Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world is on track to fly the first full-scale model of its manta ray-shaped jetliner by late 2027 The company is about halfway through the key milestones in its development process for the so-called “demonstrator aircraft,” and is already laying plans to manufacture and certify the first commercial versions, Florentina Viscotchi Top analyst Carl Runefelt recently highlighted that Cardano is consolidating within a symmetrical triangle on the 4-hour chart—a pattern often preceding sharp breakouts. This technical formation suggests that ADA is coiling for a decisive move, with bulls and bears battling for short-term control. The current range continues to tighten over the weekend, with volatility expected to return once a breakout direction is confirmed. A move above $0.7730 would indicate bullish continuation and potentially trigger another leg up toward the $0.85–$0.90 zone. On the flip side, losing support near $0.6280 could spark a broader correction. As long as ADA holds its structure and stays above key moving averages, the bullish trend remains intact. Cardano Set For Breakout As Buyers Regain Short-Term Control Cardano is showing signs of strength despite trading in a tight consolidation range just below the $0.75 mark. After gaining over 40% from its early April lows, ADA has entered a crucial phase, with bulls gradually regaining control. The recent price action suggests that a breakout could be on the horizon, especially if ADA maintains its current support levels and builds further momentum. For the past few days, Cardano has traded sideways, struggling to break above the $0.75 resistance level. While this range-bound movement has frustrated some traders, it also reflects market stability, a common precursor to large directional moves. If bulls manage to push ADA above the $0.7730 resistance, a sustained rally could follow, potentially targeting the $0.85 and even $0.90 zones. Runefelt shared technical insights showing that Cardano is forming a 4-hour symmetrical triangle, a structure that often precedes sharp breakouts. The apex of the triangle is nearing, meaning a decisive move is likely within the next few sessions. The key bullish breakout level remains at $0.7730. On the flip side, a breakdown below the $0.6280 support would invalidate the bullish structure and could trigger a broader retracement. Overall, Cardano remains well-positioned for upside if it can reclaim resistance and confirm a breakout. Bulls will need to step in decisively to avoid a fakeout or extended consolidation. As the broader crypto market consolidates near highs, ADA’s setup is one of the more promising among large-cap altcoins. The next move could set the tone for Cardano’s trend in the weeks ahead. ADA Price Analysis: Consolidation Continues Cardano (ADA) is currently trading at $0.6963, consolidating just below the 200-day moving average (SMA) at $0.7766 and slightly under the 200-day exponential moving average (EMA) at $0.7113. This tight compression suggests a pivotal moment is near, especially as ADA attempts to hold its ground above the $0.67 short-term support. Volume has been relatively muted during this consolidation, which typically precedes a major move. On the downside, losing the $0.67 level would be a bearish signal and could open the door to a retest of $0.62 or even $0.58. Featured image from Dall-E, chart from TradingView Mathematicians Find Proof to 122-Year-Old Triangle-to-Square Puzzle A long-standing shape mystery has finally been solved By Lyndie Chiou edited by Clara Moskowitz About a decade ago Tonan Kamata, now a mathematician at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), stood mesmerized in front of a math museum’s origamilike exhibit. It featured a triangular tile cut into four pieces that were connected by tiny hinges. With a simple swivel, the pieces spun around to transform the triangle into a square Jen Christiansen; Source: “Animation of Dudeney’s Dissection Transforming an Equilateral Triangle to a Square,” by Mark D. Meyerson (reference) The exhibit traces its origin to a mathematical puzzle published in a 1902 newspaper. Henry Dudeney, a self-taught English mathematician and puzzle columnist asked his readers to dissect an equilateral triangle into the smallest number of pieces that could be rearranged into a square McElroy of Manchester”—Charles William McElroy a clerk who frequently wrote to Dudeney with puzzle solutions—had a four-piece solution Dudeney reported that none of the newspaper’s other readers had bested the solution whether a solution with fewer pieces existed If you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by subscribing By purchasing a subscription you are helping to ensure the future of impactful stories about the discoveries and ideas shaping our world today The puzzle became known as “Dudeney’s dissection” or the “haberdasher’s problem,” and it was even featured in Scientific American’s June 1958 issue a mathematician and longtime columnist for the magazine [Try out Scientific American’s math puzzles] Now, more than 122 years after it was first proposed, Kamata and two other mathematicians have finally proved that a solution with fewer pieces is impossible. Their result was posted to the server arXiv.org in a December 2024 preprint entitled “Dudeney’s Dissection Is Optimal.” “I believe many who appreciate mathematics would agree that the simpler an unsolved problem appears the more profoundly captivating it becomes to those who love mathematics,” Kamata says Together with Massachusetts Institute of Technology mathematician Erik Demaine and JAIST mathematician Ryuhei Uehara Kamata had been developing a new approach to tackle origami-folding problems using graph theory a graph is essentially a collection of lines The edges and vertices of one graph can be compared with those of another to explore deeper relationships between the two structures—an approach that Kamata thought might help to resolve Dudeney’s dissection One part of the problem is fairly simple: a two-piece solution can be ruled out by thinking about the problem’s constraints the triangle and square must have equal areas because the pieces are the same its longest possible cut is across the diagonal the diagonal’s length is too short for the edge of its equal-area triangle Proving that there are no three-piece solutions is much trickier and that’s the reason for the century-long delay Although it is a simple three-piece puzzle there are an infinite number of ways to cut up the triangle “Each of those pieces could have arbitrarily many edges to it and the coordinates of those cuts start at arbitrary points,” he says “You have these continuous parameters where there’s lots and lots of infinities of possible choices that makes it so annoyingly hard You can’t just brute-force it with a computer.” the group categorized possible dissections of an equilateral triangle based on how the cuts intersect the triangle’s edges the researchers sorted the infinity of ways to cut the triangle into five unique classifications They then repeated the exercise for a square and found 38 distinct classifications Jen Christiansen; Source: “Dudeney’s Dissection Is Optimal,” by Erik D. Demaine, Tonan Kamata and Ryuhei Uehara. Preprint posted to arXiv.org on December 5, 2024 (reference) the researchers tried to match a triangular graph to a square one by tracing all the possible paths in each shape and comparing the resulting collections of edge lengths and angles If one of the squares’ paths had matched that of a triangle’s it would have meant that the researchers had discovered a three-piece solution The approach transformed the continuous problem into a discrete one—almost there are “still infinitely many places all these vertices could go,” Demaine says the group derived a collection of complex lemmas used proof by contradiction to find no matching paths Smith College computer scientist Joseph O’Rourke, who has wrestled with the puzzle on and off for decades and was not involved with the current work thinks the group’s proof can probably be simplified He notes that it took a messy collection of highly specific lemmas to eliminate all the possibilities “Many other researchers would have given up.” the matching-diagrams technique could unravel a slew of related origamilike open questions “These problems remind us how much there is yet to discover,” Kamata says “Anyone can become a pioneer in this frontier.” Lyndie Chiou is a scientist, a science writer and founder of ZeroDivZero, a science conference website. Her writing has also appeared in Sky & Telescope. Follow her on Twitter @lyndie_chiou Subscribe to Scientific American to learn and share the most exciting discoveries innovations and ideas shaping our world today Scientific American is part of Springer Nature which owns or has commercial relations with thousands of scientific publications (many of them can be found at www.springernature.com/us) Scientific American maintains a strict policy of editorial independence in reporting developments in science to our readers now a mathematician at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) stood mesmerized in front of a math museum’s origamilike exhibit It featured a triangular tile cut into four pieces that were connected by tiny hinges the pieces spun around to transform the triangle into a square Jen Christiansen; Source: “Animation of Dudeney’s Dissection Transforming an Equilateral Triangle to a Square,” by Mark D. Meyerson (reference) Jen Christiansen; Source: “Dudeney’s Dissection Is Optimal,” by Erik D. Demaine, Tonan Kamata and Ryuhei Uehara. Preprint posted to arXiv.org on December 5, 2024 (reference) Lyndie Chiou is a scientist, a science writer and founder of ZeroDivZero, a science conference website. Her writing has also appeared in Sky & Telescope. Follow her on Twitter @lyndie_chiou Link copiedShareShare articleThis triangle is going to help us explain how Australian politics has fundamentally changed. Like typical triangles, it has three sides and three corners. But this one has special meaning — each corner represents different electoral groups. In the bottom left, Labor. In the bottom right, the Coalition. And at the top, every other party and independent. We're going to plot electorates on this triangle, according to how the people in them vote. The closer an electorate is to a party's corner, the more people in that seat voted for that party. It might seem a bit complicated, but it's important because it lets us visualise voting patterns in three dimensions, rather than just focusing on the two big sides of politics. At the extremes, if an electorate is right at the tip of Labor's corner in the bottom left, 100 per cent of people marked Labor as their first preference. The same goes for the Coalition's bottom-right corner. For other parties and independents, their 100 per cent marker is at the top. The only way a candidate would ever get 100 per cent would be if they were the only candidate. That just doesn't happen in Australia. All of our seats are somewhere within the triangle's messy middle. If a seat appears right in the centre of the triangle, it means Labor won exactly a third of the primary vote, the Coalition won a third of the vote, and everyone else combined won the final third. This is the result in Grayndler in 2022, a seat with one of the highest Labor votes in the country. It also happens to be the seat held by the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese. This is Maranoa in 2022, the seat with the highest Coalition vote in the country. It's held by the National Party leader, David Littleproud. And this was the result in every single seat in the last election. Red seats were won by Labor, Blue by the Liberal and National parties, and Grey by anyone else — that includes the Greens, Katter's Australian Party and independents. Crucially, there are 24 seats in the top section, where the vote for independents and minor parties beat both Labor and the Coalition. Crossbenchers won 15 of those seats, while the major parties managed to win the other nine on preferences. The number of independent and minor party MPs elected was the highest we'd ever seen in the modern political era. In other words, there are a lot more of these seats than there used to be. In fact, the whole way Australia votes has undergone a titanic shift over recent decades. So, a quick reminder: what you're looking at right now are the results in every electorate from the 2022 election… And now we're going to rewind 50 years so you can see just how much things have changed. Here's what the results looked like in the 1975 election. Quite the shift, right? (Scroll back up a touch to take another look.) In 1975, the Whitlam government had just been turfed out of office, and voters swung behind Malcolm Fraser's Liberal Party. This was back in the era when the two major parties had complete domination of politics. That's why all the electorates are concentrated towards the bottom of the triangle. Politics was mostly an arm-wrestle between the two biggest players on the left and the right. Smaller parties and independents were yet to flex their muscles. None of the seats are anywhere near the middle, let alone the top of the triangle. Election after election, seats swung left and right like a metronome. But gradually, the seats also started to drift upwards. It wasn't evident in every single election, but over time minor parties started to grow their vote, including the Democrats, and later the Greens. Until 1990, when one finally broke through. This is Ted Mack, the independent member for North Sydney elected to federal parliament in that election. He's often referred to as the "father of the independents". The first one elected since World War II, he wrote the playbook for modern-day independents. Watch as the electorates continue to drift upwards. In 2001, Tony Windsor entered federal parliament as the member for New England. In the same election Bob Katter was re-elected in Kennedy, but for the first time as an Independent after he left the National Party earlier that year. In 2010, Australia elected a hung parliament. At that election the crossbench grew to six. Katter and Windsor were joined by Rob Oakeshott, Andrew Wilkie and the first Greens member elected at a general election, Adam Bandt. And in recent elections we've seen the seats start to separate out even more. Nearly all electorates in 1975 clumped into a tight band toward the bottom of the triangle, but by 2016 they were spread far wider. We're seeing much more diversity in voting patterns, with local issues often coming to the fore. "Safe seats are a myth in 2025," Labor MP Jerome Laxale says. "I've learnt throughout my time that people will back you if you work for them, if you're honest and genuine, regardless of your political party." Liberal MP Keith Wolahan agrees: "When I speak to colleagues in Canberra, even those on really healthy margins, they're looking over their shoulder thinking, is my seat facing a contest that hasn't happened before?" "It's a healthy thing because it forces members to never take their seats for granted." 2019 gave a few more MPs cause to look over their shoulders. That was the year Zali Steggall entered parliament, defeating the former prime minister Tony Abbott in his seat of Warringah. And if people weren't paying attention then, they certainly were by 2022. ANU political scientist Jill Sheppard says nationally, the major party vote share didn't fall very much between 2019 and 2022. "What was different was that enough candidates just got over the line," she says. "I don't think this is a blip, but I also don't think that 2022 came out of nowhere. "It was built on the back of decades of major party decline and independents just slogging away, chipping away at a rock face, and finally they broke through." The big question now is… will that upward drift continue for another election? We won't know until next Saturday, but the long-term nature of this trend suggests we probably won't see any radical change of direction. And the latest polling also suggests the drift away from the major parties is largely holding. This is what the result would look like based on a recent model from polling firm RedBridge, which uses surveys to estimate vote share across all 150 electorates. It's important to note — polls like this shouldn't be seen as telling us how many crossbenchers will win, let alone exactly which ones. But what we can see, and what traditional polling averages also confirm, is a lot of electorates are still clumped in the middle of the triangle. Here's a similar model from another pollster, YouGov. It too suggests this decades-long trend is looking relatively stable, with seats gradually creeping into the grey area and potentially out of the major parties' grip. Labor strategist Lachlan Harris has his eye on the trend too. "That's 40 years of data telling you one story," he says. "That's a lot of great prime ministers, average prime ministers, great opposition leaders, average opposition leaders, recessions, booms, all sorts of different factors. "Nothing has turned that slow, inexorable decline." 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Anchored by a state-of-the-art the project will redefine how residents and visitors connect work and play across North Carolina’s Triangle Region GoTriangel says the Triangle Mobility Hub is set to be a vibrant providing seamless connections between bus service and future connections to bus rapid transit and rail service The project will also include a curated mix of residential office and retail spaces designed to foster a dynamic community and bring the bold vision of connectivity placemaking and environmental sustainability to life Located just off I-40 and less than a mile from Hub RTP the downtown destination for Research Triangle Park the Triangle Mobility Hub is strategically positioned to serve as a gateway to the region "We are honored to be selected as the master developer for this landmark neighborhood which will celebrate both connectivity and nature," said Hoffman & Associates President Maria Thompson shaped by transformative projects like RUS Bus we have built a strong foundation in the Triangle we are excited to bring our vision to the Triangle Mobility Hub. 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GoTriangle notes Hoffman & Associates has roots in the Triangle with a growing portfolio of community-centered projects across the state The firm is currently leading the redevelopment of Union West in Raleigh and is partnered with GoTriangle on RUS Bus a catalytic transit-oriented development in downtown Raleigh that will open this summer integrating bus and rail connections. GoTriangle adds the addition of the Triangle Mobility Hub project reflects Hoffman’s commitment to sustainable urban development that prioritizes public transit The Hoffman & Associates its team is committed to working with its partners to preserve and enhance the Triangle Mobility Hub site’s natural features including its unique topography and adjacent protected woodlands The landscape will be thoughtfully integrated into the neighborhood’s design supporting sustainability goals and offering residents a direct connection to the outdoors The project is being delivered with Hoffman & Associates is serving as master developer Posted by UNC Media Hub | May 5, 2025 | Recreation, State, Town Square Story by Mila Mascenik Audio by W.H interrupting an otherwise peaceful evening at Marsh Creek Community Center in Raleigh People adorned in protective gear swing swords their feet shuffling quickly in the spacious pavilion as they brace for their partner’s next move they practice the centuries-old techniques of Historical European Martial Arts The center is one weekly meeting place for Triangle Sword Guild’s sword fighting classes reconstructs Historical European Martial Arts with a blend of scholarly research and martial training “What we’re doing with HEMA is recreating lost arts taking information that was written down hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of years ago and relearning how to fight and put in context back to that type of thing,” Andrew Eicher the club’s communications officer and co-instructor of its advanced beginner Napoleonic fencing class HEMA is an umbrella term for various fighting techniques that encompass hand-to-hand combat, such as wrestling, and weapon combat, including fencing, or a combination of both. It is a fairly new discipline, as most HEMA groups have existed for fewer than 15 years, according to Triangle Sword Guild’s website. Founded in 2009, Triangle Sword Guild is one of nine recognized HEMA clubs in North Carolina some of which the organization has partnered with such as Warriors of Ash in Asheville and Swordwind Historical Swordsmanship in Charlotte According to a 2023 essay HEMA has experienced a “surge” in popularity following the pandemic with HEMA practitioners reporting that their clubs and classes have doubled in size since then and continue to expand Eicher said Triangle Sword Guild’s membership has experienced some “mildly exponential growth.” A few years ago the club had approximately 50 to 60 members While HEMA is situated in contemporary times Eicher said the Triangle Sword Guild’s four core classes – medieval swordsmanship in the German-style Kunst des Fechtens (art of fighting) Fiore dei Liberi’s Armizare (the art of arms) Renaissance fencing and Napoleonic fencing – cover a long stretch of history which primarily focus on weapon combat with some featuring hand-to-hand combat are hosted across various public spaces in the Triangle Several study groups branch off from the core classes At the heart of Triangle Sword Guild’s teaching are historical manuals from the medieval and Renaissance periods written by fencing masters instructor of the Napoleonic fencing class said instructors read these texts to learn how fencing masters taught their students centuries ago attempt to interpret them and relay the information to people in a modern context to allow for easier comprehension “Sometimes they have diagrams we can look at to help; sometimes it’s just reading text and doing our best to envision what that stance or attack or sequence looks like,” he said Cannonwood has practiced HEMA in North Carolina for approximately three to five years national and global trends she has noticed in this period are that more clubs are exploring a greater variety of weapon systems in sword fighting and more people are re-engaging with armor fighting Triangle Sword Guild’s Armizare class is the pipeline into proper armor fighting, Eicher said. Armizare is a martial art that originated in 15th-century Italy by a fencing master named Fiore Dei Liberi The class starts with the dagger weapon and wrestling to get students accustomed to moving with armor the group’s Renaissance fencing class focuses on Bolognese Italian style swordsmanship through the middle of the Renaissance The tradition derives its teachings from Achille Marrozo and other Italian fencing masters which he said feature more hand protection on the handle of the sword known as the hilt homes in on techniques of the late 1600s until the Napoleonic Wars He said the class concentrates on British swords such as the Scottish basket-hilted broadsword the French smallsword was the “quintessential” dueling sword Instructor Eric Fazekas (left) and student and instructor Jonathan Wood (right) practice sword fighting at an advanced Napoleonic fencing class teaches military history and courses related to national security the period when Europeans were thought to first encounter gunpowder the powder was not particularly speedy or reliable This meant that people continued to use contact weapons on the battlefield and it wasn’t until the 18th century that they dropped out He said that sword fighting during the Napoleonic Wars was primarily dueling between individual aristocrats who carried a sword indicating their social class and their willingness to use violence to defend their reputation or position in society somebody might have gotten within swinging distance on the battlefield of somebody with a sword on a Napoleonic battlefield but it didn’t happen very often with the very large exception of cavalry charges,” Lee said For Fazekas’s beginner Napoleonic fencing class and no protective gear is required initially because students don’t cut at each other pants and a jacket that are puncture-resistant and a gorget to protect the throat A student can expect to spend between $1,200 and $1,500 for a full sparring tournament-level kit, Eicher said. These customizable kits offer a plethora of gear options; however he noted that classes at Triangle Sword Guild are structured so that beginners don’t need equipment for at least the first month or two Cannonwood said the “sheer availability” of HEMA materials has allowed more people to participate in HEMA and has made it significantly safer Jack Kessler has been a student in the beginner Napoleonic fencing course since January he looked for a physical activity where we could meet new people and have fun He initially researched hiking but didn’t come across many opportunities Kessler’s only experience in martial arts before HEMA was taekwondo in middle school He said his favorite part of learning a new physical skill is the sense of personal growth “I was in a master’s program for about two years,” said Kessler who earned his graduate degree in history at the University of North Carolina Wilmington “That was a lot of intellectual work and not much physical work test my body and get out there and see myself improve.” Fazekas said the community aspect is the best part of Triangle Sword Guild because of the opportunities to build one another up and discuss approaches to fencing we’re swinging swords at each other and have swords swung at us,” he said but everyone knows that – everyone has that same kind of natural instincts and we bond together because no one wants to hurt each other.” He also speaks to the “greatness” of the HEMA community generally specifically when his opponent taught in a different fencing style and defeated him during a tournament but gave him tips and shared the ideas behind his style which has a standardized set of rules overseen by the International Fencing Federation HEMA does not have a standardized rule set This is evident in the variation of tournament structures typically takes place at the beginning of August in Raleigh at XL Soccer World The tournament has 90 seconds of continuous fencing meaning that fencers fence for 90 seconds straight though they cannot see their score from the judge Eicher said scoring is done this way to protect the judges and prevent fencers from “gaming” their scores The only times the tournament director calls a halt is when there is an equipment issue or someone gets carded North Carolina’s other main HEMA tournament fencers competing in the Queen’s Gambit tournament can view their score while they’re fighting and the fight is stopped after each exchange Some misconceptions arise about sword fighting in HEMA due to pop culture representations Eicher noted that there are techniques that appear “flashy” on camera but wouldn’t be particularly feasible in a real He cites much of the swordplay in “The Witcher” game and TV series as an example where characters may spin to produce a large powerful cut – a type of sword attack – or fight multiple people simultaneously Cannonwood said that some people might believe HEMA is a “boys’ club,” yet she said one of her top priorities as president of Triangle Sword Guild is ensuring inclusivity Another misconception she hears is that HEMA is only European-centered “We work with some really great folks who are recreating African martial arts and we’ve got an individual in our club who’s looking into things that were happening in India and Persia,” she said HEMA’s role in the broader martial arts community is uncertain as there is ample room for interpretation over the next several years She said many people love the fact that HEMA doesn’t have a governing body and the freedom they have as a result to practice the art form as they see fit “I think most HEMAists are happy doing their jujitsu on Tuesday and doing HEMA on Saturdays One of Cannonwood’s hopes for Triangle Sword Guild is for the club to further its relationships with others in the state and for instructors to travel between different clubs and exchange their knowledge more often She also said the organization is trying to work on getting the class schedules consistent so there is a predictable open enrollment period for beginners She said she would love for HEMA to do more educational demonstrations at Renaissance fairs and similar events Triangle Sword Guild has put on demonstrations at libraries in North Carolina including Durham County Public Library and Glenwood Branch Library in Greensboro a cohort of students from the club’s Napoleonic program has attended the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games – an annual event celebrating Scottish ancestry – and will return in July to host a sword camp for children and fighting demonstrations Triangle Sword Guild is looking to purchase a facility to hold its club meetings is for the facility to be in a centralized location and ideally have padded floors for safety and storage space for weapons that the club doesn’t use regularly The club has also been collecting historical fight books and Cannonwood said she’d love a place to store them and for the community to borrow them the Triangle Sword Guild’s next major event is the Carolina Campaign during the weekend of May 2 in Moncure The event will focus on fencing from the long 18th century with various sword types which boasts a curved blade and is known for its cutting power taught by instructors from across the East Coast Cannonwood’s message to people interested in HEMA is to “give it a go.” “If anybody has ever thought of trying to do HEMA if anybody was ever that child who picked up a stick and swung it around pretending to be sword fighting if you ever wanted to be a knight or a musketeer I would absolutely recommend finding your local HEMA club,” Cannonwood said Stories from the UNC Media Hub are written by senior students from various concentrations in the Hussman School of Journalism and Media working together to find produce and market unique stories — all designed to capture multiple angles and perspectives from across North Carolina Comments on Chapelboro are moderated according to our Community Guidelines are dedicated to providing broad 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(WCBI) – Back in March, there was a unique fundraiser put on by Lazyguys It took participants to small businesses all over the Golden Triangle The treasure hunt was positively received by people who took the time to spend time and explore with their families Benjamin Parrish spent a good chunk of his free time hunting across the Golden Triangle and has now been rewarded for his efforts Parrish said he was shocked to be the one to win “I can’t really describe how cool it felt to be the one out of everybody to actually be able to find something like that,” Parrish said she put up with me going for four days straight So just very blessed and very thankful.” the owner of Lazyguys said the event was a huge success “It was a big success,” Bass said due to all the excitement and people asking for more we’ve already started planning another big event for the Fall It’s going to obviously involve local businesses but it’s going to incorporate more local history And we’ve also launched The Challenge Series which is just another way to get out and explore the area and other just interesting spots around the Golden Triangle.” This months profits for the Challenge Series will go to benefit the Palmer Home for Children For 24/7 news and updates, follow us on Facebook and X © 2025 Home – WCBI TV | Telling Your Story Visit Duke’s website for more information No trip to Michigan would be complete without a visit to one of the Great Lakes. This weekend, I’m headed to Lake Michigan. While doing a deep dive on the best places to hang out along the lakeshore, I stumbled down the rabbit hole of accounts about the Lake Michigan Triangle—the Bermuda Triangle’s smaller and less popular cousin. Often described as inland, freshwater seas, the Great Lakes are massive enough to create their own weather systems, currents, and a mini-tidal pattern called a seiche These attributes which can bring about sudden squalls and those infamous “lake effect” snowstorms could all have a hand in the fueling the Triangle legend Geological instances like stone formations and magnetic aberrations may have also had an effect on the ships and aircraft that travel the Lake Michigan Triangle Read also: Hawk Island Park: Hidden Gem in South Lansing One of the most famous of the Michigan Triangle vanishings: Northwest Airlines Flight 2501 En route from New York to Minneapolis in June 1950 the plane and its 58 passengers and crew disappeared from radar and the sky It’s been stated that the captain had reported a severe electrical storm and high-velocity winds just before contact was lost While small debris and human remains were eventually found the main body of the aircraft has never been recovered and the cause of the crash remains undetermined Other notable disappearances and tragedies include: While I don’t think any of these mysteries will be solved over the weekend, I will be taking every precaution while exploring a little part of the Lake Michigan Triangle This weekend’s road trip to Lake Michigan will start with tulips... and maybe take a detour into the chilling mysteries of the Lake Michigan Triangle. Planes vanish, ships disappear, and skeptics roll their eyes. I'm still going—but maybe a little more cautiously.\nRead More No trip to Michigan would be complete without a visit to one of the Great Lakes. This weekend, I’m headed to Lake Michigan. While doing a deep dive on the best places to hang out along the lakeshore, I stumbled down the rabbit hole of accounts about the Lake Michigan Triangle—the Bermuda Triangle’s smaller and less popular cousin. Often described as inland, freshwater seas, the Great Lakes are massive enough to create their own weather systems, currents, and a mini-tidal pattern called a seiche Read also: Hawk Island Park: Hidden Gem in South Lansing One of the most famous of the Michigan Triangle vanishings: Northwest Airlines Flight 2501 A new Catholic school is coming to the Triangle According to Cardinal Gibbons High School and the Diocese of Raleigh a new Catholic high school will open to students starting in the fall of 2028 in Cary A release from Cardinal Gibbons said the new school would be distinct in name and Catholic identity from Cardinal Gibbons and the initiative aligns with the Diocese’s “long-term vision to broaden access to quality “Cardinal Gibbons High School has grown and evolved with the Diocese of Raleigh,” Bishop Luis Rafael Zarama said “I am pleased that the school leadership is being innovative and forward-thinking to provide a quality Catholic high school education in more and different ways for many years to come.” Cardinal Gibbons has roughly 1,600 students enrolled each year The new high school comes in response to the increasing demand for Catholic education The new school will be located at 801 Buck Jones Road on the lower school campus of GRACE Christian School The new school would serve approximately 400 students which Cardinal Gibbons says will emphasize smaller class sizes and a personalized learning experience The release also said GRACE would expand and relocate to Apex adding that it will lease the property from Cardinal Gibbons while constructing the new campus “We are excited to be a part of growing high school education in the Diocese of Raleigh,” said Jeff Bell “We look forward to partnering with many in the coming months to create a new high school that will expand Catholic education in the Triangle.” will open with a freshman class in 2028 and add one grade level each subsequent year until the 2028 freshman graduates in 2032 Fairfax County Planning Commission members opted Wednesday (April 30) to defer for a week final action on a hotly debated plan to build affordable housing on the site where the Franconia Governmental Center now sits The delay came after more than 90 local residents testified over the course of 3.5 hours, most in opposition to the proposal for a 4-story 120-unit apartment building on the 3.26-acre site at 6121 Franconia Road Another 50 speakers had already testified before the commission when the public hearing on a potential amendment to the Fairfax County Comprehensive Plan started on April 9 Delaying a vote until next Wednesday (May 7) will provide “an opportunity to respond to anything we heard tonight,” Franconia District Commissioner Christopher Landgraf said at the outset of the hearing No additional public testimony will be allowed at the May 7 meeting but written comments will be accepted until that date Landgraf said as the hearing wrapped up around 11 p.m The planning commission’s recommendation will be forwarded to the Board of Supervisors for a final decision Another advisory panel, the Franconia District Land Use Committee, earlier voted to oppose the affordable housing component, which appears to be the lone sticking point in the proposal to change the land uses allowed in the Franconia Triangle the study area consists of a 22.75-acre site bounded by Franconia Road It’s currently home to an array of residential All those testifying in opposition to the affordable housing project on April 30 did so by pre-recorded video many hitting on the same themes of traffic and school impacts the site’s proximity to five gas stations pedestrian safety and a lack of nearby services for the future residents “The site is inappropriate for residential use of any kind,” said Stephanie Oetjen who lives nearby and complained that the project is being rammed through despite significant neighborhood opposition “Our voices have been ignored,” Oetjen said There also were concerns raised about the area’s increasing urbanization “Stop stuffing people into this county like sardines,” Constance DeSouza said The affordable housing project comes from a coalition that includes Good Shepherd Housing SCG Development and the Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority According to a rezoning application filed in March, the 120 units would be available to those earning 30% to 80% of the area median income, which was $154,700 for a four-person household Some units would be set aside for those working in the public safety “This housing will help the very workers we depend on,” said Therese Chaplin who testified via video in support of the proposal we seem to excel at adding market-rate housing but not so much affordable housing,” she said “One way to lower housing costs back to historic norms is to increase supply.” argued that the Franconia area “seems to be getting a disproportionate share” of affordable housing proposals “Why don’t you look at all of Fairfax County [for affordable housing],” David Almasi said — specifically suggesting the area in Tysons where developers are seeking an entertainment district with a casino John Nicholson asked for a six-month deferral of consideration, citing uncertainty about the Trump administration’s commitment to financially backing affordable housing “Risks are high for adverse changes,” Nicholson said “It’s better to go slow and do things right the first time.” Steven Palmer, director of public policy for the Housing Association of Nonprofit Developers (HAND) suggested to the planning commission that fears of nearby residents could be alleviated with more communication “I’m available to anyone who has concerns,” he said “This neighborhood will be benefited [by the project] as will this county and this state.” The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors authorized a land-use study of the Franconia Triangle in April 2023, partly in anticipation of the Franconia Governmental Center’s pending move to a parcel located between Silver Lake Road and Beulah Street That new governmental center compound, slated to open later this year, will include the Kingstowne Regional Library, the district police station, Franconia District supervisor’s office, an active-adult center, daycare and small museum. With the exception of the apartment proposal, there seems to be little, if any, opposition to other proposed land use changes on the broader Franconia Triangle parcel: Olivet Episcopal Church and the Franconia Volunteer Fire Station are also located in the study area, though no land use changes are being sought for those sites. If all the proposed changes, including the 120-unit apartment building, win supervisors’ approval, the county’s plan for Franconia Triangle would allow: A Couple "Abusing Drugs" Are Entwined in a Killer Love TriangleExclusiveA Couple "Abusing Drugs" Are Entwined in a Killer Love TriangleNick Johnson and Brinlee Denison are entwined in a love triangle with Sarah Maguire which ultimately leads to Sarah's brutal murder Get news and updates about your favorite shows plus 3 free credits to watch locked content Check your inbox for the latest news and updates about your favorite shows Barrington trustees Monday put the final touches on a redevelopment agreement for a mixed-use project on Hough Street between the Union Pacific and Canadian National Railway tracks The location is officially known as Redevelopment Area #1 Joe Taylor III of Compasspoint Development plans to redevelop the former site of the Market Center building and a Volvo dealership at on North Hough Street The $90 million project includes a four-story building with 125 residential units and approximately 12,000 square feet of restaurant and retail space — Taylor said he is negotiating a high-end restaurant lease for 6,000 square feet It will also include the MotorCave Auto Suites, a place for car enthusiasts to keep and display their vehicles. The arrangement ties into the village’s plans to build Park Avenue Plaza, a community gathering space and al fresco dining spot. Taylor said he has agreed to build the plaza on Park Avenue between Cook and Station streets with his own funds. The redevelopment agreement calls for a “pay-as-you-go” tax increment financing deal worth $17 million. The village will issue two separate notes: One for $16 million upon substantial completion of the mixed-use building and the Park Avenue Plaza project, and an additional $1 million once half the retail space is leased. Taylor said most of the site work is done on the project. He noted it has taken nearly four years just to get to a starting point in construction. songs and strides highlight Komen Triangle Race for the Cure "}}))},2e3);window.dataLayer.push({event:"GAEvent",eventAction:"contentStart",eventCategory:"video",eventLabel:"Smiles songs and strides highlight Komen Triangle Race for the Cure "},{name:"updated",value:"2025-05-03T12:23:05-0400"},{name:"published",value:"2025-05-03T12:21:47-0400"}]}])}),e.on("adend",()=>{e.play()})):console.warn("wralvideo returned undefined")}else console.warn("wralvideo has not been loaded yet")},window.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",window.initHeroVideo)Local NewsSmiles Originally published in Indy Week they’re instantly recognizable by sight and sound: silver-haired women wearing colorful aprons and floppy hats brandishing cardboard signs and sheafs of lyrics singing acerbic protest songs set to cheerful nursery tunes “We were angry when you raised all those taxes on the poor / We were outraged when you authorized those pipelines / Our infrastructure’s gone to pot and our grandkids are getting shot / So we’re raging The Raging Grannies originated in Canada in 1987 following the Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion the year prior involved an umbrella punched through with holes—a dig at the idea of protection beneath a “nuclear umbrella”—and a broken-hearted “Un-Valentine” delivered to an unsympathetic member of parliament there are more than 50 groups of Grannies (gaggles in their vernacular) spread across Canada and the United States They protest peacefully against injustices in their communities and farther afield from war to political corruption and environmental degradation The gaggles operate independently of each other but share song lyrics and a penchant for loud “We’re mocking the stereotype,” said Vicki Ryder who joined the Triangle Raging Grannies more than a decade ago and is one of the group’s most prolific songwriters “We’re gonna look like what you think grandmothers look like we’re gonna make you sit up and take notice.” It didn’t start with Trump and it’s not going to end with him Getting rid of Trump is not going to get rid of the problem Long before Ryder became a Raging Granny or moved to Durham she was the school-aged daughter of activist parents in New York my parents named me Vicki for a quick victory over fascism,” she said As I grew older and I had children and grandchildren I wanted this world to be more welcoming to them a member of the New York City teachers’ union was blacklisted during the McCarthy era for his union organizing efforts. She recalls FBI agents following her and her brother around the city “I’ve never perceived it as a country where the government was really working in the interests of the people.” Thanks to her father’s labor organizing connections Ryder grew up around musician-activists like Pete Seeger and Paul Robeson She paid her way through college by giving guitar lessons and spent her Sunday afternoons singing folk songs in Washington Square. she would channel her folk music background into writing lyrics for the Raging Grannies The first “Rage” she organized was against proposed cuts to the public library budget when then-New York senator Hillary Clinton visited Rochester Ryder and her fellow grannies Raged outside of the federal building to protest Clinton’s support of the Iraq War she started gaggles in South Florida and Central Florida before joining the Triangle gaggle She’s written hundreds of songs since 2002 because “every week there seems to be something else to rage about.” “Now You’ve Pissed Off Grandma”—which continues for six more verses book-banning and Christian nationalism—is a Ryder original she adjusts it depending on the cause and encourages other Grannies to make it their own rally at the state capitol earlier this month Ryder wrote two new songs: “Raging for Social Security” (“Social Security’s easily fixed / Just lift the cap that protects the rich Today!”) and “D-E-M-O-C-R-A-C-Y” (“We have some news for our president: Monarchy’s simply passé!”) You won’t hear Donald Trump’s name in Ryder’s lyrics. “It didn’t start with Trump and it’s not going to end with him,” Ryder said “Getting rid of Trump is not going to get rid of the problem We still will have poverty that is allowed We will still have environmental destruction that is allowed Ryder’s activism is a full-time commitment. I have apologized to them over and over by saying ‘I know I’m not spending as much time with you as we both would like but you’re the ones who are going to have to live with what we leave for you and so this is my way of showing my love for you.’ And they understand that.” also has decades’ worth of activism under her belt While working as a nurse practitioner and social worker in Alabama during the civil rights movement committed to anti-nuclear and anti-imperialist causes She and Erik frequently moved their five children between congregations and states (“We would last about six or seven years before they said ‘You’re too radical.’”) She encouraged her kids to care about peace and justice sending one to the Soviet Union for a “fellowship of reconciliation” and bringing them all to protests against the Gulf War Johnson and her husband became heavily involved in protests against the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant in Oak Ridge which produced the uranium used in the atomic bomb the United States dropped on Hiroshima Each year on the anniversary of the bombing the Johnsons helped to organize mass protests at Y-12 including Buddhist monks from Atlanta and Raging Grannies from Michigan. “The Raging Grannies impressed me so much with their lyrics at these rallies that I said lay down in the street and chained themselves to the gates of the plant to keep it from opening The Johnsons were both arrested several times for their nonviolent actions at Y-12 (The plant continues to enrich uranium and produce and store nuclear weapons to this day.) Johnson and her husband moved to Durham to be closer to two of their grandchildren and she made good on her promise to become a Raging Granny. “I don’t believe that we have ever seen America this chaotic and why she’s continued to organize and protest for all these years. “There’s a song I like by Holly Near,” she replies and sings the opening line for me: “We are gentle And you will see me with my fist up,” she said Ms. is wholly owned and published by the Feminist Majority Foundation 2025) - Dolly Varden Silver Corporation (TSXV: DV) (NYSE American: DVS) (FSE: DVQ1) (the "Company" or "Dolly Varden") is pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of Hecla Mining Company's ("Hecla") Kinskuch property in northwest BC's Golden Triangle (the "Transaction") The Transaction will consolidate a district scale contiguous claim package that includes the Kitsault Valley This consolidation of Hecla and Dolly Varden's project areas dramatically increases the Kitsault Valley Project size to approximately 77,000 hectares covering some of the most underexplored and prospective rocks for silver gold and copper mineralization in the Golden Triangle "Consolidating Dolly Varden's Kitsault Valley Project with our major shareholder Hecla's large and underexplored claims covering prospective Hazelton Group rocks will allow for more efficient exploration and enable us to unlock value on our path to be a premier precious metals company we welcome Hecla's increased share ownership in our Company," stated Shawn Khunkhun Dolly Varden has agreed to purchase the Kinskuch property from Hecla for consideration of $5 million which shall be satisfied by Dolly Varden issuing 1,351,963 common shares of the Company ("Common Shares") to Hecla Hecla will also retain a 2% net smelter return royalty on the Kinskuch property area (the "NSR") that will allow Dolly Varden to reduce the royalty to 1% at any time As per an existing agreement between Dolly Varden and Hecla Hecla will maintain a designated position on Dolly Varden's Technical Committee working together to unlock the potential of the underexplored areas The issuance of the Common Shares and completion of the Transaction remains subject to TSX Venture Exchange and NYSE America approval and other customary conditions and is currently expected to complete in mid May The Transaction will increase Hecla's ownership in Dolly Varden leveraging the experience of Dolly Varden's technical team to explore two separate 30-kilometer-long trends of Hazelton Group rocks "We will be using our structural and lithological framework model developed at the Kitsault Valley Trend that has led our team to significant discoveries such as the Wolf Vein and applying them to exploration of the Illiance Trend Hecla was successful in identifying a subparallel trend of silver-rich mineralization located to the east of our significant silver and gold deposits," states Rob van Egmond Dolly Varden's increased mineral tenure holdings will triple the total strike length of favorable Jurassic age Hazelton-group volcanic rocks and associated "Red Line" by adding the Illiance trend to the Kitsault Valley trend Both the Kitsault Valley and the Illiance trends are interpreted to be part of a district scale The Illiance trend has seen little modern exploration work limited to localized diamond drilling by Hecla on the three kilometer long north-south trending Illy epithermal system Also included within the acquisition area is the past producing Esperanza Mine (1910) interpreted as quartz-carbonate veins with similar silver grades to the historic Dolly Varden Mine (1920) hosted in Upper Hazelton sedimentary rocks The Esperanza Mine is located along the Kitsault Valley access road two kilometers north of Dolly Varden's camp in Alice Arm The southwestern portion of the acquired claims covers Hazelton Group rocks that trend to within seven kilometers of Goliath Resources' recently discovered Surebet Zone gold mineralization The area south of Big Bulk has the potential to host additional gold-copper porphyry systems along the south trend towards the Kitsault molybdenum porphyry deposit which is being actively advanced by Newmoly llc The Kinskuch property is covered by a recently renewed five-year Exploration Permit on both Nisga'a and Gitanyow Traditional Lands Hecla is considered a "related party" of the Company pursuant to Multilateral Instrument 61-101 - Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions ("MI 61-101") on account of Hecla owning 10,606,374 Common Shares of Dolly Varden representing approximately 13.3% of the outstanding Common Shares the Transaction is considered a "related party transaction" pursuant to MI 61-101 The Transaction is exempt from the formal valuation requirements and minority shareholder approval requirements of MI 61-101 pursuant to Section 5.5(a) and Section 5.7(1)(a) as the value of the Common Shares issuable pursuant to the Transaction will not exceed 25% of the Company's market capitalization The Transaction was negotiated by disinterested members of management of Dolly Varden and Hecla The Transaction was unanimously approved by the disinterested members of the Dolly Varden Board of Directors The Common Shares issuable to Hecla will be subject to a four-month statutory hold period in accordance with applicable securities laws No finder's fees or commissions are payable by the Company in connection with the Transaction Vice-President Exploration for Dolly Varden Silver the "Qualified Person" as defined by NI43-101 has reviewed validated and approved the scientific and technical information contained in this news release and supervises the ongoing exploration program at the Dolly Varden Project is not independent of the Company in accordance with NI 43-101 Dolly Varden Silver Corporation is a mineral exploration company focused on advancing its 100% held Kitsault Valley Project (which combines the Dolly Varden Project and the Homestake Ridge Project) located in the Golden Triangle of British Columbia project hosts the high-grade silver and gold resources of Dolly Varden and Homestake Ridge along with the past producing Dolly Varden and Torbrit silver mines It is considered to be prospective for hosting further precious metal deposits being on the same structural and stratigraphic belts that host numerous other The Kitsault Valley Project also contains the Big Bulk property which is prospective for porphyry and skarn style copper and gold mineralization similar to other such deposits in the region (Red Mountain and in the Company's Form 40-F registration statement as filed with the U.S which is available on EDGAR at www.sec.gov The risk factors identified in the Company's public filings are not intended to represent a complete list of factors that could affect the Company Forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations and beliefs and assume the ability of the Company to satisfy the requirements of listing and registration and to successfully pursue its current development plans that future sources of funding will be available to the Company that relevant commodity prices will remain at levels that are economically viable for the Company and that the Company will receive relevant permits in a timely manner in order to enable its operations readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements or information The Company disclaims any obligation to update events or developments except as required by law Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX-V) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release For further information: Shawn Khunkhun, CEO & Director, 1-604-609-5137, www.dollyvardensilver.com; Collective Mining is a gold, silver, copper and tungsten exploration company with projects in Caldas, Colombia. The Company has options to acquire 100% interests in two projects located directly within an established mining camp with ten... LEARN MORE ABC11 Together has been proud to be in partnership with Ricci Law Firm Injury Lawyers in supporting Triangle NC Cares The monthly awards have been given since 2019 to non-profits in the Triangle area that are making a huge impact on the community To nominate an organization or learn more visit: Ricci Law Firm Community Involvement online. (FOX26) — Triangle Drive In Burgers serves up classic flavorful burgers with a retro vibe at 7 locations around the Valley Triangle Drive In Burgers is holding a car show at the McKinley and Winery location from 5 p.m Click here to visit the Triangle Drive In website Follow on Facebook and Instagram