discovered the Higgs boson particle, which is an extremely unstable particle that gave mass to all particles with mass just after the Big Bang. The finding was an important validation of the Standard Model, which had predicted the existence of the particle. The Standard Model has some holes, however. The most obvious problem is gravity — physicists haven’t found a way to incorporate gravity into the Standard Model. It’s still the best tool we have for describing subatomic particle behavior— it’s extremely accurate, except for gravity. An illustration of the Higgs particle (orange) being created as two protons collide. | Credit: MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images What particles make up an atom? Atoms are made up of protons, neutrons and electrons. The number of protons, neutrons and electrons determine how the atom interacts with other atoms. The periodic table is a guide to the different kinds of atoms; it’s full of patterns that map out how each element acts. The periodic table’s atomic number tells you how many protons (particles with a positive electric charge) are in the material. They are clustered within the atom’s neutrons to make up the nucleus. Neutrons have no electric charge, but they do have mass. Protons and neutrons make up most of an atom’s mass. Orbiting the positively charged nucleus are electrons — tiny particles with a negative charge. The charge of each electron has the same magnitude as a proton, defined as one elementary electric charge (1 e). The number and position of electrons are shown on the periodic table by the element’s row and column. What other kinds of particles are there? Protons and neutrons are made of even tinier elemental particles called quarks. There are six “flavors” (types) of quarks: up, down, charm, strange, top and bottom. They form groups of three to make up protons and neutrons, held together by their “color charge.” Color charge has nothing to do with the colors we see; it’s just a term to identify interactions that hold the quarks together. The color charge is similar to the electric charge, but instead of having a positive or negative charge, there are three “colors” that a quark might have: red, green or blue. There are also leptons. These elementary particles are similar to quarks, but unlike quarks, leptons don’t have “strong interactions.” In other words, they don’t form the same type of bonds quarks do. Electrons are a type of lepton, along with muons, tau leptons and neutrinos. Muons and tau leptons are unstable and decay into electrons. Neutrinos are leptons with no electric charge. Quarks and leptons are fermions — the elementary particles that make up matter. Another group of particles, known as bosons, act as “force carriers.” That means they hold the forces that let particles interact with each other. Types of bosons include photons; gluons, which help bind particles together; Z bosons; W bosons; and the mysterious Higgs boson, which, in concert with the Higgs field, lends particles their mass. A diagram showing the different types of elementary particles. | Credit: Cush via Wikimedia CommonsWho are some famous particle physicists? Satyendra Nath Bose (Jan. 1, 1894 – Feb. 4, 1974) was a pioneer of quantum mechanics who, along with Albert Einstein, developed a new type of statistics that describes how bosons behave with wave-particle duality. Bosons are named after him. Chien-Shiung Wu (May 31, 1912 – Feb. 16, 1997) worked on the Manhattan Project and conducted physics experiments to study beta decay, the process radioactive materials undergo to become more stable. She was not included in the 1957 Nobel Prize in physics awarded to her two male colleagues, despite providing the first experimental evidence of beta decay. Peter Higgs (May 29, 1929 – April 8, 2024) was the physicist responsible for the part of the Standard Model of particle physics that explains how particles got their mass at the beginning of the universe. The Higgs boson is named after him. He won the 2013 Nobel Prize in physics, which he shared with François Englert. Paul Dirac (Aug. 8, 1902 – Oct. 20, 1984) helped develop the theory of quantum mechanics and shared the 1933 Nobel Prize in physics with Erwin Schrödinger. He developed the Dirac equation, which describes how fermions act as both particles and waves. He also predicted the existence of antimatter, which is matter with the same mass and the opposite electrical charge as ordinary matter. Marie Curie (Nov. 7, 1867 – July 4, 1934) discovered radioactive decay — the process some unstable elements undergo to transform into elements that are more stable. She advanced our understanding of atomic structures and won two Nobel Prizes — one in physics and one in chemistry. Richard Feynman (May 11, 1918 – Feb. 15, 1988) worked on the Manhattan Project and developed the Feynman diagrams — a way to describe the behavior of subatomic particles. His work expanded our understanding of quantum mechanics. Particle physics glossary Boson: Bosons make up one of the two classes of fundamental particles. Bosons carry the forces between particles. Bosons have a spin quantum number — the number defining the intrinsic spin of a given particle — that is an integer (for example, 0, 1 or 2). Photons are a type of boson. Fermion: Fermions make up the second class of fundamental particles and help make up matter. They include protons, neutrons and electrons. They have a half-integer spin quantum number (for example, 1/2, 3/2 or 7/2). Quark: Quarks are elementary particles that combine to form composite particles, such as protons and neutrons. There are different types, or flavors, of quarks: up, down, charm, strange, top and bottom. All normal, observable matter is made of up quarks, down quarks and electrons. Lepton: Leptons are elementary particles that have a half-integer spin and are not subject to the strong nuclear force, which confines quarks into protons, neutrons and other particles. Electrons are a type of lepton. Particle physics pictures Image 1 of 3 A photo of part of the machinery at the the LHC The Large Hadron Collider The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a massive, powerful particle accelerator where the existence of the Higgs Boson was confirmed. Image 2 of 3 A photo of the LHC tunnel bathed in purple light A particle collision tunnel A view of the long tunnel where subatomic particles are smashed together at the LHC. Image 3 of 3 A recording of a particle collision What particle collisions look like A recording of the results of a particle collision experiment conducted at CERN in 1981. Discover more about particle physics Source link #Facts #elementary #particles #universe Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

3 more escapees from a New Orleans jail are caught, leaving 2 at large, officials say – NPR 3 more escapees from a New Orleans jail are caught, leaving 2 at large, officials say – NPR 3 more escapees from a New Orleans jail are caught, leaving 2 at large, officials say NPRSearch enters second week for 5 escaped inmates from Orleans jail fox8live.comSixth escaped inmate captured in Baton Rouge WDSUDay 11: Eight inmates captured, two still at large wwltv.comOrleans jail escapee captured in Baton Rouge with help from anonymous tip, authorities say WAFB Source link #escapees #Orleans #jail #caught #leaving #large #officials #NPR Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

‘Every time I took a shower I thought, ‘Is he watching me?’ – the terrifying rise of secret cameras | Crime ‘Every time I took a shower I thought, ‘Is he watching me?’ – the terrifying rise of secret cameras | Crime The first time Heidi Marney took a bath in her new, temporary home, she felt she was being watched. “I had this overwhelming sense that there were eyes on me,” she says. She remembers scanning the room. “It was a big, double bath and above, on the wall, there was a TV with a device hanging down with a flashing red light.” Marney sent a photo of it to a friend who assured her that it was a dongle and said he had one too so that he could get Sky in every room. “Logic told me that, if someone was filming me, there’d be a camera in my bedroom,” Marney continues, “so I went to my room and looked everywhere – the wardrobe, the lights; I was meticulous. There was nothing, so I told myself I was being ridiculous. My landlord was the kindest human you could ever meet. He would never do that.” She pauses for a second then sighs. “I’ll never ever ignore my instincts again.” This happened in December 2019, when Marney had moved into Robert Holden’s rural home, a former farmhouse in Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire. Marney had known Holden for a decade – he was her half-sister’s uncle, so she had long viewed him as a family member. Holden was also well known in the area, a councillor who had won awards for his services to the community. “He coordinated flood relief, he fed elderly people on Christmas Day, he mowed little old ladies’ lawns,” says Marney. And now that she was at a low point, temporarily homeless after leaving a difficult relationship, Holden had offered Marney and her 16-month-old daughter a room in his spacious house while she got back on her feet. (It was something he had done many times for many others, taking vulnerable people into his home.) Aside from that first, fleeting discomfort, the arrangement seemed to proceed well. “He’d make me a cup of tea of an evening and I opened up to him about my struggles,” says Marney. “He was intelligent and compassionate. I couldn’t praise him enough.” ‘Knowing that he had been watching me felt awful – I felt shameful, I felt disgusting’ – Marney. Photograph: Posed by model. Giselleflissak/Getty Images She stayed for 11 months and towards the end, as Marney began to think about moving on and dating again, she felt Holden’s behaviour change. “He didn’t like it. He was acting like a weird, jealous boyfriend,” she says. When she discovered that he was tracking her through the Find My app, she called her aunt, a police officer, who advised Marney to check the home for cameras. “I sent her a video of the bathroom and she screen-shotted a sensor attached to the wall and asked: ‘What on earth is that? Why is there a sensor in the bathroom?’” Marney took a kitchen knife and, balancing on a stool and two paint pots, reached up and prised the sensor apart. Inside, she saw the words “camera” and “microphone”. “I just completely and utterly froze,” says Marney. “It was like holding your breath. What on earth happens now?” When she Googled the device’s serial number, she saw that the “sensor” was a camera, specially designed to avoid alerting the subject that they were being filmed. It had gone out of production two years previously, so had clearly been there a while. In fact, it later emerged that Holden had been filming women through hidden cameras for almost 15 years, creating an extensive digital library neatly organised under their names. Last September, he was jailed for six years and two months. Holden’s voyeurism conviction is one of the few to make national headlines – but local news reports offer an alarming insight into the possible scale of this behaviour. Just this month, a doctor was jailed for filming guests at his Glasgow Airbnb for more than three years, through cameras in bedrooms and bathrooms disguised as air fresheners (one pointed at the loo, the other at the shower) and a smoke alarm. Other *** cases include photographer David Glover, who filmed more than 100 women using covert cameras in his studio changing rooms; Adam Devaney, who used a camera disguised as a pen to film colleagues in the toilet of his North Yorkshire workplace, and Adam Dennis and Robert Morgan, who used hidden cameras to film more than 5,000 people in swimming pool changing rooms and toilets in London and Surrey, then shared and traded the images online. Spy cameras are widely available online. Photograph: Posed by model. Halfpoint Images/Getty Images January to December of last year saw a 24% rise in reported cases of voyeurism and exhibitionism (crime statistics unhelpfully combine the two) in the ***. This is partly why the government is attempting to tighten legislation around hidden cameras, which are easily available in specialist spy stores, as well as on sites such as Amazon and eBay, and often made to look like clocks, adapters, photo frames, humidifiers, even disposable coffee cups. At present, *** law defines voyeurism as nonconsensually observing or recording someone during a private activity for ******* gratification or to cause distress. Under proposals in the Crime and Policing bill, it would become a criminal offence to install equipment intended to take intimate images without someone’s consent. Motive wouldn’t be a factor – and even if no images were taken, installing a camera for this purpose would become a crime. For Marney though, this isn’t nearly enough. “How are those cameras even legal?” she asks. “The potential for abuse is so huge and obvious. It’s far more common than people would think.” Dr Vicky Lister, a research fellow in the School of Psychology at the University of Kent, confirms that the cases we hear about represent the tip of an iceberg. Many that come to light have gone undetected for years – and few result in prosecution. In 2020, out of more than 10,000 reported cases, fewer than 600 reached court. As part of her PhD, Lister interviewed men in *** prisons for voyeurism offences (there are no women serving time for this crime). Many had used covert cameras, including one disguised as a shampoo bottle in a public shower. “It’s scary, isn’t it?” she says. “As soon as you start digging, you start to realise. The men I interviewed were saying: ‘Everyone’s probably been a victim at some point.’” Research on prevalence of voyeuristic behaviour is patchy. “A population study in Sweden suggests a lifetime prevalence of voyeurism of 11.5%,” says Lister, “but smaller non-population studies across lots of different countries, including the ***, generally estimate higher Even [such estimates] are likely to be an underrepresentation, as there’ll be people who won’t admit it to a researcher.” There’s every reason to believe that the technology now available to facilitate this will lead more to do it. One study in Canada found that 79% of participants would engage in voyeuristic behaviours if there was assurance they would not be caught. Lister is hoping that her next research focus will be voyeurism as a “gateway crime”. Does it lead to physical ******* assault? Some studies of rapists and ******* murderers have revealed a history of voyeurism – up to 45% – but that doesn’t necessarily mean one has caused the other. “We do know that voyeurism is addictive and compulsive,” says Lister, “so people who’ve done it once will generally keep doing it until they’re caught. Unfortunately, there’s a stark lack of literature on this whole topic. I think it’s because it’s ‘noncontact’ and seen as a victimless crime – until you’re the victim.” If I’m in a toilet, I will check plug sockets, mirrors, cracks in tiles. It has made me so paranoid Fiona For Fiona*, learning that someone filmed her while she was in her bedroom, having sex with her girlfriend, has had a lasting impact. In December 2023, she was contacted by police in Aberdeen who informed her that they had uncovered indecent images of her, taken by an electrician, James Denholm. He had used hidden cameras to film women (some of them his customers) in their bedrooms, bathrooms and pub toilets for over a decade. “By the time it came to light, I hadn’t lived in the flat where the images were taken for five years and I wasn’t dating the same person any more,” she says. “It was so long ago and I have absolutely no idea if he did some work for us or where the cameras were or how it happened. I know that he lived a five-minute walk from our house. “It’s so grotesque and inhuman,” she continues. “It makes me feel so angry, so embarrassed and mortified and so, so exposed. It has really made me distrust men I don’t know. I’d feel very uncomfortable letting anyone come and carry out work inside my home. I’d need to watch them constantly. My blinds are closed 100% of the time. I never open them now.” A camera can be disguised as many things, such as an air freshener. Photograph: Tolola/Getty Images/iStockphoto Fiona also checks for cameras in public toilets. “I avoid using them if I can but if I am in one, I will check everywhere – plug sockets, mirrors, cracks in tiles. It has made me so paranoid and anxious.” Marney experienced similar emotions. “Knowing that he had been watching me felt awful – I felt shameful, I felt disgusting,” she says. “I remember staying at my new partner’s after this had all happened and taking a shower,” she says. “He had all these fancy water gadgets on the ceiling. My brain was saying, ‘Are they cameras? Is he watching me?’ I just fell to the floor, crying my eyes out.” Although *** laws around voyeurism – and the proposed changes to the Crime and Policing bill – focus on the taking of intimate images, this doesn’t cover all the harms caused by hidden cameras. They can also be weapons of control. Emma Pickering, the head of technology-facilitated abuse and economic empowerment at the domestic abuse charity Refuge, says that many women they support have been spied on by current or former partners. “Most cases we see involve hidden devices – listening, tracking, filming or sometimes all three,” she says. “It’s really difficult to help someone conduct sweeps of their home as [cameras] are designed to blend into a domestic setting. They look like everyday items. We’ll be asking if all the plug adapters work and if the remote control is really connected to the TV.” One survivor uncovered 80 spycams in her home. An abusive partner can use the footage in various ways, says Pickering. “In one case, he was gathering intimate images and putting them online, profiting financially. Others use it to monitor everything someone is doing, who they are seeing, how they’re spending their time. With that information, they can gaslight and control and stay one step ahead.” This is what happened to Linda*, who was in an eight-year relationship with an abusive man. “At first, he was charming and attentive but the control started subtly,” she says. “First, he convinced me to delete my social media because it was ‘bad for my mental health’. Eventually, I stopped going out with my friends as it caused so many arguments, it was easier not to.” Isolated, home alone, she would sit down to watch TV and have a cup of tea and he would text to ask, “Enjoying your cup of tea?” If she went to answer the doorbell, he would message, “Who was at the door?” “I was so confused,” says Linda. “It was like living in a television show – like it wasn’t actually my life. I tried sitting down at different times in case he was just guessing my routine but he always knew. He seemed to know my every move.” They are marketed as harmless gadgets, but they’re used by stalkers and abusers Linda uncovered the two tiny wireless cameras by accident while deep-cleaning. One was on the mantelpiece, the other in a light fitting. “I just felt sick and disbelief,” she says. “Why? In our home?” When she confronted her partner, he insisted that they weren’t cameras, then they quickly disappeared. “A couple of months later, I found them hidden in a different place,” she says. Although Linda escaped the relationship when it escalated into physical abuse, her former partner continued to stalk her, threaten her online and drive past her place of work. He also left some of her clothes on her doorstep – since Linda had escaped in a hurry – and it was only later that she found the same tiny camera sewn into the lining of her returned coat. Picture frames can conceal spying devices. Photograph: Strauss/Curtis/Getty Images It’s very hard to secure convictions for these cases. “There are usually no consequences for the perpetrators,” says Pickering. “Someone can claim that the cameras were in the house as a security measure, and that their partner consented to them being there. The threshold to removing evidence stored on a perpetrator’s phone or hard drive is very high and there’s also a huge backlog. Even when [material] is seized by police, there has usually been plenty of time to remove any incriminating evidence.” Attempts by Refuge to engage with manufacturers and suppliers of surveillance technology have not enjoyed much success. “It’s completely lawless,” says Pickering. “We need to be looking at why these things are available when they are causing so much harm.” Linda agrees. “They are marketed as harmless gadgets, but in reality they’re used by stalkers and abusers,” she says. “There’s no regulation, no safeguarding. Why do they need to be hidden? Why can anyone buy them? I don’t ever feel safe now. I’m hypervigilant, it’s with me the whole time. The government should listen to women like us. It’s not that we’re paranoid – it’s just that we know what’s possible.” * Fiona and Linda’s names have been changed. In the ***, call the national domestic abuse helpline on 0808 2000 247, or visit Women’s Aid. In the US, the domestic violence hotline is 1-800-799-SAFE (7233). In Australia, the national family violence counselling service is on 1800 737 732. Other international helplines may be found via www.befrienders.org. In the ***, the National Stalking Helpline is on 0808 802 0300 or email via its inquiry form. In the US, resources are available at stalkingawareness.org. Source link #time #shower #thought #watching #terrifying #rise #secret #cameras #Crime Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Former MLC Darren West labels O’Connor as ‘Australia’s dumbest electorate’ Former MLC Darren West labels O’Connor as ‘Australia’s dumbest electorate’ A former member of WA’s Upper House has labelled O’Connor as “Australia’s dumbest electorate” for re-electing Liberal MP Rick Wilson. In now-deleted comments on his Facebook page made on May 4, Darren West called Mr Wilson “Australia’s dumbest politician”. “Australia’s dumbest politician re-elected by Australia’s dumbest electorate,” the comment reads. The comments were posted in response to debate around former Federal Liberal leader Peter Dutton’s proposal to build a nuclear power plant in Collie. Mr Wilson labelled the comments as “appalling”, and said he found the comments about the people of O’Connor “offensive”. “The really disappointing thing about those comments is that he can say whatever he likes about me, but his comments regarding the people of O’Connor . . . I find it really offensive,” he said. “It’s a shame that he didn’t make those views about the people of O’Connor when he was still in the Parliament. “I think it says a fair bit about Darren West, and some of the other comments that he’s made on social media reflect far more on him than it does on me.” Mr Wilson secured his fifth term in office at the Federal election on May 3, with a 6.5 per cent swing to the Liberal member. Mr West, a Jennacubbine farmer and former chair of the Wheatbelt Development Commission, was first elected to State Parliament in 2013 for the Agricultural region. In his time in office, Mr West occupied the role of parliamentary secretary for agriculture, energy, environment and climate action. He delivered his final speech to WA State Parliament on May 21 after deciding to not contest the seat at the 2025 WA State election. When asked if he wanted to clarify or comment on his Facebook comment, Mr West doubled down and said he thinks the “comments speak for itself”. “I sort of don’t understand why people in O’Connor would vote for a nuclear reactor in their electorate and vote for government intervening in markets and higher taxes,” he said. “But they did, and that was my view. “Rick Wilson — I don’t think it’s a surprise to anybody — is certainly not the sharpest chisel in Federal Parliament. “I don’t think there’s really much need to elaborate on that.” Misnaming Mr West as Darren Foster, Premier Roger Cook described the comments as disrespectful of an outgoing member of Parliament to media on May 6. “Those words are not respectful, and I think everyone should be respectful in the community,” he said. Source link #MLC #Darren #West #labels #OConnor #Australias #dumbest #electorate Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

US Stock Futures Climb as EU Tariff Delay Boosts Risk Appetite US Stock Futures Climb as EU Tariff Delay Boosts Risk Appetite The U.S. stock market saw a significant uptick today, with futures for the , the , and the all climbing sharply. Investors were buoyed by the news of a delay in the European Union’s proposed tariffs, which injected optimism into global markets. The delay, coupled with expectations of continued economic resilience, led to widespread buying, pushing major indices to notable gains. EU Tariff Delay Sparks Investor Optimism European Union officials have revealed that they will delay the imposition of a 50% tariff on select U.S. goods until July 9. The tariff delay alleviated concerns about escalating trade tensions between the two economic giants and relieved global markets. The tariffs were initially expected to take effect this week, but the reprieve has given traders confidence that tensions may not escalate as quickly as previously feared. As a result, major US stock indices saw substantial gains. surged by nearly 1%, while the Futures and Futures also saw notable increases, jumping over 1.2% and 1.4%, respectively. The delay in the tariffs was seen as a sign of progress in resolving trade issues, easing fears of a trade war between the US and the EU. Market Optimism Reinforced by Strong Economic Data The tariff delay wasn’t the only catalyst for today’s rally. Investors were also encouraged by the latest batch of economic data from the U.S. economy. Recent reports showed that economic growth in the first quarter exceeded expectations, with GDP growth coming in higher than analysts’ forecasts. Additionally, consumer sentiment indicators pointed to continued optimism among American households, which bolstered expectations of a resilient economy. Corporate earnings have also been strong, with several major companies reporting better-than-expected results in recent weeks. The robust earnings growth, combined with the tariff delay, has reinforced the bullish sentiment in the stock market. Many investors are hopeful that the global economic recovery will continue to gather steam, further supporting corporate profits and driving stock prices higher. Tech Stocks Lead the Charge The tech sector was one of the biggest beneficiaries of today’s market rally. The Nasdaq, with its strong focus on technology stocks, experienced the biggest gains among the major indices. Big tech names such as Apple (NASDAQ:), Microsoft (NASDAQ:), and Alphabet (NASDAQ:) all saw their stock prices climb, driven by investor confidence in their growth prospects. The EU tariff delay was seen as particularly favorable for the tech sector, as many of the largest U.S. tech companies do significant business in Europe. A delay in tariffs reduces the risk of higher costs and potential supply chain disruptions, giving tech companies more room to maintain their growth trajectory. Semiconductor stocks also outperformed, with shares of companies like NVIDIA (NASDAQ:) and AMD (NASDAQ:) rising sharply. The semiconductor sector has been a key beneficiary of the broader tech *****, as demand for chips continues to surge in areas like artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and autonomous vehicles. Energy Stocks Benefit from Global Optimism Energy stocks also saw notable gains today, as the optimism sparked by the EU tariff delay extended to the global energy market. prices continued to rise, supported by expectations of robust global demand. The rally in oil prices boosted shares of major energy companies such as Exxon Mobil (NYSE:) and Chevron (NYSE:), as well as smaller oil producers. Although energy stocks are usually more influenced by global supply and demand factors, the overall market optimism provided a boost to the sector. The EU tariff delay, coupled with rising oil prices, created a perfect storm for energy stocks, sending them to the top of the leaderboard in today’s session. What’s Ahead for the Market? While today’s rally was fueled by the EU tariff delay, investors are also looking ahead to several key events in the coming weeks that could further shape market sentiment. Chief among these is the upcoming Federal Reserve meeting, where policymakers will decide on the direction of monetary policy. There is growing speculation that the may take a more dovish stance on interest rates, which would provide further support for equities. Additionally, the U.S. earnings season continues, with more companies set to report their quarterly results. If earnings growth remains strong, it could bolster the current market rally and provide a catalyst for even higher stock prices. However, some risks remain. Despite the positive news surrounding the EU tariff delay, trade tensions and geopolitical uncertainties still linger, particularly regarding other global trade disputes and the ongoing situation in Ukraine. Inflation remains a concern, and the potential for higher interest rates in the future could weigh on investor sentiment. A Positive Day for US Markets Today’s market action is a reflection of investor optimism, driven by the EU tariff delay and strong economic data. The rally was broad-based, with major indices seeing solid gains across the board. The tech sector led the charge, benefiting from the reduced risk of tariffs, while energy stocks also saw a boost from rising oil prices. As the U.S. stock market continues to navigate global economic and geopolitical challenges, the tariff delay has provided much-needed relief. With strong economic fundamentals and a solid earnings season, investors are positioning for a continuation of the bullish trend. However, the market remains on edge, and attention will now shift to the upcoming Fed meeting and further corporate earnings reports for signs of how the economy will fare in the months ahead. Disclaimer: Derivative investments involve significant risks that may result in the loss of your invested capital. You are advised to carefully read and study the legality of the company, products, and trading rules before deciding to invest your money. Be responsible and accountable in your trading. RISK WARNING IN TRADING: Transactions via margin involve leverage mechanisms, have high risks, and may not be suitable for all investors. THERE IS NO GUARANTEE OF PROFIT on your investment, so be cautious of those who promise profits in trading. It’s recommended not to use funds if you’re not ready to incur losses. Before deciding to trade, make sure you understand the risks involved and also consider your experience. 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Politicising Abortion in the United States Politicising Abortion in the United States Lizzie and Frank Ward started seeing each other in early 1860. They went for walks in the northern Pennsylvania woods, attended church socials, and kissed. As Frank joyfully noted in his diary in March 1860: ‘Closely held in loving arms we lay, embraced, and kissed all night.’ When Frank enlisted in the Union army two years later, they quickly married and he went off to the front. Remarkably, Frank also recorded that Lizzie ended a pregnancy early in their married life, noting ‘she was going to have a child, but she took an effective remedy’. This and other entries in his youthful journal were published decades later, after his death. In the late 19th century he had become well known as a founder of the new discipline of sociology. Frank was wounded in the Battle of Chancellorsville in May 1863 and returned to the small town of Towanda to convalesce. After a few months, he resumed military service as part of the so-called Invalid Corps, becoming a clerk in an army hospital in Alexandria, Virginia, where he was soon able to arrange a position for Lizzie as well, supervising the laundresses. The couple’s married life truly began while they were living in the hospital. A week after she arrived, they played checkers in the evening and ‘she defeated me every time’. On other evenings Lizzie worked on her French and Frank his Greek. Low wages and wartime inflation made life difficult. Frank bought a frying pan for $10 (almost £200 in today’s value) and rented it out to other families for 15 cents a week. He boasted in his journal that he had already recouped seven dollars of the purchase price. They sold some of their rations – a ten-day supply included ‘coffee, sugar, salt, pepper, ham, salt pork, and four loaves of bread’ – and Lizzie took in washing. Lizzie became pregnant early in 1864, but their hand-to-mouth existence in the hospital was no place to rear an infant. Without telling her husband, she acquired some medicine from Martha Gee, the wife of another Invalid Corps soldier at the hospital, and terminated the pregnancy. Frank only found out about the abortion when Lizzie contracted a sore throat a few days later, and she told the doctor about it. All three were more worried about the sore throat. If Frank was troubled by Lizzie’s decision, and by the fact he had not been consulted, he did not mention it in his diary. Nor was the physician bothered; his attention was focused on her throat, lancing a swelling to release pus. Such lack of concern, even in states such as Virginia where abortion was ********, was typical of the way most Americans – doctors and their patients – thought about abortion at the time. In the mid-19th century, American doctors struggled in an unregulated market. Medical training might mean anything from three months in a storefront medical school to years at university. Graduates competed with water-cure, homeopathy, and herbal medicine practitioners. In 1859 a handful of the graduates of elite medical schools, spearheaded by Harvard-trained Horatio Robinson Storer, started an anti-abortion campaign, seeking a high moral ground with which to distinguish themselves from the competition. It is not clear why Storer chose this issue, although developments in embryology had begun to problematise the longstanding distinction between abortion before quickening (when a pregnant woman first felt a foetus move) and after. In those few states where abortion was ********, such as Virginia, abortion before quickening was usually only a misdemeanour and rarely prosecuted. Storer began a letter-writing campaign to state legislatures, and by 1880 all states and territories had criminalised abortion. State legislators were probably more persuaded by social than medical arguments. Nativism, the belief that the ‘wrong’ Americans were having babies, was a key theme in anti-abortion agitation. The 1840s and 1850s had seen waves of immigration to the US, and conservatives panicked. As Storer thundered in an 1866 book addressed to women: would the American West ‘be filled by our own children or by those of aliens?’ Carte de visite of Frank Ward, 1880s. Biblioteca dell’Orto botanico, Unviersita de Padova. Public Domain. Lizzie and Frank Ward both came from the kind of families that nativists valued. His ancestors were leaders in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and hers had been American for generations. But, a few years after her abortion, and after their son Roy died before his first birthday in 1866, Lizzie and Frank decided not to have any more children. Frank recorded their relief when an 1868 pregnancy scare proved to be just that – a scare. ‘On Monday, my wife, who had passed her ******* three entire weeks, so that we managed to give up all hope, finally became sick which turned our solicitude to joy.’ Martha Gee, on the other hand, had six children in close succession while she and her husband Orin scraped out a living in Michigan. By the turn of the century, America’s birth rate was half what it had been in 1800; more families were like the Wards than the Gees. This demographic transition characterised industrialising nations at the time; France and England both went through similar shifts. Lizzie’s pursuit of learning also troubled traditional values. Frank boasted that her score ‘was better than mine’ on the teachers’ qualifying exam. They spent evenings together reading the Aeneid in Latin and briefly published a newsletter called the Iconoclast. First-wave feminism – women agitating for the vote, leading temperance organisations, giving lectures to other women on female physiology, and even becoming physicians – troubled those who preferred the old ways. In 1867, in a book addressed to ‘every man’, Storer wrote: ‘I am no advocate for unwomanly women; I would not transplant them, from their proper and God-given sphere.’ The Wards were harbingers of the future for American families. These twin fears, nativism and feminism, changed the reproductive landscape in America. Much as today, abortion was mobilised as a symbol in larger culture wars. For conservatives, abortion was a sign that women were making their own destinies, no longer subservient to patriarchal husbands. Women continued to take abortion pills, but accessing them became more difficult and dangerous. In 1873 social purity advocate Anthony Comstock managed to get a federal law passed that banned the use of the postal system to send contraceptive and abortion-related information and materials. In a country of America’s size, such a ban had immediate effect. But laws do not change behaviours as neatly as legislators imagine. Historian Leslie Reagan has described many ordinary women’s views on ending a pregnancy as an ‘unarticulated, alternative, popular morality’. Women understood and valued the need to manage fertility, whatever the law might say: ending a pregnancy may be ********, but women ignored those restrictions, prioritising an individual’s ******** over the letter of the law. Mary Fissell is J. Mario Molina Professor in the History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University and the author of Abortion: A History (Hurst, 2025). Source link #Politicising #Abortion #United #States Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

2 killed, 9 injured in mass shooting at a Philadelphia park 2 killed, 9 injured in mass shooting at a Philadelphia park Two people were killed and nine others injured in a mass shooting Monday night in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park, authorities said. The gunfire erupted around 10:27 p.m., Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said during a news conference. The victims killed were an adult man and an adult woman, Bethel said. Three teenagers, ages 15, 16 and 17, are among the injured. “Multiple rounds were fired,” Bethel said. “Different groups of young people [were] out here.” The shooting happened after a car meetup, CNN affiliate KYW reported. No weapons have been recovered, Bethel added. The names of the victims have not been released. When asked if a single gunman was responsible, Bethel said, “We don’t know yet.” “We’ll be able to determine if it was one weapon or multiple weapons, but it’s pretty rapid fire,” he added. Video from the scene showed a significant police presence, with officers investigating late into the night. Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel speaks during a news conference about a shooting Monday night. – KYW Earlier in the day, Fairmount Park had been filled with families and community members enjoying Memorial Day cookouts, CNN affiliate WPVI reported. CNN has reached out to the Philadelphia Police Department, Philadelphia Fire Department, Emergency Services and the city for more information. This is a developing story and will be updated. For more CNN news and newsletters create an account at CNN.com Source link #killed #injured #mass #shooting #Philadelphia #park Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Shares mixed, dollar struggles on Trump's chaotic tariffs – Reuters Shares mixed, dollar struggles on Trump's chaotic tariffs – Reuters Shares mixed, dollar struggles on Trump’s chaotic tariffs ReutersStock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures leap as EU tariff delay bolsters market optimism Yahoo FinanceHigher U.S. futures, new Nvidia chip, falling Tesla sales – what’s moving markets Investing.comMorning Bid: Chaotic US trade shifts leave markets wary ReutersAsia-Pacific markets mostly fall as investors assess Trump’s tariff plans CNBC Source link #Shares #mixed #dollar #struggles #Trump039s #chaotic #tariffs #Reuters Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

West Coast Eagles put Jake Waterman on inactive list, set for shoulder surgery West Coast Eagles put Jake Waterman on inactive list, set for shoulder surgery West Coast forward Jake Waterman’s season is over and he has been placed on the inactive list on the eve of the mid-season draft. Source link #West #Coast #Eagles #put #Jake #Waterman #inactive #list #set #shoulder #surgery Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Judge is stabbed to death in southern Iran Judge is stabbed to death in southern Iran TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A judge was stabbed to death on his way to work in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz on Tuesday morning, state media reported. A report by the official IRNA news agency called the killing a “terrorist act,” adding that two unidentified assailants are still at large. It identified the judge as Ehsum Bagheri, 38, who worked for the city’s judicial department. Bagheri in the past worked as a prosecutor in the revolutionary court, which court deals with security and drug smuggling cases. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack Iran has witnessed other killings of judges in the past. In January, a man fatally shot two prominent hard-line judges in Iran’s capital Tehran, both of whom allegedly took part in the mass execution of dissidents in 1980s. Source link #Judge #stabbed #death #southern #Iran Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

How North Korea Botched the Launch of a Warship – The New York Times How North Korea Botched the Launch of a Warship – The New York Times How North Korea Botched the Launch of a Warship The New York TimesFailed Launch and Damage of the Second Guided Missile Destroyer Beyond ParallelKim Jong Un fumes as North Korea’s new warship damaged due to “absolute carelessness” in launch accident CBS NewsWhy Kim Jong Un Can’t Accept Failure With His Warships WSJNorth Korea arrests senior official over warship launch failure BBC Source link #North #Korea #Botched #Launch #Warship #York #Times Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Viridis, Ionic JV sends recycled metals to Brazilian magnet maker Viridis, Ionic JV sends recycled metals to Brazilian magnet maker A 50:50 joint venture between ASX-listed juniors Viridis Mining and Minerals and Ionic Rare Earths Limited – dubbed Viridion – has completed its first delivery of high-purity rare earth oxides to Brazil’s only permanent magnet manufacturing facility. The delivery is the latest step in a plan to build a fully integrated mine-to-magnet supply chain. The JV partners say the move could reshape the rare earths game in Latin America. The shipment included critical magnetic elements such as neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium and terbium, which were extracted from recycled end-of-life magnets sourced in Brazil. The material was processed at Ionic’s Belfast facility and shipped back for trial magnet production at Brazilian not-for-profit FIEMG’s Innovation and Technology Centre of Minas Gerais (CIT SENAI) in Lagoa Santa city. The centre’s Lab Fab facility is the first of its kind in Latin America. Using advanced hydrometallurgical processing, Ionic transformed the old magnets into high-purity oxides of key magnetic metals. Magnets pulled from retired MRI machines and wind turbines could be given a second life as part of Viridium’s push into recycled rare earths. The first shipment will support laboratory-scale alloy testing and magnet production. This is a crucial step in proving the recycled materials can meet the rigorous standards needed for electric vehicles, wind turbines and other high-performance technology. CIT SENAI expects to complete all tests with the recycled oxides during the second half of this year. The magnet manufacturer’s move to experiment with recycled rare earth oxides is being funded by a broader, collaborative MagBras initiative, which was recently allocated US$13 million by the Brazilian government to finance the development of a low-carbon industrial ecosystem. With the Colossus project now firmly established as one of the leading rare earth projects worldwide, leveraging Ionic’s industry-leading technology is now a reality. We look forward to progressing on the pathway to creating a circular mine-to-magnet supply chain as we capitalise on the burgeoning supply chain that is developing in Brazil and Latin America. The joint venture appears to have proved part one of its worth by delivering high-purity neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium and terbium oxides to CIT SENAI. Management says if the oxides pass muster in the lab as a feedstock for magnet production, it will be a big step to building a regional supply chain and offering a real alternative to a China-dominated market. The timing also appears to be spot on with Brazil’s national ambitions. The government recently launched an R$8 billion (US$1.4B) funding pool through two of its public finance outfits to boost domestic processing and manufacturing of strategic minerals. Viridion believes it is well-positioned to tap into this pipeline with its latest delivery milestone. FIEMG president Flávio Roscoe said the recycled material has the potential to meet up to 7 per cent of global magnetic rare earths demand, which would be a strategic breakthrough that could cut the nation’s reliance on supply from China. Beyond Viridis’ plans for setting up a local recycling facility in Brazil, its flagship Colossus project – also in Brazil – keeps delivering the goods. Recent tests revealed rare earth recoveries as high as 78 per cent have been pulled straight from soft clay using ammonium sulphate and water, without the need for blasting, acids or high temperatures. The simple, clean process also shows the mine could be capable of producing a high-purity product at what might be among the planet’s lowest all-in sustaining costs. To get some definitive answers on the hard numbers, Viridis is racing ahead with a pre-feasibility study, due by the end of the second quarter. The company is also applying for a plant construction licence and is in advanced talks with potential offtake companies. If all goes to plan, Viridis could be on track to anchor South America’s first fully integrated rare earth supply chain – from mine to magnet and recycling – linking the heart of Brazil to the global EV surge. In a world gripped by geopolitical risk and critical mineral shortfalls, Viridis appears to be quietly crafting a rare earth advantage built on security, sustainability and, potentially, some sound economics. Is your ASX-listed company doing something interesting? Contact: *****@*****.tld Source link #Viridis #Ionic #sends #recycled #metals #Brazilian #magnet #maker Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]