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Herald Sun
04-08-2025
- Business
- Herald Sun
Explorers Podcast: West Coast Silver
Don't miss out on the headlines from Stockhead. Followed categories will be added to My News. Stockhead's 'Garimpeiro' columnist Barry FitzGerald is back in the studio for another instalment of The Explorers Podcast. In this edition, Barry speaks with West Coast Silver (ASX:WCE) executive chairman Bruce Garlick about the company's renewed silver focus at the high-grade Elizabeth Hill project in WA's Pilbara. With silver prices on a tear, WCE is ramping up exploration to uncover more high-grade hits. Bruce also hints at near-term drill results and a pipeline of targets along the fertile Money Money fault. Tune into the latest Explorers to find out more. This podcast was developed in collaboration with West Coast Silver, a Stockhead advertiser at the time of publishing. The interviews and discussions in this podcast are opinions only and not financial or investment advice. Listeners should obtain independent advice based on their own circumstances before making any financial decisions. Originally published as Explorers Podcast: High hopes and high grades as West Coast Silver digs into Elizabeth Hill
Yahoo
30-07-2025
- Yahoo
Scouts in Yorkshire Three Peaks fundraiser for Danish Jamboree
Eight Explorer Scouts are preparing to complete the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge. The group from 1st Holgate Explorer Scouts in York will take on the 24-mile round trip on September 13 to raise funds for the 2026 Jamboree in Denmark. The route covers Pen-y-Ghent, Whernside, and Ingleborough, with more than 5,200 feet of climbing, and the group will complete the challenge without supervision or support. They are expecting the challenge to take at least 12 hours. Zoe Bind, one of the Explorers, said: "I've really, really enjoyed being part of scouting over the years and have gotten so much out of it. "Going to the Denmark Jamboree in 2026 would be an amazing opportunity to travel and meet like-minded people from around the world. "Using the Three Peaks walk to help fundraise feels like a fitting way to support the trip, completely in the spirit of Explorers." Donations to the cause can be made at
Miami Herald
18-07-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
Columbus basketball star Cameron Boozer named Gatorade Best Male Player of the Year
Recently graduated Columbus basketball superstar Cameron Boozer was named the Gatorade Best Male Player of the Year. Boozer, a two-time Gatorade National Basketball Player of the Year, is headed to Duke University this fall after a stellar prep career during which he became a McDonald's All-American and led the Explorers to four consecutive state championships and a national title his senior season. Boozer was honored, along with Best Female Player of the Year award winner Jane Hedengren, a BYU track and field commit from Utah, at this week's ESPY Awards. The pair were presented their awards for the nation's top high school sports honor by former two-time Gatorade National Girls Track and Field Player of the Year Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and 2005-06 Gatorade Texas Football Player of the Year and Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford. Boozer joins an elite group of athletes to have one this award, which includes Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum, former WNBA star Candace Parker and recent No. 1 overall NBA Draft pick Cooper Flagg. Boozer, along with his brother, Cayden, who is also headed to Duke, helped turn Columbus into a national basketball powerhouse over the past four years. Boozer, a 6-10 senior power forward led the Explorers to a 30-3 record this past season and to Miami-Dade County's first national title in boys' basketball. He averaged 22.1 points, 11.8 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.9 steals and 1.5 blocks. Boozer also was a Naismith Trophy Award semifinalist, the Florida Dairy Farmers' Mr. Basketball Award winner, and a member of Team USA's Nike Hoop Summit squad. Boozer, who also maintains a 4.82 weighted GPA, is ranked as the nation's No. 2 recruit in this year's class by 247Sports, and
Irish Examiner
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Examiner
Sled from 1941 film Citizen Kane sells at auction for €12.75m
The iconic sled from Orson Welles's 1941 classic Citizen Kane has sold for $14.75m (€12.75m) at auction. The item therefore becomes the second most valuable piece of movie memorabilia ever sold, following last December's sale of a pair of ruby slippers from 1939's The Wizard of Oz for $32.5m. The buyer is unknown, but the seller was the director Joe Dante, who was given the item in 1984 while working on Explorers on the Paramount lot, previously home to RKO Pictures. 'One of the crew who knew I was a fan of vintage films came to me with a wood prop and said: 'They're throwing out all of this stuff. You might want this,'' said Mr Dante. 'I'm not sure he knew what the sled was, but he must have had some inkling, or why else would he have asked me? 'I was astonished. Since I am a huge fan of the movie, I said, 'Yeah, I'll be glad to take it.'' The prop is primarily pine hardwood, with the original paint, but signs of both wear and tear on the lot and with a few missing rails, likely donated to the wartime drive for scrap metal. 'I've had the honour of protecting this piece of cinematic history for decades,' Mr Dante said in a statement released by action house Heritage. 'To see Rosebud find a new home — and make history in the process — is both surreal and deeply gratifying. It's a testament to the enduring power of storytelling.' Mr Dante featured the sled in Explorers, as well as 1989's The Burbs, Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990), and an episode of the early 90s series Eerie, Indiana. The exact number of sleds produced for the film is unknown — the auction house says a 'few' were made; one sold to Steven Spielberg in 1982 for $60,500, and another to an anonymous buyer for $233,000 in 1996. Other sales in the auction include a filming miniature X-wing from The Empire Strikes Back, a bullwhip from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and Austin Powers' green velvet suit. A nude photo of Marilyn Monroe is also available, armour from Ben-Hur and a Ralph Lauren blazer owned by Audrey Hepburn. 'This is one of the most important events in entertainment auction history,' said Heritage Auctions executive vice-president Joe Maddalena. 'These aren't just props. They're mythic objects. They tell the story of Hollywood's greatest moments, one piece at a time, each tied to a memory, a performance, a legend.' The Guardian Read More Star Wars lightsaber used by Darth Vader to go up for auction
Chicago Tribune
11-07-2025
- Business
- Chicago Tribune
Daywatch: Pope Leo XIV's boyhood home in Dolton purchased
Good morning, Chicago. Dolton has closed on the purchase of Pope Leo XIV's boyhood home in the village, but what will happen with the modest brick building is up in the air. The village closed this week on the home, 212 E. 141st Place, paying $375,000, including commission fees, Mayor Jason House said yesterday. House said a steering committee is being organized to figure out how best to use the property. 'We will then lay out the plans to trustees and the community,' the mayor said. Read the full story here. And here are the top stories you need to know to start your day, including Ford recalling over 850,000 cars, several top CPS staffers leave the district and a former Cubs manager passing. Today's eNewspaper edition | Subscribe to more newsletters | Asking Eric | Horoscopes | Puzzles & Games | Today in History European officials reached a new deal with Israel to allow desperately needed food and fuel into Gaza, the European Union's foreign policy chief said yesterday, hours after an Israeli airstrike killed 15 people, including 10 children, waiting for help outside a medical clinic. The children's deaths drew outrage from humanitarian groups even as Israel allowed the first delivery of fuel to Gaza in more than four months, though still less than a day's supply, according to the United Nations. The recall covers a wide range of Ford and Lincoln-branded vehicles made in recent model years. That includes certain Ford Broncos, Explorers and F-150s, as well as Lincoln Aviators and Navigators, documents published this week by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration note. Several top Chicago Public Schools staff members have left the district following the departure of former schools chief Pedro Martinez. The five exiting officials include the district's chiefs of information technology, nutrition and multilingual education. The district's general counsel also left, as did the former CEO's chief of staff. Martinez's last day as district CEO was June 18. Federal prosecutors yesterday asked for nearly six years in prison for former ComEd lobbyist Michael McClain, whose unique position as a confidant to then-House Speaker Michael Madigan was at the center of what they say was a 'stunning' scheme to win the speaker's assistance with the utility's legislation in Springfield. 'McClain's plan was illegal to its core,' prosecutors wrote in their 48-page sentencing filing. 'In securing benefits for both Madigan and ComEd, McClain corrupted the legislative process and the internal control processes of a large, regulated utility … McClain's repeated overstepping of legal lines in this case is stunning.' As Country Club Hills District 160 reckons with board members' big spending on travel, the district's board approved personnel changes and voted to suspend its superintendent Tuesday. While the board approved the resignations of Southwood Middle School Principal Phillip Bazile and assistant principals last month, Tuesday's emergency meeting allowed them to appoint interim replacements and suspend Superintendent Duane Meighan for 10 days at the end of the month, district parent Sequoia Williams said. Like many Chicago Cubs managers who tried and failed to end the team's legendary championship drought, Lee Elia didn't last too long in his job. Elia managed 285 games for the Cubs from 1982-83, going 127-158 before general manager Dallas Green fired him during the '83 season. But Elia, who died Wednesday at age 87, will always remain a significant part of Cubs lore, thanks to a rant for the ages that's celebrated every April 29, the date of his 1983 tirade against what he called the 'so-called Cubs fans.' Related: The new agency in charge of regulating name, image and likeness deals in college sports sent a letter to schools yesterday saying it had rejected deals between players and donor-backed collectives formed over the past several years to funnel money to athletes or their schools. Those arrangements hold no 'valid business purpose,' the memo said, and don't adhere to rules that call for outside NIL deals to be between players and companies that provide goods or services to the general public for profit. The thing about the Martin Theatre is there's not quite enough room to dance. That didn't stop audiences from trying anyway on Wednesday, when Irakere, the storied Cuban band, visited Ravinia for its ongoing 50-year anniversary celebrations. It was a dance-worthy occasion, times three, with original Irakere members Chucho Valdés, Arturo Sandoval and Paquito d'Rivera — now all Latin jazz titans in their own rights — reunited onstage. Sketched out on an air sickness bag, the first Birkin handbag — the prototype for fashion's must-have accessory — sold for a staggering 8.6 million euros ($10.1 million), including fees, yesterday in Paris to become the second most valuable fashion item ever sold at auction. The winning bid of 7 million euros drew gasps and applause from the audience. The price crushed the previous auction record for a handbag — $513,040 paid in 2021 for a Hermès White Himalaya Niloticus Crocodile Diamond Retourne Kelly 28. The 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' creator and 'Seinfeld' co-creator will act as executive producer, writer and star of the limited series consisting of six half-hour episodes, produced by the Obamas' company, Higher Ground. The show marks the 78-year-old David's return to HBO just over a year after the end of the 12th and final season of 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.'
