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THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greece’s second largest city, Thessaloniki, is getting a brand new subway system that will showcase archaeological discoveries made during construction that held up the project for decades. The 9.6-kilometer inaugural line will officially open on Nov. 30, using driverless trains and platform screen doors. Construction began in earnest in 2003 and unearthed a treasure trove of antiquities in a vast excavation beneath the densely populated city of a million residents. “This project offers a remarkable blend of the ancient and modern, integrating archaeological heritage with metro infrastructure,” Christos Staikouras, the transport and infrastructure minister, told reporters Friday on a media tour of the subway. Tunneling followed ancient commercial routes through the center of the port city that has been continuously inhabited since ancient times. It exposed a Roman-era thoroughfare, ancient Greek burial sites, water and drainage systems, mosaics and inscriptions and tens of thousands of artifacts spanning centuries, also through Byzantine and Ottoman rule. The tunnels had to be bored at a greater depth than originally planned, adding cost and delays, to preserve the ancient discoveries. Key pieces of what was found have been put on display along the underground network of 13 stations including a section of the marble-paved Roman thoroughfare at the central Venizelou Station. “The project faced substantial delays and many challenges, including over 300,000 archaeological finds, many of which are now showcased at various stations along the main line,” Staikouras said. The Thessaloniki metro was first conceived more than a century ago and its completion has been greeted with quiet amazement by residents who for years used the metro project as a punchline for bureaucratic delays and undelivered promises. Government officials said the cost of the metro so far has reached 3 billion euros ($3.1 billion) for the completed first line of the subway system and most of a second line which is currently under construction and due to be delivered in a year. The construction consortium was made up by Greece’s Aktor, Italy’s Webuild and Japan’s Hitachi Rail.Alexander Ludwig spent years of his life cold, covered in mud and fake blood, in full costume, swinging an axe or a sword in his role as the ferocious Bjorn Ironside on the acclaimed series Vikings. But the discomfort he experienced there was nothing compared to what he faced on his new series, the post-acocalyptic drama Earth Abides. But instead of being taxing on his body, his role as loner Ish in the haunting six-part series took its toll mentally and emotionally. His character spends the early part of the series totally and utterly alone. “It was the hardest thing I had ever done,” Ludwig, who also starred in The Hunger Games, tells STM from his home in Austin, Texas. “I knew this was going to be tough, but nothing before — and I don’t think anything I will ever do after this — comes close. “Vikings was physically one of the hardest things I ever did — it was such an uncomfortable show — but this, on an emotional level, I knew it was going to require all of me. And the places I had to go emotionally . . . It was crazy what was demanded of me, especially in that first episode. Earth Abides adds to a recent smorgasbord of dystopian, post-apocalypse shows. Turn on the TV and you could be forgiven for thinking it’s the end of the world: The Walking Dead, The Last Of Us, Silo, Fallout, heck, even The Handmaid’s Tale. A pessimistic person — which, let’s face it, is a lot of us living through these uncertain times — could be excused for thinking these shows are some sort of twisted road map for our survival. But if you think this series is just another in a long line of harrowing tales of broken worlds and broken spirits, you’d be mistaken: Ludwig wants viewers with apocalypse fatigue to know that Earth Abides hits different notes. In this, Ludwig’s character is not fighting zombies or half-alive fungus-ridden monsters. He’s trying to survive in a world that has been all but wiped out by an unspecified pandemic. Given what we’ve all been through these past few years, it is a terrifying proposition that hits close to home. As the series begins, Ish has been in and out of a coma for weeks after being bitten by a venomous snake at his remote cabin in the woods. He emerges from his fever to find an empty and eerily quiet world. As he wanders through deserted towns, sighting bodies that have fallen where they stood, a realisation dawns on him — he might be the only person on Earth left alive. “Look, I love the monster shows as much as the next guy, and I love all those post-apocalypse series — I totally get it,” Ludwig says. “But this just isn’t that, remotely. This is actually (more about): what would actually happen if a pandemic wiped out 98 per cent of the population and you had to start again? “What is life? What is important in life? And at a time when I feel like we are more divided than most of us would like to believe, if there’s any message that I hope gets through from the show, it’s the importance of each other, and our community.” In the series, after being on his own for what feels like an eternity, Ish realises there is at least one other person living nearby who has also survived the mysterious plague: a woman named Emma, played by Jessica Frances Dukes. He sees smoke from a chimney at a home nearby and it’s a glimmer of hope. In a recent interview , Ludwig admitted that after he was cast, he reached out to Hollywood actor Will Smith, who famously shot the 2007 film I Am Legend, which mines similar territory, saying he felt that he was “the only person who could possibly understand” what it was like to film that first episode over four weeks with no other co-stars. Before Ish meets Emma, he does have one other companion: a stray dog called Lucky whom he befriends on his travels. Ludwig says it was a relief to finally have a co-star, even one that couldn’t speak back. “I think it made it so much easier for me to convey (the loneliness that Ish is feeling), because that is what I was actually feeling at the time — and I didn’t expect that,” he explains. “I was the only actor on that set, and it’s not like I got time to talk to the crew — we were ‘go, go, go’ — so I really did feel totally and utterly alone. When I finally got Lucky, I felt the way Ish felt — I was relieved.” Earth Abides feels as though it has come along at precisely the right time, as the world navigates this post-COVID, politically unstable period. For Ludwig, who is phenomenal in that eerie first episode, it felt particularly prescient, and as though his own life had come full circle. “I’d be willing to bet that most of us have asked that question: what would I have done if COVID took out everybody?” he says. “And that is what we are exploring in the show: this is about people. There are no zombies, no monsters, it’s all about what you do if you had to start again.” As Ludwig explains, Ish is a solitary guy who loves being by himself — until it’s forced on him. “The next thing he has to do is fight for the survival of himself, and humanity, and he goes in search of others,” he says. “We explore what happens when another tribe comes in and somebody on that tribe wants to destroy everything you have built, and what happens when the animals take back the earth that belonged to them.” Just like his character, Ludwig’s life was changed irreversibly by COVID-19. “During the pandemic, my wife and I met, and within nine months we were married. It just kind of expedited the process for all of the life changes,” he explains. They now have two children together. When the script for Earth Abides first crossed his desk, he was emerging from that strange and intense period of his life. “I think there will always be some sort of trauma that everyone experienced through the pandemic, and I know the lockdown was not easy, especially in Australia,” he muses. “In Canada (where the series was filmed) it was similar.” Ludwig explains, “I was in the middle of filming Bad Boys 4 (Ride Or Die) when I got a call from my manager saying ‘(the show’s executive producer) Michael Wright is very interested in you playing Ish’. “He liked my work on Vikings, where I got to show this tremendous arc from the ages of early teens to forties. “I always thought there was no way I would ever have the chance to do something like that again. Of course, fate would have it that that was exactly what I got to do again (with this show), but on a totally different level.” Earth Abides is based on the 1949 sci-fi novel of the same name by George R. Stewart. Ludwig had not read it until he was approached about the show, but when he did, he “fell totally in love with it — it was almost biblical, and I couldn’t believe it was written in 1949”. Ludwig felt an intense personal connection to the story, partly because his life was ticking along almost in parallel to that of his character’s. “It really was the gift of gifts for any actor,” he says of his role. “I have been very lucky (in the parts I have played), but I don’t know, in a really crazy turn of fate, my personal life was parallel to this story. “My wife was eight and a half months pregnant just as Emma (who strikes up a relationship with Ludwig’s character) was pregnant and about to give birth. My wife was back in Texas. “Without giving too much away, when something very, very pivotal happened to my son in the show, my actual son was born.” But the coincidences didn’t stop there. “We shot this in my hometown of Vancouver, Canada, and there were scenes that were 10 minutes from my high school and where I lived with my family. It was crazy, this shoot,” he adds. “I drew from all of it, and my connection to Jessica (who plays Emma) was so strong.” They sparked up a close friendship during filming, leaning on one another during many of their emotionally fraught scenes. “She is phenomenal, and not just as an actor,” he says. “I said to her, ‘This is going to change your life’, because people are going to watch her and go, ‘holy s..., this woman is just a force’. “Like Emma, my wife is a super mum, and she was doing all of this on her own while I was getting to live my dream in Vancouver. I saw so much of her in Jessica. I just felt like there were so many things that I was playing off from my real life. “It just became a really, really introspective performance from me.” It all added up to a once-in-a-lifetime filming experience for Ludwig. And though he went to some admittedly “tough” places for his performance, he feels fortunate to have been given the experience. “I don’t know if it’s healthy to think about this (type of thing) all the time, and I do go there more often than I probably should,” he admits. “Like, what does it all mean? “But that’s the beauty in this show: it might take you there for a second, but then it shows you that what it all means is that we are here to be with each other and to experience this beautiful world together.”FGIC Announces NYSDFS Approval of CPP Upward Adjustment
AP Sports SummaryBrief at 5:21 p.m. ESTAmber Heard has broken her silence on the sexual harassment lawsuit Blake Lively filed against her It Ends with Us co-star , Justin Baldoni. The pair were cast as leads in the film adaptation of Colleen Hoover's best-selling novel by the same name. Despite their initial mutual admiration in interviews, rumors of a fallout surfaced around the film's release. Both Blake, 37, and Justin, 40, declined to promote the film together, opting for separate red carpet photos and interviews. Blake has since shocked Hollywood by filing a sexual harassment lawsuit against Justin , alleging inappropriate behavior towards her and other cast and crew members. Justin is reportedly employing PR manager Melissa Nathan, who represented Johnny Depp during his defamation trial with Amber, which resulted in Depp being awarded $10million in compensatory damages and an additional $5million in punitive damages. Blake Lively's sister breaks silence after actress files a sexual harassment lawsuit against Justin Baldoni Blake Lively was 'alarmed' that Justin Baldoni cast 'best friend' for intimate scene in It Ends With Us, says lawsuit The pregnant actress, currently residing in Spain, shared her perspective with NBC News, noting: "Social media is the absolute personification of the classic saying 'A lie travels halfway around the world before truth can get its boots on.' I saw this firsthand and up close. It's as horrifying as it is destructive." In the lawsuit, Blake claims he allowed his "friends" to watch her film certain sex scenes and added unapproved sexual scenes to the film. Justin, a married father of two, has refuted these allegations, labeling the lawsuit a "desperate attempt to 'fix' her negative reputation" following backlash over Blake's own conduct. The actress previously accused the film's director of sexual harassment, creating a hostile work environment, and attempting to smear her reputation through a targeted social media campaign in an undated complaint submitted to the California Civil Rights Department. Blake had been embroiled in controversy over the promotion of her movie, receiving criticism from fans who deemed her "tone deaf" for overlooking the film's deeper themes of domestic abuse. In a widely shared social media post, she encouraged her followers: "Grab your friends, wear your florals, and head out to see it" a statement that some argued trivialized the film's serious content. Amidst the fallout, there were concerns for Blake's future in the industry. An insider confided to Daily Mail in August: "Blake is definitely saddened by the hate she is getting and is trying not to let it affect her, but it is." The insider continued, explaining Blake's disappointment and fears: "She thought this was her moment to shine, but is now looking at it like the end of her career. She's fearing no one will want to work with her after this. She really wants to continue producing and directing and acting, but she knows she needs to take a step back for a minute to reassess the future." Click here to follow the Mirror US on Google News to stay up to date with all the latest news, sport and entertainment stories. All the latest news, showbiz, lifestyle and sports updates, brought to you by our dedicated American team. Follow the Mirror US News page on Facebook to make sure you're not missing out. DAILY NEWSLETTER: Sign up here to get the latest news and updates from the Mirror US straight to your inbox with our FREE newsletter.In rare move, House of Commons Speaker pauses lengthy Parliament standoff
Victims' families and others affected by crimes that resulted in federal death row convictions shared a range of emotions on Monday, from relief to anger, after President Joe Biden commuted dozens of the sentences. Biden converted the sentences of 37 federal death row inmates to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. The inmates include people who were convicted in the slayings of police, military officers and federal prisoners and guards. Others were involved in deadly robberies and drug deals. Three inmates will remain on federal death row: Dylann Roof , convicted of the 2015 racist slayings of nine Black members of Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina; the 2013 Boston Marathon Bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev; and Robert Bowers, who fatally shot 11 congregants at Pittsburgh’s Tree of life Synagogue in 2018, the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S history. Opponents of the death penalty lauded Biden for a decision they'd long sought. Supporters of Donald Trump , a vocal advocate of expanding capital punishment, criticized the move as an assault to common decency just weeks before the president-elect takes office. Victims' families and former colleagues share relief and anger Donnie Oliverio, a retired Ohio police officer whose partner was killed by one of the men whose death sentence was commuted, said the execution of “the person who killed my police partner and best friend would have brought me no peace.” “The president has done what is right here,” Oliverio said in a statement also issued by the White House, “and what is consistent with the faith he and I share.” Heather Turner, whose mother, Donna Major, was killed in a bank robbery in South Carolina in 2017, called Biden's commutation of the killer's sentence a “clear gross abuse of power” in a Facebook post, adding that the weeks she spent sitting in court with the hope of justice were now “just a waste of time.” “At no point did the president consider the victims,” Turner wrote. “He, and his supporters, have blood on their hands.” Decision to leave Roof on death row met with conflicting emotions There has always been a broad range of opinions on what punishment Roof should face from the families of the nine people killed and the survivors of the massacre at the Mother Emanuel AME Church. Many forgave him, but they can’t forget and their forgiveness doesn’t mean they don’t want to see him put to death for what he did. Felicia Sanders survived the shooting shielding her granddaughter while watching Roof kill her son, Tywanza, and her aunt, Susie Jackson. Sanders brought her bullet-torn bloodstained Bible to his sentencing and said then she can’t even close her eyes to pray because Roof started firing during the closing prayer of Bible study that night. In a text message to her lawyer, Andy Savage, Sanders called Biden’s decision to not spare Roof’s life a wonderful Christmas gift. Michael Graham, whose sister, Cynthia Hurd, was killed, told The Associated Press that Roof’s lack of remorse and simmering white nationalism in the country means he is the kind of dangerous and evil person the death penalty is intended for. “This was a crime against a race of people," Graham said. “It didn’t matter who was there, only that they were Black.” But the Rev. Sharon Richer, who was Tywanza Sanders’ cousin and whose mother, Ethel Lance, was killed, criticized Biden for not sparing Roof and clearing out all of death row. She said every time Roof’s case comes up through numerous appeals it is like reliving the massacre all over again. “I need the President to understand that when you put a killer on death row, you also put their victims' families in limbo with the false promise that we must wait until there is an execution before we can begin to heal,” Richer said in a statement. Richer, a board member of Death Penalty Action, which seeks to abolish capital punishment, was driven to tears by conflicting emotions during a Zoom news conference Monday. “The families are left to be hostages for the years and years of appeals that are to come,” Richer said. “I’ve got to stay away from the news today. I’ve got to turn the TV off — because whose face am I going to see?” Biden is giving more attention to the three inmates he chose not to spare, something they all wanted as a part of what drove them to kill, said Abraham Bonowitz, Death Penalty Action’s executive director. “These three racists and terrorists who have been left on death row came to their crimes from political motivations. When Donald Trump gets to execute them what will really be happening is they will be given a global platform for their agenda of hatred,” Bonowitz said. One inmate's attorney expresses thanks — and his remorse Two of the men whose sentences were commuted were Norris Holder and Billie Jerome Allen, on death row for opening fire with assault rifles during a 1997 bank robbery in St. Louis, killing a guard, 46-year-old Richard Heflin. Holder’s attorney, Madeline Cohen, said in an email that Holder was sentenced to death by an all-white jury. She said his case “reflects many of the system’s flaws,” and thanked Biden for commuting his sentence. “Norris’ case exemplifies the racial bias and arbitrariness that led the President to commute federal death sentences,” Cohen said. “Norris has always been deeply remorseful for the pain his actions caused, and we hope this decision brings some measure of closure to Richard Heflin’s family.” ___ Swenson reported from Seattle. Associated Press writer Jim Salter in O'Fallon, Missouri, contributed to this report.
Augustus Goosie Tanoh, Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Manifesto Committee, has strongly criticized the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) for its claim of creating over two million jobs since coming into office. In an interview on TV3’s Hot Issues with Kemenni Amaor, Tanoh dismissed the NPP’s job creation figures as unfounded, accusing the party of fabricating data without any credible evidence. Tanoh pledged that, should the NDC win the upcoming elections, it would prioritize addressing the country’s unemployment crisis by creating approximately 1.7 million jobs over the next four years. He explained that the NDC’s goal is to generate around 431,000 jobs annually, citing that an average of 308,000 people join the workforce each year, while only about 123,000 secure employment. This gap, Tanoh argued, leaves many Ghanaians without work and is an issue the NDC intends to tackle head-on. The NDC official expressed skepticism regarding the NPP’s reported job creation numbers, remarking, “I don’t know where the NPP got these numbers from. I don’t know if they have a secret ‘statistics room’ in their bedroom.” He described the two million jobs claim as “completely fabricated” and dismissed the figures as “fancy and imaginary.” Tanoh emphasized that the NDC is committed to providing realistic, data-driven solutions to Ghana’s unemployment problem, promising practical strategies designed to create sustainable employment opportunities for the country’s workforce.How to start investing in cryptocurrency: A guide for beginners
What is Martin St-Louis waiting for to put Lane Hutson on the first wave of the powerplay? Matheson’s injury “forced” St-Louis to make changes. In recent games, we’ve seen Hutson get his chance... And so far, the results have been interesting. When you look at the Canadiens’ advanced powerplay stats with Hutson and with Matheson, you realize that it’s completely different. That said, the numbers are staggering... And it just goes to show how talented Lane Hutson is. Canadiens weekly notebook: Patrik Laine’s return is imminent, Kaiden Guhle is shining, Hutson vs Matheson on PP1 and more – Arpon Basu (@ArponBasu) The #8, after all, occupied the quarterback’s chair on the powerplay last season and racked up points in the process. But here, we’ve seen enough to say that Lane Hutson deserves – from now on – to be part of the first wave of the powerplay. But otherwise, Lane Hutson is doing great things with the man advantage... And that’s just the beginning. – Exactly McGuire: Hutson is phenomenal but work in progress – TSN 690 Montreal (@TSN690) – Absolument. Most 3-assist games in the 2020s: 29 – Connor McDavid 24 – Artemi Panarin 23 – Nikita Kucherov 21 – Leon Draisaitl 20 – Quinn Hughes Is Panarin the best pure playmaker in hockey? – Big Head Hockey (@BigHeadHcky) – Great contest : Do some holiday shopping at the new Marché OG1, in collaboration with Interac, on December 4 and 5! Fifteen local creators await you, along with street food, festive drinks and a fiery atmosphere provided by DJ Monster Energy Details ↓ – Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) – Oh, wow. Hardly wrong, Turki Alalshikh has just assembled the greatest boxing card in history. Never seen anything like it. The Saudis are changing the face of boxing. – Anthony Marcotte (@anthonymarcotte)
Falslev had nine rebounds, nine assists, and three steals for the Aggies (10-0). Ian Martinez scored 15 points while shooting 4 for 12 (1 for 6 from 3-point range) and 6 of 6 from the free-throw line and added five assists. Karson Templin finished 5 of 8 from the field to finish with 12 points. Quincy Adekokoya led the Bulls (5-5) in scoring, finishing with 12 points. Kasen Jennings added 11 points and five assists for South Florida. Brandon Stroud finished with 10 points and two steals. NEXT UP Up next for Utah State is a Tuesday matchup with UCSD at home, and South Florida hosts Bethune-Cookman on Wednesday. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .Immutable Holdings Announces Arrangements to Address Potential Mailing Delays for 2024 AGM Materials Resulting From Canada Post Strike
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