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Peter Jones has added the American Golf chain to his growing business empire, snapping up the UK’s largest golf retailer in a deal that marks a new chapter for the loss-making brand. The Dragons’ Den investor, a keen golfer who is said to play off a handicap of eight, has agreed to acquire American Golf from private equity group Endless, which has owned the business since 2018. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Founded in 1978, American Golf operates more than 80 stores across the UK and employs over 1,000 staff. The retailer sells clubs, equipment, clothing…

“People perceive that an anatomical illustration is an objective depiction of the human body to the best of the artist’s abilities,” says Gann, which is something that the exhibition seeks to “break apart”. “In truth, they are subject to culture and tastes and artistic movements as any other form of art and illustration.” A nameless black figure in Maclise’s book, thought to be the only black body in anatomical works of the period, is a case in point, having been removed from the edition created for pre-abolition America.His depiction, notes Keren Rosa Hammerschlag in her 2021 essay, Black Apollo: Aesthetics, Dissection,…

The Trump administration has unveiled a new food pyramid that stresses protein and whole foods and calls for an end to “the war on saturated fats.” izzetugutmen/U.S. Department of Health and Human Services hide caption toggle caption izzetugutmen/U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced new dietary guidelines for Americans focused on promoting whole foods, proteins and healthy fats. At a press conference Wednesday, the administration unveiled a new food pyramid with red meat, cheese, vegetables and fruits pictured at the top. Kennedy described the guidelines as the most significant reset on nutrition…

Hey — I’m Vladyslav from Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. I build high-performance interactive web experiences and I’m the author of the StringTune library. Codrops was always my go-to place to find “artifacts” to dissect and learn from, so being featured here is special. I didn’t start with the web. I spent years on C++ and C# dreaming of GameDev. In university, I teamed up with a friend to build a custom game engine for our coursework project. During our final presentation, a senior faculty member asked a question that stuck with me: “Why build this, if there are already ready-made solutions?“ I…

The southern lights captured from Brazil on Jan. 19. (Image credit: Egon Filter)A rare aurora appeared briefly over southern Brazil on Jan. 19 during a powerful geomagnetic storm. Luckily for us, one photographer was at the right place at the right time to capture the fleeting scene.Astrophotographer Egon Filter captured the faint purple-red glow from Cambará do Sul, in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state, during the peak of the geomagnetic storm. Auroras are typically confined to high latitudes near Earth’s north and south magnetic poles, making sightings in the Southern Hemisphere this far north of Antarctica very rare.Filter had…

Tottenham Hotspur are reportedly interested in signing Aitor Paredes from Athletic Club Bilbao.The 25-year-old central defender has done well for the La Liga club, and Tottenham want to secure his signature in the summer. They could lose key players like Cristian Romero at the end of the season, and they need to replace them properly.The Spanish defender has proven himself in La Liga, and he has the physical and technical attributes for Premier League football as well. According to a report from Fichajes, he will cost around €40 million due to a release clause in his contract. Tottenham have the…

The teenager allegedly took a knife from his kitchen with the plan to attack the 60-year-old, the prosecutor says.

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What to Know: Crypto.com is entering the prediction market space, validating the sector and bringing regulated binary options to retail users. The ‘Harvest Now, Decrypt Later’ threat means data generated by high-volume trading today could be vulnerable to future quantum attacks. BMIC provides a solution through a Full Quantum-Secure Finance Stack, featuring Zero Public-Key Exposure to nullify quantum threats. The race to dominate the prediction market sector just got crowded. Following the breakout success of decentralized platforms like Polymarket, Crypto.com has officially unveiled its strategy to capture a slice of the binary outcome economy. The exchange’s move to integrate prediction-style…

Compare These Security CamerasBest MicroSD CardsCourtesy of SamsungSome security cameras support local storage, enabling you to record videos on the camera or a linked hub. A few hubs have built-in storage, and some provide slots for hard drives, but most rely on microSD cards. This is a quick guide on what to look for (plus some recommendations).The microSD card you choose should have fast read and write speeds so you can record high-quality video and play it back without delay. I recommend going for Class 10 microSD cards rated as U1 or U3. You can dive deeper into what that…