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USS Albacore (SS-218), a 311-foot, Gato-class submarine lost 7 November 1944 of the coast of Hokkaido Japan, she was presumed lost on 21 December 1944 and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 30 March 1945, found 16 February 2023.

The USS Albacore earned 9 battle stars, received 4 Presidential Unit Citations and was responsible for sinking at least 10 ships.

Below is a listing of the ships compliment, their names are written in memorial at the National Memorial Cemetary of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii:

IN THESE GARDENS ARE RECORDED

THE NAMES OF AMERICANS

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES

IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY

AND WHOSE EARTHLY RESTING PLACE

IS KNOWN ONLY TO GOD

Walter Henry Barber, Jr., Kenneth Ripley Baumer, Henry Forbes Bigelow, Jr., Edward Brown Blackmon, William Walter Bower, Allan Rose Brannam, Herbert Hodge Burch, Nicholas John Cado, John Joseph Carano, Charles Lee Carpenter, James Louis Carpenter, Pasquale Charles Carracino, Stanley Chapman, Douglas Childress, Jr., Frederick Herbert Childs, Jr., Perry Aubrey Collom, Audrey Cecil Crayton, Eugene Cugnin, John Wilber Culbertson, Philip Hugh Davis, Ray Ellis Davis, Fred Wallace Day, Julius Delfonso, James Leroy DeWitt, James Thomas Dunlap, Carl Hillis Eskew, John Francis Fortier, Jr., Gordon Harvey Fullilove, Jr., John Wilfred Gant, John Paul Gennett, William Henry Gibson, John Frederick Gilkeson, Charles Chester Hall, James Kenneth Harrell, Robert Daniel Hill, Allen Don Hudgins, Donald Patrick Hughes, Eugene Edsel Hutchinson, Burton Paul Johnson, Sheridan Patrick Jones, George Kaplafka, Nelson Kelley, Jr., Morris Keith Kincaid, Victor Edward Kinon, Joseph Mike Krizanek, Arthur Star Kruger,Walter Emery Lang, Jr., Jack Allen Little, Kenneth Walter Manful, Patrick Kennyless McKenna, Willie Alexander McNeill, Joseph Norfleet Mercer, Leonard David Moss, Richard Joseph Naudack, Encarnacion Nevarez, Joseph Hayes Northam, Frank Robert Nystrom, Robert James O'Brien, Elmer Harold Peterson, Charles Francis Pieringer, Jr., James Teel Porter, Jerrold Winfred Reed, Jr., Francis Albert Riley, Hugh Raynor Rimmer, A. B. Roberts, James Ernest Rowe, Philip Shoenthal, George Maurice Sisk, Joe Lewis Spratt, Harold William St. Clair, Arthur Lemmie Stanton, Robert Joseph Starace, John Henry Stephenson, Maurice Crooks Strattan, Earl Richard Tanner, William George Tesser, Paul Raymond Tomich, Charles Edward Traynor, Theodore Taylor Walker, Elmer Weisenfluh, James Donald Welch, Richard Albert West, Wesley Joseph Willans, Leslie Allan Wilmott, David Robert Wood

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Clark University recebe novas máquinas para laboratório de bioquímica #ÚltimasNotícias

Hot News WORCESTER, Massachusetts — Um professor de Worcester recebeu US$ 750 mil em subsídios para adicionar seis máquinas ao seu laboratório de biotecnologia, permitindo que sua equipe de pesquisa expandisse sua capacidade de realizar experimentos. A escola realizou um corte de fita na quarta-feira para mostrar a nova tecnologia. A pesquisa do professor Don Spratt da Clark University ajuda a…

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Okay so-! I had an idea and now I need answers! 😂 What if, somehow, the boys were released from prison at the present moment in the fiction? What is the first thing they do? How would they now pursue the MC?

Oooh interesting question... so defining our situation, let's assume that Reader has confronted all three about the riot, then maybe taken some time to herself to deal with what's just happened.

Sans is reprieved as it's discovered he was convicted on bad evidence (sorry Don). Edge manages to bribe/blackmail a judge into commuting Red's sentence. Skull... well, I can't think of any rational reason Skull would be let out, but this is our make-believe world god damn it.

Now, this is actually a really complicated question as it's going to massively depend on whether are they all released at the same time? Staggered? Or is only one being released and you want to know what that one would do? Below is my best thoughts on a couple of those scenarios.

This is a bloody long post... enjoy, I suppose!

Skull

Starting with Skull released on his own. He's frankly not delighted with being removed from the East Wing. From his cell to the corridor is fine. But the further he gets away, the angrier and more scared he becomes. After all, how will Reader find him if he's not there?

We can assume that Skull being released would be MASSIVE news. There would be protests outside of the prison and Reader would almost definitely hear about it.

So, when Skull is released, Reader is there waiting for him. Assuming he manages to leave his cell incident and gets through the press and protestors without attacking anyone, Reader would be there to keep him safe. Or let's credit Spratt with some brain cells and say that he asked Reader to be there on his release day.

Reader would immediately want to get Skull as far away from potential unhappy meals as quickly as possible. Don is frankly horrified at the situation, but knows his cousin too well to argue. He offers his beach house if Reader swears she won't ever be alone with Skull. Between himself and Angus, and maybe some professional help, the two of them always have a babysitter.

What would follow would be diabetes-inducing domestic sweetness as Reader puts all her time and attention into getting Skull well. Lots of cuddles and reading and walks. It would take a while, but the relative isolation of the beach house would be exactly what Skull needed to start feeling safe again. Maybe in time, they'd start wandering into town and back.

Skull would be pretty much the puppy dog, happy just to be around Reader. The problems would come when Reader would want to do anything alone, or Angus/Don tried to step in during one of Skull's 'moments'. This would not be the safest situation for anyone as Angus, while impressively built, isn't a match magic-wise for Skull and Don bruises like a peach.

But I think with enough time and energy, Skull and Reader would be happy with this setup. It would be a long road, but worth it.

Sans and Red

The fun situation is if Sans and Red are released at the same time. Now we've got a competition.

Both of them know where the Reader lives. Both can teleport. Red has a massive gang behind him, Sans has the brains and contacts Red couldn't hope to have. Both are on a similar footing money and resources wise, though Sans's resources lean legitimate and Red's don't.

Let's say in this scenario, the prison has kept Sans and Red's release quiet and away from the press due to the court's embarrassment.

Sans

So, straight out of the gate, I think Sans gets to Reader's apartment first. This is mostly because there's no way in hell Edge would let Red disappear off immediately, chasing after a pet when all of New Ebbott's law enforcement is watching.

Reader is pretty shocked to find Sans outside her door. First up, damage control. Sans had hoped to have more time to get back into the Reader's good graces. She's still pretty pissed with him after the riot. So he 'shyly' asks her out to Grillby's. After all, he's been in prison for a while and the idea of doing anything normal again is intimidating. Reader immediately softens and agrees.

This has two massive advantages. First, it gets her away from the apartment where Red is likely going to show up anytime now. Second, it brings her into his world. At Grillby's, she sees everyone overjoyed to see Sans out of prison. Reader sees Sans in a new light - after all, he can't be that bad if so many people are happy to see him back. Lunch and puns ensue and Sans uses every inch of his charm to keep Reader there as long as possible.

After that, I can see Sans returning to his stalker ways, watching over Reader. Sans's ability to see Souls can penetrate walls to some extent (not far, but enough to see Reader in her apartment if he's hanging about on the fire escape). The moment Red appears, there's going to be trouble.

Red

Red gets to the Reader before Sans. I think in this what-if, one of the Dreemurrs is waiting for Sans when he's released so it slows him down.

Red shakes Edge and against all good sense, teleports over to Reader's apartment. Reader cares for Red immensely but is still alarmed to find the gangster outside her door. After all, it's only been days since the riot.

Red has to work really hard to get her to relax and trust him. He's also on the clock - he knows Sans won't be dragging his heels. At first, he wants to get into her apartment but quickly realizes that's an absolute no-go. So instead, he offers to take her out. He's making things up as he goes along.

When Reader finally agrees, he teleports her to the Western Monster District. And now Red had to deal with a scared, confused, angry and also slightly nauseous Reader. A warning might have been nice?! So Reader discovers Red can teleport.

She's also introduced to his world. Again, he's surrounded by people who are delighted he's out. Amongst the Monster and Human communities of the Western District, Red is generally admired and respected. She gets to meet Edge and quickly sees the love the brothers have and that's important to her.

Afterwards - Red

From that point on it becomes a game of 'keep away' between Red and Sans. Each tries to persuade Reader that the other Skeleton is dangerous and not worthy of her. It's difficult to know who she would eventually settle on if she didn't go mad first.

Reader would gravitate toward Red because of how much he cares about his brother and his gang. Red also doesn't try to separate her from Don and Angus, knowing how, in the past, he's quickly dropped partners for trying to get between him and Edge. Red is understandable and doesn't lie as often as other people (cough Sans). He's protective, but also understands her need to have some independence and encourages it. As long as he's her only and she comes home at the end of the day, he's not overbearing.

But, he's a gleeful killer and mob boss. He doesn't hide his criminal life from her. And after someone tries to assault her in a bar, she gets a glimpse of just how deep Red's anger goes. Being with him means being involved in the criminal underworld and any hope of a normal life is out the window. Reader just isn't ready to do that. There are plenty of reasons to run from Red.

Afterwards - Sans

Reader pities Sans. She knows how empty his life is, how even his closest friends are kept at a distance. So to begin with, she's just focused on helping him reconnect with the world. Sans keeps his Judge persona away from her and doesn't talk about it unless she directly asks. Even then, he fudges the truth.

But she gets to meet Undyne, Alphys and the Dreemurrs, all of whom still love and care for Sans. And importantly, they tell her all about Papyrus. From that point, Reader starts to see Sans in a whole new light.

Sans is emotionally more mature than Red. He's funny and intelligent. He shares far more of Reader's interests than Red does. He's closer to what Reader imagined in a boyfriend than Red is (or Skull!). So she could find herself tempted towards him. On the surface, he's still the safest option.

However... Sans is far more overbearing and protective. He'd rather she stayed home and let him look after her. He has the time, the money, the resources. And the people he loves have a habit of dying the minute he lets his guard down. Reader would get stifled very quickly.

Sans would also gently, but definitely, try and separate her from Don. Reader is smart enough to know what a massive warning sign that is.

The fact is, Sans - as he is in the story right now - is a terrible choice for the Reader. Sans has a butt ton of growing to do before he can really be a suitable contender here.

Afterwards - Skull

If Skull is released alongside Red and Sans, Red wouldn't care. Red is operating on confidence - why would Reader pick that freak over him?

Sans, on the other hand - if he couldn't kill Skull outright without getting caught, it would be easy enough to trigger him into a rage and have him sent back to prison. If Skull is released at any point while Sans is free, Skull would not have any chance of getting near Reader for any length of time.

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The Hambleton Street is a ridgeway that runs along the western edge of the North York Moors. A document in the Rievaulx Chartulary refers to the road as a ‘Regalis Via’ or ‘King’s Way’. According to KJ Bonser “it is the best preserved stretch of drove road in Yorkshire, – part of a track of great antiquity, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age, Romano- British, from the Channel to Scotland.”

The street passes along the western edge of Thimbleby Moor before climbing along the edge of Black Hambleton. The hill dominates the views to the east, to the west the moor looks out over the Vale of Mowbray towards the distant Pennines.

Until relatively recently a large section of the moor was covered with forestry. The trees have been harvested leaving this area of the moor covered in tree stumps and debris.

In the late 1970s Spratt and Brown  performed an aerial survey of the moor and reported  “an extensive system of small irregular fields with tumbled stone walls covering large parts of the northern slope of the recently burnt off heather moor.  The are also a few round cairns. To the south, on the crest of the moor, there are four standing stones and some fallen megaliths (The Nine Stones), perhaps the remains of a double alignment leading to the site.”

The Nine Stones site is bisected by a stone wall, open moorland on one side, the chaotic remains of modern forestry on the other. Old maps show the majority of the Nine Stones located on the forestry side of the wall. There are many large stones to be found in the forestry, none are upright, The weathering on a few of these stones indicates that they once stood upright.

There moor has a number of areas that are littered with stones. It is almost impossible not to see alignments in these stones, most are coincidental, others may be deliberate. The alignment below terminates at a small standing stone and appears to refer to the distant barrow topped peak on Cringle Moor. This is also a very rough alignment to the direction of the summer solstice sunrise.

A low embankment runs across the moor from a small standing stone towards Black Hambleton. This is probably one of Spratt & Browns field walls.

Another alignment of small upright stones points to where Hambleton Street traverses the shoulder of Black Hambleton and another vary rough alignment, this time to the winter solstice sunrise.

In common with a number of the moorland prehistoric sites, the exact nature of Nine Stones is unknown, a number of people have tried to interpret the site but without excavation we will never know its true nature. The alignments I have mentioned are all my own opinion and are extremely imprecise and unproven.

Sources

Old Roads and Pannierways in North East Yorkshire. Raymond H. Hayes. 1988

The Yorkshire Archaeological Register 1976. The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal. Volume 49. 1977

Map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland

Nine Stones The Hambleton Street is a ridgeway that runs along the western edge of the North York Moors.

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What to see in Colombia: 10 Essential Places for your trip

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1. Rosario and Barú Islands

The Rosario Islands form a small archipelago over Cartagena de Indias and is one of the unmissable places in Colombia. You can get there from just 45 minutes by boat, a recommended option to access more easily. Another of the wonders to visit in Colombia is the paradisiacal island Barú, also located about 40 minutes by boat from the city of Cartagena. If you are interested in relaxing in a romantic beach environment, this is your ideal place. What to do in Barú and Rosario Islands Bargain Natural park Corales del Rosario Big Island Rosario Islands Oceanarium Fort of San Fernando de Bocachica

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This is considered one of the most beautiful cities in Colombia to enjoy in the country. Its multiple colors attract attention. In addition, it stands out for its cultural and religious impact thanks to its variety of churches and monuments. In fact, in 1984 it was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. You must visit its historic center, known as "The Walled City." Appreciate its cultural legacy, with the colonial architecture of Spanish origin. You can tour the Castle of San Felipe, located on the hill of San Lorenzo. Cartagena can not miss if you plan to travel to Colombia. What to do in Cartagena de Indias The walled city San Felipe Castle Santo Domingo Square The Vaults Square Clock tower

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The capital of Colombia may not appear in a ranking of places to visit in Colombia. Here you can find a greater historical, cultural and, above all, commercial development. Visit its historic center and see places like the Gold Museum, the Mint or the flower markets. Admire your urban art and stroll through the neighborhood of La Candelaria, a charming colonial and modern town to see in Bogotá. What to do in Bogotá gold Museum Monserrate Mountain Botanical Garden of Bogotá José Celestino National Museum of Colombia Simon Bolivar Metropolitan Park

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7. Guatape

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Gold-Silver Mining Development Firm to Sell Its Nevada Assets

Source: Streetwise Reports   03/21/2018

Three analysts shared the details and their opinions of the proposed transaction.

Analyst Jamie Spratt with Clarus Securities reported in a March 20, 2018 research note that Klondex Mines Ltd. (KDX:TSX; KLDX:NYSE.MKT) announced Hecla Mining Co.’s (HL:NYSE) offer to acquire all of its Nevada assets for $462 million ($462M), or $2.47 per share. This price represents a 59% premium to the 30-day volume weighted average price. “In our view, the transaction is positive,” Spratt added.

Hecla’s strong balance sheet and operating team with narrow vein mining expertise “should allow unlocking of value of Klondex’s prospective Nevada properties,” explained Spratt. In addition, the deal “significantly reduces financial and execution risk while giving Klondex shareholders an immediate premium.”

A third-party bid is “unlikely given the valuation and the significant premium paid by Hecla,” Spratt pointed out. As such, Clarus changed its rating on Klondex to Tender from Speculative Buy but maintains its $3.25 per share target price.

PI Financial analyst Philip Ker agreed that the sale of Klondex’s Nevada assets is “positive,” and “prevents Klondex shareholders from potential equity dilution should the company have needed funding for upcoming capital outlays,” according to a March 19, 2018 research piece. However, he pointed out that such a transaction would have been more accretive had it taken place when Klondex had a higher valuation, rather than at its 52-week low. At the same time, though, he noted that for Klondex to regain market confidence and get a rerating, it would have had to reach major milestones. In other words, he concluded, “the sale comes at the bottom but with fewer hurdles.”

Ker explained that Klondex’s Canadian assets, the True North mine and recently acquired Bison Gold property, which are not part of the Hecla deal, would be spun out to existing shareholders in a company called “Klondex Canada.” “Hecla will also subscribe for a $7M or 13.46% equity stake in the spin-co which has a pre-investment valuation of $45M.”

In consideration of the transaction, PI Financial changed its rating on Klondex to Tender from Neutral and has lowered its target price to $3.05 per share from $3.35 per share.

Should the transaction close, Klondex could then better delineate the ore body at True North and “should be cash flow neutral after production from tailings processing,” Ker purported. “A primary focus on Canada should result in positive momentum” for that and the Bison Gold projects.

A third analyst, Don Blyth with Paradigm Capital, expressed similar sentiment in a March 20, 2018 research report, writing the Hecla bid is “a good deal for Klondex shareholders,” given the company’s recent and ongoing challenges. They include “declining grades at Fire Creek, disappointing gold recovery rates for the Hollister ore and a decision to put the True North mine into a ‘care and maintenance’ mode owing to poor operational performance.” Klondex’s stock price had declined 73% over the previous year, and a turnaround was expected to take months.

Blyth, too, stated Hecla is well positioned financially to outlay the capital needed to effect improvements at the various Klondex operations in Nevada and has a strong team with the experience to do so.

As for Hecla’s bid, Blyth noted that it consists of a “mix of cash and common shares of Hecla: $2.47 in cash (all-cash alternative) or 0.6272 of a Hecla share (all-shares alternative).” He also wrote the offer represents a 72% premium based on both companies’ closing prices on March 16 and Klondex’s board approves the proposed deal. A shareholder vote is expected in June and closing thereafter, likely by the end of Q2/18.

Paradigm changed its rating on Klondex to Tender from Hold and has suspended its price target. Klondex is currently trading at around $2.86 per share.

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Disclosures from Clarus Securities, Klondex Mines Ltd., March 20, 2018 The analyst has visited the Company’s mining operations in Manitoba, Canada and Nevada, USA. Partial payment or reimbursement was received from the issuer for the associated travel costs.

Within the last 24 months, Clarus Securities Inc. has managed or co-managed a public offering of securities of this company.

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The research analyst and/or associates who prepared this report are compensated based upon (among other factors) the overall profitability of Clarus Securities and its affiliate, which includes the overall profitability of investment banking and related services. In the normal course of its business, Clarus Securities or its affiliate may provide financial advisory and/or investment banking services for the issuers mentioned in this report in return for remuneration and might seek to become engaged for such services from any of such issuers in this report within the next three months. Clarus Securities or its affiliate may buy from or sell to customers the securities of issuers mentioned in this report on a principal basis. Clarus Securities, its affiliate, and/or their respective officers, directors or employees may from time to time acquire, hold or sell securities discussed herein, or in related securities or in options, futures or other derivative instruments based thereon.

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Disclosures from PI Financial, Klondex Mines Ltd., Corporate Update, March 19, 2018

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8) PI Financial Corp. and/or its affiliates make a market in the securities of the subject company. No

9) Company has partially funded previous analyst visits to its projects. Yes

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Analysts are compensated through a combined base salary and bonus payout system. The bonus payout is amongst other factors determined by revenue generated directly or indirectly from various departments including Investment Banking. Evaluation is largely on an activity-based system that includes some of the following criteria: reports generated, timeliness, performance of recommendations, knowledge of industry, quality of research and investment guidance, and client feedback. Analysts and all other Research staff are not directly compensated for specific Investment Banking transactions.

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The analyst (and associate) certify that the views expressed in this report accurately reflect their personal views about the subject securities or issuers. No part of their compensation was, is, or will be, directly or indirectly, related to the specific recommendations expressed in this research report.

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Gold-Silver Mining Development Firm to Sell Its Nevada Assets

Source: Streetwise Reports   03/21/2018

Three analysts shared the details and their opinions of the proposed transaction.

Analyst Jamie Spratt with Clarus Securities reported in a March 20, 2018 research note that Klondex Mines Ltd. (KDX:TSX; KLDX:NYSE.MKT) announced Hecla Mining Co.'s (HL:NYSE) offer to acquire all of its Nevada assets for $462 million ($462M), or $2.47 per share. This price represents a 59% premium to the 30-day volume weighted average price. "In our view, the transaction is positive," Spratt added.

Hecla's strong balance sheet and operating team with narrow vein mining expertise "should allow unlocking of value of Klondex's prospective Nevada properties," explained Spratt. In addition, the deal "significantly reduces financial and execution risk while giving Klondex shareholders an immediate premium."

A third-party bid is "unlikely given the valuation and the significant premium paid by Hecla," Spratt pointed out. As such, Clarus changed its rating on Klondex to Tender from Speculative Buy but maintains its $3.25 per share target price.

PI Financial analyst Philip Ker agreed that the sale of Klondex's Nevada assets is "positive," and "prevents Klondex shareholders from potential equity dilution should the company have needed funding for upcoming capital outlays," according to a March 19, 2018 research piece. However, he pointed out that such a transaction would have been more accretive had it taken place when Klondex had a higher valuation, rather than at its 52-week low. At the same time, though, he noted that for Klondex to regain market confidence and get a rerating, it would have had to reach major milestones. In other words, he concluded, "the sale comes at the bottom but with fewer hurdles."

Ker explained that Klondex's Canadian assets, the True North mine and recently acquired Bison Gold property, which are not part of the Hecla deal, would be spun out to existing shareholders in a company called "Klondex Canada." "Hecla will also subscribe for a $7M or 13.46% equity stake in the spin-co which has a pre-investment valuation of $45M."

In consideration of the transaction, PI Financial changed its rating on Klondex to Tender from Neutral and has lowered its target price to $3.05 per share from $3.35 per share.

Should the transaction close, Klondex could then better delineate the ore body at True North and "should be cash flow neutral after production from tailings processing," Ker purported. "A primary focus on Canada should result in positive momentum" for that and the Bison Gold projects.

A third analyst, Don Blyth with Paradigm Capital, expressed similar sentiment in a March 20, 2018 research report, writing the Hecla bid is "a good deal for Klondex shareholders," given the company's recent and ongoing challenges. They include "declining grades at Fire Creek, disappointing gold recovery rates for the Hollister ore and a decision to put the True North mine into a 'care and maintenance' mode owing to poor operational performance." Klondex's stock price had declined 73% over the previous year, and a turnaround was expected to take months.

Blyth, too, stated Hecla is well positioned financially to outlay the capital needed to effect improvements at the various Klondex operations in Nevada and has a strong team with the experience to do so.

As for Hecla's bid, Blyth noted that it consists of a "mix of cash and common shares of Hecla: $2.47 in cash (all-cash alternative) or 0.6272 of a Hecla share (all-shares alternative)." He also wrote the offer represents a 72% premium based on both companies' closing prices on March 16 and Klondex's board approves the proposed deal. A shareholder vote is expected in June and closing thereafter, likely by the end of Q2/18.

Paradigm changed its rating on Klondex to Tender from Hold and has suspended its price target. Klondex is currently trading at around $2.86 per share.

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The Humanification of Pet Food Is Nearly Complete

Jerky, cookies, cheesy toppings—animals’ meals are out of the can and into the uncanny valley.

JOE PINSKER

OCT 26, 2018

To succinctly capture the strangeness of how Americans feed their house pets in the year 2018, there are perhaps no better five words than pumpkin-spice lattes for dogs. If there’s room to use a few more qualifiers, then non-GMO, American-made goat’s-milk pumpkin-spice lattes for dogs would probably be more evocative.

That is a real product, sold by a real company—“Just add warm water!” the label says—and it would not feel too out of place on the shelves of many pet-food aisles, where these days one is almost just as likely to encounter labels boasting “grass-fed beef” and “high-protein” recipes as anywhere else in the store.

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As these aisles indicate, pet food—particularly high-end pet food—is edging ever closer to human food, and the overlaps between the two categories can be uncanny. “People are putting whole berries in there, whole cranberries, whole blueberries,” says Don Tomala, the president of Matrix Partners, a pet-products branding firm. “They’re putting kelp in there, they’re putting turmeric in there, they’re putting apple-cider vinegar in there … These are all trends within the human-food side.”

Tomala, who helped launch the dog food Kibbles ���n Bits in the early 1980s, remembers that back then, “it was food for your dog—that was about as far as it went.” Ingredients weren’t fussed over, and the packaging was playful; he remembers cartoonish labels, say, with “a bubble-faced dog on it smiling.” That wouldn’t fly today. Tomala says packages now are more likely to display “a serious-looking dog … It looks nutritious and healthy—it looks like something I’d buy at Whole Foods.”

This transformation of pet food reflects a broader trend, in which people go to ever-greater lengths to address the human needs they project onto their pets, almost as if the animals were their children. Some Americans buy silicone testicular implants so that their pet might “retain its natural look and self-esteem” after being neutered, or make provisions in their wills for their horses; a friend recently told me that she discovered, when picking up a new prescription, that she and her dog had been put on the same anxiety medication.

Marketers often attribute the treatment of pets as little humans in part to Millennials waiting longer to have children, which frees them up to channel their energies toward their “fur babies,” a term people sometimes (unfortunately) use for their pets. With that in mind, it makes sense that some people would want to buy the finest foods for their animals. Another factor behind the rise of high-quality pet food is the increased concern many shoppers have about the environmental and social impact of all sorts of consumer goods.

“One of the main things that we’ve seen in the past five-plus years is that the parents, the shoppers, of the pets, they’re looking at pet food in the very same way they’re looking at the food they buy for themselves,” says Steve Rogers, a principal consultant at the firm Clarkston Consulting who advises large food and beverage companies, many of which have pet-food divisions. Non-GMO, gluten-free, no preservatives—these are what many consumers are after, and, Rogers says, “any trend that you almost see in consumer purchases or consumer food, pet food is basically a lagging indicator.”

These trends, of course, do not apply to the entire pet-food market, but they do apply to a significant, fast-growing chunk of it. Based on market research and conversations with clients, Rogers estimates that about half of pet owners could be potential buyers of these more expensive, ethically sourced, and organic varieties. And Tomala says there’s plenty of demand for regular old dog food, but “it just isn’t what’s driving the pet industry as much—the growth is coming from higher-end products,” the ones that cost twice as much, or more, per pound. Indeed, Americans’ spending on pet food has increased from $18 billion in 2009 to $30 billion in 2017, which far outpaces the rate at which pet ownership rose during that period. In other words, people are spending more on food per pet than they did a decade ago.

One company that has benefited from this increase is the Honest Kitchen, a San Diego–based firm founded in 2002 that makes the aforementioned pumpkin-spice lattes for dogs as well as a range of other “human-grade” pet foods. “That just means the ingredients are from the human food chain and are manufactured inside a human food facility and follows all of human food regulations,” as opposed to the regulations for pet food at the state and federal levels, explained Carmen Velasquez, the company’s marketing director. The Honest Kitchen makes dehydrated products, which, with the addition of warm water, achieve “almost like an oatmeal consistency. You can still see cranberries, pieces of apple, little banana chips,” Velasquez says.

“We definitely pull inspiration from the human food chain,” she told me, citing her company’s “instant bone broth” and “seasonal instant eggnog.” It also sells beef jerky for dogs. Mike Steck, the company’s chief marketing officer, who was also on the phone, said, “We have to be careful. Part of what we have to do with the brand is make sure that it can never be confused as human food.”

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Dana Brooks, the president of the Pet Food Institute, a trade group representing pet-food makers, has taken note of the humanification of pet food as well. “We’re trending more into the space of having our pet food look a little more like our food,” she said.

She mentioned a company called Freshpet, which in its own words makes “real pet food, fresh from the fridge.” In explaining the appeal of “real” food, Brooks said, “Maybe you can provide your pet something that looks similar so you feel like you’re sharing your meal with your pet.” She told me about a recent visit she’d made to a Freshpet facility: “I mean, I was hungry when I was touring it—it smelled like hamburgers and roasted chicken and beef stew.”

The history of pet food as a consumer good has not always been so appetizing, as Katherine C. Grier, a historian at the University of Delaware and the author of Pets in America: A History, told me. Grier walked me through pet food’s past, starting in the mid-1800s, when housewives would cook a separate “dog stew” that consisted of leftover meat, bones, gristle, or vegetables mixed into potatoes or rice or cornmeal. The first consumer pet food, Grier said, hit the American market in the 1870s: A British company, Spratt’s Patent Ltd., sold biscuits that claimed to improve the performance of hunting dogs and show dogs.

Over the years, Spratt’s and other companies started selling to more casual dog owners, but what really launched dog food into the mainstream was canned food, which started appearing on shelves around the 1910s. The first canned food was made up entirely of horsemeat—something that humans generally wouldn’t eat but that was left over after worn-out workhorses were killed and turned into soap, fertilizer, or other products. Some meatpacking companies, following the success of horsemeat pet food, realized they could package their own unused animal bits and started entering the market as well.

The Great Depression, ironically, is when canned food started to really catch on. In tight times, households scaled back their meat purchases, which often meant less in the way of leftovers for the family pet. So households started turning to canned food, which allowed them to keep feeding their pets protein more cheaply. Human-quality meat was also hard to come by during World War II, and according to Grier, after the war was over, pet food got its own aisle in the supermarket.

This was the beginning of the pet-food market that today’s cat and dog owners would recognize. While the food was generally nutritionally adequate, it was still kind of gross; horsemeat still made it into cans for decades after the war, but disappeared over time. Even today, pet food can include, in the words of the independent organization that helps establish industry standards, chickens’ “heads, feet, [and] viscera.”

When I referred to some pet-food ingredients as “unsavory” in my conversation with Brooks of the Pet Food Institute, she said, “The only thing I would caution is when you hear ‘unsavory,’ it may be unsavory to you as a human consumer … [but] also provide the minerals and some of the vitamins that pets need.” There are animal parts, she noted, that many Americans prefer not to consume, but are “considered delicacies in other countries.”

American pet owners’ ambivalence about these ingredients is part of what high-end food manufacturers are responding to. They are also catering to the pet owners who worry about contaminated food and (probably too much)about grain allergies.

But the sorts of products that some of them are buying—see: jerky—seem unlikely to address health concerns, and blur the line between human and pet indulgences. The concept of that line is something I talked about with Molly Mullin, an anthropologist who lectures at North Carolina State University and studies human-animal relationships. “These categories, people have to, to a certain extent, make them up as they go along,” she says. “People are always revisiting them and thinking about them and playing with them.”

Food is just one category that’s getting played with. And that’s probably a good thing: As upscale pet foods become more environmentally friendly and more ethically sourced, those trends can trickle down into the mainstream market as well and shape the way more American pets are fed.

Still, the contribution to the greater good seems modest, given that the majority of pet food is ultimately just the feeding of some animals to others—not to mention that some people pay to pamper their pets while other people go hungry. And besides, who can tell how much a pet actually likes human-grade bone broth? Humans are not always good at reading dogs’ emotions—the canine expression that humans interpret as a smile actually can indicate fear or worry. For the most part, pet food isn’t getting more human-like so that pets can feel better—it’s so humans can.

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Review: Sam Smith Makes His Lonely Hours Feel Universal on a Great LP

Review: Sam Smith Makes His Lonely Hours Feel Universal on a Great LP

Illustration by Sam Spratt for Rolling Stone Sam Smith’s breakout moment as a deep house don on Disclosure’s “Latch,” arguably the sexiest club banger of 2012, was a feint. Sure, dude could sing. But given the digital-chipmunk high notes and other effects, the jam gave little indication of his full power. His debut LP, In the Lonely Hour, clarified matters, racking up ridiculous stream and sales…

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Review: Sam Smith's 'The Thrill of It All'

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Sam Smith’s breakout moment as a deep house don on Disclosure’s “Latch,” arguably the sexiest club banger of 2012, was a feint. Sure, dude could sing. But given the digital-chipmunk high notes and other effects, the jam gave little indication of his full power. His debut LP, In the Lonely Hour, clarified matters, racking up ridiculous stream and sales numbers, plus four Grammys. Now, doubling down on his magnificent, gender-nonconforming voice while pushing his songcraft forward, Smith’s second LP knights one of the mightiest, most expressive vocalists of his generation.

Where Lonely Hour led with beats, Thrill of It All opens on lonely piano chords and Smith’s whispering high tenor, which sweeps up to falsetto on the pre-chorus, soon echoed by a choir and handclaps. The song, “Too Good at Goodbyes,” has gotten over 120 million YouTube plays since its release as a single, and establishes the ruling formula for album, one which Smith laid out on his biggest hit “Stay With Me” – an aching lover pleading with a paramour against slow-building gospel-pop rapture. He mixes up. “One Last Song” adds choral muscle and Memphis brass to a doo-wop strut that echoes Amy Winehouse, as does “Baby You Make Me Crazy” (Smith’s live version of the late singer’s “Tears Dry on Their Own” is worth searching for). On the tortured “Burning,” which begins with a haunting a capella, Smith confesses despondency, flying up and down his vocal range, each switchback escalating the drama until yet another churchy choir raises the roof. “No Peace” is a showpiece duet with up-and-comer Yebba, a Harlem-based singer via West Memphis, Arkansas, whose full breakout moment must be close at hand.

But the drama here peaks with the breathtaking “Him.” Until now, Smith has largely kept his identity as a gay man out of his songwriting. Here, he addresses a “Holy Father,” appearing to conflate spiritual and biological patriarchs, confessing he’s “not the boy that/You thought you wanted,” and declaring “it is him I love,” bottoming out his register on the final word. It’s intense, and by the time Smith describes walking hand in hand with his lover through the streets of Mississippi – a state whose famous intolerance was immortalized by kindred torch singer Nina Simone in her 1964 single “Mississippi Goddam” – it’s clear Smith has forged a civil rights anthem no less visceral and no less committed.

“Him” elevates a set of brilliantly-sung songs into a potent concept album that universalizes heartbreak from a distinctly LGBTQ point of view. Yes, the magic beats of “Latch” are missed. But here’s hoping for a house remix of “Him” that will raise the roof in clubs gay and straight for years to come.

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Gold-Silver Mining Development Firm to Sell Its Nevada Assets

Source: Streetwise Reports   03/21/2018

Three analysts shared the details and their opinions of the proposed transaction.

Analyst Jamie Spratt with Clarus Securities reported in a March 20, 2018 research note that Klondex Mines Ltd. (KDX:TSX; KLDX:NYSE.MKT) announced Hecla Mining Co.'s (HL:NYSE) offer to acquire all of its Nevada assets for $462 million ($462M), or $2.47 per share. This price represents a 59% premium to the 30-day volume weighted average price. "In our view, the transaction is positive," Spratt added.

Hecla's strong balance sheet and operating team with narrow vein mining expertise "should allow unlocking of value of Klondex's prospective Nevada properties," explained Spratt. In addition, the deal "significantly reduces financial and execution risk while giving Klondex shareholders an immediate premium."

A third-party bid is "unlikely given the valuation and the significant premium paid by Hecla," Spratt pointed out. As such, Clarus changed its rating on Klondex to Tender from Speculative Buy but maintains its $3.25 per share target price.

PI Financial analyst Philip Ker agreed that the sale of Klondex's Nevada assets is "positive," and "prevents Klondex shareholders from potential equity dilution should the company have needed funding for upcoming capital outlays," according to a March 19, 2018 research piece. However, he pointed out that such a transaction would have been more accretive had it taken place when Klondex had a higher valuation, rather than at its 52-week low. At the same time, though, he noted that for Klondex to regain market confidence and get a rerating, it would have had to reach major milestones. In other words, he concluded, "the sale comes at the bottom but with fewer hurdles."

Ker explained that Klondex's Canadian assets, the True North mine and recently acquired Bison Gold property, which are not part of the Hecla deal, would be spun out to existing shareholders in a company called "Klondex Canada." "Hecla will also subscribe for a $7M or 13.46% equity stake in the spin-co which has a pre-investment valuation of $45M."

In consideration of the transaction, PI Financial changed its rating on Klondex to Tender from Neutral and has lowered its target price to $3.05 per share from $3.35 per share.

Should the transaction close, Klondex could then better delineate the ore body at True North and "should be cash flow neutral after production from tailings processing," Ker purported. "A primary focus on Canada should result in positive momentum" for that and the Bison Gold projects.

A third analyst, Don Blyth with Paradigm Capital, expressed similar sentiment in a March 20, 2018 research report, writing the Hecla bid is "a good deal for Klondex shareholders," given the company's recent and ongoing challenges. They include "declining grades at Fire Creek, disappointing gold recovery rates for the Hollister ore and a decision to put the True North mine into a 'care and maintenance' mode owing to poor operational performance." Klondex's stock price had declined 73% over the previous year, and a turnaround was expected to take months.

Blyth, too, stated Hecla is well positioned financially to outlay the capital needed to effect improvements at the various Klondex operations in Nevada and has a strong team with the experience to do so.

As for Hecla's bid, Blyth noted that it consists of a "mix of cash and common shares of Hecla: $2.47 in cash (all-cash alternative) or 0.6272 of a Hecla share (all-shares alternative)." He also wrote the offer represents a 72% premium based on both companies' closing prices on March 16 and Klondex's board approves the proposed deal. A shareholder vote is expected in June and closing thereafter, likely by the end of Q2/18.

Paradigm changed its rating on Klondex to Tender from Hold and has suspended its price target. Klondex is currently trading at around $2.86 per share.

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