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CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK Nuclear forces, combat troops prioritized in military testing

BY MISSY RYAN The Washington Post The U.S. military on Wednes- day announced plans to roll out expanded testing for COVID-19 beginning with nuclear forces and troops engaged in combat, a process that would be widened to include other service members as more diagnostic materials be- come available. Gen. John Hyten, vice chair- man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters that Defense Sec- retary Mark Esper had recently Job approved a plan to allocate the force into four tiers that would govern prioritization of coronavi- rus testing. Officials said the first tier would crisis include troops involved in “criti- cal national capabilities,” such as nuclear forces and at least some Special Operations forces; the second would include troops as- signed to combat zones and those continues involved in the domestic virus re- sponse; the third would be troops located overseas on priority mis- sions and those being brought 26 million in US have back to the U.S. following de- ployments; all remaining troops sought unemployment would make up the last tier. Hyten said testing would be completed this month for “tier benefits since virus hit one” troops, “focusing our sup- plies and efforts on these critical forces like our strategic deter- A woman carries a box BY CHRISTOPHER RUGABER of layoffs on record. Economists have forecast that the rent, making sure that they’re al- of food as hundreds of unemployment rate for April could go as high as 20%. ways full-up, always ready to go.” Associated Press others affected by the The magnitude of job cuts has plunged the economy “To get to the entire force, the COVID-19 virus outbreak WASHINGTON — More than 4.4 million laid- into the worst economic crisis since the Great Depres- 1.4 million active duty and the wait in line at a Salvation off workers applied for U.S. unemployment benefits sion of the 1930s. Some economists say the nation’s entire [National] Guard and Re- Army center in Chelsea, last week as job cuts escalated across an economy output could shrink by twice the amount that it did serve, is going to take us into the Mass., on Wednesday. that remains all but shut down, the government said during the Great Recession, which ended in 2009. summer, but I think we’ll get to A record 16 million are Thursday. The economic consequences of the virus-related the deploying, redeploying forces, receiving unemployment Roughly 26 million people have now filed for jobless shutdowns have sparked angry protests in several the forces engaged, all of the tier benefits in the U.S. aid in the five weeks since the coronavirus outbreak state capitals from crowds insisting that businesses be one forces next month,” Hyten began forcing millions of employers to close their allowed to reopen. said. doors. About one in six American workers have lost SEE TESTING ON PAGE 5 CHARLES KRUPA/AP their jobs in the past five weeks, by far the worst string SEE UNEMPLOYMENT ON PAGE 9 RELATED US, NATO provide medical Air Force making plans for Sailors on 26 ships Get the latest news STORIES supplies to Afghanistan long-term ‘new abnormal’ now have coronavirus on the virus outbreak Page 5 Page 6 Page 8 stripes.com/coronavirus PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, April 24, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EUROPE GAS PRICES EXCHANGE RATES

Military rates Switzerland (Franc)...... 0.9740 Country Super E10 Super unleaded Super plus Diesel Euro costs (April 24)...... $1.05 Thailand (Baht) ...... 32.33 Germany $2.075 $2.538 $2.782 $2.743 Azores -- -- $2.992 -- Dollar buys (April 24) ...... €0.9029 Change in price -4.1 cents -4.1 cents -4.3 cents -2.7 cents Change in price -- -- No change -- Turkey (Lira) ...... 6.9570 British pound (April 24) ...... $1.21 (Military exchange rates are those Netherlands -- $3.049 $3.251 $3.416 Belgium -- $2.834 $2.086 $2.252 Japanese yen (April 24) ...... 105.00 available to customers at military banking Change in price -- -7.4 cents -7.8 cents -7.8 cents Change in price -- No change No change No change South Korean won (April 24) ...... 1,198.00 facilities in the country of issuance Commercial rates U.K. -- $2.448 $2.692 $2.653 Turkey -- -- $2.583 $2.544* for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3785 Change in price -- -4.1 cents -4.3 cents -2.7 cents Change in price -- -- +4.3 cents -2.7 cents Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For British pound ...... $1.2342 nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., Canada (Dollar) ...... 1.4093 purchasing British pounds in Germany), China (Yuan) ...... 7.0728 check with your local military banking PACIFIC GAS PRICES Denmark (Krone) ...... 6.9094 facility. Commercial rates are interbank Egypt (Pound) ...... 15.7513 rates provided for reference when buying Euro ...... $1.0795/0.9264 Country Unleaded Super unleaded Super plus Diesel currency. All figures are foreign currencies Japan -- $2.569 -- $2.529 South Korea $1.899 -- $2.599 $2.559 Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.7506 to one dollar, except for the British pound, Change in price -- -5.0 cents -- -3.0 cents Change in price -4.0 cents -- -5.0 cents -3.0 cents Hungary (Forint) ...... 331.13 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, Israel (Shekel) ...... 3.5375 Okinawa $1.869 -- -- $2.529 Guam $1.879** $2.339 $2.579 -- and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) Change in price -4.0 cents -- -- -3.0 cents Change in price -4.0 cents -4.0 cents -5.0 cents -- Japan (Yen) ...... 107.83 Kuwait (Dinar) ...... 0.3118 INTEREST RATES Norway (Krone) ...... 10.6576 Philippines (Peso)...... 50.65 Prime rate ...... 3.25 * Diesel EFD ** Midgrade Poland (Zloty) ...... 4.21 Discount rate ...... 0.25 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...... 3.7607 Federal funds market rate ...... 0.05 For the week of April 24-30 Singapore (Dollar) ...... 1.4236 3-month bill ...... 0.11 South Korea (Won) ...... 1,232.14 30-year bond ...... 1.22 WEATHER OUTLOOK FRIDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST FRIDAY IN EUROPE SATURDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY fense Secretary David Norquist. blasts and “long-range acoustic drone strike to kill Maj. Gen. Qas- lethal force. Stars and Stripes Trump tweeted earlier Wednes- noise marker devices,” for an sem Soleimani, the commander of “I go back to what the president day that he had “instructed the hour before the vessels eventu- the Iranian Quds Force, following said sends a great message to Iran. WASHINGTON — Pentagon United States Navy to shoot down ally responded to radio messages a deadly rocket attack on an Iraqi That’s perfect. We know how to leaders must now develop orders and destroy any and all Iranian and moved away, the Navy said. base in Kirkuk and attempts to translate that into our rules of en- for troops that match President gunboats if they harass our ships “What’s been going on right storm the U.S. Embassy in Bagh- gagement,” Hyten said. “We don’t Donald Trump’s tweet instruct- at sea.” now is that you can’t let a boat, a dad by Iranian-backed militia. talk about rules of engagement in ing the Navy to shoot at harassing On April 15, 11 boats identified fast boat, get into a position where Iran retaliated days later by firing public, but they’re based on the Iranian ships, Gen. John Hyten, as Iranian Islamic Revolutionary they can threaten your ship,” 11 missiles at Iraqi bases housing inherent right of self-defense.” the vice chairman of the Joint Guard Corps Navy vessels “re- Hyten said. U.S. troops, injuring more than Norquist said the intent behind Chiefs of Staff, said Wednesday. Tensions between Iran and peatedly conducted dangerous 100 service members. Trump’s words was a “very clear “The president made a clear and harassing approaches” of six the United States have increased In March, the Iranian-backed message” to Iran about their statement. I think the Irani- U.S. ships in the northern Persian during the past few years, result- militia Kataeb Hezbollah was behavior. ans understand that, I think the Gulf, according to the U.S. Navy. ing in several violent and deadly blamed for a rocket attack on American people understand Images posted by the 5th Fleet incidents. Iran was accused by Camp Taji north of Baghdad, “I think it was very useful thing that. Now, we as the military have of the incident show what look the United States last summer of killing two American service that he put out and I think it’s an to apply that clear direction from like speed boats conducting close placing limpet mines on the sides members and a British Army important thing for other people the commander in chief into law- passes and tight turns around the of ships in the Gulf of Oman forc- reservist. to understand and take very se- ful orders that we execute,” the U.S. ships. The American sailors ing the Pentagon to send person- On Wednesday, Hyten said the riously,” he said about Trump’s Air Force general said during a gave multiple warnings to the nel and equipment to the region U.S. military has a right to re- tweet. Pentagon news conference that Iranian ships through bridge- to try to deter Iranian activities. spond to “hostile intent” and has [email protected] he conducted with Deputy De- to-bridge radio, five short horn In January, Trump ordered a specific guidance on how to use Twitter: @caitlinmkenney B-1 sortie showcases Air Force’s new model

BY WYATT OLSON taking place since 2004. Stars and Stripes The Air Force’s new “dynamic force employment model” em- A B-1B Lancer bomber flew on braces the U.S. National Defense Wednesday from the continental Strategy’s objectives of “strategic United States to Japan, where predictability and operational un- it teamed up with 15 Japanese predictability,” the release said. fighter jets to demonstrate the The new model enables stra- Air Force’s recent shift to a more tegic bombers to operate in the unpredictable global strategic Indo-Pacific region from a broad- bomber presence. er array of locations, both on the The Lancer flew 30 hours continental U.S. and overseas, the round-trip from Ellsworth Air release said. Force Base, S.D., to Misawa Air Wednesday’s operation show- Base, meeting up with seven cased America’s “unwavering Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-2s commitment to the security and and eight F-15s, the Air Force said stability” of the Pacific region, in a news release Wednesday. Pacific Air Forces commander That group was joined by six Gen. Charles Brown Jr. said in Misawa-based F-16 Fighting the news release. TIMOTHY MOORE/U.S. Air Force Falcons. “From confronting invisible The aircraft crews trained over threats of a global pandemic to ad- A B-1B Lancer from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., and F-16 Fighting Falcons from Misawa Air Base, Draughon Range near Misawa as dressing military aggression and Japan, train with Japanese F-2s off the coast of northern Japan on Wednesday . part of a U.S. Indo-Pacific Com- coercive activities, we remain a mand and U.S. Strategic Com- lethal, innovative and interoper- nese fighter jets near Misawa. Japan on Wednesday is assigned numerous locations across the mand joint bomber task force, the able force focused on a shared vi- Those bombers flew from Ander- to the 28th Bomb Wing. globe, even during the global pan- release said. sion of upholding a free and open sen Air Force Base on Guam and “This mission is a demonstra- demic,” Gen. Tim Ray, command- Last week, five B-52H bombers Indo-Pacific,” he said. Minot. tion to our friends throughout er of the Air Force Global Strike flew from Guam to their home This is the second time this A B-1 bomber last flew in the the region: We will continue to Command and Air Forces-Strate- station in Minot Air Force Base, year that a U.S.-based bomber INDOPACOM area of respon- remain fully predictable in our N.D., ending the Air Force’s six- trained with the JASDF. sibility in January 2018, at the commitment to ensuring peace, gic, said in the news release. month rotations of bombers In February, two B-52s inte- end of a six-month rotation at An- while also demonstrating that we [email protected] through the island that had been grated with more than 45 Japa- derson. The bomber that flew to have the ability to operate from Twitter: @WyattWOlson High court decision on unanimous jury verdicts leaves military out

BY NANCY MONTGOMERY “The issue is that in military courts there juries of their peers but by courts-mar- the deadlocked juries and mistrials that Stars and Stripes are no Sixth Amendment rights,” said Matt tial “panels” composed of higher-ranking occur in civilian courts when the jury is Osborn, a former Air Force lawyer now in troops selected by commanders. not unanimous.” A Supreme Court opinion this week private practice in the Washington, D.C. Civilian felony trials require 12 jurors. Military lawyers disagreed whether banning non-unanimous verdicts in state area. Until last year, the size of courts-martial the Supreme Court decision would lead to criminal cases leaves the military as the The courts have repeatedly found that panels varied and a two-thirds majority subsequent litigation that could force the sole American jurisdiction that allows the Constitution gives Congress power to was required to convict. Now, eight mem- military to require unanimous verdicts, them. “make rules for the government and regu- bers compose a general court-martial or whether it was a matter only Congress The court’s 6-3 decision on Ramos v. lation of the land and naval forces,” includ- panel, with six needed to convict. could decide. Louisiana said that a unanimous jury de- ing a military justice system dedicated to Panel members discuss the case but vote But some said the rules should change. cision, long required in federal courts good order and discipline. As such, some only once, after the highest-ranking officer under Sixth Amendment guarantees on protections for civilian defendants don’t decides to do so. “There’s no longer a reason to deny ser- the rights to a trial by jury, also applied to apply to service members, the courts have “As with many procedures in the mili- vice members the same protections as the state courts. Oregon was the last state al- held. tary, the goal is speed and efficiency,” civilians they defend,” Christensen said. lowing non-unanimous juries. “If there’s no right to a jury, there’s no said Michael Lyons, a former Air Force “We don’t need King George’s justice But there was no mention in the decision right to a unanimous jury,” said Don Chris- lawyer now practicing in the Washington, system.” of military courts, which require only a tensen, a former Air Force prosecutor. D.C. area. “Not requiring all members to [email protected] three-quarters majority for a conviction. Military defendants are not judged by agree as to guilt or innocence eliminates Twitter: @montgomerynance PAGE 4 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, April 24, 2020 MILITARY Fake virus news aimed at US and NATO in Europe

BY JOHN VANDIVER the ministry said. Lithuania, like Stars and Stripes other Baltic states, has a large Russian-speaking population. STUTTGART, Germany One of the phony messages in- — Disinformation aimed at un- volved a claim that a U.S. soldier dermining the U.S. and NATO deployed to Lithuania was infect- forces has surged in Europe as adversaries seize on the corona- ed with the coronavirus. Other virus pandemic in their attempts disinformation narratives have to create instability, Lithuania’s centered on supposed failures Defense Ministry said in a new among European countries to report. handle the coronavirus outbreak, There have been 807 cases of as well as bad behavior of allied false or misleading information troops in the Baltics. about the virus, much of it fo- “The narrative also claims that TORY CUSIMANO/U.S. Air Force cused on Lithuania, since Febru- NATO finances nuclear weapon- ary, according to an analysis by ry instead of fighting COVID-19, Senior Airman Jordan Egerton, of the 31st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, sets a reusable wash cover the Lithuanian military’s strate- which puts European, including in place on an F-16 Viper at Aviano Air Base, Italy, on Feb. 21. The covers save more than 1,400 man gic communication department. Lithuanian, citizens at risk. NATO hours and $20,000 annually. “Alas, the coronavirus crisis is also blamed for ‘anti-Russian’ has not only not reduced secu- rhetoric,” the Lithuanian Defense rity threats in Europe but cre- Ministry said. ated conditions for the threats Aviano offers dozens of entries in While Russia wasn’t singled out to grow,” Defense Minister Rai- as the culprit for the various dis- mundas Karoblis said in a state- information attacks, allies have bid to win $150K innovation contest ment Wednesday. The most recent incident oc- been increasingly concerned curred Tuesday when Karoblis about Moscow’s attempts to cre- BY NORMAN LLAMAS on a slew of innovations or up- Brett Rosebrook, the installation received a fake email purport- ate confusion regarding the role of Stars and Stripes grades that saved the base about security noncommissioned offi- edly from NATO Secretary-Gen- NATO and U.S. forces in Europe. $2.8 million, or about 75% more cer in charge. AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy — It eral Jens Stoltenberg stating that Last week, NATO’s supreme al- than a similar improvement pro- Aviano also replaced its obso- still takes a lot of time and tape to allies were pulling out of Lithu- lied commander in Europe, Gen. cess saved last year, said Brad lete parachute simulator with a keep an F-16 from having its elec- ania, where NATO forces have Tod Wolters, said during a tele- Hebing, the 31st Fighter Wing’s more realistic model, which aids tronics scrambled while running been deployed for the last several conference with reporters that process manager. airmen learning how to survive it through a wash, but less than it years as a deterrent to potential it’s imperative for allies to call out The changes also saved a lot of and evade an enemy after eject- used to after a simple innovation Russian aggression. time, particularly for the airmen ing from an aircraft. The simula- disinformation. that 31st Fighter Wing airmen Similar emails were sent to washing the fighter jets. Previ- tor saves about 300 hours per year “Number one, recognize when came up within the hangar bay. Lithuanian media and NATO ously, every sensitive component due to more efficient training, you have malign influencers and The 3D-printed reusable wash headquarters in Brussels, the had to be individually taped. said Tech. Sgt. Michael Rutland, they’re telling falsehoods and covers they developed to protect Lithuanian Defense Ministry “This process placed a heavy of the 31st Operations Support point those out and correct that to sensitive parts are among 58 Avi- demand on crew chief manpower Squadron. said. 100%,” Wolters said. “And number “It is one in a series of attempts ano entries in the Lt. Gen. William along with generating a signifi- Medical care also got a little two, taking the time to talk about to turn the pandemic crisis into a H. Tunner Innovation Madness cant waste of barrier material,” easier at Aviano after the wing ac- your operations, your activities, security crisis,” Karoblis said in contest, which will net the winner said Master Sgt. Katherine S. quired a mobile MRI system. The the statement. “Fake news like your investments, what you’re a $150,000 top prize through U.S. Garneau, of the 31st Aircraft acquisition means that the base this piece are aimed at sowing doing from a health perspective Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Maintenance Squadron. clinic no longer waits up to 30 distrust in our Alliance partners to positively influence the good Africa, the contest sponsor. The reusable covers reduced days to get off-base MRI results, and NATO unity.” outcome of all your forces.” Aviano, a base in rural north- taping time from eight hours to said Lt. Col. Valerie Hostetler, a east Italy situated along the Dolo- three hours, Garneau said. doctor at the clinic. About two-thirds of the disin- [email protected] mite Mountains, is trying to win The Innovation Madness win- formation comes out in Russian, Twitter: @john_vandiver In other cases, research and for the first time since the annual smart shopping helped. The 31st ner will be announced later this competition began in 2015. The Security Forces Squadron needed year after participants compete 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lak- new vehicle barriers and rejected in three rounds. The overall win- enheath in England won last year several options that would have ner takes $150,000, while second ‘ The coronavirus crisis has not only not and in 2016, while the nearby meant more time spent by air- place earns $50,000, third place 100th Refueling Wing at Milden- men standing at the gates. gets $25,000 and fourth place reduced security threats in Europe but hall won in 2018. Other past win- The new barriers they’ve since wins $10,000. Other cash prizes created conditions for the threats to grow. ners include Ramstein’s 86th installed “were easy to set up, will be awarded throughout the ’ Airlift Wing and Spangdahlem’s take down and eliminated having competition. Raimundas Karoblis 52nd Fighter Wing in Germany. to station personnel at each entry Lithuania defense minister [email protected] This year, Aviano is counting control point,” said Master Sgt. Twitter: @llamasnorman More sailors eligible for reenlistment bonus, performance pay

BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY bonus update allows all sailors to now eligible to reenlist at any Navy’s retention needs. those sailors, whereas other jobs Stars and Stripes reenlist a full year before the end given time,” Cmdr. Dave Hecht, a The Navy is updating its 2020 are doing better with retention. of their active-service obligation spokesman for the chief of naval selective reenlistment bonus pro- The Navy has also included an WASHINGTON— About 10,000 more sailors are now eligible for to receive the bonus instead of personnel, said in a statement. gram as part of its regular adjust- additional 27 “skillsets” to the a reenlistment bonus as part of waiting to be within 270 days of Sailors can receive up to a ments that are based on which bonus eligibility list, meaning the Navy’s effort to retain needed the end of their hitch. $100,000 reenlistment bonus, sailors are leaving the service. sailors with specific time in ser- personnel. “By expanding the eligibil- with the amount calculated based Some jobs might need more finan- vice and with certain qualifica- The selective reenlistment ity window, more sailors are on job, time in service, and the cial incentives right now to keep tions are now able to apply. Friday, April 24, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 5 VIRUS OUTBREAK US, NATO provide medical supplies to Afghanistan

BY J.P. LAWRENCE officials. Stars and Stripes And in a phone call Wednesday, President Donald Trump spoke KABUL, Afghanistan — The with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan bin Hamad al-Thani about the provided medicine and protec- Taliban needing to reduce vio- tive equipment to Afghan troops lence in Afghanistan, the White and police, including 45,000 face House said in a statement pro- masks, officials said this week. vided to Reuters. Afghan security forces, who Meanwhile, coalition and are grappling with both the coro- NATO officials have issued sev- navirus pandemic and persistent eral recent statements on efforts Taliban violence, were shown to supply Afghan forces for the opening boxes of medical supplies COVID-19 fight, including the in photos that NATO’s Resolute following: Support posted on social media. • Nearly 35,000 vitamin and There are more than 1,092 con- medicine tablets, some 20,000 firmed coronavirus cases and 36 masks and over 200 sets of gloves deaths in the country, a World and protective eyewear sent to Health Organization report said the Afghan army’s 205th Corps Wednesday, but experts believe in the country’s restive southern that the low levels of testing are provinces; obscuring a much higher rate of • About 7,000 masks and clean- infection. ing supplies provided to police Though the Taliban had pledged in Parwan province, home to to aid efforts to slow the virus’s the U.S. military’s Bagram Air- spread by offering safe passage to field, and neighboring Panjshir health workers and aid organiza- province; tions, and suspending fighting in • Infrared thermometers, 13,000 areas with confirmed infections, masks, 13,000 units of hand sani- the militants continue to conduct tizer, disinfectants and soap, as attacks. Up to 30 security forces well as 1,000 pairs of gloves and members were killed in Taliban protective eyewear for Afghan NATO Resolute Support attacks in just two days this week, troops in the western provinces of military and police officials con- Herat and Nimroz, which border Afghan police receive medical supplies provided by U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan to help with firmed Thursday. pandemic-wracked Iran. Police efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic in Panjshir and Parwan provinces. U.S. officials have continued in Nimroz on Monday received an to call for calm since signing a additional 5,000 masks and 500 Feb. 29 deal meant to usher in an pairs of protective glasses, NATO ‘ (Preventing the virus’s spread) is difficult under even normal Afghan-led peace process after said Thursday. more than 18 years of war. Preventing the virus’s spread circumstances, but almost impossible if we have violence. ’ Resolute Support commander “is difficult under even normal Gen. Scott Miller Gen. Scott Miller, and Zalmay circumstances,” Miller told PBS NATO Resolute Support commander Khalilzad, the Trump adminis- NewsHour in an interview that tration diplomat leading negotia- aired Monday, “but almost im- tions, have stressed the need for possible if we have violence.” less violence during recent visits Zubair Babakarkhail contributed to this to Qatar and Pakistan, both of report. which harbor high-level Taliban [email protected] Testing: Military intends to keep ramping up capacity

FROM FRONT PAGE The plan outlined by Hyten and Officials said that the Pentagon Deputy Defense Secretary David would, at the same time, prioritize Norquist provides the most de- testing according to movements, tailed glimpse to date of how the such as submarine and aircraft Pentagon plans to expand pre- carrier deployments and basic- ventive testing across the force in training arrivals. Since the U.S. an attempt to avoid disruption of virus outbreak accelerated, the its core security mission. military has taken steps to adjust Gen. Mark Milley, the chair- and even pause training recruits. man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, “So we’re moving quickly. It is has publicly laid out an objective a supply issue right now, which of being able to conduct 60,000 is causing us not to be able to go tests per day in the next month or down the full spectrum of all of so. When asked about that goal, the forces,” Hyten said. “That’s however, Norquist seemed to sug- why we came up with the tiered gest that the department would approach.” initially have a much lower target While the military has been of about 50,000 per week. testing troops for weeks, focused The Pentagon has issued de- on the sites of known outbreaks, partment-wide guidelines on so- including the aircraft carrier USS cial distancing, the use of masks, Theodore Roosevelt, a national increased cleaning and other pre- shortage of supplies, restrictive cautions. Close to a million em- testing policies and several other ployees are teleworking. factors have limited testing. Norquist said that the depart- More than 3,500 uniformed ment would take several steps service members have tested for troops who cannot maintain positive to date. Two have died physical distance, including re- — a relatively low number that cruits and personnel in close officials attribute to the overall quarters on ships. They include youth and fitness of the force. quarantines for 14 to 21 days. PAGE 6 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, April 24, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Air Force preparing for long-term ‘new abnormal’

BY COREY DICKSTEIN Air Force opened a temporary, Stars and Stripes second basic training site at Kee- sler Air Force Base in Mississippi WASHINGTON — The Air last month. A single class of 60 Force’s top general said that he recruits is conducting training believes the coronavirus will there, and the service will soon impart a long-term “new abnor- decide whether additional re- mal” on the U.S. military, as the cruits will be sent to Keesler. outbreak is unlikely to subside In the coming weeks, Goldfein totally until a vaccine is widely hopes to see his training leaders available. find ways to increase the size of Gen. David Goldfein told re- basic training classes, as long as porters Wednesday that he has or- they can do so while adhering to dered an Air Force-wide “reset” health officials’ safety recom- for June 1, when he wants the mendations. That includes the service to find ways to increase building of a tent city at Lackland operations tempos slowed by the to allow recruits to spread out pandemic. The Air Force chief of further during training. staff said that he would like to see “Those are all the protocols plans to increase the number of that we’re putting in place to see recruits coming into the service if we can get back up from 50%,” by that deadline and procedures the general said. “We’re probably to safely ramp up some of the Air not going to be able get to 100% Force operations that have been until the protocols change, but if curtailed in an effort to slow the we can get from 50 to 60, 70, 75%, spread of the virus. that will certainly be helpful.” “All the projections are no vac- The smaller number of new cine for upwards of a year,” Gold- airmen coming into the service fein said during the video news JESSI MONTE/U.S. Air Force has not yet created major holes in briefing. “So that means we’ve Senior Airman Jeffrey Clark, a 48th Security Forces Squadron response force leader, puts on a Air Force units, but Goldfein said got to refine our ability to survive protective face mask last week at RAF Lakenheath, England. that he is worried it could if he and operate, and do the missions cannot find a way to boost basic our nation requires. And we’ve The stop-movement orders, The service has taken a similar 3,725 troops have tested posi- training in the coming months. got to bring back those missions which restrict most Defense De- approach with its nuclear forces, tive for the virus, according to He also said, however, that we have slowed down so that we partment personnel from any which have also not seen a con- the latest Pentagon data released more airmen are choosing to re- can get back to some kind of sense travel, including most changes firmed case of the virus among Thursday. main in the Air Force amid the of new normalcy in an abnormal of station and deployments, were the airmen who fly nuclear-capa- Another aim of Goldfein’s reset pandemic. That is especially true world.” extended this week through June ble bombers or staff the service’s is to find ways to increase the among pilots and aircraft main- As an example, Goldfein said 30. intercontinental ballistic missiles number of recruits participating tainers, who are often recruited that he expected the Air Force’s So far, no airmen on crews platforms, Goldfein said. In some in basic training. The Air Force from the Air Force by commer- air mobility mission, which is pri- within the service’s Air Mobil- cases, service members in the has downsized its incoming class- cial airliners. marily responsible for shuttling ity Command have tested posi- nuclear force are spending two es of recruits from about 700 per With those companies flying troops and equipment around the tive for the coronavirus, Goldfein weeks or more in the field oper- week to about 460 as it has imple- significantly less during the pan- world, to see an increase in opera- said. He attributed that to drastic ating nuclear systems to ensure mented social distancing and demic, airmen are choosing to tions in the coming months. measures the service has taken that they are not exposed to the other guidelines issued by federal remain in their stable military While some such flights have to shield crew from potential ex- disease. health officials in an attempt to jobs. continued amid the pandemic posure as they travel across the “We’ve changed the battle curb the virus. “It’s not surprising with the and the Pentagon’s stop-move- world. rhythm to keep them isolated,” Goldfein said Wednesday that economy being in a challeng- ment order, as they were deemed “We keep them in a bubble,” the general said. “That’s a no- five recruits had tested positive of ing state,” Goldfein said. “Com- essential to combat, logistics and he said. “They go to their rooms fail mission. We always have to the about 6,000 who have entered panies are not hiring as quickly other missions, Goldfein feels [after landing on a mission.] get it done and figure out how to Air Force initial entrance train- … So we’re actually seeing our that he’ll need more crews flying. Whatever needs to get to them is operate.” ing since the outbreak began in retention numbers go up, which In addition to military personnel delivered, and we keep them that In total, the Air Force has re- the United States. In addition to somewhat mitigates for the lack and gear, air mobility aircraft way so that they can keep fly- ported 337 cases of the corona- shipping smaller recruit classes of throughput at basic training.” have transported virus testing ing all the way through coming virus among its active-duty and to Joint Base San Antonio-Lack- [email protected] material around the world. home.” Reserve forces. Military-wide, land Air Force Base in Texas, the Twitter: @CDicksteinDC Elite flight teams to thank health care workers with flyovers

BY DAN LAMOTHE it was reported by The Post on ing to watch amid the pandemic, Congressional staffs were clear whether that list could The Washington Post Wednesday afternoon. He said the senior official said. briefed about the plan this week, change, but defense officials said that the mission was “the idea While Trump said Wednesday an effort in part to manage any that it is not comprehensive. The Pentagon is planning a of our great military men and evening that “air shows” will be political backlash, another de- The Blue Angels, with head- multicity tour of the U.S. mili- women,” and will recognize performed, the senior military fense official said . Offices of quarters in Pensacola, will fly tary’s top flight demonstration health care workers. official said that there would be Democratic and Republican their blue-and-gold F/A-18 Hor- teams to “champion national “This is a tribute to them, to no air shows, and that squadrons senators on the Armed Services nets separately over at least 13 unity” amid the coronavirus pan- our warriors because they’re would perform flyovers. They Committee had been notified, ac- other cities, including Miami, demic, according to senior U.S. equal warriors to those incredible will avoid flying over areas where cording to Hill officials. Tampa, Tallahassee and Jackson- officials and a memo obtained by pilots and all of the fighters that people can congregate, the senior Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., whose ville in Florida, and Norfolk and The Washington Post. we have for the more traditional official said. state is home to the Blue Angels, Virginia Beach in Virginia. Other The Blue Angels and the Thun- f ights that we win,” Trump said. The use of the jets to show acknowledged Wednesday that he Blue Angels destinations include derbirds, the demonstration The mission was conceived by resolve could anger those frus- is aware of the plan. Detroit, Chicago, Indianapolis, squadrons for the Navy and Air senior military officers in the trated with the administration’s “I’m thrilled to see our military Nashville and New Orleans, as Force, will fly over some cities Pentagon and is meant to be a struggles to find enough protec- honoring the front-line health together and others separately, nonpartisan show of resolve, said tive equipment for medical per- care workers who have been well as Kingsville and Corpus according to the memo. The fly- a senior U.S. military official, sonnel. Flying the squadrons cost fighting every day against this si- Christi in Texas. overs will take place in the next speaking Wednesday before the at least $60,000 per hour. lent killer,” he said. “They are all The Thunderbirds, meanwhile, several weeks “to thank first re- president’s announcement. The senior military official said heroes deserving of our gratitude plan to fly their red, white and sponders, essential personnel and “This is just a sincere thank- that the cost of the flights will and honor.” blue F-16 Fighting Falcons over military service members as we you,” the senior military official come from money already in the The memo said that the Blue San Antonio, Oklahoma City, collectively battle the spread of said. “It’s one way to acknowledge Pentagon budget. Other planes Angels and the Thunderbirds will Phoenix, San Diego, Los Angeles, COVID-19.” those who are pitching in.” could also be involved, the official fly jointly over Washington, Bal- San Francisco, Portland, Oregon President Donald Trump an- White House officials were said, suggesting that bombers fly- timore, New York, Newark, Tren- and Seattle, the memo said. They nounced the mission, named briefed on the plan because of ing over their home states as one ton, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Dallas, have headquarters at Nellis Air Operation America Strong, after sensitivities about people gather- possibility. Houston and Austin. It was not Force Base in Nevada. Friday, April 24, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 7 VIRUS OUTBREAK Wiesbaden volunteers make hundreds of masks

BY DAVID EDGE The masks allow the Wiesbaden Stars and Stripes military community to meet De- fense Department guidance that WIESBADEN, Germany calls on people on military prop- — Volunteers in Wiesbaden have erty to wear “cloth face coverings made more than 500 face masks when they cannot maintain six that they’ve been giving away feet of social distance in public since one of them saw commis- areas or work centers.” sary workers using scarves and Wearing masks like the ones bags as protective coverings being made from household mate- against the coronavirus. rials by the Wiesbaden volunteers “I just thought that we could do can help by preventing asymp- better,” said Angelin Nicholson, tomatic people from spreading one of the volunteers from the the coronavirus when they cough Wiesbaden Arts and Crafts Cen- or sneeze, the Centers for Disease ter, located on Clay Kaserne, who Control and Prevention has said. have been sewing face masks The masks Nicholson and other since April 1. “Now, whenever I volunteers are sewing and giving go to the commissary, I hand out away to base workers are made 10 or 20 masks to whoever needs from cotton, with a slot where fil- one.” ters — made from a fabric similar Most of the masks that the vol- to dryer sheets — can be inserted. unteers are making go to base The filters can be removed and workers who come into close con- replaced, allowing the masks to tact with others as part of their be washed and reused. jobs, such as those who work in With no letup in demand for Child Youth Services and mili- masks, the volunteers are facing tary lodging. Others are donated a supply crunch for the raw mate- DAVID EDGE/Stars and Stripes to the Red Cross, said Erik Krae- rials needed to make them, Krae- mer, the manager of the Arts and mer said. Angelin Nicholson, a volunteer at the Wiesbaden Arts and Crafts Center at Clay Kaserne in Germany, Crafts Center. “What we need is tightly woven, sews a face mask in her home Tuesday. The center has also filled a 100% cotton fabric and nonwoven paid order for 200 face masks for interweaving,” the fabric from To volunteer Nicole Sewell, hav- make masks for the local commu- portation mandatory. In Hesse, the 522nd Military Intelligence which the filters are made, he ing to delve into her own material nity,” she said. where Wiesbaden is located, the Battalion, and a smaller order said. “Some of the volunteers are to make masks is not an issue. All of Germany’s states in re- law will take effect Monday. for a business on base, although using their own supplies, but we “I knew that I had the means cent days have passed legislation Stars and Stripes reporter Marcus those masks were not made by are very quickly running out of and the know-how to help, so it that makes wearing masks while Kloeckner contributed to this report. volunteers. supplies to make the masks.” became very important to me to shopping or taking public trans- [email protected] PAGE 8 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, April 24, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK 26 ships have infected sailors

BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY hit of the military services by the Stars and Stripes coronavirus with 997 cases now. In total, 1,298 sailors have been WASHINGTON— Sailors on 26 infected by the virus. Navy ships have the coronavirus Most of the Navy’s cases are now and 14 other ships have had among the crew of the aircraft confirmed cases of illness, though carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, crew members have recovered, a which docked in Guam on March Navy official said Wednesday. 27 due to an outbreak among All the ships are in port and its sailors, which number about none of the 90 ships at sea have cases of the virus, according to 4,800. As of Wednesday, 777 sail- the official who spoke on the con- ors have tested positive, of which /CTF 75 dition of anonymity. The Navy 63 have recovered. Six Roosevelt FACEBOOK sailors are hospitalized now at has 297 warships. This screen shot from a video shows a message from a USS Theodore Roosevelt sailor to the Marines The Navy official would not a Navy hospital in Guam. One on Guam, showing appreciation for the support the sailors have received. say which ships had cases of the Roosevelt sailor, Chief Petty Of- virus or how many sailors were ficer Charles Robert Thacker Jr., infected, only that it was small 41, died April 13 from the virus. numbers. [email protected] Roosevelt sailors show gratitude The Navy has been the hardest @caitlinmkenney for Marines aiding them on Guam

Pandemic threatens to delay BY CHAD GARLAND goosebumps, he said. Naval Hospital Guam, though Stars and Stripes “Okay, this is a different type of none were in intensive care, the Pentagon weapons production deployment,” he said. Navy said. USS Theodore Roosevelt sail- Earlier this month, videos The ship has undergone thor- ors on Guam went to their bal- BY ANDREW CLEVENGER showing hundreds of crew mem- ough cleaning, but sailors may complete. conies and cheered the Marines That change, Lord said, will bers cheering and applauding the not be getting out of isolation at CQ-Roll Call supporting them at civilian hotels, start this week and provide $3 bil- ship’s skipper, Capt. Brett E. Cro- the end of the prescribed 14 days, where they are in 14-day medi- WASHINGTON — The De- lion in increased cash flow to the zier, captured headlines after the Politico reported Tuesday, citing cal isolation after an outbreak of fense Department expects the industry. Lord praised defense Navy fired him over the leak of a an internal memo in which Navy the coronavirus on the aircraft global coronavirus outbreak will giants Lockheed Martin Corp. memo, in which he urged more officials indicated that the virus carrier. delay its major weapons pro- and Boeing Co. for committing rapid evacuation of personnel. may remain active in asymptom- grams by about three months, the to push those extra funds out to The sailors have also expressed Days later, acting Navy Secre- atic individuals longer than pre- Pentagon’s top weapons buyer their smaller suppliers and said their gratitude in letters and notes tary Thomas Modly traveled to viously thought. said Monday. she hoped other major primes for the Marines, said Capt. Vi- Guam where he briefly visited The memo called a halt to “out- Ellen Lord, the Defense un- would follow suit. cente Huerta of the 3rd Law En- the ship and criticized Crozier in testing” for those in quarantine dersecretary for acquisitions and The Pentagon also wants ad- forcement Battalion, III Marine remarks to the crew, leading to and holding their release until sustainment, did not name spe- ditional relief from Congress to Expeditionary Force Informa- Modly’s resignation when audio further evaluation could be com- cific programs or companies but help companies pay salaries and tion Group, in a video posted on of the address also leaked. pleted, Politico reported. suggested the delays would be keep their specialized workforces the Commander Navy Task Force As of Thursday, some 4,200 A second video posted on the widespread. intact even where the pandemic 75 Facebook page. of the ship’s crew members had Task Force 75 Facebook page this “Domestically, we are seeing has forced production lines to “My Marines just started mak- been moved ashore, and 840 had week showed service members the greatest impacts in the avia- shut down and caused other dis- ing sure that all of the sailors tested positive for the disease, writing and reading whiteboard tion supply chain, shipbuilding ruptions. Lord did not specify here receive everything that they with 100% of the crew having messages to the crew to remain and small space launch,” Lord how much. need,” Huerta said. “As the sail- been tested and only “a small “TR strong” and “hold fast.” said. By and large, the defense sec- ors started seeing that, we just number of results” still pending. For Huerta, the show of grati- The Pentagon has tried keep- tor has kept working during the started getting flooded with a Of the infected sailors, 88 had re- tude from the isolated crew “has ing its industrial base solvent and COVID-19 crisis, thanks in large bunch of letters and them show- covered and one, Chief Petty Of- been probably the most gratify- working during the pandemic, part to its workforce being de- ing their appreciation.” ficer Charles Robert Thacker Jr., ing thing I’ve done in the Marine including increasing reimburse- clared essential by the Homeland The cheers and applause from 41, had died. Corps.” ments for work that is not yet Security Department. the hotel balconies gave Huerta Six were still being treated at [email protected] AAFES: Alcohol sales at exchange stores surged by 50% in March

BY SETH ROBSON formats jumped 55% in the third erator Wednesday evening at Yo- borhoods. No one affiliated with time, and particularly during the Stars and Stripes week of March compared to the kota, home to U.S. Forces Japan the base may patronize bars and COVID-19 pandemic,” the orga- same time a year ago, Ward said. in western Tokyo. restaurants other than take-out nization said in its statement, re- YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan “AAFES worldwide sales dur- “It’s my daughter’s birthday and drive-thru restaurants. ferring to the disease caused by — With many clubs and restau- ing this same timeframe were and we’re going to celebrate,” Another customer buying alco- the coronavirus. rants on military bases closed slightly below with the broader he said but added that he doesn’t hol at the base convenience store, Ward said exchange stores also and civilian establishments off industry trend, reflecting an in- think he’s drinking more than Marie Wolf, 40 of Dayton, Ohio, saw a spike in cigarette carton limits thanks to the coronavirus, crease of 50% vs. prior year,” he usual despite restrictions in place stocked up on a couple of bottles sales when shoppers were uncer- retail alcohol sales on U.S. bases said. at Yokota since March 26. of pinot grigio and a carton of tain whether stores would remain worldwide soared by 50% the open. third week of March, an exchange During the first half of April, “I’m a competitive bodybuild- beer but said she’s not drinking spokesman said. however, AAFES worldwide alco- er,” McDonald said. “We don’t go more than usual. “Once this initial increased “Alcohol sales across the retail hol sales are only up 10% on the out drinking very frequently.” “I’ve got three kids at home,” demand subsided, cigarette industry have understandably same period last year, Ward said. To curb the spread of the coro- she said. sales quickly returned to historic seen increases as bars and res- The Navy Exchange Service navirus, 374th Airlift Wing com- The World Health Organization norms,” he said. “Demand for taurants have closed and demand Command did not respond to mander Col. Otis Jones requires warned in a statement April 14 tobacco products at Exchange fa- has shifted to at-home consump- emailed questions about sales at those living and working on Yoko- that alcohol use, responsible for 3 cilities has declined significantly tion,” Army and Air Force Ex- its stores. ta to restrict their movements to million deaths a year worldwide, as unit sales have decreased 30% change Service spokesman Chris A mask-wearing Air Force the base and its immediate vicin- compromises the body’s immune year-to-date as compared to prior Ward said in an email Sunday. Staff Sgt. Sean McDonald, 28, of ity. Off-base residents are limited system. year.” According to Nielsen data, U.S. Seattle, pulled a six-pack of lager to a beeline to and from Yokota or “People should minimize [email protected] alcoholic beverage sales in retail from a convenience store refrig- essential services in their neigh- their alcohol consumption at any Twitter: @SethRobson1 Friday, April 24, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 9 VIRUS OUTBREAK Legislators adding to lockdown backlash

BY GRIFF WITTE ers — Ben, Christopher and Aaron Dorr The Washington Post — who are longtime gun-rights activists. Links from Facebook pages promoting With hundreds arrayed before him, the rally redirected to the site for a Dorr- standing shoulder to shoulder, the retired run group, the Pennsylvania Firearms Army colonel vented his fury from the Association. steps of Pennsylvania’s capitol building. Organizers had said rallygoers would The governor’s orders to shut down observe social distancing. But while many businesses in the face of a pandemic, he stayed in their vehicles — honking and railed to a crowd of protesters this week, cheering as they drove past — hundreds amounted to “tyranny.” He had battled and perhaps as many as 3,000, according overseas to defend freedom. Now, with the to police, emerged to mingle freely, shake governor telling healthy people like him to hands and applaud side by side as speak- stay home — “What the heck is going on er upon speaker demanded an end to the here? I’m not sick!” — the fight had come statewide shutdown. to America’s shores. “We’re going to make some noise and “It’s time to rise up!” he exhorted as the let the elected officials know we’re here!” crowd roared. Aaron Bernstine announced as he took his Then Doug Mastriano walked inside the turn at the mic. soaring, green-domed home of the Penn- Bernstine, like most of those who ad- sylvania legislature and began his day job: dressed the crowd, is himself an elected as a Republican state senator. official: a Republican state representative With a backlash against coronavirus whose relatively rural district hugs the restrictions generating demonstrations at Ohio border. In an interview, he said he state capitol buildings nationwide, orga- was driven to speak out by the anger he nizers have framed the protests as organic was hearing among his constituents to- and grassroots. MATT SLOCUM/AP ward restrictions that have crushed many The push among legislators is adding to small businesses even as large retailers the pressure on governors who have re- Protesters demonstrate at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., on Monday . continue to operate. sisted Trump’s wish to see states open up “Many governors have taken action with again as of May 1. While some governors rising fast, that point may come, said Chris- Republicans asked. A Yahoo News/YouGov a hatchet rather than a scalpel,” he said. have eagerly announced an easing of re- topher Borick, director of the Muhlenberg national poll released Sunday found that “Big-box stores are able to stay open while strictions, most have not, citing guidance College Institute of Public Opinion. 60% of respondents opposed protesters mom-and-pop businesses are left out in the from medical experts that a premature “When it comes really depends on the calling to immediately end stay-at-home cold.” opening could cost many lives. nature of the virus, and on the governor’s and social distancing measures vs. 22% Rather than judge whether businesses But governors who stay the course with ability to make his case that his actions are who supported them. can remain open based on what’s essen- closures are increasingly facing demands called for,” Borick said. In Pennsylvania, attitudes about wheth- tial or nonessential, Bernstine said, the from state lawmakers that they pivot The showdown in Pennsylvania — per- er to stay closed or open have been driven standard should be whether the business faster. haps the nation’s ultimate swing state both by partisanship and geography. can be run safely. And individuals, he said, In Ohio, business groups are aggressive- — reflects the clash of visions playing out Most of the state’s approximately 36,000 should be given more authority to make ly lobbying the state legislature to force across the country as state governments confirmed COVID-19 cases have been con- that determination — a theme repeated by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine to open up weigh how and when to allow their popu- centrated in Pennsylvania’s largest city, many who spoke Monday. to save the economy. Wisconsin’s Repub- lations to resume some semblance of nor- Philadelphia, and the surrounding sub- “We don’t need our lives microman- lican-dominated legislature on Tuesday mal life. As in most states, it’s largely been urbs — almost all Democratic strongholds. aged,” Russ Diamond, a fellow Republi- went so far as to sue health officials advis- absent in Pennsylvania, where schools, In more rural central and western parts can state representative, told the crowd. “I ing Democratic Gov. Tony Evers to block businesses deemed nonessential and gath- of the state, where Republicans dominate, trust you!” an extension of his stay-at-home order. erings of any size have all been shut down cases have been relatively few — and the Public health experts, however, said the And in Pennsylvania, the Republican or banned. backlash against stay-at-home orders has rally was not necessarily confidence-in- majority passed a bill to make it far easier Although backing for stay-at-home been building. spiring. Rachel Levine, the state’s health for businesses to resume operations. measures has been relatively robust — in When protesters gathered at the state secretary, noted that while citizens have a The Democratic governor, Tom Wolf, Pennsylvania, and nationwide — there is capitol building Monday in Harrisburg, right to protest, the demonstration brought vetoed that legislation last week, citing a stark political divide, with Republicans the parade of state legislators who spoke people from different parts of the state the opinion of medical experts who insist significantly less likely to be supportive. out against the governor’s restrictions re- — and even from other states — into close the state is not yet ready to safely relax. A Kaiser Family Foundation poll re- flected that divide. contact with one another for a prolonged But Republicans have vowed to try again leased Thursday found that 80% of respon- The protest was called by several groups period. Many were not wearing masks or — and to peel off enough Democratic sup- dents said strict shelter-in-place measures that did not exist only weeks ago. One of gloves. port to override any veto. are worth it to protect people and limit the them, Pennsylvanians Against Excessive “That,” she said, “is how covid-19 With unemployment and frustration both spread of the coronavirus, including 61% of Quarantine, was created by a trio of broth- spreads.” Unemployment: April jobs report expected to show staggering losses

FROM FRONT PAGE eral aid program. ment benefits nearly tripled last week to mated. A category that is made up of data Thursday’s report, showing that the pace The number of people who are receiving 505,000, the second-highest total behind processing and online publishing has cut of layoffs remains immense, could height- unemployment benefits has reached a re- much-larger California’s 534,000. Florida 4.7. en demands for re-openings. cord 16 million, surpassing a previous high has had trouble processing many of its When the government issues the April Some governors have begun easing re- of 12 million set in 2010, just after the 2008- applications. jobs report on May 8, economists expect it 09 recession ended. This figure reflects Its figure suggests that the state is final- to show breathtaking losses. Economists at strictions despite warnings from health people who have managed to navigate the ly clearing a backlog of filings from jobless JPMorgan are predicting a loss of 25 mil- authorities that it may be too soon to do so online or telephone application systems in workers. lion jobs. That would be nearly triple the without causing new infections. In Geor- their states, have been approved for ben- In Michigan, 17% of the state’s work- total lost during the entire Great Recession gia, gyms, hair salons and bowling alleys efits and are actually receiving checks. force is now receiving unemployment aid, period. can reopen Friday. Texas has reopened its In some states, many laid-off workers the largest proportion in the country. It is A $2 trillion-plus federal relief package state parks. have run into obstacles in trying to file ap- followed by Rhode Island at 15%, Nevada that was signed into law last month made Yet those scattered re-openings won’t plications for benefits. Among them are at 13.7% and Georgia at 13.6%. millions of gig workers, contractors and lead to much rehiring, especially if Ameri- millions of freelancers, contractors, gig Just about every major industry has ab- self-employed people newly eligible for un- cans are too wary to leave their homes. workers and self-employed people — a cat- sorbed sudden and severe layoffs. Econo- employment aid. Most people say they favor stay-at-home egory of workers who are now eligible for mists at the Federal Reserve estimate But most states have yet to approve orders, according to a survey by The As- unemployment benefits for the first time. that hotels and restaurants have shed the unemployment applications from those sociated Press-NORC Center for Public “This has been a really devastating shock most jobs — 4 million since Feb. 15. That workers because they’re still trying to re- Affairs, and believe it won’t be safe to lift for a lot of families and small businesses,” is nearly one-third of all the employees in program their systems to do so. As a result, social distancing guidelines anytime soon. said Aaron Sojourner, a labor economist at that industry. many people who have lost jobs or income And there are likely more layoffs to come the University of Minnesota. “It is beyond Construction has shed more than 9% of aren’t being counted as laid-off because from many small businesses that have their control and no fault of their own.” its jobs. So has a category that includes their applications for unemployment aid tried but failed to receive loans from a fed- In Florida, applications for unemploy- retail, shipping and utilities, the Fed esti- haven’t been processed. PAGE 10 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, April 24, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Strict warnings for Ramadan as shutdowns ease Associated Press that tens of millions of people risk starvation as the coronavirus BANGKOK — The world pandemic, a plague of locusts inched toward a new phase in in Africa and other disruptions the coronavirus crisis on Thurs- prevent food from reaching the day, as some countries like Viet- world’s most vulnerable popula- nam and New Zealand with few tions in places like Yemen and new cases moved toward ending South Sudan. their pandemic shutdowns while A report released Wednesday others like Singapore and Japan estimated that at least 135 million were doubling down on measures people are at acute risk of star- to prevent a surge in infections. vation due to conflicts and other Like the U.S., many countries factors. The report was compiled are moving from crisis mode to before shutdowns, border clo- ANUPAM NATH/AP figuring out how to live with the sures and freezes on transport virus by modifying pre-pandemic activities began disrupting food Indian actor Rajkumar, feeds monkeys cucumber near a Hindu temple during nationwide lockdown in routines with precautions, more supplies. Gauhati, India, on Thursday. testing and containment of flare- In response, the EU pledged ups, mindful of the potential for $22 billion for helping bridge such tined offshore of Yokohama for future waves of the virus. disruptions to provide help to vul- weeks, resulted in more than 700 Authorities in the capital of nerable communities in Africa, cases among its 3,700 passen- Indonesia, the world’s most pop- the Balkans, the Middle East, gers and crew. Separately, Japan ulous Muslim majority nation, parts of Asia and Latin America. has about 12,000 cases, with 300 extended to May 22 strict dis- While some parts of the world deaths. ease-fighting restrictions with are just beginning to grapple with The global outbreak of corona- the approach of the month-long the pandemic, in China authori- virus has infected more than 2.6 Ramadan fasting season, which ties reported no new deaths and million people and killed about begins with the new moon this just 10 new cases on Thursday. 183,000, including more than week. The number of people hospital- 45,000 in the United States, ac- With traditional, communal ized dropped to 959, with 63 con- cording to a tally compiled by meals for the poor, large fast- sidered serious cases. John Hopkins University from of- breaking dinners with family and As new cases drop close to zero, ficial government figures. friends and cultural events after China has re-opened many busi- The true numbers are believed sunset canceled, the world’s 1.8 nesses. Middle and high school to be far higher, and most people billion Muslims find themselves seniors preparing for exams are infected suffer from only mild or cut off from much of what makes returning to classes. But a ban on moderate symptoms and survive. the month special as authorities But the crushing death toll foreign arrivals and strict quar- ANJUM NAVEED/AP fight the pandemic. antine measures remain in place of the pandemic has left many U.N. Secretary-General An- to prevent an influx of new cases Muslim worshipers offer noon prayers at a mosque, in Rawalpindi, people understandably cautious tonio Guterres urged Muslims from abroad or fresh infections Pakistan, on Tuesday . and it will likely take weeks, to “focus on our common enemy among those thought to have re- even months, for people to regain — the virus,” and repeated an covered or who had no symptoms next month. crew members and no passengers confidence and resume normal earlier appeal for an immediate but could still be spreading the But the virus continues to pop since late January for repairs and activities. Future waves of out- cease-fire for all conflicts. In a virus. up unexpectedly. maintenance. breaks could reverse any gains in separate message, he urged coun- Neighboring Vietnam, which Singapore has been reporting Other infected crew members the interim, Dr. Robert Blendon, tries to provide equitable help to moved quickly to close its borders hundreds of new cases each day, are quarantined in single rooms, a Harvard professor of health all, saying the pandemic was “a and trace coronavirus cases, has many traced to crowded migrant and officials planned to test all by policy and political analysis said. human crisis that is fast becom- reported no new cases in the past worker dormitories. Friday. Officials are investigating As President Donald Trump ing a human rights crisis.” three days and is preparing to Japanese officials said Thurs- how the virus could have got on shifts to what White House offi- Some leaders are using the loosen restrictions. day that 14 more crew members board after discovering the first cials call a new chapter in the re- crisis as a pretext for repressive New Zealand, which announced on an Italian-operated cruise ship known case in a crew member sponse, officials face a challenge measures, Guterres said. “The just three new cases of the coro- docked in southern Japan tested who tested positive after develop- in reassuring the public while message is clear: People — and navirus on Thursday, remained positive for the coronavirus, rais- ing a cough and fever. ensuring enough precautions are their rights — must be front and on strict lockdown, with 1,451 ing the breakout on board to 48. An earlier outbreak aboard the taken as communities emerge center,” he said. confirmed cases and 16 deaths, The Costa Atlantica has been U.S.-operated Diamond Princess from shutdowns to prevent fresh The United Nations has warned but was preparing to ease limits docked in Nagasaki with 623 cruise ship, which was quaran- onslaughts of cases. House expected to send 4th bipartisan aid bill to Trump

Associated Press diately for the business-backed Paycheck ment of the oversubscribed payroll subsidy small-business loans and grants delivered Protection Program. Battle lines are form- program and grew from there. The payroll through the Small Business Administra- WASHINGTON — The House is reas- sembling to send President Donald Trump ing over the next measure amid growing program provides forgivable loans so busi- tion’s existing disaster aid program. a fourth bipartisan bill to help businesses demands to help out state and local gov- nesses can continue paying workers while Republicans say the delays likely forced crippled by the coronavirus, an almost ernments, the Postal Service and first forced to stay closed for social distancing some businesses waiting for the payroll $500 billion measure that many lawmak- responders. and stay-at-home orders. subsidies to close. But they are nonethe- ers are already looking beyond. Thursday’s vote in the House would It also contains $100 billion demanded by less sure to back the measure by a wide Anchoring the latest bill is a request by bring the total cost of the four bipartisan Democrats for hospitals and a nationwide margin. the Trump administration to replenish bills to respond to various impacts of the testing program, along with a $60 billion The legislation swept through the Sen- a fund to help small- and medium-sized COVID-19 pandemic to about $2.5 trillion, set-aside for small banks and an alterna- ate on Tuesday by voice vote barely hours businesses with payroll, rent and other according to the Congressional Budget Of- tive network of community development after being first circulated. expenses. fice, Washington’s impartial scorekeeper. banks that focus on development in urban The House, however, will conduct a roll- Supporters are already warning that The bill started two weeks ago as a sim- neighborhoods and rural areas ignored by call vote in which lawmakers will vote in more money will be needed almost imme- ple Trump-sought $250 billion replenish- many lenders. There’s also $60 billion for turns taken under social distancing rules. Friday, April 24, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 11 PAGE 12 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, April 24, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK As people stay home, Sweden strategy: Earth gets Stores open, keep cleaner

BY SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press your distance An unplanned grand experi- ment is changing Earth. BY NICLAS ROLANDER “The trend we have seen in re- As people across the globe stay Bloomberg cent days, with a more flat curve home to stop the spread of the — where we have many new coronavirus, the air has cleaned Sweden’s unusual approach cases, but not a daily increase up, albeit temporarily. Smog to fighting the coronavirus pan- — is stabilizing,” Karin Tegmark stopped choking New Delhi, one demic is starting to yield results, Wisell, head of the microbiology of the most polluted cities in the according to the country’s top department at Sweden’s Public world, and India’s getting views epidemiologist. Health Authority, said Friday. of sights not visible in decades. Anders Tegnell, the architect “We are seeing the same pattern Nitrogen dioxide pollution in the behind Sweden’s relatively re- for patients in intensive care.” northeastern United States is laxed response to COVID-19, told Just two weeks ago, the picture down 30%. Rome air pollution local media that the latest figures was considerably bleaker, and levels from mid-March to mid- on infection rates and fatalities Prime Minister Stefan Lofven April were down 49% from a year indicate the situation is starting suggested that the government ago. Stars seem more visible at to stabilize. may need to review its approach night. “We’re on a sort of plateau,” amid the prospect of thousands of People are also noticing ani- Tegnell told Swedish news agen- Swedish deaths. In particular, the mals in places and at times they cy TT. failure to protect people in nurs- Sweden has left its schools, don’t usually. Coyotes have mean- ing homes has stood out as a clear gyms, cafes, bars and restaurants dered along downtown Chicago’s weakness, which has contribut- open throughout the spread of the Michigan Avenue and near San ed to higher death rates than in pandemic. Instead, the govern- Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge. neighboring countries. ment has urged citizens to act A puma roamed the streets of Yet overall, Lofven’s strategy responsibly and follow social dis- Santiago, Chile. Goats took over has won the approval of Swedes, tancing guidelines. a town in Wales. In India, daring and his personal popularity has The spread of COVID-19 across wildlife has already become bold- soared. the globe is triggering different er, with hungry monkeys entering “I have very high confidence in responses across national and homes and opening refrigerators the Swedish authorities that man- even state borders, as authori- to look for food. age this,” Volvo Cars CEO Hakan ties struggle to contain an out- “It is giving us this quite ex- Samuelsson said in a phone break about which much remains traordinary insight into just how interview. unknown. Volvo, which was forced to halt much of a mess we humans are It’s unclear which strategy will production across Europe and making of our beautiful planet,” ultimately prove most effective, furlough about 20,000 Swedish says conservation scientist Stuart and even experts in Sweden warn employees, resumed production Pimm of Duke University. “This that it’s too early to draw conclu- at its Swedish plants Monday. is giving us an opportunity to sions. But given the huge eco- “Our measures are all based on magically see how much better it nomic damage caused by strict individuals taking responsibility, can be.” lockdowns, the Swedish approach and that is also an important part Chris Field, director of the has drawn considerable interest of the Swedish model,” Samuels- Stanford Woods Institute for the around the world. son said. Environment, assembled sci- MANISH SWARUP/AP Part of that approach relies on Sweden’s COVID-19 strategy entists to assess the ecological having access to one of the world’s This combination of Monday, Oct. 28, 2019, top, and Monday, April may ultimately result in a smaller changes happening with so much best-functioning health care sys- 20, 2020, photos shows India Gate in New Delhi. — albeit historically deep — eco- of humanity housebound. Scien- tems. At no stage did Sweden see nomic contraction than the rest of tists, stuck at home like the rest of a real shortage of medical equip- Europe is now facing, according in Durban, South Africa, accord- social media staples. Boar-like us, have said that they are eager ment or hospital capacity, and to HSBC Global Research econo- to explore unexpected changes in ing to NASA measurements. javelinas congregated outside of tents set up as emergency care mist James Pomeroy. weeds, insects, weather patterns, “We’re getting a glimpse of what an Arizona shopping center. Even facilities around the country have Pomeroy pointed to some noise and light pollution. Italy’s might happen if we start switch- New York City birds seem hun- mostly remained empty. Swedish characteristics that may government is working on an ing to non-polluting cars,” Lefer grier and bolder. As of Sunday, Sweden had be helping the country deal with ocean expedition to explore sea said. Cleaner air has been most In Adelaide, Australia, police reported 1,540 deaths tied to the current crisis. More than half changes from the lack of people. noticeable in India and China. On shared a video of a kangaroo COVID-19, an increase of 29 from of Swedish households are single- “In many ways, we kind of April 3, residents of Jalandhar, a hopping around a mostly empty Saturday. That’s considerably person, making social distancing whacked the Earth system with city in north India’s Punjab, woke downtown, and a pack of jackals more than in the rest of Scandi- easier to carry out. More people a sledgehammer and now we see up to a view not seen for decades: occupied an urban park in Tel navia, but much less than in Italy, work from home than anywhere what Earth’s response is,” Field snow-capped Himalayan peaks Aviv, Israel. Spain and the U.K., both in abso- else in Europe, and everyone says. more than 100 miles away. We’re not being invaded. The lute and relative terms. has access to fast internet, which Researchers are tracking dra- The greenhouse gases that trap wildlife has always been there, Tegnell isn’t the only high-level helps large chunks of the work- matic drops in traditional air pol- heat and cause climate change but many animals are shy, Duke’s Swedish official to claim that the force stay productive away from lutants, such as nitrogen dioxide, stay in the atmosphere for 100 Pimm says. They come out when country may be over the worst. the office. smog and tiny particles. These years or more, so the pandemic humans stay home. types of pollution kill up to 7 mil- shutdown is unlikely to affect For sea turtles across the globe, lion people a year worldwide, global warming, said Break- humans have made it difficult to according to Health Effects Insti- through Institute climate scientist nest on sandy beaches. The tur- tute president Dan Greenbaum. The air from Boston to Wash- Zeke Hausfather. Carbon dioxide tles need to be undisturbed and ington is the cleanest it has been levels are still rising, but not as emerging hatchlings get confused since a NASA satellite started fast as last year. by beachfront lights, said David measuring nitrogen dioxide in Aerosol pollution, which doesn’t Godfrey, executive director of the 2005, said NASA atmospheric stay airborne long, is also drop- Sea Turtle Conservancy. scientist Barry Lefer. Largely ping. But aerosols cool the planet, But with lights and people away, caused by burning of fossil fuels, so NASA climate scientist Gavin this year’s sea turtle nesting so this pollution is short-lived, so the Schmidt is investigating whether far seems much better from India air gets cleaner quickly. Com- their falling levels may be warm- to Costa Rica to Florida, Godfrey pared to the previous five years, ing local temperatures for now. said. ALI LORESTANI, TT/AP March air pollution is down 46% Field said that he’s most in- “There’s some silver lining for in Paris, 35% in Bengaluru, India, trigued by increased urban sight- wildlife in what otherwise is a People enjoy ice cream Monday at an outdoor cafe in central 38% in Sydney, 29% in Los Ange- ings of coyotes, pumas and other fairly catastrophic time for hu- Stockholm, Sweden. Sweden has bucked the lockdown trend les, 26% in Rio de Janeiro and 9% wildlife that are becoming video mans,” he says. embraced by other countries during the coronavirus outbreak. Friday, April 24, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 13 VIRUS OUTBREAK ROUNDUP Where do states stand on plans to reopen?

Associated Press Wednesday that new hospitalizations is a  KANSAS: Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat, key data point, and a modest increase con- has promised a plan next week for a phased tinues statewide. When the state does begin More governors are reopen- economic reopening, but first needs more to emerge, the question will be less about ing their economies by the day widespread testing and better contact trac- what businesses are essential or nonessen- around the country, creating a ing. She’s been under increasing pressure tial and more about what are the rules ev- from the Republican-controlled Legislature eryone will need to follow, Baker said. patchwork of stay-at-home orders to outline such a plan, and the Kansas and other business restrictions Chamber of Commerce, an influential busi-  CALIFORNIA: Democratic Gov. Gavin ness industry group, said Wednesday that Newsom announced Wednesday that hospi- amid the coronavirus pandemic. a large majority of its members believe the tals can resume scheduled surgeries. It’s the Some states are moving faster economy should start reopening within the first significant change to the stay-at-home next two weeks. order in the nation’s most populous state. to reopen, like Georgia, Okla- Newsom said that the broader stay-at-home homa and Montana, where the  HAWAII: A stay-at-home order imposed order won’t be lifted until the state can dra- governor on Wednesday gave the by Gov. David Ige lasts through April 30 and matically increase its testing capacity. may be extended. The Democrat’s admin- green light to schools to open back istration is compiling criteria for relaxing  CONNECTICUT: Gov. Ned Lamont said that up in early May. Other states such restrictions. Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell he is looking toward May 20 as a date when has extended the stay-at-home order for he expects to be able to start thinking about as New Hampshire are consider- the state’s largest city through May 31. But reopening Connecticut’s economy. That’s ing extensions. And some states, Caldwell announced some initial steps to when his current executive order shutting ease rules starting with allowing people down schools and nonessential businesses such as Wyoming and South Da- to walk and jog in city parks beginning expires. The Democrat said that he needs kota, never instituted a stay-home Saturday. to see 14 days of declining COVID-19 hospi- order to begin with. talizations, much greater testing capability  IDAHO: Republican Gov. Brad Little and more masks and other personal protec- Here’s a look at where states FRANK FRANKLIN II/AP planned to discuss economic recovery tive equipment for workers who interact stand on reopening: Thursday, but it’s not clear what steps he’ll with the public. A woman adjusts her child’s protective mask as they wait in line take. His stay-at-home order restricting Thursday to be screened for COVID-19 at Gotham Health East New nonessential businesses expires at the end  MINNESOTA: Minnesota’s stay-at-home Making moves of April. Last week, he allowed more busi- order runs through May 4, and it’s not clear Yo r k in Brooklyn . nesses to reopen if they could offer curbside when Democratic Gov. Tim Walz will an-  MONTANA: Churches can hold services service and ensure social distancing. nounce whether it will be extended. Walz on Sunday, and restaurants, bars and casi- this week announced a partnership with the including adequate testing and the pace of  WEST VIRGINIA: Republican West Virginia University of Minnesota and Mayo Clinic to nos can reopen on May 4 with reduced ca-  VERMONT: Republican Gov. Phil Scott has new cases. But there are mounting calls for pacity and hours under a plan announced Gov. Jim Justice has avoided setting a time- ramp up to as many as 20,000 virus tests per taken steps toward loosening restrictions easing restrictions in the state that had the table on lifting restrictions, repeatedly say- day within the next few weeks — a key step Wednesday by Democratic Gov. Steve on nonessential businesses. Still, many of first major deadly outbreak, including from Bullock. Schools have the option to return to ing that he’ll listen to health experts above for reopening the state. the altered provisions remain strict, such as a sheriff who said that he won’t enforce the all. Still, the billionaire coal and agricultural in-classroom instruction May 7. no work crews of more than two people. stay-at-home order because it violates con- businessman has recently turned his public  NEW MEXICO: Gov. Michelle Lujan stitutional rights.  GEORGIA attention to restarting the state’s economy Grisham said that the state is likely to ex- : Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s  UTAH: In Utah, one of the few states and said that hospitals will soon be able re- tend major social distancing and business call to reopen shuttered businesses lets where a statewide shelter-in-place order is  INDIANA: The statewide stay-at-home sume elective procedures if they can prove restrictions through May 15 as it convenes gyms, hair and nail salons, bowling alleys voluntary, Republican Gov. Gary Herbert has order has been extended until May 1. Gov. they have enough protective equipment. mayors and business leaders to help with and tattoo parlors open with restrictions outlined plans to begin a slow re opening of Eric Holcomb on Monday lifted limits on economic recovery plans. The state has no Friday. Restaurants can resume dine-in ser- the state in early May. He allowed elective hospitals performing elective medical pro- deadline or date for starting its first phase vice Monday. Atlanta’s mayor has questioned surgeries to resume Wednesday, saying that cedures, and said that he might announce of reopening the economy. The Democrat the logic of moving so quickly, however, and hospitals now have enough to meet short- steps next week toward relaxing restrictions No stay-home order rejected calls to reopen nonessential busi- some business owners are reluctant to re- term needs and growth in new coronavirus on some businesses. The Republican said  S O U T H D A K O TA : Gov. Kristi Noem, a nesses in several counties with no con- open. Georgia’s testing system has lagged hospitalizations has decreased. modifications could vary across Indiana and Republican, has resisted calls to shut down firmed COVID-19 cases, citing new evidence behind much of the nation, and public health that major changes would be done in col- businesses or issue a stay-at-home order, of widespread asymptomatic infection. experts have warned that moving too quick-  COLORADO: Democratic Gov. Jared Polis laboration with neighboring states. even as she has come under criticism from ly could fuel a resurgence in infections. outlined a plan to ease statewide stay-at- some, especially after an outbreak infected  ILLINOIS: Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s home and nonessential business closures  MICHIGAN: Michigan’s stay-at-home  OKLAHOMA hundreds of workers at a Sioux Falls pork stay-at-home order, which also closes : Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt Monday. All nonessential retailers may soon order lasts through April 30. Democratic plant that had to be shuttered. Noem has in- nonessential businesses, expires April 30. announced plans Wednesday to allow non- offer curbside delivery and can fully reopen, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Wednesday that stead called on gatherings to be limited to 10 Schools were to remain closed through the elective surgeries to resume, and hair and at half-staff capacity and with protective she will extend the order longer, but also is or fewer people and on businesses and indi- semester with remote learning for students. nail salons, barbershops, spas and pet measures. Offices and personal services hoping to relax some restrictions to start viduals to practice safe distancing. Pritzker hasn’t said whether he will extend groomers to reopen Friday by appointment can do the same in May. Schools, universi- reopening sectors of the economy. Some the order, noting Tuesday that Illinois’ virus only and if they adhere to social distancing ties and gyms remain closed, along with in- form of the order — considered among the  WYOMING: Wyoming is among a handful cases likely won’t peak before mid-May, and strict sanitation protocols. Restaurant door restaurant and bar service. Residents nation’s toughest — will be in effect for a of states that hasn’t implemented a state- later than initially projected. dining rooms, movie theaters, gyms and are being urged to stay at home as long as “long time,” she said, hinting that the elderly wide stay-at-home order. Testing capac- places of worship can open May 1 as long they can. and people with chronic lung problems may ity for the coronavirus remains limited, but  RHODE ISLAND: Gov. Gina Raimondo as businesses follow social distancing and face restrictions longer than others. She is Republican Gov. Mark Gordon considers the has cautioned those in her state not to ex- sanitation protocols. expected to speak more about her plan on state already essentially in Phase One of the pect a rapid reopening. The Democrat said More gradual Friday.  ALASKA: Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s White House reopening guidelines. Gordon Wednesday that people 60 and older should has ordered schools and many types of busi- prepare to stay home even after a phased- administration announced plans to begin al-  ARIZONA: Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey said  ALABAMA: Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is ex- nesses to remain closed until April 30. in reopening begins, given their higher risk lowing the limited reopening of restaurants, Wednesday that he’s not yet ready to an- pected to announce next week what busi- stores, hair and nail salons and other busi- nounce an end to his statewide stay-at-home of COVID-19 complications. State parks and ness closures will continue. The Republican  NORTH DAKOTA nesses starting Friday. Restaurants, for order, but will allow hospitals to resume said that she is eager to reopen, but urged : Republican Gov. Doug beaches may be among the first locations to example, would be able to provide limited elective surgeries May 1. The Republican people to continue following the order. Burgum ordered most businesses closed reopen, with restrictions. dine-in services, but will only be able to op- governor said that his decision on whether until at least the end of April, and hasn’t The order, in place through April, disallows  MARYLAND erate at limited capacity and seat household to extend the order set to expire April 30 will dine-in restaurant service and closes non- signaled when he would lift the restrictions. : Gov. Larry Hogan is set members at the same table. be based on the virus data next week. Ducey essential businesses such as salons and en- Burgum said Tuesday that the state plans to to release a reopening plan Friday, but he said that he does not want to lose any gains tertainment venues. increase testing and contact tracing to pro- has said that it won’t be implemented until  TEXAS: State parks reopened and non- brought by the order put in place March 30. tect residents and meet White House guide- virus cases slow. The Republican noted essential surgeries have resumed, and all The governor said that he could continue the  MISSOURI: Republican Gov. Mike Parson lines to put people back to work. Wednesday that the federal plan calls for retailers will be allowed to sell items curb- order, modify it or let it expire. downward trends in numbers before begin- extended his stay-at-home order last week  NEBRASKA side beginning Friday. Republican Gov. Greg through May 3, but pledged that on May : Gov. Pete Ricketts hasn’t im- ning to reopen, “and we are not at that point” Abbott said that more relaxed restrictions  ARKANSAS: Republican Gov. Asa 4, “people are going to go back to work.” posed a stay-at-home order, but has required with Maryland still on an upward trajectory. are coming Monday. Hutchinson said Wednesday that the state that schools close and imposed a 10-person Democratic leaders in the St. Louis and  VIRGINIA will ease its ban on elective surgeries be- Kansas City areas, however, have extended limit on gatherings, including at businesses. : State residents are under a  S O U T H C A R O L I N A: Gov. Henry McMaster, ginning Monday . Hutchinson has said that local stay-at-home orders through mid-May. The Republican this week announced that stay-at-home order running through June 10, a Republican, has begun to gradually allow he hopes to begin lifting some of the state’s the state had launched an effort to allow the though Gov. Ralph Northam has said that the more businesses to reopen. On Tuesday, other restrictions May 4 and plans to an-  MISSISSIPPI: Republican Gov. Tate testing of up to 3,000 people per day within date can be amended. The Democrat has not nonessential businesses such as flea mar- nounce decisions on them starting next Reeves favors gradual reopening, but has five weeks, up from the current average of outlined a specific timeline for reopening kets, department stores and boutiques week, beginning with one on restaurants not set a timeline. On April 20, Reeves al- 600 to 800 tests. businesses, but has said generally that he could reopen, and local governments were April 29. Arkansas does not have a broad lowed nonessential businesses, including agrees with federal guidelines recommend-  IOWA allowed to remove barricades to beaches. stay-at-home order but has imposed other florists and clothing stores, to start delivery : Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds ing a phased-in approach which can begin McMaster said that the timing for additional rules. or curbside pickup. His stay-at-home order has extended emergency orders requiring after 14 days of declining cases. steps depends on reports from state health is set to expire Monday, but Reeves said that the closure of most retail businesses and  WISCONSIN officials.  OHIO: Republican Gov. Mike DeWine has people should continue social distancing be- schools. But the state’s many meat process- : The health secretary for said that some businesses could reopen yond then. ing plants have been allowed to operate Democratic Gov. Tony Evers last week ex-  TENNESSEE: Gov. Bill Lee announced May 1, without providing details. He said and have been dealing with numerous ill tended the state’s stay-at-home order earlier this week that he will not extend that the reopening must involve protocols workers. closing most nonessential businesses until  OREGON: Democratic Gov. Kate Brown the state’s mandatory safer-at-home such as social distancing, cleaning surfaces, May 26. It was originally set to end April 24. this week circulated Oregon’s own version order, which expires April 30. Instead, the frequent hand-washing and wearing masks. Republican legislative leaders on April 21 of a three-phase plan to lift restrictions Republican said that businesses in most DeWine said that it would take much longer asked the state Supreme Court to block the amid the coronavirus pandemic, includ- Not anytime soon counties will be allowed to reopen as early to resume mass gatherings like concerts order, arguing that it was a constitutional ing allowing child care facilities to reopen as Monday. The governor has not revealed and sporting events.  NEW YORK: The epicenter of the outbreak overreach. which businesses will be the first to phase in phase one and possibly restaurants. But in the U.S. is still in the midst of crisis and Oregon’s plan contains no time frame for re- back open, and said that he’ll give those  KENTUCKY: Gov. Andy Beshear an- not ready to start thinking about reopening.  NEVADA: Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak opening certain areas of the economy, and detail at week’s end. Large cities including nounced plans Wednesday to ramp up coro- Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that said Tuesday that he’s not close to relax- Brown has listed no specific end date for her Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville can de- navirus testing with new sites opening next he has enlisted former New York City Mayor ing restrictions and will take a gradual ap- social distancing directives. cide on their own when to reopen. week in Louisville and Lexington, the state’s Mike Bloomberg to help create a “tracing proach. He has not given a date for easing two largest cities, along with Owensboro army” to find people infected with the coro- restrictions, but said that the state needs  FLORIDA: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a and Bowling Green. The Democratic gov-  PENNSYLVANIA: Gov. Tom Wolf, a navirus and get them into isolation. New to see at least a two-week trend of declin- Republican, has asked his state coronavirus ernor also announced an initial phase of Democrat, has shut schools for the school York will work on the massive effort with ing hospitalizations and positive virus tests task force for recommendations by the end resuming hospital services, such as diag- year and shuttered tens of thousands of neighboring New Jersey and Connecticut. before easing restrictions. of next week on a plan for the first phase of nostic and radiology procedures, will start businesses. But he suggested that he could reopening the state. He said that the state next week. let his stay-at-home order expire after May  NEW JERSEY: The coronavirus hot spot  DELAWARE: Democratic Gov. John Carney should look at risk factors as it starts to 8 for residents of some counties and reopen with nearly 100,000 cases and 5,000 deaths has indicated that state officials will devel- reopen for business, and not just what’s  NORTH CAROLINA: Democratic Gov. Roy some business sectors, including construc- is not yet reopening. Democratic Gov. Phil op a plan for reopening Delaware’s economy essential. DeSantis has already allowed Cooper said that this week he’ll release more tion. New rules took effect this week, includ- Murphy joined the northeast group of based on guidance from the CDC, including beaches to reopen. details on testing, contract tracing and case ing requirements that essential businesses states, including New York, to coordinate 14 days of declining cases. Carney also said rate goals the state must meet before eas- provide protective gear to employees and reopening, but the governor said that the that extensive testing and contract tracing  LOUISIANA: Gov. John Bel Edwards’ ing business and movement restrictions. He make customers wear masks. state has to first see its curve begin to come programs must be in place before economic statewide stay-at-home order expires April also said that he would announce whether a down. He said that New Jersey also needs to restrictions are loosened. 30. The Democratic governor has said that stay-at-home order set to expire next week  NEW HAMPSHIRE: Republican Gov. Chris increase testing and broaden contact trac- he will lift some of his restrictions on busi- would continue. Sununu has appointed a bipartisan group of ing. Schools are closed by executive order at  MAINE: Democratic Gov. Janet Mills an- nesses by May 1, but hasn’t yet described lawmakers, business leaders and state of- least until May 15. nounced last week that her administration what he’ll reopen. In a first, small step, the  WASHINGTON: Democratic Gov. Jay ficials to examine how the state can begin is making plans for a phased economic re- governor announced that some non-emer- Inslee said that easing the stay-at-home to reopen its economy. The state’s stay-at-  MASSACHUSETTS: Gov. Charlie Baker start. Timing is uncertain, however, because gency medical procedures can resume on order now in place through May 4 will be home order expires May 4, but Sununu said said that it’s too early to begin reopening of a lack of testing, a prerequisite for re- Monday. gradual, with decisions based on markers that there will likely be further extensions. the state’s economy. The Republican said opening the economy. PAGE 14 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, April 24, 2020 NATION Severe weather sweeps through the South

Associated Press many years, if ever,” the sheriff told the newspaper. “Basically MADILL, Okla. — Severe the water rose really fast and we weather was moving through the had to rescue some people out of South on Thursday after at least homes. I think we had about 20 or six people died in Oklahoma, so homes that people were flood- Texas and Louisiana, including ed in.” a factory worker whose body was A woman was killed on a bridge found a quarter-mile away after in Woodworth, La., 15 miles south an apparent tornado struck his of Alexandria, due to the severe workplace and severely damaged weather, the Rapides Parish the town nearby. Sheriff’s Office told KALB-TV. More than 100,000 customers The sheriff’s office did not pro- from Texas to Mississippi were vide any details on how she died. without power Thursday as the At least three people were severe weather moved through, killed when an apparent tornado according to poweroutage.us, touched down in southeast Texas which tracks utility reports. about 6 p.m. Wednesday near Tornado warnings sent resi- Onalaska, about 75 miles north dents taking cover in southern of Houston, the Polk County Mississippi and Alabama. Trees Emergency Management System and power lines were toppled in said in a statement. The storm parts of west Alabama. No inju- also caused severe damage to ries or major damage were re- homes and other structures in ported immediately. Seven Oaks, said Carrie Miller, The factory worker was killed a spokeswoman for Polk County when a suspected twister hit just Judge Sydney Murphy. as the workforce was leaving for Charles Stephens of Onalaska the day from J&I Manufacturing told the Houston Chronicle that Above: This image in southern Oklahoma, Marshall he and his wife were holed up in made from video County Emergency Management their bathroom when a large pine provided by Thomas Director Robert Chaney said. The tree fell through their roof during Marcum shows a worker’s body was found about a the storms Wednesday night. tornado seen from fourth of a mile from the factory, “It took me 45 minutes to climb State Highway 48 Chaney said. through the roof to get out,” Ste- in Durant, Okla., That apparent tornado also phens said, adding that he had to Wednesday. Left: caused widespread damage in use a hatchet to get his wife out of People embrace Madill, near the Red River, said the debris. after an apparent Donny Raley, the city’s emergen- The Alexandria campus of tornado touched cy manager. Louisiana State University also down Wednesday in A Louisiana man was found saw some damage from the Onalaska, Texas. The dead after a witness saw him try storm. The university tweeted, storm caused severe to retrieve a trash can from water “All resident students safe. There damage to homes near a drainage ditch. He lost his is damage to DeWitt Livestock and other structures, footing and was swept away by building and a camper flipped but there were no floodwaters, DeSoto Parish Sher- over.” The campus was also left immediate reports iff Jayson Richardson told The without power. of deaths or serious Shreveport Times. A National Weather Service injuries, officials “There was some pretty ex- team will be dispatched to survey said. treme flooding here in Mansfield. damage and to confirm whether AP photos Water like I’ve not seen in many, the storms were tornadoes. US adds cameras at Mexico border despite drop in crossings

Associated Press said Matthew Dyman, a spokes- powers during the pandemic to 19 patients lined up along the of Homeland Security to send man for Customs and Border implement an aggressive bor- border,” said Shirk, an associate reconnaissance planes and mili- SAN DIEGO — The Trump Protection, which is under the De- der crackdown that has included political science professor at Uni- tary drones designed for battle- administration has been quietly partment of Homeland Security. turning away or immediately de- versity of San Diego. “And there grounds in Afghanistan and Iraq adding military surveillance cameras at the U.S.-Mexico bor- The request for cameras was porting asylum-seekers, includ- is no evidence that COVID-19 to the border. der in response to the coronavirus not “based on border flow num- ing minors. is even contributing to a surge Administration officials have pandemic, though fewer people bers“ but on rising coronavirus The military help means more in people trying to cross the declined to say whether that plan, appear to be crossing illegally. cases in Mexico, he said. Border Patrol agents can focus on border.” first reported by Newsweek on It’s the latest move as operations “Each person that avoids arrest apprehending people who cross The government’s own numbers Aug. 9, is still in the works. In at the U.S.-Mexico border have and makes further entry into the illegally or expelling foreigners show the opposite. Apprehensions December, Richardson, the U.S. become increasingly militarized United States has the potential to under a rarely used public health at the U.S.-Mexico border have Army North commander, ordered and secretive. be carrying the COVID-19 virus law that the Trump administra- been declining for nine straight historically unclassified docu- Documents obtained by The As- and puts American lives at risk,” tion tapped amid the pandemic, months. ments and daily briefings on the sociated Press show the Depart- Dyman said in a email. Dyman said. As of Sunday, the 60 added U.S.-Mexico border to be moved ment of Defense, at the request Apprehensions of people cross- The addition of the mobile cam- mobile surveillance cameras to a classified system to prevent of the Department of Homeland ing illegally have declined by 77% eras, which are mounted in the planned to be manned and op- further leaks. Security, sent 60 mobile surveil- since a peak in May, according to back of trucks, bring the total to erational, according to the docu- With the additional troops, lance cameras and 540 additional Customs and Border Protection. 192, according to the documents. ments. That day, the six Mexican about 3,000 active-duty ser- troops to the southwest border April figures have not been re- Southern border expert David states bordering the U.S. report- vice members are on the border this month. The documents are leased yet but are expected to be Shirk sees no justification for ed a total of about 125 confirmed along with 2,500 National Guard unclassified but for official use even lower. adding cameras and troops. He COVID-19 cases, according to troops. Barred from law enforce- only and were part of PowerPoint The cameras were set up pointed out that Mexico so far Mexico’s health secretary. By ment duties, they have kept a low slides created last week to brief days before President Donald has a fraction of the number of comparison, the four U.S. states profile and are largely doing on- Lt. Gen. Laura J. Richardson, Trump signed an executive order COVID-19 cases that have been that border Mexico — California, the-ground surveillance. commander of U.S. Army North, Wednesday placing a 60-day confirmed in the United States, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas The border mission — marking the primary unit overseeing mili- pause on issuing green cards in while deportees flown back from — recorded about 55,000 infec- one of the longest deployments of tary operations at the border. an effort to limit competition for the U.S. have introduced cases in tions Sunday. active-duty troops to the border The cameras are manned by jobs in a U.S. economy wrecked their home countries. Pentagon officials as recently in U.S. history — has cost more the military and will be removed by the coronavirus. “There is no evidence that sug- as August were considering a than $500 million since October after the pandemic has ended, Trump has used emergency gests there are hordes of COVID- request from the Department 2017. Friday, April 24, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 15

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Health — 21 Travel — 22-29 Music — 30-31 Television — 32-33 Crossword — 36 PAGE 16 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, April 24, 2020 WEEKEND: GADGETS & TECH GADGET WATCH Light, portable replacement for ordinary spiral notebook

BY GREGG ELLMAN You have eight choices of cover Tribune News Service colors, a microfi ber cleaning cloth and one Pilot FriXion pen ’ve always been one to go is included with each. lighter, smaller and as Online: getrocketbook.com portable as possible. The IRocketbook Core portable Some smart home systems reusable notebook is a nice addi- are more complex than others, tion to my mission. but overall, most are really easy My school years were during to set to operate devices in your the pen and pencil period, so I home. Sure, turning a light on or can only imagine how handy this off manually is easy. /TNS iStock product would have been during VERA But setting it up to that stage of my life. In these do it on a schedule Stay-at-home orders are causing people to rethink the role screen time plays in their lives. stay-at-home days, I would nor- can go easier on your mally have Post-it Notes covered energy consump- with chores and shopping lists tion and electric everywhere, but the Rocketbook bill, and that’s just Core simplifi es everything and one example of how The villain becomes a hero even lets me save and upload the smart home devices content in PDF or JPEG to cloud can help. services such as Google Drive, The latest smart iCloud, email and Dropbox. home product I tried ‘Screen time’ has gone from sin to survival tool To put my schoolwork theory is the Vera Ezlo Atom to the test, I enlisted a college smart home controller hub, part BY GEOFFREY A. FOWLER For millions of Americans now struggling with student to give the product a try. of the Vera controller family. AND HEATHER KELLY isolation or depression, screens are a path for Within a few days she gave it For the most part, the Atom The Washington Post healing. Every day at 9 p.m., New York comedian an A+, and especially enjoyed looks like a fl ash thumb drive Kelly Bachman hops on a video chat with com- the cloud upload with the reus- (1.1-by-0.4-by-2 inches) with e’re on Zoom calls six hours per day. plete strangers from around the world to read able notebook. She also pointed a standard USB-A connector The kids have gotten their own iPads. “Harry Potter” aloud. The connection is a “joyful out that for some classes a laptop built on a swivel hinge. Inside And no need to keep asking, Netfl ix constant,” she said. “We are trying to fi nd light in or tablet aren’t needed, making the Atom is a 160 MHz 32-bit W— we’re defi nitely still watching. dark places as Dumbledore would.” the Rocketbook Core lighter and LX6 processor, with NOR 16 But we should stop being hard on ourselves Unsurprising to anyone sheltering in place easier to tote around campus, MB of fl ash memory and SRAM for staring at screens and start embracing how alone or home schooling kids, Americans fortu- whenever college students actu- 520 KB of RAM. It’s built with they’re helping us survive. And in this extraordi- nate enough to have home broadband have never ally return to campuses. 2.4GHz Wi-Fi for connecting to nary moment, that’s just what the doctor ordered. used it more. Comcast says its peak network traf- At fi rst glance, the Rocketbook your home network. Before the coronavirus outbreak, Brett Ver- fi c is up as much as 60% in some regions. Verizon Core looks like a traditional It needs to be plugged into any gara abided by the trendy advice that excessive says overall network traffi c for video games is up spiral notebook. Instead of paper, USB power source and, when “screen time” was as bad as smoking, but for your 102%. Half of Americans think a home internet it makes use of patented reusable used with the Vera mobile app, it brain. He would put his phone on airplane mode outage would be a “very big” problem right now, technology consisting of syn- controls smart home devices in- at work to make its screen less alluring. Then according to the Pew Research Center. thetic paper, which you write on. cluding lightbulbs, thermostats, last month, New York forced him to stay at home What we heard from most other doctors and Once you’re done, the page wipes window sensors, motion detec- with roommates he hardly knows. “There’s just a therapists is that it’s OK to have more screen time clean with a damp cloth for the tors, locks and more. different lens to the world we’re currently in,” the now — just try to focus on the quality kind. next use. Setting a smart home device 27-year-old said during a break from playing the “I don’t want parents to beat themselves up Before erasing, uploading the intimidates a lot of users, but I latest “Animal Crossing” video game. about anything,” said Nusheen Ameenuddin, a content is pretty simple. With the found the Atom as easy as can Vergara joked he was “personally victimized” Mayo Clinic doctor and chair of the American Rocketbook app on your smart- be to use. I simply downloaded by a recent notifi cation from Apple that his screen Academy of Pediatrics council on communica- phone or tablet, the pages can be the app, follow the simple setup use had surged to 10 hours per day. “What do you tions and media. “These are really extraordinary, scanned for the cloud storage. instructions and had the Atom expect from me? Get out of here, iPhone.” unusual circumstances and we don’t expect any- Writing is done using any pen working to control lightbulbs A few weeks in, America’s great self-quaran- one — even before COVID-19 — to follow rules from the Pilot FriXion line of in seconds. I then connected it tine is prompting a rethink of one of the great one hundred percent.” markers or highlighters. to a few other Z-Wave security villains of modern technology: screens. Now your No one is saying we should become couch pota- The cost-friendly Rocketbook devices I already had planted in devices are portals to employment and education, toes. Sleep, fresh air and exercise improve your Core is available in letter size my home. ways to keep you inside and build community, mental health and build your immune system. (8.5-by-11 inches) with 32 pages The app has a user-friendly and vital reminders that you’re not alone. The old And all of the nasty problems we discovered with for $34, and the executive is dashboard, which lets you set up concerns aren’t gone, but they look different when apps, games and social media haven’t gone away, 6-by-8.8 inches with 36 pages for new rules for schedules, short- people are just trying to get by. from misinformation to bullying. $32. Both are also available with cuts and instant control. Before our new normal, screen time concerns But being stuck at home during the coronavirus a dot grid pattern or lined. I’d recommend it for fi rst-time had spawned an industry of screen “addiction” pandemic can actually give us some clarity about smart home users or for those experts, books and detox events. Researchers which uses make us feel better — and not. who have existing devices and have linked excessive screen time to depression “This isn’t the time to say all screens are bad,” want to control of them from and obesity. In 2016, the American Academy of said Tracy Dennis-Tiwary, a psychology profes- one place. The Atom Pediatrics decreed that kids aged 2 to 5 should sor at Hunter College in New York City. “This is also works with smart have no more than one hour of screen time per the time to say, ‘What am I noticing about how home assistants, day. In 2018, facing criticism from lawmak- technology supports my well-being — and how it Alexa, Google ers and even some investors, Apple and Google gets in the way?’ And that’s going to be different Assistant and added controls to their software to, theoretically, for every individual.” Apple short- encourage people to use their devices less. There are tips for a healthy balance that still cuts. Now many experts are reframing the issue, at resonate in the time of the coronavirus. Having Online: least temporarily, and rejecting screen shame. any rules in place, even if they slide away, can getvera.com; Last week, the World Health Organization of- help families cope, Ameenuddin said. Keeping $29.95 fi cially encouraged people to play video games devices out of the bedroom at night can help as a way to get us to stay at home. And the U.S. everyone sleep better. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Consider picking one day per week where you recommended people “call, video chat, or stay just put the phone down. Tiffany Shlain, author of connected using social media.” the book “24/6,” said her family has been unplug- Those screens are doing important jobs. ging for the Sabbath for a decade, and she fi nds They’re a way to keep kids distracted while par- the practice even more useful under stay-at-home ents working from home try to balance nonstop orders where everyone’s daily use of screens has video meetings and Slack notifi cations. With skyrocketed. seniors confi ned to their rooms for safety, nursing “We’re going through an extraordinary period homes have replaced daily activities with family in human history. And I want time to refl ect,” said ROCKETBOOK/TNS video calls. Shows like Netfl ix’s top-ranked “Tiger Shlain. “I feel like I’m just on and responding and King” are escapes to even-crazier realities. connecting all this stuff and it’s too much.” Rocketbook Core notebooks work with Pilot FriXion markers. Friday, April 24, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 17 WEEKEND: ENTERTAINMENT & FOOD

BY CAROLINA A. MIRANDA some way features the end of humanity Los Angeles Times — or a piece of humanity — I will watch it. ’ve twisted myself into a yoga pretzel And I will fi nd it relaxing. Mainly because nothing makes me feel better about my on Zoom. I’ve downloaded the medi- station in life than knowing that at least Disaster tation apps. I’ve watched koala bear a bunch of zombies aren’t gnawing at my Inaps on the San Diego Zoo’s koala dangling entrails. cam. (OMG, the baby.) All of it has helped Naturally, whenever I watch, I always soothe my simmering coronanxiety to — always — prepare a plate, since impend- some degree, though none quite as much as ing doom builds an appetite. Here, I outline degustation streaming a fi lm festival’s worth of disaster fi ve very simple dishes that can be made fl icks and diving into a pile of snacks. from just about any stock of disaster ra- “Armageddon.” “The Towering Inferno.” tions and pair them with fi ve of my favorite A coronavirus food and fi lm pairing guide “San Andreas.” “28 Days Later.” If it in disaster fi lms.

Diner dash Movie: “Miracle Mile” This 1988 fl ick by writer-director Steve De Jarnatt features a lovely young couple, played by Anthony Edwards and Mare Winningham, who meet and fall in love at the La Brea Tar Pits — because gazing upon a drowning mammoth is just the sort of thing to bestir hot pangs of desire. Their blossoming union, however, is cut short when Edwards picks up a ringing pay phone outside of Johnie’s Coffee Shop on Fairfax, and learns that a nuclear attack is imminent. Then it becomes a race against time to get out of L.A. before the bombs hit. The terrible haircuts and the scenes of the Miracle Mile in the ’80s make this a must-see for anyone who considers themselves an Angeleno. And, of course, there’s the dialogue: as riots consume Wilshire Boulevard, Winningham declares: “Hell, I’ll write an article about all this for Esquire. Someone will “The Andromeda Strain,” from 1971, with probably make a TV movie out of it.” Alexis Diaz de Villegas as Juan in “Juan de los Kraft mac and cheese and Campari soda. Or maybe a full feature fi lm. Muertos,” with a classic Cuban meal. Food pairing: Grilled ham and cheese sandwich. Since much of the action is set around a diner, it’s only right to eat diner-y 1970s cheese food. Pancakes, burgers and watery coffee are all good options. I went with A lo cubano what I had on hand: ham and American cheese, the sort of cheese that will Movie: “The Andromeda Strain” survive any end-of-the-world scenario. Movie: “Juan de los Muertos” (Juan of the Based on the book by Michael Crichton, Preparation tip: In grilling your sandwich, use all the butter you can. Ameri- Dead) the plot revolves around an alien contagion can cheese may survive a nuclear attack, but the butter defi nitely will not. In this humorous 2011 political allegory by that crash-lands to Earth aboard a satellite director Alejandro Brugues, a group of rum- and turns human innards to dust. A team of drinking Havana slackers face off against scientists take to a secret underground bun- an army of the undead — fl esh eaters they ker to study the rapidly multiplying organism initially confuse for dissidents. Alexis Diaz de so that they can develop a cure. It’s a race Villegas plays Juan, a veteran of the Cuban against time, and a U.S. president who isn’t intervention in Angola who makes an under- big into science. the-table business out of dispatching zombies And it’s totally worth it for the rudimen- with a variety of implements, including an oar. tary technology, 1970s sets and Kate Reid as Food pairing: Oven-roasted chicken with the lone female scientist, a sassy lady with a rice and beans and tostones. sensible haircut who chainsmokes and utters A Cuban movie calls for Cuban food, a lines like, “I never liked red lights. It reminds cuisine that knows how to make a lot out of a me of my years in a bordello.” few basic staples: rice, beans, chicken. But the Food pairing: Kraft macaroni and cheese critical part are the tostones: green plantains and steamed broccoli, accompanied by a glass that you fry twice . of Campari and soda. Preparation tips: Slice a green plantain This pairing is all about aesthetics: the into 1-inch-thick diagonal wedges. In a broad fi lm’s unnatural palette — those ’70s reds, frying pan, heat enough vegetable oil to cover greens and oranges — begs for food and drink the bottom of the pan over medium heat. Fry of an equally unnatural color. Kraft, with its the banana slices lightly on each side — about nuclear shade of orange, and its undertones three to four minutes total — and remove of milk protein concentrate, is just the sort of them when they start to soften and change thing you might eat in an underground bun- color. Drain on a paper towel. ker. Campari adds color, as well as the bitter Then comes the smashing. Cut a couple of taste of certain annihilation. large squares out of a brown paper grocery Preparation tips: The Kraft recipe calls bag. Place a piece of banana between them for ¼ cup milk and 4 tablespoons of butter. and use the palm of your hand to press them to

Change that to 2 tablespoons of milk and 5 PHOTOS BY CAROLINA A. MIRANDA/Los Angeles Times about a ½-inch width. Fry for about 3 to 4 more tablespoons of butter and you’ve got creamier minutes at medium heat, turning the bananas mac. Refi ll your Campari as needed. Grilled cheese and ham and a dazed Anthony Edwards in “Miracle Mile.” until they are golden and crisp. Salt to taste. Eggs and a side of apocalypse Instant soup’s on Movie: “This Is the End” Movie: “Flu” I thought the end of the world was When it comes to fl u fl icks, I am incred- going to be super-Mad Max. Instead, it’s ibly partial to South Korean director a tedium of Zoom video conference calls Sung-su Kim’s 2013 thriller, which fea- and celebrities singing “Imagine.” Which tures all the right teeth-gritting plot lines: is why I deeply appreciate the lowbrow a fast-moving, fatal virus and a single- humor of “This Is the End,” the stoner-bro mom doctor who is laboring to fi nd a cure — in a race against time and an offi cial comedy directed by Seth Rogen and Evan from the World Health Organization with Goldberg, that captures the banalities an itchy trigger fi nger. and fragile egos of a pack of callow actors Food pairing: Nongshim instant ramen. as they muddle through a biblical apoca- Bacon, eggs and Seth Rogen in gross-out It may seem glib to suggest Korean Nongshim instant ramen paired with the lypse. apocalypse fl ick “This Is the End.” instant ramen for a Korean movie, but 2013 fi lm “The Flu,” starring Hyuk Jang. Plus, there’s Emma Watson fi ghting off it’s a match made in disaster heaven. a bunch of dudes with an ax, Channing soul, you might as well eat all your protein One, because Nongshim instant ramen is Preparation tips: Prepare as directed, Tatum as a BDSM slave, and a cameo by in one go — like the unrepentant Danny featured in a scene that takes place inside then add whatever toppings you can the Backstreet Boys. It’s the end of days McBride, in a key scene in the movie. a quarantine camp. Also, because Nong- scrounge up. My favorites include canned — as written by People magazine. Preparation tip: Fry the eggs in the shim ramen is good. Two of my preferred or frozen corn (we’re in a pandemic; don’t Food pairing: Fried eggs and bacon bacon grease. We can’t see your too-tight fl avors are Spicy Seafood Ramyun and the judge), mushrooms, an egg and a pat of but- with toast. pants on Zoom. Hell, we can’t tell if you’re Shin Ramyun Noodle Soup in Gourmet ter. Scallions, chopped cilantro and leftover If the devil is about to consume your wearing pants at all. Spicy fl avor. bits of chicken or beef are also great. PAGE 18 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, April 24, 2020 WEEKEND: VIDEO GAMES

So you want to be a gamer? Here’s why right now is a good time to get started

iStock BY GENE PARK Consider buying a Nintendo Switch (or another console) The Washington Post ven though more than 67 percent of Americans If you’re new to gaming, there are three great op- since the Mario or Tetris days, you’ll be pleased to play video games (according to research com- tions for beginners, and chances are you already own know that the newer versions of those games are even pany EEDAR), becoming a gamer can seem like one or two of them: a smartphone or PC. To expand more inviting than ever before, and most, if not all, of your options, we recommend getting a Nintendo them are on the Switch. And for a $20 Nintendo Online a diffi cult challenge. The range of consoles, pe- Switch. subscription, you can play old Nintendo and Super ripherals and titles can feel like an insurmount- E Games made in house by Nintendo (called “fi rst- Nintendo games via a free app on the Switch. Check to able obstacle to fi guring out just where to begin. party” games, as opposed to other “third-party” see if your favorites are already available. But despite how steep the learning curve may appear studios) are very deliberately and laboriously designed When it comes to choosing the regular Switch or the (and how many buttons are on the newer controllers), to appease players of all levels. It’s been Nintendo’s Switch Lite, we’re going to recommend the regular gaming is actually easier to get into today than it ever has mission since the 1980s to design games and hardware Switch outright. The Lite is great if you’re going to been. Developers are keen on expanding their audience, that expands the gaming audience. play alone, but gives you little-to-no options to play and many deliberately design games to make them more If you’re someone who hasn’t touched a video game with your family or friends. accessible to new players. Moreover, the wide range of titles means there’s pretty much a fun game for everyone. Small developers (indies) have stepped up to fi ll in voids as multi- million “AAA” studios focus on keeping the mass audience The case for the PS4 Making the most of mobile gaming of experienced gamers. If you’re looking for a more powerful console, the If you have an iOS or Android device, you already “There’s so many more potential ways today to get started PlayStation 4 or Xbox One are the two to consider. have the most popular gaming platform. Even if you and to fi nd the game that is exactly what you want, com- They’re a bit more intimidating than a Switch, but have an iPhone 6 or older iPad, you’ve got a perfectly pared to before where you were looking for different fl avors they boast a bigger game library, particularly for capable gaming device. of graphics-heavy action games,” said researcher Nick Yee, people looking for a graphically beautiful game with The only thing you might consider getting is a con- founder of consulting fi rm Quantic Foundry. a rich story or competitive multiplayer game. troller. You can game using the touch screen controls, Yee has consulted with many developers on tailoring their To that end, we recommend the PlayStation 4, but for more complicated, engaging games like the games to specifi c audiences, creating a chart of “gamer mo- which boasts a better library of exclusives, including ones we’ll recommend, you should consider either the tivations” to help. It’s not enough that someone might want a “God of War” and the “Uncharted” series. Those Xbox One controller or the cheaper PlayStation Du- strategy or a farming game, Yee says. What matters is how games aren’t the most friendly for beginners, but alShock 4. Both pair perfectly well via Bluetooth with that gamer feels, and whether their experience is enough to they set the bar for quality. either smartphone system, and it’s a cheap way to get keep them going. Quantic Foundry offers a free fi ve-minute The one wrinkle with both the PlayStation 4 and survey for anyone who wants to fi nd out their motivation Xbox One: Sony and Microsoft (the respective mak- a console-like experience. If you opt for an Xbox One for gaming (or life in general): Are you competitive? Do you ers of both consoles) insist their next-generation controller, make sure it’s a recent one with Bluetooth feel rewarded through achievement? Do you want to be im- consoles (PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X) are still support. mersed and get lost in a story and fantasy world? Or do you being released later this year. But as you all know, just want to meet new people? Yee likens shopping for video it’s a long year. games to fi nding the right perfume scent. Here’s our advice: Just buy the console you want It’s probably best to avoid PCs for now “You can say, ‘I like the smell of this perfume,’ but unless now. Nintendo isn’t going to be updating its stable you understand perfume notes and the way they interact, it’s anytime this year, and the PlayStation 4 library is so If you have a PC running Windows, check your hard to describe what you want to a salesperson,” Yee said. robust, you’ll have more than enough entertainment system specifi cations, and then check the PC re- “That’s the same situation with games. Showing the table to for years. New gamers won’t need a PlayStation 5, quirements for your chosen game. But given all the people is helpful because it grounds them in the framework and even if you want to upgrade, Sony says most (but variables and complications that go into PC setups of games, and the vocabulary.” not all) of its games for PS4 will play on the PS5. (consistently changing hardware requirements for If you’re interested in exploring the gaming world, one The Xbox One S is a tougher proposition, since it new games, driver updates, etc.), we can’t recom- of the best places to start is by taking the survey for gamer has a weaker library. But the titles are often on sale mend PC gaming until you get your feet wet oth- motivations. Armed with that vocabulary, you’ll be about as for cheap. Moreover, the console makes a decent TV erwise. Consoles are (usually) cheaper than most ready as you’ll ever be to dive in. To get you closer to that box top for your living space, allowing you to use it gaming PCs, and are defi nitely simpler to use and starting line, here are our intro-level recommendations on as a hub for your cable in addition to your streaming maintain. where to begin. apps. CONTINUED ON PAGE 19 Friday, April 24, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 19 WEEKEND: VIDEO GAMES FROM PAGE 18 Untitled Goose Game (all consoles, Story/immersion Creativity/discovery Windows/Macintosh): The indie darling Now we’re going to recommend a You want to become someone else, feel Do you call yourself a creative? This is few games based off categories of Yee’s of 2019 is a simple, two-button game of getting a goose through a town and mak- as if you’re somewhere else. For you, the your category. Each of these games offer motivations. These aren’t all the newest narrative, the characters and plot are literally millions of ways to express your- games, but they’re popular, acclaimed ing mischief. You do this by interacting with the environment. The fi rst task, for what keeps you interested and playing. self through art, fashion and personality. titles mostly designed to minimize any Like watching a good HBO show, you Animal Crossing: New Horizons prohibitive learning curves. example, is as simple as opening a farm gate. Your next task is a variety, including can’t wait to see what happens next. (Nintendo Switch): It’s the “it” game of Social/community moving certain objects around to some- Journey (iOS, PlayStation 4, PC): Also the current pandemic, and for good rea- thing more complicated like distracting made by thatgamecompany, Journey is an son. The game is simple in how it controls Video games offer opportunities to arresting adventure meant to emphasize and simulates a busy day of errands and make new friends. Contrary to popular the farmer so you could run past him. Un- titled Goose Game is an excellent teacher the smallness of our existence, and the work. The game’s objectives are as simple stereotypes, many gamer communities wonder and curiosity that comes with as “collecting fruit” or “chopping down are often welcoming and eager to help you of how to pick out important visual cues you can interact with in gaming. living in a large, scary world. Like Sky, it’s trees,” largely done with just two buttons. ease your way into a game’s systems and a game primarily about moving through But the real reward is customizing your rules. We recommend you fi nd a forum Portal 2 (Windows/Macintosh): This might seem like the most advanced game beautiful environments. Journey is often town (or in this case, island) and char- or message board (such as Resetera), a game cited whenever anyone questions acter. There’s a lot of freedom to tailor Facebook Group or Reddit subreddit that so far, but mechanically it’s very simple, and like Minecraft the artistic merits of a video game story. the appearances of buildings, streets, focuses entirely on your game of choice. It’s also another great introduction to environments and your own home to your (This advice holds for every category, by is a great way to ac- climate to 3D, fi rst- understanding visual cues, as the game exact aesthetic. the way.) relies on your own curiosity to explore. The Sims 4 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Don’t ask questions under YouTube person movement. The goal of Portal is The Walking Dead, Season 1 (iOS/An- Windows/MacOS): If you want a life simu- videos or any other generalized forum droid, all consoles, Windows/MacOS): The lator more grounded in reality, The Sims like Twitter. It’s a waste of time. It’s to simply get from one side of the room Walking Dead game is often considered a series has been an introduction to gaming important that you fi nd communities that better written story for the past two decades. It’s a life simula- are specifi cally focused on your game of to the other, all while using a special gun than its namesake tor, job simulator and home builder all in choice. That’s where you’ll fi nd the best TV show. You play one, all free of any prohibitive mechanics. information. that shoots two por- tals for you to travel as a felon who takes And the topic matter is easy to grasp since It’s also important to note that most a little girl under his it deals with modern day-to-day issues gaming platforms have a voice chat mute through. Portal 2 also tells a hilarious wing to survive the like getting a job, fi lling out your fridge, function. Each game and console have zombie apocalypse. going to yoga or even raising a family. their own rules, so Google is your best story with award- winning dialogue. But most importantly, The game introduces friend in tracking those down. But if you many things to new Action/excitement want to keep things quiet and reduce it’s a very engaging introduction to how video game physics can work, how objects players, including This is the stereotypical video game trolling to zero, muting everyone is your visual cues and some genre. You want to be thrilled, and you best bet. interact and bounce off the environment and yourself. limited navigation want something more fast-paced, with just Minecraft (iOS/Android, all consoles, (which makes it a little bit of mayhem in the mix. These Windows): There’s probably no better Achievement/power growth easier), but the most are probably the hardest types of games “modern game as training wheels.” It’s You don’t just love collecting and com- important thing is that it forces players to for beginners, but there are still plenty of history’s most popu- options to ease your way in. petition, you want it all and you want to make decisions that impact how the story lar game for several New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe be the best. This is a great category for plays out in dramatically different ways. reasons. It’s incred- (Nintendo Switch): It’s the same 2D Mario perfectionists and overachievers. Playing on a touch screen with your phone ibly easy to run on or tablet might actually be the ideal way, game you know and love, and it’s one of Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu/Let’s Go any device, includ- since many of the game’s actions require the best ever made. Better yet, you can Eevee (Nintendo Switch): At their core, ing just about any simple button presses. play through the game as two characters Pokemon games are simply “rock, paper, PC. It’s Oregon Trail Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (iOS/ (Toadette and Nabbit) designed for inex- scissors” with a few more rules. Water for the 21st century. Android, all consoles, Windows): Phoe- perienced players. Both make the game Pokemon beats fi re Pokemon, fi re Poke- And most impor- nix Wright is credited as popularizing signifi cantly easier, with Nabbit being all mon burns grass, grass defeats water, tantly, it gives new the “visual novel” format of gaming in but invincible. Last century, Mario games and so on. There are more variations of players a low-stakes, the West. You play as a green criminal trained the world on how to navigate a 2D low-stress environ- this, but it rarely gets more complicated. defense lawyer in his early 20s. It’s part game. Toadette and Nabbit are there to ment to get used Plus, the Pokemon story might feed your murder-mystery, part court procedural make sure it stays that way. to moving in a 3-D competitive spirit since the games are all drama. You simply choose what to say, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (iOS/ space. Once you’re acclimated to Mine- about “catching them all” and advancing and you use logic to provide evidence in Android, all consoles, Windows/MacOS): craft, you could graduate to other games. as a Pokemon trainer. While Pokemon court, which is all great training for more The LEGO brand action games are perfect Or you could join millions of others on Sword and Shield are the newer games, complex role-playing games. But while for inexperienced players, since there’s already-created servers to keep playing the Let’s Go titles of 2018 are remakes of the gameplay is simple, the story isn’t. no real way to lose in them. If your LEGO and fi nd your community. the ’90s originals, which introduced an You won’t want to stop until you can rest Spider-Man “dies,” he just simply pops Sky (iOS): An award-winning indie entire generation to the role-playing game your case. back in and you can keep going. Any Lego- developer, thatgamecompany is known concept. There’s no better place to start. branded action game will do, but the Mar- for making beloved, easy-to-play games Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo vel characters add some familiarity and that are meant to stir universal emo- Switch): Even if you have a driver’s variety. These games can be played with tions like curiosity and wonder. Sky is an license, it’s sometimes tough to stay on local cooperative multiplayer, so they’re online multiplayer game that enables only the road in racing fun and accessible for the whole family. encouraging or helpful actions — actions games. The latest We’ve yet to discuss a lot of aspects which can be ignored, if you so choose. Mario Kart on the about gaming, including general gaming Cooperative play only makes an easygo- Switch fi xes this rules about controls and the online ser- ing game even easier, which is in itself a by offering “Smart vices offered. Every game and every plat- reward, if only because it makes it easier Steering,” which en- form offers something different, and when to absorb the gorgeous sights and sounds. sures you never fall it comes to more granular aspects, Google People of all ages play this, and it’s a great or hit the sides of the and YouTube are your best friends. Gam- game to share with family. And because road. This feature is ers and gaming studios have been putting it has no enemies, no time limit and no the perfect training up guides and instructions for the past pressure, it’s a great way to get used to 3D wheels system to two decades, and the Internet is full of movement. get you started on good, tried-and-true advice. competitive racing Mastery/strategy/ games. Start with decision-making Mario Kart, and eventually you can work Consider these games if you’re a person your way up to more robust driving games who thinks in the long term. This type of like the Gran Turismo or Forza Horizon gamer might keep a cool head to think series, which offer endless amounts of clearly and plan ahead, fi nding fulfi llment cars and upgrades. not just in making decisions, but seeing Diablo 3 (all consoles, Windows): the results play out. While Pokemon is on the easy side of Tetris 99 (Nintendo Switch): It’s mostly the RPG spectrum, the Diablo series the game you remember, and it’s free. You is a little more involving and action do play by yourself for the most part, but intensive. But the third installment there is a competitive twist. You’re also from 2012 is extremely affordable competing with 98 other players to see today, and its movement isn’t much how long you can keep your screen free of more complicated than the original blocks. It’s another layer of pressure, but Zelda games. Sure, the system to “level Tetris has never been an easygoing game. up” might be a bit more complicated It gives you a taste of online competition than Pokemon, but it’s a great introduction in a game where almost anyone can im- to understanding the quest for more pow- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe mediately grasp the rules. erful, more attractive “loot” in games. Nintendo PAGE 20 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, April 24, 2020 WEEKEND: VIDEO GAMES

In Resident Evil 3, the 1999 survival horror classic has been reimagined with cutting- edge graphics and gameplay. Capcom photos

Battling the undead — again RE3: Superb graphics, good level design, but it’s still the zombie apocalypse

BY CHRISTOPHER BYRD sin — a hulking “bioweapon,” code-named standard diffi culty level, ammo isn’t plenti- Special to The Washington Post Nemesis, who is dedicated to exterminating ful but it isn’t vexingly scarce either. Enemy any member of the Special Tactics and Res- placement and resources are carefully dis- ’m typically numb to the cultural fi xation cue Service (S.T.A.R.S.). Following a frantic tributed throughout the map to tease players with zombies. One can see only so many escape from her apartment, Jill fi nds herself with the possibility that they might run out of instances of brain munching and ex- on the zombie-overrun streets of Raccoon ammo. By contrast, Carlos’ sections are more Iposed entrails before the power to shock City where she eventually runs into Carlos action-oriented. Because he’s armed with an begins to dim. That said, when the Resident Oliveira, a mercenary who works for the assault rifl e, the developers can throw more Evil series is at its best I can ignore how cliche Umbrella Corporation. foes in his direction. Save for an intense the whole zombie-killing enterprise is. Carlos’ employer was responsible for the shootout at a hospital, Carlos’ missions feel Capcom has recently been on a remake manufacture of the biological agent that more forgiving. kick. The recent release of Resident Evil turns people into zombies. Carlos, however, is Progress unfolds by scurrying back and 3 comes a little more than a year after the a genial dupe who understands his mission to forth across levels, fi nding an item here that release of its numerical predecessor. Surpris- be a humanitarian one. Although Jill takes an can be used over there. Much of the game’s ingly, I’ve found it to be my favorite of the initial dislike to him, the two work together to tension arises from the dread of wondering past three games because of its brisk pacing try to restore Raccoon City’s subway system if you’ll make it back to a save point with the and the ways in which it varies the tempo of to help evacuate civilians. item you need to open another branch of the the action. Players alternate between Jill and Carlos map. I appreciate how well the level design Resident Evil 3 wastes no time establishing over the length of the campaign. Jill’s sec- works to play off the sense of the frustration its zombie apocalypse scenario. At the start, tions hew closer to the survival horror tem- that comes from smacking into locked doors, special agent Jill Valentine, who works for plate of Resident Evil 2. For most of the fi rst and the corresponding delight that comes the Raccoon City police department, awak- half of the game, Jill must rely on a handgun from fi nally opening them. The intricate level ens from a zombie-tinted nightmare only to and shotgun to put down the various types of design is purpose-built for generating waves fi nd herself terrorized by a monstrous assas- hellish creatures that cross her path. On the of tension. One of my problems with most horror games is that repeated encounters with the same enemy types diminish their possibility to unnerve. On that score, Resident Evil 3 does a decent job of introducing new enemies and presenting different variations of Jill’s arch foe, Nemesis. Though I can’t say I found the game to be that scary, I did hope that the game’s monstrous bugs, which like to jump on people and inject a colony of parasitical maggots down their throats, wouldn’t crop up in my dreams. The true star of Resident Evil 3, though, is the superb RE graphics engine, which debuted in 2017’s Resident Evil 7: Biohazard. Environments in the game are dramatically lit and brimming with details. As I made my way through the campaign, I couldn’t help but wonder how the engine will scale after the release of the next-generation consoles. Parts of the game, such as the opening in Jill’s apartment, look positively cinematic — so textured and atmospheric that one can almost imagine video games drawing near the end of the uncanny valley in our life- times. If and when that should occur, I hope that Capcom will have found another horror template than zombies. Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One Online: residentevil.com/re3 Friday, April 24, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 21 WEEKEND: HEALTH & FITNESS Getting back to normal Is a second wave of infections avoidable? iStock

BY JOHN WOOLFOLK test. We won’t fi nd cases if we’re not testing and able to The Mercury News identify outbreaks.” Widespread availability of tests that could confi rm that someone has unknowingly been infected and recovered ur unprecedented stay-home orders to check the deadly from the disease — many get only mild symptoms more coronavirus’ spread are showing signs of success, but they like a cold or infl uenza and don’t get tested — will also be helpful. can’t last forever, and health offi cials are scrambling to fi gure “If you’re immune, you can go back to work,” Luby out when and how they might ease the restrictions without said. “Maybe that’s who you can have as a front line O health worker, a waiter at your table. We’re not there, but unleashing a surge of new infections. that’s much sooner, likely in weeks or months.” Luby said it would make sense to start lifting restric- When they let us go out again, will we still be expected to wear masks? tions for people by age group because the disease hits Will they be checking our temperatures at schools or our COVID-19 harder with age. “We are going to have to go back to work — the fi rst status to enter restaurants, stores and workplaces? Will there still be thing we could do is let young people go back,” Luby said. “The data are so clear it is older people who are more at sneeze shields and six-foot spacing markers at the grocery checkouts? risk.” That, too, would come with a major trade-off: Infected Health offi cials in California’s Bay Area are just start- and aggressive testing and case monitoring were hailed people without symptoms are still capable of spreading ing to build consensus around what sorts of benchmarks as a model for containing the outbreak. It has since the virus. might signal it’s safe to begin lifting rigid social-distanc- ordered schools and nonessential workplaces to close Smith envisions a gradual reversal of the stay-home ing restrictions and how to go about it. They are keeping temporarily. orders, likely starting at the statewide level and then an eye overseas, as China just lifted its strict quarantine “One thing we know is when we start backing off of so- regionally as local health offi cials gain confi dence that of Wuhan, the city where the outbreak originated, after cial distancing,” Smith said, “there will be new transmis- sustained levels of new cases have dropped to a level 76 days. sions because they will occur.” where they can handle a new cluster of infections. “There’s a lot to consider if we’re going to make this The key, Smith said, is to get to a point where the health “Each community is going to have to respond to their work and not fall backwards and have to do this all over system can effectively manage new spikes in cases with- local conditions,” said Smith, who expects the Bay Area again,” said former California Public Health Offi cer Dr. out having to reimpose widespread lockdowns. to act together as one community. Karen Smith, who has been a lead adviser to Santa Clara One key that epidemiologists agree will be needed is Shelter-in-place will gradually give way to allowing County’s health offi cer. “As far as I know, nobody has a far more extensive testing to identify who has already more types of businesses to open and permission for plan. A lot of people have ideas.” been infected and when people become sick so they can progressively larger public gatherings, with concerts, Since the Bay Area announced the nation’s fi rst stay- be isolated and others who have come in contact with parades and sporting events the last home orders March 16 — and Gov. Gavin Newsom soon to come back, Smith said. followed with a similar statewide decree — the rate of Experts envision repeated, smaller new infections has slowed, a sign of what epidemiologists ‘ The timelines tend to be longer than we’d like. infection spikes along the way. call “fl attening the curve” of new cases. But the virus “It will come in waves, maybe three has ravaged states that acted later, like New York. Now, There’s only one time a vaccine was developed waves, four waves,” said Dr. Robyn whether the Bay Area leads the way in reversing the fast enough to interrupt an outbreak, and that Gershon, clinical professor at New lockdown remains to be seen. Local offi cials and Newsom York University School of Global have made clear it won’t happen soon. was in Hollywood in the movie “Contagion.” ’ Public Health. “We’re working really hard thinking about what would Dr. Stephen Luby And many of the markers of life the signals be in order to relax a little bit,” Santa Clara Epidemiologist and professor of with the coronavirus — keeping six County Health Offi cer Dr. Sara Cody said. “It’s going to medicine at Sanford University feet apart from each other, wearing take a while to fi gure that out.” face masks in public — are likely to Only a few things will truly end the COVID-19 pan- continue as restrictions ease. “I think demic that has sickened more than 1.6 million people and them can be tracked down and monitored. A “roadmap people will get used to masking in public,” Smith said. killed more than 97,000 worldwide: an effective cure for to reopening” by the American Enterprise Institute, a With health departments already stretched thin, they the disease, a vaccine to shield people from it, or enough Washington, D.C., think tank, said we’ll need the capabil- will need help to effectively monitor the newly infected people catching it to build up “herd immunity” in the ity to test 750,000 people a week. There have been 2.4 and their close contacts when restrictions lift, Smith said. population. None of those are close. million tested in the U.S. to date, according to the COVID Health offi cials are looking at increasing staffi ng, per- “The timelines tend to be longer than we’d like,” said Tracking project. haps with trained volunteers to do case monitoring, and Dr. Stephen Luby, an epidemiologist and professor of Aggressive testing, tracing and monitoring of people using technology like cellphone applications to help. medicine at Stanford University who is researching vac- who were in contact with the infected is what helped The technology wouldn’t be used to enforce restric- cines. “There’s only one time a vaccine was developed Asian countries hit earlier in the outbreak tamp down tions like in China and some other Asian countries, Smith fast enough to interrupt an outbreak, and that was in Hol- infection rates and limit public restrictions. said, but more as a means of staying in contact with the lywood in the movie ‘Contagion.’ ” Before we get to that next phase, Smith said that local infected or exposed. Only about 0.14% of the U.S. population is confi rmed so offi cials will be looking to see that new hospitalization “We just want to be continuously in contact with far to have caught the disease, and although more people admissions — which they consider a more reliable indica- people, fi nd out each day how they’re doing, what symp- likely have been infected than tested, it is assumed the tor of both the extent and impact of infections — subside toms they have,” Smith said. vast majority of people remain at risk of the illness when for at least two weeks to a level where hospitals have the But while health offi cials are wary of removing re- restrictions lift. capacity to handle new case clusters. That will vary from strictions too soon, they also worry the public will lose Health experts expect that any lifting of restrictions place to place. patience. will unleash new waves of infections. That just happened “We want to fi rst and foremost be sure to have ad- “The longer this goes on,” Smith said, “the harder it is in Singapore, a city-state whose early social distancing equate hospital capacity,” Smith said. “And we have to to tell people you have to keep interrupting your life.” PAGE 22 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, April 24, 2020 WEEKEND: TRAVEL Europe Constance comments There’s much to see, say about

lovely lake bordering 3 countries ANJA KOEHLER/© Bregenzer Festspiele

he beautiful Bodensee Above: In Bregenz, a stage — or Lake Constance on the lake is prepared for as it’s known to speak- Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto. If Ters of English — laps the opera goes on, its dates are the borders of Germany, Aus- scheduled for July 23-Aug. 23. tria and Switzerland. Central Europe’s third-largest lake is under enter free. Follow adorable also Europe’s biggest drinking- animal antics on the Affenberg water reservoir, supplying more Salem channel on YouTube. than four million households on For a charming town with a daily basis. Lake Constance is unique fl air, call in to nearby made up of three distinct bod- Karen Bradbury Meersburg. After walking its ies of water: the larger eastern steep cobblestone streets, drop section, known as the Obersee; in for lunch or dinner at one of the much smaller Untersee to Year-round fun the restaurants serving freshly- CHICAGO TRIBUNE/TNS the west; and the Seerhein, the Once the world returns to caught fi sh from the lake. While A giant peacock made of fl owers greets visitors on Mainau, the 2.5-mile stretch of the Rhine relative normalcy and regu- eel, pike, perch or zander all so-called “Flower Island” on Lake Constance, or the Bodensee. connecting the two. lar events resume, annual make good choices, the Felchen, Many out-of-the-ordinary highlights of the Lake Con- a whitefi sh from the salmon experiences await a traveler to stance area include the vast family, is a Lake Constance this stunning part of the world. cross-border fl ea market in specialty. Wash it down with a Unfortunately, most of these Konstanz, Germany, and nicely chilled Mueller-Thurgau, remain inaccessible for the mo- Kreuzlingen, Switzerland, the local white wine. ment. Until such time as muse- in late June; the Seenach- Heading east along the shore, ums and attractions are again up tfest, an open-air festival we reach Friedrichshafen, from and running, the links provided crowned with fi reworks, in which our Zeppelin fl ight de- to virtual experiences will help Konstanz in early August; parts. From the birthplace of the you to get to gain a feel for them. a Middle Ages Market in airship fi rst launched more than Our journey begins in the Meersburg in early October a century ago, passengers ascend German city of Konstanz, on the and the Harbor Christmas to a height of roughly 1,000 feet, lake’s northwestern shore, and market in Lindau, held from which they can watch the takes us clockwise. right by the waterfront and world going by far below at the Konstanz’s best asset must be overlooked by snow-capped relaxed speed of just over 40 its proximity to the lake. Start Alpine peaks. miles per hour. Various routes your tour in the harbor, where are available; a 30-minute fl ight photo ops in front of the im- costs 255 euros. Book at zeppe- pressive Imperia statue await. the opposite shore of the lake lin-nt.de This statue commemorates the Continuing south and crossing to visit the Pfahlbauten (Pile CHICAGO TRIBUNE/TNS Council of Constance, held by the Dwellings) Museum in Unter- into Austria, we reach Bregenz. Roman Catholic Church from uhldingen. This UNESCO-listed Here, for one very special month Centuries-old Meersburg Castle remains in excellent condition. Its 1414 to 1418 to resolve the schism site shows us 23 reconstructed of the year, you can experience restored rooms are full of artifacts of daily life from long ago. that had left the church with dwellings of Stone and Bronze opera performed on the See- three popes instead of one. And Age societies, who lived an buhne, a giant stage set directly yes, she did just move. The 30- ecologically sustainable lifestyle upon the lake. In 2020, Giuseppe foot high statue rotates around in harmony with their great Verdi’s Rigoletto opera was to her axis every four minutes. lake between 4000 and 850 B.C. have its second season. The stage Our next stop is Mainau, By building their dwellings on set featuring a gigantic clown nicknamed the “Flower Island.” stilts, they protected themselves head and his two detached hands, This private, family-owned from fl ooding while remaining one of which clutches a helium island closed to motorized close to the rich fi shing grounds balloon, looks pretty spectacular. vehicles brims with fl owers, that helped to sustain them. The A few tickets to performances plants and trees that stage a hot archaeological open-air museum during the July 23-Aug. 23 sea- horticultural show during the can only be explored by means of son remain; prices begin at 50 warm months of the year. First, a guided tour led in German, but euros, but most likely you’ll only tulips and rhododendrons spring info boards in English help deci- fi nd seats going for well in excess like hope eternal, followed by pher the experience. Adult entry of 100 euros. That is, of course, a sea of roses. In autumn, the costs 10 euros, ages 5-15 pay if the show does go on. Online: dahlias take their fi nal bows. 5 euros, and ages 4 and under bregenzerfestspiele.com Sequoia trees, a Teutonic castle enter free. For a virtual tour, see For our last stop on our and the St. Marien church can pfahlbauten.de/museum/virtuel- three-country tour, we’re skip- be enjoyed whatever the season. ler-rundgang.html. ping clear across the lake to The butterfl y house is a high- Just down the road and slightly the charming medieval town light for all ages, while kids will inland, Affenberg Salem affords of Stein am Rhein. This Swiss enjoy the adventure playgrounds. visitors the chance to edge up beauty fascinates with a street Admission costs 22 euros for close to roughly 200 Barbary plan that’s remained intact for adults while kids 12 and under Apes. Their habitat here is simi- centuries and its pedestrian- are free; to escape the worst of lar to that of the species’ original ized inner core, the perfect the crowds, enter after 5 p.m., home in northern Africa. In May, place from which to gaze up at when tickets go for half price. the sight of the baby macaques the astonishingly pretty and See mainau.de or visit virtually will melt your heart. Other detailed frescoes painted upon via the Insel Mainau channel on animals to see at close range the houses. Once you see them, Stars and Stripes YouTube. include storks and fallow deer. you’ll understand why this town By means of the Konstanz- Adult entry costs 9 euros, ages is often voted one of the most The Swiss town of Stein am Rhein dates back to the 15th century Meersburg ferry, we set sail to 6-15 pay 6 euros, and ages 5 and beautiful in Switzerland. and is famous for the picturesque murals that decorate the houses. Friday, April 24, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 23 WEEKEND: QUICK TRIPS Europe ON THE QT DIRECTIONS The trail can be accessed from many locations. To reach the Elt- ville portion from Wiesbaden, take the A66 ramp toward Rudesheim/ Bingen for 12 km until you see the Eltville exit. Turn right onto Haupt- strasse and follow for 200 meters, than take the third exit at the round- about. After 1.5 km, turn right onto Wiesweg and follow to a dead end at the Rheinsteig. — David Edge

A vineyard along the Rheinsteig in Eltville, Germany. The hiking trail runs along the east banks of the Rhine River.

A farmhouse on the Rheinsteig trail, PHOTOS BY DAVID EDGE/Stars and Stripes which stretches about 200 miles along Shady trees line the path of the Rheinsteig trail in Eltville, Germany, near the banks of the Rhine River. the Rhine, from Bonn to Wiesbaden. A little outdoor therapy Head to the Rheinsteig trail for a refreshing cure for cabin fever

BY DAVID EDGE reminded me of my days as a wild child, Stars and Stripes running and playing in the woods in Maryland. hile many of the attractions About two miles into my hike, the forest near Wiesbaden remain opened into a clear view of a vineyard. closed due to the coronavirus, During my fi ve-mile roundtrip, there Wit remains a great jumping- were a few other hikers, but for the most off point for spring hiking. part it was just me and nature. Just a quick 25-minute drive from Another popular route includes the Hainerberg is the Rheinsteig hiking trail, Baroque-style Biebrich Palace in Wies- which runs along the banks of the east baden. From Wiesbaden-Biebrich train Rhine River. The trail route stretches 200 station, follow the path leading to the miles from Bonn to Wiesbaden. There are 21 stages of the Rheinsteig Rheinsteig to the castle grounds, which that offer hikers a wide range of views takes about 30 minutes. and experiences. The trails run through For hardy hikers, a 10-mile trek will hillside forest, narrow valleys, up moun- then take you through the Frauenstein tains, through vineyards and along the vineyard district, give you a view of two river itself, which provides a cool respite castles and into the Erlenbach Valley, on a hot day. where an ascent to the Monstrazenbaum, I chose to hike the part of the Rhein- or “monster tree” in English, awaits after steig that’s on the hillside near my home. a moderate ascent. Once I arrived at my starting point, I This trail is one of Germany’s most was immediately struck by how vividly scenic and beautiful trails. If you’re going green the forest is this time of year. As a little stir crazy, it might just help. I followed the trail deeper, I noticed a [email protected] babbling brook that ran beside the trail. It Twitter: @DavidEdge96798393 A babbling brook on the Rheinsteig trail in Eltville, Germany. PAGE 24 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, April 24, 2020 WEEKEND: FOOD & DINING Europe

A customer picks up an order from the takeout window. Neil’s Pub offers hamburgers, pizza, salads and specials for takeout in the evening from Tuesday to Saturday. NEIL’S PUB

Location: Hauptstrasse 18, Mackenbach 67686 Hours: Takeout only from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday, due to coronavirus restrictions Prices: Burgers start at 6.50 euros; fries are an extra 2.50 euros. Larger burgers, such as the Brexitburger and Burtonburger, are 11 euros and 9 euros, respectively. The price of the Brexitburger includes onion rings. Small pizzas are 6.50 euros, large pizzas are 8 euros. Salads start at 8 euros. PHOTOS BY JENNIFER H. SVAN/Stars and Stripes English menu: Yes A Burtonburger from Neil’s Pub in Mackenbach, Germany, available for takeout in the evenings from Clientele: Germans and Americans Tuesday through Saturday, comes with two beef patties and generous toppings. Information: To place an order, call or Whatsapp at 0176-8777- 6702. For PayPal, use [email protected]; contactless cash pay- ments are available. On Facebook, search for Neil’s Pub. Pub grub at home — Jennifer H. Svan Neil’s Pub in Mackenbach is open for takeout

BY JENNIFER H. SVAN Mackenburger but with Ameri- Stars and Stripes can cheese; the Mackenburger; and the crispy chicken burger, he former Mack Du’s on a fried fi let of chicken breast the east side of Ramstein with pepper jack cheese, lettuce, Air Base in Macken- tomatoes, onions and spicy ranch Tbach is now Neil’s Pub, dressing. but customers might not have We devoured all three, as noticed the name change. well as the fries we ordered as Current owner Neil Burton sides. The Brexitburger comes and his family had planned a with onion rings. There’s also a party for the end of March to schnitzel burger, with pork, of celebrate the new name and course, and pizza. the one-year anniversary since The pub also this month taking over the pub, but then the brought back its salads, including coronavirus hit. the crispy chicken, Italian and The party was put on hold, but Neil’s salad — the last includes a new sign is up while Burton ham, gouda and feta cheeses, keeps the pub open for a few jalapeno and a house ranch. The hours each evening for takeout. restaurant also offers various “We almost made it to the specials for takeout, such as one-year anniversary,” Burton pasta with homemade spicy bell said, while working the takeout Neil’s Pub is the new name pepper and cheese sauce. window at the back of the pub on for the former Mack Du’s in Some of the pub’s English a recent weekday night. Mackenbach, Germany. Neil ciders, such as Thatchers Katy, “It’s been tough,” he said of the Burton and his family took over can be purchased by the bottle at restrictions imposed on restau- the pub about a year ago. the takeout window. rants as a result of the virus, Burton said he’s looking “and I don’t know when this will cheese and a special sauce, while forward to opening the pub fi nish.” the Burton packs two beef pat- up again, whenever that time Despite the limitations, pub ties, English cheddar and pepper comes. Inside, the bar and tables fare works well as takeout and jack cheese, bacon and a spicy are empty, and no one’s used the restaurant is still able to offer sauce. the jukebox, pool table and darts a full menu, including its lineup The Brexit takes it to the for some time. The restaurant of hearty burgers with their own next level, with a beef patty and hosts occasional whisky tastings names: the Mackenburger, the crispy chicken, along with all — Burton says he has about 16 Burtonburger and the Brexit- the fi xings and a British brown different Scottish whisky variet- burger. sauce. ies — and he hopes to have them You can’t go wrong with any On a recent weekday when again, along with a gin-tasting of these, as long as you’re pretty there was no time to cook night and special events in the hungry. The Mackenburger has due to teleworking and online beer garden he’s improved. beef, bacon, jalapenos, onion, school, my kids and I picked up [email protected] Thatchers Katy cider is among the refreshing English ciders and pickles, tomato, mozzarella a cheeseburger, similar to the Twitter: @stripesktown other drinks available by the bottle for takeout. Friday, April 24, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 25 What will travel look like after COVID-19? Industry leaders are presag- ing that the face of the travel industry, as well as the ways in which people choose to travel, will be forever changed once we’ve reached the other side of the COVID-19 health crisis. Opinions and forecasts cite several, sometimes disparate, sentiments believed to be brew- ing among the public while people remain confi ned to their homes under self-isolation orders. Unsurprisingly, safety and a solid sense of security are assumed to be top-of-mind as travelers begin to venture out into the world again, post-coro- navirus. Some suppose that travelers may “test the water” cautiously, while others predict that, com- ing out of this lengthy isolation, people’s desire to shake off cabin fever will spur them to spring for more adventurous, bucket-list- type getaways. “We’re already beginning to see new trends take shape. For example, travelers will be wary of public transportation and plane travel, choosing to drive via their own cars to explore nearby destinations,” said Lisa Burns, executive director of the Finger Lakes Regional Tourism Council. “We also predict there will be a larger emphasis on outdoor, open-air attractions and destinations as social distancing phases out slowly.” Dan Yates, managing direc- tor of Pitchup.com, agreed, “Even if the government gives the green light before summer, many will be reticent to travel and will choose remote, domes- tic locations like campgrounds over densely populated areas, certainly avoiding transport hubs like international airports.” Yates added, “We also anticipate an increased interest in low-cost travel given the economic impact coronavirus has infl icted on so many.” Despite these near-term trend forecasts, Ramer also predicts that people will be also eager to set things in motion for trips in the further-off future. “After being cooped up, people will start to put plans in place for des- tinations that have always been on their bucket list,” she said, “and they may even be more apt to try adventure-fi lled experi- ences with their renewed sense of freedom.” Those who do travel inter- nationally are expected to take steps to avoid crowds, opting for off-the-beaten-path locales and also booking during shoulder season. Tomohiro Murakami and Mika White, founders of Tourism Exchange Japan, said that they expect Japan-bound travelers to seek out smaller, lesser-known prefectures, rather than spend- ing the majority of their stays in overpopulated cities such as Tokyo and Osaka. Refl ecting upon the effects that our collective, pent-up wanderlust is having on society in lockdown, Paul McGowan, founder of Study Hotels, said, “Above all, we must remember that travel is an antidote to all this: providing positive, aspira- tional feelings in the wake of our current confi nement.” — Laurie Baratti TravelPulse/TNS PAGE 26 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, April 24, 2020 WEEKEND: TRAVEL

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BY ANDREA SACHS familiar subject, such as break- realistic expectations. ‘ When it comes to The Washington Post ing news about the coronavirus, “Apps give people who have Online training sites learning a language, and then graduate to the opinion not had a lot of exposure to the e suis un chat. Clearly, pages, which contain more chal- language the illusion that they International Center for I am not a cat, but to fi ll nothing compares lenging linguistic features and have learned quite a lot,” Urlaub Language Studies: icls.edu my self-quarantined to the in-person cultural viewpoints. said. “Instead of engaging with Global Language Network: time, I have been repeat- experience. However, “If I were hunkered down, I real people, we are interacting thegln.org ing this French phrase would focus on reading profi - with a static system.” However, overJ and over again. With the Mango Languages: the circumstances of ciency,” he said. “Reading skills Urlaub admits that he has used mangolanguages.com encouragement of Duolingo, a the global pandemic come fi rst and go last.” Duolingo to refresh his French foreign language app, I have also The pandemic has driven a and that “in a weird way, it’s BBC Languages: bbc.co.uk/ been Paul and un chien (a dog). have forced us in a lot of us into the arms of Netfl ix. fun.” languages To learn another country’s lan- corner, and we are The marathon watch-fests are During my own self-quar- Center for Open Education- guage in these circumstances, I escape hatches, but they can also antine, I hoped to awaken my al Resources and Language had to accept the new reality. making the best have educational value. Lan- dormant French, which has Learning: coerll.utexas. At this point, we have no idea of a challenging guage Learning with Netfl ix is a been in a deep Sleeping Beauty edu/coerll when we will be able to travel situation. ’ free extension available through slumber since college. I asked abroad again. But we don’t need the Google Chrome Web store the college professors for advice Language Learning to be idle. We can keep our travel Andrew Brown that features a catalog of inter- on navigating the app landscape. with Netfl ix: languagelearn- muscles limber with foreign founder, executive director of national movie and TV series. In Kraemer said to look at the app ingwithnetfl ix.com Global Language Network language classes. Then, once addition to hearing dialogue in developers: Are they profession- Duolingo: duolingo.com we can roam the globe again, the native tongue, you can read als familiar with the process of Babbel: babbel.com we can gleefully jump right into and we are making the best of a subtitles in two languages, which learning a new language, or a conversations with locals — and challenging situation.” helps with translation, and look “tech whiz sitting in an offi ce”? Rosetta Stone: their pets. If your schedule, budget or up words in a pop-up dictionary, She also approves of apps that rosettastone.com unruly nest of hair prevents you Linguist experts and educa- among other tools. resemble video games with com- Lirica: lirica.io tors say the best way to learn from pursuing a course of this “You don’t interact with the petitive goals, ascending levels a new language is to converse semipublic nature, try tapping language in a natural way, but of success and an ego-boosting directly with the instructor or into the trove of resources and you can improve your listening award system. into my phone’s microphone native speaker, ideally in the tools online. comprehension skills and vo- “The game aspect of unlocking and typing a phrase uttered in same physical space. However, Angelika Kraemer, direc- cabulary,” Urlaub said. “But you the next badge keeps you going French. I earned gems that I with schools and foreign lan- tor of the Language Resource won’t gain oral fl uency.” back for more,” she said. could spend in the Duolingo store Center at Cornell University in guage centers closed, we have to Apps have also stepped into Other worthwhile attributes: and lost and gained hearts that I Ithaca, N.Y., recommends the take our lessons indoors, online this vacuum and are ideal for a visually appealing design and needed to perform the exercises. free programs associated with and in isolation. In response, a people ready to cut their apron lessons organized in digestible I could have nabbed an extra libraries, such as Mango Lan- few organizations, such as the strings with Google Translate. time segments. heart by watching an ad, but that guages, which has partnerships International Center for Lan- But educators warn users to Earlier this past week, with seemed like cheating. with learning institutions around guage Studies and the Global approach the programs with no shortage of 10- to 30-minute I became so driven to excel in the country. Language Network, both in blocks of time, I decided to wave Basics 1 that, two hours later, I Kraemer also suggests BBC Washington, D.C., have shifted some smelling salts under the was still sitting in the same spot, Languages, which is run by the their in-person classes to virtual nose of my French. I started pounding “A cat is eating a crois- British public broadcasting com- “synchronous classrooms.” For with Duolingo, because even sant” into my phone. Kron later pany. The multimedia lessons this arrangement, students and though I was learning alone in warned me that students should cover about 40 languages, and teachers confer via Skype, Zoom my apartment, I was not alone stick to their goal time or they or another similar computer instruction varies depending on in the wider Duolingo uni- could sabotage their memory interface platform. the country. verse. Michaela Kron, a com- retention and, in my case, get ICLS is offering private classes For similarly creative lessons, pany spokesperson, said the app a little obsessed. If I stick with as well as 10-week group classes Per Urlaub, associate dean of boasts 30 million active monthly Duolingo, the lessons will grow for $385 (plus $25 for registra- the Language School at Middle- users and recorded a 91% rise in more diffi cult, plus I can ex- tion). The Global Language Net- bury College in Vermont, directs participants in the United States pand my curriculum with such work charges $200 but refunds aspiring speakers to the Center between the weeks of March 9 features as Duolingo Stories and $100 (minus a $5 processing fee) for Open Educational Resources and 16. (The app is free, but the the Duolingo French podcast. In if the student does not miss more and Language Learning at the upgraded ad-free version ranges addition, once we are allowed to than two classes for a 12-week University of Texas, one of 16 from $ 7 per month to $13 per leave our homes, I can meet up package or one class for a six- to national centers funded by the month, depending on the plan.) with other members at commu- 10-week session. Department of Education. The I chose a goal of 10 minutes nity events — maybe over une “When it comes to learning a site posts materials for more per day and took a placement pizza and un croissant. (Nailed language, nothing compares to than 20 languages . test that kicked me back to my it.) the in-person experience,” said Urlaub also recommends fi rst day of French class in high Babbel, which has noticed Andrew Brown, founder and foreign publications, such as school. I cycled through lessons a more than 50 % jump in executive director of the Global France’s Le Monde and Italy’s that tested me on a handful of subscriptions since the virus Language Network, a nonprofi t La Repubblica, as a means to pre-K words, such as cat, dog, outbreak, lets people sample the organization. “However, the improve your reading skills and horse, man and woman, in a va- goods with its free preview circumstances of the global pan- gain a different perspective of riety of challenges, such as trans- demic have forced us in a corner, world events. He said to choose a Duolingo lating phrases, speaking a word CONTINUED ON PAGE 27 Friday, April 24, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 27 WEEKEND: TRAVEL & FOOD

FROM PAGE 26 lesson; the entire learning package costs between $7 and $13 a month (and is cur- rently free for U.S. students). The courses for the Newcomer and Beginner I levels cover vocabulary and phrases that any traveler would be grateful to have on the tip of the tongue, such as the words for directions, greetings, clothing items and telling time — plus the odd profanity. The challenges are similar to Duo’s — transla- tion, speaking, listening — but the degree of diffi culty was higher, and the initial lessons seemed more relevant to real life. The 150 linguists and teachers in charge of creating Babbel’s content and method- ology can really work a virtual classroom. After three sections, I could sense a solid foundation of French taking shape. When I shut down my phone that night, I felt as if I could wake up in Paris and ask a local for directions to a clothing store. In the shop, I could inquire about a sweater or pair of shoes. And if the store didn’t have my size, I could let the curses fl y. Founded in 1992, Rosetta Stone is part of my early travel memories; the mustard-yellow kiosks selling the boxed language programs were as much an airport staple as Hudson News and Auntie Anne’s Pretzels. Now, the retail arm is gone, and an app has taken up the mantle. The company has a free three-day trial Food of ‘the encounter’ before you have to start paying from $36 for three months to $199 — on sale until June 30 — for a lifetime subscription with unlimited access to all of the languages. Book explores American taco’s evolution (During the pandemic, students can ac- cess the resource free.) After my tumble down the rabbit hole with Duolingo, I respected the strict 30-minute increment. BY RUSSELL CONTRERAS defending taco orthodoxy. I chose the travel-theme series and spent Associated Press “San Antonio does its best to remain the next half-hour absorbing a slow build what it calls authentic,” Ralat said. “And ou can eat one with carne of information, from singular nouns to one could argue, that’s also needed.” asada and corn tortillas in plural, with new verbs introduced. First, How could one not enjoy fajitas in East Los Angeles, or one with everyone was eating and drinking; then a thick fl our tortilla with cilantro and fl our and pit-grilled pork they were running, reading and writing. I onions? (However, some in New Mexico known as al pastor in Dallas. had a technical glitch: The program said Y might call this a burrito.) Travelers can pick a few up outside of it was struggling to hear me through my Still, what’s authentic to San Anto- Berlin’s Schonefeld Airport before board- faulty microphone. So I lifted the device nio might not be so to the people of El ing a fl ight, or grab one with albondigas closer to my mouth and growled in a deep Centro, Calif., or even Tucson, Ariz. On and collard greens in Memphis, Tenn. Catherine Deneuve voice. At the end of social media, taco fans debate. Ralat In each place, you can taste the social the lesson, I earned a “Great Job” from brushes that aside, however, as a sign of and global evolution of the taco, accord- Prof. R. Stone. limited experience. ing to Jose R. Ralat. For English speakers, Lirica offers only “I always hear people say, ‘well, that’s Some tacos incorporate the infl uence Spanish lessons at the moment but plans not the way my grandmother made of Asian or Jewish cuisine. Others do to expand this year. The three-year-old them ,’” Ralat said. “You know what? their best to stay true to traditional taco company was founded by Paul Custance, Maybe your grandmother was a bad orthodoxy — although no one can agree a former fi nancial director at Sony Music cook.” on what that is. UK, a connection that makes sense when Steven Alvarez, an English professor at Ralat, the new Taco Editor at Texas you realize that the lesson plan is based St. John’s University in Queens, N.Y., and Monthly (yes, that’s his title), has written on international hits — specifi cally, 44 creator of a “Taco Literacy” course, said a new book exploring how this simple songs curated by linguists. Ralat’s book comes as more Latinos are dish with Mexican origins has spread its consumers. “Repetition is a necessary part of living across the U.S., from Massachu- and been transformed, from San Antonio As Los Angeles Times writer Gustavo learning vocabulary and constructs in a setts to Idaho. to Tokyo, gaining fans and sparking some Arellano outlined in his 2012 book, “Taco foreign language,” Custance said. “Just “To understand a people, you have outrage among purists. USA: How Mexican Food Conquered think of a song you like and part of it will to understand the food,” Alvarez said. A lifelong project, “American Tacos: A America,” Mexican Americans in Texas likely play in your head. When language “More people are coming together, and History and Guide” comes from Ralat’s were forced to use yellow cheese, giving elements are accompanied by a catchy so is the food.” travels throughout the United States and birth to what we call Tex-Mex. Isolated tune, there is a higher chance you will The food is a vehicle to make sense of examines a dish that has come to tran- New Mexico used red and green chiles emotionally engage with them and, cru- new encounters. scend borders, barriers and bullets. in their tacos. California’s ever-changing cially, remember them.” “If you are searching for the most “No one owns the taco,” Ralat said in diverse population added its own fl avors. The app comes with two to three free authentic taco, you will soon fi nd out it is an interview with The Associated Press. That history is what fascinated Nuy- tunes per level; after you use up your a fruitless search,” Alvarez said. “You’ll “It’s a living food, and I wanted to see orican-raised Ralat when he began to pass, the program costs $8 for one month never fi nd it.” how it is changing as we change.” explore how demographic upheaval and or $25 for a year. Instead, you’ll discover that the taco Born in what is now Mexico, the taco mass migration have changed the taco. Nicky Jam’s “Hasta el Amanecer,” has moved on, Ralat said. is a creation of “the encounter” — the He found Indo-Mex, or Desi-Tex, tacos an award-winning reggaeton song, was Today, you can enjoy an English fu- meeting of Spanish and indigenous in Houston, with restaurants using aloo queued up fi rst. The program uses the sion taco in London’s Latino-dominated peoples in the Americas. That meeting tikki, saag paneer and curries. In Oregon lyrics as a vehicle to teach grammar and Elephant and Castle area. You can enjoy eventually led to the corn tortilla coming and Florida, he stumbled upon K-Mex vocabulary words and phrases, as well tacos at the Pine Ridge Indian Reserva- together with meats, beans and greens. tacos, which use Asian fusion to intro- as sharpen listening and comprehension tion in South Dakota, where members of After the U.S-Mexico War of 1848, duce Korean fried chicken or bigeye tuna skills. the Oglala Lakota Nation playfully tell the United States grabbed nearly a third sashimi. Ralat found kosher tacos in Los “What do we know so far?” Lirica asked visitors they are bringing the taco back of Mexico’s northern territory, turning Angeles and Brooklyn made with pep- me. “Nicky is fl irting with a girl,” I an- to its indigenous roots. You can savor some ethnic Mexicans into Mexican pery barbecue brisket pastrami charred swered correctly. a Central American-infl uenced taco in Americans and creating a new south- with green salsa. “Deli-Mex” is what Many of the words alone are useful, East Boston with Brazilian immigrants. western border. The taco north of the line some called it, Ralat writes. but strung together — well, it depends on “The taco is Mexico’s gift to the was now on its own, evolving for genera- But of course, Ralat found the heart of the setting. I will probably have to save world,” Ralat said. “And the world is tions based on the available resources of Mexican Americana holding true to and responding.” “Ven dale ahi, ahi, moviendo todo eso pa’ mi,” or “Come on, come on, move it all for me,” for a conversation with a furniture Texas Monthly Taco Editor Jose R. Ralat poses in March 2019 at a taqueria in Dallas. A new book by Ralat, “American Tacos: A moving company — or a night in a Latin History and Guide,” illustrates Ralat’s travels throughout the United States while he examines the taco’s global metamorphosis. American dance club. JOSE R. RALAT/AP PAGE 28 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, April 24, 2020 WEEKEND: TRAVEL

Bouchaine Vineyards

Window into wine country

The views are virtual, but About an hour later, and a glass and a half in, we’re ecstatic to see the image of Brian Allard, direct-to-consumer director with the drinks, bonding are real Bouchaine, come on the screen. He’s looking dapper in a bow tie, sitting in front of those pastoral views, now softened by the evening’s BY KATE SILVER golden hour. We’ve never met before, and yet, Special to The Washington Post we talk like old friends — after Neil fi gures out how to unmute us — about how, if noth- t’s 6:15 p.m. in Chicago, and I’m frantically scurry- ing else, the global pandemic is making us ing around the kitchen, slicing and buttering bread, all more patient and understanding when it Beltane Ranch cutting cheese, dishing out hummus, and opening comes to technology issues and unexpected changes. two bottles of pinot noir, a pinot gris and a Chardon- Above: The Beltane Ranch Quarantine As Neil and I continue sipping our wine, Al- Shelter in Place Tasting Package includes nayI while my husband, Neil, washes and dries wine glasses. lard tells us a bit about the beautiful vineyard four bottles of wine as well as cheeky My laptop is set up on our dinner table, as anticipation that unfolds behind him, and describes how enjoy-at-home strategies, tasting notes and builds for our virtual wine tasting, scheduled to begin in the sea breeze wafts in from the San Fran- information about winemaking. cisco Bay to the Carneros district, where the 15 minutes. I had recently learned that wineries have been Top: A virtual tasting setup in the kitchen at fi nding virtual ways to offer tastings in this time of coro- winery is. That cool air is perfect, he says, for growing thin-skin pinot noir grapes and mak- Bouchaine Vineyards in Napa Valley, Calif. navirus closures and social distancing, and I wanted to ing “ballerina-style” wines, rather than the play along. So after narrowing down the options (there are bold, juicy, “sumo wrestler” kind of cabernet the country who purchased the same wine many), I found a $99 deal I loved through Bouchaine Vine- sauvignon that Napa is known for. (He’s right, package. The virtual tasting will kick off their and the wines are fantastic.) reunion, and then Allard says he’ll let the call yards in Napa Valley that includes four bottles of wine and unfold as the participants wish. “I tell them, a 50-minute video call with a winery rep. In just a few min- The conversation turns to virtual tastings — I’ve let Allard know I’m writing about this ‘You let me know when you want this virtual utes, we’ll be looking at rolling vineyards and blue Califor- — and what they offer people in this strange experience to devolve into a cocktail party nia skies (I’d checked the weather) as we taste the nectars and unsettling time. I tell him that I had for you.’ I’ll just leave and I’ll go in my offi ce of that very soil, which had arrived on my doorstep the day selected this offering because of the reason- or some other part of the tasting room while able price, the promised vineyard views and, they talk to each other. Sometimes I’ll come before. In a world that increasingly feels like Groundhog back; sometimes I won’t.” Day, tonight will be different. It will be an occasion. A rea- honestly, the novelty of talking to someone we’ve never met. Under Illinois’ stay-at-home As April drags on into forever, a little son to put on nonelastic pants and some lipstick. orders, we’re not encountering many strang- wine-fueled fun is something so many of us Except the internet goes out. ers these days. could use. A glass of chianti or bordeaux or There’s a technical glitch at the winery, and my phone Allard says that these tastings have taken riesling has always been a way to sample lights up, letting me know there will be a bit of a delay for on a kind of life of their own in recent weeks. faraway places, and now that we’re hunkered down, wine can still be a way to bring a little our tasting. So I pour two glasses of the 2014 Crescendo While wine geeks are certainly welcome to have a traditional guided tasting, he’s fi nding adventure and anticipation into our lives. The pinot noir, and Neil and I take a much-needed deep breath more and more that customers are looking notion that we can also support independent and a drink, as we laugh about how a delay isn’t the worst to throw virtual parties with their friends. businesses across the country hit hard by the thing, here in our home, surrounded by food and wine. In fact, he’s hosting one soon that involves 11 pandemic? All the better. college friends all living in different parts of CONTINUED ON PAGE 29 Friday, April 24, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 29 WEEKEND: TRAVEL & LIFESTYLE Skip store-bought cleaners Clean your home with things you already have on hand

BY AMANDA LONG Bleach through our screens and ma- Special to The Washington Post chines, so treat them to frequent “Bleach is an amazing disin- wipedowns, Maker says. (Do had fi nally reached that fectant, but you have to dilute it,” take care with touch screens, point in my self-quarantine: Sardone says. though, which could be dam- It was time to clean the The CDC bleach recipe calls aged.) Ikitchen, already. I’m not for one-third cup of bleach to a slob, but I am someone who one gallon of water. That’s four Soap BRANDON MCGANTY/Bouchaine Vineyards doesn’t usually have the time teaspoons of bleach per quart of Everyday cleaners won’t disin- The hills at Bouchaine Vineyards, one of many wineries offering — or, frankly, the desire to spend water. fect, but they will lift and remove online tasting experiences, overlook the San Francisco Bay. the time I have — cleaning the Take that solution and pour it dirt and grease. greasy cabinet above the stove. in a deep container. Cut a roll of “Basic dish soap and water FROM PAGE 28 from the experience thinking Now, of course, there’s more time paper towels or shop towels in is a very effective cleaner for half, pull out the cardboard and Beltane Ranch, a small, about wine differently.” than toilet paper. the majority of things in your submerge both halves. Bleach working ranch, vineyard and East Coast wineries are also What’s in short supply are sup- house,” Maker says. “Soap is loses its disinfecting power after inn in Sonoma County, Calif., joining the virtual party. In the plies. So I asked cleaning experts designed to lift dirt and grease 24 hours, so only submerge the has gotten cheeky with its vir- Finger Lakes region of New for advice on making what we — fi ngerprints, footprints, jam, number of paper towels you’ll tual tasting, offering a Quar- York, Silver Thread Vineyard need with what we have at home whatever your cat threw up on a use in that time period in the antine Shelter in Place Tasting has kept busy through the shut- — and to tell me how to save hard surface. Soap and water can container. Make a new solution Package, which includes four down so far thanks to its virtual those precious disinfectants and take pretty much whatever you after 24 hours and plop another bottles of wine, a “Quarantine tasting series. The winery is of- paper towels for the jobs only throw at it.” round of towels in. Strategy Guide” with notes fering discounted wine packag- they can do. Whatever container you use, about each wine, and a video es that, in April, ranged in price “The good news is that you Vinegar be sure to label it as bleach. call with someone at the winery from $65 for four bottles to $93 don’t need much,” says Melissa For glass, use vinegar mixed “Whatever you do, don’t use (the package is $150, which for six bottles with $10 fl at-rate Maker, founder of the Canadian- with water in equal parts. News- a water bottle — even if you includes shipping). shipping. Anyone interested based housekeeping service papers stacking up? Color-free don’t have kids and think you’ll Lauren Benward, a fi fth- can tune in each week to a live Clean My Space. pages can stand in for paper remember it has bleach in it,” generation family member and virtual tasting on Facebook and And what you need, you likely towels, Dantas says. Sardone says. “It’s not worth the co-proprietor of the business, type comments or questions for already have or can still get. For fl oors, he uses a solution of risk.” says that her family is trying to Shannon and Paul Brock, who “For us, this is nothing new,” 70 percent water and 30 percent And never mix bleach with offer moments of levity during own the winery. says Cristian Dantas of the vinegar. ammonia, vinegar or any other a stressful time. In the past, Shannon says the tastings Green Mop in Arlington. “We solution. That’s especially crucial the winery might have sug- offer an “armchair travel ex- have always made our own Baking soda to remember if you’re repurpos- gested wines to pair with, say, perience” to the public. “Wine cleaning supplies with a focus on ing empty bottles. Rinse the Need abrasion for grime, oysters. Now, she says, it’s more is liquid geography,” Shannon the environment.” bottle clean with water until stubborn pots and pans, or soap likely to suggest wines that go says. “That’s very cliche, but DIY disinfectants you see no suds from its former scum? Behold the humble baking well with Common Core math there are fl avors that come inhabitant, Maker says. Fill soda. “You can’t fi nd yeast, can’t homework, or leftovers. “We’re out of our wine that are very The Centers for Disease with fresh water and pump the fi nd fl our, but you can fi nd bak- all in this together, and life isn’t distinctive and unique to the Control and Prevention has trigger, spraying until suds-free ing soda — and it’s inexpensive!” the way it was,” Benward says. Finger Lakes region, and that’s guidance for two DIY disinfec- water comes out. Maker says. “But there’s still some fun ways something you can’t get if tants. One uses bleach, the other Disinfectants are your big To blend with water, add a tiny to engage with each other and you’re just going into the wine rubbing alcohol, both effective guns, so use them cautiously, amount of soda until you have a enjoy the wines. Because it’s shop and buying the bulk wines on high-touch areas: doorknobs, wearing a mask and gloves. thin paste. really all about enjoying the with the cutesy labels.” light switches, phones, cabinet If you don’t get enough grit, wines.” Each bottle of Silver Thread handles, etc. Alcohol add more baking soda, Maker In Oregon’s Willamette wine has what Shannon Debbie Sardone, owner of says. The mix doesn’t keep well, There’s “not an ounce of Valley, Project M Wines put describes as a “stony fl avor” SpeedCleaning.com, follows her so just mix just enough for the bleach in my house,” says Maker, together four virtual tasting that comes from the soil of the “Speed Cleaning Rule of Three” chore at hand. packs, each with four bottles glacial region, and that fl avor to make the most of DIY disin- who prefers the CDC-approved of wine, that range from $130 imparts a sense of place, even fectants. alcohol solutions of at least 70 Oil when consumed in a living Rule 1: Clean fi rst, then zap. percent alcohol. to $220 (shipping is $15 for the That fridge looking a little room far away. “It’s not as good Before you grab the disinfec- This concentration disquali- least expensive pack and free worse for all its sudden, unprec- as being there yourself and tant, get rid of gunk, grime and fi es even the fanciest of vodkas for the others) and include a edented wear? Dantas uses olive tasting it at the source, but it’s crumbs with a regular cleaner (40 percent), so save Zoom call with Jerry Murray, oil or baby oil on greasy stainless a nice alternative right now,” or your hands. Now you can zap the booze for a Zoom the winemaker who owns the steel appliances. Wipe down any she says. with a disinfectant. happy hour. If you business with his wife, Meg. excess dirt with water, and put a She says she’s been heart- Rule 2: Spray and stay. After have 70 percent rub- “We wanted to bring the winery few drops of oil on a microfi ber ened to see both new and you spray the surface, wait at bing alcohol, use it visit experience to the home,” cloth for the fi rst coat. Another familiar customers participate least 90 seconds for that disinfec- straight, no water. Jerry says. “So if you can’t wipe with a clean microfi ber in the tastings. Many are even tant to do its job, Sardone says. Dilute 90 percent come to the Willamette Valley cloth will get rid of any oily using the weekly streaming (Clorox advises two minutes on alcohol with just a now, we can bring the Willa- residue. event as a way to “meet up” its bleach bottles.) little water. mette Valley to you.” Kitchen table/schoolroom/ with friends in the same place Rule 3: One and done. By the Phones and Jerry, who speaks poetically work desk need some love? each week. “There’s this whole time you use that wipe on the computer about wine and its history, says Dantas recommends a few group of people who live in third doorknob, you’re doing keyboards are that the beverage has long been drops of olive oil and lemon State College, Penn., and they more harm than good. Given a great place to a source of inspiration to poets, juice on a microfi ber cloth or usually come up as a group of the waste of “one and done,” it’s start (and end) artists and philosophers, bring- rag to give furniture an extra 12 and visit the winery,” she another reason our experts use the day with ing people together to enjoy shine. says. “They’re all doing this.” machine-washable microfi ber a disinfectant one another’s company and “There are all kinds of When the Brocks got into the cloths. Those need to be washed wipe. We’re fi nd inspiration. In everyday hacks and plenty of time to winery business, they never ex- after each side has been used, to working, social- life, he says, many people have try them out,” Dantas says. lost sight of the beauty and the pected they would be perform- avoid transferring germs from izing, exercising story behind different wines, ing an entertainment-style role. surface to surface. and learning and he hopes that now, as the Still, Shannon says they love world changes before our eyes, that they can provide this kind they can fi nd that appreciation of service. “I almost feel like again. “This is a real opportu- I’m in the USO during World nity for wine to become some- War II,” she says. “Everybody thing more than a beverage, has good days and bad days, and certainly something more but everybody needs some than the details of its produc- good news, and something to tion,” he says. “That’s what I’m look forward to and something most excited about — and to to take their mind off all this. be able to interact with people. Because we can’t just sit and iStock.com Hopefully, they come away watch the news all day.” PAGE 30 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, April 24, 2020 WEEKEND: MUSIC

n the night of Thurs- then on, he plucked the strings day, March 12, just vigorously each night in front hours after some of the of adoring fans in sold-out clubs Oworld’s largest concert across the country. promoters urged a moratorium When Post released his fol- on live events due to the spread- low-up, “Beerbongs & Bentleys,” ing coronavirus, 18,000 people in spring 2018, the market was packed into the Pepsi Center in primed. He sold 461,000 cop- downtown Denver to watch Post ies in one week, earning his Malone perform. “If I get the fi rst No. 1 album. “Beerbongs & coronavirus at the Post Malone Bentleys” stayed in the top 20 concert tonight in Denver just for a year and a half. “That just know it was lit,” one fan wrote doesn’t happen,” Bakula said. on Twitter, along with an emoji Even so, many critics were expressing tears of joy. unimpressed. “The most popu- Such blind devotion is not un- lar young artist in the most common among admirers of Post unpopular young nation is a Malone, a 24-year-old Texan rhinestone cowboy who looks like whose real name is Austin Rich- he crawled out of a primordial ard Post. Last year, his music swamp of nacho cheese,” Jeff was listened to more times than Weiss, a prominent music writer, any artist in the U.S., according wrote in the Washington Post in to MRC Data, and he generated October 2018. He called Post’s more than 1.6 billion views on music “one of the shallowest bas- YouTube in the U.S., second only tardizations of rap to date.” to Louisiana rapper YoungBoy His fans are not easily dis- Never Broke Again. suaded. Post’s audience has In Bloomberg’s new Pop Star broadened from teens and Power Rankings, which grade tweens to include adults. He is artists’ earnings ability based on as popular in Los Angeles and six criteria across touring, album New York, where he can sell out sales and social media, Post an arena two nights in a row, as Malone debuted at No. 10 for he is in Omaha, Neb., where he March, thanks to the continued grossed more than $2 million in sales of his latest album, “Holly- ticket sales one night this year. wood’s Bleeding.” Looking back Record executives compare at the 2019 data, Post would have Post to Nickelback and Creed, ranked No. 1 for the entire year. two rock bands that never got “This guy is never really off much respect from critics or the radar,” said David Bakula, POST awards voters but sold more than the head of analytics at MRC 100 million albums between Data. “Every single week he them. is streaming like crazy.” Ba- Post is easy to mock, a goofy- kula has seen the rise and fall looking white guy with face of every pop star over the past tattoos who endorses Bud Light couple of decades. Post is the and Croc shoes. While most pop fi rst act he’s seen who gets equal MALONE stars in the age of Instagram amounts of play on mainstream craft online personas that seem Top 40 radio, alternative rock just a tad too perfect, Post rejects and hip-hop stations. this artifi ciality. He belongs to Post even has a following Is Planet Earth’s the Chrissy Teigen school of among fans of country music. social media: Messy is good. His Before Goldenvoice postponed most relatable Instagram is littered with photos its annual Stagecoach festival, in which he looks tired and which occurs the weekend after ridiculous. You’re just as likely Coachella, it had asked Post to pop star to see him in pajama pants as perform. “We don’t box him into Gucci. For many of his fans, that any genre,” said his agent Cheryl unkempt relatability is central Paglierani. to his appeal. “He doesn’t care BY LUCAS SHAW The unrelenting rise of Post Bloomberg what other people think,” said Malone kicked off in February James, a Wisconsin resident 2015 when he released an inde- who oversees a Post Malone fan pendently produced single titled account. (He declined to provide “White Iverson” on Soundcloud, his last name or age.) “He seems the free audio distribution plat- like a genuine person.” form. The spacey, laconic song Amy Snorteland Esposito, 39, a drew an analogy between his rock-music fan from Port Wash- lyrical skills and the basketball ington, N.Y., said she has seen prowess of Allen Iverson, the the Dave Matthews Band about 11-time NBA All-Star. To some 75 times. She fell in love with listeners, the comparison didn’t Post Malone after hearing the seem all that far-fetched, and song “Sunfl ower” on the radio. the song did well enough online Esposito’s only complaint about to land Post a deal with Repub- her new favorite act is his ample lic Records, the home of Taylor use of swear words. “As a mother Swift, Ariana Grande and Drake. of two kids, I curtail the listening Executives at Republic, led they do,” she said. “When they by brothers Monte and Avery are not in the car, I listen to more Lipman, are famous for their re- signing might not live up to their opened him up to a new audience 21 Savage, became Post’s fi rst of it.” liance on data to drive big sign- expectations. Perhaps he was and put him in front of thousands No. 1 song. In February, Esposito and a ings. They see a song bubbling less of an Allen Iverson and more of teen girls every night, very At the time, Post was still group of friends drove down to up on the internet and put the of a Bobby Hurley? different from the hardcore hip- known primarily as a rapper, Philadelphia to see Post perform. full force of their promotional To broaden his base of support hop audience at Fetty Wap.” but while on tour for “Stoney,” They packed into Section 106 machine behind it. The video for beyond some kids on the inter- Post released his fi rst studio he proved he didn’t fi t neatly into of the Wells Fargo Center, close “White Iverson” was generating net, Paglierani decided to send album, “Stoney,” in December any genre. For two years, his enough to feel the pyrotechnic millions of views on YouTube, him on the road. On tour with 2016. It debuted at No. 6 on the team had been begging him to displays. Esposito was surprised and they were convinced they SBTRKT, Post began winning Billboard charts, got steady play a guitar on stage. Post had to see how many people over the could turn the song into the big- over fans of electronic music. attention on streaming services grown up on country music, but age of 30 were in attendance. She gest hit in the world. From there, he started opening and eventually worked its way he was reluctant to play in front was also surprised to see a large They were wrong. Radio sta- for Fetty Wap, a rapper from into rotation on the radio. In Oc- of a crowd. Halfway through the number of kids. “There is a lot of tions didn’t give the song much New Jersey. Then, in March tober 2017, “Rockstar,” featuring tour, he changed his mind. From pop music that is really terrible. love, and it petered out midchart, 2016, he landed a coveted spot It lacks substance. It lacks musi- peaking outside the top 10. For a opening for Justin Bieber on his Above and inset: Post Malone performs at the Wells Fargo Center cal quality,” she said. “His music moment, executives at Republic summer tour. “That was a game in Philadelphia on Feb. 21 during his “Runaway Tour.” offers an attainable way to stay Records fretted that their new changer,” Paglierani said. “It PHOTOS BY OWEN SWEENEY, INVISION/AP fresh and hip.” Friday, April 24, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 31 WEEKEND: MUSIC REVIEWS

Nina Simone Fodder On My Wings (Verve/UMe) Nina Simone’s “Fodder On My Wings” is an album of contrasts and extremes — personal trau- mas and world sounds, joy and despair, harmony and defi ance, the carnal and the spiritual. Recorded in Paris in 1982, as Simone’s enduring restlessness and creeping mental illness kept her life seemingly barely teth- ered to anything but her music, it’s a considerable triumph of personality and genius. The album opens with the gleeful “I Sing Just To Know That I’m Alive,” a horn-fi lled tune in which Simone bids fare- well to the year gone by while fondly recalling Trinidad, one of the many places — Barbados, Liberia, Switzerland, France and the Netherlands among them Wrenne Evans — where she lived after leaving the U.S. in the early 1970s. “Fodder In Her Wings” ap- he borders delineating M. Ward’s “Mi- Opener “Migration of Souls,” with striking vo- pears to depersonalize the album gration Stories” come in terrestrial and cals from Irish duo The Lost Brothers, has a tran- title, but the references to self celestial forms, with songs inspired by his scendent focus, while its sister track, “Heaven’s are clear and the weariness Tgrandfather’s journey from Mexico and Nail and Hammer,” echoes the atmosphere of the deeply intimate — “fodder in California earthquakes, as well as family reunions Cowboy Junkies at their most delicate. “Coyote her wings” and “dust inside her taking place in other dimensions. Mary’s Traveling Show” sounds like the result of brains” as “she fl itted here and Recorded principally in Quebec with members a fragile Sun Records session. there.” With an African-inspired introduction ceding to harpsi- and collaborators of Arcade Fire, the collection Ward considers “Chamber Music” and “Torch,” chord and piano, her worlds ap- began as largely instrumental ballads, mostly another exception in its sprightliness, also to be hushed moods occasionally linked by similar pear together but separate. “Oh, connected, and says that while he can’t reveal the themes or visions. how sad” — indeed. poem that may have transformed guitar instru- Ward, whose career also has included roles in The repetitive, direct ap- mental “Stevens’ Snow Man,” the words “may supergroup Monsters of Folk and — with Zooey proach of “Vous etes seuls, mais Deschanel — in She & Him, fi lters reality through be useful in the middle of a drought or winter or je désire etre avec vous” — You M. Ward poetry, dreams and humane science fi ction, al- pandemic.” If we only knew. are alone, but I want to be with ternating looks through grounded telescopes and The relaxed pacing, Ward’s intimate vocals and you — leaves no room for doubt, Migration Stories (Anti- Records) microscopes in orbit. tips of the cap to Hank Williams, Elvis Presley while “Il y a un baume à Gilead” “Unreal City,” referencing a dream about a and the sounds of the West give the album a and “Heaven Belongs To You” “continental shake” and “the fi nal tidal wave,” has decidedly nighttime atmosphere, a drizzle of star- are the spiritual expressions in the album’s nimblest rhythms and sunny backing light that settles gently on the ears and the mind. the equation. vocals, tuning our satellite radio to the Soothing — Pablo Gorondi “Liberian Calypso” is another Sounds of the ’70s channel amid the calamity. Associated Press sparkling composition recount- ing a carefree night of dancing, followed in brutal contrast by one of the bonus tracks, a bitter Jessie Reyez might be petite, but she’s a mon- breathe,” Reyez reassures on a third. She may yet stately reworking of Gilbert ster. We didn’t say that. She did, on her offi cial rely on co-writers, but the lyrics are usually all O’Sullivan’s “Alone Again (Natu- debut album. But she memorably adds a certain hers and she shows her passion and her scars. rally),” more depressing even expletive before the word “monster.” Reyez is Reyez can modify her voice to be childlike or that the original. whispery and then zoom into pure gangsta men- defi nitely a monster when it comes to music. The Narrating her father’s agoniz- Toronto-bred artist who once handed out mix- ace. On the fantastic “Roof,” she raps with as- ing death, it rails against bad tapes for free has created a stunning full-length tonishing speed. She can pivot wonderfully from but lasting marriages, betrayals calling card with “Before Love Came to Kill Us.” style to style, offering the spare, Spanish guitar- and childhood deceptions, yet Before the coronavirus disrupted our lives, infl ected “Intruders” one moment and then sing- includes a most understandable Reyez was showing off her music on tour with Bil- ing entirely in Spanish on “La Memoria.” lament: “I loved him then and I lie Eilish, and that combo of artists on the same Not all of it works, including the Eminem col- loved him still / That’s why my bill is genius. Reyez is as unique and undeniable laboration “Coffi n,” which seems unbalanced. But heart’s so broken.” as her musical compatriot. the other featured artist, 6LACK, does better on At the end, the brief “Stop” and The 14-track “Before Love Came to Kill Us” the terrifi c R&B hit “Imported,” in which Reyez’s the even briefer “They Took My shows off multiple sides to Reyez, who isn’t easy Jessie Reyez voice fl utters and she cracks herself up. Hand” are in playful, Mose Al- to categorize. There’s some hip-hop, downer R&B, “Same Side” rather meanders, without the bite Before Love Came to Kill Us lison mode, the former undress- arena ballads and pop. Whatever it sounds like, (FMLY/Island Records) of the other songs. “Dope” simply grates. (Plus ing the tragedy of “Send In the it’s intense. “Far Away,” a fantastic immigrant’s love song, is Clowns” and the latter a rollick- “If I blow your brains out / I can guarantee unfortunately not on the main album but on the ing Bob Marley salute. that you’d forget her / If I blow your brains out / one exclusive for Target.) “Fodder On My Wings” is not I can kiss it better,” Reyez sings on the fi rst song, But there’s no denying this rising artist, who al- an album for casual listeners or “Do You Love Her,” which casually mentions her ready has a Grammy nomination for her 2018 EP day trippers, but one that shows Beretta. “Being Human in Public.” On the single “Ankles” how clearly Simone could fold She lets her fi erce fl ag fl y frequently on the from the new album, Reyez boasts that no rival her inescapable anguish and raw album: “You make me wanna jump off the roof,” can measure up to her ankles. She’s right. honesty into her art. she sings in one song. “My love is ruthless,” — Mark Kennedy — Pablo Gorondi she sings on another. “I ain’t a killa / I’ll let you Associated Press Associated Press PAGE 32 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, April 24, 2020 WEEKEND: TELEVISION Remembering the mischief Film adaptation of 2018 book explores evolution of the Beastie Boys

BY MARK OLSEN an amazing time that we had to- Los Angeles Times gether. So that will remain. What does it do to yourself to pretend his is nice, just or to just block that out of your hanging out life?” with you guys.” “I think that’s part of being Spike Jonze fortunate,” Diamond says. “We is in Hawaii. actually got to be around long “TAdam Horovitz is in his garage, enough to comment on the dumb and Michael Diamond is in his (stuff) that we did. I feel like bedroom, both in greater Los a lot of times, people just don’t Angeles. It’s late March, not long get that moment of actually still after the coronavirus prompted having a voice or still having shelter-at-home orders, and the some relevance to be like, ‘Hold three of them are on a video on, let’s rewind here for a minute conference call ostensibly for an and let’s look at what we did and interview about their collabora- sort of be able to live through tion on the new fi lm “Beastie that again.’ ” Boys Story.” Before Jonze can answer about Originally scheduled to have his part in the process of mak- its world premiere at the South ing the stage show and the fi lm, by Southwest Film Festival Horovitz interrupts — “Can we — canceled because of the global go back to the walk that you and pandemic — the movie hits Mike had on the beach?” Apple TV Plus on Friday. Jonze is now an Oscar-win- Though they are promoting ning fi lmmaker. In the early the fi lm — directed by Jonze as 1990s, he was transitioning an adaptation of a stage show from making skateboard videos performed by Horovitz and Dia- to being one of the era’s most mond, better known by their re- infl uential music video direc- spective Beastie Boys monikers tors. He directed the video for “Ad-Rock” and “Mike D ” — the BERTRAND GUAY, AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES/TNS trio would rather just catch up, the Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage,” share inside jokes, playfully razz From left: Adam Yauch, aka “MCA ”; Michael Diamond, aka “Mike D”; and Adam Horovitz, aka “Ad- an uproarious parody of ’70s cop one another and think about any- Rock,” of the Beastie Boys, are pictured in Paris on May 20, 2004. shows shot around Los Angeles thing besides the thing everyone that became a defi ning artifact of can’t stop thinking about. They performed in several cities kind of took a life of its own and Horovitz and Diamond are the mid-’90s. He drove a car in a “This is crazy,” Horovitz says and fi lmed three nights in April realized, no, it had to be its own remarkably candid and refl ec- demolition derby at a California at one point. “I got no plans to 2019 at Brooklyn’s Kings Theater thing.” tive about mistakes they made county fair for the Beastie Boys’ do nothing except try not to die. for the movie. For a band that seemed dedi- along the way, such as the short-lived magazine Grand Straight up.” “I think it’s defi nitely our cated to always moving forward undiplomatic way they dropped Royal. Their mutual sensibilities There are running gags about intent to have each thing sort of to its next creative endeavor, their fi rst drummer, Kate Schel- of mischievous creativity seemed how Diamond cannot get the be its own thing,” Diamond says its evolving cultural curiosities lenbach, from the band, or the perfectly aligned. camera on his computer to work of the evolution from book to au- often making a road map to the bratty, regressive attitudes “Well, I loved everything they — “Hold on, I’m going to crack diobook to stage show to movie. styles of the zeitgeist, the idea they displayed during the early did before I met them, so I kind the fi rewall,” Jonze says — or “But then I also really liked that of looking back might seem “License to Ill” era and how they of already had a relationship their complex relationship to it was kind of this continuous anathema. made a conscious effort to adopt with them, in my head,” Jonze “leather bad boys,” the type of arc. Like I remember how we Asked whether his perspec- more progressive views as they says. “And I think in meeting couches ubiquitous to recording fi nished the book and I was going tive on the band has changed developed over the years. They them, they were even cooler than studios, or a digression about for a beach walk with Spike one at all over the course of putting are also very open about their in my imagination. They were learning three-dimensional day. And that’s before we even together the book and show and relationship and eventual falling more fun than I could have pos- breathing techniques. More than did our very fi rst show, and I was now movie, Diamond says dryly, out with their fi rst manager, Rus- sibly hoped. And it felt very easy anything, they seem to want to like, ‘Adam and I are trying to “Bunch of jerks.” sell Simmons, and producer Rick to make stuff with them. And I make one another laugh, each fi gure out what to do. Pretend He adds, “I think the thing Rubin. was maybe only a couple of years disappointed when a joke doesn’t like we’re actual authors, wear that doing the show and movie “The interesting thing is that if younger, but certainly wasn’t land. Harris tweed blazers with suede and everything made me ap- you write a book about yourself, successful or known in any way, “You’re a tough crowd,” patches and act professorial at preciate is just how completely it’s a good opportunity to be able but they treated me like an equal Diamond says to his longtime bookstores?’ frigging unlikely the whole thing to rewrite history, right?” Horo- creative collaborator. It kind of cohorts. “And we talked about, well is. Because while you’re in it and vitz says. “You can write what- fell right into place pretty easily.” “Beastie Boys Story” rose out what if we picked the stories we you’re making stuff, you don’t ever you want; you can write how Having completed the book, of 2018’s “Beastie Boys Book,” a like and made it a little more know. The fact that all these amazing you were, and you can the audiobook, the stage show 571-page telling of the history of theatrical?” Diamond continues. things happened in the fi rst place blame other people for this, that and now the movie, this could the band from their days as teen- “And it was kind of like that, this and keep happening, in a good and the other, whatever. And so conceivably be the end of the line agers on the New York City punk nice thing where we literally had way — that we were really for- I feel like we tried to just sort of for the collaboration between scene in the early 1980s to their no idea what we’re doing, but it tunate to be able to continue for tell it like it was. Horovitz and Diamond, wrap- rise as a multiplatinum, Gram- seemed to kind of work, and it this ridiculously long time and “Good example : Russell Sim- ping up the business of being my-winning rap group. They had felt good to us. And then origi- doing what we love with people mons,” Horovitz continues. “We Beastie Boys. startling longevity and a knack nally I think we all thought that that we love and still somehow had great times with Russell So will they work together for creative renewal, seeing them the fi lm was going to be more of managed to enjoy doing it. So I Simmons. He was really impor- again on something new? guess we appreciated that more.” tant to our band. Same with Rick through albums such as “License this document of what we’d done “I mean, I don’t want to,” on stage, but then actually we Throughout the book and on Rubin, right? I’m not friends to Ill,” “Paul’s Boutique,” “Check Horovitz says, his joke landing realized, once we started, that it into the stage show and movie, with either of them, but it was Your Head” and “Ill Commu- with a bit of a thud as Diamond’s nication” all the way to their videoconference camera re- last, 2011’s “Hot Sauce Commit- mained dark. “I wish I could see tee Part Two.” Member Adam your face, Mike. Yauch, known as “MCA, ” died ‘ I feel like a lot of times, people just don’t get that moment of “I’m sure we’re going to. I from cancer in 2012 at age 47. mean, what else are we going Diamond and Horovitz didn’t actually still having a voice or still having some relevance to be to do?” Horovitz continues. “We really see themselves doing don’t know how to do anything conventional book signings or like, “Hold on, let’s rewind here for a minute and let’s loook at else.” Q&As to promote the book. They what we did and sort of be able to live through that again.” “We don’t have any other life decided to put on a stage adapta- ’ skills,” Diamond says, “although Michael Diamond, aka “Mike D” tion of the book, a multimedia Beastie Boys member now we have some downtime to presentation directed by Jonze. work on that.” Friday, April 24, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 33 WEEKEND: TELEVISION & DVD NEW ON DVD

“The Assistant”: A young woman, Jane (Julia Garner), gets an exciting job as an assistant to an esteemed Hollywood pro- ducer. Those familiar with the systemic abuses of women in the workplace will recognize the story beats, inspired by Harvey Weinstein, who was convicted of rape and sentenced to 23 years in prison last month. But there’s much more to the story than that. As Jane continues to learn about what’s going on at the com- pany, the fi lm shows how people, systems and power structures enable these types of abuses. It’s much, much bigger than one monster at the top. Writer-director Kitty Green does a masterful job showing — not telling — this story, with silences more powerful than words could be, wrote Tribune News Service critic Katie Walsh in her review. “At once austere and daring, ‘The Assistant’ may be the fi rst cinematic shot across the bow at Weinstein, taking the structures that supported his crimes down with him,” she wrote. PHOTOS BY NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC/AP Also available on DVD “Arrow: The Eighth and Final Dr. Jane Goodall walks along the beach of Africa’s Lake Tanganyika in National Geographic’s “Jane Goodall: The Hope.” Season”: The CW series follow- ing the DC hero comes to a close. Stars Stephen Amell. “Guns Akimbo”: A game de- veloper (Daniel Radcliffe) fi nds Not ‘business as usual’ himself in a livestreaming fi ght to the death. “I Wish I Knew”: This docu- mentary explores the history of Don’t monkey around when the pandemic ends, Jane Goodall says life in Shanghai. In Mandarin. “Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge”: Based on BY JONATHAN LANDRUM JR. hope there’s a groundswell of enough mil- lions of people who’ve never before breathed the long-running video game Associated Press clean air in cities, who’ve never been able series, the animated fi lm follows ven though the planet has reaped to look up at night and see a clear sky with a faceoff between the Outworld the benefi ts of a cleaner environ- twinkling stars. I hope that there will be and Earthrealm. Featuring the ment from society shutting down enough of them to eventually force big busi- voice talents of Jennifer Carpen- Eduring the coronavirus outbreak, ness and politicians to ... stop carrying on ter and Joel McHale. Jane Goodall worries about human behav- with business as usual. But the fear is that “The Rhythm Section”: A ior resorting back to a “business as usual” so many leaders now around the world don’t woman (Blake Lively) is deter- mindset after the pandemic is over. seem to care about future generations, don’t mined to get revenge against the The famed primatologist wants people seem to care about the health of the planet. people who killed her family in a to grow wiser and live an enjoyable life What’s the solution? plane crash. without harming the environment and the We need a different way of thinking about “Ride Like a Girl”: Jockey animals that live within it. things. We need to realize that unlimited Michelle Payne (Teresa Palmer) “We have to learn how to deal with less,” economic development on a world with A chimpanzee eats a mango in a tree aims to become the fi rst woman said Goodall, who began her lauded career fi nite natural resources and growing human in National Geographic’s “Jane Goodall: to win the Melbourne Cup. as a pioneering researcher of chimpanzees populations can’t work. Already, in some The Hope,” which premiered April 22 on “Tread”: The documentary ex- in Africa more than 50 years ago. She’s cases, we’re using up natural resources National Geographic and Nat Geo Wild and amines what led welder Marvin worked for decades on conservation, animal before nature can replenish them. So we streaming on Disney Plus and Hulu. Heemeyer to destroy a small welfare and environmental issues. cannot expect to survive very far into the Colorado town. Since 1991, Goodall has encouraged future unless we make some change ... We wanted to be a naturalist. From the start, it Available on Digital HD: young people to become stewards in their have to learn to do with less in the wealthier wasn’t my aim to go and study chimpanzees “The Incoherents”: An indie communities through her Roots & Shoots sections of society. Most of us have far more and get a Ph.D. I always wanted to help band from the ’90s gets back program, which operates in 60 countries. than we actually need. animals all my life. And then naturally that together decades later. Stars She normally travels 300 days per year to How has animal poaching still been an led to ‘If you want to save wild animals, Jeff Auer, Annette O’Toole, Amy advocate her endeavors, but these days she’s issue during this pandemic? you have to work with local people, fi nd Carlson and Kate Arrington. been staying busy inside her family home in It’s the animal traffi cking that’s so bad. ways for them to live without harming the environment and then getting worried about “The Photograph”: While a Bournemouth, England, to practice social Shooting the mother to take the infant and distancing. She calls it more “exhausting children and what future they could have if woman (Issa Rae) seeks answers be sold to be pets and trained for enter- than traveling.” we go on as business as usual.’ about her recently deceased tainment. Some go to bad zoos. It’s animal In a recent interview, Goodall, 86, shared traffi cking that’s worth so many billions What do you want people to take away mother’s life, she falls for a jour- her thoughts on the coronavirus, wild of dollars a year. This is one of the biggest from your documentary? nalist (LaKeith Stanfi eld). On animal poaching and her new documentary problems we are going through with this I hope that they take away a feeling that DVD and Blu-ray May 12. “Jane Goodall: The Hope,” which premiered pandemic. As tourism stops in different their lives are important. That it’s very, “Nightfi re”: A political April 22 on National Geographic and Nat parts of Africa and other countries, poach- very crucial to think about the health of the prisoner foils agents’ plans to Geo WILD, and is streaming on Disney ing goes up partly because people have lost planet as it relates to future generations. retrieve some top-secret military Plus and Hulu. The two-hour documentary their jobs and they rely on wildlife for food. Above all, to understand that each day they information. Stars Dylan Baker, focuses on her lauded career of transform- The tours give them added protection. It’s a live, they can make an impact and think Becky Ann Baker and Bradley ing the scope of environmentalism. huge worry. about the consequences of the little choices Stryker. Release date: May 1. AP: How would you like for the world to Did you expect this career path? they make like, ‘What did we buy? Where “The Wretched”: A teenager react when the pandemic is over? When I began, my dream since the age did it come from? How was it made? Did faces off with a witch who has Goodall: Hopefully we should emerge of 10 was to go to Africa, live with wild it harm the environment? Was it cruel to possessed his neighbor. Release wiser. I think there will be greater aware- animals and write books about them. I had animals? Is it cheap because of child slave date: May 1. ness of how we brought this pandemic on no thought of being a scientist. Nobody was labor? ’ We have to make ethical choices in — Katie Foran-McHale /TNS ourselves and that people will change. I out there in the fi elds watching animals. I how we interact with people and nature. PAGE 34 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, April 24, 2020 WEEKEND: BOOKS In defense of idle hands Author says quarantine gives us a rare chance to slow down, reassess our lives

BY ERICA PEARSON Star Tribune: What do you say to all you hear another reason this [slowing down] is a struggle Star Tribune (Minneapolis) the kids (and adults) who are complain- human voice. for us. ing about being bored? Texting doesn’t I mention in the book that most man- anceled plans and Headlee: Frankly, that is music to my count? agement has a 19th-century mind-set in ears. When I think about how many times It doesn’t. I could a 21st-century world. Meaning, they still stay-at-home or- I complained to my mother about being cite you study after think that you should reward people who ders have many bored and she threw me outside the house study. ... It’s the work really long, hard hours. and told me to fi nd something to do. And human voice that That’s not true anymore. We can do (especially teenag- that’s not true anymore. We’ve engineered connects us, that our jobs in much less time than it used to C our way out of boredom. We just hand the allows us to recog- take, and yet that attitude toward slaving ers) singing the latest Tik- kids a tablet, or a [Nintendo] Switch or nize one another as at your desk for 16 hours a day, it’s still Tok anthem: “Bored in the something. human beings. It’s hanging around. House.” So being bored during quarantine can the human voice Do you think we can change? be a good thing? that triggers things within our own brain, One of the reasons I wanted to delve Journalist Celeste Head- There is the side of this which is seri- in our physiology, that helps us to feel so deeply into history is to remind us lee, however, sees the silver ous, and tragic and life-threatening. But comforted. that Homo sapiens have been around for for those of us who are keeping others safe How can we maintain authentic con- 300,000 years and change. These toxic lining in being forced to by staying at home, there might be some nections under quarantine? habits have only been around for 200 or slow down. benefi ts. We are forced to slow down now. I’m not anti-tech at all. There’s good, 300 years. It’s a blink in the long stair of And we are forced to fi nd things to do that solid research showing that teleconfer- evolution. It’s bad for us, and it’s time for In her new book, “Do are unconnected to our jobs. encing is almost as good as an in-person us to recognize that our habits right now Nothing: How to Break Is that a plus? are anti-human and to go I think that a lot of back to the habits that are Away From Overworking, people have started to ‘ It’s really important right now that people pro-human. Overdoing, and Underliv- realize how much of How can we go back their life was wrapped understand that digitally mediated conversations to pro-human habits? ing,” Headlee writes that up in their job, how — email, texting and social media — do not Normally I make we need to relearn how to much of their identity people keep account of was wrapped up in fulfill your innate need for social connection. their hours, because they appreciate idleness and ’ their job. That may be Celeste Headlee can really see how they leisure and rethink our a real eye-opener for Author of “Do Nothing: How to Break Away From Overworking, spend their time. People people. That may not Overdoing, and Underliving” don’t realize how much relationship with work and be what you wanted time they’re spending productivity. — to have your whole on things. But right now, life be structured around going to work. interaction in terms of giving you a mood here’s what I would say: If you are one Being constantly busy And so maybe this is an opportunity. boost, helping your cognition, keeping of the people working from home, it is and always striving for ef- My goal with the book was to create a your emotional health up. extremely important that you set bound- global conversation and convince people I understand that a lot of businesses are aries. I don’t mean just mental boundar- fi ciency has caused us to to rethink their relationship with work. kind of overdoing it on Zoom. The draw- ies. I mean, you need to set up physical cut out “expressions of our And I think that’s happening right now. back is that some people might start to boundaries. What should we be focusing on in- associate screen time with work, and that Choose one place in your living space basic humanity,” such as stead? might cause stress. where you work. When you’re in that long, undirected phone con- Authentic social connections. Everyone If you’re in that group, use the phone. space, you’re working. And when you has a limited amount of social energy. Everybody else, use Zoom, have a dance leave it, you’re not working anymore. You versations, chatting with Let’s completely hypothetically say you party with your friends, play chess, show need your brain to understand that home neighbors, personal hob- have 100 watts of social energy every day. someone how to cook a recipe. Use the is a place for not just work. We’re spending 90 of those watts on social technology to your advantage to make you You also need to choose a quitting time. bies — even being bored. media, on Facebook and Instagram and feel a little closer. Certainly if you have That’s up to you, when that time is. But We talked to Headlee, Twitter. The problem is that social media older relatives, think about how healing at that point, when the bell rings, you are does not fulfi ll your needs. that is for them to see your face, and see done working. You don’t check that email who lives in Washington, It’s really important right now that you smile. anymore. And you leave that workspace D.C., about the toxic side people understand that digitally mediated What else could we learn from your and you get back to your regular life, conversations — email, texting and social research? which is unconnected from work. to being busy, why texting media — do not fulfi ll your innate need for One of the lessons is that our own What’s the goal? isn’t an authentic social social connection. Put limits on that, and toxic obsession with hustle To fi nd out who you are when you’re not invest in authentic social connections. By culture and concentrated working. Most people don’t know any- connection and why being that I mean, social connections in which activity is part of the more. bored can be a very good thing.

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THE MEAT AND POTATOES OF LIFE Lisa Smith Molinari Family discoveries under a quarantine microscope

ur family members are the people we know best. Living together makes us intimately familiar with each other’s personalities, likes, dislikes, Oquirks and habits. We know intuitively what the other person is thinking or feeling, without a single spoken word. I believed all that gibberish — hook, line and sinker — until I spent a month with my family in quarantine. Now I’m wondering, who are these people? Sheltering in place has revealed minute details we never noticed before. Mannerisms, sensitivities, idiosyn- crasies, temperaments, peculiarities, fl aws, tendencies, imperfections, weaknesses and obsessions are brought into excruciating focus under the unavoidable micro- scope of sheltering in place together for weeks on end. The person who I’m learning the most about is my

ALEXANDRA NICHOLSON/AP Navy veteran husband of 27 years. If you’d asked me a month ago to describe Francis, I’d give the same comi- Alexandra Nicholson’s son, Henry Martinsen, on his computer April 6 in Quincy, Mass. cal commentary I’ve given for years. I’d mention his keen sense of humor, his unapologetic lack of mechani- cal skills, his hilarious self-centeredness, his charming charisma, his Italian temper, his penchant for unmanly things like candles and pastel sweaters, and his iron-clad ‘I just can’t do this’ ego. To summarize, I’d jest that Francis is “our lovable narcissist.” However, I never really knew Francis. Ever since the coronavirus crisis locked us into this unending house arrest, I realize that, for 27 years, I was too distracted by the minutia of our daily lives to see the far corners of my Trying to home school kids leaves parents fl ustered husband’s unique personality. It all came into focus one day last week, when Francis BY GILLIAN FLACCUS avoid daily deadlines, instead allowing students to go at gathered our daughters, Anna and Lilly, and me for an AND JOCELYN GECKER their own pace. announcement. He sat at the head of the table, cleared his Associated Press California high school teacher Susan Binder said the throat and began, “Ladies, I’ve made a decision. You’ve technology can be frustrating and imperfect. Many of all been good during the coronavirus shutdown, so you rustration is mounting as more families across the apps elementary schools must now rely on — with deserve a treat. Macy’s is having an online sale today, so the U.S. enter their second or even third week names like Seesaw, Epic and IXL — were only intended go to their website and get whatever you want.” The girls’ of distance learning — and some overwhelmed as a tool to enhance classroom learning or share stu- eyes widened at the thought of trendy outfi ts and accesso- Fparents say it will be their last. dents’ work with parents. ries. My mind fl ashed with images of home decor. Amid the barrage of learning apps, video meet-ups “This is a very crude bandage we’re putting on a “You each get fi fty dollars for your shopping spree,” he and emailed assignments that pass as pandemic home very big wound. We’re just doing the best we can,” said said with a self-approving nod, “because you deserve it.” school, some frustrated and exhausted parents are Binder, who is using Zoom and Google classroom to “Only fi fty bucks?” I thought, but didn’t spoil the fun. choosing to disconnect entirely for the rest of the aca- teach economics, AP history and government at El Cer- Lilly’s 19-year-old-broke-college-kid face beamed with demic year. Others are cramming all their children’s rito High School, near San Francisco. delight, and Anna, the 22-year-old fashionista, got to the school work into the weekend or taking days off work She worries this generation of students may end up serious business of shopping on a budget. to help their kids with a week’s worth of assignments in suffering academically, At the end of the day, Lilly, who had inherited my sick- one day. socially and emotionally. ness for buying things just because they’re on sale, had “We tried to make it work the fi rst week. We put ‘When this all Kara Illig, a mother of put 13 clearance items into the Macy’s online shopping together a schedule, and what we found is that forcing three in Ebensburg, Pa., started we were cart. Anna, on the other hand, carefully selected one pair a child who is that young into a fake teaching situation fi nally broke down one of pricey designer track pants. I picked a $20 set of cloth is really, really hard,” said Alexandra Nicholson, whose all like, “Thank day last week. son is in kindergarten in a town outside Boston. Her fourth-grade son napkins, hoping that Daddy Warbucks would be happy “I’d rather have him watch classic Godzilla movies God kids aren’t had six English assign- that his little orphans came in under budget. and play in the yard and pretend to be a Jedi rather affected.” But ments all due at the end of But I noticed that the Macy’s online shopping cart total than fi gure out basic math.” the day. Her second-grade was more than $300. How had that happened? It was no That stress is only compounded for families with we have to be daughter had to build a surprise that our lovable narcissist had ordered himself a multiple children in different grades, or when parents honest, the kids table that would support jacket for $50. But a $170 porch rocking chair? work long hours outside the home. In some cases, older a dictionary using only That night while trying to sleep, I couldn’t make sense siblings must watch younger ones during the day, leav- are not OK. printer paper, cardboard of my husband. He announces that he wants to reward ing no time for schoolwork. ’ and duct tape. She could us, limits us to $50 each, buys himself a jacket, AND A Sarah Karpanty Those with older children may be faring better, but barely keep track of their ROCKING CHAIR? He says he’s treating us, but instead, parents still must keep track of timing for video chats Roanoke, Va. mother of two assignments, four differ- splurges on himself? with teachers and make sure all the assignments are ent school email accounts, The next day while we were walking the dog, I gingerly completed. 12 Google livestreams, and her own worries as she approached the subject. “Honey, just curious. Why did Sarah Karpanty, 44, a mother of two middle school- transitioned to a new job while working from home. you buy that rocking chair?” Completely unaware of how ers in Roanoke, Va., said the reality kicked in last week “I was feeling like a failure. I thought, ‘I just can’t do bad it looked, he explained that he’d always wanted one, when spring break ended and home learning began. this,’ ” she said. and besides, it was a good price. “I wanted to get into a fetal position and hide out,” She posted a message on a private Parent Teacher Rather than dig deeper, I took his simple answer at face said Karpanty, a professor of wildlife biology at Virgin- Organization group on Facebook, asking: “Is anyone value and added, “Well, you should have ordered two, ia Tech who is also teaching her own students online. else having a hard time keeping up with all of this?” because I’ll need a place to sit on the porch, too.” Al- Her boys, aged 12 and 13, are independent but still She added: “My entire Facebook feed is nothing but though he never acknowledged his original transgression, need guidance navigating the new technology. Their photos of happy, organized families, sitting together Francis was embarrassed that he hadn’t thought to order classes involve recorded video from teachers, online at the kitchen table doing classwork and I can NOT two rockers instead of one. quizzes and the occasional interactive Zoom call. relate.” The post immediately got more than 70 replies, Thanks to Francis’ imperfect combination of character “When this all started we were all like, ‘Thank God most of them supportive, and earned her a call from a traits, we now have two chairs to rock in, side by side. Un- kids aren’t affected,’ ” she said, referring to the corona- slightly irritated school principal, she said. Within days, fortunately, we won’t be rocking anytime soon, because virus itself. “But we have to be honest, the kids are not the district told teachers to no longer assign work with a they were delivered in boxes, assembly required. OK.” daily deadline. Read more of Lisa Smith Molinari’s columns at: Many school districts are emphasizing to parents that “It’s just a terrible situation and we’re all trying to themeatandpotatoesoflife.com the learning curve is steep, and some teachers try to adapt and survive,” Illig said. Email: [email protected] PAGE 36 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, April 24, 2020 WEEKEND: CROSSWORD AND COMICS NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

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“Gunston Street” is drawn by Basil Zaviski. Email him at [email protected], and online at gunstonstreet.com. Friday, April 24, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 37 FACES People historic anniversary cover features Hawn, Hudson Three generations will grace the cover of People magazine’s 30th anniversary “Beauty Issue.” Goldie Hawn, her daughter Kate Hudson and granddaughter Rani Rose Fujikawa will appear on the cover of the issue, released Friday. It’s the first time three generations will be the cover feature in the 30- year history of the “Beauty Issue.” The cover story Hawn and Hudson touches on several topics, including Hawn and Hudson’s style choices to parenting. Hawn and Hudson talked about their family’s unbreakable bond, even during the lockdown prompted by the coronavirus pandemic. Hawn, 74, said she has been getting through the coronavirus pandemic with her partner of 37 years, Kurt Russell with “meditation, nurturing, loving kindness for all in my heart and staying safe inside.” Gayle King starts call-in show to hear coronavirus stories CBS News’ Gayle King says she’s start- ing a temporary satellite radio program because she wants to hear how Americans are coping with lockdowns and social dis- tancing measures. /AP ANTHONY NEST, HBO She’s been broadcasting her “CBS This The cast of the hit series “The Sopranos,” from left, Tony Sirico, Steve Van Zandt, James Gandolfini, Michael Imperioli and Morning” show from her Manhattan home Vincent Pastore. Imperioli and co-star Steve Schirripa, not shown, launched a new podcast about “The Sopranos.” and talked about the isolation caused by the pandemic. She wants to hear the stories of others dealing with loneliness, the stress of home schooling and managing stress. “These are such surreal times,” she said. Pandemic can’t stop this mob “I look forward to hearing how everybody’s feeling and thinking. How do we navigate the uncertainty of this moment? As un- settling as this is, I believe we’ll make it Stars of hit television series ‘The Sopranos’ start a podcast through.” Film chronicling Whitney Houston’s life in the works BY JOHN CARUCCI didn’t take long for him to realize that the Associated Press show that David Chase created was some- A feature film about Whitney Houston’s thing magical. life is in the works from the screenwriter he coronavirus pandemic almost “We got these scripts every two weeks. of “Bohemian Rhapsody.” The biopic is upended a new podcast about the They kept getting more interesting and being shepherded by the Whitney Houston hit TV series “The Sopranos” be- more strange and more bizarre and more Estate, music producer Clive Davis and Tfore it even started. But hosts and intricate and more unique,” he said. Primary Wave Music, the partners said series actors Michael Imperioli and Steve And along the way, the two hosts share Wednesday. Schirripa said fans pleaded with them to love and admiration for the late Gandol- “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” will find a way to do it. fini and how he led the ensemble cast by follow Houston from obscurity to pop star- They did, and watchers of the award- example. dom and promises to be “frank about the winning HBO series will be overjoyed Schirripa Imperioli “Jim was like the captain. He wasn’t the price that superstardom exacted,” accord- that the two “Sopranos” stars are provid- boss. He wasn’t the star. ‘The Sopranos’ ing to the announcement. ing insight into the show while listeners wrote in that character, Silvio, for him. was a team both behind the camera and Stella Meghie is in “advanced talks” to are stuck in their homes. There was no Silvio in the original script,” in front of the camera. And I haven’t had direct. Meghie most recently directed “The Imperioli said fans had been watching Imperioli said. that experience again, really,” Imperioli Photograph” with Issa Rae and LaKeith the show during shelter-in-place orders And what about the third actor? “Mi- said. Stanfield. The project does not have a stu- and were hungry for the podcasts. “So chael Rispoli was the third finalist and he While Gandolfini often becomes a topic dio or distribution yet. Steve and I had a long talk and we thought played Jackie Aprile Sr.,” Imperioli said. of the weekly conversation, an episode fo- about it and we found a way to do it re- New episodes of “Talking Sopranos” cusing solely on his contributions to the A24 to auction paraphernalia motely,” Imperioli said. are available every Monday on various series is not out of the question. to benefit NYC charities Even a series regular like Schirripa is podcast apps or at Simplecast. “I was thinking about — maybe I learning things about the series. “Michael While many fans regard “The Sopra- was going to bring it up with you, Steve. How does an indie film shop give back to tells me things that I never even knew,“ he nos” as one of the best shows ever on tele- Maybe there’s room for just an episode to its hometown in this crisis? If you’re A24, said. “So it’s pretty amazing.” vision, Imperioli, who played Christopher really delve into that,” Imperioli told his you start by mining your prop, wardrobe One thing listeners have discovered is Moltisanti, wasn’t initially sure the mob colleague. and set departments. that there were three final actors vying series would succeed. “That would be great. He was such a The studio behind films like “Midsom- for the role of Tony Soprano. One was He said “it was not easy” to understand good guy. As good an actor, he was, he mar” and “Uncut Gems” said Wednesday Bruce Springsteen collaborator Steven what the show was really about from the was a better guy, generous guy,” Schir- that it is auctioning off some of its most fa- Van Zandt. pilot. He didn’t know if it was a spoof or ripa responded. mous movie paraphernalia, from the flow- Obviously, James Gandolfini got the not. “It was hard to really grasp the tone,” The 51-year-old Gandolfini died of a ery May Queen dress that Florence Pugh part of Sorprano, but show creator David he explains. heart attack in 2013 while vacationing in wore in “Midsommar” to Kevin Garnett’s Chase found a spot for Van Zandt. “They While Imperioli was confused at first, it Italy. Boston Celtics jersey from “Uncut Gems.” All proceeds from A24 Auctions will go to one of four charities helping frontline workers and hard-hit communities: The While many fans regard “The Sopranos” as one of the best shows ever FDNY Foundation; The Food Bank For NYC; NYC Health + Hospitals; and the on television, Michael Imperioli, who played Christopher Moltisanti, wasn’t Queens Community House. initially sure the mob series would succeed. Compiled by wire services PAGE 38 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, April 24, 2020 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Sean Klimek, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander How to avoid a pandemic Patriot Act Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff BY DAVID IGNATIUS days. The anti-lockdown protesters in The academy could help coordinate pub- Washington Post Writers Group states like Ohio and Michigan who are lic health authorities at the federal, state EDITORIAL demanding to reopen the country quickly and local level. It could connect doctors he last time America faced a big, may be reluctant to provide the very data and hospitals through their national asso- Terry Leonard, Editor hard-to-track threat, we ended up that might help them go back to work ciations in a coherent national testing pro- [email protected] with the Patriot Act and a mass- safely. Their privacy worries are widely gram. It could act as a fiduciary to collect Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor Tsurveillance program that still shared. Americans have a gut belief: Live testing and contact-tracing information. [email protected] rankles. This time, how do we use technol- free or die. China shows how surveillance technol- ogy to combat COVID-19 without creating Tech companies want to help, but they ogy can help restart a country, at the cost Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content elements of a police state? [email protected] aren’t sure how. Even as they create data- of freedom. Dr. William A Haseltine, a Technology ought to be our best weapon monitoring tools, they seem reluctant to prominent health researcher, described in Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation in maintaining public health as the United allow governments to use the informa- an email last month how China has man- [email protected] States transitions back to work. High-tech tion. As Stewart Baker, a former general aged the transition from lockdown using testing can identify who had the virus (and Managing Editor for Digital counsel at the National Security Agency, a color-coded system that’s part of a “We Joe Gromelski, is more likely to be “safe” now), and who’s [email protected] noted in Lawfare last week: “Silicon Val- Chat” app on everyone’s phone. If your most vulnerable to infection as the country ley is in love with a ‘trust no one’ approach code registers green at the doorways of opens up. Contact tracing can help mini- to security” that makes Apple and Google stores and restaurants, you’re free to enter. BUREAU STAFF mize second and third bounces of the virus reluctant to share cellphone data with the Otherwise, forget it. Europe/Mideast — while we all wait for the vaccine that, public-health authorities that need it most. America doesn’t want to be China. 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the pandemic. Only last week did OSHA What newspapers put a priority on investigating health care facilities for complaints about coronavirus safety procedures, while effectively giving are saying at home a free pass to some of the nation’s largest employers. Without a clear set of rules to The following editorial excerpts are se- follow, employers are making them up as lected from a cross section of newspapers they go. throughout the United States. The editori- The Centers for Disease Control and als are provided by The Associated Press Prevention issued sensible guidelines on and other stateside syndicates. the federal level that can protect work- ers, such as standards for social distanc- Looking ahead 10 years after ing, sanitizing stations and using masks in the workplace. But OSHA hasn’t made the Deepwater Horizon explosion guidelines mandatory for workplaces — The Advocate the CDC itself doesn’t enforce them — nor The traumatic events of the explo- has OSHA adopted other new rules that sion and massive oil spill ensuing off the could help ensure worker safety during the cost of Louisiana 10 years ago are hardly pandemic. It should do so now. Requiring forgotten. businesses to follow the CDC’s guidelines Most of all, of course, the families of 11 would allow OSHA to enforce them with men killed working on the Deepwater Ho- inspections and fines. rizon platform — another 17 were injured Instead, a patchwork of rules — led pri- — had their lives forever altered in that marily by governors in New York, Wash- moment of horror. ington state and California — serve as Those were not the only families an unsatisfactory substitute by mandat- /AP affected. GERALD HERBERT ing masks in all public settings and the use of other protective measures. But Such a massive spill damaged the coast Beach cleaners funded with money from BP after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill oper- these haven’t been aimed specifically at of our state. Then-Gov. Bobby Jindal mobi- ate at dawn last month in Orange Beach, Ala. As oil spewed into the Gulf of Mexico workplaces, many of which need more lized a major operation to try to protect the from a blown-out BP well in 2010, residents wondered whether their home would guidance. coastline and wildlife. Thousands of work- ever be the same. The Deepwater Horizon disaster changed the region, with a flood of OSHA said its prior rules for worker ers and volunteers helped. spending altering landscapes and attitudes. safety apply during the pandemic, though The images of birds coated in oil made the agency last week did give agents lee- an indelible impression upon the Ameri- Let’s hope the U.S. government contin- Such a cycle must be avoided. There is way to investigate coronavirus claims so can public and that of the rest of the world, ues to help, a lot, in future years. no arguing with the facts: The virus jumps long as they were confined to health care as did video of oil still spewing out many from person to person and can kill. A re- facilities and met certain other criteria. days later. Listen to protesters, but don’t sponsible leader would express empathy In a statement to The New York Times, The economic impact on our region was with the millions of Americans who have OSHA said that “employers are, and will serious, with a decline in tourism and even incite reckless behavior followed the rules, reinforce why they are continue to be, responsible for providing people curtailing purchases of seafood. The Washington Post necessary and offer reasonable expecta- a safe and healthy workplace” and that it Afterward, there was the inevitable con- Public fatigue with stay-at-home orders tions about what comes next. To fail at can respond to formal complaints where sequence of things going very badly: a gov- to fight the novel coronavirus pandemic is this is to fail at a central function of the a worker is killed or seriously injured on ernment reorganization. inevitable and understandable. Not under- presidency. the job, known as the General Duty clause. A new bureau in the U.S. Department standable, nor forgivable, is the president Some protests may reflect a genuine cry The agency’s COVID-19 guidance for em- of the Interior was created, safety proce- of the United States inciting disrespect for for help — from hunger, desperation and ployers, however, acknowledges upfront it fear. These voices must be listened to, and dures changed, a moratorium on offshore his own government’s guidelines, which “is not a standard or regulation, and it cre- their needs addressed as fast and far as production was declared by the Obama are unquestionably essential for the public ates no new legal obligations.” possible. administration. health. In the meantime, OSHA offices are field- In the end, our fate in this pandemic will And just as inevitably, there were de- Relatively small protests have broken ing thousands of coronavirus complaints out in the United States in recent days be determined by what we do now, in the but don’t have the wherewithal to investi- bates over the debate: Workers in the Gulf months or more before a vaccine. We must oil regions felt they were being penalized against the strictures designed to slow the gate them. In Oregon alone, by early this spreading virus. People have a right to accept strategies that are working to keep month the local OSHA office had received by BP’s mistakes, companies criticized re- as many people alive as possible. Shouting visions in safety procedures. protest, if they conduct themselves without 2,747 complaints about workplace condi- endangering others. But leaders have an “liberate” invites disaster. tions but had issued zero citations, the top And the latter debates continue today, with environmentalists arguing that the obligation to point out that the behavior the local administrator told The Portland Tri- protesters are encouraging could reignite bune. OSHA told a lawyer representing Trump administration has further eroded OSHA should force employers the virus and cost lives. an Illinois Walmart worker who died after the complex safety rules that underlie oil to protect essential workers Tens of millions of Americans in recent contracting the coronavirus that “OSHA and gas production in offshore. weeks have willingly complied with stay- The New York Times does not have any jurisdiction on enforc- For those with shorter memories, the way at-home guidelines put out by President Shelter-in-place orders are an effective ing anything related to COVID-19 at this that the oil disaster is most frequently seen Donald Trump and by governors, a com- means to slowing the spread of the coro- time,” according to The Milwaukee Jour- in the news is in the payouts of billions of mendable showing of cohesion and collec- navirus, yet millions of Americans have nal Sentinel. dollars to governments as well as nonprof- tive good judgment. For many, it came at a no choice but to leave home to go to work As part of an advisory last week, OSHA its in civil and criminal penalties levied on steep personal sacrifice. Next will be hard every day. Deemed essential for their jobs indicated companies should conduct their BP and other responsible companies. choices about reopening. in manufacturing, grocery stores, phar- own investigations and report back to the Those are long-lasting, in that the pay- Doing so too soon risks reigniting a macies, warehouses, retailing and res- agency. ments are large. firestorm that has already cost more than taurants, they face daily risks by working OSHA also can and should go beyond Those payments have begun and will 168,000 lives globally. Opening must be alongside colleagues and customers who CDC guidelines to require measures such fund coastal protection and restoration ef- done with special protections, testing and may be carriers of the coronavirus. as staggered shifts and lunch breaks and forts for some years to come. data, as Mr. Trump’s own phased-in guide- At grocery stores and sprawling ware- construction of barriers to protect employ- That may be a lasting legacy of the lines would suggest. houses, workers say not enough is being ees in jobs like manufacturing and meat- events of a decade ago, although benefits The protesters carried signs such as done to protect them from exposure. packing that require close quarters. And that were purchased at the cost of lives “Live Free or Die in Lockdown” and “Re- Walmart employees, for instance, say they it should carefully evaluate updated CDC and huge environmental and economic Open Now.” Some of them set a bad ex- lack sufficient sanitizing supplies and pro- guidelines that permit employers to bring tective gear and are forced to congregate consequences. ample, without masks or social distancing. some workers back to the job after po- in spaces that put them well within a six- Louisiana remains at the epicenter of oil But what was most concerning was the tential COVID-19 exposure before a two- foot radius of co-workers. and gas exploration, even if recent events message that somehow all this sacrifice week quarantine. Some say the new policy, At meat processing plants, where pro- have driven prices for those commodities can be quickly abandoned in the name of meant to keep essential businesses run- liberty and rights. This is wrong. duction lines often require working shoul- ning, risks re-exposing workers. Minneso- to lows not seen in decades. der to shoulder, the risks are particularly And Louisiana’s coastline continues to The pursuit of liberty does not mean a ta’s Department of Health, by contrast, has license to endanger the lives of others. acute. And mass-transit workers say they maintained a recommendation for a 14-day be a rich and varied economic and envi- Mr. Trump was exceedingly reckless to haven’t been provided masks or personal quarantine for workers after exposure. ronmental asset for fisheries and tourism, incite protests with three tweets on Friday cleaning supplies. Companies may say new rules would be even if recent events involving coronavirus saying “LIBERATE” Michigan, Minne- When their shifts end, they go home to onerous and expensive, but the cost of pro- outbreaks have also sharply diminished sota and Virginia, all of which have Demo- their families, putting more people at risk. longing the coronavirus’s spread can be those activities as well. cratic governors. Weeks into the pandemic, it’s apparent far more costly . We see two permanent lessons. He undermined his own published pub- that not nearly enough is being done to OSHA has taken steps to protect health One is that economic progress, while im- lic health guidelines and his own reopen- protect these front-line workers, even as care workers by prioritizing inspections portant, cannot override safety for humans ing plan. His message threatens to destroy their continued labor ensures that a sem- of hospitals and other “high risk” facili- or for the environment we hold in trust for broader public confidence in the reasons blance of normality endures for their fel- ties. But during the pandemic, warehouses future generations. for the social distancing and mitigation low Americans. and slaughterhouses, city buses and gro- Another is that Louisiana’s coast and its strategies. His comments could inspire ad- The Department of Labor’s primary cery stores have become high-risk facili- heritage is worth saving, and while the BP ditional disobedience and spark new out- worker safety enforcement arm, the Occu- ties, too. If the spread of the disease is to settlement pays for a lot, it’s not enough. breaks and another round of restrictions pational Safety and Health Administration, slow, millions of workers deserve far better America paid attention 10 years ago. that would be even harder to impose. has taken a largely hands-off approach to protection. PAGE 40 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, April 24, 2020 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Search on for possible escaped exotic cat

RIO RANCHO — NM New Mexico officials are searching for a possible es- caped exotic cat in an Albuquer- que, N.M ., suburb. KRQE-TV reported New Mexi- co Department of Game and Fish said it’s investigating reports of an escaped serval from a Rio Rancho home. Animal control reportedly cap- tured a cat said to be a Savannah cat — a cross between a serval and another breed. But it’s un- clear if it is the same feline offi- cials sought. Game and Fish officials say they are still investigating. Track to adopt out dogs after ending racing

BIRMINGHAM — An AL Alabama race course will need to find homes for more than 500 dogs after discontinu- ing live greyhound racing at the venue, officials said. The Jefferson County Racing Association announced that it would no longer hold live grey- hound races at the Birmingham Race Course, citing declining revenue and interest in the event, WVTM-TV reported . While some of the greyhounds could go on to race at other tracks, Kip Keefer with the racing as- sociation said officials would be initiating a “massive” adoption TED S. WARREN/AP and placement effort in the com- ing months to try and find homes for about 550 dogs that would Earth Day display remain. People walk past an Earth sculpture Tuesday at Thea’s Park in Tacoma, Wash., with the WestRock Paper Mill in the background. Wednesday Officer, senior citizens marked the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, an observance that helped spur activism against air and water pollution and disappearing plants treated for bee stings and animals. MESA — A Mesa police Meeting ‘Zoom-bombed’ THE CENSUS the traffic stop, and he identified AZ officer was among four with child abuse images Peraza as the robber. people treated for multiple bee The grade point average of Craig McFarland, who was Peraza is accused of demand- stings at a senior living facility, accepted to all eight Ivy League schools. McFarland, a ing cash while threatening to authorities said. NEW HAVEN — A shoot the McDonald’s cashier “in CT Connecticut city’s pub- student at Stanton College Preparatory School in Jack- Mesa Fire Department officials 4.98 sonville, Fla., isn’t sure which university he’ll attend. He the face” if he didn’t comply, the lic Zoom meeting was interrupt- said crews were called to Fellow- Miami Herald reported. ed by a person showing material heard from Yale first. Then the other acceptance letters ship Square after a report of a bee depicting child abuse, throwing poured in: Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, University of Pennsylvania, Brown, Dart- attack. council members into a fit about mouth and Cornell. McFarland plans to study medicine or law. Man accused of hiring They said three senior citizens how to secure meetings going were taken to a hospital for treat- men to beat up wife forward. ment while the police officer was explicit conversations and solicit rector Lisa Hartman said. Participants in the videocon- sex from police officers posing The father is a 10-year-old at VA NCOUVER — A treated at the scene. ference before the New Haven as children. Each of the suspects the center named Pilot. WA Vancouver man was Residents of the facility were Board of Alders were stunned agreed to meet their targets in The SeaLife Center, one of accused of hiring two men to beat asked to shelter in place while a and disgusted by the display, the person at specified locations. De- three aquariums in North Amer- up his estranged wife after she pest elimination crew removed New Haven Register reported. tectives arrested the men when ica housing Steller sea lions, pre- had him served with a no-contact the bees. The Register added that anony- they showed up. viously hosted four other births, order. mous users disrupting meetings The plan was stymied when the Firm ‘devastated’ by fire with vulgar displays have been The men ranged in age from 20 all from a female named Eden men tipped her off, documents dubbed “Zoom-bombers.” to 74, and are facing a combined that now resides at the Mystic at large egg farm 68 felonies. Aquarium in Connecticut. said. Edgar Gonzalez-Gomez Police arrest 30 appeared in Clark County Supe- CROTON — Authori- Stellar sea lion to give Man charged in rior Court on suspicion of crimi- OH ties said a fast-mov- for soliciting minors nal solicitation, The Columbian ing fire at a large egg farm in birth at sea life center robbery of drive-thru reported. Ohio destroyed one large build- FAIRFAX — An on- The woman served Gonzalez- KENAI — A female MIAMI — Police ing and also killed hens in other VA line sting operation in Gomez with a no-contact order Steller sea lion at the charged a Florida man buildings. northern Virginia resulted in the AK FL April 7. One week later, she was The blaze reported at the Tril- Alaska SeaLife Center is preg- with robbing a McDonald’s arrests of 30 men charged with sitting in her car when she saw lium Farms facility in Croton sent nant and expected to give birth through its drive-thru window. trolling the internet to solicit sex an unknown man walk by several flames shooting high into the sky. within months, officials said. Angel Torres Peraza, 37, was from minors, authorities said . times before tapping on her win- Chief Mike Richardson of the The sea lion named Mara pulled over in an unrelated traf- Fairfax County Police called dow, asking her name and then Hartford Volunteer Fire Depart- would be only the second of her fic stop in Miami when officers the sting Operation COVID telling her about the plan, say- ment told the Newark Advocate Crackdown. They said school species to give birth at the center learned about the robbery at the ing he wouldn’t do it, a probable that the flames destroyed one closures and stay-at-home orders in Seward, The Peninsula Clarion restaurant in Hialeah less than cause affidavit said. building that was about 300 feet to combat the coronavirus have reported. an hour earlier, news outlets re- He then let her hear a recording long and damaged another. He increased children’s online pres- Mara will not be used to breed ported. His car matched the de- said all chickens were lost in one ence and their vulnerability to again because she is now 17 and scription of the robbery vehicle, of Gonzalez-Gomez describing in building and some chickens were exploitation along with it. most Steller sea lions normally they said. Spanish what he wanted done to lost in two other buildings due to Police said the men who were live to their early 20s in captivity, Police then brought the Mc- her, according to court records. exposure. arrested went online to initiate SeaLife Center Husbandry Di- Donald’s cashier from Hialeah to From wire reports Friday, April 24, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 41 PAGE 42 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, April 24, 2020 Friday, April 24, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 43 PAGE 44 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, April 24, 2020 Friday, April 24, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 45 COLLEGE FOOTBALL College sports will take the slow road back

BY RALPH D. RUSSO Associated Press While professional sports leagues can ponder plans to isolate their athletes from the new coronavirus and have them play in unusual, even secluded places, college sports have no such option. Pro sports leagues can get creative with solutions to save their multibillion-dollar busi- ANALYSIS nesses. College sports will take a slower road back. “The most at-risk sport of starting up again, in my opinion, is collegiate ath- letics,” said A.J. Maestas, the CEO of Navigate Research, which consults with professional sports leagues and college conferences. “There is less of an incentive and less alignment with the ultimate mis- sion of the entity they work at, live at, that fund them.” The commissioners of the 10 Bowl Sub- division conferences made it clear to Vice President Mike Pence last week: There cannot be college sports played if cam- puses are not open. If university leaders do not deem it safe for students to return to /AP classrooms and dorms, locker rooms and TONY DING practice fields will also remain closed. Fans cheer as Michigan’s football team takes the field at Michigan Stadium against Wisconsin on Oct. 13, 2018. Pro sports can As big as the business of college sports get creative with solutions to save their multibillion-dollar businesses. College sports will likely take a slower road back. is it is dwarfed by the business of higher education. For example: The University of not the NCAA, making those decisions. football without fans. If that were the case, them from being considered employees. It Alabama’s budget in fiscal 2018 was $1.03 Schools would take a significant finan- it would mean there would be major res- reduces their economic rights. It frames billion. Its athletic budget in 2018-19 was cial hit by continuing to operate online ervations about group gatherings,” North- things so that the athletes also think that $164 million. only, but balance that against the legal and western athletic director Jim Phillips said they are in this caretaker environment so “You think of all the stakeholders and ethical liability they could face by being on the Paul Finebaum Show, echoing a they have to rely upon the coaches and the constituents in the collegiate space and the catalyst for reig- sentiment that is also becoming popular schools to advance their rights.” all the missions they’re meant to serve in. niting an outbreak. among administrators. “But that is not always the case with This sports thing is like 3% of their bud- “I think they do ‘ It isn’t Commissioners and athletic directors the big business of college sports,” Nevius get,” Maestas said. have to be conserva- have stressed the importance of collabora- Colleges and universities, for the most appropriate added. tive in how they ap- tion across conferences and starting any Later this week, the NCAA is scheduled part, have been quicker than governments proach this,” said for us season at once. But the public health crisis in enacting measures to slow the spread to reveal some details of a plan to begin al- attorney Tim Nevius, to play is not playing out the same everywhere. lowing college athletes to be compensated of the virus. They sent students home, ex- a former college Within 24 hours this week the president of for use of their names, images and like- tended spring breaks and shifted to online baseball player and college the University of Connecticut said he was nesses. The earliest it would go into effect classes weeks before widespread bans of NCAA investigator football personally pessimistic about the return of is 2021-22. large gatherings and stay-at-home orders who now represents fall sports while the University of Missouri by governors and mayors. without Yes, college football players with pro- and advocates for col- System president Mun Choi said he expects Even before the NCAA canceled its lege athletes. fans.’ in-person classes to resume this fall. fessional aspirations have much to gain by playing. But not paychecks. And their basketball tournaments and spring If, come Septem- Jim Phillips In professional sports, players are well- sports March 12, schools were shuttering ber, the students are Northwestern AD paid and unionized. Essentially, they are scholarships are good whether they play campuses. physically going back business partners with the leagues. Play- or not. Fast forward to the fall, when the hope to school, even then there will be hurdles to ers have to sign off on any return-to-play “College sports are theoretically intend- is many businesses and routine parts of clear for football to start. plan, and they might be motivated to take ed to exist to enhance that academic expe- daily life will be operating again, even if “Large gatherings of people are going to some risk to get paid. rience of its athletes,” Nevius said. “And not back to business as usual. That doesn’t be the last thing we check off the box,” Ohio In college sports, the relationship be- the NCAA repeatedly says that publicly mean colleges will be rushing to get stu- Gov. Mike DeWine said last week when tween the players and the schools, admin- and in defense of lawsuits as well. We’ve dents on campus. If they were first to shut asked about Ohio State football games. istrators and coaches is almost paternal. seen over time decisions made that com- down, they could also be among the last to So play without fans? “In framing it that way it restricts ath- pletely contradict that. This is another test reopen and it will be university presidents, “It isn’t appropriate for us to play college letes’ rights,” Nevius said. “So it prevents with respect to that philosophy.” Coronavirus puts crimp into injury rehab

BY CLIFF BRUNT AND MITCH STACY could lengthen recovery times and put time in his three-decade career, and it is Associated Press athletes at risk of re-injury. frustrating. Allen has no access to campus facilities “I’m old-school,” he said “I’ve got to see Under normal circumstances, you would and he is working only twice a week with you, I’ve got to talk to you eye to eye, not almost have to force Indiana linebacker team trainers who can’t physically touch through the phone so I can read if you’re Thomas Allen out of his school’s athletic him. Much of his care has been outsourced telling me the truth or not. I want to see facilities. to an outside clinic. The rest of his work is you do great. Let me put my hands on you. Allen had season-ending surgery on his done at home. Let me see you move.” left shoulder in November, and his dedi- “If we didn’t have what’s going on now, Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger had cated rehabilitation led him to recently you’d be with them (trainers) basically 24- been shut down during winter condition- declare himself 85% to 90% healthy even 7,” Allen said. “The longer you’re in there, ing after he aggravated a rib injury. A re- though he was restricted to individual the sooner you get back on the field. So cent checkup was a little different. workouts when spring practice began in you’re doing some things at home without “He had a Zoom conference with the March. blowing up your shoulder.” physician last week, and she was telling /AP DARRON CUMMINGS His recovery plan changed dramatically Dr. Kevin Wilk, the associate clinical him to, ‘Push here, push there, how does Indiana linebacker Thomas Allen, when the coronavirus pandemic shut down director for Champion Sports Medicine that feel? What are you feeling?’ ” Texas right, had season-ending surgery on campuses and college sports. He is among in Birmingham, Ala ., has helped Michael coach Tom Herman said. “So that was in- his left shoulder in November, and his many football players across the country Jordan, Bo Jackson, Drew Brees, Derek teresting and again unique because the in- rehabilitation changed dramatically when recovering from injuries who have limited Jeter and others recover from injuries. jury is really kind of a pain tolerance. You the pandemic led to the suspension of access to top-tier equipment and one-on- Wilk is using telehealth — basically long- know when those things heal because they athletic activities at Indiana. one help. Some experts say those issues distance clinical health care — for the first stop hurting.” PAGE 46 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, April 24, 2020 OLYMPICS Davis, US boxers remain committed

BY GREG BEACHAM many Western nations’ teams in Associated Press an amateur sport that frequently loses its brightest talents to the LOS ANGELES — Keyshawn pros, even in normal Olympic Davis took several weeks to cycles. But U.S. head coach Billy choose his path to boxing star- Walsh has managed to keep his dom after the Tokyo Olympics whole team together for 2021 by were postponed. selling his boxers on the prom- Thanks to the coronavirus ise of brighter pro futures if they pandemic, the top professional show a little patience. prospect on the U.S. Olympic “We’ve always had that chal- qualification lenge,” said Walsh, the Irish ‘ team was coach who has restored the frac- It’s just suddenly fac- tious U.S. program to respect- hard to ing nearly a ability in his five years in charge. year without say no “Since I came here, we’ve turned an amateur that around a piece. We’ve given fight that to the the guys the vision of first becom- mattered. ing an Olympic champion, as all Olympics. He could the greats did back in the day, and wait 16 That’s like using that for a platform to launch months for his passing your professional career.” shot at gold in PHOTOS BY JOHN BAZEMORE/AP After decades of the pro game’s up a deal Tokyo, or he predation and innumerable scan- Olympic pole vaulting silver medalist Sandi Morris runs on the vaulting runway she is building with her could accept right in dals, amateur boxing is no longer father in Greenville, S.C. Morris didn’t have a place to practice and plenty of down time due to the one of several coronavirus pandemic. So she and her father are constructing their own pole vault setup. front of lucrative of- the marquee Olympic event that your face fers to begin catapulted Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay), Sugar that makes his profes- sional career Ray Leonard and Oscar De La a lot of immediately. Hoya to athletic superstardom. sense. ’ When Yet Olympic experience still Davis began turns heads within the sport Keyshawn Project runway his delib- — and it remains an enormously Davis eration, the valuable commodity to boxing U.S. boxer, 21-year-old promoters, who pay higher prices on passing up lightweight for fighters they can promote with an opportunity was leaning “Olympian” perpetually affixed to turn pro toward the to them like a new first name. pros. After And if a boxer manages to come Morris building own pole vault setup speaking to family, coaches and home with gold, the game changes his fellow fighters, he decided to even more. Just ask two-time gold BY PAT GRAHAM keep his Olympic flame burning. medalists Vasyl Lomachenko or Associated Press “It’s just hard to say no to the Claressa Shields, who established Olympics,” Davis said from his thriving pro careers and claimed andi Morris set the bar high with her latest home in Virginia. “That’s like world title belts within months of do-it-yourself project. passing up a deal right in front their Olympic triumphs. Soon, she will be clearing it, too. of your face that makes a lot of “You can go now, and you’re S The Olympic pole vault silver medalist sense.” going to have to take 20-odd didn’t have a place to practice and plenty of down Every member of the U.S. team fights to fight for a world title,” time due to the coronavirus pandemic. So she and agrees so far. Even with an extra Walsh told his fighters recently. her father constructed their own pole vault setup year to wait, Davis and his 12 “You go get an Olympic gold, or if near Greenville, S.C. teammates are all still focused you have those Olympic rings on Built out of plywood, the 120-foot runway is situ- on Tokyo and the rewards of the your shoulder, that will fast-track ated between a soccer field and a tennis court on Olympic experience. you to world title fights. You’re a neighborhood land two blocks from her parents’ The Olympic postponement name. You’re known. You’re an place. Their pole vault project could be operational could have caused upheaval for Olympian.” as soon as this weekend (they just need the landing mat to arrive). Viewing is definitely encouraged — from windows for now (social distancing and all). “There are tons of houses that can see the field from their windows,” said the 27-year-old Morris, who usually trains in Fayetteville, Ark., but traveled home to start the project with the Tokyo Games post- poned to next summer and no foreseeable competi- tions. “So I’m being literal when I say they’re going to watch me from their windows. It will be fun.” This project has been in the back of their minds for ages. Morris would always venture home and wouldn’t be able to stay long because she had to re- turn to practice. Now, her coach can simply send along a workout. “This virus kind of pushed us to do something that we’ve always wanted to do,” said Morris, who Morris and her father, Harry Morris, work on the finished second to Katerina Stefanidi of Greece at pit where the landing mat will rest. the 2016 Rio Olympics. The entire endeavor took about three weeks and It’s no easy task. cost around $4,000 (not counting the landing mat, “Almost like building a skate park — you can re- which usually runs around $30,000 but was loaned ally mess it up if you don’t know what you’re doing,” to her). There’s a rubber surface covering the run- Sam Kendricks said. “But I saw her running on it way for better traction, too. No concrete was used so and I was like, ‘Wow, that’s a fine runway you guys MARTIN MEJIA/AP it can be moved (although, not easily). have built.’ ” The United States’ Keyshawn Davis, right, hits Cuba’s Andy Cruz The blueprint was provided by Scott Kendricks, He’s eager to try it out — once shelter-at-home re- during their men’s light welterweight final at the Pan American the father of two-time world pole vaulting cham- strictions are eased and it’s safer to travel again, of Games on Aug. 2 in Lima, Peru. Even with an extra year to wait, pion Sam Kendricks. The Kendricks family built a course. Davis and his 12 teammates are all still focused on Tokyo and the similar setup years ago in Mississippi (they’ve since “Heck yeah. I’d definitely drive through Atlanta rewards of the Olympic experience. switched to a fabricated runway). to visit Sandi and try that,” Kendricks said. Friday, April 24, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 47 NFL DRAFT Identifying and developing intangibles in QBs Evaluating ‘it’ might be biggest challege scouts, coaches face

B Y RALPH D. RUSSO Associated Press Sam Howell has been a quarterback since first grade. His father told him then that to play the position he needed to be the leader of the team, and that more would be expected of him than other players, both on the field and off. Howell, coming off a record-breaking freshman season at North Carolina, has come to think of quarterback as a lifestyle. “I know everyone’s looking at me,” How- ell said. Evaluating and projecting quarterbacks at any level is probably the most challeng- ing part of building a football team. More so than any other position, what makes a quarterback successful is almost impos- sible to measure or quantify. That mysteri- ous and ill-defined “It Factor.” “I don’t think there is a science to it,” said Ohio State coach Ryan Day, who spent two seasons as a quarterback coach in the NFL under Chip Kelly before landing in Colum- bus. “If there was, I think it would be a lot easier for everybody. I think in 2020 they wouldn’t still be asking what it means.” Joe Burrow, Tua Tagovailoa and Justin Herbert lead the next batch of quarter- GERALD HERBERT/AP backs set to enter the NFL. They are the consensus top three QBs available in this LSU quarterback Joe Burrow put up eye-popping numbers on the field for the Tigers en route to the College Football Championship week’s draft, all expected to be selected last season, but that won’t stop specualtion about whether he posesses the most elusive and desirable of traits — the “It Factor. ” Thursday night. Their prodigious skills, prolific pro- One is mental capacity: The ability to be a team leader, whether he is gregari- book Oregon offensive coordinator Joe duction and impressive athleticism are learn and process football. That can show it- ous or reticent, laid back or intense. Some Moorhead gives to his signal-callers. obvious. As are their few physical short- self on the whiteboard or film room, break- quarterbacks will pick a teammate up with Moorhead said quarterbacks “should comings. The rest? Well, there is a reason ing down plays and defenses. The hope is an optimistic ‘atta boy.’ Others get a point teeter on the bridge of confidence and why they are called intangibles. that transfers to the field, but not always. across more sternly. cockiness.” In the era of personal quarterback coach- Then there are the players whose mas- “I’ve seen that many different personali- Still, there is no word, test or formula es, 7-on-7 summer leagues and scholarship tery of the subject matter doesn’t really ties can get it done,” Morris said. “And so that can reliably identify which quarter- “offers” to eighth graders, the holistic de- shine through until they get between the whether he is vocal or dynamic or alpha or backs have ‘it.’ velopment of quarterbacks begins early. lines. more reserved, is he a leader? How does he “There’s got to be a little bit of gut feel David Morris is the founder of QB Coun- For Morris it’s the difference between lead? And then is he confident in his lead- to it, too,” Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley try and best-known for a college career book smart and street smart. Both can be ership style?” said. “Because kids come from different spent as Eli Manning’s backup at Missis- successful and most good players have at Confidence is a word that comes up a lot backgrounds. These guys are raised in sippi. He works with all ages and talent least some of each. There are readily avail- when it comes to elite athletes of all kinds. different parts of the country, in different levels of quarterbacks, from tweens aspir- able ways to identify and develop a player’s With quarterbacks, it is especially impor- homes, with different family situations. ing to start for the JV team to Daniel Jones, mental capacity, though projecting its tant because the position comes with such Different situations at school, different who was selected No. 6 overall by the New growth potential can be trickier. a harsh and unrelenting spotlight. kinds of leadership in their life. And so York Giants last season. The second intangible is more about per- “You willingly chose to play the most some of it’s evaluating where they’re at For Morris there are two aspects to the sonality and how it relates to leadership. scrutinized position in all of organized ath- now and some of it’s predicting as best you so-called intangibles. One way or another, a quarterback has to letics,” is a line in the quarterback hand- can where you think they’re headed.” NFL promotes launch of wheelchair football league at draft

BY BARRY WILNER and outside, with seven players a the community-based athlete de- Associated Press ‘ It’s definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. side on a field 60 yards long and velopment pipeline; 81% of USA 22 yards wide. (disabled) athletes came through Brad Lang’ The competitive drive never “There’s the camaraderie that one of our chapter programs. And has left Brad Lang, who hopes to Marine veteran, on announcing a draft pick for the Carolina Panthers is bred into all military person- 71% of Summer Paralympics ath- be playing football in the fall. nel, and the teamwork it takes letes have come through our sum- In the first Wheelchair Football to complete every mission,” says mer programs. League, which is being launched tunity to do.” “I went out to a ski spectacu- Lang, who played youth and high “We are not the finishing by Disabled Sports USA. Then, Lang will continue lar and tried it for the first time school football. “It is something I school, but the open end of the On Saturday, Lang, a Marine preparation for the wheelchair and instantly fell in love with it. am always looking for.” funnel that teaches them the ba- veteran who lost both legs in an version of America’s most popu- It was 10 times more enjoyable Disabled Sports USA has pro- sics of the sport.” explosion while on patrol in Af- lar sport. It’s important — make than able-bodied skiing ever was. grams across 50 sports and soon Many of the basics of foot- ghanistan in 2011, will announce that essential — to participate, he It really was the only thing I have will be expanding beyond that. ball must be streamlined for a draft pick for the Carolina Pan- notes. found that was better on the other Those sports range from athlet- the wheelchair game. With no thers. He was selected by the “I think the best way to de- side of the injury. ics to archery, from mountain kickoffs or punts, the ball will NFL to represent the new league scribe that is to share my first “It’s similar with football and biking to bocce. Football is being be thrown in the air rather than that plans to play in Chicago, Los experience with disabled sports,” all the disabled sports I have been launched with the aid of funding kicked. A one-hand touch on the Angeles, Phoenix and Kansas Lang said. “After I was injured able to participate in. It makes from the NFL and the Bob Wood- body above the waist is consid- City, Mo. I came back to Bethesda Naval you feel like you are on par with ruff Foundation. ered a tackle. Each roster will He’s excited about that oppor- (hospital) and in late November, everybody else and how you used DSUSA also plays a role in be balanced through a weighting tunity, even with the draft being I was approached by a sports rep to be.” developing athletes for the system based on a player’s dis- conducted digitally. who asked would I like to go ski- Lang, a Purple Heart recipi- Paralympics. ability. On conversions, a run is “It’s definitely a once-in-a-life- ing? I’m thinking that I can’t even ent, particularly likes the idea “We have an official role as a worth one point, a pass is worth time opportunity,” Lang says. walk, how am I going to ski? I of competing in a sport based on multisport organization,” says two. “Something I never would have grew up in Michigan and was an teamwork. Games will be played Glenn Merry, DSUSA’s executive All participants must remain had the dream to have the oppor- able-bodied skier, too. on hard surfaces both indoors director. “In real terms, we are fully seated during play. PAGE 48 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, April 24, 2020 NFL/PRO BASKETBALL/COLLEGE BASKETBALL Even without a No. 1 pick Bears expect to stock up GM excited to have two second-rounders in ‘deep draft’

BY ANDREW SELIGMAN By the numbers have some big question marks. Associated Press It’s not clear how much Graham has left after getting released by Chicago general manager Ryan Green Bay. But he has a strong Pace is all wired and ready to go connection to Pace, who had a for the draft. He thinks the Bears hand in drafting him while work- are, too. 8-8 ing in New Orleans’ front office. Chicago comes in with no first- The Bears need help on the of- round picks for the second year in fensive line and more playmakers a row, having traded them to Oak- Bears’ record last season to go with receiver Allen Robin- land for star linebacker Khalil after going 12-4 in 2018. son. The wish list also includes a TIM BOYLE, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES/AP Mack prior to the 2018 season. cornerback and safety to go with But with two second-rounders at Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Pace is looking to bounce Kyle Fuller and Eddie Jackson. numbers 43 and 50 and seven se- back from an 8-8 season. The Bears have seven draft selections, And there’s a different setup lections in all, the Bears hope to but none in the first round. add some key pieces as they try to 7 to the draft this year, with head- shake off a disappointing season. quarters off limits because of the house about a week ago, so he no the whole process and I’m just “It puts it on us as evaluators coronavirus pandemic. Instead of longer has to worry about a slow very thankful for them.” Halas Hall, Pace has been work- and scouts and coaches to maxi- Draft selections, including Wi-Fi connection when Cardyn Pace also said the team has ing at home the past month, mak- mize the draft picks we have,” none in the first round and uses her iPad. He just hopes no not decided whether to exercise ing the most of the challenges that Pace said Tuesday. “Fortunately two in the second. one trips over the cord running quarterback Mitchell Trubisky’s we have two twos and it is a deep come with the setup. from the router down the stairs One benefit? fifth-year option, with the dead- draft, and we’ve just got to capi- to the dining room, where he has line in May. The Bears acquired talize at that point.” SOURCE: Associated Press Having dinner every night with seven monitors, or knocks out a former Super Bowl MVP Nick The Bears went 8-8 and missed his wife, Stephanie, and 10-year- wire again. Stephanie did that the the playoffs for the eighth time in was one of the least productive in old daughter Cardyn, something other day while vacuuming, caus- Foles in a trade with Jacksonville nine years, a huge letdown after the NFL. he couldn’t remember doing for a ing each screen to go blank. to challenge for the starting job winning the NFC North at 12-4 Though the Bears have been month straight. “There will be a lot of fun sto- after Trubisky struggled in his in 2018. While a defense that has busy, bringing in pass rusher Pace credits the Bears’ technol- ries to tell when this is all said third season. ranked among the league’s best Robert Quinn to take the load off ogy staff for a “seamless” transi- and done,” Pace said. “It’s been a “We’ll cross that bridge once in recent years continued to per- Mack and former All-Pro tight tion to working at home. He said really unique circumstance, but we get through this weekend,” form at a high level, the offense end Jimmy Graham, they still they boosted the bandwidth in his they’ve been awesome through Pace said. Americans playing overseas McGraw retires, fear economic fallout of virus led Irish to two BY KEN MAGUIRE Jobs had been on the rise. Americans ac- national titles Associated Press counted for one-third of total roster spots in the top men’s leagues of Germany, Greece, Associated Press Even before the coronavirus outbreak, Italy, France and Spain, the FIBA report Two years removed from winning her Devin Sweetney knew nothing was guar- said. That’s up from about one-quarter of anteed when it came to getting paid for second national championship, Muffet Mc- roster spots in those leagues in the 2011-12 Graw retired as coach of Notre Dame on playing overseas. season. The 32-year-old American said the Wednesday, a surprising decision to many Further, they typically averaged more of the countless players and coaches she Greek basketball team he played for this points and minutes per game than their season still owes him “thousands of dol- has influenced on and off the court as a teammates, the report added. mentor and advocate for women. lars.” And with sports shut down around JACK DEMPSEY/AP “We take on more responsibility,” said The Hall of Fame coach has a resume the world because of the pandemic, Sweet- 27-year-old Aaryn Ellenberg, whose 15 Devin Sweetney said he knew even that includes two ney is thinking more about his long-term points per game led her French team, Saint before the coronavirus outbreak that national champion- future. Amand. “The role I’ve played on most nothing was guaranteed when it came ships in 33 seasons at “Now is the time to get your plan togeth- teams is to come in and score and lift the to getting paid for playing overseas. The the school . McGraw er, because you never know,” the 6-foot-6 level of the team.” 32-year-old American said the Greek sent 20 players to the small forward said. “It’s an eye-opener for The exodus back to the United States basketball team he played for this season WNBA during her everybody.” followed league stoppages and travel re- still owes him thousands of dollars. coaching career. American players have been able to earn strictions. It could be a much different Former Fighting livings by infusing European basketball landscape when they return. Will Voigt, Bertomeu said he is “100% sure” Turkish Irish player and long- teams with scoring and ball handling, but hired in February to coach Baskets Bonn, Airlines will maintain its sponsorship. time assistant coach now they’re worried there will be fewer said some clubs struggle even in the best Uncertainty is a given for overseas Niele Ivey will return jobs and lower salaries in the economic of times. players. They rarely land multi year con- to take over for Mc- fallout of the coronavirus. “In all these top leagues, there’s always tracts, are quickly replaced if injured, and McGraw Graw. She was on the “You’re going to see some teams fold or a handful of teams that are right on the sometimes must go to arbitration for their Memphis Grizzlies not be able to pay as much,” said 25-year- brink financially,” said Voigt, who also money. Perks include free housing and the staff last year after 17 old Mehryn Kraker, who played in Spain coaches Angola’s national team. team handles taxes, so pay is net. seasons at Notre Dame. this season. “Clubs rely on multiple bene- That’s true in smaller leagues, too, which The 64-year-old McGraw became the Veterans can fetch $10,000 or more per factors and sponsors, so with companies is bad news for the hundreds of Americans 13th woman inducted into the Naismith month, but others might accept less than being hit, the funding is going to be affect- who eke out livings on teams from Iceland Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2017. ed, especially on the women’s side.” to Cyprus. half that amount. There’s no public listing, She won 936 games, ranking sixth among The United States is by far the world’s “Any way you look at it, it’s not going to but Kraker said she has seen huge varia- Division I coaches, with 842 coming at biggest exporter of basketball players, both be positive for imports,” Voigt said. tions on the women’s side, from a player Notre Dame. male and female, and Europe is the top Real Madrid, which plays in Spain’s earning $800 per month in the Czech Re- “I am proud of what we have accom- importer. Nearly as many Americans as domestic league and the regional Eu- public to WNBA players getting $15,000 plished and I can turn the page to the next Germans, for example, played in the men’s roLeague, reacted by reducing player per month in bigger leagues. Shane Lar- chapter in my life with no regrets, know- Basketball Bundesliga in 2018-19, accord- salaries by up to 20% for this season. kin reportedly earns $2 million on a men’s ing that I gave it my best every day,” said ing to FIBA’s 2019 Migration Report. Meanwhile, EuroLeague president Jordi team in Turkey. McGraw. Friday, April 24, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 49 BASEBALL Minor league teams, players face lost season

Virus outbreak threatens ‘ I’m still holding out hope, to wipe out summer slate but we’re also being realistic that the challenges we face are pretty severe. BY JAY COHEN ’ Associated Press Mike Birling Durham Bulls vice president CHICAGO — Mike Nutter is surround- ed by questions everywhere he goes these days. So the longtime president of the Fort then just go with it.” Wayne TinCaps is planning for each sce- Short, from Kingston, N.Y., stayed in nario he can imagine, one at a time. Arizona after training camp was cut short, What does minor league baseball look sharing a house with fellow pros Ian Happ, like in the COVID-19 age? What happens if Nico Hoerner and Dakota Mekkes from his Class A team plays only half a season? the Cubs. They work out and play tennis And the big one: What if there are no together to help stay ready. games at all? Andre Nnebe, a minor leaguer in the While Major League Baseball tries to Brewers’ organization who expected to figure out a way to play this summer, the be in Class A ball this year, built a batting prospects for anything resembling a nor- cage at his house in Oakland and ordered mal minor league season are increasingly basic gym equipment. He said he might bleak. tie resistance bands to a tree to get in a For minor league communities across MIKE MOORE, THE JOURNAL-GAZETTE/AP strength workout. the country from Albuquerque to Akron, “It’s kind of fun being creative with it looking forward to cheap hot dogs, fuzzy Downtown Fort Wayne, Ind., is seen from an empty Parkview Field earlier this month. Mike Nutter, longtime president of the Fort Wayne TinCaps, is planning for every and finding ways to get work,” he said. “It’s mascot hugs and Elvis theme nights, it’s a probably the best way for me to pass time. small slice of a depressing picture. scenario he can imagine as the prospects for anything resembling a normal minor league season this summer look increasingly bleak. There’s not much else to do right now.” Attendance at minor league games last Looming in the background of the mi- year was more than 41.5 million, a 2.6% in- nors’ tenuous situation is intermittent talks crease over 2018 and the 15th straight year which that seems pretty unrealistic right The uncertainty also weighs on players. now.” The loss of a minor league season would be with MLB on a new development contract. with more than 40 million fans. The current Professional Baseball Agree- Nutter tackles each day with a focus on a tough blow for prospects, especially those Among the most popular teams in the ment expires in September. what’s most important to his San Diego just starting out in professional baseball. minors is the Durham Bulls. But no club The National Association of Professional Padres affiliate in the Midwest League, While major league organizations have is immune from the effects of the corona- Baseball Leagues, the minor league gov- virus pandemic. The Bulls recently placed knowing full well how many people are more training possibilities than ever be- erning body, is prepared to agree to MLB’s more than half of their front-office staff on dealing with more dire issues in Indiana fore, there is no substitute for live games. proposal to cut the minimum of affilia- furlough. and beyond. But it’s tough sometimes for MLB and its players’ union are aiming tions from 160 to 120 next year, a person “I’m still holding out hope, but we’re also a minor league lifer used to the grind of a to hold as many games as possible, offer- familiar with the negotiations told The As- being realistic that the challenges we face pocket schedule. ing a glimmer of possibility to some pros- sociated Press. The person spoke Tuesday over the next few months are pretty severe “There’s been times, early on, I was re- pects who could be in the mix to help with on condition of anonymity because no an- just because we are so spread out around ally struggling with it,” Nutter said, “and a packed schedule. nouncements were authorized. the country,” Bulls vice president Mike shared that with some co-workers. I would “Hopefully they’ll expand rosters or “There have been no agreements on con- Birling said. say stress and anxiety for sure, started to something like that for somebody like traction or any other issues,” the National “And we kind of need a perfect storm probably broach on the depression. I don’t myself or whoever,” said Zach Short, an Association said in a statement, adding it in terms all of the cities of where Triple- use any of that lightly, but the point is, like, infielder in the Cubs’ organization who “looks forward to continuing the good-faith A teams are located would need to be OK, so much, overwhelming is the right thing.” reached Triple-A Iowa last summer. “And negotiations with MLB tomorrow.” Scams: Manfred’s report says Boston misdeeds ‘not as pervasive’ as Astros’

FROM BACK PAGE said. “All the reasons that we in the Red Sox system until 2015. 2017 was unacceptable and I re- parted ways with him then are He declined comment, the Red spect and accept the Commis- still the case.” Sox said. sioner’s discipline for my past Manfred said in his report that Watkins compiled advance actions.” Boston’s misdeeds were limited scouting information, and part The Red Sox upgraded the sta- to the regular season and not as of his job was to decode opposing tus of Ron Roenicke, who had been pervasive as the Astros’, who re- pitchers’ sequences ahead of se- their interim manager pending peatedly used a video camera ries. Manfred called him a “key the outcome of the investigation. in the outfield to steal catchers’ participant” in the 2017 Apple “That interim tag is removed,” signs during their run to the 2017 Watch incident, saying he relayed Chief Baseball Officer Chaim championship and again the fol- decoded signs from Boston’s re- Bloom said. “Ron is now our lowing season. play room to the dugout, at first manager.” Manager AJ Hinch and gen- with a runner and then with the The only member of the Red eral manager Jeff Luhnow were watch to an athletic trainer. Sox organization who was penal- suspended through the 2020 post- MLB said it interviewed 65 ized was replay system operator season and fired by the Astros people, including 34 past and J.T. Watkins, who was suspended on Jan. 13. Houston was fined $5 present Boston players. Manfred without pay for a year for violat- million, the maximum under the concluded Cora did not know of ing the prohibition on in-game Major League Constitution, and Watkins’ conduct but “did not ef- use of video to identify pitch sig- lost its next two first- and second- fectively communicate to Red Sox nals. Watkins, who denied the round amateur draft selections. players the sign-stealing rules.” ELISE AMENDOLA/AP allegations, was also prohibited “Unlike the Houston Astros’ In his statement, Cora said: from serving as the replay room From left, Boston Red Sox owner John Henry, chairman Tom Werner 2017 conduct, in which players “I am grateful for the Commis- operator through 2021. and CEO Sam Kennedy react during a news conference in January at communicated to the batter from sioner’s thoughtful and thorough Boston was also stripped of its Fenway Park in Boston. the dugout area in real time the investigation relating to my con- second-round pick in this year’s precise type of pitch about to be duct as Red Sox manager.” amateur draft, No 52 overall. “We have to earn back trust, pecially if the coronavirus pan- thrown, Watkins’ conduct, by its Red Sox players were promised “To be clear, we’re not taking and we’re prepared to do that,” demic wipes out the entire 2020 very nature, was far more limited immunity in MLB’s investigation, any victory laps. A violation was Kennedy said, adding that the season. Roenicke, who was hired in scope and impact,” Manfred but Manfred said even if players uncovered and that was wrong team’s owners apologized to their on the eve of spring training after wrote. had been subject to discipline, and we’re being punished for it,” counterparts on a conference call a shotgun job search, is signed A 30-year-old from Tuscaloo- none would have been punished. Red Sox president Sam Kennedy that afternoon. “We recognize only for one year. sa, Ala., Watkins is a 2012 gradu- Watkins denied any wrongdo- said on a conference call with that as an organization.” “Since we parted ways with ate of the U.S. Military Academy. ing, telling MLB that any infor- reporters, while acknowledging Both Bloom and Kennedy dis- Alex, we were clear that that was The catcher was selected by Bos- mation he provided during games relief that the monthslong inves- missed suggestions that Cora the result of his role with the As- ton in the 10th round of that was obtained from advance tigation is over. could be welcomed back — es- tros. That’s still the case,” Bloom year’s amateur draft and played scouting. PAGE 50 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, April 24, 2020 EmotionalSPORTS MOVIES connections

Head coach Norman Dale ‘Hoosiers’ is No. 1 (Gene Hackman) addresses his team in “Hoosiers.” “Hoosiers” shot all the way to No. 1 in The As- MGM/TNS sociated Press Top 25 of best sports movies, a one- of-a-kind poll from the news organization known for its rankings of college teams. Released in 1986 and starring Gene Hackman, “Hoosiers” led the tally in results released Friday, receiving 46 votes from a 70-person global panel of sports writers and editors who work for the AP. “If you put your effort and concentration into playing to your potential, to be the best that you can be, I don’t care what the scoreboard says at the end of the game,” coach Norman Dale, Hackman’s character, says in the top-ranked movie. “In my book, we’re gonna be winners.” And in this case, they were. Loosely based on an Indiana high school basket- ball team in the 1950s, “Hoosiers” narrowly edged Academy Award Best Picture honoree “Rocky” — released in 1976, it was the first installment of Sylvester Stallone’s series about an unknown boxer from Philadelphia who gets a shot at the big time — and “Bull Durham” — starring Kevin Costner and Susan Sarandon in 1988, it offered a fictional- ized look at characters that populate minor league baseball. Those two movies tied for second place with 45 votes each. Why sports movies resonate with us There was a significant gap between the top three and the rest of the AP Top 25. At No. 4 with 33 votes was “Caddyshack,” the sole golf tale to make the rankings. That was fol- BY HOWARD FENDRICH Sports help us build communities, cre- lowed closely by “Slap Shot” with 32 votes, and Associated Press ate a shared history. They speak to how “Field of Dreams” with 31. we yearn to win and how we empathize “Raging Bull,” “Major League,” “The Natural” or now and the foreseeable with those who lose. They are capable of and “A League of Their Own” rounded out the poll’s future, thanks to the corona- filling us with hope and despair, triumph top 10. virus pandemic, there are no and disaster — often all four within a Other tidbits from this special AP Top 25: live sports to watch — in per- span of mere minutes. Fson, on television, online. Movies, meanwhile, can do the very Double takes Replays of past events are available, same. sure, but there’s rarely much joy in that. They might be profoundly educational Two screenwriters, Angelo Pizzo and Ron Shel- After all, one of the primary appeals of or purely entertaining — and, in the best ton, each earned two mentions on the list. Pizzo sports-in-the-moment is that no one — of cases, both. penned top-ranked “Hoosiers” and “Rudy,” which participant or spectator — knows what’s Whether it’s in their most life-cap- tied for No. 18; Shelton wrote and directed both going to unfold, who’s going to win or turing form, the documentary, such as “Bull Durham” and No. 17 “White Men Can’t lose, how and why it’ll happen or even “Hoop Dreams” or “When We Were Jump.” exactly when. Kings” — both on the AP list, at No. 14 “I’m tired,” President Donald Trump and tied for No. 21. Or when based on, Real as can be lamented last week, “of watching base- however strictly or loosely, real events, ball games that are 14 years old.” such as “Remember the Titans” or “The Two documentaries made the rankings: “Hoop Somehow, though, movies, no matter Pride of the Yankees” — also in the Top Dreams” at No. 14 and “When We Were Kings,” how old, are ripe for watching and re- 25, tied for No. 18 and tied for No. 21. Or tied for No. 21. watching. We’re OK with seeing Jimmy even when created out of whole cloth, Chitwood make that shot ... or Rocky such as “Caddyshack,” which was No. 4, Statistics Balboa fight Apollo Creed ... or Roy or “The Natural,” which tied for No. 8. In all, 117 films got at least one mention in the Hobbs smack a homer into the lights ... Filmmaking, no matter the approach, complete balloting; 69 received at least two votes or Tom Hanks’ character explain there’s represent movies that we love — and comes with a license to shade and shape, apiece. Nine sports served as the subjects of the AP no crying in baseball ... over and over that explain our love of sports. to imagine, to create, to figure out ways Top 25, a group that actually wound up including and over again. Familiarity with the “Someone once described the chal- to take the audience wherever it needs 26 total movies, because three tied for 24th place. who, what, where doesn’t necessarily lenge of writing a sports film like driving to go. spoil the show. down a road full of potholes of clichés: Movies and sports share certain con- Most popular sports With all of that in mind, The Associat- You’re bound to hit some. You just have structs, themes or patterns that emerge ed Press is presenting a one-of-its-kind to build a vehicle that has a bullet proof over and over. The sport represented the most in the list was Top 25 of sports movies, a suggestion of shock absorber, so they’re not noticed,” The heroine/hero. The underdog. baseball with 10 entries, followed by football with what to put on the screen while stuck at Angelo Pizzo, who wrote “Hoosiers” and Good vs. evil. The protagonist’s path. four. Basketball and boxing each put three selec- home. This is, of course, what we do at another Top 25 selection, “Rudy,” said in The antagonist’s resistance. tions in the rankings, while hockey earned two. the AP: We rank things. So 70 writers a telephone interview. Maybe that’s why the overlap of the Golf, running, horse racing and cycling each got one and editors around the world voted on “When sports films work, they work realms resonates. mention. the best in the history of sports cinema. because the audience connects emo- Maybe that’s why we watch. The AP Top 25 — actually, 26 films tionally to the protagonist,” Pizzo said. “The world that sports creates has a Oscar and Emmy nods made the cut, because there was a three- “When people talk to me about ‘Rudy,’ if couple of appealing things going for it. way tie at No. 24 — was released on April that movie works for them, it’s because Unlike life, there are definable rules. Six of the movies in the poll won at least one 17, with “Hoosiers” at No. 1, narrowly they see themselves in Rudy. They see There’s a way of scoring. There’s a way Academy Award, led by the five earned by “Chari- ahead of “Rocky” and “Bull Durham,” themselves as someone who is not ap- of declaring winners and losers. And it’s ots of Fire,” which was ranked No. 16. Nine other which shared the No. 2 spot. “Cad- preciated, is not seen, is not valued. And an escape from the rigors of our own films were nominated for at least one Oscar. “Bri- dyshack” and “Slap Shot” were next, by sheer force of will and belief and day-to-day lives,” Pizzo said. “While an’s Song,” which tied for No. 24, was the only followed by “Field of Dreams,” “Raging faith, they manage to break through. It’s sports are gone now, people who are television movie to make the list and collected five Bull,” “Major League,” “The Natural” not just about achieving the dream — it’s sports fans — or even partial sports fans Emmy Awards. and “A League of Their Own.” about going on the journey to achieve the — are noticing how much of a role sports — Howard Fendrich, Associated Press These, and the rest of the rankings, dream.” play in their lives.” Friday, April 24, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 51 NHL Bettman: League reviewing options for restarting play BY HELENE ELLIOTT Scoreboard Los Angeles Times The NHL is leaning against staging regular-season or playoff Eastern Conference games in nonleague arenas when Atlantic Division it gets clearance to resume opera- GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 70 44 14 12 100 227 174 tions following its COVID-19-re- Tampa Bay 70 43 21 6 92 245 195 Toronto 70 36 25 9 81 238 227 lated pause and its options now Florida 69 35 26 8 78 231 228 include bringing teams to com- Montreal 71 31 31 9 71 212 221 Buffalo 69 30 31 8 68 195 217 pete in two or four NHL cities. Ottawa 71 25 34 12 62 191 243 Those sites would be chosen Detroit 71 17 49 5 39 145 267 Metropolitan Division not necessarily on a division-re- Washington 69 41 20 8 90 240 215 Philadelphia 69 41 21 7 89 232 196 lated basis but as “anywhere that Pittsburgh 69 40 23 6 86 224 196 isn’t a hot spot and has what we Carolina 68 38 25 5 81 222 193 Columbus 70 33 22 15 81 180 187 need both in terms of the arena N.Y. Islanders 68 35 23 10 80 192 193 and having practice facilities,” N.Y. Rangers 70 37 28 5 79 234 222 New Jersey 69 28 29 12 68 189 230 CHRIS O’MEARA/AP Commissioner Gary Bettman said Wednesday. Western Conference Losing the rest of the season to the coronavirus pandemic could leave the Capitals’ Alex Ovechkin two Speaking to Sportsnet’s Ron Central Division short of another 50-goal season and threaten his ability to break Wayne Gretzky’s all-time record. GP W L OT Pts GF GA MacLean in a video posted on St. Louis 71 42 19 10 94 225 193 Facebook, Bettman reiterated he Colorado 70 42 20 8 92 237 191 Dallas 69 37 24 8 82 180 177 remains hopeful the season can Winnipeg 71 37 28 6 80 216 203 be completed, perhaps by going Nashville 69 35 26 8 78 215 217 Minnesota 69 35 27 7 77 220 220 late into the summer and with a Chicago 70 32 30 8 72 212 218 Pacific Division modified playoff format, and that Vegas 71 39 24 8 86 227 211 next season could start late but Edmonton 71 37 25 9 83 225 217 ‘The Great One’ hoping Calgary 70 36 27 7 79 210 215 would be played in its entirety. Vancouver 69 36 27 6 78 228 217 Asked the status of the NHL’s Arizona 70 33 29 8 74 195 187 Anaheim 71 29 33 9 67 187 226 back-to-play plan, Bettman re- Los Angeles 70 29 35 6 64 178 212 San Jose 70 29 36 5 63 182 226 plied, “Which one of the plans? All games postponed at least until “We’re modeling. We’re trying mid-May. Ovechkin can catch him to see what our options will be under whatever scenario unfolds. BY STEPHEN WHYNO was even offered a job to play in ... The decision ultimately will be floated the past few weeks. “We Associated Press Russia in 1999 after playing his made by medical people and peo- can’t play in a small college rink final NHL game. He respectfully ple who run governments at all in the middle of a smaller com- ayne Gretzky sees declined. different levels, so we’re not going munity because if we’re going to a lot of himself in “All I remember was my mind- to try to do anything that flies in be centralized, we need the back- Alex Ovechkin, from set was there’s one league and the face of what we’re being told of-the-house (amenities) that the smile on his face W if I’m not good enough for this is appropriate.” NHL arenas provide, whether it’s each time he steps on the ice to league, I’m done,” Gretzky said. Those scenarios include pos- multiple locker rooms, whether his passion for scoring goals. “I grew up, I’m an NHL guy and sibly playing without fans in the it’s the technology, the proce- There are also differences, like if I can’t play in the NHL, that’s it building or using precautions to dures, the boards and glass, the Gretzky’s sole focus on the NHL for me. He’s probably in a differ- mitigate the spread of the virus. video replay, the broadcasting fa- growing up in Brantford, Ontar- ent scenario. He grew up in Rus- “I think there will be some social cilities,” Bettman said. io, versus Ovechkin’s upbring- sia and he’s proud of his country distancing for a while. I think He also said the league, which ing in Moscow. “The Great One” and maybe it’ll be great for him to there will be masks. There will paused play on March 12 after believes the Washington Capi- go home.” be Purell,” Bettman said. “There playing about 85% of its sched- tals captain has a good chance At 35, Ovechkin has already will be lots of things but that’s ule, has no revenues coming in of breaking his all-time record blown past the age where goal- something that ultimately the now. “And that poses an issue not of 894 goals that once seemed scorers usually slow down and medical people and the govern- just in terms of how our system untouchable, depending on how put up numbers not seen in de- ment leaders will be the best able works with players but the tens long Ovechkin plays in the NHL. cades. Even at his pace, Ovechkin to tell us.” of thousands of people that work Gretzky speculated that Ovech- would likely need to play at least He said it’s unlikely games will for clubs in all sports and how kin could go home to Russia and four more seasons to threaten the take place in neutral arenas in they’re impacted by the fact that finish his career in the Kontinen- CHRISTOPHER KATSAROV record, which Gretzky believes THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP Grand Forks, N.D., or Manches- sports has no revenue coming in,” tal Hockey League. would be great for the game. ter, N.H., a possibility that was he said. “Maybe one day in his mind Wayne Gretzky is the career Gretzky recalls his dad telling he’ll say, ‘Look, I want to go home leader with 894 goals. him his record will be broken and play in the KHL when I can one day and hoping he handles it still compete at a high level,’ ” season, tied for the league lead with the same class and dignity Gretzky told The Associated with Boston’s David Pastrnak, Gordie Howe did when Gretzky Press in a phone interview Sun- and if the regular season were to surpassed him as the leading day. “We don’t know that. That’s resume, he could match Gretzky goal-scorer. his decision. But I think he loves and Mike Bossy with nine 50-goal “I can’t help but cheer and being in Washington, I think he seasons. If not, the time away and root for him each and every day,” loves the NHL and I think he’ll do focus on the chase could drive Gretzky said. “I hope I’m the first everything he can at any point to Ovechkin to play long enough to guy who’s able to shake his hand chase down the record.” break the record. when he does break my record.” Ovechkin’s longevity and his When asked how long he’d play, That’s a hope for a few years pursuit of Gretzky’s record are Ovechkin has repeatedly referred down the line. With a pandemic among the topics they discussed to the one year remaining on his raging, Ovechkin — whose wife in their first joint interview, which contract and said, “We’ll see.” He is expecting the couple’s second airs Monday on NBC Sports Net- answers the same to NBC’s Kath- child — said on a recent video call work. It comes with them 3,000 ryn Tappen during the hour-long his focus is on the present, not the miles away and hockey on hiatus special with Gretzky and adds: future. because of the coronavirus pan- “I’m healthy, thanks God, and I “My mind right now is not about demic but shines a spotlight on still love this game. As soon as 50 goals or catch ‘The Great One’ the potential of Ovechkin, who I’m not gonna love this game, I’m or somebody else,” Ovechkin said. STEPHEN B. MORTON/AP has 706 goals, spending the next not gonna cheat on it because I re- “My mind right now (is) to do the few years chasing Gretzky. spect it a lot.” best what I can do, and what my NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said Wednesday the league is Ovechkin has 48 goals this Gretzky knows that feeling and family can do to be safe.” leaning against playing games in nonleague arenas. S TARS AND STRIPES Friday, April 24, 2020 F3HIJKLM Stepping down Hall of Fame Irish coach McGraw SPORTS announces retirement » Page 48

MLB

Red Sox lose draft pick, Cora suspended in sign-stealing scams

BY RONALD BLUM AND JIMMY GOLEN than the Astros’ when they won it all the pre- the investigations were finished and that Man- Associated Press vious season. fred found he “did not violate any MLB rules NEW YORK Ex-manager Alex Cora was formally sus- as a member of the Red Sox organization in he Boston Red Sox escaped severe pended for the coronavirus-delayed 2020 2018 or 2019.” penalties in Major League Baseball’s season — but only for his role as Houston’s “I also take full responsibility for the role I cheating investigation on Wednes- bench coach; Manfred had held off a penalty played, along with others, in the Astros’ viola- T day, with Commissioner Rob Manfred for Cora despite fingering him as the ringlead- tions of MLB rules in 2017,” Cora said. “The concluding that the 2018 World Series cham- er of the Astros’ sign-stealing operation. collective conduct of the Astros organization in pions’ sign-stealing efforts were less egregious In a statement, Cora said he was “relieved” SEE SCAMS ON PAGE 49

The Boston Red Sox were stripped of their second-round pick in this year’s draft for breaking video rules in 2018 and former manager Alex Cora, pictured, was suspended through the 2020 postseason for his conduct as bench coach with the Houston Astros the previous year. Boston replay system operator J.T. Watkins — a 10th-round draft pick by the Red Sox in 2012 after a four-year career at Army — was also suspended without pay for a year.

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