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Midland’s Anna Bartels pushes hard to the finish line ahead of Lisbon’s Addie Clark, left, winning the Tri-Rivers Conference indoor 400-meter dash championship Friday, March 25, in Dubuque.
Midland’s Sophia Raubs blazes down the track in the 55-meter dash on her way to an 11th-place finish in the Tri-Rivers Conference indoor event in Dubuque Friday, March 25.
Midland’s Anna Bartels pushes hard to the finish line ahead of Lisbon’s Addie Clark, left, winning the Tri-Rivers Conference indoor 400-meter dash championship Friday, March 25, in Dubuque.
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Midland’s Allison Paulsen unleashes a throw during Tri-Rivers Conference indoor shot out action on the University of Dubuque campus Friday, March 25.
Don Zieser • Staff Photo
Midland’s Sophia Raubs blazes down the track in the 55-meter dash on her way to an 11th-place finish in the Tri-Rivers Conference indoor event in Dubuque Friday, March 25.
Early in her freshman campaign, a mere one year ago, there weren’t too many in the Iowa high school track and field community who knew the name Anna Bartels.
Yet.
But, as the 2021 season progressed, Bartels began to impress to the point the then Eagle freshman began to make a name for herself, running all the way to the state meet.
As Bartels enters the 2022 campaign this spring, it would be difficult to find a coach who doesn’t know the Midland standout, especially after the performance the superstar sophomore had at the Tri-Rivers Conference indoor meet on the University of Dubuque campus Friday, March 25.
Bartels not only claimed the Eagles’ lone league championship on the evening, winning the 400-meter dash, but helped the 4x400 relay team to a runner-up performance.
Bartels finished strong in the 400 as her 1:04.30 clocking edged Lisbon’s Addie Clark (1:04.55) for the title while with teammates Alivia Smith, Gracie Franzen and Taelynn Gravel, helped the 4x400 to a time 4:32.43 that trailed only champion Lisbon’s 4:29.95 effort.
Midland relays were solid all night long as the 4x800 team was sixth with Harley Goodman, Lexis Jellison, Haleigh Payne and Emmaleigh Soper coming through with a time of 12:21.74 while the 4x200 was seventh as Gracie Harrington, Amaya Terrell, Jayde Martin and Franzen combined for a 2:02.30 clocking.
Bartels wasn’t the only Eagle individual to have success at the league meet either, as Alyssa Eckhardt was fifth in the 200 (30.23) while McKenna Brown made it two Midland runners in the top-5 in the 400 after her 1:10.09 clocking was good enough to score fifth in the event.
Terrell added a top-10 performance in the long jump soaring 14-feet, 3-inches, good enough to place eighth overall while Allison Paulsen was 10th in the 200 after her 31.31 effort. | https://www.eastcentraliowanews.com/anamosa/sports/midland-girls-track-and-field-bartels-wins-trc-400-meter-indoor-title/article_08c5b805-21f2-54e5-8e69-497dc45f5fc1.html | 2022-04-01T02:01:24Z |
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Lima City School students were having a “purr-fect” time on Thursday as they learn about volunteerism.
About a dozen students from West Middle School were at the Allen County Human Society as part of their “Spartan Give” project. The kids helped groom the animals and even did a little laundry, folding dozens of the hundreds of blankets used in the kennels for the animals. Those participating enjoyed spending time helping.
Seventh Grader Willow Chesley says, “We are helping out with community service, and I wanted to participate cause I love animals. I have two cats and three dogs at home.”
School resource officer Amanda Leugers explains, “I brought a mixture of our 7th and 8th graders today from West Middle School. This is our community give back that we do during our Public School Week. We just try to give back to our community in any way that we can. And since we have a canine unit within our school district, we figured this would be a great way to give back to the Humane Society and just bring our kids out to show them how they can also serve our community and be volunteers with other organizations that need it.
On Friday, students at West Middle School will be volunteering at the Lima Fire Station number 3.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former minor league pitcher ran a major league illegal sports betting operation in California that used other former pro athletes to take bets and took wagers from players still in the game, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
Wayne Nix, who threw for Oakland Athletics farm teams, used his connections to recruit three former Major League Baseball players and a former pro football player as fellow bookies, prosecutors said.
The MLB began looking into the matter when it learned of it Thursday, but was unaware any of those involved other than Nix, a spokesman said.
Court records offered no names of the players who worked for Nix or those who placed bets with his business, but they provide a glimpse of the kind of money being wagered, earned and lost.
A professional football player paid Nix $245,000 for gambling losses in 2016. An MLB coach paid $4,000 in losses that same year. It was not disclosed if either bet on their own games or their own sports.
MLB prohibits players from betting on baseball or gambling illegally on sports. They can bet on other sports if it’s legal. The National Football League policy bars all personnel from betting on football games.
A Los Angeles check cashing business that has agreed to plead guilty to failing to prevent money laundering in the scheme cashed over $18 million in checks from two single bettors, prosecutors said.
One client wagered $5 million on the Super Bowl but it was not revealed if that gambit paid off.
Sports betting is legal in 30 states, but not in California. However, voters will have a chance to legalize it at the polls in November.
Nix, 45, has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to run an illegal gambling operation and faces up to eight years in prison. He also admitted he failed to report $1.4 million in income in 2017 and 2018. He has agreed to pay back taxes and interest of $1.25 million and forfeit $1.3 million seized from bank accounts.
Nix began the sports bookmaking business about 20 years ago after his six-year minor league career — with stops in Arizona, Texas and California — ended, prosecutors said.
His client list was created from contacts he had made in the sports world and included current and former pro athletes. The agents he hired helped expand that clientele.
The operation eventually began using a Costa Rican business, Sand Island Sports, to create accounts where bets could be placed and tracked and credit limits set, prosecutors said. Bets were placed online or through a call center, though Nix paid winners and kept most of the money from losing bets.
Those who exceeded credit limits were shut off, though exceptions were made, according to court documents.
A sports broadcaster’s account was reactivated in February 2019 after he told Nix he was refinancing his home mortgage to pay off his gambling debts.
In September 2019, Nix increased the credit limit to a baseball player with debts so he could make additional bets.
In November, 2019, Nix’s partner, Edon Kagasoff, told a business manager for a professional basketball player that he would increase the maximum wager he could place to $25,000 per NBA game.
Kagasoff, 44, faces the same conspiracy charge as Nix. He also agreed to plead guilty and forfeit over $3 million in funds seized from his home and bank accounts.
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Novo Reports 2021 Financial Results
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Novo Resources Corp. (“Novo” or the “Company”) (TSX: NVO, NVO.WT & NVO.WT.A) (OTCQX: NSRPF) is pleased to announce its financial results for the three and twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2021. All amounts are expressed in Canadian dollars, unless otherwise noted.
This news release should be read together with Novo’s management’s discussion and analysis (the “Annual MD&A”) and audited consolidated financial statements (the “Audited Financial Statements”) for the year ended December 31, 2021 (“Fiscal 2021”) and the eleven-month transitional period ended December 31, 2020 (“Fiscal 2020”) which are available under Novo’s profile on SEDAR (www.sedar.com). The fourth quarter of Fiscal 2021 is referred to as “Q4 2021” in this news release.
Highlights
Revenue of $112.2 million from the sale of 49,232 ounces of gold from the Company’s Beatons Creek gold project (the “Beatons Creek Project”) in Fiscal 2021 ($29.9 million from the sale of 13,023 ounces in Q4 2021) at an average realized price1 of $2,281 / A$2,421/ US$1,819 per ounce ($2,294 / A$2,498 / US$1,821 per ounce for Q4 2021) subsequent to Novo’s inaugural gold pour on February 16, 20212
Cash and cash equivalents of $32.5 million as at December 31, 2021
Investment portfolio balance of $156.2 million3 as at December 31, 2021, including a 9.13% undiluted stake in New Found Gold Corp. (TSXV: NFG) (“New Found”)
Continuing focus on high-priority exploration targets, with exploration spend of $12.1 million in Fiscal 2021 ($12.3 million in Fiscal 2020)
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”)1 of $41.7 million in Fiscal 2021 ($(49.8) million for Q4 2021) and adjusted EBITDA1 of $(2.4) million in Fiscal 2021 ($(5.2) million for Q4 2021)
Total cash costs1 of $1,865 / A$1,980 / US$1,488 per ounce sold in Fiscal 2021 ($2,296 / A$2,501 / US$1,822 in Q4 2021) and all-in sustaining costs (“AISC”)1 of $2,637 / A$2,799 / US$2,104 per ounce sold in Fiscal 2021 ($3,143 / A$3,423 / US$2,494 per ounce sold in Q4 2021)
Recognition of a one-time non-cash gain of $85.6 million in Fiscal 2021 as a result of the accounting treatment (discontinuation of equity accounting; see below) for the Company’s investment in New Found
Recognition of a non-cash impairment charge of $46.9 million in Q4 2021 due to uncertainty regarding the timing of the receipt of the Fresh mining approvals and Beatons Creek Project operational performance to date against forecast
Completion of final payment of AUD$3 million for the Comet Well project near Karratha, Western Australia in February 20214
Amendment of senior secured credit facility with Sprott Private Resource Lending II (Collector), LP (the “Sprott Facility”) and draw-down of additional USD$5 million in April 20215
Completion of sale of part of the Company’s Blue Spec project near Nullagine, Western Australia to Calidus Resources Ltd. (ASX: CAI) (“Calidus”) in April 2021 for gross aggregate consideration of AUD$12.5 million cash (AUD$2.5 million received in Fiscal 2020) plus 13,333,333 ordinary shares of Calidus6, all of which were sold in Q4 2021 (along with some pre-existing Calidus shares) for gross proceeds of AUD$8.7 million
Completion of $26.4 million brokered private placement of special warrants in May 20217
Also refer to the Company’s Q4 2021 operational update8 and comprehensive exploration update9. The Company will provide further operations and exploration updates during April 2022.
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1 Non-IFRS measure; the definitions and reconciliations of these measures are included under “Non-IFRS Measures” below.
2 Refer to the Company’s news release dated February 16, 2021.
3 Novo’s ability to dispose of its investments is subject to certain thresholds under the Sprott Facility. Please refer to the Annual MD&A which is available under Novo’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Novo’s investment in New Found Gold Corp. is subject to escrow requirements pursuant to National Instrument 46-201 Escrow for Initial Public Offerings. The value of Novo’s holdings in Elementum 3D, Inc. (“E3D”) is based on E3D’s most recent financing price of US$8.00 per unit comprised of one common share and one-half of one common share purchase warrant. Except for its investment in E3D and warrant holdings, the fair value of Novo’s investments is based on closing prices of its investments and relevant foreign exchanges rate as at December 31, 2021.
4 Refer to the Company’s news release dated February 4, 2021.
5 Refer to the Company’s news release dated April 9, 2021.
6 Refer to the Company’s news release dated March 23, 2021.
7 Refer to the Company’s news release dated May 4, 2021.
8 Refer to the Company’s news release dated January 14, 2022.
9 Refer to the Company’s news release dated January 28, 2022.
Financial Highlights
The Company did not have any revenue-generating operations prior to its inaugural gold pour on February 16, 20212.
Novo generated revenue of $112.2 million from the sale of 49,232 ounces of gold at an average realized price1 of $2,281 / A$2,421/ US$1,819 per ounce in Fiscal 2021. Approximately 1,362,534 tonnes of mineralized material were processed through the Golden Eagle processing facility (the “Golden Eagle Plant”) in Fiscal 2021 subsequent to the Company’s inaugural gold pour2, equating to an annual processing rate of approximately 1.6 million tonnes per annum. Processed material had an average head grade of 1.25 g/t Au with average recovery of 93.0%8 resulting in 49,364 ounces of gold produced in Fiscal 20218.
Revenue for Q4 2021 was $29.9 million from the sale of 13,023 ounces of gold at an average realized price1 of $2,294 / A$2,498 / US$1,821 per ounce. Processing rates were affected by a number of unscheduled short-term mill shuts during Q4 2021, including a longer shut in early November 2021 which accompanied significant crusher maintenance10. Approximately 395,000 tonnes of mineralized material were processed through the Golden Eagle Plant in Q4 2021 at an average head grade of 1.16 g/t Au and average recovery of 91.5%8. The Company produced 12,833 ounces of gold and sold 13,023 ounces of gold in Q4 20218.
The Company generated a net loss of $(0.7) million or $(0.00) per share in Fiscal 2021, and a net loss of $(59.3) million or $(0.24) per share in Q4 2021.
EBITDA1 totaled $41.5 million in Fiscal 2021 ($(49.8) million in Q4 2021), and adjusted EBITDA1 totaled $(2.5) million in Fiscal 2021 ($(5.2) million in Q4 2021).
Total cash costs1 were $1,865 / A$1,980 / US$1,488 in Fiscal 2021 ($2,296 / A$2,501 / US$1,822 in Q4 2021). AISC1 was $2,637 / A$2,799 / US$2,104 in Fiscal 2021 ($3,143 / A$3,423 / US$2,494 in Q4 2021). Total cash costs1 and AISC1 are heavily influenced by the number of ounces of gold sold and are higher than anticipated due to, among other things, a lower production base than forecast.
Adjusted earnings (losses)1 were $(52.0) million or $(0.22) per share in Fiscal 2021, and $(16.1) million or $(0.07) per share in Q4 2021. Non-cash adjustments include a gain recognized on the discontinuation of equity accounting for the Company’s investment in New Found, impairment related to the Beatons Creek Project, and income tax expenses related to the movement in fair value of the Company’s investment portfolio.
The Company recognized a non-cash impairment expense of $46.9 million related to the Company’s Beatons Creek Project in Q4 2021 due to current uncertainty regarding the timing of the receipt of the Fresh mining approvals and Beatons Creek Project operational performance to December 31, 2021 against forecast.
The Company is committed to aggressively advancing its highly prospective exploration portfolio and devoted
$12.1 million to such efforts in Fiscal 2021.
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10 Refer to the Company’s news releases dated November 1, 2021, and November 5, 2021.
Financial Position
The Company held cash and cash equivalents of $32.5 million as at December 31, 2021, with a working capital1 balance of $3.9 million. The Company’s investment portfolio balance grew by 732% from December 31, 2020 to $156.2 million3 and includes the Company’s 9.13% undiluted investment in New Found (currently worth approximately $114.75 million) along with the Company’s undiluted 12.6% investment (pre-financing) in unlisted Elementum 3D Inc. (“E3D”). The Company revalued its holdings in E3D in Q4 2021 from $6.6 million to $16.5 million based on E3D’s ongoing financing at USD$8.00 per unit.
During Fiscal 2020, the Company determined that it exercised significant influence over New Found pursuant to IAS 28 Investment in Associates and Joint Ventures. On September 17, 2021, immediately subsequent to New Found’s most recent annual general meeting, Novo determined that it had ceased to exercise significant influence over New Found, discontinued equity accounting, and recognized its retained interest in New Found as a marketable security at fair value resulting in a non-cash one-time gain of $85.6 million based on the difference between New Found’s fair value using its share price on the date of derecognition ($7.15) and the carrying value of the investment using the equity accounting method, with certain adjustments.
The Sprott Facility remains fully drawn at USD$40 million. Interest accrues on the outstanding principal amount of the Sprott Facility at a rate of 8% per annum plus the greater of (i) US three-month LIBOR and (ii) 1.00%. All interest is payable in cash on a monthly basis. Principal is repayable commencing December 2022 and quarterly thereafter until September 2024 in eight equal instalments. The availability of the Sprott Facility is subject to certain conditions and covenants, including the maintenance of minimum unrestricted cash and working capital balances after certain adjustments. As at December 31, 2021 and the date of this news release, the Company is in compliance with Sprott Facility conditions and covenants, as amended or waived.
Outlook
The Company reiterates its previous production forecast for the first half of 2022 of 27 koz – 33 koz Au11, which remains influenced by close-spaced drilling and mine-to-mill reconciliation efforts and assumes receipt of requisite approvals. The Company will provide an operations performance and approvals update following completion of the first quarter of 2022.
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11 Refer to the Company’s news releases dated December 13, 2021, and January 14, 2022.
Non-IFRS Measures
Certain non-IFRS measures have been included in this news release. The Company believes that these measures, in addition to measures prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”), provide readers with an improved ability to evaluate its underlying performance and to compare it to information reported by other companies. The non-IFRS measures are intended to provide additional information and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with IFRS. These measures do not have any standardized meaning prescribed under IFRS, and therefore may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies.
Non-IFRS measures for Fiscal 2021 are not necessarily indicative of ongoing performance considering the Company was still ramping up operations through to September 30, 2021 and declared commercial production effective October 1, 202112.
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12 Refer to the Company’s news release dated October 12, 2021.
Average Realized Price
The Company uses the average realized price per ounce of gold sold to better understand the gold price and, once applicable, cash margin realized throughout a period.
Average realized price is calculated as revenue from contracts with customers plus treatment and refinery charges included in dore revenue less silver revenue divided by gold ounces sold.
The following table reconciles this non-IFRS measure to the most directly comparable IFRS measure disclosed in the Annual MD&A and Audited Financial Statements.
Total Cash Costs
The Company reports total cash costs on a per gold ounce sold basis. In addition to measures prepared in accordance with IFRS, such as revenue, the Company believes this information can be used to evaluate its performance and ability to generate operating earnings and cash flow from its mining operations. The Company uses this metric to monitor operating cost performance.
Total cash costs include cost of sales such as mining, processing, mine general and administrative costs, royalties, selling costs, and changes in inventories less non-cash depreciation and depletion, write-down of inventories and site share-based payments where applicable, and silver revenue divided by gold ounces sold to arrive at total cash costs per ounce of gold sold. Refer to the Annual MD&A for the treatment of depreciation and depletion costs prior and subsequent to the declaration of commercial production.
The following table reconciles this non-IFRS measure to the most directly comparable IFRS measure disclosed in the Annual MD&A and Audited Financial Statements.
*Depreciation and depletion are reconciled to aggregate depreciation and depletion in the operating adjustments in the consolidated statements of cash flows in the Audited Financial Statements.
All-in Sustaining Costs
The Company believes that AISC more fully defines the total costs associated with producing gold. AISC is calculated based on the definitions published by the World Gold Council (“WGC”). The WGC is not a regulatory organization. The Company calculates AISC as the sum of total cash costs (as described above), sustaining capital expenditures (excluding significant projects considered expansionary in nature), accretion on decommissioning and restoration provisions, treatment and refinery charges, payments on lease obligations, site share-based payments where applicable, and corporate administrative costs less any share-based payments directly attributable to exploration and non-operating payments on lease obligations, all divided by gold ounces sold during the period to arrive at a per ounce amount.
Other companies may calculate this measure differently as a result of differences in underlying principles and policies applied. Differences may also arise due to a different definition of sustaining versus expansion capital. Refer to the Annual MD&A for the treatment of depreciation and depletion costs prior and subsequent to the declaration of commercial production.
The following table reconciles this non-IFRS measure to the most directly comparable IFRS measure disclosed in the Annual MD&A and Audited Financial Statements.
*The non-operating payments on lease obligations adjustment includes lease amounts which are not directly related to the Company’s operations at the Beatons Creek Project. This figure is not separately disclosed in the Audited Financial Statements.
**Share-based payment expenses directly attributable to the Company’s exploration staff are excluded from the calculation of AISC. This figure is not separately disclosed in the Audited Financial Statements and is a subset of the share-based payments expense outlined in Note 20 of the Audited Financial Statements.
EBITDA
The Company uses EBITDA to better understand its ability to generate liquidity by producing operating cash flow to fund working capital needs, service debt obligations, and fund capital expenditures.
EBITDA is defined as net earnings before interest and finance expense, interest and finance income, current income tax expense, deferred income tax expense, depreciation and depletion. EBITDA is also adjusted for non-recurring transactions such as the change in fair value of derivative instruments, foreign exchanges gains and losses, gains and losses on the disposal of assets, impairment, and other income. Refer to the Annual MD&A for the treatment of depreciation and depletion costs prior and subsequent to the declaration of commercial production.
The following table reconciles this non-IFRS measure to the most directly comparable IFRS measure disclosed in the Annual MD&A and Audited Financial Statements.
*Depreciation and depletion is reconciled to aggregate depreciation and depletion in the operating adjustments in the consolidated statements of cash flows in the Audited Financial Statements.
Adjusted Earnings and Adjusted Basic and Diluted Earnings per Share
The Company uses adjusted earnings and adjusted basic and diluted earnings per share to measure its underlying operating and financial performance.
Adjusted earnings are defined as net earnings adjusted to exclude specific items that are significant, but not reflective of the Company’s underlying operations, including: foreign exchange (gain) loss, (gain) loss on financial instruments at fair value, impairment, and non-recurring gains and losses on treatment of marketable securities, sale of E&E assets, and associated tax impacts. Adjusted basic and diluted earnings per share are calculated using the weighted average number of shares outstanding under the basic and diluted method of earnings per share as determined under IFRS. Refer to the Annual MD&A for the treatment of depreciation and depletion costs prior and subsequent to the declaration of commercial production.
The following table reconciles this non-IFRS measure to the most directly comparable IFRS measure disclosed in the Annual MD&A and Audited Financial Statements.
Available Liquidity
The Company believes that available liquidity provides an accurate measure of the Company’s ability to liquidate assets in order to satisfy its liabilities. The Company uses this metric to help monitor its risk profile.
Available liquidity includes cash, short-term investments, and assets which are readily saleable within the next 12 months, including gold in circuit and stockpiles, receivables, marketable securities (to the extent that an established market exists for such marketable securities, they are free of any long-term trading restrictions, and sufficient historical volume exists to liquidate holdings within 12 months), and gold specimens. The market value of certain marketable securities has been used in the calculation of available liquidity which may not reconcile to the accounting treatment of such marketable securities. Refer to the Annual MD&A and Notes 5 and 11 of the Audited Financial Statements.
The following table reconciles this non-IFRS measure to the most directly comparable IFRS measure disclosed in the Annual MD&A and Audited Financial Statements.
*Some of the Company’s New Found shares remain subject to escrow restrictions pursuant to National Instrument 46-201 Escrow for Initial Public Offerings. As at December 31, 2021, 6,000,000 of the Company’s 15,000,000 New Found shares had been released from escrow. The Company’s remaining 9,000,000 New Found shares will be released from escrow semi-annually, with 2,250,000 New Found Shares being released in February and August of each year. As at March 31, 2022, 8,250,000 New Found Shares had been released from escrow.
*As at December 31, 2020, 1,500,000 of the Company’s 15,000,000 New Found shares had been released from escrow. Refer to the preceding table for further details.
Working Capital
Working capital is defined as current assets less current liabilities and is used to monitor the Company’s liquidity.
The following table reconciles this non-IFRS measure to the most directly comparable IFRS measure disclosed in the Annual MD&A and Audited Financial Statements.
Sprott Facility Adjusted Working Capital
Sprott Facility adjusted working capital is a derivation of working capital with a series of adjustments as permitted pursuant to the Sprott Facility. The Company uses Sprott Facility adjusted working capital to monitor its compliance against certain covenants within the Sprott Facility.
The following table reconciles this non-IFRS measure to the most directly comparable IFRS measure disclosed in the Annual MD&A and Audited Financial Statements.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT
The decision by the Company to produce at the Beatons Creek Project was not based on a feasibility study of mineral reserves demonstrating economic and technical viability and, as a result, there is an increased uncertainty of achieving any particular level of recovery of minerals or the cost of such recovery, including increased risks associated with developing a commercially mineable deposit. Production has not achieved forecast to date. Historically, such projects have a much higher risk of economic and technical failure. There is no guarantee that anticipated production costs will be achieved. Failure to achieve the anticipated production costs would have a material adverse impact on the Company’s cash flow and future profitability.
The Company cautions that its declaration of commercial production effective October 1, 202112 only indicates that the Beatons Creek project was operating at anticipated and sustainable levels and it does not indicate that economic results will be realized.
QP STATEMENT
Dr. Quinton Hennigh (P.Geo.) is the qualified person, as defined under National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects, responsible for, and having reviewed and approved, the technical information contained in this news release. Dr. Hennigh is the non-executive co-chairman and a director of Novo.
ABOUT NOVO
Novo operates its flagship Beatons Creek Project while exploring and developing its prospective land package covering approximately 12,500 square kilometres in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. In addition to the Company’s primary focus, Novo seeks to leverage its internal geological expertise to deliver value-accretive opportunities to its shareholders. For more information, please contact Leo Karabelas at (416) 543-3120 or e-mail leo@novoresources.com.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors,
Novo Resources Corp.
“Michael Spreadborough”
Michael Spreadborough
Executive Co-Chairman
Forward-looking information
Some statements in this news release contain forward-looking information (within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation) including, without limitation, production forecast for the first half of 2022. These statements address future events and conditions and, as such, involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the statements. Such factors include, without limitation, customary risks of the resource industry and the risk factors identified in the Annual MD&A which is available under Novo’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date those statements are made. Except as required by applicable law, Novo assumes no obligation to update or to publicly announce the results of any change to any forward-looking statement contained or incorporated by reference herein to reflect actual results, future events or developments, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting the forward-looking statements. If Novo updates any forward-looking statement(s), no inference should be drawn that the Company will make additional updates with respect to those or other forward-looking statements. | https://finance.yahoo.com/news/novo-reports-2021-financial-results-002600324.html | 2022-04-01T02:01:25Z |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Upholding a Trump-era environmental policy, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it will not regulate a drinking water contaminant that has been linked to brain damage in infants.
The agency said the Trump administration’s decision in 2020 not to regulate perchlorate in drinking water was made with the “best available peer reviewed science.” The chemical is used in rocket fuel and fireworks.
At the time, Trump’s EPA said perchlorate was not found widely enough in drinking water or “at levels of public health concern” to warrant federal regulation. The decision was one of many Trump-era rollbacks or eliminations of existing or pending public health and environmental protections. The Biden administration ordered a review of that decision at the start of his term.
EPA Assistant Administrator Radhika Fox said the agency was “applying the right tools to support public health protections.”
Environmental groups slammed the Biden administration’s decision.
“The Trump EPA gave perchlorate a pass; it was a bad decision then, and it’s a bad decision now,” said Erik Olson of the Natural Resources Defense Council advocacy group. “Tap water across America will remain contaminated by this toxic chemical.”
Perchlorate from runoff contaminates the drinking water of as many as 16 million Americans, the Obama administration said in 2011 when it announced the EPA would for the first time set maximum limits for the chemical compound. It has been used in the U.S. for decades, particularly by the military and defense industries, and is commonly found in munitions, fireworks, matches and signal flares.
Exposure to the compound can damage the development of fetuses and children and cause measurable drops in IQ in newborns, the American Academy of Pediatrics said in 2019, when it called for stringent federal limits. It damages human development by disrupting the functioning of the thyroid gland.
In its 2020 review, the EPA said state-level regulations and cleanup activities at contaminated sites had lowered the health risks posed by the compound. Massachusetts and California, for example, limit perchlorate in drinking water to 2 parts per billion and 6 parts per billion, respectively.
“But the problem is that for the rest of the country the states have not set standards,” said Olson of the Natural Resources Defense Council. He said the compound is in “the top tier of problematic chemicals in our water.”
In the Southwest, perchlorate has been detected in groundwater that entered Lake Mead in Nevada. Manufacturing facilities in Henderson, Nevada, were the source of the chemical. The EPA said cleanup activities at two industrial sites in the state between 2002 and 2006 resulted in reduced levels of perchlorate in data provided since then by Nevada environmental and water agencies.
The EPA said Thursday it was considering other steps besides a federal drinking water limit, such as setting standards at open burning and detonation sites, where severe perchlorate contamination is generated from the burning of hazardous byproducts from weapons manufacturing and munitions. One such site is in Colfax, Louisiana, where environmentalists have long advocated for reform.
But environmental advocates said such measures fall short of what’s needed.
“Simply put, toxic chemicals used in rocket fuel do not belong in our drinking water,” said John Rumpler, senior attorney with Environment America.
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AP reporter Matthew Daly contributed to this report.
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WHL
All Times Local
Western Conference
B.C. Division
U.S. Division
Eastern Conference
East Division
Central Division
Note: x - clinched playoff berth; y - clinched division; Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.
Tuesday's results
Winnipeg 8 Moose Jaw 1
Wednesday's results
Everett at Portland, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert 2 Brandon 1
Swift Current 6 Lethbridge 4
Regina 3 Saskatoon 2
Calgary 3 Medicine Hat 2
Kamloops 8 Prince George 2
Friday's games
Calgary at Swift Current, 7 p.m.
Moose Jaw at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Brandon at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Winnipeg at Regina, 7 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Spokane at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Prince George at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
Portland at Everett, 7:05 p.m.
Tri-City at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.
Saturday's games
Edmonton at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Lethbridge at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Brandon at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Portland, 6 p.m.
Winnipeg at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.
Regina at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Everett at Tri-City, 6:05 p.m.
Spokane at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
Victoria at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
Sunday's games
Swift Current at Calgary, 2 p.m.
Kamloops at Prince George, 2 p.m.
Red Deer at Edmonton, 4 p.m.
Spokane at Vancouver, 4 p.m.
Tuesday's games
Regina at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Saskatoon at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Kelowna at Prince George, 7 p.m. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/HKO-WHL-Standings-17049892.php | 2022-04-01T02:01:26Z |
Russian FM Sergey Lavrov to meet EAM Jaishankar today
Russian FM Sergey Lavrov to meet EAM Jaishankar today
New Delhi: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who is on a two-day official visit to India, is expected to meet and hold talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday. Lavrov arrived in India on Thursday. This is the first trip of Lavrov to India since Moscow launched a "special military operation" in Ukraine on February 24. Lavrov's visit comes soon after China's foreign minister Wang Yi visit to India last week and ahead of the 2+2 dialogues set to be held between India and the US on April 11.
The Russian Foreign Minister reached New Delhi after his two-day visit to China. On Wednesday, in China, Lavrov held talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi and both sides pledged to strengthen bilateral ties. Lavrov informed the Chinese side of the Russia-Ukraine talks, saying Russia is committed to easing the tensions, continuing peace talks with Ukraine, and maintaining communication with the international community.
Russian Foreign Minister participated in two multinational meetings on Afghanistan along with representatives from Pakistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Lavrov also held meetings with representatives from China and Pakistan and attended a separate meeting of the "Extended Troika" with special Afghan envoys from China and the US.
Also read: Amid Ukraine crisis, Russian FM lands in Delhi
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It doesn’t seem like it was that long ago when the Midland girls’ track and field program was revered as one of the best in all of eastern Iowa.
There was a reason why, too.
The Eagles had the numbers, the talent and the drive to be successful.
That was in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and while the program has gone through its ups and down as far as numbers go over the years, it appears 2022 could be the start of a track and field resurgence in Wyoming as Midland will bring their largest roster in quite some time to meets this spring as 31 Eagles will take to the track.
“This is a young team overall, but I’m excited to see how they progress throughout the season,” said Eagle girls track coach Ryan Luensman, who returns a solid corps of letter winners with Jaden Gatts, Anna Bartels, Bailie Uppena, Jayde Martin, Sophia Raubs, Mariah Hacke, Gracie Harrington, Emmaleigh Soper and Chiara Dusanek.
“These girls work hard and want to improve. Being able to now fill most, if not all of the events will give us the opportunity to compete as a team. Jaden and Anna coming back with valuable state experience and being valuable parts of our relays will be big for the team, too.”
Luensman returns four athletes with 2021 state meet experience led by Gatts who placed fourth in the class 1A high jump last spring as well as being a member of the Eagles’ distance medley and 4x400 relay teams. Bartels competed at Drake Stadium in the distance medley and 4x400 while Harrington was also a member of the distance medley team. Martin, Soper and Hacke all return as state meet alternates from a year ago.
With the larger team numbers this spring, Luensman has options when it comes to sprints, relays and field events, and likes the depth each one possesses.
“Jaden will be our leader of the field events,” he said. “Placing fourth last year in the high jump, she has worked hard to have a strong junior campaign. Bailie will be strong in the shot put, too.”
Bartels worked her way into one of the top middle-distance runners in the area a year ago, and has already gotten off a solid start during indoor events this spring winning the Tri-Rivers Conference indoor 400-meter dash title last week.
With Gatts, McKenna Brown, Shayla Thomsen, Taelynn Gravel, Alyssa Eckhardt, Martin, Gracie Franzen and Alivia Smith, the group gives the team impressive depth in the middle-distance events.
Luensman lists Sierra Ricklefs, Olivia Coates, Olivia Paulsen, Kaylee Atkinson, Raubs, Ahleciaon Shields, Hacke, Amaya Terrell, Isabelle Ricketts, Dusanek, Harrington and Jordyn Ellefson as some of the team’s key sprinters this season.
“We have a ton of freshmen with untapped talent,” Luensman said. “They all work closely with our speed coach Ben Hildebrandt throughout the summer and it will be fun to see where they all fit within our lineup.” | https://www.eastcentraliowanews.com/anamosa/sports/midland-girls-track-and-field-preview-able-to-fill-all-of-their-events/article_8738c9c0-8ea6-50aa-b414-8b73ef6b66c8.html | 2022-04-01T02:01:30Z |
CANADA, March 31 - Community shuttle bus services for people in remote and Indigenous communities throughout northern B.C. will be expanded and enhanced with $2.8 million in new funding to be shared by 18 communities and organizations.
“This funding will ensure people in rural and remote communities in B.C.’s North continue to have access to affordable public transportation,” said Jennifer Rice, MLA for North Coast, on behalf of Rob Fleming, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure. “The long distances between small, isolated communities in the North underscore importance of maintaining safe, reliable bus services in this part of the province.”
The community shuttle grants were awarded earlier this month by Northern Development Initiative Trust, a non-profit agency that received $7.9 million in federal-provincial Safe Restart funding last year for transportation services in northern B.C.
In addition to 11 organizations that previously received funding, seven new providers are receiving support to bring community shuttle service to dozens of additional rural and remote communities, including Dawson Creek, Chetwynd and the District of Stewart.
“The expansion of the community shuttle bus program is welcome news for communities that previously did not have service,” said Nathan Cullen, MLA for Stikine. “Rural and remote communities throughout northern B.C. continue to face challenges related to the loss of Greyhound bus service in the region. This funding highlights our government’s ongoing commitment to ensure these communities have access to affordable transportation options.”
The northern community shuttle program provides important, community-led transportation support and will replace the existing community transportation grant program effective Friday, April 1, 2022.
“The Northern Community Shuttle Program builds upon the success of the previous Highway 16 Transportation Action Plan and connects even more communities and people together,” said Joel McKay, CEO, Northern Development Initiative Trust. “The introduction of new, on-demand and scheduled services will benefit numerous communities, including reaching Dease Lake in the northwest and offering multiple stops along Highway 20 between Williams Lake and Anahim Lake.”
The Province has funded community buses since 2017 as part of the Highway 16 Transportation Action Plan. In 2018, after Greyhound discontinued service in the region, the Province launched the long-haul intercity BC Bus North service.
Northern Development Initiative Trust began accepting applications for the new community shuttle program in November 2021. As part of its agreement with government, the trust continues to engage with Indigenous communities, local governments and stakeholders to develop grant programs that will address the region’s diverse transportation needs.
Northern Development Initiative Trust is an independent, non-profit corporation that focuses on stimulating economic growth through investments in grassroots, community-led projects. Created in 2004 by the provincial government, it has approved and administered more than $425 million in funding to more than 4,800 projects in central and northern B.C. communities since 2005.
A backgrounder follows. | https://www.einpresswire.com/article/567180980/funding-awarded-for-northern-b-c-community-shuttle-program | 2022-04-01T02:01:29Z |
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is naming actor Taraji P. Henson and the NBA’s Chris Paul to a presidential advisory board on historically Black colleges and universities.
They are among nine men and nine women Biden is appointing to the President’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, the White House announced Thursday.
Several HBCU presidents, the president of United Airlines and the first Black woman to become administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency are among Biden’s selections.
They will join Tony Allen, the president of Delaware State University, and Glenda Glover, the president of Tennessee State University, who are serving, respectively, as chairperson and vice chairperson of the board, which was established during the Carter administration.
Henson is a Washington, D.C., native who studied acting at Howard University, a historically Black school and the alma mater of Vice President Kamala Harris. Paul is a 12-time NBA All-Star with the Phoenix Suns and two-time Olympic gold medalist.
Besides Allen and Glover, the presidents of five other HBCUs will also join the board. They are Virginia State University, Norfolk State University in Virginia, Alabama State University, Prairie View A&M University in Texas and Dillard University in New Orleans.
Lisa Jackson, who became the EPA’s first Black administrator in the Obama administration, and United Airlines President Brett Hart will also join the board.
Biden also intends to appoint Paige Blake, a 20-year-old junior at Bowie State University, an HBCU in Maryland.
The White House said the administration has committed $5.8 billion in support to these historically Black colleges and universities through a combination of pandemic relief funding, grants and forgiving capital improvement debt.
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S&P DOW JONES INDICES AND MSCI ANNOUNCE REVISIONS TO THE GLOBAL INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION STANDARD (GICS®) STRUCTURE IN 2023
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NEW YORK, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Dow Jones Indices ("S&P DJI"), a leading provider of financial market indices, and MSCI Inc. (MSCI), a leading provider of research-based indices and analytics, have conducted their annual review of the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®) structure.
The annual GICS methodology review is intended to ensure that the GICS structure continues to appropriately represent the global equity markets and, thereby, enable asset owners, asset managers and investment research specialists to make consistent global comparisons by industry. The GICS structure revision is the result of a consultation with market participants.
Based on the consultation feedback received, S&P DJI and MSCI have concluded that the proposed changes related to the reclassification of renewable energy companies and the consolidation of Diversified Banks and Regional Banks will not be implemented due to lack of market consensus. All other changes proposed in the consultation will be implemented.
The changes to the GICS structure will be implemented in GICS Direct and S&P DJI's indices after the close of business (ET) on Friday, March 17, 2023. A select list of large market capitalization companies affected by the changes will be announced no later than June 30, 2022. The full list of companies affected by these changes will be made available to clients no later than December 15, 2022. MSCI will consult with clients regarding implementation in their indexes.
The results of the consultation and changes to the GICS structure in 2023 are summarized below.
CLASSIFICATION OF RETAILERS
The retail landscape has evolved over the years as retailers are opting to pursue an omni-channel approach to sell their products rather than sticking with mainly brick-and-mortar retail or purely online channels. The demarcation between General Merchandise Stores and Department Stores has diminished as well, since both formats are comprised of retail spaces primarily selling consumer discretionary goods. Retailers that are generating a majority of revenue or earnings from consumable staple items such as food, household, and personal care products warrant a consolidation under the Consumer Staples Sector.
Market feedback concerning the proposals for retailers was generally favorable. S&P DJI and MSCI will discontinue Internet & Direct Marketing Retail and classify companies according to the nature of goods sold, merge General Merchandise Stores and Department Stores into a new Sub-Industry called Broadline Retail, shift consumable merchandise sellers to the Consumer Staples Sector, and update the GICS nomenclature for select Retail classifications by replacing the word "Stores" with "Retail".
CLASSIFICATION OF DATA PROCESSING & OUTSOURCED SERVICES
Companies classified as Data Processing & Outsourced Services offer services either customized for select industries such as human resources or travel or to diverse industries, as is the case with transaction and payment processing companies offering payment related transaction and payment processing services by connecting consumers, financial institutions, merchants, governments, digital partners, businesses, and other organizations. These support activities are closely aligned with the business support activities covered under the Industrials Sector rather than the Information Technology Sector, and with the Financials Sector in the case of payment processors.
Market feedback concerning the proposal for Data Processing & Outsourced Services was generally favorable. Data Processing & Outsourced Services Sub-Industry under the Information Technology Sector will be discontinued and will be moved to the Industrials Sector with an updated definition. In addition, transaction and payment processing companies will be reclassified to a newly created Sub-Industry called Transaction and Payment Processing Services under the Financials Sector. Payroll processing companies will be moved to the Industrials Sector under the Human Resource & Employment Services Sub-Industry with an updated definition. Companies offering travel related data processing and outsourced services will be moved to the Consumer Discretionary Sector under the Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines Sub-Industry.
CLASSIFICATION OF BANKS AND THRIFTS & MORTGAGE FINANCE
The Banks Industry Group comprised of Diversified Banks, Regional Banks, and Thrifts/Savings Banks has evolved over the years with respect to the geographic footprints of these businesses, the laws governing them, and the variety of services being offered. Further, Mortgage Finance, where revenue is more fee-based than interest income based, are distinct from Banks as they mainly offer mortgage finance related products & services for commercial & residential real estate properties. In order to capture these changes, it was proposed to merge Diversified Banks, Regional Banks, and Thrifts/Savings Banks into a single Sub-Industry. And it was proposed to discontinue the Thrifts & Mortgage Finance Sub-Industry under the Banks Industry Group and create a new Commercial & Residential Mortgage Finance Sub-Industry under the Diversified Financials Industry Group (to be renamed Financial Services).
Market feedback concerning the proposal for Banks was mixed, but favorable for the Thrifts & Mortgage Finance. Most clients expressed a desire to retain a distinction between Diversified Banks and Regional Banks, although they found merit in merging Thrifts and Savings Banks into an expanded Regional Banks Sub-Industry. In addition, feedback was in favor of discontinuing the Thrifts & Mortgage Finance Sub-Industry under the Banks Industry Group and creating a new Commercial & Residential Mortgage Finance Sub-Industry under the Diversified Financials Industry Group (to be renamed Financial Services). Hence, the proposal will be partially adopted. There will be no change to the Diversified Banks Sub-Industry, Thrifts/Savings banks will be merged with Regional Banks, and the change for Thrifts and Mortgage Finance Sub-Industry will be implemented as proposed.
CLASSIFICATION OF EQUITY REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS (REITs)
The companies structured as REITs generally focus on distinct property types such as retail properties, data centers, telecom towers, etc., and only a small percentage of these companies invest in diverse property types.
Market feedback concerning the proposal for Equity REITs was generally favorable. Clients confirmed that there is interest in creating additional granularity for REITs to help investors track the increased specialization in the REITs space. It was proposed that Residential REITs will be split into 2 distinct Sub-Industries and Specialized REITs will be split into 5 Sub-Industries. In addition, 8 Industries for REITs and a new Industry Group for Equity REITs will be created. A new Real Estate Management & Development Industry Group and Industry will also be created. Since the consultation feedback concerning the proposals for Equity REITs was largely favorable, the changes will be implemented as proposed.
CLASSIFICATION OF TRANSPORTATION
The Trucking Sub-Industry includes a mix of companies providing cargo/goods and passenger ground transportation services. The passenger ground transportation business has evolved over the years through the development of online apps and marketplaces for taxis and on-demand ride sharing, as well as consumer bicycle and scooter rental platforms. In addition, these companies are distinct from those offering cargo/goods ground transportation services.
Market feedback supported the reasoning behind separating passenger land transportation from cargo/goods land transportation. The Trucking Sub-Industry will be split into two new Sub-Industries to be called Passenger Ground Transportation and Cargo Ground Transportation. For additional clarity, the Airlines Industry and Sub-Industry will also be renamed as Passenger Airlines to better reflect the companies classified there.
CLASSIFICATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANIES
The consultation proposals related to the classification of renewable energy companies will not be adopted at this time. Although there is a rapid growth in investment and capacity in the renewable energy generation space that is transforming the competitive landscape of both the Energy and Utilities Sectors, with renewable energy generation sources becoming significant competitors to traditional energy source providers, feedback from clients and additional internal analysis suggests that there is not a consensus yet on how to reflect these changes in the GICS structure. It is likely that this topic will be revisited in a future structure review by S&P DJI and MSCI.
UPDATE TO GICS DEFINITION: CLASSIFICATION OF CANNABIS
The cannabis industry has expanded rapidly in recent years due to an ease in regulations and increased discovery of uses for a variety of applications. The legality of recreational usage is still inconsistent globally, whereas legal medicinal use is more widespread. Additional uses are still in a nascent stage. In addition, market feedback was also mixed and hence, the Pharmaceuticals Sub-Industry definition will not be updated at this time.
ADDITIONAL UPDATES IN SELECT GICS INDUSTRY AND SUB-INDUSTRY NAMES
Various GICS Industry and Sub-Industry names will be updated to increase clarity and consistency across the GICS structure, in addition to above changes.
The new GICS structure will consist of 11 Sectors, 25 Industry Groups, 74 Industries and 163 Sub-Industries.
For a detailed document covering the upcoming changes, please visit S&P Dow Jones Indices' web site at www.spdji.com and MSCI's web site at www.msci.com.
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WHL
All Times Local
Western Conference
B.C. Division
U.S. Division
Eastern Conference
East Division
Central Division
Note: x - clinched playoff berth; y - clinched division; Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.
Tuesday's results
Winnipeg 8 Moose Jaw 1
Wednesday's results
Everett at Portland, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert 2 Brandon 1
Swift Current 6 Lethbridge 4
Regina 3 Saskatoon 2
Calgary 3 Medicine Hat 2
Kamloops 8 Prince George 2
Friday's games
Calgary at Swift Current, 7 p.m.
Moose Jaw at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Brandon at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Winnipeg at Regina, 7 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Spokane at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Prince George at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
Portland at Everett, 7:05 p.m.
Tri-City at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.
Saturday's games
Edmonton at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Lethbridge at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Brandon at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Portland, 6 p.m.
Winnipeg at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.
Regina at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Everett at Tri-City, 6:05 p.m.
Spokane at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
Victoria at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
Sunday's games
Swift Current at Calgary, 2 p.m.
Kamloops at Prince George, 2 p.m.
Red Deer at Edmonton, 4 p.m.
Spokane at Vancouver, 4 p.m.
Tuesday's games
Regina at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Saskatoon at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Kelowna at Prince George, 7 p.m. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/HKO-WHL-Standings-17049937.php | 2022-04-01T02:01:32Z |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said Thursday he won’t vote for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, expressing concerns about her record despite supporting her confirmation as an appeals court judge last year.
The South Carolina senator’s announcement had been expected after he criticized Jackson during her four days of hearings last week. But it gives Democrats one less Republican vote as they seek bipartisan backing for President Joe Biden’s pick to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer.
Graham, Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska were the only three Republicans to vote to confirm Jackson on the appeals court in 2021. Collins announced Wednesday that she’ll vote for Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination, as well, giving Democrats at least one GOP vote. Murkowski has said she’s still undecided.
A final confirmation vote is expected next week. Jackson would be the first Black woman on the high court in its more than 200-year history, and the sixth woman.
In a speech on the Senate floor, Graham said his decision is based partly on what he sees as a “flawed sentencing methodology regarding child pornography cases,” echoing a line of questioning by some Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee last week. Several senators, some eyeing a run for president, repeatedly asked her about her sentencing decisions in her nine years as a federal judge in an effort to paint her as too lenient on sex criminals.
Jackson told the committee that “nothing could be further from the truth” and explained her sentencing decisions in detail. She said some of the cases have given her nightmares and were “among the worst that I have seen.”
Democrats pointed to testimony last week by the chair of the American Bar Association committee that makes recommendations on federal judges. Ann Claire Williams, the head of that ABA panel, said the idea that Jackson is out of the mainstream on sentencing “never came up” in a review of more than 250 judges and lawyers. The review found Jackson and her record to be “outstanding, excellent, superior, superb,” Williams said.
Graham also mentioned Jackson’s her legal advocacy on behalf of terror suspects held at Guantanamo Bay more than a decade ago and her support from liberal groups. “After a thorough review of Judge Jackson’s record and information gained at the hearing from an evasive witness, I now know why Judge Jackson was the favorite of the radical left,” Graham said.
At the hearing, Graham also aired past grievances, asking Jackson about her religion and how often she goes to church — heated comments that he said were fair game after some Democratic questions about Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s Catholicism ahead of her confirmation hearings in 2020.
Graham’s “no” vote will be the first time he has voted against a Supreme Court nominee. He voted for President Barack Obama’s two picks, Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, and has often said that he believes a president’s nominees should win confirmation no matter the party. But he has become increasingly angry about the process in recent years, especially as Democrats enthusiastically opposed then-President Donald Trump’s three nominees. Graham has also expressed frustration that Biden didn’t pick the South Carolina judge he was pushing for the job.
“To my Democratic colleagues, I’ll work with you when I can, but this is a bridge too far,” Graham said.
Collins said Wednesday that she believes Jackson “possesses the experience, qualifications and integrity to serve as an associate justice on the Supreme Court.” She was the most likely Republican to support Jackson, and she also a history of voting for Supreme Court nominees picked by presidents of both parties.
It is unclear if any other GOP senators will vote for Jackson. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell set the tone last week when he said he “cannot and will not” support her, citing the GOP concerns raised in the hearing about her sentencing record and her support from liberal advocacy groups.
Jackson is still making the rounds in the Senate ahead of next week’s votes, doing customary meetings with Democratic and Republican senators. On Tuesday she met with Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, who said afterward that he was undecided about supporting her.
Romney said he had an “excellent meeting” and found Jackson to be intelligent, capable and charming. He said he probably won’t decide whether to vote for her until the day of the vote.
It is expected that all 50 Democrats will support her, though one notable moderate Democrat, Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, hasn’t yet said how she will vote. | https://www.ketk.com/news/politics/graham-says-hell-vote-no-on-jackson-for-supreme-court/ | 2022-04-01T02:01:31Z |
UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss meets Jaishankar in Delhi amid Ukraine war
UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss meets Jaishankar in Delhi amid Ukraine war
New Delhi: Amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday held talks with his British counterpart Liz Truss. The British foreign minister's trip coincides with Russia's Sergei Lavrov's visit to India. External Affairs Minister, Dr S. Jaishankar, held bilateral consultations with the visiting Minister and conducted the annual strategic review of the Roadmap 2030 agreed between the Prime Ministers during the India-UK Virtual Summit 2021.
In her opening comments, Truss said it is important to respect the principles of sovereignty, territorial integrity and international law. The two Ministers expressed satisfaction with the progress achieved so far and agreed to further intensify efforts to deliver results in priority areas of trade and investments, defence and security, migration and mobility, education, S&T, climate cooperation and green energy.
Read: UK Foreign Secy in India for diplomatic push over Russia-Ukraine war
Both sides appreciated the substantial progress made in the India-UK FTA negotiations with two productive rounds already completed since their launch in January 2022. The two sides also discussed the implementation of the Migration and Mobility Partnership which has the potential to bring the people of both countries even closer. They also discussed the modalities of instituting the Strategic Tech Dialogue to enhance cooperation on new and emerging strategic technologies like 5G, AI and quantum.
The two Ministers agreed to resolve legacy issues and deepen defence and security cooperation including in defence co-development and co-production, and enhance capacities to address growing threats in the cyber, space and maritime domains. India welcomed the UK’s interest in participating in its national defence manufacturing programme through Make in India and Atmanirbhar Bharat. They agreed to consult intensively on this.
Read: Defence ties, reducing Russian dependence focus of UK minister's India visit
They emphasised the need to retain a strategic focus on the Indo-Pacific region and in this context, India welcomed the readiness of the UK side in undertaking activities under the Maritime Security Pillar of the Indo-Pacific Ocean’s Initiative (IPOI). IPOI is an open, inclusive, non-treaty based, global initiative that was announced by Prime Minister Modi at the 14th East Asia Summit in November 2019 to promote collaborative efforts among like-minded nations to better manage, conserve, sustain and secure the Indo-Pacific maritime domain.
The Ministers also had the opportunity to exchange views on regional and global issues of mutual interest. In Ukraine, India reiterated that the immediate cessation of violence and return to dialogue and diplomacy is the key to long term peace in the region. In Afghanistan, both sides highlighted the need for Afghanistan to have unhindered access to humanitarian assistance and that Afghan territory is not used by terror outfits for destabilising the region. Iran and JCPOA were also featured in the talks. They also discussed matters related to the Commonwealth and the UN Security Council.
Both Ministers also participated in the inaugural edition of the India-UK Strategic Futures Forum, a new 1.5 Dialogue mechanism for expert deliberations on long term strategic links and expanding the horizons of our bilateral cooperation. During her visit, UK Foreign Secretary also met with Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance and Ajit Doval, National Security Adviser. According to the British High Commission statement, Truss is urging Delhi to work with other democracies to counter Russia's invasion of Ukraine, by reducing its dependence on Moscow.
Read: UK finance minister Rishi Sunak questioned over Infosys presence in Moscow | https://www.etvbharat.com/english/national/bharat/uk-foreign-secretary-liz-truss-meets-jaishankar-in-delhi-amid-ukraine-war/na20220401063832493 | 2022-04-01T02:01:33Z |
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Christopher “Chris” Glenn McCall, 45, of Weston passed away surrounded by his loving family on March 22, 2022, at United Hospital Center in Bridgeport. Chris was born in Weston on April 16, 1976, a son of late Michael Edward McCall and Victoria “Vickie” Lynn Shannon McCall Fitts. On April 27, 2002, Chris married the love of his life Bessie Ann Smith and together they shared the last 20 years. In addition to his parents, Chris was preceded in death by his father-in-law, Joseph Smith. In addition to his loving wife, forever cherishing their memories of Chris are his brother, Shawn McCall and wife, Vanessa, of Weston; two brothers-in-law: Scottie Goldsmith and Joey Smith both of Weston; mother-in-law, Delores Smith of Weston; three nieces: Tesla McCall, Kayla Smith, and Gracie Smith; four nephews: Austin McCall, Joey Smith, Dalton Smith, and Scottie Goldsmith; one great nephew, Sean Thomas McCall; several aunts and uncles; and his loyal K-9 companion, Bear McCall. Chris graduated from Lewis County High School in 1995 and went on to obtain his EMT license from Pierpont Community College. Chris was employed with Community Care of West Virginia in Weston. He was previously employed with Lewis and Upshur County EMS, Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital, and St. Joseph’s Hospital. Chris volunteered his time as a firefighter with the Weston Fire Department and was Christian by faith. In his spare time, Chris enjoyed fishing and camping at Holly River. He found delight in sight-seeing and traveling with his favorite trip being to the Strip District in Pittsburgh. Most of all, Chris loved hanging out with his dog Bear. Chris’ request for Cremation has been honored at Pat Boyle Funeral Home’s On-Site Crematory. As per Chris’ request there will be no services. We, at Pat Boyle Funeral Home and Cremation Service located at 144 Hackers Creek Rd. in Jane Lew, are honored and privileged to serve the family of Christopher Glenn McCall. Online condolences may be expressed at www.PatBoyleFuneralHome.com. | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2556268024125/glenn-donohue | 2022-04-01T02:01:35Z |
Springville’s Jack Stamp competes in the Tri-Rivers Conference indoor 1600-meter run Friday, March 25, in Dubuque, where he finished seventh overall coming through with a time of 5:21.41.
Fielding a relatively young team for their season-opener competing the Tri-Rivers Conference indoor event on the University of Dubuque campus Friday, March 25, Springville boys’ track coach Tyler Husak was anxious to see how his team’s hard work through pre-season practices would play out in actual competition.
Needless to say, Husak came away pleased with what his collection of athletes were able to accomplish, especially in the field events.
“The day finally came,” said Husak as his team hit the track for the first time this spring in Dubuque. “We have been putting in some good work, but it was time to see where we were at the conference indoor meet, and it was our two senior leaders Dylan DeMean and Luke Menster setting the tone.”
Menster flew a personal-best 6-feet in the high jump to place a team-best third in the event while DeMean added a personal-record of his own after soaring 19-feet, 8-inches in the long jump, good enough to place fourth against the 26-jumper field.
Evan Robertson, a state cross country qualifier last fall, looked in mid-season form competing at the league meet placing sixth in the 800-meter run turning in a personal-record time of 2:18.61 while freshman Jack Stamp quickly made a positive impression with his seventh-place effort in the 1600, crossing the finish line in 5:21.41.
The Orioles competed in just one relay (the 4x400) and were able to hold off Midland at the finish line to take sixth in the league as Noah Brady, DeMean, Andrew Unash and Jackson Robinson Valley competed to post a 4:05.12 clocking.
“Overall, we scored 19 points and placed ninth out of the 14 teams,” Husak said. “This was a good start to our season. The boys got to compete and it gave us feedback on where we currently are conditioned.
“Indoor meets are tough with all the turning, but the thing I tell the boys is that they’ll be faster once we are outside. We just have to keep putting in the work so we are ready to run faster and compete.”
Also competing for the Springville team at the Tri-Rivers Conference indoor meet were: 55-meter dash- Brady (13th, 7.24), Robinson Valley (30th, 7.85), Bayne Anderson (45th, 8.87), Tristan Malanaphy (48th, 9.96); 200- Menster (9th, 25.18), Zach Tjaden (35th, 34.00); 400- Connor Williams (29th, 1:08.39); 1600- Creston Cordes (17th, 6:08.06); long jump- Unash (13th, 16-7), Williams (20th, 15-2.5); shot put- Malanaphy (28th, 26-0). | https://www.eastcentraliowanews.com/anamosa/sports/springville-boys-track-and-field-fielding-a-solid-hard-working-team/article_9282fd70-bab5-5ae5-9eba-f8bbc4708c8f.html | 2022-04-01T02:01:36Z |
RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) — The nation’s oldest active park ranger is hanging up her Smokey hat at the age of 100.
Betty Reid Soskin retired Thursday after more than 15 years at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, California, the National Park Service announced.
Soskin “spent her last day providing an interpretive program to the public and visiting with coworkers,” a Park Service statement said.
She led tours at the park and museum honoring the women who worked in factories during wartime and shared her own experience as a Black woman during the conflict. She worked for the U.S. Air Force in 1942 but quit after learning that “she was employed only because her superiors believed she was white,” according to a Park Service biography.
“Being a primary source in the sharing of that history – my history – and giving shape to a new national park has been exciting and fulfilling,” Soskin said in the Park Service statement. “It has proven to bring meaning to my final years.”
Soskin won a temporary Park Service position at the age of 84 and became a permanent Park Service employee in 2011. She celebrated her 100th birthday last September.
“Betty has made a profound impact on the National Park Service and the way we carry out our mission,” Director Chuck Sams said. “Her efforts remind us that we must seek out and give space for all perspectives so that we can tell a more full and inclusive history of our nation.”
Soskin was born Betty Charbonnet in Detroit in 1921 but recalled surviving the devastating Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 while living with her Creole family in New Orleans, according to the Park Service biography.
Her family then moved to Oakland, California, and Soskin remained in the San Francisco Bay Area, where in 1945 she and her first husband founded one of the first Black-owned record stores in the area, the biography said.
She also was a civil rights activist and took part in meetings to develop a general management plan for the Home Front park. She has received several honors.
She was named California Woman of the Year in 1995.
In 2015, Soskin received a presidential coin from President Barack Obama after she lit the National Christmas tree at the White House.
In June 2016, she was awakened in her home by a robber who punched her repeatedly in the face, dragged her out of her bedroom and beat her before making off with the coin and other items. Soskin, then 94, recovered and returned to work just weeks after the attack. The coin was replaced.
Soskin also was honored with entry into the Congressional Record. Glamour Magazine named her woman of the year in 2018.
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PyroGenesis Announces 2021 Results: Record Revenues $31.1MM; Gross Margin 40%; Record Current Backlog of Signed and/or Awarded Contracts $47.7MM
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MONTREAL, March 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PyroGenesis Canada Inc. (http://pyrogenesis.com) (TSX: PYR) (NASDAQ: PYR) (FRA: 8PY), a high-tech company (hereinafter referred to as the “Company” or “PyroGenesis”), that designs, develops, manufactures and commercializes advanced plasma processes and sustainable solutions which are geared to reduce greenhouse gases (GHG), is pleased to announce today its financial and operational results for the fourth quarter and the fiscal year ended December 31st, 2021.
“We are happy to be announcing our 2021 financial results, which includes both our exceptional organic growth plus the results of our recent acquisition, Pyro Green-Gas, (formerly AirScience Technologies Inc.). We have posted a series of record numbers for the company, which includes record revenues for a Q4 of $7.2MM – a revenue figure that alone surpasses the full-year revenue of every previous year aside from 2020 – and yearly revenues of $31.1MM, which is the highest revenue we have ever posted for any full year. This is representative of our successful advancement and delivery of the backlog of signed contracts, and the benefit of the biogas upgrading projects from Pyro Green-Gas” said Mr. P. Peter Pascali, CEO and Chair of PyroGenesis. “The board and I see the record success of 2021 as both a validation of 2020s breakout results, and a new, stronger platform from which years of continued high growth will stem.”
2021 results reflect the following highlights:
Record revenues of $31,068,350, an increase of 75% from $17,775,029 year-over-year,
Revenues of $6,800,090 from the recent acquisition of Pyro Green-Gas, formerly known as “AirScience Technologies”,
Gross margin profit of $12,431,811 or 40% of revenue,
Second highest ever year-end cash and cash equivalents at December 31, 2021 of $12,202,513
All-time-high backlog of signed and/or awarded contracts of $47.7MM
Repurchased and cancelled $4.2M of the Company’s common shares,
23% increase year-over-year in Headcount
Capital expenditures, $1.5M, an increase of 114% from $700K year-over-year
Best 4th Quarter in the company’s history, at $7.2MM, demonstrating further strength and stability of the company as a consistent, year-round revenue producer.
Milestone new market entry sales, including for the destruction of polyfluoroalkyl substances
OUTLOOK
PyroGenesis completed 2021 having achieved many important accomplishments and milestones. Most importantly, we maintained the accelerated business momentum of the past 18 months despite the challenges of the global marketplace due to Covid, and even introduced new markets and opportunities to provide a broader, stronger platform for 2022 and beyond.
Overall Strategy
Building on its strategy to offer technology solutions that provide benefits from greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions reduction, the Company increased its offerings in this regard through a series of adjustments, such as internal capacity scaling, diversified sales channel targeting, and external vision – resulting in, most notably, the doubling of production staff, contract wins in new sectors, and the acquisition of AirScience Technologies and its subsequent re-launch as Pyro Green-Gas.
While we had previously considered our strategy to be timely, as many governments are stimulating their respective economies by promoting and funding both environmental technologies and infrastructure projects, 2021 proved an even greater affirmation of this approach, as major industries and organizations targeted by the Company not only recommitted to their targets, but in some cases raised them significantly. For instance, in the iron ore and steel-making sector, in October 2021, Rio Tinto unveiled new targets to reduce its scope 1 & 2 emissions by 50 per cent by 2030, more than tripling its previous targets.1
As stated, many times, most of PyroGenesis’ product lines do not depend on environmental incentives (tax credits GHG certificates, environmental subsidies, etc.) to be economically viable; with the increased commitments by industry to carbon reduction, it is anticipated that the Company’s growth drivers will expand, and shareholders will see increased value.
Furthermore, the experience gained over the past two years as we, and our prospective clients, manoeuvred through both the lengthy modelling and business-case development processes, and the government incentive and procurement system, has provided immeasurable insights into various bureaucratic and government processes – affording a much clearer understanding of the process, enhancing our ability to respond to future situations, and giving us better vision and a rebalance of expectations regarding timeline control. This knowledge will only serve to enhance what management has defined as government incentive-related tailwinds into an already strong pipeline, all with a positive impact on revenues and shareholder value.
The Company is not immune to the negative impact that COVID-19 and other external factors brought on businesses, specifically related to the workforce and, more importantly, the supply chain. However, Management believes that the Company is better situated than most, and through various mitigation measures these challenges continue to be dealt with in an effective manner. The Company expects even greater improvements as the impact of COVID-19 and other external factors continues to recede after Q2 2022.
Organic Growth
Organic growth will be spurred on by (i) the natural growth of our existing offerings, which continue to be accelerated given our strong balance sheet (ii) leveraging off our “Golden Ticket” advantage that allows us to see first-hand some of the additional and peripheral needs of our customers, and (iii) exploring new ways scientifically (and corresponding markets laterally) to provide unique solutions and value that helps industries deal with some of the most pressing environmental, engineering, and energy problems.
We have described in the past our Golden Ticket advantage as one which occurs when one sells directly, or is engaged directly, with the end user and, as a result, is regularly on-site in the customer’s operations – “inside the fence”. A Golden Ticket provides the opportunity to either, (i) cross sell other products or, ideally, (ii) identify new areas of concern that can be addressed uniquely by PyroGenesis.
Over the past several years, PyroGenesis has successfully positioned each of its business lines for rapid growth by strategically partnering with multi-billion-dollar entities. These entities have identified PyroGenesis’ offerings to be unique, in demand, and of such a commercial nature as to warrant such unique relationships. We expect that these relationships are now positioned to transition into significant revenue streams.
Regarding how new scientific efforts lead to new markets, in 2021 the Company transitioned its knowledge in waste destruction to consider solving some of the challenges related to polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS), the hazardous “forever chemicals” the EPA has defined as an emerging event requiring fast attention. After winning an initial competitive bidding process to provide a $9.2MM system, the Company sees continued momentum in this area in 2022 and beyond.
Aluminum Industry Process Improvement
Momentum with PyroGenesis’ Aluminum Industry strategy and offering continues to not just bear fruit, but to explode in opportunity in several different directions.
In 2021, the Company concluded a joint venture and a license agreement with an existing and proven technology provider. The technology is geared to uniquely handle the residues resulting from the processing of dross in the aluminum industry. We had previously announced our intention to secure this technology and would not only make our traditional DROSRITE™ offering more appealing but could also be offered as a stand-alone product. We believe that valorizing the residues and producing high end products will further define us as the go-to company for all dross related processing. This is a prime example of our “Coffee & Donuts” strategy in play. The joint venture will only relate to the new technology and, as such, PyroGenesis will not have to vet in any assets or IP (specifically not the DROSRITE™ technology).
Overall, the Company is now one of the largest and certainly the fastest growing dross recovery solutions in the world, with 13 large DROSRITE™ systems in use or slated for delivery to markets around the world. The Company also continue to increase the price and the efficiency of its systems, and is pitching several more contracts as of the writing of this document.
Steel Industry Process Improvement
With steelmaking one of the most carbon-emission intensive industries in the world, estimated to be responsible for between 7 to 12 per cent of all global fossil fuel and greenhouse gas emissions, that industry continues to be under intense pressure, including huge financial penalties, to find emission reductions.
This pressure on the steel-making industry allows PyroGenesis to expect demand for its upstream, iron ore pelletization solution to increase significantly, as steel-makers look to all aspects of the production lifecycle for carbon reduction opportunities.
Serious consideration is being given to replacing large numbers of the fossil fuel burners in iron ore pelletization with PyroGenesis’ proprietary and patented plasma torches. To date, everything is proceeding as expected. Initial discussions with potential customers have evolved into confirmation stages, computer simulations, business case development, and initial torch orders for in-factory testing with two of the largest steel-making and mining companies in the world. As these torches are tested in live settings over the coming months, the company expects a resulting roll-out program to replace many, if not all, fossil fuel burners with PyroGenesis’ plasma torches in the customers’ iron ore pelletization furnaces – a technology process for which PyroGenesis, as the patent holder, commands a significant competitive advantage.
PyroGenesis expects that the previously mentioned government initiatives, geared to stimulating their respective economies by promoting and funding environmental technologies and infrastructure projects, will only serve to increase interest in PyroGenesis’ plasma torch offerings to other companies in this space. While potential clients seeking government support for large initiatives may draw out the onset of large contracts, the sheer number of potential customers, and the fact that the Company will engage with many of them in different stages at different times, will help to ensure a long, overlapping pipeline of potential projects.
In addition, PyroGenesis is proactively targeting other industries which are experiencing significant pressure to reduce GHGs, and which utilize fossil fuel burners as well, such as the cement, aluminum, and automotive industries.
Plasma Torches for Emerging / Niche Markets
Separately, the Company also offers plasma torches to emerging / niche markets where there is a high probability of on-going sales from successful implementation.
One such example is in land-based waste destruction applications, more specifically for medical waste. The Company signed a contract in August 2021 to supply two Air Plasma Torch systems to an existing client to be used in the destruction of such medical waste.
Another example is the previously announced contract with a technology startup to produce a plasma torch ideal for tunneling. PyroGenesis has reason to believe that the real plasma-based tunneling opportunity may lie outside of the scope of the current agreement. As a result, PyroGenesis terminated this arrangement and this project with this client has ended. PyroGenesis is evaluating, and intends to pursue, plasma based tunneling opportunities, specifically those identified to be outside of the scope of the current agreement at a later date.
For each new market, the Company will also benefit from providing proprietary spare parts and service, which generates significant recurring revenue, thus complementing the Company’s long-term strategy to build a recurring revenue model.
Additive Manufacturing (Metal Powders for 3D Printing)
With respect to additive manufacturing, we continue to expect to see significant year over year improvements in our 3D metal powders offering as our NexGen™ facility, which incorporates all the previously disclosed benefits (increased production rates and lower capital & operating expenditures), is now officially on-line and operational.
Of note, a major tier-one global aerospace company has already entered into an agreement with the Company to formally qualify its powder, at considerable expense to the global aerospace company, with a view towards having the Company become a supplier.
There are additional major top tier aerospace companies and OEMs, in both Europe and North America, eagerly awaiting powders from this new state-of-the-art production line, and we are currently in the process of supplying sample powders to them for analysis.
The Company expects that such developments will continue and will translate into significant improvements in contributions to revenue by this segment in the mid-long term.
HPQ/PUREVAP™
With respect to HPQ, the goal is to continue to expand our role as HPQ’s technology provider for the game changing family of silicon processes which we are developing exclusively for HPQ and its wholly owned subsidiaries HPQ Nano Silicon Powders Inc. and HPQ Silica Polvere Inc., namely:
The PUREVAP™ “Quartz Reduction Reactors” (QRR), an innovative process (patent pending), which should permit the one step transformation of lower purity quartz (SiO2) than any traditional processes can handle into a silicon (Si) of a higher purity level (2N-4N) that can be produced by any traditional smelter, at reduced costs, energy input, and carbon footprint. The unique capabilities of this process could position HPQ as a leading provider of the specialised silicon material needed to propagate its considerable renewable energy potential; and
The PUREVAP™ Nano Silicon Reactor (NSiR), which, if successful, could position itself as a new proprietary low-cost process that can transform the silicon (Si) made by the PUREVAP™ QRR into the nano-silicon materials (spherical silicon powders and silicon nanowires) sought after by energy storage, batteries, electric vehicle manufactures and clean hydrogen sectors participants. The aim of the ongoing work is to position HPQ NANO as the first to market with a commercial scale low-cost nanoparticle production system.
A new plasma-based process that could convert Silica (Quartz, SiO2) into fumed silica (Pyrogenic Silica) in one step. This new process could be a low-cost and environmentally friendly option that combines HPQ Silicon High Purity Quartz initiatives with PyroGenesis’ industry leading know-how in the development of commercial plasma processes. It is envisioned that the process will eliminate harmful chemicals presently generated by traditional methods. This new process could revolutionize the manufacturing of fumed silica, while repatriating production back to North America.
Government participation in a $5.3MM funding of the fumed silica project confirms our expectation that 2021 should be a year in which significant developments occur on all these fronts.
Land Based Units/Environmental
The Company did not previously aggressively target the Company’s land-based/environmental solutions during the period where the Company’s other offerings, such as in steel-making and aluminum industry process improvement, were accelerating.
However, during 2021, interest in the Company’s capabilities in this arena was renewed. Besides the interest in niche torch applications mentioned above (ex. medical waste), PyroGenesis’ plasma-based solutions have generated interest in processing a waste stream that has recently been classified as hazardous. Management believes that, in a current bidding process, its solution is the technology of choice. If successful, this will represent a significant positioning of PyroGenesis plasma-based solutions not only for this specific product line but, when taken in conjunction with the historic success with its offering on US Aircraft carriers, the land based/environmental segment in general.
Growth through Synergistic Mergers and Acquisitions
As previously disclosed, the Company is conservatively considering synergistic merger and acquisition strategies to augment its growth, and the Company has been very actively involved in pursuing several opportunities to support this strategy. In so doing, the focus has been on private companies exclusively which (i) primarily leverage the Company’s Golden Ticket advantage, or (ii) could uniquely benefit from the Company’s engineering advantage and/or international relationships.
During 2021, the Company acquired AirScience Technologies Inc. (“AST”), a company with experience in biogas upgrading. PyroGenesis believes that AST’s experience in biogas upgrading, combined with PyroGenesis’ engineering and multidisciplinary skills, as well as its proven record of meeting the exacting demands of multibillion-dollar companies and the US military, positions the combination well to address the opportunities arising from this growing need to generate renewable natural gas.
The acquisition of AST also provides potential synergies with PyroGenesis’ land-based waste destruction offerings which, if successful, will significantly increase their value to the market. AST’s technology complements PyroGenesis’ existing offerings and further strengthens PyroGenesis’ position as an emerging leader in GHG solutions for sustainable long-term growth.
Our objective is to strengthen AST’s operations and quality control systems, over the course of the next 12-18 months, while at the same time increasing the backlog of signed contracts and successfully delivering on existing contracts thus positioning AST as a significant and credible player in the marketplace. Once established, we will evaluate our options to accelerate the rollout of these solutions.
Additional Opportunities - Plasma Torches:
Within the Plasma Torch line of business, the Company continues to consider options to leverage its plasma expertise and continue to review torch technologies that could complement existing offerings, leverage off their unique relationships, or explore new opportunities. In early stage discussion across many sectors and many potential customers, no additional details are available at this time.
CONCLUSION
In conclusion, PyroGenesis sees 2022 as a platform from which decades of exponential growth will stem.
The Company plans to take advantage of its unique position in its main business offerings to accelerate growth, with a particular emphasis on offerings geared to aggressively reducing GHG emissions and the world’s carbon footprint, while finding and offering solutions to pressing environmental, engineering, and energy challenges.
Financial Summary
Revenues
PyroGenesis recorded revenues of $31,068,350 for the year ended December 31, 2021, representing an increase of 75% compared to $17,775,029 recorded in 2020.
Revenues recorded in fiscal 2021 were generated primarily from:
PUREVAP™ related sales includes revenue from the sale of technologies in the amount of $3,300,000. See note 6 to the 2021 consolidated Financial Statements.
Cost of Sales and Services and Gross Margins
Cost of sales and services before amortization of intangible assets was $18,170,626 in 2021, representing an increase of 144% compared to $7,445,171 in 2020, primarily due to the additional costs to complete the Pyro Green-Gas contracts following the acquisition. Increases in employee compensation $2,650,739 (2020 - $1,379,637), direct materials $14,252,205 (2020 - $4,147,704), manufacturing overhead & other $1,111,975 (2020 - $507,217), were offset by a decrease in subcontracting $872,933 (2020 - $1,281,472), foreign exchange charge on materials ($568,531) (2020 - $147,561) and an increase in investment tax credits ($148,695) (2020 – ($18,420)).
In 2021, employee compensation, direct materials, manufacturing overhead & other increased to $18,014,919 (2020 - $6,034,558), primarily due to the increased amount of contract values in the Company and in the Pyro Green-Gas subsidiaries. Of note, the Company in 2020 applied for an amount of $775,967 in wage subsidy from the Government of Canada under the CEWS “Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy” program. From this amount, $118,416 was applied to employee compensation under cost of sales and services. Subcontracting and foreign exchange charge on materials decreased to $304,402 (2020 - $1,429,033).
The gross margin for 2021 was $12,431,811 or 40% of revenue compared to a gross margin of $10,302,668 or 58% of revenue for 2020. As a result of the type of contracts being executed, the nature of the project activity, as well as the composition of the cost of sales and services, the mix between labour, materials and subcontracts may be significantly different. The cost of sales and services for 2021 and 2020 are in line with management’s expectations.
Investment tax credits recorded against cost of sales are related to projects that qualify for tax credits from the provincial government of Quebec. Qualifying tax credits increased to $148,695 in 2021, compared to $18,420 in 2020. The increase is primarily related to more contracts being eligible for qualifying tax credits.
The amortization of intangible assets of $465,913 in 2021 compared to $27,190 for 2020 relates mainly to the intangible assets in connection with the Pyro Green-Gas acquisition, patents and deferred development costs. These expenses are non-cash items and will be amortized over the duration of the patent lives.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Included within Selling, General and Administrative expenses (“SG&A”) are costs associated with corporate administration, business development, project proposals, operations administration, investor relations and employee training.
SG&A expenses for 2021 excluding the costs associated with share-based compensation (a non-cash item in which the option expense is amortized over the vesting period) were $17,474,390 representing an increase of 116% compared to $8,089,945 reported for 2020.
The SG&A expenses, which now include those of Pyro Green-Gas since the acquisition date, increased in 2021 over the same period in 2020 and the net effect is as follows:
Separately, share-based payments increased by $5,518,137 in 2021 over the same period in 2020 as a result of the stock options granted in 2021. This was directly impacted by the vesting structure of the stock option plan with options vesting between 10% and 100% on the grant date requiring an immediate recognition of that cost.
Research and Development (“R&D”) Costs
The Company incurred $2,535,987 of R&D expenses, net of government grants, on internal projects in 2021, an increase of 447% compared to ($731,077) in 2020. The increase in 2021 is due to an increase in R&D activities, the type of contracts being executed, the nature of the project activity, and an increase in employee compensation, subcontracting, materials and equipment and other expenses of $2,000,853 compared to $775,824 and a decrease in investment tax credits of 684,709 compared to (1,141,468) reported in 2020.
In addition to internally funded R&D projects, the Company also incurred R&D expenditures during the execution of client funded projects. These expenses are eligible for Scientific Research and Experimental Development (“SR&ED”) tax credits. SR&ED tax credits on client funded projects are applied against cost of sales and services (see “Cost of Sales” above).
Financial Expenses
Finance expenses for 2021 totaled $404,370 as compared with $524,074 for 2020, representing a decrease of 23% year-over-year. The decrease in finance costs, is primarily attributable to the extinguishment of term loans, other loans, and convertible debentures in 2020.
Strategic Investments
The adjustment to the fair market value of strategic investments in 2021 resulted in a loss of $21,426,218 compared to a gain in the amount of $44,626,698 in 2020, representing a decrease of $66,052,916. The decrease is primarily attributable to the decreased market share value of common shares and warrants owned by the Company of HPQ Silicon Resources Inc.
Comprehensive (Loss) Income
The comprehensive loss for 2021 of $38,428,495 compared to an income of $41,768,404, in 2020, represents a decrease of 192% year-over-year. The variation of $80,196,899 in the comprehensive income (loss) in 2021 is primarily attributable to the factors described above, which have been summarized as follows, and includes the profit and loss items of Pyro Green-Gas since the acquisition date:
EBITDA
The EBITDA in 2021 was a $37,371,658 loss compared to an EBITDA gain of $43,824,533 for 2020, representing a decrease of 185% year-over-year. The decrease in the EBITDA in 2021 compared to 2020 is due to the decrease in net earnings and comprehensive income of $80,196,899, offset by an increase in depreciation on property and equipment of $292,985, an increase in depreciation on right-of-use assets of $162,076, an increase in amortization of intangible assets of $438,723, a decrease in finance charges of $119,704 and a decrease in income taxes of $1,773,372.
Adjusted EBITDA in 2021 was a $27,608,913 loss compared to an Adjusted EBITDA gain of $48,069,141 for 2020. The decrease of $75,678,054 in the Adjusted EBITDA in 2021 is attributable to a decrease in EBITDA of $81,196,191, and an increase of $5,518,137 in share-based payments.
The Modified EBITDA in 2021 was a $6,182,695 loss compared to a Modified EBITDA gain of $3,442,443 for 2020, representing a decrease of 280%. The decrease in the Modified EBITDA loss in 2021 is attributable to the decrease as mentioned above in the Adjusted EBITDA loss of $75,678,054 and an increase in change of fair value of investments of $66,052,916.
Liquidity
As at December 31, 2021, the Company has cash and cash equivalents of $12,202,513. In addition, the accounts payable and accrued liabilities of $10,069,177 are payable within 12 months. The Company expects that its cash position will be able to finance its operations for the foreseeable future.
About PyroGenesis Canada Inc.
PyroGenesis Canada Inc., a high-tech company, is a leader in the design, development, manufacture and commercialization of advanced plasma processes and sustainable solutions which reduce greenhouse gases, and are economically attractive alternatives to conventional “dirty” processes. PyroGenesis has created proprietary, patented and advanced plasma technologies that are being vetted and adopted by multiple multibillion dollar industry leaders in four massive markets: iron ore pelletization, aluminum, waste management, and additive manufacturing. With a team of experienced engineers, scientists and technicians working out of its Montreal office, and its 3,800 m2 and 2,940 m2 manufacturing facilities, PyroGenesis maintains its competitive advantage by remaining at the forefront of technology development and commercialization. The operations are ISO 9001:2015 and AS9100D certified, having been ISO certified since 1997. For more information, please visit: www.pyrogenesis.com.
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements containing the words "may", "plan", "will", "estimate", "continue", "anticipate", "intend", "expect", "in the process" and other similar expressions which constitute "forward- looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Forward-looking statements reflect the Corporation's current expectation and assumptions and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, our expectations regarding the acceptance of our products by the market, our strategy to develop new products and enhance the capabilities of existing products, our strategy with respect to research and development, the impact of competitive products and pricing, new product development, and uncertainties related to the regulatory approval process. Such statements reflect the current views of the Corporation with respect to future events and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties and other risks detailed from time-to-time in the Corporation's ongoing filings with the securities regulatory authorities, which filings can be found at www.sedar.com, or at www.sec.gov. Actual results, events, and performance may differ materially. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. The Corporation undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward- looking statements either as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable securities laws. Neither the Toronto Stock Exchange, its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Toronto Stock Exchange) nor the NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this press release.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Additional information relating to Company and its business, including the 2021 Financial Statements, the Annual Information Form and other filings that the Company has made and may make in the future with applicable securities authorities, may be found on or through SEDAR at www.sedar.com, EDGAR at www.sec.gov or the Company’s website at www.pyrogenesis.com.
Additional information, including directors’ and officers’ remuneration and indebtedness, principal holders of the Company’s securities and securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans, is also contained in the Company’s most recent management information circular for the most recent annual meeting of shareholders of the Company.
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DENVER (AP) — A man who shot and wounded two demonstrators while apparently aiming at a Jeep that was headed toward the crowd during a protest in suburban Denver in 2020 was convicted Thursday of several charges.
Samuel Young, 24, was found guilty of two counts of second-degree assault, four counts of attempted manslaughter and a single count of illegally discharging his gun, The Denver Post reported.
Several hundred people who attended the July 2020 protest in Aurora to bring attention to police violence walked onto and blocked all of the lanes of Interstate 225. Shortly after, a Jeep approached from behind and headed toward the crowd, prompting Young to fire five shots.
Two shots hit the back of the Jeep, and two shots hit fellow protesters. One man was shot in the leg, and another man was grazed in the head. A woman also broke her leg when she leaped from the highway.
The driver, who pulled off the highway and contacted police after the shooting, was not criminally charged. During Young’s trial, prosecutors said he didn't intend to hurt any protesters.
The protest was organized in support of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who was arrested in August 2019 after someone called 911 to report a suspicious person wearing a ski mask and waving his arms while he walked down the street.
He was arrested by Aurora police and injected with 500 milligrams of ketamine by EMS workers called to the scene. He suffered cardiac arrest, was declared brain dead and taken off life support less than a week later.
McClain’s death became a national rallying cry along with the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis in protests calling for police reform. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Jury-convicts-man-who-shot-protesters-in-suburban-17049894.php | 2022-04-01T02:01:38Z |
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis endorsed a state legislator Thursday over U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn in their upcoming Republican primary, saying the first-term congressman has “fallen well short” of expectations.
Tillis’ backing of state Sen. Chuck Edwards adds another consequential voice in North Carolina’s GOP willing to oppose Cawthorn, who has received criticisms from a larger swath of Republicans for recent comments, including one in which he called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “thug.”
The top Republican leaders in the state legislature — House Speaker Tim Moore and Senate leader Phil Berger — also were featured guests at a lunch fundraiser Thursday for Edwards, one of seven Republicans challenging Cawthorn for the nomination in the May 17 primary.
“The 11th Congressional District deserves a congressman who is fully dedicated to serving their constituents,” Tillis said in a news release. “Unfortunately, Madison Cawthorn has fallen well short of the most basic standards western North Carolina expects from their representatives, and voters now have several well-qualified candidates to choose from who would be a significant improvement. I believe Chuck Edwards is the best choice.”
Cawthorn, who was elected in 2020 at age 25, is a strong supporter of Donald Trump. Cawthorn spoke at a rally in Washington on Jan 6, 2021, that questioned the outcome of the White House election won by Democrat Joe Biden. The riot at the U.S. Capitol took place after that rally.
A Cawthorn campaign commercial posted Thursday on Twitter includes what appears to be text from a quote from Trump stating Cawthorn has “my complete and total endorsement.”
Recently, Cawthorn has received negative publicity for being cited three times in five months for traffic violations — speeding and driving with a revoked license among them — and for the video about Zelenskyy. In the same short video, Cawthorn said the Ukrainian government “is incredibly corrupt and is incredibly evil and has been pushing woke ideologies.”
Cawthorn and a spokesperson later attempted to clarify those remarks, with the congressman calling actions by Russian President Vladimir Putin in his country’s invasion of Ukraine “disgusting.” After recent comments Cawthorn made on a podcast that angered fellow Republicans in Congress, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., met with Cawthorn this week and reprimanded him publicly.
Moore said Thursday that someone like Cawthorn doesn’t deserve to be in Congress.
“If you have clowns in office who aren’t serious about what they’re doing, you can’t get somewhere,” Moore told WNCN-TVwhile attending a fundraiser for Edwards. “I’m just kind of without the words to describe what Congressman Cawthorn is doing and saying. I mean, some of these ridiculous recent comments that continue to build on one another.”
A Cawthorn spokesperson didn’t immediately respond to an email seeking comment about the Republican opposition.
Cawthorn announced in November that he planned to run in a proposed congressional district closer to Charlotte, rather than to keep representing the far western mountains. Moore had also considered a run in that new district but decided against it. That district ultimately was thrown out by judges, and Cawthorn returned to a run in the reconfigured 11th District, which leans Republican.
Cawthorn’s campaign raised $2.8 million in 2021 but had only $282,000 in cash entering this year, according to Federal Election Commission records.
Other primary opponents includes former political ally Michele Woodhouse and Wendy Marie-Limbaugh Nevarez, who is being supported by a super political action committee linked to Moe Davis, the 11th District Democratic nominee in 2020.
The top vote-getter in the upcoming primary would have to receive more than 30% of the vote to avoid a July 26 runoff with the second-place finisher. | https://www.ketk.com/news/politics/nc-sen-tillis-adds-to-republicans-supporting-cawthorn-rival/ | 2022-04-01T02:01:38Z |
Sri Lanka crisis worsens, protest outside President's residence turns violent, 10 injured
Sri Lanka crisis worsens, protest outside President's residence turns violent, 10 injured
Colombo (Sri Lanka): At least ten people were injured including journalists after protests held outside the residence of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa turned violent on Thursday. Six people were admitted to the Colombo National Hospital after sustaining injuries following clashes between protestors and police in Mirihana. Another four patients were admitted to the Colombo South Teaching Hospital in Kalubowila, Daily Mirror reported.
All the injured people were male persons and several of them were journalists, Daily Mirror reported citing hospital sources. The protest was staged over the government's failure to address the existing issues in the island nation. The protesters clashed with the police outside the residence of President Rajapaksa in Mirihana. A bus attached to the Sri Lanka Army and a jeep were set on fire by protesters. Moreover, police have imposed a curfew in several areas in Colombo.
Also read: Sri Lanka plunges into 10-hour daily power cut as fuel crisis worsens
"Police curfew imposed until further notice with immediate effect within Colombo North, Colombo South, Colombo Central and Nugegoda Police Division," said Inspector General of Police, reported Daily Mirror. Sri Lanka's economy has been in a free fall since the COVID-19 pandemic due to the crash of the tourism sector. Sri Lanka is presently facing a foreign exchange shortage which has led to a fuel, power and gas shortage and has sought the assistance of friendly countries for economic assistance.
Sri Lanka is witnessing at least 10-hour daily power cuts. Sri Lanka's currency has been also devalued by almost SLR 90 against the US dollar since March 8.
Also read: India to help Sri Lanka as island nation suspends surgeries due to shortage of medicine
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State Department Warns of Continued Erosion of Freedoms in Hong Kong
For third year in a row, annual report finds Hong Kong doesn’t deserve special treatment from U.S.
By Dan Strumpf
HONG KONG—Political freedoms and the rule of law have continued to deteriorate in Hong Kong over the past year, threatening American interests and Hong Kong’s autonomy, a U.S. State Department report on the city’s status to Congress said Thursday.
The annual report on conditions in Hong Kong painted a worsening landscape for the city on a number of fronts, pointing to a continued clampdown on opposition politicians, the shutdown of newspapers and new restrictions on participation in elections. For the third year in a row, the report said that Hong Kong wasn’t sufficiently autonomous from mainland China to warrant special treatment from the U.S. in trade and other areas.
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Huron County’s years-long dispute about wind turbine taxes is finally coming to an end.
Commissioner Mary Babcock announced this week that a draft agreement has been reached between DTE and 17 townships to resolve the issue of wind turbine taxation.
Babcock said key elements of the agreement were negotiated by the Michigan Renewable Energy Collaborative, which include a refund of a fraction of the outstanding claims of between the years 2016 and 2021. The new multiplier table used for assessing taxable values for turbines will be used for existing appeals and through 2036, which would include any new DTE wind parks.
“Once approved by the townships and DTE, the final terms will be entered before the state tax tribunal,” Babcock said. “The proposed settlement ends six years of litigation with DTE and for the next 15 years.”
Babcock also said this would provide the local taxing entities dependent on wind turbine taxes, including the county, townships, the Huron Intermediate School District, other school districts, and libraries with certainty in their budgets.
Babcock said the final details of the agreement were not ready yet for public viewing. When asked by Commissioner Steve Vaughan if other utility companies would follow this agreement, she said she does not know.
This past June, the Michigan Tax Tribunal issued an opinion and judgement on this issue in favor of DTE, which had sued to lower its tax commitments to the townships, county, and schools, the first such commercial wind turbine tax appeal in the state to proceed to hearing. The ruling stated that the county would have to pay back taxes at 6% interest for 2016 and 2017, which would be between $60,000 and $70,000 for both Bloomfield and Sigel townships.
The ruling potentially had taxing units owe over $1 million to DTE for the time period of 2016-2021.
Bloomfield and Sigel townships filed an appeal against the ruling, saying they were owed back taxes. Bloomfield has 41 turbines between three different wind farms within its borders, while Sigel has 24 as part of the DTE Sigel wind farm.
New uniform statewide turbine taxation rules were also introduced in September in the state House of Representatives, which sets a table of decreasing value of 5% per year over a 15-year period, then has the turbines taxed at 30% their original value after 15 years until they are decommissioned. It has since been referred to the tax policy committee, with no vote taken on it yet.
Huron County has been dealing with taxation issues surrounding the turbines since 2011, when the state tax commission lowered the taxable value of wind turbines to 80% of their value on initial assessment, with a depreciation value to 30% their value after six years.
Babcock said that this week, the townships involved would all be getting this information and make the decision on signing the agreement at their meetings. | https://www.michigansthumb.com/news/article/Agreement-reached-in-wind-turbine-tax-dispute-17048613.php | 2022-04-01T02:01:41Z |
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Springville’s Nia Howard, left, takes the baton from teammate Kennady Breitfelder during 4x200 relay action from the Tri-Rivers Conference indoor meet Friday, March 25, on the University of Dubuque campus. With teammates Savannah Nealman and Hannah March, the group finished fourth in the league coming through with a 1:57.60 clocking.
Hitting the track for the first time this spring, the Springville girls, several of whom are just coming off a long state tournament basketball run, quickly made the adjustment to the spring sport Friday, March 25, competing at the Tri-Rivers Conference indoor meet in Dubuque.
The Orioles showed, like they always do, how quickly they can adjust, as Nia Howard led a solid performance against the league foes.
Howard, one of the top sprinters in all of class 1A, led the Springville girls with an outstanding runner-up effort in the 200-meter dash crossing the finish line with a time of 28.62 that trailed only Edgewood-Colesburg’s Ella Aulwes, who finished in 28.11.
Howard ran the anchor leg for the Orioles’ 4x200 team that placed fourth in the league as with Savannah Nealman, Hannah March and Kennady Breitfelder, the foursome managed to produce a solid early-season time of 1:57.60.
Isabel Guerrero, Madison DeMean, Liz Blakely and March guided the 4x400 team to a sixth-place performance as the group turned in a time of 4:57.17. Nealman added another top-10 performance as her 10.36 clocking in the 55-hurdles was good enough to place eighth overall.
Field events also proved to be strengths for the Springville girls as March came through with a 31-foot, 3,.5-inch throw in the shot put that placed her fourth against the 35-throwwer field while Breitfelder flew ninth in the long jump landing 14-feet, 0.5-inches after takeoff. | https://www.eastcentraliowanews.com/anamosa/sports/springville-girls-track-and-field-just-getting-things-started/article_2042f016-2f85-5805-b55b-49c141cc99e2.html | 2022-04-01T02:01:42Z |
Washtenaw County Economic Outlook report shows rebounding employment, rising inflation
This year's Washtenaw County Economic Outlook report, compiled by University of Michigan (U-M) economists, finds that employment in the county should recover to pre-pandemic levels in the second quarter of next year. "It will happen sometime between April and June of 2023 and it should keep rising from there,"...
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LEBANON, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania police officer was killed and two others injured Thursday during a shooting that occurred while responding to a domestic disturbance call, Lebanon Mayor Sherry Capello said.
Police officers went to a home in the city at about 3:30 p.m. for the disturbance call. Nearly an hour later gunfire broke out and officers radioed in they were hit, Capello said at a brief news conference.
All three officers were taken to hospitals. One of them has been pronounced dead. A second was in critical condition, but stable, and a third was in stable condition, Capello said.
“This is an extremely difficult moment for everyone,” Capello said.
The suspect, a 34-year-old man from Lebanon, was killed in the shooting, Lebanon Police Chief Todd Breiner said.
“As one can imagine, it’s clearly a traumatic event,” Breiner said. “Our guys are strong, but we’re human and we have families.”
The slain officer’s name is being withheld pending notification of extended family members.
Police did not release further details.
Copyright © 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, written or redistributed. | https://wtop.com/national/2022/03/1-officer-killed-2-others-shot-in-pennsylvania/ | 2022-04-01T02:01:43Z |
Razor Energy Corp. Announces Flow-Through Rights Offering for up to $5 Million
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CALGARY, Alberta, March 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Razor Energy Corp. ("Razor”) (TSXV: RZE) in conjunction with FutEra Power Corp. (“FutEra”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Razor, is pleased to announce that it is offering rights (the “Rights Offering”) to eligible holders of its common shares (the “Common Shares”) of record at the close of business on April 7, 2022 (the “Record Date”).
Pursuant to the Rights Offering, each holder of Common Shares resident in a province or territory in Canada (the “Eligible Jurisdictions”) will receive one right (a “Right”) for each 1 Common Share held. Each whole Right will entitle the holder to subscribe for 0.0841016 of a Common Share. As a result, holders of Common Shares will need to exercise 11.8903796 Rights to acquire one Common Share. A holder of Rights must pay $2.55 to purchase one Common Share. No fractional Common Shares will be issued and, where the exercise of Rights would otherwise entitle the holder of Rights to fractional Common Shares, the holder’s entitlement will be reduced to the next lowest whole number of Common Shares and no cash or other consideration will be paid in lieu thereof.
Razor expects to raise gross proceeds of up to $5 million from the Rights Offering and intends to use the proceeds to fund certain eligible expenses yet to be incurred for our current 21 MW geothermal/natural gas power project, and eligible expenses on various early stage power projects including additional geothermal initiatives. The expected closing date of the Rights Offering is May 9, 2022.
The Common Shares issued as a result of the Rights Offering will be issued on a “flow-through” basis in respect of Canadian renewable and conservation expense (“CRCE”) within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada). CRCE receives tax treatment similar to that of Canadian exploration expense under Section 66 of the Income Tax Act (Canada), but is a distinct category for fully deductible expenditures relating to the start-up of renewable energy and energy conservation projects. Upon issuing the Common Shares to shareholders of Razor at the closing of the Rights Offering, Razor will renounce 100% of the to-be-incurred eligible expenses to the Rights Offering subscribers which can be deducted from ordinary income in calculating the subscriber’s liability for income tax. Razor and its subsidiaries are then committed to incur an amount of eligible expenses equal to the Rights Offering proceeds prior to December 31, 2023.
The Rights will trade on the TSX Venture Exchange ("TSXV") under the symbol RZE.RT commencing on April 6, 2022. Common Shares purchased on or following the Record Date will not be entitled to receive Rights under the Rights Offering. The Rights Offering expires at 5:00 p.m. (Calgary time) (the "Expiry Time") on May 6, 2022. Rights are exercisable until the Expiry Time, after which time unexercised Rights will be void and of no value.
Directors and officers of Razor, have indicated their intention to exercise some or all of their Rights, subject to market conditions.
The Rights Offering includes an additional subscription privilege under which eligible holders of Rights who fully exercise their Rights will be entitled to subscribe for additional Common Shares, if available, that are not otherwise subscribed for in the Rights Offering.
There are currently 23,314,466 Common Shares outstanding. An aggregate of 23,314,466 Rights are expected to be issued to subscribe for up to 1,960,784 Common Shares pursuant to the Rights Offering. The final number of Rights to be issued will depend on the actual number of issued and outstanding Common Shares on the Record Date. Following completion of the Rights Offering and assuming the exercise of all Rights, Razor expects that there will be approximately 25,275,250 Common Shares outstanding.
Alberta Investment Management Corporation, which currently holds approximately 19.78% of Razor’s issued and outstanding Common Shares, has indicated that it does not intend to participate in the Rights Offering. Razor does not anticipate that any holder will hold more than 20% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares on closing of the Rights Offering.
The Rights Offering will be conducted only in the Eligible Jurisdictions. Accordingly, and subject to the detailed provisions of Razor’s Rights Offering circular (the “Circular”), Rights will not be delivered to, nor will they be exercisable by, persons resident outside of the Eligible Jurisdictions (“Ineligible Holders”), unless an Ineligible Holder satisfies Razor that their participation in the Rights Offering is lawful and in compliance with all applicable securities and other laws, in which case Razor will direct the depositary and subscription agent, Alliance Trust Company (“Alliance”), to issue its Rights. After 5:00 p.m. on April 26, 2022 (10 days prior to the Expiry Time), such Rights may be sold on their behalf by Alliance.
Details of the Rights Offering are set out in Razor’s Rights Offering notice (the “Notice”) and Circular, which will be available under Razor’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. The Notice and accompanying Rights Certificate and subscription form (the “Rights Certificate”) and a subscription and renunciation agreement (the “Subscription Agreement”) will be mailed to each eligible shareholder of Razor as at the Record Date. To subscribe, registered shareholders must forward the completed Subscription Agreement and Rights Certificate together with the applicable funds to Alliance prior to the Expiry Time. Shareholders who hold their Common Shares through an intermediary, such as a bank, trust company, securities dealer or broker, will receive materials and instructions from their intermediary.
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RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) — The nation’s oldest active park ranger is hanging up her Smokey hat at the age of 100.
Betty Reid Soskin retired Thursday after more than 15 years at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, California, the National Park Service announced.
Soskin “spent her last day providing an interpretive program to the public and visiting with coworkers," a Park Service statement said.
She led tours at the park and museum honoring the women who worked in factories during wartime and shared her own experience as a Black woman during the conflict. She worked for the U.S. Air Force in 1942 but quit after learning that “she was employed only because her superiors believed she was white," according to a Park Service biography.
“Being a primary source in the sharing of that history – my history – and giving shape to a new national park has been exciting and fulfilling,” Soskin said in the Park Service statement. “It has proven to bring meaning to my final years.”
Soskin won a temporary Park Service position at the age of 84 and became a permanent Park Service employee in 2011. She celebrated her 100th birthday last September.
“Betty has made a profound impact on the National Park Service and the way we carry out our mission,” Director Chuck Sams said. “Her efforts remind us that we must seek out and give space for all perspectives so that we can tell a more full and inclusive history of our nation.”
Soskin was born Betty Charbonnet in Detroit in 1921 but recalled surviving the devastating Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 while living with her Creole family in New Orleans, according to the Park Service biography.
Her family then moved to Oakland, California, and Soskin remained in the San Francisco Bay Area, where in 1945 she and her first husband founded one of the first Black-owned record stores in the area, the biography said.
She also was a civil rights activist and took part in meetings to develop a general management plan for the Home Front park. She has received several honors.
She was named California Woman of the Year in 1995.
In 2015, Soskin received a presidential coin from President Barack Obama after she lit the National Christmas tree at the White House.
In June 2016, she was awakened in her home by a robber who punched her repeatedly in the face, dragged her out of her bedroom and beat her before making off with the coin and other items. Soskin, then 94, recovered and returned to work just weeks after the attack. The coin was replaced.
Soskin also was honored with entry into the Congressional Record. Glamour Magazine named her woman of the year in 2018. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Oldest-U-S-active-park-ranger-retires-at-100-17049910.php | 2022-04-01T02:01:44Z |
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Tribune Sports Spring Throwback: Spring 2002
As athletes and teams embark on spring break, I went into the Tribune's archives over the week.
I will be sharing those findings throughout the week, and today's edition takes us to the spring of 2002.
Throughout the week, the Tribune will run throwbacks from the springs of 1972, 1982, 1992 and 2012 | https://www.michigansthumb.com/prepzone/article/Tribune-Sports-Spring-Throwback-Spring-2002-17048011.php | 2022-04-01T02:01:47Z |
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said Thursday he will meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Brussels next week to lay the groundwork for peace talks to end the decades-long conflict over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
The two leaders will meet in Brussels on April 6 with European Council President Charles Michel.
There have been recent clashes that have raised concerns about the stability of a cease-fire that ended the 2020 war over the separatist region.
“I hope to discuss at this meeting with the president of Azerbaijan and agree on all issues related to the start of negotiations on a peace agreement,” Pashinyan told a government meeting Thursday. He said Armenia “is ready for the immediate start of peace negotiations.”
Fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces reignited in Nagorno-Karabakh this month, and three soldiers in the breakaway region were killed last week.
More than 6,600 people were killed in the six-week war in 2020 that ended with Azerbaijan reclaiming control over large parts of Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding areas that the Armenia-backed separatists controlled.
Armenia and Azerbaijan have been locked in a decades-old dispute over the separatist region, which lies within Azerbaijan but was under the control of ethnic Armenian forces backed by Armenia since a separatist war there ended in 1994.
The cease-fire in 2020 was mediated by Russia, which then sent some 2,000 troops it called peacekeepers to the region.
Tensions on the two nations’ shared border have been building since May, when Armenia protested what it described as an incursion by Azerbaijani troops into its territory. Azerbaijan has insisted that its soldiers were deployed to what it considers its territory in areas where the border has yet to be demarcated.
Clashes have been reported ever since, and they intensified this month as Russia became increasingly bogged down in its invasion of Ukraine. | https://www.ketk.com/news/world/armenia-azerbaijan-leaders-to-meet-amid-recent-fighting/ | 2022-04-01T02:01:46Z |
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Foch Louis Beebe
Foch Louis Beebe, 101, of Central City, passed away Thursday, March 17, 2022, at the Ed & Joan Hemphill Hospice Unit at St. Luke’s Hospital. In agreement with his wishes, cremation has taken place and no funeral services are planned. Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service of Central City assisted the family.
Foch was born March 2, 1921, in Coggon, son of Ivan and Melissa (Waters) Beebe and was a 1939 graduate of Central City high school. While Foch was still in high school, he began working for Kenny and Malon Mills at Mills Hardware in Central City. After high school, he continued to work at Mills Hardware until the US entered World War II. During those years, Foch enjoyed dancing and was the drummer in a couple of local swing bands. My Dad imparted to me a passionate love of music, but not too much talent and an avid interest and adequate skills in hardware/handyman technologies.
To aid in the United States’ war effort, Foch moved to California in 1943 and worked in radio technology for several years. When the war ended, he returned to Iowa and began his career at Collins Radio as an Electronics Technician. He worked for Collins/Rockwell for over 40 years until his retirement in 1984.
While on a skiing trip in Loveland, Colo., Foch met Margarete ‘Margot’ Schmidt, a beautiful, fiery woman from Cologne, Germany. He and Margot were united in marriage May 4th, 1964, in Denver, Colorado. In 1965, they welcomed a baby girl named Denise Margaret. The family made their lifelong home in Central City.
Foch was a hunter and fisherman his entire life. He could pick a carp out of the Wapsi River, standing in a canoe, with a bow and a bowfishing arrow, not to mention that he could wrangle the wisest bass out of that fish’s best hidey hole. He bow hunted deer every season for as long as I can remember. To Foch, bow hunting in the autumn in Northern Linn County was the closest thing to heaven, and a completely peaceful existence that any human could achieve. He enjoyed it completely. Foch, of course, was a member of The North Linn Fish and Game Club. He will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him.
Foch is survived and lovingly remembered by his daughter, Denise Beebe Stuart (Grant) of Marietta, Ga.; two grandchildren, Jessie Pearl Stuart and Walter Eli Stuart, both of Marietta; three siblings, Dixie Kenny of Central City, Jack (Martha) Beebe of Ariz. and Hal Beebe of Central City; brother-in-law, Don Wallace of Fairfield and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Margarete Beebe and three siblings, Dale Beebe, Jean Wallace and Stanford Beebe.
We as a family would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to Max and Pat Bales, Judy Murray and Dixie Marie.
Please share a memory of Foch at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries. | https://www.eastcentraliowanews.com/linn/foch-louis-beebe/article_c87d0bdf-8603-542e-a983-00a4da54e119.html | 2022-04-01T02:01:48Z |
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A woman was charged Thursday with a misdemeanor after her 12-year-old nephew was shot and killed by his younger brother, St. Louis prosecutors said.
Aja Johnson, 36, was charged with second-degree endangering the welfare of a child after the boy was shot at a home on Tuesday in north St. Louis.
According to a probable cause statement, three children were unattended while playing in a bedroom where a loaded gun was lying on a bed.
The children had played with the gun during previous visits, according to the statement.
A 10-year-old, thinking it was unloaded, pointed the gun at his brother and fired, police said.
Johnson told police the gun was hers, that she had left it in the bedroom and that “she was to blame for (the victim’s) death,” according to the affidavit.
Johnson was being held without bail on Thursday at the City Justice Center. It was not immediately clear if she has a lawyer.
Copyright © 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, written or redistributed. | https://wtop.com/national/2022/03/aunt-of-st-louis-child-who-was-shot-by-brother-is-charged/ | 2022-04-01T02:01:49Z |
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COLUMBUS — Cade Stover might be the most traveled player on Ohio State’s football roster without ever leaving OSU’s 43210 zip code. The 6-4, 255-pound junior from Lexington was recruited as a linebacker, then was moved to defensive end. He was a back-up tight end last season before going back to...
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RUBY PIPELINE FILES TO REORGANIZE UNDER CHAPTER 11 OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE
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HOUSTON, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Ruby Pipeline, L.L.C. (Ruby), a natural gas pipeline joint venture between Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE: KMI) and Pembina Pipeline Corporation (NYSE: PBA) that extends from Wyoming to Oregon, filed to reorganize under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in response to an upcoming debt repayment obligation. In recent months, the joint venture owners have been working diligently with Ruby's bondholders in an effort to work out a mutually satisfactory resolution. While those efforts will continue, Ruby's current financial condition necessitates this filing.
KMI will continue to operate the pipeline as chapter 11 permits daily operations to continue. Ruby's customers should notice no difference in its operations.
We will continue to keep Ruby's customers and other stakeholders informed of developments relating to Ruby's reorganization process. The voluntary petition was filed in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware in Wilmington. The case number is 22-10278. Additional information regarding Ruby's petition and claim procedures is available through the following website: https://cases.primeclerk.com/rubypipeline.
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Good, bad, ugly - April Fools’ Day pranks can come in many forms.
From the stomach-churning to the aww-inducing, here’s your round-up of some of this year’s best (though some may argue worst) gags.
‘Beans means... Weet-Bix...?’
We Aussies all grew up with the cleverly marketing jingle that had us all thinking “beans means Heinz”. The fact the more childish of us changed a word or two in the catchy tune to impress our playmates to associate beans with flatulence is an aside.
So what is this sorcery? Heinz has partnered with Weet-Bix in ways it really, really shouldn’t.
“We’ve been working hard with our friends over at Heinz ANZ to create an even more convenient brekkie option for Aussies. Introducing.. #BeansOnBix.. in a can! How do you do yours?” Weet-Bix posted on Facebook this morning.
While a few comments have suggested the jig is up, others seem to believe the carb and fibre-heavy hybrid breakfast food would be a real goer.
‘Pre-mixed’ Skittles and M&M’s
Speaking of hybrids, how about a Skittles-M&M’s combo? That’s a no from us.
“We’re excited to introduce this delicious new treat, with M&M’S and Skittles pre-mixed so you can enjoy a chocolate and fruity flavour in one bite.”
While we were over the moon to hear about the return of the much-loved lime-flavoured Skittles, mixing them with chocolate is a hard no from us.
Unhappy little Vegemite
Pre-mixed Skittles and M&M’s is one thing, but the boak-inducing thought of Tim Tam-flavoured Vegemite is taking it way too far.
“Introducing @timtam‘s newest flavour, Tim Tam VEGEMITE! Two iconic Aussie favourites have come together to create one MITEY delicious biscuit! What more could you wish for?” the reveal reads.
A lot, Vegemite. We could wish for a lot.
The RAC ‘Airena’ is now open!
Now here’s something we could get on board with. A rooftop bar. And why not, given Perth has the perfect weather for it.
But on top of a stadium?
“It’s officially open! You can now enjoy amazing food, drinks and views at our truly unbelievable new rooftop bar - AIRENA. It’ll blow you away!”
Turns out this is just an April Fools’ prank. Sadly.
Will Schofield back in his guernsey
Now this one’s just plain mean.
Social media was abuzz this morning with talk retired West Coast Eagle Will Schofield would be making a comeback.
The beloved footy star hinted at a return to the AFL in a series of tweets, recruiting a number of allies to play along.
He had us all fooled, but alas, the announcement was all in the name of fun.
WA Police reveal newest K9 recruit - Brutus
From one dog act to another, WA Police Force Canine Section got us good with a tweet this morning to introduce its newest recruit - a sausage dog puppy who can fit in a margarita glass.
For the record, the canine section is responsible for: “apprehending violent offenders, detecting narcotics, tracking offenders from crime scenes and more.”
Now, this is not to say sausage dogs don’t fit the bill when it comes to fighting crime. Being plagued with small dog syndrome can make them quite vicious at times.
But as ruff as it sounds, it’s quite clear the tweet is a prank.
Weird flex, Foot Locker
Always wanted to look like a Foot Locker employee but have a foot phobia? Problem solved!
“The long-awaited Limited edition Foot Locker Classic Striper Tee is going to be available only today at #theOGsneakerstore,” the athletic shoe retailer posted on Facebook this morning. Pushing the culture forward, don’t miss out on this #Flexclusive release.”
‘I can’t believe you guys fell for it’
Last, but not least, the fake news many Australians wish were real.
In what feels a lot like a Truman Show moment, The Shovel has reported “Australia’s Federal government is a joke”.
According to The Shovel, a bemused Josh Frydenberg “can’t believe” Australians fell for it, and described what is thought to be the longest set-up ever for a joke.
The expose went on to say Mr Frydenberg had said he thought sending people away on empathy training courses in 2021 would be “the straw that broke the camel’s back”.
“I thought we were going to give the game away to be honest. It was too much. I even said to the guys, ‘Let’s just hold off on this one, it’s too ridiculous, we’ll get found out.
“But they proved me wrong, because they went ahead with it anyway ... But everyone fell for it and we’re still in Government, so I guess we’ll just keep going.”
Let us know your best April Fools’ Day pranks in the comment section below. | https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wa/revealed-the-best-of-the-best-april-fools-day-2022-pranks-c-6283917 | 2022-04-01T02:01:50Z |
It could be argued that the first Murrieta Fire & Rescue volunteers are the Founding Fathers of the city.
There was a Thompson, a Rail and a Curran in the group — all names that now adorn Murrieta schools.
There was Victor Garrison, Oscar Matteson, Clayton Erdel and Lawrence Dunham, prominent locals at the time, 1947.
These folks weren’t elitist and they sure as heck weren’t big-city types.
They were the Murrieta of the time: mild mannered, practical, hard working and most definitely country.
It’s been 75 years since that crew of 10 started volunteering after “yet another home was lost in Murrieta due to the lack of fire protection,” writes Pat Jennings, a retired deputy chief for the fire department, in his recent story in the Murrieta Valley Historical Society newsletter.
The department’s famous annual barbecue is set for April 23, the first one since 2019 as the event was yet another pandemic cancellation.
At least a couple thousand people show up every year, many of them fourth- and fifth-generation Murrieta residents.
The department’s clout was evident in the first city council election in 1990, when firefighters Jerry Allen and Joe Peery were the top two vote getters.
Neighboring Temecula was an economic powerhouse in the late 1980s and there was a plan to include Murrieta in its proposed cityhood boundaries.
The deal fell apart, partly because Murrieta residents wanted to retain their own identity, one that the fire department helped forge. Locals seemed to be saying: We’ve proven we can put out structure fires, why can’t we handle bureaucratic ones?
“If the department hadn’t been there, the city probably wouldn’t have been incorporated,” Jennings said. “Local control was the big thing and public safety was number one.”
Jennings, 69, would know, considering that he and his wife, Annette, have lived their entire lives in Murrieta. Not many can say that.
As a kid, he recalls cleaning up trash from the department’s barbecue and riding around with Ira Rail picking up the eggs, potatoes, and other side dishes that had been prepared by housewives. Everybody in town pitched in.
In her book, “Murrieta Old Town, New Town,” Mary Alice Rail Boyce recalled somebody once calling in to say, “Charlie’s barn is on fire.” Unfortunately, there were about five Charlies in town with barns and a department volunteer called every one. By the time the fire had been located, it was under control.
It was the thought that counted.
Before the department formed, Boyce writes, the town cemetery burned in 2016 and historic records and wooden markers were destroyed, the Holiness Church was lost in 1921, the Historical Hall burned down in 1924, and the noted Fountain House hotel, next to the railroad line at the time, went up in flames in 1935.
The closest fire protection was Perris, not nearly close enough.
Raymond Thompson was the first Murrieta chief, serving from 1948 into the early 1970s. Marv Curran, a super nice guy who I’ve known for more than 30 years, succeeded him and served until 1992. He’s in his mid-90s now and still in town, but unfortunately I couldn’t reach him.
Jennings was a department volunteer for two years before being hired in 1989. He worked there 26 years. No wonder his newsletter history ran 11 pages. He knows the department.
He reports that in 2017, the department received an accreditation certificate from the Center for Public Safety Excellence, the first in Riverside County to be so honored by the national group.
Not only is Murrieta Fire & Rescue as local as can be, but it’s also politically powerful and nationally recognized.
Just ask Charlie — if you can find the right one.
Reach Carl Love at carllove4@yahoo.com | https://www.pe.com/2022/03/31/carl-love-murrieta-fire-rescue-had-humble-beginnings-75-years-ago/ | 2022-04-01T02:01:50Z |
BEACHWOOD, Ohio -- In addressing a problem that has been plaguing several local communities as summer approaches, City Council took action at its March 21 meeting to try and fill the many openings for lifeguards at its aquatic center.
At the meeting, council increased the pay for lifeguards to $18 per hour, with an option to go as high as $20 per hour. It was just last August that the pay was hiked to $15. Community Services Director Derek Schroeder, who oversees the city’s recreation activities, including the aquatic center, told council that some lifeguards who had worked in Beachwood last year have told him they won’t be back. As an example, Schroeder said, he was told by some former lifeguards that Chipotle was paying $16.50 per hour, with no interview needed. | https://www.cleveland.com/community/2022/04/help-wanted-as-summer-approaches-beachwood-has-great-need-for-lifeguards.html | 2022-04-01T02:01:50Z |
JONESBORO — After spending a season at Arkansas State, Desi Sills is planning to finish his college basketball career away from his hometown.
Sills announced his decision to enter his name into the NCAA transfer portal on Thursday. The former Jonesboro High School star is one of five ASU men’s basketball players to go into the portal this week, a list that also includes Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year Norchad Omier.
In a social media post, Sills thanked ASU’s coaching staff, teammates and fans for welcoming him back to Jonesboro. He began his college career at Arkansas, playing in 98 games over three seasons with the Razorbacks, before transferring to ASU last year.
“A-State fans, it was great coming home and playing in my hometown at the collegiate level,” wrote Sills, a 6-foot-2 guard who has one year of eligibility remaining. “The fans, my teammates, and being home with my family made this season one of the best I’ve had in my college career. Jonesboro will always be my home and hold a special place in my heart.”
Starting 27 of 28 games that he played, Sills averaged 12.6 points as ASU’s No. 2 scorer behind Omier. He led the Red Wolves with 51 steals and was third in assists (79) and rebounds (101).
Sills scored in double figures in 18 games with a high of 25 points against Arkansas-Pine Bluff. He averaged 11.7 points in Sun Belt Conference games with a high of 21 against regular-season champion Texas State.
Combining three seasons at Arkansas and one at ASU, Sills has made 74 career starts and scored 1,110 career points.
Reserve forward Lazar Grbovic also announced his intention to enter the transfer portal on Thursday. Grbovic played in 14 games as a freshman, scoring nine points against both Mississippi Valley State and Central Baptist.
Omier, who averaged a double-double of 17.9 points and 12.2 rebounds as a second-year freshman at ASU, announced his plans to enter the transfer portal on Wednesday afternoon. Forward Keyon Wesley, who made 23 starts this season and 40 over two seasons, and reserve guard Mario Fantina have also entered the transfer portal.
With senior guard Marquis Eaton having completed his eligibility and Omier, Sills and Wesley in the transfer portal, guard Caleb Fields is the only regular starter from this season’s team remaining on the roster for the 2022-23 season.
ASU finished 18-11 overall this season, including an 8-7 mark in Sun Belt games. The Red Wolves were eliminated in the Sun Belt tournament quarterfinals by Georgia State for the second consecutive season.
Earlier this month the university announced a two-year contract extension for fifth-year head coach Mike Balado, whose contract had been scheduled to expire March 31. | https://www.jonesborosun.com/sports/a-states-sills-enters-name-in-transfer-portal/article_b6df1df3-d2ab-5f7d-ba88-2b233f72dbdb.html | 2022-04-01T02:01:50Z |
By Millie Muroi
Bruce Willis was showing signs of cognitive decline for some years, including firing a gun loaded with a blank on the wrong cue while on set, a Los Angeles Times report has revealed.
On Wednesday, Willis’ family said he had been diagnosed with aphasia – a cognitive disorder that affects an individual’s ability to communicate – and that he would retire from acting.
Numerous sources from a range of productions Willis worked on in recent years have spoken to the LA Times about concerns they had about the actor’s capacity to work.
Mike Burns, the director of 2021’s Out of Death, reduced Willis’s role in the film after noticing he was struggling.
“It looks like we need to knock down Bruce’s page count by about 5 pages,” read an email Burns sent in June 2020 to the film’s screenwriter.
“We also need to abbreviate his dialogue a bit so that there are no monologues, etc.”
Other sources said the star was unable to remember his dialogue and had lines fed to him through an earpiece.
Burns is one of nearly two dozen people who spoke with the LA Times about their concern for his wellbeing.
While on set for 2020’s Hard Kill, Willis fired a gun loaded with a blank – twice in a row – on the wrong cue, although no one was injured, co-star Lala Kent has alleged.
Kent was supposed to duck once Willis had delivered a line, serving as the cue before the weapon was fired. But Willis fired before delivering the line.
“Because my back was to him, I wasn’t aware of what was happening behind me,” Kent said.
“But the first time, it was like, ‘No big deal, let’s reset’.”
The film’s producer disputed that claim but at least two people familiar with the incident have also spoken about it.
Willis’s management team limited his film shoots to two days a week, and no more than eight hours of work per day.
Production sources said he often only stayed for four.
At times, Willis would also question where he was, two crew members recalled.
“I know why you’re here, and I know why you’re here, but why am I here?” Willis is alleged to have said while on the set of White Elephant, a yet-to-be released film.
A crew member said Willis “was just being puppeted” and that the actor would be given a line but not understand what it meant.
The film’s director, Jesse V. Johnson, and his team decided after filming had ended that they would not do another film with Willis.
“We are all Bruce Willis fans, and the arrangement felt wrong and ultimately a rather sad end to an incredible career, one that none of us felt comfortable with,” he said.
It’s also been announced that Willis will no longer be receiving a Golden Raspberry Award as a result of his diagnosis.
The awards, known as the Razzies, is a satirical show that hands out accolades for the worst performances.
Willis had received an award in a special category, “Worst Performance by Bruce Willis in a 2021 Movie.”
Upon news of his diagnosis, the Razzies controversially decided to go ahead with presenting him the award.
But following backlash, the organisation issued a statement reversing their decision.
“After much thought and consideration, the Razzies have made the decision to rescind the Razzie Award given to Bruce Willis, due to his recently disclosed diagnosis,” the statement read.
“If someone’s medical condition is a factor in their decision-making and/or performance, we acknowledge that it is not appropriate to give them a Razzie.”
Despite his condition worsening in recent years, Willis was still highly sought after, with his involvement helping independent filmmakers sell their films on the international stage.
White Elephant production supervisor Terri Martin said he admired and respected Willis’s work but it was time for him to retire.
“He just looked so lost, and he would say, ‘I’ll do my best.’ He always tried his best.”
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Sorority members warned of alleged drugging by fraternity brother
Editor’s Note: This story contains information about an alleged drugging that readers may find triggering.
Before Spring Break, a sorority president sent a message to Greek members detailing an alleged drugging by a Rensselaer fraternity brother.
The interim Panhellenic Council President added that the allegation must be kept within the Greek community in order to keep members “secure.”
Internal Greek Communications
The Polytechnic received information from a source within Greek Life that showed on March 4, President of Pi Beta Phi sorority Maria Curran ’23 sent a Slack message to active Pi Beta Phi sorority members naming a brother at a Rensselaer fraternity, stating that he “was found to be drugging girls at social events, as well as making girls feel uncomfortable.”
“This is something we take very seriously and we have blacklisted him from all our events, social and otherwise, and he is not allowed at our house,” Curran wrote.
“Lastly, this is confidential and should be kept within our Greek community.”
Curran refused to comment to The Polytechnic.
Later that day, Interim Panhellenic Council President Wendy Matt ’22 messaged the same group chat explaining why the allegation had to remain confidential.
“For additional clarity on why we are choosing to keep this confidential to some level. Messages were leaked yesterday and put members of our community in jeopardy as they suggested that our members were in the presence of alcohol at a party, so if/when further details are released we wanted to make sure we were not self incriminating in any way and keeping our members secure. So future communication will have to be strategic and void of anything tied to our members and community.”
When asked about what she meant by “keeping our members secure,” Matt told The Polytechnic about a Discord post “in which a chapter screenshot of an email by their president was posted.” She said that the Discord post “had members of our organization’s names in them and it had nothing to do with our members at certain events. However, the admin misconstrued our chapter leadership’s warning of certain activity as involvement in activity … so that’s why I requested that we… keep it internal.”
In an interview with The Polytechnic, Interfraternity Council President Doug Ladzinski ’23 said after a screenshot of an email sent out by Alpha Phi for their members surfaced in a public Discord channel, both IFC and Panhel were unable to confirm any involvement of a fraternity “let alone the individual that was named. So in hopes to, sort of, ensure that we weren't being bad-talked or we weren't spreading false information, the post was asked to be removed and it was eventually taken down.”
“We weren't intentionally trying to withhold information, it was more, we're all just trying to figure out what was going on, and we just didn’t want false information, or we didn't want the whole events [sic] to be spread if it wasn't confirmed, that's all,” said Ladzinski.
No comment from accused individual or president of accused individual’s fraternity
The accused individual did not respond to The Polytechnic. After an interview with The Polytechnic, Ladzinski responded that the president of the accused individual’s fraternity “doesn’t have anything to add” and that Ladzinski was asked not to share his phone number with The Polytechnic. The president of the fraternity did not respond to The Poly’s email request for comment.
Report made to Fraternity & Sorority Commons, according to IFC and Panhel
The Panhellenic Council’s official comment made by Matt was that “the report has been made to Ethan Stubbs’ office and the university is aware of this allegation and handling the investigation.” Matt also stated that “There was a report made to FS Commons” by a third party which contained “an alleged drugging.” Ethan Stubbs is an Associate Dean for Fraternity and Sorority (FS) Commons.
When asked if IFC or Panhel heard about the allegations first, Matt and Ladzinski said that they heard of the alleged incident around the same time. Ladzinski said that “all of this…started coming up to the surface right over Spring Break.”
After the Discord message with a screenshot of the email sent to Alpha Phi, naming both a fraternity and an individual, surfaced, Ladzinski said “That's really when IFC and Panhel were informed and then that was a day, or a couple of days later, when [the Fraternity and Sorority] Commons was informed of the case.” The Polytechnic was not able to obtain the Discord message or the email sent to Alpha Phi members.
Matt told The Polytechnic that, upon hearing about the alleged case of drugging, resources were sent out to all chapters within the Panhellenic Council. “I had already told every single chapter that they had to send a leader from their organization to Narcan training…also request that all chapters do Alcohol Safety trainings,” said Matt.
Campus crime log
According to the Clery Center, The Clery Act requires schools to “report campus crime data, support victims of violence, and publicly outline the policies and procedures they have put into place to improve campus safety,” such as making the crime log "easily understood." Grounds for Disciplinary Action (GDAs) appeared several times within the crime log from February 1 to the end of Spring Break on March 13. There are 18 subheadings under GDAs in the Student Handbook of Student Rights and Responsibilities, which was last updated on January 25, 2021.
The Polytechnic went through the campus crime log, finding three named GDAs (Fire Alarm Activation, Unlawful Possession of Marijuana and Criminal Possession of Forged Instruments, and Disorderly Conduct) along with two other unspecified GDA violations between February 1 and March 13.
In an email to The Polytechnic, Public Safety Officer Tom Coffin commented that “Public Safety is not involved [in the] outcome of the GDA. It is usually conducted by the deans, the VP office and any admin department involved in the event.”
The Polytechnic asked Assistant Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students Travis Apgar and Director of Student Rights Responsibilities and Judicial Affairs Adrianna Bradt whether their offices have been notified of a report in FS Commons about an alleged drugging, if any actions have been taken, and what the potential consequences for an individual who is found to have drugged another individual or individuals are. No responses to any of these questions were given.
RPI statements
The Polytechnic reached out to Stubbs inquiring about the following: when the alleged incident took place as well as if it took place on or off campus, a general timeline of the investigation, whether or not the Department of Public Safety or the Troy Police Department is involved, or if there are any consequences currently being considered for the accused individual or the fraternity that the accused individual is a part of, how many alleged victims there are, if IFC or Panhel reached out first or if Stubbs found out about the alleged allegation through another means, and if the Institute plan to issue a statement about the ongoing investigation and if so, when and on what platforms. Stubbs wrote “Thank you for the inquiry, unfortunately, my office doesn’t handle these requests, instead as a standard such inquiries should be directed to newsmedia@rpi.edu, which I see was copied.”
Director of Media Relations and Communications Deanna Cohen failed to respond to any of the questions The Polytechnic asked above. Instead, Cohen responded with the following:
“Statement: The policy of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is to provide a living, learning, and working environment which is free from all forms of harassment, discrimination, or retaliation for our faculty, staff, and students. The Institute takes any allegation of harassment, discrimination, or sexual misconduct seriously and investigates these matters in accordance with Title IX regulations. Title IX reports can be filed through the Title IX Coordinator, Public Safety, or online. The Institute will use appropriate resources to investigate alleged complaints of sexual misconduct and assaults where necessary.”
RPI currently has two Title IX Coordinators.
The Polytechnic later asked Stubbs for comment on whether or not an alleged drugging incident would be reported in the crime log, and how it would be recorded on the campus crime log since there are 18 kinds of GDAs. The Polytechnic received links to RPI’s Title IX web page, along with a statement from Cohen:
“The policy of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is to provide a living, learning, and working environment which is free from all forms of harassment, discrimination, or retaliation for our faculty, staff, and students. Rensselaer proactively educates the campus community, including our Greek fraternities and sororities, on sexual misconduct prevention and bystander intervention. The Institute takes any allegation of harassment, discrimination, or sexual misconduct seriously; however, we do not comment on rumors, investigations or cases.”
No police reports filed from February to end of Spring Break
No police records between February 1, 2022 to March 13, 2022 with the accused individual’s name came up as a result of The Polytechnic’s FOIL request. On March 18, Troy PD Captain Adam Mason of the Detective Division gave no comment to The Polytechnic.
Comments from other sorority presidents
The Polytechnic also reached out to other sorority presidents for comment. President of Alpha Omega Epsilon Sarah Mirekua ’23, President of Alpha Phi Avery Thomas ’23, President of Alpha Gamma Delta Marisa Cogswell ’23, and President of Sigma Delta Cristina Contreras ’22 did not provide a comment on the allegation. Alpha Omega Epsilon, Alpha Phi, and Alpha Gamma Delta, as well as Pi Beta Phi are part of the Panhellenic Council. The Sigma Delta Sorority is part of the Multicultural Sororities and Fraternities Council.
President of Omega Phi Beta Sorority, which is also not affiliated with the Panhellenic Council, Aleisha Vera Ramos ’21, responded with the following:
“Omega Phi Beta will always condemn ALL forms of violence towards women; recognizing it hinders progression, we have established our National Philanthropy to Raise Awareness of Violence Against Women. If these allegations are correct, it should concern all members of the Rensselaer community regardless of Greek-affiliation. We hope that a proper investigation is held and its conclusion is shared publicly, and we wish peace to all that have been negatively affected.”
Senior reporter Sarah Shiang can be reached at sarah.shiang@poly.rpi.edu.
Editor in Chief Medhini Mankale can be reached at medhini@poly.rpi.edu.
Correction: A previous version of this article stated that the Sigma Delta sorority is part of the Panhellenic Council and that Marisa Cogswell was part of the Class of 2022. The Polytechnic regrets these errors. | https://poly.rpi.edu/news/2022/03/sorority-members-warned-of-alleged-drugging-by-fraternity-brother/ | 2022-04-01T02:01:50Z |
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The Associated Press has announced its Michigan High School All-State girls basketball teams from the season.
In Division 4, Deckerville's Karly Kappen made honorable mention from the Tribune's coverage area. She also made the Thumb Sportswriters Association's All-Thumb first team.
"I am super happy for her," coach Doug Kirkpatrick said. "She's getting some recognition that she greatly deserves. She really came into her own this year, and is an excellent ball-player. She has certainly proven herself as one of the top players in the Thumb."
"To get an all-state recognition is just the icing on the cake," Kirkpatrick added. "This will hopefully show some of the younger girls what hard work and determination can do."
Here is the 2022 Associated Press Division 4 girls' basketball All-State team as selected by a panel of eight Michigan sportswriters.
Player of the Year
Mia Riley, Fowler
Coach of the Year
Nathan Goerge, Fowler
First Team All-State
Mia Riley, Fowler, Senior
Lydia Meredith, Portland St. Patrick, Senior
Mia Judd, Lansing Christian, Senior
Olivia Flynn, Harbor Springs, Freshman
Tessa Wagner, Carney-Nadeau, Senior
Kennedy Guild, Pickford, Senior
Elie Wilson, Calhoun Christian, Senior
Reide Osterman, Baraga, Senior
Emma Riley, Fowler, Junior
Anna Fernandez, Plymouth Christian, Senior
Megan Bennett, McBain Northern Michigan Christian, Senior
Ava Boike, Genesee Christian, Senior
Second Team All-State
These nominees received two or more votes from the eight-member panel.
Katelyn Pnack, Coleman, Senior
Reese Williams, Colon, Sophomore
Madison Looby, Saginaw Nouvel, Senior
Makayla Kamyszek, Posen, Senior
Madison Smith, Mackinaw City, Junior
Kate Borseth, Ewen-Trout Creek, Junior
Coach
Tyler Larson, Baraga
Honorable Mentions
These nominees received one or no votes from the nine-member panel.
Jacey Somers, Bellaire
Lizzy Scharer, Adrian Lenawee Christian
Makenna Uotila, Ontonagon
Kylie Quist, Athens
Megan Houk, Plymouth Christian
Corina Jahfetson, Baraga
Ashton Hord, North Dickinson
Caitlyn Dickerson, Midland Calvary Baptist Academy
Abby Parkinson, Hale
Natalie Wandrie, Inland Lakes
Claudia Burley, Grand Traverse Academy
Ava Schultz, Gaylord St. Mary's
Elly Sexton, Brethren
Angelina Tringali, Auburn Hills Oakland Christian
Karly Kappen, Deckerville
Brooklyn Hart, Carsonville-Port Sanilac
Charlie Boyce, Bellaire
Payton Griffith, Mendon
Gracie Shettler, Martin
Ava Maller, Pittsford
Megan Roberts, Hillsdale Academy
Dakota Sigler, Camden-Frontier
McKena Wilson, Fruitport Calvary Christian
Aubrey Rogers, Morrice
Delaney Scully, Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart
Natalie Skowron, Vestaburg
Emma Holmes, Marcellus
Sophie Wisniski, Onekama
Emily Grant, Lake Leelanau St. Mary
Grace Wolfe, Frankfort-Elberta
Larissa Huffman, Mackinaw City
Marlie Postula, Mackinaw City
Ty'Venona Davis, Muskegon Heights Academy
Aniea Johnson, Muskegon Heights Academy
Hailey Maulbetsch, Plymouth Christian
Clemmie Gadwood, Will Carleton Academy.
Honorable Mention Coaches
Jamie Salenbien, Adrian Lenawee Christian
Ron Windle, Plymouth Christian
Nick Katzinger, Coleman
Al Schrauben, Portland St. Patrick
D.J. Boike, Genesee Christian.
The voting panel consisted of Bill Broderick from the Battle Creek Enquirer, Brian Calloway from the Lansing State Journal, David Goricki from The Detroit News, Marc Vieau from The Cadillac News, Brandon Watson from the Sturgis Journal, James Cook from the Traverse City Record-Eagle, Jason Juno from the Ironwood Daily Globe, and Doug Donnelly from the Adrian Daily Telegram.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | https://www.michigansthumb.com/prepzone/deckerville/article/Kappen-makes-AP-All-State-honorable-mention-17038986.php | 2022-04-01T02:01:53Z |
With all the talk and drama surrounding recent NFL trades, Jimmy Garoppolo’s name has been popping up a lot. Some reports say the 49ers are looking to start Trey Lance next year, others are saying the 49ers will keep Jimmy a while longer. Amidst latter claims are fan comments about how terrible Jimmy is but, in all honesty, he’s not a bad quarterback; he just gets injured a lot.
Jimmy G was traded to the San Francisco 49ers mid-season in 2017 and played five games. The 49ers won all five of those games and ended the season 6-10. The following year, Jimmy tore his left ACL and missed most of the season — having only played two and a half games — so their 4-12 record can’t be held against him. The 2020 season was similar; Jimmy played six games before his season-ending ankle injury and accounts for three of the team’s six wins that year.
Jimmy Garoppolo’s first full, uninjured year with the 49ers was 2019 when he ended the regular season 13-3 and took the 49ers all the way to the Super Bowl where they lost to Patrick Mahomes’ Kansas City Chiefs. His second full, uninjured year was 2021-2022 when the Niners made it to the conference championships and lost to future Super Bowl champions, the LA Rams.
Jimmy G’s issue isn’t that he’s a bad quarterback — he just gets injured a lot. The same can be said about Christian McCaffrey; if you draft McCaffrey to your fantasy team, it’s a shot in the dark whether or not he’ll be sitting in your IR half the year.
The main argument against Jimmy’s skills as a quarterback usually take root in his performance in the 2019-2020 Super Bowl. When Jimmy had the ball, it didn’t get much air time. I would argue this was based more on trying to play it safe against Kansas City’s stellar defense instead of doubting his passing skills. Jimmy’s stats line up with most quarterbacks; he averages 9.5 interceptions per year, which is the same as Joe Burrow, fewer than Tom Brady (9.67), and barely more than Patrick Mahomes (9.25).
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BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping issued strong backing for Afghanistan at a regional conference Thursday, while making no mention of human rights abuses by the country’s Taliban leaders. China’s foreign minister, meanwhile, led calls for the U.S. to unfreeze Afghan assets held abroad and end sanctions on the government.
Xi pledged China’s support in a message to a gathering of representatives from Afghanistan, China, Russia, Pakistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in a central Chinese city, spotlighting Beijing’s aspirations to play a leading role in Afghanistan following the withdrawal of U.S. forces last August.
A “peaceful, stable, developed and prosperous Afghanistan” is what Afghans aspire to, which “serves the common interests of regional countries and the international community,” Xi said.
“China has all along respected Afghanistan’s sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, and is committed to supporting Afghanistan’s peaceful and stable development,” Xi said in his message to the gathering in Tunxi, a center of the tourism industry in Anhui province.
A joint statement issued after the meeting noted the importance of ensuring women’s rights and children’s education and protecting the rights of all ethnic groups. It also “urged the countries mainly responsible for the current predicament in Afghanistan” to fulfill their commitments on its economic recovery.
China’s Foreign Ministry said the sides agreed that the U.S. and NATO should “earnestly assume the primary responsibility for the reconstruction and development of Afghanistan, and return the property of the Afghan people as soon as possible,” in a reference to the $7 billion in frozen Afghan assets held by the U.S.
President Joe Biden has said his administration will unfreeze $3.5 billion of those funds for families of 9/11 victims against the strenuous protests of the Taliban and others.
Afghanistan’s economy is teetering on the brink of collapse after international money stopped coming into the country with the Taliban’s arrival. The United Nations warns that 1 million children are in danger of starving and 90% of Afghans live below the poverty level of just $1.90 a day.
In his comments, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi continued Beijing’s attacks on the U.S. over its handling of Afghanistan, saying that as the “initiator of Afghanistan’s predicament,” Washington should “take the major responsibility,” end its unilateral sanctions on the country and unconditionally return Afghanistan’s state assets.
Afghanistan has achieved “certain partial results” in boosting stability, improving livelihoods, and protecting human rights, Wang said, despite widespread reports of abuses and incompetent governance under the Taliban.
However, Afghanistan “has a long way to go to achieve lasting peace, sustainable development and to advance its foreign relations,” he said.
Neither Xi or Wang gave specifics on future Chinese assistance, although China has already shipped emergency aid to Afghanistan and is seeking to develop copper mining there.
China follows what it calls a strict policy of “non-intervention” in other countries’ internal affairs, including opposing those staged for humanitarian purposes unless sanctioned by the United Nations. Despite that, Beijing is frequently accused of meddling to further its own domestic and international interests.
Separately, Wang also attended a meeting of special envoys for Afghanistan from China, the United States and Russia, a group known as the “ Extended Troika.” At that forum, Wang again called for an end to “unreasonable” sanctions and the unfreezing of Afghan assets, saying the U.S. should take “practical steps” on those matters.
Although it has yet to recognize the Taliban government, China has moved quickly to shore up its ties with the radical Islamic group.
A month before the Taliban took power, Wang hosted a high-powered delegation from the group for a July 28, 2021, meeting in the Chinese port city of Tianjin. He referred to the group as “pivotal” force important to peace and reconstruction in Afghanistan.
On that and other occasions, Chinese have pushed the Taliban for assurances they will not permit operations within Afghanistan’s borders by members of China’s Turkic Muslim Uyghur minority intent on overthrowing Chinese rule in their native region of Xinjiang.
Wang also made a surprise stop in Kabul last week to meet Taliban leaders, even as the international community fumed over the hard-line movement’s broken promise a day earlier to open schools to girls beyond the sixth grade.
China has studiously avoided mentioning the limits on girls’ education and other human rights abuses, particularly those targeting women, while keeping its Kabul embassy open.
The foreign ministers of Qatar and Indonesia have been invited to the meeting of neighboring states as guests. Taliban-appointed foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, is representing Afghanistan at the meeting.
Participants agreed to a mechanism for regular meetings of their special envoys for Afghanistan and three working groups to coordinate on political and diplomatic affairs, economics and humanitarianism, and security and stability.
Uzbekistan will host the fourth foreign ministers’ meeting. | https://www.ketk.com/news/world/chinas-xi-strongly-backs-afghanistan-at-regional-conference/ | 2022-04-01T02:01:53Z |
DETROIT (AP) — In the long debate over whether Black Americans should be granted reparations for the atrocity and injustices of slavery and racism, California took a big step this week toward becoming the first U.S. state to make some form of restitution a reality.
The state’s reparations task force tackled the divisive issue of which Black residents should be eligible — it narrowly decided in favor of limiting compensation to the descendants of free and enslaved Black people who were in the U.S. in the 19th century.
Whether Tuesday’s vote by the task force spurs other states and cities to advance their own proposals, and whether they adopt California’s still controversial standard for who would benefit, remains to be seen. Some veteran reparations advocates disagree strongly with proposals to limiting eligibility to only Black people who can prove they have enslaved ancestors, while excluding those who cannot and leaving out victims of other historic injustices, such as redlining and mass incarceration.
Still, one advocate noted California’s move is a step that could lend momentum to stalled reparation proposals elsewhere in the U.S.
“It’s precipitated a debate and it will influence communities,” said Ron Daniels, president of The Institute of the Black World 21st Century and administrator of the National African American Reparations Commission, an advocacy group of scholars and activists.
As to whether others will adopt the same approach to eligibility, Daniels said: “That’s to be decided. … We think that ultimately a more expansive definition will prevail.”
The commission headed by Daniels has taken a position that limiting reparations to slave descendants, or to Americans whose ancestors were free Blacks living during the time of slavery, ignores the effects of racism that persisted for more than a century after emancipation.
“There are always going to be criteria” for reparations, Daniels said. “The problem is the harms have been so gross that almost no Black person is not eligible in some form or another.”
Although there is still debate among historians about when exactly the practice began, chattel slavery in what would become the U.S. dates back to 1619 when about 20 enslaved Africans were brought to Jamestown, Virginia — then a British colony. Over the next two centuries, more than 300,000 men, women and children were forcibly taken from Africa to work on plantations in southern colonies and later the Southern states, according to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database, a project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and maintained by Rice University.
Slavery in the U.S. officially ended in 1865 with the ratification of the 13th Amendment. Union Army General William Sherman promised compensation to freed slaves in the form of land and mules to farm it — hence the phrase “40 acres and a mule” — after the North’s victory over the South in the Civil War. But President Andrew Johnson took away the offer.
More than 120 years later, then-Rep. John Conyers, a Detroit Democrat, first introduced H.R. 40, a bill that would create a federal commission to study reparations and make proposals. Conyers reintroduced it in every congressional session until he resigned in 2017. As a candidate, President Joe Biden said he supported creating the commission, but has yet to formally back it as commander-in-chief. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Texas Democrat, is currently the lead sponsor of the House bill.
Getting governmental leaders to openly consider slavery reparations has been daunting and taken decades. But progress has been made at both the state and local levels, particularly since the national reckoning on racial injustice that was sparked after the 2020 murder of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis.
In Michigan, legislative proposals submitted earlier this year in the House of Representatives call for $1.5 billion in federal dollars to be placed in a racial equity and reparations fund within the state’s treasury. The funds would be issued to various state departments and agencies to provide grants, loans and other economic assistance for businesses and economic developments that promote the Black community.
The bills have yet to receive a hearing in the House.
Last year, Evanston, Illinois, — the first U.S. city to find a source of funding for reparations — began giving eligible Black residents $25,000 housing grants for down payments, repairs or existing mortgages. The program is meant to atone for the history of racial redlining and housing discrimination. Recipients were selected randomly from among the applicants, Black residents who lived in the city between 1919 and 1969.
And in Providence, Rhode Island, the mayor announced a city commission on reparations in February that will look to atone for the city’s role in slavery and systemic racism, as well as the mistreatment of Native Americans.
For Anita Belle, a grassroots activist in Detroit, where residents in the mostly Black city voted in November to create a city reparations commission, getting to this point in the pursuit of reparations is cause for celebration. But what happens next is worrisome, especially when it comes to who gets what and how much, she said.
“I am happy for all of us who have been doing the groundwork for all these years,” said Belle, founder of the Reparations Labor Union. “We are somewhat afraid that these people who have jumped on the bandwagon are actually there to sabotage it and make reparations $12.62, if that. There will be those saboteurs — people who look like us, but have hidden agendas.”
“You have some of that fear in California where the scope for reparations was narrowed to the people who can prove they were enslaved,” she added. “The people of California will be like ‘why am I paying reparations for someone who was enslaved in Mississippi?’”
In California, the task force is taking the next step with economists to determine the cost of compensating more than 2 million Black residents, although all of them would not be eligible. Following slavery abolition, Black migration to California happened primarily in the immediate decades after World War II, with newly arrived African Americans settling in cities like Oakland, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
The Black population there rose from just under a half-million residents, or 4.4% of the population, in 1950 to 1.4 million residents, or 7% of the population, by 1970. Decades later, the 2020 census recorded 2.1 million Black residents in California, or about 5.3% of the state’s population.
While proposals and who would be eligible appear to vary, they still are types of reparations, according to Rashawn Ray, senior fellow of Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution.
“California chose to focus on enslavement of Black people,” Ray said. “In Evanston, it’s redlining and housing segregation. Both are issues that need restitution to them based on what the wrong is.”
But, Ray added, “Federal reparations — without a doubt and hands-down — that’s what we need. What is happening in California should be happening in Congress.”
As a former alderman for the city of Evanston, Illinois, and a longtime reparations advocate, Robin Rue Simmons said reaching consensus on eligibility can be tough because policymakers should be as expansive and inclusive as possible, while also identifying specific harms that they’re seeking to address.
The big step taken by California could help spur action on reparations proposals in other cities and states, Simmons said, and perhaps add pressure for the federal government to act, which she sees as critical.
She doesn’t expect California’s lineage-based eligibility standard to become the norm.
“I don’t think any community should think that another has figured it out for them,” Simmons said, “because every community is going to have their own priorities and their specific history.”
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Bynum reported from Savannah, Ga. AP writers Janie Har in San Francisco and Michael Schneider in Orlando contributed to this story.
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STEUBENVILLE — Brookwood Capital Advisors, the Nashville-based redevelopment specialist that purchased the Fort Steuben Mall five weeks ago, is ready to become its former owner. Brookwood Partner Wyatt Woeltje said his company plans to sell the mall through online auction May 2-4 to what they’re hoping will be...
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) — About $7 million worth of surplus personal protective equipment and cleaning supplies purchased by a Northern California county was left outside during a rainstorm because no one anticipated wet weather to start so early in the season, according to an investigation released Thursday.
After a KGO-TV news report showed hundreds of drenched cardboard boxes, San Mateo County officials acknowledged the supplies were moved outside an event center last September to make room for a conference.
There was no definitive timeline for how the supplies would be distributed “even though the Fall rainy season was not far off,” the probe by James Lianides said. County officials said they hired the retired school superintendent to conduct the inquiry because of his experience dealing with large organizations and purchasing practices.
Lianides said the boxes of non-medical-grade gowns, face shields and goggles as well as cleaning supplies were also moved out of the event center to avoid the $100,000-per-month storage fee.
“It does not appear that there were any discussions or actions taken in the process of (moving) to protect the equipment in the event of inclement weather, such as wrapping or covering each pallet,” he wrote.
The county's executive officer, Mike Callagy, has said the county purchased the items early in the pandemic when PPE was becoming scarce nationwide so that local first responders and medical providers would have what they needed. The demand for the equipment decreased as the pandemic continued.
The county’s supply of gloves and masks — including N95 and KN95 respirators — are stored indoors.
“What’s clear is that that this shouldn’t have happened. What is equally clear is we are taking the steps necessary to make sure that we put the checks and balances in place so this never happens again,” Callagy said in a statement Thursday.
An inspection of the damaged boxes determined that most of the safety equipment remains usable because they were packed in sealed plastic wrapping, the probe found. Equipment that could not be salvaged were worth about $128,000, according to Lianides. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Report-Rain-not-anticipated-when-7M-in-PPE-17049873.php | 2022-04-01T02:01:56Z |
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Catcher Bryan Lavastida could find himself on the Guardians’ opening day roster as backup Luke Maile continues to rehab from a hamstring injury. Cleveland informed non-roster invitee Sandy Leon Thursday that he would not be making the big league club, and Leon elected free agency.
Why it matters: Cleveland added Lavastida to its 40-man roster in November, but probably would prefer to give him another year of seasoning in the minors before testing him at the major-league level. They signed Maile to a $900,000 major-league contract in February to back up starter Austin Hedges.
The big picture: Though he only has seven games under his belt at the Triple-A level, Lavastida is viewed as the most MLB-ready young catcher in Cleveland’s farm system. In three minor-league seasons the 23 year old has a .305 batting average and a .844 OPS with 12 home runs and 109 RBI over 619 at-bats.
What’s next: Lavastida was in the lineup Thursday against Seattle, but manager Terry Francona was not yet ready to say whether or not he has a place on the opening day 28-man roster. “Lava’s in camp,” Francona said. “I just don’t think we’re ready to name that spot yet.”
Bieber, a day off, and then who knows?
Francona named Shane Bieber Cleveland’s opening day starter for April 7 against Kansas City, but beyond that he was not ready to map out his starting rotation.
Where it stands: The Guardians and Royals have an off day on April 8 following the opener, then play three straight at Kauffman Stadium with an afternoon game to close out the series April 11.
Why it matters: Entering exhibition play on Thursday, Zach Plesac had logged the most innings among Cleveland’s projected starting rotation with five. Bieber had only one Cactus League start to his credit, consisting of 1 1/3 innings. Typically, a starting pitcher makes between 3-5 spring starts to ramp up for the regular season.
What Francona says: “We’ve given it a lot of thought. The way we’re coming into the season, isn’t (going to be based on) the way guys pitched. It’s a short spring and we need to give them the best chance to be as ready as they can be.”
Sandlin’s volume will be monitored
Right-handed reliever Nick Sandlin’s rookie season ended in August with a shoulder injury, but the 25 year old has shown no ill effects so far in training camp.
The big picture: Sandlin was slated to pitch Thursday against Seattle, but Francona said due to his injury history, the club will monitor the volume of his innings early in the regular season.
Why it matters: Until the injury halted his rookie campaign, Sandlin had reached the point where Francona felt comfortable giving him more innings late when games were on the line.
By the numbers: Sandlin’s sidearm delivery held right-handed hitters to a .192 batting average in 92 plate appearances, but he was even better against left-handers, limiting them to a .146 average in 49 at-bats.
Go deeper: Francona admired Sandlin’s toughness after missing part of the 2019 season with a forearm fracture: “He’s a tough kid, man. Shoot, when he had that broken bone in his arm, he was mad when they wouldn’t let him pitch. So we’ll kind of keep an eye on him.”
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Why Bieber should sign extension soon: Terry’s Talkin’ podcast | https://www.cleveland.com/guardians/2022/04/bryan-lavastidas-path-to-opening-day-becomes-clear-guardians-takeaways.html | 2022-04-01T02:01:57Z |
Wellington Phoenix coach Ufuk Talay will return from isolation on Saturday, aiming to strengthen his side's A-League Men finals push with a win over Melbourne City.
Talay missed the Phoenix's last two games which led to them shooting up the ladder into fourth spot.
The Phoenix claimed wins over Perth and Brisbane with assistant coach Giancarlo Italiano taking charge of the side in Talay's absence.
"It feels like a long seven days," Talay said. "I was quite crook with a blocked nose.
"Watching the game was difficult especially with the delay in the stream and it felt pretty weird to be sat at home watching.
"But it's very pleasing to have got six points from two games."
City sit top of the table and only second-placed Western United pose a realistic chance of hauling them back into the race to finish first.
Their coach Patrick Kisnorbo expects to have Jamie Maclaren back on deck after his wedding.
He is also confident Marco Tilio and Connor Metcalfe will be available in some capacity after their duties with the Socceroos for the game at Cronulla's Shark Park.
City have lost just three games this season but Talay believes his men have identified a way to halt their run.
"We'll try to nullify them when they have the ball and try to expose them because they do throw a lot of numbers forward," he said.
Wellington themselves may be forced to rush back Tim Payne after he returns from national team duties with New Zealand on Friday due to their mounting list of absences.
On top of fresh COVID-19 cases in the group they are already without Jaushua Sotirio, Gary Hooper, Clayton Lewis and Joshua Laws.
"We'll put him (Payne) in the squad because we are low on numbers at the moment," Talay said.
"We've got a couple more COVID-19 cases in the group. Gael (Sandoval) is a bit touch and go with a collision from the Brisbane game, I'm not 100 per cent sure.
"One of the injured boys got COVID-19 and another one who was part of the group that went to Brisbane has COVID-19 as well.
"We had 14 at training so Payney will be assessed once he's back and hopefully he'll be good enough to sit on the bench." | https://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/soccer/talay-back-as-phoenix-eye-city-upset-c-6285440 | 2022-04-01T02:01:57Z |
SELLAS Life Sciences Announces Pricing of $25.0 Million Underwritten Public Offering
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NEW YORK, March 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SELLAS Life Sciences Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SLS) (“SELLAS” or the “Company”), a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel therapies for a broad range of cancer indications, today announced the pricing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 4,629,630 shares of its common stock and accompanying warrants to purchase up to 4,629,630 shares of common stock at a combined public offering price of $5.40 per share and accompanying warrant. The warrants to purchase shares of common stock have an exercise price of $5.40 per share, are immediately exercisable and will expire five years from the date of issuance. All of the securities in the offering will be sold by SELLAS, with gross proceeds to SELLAS expected to be $25.0 million before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses. The offering is expected to close on April 5, 2022, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
SVB Leerink and Cantor are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering.
The public offering is being made pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-255318) that was previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 16, 2021 and declared effective on April 29, 2021. A final prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus relating to and describing the terms of the offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC’s website located at http://www.sec.gov. The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus and related prospectus supplement, copies of which may be obtained, when available, from SVB Securities LLC, Attention: Syndicate Department, 53 State Street, 40th Floor, Boston, MA 02109, by telephone at 1-800-808-7525, ext. 6105, or by email at syndicate@svbleerink.com or Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., Attention: Capital Markets, 499 Park Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10022, or by email at prospectus@cantor.com.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor will there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.
About SELLAS Life Sciences Group, Inc.
SELLAS Life Sciences Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: SLS) is a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel therapeutics for a broad range of cancer indications. SELLAS’ lead product candidate, GPS, is licensed from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and targets the WT1 protein, which is present in an array of tumor types. GPS has potential as a monotherapy or in combination with other therapies to address a broad spectrum of hematologic malignancies and solid tumor indications. The Company is also developing GFH009, a small molecule, highly selective CDK9 inhibitor, which is licensed from GenFleet Therapeutics (Shanghai), Inc. for all therapeutic and diagnostic uses in the world outside of Greater China.
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Phone: 212.896.1276 | https://finance.yahoo.com/news/sellas-life-sciences-announces-pricing-010300164.html | 2022-04-01T02:01:56Z |
Home buyers needing financing may have hit a pay wall as mortgage rates rise more than one percentage point in just eight weeks.
The average rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage hit 4.67% on Thursday, March 31, according to Freddie Mac. That’s 1.5 percentage points higher than a year ago. And rates are more than 2 points higher than the all-time Freddie Mac low of 2.65% just 15 short months ago.
A key indicator of homebuyer interest is purchase mortgage applications. Applications are down an astounding 40% from a year ago, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
“We are at a turning point in the market. Offer activity is slowing,” said Patrick Veling, president and CEO of Real Data Strategies. “Homebuyers, especially in the $1.1 million to $1.4 million price range, are saying we’re mad as hell and we’re not going to take it anymore.”
Nationally, home prices were up 19.2% year-over-year in January, according to the S&P/CoreLogic Case-Shiller index.
The annual inflation rate was 7.9% as of February, according to the Labor Department. Consider how true home affordability squares with inflation.
Let’s say someone put 20% down on a $500,000 starter home a year ago. The principal and interest payment on $400,000 at the Freddie Mac rate of 3.18% a year ago would have been $1,725. Add $125 per month for insurance and 1.25% for property taxes, and we arrive at a total payment of $2,371.
Assuming a 19.2% home price increase, we are looking at a sales price of $596,000. Assuming 20% down, we have a $476,800 loan amount at today’s Freddie Mac rate of 4.67%. The principal and interest payments are $2,464. Add $135 (assuming a 7.9% inflation rate) for insurance and $621 for property taxes, and we land at a payment of $3,220, or $849 a month more.
That’s a one-year increase of almost 36%. How does that square with a 7.9% inflation rate?
Real average hourly wages decreased 1.3% from January 2021 to this past January, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Cleary, the pandemic is at play regarding the job market. Home affordability becomes even more constrained.
“We have excess demand over supply causing prices to rise,” said. Ted Tozer, former Ginnie Mae president under President Obama. “The goal is supply and demand equilibrium.”
While Tozer believes the economy is very strong, he points to Fed Chairman Paul Volker raising short-term rates to 20%, with mortgage rates rising to 15%. Volker purposely pushed the U.S. into a recession to reduce demand.
Another sign of a softening market? Inventory is becoming a mixed bag, at least locally.
For-sale home listings are down 25% from a year ago in Los Angeles County and down 34% in Orange County, according to Steven Thomas of Reports on Housing. At the same time, supply is up in the Inland Empire, rising 31% in San Bernardino County and 4% in Riverside County.
What does all this mean for home prices?
Michael Pento, president, and founder of Pento Portfolio Strategies, believes the Labor Department will report next month that March’s inflation rate is up 9%. He also sees a recession coming, citing the recent inversion of the 10-year and 2-year yield curves and aggressive Fed action to raise short-term rates.
As a result, he said, home prices could drop at least 20% next year.
“The Fed must tighten interest rates to get inflation under control,” Pento said. “We are on a fiscal and monetary cliff. The Fed has to go from quantitative easing to quantitative tightening. (There was) $800 billion on the Fed balance sheet in 2008, and (there’s) $9 trillion today.”
Not everyone foresees a home-price drop.
Mark Vitner, senior economist at Wells Fargo, thinks property will appreciate 10% in 2022 and 7% in 2023. But he’s worried the Fed is trying to do too much too fast, pushing the U.S. economy into a recession.
“The fight to contain inflation will be a multi-year project,” said Vitner. “I think the 30-year fixed will come back down this year.”
Most experts I poll expected mortgage rates to land somewhere around 4.5% for a 30-year fixed by the end of 2022. We already exceeded that rate at 4.67%, and we are just completing the first quarter.
Could we soon see 5% fixed rates? We’re not far off.
If the exotic mortgage market is any indication, we are going to hit 5% and then some in the conventional mortgage market. The outside-the-box, so-called non-qualified mortgages are already north of 6% for a 30-year fixed. Yikes.
Mortgage lenders are pretty shaken these days. On top of a dearth of homebuyer applicants, refinance volume is down 60% from a year ago, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
There will always be motivated buyers in some form.
“Assuming rates stay around where they are, the (home) supply constraints will keep prices from falling,” said Veling. He sees home appreciation dropping from 19% to 8% or 9%.
Buyers are seeking lifestyle over the next 18-to-36-month time horizon-not appreciation, according to Veling.
“They are having families and wanting to raise families in a home.”
Freddie Mac rate news: The 30-year fixed rate averaged 4.67%, 25 basis points higher than last week. The 15-year fixed rate averaged 3.83%, 20 basis points higher than last week.
The Mortgage Bankers Association reported a 6.8% decrease in mortgage application volume from the previous week.
Bottom line: Assuming a borrower gets the average 30-year fixed rate on a conforming $647,200 loan, last year’s payment was an eye-popping $553 less than this week’s payment of $3,345.
What I see: Locally, well-qualified borrowers can get the following fixed-rate mortgages without points: A 30-year FHA at 4.125%, a 15-year conventional at 3.875%, a 30-year conventional at 4.375%, a 15-year conventional high-balance ($647,201 to $970,800) at 4.675%, a 30-year conventional high-balance at 4.875% and a 30-year fixed purchase jumbo at 4.25 %.
Eye-catcher loan of the week: A 30-year purchase, adjustable jumbo mortgage for up to $5 million with a half point cost, locked for the first five years with at 3.125%.
Jeff Lazerson is a mortgage broker. He can be reached at 949-334-2424 or jlazerson@mortgagegrader.com. His website is www.mortgagegrader.com. | https://www.pe.com/2022/03/31/could-mortgage-rates-soon-hit-5-were-not-that-far-off/ | 2022-04-01T02:01:56Z |
The fate of the trial of the man accused of raping parliamentary staffer Brittany Higgins will be handed down next week following a bid to have the case indefinitely halted.
Lawyers for Bruce Lehrmann, who worked with Ms Higgins under Coalition minister Linda Reynolds at the time of the alleged assault, launched an application to permanently stay the proceedings in light of the media coverage the allegations have received.
Mr Lehrmann has pleaded not guilty to the allegation he raped Ms Higgins on March 23, 2019, in the Parliament House office of Ms Reynolds.
ACT Supreme Court Chief Justice Lucy McCallum placed a non-publication order over Friday’s hearing, which went for about two hours, prohibiting any submissions or evidence discussed during the morning from being aired outside the courtroom.
She said she would revisit that order when she handed down her decision on the stay at some point next week.
As well as a permanent stay, Mr Lehrmann’s lawyers have sought a take-down of media articles regarding Ms Higgins. | https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/fate-of-higgins-rape-trial-to-be-learned-next-week-20220401-p5aa20.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_politics_federal | 2022-04-01T02:01:57Z |
Engineers overpower Union in fourth quarter
The Engineers overtook the Union Dutchwomen with a four-goal run in the fourth quarter, resulting in a 15‒13 win. Sabrina Torcellini ’22 led the way for the Engineers with six goals, and Rylie Maready ’23 added to Rensselaer’s tally with a hat trick. Goalie Olivia Kimball ’23 helped the Engineers edge out Union in the second half, recording nine saves on 13 shots to earn her third win of the season. After winning their next game at Utica 14‒9, the Engineers are 5‒2 on the season.
RPI ran out to a 5‒0 lead in the first four minutes after Torcellini scored an early hat trick, as well as Megan Shay ’23 and Maready netting a goal each. The Engineers scored three more times in the quarter with goals from Maready, Ella Graff ’25, and Lauren DeLeo ’25. The first quarter ended with RPI leading 8‒4 after Union’s Anna Smith scored with a second remaining. The Dutchwomen dominated the second quarter, outscoring the Engineers 5‒2 to bring the Engineers’ lead down to just one goal heading into halftime.
Union continued their hot streak with three straight goals in the third quarter to take their first lead of the game. Torcellini scored with less than 30 seconds left in the quarter to bring the Engineers a goal back at 12‒11 down.
RPI had a dominant final 15 minutes. Sophie Goddard ’23 opened up the scoring a little over six minutes into the quarter. Given a free position shot, Goddard entered the eight-meter arc and buried a shot past the Union goaltender, tying the game up at 12 goals apiece. A minute and a half later, DeLeo bulleted an outside eight-meter shot into the top right corner to regain the lead for the Engineers. Several minutes later, RPI continued to pile on. Graff received a pass from Maready, dodged her defender to the inside, then slotted a shot into the back of the net. Torcellini put the game out of reach with less than two minutes remaining on a man-up free position shot, her sixth and final goal. Union’s Grace Heiting netted a consolation goal to bring the score to 15‒13 before the game came to a close. Click here for the box score.
A 14‒9 win at Utica increases the Engineers’ season record to 5‒2. With only Liberty League competitions remaining, RPI hopes to continue winning in order to stay in the top six to secure a spot in the playoffs. | https://poly.rpi.edu/sports/2022/04/engineers-overpower-union-in-fourth-quarter/ | 2022-04-01T02:01:57Z |
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With renovations that involved leveling the floors, the old metal door doesn’t close all the way anymore, but now adds to the authentic style of the building.
Even with popular flavors making a return, the tap beers are always changing! New seasons bring new flavors, so make sure to stop in and give the new brews a try.
With renovations that involved leveling the floors, the old metal door doesn’t close all the way anymore, but now adds to the authentic style of the building.
Even with popular flavors making a return, the tap beers are always changing! New seasons bring new flavors, so make sure to stop in and give the new brews a try.
Iowa may be known for our love of big-name beers — especially Busch Light — but BIT Brewery is bringing craft beer to the table. They were recently named on KHAK’s Top 10 Best Breweries list, holding their own alongside larger breweries from big cities.
Co-owner Scott explained how brewers in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City have been a big help with getting everything rolling, and said the brewing community is akin to a brother- and sisterhood.
“The other owners and brewers, they’re just awesome,” Scott said. “People are willing to help because they’re just cool.”
Scott spends his days monitoring the beer brewing in the basement, experimenting with new flavors, and taking progress notes for reference. The BIT crew has been brewing their own beer for years — even before the brewery was a twinkle in their eyes.
When the thought of a brewery turned into action, they initially planned to open in 2020 — then COVID hit. It delayed their opening, but not by much. After overcoming a couple additional hurdles, they were able to open to the public on July 10, 2020, to the community they call home.
Before opening, they did a major remodel of the interior, adding wood from a family friend’s barn and aluminum from a 1940s semi-trailer to the bar. The gas-fired and wood-burning oven toasts their pizzas to go with a selection of appetizers perfect for accompanying their ever-changing beer selection.
“With the smaller system, it’s easier to not do house beers,” Scott explained. “I want to keep making new beers.”
Scott keeps a list of customer-recommended beers to brew and rotates through them when a current batch on tap runs out. The flavors usually only last a week or two, so if there’s a specific flavor you’re looking to try, you’ll need to make the time to stop by!
“I’m bringing back some of the beers that were more popular,” he assured, but still plans to rotate new flavors for customers to try.
To give their new brews a taste, stop by downtown Central City Thursday through Sunday. Keep an eye on their Facebook page for event updates, like open mic night and trivia. | https://www.eastcentraliowanews.com/linn/in-pursuit-of-hoppiness/article_d98182d6-23dd-5dab-b5e8-37570775d993.html | 2022-04-01T02:02:01Z |
CANADA, March 31 - Ravi Kahlon, Minister of Jobs, Economic Recovery and Innovation, has released the following statement on the release of a new report by Prof. Mariana Mazzucato on the StrongerBC Economic Plan, titled Inclusive and Sustainable British Columbia: a mission-oriented approach to a renewed economy:
“Just over a year ago, Prof. Mazzucato agreed to help advise me and our government on developing a plan to help B.C. be front-runners in the post-pandemic economy.
“I want to thank Prof. Mazzucato and her team at University College London’s Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose for advising on the development of the StrongerBC Economic Plan.
“This summary report highlights that with a plan focused on people, the Province can be on the right track to make life better for more British Columbians and contribute to an inclusive, innovative and more sustainable future.
“Through a mission-oriented approach or ‘moonshot approach,’ Prof. Mazzucato highlights that B.C. can build a stronger economy while tackling inequality and fighting climate change.
“Furthermore, the report goes on to say: ‘Building a stronger and more productive economy while battling social inequalities and tackling the climate emergency are not mutually exclusive – instead they must go hand in hand.’
“In response to these challenges, the B.C. government has set out an ambitious economic plan for transitioning to a more sustainable, inclusive and innovative economy.
“As mentioned throughout the report, B.C.’s StrongerBC Economic Plan sets the province on a path to challenge ‘historic barriers to economic growth.’ Many of these barriers have prevented those disproportionally affected from fully participating in the economy.
“This report underlines what we have said from the start. We need an economic plan that works for people. By investing in child care, affordable housing and committing to advancing true, lasting and meaningful reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples, we believe an economy built for all is an economy built to succeed.
“This belief represents a substantial change in direction and decision-making from the previous government’s approach as our province prepares for a time of significant growth. We are experiencing historic levels of migration into B.C., and over one million job openings are expected in the next 10 years, 80% of which will require post-secondary education. To meet this growing demand, we are making a generational commitment to close the skills gap so more people can get the training they need to succeed in the careers they want.
“Prof. Mazzucato’s mission-oriented approach has proven successful in jurisdictions around the world like Italy, South Africa, Scotland and the United Kingdom, as well as the United Nations. It provides a framework to measure success in terms of its affect on people’s lives – because we all know that people are our competitive advantage.
“This plan was built by British Columbians from all walks of life but as a former Olympian, I know that to be the best, we needed to learn from the best. By working with global leaders and listening to businesses and communities throughout the province, we are making life better today and preparing our province for tomorrow.
“We look forward now to considering the recommendations outlined in Prof. Mazzucato’s report and continuing to find ways to build a StrongerBC for everyone.”
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For more information on the Stronger BC Economic Plan, visit: https://strongerbc.gov.bc.ca/plan
To read Inclusive and Sustainable British Columbia: a mission-oriented approach to a renewed economy, visit: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/public-purpose/publications/2022/mar/inclusive-and-sustainable-british-columbia-mission-oriented-approach | https://www.einpresswire.com/article/567181018/minister-s-statement-on-inclusive-and-sustainable-british-columbia-report | 2022-04-01T02:02:00Z |
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BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado couple face felony charges in connection with the fentanyl death of their 1-year-old child, whom prosecutors say died after ingesting enough of the extremely lethal drug to kill an adult.
Alonzo Montoya, 31, and Nicole Casias, 30, of the Denver suburb of Brighton were charged with child abuse resulting in death and distribution of a controlled substance in connection with the girl’s death on Jan. 2, the 17th Judicial District’s Office said in a statement Thursday.
It said the Adams County Coroner had determined that the child died after ingesting fentanyl and that Montoya and Casias “participated in illicit drug activity” in the child’s presence at home before and after her death.
Montoya was being held on $250,000 bail at the Adams County Jail. Bail was set at $100,000 for Casias. A status hearing for both was set for Monday.
Telephone and email messages seeking comment from Casias’ attorney, Rachel Lanzen, were not immediately returned. Montoya was being represented by the public defender’s office, which doesn’t comment on pending cases.
Court records that would provide details on the accusations weren’t immediately available from the county district court. Christopher Hopper, a district attorney’s spokesman, said he could not provide additional information.
Fentanyl is an unpredictable and powerful synthetic painkiller blamed for driving an increase in fatal drug overdoses. It’s 50 to 100 times stronger than morphine, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Copyright © 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, written or redistributed. | https://wtop.com/national/2022/03/colorado-couple-charged-in-toddlers-fentanyl-death/ | 2022-04-01T02:02:02Z |
LVIV, Ukraine — Russian troops were leaving the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and heading towards Ukraine’s border with Belarus, the Ukrainian nuclear operator company said Thursday. The operator, Energoatom, said that the Russian military was also preparing to leave Slavutych, a nearby city where power plant workers live. | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2556268111790/james-dimirack | 2022-04-01T02:02:02Z |
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Seeking to counter international fears over its new security alliance with China, the Solomon Islands said Friday it won't allow China to build a military base there.
But that insistence will do little to ease concerns about the pact from the nation's traditional partners that include New Zealand, Australia and the United States.
The leader of neighboring Micronesia added his voice to those expressing trepidation by invoking the bloody battles of World War II and warning that the pact could again see the South Pacific region become a battleground for much larger powers.
The Solomon Islands government said Thursday a draft agreement of the new security pact had been initialed by representatives from the Solomons and China and would be "cleaned up" and signed.
In a statement Friday, the Solomon Islands government said that “contrary to the misinformation promoted by anti-government commentators” the agreement did not invite China to establish a military base.
“Government is conscious of the security ramification of hosting a military base, and it will not be careless to allow such initiative to take place under its watch,” the statement said.
The statement seemed to more emphatically rule out the possibility of a base after Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare had earlier told parliament it had no intention of asking China to build a base.
Sogavare said his nation sought only peace and prosperity, citing its foreign policy mantra: “We are friends to all and enemies to none.” He said it wasn't a secret deal but a sovereign issue.
Under the terms of the draft agreement, China could send police, military personnel and other armed forces to the Solomon Islands “to assist in maintaining social order” and for a variety of other reasons. It could also send warships to the islands for stopovers and to replenish supplies, which had led to speculation about the possibility of China establishing a naval base on the South Pacific islands.
Micronesia President David Panuelo wrote a letter to Sogavare saying Micronesia had “grave security concerns” about the "novel and unprecedented" arrangement.
He said the two small nations had become battle grounds during World War II and that it could happen again as China, the U.S. and Australia asserted themselves in the region.
“And is it plausible that, once the spheres have been carved out, that our concerns about climate change — today’s problem — would manifest into all-too-real concerns about a war in our backyards, with our people, our islands, as the playground for children playing as adults?” Panuelo wrote to Sogavare.
Australian Defense Minister Peter Dutton said Friday that while it respected the Solomons' sovereignty, the deal showed that China was acting aggressively in the region.
“We need to be very cautious here because the Chinese are incredibly aggressive, the tactics that they’re deploying into small island nations are quite remarkable,” he told Sky News.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern this week described the possibility of Chinese military forces stationed on the Solomon Islands as “the potential militarization of the region.” And the U.S. State Department said Washington did not believe China’s security forces and methods needed to be exported.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said Thursday that “relevant parties should see the China-Solomon Islands security cooperation objectively and rationally and stop making irresponsible remarks.”
“Attempts to provoke, obstruct and undermine China’s friendly relations with the island countries is not popular and will not succeed,” Wang told reporters at a daily briefing.
“China-Solomon Islands cooperation does not target any third party and is not in conflict with Solomon Islands’ cooperation with other countries. Instead, it complements the existing regional cooperation mechanisms in a positive way,” he added.
The Solomon Islands, home to about 700,000 people, switched its diplomatic allegiance from Taiwan to Beijing in 2019 — a contributing factor to riots in November last year between residents of different islands within the country.
Australian police have been in the capital, Honiara, maintaining peace since then under a bilateral security treaty established in 2017. It provides a legal basis for the rapid deployment of Australian police, troops and associated civilians in the event of a major security challenge.
Chinese police are already on the islands conducting a training mission.
The Federated States of Micronesia is home to about 100,000 people. It has diplomatic relations and considers itself a “friend” of China, as well as having a close relationship with the U.S. under a compact of free association. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Solomon-Islands-says-China-deal-won-t-include-17049939.php | 2022-04-01T02:02:02Z |
In recent days, the increasingly heated battle between Republicans hoping to advance out of the June primary and face Democratic Rep. Mike Levin in the November vote to represent the 49th Congressional District has largely focused on just three words.
Challenger Brian Maryott wanted his job title on the primary ballot to read “certified financial planner” after years of working in that field. But on March 21, fellow GOP candidate Lisa Bartlett filed a complaint about that, accusing Maryott of trying to mislead voters since he no longer works as a financial planner.
The Secretary of State’s office said in a statement that staff chatted with Maryott, and his campaign said Wednesday that after he’s learned about a trademark conflict with the use of the “certified” designation, he’s switching his job title to “businessman/nonprofit executive.”
From the outside, such distinctions might seem trivial. But the tussle between Maryott and Bartlett is just one of several fights over ballot titles that have popped up in California this election cycle. And the time and money spent over ballot job descriptions illustrates just how crucial candidates feel those few words can be.
“These three words are gold,” said Dan Schnur, politics professor at USC.
When Californians look at their June 7 primary ballot, they’ll see just three bits of information in state and federal races: the candidate’s name, his or her party affiliation, and their job title, which in state election law is known as “ballot designation.” For candidates in nonpartisan local contests, such as county supervisor and board of education races, the list shrinks to two: name and job title/ballot designation.
“This is the last message that voters will hear from a candidate before they cast their ballot,” Schnur said. And for low-information voters, who may do little to no outside research about candidates, Schnur said their decision could be based entirely on impressions they draw from those few words they see on the ballot.
Ballots are long and people are busy, noted Matt Reilly, a veteran Sacramento consultant who currently is working with several local Democratic candidates. So, while politicians like to believe that voters absorb every campaign ad and speech they make, and that voters then use that information when they make their choice, Reilly said consultants like him spend lots of time pouring over potential options for ballot designations.
The goal, he said, is to find three words (and no more than three) that are accurate and in line with state law, yet also send as many desired clues as possible to voters who are only learning about the candidate when they open up the ballot.
Under state election law, if the candidate is an incumbent or holds another elected office, they can state that title, which is generally considered a substantial advantage. Otherwise, the ballot designation must be a “description of no more than three words of your principal profession, vocation or occupation.”
The law then goes into great detail about what is and isn’t allowed, down to the punctuation. The designation, for example, must be the candidate’s “primary” work that requires substantial “time and effort.” It can’t be a hobby, occasional volunteer work, or a status such as “activist” or “patriot.”
Despite those details, candidates still have wiggle room to make statements that they hope will appeal to voters. When it comes to local congressional incumbents, for example, Linda Sánchez lists herself as “Mom/Congresswoman” while Mike Levin is “U.S. Representative 49th District.” (Ballot rules say office titles, and geographic locations, can go beyond the three-word limit.)
So while the question of “what’s your job?” seems like a simple one for most people to answer in three words or less, Reilly noted that candidates with lots of campaign money will sometimes poll voters to find out which options play best with their targeted demographic. Others rely on experienced consultants. And others simply have strong personal feelings about certain job titles, no matter what the data or experts might say.
The title of “business owner,” and particularly “small business owner,” is one of the most popular ballot designations, Schnur said. That’s particularly true of GOP candidates, though it cuts across party lines. And if they’re not a business owner, some variation of businessman/woman/person is the next best thing — even if it tells voters very little about what they actually do for a living.
Among 71 candidates vying in the primary for state and federal seats that touch Orange County, 32 of them mention “business” in their ballot designation. Twenty-five are Republicans and seven are Democrats.
Roughly a third of those 32 candidates refer to themselves as “business owners.” That includes CA-47 challenger Scott Baugh, who lists himself as “Orange County business owner,” rather than attorney, since he owns his own law firm.
The other two-thirds of those 32 candidates list themselves as “businessman,” “businesswoman” or “businessperson.” That includes Bartlett, who, along with being a county supervisor, has a real estate company and is involved in a startup that makes party cups that people can write on. And it now includes Maryott, who’s a former San Juan Capistrano council member.
When asked about the business and nonprofit referenced in his new ballot designation, Maryott’s campaign manager Megan House said he “is still an active investor” and he has started a nonprofit “that helps families in underserved communities with financial literacy and education” along with doing pro-bono consulting for other nonprofits. House didn’t respond to additional questions, including the name of Maryott’s nonprofit.
The only designation that Schnur said might rank higher than “business” titles is any sort of reference to military experience. But that one is tricky, Reilly noted, since candidates can’t use “veteran” and can’t list themselves as “ex-” or “former” anything. So, active members of the national guard, such as CA-45 Democratic challenger Jay Chen, can list their military service in their current job titles, while anyone who retired from fulltime service, such as CA-40 GOP challenger Greg Raths, can identify themselves as “retired” with their final rank.
Some professions score better depending on which political party they’re trying to woo, consultants said. “Police officer,” for example, is more effective with GOP voters, while “teacher” or “educator” increasingly plays better with Democratic voters.
In local county and city races, which are nonpartisan, Reilly said campaign teams sometimes use job descriptions to signal a candidate’s party affiliation even when they can’t say if they’re a Republican or Democrat.
The descriptions are regulated by the Secretary of State, though campaign consultants said it usually takes someone protesting a ballot title for those to kick in. And anyone can file a complaint or even a lawsuit over ballot designations.
One such battle played out in Sacramento County Superior Court on Wednesday afternoon.
Attorney General candidate Eric Early filed a petition asking a judge to stop his fellow GOP challenger, Nathan Hochman, from being listed on the primary ballot as “Attorney/General Counsel.” Not only are those not two separate jobs, Early’s complaint alleges, but he also argues that even with the slash between the titles the wording “misleads voters into quite possibly believing that he is presently the Attorney General.”
The judge agreed, Early said, giving Hochman the option in court between several alternatives. He went with “General Counsel.”
Hochman’s campaign didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment on the issue.
Whether a complaint has been filed or not, the Secretary of State can ask for more documentation to support a candidate’s requested ballot designation. Or the office can reject the request outright.
That’s what happened with Chris Mathys, a GOP challenger in Central California’s CA-22.
Mathys asked to be listed on the ballot as a “Trump Conservative.” The state said that’s a “status,” not a profession. Mathys filed a lawsuit but, KCET reported, the court ruled against him. So he’ll now be listed as a “Businessman/Rancher.”
In the wide open 38th State Senate District race, which overlaps with the House district that Maryott and Bartlett are hoping to represent, Encinitas Mayor Catherine Blakespear filed a complaint earlier this month over fellow Democratic challenger Joe Kerr using “retired fire captain” as his ballot designation, TheCoastNews.com reports. While Blakespear argued Kerr has had other jobs since he retired from a long career in firefighting a decade ago, Kerr’s campaign said the state allowed him to keep that designation.
In the Orange County Board of Education race, incumbent Tim Shaw requested a ballot title of “Appointed Member” to the board. Someone filed a complaint amid controversy over how Shaw was re-appointed to his post after briefly quitting in 2021. But Shaw said the county Registrar informed him he was allowed to keep that designation.
With so much room for strategy and gamesmanship, the ballot rules in many other states let candidates list only their name and, for partisan races, party affiliation.
Lou Penrose, a veteran GOP consultant based in San Juan Capistrano, said that while ballot titles were “originally intended to assist the voter and provide some clarity into the candidate’s general background, the ballot designation challenge has far too often been used as merely a game of ‘gotcha’ by candidates and their campaigns, trying to score a negative headline on their opponents by arguing over semantics.”
That process, he added, “doesn’t lead to deeper voter engagement.”
But despite its flaws, Reilly said he thinks California law in this area is quite good as it stands.
“It polices, in a way, people from doing too much or misleading people. I think that’s the key responsibility of elections officials: keep things honest. And I think the law does that pretty well.”
Reporter Roxana Kopetman contributed to this story. | https://www.pe.com/2022/03/31/election-2022-whats-in-a-job-title-in-politics-the-ballot-designation-can-spark-a-fight/ | 2022-04-01T02:02:03Z |
Sponge and Scouring Pads Market Size to Grow by USD 3.18 billion | Technavio
NEW YORK, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the report "Sponge and Scouring Pads Market by End-user, Distribution Channel, and Geography - Forecast and Analysis 2020-2024", the market witnessed a YOY growth of 3.09% in 2020 and will accelerate at a CAGR of 4% during the forecast period. The report is segmented by end-user (residential and non-residential), distribution channel (offline and online), and geography (APAC, Europe, North America, and South America).
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The introduction of sponge and scouring pads made of eco-friendly raw materials is a trend in the market. Natural or eco-friendly scouring pads and sponges are made of eco-friendly and green raw materials such as wood pulp and cotton fiber, which are recyclable. In addition, they emit fewer toxins in comparison to scouring pads and sponges made of regular plastic and polyester.
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The sponge and scouring pads market is fragmented, and the vendors are deploying growth strategies such as focusing on major factors, such as brand, labor, quality, and innovation to compete in the market. The report analyzes the market's competitive landscape and offers information on several market vendors, including:
3M Co.
Armaly Brands Inc.
Corazzi Fibre Srl
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
Newell Brands Inc.
Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc
The Clorox Co.
The Libman Co.
The Procter & Gamble Co.
Unilever Group
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North America will provide maximum growth opportunities in the sponge and scouring pads market during the forecast period. According to our research, the region will contribute to 36% of the global market growth during the forecast period. The US is the major market in North America. The growth of the foodservice market has raised the need for cleaning tools and supplies, which is further driving the demand for sponges and scouring pads in the region.
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The sponge and scouring pads market share growth in the residential segment will be significant during the forecast period. This is because of the increasing use of sponges and scouring pads for hygiene and cleanliness. The presence of various types of sponges and scouring pads intensifies the competition for players operating in the residential segment. The rising awareness about the benefits of using sponges and scouring pads and the severe health implications of improper cleanliness will propel the demand for these products in the residential segment. The growing demand for sponges and scouring pads encourages vendors to offer products exclusively designed for residential use.
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Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Market Overview
Market Landscape
Market ecosystem
Value chain analysis
Market Sizing
Market definition
Market segment analysis
Market size 2019
Market outlook: Forecast for 2019 - 2024
Five Forces Analysis
Five Forces Summary
Bargaining power of buyers
Bargaining power of suppliers
Threat of new entrants
Threat of substitutes
Threat of rivalry
Market condition
Market Segmentation by End-user
Market segments
Comparison by End user placement
Residential - Market size and forecast 2019-2024
Non-residential - Market size and forecast 2019-2024
Market opportunity by End user
Market Segmentation by Distribution channel
Market segments
Comparison by Distribution channel placement
Offline - Market size and forecast 2019-2024
Online - Market size and forecast 2019-2024
Market opportunity by Distribution channel
Customer landscape
Overview
Geographic Landscape
Geographic segmentation
Geographic comparison
APAC - Market size and forecast 2019-2024
Europe - Market size and forecast 2019-2024
North America - Market size and forecast 2019-2024
MEA - Market size and forecast 2019-2024
South America - Market size and forecast 2019-2024
Key leading countries
Market opportunity by geography
Drivers, Challenges, and Trends
Market drivers
Volume driver - Demand led growth
Volume driver - Supply led growth
Volume driver - External factors
Volume driver - Demand shift in adjacent markets
Price driver - Inflation
Price driver - Shift from lower to higher priced units
Market challenges
Market trends
Vendor Landscape
Overview
Vendor landscape
Landscape disruption
Vendor Analysis
Vendors covered
Market positioning of vendors
3M Co.
Armaly Brands Inc.
Corazzi Fibre Srl
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
Newell Brands Inc.
Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc
The Clorox Co.
The Libman Co.
The Procter & Gamble Co.
Unilever Group
Appendix
Scope of the report
Currency conversion rates for US$
Research methodology
List of abbreviations
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Ethiopia’s Supreme Court has upheld the order to release on bail journalist Amir Aman Kiyaro, who has been imprisoned for four months without charges, rejecting a police effort to block his bail.
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the appeal by police against bail that had been granted by a lower court earlier this week for Kiyaro, an Ethiopian video journalist accredited to The Associated Press. That ruling said Kiyaro should be freed on bailwhile prosecutors determine whether or not to press charges against him.
The bail of 60,000 Ethiopian birr, about $1,170, has been paid, but Kiyaro remained in custody Thursday while police processed the bail paperwork before his expected release, according to his lawyer.
Kiyaro, 30, was detained on Nov. 28 in Addis Ababa under the country’s war-related state of emergency powers.
Kiyaro is accused of “serving the purposes” of what the government has classified as a terrorist group by interviewing its officials, according to reports by Ethiopian state media, which cited federal police. Local journalist Thomas Engida was arrested at the same time and faces similar charges. Ethiopia’s Supreme Court also ruled that Engida should be released on bail.
If the journalists are found guilty of violating Ethiopia’s anti-terrorism law or the state of emergency law, they could face sentences of seven to 15 years behind bars, federal police inspector Tesfaye Olani has told state media.
Despite the granting of bail after four months of police investigation and detention, it still remains uncertain whether prosecutors will proceed to press charges against Kiyaro. The state of emergency was lifted in Februaryas the government cited changing conditions in the deadly conflict between Ethiopian forces and those of the northern Tigray region.
“We are relieved that journalist Amir Aman Kiyaro has again been granted bail,” Julie Pace, the AP’s executive editor, said. “However, Ethiopian authorities continue their investigation against him. We urge the Ethiopian authorities to drop their baseless investigation against Amir, an independent journalist targeted for his work.”
Press freedom group Reporters Without Borders urged Ethiopian authorities to immediately release Kiyaro and Engida and to not press any charges against them. “They should be freed with no further delay and the case be dropped!” said the group in a tweet. | https://www.ketk.com/news/world/ethiopias-supreme-court-upholds-bail-for-journalist/ | 2022-04-01T02:02:01Z |
By Greg Baum
Goalkicking godfather Peter Hudson sees no reason why a future Buddy Franklin can’t kick 100 goals in a season and 1000 goals in a career.
No one has kicked a century since Franklin for Hawthorn in 2008 and last week, when he became the fifth player to reach 1000 career goals, there was a consensus that it was a feat never to be repeated. Hudson asks ‘why not?’
“You’ve got a bloke playing at the moment who in one year kicked 100 goals and 70 or 80 behinds,” Hudson said. “He’s had 180 shots in a year, which to me says that when the next Buddy Franklin or Gary Ablett or Jason Dunstall comes along, who’s to say they can’t kick 150?”
“I’d give anything to see somebody (else) come along and kick 1000 goals in my lifetime. I don’t believe for one minute that nobody could ever do it again.”
Hudson thinks it’s cyclic. He notes that no one kicked a century between Essendon’s John Coleman in 1952 and himself in 1968. A free-scoring period followed almost until the end of the century. Since Tony Lockett in 1998, only Franklin has kicked 100.
“People say the game’s played differently today,” Hudson said. “But every so often a Ben Brown will bob up and kick a bagful. Buddy could kick 10 or 12 on a given day. The thing that makes me chuckle inwardly is that, while the game might have changed, the grounds are better than they used to be 40 or 50 years ago. Those sort of things count.”
Hudson disagrees that full-backs have more tricks now. “I don’t think so. I can remember driving home before mobile phones thinking there was a phone ringing.” he said. “I’d been hit in the back of the ear. You can’t hit blokes in the ear any more, and you can’t chop their arms.”
Statistically, the unorthodox Hudson was the best goalkicker of all, averaging 5.64 in 129 games for the Hawks. Coleman averaged 5.48 in his meagre 98 games for Essendon. Lockett, who leads the aggregate with 1360 goals, averaged 4.84.
Hudson is still an aficionado of goalkicking, but won’t rank the five 1000-plus men. “Lockett was technically almost perfect,” he said. “Jason Dunstall was the hardest worker. I loved watching Doug Wade play when I was at the other end of the ground. Gary Ablett was sensational. Everyone loved watching him.
“I was thrilled to bits when Buddy got his 1000. I like his presence on the field. He looks the part, and when he does something brilliant, it’s super brilliant. He’s got the score on the board. It’s hard to fault him, really.”
Hudson, 76, is an undying footy fan. “I love it. I often say I’d watch it eight nights a week if it was on television. The skills are so good,” he said.
“The only thing I didn’t like about the game was when they kicked backwards. We went through that period of a year or two when they kicked backwards. But they fixed that. You don’t see it so much any more.
“I always thought they should have paid a free kick if you got the ball and kicked it backwards at all.”
Remarkably, no-one had written a biography of Hudson until this week, when Dan Eddy’s A Football Genius was launched.
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Engineers sweep Spartans in doubleheader
The Engineers sparred against the Castleton Spartans in a doubleheader at Doris Robison Field on Saturday. Originally scheduled to be played in Vermont, the two games would keep the Spartans at home.
Game 1:
Castleton’s Olivia Joy started on the mound. Joy gave up a walk and a single to the first two batters she faced, putting two runners on base with no outs. During the next at-bat, a short bunt to third base from Engineer Erin Askins ’22 advanced the runners; a perfectly weighted bunt, Askins outran the third baseman’s throw to first to load the bases. Gabby Comeau ’23 stepped into the batter’s box and hit a sacrifice fly to right field to drive in a run.
Rensselaer pitcher Erika Holowka ’22 obtained five of her first six outs via strikeout to begin her dominant performance. After a few runless innings, the Engineers managed to extend their lead. Joy walked Askins to begin the top of the fourth. Comeau hit the first pitch of her at-bat down the right field line for a double, driving in Askins from first to put RPI up by two runs. The next batter, Liv Vizzini ’24, ripped a fly ball deep to the fence in left center field. Comeau came in to score and Vizzini replaced her on second base. Brooke Sroczinski ’23 added salt to the wound by bombing a double over the center fielder to score the Engineers’ third run of the inning.
The Spartans would get on the scoreboard in the next half-inning. Holowka gave up two singles to start the bottom of the fourth. A double from Castleton’s Kylie Wright scored the runner from second and advanced the other to third. With two runners in scoring position and no outs, a composed Holowka struck out the following three batters to retire the side, escaping a potential catastrophe.
Katie Gallagher replaced Joy on the mound for Castleton to start the fifth inning. With runners on first and second with two outs, Vizzini stepped up to the plate. With a 2‒2 count, Vizzini hit a line drive down the left field line to clear the bases, giving RPI a 6‒1 lead.
The two teams headed into the bottom of the seventh with the same score, Castleton with only three outs remaining. Holowka struck out the first batter swinging after a 10-pitch at-bat. The RPI pitcher followed up the strikeout with a walk but forced the next batter to hit a pop-up into foul territory. The runner on first took off and, thinking the ball would clear the fence, slowed down and stopped on second base. Shortstop Catherine Worthington ’23 made the catch and the Castleton base runner had to book it back to first to avoid being thrown out. Worthington’s throw beat the Spartan to the bag for a double play to end the first game of the doubleheader. Click here for the box score.
Holowka pitched all seven innings and earned the win to bring her record to 5‒3 on the season. In her complete game, she totalled a career-high 11 strikeouts and only gave up two extra-base hits. Holowka’s ERA on the season is down to 2.86 due to her phenomenal pitching performance.
Game 2:
Kylie Wright started on the mound for the Spartans, Alexis Cooke ’23 for the Engineers. RPI took an early lead in the top of the second. Vizzini started the inning by hitting a single past the third baseman into left field, advancing after Sroczinski dropped down a sacrifice bunt. A single from Chloe Lewandowski advanced Vizzini to third, putting runners on the corners with only one out. Caroline Peel ’24 hammered a hard ground ball into right field past a diving second baseman, bringing Vizzini in to score, the only run the Engineers would score in the second. In the bottom half of the inning, Cooke retired the side in order with two strikeouts and a groundout.
After a runless third inning, RPI was again up to bat. Sroczinski reached base on a walk, and a sacrifice bunt from Lewandowski advanced her to second base. Peel stepped up to the plate and lobbed a blooper over the head of the second baseman to score Sroczinski from second, putting the Engineers up by two.
The Spartans climbed back into it on their first at-bat in the following half-inning when Jamie Boyle cranked a home run to left center field. Deja vu for Cooke on the mound, the first batter she faced in the next inning swung for the fences as well. Castleton’s Allison Almond cannoned a homer, identical to Boyle’s in the previous inning, to tie the game up at 2‒2.
In the top of the sixth inning, Vizzini slapped a triple down the right field line to put the Engineers 60 feet away from retaking the lead. Megan Wampner came in to pinch run for Vizzini, hoping to give RPI a better chance of beating out a throw to the plate. Sroczinski hit a ground ball to the shifted shortstop, and the subsequent throw beat Wampner to home to prevent the Engineers from scoring. A single from Lewandowski on the following play advanced Sroczinski to third. Runners on the corners with two outs, Peel drilled a ground ball, which the third baseman failed to field cleanly. With no throw, Sroczinski trotted to the plate to score the go-ahead run for the Engineers.
Sroczinski replaced Cooke on the mound for RPI to close out the game. She immediately forced the first batter to line out and stuck the second out looking. The next batter blasted a triple to right field, nearly blowing the save for Sroczinski. The RPI pitcher struck out the final batter of the sixth to keep the Engineers in front. Failing to add the cushion of extra runs to their score, RPI retook the field with a one-run lead for the final half-inning. Sroczinski walked the first batter and a sacrifice bunt put a runner in scoring position. She struck out the following batter swinging, bringing the Engineers just one out away from another victory. The game was sealed when a Spartan grounded to shortstop for the final out.
Cooke earned the win, and Sroczinski the save, in the second game of the doubleheader. With the two wins on Saturday, the Engineers’ record this season becomes 8‒8. Click here for the box score. | https://poly.rpi.edu/sports/2022/04/engineers-sweep-spartans-in-doubleheader/ | 2022-04-01T02:02:04Z |
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Lola Mae Barrick, 82, of rural Center Point, passed away Sunday, March 20, 2022, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was surrounded by her family at her home. The family greeted friends Wednesday, March 23, 2022, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Center Point. A funeral service was held Thursday, March 24, 2022, at Alice United Methodist Church in rural Center Point, pastor Sue Ney officiated. Burial followed at Alice Cemetery, in rural Center Point.
Lola was born March 26, 1939, in rural Hardin County, daughter of Emil and Winnie (Dannen) Deike. She graduated from Thornton high school and went on to Hamilton Business School in Mason City. Lola worked at Frank Enbusk CPA office in Mason City where she met her future husband, Francis. They were united in marriage June 18, 1960, at the First Reformed Church in Meservey. Lola worked at the American College Training Program in Iowa City while Francis attended the University of Iowa. In 1963, they moved to a farm outside Center Point where they raised their four children and forged great friendships with their community. Lola has been an active member of Alice United Methodist Church in rural Center Point for 59 years. She participated in Alice United Methodist Women, taught Sunday school, and headed up the bible school program for many years. Lola was well-known for the pickled beets, squash, baked goods, quilts and rugs she made for Lord’s Harvest. She was a member of Alert Homemakers, a neighborhood club, since 1963. Lola was a leader of the Livewire Lassies 4-H club for 12 years and member of Linn County Record Book Committee for six years. Lola enjoyed following sports, especially the Iowa Hawkeyes. She loved family vacations, bus tours with her husband and family gatherings. She will be greatly remembered and deeply missed by all.
Lola is survived by her four children; son, Jeffrey Barrick of Center Point; three daughters, Cindy (Lester) Franzen of Waverly, Laurie Barrick of Cedar Rapids and Jody (Terry) Shields of Lampe, Mo.; five brothers, James Deike (friend, Veronica Goodale), Leroy Deike, Roger Deike (friend, Anne Cooper), Marlin (Diane) Deike and Alvin (Sue) Deike; two sisters, Waneta (Ray) Leege and Evonne (Dale) Lents; six grandchildren, Kelly Franzen, Shawn Franzen, Rachel (Andrew) Wellman, Josie Anderson, Stephanie (Zack) Strong and Mark Ruiz; 12 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Francis in 2021; brother, Donald Deike and four sisters-in-law, Carol Deike, Mildred Deike, Lois Deike and Cheryl Deike.
For two and a half years, Lola received the utmost care and support from the Oncology Department at the University of Iowa Hospitals, which will never be forgotten. The family would also like to express their sincere gratitude to all the staff with UnityPoint Hospice, for the care and compassion they gave to Lola during her final days.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the family in her memory, to be designated later.
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Sun, sleet and single figure temperatures have been forecast for much of the UK on the first day of April. North-eastern areas will be the worst hit by the wintry weather, and the Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for ice during the early morning – including rush hour.
The warning – which covers north-east England, east Scotland and the Shetland Islands until 10am – means frosty surfaces could cause injuries from slips and falls, as well as travel disruption. A separate yellow warning for snow and ice also covers a small pocket of south-east England until 10am.
Rain showers broken by intermittent patches of wintry sunshine are forecast for much of the rest of the UK.
The Environment Agency has issued two flood warnings and one flood alert for areas along the River Thames. Flooding is “expected” at Coalhouse Point on the river in Essex, and is “possible” in the areas between Putney Bridge and Teddington Weir in west London.
After the mercury drops below freezing overnight across the UK, temperatures are forecast to reach highs of 7C and 8C across the UK on Friday and Saturday, increasing to 9C and 10C on Sunday.
In Canterbury, snow saw a county cricket warm-up match between Lancashire and Kent suspended and then cancelled on Thursday. This follows last week’s sunshine when the mercury hit 20C in some places.
For more stories from where you live, visit InYourArea. | https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/sun-sleet-low-temperatures-forecast-23562595 | 2022-04-01T02:02:09Z |
A pregnant 35-year-old Ukrainian refugee is seeking accommodation for herself and her son in Wicklow town, where 10-year-old Tymur has just started school.
Olena Kurazaieva and Tymur both had to flee their native city of Kyiv on February 21, as the Russians began bombarding the area with artillery and shells. Her husband, Andrii, who is an IT consultant, remains back in Ukraine.
Their escape from the war-zone involved 48 sleepless hours in traffic jams, as cars desperately tried to reach the border, followed by a gruelling six kilometre walk, before finally reaching safety.
“The journey was very difficult,” said Olena, who is over five months pregnant.
“We left as soon as the bombing started and didn’t end up sleeping for two days. It was very scary. At first we went to my parents house in the east of Kyiv, but things started to get worse so we moved on. We then had to walk 6km, which I found really exhausting, especially being 23 weeks pregnant. It was such a long journey but we finally made it to the border.”
Olena is still able to keep in touch with family and friends back in the Ukraine, but understandably has serious concerns over their safety.
“They are as safe as they can be given the situation, but there is no safe place in Ukraine. The Russians are bombing all around. It’s a real life disaster. We want to come back home whenever we can, but we don’t know when it will be possible. As far as I know our house still exists but for how long? Russia is destroying everything.”
Olena and Tymur arrived in Ireland on March 8, and were provided with a spare room in the Newcastle home of Chief Customs Officer Sarah Holmes, whom Olena had worked with as a contractor.
“They are a brilliant family and we can’t thank them enough. They have been so good to us,” added Olena.
She has tried to protect her son from the ordeal and trauma he has been through, but so far Tymur has proved remarkably resilient.
“He seems OK, but it has been difficult and not so good for him. Now he has started going to classes with Sarah’s daughter, so he isn’t too bad. He’s not sitting around bored at home all day, which is good.”
Wicklow Montessori made the generous offer of accepting Tymur into their 4th class, and he has settled in well.
“It’s a great school,” said Olena.
“Tymur seems to have settled in very well and the children and teachers have been very good to him. It’s a cool school. His English isn’t so good but he has been learning English for four years so it’s improving. He is handling everything quite well.”
While Olena is extremely grateful to the Holmes family for providing them with accommodation, she would prefer an abode in Wicklow town, closer to the school her son is attending.
“The Holmes are a brilliant family and they have said we can stay as long as we like, but it would be easier for us to rent something in Wicklow town, near to Tymur’s school. We don’t have a car, which can make things a bit difficult. It would be easier to be near to shops and services you could walk to. It would also be easier for me to get a train or bus to Dublin if I need to go to the hospital.”
However, so far Olena’s search for accommodation in Wicklow town has proved fruitless.
“We are just looking for some room to rent, or maybe a small studio. I was looking on Daft.ie but there isn’t much available in the Wicklow town area. We could try and move somewhere else but Wicklow Montessori is a really good school and I don’t want to be disrupting Tymur anymore than he already has.”
If anyone knows of or could offer some suitable accommodation to Olena, they can do so by contacting her by WhatsApp on 0038 063702 2501. | https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wicklow/news/pregnant-ukrainian-and-her-son-make-plea-for-home-to-rent-in-wicklow-town-after-terrifying-ordeal-in-fleeing-war-41501126.html | 2022-04-01T02:02:09Z |
SANTA ANITA LEADERS
(Through Thursday)
JOCKEYS / WINS
Flavien Prat / 70
Juan Hernandez / 49
John Velazquez / 31
Diego Herrera / 27
Two tied / 24
TRAINERS / WINS
Philip D’Amato / 30
Doug O’Neill / 27
Bob Baffert / 26
John Sadler / 22
Richard Baltas / 19
WEEKEND STAKES AT SANTA ANITA
Saturday
• $100,000 Singletary Stakes, 3-year-olds, 1 mile (turf)
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• A field of 11, including 5-2 morning-line favorite Simplification for trainer Antonio Sano, was entered Wednesday for Saturday’s $1 million Grade I Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park. Simplification, a Florida-bred son of Not This Time, goes into the race off a victory in the Grade II Fountain of Youth Stakes on March 5. White Abarrio, who beat Simplification by 4 1/2 lengths in the Holy Bull Stakes on Feb. 5 after the latter blew the break and raced wide throughout, was installed as the 3-1 second choice. The Florida Derby has produced 24 Kentucky Derby winners, most of any prep in the country. Post time is 3:38 p.m.
• Nine horses, headed by the D. Wayne Lukas-trained filly Secret Oath, will go postward in Saturday’s $1.25 million Grade I Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park. Secret Oath, the 5-2 morning-line favorite, will be making her first start against colts, but Lukas has a history of success with 3-year-old fillies against the boys. He won the 1988 Kentucky Derby with Winning Colors, only the third filly to win the Derby, and the 1984 Arkansas Derby with Althea. A daughter of the late Arrogate, Secret Oath has won her past three starts at Oaklawn against fillies by a combined 23 lengths. Post time is 4:35 p.m.
• The final Kentucky Derby Future Wager, originally scheduled for this weekend, has been pushed back to April 7-9. Darren Rogers, Churchill Downs’ senior director of communications and media services, said in a statement that the change is in the best interest of bettors to allow a clearer picture after this weekend’s major Derby preps and “to better understand the status of horses who intend to ship to Churchill Downs for Kentucky Derby 148.” The field of 24 betting interests will be announced Tuesday and the pool will close before the running of the Santa Anita Derby, Wood Memorial and Blue Grass Stakes on April 9.
— Art Wilson | https://www.pe.com/2022/03/31/horse-racing-notes-final-kentucky-derby-future-wager-pushed-back/ | 2022-04-01T02:02:09Z |
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STEUBENVILLE — The OFWC/GFWC Woman’s Club of Steubenville will meet Monday for a noon luncheon and business meeting at Froehlich’s Classic Corner in Steubenville. President Carlotta Jordan will preside at the meeting where the program presenter will be Theresa Golden, executive director of Refuge for Women...
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Will LeBron James' legacy be stained if Lakers miss postseason?
The Los Angeles Lakers are in grave danger of missing the playoffs.
And much to their chagrin, the Lakers aren't in control of their own destiny. They sit in 10th place in the Western Conference as of Thursday. If the San Antonio Spurs end with a better record, or end the season tied with LeBron James' troupe, S.A owns the tiebreaker over L.A.
And according to Skip Bayless, if the Lakers are relegated to a seat on the couch during the postseason, it will harm James' legacy interminably.
"No, I'm not going to demote LeBron on my list [of all-time great players if he misses the playoffs] — he stills ranks No. 9," Bayless said this week on the "Skip Bayless Show."
"I will say this: What has happened to his Los Angeles Lakers this season has indelibly stained LeBron's legacy. I remind you, these Lakers were favored to win it all. And I remind you, they're not even going to make the play-in tournament. I'm going to ‘guesstimate’ they're going to finish 18 games under .500. That's impossibly awful for ‘The King.’"
In Bayless' mind, James himself has been responsible for a large portion of the team's pitfalls.
"I'll give you a dozen games this year that ‘The King’ should've close, and couldn't close because he doesn't have the clutch gene. Even the other night in New Orleans, they have a 23-point lead. If you're the GOAT, as Shannon [Sharpe] says, you close that one in your sleep. And down the stretch, LeBron missed three 3s down the stretch. It didn't surprise me."
Bayless went on to argue that James' scoring title forge has distracted fans from the Lakers' troubles.
"The genius of LeBron is nobody knows himself better than he does. He knew that at 37 and Year 19, he's no longer capable of carrying a team, so at the All-Star break, he says, ‘I gotta do what I’ve gotta do. I've got to go magician, and distract the audience from the glaringly obvious: We're going to miss the playoffs. I'm going to win the scoring title in Year 19! And my billions of blind witnesses will be able to gloat about it.'
He's not the maestro anymore. He's leading the league in shots attempted and scoring. Way to go. Brilliant. I'm sorry 'Bron, but missing the playoffs is going to outweigh getting the scoring title." | https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nba/will-lebron-james-legacy-be-stained-if-lakers-miss-postseason | 2022-04-01T02:02:09Z |
Steppe Gold Announces 2021 Annual Financial Results and Refiling of its Restated Annual Financial Statements
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ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia, March 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Steppe Gold Limited (TSX: STGO) (OTCMKTS: STPGF) (FRA: 2J9) (“Steppe Gold” or the “Company”) announces its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2021, as well as the filing of its restated annual financial statements for the periods ended December 31, 2020 (the “Restated Financial Statements”) and provides a corporate update. The Restated Financial Statements were prepared following a continuous disclosure review by Staff of the Ontario Securities Commission (the “OSC”) of the Company’s disclosure records.
HIGHLIGHTS
Financial Results for the year ended December 31, 2021
Revenue for the year ended December 31, 2021 was $24,050 on sales of 12,899 gold ounces and 28,622 silver ounces with average realized prices per ounce of $1,837 and $24 respectively.
Operating income from mine operations, before depreciation and depletion was $12,435.
Consolidated Group Adjusted EBITDA for the year was $4,909.
As at December 31, 2021 cash and restricted cash amounted to $71,817; total bank and other debt was $77,920 for net debt of $6,103.
In conjunction with preparation of the Company’s financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021 and as part of a continuous disclosure review by Staff of the OSC in relation to the accounting for the Streaming Agreement, dated August 11, 2017 between the Company and Triple Flag Mine Finance Bermuda, Steppe Gold identified an error in how the arrangement has been reflected in the previously issued financial statements. The Company previously determined that the stream obligation was in substance a debt instrument (carried at amortized cost) with embedded derivatives (recognized at $nil value) linked to gold and silver commodity prices.
Upon further review of the arrangement the Company has determined that the arrangement should be accounted for in its entirety as a derivative measured at fair value through profit and losses. The Restated Financial Statements resulted in changes to revenue, the stream liability and fair value gains/losses related to the liability. The adjustments did not impact the overall net cash flows of the Company. The Company evaluated the significance of the corrections and determined the adjustments were material to the consolidated financial statements for December 31, 2021.
Steppe Gold has therefore restated its annual financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020, as well as the associated management’s discussion and analysis. Comparative figures for 2021 interim periods will also be restated in 2022 interim reports.
The Company’s consolidated financial results for the year ended December 31, 2021 have been filed on SEDAR. The full version of the condensed interim consolidated financial statements and associated management's discussion & analysis can be viewed on the Company's website at www.steppegold.com or under the Company's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
All amounts are expressed in United States dollars unless otherwise noted.
Steppe Gold Limited
Steppe Gold is Mongolia’s premier precious metals company.
For Further information, please contact:
Bataa Tumur-Ochir, CEO and President
Shangri-La office, Suite 1201, Olympic Street
19A, Sukhbaatar District 1,
Ulaanbaatar 14241, Mongolia
Tel: +976 7732 1914
Non-IFRS Performance Measures
EBITDA is defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. Further details of Non-IFRS Performance Measures noted above can be found in the Company’s management's discussion & analysis.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
The above contains forward-looking statements that are subject to a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in our forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause such differences include: changes in world commodity markets, equity markets, costs and supply of materials relevant to the mining industry, change in government and changes to regulations affecting the mining industry. Forward-looking statements in this release include, among other things, statements regarding the trading of the common shares and business, economic, and political conditions in Mongolia. Although we believe the expectations reflected in our forward-looking statements are reasonable, results may vary, and we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. We disclaim any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.
The Toronto Stock Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of the content of this news release. | https://finance.yahoo.com/news/steppe-gold-announces-2021-annual-001000595.html | 2022-04-01T02:02:09Z |
5 fetuses found inside DC home of anti-abortion activist
WASHINGTON (AP) — Police found five fetuses in the home of a self-proclaimed “anti-abortion activist” who was indicted this week on federal charges alleging that she was part of a group of people who blocked access to a Washington, D.C. reproductive health center.
The Metropolitan Police Department says officers were responding to a tip about “potential bio-hazard material” at a home in Southeast Washington on Wednesday when they located the five fetuses inside.
A local television station, WUSA9, captured video of police searching the home and reported that the home belonged to Lauren Handy. The 28-year-old was one of nine people charged in an indictment that was made public on Wednesday that accused the group of traveling to Washington, blocking access to the reproductive health center and streaming it on Facebook.
The station, which first reported the discovery, said Handy told a reporter that “people will freak out when they hear” what detectives found inside her house. Handy did not respond to a message sent to her Facebook profile seeking comment.
Police said the five fetuses were collected by Washington’s medical examiner and the investigation is ongoing.
In the indictment, prosecutors said Handy had called the clinic pretending to be a prospective patient and scheduling an appointment. Once there, on Oct. 22, 2020, eight of the suspects pushed their way inside and began blocking the doors, according to the indictment. Five of them chained themselves together on chairs to block the treatment area as others blocked the employee entrance to stop other patients from coming inside, the indictment alleges. Another suspect blocked people from coming into the waiting room, prosecutors charge.
Handy and the eight others were charged with conspiracy against rights and violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. The federal law, more commonly known as the FACE Act, prohibits physically obstructing or using the threat of force to intimidate or interfere with a person seeking reproductive health services.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.wvlt.tv/2022/04/01/5-fetuses-found-inside-dc-home-anti-abortion-activist/ | 2022-04-01T02:02:09Z |
‘There’s a level of anxiety’: Ricciardo learns to cope with pressures of home grand prix
By Matthew Clayton
Daniel Ricciardo has read the news, scoured social media and heard enough anecdotes from friends to realise this year’s Australian Grand Prix could be the biggest of his Formula One career, but he believes the 2014 event in Melbourne will always stand as his defining home race.
With Albert Park ticket sales at record levels after a dramatic 2021 season, the “Netflix effect” on the sport’s fan base thanks to its Drive to Survive series opening up F1 to a new audience and a three-year gap between grands prix in Melbourne, Ricciardo is itching to take to the grid at a home race for McLaren for the first time, with Melbourne’s 2019 race doubling as his debut for Renault.
The 32-year-old feels the 2014 Melbourne race, where he qualified on the front row of the grid for the first time and finished a superb second before his Red Bull Racing machine was disqualified for breaching a fuel-flow regulation, was the first moment he was considered one of the sport’s premier drivers.
“From what everyone tells me, it feels like this year is going to be big – but for me, 2014 was always the race that felt biggest because I’d just joined Red Bull,” Ricciardo says.
“It was the first race of the season for me and I had a reigning four-time world champion (Sebastian Vettel) as my teammate. They were big stakes because people wanted to know ‘does this guy really have it?’ I wanted to show the team that it wasn’t too much for me, that I could really do this.
“But in terms of the build-up, because Australia hasn’t had a race in so long, they’ve re-done the track and it sounds like the crowd will be huge – 2022 has potential to be something pretty special.”
Ricciardo is well aware of the hoodoo that hangs over home drivers at Albert Park; since Melbourne came on to the grand prix calendar 26 years ago, no local driver has finished on the podium. While McLaren’s early-season struggles in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia before arriving in Melbourne don’t point to that drought ending, he’s learned to cope better with being the centre of attention.
“It’s extremes with Australia because everything is magnified,” he says. “When it’s great, it’s awesome … when it’s bad, it’s way more miserable. In 2019, my race was more or less over after five seconds (after he ran off track and broke his Renault’s front wing) and it wasn’t the most fun day I’ve had.”
Ricciardo admits the pressure of being the sole Australian on the grid for six of his eight grands prix at home has, at times, been difficult to deal with. “It can get to a point where there’s a level of anxiety because of the sheer scale of the attention,” he says.
“It’s quite foreign to get that level of attention, and it can easily get in your head a little bit. I’ve not always done the best job with that, and sometimes it’s best to roll with the punches so you don’t create tension that stops you performing at your best.
“Do you give too much of yourself to things that are outside of driving, or do you shelter yourself away and almost focus too hard on driving and try to shut down everything else? You can lose energy trying to push back and stay under the radar, which you can’t anyway because it’s your home GP.
“Neither is a natural way to go racing, so there’s a compromise you have to accept, and just do the best you can with what you have.”
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ROME (AP) — Drums pounded through the frescoed halls of the Apostolic Palace on Thursday and out into St. Peter’s Square as Pope Francis welcomed a First Nations delegation seeking an apology for the Catholic Church’s role in running Canada’s notorious residential schools.
Francis met privately for two hours with the representatives of the Assembly of First Nations, following his meetings earlier in the week with delegations from the Metis and Inuit communities of Canada.
“I feel the pope and the church have expressed a sentiment of working toward reconciliation,” said Grand Chief Mandy Gull-Masty of the Creen Nation, after the audience.
The trip was years in the making but gained momentum last year after the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves outside some of the residential schools.
More than 150,000 native children in Canada were forced to attend state-funded Christian schools from the 19th century until the 1970s in an effort to isolate them from the influence of their homes and culture. The aim was to Christianize and assimilate them into mainstream society, which previous Canadian governments considered superior.
Even before the grave sites were discovered, Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission specifically called for a papal apology to be delivered on Canadian soil for the church’s role in the abuses against the Indigenous.
Francis has committed to traveling to Canada, though no date for such a visit has been announced.
The Vatican said Thursday’s meeting was held “in a climate of listening and closeness” and would be followed by Francis’ audience with all three groups on Friday, when he is to deliver a public address.
“If you were to ask me am I optimistic leaving our discussion with the Holy Father, I am,” said Phil Fontaine, who was national chief of the Assembly of First Nations in 2009 when he led an Indigenous delegation to meet with Pope Benedict XVI.
At the time, Benedict only expressed his “sorrow at the anguish caused by the deplorable conduct of some members of the church.” But he did not apologize.
“It’s 2022, I’m back, for another shot at … convincing Pope Francis to apologize,” Fontaine told reporters in St. Peter’s Square, wearing a feathered headdress. “A full apology for all that he heard today and probably heard from the Metis and Inuit delegations about the horrible experience of too many of our people that attended residential schools.”
“Our preference is for the Holy Father to come to Canada and apologize on Canadian soil, and do it on one of our territories,” he added. “That is our hope and wish and we made that very clear to the Holy Father.” | https://www.ketk.com/news/world/first-nations-meet-with-pope-over-canada-school-abuses/ | 2022-04-01T02:02:09Z |
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Gallery: Engineers strike out in series with Yellowjackets
The University of Rochester Yellowjackets beat the Engineers in all games this past weekend on Saturday, March 26, and Sunday, March 27. The score for the first game was 8‒3. The Engineers scored two runs in the third inning and one run in the seventh in an attempt to catch up with the Yellowjackets who scored three runs in the first inning. Jake Defayette (Gr) hit a home run in the third inning, bringing Joey Gaia ’23 with him.
The score for the second game was 5‒4. The Engineers scored twice in the fourth inning and twice in the seventh inning, which tied up the game. The Yellowjackets scored one more run in the eighth inning to break the tie and win the game. Hudson Livesey ’22 started the Engineers’ scoring with a home run in the fourth inning. | https://poly.rpi.edu/sports/2022/04/gallery-engineers-strike-out-in-series-with-yellowjackets/ | 2022-04-01T02:02:12Z |
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CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Longtime Miami associate head coach Chris Caputo has accepted a contract offer to become the new coach at George Washington, a person with knowledge of the situation said Thursday night.
The school and Caputo were working out final contract details including length of the deal, said the person, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because George Washington had not announced the hiring.
Caputo replaces Jamion Christian, who was 29-50 in three seasons at the school.
Caputo has been an integral part of Miami coach Jim Larranaga’s staff for two decades, including helping George Mason to the Final Four in 2006 and the Hurricanes to the Elite Eight this season. He has been associate head coach at Miami since May 2015, overseeing much of the team’s recruiting efforts and serving as the team’s defensive coordinator.
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LOS ANGELES — Oscars producer Will Packer said Los Angeles police were ready to arrest Will Smith after Smith slapped Chris Rock on the Academy Awards stage.
“They were saying, you know, this is battery, was a word they used in that moment,” Packer said in a clip released by ABC News Thursday night of an interview he gave to “Good Morning America.” “They said we will go get him. We are prepared. We’re prepared to get him right now. You can press charges, we can arrest him. They were laying out the options.”
But Packer said Rock was “very dismissive” of the idea.
“He was like, ‘No, no, no, I’m fine,” Packer said. “And even to the point where I said, ‘Rock, let them finish.’ The LAPD officers finished laying out what his options were and they said, ‘Would you like us to take any action?’ And he said no.”
The LAPD said in a statement after Sunday night’s ceremony that they were aware of the incident, and that Rock had declined to file a police report. The department declined comment Thursday on Packer’s interview, a longer version of which will air on Friday morning.
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences met Wednesday to initiate disciplinary proceedings against Smith for violations against the group’s standards of conduct. Smith could be suspended, expelled or otherwise sanctioned.
The academy said in a statement that “Mr. Smith’s actions at the 94th Oscars were a deeply shocking, traumatic event to witness in-person and on television.”
Without giving specifics, the academy said Smith was asked to leave the ceremony at the Dolby Theatre, but refused to do so.
Smith strode from his front row seat on to the stage and slapped Rock after a joke Rock made about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, when he was on stage to present the Oscar for best documentary.
On Monday, Smith issued an apology to Rock, the academy and to viewers, saying “I was out of line and I was wrong.”
The academy said Smith has the opportunity to defend himself in a written response before the board meets again on April 18.
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Richard Arlen “Andy” Anderson, age 86 of Salineville, OH passed away Monday March 28, 2022. He was born March 6, 1936 in New Cumberland, WV the son of the late Harvey Harold and Anna Marie (Graham) Anderson. Andy is a 1955 graduate of Jefferson Union...
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Manly chief executive Stephen Humphreys will front the Sea Eagles board next week over alleged corporate governance issues.
The Sea Eagles have informed the NRL of the development on Friday.
Humphreys is currently unwell after recently contracting COVID-19, while several Sea Eagles directors are also isolating after testing positive.
Humphreys - the son of former NSWRL boss Kevin - took charge of the club three years ago. The Herald has attempted to reach him for comment.
“I can’t make any public comment at this time due to the private nature of this matter,” said Manly chairman Scott Penn.
“We’ll release something more in due course.”
The Sea Eagles will face the Raiders at Mudgee on Saturday afternoon.
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