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Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a man and a woman in Pompeii, providing new insights into the tragic events of the city's destruction during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. The two skeletons, found in a small room, offer a stark view of the last moments of these individuals as they faced the catastrophic eruption. Details of the Discovery The woman's skeleton was found near a bed surrounded by valuable items, including gold coins, a pair of gold-and-pearl earrings, and a key. Her age, estimated between 35 and 45 years, suggests she may have been trying to collect her belongings in a desperate attempt to escape. The presence of these items implies that she was making a final effort to retrieve what was precious to her amid the chaos. The details of this discovery were published in the E-Journal Scavi di Pompei (Pompeii Excavations). In contrast, the young man, estimated to be between 15 and 20 years old, was found crushed by a collapsing wall in a tight corner of the room. His position near an exit suggests he might have been trying to escape but was unable to do so. The exact relationship between the two individuals remains unknown, but their proximity in the room points to a shared experience in their final moments. Archaeological Findings and Significance The room also contained a bed, a chest, a stool, and a service table cluttered with glass, bronze, and ceramic items. Archaeologists used plaster casts to reconstruct the original positions of these objects, providing a clearer picture of the room's layout and the victims' final actions. This meticulous work reveals the personal choices and desperate attempts made by the Pompeii residents to survive the eruption. These findings contribute to the ongoing study of Pompeii, offering a deeper understanding of the human experience during one of history's most devastating natural disasters. The discovery of these skeletons helps paint a more detailed picture of the events that transpired on that fateful day. https://www.gadgets360.com/science/news/pompeii-newly-uncovered-skeletons-reveal-agonising-final-moments-6351153#pfrom=search
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It's been a while since OpenOffice had an update. So long that Microsoft's SmartScreen security technology doesn't recognise the file as one that's commonly downloaded. After years as the main open source competition to Microsoft Office, OpenOffice has fallen significantly behind. There was controversy after Oracle bought Sun, which had open sourced the code for StarOffice as the basis of the project, and most of the developers moved to The Document Project to work on competitor LibreOffice. Both versions use the same underlying code but, despite Oracle handing OpenOffice to the Apache Software Foundation and recruiting developers behind IBM's short-lived Symphony - LibreOffice has had more updates and replaced OpenOffice in many Linux distributions. https://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac/software/business-and-finance-software/apache-openoffice-4-0-1171091/review
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We've been bringing you our Weekend Game Deals for a while, but we would be remiss to not also direct you toward bargains to help supe up the rig you play them on. That's why we're going to be wrangling together discount hardware from the four corners of the universe every Thursday for your guiltless purchasing pleasure. Come on in, and be prepared to leave with some awesome gear and cash to spare. https://www.pcgamer.com/introducing-thursday-hardware-deals/
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In the dark recesses of the night, in a place imperceptible to the fragile human mind, dark horrors lurk and scratch at the walls of reality. They wait for us to let our guard down before they come shrieking in to destroy us and everyone we love. But you’re not bothered about that sort of paranormal nonsense, at least not at this point in your shift. You’ve got paperwork to file, the old folks home is being haunted by an inverse vampire, there’s a monster ‘terrorising’ the campground and your loveable idiot of a partner has misplaced the gremlin-filled magical urn you confiscated from an occult shop yesterday. https://www.pocketgamer.com/the-darkside-detective/review/
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Next month, Baldur's Gate 3 is getting its eagerly awaited Patch 7, adding dynamic splitscreen in co-op play, an official modding toolkit, and—most importantly for certain unrepentant sickos among you—expanded and improved endings for evil characters. Earlier today, Larian posted a fresh teaser for one of the Dark Urge's new evil endings, and wouldn't you know it: Seems pretty dark!The Dark Urge turns to their side, where three of their companions stand—Shadowheart, Lae'zel, and Wyll, in this case. The Dark Urge raises and closes a fist, producing the telltale psionic pulse of illithid domination around their companion's heads. Commanding his companions through the yoked Netherbrain, the Dark Urge sweeps their fist to gesture at the burning city below, forcing their companions to approach the platform's edge. As the companions stare helplessly at the drop, the Dark Urge gently opens their hand, almost in a gesture of invitation. https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/larian-released-a-teaser-for-the-new-evil-endings-coming-in-baldur-s-gate-3-s-next-patch-and-they-really-weren-t-kidding-about-the-evil-part/
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Former President Donald Trump held a battleground state rally to tout his economic plan and recalibrate his campaign amid a tightening race for the White House. In a 90-minute speech in Asheville, North Carolina, Trump pledged to bring down consumer prices and increase wages through permanent tax cuts, energy policy reforms and eliminating environmental protections. The stop on Wednesday was the second rally for Trump in two weeks, marking a slower pace for the former president's campaign. He often veered off topic, leaning into attacks on political rival Vice-President Kamala Harris and once stating he was "not sure the economy is the most important topic" of the election. Trump's speech did not unveil any new proposals. He vowed to "rapidly drive prices down and make America affordable again" in his second term. He argued that Biden-Harris administration has "broken" the US economy, asking the crowd: "Does anyone here feel richer under Kamala Harris and Crooked Joe?" Inflation in the US rose at the slowest pace in more than three years last month, marking relief for consumers - and a possible boon for the Harris campaign. Trump also promised to lower energy costs by opening up more land for drilling, and pledged to reverse renewable energy and infrastructure projects approved by President Joe Biden. Towards the end of his remarks he said he would leave in place the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. He had previously tried to eliminate it while in office. Trump frequently went off message, criticising Ms Harris over immigration, crime and other issues, as well as targeting her as “not smart” and having “the laugh of a crazy person”. The Harris campaign responded with a statement saying Trump chose to ignore "inconvenient facts" about the economy in his speech. "He lied. He rambled. He yelled. He said the economy is not an important issue," it said. Trump has been on the defensive in recent days, after the Democratic ticket got a boost of energy when Ms Harris replaced Mr Biden as the nominee. Reports suggest the Trump campaign is trying to get their candidate back on message after several events in which the former real estate mogul has been less focused on policy. A new survey from the Cook Political Report suggests Ms Harris is erasing Trump's polling leads in multiple swing states. According to the publication, she polls ahead of the former president in Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The pair are tied in Georgia. The race remains very competitive ahead of the November election, however, and surveys also suggest that voters trust Trump on economic matters more than Ms Harris. Ms Harris is due to travel to North Carolina on Friday to deliver a speech laying out her own economic proposals. Outside the Asheville venue where Trump spoke, supporters described to BBC News why they back the former president. "I love the fact that he stands for his beliefs and he stands for his country," said Lisa Ramsey, an Asheville resident. Zach Young, from nearby Hendersonville, said the Biden administration has overseen "three and a half years of suffering". "We need to get back on the right page. The country needs to be run like a business," he said. The economic speech comes after the United Autoworkers Union (UAW) filed Unfair Labor Practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board over comments made by Trump and Elon Musk. In a conversation on X/Twitter on Monday, Trump praised Mr Musk for firing workers who went on strike. Trump said that if workers strike, "you say ‘that’s OK, you're all gone. You're all gone.' So everyone is gone". But federal law says companies cannot fire striking employees. On Wednesday, the union said it planned to mobilise its one million active and retired workers to vote for Ms Harris. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8xlq0rg4yzo
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it's afraid and then runs away," he explains. While Servheen says bears involved in these types of attacks are rarely removed or put down, both the cougar and grizzly bear were euthanised after these altercations. As human-wildlife conflicts increase due to sprawling human po[CENSORED]tions and resource shortages caused by climate change, such outcomes may become all too common and ultimately hinder conservation efforts long term. Human-wildlife conflict has already resulted in the decimation of wolf po[CENSORED]tions in Europe and the United States, and the extinction of tiger subspecies in the southern hemisphere. "There is a lot of attention around these attacks, but in reality the number of attacks is very low," says Vincenzo Penteriani, a researcher for the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). According to a 2023 study co-authored by Penteriani, there were 5,089 large carnivore attacks worldwide between 1950 and 2019. Only 32% of those resulted in human fatalities, with two-thirds of these fatalities caused by large cats such as lions and cougars. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240815-why-wild-animals-attack-humans
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The 2025 Nissan Altima drops the SR VC-Turbo from its lineup, leaving the 188-horsepower 2.5-liter four-cylinder as the sole engine. Nissan also introduces a new Special Edition package for the SV trim with technology that is more closely aligned with the upper trims. Pricing for the 2025 Altima starts at $28,140 for the base model and ranges up to $35,970 for the all-wheel-drive-equipped SL. One of the few sedans still on sale just got a little less powerful. Well, sort of. Nissan has dropped the optional SR VC-Turbo trim from the 2025 Altima lineup, leaving behind the rather unremarkable naturally aspirated 2.5-liter four-cylinder to power the full lineup. A Lone Engine Choice Now the sole engine, the 2.5-liter produces 188 horsepower and 180 pound-feet of torque. Every Altima has a continuously variable automatic transmission (CVT), with the SR grade featuring paddle shifters for some faux-shifting fun. When reached for comment on the loss of the variable-compression-ratio 2.0-liter turbo four, a Nissan spokesperson responded to Car and Driver with the following statement: "Nissan frequently adapts powertrain options across its lineup to meet the needs of customers. Our 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine delivers the optimum balance of fuel economy and performance, combined with the AWD compatibility that more Altima customers are looking for." Pricing for the 2025 Altima starts at $28,140 for the base S trim, which is $630 more than last year. Spending a bit more on the $28,570 SV opens the door to several options, such as all-wheel drive and upgraded technology for the cabin. The SV trim also adds a new $1090 Special Edition package that includes the same 12.3-inch infotainment system as the SL and SR, and it includes a wireless charging pad, dual-zone climate controls, and a sunroof. The package also switches up the SV's look by adding a rear spoiler, glossy black 17-inch wheels, illuminated kickplates, and a center console with pretend carbon fiber. Stepping up to the SR trim brings the price tag up to $29,970, but the move improves upon the SV's standard features. The top-spec SL starts at $34,470 with front-wheel drive; the all-wheel-drive configuration starts at $35,970. According to Nissan, the 2025 Altima will hit dealer lots within the coming weeks. https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a61914210/2025-nissan-altima-loses-turbo-engine-price/
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Ange Postecoglou warned Tottenham must discover a clinical edge in front of goal if his side are to bridge the gap to the best teams in the Premier League this season. Spurs had to settle for a frustrating 1-1 draw at Leicester despite dominating the game, with the 37-year-old Jamie Vardy equalising with the hosts’ first shot on target and only their second of the match. Dominic Solanke, who made his Spurs debut following a £65m move from Bournemouth, was among those who squandered chances to double Tottenham’s lead after Pedro Porro opened the scoring with a header. “It was an issue we had last year as well, we need to keep working hard and be a bit more ruthless in front of goal,” Postecoglou said. “At times we made poor decisions. When we are that dominant we should be out of sight. We do everything to score goals and we didn’t score. The dominance is great but if you don’t score it is meaningless. “We have to be stronger in our mindset in the front third. To be that wasteful is disappointing. We just weren’t clinical. To get results you need to be a lot more ruthless in the final third. If we don’t, we won’t get the rewards our football should get. If we are going to get to the next level, it is an area we have to improve. We want to bridge the gap to the top teams. The performance of the players in general was very good but we need to turn good performances into outcomes.” The Tottenham manager said he was encouraged by the fact that Rodrigo Bentancur was conscious and able to communicate after being carried off on a stretcher on 78 minutes. The Uruguay midfielder clashed heads with Abdul Fatawu and then landed heavily at a Tottenham corner. “I don’t have a lot of information but I do know he is fine to communicate,” Postecoglou said. Vardy signed a new 12-month contract in the summer to extend his stay at Leicester into a 13th season. “I see it as just a number,” Vardy said. “As long as I keep looking after myself and my legs keep feeling great, then I will carry on for as long as is physically possible. I was as fit as a fiddle until I got to about 65 minutes … I have probably adapted [my game] a bit by dropping in but I think the main thing is I am looking after myself recovery-wise to the maximum.” https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/aug/19/we-just-werent-clinical-postecoglou-laments-tottenhams-wasteful-attack
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hen Carol Higgins was 15, she walked into Penistone police station in South Yorkshire with her mother to report that her father, Elliott Appleyard, had been raping her several times a week for the previous two years. She might not have used the word “rape”, because she wasn’t sure that was what it was. “I was upset, confused, petrified. I didn’t realise it was criminal because I thought he loved me,” she says. “I felt like I was to blame because I hadn’t kicked and screamed. He’d told me that it was normal. He said he had lots of friends who lived as man and wife with their daughters.” There was no shortage of corroborative evidence. Her younger brother had seen them “snogging” (his word) and found intimate images of his sister in a tin box by his father’s bed. Higgins had once confided in a schoolfriend and talked to the girl’s parents about it. A neighbour had seen love bites on Higgins’s neck when she was about 13. Higgins’ mother – who didn’t live with the family at that time – had confronted Appleyard about their daughter’s allegations and he had replied: “You [CENSORED] prove it.” There was also a large tattoo on Higgins’ back that read, “Caz and Sam” with a rose in between (Sam was Appleyard’s nickname). The tattoo had been his idea and he had taken Higgins to the tattoo parlour, though she had never wanted it. (“I felt cheap,” she says. “He often used to call me a ‘slag’ and I felt like one with that tattoo on my back.”) Higgins gave a 17-page statement, signed it and was given a painful internal examination. At the end of it, she was informed that Appleyard would not be charged. Apparently, the case wasn’t strong enough. There was no forensic evidence. The police told her that because her brother, who was 14, was a minor, his account was inadmissible. They said that, should the case reach court, her name and sexual history would be dragged through the mud. Could she handle it? Higgins said she couldn’t. This happened in 1984. Decades later, in 2005, Higgins tried again, phoning West Yorkshire police to report historical sexual abuse, and then again in 2012. In 2013 and 2014, she instructed two sets of solicitors to write to the police on her behalf, and in 2014 she also walked into Normanton police station in West Yorkshire, waited five hours, then gave another police interview. In 2015, she reported it yet again, but in June 2017 she was informed that the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) had decided against prosecution. Police gave many reasons along the way, but much seemed to rest on her 1984 statement. It had been lost, so there was nothing to compare her account against. (Another time, she was told that it “hadn’t been lost”, it “just hadn’t been found”. Later, she was told it had been destroyed.) https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/article/2024/aug/20/carol-higgins-father-abuse-how-we-survive
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[News] Israeli strike in Lebanon kills 10, health ministry says
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An Israeli air strike in southern Lebanon has killed 10 people, Lebanese officials say, in one of the deadliest attacks in the current violence along the Lebanon-Israel border. The building hit, in the city of Nabatieh, was housing Syrian refugees, the Lebanese Health Minister, Firass Abiad, told the BBC. Israel said it had targeted a Hezbollah weapons depot, which was denied by the owner of the facility. In response Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed militia and political Lebanese group, fired a barrage of rockets, targeting a kibbutz in northern Israel and another on an Israeli military post. There were no casualties as a result of the first attack, while two Israeli soldiers were injured in the second, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said. Israel and Hezbollah have traded near daily fire across the border since the 7 October attack on Israel by Palestinian militants prompted an Israeli invasion of Gaza with the aim of eliminating Hamas. Tensions have escalated further in recent weeks after Israel killed a senior Hezbollah commander, Fuad Shukr, in Hezbollah’s stronghold in southern Beirut. Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, has vowed to respond to the assassination. It comes as international mediators have urged Israel and Hamas to agree a ceasefire deal in upcoming talks, amid fears the war in Gaza could spiral into a regional conflict. Iran has dismissed calls from Western leaders to refrain from retaliating against Israel for the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in its capital, Tehran, last month. But there are indications that Iran may have decided to delay its response amid the efforts for a ceasefire in Gaza. Mr Abiad, however, said Israel's actions suggested it had no interest in a deal. He also said that a woman and her two children were among the dead in Nabatieh, and that a further five people were in a critical condition. Hossain Tohmaz, the owner of one of the buildings hit, said it was a “100% civilian facility”, where people worked and lived. "This is a hangar used for manufacturing iron, and that is a warehouse where we park trucks for loading goods like solar panels. The workers live and sleep on the top floor," he said. A few hours later, Hezbollah said it had fired Katyusha rockets at Ayelet HaShahar, a kibbutz north of the Sea of Galilee. The IDF said it had it had detected 55 launches from Lebanon, some of which had fallen in "open areas". "Multiple fires were ignited in the area and Israel Fire and Rescue Services are currently operating at the scene to extinguish them," it wrote in an update on Telegram. A short while later, Hezbollah said it had attacked an Israeli military position in Marj. The IDF said one soldier had been severely injured and another lightly injured as a result of a projectile launched from Lebanon that had fallen on Misgav Am, which sits next to the Israel-Lebanon border. "The soldiers were evacuated to a hospital for medical treatment and their families have been notified," it added. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y364j3eryo -