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Oscar Isaac has been a Star Wars star, in a gut-wrenching HBO miniseries with newly-minted Oscar winner Jessica Chastain, thinky sci-fi like Ex Machina and thinky period pieces like Inside Llewyn Davis. So to say he has range is an understatement. Which is why he doesn’t seem to be an odd fit for what seems like one of the thinkiest MCU series yet, where he plays a soldier who has been so traumatized by war, he has dissociative identity disorder, and one of this personalities is more Llewyn Davis than Poe Dameron.
MOON KNIGHT: STREAM IT OR SKIP IT?
Opening Shot: With Bob Dylan’s “Every Grain Of Sand” playing, we see the hands and feet of a man ceremoniously having a drink, breaking the glass, putting she shards in his shoes and putting his bare feet in those shoes.
The Gist: Steven Grant (Oscar Isaac) wakes up in a cluttered London flat, not quite knowing how he got there. There’s tape on the door jam to indicate whether he left, and he’s tethered to his bed via an ankle cuff. Steven did all of this himself, because he knows there are times when he’s found himself somewhere and has no idea how he got there.
He works in the museum gift shop and he fancies him as an expert in ancient Egypt, much to the dismay of his boss Donna (Lucy Thackeray). A pretty tour guide comes over and reminds him of their steakhouse date, a date Steven, a vegan, doesn’t remember making.
He leaves that night, talks to a statue in the park, straps himself into bed and tries whatever he can to keep himself awake. But he soon blacks out, and finds himself lying in a field in the Alps, face bloodied. There’s a voice (F. Murray Abraham) that he hears bemoaning the fact that “the idiot is in control.”
He has to run from some thugs chasing him with guns who are looking for a scarab that he found in his hands. Then he encounters a crowd in the town square listening to a zealot named Arthur Harrow (Ethan Hawke), who judges people on whether they’re good or bad; if the scales on his arm tattoo go out of balance, he is forced to snuff out the life of someone he deems evil.
Harrow spots Steven, and during the subsequent chase, Steven blacks out at times, only to wake up and see that he’s somehow killed or otherwise neutralized the people threatening him. He then suddenly wakes up back at the flat, strapped into his bed. He notices that the fish in his tank is different, which leads him to try to see other signs that he’s doing things he doesn’t remember. He goes on the date with the tour guide, and is surprised when she curses him out when he calls; he then finds out he lost two whole days.
He manages to find a burner phone in a loose wall panel; one of the only numbers it’s called is for a woman named Layla (May Calamawy); when he calls it, she calls him “Marc” and wonders where he’s been. He sees a reflection that stares back at him and doesn’t move with him.
When he goes back to the museum, begging to see security footage, he’s confronted by Harrow, who tries to get him to tap into his dark side; he’s surprised when he is “judged” to be good when he grabs Steven’s wrists. Massive monsters are unleashed, and when Steven is backed into the restroom, he meets Marc Spector in the mirror; he looks like Steven, but is American and way more confident. He tells Steven to let him take over if he wants to get out of what seems like a no-win situation.
What Shows Will It Remind You Of? Take a typical dark MCU-related drama with a bit of a sense of humor — Hawkeye comes to mind — and layer in a severe case of dissociative identity disorder a la Sybill, and you’ve got Moon Knight.
Our Take: What we liked about Moon Knight, created by Jeremy Slater based on the Marvel character created by Doug Moench and Don Perlin, is that the show starts with a bit of a switcheroo in a DID-related plot. Yes, we see the mild-mannered Steven throughout the first episode, and we’re led to believe that Steven is the base personality, with Marc and the Moon Knight being the offshoot personalities.
But that’s actually not the case, a notion that becomes stronger by the end of the episode. You don’t learn the skills Marc has if your base personality is the too-nice-for-his-own-good Steven. No, Marc is the base personality, and he’s reluctantly become a mercenary. The meek Steven might be his brain’s way of protecting him from getting himself killed.
Either way, Isaac plays both Steven and Marc beautifully. We know that Isaac has both acting and action bona fides; there aren’t many actors who can pull off being Poe Dameron in the final Star Wars trilogy and the emotionally gut-wrenching series Scenes From A Marriage, but Isaac is one of those who can. He gets to practice both sides of that skillset in Moon Knight; he plays Steven as the passive guy he is, right down to his gentle British accent. We see a little of him as Marc, but that’s when the Poe side of Isaac is evident — confident, even a bit arrogant. We’re yet to see him in action a Moon Knight, but we’re pretty sure that whatever Isaac does that doesn’t involve his stunt double will be convincing.
Director Mohamed Diab keeps things fairly dark in the first episode, but not so dark as you have no idea what’s going on. That was our big criticism of Hawkeye; some scenes were so dark we had no feel for the action. We’re suspecting that as we get to see Marc more and Steven less, the action will be ramped up. There’s already a lot of it in the first episode, but much of it happens during Steven’s blackouts. If we flip things to Marc/Moon Knight’s perspective, we’ll see more of the action in progress. But for now, the format is refreshing given all of the messy clashes we’ve seen from Disney+’s MCU series.
Sex and Skin: None.
Parting Shot: The monsters are thrown out of the bathroom, tossed around like ragdolls. We then pan into the bathroom and see Moon Knight in all his regalia.
Sleeper Star: F. Murray Abraham plays Khonshu, the Egyptian moon god who uses the Moon Knight as his avatar. Abraham, whether in voice or in person, is a scenery chewer par excellence, and he knows how to modulate his pompousness to both dramatic and comedic effect.
Most Pilot-y Line: When Harrow tells Steven about the god betrayed by her avatar, Steven mumbles “Blue people… not the movie…. anime?” Sure, he’s scared, but would he really think about the movie at that point?
Our Call: STREAM IT. Moon Knight rides on Oscar Isaac’s ability to believably inhabit distinct personalities, but that might be more than enough for people to watch this six-episode MCU side story.
Joel Keller (@joelkeller) writes about food, entertainment, parenting and tech, but he doesn’t kid himself: he’s a TV junkie. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Slate, Salon, RollingStone.com, VanityFair.com, Fast Company and elsewhere. | https://decider.com/2022/03/31/moon-knight-disney-plus-review/ | 2022-04-01T00:52:19Z |
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday ordered the release of 1 million barrels of oil per day from the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve for six months, a bid to control energy prices that have spiked after the United States and allies imposed steep sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
The president said it was not known how much gasoline prices could decline as a result of his move, but he suggested it might be “anything from 10 cents to 35 cents a gallon.” Gas is averaging about $4.23 a gallon, compared with $2.87 a year ago, according to AAA.
“The bottom line is if we want lower gas prices we need to have more oil supply right now,” Biden said. “This is a moment of consequence and peril for the world, and pain at the pump for American families.”
The president also wants Congress to impose financial penalties on oil and gas companies that lease public lands but are not producing. He said he will invoke the Defense Production Act to encourage the mining of critical minerals for batteries in electric vehicles, part of a broader push to shift toward cleaner energy sources and reduce the use of fossil fuels.
The actions show that oil remains a vulnerability for the U.S. Higher prices have hurt Biden’s approval domestically and added billions of oil-export dollars to the Russian government as it wages war on Ukraine.
Tapping the stockpile would create pressures that could reduce oil prices, though Biden has twice ordered releases from the reserves without causing a meaningful shift in oil markets. Biden said Thursday he expects gasoline prices could drop “fairly significantly.”
Part of Biden’s concern is that high prices have not so far coaxed a meaningful jump in oil production. The planned release is a way to increase supplies as a bridge until oil companies ramp up their own production, with administration officials estimating that domestic production will grow by 1 million barrels daily this year and an additional 700,000 barrels daily in 2023.
The markets reacted quickly with crude oil prices dropping about 6% in Thursday trading to roughly $101 a barrel. Still, oil is up from roughly $60 a year ago, with supplies failing to keep up with demand as the world economy has begun to rebound from the coronavirus pandemic. That inflationary problem was compounded by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, which created new uncertainties about oil and natural gas supplies and led to retaliatory sanctions from the U.S. and its allies.
Stewart Glickman, an oil analyst for CFRA Research, said the release would bring short-term relief on prices and would be akin to “taking some Advil for a headache.” But markets would ultimately look to see whether, after the releases stop, the underlying problems that led to Biden’s decisions remain.
“The root cause of the headache is probably still going to be there after the medicine wears off,” Glickman said.
Biden has been in talks with allies and partners to join in additional releases of oil, such that the world market will get more than the 180 million barrels total being pledged by the U.S.
Americans on average use about 21 million barrels of oil daily, with about 40% of that devoted to gasoline, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. That total accounts for about one-fifth of total global consumption of oil.
Domestic oil production is equal to more than half of U.S. usage, but high prices have not led companies to return to their pre-pandemic levels of output. The U.S. is producing on average 11.7 million barrels daily, down from 13 million barrels in early 2020.
Republican lawmakers have said the problem results from the administration being hostile to oil permits and the construction of new pipelines such as the Keystone XL. Democrats say the country needs to move to renewable energy such as wind and solar that could reduce the dependence on fossil fuels and Putin’s leverage.
Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., blasted Biden’s action to tap the reserve without first taking steps to increase American energy production, calling it “a Band-Aid on a bullet wound.″
Daines called Biden’s actions “desperate moves″ that avoid what he called the real solution: ”investing in American energy production,″ and getting “oil and gas leases going again.”
The administration says increasing oil output is a gradual process and the release would provide time to ramp up production. It also wants to incentivize greater production by putting fees on unused leases on government lands, something that would require congressional approval.
Oil producers have been more focused on meeting the needs of investors than consumers, according to a survey released last week by the Dallas Federal Reserve. About 59% of the executives surveyed said investor pressure to preserve “capital discipline” amid high prices was the reason they weren’t pumping more, while fewer than 10% blamed government regulation.
In his remarks Thursday, Biden tried to shame oil companies that he said are focused on profits instead of putting out more barrels, saying that adding to the oil supply was a patriotic obligation.
“This is not the time to sit on record profits: It’s time to step up for the good of your country,” the president said.
The steady release from the reserves would be a meaningful sum and come near to closing the domestic production gap relative to February 2020, before the coronavirus caused a steep decline in oil output.
Still, the politics of oil are complicated with industry advocates and environmentalists both criticizing the planned release. Groups such as the American Petroleum Institute want to make drilling easier, while environmental organizations say energy companies should be forced to pay a special tax on windfall profits instead.
The administration in November announced the release of 50 million barrels from the strategic reserve in coordination with other countries. And after the Russia-Ukraine war began, the U.S. and 30 other countries agreed to an additional release of 60 million barrels from reserves, with half of the total coming from the U.S.
According to the Department of Energy, which manages it, more than 568 million barrels of oil were held in the reserve as of March 25. After the release, the government would begin to replenish the reserve once prices have sufficiently fallen.
News of the administration’s planning was first reported by Bloomberg.
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Final Four teams heavily recruit talent in their backyards
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) The four blueblood programs that have descended upon the Superdome for the Final Four all have the ability to recruit on a national scale, their coaches able to hop aboard a jet on a moment's notice to sit in a living room or take in a game.
Turns out some of their best players were in their own backyard.
All-American guard Ochai Agbaji grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, before heading about 20 minutes west on Interstate 70 to become a star for Kansas, which faces Villanova in the first national semifinal Saturday night. His running mate, Christian Braun, grew up in southeast Kansas but also played his high school ball in suburban Kansas City.
Two-time Big East player of the year Collin Gillespie, who has Wildcats coach Jay Wright eyeing a third national title, also played his high school ball about 20 minutes from campus at Archbishop Wood in suburban Philadelphia. Eric Dixon grew up in nearby Willow Grove and Chris Arcidiacono in Langhorne, Pennsylvania.
''We've never put an emphasis on recruiting local kids. We've put emphasis just going out and getting the best kids,'' Kansas coach Bill Self said, ''and we've been able to recruit national for the most part.
''But it's pretty special that within 45 minutes of your home you have arguably two of the very best wings in college basketball.''
There are hometown connections in the second semifinal between Duke and North Carolina, too, and those might produce a little extra motivation given that their rival campuses famously lie just 10 miles apart.
Justin McKoy, who played the entire overtime in the Tar Heels' upset of No. 1 seed Baylor, grew up 30 minutes away in Raleigh. Duke captain Joey Baker only moved about 90 minutes north of his home in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
ONE-ON-ONE
Three years ago, Caleb Samuels had made the decision to transfer from Tulane and was taking a visit to Villanova, where Gillespie and another hometown player, Dhamir Cosby-Roundtree, were given the job of showing him around.
Some of the coaches asked if they would have a little shooting competition and, well, one thing led to another.
''We're two competitive guys. It turned into one-on-one,'' Gillespie recalled Thursday, ''and he got up on me like, 13-0, and I was scared. I was nervous. I was like, who is this kid? Because I hadn't heard of him before. And I obviously looked him up and watched his highlights - `All right, he can help us.'''
That might've been an understatement. Gillespie and Samuels are now two of the Wildcats' top three scorers.
''I was up 13-0 the first game, and I remember him coming back, making every shot after that, after I missed, obviously, a layup or something,'' Samuels said. ''He ended up winning that game. The series ended up being 3-1, Collin.''
TEAHAN TRADITION
The Final Four has become a Teahan family tradition.
First it was Connor. He played at Kansas from 2007-11 and went to the Final Four twice, winning a national championship with the Jayhawks in 2008.
Now it's Chris' turn. He was a freshman on the 2018 Final Four team and is back this year as a super senior.
''The Teahans have kind of become the first family of our program,'' Kansas coach Bill Self said. ''They both put their handprint all over everything we do.''
CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE
It's not uncommon to see politicians making public bets on major sporting events with products highlighting their state's industries. That's not an option for North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper considering home-state teams UNC and Duke have brought their rivalry to New Orleans.
So Cooper on Thursday instead issued a proclamation that the state is ''The Center of the College Basketball Universe.''
''The stakes are high on Saturday and fans across the nation will get a firsthand look at two programs that have for decades competed fiercely and divided the loyalty of family and friends, but made our state proud,'' Cooper said.
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More AP coverage of March Madness: https://apnews.com/hub/march-madness and https://apnews.com/hub/ncaa-mens-bracket and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25
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Somnium Space Cubes (CUBE) traded 12.9% lower against the U.S. dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 19:00 PM E.T. on March 31st. One Somnium Space Cubes coin can currently be bought for $5.36 or 0.00011727 BTC on major cryptocurrency exchanges. Somnium Space Cubes has a total market cap of $67.03 million and $1.11 million worth of Somnium Space Cubes was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. During the last seven days, Somnium Space Cubes has traded 19.2% lower against the U.S. dollar.
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- Polygon (MATIC) traded down 3.8% against the dollar and now trades at $1.63 or 0.00003558 BTC.
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- DREP (DREP) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $1.96 or 0.00003398 BTC.
- DREP [old] (DREP) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $1.96 or 0.00003399 BTC.
- FTX Token (FTT) traded down 4.4% against the dollar and now trades at $49.00 or 0.00107164 BTC.
Somnium Space Cubes Coin Profile
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SALEM, Ore. – Regulated cannabis edibles are about to get a lot more potent in Oregon.
Starting Friday, April 1, 2022, edibles sold through Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission licensed stores can contain double the amount of THC, the chemical that gives people a “high.”
Before the new rule, the limit for THC per package was 50mg. Now it’s 100mg.
The OLCC said, “Consumers should take notice of the increased amount of THC per serving in these products so they can choose a product that gives them a desired effect without unwanted side effects.”
Edibles sold in packages that exceed 55mg of THC must now be scored to that’s it’s easier for a consumer to determine a portion size.
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Po.et (POE) traded down 2.8% against the dollar during the 1 day period ending at 19:00 PM Eastern on March 31st. During the last week, Po.et has traded 3.9% lower against the dollar. One Po.et coin can currently be purchased for about $0.0001 or 0.00000000 BTC on popular cryptocurrency exchanges. Po.et has a total market cap of $172,536.21 and approximately $60.00 worth of Po.et was traded on exchanges in the last day.
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- Binance USD (BUSD) traded up 0% against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00002188 BTC.
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Grace Christian: Property tax hikes: Our seniors suffer, not landlords
Wednesday’s paper featured a guest opinion by a landlord who objects to increased property taxes to pay for the proposed library district: Karey Christ-Janer: Earth to Boulder: You need your landlords.
She “must” pass the increase onto tenants, who will suffer increased rents. Her proposed alternative is to increase sales taxes, thus taking the burden off her/landlords.
Now sales taxes are “fair” in the sense that all pay the same rates, rich and poor alike. Which, clearly, makes them deeply unfair. They are regressive, i.e. hit the poor much much harder than the rich. So my solution is: how about landlords just accept slightly lower profits?
The folks who are actually harmed by rising property values and the resulting seriously increased property taxes are seniors on fixed incomes like social security. They have seen their property taxes rise exponentially. Mine take up more than a full month’s income. No laughing matter. So let’s implore the county commissioners to take pity on retirees and increase the senior retiree exemption.
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Cory Nickerson: Redtail Ridge: Yes to development, either way
It is my sincere wish to remind local voters that no matter how you vote on Redtail Ridge, it will be a yes to development. That is a fact. Louisville’s special election on April 19 is an opportunity for voters to decide if the Redtail Ridge development is a healthy extension of our community.
When you cast a “YES” vote, students, residents and businesses will be beneficiaries of a dizzying display of community improvements and amenities. These include, but are not limited to a long-overdue extension of Campus Drive from Monarch PK-12 to 96th as early as 2023 (while a vote “no” make this entirely uncertain and likely three years away). A vote “YES” will result in 93 acres of new, permanent open space, public parks and trails (but a vote “no” means we only get 38 acres). A vote “YES” brings in $25 million in property taxes (and a vote “no” drops that income down to $21 million). A vote “YES” creates 40 acres of permanent conservation easement for keystone species (and yep, you guessed it, a vote “no” means we only get 20 acres). There are more comparisons at www.yesforlouisville.com where you can also view the endorsements.
Those who claim a “YES” vote hurts those trying to rebuild from the Marshall Fires are misleading voters. Commercial development requires a different skill set and materials than those that are used to build residential homes. All votes – yes or no – will result in a development. Wouldn’t you want to vote for a development that helps Lousville? Voting “no” hurts Louisville. It won’t stop development nor will it require the developers to start over. Vote “Yes” in the special election April 19.
Cory Nickerson
Past PTSO Co-President Monarch High
Sherry Sommer: Redtail Ridge: Vote “No” for a better future
Last October, while I was collecting signatures for our Redtail Ridge referendum petition, a gentleman asked me: “What is your interest in pursuing a referendum?” His question was excellent, and I’ve thought of it often.
First, I must qualify — this resident’s question cannot be answered as worded. Personal interest did not propel me to pursue a referendum petition or to organize a special election campaign. My motivation is the wellbeing and health of our community. I believe Louisville can and must do better than the proposal before us, and that is why I’ve been working to inform residents about this important special election vote on April 19. Voting “No” on this ballot item means that Louisville will have the opportunity to do better.
What does it mean to say Louisville can do better?
A better proposal would protect the wellbeing and quality of life for all in Louisville, including wildlife. A better proposal would preserve land north of Disk Drive that has never before been developed. Of the dedicated public lands in the current proposal, only 59 acres would be recognizable as open space. The current configuration of Campus Drive would bisect this meager open space, and its intersection with 96th would cause backups from stoplight to stoplight. A better plan would preserve land north of Disk Drive as dedicated public open space, preserving critical habitat for wildlife. A better plan could result in a two, rather than four lane Campus Drive, routed away from the open space and conducive to improved traffic flow. A better plan would cluster reduced square footage of development into a smaller area.
A better proposal would reflect long term thinking: The current, car-dependent proposal would generate up to 20,000 additional car trips per day without providing alternative means of transportation, worsening already hazardous air quality. Traffic flow would slow to failing and substandard levels. A better proposal would be smaller and would generate less traffic, and would reduce car dependence for travel to the site. A “No” vote would allow City Planning staff to prioritize the needs of residents rebuilding after the fire. Residents who need to rebuild would not be in competition for City Planning staff time.
We have the community support and involvement needed to ensure that Louisville can do better: I’ve talked to hundreds of residents, first as candidate for City Council in 2019 and now, as cosponsor of the referendum petition. There is very little difference of opinion among residents — the vast majority love Louisville’s small town character. Their greatest fear is development that would change the town, making the air unbreathable, the roads impassable, and overwhelm City facilities. There is a groundswell of support for a better proposal for this site. We have the volunteer commitment and structure to ensure a better proposal emerges from this process.
If Louisville residents vote “NO” in this special election, we get the opportunity for a better outcome for this land and for our town. Any proposal submitted in this future, whether the previous 2010 plan or some entirely new proposal, is required to go through an extensive public review process with numerous opportunities for improvement and public input. Please vote “No” and Help Louisville Do Better. www.preservelouisville.org
Sherry Sommer
Citizens for a Vibrant, Sustainable Louisville | https://www.dailycamera.com/2022/03/31/letters-to-the-editor-redtail-ridge-vote-no-for-a-better-future/ | 2022-04-01T00:52:20Z |
Which composting toilet is best?
If you’re looking to live off-grid or spend more time camping far away from facilities, the number one question is all about number two: what do you do with human waste? If you are looking to conserve resources and maybe even produce something useful for the garden, a composting toilet is the way to go.
For its odor control, ease of use and expanded capacity, the Nature’s Head Self-Contained Composting Toilet is the best choice.
What to know before you buy a composting toilet
Size
Composting toilets are a great solution when you need a bathroom on a boat, in a van or in a cabin, but size matters. Because many commercial composting toilets store the waste, they can be larger than even the smallest plumbed toilets. Measure carefully to make sure the composting toilet you choose fits in the space you have.
Capacity
Capacity concerns how much waste the toilet can hold before needing to be emptied. Larger families need a high-capacity toilet, but singles and couples can get away with smaller holding tanks.
The larger the composting toilet, the less frequently you will need to empty it. Keep that in mind if you want to cut down on basic maintenance tasks.
Portable or built-in
The beauty of a composting toilet is that it can go anywhere you want it to. It’s not tied to plumbing or water supply. However, even composting toilets can be built-in and more permanent. If you are adding a bathroom to an off-grid cabin, you might consider a built-in toilet that is fixed to the floor or the wall, but for travel or camping, a portable one is best.
What to look for in a quality composting toilet
Separate liquid waste tank
The main concern most people have with composting toilets is odor. A primary cause of odor is liquid waste. To keep odor down, a separate liquid waste tank is a good idea. This can also be emptied before solid waste is emptied, diluted with water and poured directly onto nitrogen-loving plants.
Composting crank
As with outdoor garden composting, turning the material results in faster decomposition. Some composting toilets feature a composting crank that moves the waste around to hasten its breakdown.
Leakproof and odorless
Especially for vans, boats and RVs, the last thing you want is a leaky composting toilet. While it’s always advisable to empty your waste tank before moving the toilet, sometimes that’s just not possible. Look for toilets with leakproof seals or single-body construction. This also helps trap any odors inside of the toilet until it can be emptied.
How much you can expect to spend on a composting toilet
True composting toilets are more complex than simply collecting waste in a plastic bag and throwing it out. Expect to spend $150-$1,500 on a good system.
Composting toilet FAQ
How does a composting toilet work?
A. Composting toilets follow the same principles as a garden compost pile. Gardeners add food scraps, leaf matter and plant material to a bin, rotating it and adding water. Natural bacteria (and worms in many cases) attack the pile and slowly break it down, creating a rich humus that adds nutrients back to the soil when used in the garden.
Composting toilets use solid and liquid waste, plus bulking materials like peat moss, sawdust or coconut coir, as the raw materials to create usable organic material. As with the garden compost, turning the material in the toilet helps aerobic bacteria quickly break down waste.
The process is simple.
- Add a bulking agent to the toilet (if needed; some toilets do not require this).
- Use the toilet as usual.
- Add more bulking agents if required.
From there, composting toilets differ. Some have a button that operates a heater and a fan to speed up the composting process, while others trigger a sealing feature after each use. Regardless, the waste will begin to break down and eventually become safe for disposal.
Can you use composted waste on plants?
A. As a general rule, human waste should not be used on any type of plant unless it is composted properly. This means that all of the material has broken down and is essentially sanitized by bacteria. After that, composted human waste is safe to use on plants that are not destined for human consumption.
If you are interested in using human waste for growing food, it’s best to add composted waste to an outdoor compost pile and allow it to process for a year. At that point, it is exactly the same as other types of compost and can be used to fertilize plants.
What’s the best composting toilet to buy?
Top composting toilet
Nature’s Head Self-Contained Composting Toilet
What you need to know: This is a good option for more permanent, mounted installations.
What you’ll love: It is high capacity — two people using this full-time will only need to empty it once a month. There is no odor, but it comes with a fan. This is also covered by a five-year warranty.
What you should consider: It’s expensive for only occasional use.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top composting toilet for the money
What you need to know: Choose this for camping, boating and other short outdoor trips.
What you’ll love: It holds nearly 6 gallons total, so use this up to 60 times without emptying. It has a carrying handle and is easy to set up. A water gun uses fresh water for cleaning after you use the toilet (like a portable bidet).
What you should consider: Some users report leaking when moved, so be sure to empty and clean this before packing up.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: This is another option for more permanent, full-time use off-grid.
What you’ll love: Mount this on a wall for stable, regular use. It needs a 12-volt battery but can also run on an AC adapter to power a ventilation fan. It’s easy to install and comes with everything you need to set it up.
What you should consider: It’s a high-quality choice but comes with a hefty price tag.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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ITTN’s Sharon Jordan with members of the Irish travel trade landed in Madeira last night after a 3 hour 40 minute flight from Dublin Airport. Madeira International Airport provided a warm welcome with drinks and live music for guests arriving on the inaugural Ryanair flight.
Good Morning Madeira
Thursday morning started with a wonderful boat trip onboard VIP Dolphins where the group was greeted with champagne on arrival.
VIP Dolphins explain “we do not just offer a tour – but an experience!”. This is a premium service in a luxury catamaran yacht where guests can enjoy trips to see dolphins and whales that swim in the waters around Madeira. There are half day trips, luxury sunset cruises, private whale watching tours and full day charters on offer. Check out the trips here.
Shortly after departing the harbour, the group was met with a pool of playful bottle nose dolphins followed by some cheeky common dolphins. How lucky!
Served with beautiful aperitifs throughout the sailing – it would have been rude not to finish with a swim in the ocean – and at a balmy 19 degrees celsius sea temperature – it was pure heaven!
Madeira is known for active tourism with lush landscapes and stunning coastline. In the archipelago of Madeira, you can find a water activity to suit your adventurous spirit from bodyboarding, coasteering (combining climbing, rappel and jumping into the sea), diving, sport fishing, paddleboarding or boat rides. Find out more about water activities in Madeira here. If you are looking for something a little more chilled, the award-winning Porto Santo beach offers 9km of fine golden sands and crystal clear waters for bathing and soaking up some sunshine.
Sharon Jordan, Managing Director of ITTN Group is visiting Madeira as part of a travel fam trip courtesy of Visit Madeira with direct flights from Dublin to Madeira operated by Ryanair. | https://ittn.ie/featured/madeira-fam-trip-with-ittn/ | 2022-04-01T00:52:21Z |
HAMILTON, Bermuda, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. (NYSE: WTM) announced today that HG Global Ltd. ("HG") closed a new $150 million, 10-year term loan credit facility with Hudson Structured Capital Management Ltd, (conducting its re/insurance business as HSCM Bermuda) and Security Benefit Life Insurance Company. HG expects to receive the proceeds of the loan on or prior to May 31, 2022. A portion of the proceeds of the loan will be used to pay a $120 million dividend to White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. and the other equity holders of HG. The facility received an investment grade rating of BBB from Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC. The facility does not impact the reinsurance obligations of HG Re Ltd.
White Mountains is a Bermuda-domiciled financial services holding company traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the Bermuda Stock Exchange under the symbol WTM.
Hudson Structured Capital Management Ltd., conducting its re/insurance investment management business as HSCM Bermuda ("HSCM"), is an asset manager focused on alternative investments seeking mezzanine level returns. HSCM focuses on the Re/Insurance and Transportation sectors. HSCM launched in 2016, and as of January 1, 2022 had more than $3 billion in assets under management and committed capital. HSCM focuses on core economic sectors that are likely to outgrow global GDP, offer low correlations with broader markets, and are experiencing a shift from balance sheet to market financing. For more information, please visit www.hscm.com.
Security Benefit Corporation ("Security Benefit"), through its subsidiary Security Benefit Life Insurance Company (SBL), a Kansas-based insurance company that has been in business for 130 years, is a leader in the U.S. retirement market. Security Benefit together with its affiliates offers products in a full range of retirement markets and wealth segments for employers and individuals and reached $50.5 billion in assets under management as of September 30, 2021. Security Benefit, an Eldridge business, is one of the fastest growing U.S. retirement companies and continues its mission of helping Americans To and Through Retirement®. Learn more at www.securitybenefit.com or www.eldridge.com.
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included or referenced in this release which address activities, events or developments which White Mountains expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include statements with respect to the funding of, or receipt of proceeds from, a loan and HG's payment of a dividend from the proceeds of such loan.
These statements are based on certain assumptions and analyses made by White Mountains in light of current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors believed to be appropriate in the circumstances. However, whether actual developments will conform to its expectations is subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations, including actions taken by ratings agencies, such as financial strength or credit ratings downgrades or placing ratings on negative watch; the continued availability of capital and financing; deterioration of general economic; changes in domestic or foreign laws or regulations, or their interpretation, applicable to White Mountains or HG, its competitors or its customers; and other factors, most of which are beyond White Mountains's control.
Consequently, all of the forward-looking statements made in this press release are qualified by these cautionary statements, and there can be no assurance that the developments anticipated by White Mountains will be realized or, even if substantially realized, that they will have the expected consequences to, or effects on, White Mountains or its business or operations. White Mountains assumes no obligation to publicly update any such forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s parliament will today begin a debate on a no-confidence motion that was launched by opposition lawmakers on Monday in a bid to remove Prime Minister Imran Khan from office.
While a vote on the motion is to be held within seven days of its tabling, Khan has already lost his majority in parliament after a key government ally said on Wednesday they had struck a deal with the opposition and subsequently quit Khan’s ruling coalition. Another coalition partner, Balochistan’s BAP, has also abandoned Khan.
“The prime minister ceases to hold his office after he has lost the confidence of this house,” opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif told reporters on Wednesday.
The no-confidence move comes as Pakistan faces an enduring economic crisis, with the opposition claiming that Khan has mismanaged the economy and governed poorly.
Nearly 20 defections in Khan’s ruling party combined with the loss of coalition partners have made Khan short of the 172 votes, a simple majority, needed to hold on to power.
Opposition parties filed the no-confidence motion on March 8. It was presented and tabled before the National Assembly on March 28.
The speaker of the National Assembly has to carry out the vote no sooner than three days and no later than seven days after the motion is tabled. The earliest the vote can happen is today, Thursday. The latest is April 4. | https://yemenwatch.com/pakistans-parliament-to-begin-debate-on-no-trust-motion-against-pm-khan/ | 2022-04-01T00:52:21Z |
Dundee Precious Metals Announces Mine Life Extension and Update to Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve Estimates for Chelopech
(All monetary figures in this news release are expressed in U.S. dollars unless otherwise stated)
TORONTO, March 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Dundee Precious Metals Inc. (TSX: DPM) (“DPM” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce a mine life extension, optimized life of mine (“LOM”) plan and updated Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve estimates for the Chelopech mine in Bulgaria.
Highlights
- Mine life extension to 2030: Proven and Probable Mineral Reserves of 1.7 million ounces (“Moz.”) of gold and 341.9 million pounds (“Mlbs.”) of copper supports a mine life that now extends to 2030.1 In 2021, DPM successfully added 3.0 million tonnes (“Mt”) to Mineral Reserves, which more than offset 2021 production depletion of 2.2 Mt for a net addition of 0.8 Mt.
- Optimized life of mine plan with improved recoveries and higher gold and copper production: The updated LOM plan reflects changes, relative to the previous mine plan, that includes improved metallurgical recoveries, concentrate terms and a reduction in the cut-off value, which maximizes net present value. Production increased by approximately 286,000 ounces (“oz.”) of gold and 47 Mlbs. of copper between 2022 and 20301, reflecting higher recoveries for gold and copper.
- Strong Measured and Indicated Mineral Resource base: Total Measured and Indicated Mineral Resources, exclusive of Mineral Reserves, of 1.26 Moz. of gold and 270 Mlbs. of copper add further potential to extend mine life.
- Additional potential with in-mine and brownfield exploration: Significant drilling program planned for 2022, including 44,000 metres of in-mine drilling and 50,000 metres of brownfield drilling largely focused on Sveta Petka to support a commercial discovery application.
“The optimized life of mine plan at Chelopech results in higher gold and copper production and allows us to extend mine life to 2030,” said David Rae, President and Chief Executive Officer of Dundee Precious Metals.
“Our updated Mineral Reserve estimate is an indication of Chelopech’s consistent track record of replacing Mineral Reserves, and we believe there is strong potential to continue this trend going forward.”
1 Subject to the extension of the current concession contract, which expires in July 2029. DPM intends to submit an extension application when appropriate and expects that the application will be successful based on previous regulatory processes.
Updated Mineral Reserve and Resource Estimate
The updated Mineral Reserves estimate is shown below and is effective as of December 31, 2021:
Footnotes:
- The Mineral Reserves disclosed herein have been estimated in accordance with the CIM Definition Standards for Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves (the “CIM Definition Standards”, adopted by CIM Council on May 10, 2014).
- Mineral Resources are reported exclusive of Mineral Reserves.
- Mineral Reserves have been depleted for mining as of December 31, 2021.
- The Inferred Mineral Resources do not contribute to the financial performance of the project and are treated in the same way as waste.
- The reference point at which the Mineral Reserves are defined is where the ore is delivered to the crusher.
- Long term metal prices assumed for the evaluation of the Mineral Reserves and Mineral Resources are $1,400/oz. for gold, $17.00/oz. for silver, and $2.75/lb. for copper.
- Mineral Reserves are based on a net smelter return-less-costs cut-off value of $0/t. The total cost applied was approximately $45/t, which is a sum of the operational cost of approximately $40/t (variable by stope location) and sustaining capital of $5/t.
- All blocks include a complex net smelter return (“NSR”) formula that differs for the three ore types within the Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource. The NSR formula utilizes long-term metal prices, metallurgical recoveries, payability terms, treatment charges, refining charges, penalty charges (deleterious arsenic), concentrate transport costs, and royalties. For clarity of understanding of ore value, a simplified formula is presented here that correlates to the complex formula to within 1%. The simplified formulas per ore type are:
- Block 700 NSR $/t = 0.00 x Cu% + 0.00 x Ag_g//t + 14.24 x Au_g/t
- Block 152 NSR $/t = 21.08 x Cu% + 0.32 x Ag_g/t + 33.96 x Au_g/t
- General NSR $/t = 16.72 x Cu% + 0.23 x Ag_g/t + 29.18 x Au_g/t
- Mineral Reserves account for unplanned mining dilution and ore loss that varies by orebody dimension and experience per mining block area, which on average were 10.0% for unplanned ore loss and 9.7% for unplanned dilution.
- Mineral Reserves account for planned mining dilution and mining recovery through stope optimization and stope design. The stopes are optimized to maximize net cash flow within the constraints of dilution and orebody extractable geometry. The planned dilution and recovery depend on geotechnical, mineralization continuity controls and ore zone dimensions.
- All stopes have been verified that they are profitable after considering the cost of capital development.
- There is no known likely value of mining, metallurgical, infrastructure, permitting or other relevant factors that could materially affect the estimate. The final one and a half years of operation occurs after the termination of the mining concession contract ends. It is the opinion of DPM that the mining permit will be extended.
- The Proven Mineral Reserve includes broken stocks of 28 kt at 3.30 g/t Au, 5.2 g/t Ag and 0.91% Cu as well as stockpiles of 13 kt at 3.05 g/t Au, 6.7 g/t Ag and 0.96% Cu.
- Sum of individual table values may not equal due to rounding.
The updated Proven and Probable Mineral Reserves at Chelopech of 1.7 Moz. of gold and 341.9 Mlbs. of copper support a nine-year mine life that extends to 2030, excluding expected further conversions of existing Mineral Resources and potential additional exploration success.
The Mineral Resource estimate has been depleted by all mining and development work completed as of December 31, 2021 and is reported using a NSR calculation based on assumed long-term metal prices, current operating costs and metal revenue to meet the “reasonable prospects for eventual economic extraction” criteria.
Measured and Indicated Mineral Resources, exclusive of Mineral Reserves, decreased by 3.6Mt compared with 2020, as a result of conversion to Mineral Reserves, changes to classification, grade estimation and NSR parameters.
The Mineral Resource estimate is shown below and is effective as at December 31, 2021:
Footnotes:
- The Mineral Resources disclosed herein have been estimated in accordance with the CIM Definition Standards for Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves (CIM, 2014).
- Mineral Resources have been estimated using an operating net profit cut-off of US$0/t in support of reasonable prospects of eventual economic extraction.
- Tonnages are rounded to the nearest 0.1 Mt to reflect that this is an estimate.
- Metal content is rounded to the nearest 1 thousand ounces (K oz.) or 1 Mlbs. to reflect that this is an estimate.
- The Mineral Resources are reported exclusive of Mineral Reserves.
- Mineral Resources are based on a NSR-less-costs cut-off value of $0/t. The total cost applied was approximately $45/t, which is a sum of operational costs of approximately $40/t (variable by stope location) and sustaining capital of $5/t.
- All blocks include a complex NSR formula that differs for the three ore types within the Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource. The NSR formula utilizes long term metal prices, metallurgical recoveries, payability terms, treatment charges, refining charges, penalty charges, concentrate transport costs, and royalties. For clarity of understanding of ore value, a simplified formula is presented here that correlates to the complex formula to within 1%. The simplified formulas per ore type are:
- Block 700 NSR $/t = 0.00 x Cu% + 0.00 x Ag_g/t + 14.24 x Au_g/t
- Block 152 NSR $/t = 21.08 x Cu% + 0.32 x Ag_g/t + 33.96 x Au_g/t
- General NSR $/t = 16.72 x Cu% + 0.23 x Ag_g/t + 29.18 x Au_g/t
Life of Mine Plan
The table below shows the optimized LOM plan, reflecting the updated Mineral Reserve estimate. The updated LOM plan adds approximately 286,000 oz. of gold production and 50 Mlbs. of copper production between 2022 and 2030, relative to the previous mine plan outlined in the news release “Dundee Precious Metals Announces Mine Life Extension and Updated to Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve Estimates for the Chelopech Mine” dated March 30, 2021. The updated LOM plan reflects the additional tonnage and higher gold recoveries following a strategic review to optimize the mine plan (the “Strategic Optimization”) completed with Whittle Consulting in the second half of 2021.
The tables below show the current LOM plan compared to the previous 2021 LOM plan.
Strategic Optimization
The updated Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve estimates for the Chelopech mine reflect the conversion of Mineral Resources to Mineral Reserves and the opportunities identified from the Strategic Optimization completed in the second half of 2021.
One of the opportunities DPM identified is continuing to sell Chelopech concentrate to third-party global smelters going forward due to strong demand. DPM evaluated the impact of this trend on the Mineral Reserves and LOM for Chelopech and conducted extensive metallurgical test work during the third quarter of 2021, which demonstrated the technical and commercial viability of producing a lower grade concentrate to meet market specifications. While the concentrate contains lower average gold and copper grades and is expected to have lower payable metal rates as well as increased offsite costs associated with higher tonnage, this is more than offset by improved overall gold recoveries and commercial terms, resulting in higher expected free cash flow for DPM as a whole.
While this is expected to reduce the proportion of Chelopech concentrate that is treated at DPM’s Tsumeb smelter, the Company is confident sufficient third-party concentrate is available to fill existing capacity going forward.
The Strategic Optimization also evaluated multiple mine schedules and commercial scenarios at various cut-off values, with the primary objectives of optimizing net present value (“NPV”) and mine life.
From the analysis of cut-off values, it was determined that a NSR-less-costs cut-off value of $0 per tonne resulted in the maximum NPV, whereas the prior Mineral Reserve estimate used a NSR-less-costs cut-off value of $10 per tonne. Chelopech Mineral Reserves continue to be based on a NSR-less-costs cut-off value methodology using long-term metal prices of $1,400 per oz. for gold, $17 per oz. for silver, and $2.75 per lb. for copper.
Three-Year Outlook
The updated Mineral Reserve estimate is in-line with the Company’s previously issued 2021 guidance and three-year outlook for Chelopech, as shown below, with all-in sustaining cost (“AISC”) per ounce of gold sold for 2023 and 2024 expected to trend toward the lower end of the range as increased volumes of Chelopech concentrate are processed by third-party smelters.
- Cost of sales per tonne of ore processed and cost of sales per ounce of gold sold are supplementary financial measures, representing Chelopech cost of sales divided by the volume of ore processed and the payable gold in concentrate sold, respectively. Cash cost per tonne of ore processed and AISC per ounce of gold sold are Non-GAAP ratios. These cash cost and AISC measures have no standardized meanings under International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) and may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies. Refer to the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section contained in the Company’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis (the “MD&A”) for the year ended December 31, 2021 commencing at page 55, which is available on the Company’s website at www.dundeeprecious.com and has been filed on the SEDAR site at www.sedar.com, for a detailed description, and in the case of historical measures, a reconciliation of each of these measures to the most directly comparable measure under IFRS.
For more information regarding the Company’s 2022 guidance and three-year outlook, including key assumptions, qualifications and risks associated thereto, refer to the MD&A for the year ended December 31, 2021, issued on February 17, 2022, available on the Company’s website at www.dundeeprecious.com and on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Further extending mine life through additional in-mine and brownfield exploration
DPM continues to focus on extending Chelopech’s mine life through its successful in-mine exploration program and a growing brownfield exploration program, which for 2022 includes:
- Approximately 44,000 metres of in-mine drilling for Mineral Resource development; and
- Approximately 50,000 metres of brownfield exploration, primarily concentrated on near mine exploration drilling related to the Sveta Petka commercial discovery application, as well as drilling at Sharlo Dere and other near-mine targets in the mining concession area.
The Company’s application for a one-year extension to the Sveta Petka exploration licence, which surrounds the Chelopech mine, was approved in November 2021, allowing DPM to commence work related to the commercial discovery phase. Permitting for a 50,000-metre drilling campaign with a focus on Sveta Petka has been completed. Drilling has commenced and is expected to be completed in 2022.
In line with the Company’s 2022 guidance, exploration spending is expected to be $16 to $19 million, of which approximately 65% has been allocated to support the brownfield exploration program at Chelopech.
Additional Updates to DPM’s Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource Estimates
The Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve estimates for DPM’s Ada Tepe mine in Bulgaria, disclosed in DPM’s 2021 Annual Information Form (“AIF”) dated March 31, 2022, have been depleted to account for production up until December 31, 2021. An updated Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource estimate for Ada Tepe is scheduled to be completed in the second half of 2022.
The Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve estimates for the Timok gold project in Serbia and the Loma Larga gold project in Ecuador remain unchanged from the estimates previously reported in the technical reports with effective dates of February 23, 2021, and April 8, 2020 (reissued by DPM on November 29, 2021), respectively.
For more information, refer to DPM’s AIF which is available on the Company’s website at www.dundeeprecious.com and SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Technical Information and Technical Report Filing
The Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve estimates for the Chelopech mine and other scientific and technical information which supports this news release was prepared by DPM with review and guidance at various stages provided by CSA Global (UK) Ltd. (“CSA Global”). The Qualified Persons (“QP”) are satisfied as to the appropriateness and quality of the technical work completed and accept responsibility for the disclosure, in accordance with Canadian regulatory requirements set out in National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”). The QP for the Mineral Resource estimate is Galen White, BSc, FAusIMM, Partner and Principal Consultant of CSA Global (UK) Limited, and the QP for the Mineral Reserve estimate is Andrew Sharp, B.Eng. (Mining), P.Eng. (BC), FAusIMM, Director Mining Engineering of CSA Global. Both Galen White and Andrew Sharp are Qualified Persons as defined under NI 43-101, and are independent of the Company.
Ross Overall, Corporate Mineral Resource Manager, of the Company, who is a QP, as defined under NI 43-101, has reviewed and approved the contents of this news release.
Concurrently with this news release, DPM has filed a technical report entitled “NI 43-101 Technical Report and Mineral Reserve Update, Chelopech Mine – Chelopech, Bulgaria” with an effective date of March 31, 2022 (the “Chelopech Technical Report”).
The Chelopech Technical Report was prepared in accordance with NI 43-101 and is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Readers are encouraged to read the Chelopech Technical Report in its entirety, including all qualifications, assumptions, exclusions and risks that relate to the Mineral Resource, Mineral Reserve and LOM. The Chelopech Technical Report is intended to be read as a whole and sections should not be read or relied upon out of context.
About Dundee Precious Metals Inc.
Dundee Precious Metals Inc. is a Canadian-based international gold mining company with operations and projects located in Bulgaria, Namibia, Ecuador and Serbia. The Company’s purpose is to unlock resources and generate value to thrive and growth together. This overall purpose is supported by a foundation of core values, which guides how the Company conducts its business and informs a set of complementary strategic pillars and objectives related to ESG, innovation, optimizing our existing portfolio, and growth. The Company’s resources are allocated in-line with its strategy to ensure that DPM delivers value for all of its stakeholders. DPM’s shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (symbol: DPM).
For further information please contact:
David Rae
President and Chief Executive Officer
Tel: (416) 365-5092
drae@dundeeprecious.com
Jennifer Cameron
Director, Investor Relations
Tel: (416) 219-6177
jcameron@dundeeprecious.com
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains “forward looking statements” or “forward looking information” (collectively, “Forward Looking Statements”) that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Forward Looking Statements are statements that are not historical facts and are generally, but not always, identified by the use of forward looking terminology such as “plans”, “expects”, “is expected”, “budget”, “scheduled”, “estimates”, “forecasts”, “outlook”, “intends”, “anticipates”, “believes”, or variations of such words and phrases or that state that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might” or “will” be taken, occur or be achieved, or the negative of any of these terms or similar expressions. The Forward Looking Statements in this news release relate to, among other things; the estimation of Mineral Reserves and Mineral Resources and the realization of such mineral estimates; the LOM; production, processing and recoveries forecasts; financial metrics, including those set out in the three-year outlook provided by the Company; and success of exploration activities, the price of gold, copper, and silver, and other commodities; and the Strategic Optimization. Forward Looking Statements are based on certain key assumptions and the opinions and estimates of management and the QPs, as of the date such statements are made, and they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any other future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the Forward Looking Statements. In addition to factors already discussed in this news release, such factors include, among others, risks relating to the Company’s business, including possible variations in ore grade and recovery rates; uncertainties inherent to the conclusions of economic evaluations and economic studies; changes in project parameters, including schedule and budget, as plans continue to be refined; uncertainties with respect to actual results of current exploration activities; uncertainties and risks inherent to developing and commissioning new mines into production, which may be subject to unforeseen delays; uncertainties inherent to the estimation of Mineral Reserves and Mineral Resources, which may not be fully realized; uncertainties inherent with conducting business in foreign jurisdictions where corruption, civil unrest, political instability and uncertainties with the rule of law may impact the Company’s activities; the impact of the conflict in Ukraine and COVID-19, including resulting changes to the Company’s supply chain and costs of supplies; product shortages; delivery and shipping issues; closures and/or failure of plant, equipment or processes to operate as anticipated; employees and contractors become infected with COVID-19 or being affected by the conflict; lost work hours; labour force shortages; fluctuations in metal and acid prices, toll rates and foreign exchange rates; limitation on insurance coverage; accidents, labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry; delays in obtaining governmental approvals or financing or in the completion of development or construction activities; actual results of current and planned reclamation activities; opposition by social and non-government organizations to mining projects and smelting operations; unanticipated title disputes; claims or litigation; cyber attacks and other cybersecurity risks; as well as those risk factors discussed or referred to in any other documents (including without limitation the Chelopech Technical Report and the Company’s most recent Annual Information Form) filed from time to time with the securities regulatory authorities in all provinces and territories of Canada and available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. The reader has been cautioned that the foregoing list is not exhaustive of all factors which may have been used. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in Forward Looking Statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that Forward Looking Statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. The Company’s Forward Looking Statements reflect current expectations regarding future events and speak only as of the date hereof. Unless required by securities laws, the Company undertakes no obligation to update Forward Looking Statements if circumstances or management’s estimates or opinions should change. Accordingly, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on Forward Looking Statements.
Cautionary Note to United States Investors Concerning Estimates of Mineral Reserves and Mineral Resources
The Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource estimates presented in this news release have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of Canadian securities laws, which differ from the requirements of United States securities laws. Canadian reporting requirements for disclosure of mineral properties are governed by NI 43-101.
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted amendments to its disclosure rules to modernize the mineral property disclosure requirements for issuers whose securities are registered with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These amendments became effective February 25, 2019 (the “SEC Modernization Rules”) with compliance required for the first fiscal year beginning on or after January 1, 2021. The SEC Modernization Rules replace the historical disclosure requirements for mining issuers that were included in SEC Industry Guide 7. As a result of the adoption of the SEC Modernization Rules, the SEC now recognizes estimates of “measured mineral resources”, “indicated mineral resources” and “inferred mineral resources”. In addition, the SEC has amended its definitions of “proven mineral reserves” and “probable mineral reserves” to be “substantially similar” to the corresponding Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (“CIM”) – Definition Standards adopted by CIM Council on May 10, 2014 (the “CIM Definition Standards”), incorporated by reference in NI 43-101.
Readers are cautioned that while the above terms are “substantially similar” to the corresponding CIM Definition Standards, there are differences in the definitions under the SEC Modernization Rules and the CIM Definition Standards. Accordingly, there is no assurance any Mineral Reserves or Mineral Resources that the Company may report as “proven mineral reserves”, “probable mineral reserves”, “measured mineral resources”, “indicated mineral resources” and “inferred mineral resources” under NI 43-101 would be the same had the Company prepared the reserve or resource estimates under the standards adopted under the SEC Modernization Rules.
Readers are also cautioned that while the SEC will now recognize “measured mineral resources”, “indicated mineral resources” and “inferred mineral resources”, it should not be assumed that any part or all of the mineralization in these categories will ever be converted into a higher category of Mineral Resources or into Mineral Reserves. Mineralization described using these terms has a greater amount of uncertainty as to their existence and feasibility than mineralization that has been characterized as reserves. Accordingly, readers are cautioned not to assume that any “measured mineral resources”, “indicated mineral resources” or “inferred mineral resources” that the Company reports are or will be economically or legally mineable. Further, “inferred mineral resources” have a greater amount of uncertainty as to their existence and as to whether they can be mined legally or economically. Therefore, readers are also cautioned not to assume that all or any part of the “inferred mineral resources” exist. In accordance with Canadian securities laws, estimates of “inferred mineral resources” cannot form the basis of feasibility or other economic studies, except in limited circumstances where permitted under NI 43-101.
For the above reasons, information contained in this news release containing descriptions of the Company’s mineral deposits may not be comparable to similar information made public by United States companies subject to the reporting and disclosure requirements under the United States federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder. | https://www.cbj.ca/dundee-precious-metals-announces-mine-life-extension-and-update-to-mineral-resource-and-mineral-reserve-estimates-for-chelopech/ | 2022-04-01T00:52:22Z |
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Sanctions Against Russia Pose A Conundrum For Bitcoin
Bitcoin is a free and open monetary network, accessible by anyone — which makes sanctions quite ineffective.
Almost half of Russia’s $630 billion reserves have been seized by foreign governments since the invasion of Ukraine. It was relatively easy to do given modern financial infrastructure.
The mainstream temptation is to react favorably to this move. Russia will be poorer and so less able to fund its war. The baddies lose, the goodies win.
Now consider the story of the Canadian truckers who have been criminalized by their own government for seemingly doing little more than protecting their right to work. Invoking emergency legislation, the Canadian government froze 210 bank accounts with deposits of C$7.8 million. And under pressure from the government, GoFundMe withheld C$10m in donations for the cause. The lesson — mess with the government, and we’ll steal your money.
A key tenet of Bitcoin is its unseizability. Anyone, anywhere can own bitcoin, and be confident it can’t be taken away. That means Canadian truckers and their supporters, but it means the Russian government and their supporters too. You can’t apply Bitcoin principles to one, and not the other.
In that sense, Bitcoin is a bit like free speech: you can’t cherry pick its merits. As soon as you decide some people are less worthy of free speech than others, you destroy the entire concept. As soon as you start to censor uncensorable money, a large reason for having it disappears.
Russia clearly didn’t anticipate its foreign reserves would be in scope for sanctions. If it had, it would have been buying up even more gold and Chinese renminbi. The next country thinking of irking Western powers will be sure to hold their reserves in currencies and assets that can’t be confiscated. Like bitcoin.
When the conflict in Ukraine began, the Bitcoin community was quick to circulate the narrative that Bitcoin made wars less likely. The logic is reasoned. Since the collapse of the gold standard, governments have been free to print as much money as they like, to fund whatever ambitions they have. No ambition is as costly as war, and no cause is easier to justify the need for more money. Indeed, financing the two World Wars and the Vietnam War all served to gradually kill the relationship between money supply and gold. The finite supply of bitcoin changes that. Governments can’t simply run the virtual printing machine to buy the weapons they need, so war becomes unfinanceable.
But the flip side of that argument is that the enemy who holds bitcoin can only be defeated on the battlefield. Not only are their bitcoin reserves protected from seizure; imposing trade sanctions is tricky because bitcoin transactions are hard to trace.
This is an uncomfortable conundrum for Bitcoin. It can protect citizens from tyrannical overreach, but it can also protect tyrants with designs on another nation’s citizens.
Until now, most of the advocacy for Bitcoin has focused on the liberty of the individual versus the state, because it is mainly individuals who have adopted it. As Bitcoin becomes better understood by the higher echelons of the global financial system, the case grows for governments to apportion some of their reserves to it. If and when that happens, expect bitcoin’s price (and Bitcoiners’ wealth) to go north very fast. What’s not to like?
The Bitcoin community risks confirmation bias by not thinking through the full implications. It would be naive to think there is only upside. They say Bitcoin changes people; that it is “F-you money” and with it you are no longer beholden to anyone. But what if the person, or the government, with bitcoin needs to be held down. What then?
This is a guest post by Dominic Collard. Opinions expressed are entirely their own and do not necessarily reflect those of BTC Inc or Bitcoin Magazine.
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Group of prisoners attack, kill inmate convicted of murdering 2-year-old girl, authorities say
RALEIGH, N.C. - An inmate at a North Carolina prison was assaulted by a group of inmates and killed, state officials said Tuesday.
Semajs Short, 24, was attacked in a housing area at Bertie Correctional Institution by a number of other inmates around 2:15 p.m. Tuesday, the N.C. Department of Public Safety said in a news release.
Emergency workers at the prison performed life-saving measures until local paramedics arrived. Short was pronounced dead by paramedics at 2:37 p.m., the news release said.
Three other inmates were injured during the assault and were taken to a hospital outside the prison for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, the department said.
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Back in 2017, Short had been sentenced to 31 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the death of a 2-year-old girl, and to attempted murder of the toddler's grandmother.
The murder happened in 2014, when Short was 17 years old. According to WRAL, the shooting was in retaliation for the murder of one of Short's friends, when Short and several others decided to target the family of the suspect in their friend's death.
State prison records showed that Short had served five years of his sentence when he was attacked and killed in the prison. According to the Department of Public Safety, he had been projected to be released in 2044.
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The prison was placed on modified lockdown as investigators worked to discover more about what happened and why. No staff were injured, officials said.
The Windsor Police Department and the N.C. State Bureau of Investigation are investigating the assault.
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Boston Omaha (NYSE:BOC – Get Rating) and American Realty Investors (NYSE:ARL – Get Rating) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
Risk & Volatility
Boston Omaha has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Realty Investors has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
This table compares Boston Omaha and American Realty Investors’ gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
American Realty Investors has higher revenue and earnings than Boston Omaha. Boston Omaha is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Realty Investors, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Boston Omaha and American Realty Investors, as provided by MarketBeat.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
56.1% of Boston Omaha shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.8% of American Realty Investors shares are held by institutional investors. 32.0% of Boston Omaha shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 90.8% of American Realty Investors shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Boston Omaha and American Realty Investors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Summary
Boston Omaha beats American Realty Investors on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
Boston Omaha Company Profile (Get Rating)
Boston Omaha Corp. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of billboards, surety insurance, and insurance brokerage activities. It operates through the Insurance and Billboards segments. The Insurance segment refers to commissions from the firm’s surety brokerage businesses. The Billboards segment includes billboard acquisition and rentals. The company was founded on August 10, 2009 and is headquartered in Omaha, NE.
American Realty Investors Company Profile (Get Rating)
American Realty Investors, Inc. engages in the acquisition, financing, operation, and sale of real estate and real estate assets. Its projects include office buildings, golf course, and residential apartments. The company was founded in November 1999 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.
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ST. LOUIS –The lockout is over and we are now just one week out from the start of the St. Louis Cardinals season. Opening Day at Busch Stadium will be April 7 against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The team at Busch Stadium is pulling out all the stops to make the game-day experience extra special in 2022. Crews are busy perfecting the field. Theme nights and giveaways are planned with something for everyone. And the smell of ballpark food is ready to welcome you back.
“Cardinals Nation is a picky bunch. They expect the Cardinals out here winning. They expect to have good food when they’re here. We’ve got to step up to the plate no different than the players on the field,” said Norman Taylor, Jr., Executive Sous Chef at Busch Stadium.
Megan Eberthart, the promotions and events director with the St. Louis Cardinals, also shared her enthusiasm about the season.
“This year is going to be so much fun. It is so fun to plan a season-long tribute to such great players. And we’re just so excited about it. I’ve been here many, many years and I can tell you that this is the year I am most excited for,” said Eberthart.
Also new this year are even more digital options in the stadium. So, you’ll want to download the Ballpark App before you head downtown. For more on Opening Day, tickets, and policies, visit: www.mlb.com/cardinals | https://fox2now.com/sports/st-louis-cardinals/busch-stadium-gearing-up-for-season-with-food-fun-and-giveaways/ | 2022-04-01T00:52:24Z |
White House considering another pause in student loan payments
White House chief of staff Ron Klain on Thursday signaled that the White House would extend the freeze on student loan payments again, following no mention of student loans at the State of the Union earlier in the week.
“The president is going to look at what we should do on student debt before the pause expires, or he’ll extend the pause,” Klain said on an episode of the podcast “Pod Save America” that aired on Thursday.
The payment pause, which first began through a moratorium enacted under then-President Trump in March 2020, has been extended five times. It is set to expire in on May 2 after Biden extended it in January.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the White House is reviewing an extension, when asked about Klain’s comments.
“That is obviously something we will continue to access and review as we get closer to May. Typically, there’s a period of time where you need to make a decision, or you at least need to convey to the leaners what they should prepare for, but I don’t have anything to predict at this point in time,” she told reporters.
Klain on the podcast said the White House will decide on whether to cancel student debt through executive action before the payments resume. He also noted that Biden is “only president in history where no one’s paid on their student loans for the entirety of his presidency.”
Biden in April requested a memo from the Department of Education to determine his authority to cancel student debt through executive action. Since then, the administration has not publicly announced if the memo is complete.
The White House has recently pointed to the president’s extension in January when asked about the lack of action on student loan forgiveness, an issue the president has been under pressure by Democrats to address throughout his time in office.
The president did not talk about canceling student loan debt in his first State of the Union address after he campaigned in 2020 on forgiving at least $10,000 in federal student loans per person. Progressives have called on him to step that number up to $50,000 per borrower.
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While most of us were sheltering in place during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, A-List Hollywood actors were still making movies. Judd Apatow‘s new comedy, The Bubble, offers a jeering satire of how those celebrities “suffered,” by following the fictional cast of a blockbuster dinosaur franchise, Cliff Beasts.
In The Bubble, the virus is still at large, and a vaccine is not yet available. But because there is a lot of money at stake, the sixth “Cliff Beasts” movie is going to go ahead and shoot anyhow. Don’t worry, though, because the cast is going to “bubble” at a remote hotel during production. They will quarantine first, and definitely adhere to social distancing protocol on set. Nothing could possibly go wrong.
If anyone can make you laugh about the pandemic, it’s no doubt Apatow and the ensemble cast he has assembled: Karen Gillan, Iris Apatow, Fred Armisen, Maria Bakalova, David Duchovny, Keegan-Michael Key, Leslie Mann, Kate McKinnon, Pedro Pascal, Guz Khan and Peter Serafinowicz. Here’s what you need to know about how to watch The Bubble, including The Bubble release date and The Bubble release time.
WHEN DOES THE BUBBLE COME OUT? WHERE TO WATCH THE BUBBLE:
The Bubble will begin streaming on Netflix on Friday, April 1. The movie will be exclusively on Netflix—unfortunately, you won’t be able to see this one in theaters.
WHAT TIME WILL THE BUBBLE BE ON NETFLIX? THE BUBBLE RELEASE TIME:
Netflix movies are usually released on the streaming service at 12 a.m. Pacific Time or 3 a.m. Eastern Time on the morning of the film’s release date. Therefore, The Bubble will begin streaming on Netflix on Friday, April 1 at 12 a.m. PT, aka 3 a.m. ET.
If it’s midnight on Thursday night on the west coast and you don’t yet see the cast of Cliff Beasts 6 on your Netflix, try refreshing the page, or logging out and logging back in again.
IS THERE A THE BUBBLE TRAILER?
But of course! You can watch The Bubble trailer right here on Decider. Simply scroll up and unmute the video on the top of this page. Make sure to wear your mask. | https://decider.com/2022/03/31/the-bubble-netflix-what-time-david-duchovny/ | 2022-04-01T00:52:25Z |
Iowa ranked No. 6 in College Football News’ combined football and basketball rankings
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It was a banner year across the board for Iowa athletics. The Hawkeyes won the Big Ten West division in football and finished with a 10-4 record after Wisconsin entered as the preseason favorite according to the media. In men’s basketball, Iowa won the Big Ten Tournament title and finished 26-10 during a season where the Hawkeyes were picked to finish ninth by the media in the preseason poll.
Sophomore forward Keegan Murray emerged as one of the premiere players in the nation in men’s basketball. Murray finished tops in the country among power-five players, averaging 23.5 points per game. Meanwhile, on the gridiron, quarterbacks Spencer Petras and Alex Padilla combined to send the Hawkeyes into the Big Ten championships game.
As a result, College Football News ranked Iowa No. 6 nationally in its Hoops & Helmets 2022 rankings. The rankings determine who had the best and worst combined years in major college football and basketball.
There’s a case to be made for Iowa to be even higher than this. After all, it won the Big Ten conference tournament in basketball and got to the Big Ten Championship in football. However …
It didn’t win when it really counted.
The basketball title was made instantly irrelevant after losing to a mediocre Richmond team in the first around, the 42-3 loss to Michigan in the football championship was brutal, and losing the Citrus Bowl to Kentucky hurt. – College Football News.
The No. 6 ranking represents a 10-spot rise for Iowa over 2021’s No. 16 finish. After finishing No. 71 nationally in 2018, Iowa ranked No. 18 in 2019 and No. 21 in 2020.
Michigan at No. 3 was the only Big Ten school to earn a better ranking than Iowa. Baylor was ranked No. 1 nationally, Alabama No. 2, North Carolina No. 4 and Houston No. 5 to round out the top-five schools according to College Football News.
Other Big Ten schools that finished in the top 25 of College Football News’ Hoops & Helmets 2022 rankings included Purdue at No. 8, Michigan State at No. 13, Ohio State at No. 14 and Wisconsin at No. 24.
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Storj (STORJ) traded down 4% against the U.S. dollar during the one day period ending at 18:00 PM E.T. on March 31st. Storj has a market cap of $518.51 million and $83.00 million worth of Storj was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. In the last week, Storj has traded 14% higher against the U.S. dollar. One Storj coin can now be bought for about $1.34 or 0.00002920 BTC on exchanges.
Here’s how other cryptocurrencies have performed in the last 24 hours:
- Binance USD (BUSD) traded up 0.1% against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00002185 BTC.
- Polygon (MATIC) traded down 4.2% against the dollar and now trades at $1.63 or 0.00003554 BTC.
- Polygon (MATIC) traded up 1% against the dollar and now trades at $1.65 or 0.00004286 BTC.
- Crypto.com Coin (CRO) traded up 5% against the dollar and now trades at $0.41 or 0.00001075 BTC.
- Dai (DAI) traded 0.1% lower against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00002182 BTC.
- Chainlink (LINK) traded down 1% against the dollar and now trades at $17.02 or 0.00037167 BTC.
- Parkgene (GENE) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $25.59 or 0.00045023 BTC.
- DREP (DREP) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $1.96 or 0.00003398 BTC.
- DREP [old] (DREP) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $1.96 or 0.00003399 BTC.
- FTX Token (FTT) traded down 4.2% against the dollar and now trades at $49.05 or 0.00107096 BTC.
Storj Coin Profile
According to CryptoCompare, “Storj is a decentralized cloud storage platform that allows anyone to rent their idle hard drive space and to earn a revenue by doing so. Endusers can use Storj to store their files at competitive prices and within a p2p network that is secure from sever downtime, censorship and hacks. Payments within the Sotrj network are conducted with the STORJ token, an ERC20 Ethereum-based token. “
Buying and Selling Storj
It is usually not presently possible to buy alternative cryptocurrencies such as Storj directly using U.S. dollars. Investors seeking to trade Storj should first buy Bitcoin or Ethereum using an exchange that deals in U.S. dollars such as Gemini, GDAX or Coinbase. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Bitcoin or Ethereum to buy Storj using one of the aforementioned exchanges.
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Recalling the April Fool’s Day Blizzard of 1997
This Friday, April 1, will mark the 25th anniversary of the great April Fool’s Day blizzard of 1997. As often is the case when a major storm strikes, the forecasters had not predicted the extreme severity of the storm. We recall going to bed that night of March...
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Sean Schtakleff got his start working for the post office shortly after he graduated from high school in Palmdale, Calif.
The temporary, Christmas-time job sorting packages in a processing center has led to a nearly 25-year career working for the U.S. Postal Service.
Schtakleff took on his latest role March 16 when he was inducted as the newest Longmont postmaster. He is only the 10th person to serve as Longmont postmaster since 1946.
Before the role in Longmont, Schtakleff was the station manager for the Capitol Hill post office in Denver from 2019 until he was hired in Longmont. He came to Denver after working from 2007 to 2019 for the Durango post office, where he served as a supervisor and postmaster.
The postmaster oversees the day-to-day operations of the post office. In Longmont, the role involves managing roughly 140 workers and 101 routes across Longmont, Frederick and Firestone.
On Thursday morning just before 8:30 a.m., Schtakleff moved through the back room of the post office building at 201 Coffman St. Employees bustled around their work spaces sorting mail, including several crates of peeping baby chicks, which Schtakleff noted are commonly seen at the post office this time of year.
Schtakleff said he was looking to work for a smaller post office, like Longmont, because there’s a chance to better get to know workers and the community they serve.
“I found that Longmont draws more of that rural community that I’m used to down in Durango,” Schtakleff said.
Besides maintaining universal six-day mail delivery, expanding seven-day package delivery and “spurring innovation to meet the needs of our modern customers,” Schtakleff hopes to close the Longmont post office’s hiring gap. The lack of employees is one of the biggest challenges facing the post office today, he said.
“It puts the burden on our current staff,” Schtakleff said. “It puts us delivering mail to the community at later times in the afternoon and later times into the evening. It doesn’t impact the service to the community, it’s more the time of day that we are out there.”
Schtakleff plans to tackle this problem by getting the word out through advertisements, hosting job fairs and visiting community events, such as the farmers market, to share information about hiring opportunities.
Schtakleff is hoping to hire 10 more full-time carriers and up to 40 part-time carriers. He hopes to fill a number of those roles by late summer so that he can have a core of well-trained staff that will be best prepared for the holiday rush, when the post office can see two to three-times its regular volume of mail.
Safety has always been a priority, Schtakleff said, when asked about this element of the job in wake of the fatal shooting of postal worker Jason Schaefer, who died delivering mail in southwest Longmont in October. The mother of Schaefer’s child, and a co-defendant, were arrested in connection to his death.
Schtakleff said from what he knows about the incident, the post office “did a great job handling that,” and that it was a “unique situation with those individuals.”
“Safety is always, always our concern to all of our employees every day,” Schtakleff said. “We have tons of safety programs that we have installed across the nation.”
James Boxrud, U.S. Postal Service spokesperson, said while he wasn’t involved in Schtakleff’s hiring, he worked with him in Denver.
“He is very professional, cares about his employees, community and customers which to me makes him a great fit for our town,” Boxrud wrote in an email.
Boxrud, who lives west of Longmont and has worked with every local postmaster since 1977, also added:
“The Postmaster … is a coveted position in most cities and postmasters often stay for years till they retire or move to larger cities.”
Before Schtakleff, Vicki Stephens served the Longmont post office as officer-in-charge and carried on the postmaster duties in the interim. Stephens began serving in the role after Stacey Bradley left in 2020. Stephens left her role in Longmont to take on the role as postmaster in Broomfield.
Schtakleff lives in north Denver with his wife and three children, ages 14,12 and 8. He said staying in the postmaster role for a number of years is an important part of making a positive impact.
“(The postmaster who’s here for the long run) is a stable figure in the community so that we continue to provide great service,” Schtakleff said. “When that changes, the solidity of the daily process gets hiccups.” | https://www.dailycamera.com/2022/03/31/longmonts-newest-postmaster-is-10th-to-take-on-role-in-76-years/ | 2022-04-01T00:52:27Z |
Christmas talk already? Surely an April Fool’s… Nope, Ryanair to fly direct to Lapland from November
Ryanair Launches Lapland Flights
Ryanair confirmed to ITTN that they will be flying to Rovaniemi from November 2022 operating a service twice weekly from 3rd November as part of Ryanair’s Irish winter 2022/2023 schedule.
Located in Finland’s northernmost region, Lapland is a stunning location filled with magical experiences that kids (big and small) will never forget. Experience a sleigh ride with a real-life reindeer, swap dog walking for husky sledding, stay in a cosy log cabin, see the Northern Lights and last but not least, meet the main man himself together with his team of elves and reindeer.
While sunny beaches and tropical tans are widely on the minds, there’s no better time to beat the flock and book a once in a lifetime trip to Lapland to celebrate Christmas in style. To celebrate the launch of these flights, Ryanair are offering a limited-time seat sale with fares available from just €19.99 for travel until the end of January 2023 subject to availability, so make sure to log onto Ryanair.com before midnight Saturday 2nd of April to avail.
Ryanair’s Director of Marketing, Digital, Comms and Christmas Cheer, Dara Brady, said:
“It’s never too early to talk about Christmas, so we’re delighted to announce the launch of our Dublin to Lapland route, operating twice weekly from 3rd November as part of our Irish winter 2022/2023 schedule.
Bring some joy to your little ones this winter with a surprise trip to the home of Christmas magic. With low fares available on Ryanair.com, put a trip to Lapland on the Christmas list this year for an experience the family will never forget.” | https://ittn.ie/featured/ryanair-announces-dublin-to-lapland-flights-for-winter-2022/ | 2022-04-01T00:52:27Z |
Which induction range is best?
In order to create a culinary masterpiece, you need to have the best tools. Induction ranges have come a long way since they hit the market in 1933. While there were initial complaints of slow and uneven cooking, today’s induction ranges are some of the best ranges available.
The Samsung 4-Element Induction Range with Air Fry has a variety of features that bring a professional flair to any at-home cuisine.
What to know before you buy an induction range
Slide-in vs. freestanding
Induction ranges are like any other cooking range in that you can either slide them into a space on the countertop or add it to any other area of the kitchen. Freestanding ranges tend to be slightly less expensive than their slide-in counterparts. They are also more finished on the sides, offering a more aesthetic appeal.
Size of the range
The size of your kitchen will determine what size induction range you can buy. If you have the luxury of designing a kitchen around a stove, you can choose from widths that range from 30-48 inches. Larger induction ranges typically have more burners and may also include other features.
Size and number of elements
The size of your range will determine the number of elements you can cook on. However, there is some variety within this. Look for cooktop elements that fit the pots you generally cook in. Some induction ranges have size-sensing ability, which allows them to detect pot size and heat the appropriate number of coils.
Most standard induction ranges have four elements, but some have a few extra spots. These extra elements are helpful when you need to create complicated dishes.
What to look for in a quality induction range
Pre-programmed settings
Imagine never having to guess if your baked potato is fully cooked or determining the heat setting for boiling a pot of rice. These pre-programmed settings are incredibly helpful, especially for beginner chefs. Make sure to look for an induction stove with pre-programmed settings if you think this would be helpful in your home.
Safety features
You may want to have additional safety features like automatic shut-off or pot detection. These settings keep the stove burners off until they are needed, and turn them off if you leave them unattended. This is a great option for families with small children.
Ample power
One of the ways that manufacturers addressed previous issues with induction ranges was to increase the amount of power in the cooktop. Most induction ranges run 1,000-2,000 watts, but professional-grade appliances can use up to 3,500 watts.
How much you can expect to spend on an induction range
Induction ranges vary in price depending on the brand, size and additional features. You can expect to spend between $1,500-$4,500.
Induction range FAQ
How do induction ranges differ from other ranges?
A. The major difference between an induction range and other ranges is how it heats up. Instead of heating the range’s surface, which then heats a pot, induction ranges only heat the pot. These stovetops use magnetic coils to create a current that heats specialized cookware. This cookware must have a magnetic element in it. Cast iron and stainless steel are compatible with these ranges, but copper, aluminum and glass are not.
Are induction ranges fast?
A. Induction ranges typically heat around 50% faster than electric and gas ranges. This is because it heats the interior of the cookware directly instead of the surface.
Do induction ranges require special care?
A. One of the best parts of this appliance is how easy it is to clean. Spilled food does not bake onto the cooktop’s surface, which makes cleanup easy.
On the downside, the ceramic surface of the cooktop can become scratched if it’s not cleaned properly. There are a few tips to make it easier.
- Make sure the stove is turned off and that the stovetop is cool.
- Use a special cooktop scraper to remove dry food or crumbs.
- Wipe liquid spills off with a damp sponge.
- Used specialized cleaner and a non-abrasive sponge to gently scrub away stubborn dried food.
- Buff the surface with a clean paper towel.
What’s the best induction range to buy?
Top induction range
Samsung 4-Element Induction Range with Air Fry
What you need to know: You can tailor this intelligent, highly functional stove to your preferences.
What you’ll love: It’s a slide-in range featuring smartphone controls. The fingerprint-resistant black stainless steel finish looks great in a variety of kitchens. It has a built-in air fry function for fatless frying. The oven learns how you cook and programs your settings.
What you should consider: Some cooks felt it was a bit loud and expensive compared to other options.
Where to buy: Sold by Home Depot
Top induction range for the money
Frigidaire Front Control Induction Range with Air Fry
What you need to know: If you want an induction range with plenty of features at an affordable price, this is a great option.
What you’ll love: The oven has a convection fan and a third heating element to evenly circulate air. The stovetop automatically gauges the size of the pan and heats the appropriate number of coils. Spills won’t burn on the surface, making it easy to clean. The stainless steel finish is smudge-proof and beautiful.
What you should consider: It’s easy to turn on if you lean on the stove accidentally.
Where to buy: Sold by Home Depot
Worth checking out
Cafe Smart Slide-In Induction Range with Convection
What you need to know: The smart tech of this stove and connectivity make this a fun appliance to experiment with.
What you’ll love: The cooktop has five elements, one of which boils water in under two minutes. It connects to Amazon Echo or Google Assistant for all of your cooking questions, too. The oven has three racks and an in-oven camera to help you keep an eye on what’s inside.
What you should consider: It can be challenging to connect it to your Wi-Fi.
Where to buy: Sold by Wayfair
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LONDON: Afghanistan’s economy risks falling into a “death spiral” without urgent aid, with some Afghans already forced to sell their children and body parts to survive, UN chief Antonio Guterres said Thursday.
The United Nations has reached less than 13 percent of its $4.4 billon fundraising goal for Afghanistan this year, the secretary-general told a virtual conference of donors co-hosted by the UN, Britain, Germany and Qatar.
“Wealthy, powerful countries cannot ignore the consequences of their decisions on the most vulnerable,” he said, after Western nations withdrew from Afghanistan last year and allowed the Taliban back to power.
Since then, the international community has frozen nearly $9 billion in Afghan assets overseas.
Guterres lambasted actions by the Taliban including barring girls from secondary education.
“There is simply no justification for such discrimination,” he said, calling on the fundamentalist militia to deliver “an inclusive and representative government.”
But foreign donors must not abandon the Afghan people, Guterres warned, stressing that some 95 percent of Afghans do not have enough to eat and nine million are at risk from famine.
“Without immediate action, we face a starvation and malnutrition crisis in Afghanistan. People are already selling their children and their body parts, in order to feed their families,” he said.
“The first step in any meaningful humanitarian response must be to halt the death spiral of the Afghan economy.” | https://yemenwatch.com/un-chief-urges-donors-to-halt-afghan-economy-death-spiral/ | 2022-04-01T00:52:28Z |
Holly Street Files Filing Statement and Obtains Conditional Approval for Qualifying Transaction with US Critical Metals Corp.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Holly Street Capital Ltd. (TSXV: HSC.P) (“Holly” or the “Company”), a capital pool company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (the “Exchange”), and US Critical Metals Corp. (“USCM”) are pleased to announce that the Exchange has conditionally approved the proposed business combination (the “Proposed Transaction“) between USCM and the Company previously announced in the Company’s press releases dated November 1, 2021, January 10, 2022 and February 25, 2022. The Proposed Transaction remains subject to the final approval of the Exchange and satisfaction of closing conditions customary for transactions of this nature. The Company, upon and subject to completion of the Transaction (the “Resulting Issuer”), will continue under the name “US Critical Metals Corp” and trade on the Exchange under the symbol “USCM”. The Proposed Transaction is expected to close on or about April 12, 2022. The Company and USCM have entered into an amending agreement extending the outside date for completion of the Proposed Transaction to April 15, 2022.
The Company has filed a filing statement today that is dated effective March 31, 2022 (the “Filing Statement“) with the Exchange and on the Company’s SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com. Additional information in respect of the Proposed Transaction, the Company and USCM can be found in the Filing Statement.
In accordance with the policies of the Exchange, the Company’s common shares are currently halted from trading and will remain so until such time as required by Exchange policies.
About Holly Street Capital Ltd.
Holly is designated as a capital pool company under TSXV Policy 2.4. Holly has not commenced commercial operations and has no assets other than cash. Holly’s objective is to identify and evaluate businesses or assets with a view to completing a qualifying transaction. Any proposed qualifying transaction must be approved by the TSXV and, in the case of a non-arm’s-length qualifying transaction, must also receive majority approval of the minority shareholders. Until the completion of a qualifying transaction, Holly will not carry on any business other than the identification and evaluation of businesses or assets with a view to completing a proposed qualifying transaction.
As of the date hereof, Holly has 7,510,000 common shares issued and outstanding (2,000,000 of which are subject to escrow restrictions), and an aggregate of 450,000 common shares are reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding stock options.
Holly is a portfolio company of Resurgent Capital Corp. (“Resurgent”), a merchant bank providing venture capital markets advisory services and proprietary financing. Resurgent works with promising public and pre-public micro-capitalization companies listing on Canadian stock exchanges. For more information on Resurgent and its portfolio companies, please visit Resurgent’s website at https://www.resurgentcapital.ca or follow Resurgent on LinkedIn at https://ca.linkedin.com/company/resurgent-capital-corp.
About US Critical Metals Corp.
USCM is a private mining company incorporated under the laws of British Columbia and with its head office in British Columbia.
USCM is and has been since incorporation focused on mining projects that will further secure the US supply of critical metals, which are essential to fueling the new age economy. Pursuant to option agreements with private Canadian and American companies, USCM’s assets consist of two option agreements, each providing USCM with the right to acquire a 100% interest in the respective mineral exploration project. Such exploration projects include the Haynes Cobalt Project, consisting of 23 lode claims, located in Idaho, and the Clayton Ridge Lithium Project, consisting of 90 unpatented mining claims, located in Nevada.
A significant percentage of the world’s critical metal supply comes from sources that are not aligned with US interests and demands. USCM intends to explore and develop critical metal assets with near and long-term strategic value to the advancement of US interests and that contribute to the US maintaining its leading global position in the green energy economy and emerging technology.
The global shift in energy supply and demand can be sustainably advanced by ensuring US domestic resources are explored and developed responsibility and efficiently. USCM is committed to responsible resource development and adhering to environmental, social and governance practices and procedures.
For further information regarding Holly and the Proposed Transaction, please contact Joel Freudman, Chief Executive Officer of Holly, at (647) 880-6414.
For further information regarding USCM and the Proposed Transaction, please contact Darren Collins, Chief Executive Officer of USCM, at (786) 633-1756.
Neither 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 release.
Completion of the Proposed Transaction is subject to a number of conditions, including but not limited to, Exchange acceptance and if applicable pursuant to Exchange Requirements, majority of the minority shareholder approval. Where applicable, the Proposed Transaction cannot close until the required shareholder approval is obtained. There can be no assurance that the Proposed Transaction will be completed as proposed or at all.
Investors are cautioned that, except as disclosed in the Filing Statement prepared in connection with the Proposed Transaction, any information released or received with respect to the Proposed Transaction may not be accurate or complete and should not be relied upon. Trading in the securities of a capital pool company should be considered highly speculative.
The TSX Venture Exchange Inc. has in no way passed upon the merits of the Proposed Transaction and has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this press release.
All information contained in this news release with respect to Holly and USCM was supplied by the parties, respectively, for inclusion herein, and Holly and its directors and officers have relied on USCM for any information concerning such party.
This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to sell any of the securities in the United States. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”) or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to U.S. Persons unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is available.
Forward-Looking Information
The information in this news release includes certain information and statements about management’s view of future events, expectations, plans and prospects that constitute forward looking statements, including statements relating to the completion of the Proposed Transaction, the proposed business of the Resulting Issuer on completion of the Proposed Transaction, the proposed listing for trading of the Resulting Issuer common shares, shareholder, director and regulatory approvals, and future press releases and disclosure. These statements are based upon assumptions that are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Because of these risks and uncertainties and as a result of a variety of factors, the actual results, expectations, achievements or performance of each of Holly and USCM may differ materially from those anticipated and indicated by these forward looking statements. Although each of Holly and USCM believes that the expectations reflected in forward looking statements herein are reasonable, they can give no assurances that the expectations of any forward looking statements herein will prove to be correct. Except as required by law, each of Holly and USCM disclaims any intention and assume no obligation to update or revise any forward looking statements herein to reflect actual results, whether as a result of new information, future events, changes in assumptions, changes in factors affecting such forward looking statements or otherwise. | https://www.cbj.ca/holly-street-files-filing-statement-and-obtains-conditional-approval-for-qualifying-transaction-with-us-critical-metals-corp/ | 2022-04-01T00:52:29Z |
RA'ANANA, Israel, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Inspira Technologies OXY B.H.N. Ltd. (Nasdaq: IINN) (Nasdaq: IINNW), has released its financial results for 2021 by posting an update on its Investor Relations website. Please click here to view the CEO update.
About Inspira Technologies OXY B.H.N. Ltd.
Inspira Technologies is an innovative medical device company in the respiratory care industry. Inspira is developing the ART system, a cost effective early extracorporeal respiratory support system with an intent to function as an "Artificial Lung" for deteriorating respiratory patients. The ART is designed to utilize a hemo-protective flow approach aimed to rebalance saturation levels while patients are awake and spontaneously breathing, potentially minimizing the patient's need for invasive mechanical ventilation. The Company's product has not yet been tested or used in humans and has not been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or the CE or other required regulatory agencies.
Investor Relations Contact:
Miri Segal, MS-IR LLC
+917-607-8654
msegal@ms-ir.com, info@inspirao2.com
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Xensor (XSR) traded 5.6% lower against the US dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 20:00 PM E.T. on March 31st. Xensor has a total market capitalization of $1.54 million and approximately $63,082.00 worth of Xensor was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One Xensor coin can currently be purchased for $0.0003 or 0.00000001 BTC on cryptocurrency exchanges. In the last seven days, Xensor has traded 1.1% higher against the US dollar.
Here’s how related cryptocurrencies have performed in the last 24 hours:
- Binance USD (BUSD) traded 0% lower against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00002193 BTC.
- Polygon (MATIC) traded 4% lower against the dollar and now trades at $1.62 or 0.00003552 BTC.
- Polygon (MATIC) traded up 1% against the dollar and now trades at $1.65 or 0.00004286 BTC.
- Crypto.com Coin (CRO) traded up 5% against the dollar and now trades at $0.41 or 0.00001075 BTC.
- Dai (DAI) traded down 0% against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00002194 BTC.
- Chainlink (LINK) traded down 1.8% against the dollar and now trades at $16.92 or 0.00037138 BTC.
- Parkgene (GENE) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $25.59 or 0.00045023 BTC.
- DREP (DREP) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $1.96 or 0.00003398 BTC.
- DREP [old] (DREP) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $1.96 or 0.00003399 BTC.
- FTX Token (FTT) traded 4.5% lower against the dollar and now trades at $48.91 or 0.00107359 BTC.
Xensor Coin Profile
According to CryptoCompare, “Xensor will create a decentralized data market, where interested parties, such as insurance companies and banks, can trade the data gathered from its IoT networks with Xensor tokens (XSR). XSR tokens will also be mineable via Xensor hardware whose owners will be compensated for opting to offer data. XSR tokens may also be used to purchase services rendered by Xensor, including solution services, hardware maintenance, hardware purchase, and communication network services. “
Xensor Coin Trading
It is usually not possible to purchase alternative cryptocurrencies such as Xensor directly using US dollars. Investors seeking to trade Xensor should first purchase Ethereum or Bitcoin using an exchange that deals in US dollars such as Changelly, Gemini or GDAX. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Ethereum or Bitcoin to purchase Xensor using one of the aforementioned exchanges.
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Poseidon Network (QQQ) traded 5.9% higher against the U.S. dollar during the 1 day period ending at 19:00 PM E.T. on March 31st. Over the last seven days, Poseidon Network has traded down 1% against the U.S. dollar. Poseidon Network has a total market capitalization of $14.66 million and $103,318.00 worth of Poseidon Network was traded on exchanges in the last day. One Poseidon Network coin can now be purchased for about $0.0067 or 0.00000015 BTC on popular exchanges.
Here is how other cryptocurrencies have performed over the last day:
- IOTA (MIOTA) traded down 4.2% against the dollar and now trades at $0.85 or 0.00001869 BTC.
- VITE (VITE) traded 7.5% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0583 or 0.00000127 BTC.
- Obyte (GBYTE) traded down 1.2% against the dollar and now trades at $21.27 or 0.00046521 BTC.
- IoT Chain (ITC) traded down 0.2% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0265 or 0.00000058 BTC.
- HYCON (HYC) traded 1.1% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0002 or 0.00000000 BTC.
- TrustNote (TTT) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
Poseidon Network Coin Profile
According to CryptoCompare, “Products of the Poseidon Network are positioned as a worldwide decentralized P2P infrastructure, including: Decentralized CDN, Distributed Storage, Distributed Content Delivering, TEE…etc. The POSEIDON NETWORK is the world's first CDN hybrid blockchain application platform, which is built on the concept of Internet of Things.The Poseidon Network runs on a dual-token system: Security token – PSD, and utility token – QQQ. The PSD token is anchored to the real value of POSEIDON NETWORK mainnet including all of the devices – NAS, desktops, mobiles, IoTs…etc – and network resources – bandwidth, storage, computations…etc. If you own PSD token, you own some duty and rights to the mainnet, likewise, legal citizen in the world of Poseidon Network. It means that, you have the right to vote or, even more, amend the law, which are smart contracts in this case, on governance layer. The QQQ is the utility token of the Poseidon Network platform. “
Poseidon Network Coin Trading
It is usually not possible to buy alternative cryptocurrencies such as Poseidon Network directly using US dollars. Investors seeking to acquire Poseidon Network should first buy Ethereum or Bitcoin using an exchange that deals in US dollars such as Changelly, Coinbase or GDAX. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Ethereum or Bitcoin to buy Poseidon Network using one of the exchanges listed above.
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LSU basketball transfer portal tracker: Who have the Tigers lost, gained this offseason?
It’s certainly shaping up to be a transitional offseason in Baton Rouge. Before LSU was eliminated in the NCAA Tournament by Iowa State in the first round, the program chose to fire men’s basketball coach Will Wade after he was cited by the NCAA as part of its ongoing investigation.
College sports have now entered the transfer portal era. Players are now permitted to transfer without consequence, and whenever there’s a coaching change, you can expect that at least some roster attrition will follow.
That has been the case for LSU, which has already seen a number of players elect to transfer in the wake of Wade’s firing and the subsequent hiring of Matt McMahon from Murray State. The Tigers have already brought in one of McMahon’s former Racers players, and more are likely to follow.
Here’s a rundown of each player LSU has lost and gained in the transfer portal. We’ll update this list as more decisions are made.
Guard Brandon Murray (Out)
AP Photo/Sam Craft
[autotag]Brandon Murray[/autotag] was a top-100 recruit in 2021, and he saw the court early and often at LSU this season. He started 32 of the 33 games he appeared in and averaged in double figures scoring with 10 points per game.
However, with Wade out, Murray will look to spend the final three seasons of his college career elsewhere.
Guard Xavier Pinson (Out)
Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports
[autotag]Xavier Pinson[/autotag] played point guard for the Tigers in his lone season in Baton Rouge. The Missouri transfer played in just 28 games due to injury, but he averaged 9.8 points and 4.8 assists.
Pinson is a senior, but he will take advantage of the extra year of eligibility afforded to him due to COVID-19 to play elsewhere.
Forward Shareef O'Neale (Out)
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Shareef O’Neal arrived at LSU with quite a bit of fanfare due to the fact that his father, Shaquille, is a legend on campus. Shareef wasn’t quite as productive, though, averaging just 2.9 points and 2.1 rebounds in 14 appearances.
He’s a former top 50 prospect that has never caught on in stops at UCLA and LSU, but he’ll hope the next stop is the right one.
Guard Adam Miller (Out)
Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports
Expectations were high for [autotag]Adam Miller[/autotag] when he joined the Tigers, as he saw significant action at a solid Big Ten program in Illinois. Fate had other plans, though, and Miller missed the entire season with a torn ACL.
With the coaching change, it seems he didn’t see much of a reason to stick around.
C Jerrell Colbert (Out)
Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports
[autotag]Jerrell Colbert[/autotag] was a true freshman this season, and the former three-star recruit didn’t get many opportunities. He saw the court in just four games, and he averaged just 6.8 minutes in those contests.
Guard Justice Williams (Out)
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[autotag]Justice Williams[/autotag] is another reserve player, though he played in 20 games this season. He wasn’t particularly productive, but losing him will hurt depth in the backcourt next season.
Center Kendal Coleman (In, Nicholls)
Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports
McMahon’s first pickup as head coach comes from an in-state mid-major program. Big man [autotag]Kendal Coleman[/autotag] may just be 6-foot-8, but he’s a very aggressive scorer inside and dominates the boards. He averaged a double-double with 15.4 points and 10.1 rebounds per game, and this is a nice addition for LSU to replace some of its losses.
Guard Justice Hill (In, Murray State)
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McMahon’s second transfer-portal addition is a player he’s very familiar with. Justice Hill, who will enter the 2022-23 season as a junior, averaged 13.4 points per game for the Racers this past season. He shot 43.1% from the field and 35.8% from downtown.
He’s also a solid passer who averaged 5.1 assists to 1.9 turnovers, and he’ll help replenish a backcourt that is currently hurting for talent.
Center Bradley Ezewiro (Out)
Feb 26, 2022; Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA; LSU Tigers forward Tari Eason (13) and forward Bradley Ezewiro (21) react before a game against the Missouri Tigers at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. Mandatory Credit: Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports
Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports
A three-star recruit in the 2021 class, Ezewiro saw limited action in his true freshman season in Baton Rouge. He played in just seven games and averaged 4.1 minutes in those contests with just 1.6 points.
Center Efton Reid
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Reid was the prize recruit in LSU’s 2021 recruiting class. A five-star and top-30 recruit, he was expected to make a big difference for the Tigers. He started all 34 games that he appeared in in 2021-22, but his impact was limited.
He made more than 50% of his shots from the field, but he averaged just 6.3 points and 4.3 rebounds. This is a major loss for the Tigers, but it’s one that makes a lot of sense after Reid’s freshman season didn’t go as planned.
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Parent of transgender child speaks out after Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signs anti-trans bills
PHOENIX - Republican Gov. Doug Ducey has signed bills banning transgender girls from playing on girls' sports teams and prohibiting gender reassignment surgeries for minors.
The governor described Senate bills 1138 and 1165 as legislation to "protect female athletes" and "to ensure that individuals undergoing irreversible gender reassignment surgery are of adult age."
"This legislation is common-sense and narrowly-targeted to address these two specific issues — while ensuring that transgender individuals continue to receive the same dignity, respect and kindness as every individual in our society," Ducey said in a Twitter thread.
Two GOP governors last week bucked conservatives in their party and vetoed bills in Indiana and Utah requiring trans girls to play on boys sports teams.
Republicans have said blocking transgender players from girls sports teams would protect the integrity of women’s sports, fearing that trans athletes would have an advantage.
Many point to the transgender collegiate swimmer Lia Thomas, who won an individual title at the NCAA Women’s Division I Swimming and Diving Championship last week.
But there are few trans athletes in Arizona schools. Since 2017, about 16 trans athletes have received waivers to play on teams that align with their gender identities out of about 170,000 school-based athletes in the state, according to the Arizona Interscholastic Association.
"This bill to me is all about biology," said Republican Rep. Shawnna Bolick, who said she played on a coed team in the 1980s but could not have made the high school boys team. "In my opinion, its unfair to allow biological males to compete with biological girls sports."
RELATED: Arizona lawmakers move forward with bill banning transgender girls on women's sports teams
Critics said the legislation dehumanizes trans youth to address an issue that hasn’t been a problem.
"We’re talking about legislating bullying against children who are already struggling just to get by," said Democratic Rep. Kelli Butler. fighting back tears.
Until two years ago, no state had passed a law regulating gender-designated youth sports. But the issue has become front-and-center in Republican-led statehouses since Idaho lawmakers passed the nation’s first sports participation law in 2020. It’s now blocked in court, along with another in West Virginia.
"This bill is creating a pointless and harmful solution to a non-existent issue," Skyler Morrison, a 13-year-old transgender girl, told lawmakers during a committee hearing earlier this month. "It’s obvious this bill is just an excuse to discriminate against transgender girls."
Republicans around the country have leaned into culture war issues including transgender rights. The debate and vote on the transgender sports legislation came the same morning the House considered and passed a ban on abortions after 15-week gestation. Republicans said little during debates on all three bills.
‘It is irreversible’
Arizona is one of 20 states that have considered legislation to restrict gender-affirming health care. The bill originally would have banned all such care for minors but was scaled back to restrict only irreversible procedures, such as surgeries related to gender reassignment.
Similar legislation passed the Idaho House earlier this month but it died in the Senate amid concerns from some Republicans about restricting parental rights.
Supporters of the Arizona bill said it would prevent children from making permanent decisions that they might later come to regret. Republican Rep. John Kavanagh compared the vote to the Legislature’s unanimous decision in years past to ban genital mutilation.
"We should stand the same way today because this is mutilation of children," Kavanagh said. "It is irreversible. It is horrific."
Critics said the decision should be left to parents, their children and the health care team caring for them. They said surgeries are only performed after extensive care and therapy.
"We’re talking about our kids, who are already going to be taking the proper steps with their parents to be able to be who they are," said Democratic Rep. Andres Cano.
The bill originally would have banned all gender-affirming care, including hormone therapies and puberty blockers but was scaled back in the Senate.
Similar legislation passed the Idaho House earlier this month but died in the Senate, where some Republicans said they were concerned about restricting parental rights.
Parents, advocates speak out
On March 30, a day after the bills were signed into law by Gov. Ducey, parents and advocates expressed their devastation.
"It was a punch," said Ai Binh Ho. "It takes away our rights to make decisions together with our children."
Ho's four-year-old daughter is transgender.
"For me to say ‘you’ll never be part of a team,' I just don’t even know what to say, how to tell her that," said Ho. "It takes away that hope that we have for her."
President Joe Biden, meanwhile, promised his administration will stand up for the transgender community.
"The onslaught of anti-transgender state laws attacking you and your families is simply wrong," said the President.
On March 30, the U.S. Department of Justice sent a letter to states, warning it will go after states that practice unlawful discrimination based on gender identity. In response, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich tweeted ‘See you in court (again).'
In the meantime, some parents are now thinking about leaving Arizona, for the sake of their kids.
"You know when she reaches the age where she wants the surgery, and is ready for the surgery -- we know that the surgery decreases suicide, it is a lifeline for her -- I think we will have to move," said Ho.
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Takkt Ag (ETR:TTK – Get Rating)’s share price reached a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Thursday . The stock traded as high as €16.72 ($18.37) and last traded at €16.40 ($18.02), with a volume of 72654 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at €16.40 ($18.02).
Several brokerages have recently weighed in on TTK. Warburg Research set a €17.80 ($19.56) target price on shares of Takkt in a research note on Thursday, February 24th. Berenberg Bank set a €19.00 ($20.88) target price on shares of Takkt in a research note on Thursday.
The company has a quick ratio of 0.77, a current ratio of 1.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 14.96. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.08 billion and a PE ratio of 22.47. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is €15.23 and its two-hundred day moving average price is €14.74.
TAKKT AG operates as a B2B direct marketing company for business equipment in Germany, rest of Europe, and the United States. The company operates in two segments, Omnichannel Commerce and Web-Focused Commerce. The Omnichannel Commerce segment offers pallet lifting trucks, universal cabinets, desk chairs, environmental cabinets, and containers to hazardous materials for transport, plant, warehouse, and office equipment; transport packaging solutions, such as collapsible boxes, package padding, shipping pallets, and stretch films; desk chairs, desks, conference tables, and furniture for reception areas that are used in automotive suppliers, service and retail companies, public institutions, government agencies, health care sector, schools, and churches; and serving platters and food baskets, as well as kitchen stoves and freezers.
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McCarthy-backed Republican wins contested Texas House primary
Texas Republican Morgan Luttrell won a contested House primary over an opponent backed by the GOP’s far-right flank.
Luttrell, a former Navy SEAL endorsed by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, bested several other candidates in the primary, including conservative activist Christian Collins, who was backed by Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.). Collins had also previously worked for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).
Luttrell’s victory sets him up as the favorite to win the general election to replace retiring Rep. Kevin Brady (R) in Texas’s deep-red 8th Congressional District outside of Houston.
Collins and his allies had seized on Luttrell’s support for McCarthy and endorsements from people like Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), one of former President Trump’s fiercest intraparty critics, to suggest that Luttrell is insufficiently conservative.
The race also underscored the divided bases of the GOP. Collins founded the Texas Youth Summit, which promotes speakers who tout the “Judeo-Christian principles this country was founded upon,” while Luttrell came from a more traditional military background.
The results of the primary could also reverberate in the battle for the Speakership should Republicans retake the House in November. Luttrell has indicated that he would back McCarthy, while Collins said he would follow the recommendations of the hard-line House Freedom Caucus, which has grown closer to McCarthy but sunk his 2015 Speaker bid.
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Mayor Carlo DeMaria is pleased to announce that the City of Everett has partnered with PlanIt Geo – Urban Forestry Consulting and Software Powerhouse, to inventory over 8,100 trees in the City of Everett. Through the inventory process, each tree has been or will be numbered, pictured, identified...
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Boulder-Fire Rescue reached 100% containment on the NCAR Fire, which burned 190 acres in Boulder.
According to a tweet sent about 5 p.m. Thursday, Boulder-Fire Rescue announced crews had reached full containment on the fire. However, they noted that it does not mean the fire is completely “out” because there may be smoldering areas or smoke from where it was extinguished.
Hey #Boulder! We are happy to announced that Containment of the #NCARfire is now at 100% and the acreage remains at 190. #boulder #boulderfirerescue #wildland #thanks pic.twitter.com/8oiui8Ok1u
— Boulder Fire-Rescue (@boulder_fire) March 31, 2022
On Tuesday, the fire reached 90% containment thanks to the rainy weather.
Boulder officials said the fire started about 2 p.m. Saturday in Bear Canyon.
At its largest, the evacuation area included an estimated 19,000 people and 8,000 homes before it was reduced Saturday night and then lifted on Sunday afternoon.
There have been no structures damaged and no reported injuries.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation, and the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office is asking anyone who was on or near the trails south of NCAR around the time the fire started and may have seen anything to call 720-564-2679 or email BCSOTips@bouldercounty.org. | https://www.dailycamera.com/2022/03/31/ncar-fire-containment-reaches-100-thursday-evening/ | 2022-04-01T00:52:33Z |
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Duke players echo Coach K on ignoring “revenge” factor
NEW ORLEANS – If you had any doubts about whether Mike Krzyzewski’s message that Saturday night’s game cannot take on a payback theme, you only had to listen to the second question to Duke players on Thursday afternoon.
Wendell Moore Jr., Mark Williams and Paolo Banchero, in that order, responded to a question about how the Blue Devils are approaching “the whole revenge thing,” given North Carolina beat Duke in these teams’ last meeting.
It was a multi-part question, broaching whether the Blue Devils were embracing that mindset, using it as fuel or treating this as its own game.
Here were their responses:
Moore: “We’re not looking at either revenge, what happened last time. We’re not looking at anything else. For us this is a championship-level game. This is how we’re going into it. No matter who it was, they’re in the way of us getting to Monday.”
Williams: “100%. I think regardless of who we play on Saturday, we have the same mindset. Obviously it’s a national semifinal game. You want to go out there, play your best basketball, play hard, do whatever it takes to win, no matter if it’s North Carolina or whoever it may be.”
Banchero: “Just really trying to get away from that and not think about that. We’re trying to play on Monday and win the championship. So we’re going to do whatever it takes to do that, it doesn’t matter who we play.”
That’s as clear as we need to be here.
Krzyzewski said Tuesday that if Duke goes into this historic matchup thinking about rivalry meaning and payback, it’s likely to lose.
And even if they were to win Saturday while focused on those things, the Blue Devils would then be likely to lose Monday night’s championship game – the nature of an emotional letdown and succumbing to human nature.
That’s also why Krzyzewski’s focus has been on explaining that UNC is a different team than either of the times Duke played the Tar Heels this season.
“I think for our guys, one, because we’ve played each other twice, to know that it’s not the same team we played either time,” Krzyzewski said. “They’ve grown and they’re better.”
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Irish-owned and operated, Travel Department is a provider of guided group holidays, delivering memorable holidays to 1000s of people in Ireland and the UK. They have been operating for over 25 years bringing customers to wonderful destinations all over the world. Their team create fully guided group holidays that include everything from flights, accommodation, excursions to iconic sights and experienced local guides. Their customers come back time and time again thanks to their range of incredible destinations and to the best-in-class service that they provide.
Travel Department explains “Headquartered close Dublin’s vibrant docks area and the city centre, our greatest strengths are our people, our scale, our market leading position in Ireland and our unrivalled experience. Our team are experts, and all have one crucial thing in common – we are all passionate about travel.”
They have an exciting opportunity for an Operations Executive to join their team. The role will report to their Operations Manager.
Their Operations department is the communications hub of the company! It is an extremely busy department and the small team constantly strive to ensure a seamless operation. Once a holiday is on sale, they are the first point of contact for the overseas suppliers and also facilitate communication between these suppliers and the Sales/Customer Service team.
The Role:
· Liaising with suppliers (hotels and airlines) with regard to sales, contract deadlines & option dates.
· Managing Sales requests & Communicating customer special requests to suppliers.
· Preparing the final details for our holidays in collaboration with overseas suppliers.
· Sending final list of names / room breakdown / itinerary to overseas agents prior to our group’s arrival.
· Updating customers with changes to their holidays – schedule/hotel/excursion changes.
· Point of contact for both the customer and supplier in emergency situations.
· Preparing airline tickets and customer itineraries for dispatch.
· Part of emergency out of hours phone roster.
· Sending passenger manifests to airlines and communicating special requests
· Managing late bookings
· Loading tours and updating tours on our reservations system.
· Provide customer Visa Support via email
· Mentoring interns
· Ad hoc duties
Personal Attributes and Skills required:
· A positive attitude and ability to work on your own initiative.
· Very strong attention to detail.
· Excellent communication skills.
· Ability to meet deadlines and learn quickly in a busy environment.
· Flexibility – ability to multitask!
· Good knowledge of Microsoft Office.
· Previous travel industry experience is preferable.
Salary / benefits / etc. for the right candidate:
· Working days / hours: 9am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday.
Subject to agreement from your manager, you may be eligible to work slightly different hours.
· Salary commensurate with experience.
· 1.66 days annual leave for every month worked.
· Staff discounts offered on Travel Department and Click&Go holidays
· Position based in Dublin 2, served by many transport links with flexibility for a blend of home and office working.
· Dynamic and exciting industry and work environment.
If you think this is the role for you, please email a cover letter along with your CV to [email protected]
The closing date for applications is 17th April 2022.
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Which Josie Maran products are best?
Josie Maran, the eponymous brand founded by the model and entrepreneur, made its name by formulating rich, nourishing products that look great on the skin and add moisture and a youthful glow. With a full range of options, from body butters to eye creams and cosmetics, it’s hard to choose just one. But if you’re looking for a popular all-purpose product that lets you sample this bestselling line, the Josie Maran The Glow Duo Kit is the top choice.
What to know before you buy a Josie Maran product
Face vs. body
Josie Maran has a great array of products for face and body, each formulated to be effective but gentle. If you’re looking to refine the skin on your face to prepare it for makeup application, or if you wear cosmetics every day, lean into their face oils and butters. If you’re finding the skin on your body consistently ashy or flaky, choose a body product instead.
Your skin’s needs
Josie Maran tends to include rich, hydrating oils in their formulations, including argan oil, the cornerstone of many of their products. If you have oily or acne-prone skin, lean into their lighter products made for oily skin.
Travel size vs. full size
If you’re just getting started learning about this cult favorite skin care line, you can test out the products for less with their travel-sized offerings. Bonus: They fit in your makeup bag for when you need to take your skin care on the go.
What to look for in a quality Josie Maran product
Hydration
One of Josie Maran’s key qualities is the rich moisturizing ingredients they infuse into their products. So if you’re dealing with dry or flaky skin, Josie Maran has a lot of terrific options that go on thick but absorb fully, like their signature argan oil.
SPF
We all know we should wear SPF daily to protect our skin, but so often these formulas have a chemical smell and feel too heavy on the face. Not Josie Maran’s — all products with SPF are light, clean and easy to layer on under makeup, making them a great choice when you want to get serious about your sun protection.
Gentle exfoliation
Exfoliating doesn’t have to be harsh and tough on the skin, as demonstrated by the variety of Josie Maran products that offer gentle skin rejuvenation for glowing, healthy-looking skin. Try their retinol or enzyme products for a mild clean.
How much you can expect to spend on a Josie Maran product
Josie Maran products range from as low as $17 to upward of $50 for kits and larger sizes.
Josie Maran products FAQ
Are Josie Maran products cruelty-free?
A. Per the brand’s website, their products are cruelty-free, phthalate-free, formaldehyde-free and don’t contain synthetic fragrances, mineral oil or gluten.
What’s the best way to apply Josie Maran moisturizing products?
A. First, get your skin clean and well-exfoliated. Then, while skin is still damp, apply your preferred Josie Maran moisturizer. The reason it’s preferable to apply moisturizers on damp skin is that the product can seal in the natural moisture already present in the skin, leading to a healthy, natural feel.
Do Josie Maran products expire?
A. Because Josie Maran products are made with natural ingredients and a minimum of preservatives, you’ll want to replace them every 12 to 18 months to ensure their freshness.
What’s the best Josie Maran product to buy?
Top Josie Maran product
What you need to know: This combination of the brand’s favorites, including their Whipped Argan Oil Face Butter, Bright Skin Vitamin C Serum, and signature 100% Pure Argan Oil, offers brightening and soothing for most skin types.
What you’ll love: If you’ve got any dullness, dryness, or even dark spots, this combo smooths out your skin and evens out tone while giving you a healthy glow. The company suggests using the vitamin C serum first, allowing it to absorb fully before applying the face butter and then the argan oil.
What you should consider: The three-step process can seem lengthy to some. If you don’t deal with dark spots, or want an on-the-go routine, opt for just the face butter on most days, with the full application on weekends when you have extra time to let products absorb.
Where to buy: Sold by Sephora
Top Josie Maran product for the money
Josie Maran Mini 100% Pure Argan Oil Light
What you need to know: Get started with the benefits of argan oil with this light formulation that soaks in even faster than the original.
What you’ll love: This oil absorbs into skin with the speed of a light cream and leaves your face feeling hydrated and glowing. Ideal for even oilier and sensitive skin types, as well as those prone to breakouts, it’s formulated to provide all the benefits of regular argan oil while absorbing quickly into a matte base.
What you should consider: This is a mini size, and if you’re an avid user, you’ll need to restock quickly.
Where to buy: Sold by Sephora
Worth checking out
What you need to know: Josie Maran’s roots as a skincare company show even in their cosmetics, as this moisture-rich color stick demonstrates. It goes on smooth and creamy and feels great on your skin.
What you’ll love: Versatile and sunny, this color brightens up most complexions. Use it on cheeks or lips to bring a touch of summer to your look any time of the year. The creamy stick blends easily and goes on sheer for a dash of color that’s not overpowering.
What you should consider: If you’re sensitive to smells, you should know this has a distinct menthol aroma, which can feel especially strong if you apply it on lips.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Stone Investment Group Extends the Cash Offer Period for Debentures to May 30
TORONTO, March 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Stone Investment Group Limited (“SIG” or the “Corporation“) announces that the offer period for its fully-funded, all-cash offer to purchase 7,293 of its Debentures made by a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation for $800 per Debenture (the “Cash Offer“) has been extended and now expires at 5 pm (Toronto time) on May 30, 2022 (the “Expiry Time“).
Details of the Cash Offer are set out in the offer document dated November 29, 2021 (the “Offer Document“) and the letter of transmittal (the “Letter of Transmittal“) circulated in connection with the Offeror’s original cash offer, as modified by the press releases issued by the Corporation on December 15, December 17, December 21, December 22, December 27 and January 28. Aside from the change in Expiry Time, all terms and conditions regarding the cash offer for Debentures remain the same. The Offer Document, the accompanying Letter of Transmittal and the press releases are available under the Corporation’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Debentureholders who wish to participate and tender their Debentures to the Cash Offer should immediately contact their advisor and direct them to complete SIG’s Letter of Transmittal and return it by email to Sintra Capital at khooke@sintracap.ca before the Expiry Time. Debentureholders who require a copy of the Letter of Transmittal can request it from Sintra Capital and it is also available under the Corporation’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
On December 27, 2021, SIG obtained a preliminary interim order (the “Preliminary Interim Order“) under the Canada Business Corporations Act from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) (the “CBCA Proceedings“). The Preliminary Interim Order grants a stay of proceedings in favour of the Corporation in respect of, among other things, defaults that may result from the Corporation’s decision to initiate the CBCA Proceedings and events of default under the Corporation’s Debentures including the failure to make payment of all principal and interest owing under the Debentures due on December 28, 2021. For more information on the Preliminary Interim Order and the CBCA Proceedings, please refer to SIG’s December 27, 2021 press release. Notwithstanding the commencement of the CBCA Proceedings, the Corporation has made the quarterly cash interest payments calculated at 7.5% per annum, on January 15, 2022 for the quarterly interest payment ending December 31, 2021 and plans to make the quarterly payment on or about April 15, for the quarter ended March 31, 2022.
Please refer to SIG’s November 30, 2021 press release, SIG’s December 15, 2021 press release, SIG’s December 17, 2021 press release, SIG’s December 21, 2021 press release, SIG’s second December 21, 2021 press release, SIG’s December 22, 2021 press release, SIG’s December 27, 2021 press release, SIG’s January 28, 2022 press release and Offer Document for more information on the Cash Offer.
About Stone Investment Group Limited
The Corporation is an independent wealth management company. The Corporation, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Stone Asset Management Limited, structures and manages high quality investment products for Canadian investors.
For more information:
Stone Investment Group Limited
Jason Stone
Investor Relations
416 867 2533 or 800 336 9528
jasons@stoneco.com
www.stoneco.com
or
Sintra Capital
Kevin Hooke
President
204 291 5735
khooke@sintracap.ca
Disclaimer for Forward-Looking Information
This news release includes certain “forward-looking statements” under applicable Canadian securities legislation that are not historical facts. Forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results, performance, prospects, and opportunities to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements in this news release include, but are not limited to, statements regarding: the Debentures, the Cash Offer and the operations of the Corporation. Forward-looking statements are necessarily based on a number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable, are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results and future events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to: general business, economic and social uncertainties; litigation, legislative, environmental and other judicial, regulatory, political and competitive developments and other risks outside of the Corporation’s control. Additional risk factors are included in the Company’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis, available under the Corporation’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Although the Corporation believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing the forward-looking statements are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on these statements, which only apply as of the date of this news release, and no assurance can be given that such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all. Except as required by applicable laws, the Corporation disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. | https://www.cbj.ca/stone-investment-group-extends-the-cash-offer-period-for-debentures-to-may-30/ | 2022-04-01T00:52:35Z |
O3Swap (O3) traded flat against the US dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 20:00 PM ET on March 31st. One O3Swap coin can currently be purchased for $1.97 or 0.00003152 BTC on popular exchanges. In the last week, O3Swap has traded flat against the US dollar. O3Swap has a total market cap of $50.68 million and $7.59 million worth of O3Swap was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours.
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Winning significant government contracts and commercial software subscriptions
Strengthening the balance sheet
DENVER, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Intermap Technologies (TSX: IMP) (OTCQX: ITMSF) ("Intermap" or the "Company"), a global leader in geospatial intelligence solutions, today filed its audited annual financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021, the annual management discussion and analysis for the corresponding period, related management certifications of annual filings and its annual information form. The documents are available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Consolidated revenue for the year ended December 31, 2021 totaled $5.8 million, compared with $4.7 million for 2020, as the Company began to recover from the disruption related to the COVID-19 pandemic. During 2021, the Company announced several government contract awards, including:
- Won a contract to supply low latency foundation data to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
- Awarded a contract with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to support GPS-denied navigation
- Selected to be on multiple teams for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) GPSC4 program
- Awarded a contract to map Borneo for the government of Malaysia's federal mapping agency and completed acquisition of project area
- Supported the Colombia National Mapping Program with high-resolution digital terrain models over challenging topography
During the fourth quarter of 2021, the Company commenced operations on a continuing strategic data infrastructure contract for the government of Malaysia. Following initial contracting delays during the third quarter of 2021, the program was further delayed after Intermap deployment by quarantine measures implemented by the government in response to the Omicron COVID-19 variant, which extended project milestones, revenue recognition, billings, and collections into 2022 that were originally planned and budgeted to occur in December 2021. As a result, many of the larger project costs, including purchased services, payroll, deployment and mobilization expenses occurred in November and December of 2021, well in advance of the associated milestones, billings, collections and revenue that were extended into 2022. These timing effects, which resulted from the government's response to COVID-19, caused a short-term reduction in the Company's 2021 operating cash flow in the fourth quarter of 2021. Nonetheless, Intermap reported a profitable quarter – its most profitable since 2019 – and its eighth consecutive quarter of improving operating income and adjusted EBITDA.
Software-based subscription revenue continues to grow year-over-year, at a rate of 11% during 2021. Some highlights include:
- Signed an InsitePro® subscription agreement with a top-5 insurance provider in the U.S.
- Signed a subscription agreement to integrate NEXTView™ aviation surface data with Wingcopter
- Agreed to collaborate with DronSystems to integrate NEXTView into its automated Unmanned Traffic Management platform (UTM)
- Signed a deal to integrate NEXTView data with Aviatize's IDRONECT UTM to support medical delivery project in Africa
- Expanded insurance products and services across Europe with Generali Group and Allianz Technology
- Partnered with Anchor Point to support wildfire underwriting
- Partnered with Ambiental Risk Analytics for climate change and natural hazard risk analytics
- Entered a strategic agreement with global telecom leader to support 5G expansion in India
- Won a contract with Garmin to provide terrain data for next-generation golf applications
- Won a contract with a Class-1 North American railway company for flood and fire risk management
- Won a contract with a leading European airline for NEXTView elevation data as a service
- Entered an agreement to provide orthorectification service to support airport infrastructure planning in South America
Through a series of carefully sized private placements, Intermap strengthened its balance sheet and working capital position. It recognized a $1 million gain on a minority investment held in a private geospatial software company that targets the commercial space and satellite sector. Intermap's investment has received bonafide acquisition proposals for cash consideration from several qualified purchasers that are publicly-traded.
Subsequent to the end of the year, at the request of vetted allied government personnel, Intermap mobilized the delivery of the world's best unclassified commercial elevation data to support ground operations for the Ministry of Defense in Ukraine.
"2021 was an important recovery year for Intermap as we fought through COVID's disruption, withstood continued delays, and delivered actionable geospatial intelligence to clients on time and under budget," said Patrick A. Blott, Intermap's Chairman and CEO. "As a result of that strong performance, we grew revenue, won multiple strategic contracts to fuel our future growth, positioned ourselves to monetize non-core financial assets, and extended our relationships with key government agencies, as well as leading commercial enterprises around the world."
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Certain information provided in this news release, including projected financial information and statements in relation to the Company's opportunities for growth and pipeline constitutes forward-looking statements. The words "anticipate", "expect", "project", "estimate", "forecast", "will be", "will consider", "intends" and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Although Intermap believes that these statements are based on information and assumptions which are current, reasonable and complete, these statements are necessarily subject to a variety of known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Intermap's forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties pertaining to, among other things, cash available to fund operations, availability of capital, revenue fluctuations, nature of government contracts, economic conditions, loss of key customers, retention and availability of executive talent, competing technologies, common share price volatility, loss of proprietary information, software functionality, internet and system infrastructure functionality, information technology security, breakdown of strategic alliances, and international and political considerations, as well as those risks and uncertainties discussed Intermap's Annual Information Form and other securities filings. While the Company makes these forward-looking statements in good faith, should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary significantly from those expected. Accordingly, no assurances can be given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will transpire or occur, or if any of them do so, what benefits that the Company will derive therefrom. All subsequent forward-looking statements, whether written or oral, attributable to Intermap or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. The forward-looking statements contained in this news release are made as at the date of this news release and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update publicly or to revise any of the forward-looking statements made herein, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by applicable securities law.
About Intermap Technologies
Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado, Intermap (TSX: IMP; OTCQX: ITMSF) is a global leader in geospatial intelligence solutions. The Company's proprietary 3D NEXTMap® elevation datasets and value-added geospatial collection, processing, analytics, fusion and orthorectification software and solutions are utilized across a range of industries that rely on accurate, high-resolution elevation data. Intermap helps governments build authoritative geospatial datasets and provides solutions for base mapping, transportation, environmental monitoring, topographic mapping, disaster mitigation, smart city integration, public safety and defense. The Company's commercial applications include aviation and UAV flight planning, flood and wildfire insurance, environmental and renewable energy planning, telecommunications, engineering, critical infrastructure monitoring, hydrology, land management, oil and gas and transportation. For more information, please visit www.intermap.com.
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Telia Company AB (publ) (OTCMKTS:TLSNF – Get Rating) crossed above its 50-day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a 50-day moving average of $3.82 and traded as high as $4.05. Telia Company AB (publ) shares last traded at $4.05, with a volume of 1,120 shares traded.
The business’s fifty day moving average is $3.82 and its 200-day moving average is $3.94.
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Video of Chris Rock recalling childhood abuse resurfaces after Oscars slap
LOS ANGELES - A video of Chris Rock detailing the bullying and sexual assault he endured as a child has resurfaced after he was slapped by Will Smith on the Oscars stage.
On Wednesday night, Rock performed in front of a sold-out crowd in Boston as part of his comedy tour. It was Rock’s first public appearance since he was smacked on live television for the world to see, quickly going viral on social media.
RELATED: Chris Rock addresses Will Smith slap at first comedy show since Oscars
On Hollywood’s Biggest Night, as he presented the award for Best Documentary Feature, he made a joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.
"Jada, ‘GI Jane 2,’ I can’t wait to see it," Rock said in front of the Oscars audience. Pinkett Smith rolled her eyes in response. In 2018, the actress was diagnosed with alopecia, which is something Rock was reportedly unaware of.
After seeing his wife’s response and with cameras rolling during the live event, Smith stormed to the Oscars stage and slapped Rock across the face.
While the shocking incident occurred Sunday night, some are still processing what happened, including Rock himself, which he revealed to the crowd in Beantown.
For some, the confrontation was triggering and even confusing. How could this happen?
The Academy of Motion Arts and Sciences said Smith was asked to leave, but he refused. He also later took home the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for "King Richard." However, witnesses told TMZ the Academy lied and claim a producer told Smith they did not want him to leave.
Hollywood has erupted with reactions, including Oscar hosts Wanda Sykes and Amy Schumer. NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said the incident "perpetuated stereotypes about the Black community."
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After being slapped with all eyes on him, Rock, clearly stunned, did not return the hit and kept going.
An interview Rock did on the Howard Stern Show in September 2020 provides some insight into Rock’s response.
The interview with Stern came shortly after Rock revealed he was diagnosed with nonverbal learning disorder as an adult, telling The Hollywood Reporter the condition means he has challenges interpreting nonverbal signals in social situations.
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"I’m just an open book," Rock said. "It’s also my way of apologizing to a lot of people without having to call them up. I’m a total weirdo."
Rock goes on to say he only feels confident when he’s telling jokes.
"I suffer from big ego, low self-esteem. And when I say big ego, it’s only about telling jokes."
While Rock is one of the most recognizable names in comedy after decades of success, he admits he often feels undeserving.
"I just feel unworthy of anyone’s attention, of anyone’s love, any accolades, just anything."
Rock briefly talked about his childhood and described it as a "horrible existence." He shared he attended an all-white school and was the frequent target of bullies, often being called racial slurs, being beaten by bullies, and enduring sexual assault, which he called "rape-ish."
Rock grew up in Brooklyn and some of his events as a teen were chronicled in the sitcom "Everybody Hates Chris."
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New Brooklyn Travel Guide Showcases Borough’s multicultural appeal and authentic experiences.
NYC & Company today announced a new Get Local NYC campaign. The new initiative kicks off with a new Brooklyn travel guide, inviting visitors to Brooklyn Like a New Yorker. Subsequent travel guides covering exploration in the Bronx, Manhattan, Staten Island and Queens will follow, with one borough featured per month. For further details, visit nycgo.com/getlocal.
NYC & Company President and CEO Fred Dixon said, “From world-class art at the Brooklyn Museum to Black-owned businesses in Little Caribbean and Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn is a spectacular place to sightsee, dine, shop and experience life in New York City just the way New Yorkers do. We welcome the world to Brooklyn Like a New Yorker.”
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Brooklyn offers everything from world-famous sites like Coney Island and the Brooklyn Bridge to welcoming neighborhoods where visitors can learn about Black history, enjoy authentic ethnic food and marvel at beautifully preserved architecture from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
HOTELS: Hotels in Brooklyn range from 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge, a luxury high-rise in Dumbo with waterfront views, to boutique hotels in Williamsburg like the Wythe Hotel, The Hoxton, Hotel Indigo, Hotel Le Jolie and The William Vale. Downtown properties include the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge, Holiday Inn Brooklyn Downtown, Fairfield Inn & Suites, Hilton Brooklyn New York, Ace Hotel Brooklyn and Nu Hotel. Bedford-Stuyvesant offers The Brooklyn, Hotel RL Brooklyn and a Best Western Plus Arena, while Bushwick is home to the Bklyn House Hotel.
RESTAURANTS: Brooklyn has thousands, from Michelin-starred spots like Aska to hipster cafés like the vegan Vspot to family-owned ethnic food eateries, including Asian and Latin food in Sunset Park, Polish food in Greenpoint and Caribbean delights in Flatbush (aka Little Caribbean). There’s pizza by the slice everywhere and barbecue is now a Brooklyn fare too, with outstanding BBQ joints like Hometown and Pig Beach. Brooklyn also earned eight James Beard nominations this year, including for Ursula in Crown Heights and for a rebirth of the historic steakhouse Gage & Tollner.
MAJOR ATTRACTIONS: Brooklyn is home to famous attractions, from Coney Island to the Brooklyn Bridge. Architecture buffs will want to explore the historic districts of Bedford-Stuyvesant and Park Slope. Culture vultures should check out the Brooklyn Museum and Brooklyn Academy of Music. And nature lovers will marvel at urban green spaces like Prospect Park, Green-Wood Cemetery and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, famous for its springtime cherry blossoms.
NIGHTLIFE: Whether a fan of indie rock concerts, guitar-playing folk singers, or pulsing dance clubs, Brooklyn has nightlife for all. Sugar Hill Supper Club in Bed-Stuy has a live DJ as well as jazz and blues and counts Mayor Eric Adams as a regular. In Bushwick, Brooklyn Made is a new venue for rock and indie music; Nowadays is an indoor-outdoor club; and Elsewhere has three stories of dance floors and stages with a focus on underground music. Barbès in Park Slope is a tiny bar with an eclectic calendar featuring jazz, world music and more. In Williamsburg, Skinny Dennis is a honky-tonk bar for country and roots music, while Brooklyn Steel and Music Hall of Williamsburg are acclaimed rock clubs. Warsaw, located in a ballroom in the former Polish National Home in Greenpoint, might be the only club where visitors can rock out while eating blintzes and kielbasa.
LGBTQ+: Brooklyn has long been a welcoming place for LGBTQ+ New Yorkers. And when it comes to partying, Brooklyn’s gay bars and dance clubs rival any in the City, hosting drag shows, karaoke, comedy and, of course, fabulous dance parties. Venues include C’mon Everybody, a music and live arts space in Bed-Stuy; Ginger’s Bar, a friendly lesbian bar in Park Slope; Xstasy Bar & Lounge, which gets a Latino crowd in Sunset Park; and Metropolitan and Macri Park in Williamsburg. In Bushwick, nightspots include Happyfun Hideaway, a tiki disco dive bar; Mood Ring, an astrology-themed bar; The Vault dance club; and House of Yes, where patrons get a “consent talk” at the door plus themed shows like Dirty Circus and Cirque Nouveau.
THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE, DUMBO, BROOKLYN HEIGHTS: Walking across the Brooklyn Bridge is a thrill worthy of any bucket list. When it opened in 1883, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world and an engineering marvel. With its soaring Gothic arches and delicate filigree of cables, it remains a work of stunning beauty. For the best views, take the subway to the Brooklyn side (A or C to High Street) and walk back across to Manhattan. For further information on exploring Brooklyn, visit nycgo.com/brooklyn.
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Gibbons rolls out ad hitting Vance, Timken over Trump
Ohio Republican Senate candidate Mike Gibbons rolled out an ad on Friday questioning his primary rivals’ support for former President Trump.
The ad, which was first seen by The Hill, hits former Ohio GOP Chairwoman Jane Timken and author J.D. Vance.
“They claim to be conservative, but under pressure, they break,” the 30-second spot says.
The ad cites past quotes in which Timken said she did not know whether she would have impeached Trump and Vance calling himself a “never-Trump guy.” It then touts Gibbons’s and Trump’s business backgrounds.
The spot is a part of a $10 million ad buy from the Gibbons campaign, which is set to run through the Ohio primary on May 3.
Polling from The Hill-Emerson College released on Monday showed Gibbons leading the Republican primary field with 22 percent support from GOP primary voters in the Buckeye State.
The Republican primary has largely turned into a race for the former president’s endorsement. Timken, Gibbons, Vance and former state Treasurer Josh Mandel have all openly jockeyed for Trump’s endorsement — and have received blowback from competitors over claims of closeness to Trump. That has particularly been true for Vance, who was extremely critical of the former president during his 2016 presidential campaign.
Timken released an ad last month touting her support for Trump while accusing the other challengers of being like men who “overcompensate.”
Trump has yet to make an endorsement in the race.
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Poshmark (NASDAQ:POSH – Get Rating) was downgraded by equities researchers at Stifel Nicolaus from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note issued on Thursday, The Fly reports.
Other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. MKM Partners raised their price target on shares of Poshmark from $10.00 to $12.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 23rd. JMP Securities reduced their price target on shares of Poshmark from $30.00 to $20.00 in a report on Wednesday, March 23rd. Raymond James reduced their price target on shares of Poshmark from $29.00 to $16.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, March 23rd. Wedbush reduced their price objective on shares of Poshmark from $23.00 to $16.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, March 23rd. Finally, Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of Poshmark from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 23rd. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $19.20.
NASDAQ POSH traded down $0.70 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $12.66. 1,164,001 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,121,045. The stock has a market cap of $974.86 million, a P/E ratio of -8.38 and a beta of 0.31. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $14.05 and a 200-day simple moving average of $18.50. Poshmark has a one year low of $10.65 and a one year high of $52.39.
In other news, Director Hans Tung sold 110,576 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $13.18, for a total value of $1,457,391.68. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Manish Chandra sold 2,672 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, January 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $15.97, for a total transaction of $42,671.84. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 203,887 shares of company stock worth $2,785,882.
A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Ensign Peak Advisors Inc purchased a new position in Poshmark in the 4th quarter worth approximately $60,000. Gradient Investments LLC boosted its stake in shares of Poshmark by 10,514.8% in the 3rd quarter. Gradient Investments LLC now owns 2,866 shares of the clothing resale marketplace’s stock valued at $68,000 after purchasing an additional 2,839 shares in the last quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Poshmark by 415.6% in the 4th quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 5,965 shares of the clothing resale marketplace’s stock valued at $102,000 after purchasing an additional 4,808 shares in the last quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Poshmark in the 3rd quarter valued at $112,000. Finally, Macquarie Group Ltd. purchased a new stake in shares of Poshmark in the 3rd quarter valued at $120,000. 35.11% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
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Poshmark, Inc operates as a social marketplace for new and secondhand style products in the United States, Canada, and Australia. The company offers apparel, footwear, home, beauty, and pet products, as well as accessories. As of December 31, 2020, it had 6.5 million active buyers. The company was formerly known as GoshPosh, Inc and changed its name to Poshmark, Inc in 2011.
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Which navigation system is best?
Driving around unfamiliar cities can be stressful if you have no way to check where you should be going. Most smartphones have global positioning systems built-in for this purpose, but they aren’t always accurate.
And if you don’t have a data connection, mobile navigation apps might not work at all. So, in most scenarios, a proper navigation system is the smart choice. The Garmin DriveSmart 61 is one of the best, as it has a large display and detailed maps.
What to know before you buy a navigation system
There are different systems for various activities
It would be easy to assume that there is only one kind of navigation system, as it generally only serves one purpose. But there are several variations with different functions and capabilities. There are marine navigation systems for boat owners and fishers, and for sports lovers, you get golf navigation. Road users have the choice of truck navigation or general road systems.
Consider the mounting options
While your choice of navigation system might be different, all devices must be affixed to the vehicle. These also come in different varieties. Consider which type will be best suited for your mode of transport, as some use suction cups to stick to the window or dash, while you can hold others in place with a vent-mounted carrier.
Controls and functions
Navigation systems have come a long since the days of bulky units with spotty tracking. Many modern navigation systems now have capacitive touchscreens, making it much easier to select the options. Older versions used resistive touchscreens that often caused missed presses or delayed responses. Another addition to modern navigation systems is Bluetooth technology, which allows you to make and receive calls through the device.
What to look for in a quality navigation system
Wide range of points of interest
Getting directions to your location is the primary purpose of a navigation system, but sometimes you also want to know what is along the way. A device with an extensive list of points of interest built-in can make it exciting to plan a trip. Depending on the gadget’s maker and the maps used, these POI can range from national parks, monuments, or sightseeing attractions. Some allow you to download POI from other users.
Battery recharging options
If you rely on your navigation system to get around, you’ll be in real trouble if it suddenly runs out of battery power. Most systems have relatively robust batteries, but some built-in functions can quickly sap more power than you realize. A good-quality navigation system can be charged through a USB cable plugged into a battery pack or directly from an adapter in the vehicle’s cigarette lighter.
Lifetime maps and updates
Nobody wants to drive down a road, only to find that it leads to nowhere, even though the navigation system insists that it carries on. To prevent this from happening, navigation devices must be constantly updated to the latest map versions. A good-quality navigation system will supply users with lifetime map updates, changes and additional POI.
How much you can expect to spend on a navigation system
The average price of a navigation system will depend on what it’s made for, who the manufacturer is and its capabilities. An entry-level device with a small screen can retail for $150-$200. Larger units with more functions regularly retail for $200-$300.
Navigation system FAQ
Can a navigation system make you a safer driver?
A. While the system can’t change your driving habits, it can help you to be more aware of your surroundings. It will make you a safer driver by alerting you to speed limits, sharp bends, nearby schools or speed cameras.
Are there different map styles for systems?
A. Yes, and many navigation systems will give you a choice for your preferred visuals. Some systems will automatically change the map’s colors after sunset for safety and easy viewing.
What’s the best navigation system to buy?
Top navigation system
What you need to know: With the large 6.9-inch touchscreen and easy-to-read visuals, this navigation system is perfect for a cross-country road trip.
What you’ll love: The navigation system has a battery life of up to one hour but can easily be recharged through a USB cable. It includes lifetime map updates from Garmin, Wi-Fi connectivity for software updates and hands-free calling. To keep your eyes on the road, you can ask for directions by simply using your voice.
What you should consider: Some users have indicated that alerts can be too frequent, causing a distraction.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top navigation system for the money
What you need to know: Even though the screen is only 5 inches, the Via is more than capable of keeping you on the right track. It features live traffic updates and comes with free map updates of North America.
What you’ll love: The best feature about this navigation system is that the screen splits when you approach a junction. This clearly indicates which direction you need to travel so that you don’t drive in the wrong lane. It ships with a reversible integrated car mount, can give spoken directions in 30 languages and charges through USB.
What you should consider: The map updates are released four times a year, and you’ll only receive speed camera updates for the first three months.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: When paired with your mobile phone, the DriveSmart 55 gives you real-time service updates, such as live parking, locations of traffic cameras and changes in the weather.
What you’ll love: Featuring a 5.5-inch display, this navigation system will route you around traffic so that you can get to your destination faster. You can also use your voice to interact with the device and see TripAdvisor ratings with POI in the area. It is recharged through the included USB cable and can connect to Wi-Fi networks.
What you should consider: It has a resistive touchscreen, which isn’t as accurate or sensitive as a capacitive screen.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Torex Gold Releases Results of Technical Report for the Morelos Complex
Media Luna Project extends life of mine through 2033; Attractive operating cost profile maintained
(All amounts expressed in U.S. Dollars unless otherwise stated)
TORONTO, March 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Torex Gold Resources Inc. (the “Company” or “Torex”) (TSX: TXG) has released an updated technical report (“Technical Report”) for its Morelos Complex, which includes an integrated life of mine plan and economics for the producing El Limón Guajes (“ELG”) Mine Complex (consisting of the ELG Open Pits and ELG Underground) and the development stage Media Luna Project (“ML Project”). Based on the results of the feasibility study included in the Technical Report, and with approval from the Board of Directors on development of the ML Project, the Company also announces 2022 capital expenditure guidance specific to the ML Project as well as an updated multi-year production outlook.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE TECHNICAL REPORT
Key Economics – Base case metal prices
- Morelos Complex: Cumulative cash flow of $1,418M and after-tax NPV (5% discount rate) of $1,040M
- ML Project: After-tax NPV (5%) of $458M and after-tax IRR of 16.1%
- Long-term metal prices: $1,600/oz Au ($1,700/oz in 2022), $21/oz Ag, and $3.50/lb Cu
Key Economics – Spot case metal prices1
- Morelos Complex: Cumulative cash flow of $2,322M and after-tax NPV (5%) of $1,751M
- ML Project: After-tax NPV (5%) of $949M and after-tax IRR of 24.9%
- Spot metal prices: $1,950/oz Au, $25.50/oz Ag, and $4.70/lb Cu as of March 25, 2022
Morelos Complex Summary – Life of Mine
- Life of mine of 11.75 years commencing April 1, 2022 and ending Q4 2033
- Annualized gold equivalent (“AuEq”) sold of 374 koz2 including 280 koz of Au
- Increased exposure to Cu and Ag with annual payable output of 34.8 Mlb Cu and 1,327 koz Ag
- Total cash cost3 of $809/oz AuEq sold and mine-site all-in sustaining cost3 of $954/oz AuEq sold
- Annualized revenue of $605M and mine-site EBITDA3 (excludes corporate items) of $298M
Morelos Complex Summary – Process plant operating at full capacity (through 2027)
- Annualized AuEq sold of 450 koz through 2027 when the process plant is operating at full capacity
- Total cash cost of $779/oz AuEq sold and mine-site all-in sustaining cost of $929/oz AuEq sold
- Annualized revenue of $733M and mine-site EBITDA of $378M
Capital Expenditures
- $848M to develop and bring the ML Project into commercial production
- Includes $85M of underground development during pre-commercial period (Q4 2023 to Q4 2024)
- Total sustaining capital expenditures3 of $545M over life of mine
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1 See also Table 10 for After-Tax Sensitivities to Key Factors for the Morelos Complex and Media Luna Project.
2 Gold equivalent (AuEq) sold includes Au and AuEq values for Ag and Cu sold assuming long-term metal prices of $1,600/oz Au ($1,700/oz in 2022), $21/oz Ag, and $3.50/lb Cu. A summary of life of mine payable production values for Au, Ag and Cu can be found in Table 1 including tonnes processed and average processed grades. Expected recovery and payable factors for Au, Ag and Cu can be found in Table 2.
3 These measures, as well as TCC margin, AISC margin, and sustaining and non-sustaining capital expenditures, are forward looking Non-GAAP Financial Performance Measures or Non-GAAP ratios (collectively, “Non-GAAP Measures”). Please see Table 13 for the equivalent historical non-GAAP measure. For the year ended December 31, 2021, the following historic Non-GAAP Measures were reported in the Company’s management’s discussion and analysis (“MD&A”) for the year ended December 31, 2021, dated February 23, 2022, which is available on the Company’s website (www.torexgold.com) and under the Company’s SEDAR profile (www.sedar.com): EBITDA – $461.6M; TCC – $674/oz Au; TCC margin $1,120/oz Au; AISC – $928/oz; AISC margin – $865/oz Au; sustaining capital costs – $85.3M; and non-sustaining costs – $152.4M. Please note that the AISC and AISC margin do not include corporate G&A and potential sustaining exploration costs, and mine site EBITDA does not include corporate G&A. Please also see the Cautionary Notes on Non-GAAP Measures below.
Total Mineral Reserves of 5,123 koz AuEq at an average grade of 3.90 g/t AuEq4
- Initial Mineral Reserves for Media Luna of 3,360 koz AuEq based on 23.0 Mt at 4.54 g/t AuEq
Initiatives underway to realize available upside and build-on on solid base case production/cash flow
- Exploration/Drilling: Significant potential to expand Mineral Reserves in the ELG Underground, within the broader Media Luna area, and across the entire land package, which is 75% unexplored
- Development of EPO deposit: Potential to be a nearby source of incremental feed over and above the levels anticipated from the ML Project
- ELG Underground: Potential to increase throughput with the investment in Portal #3 and utilizing bulk mining in specific zones
Jody Kuzenko, President & CEO of Torex, stated:
“Today we achieve a mission critical milestone in our growth journey with the release of the updated Technical Report for our Morelos Complex and approval from our Board of Directors to proceed with the development of the ML Project. With tremendous future exploration potential, advancing this project is fundamental to setting up our wholly owned flagship Morelos Complex for safe and reliable production, strong free cash flow post the construction period, and lasting economic prosperity for all of those who share stakes in Torex. With this investment, the foundation for the future growth plans of Torex will be firmly laid.
“We always knew that the Media Luna Project would be challenging. The deposit is situated 7 km away from our existing infrastructure, on the other side of a river, and hosts challenging metallurgy. True to the Torex brand, the economics shown in the Technical Report are grounded in operating costs, capital costs, and ramp-up time frames that are both realistic and achievable, accounting for the current inflationary environment, quotes from vendors, and assumptions on sustaining capital expenditures required to responsibly and sustainably operate a 7,500 tpd underground mine.
“Notwithstanding these challenges, it is clear the upside economics of developing the ML Project are compelling. We see significant opportunity to enhance the overall return of the ML Project by filling the mill post 2027 and extending the overall mine life beyond what is implied by reserves. The investment we are making in exploration and drilling in 2022, and going forward, reflects our determination to unlock the resource potential of our entire Morelos Property, and deliver on our goal of developing a multi-decade mining operation.
“Importantly, the ML Project opens up the opportunity for Torex to diversify into becoming a meaningful copper producer – an opportunity that could not have timed the market better. In fact, 20% of revenue of the Morelos Complex is forecast to be attributable to copper, with the percentage increasing as the ML Project ramps up.
“Given the ongoing success of our strategy to cash up ahead of the build, we expect to fund the development of the ML Project using our robust balance sheet, strong forecasted cash flow, and a prudent level of debt. With over $405M of available liquidity at year-end (including $255M in cash), annual projected cash flow from ELG Mine Complex of $190M through year-end 2024 (prior to capital expenditures on the ML Project), and a goal of maintaining a minimum liquidity position of $100M, we are evaluating debt financing in the order of $250M to $300M. Multiple debt financing options are being considered, including a gold prepay, high yield debt, and an expanded credit facility. This financing decision will be made in the months to come.
“There is no doubt that we are well positioned financially, socially, and technically to advance the development of the ML Project while continuing to invest in value accretive exploration – exploration that will both extend the life of mine and continue to further enhance the overall return of the Morelos Complex. The future is here and it’s clear – and in true Torex form, we will now turn our focus onto delivering.”
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4 Gold equivalent (AuEq) Mineral Reserves account for underlying metal prices and metallurgical recoveries. Breakdown of Mineral Reserves by metal is outlined in Table 11 and a breakdown of Mineral Resources by metal is outlined in Table 12.
SUMMARY OF TECHNICAL REPORT FOR MORELOS COMPLEX
The Technical Report outlines the updated economics of the Morelos Complex in Guerrero, Mexico. The Technical Report includes an integrated mine plan for the ELG Mine Complex as well as the ML Project. Operational and economic estimates are based on a project period commencing April 1, 2022, unless otherwise noted. References to production and metal sold are based on payable levels unless otherwise stated. All values of economic inputs are nominally based, and all amounts expressed in U.S. dollars unless otherwise stated.
Notes to Table 1
- Total cash costs – gold equivalent, mine-site all-in sustaining costs – gold equivalent, total cash costs – by-product, mine-site all-in sustaining costs – by-product, non-sustaining and sustaining capital costs and mine-site EBITDA are Non-GAAP Measures. See footnote 3 above and Cautionary Note below on Non-GAAP Measures.
- AuEq sold includes Au and AuEq values for Ag and Cu assuming long-term metal prices of $1,600/oz Au ($1,700/oz in 2022), $21/oz Ag, and $3.50/lb Cu.
- Estimates are based on the project period commencing April 1, 2022. All amounts in U.S. dollars.
The updated mine plan and economics outlined for the Morelos Complex in the Technical Report are based on Proven & Probable Mineral Reserves for the ELG Mine Complex and the Media Luna Project. Differences between Mineral Reserves (tonnes and grade) compared to life of mine totals outlined in Table 1, reflect a project period commencing April 1, 2022 compared with Mineral Reserves which have an effective date of December 31, 2021 for the ELG Mine Complex and an effective date of October 31, 2021 for the ML Project. Details on the Company’s Mineral Reserves and Mineral Resources can be found in Table 11 and Table 12.
Metal Sold
Over an estimated life of mine of 11.75 years, based on Mineral Reserves, the Morelos Complex is expected to deliver annualized payable sales of 280 koz of gold (“Au”), 1,327 koz of silver (“Ag”), and 34.8 Mlb of copper (“Cu”). On a AuEq basis2, annualized payable AuEq sold over the life of the Morelos Complex is forecast to average 374 koz. AuEq sold is calculated by applying the long-term metal prices of $1,600/oz Au ($1,700/oz in 2022), $21/oz Ag, and $3.50/lb Cu assumed within the base case economics set out in the Technical Report. Metal sales are after metallurgical recoveries and payable factors for Au, Ag, and Cu.
During the period in which the capacity of the processing plant is fully utilized (April 2022 through December 2027), annualized AuEq sold is forecast to average 450 koz. Based on current Mineral Reserves, annual sales are forecast to decline post 2027 when the ML Project becomes the sole source of feed for the processing plant. Initiatives to fill the mill beyond 2027 are currently underway (Figure 1).
Figure 1: Annualized AuEq sold of 374 koz estimated over the life of mine; Annual AuEq sold through 2027 is expected to average 450 koz when the capacity of the processing plant is to be fully utilized
Figure 1 is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/9618ccf0-797d-4a6f-b1f4-7259c710f3fa
Notes to Figure 1:
- AuEq sold includes Au and AuEq values for Ag and Cu assuming long-term metal prices of $1,600/oz Au ($1,700/oz in 2022), $21/oz Ag, and $3.50/lb Cu.
- A summary of life of mine payable sold values for Au, Ag and Cu can be found in Table 1 including tonnes processed and average processed grades. Expected recovery and payable factors for Au, Ag and Cu can be found in Table 2.
- 2022 payable AuEq sold includes Q1/22 versus the Technical Report which incorporates estimates over the project period commencing April 1, 2022.
Over the life of the Morelos Complex, approximately 75% of AuEq sold is attributable to Au, approximately 20% to Cu, and the remainder to Ag. The proportion of AuEq sold attributable to Cu is expected to increase materially commencing with start-up of the ML Project, with annual payable Cu of approximately 45 Mlb forecast between 2025 and 2033, representing close to 28% of AuEq sold over this period.
Mining
Ore for the Morelos Complex will be sourced from the ELG Open Pit operation, ELG Underground operation, and ML Project. Production during the near-term will be predominantly supported by ELG Open Pit while longer term production will be supported by the ML Project. Ongoing Reserve growth could extend the current production profile of the ELG Underground beyond 2027 (Figure 2).
Mining activities within the ELG Open Pit operations are expected to decline over the coming years with depletion of the Guajes and El Limón Sur pits in H1 2023 and the El Limón open pit in H2 2024.
Mining activities within the ELG Underground are forecast to run through Q3 2027 based on Mineral Reserves and assume an average daily mining rate of 1,370 tpd between 2022 and 2026. The mining method considered in the ELG Underground is cut-and-fill. Opportunities to transition to lower cost bulk mining are currently being studied, which could result in potentially higher output in the ELG Underground and lower unit costs. The Company also sees significant potential to continue to grow the Mineral Reserves of the ELG Underground, which increased 20% in 2021 following a 15% increase in 2020.
Figure 2: ML Project expected to be the sole source of ore post 2027 based on current Mineral Reserves
Figure 2 is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/27fc720f-9534-4bae-b5f6-111822bfde2d
Notes to Figure 2:
- Ore mined in 2022 includes Q1/22 versus the Technical Report which incorporates estimates over the project period commencing April 1, 2022.
The ML Project is being developed with six primary mining zones each with designated infrastructure. At steady-state production, the underground mine is expected to deliver an average rate of 7,500 tpd of ore to the upgraded processing plant. The Technical Report assumes a credible ramp-up to steady-state production with first development ore in Q4 2023. Production stoping is expected to commence in Q2 2024 with the mine achieving commercial production in Q1 2025. The ML Project is expected to be operating at 7,500 tpd in Q1 2027, implying a 3-year ramp-up from first production ore or 3.5 years from first development ore (Figure 3).
Figure 3: Credible ramp-up period of 3 years assumed for the ML Project
Figure 3 is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/8ec08ebd-1faf-40cb-a575-23aaf01b3f7a
The predominant mining method at the ML Project will be longhole stoping. Mined stopes will be filled using paste backfill. The paste plant will be located on surface with access from the south side of the Balsas River. Ore will be conveyed through the 6.5-kilometre Guajes Tunnel, which optimizes the use of existing infrastructure by connecting the processing plant on the north side of the Balsas River to the ML Project on the south side.
Processing
Ore mined from the Morelos Complex (ELG Open Pit, ELG Underground and ML Project) as well as surface stockpiles will be processed through the existing facility located on the north side of the Balsas River. Upgrades to the existing processing plant are required to deal with higher levels of soluble iron and recover elevated levels of copper and silver contained within the ML deposit relative to those found within the ELG Mine Complex. Additions to the current processing plant include a Cu flotation circuit, an FeS flotation circuit, water treatment facility, regrind mill, and variable speed drives on the ball mill.
The current processing facility is expected to operate at 13,000 tpd through September 2024. The current plan is to complete the required tie-ins to the processing plant over a 4-week period in October 2024, with wet commissioning to commence in November 2024. The commissioning period for the flotation circuits is expected to be relatively straight forward, and steady-state throughput of 10,600 tpd is expected to be reached by year-end 2024. Depending on the mix of ore types and sources, a portion of feed will be blended, while other portions will be batched processed over the life of mine.
A separate stockpile of ore mined from the ML Project between Q4 2023 and Q4 2024 will be created to facilitate the wet commissioning of the upgraded processing plant (Figure 4).
Figure 4: Exploration and drilling key to ensuring full capacity utilization in the processing plant post 2027
Figure 4 is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/9de482bb-2128-48f4-a8ec-ec48410cbf00
Notes to Figure 4:
- Ore processed in 2022 includes Q1/22 versus the Technical Report which incorporates estimates over the project period commencing April 1, 2022.
The Company sees significant potential to bolster the long-term production profile of the Morelos Complex by extending the life of the ELG Underground, potentially increasing mining rates in the ELG Underground, potentially developing the nearby EPO deposit, and identifying additional sources of incremental feed across the broader Morelos Property. Incremental sources of higher-grade feed would allow the Company to defer the processing of lower grade stockpiles until later in the mine life.
The upgraded processing plant is expected to result in commercially meaningful recoveries for Cu and improved recoveries for Ag, while maintaining Au recoveries at similar levels to those currently being achieved. Metallurgical recoveries over the life of the Morelos Complex are expected to average 89.8% Au, 80.5% Ag, and 86.4% Cu. The life of mine recoveries, including Media Luna, compare favourably to the current plant configuration recoveries of 89.0% Au, 30.0% Ag and 10.0% Cu.
Notes to Table 2:
- Recoveries and payable factors are based on the project period commencing April 1, 2022.
Recovered production is subject to payable factors associated with metal contained in concentrate and to a lesser extent doré. Over the life of mine, total payable factors for metals contained in concentrate and doré/other are forecast to average 99.3% Au, 90.9% Ag, and 96.5% Cu (Table 2).
Tailings Management
Tailings from the current processing facility will continue to be deposited in the existing Filtered Tailings Storage Facility. Upon commissioning of the upgraded processing plant, the Company envisions depositing tailings into the depleted Guajes open pit. Over the life of the Morelos Complex, approximately 50% of tailings generated will be deposited into one of the tailings facilities with the remainder used underground as paste back-fill.
Key Infrastructure
The development of the ML Project requires significant investment in infrastructure to access the deposit as well as exploit the deposit, including development of the Guajes Tunnel, South Portal Upper, South Portal Lower and a surface paste plant.
The 6.5-kilometre Guajes Tunnel is a key schedule item as the tunnel will be the primary conduit for moving ore, material, supplies, and personnel between ML on the south side of the Balsas River and the processing plant on the north side. The $76M go forward investment in the Guajes Tunnel, although more capital intensive than concepts outlined in the 2018 Preliminary Economic Assessment (the “PEA”), was selected as the superior option given that it provides unfettered access to the entire south side of the Morelos Property, an area the Company believes offers significant resource upside.
The development of South Portal Upper and South Portal Lower will provide access for personnel, materials, and supplies from the south side of the property. These access points will also allow for the development of the upper, middle, and lower portions of the Media Luna deposit in advance of the Guajes Tunnel being completed. In addition, South Portal Lower will allow the Company to commence development of the Guajes Tunnel from the south side of the Balsas River, which will optimize the overall progress of tunnelling. The Company has budgeted advance rates of 6-6.5 metres/day (“m/d”) from north to south and 4.5-5 m/d from south to north. Development of the two southside portals is estimated at $40M over the project period.
The construction of an appropriate surface paste plant on the south side of the Balsas River is also an upgrade over the PEA conceptual design which envisioned cemented rock fill. Paste backfill is a more suitable option for mining the Media Luna deposit given the predominant mining method will be longhole stoping, average size of stopes, overall scale of the underground operation, and more attractive operating cost profile. Construction of the paste plant and associated tailings pipeline is estimated at $78M.
The increase in power requirements associated with the ML Project and upgraded processing facility will require upgrades to the main power line, substation, and switching centre. Overall power demand is expected to increase to a peak load of 60 MW in 2027 from 25 MW in 2022. Power upgrades are estimated at $19M.
Capital Expenditures
Non-sustaining capital expenditures3 over the life of the Morelos Complex are estimated at $850M, including $848M to bring the ML Project into commercial production. The upfront capital investment in the ML Project includes $85M of underground mine development during the pre-commercial mining period between Q4 2023 and Q4 2024 (Table 3).
The upfront capital required to develop the ML Project excludes $124M of direct project expenditures incurred prior to April 1, 2022, of which $37M is related to the Guajes Tunnel and $28M to the development of South Portal Upper and Lower. In addition to the ML Project, approximately $2M is estimated to complete Portal #3 within the ELG Underground.
Of the upfront capital expenditure to develop the ML Project, approximately 60% is related to direct project expenditures and the remainder is associated with indirect expenditures, including $62M related to freight and IMMEX. Of the direct project expenditures, the largest capital outlays are related to underground mine development ($173M), accessing the deposit via the Guajes Tunnel ($76M) as well as South Portal Upper and Lower ($40M), upgrades to the process plant ($98M), and tailings/paste plant ($78M). Of the indirect expenditures, the largest components are contingency ($100M) and EPCM costs ($82M).
Notes to Table 3:
- Non-sustaining capital expenditures is a Non-GAAP Measure. See footnote 3 above and the Cautionary Note below on Non-GAAP Measures.
- Estimates are based on the project period commencing April 1, 2022. All amounts in U.S. dollars.
Sustaining capital expenditures over the life of the project are estimated at $545M, implying an average annual spend of $46M. Sustaining capital expenditures include $94M of capitalized stripping within the ELG Open Pit.
Notes to Table 4:
- Sustaining capital expenditure is a Non-GAAP Measure. See footnote 3 above and Cautionary Note below on Non-GAAP Measures.
- AuEq sold includes Au and AuEq values for Ag and Cu assuming long-term metal prices of $1,600/oz Au ($1,700/oz in 2022), $21/oz Ag, and $3.50/lb Cu.
- A summary of life of mine payable sold values for Au, Ag and Cu can be found in Table 1 including tonnes processed and average processed grades. Expected recovery and payable factors for Au, Ag and Cu can be found in Table 2.
- Estimates are based on the project period commencing April 1, 2022. All amounts in U.S. dollars.
Reclamation costs over the life of the project are estimated at $93M.
Operating Costs
Total cash costs (“TCC”)3 and mine-site all-in sustaining costs (“AISC”)3 are expected to average $809/oz AuEq sold and $954/oz AuEq sold over the life of mine. On a by-product basis (net of Cu and Ag credits), TCC and mine-site AISC are expected to average $545/oz Au sold and $739/oz Au sold, respectively.
Note to Table 5:
- Total cash costs and mine site all-in sustaining costs are Non-GAAP Measures. See footnote 3 above and Cautionary Note below on Non-GAAP Measures
- AuEq sold includes Au and AuEq values for Ag and Cu assuming long-term metal prices of $1,600/oz Au ($1,700/oz in 2022), $21/oz Ag, and $3.50/lb Cu.
- A summary of life of mine payable sold values for Au, Ag and Cu can be found in Table 1 including tonnes processed and average processed grades. Expected recovery and payable factors for Au, Ag and Cu can be found in Table 2.
- Estimates are based on the project period commencing April 1, 2022. All amounts in U.S. dollars.
At base case metal prices, the Morelos Complex is expected to deliver a TCC margin3 of 50% over the project period and a mine-site AISC margin3 of 41%. Mine-site AISC and margins exclude corporate level costs.
Operating expenses include approximately $25/oz AuEq sold of profit sharing (“PTU”) over the life of the Morelos Complex. PTU has been allocated to mining costs, processing costs and site administration costs. PTU is mandated by the Government of Mexico and is based on taxable profits generated by the mine in Mexico. The breakdown of key unit costs, with and without PTU, is summarized in Table 9.
The Company sees opportunities to reduce unit costs by filling the mill, as fixed costs associated with processing and site general and administrative costs (“G&A”) would clearly benefit from higher capacity utilization in the processing plant post-2027.
Economics
The after-tax NPV (5% discount rate) of the Morelos Complex is estimated at $1,040M assuming long-term metal prices of $1,600/oz Au ($1,700/oz in 2022), $21/oz Ag, and $3.50/lb Cu. The after-tax NPV (5%) of the ML Project is estimated at $458M with a projected after-tax IRR of 16.1%.
At spot metal prices, the Morelos Complex has an estimated after-tax NPV (5%) of $1,751M. The after-tax NPV (5%) of the ML Project is estimated at $949M with an implied after-tax IRR of 24.9%. Spot case economics (as of March 25, 2022) assume metal prices of $1,950oz Au, $25.50/oz Ag, and $4.70/lb Cu.
The NPV and IRR estimates outlined in the March 2022 Technical Report are predicated on a project period commencing April 1, 2022 (Table 6).
Notes to Table 6:
- EBITDA is a Non-GAAP Measure. See footnote 3 above and the Cautionary Note below on Non-GAAP Measures.
- Estimates are based on the project period commencing April 1, 2022. All amounts in U.S. dollars.
Owing to the intermingled nature of the ML Project with the existing ELG Mining Complex (ELG standalone case), the NPV and IRR had to be calculated with a view to fairly illustrating the value of the ML Project. The after-tax NPV of the ML Project was calculated as the difference between the NPV of the Morelos Complex and the NPV of the ELG standalone case using constant discount rates. The IRR and payback period for the ML Project were calculated using the differential between the after-tax cash flow of the Morelos Complex and the ELG standalone case. The calculation of NPV and IRR under all cases include reclamation/closure costs.
The ELG standalone case excludes a portion of underground Mineral Reserves, which would be processed after Q3 2025. This is because, without the development of the ML Project, it would not be economic to process the remaining Mineral Reserves, as the ELG Underground would not be able to support the overhead of operating the processing plant and site administration post depletion of open pit reserves and surface stockpiles.
Given the underlying exploration potential of the broader Morelos Property, including a number of well supported targets, Torex expects to build on the point in time economics set out in the Technical Report by extending Mineral Reserves within the existing deposits, potentially bringing new deposits such as the nearby EPO deposit into Reserves, and identifying new sources of incremental feed beyond the ML Project. The focus on drilling is not only to extend the current life of the Morelos Complex, but to bolster medium-term production by filling the mill beyond 2027; on the current reserve case, this is when the ML Project becomes the sole source of feed, and the processing plant will be under utilized.
The economics of the Morelos Complex and the ML Project are highly sensitive to changes in metal prices as well as estimated operating and capital costs (see Table 10 for a detailed sensitivity analysis).
ESG & Permitting
As the Morelos Complex evolves, Torex will continue to build on its reputation as an industry leader in ESG. The health and safety of the Company’s workforce and surrounding communities will be attended to in all aspects of the design and construction of the ML Project. The Company’s robust environmental and social management systems will extend from the ELG Mine Complex to the ML Project, with a commitment to meet or surpass environmental regulatory requirements while doing zero harm to the natural environment. The planned hybrid mining fleet (battery electric and diesel) at the ML Project will also contribute to the Company’s ongoing efforts to reduce its carbon footprint.
All required surface rights to land for ongoing operations at the ELG Mine Complex and for the direct development of the ML Project have been secured through long-term lease agreements. Relationships with local communities remain positive and productive on both the north and south sides of the Balsas River, through the implementation of 11 unique community development agreements (CODECOPs) that promote local community and economic development.
The ELG Mine Complex has all necessary permits allowing for operations. An environmental permit modification (“MIA Modification”) was granted in March 2021 to allow for early works outside of the existing permit boundary to access the Media Luna deposit on the south side of the Balsas River. In July 2021, the Company applied for a ‘MIA-Integral’ to allow for integrated operations at the ELG Mine Complex and the ML Project. There are no major technical or social risks that have been identified, and approval is expected in the first half of 2022. In addition, the Company will require authorization from utility authorities to increase the power draw for the ML Project, through a connection to the regional 230kV power line system for the higher electricity loads for the ML Project. An environmental permit modification is also planned for submission in the second half of 2022 for the future in-pit tailings storage facility.
The Company will continue to achieve compliance with voluntary ESG performance standards such as the World Gold Council Responsible Gold Mining Principles, the International Cyanide Management Code, and the Mexican federal environmental agency’s “Industria Limpia” (Clean Industry) certification. In addition, the future in-pit tailings storage facility is being designed in accordance with the new Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management.
FUNDING AND LIQUIDITY
Torex plans to fund the development of the ML Project through internal cash flow as well as a prudent level of long-term debt. The Company has also taken initiatives to reduce price uncertainty during the development of the ML Project. At year-end, Torex had $256M of cash, no long-term debt and total liquidity of $406M, including $150M available on the Company’s undrawn credit facility.
Leveraging the base case economics outlined in the Technical Report, the Company expects to generate average annual cash flow of approximately $190M (approximately $290M at spot case metal prices) prior to capital expenditures on the ML Project between 2022 and 2024. The projected cash flow through 2026 includes annual corporate G&A of $20M and an assumed annual exploration/drilling scenario of $35M, expenditures which were not included in the asset level economics in the Technical Report.
Figure 5: Debt financing expected to support strategic priorities during build-out of the ML Project
Figure 5 is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/bcf87ba7-c962-4a38-b6eb-b7878237e503
Notes to Figure 5:
- Projected year-end cash balances based on cash flow profile outlined in March 2022 Technical Report using base case metal prices of $1,600/oz Au ($1,700/oz in 2022), $21/oz Ag and $3.50/lb Cu.
- Cash flows adjusted to reflect an additional $20M annually of Corporate G&A and $35M annually of exploration/drilling through 2026.
- Debt of $275MM assumed within funding scenario and includes debt servicing costs (interest rate of 7%), a four-year term, and a bullet repayment in 2026.
Based on the current projections, assumptions noted previously and a desire to maintain $100M of liquidity throughout the build, Torex plans to finance the remaining expenditures through long-term debt. The Company plans to be in a position to execute on a debt financing in H2 2022 assuming favourable market conditions and pricing. Debt options currently being investigated include a gold prepay, high yield debt, and/or expanded credit facility. Depending on the debt vehicle chosen, Torex anticipates debt financing in the range of $250M to $300M.
The Company recently executed monthly forward price contracts on future gold production to reduce downside price risk during the build-out of the ML Project. The hedges represent approximately 25% of forecast gold production between Q4 2022 and Q4 2023. Details of the forward contracts are as follows:
- Q4 2022: 30 koz in total at an average gold price of $1,910/oz
- FY 2023: 108 koz in total at an average gold price of $1,924/oz
Management will continue to monitor market conditions and may enter into additional contracts to minimize downside price risk during the build-out of the ML Project.
2022 CAPITAL EXPENDITURE GUIDANCE FOR ML
With Board approval granted for the development of the ML Project, the Company anticipates investing $220M to $270M in the development of the ML Project with an additional $20M of non-sustaining capital expenditures3 related to infill drilling at the ML Project and other expenditures. Annual production and cost guidance for 2022 remains unchanged from the levels outlined in January 2022 (Table 7).
Notes to Table 7:
- Total cash costs, all-in sustaining costs, sustaining capital expenditures and non-sustaining capital expenditures are Non-GAAP Measures. See footnote 3 above and Cautionary Note below on Non-GAAP Measures.
3-YEAR OUTLOOK
Based on the results of the updated Technical Report, the Company has updated its 3-year production outlook to incorporate AuEq payable production2 from the ML Project commencing in 2024. The updated outlook forms the new base case for production from the Company’s Morelos Complex. Initiatives to further improve upon the mine plans are underway, including further potential optimizations at the ELG Mine Complex (Table 8).
Notes to Table 8:
- Gold equivalent (AuEq) payable production includes Au and AuEq values for Ag and Cu assuming long-term metal prices of $1,600/oz Au, $21/oz Ag, and $3.50/lb Cu.
- A summary of life of mine payable sold values for Au, Ag and Cu can be found in Table 1 including tonnes processed and average processed grades. Expected recovery and payable factors for Au, Ag and Cu can be found in Table 2.
The increase in the Company’s production outlook in 2023 reflects optimizations to the ELG Open Pit and ELG Underground since Torex’s inaugural outlook was released in September 2021. The forecast increase AuEq production in 2024 reflects the benefit of AuEq production from the ML Project versus the prior estimate which only assumed Au production from the ELG Mine Complex. Production in 2025 is expected to increase over 2024 given the benefit of higher proportion of feed as the ML Project continues to ramp-up.
TECHNICAL SESSION TO BE HELD ON APRIL 1, 2022
A technical session (“Technical Session”) to discuss the results set out in the Technical Report will be held tomorrow morning (Friday, April 1, 2022). The live webcast is scheduled to start at 8:30 AM ET and will last approximately 3 hours. The Technical Session will be hosted by the management team of Torex.
In order to join the webcast, participants must register in advance through the registration link. Once registered, the live webcast can be accessed through the event portal link.
Following the Technical Session, a link of the webcast will be posted to the Company’s website (www.torexgold.com).
TECHNICAL REPORT AND QUALIFIED PERSONS
The Technical Report titled ELG Mine Complex Life of Mine Plan and Media Luna Feasibility Study with an effective date of March 16, 2022, and a filing date of March 31, 2022, prepared in accordance with NI 43-101 for the Morelos Complex, has been filed on SEDAR (www.sedar.com). Readers are encouraged to read the Technical Report in its entirety, including all qualifications, assumptions and exclusions that relate to the Mineral Resource, Mineral Reserves and feasibility study related to the integrated project. The Technical Report is intended to be read as a whole, and sections should not be read or relied upon out of context.
Disclosure of a scientific or technical nature in this press release in respect of the Morelos Mineral Reserve estimate and the Mineral Resource estimate has been approved by Johannes (Gertjan) Bekkers P.Eng. the Director of Mine Technical Services with Torex, and a “Qualified Person”. Mr. Bekkers is a registered member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario, has worked the majority of his career in open pit and underground hard rock mining in Canada and overseas in progressively senior engineering roles with relevant experience in mine design and planning, mining economic viability assessments, and mining studies.
Disclosure of a scientific or technical nature in this press release in respect of the “Highlights of the Technical Report”, the “Summary of Technical Report for Morelos Complex”, including the Tables and Figures referred to therein, but excluding the section titled “Funding and Liquidity” other than paragraph 2 of “Funding and Liquidity” has been approved by Robert Davidson P.E., the Vice President of M3 Engineering & Technology Corp, and a “Qualified Person”. Mr. Davidson is a Registered Professional Engineer in good standing in the State of Arizona, has practiced his profession for 16 years and he has been directly involved in the development of the infrastructure, capital cost, operating cost, and financial modelling for the ML Project.
All other disclosure of a scientific or technical nature in this press release including the “2022 Capital Expenditure Guidance for ML” and the “3-Year Outlook”, including the Tables referred to therein, has been reviewed and approved by David Stefanuto P.Eng. the Executive Vice President, Technical Services and Capital Projects, and a “Qualified Person”. Mr. Stefanuto is a registered member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario, with more than 25 years of experience working in both surface and underground mining operations.
ABOUT TOREX GOLD RESOURCES INC.
Torex is an intermediate gold producer based in Canada, engaged in the exploration, development, and operation of its 100% owned Morelos Property, an area of 29,000 hectares in the highly prospective Guerrero Gold Belt located 180 kilometres southwest of Mexico City. The Company’s principal asset is the Morelos Complex, which includes the El Limón Guajes (“ELG”) Mining Complex, Media Luna Project, processing plant and related infrastructure. Commercial production from the Morelos Complex commenced on April 1, 2016 and an updated Technical Report for the Morelos Complex was released in March 2022. Torex’s key strategic objectives are to extend and optimize production from the ELG Mining Complex, de-risk and advance Media Luna to commercial production, build on ESG excellence, and to grow through ongoing exploration across the entire Morelos Property.
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CAUTIONARY NOTES
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
The Company has presented certain future non-GAAP financial measures (“Non-GAAP Measures”) in this presentation within the meaning of National Instrument 52-112 – Non-GAAP and Other Financial Measures. Total cash costs per ounce of gold (Au) or gold equivalent (AuEq) sold (“TCC”), total cash costs margin per ounce of gold or AuEq sold, mine-site all-in sustaining costs per ounce of gold or AuEq sold (“AISC”), mine site AISC margin, mine-site earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“mine-site EBITDA”), sustaining capital expenditures and non-sustaining capital expenditures included in this news release are Non-GAAP Measures. Non-GAAP Measures have no standard meaning under International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”), the financial reporting framework used by the Company, and may not be comparable to other issuers. The Company believes that these measures, while not a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with IFRS, provide investors with an improved ability to evaluate the underlying performance or financial position of the Company. Please see Table 13 for the equivalent historical non-GAAP measure. For a detailed reconciliation of each historical Non-GAAP Measure to its most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, please refer to the Company’s management’s discussion and analysis (“MD&A”) for the year ended December 31, 2021, dated February 23, 2022, which is available on the Company’s website (www.torexgold.com) and under the Company’s SEDAR profile (www.sedar.com). Please note that in this news release, the AISC, AISC margin, potential sustaining exploration costs and mine-site EBITDA do not include Torex corporate G&A.
Forward-looking Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking information” and “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking information includes, without limitation, information with respect to proposed exploration, development, construction and production activities and their timing, the results set out in the Technical Report including the feasibility study of the ML Project, including, as applicable; mineral resource estimates, reserve estimates and potential mineralization; the estimates of capital and sustaining costs; assumed metal payable factors; projected revenues and cash flows; estimated net present values and anticipated internal rates of return; estimated payback period; future production, operating costs, total cash costs and mine-site sustaining costs and other expenses and other economic parameters; expected mine life or project life; expected mine, mill and metal production and metallurgical recoveries; the initiatives underway to realize available upside and build-on the solid base case production and cash flow; the Company’s future exploration potential; expectation that the ML Project will set up the Morelos Complex for safe and reliable production, free cash flow post the construction period, and lasting economic prosperity for all of those who share stakes in the Company; with the investment in the ML Project, the foundation for the future growth plans of the Company will be firmly laid; the economics set out in the Technical Report are grounded in operating costs, capital costs, and ramp-up time frames being both realistic and achievable; the expected further improvement in the ML Project’s economics due to the abundance of prospectivity on the south side of the Morelos Property; the opportunity for the Company to diversify into becoming a meaningful copper producer; the ongoing success of the Company’s strategy to cash up ahead of the build; the expected funding of the development of ML using the Company’s robust balance sheet, strong forecasted cash flow, and a prudent level of debt; liquidity at year-end including the undrawn revolving debt facility; projected cash flow from ELG through year-end 2024; goal of maintaining a minimum liquidity position; the evaluation debt financing and expected timing on a financing decision; expectation that the Company is well positioned financially, socially, and technically to advance the development of ML Project while continuing to invest in value accretive exploration that will both extend the life of mine and continue to further enhance the overall return of the Morelos Complex; the 2022 expenditure guidance, including anticipated non-sustaining capital expenditures; the updated 3 year production outlook; plans to further optimize the ELG Mine Complex; the expected increase in production in 2025; initiatives planned to fill the mill beyond 2027; opportunities to transition to lower cost long-hole stoping at ELG which could result in potentially higher throughput in the ELG Underground and lower unit costs; assumed ramp up period to commercial production for the ML Project; the planned upgrades and additions to the process plant to process the ore from ML; expected availability of stockpiles to wet commission the upgraded process plant; tailings management plans; belief that the southside of the Morelos Property offers significate resource upside; the expected access that the South Portals will provide in advance of the completion of the Guajes Tunnel; the increased power demands of the ML Project. potential to reduce unit costs by filling the mill; the estimated NPV and implied IRR; the expected incremental benefit of ML to ELG; the exploration potential of the broader Morelos Property; expectation to build-on the point in time economics by extending reserves within the existing deposits, potentially bringing new deposits such as EPO into reserves, and identifying new sources of incremental feed beyond ML; the focus on drilling to extend the current life of the Morelos Complex and to bolster medium term production by filling the mill beyond 2027, when the processing plant will be under utilized with ML the sole source of feed; intention to attend to the health and safety of the Company’s workforce and the surrounding communities in the design and construction of the ML Project; commitment to meet or surpass environmental regulatory requirements while doing zero harm to the natural environment; planned hybrid mining fleet; expected approval of the permit authorizing the operations for the ML Project; plans to continue to achieve compliance with ESG performance standards; plans to fund the development of ML through internal cash flow as well as a prudent level of long-term debt; expected cash flow generation prior to the capital expenditures on the ML Project, including expected corporate G&A and exploration/drilling expenditures; and desire to maintain $100M of liquidity. Generally, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of terminology such as “plans”, “expect”, “outlook”, “forecast” “estimate”, “near-term”, “long term”, “opportunity”, “potential”, “plan”, “envision”, “beyond”, “commitment” and “ongoing” or variations of such words, or statements that certain actions, events or results “can”, “may”, “would”, “will”, occur, or “will be” taken or achieved. Forward-looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company’s actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information, including, without limitation, forward-looking statements and assumptions pertaining to the following: risk associated with skarn deposits including grade variability; fluctuation in gold, copper and other metal prices; commodity price risk; currency exchange rate fluctuations; ability to realize the results of the feasibility study; uncertainty regarding the inclusion of inferred mineral resources in the mineral resource estimate and the ability to upgrade the mineral resources to a higher category, uncertainty regarding the ability to convert any part of the mineral resource into mineral reserves, uncertainty involving resource estimates and the ability to extract those resources economically, or at all; uncertainty involving drilling programs and the ability to expand and upgrade existing resource estimates; ability to obtain the timely supply of services, equipment and materials for the operation of the ELG Mine Complex and the design, development and construction of the ML Project; the regulatory process and actions; ability to finance the ML Project on reasonable terms, and those risk factors identified in the Technical Report and the Company’s annual information form and MD&A. Forward-looking information is based on the assumptions discussed in the Technical Report and such other reasonable assumptions, estimates, analysis and opinions of management made in light of its experience and perception of trends, current conditions and expected developments, and other factors that management believes are relevant and reasonable in the circumstances at the date such statements are made. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information or future events or otherwise, except as may be required by applicable securities laws.
Notes to Table 9:
- Operating unit costs (mining, processing, site administration, and total) are Non-GAAP Measures. See footnote 3 and Cautionary Note above on Non-GAAP Measures.
- Estimates are based on the project period commencing April 1, 2022. All amounts in U.S. dollars.
Notes to Table 10:
- Estimates are based on the project period commencing April 1, 2022. All amounts in U.S. dollars.
- Sustaining capital expenditures exclude $94M of capitalized stripping.
Notes to accompany summary Mineral Reserve table:
- Mineral Reserves were developed in accordance with CIM (2014) guidelines.
- Rounding may result in apparent summation differences between tonnes, grade, and contained metal content Surface Stockpile mineral reserves are estimated using production and survey data and apply the same AuEq formula as ELG Open Pits and ELG Underground.
- AuEq of Total Reserves is established from combined contributions of the various deposits.
- The qualified person for the mineral reserve estimate is Johannes (Gertjan) Bekkers, P. Eng., Director of Mine Technical Services.
- The qualified person is not aware of mining, metallurgical, infrastructure, permitting, or other factors that materially affect the Mineral Reserve estimates.
Notes to accompany the ELG Open Pit Mineral Reserves:
- Mineral Reserves are founded on Measured and Indicated Mineral Resources, with an effective date of December 31, 2021, for ELG Open Pits (including El Limón, El Limón Sur and Guajes deposits).
- ELG Open Pit Mineral Reserves are reported above a diluted cut-off grade of 1.1 g/t Au.
- ELG Low Grade Mineral Reserves are reported above a diluted cut-off grade of 1.0 g/t Au.
- It is planned that ELG Low Grade Mineral Reserves within the designed pits will be stockpiled during pit operation and processed during pit closure.
- Mineral Reserves within the designed pits include assumed estimates for dilution and ore losses.
- Cut-off grades and designed pits are considered appropriate for a metal price of $1,400/oz Au and metal recovery of 89% Au.
- Mineral Reserves are reported using a gold price of US$1,400/oz, silver price of US$17/oz, and copper price of US$3.25/lb.
- Average metallurgical recoveries of 89% for gold and 30% for silver and 10% for copper.
- ELG AuEq = Au (g/t) + Ag (g/t) * (0.0041) + Cu (%) * (0.1789), accounting for metal prices and metallurgical recoveries.
Notes to accompany the ELG Underground Mineral Reserves:
- Mineral Reserves are founded on Measured and Indicated Mineral Resources, with an effective date of December 31, 2021, for ELG Underground (including Sub-Sill and ELD deposits).
- Mineral Reserves were developed in accordance with CIM guidelines.
- El Limón Underground mineral reserves are reported above an in-situ ore cut-off grade of 3.58 g/t Au and an in-situ incremental cut-off grade of 1.04 g/t Au
- Cut-off grades and mining shapes are considered appropriate for a metal price of $1,400/oz Au and metal recovery of 89% Au.
- Mineral Reserves within designed mine shapes assume mechanized cut and fill mining method and include estimates for dilution and mining losses.
- Mineral Reserves are reported using a gold price of US$1,400/oz, silver price of US$17/oz, and copper price of US$3.25/lb
- Average metallurgical recoveries of 89% for gold and 30% for silver and 10% for copper
- ELG AuEq = Au (g/t) + Ag (g/t) * (0.0041) + Cu (%) * (0.1789), accounting for metal prices and metallurgical recoveries.
Notes to accompany the ML Underground Mineral Reserves:
- Mineral Reserves are based on Media Luna Indicated Mineral Resources with an effective date of October 31st, 2021.
- Media Luna Underground Mineral Reserves are reported above a diluted ore cut-off grade of 2.2 g/t AuEq
- Media Luna Underground cut-off grades and mining shapes are considered appropriate for a metal price of $1,400/oz Au, $17/oz Ag and $3.25/lb Cu and metal recoveries of 85% Au, 79% Ag, and 91% Cu.
- Mineral Reserves within designed mine shapes assume long-hole open stoping, supplemented with mechanized cut-and-fill mining and includes estimates for dilution and mining losses.
- Media Luna AuEq = Au (g/t) + Ag (g/t) * (0.011188) + Cu (%) * (1.694580), accounting for metal prices and metallurgical recoveries
Notes to accompany summary Mineral Resource table:
- CIM (2014) definitions were followed for Mineral Resources.
- Mineral Resources are depleted above a mining surface or to the as-mined solids as of December 31, 2021.
- Mineral Resources are reported using a gold price of US$1,550/oz, silver price of US$20/oz, and copper price of US$3.50/lb.
- AuEq of total Mineral Resources is established from combined contributions of the various deposits.
- Mineral Resources are inclusive of Mineral Reserves.
- Mineral Resources that are not Mineral Reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability.
- Numbers may not add due to rounding.
- The estimate was prepared by Mr. John Makin, MAIG, a consultant with SLR Consulting (Canada) Ltd. Mr. Makin is independent of the company and is a “Qualified Person” under NI 43-101.
Notes to accompany the ELG Mineral Resources:
- The effective date of the estimate is December 31, 2021.
- Average metallurgical recoveries are 89% for gold, 30% for silver and 10% for copper.
- ELG AuEq = Au (g/t) + (Ag (g/t) * 0.0043) + (Cu (%) * 0.1740). AuEq calculations consider both metal prices and metallurgical recoveries.
Notes to accompany the ELG Open Pit Mineral Resources:
- Mineral resources are reported above a cut-off grade of 0.9 g/t Au.
- Mineral Resources are reported inside an optimized pit shell, underground mineral reserves at ELD within the El Limón shell have been excluded from the open pit Mineral Resources.
Notes to accompany ELG Underground Mineral Resources:
- Mineral Resources are reported above a cut-off grade of 2.6 g/t Au.
- The assumed mining method is underground cut and fill.
- Mineral Resources from ELD that are contained within the El Limón pit optimization and that are not underground Mineral Reserves have been excluded from the underground Mineral Resources.
Notes to accompany ML Mineral Resources:
- The effective date of the estimate is October 31, 2021.
- Mineral Resources are reported above a 2.0 g/t AuEq cut-off grade.
- Metallurgical recoveries at Media Luna (excluding EPO) average 85% for gold, 79% for silver, and 91% for copper. Metallurgical recoveries at EPO average 85% for gold, 75% for silver, and 89% for copper.
- Media Luna (excluding EPO) AuEq = Au (g/t) + (Ag (g/t) * 0.011889) + (Cu (%) * 1.648326). EPO AuEq = Au (g/t) + Ag (g/t) * (0.011385) + Cu % * (1.621237). AuEq calculations consider both metal prices and metallurgical recoveries.
- The assumed mining method is from underground methods, using a combination of long hole stoping and, cut and fill.
Notes to Table 13:
- This is an extract from the MD&A and should be read in conjunction with the MD&A and the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and related notes for the year ended December 31, 2021.
- Adjusted net earnings, total cash costs, total cash costs margin, all-in sustaining costs, all-in sustaining costs margin, average realized gold price, EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, free cash flow and net cash are non-GAAP financial measures with no standard meaning under IFRS. Refer to “Non-GAAP Financial Performance Measures” for further information and a detailed reconciliation to the comparable IFRS measures in the Company’s MD&A for the year ended December 31, 2021, dated February 23, 2022, available on Torex Gold’s website (www.torexgold.com) and under the Company’s SEDAR profile (www.sedar.com). | https://www.cbj.ca/torex-gold-releases-results-of-technical-report-for-the-morelos-complex/ | 2022-04-01T00:52:42Z |
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The special election committee formed in support of the proposed Redtail Ridge development outraised its opposition nearly 40-fold, according to campaign finance reports made public Wednesday by Louisville.
Yes for Louisville, the pro-development faction, raised a total of $55,617.23 in monetary and in-kind contributions.
Of that total, about $48,000 in in-kind donations came from Redtail Ridge’s developer Brue Baukol Capital Partners LLC, including $30,000 in marketing services from consultancy The Strategy Division.
The Denver-based developer plans to build as many as 3 million square feet of office, industrial and flexible-use buildings at the long-vacant, former Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX) site off U.S. 36.
In all, Yes has spent $5,382.74, the lion’s share going toward print and digital advertising from Prairie Mountain Media, publisher of local newspapers such as the Boulder Daily Camera and Colorado Hometown Weekly. (Disclosure: BizWest has a content licensing agreement with Prairie Mountain Media)
The campaign’s largest single donors, each of whom gave $500, were former Louisville Mayor Chuck Sisk, who is married to Yes organizer Terre Rushton, and Centura Health’s Avista Adventist Hospital CEO Isaac Sendros, whose involvement is notable because Avista is seeking to relocate to Redtail Ridge. The hospital’s official position is that it is “neutral on the referendum.”
“We are thrilled that our citizen-led initiative has inspired so many Louisville residents to generously support the Yes For Louisville campaign and council’s 2021 approval of the Redtail Ridge redevelopment plan,” Yes treasurer Richard Morgan said this week in a statement. “From the beginning, we have said that we would be transparent and fact-based, and that’s why we’ve properly recorded and disclosed all contributions and expenditures.”
For its part, Citizens for a Vibrant, Sustainable Louisville raised $1,425.85, with the three highest individual donors forking over $103.48.
The group reported spending $2,107.49, apparently operating at a deficit.
The biggest expenditures for the group were yard signs, $1,010.60, and fliers, $614.99.
The special election campaign has been fierce with Yes filing a rules complaint, which was dismissed by Louisville’s City Clerk’s office (although Yes organizers claim the dismissal was in error), and Citizen’s accusing its opponents of operating as pawns of Brue Baukol.
“The developer has spent tens of thousands of dollars spreading professionally-crafted misinformation in the belief that residents can be persuaded to vote against their collective best interest. It just shows their contempt for the people of Louisville,” Citizens supporter Justin Solomon said in a statement. “Maybe this cynical strategy has worked for them in the past, but Louisville voters are a savvy bunch. They won’t be manipulated.”
The April 19 special election, which the Louisville City Council initiated after a successful petition led by Citizens organizers and other opponents of the Redtail Ridge plan, asks voters to decide: Shall Louisville Ordinance No. 1811, Series 2021, An Ordinance Approving the First Amendment to ConocoPhillips Campus General Development Plan (Redtail Ridge Master Plan), be approved?
A “Yes” vote allows Redtail Ridge developer Brue Baukol Capital Partners LLC to move forward with its plans for the property.
A “No” vote would result in the site reverting to its previous land-use designation, which is more restrictive than the plan approved by the Louisville City Council in 2021 after more than a year of debate and public hearings.
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Cambiar Investors LLC cut its position in shares of Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:TCBI – Get Rating) by 9.0% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 43,821 shares of the bank’s stock after selling 4,336 shares during the quarter. Cambiar Investors LLC owned 0.09% of Texas Capital Bancshares worth $2,640,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in TCBI. Granahan Investment Management Inc. MA grew its position in Texas Capital Bancshares by 33.0% in the 3rd quarter. Granahan Investment Management Inc. MA now owns 327,004 shares of the bank’s stock worth $19,627,000 after purchasing an additional 81,057 shares during the last quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA acquired a new stake in shares of Texas Capital Bancshares in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $21,665,000. Allianz Asset Management GmbH lifted its stake in shares of Texas Capital Bancshares by 4.3% in the 3rd quarter. Allianz Asset Management GmbH now owns 12,820 shares of the bank’s stock worth $769,000 after acquiring an additional 527 shares during the period. State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D lifted its stake in shares of Texas Capital Bancshares by 15.2% in the 3rd quarter. State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D now owns 41,560 shares of the bank’s stock worth $2,494,000 after acquiring an additional 5,495 shares during the period. Finally, Duality Advisers LP lifted its stake in shares of Texas Capital Bancshares by 470.4% in the 3rd quarter. Duality Advisers LP now owns 57,629 shares of the bank’s stock worth $3,459,000 after acquiring an additional 47,526 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 94.32% of the company’s stock.
Several analysts recently commented on TCBI shares. Bank of America reissued a “neutral” rating and set a $69.00 target price on shares of Texas Capital Bancshares in a research note on Tuesday, January 18th. StockNews.com raised shares of Texas Capital Bancshares from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, March 25th. Finally, Raymond James cut their target price on shares of Texas Capital Bancshares from $75.00 to $70.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, January 21st. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Texas Capital Bancshares has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $72.26.
Texas Capital Bancshares (NASDAQ:TCBI – Get Rating) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, January 20th. The bank reported $1.19 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks’ consensus estimate of $0.91 by $0.28. Texas Capital Bancshares had a return on equity of 9.00% and a net margin of 25.02%. The business had revenue of $225.49 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $215.31 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.14 EPS. As a group, equities analysts expect that Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. will post 3.3 EPS for the current fiscal year.
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Since National Grid owes the City of Everett more than $600,000 in payments, City Councilors refused to grant permission for the following work until the monies are paid at Monday’s night meeting of the City Council at The Everett Public High School on Elm Street. The four following...
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Yosemite’s Toulumne County launches a craft beer trail, or enjoy lush vineyards Stateside.
Yosemite’s Tuolumne County Launches Craft Beer Trail
One of the best ways to experience a destination is through its craft beer scene. Just launched, the Tuolumne County Craft Beverage Trail allows travellers to sip their way from Sonora to Yosemite. No hiking necessary, as the goal is to sample unmistakably unique wine, beer and cider throughout the county. Visit all nine locations during your stay and receive a free t-shirt, as well as the chance to win the mysterious grand prize – to be drawn on 30 November 2022. Get a sneak peak at the nine locations below.
Beer
Around the Horn Brewing Company
Approachable craft beer with a continuously rotating selection of styles available by the pint or sampled through a flight. Travellers can find hazy IPAs, blondes, Kölsch’s, fruited sours, pale ales, imperial stouts, or West Coast IPAs on the beer board. Their small but mighty kitchen also produces a variety of delicious bites.
Bear Tent Brewing Co.
Founded in 2017 in Jamestown, California, the idea for the brewery began when co-founders John and Ben were backpacking through New Zealand. About halfway into the trip, the two found themselves drinking beer and trying to figure out what they should do with their lives. Thus Bear Tent was born, named for a past tavern on the brewery site. Today, Bear Tent offers a delightful assortment of handcrafted beers.
Sonora Brewing Co.
Sonora Brewing Co. is a family-style restaurant and brewery with 12 top craft taps brewed weekly in-house, excellent food and outstanding live music every second Saturday.
Arthur Michael Vineyards & Winery
Both 100% estate grown and family-owned winery specialising in high-quality Cabernet, Barbera, Primitivo, Zinfandel, Petite Sirah and Sangiovese. Located in the Sierra Foothills below Table Mountain, the winery’s tasting room is available for sips and bottle purchases.
Gianelli Vineyard
Located 5 miles outside of downtown Jamestown, Gianelli Vineyards is 54 acres of lush vineyards that include a full production winery and tasting room with incredible views of the Sierra Foothills. Enjoy the view while sipping on award-winning Italian varieties.
Hurst Ranch
Estate-grown wines are surrounded by a picturesque local family ranch. Enjoy a variety of offerings and activities like the olive grove, picnics and rustic barbecues – guests can even rent it out for an event. It’s also the former home of mountain man and bear trainer Grizzly Adams.
Inner Sanctum Cellars Winery & Tap Room at Basecamp
Inner Sanctum Cellars and Tap Room produce award-winning wines and sell local craft beers crafted by local brewing companies. Basecamp has everything from great wines to a picnic area to a music venue as well as the means to offer a home-grown, authentic drinking experience.
Sonora Tap Room
Sonora Tap Room is a beer and wine bar in downtown Sonora featuring 20 taps including craft beers, kombucha and a plethora of West Coast wines.
Indigeny Reserve
Indigeny Reserve is an organic apple ranch, ciderworks and distillery serving hard cider, apple brandy aged in oak barrels and fruit-infused vodka on a lush 160-acre preserve and apple orchard.
For more information on travel in Yosemite’s Tuolumne County, visit www.visittuolumne.com | https://ittn.ie/news/craft-beer-vineyard-tours-in-tuolumne-county/ | 2022-04-01T00:52:46Z |
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The newest batch of NFL hopefuls will be on display at the NFL Scouting combine from Tuesday through next Monday. It is a place where prospects can improve or damage their stock based on performance. The event is pressure-packed, and one which most of the current Cardinals went through coming out of college. Here is a look back at some of their showings at past combines.
RB David Johnson:
QB Josh Rosen:
CB Patrick Peterson:
WR Christian Kirk:
S Budda Baker:
LB Haason Reddick:
RB Chase Edmonds: | https://www.azcardinals.com/news/cardinals-at-past-scouting-combines | 2022-04-01T00:52:47Z |
Youth tackle football: Americans differ on whether kids should play, survey finds
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Youth tackle football has become a particularly controversial topic due to the mix of benefits and risks it offers — and a new study proves just how divided America is on the subject.
"Football plays a prominent role in American culture," a co-author wrote. "This study analyzes public opinion about the appropriateness of children playing tackle football."
Researchers at Ohio State University surveyed nearly 4,000 adults and asked them to rate on a scale of 1 (strongly disagree) to 4 (strongly agree) the statement: "Tackle football is an appropriate sport for kids to play."
Participants, who live in all 50 states, answered the survey online between the fall of 2018 and spring of 2019.
The survey, published in Social Currents on March 26, found about 45% of Americans agreed that tackle football was appropriate for kids, while 50% disagreed. The remaining 5% did not know.
During the process, the team also examined how adults’ social structural locations, ideologies and group affiliations, and sport-related values were associated with beliefs about the appropriateness of youth tackle football.
The researchers found that those identifying as male and heterosexual, along with those with traditionalist ideologies and group affiliations encouraged support for football. Support was also elevated among those who were non-white and less educated.
Meanwhile, higher-income adults were more likely to not support youth tackle. And, people in rural areas were more supportive of the sport than those in the suburbs.
In addition, beliefs in the value of sport and immersions within football cultures and interactions seemed to enhance support for children playing tackle football.
"Our results indicate that there is substantial disagreement about the appropriateness of youth tackle football and that social forces are important in justifying and problematizing the (re)construction of it," the authors continued.
The findings come as participation in youth tackle has declined with growing concern about the effects of concussions on young brains, a news release based on the study noted, adding that the largest decrease in participation has been among children ages 6 to 12, who showed more than a 20% decline from 2008 to 2018.
Brett Favre on kids tackle football
Last year, Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre told parents to wait until their children were 14 years old to play tackle football. The former Green Bay Packers legend released a powerful public service announcement in a "TODAY" exclusive in partnership with the Concussion Legacy Foundation.
According to the PSA, the longer a child plays tackle football, the more likely they are to develop chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Favre, who spent 19 seasons in the NFL, told "TODAY" that he may have experienced brain injuries during his playing days.
According to a joint study by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Boston University and the Concussion Legacy Foundation Brain Bank, 25% of high school football players developed the brain disease. There was CTE in 16 of 65 high school football players, and only one of the 16 players started playing tackle football after 14 years old.
Chris Nowinski, co-founder and CEO of the foundation, released a statement saying that children who play tackle football are more likely to develop the disease.
"A football player’s odds of developing CTE may be most determined by their parents, specifically what age the child is allowed to start playing tackle football," Nowinski said. "It’s time to accept that CTE is not just a risk for professional and college football players, but also for high school players, and the best way to prevent CTE among football players is to delay the introduction of tackle football."
Lawmakers announce bills to prevent tackle football
Last year, a California bill called the California Youth Football Act was signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom that would not prevent tackle football, but rather established new safety standards.
The bill prohibits a youth tackle football team from conducting more than two full-contact practices per week during the preseason and regular season.
In 2015, the NFL acknowledged a link between head blows and brain disease and agreed in 2015 to a $1 billion settlement with former players.
RELATED: Brett Favre says children under 14 years old shouldn't play tackle football
Also last year, USA Football, the national governing body for amateur American football in the U.S. and a member of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC), received support from two leading sports medicine organizations on USA Football’s eight recommendations for youth tackle football.
The American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) and the Sports Neuropsychology Society (SNS) both publicly expressed support for USA Football’s eight recommendations for youth tackle football.
Some of USA Football’s recommendations, first instituted in March, include strictly defining the levels of contact and limiting the time spent conducting full contact in preseason and regular-season practices; prohibiting certain drills, like the Oklahoma drill; and recommending the use of the two-point stance.
"Education is a primary pillar of our mission, which changes behavior for the better for athletes at every age," Dr. Jason Matuszak, an AMSSM board member, said in a news release. "The forward-thinking and care exhibited by USA Football are what every leader in athletics – especially in children’s sports – would do well to emulate. The AMSSM enthusiastically affirms these recommendations for youth football play."
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Which RC tanks are best?
Remote-control tanks provide hours of fun for all ages. Whether you’re staging a battle or traversing rugged terrain, these toys are immersive and just plain cool. There are tons of RC tanks out there, from historic replicas to futuristic armored vehicles. Which you choose will ultimately come down to the kinds of features you want your RC tank to have and how realistic you want it to look.
The best RC tank is the Heng Long Modified Edition Remote Control U.S. M1A2 Abrams Tank Model.
What to know before you buy an RC tank
What is an RC tank?
An RC tank is a type of remote-controlled vehicle modeled after real-life tanks used in warfare. Like real tanks, these toys have tracks that allow them to roll over rocks, mud and other uneven ground. They also have swiveling turrets to lock onto their target. RC tanks are controlled by a handheld transistor and run on battery power.
Types of RC tanks
There are two types of RC tanks: historically inspired models and fantasy/sci-fi-inspired models.
- Historic tanks are modeled after tanks that exist in real life from World War I to the modern era. Popular models are those from World War II, such as the American M4 Sherman and German Panzer, and those found in today’s militaries, such as the M1 Abrams.
- Fantasy and Sci-fi tanks have unique designs that don’t appear in real life. These follow the basic premise of a tank with a turret and tracks, but use futuristic color schemes and weapons.
Difference between RC tanks and RC cars
If you were to pit your RC tank against an RC car in a race, you’d be bound to lose. But a desert battle is another story. Both kinds of remote control vehicles have motors, controllers and batteries (though some RC cars use fuel). Yet, RC tanks don’t have nearly as powerful batteries or engines. They aren’t made for blistering speed or maneuverability. Rather, an RC tank is optimized for play. You won’t have to swap tires on these either, as their tracks are much more durable.
How to control an RC tank
RC tanks use a handheld transistor. Like RC cars, some use what’s called a pistol-grip controller. These have an ergonomic, one-hand design that uses a trigger for the throttle, and a wheel on the body of the pistol to turn the tank.
Traditional stick controllers are the classic square transistors with dual-analogue joysticks. You’re more likely to use one of these if you want a tank with a rotating turret as you’ll need to steer and direct the cannon.
What to look for in a quality RC tank
Battery
There are two kinds of batteries in the remote-control vehicle world. Nickel based Ni-MH batteries and lithium based LiPo batteries.
- LiPo: LiPo batteries are typically reserved for performance-oriented models. These durable batteries are powerful and produce a lot of speed, but they are more expensive.
- Ni-MH: Most tanks will use a Ni-MH battery, which is less powerful, but are much safer and more affordable.
Turret
A good RC tank should have a rotating or dynamic turret — after all, what’s the point of a tank without one of its core features? The turret should be able to rotate more than 180 degrees, with 360 being optimal. You’ll also want a turret that can go up or down. Look for around 30 degrees of vertical maneuverability.
Cannon
If your tank has a turret, check to see what its features are as most RC tanks have a shooting mechanism. If you’re buying for a younger user, you’ll want to use your best judgment when it comes to safety.
- Sound effects: When you press fire on your controller, the tank makes a realistic shooting sound. This is a fun detail that doesn’t require any extra supplies, power or supervision.
- Water: Transforming your tank into a little mobile water gun, water should be safe for all appropriate ages.
- Flame or smoke: Taking the tank to the next level, smoke or flames require oil to fire. These definitely require supervision.
- BB or airsoft: These RC tank cannons shoot small plastic or metal pellets. These should be used by older kids and adults.
Durability
You’ll want your tank to stand up to lots of play as well as to the elements. For this reason, durable, hard plastics are a must. In addition, check if your tank is waterproof before you take it through puddles or the snow, as water can damage the electronics and rust out the metal components. Lastly, you want your tracks to be made from either metal or anti-slip rubber. This will help your tank roll over rough surfaces without damaging components.
How much you can expect to spend on an RC tank
A kid-appropriate RC tank will cost anywhere from $50-$120. High-quality replicas with working cannons can exceed $200.
RC tank FAQ
Does my RC tank require fuel?
A. Most ready-to-roll out-of-the-box RC tanks run on battery power. If your tank makes smoke, you’ll need to top it off with oil to initiate combustion.
Are RC tanks safe?
A. Like any RC vehicle, an RC tank is as safe as the person using it. They do move at a decent clip and can bang shins or damage walls. But if you’re purchasing an RC tank that shoots, for a child you’ll need to make sure its cannon ammunition is age-appropriate and that you supervise play.
What’s the best RC tank to buy?
Top RC tank
Heng Long Modified Edition Remote Control U.S. M1A2 Abrams Tank Model
What you need to know: This tank is completely decked out with immersive effects and a working BB cannon.
What you’ll love: Produced at 1:16 scale, this tank is massive. It has a fully rotating turret, durable metal tracks with metal sprockets for all terrains and a whole slew of sound effects from the engine to the cannon. It also climbs steep slopes easily.
What you should consider: This tank is a little slow.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top RC tank for the money
Beaure WW2 German Tiger Army Tank
What you need to know: Beaure’s interactive replica tank is perfect for pretend play alone or with friends when paired with a second model.
What you’ll love: This 1:28-scale RC Tiger tank has stunning effects and realistic details. It has a 330-degree rotating turret with sound effects when it shoots. This tank has a battle feature that allows you to play with another tank.
What you should consider: Two tanks of the same model cannot fight — you need one of each.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Mostop Remote Control Crawler High-Speed Tank
What you need to know: The Mostop RC tank has a futuristic design modeled after high-tech military-police vehicles.
What you’ll love: This tank is fast with a top speed of over 7 miles per hour. Its rugged antislip tracks are designed to enable drifting and the gearbox has enough torque to climb up 30 degrees of incline. This tank can also wade 5 centimeters.
What you should consider: Some users report that the tracks can slip off their sprockets.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Hassan books $13 million in fall airtime for reelection bid
New Hampshire Sen. Maggie Hassan’s (D) reelection campaign announced a $13 million reservation in fall airtime ahead of November’s midterm elections.
The reservation also includes the expensive Boston media market, according to a campaign memo released on Friday.
Hassan’s campaign pointed to her recent successful fundraising hauls as evidence that the campaign will be able to afford pricey investments like the reservation if the trend continues. Hassan’s campaign raised $3.1 million in the last quarter of 2021, bringing her into the new year with $5.3 million in the bank.
“Our campaign has built the infrastructure — and raised the resources — to communicate directly with voters about the Senator’s record of fighting for Granite Staters,” wrote Aaron Jacobs, Hassan’s campaign manager. “For five quarters in a row, Maggie For NH has broken fundraising records. That fundraising ability has allowed us to build a strong operation on the ground, with dozens of organizers already talking directly to Granite State voters.”
New Hampshire is set to be one of the more closely watched Senate races, which could determine which party controls the upper chamber. The nonpartisan Cook Political Report rates the race as “lean Democratic.”
Republicans have struggled to recruit a high-profile candidate to run against Hassan. Last year, Gov. Chris Sununu (R) opted to run for governor instead, dealing a major blow to Senate Republicans working to flip the seat. New Hampshire state Senate President Chuck Morse, Londonderry Town Manager Kevin Smith, and Don Bolduc are among the Republicans vying to take on Hassan.
Hassan’s campaign acknowledged that they “expect a competitive” race, but noted that the GOP field faces an uphill climb ahead of the September primary.
“New Hampshire hosts the second latest primary in the nation — September 13 — giving the eventual Republican nominee little time — and few resources — to communicate after emerging from what is set to be an extreme and chaotic primary,” Jacobs wrote.
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Fentanyl-laced pill seizures have increased nearly 50-fold since 2018, study finds
The number of fentanyl-laced pills seized by law enforcement has increased nearly 50-fold between 2018 and 2021, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. The rise in seizures comes amid a period of record-high overdose deaths, researchers said.
"An increase in illicit pills containing fentanyl points to a new and increasingly dangerous period in the United States," director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse Dr. Nora D. Volkow said in a statement Thursday.
A team of scientists compared data from the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas program for the first quarter of 2018 and the last quarter of December 2021. Researchers found that the number of seizures of pills containing fentanyl increased from 68 to 635. The total number of individual pills containing fentanyl seized by law enforcement rose from 42,202 to 2,089,186 and seizures of powder containing fentanyl grew from 424 to 1,539.
Pills represented more than a quarter of illicit fentanyl seizures by the end of 2021, the scientists said, more than double the proportion in 2018.
Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that's around 50 times more potent than heroin, is a major driver of the recent rise in drug overdoses, the study said.
Researchers said recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that the U.S. hit a record high number in overdose deaths over the 12-month period ending in October 2021. The CDC estimated that nearly 106,000 people died from drug overdoses during that time, according to the study.
The researchers said many of those who may seek out the drug are not aware that other drugs they're using, like heroin and cocaine, could be contaminated with fentanyl. The authors of the study said using fentanyl-laced drugs greatly increases the chance of an overdose, given that a lethal dose "may be as small as two milligrams."
Volkow said fentanyl-laced pills are often consumed by "people who are more naïve to drug use, and who have lower tolerances."
Researchers called for more harm reduction strategies like fentanyl test strips, drug risk education and distribution of naloxone, a drug that helps reverse overdoses.
"For the first time we can see this rapid rise in pills adulterated with fentanyl, which raises red flags for increasing risk of harm in a population that is possibly less experienced with opioids," Dr. Joseph J. Palamar, who led the team of scientists, said in a statement. "The immediate message here is that pills illegally obtained can contain fentanyl."
for more features. | https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fentanyl-pill-seizures-increase-study/ | 2022-04-01T00:52:49Z |
ADM Scholarship Foundation announces March Students of the Month
It is that time of year in Iowa—sunshine and 70 degree weather and the next day there is snow. Even so our coaches and students are preparing for the spring outdoor athletic events—sometimes in the rain, sometimes in the snow and, we hope often, in the sunshine. This spring has been busy for all the students. Special recognition goes to the speech team for doing well in the state speech competition and accolades to the band members for another successful Parade of Bands. Also to the members of the choirs for their excellent spring concerts.
The Adel DeSoto Minburn Scholarship Foundation, along with local businesses, are proud to announce the following students who have excelled academically and athletically in their areas of achievement in the month of March 2022.
Student of the Month
Sarah DenHerder — Raccoon Valley Bank
Kiwanis
Sam Hlas and Monica Thomas
Fine Arts - Speech
Bailey Christensen and Alexa Seidl — Lincoln Savings Bank
Spring golf, soccer and track students of the month for March will be announced in April due to competition not starting until March.
Local businesses make a contribution to the ADM Scholarship Foundation to support the Student of the Month program. The foundation formed in 1985 provides scholarships to deserving ADM graduates going on to post-secondary education. A total of $786,000 in scholarships has been granted to over 800 students. All contributions given to the Foundation are invested and the income is used to provide the scholarships granted each year. | https://www.adelnews.com/story/news/2022/03/31/adm-scholarship-foundation-announces-march-students-month/7193114001/ | 2022-04-01T00:52:49Z |
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The four blueblood programs that have descended upon the Superdome for the Final Four all have the ability to recruit on a national scale, their coaches able to hop aboard a jet on a moment’s notice to sit in a living room or take in a game.
Turns out some of their best players were in their own backyard.
READ MORE: Severe Weather Threat Continues For Greater Philadelphia AreaAll-American guard Ochai Agbaji grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, before heading about 20 minutes west on Interstate 70 to become a star for Kansas, which faces Villanova in the first national semifinal Saturday night. His running mate, Christian Braun, grew up in southeast Kansas but also played his high school ball in suburban Kansas City.
Two-time Big East player of the year Collin Gillespie, who has Wildcats coach Jay Wright eyeing a third national title, also played his high school ball about 20 minutes from campus at Archbishop Wood in suburban Philadelphia. Eric Dixon grew up in nearby Willow Grove and Chris Arcidiacono in Langhorne, Pennsylvania.
“We’ve never put an emphasis on recruiting local kids. We’ve put emphasis just going out and getting the best kids,” Kansas coach Bill Self said, “and we’ve been able to recruit national for the most part.
“But it’s pretty special that within 45 minutes of your home you have arguably two of the very best wings in college basketball.”
There are hometown connections in the second semifinal between Duke and North Carolina, too, and those might produce a little extra motivation given that their rival campuses famously lie just 10 miles apart.
Justin McKoy, who played the entire overtime in the Tar Heels’ upset of No. 1 seed Baylor, grew up 30 minutes away in Raleigh. Duke captain Joey Baker only moved about 90 minutes north of his home in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
ONE-ON-ONE
Three years ago, Caleb Samuels had made the decision to transfer from Tulane and was taking a visit to Villanova, where Gillespie and another hometown player, Dhamir Cosby-Roundtree, were given the job of showing him around.
Some of the coaches asked if they would have a little shooting competition and, well, one thing led to another.
“We’re two competitive guys. It turned into one-on-one,” Gillespie recalled Thursday, “and he got up on me like, 13-0, and I was scared. I was nervous. I was like, who is this kid? Because I hadn’t heard of him before. And I obviously looked him up and watched his highlights — ‘All right, he can help us.’”
That might’ve been an understatement. Gillespie and Samuels are now two of the Wildcats’ top three scorers.
READ MORE: Terrell Lee Charged With DUI After Philadelphia Police Officer Struck In Tacony Hit-And-Run, Authorities Say“I was up 13-0 the first game, and I remember him coming back, making every shot after that, after I missed, obviously, a layup or something,” Samuels said. “He ended up winning that game. The series ended up being 3-1, Collin.”
TEAHAN TRADITION
The Final Four has become a Teahan family tradition.
First it was Connor. He played at Kansas from 2007-11 and went to the Final Four twice, winning a national championship with the Jayhawks in 2008.
Now it’s Chris’ turn. He was a freshman on the 2018 Final Four team and is back this year as a super senior.
“The Teahans have kind of become the first family of our program,” Kansas coach Bill Self said. “They both put their handprint all over everything we do.”
CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE
It’s not uncommon to see politicians making public bets on major sporting events with products highlighting their state’s industries. That’s not an option for North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper considering home-state teams UNC and Duke have brought their rivalry to New Orleans.
So Cooper on Thursday instead issued a proclamation that the state is “The Center of the College Basketball Universe.”
“The stakes are high on Saturday and fans across the nation will get a firsthand look at two programs that have for decades competed fiercely and divided the loyalty of family and friends, but made our state proud,” Cooper said.
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer
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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — Tens of thousands of California renters facing eviction can breathe a sigh of relief after the state legislature passed a bill extending eviction protections for anyone who has applied for state assistance. The bill does not give renters more time to apply for assistance, but it does allow those who have applied and are waiting to receive money the ability to stay in their homes for at least the next three months.
The deadline for Californians to apply to the state’s rent relief program just passed and while this deadline is important for many across the state, it’s not something those in Kern Count will have to worry about. Depending on your address, the deadline might not apply to you and instead, you may be eligible to apply to and receive help locally.
A map of the state shows counties in green that rely on the state’s COVID-19 rent relief program and counties in yellow that have their own local assistance programs. That includes Kern County which is still actively helping residents with financial assistance.
Assistant executive director at the Housing Authority of Kern, Heather Kimmel, says the program has helped thousands of Kern County families pay rent and utility bills. The state’s COVID-19 rent relief program deadline does not affect residents here in Kern County.
“If there are people out there that still need assistance that haven’t applied yet, I strongly encourage them to get that in as quickly as possible,” said Kimmel. “Both the city and the county decided to operate the program within Kern County to keep those funds local and administer the program here.”
“We’ve actually funded just over 7,000 applications so a little over 7,000 families have received assistance through this program. We’ve received a total of about 18,000 applications.”
Kimmel says only renters impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic should apply.
“You have to be at or below 80% of the area median income and you have to have been financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic so many loss of income or increased expenses may be due to medical bills or some kind of financial impact.”
If you are eligible, the program can help with bills that were due after April 1, 2021, and you can receive up to 15 months of assistance. Kimmel says assistance from the housing authority is available until 2025 or until funds run out. But as of right now, the program is still able to help residents in need.
“From the state of the application to the date of actually getting that money, it is anywhere from about 30 to 40 days. When we reach the point where we have to stop taking applications, we will notify the public. We will give them a time period to which they can get their final applications in."
If you need rent and utility assistance and think you may be eligible to apply you can find out more online. | https://www.turnto23.com/news/local-news/californias-covid-19-rent-relief-deadline-doesnt-affect-kern-county | 2022-04-01T00:52:49Z |
ABC NEWS EXCLUSIVE | TOMORROW ON GMA: #Oscars producer Will Packer speaks out on what happened behind the scenes, moments after actor Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock on stage. pic.twitter.com/LnFnNImFJ1
— Good Morning America (@GMA) March 31, 2022
In an excerpt of an interview with ABC News, aired Thursday on "World News Tonight," producer Will Packer said LAPD officers told Rock, "This is battery" and that he could press charges, and they were prepared to arrest Smith that night.
WATCH: Is Will Smith's Hollywood career in jeopardy? Expert weighs in
"They said, we will go get him. We are prepared. We are prepared to get him right now. You can press charges. We can arrest him. They were laying out the options," Packer told ABC. "And as they were talking, Chris was ... being very dismissive of those options. He was like, no, I'm fine. He was, like, no, no, no."
The LAPD put out a statement on the night of the Oscars, saying, "The individual involved has declined to file a police report."
WATCH: Will Smith's shocking Oscars stage confrontation with Chris Rock
Rock made a brief reference to the incident Wednesday at a stand-up show in Boston, his first public appearance since the Oscars. He told the audience he was "still processing what happened" and would have more to say at a later date.
RELATED: In 1st remarks since Oscars slap, Chris Rock says he's 'still kind of processing what happened'
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Through history, some political leaders have been outstanding orators. Boy, could they talk. They knew how to mobilize and move people with their words.
Think of Franklin Roosevelt and, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Or Ronald Reagan and, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”
The ability to crystallize their thoughts in memorable speeches can galvanize public opinion and bring people around to the leader’s views.
But the best leaders have something else, and it gets too little attention and respect, especially in these divisive times. That is the leader’s listening skills.
This lack of attention to listening is unfortunate, because leadership is more than simply making decisions. Leadership is far more complicated than just doing what the leader’s most ardent supporters want.
Real leaders listen to people who disagree with them. They let those people explain their experiences, their concerns and suggestions — because such perspective may not be truly understood by the person in charge.
As is often the case when I think about leadership, Robert D. Ray comes to mind.
A recent Iowa History Month essay focused on how during Ray’s tenure as governor the state led the way nationally in protecting Native American remains and burial sites. Lakota activist Maria Pearson of Ames was instrumental in the early 1970s in changing the attitudes of government officials, museum administrators and scientists toward the subject.
Her ability to bring change occurred because Ray was willing to listen, even when others were not.
Contractors on a road project near Glenwood uncovered the remains of two dozen pioneers in 1971. The bones of the Caucasian settlers were reburied in a nearby cemetery. But, as was the practice at the time, the remains of a Native American woman and her infant were sent to the state archaeologist’s lab in Iowa City for study.
Pearson was livid. She went to the Capitol and demanded to see Ray. He invited her in and listened as she shared her concerns about the way Native American remains were treated like museum objects and were not treated with the same dignity the remains of European-Americans received.
Ray sought the input of others and listened to the concerns of museum curators and archeologists. In the end, he decided that while the public benefits from the museum displays and scientists’ studies, the human rights and spiritual concerns of Native Americans must take precedence.
Fast forward to 2022 for a couple of examples of governors listening — one half-heartedly, one with more compassion.
Gov. Kim Reynolds talked with Iowa parents and their daughters who wanted a law barring transgender girls from participating on girls’ athletic teams at Iowa high schools and at Iowa colleges and universities.
Unlike Ray, who sought out people with views differing from María Pearson’s, Reynolds did not invite transgender girls to her office to talk about the issue. You didn’t see photos of her with Gavy Smith, 15, a transgender girl from Decorah, who was born Gavin, a biological boy.
Had Reynolds invited Gavy and her mother to the Capitol, the governor would have learned Gavy has never been a standout athlete in any sport, not even miniature golf. Gavy would have talked about the joy derived from being part of a team and playing alongside friends.
Another leader wrestling with the issue of transgender athletes is Spencer Cox, the Republican governor of Utah.
Last week, he vetoed a bill similar to Iowa’s. It bars transgender students from participating in high school sports unless it is on a team comprised of athletes of the gender a trans kid had at birth. Cox’s veto letter provides important insight into his consideration of the issue.
“I believe in fairness and protecting the integrity of women’s sports,” he wrote. “Because there are logical and passionate arguments by many parties, finding compromise or common ground can be difficult.”
But Cox said he favors finding fair and compassionate ways to solve bitter disputes.
“I was heartened and encouraged to see legislators sitting down with LGBTQ advocates to work on a compromise that would both protect women’s sports and allow some participation for our most marginalized transgendered youth.”
The potential compromise would have created a commission of experts to help decide individual cases in which trans kids would be able to participate on a team.
“The concept was fairly simple,” Cox wrote. “For the very small number of transgender kids who are looking to find a sense of connection and community — without posing any threat to women’s sports — the commission would allow participation. However, the committee would prohibit participation in the rare circumstance of an outlier who could pose a safety threat or dominate a sport in a way that would eliminate competitive opportunities for biological females.”
On the last day of the legislative session, the compromise was thrown out shortly before midnight and a complete ban was substituted.
“I am not an expert on transgenderism,” Cox wrote. “I struggle to understand so much of it, and the science is conflicting. When in doubt, however, I always try to err on the side of kindness, mercy and compassion. I am learning so much from our transgender community. They are great kids who face enormous struggles.”
Cox noted that of 75,000 students participating in high school sports in Utah, only four are transgender. Of those four, only one is playing girls’ sports.
He concluded: “That’s what this is all about. Four kids who aren’t dominating or winning trophies or taking scholarships. Four kids who are just trying to find some friends and feel like they are part of something. Four kids trying to get through each day. Rarely has so much fear and anger been directed at so few.”
That insight comes when you listen. | https://www.ottumwacourier.com/opinion/columns/evans-there-s-more-to-being-a-leader-than-talking/article_438ae682-b147-11ec-b7a9-af5d60d65a60.html | 2022-04-01T00:52:49Z |
Colombia ended its participation in the Berlin 2022 Energy Transition Dialogue guaranteeing investments of more than US$700 million
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University of Guelph students named Wetland Heroes by Ducks Unlimited Canada
Guelph, Ont., March 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) is proud to recognize the Project Serve volunteers from the University of Guelph as its newest Wetland Heroes. This fall, 45 students headed to Hanlon Creek Park to repair the boardwalk that runs over the park wetland.
For years, the Project Serve program has had students partner with local service agencies and not-for-profit organizations to gain experience and give back to their community. This year they chose to repair the boardwalk in order to protect the wetland at Hanlon Creek and enhance one of Guelph’s largest natural areas.
“We’re proud of the Project Serve volunteers for taking action,” says Mariane Bolla, DUC’s head of national education. “Wetlands play an important role in cleaning our water, providing habitat for wildlife, and protecting our communities from flooding.”
The Project Serve volunteers are DUC’s newest Wetland Heroes, a title given to young people that lead their own wetland conservation projects. DUC’s national education programs recognize and support young people as active partners in wetland conservation, the leaders of today as well as tomorrow.
Do you know a young person who’s making a difference for wetlands? Learn more about DUC’s Wetland Heroes program and nominate them for their efforts.
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Establishes "LG Life's Good Endowed Scholarship Fund" and Contributes to Rebuild of Fire-Damaged Basketball Court and Other Technology Upgrades at the School
NEW ORLEANS, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As March Madness® and the Men's Final Four® reaches its crescendo in New Orleans, LG Electronics USA, an official NCAA® partner, announced today it has committed $150,000 in funding as well as product to St. Augustine High School, a New Orleans-based college preparatory school.
The pledge from LG will establish the "LG Life's Good Endowed Scholarship Fund" at the school as well as contribute to the rebuild of the school's flood and fire-damaged basketball court. LG is also supplying a range of products including LG OLED TVs for a new film room in its Health & Wellness Center, LG Washers & Dryers for a new laundry room and LG Air Purifiers for use throughout the school. The LG Life's Good Endowed Scholarship Fund, which will award its first recipient this year, is a need-based general award that all St. Augustine High School graduating seniors can apply for as long as they are going to attend an NCAA school.1
"As a proud partner of the NCAA, LG wanted to give back to the host city of the Men's Final Four and help inspire the next wave of student athletes in New Orleans," said Peggy Ang, Senior Vice President of Marketing at LG Electronics USA. "When our partners at the NCAA, Turner Sports and CBS Sports, brought to us the story of St. Augustine and the positive impact that school has in its community, we wanted to help them continue their tradition of inspiring students to succeed in the classroom and on the field of play."
"We are truly grateful for this inspiring commitment from LG," said Aulston Taylor, President & CEO at St. Augustine High School. "The St. Augustine community is thrilled that LG has decided to invest in the future of our students and our school. Our basketball court and Health & Wellness Center are a symbol of resiliency at St. Augustine, as it has emerged stronger after Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Ida, and most recently a fire on Thanksgiving Day last year. With the help of friends like LG and many other supporters of our school, we are on the path to rebuilding our facility to its former glory. We will prevail!"
St. Augustine High School is an all-boys Catholic high school founded in 1951. Educating students primarily of predominantly African American backgrounds, the school serves as a training ground for leadership through academic excellence and moral values. It is also home to the world-renowned marching band, "Marching 100", which was the first high school band to march in the Rex Parade on Mardi Gras Day in 1967. The band has since played for eight U.S. Presidents, and performed at five Super Bowls, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in NYC, and the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California. The band will perform at the halftime of this year's second Final Four game. To learn more about St. Augustine High School's fund raising efforts, please visit staugnola.org/lg
LG's commitment to St. Augustine High School arose as part of a three-year partnership with the NCAA, Turner Sports, and CBS Sports for category exclusive marketing and distribution rights to NCAA Championship competitions, including March Madness, that will expand the reach of college sports to legions of current fans and generations of new ones. LG's support of the NCAA Championships will include multiple initiatives to inspire fans and support student athletes including the recent launch of the NCAA Championships Channel (Channel 100), which will feature up to 50 NCAA Fall, Winter and Spring championships, both live and on-demand via LG's exclusive free streaming service, LG Channels. To learn more about LG's partnership with the NCAA visit LG.com/NCAA.
Editor's Note:
Video footage of the LG check presentation ceremony at St. Augustine High School available here.
Footnote:
1 LG will not be involved in selecting scholarship recipients. Selection of the scholarship recipients will be the sole responsibility St. Augustine High School. Eligibility for the scholarship is need-based and does not require participation in athletics as a prerequisite.
About LG Electronics USA
LG Electronics USA, Inc., based in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., is the North American subsidiary of LG Electronics, Inc., a $63 billion global innovator in technology and manufacturing. In the United States, LG sells a wide range of innovative home appliances, home entertainment products, commercial displays, air conditioning systems, energy solutions and vehicle components. LG is a seven-time ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year. The company's commitment to environmental sustainability and its "Life's Good" marketing theme encompass how LG is dedicated to people's happiness by exceeding expectations today and tomorrow. www.LG.com.
About St. Augustine High School
St. Augustine High School is a college preparatory school for young men in grades 8-12 founded in 1951 by the Josephite priests and brothers. St. Augustine High School has built a legacy serving as the training ground for leadership through academic excellence, moral values, Christian responsibility, and reasonable, consistent discipline. In 71 years, it has graduated 9,200 men.
About the NCAA®
The NCAA is a diverse association of more than 1,000 member colleges and universities that prioritize academics, well-being and fairness to create greater opportunities for nearly half a million student-athletes each year. The NCAA provides a pathway to higher education and beyond for student-athletes pursuing academic goals and competing in NCAA sports. More than 54,000 student-athletes experience the pinnacle of intercollegiate athletics by competing in NCAA championships each year. Visit ncaa.org and ncaa.com for more details about the association and the corporate partnerships that support the NCAA and its student-athletes. NCAA, Men's Final Four, and March Madness are trademarks of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
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Prometeus (PROM) traded 3.8% lower against the US dollar during the twenty-four hour period ending at 19:00 PM E.T. on March 31st. One Prometeus coin can now be purchased for approximately $9.40 or 0.00020530 BTC on exchanges. During the last seven days, Prometeus has traded 5% higher against the US dollar. Prometeus has a market cap of $154.56 million and $4.24 million worth of Prometeus was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours.
Here’s how other cryptocurrencies have performed during the last 24 hours:
- Binance USD (BUSD) traded 0% higher against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00002188 BTC.
- Polygon (MATIC) traded 3.9% lower against the dollar and now trades at $1.63 or 0.00003555 BTC.
- Polygon (MATIC) traded 1% higher against the dollar and now trades at $1.65 or 0.00004286 BTC.
- Crypto.com Coin (CRO) traded 5% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.41 or 0.00001075 BTC.
- Dai (DAI) traded 0% lower against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00002184 BTC.
- Chainlink (LINK) traded down 1% against the dollar and now trades at $17.01 or 0.00037169 BTC.
- Parkgene (GENE) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $25.59 or 0.00045023 BTC.
- DREP (DREP) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $1.96 or 0.00003398 BTC.
- DREP [old] (DREP) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $1.96 or 0.00003399 BTC.
- FTX Token (FTT) traded 4.3% lower against the dollar and now trades at $49.03 or 0.00107140 BTC.
Prometeus Coin Profile
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Prometeus Coin Trading
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I can’t resist making a reference to one of the best movies I’ve seen in a long time — “Don’t Look Up.”
For those of you who haven’t seen it, its title refers to politicians telling people to avoid looking up, because if they did, they would see the huge meteor coming to destroy our planet, with obvious parallels to our climate emergency and the unwillingness of many politicians to face it. To me, the East Boulder Subcommunity Plan has the same feeling of unreality, though not as dramatic. It might be a decent start in another context, but for Boulder it simply doesn’t work, because it makes some problems worse, and avoids putting in place the regulations and finances necessary to deal with others.
Jobs/Housing Balance – Over the last 50 years, Boulder has gone from a city with a relatively reasonable balance between jobs and resident workers to one with over 60,000 in-commuters. This has resulted in massive traffic increases (and carbon emissions) and huge pressure on housing prices. The EBSCP makes this worse because all the proposed scenarios add thousands of more jobs than housing for these workers.
Transportation Planning – The EBSCP foresees a giant transit center and other facilities to attempt to address its self-created in-commuting nightmare. But the numbers are huge. Busses will take hours to deal with the full demand, and that assumes that RTD can and will pay for them, which is highly uncertain. The plan’s “last mile” solutions are unproven and unfunded. Efficient self-funding alternatives, like charging for parking and then paying people to carpool, have apparently been ignored.
Affordable Housing – The EBSCP could have proposed that the area be rezoned with much more housing and many fewer jobs to the point where the housing would be more than adequate for the workers, but this never happened. And for the housing that is to be allowed, the regulations could be redone to require, say, 50% of the units to be permanently affordable; that would roughly preserve our population’s current economic distribution. But that didn’t happen either.
Affordable Business Space – It’s not clear to me how much effort was put into achieving this important outcome, but as best as I can tell, any actual regulations are left for the indefinite future. Unfortunately, there is way too much of this vagueness in almost all the implementation of the plan’s goals.
Building Energy Consumption – The EBSCP would have been a good place to implement a requirement that all new buildings be net-zero in energy consumption. Net-zero buildings have already been constructed in Boulder and could easily be done in this planning area. It would mean requiring better insulation, rooftop solar, efficient lighting, etc., plus perhaps some solar gardens with more space for PV panels. Adding in battery storage and micro-grids could create an area that would self-sustain during power failures, making it more attractive for certain businesses. But the only references to anything like this were vague and indefinite.
Expectations – When I raised these issues, one response I’ve heard is that the property owners in East Boulder had reasonable expectations about what they would be able to build, and so making drastic changes would not be fair. So, apparently, the concerns about affordable housing expressed by the city power structure do not extend to correcting the plan’s jobs-housing imbalance and insisting on a high percentage of permanently affordable housing in what gets built there. Interestingly, this level of deference to property owners’ expectations has not been granted to single family homeowners, given the constant threat of up-zoning their neighborhoods to allow multi-unit apartments. Apparently, what’s good for the goose is not good for the gander. Just saying…
Water – I should not have to keep bringing this up, but the numbers I’ve seen indicate that if the Colorado River’s Lower Basin states and Mexico get their allotted shares, the Upper Basin states, which legally are entitled to only the leftovers, will have to cut their consumption. How hard this will hit the Colorado Big Thompson Project is unclear, but it will happen, because the CBT has relatively junior rights. And we in Boulder gets a third of our water from the CBT. We really need a serious risk analysis BEFORE we push all this mass of new development. Taking the attitude of “don’t look up” and failing to do the work first is, frankly, just plain dumb.
The EBSCP clearly needs a lot of fixes for all these issues and problems. It’s time for that hard work to begin.
Steve Pomerance is a former Boulder city council member. stevepomerance@yahoo.com | https://www.dailycamera.com/2022/03/31/steve-pomerance-the-east-boulder-subcommunity-plan-dont-look-up/ | 2022-04-01T00:52:51Z |
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ITTN’s Shane Cullen attended an overnight trip to Belfast to celebrate Titanic Belfast turning ten.
Titanic Hotel Belfast
The group checked in to the stunning Titanic Hotel Belfast in the heart of the Titanic Quarter. Located in the historic Harland & Wolff Headquarters and Drawing Offices with views of the Titanic Slipways and the iconic Harland & Wolff cranes, you are in for a truly authentic Titanic stay.
Titanic was designed in the Harland & Wolff Drawing Offices. This is one of Belfast’s architectural and historical gems and today you can stay within its walls. Half-hotel, half-museum, the building is home to an original collection of over 500 artworks, artefacts and photographs transporting the viewer back to the ‘Golden Age of Ocean Travel’.
Guests were treated to lunch in the beautiful high vaulted ceilings of the hotel’s Drawing Office. There are two Drawing Offices in the hotel, one serves as a function room and the other is a bar for guests. Both are beautiful, cathedral-like spaces with an abundance of light and crisp white decor. These would have been the original offices of the architects of the shipbuilders where many of the world’s greatest ocean liners were designed. The chief architect’s office on the upper level, looking over his department in the room below.
Dinner in The Wolff Grill with stunning views over the historic slipways. The Wolff Grill has been named Ireland’s Hotel Restaurant of the Year by the Irish Hotel Awards. The Wolff Grill also received the awards for Ulster Hotel Restaurant of the Year and the Great Place to Stay Quality Award. This is the second consecutive year that the Wolff Grill Restaurant has been recognised by the Irish Hotels Awards winning these three awards for excellence on the standard of food and service for which it has become renowned.
To celebrate the Titanic Belfast turning ten, the hotel is currently offering a “Titanic-inspired” menu with dishes that would have been served on the Titanic’s maiden voyage. Six courses were included and it also mentioned the days that they would have been served and at which class level.
Belfast
Belfast is buzzing. Whether you’re exploring the bars and restaurants of the Cathedral Quarter or visiting the birthplace of the world’s most famous ship, there is something for everyone in Northern Ireland’s dynamic capital city.
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To put it mildly, Aveanna Healthcare Holdings (NASDAQ: AVAH) has not been having a good week.
Two days after whiffing on its latest quarterly results, the company was stung on Thursday by the latest in a string of analyst price target downgrades. As a result, its share price tumbled by nearly 10% on the day.
So what
The latest analyst to ding Aveanna stock is RBC Capital's Frank Morgan. Friday morning, he took a big pair of shears to his price target, cutting it to $9 per share from the previous $16.
Still, that new level is more than double the home healthcare specialist's current share price, so Morgan is leaving his outperform (buy) recommendation intact. Much of this is connected to his revised full-year 2022 estimate for earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA). This has been reduced to $198 million; formerly it was $215 million.
Morgan certainly has plenty of precedent backing his move. A clutch of other analysts also trimmed their Aveanna price targets immediately following that earnings report.
One that did so while also downgrading her recommendation was Bank of America Securities prognosticator Joanna Gajuk. She now feels that the stock is only a neutral, whereas before she tagged it with a buy. She also cut her price target nearly in half, to $5.50 per share from the preceding $10.
Now what
Those gloomy changes in outlook are entirely understandable. On Tuesday, Aveanna delivered fourth-quarter and full-year figures that didn't come close to hitting the average analyst estimates for the former period. Worse, the company suffered a dip in revenue on a year-over-year basis, and reported a much deeper net loss (over $126 million, against fourth quarter 2020's less than $10 million).
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