Daily Archives: September 27, 2021

By Kim Brawn

Technology is a form of progress and a double-edged sword, a perpetual one step forward, two steps back. For all that we can do with a smartphone, tablet, or laptop for all the convenience, information, and connectedness it gives us it has created inequities and incredible challenges, like the ability to spread misinformation at startling speed.

Those of us at the Thompson Free Library in Dover-Foxcroft do our best every month to level that playing field by offering free public access computers and Wi-Fi. Printing, copying, faxing, and scanning services are also available. Our website features many great resources including a Wakelet collection that Librarian Michelle Fagan compiled early in the pandemic, to help recognize and combat misinformation. Sinan Arals (MIT data scientist and entrepreneur) Ted Talk is especially eye-opening, leaving the audience with this powerful warning: We have to be vigilant in defending the truth against misinformation with our individual responsibilities, decisions, behaviors and actions.

Progress is generally forward moving and takes many forms which makes it an engaging topic for TFLs Philosophy Circle on Friday, Oct. 1 at 3:30 p.m. under the tent. Library Director Jon Knepp says the focus will be on, What actually is progress? How do we measure it? What is its end goal? I thought it might be a good way to tie some of our other discussions together.

Time to trade in your Thinker pose for the ultimate in head banger moves! Heavy metal fans and those who dare to explore are invited to Exit Light: Metallicas Black Album at 30 with author Ben Apatoff online via Zoom on Thursday, Oct. 7 at 6 p.m. Apatoff will discuss his new book Metallica: The $24.95 Book (a playful nod to The $5.98 Metallica EP!).

Metal Life calls it, an incredibly well written history of the band, told in chapters dedicated to each album, each band member and influences. Each chapter tells a story instead of just rehashing dates and events like a calendar this book allows you, fan or not, to understand and appreciate who Metallica is and more importantly, WHAT Metallica is. While working on his book during the pandemic, Apatoff found comfort and inspiration in watching the Metallica Mondays shows (concerts the band released on YouTube), It kept me grounded and helped me. Contact TFL for the Zoom link or find it in our Facebook event.

A sharp turn finds us back under the tent on Thursday, Oct. 14 at 6 p.m. for TFLs Reading Group. This months featured selection is Thunder Dog: The True Story of a Blind Man, His Guide Dog & the Triumph of Trust at Ground Zero by Michael Hingson with Susy Flory. From Kirkus Reviews: The chilling account of how the two (Hingson and his guide dog Roselle) worked in tandem to safely descend 78 stories and 1,463 steps, while simultaneously helping others remain calm is truly-awe-inspiring. . . a tragic, inspirational and enlightening memoir. Copies available at TFL.

Switching gears again, lets have some ghostly and bewitching fall fun as TFL Under the Tent presents a classic movie about getting slimed and chasing paranormal entities with Bill, Dan, Harold, and Ernie on Friday, Oct. 22 at 6 p.m.

Next up: what if The Rose, Carrie Bradshaw, and Sister Mary Patrick made a Halloween-themed movie together? Abracadabra, they did! And you can watch it on Thursday, Oct. 29 at 6 p.m. under the tent. Both films are free, open to the public, and family friendly. Michelle told me, There will be snacks (possibly hot cocoa). Be sure to check the forecast and dress accordingly. We do have blankets though.

Random acts of kindness are awesome but lets start an intentional acts of kindness movement with the focus on what we can do to keep each other safe and healthy while recognizing each others humanity. Please get vaccinated, mask up where required and when recommended, and be mindful of others. Many of us who work with the public have been thrust into an unenviable yet necessary public health role during the pandemic. Thank you to our patrons and visitors the vast majority of whom follow our protocols and policies and appreciate us (and dont even get mad when we remind them to put their mask over their nose!).

TFL is open to the public Tuesday to Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. We currently require masks indoors. For information on events, visit our website (https://www.thompson.lib.me.us), Facebook page, or contact us at thompsonfreelibrary@gmail.com or 207-564-3350. Find us on Instagram @tf_library.

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You know how one political party (out of two) is systematically setting the stage to undemocratically destroy voting rights, specifically the rights of those people (the not-white ones) who overwhelmingly sent Donald Trump packing in 2020? John Oliver sure does, as his Sunday main story saw the Last Week Tonight host delving into the Republican war on voting rights. Honestly, as Oliver proved in acidly funny lockstep, it really isnt necessary to do any delving, as GOP hypocrisy, fringe conspiracy logic, and outright racial oppression at the voting booth is just lying all out in the open.

You know, like in Georgia, which is represented by one Burt Jones, seen in a clip asserting that voting is a privilege that certain people should have to really work for. (Possibly by overcoming the state closing polling places in non-white areas and then forbidding good samaritans from handing out water to the Black people stuck in eight-hour voting lines in the Georgia heat.) Or in Arizona, where, just this week, even the Republican-led, farcically shady audit of Joe Bidens presidential victory there not only proved what every rational human being knew already, but also made Bidens margin over GOP cult leader and twice-impeached seditionist Donald Trump just a hair wider. (Oh, dont worry, Republicans are still recommending further voting restrictions to fix the non-existent voter fraud problem they themselves showed doesnt exist.)

In all, Oliver showed how some 18 states have passed 30 laws since the 2020 Democratic, voter-approved takeover of the presidency, House, and Senate, and thatstrangelyevery single one of those laws intended to make it harder for certain people to vote was spearheaded by the Republican Party. Oh, and that the GOPs furthest-right lobbying wing, the Heritage Foundation, is just as busy undermining American democracy, as Oliver showed a Heritage executive (one Jessica Anderson) bragging about those kooky, woman- and gay-hating white supremacists managing to slip through some Iowa voting suppression laws (which Heritage wrote) without anybody noticing. You know, like with all truly fair and vetted democratic policies.

Oliver, as is his way, made time throughout his concise history of Republican voter suppression and outright racist bullshit to go on some theoretically illustrative tangents involving unusual sexual practices. (No kink-shaming, those currently fantasizing about either the Wheel Of Fortune wheel or lobsters.) Painting a starkly chilling portrait of how the current Republican Party is ginning up solutions for a problem it itself manufactured, Oliver summed up this in-progress, democracy-threatening authoritarianism thusly: Use bullshit claims to stir up baseless fear to pass unnecessary restrictions to target particular groups.

Showing Texas Lt. Governor and major asshole Dan Patrick using the legally un-actionable fuzzy logic that GOP voter suppression tactics are necessary because voters have lost faith in an election system Patrick himself has been working overtime to slander and undermine ever since the Republicans Glorious Leader appeared ready to loose bigly on Election Night, Oliver let Patricks nonsense hang itself. Although Oliver did note that Patricks showboating stunt offering a Texas-style $1 million bounty for every provable instance of voter fraud has seen the bloviating Texas lieutenant liar dodge fellow Lt. Gov John Fettermans call for the cash, having offered up the case of a Pennsylvania Trump voters trying to vote for their dead moms. Who are no doubt very disappointed in them.

As for solutions, Oliver, as ever, had sort of a good news-bad news thing going. There are two proposed laws (the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom To Vote Act) that would, between them, halt this Republican campaign of partisan ratfuckery by ensuring everything from early and drive-up voting, to automatic voter registration, to making Election Day a national holiday. And would restore the key tenets of the Supreme Court-gutted, racist-thwarting 1965 Voting Rights Act, something shown as deeply necessary in how GOP legislators keep trying to procedurally ban any talk of racism from the debate over their 100 percent racist voter suppression. In this weeks example of representative villainy, Oliver showed Representative Travis Grantham (R-AZ) telling Black lawmaker Reginald Bolding to, almost verbatim, sit down and shut up when Bolding brought up how the Arizona GOPs proposed laws are blatantly intended to disenfranchise voters of color. (Oh, Grantham used the words colored people in his rant, just for some of that old-timey racist flavor.)

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On the other hand, Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has promised that his GOP minions will filibuster any bill intended to make it harder for them to suppress votes among those communities (not-white ones) where they know theyre shit out of luck, historically and increasingly. And while Oliver threw shade at Democratic(-ish) Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) for saying hed join his Republican pals in robbing certain people of their voting rights, the host also told the other Joe (Biden) that his folksy entreaty for people to just out-organize this out-in-the-open racist rigging is woefully out of touch with just how determined the GOP is to steal elections. Showing Biden praising Americans for turning out in record numbers (during a pandemic, no less) to make sure Donald Trump wound up on unemployed and making paid appearances for sketchy cults, Oliver noted in exasperation that that doesnt cut it when Republicans are trying to shut out those very voters. Seriously, Joe.

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The Covid pandemic has caused the biggest decrease in life expectancy in western Europe since the second world war, according to a study.

Data from most of the 29 countries spanning most of Europe, the US and Chile that were analysed by scientists recorded reductions in life expectancy last year and at a scale that wiped out years of progress.

The biggest declines in life expectancy were among males in the US, with a decline of 2.2 years relative to 2019 levels, followed by Lithuanian males (1.7 years).

Life expectancy losses exceeded those recorded around the time of the dissolution of the eastern bloc in central and eastern Europe, according to the research, led by scientists at Oxfords Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science.

Dr Jos Manuel Aburto, a co-lead author of the study, said: For western European countries such as Spain, England and Wales, Italy, Belgium, among others, the last time such large magnitudes of declines in life expectancy at birth were observed in a single year was during the second world war.

The findings are contained in a paper published in the International Journal of Epidemiology after the analysis of the 29 countries for which official death registrations for last year had been published. A total of 27 experienced reductions in life expectancy.

Last week, the Office for National Statistics estimated that life expectancy for men in the UK had fallen for the first time in 40 years because of the impact of Covid-19. A boy born between 2018 and 2020 is expected to live until he is 79, down from 79.2 for the period of 2015-17, according to the ONS.

Aburto said the scale of the life expectancy losses was stark across most of those countries studied, with 22 of them experiencing larger losses than half a year in 2020.

Females in eight countries and males in 11 countries experienced losses larger than a year. To contextualise, it took on average 5.6 years for these countries to achieve a one-year increase in life expectancy recently: progress wiped out over the course of 2020 by Covid-19.

Males experienced larger life expectancy declines than females across most of the 29 countries. Most life expectancy reductions across different countries were attributable to official Covid deaths, according to the paper.

Dr Ridhi Kashyap, another co-lead author, said researchers were aware of several issues linked to the counting of Covid deaths, such as inadequate testing or misclassification. However, she added that the fact that our results highlight such a large impact that is directly attributable to Covid-19 shows how devastating a shock it has been for many countries.

We urgently call for the publication and availability of more disaggregated data from a wider range of countries, including low- and middle-income countries, to better understand the impacts of the pandemic globally.

The ONS estimates from earlier this month showed variations between the different parts of the UK in terms of life expectancy, which refers to the average age to which a newborn would live if current death rates continued for their whole life.

Life expectancy for males has fallen in England, from 79.5 years in 2015-17 to 79.3 years in 2018-2, and Scotland from 77 to 76.8. But it has risen slightly in Northern Ireland from 78.4 to 78.7, while staying broadly unchanged in Wales at 78.3.

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Since the turn of the millennium, 13 countries, including China and Algeria, have declared victory in the war against malaria, joining more than 100 states certified malaria-free by the World Health Organization.

The WHO aims to add at least 25 more countries to the list by 2025. But the arc of progress could yet be thrown off course by climate change.

Theres cause for celebration and concern, says Wakgari Deressa, professor of public health at Addis Ababa University, who has advised the Ethiopian government on malaria prevention.

Ethiopia is one of only half a dozen African nations on course to meet the WHO target of a 90 per cent reduction in malaria case incidence by 2030, compared with 2015 levels. Malaria still kills more than 400,000 people a year worldwide, mostly children under the age of five in Sub-Saharan Africa.

When it moves into a new area, it can be fatal across the whole age range because theres no resistance

Malaria accounted for 10,400 deaths in Ethiopia at its peak in 2000. Now, yearly deaths from the disease are less than half that figure. Infection rates among the at-risk population have fallen from 219 cases per 1,000 in 2004 to 32 cases in 2018.

Mosquito nets and better treatments have reduced malaria prevalence and morbidity in Ethiopia, explains Deressa. But, simultaneously, temperature changes and different rainfall patterns mean malaria is emerging in highland communities previously protected from the disease. He says climate change has made elimination a distant hope.

The ideal conditions for malaria transmission are an average temperature of 20-30 degrees Celsius, monthly precipitation in excess of 80mm, and relative humidity greater than 60 per cent. Changes in Ethiopias climate have brought more regions into this malaria sweet spot.

The same trend is being seen globally: while better public health has contained the risks of malaria, climate change has made the effort more of an uphill struggle, says Rachel Lowe, an associate professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

A research team, of which Lowe was a part, estimated that climate change could lead to at least an additional 3.6bn people being at risk from malaria by 2071, relative to the at-risk population in 1970-99. Lowe fears complacency may creep into the fight against malaria and heighten the risk of re-emergence.

The upshot may be that countries pushing towards elimination never achieve the goal and those declared free of the disease risk the return of malaria, alongside other mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue, says Lowe.

Even parts of Europe, where the disease was officially eliminated in 2015, could see malaria return in the next few decades, warns Alexander More, associate professor of environmental health at Long Island University in New York.

The pathogen itself is not in the environment in the quantity needed for an outbreak yet, he says. But [Europes] proximity to places where the disease is endemic means this is always a possibility from trade and human migration.

Malaria-free areas may also face a higher degree of morbidity if the disease is reintroduced because of a lack of natural immunity, according to Andy Morse, professor of climate impacts at the University of Liverpool. The problem is when it gets introduced to a new area or introduced back, that population is totally susceptible, he says. In Africa, its generally killing children, not breadwinners. But when it moves into a new area, it can be fatal across the whole age range because theres no resistance.

Morse thinks Europe may stave off the worst of malaria transmission unless there is a drastic breakdown in the primary care infrastructure.

However, Lowe points out that the Covid-19 pandemic proves that even well-funded healthcare systems in richer nations can end up at the point of near-collapse.

Its very much about not just waiting for it to happen and dealing with it when it arrives its about doing everything that is possible to prevent that introduction and emergent spread, she says.

More speculates that the world could end up in a footrace between climate change raising the risk of transmission and the development of better treatments and prevention methods.

A study, led by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, which followed 6,800 children aged between five and 17 months for three years, found that combining seasonal malaria vaccinations and prevention drugs reduced the risk of hospitalisation and death by 70 per cent.

Similarly, a University of Oxford team found that their malaria mRNA vaccine was 77 per cent effective in early-stage trials.

More says these results are welcome, but are unlikely to be a silver bullet. Instead, scientists think concerns over increased malaria transmission should focus governments attention on the need to stop fossil fuel use and halt global warming.

Policymakers need to put this issue front and centre because its the easiest way to sell the radical changes that need to happen for us to address climate change because everybody cares about their own health in the end, More says.

Its good policy and its good science, or its good science and its good policy depending on what your priority is.

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Report highlights efforts towards building a diverse and inclusive culture, empowering vibrant communities, investing in climate action, and practicing good governance

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- HubSpot, the customer relationship management (CRM) platform for scaling companies, today announced the release of our 2021 Sustainability Report, highlighting our efforts, milestones, and aspirations within the pillars of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG).

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Earlier this year, our internal ESG Committee conducted a materiality assessment to identify the key focus areas within ESG important to our business, stakeholders, and growth. Where we believe HubSpot can have the most meaningful impact is within diversity, inclusion, and belonging; privacy and data protection; and energy and emissions. The report reflects the work we've made in these areas since HubSpot was founded.

Of the report launch, Whitney Sorenson, Chief Technology Officer and Executive Sponsor of HubSpot's ESG Committee said, "At HubSpot, we want to build a company future generations will be proud of. That's why it's more important than ever that we're investing in our employees, customers, communities, and environment long-term. Our 2021 Sustainability Report shares transparency into our progress on that journey to date and what's to come. We're proud of our sustainability work, but we also recognize that we're just getting started. Organizations have a responsibility to leave the world better than they found it, and we're committed to making a lasting impact."

Highlights from our 2021 Sustainability Report include:

Building an Inclusive and Diverse Culture:

Increased BIPOC employee representation in the United States 15.4% since 2017

Developed a required Anti-Racism training as part of our company-wide Black Lives Matter action plan, which has been completed by over 4,500 HubSpotters

Created an initiative based on employee feedback called HubSpot Unplugged to address burnout, mental health and well-being

Empowering Vibrant Communities:

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Committed $20M to social impact investing through LISC (Local Initiatives Support Corporation)

Supported our nine global charity partners through our global HubSpot Helps program, which includes employee volunteerism, financial and in-kind donations, and events

Launched the HubSpot for Nonprofits Program, allowing eligible organizations to receive an ongoing 40% discount on our software and access to resources and support

Practicing Good Governance:

Doubled the number of employees dedicated to privacy and security, including the addition of a Product Trust and Safety team

Invested in diversity at the leadership level, with four women on HubSpot's Executive Leadership team and 70% of our Board identifying as a woman or person of color

Enhanced our platform to enable easier compliance with GDPR

Investing in Climate Action:

Offset over 80,000 metric tons of emissions from 2006, our founding year, through 2020, making HubSpot carbon neutral

Announced HubSpot House in Dublin is the first and only building with an interior that holds a platinum certification based on version 4 of LEED in Ireland

Provided access to discounts from eco-friendly vendors globally to help HubSpotters make more sustainable buying choices while supporting local businesses

The programs and initiatives highlighted in our report are not just a reflection of our sustainability efforts; they are integrated in our culture and operations. With more than 4,980 employees and 121,000 customers globally, we recognize we have an immense opportunity to make an impact and are committed to a more sustainable HubSpot because it's the right thing to do for our employees, customers, partners and shareholders. We hope our 2021 Sustainability Report gives you a glimpse into how we're getting started. Understanding this is an iterative process, we look forward to publishing an annual report in early 2022 highlighting our targets and long-term sustainability commitments.

For more information about sustainability at HubSpot and to view the 2021 Sustainability Report, visit http://www.hubspot.com/sustainability and follow HubSpot Life on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook to stay connected with our sustainability efforts in the future.

About HubSpot

HubSpot (NYSE: HUBS) is a leading customer relationship management (CRM) platform that provides software and support to help companies grow better. The platform includes marketing, sales, service, operations, and website management products that start free and scale to meet our customers' needs at any stage of growth. Today, more than 121,000 customers across more than 120 countries use HubSpot's powerful and easy-to-use tools and integrations to attract, engage, and delight customers.

Named Glassdoor's #4 Best Place to Work in 2021, HubSpot has been recognized for its award-winning culture by Great Place to Work, Comparably, Fortune, Entrepreneur, Inc., and more. HubSpot was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The company's thousands of employees work across the globe in HubSpot offices and remotely.

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Wide Altered and Sulphide-rich Intervals intersected at Eagle and Imperial Zones

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - September 27, 2021) - Endurance Gold Corporation (TSXV: EDG) (the "Company") is pleased to report an update on diamond drilling at both the Eagle and Imperial Zones at the Reliance Gold Property (the "Property") in southern British Columbia. The Property is located 4 kilometres ("km") east of the village of Gold Bridge with year-round road access, and 10 km north of the historic Bralorne-Pioneer Gold Mining Camp which has produced over 4 million ounces of gold.

The Company's planned diamond drilling program of 4,000 metres ("m") has now completed a total of ten (10) drill holes at the Eagle and Imperial Zones for a total of 1,988.6 m through September 26, 2021. Seven (7) holes have been completed at the Eagle Zone (see Figure 1 - DDH Locations at the Eagle Zone). An additional three (3) holes have been completed at the Imperial Zone and the last of four (4) planned drill holes at the Imperial Zone is currently in progress to test the depth extent of the Imperial Zone. After completion of the current hole, the drill will test the Crown-Eagle Zone and further drill holes are currently being considered on the southeast extension of the Eagle Zone, now that site preparations of the new drill road has progressed sufficiently to provide set-up locations.

Eagle Zone Drilling - Based on initial observations, six of the seven diamond drill holes have intersected the Eagle Zone mineralization associated within a complex zone of strongly altered brittle shears and brittle deformed areas over widths similar to those widths reported from the RC drilling in 2020 and earlier in 2021. Also, several of these holes were extended to depth to better define the host stratigraphy, intrusive relationships and the structural settings. Total depth of each of the Eagle holes varied between 84 m and 262 m for a total of 1,265.5 m diamond drilled to date at Eagle. As reported on September 13th, some of the Eagle Zone diamond drill intersections are entirely or partially oxidized. Since that update, DDH 21-006 has intersected an unoxidized interval of the Eagle Zone over about 24 m in drill core, which is an estimated true width of the Eagle Zone in this area (see Figure 2 - Photo of DDH 21-006 Eagle Shear Zone in Core). A more detailed photo montage of the core samples from DDH21-006 is available at the company website.

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The Eagle Zone, striking northwest and southeast and dipping about 35 degrees to the southwest, consists of a 15 to 30 m wide area of brittle deformed and pervasive ankerite-sericite and sulphide altered mafic volcanic with brittle shearing and multi-staged brecciation. Sulphide is in the form of pyrite-pyrrhotite-arsenopyrite-stibnite with a late-stage of silicification, stockworks and quartz veinlets and quartz healed breccia. Two post-mineral but altered feldspar porphyry intrusive dykes (Eagle 0 East and Eagle 0 West dykes) are interpreted to intrude along post-mineral brittle NW-SE trending high angle reverse faults. These two dykes and associated faults sub-parallel the dominant high angle Royal Fault, a wide brittle-ductile fault zone which forms the western hanging wall of the Royal Shear complex. Based on stratigraphic correlations, the northeastern of these two faults related to the Eagle 0 East dyke is interpreted to be a reverse fault with the southwest side upthrown with respect to the northeast side of the fault(s), effectively offsetting the shallow southwest dipping Eagle Zone to the southeast in its surface expression. Therefore, a zone of oxidized alteration, sulphides and breccia intersected in the top 40 m of the DDH21-002 as well as the Eagle South Zone channel sample are currently interpreted to be the offset equivalent of the Eagle Zone.

Within the Eagle Zone drilling, a lower but narrower zone of quartz sulphide veining and stockwork, interpreted to be dipping about 80 degrees to the southwest, has also been observed in three holes associated with a lithological contact between altered mafic volcanic and sheared argillite and chert. Core samples for the Eagle Zone drilling have been submitted to the laboratory for analysis and results will be reported when received.

Imperial Zone Drilling - The majority of the drill core from historic drilling in the late 1980's at the Imperial Zone is in very poor condition, and not recoverable to professional standards, and thus four diamond drill holes were planned at the Imperial Zone to get a complete structural, alteration and mineralized section along strike and at depth on the Imperial Zone. Three holes drilled at -45 degrees have been completed and have intersected the Imperial Zone at approximately 100 m below surface along about 100 m of strike. Depth of the three completed holes is 257 m, 216.5 m and 249.6 m respectively for a total of 723.1 m drilled to date at the Imperial Zone. A fourth drill hole is currently in progress drilling at minus 82 degrees with the objective of intersecting the Imperial Zone at about 150 m step-out down-dip from the intersection elevation of the first three diamond drill holes. In the first three holes, the interpreted Imperial Zone iron carbonate-sericite alteration, sulphide alteration, silicification and breccia in strongly altered mafic volcanics has been observed in intervals between 10 and 25 m in each of the three holes with continuity at the same structural and stratigraphic location. (see Figure 3 - Photo of DDH 21-009 Imperial Zone in Core). A more detailed photo montage of the core samples from DDH21-009 is available at the company website.

The last program of diamond drilling completed in 2008 at the Imperial Zone by a prior owner returned highlight diamond drill intersections of 13.30 gpt gold over 4.20 m, 7.05 gpt gold over 5.06 m, 5.70 gpt gold over 12.05 m, and 5.43 gpt gold over 15.35 m in four (4) drill holes of an eight (8) hole 2008 drilling campaign.

The Company has previously completed two phases of reverse circulation ("RC") drilling in late 2020 and spring 2021 with the completion of 51 RC drill holes. Thirty-Five (35) of these 51 RC holes returned encouraging gold intersections exceeding 3.0 m in width. The significant intersections from the RC drill program are available on the Company website.

Endurance Gold Corporation is a company focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of highly prospective North American mineral properties with the potential to develop world-class deposits.

ENDURANCE GOLD CORPORATIONRobert T. Boyd

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACTEndurance Gold Corporation(604) 682-2707, info@endurancegold.comwww.endurancegold.com

The 2020 and 2021 work program is supervised by Darren O'Brien, P.Geo., an independent consultant and qualified person as defined in National Instrument 43-101. Mr. O'Brien has reviewed and approved this news release.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release. This news release may contain forward looking statements based on assumptions and judgments of management regarding future events or results that may prove to be inaccurate as a result of factors beyond its control, and actual results may differ materially from the expected results.

Figure 1: Reliance Property - Location 2021 Eagle Zone Diamond Drill holes

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Figure 2 - DDH21-006 Eagle Zone Intersection - Red markers 26m to 50.3m - Ankerite-Sericite Altered Breccia, with Sulphide & Silicification (see website for detail photos)

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Figure 3 - DDH21-009 Imperial Zone Intersection - Red Markers 160m to 184.4m - Ankerite-Sericite Altered Breccia, Sulphide & Silicification (see website for detail photos)

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Investing.com -- The dollar opened flat against the euro on Monday after a narrow win for the center-left in Germany's parliamentary elections.

The center-left Social Democratic Party took the biggest share of the vote, with preliminary estimates showing it on 26%, two percentage points ahead of the center-right Christian Democratic bloc. As such, the party of the retiring Angela Merkel looks likely to go into opposition for the first time in 16 years.

Any fear of radical change under a new government was tempered by the poor performance of the far left Linke party, which all but ruled out any chance of it joining the new government.

"The tail risk of significant tax hikes, a denser web of regulations, reform reversals and a tight lid on housing rents has evaporated," said Holger Schmieding, chief economist at Berenberg Bank in Berlin.

However, the tightness of the result means that the next government will need three parties to command a majority in the Bundestag. Both of the third- and fourth-largest parties, the Greens and the pro-business Free Democrats, have signaled they will work with either of the bigger parties. That suggests that negotiations on coalition-building are likely to be complex and time-consuming.

By 3 AM ET (0700 GMT), the euro was at $1.1711, unchanged from late Friday in Europe. It was also effectively unchanged against sterling at 0.8561, failing to gain ground despite the increasing signs of crisis coming out of the U.K. economy. Well over half the gas stations across the country were reported to be without fuel at the weekend after reports of shortages triggered a nationwide wave of panic-buying. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, having signalled a retreat on allowing EU truck drivers to work in the U.K. on Friday temporarily, was reported earlier as planning to dispatch military drivers to ensure deliveries.

Elsewhere, both the dollar and the euro rose against the Swiss franc as risk aversion receded in response to the deal signaling a slight relaxation of the tensions between the U.S. and China on Friday. Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou will be released and allowed to return to China, after a compromise deal. Meng had been arrested in Canada nearly three years ago at the request of President Donald Trump's Justice Department.

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USD/CHF rose 0.3% to 0.9271 while EUR/CHF rose 0.3% to 1.0855.

In emerging markets, the Russian ruble hit its highest in nearly a week as crude oil prices continued to rise, while the Turkish lira appeared to find a bottom after sliding dramatically in response to a surprise interest rate cut by the country's central bank on Thursday. USD/RUB fell 0.2% to 72.5972, while USD/TRY fell 0.1% to 8.8677.

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Tee it Forward (Chart: National Golf Foundation)

Despite surveys showing golfers who select the right tee height have more fun and enjoy a faster pace of play, progress in getting players to pay attention to tees has been slow, according to National Golf Foundation President and CEO Joseph F Beditz, Ph.D.

Behavioral changes in consumers and operators require a lot of time, effort and intervention, Beditz said. National advertising helps create needed awareness but is insufficient to overcome the inertia of ego, convenience and conformity, which golfers virtually all of them willingly admit stand in the way.

The PGA of America and the USGA launched the Tee it Forward campaign a decade ago to encourage golfers to select the correct tee for their playing styles. The initiative was inspired by the thinking of Barney Adams, founder of Adams Golf, who argued many golfers were playing from tees that were too long given how far they hit their drives.

A television PSA featuring Jack Nicklaus spoke to golfers.

NGF recently surveyed core golfers and learned that 73 percent could recall Tee It Forward, but only 30 percent had actually moved up in the past decade most of them older than 50. Those who did have almost unanimously enjoyed the benefits. Three-quarters say their scores improved, and even more (80 percent) say theyve had more fun.

A strong majority of core golfers (more than 80 percent) believe that golfers playing from inappropriate tees is a big problem. As many as one-third of core golfers (approximately 4 million) currently play from tees that are too long for them.

At launch, Adams said the Tee It Forward campaign would be a long and arduous process.

Some golf course operators are successfully encouraging customers to play the correct tees. Cathy Harbin uses an age-based effort at her Pine Ridge Golf Course facility in Paris, Texas, and the Longleaf Golf & Family Club in Southern Pines, N.C., created a tee system based on driving distance.

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To the Editor:

As a lifelong resident of this community, I sit with a heavy heart this morning as I write my thoughts. After watching the board of education meeting from last evening (September 20, 2021) I feel an overwhelming sadness for our students, our families, our teachers/staff, our administration, and our board of education members.

There was a statement made during the meeting suggesting that the divisiveness we are seeing in our nation has now impacted our beloved little town. I agree wholeheartedly with this sentiment.

I had hoped we could somehow stay protected from this, but now it appears this may have been inevitable. For many years I highlighted to friends and family in other communities how special Monroe was. How cohesive the community members presented. How supportive we all were of each other. The tide has slowly shifted as our world has become more and more divided.

I have spent more than two decades of my life as an educator and school administrator in the state of Connecticut. With that experience, I feel confident in my understanding of the role of boards of education in public education. My experience includes knowledge of the rules of the meetings as laid out by FOIA and Roberts Rules, policy writing and revision, the role of the superintendent and school administration, and the conduct necessary by all parties involved.

Over the last several weeks, it appears to have shifted from professional meetings into discussions that are emotionally driven. While I understand many of these topics can be emotionally charged, it is my feeling the meeting needs to stay professional, and at all times focused on the needs of students.

Based on our policy around public participation and input, in addition to state statute, our board of education has the authority to control the meeting so it does not devolve into emotional rhetoric. Our own adopted bylaws state Provisions for permitting any individual group to address the Board concerning any subject that lies within its jurisdiction shall be as follows:

2. No boisterous conduct shall be permitted at any Board of Education meeting. Persistence in boisterous conduct shall be grounds for summary termination, by the Chairperson, of that persons privilege of address. If necessary, the Chairperson may clear the room so that the Board may continue the meeting..

This trend is a path we see on television. Professional board of education meetings across our nation have turned into appalling situations. I fear we are headed down that very dangerous road if we dont stop and think. Our children are watching and waiting to see what we do.

While sensitive topics can be divisive, that does not mean we should completely avoid them. While our nation experiences civil unrest around many current issues, that does not mean we, in Monroe, should avoid all the things that make our citizens uncomfortable.How we will progress if we dont grapple with the hard stuff?

While listening to the input from both sides of this issue, I kept thinking that we arent as far away from each other as everyone may think. We may be hearing each other, but we are not truly listening.

I believe every single board of education member is sitting at that table meeting after meeting with the best of intentions for ALL of our children. In fact, I know they are.

Right now, however, we have a subset of children in crisis. A group of students who are clearly telling us they need more. They and their parents are begging for our community to see them, hear them, support them. Why arent we listening? Is it fear? Is it not being able to understand their needs?

While I understand there is a policy in place supporting many of our students within protected classes, right now we have an obligation to listen to the needs of our LGBTQIA+ students. I heard members of our community and members of our board all acknowledge the risk factors of this cohort both in Monroe, Connecticut, as well as across the country.

The data is clear. Our students are in crisis and we need to be there for them. While we may not agree on what needs to be done, the discussion must happen. I understand the belief that there is language in the discrimination policy that broadly protects ALL.

Right now we arent talking about all. We are talking about a subset whose voices are saying they need us. Given the fact that everyone agrees this group of students needs our support, cant we find a middle ground? Why arent we willing to have the conversation about what these students and families need from us?

If there is a feeling that language already exists within state statute and current BOE policy, then I ask you what does adding an additional policy hurt?

While looking at our current policies many are dated as far back as 2004.Unfortunately, I do not see where the current student policies (5145 series in particular dated 2006) protect this specific cohort of students. They directly state they protect students with disabilities and students from any racial discrimination.

Im unclear as to how these policies directly protect the LGBTQ+ community. The mere fact that this has not been updated since 2006 gives concern that it does not meet the current state statutes. This series is also clearly not updated to the current CABE recommendations.

Perhaps it is a good opportunity for Monroe Public Schools to request a policy audit through CABE. This may address several of the issues at hand and be sure we are current in our practice.

It is my opinion we, in Monroe, are lacking in policy to support and protect these students. Unfortunately, this did not get addressed at the time the state statutes were implemented and when CABE initially recommended this policy be added. The timing of this discussion is several years behind, but unfortunately now happening at a time of such inability to meet in the middle.

Unfortunately, this problem goes beyond our town border, but it is not too late for us to make necessary changes. I am asking the Monroe Board of Education to open their minds, meet in the middle and listen to our children. Think about what you would want if it was your baby asking for community support.

Chrissy Fensore Martinez

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