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Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Man Tries to Save Snake Not Knowing It Was Venomous. He Spent 2 Nights in the Hospital After Getting Bitten
New York City writer Dan Geiger tried to save a snake he spotted while cycling in New Jersey Although he didn't know it at the time, the snake was venomous — and ended up biting him In images shared by Hackensack University Medical Center, where he had to stay for two nights to recover, the writer's finger was captured with a swollen black woundA man tried to help move a snake out of the road and got a nasty bite in the process. Dan Deiger was cycling in New Jersey's Palisades Cliffs on Wednesday, May 21, when he saw a small snake, according to a Hackensack Memorial Health press release. Not wanting the serpent to be injured by a bike, the writer — who lives in New York City — decided he was going to help move the creature away. However, unbeknownst to him, it was a venomous Copperhead. 'He first tried nudging the snake with his water bottle, hoping it would slither away,' the hospital wrote. 'When it didn't budge, Dan made a split-second decision he now regrets. He reached out with his hand. In a flash, the snake struck, sinking its fangs into his finger.' "Dan immediately knew something was wrong. Although he didn't know what type of snake it was, he assumed based on how much he was bleeding, it was venomous," the hospital continued. Fortunately, he was able to flag down two strangers to call 911. Geiger told local Fox affiliate WNYW that ultimately, his 'hand was just too close to its head." "It struck me with precision and speed," he added. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. While it's rare for someone to die from a Copperhead snake's venom, a limb can be seriously damaged as a result of the bite, according to Hackensack Memorial Health. 'It contains toxins that break down tissue, causing intense pain, swelling, blistering, and even tissue death (necrosis),' they explained. The venom also disrupts blood clotting, leading to internal bleeding and further complications. The longer the venom circulates, the more widespread the damage.' In pictures shared by Hackensack Memorial Health, the snake bite victim's index finger featured a swollen, black wound. According to the hospital, Geiger stayed there for two nights before being discharged — but he still 'won't be using his hand for another week or so until the residual swelling and bruising subsides." 'He still loves the Palisades and its wildlife, but he's learned a valuable lesson: admire from a distance," the hospital wrote. "He'll think twice before intervening again, no matter how good his intentions." Read the original article on People
Globe and Mail
02-05-2025
- Business
- Globe and Mail
Copperhead Resources Announces Change of Chief Financial Officer
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - May 2, 2025) - Copperhead Resources Inc. (CSE: CUH) ("Copperhead" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Keith Li as Chief Financial Officer ("CFO"), following the resignation of Mike Dai. Keith Li brings more than 15 years of experience in corporate accounting, finance, equity markets, financial reporting, and public company administration. Specializing in management advisory services, regulatory compliance, and financial strategy, he has served as CFO for multiple TSXV and CSE-listed companies, including in the junior mining, cannabis, health & wellness, and merchant banking sectors. Keith is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University. The Company thanks Mr. Dai For his contributions to the Company. About Copperhead Resources Inc. Copperhead Resources Inc. is a mineral resource company engaged in the business of acquiring and exploring mineral resource properties. The Company's principal objective is to locate and develop precious and base metals, focusing initially on the exploration and development of the Red Line Project, the Company's sole mineral exploration project located in British Columbia, Canada. The Company has acquired the option to acquire a 75% undivided right, title, and interest in and to the Red Line Project pursuant to an option agreement. From time to time the Company may also evaluate and acquire other mineral and oil and gas properties of merit, containing a variety of resources and located in a variety of geographical jurisdictions. For further information about Copperhead, please contact: Damian Lopez President & CEO Copperhead Resources Inc. Phone: 647-368-7789 Email: damian@ Cautionary Statements Regarding Forward-Looking Information This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, including those relating to regulatory approval and the impact of additions to the leadership team. These statements are based on numerous assumptions regarding the Amendment that are believed by management to be reasonable in the circumstances, and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including without limitation: challenges executing on corporate strategy and business plans; regulatory approval processes; and those other risks described in the Company's continuous disclosure documents. Actual results may differ materially from results contemplated by the forward-looking statements herein. Investors and others should carefully consider the foregoing factors and should not place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements herein except as required by applicable securities laws. Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange nor its regulation services provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Canadian Securities Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Yahoo
Distracted driver legislation in memory of Anaconda woman sputters in House
A sign warning drivers against distracted driving is near one of the entrances of Billings, Montana. (Photo by Darrell Ehrlick of the Daily Montanan) Four years ago, a young woman, Chloe Worl, was killed shortly before 8 a.m. outside of Dillon by a distracted driver. The other driver, texting on her phone and using Snapchat, slammed Worl's pickup at 60 mph. Worl, who was 25 and working at Barrett Hospital at the time, was killed instantly. The driver who killed Worl avoided jail time for the death. Montana does not have laws making distracted driving illegal, something some lawmakers this session sought to change with Senate Bill 359. Some municipalities, like Helena and Billings, already have distracted driving laws. Signs dot the towns, reminding motorists to look up at the road, not down at their phones. But efforts to bring distracted driving laws statewide have stalled. 'She was an amazing young lady whose life was cut too short, but she's one of many,' said Sen. Sara Novak, an Anaconda Democrat who pushed distracted driving legislation this session. 'This keeps happening.' There were 203 traffic fatalities in 2024, according to the Montana Department of Transportation. That number was less than 200 in 2023. Many of the fatal crashes have been clustered in the southwestern portion of the state. Nationally, fatalities are more common in rural areas than urban, and more than 3,200 people died in crashes caused by distracted driving in 2023. Worl held a degree from the University of Montana Western in molecular biology and had planned to attend the University of Montana's pharmacy school. She was a hunter, an avid horseback rider, a National Honors Society member and musically gifted. Her death shocked not only the Dillon community, but north in Anaconda as well. Worl was a Copperhead, a graduate of Anaconda High School and a four-year softball player. Worl's memory still lives — her family has spoken in favor of legislation seeking to penalize distracted driving and there's even an annual scholarship in her name. 'We've learned a lot since this tragedy has happened to us,' Keith Worl, Chloe's father, said during a Senate Transportation hearing for SB 359 in late February. 'I guess it's also fueled our fire to not have this tragedy happen to anybody else we know.' Chloe Worl's memory lives in Novak's mind too. Novak's Senate Bill 359 would have added penalties for distracted driving. While the session is not over quite yet, the effort has stalled. The legislation passed the Senate, but was tabled in the House Judiciary Committee. Two attempts to blast SB 359, both by legislators from nearby districts, failed during the last two weeks. The first motion to move it to the House floor, by Rep. Jennifer Lynch, a Butte Democrat, failed by one vote with one member, a Democrat, voting remotely. Blast motions can only be voted on by members who are present in the chamber at the time of the vote, and if they would have had that vote on the first motion to reconsider, the legislation likely would have seen the House floor. Rep. Scott DeMarois, a Democrat from Anaconda, brought the second blast motion to move the bill to the floor. It failed by four votes. 'For whatever reason, the stars didn't align,' Novak said. 'It's emotional, it's frustrating.' Novak was Worl's driving instructor, teaching her siblings as well. She was carrying SB 359 for the family and said last week it was her most important piece of legislation this session. 'She was a ray of sunshine,' Novak said. It frustrated Novak, who felt 'politics' played a part in the bill's struggles, but for her the bill not going cuts even deeper. Law enforcement and the state Department of Transportation supported the bill in its committee hearings, but trouble began in the Senate. Asking municipal courts to prosecute the charges was one issue. There was a sense by some legislators it was an attempt by the transportation department to increase revenue by adding penalties. 'I do value life, but this bill usually goes through judiciary,' Sen. Barry Usher, R-Billings, said March 2 on the Senate floor. 'But it seems to me, based on the discussion, that this is about money, because this was pushed, I guess, by the Department of Transportation, because we're losing money.' Comments on her intent were also lambasted by Sen. Pat Flowers, D-Belgrade, as a point of decorum during Senate floor discussion. Novak recently said the MDT trying to get more funding wasn't the driver of the bill and made a similar comment on the floor in March. 'In terms of the attacks on MDT and my reasons for bringing this bill, I take exception to that,' Novak said on March 2. 'As this bill sponsor, I did a lot of homework, and I reached out to who I thought would be of interest in this bill.' Novak said there was some conversation about amending the bill to specifically ban texting. But this doesn't go far enough, she said. 'It's more than just texting,' Novak said. A car can travel the length of a football field while glancing at a phone for five seconds at 55 mph. Other messaging apps like Snapchat can be a pull, as can social media, taking photos and changing a song. There has been some appetite in the Legislature to regulate motorists this session, and Bobby's Law, House Bill 267, would create a mandatory minimum for some fatal DUIs in the state. Novak's bill would have made it a $75 ticket on first offense for distracted driving and $150 for subsequent infractions. The intention of Novak's legislation wasn't fully punitive, she said. It's more of creating reminders, so that fewer families will be shattered by a preventable crash, she added. 'We weren't trying to hammer anything with a bunch of heavy fines or create more work for law enforcement,' Novak said in an interview. 'It was more educational and being a deterrent.'
Boston Globe
11-04-2025
- Business
- Boston Globe
Navy veterans' new startup is building captainless ships
Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up A Saildrone on display outside a conference hosted by Palantir. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Advertisement Also this week, weapons startup Anduril Industries Inc. unveiled a torpedo-like autonomous drone called Copperhead, with the tagline: 'Whoever commands the sea commands the world.' Building ships has become an increasingly urgent national priority. On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order seeking to revive the industry in the US. The president will also dispatch Elon Musk's efficiency squad to investigate how the US Navy fell so far behind in turning out vessels. In January, Ambassador Katherine Tai said that the US builds fewer than five ships a year, while China constructs more than 1,700. Advertisement Blue Water is taking the country's slump in shipbuilding seriously. Chief Executive Officer Rylan Hamilton compared the company's mission to the Liberty ships the US made during World War II. Blue Water's vessel is designed for mass production, he said, with construction taking months rather than years. 'We'll need to deliver these at scale,' Hamilton said. 'The Navy needs to make hundreds of these.' Rising global tensions with China and Russia have fueled a larger rekindling of Silicon Valley's interest in defense technology. In the US, the defense sector is led by companies like SpaceX and Palantir Technologies Inc., which have commanded big government contracts after years trying to break into the insular world of US defense and military sales. Now, SpaceX is the world's largest startup, and Palantir's stock has climbed about 1,000 percent in the last two years. Private investors have taken note: Venture capital firms have plowed more money into US defense tech startups since 2021 than in the entire previous decade. 'We love this stuff,' said Seth Winterroth, a partner at Eclipse Ventures, which backed Blue Water, citing the recent upswell of industrial and defense companies. 'It's music to our ears to see a resurgence of this nationally.' There are a wide variety of nautical drones currently in development, ranging from small swimming swarms to Blue Water's 100-foot vessel. Most versions of the technology rely on AI, and many are equipped to carry military supplies while navigating through contested waters without GPS or communications. At Saildrone, for example, dozens of solar- and wind-powered drones that look like model sailboats are now operating in the Caribbean to deter illegal immigration and drug smuggling. Advertisement Another company, Vatn Systems, is building small AI-powered underwater vehicles designed to move in swarms of hundreds at a time. Founded in 2023, the company emerged from stealth last year with backing form the CIA venture unit IQT, and currently operates about a dozen of its 5-foot-long, 6-inch-around drones, which can carry supplies 1,000 miles without a GPS connection. It plans to deliver dozens more vehicles by the end of the year, and ultimately produce thousands. At Anduril, autonomous Copperhead drones will sit inside larger uncrewed underwater vessels that perform tasks like reconnaissance, mapping and carrying munitions. The startup last summer said it would be capable of producing 200 of its Dive-LD vehicles annually at a new facility in Rhode Island. Hamilton, a US Navy veteran, started Blue Water after co-founding robotic startup 6 River Systems, and previously worked at Inc. The startup is co-founded by Austin Gray, also a Navy veteran, and Scott Miller, an investor and former vice president of engineering at iRobot Corp. Hamilton described Blue Water's vessel as 'multi-mission,' working in areas with contested logistics to carry supplies, conduct surveillance or transport munitions payloads. During the next six to 12 months, Blue Water will continue demonstrating its systems' capabilities while determining whether to build its own shipyard or to partner with one of dozens of underused existing ones currently making ferries, tugboats and other vessels. An open question for companies like Blue Water is whether there will ultimately be a large enough market for their wares. Major US military contracts are famously difficult to get for new companies. Meanwhile, the Navy, which has long sought to increase its autonomous fleet, sliced its own research and development spending by 4.8 percent this fiscal year, with just $172 million going to unmanned surface vehicles and $192 million to unmanned underwater vehicles. Advertisement The technical challenges are also significant. Saltwater, extreme temperatures and lightning storms are the norm in open water passage — and often regular ships must make repairs as vessels are underway. Ensuring all those systems — from fuel pumps to sensors — operate seamlessly without humans will be a high bar. 'There is no room for error,' Hamilton said. 'The last thing the Navy needs is a dead ship in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.' The next step for the company will be building a prototype and attempting a voyage. 'For the Navy, seeing is believing,' he said.
Yahoo
07-04-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Anduril unveils ‘Copperhead' line of autonomous underwater vehicles
Anduril Industries unveiled a new family of autonomous underwater vehicles called Copperhead, designed to meet military and commercial needs for larger fleets of uncrewed maritime vessels. 'Copperhead enables a comprehensive, intelligent maritime capability that allows operators to quickly respond to threats in the undersea battlespace, at a fraction of the cost of legacy options,' the company said in a statement Monday. The product line includes two variants, each offered in two different sizes. The baseline Copperhead is designed for rapid-response missions, the firm said, including environmental monitoring, search and rescue and infrastructure inspection. The vehicle, which can reach speeds greater than 30 knots, can carry a range of payloads, including active and passive sensors and magnetometers, which can detect changes in the Earth's magnetic field. The Copperhead-M variant is a munition that can be deployed from a larger system, specifically Anduril's Dive-LD and Dive-XL vessels. It offers 'torpedo-like' capabilities and is designed for mass production, Anduril said. A Dive-XL can carry dozens of the smaller Copperhead-M and 'multiple' of the larger size missile. 'This makes it possible for a fleet of Dive-XLs to control ocean areas with an unprecedented level of autonomous seapower,' Anduril said.
