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Which induction range is best?
In order to create a culinary masterpiece, you need to have the best tools. Induction ranges have come a long way since they hit the market in 1933. While there were initial complaints of slow and uneven cooking, today’s induction ranges are some of the best ranges available.
The Samsung 4-Element Induction Range with Air Fry has a variety of features that bring a professional flair to any at-home cuisine.
What to know before you buy an induction range
Slide-in vs. freestanding
Induction ranges are like any other cooking range in that you can either slide them into a space on the countertop or add it to any other area of the kitchen. Freestanding ranges tend to be slightly less expensive than their slide-in counterparts. They are also more finished on the sides, offering a more aesthetic appeal.
Size of the range
The size of your kitchen will determine what size induction range you can buy. If you have the luxury of designing a kitchen around a stove, you can choose from widths that range from 30-48 inches. Larger induction ranges typically have more burners and may also include other features.
Size and number of elements
The size of your range will determine the number of elements you can cook on. However, there is some variety within this. Look for cooktop elements that fit the pots you generally cook in. Some induction ranges have size-sensing ability, which allows them to detect pot size and heat the appropriate number of coils.
Most standard induction ranges have four elements, but some have a few extra spots. These extra elements are helpful when you need to create complicated dishes.
What to look for in a quality induction range
Pre-programmed settings
Imagine never having to guess if your baked potato is fully cooked or determining the heat setting for boiling a pot of rice. These pre-programmed settings are incredibly helpful, especially for beginner chefs. Make sure to look for an induction stove with pre-programmed settings if you think this would be helpful in your home.
Safety features
You may want to have additional safety features like automatic shut-off or pot detection. These settings keep the stove burners off until they are needed, and turn them off if you leave them unattended. This is a great option for families with small children.
Ample power
One of the ways that manufacturers addressed previous issues with induction ranges was to increase the amount of power in the cooktop. Most induction ranges run 1,000-2,000 watts, but professional-grade appliances can use up to 3,500 watts.
How much you can expect to spend on an induction range
Induction ranges vary in price depending on the brand, size and additional features. You can expect to spend between $1,500-$4,500.
Induction range FAQ
How do induction ranges differ from other ranges?
A. The major difference between an induction range and other ranges is how it heats up. Instead of heating the range’s surface, which then heats a pot, induction ranges only heat the pot. These stovetops use magnetic coils to create a current that heats specialized cookware. This cookware must have a magnetic element in it. Cast iron and stainless steel are compatible with these ranges, but copper, aluminum and glass are not.
Are induction ranges fast?
A. Induction ranges typically heat around 50% faster than electric and gas ranges. This is because it heats the interior of the cookware directly instead of the surface.
Do induction ranges require special care?
A. One of the best parts of this appliance is how easy it is to clean. Spilled food does not bake onto the cooktop’s surface, which makes cleanup easy.
On the downside, the ceramic surface of the cooktop can become scratched if it’s not cleaned properly. There are a few tips to make it easier.
- Make sure the stove is turned off and that the stovetop is cool.
- Use a special cooktop scraper to remove dry food or crumbs.
- Wipe liquid spills off with a damp sponge.
- Used specialized cleaner and a non-abrasive sponge to gently scrub away stubborn dried food.
- Buff the surface with a clean paper towel.
What’s the best induction range to buy?
Top induction range
Samsung 4-Element Induction Range with Air Fry
What you need to know: You can tailor this intelligent, highly functional stove to your preferences.
What you’ll love: It’s a slide-in range featuring smartphone controls. The fingerprint-resistant black stainless steel finish looks great in a variety of kitchens. It has a built-in air fry function for fatless frying. The oven learns how you cook and programs your settings.
What you should consider: Some cooks felt it was a bit loud and expensive compared to other options.
Where to buy: Sold by Home Depot
Top induction range for the money
Frigidaire Front Control Induction Range with Air Fry
What you need to know: If you want an induction range with plenty of features at an affordable price, this is a great option.
What you’ll love: The oven has a convection fan and a third heating element to evenly circulate air. The stovetop automatically gauges the size of the pan and heats the appropriate number of coils. Spills won’t burn on the surface, making it easy to clean. The stainless steel finish is smudge-proof and beautiful.
What you should consider: It’s easy to turn on if you lean on the stove accidentally.
Where to buy: Sold by Home Depot
Worth checking out
Cafe Smart Slide-In Induction Range with Convection
What you need to know: The smart tech of this stove and connectivity make this a fun appliance to experiment with.
What you’ll love: The cooktop has five elements, one of which boils water in under two minutes. It connects to Amazon Echo or Google Assistant for all of your cooking questions, too. The oven has three racks and an in-oven camera to help you keep an eye on what’s inside.
What you should consider: It can be challenging to connect it to your Wi-Fi.
Where to buy: Sold by Wayfair
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NEW YORK, April 1 — Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz kept his title defence going at the Miami Open by beating Daniil Medvedev 7-6(7) 6-3 in their quarter-final on Thursday as the Russian fell one win short of reclaiming the world number one ranking.
Hurkacz stormed out of the gate to win the first three games and fended off two break points in the seventh as Medvedev, who appeared unwell at times in the heat, struggled on his first serve and suffered four double faults ins the first set.
The Russian attempted a comeback as he fought off two set points to hold serve in the eighth game and broke in the ninth, but the Polish world number 10 kept his nerve in the tiebreak.
In the second set, Hurkacz broke on his sixth attempt in a marathon, 11-minute fifth game as the sweltering temperature seemed to get the better of Medvedev.
Sitting on his bench after the seventh game, the US Open champion removed his sweat-drenched shirt and requested assistance from the physio, complaining of dizziness.
In the following game, Medvedev hunched over momentarily and later glumly dropped his racket to the court after he whacked a backhand return into the net.
“Playing Daniil is always fun but it’s super competitive,” Hurkacz said in a broadcast interview after the match.
“I was hitting my forehand a little better and I was returning better so that was big for me.”
Medvedev needed to reach the semi-finals to retake the world number one spot from Novak Djokovic. The Australian Open finalist claimed the position briefly earlier this year but lost it after a shock third-round loss at Indian Wells. — Reuters
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Linking genomic and epidemiologic information to advance the study of COVID-19
The outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) at the end of 2019 turned into a global pandemic. To help analyze the spread and evolution of the virus, we collated and analyzed data related to the viral genome, sequence variations, and locations in temporal and spatial distribution from GISAID. Information from the...
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GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The pain was sharp and familiar. It reminded David Price of where he has been. It also told him he still might be able to be the pitcher the Los Angeles Dodgers thought they had nearly 26 months ago.
Price’s quiet spring began the way others have in the five-time All-Star’s 13-year career: His left elbow hurt after his first live batting practice a couple of weeks ago, and he knew the resumption of an old routine was underway.
“Always the elbow,’’ Price said. “It happens every year, all the way back to 2010. Now, everything feels good – arm, elbow and shoulder.’’
It was good enough to impress Dodgers manager Dave Roberts and anybody else who watched Price make his first spring appearance against Cleveland on Wednesday night. The left-hander worked only an inning, but he had two strikeouts and was clocked at 93 mph.
In an abbreviated camp, it wasn’t enough to determine his role. It did remind the Dodgers that Price is still in the mix.
From starter to bullpen, Price’s role with the Dodgers has been uncertain since they acquired the 2012 American League Cy Young Award winner from the Boston Red Sox in a three-team deal that included right-fielder Mookie Betts in February 2020.
Price didn’t pitch at all that year, opting out because of concerns about COVID-19. In 2021, he bounced between the starting rotation and the bullpen with 11 starts and 28 appearances as a reliever. His overall ERA was 4.03.
He arrived at camp in mid-March ready to do anything. Then Roberts mentioned him as a possible starter.
“I’m preparing that way, yeah,” said Price, who is in the final year of a seven-year, $217 million contract. “I think it’d be silly of me to prepare to be a reliever if I’m asked to start. So, I’m preparing to be a starter until otherwise.”
Otherwise looks to be the case. Roberts projects his starting rotation will be Walker Buehler, Julio Urias, Clayton Kershaw, Andrew Heaney and Tony Gonsolin. He cautioned that nothing is set in stone, mostly because pitchers were limited in a camp cut short by major league baseball’s lockout.
The Dodgers signed career starter Tyler Anderson in mid-March, just in case. As for Price, Roberts said: “I just think that David, right now, is not an option in the sense of, he’s not built up. It just doesn’t seem feasible right now.”
The 36-year-old left-hander could still have an immediate role, like one inning in relief early in the season, Roberts said, and moving up to multiple innings as he gets stronger.
“I’m confident in David in any role,’’ Roberts said. “I like his versatility. The role doesn’t matter. It’s just knowing that he’s going to pitch valuable innings in whatever role.”
NOTES
Cody Bellinger took batting practice Thursday on the minor-league side of the Dodgers’ camp. The 2019 National League MVP is 4 for 27 with 17 strikeouts this spring.
“I wouldn’t say I’m alarmed,’’ Roberts said. “I think ‘progressing’ is the word. We’ve got to continue to log at-bats to make him feel as comfortable as possible when the season starts.’’
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Massage Envy, the nation's No. 1 provider of massage in the U.S. collectively across its franchise network, today announced the winners of its annual gala awards program.
"Each year our great brand recognizes the incredible achievements of the most outstanding franchisee and franchised location employees," said Beth Stiller, Massage Envy Franchising CEO. "It's very difficult to choose the best of the best from franchised locations because the stories of the impact they have on their members and their communities is all so inspiring. All of the nominees and the winners personify our brand purpose of helping people feel their best, and I am so proud of every one of them."
The following awards were presented for the 2021 calendar year:
- National Franchisee of the Year: Mark Preetorius, Atlanta, Ga. Preetorius, who owns four franchised locations in Georgia, was recognized as an exemplary franchisee who personifies the brand's core values of optimism, gratitude, excellence, consistency, and empathy, and motivates others to adopt those same values. According to an employee who works at one of Preetorius' franchised locations, "Our franchisee's dedication to the ideas of committed teamwork and community outreach have allowed our clinics and the staff to operate with the assurance that they are guided by an individual who sees that the big picture is painted with many different strokes, and no single artist creates a collective masterpiece." With over 7 years as a Massage Envy franchisee, we are thrilled to celebrate Mark's contributions to the brand and his community.
- National Manager of the Year: Dustin Schneider, Charleston, SC. Schneider, who works at the West Ashley franchised location in Charleston, owned by Caitlin Daly, was recognized as the most outstanding franchised location manager because he inspires the best in others and achieves business excellence in the pursuit of helping people feel their best. "Dustin shows up and proves he is a true leader ready to face whatever challenges come his way," Daly said. "He is adaptable, open to change and improvement, continuously optimistic, and consistently leads the team with excellence."
- National Therapist of the Year: Jing Shi, Mountain View, Ca. Shi, who works at the Mountain View franchised location, owned by Linda Wenge, was recognized as the Massage Therapist who best personifies a commitment to helping members and guests through the power of massage and assisted stretch. Wenge had this to say about Shi, " "Jing stands out as the most productive, the most requested, the most pre-booked massage therapist among all the therapists that I have encountered."
- National Esthetician of the Year: Elizabeth Knapik, Henderson, Nev. Knapik, who works at the Lake Meade Crossing franchised location, owned by Marissa and Mario Hawkins, was recognized as the esthetician who best exemplifies the Massage Envy brand's commitment to helping members and guests with their skin care journey. "Excellence is the culmination of a thousand consistent steps. In the past six years with the brand, this outstanding esthetician has made incredible strides," Marissa Hawkins said."
- National Sales Associate of The Year: Shawn Remfry, Kansas City, Mo. Remfry, who works at the Tom Watson Parkway franchised location, owned by Les Snyder, was recognized as the extraordinary Sales Associate who develops connections with clients, guides their membership, and delivers on the brand promise of helping people feel their best. According to Snyder, when asked to describe the winner in one word, customers had this to say, "Awesome," "Sweet," "Caring," "Helpful."
This year's awards gala, held March 23 in Oxon Hill, Md., just across the Potomac River from the nation's capital, was sponsored by Jan Marini Skin Research, and PCA Skin. "We deeply appreciate our sponsors for their support of this wonderful event as well as their dedication to this great brand throughout the year," said Stiller.
For more information about Massage Envy, please visit www.massageenvy.com
About Massage Envy
Massage Envy, based in Scottsdale, Arizona, is a national franchisor and does not independently own or operate any of the Massage Envy franchised locations nationwide. The Massage Envy franchise network, through its franchise locations, is the leading provider of therapeutic massage services. Founded in 2002, Massage Envy has more than 1,100 franchise locations in 49 states that have together delivered more than 190 million massages and facials. For more information, visit www.massageenvy.com, or follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook at @MassageEnvy.
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In setback for Democrats, New York judge throws out new congressional map
By Joseph Ax
March 31 (Reuters) - A New York state judge on Thursday threw out the state's new Democratic-backed congressional map as unconstitutional and ordered lawmakers to redraw the lines, a decision that could significantly hurt the party's chances of retaining control of the U.S. Congress in November's elections.
Steuben County Supreme Court Judge Patrick McAllister said the map violated a constitutional provision that districts should not be drawn to favor one political party over another.
The map, passed by the Democratic-controlled legislature and signed into law by Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul in February, gave the party the advantage in 22 of the state's 26 districts, according to analysts. Democrats currently hold 19 of 27 districts and the state will lose one seat this year due to sluggish population growth.
The plan helped offset Republican-skewed maps in states such as Texas and Georgia and went a long way toward erasing what had initially been expected to be a challenging national redistricting cycle for Democrats.
Democratic leaders immediately said they would file an appeal and expect the decision to be put on hold in the meantime.
"This is one step in the process," said Mike Murphy, a spokesperson for the Democratic Senate majority. "We always knew this case would be decided by the appellate courts."
In an 18-page decision, McAllister set April 11 as a deadline for a new map and said he would engage an expert to draw one if the legislature failed to come to a bipartisan compromise.
New York's primary election is scheduled for June 28, and McAllister acknowledged that an expert-drawn map might not be finished in time for this year's elections.
Under U.S. law, states must redraw congressional and legislative lines every decade to account for population changes. In most states, lawmakers control the process, allowing parties to manipulate lines for partisan advantage in a practice known as gerrymandering.
Thursday's decision is the second redistricting setback for Democrats in the span of a week. A Maryland court last Friday tossed a new Democratic-drawn map as an illegal gerrymander.
Judges in Ohio, North Carolina and Pennsylvania previously struck down Republican-favored maps.
Democrats currently hold a 222-210 edge in the U.S. House of Representatives, with three vacancies. Opinion polls suggest Republicans are favored to retake the House majority in November, which would allow them to block much of Democratic President Joe Biden's agenda.
In a conference call with reporters, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, the co-chair of the National Republican Redistricting Trust, which supports Republican redistricting efforts, said New York Democrats should be "ashamed of themselves for what they tried to do here."
(Reporting by Joseph Ax; Additional reporting by Sharon Bernstein Editing by Bill Berkrot and Rosalba O'Brien)
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Overnight Energy & Environment — Biden pushes to curb truck pollution
Welcome to Monday’s Overnight Energy & Environment, your source for the latest news focused on energy, the environment and beyond. Subscribe here: thehill.com/newsletter-signup.
Today we’re looking at the Biden administration’s proposed rule on truck pollution, Congressional proposals for a ban on Russian energy imports and a record high for average national gas prices.
For The Hill, we’re Rachel Frazin and Zack Budryk. Write to us with tips: rfrazin@thehill.com and zbudryk@thehill.com. Follow us on Twitter: @RachelFrazin and @BudrykZack.
Let’s jump in.
Buses, trucks targeted for pollution reduction
The Biden administration announced on Monday that it is proposing a new rule that would aim to slash pollution generated by heavy-duty vehicles, including buses and trucks.
The administration seeks to cut releases of nitrogen oxides — which can contribute to asthma and other lung conditions — from new heavy-duty vehicles by up to 90 percent by 2031 when compared to current standards.
If finalized, this Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) action would be the first update to current regulations in 20 years, and the White House said the measure would have significant public health impacts.
According to a White House fact sheet, the rule would prevent about 2,000 premature deaths as well as 6,700 hospital and emergency room visits. It would also result in 18,000 fewer cases of childhood asthma, the White House said.
What else? Meanwhile, the EPA said that the rule is also expected to set updated greenhouse gas standards for certain types of commercial vehicles — a measure aiming to mitigate climate change.
The transportation sector is the largest contributor to climate change in the U.S. — making up 29 percent of planet-warming emissions. Fossil fuels burned by vehicles are also major contributors to air pollution, which can have harmful impacts on human health.
Monday’s announcement is just the first of several steps the administration is taking to cut pollution from medium- and heavy-duty vehicles.
MORE TO COME
During a speech announcing the latest steps, EPA Administrator Michael Regan called Monday’s announcement “only the first step in EPA’s three-part plan” to get to a zero-emission freight sector.
He said the agency would aim to cut air and climate pollution from medium-duty vehicles in its second step.
In its third step, the agency will establish “new and significantly stronger” greenhouse gas standards for heavy-duty vehicles starting as soon as model year 2030.
“We’re taking this three-step approach because the freight and trucking sector is broad and complex and because we cannot afford the health, environmental injustice and climate consequences,” he said.
The administration said that it plans to take on Monday’s action in one of two ways.
Under the first, it would ratchet up nitrogen oxide standards for model year 2027 and again in model year 2031. Under the second option, it would tighten the standards only in 2027.
Read more about the proposal here.
Trade lawmakers propose Russian energy ban
The Democratic and Republican leaders of the two congressional committees covering trade policy reached a deal Monday on a bill to ban energy imports and suspend normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus.
The chairmen and ranking members of the House Ways and Means Committee and Senate Finance Committee said in a Monday statement they would soon introduce a bill to ban imports of Russian energy products. The bill would also give President Biden authority to boost tariffs and impose other trade barriers for goods from Russia and Belarus, require the White House to advocate for Russia’s removal from the World Trade Organization and oppose Belarus joining the organization.
“Taking these actions will send a clear message to Putin that his war is unacceptable and the United States stands firmly with our NATO allies,” said House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.), Ways and Means ranking member Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Finance ranking member Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) in a statement.
“While Congress needs to do more, as the congressional leaders with jurisdiction over our nation’s trade policy, we are committed to using the tools at our disposal to stop Russia’s unconscionable and unjust war on Ukraine and to hold Belarus accountable for its involvement.”
The background: Biden is under growing pressure from lawmakers and leaders in both parties to ban Russian energy imports and target a major source of wealth for the Kremlin. While Russia’s economy has already begun to crumble under sanctions imposed by the U.S. and allies, its oil and gas sector has been largely exempted from the penalties.
American and European leaders have tried to avoid any sanctions that would cause oil and natural gas prices to spike after a year of steep increases. European Union nations depend heavily on Russian oil and natural gas imports, and rising demand for U.S. energy products would boost prices within the states as well.
But the White House has opened the door to a ban on Russian energy imports amid growing bipartisan pressure and an unrelenting assault on Ukraine from the Russian army.
Read more from The Hill’s Sylvan Lane.
Average gas prices hit record high: analysis
National average gas prices have reached an all-time high of just over $4.10 a gallon, according to data from the gas price analysis platform GasBuddy.
The national average on Monday reached $4.104 a gallon, surpassing the 2008 record of $4.103.
Saturday saw the first occasion since 2008 that the national average exceeded $4 a gallon.
The increase on Friday fell short of the single-day record increase of 18 cents, but the national average has also set a new record for the biggest increase in a seven-day period. The previous record, set in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, was 49 cents.
“Americans have never seen gasoline prices this high, nor have we seen the pace of increases so fast and furious. That combination makes this situation all the more remarkable and intense, with crippling sanctions on Russia curbing their flow of oil, leading to the massive spike in the price of all fuels: gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and more,” Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, said in a statement.
“It’s a dire situation and won’t improve any time soon. The high prices are likely to stick around for not days or weeks, like they did in 2008, but months. GasBuddy now expects the yearly national average to rise to its highest ever recorded,” he added.
The AAA national average gas price monitor, however, showed the average slightly below the record Monday, at $4.065 per gallon. The day before, AAA recorded a 10-year high of $4.009, the highest since 2008.
Gas prices were already on the rise before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, due in large part to an increase in demand as COVID-19-related restrictions lifted. Since the invasion began in February, prices have continued to surge.
Read more about the milestone here.
ON TAP FOR TOMORROW
- The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee will hold a business meeting to consider nominations
- The House Energy & Commerce Committee will hold a hearing entitled “Charging Forward: Securing American Manufacturing and Our EV Future”
WHAT WE’RE READING
- Inside FDA’s ‘forever chemicals’ catastrophe (E&E News)
- Wind and solar power producing record amount of US electricity (USA Today)
- A Natural Gas Giant Is Waging A Sneaky War On A Minor Colorado Climate Policy (HuffPost)
- Agribusiness giants tried to thwart EU deforestation plan after Cop26 pledge (The Guardian)
- ‘This is unacceptable’: EPA chief visits failing sewage systems in Alabama Black Belt (AL.com)
ICYMI
- New study warns half of Amazon rainforest could turn into savanna
- EU to cut dependence on Russian gas by 80 percent this year: report
- These are the 10 most expensive states for gas
- Murphy calls for replacing Russian oil with renewable energy in case of potential ban
And finally, something offbeat and off-beat: Ready for his close-pup
That’s it for today, thanks for reading. Check out The Hill’s energy & environment page for the latest news and coverage. We’ll see you tomorrow.
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MIAMI (AP) — A Florida police officer fatally shot a man who was able to arm himself after being arrested Thursday, officials said.
The shooting occurred shortly before noon at a western Miami-Dade home, according to a police news release.
Miami-Dade police officers had been assisting Homeland Security Investigations and the U.S. Marshals Service when they took a 53-year-old man into custody, police said. The man complained of feeling ill, and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded to evaluate him. During the evaluation, the man somehow armed himself, and shots were fired, officials said.
The man died at the scene. No other injuries were reported.
The shooting is being investigated by state police officials.
Police didn't immediately release the names or races of the dead man or the officer who shot him.
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Scott L. Montgomery, University of Washington
(THE CONVERSATION) The Biden administration on March 31, 2022, said it plans to release an unprecedented 180 million barrels of oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve to combat the recent spike in gas and diesel prices. About a million barrels of oil will be released every day for up to six months.
If all the oil is released, it would represent almost one-third of the current volume of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. It follows a release of 30 million barrels in early March, a large withdrawal until the latest one.
But what is the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, why was it created, and when has it been used? And does it still serve a purpose, given that the U.S. exports more oil and other petroleum products than it imports?
As an energy researcher, I believe considering the reserve’s history can help answer these questions.
Origins of the reserve
Congress created the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as part of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 in response to a global oil crisis.
Arab oil-exporting states led by Saudi Arabia had cut supply to the world market because of Western support for Israel in the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Oil prices quadrupled, resulting in major economic damage to the U.S. and other countries. This also shook the average American, who had grown used to cheap oil.
The oil crisis caused the U.S., Japan and 15 other advanced countries to form the International Energy Agency in 1974 to recommend policies that would forestall such events in the future. One of the agency’s key ideas was to create emergency petroleum reserves that could be drawn on in case of a severe supply disruption.
The Energy Policy and Conservation Act originally stipulated the reserve should hold up to 1 billion barrels of crude and refined petroleum products. Though it has never reached that size, the U.S. reserve is the largest in the world, with a maximum volume of 714 million barrels. The cap was previously set at 727 million barrels.
As of March 25, 2022, the reserve contained about 568 million barrels.
Oil in the reserve is stored underground in a series of large underground salt domes in four locations along the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana, and is linked to major supply pipelines in the region.
Salt domes, formed when a mass of salt is forced upward, are a good choice for storage since salt is impermeable and has low solubility in crude oil. Most of the storage sites were acquired by the federal government in 1977 and became fully operational in the 1980s.
History of drawdowns
In the 1975 act, Congress specified that the reserve was intended to prevent “severe supply interruptions” – that is, actual oil shortages.
Over time, as the oil market has changed, Congress expanded the list of reasons for which the Strategic Petroleum Reserve could be tapped, such as domestic supply interruptions due to extreme weather.
Prior to March 2022, about 280 million barrels of crude oil had been released since the reserve’s creation, including a 50 million release that began in November 2021.
There have only been three emergency releases in the reserve’s history. The first was in 1991 after Iraq invaded Kuwait the year before, which resulted in a sharp drop in oil supply to the world market. The U.S. released 34 million barrels.
The second release, of 30 million barrels, came in 2005 after Hurricanes Rita and Katrina knocked out Gulf of Mexico production, which then comprised about 25% of U.S. domestic supply.
The third was a coordinated release by the International Energy Agency in 2011 as a result of supply disruptions from several oil-producing countries, including Libya, then facing civil unrest during the Arab Spring. In all, the agency coordinated a release of 60 million barrels of crude, half of which came from the U.S.
In addition, there have been 11 planned sales of oil from the reserve, mainly to generate federal revenue. One of these – the 1996-1997 sale to reduce the federal budget deficit – seemed to serve political ends rather than supply-related ones.
A better way to avoid pain at the pump
President Joe Biden’s November decision to tap the reserve was also seen as political by Republicans because there was no emergency shortage of supply at that time.
Similarly, the latest historic release of 180 million barrels could also be seen as serving a political purpose – in an election year, no less. But I believe it also seems perfectly legitimate in terms of fulfilling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve’s original purpose: reducing the negative impacts of a major oil price shock.
Though the U.S. is today a net petroleum exporter, it continues to import as much as 8.2 million barrels of crude oil every day.
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But in my view, the best way to avoid the pain of oil price shocks is to lower oil demand by reducing global carbon emissions – rather than mainly relying on releases from the reserve.
This is an updated version of an article originally published on Nov. 24, 2021.
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NORTH PORT — With a week until the season starts, the Rays are down to filling the final spots in their bullpen.
Or at least they hope so.
Starter Luis Patino looked to be fully over his shoulder discomfort in working two crisp innings in his spring debut Thursday against the Braves.
Outfielders Kevin Kiermaier and Austin Meadows appeared fine in their return to action after missing time with minor injuries.
And while All-Star catcher Mike Zunino is being shut down for a few days due to what manager Kevin Cash said was a “cranky” right shoulder, the Rays are somewhat optimistic he will be good to go April 8.
With two of their most promising prospects, Vidal Brujan and Josh Lowe, optioned to the minors, the 13 position players on the 28-man opening day appear to be set. As seemingly are the five starters.
That leaves filling the final three bullpen openings the Rays’ biggest decisions. Barring an acquisition following Pete Fairbanks’ injury, they will pick from right-handers Jason Adam, Chris Mazza and Ryan Thompson, and lefties Josh Fleming and Colin Poche.
That presumes the Rays get through the last week of spring with no issues from the seven relievers who look to be assured spots: lefties Jalen Beeks, Brooks Raley and Jeffrey Springs; right-handers JT Chargois, J.P. Feyereisen, Andrew Kittredge and Matt Wisler.
Cash said they are looking for roughly a 50-50 mix of relievers who can work one-plus inning stints and be available on consecutive days, and who can handle two-plus innings and thus need several days off.
Under that plan, Mazza, who has been stretched to as many as four innings, would seem to be a good fit for one of the spots and can be added to the roster once Fairbanks is placed on on the 60-day injured list.
Presuming the Rays want another righty, that leaves Adam and Thompson. Adam, signed March 17, has looked sharp and has big-league time over parts of four seasons. Thompson, who provides a different look with a sidearm delivery, is considered healthy after missing the final three months last season with arm issues that led to thoracic outlet syndrome surgery, but Thursday was just his second spring game. Edge? Adam.
Of the two lefties, Fleming provides more versatility and is able to handle multiple innings, even to be slated to work behind Drew Rasmussen and Patino, who figure to be on inning limits early on. Poche, out since spring 2020 after Tommy John surgery, is more of a short-stint option. Advantage? Fleming.
Here is a look at some other things we think we know:
Batting order
Not much about the order is set because it really never is with the Rays — Cash used 158 in 162 games last year — but some things seem solid. Expect to see Wander Franco start the year planted in the No. 2 spot, with Randy Arozarena batting leadoff against lefties and Brandon Lowe vs. right-handers. The Nos. 3-4 spots are likely to be manned most days by some combination of Austin Meadows, Ji-Man Choi, Yandy Diaz and Arozarena.
From there it will change based on the usual factors such as matchups with the opposing starter and relievers likely to work that day, the handedness of the Rays hitters (and how they handle same-side pitchers), Cash’s preference to have them alternate and who else is playing that day, among other factors. Figure Kiermaier and the catcher, Zunino or Francisco Mejia, near the bottom.
Roster
The Rays will take advantage of the two rule changes MLB made through May 1, expanding rosters from 26 to 28 and eliminating the cap on pitchers at 13, to bolster their pitching staff to 15 with 10 relievers.
Rotation
With Patino saying he felt “super good” after Thursday’s outing, the five starters seem to be set, with Fleming acknowledging he is more likely competing for a bulk-inning role than a starting spot. If that’s the case, and with Shane Baz out due to arthroscopic elbow surgery, the rotation could line up something like this: Shane McClanahan, Rasmussen, Corey Kluber, Patino and Ryan Yarbrough.
Rays 5, Braves 1: The Rays (4-7-2) drew 11 walks, including five in the third inning, to beat the Braves on Thursday. Randy Arozarena had three hits; Wander Franco struck out a personal high-matching three times. … The team has expanded the Salute to Service free/discounted ticket program for select games to include nurses in addition to active-duty military and veterans, teachers and first responders. ... Outfielder/DH Harold Ramirez took ground balls at first base, where he has played during winter ball in Colombia. … Corey Kluber threw 68 pitches over five simulated innings of live batting practice in Port Charlotte.
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JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (March 31, 2022) – Capt. Darren Guenther, chief of staff, Commander, Navy Region Hawaii, answers questions and gives updates regarding water distribution system recovery efforts during a live update broadcast over social media. The Interagency Drinking Water System Team is a joint initiative where the U.S. Navy is working closely with the Hawaii Department of Health, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army to restore safe drinking water to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam housing communities through sampling and flushing. For detailed information, go to: www.navy.mil/jointbasewater. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mar'Queon A. D. Tramble)
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By Adriano Marchese
Vitalhub Corp. said Thursday that it intends to raise 17.5 million Canadian dollars, the equivalent of US$14 million, in a bought deal public offering.
The mobile health platform said it has agreed to sell 5.6 million shares of the company to a syndicate of underwriters and give them the option to purchase up to an additional 15% of the offering shares.
The price per share was set at C$3.10.
The company expects to use the proceeds to fund its growth initiatives, as well as for working capital and general corporate purposes.
Write to Adriano Marchese at adriano.marchese@wsj.com
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Tristan Sailor found not guilty of sexual assault
“We were continuously educated on that, and we’ve always been told to ensure that consent is given, that they’re comfortable with anything that’s going to happen,” Mr Sailor stated.
On Thursday, a jury of seven males and three ladies discovered Mr Sailor not responsible of two counts of sexual activity with out consent, recklessly inflicting precise bodily hurt, after deliberating for about three hours.
He was additionally discovered not responsible of the choice expenses of sexual activity with out consent which didn’t have a bodily hurt ingredient.
In closing arguments, Mr Sailor’s barrister Richard Pontello, SC, stated if the jury accepted his consumer’s proof was true, or may very well be true, they have to acquit him.
Mr Pontello stated the lady’s incapability to recollect the sexual activity didn’t imply she didn’t consent, citing knowledgeable proof that the lady may have seemed to be “conscious, coherent and fully alert during the period that she engaged in sexual intercourse with Mr Sailor and yet have no memory of it the next day”.
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“That’s it. That’s exactly what happened in this case,” Mr Pontello stated.
When the verdicts have been delivered, Mr Sailor’s mom and his father Wendell Sailor started to cowl their faces and sob within the courtroom’s public gallery.
Mr Sailor stepped out of the dock, hugging his mother and father and his legal professionals.
As he left courtroom along with his relieved supporters, Mr Sailor stated he would wait to digest what had occurred and make a press release later. He thanked everybody who had supported him all through the case.
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NEW YORK — Bronx drill rapper Dougie B was among a group of men taken into custody Thursday after a shot was fired across the street from Bronx Supreme Court, his attorney confirmed.
The rapper’s arrest comes one day after he was filming a music video in the Bronx with Cardi B.
Court officers and New York Daily News reporters heard at least one shot fired near the East 161st Street parking lot just before 1 p.m. as attorneys and many court employees prepared to go on lunch break.
Court officers raced across the street and took “several individuals” into custody, a court spokesman said. At least four people were taken away in handcuffs. Attorney Dawn Florio confirmed Dougie B was among those slapped in cuffs.
The shooting occurred after a group of men began arguing with each other by the parking lot. One group began chasing the other before a man wearing black pulled a gun and fired a shot. A Daily News reporter witnessed the incident.
It was not immediately clear what sparked the shooting.
Dougie B, whose real name is Arion Howard, was due in Bronx Supreme Court for a 2:15 p.m. court appearance on an unrelated case when the shot was fired and he was taken into custody. His arrest was captured on video.
It was not clear what charges, if any, the “Kill Em With Kindness” rapper will face.
Twitter posts showed the rising music star was in the Bronx on Wednesday shooting a rap video with Cardi B.
No injuries were reported in the shooting and no charges were immediately filed.
The mayhem came right after a hearing in Family Court for another drill rapper, C Blu. The 16-year-old rapper has pleaded not guilty to assault in connection with an arrest that resulted in both the teen and a police officer being shot. That case prompted New York Mayor Eric Adams to criticize drill for fueling deadly gang beefs.
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Agreement Contains Substantial Wage, Benefit Increases
SIMI VALLEY, Calif., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- After nine months of negotiations, workers at Waste Management, Inc. (WMI) in Simi Valley, Calif. have voted by a 97 percent margin to ratify their first contract with Teamsters Local 186.
"These workers were tired of the harassment and mistreatment from management, so they fought hard to organize and then they fought hard for a collective bargaining agreement," said Abel Garcia, Local 186 Secretary-Treasurer. "This was a long, tough fight but we overcame the company's stall tactics. The WMI Negotiating Committee hammered out the issues and stuck together throughout the process. It's a great first contract."
The contract includes a number of substantial improvements, including significant annual wage increases, overtime guarantees, pension contributions, and a better, more affordable union health care plan.
Juan Moreno, a residential driver who has been with WMI for over 24 years, served on the union negotiating committee and is proud to be working under a strong Teamster contract.
"With the union, work is better for everyone," said Moreno. "The pay is better, they have to treat us better, and now we have the confidence to talk about our problems and concerns. My wife is in a union, so I've seen how other people in a union are at work. They're much happier, much less stressed on the job."
Teamsters Local 186 represents workers in a wide variety of industries throughout Ventura County and the surrounding communities. For more information, go to https://www.teamsterslocal186.org/.
Contact:
Dan Moskowitz, (770) 262-4971
dmoskowitz@teamster.org
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Which Josie Maran products are best?
Josie Maran, the eponymous brand founded by the model and entrepreneur, made its name by formulating rich, nourishing products that look great on the skin and add moisture and a youthful glow. With a full range of options, from body butters to eye creams and cosmetics, it’s hard to choose just one. But if you’re looking for a popular all-purpose product that lets you sample this bestselling line, the Josie Maran The Glow Duo Kit is the top choice.
What to know before you buy a Josie Maran product
Face vs. body
Josie Maran has a great array of products for face and body, each formulated to be effective but gentle. If you’re looking to refine the skin on your face to prepare it for makeup application, or if you wear cosmetics every day, lean into their face oils and butters. If you’re finding the skin on your body consistently ashy or flaky, choose a body product instead.
Your skin’s needs
Josie Maran tends to include rich, hydrating oils in their formulations, including argan oil, the cornerstone of many of their products. If you have oily or acne-prone skin, lean into their lighter products made for oily skin.
Travel size vs. full size
If you’re just getting started learning about this cult favorite skin care line, you can test out the products for less with their travel-sized offerings. Bonus: They fit in your makeup bag for when you need to take your skin care on the go.
What to look for in a quality Josie Maran product
Hydration
One of Josie Maran’s key qualities is the rich moisturizing ingredients they infuse into their products. So if you’re dealing with dry or flaky skin, Josie Maran has a lot of terrific options that go on thick but absorb fully, like their signature argan oil.
SPF
We all know we should wear SPF daily to protect our skin, but so often these formulas have a chemical smell and feel too heavy on the face. Not Josie Maran’s — all products with SPF are light, clean and easy to layer on under makeup, making them a great choice when you want to get serious about your sun protection.
Gentle exfoliation
Exfoliating doesn’t have to be harsh and tough on the skin, as demonstrated by the variety of Josie Maran products that offer gentle skin rejuvenation for glowing, healthy-looking skin. Try their retinol or enzyme products for a mild clean.
How much you can expect to spend on a Josie Maran product
Josie Maran products range from as low as $17 to upward of $50 for kits and larger sizes.
Josie Maran products FAQ
Are Josie Maran products cruelty-free?
A. Per the brand’s website, their products are cruelty-free, phthalate-free, formaldehyde-free and don’t contain synthetic fragrances, mineral oil or gluten.
What’s the best way to apply Josie Maran moisturizing products?
A. First, get your skin clean and well-exfoliated. Then, while skin is still damp, apply your preferred Josie Maran moisturizer. The reason it’s preferable to apply moisturizers on damp skin is that the product can seal in the natural moisture already present in the skin, leading to a healthy, natural feel.
Do Josie Maran products expire?
A. Because Josie Maran products are made with natural ingredients and a minimum of preservatives, you’ll want to replace them every 12 to 18 months to ensure their freshness.
What’s the best Josie Maran product to buy?
Top Josie Maran product
What you need to know: This combination of the brand’s favorites, including their Whipped Argan Oil Face Butter, Bright Skin Vitamin C Serum, and signature 100% Pure Argan Oil, offers brightening and soothing for most skin types.
What you’ll love: If you’ve got any dullness, dryness, or even dark spots, this combo smooths out your skin and evens out tone while giving you a healthy glow. The company suggests using the vitamin C serum first, allowing it to absorb fully before applying the face butter and then the argan oil.
What you should consider: The three-step process can seem lengthy to some. If you don’t deal with dark spots, or want an on-the-go routine, opt for just the face butter on most days, with the full application on weekends when you have extra time to let products absorb.
Where to buy: Sold by Sephora
Top Josie Maran product for the money
Josie Maran Mini 100% Pure Argan Oil Light
What you need to know: Get started with the benefits of argan oil with this light formulation that soaks in even faster than the original.
What you’ll love: This oil absorbs into skin with the speed of a light cream and leaves your face feeling hydrated and glowing. Ideal for even oilier and sensitive skin types, as well as those prone to breakouts, it’s formulated to provide all the benefits of regular argan oil while absorbing quickly into a matte base.
What you should consider: This is a mini size, and if you’re an avid user, you’ll need to restock quickly.
Where to buy: Sold by Sephora
Worth checking out
What you need to know: Josie Maran’s roots as a skincare company show even in their cosmetics, as this moisture-rich color stick demonstrates. It goes on smooth and creamy and feels great on your skin.
What you’ll love: Versatile and sunny, this color brightens up most complexions. Use it on cheeks or lips to bring a touch of summer to your look any time of the year. The creamy stick blends easily and goes on sheer for a dash of color that’s not overpowering.
What you should consider: If you’re sensitive to smells, you should know this has a distinct menthol aroma, which can feel especially strong if you apply it on lips.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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MIAMI, April 1 — Nick Kyrgios has been fined US$35,000 (RM147,166) for his behaviour during a fourth-round loss to Jannik Sinner at the Miami Open in which he criticised the umpire and smashed his racket, the sport’s governing ATP said on Thursday.
After repeatedly berating umpire Carlos Bernardes for failing to control the crowd at the Masters 1000 tournament on Tuesday, Kyrgios received a point penalty in the first set tiebreak for telling a friend in the stands he could do a better job officiating.
The Australian wild card then received a game penalty — putting Italian Sinner up a break at the start of the second set — after repeatedly yelling “What is unsportsmanlike?” to Bernardes, and then walked to his bench, where he whacked his racket against the court.
The ATP said Kyrgios was fined US$5,000 for audible obscenity, US$10,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct and US$20,000 for verbal abuse.
Asked after the match about his behaviour, Kyrgios defended his character while railing against the umpire.
“He’s not even going to get a slap on the wrist for his dreadful umpiring performance today. Like, he was horrendous,” said the Australian.
The incident followed an outburst at Indian Wells earlier this month, where Kyrgios lost his temper after losing in the quarter-final to Rafa Nadal, smashing his racket to the ground, which then bounced up and almost hit a ball boy.
He apologised after the match and was fined US$25,000. — Reuters
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Mutations in the TP53 tumour suppressor gene are found in ~50% of human cancers [1,2,3,4,5,6]. TP53 functions as a transcription factor that directly regulates the expression of ~500 genes, some of them involved in cell cycle arrest/cell senescence, apoptotic cell death or DNA damage repair, i.e. the cellular responses that together prevent tumorigenesis [1,2,3,4,5,6]. Defects in TP53 function not only cause tumour development but also impair the response of malignant cells to anti-cancer drugs, particularly those that induce DNA damage [1,2,3,4,5,6]. Most mutations in TP53 in human cancers cause a single amino acid substitution, usually within the DNA binding domain of the TP53 protein. These mutant TP53 proteins are often expressed at high levels in the malignant cells. Three cancer causing attributes have been postulated for mutant TP53 proteins: the inability to activate target genes controlled by wt TP53 (loss-of-function, LOF) that are critical for tumour suppression, dominant negative effects (DNE), i.e. blocking the function of wt TP53 in cells during early stages of transformation when mutant and wt TP53 proteins are co-expressed, and gain-of-function (GOF) effects whereby mutant TP53 impacts diverse cellular pathways by interacting with proteins that are not normally engaged by wt TP53 [1,2,3,4,5,6]. The GOF effects of mutant TP53 were reported to be essential for the sustained proliferation and survival of malignant cells and it was therefore proposed that agents that can remove mutant TP53 protein would have substantial therapeutic impact [7,8,9]. In this review article we discuss evidence for and against the value of targeting mutant TP53 protein for cancer therapy.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Harris English has decided not to play in the Masters next week as he recovers from surgery to repair a torn labrum.
English was a two-time winner on the PGA Tour last year and finished third in the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines. He has not played since the Sony Open in Honolulu the second week of the year.
“I’m progressing very well from recent hip surgery, but have to exercise caution as I return to play,” English said on Twitter.
There are no alternates at the Masters, an invitation tournament. That puts the field at 90 players, with one spot available if the Texas Open winner this week is not eligible.
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CALGARY, AB, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - mCloud Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ: MCLD) (TSXV: MCLD), ("mCloud" or the "Company") a leading provider of AI-powered asset management and Environmental, Social, and Governance ("ESG") solutions, today announced it will host a conference call to discuss the financial results for the year-end and fourth quarter of 2021 and its outlook on 2022 at 10:00am EDT on April 4, 2022.
The conference call will include prepared remarks from Russ McMeekin, Chief Executive Officer, and Chantal Schutz, Chief Financial Officer. After the prepared remarks, the Company will accept questions.
This date and time follows from the Company's release on March 30 it would add a discussion of its recent partnership with Carbon Royalty Corp and Middle East strategic financing alternatives to prepared remarks.
To access the conference call by telephone, dial 416-764-8659 or 1-888-664-6392 with the confirmation number 74107253. Please connect approximately 10 minutes prior to the beginning of the call to ensure participation. The conference call will be archived for replay by telephone until April 11, 2022 at midnight (ET). To access the archived conference call, dial 1-888-390-0541 and enter the reservation number 107253.
A live audio webcast of the conference call will be available at https://bit.ly/3NvJvZs. Please connect at least 15 minutes prior to the conference call to ensure adequate time for any software download that may be required to join the webcast. The webcast will be archived at the above website for one year.
About mCloud Technologies Corp.
mCloud is unlocking the untapped potential of energy intensive assets with AI and analytics, curbing energy waste, maximizing energy production, and getting the most out of critical energy infrastructure. Through mCloud's AI-powered AssetCare™ platform, mCloud offers complete asset management solutions for commercial buildings, renewable energy, healthcare, heavy industry, and connected workers. IoT sensors bring data from connected assets into the cloud, where AI and analytics are applied to maximize their performance.
With a worldwide presence and offices in San Francisco, Vancouver, Calgary, London, Perth, Singapore, and Beijing, the mCloud family includes an ecosystem of operating subsidiaries that deliver high-performance IoT, AI, 3D, and mobile capabilities to customers, all integrated into AssetCare. With over 100 blue-chip customers and more than 63,000 assets connected in thousands of locations worldwide, mCloud is changing the way energy assets are managed.
mCloud's common shares trade in the United States on the Nasdaq and in Canada on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol MCLD. mCloud's convertible debentures trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol MCLD.DB. For more information, visit www.mcloudcorp.com.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military needs to adjust its planning, training, targeting and use of weapons in order to better avoid widespread civilian deaths and damage such as the devastating 2017 battle to liberate the Syrian city of Raqqa from Islamic State militants, a new RAND report said Thursday.
The report requested by the Pentagon reflects criticism of the military's airstrike campaign that, according to some estimates, killed more than 1,600 civilians in Raqqa, as the U.S.-led coalition worked to destroy the Islamic State caliphate that wrested control of large swaths of Iraq and Syria.
Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said the report, which lays out a series of recommendations to improve military procedures and strategy, will be used as the department develops its own broader plan to reduce civlian harm.
“No other military works as hard as we do to mitigate civilian harm, and yet we still cause it,” said Kirby. ”We're going to continue to try to learn from past issues.”
RAND concluded that the battle for Raqqa provided important lessons.
Michael McNerney, lead author of the RAND report, called Raqqa “a cautionary tale about civilian harm in urban combat.” He said it "should serve as an extra incentive to the DoD to strengthen its policies and procedures to mitigate, document and respond to civilian harm.”
The RAND report noted that there has been a wide range of estimated civilian casualties during the seige, but also said it believes that 60%-80% of Raqqa was left uninhabitable by the time the city was liberated in October 2017.
Initially the U.S.-led coalition estimted that it was responsible for 38 incidents involving 240 civilian casualties — including 178 who were killed. A consortium of local Syrian and international groups, including Amnesty International and Airwars, put the number of casualties at a “high estimate” of 1,600, but said that about 774 of them could specifically be “verified” by data as the result of coalition action.
The report makes it clear that several thousand more civilians likely died, based on the number of bodies uncovered by U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, but many were probably killed by IS or other fighters on the ground.
“Our report focuses on U.S. actions in Raqqa, but the actions of the Syrian government and its Russian and Iranian partners undoubtedly contributed far more to civilian harm and suffering in Syria overall,” McNerney said.
The report noted that the challenges in Raqqa were compounded by limits on the number U.S. troops that could be there, as well as where they could be positioned. U.S. troops on the ground could have provided better targeting and civilian information, including on Islamic State militants' efforts to use civilians as human shields, the report said.
RAND recommended that the U.S. military provide more extensive training and guidance on the need to avoid civilian harm, and plan and execute operations in ways to achieve those goals. Changes could include improved planning, better assessments of potential collateral damage, increased mission rehearsals, improved intelligence gathering, and more selective use of air strikes and munitions that minimize bomb fragmentation.
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BOSTON (AP) — A bill aimed at banning discrimination based on natural and protective hairstyles in workplaces, school districts, and school-related organizations was unanimously approved Thursday by the Massachusetts Senate.
The vote comes two weeks after the Massachusetts House approved a similar bill.
Supporters say Black women in particular have faced pressure in school and the workplace to alter their hair to conform to policies biased against natural hairstyles.
The Senate added a provision to the House version of the bill that would include the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association to the list of school entities banned from adopting and implementing restrictions on natural hairstyles.
Advocates say the change will ensure those participating in sports and extracurricular activities will not be asked to change their natural or protective hairstyles in order to participate.
The bill has its roots in the case of a Massachusetts charter school that came under fire in 2017 for a policy of banning hair braid extensions. After intense criticism, the school abandoned the policy.
The U.S. House also approved a bill earlier this month that would bar discrimination against Black people who wear hairstyles like Afros, cornrows or tightly coiled twists in society, school and the workplace. The federal bill would explicitly say that such discrimination is a violation of federal civil rights law.
President Joe Biden has said he would sign the bill into law. It now heads to the U.S. Senate.
Lawmakers in the Massachusetts House and Senate now have to come up with a single version of the bill before taking a final vote and shipping it to Republican Gov. Charlie Baker for his signature.
If signed into law, Massachusetts would become the fifteenth state to adopt the measure, known as the CROWN Act.
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Atlanta Braves Manager Brian Snitker (43) sits in the dugout before facing the Tampa Bay Rays Thursday, March 31, 2022 at Cool Today Park. Photo by Tom O'Neill
Tampa Bay Rays CF Kevin Kiermaier (39) scores against the Atlanta Braves during the 2nd inning Thursday, March 31, 2022 at Cool Today Park. Photo by Tom O'Neill
Atlanta Braves DH Orlando Arcia (11) walks against the Tampa Bay Rays during the 1st inning Thursday, March 31, 2022 at Cool Today Park. Photo by Tom O'Neill
Tampa Bay Rays LF Randy Arozarena (56) greets 1st base coach Chris Prieto (31) after getting a base hit against the Atlanta Braves during the 1st inning Thursday, March 31, 2022 at Cool Today Park. Photo by Tom O'Neill
Atlanta Braves 2B Ozzie Albies (1) forces out Tampa Bay Rays RF Brett Phillips (35) and turns a double play during the 5th inning Thursday, March 31, 2022 at Cool Today Park. Photo by Tom O'Neill
The Atlanta Braves make a pitching change against the Tampa Bay Rays during the 3rd inning Thursday, March 31, 2022 at Cool Today Park. Photo by Tom O'Neill
Atlanta Braves 1B Matt Olson (28) is congratulated in the dugout after hitting a solo home run against the Tampa Bay Rays during the 4th inning Thursday, March 31, 2022 at Cool Today Park. Photo by Tom O'Neill
Atlanta Braves 1B Matt Olson (28) hits a solo home run in front of Tampa Bay Rays catcher Rene Pinto (50) during the 4th inning Thursday, March 31, 2022 at Cool Today Park. Photo by Tom O'Neill
Tampa Bay Rays 2B Brandon Lowe (8) forces out Atlanta Braves SS Dansby Swanson (7) and turns a double play during the 3rd inning Thursday, March 31, 2022 at Cool Today Park. Photo by Tom O'Neill
Atlanta Braves Manager Brian Snitker (43) sits in the dugout before facing the Tampa Bay Rays Thursday, March 31, 2022 at Cool Today Park. Photo by Tom O'Neill
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Tampa Bay Rays CF Kevin Kiermaier (39) scores against the Atlanta Braves during the 2nd inning Thursday, March 31, 2022 at Cool Today Park. Photo by Tom O'Neill
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Atlanta Braves DH Orlando Arcia (11) walks against the Tampa Bay Rays during the 1st inning Thursday, March 31, 2022 at Cool Today Park. Photo by Tom O'Neill
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Tampa Bay Rays LF Randy Arozarena (56) greets 1st base coach Chris Prieto (31) after getting a base hit against the Atlanta Braves during the 1st inning Thursday, March 31, 2022 at Cool Today Park. Photo by Tom O'Neill
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Atlanta Braves 2B Ozzie Albies (1) forces out Tampa Bay Rays RF Brett Phillips (35) and turns a double play during the 5th inning Thursday, March 31, 2022 at Cool Today Park. Photo by Tom O'Neill
Tom O'Neill
The Atlanta Braves make a pitching change against the Tampa Bay Rays during the 3rd inning Thursday, March 31, 2022 at Cool Today Park. Photo by Tom O'Neill
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Atlanta Braves 1B Matt Olson (28) is congratulated in the dugout after hitting a solo home run against the Tampa Bay Rays during the 4th inning Thursday, March 31, 2022 at Cool Today Park. Photo by Tom O'Neill
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Atlanta Braves 1B Matt Olson (28) hits a solo home run in front of Tampa Bay Rays catcher Rene Pinto (50) during the 4th inning Thursday, March 31, 2022 at Cool Today Park. Photo by Tom O'Neill
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Tampa Bay Rays 2B Brandon Lowe (8) forces out Atlanta Braves SS Dansby Swanson (7) and turns a double play during the 3rd inning Thursday, March 31, 2022 at Cool Today Park. Photo by Tom O'Neill
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Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Luis Patino (61) faces the Atlanta Braves Thursday, March 31, 2022 at Cool Today Park. Photo by Tom O'Neill
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Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Kyle Muller (66) faces the Tampa Bay Rays Thursday, March 31, 2022 at Cool Today Park. Photo by Tom O'Neill
Scenes from Thursday's game between the Tampa Bay Rays and Atlanta Braves at CoolToday Park in North Port. The Rays won the game, 5-1, with the help of 11 walks issues by Braves pitchers. Atlanta first baseman Matt Olson provided the Braves' lone run on a long home run to right-center field.
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Shares of Vornado Realty Trust
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slipped 1.90% to $45.32 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
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falling 1.57% to 4,530.41 and Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
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falling 1.56% to 34,678.35. This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses. Vornado Realty Trust closed $5.59 below its 52-week high ($50.91), which the company achieved on June 8th.
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LXP,
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fell 0.57% to $15.70, and Alexander's Inc.
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fell 0.92% to $256.23. Trading volume (1.6 M) remained 84,219 below its 50-day average volume of 1.7 M.
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Childhood lead exposure reduced IQ scores for half of Americans, study says
Exposure to car exhaust from leaded gas slashed hundreds of millions of collective IQ points from about half of the Americans alive today, a new study reports.
Leaded gas, first used in 1923 to maintain engine integrity, reached peak usage in the 1960s and 1970s before being banned in 1996, according to the study. But despite that ban, Americans born before 1996 may be at increased risk for lead-related health issues, including faster aging of the brain, the study’s authors said in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Monday.
“Millions of us are walking around with a history of lead exposure,” co-author Aaron Reuben, a clinical psychology Ph.D candidate at Duke University, said in a statement.
“It’s not like you got into a car accident and had a rotator cuff tear that heals and then you’re fine,” he continued. “It appears to be an insult carried in the body in different ways that we’re still trying to understand but that can have implications for life.”
Lead, a neurotoxin, can erode brain cells once it enters the body, the authors noted, stressing that there is no safe level of exposure at any point in life. But young children are particularly vulnerable to lead due to the chemical’s ability to hinder brain function and decrease cognitive ability.
“Lead is able to reach the bloodstream once it’s inhaled as dust, or ingested, or consumed in water,” Reuben said. “In the bloodstream, it’s able to pass into the brain through the blood-brain barrier, which is quite good at keeping a lot of toxicants and pathogens out of the brain, but not all of them.”
Reuben, together with colleagues at Florida State University, looked at childhood blood-lead levels from 11,616 small children from 1976 to 2016 using data available from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. They combined these figures with leaded gas consumption data as well as population statistics to ascertain the “lifelong burden of lead exposure” of every American in 2015.
Drawing from these different data streams, they calculated that more than 170 million Americans had clinically concerning levels of lead in their blood when they were children.
This reality, according to the researchers, likely reduced IQs and put these individuals at heightened risk for long-term health effects such as smaller brain size, increased incidence of mental illness and greater chance of cardiovascular disease in adulthood.
Childhood exposure to leaded gasoline likely led to a collective plummet of 824 million IQ points — nearly three per American, the authors found. At its worst, they observed, individuals born in the mid-to-late 1960s may have lost up tosix IQ points.
Those children who registered the highest levels of lead in their blood — eight times the current level that triggers clinical concern — may have lost an average of more than seven IQ points during this period, according to the study.
“I frankly was shocked,” Michael McFarland, study co-author and a professor of sociology at Florida State University, said in a statement. “And when I look at the numbers, I’m still shocked even though I’m prepared for it.”
While a drop in just a few IQ points could seem negligible, the authors stressed that such changes are influential enough to shift a person with below-average cognitive ability — considered an IQ score less than 85 — to being categorized as having an intellectual disability, or one below 70.
“Essentially everyone born during those two decades are all but guaranteed to have been exposed to pernicious levels of lead from car exhaust,” the authors said.
After unearthing these stark findings, Reuben said that he now plans to examine the long-term impacts of past lead exposure on brain health in old age, citing previous studies suggesting that such exposure might quicken brain aging.
McFarland, meanwhile, said that among his next steps will be analyzing the racial disparities that have played into lead exposure, as Black children have historically been exposed more often to lead in comparison to their white peers.
While leaded gasoline may no longer be fueling American automobiles, aging infrastructure still conveys water via lead pipes in various parts of the country. November’s bipartisan infrastructure bill allocated $2.9 billion toward replacing such pipes, while the Biden administration announced further removal plans in December.
In response to the latest findings in Monday’s study, Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.), who has long championed a fight to reduce childhood lead exposure, stressed the urgency of hastening these efforts.
Some 99,000 residents of Flint, Mich., were exposed to lead in their drinking water in 2014, while residents of Benton Harbor, Mich., are living with an ongoing lead contamination crisis.
“We know lead exposure causes immense suffering in our communities, especially for children and people of color,” Dingell told The Hill in a statement. “But we haven’t done nearly enough to rid our communities of this poison.”
“From Flint to Benton Harbor, Michigan knows the cost of inaction far too well,” she added. “We need to remove lead from all sources and rid it from our communities immediately.”
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Tunisian crisis escalates as president dissolves parliament
Tunisian President Kais Saied late on Wednesday issued a decree dissolving parliament, which has been suspended since final 12 months, after it defied him by voting to repeal decrees that he used to imagine close to whole energy.
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Speaking after a web-based session of greater than half the parliament members, their first since he suspended the chamber in July, Saied accused them of a failed coup and a conspiracy in opposition to state safety and ordered investigations into them.
The parliament session and Saied’s response intensified Tunisia’s political disaster although it was not clear if they’ll immediate any rapid change in his grip on energy.
Any transfer to arrest parliament members who took half in Wednesday’s session, as Saied’s risk of investigations could suggest, would characterize a serious escalation within the confrontation between Saied and his opponents.
“We must protect the state from division… We will not allow the abusers to continue their aggression against the state,” Saied stated in a video posted on-line.
Saied’s opponents accuse him of a coup when he suspended the chamber final summer time, brushed apart many of the 2014 structure and moved to rule by decree as he set about remaking the political system.
“We are not afraid to defend a legitimate institution,” stated Yamina Zoglami, a parliament member from the Islamist Ennahda.
“The people did not withdraw confidence from us. The president closed parliament with a tank.”
Saied, a former regulation professor, says his actions have been constitutional and obligatory to save lots of Tunisia from years of political paralysis and financial stagnation by the hands of a corrupt, self-serving elite.
He says he’ll type a committee to rewrite the structure, put it to a referendum in July then maintain parliamentary elections in December.
Tunisia’s 2014 structure says the parliament should stay in session throughout any distinctive interval of the type introduced by Saied final summer time and that dissolving the chamber ought to set off a brand new election, although he has not but introduced one.
The Free Constitutional Party, a predominant opposition social gathering that polls venture can be the most important in parliament if elections have been held, urged Saied to name early elections following the dissolution of parliament.
Abir Moussi, the social gathering head and a supporter of the late President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, stated that Saied has no alternative, based on the structure, and will name elections inside three months.
Major Western donors have urged Saied to return to the democratic path and regular constitutional rule.
Wednesday’s parliament session was delayed when the web assembly platforms Zoom and Teams stopped working in Tunisia shortly earlier than it was on account of start.
Speaking on radio, impartial MP Iyadh Loumi accused the federal government of disabling the purposes to disrupt the session however the communications know-how minister denied that.
Read extra:
Tunisia union warns of public sector strike against proposed reforms
Tunisia’s president warns against attempts to hold sessions of suspended parliament
IMF due in Tunisia on Friday for talks: Trade union official
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SOMERVILLE, Mass., March 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Finch Therapeutics Group, Inc. (“Finch” or “Finch Therapeutics”) (Nasdaq: FNCH), a clinical-stage microbiome therapeutics company leveraging its Human-First Discovery ® platform to develop a novel class of orally administered biological drugs, today reported fourth quarter and full year 2021 financial results and provided business updates.
“Finch achieved many significant milestones in 2021, including new clinical data readouts that support our lead product candidate, CP101, for the prevention of recurrent C. difficile infection and the advancement of our TAK-524 ulcerative colitis development program to Takeda for further development. Following a strategic review of our pipeline, we have decided to focus on our C. difficile and autism programs, in addition to our partnership with Takeda focused on inflammatory bowel disease, and we have paused development of CP101 for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B infection, preserving capital for our prioritized programs,” said Mark Smith, PhD, Chief Executive Officer of Finch Therapeutics. “With regards to PRISM4, our Phase 3 trial of CP101 in recurrent C. difficile, we have been in communication with the FDA and recently submitted a complete response to the clinical hold related to our IND for CP101 and our SARS-CoV-2 donor screening protocols and we look forward to working closely with the FDA to address their recent requests.”
“Today, we are also announcing the upcoming retirement of Greg Perry, our Chief Financial Officer, who has been an incredible partner to Finch over the past several years and played an instrumental role in our growth from an early-stage private company to a public company with multiple development programs,” added Dr. Smith. “On behalf of our entire team, I want to thank Greg for his many contributions and wish him the best as he heads into his retirement. Greg’s team will be in good hands, with Marc Blaustein, our current Chief Operating Officer, expanding his responsibilities to include leadership of our finance organization.”
Recent Program Highlights
Recurrent C. difficile Infection (CDI):
- Update on PRISM4 Phase 3 Trial of CP101 in Recurrent CDI: Today, Finch announced that it has submitted a complete response to the previously announced clinical hold related to the investigational new drug (IND) application for CP101 and requests from the FDA regarding Finch’s SARS-CoV-2 donor screening protocols and associated informed consent language. Subsequent to the recent clinical hold letter, Finch has received additional correspondence from the FDA requesting changes to the testing algorithm used to diagnose suspected CDI recurrences in PRISM4, as well as additional information about the proposed statistical analysis plan for PRISM4 and the validation package for one of Finch’s release tests. Enrollment in PRISM4 will remain paused until Finch is able to resolve the clinical hold, address the most recent FDA feedback and conduct additional manufacturing activities to satisfy requests related to SARS-CoV-2 donor screening. Finch is evaluating the extent of the expected delay to the timing for resuming enrollment in PRISM4 and, based on manufacturing timelines, expects at least a one quarter delay.
- Clinical Data from PRISM-EXT and PRISM3 Phase 2 Trials Accepted for Presentation at Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2022: Today, Finch announced that data from its PRISM-EXT Phase 2 open-label trial and its PRISM3 Phase 2 placebo-controlled trial will be presented in May at DDW 2022.
- Reported Positive Topline Results from PRISM-EXT Phase 2 Open-Label Trial of CP101 in Recurrent CDI: In November 2021, Finch reported topline data from PRISM-EXT in which 80.3% and 78.8% of participants who received CP101 following standard-of-care (SOC) antibiotics were without CDI recurrence through 8 weeks and 24 weeks post-treatment, respectively (n=132). There were no treatment-related serious adverse events (SAEs) reported and CP101 exhibited an overall safety profile consistent with the profile observed in PRISM3.
- Presented 24-Week Efficacy and Safety Data from PRISM3 Phase 2 Placebo-Controlled Trial of CP101 in Recurrent CDI at American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) Annual Meeting: In October 2021, Finch presented data from its PRISM3 Phase 2 trial in which 73.5% of participants who received CP101 following SOC antibiotics (n=102) were without CDI recurrence through 24 weeks post-treatment, versus 59.4% who received placebo following SOC antibiotics (n=96) (p=0.0347). There were no treatment-related SAEs reported in the CP101 arm of the trial and the rates of adverse events and treatment-related adverse events were similar in the CP101 and placebo arms through 24 weeks post-treatment.
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) with Significant Gastrointestinal (GI) Symptoms:
- Update on AUSPIRE Phase 1b Trial of FIN-211 in Children with ASD and Significant GI Symptoms: Finch has determined that the AUSPIRE Phase 1b trial of FIN-211, a product candidate that includes donor-derived components, will be delayed in connection with the clinical hold related to the IND for CP101. To address the FDA’s requests related to SARS-CoV-2 donor screening protocols, Finch will need to complete additional manufacturing activities for components of FIN-211. Finch is evaluating the extent of the expected delay to the timing of AUSPIRE and, based on manufacturing timelines, expects at least a one quarter delay.
- Strengthened Patent Portfolio with Two New U.S. Patents Granted for FIN-211: In January 2022, Finch announced the issuance of two new U.S. patents covering its FIN-211 enriched consortia microbiome product candidate. Finch’s patent portfolio now includes more than 55 issued U.S. and foreign patents with more than 140 patent applications pending.
Chronic Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Infection:
- Paused Development of CP101 for Chronic HBV, Focusing Resources on Wholly-Owned CDI and ASD Programs: Today, Finch announced that it has paused development of CP101 for the treatment of chronic HBV following a strategic review of the Company’s pipeline. The Company believes this decision will allow it to maximize its working capital available for investment in its wholly-owned recurrent CDI and ASD programs.
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD):
- Transitioned TAK-524 Ulcerative Colitis Development Program to Takeda for Clinical Development: In August 2021, Finch announced that Takeda elected to accelerate the transition of development responsibility for the TAK-524 ulcerative colitis development program, previously known as FIN-524, with Takeda to lead further development of the program. TAK-524, which contains select spore-forming and non-spore-forming bacterial strains, is the first targeted consortia product candidate developed with Finch’s machine learning-based platform.
- Finch and Takeda Continue FIN-525 Discovery Work Targeting Crohn’s Disease: In collaboration with Takeda, Finch continues to advance FIN-525 discovery work. FIN-525 is a discovery-stage program aimed at the development of a targeted consortia product candidate for the treatment of Crohn’s disease.
Recent Corporate Highlights:
- Retirement of Chief Financial Officer: Today, Finch announced that Greg Perry will retire from his position as Chief Financial Officer, effective April 30, 2022. Following his retirement, Mr. Perry plans to continue to provide strategic advice to the Company through the end of 2022 as a consultant. Marc Blaustein, who joined Finch in September 2021 as Chief Operating Officer (COO), will serve as the Company's Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer in addition to his role as COO, upon Mr. Perry's retirement. Mr. Blaustein has more than 20 years of leadership experience in the biotechnology industry, including significant experience leading corporate finance initiatives.
- Strengthened Senior Leadership Team: In February 2022, Finch announced the appointment of Bryan Gillis, MBA, as its Chief Technology Officer, Alka Batycky, PhD, as its Chief Development Officer, and Howard Franklin, MD, MBA, as its Senior Vice President, Late-Stage Development and GI Therapeutic Area Lead. Additionally, in December 2021, Finch announced the promotion of Joseph Vittiglio, JD, to Chief Business and Legal Officer.
- Completed Construction of New Manufacturing Facility: In November 2021, Finch announced the completion of construction of its new manufacturing facility designed to support the manufacture of its microbiome product candidates for clinical trials and to support potential commercialization needs. Commissioning and qualification activities are underway for the newly constructed facility.
Financial Results:
Finch reported a net loss of $19.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2021, compared to a net loss of $13.1 million for the same period in 2020. Finch reported a net loss of $58.2 million for the full year of 2021, compared to a net loss of $39.3 million for the prior year.
Research and development (R&D) expenses were $14.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2021, compared to $8.6 million for the same period in 2020. R&D expenses were $57.3 million for fiscal year 2021, compared to $33.1 million for the prior year. The increases were primarily due to an increase in personnel costs, manufacturing related expenses and platform related costs, as Finch continues to build its platform and prepare for the future development of commercial supply needs.
General and administrative (G&A) expenses were $5.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2021, compared to $6.4 million for the same period in 2020. The decrease in G&A expense quarter-over-quarter was primarily due to a decrease in stock-based compensation expense resulting from the sale of common stock in the fourth quarter of 2020 by certain executives. No similar expense was recorded in 2021. This decrease was offset by an increase in salaries and related personnel costs in the fourth quarter of 2021 to support Finch’s operational growth. G&A expenses were $21.2 million for fiscal year 2021, compared to $14.0 million for the prior year. The year-over-year increase is primarily related to an increase in headcount to support Finch’s operational growth, directors and officers insurance expense and costs associated with Finch’s transition to a public company in March 2021.
Finch’s cash and cash equivalents as of December 31, 2021 was $133.5 million, compared to $99.7 million as of December 31, 2020. Finch expects that the cash and cash equivalents it had on hand as of December 31, 2021 will be sufficient to fund its operating expenses and capital expenditures into mid-2023.
About Finch Therapeutics
Finch Therapeutics is a clinical-stage microbiome therapeutics company leveraging its Human-First Discovery ® platform to develop a novel class of orally administered biological drugs. With the capabilities to develop both complete and targeted microbiome therapeutics, Finch is advancing a rich pipeline of candidates designed to address a wide range of unmet medical needs. Finch’s lead candidate, CP101, is in late-stage clinical development for the prevention of recurrent C. difficile infection (CDI) and has received Breakthrough Therapy and Fast Track designations from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Finch is also developing FIN-211 for children with autism spectrum disorder and significant gastrointestinal symptoms. Finch has a partnership with Takeda focused on the development of targeted microbiome therapeutics for inflammatory bowel disease.
Human-First Discovery ® is a registered trademark of Finch Therapeutics Group, Inc.
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VANCOUVER, BC, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. ("West Fraser" or the "Company") (TSX and NYSE: WFG) will hold an analysts' conference call to discuss first quarter 2022 financial and operating results on Friday, April 29, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. Pacific Time/11:30 a.m. Eastern Time.
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West Fraser is a diversified wood products company with more than 60 facilities in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe. From responsibly sourced and sustainably managed forest resources, the Company produces lumber, engineered wood products (OSB, LVL, MDF, plywood, and particleboard), pulp, newsprint, wood chips, other residuals, and renewable energy. West Fraser's products are used in home construction, repair and remodelling, industrial applications, papers, tissue, and box materials.
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Which navigation system is best?
Driving around unfamiliar cities can be stressful if you have no way to check where you should be going. Most smartphones have global positioning systems built-in for this purpose, but they aren’t always accurate.
And if you don’t have a data connection, mobile navigation apps might not work at all. So, in most scenarios, a proper navigation system is the smart choice. The Garmin DriveSmart 61 is one of the best, as it has a large display and detailed maps.
What to know before you buy a navigation system
There are different systems for various activities
It would be easy to assume that there is only one kind of navigation system, as it generally only serves one purpose. But there are several variations with different functions and capabilities. There are marine navigation systems for boat owners and fishers, and for sports lovers, you get golf navigation. Road users have the choice of truck navigation or general road systems.
Consider the mounting options
While your choice of navigation system might be different, all devices must be affixed to the vehicle. These also come in different varieties. Consider which type will be best suited for your mode of transport, as some use suction cups to stick to the window or dash, while you can hold others in place with a vent-mounted carrier.
Controls and functions
Navigation systems have come a long since the days of bulky units with spotty tracking. Many modern navigation systems now have capacitive touchscreens, making it much easier to select the options. Older versions used resistive touchscreens that often caused missed presses or delayed responses. Another addition to modern navigation systems is Bluetooth technology, which allows you to make and receive calls through the device.
What to look for in a quality navigation system
Wide range of points of interest
Getting directions to your location is the primary purpose of a navigation system, but sometimes you also want to know what is along the way. A device with an extensive list of points of interest built-in can make it exciting to plan a trip. Depending on the gadget’s maker and the maps used, these POI can range from national parks, monuments, or sightseeing attractions. Some allow you to download POI from other users.
Battery recharging options
If you rely on your navigation system to get around, you’ll be in real trouble if it suddenly runs out of battery power. Most systems have relatively robust batteries, but some built-in functions can quickly sap more power than you realize. A good-quality navigation system can be charged through a USB cable plugged into a battery pack or directly from an adapter in the vehicle’s cigarette lighter.
Lifetime maps and updates
Nobody wants to drive down a road, only to find that it leads to nowhere, even though the navigation system insists that it carries on. To prevent this from happening, navigation devices must be constantly updated to the latest map versions. A good-quality navigation system will supply users with lifetime map updates, changes and additional POI.
How much you can expect to spend on a navigation system
The average price of a navigation system will depend on what it’s made for, who the manufacturer is and its capabilities. An entry-level device with a small screen can retail for $150-$200. Larger units with more functions regularly retail for $200-$300.
Navigation system FAQ
Can a navigation system make you a safer driver?
A. While the system can’t change your driving habits, it can help you to be more aware of your surroundings. It will make you a safer driver by alerting you to speed limits, sharp bends, nearby schools or speed cameras.
Are there different map styles for systems?
A. Yes, and many navigation systems will give you a choice for your preferred visuals. Some systems will automatically change the map’s colors after sunset for safety and easy viewing.
What’s the best navigation system to buy?
Top navigation system
What you need to know: With the large 6.9-inch touchscreen and easy-to-read visuals, this navigation system is perfect for a cross-country road trip.
What you’ll love: The navigation system has a battery life of up to one hour but can easily be recharged through a USB cable. It includes lifetime map updates from Garmin, Wi-Fi connectivity for software updates and hands-free calling. To keep your eyes on the road, you can ask for directions by simply using your voice.
What you should consider: Some users have indicated that alerts can be too frequent, causing a distraction.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top navigation system for the money
What you need to know: Even though the screen is only 5 inches, the Via is more than capable of keeping you on the right track. It features live traffic updates and comes with free map updates of North America.
What you’ll love: The best feature about this navigation system is that the screen splits when you approach a junction. This clearly indicates which direction you need to travel so that you don’t drive in the wrong lane. It ships with a reversible integrated car mount, can give spoken directions in 30 languages and charges through USB.
What you should consider: The map updates are released four times a year, and you’ll only receive speed camera updates for the first three months.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: When paired with your mobile phone, the DriveSmart 55 gives you real-time service updates, such as live parking, locations of traffic cameras and changes in the weather.
What you’ll love: Featuring a 5.5-inch display, this navigation system will route you around traffic so that you can get to your destination faster. You can also use your voice to interact with the device and see TripAdvisor ratings with POI in the area. It is recharged through the included USB cable and can connect to Wi-Fi networks.
What you should consider: It has a resistive touchscreen, which isn’t as accurate or sensitive as a capacitive screen.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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MIAMI, April 1 — Japan’s Naomi Osaka advanced to the WTA Miami Open final by rallying to defeat Olympic champion Belinda Bencic of Switzerland 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday.
Bencic had won three of her four prior matches against the four-time Grand Slam champion, but Osaka fought back to reach her first final on the Miami hardcourts.
Neither player had dropped a set before the match but Bencic was impressive in opening exchanges to quickly put Osaka on the backfoot.
“I didn’t feel like I figured her out at all and somehow I managed to win,” Osaka said. “She’s an amazing player. I wish I had her return.”
Osaka, 24, will face either American Jessica Pegula or new world number one Iga Swiatek of Poland.
Osaka, who left Indian Wells in tears after being heckled by a fan, was similarly emotional at the end on Thursday, but in a happier way.
“I just wanted to say thanks to everyone. The atmosphere was really good,” Osaka told spectators after the match.
“Damn, I’m always crying, but this tournament means a lot to me.” — AFP
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FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — Safety Dean Marlowe, who set a career high with 67 tackles while starting nine games for Detroit in 2021, has signed a one-year deal with the Atlanta Falcons.
The Falcons announced the signing on Thursday.
Marlowe, 29, began his career by playing three seasons with Carolina before two seasons with Buffalo.
Marlowe may compete with second-year player Richie Grant, a second-round draft pick in 2021, for a starting job.
Marlowe had two interceptions with Buffalo in 2020. He had a fumble recovery and two passes defensed with the Lions last season.
The Falcons have made their secondary a focus in free agency. They also signed former Raiders cornerback Casey Hayward and former Chicago cornerback Teez Tabor.
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BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee woman convicted in the death of a police officer has been sentenced to 8 to 12 years in prison.
Ashley Kroese of Thompson's Station was 24 years old on June 18, 2020, when she drove on the wrong side of the road in Brentwood, killing Brentwood police officer Destin Legieza, 30, authorities said.
She was previously found guilty of four charges, including vehicular homicide by intoxication. She was sentenced Wednesday for charges in the crash that killed Legieza, The Tennessean reported.
A blood test after the crash found her blood alcohol content was 0.166%, which is twice the legal limit.
Members of Legieza's family spoke at the hearing.
“Ashley. I don’t think you intended to kill anyone that day,” said Heather Legieza, the officer’s widow. “But you moving forward with the trial when you know what you did was with intention, you should have just taken accountability for your actions."
Kroese, who did not testify at the February trial, read from a statement.
“I can’t pretend to understand what you have been going through. I’ve never lost a husband, a son or a brother, and nothing I can say is able to ease your pain, but I am truly and deeply sorry,” Kroese said.
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The process to create a digital twin of B-1 tail #85-0092 is already showing promise to predict and control sustainment processes in a way that will keep this limited resource in the air.
Lt. Col. Joseph Lay, B-1 Program Manager, explained on a recent episode of AFLCMC's Leadership Log podcast how his office at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma is partnering with Wichita State University's National Institute of Aviation Research in Kansas to bring this retired bomber into the digital age. (U.S. Air Force video by Jim Varhegyi)
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NEW YORK — Amazon workers in Alabama appear to have rejected a union bid in a tight race, according to early results on Thursday. But outstanding challenged votes could change the outcome.
In New York, union supporters have the edge in a count that will continue Friday morning.
Warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, voted 993 to 875 against forming a union. The National Labor Relations Board, which oversees the election, said that 416 challenged votes could potentially overturn that result. A hearing to go through the challenged ballots will occur in the next few days.
Meanwhile, in a separate union election in Staten Island, New York, the nascent Amazon Labor Union is leading by more than 350 votes out of about 2,670 tallied.
The close election in Bessemer marks a sharp contrast to last year, when Amazon workers overwhelmingly rejected the union.
“This is just the beginning and we will continue to fight,” said Stuart Appelbaum, president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, which is organizing the union drive in Bessemer, at a Thursday press conference. “Regardless of the final outcome, workers have shown what is possible. They have helped ignite a movement.”
Appelbaum said RWDSU will be filing objections to how Amazon handled the election but declined to be specific. He also took the opportunity to lash out at current labor laws, which he believes are rigged against unions and favor of corporations.
“It should not be so difficult to organize a union in the United States,” he said.
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In New York, the ALU has led the charge to form a union along with Chris Smalls, a fired Amazon employee who now heads the fledging group. Turnout for the in-person election was unclear but Smalls was hopeful of victory.
“To be leading in Day One and be up a couple hundred against a trillion dollar company, this is the best feeling in the world,” Smalls said after the conclusion of Thursday’s counting.
While Smalls’ attention has been focused on securing victory in New York, similar efforts in Alabama also weighed heavily.
“I’m not too sure what’s going in Alabama right now, but I know that the sky’s the limit if you can organize any warehouse,” he said, noting that the vote in Alabama could well end up differently. “I hope that they’re successful. I don’t know what’s going on yet, but we know we show our support and solidarity with them.”
The warehouse in Staten Island employs more than 8,300 workers, who pack and ship supplies to customers based mostly in the Northeast. A labor win there was considered difficult, but organizers believe their grassroots approach is more relatable to workers and could help them overcome where established unions have failed in the past.
John Logan, director of Labor and Employment Studies at San Francisco State University, said the early vote counts in New York has been “shocking.” ALU has no backing from an established union and is powered by former and current warehouse workers. The group had also filed for a union election after getting support from about 30% of the facility’s workforce, a much lower percentage than what unions usually seek.
“I don’t think that many people thought that the Amazon Labor Union had much of a chance of winning at all,” Logan said. “And I think we’re likely to see more of those (approaches) going forward.”
Though RWDSU is currently lagging behind with challenged ballots outstanding, Logan said that election was also remarkable because the union has made a good effort narrowing its margin from last year’s election.
After a crushing defeat last year, when a majority of workers voted against forming a union, RWDSU is hoping for a different outcome in the Bessemer election, in which mail-in ballots were sent to 6,100 workers in early February. Federal labor officials scrapped the results of the first election there and ordered a re-do after ruling Amazon tainted the election process.
The RWDSU said election there had a turnout rate of about 39% this year, much smaller than last year. Appelbaum blamed the low numbers on high turnover — he believes thousands of people who worked for Amazon in January and were on the official list to be eligible to vote either quit or were fired. He also believes that an in-person election, which the RWDSU had asked for, would have made a difference
Amazon has pushed back hard in both elections. The retail giant held mandatory meetings, where workers were told unions are a bad idea. The company also launched an anti-union website targeting workers and placed English and Spanish posters across the Staten Island facility urging them to reject the union. In Bessemer, Amazon has made some changes to but still kept a controversial U.S. Postal Service mailbox that was key in the NLRB’s decision to invalidate last year’s vote.
Both labor fights faced unique challenges. Alabama, for instance, is a right-to-work state that prohibits a company and a union from signing a contract that requires workers to pay dues to the union that represents them.
The mostly Black workforce at the Amazon facility, which opened in 2020, mirrors the Bessemer population of more than 70% Black residents, according to the latest U.S. Census data.
Pro-union workers say they want better working conditions, longer breaks and higher wages. Regular full-time employees at the Bessemer facility earn at least $15.80 an hour, higher than the estimated $14.55 per hour on average in the city. That figure is based on an analysis of the U.S. Census Bureau’s annual median household income for Bessemer of $30,284, which could include more than one worker.
The ALU said they don’t have a demographic breakdown of the warehouse workers on Staten Island and Amazon declined to provide the information to The Associated Press, citing the union vote. Internal records leaked to The New York Times from 2019 showed more than 60% of the hourly associates at the facility were Black or Latino, while most of managers were white or Asian.
Amazon workers there are seeking longer breaks, paid time off for injured employees and an hourly wage of $30, up from a minimum of just over $18 per hour offered by the company. The estimated average wage for the borough is $41 per hour, according to a similar U.S. Census Bureau analysis of Staten Island’s $85,381 median household income.
A spokesperson for Amazon said the company invests in wages and benefits, such as health care, 401(k) plans and a prepaid college tuition program to help grow workers’ careers.
“As a company, we don’t think unions are the best answer for our employees,” the spokesperson said in an emailed statement. “Our focus remains on working directly with our team to continue making Amazon a great place to work.”
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TORONTO, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - MediPharm Labs Corp. (TSX: LABS) (OTCQX: MEDIF) (FSE: MLZ) ("MediPharm", "MediPharm Labs" or the "Company") a pharmaceutical company specialized in precision-based cannabinoids, today announced its financial results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2021.
- International sales more than doubled in 2021, to $9.5 million (44% of Revenue), driven by shipments to seven customers in Germany, including the completion of first shipments to STADA Arzneimittel AG, a leading European Consumer Healthcare and Generics company with a product presence in 120 countries.
- Germany will continue to be a priority market for MediPharm. It is already the largest medical market in the world, and is expected to reach a market value of €7.7 billion by 2028i.
- The Company significantly expanded its sales force, which led to new listings in all provinces including the Ontario Cannabis Store, AGLC, BCLG and entry into Québec and New Brunswick.
- The Company's provincial sales grew 18% during 2021, to $7.4 million, primarily driven by sales of new and innovative products. Q4 provincial sales grew to $2.8 million in Q4 from $1.2 million in Q3.
- In Canada, the Company launched new products including CBD 100 Ultra Formula Oil, THC30 Plus Formula Oil, CBN1:2 Nighttime Formula, 1:2 Relax Formula Oil, and a Northbound High CBN and High CBD vape cartridge.
- In Q4, MediPharm's cannabigerol ("CBG"), product was accepted for sale by provincial distributors, with initial deliveries planned for Q1 2022.
- Subsequent to the end of the year, the Company announced the acquisition of Shelter Cannabis, adding highly reputable, specialty dried flower and pre-roll products to its portfolio. This transaction fills a gap in the MediPharm Canadian product offering while leveraging existing infrastructure and overhead, and opens the opportunity to expand its current international flower business.
- MediPharm began to sell EU GMP certified dried flower in the international market during 2021, and it accounted for $3.5 million in revenue.
- Received a Cannabis Drug Licence and a Good Manufacturing Practices ("GMP") Drug Establishment Licence from Health Canada.
- Entered into a research partnership master agreement with McMaster University to develop drugs containing cannabis candidates, and began to provide clinical trial material.
- Began to ship Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients ("APIs"), to two well-known pharmaceutical companies during the year, generating early revenue in a business that is expected to grow significantly over the next several years.
- Subsequent to the end of the fiscal year, the Company entered the U.S. pharmaceutical market with the submission of an FDA Drug Master File ("DMF") for pure natural CBD APIs.
- Completed the payment of all outstanding convertible debt. The Company is materially debt free and has outright ownership of its assets, including two GMP facilities; one in Ontario, Canada and the other in Victoria, Australia.
Bryan Howcroft, CEO, MediPharm Labs commented, "MediPharm achieved several key strategic objectives during 2021. Our team opened key new markets both domestically and internationally, while increasing sales and marketing efforts to execute on these opportunities. Innovation is part of the Company's DNA, and the launch of new products through the year resulted in both growth in domestic sales into year-end, as well as a win for the Company's CBD dominant oil line at the 2021 Kind Awards, where it was named CBD Brand of the Year. When I joined MediPharm at the end of 2021, I saw a company with a solid foundation, positioned to be one of very few winners in the international cannabinoid pharma space. The team's progress against this objective during the year, culminating in the recent filing of a DMF with the U.S. FDA, reinforces that this company has the sophistication it needs to become an important supplier as this opportunity continues to develop."
Greg Hunter, CFO, MediPharm Labs added, "MediPharm is on solid financial footing, having exited the year with $34 million in cash, no debt and outright ownership of its key facilities. In Q4 we generated sequential growth in key focus areas such as domestic white label sales, and sales into the German market. We expect to continue building on this progress through 2022, leveraging recent investments in sales and marketing resources in the Canadian market, and the growth of the German and EU markets, overall. Over the next 12 months, we will continue to advance the Company's core focus on building a leading global precision-based cannabinoid business, while balancing that longer term focus with a commitment to innovation, revenue growth and progressing toward profitability."
Warren Everitt and MediPharm Labs have mutually agreed to end the role of CEO Asia Pacific, a position held by Warren. MediPharm Labs would like to thank Warren for his significant contribution to the business over the past 5 years and wishes him all the best in his future endeavours.
MediPharm will host a conference call and webcast to discuss the Company's financial results and outlook.
Date: April 1, 2022 | Time: 8:30 a.m. ET
Conference ID: 4921762
Participant Dial-in: +1 (888) 330-2454 / International number: +1 (236) 789-2714
(Participants are asked to dial in approximately 15 minutes before the start of the call)
An audio webcast will be available in the Events section of the MediPharm website https://www.medipharmlabs.com/investors or by visiting the following link here.
For those who are unable to participate on the live conference call or webcast, a replay will be available approximately one hour after completion of the call.
Adjusted EBITDA and adjusted Gross Profit are not recognized performance measures under IFRS, do not have a standardized meaning and therefore may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. Adjusted EBITDA and adjusted Gross Profit are included as a supplemental disclosure because Management believes that such measurement provides a better assessment of the Company's operations on a continuing basis by eliminating certain non-cash charges and charges or gains that are non-recurring. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net loss excluding interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization expense, interest income and expense, finance fees, gain in revaluation of derivative liabilities, taxes, impairment losses on inventory, write down of deposits and share-based compensation. Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool as it does not include depreciation and amortization expense, interest income and expense, taxes, share-based compensation, and transaction fees. Because of these limitations, Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as the sole measure of the Company's performance and should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, analysis of the Company's results as reported under IFRS. The most directly comparable measure to Adjusted EBITDA calculated in accordance with IFRS is operating income (loss). The above is a reconciliation of the Company's operating loss to Adjusted EBITDA. See "Reconciliation of non-IFRS measures" in the Company's Management's Discussion and Analysis for the period ended December 31, 2021 for additional information. Adjusted gross profit is defined as gross profit/(loss) excluding the adjustments for accelerated depreciation, write down of non-current deposits and write down of inventory. Adjusted gross profit is a useful measure as it represents gross profit for management purposes based on costs to manufacture, package and ship inventory sold, exclusive of any impairments due to changes in internal or external influences.
Founded in 2015, MediPharm Labs specializes in the development and manufacture of purified, pharmaceutical-quality cannabis concentrates, active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) and advanced derivative products utilizing a Good Manufacturing Practices certified facility with ISO standard-built clean rooms. MediPharm Labs has invested in an expert, research driven team, state-of-the-art technology, downstream purification methodologies and purpose-built facilities with five primary extraction lines for delivery of pure, trusted and precision-dosed cannabis products for its customers. Through its wholesale and white label platforms, MediPharm Labs formulates, develops (including through sensory testing), processes, packages and distributes cannabis extracts and advanced cannabinoid-based products to domestic and international markets.
In 2021, MediPharm Labs received a Pharmaceutical Drug Establishment Licence from Health Canada, becoming the only company in North America to hold a domestic Good Manufacturing Licence for the extraction of natural cannabinoids. The Company carries out its operations in compliance with all applicable laws in the countries in which it operates.
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This news release contains "forward-looking information" and "forward-looking statements" (collectively, "forward-looking statements") within the meaning of the applicable Canadian securities legislation. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements and are based on expectations, estimates and projections as at the date of this news release. Any statement that involves discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions, future events or performance (often but not always using phrases such as "expects", or "does not expect", "is expected", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", "plans", "budget", "scheduled", "forecasts", "estimates", "believes" or "intends" or variations of such words and phrases or stating that certain actions, events or results "may" or "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken to occur or be achieved) are not statements of historical fact and may be forward-looking statements. In this news release, forward-looking statements relate to, among other things, statements regarding: growth and forecasts regarding the German market; the opportunity to expand current international flower business; significant growth of API business; being one of very few winners in the international cannabinoid pharma space; becoming an important supplier as this in the cannabinoid pharma space; the cannabinoid pharma opportunity continuing to develop; building on progress through 2022; leveraging recent investments in sales and marketing resources in the Canadian market; growth of the German and EU markets; advancing the Company's core focus on building a leading global precision-based cannabinoid business; innovation; revenue growth; and progressing toward profitability. Forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon a number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable, are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may cause the actual results and future events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to: general business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties; the inability of MediPharm to obtain adequate financing; the delay or failure to receive regulatory approvals; and other factors discussed in MediPharm's filings, available on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements and information contained in this news release. Except as required by law, MediPharm assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements of beliefs, opinions, projections, or other factors, should they change.
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ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 31, 2022--
Global Traffic Technologies (GTT) is pleased to announce that it has named Terry Griffith as its new president, effective March 2022. Griffith previously served as senior vice president of sales and marketing at GTT.
Griffith is an accomplished business leader with a track record of maximizing profitability and creating new business opportunities in highly regulated industries like defense and transportation. He joined GTT from Avon Protection, a world leader in respiratory and ballistic protection, where he served as president for over a year. His background also includes more than seventeen years at 3M, where he earned his Six Sigma certification and held roles of increasing responsibility in several businesses, culminating in leading the Defense and Law Enforcement Global Business Unit. Griffith has previous experience in intelligent transportation systems at 3M in addition to working in business development at Atkins and Econolite. This experience, along with his dedication to discipline and accountability, make him the ideal fit for GTT.
“I’m grateful to now be serving as GTT’s president where we have a long history of innovation, and a talented team that is dedicated to continuous improvement and focus on serving our customers successfully,” Griffith said. “My goal is to build on the achievements of the last 56 years while embedding values of simplicity, clarity, and velocity into the organization. Our future is bright, and we are dedicated to serving and enabling our customers to save and improve lives.”
Griffith’s appointment comes from Vontier’s president and CEO, Mark Morelli. “Terry’s extensive commercial experience and leadership track record of delivering transformative growth aligns perfectly with the work of Vontier and GTT,” Morelli says. “As we look forward, we are confident that Terry is the right person to lead GTT into the connected future and carry on the long legacy of providing the highest level of service and support to first responders and transit agencies worldwide.”
About Global Traffic Technologies
Global Traffic Technologies, LLC (GTT) is the manufacturer of Opticom™ priority control systems and Canoga™ traffic-sensing systems. For more than 56 years, our solutions have helped increase safety, minimize traffic congestion, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions while maximizing resource efficiency and performance. Headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, GTT is the market-leader in priority control, with more than 180,000 connected devices installed in over 5,000 municipal, regional, and state agencies, including 48 of the 50 largest U.S. cities. To learn more, please visit gtt.com.
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Equilibrium/Sustainability — Amazon rainforest turning into savanna: study
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Much of the lush Amazon rainforest may eventually become a grassy savanna — due to a longstanding combination of logging and burning, a new study has found.
The study, published in Nature Climate Change, observed that the Amazon’s resilience — its ability to recover from events like droughts or fires — has been plummeting consistently in more than three quarters of the rainforest since the early 2000s.
Such reduced resilience could trigger widespread tree and shrub death, leading to major impacts on biodiversity, global carbon storage and climate change, according to the authors.
“Many researchers have theorized that a tipping point could be reached, but our study provides vital empirical evidence that we are approaching that threshold,” coauthor Niklas Boers, of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and the Technical University of Munich, said in a statement.
Today we’ll look at a push for U.S. and European countries to include Russian oil and gas bans in a growing list of sanctions against the country. Then we’ll turn to a new study that examines how childhood exposure to leaded gasoline decreased the IQs of about half of Americans alive today.
For Equilibrium, we are Saul Elbein and Sharon Udasin. Please send tips or comments to Saul at selbein@thehill.com or Sharon at sudasin@thehill.com. Follow us on Twitter: @saul_elbein and @sharonudasin.
Let’s get to it.
Russian energy sanctions risk financial toll
As the U.S. weighs the idea of sanctioning Russian energy imports, experts agree that while the global economy could persist without these supplies in theory, doing so would carry a major financial toll.
First words: “Does it mean that prices will rise even higher? Probably,” Gernot Wagner, a climate economist and visiting professor at Columbia Business School, told Equilibrium about gas prices.
“There is a massive risk premium built into the oil price that is essentially along the lines of — nobody has any idea what’s going to happen next week or tomorrow,” Wagner said.
Over the weekend…Secretary of State Antony Blinken acknowledged that the U.S. was engaging in an “active discussion” with European partners about the possibility of banning Russian oil imports.
“We are now talking to our European partners and allies to look in a coordinated way at the prospect of banning the import of Russian oil while making sure that there is still an appropriate supply of oil on world markets,” Blinken told Jake Tapper in a Sunday interview on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “That’s a very active discussion as we speak.”
What do these European allies say? Opinion among leaders remains divided. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, whose country gets about 55 percent of its natural gas from Russia, made clear on Monday that he opposed such a ban — noting the “essential importance” of these supplies, according to Bloomberg.
The same day, however, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called for a “step-by-step” move away from Russian oil and gas, stressing that things that would not have been considered weeks ago are “now very much on the table,” the BBC reported.
A 13-year high: Brent crude — the international benchmark for global oil prices — topped $130 per barrel in a 13-year high overnight in Monday’s early hours, hovering around $125 per barrel midday eastern time, according to MarketWatch.
In comparison, Brent was trading at about $75 per barrel in mid-December. Across the board, experts attributed Monday’s surge to tidings of a possible embargo on Russian oil.
‘RUSSIAN OIL IS BEING OSTRACIZED’
Russia is one of the world’s largest oil producers, with a 12 percent global market share and almost half of its oil and condensate exports going to Europe, according to a Friday analysis from JPMorgan.
“While the U.S. and its allies have so far stopped short of imposing penalties directly on Russian oil and gas, it has become increasingly clear that Russian oil is being ostracized,” the JPMorgan analysis stated.
Prior to the invasion, Russia had been exporting about 6.5 million barrels of oil and oil products daily, with 4.3 million barrels per going to Europe and the U.S., and 2.2 million barrels going to Asia and Belarus.
But preliminary reports for March indicated a 1 million barrel per day drop in crude oil loadings from Black Sea ports, a 1 million barrel per day plunge from the Baltics and a 500,000 barrel per day decrease in the Far East, according to JPMorgan.
Making up for shortfalls: If the U.S. and other Western nations do enact energy sanctions, the reality remains that they will need to make up for supply shortfalls.
One potential supply boost could come from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), although there has been no indication thus far that these countries would alter their current export plans, the JPMorgan report noted.
“The Biden team is already calling Saudi Arabia, the UAE and others I imagine,” Morgan Bazilian, director of the Colorado-based Payne Institute for Public Policy, told Equilibrium. “But their diplomatic leverage on those countries is limited, and they have shown very little appetite to be influenced by Biden and the U.S.”
Domestic options: Another possibility would be to increase U.S. shale production, although that growth would be limited by the necessary labor and infrastructure demands, according to the JPMorgan analysis.
While the U.S. is the world’s largest producer of oil and natural gas, Bazilian maintained that a ramp-up in domestic production would face a variety of hurdles, such as the time it takes to start pumping, financial restrictions imposed by Wall Street and an insufficient workforce.
And then there’s Iran: There may be another wildcard in the global oil arena, if ongoing negotiations to restore a 2015 nuclear deal come to fruition: Iran. If such diplomatic moves do advance, the U.S. would waive sanctions on Iranian oil, enabling Tehran to ramp up its crude supplies by 1 million barrels per day over the next two months, the JPMorgan analysis stated.
“Could Iran deliver more oil after we conclude our talks with them, essentially undoing the Trump damage?” Wagner asked. “Yeah, they could deliver more oil.”
Rife with uncertainty: Overall, the impact of Russian oil sanctions on the U.S. economy remains unclear, according to Bazilian. What does remain clear, he said, is that such an embargo “is very politically attractive right now.”
Last words: “This is why it is being considered — and looks inevitable,” Bazilian added. “That said, it is my belief that the same politicians and voters that are ‘supporting’ it now, will come back and hammer Biden if U.S. gasoline prices rise further as a result.”
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Lead exposure tied to lower IQ scores: study
Exposure to car exhaust from leaded gas slashed hundreds of millions of collective IQ points from about half of the Americans alive today, a new study has found.
Leaded gas, first used in 1923 to maintain engine integrity, reached peak usage in the 1960s and 1970s before being banned in 1996, according to the study. Yet despite that ban, Americans born before 1996 may be at increased risk for lead-related health issues, including faster aging of the brain, the authors revealed in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) on Monday.
First words: “Millions of us are walking around with a history of lead exposure,” co-author Aaron Reuben, a clinical psychology PhD candidate at Duke University, said in a statement.
No safe level: Lead, a neurotoxin, can erode brain cells once it enters the body, the authors noted, stressing that there is no safe level of exposure at any point in life. But young children are particularly vulnerable to lead due to the chemical’s ability to hinder brain function and decrease cognitive ability.
“Lead is able to reach the bloodstream once it’s inhaled as dust, or ingested, or consumed in water,” Reuben said. “In the bloodstream, it’s able to pass into the brain through the blood-brain barrier, which is quite good at keeping a lot of toxicants and pathogens out of the brain, but not all of them.”
“Lifelong burden”: Reuben, together with colleagues at Florida State University, looked at childhood blood-lead levels from 11,616 small children tested between 1976 and 2016, using data available from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. They combined these figures with leaded gas consumption data, as well as population statistics, to ascertain the “lifelong burden of lead exposure” of every American in 2015.
Drawing from these different data streams, they calculated that more than 170 million Americans had clinically concerning levels of lead in their blood when they were children.
Reduced IQs, smaller brain size: This reality, according to the researchers, likely reduced IQs and put these individuals at heightened risk for long-term health effects, such as smaller brain size, increased incidence of mental illness and greater chance of cardiovascular disease in adulthood.
Childhood exposure to leaded gasoline likely led to collective plummet of 824 million IQ points — nearly three points per person — among Americans, the authors found. At its worst, they observed, individuals born in the mid-to-late 1960s may have lost up to six IQ points.
‘PERNICIOUS LEVELS OF LEAD’
While a drop in just a few IQ points could seem negligible, the authors stressed that such changes are influential enough to shift a person with below-average cognitive ability (IQ score less than 85) to being categorized as having an intellectual disability (IQ score below 70).
“Essentially everyone born during those two decades are all but guaranteed to have been exposed to pernicious levels of lead from car exhaust,” the authors said.
What’s next? After unearthing these findings, Reuben said that he now plans to examine the long-term impacts of past lead exposure on brain health in old age, citing previous studies suggesting that such exposure might quicken brain aging.
McFarland, meanwhile, said that among his next steps will be to analyze the racial disparities that have played into lead exposure, as Black children have historically been exposed more often to lead in comparison to their white peers.
Although no longer in gasoline, lead is still an American problem: In fact, aging infrastructure still conveys water via lead pipes in various parts of the country.
November’s bipartisan infrastructure bill allocated $2.9 billion toward replacing such pipes, while the Biden administration announced further removal plans in December.
Urgent need to address lead exposure: In response to the latest findings in Monday’s study, Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.), who has long been championing a fight to reduce childhood lead exposure, stressed the urgency in hastening these efforts.
Last words: “We know lead exposure causes immense suffering in our communities, especially for children and people of color,” Dingell told Equilibrium in a statement. “But we haven’t done nearly enough to rid our communities of this poison.”
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Motor Monday
Tailpipe emissions, a boost in battery production and a call to ramp-up nuclear energy.
EPA proposes new limits on tailpipe emissions
- For the first time in more than 20 years, buses, delivery vans and other heavy vehicles may face new restrictions aimed at cutting down tailpipe emissions, The New York Times reported. The draft rule, proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency, would require heavy-duty trucks to reduce nitrogen dioxide emissions — linked to lung cancer, heart disease and death — by 90 percent by 2031, according to the Times.
GM announces battery materials plant in Canada
- General Motors Co. and South Korea’s POSCO Chemical are planning to build a $400 million facility to manufacturer battery materials in Canada, as part of an overall effort to boost electric vehicle production, Reuters reported. The plant, located in Becancour, Quebec, will produce “cathode active material” for vehicle batteries, according to Reuters.
Tesla CEO calls for nuclear energy expansion in Europe
- Tesla CEO Elon Musk called on Monday for an increase in European nuclear power — suggesting that the continent restart its dormant nuclear power stations to grapple with the an ongoing energy crisis, our colleague Joseph Choi reported for The Hill. Despite his leadership at one of the world’s leading electric vehicle companies, Musk also called for a ramp-up in U.S. oil and gas production, stressing that “extraordinary times demand extraordinary measures.”
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VANCOUVER, BC, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Wheaton Precious Metals™ Corp. ("Wheaton" or the "Company") announces that its Form 40-F report has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is available on EDGAR. The Company's 2021 audited financial statements, along with its Form 40-F, are also available on the Company's website at www.wheatonpm.com.
Shareholders may also receive a copy of Wheaton's audited financial statements, without charge, upon request to Wheaton's Investor Relations Department, Suite 3500, 1021 West Hastings St., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6E 0C3 or to info@wheatonpm.com.
Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders
Wheaton is scheduled to hold its Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") at the offices of Cassels, Brock & Blackwell LLP, Suite 2200 HSBC Building, 885 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Friday, May 13, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. Pacific Time.
The Board recognizes the importance of in-person engagement with its shareholders, while also being mindful of the health and safety of Wheaton's shareholders, employees and community. As a result, for this year's Meeting, Wheaton will once again provide an online virtual Meeting platform and encourages shareholders to participate in the Meeting using this online platform.
All shareholders participating in our online virtual Meeting platform will be able to listen to the Meeting live, ask questions online, and for registered shareholders or proxyholders (including non-registered shareholders who have appointed themselves as proxyholder), submit votes in real time.
Registered shareholders and duly appointed proxyholders who wish to participate in the online virtual Meeting may do so:
- from their computer, by entering the following URL in their browser: https://web.lumiagm.com/285841977;
- from their mobile device by either:
- entering the following URL in their browser: https://web.lumiagm.com/285841977; or
- or by using the Lumi AGM app, which is available by downloading the app from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store.
- entering the following URL in their browser: https://web.lumiagm.com/285841977; or
If you choose to participate in the online virtual Meeting as a registered shareholder, you can log in to into the Meeting by:
- Entering the meeting ID for the Meeting, which is: 285841977
- Selecting "I am a shareholder/proxy"
- Clicking "I have a control number" and entering your valid control number
- Entering the password for the Meeting, which is: wheaton2022 (case sensitive)
Guests, including Beneficial Shareholders who have not duly appointed themselves as a proxyholder, can log in to into the Meeting by clicking "I am a guest" and completing the online form. Guests will be able to listen to the Meeting, but will not be able to ask questions or vote.
Important technical reminders for joining the meeting and voting instructions will be made available on the Company's website at www.wheatonpm.com, in the 'investors' section under the 'annual general meeting' tab.
While Wheaton is encouraging our shareholders to participate in our online virtual meeting platform, anyone who nevertheless wishes to attend the Meeting in person must pre-register via email to WheatonAGM2022@wheatonpm.com by 10:30am May 11, 2022 (PST) so that the Company can facilitate physical distancing and other precautions to ensure the health and safety of all attendees.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jeff Walz has had a lot of success getting players to transfer to Louisville over the last few years, including three starters on his Final Four team this season.
He’s not the only coach in the Final Four who has bolstered the roster by using the transfer portal as both South Carolina and UConn have found supplemental players from it.
Still Walz, Dawn Staley and Geno Auriemma think the amount of players looking to change schools is getting out of control.
“I always like to say, ‘The grass is greener on the other side because it’s fertilized with a bunch of bull,’” Louisville coach Jeff Walz said. “I think there are a lot of players that will jump into the portal after one year that don’t really have a good grasp of why they’re doing it.”
Staley likened the portal to Twitter, Instagram or TikTok.
“It’s a big ol’ fad that just keeps continuing,” she said. “Is it out of hand? It absolutely is. I don’t know how you control it. But it’s their way. It’s their way of controlling their own destinies.”
Both Staley and Auriemma noted that there were currently more players seeking to transfer than there were scholarships available across the country.
“You know those 850 people in the portal? Three hundred of them are not going to find a school to go to because they’re going to realize it’s not the school they just left,” Auriemma said.
Despite the reservations, they’re still playing along. Emily Engstler (Syracuse), Kianna Smith (California) and Chelsie Hall (Vanderbilt) have been key for Louisville. Engstler and Hall just joined the program this season.
When Engstler was considering the Cardinals, Walz went to Mykasa Robinson to discuss how her role would likely shrink if Engstler were to come and gauge her comfort level.
“She looked at me, and she’s like, ‘I’m tired of guarding her. If we can get her, yes, because she likes to win, and she wants to play with other good players,’” Walz said.
SOUTH CAROLINA SUPPORT
The Gamecocks have led the nation in average attendance for seven straight years, buoyed by a base of more than 10,000 season tickets. Despite the 1,200-mile distance from campus to downtown Minneapolis, there will be plenty of garnet-and-black-clad South Carolina fans voicing their support on Friday night when the Gamecocks take on Louisville.
“They’ve been with us when we weren’t a popular team or we weren’t a whole lot to cheer about,” Staley said. “This is my 14th year being at South Carolina, but the last probably 10, the fans have given us a ride that’s kind of irreplaceable.”
One of the catalysts for the attendance boom was giving fans as much as access to the program as they could, to build relationships and let the locals get to know the players as people.
“You really feel the love in the community,” guard Brea Beal said. “You can go to the store and run into somebody and they’re like, oh my gosh, just freaking out. It’s like a family.”
FOND MEMORY
Walz spent one season at Minnesota on his climb up the coaching ladder, serving as an assistant under current Maryland coach Brenda Frese.
That was 20 years ago, when Hall of Fame finalist Lindsay Whalen was a sophomore for the Gophers on a breakthrough team that reached the Final Four two seasons later. The women’s team at that time played in a smaller gym, the Pavilion, next door to Williams Arena where the Minnesota men’s team has played since 1928.
A water pipe burst that winter, moving the women’s team into the bigger venue. The Gophers were on a roll, and the first game in the building known as “The Barn” was packed to the rafters.
“From that point on, we continued the rest of the season playing in the Barn in front of unbelievable crowds,” Walz said.
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DELANO, Calif. (AP) — The death of an inmate at a central California prison is being investigated as a homicide, officials said Thursday.
Juan E. Mendoza, 26, was found unresponsive in his cell at Kern Valley State Prison shortly before 5 p.m. on Wednesday, according to a statement from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
He had visible injuries and died a short time later despite life-saving efforts.
Mendoza shared his cell with another man, Jorge L. Mendoza, who was removed from the cell and placed in segregation while the death is investigated, authorities said.
Juan E. Mendoza went to prison in 2020 after receiving a six-year sentence in San Bernardino County for second-degree attempted murder and personal use of a dangerous weapon, officials said.
Jorge L. Mendoza was admitted from Monterey County in 2018 and was serving a sentence of life with the chance of parole for second-degree murder with the use of a firearm by a second-striker.
Kern Valley State Prison is located in Delano, northwest of Bakersfield. It has more than 3,200 inmates.
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BOSTON (AP) — After a 15-year career in which he etched his name on the Stanley Cup and the Vezina Trophy, Tuukka Rask is focusing now on avoiding the rink.
“Don’t even go there. Not yet,” the retired Bruins goalie said Thursday night when asked if his daughters had taken up hockey. “They’re into dance and whatnot. If I have to go and spend my days at hockey rinks, so be it. But not really at the top of my list.”
A two-time All-Star, and the winner of the 2014 Vezina as the NHL’s top goalie, Rask announced his retirement last month after a setback in his attempt to come back from a torn labrum in his hip. The Bruins invited him back to drop the ceremonial first puck before Thursday night’s game against the New Jersey Devils, and again – perhaps for the last time – the chants of “Tuuuuk!” echoed through the TD Garden.
Rask took the ice with his wife, and their three daughters dressed for a ballet class. He bumped fists with the players on the Bruins bench while both teams tapped their sticks on the ice to salute him.
“I don’t know what the future holds,” Rask told reporters beforehand, saying that he would be showing up at games and golf outings as a team ambassador. “Maybe I’ll get into coaching. Maybe not, but for now, I’ll be hanging out with sponsors.”
The franchise’s all-time leader in wins, Rask helped the Bruins allow the fewest goals in the NHL in the pandemic-interrupted 2019-20 season, when Boston finished with the most points in the league. He injured his hip during the 2021 playoffs and worked his way back to the team midway through this season.
But after just four starts, he aggravated his injury on Jan. 24 against the Anaheim Ducks. Two weeks later, he announced he was through.
“It was kind of time to be honest with yourself,” he said. “I just figured it was better for everybody to call it. I had a great career. No regrets.”
While his hip still has some good days, Rask said no one could talk him out of retirement. His immediate future will involve as much golf as he can squeeze in between shuttling his daughters to dance class and school.
He may need a hip replacement at some point.
“It was at a point where it affected my everyday life,” Rask said. “I’m a guy who makes pretty quick decisions, anyway. So I wasn’t dwelling on it too long.”
Rask was 308-165-66 with a 2.28 goals-against average and .921 save percentage in a franchise-leading 564 games. He was the backup goalie for the Bruins team that won it all in 2011, and he led the team to Stanley Cup Final appearances in 2013 and ’19.
Although coaching is not in his plans, Rask said he would be available if Bruins goalie Jeremy Swayman wants him.
“I told him right after I retired: Tell me if you need anything,” Rask said. “Just make sure you don’t get too high or too low.”
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Which RC tanks are best?
Remote-control tanks provide hours of fun for all ages. Whether you’re staging a battle or traversing rugged terrain, these toys are immersive and just plain cool. There are tons of RC tanks out there, from historic replicas to futuristic armored vehicles. Which you choose will ultimately come down to the kinds of features you want your RC tank to have and how realistic you want it to look.
The best RC tank is the Heng Long Modified Edition Remote Control U.S. M1A2 Abrams Tank Model.
What to know before you buy an RC tank
What is an RC tank?
An RC tank is a type of remote-controlled vehicle modeled after real-life tanks used in warfare. Like real tanks, these toys have tracks that allow them to roll over rocks, mud and other uneven ground. They also have swiveling turrets to lock onto their target. RC tanks are controlled by a handheld transistor and run on battery power.
Types of RC tanks
There are two types of RC tanks: historically inspired models and fantasy/sci-fi-inspired models.
- Historic tanks are modeled after tanks that exist in real life from World War I to the modern era. Popular models are those from World War II, such as the American M4 Sherman and German Panzer, and those found in today’s militaries, such as the M1 Abrams.
- Fantasy and Sci-fi tanks have unique designs that don’t appear in real life. These follow the basic premise of a tank with a turret and tracks, but use futuristic color schemes and weapons.
Difference between RC tanks and RC cars
If you were to pit your RC tank against an RC car in a race, you’d be bound to lose. But a desert battle is another story. Both kinds of remote control vehicles have motors, controllers and batteries (though some RC cars use fuel). Yet, RC tanks don’t have nearly as powerful batteries or engines. They aren’t made for blistering speed or maneuverability. Rather, an RC tank is optimized for play. You won’t have to swap tires on these either, as their tracks are much more durable.
How to control an RC tank
RC tanks use a handheld transistor. Like RC cars, some use what’s called a pistol-grip controller. These have an ergonomic, one-hand design that uses a trigger for the throttle, and a wheel on the body of the pistol to turn the tank.
Traditional stick controllers are the classic square transistors with dual-analogue joysticks. You’re more likely to use one of these if you want a tank with a rotating turret as you’ll need to steer and direct the cannon.
What to look for in a quality RC tank
Battery
There are two kinds of batteries in the remote-control vehicle world. Nickel based Ni-MH batteries and lithium based LiPo batteries.
- LiPo: LiPo batteries are typically reserved for performance-oriented models. These durable batteries are powerful and produce a lot of speed, but they are more expensive.
- Ni-MH: Most tanks will use a Ni-MH battery, which is less powerful, but are much safer and more affordable.
Turret
A good RC tank should have a rotating or dynamic turret — after all, what’s the point of a tank without one of its core features? The turret should be able to rotate more than 180 degrees, with 360 being optimal. You’ll also want a turret that can go up or down. Look for around 30 degrees of vertical maneuverability.
Cannon
If your tank has a turret, check to see what its features are as most RC tanks have a shooting mechanism. If you’re buying for a younger user, you’ll want to use your best judgment when it comes to safety.
- Sound effects: When you press fire on your controller, the tank makes a realistic shooting sound. This is a fun detail that doesn’t require any extra supplies, power or supervision.
- Water: Transforming your tank into a little mobile water gun, water should be safe for all appropriate ages.
- Flame or smoke: Taking the tank to the next level, smoke or flames require oil to fire. These definitely require supervision.
- BB or airsoft: These RC tank cannons shoot small plastic or metal pellets. These should be used by older kids and adults.
Durability
You’ll want your tank to stand up to lots of play as well as to the elements. For this reason, durable, hard plastics are a must. In addition, check if your tank is waterproof before you take it through puddles or the snow, as water can damage the electronics and rust out the metal components. Lastly, you want your tracks to be made from either metal or anti-slip rubber. This will help your tank roll over rough surfaces without damaging components.
How much you can expect to spend on an RC tank
A kid-appropriate RC tank will cost anywhere from $50-$120. High-quality replicas with working cannons can exceed $200.
RC tank FAQ
Does my RC tank require fuel?
A. Most ready-to-roll out-of-the-box RC tanks run on battery power. If your tank makes smoke, you’ll need to top it off with oil to initiate combustion.
Are RC tanks safe?
A. Like any RC vehicle, an RC tank is as safe as the person using it. They do move at a decent clip and can bang shins or damage walls. But if you’re purchasing an RC tank that shoots, for a child you’ll need to make sure its cannon ammunition is age-appropriate and that you supervise play.
What’s the best RC tank to buy?
Top RC tank
Heng Long Modified Edition Remote Control U.S. M1A2 Abrams Tank Model
What you need to know: This tank is completely decked out with immersive effects and a working BB cannon.
What you’ll love: Produced at 1:16 scale, this tank is massive. It has a fully rotating turret, durable metal tracks with metal sprockets for all terrains and a whole slew of sound effects from the engine to the cannon. It also climbs steep slopes easily.
What you should consider: This tank is a little slow.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top RC tank for the money
Beaure WW2 German Tiger Army Tank
What you need to know: Beaure’s interactive replica tank is perfect for pretend play alone or with friends when paired with a second model.
What you’ll love: This 1:28-scale RC Tiger tank has stunning effects and realistic details. It has a 330-degree rotating turret with sound effects when it shoots. This tank has a battle feature that allows you to play with another tank.
What you should consider: Two tanks of the same model cannot fight — you need one of each.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Mostop Remote Control Crawler High-Speed Tank
What you need to know: The Mostop RC tank has a futuristic design modeled after high-tech military-police vehicles.
What you’ll love: This tank is fast with a top speed of over 7 miles per hour. Its rugged antislip tracks are designed to enable drifting and the gearbox has enough torque to climb up 30 degrees of incline. This tank can also wade 5 centimeters.
What you should consider: Some users report that the tracks can slip off their sprockets.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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LONDON, April 1 — Premier League clubs have voted in favour of reintroducing the use of five substitutes per game from the start of the 2022-23 season, the organisation said on Thursday.
The substitutions can be made on three occasions during a game, not including halftime, and clubs can name nine substitutes in total on their team sheet, the league said in a statement.
Top flight clubs were allowed to increase the number of substitutes from three to five per match in the 2019-20 campaign when the league restarted in June after a three-month hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Football’s law-making body IFAB had recommended making the rule permanent, but the Premier League was the only top league in Europe to decide against continuing five substitutes from 2020-21 even as a number of managers voiced concerns about player fatigue.
The Professional Footballers’ Association backed the league’s latest decision, with chief executive Maheta Molango saying the increasing workload on players is damaging their health and wellbeing.
“The adoption of this rule is a welcome step forward in what needs to be an ongoing effort to address issues with player fatigue, making sure they have the opportunity to perform at their best,” Molango said in a statement.
The Premier League added it would stop twice-weekly Covid-19 testing of players and staff from Monday, with only symptomatic individuals to be tested.
“The wellbeing of players and staff remains a priority and the Premier League will continue to monitor the national Covid-19 situation and adapt League-wide protocols as required, in line with the latest guidance from public health authorities and medical experts,” the statement said.
The Premier League also said the summer transfer window will open on June 10 and close on Sept. 1. — Reuters
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Given its central role in utilizing light energy, photoinduced electron transfer (PET) from an excited molecule has been widely studied1,2,3,4,5,6. However, even though microscopic photocurrent measurement methods7,8,9,10,11 have made it possible to correlate the efficiency of the process with local features, spatial resolution has been insufficient to resolve it at the molecular level. Recent work has, however, shown that single molecules can be efficiently excited and probed when combining a scanning tunnelling microscope (STM) with localized plasmon fields driven by a tunable laser12,13. Here we use that approach to directly visualize with atomic-scale resolution the photocurrent channels through the molecular orbitals of a single free-base phthalocyanine (FBPc) molecule, by detecting electrons from its first excited state tunnelling through the STM tip. We find that the direction and the spatial distribution of the photocurrent depend sensitively on the bias voltage, and detect counter-flowing photocurrent channels even at a voltage where the averaged photocurrent is near zero. Moreover, we see evidence of competition between PET and photoluminescence12, and find that we can control whether the excited molecule primarily relaxes through PET or photoluminescence by positioning the STM tip with three-dimensional, atomic precision. These observations suggest that specific photocurrent channels can be promoted or suppressed by tuning the coupling to excited-state molecular orbitals, and thus provide new perspectives for improving energy-conversion efficiencies by atomic-scale electronic and geometric engineering of molecular interfaces.
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Five-star 2023 winger Mookie Cook chose Oregon as his collegiate path he announced on Thursday. Cook, the No. 4 ranked prospect in the Class of 2023 according to 247 Sports, chose the Ducks over Gonzaga and Kentucky.
Cook’s commitment doesn’t come as much of a surprise. The Portland prospect has been on the Ducks’ radar since an absurdly early age, and his sister Chaquinn was an All-American track runner for Oregon in 2017 and 2018.
The Zags do not have any recruits yet for the Class of 2023, although they remain hot on the recruiting trail of four-star guard Dusty Stromer out of California. Stromer is ranked as the No. 37 player in the country according to 247 Sports and put to rest rumors that he might be trying a different path earlier today.
Notre Dame basketball player Dusty Stromer (‘23) put rumors about his future to rest today.
— Tarek Fattal (@Tarek_Fattal) March 31, 2022
“I’m coming back,” he told me. “I’m a loyal guy, and I want to finish what I started. I’ll definitely be back next year.”
There’s been rumors he’d transfer or leave for Overtime Elite.
Of course, the 2023 recruiting cycle is still just getting started. A large majority of the top players are still available, and we can probably expect to see a few more offers come from Gonzaga as the summer AAU season begins.
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Research Terms of Reference - Rapid Needs Assessment for Herat and Kunduz, AFG2102b Afghanistan (July 2021 Version 1)
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2. Rationale
2.1 Background
Endemic poverty and decades of conflict coupled with COVID-19, natural disasters, recent political transitions and subsequent humanitarian programming/economic constraints escalated need across Afghanistan. Concurrent to the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan, active conflict escalated from May 2021 onward across the country which concomitantly stifled economic activities and drove displacement. In parallel, the former Afghan government declared a drought across 80% of the country in June 2021 which further impeded agricultural and livestock economic activities. Separately, reported COVID-19 cases spiked from May – July 2021 and from November 2021 - February 2022 - coeval with a pause in funding for the World Health Organization (WHO)-led Sehatmandi project that provides healthcare services across the country. The four districts selected were directly impacted by conflict, displacement, drought and COVID-19 waves.
As part overall efforts to encourage a rolling needs identification process in Afghanistan and in recognition of the complexity/rapidity of the present context, the purpose of this RNA is to provide the ICCT with a) an appraisal of existing information gaps; and b) capture the current humanitarian needs and vulnerabilities in the four districts.
2.2 Intended impact
Findings will inform communications between humanitarian actors and Afghan communities. In addition, this RNA is intended to inform Inter-Cluster Coordination Team’s (ICCT) planning and strategy on the recent assessed displacements.
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Six Aberdeen boys at hockey nationals with Team South Dakota
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Six boys hockey players from Aberdeen are playing as members of Team South Dakota at the USA Hockey Tier II national tournament.
Jaxon Danielson, Carson Hundstad, Lleyton Kleffman and Carson Myhre were selected for the 14-and-under South Dakota team, which is playing in Kalamazoo, Mich.
AJ Dabney and Brady Huff are part of the Team South Dakota 16-and-under team, which is playing in Troy, Mich.
The 14-and under team will play at 6:30 tonight. The 16-and under South Dakota team won its opening game 6-4 against Bozeman, Mont.
A full tournament schedule can be found online at https://nationals.usahockey.com/.
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Disputed school admissions policy OK'd pending appeal
A federal appeals court has granted a request from a Virginia school system to continue using a challenged admissions policy while it appeals a ruling that found it discriminates against Asian American students
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- A federal appeals court has granted a request from a northern Virginia school system to continue using a challenged admissions policy at a highly selective high school while it appeals a ruling that found the policy discriminates against Asian American students.
A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in a ruling Thursday that Fairfax County Public Schools can continue to use its new admissions policy at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.
U.S. District Judge Claude Hilton rejected the new policy in a February ruling, saying that impermissible “racial balancing” was at its core. Commonly known as “TJ,” the prestigious school near the nation’s capital is often ranked as one of the best public high schools in the country.
Earlier this month, Hilton also rejected a request from the school system to delay the implementation of his ruling. But the 4th Circuit, in a 3-2 ruling, said the school board had met the legal requirements for a suspension of Hilton's order while its appeal is pending.
The 4th Circuit panel agreed with school officials who argued that because the selection process for the incoming freshman class is well underway, implementing Hilton's ruling now would throw the process into chaos.
Judge Toby Heytens wrote that he has “grave doubts” about Hilton's conclusions "regarding both disparate impact and discriminatory purpose” of the new admissions policy.
“In my view, appellant Fairfax County School Board is likely to succeed in its appeal,” Heytens wrote.
In a dissenting opinion, Judge Allison Jones Rushing said putting Hilton's ruling on hold while the school board appeals his decision is not in the public interest. Jones said any logistical difficulties or inconvenience associated with changing the admissions policy at this late date “simply do not outweigh the infringement of constitutional rights.”
“And everyone — even temporarily frustrated applicants and their families — ultimately benefits from a public-school admissions process not tainted by unconstitutional discrimination,” Rushing wrote.
The case has been closely watched as courts continue to evaluate the role that racial considerations can play when deciding who should be admitted to a particular school. Earlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a similar case alleging that Harvard University discriminates against Asian Americans in its admissions process.
Fairfield County Public Schools said the order from the 4th Circuit allows the school board to continue with the current application process to select the Class of 2026 this spring.
“For the 2,500+ students in this application pool, this means the race blind process set out by the School Board in October 2020 will remain in place as an appeal challenging the February court decision plays out,” the board said in a news release.
The parents’ group Coalition for TJ, which filed the lawsuit, said the 4th Circuit judges have made a “grave error” in allowing the school system to continue to use its new admissions process.
“If the judges’ decision stands, we would see Fairfax County Public Schools usher in a second class of students to America’s No. 1 public high school through an unconstitutional race-based admissions process,” the coalition said in a statement.
For decades, Black and Hispanic students have been woefully underrepresented in the student body. After criticism over its lack of diversity, the school board scrapped a standardized test that had been at the heart of the admissions process and opted instead for a process that sets aside slots at each of the county’s middle schools. It also includes “experience factors” like socioeconomic background.
The parents’ group argued in its lawsuit that Asian Americans, who constituted more than 70% of the student body, were unfairly targeted in the new policy.
The school’s current freshman class, which was admitted under the new policy, saw a significantly different racial makeup. Black students increased from 1% to 7%; Hispanic representation increased from 3% to 11%. Asian American representation decreased from 73% to 54%.
The school system has insisted that its new policies are race neutral, and the panel evaluating applicants is not even aware of applicants’ race as it conducts its reviews.
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Dual Focus for the End User by Jim Geimer\nSiematic Homepage for Purchasing the Siemaster ® Design Assistant. This app is optimized ... for Retention Management, Retouch 5 is available via purchase or online subscription model at www\nVirtical Project-Space for Panel Fab. Above we see a section outlook to an extensive industrial panel building by BA System Technology and Industriebauer as. One part of 12 Marvel Cinematic Universe's latest superhero is not, in the conventional sense, either "super" or a "hero," but he does have an unorthodox ailment and a weird skill-set to separate him from mere mortals. His name is Morbius, and while watching his origin story, you may get the feeling that somewhere in the cinematic multiverse, wires got crossed.
The film begins with a helicopter, transporting a cage to the sort of mist-shrouded isle you half expect King Kong to be inhabiting. But Dr. Michael Morbius (Jared Leto) is looking to capture smaller game as he approaches the mouth of a cave, hobbling with difficulty on two crutch-like canes.
Positioning himself behind the wires of the cage, he slices open the palm of his hand and, as a roar of batwings echoes from inside the cave, murmurs to the copter pilot "if you're gonna run, do it now."
A rare blood disease treated with a bit o' bat
It's tempting to say "consider yourself warned," but the film's first hour or so, while unremarkable, is decently crafted.
Born with a rare blood disease, Michael Morbius has spent his entire life working on two things — a cure, and origami paper-folding. Natch, it occurs to him to fold together bat and human DNA.
Because the FDA would be unlikely to approve human trials, he and his beautiful co-researcher Martine (Adria Arjona) head in a cargo ship for international waters off the coast of Long Island in the company of eight thuggish mercenaries — think bloodbags — and once Morbius has been injected with bat DNA, it's just a matter of time before things go vampiric.
Let it be said that some side-effects from dabbling in "chiropter-y" are less ghastly than others. Bat DNA evidently gives you great cheekbones and abs to go with increased strength and speed.
Less salutary effects include new fangs that sprout from his gums with decades of decay baked in, and claws that erupt from his fingers pre-filthed. I mean, sure...why not? Except this is a man whose hair has the kind of sheen that comes from brushing it three times a day.
One other thing: he now needs to drink human blood every six hours. Happily, on his way to declining a Nobel Prize, Dr. Morbius invented "artificial blood," though that only fools his system for a while.
Color coded smoke effects for a Jekyll and his Hyde
If you're expecting a conventional Marvel movie, you should be aware going in that what Director Daniel Espinoza and his writers have come up with is more a horror flick with Marvel bells and whistles.
That means Leto's Morbius gets purplish smoke effects to go with those fang-baring snarls as he's riding air currents in subway tunnels, while the similarly afflicted Hyde to his Jekyll – a schoolboy chum played as an adult by an amusingly hopped-up Matt Smith, gets blue-ish vapor trails and snappier lines.
But there isn't much tension to their story. Or logic. At one point, Morbius overhears some counterfeiters passing fake $100s, and commandeers their printing press to make what appears to be an artificial-blood machine — because the technologies for fake-bills and fake-blood match up? Maybe that works better in a comic book.
Bat guys everywhere you look
Speaking of which, when the DC Extended Universe first announced that Twilight star Robert Pattinson would play the lead in The Batman in their corner of the superhero multiverse, it seemed like a nice inside joke — from Vampire-teen to Bat-man. But now that the Marvelverse has Leto going full Dracula, it seems as if the casting maybe could've gone the other way 'round.
Leto is as persuasively haunted by the dark side of vigilantism as Pattinson was, and as a result of corporate positioning, is maybe more determined to avoid being a villain. Not unlike Venom, Morbius was a bad guy when he first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man comics, back in the 1970's. He needs to be at least an anti-hero now, if a franchise is to be built around him.
But bad guy/bat guy...who's to say? As the trailers reveal, another DC bat-guy, Michael Keaton, shows up in his non-batty baddie Marvel persona Adrian Toomes, just to mess with the heads of anyone trying to keep cinematic universes straight.
But bloodlines will have to be clarified in more robust "Morbius" episodes to come, this origin story being merely adequate, and by Marvel standards, slightly anemic.
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TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 31, 2022--
Greenbrook TMS Inc. (TSX: GTMS, NASDAQ: GBNH) (“ Greenbrook ” or the “ Company ”), today announced its fourth quarter 2021 (“ Q4 2021 ”) and year-end 2021 (“ Fiscal 2021 ”) operational and financial results. All values in this news release are in United States dollars, unless otherwise stated.
FISCAL 2021 OPERATIONAL AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
- Fiscal 2021 revenue increased by 21% to a record $52.2 million, up $9.1 million as compared to 2020 fiscal year-end (“ Fiscal 2020 ”).
- Record high patient starts and TMS treatment volumes in Fiscal 2021. Patient starts increased by 18% to 6,429 as compared to Fiscal 2020 and TMS treatment volumes increased by 15% to 226,286 as compared to Fiscal 2020.
- Average revenue per treatment increased by 5% to $231 in Fiscal 2021 as compared to Fiscal 2020.
- Fiscal 2021 resulted in an entity-wide regional operating loss of $0.3 million, down 51% as compared to Fiscal 2020. The loss for the period and comprehensive loss decreased by 18% to $24.9 million in Fiscal 2021 as compared to Fiscal 2020.
- The Company began offering Spravato® (esketamine nasal spray) therapy at select TMS treatment centers (“ TMS Centers ”) in January 2021. The Company now offers Spravato® at 23 TMS Centers across the United States, building on the long-term business plan of utilizing our TMS Centers as platforms for the delivery of innovative treatments to patients suffering from Major Depressive Disorder and other mental health disorders.
- The Company completed the acquisition of Achieve TMS East, LLC and Achieve TMS Central, LLC (the “ Achieve TMS East/CentralAcquisition ”), which included the acquisition of 17 active TMS Centers in the United States.
- The Company added 31 active TMS Centers during Fiscal 2021, including 17 active TMS Centers acquired in connection with the Achieve TMS East/Central Acquisition, with an additional two TMS Centers in development, bringing the total Company network to 149 TMS Centers as at December 31, 2021, representing an increase of 19% as compared to Fiscal 2020.
- The Company completed the listing of its common shares on the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (“ NASDAQ ”). Trading on the NASDAQ commenced on March 16, 2021 under the symbol “GBNH”.
FOURTH QUARTER 2021 OPERATIONAL AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
- Q4 2021 revenue increased by 42% to a record $14.0 million, up $4.1 million as compared to the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2020 (“ Q4 2020 ”).
- New patient starts increased by 17% to 1,667 as compared to Q4 2020 and TMS treatment volumes increased by 13% to 61,416 as compared to Q4 2020.
- Q4 2021 resulted in an entity-wide operating income of $0.04 million, up $2.09 million as compared to an entity-wide operating loss of $2.05 million in Q4 2020.
Bill Leonard, President and Chief Executive Officer of Greenbrook commented:
“Despite the challenges we faced over the past two years, we saw continued growth in both revenue and patient treatments. We believe that the demand for treatment of mental health disorders is at an all-time high and we have the right platform to serve this unmet need. Our Spravato® program adds to our repertoire of innovative treatments, building on the Company’s long-term business plan of utilizing its center network as a platform to serve patients suffering from Major Depressive Disorder and other mental health disorders.” Bill continued: “We are extremely proud of our dedicated team that continued to deliver the highest level of patient care in a very challenging operating environment. We are excited to continue our growth plans through 2022, with specific focus on enhanced utilization of our established TMS Center platform.”
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For more information, please refer to the Management’s Discussion & Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“ MD&A ”) and the consolidated financial statements of the Company for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019. These documents, and the Company’s annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 (the “ Annual Report ”), will be available on the Company’s website at www.greenbrooktms.com, under the Company’s SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com and under the Company’s EDGAR profile at www.sec.gov. Shareholders may receive a hard copy of the Annual Report free of charge upon request.
CONFERENCE CALL AND WEBCAST
Fourth Quarter and Year End 2021 Conference Call Details:
Bill Leonard, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Erns Loubser, the Chief Financial Officer, will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) on April 1, 2022 to discuss the financial results for the fourth quarter and year end.
Toll Free North America: 1-866-521-4909
Toronto: 647-427-2311
Webcast:
For more information or to listen to the call via webcast, please visit: www.greenbrooktms.com/investors/events
For those that plan on accessing the conference call or webcast, please allow ample time prior to the call time.
Conference Call Replay:
Toll Free (North America): 1-800-585-8367
Toronto: 416-621-4642
Passcode: 6080804
The conference call replay will be available beginning at 1:00 p.m. ET on March 31, 2022 until 11:59 p.m. on April 30, 2022.
About Greenbrook TMS Inc.
Operating through 149 Company-operated treatment centers, Greenbrook is a leading provider of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (“ TMS ”) therapy, an FDA-cleared, non-invasive therapy for the treatment of Major Depressive Disorder and other mental health disorders, in the United States. TMS therapy provides local electromagnetic stimulation to specific brain regions known to be directly associated with mood regulation. Greenbrook has provided more than 790,000 TMS treatments to over 22,000 patients struggling with depression.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Information
Certain information in this press release, including with respect to the Company’s future financial and/or operating performance, the Company’s expectations regarding the impact of the Achieve TMS East/Central Acquisition on our business, the continued roll-out of the Spravato® offering at additional TMS Centers and its future growth prospects, constitute forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws in Canada and the United States, including the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some cases, but not necessarily in all cases, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “plans”, “targets”, “expects” or “does not expect”, “is expected”, “an opportunity exists”, “is positioned”, “estimates”, “intends”, “assumes”, “anticipates” or “does not anticipate” or “believes”, or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might”, “will” or “will be taken”, “occur” or “be achieved”. In addition, any statements that refer to expectations, projections or other characterizations of future events or circumstances contain forward-looking information. Statements containing forward-looking information are not historical facts but instead represent management’s expectations, estimates and projections regarding future events.
Forward-looking information is necessarily based on a number of opinions, assumptions and estimates that, while considered reasonable by the Company as of the date of this press release, are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information, including, but not limited to, the factors described in greater detail in the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s Annual Report, in the “Risks and Uncertainties” section of the Company’s MD&A (included in the Annual Report) and in the Company’s other materials filed with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time, available at www.sedar.com and www.sec.gov, respectively. These factors are not intended to represent a complete list of the factors that could affect the Company; however, these factors should be considered carefully. There can be no assurance that such estimates and assumptions will prove to be correct. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date of this press release, and the Company expressly disclaims any obligation to update or alter statements containing any forward-looking information, or the factors or assumptions underlying them, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
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Fourth round of Evaluations focus on top ransomware and wiper malware groups, including Russian cyber military unit
WALTHAM, Mass., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Uptycs, provider of the first cloud-native security analytics platform enabling cloud and endpoint security from a common solution, today announced the results of its completed MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK® Enterprise Evaluation, Round 4. This round of independent ATT&CK Evaluations for enterprise cybersecurity solutions emulated the Wizard Spider and Sandworm threat groups. Wizard Spider is responsible for the infamous Ryuk ransomware family, and Sandworm is a Russian cyber military unit behind the 2017 NotPetya attacks.
"Ransomware is a growing scourge for all types of organizations and the focus of these MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK Evaluations could not come at a more appropriate time," said Ganesh Pai, Co-founder and CEO at Uptycs. "Security teams can use these evaluation results to identify gaps in their detection coverage. Our strong performance in both the Windows and Linux portions of the evaluation demonstrate how Uptycs helps these Security teams to detect even advanced ransomware actors, in addition to the hardening needed to minimize the risk of ransomware in the first place."
The MITRE Engenuity evaluations team chose to emulate two threat groups that abuse the Data Encrypted For Impact (T1486) technique. In Wizard Spider's case, they have leveraged data encryption for ransomware, including the widely known Ryuk malware (S0446). Sandworm, on the other hand, leveraged encryption for the destruction of data, perhaps most notably with their NotPetya malware (S0368) that disguised itself as ransomware. While the common thread to this year's evaluations is "Data Encrypted for Impact," both groups have substantial reporting on a broad range of post-exploitation tradecraft.
New advanced detection capabilities helped Uptycs perform strongly in the Wizard Spider and Sandworm evaluation, including:
- Ransomware detection - Uptycs provides generic detection and protection against ransomware attacks on Windows operating systems. The capability analyzes telemetry inside the endpoint agent so it can protect against the attacks in offline mode.
- Process code injection / DLL injection and process hollowing - Uptycs provides generic detection to process code injection and process hollowing on both Windows and Linux endpoints. Process code injection is a technique used by attackers to inject malicious code inside a trusted running process to evade detection.
- Master boot record (MBR) overwrite - Uptycs provides generic detection of MBR overwrite on Windows-based endpoints. MBR overwrite is a technique used by adversaries where the goal is to disrupt operations and make the system unusable.
- Lsass.exe memory credential dumping - To detect attacker attempts to steal credentials, Uptycs provides generic detection of lsass.exe (Local Security Authority Subsystem Service) memory credential dumping on Windows-based endpoints.
For full results and more information about the evaluations, please visit: https://attackevals.mitre-engenuity.org/enterprise/wizard-spider-and-sandworm/.
Sign up for our Uptycs Live webinar to learn more about our participation in the MITRE ATT&CK Evaluations and how our solution protects against ransomware.
About MITRE Engenuity
MITRE Engenuity, a subsidiary of MITRE, is a tech foundation for the public good. MITRE's mission-driven teams are dedicated to solving problems for a safer world. Through our public-private partnerships and federally funded R&D centers, we work across government and in partnership with industry to tackle challenges to the safety, stability, and well-being of our nation.
MITRE Engenuity brings MITRE's deep technical know-how and systems thinking to the private sector to solve complex challenges that government alone cannot solve. MITRE Engenuity catalyzes the collective R&D strength of the broader U.S. federal government, academia, and private sector to tackle national and global challenges, such as protecting critical infrastructure, creating a resilient semiconductor ecosystem, building a genomics center for public good, accelerating use case innovation in 5G, and democratizing threat-informed cyber defense.
About Uptycs
Uptycs provides the first unified, cloud-native security analytics platform that enables both cloud and endpoint security from a common solution. The solution provides a unique telemetry-powered approach to address multiple use cases—including Extended Detection & Response (XDR), Cloud Workload Protection (CWPP), and Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM). Uptycs enables security professionals to quickly prioritize, investigate, and respond to potential threats across a company's entire attack surface.
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Turkey says gas pipeline with Israel not possible in short term
A possible fuel pipeline challenge between Turkey and Israel just isn’t attainable within the short-term and constructing an alternate system to chop dependence on Russia won’t occur shortly, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu stated on Thursday.
Turkey and Israel have in current weeks been working to fix their long-strained ties, and vitality has emerged as a possible space of cooperation.
Turkish media on Thursday reported President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as saying he was “very, very hopeful” for vitality cooperation with Israel, and he hoped to debate the difficulty with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.
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“If we discuss this subject with Bennett after Ramadan and we take steps immediately, the process will accelerate for Israel-Turkey cooperation, east Mediterranean crude oil and natural gas,” he informed reporters on his airplane getting back from a visit to Uzbekistan.
The Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins on April 2.
The regional rivals expelled ambassadors in 2018 and have usually traded barbs over the Palestinian battle, Turkish help of the Hamas militant group, which runs Gaza, and different points.
Speaking to broadcaster A Haber, Cavusoglu stated he would journey to Israel and Palestine with Energy Minister Fatih Donmez in mid-May and would focus on the appointment of ambassadors along with his Israeli counterpart throughout the go to.
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SÃO PAULO, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ZENVIA Inc. ("ZENVIA" or "Company") (NASDAQ: ZENV), a customer experience communications platform that empowers businesses to create unique journeys for their end-customers along their life cycle, announced today that it filed its annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The annual report, the first one issued by Zenvia since the IPO in July 2021, can be accessed on the Company's investor relations website at http://investors.zenvia.com or at http://www.sec.gov.
The Company will provide shareholders a hard copy of its annual report containing the audited consolidated financial statements, free of charge, upon request. Requests should be directed to the Investor Relations Department through the email ir@zenvia.com.
About ZENVIA
ZENVIA is driven by the purpose of empowering companies to create unique experiences for customer communications through its unified end-to-end platform. ZENVIA empowers companies to transform their existing customer communications from non-scalable, physical, and impersonal interactions into highly scalable, digital first and hyper contextualized experiences across the customer journey. ZENVIA's unified end-to-end CX communications platform provides a combination of (i) SaaS focused on campaigns, sales teams, customer service and engagement, (ii) tools, such as software application programming interfaces, or APIs, chatbots, single customer view, journey designer, documents composer and authentication and (iii) channels, such as SMS, Voice, WhatsApp, Instagram and Webchat. Its comprehensive platform assists customers across multiple use cases, including marketing campaigns, customer acquisition, customer onboarding, warnings, customer services, fraud control, cross-selling and customer retention, among others. ZENVIA's shares are traded on Nasdaq, under the ticker ZENV.
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Zenvia's actual results could differ materially from those stated or implied in forward-looking statements due to several factors, including but not limited to: our ability to innovate and respond to technological advances, changing market needs and customer demands, our ability to successfully acquire new businesses as customers, acquire customers in new industry verticals and appropriately manage international expansion, substantial and increasing competition in our market, compliance with applicable regulatory and legislative developments and regulations, the dependence of our business on our relationship with certain service providers, among other factors.
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GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The pain was sharp and familiar. It reminded David Price of where he has been. It also told him he still might be able to be the pitcher the Los Angeles Dodgers thought they had nearly 26 months ago.
Price’s quiet spring began the way others have in the five-time All-Star’s 13-year career: His left elbow hurt after his first live batting practice a couple of weeks ago, and he knew the resumption of an old routine was underway.
“Always the elbow,’’ Price said. “It happens every year, all the way back to 2010. Now, everything feels good – arm, elbow and shoulder.’’
It was good enough to impress Dodgers manager Dave Roberts and anybody else who watched Price make his first spring appearance against Cleveland on Wednesday night. The left-hander worked only an inning, but he had two strikeouts and was clocked at 93 mph.
In an abbreviated camp, it wasn’t enough to determine his role. It did remind the Dodgers that Price is still in the mix.
From starter to bullpen, Price’s role with the Dodgers has been uncertain since they acquired the 2012 American League Cy Young Award winner from the Boston Red Sox in a three-team deal that included right-fielder Mookie Betts in February 2020.
Price didn’t pitch at all that year, opting out because of concerns about COVID-19. In 2021, he bounced between the starting rotation and the bullpen with 11 starts and 28 appearances as a reliever. His overall ERA was 4.03.
He arrived at camp in mid-March ready to do anything. Then Roberts mentioned him as a possible starter.
“I’m preparing that way, yeah,” said Price, who is in the final year of a seven-year, $217 million contract. “I think it’d be silly of me to prepare to be a reliever if I’m asked to start. So, I’m preparing to be a starter until otherwise.”
Otherwise looks to be the case. Roberts projects his starting rotation will be Walker Buehler, Julio Urias, Clayton Kershaw, Andrew Heaney and Tony Gonsolin. He cautioned that nothing is set in stone, mostly because pitchers were limited in a camp cut short by major league baseball’s lockout.
The Dodgers signed career starter Tyler Anderson in mid-March, just in case. As for Price, Roberts said: “I just think that David, right now, is not an option in the sense of, he’s not built up. It just doesn’t seem feasible right now.”
The 36-year-old left-hander could still have an immediate role, like one inning in relief early in the season, Roberts said, and moving up to multiple innings as he gets stronger.
“I’m confident in David in any role,’’ Roberts said. “I like his versatility. The role doesn’t matter. It’s just knowing that he’s going to pitch valuable innings in whatever role.”
NOTES
Cody Bellinger took batting practice Thursday on the minor-league side of the Dodgers’ camp. The 2019 National League MVP is 4 for 27 with 17 strikeouts this spring.
“I wouldn’t say I’m alarmed,’’ Roberts said. “I think ‘progressing’ is the word. We’ve got to continue to log at-bats to make him feel as comfortable as possible when the season starts.’’
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Banning Russia oil would hit US prices hard
The U.S. could survive cutting off Russian oil and gas imports over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, but it would almost certainly strike a massive financial toll.
Political support for banning Russian energy imports is growing in both parties, and the White House said the topic is under discussion — though it said President Biden had not made a decision.
Oil prices are already skyrocketing, and the Brent crude oil international benchmark hit a 13-year high of $139 per barrel on fears of a ban after Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. was engaging in an “active discussion” about the possibility.
Russia is one of the world’s largest oil producers, with a 12 percent global market share, according to a Friday analysis from JPMorgan.
Prior to the invasion of Ukraine, Russia was exporting about 6.5 million barrels daily, of which 4.3 million barrels per day were going to Europe and the U.S. The U.S. was importing about 600,000 to 800,000 barrels from Russia daily — or about 8 percent of the country’s imported supply of crude oil and petroleum products.
Cutting off that spigot will lead to higher prices unless more supply comes from somewhere.
It’s possible that the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) could decide to increase supply, but there has been no indication from such countries that they will produce and export more oil to replace Russia’s, the JPMorgan analysis warned.
“The Biden team is already calling Saudi Arabia, the UAE [United Arab Emirates] and others, I imagine,” said Morgan Bazilian, director of the Colorado-based Payne Institute for Public Policy. “But their diplomatic leverage on those countries is limited, and they have shown very little appetite to be influenced by Biden and the U.S.”
Relations between Saudi Arabia and the Biden administration are decidedly chilled following Democratic criticism of the killing of former Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who is widely believed to have been murdered by Saudi agents.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is the day-to-day ruler of Saudi Arabia, also recently told The Atlantic in an interview that “I do not care” whether Biden misunderstood things about him.
Senior U.S. officials also took a rare trip to Venezuela, another OPEC member, this weekend for talks about potentially easing sanctions on oil exports from that country.
Another option to take the pressure off a ban on Russian oil would be to increase U.S. shale production, although that growth would be limited by the necessary labor and infrastructure demands, according to the JPMorgan analysis.
It is more expensive to produce oil from shale fields in West Texas than Saudi Arabia. The higher international prices could lead to increased production in the U.S. given the economics, though relief at the pump would be a bigger question.
“Saudi Arabia is famously known for having the cheapest, sweetest crude oil — it takes the least amount of additional refining, very cheap to process, and it’s very cheap to get out of the ground,” Gernot Wagner, a climate economist and visiting professor at Columbia Business School, told The Hill. “West Texas crude is a lot harder to get out of the ground.”
Whereas it costs only about $5 to $10 per barrel to extract Saudi Arabian oil, digging up West Texas crude costs about $70 per barrel, according to Wagner.
“So it only really pays to get it out of the ground if the oil price is well above those $70,” he said.
Bazilian warned that a ramp-up in domestic production would face a variety of hurdles, such as the time it takes to start pumping, financial restrictions imposed by Wall Street and an insufficient workforce.
Another wild card that could help fill the gaping hole left by Russia poses its own set of complications: Iran.
It the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal is restored, it could lead to the waiving of U.S. sanctions, enabling Tehran to ramp up its crude supplies by 1 million barrels per day over the next two months, the JPMorgan analysis stated.
Bazilian described as “deeply flawed” the notion that cutting off Russian oil could lead to “energy independence.”
What would be more sensible, he argued, would be to focus more on energy security — a mix of supply, demand, markets and institutions — while finding a way “to entice the U.S. industry in the short to medium term.”
“That will be tough for an administration who has climate change as a top tier priority,” Bazilian said. “Of course, that priority is not top tier today.”
Echoing these sentiments, Wagner likened a pivot away from Russian oil sources to a switch from a fast-food hamburger to a highly caloric vegan burger.
“It still produces CO2 emissions,” Wagner said. “It’s still going to give you a heart attack. It might even be worse for you right at the end of the day because we don’t really know what eating vegan burger does to you.”
And that sense of uncertainty is dominating global energy markets right now — in large part, Wagner explained, because “we don’t know what Putin’s going to do next.” But from a purely economic perspective, he said, there are certain advantages to cutting off Russian oil altogether.
“You basically rip off the risk premium,” Wagner added. “Suddenly, there’s no uncertainty about what Russia will do next because it doesn’t matter.”
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The four blueblood programs that have descended upon the Superdome for the Final Four all have the ability to recruit on a national scale, their coaches able to hop aboard a jet on a moment’s notice to sit in a living room or take in a game.
Turns out some of their best players were in their own backyard.
All-American guard Ochai Agbaji grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, before heading about 20 minutes west on Interstate 70 to become a star for Kansas, which faces Villanova in the first national semifinal Saturday night. His running mate, Christian Braun, grew up in southeast Kansas but also played his high school ball in suburban Kansas City.
Two-time Big East player of the year Collin Gillespie, who has Wildcats coach Jay Wright eyeing a third national title, also played his high school ball about 20 minutes from campus at Archbishop Wood in suburban Philadelphia. Eric Dixon grew up in nearby Willow Grove and Chris Arcidiacono in Langhorne, Pennsylvania.
“We’ve never put an emphasis on recruiting local kids. We’ve put emphasis just going out and getting the best kids,” Kansas coach Bill Self said, “and we’ve been able to recruit national for the most part.
“But it’s pretty special that within 45 minutes of your home you have arguably two of the very best wings in college basketball.”
There are hometown connections in the second semifinal between Duke and North Carolina, too, and those might produce a little extra motivation given that their rival campuses famously lie just 10 miles apart.
Justin McKoy, who played the entire overtime in the Tar Heels’ upset of No. 1 seed Baylor, grew up 30 minutes away in Raleigh. Duke captain Joey Baker only moved about 90 minutes north of his home in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
ONE-ON-ONE
Three years ago, Caleb Samuels had made the decision to transfer from Tulane and was taking a visit to Villanova, where Gillespie and another hometown player, Dhamir Cosby-Roundtree, were given the job of showing him around.
Some of the coaches asked if they would have a little shooting competition and, well, one thing led to another.
“We’re two competitive guys. It turned into one-on-one,” Gillespie recalled Thursday, “and he got up on me like, 13-0, and I was scared. I was nervous. I was like, who is this kid? Because I hadn’t heard of him before. And I obviously looked him up and watched his highlights — ‘All right, he can help us.’”
That might’ve been an understatement. Gillespie and Samuels are now two of the Wildcats’ top three scorers.
“I was up 13-0 the first game, and I remember him coming back, making every shot after that, after I missed, obviously, a layup or something,” Samuels said. “He ended up winning that game. The series ended up being 3-1, Collin.”
TEAHAN TRADITION
The Final Four has become a Teahan family tradition.
First it was Connor. He played at Kansas from 2007-11 and went to the Final Four twice, winning a national championship with the Jayhawks in 2008.
Now it’s Chris’ turn. He was a freshman on the 2018 Final Four team and is back this year as a super senior.
“The Teahans have kind of become the first family of our program,” Kansas coach Bill Self said. “They both put their handprint all over everything we do.”
CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE
It’s not uncommon to see politicians making public bets on major sporting events with products highlighting their state’s industries. That’s not an option for North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper considering home-state teams UNC and Duke have brought their rivalry to New Orleans.
So Cooper on Thursday instead issued a proclamation that the state is “The Center of the College Basketball Universe.”
“The stakes are high on Saturday and fans across the nation will get a firsthand look at two programs that have for decades competed fiercely and divided the loyalty of family and friends, but made our state proud,” Cooper said.
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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Cesar Deluna, an intelligence analyst with U.S. Marine Corps Forces Korea, shares why he enjoys being stationed on Camp Humphreys, South Korea, March 27, 2022. Experiencing the culture through food and language provides Deluna an enriching experience while in Korea. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Ash McLaughlin)
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WASHINGTON, April 1 — US President Joe Biden said yesterday that Russian leader Vladimir Putin may have placed some of his advisors under “house arrest” after becoming “isolated” while trying to run the invasion of Ukraine.
In his first public remarks on Western assessments about internal Kremlin tensions over the war in Ukraine, Biden also said he was “sceptical” about Moscow’s claim to be scaling back its onslaught in parts of the country.
“He seems to be self-isolated and there’s some indication that he has fired or put under house arrest some of his advisers,” Biden told reporters when asked about British and US intelligence statements that Putin is not getting proper information from staff about difficulties in Ukraine.
Biden tempered his remarks, saying “there’s a lot of speculation” and he did not want to “put too much stock in that.”
However, later the State Department spokesman Ned Price said “we have seen reports that various Russian officials have been sidelined, are estranged, have been essentially put on ice or, as the president alluded to, have even been placed under house arrest.”
Price said that the invasion of Ukraine — with Russians apparently not expecting heavy resistance and surprised by the ferocity of Western sanctions — reinforced the theory that Putin was making decisions based on poor advice.
“We have reason to believe that President Putin does feel misled. President Putin, if you look at the track record over the course of the past five or so weeks, clearly made several miscalculations,” Price said.
“Why else would he have undertaken an invasion that was quite clear would precipitate a whole series of consequences that we laid out in advance? He clearly miscalculated if he thought his forces would be able to achieve a quick tactical victory,” Price said.
In his remarks to reporters, Biden also said he was not certain about the Russians’ intentions in Ukraine after Moscow announced a pullback — initially seen as offering a potential opening to broader de-escalation — from the capital Kyiv and another city.
Biden said that it was possible that any pullback from the cities — if happening at all — was only ordered to allow increased attacks on another area of Ukraine, the eastern Donbas region.
“Thus far, there’s no clear evidence that he’s pulling all those forces out of Kyiv. There’s also evidence that he’s beefing up his troops down in the Donbas,” Biden said.
“I’m a little sceptical. It’s an open question whether he’s actually pulling back.” — AFP
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Given its central role in utilizing light energy, photoinduced electron transfer (PET) from an excited molecule has been widely studied1,2,3,4,5,6. However, even though microscopic photocurrent measurement methods7,8,9,10,11 have made it possible to correlate the efficiency of the process with local features, spatial resolution has been insufficient to resolve it at the molecular level. Recent work has, however, shown that single molecules can be efficiently excited and probed when combining a scanning tunnelling microscope (STM) with localized plasmon fields driven by a tunable laser12,13. Here we use that approach to directly visualize with atomic-scale resolution the photocurrent channels through the molecular orbitals of a single free-base phthalocyanine (FBPc) molecule, by detecting electrons from its first excited state tunnelling through the STM tip. We find that the direction and the spatial distribution of the photocurrent depend sensitively on the bias voltage, and detect counter-flowing photocurrent channels even at a voltage where the averaged photocurrent is near zero. Moreover, we see evidence of competition between PET and photoluminescence12, and find that we can control whether the excited molecule primarily relaxes through PET or photoluminescence by positioning the STM tip with three-dimensional, atomic precision. These observations suggest that specific photocurrent channels can be promoted or suppressed by tuning the coupling to excited-state molecular orbitals, and thus provide new perspectives for improving energy-conversion efficiencies by atomic-scale electronic and geometric engineering of molecular interfaces.
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Which Replica perfumes are best?
Scent is our most powerfully evocative sense, and perhaps no perfume brand leans more into the relationship between scent and memory than Maison Margiela’s Replica perfumes. These fragrances attempt to capture experiences and moments from specific places and times, like favorite Replica fragrance By the Fireplace does with notes of woodsmoke, chestnut and vanilla. Here’s how to select the best Replica perfume for your fragrance collection.
What to know before you buy a Replica perfume
Most Replica fragrances are unisex
Maison Margiela is an unconventional fashion house, and its Replica fragrances follow suit by largely ignoring standard gendered fragrance categories. Only a handful of the brand’s fragrances are recommended specifically for male or female users, and even within those categories, users of all genders tend to have success wearing a fragrance that isn’t traditionally marketed for them. Don’t be afraid to sample a fragrance that seems outside the box — Replica may pleasantly surprise you.
Most popular Replica fragrances are eau de toilettes
One important consideration in shopping for a Replica perfume is that the majority of the fragrances available are eau de toilettes, not eau de parfums. Eau de parfum is what we typically think of as “perfume,” and its scent tends to be stronger and longer-lasting, but eau de toilette is frequently more affordable. This is due to eau de toilettes having a lower concentration of pricey fragrance oils (generally 8-12%) than eau de parfums (12-18%). While eau de toilettes tend to be lighter and less complex, some of Replica’s most popular eau de toilettes, like By The Fireplace, are as rich and elaborate as eau de parfums.
Experiment with a gift set
There are a lot of Replica perfumes to choose from, and it’s always possible that the most popular scent in the lineup won’t appeal to you. If you’re feeling overwhelmed by choice or don’t want to risk buying a perfume you’re not in love with, consider trying a gift set. Replica gift sets typically include 10 mini bottles, each with roughly eight wears — enough to get a feel for the perfume. These mini bottles are also great for travel.
What to look for in a quality Replica perfume
Affordable luxury designer quality
Replica eau de toilettes offer complex, unique fragrances at reasonable price points compared to other, more established designer perfume brands. Plus, with three bottle sizes available as well as a sample set, it’s easy to get the right amount of perfume for your budget.
Spray bottles, not rollerballs
Perfume purists often prefer spray applicators to rollerballs, and with good reason. Atomizers help disperse fragrance more evenly on your skin, and rollerballs can pick up debris from contact with your skin and degrade the perfume’s quality over time. All sizes of Replica perfumes come with atomizers.
Thoughtful packaging
In keeping with the brand’s theme of nostalgia and memory, Replica perfume bottles are modeled after apothecary jars. The white labels are fabric, not paper, and they’re printed with the place and year that inspired the fragrance as well as the fragrance notes. The boxes feature Polaroid photographs that depict the place encapsulated by the perfume.
How much you can expect to spend on Replica perfume
Replica eau de toilette fragrances come in two standard sizes. The full-size, 3.4-ounce bottle costs $144, while 1-ounce bottles cost $76. Travel-size, .34-ounce spray bottles are available for $32.
Replica perfume FAQ
How many Replica perfumes are there?
A. Maison Margiela currently makes three Replica eau de parfum fragrances and 18 eau de toilette fragrances. New scents are added almost every year, but a handful have been discontinued over time.
How long do Replica perfumes last?
A. Replica perfumes are popular more for their unique scents than their staying power. For some, this may be a deal-breaker, but keep in mind that a perfume’s longevity depends on many factors. Replica perfumes can last anywhere from two to six hours.
What’s the best Replica perfume to buy?
Top Replica perfume
What you need to know: This unisex fragrance accurately captures the scent memory of relaxing by a fire.
What you’ll love: The unique perfume has notes of woodsmoke, clove and vanilla. It’s a great fragrance for fall and winter.
What you should consider: It may be one of Replica’s more popular fragrances, but it’s also very unique: its top notes are strongly smoky, and the fireplace-like scent may limit when and where it can be worn.
Where to buy: Sold by Sephora and Violet Grey
Top Replica perfume for the money
What you need to know: Themed around going out for cocktails at an upscale club, this fragrance starts off with warm spices and rum before drying down into smoky notes of vanilla and tobacco.
What you’ll love: The warm, smoky notes of this fragrance tend to have better projection and linger longer than some Replica perfumes, so it’s a comparatively good value, especially in the smaller size. Though it’s marketed as a male scent, all wearers love it.
What you should consider: It’s a softer fragrance that doesn’t evolve much over time, and it’s best for fans of smoky, masculine scents.
Where to buy: Sold by Sephora and Violet Grey
Worth checking out
What you need to know: The notes of coconut and citrus in this freshly sweet fragrance will transport you to a tropical beach.
What you’ll love: While Beach Walk is a distinctly summery fragrance, it’s also fun to wear off-season when you need a sunny pick-me-up. It’s a good choice for someone new to perfume or who wants a light, non-traditional fragrance.
What you should consider: Some users interpret the scent as too similar to sunscreen for their tastes.
Where to buy: Sold by Sephora and Violet Grey
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Shares of Vulcan Materials Co.
VMC,
-1.83%
slipped 1.83% to $183.70 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
-1.57%
falling 1.57% to 4,530.41 and Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
-1.56%
falling 1.56% to 34,678.35. This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses. Vulcan Materials Co. closed $29.95 below its 52-week high ($213.65), which the company achieved on January 4th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as CRH PLC ADR
CRH,
-2.03%
fell 2.03% to $40.06, Holcim Ltd. ADR
HCMLY,
-1.37%
fell 1.37% to $9.70, and Masco Corp.
MAS,
-4.40%
fell 4.40% to $51.00. Trading volume (953,213) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 874,813.
Editor's Note: This story was auto-generated by Automated Insights, an automation technology provider, using data from Dow Jones and FactSet. See our market data terms of use.
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Driver in shoot-out, chase with Buffalo police arraigned
A driver who engaged Buffalo police in a lengthy gunfight, striking and injuring three officers during a car chase through the city, has pleaded not guilty
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A driver who engaged Buffalo police in a lengthy gunfight, striking and injuring three officers during a haphazard chase that spanned the city, pleaded not guilty Thursday to attempted murder.
Kente Bell, 28, was arraigned from his hospital room, where he is recovering from several gunshot wounds sustained during Tuesday's chase and a final hail of gunfire as it ended in front of a police station at a Buffalo intersection.
Bell was shot in his neck, arm, leg and hand and underwent surgery at Erie County Medical Center, where he appeared before a judge after regaining consciousness, said Erie County District Attorney John Flynn, who offered dramatic new details of the events.
“You have a high-speed chase... you've got a guy firing out the driver's side window. You've got blockades, you've got speed on highways, a girl jumping out of the car,” he said at a news conference.
Bell is accused of fleeing two police officers who approached his parked vehicle after noticing its tinted windows around 6 p.m. Tuesday, Flynn said. He cooperated at first but did not get out of the car because he was partially paralyzed in a 2012 shooting and uses medical equipment to walk, the prosecutor said.
When it appeared there was an issue with his registration, Bell drove off. Armed with an illegal handgun with an extended magazine of ammunition, he fired on police as they pursued him through city neighborhoods and on highways for more than 20 minutes, Flynn said.
Early in the chase, before shots were fired, the passenger exited the moving vehicle.
“He was making a turn and had slowed down at some point. She opened the front passenger door and jumped out of the car while it was moving and ended up rolling on the ground and hit up against a pole of some kind,” he said, “like right out of a movie.”
“She was obviously freaking out probably, to say the least, and wanted to have nothing to do with this," Flynn said.
In the minutes that followed, Bell drove through a police barricade, entered and exited highways and drove wildly through several Buffalo neighborhoods, briefly entering the suburb of Cheektowaga, before turning back toward Buffalo with police officers radioing his route to each other and warning of the danger.
“They’re still shooting. Multiple officers hit!” an officer is heard shouting in a transmission captured by Broadcastify.com.
Three police officers were struck in separate vehicles. All are recovering.
By the time it was over, nine police vehicles were damaged by gunfire, Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia said.
Investigators have yet to determine how many shots were fired by Bell, or how many officers fired their weapons, Flynn said.
Bell is due to appear before a county judge at the hospital Friday for an alleged probation violation related to a 2020 illegal firearms charge in the town of Amherst. While on probation, he was prohibited from carrying a weapon.
The attorney who represented Bell at Thursday's arraignment did not return a call seeking comment on his behalf.
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https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/driver-shoot-chase-buffalo-police-arraigned-83797944
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Michael Keaton is the most mercurial of screen performers – that’s why, 40 years on, he’s so in demand
The actor is back on screen this week, albeit very briefly, as the Vulture in ‘Morbius’, having just played an opioid-addicted doctor in ‘Dopesick’. Geoffrey Macnab looks at what makes him so versatile and compelling to watch
Starring Michael Keaton, Michael Keaton, Michael Keaton and Michael Keaton,” trumpets the marketing for Harold Ramis’s 1996 comedy, Multiplicity. It’s a bravura performance, or series of performances, from the star and one that demonstrates why, more than 40 years after his big screen debut, Keaton remains so heavily in demand.
In Ealing comedy classic Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), Alec Guinness famously took on nine different roles. In Multiplicity, Keaton plays the same character in multiple different ways. He is cast as Doug Kinney, an overworked construction administrator and family man whose life is spiralling out of control. Doug has no time for his wife and kids. A geneticist offers to solve his work/life balance problems by cloning him. We therefore get to see several variations on the same personality – the alpha male macho Doug, the shy, sensitive, good in the kitchen version and a drooling, dim-witted second-generation clone that has a far lower IQ than the other models.
As Multiplicity underlines, Keaton is the most mercurial of screen performers. He can turn on a dime, switching moods and personality, playing exuberant and abrasive characters one moment and very downtrodden and introspective ones the next.
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IN AN UPCOMING election a populist conservative party is poised for victory. It leads polls by mid-single digits. It is also aided by gerrymandered districts, drawn after it won an election in 2010, which should secure its majority today even if its opponents get more votes. The party is not America’s Republicans, who lead polls by just two points and whose advantage in gerrymandering has dwindled. Instead, it is one that some Republicans cite as a model: Fidesz in Hungary, led by Viktor Orban, which faces voters on April 3rd.
Hungary has a mixed-member parliament. Just over half of MPs represent geographic districts; the rest come from party lists allocated in proportion to the national vote. Academics often praise this method. But Hungary’s version is warped.
First, rather than having independent experts draw districts, Fidesz drew them itself. Legislators in many American states do this, too. But in America, constituencies must have nearly equal numbers of people. In Hungary, by contrast, their populations can vary by up to 35%. This lets the party in power pack opposition voters into a few heavily populated districts, and spread out its own among lots of less-populous ones.
Fidesz has deployed this tactic deftly. When it took power in 2010, it fared similarly in the least- and most-populous districts. At the next election in 2014, after it re-drew the borders, its vote share was six percentage points higher in districts with fewer than 70,000 eligible voters than in those with at least 80,000. As a result, Fidesz won 91% of constituency seats and a two-thirds supermajority overall, despite getting just 45% of the vote. In 2018 it won 67% of seats again, with 49% of the vote.
This time, Fidesz’s rivals are better organised. Six parties have joined forces as the United Opposition. Had their votes been combined in 2018, Fidesz would have won only 104 of 199 seats. However, many voters who in 2018 backed Jobbik, the only conservative party in the alliance, have defected. As a result, Fidesz leads polls released in March by 50%-44% on average.
This lead is too small to ensure that Fidesz will get the most votes. But thanks to gerrymandering, the opposition probably needs 54% of votes to control parliament. Fidesz can hold on with just 43%. By contrast, at the peak of American Republicans’ gerrymandering in 2012, they needed 48% to win the House of Representatives. ■
Sources: The Constituency-Level Elections Archive; The Economist
This article appeared in the Graphic detail section of the print edition under the headline "Stacking the deck"
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https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2022/04/02/a-wild-gerrymander-makes-hungarys-fidesz-party-hard-to-dislodge
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Despite its title, TBS’ Rat in the Kitchen has nothing to do with Pixar’s Ratatouille. In this new cooking show, contestants compete in challenges for cash prizes, but amongst them is a saboteur and a web of deception.
“One of the most fun things about watching it is the chefs really start to trust each other and make friends and allies with each other throughout the game, and then oftentimes, they find out that someone has deceived them who they've been almost becoming friends with,” host Natasha Leggero revealed during a TCA press conference. “I feel like they were all so convincing.”
“It was hard to find the rats,” co-host and judge Chef Ludo Lefebvre explained. The show uses a mix of professional chefs and passionate home cooks, so judging the competitors on technique and taste isn’t always a clear indication of who is or isn’t the rat. “Sometimes it was just a big mess. It was hard to figure out what’s going on in the kitchen. I was not used to seeing a kitchen like so many different food in the kitchen, movement, creativity. I mean, there’s a lot of chefs in one kitchen, and a lot of things going on. It’s very difficult to find the rats.”
This is, of course, by design, as Rat in the Kitchen backing studio ITV’s Chief Creative Officer David Eilenberg explained. “We want anybody who's cast on the show to also be able to be the rat because it should be a surprise to some extent, even to that person,” he shared, adding that contestants find out that they will be the rat the night before taping. “You want them to be ready to become a saboteur. What's been really interesting watching the show evolve is that every rat we ultimately ended up selecting brought his or her own personality and skills to the job… You saw people occasionally deceive the other contestants even about parts of their own background. They got very deep into going cloak and dagger. But I think, to me, this show's really fun… It's also really of the moment. Games of deception are working across various media right now. My kids play Among Us and so it's very much in that vein. So we're hoping that people enjoy it on both levels, both as a cooking show and as a game of deception.”
While deception in competitions isn’t exactly new, with shows like The Mole springing up at the dawn of reality television, setting them in a kitchen is. “Cooking competition shows are really hard, in general,” David Eilenberg said. “So people are constantly making mistakes in the kitchen. And it's really hard to discern which of those are deliberate because it's a rat who's doing them and which of them are just the kinds of mistakes that anybody in this sort of high pressure situation is going to make. That's why it works as a guessing game and as a mystery.”
See if you can suss out the rat in each episode of Rat in the Kitchen, premiering Thursday, March 31st at 9/8c on TBS.
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https://www.laughingplace.com/w/articles/2022/03/31/behind-the-scenes-of-the-deception-in-tbs-rat-in-the-kitchen-cooking-competition-series/
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Chevrolet Reveals Its First Pursuit Rated Police Truck
Chevrolet has announced the new 2023 Silverado Police Pursuit Vehicle. The pickup slots into the line with the Tahoe PPV using the same 355 horsepower 5.3-liter V-8 engine and 10-speed automatic transmission. Chevy also fits the truck with six-piston Brembo front brakes and 16-inch rotors for improved brake durability.
Also fitted as standard is a heavy-duty engine air filter and some tidbits from the Z71 off-road package. Those components include Rancho shocks, a locking rear differential, and a skid plate. For departments needing additional ground clearance, a two-inch suspension lift is available.
Silverado PPV can tow 9300 pounds, making it capable of performing non-pursuit duties for marine and mounted police divisions. Chevrolet also designed the vehicle to be upfitted with auxiliary wiring circuits, a surveillance mode circuit, five upfitter switches, and the option to delete the front center seat.
The Silverado PPV is a crew-cab, short-bed, four-wheel-drive pickup. It utilizes Goodyear all-terrain tires that are speed rated.
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https://www.legitreviews.com/chevrolet-reveals-its-first-pursuit-rated-police-truck_229627
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Fund Advisor, in consultation with LGBTQ Loyalty Holdings, determines that Fund ShouldbeClosed
WILTON MANORS, Fla., March 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LGBTQ Loyalty Holdings, Inc. (OTC PINK: LFAP) ("LGBTQ Loyalty" or “the Company''), a diversity- and inclusion-driven financial methodology and data company announces, in consultation with ProcureAM, LLC, the investment advisor to the LGBTQ+ ESG100 ETF (the “Fund”), the termination and liquidation of the Fund pursuant to the terms of a Plan of Liquidation. This has been approved by the Board of Trustees of Procure ETF Trust I (the “Trust”). The Fund is expected to cease operations and liquidate on or about April 28, 2022 (the "Liquidation Date"). The Board determined, after considering ProcureAM’s recommendation, that it is in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders to liquidate and terminate the Fund.
"As the sponsor of the Fund, the long-term sustainability to secure assets under management (AUM) has to be our primary focus,” said Larry Roan, Director of LGBTQ Loyalty. “We anticipate that as the LGBTQ100 ESG Index creator and Sponsor we will file a prospectus with the SEC imminently with a new Fund Advisor proposed.”
The Fund’s investment objective is to track the price and yield performance of its underlying index. The Fund will continue to pursue its respective investment objective until April 20, 2022. On that date, in anticipation of the liquidation of the Fund, the Fund will be managed in a manner intended to facilitate its orderly liquidation, such as by raising cash or making investments in other highly liquid assets. As a result, starting on April 20, 2022, all or a portion of the Fund may not be invested in a manner consistent with the Fund’s stated investment strategy, which may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. Note that the Liquidation Date may be changed without notice at the discretion of the officers of the Trust.
“While the LGBTQ100 ESG Index has seen strong performance since its launch, we will be closing the fund in order to license the index to a new advisor,” said Bobby Blair, CEO of LGBTQ Loyalty. “We sponsored this fund to drive an investment model that highlights how impact investing, aligned with diversity and inclusion values, can be rewarding for those seeking investments that are socially constructed. Ultimately, we will be seeking a fund advisor that has a proven track record of obtaining assets under management (AUM) within other social impact-driven funds. We are proud of the work we’ve done thus far and thank ProcureAM for their initiatives.”
Fund record date holders as of April 22, 2022, are eligible to receive dividends from the liquidation distribution. Initial distributions to shareholders will be made on April 28, 2022. Shareholders may only be able to sell their shares to certain broker-dealers, and there is no assurance that there will be a market for the Fund’s shares during that time period. Customary brokerage charges may apply to such transactions.
If you would like additional information, please call 866-690-3837 or visit https://www.paletfs.com. Further, for additional information please refer to LGBTQ Loyalty Holdings’ Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Trust’s Supplement to the Summary Prospectus, Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”), each dated March 25, 2022.
About LGBTQ Loyalty Holdings, Inc.
LGBTQ Loyalty is a diversity- and inclusion-driven financial methodology and data company that quantifies corporate equality alignment with the LGBTQ community and minority interest groups. The Company has benchmarked the first-ever U.S. Loyalty Preference Index, which it believes empowers the LGBTQ community to express their preferences for the nation’s high-performing corporations most dedicated to advancing equality. The Loyalty Preference Index, branded as LGBTQ100 ESG Index, is an environmental, social and governance (ESG) index, offering an added perspective for those seeking to align with equality-driven, ESG-responsible corporations. LGBTQ Loyalty’s leadership includes seasoned authorities in the financial industry and LGBTQ community. For more information, please visit www.lgbtqloyalty.com.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy securities or assets of LGBTQ Loyalty Holdings.
Safe Harbor: This Press Release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements are based on the current plans and expectations of management and are subject to a number of uncertainties and risks that could significantly affect the company's current plans and expectations, as well as future results of operations and financial condition. A more extensive listing of risks and factors that may affect the company's business prospects and cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements can be found in the reports and other documents filed by the company with the Securities and Exchange Commission atwww.sec.govand OTC Markets, Inc.https://www.otcmarkets.comOTC Disclosure and News Service. The company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events orotherwise.Therecipient of this information is cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. No representations or warranties are made as to the accuracy of such forward-looking statements or whether any of the projections included herein will be realized.
Carefully consider the Fund’s investment objectives, risk factors, charges and expenses before investing. This and additional information can be found in the Fund’s prospectus, which may be obtained by visitinghttps://www.paletfs.com. Read the Fund’s prospectus carefully before investing.
Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal.
Shares are bought and sold at market price not net asset value (NAV) and are not individually redeemed from the Fund. Market performance is determined using the bid/ask midpoint at 4:00pm Eastern time when the NAV is typically calculated. Brokerage commissions will reduce returns.
ProcureAM, LLC serves as the investment advisor to the Fund. The Fund is distributed by Quasar Distributors, LLC, which is not affiliated withProcureAM, LLC or any of its affiliates.ProcureAM, LLC and Quasar Distributors, LLC, are not affiliated with LGBTQ Loyalty Holdings, Inc.
MEDIA CONTACT:
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INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT:
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Board member of LGBTQ Loyalty
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Washington OK's statewide alert system for missing Indigenous people
1st system of its kind in U.S.; aimed at crisis of missing Indigenous people, especially women
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday signed into law a bill that creates the country's statewide alert system for missing Indigenous people.
The law creates a system similar to Amber Alerts and so-called silver alerts, which are used respectively for missing children and vulnerable adults in many states.
The system will notify law enforcement when there's a report of a missing Indigenous person. It will also place messages on highway reader boards and on the radio and social media, and will provide information to the news media.
The law attempts to address a crisis of missing Indigenous people — particularly women — in Washington and across the United States.
While it includes missing men, women and children, a summary of public testimony on the legislation notes that "the crisis began as a women's issue, and it remains primarily a women's issue."
Unknown number of women missing
A 2021 report by a government watchdog found the true number of missing and murdered Indigenous women in the U.S. is unknown due to reporting problems, distrust of law enforcement and jurisdictional conflicts.
But Indigenous women face murder rates almost three times those of white women overall — and up to 10 times the national average in certain locations, according to a 2021 summary of the existing research by the National Congress of American Indians. More than 80 per cent have experienced violence.
In Washington, more than four times as many Indigenous women go missing than white women, according to research conducted by the Urban Indian Health Institute in Seattle, but many such cases receive little or no media attention.
An alert system will help mitigate some problems surrounding investigations of missing Indigenous people by allowing better communication between tribal, local and state law enforcement and creating a way for law enforcement to flag such cases for other agencies.
The law also expands the definition of "missing endangered person" to include Indigenous people, as well as children and vulnerable adults with disabilities or memory or cognitive issues.
Other states take action
The measure is the latest step the state has taken to address the issue. The Washington State Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People Task Force is working to coordinate a statewide response and had its first meeting in December. Its first report is expected in August.
Many states from Arizona to Oregon to Wisconsin have taken recent action to address the crisis of murdered and missing Indigenous women. Efforts include funding for better resources for tribal police to the creation of new databases specifically targeting missing tribal members. Tribal police agencies that use Amber Alerts for missing Indigenous children include the Hopi and Las Vegas Paiute.
In California, the Yurok Tribe and the Sovereign Bodies Institute, an Indigenous-run research and advocacy group, uncovered 18 cases of missing or slain Native American women in roughly the past year in their recent work — a number they consider a vast undercount. An estimated 62 per cent of those cases are not listed in state or federal databases for missing persons.
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Turkish prosecutor requests transfer of Khashoggi trial to Saudi Arabia
Khashoggi’s killing on the Saudi consulate in Istanbul 4 years in the past triggered a worldwide outcry and put strain on Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
A US intelligence report launched a yr in the past stated the prince had accredited the operation to kill or seize Khashoggi, however the Saudi authorities denied any involvement by the crown prince and rejected the report’s findings. The Turkish courtroom additionally beforehand rejected requests so as to add the report back to the case file.
Turkish officers stated they imagine Khashoggi, a outstanding critic of the crown prince, was killed and his physique dismembered in an operation which President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated had been ordered on the “highest levels” of the Saudi authorities.
The killing and subsequent accusations strained ties between the 2 regional powers and led to an unofficial Saudi boycott of Turkish items, which has slashed Ankara’s exports to the dominion by 90%.
Erdogan now seeks higher ties with states which had change into bitter rivals lately, together with Egypt, Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
Israeli and UAE leaders have visited Ankara in latest months, however progress with Cairo and Riyadh has been slower. Erdogan stated final month he hoped to take “concrete steps” with Saudi Arabia quickly.
The Istanbul courtroom the place the 26 Saudi suspects have been on trial in absentia for almost two years stated on Thursday it might ask for the Justice Ministry’s opinion on the request to switch proceedings, and set the following listening to for April 7.
Saudis sought switch
In 2020, Saudi Arabia jailed eight folks for between seven and 20 years for Khashoggi’s homicide. At the time Ankara stated the decision fell in need of expectations, however has since softened its tone as a part of a broader try and restore ties.
The Turkish courtroom requested in November for particulars from Saudi authorities — who had not named the suspects who had been sentenced in Riyadh — to keep away from defendants being punished twice.
The Turkish prosecutor stated Saudi authorities responded by asking for the case be transferred to them and for the so-called pink notices towards the defendants to be lifted.
Riyadh additionally pledged to guage the accusations towards the 26 defendants if the case was transferred, the prosecutor stated.
The prosecutor stated the request needs to be accepted as a result of the defendants had been international residents, the arrest warrants and pink notices couldn’t be executed and their statements couldn’t be taken, leaving the case in abeyance or suspension.
Defense lawyer Ali Ceylan stated he had not seen the response from the Saudi authorities however would put together a press release when he does.
The crown prince informed The Atlantic month-to-month in an article printed this month that he felt his personal rights had been violated by the accusations towards him as any particular person needs to be thought of harmless till confirmed responsible.
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Brighton and Hove’s hospice care charity Martlets has received £100,000 to fund a 24-hour patient and carer helpline.
The money has come from Barclays 100 x 100 Community Relief fund, part of the Barclays COVID-19 Community Aid Package, launched to provide support in the heart of local communities.
Martlets was granted one of 25 donations having successfully demonstrated it was able to provide impactful, on-the-ground support for the community through its helpline service.
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The helpline is a 24-hour, 7-day a week telephone service, staffed by trained clinical teams providing assistance to patients with terminal illness and their families and carers. Calls to the existing helpline almost doubled from 24,245 in 2019/20 to 43,323 during 2020/2021.
Susi Owusu, partnerships and philanthropy manager at Martlets, said: “The news of this funding from Barclays has been wonderful and come at such an important time for us as we try to meet the rising demand for our services. This donation will transform our capacity to staff our hub so that we can provide a truly wrap around specialist service for people in need.
“We know that 2am is a very lonely place when you are caring for someone who is dying. We also know that giving the right clinical advice and support can help to keep patients out of hospital and save them distress, enabling them to stay at home where they want to be.
"This 24-hour support has become increasingly important as health resources are stretched and there continues to be huge pressure on the NHS. Our aim is to be there for whenever our patients and their loved ones need us, and we are so grateful to Barclays for this incredible donation to help us run this service at full capacity.”
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Deals combine to more than 292,000 square feet of medical industrial and office space, including the Crothall Healthcare industrial building in Gilroy, California
GILROY, Calif., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mohr Capital, a Dallas-based privately held real estate investment firm, sold $65 million of deals over the past 80 days. This includes the recent sale of a 102,466-square-foot industrial building in Gilroy, California, to Four Springs Capital Trust. Mohr Capital sold two additional office buildings in Florida and Wisconsin, totaling more than 292,000 square feet of space, leading into 2022.
Located at 8190 Murray Ave., the property is fully leased to Crothall Healthcare. This mission-critical facility provides state-of-the-art laundry processing services to Northern California hospital systems, enabling them to continue providing medical care to patients. Kevin Moul with Colliers San Jose represented Mohr Capital throughout the transaction.
"We are pleased to have worked closely with Four Springs Capital Trust on this transaction. As our third transaction with Four Springs over the last 12 months, this transaction speaks to our deep partnership with Four Springs that we hope continues," said Rodrigo Godoi, managing director of investments for Mohr Capital. "Mission-critical facilities that serve regional hospitals like this still provide value in a market where occupiers and investors are redeveloping dysfunctional R&D product to suit their needs. We're pleased with the performance of this property, and we hope to continue to invest in the Bay Area's bustling industrial market in the future."
Additionally, Mohr sold a two-story, 78,449-square-foot office building in Orlando's Lee Vista Center business park to Falcon Global Real Estate Advisors. Located at 6272 Lee Vista Blvd., the building is fully leased to Accredo Health Group Inc., an Express Scripts company and subsidiary of the global health service company, Cigna. Prior to the sale, Mohr Capital worked with CBRE and CIGNA to secure CIGNA's long-term occupancy while at the same time lowering its occupancy costs.
Mohr also sold Riverwood Corporate Center II in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, in an off-market transaction to IRA Capital. The office building is fully occupied by ProHealth Care, the largest healthcare provider between Milwaukee and Madison. Shortly after acquiring the building, Mohr Capital worked closely with ProHealth to secure its long-term occupancy at the property through 2032.
"These three transactions support our trajectory to be a leading investor in mission-critical industrial and office facilities for the healthcare field," said Bob Mohr, founder and CEO of Mohr Capital. "We are always on the lookout for cutting-edge investment opportunities, and these sales were a great start to 2022."
About Mohr Capital
Mohr Capital is a privately held real estate investment firm specializing in the acquisition, development and value enhancement of office, industrial and retail assets throughout the U.S. The Mohr Capital team has decades of experience in commercial real estate and has completed more than $1 billion in transactions. Guided by a value-driven strategy and an entrepreneurial spirit, the company relies on strong long-term relationships and possesses keen market insights needed to capitalize on undervalued or underperforming properties. With its family office structure, Mohr Capital can close quickly and has a proven track record of delivering the highest risk-adjusted returns. For more information, visit www.mohrcap.com or follow Mohr Capital on LinkedIn.
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Innovative Industrial Properties (IIPR) Gains As Market Dips: What You Should Know
In the latest trading session, Innovative Industrial Properties (IIPR) closed at $205.40, marking a +0.21% move from the previous day. This move outpaced the S&P 500's daily loss of 1.57%. Elsewhere, the Dow lost 1.56%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 0.09%.
Heading into today, shares of the company had gained 7.73% over the past month, outpacing the Finance sector's gain of 3.25% and the S&P 500's gain of 5.37% in that time.
Investors will be hoping for strength from Innovative Industrial Properties as it approaches its next earnings release. The company is expected to report EPS of $2.01, up 36.73% from the prior-year quarter. Our most recent consensus estimate is calling for quarterly revenue of $62.75 million, up 46.3% from the year-ago period.
IIPR's full-year Zacks Consensus Estimates are calling for earnings of $8.71 per share and revenue of $268.45 million. These results would represent year-over-year changes of +30.78% and +31.24%, respectively.
Investors might also notice recent changes to analyst estimates for Innovative Industrial Properties. These recent revisions tend to reflect the evolving nature of short-term business trends. With this in mind, we can consider positive estimate revisions a sign of optimism about the company's business outlook.
Research indicates that these estimate revisions are directly correlated with near-term share price momentum. We developed the Zacks Rank to capitalize on this phenomenon. Our system takes these estimate changes into account and delivers a clear, actionable rating model.
The Zacks Rank system, which ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), has an impressive outside-audited track record of outperformance, with #1 stocks generating an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Within the past 30 days, our consensus EPS projection remained stagnant. Innovative Industrial Properties is currently a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell).
Digging into valuation, Innovative Industrial Properties currently has a Forward P/E ratio of 23.53. For comparison, its industry has an average Forward P/E of 15.8, which means Innovative Industrial Properties is trading at a premium to the group.
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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.
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https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/article/Colorado-couple-charged-in-toddler-s-fentanyl-17049650.php
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is extending the deployment of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, its escorts and Carrier Air Wing 1 as a hedge against Russian aggression in Europe, two defense officials confirmed to USNI News on Thursday.
USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) has spent almost four months operating in the Mediterranean Sea since Austin ordered the strike group to remain on station in December as Russia massed forces along the Ukrainian border, USNI News previously reported.
“[Austin] reviews the posture literally every day, and he has decided that he’s going to keep the 82nd [Airborne] there for a while longer,” Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby told reporters Thursday. “And he has decided that [USS] Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) and her strike group will stay in the Med for a while longer.”
One defense official told USNI News the carrier could remain in the region until August before returning back to its homeport in Norfolk, Va. By then the Norfolk-based George H.W. Bush CSG – currently in workups – could be in a position to relieve Truman, USNI News understands. The Pentagon could also decide to send a Pacific carrier to the region.
The carrier strike group left Norfolk, Va., in December for a regularly scheduled deployment, but was ultimately kept in the Mediterranean instead of planned operations and exercises in the Middle East and other parts of the U.S. European Command as part of deterrence efforts against Russia.
“What we’re trying to be careful of is sort of our hard ending dates on these temporary deployments because we want to be able to monitor the situation on the ground and make the best and most flexible decisions in real-time,” Kirby said.
Harry S. Truman and other ships that are part of the carrier strike group have been mostly operating in the Adriatic and Ionian seas, according to USNI News’ Fleet Tracker. USS Cole, part of Destroyer Squadron 28 embarked with the carrier strike group, is currently participating in Exercise Intrinsic Defender in Israel. USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) recently transited the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian Gulf, according to the Navy .
The air wing has been flying 80-90 sorties a day, USNI News previously reported from a visit to the carrier earlier this month.
Other deployments, including shifting 200 Marines from Norway to Lithuania as announced on Tuesday, are done on temporary orders, Kirby told reporters.
“We’ll take each one as it comes and the secretary will decide whether that capability needs to stay, yes or no,” Kirby said. “And then if it does, does it need to be that unit? Or do we need to rotate that unit out?”
So far, none of the units sent to Europe as part of the deterrence effort have been rotated out, Kirby said.
In addition to Truman, the Navy has deployed other guided-missile warships to both the Mediterranean and the Baltic, USNI News reported in February. Navy officials have told USNI News that more than a dozen cruisers and destroyers are operating in the region.
Meanwhile, the Navy has not had a capital ship operating in U.S. Central Command for more than three months, since the Essex Amphibious Ready Group left in early January. It’s been almost seven months since a U.S. carrier was operating in the Middle East. The Ronald Reagan CSG departed the region in September. The forward-deployed carrier, based in Yokosuka, Japan, was surged to the Middle East to cover the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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https://news.usni.org/2022/03/31/secdef-austin-extends-truman-deployment-as-conflict-in-ukraine-continues
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We have reached the Elite 8 of our Mouse Madness tournament and it continues today. This year, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Walt Disney World, we are attempting to determine the very best Walt Disney World Resort hotel. Through some careful planning and even our first ever play-in game, we have narrowed the field down to 16 hotels and two of them will square off each day until we have our champion.
Before we move on to today’s matchup, let’s take a look at our last result. In the most one-sided matchup to this point in the tournament, Animal Kingdom Lodge absolutely dominated Coronado Springs, capturing nearly 87% of the vote. After two very strong wins, Animal Kingdom Lodge may have emerged as a favorite to win this tournament.
In the finals of the Hollywood Studios region, the top-seeded Riviera will take on the second-seeded Art of Animation. Of all the top seeds, I have thought Riviera would be the most vulnerable because not as many guests have gotten the chance to experience it just yet. Combine that with the love a lot of Disney fans have for Art of Animation and we have a very interesting matchup on our hands here.
Be sure to come back tomorrow as we reveal the winner of today’s poll and continue onward through our bracket to crown the best Walt Disney World Resort hotel!
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https://www.laughingplace.com/w/articles/2022/03/31/mouse-madness-8-elite-8-riviera-vs-art-of-animation/
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Hubble Spies A Star Far, Far Away
The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged the most distant star in its history. The star is called Earendel, and it’s 28 billion light-years away. It’s the farthest detection of a star Hubble has ever made.
The star was born when the universe was only 900 million years old. Researchers say it has taken light from the star 12.9 billion years to reach us. Scientists hope its observation can help them learn more about the early universe.
“As we peer into the cosmos, we also look back in time, so these extreme high-resolution observations allow us to understand the building blocks of some of the very first galaxies,” said study co-author Victoria Strait.
Researchers believe the star is 50 to 500 times more massive than the sun. They also think it is millions of times brighter than the sun.
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https://www.legitreviews.com/hubble-spies-a-star-far-far-away_229630
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Given how their season has gone, the Kraken could do worse than having a little goaltending controversy to spice up a final month devoid of playoff excitement.
Chris Driedger did his part Wednesday night, keeping his team in a 2-0 game against Vegas that teammate Jordan Eberle said “could have been 4-0, or 5-0” before the Golden Knights added an empty-netter. It was the second consecutive quality performance by Driedger, and coach Dave Hakstol declared Thursday he had earned another start.
But Hakstol wouldn’t commit to whether that start would come in Friday night’s rematch with Vegas.
“No question that he played a solid game, he battled,” Hakstol said after the team’s practice at the Kraken Community Iceplex. “I said that after the game, and he’s earned that next start. Whether or not that’s (Friday), I’ll wait and announce that decision. I’ve got it in my mind who’s going, but we’ll wait until game day to announce it.
“But his performance was in large part what we had hoped for. Coming off of a good performance in L.A. and building off that. He gave us a chance to win. We didn’t take advantage of that, unfortunately, but I like the step that his game took.”
The controversial part of the whole Kraken goaltending thing is that Philipp Grubauer has handled nearly three-quarters of starts between the pair — a far cry from the 60-40, or 55-45 tandem split envisioned before the season. That’s partly due to Driedger twice injuring a knee early on, but he’s been healthy for months and still went 18 days between outings before winning 6-1 on Monday against the Kings.
Also, Grubauer started the season’s first four games when Driedger was healthy — getting shelled in the fourth contest and replaced by Driedger, who subsequently got hurt — which was hardly indicative of a tandem approach. Ordinarily, you’d expect a Vezina Trophy finalist goalie such as Grubauer — signed for six years and $35 million — to get the overwhelming bulk of playing time. Except Driedger signed for three years and $10.5 million before the last-minute Grubauer deal so he could be the Kraken’s No. 1 goalie.
Paying just under $10 million annually for two goalies on a team fighting to avoid last place overall seems an ill-advised luxury. Especially if the Kraken plan to keep using Grubauer and Driedger in a typical starter-backup combination for which secondary netminders can be found much cheaper.
Driedger in his postgame media session Wednesday, following the 3-0 loss in which he stopped 27 of 29 shots, let it be known he’s seeing a sports psychologist in hopes of improving his play. The fuel for this unfolding Kraken goaltending controversy is that neither netminder has played particularly well.
Grubauer has steadied himself in recent months after a terrible opening five weeks. But he hasn’t been lights-out better than Driedger, who’s struggled as well to regain the form he had last season with the Florida Panthers.
Of seeing the sports psychologist, Driedger said: “It was just to kind of go back to basics and talk about some strategies, about how I’m thinking. And I’ve been feeling pretty good. It’s just some minor, minor tweaks. Just things like monitoring your stress levels and your breathing and stuff like that so I feel calm and I feel like myself.”
On Driedger’s initiative, Hakstol said Thursday that nothing less is expected.
“That’s just being a pro,” he said. “There’s nothing spectacular about that. If we start giving guys props for working hard at their game, then we are in the wrong spot.”
It was the third time in 24 hours that Hakstol downplayed Driedger’s work ethic and minimal flirtations with success. In Wednesday’s postgame media session, he responded to a question about Driedger tweaking his pregame routine by saying: “No. 1, that’s his job. We expect that. We expect that out of ourselves from top to bottom. So I’m not giving anybody pats on the back because they’re working hard.”
Earlier Wednesday, when asked about Driedger going 18 days between outings, he replied: “This is not where everybody gets to play for free. You earn your playing time.”
Both the Kraken and Hakstol would benefit from a healthy competition between goalies. Hakstol indicated he’s aware of their respective statistics — and that save percentages below .900 are a danger zone for winning consistently.
Grubauer is at .889, Driedger at .895, and neither has won consistently all season. Hakstol, whose job depends on winning, said Thursday he can’t base nightly evaluations “entirely off statistics” and will go with the goalie he feels gives him the best shot to win the next game.
Also, Grubauer isn’t going anywhere with a no-trade clause and five-plus seasons remaining on his contract. Hakstol knows that if he wants to still be around for most of those, he needs Grubauer playing like he did with Colorado last season.
Where that leaves Driedger is unclear. It’s possible that if he keeps playing consistently well, the Kraken could revisit the 60-40 tandem idea next season.
But they also have an AHL goalie in Joey Daccord who is no longer waivers exempt next season and will need to clear them in future call-ups — very unlikely — unless he spends the season in the NHL. Daccord didn’t do much his four Kraken spot-duty appearances — statistically, he was worse than Grubauer and Driedger at their low points — but has developed into one of the AHL’s better netminders at 15-10-2 with a 2.33 goals-against average and a .926 save percentage.
So this little goaltending controversy should be interesting on multiple fronts. What happens these next few weeks could serve to re-establish Driedger’s future role.
Or, it could amount to the Kraken showcasing Driedger before a summer trade. Either way, the Kraken need Driedger and Grubauer competing at their highest levels through April for an indication on how to best salvage last summer’s goaltending decisions.
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