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The closure of a chicken factory that employs 730 people is going ahead, the Welsh government has said. In January poultry giant 2 Sisters announced plans to shut its premises at Llangefni, Anglesey. The Welsh government has now said the company has put forward "no viable plans", and is "moving ahead with plans to cease production". 2 Sisters said it was "exploring every avenue" to help and support its workforce. After announcing the closure in January, the firm said it would speak with employees to explore the options before making final decisions. Inquiry into chicken factory closure announced Drakeford fears thousands of job losses from cuts The firm has previously said the factory is old, one of its smallest sites, and that products could be made more efficiently elsewhere. A 2 Sisters review of the site, which it bought in 2013, described it as "not sustainable" and lacking space to be efficient, despite £5m being invested there. 'Heartbreaking' The Welsh government said a task force was meeting once a week to co-ordinate "as much assistance as possible to support the workers impacted as a result of the closure". Rhun ap Iorwerth, Plaid Cymru Member of the Senedd (MS) for Anglesey, said the news was "heartbreaking" for workers and their families. "I can assure you that there is a determination to do everything possible to help [the workers], to find employment of course, but also to cope with this blow in a time of hardship and during a cost of living crisis," he added. A Welsh government spokesperson said: "It was disappointing to hear from the company that the first stage consultation had not brought forward any viable plans for 2 Sisters Ltd to maintain their site in Llangefni, and the company is now moving ahead with plans to cease production. "The Welsh government will continue to work with the UK government, Anglesey council, trades unions and other stakeholders to support the individuals and the local community." A spokesperson for 2 Sisters said: "We continue our positive engagement with the Llangefni taskforce group and our central focus at this stage is to partner with all agencies to support colleagues and explore every avenue in helping them now and after the consultation period." link: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-64763824

Groundhogs, also called woodchucks, are large rodents. Traditionally, their shadows are used to predict when winter will end. Groundhogs (Marmota monax), also called woodchucks, are large rodents. They are also one of the 14 species of marmot, or ground squirrels. In fact, they are the largest members of the squirrel family. Most people probably know the groundhog as a weather prognosticator because of Groundhog Day. However, those predictions are typically not very good. GROUNDHOG SIZE From head to rump, groundhogs are 17.75 to 24 inches (45 to 61 centimeters) long, according to National Geographic(opens in new tab). They weigh around 13 pounds (6 kilograms), which is about twice the average weight of a newborn human baby. Like other squirrels, groundhogs have long tails that grow around 7 to 9.75 in (18 to 25 cm) long. These round creatures look like little bears when they stand up on their hind legs. Groundhogs also have sharp claws that they use to dig impressive burrows in the ground. During the warm months, a groundhog's incisors continue to grow each week to keep up with their frenzied eating schedule, according to the National Wildlife Federation. If they aren't worn down enough by chewing that can be fatal to the overgrown squirrels, according to the NWF(opens in new tab). GROUNDHOG HABITAT Groundhogs are found only in North America, from Canada down to the southern United States, according to AnimalDiversity.org(opens in new tab). They like woodland areas that bump up against more open areas. They dig burrows that can be 6 feet (1.8 meters) deep, and 20 feet (6 m) wide. These underground homes can also have two to a dozen entrances, according to the National Wildlife Federation(opens in new tab). Typically, they have a burrow in the woods for the winter and a burrow in grassy areas for the warmer months. Groundhogs keep their burrows tidy by changing out the nesting found inside from time to time. GROUNDHOG HABITS Groundhogs are solitary creatures, and they spend their summers and falls stuffing themselves and taking naps in the sun. In the winter, they hibernate. While hibernating, the groundhog's heartbeat slows from 80 beats per minute to 5 beat per minute; their respiration reduces from 16 breaths per minute to as few as 2 breaths per minute; and their body temperature drops from about 99 degrees Fahrenheit (37.2 degrees Celsius) to as low as 37 F (2.77 C), according to the National Wildlife Federation. A groundhog typically sticks close to home. They usually don't wander farther than 50 to 150 feet (15 to 30 m) from their den during the daytime, according to the Internet Center for Wildlife Damage Management(opens in new tab). GROUNDHOG DIET These rodents are herbivores, which means they eat vegetation. A groundhog's diet can include fruit, plants, tree bark and grasses. They are known for damaging crops and gardens and many consider them pests. Groundhogs don't eat during hibernation. They use fat that they built up over the summer and winter month. GROUNDHOG OFFSPRING In February, males will come out of hibernation and search for females' burrows. When he finds one, he heads on in. It is believed that males do this to introduce themselves to possible mates. In the spring, mating season progresses and the females give birth to two to six young after a gestation period of around 32 days. The babies are blind and hairless, but quickly become mature in just three months or so. When they are mature, they typically leave their mother to dig their own homes. Groundhogs in the wild live around three to six years, according to PBS.org(opens in new tab). GROUNDHOG CLASSIFICATION/TAXONOMY Here is the classification for groundhogs, according to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System(opens in new tab) (ITIS): Kingdom: Animalia Subkingdom: Bilateria Infrakingdom: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclass: Tetrapoda Class: Mammalia Subclass: Theria Infraclass: Eutheria Order: Rodentia Suborder: Sciuromorpha Family: Sciuridae Subfamily: Xerinae Tribe: Marmotini Genus: Marmota Subgenus: Marmota Species: Marmota monax Subspecies: Marmota monax bunkeri Marmota monax canadensis Marmota monax ignava Marmota monax johnsoni Marmota monax monax Marmota monax ochracea Marmota monax petrensis Marmota monax preblorum Marmota monax rufescens GROUNDHOG CONSERVATION STATUS Groundhogs are listed as least concern for extinction(opens in new tab) on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species. They are widespread from central Alaska, across Canada and south through the United States to Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana and Arkansas. GROUNDHOG SHADOW FACTS According to tradition, if the groundhog sees its shadow on Feb. 2, there will be six more weeks of winter. This idea gave rise to Groundhog Day. The tradition of relying on rodents as forecasters may date back to the early days of Christianity in Europe, when clear skies on Candlemas Day (Feb. 2) were said to herald cold weather ahead, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac(opens in new tab). In Germany, the tradition morphed into a myth that if the sun came out on Candlemas, a hedgehog would cast its shadow, predicting snow all the way into May. When German immigrants settled in Pennsylvania, they transferred the tradition onto local fauna, replacing hedgehogs with groundhogs. But how accurate is this method of weather prediction? The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, has records from more than 100 years. On Groundhog Day, the club holds a "solemn" ceremony as a groundhog, named Phil, is pulled from a "burrow" in front of TV cameras and cheering crowds. The club says Phil has predicted 99 forecasts of more winter and 15 early springs. According to data from the Stormfax Almanac, Phil's predictions have been correct only 39% of the time in his hometown of Punxsutawney. HOW MUCH WOOD? How much wood would a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?(opens in new tab) About 700 pounds (317 kg), according to Cornell University. Actually, the name woodchuck has nothing to do with wood, or chucking it, according to Animal Diversity Web(opens in new tab). The word woodchuck comes from a Native American word, wuchak, which roughly translates as "digger." (Another name for this animal is whistle-pig, according to the National Museum of Natural History(opens in new tab).) Nevertheless, according to Cornell, a wildlife biologist sought to answer the tongue-twister's question. He measured the volume a woodchuck burrow and estimated that if the hole were filled with wood rather than dirt, the woodchuck would have chucked about 700 pounds (Woodchucks, however, typically do not chew wood.) link: https://www.livescience.com/57922-groundhog-facts.html

People lucky enough to live in London, England, and also own a Range Rover are having trouble finding affordable insurance as thieves seem to find the big SUVs irresistible. Range Rovers are the second most often stolen vehicle in the U.K., with most thefts occurring in London. Insurance brokers have responded by refusing to insure London-based Range Rovers, or increasing rates by as much as double. There have reportedly been no thefts of new-shape Range Rovers—yet. The Range Rover is a common sight in the metropolises of the world, built to handle mud and gravel but more usually seen gliding up to the valet at a fancy restaurant. Even on London's busy and sometimes narrow streets, a wafting Rover is a po[CENSORED]r choice, whether for actual Royals or just the very well-heeled. But in the U.K.'s capital city, Range Rovers have become po[CENSORED]r with a more nefarious set. Thieves. (Or, as a London bobby might call them, the criminal element.) According to recent reporting from the U.K. magazine Autocar, Range Rovers have become the second most po[CENSORED]r vehicle to steal in the U.K., with 5200 of them nicked in 2022. The vast majority of these thefts happened in London, and insurance companies have taken notice. (We know you will ask: the U.K.'s number-one most frequently stolen car in 2022 was the Ford Fiesta.) This situation isn't like that of the recent rash of thefts of Hyundais and Kias. Instead of pranksters on TikTok, many of these Range Rovers are said to be stolen by networks of professional thieves taking advantage of keyless entry technology. Apparently it's all too easy to fence a hot Range Rover, either locally or by shipping it overseas, never to be seen again. According to one investigator interviewed by Autocar, the issue isn't with some security flaw, but simply because a Range Rover is a fat and valuable target. Crime pays. Insurance companies, on the other hand, do not enjoy paying out. Premiums for Range Rovers have reportedly skyrocketed in the U.K., doubling in some cases. That's assuming you can get coverage at all, as some insurers will flat out not cover a Range Rover. Autocar did its homework here, requesting quotes on a current full-size Range Rover vs. an equivalently priced Bentley Bentayga. Quotes on the Rover topped out at the equivalent of $7200, double to triple the prices quoted for the Bentayga. Thefts reported are of older Range Rover models, not the current one. JLR representatives noted to Autocar that they were working on solutions to the insurance issue and further pointed out the advanced security features available via the company's Remote app. C/D has also reached out to the automaker for additional comment. Back in the Day, a Jaguar Was a Hot Target As a fun aside, this is not Jaguar Land Rover's first experience as the choice of criminals. In the 1960s, Jaguar's Mk II sedans were the pick of the likes of Roy "The Weasel" James, a getaway driver in a number of brazen heists. In those cases, the Jag was picked for its ability to outrun the coppers. Here, the Range Rover is itself the ill-gotten gain. In the U.S., the most commonly stolen vehicle is the Ford F-150, a consequence of its ubiquity. But there are periodic hot spots of Range Rover theft too—one brief spate just happened north of the border in Edmonton, Alberta, where thieves made off with six 2017–2021 model Land Rover products. So if you own a Range Rover, perhaps invest in the best immobilizer and vehicle tracking technology you can afford. And if you see a bunch of shifty-looking figures with Cockney accents hanging around, best to lock the garage up extra tight. link: https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a43081406/range-rover-theft-situation-happening-in-london/

Sensory perception is a many-splendoured thing, and without it we’d have nothing It takes all 53 of our senses to bring the drab external world to life Sensory perception is a many-splendoured thing, and without it we’d have nothing Ashley Ward Sun 26 Feb 2023 12.00 GMT It’s a glorious spring morning in Sydney and I’m full of nervous anticipation as I cross the university campus, heading toward the lecture theatre where I’m going to be talking to the latest group of students about the senses. I love to watch their faces when I describe the wonders of sensory biology. I want to do it justice; I’m not just relaying information, I’m giving a performance in the hope that my enthusiasm might kindle theirs. On my way, I cut through a Sydney landmark known as the Quadrangle – the centrepiece of the campus. The architects added a finishing touch, a subtropical tree in one corner, and, each year, as the southern hemisphere spring takes hold, this jacaranda tree erupts into bloom, its fragrant lilac flowers calling time on the academic year. Jacarandas across Sydney join in, transforming the city. For a month, the parks and pavements are blanketed with petals. For me, it’s the sensory highlight of the year. Perception of reality is actually a highly complex illusion I’m aware of a host of other sensations, too. An Australian magpie perched on one of the buildings that surround the Quad. Its oddly metallic call sounds like a steampunk version of the songbirds I grew up with in England. At the same time, I can feel the morning breeze coming in from the Pacific through the archway on the east side of the Quad. My mouth is filled with the warming flavour of one of the aniseed lozenges I rely on for a clear voice in each lecture. The changing stream of sensations provides our perceptual link to the world, a multiplicity of messages that come together to write the autobiography of every second of our lives. For all that our perception seems like a coherent, singular sensory experience, it’s a harmony of many distinct yet compounded senses. The question of just how many senses still lacks a definitive answer – 23 centuries since the first reasoned attempt was made. The Greek philosopher Aristotle is justly regarded as one of the most influential thinkers in history. It’s been said that the science of biology sprang from his labours and many things that he described over 2,000 years ago have stood the test of time. It was Aristotle who came up with the five categories of the senses (or, more formally, sensory modalities): vision, hearing, taste, smell and touch. But that was not the whole story. We certainly have more than five and depending on how we slice and dice the different categories, we might have as many as 53. Touch, for instance, is a composite of multiple different senses that could be subdivided, then there are others such as equilibrioception (the sense of balance) and proprioception (our sense of our body’s position) that lie outside the original five. Generally speaking, a sense can be defined as a faculty that detects a specific stimulus by means of a receptor dedicated to that stimulus. For example, when light enters our eye, it is absorbed by a molecule known as a retinal, which is found within the light-receptor cells of the retina. Taste receptors, meanwhile, coat our tongues, the inside of our cheeks and the very top of the oesophagus. Give them a molecule and, milliseconds later, they’ll be telling the brain all about it. We also have taste receptors sprinkled around the body in places such as the liver, the brain and even the testes. The brain is the seat of all your knowledge, emotions and personality; it’s the home of your innermost thoughts and the place where you experience everything in your life. It has no sensations of its own, yet this is where all our experiences occur. The result of all the work that the brain does in sifting, ordering and processing the incoming information is known as perception. The brain doesn’t simply collect and organise data, it actively regulates and conditions. Signals from the outside world are interpreted and layered with biases, prior expectations and emotions. This integration of sensations and sensibilities plays a powerful role in our perceptions. Many years ago, on the only occasion that they set foot outside Britain, my grandparents travelled to Vienna. It had always been my gran’s dream to visit the beautiful city, to see its architecture, to taste sachertorte, to hear the famous waltzes in their birthplace. Later, she recounted how they’d walked around the corner of a building and come across the famous river that bisects the city. “Look, Jim! The Danube!” she called out in her excitement. “They say that if you’re in love, it looks blue.” My grandad wasn’t a man easily stirred by poetry. His Yorkshire vowels as flat as the cap he habitually wore, he replied tersely, “Looks bloody brown to me.” While common sense might dictate that the Danube could never look blue, there is a nugget of truth to this. When we’re emotionally aroused, activity increases in the brain’s visual cortex, and what we see becomes richer and more brilliant. Ultimately, the convincing perception of reality that we each enjoy is actually a highly complex illusion. Experiences feel real to each of us, yet not one is objectively correct. That doesn’t stop people trying to argue that their subjective perception trumps that of others. This shading of different realities is only the start. It gets more fascinating – and much weirder. It’s one thing to allow that there might be an alternative perspective on colour, but quite another to accept that colour doesn’t actually exist outside our brains. Not only is there no colour, but there’s also no sound or taste or smell. What we perceive as red, for example, is just radiating energy with a wavelength of around 650 nanometres. There’s nothing intrinsically red about it; the redness is in our heads. What we think of as sound is just pressure waves, while taste and smell are no more than different conformations of molecules. Although our sense organs do a splendid job of detecting each of these, it’s the brain that construes them, converting them into a framework for us to understand that world. Valuable though this framework is, it’s an interpretation of reality and, like all interpretations, it’s subjective. With so much information flowing in, demanding immediate attention, how does the brain keep up with it all? The answer is that it doesn’t. It filters the information in its perpetual quest for what’s important. If you’re sitting down now, you’re not likely to have registered the pressure of the chair against your back, or the clothes against your skin – at least until you read this sentence. This isn’t the brain being lazy, it’s separating the important from the irrelevant. The downside is that the brain often misses subtleties, which is how dextrous magicians manage to fool us. The normal workings of the human brain depend on many different sensory inputs, so what happens when these are taken away? Recently, I visited a sensory-deprivation chamber in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. For the most authentic experience, I was told, I’d need to be fully undressed, to avoid the sensation of clothing against my skin, which might put a barrier between me and the bliss that awaited. And so it was that I found myself stark naked and self-consciously stepping into an egg-shaped pod, before pulling the lid closed and embracing sensory oblivion. I lay down, my weight supported by a shallow pool of super-saline water at the same temperature as my blood and with ear plugs to still the faint noises from without. Outside our brains there is no colour, sound, taste or even smell At first, my main emotion was a kind of fretting boredom, my mind chiding me like a fractious child for the withdrawal of stimulus. Once that passed, it switched to standby and I relaxed, but in the absence of anything to see, my mind started to conjure things – flashes of light, geometric patterns that fizzed to life and then shrank to nothingness. This is known as the Ganzfeld effect, or, more evocatively, “the prisoner’s cinema”. It’s been experienced by miners trapped in the dark underground, and by polar explorers whose entire visual field may consist of a uniform white. In ancient Greece, there are records of philosophers descending into caves to induce these hallucinations, in the hope of gaining insight. Given time, the light show can sometimes develop into more fantastical waking dreams. Underlying all of this is the brain’s frantic efforts to build its internal model, even though the sensory information it needs to construct that model has been cut off. The results are odd, though to some they can feel disturbingly real. But what is reality, and, more generally, what does it mean to be alive? However we might try to answer this, it’s fair to say that even our most eloquent attempts fall short of fully conveying the ridiculous, magnificent, miraculous experience of being. Our senses are at the heart of all this wonder. They are the interface between our inner selves and the outside world. They equip us to perceive beauty, from great art to the grandeur of the natural world, and to appreciate a sip of an ice-cold drink and the sound of laughter. Senses are, in short, what make life worth living. link: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/feb/26/self-and-wellbeing-it-takes-all-53-of-our-senses-to-bring-the-world-to-life

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he plans to meet China's leader Xi Jinping to discuss Beijing's proposals on ending the war in Ukraine. Speaking on the first anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion, he said the proposal signalled that China was involved in the search for peace. "I really want to believe that China will not supply weapons to Russia," he said. China's plan calls for peace talks and respect for national sovereignty. However, the 12-point document does not specifically say that Russia must withdraw its troops from Ukraine, and it also condemns the usage of "unilateral sanctions", in what is seen as a veiled criticism of Ukraine's allies in the West. The Chinese authorities have so far not publicly responded to Mr Zelensky's call for a summit with Mr Xi. Meanwhile, Russia hailed the Chinese peace proposals. "We share Beijing's views," the foreign ministry in Moscow said in a statement. Earlier this week, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Beijing was considering supplying weapons and ammunition to Russia - a claim strongly denied by Beijing. On Friday, American media again reported that the Chinese government was considering sending drones and artillery shells to Moscow. Asked about the Chinese plan, US President Joe Biden told ABC News on Friday: "[Russian President Vladimir] Putin's applauding it, so how could it be any good? "I've seen nothing in the plan that would indicate that there is something that would be beneficial to anyone other than Russia," he added. China appears to be siding with Russia, though it would like to find a way of rescuing President Putin by arranging some kind of face-saving peace deal, says the BBC's World Affairs Editor John Simpson. The Chinese proposals follow a visit by the country's top diplomat Wang Yi to Moscow, where he met President Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday. After the talks, Mr Wang was quoted by China's state-run Xinhua news agency as saying that Beijing was willing to "deepen political trust" and "strengthen strategic coordination" with Moscow. Why China launched a charm offensive over Ukraine Western officials gave the latest proposals a lukewarm reception. Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg said Beijing "doesn't have much credibility" because it had "not been able to condemn the illegal invasion of Ukraine". President Putin launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, and Russian troops made significant advances during the first few days in Ukraine's north, east and south. But the attack on the capital Kyiv was soon repulsed and the Ukrainian military was later able to retake large areas. The conflict - the biggest in Europe since World War Two - has since become a grinding war of attrition. At a lengthy news conference in Kyiv on Friday, Mr Zelensky also said victory "will inevitably await us" if allies "respect their promises and deadlines". Poland said it had already delivered four German-made Leopard II tanks to Ukraine and was ready to deliver more. Germany has said it will provide 14 Leopard tanks, with Spain and Canada also sending tanks. The US - by far the biggest provider of military aid to Ukraine - has pledged to send 31 of its M1 Abrams tanks and the UK is providing 14 Challenger 2 tanks. The Ukrainian leader added that his country had failed to engage sufficiently with countries in Africa and Latin America after many nations in those continents abstained during a UN General Assembly vote on a resolution condemning Russia's invasion. "We didn't work well for many years, we didn't pay attention, I think it's a big mistake," he said. Asked if he could name his worst moment of the war so far, Mr Zelensky said Bucha, a town outside Kyiv where Russian troops are accused of having killed civilians in the early part of the war. The small town had been under Russian control until Ukrainian troops fought back last April to reclaim it. "What I saw. It was horrible," Mr Zelensky said, visibly moved. How Putin's fate is tied to his war in Ukraine China's war neutrality claim fades with Russia visit The US marked a year since Russia invaded Ukraine by announcing a new range of sanctions against Russia and new aid for Ukraine. The latest restrictions target more than 100 entities both within Russia and worldwide, including banks and suppliers of defence equipment. The US said it wanted to stop those helping Russia exploit loopholes to get sanctioned materials. The White House's fresh round of aid for Ukraine is worth $12bn (£10bn), comprising $2bn from the Department of Defense including ammunition and drones and $10bn from the State Department including budgetary support to the Ukrainian government. A further $550m will be supplied to both Ukraine and neighbouring Moldova to strengthen their energy infrastructure. Moldova is Europe's poorest country and has been heavily impacted by the war. Its leaders have warned for several weeks that Russia is plotting to seize power. It comes days after US President Joe Biden flew to Kyiv for a surprise visit and held talks with Mr Zelensky. On Friday, the EU also approved its 10th round of sanctions against Russia, imposing restrictions on technology that has a civilian and military dual use. link: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64762219

Skalli said SOREC can export some of its expertise to other countries in Africa. Rabat - Director General of Morocco's Royal Society of Horse Encouragement (SOREC) Omar Skalli said that Moroccans love horses and horse racing, adding that his organization will work to host more events for the growing demand. Skalli stated that more than 4,000 people attended the Africa Grand Prix for horse racing, which was held in Marrakech on Saturday, and was organized by SOREC in partnership with the African Lotteries Association (ALA). “We don’t really need to raise awareness, because Moroccans as you can imagine are close to the horse and love horse racing,” the official told Morocco World News (MWN) on Saturday. “Our work was and will be more about the venues to host the general public,” he added. “We have to host them with quality, and also with some animation.” SOREC has already been able to capitalize on the po[CENSORED]r sport in Morocco by drawing bigger crowds and more betting participants to its events. The event also presents an opportunity for SOREC to help develop the industry in Africa at large, with Skalli saying that his organization occupies a unique space as a betting operator. “In Africa, the betting operator is a separate company or body than the racing organization,” he detailed. “In Morocco we have something very important, where SOREC is the host racing organizer but also the betting operator.” The model allows SOREC to reinvest the earnings from bettings into its facilities and events, and has enabled it to pursue increased success in the field, garnering positive feedback even from European partners. Marrakech hosted the 12th edition of the Africa Grand Prix for horse racing on Saturday, making for the second consecutive edition held in Morocco. The event featured six races and attendance from African delegations. link: https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2023/02/354217/omar-skalli-more-than-4-000-people-attended-africa-grand-prix

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iPhone 14 Pro series' Dynamic Island notification system could soon make its way to an Android phone. Realme is reportedly working on developing a front-facing display notch module that appears to be similar to the Dynamic Island feature on the iPhone 14 Pro series. Apple was the first to introduce such a functional camera cutout module with the launch of the iPhone 14 Pro lineup last September. Ever since the Cupertino, California-based iPhone maker unveiled the Dynamic Island, the feature has been widely tipped to be mimicked by Android smartphone manufacturers. The latest rumour seems to suggest that Realme could be among the first brands to develop its own take on Apple's Dynamic Island. Tipster Steve H. Mcfly (@onleaks) leaked the design of the "Realme Mini Capsule" in collaboration with SmartPrix. Realme is reportedly working on replicating the Dynamic Island feature found on Apple's iPhone 14 Pro lineup. The video leaked by the tipster shows how the purported Mini Capsule could work on an upcoming Realme device. The images and video shared by the tipster seem to suggest that Realme's Mini Capsule will be slightly bigger and wider than the Dynamic Island seen on Apple's iPhone 14 series. However, it will collapse into a much smaller circular hole-punch camera cutout, as per the leaked video. The new feature that is said to be in development was previously teased on Twitter by Madhav Sheth, Vice President, Realme. However, the tweet was later deleted, as per the report. The latest report goes a step further than suggesting the development of the feature and hints at the feature in action on a Realme-branded device. The video shows the functional cutout being utilised to display charging status through animations and colours that seem to change depending on the level of the battery. The purported Realme Mini Capsule could also offer support for other features besides expanding to reveal charging information, as per the report. Last September, the company launched a 'realme Island – Creators Challenge' contest on its community forum, seeking design ideas for a version of Apple's Dynamic Island on Android phones. The company's community post was updated in October with winners of the contest. It is important to note that Realme is yet to provide any official confirmation regarding the development or deployment of the Dynamic Island-like Mini Capsule feature. The feature could eventually offer additional functionality, displaying notifications, and controlling music playback, similar to the Dynamic Island on Apple's iPhone 14 Pro series of smartphones. link: https://www.gadgets360.com/mobiles/news/realme-mini-capsule-design-leak-iphone-14-pro-max-dynamic-island-3808193

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Sleep and schedule The Xbox Series X 'Carbon Aware' update is now live for all users and features new power saving modes that can help you save money when the system's not in use. Originally only exclusively offered to Xbox Insider members last month(opens in new tab), now every Xbox Series X owner can benefit from the new "Instant On" feature. What is does is act as a switch that works almost identically to sleep mode while being far more reserved on the power use, and it's all down to scheduling. Microsoft claims(opens in new tab) that the new shutdown setting for the system is up to 20X more efficient. This can be evidenced in the power consumption figures, as the new mode draws just 0.5W of power in contrast to the 10-15W power draw of the Xbox Series X in sleep mode. Through the Instant On mode, you’ll be able to download some of the best Xbox Series X games and install firmware updates just as you would before, so things have become more efficient with the system laying dormant once you put the controller down. If rising energy bills have been a concern to you when playing your Xbox Series X console, this update could help over the coming months. Microsoft's further sustainability plans for Xbox It’s all part of Microsoft’s extended plan to “build a more sustainable future of gaming” which has been on the cards for just shy of a year now. The shutdown setting was originally announced back in March(opens in new tab) 2022, so it’s been a long time coming. It’s far from the only proposed action the hardware manufacturer wants to consider for the system. Microsoft has also experimented with the idea of reducing graphical fidelity and gaming performance to keep costs down. This has yet to materialize, but the polled survey conducted with Xbox Insider members pointed towards this being a feature that some gamers wanted. The efforts made by Microsoft are ultimately a step in the right direction. When people struggle to keep the lights on and heat their homes, giving gamers finer control over the energy output of their game consoles is appreciated. As it’s also entirely optional, you won’t have to opt-in and can keep things in standby and sleep mode if you’d rather not rely on the auto wake and scheduling mode. What does 'Carbon Aware' really mean for gamers? Being carbon aware means that you're conscious of your carbon footprint through emissions made in your day-to-day life. According to Microsoft(opens in new tab) specifically, this is done on the Xbox Series X by: "Optimizing updates and downloads to run at a time when the console can use the most renewable energy". It's ultimately a small step but one that could have a big impact if it becomes the preferred powering saving mode among the millions of console owners out there in 2023. link: https://www.techradar.com/news/the-new-xbox-series-x-update-could-save-you-money

Epic Games is adding Herobase founder Flakes Power to Fortnite as part of its "Icon Series" in late February. Fortnite is no stranger to adding content creators and streamers as skins, and that's exactly what's going to happen to notable Brazilian figure João ‘Flakes Power’ Sampaio in February. The creator's skin will unlock on February 25 at 4 PM PT / 7 PM ET, but players can get a head start by playing the Super Flakes Cup starting the February 23 for a chance to unlock the skin early, along with two other items. Flakes Power's addition to Fortnite's "Icon Series" comes at a time of unprecedented growth for Fortnite in Brazil. As a press release from Epic Games notes, the first week of December 2022 was the biggest for Fortnite in Brazil since the game's launch in 2017. Flakes Power isn't the first Brazilian to be featured in one of these series--rapper Emcida appeared in 2022's Soundwave Series. February 25's update will include the Flakes Power outfit, the Electro-Crest Back Bling and the Electric Crescents Pickaxe. Along with this announcement, Epic has updated the handpicked Discover row for Creative islands, including several such as Flakes Deathrun 3.0 and Hero 1v1 Build Battle. The Super Flakes Cup will start February 23, and it's a Duos Zero Build tournament. Players who earn points during the event can unlock rewards, including the Flakes Tag Spray and Hello Hello Emoticon. In other Fortnite news, we recently learned that Chapter 4 Season 1 will end a few days early, on March 8. It's not clear if this will lead to a maintenance period for the game or not. link: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/fortnite-is-getting-brazilian-content-creator-flakes-power-as-a-skin/1100-6511719/

"Today's ban wave is particularly large, but it's only the latest action in an ongoing campaign". ]\ With more than a little braggadocio, Valve has announced that it's permanently banned over 40,000 Dota 2 accounts for cheating. In a post to the official Dota 2 blog(opens in new tab) yesterday, the company revealed that it had constructed a cunning trap to catch thousands of players that were using "third-party software" to "access information used internally by the Dota client that wasn't visible during normal gameplay," lending them an unfair advantage in-game. It worked like this: Once it became aware of the exploit, Valve released a patch that created "a section of data inside the game client that would never be read during normal gameplay, but that could be read by these exploits". Valve says that every single one of the accounts banned yesterday had read from that secret data, giving the company "extremely high confidence that every ban was well-deserved". Valve's whole announcement has the air of a warlord mounting their enemies' heads on spikes as a warning to the rest. The studio says that (and feel free to read this in Batman's voice, if you prefer), "While the battle against cheaters and cheat developers often takes place in the shadows," it wants "to make this example visible, and use it to make our position clear". That position, in case you're unsure, is that anyone running cheat software like this "can be permanently banned from playing Dota," up to and including pro players, who "will be banned from all Valve competitive events". Although it's thrown down the gauntlet, Valve is prepared for a long war. The company expects "that some players will continue to develop and use new exploits" and pledges to "continue to detect and remove these exploits as they come, and continue to ban users who cheat". It also thanked the players who helped it catch the cheaters, "from those who reported a player acting suspiciously in-game, to those who reviewed overwatch cases where this behavior was observed". As not only publisher for some of the most po[CENSORED]r multiplayer games on PC but the steward of Steam, home of many other multiplayer games, Valve has good reason to publicise its cheater apprehensions (though plenty of players will tell you, not without reason(opens in new tab), that it doesn't do enough). A few years ago, we reported that the company had 1,700 CPUs working to catch CS:GO cheaters(opens in new tab) alone via its machine learning system, while back in 2016 11,000 Dota and CS:GO cheaters(opens in new tab) found themselves summarily banned after Valve Anti-Cheat got a tune-up. Some battles truly never end. link: https://www.pcgamer.com/valve-lured-40000-dota-cheaters-into-a-trap-before-banning-them-in-one-day/

The leadership of Wales' largest health board is dysfunctional, a damning report from the spending watchdog has said. Auditor General Adrian Crompton wants urgent Welsh government intervention after finding "fractured working relationships" at the top of Betsi Cadwaladr, which covers north Wales. Several board members have shown "signs of emotional distress", he said. Health Minister Eluned Morgan said the findings gave her "serious concerns". Mr Crompton said the problems were "fundamentally compromising" the health board's ability to deal with "the significant challenges" it faces. The health board said it would take immediate action ahead of an action plan to be submitted to its board in March. In response, the Welsh Conservatives said ministers should "ensure a total clear out of this dysfunctional executive team". Plaid Cymru said Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) could not serve people in north Wales effectively "in its current form". No improvement at health board, claim relatives £122m fraud investigation launched at health board Damning reports after catastrophic deaths Betsi Cadwaladr is led by a board of executive directors and independent members. Mr Crompton said evidence presented to Audit Wales "points to dysfunctionality and factions" within the senior executive team, and "the whole team is not united around the interim chief executive". The report said "clear and deep-seated fractures within the executive team that are preventing that team from working effectively". The health board has been dogged by a series of problems in recent years. In 2022 Health Minister Eluned Morgan placed the board into "targeted intervention" for vascular and emergency services. But she stopped short of placing the board into special measures - a status it had for five years to November 2020. He said independent members of the board were losing confidence in the executive team, leading to examples of "challenging public scrutiny of the executive". They, in turn, were accused of "hostile and inappropriate" behaviour. "Given the extent of the problems, it is understandable that several board members we interviewed showed visible signs of emotional distress, giving us concern about their wellbeing," Mr Crompton wrote. Churn within the senior leadership team "has not helped," it said, with the health board without a substantive chief executive after four different chief executives since 2019. The report said the situation was "unlikely to be resolved without some form of intervention". Mr Crompton added: "These problems need to be resolved as a matter of urgency to provide confidence to the public and wider stakeholders that the health board has the leadership it needs to effectively tackle the significant challenges it faces, and to provide safe and effective care to the people of north Wales." Welsh Conservative's spokesman for north Wales Darren Millar said: "The Welsh government must urgently intervene to ensure a total clear out of this dysfunctional executive team, without the eyewatering payoffs we've seen in the past, and support the chair of the health board to appoint a new and capable team as soon as possible." Plaid Cymru health spokesman Rhun ap Iorwerth said the report raised "further fundamental questions about BCUHB". "I don't believe BCUHB in its current form can serve the people of north Wales effectively. We need a fresh start," he said. Chairman of the Senedd Public Accounts and Public Administration committee, Mark Isherwood, called the report "shocking". "Yet again we find that a breakdown in relationships between the health board's senior leaders has compromised its ability to move forward. This is simply not good enough." Health Minister Eluned Morgan said she had "serious concerns" about the report into the leadership of Betsi Cadwaladr health board. But she refused to be drawn on whether she would implement special measures. "It's a conversation that certainly we will have to have with the health board, and obviously I'll need to take a little bit of time to consider what actions we need to take," she told BBC Wales. Board was aware 'of majority of issues' Mark Polin, chairman of BCUHB, welcomed the report, adding: "The health board has been aware of the majority of the issues raised in the Audit Wales report, which partly informed a decision to commission a bespoke board development programme with the Kings Fund to address board effectiveness and relationships in 2020. "It is most disappointing that previous internal interventions have not resulted in necessary improvements in relation to an effective board, which is what the patients and po[CENSORED]tion of north Wales deserve in order to deliver and receive safe and effective services. "The board will receive the report and a proposed action plan, to be developed in consultation with Welsh government and other key stakeholders, at the March board meeting, but the required responses will commence immediately. "In this regard a number of actions are already in train to address some of the serious matters identified in the report, with progress having been made in relation to key areas such as the chief executive officer recruitment, which is underway with our chosen recruitment partner." link: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-64743171

Researchers stumbled across a bizarre species of blind cave fish with a mysterious, horn-like structure protruding from its head and a lack of scales or pigmentation. Lurking within the dark waters of Chinese caves is a bizarre fish species that has an uncanny resemblance with mythical equine creature. The newfound fish weirdos, which researchers discovered hiding in a pitch-black pool the size of a kitchen table, have no scales or color, tiny rudimentary eyes that likely cannot see anything and an unusually large horn jutting out of their foreheads, a new study reveals. The researchers found the drab, unicorn-like fish while surveying cave fish from the genus Sinocyclocheilus. Fish in this genus are found only in China, usually within small pools that are shrouded in darkness. There are 76 known species of Sinocyclocheilus, most of which share similar characteristics with the newfound species, such as reduced or no vision, a lack of scales and no pigmentation. However, only some Sinocyclocheilus fish possess a horn, and others have lost their eyes completely in a process known as regressive evolution, in which species lose complex features over generations. There are also a handful of Sinocyclocheilus species that live in illuminated waters and lack the unusual features associated with their freaky cousins. Researchers discovered the newfound fish swimming in a small pool measuring 5.9 feet (1.8 meters) wide and 2.6 feet (0.8 m) deep, inside a cave in the mountainous Guizhou province. The team collected individuals to take back to the lab and examine, unaware that they were collecting a never-before-seen species. After comparing the fish with other known species and analyzing their DNA, the researchers realized what they had uncovered. In the new study, published Jan. 17 in the journal ZooKeys(opens in new tab), the team described the species, which they named S. longicornus. The fish are between 4.1 and 5.7 inches (10.5 to 14.6 centimeters) long and possess two pairs of whisker-like barbels that they use to feel their way around in the dark. But perhaps their most interesting feature is their unusually long horn-like structure, which has no clear use, and isn't found in closely related species. (The name longicornus is derived from the Latin words longus, meaning "long," and cornu, meaning "horn of the forehead.") Related: Scientists discover beautiful new rainbow-colored fish lurking among 'twilight reefs' These horn-like strucutres differ widely among dark-dwelling Sinocyclocheilus species; they vary in length and can either be forked or non-forked, like in S. longicornus. As light-dwelling species do not have horns, these appendages likely have something to do with living in the dark, but it is not clear what their purpose is, the researchers wrote in the paper. The most logical explanation would be that the horns help these fish to "see" in the dark, but their barbels already enable them to navigate around their pool, which is not very big so would likely require minimal navigation skills anyway. Most Sinocyclocheilus species, including S. longicornus, also have a fully formed lateral line — an organ made up of highly sensitive cells that runs laterally down a fish's body and detects changes in pressure, temperature and salinity — so the horn is also unlikely to be needed to detect those. However, the unusual size of the horn on S. longicornus, coupled with the fact the new species is not closely related to other long-horned species, suggests that longhorns have emerged on at least two separate occasions in the genus, researchers wrote. Therefore, comparing the environmental conditions of S. longicornus with some of the other long-horned species could finally reveal what the mysterious structures are actually used for. link: https://www.livescience.com/new-species-horned-cave-fish-china

Jeep's new factory-installed options are similar to features already available on the Ford Bronco. The 2023 Jeep Wrangler offers two new factory-installed options: washout floors and weatherproof seats. The heavy-duty flooring ($995) and heavy-duty seats ($1695) are now available to order on certain four-door Wranglers. Jeep appears to be responding to similar features already available on the Ford Bronco. Jeep fans might want to start appreciating the Ford Bronco a little more. After all, it appears the Wrangler's biggest rival is influencing the brand to introduce noteworthy features, such as the washout floors and weatherproof seats that are now available as factory options on certain four-door models. Weatherproofing the Wrangler When the Bronco debuted a couple years ago, it could be outfitted with factory-installed rubberized hose-it-out flooring and marine-grade vinyl upholstery—unlike its competitor. Fast forward to 2023, the Jeep Wrangler can now be ordered with similar add-ons designed to help its interior better withstand the elements and make it easier to clean. The newly optional heavy-duty flooring costs $995 and the heavy-duty seats add $1695. When the Wrangler's top is off and the doors are removed, the cabin is obviously extra exposed. That's where the optional vinyl seats come in handy, thanks to added protection against water, mildew, tears, and more. Jeep's weatherproof seats come in any color you want as long as it's black. They also feature Light Tungsten stitching and an adorable Wrangler grille embroidered on the seatbacks. Replacing the Wrangler's standard flooring for the washout option does exactly what you'd expect: It makes cleaning the surface even easier and includes integrated floor drains. Along with its improved ability to get hosed out, the black heavy-duty floor has multiple layers that are said to also provide sound deadening and thermal protection. Unfortunately, these two new Jeep options aren't compatible with every Wrangler. All the plug-in-hybrid 4xe trims and any two-door configuration are specifically excluded from the weatherproofing fun. The 470-hp Rubicon 392 is also left out. Keeping Up with the Broncos This isn't the first time Jeep appears to have taken a leaf out of Ford's book. Not long after the Bronco was revealed with exterior mirrors mounted to the base of the A pillars rather than on the removable doors—like the Wrangler had always done—Jeep introduced an optional doors-off mirror kit installed by the factory. The Wrangler Rubicon Xtreme Recon package that followed a year later also looked like a direct response to the Bronco's available Sasquatch package, which notably included 35-inch-tall tires and other hardware that until then wasn't offered on the Jeep. link: https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a43028570/2023-jeep-wrangler-weatherproof-seats-washout-floors-new-options/

An enormous art nouveau greenhouse rises from the Meudon forest, its front made entirely of glass. Inside, suspended from the ceiling, is a 21-metre-long shiny, inflatable zeppelin, which looks as though any minute it might burst through the facade’s central circular pane. The airship is a permanent, site-specific artwork by Korean artist Lee Bul, designed to draw attention to and define the huge space: this is Hangar Y, the world’s first airship manufacturing hangar, built in 1878. Less than 10 miles south-west of Paris, it churned out airships and hot-air balloons until the end of the first world war. After a brief spell as an aeronautics museum, it was abandoned and left empty for 40 years. Hangar Y is one of a number of empty or disused buildings in the Paris region that are being dusted off, renovated and given a new life. Abandoned urban plots – or friches – are being transformed into cultural hubs with a variety of uses, exhibition spaces, concert halls, workspaces, premises for charities and venues for po[CENSORED]r club nights. “Hangar Y is a remarkable site and famous in the world of aeronautics,” said general manager Aideen Halleman. “The idea is to create a site with a dual purpose of events and culture – and with such a massive space, we can do really large-scale events.” In its heyday, three 100-metre-long airships could fit inside the 2,800 square metre hangar. When it opens in March, exhibitions will take place on an extensive mezzanine area, with the rest of the space used for concerts, conferences and a virtual reality experience telling the story of the building. The first exhibition will cover the history of aeronautics, with artworks loaned by the Tate and private collectors such as Henri Seydoux (father of actor Léa Seydoux, who is a connoisseur of aviation memorabilia). A large sculpture park curving around the lake outside will have site-specific installations and immersive sound experiences, with work by international artists including Subodh Gupta, Olafur Eliasson and Kiki Smith. A friche in Épinay-sur-Seine looks set to become this summer’s party destination Renovating and reusing existing buildings is nothing new, but over the past few years, restored friches have become po[CENSORED]r hangouts for Parisians: established party spots Le Hasard Ludique and Ground Control were both opened in former railway premises; le 6b, an old office block in the northern Saint-Denis suburb, houses artists’ studios as well as entertainment space. A friche in neighbouring Épinay-sur-Seine looks set to become this summer’s new party destination: Éclair is run by the event organiser Soukmachines, known for its large-scale, raucous parties and transformation of friches around Paris. It is turning the abandoned premises of veteran French film company Éclair into what Soukmachines founder Yoann-Till Dimet calls a “hybrid space for gargantuan events,” opening in June 2023. Paris website Paris on the cheap: a local’s guide to flea markets, baguettes and funky bistros Read more Eclair’s place in French cinema history can’t be overstated: most French films in the 20th century probably passed through its laboratories at some point, and its cameras were favoured by directors including Jean-Luc Godard. The offices are a warren of small, windowless studios and projection rooms once used for voiceovers, film development and restoration. Their soundproof cladding will come in handy when Soukmachines transforms the building into studio spaces for dancers, theatre companies, musicians and designers. link: https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2023/feb/23/remade-in-paris-france-new-life-for-abandoned-buildings

UN head António Guterres has condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine as an "affront" to the world's collective conscience at a meeting of the General Assembly nearly one year on. The meeting was debating a motion backed by Ukraine and its allies demanding Russia pull out immediately and unconditionally. Ukraine hopes that by supporting the motion countries will show solidarity. The Kremlin has accused the West of wanting to defeat Russia at any cost. Vasily Nebenzya, the Kremlin's ambassador to the UN, said the US and its allies were prepared to plunge the entire world into war. Russian President Vladimir Putin sent up to 200,000 soldiers into Ukraine on 24 February 2022 in the biggest European invasion since the end of World War Two. The devastating war that ensued has left at least 7,199 civilians dead and thousands of others injured, according to a UN estimate, but that number is likely to be much higher. The mayor of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, where mass executions are alleged to have taken place, estimated in April that 21,000 people had died there alone. Russia and Ukraine have each seen at least 100,000 of their soldiers killed or injured, according to the US military. More than 13 million people were made refugees abroad or displaced inside Ukraine. Mr Putin's claim that his operation was needed to "demilitarise and denazify" Ukraine, a country with historic ties to Russia, was dismissed by Ukraine and its allies as a ruse for an unprovoked attack. "That invasion is an affront to our collective conscience," Mr Guterres told the General Assembly. "It is a violation of the United Nations Charter and international law." The possible consequences of a "spiralling conflict" were, he said, a "clear and present danger". Mr Guterres said the war was "fanning regional instability and fuelling global tensions and divisions, while diverting attention and resources from other crises and pressing global issues". There had, he said, been "implicit threats to use nuclear weapons". "It is high time to step back from the brink," he said. "Complacency will only deepen the crisis, while further eroding our shared principles proclaimed in the Charter. War is not the solution. War is the problem. People in Ukraine are suffering enormously. Ukrainians, Russians and people far beyond need peace." Sixty countries have sponsored the resolution, which stresses "the need to reach, as soon as possible, a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine in line with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations." The UN is likely to approve the resolution, which is not legally binding but carries political weight. However, it is unlikely that the vote will have much influence on Russia's actions in Ukraine. Voting will take place later on Thursday, the eve of the invasion's first anniversary. Over the past year, the General Assembly has voted on similar resolutions opposing Russia's invasion. In October 143 member states voted to condemn Moscow's illegal annexation of parts of Ukraine. Russia, Belarus, Syria, and North Korea opposed the motion, while India and China were among the 35 states that abstained. Mr Guterres was speaking after Russia's President Vladimir Putin gave a speech blaming the West for the war. In his address to the nation on Tuesday, Mr Putin also announced Russia's decision to suspend a key nuclear arms treaty after US President Joe Biden, fresh from a surprise visit to Kyiv, praised Western democracy for standing up to Russian aggression. Mr Biden has called the decision to suspend the treaty, designed by the US and Russia in 2010 to prevent nuclear war, a big mistake. On Wednesday, Mr Putin met China's top foreign policy official, Wang Yi, in Moscow and said co-operation with Beijing was "very important to stabilise the international situation". The visit marked an end to China's claim to neutrality regarding the war in Ukraine. link: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64739975

The cold snap persists across several provinces across Morocco. Rabat - Morocco’s General Directorate of Meteorology (DMN) announced a new orange-level weather alert, forecasting rain, and snowfall in several provinces across the country. Under the new weather alert, strong winds ranging from 70 to 90 kilometers per hour will concern the provinces of Ouarzazate, Tiznit, Taroudant, Tata, Guelmim, Sidi Ifni, and Assa-Zag on Friday from 1 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday. The provinces of Guercif, Figuig, Jerada, Nador, Taourirt, and Taza, will experience the same weather from on Friday 12 p.m. to 11 p.m. along with Boulemane, Midelt, Tinghir; and Errachidia. Heavy and sometimes stormy, rainfall ranging from 30 to 40 millimeters will affect the provinces of Al Haouz, Khouribga, Settat, Chichaoua, El Kelaa des Draghhna, Marrakech, Khemisset, Rehamna, and Taroudant from Thursday 6 p.m. to Friday 9 a.m. Snowfall of around 15 to 40 centimeters is also expected in the provinces of Ifrane, Beni Mellal, Azilal, Khenifra, Al Haouz, Ouarzazate, Boulemane, and Midelt. Meanwhile, snowfall of 10 to 15 centimeters will hit the provinces of Taroudant, Chichaoua, Taza, Guercif, Sefrou, Al Hoceima, and Tinghir on Friday. In response to the cold snap, Morocco has launched a series of campaigns to assist the po[CENSORED]tion affected by the weather in mountainous areas - particularly Ouarzazate. As part of the campaign, the Mohammed V Foundation for Soldiarity launched a multidisciplinary medical caravan in the city of Ouarzazate for the benefit of the po[CENSORED]tion affected by the cond snap. The campaign includes a mobile laboratory to conduct on-site testing for the patients, as well as a mobile radiology unit and various mobile medical units. link: https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2023/02/354172/new-weather-alert-forecasts-more-rain-snow-across-several-moroccan-provinces

Nick Movie: Big George Foreman Time: April 28, 2023 Netflix / Amazon / HBO?: ? Duration of the movie: 2h 13m Trailer: