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X-Men Theory: Mutantkind is About to Colonize Mars | Screen Rant – Screen Rant

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Hints within the X-Men titles since House of X suggest that mutantkind is about to re-settle on Mars during this summer's Planet-Sized X one-shot.

This summers Hellfire Gala event promises major, sweeping changes for the X-Men line of books and may finallysee mutantkind embrace its destiny among the stars by colonizing Mars. Since the X-Men were redefined in 2019 with Jonathan Hickmans House of X/Powers of X series, the power and influence of the mutant species has been rapidly expanding within the Marvel Universe. And they may have the resources required to claim a new homeworld away from Earth.

Junes double-sized Planet-Sized X one-shot from creative team Gerry Duggan and Pepe Larraz follows the Hellfire Gala, which will comprise 12 issues and see the debut of a new X-Men team. The one-shot has been described as a cant-miss book and one of the most pivotal chapters in Jonathan Hickmans X-Men era. The cover features four omega-level mutantsJean Grey, Magneto, Iceman, and Stormstanding on barren rocks before a distinctly red background littered with stars.

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Perhaps the greatest hints toward mutantkinds colonization of Mars comes in the very first issue of House of X from summer 2019. During a sequence in which the X-Men are gathering and planting Krakoa seeds across the world, young X-Man Armor is seen digging a hole on the surface of Mars while surrounded by plant life. This small, silent panel has yet to have been addressed or referenced within the X-Men line since.Another hint to the X-Men's eventual settlement in space came in the pages of Powers of X #1. In an alternate future for mutantkind, it is revealed that mutant leadership endorsed/approved the creation of the Sinister breeding pits of Mars. This shows that some time within one of the futures outlined within Powers of X, mutants laid claim to the red planet. Although, later information suggests they lost control of the planet and most mutants relocated to Shiar space.

Considering the power set of X-Men featured on the cover of Planet-Sized X, these four mutants play be key in terraforming Mars and converting the atmosphere into a livable habitat. Jean Grey is possibly the most powerful telekinetic on Earth. Magneto has, in the past, been able to change the polarity of planets under the right circumstances. Storm and Iceman are both mutants who share close to total control of natural elements.On their own, none of these mutants may be able to transform the living conditions of a barren planet, yet on Krakoa, the X-Men have been seen experimenting with mutant science, and discovering new, effective ways to combine powers in ways never seen before.

The X-Men have also been strengthening and reestablishing their connections out in the Marvel cosmos. They recently helped quell a rebel uprising on the Shiar throneworld and named one of their own as the King of the Brood. On top of everything, mutants currently make up most of the staff on the S.W.O.R.D. space stationheaded up by Abigail Brand. How the planets within Marvel cosmos, particularly the recently-unified Kree-Skrull Empire, would react to a new, mutant planet may cause a few problems.

If mutantkind is finally able to live free of human oppression for good, settling on an independent planet far away from Homo sapien jurisdiction may be worth the risk. Given how humans were able to operate an outer space sentinel Master Mold facility close to the sun during House of X/Powers of X, hopping over to the next neighboring planet of Marsmay not be enough forthe X-Men to escape their doomed fate.

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See the Astonishing Plans for the Very First City on Mars – Popular Mechanics

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An architecture firm has released ambitious plans for Nwa, a sustainable city on Mars that could hold up to 250,000 people in mostly underground cave systems.

Nwa, named for the Chinese mythological goddess who melted five stones to give robust societal pillars, would be housed inside a sheer rock face where residents would be protected from damaging cosmic and solar radiation.

If you decide to move to Mars, your $300,000 ticket will include a one-way trip to Nwa, a residential unit of 25 to 35 square meters, full access to facilities, life support services and food, and a binding work contract to devote between 60 [percent] and 80 [percent] of [your] work time to tasks assigned by the city, according to ABIBOO, the architecture studio behind the concept.

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What will it take for people to safely live on Mars? ABIBOO has nailed the biggest requirement by planning for ways to shelter residents from radiation. (Well need some similar protective deus ex machina for people to get all the way to Mars without being irradiated, but thats for some other group to solve.) And the residents will need to be able to produce food crops in order to sustainits simply too complicated and risky to plan to bring all required food all the way from Earth.

To solve both problems, ABIBOO worked with SONet networkan international team of scientists led by astrophysicist Guillem Anglada, who discovered the exoplanet Proxima-Band carved Nwa out of a Martian cliff called Tempe Mensa. The cliff is part of Marss Tharsis region. By choosing this particular location, the group envisions both protecting residents from radiation and exposing them to direct light to grow crops.

People will live in cliffside terraces and only visit the more exposed surface when necessary. Theyll travel by train and bus outside the cliffside and by huge elevator systems inside the cliffside. More from ABIBOO:

ABIBOO says it imagines the city only requiring supplies from Earth for a limited time before the city becomes sustainable. With designs like this one, its worth thinking about the margin for error associated with different features. What if 250,000 people populate the city, but half are temporarily disabled by an illness that rides along from Earth? Theres an equilibrium point where everyone must do their part to ensure that all citizens get to eat, for example.

The plans for Nwa include crop plants as well as farm animals. Residents can socialize in shared areas separate from the terraced housing. The design is familiar for people who already live in mountainous places, where terraces and elevation are nothing new. But usually, people want to live in the flatter place while making the mountainous terrain into terraces for farming. (If youre not sure why, think about the challenges of moving from one home to another when the home is the side of a cliff.)

While Elon Musk has said he plans to have a city on Mars by 2050, an ABIBOO spokesperson told Popular Mechanics there isnt yet an exact year to start building Nwa, despite false reports of construction beginning in 2054.

Most plans for habitation on Mars have opted for residents to occupy underground caves. Putting people into the side of a cliff is novel, but its a great way to combine the benefits of underground shelter without the downsides of becoming a mole person.

As with Musks discussion of a Mars settlement, everything about Nwa looks and sounds great, but the X-factor of sustainability is still a huge question mark. ABIBOO writes:

ABIBOO residents will have access to a shuttle to and from Earth every 26 months, with launch windows lasting between 1 and 3 months. But even if people urgently needed medicine or other supplies from Earth, the wait will be at the very least a number of months. This will be the farthest travel time that humans have lived from each other since the earliest days of sea travel thousands of years ago.

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Elon Musk insists SpaceX will land ‘starships’ on Mars ‘well before 2030’ – Daily Star

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Elon Musk has insisted his company will be landing rockets on Mars "well before 2030".

The SpaceX CEO also warned European space agencies should watch they don't become obsolete as they're out-competed by the likes of his mammoth company.

Responding to reports that Europe will only begin to study competitive rocket computing technology from 2030, Musk tweeted: "SpaceX will be landing Starships [reusable rockets] on Mars well before 2030."

He said of European space companies: "They are aiming too low. Only rockets that are fully and rapidly reusable will be competitive.

"Everything else will seem like a cloth biplane in the age of jets."

In recent years Europe has lagged behind competitors in the space travel sphere while SpaceX has eaten away at the bloc's market share through cost-cutting measures such as reusable rockets.

In a follow-up tweet Musk said: "The really hard threshold is making Mars Base Alpha self-sustaining."

Mars Base Alpha is the codename for SpaceX's planned human colony on the Red Planet.

Musk has been adamant that human travel to Mars is possible in our lifetime and has long been working on a supposed plan to send colonists to build a new civilisation on the planet.

These travellers should be "prepared to die" in the process of achieving this goal, he has said.

Although in 2016 he planned to send the first human-carrying rocket to Mars by 2025, he has recently adjusted that timeline, saying it's "possible to make a self-sustaining city on Mars by 2050, if we start in five years".

Musk's ambition has been mocked by many critics from around the world, including the UK's Astronomer Royal Lord Martin Rees.

"The idea of Elon Musk to have a million people settle on Mars is a dangerous delusion," he told the World Government Summit panel this week.

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"Living on Mars is no better than living on the South Pole or the tip of Mount Everest."

Celebrity scientist Neil Degrasse Tyson also poured cold water on the plans at the summit.

"To ship a billion people to another planet to help them survive a catastrophe on Earth seems unrealistic," he said.

"If you want to call Mars home, you need to terraform Mars, turn it into Earth."

In the past SpaceX had suggested terraforming the surface of Mars to make it more Earth-like would be part of its plan, but NASA dismissed this as impossible in 2018.

Last week even Bernie Sanders took aim at Musk, calling his gigantic personal wealth (approximately $165 billion or 120 billion) "immoral" when so much of our planet suffers in poverty.

"Space travel is an exciting idea, but right now we need to focus on Earth and create a progressive tax system so that children don't go hungry, people are not homeless and all Americans have healthcare," the socialist senator tweeted.

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Covid-19 Vaccination Cards Are the Only Proof of Shots, Soon an Essential – The Wall Street Journal

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Millions of adults vaccinated against Covid-19 have little to prove it beyond a paper card they received at inoculation sites.

The U.S. has no central database for immunizations. States maintain an incomplete patchwork of records. Nor is there standard proof of Covid-19 vaccinations like the yellow-fever cards that are required for travel to many countries where that disease remains prevalent.

With some countries and businesses preparing to make digital proof of vaccination a requirement for entry and travel, the paper cards may be the only ticket to access those platforms. Proof is already being requested on some first dates and at weddings.

Im glad we prioritized getting shots in arms, said Ami Parekh, chief medical officer at digital healthcare company Grand Rounds Inc., which acts as a kind of medical concierge for patients. But putting in rules about being vaccinated without giving people a way to properly track it is a little bit backwards.

The cards themselves are a patchwork of formats. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has designed a version, which many locations use, but it isnt required. State and local authorities and even individual sites are devising their own cards to hand out. With no official standard, it may be hard to say what constitutes proof.

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Paul Ronga takes the reins for Plainsmen football – Wyoming Tribune

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Laramie High did not waiver from going the distance during its national search for a new head football coach.

LHS activities director Ron Wagner announced Friday afternoon the hiring of Paul Ronga for the Plainsmen program.

Coach Ronga comes to us from New York state where he has over 25 years of teaching and coaching experience, Wagner said in a news release. He has been a head coach in the area for eight years and has built some of the most fundamentally sound and successful programs in that area.

Ronga joins LHS following a year at Walter Panas High in Cortlandt Manor, New York. He coached an all-conference player, four all-league players, the No. 4-ranked wide receiver in the county and had a Golden Dozen player.

The Laramie High School football program has a proud history with the Deti family serving the community so well, Ronga said in the news release. I hope to work hand-in-hand with the assistants, players, administration, community and Mr. Wagner to do all we can to rebuild and restore Laramie High School football and Plainsmen pride.

Wagner added: (Ronga) has close, personal connections to Laramie and has a passion and excitement for football that is contagious. His preparation and attention to detail was evident during the hiring process and will serve LHS and the football program well. The hiring committee was very impressed with coach Rongas knowledge of the game and his overall history of building winning programs.

In 2018, Ronga was the Lakeland High (Shrub Oak, New York) head junior varsity football coach, where he set the schools record for wins in a season at 6-2.

From 2013-16, Ronga was the head varsity coach at Saunders High (Yonkers, New York). He is the longest tenured football coach in Saunders school history, and has the most wins by a head coach in school history. According to the website MaxPreps, Ronga was 16-20 overall at Saunders High with two winning seasons.

He also led the school to its only Playoff Bowl Championships in program history. Ronga additionally spent time as a head coach at Lincoln High in Yonkers (1997) and Iona Grammar School in New Rochelle, New York (1992).

From 2009-12, Ronga was team president and coach for the Corltandt Panthers in Cortlandt Manor. Prior to that stint, Ronga was a varsity assistant coach at Walter Panas from 2007-09. He also served a varsity assistant coach at Haldane High in Cold Spring, New York (1998-2001), Lincoln High (1996-97), and Westlake High School in Thornwood, New York (1993-95).

Ronga played football collegiately at Marist College as a running back and team captain from 1984-88. Ronga also spent one season at Division II Westchester University in 1983. He earned all-league honors twice as a high school running back and linebacker at Iona Preparatory School before playing in the CHSAA All-Star Game in 1982.

Ronga earned a bachelors degree in criminal justice from Marist College in 1988, and he earned a masters degree in physical education from Adelphi University in 1993.

I would like to thank Mr. Ronald Wagner and the Laramie community for this opportunity, Ronga said. I am aware of the challenge ahead of me, and I will do all I can to give back to the community and to Laramie High School. I have been a fan of Wyoming sports for many years, and I respect the excellent sports programs that Laramie High School has under Mr. Wagner.

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Scorer’s Tent: Golf league results and upcoming events in Polk County – The Ledger

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Results from golf league play around Polk County through March 29 with format, date, event and winners by flight or class in alphabetical order.

Big Cypress 18-Hole Ladies, Three Best Ball on Each Hole, March 23: Jan Turner/Allison Letourneau/Pat Frank minus 12, Diana Berube/Kay Hink/Barb Fatzinger/Pat Seidel and Cathy Kosmicki/Jennifer Hostutler/Terri Traggio/Gail Hanus tied at minus 7. Closest to pin: 0-22 HDCP - Sharon Batcheller; 23+ HDCP - Terri Traggio and Gail Hanus.

Big Cypress North Star Ladies, Drop-Out Scramble, March 24: Diane Hoeh/Jean Kettren/Louise Desilets 60, Sharon Batcheller/Lois Stewart/Barb Helding/Leesa Beach 62, Rose Mary Allen/Susan Prince/Gail Hanus/Sally Donadoni 63.

Cleveland Heights Tuesday Men's, Draw and Quota Points, March 23: Bob Reichert/Pete Selmon/Wayne Cross plus 5, Bob Shearer/Rick Bertrand/Mike Mimnaugh plus 4, Mike Rickels/Greg Spooner/Jim Williams plus 2. Closest to pin: No. A2 - Wayen College; No. A9 - Jim Robinson; No. C8 - Dave Anderson. Best Over Quota: A - Wayne College and Pete Selmon both at plus 2; B - Mike Rickels plus 6; C - Gene Steffen and Wayne Cross both at plus 1.

Cleveland Heights Tuesday Women's, Tens and Putts, March 23: First Flight - Mettie Withers 140, Barbara Kupitz 133, Penny Stephens 129; Second - Shirley Kalck 164, Vicki Fioravanti 138, Barbara Schucht 96; Third - Diane Oneil 135, Chris Westlund 101, Monica Hodge 91. March Putts - P.K. Allen 29; Mettie Withers 30.

Cleveland Heights Weekend Women's, Net Tournament, Schalamar Creek, March 28: First Flight - Penny Stephens 76, Barbara Kupitz 77, Mettie Withers 78; Second - Vicki Fioravanti 65, Shirley Kalck 73, Sue Cudaback 79.

Eaglebrooke Men's Member-Member, Nine Holes Scramble, Nine Holes Best Ball, March 27: First Flight - Kyle Thomas/Reggie Alford 65, Dave Jones/Larry Anderson 66 on a match of cards over Mark Neville/Stu Rawlins; Second - Jerry Moore/Jon Moore 64, Mike Hutchens/Wayne Marsh 66, Steve Sharp/Dan Girata 68; Third - Gary Landry/John Doran 65, Dan Kiehl/Matt McDonald 68, Hank Bolding/Jim Hicks 69; Fourth - Dave Ray/Tom Jacoby 68, Steve Beck/Joe Martin 69 on a match of cards over Bob Kormos/Tom Seagraves.

Eaglebrooke Women's Invitational, One Best Ball of Two, Gross and Net, March 24: Overall Gross Winners - Janet Brown/Erika Allen 72; Overall Net Winners - Lithia Beck/Nancy Georges 58. A Flight Gross - Rosannie Quinones/Juanita Nielsen 73, Jo Ahearn/Irene Bullara 77, Net - Beverly Bullard/Vicki Salhus 64 on a match of cards over Hope Holley/Jane Ahearn; B Gross - Patty Hughes/Lindsay Barnhorst 78, Judy Mosso/Lynne Turner 80 on a match of cards, Net - Fran Hall/Susan Giliam 60, Nan Habjan/Cornelia Corbett 65 on a match of cards; C Gross - Mary Parker/Char Ellis 81, Kristy Hutchens/Mickey Gardner 86, Jeanette Clark/Christine Nelson 66, Charlene Lewis/Mettie Withers 72 on a match of cards; D Gross - Beth Cleveland/Wendy Ash 85, Joy Clancey/Deb Quinn 90, Net - Florence Young/Lynda Wolverton 61, Penny Davey/Lyn Raabe 64. Closest to pin: No. 3 - Jeanette Clark; No. 6 - Jo Ahearn; No. 12 - Jane Ahearn; No. 14 - Janet Brown.

Grasslands Women's, Gross/Net, March 23: Red Division Gross - Danette Hensel 82, Net - Ruth Vickers and Ann Zavitz tied at 72; Silver Gross - Maureen Browne 99, Phyllis LeFrois 104, Net - Joyce Sheppard and Rita Selvage tied at 74.

Hamptons Annual Regional State Scramble, March 21: Mark Torr/Jeff Staber/Jim Carter/Chuck Swafford minus 8 on a match of cards over Rob Brooks/Greg Stephens/Lex Turnbull/Rob Chapman, Bill Spivey/Ron Davis/Dave Trombley/Larry Baker minus 7 on a match of cards over Joe Debonis/Tim Clark/Terry Foster/Bill Colclaser. Closest to pin: No. 12 - Melinda Taylor; No. 13 - Tom Vennard.

Hamptons Couples, Two-Man Best Ball, March 20: Ron Weller/Connie Weller/Myrna Iosue/Jim Kenney 88, Larry Utting/Terese Utting/Rick Cook/Deb Weingard 90, Michael Stoddard/Terri Stoddard/Dick O'Hora/Carol Raub 92. Closest to pin: No. 6 - Deb Weingard; No. 15 - Gary Richner. Best Score: Terese Utting 65, Paul Schaake 66.

Hamptons Friday Men's Nine-Hole League, Stableford, March 26: John Hoffert plus 5, Woody Woodfield plus 4, Bob Apple plus 3.

Hamptons Ladies 18-Hole, Stableford, March 18: Barbara Myers plus 12, Angela Rotondo and Shirley Schell tied at plus 6, Faye Mountain plus 5. Closest to pin: No. 12 - Sally Fiske.

Hamptons Men's, Net Stroke Play, March 23: A Flight - Terry Foster 54, Bill Spivey 55, Joe DeBonis 56 on a match of cards; B - Bob Miler 56, Earl Kotsonis 57 on a match of cards over Dave Trombley. Closest to pin: No. 3 - Ron Davis; No. 7 - Billy Stalilonis; No. 11 - Joe DeBonis.

Hamptons Sunday Duffers, Scramble, March 28: Dan Koster/Margaret Campbell/Dick Hansen minus 5, Terry Foster/Paul Egan/Judy Orioli/Steven Ray minus 7.

Hamptons Wednesday Stableford, March 17: Front plus 8 - Rob Chapman/Don Verhey/Dick Olson/Ed Jacobs; Back plus 4 - Billy Stalilonis/Wayne Smithson/Ken Esterline/Don Emmeloth; Overall plus 11 - Rob Chapman/Don Verhey/Dick Olson/Ed Jacobs. Closest to pin: Front No. 3 - Bill Colclaser; No. 6 - Mike Ready; Back No. 12 - Perry Borden; No. 17 - Don Verhey. Best Score: Larry Wilson 63.

Hamptons Wednesday Stableford, March 24: Front plus 5 - Bob Vollwerth/Conrad Dionne/Dick O'Hora/Jim Kermis; Back plus 5 - Terry Foster/Bill Burton/Jim Carter/Earl Kotsonis; Over plus 8 - Larry Baker/Mike Ready/Rich Regan/Tim Clark. Closest to pin: Front No. 3 - Mike Frain; No. 6 - Dick Turner; Back No. 13 - Mike Ready; No. 17 - Larry Wilson. Best Score: Jim Carter and Mike Ready tied at 65.

Highland Fairways Women's, Club Championship Tournament, Gross/Net, March 16/23: Club Champion - Cee Lawrey 130 gross. First Team Gross - Rose Kramer 139, Net - Lea Pepin 114, Lila Wilde 116, Irene Pelchat 118; Second Gross Judy Maur 135, Net - Harriet Warren 110, Chari Prunoske 116, Dawn Kling 117; Third Gross - Lucy Connell 141, Net - Dotti Mann 102, Laura Carpenter and Peg Ostrander both at 109.

Highland Fairways Men's, Net Stroke Play, March 16: A Flight - Bill Spivey 52, Mark Torr 55, Rich Regan 57 on a match of cards; B - Dick Hunnicutt 58 on a match of cards over Ton Vennard, Bob Miller 59. Closest to pin: No. 6 - Bob Miller; No. 12 - Dick Hunnicutt; No. 15 - Joe Schultz.

Highland Fairways Thursday Scrambles, March 25: John Knight/Karen Knight/Jim Knutson/Judie Tuttle minus 6, Frank Bassett/Linda Bassett/Barb Costello/Anne Jones minus 5, Dan Connell/Lucy Connell/Bernie Bourdeau/Dori Laibe minus 3 on a match of cards over Paul Pelchat/Irene Pelchat/Bob Fitzgerald/Ray Berard. Closest to pin: Linda Bassett and Scott Schoonover.

Lake Ashton Blue Man Group, Four-Golfer Step Aside Scramble, March 24: Front 9 - Darrell Saxton/Bruce Bellemeur/Jim Lloyd/Nolan Hake 24, Steve Haynes/Mike Ferarro/Larry Erd/Armand Favreau 25.1, Steve Beck/Wayne Louder/Leo McCafferty/Charles Lindberg 25.3. Back 9 - Steve Haynes/Mike Ferraro/Larry Erd/Armand Favreau 26, Dana Ferrande/Ron Waterson/Don Fuller/Jim Gawrych 26.4, Steve Burrell/Tom Anderson/Norm Wirtala/Bill Bothwell 27.

Lake Ashton Ladies 18-Holers/Ladies Niners, Executive Tee Scramble, Gross/Net, March 23: Blue Flight Gross - Deb Nettleton/Carol Seavey/Dori Krogman 57, Net - Deb Louder/Kim Kutsch/Margaret Volpe/Sue Buss 51.3; First Flight Gross - Liz Leigh/Cathy Kapinus/Kathy Reed/Peg Riedy 61, Trish Kellar/Laverne Anderson/Nancy Zografos/Chris Neuner 62, Net - Brenda Poe/Lisa Snook/Dana Cunningham/Jane Poole 50.9, Sue Fitzgerald/Jan Wagner/Bonnie Simonetta/Bernice Williams 53.8; Second Gross - Rose Dudeck/Dawn Iannacone/Sandy Alfano/Donna Butch 58, Char Walter/Evana Scianna/Pat Hodges/Denise Lacaprucia 60, Net - Cherly Winchester/Marilyn Lancaster/Linda Franzese/Liz Meigel 47.2, Colette mcKie/Beth Buie/Chris Hunziker/Judy Kettells 50.7; Third Gross - Lydia Fichtman/Claudia Loesel/Diane Dupuis/Diane Struble 60, Karen Markel/Gina Martine/Cheryl Tillman/Cindy Mendez 62, Net - Patty Panone/Mary Lou Jameson/Cecily Harmon/Joyce Candler 48.7, Kathy Cargel/Ann Lake/Tassy Deangelo/Melissa Prescott 53.7.

Lake Ashton Lady Niners, Executive Tee Scramble, Gross/Net, March 23: Blue Flight Gross - Deb Nettleton/Carol Seavey/Dori Krogman 57, Net - Deb Louder/Kim Kutsch/Margaret Volpe/Sue Buss 51.3; First Gross - Liz Leigh/Cathy Kapinus/Kathy Reed/Peg Reidy 61, Trish Kellar/Laverne Anderson/Nancy Zografas/Chris Neuner 62, Net - Brenda Poe/Lisa Snook/Dana Cunningham/Jane Poole 50.9, Sue Fitzgerald/Jan Wagner/Bonnie Simonetta/Bernice Williams 53.8; Second Gross - Rose Dudeck/Dawn Iannacone/Sandy Alfano/Donna Butch 58, Char Walter/Evana Scianna/Pat Hodges/Denise Lacaprucia 60, Net - Cheryl Winchester/Marilyn Lancaster/Linda Franzese/Liz Meigel 47.2, Colette McKie/Beth Buie/Chris Hunziker/Judy Kettells 50.7; Third Gross - Lydia Fichtman/Claudia Loesel/Diane Dupuis/Diane Struble 60, Karen Markel/Gina Martine/Cheryl Tilman/Cindy Mendez 62, Net - Patty Panone/MaryLou Jameson/Cecily Harmon/Joyce Candler 48.7, Kathy Cargel/Ann Lake/Tassy DeAngelo/Melissa Prescott 53.7.

Lake Ashton Men's, Three Best Nets, March 24: First Flight - Duff Hill/Les Jacobson/Leon Elsberry/Don Yasz 195, Don Connors/Bob Plummer/Ron McDonnell/Rolly Geyer 196, Dan Baun/Chuck Randall/Tim Wayt/Wayne Arant 198; Second - Denis Mulhearn/Mike Krigelski/Pat O'Neil/Jack Farmer 185, Dale Marks/Lloyd Kramer/Ronn Mann/Carl Pritchard 191, Jim Ford/Ed Hansen/Tom Murphy/Doug Dudeck 193.

Lake Bess Friday Men's Scramble, Random Team Draw, March 26: Larry Lee/Glenn Drier/Gordy Chilson/Bill Bennett minus 7. Closest to pin: No. 3 - Jim Stokes; No. 7 - Don Burkhardt.

Lake Bess Tuesday Men's Scramble, Random Team Draw, March 23: Doug Wilson/Jim "Lights Out" Stevens/Dan Petry/Jim Woods minus 9. Closest to pin: No. 3 - Ron England; No. 7 - Pete Holte.

Lakeland Elks Lodge 1291 Monday League, Schalamar Creek, March 29: A Flight - Mike Marden plus 6, Max Muench plus 4, Jack Meister plus 2 on a match of cards; B - Carl Wilson plus 6, Al Dupuy plus 5, Dave Norwine plus 3; C - Harvey Stevens plus 9, Jerry Giddens plus 5 on a match of cards over Carl Hatfield. Closest to pin: No. 6 - Max Muench; No. 13 - Dave Montgomery (50/50).

Lakeland Men's Senior, Bartow, March 29: Flight A - Dave Brown plus 2, Mike Frost plus 1, Greg Holmberg minus 2; B - Marv Kyea plus 3, Mike Wyatt plus 1, Ed Scannell even; C - James De la Salle plus 7, Terry Richardson plus 5, Henry Bishop plus 4 on a match of cards over Dennis Vannoy. Closest to pin: No. 3 - Joe Stevens; No. 13 - James De la Salle. Low Gross: Mike Frost 78.

Oakwood Men's, March 23: Adam Bundy plus 7, Kenny Clower plus 5, Garland Reynolds plus 4. Closest to pin: No. 3 - Howard Kay; No. 5 - Pete Demerski; No. 7 - Adam Bundy; No. 11 - Gary McBroom; No. 16 - Jeff Clawson. March 25: Frank Schweinberg plus 6, Garland Reynolds plus 5 on a match of cards over Rodney Allen. Closest to pin: No. 3 - Dave Naughgle; No. 5 - Gary McBroom; No. 11 - Dave Hughes; No. 16 - Frank Schweinberg. March 27: Adam Bundy plus 5, Charlie Walden plus 4, Ed Hill plus 2 on a match of cards. Closest to pin: No. 3 and No. 7 - George Ivey; No. 5 - Adam Bundy; No. 11 - Lou Grasso; No. - 16 Dave Henderson.

Ridge Men's, Wedgewood, March 25: Dennis Johnston plus 2, Gary Terrell even. Closest to pin: No. 4 - Gary Terrell; No. 15 - Bobby Lasseter.

Schalamar Creek Couples', Four-Person Scramble, March 24: First Flight - Clayt Liljequist/Linda Liljequist/Jim Pellek/Sharon Pellek and Dave Donahue/Joan Donahue/Tom Fischer/J.R. Finkle tied at 63, Ted Reid/Ginny Reid/Al Atwood/Sherry Hand 64; Second - Jim Keser/Jennifer Keser/Bob Shoenfelt/Eleanor Shoenfelt 63, Steve Scotia/Maryse Capobianco/Don Sutton/Carol Sutton 63, J.R. Plumlee/Patty Short/Richard Romero/Linda Romero 65.

Schalamar Creek Ladies', Ladies & Men Mixed League Scramble, March 23: First Flight John Russell/Don Swint/Joel Hervat/J.R. Finkle 62, Tim Lancaster/David Peer/Rich Haugh/Coby Holowacz 64, David Gray/Max Carroll/Pam Bartley/Jeanne Watters 65; Second - Linda Wolfgang/Don Eby/Jim Keser/Patty Short 63, Don House/Joel Wolfgang/Linda Liljequist/Linda Bushong and Dan Heinzerling/Paul Loftis/Butch Hale/Barb Mahar tied at 64, Don Dawson/Don Lowry/Sandra Lancaster/Dianne Lang tied at 66.

Schalamar Creek Men's, Championship, Gross/Net, March 15/22: March 22 First Flight Gross - John Russell 157, Clayt Liljequist 172, Net - Tim Lancaster 143, Buzz Carnes 156; Second Gross - David Peer 169, J.R. Plumlee 182, Net - Paul Loftis 151, Jim Keser 155; Third Gross - Jim Van De Velde 167, Don House 172, Net - Arlan Atherton 138, Marion Noble 149; Fourth Gross - John Covic 188, Pat McGee 189, Net - Rich Haugh 144, Chuck Raymond 148; Fifth Gross - David Gray 170, Gene Novak 179, Net - Michael Craig 152, Bob Jacobs 155; Sixth Gross - Butch Hale 187, Tom Mahar 205, Net - Al Horvath 146, Noel Bartlo 166.

Paula Neyholt, Highland Fairways, No. 7, March 16.

BARTOW INDIVIDUAL POINTS, Wednesdays, nine holes, make up your own foursome, $17 ($12 green fee and cart), pays all plus scores, night specials in the lounge. Call 863-533-9183.

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS MENS, tee times available 7:30-8:30 a.m. Wednesday through Monday and Friday, groups or individuals welcome, quota points with skins optional, eight to 10 groups now play. Call Paul Boeh at 863-738-4129.

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS TUESDAY WOMENS, every Tuesday, tee times start at 8:30 a.m. Call Shirley Kalck at 863-853-9566.

HAMPTONS TUESDAY MEN'S LEAGUE, accepting new players. Call 844-882-8157 for more information.

HUNTINGTON HILLS TWO-ASIDE, Saturdays, 18-Hole Points Quota. Check in by 8:15 a.m. Contact Terri White at 863-5594082 or eagle-2par@aol.com.

HUNTINGTON HILLS WHY WORRY WEDNESDAYS, Nine-Hole Quota Points, 5:15 p.m. shotgun start. Contact Terri White at 863-559-4082 or eagle-2par@aol.com.

LAKELAND MENS SENIOR GOLF, 7:30 a.m. shotgun starts, Mondays, play against golfers within your handicap. Call Dave Brown at 419-656-5747.

LPGA AMATEUR GOLF ASSOCIATION is looking for women and men to play in weekly Wednesday league and every other Saturday at various courses in the Winter Haven/Lakeland/Orlando and other areas. For more information, email Kathy Mannahan at pjacobs21@tampabay.rr.com.

OAKWOOD MEN'S, 6:30 a.m. sign in. Points, skins and five closest to pins. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Charlie Walden at ctw55@yahoo.com.

POLO PARK MENS TUESDAY SCRAMBLE, 7:30 a.m. sign in. Random team draw. 18-Hole. For more information, call Polo Park Pro Shop at 863-424-3341.

POLO PARK MENS SATURDAY SCRAMBLE, 7:30 a.m. sign in. Random team draw. 18-Hole. For more information, call Polo Park Pro Shop at 863-424-3341.

WEDGEWOOD THREE-MAN SCRAMBLE, nine holes; Tuesdays at 5 p.m.; call Marcus at 863-858-4451 by 2:30 p.m. to play.

WEDGEWOOD TWO-ASIDE GAME, 9 a.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays; 18-hole points game with skins and blind draw; call Marcus at 863-858-4451.

WEDGEWOOD MIXED CO-ED SCRAMBLE, 2 p.m. Thursdays. Call Marcus at 863-858-4451 by 1 p.m. to play.

E-mail results of local golf tournaments, aces and upcoming tournaments to mquinn@theledger.com; or mail to Golf News, Ledger Sports Department, P.O. Box 408, Lakeland, Fla., 33802. Include complete scores and league names. Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m.

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Community comes together with donations for crews battling Reno County fire – KSN-TV

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RENO COUNTY, Kan. (KSNW) The fire crews battling the Ice and the Beer Fire in Reno County received outpouring support from people in their community. One of the Hutchinson VFW members said they were able to gather two truckloads full of donations to the men and women on the frontlines.

Gatorade, lots of Gatorade anything that they can eat quickly and drink quickly to keep them nourished so they can do the job, said Ron Bremer, member of the VFW Auxiliary post-1361.

Hutchinson resident, Kim Campbell, says she stood outside of Dillons grocery store and collected donations for the firefighters. I put an empty cart outside, made a sign, and by the time I was done, I had five carts full, she said.

The central collection point had stacks of water, Gatorade, and other snacks available for the fire first responders. The Salvation Army was also stationed outside the fire department handing out food to the firefighters.

Were excited to be able to help the men and women who are doing a tremendous job who are keeping our community safe, said Major Paul James with the Salvation Army.

We brought some water and some cookies and some electrolyte replacement for them, said Hutchinson resident, Jackie Ashcraft.

Some neighbors say the donations are a small gesture compared to what the fire department has done for them in recent times. We lived through the fire four years ago, said Ashcraft. We appreciated so much how the fire department from all over Kansas came to save our home.

You dont really realize how much you appreciate them until you need them, said Campbell.

The Hutchinson Fire Department captain said he was amazed at the outpouring of support the fire department received from the community.

Its really amazing how Hutchinson and Reno County really show support when we have emergencies like this, said Captain Heller.

Reno County Emergency Management stated that at this time they are no longer accepting donations.

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Special report: Dozens of members of Congress are vaccinated against COVID-19, but some still hesitate – Virginia Mercury

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WASHINGTON Members of Congresswere among the first people in the U.S.to have access to the sought-after COVID-19 vaccine when the initial doses became available in December.

Three months later, a States Newsroom survey across 22 states making up a large swath of Congress found at least 155 members of the U.S. House and Senate have been vaccinated, based on a tally of responses from their offices and other public statements. The majority are Democrats, though dozens of Republican lawmakers have gotten vaccinated also, even as pollsters find greater hesitancy and even disinterest among Republicans in the broader U.S. adult population when it comes to the vaccine.

At least 14 legislators say they have not been vaccinated, either because they have been waiting to do so or because they dont plan to at all. All but one are Republicans. Dozens of others among the 237 surveyed declined to share their vaccination status.

The race to inoculate the nation has become even more urgent in recent days as states loosen mask and social distancing requirements and infections in some places rise. Our work is far from over, President Joe Biden warned on Monday. The war against COVID-19 is far from won. This is deadly serious.

Theres no definitive public tally of how many lawmakers have rolled up their sleeves for a shot since no ones obligated to publicly disclose their vaccination status.

But the public aspects of their elected roles are one reason that they were among the first people allowed to receive the limited doses, in line ahead of other groups.

Many of the vaccinated legislators have posted on social media about receiving a shot, seeking to build confidence for the newly authorized vaccines by showing their willingness to have a needle in their own arms.

States Newsroom found at least 155 lawmakers out of 237 representing States Newsrooms 22 states in the U.S. House and Senate have been vaccinated. That figure includes 100 Democrats, 54 Republicans and one independent.

Another 68 lawmakers 64 Republicans and four Democrats declined to share, or did not respond to questions about, their vaccination status.

States Newsroom conducted the survey after House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) claimedin a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) earlier this monththat roughly 75 percent of House members have been fully vaccinated, or will be by the end of this week. McCarthy did not specify how he obtained that estimate.

The 155 lawmakers who responded yes to States Newsroom account for 65 percent of the total lawmakers from the states surveyed. Breaking it down by chamber, 61 percent of the House lawmakers from those states responded that they have been vaccinated, and 84 percent of senators. Additional members may have been vaccinated already among those who declined to answer.

McCarthys estimate that 75 percent of House lawmakers have been vaccinated was tucked in a letter calling for the legislative chamber to return to more normal operations.

As with other workplaces, the pandemic upended how business is conducted in Congress.

The 435 members of the House of Representatives and the 100 senators work in close quarters and travel across the country on a weekly basis, putting them at higher risk of becoming infected with COVID-19 and spreading the virus to constituents who may encounter them at home.

Withthe average agefor House members at 58 and senators averaging 64, many lawmakers also were at increased risk of severe complications or even death if they contracted the virus. (One member of Congress, Rep. Ron Wright (R-Texas) died in February after being diagnosed with COVID-19, and Luke Letlow, who was elected to represent a Louisiana district in December, passed away from complications of the virus before he could be sworn in.)

More than 60 members of Congress have tested positive for COVID-19 since the pandemic began,according to a tally by NPR, and more have quarantined due to potential exposure.

The chamber has altered voting rules to allow members to cast a vote by proxy; theyve extended the length of time for votes to limit how many people are in the chamber; and hearings have switched to a virtual or hybrid format.

Reaching a critical mass of vaccinations among members of Congress and their staffers could allow for reversing some of those changes.

Some have been outspoken advocates for the vaccine. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), who is a doctor, posted on Twitter about administering vaccines and is visiting all 24 counties in her congressional district to promote vaccinations.

Among those who havent received a vaccine, the reasons have varied. One common response is that the unvaccinated lawmakers previously tested positive for COVID-19.

A spokesman for Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Salem, who previously had COVID-19, said the congressman wants to wait his turn for distribution and will get the vaccine after more people in the 9th District have received their doses.

A spokesman for Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.), who tested positive in March 2020, said the congressman is consulting with his doctor about if and when it will be appropriate to get the vaccine, particularly because he wants to ensure he can continue donating plasma to help people currently suffering with the disease.

Rep. Ted Budd (R-N.C.), who also had COVID-19, does eventually plan to get vaccinated, according to his spokesman, Curtis Kalin. But Kalin added the congressman felt that since he has the antibodies for a while, he was going to wait and let others get the vaccine first.

Others, such as freshman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), said they dont see a need to get a vaccine.

She is a perfectly healthy woman and doesnt see a reason to do so, Greenes spokesman, Nick Dyer, said.

Beyond Congress, a growing number of Americans now say they have either gotten a vaccine, or intend to do so, according toa Pew Research Center reportpublished this month.

Among U.S. adults, 19 percent say they have already received at least one vaccine dose, and another 50 percent say they definitely or probably plan to get vaccinated. Those categories account for 69 percent of the public up from 60 percent who said in November that they planned to get vaccinated.

But as with Congress, those vaccination intentions show differences along partisan lines. Democrats are 27 percentage points more likely than Republicans to say they plan to get or have received a coronavirus vaccine, 83 perecent to 56 percent.

There also have been racial differences in who is planning to seek a vaccine, though the Pew researchers found those to be shrinking. A majority of Black Americans, 61 percent, now say they plan to get a COVID-19 vaccine or have already received one, up from 42 percent in November.

Some reportshave cautioned against characterizing Black Americans as hesitant to get the vaccine, arguing that access to vaccine doses is just as much of a problem.

Rep. Cori Bush, a Black freshman Democrat from Missouri who had COVID-19, shared her own hesitation about receiving a vaccine during a video conversationshe taped in January for The Rootwith epidemiologist and anti-racism activist Dr. Camara Phyllis.

In promoting that video conversation, Bush posted that she would be taking the vaccine, but her office did not respond to questions about whether she has since done so. In the video, Bush describes what she called the elephant in the room, which is the reluctance of many Black people like me to even get the COVID-19 vaccine.

I want to keep myself safe, my family, my loved ones, my staff, and everyone around me, and my community safe, Bush says in the video. My thought process was, I want to take the vaccination. I was apprehensive not having enough information, and I wanted to be able to show people the kind of conversation that you can have with your healthcare provider.

Contributing to this report were Danielle J. Brown, Tyler Buchanan, Tim Carpenter, Laura Cassels, Ruth Conniff, Clark Corbin, Susan Demas, Jeremy Duda, Darrell Ehrlick, Jason Hancock, Josh Kurtz, Jerod MacDonald-Evoy, Kate Masters, Holly McCall, Lauren McCauley, John Micek, Graham Moomaw, Wesley Muller, Jill Nolin, Kathie Obradovich, Diane Rado, Rob Schofield, Gracie Stockton, Annmarie Timmins, Sarah Vogelsong, Quentin Young and Robert Zullo.

Heres a list of how federal lawmakers from 22 States Newsroom states responded to questions about whether theyve had a COVID-19 vaccine:

ARIZONA 8 vaccinated; 3 unknown

YES

UNKNOWN

COLORADO 6 vaccinated; 1 not vaccinated; 2 unknown

YES

NO

UNKNOWN

FLORIDA 12 vaccinated; 4 not vaccinated; 13 unknown

YES

NO

UNKNOWN

GEORGIA 12 vaccinated; 1 not vaccinated; 3 unknown

YES

NO

UNKNOWN

IDAHO 2 vaccinated; 2 unknown

YES

UNKNOWN

IOWA 5 vaccinated; 1 not vaccinated

YES

NO

KANSAS 5 vaccinated; 1 unknown

YES

UNKNOWN

LOUISIANA 2 vaccinated; 5 unknown

YES

UNKNOWN

MAINE 2 vaccinated; 2 unknown

YES

UNKNOWN

MARYLAND All 10 vaccinated

YES

MICHIGAN 13 vaccinated; 3 unknown

YES

UNKNOWN

MINNESOTA 7 vaccinated; 3 unknown

YES

UNKNOWN

MISSOURI 4 vaccinated; 6 unknown

YES

UNKNOWN

MONTANA 1 vaccinated; 2 unknown

YES

UNKNOWN

NEVADA All 6 vaccinated

YES

NEW HAMPSHIRE 3 vaccinated, 1 not vaccinated

YES

NO

NORTH CAROLINA 12 vaccinated; 2 not vaccinated; 1 unknown

YES

NO

UNKNOWN

OHIO 10 vaccinated; 7 unknown

YES

UNKNOWN

PENNSYLVANIA 14 vaccinated; 1 not vaccinated; 5 unknown

YES

NO

UNKNOWN

TENNESSEE 6 vaccinated; 5 unknown

YES

UNKNOWN

VIRGINIA 11 vaccinated; 1 not vaccinated; 1 unknown

YES

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What Is Antifa? – The New York Times

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The movement has been widely criticized among the mainstream left and right. After the protests in Berkeley, Calif., in August 2017, Speaker Nancy Pelosi decried the violent actions of people calling themselves antifa and said they should be arrested.

Conservative publications and politicians routinely rail against supporters of antifa, who they say are seeking to shut down peaceful expression of conservative views. These critics point to moments during which purported antifa members have been accused of sucker-punching Trump supporters.

But overblown fears and false claims about antifa can be dangerous in and of themselves. In Oregon, for example, after a wave of misinformation about left-wing activists intentionally setting fires began to interfere with firefighters efforts to contain the blazes there, law enforcement officials begged people to STOP. SPREADING. RUMORS!

Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a professor of history at New York University who studies fascism, said she was worried that antifas methods could feed into what she said were false equivalencies that seek to lump violence on the left with attacks by the right, such as the killing of a protester in Charlottesville by a man who had expressed white supremacist views.

Throwing a milkshake is not equivalent to killing someone, but because the people in power are allied with the right, any provocation, any dissent against right-wing violence, backfires, Professor Ben-Ghiat said in an interview last year.

Between 2010 and 2016, 53 percent of terrorist attacks in the United States were carried out by religious extremists 35 percent by right-wing extremists and 12 percent by left-wing or environmentalist extremists, according to a University of Maryland-led consortium that studies terrorism.

Militancy on the left can become a justification for those in power and allies on the right to crack down, Professor Ben-Ghiat said. In these situations, the left, or antifa, are historically placed in impossible situations.

Jacey Fortin contributed reporting.

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An Antifa leader known as Commander Red was busted carrying a flamethrower to a Wisconsin Black Lives Matter rally and dropped into the fetal position and began crying when stopped by cops, officials said.

Matthew Banta, 23, is known to be a violent Antifa member who incites violence in otherwise relatively peaceful protests, a criminal complaint in his Green Bay arrest record insisted, according to WBAY.

He was carrying stickers and a flag for the controversial group the name of which is short for anti-fascist along with military-grade 5-minute smoke grenades, fireworks rockets, and a flamethrower, according to the Green Bay Press-Gazette.

Banta was stopped after being spotted with a whole bunch of white people with sticks, baseball bats and helmets heading toward a BLM event in Green Bay, police said in the criminal complaint.

The others fled when a cop blocked them with his squad car, but Banta was stopped and dropped into the fetal position and began crying, the police report said. He complained that the officer got on top of him, which police denied, WBAY said.

Its worrisome when people associated with Antifa come here to Green Bay from out of town for the purposes of committing violent acts, Green Bay Police Chief Andrew Smith told the station.

At the time of Saturdays arrest, Banta was out on a $10,000 cash bond after being accused of pointing a loaded gun at a police officer as well as biting and kicking a cop at a protest earlier this month, the report said.

A condition of his bond was that he cant have a dangerous weapon, according to the Brown County district attorneys office.

The 23-year-old from Neenah, about 40 miles south of Green Bay, was charged with obstructing an officer and two counts of felony bail jumping after Saturdays arrest, the report said. He was released late Monday on $2,500 bond, court records show.

He was one of 15 arrested at Saturdays Black Lives Matter protest that turned violent in the city and was deemed an unlawful assembly, police said.

Burning buildings, hurting people, shooting, looting, vandalizing theres absolutely no way that is a form of protest, Smith told Fox 11 of his zero-tolerance stance.

Thats criminal behavior, he insisted.

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