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The dreaded “gales of November” on the Great Lakes pose a threat to commercial shipping from Duluth, Minnesota, to Kingston, Ontario — and everywhere in between. One place that gets special attention during storm season is the narrow passage through the Straits of Mackinac between Mackinaw City and St. Ignace, a 30-mile stretch that connects Lakes Michigan and Huron. Federal, state and county officials are now working together with ship owners and private industry to help minimize the chance of collisions, anchor strikes or other serious accidents at the scenic location. A major player in that effort is the Enbridge Straits Maritime Operations Center, just west of St. Ignace. Known as ESMOC, the center integrates advanced technology and human expertise into a “layered defense system” that both monitors and alerts shipping traffic in the Straits. The center also shares information and resources with the Coast Guard, first responders and area law enforcement agencies. Local officials call it their “eyes on the water.” To provide updates on ESMOC, Enbridge representatives and local law officials hosted an information session about the $50 million ops center at the Michigan Association of Counties conference in Traverse City this fall. ESMOC became fully operational at its current facility in 2022. Its primary mission is to protect the Line 5 pipeline from anchor strikes and other ship-related hazards. Mike Davanzo, who leads the ESMOC team, called it a temporary measure during tunnel construction. The former U.S. Coast Guard captain with 44 years of maritime experience, including 12 years in the Great Lakes region, said his team monitors almost every type of vessel that crosses through the Straits. Hundreds of ships pass over Line 5 and under the Mackinac Bridge every year. Some are enormous ore boats called “lakers,” while others are international cargo ships called “salties.” Add to that list pleasure craft, tugboats, passenger ferries and various patrol boats. “We know 12 hours in advance the name, size and type of ship that’s coming towards the Straits, thanks in part to AIS,” Davanzo said, referring to the Automated Identification System now in use. “We’re never surprised when a ship enters the area.” After an anchor strike in 2018, the Coast Guard established a “regulated navigation area” in the area of the Straits that includes Line 5. Ships passing through that zone are forbidden to anchor or loiter there. In addition to AIS, the ops center uses a wide variety of electronic monitoring and communications equipment throughout the day and night. These include: Other provisions add to this “layered-defense” strategy. For example, ships entering the Straits are required to have a licensed maritime pilot on the bridge. Captains of U.S. and Canadian cargo ships operating on the Great Lakes (the lakers) already meet that requirement. However, international ships (the so-called salties) may be required to add a local pilot to their crew during the Straits passage. ESMOC doesn’t operate in a vacuum, but rather serves as a force multiplier for law enforcement, Coast Guard and emergency management officials in seven counties on both sides of the bridge. One such partner is Bryce Tracy, the 911 coordinator for Mackinac County in the Upper Peninsula. “Living in the Straits area is like being in the middle part of an hourglass,” Tracy said. “We’ve got traffic coming through by almost every mode of transport: big ships, pleasure boats, cars, trucks and aircraft.” “In summer, the transient population is 10 times larger,” he added. “We have to maintain partnerships at all levels to handle the load — not just collaboration, but also technical interoperability and personal relationships with those directly responsible. “It’s like concentric layers of an onion.” More than 4 million vehicles cross the Mackinac Bridge each year, according to state records. The busiest months are July and August, when the bridge sees an average of 20,000 vehicles per day. John Malnar is a county commissioner in Delta County, which borders the northern shore of Lake Michigan in the U.P. Malnar noted that ESMOC cameras can have more than one useful function: “We’ve had to rescue people out on the lake more than once and the Enbridge high-resolution cameras have helped us locate those people so we can send a boat to the right location. “That same technology would be a great help if there’s ever a need for a pollution response.” In an event of a leak, Line 5 could be shut down in about 15 minutes, according to Paul Meneghini, community engagement manager for Enbridge, who works out of Escanaba. Automatic shut-off valves are installed on both sides of the Straits, according to Enbridge spokesman Ryan Duffy. At any given time, about 5,000 barrels of “product” — petroleum and natural gas liquids — are in the Straits section of the dual-pipe line, he added. Completed in 1953, Line 5 carries about 540,000 barrels of petroleum and natural gas liquids per day from Superior, Wisconsin, through the Upper Peninsula and then on to the Lower Peninsula. Much of that material continues on to Ontario via a pipeline between Port Huron and Sarnia. The section of Line 5 under the Straits consists of two parallel, 20-inch-diameter pipes that run for about 4.5 miles from Point LaBarbe in the U.P. to McGulpin Point just west Mackinaw City in the south — the shortest path between the two peninsulas. Not far away, American Transmission Company operates two underwater power circuits with solid dielectric insulation. In April 2018, ATC’s previous two cables leaked about 600 gallons of dielectric insulating fluid into the Great Lakes when a tugboat with barge apparently dragged its anchor through the prohibited area. After analyzing data from the 2018 incident, Consumers Energy decided to remove its own decommissioned cables from the Straits, a project completed in September 2020. AT&T still operates a fiber-optic cable under the Straits. If a new Great Lakes Tunnel is built to house the Straits portion of Line 5, Enbridge officials say ESMOC could find a new use as an emergency response and/or water safety monitoring system.‘Extremely Violent Misogyny’ – Post-Election, Young Women Face Attacks Online, on Campus
AP Sports SummaryBrief at 6:08 p.m. ESTThe Philadelphia Eagles (8-2) are set to play the Los Angeles Rams (5-5) on Sunday night. The Week 12 matchup will feature an Eagles team inching closer to securing the NFC East title. The Rams are in a three-way tie with the San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks for second place in the NFC West. The Eagles had several key players battling injury this week. Bryce Huff has been dealing with a wrist injury since Philadelphia’s 28-23 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars on Nov. 3. The Philadelphia Eagles lose Bryce Huff for four games Per the Eagles website, Huff was placed on injured reserve Friday “Huff was scheduled to undergo a wrist procedure on Thursday that will hopefully allow him to return before the end of the season. He will miss at least the next four games, starting with Sunday night’s prime-time showdown in Los Angeles.” Sirianni praised Huff for battling through the injury. “He’s really done a good job of batting through, but this will hopefully help him get some more function in that hand,” Sirianni said. Huff has recorded 2.5 sacks and a forced fumble in 2024. He’s made five starts and appeared in 10 games. DeVonta Smith will not play Sunday night The Eagles had more awful news before Sunday’s contest. Per the Week 12 injury report released on Friday, the Eagles have ruled out wide receiver DeVonta Smith due to a hamstring issue. The star receiver has battled the injury for a few weeks, but will not make it Sunday night. Friday's Injury Report #PHIvsLAR pic.twitter.com/hEyV5JAj0Q — Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) November 22, 2024 Smith is the Eagles second-leading receiver with 41 receptions for 516 yards and four touchdowns in 2024. This article first appeared on Gridiron Heroics and was syndicated with permission.AVAPOW's Black Friday Event: Essential Automotive Tools At Exclusive Prices
Little Troopers sent 175 of the boxes to military children at the base as part of its Christmas Smiles campaign, which aims to help children separated from their serving parent during December. The festive season is often the hardest time of year for these children, the charity says, as they miss out on Christmas moments such as school performances, Santa visits, family get-togethers, and Christmas Day itself. The charity worked closely with the community team at RAF Brize Norton to identify the families most in need. The boxes included resources and activities to help children cope with parental separation, as well as treats and stocking fillers. Flight Sergeant Jane Corban, from the community support team at RAF Brize Norton, said: "The families of RAF Brize Norton personnel were all thrilled to receive their Little Troopers Christmas Smiles boxes. "With a consistently transient population who are away from home for anything from a few days to up to nine months, a token of appreciation from Little Troopers is a very welcome surprise. "Thank you Little Troopers for your support and thoughtfulness." Little Troopers, a national charity dedicated to supporting service children, has sent out 2,500 Christmas Smiles boxes across the country this year. Louise Fetigan, founder of Little Troopers, said: "Christmas Smiles is such an important annual campaign for our charity. "Being separated from your parent at Christmas is hard and we want to get our resources to as many children as possible and help them to feel recognised and supported, as well as spreading some Christmas smiles. "A big thank you to the team at Brize Norton for getting the boxes to your local families in Oxfordshire. "We hope they make a real difference to your families." Last year, 7,000 service personnel were deployed on military operations over Christmas, and it is expected a similar number will be serving overseas this year. As 72 per cent of service personnel have at least one child younger than 18, it means thousands of military children across the UK will be missing one of their parents on Christmas morning. The Little Troopers Christmas Smiles boxes have been made possible by funding from BAE Systems and Vivo Defence Services. The charity has also organised other activities as part of its Christmas Smiles campaign, including free cinema screenings at Odeon cinemas, a storytelling event with the Chelsea Pensioners, an elf workshop, and an online panto.
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SACRAMENTO STATE 63, AIR FORCE 61Charles & Colvard, Ltd. Receives Non-Compliance Letter from NasdaqOyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the alleged takeover by the state government of structures housing public reading and learning facilities in the Dugbe area of Ibadan, the state capital. APC described the planned conversion of the structures into lock up shops and shopping malls as not only shameful and ill-conceived, but also grossly unacceptable. The party, in a statement to LEADERSHIP on Sunday in Ibadan by its State Publicity Secretary, Olawale Sadare, also raised the alarm over alleged sale of the modern motor park at Wema Area on New Ife Road in Ibadan. APC recalled that the park was built by the administration of late Senator Abiola Ajimobi when he was governor of the state. Citing an unnamed source, Oyo APC alleged that the Park has been sold to a pastor who presides over a popular church situated very close to the facility. It recalled that not a few residents of Ibadan, the state capital, were stunned recently when they observed sudden erection of massive structures believed to be private business complexes and shopping malls within the premises of the Oyo State Library Board in which the the defunct Western Region government built public libraries and other facilities being put into premium use by students, researchers, tourists among others until now. Sadare said, “It is a sad reality that the buildings which used to serve as public libraries and archive in Dugbe axis of Ibadan have now paved the way for the development of commercial and business structures and the implication of this is that education and research development have been relegated to the background in the state by the same administration which has refused to address the issue of poor reading culture among young students. “Without mincing words, the word ‘library’ is now strange to many students in public primary and secondary schools in Oyo State because a government does not care to build such facility or fix the existing ones which require good attention.” The party wondered how a government would wake up one day and convert public reading facilities and archives into lock up shops “in the name of making money and thereby subject the entire society into the danger of illiteracy and ignorance.” It added that, “It has also got to that stage when silence is no more golden as all well meaning individuals and stakeholders should begin to ask Governor (Seyi) Makinde questions on why he keeps selling off public heritage and properties which his government inherited from previous administrations.” In the same vein, Oyo APC questioned alleged lease or concession of public facilities to those it called proxies “as it happened to OYSADEP Guest House in Saki and Agbowo Shopping Complex in Ibadan.” The APC expressed sadness on the activities of the governor and a few other individuals around him, alleging their involvement in mismanagement of land and others resources belonging to the state which it noted to have paved the way for the surge in the cases of land grabbing in most parts of Ibadan, the state capital. The main opposition party in the state added that there many cases of land grabbing involving some appointees of the governor, PDP lawmakers, serving local government officials and chieftains of the ruling party. The statement maintained that “this trend has to stop now.”
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