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The Star
4 days ago
- Business
- The Star
Big bets on Bess
AS the market awaits the award of the large scale solar 5+ (LSS5+) programme, strong interest is also building around the country's inaugural tender for battery energy storage systems (Bess), which was launched late last year. Dubbed MyBeST, the initiative is structured as a two-stage bidding process and targets 400MW of battery power capacity with 1,600MWh of energy storage, slated to begin full operation by 2026/2027.
Newsweek
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
Couple Adopt Puppy From Shelter, DNA Reveals Unbelievable Mix
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. When dog owner Milly, from Ohio, posted photos of her 5-month-old dog Bess online, she wasn't expecting the flood of admiration that followed. "We keep getting asked if she is a 'designer dog' but we really just lucked out with the shelter," the owner said in a Reddit post with thousands of upvotes and more than 100 comments. An unusual mix of Siberian husky and golden retriever, Bess has the classic markings of a husky with unmistakable long fur and floppy ears of a golden retriever. Bess is more than just photogenic. She's the emotional bridge for Ellie, Milly's 6-year-old German shepherd who had suffered years of abuse under a backyard breeder. When Ellie arrived at the family's home in 2024, she had endured multiple litters and was emotionally struggling. "Ellie would howl and cry every time she saw a puppy, so we decided she needed one of her own. We began searching through the local shelter websites and came across Bess' litter in April of 2025," Milly, who didn't give a surname, told Newsweek. Pictures of Bess, the unusual mixed breed who often gets mistaken for a designer dog. Pictures of Bess, the unusual mixed breed who often gets mistaken for a designer dog. OhioIsForCats/Reddit Bess and her litter were born at our local Humane Society and were featured at an adoption event in May. They didn't last long as her entire litter was adopted out within 30 minutes. "We knew from the website that she was a retriever mix, and the coloring showed she was likely some type of husky as well," Milly said. "We did a doggy DNA swab and found that she is 50 percent golden retriever with the rest being mostly Siberian husky and a little border collie, as well." In the comments on Reddit, people couldn't get enough of Bess' unusual looks. "Wow! She's gorgeous!!! Those markings and that face," said one commenter. While another said: "So cute. 50 percent golden, 50 percent husky, 110 percent shedding machine." Beyond the aesthetics, Bess is a sweet soul. She's already mastered five speech buttons to communicate with her humans—and has a penchant for full-body tail wags any time she spots someone new. "She's too cute not to share. The reactions online were very similar to what we see in-person: absolute gushing over her cuteness," Milly said. "It's lovely to see how much people love Bess. She is not only a beautiful puppy, but she is so sweet and smart, too." This isn't the first time a rare dog breed mix has impressed people online. A half basset hound and half English bulldog captured viral attention previously on Reddit, while another unusual breed mix left people guessing after the owner shared pictures on the internet. Do you have funny and adorable videos or pictures of your pet you want to share? Send them to life@ with some details about your best friend, and they could appear in our Pet of the Week lineup.
Globe and Mail
23-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Globe and Mail
Italy's Instagram-famous chef Daniela Maiorano's taste of Abruzzo
'Ciao amici, today we are doing la cacio e pepe – the queen of all the Roman dishes.' So begins Italian chef Daniela Maiorano's Instagram reel for a creamless cacio e pepe, which dropped in January and became popular thanks to her accessible walk-through for making a simple, delicious-looking pasta. But the quiet magic of her casual, flirty delivery, combined with plenty of eye contact and an impish smirk, sealed the deal to make the moment go viral. It has racked up 3.8 million views as of mid-July, and there's a good chance that if you're one of her roughly 155,000 followers, this is the video that introduced you to her no-frills, off-the-cuff video recipes. Maiorano, a fourth-generation chef, grew up working in Ristorante Clemente, an institution in her hometown of Sulmona in Abruzzo, two hours east of Rome. Before founding the restaurant in 1957, her great-grandfather had opened a cantina in town. But Clemente's early years were defined by her nonna's cooking and hard work. The family's matriarch taught Maiorano about the pleasure of food and the sacrifice required to devote oneself to a craft. Maiorano left Sulmona as a teenager and gained further experience working in restaurants in Rome, London and Berlin; formally studied photography; quit taking heroin after a decade of using the drug; and was briefly a professional boxer. She eventually moved to the surf haven of Byron Bay, Australia, where she lives with her partner, Bess. After establishing herself in the biggest cities in Europe and another continent, she now feels driven to return to her roots and bring others to Abruzzo, where she has been working on new food and wine tours while continuing to run her catering business in Byron Bay. Almost a year before her viral video, Maiorano was urged by an influencer friend to post a recipe walk-through to boost her online following in order to drum up more business. After a lot of resistance, she caved and put together a reel featuring spaghetti with anchovies, butter and a secret ingredient you'll have to watch to discover. Maiorano's natural charisma proved a big hit. She increased her Instagram following fivefold overnight. 'I never loved content creators in food on Instagram,' Maiorano says over a cappuccino in June earlier this year at a Roman bakery and café named Tulipane. Despite all the attention, she has a general lack of desire to play the content-creation game, such as posting a certain number of reels each week or seeking constant engagement. Her videos are devoid of the sleek production typical of many chronically online recipe slingers. 'It's not my style,' she says. Instead, she recognized early on that she could use her new audience for good, and has used her platform on Instagram to educate people about food. Maiorano's videos have emphasized traditional farming and production models; highlighted women chefs, farmers and producers; and revealed the maximum number of chickens per hectare that can still nab a 'free range' designation in Australia (10,000!). She also uses her social media to get the word out about her events, like the one at Tulipane a week prior where she cooked dishes such as a battered and fried primo sale – a firm, young cheese traditionally made with sheep's milk – with saffron and honey. Her latest endeavour, weeklong food and wine experiences in Abruzzo, gives her the chance to connect the way she prefers – offline, in conversation over meals or cooking, exposing others to small farms and producers who are engaging sustainably with the land where she comes from. The first trip happened this May, and she has six events already planned for next year in May, June, September and October, for a maximum of a dozen participants. 'It's like you're coming into my house,' Maiorano says. 'I show you my culture. I show you my family. It's not fancy. We go to explore artisans who have been doing this job for 10 generations.' One of the choices she emphasizes is buying seasonal products from small, local producers whenever possible. On the first of her food and wine tours, she brought participants to Claire Staroccia and Dan Gibeon's Rito Pane, a home restaurant and bakery in the tiny town of Stiffe, and to the former farm of late Abruzzese shepherd Gregorio Rotolo, now an agri-tourism destination for traditionally made cheese and meat. While the artisans will change, Maiorano plans to revisit makers based on the seasons. 'Food, for me, is the key,' Maiorano says. 'Because we need food every day, and every day we can make a choice to avoid something and support something else.' Her tour groups have also learned to make cheese from a farming couple who have fewer than 20 goats and milk them daily by hand. 'They love what they're doing,' Maiorano says. 'They bring the goats to walk in the mountains for six hours every day. Who's going to protect these people? I want to do this.' Maiorano speaks with a tinge of gravitas: She has a history of human and gay rights activism, and understands how important food quality and security is in that context. Preserving traditional and sustainable methods of food production and its agents is of primary concern for her now. 'I want to take the power to change something and change something,' Maiorano says about her online reach. 'I don't want to do what all the others are doing, just doing things for themselves. We need to work for the community. We need to become, again, united.'
BBC News
23-07-2025
- General
- BBC News
Norfolk County Council urges action over battery farm fire fears
Energy secretary Ed Milliband will be asked to fund training and equipment for fire services in areas where large battery farms are County Council voted in favour of asking for government support for emergency services because of concerns they may have to deal with blazes at battery energy storage systems (Bess).A number are planned for Norfolk, and Conservative council leader Kay Mason Billig said she fears "they pose a serious risk", whilst calling for fire services to be consulted on battery farm planning Department for Energy Security and Net Zero said "fires at storage sites in the UK are rare" and "high safety standards" were already in place. Bess are used to stockpile excess energy from sources such as fossil fuels, solar and wind - and then release it when the power is needed electricity is held inside lithium batteries, which are housed in structures similar to shipping are seen as a key part of the government's plan for green power and energy security, with it aiming to increase storage capacity from 4.5 GW in 2024, to up to 27 GW by whilst Bess fires are rare, concerns have been raised about their safety, with Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service describing them as "an emerging risk".There is currently no single authority setting safety standards for them, but they are regulated by the Health and Safety Executive.A growing number of applications have been submitted for Bess sites, although developers recently suspended their plans for a large one at Rushall, near Diss. Mason Billig told a meeting of Norfolk County Council that she was concerned there was no legal requirement for fire services to be consulted on planning applications for Bess for a change in the law she also said she wanted ministers to make sure emergency services were equipped to deal with any fires at them."They present a real challenge to our fire and rescue services who are expected to respond to these highly complex incidents with no additional funding, training or equipment from the government or developers," she Billig added she wanted the government to set national safety standards for battery farms. Catherine Rowett, who leads the council's Green group, said she supported tighter guidelines and fire service funding – but warned against "scaremongering".She said Bess sites where there had been fires – such as one in Liverpool in 2020 – were based on older technology that is now out of use."We should resist the temptation to overstate the risks from Bess installations because local residents are receiving sensationalist misinformation that are causing many to fear for their lives," she councillors voted in favour of Mason Billig's proposals – 11 abstained and none voted against – so she will now write to Milliband.A spokesman for Norfolk's Fire and Rescue Service said it "would welcome closer fire service involvement in these sites as a positive step towards greater public safety in an emerging technology".The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero's spokeswoman said that "every battery storage facility we construct helps protect families from future energy shocks".She added: "Battery fires at storage sites are rare in the UK and we already have high safety standards in place to ensure batteries are safe throughout their lifespan." Follow Norfolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
Yahoo
04-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
We Were Liars Season 2 When? Candice King and Caitlin Fitzgerald Pitch the Ultimate '90s Throwback
We Were Liars may have wrapped its first season, but the Sinclairs' story is far from over. In addition to its central tragedy (R.I.P., half the cast!), the Prime Video series also drops several major hints about another skeleton in the wealthy Sinclair family's closet: the tragic death of Penny, Carrie and Bess' younger sister Rosemary at just 10 years old. Details about her drowning are revealed gradually, but one moment in the finale confirms that we still only know a fraction of the story. More from TVLine Get Apple TV+ for 50% Off on Prime Video - Catch Up on Severance, The Buccaneers and More The Boys Wraps Production on 'Grand Finale' - When Will Season 5 Be Released? Select Prime Video Channels Are on Sale for $1/Month - Watch Starz, BET+, Paramount+, Hallmark+ and Others While discussing the deaths of their own children, Bess tells Carrie, 'Sometimes I think losing them was our punishment, like that one tiny ember was sent from God or the universe or Beechwood Island.' When Carrie asks Bess what they'd be punished for, she chillingly replies, 'For what we did in Summer 16, the summer I was 16. But then I think, if it was our punishment, Penny wouldn't have been spared, right?' With that simple exchange, a seed has been planted for a potential second season, and there's plenty of source material for it. Just as Season 1 was a largely faithful adaptation of E. Lockhart's 2014 novel We Were Liars, Season 2 would pull from Lockhart's 2022 follow-up Family of Liars, which turns back the clock to explore the aforementioned Rosemary tragedy. Needless to say (but we'll let them say it anyway), the cast is game for a return to Beechwood Island. 'Because we know the prequel and the origin story of these three complicated women, it would be really fun to go back and do that,' Caitlin Fitzgerald tells TVLine of adapting Family of Liars for the screen. And if you're at all on the fence about wanting another season, allow Candice King to pitch the heck out of it: 'Who doesn't love a throwback to the '90s?' she asks TVLine. In fact, that's only the start of her and Fitzgerald's A+ pitches for the show's future. Hit PLAY on the video above to watch our full interview with King and Fitzgerald, then drop a comment with your own thoughts below. Did you enjoy Season 1 of , and what are your questions leading into a possible Season 2? Best of TVLine Yellowjackets' Tawny Cypress Talks Episode 4's Tai/Van Reunion: 'We're All Worried About Taissa' Vampire Diaries Turns 10: How Real-Life Plot Twists Shaped Everything From the Love Triangle to the Final Death Vampire Diaries' Biggest Twists Revisited (and Explained)
