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UTRECHT (ANP) - Bij de rechtbank in Utrecht demonstreren donderdagmiddag tientallen mensen tegen de vrijspraak van twee mannen (45 en 48) voor de verkrachting van een 17-jarig meisje in Nieuwegein. De veertigers werden vrijgesproken omdat volgens de rechtbank niet kon worden vastgesteld dat het minderjarige slachtoffer zich in een 'bijzonder kwetsbare positie' bevond. De actie wordt georganiseerd door de Dolle Mina's.
De demonstranten hebben borden bij zich met daarop teksten als 'blijf van mijn lijf', 'stop victim blaming' en 'geen ja = nee'. Een spreker op het podium vroeg aandacht voor de zogeheten fawn-reactie, een van de mogelijke reacties op dreiging of stress waarbij men zich uit zelfbescherming aanpast en over de eigen grenzen gaat. "Is het normaal dat ons rechtssysteem overlevingsreacties verwart met consent?"
Het Openbaar Ministerie had vier jaar cel geëist en gaat in hoger beroep tegen de vrijspraak.
Zwarte peper bij de was klinkt als een TikTok-gimmick, maar de truc heeft een verrassend nuchtere kern. De grove korrels zouden helpen om kleurstoffen minder snel uit je kledingvezels te spoelen, waardoor je zwarte shirts iets langer zwart blijven.
Het idee: je strooit een theelepel peperkorrels rechtstreeks in de trommel bij je donkere was. Tijdens het wassen schuren de korrels licht langs de stof, waardoor overtollige verfdeeltjes loskomen voordat ze zich elders weer hechten. In theorie voorkom je zo die grijzige waas die elk zwart T-shirt na een paar rondes in de machine krijgt. Chemisch bewijs is er nauwelijks, maar gebruikers zweren bij een subtiel verschil.
Toch blijft het vooral een huis-, tuin- en keukenhack: veilig, goedkoop en makkelijk te testen, maar geen wondermiddel. Te veel peper kan bovendien vastlopen in rubberen randen of filters als je op lage temperaturen wast. Wie echt zuinig is op zijn garderobe, komt dus nog altijd uit bij ouderwetse adviezen: kort programma, lage temperatuur, fijnwasmiddel en donkere was apart. De pepertruc is dan een speelse bonus, geen vervanging van gezond wasverstand.
MASHHAD (ANP/AFP) - Grote mensenmenigten zijn volgens Iraanse media op de been in de noordoostelijke stad Mashhad voor de uitvaart van de overleden hoogste leider van het land, ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Menigten met vlaggen en spandoeken bevolken de brede wegen die leiden naar het mausoleum van de Imam Reza (765-818) waar Khamenei later op donderdag wordt bijgezet. De gouverneur van de regio verwachtte dat er 15 miljoen mensen bijeen zouden komen voor de uitvaart. Die is vertraagd door de drukte in de stad.
Khamenei werd eind februari met naasten om het leven gebracht door gerichte Amerikaanse en Israëlische luchtaanvallen op zijn hoofdkwartier in Teheran. Doel was het regime van de sjiitische geestelijkheid te 'onthoofden', maar dat is niet gelukt.
De zesdaagse massale rouwplechtigheden in Teheran, Qom, Najaf, Karbala en ten slotte Mashhad tonen volgens de regering de populariteit van de martelaar Khamenei.
NEW YORK (ANP) - Jeansmerk Levi Strauss stond donderdag bij de dalers op de beurzen in New York. De bekende spijkerbroekenfabrikant presteerde afgelopen kwartaal beter dan verwacht en verhoogde voor de tweede keer op rij de omzetverwachting voor het hele jaar. Ook keert het bedrijf meer dividend uit. De winstverwachting viel echter wat tegen en beleggers lijken de resultaten aan te grijpen om winst te nemen in het aandeel. Het aandeel Levi's, dat dit jaar 18 procent in waarde is gestegen, werd ruim 4 procent lager gezet.
De algehele stemming op Wall Street was wisselend. De Dow-Jonesindex noteerde kort na opening 0,1 procent lager op 52.288 punten. De brede S&P 500 steeg 0,3 procent tot 7505 punten en de techgraadmeter Nasdaq won 0,4 procent tot 25.993 punten.
Meta will build its first Canadian data center in Alberta, investing $9 billion in a 1-gigawatt facility that can scale to 1.8 gigawatts to support its AI infrastructure needs. The project will rely on new generation and grid infrastructure funded by Meta, including a long-term agreement tied to a new natural gas power facility. The company says it will offset electricity use with clean and renewable energy investments. Reuters reports: Meta has doubled down on AI, pledging hundreds of billions of dollars to build large AI data centers in the U.S. The Alberta announcement represents the company's 33rd data center globally. Executives made the announcement in Calgary alongside Premier Danielle Smith and other Alberta government officials, who have spent several years courting Silicon Valley tech giants with the aim of spurring a large-scale investment in the oil-and-gas province. Alberta's technology minister, Nate Glubish, told reporters there are currently several other gigawatt-scale data center proposals in various stages of development in the province. "This is the first of its kind, the first of its size, the first of its scale, but it won't be the last," Glubish said.
Meta, like other tech giants, is facing rapidly expanding power needs due to the growth of AI, and Alberta is rich in natural gas which sells at a significant discount to the U.S. benchmark. The province's cold climate also makes cooling the massive super-computers and related data center infrastructure more cost-efficient. The 20 existing small- to mid-scale data centers in Alberta already pull from the province's energy grid, which is 60% powered by natural gas. The provincial government is giving new proponents the option to build their own power sources to avoid limits on power capacity. Meta said Wednesday it will fully fund new generation and grid infrastructure for its Alberta data center, which will consume about as much electricity as 800,000 homes. Gary Demasi, Meta's vice president for data center development, said the company will offset that electricity use by investing in clean and renewable energy. He also said the data center will use a closed-loop liquid cooling system, meaning its total water use will be less than that of a typical golf course.
[...] The company has partnered with Alberta-based Pembina Pipeline , which announced last week it will go ahead with its Greenlight Electricity Centre, a new natural gas-fired power-generation facility in Sturgeon County which will be in service in late 2030 and with which Meta has a long-term tolling agreement. Until that project is operational and for the next decade, Alberta-based power producer Capital Power will provide 250 megawatts of electricity for the site using its existing natural gas-fired fleet. The project will require approximately 150 million cubic feet per day of natural gas, according to Pembina, helping to create demand for Western Canadian natural gas producers.
Meta, like other tech giants, is facing rapidly expanding power needs due to the growth of AI, and Alberta is rich in natural gas which sells at a significant discount to the U.S. benchmark. The province's cold climate also makes cooling the massive super-computers and related data center infrastructure more cost-efficient. The 20 existing small- to mid-scale data centers in Alberta already pull from the province's energy grid, which is 60% powered by natural gas. The provincial government is giving new proponents the option to build their own power sources to avoid limits on power capacity. Meta said Wednesday it will fully fund new generation and grid infrastructure for its Alberta data center, which will consume about as much electricity as 800,000 homes. Gary Demasi, Meta's vice president for data center development, said the company will offset that electricity use by investing in clean and renewable energy. He also said the data center will use a closed-loop liquid cooling system, meaning its total water use will be less than that of a typical golf course.
[...] The company has partnered with Alberta-based Pembina Pipeline , which announced last week it will go ahead with its Greenlight Electricity Centre, a new natural gas-fired power-generation facility in Sturgeon County which will be in service in late 2030 and with which Meta has a long-term tolling agreement. Until that project is operational and for the next decade, Alberta-based power producer Capital Power will provide 250 megawatts of electricity for the site using its existing natural gas-fired fleet. The project will require approximately 150 million cubic feet per day of natural gas, according to Pembina, helping to create demand for Western Canadian natural gas producers.
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Questions swirl about origins of gifts, loans and donations as even party supporters wonder if it can weather the storm
Scrutiny is mounting on Reform UK’s finances.
On Tuesday, amid an investigation by parliamentary standards into an undisclosed £5m gift, Nigel Farage announced he would resign and trigger a byelection in his constituency of Clacton-on-Sea.
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"The Dementia Values and Priorities Tool is designed to help you communicate your wishes regarding future care if you are living with dementia. After answering a series of questions related to the changes commonly seen in the progression of dementia, the tool will provide you with a document that can be added to your existing advance directive and shared with others. The interactive online tool is available in English and Spanish" and the printable PDF version is available in Spanish, English, and Chinese.
Entering your name and date of birth on the first screen of the tool is optional. Provided by Compassion & Choices, a US advocacy group that advocates for access to Medical Aid in Dying, for access to palliative sedation, and regarding other end-of-life concerns. Compassion & Choices's guidance on Advance Directives suggests:
Entering your name and date of birth on the first screen of the tool is optional. Provided by Compassion & Choices, a US advocacy group that advocates for access to Medical Aid in Dying, for access to palliative sedation, and regarding other end-of-life concerns. Compassion & Choices's guidance on Advance Directives suggests:
Review your advance directive annually (or at minimum, every 5-10 years) and update when any one of the "5 Ds" has occurred: Death of a loved one, Divorce, a new Diagnosis, Decline in health or you reach a new Decade.