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Russia's road to victory in Ukraine has been blocked by angry civilians But one month into the invasion, it seems Russia's worst enemies have been its own overconfidence and under-preparedness.

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Russia's road to victory in Ukraine has been blocked by angry civilians, its broken-down tanks dragged off (and mocked) by farmers in tractors, its soldiers targeted by surprisingly successful Ukrainian resistance.

But one month into the invasion, it seems Russia's worst enemies have been its own: overconfidence and under-preparedness.

The Russian invasion has devastated major cities and driven more than 10 million people from their homes, according to the United Nations, and thousands of civilians are believed to have died. And yet, Ukraine hasn't fallen.

"Unrealistic political aims and timetables have driven an unsound [Russian military] strategy," tweeted Russia expert Michael Kofman, while think-tanks and military observers conclude that Ukrainian forces have "defeated the initial Russian campaign of this war."

And Russian leader Vladimir Putin, described by U.S. President Joe Biden as "a worthy adversary" before the invasion, is now dismissed at the White House as a "war criminal" and a "brutal dictator."

How did the West get Russia so wrong?

Mistakes based partly on misinformation: analyst

"The history of war is replete with the bigger side getting their asses kicked," said Carleton University's Stephen Saideman, director of the Canadian Defence and Security Network.

Saideman points to mistakes made by Putin, based partly on misinformation fed to him.

Putin sits in the Kremlin, bitterly denouncing Russian "traitors" and reportedly issuing arrest orders for spy chiefs responsible for delivering intelligence before the invasion. On Wednesday, it was announced that one of Putin's top aides, Anatoly Chubais had resigned.

At a rally in support of Russian forces last week, Putin recited Orthodox scripture and reaches back to 18th century military victories. The storms of war "will contribute to Russia's glory," he told the crowd at the Moscow Stadium.

"He was led to believe that the Ukrainians would fold immediately," said Saideman, adding he suspects no one dared tell him Russian forces wouldn't prevail. "It's very difficult for authoritarian regimes to assess themselves because there's a culture of lying and a lack of accountability because there are serious consequences to disappointing Putin."

That seems to have had an impact on morale all the way down to the troops on the ground, who were initially led to think theirs was no more than a training mission.

'We did not really believe that we would enter Ukraine's territory'

"We were told that we would have joint drills in Belarus. That's it," said Dmitry Astakhov, a Lieutenant-Colonel with a Russian police rapid deployment force. He spoke to media earlier in March after being captured. "We did not really believe that we would enter Ukraine's territory."

"The Russian command didn't have trust in Russian soldiers, and their will to fight against Ukrainians," concludes Konrad Muzyka from this. He is a military analyst with Rochan Consulting based in Poland. "Russians consider Ukrainians to be their brothers, and find it difficult to fight them."

So far, approximately 200,000 Russian troops have been ordered in. On Wednesday, NATO estimated that 7,000 to 15,000 Russian soldiers have been killed so far. That's more than double the number of Americans killed in two decades of fighting in Afghanistan.

An earlier report in the pro-Putin Russian tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda said 9,861 soldiers had died and 16,153 were injured. These figures were quickly removed, as Moscow has been trying to portray the invasion as a Russian success.

Across Ukraine, there have been many local reports of Russian soldiers simply walking away from their tanks and armoured carriers. Military analysts like Patrick Fox have also noticed an unusual number of high-ranking Russian officers - including brigadier generals - leading from the field, when they would normally be in distant command posts.

That suggests they don't have confidence their troops are properly trained or motivated enough to fight, said Fox, a U.S. Air Force veteran. "They're saying, 'OK, I'm literally going to stand over my brigade commanders' shoulder and I'm going to instruct his people how to do this'."

At least four of these generals have been killed by Ukrainian forces, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. A member of his inner circle told the Wall Street Journal Ukraine has a team dedicated to finding and targeting senior Russian officers, using equipment and intelligence supplied by NATO.
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Equipment, co-ordination challenges

For Russia, equipment has been a challenge. Tanks and trucks have broken down, apparently from poor maintenance. And the logistics of resupplying its force has been "absolutely terrible," said Fox.

Tanks low on fuel are shown on social media pulling up at regular gas stations (and ridiculed for it). Russian soldiers have been captured looting grocery stores on CCTV as military rations run dry.

"We're seeing things break down," said Fox. "Their troops aren't eating, they're running out of ammo. They're running out of gas, and then they're abandoning vehicles."

All this points to invaders who "didn't actually prepare themselves to fight a long war," said Muzyka.
WATCH | Putin won't be able to break the will of the Ukrainian people, analyst says:

Perhaps most puzzling for military analysts has been Russia's apparent inability to co-ordinate its forces. Tanks have been targeted by Ukrainian soldiers using shoulder-fired missiles, with no Russian ground troops to protect them. Stalled convoys, like the one which stretched for more than 60 kilometres outside Kyiv for more than a week, have been left especially vulnerable to ambushes.

"Their combined arms capability, which is crucial in any modern war, is much less robust than we thought it would have to be in order to carry out this kind of operation," said Fox.

Much of the communication and co-ordination has been done over cell phones or easy to monitor unencrypted transmissions that have been routinely intercepted by Ukrainian forces, foreign intelligence agencies, and even amateur short-wave radio operators.

Air power has also been lacking. Analysts like Muzyka assumed Russia would start the invasion by wiping out Ukraine's fighter fleet and its air defences to give Moscow free rein to protect its ground forces and launch attacks at will. It didn't.

"Russia and the Soviet Union have always been proud of themselves in having a very robust air capability. And what we are seeing now is completely opposite," said Muzyka. "I have no idea why this is happening."

Weeks into the invasion, the U.S. Pentagon says Ukraine still has a significant part of its own air defence system, and the space over the country remains "contested." Russian helicopters have taken some spectacular direct hits, providing Ukraine with useful propaganda.

Many fear further escalation is coming

Some Western analysts have warned against writing off Russia's bigger and traditionally stronger military, saying this war is far from over and expecting the Kremlin to learn from early mistakes. They point to similar Russian tactics in Chechnya and Syria, where long, grinding campaigns flattened cities and eventually succeeded - though at a high human cost.

But from what we know of its performance in Ukraine so far, Russia's conventional war machine appears to have stumbled, failing to live up to the expected image of a superpower.

Many fear that out of desperation, Putin may turn to more drastic measures. He already has, killing civilians with imprecise bombing when his forces can't defeat military targets in shattered cities like Mariupol.
WATCH | Could Russia use chemical weapons in Ukraine? 'They're capable:'

An escalation to far more horrific nuclear alternatives is also feared, A "bone-chilling development" U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said is "within the realm of possibility".

Chemical weapons would be even likelier "if [Russian forces] encounter serious resistance in cities like Kyiv," said Fox. This approach would be used to demoralize the population, as well as causing massive casualties.

"We're going to end up with a weakened Russia here," said Paul Maddison, Canada's former High Commissioner to Australia and now director of the UNSW Defence Research Institute. "And that will lead us into dangerous times."

He sees Putin as relishing the role of "disruptor" - especially now that his reputation as warrior is questioned.

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Russia's road to victory in Ukraine has been blocked by angry civilians , its broken-down tanks dragged off (and mocked) by farmers in tractors, its soldiers targeted by surprisingly successful Ukrainian resistance. But one month into the invasion, it seems Russia's worst enemies have been its own: overconfidence and under-preparedness.

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What is hyper-milling? and how could it help save money? 

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Gas prices are so high that people are thinking of hypermiling which means going faster. Going 120 and 100 mph on the highway is about 20 percent of fuel.

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Nearly 10 years ago, Lorraine Sommerfeld drove across Canada with a couple of hypermilers from Australia.

"Hypermilers have their own little cult and club. and it's how they can get from here to there and use no fuel," the auto columnist for Driving.ca said.

Using driving techniques, it took the team just 4.5 tanks of gas to go from Halifax to Vancouver in 2012.

Sommerfeld admits some of these strategies - such as driving super slow - are "dangerous and stupid," and she would never recommend them to others.

However, she said, there were takeaways that were beneficial and "absolutely stuff we can use."

One of the biggest for Sommerfeld was reducing speed.

"The difference between going 120 on the highway and 100 is about 20 per cent in fuel economy. It's huge," she said.

"Set your cruise control, get in the right lane, and just stick to 100. Noticeably you'll start saving immediately."

Sommerfeld added that avoiding left-hand turns also helps prevent vehicles from using extra fuel by idling.

"If you have a list of chores to do, think about it. Can you do it all in a loop that is basically maintaining right turns instead of left?"

As the price of a litre of gasoline continues to climb to extremes, drivers are looking for alternatives.

If leaving the vehicle at home is not an option, there are driving tips and techniques that could help keep costs down on the road to fuel efficiency. This strategy is called hypermiling - also known as ecomodding or eco-driving.

Most newer vehicles have readouts on a screen to show how many litres per 100 kilometres are being consumed.

Adjust driving behaviour

"Ecomodding is sort of the 2.0 on [hypermiling]," said Julie Beun with CAA North and East Ontario.

"We're seeing reports that gas is going to go up to $2 a litre by this summer, and if that's the case, then we do need to adjust our driving behaviour," she added.

CAA has a Driving Cost Calculator to keep track of vehicle expenses, including gas costs.

Beun said to begin with the weight in or on the vehicle, since heavier vehicles will consume more gas.

"Roof racks, bicycle racks, if they're easy to take off - that's a really great starting point," she said.

"If you're going to be going on a longer trip, or if you anticipate being out for the day and you don't need [the roof racks] then go ahead and take them off because that is going to cost."

Beun explained that accelerating a vehicle slowly out of a stopped position will save on fuel.

Imagine you have an open coffee cup full on your dashboard when you are accelerating, and you have to accelerate gently and slowly so you don't knock over the coffee cup. - Julie Buen, CAA North and East Ontario

"It takes five seconds to accelerate your vehicle up to 20 kilometres an hour from a stop. If you are accelerating really quickly, you are going to be using more fuel to get that going," she said.

"Imagine you have an open coffee cup full on your dashboard when you are accelerating, and you have to accelerate gently and slowly so you don't knock over the coffee cup."

"It's a million little things that you can do [to be more fuel efficient],"

CAA does not recommend extreme or dangerous forms of hypermiling.

"Always make sure that you are following the rules of the road, but yes, there are ways to save on fuel, 100 per cent," Beun said.

Tips from NRCAN

Given the high cost of gas across Canada, Thierry Spiess of Natural Resources Canada (NRCAN) is not surprised their website providing advice on fuel efficiency is gaining attention.

"Generally speaking throughout the year, we average just over 1,000 independent views on that web link per week. In the last week of February and now March, we are seeing over 6,000 weekly views - so a six-fold increase," said Spiess, senior manager of the Advanced Vehicle Unit at NRCAN.

He said NRCAN prefers the term eco-driving, feeling that hypermiling is the more extreme form. Just like CAA, NRCAN does not recommend illegal forms of hypermiling, calling the extreme versions dangerous and reckless.

NRCAN has five main tips it lists on its website for fuel-efficient driving:

1. Accelerate gently.

2. Maintain a steady speed.

3. Anticipate traffic.

4. Avoid high speeds.

5. Coast to decelerate.

"If people do follow those tips, they could lower their vehicle's fuel consumption and emissions by as much as 25 per cent," Spiess said.

Safety comes 1st

Sommerfeld started applying what she learned on her road trip almost immediately when she returned home to the Greater Toronto Area.

"The price of gas makes me slow down definitely."

She admits she doesn't drive a lot anymore, "but I know the difference in how much it'll cost me to get up north, like a three-hour drive."

When it comes to hypermiling, safety should always come first before saving a few bucks on gas, she stressed.

"You have to find what fits with your lifestyle, and also what gives you the most back in terms of fuel economy, but safety is first - it has to be first."

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Europe could receive 8-10 million Ukrainian refugees, says Berlin

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Europe could receive 8-10 million Ukrainian refugees, says Berlin

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Europe well prepare to  receive 8-10 million peoples from Ukrainian!!

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More than 3 million refugees have left Ukraine. Where are they going? Canadian government isn’t acting fast enough, some say.

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This is the fastest-growing refugee crisis in Europe since the Second World War, according to Filippo Grandi (the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees).

Most Ukranians are heading to neighboring countries, for example, Canada, Poland, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and Moldova.
Many provinces have made a promise to welcome them with open arms due to the current situation.

With my current information Poland has taken in 1,916,445 refugees.

Link: https://www.cbc.ca/kidsnews/post/more-than-3-million-refugees-have-left-ukraine.-where-are-they-going

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Leclerc wins season opening on Bahrain circuit. 

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Leclerc wins season opening on Bahrain circuit. 

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I am very happy that the first race of the season went to ferari. But also surprised because last year the red bull team won by a landslide so i am surprised that the red bull car stopped before the end of the race.

-Ali

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SAKHIR, Bahrain (AP) - Formula One champion Max Verstappen's title defense turned into a nightmare when the Red Bull star retired near the end of the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday allowing Ferrari to clinch a 1-2 finish with Charles Leclerc winning ahead of teammate Carlos Sainz Jr.

Seven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton took an unexpected third place after Sergio Perez's Red Bull also retired with the finish line in sight as the race finished under a yellow flag.

Hamilton had been lagging way behind in fifth when late drama on Lap 46 changed the race.

Leclerc was leading comfortably from Verstappen when the back of Pierre Gasly's AlphaTauri car caught fire forcing him to park it on the side of the track. It was quickly put out and the Frenchman walked away unharmed.

From the restart, Leclerc got away and Verstappen started complaining about steering problems.

A few minutes later both Red Bulls were out of the race and George Russell's Mercedes moved up into fourth to give Mercedes an unexpected bonus.

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Formula One champion Max Verstappen's title defense turned into a nightmare when the Red Bull star retired near the end of the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday allowing Ferrari to clinch a 1-2 finish with Charles Leclerc winning ahead of teammate Carlos Sainz Jr.

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Convoy leader and Farfadaas spokesperson Steeve ‘L’Artiss’ Charland granted bail

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Convoy leader and Farfadaas spokesperson Steeve ‘L’Artiss’ Charland granted bail

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Talks about the protest about the Freedom convoy protest that is happending in Quebec .

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OTTAWA-The leader of a Quebec-based group that opposes COVID-19 health measures is the latest alleged organizer of the so-called "Freedom Convoy" protests to be released on bail from police custody.

Steeve "L'Artiss" Charland, the spokesperson for a group called "Les Farfadaas," was released from jail Monday under a pledge of $27,000 and a series of court-imposed conditions. These included a ban from social media and participating or organizing any protests linked with opposition to pandemic health measures or the convoy cause that paralyzed the streets around Parliament Hill and inspired border blockades across Canada last month.

Charland was arrested on Feb. 26 and charged with mischief and counselling to commit mischief in relation to his role in the protests, according to Ottawa police.

Evidence outlined in court during Charland's bail hearing last week is secret under a publication ban ordered by Justice of the Peace Jocelyne St. Jean.

In granting Charland bail on Monday, St. Jean ordered him to pledge $5,000 for his release on top of $22,000 pledged by his two sureties, individuals who committed to helping make sure he follows his bail conditions while he faces criminal charges.

At the time of his arrest, Charland had posted a video to his Facebook page that showed him speaking about meeting with other convoy organizers to discuss in Vankleek Hill, a town east of Ottawa where some participants had de-camped after police cleared the occupation around Parliament Hill a few days earlier. Charland says in the video that they were there to discuss "certain plans" for their movement.

During the protests, the Farfadaas set up a protest camp in Gatineau, Que., the city across the Ottawa River from Parliament Hill.

The 48-year-old was a core organizer with a Quebec far-right group called La Meute before he became a key figure with Farfadaas, which experts describe as a loose organization created during the pandemic to oppose public health restrictions that were imposed to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus.

Alongside the bans on social media use and participating in convoy-related protests, St. Jean ordered Charland not to enter the area along Ottawa's Wellington Street where the convoy occupation took place last month, and to refrain from communicating with 10 other protest organizers including those also facing charges: Pat King, Tamara Lich, Chris Barber and Tyson Billings.

Barber, a trucker from Swift Current, Sask., was released on bail shortly after his arrest, while Lich - a convoy spokesperson and fundraiser from Alberta - was originally denied bail but ultimately released on March 7 after she appealed that decision

King, a far-right influencer whose repertoire of online videos includes racist comments and a warning that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would be shot, was denied bail on Feb. 25.

He appeared again briefly by video in court on Monday, where King indicated he is trying to connect with new lawyers before his next hearing was scheduled for Thursday.

Billings, who is reportedly known as "Freedom George," was also denied bail on March 14 while he faces charges linked to the convoy demonstrations, and is slated to return to court in early April, court documents show.

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Convoy leader and Farfadaas spokesperson Steeve 'L'Artiss' Charland granted bail

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OTTAWA-The leader of a Quebec-based group that opposes COVID-19 health measures is the latest alleged organizer of the so-called "Freedom Convoy" protests to be released on bail from police custody. Steeve "L'Artiss" Charland, the spokesperson for a group called "Les Farfadaas," was released from jail Monday under a pledge of $27,000 and a series of court-imposed conditions.

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A plane crash is always a tragic and horrific thing to happen and seeing that china's last dead crash like was in 2010 makes it even more terrible.

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China Eastern flight crashes with 132 onboard in country’s south - National | Globalnews.ca

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A China Eastern Boeing 737-800 flight with 132 people on board crashed in the southern province of Guangxi on Monday, officials said.

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Man arrested at Ontario mosque after attacking worshippers

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Man arrested at Ontario mosque after attacking worshippers

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This articles is about a man that killed people for worshipping the things they love- I think its disgusting to think that people still have the power to kill other human beings for believing in something.-Xavier

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Man arrested at Ontario mosque after attacking worshippers

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Police were called to the Dar Al-Tawheed Islamic Centre in Mississauga, Ont., west of Toronto, on Saturday morning after a man attacked the congregation gathered for prayer with bear spray while 'brandishing a hatchet.' Worshippers restrained the attacker, who was later taken into custody.

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https://cryptopotato.com/the-mind-blowing-roi-of-minting-and-holding-a-bored-ape-nft-from-the-beginning/

An article that discusses the price behind a very expensive nft.

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Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT collection made headlines recently with several bombshell revelations - from the purchase of the iconic CryptoPunks to the release of the ApeCoin.

The launch of the APE token was as volatile as one might expect as the cryptocurrency dropped to a low of around $6 and is currently trading around $11.

With everything that's going on with the BAYC ecosystem, we decided to see what's the approximate ROI of minting and holding just one Bored Ape NFT (and the associated claimables) until today.

So far, Yuga Labs, the creator of BAYC, issued three NFT collections in total. Other than the iconic Bored Apes, they also issued the Mutant Ape Yacht Club collection. MAYC features the mutant version of Bored Apes, with 18,338 individual NFTs. In contrast, BAYC only had 9,999 NFTs.

Moreover, they also issued the Bored Ape Kernel Club, a collection of canine companions to Bored Apes. The collection featuring Shiba Inu dogs has 9,602 individual NFTs. Right now, the three collections are number one, two, and four by their estimated market cap among NFTs.

Staggering BAYC Returns

Back in April 2021, when the Bored Ape Yacht Club came out, its mint price was 0.08 ETH. At the time, that was the equivalent of $192. The collection's floor price, the price of the least valuable NFT, was even lower. The least expensive Bored Apes traded for about 0.03 ETH, or about $70.

Now, just nine months later, the BAYC floor price is 100 ETH, or about $290,000. This is an increase of about 145,000%. And this takes into account only the floor price NFTs - there are rare ones that sold for millions that give even better ROI. But that's not everything, let's also take a look at the added value by getting the MAYC airdrop and minting a Kennel.

The Mutant Apes are created by giving one out of three possible serum variations to a Bored Ape, and initially, users were airdropped said serum. This resulted in a separate NFT that's now part of the Mutant Ape Yacht Club collection that has a floor of 22 ETH worth roughly around $64K. Again, this is the floor price, so calculations are conservative.

Last but not least, on the NFT front, we have the Bored Ape Kennel Club. The collection currently has a floor price of around 8 ETH, worth about $23K. The collection wasn't airdropped, but BAYC owners could claim their companions for the price of the gas needed for the mint.

So, with all of the above in mind, holding a single Bored Ape NFT and going through the MAYC and BAKC iterations would have the owner sit on a rough $377,000 so far. But that's not all.

Enters the APE Airdrop

As CryptoPotato reported, BAYC launched the APE coin on March 17th, and all holders of BAYC-related NFTs received various amounts of the token.

You can find everything there is to know about the token in our extensive guide.

Holding one Bored Ape NFT alone would net you 10094 tokens, but holding this number increases if you also held MAYC and BAKC NFTs. For instance, a mutant ape and a kennel club NFT would give you 2898 tokens. In any case, let's assume that each BAYC NFT holder received 10100 APE for simplification purposes.

This is currently worth about $110,000, although the token was trading above these prices for a couple of days, so it's once again a conservative estimation. However, it's also possible for people to have sold for less because it did drop to a low of around $6. So, let's draw the line somewhat in the middle and assume that the rough average was $100K.

This would put the total return of minting and holding a single Bored Ape at $477,000, easily making this one of the best investments in crypto.

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The Mind-Blowing ROI of Minting and Holding a Bored Ape NFT From the Beginning

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Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT collection made headlines recently with several bombshell revelations - from the purchase of the iconic CryptoPunks to the release of the ApeCoin. The launch of the APE token was as volatile as one might expect as the cryptocurrency dropped to a low of around $6 and is currently trading around $11.

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More than 3 milion refugees have left Ukraine. Where are they going?...

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More than 3 milion refugees have left Ukraine. Where are they going?...

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There is allot of confugin about wher are all of the refugees are going, in wan of the peragrafthe the praisadint of Polands saide that if the nobers cip climing there mit not be ani mor pla in Poland.

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Canadian government isn't acting fast enough, some say

⭐️HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW⭐️

This news may be upsetting. If you're worried about how it makes you feel, read it with an adult you trust.

More than three million Ukrainians have fled their country, which is at war with Russia.

Most refugees are now in neighbouring countries.

Governments in those countries say they can't bear the load for long.

Thousands of Canadians have offered to shelter Ukranians.

Some say the Canadian government isn't acting fast enough to get refugees here.

Read on to find out what's being done to help. ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

More than three million Ukrainians have fled in the three weeks since Russia first declared war against them.

They are now considered refugees. A refugee is somebody who seeks refuge in another country when things like war or natural disasters threaten their safety in their own country.

This is the fastest-growing refugee crisis in Europe since the Second World War, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi.

Most Ukranians are fleeing to neighboring countries, and some even to Canada, where many provinces have made a pledge to welcome them with open arms.

The Canadian government has said it's willing to accept an "unlimited" number of Ukranians.

But some say Canada isn't acting fast enough to get them here.

Where are Ukranians going?

The majority of refugees leaving Ukraine are women and children, as adult men between the ages of 18 and 60 are expected to stay in Ukraine and fight.

Most of those kids and their moms are travelling by train, bus, car and on foot. Many are travelling day and night to get to safety.

Most Ukrainians who have escaped have fled to neighbouring countries, primarily Poland, Moldova, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Belarus and even Russia.

Poland has accepted more refugees than any other country by far, with more than 1.5 million Ukrainians seeking refuge there.

"In the future, we could have a deep, deep refugee crisis here in Poland," said Polish President Andrzej Duda on March 10.

As refugee numbers climb, officials in neighbouring countries say they're counting on governments in other parts of the world to step up and carry some of the load.

That includes speeding up the process for accepting those refugees.

Other European countries like Germany, Portugal, Sweden and France have also taken in large numbers of refugees.

The U.S. and Canada have also promised to help.

How is Canada helping?

The Canadian government has created two pathways for Ukrainians to come to Canada.

Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said his department has created a visa category that will allow a limitless number of Ukrainians to come to Canada to live, work or study here for up to two years.

A visa is an official document that gives somebody permission to enter another country.

The government said it is also introducing an "expedited path" or faster route to permanent residency for Ukrainians with family in Canada.

Permanent residency means you aren't a Canadian citizen, so you can't vote, but you can live and work anywhere in Canada for as long as you like.

Meanwhile, thousands of Canadians from coast to coast to coast have stepped up and offered their homes to incoming refugees.

For example, staff at the Manitoba chapter of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress said they've heard from more than 700 Manitobans who've signed up to host Ukrainian families.

The outpouring of support was so massive the group had to temporarily suspend applications so they could figure out how to make it happen.

Kids also helping out

While some are offering shelter, other Canadians are finding ways to raise money for incoming refugees.

At Beaconsfield High School in Montreal, Quebec, for example, Grade 11 student Skylar Rokov and her classmates organized an in-school thrift store to raise money on March 12.

Skylar said it's been empowering to take action.

"It feels like I'm doing something more than just being a student and more than just saying 'I stand with Ukraine' because of course I do, but I'm actually making a difference and it feels really good," said Skylar.

Canadians are ready, Canada isn't

Although many families across Canada say they're willing and ready to take in refugees now, some say Canada's provincial and federal governments aren't working fast enough to get refugees here.

While some refugees have arrived in Canada, many are still waiting.

Daria Hyworon, one of the Manitobans who has offered to house refugees, said that the Canadian government needs to speed things up.

People are dying in this war, she said, and there's no time to waste. They "need to come over right now."

So what's the holdup? Paperwork.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and other critics say that the visa requirements that the Canadian government is imposing on Ukrainians are too strict.

They are calling on the government to drop those requirements to allow Ukrainians to travel to Canada freely.

When asked about that possibility on March 2, Fraser said it would take too long to tweak the computer systems used by immigration officials to make that work.

On March 2, the government also said that a screening process is necessary to make sure pro-Russian Ukrainians aren't accidentally allowed into Canada.

Staff at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada told CBC Kids News on March 16 that their "goal is to make it easier and faster for Ukrainians to come to Canada."

They said they are prioritizing Ukrainian visa applications, but they did not mention any plans to drop all visa requirements.

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No survivors have been found more than 18 hours after a China Eastern plane carrying 132 people crashed Monday in a forested mountainous area in China's worst air disaster in a decade.

"Wreckage of the plane was found at the scene, but up until now, none of those aboard the plane with whom contact was lost have been found," state broadcaster CCTV said Tuesday morning.

The Boeing 737-800 crashed near the city of Wuzhou in the Guangxi region while flying from Kunming in the southwestern province of Yunnan to the industrial centre of Guangzhou along the east coast. It ignited a fire big enough to be seen on NASA satellite images.

The crash created a deep pit in the mountainside, Xinhua news agency reported, citing rescuers. The report said drones and a manual search would be used to try to find the black boxes, which hold the flight data and cockpit voice recorders essential to crash investigations.

A base of operations was set up near the crash site with rescue vehicles, ambulances and an emergency power supply truck parked in the narrow space. Soldiers in camouflage joined helmeted rescue workers in orange jump suits in combing the charred crash site and surrounding heavily dense vegetation.

The steepness of the slope made positioning of heavy equipment difficult, although with few large pieces of the aircraft remaining, there appeared little need for their use.

China Eastern flight 5735 had been travelling 842 km/h at around 9,144 metres when it entered a steep and fast dive around 2:20 p.m. local time, according to data from flight-tracking website FlightRadar24.com. The plane plunged to 2,255 metres before briefly regaining about 366 metres in altitude, then dove again. The plane stopped transmitting data 96 seconds later when it was just southwest of Wuzhou, a city of three million people.

Flightradar24 data for China Eastern Airlines flight <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MU5735?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MU5735</a> from Kunming to Guangzhou.<br><br>At 06:20:59 UTC the Boeing 737-800 aircraft started to lose altitude very fast. At 06:22:35 UTC last ADS-B signal showed vertical speed -31.000 feet per minute.<a href="https://t.co/Lwo8klGf8g">https://t.co/Lwo8klGf8g</a> <a href="https://t.co/UEZaa9asua">pic.twitter.com/UEZaa9asua</a>
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It was about an hour into the flight, and nearing the point at which it would begin descending into Guangzhou, when it pitched downward.

Local villagers were first to arrive at the forested area where the plane went down. Hundreds of rescue workers were swiftly dispatched from Guangxi and neighbouring Guangdong province.

Chinese President Xi Jinping called for an "all-out effort" in the rescue operation, as well as for an investigation into the crash and to ensure complete civil aviation safety.

Boeing 737-800 has 'excellent safety record'

Relatives of crew members arrived at a China Eastern office near the Kunming airport where the plane took off, state broadcaster CCTV reported.

In an emailed statement, Global Affairs Canada said it is "currently liaising with local authorities to determine if Canadian citizens have been affected."

"Our thoughts and sympathies are with those affected by the China Eastern Airlines plane crash that occurred in China," the statement said.

At a hotel near the airport, about a dozen people, some in jackets identifying them as members of China's aviation agency, huddled around tables and read documents.

All of the more than 100 737-800s in China Eastern's fleet are being grounded, China's Transport Ministry said. With no word on when they could fly again, the grounding could potentially further disrupt domestic air travel already being curtailed as China deals with its largest coronavirus outbreak since the initial peak in early 2020.

Aviation experts said it is unusual to ground an entire fleet of planes unless there is evidence of a problem with the model. China has more 737-800s than any other country - nearly 1,200 - and if identical planes at other Chinese airlines are grounded, it "could have a significant impact on domestic travel," said aviation consultant IBA.

Boeing 737-800s have been flying since 1998, and Boeing has sold more than 5,100 of them. They have been involved in 22 accidents that totalled the planes and killed 612 people, according to data compiled by the Aviation Safety Network, an arm of the Flight Safety Foundation.

"There are thousands of them around the world. It's certainly had an excellent safety record," the foundation's president, Hassan Shahidi, said of the 737-800.

The plane was not a Boeing 737 Max, the planes that were grounded worldwide for nearly two years after deadly crashes in 2018 and 2019.

China's air-safety record has improved since the 1990s as air travel has grown dramatically with the rise of a burgeoning middle class. Before Monday, the last fatal crash of a Chinese airliner occurred in August 2010, when an Embraer ERJ 190-100 operated by Henan Airlines hit the ground short of the runway in the northeastern city of Yichun and caught fire. Forty-four of the 96 people on board were killed. Investigators blamed pilot error.

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board tweeted Monday that it had picked a senior investigator to help with the crash investigation. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, which certified the 737-800 in the 1990s, said it was ready to help in the investigation if asked.

The NTSB has appointed a senior air safety investigator as a U.S. accredited representative to the investigation of the March 21, 2022, crash of a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 near Wuzhou, China.
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Chicago-based Boeing Co. said it was in contact with U.S. investigators "and our technical experts are prepared to assist with the investigation led by the Civil Aviation Administration of China." Boeing shares fell 3.6 per cent during trading in New York. The safety board said engine maker CFM, a joint venture between General Electric and France's Safran, would provide technical help on engine issues.

Crash investigations are usually led by officials in the country where the crash occurred, but they typically include the airplane's manufacturer and the investigator or regulator in the manufacturer's home country.

Shahidi said he expects investigators to comb through the maintenance history of the plane and its engines, the training and records of the pilots, air traffic control discussions and other topics.

One of the world's most popular planes

Headquartered in Shanghai, China Eastern is one of the country's top three airlines, operating scores of domestic and international routes serving 248 destinations.

The aircraft was delivered to China Eastern from Boeing in June 2015 and had been flying for over six years. China Eastern Airlines uses the Boeing 737-800 as one of the main workhorses of its fleet - of its over 600 planes, 109 are Boeing 737-800s.

The CAAC and China Eastern both said they sent officials to the crash site in accordance with emergency measures.

China Eastern gave its website a black-and-white homepage after the crash.

The crash quickly became a leading topic on China's Weibo social media platform, with 1.34 billion views and 690,000 discussions. Many posts expressed condolences to the families of victims.

The twin-engine, single-aisle Boeing 737 is one of the world's most popular planes for short- and medium-haul flights.

The 737 Max, a later version, was grounded worldwide for nearly two years after crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia killed 346 people. In December, China's aviation regulator cleared the Max to return to service, making the country the last major market to do so, although Chinese airlines have not yet resumed flying the Max.

The deadliest crash involving a Boeing 737-800 came in January 2020, when Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard shot down a Ukraine International Airlines flight, killing all 176 people on board.

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A nine year old boy from British Columbia named Sutter, raised 850$ to pay for Hazels sergery. Hazel was found in a garbage bin by the SPCA team of BC, the cat had a broken hip and needed surgery to fix it, so sutter sold cinnamon buns to pay for her surgery.

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"I just couldn't stop thinking about her."

That's what nine-year-old cat lover Sutter Rowse said after he saw a story about a stray cat in his community of Williams Lake, British Columbia, that was in dire need of surgery.

He decided to do something about it and raise funds to get the feline help.

Now, many days and baked goods later, that cat is healthy and has a brand new owner, all thanks to Sutter's hard work and clever thinking.

Finding Hazel, the cat

While browsing with his mom online, Sutter came across a story posted by his local animal shelter on Feb. 7.

The BC SPCA explained that the cat - which was named Hazel by shelter staff - had been found at the transfer station in Anahim Lake, about four hours west of Sutter's home.

A transfer station is a place where garbage and other waste is sorted. Shelter staff said Hazel was scavenging for food there.

They later discovered that her hip was injured. The head of her femur was fractured and necrosis - meaning the death of cells in some part of the body - had set in.

Hazel would need surgery and physiotherapy to get better.

SPCA staff put out a call to the community to raise funds for their furry friend, and that's when Sutter got to work.

Harnessing the power of cinnamon buns

Sutter knew if there was anything that could get community members to empty their pockets, it would be this sweet treat: cinnamon buns.

He and his mom, Leslie Rowse, got to work baking, and his mom posted about Sutter's efforts on a social media page for his local community.

Around 15 dozen (or 180) cinnamon buns later, Sutter had raised $850.

His mom dropped off the money at the shelter, and Hazel was able to start her surgeries.

A truly happy ending

Following Hazel's surgeries and weeks of recovery, Sutter's mom was ready to share some good news.

She told Sutter that Hazel had a new owner, and asked him to guess who that owner was.

"I guessed us! And I was right," said Sutter.

That was a dream come true for Sutter, who has been asking for a cat since he was really little.

In a March 4 post on its website, the BC SPCA thanked Sutter for the "sweet" fundraiser idea and said that Hazel is recovering from her injuries.

The family hopes she will "regain full jumping and running abilities within the next months," said Sutter's mom.

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My story talks about a couple that saved a man life while he was in distress in the water, without a life jaket. Guy in a pontoon saves him and the guy that got reascued was aggited. In the end, as self defense he shot the guy that was in the water because he was so aggitated and aggresive.

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The boater, who said he feared for his and his wife's lives, will not face any charges

A boater who rescued a man in distress - twice - and then fatally shot him in South Carolina will not be charged because he was acting in self-defence, according to the Oconee County Sheriff's Office.

The boater was on a pontoon vessel with his wife on Lake Keowee last week when the couple spotted a man and a woman in distress in the water. The man and woman had fallen from a jet ski and did not have life jackets, a news release from the sheriff's office explained. Morgan and the woman may have been arguing before they ended up in the water, investigators said.

The boater piloted the pontoon to the people in distress, while the jet ski continued doing circles in the lake.

The jet-skiers boarded the pontoon, but the man - identified as Nathan Drew Morgan, 29 - was agitated and started assaulting his rescuers.

The woman who had been on the jet ski with Morgan pushed him back into the water to try to defuse the situation.

Once more, the couple on the pontoon helped Morgan back on to the boat, however, he continued to be aggressive.

The boater feared for his and his wife's lives, and shot Morgan while he assaulted them, police said.

Morgan died of a gunshot wound to his chest, according to the Oconee County coroner, Karl Addis.

Witness Michael Davitt lives on Lake Keowee and saw the rescue of the man and woman in the water, as well as the fight that followed.

"This went on for 25, almost 30 minutes," he told WYFF. "The boat just kept going. Fisticuffs. A lot of swearing going on. A lot of back and forth."

Davitt called police after he thought he heard a gunshot.

Prosecutors from Oconee County said no charges would be filed based on the evidence. They said the shooting was in self-defense.

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Ontario has lifted its masking requirements in most indoor settings including in schools, restaurants, gyms and stores as the province reported 551 COVID-19 hospitalizations and four more deaths on Monday.

The change comes a few weeks after the province lifted proof-of-vaccination rules and capacity limits.

Provincial politicians and top health officials say public health indicators have improved enough to remove mask rules, which have also been lifted in other jurisdictions across Canada and elsewhere around the world.

Premier Doug Ford has said he plans to keep wearing a mask in the provincial legislature "for the first few days" after the mandate lifts, stressing that people should be allowed to keep wearing masks if they want to.

Masks still mandatory in some settings

Select settings such as public transit, health-care facilities, long-term care homes and congregate care settings will keep mask mandates until the end of April, when the province plans to put an end to all remaining public health rules.

Dr. Peter Jüni, who heads Ontario's COVID-19 science advisory table, is still encouraging people to continue wearing their masks in busy indoor environments at this time.

"It's not black or white ... as long as we take it slow gradually, we should be OK," Jüni told CBC News Sunday. "It's just not pretending it's over, 'There's a light switch and tomorrow we go back to pre-pandemic.' We're not."

The province's top doctor has similarly stated that people must remain "kind, considerate and respectful" toward those who continue wearing a mask.

Dr. Kieran Moore, chief medical officer of health, has also said making masks optional does not signal that COVID-19 has disappeared or that the pandemic is over, but it means that Ontario has come to place where it can now manage the virus.

'They want a safe return from March break'

Some local health officials in parts of the province's north are encouraging residents to keep wearing masks in indoor public settings.

School boards that wanted more time to keep mask mandates have been ordered by Moore to adhere to the official end date, but the Hamilton-Wentworth school board has said it plans to keep the mask requirement until April 1.

​Stephanie De Castro​, ​a Grade 11 student at Senator O'Connor College School​ in Toronto, said "a lot" of students at her school walked into school wearing masks on Monday despite the mandate being lifted, including herself.

"I do think it's a little bit soon, especially after March break," De Castro told CBC Radio's Metro Morning on Monday.

"I'm sure myself and a lot of students will keep it on."

De Castro said she will continue to wear her mask in school because she wants to protect her six-year-old brother who has not received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine and her 80-year-old grandmother who she lives with.

"I am tired of wearing a mask, I don't think it's normal ... but I do think it is too soon for my personal caution [and] for my family."

Evan Woo, a Grade 12 student at Earl Haig Secondary School in Toronto, said he will choose to wear his mask "depending on the setting."

"When it comes to lunch time, crowded hallways ... [I'm] probably going to keep my mask on just in case," Woo told CBC Radio's Metro Morning.

Some teachers will continue to keep their masks on after returning to classrooms following March break, said Jennifer Brown, president of Elementary Teachers of Toronto.

"Teachers understand they're going to have to live with COVID but they want a cautious approach to the return," Brown said. "[They] are very anxious about the unmasking situation. They want a safe return from March break ... many people have travelled during this time."

551 people hospitalized with COVID-19

Ontario is reporting 551 COVID-19 hospitalizations with 181 patients in intensive care on Monday.

The number of hospitalizations remained the same as the day before but have dipped from 602 exactly one week ago. Not all hospitals report data over the weekend, however.

The number of patients in ICU is slightly down from the 182 reported Sunday and 228 at this time last week.

The province reported four more deaths linked to the virus on Friday, pushing the official death toll to 12,336.

Another 1,217 new COVID-19 cases have also been logged through limited PCR testing, though the province's science table estimates that the current daily number of infections is between 15,000 to 20,000, based on wastewater data.

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Kanye West will not be performing at the Grammys this year. A report published in The Blast said that the musician was told Friday that his act had been pulled from the show, which is set to take place on April 3.

A representative for West, who changed his name to Ye last year, confirmed the information in The Blast article in an email to the Associated Press. She did not offer additional comment.

West had not been confirmed yet as someone set to perform at the show, which has announced acts such as Billie Eilish, BTS, Lil' Nas X and Olivia Rodrigo. Ye's album Donda is nominated for album of the year. Representatives from the Recording Academy have not responded to multiple requests for comment.

According to reports, the decision was made in response to his "concerning online behaviour."

Trevor Noah, who is hosting the Grammy Awards, called Ye's treatment of his ex-wife Kim Kardashian "more and more belligerent" on The Daily Show last week.

"What we're seeing here is one of the most powerful, one of the richest women in the world unable to get her ex to stop texting her, to stop chasing after her, to stop harassing her," Noah said.

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https://www.wepc.com/news/gpu-prices-mid-march/

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GPU prices are in freefall. This is excellent news for punters looking to get their hands on the latest graphics cards, which have long been sold out or marked up at extremely high prices over the last few years thanks to the global semiconductor shortage in addition to other external factors. However, this is seemingly changing. We've previously reported that GPU pricing was due to come down in March, and brands such as ASUS have already adjusted their MSRPs to be lower than we've seen for an extremely long time. The predictions were that pricing was due to drop by around 11%, however after we take a look at some of the other examples around the world, GPU pricing is dropping by as much as 37% to normalize towards their original MSRP pricing after years of being inflated.

RTX 3080 prices crash down by 35% in Australia

GPU pricing is falling off a cliff right now. Locally the "ASUS GeForce RTX 3080 TUF Gaming OC" was $2299 yesterday, today a few retailers have slashed it to $1499 AUD. That's 35% off over night.

(kick in the capacitors if you bought one yesterday)
- Hardware Unboxed (@HardwareUnboxed) March 15, 2022

As reported by HardwareUnboxed, the RTX 3080 pricing is currently plummeting downwards. We've seen ASUS drop their prices in the UK by around 10%, but to see the RTX 3080 drop in price by 35% is unprecedented, and it could be due to a mix of a few factors. Firstly, there are now more chips going around, meaning that you can get your hands on an RTX 3080 easier than ever before. With more shipments reaching shores, and supply and demand beginning to normalize across the market, you can expect that previously inflated pricing is now coming down.

This can also be attributed to scalpers not wanting to purchase the cards, as cryptocurrency prices continue to plummet, and far more attractive options on the market for dedicated mining cards become available. Secondly, scalpers may now be less attracted to the cards because of this, as the majority of people purchasing a scalped graphics card is going to be someone who either has a lot of cash to burn or someone who knows that they will earn back the money in time by mining. This knock-on effect is compounded with factories resuming production to their maximum capacity, after being impacted by lockdowns due to the global pandemic.

But, one of the single most important factors involved in this is going to be the manufacturing process is now more mature, compared to what it was just a few years ago when the Ampere cards launched. With factories shutting down mid-pandemic, foundries have had to stop-start this process over and over again until more stable production resumed. This almost certainly had an impact on the industry, as the manufacturing nodes on the chips need to be mature to ensure that yields on the chip improve as the founding process matures. You can expect supply constraints on Lovelace and RDNA3 to be somewhat similar, as those upcoming chips will once again use new processing nodes.

RTX 3090s now 37% cheaper in Germany

GeForce RTX 3090 reaches prices less than €2000 at retailers in 🇩🇪🇦🇹 for the first time since last August

Some historical (best) prices:
€3199 - May 16, 2021
€1999 - Aug 29
€2799 - Nov 21
€2699 - Dec 12
€2499 - Jan 2, 2022
€2320 - Feb 13
€2185 - Mar 6
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In Germany and Austria, prices of the RTX 3090 have dipped by almost 37% when compared against their prices in May 2021. This is equally unprecedented, and indeed reflective of the cards not only getting more supply but also that the demand for the cards has gone down, too. Almost every card is getting cheaper, with less inflated pricing, with the savings passed on to the consumer, and the latest reports that suggested that prices would be coming down have held true, we just didn't know that the drop would be this sudden and dramatic. We can only hope that the factors involved in getting these cards continue to remain stable for as long as possible, as it enables more actual gamers to get their hands on the GPU than scalpers or miners, who have now taken a seeming disinterest in the GPU market after the aforementioned crash in cryptocurrency pricing.

The RTX 3090 is one of the most prized GPUs out there, but also one of the most expensive, too. Therefore, demand for the card will be lower. This dramatic drop is demand might not be reflected with many of the consumer-friendly cards like the RTX 3060, you should instead expect around a 10% droip in prices for that, if the previous reports are to be believed.

More cards in the stack means more GPUs for sale

Before Nvidia managed to release a full stack of Ampere graphics cards, you were limited by the number of options on sale, which means less choice for consumers and ultimately, fewer cards on the market. This was a calculated tactic by the company as they reviewed the binning process on each chip, which helps the company categorize what chips to release in the future. For example, chips that were made and didn't make the cut to become and RTX 3080 soon became RTX 3070 Ti's, but a good number of chips had to be binned in the 3070 Ti category after the RTX 3080 release to even be released. Therefore, the chips that failed the binning process for a 3080 had to be repurposed into a 3070 Ti, and stock had to build up from there before launching the card out into the world. It can often take as much as a few years to see the full stack of chips being released, and now that we're finally here with the Ampere cards. Availability is naturally going to get better as each card is going to be binned into their own little category, and consumers will have more options for the kind of card they want to buy, too.

Ultimately, this is good news for the consumer, even if it might mean more constrained stock levels closer to launch. It's tough to get a good picture of what goes on behind the scenes at a foundry, or what many of these companies plans are. But, one thing is for certain, GPU stock is starting to stabilise, and we hope that with it will come the end of the great GPU shortage that has been plaguing us for years.

We're almost out of the woods folks, let's keep our figners crossed that the good news keeps coming.

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The war in Ukraine could force Canada to shed its self-image as a peacekeeper

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Basically, this article is talking about how the threats from Russia towards Canada is risking to change our identy as a peacekeeping country. It also mentions that Thursday Justin Trudeau will be going to Brussel to meet with other NATO leaders to talk about non-peacekeeping scenarios in support of keeping Ukraine in the war.

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Over the past three decades or more, Canada has suffered from a deep identity crisis whenever it has been confronted with the messy, brutal foreign wars raging in far-flung parts of this troubled globe.

The overwhelming brutality of Russia's invasion of Ukraine has forced the Liberal government in recent weeks to confront some thorny questions. What does a peacekeeping nation do when there's no peace to keep?

And what do you do when faced with a nuclear-armed adversary whose default reflex is to wage war?

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For decades, Canada has clung to a perception of itself as a peacekeeping nation. Experts say the war of aggression launched by President Vladimir Putin marks a return to the kind of conflicts not seen since the end of the Second World War.

That uncomfortable conundrum will come into even sharper focus later this week.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau travels to Brussels to meet with other NATO leaders on Thursday. There they'll be asked to consider some decidedly non-peacekeeping scenarios in support of keeping Ukraine in the war - with an eye to confronting Russia over the long-term.

Their aim will be to keep the West out of the war in Ukraine and avoid a direct confrontation with Russia. It's as much an exercise in organizing deterrence as it is about putting some steel into the spine of NATO allies.

It may be generous to say the Liberal government has been reluctant to embrace anything that looks like a hard-edged military solution. Canada was among the last countries to agree to ship arms to Ukraine, despite months of consideration.

The Trudeau government has steadfastly refused to indicate clearly whether it will raise defence spending in response to the threat, preferring mushy platitudes to clear targets.

It has not committed firmly to purchasing equipment and covering critical gaps in the Canadian military inventory in the near term. It also has presented economic sanctions as the ultimate weapon for defeating Russia.

During Trudeau's recent tour of European capitals, he gave a speech in Berlin that neatly captured his government's reluctance.

"I think for a lot of citizens, they said, well, Russia just invaded militarily Ukraine, surely if you want to stand for Ukrainians, the response has to be military," Trudeau said.

"Well, actually, we have more and better tools than that now. The power we have that we have built up over the past 75 years of unprecedented peace and stability around the world means that we have the tools to damage the Putin regime far more effectively than we ever could with tanks and missiles."

There are strains of old arguments in Trudeau's remarks.

From 'strategic bombing' to sanctions

During the Second World War, there were those who argued Germany and Japan could be brought to their knees through strategic bombing - by flattening factories to undermine the enemy's ability to fight, much in the way sanctions are meant to rob Putin of the means to pay for his war.

Those people claimed victory could be achieved without the wholesale sacrifice of armies. It didn't turn out that way, of course. The Axis powers had to be driven out on the ground in much the same way that Ukraine has - for the moment - checked Russia's bloody advance.

Matthew Schmidt, a national security expert at the University of New Haven, Connecticut, said sometimes we just don't want to see the obvious nature of war.

Had the Ukrainians not been so effective in their defence - and had the Russians not been so "shockingly incompetent" - the war would have been over by now, he said.

There are lessons the Ukrainians have learned over the years about dealing with Russia that may be just sinking in for western leaders like Trudeau, Schmidt said.

"I think they understand Putin in a different way than we do. They understand that Western-style deterrence isn't going to work with him," he said.

Wishful thinking

That reluctance to shed the peacekeeping aura was echoed this week when Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly told a CTV interviewer that Canada is "not a military power" - that the country "is good at convening and making sure that diplomacy is happening."

Schmidt said both Trudeau and Joly reflect the best ideals of the West - but they may be out of step with the moment.

"I think it is naive about Putin and how he makes decisions," he said. "I think it is aspirational of what we in the West want the world to be, and what it absolutely can be, but not in all instances, and maybe not yet."

Dominique Arel, chair of Ukrainian studies at the University of Ottawa, said he believes the horrors faced by civilians in eastern Europe right now - coupled with events such as Friday's pro-war rally in a packed stadium in Moscow - bring with them echoes of the 1930s.

"Nuremberg," he said, referring to the torch-lit rallies held in Nazi Germany.

Back then, Arel said, many people in the West didn't want to acknowledge what was going on in Europe. He predicts that as Canadians are overwhelmed by images of bombed theatres and murdered children, there will be a shift "in the Canadian identity" which has for decades viewed peacekeeping as the country's primary reason for going abroad.

The world has changed, Arel said.

"It's a very hard and cold realization that in the era of war of aggression ... you have to basically provide the means for states, including the Canadian state ... to withstand aggression," he said.

That doesn't mean Canadians have to entirely give up who they are as a people, he added.

"It's not that Canada has to advocate for a military solution to conflicts as such. Of course not," he said. "Ultimately, it's always about the political solution, but in order to get to a political solution, the military component now, unfortunately, has to be much more serious than it was before."

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Over the past three decades or more, Canada has suffered from a deep identity crisis whenever it has been confronted with the messy, brutal foreign wars raging in far-flung parts of this troubled globe. The overwhelming brutality of Russia's invasion of Ukraine has forced the Liberal government in recent weeks to confront some thorny questions.

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This article had many different facts revolving around the war but the first few points that this article had mentioned were: how four children were taken to the hospital after Russian forces attacked their bus, as well as how a man's wife was killed while they were trying to evacuate. I would also like to mention that the article talked about how Ukrainian President Zelensky will not bow down to Russia.

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For technical reasons, we're moving our live coverage of the Ukraine war to a new webpage.

Please join us for the latest updates here.

Russia's alleged use of its hypersonic missile is probably intended to "detract from a lack of progress" in its ground campaign, the UK Ministry of Defence has said in a tweet.

Over the last several days, Russia has claimed to have fired hypersonic missiles - for the first time ever in combat - at targets in western Ukraine.

Russian officials claim the missile - known as the Kinzhal - can hit targets up to 2,000km (1,240 miles) away at speeds over 6,000 km/h.

The UK's MoD, however, assesses the missiles are unlikely to "materially affect the outcome" of Russia's campaign in Ukraine.

Read more about the Kinzhal missile here.

"We don't want to create a European army," the EU's foreign affairs chief has said.

Josep Borrell was speaking after foreign and defence ministers approved a document known as the Strategic Compass.

It includes plans to develop "EU Rapid Deployment Capacity" that could allow the bloc to "swiftly deploy up to 5,000 troops" for different types of crises.

"We'll conduct live exercises together," he said, which has never happened before.

Borrell emphasised member states have, and will still have, their own armies but said countries must work more closely together.

He added Nato was still "the cornerstone of the territorial defence of Europe".

Analysis

The White House has issued a fresh warning to US businesses of possible cyber-attacks from Russia.

In a statement, President Biden said his administration was reiterating previous warnings "based on evolving intelligence that the Russian Government is exploring options for potential cyberattacks".

The White House said it was a "critical" moment to boost defences.

This is the latest in a series of warnings about possible fall-out in cyberspace from the conflict.

In particular, there have been concerns that Russia might retaliate for sanctions by hitting back at the US and Western economies through cyber-attacks.

So far these attacks have not materialised.

But this latest warning does suggest US intelligence has seen some indications of Russian activity on computer networks that could be the prelude for some kind of attack - however, they acknowledge that this does not mean that such an attack will definitely take place.

The public warning may be designed to act as a deterrent.

US and UK cyber officials have both been briefing executives of major organisations over a period of months, especially those within critical infrastructure, to warn them of the risks and encourage them to ensure they have the best possible defences in place.

The UK branch of Russian gas giant Gazprom could be placed under administration soon, according to reports.

On Monday, Bloomberg reported that the UK's government is preparing to step in and run Gazprom Marketing & Trading Retail Ltd.

The firm's clients include McDonald's and Siemens, as well as councils and hospitals around the country. It does not, however, sell gas from its parent company in Russia.

The BBC understands that the UK government is looking at a number of options and monitoring the situation closely.

The government, however, has not commented on the possible administration procedure, with a spokesperson noting only that the UK us in "no way" dependent on Russian gas.

Earlier in March, several councils in England told the BBC they were seeking to end their contracts with Gazprom. Both McDonald's and Siemens have also said they were looking at trying to exit deals or cancelling supply contracts.

Gazprom has yet to comment.
Read more here

The most bombarded city in Ukraine's war with Russia is key to Moscow's military campaign. But why?

Securing a land corridor between Crimea and Donbas: Mariupol stands obstinately in the way of Russian forces who have burst out of the Crimean peninsula. They are pushing north-east to try to link up with their comrades and Ukrainian-separatist allies in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.

Strangling Ukraine's economy: In normal times, Mariupol is a key export hub for Ukraine's steel, coal and corn going to customers in the Middle East and beyond. Losing Mariupol would be a major blow to what is left of Ukraine's economy.

Propaganda opportunity: Mariupol is home to a Ukrainian militia unit called the Azov Brigade, which contains far-right extremists including neo-Nazis. Although they form only the tiniest fraction of Ukraine's fighting forces, this has given Moscow a pretext for telling Russia's population that the young men it has sent to fight in Ukraine are there to rid their neighbour of neo-Nazis.

Major morale boost: A Russian victory in Mariupol would enable the Kremlin to show its population - through state-controlled media - that Russia was achieving its aims and making progress. But to Ukrainians, the loss of Mariupol would be a major blow.
Read Frank Gardner's report in full

Some of the internal refugees arriving at centres like the one we visited today in Dnipro will stay here in central Ukraine, perhaps hoping one day to return to Mariupol.

But with much of the city destroyed and as many as 40% of those damaged structures said to be irreparable, returning any time soon will not be an option for many.

Among those is Olga, who we met while she was picking up food, some clothes, and bedding. For the time being her immediate family is staying in a small flat here in the city after a harrowing journey out of Mariupol.

"We were driving out under fire," Olga tells me. "Shells were exploding. They were bombing us and there were dead bodies everywhere, but we managed to join the larger convoy and eventually get out."

Olga says she'd like to return to the broken city she calls home, especially as she has extended family members still trapped there, unable to escape.

But, Olga told me, she received an ominous warning from a Russian soldier at one of the last checkpoints out of Mariupol.

"Don't bother staying in Dnipro," the soldier said to her, "because we'll soon be attacking that city as well."

Footage has emerged of Russian forces using gunfire to disperse demonstrators in the occupied southern city of Kherson.

The footage - which was shared on social media and verified by the BBC - also shows explosions, which were reported to be from stun grenades.

Demonstrators were reportedly injured during the incident.

Protests have taken place in the city of Kherson since the city fell to Russian forces on 3 March.

Read more about the protests here.

We told you earlier about the bombastic warning Russia issued that its relations with the US were near breaking point. It comes days after President Joe Biden called his Russian counterpart "a war criminal".

Since Biden made the statement on 16 March, the label has been heard more often in connection with Vladimir Putin. Former UK prime ministers Gordon Brown and Sir John Major have called for the creation of a new international tribunal to investigate Putin and those who helped plan his invasion of Ukraine.

And the Pentagon has indicated the US is actively engaged in the investigation of the Russian leader.

"We certainly see clear evidence that Russian forces are committing war crimes and we are helping with the collecting of evidence of that," spokesman John Kirby told a news briefing.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is spearheading the legal process - after 39 nations called for an inquiry to be opened.
Read more about war crimes and whether Putin may be prosecuted

Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby says the US is in "ongoing discussions" with other countries to provide long-range air defence systems to Ukraine.

To date, the US has provided Stinger man-portable anti-aircraft weapons to Ukraine. These systems, however, are primarily effective against helicopters and low-flying aircraft, rather than higher altitude combat aircraft.

It has been reported a number of countries - including Slovakia - have expressed a willingness to give Ukraine S-300 anti-aircraft systems, provided they receive something to replace them.

Ukraine already uses the S-300 and has personnel trained in its use.

While Kirby does not comment directly on Slovakia or the S-300, he says the US is in "active consultations" about "the kinds of defence capabilities to include long-range air defences, that we know that they're [Ukraine] comfortable using."

At what is usually a middle school in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro, a makeshift reception centre for refuges of fighting from the east has been set up.

Many of the people queueing patiently in the schoolyard are from the besieged city of Mariupol - others have come here from Kharkiv and Mykolaiv. They all have another thing in common - they're without possessions.

Families crammed into cars, they fled through mined roads and numerous Russian checkpoints to safety and need all the basics to survive; food, clothes, and medicine.

All of the things being collected here are donations from residents of Dnipro and local charities. So, while children get hand-me-down toys, their mothers line up for the basics. In the school canteen, volunteers package together food parcels that will feed a family for a couple of days.

Among those working here is Vadym, normally a teacher at the school but now doing his "civic duty to help other Ukrainians".

The UN says there are six and a half million displaced people inside Ukraine alone. This city and this community are doing their part to make that transition less traumatic.

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Another day, another comic book movie. No matter your feelings about where Robert Pattinson's Bruce Wayne stacks up against the Batmen of Days Past, it seems like fans were mostly happy about . The Caped Crusader's latest adventure debuted in theaters this past weekend, to the tune of a cool $128 million at the box office.

That said, you know what we have to do, right? Since there will surely be more Battinson in our futures, we must wildly speculate about the future of the latest Gotham City put to screen.

Here's everything we know about the future of Robert Pattinson's Batman universe-with a few guesses about which heroes and villains we may see in its sequels.

Will There Be a Sequel to The Batman?

In short? Yes. It's just a matter of when. In an interview with , The Batman producer Dylan Clark said, "I will go on record and say that it will be less than five years." So we can safely book The Batman 2 for sometime between now and 2027.

If 2027 sounds like too long of a period without Battinson in your life, don't fear. Director Matt Reeves confirmed The Batman sequel to The Independent, as well as potential HBO Max spinoffs. "We are already telling other stories in the streaming space, we're doing stuff on HBO Max, we're doing a Penguin show with Colin [Farrell], which is gonna be super cool," Reeves said. "And we're working on some other stuff too, but we have started talking about another movie."

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What's in Store For the Future of Matt Reeves's Gotham City?

Let's start with the villains. First of all, as Reeves mentioned in The Independent interview, it seems like an HBO Max series following Colin Farrell's Penguin is the next project we'll see from this particular Batverse. Expect that series to further explore the crime and corruption going on in Gotham City, which we surely only had a glimpse of in The Batman. (Plus, we'd give anything to see Farrell clown around in those prosthetics again.)

Speaking of clowns, how about The Batman's ending? We see the Riddler, recently tossed into Arkham Asylum for trying to flood the entirety of Gotham, chatting up his next-door neighbor. Who does the voice belong to, you ask? Reeves confirmed to that the mystery character's creepy laugh belonged to none other than the Joker, played by Barry Keoghan. While you'd think that this was a clear segue into The Batman 2, Reeves seemed more interested in exploring the Joker and Riddler's futures in an Arkham Asylum-focused TV series for HBO Max. "There are things we've talked about there," he said. "So it's very possible. It also isn't impossible, that there is some story that comes back where Joker comes into our world." Honestly, we just want to see another filmmaker dare to put Mr. Freeze back in a live-action Batman movie. Stranger things have happened.

How else could Matt Reeves distinguish his Batman franchise from the Nolan trilogy (and even Snyder films) that preceded it? Robin. Both Nolan and Snyder held back from bringing the Boy Wonder to the big screen. We think that now is the perfect time to cast the Robin to Robert Pattinson's Batman. What better way to throw this new Batman for a loop, than bringing in a bright, young Robin who completely offsets his gloom and doom? Javon Walton is surely waiting for the call. Or Timothée Chalamet would make for a great sidekick, if Reeves would be willing to make the role more of a peer.

If we're talking about The Batman 2 proper, you'd imagine that Bruce Wayne would have to deal with whatever nefariousness the Penguin, Riddler, and (maybe) Joker cook up in those HBO Max shows. Plus, you'd hope that-considering we met a very emo Batman about two years into his crime-fighting tenure-Wayne would start to mature into a force outside of the Batsuit, a la Christian Bale's iteration. Regardless, we're just happy that the ending of The Batman has the guy realizing that being a hero is, you know, a good thing. Sky's the limit from there, man.

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Another day, another comic book movie. No matter your feelings about where Robert Pattinson's Bruce Wayne stacks up against the Batmen of Days Past, it seems like fans were mostly happy about . The Caped Crusader's latest adventure debuted in theaters this past weekend, to the tune of a cool $128 million at the box office.

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Kingston police are seeking help finding male youth

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Kingston police are seeking help finding male youth

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kingston police are asking for help finding a 16 year old guy named Logan Gibsons. HE has not been located yet but it has been stated that he was last seen at the kingston centre on the 18th of march at around 11:25am
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Kingston Police seeking assistance locating Logan Gibson, who was last seen on March 18.

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My news article is about a young male named Lindasson and hes talking about how his neighbourhood made him the rapper that he is today

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/lindasson-caldwell-rapper-neighbourhood-creator-network-1.6380701

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CBC Ottawa's Creator Network is looking for young digital storytellers from diverse backgrounds to produce original video content to air on CBC and tell stories through their own lens. Get in touch to pitch your idea, or check out the stories at cbc.ca/creatornetworkott.
Ottawa hip-hop artist Lindasson says he feels lucky to have been raised in the city's Caldwell neighbourhood, despite the challenges facing the west-end area.

"Growing up in the eyes of the neighbourhood is a blessing," said the 26-year-old, whose music touches on some of the highs and lows of living in community housing.

"One of the great things about Caldwell is having friends down the street around the corner."

Before establishing himself as a force in Ottawa's hip-hop scene, Lindasson, born Shymar Brewster, played basketball on a full-ride scholarship to Casper College in Wyoming.

He had envisioned a career in the sport and dreamed of playing for the NBA one day. But that all changed in February 2016.

Lindasson was stepping off the practice courts when he received news his mother, Linda, had suffered a brain aneurysm and was in the ICU. He rushed home to be with his mother in her final hours before she passed away.

Lindasson then decided to return to Caldwell to look after his younger sister, gradually leaving basketball behind.

Instead, he picked up a microphone. In 2019, he began recording music under his current moniker, a tribute to his late mother that can be read as "Linda's son."

Now that he's a rising star in Ottawa's hip-hop scene, he says it's important to showcase the neighbourhood where he grew up.

For CBC Ottawa's Creator Network, Lindasson spoke to Peggea Bounda, host of the community podcast The House, about how the Caldwell community both supported his transition from basketball to hip hop and continues to profoundly impact his music.

Watch more housing stories by and for young Canadians at cbc.ca/unlocked
This film is part of Unlocked: Housing stories by young Canadians, a national storytelling series by the CBC Creator Network. These personal stories, produced primarily by Gen Zs and Millennials, reveal the challenges young Canadians face finding affordable housing, their creative solutions and their hopes for the future. You can read more stories here.

For more stories about the experiences of Black Canadians - from anti-Black racism to success stories within the Black community - check out Being Black in Canada, a CBC project Black Canadians can be proud of. You can read more stories here.

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Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe Portrait Goes on the Block for $200 Million

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Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe Portrait Goes on the Block for $200 Million

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An iconic Andy Warhol silk-screen portrait of Hollywood starlet Marilyn Monroe is headed to Christie's in New York later this spring for $200 million-a record asking price for any artwork at auction.

The 3-foot square silk-screen from 1964 depicts a promotional photo from the actress's film "Niagara." The artist transformed the actress into a pop-art icon by giving her a bubblegum-pink face, ruby lips and blue eye shadow set against a sage-blue background. The work is part of a signature series of "Shot Marilyn" portraits made famous after a gun-toting visitor allegedly fired a shot into a stack of canvases in the artist's studio in 1964.

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WSJ News Exclusive | Warhol's Marilyn Monroe Portrait Goes on the Block for $200 Million

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An iconic Andy Warhol silk-screen portrait of Hollywood starlet Marilyn Monroe is headed to Christie's in New York later this spring for $200 million-a record asking price for any artwork at auction. The 3-foot square silk-screen from 1964 depicts a promotional photo from the actress's film "Niagara."

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Lebron james passes carl malone scoring record now number two in all time scoring.

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LeBron James passes Karl Malone for second on the NBA's all-time scoring list with 36,929 points i hope that he can pass Kareem Abdul Jabar in the future.
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LeBron James can now officially set his sights on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

James surpassed Karl Malone on the NBA's all-time scoring list on Saturday night at Capital One Arena. The Los Angeles Lakers star now sits less than 1,500 points from becoming the league's all-time leading scorer.

James entered Saturday's 127-119 loss to the Washington Wizards just 19 points shy of matching Malone's mark of 36,928 points.

That didn't take long for him, either.

James opened the game shooting 8-of-12 from the field and tied Malone midway through the second quarter. He then caught a pass from Stanley Johnson and easily dropped in a layup to pass Malone, which prompted a standing ovation from Wizards fans.

Abdul-Jabbar scored 38,387 points in his career, which is 1,459 points more than Malone did.

Though James is reaching the end of his career, the 37-year-old should be able to reach Abdul-Jabbar's mark before he calls it quits. James had more than 1,500 points already this season entering Saturday's game, and has hit that mark in all but one of his 19 seasons in the NBA.

Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, Dirk Nowitzki and Wilt Chamberlain are the only other players who have scored more than 30,000 points in their careers. Carmelo Anthony is the closest active player to James on the all-time scoring list, though he sits in ninth with 28,205 points. Kevin Durant is next, but he sits at No. 23 with more than 25,000 points.

James finished Saturday with 38 points, 10 rebounds and six assists in the loss to the Wizards. That brings him to 36,947 career points. He is just 1,440 points away from tying the all-time record.

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LeBron James can now officially set his sights on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. James surpassed Karl Malone on the NBA's all-time scoring list on Saturday night at Capital One Arena. The Los Angeles Lakers star now sits less than 1,500 points from becoming the league's all-time leading scorer.