upi--2020-04-03--Australia's top doctor: As many as 10M could be infected with COVID-19

April 3 ( UPI ) -- More than 1 million people worldwide have been confirmed to be infected with the coronavirus but the actual number could be as high as 10 million , said Australia 's top doctor on Friday .
Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy gave the estimate during a press conference with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison in Canberra , stating the disparity is due to some countries ' inability to test .
`` Worldwide , we 've now passed a million reported cases of COVID-19 , '' he said .
`` We believe that the true number @ @ @ @ @ @ @ much as that because we know that judging by the death rate , the testing rate in many countries , they are not detecting all the cases .
There are some countries that do n't have the capacity to test . ''
Australia has more than 5,300 cases and 27 deaths due to the virus , but he is sure of those numbers as he is `` pretty confident '' Australia has `` the best testing '' in the world .
Murphy said the coronavirus growth rate in Australia has been dropping every @ @ @ @ @ @ @ implemented , including strict social distancing guidelines and the closing of its borders .
Asked whether he trusts China 's confirmed numbers , Murphy replied the only numbers he has `` total faith in are the Australian numbers . ''
The comment comes on the heels of reports that the Central Intelligence Agency believes China has been underreporting its confirmed cases , of which it said on Friday had risen by more than 30 new cases to 81,620 .
`` I think they have been pretty transparent but , as I 've said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ numbers , '' he said .
`` I 'm certainly not confident even the numbers out of the U.S. are n't much higher than being reported because nobody else in the world has been doing testing like we have . ''
In response to the report that it was concealing its true numbers , and to similar comments recently made by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Vice President Mike Pence , China said they have always been `` open , transparent and forthcoming '' about its efforts to combat the coronavirus .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ politicians are just shameless and morally repulsive , '' said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying .
`` As we 've repeatedly said , slanders , smears and blame games can not make up for lost time .
More lies will only waste more time and lead to more lives lost . ''
First reported by Bloomberg on Thursday , the report states China has been underreporting its total cases and deaths due to COVID-19 .
The report follows China earlier this week changing how it reports its daily updates , counting asymptomatic cases @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Beijing 's National Health Commission reported 31 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours , all but two of which were imported .
It also recorded 60 new asymptomatic cases , pushing its total of such cases to nearly 1,300 .
In the daily update , it said four people died over Thursday , all in Hubei province , the pandemic 's ground zero and where the majority of the country 's infected and dead were located .
Once the epicenter of the outbreak , China has since been overtaken @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of infections .
More than 1 million people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 with nearly a quarter of them located in the United States .

Chinese enjoy a day in the sun, as well as having wedding photos taken, in Beijing on Thursday. Photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI | License Photo
April 3 (UPI) -- More than 1 million people worldwide have been confirmed to be infected with the coronavirus but the actual number could be as high as 10 million, said Australia's top doctor on Friday. Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy gave the estimate during a press conference with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison in Canberra, stating the disparity is due to some countries' inability to test. Advertisement
"Worldwide, we've now passed a million reported cases of COVID-19," he said. "We believe that the true number is probably five or 10 times as much as that because we know that judging by the death rate, the testing rate in many countries, they are not detecting all the cases. There are some countries that don't have the capacity to test."
Australia has more than 5,300 cases and 27 deaths due to the virus, but he is sure of those numbers as he is "pretty confident" Australia has "the best testing" in the world.
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Murphy said the coronavirus growth rate in Australia has been dropping every day due to measures the government has implemented, including strict social distancing guidelines and the closing of its borders.
Asked whether he trusts China's confirmed numbers, Murphy replied the only numbers he has "total faith in are the Australian numbers."
The comment comes on the heels of reports that the Central Intelligence Agency believes China has been underreporting its confirmed cases, of which it said on Friday had risen by more than 30 new cases to 81,620.
"I think they have been pretty transparent but, as I've said, I'm only confident about our numbers," he said. "I'm certainly not confident even the numbers out of the U.S. aren't much higher than being reported because nobody else in the world has been doing testing like we have."
In response to the report that it was concealing its true numbers, and to similar comments recently made by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Vice President Mike Pence, China said they have always been "open, transparent and forthcoming" about its efforts to combat the coronavirus.
"The comments by these few U.S. politicians are just shameless and morally repulsive," said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying. "As we've repeatedly said, slanders, smears and blame games cannot make up for lost time. More lies will only waste more time and lead to more lives lost."
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First reported by Bloomberg on Thursday, the report states China has been underreporting its total cases and deaths due to COVID-19.
The report follows China earlier this week changing how it reports its daily updates, counting asymptomatic cases for the first time.
On Friday, Beijing's National Health Commission reported 31 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, all but two of which were imported. It also recorded 60 new asymptomatic cases, pushing its total of such cases to nearly 1,300.
In the daily update, it said four people died over Thursday, all in Hubei province, the pandemic's ground zero and where the majority of the country's infected and dead were located.
Its death toll climbed to 3,322.
Once the epicenter of the outbreak, China has since been overtaken by four countries based on the number of infections. More than 1 million people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 with nearly a quarter of them located in the United States.


upi--2020-04-03--South Korea reaches 10,000 COVID-19 cases, quarantines foreign arrivals

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The Seoul metropolitan government began operating a walk-through COVID-19 screening clinic for residents arriving from abroad on Friday, in an effort to cut down on imported cases of the disease. Photo courtesy of Seoul Metropolitan Government
SEOUL, April 3 (UPI) -- South Korea crossed the threshold of 10,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, health officials reported Friday, as the country turns its focus toward combating imported cases of the disease. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 86 new patients on Friday, bringing the country's total to 10,062. South Korea has averaged around 100 new cases per day for roughly three weeks, leveling out the spread of the disease after a dramatic spike that started in mid-February in the southeastern city of Daegu. Advertisement
However, concern is increasing over the number of cases being brought in from overseas travelers, primarily Korean nationals returning from abroad, and officials put stricter measures into action this week.
"Globally, we have seen a surge in the outbreak of infections and the government has put in place stronger infectious disease control measures for all who are arriving to South Korea," KDC director Jung Eun-kyeong said at a press briefing Friday.
Thirty-eight of the new patients reported Friday were arrivals from overseas, the KCDC said, bringing the total of imported cases to 647. Of these, 92 percent are Korean nationals.
On Wednesday, the government began imposing an automatic 14-day quarantine for all inbound travelers to South Korea. Those with a local residence are allowed to self-isolate at home, while other arrivals are required to stay in a government-designated facility at their own expense.
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There are nine such quarantine facilities, senior KCDC official Yoon Tae-ho said, with plans in place to add more.
All arrivals who are in isolation are required to install an app that allows authorities to monitor them in real time.
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A health worker with the Israeli national emergency service, Magen David Adam, wears protective gear while taking swabs to test for COVID-19 at a drive-through testing center in East Jerusalem on August 26. Photo by Debbie Hill/UPI | License Photo
On Friday, the Ministry of Justice announced that it had implemented an order restricting the scope of activities for foreign arrivals, the first time such a move has been made. Those who fail to comply with instructions for quarantine or other public health guidelines can face a prison term of up to three years or a fine of up to about $16,000.
The Seoul city government also announced the opening of a walk-through screening clinic dedicated to residents arriving from abroad on Friday. The facility, located in a stadium parking lot, is capable of testing around 1,000 patients a day, Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon said.
In addition to imported cases, health authorities continued to express concern about cluster infections at locations such as churches and hospitals in the Seoul metropolitan area, where half of the country's 51 million residents live.
Officials have asked citizens to continue an enhanced social distancing campaign, while the Seoul city government said it was planning to take legal action against a conservative Christian church whose members violated an order to refrain from mass gatherings.
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United States Forces Korea, the military command for the roughly 28,500 American troops stationed on the Korean Peninsula, announced that two American citizens working as contractors tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the total number of infections among its population to 17.


upi--2020-04-03--Asian Development Bank: Global cost of pandemic could reach $4T

April 3 ( UPI ) -- The coronavirus pandemic could cost the world as much as $ 4.1 trillion , the Asian Development Bank said Friday as the pandemic surged to more than 1 million people infected with COVID-19 worldwide .
The Manila-based regional development bank forecast in its Asian Development Outlook 2020 report that the pandemic could have a global cost of between $ 2 trillion and $ 4.1 trillion , equaling between 2.3 percent and 4.8 percent of global GDP , due to the virus ' spread through Europe , the United States and other major economies .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the $ 347 billion at the top end , or equivalent to 0.4 percent of global GDP , it predicted on March 6 .
The bank also revised down its growth forecast for Asia to 2.2 percent from the 5.5 percent it had predicted in September .
Assuming the pandemic ends , it expects growth to rebound to 6.2 percent next year .
However , ADB Chief Economist Yasuyuki Sawada admitted that these numbers could be off depending on how the world reacts to the pandemic , calling on world leaders to implement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the markets .
`` The evolution of the global pandemic -- and thus the outlook for the global and regional economy -- is highly uncertain , '' Yasuyuki said in a statement .
`` Growth could turn out lower , and the recovery slower , than we are currently forecasting .
For this reason , strong and coordinated efforts are needed to contain the COVID-19 pandemic and minimize its economic impact , especially on the most vulnerable . ''
For China specifically , the bank sees its recent contraction in industry , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ drag growth down to 2.3 percent this year though with expectations it will rebound to 7.3 percent in 2021 .
Excluding the industrialized economies of Hong Kong , South Korea , Singapore and Taipei , growth in developing Asia was revised down to 2.4 percent from 5.7 percent last year .
The report blames the slow growth not on Asia but on the `` deteriorating external environment with growth stagnating or contracting in the major industrial economies of the United States , Euro area and Japan . ''
The report follows the World @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Pacific and China on Monday that projected growth to slow this year to 2.1 percent in the base-line scenario or -0.5 percent at the lower-case scenario depending on how long the pandemic lasts .
The region sustained a 5.8 percent growth in 2019 .
The ADB report was published after the pandemic had surged passed the 1 million-infections mark on Thursday , according to a live map tracker of the virus by Johns Hopkins University .
It also tallied more than 53,000 deaths attributed to the virus since it emerged four months ago @

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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said she and leaders at the World Health Organization agree that the best way to fix the economy is to focus on stopping the spread of COVID-19. File Photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI | License Photo
April 3 (UPI) -- The best way to limit the coronavirus pandemic's impact on the global economy is to focus on mitigating the spread of the disease, world health and financial leaders said Friday, warning that the current crisis is "way worse" than the 2008 financial crisis. World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said countries should continue to focus on testing, isolating and treating every case of COVID-19, and trace every contact those patients have had. They should not relax pressure on battling the virus. Advertisement
"If countries rush to lift restrictions too quickly, the virus could resurge and the economic impact could be even more serious and prolonged," he said during a news conference in Geneva. "Financing the health responses, therefore, is an essential investment not just in saving lives but in the longer-term social and economic recovery."
Countries across the globe have instituted varying levels of stay-at-home or shelter-in-place orders for non-essential businesses in an effort to keep people home and halt the spread of the coronavirus. With some businesses shuttering or losing sales, millions are losing their jobs, throwing the world economy into chaos.
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In the United States, an additional 6.6 million people filed for unemployment benefits last week, the largest single-week increase in the country's history.
Meanwhile, the virus has sickened more than 1 million people worldwide and killed at least 58,000, according to figures at Johns Hopkins University.
Ghebreyesus was joined at Friday's news conference by International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva. She described the current economic climate as "a crisis like no other."
"We have witnessed he world economy coming to a standstill. We are now in a recession. It is way worse than the global financial crisis.
"This is, in my lifetime, humanity's darkest hour; a big threat to the whole world. And it requires from us to stand tall, be united and protect the most vulnerable of our fellow citizens on this planet."
Georgieva said the IMF has $1 trillion at its disposal to assist the most vulnerable countries. She said at least 90 countries have applied for assistance. She said countries should use the funds to focus on paying doctors and nurses, and purchasing medical supplies needed to fight the pandemic.
"Our main preoccupation in this crisis is to rapidly step up financing for countries, especially emerging markets, developing countries that are faced with very significant and growing needs," she said.
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The Asian Development Bank said Friday that the pandemic could cost the world between $2 trillion and $4.1 trillion, equaling between 2.3 percent and 4.8 percent of global GDP.
The figure is a stark increase from the $347 billion at the top end, or equivalent to 0.4 percent of global GDP, the Manila-based regional development bank predicted on March 6.
The bank also revised down its growth forecast for Asia to 2.2 percent from the 5.5 percent it had predicted in September. Assuming the pandemic ends, it expects growth to rebound to 6.2 percent next year.
However, ADB Chief Economist Yasuyuki Sawada admitted that these numbers could be off depending on how the world reacts to the pandemic, calling on world leaders to implement measures to lessen the virus' impact on the markets.
"The evolution of the global pandemic -- and thus the outlook for the global and regional economy -- is highly uncertain," Yasuyuki said in a statement. "Growth could turn out lower, and the recovery slower, than we are currently forecasting. For this reason, strong and coordinated efforts are needed to contain the COVID-19 pandemic and minimize its economic impact, especially on the most vulnerable."
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For China specifically, the bank sees its recent contraction in industry, services, retail sales and investment to drag growth down to 2.3 percent this year though with expectations it will rebound to 7.3 percent in 2021.
Excluding the industrialized economies of Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and Taipei, growth in developing Asia was revised down to 2.4 percent from 5.7 percent last year.
The report blames the slow growth not on Asia but on the "deteriorating external environment with growth stagnating or contracting in the major industrial economies of the United States, Euro area and Japan."
The report follows the World Bank forecast for East Asia, the Pacific and China on Monday that projected growth to slow this year to 2.1 percent in the base-line scenario or -0.5 percent at the lower-case scenario depending on how long the pandemic lasts. The region sustained a 5.8 percent growth in 2019.


upi--2020-04-03--Vitamin D may help seniors recover after hip fracture, study says

After a broken hip , seniors who have sufficient vitamin D have better odds of walking , a new study finds .
The study suggests that low levels of vitamin D could limit walking , according to researcher Sue Shapses , a professor of nutritional sciences at Rutgers University in New Brunswick , N.J. Nearly 300 patients undergoing hip fracture repair were assessed after surgery in terms of mobility and vitamin D levels .
Those with higher vitamin D levels had higher rates of walking 30 days after surgery , according to the study .
Poorer nutritional status was associated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there was no connection between vitamin D levels and death rates .
The study only found associations between vitamin D and mobility , and could not prove cause and effect .
Shapses recommends older adults take 800 international units ( IU ) of vitamin D daily to prevent deficiency .
Vitamin D is important for bone health .
Vitamin D is in such foods as dairy products , fortified cereals and juices , dark , leafy greens and fatty fish .
It 's also in vitamin pills .
The body also makes vitamin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
`` An important next step is learning how vitamin D affects mobility , '' Shapses said in a Rutgers news release .
`` For example , it is not clear if severe vitamin D deficiency is associated with direct effects on muscle , cognition or other organ systems . ''
A broken hip is among the most serious fall injuries and is hard to recover from .
Many people are unable to live on their own afterward .
More than 300,000 American seniors are hospitalized for broken hips each year and falls @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fractures , according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .
The report was recently published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition .
To learn more about hip fracture , visit the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons .

After a broken hip, seniors who have sufficient vitamin D have better odds of walking, a new study finds.
The study suggests that low levels of vitamin D could limit walking, according to researcher Sue Shapses, a professor of nutritional sciences at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J.
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Nearly 300 patients undergoing hip fracture repair were assessed after surgery in terms of mobility and vitamin D levels. Those with higher vitamin D levels had higher rates of walking 30 days after surgery, according to the study.
Poorer nutritional status was associated with lower levels of mobility. But there was no connection between vitamin D levels and death rates. The study only found associations between vitamin D and mobility, and could not prove cause and effect. Shapses recommends older adults take 800 international units (IU) of vitamin D daily to prevent deficiency.
Vitamin D is important for bone health. Vitamin D is in such foods as dairy products, fortified cereals and juices, dark, leafy greens and fatty fish. It's also in vitamin pills. The body also makes vitamin D when you are exposed to sunlight.
"An important next step is learning how vitamin D affects mobility," Shapses said in a Rutgers news release. "For example, it is not clear if severe vitamin D deficiency is associated with direct effects on muscle, cognition or other organ systems."
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A broken hip is among the most serious fall injuries and is hard to recover from. Many people are unable to live on their own afterward.
More than 300,000 American seniors are hospitalized for broken hips each year and falls cause more than 95 percent of these fractures, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The report was recently published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
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To learn more about hip fracture, visit the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons.
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upi--2020-04-03--Famous birthdays for April 3: Cobie Smulders, Adam Scott

April 3 ( UPI ) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Aries .

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Cobie Smulders arrives for the 47th annual American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on November 24. The actor turns 38 on April 3. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
April 3 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Aries. They include: Advertisement
-- Historian/story writer Washington Irving in 1783
-- Author/naturalist John Burroughs in 1837
-- Actor Leslie Howard in 1893
-- Dancer Sally Rand in 1904
-- Actor Iron Eyes Cody, born Espera Oscar de Corti, in 1904
-- Newspaper columnist Herb Caen in 1916
-- Actor Doris Day in 1922
-- Actor Marlon Brando in 1924
-- Astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom in 1926
-- Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl in 1930
-- Anthropologist Jane Goodall in 1934 (age 86)
-- Actor Marsha Mason in 1942 (age 78)
-- Entertainer Wayne Newton in 1942 (age 78)
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-- Singer Tony Orlando in 1944 (age 76)
-- Musician Richard Thompson in 1949 (age 71)
-- Actor Alec Baldwin in 1958 (age 62)
-- Actor David Hyde Pierce in 1959 (age 61)
-- Actor/comedian Eddie Murphy in 1961 (age 59)
-- Singer Sebastian Bach in 1968 (age 52)
-- Olympic skier Picabo Street in 1971 (age 49)
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-- Actor Jennie Garth in 1972 (age 48)
-- Actor Adam Scott in 1973 (age 47)
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-- Actor Cobie Smulders in 1982 (age 38)
-- Dancer/actor Sofia Boutella in 1982 (age 38)
-- Actor/singer Chrissie Fit in 1984 (age 36)
-- Singer Leona Lewis in 1985 (age 35)
-- Actor Amanda Bynes in 1986 (age 34)
-- Rapper Young M.A, born Katorah Marrero, in 1992 (age 28)
-- Actor/model Paris Jackson in 1998 (age 22)
-- Actor Elsie Fisher in 2003 (age 17)
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upi--2020-04-03--WWE WrestleMania 36 predictions: Who will win?

April 3 ( UPI ) -- WrestleMania 36 is poised to be the most unique WrestleMania in WWE history as the big event is still forging ahead despite the COVID-19 pandemic .
The `` show of shows '' will air on the WWE Network and pay-per-view across two nights for the first time ever on Saturday and Sunday at 7 p.m. EDT .
There will be no live audience in attendance , another first for the extravaganza .
WrestleMania 36 will see new challengers looking to become champions , old rivalries being renewed and living legends returning to battle .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ serving as host .
Here are the marquee matches set to take place and UPI 's predicted winners .
Brock Lesnar ( champion ) vs. Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship Brock Lesnar is back at WrestleMania once again with a title around his waist , proving that he is one of the most dominant world champions of all time .
Drew McIntyre has never competed for a world championship in WWE and will be looking to prove that he belongs in one of the company 's top spots .
McIntyre made it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Men 's Royal Rumble match , a bout where he shocked fans by eliminating Lesnar .
The Beast is still looking for revenge and will surely take McIntyre to Suplex City .
The question will be if Lesnar can withstand McIntyre 's devastating Claymore and if McIntyre can survive the F-5 .
McIntyre , under normal circumstances and if WrestleMania 36 was still taking place inside a packed stadium , would be the favorite to win .
Due to everything that has happened , however , WWE may want to save McIntyre 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fans can watch him win a big match such as this live .
John Cena vs .
The Fiend Bray Wyatt in a Firefly Fun House match Bray Wyatt 's monstrous alter-ego , The Fiend , will battle John Cena six years after the 16-time world champion defeated Wyatt at WrestleMania 30 in 2014 .
Wyatt has said that Cena helped to create The Fiend with that defeat , a nearly unstoppable force who does n't seem to feel pain .
It remains unknown what exactly a Firefly Fun House match will entail @ @ @ @ @ @ @ home field advantage and may subject Cena to a number of horrific traps .
Cena may also have to deal with Wyatt 's cast of colorful puppets including Abby the Witch , a stand-in for Wyatt 's mysterious mentor Sister Abigail .
Cena is also transitioning more into Hollywood , and may be looking to give one of WWE 's most wonderfully bizarre individuals the spotlight .
Cena , in any case , will not go down without a fight .
The Firefly Fun House match may end being one of WWE 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ place at WrestleMania .
Becky Lynch ( champion ) vs. Shayna Baszler for the Raw Women 's Championship Becky Lynch has done it all after making history at WrestleMania 35 where she become both the Raw and SmackDown Women 's Champion .
The Man has been able to hold onto the Raw Women 's Championship ever since and has run through everyone who has crossed her path including Ronda Rousey , Charlotte Flair , Lacey Evans , Natalya , Sasha Banks and Asuka .
Shayna Baszler provides a much needed challenge for Lynch @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as dominant during her time in NXT .
Baszler is best known for using the Kirifuda Clutch which can end matches in mere seconds , making her one of the most dangerous grapplers Lynch has ever faced .
Baszler is also close with Rousey , and will be looking to avenge her friends defeat .
It 's also not out of the realm of possibilities that Rousey will return to WWE in order to help Baszler win the match , creating a WrestleMania moment in the process .
Edge vs. Randy Orton in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Randy Orton will be the most personal and perhaps emotional match of the event as these former friends turn bitter rivals try to tear each other apart .
The Last Man Standing rules dictate that an opponent must stay down for 10 seconds and then anything goes .
This guarantees a violent confrontation where Edge and Orton can take full advantage of the empty arena they will be competing inside .
This is Edge 's first singles match since returning at the Royal Rumble in January after having to retire due to injury @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will be looking to make a huge impact and show that he can hang with the best inside the squared circle .
Orton is one of the most deadliest and vicious competitors in WWE , and will surely bring the fight to Edge .
The Viper has already tried to re-injure Edge and even attacked his wife Beth Phoenix , adding even more layers to this bout which has the potential to steal the show .
Rhea Ripley ( champion ) vs. Charlotte Flair for the NXT Women 's Championship WrestleMania 36 will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in WWE after she has become a fan-favorite star inside NXT .
The Nightmare can now be presented to an even larger audience and showcase why she is one of WWE 's fastest rising stars .
Ripley being able to face Charlotte Flair is a huge opportunity and not one she will want to waste .
The match also brings more prestige to the NXT Women 's Championship , which seems to have reached the same levels as the Raw and SmackDown Women 's Championships .
Ripley needs to win this match , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that Flair winning and transitioning over to NXT could help WWE 's young third brand thrive as it has transitioned into a weekly television show .
The Undertaker vs. AJ Styles in a Boneyard match The Undertaker has seemingly ditched his Deadman persona for the time being and returns to WrestleMania to teach AJ Styles a lesson in respecting legends .
A Boneyard match , much like the Firefly Fun House match , is unpredictable in terms of how the set up will be and what will be at the Undertaker and Styles @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this bout taking place inside of a graveyard , which will give Undertaker a distinct advantage over The Phenomenal One .
Undertaker seems more revitalized then ever before , perhaps due to leaving his gothic side behind .
He could be poised to put in a classic performance worthy of his legend status .
Styles will most likely receive help from his O.C .
partners Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson , but it wo n't be enough .
A loss here for Styles wo n't look too bad either , only Lesnar and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ WrestleMania before .
Bayley ( champion ) vs. Sasha Banks vs. Lacey Evans vs. Tamina vs. Naomi in a Fatal 5-Way Elimination match for the SmackDown Women 's Championship Bayley has her work cut out for her as she faces off against multiple opponents including rivals Lacey Evans and Naomi .
Luckily , she has her best friend Sasha Banks in the match who can help her to victory .
The Boss , however , might be tempted by the SmackDown Women 's Championship and betray Bayley after the duo eliminate all the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ card here and should not be counted out as she previously took down Naomi and Evans with ease .
The love triangle that has captivated WWE fans will finally come to a head at WrestleMania as Otis takes on Dolph Ziggler who will have Mandy Rose in his corner .
Ziggler has stopped Otis and Rose from getting romantically involved at every turn , and even started dating The Golden Goddess himself .
Otis is now full of rage , along with viewers who want Ziggler to get what 's coming to him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the soap opera aspects of WWE as Otis has still not found out who helped Ziggler sabotage his Valentine 's Day date with Rose .
Otis 's tag team partner Tucker and Rose 's tag team partner Sonya Deville are the likely suspects .
Rollins ' new turn as the preachy Monday Night Messiah has brought him into contact with Owens for months , with both men battling each other in some form almost every week on Raw .
This match should put the rivalry to rest so that both Rollins and Owens @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Rollins has consistently gotten the best of Owens , and has mostly escaped from their battles unscathed .
Rollins ' group of disciples , consisting of Murphy and AOP , will seemingly not be involved with WrestleMania , giving Owens his best chance to win .
Sami Zayn ( champion ) vs. Daniel Bryan for the Intercontinental Championship Daniel Bryan is back to having a more positive attitude , following his brutal defeats by The Fiend , and has partnered up with the knowledgeable Drew Gulak to improve his in-ring ability .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the manger for Shinsuke Nakamura and Cesaro , will be having his first one-on-one match in months and will most likely try to avoid fighting with Bryan as much as possible .
The cowardly Zayn will rely on Nakamura and Cesaro for help but Gulak will also be around to neutralize them .
Bryan should win this and then go on defend the Intercontinental Championship at a later date against Gulak following their highly-competitive match at Elimination Chamber .
Roman Reigns was originally scheduled to face Goldberg for the Universal Championship at WrestleMania @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recently confirmed on Instagram that he wo n't be competing at the event .
WrestleMania 36 will also feature Raw Tag Team Champions The Street Profits defending their titles against Angel Garza and Austin Theory , King Corbin vs. Elias , Aleister Black vs. Bobby Lashley , and Women 's Tag Team Champions The Kabuki Warriors defending their titles against Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross .

John Cena will face The Fiend Bray Wyatt at WrestleMania 36 which will air on Saturday and Sunday starting at 7 p.m. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
April 3 (UPI) -- WrestleMania 36 is poised to be the most unique WrestleMania in WWE history as the big event is still forging ahead despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The "show of shows" will air on the WWE Network and pay-per-view across two nights for the first time ever on Saturday and Sunday at 7 p.m. EDT. There will be no live audience in attendance, another first for the extravaganza. Advertisement
WrestleMania 36 will see new challengers looking to become champions, old rivalries being renewed and living legends returning to battle. Former NFL star Rob Gronkowski will be serving as host.
Here are the marquee matches set to take place and UPI's predicted winners.
Brock Lesnar (champion) vs. Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship
Brock Lesnar is back at WrestleMania once again with a title around his waist, proving that he is one of the most dominant world champions of all time. Drew McIntyre has never competed for a world championship in WWE and will be looking to prove that he belongs in one of the company's top spots. McIntyre made it to WrestleMania 36 by winning the 2020 Men's Royal Rumble match, a bout where he shocked fans by eliminating Lesnar. The Beast is still looking for revenge and will surely take McIntyre to Suplex City. The question will be if Lesnar can withstand McIntyre's devastating Claymore and if McIntyre can survive the F-5. McIntyre, under normal circumstances and if WrestleMania 36 was still taking place inside a packed stadium, would be the favorite to win. Due to everything that has happened, however, WWE may want to save McIntyre's coronation for when the pandemic ends and fans can watch him win a big match such as this live.
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Predicted winner: Brock Lesnar
John Cena vs. The Fiend Bray Wyatt in a Firefly Fun House match
Bray Wyatt's monstrous alter-ego, The Fiend, will battle John Cena six years after the 16-time world champion defeated Wyatt at WrestleMania 30 in 2014. Wyatt has said that Cena helped to create The Fiend with that defeat, a nearly unstoppable force who doesn't seem to feel pain. It remains unknown what exactly a Firefly Fun House match will entail, but The Fiend will have the home field advantage and may subject Cena to a number of horrific traps. Cena may also have to deal with Wyatt's cast of colorful puppets including Abby the Witch, a stand-in for Wyatt's mysterious mentor Sister Abigail. Cena is also transitioning more into Hollywood, and may be looking to give one of WWE's most wonderfully bizarre individuals the spotlight. Cena, in any case, will not go down without a fight. The Firefly Fun House match may end being one of WWE's most unusual and cinematic bouts to take place at WrestleMania.
Predicted winner: The Fiend Bray Wyatt
Becky Lynch (champion) vs. Shayna Baszler for the Raw Women's Championship
Becky Lynch has done it all after making history at WrestleMania 35 where she become both the Raw and SmackDown Women's Champion. The Man has been able to hold onto the Raw Women's Championship ever since and has run through everyone who has crossed her path including Ronda Rousey, Charlotte Flair, Lacey Evans, Natalya, Sasha Banks and Asuka. Shayna Baszler provides a much needed challenge for Lynch as The Queen of Spades was just as dominant during her time in NXT. Baszler is best known for using the Kirifuda Clutch which can end matches in mere seconds, making her one of the most dangerous grapplers Lynch has ever faced. Baszler is also close with Rousey, and will be looking to avenge her friends defeat. It's also not out of the realm of possibilities that Rousey will return to WWE in order to help Baszler win the match, creating a WrestleMania moment in the process.
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Predicted winner: Shayna Baszler
Edge vs. Randy Orton in a Last Man Standing match
Edge and Randy Orton will be the most personal and perhaps emotional match of the event as these former friends turn bitter rivals try to tear each other apart. The Last Man Standing rules dictate that an opponent must stay down for 10 seconds and then anything goes. This guarantees a violent confrontation where Edge and Orton can take full advantage of the empty arena they will be competing inside. This is Edge's first singles match since returning at the Royal Rumble in January after having to retire due to injury in 2011. The Rated R Superstar will be looking to make a huge impact and show that he can hang with the best inside the squared circle. Orton is one of the most deadliest and vicious competitors in WWE, and will surely bring the fight to Edge. The Viper has already tried to re-injure Edge and even attacked his wife Beth Phoenix, adding even more layers to this bout which has the potential to steal the show.
Predicted winner: Edge
Rhea Ripley (champion) vs. Charlotte Flair for the NXT Women's Championship
WrestleMania 36 will be Rhea Ripley's coming out party in WWE after she has become a fan-favorite star inside NXT. The Nightmare can now be presented to an even larger audience and showcase why she is one of WWE's fastest rising stars. Ripley being able to face Charlotte Flair is a huge opportunity and not one she will want to waste. The match also brings more prestige to the NXT Women's Championship, which seems to have reached the same levels as the Raw and SmackDown Women's Championships. Ripley needs to win this match, however, an argument could be made that Flair winning and transitioning over to NXT could help WWE's young third brand thrive as it has transitioned into a weekly television show.
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Predicted winner: Rhea Ripley
The Undertaker vs. AJ Styles in a Boneyard match
The Undertaker has seemingly ditched his Deadman persona for the time being and returns to WrestleMania to teach AJ Styles a lesson in respecting legends. A Boneyard match, much like the Firefly Fun House match, is unpredictable in terms of how the set up will be and what will be at the Undertaker and Styles' disposal. Some signs point to this bout taking place inside of a graveyard, which will give Undertaker a distinct advantage over The Phenomenal One. Undertaker seems more revitalized then ever before, perhaps due to leaving his gothic side behind. He could be poised to put in a classic performance worthy of his legend status. Styles will most likely receive help from his O.C. partners Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson, but it won't be enough. A loss here for Styles won't look too bad either, only Lesnar and Roman Reigns have ever defeated Undertaker at WrestleMania before.
Predicted winner: The Undertaker
Bayley (champion) vs. Sasha Banks vs. Lacey Evans vs. Tamina vs. Naomi in a Fatal 5-Way Elimination match for the SmackDown Women's Championship
Bayley has her work cut out for her as she faces off against multiple opponents including rivals Lacey Evans and Naomi. Luckily, she has her best friend Sasha Banks in the match who can help her to victory. The Boss, however, might be tempted by the SmackDown Women's Championship and betray Bayley after the duo eliminate all the other competitors. Tamina is the wild card here and should not be counted out as she previously took down Naomi and Evans with ease.
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Predicted winner: Sasha Banks
Otis vs. Dolph Ziggler
The love triangle that has captivated WWE fans will finally come to a head at WrestleMania as Otis takes on Dolph Ziggler who will have Mandy Rose in his corner. Ziggler has stopped Otis and Rose from getting romantically involved at every turn, and even started dating The Golden Goddess himself. Otis is now full of rage, along with viewers who want Ziggler to get what's coming to him. This contest might lean heavy into the soap opera aspects of WWE as Otis has still not found out who helped Ziggler sabotage his Valentine's Day date with Rose. Otis's tag team partner Tucker and Rose's tag team partner Sonya Deville are the likely suspects.
Predicted winner: Otis
Seth Rollins vs. Kevin Owens
Rollins' new turn as the preachy Monday Night Messiah has brought him into contact with Owens for months, with both men battling each other in some form almost every week on Raw. This match should put the rivalry to rest so that both Rollins and Owens can move onto big and better things. Rollins has consistently gotten the best of Owens, and has mostly escaped from their battles unscathed. Rollins' group of disciples, consisting of Murphy and AOP, will seemingly not be involved with WrestleMania, giving Owens his best chance to win.
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Predicted winner: Kevin Owens
Sami Zayn (champion) vs. Daniel Bryan for the Intercontinental Championship
Daniel Bryan is back to having a more positive attitude, following his brutal defeats by The Fiend, and has partnered up with the knowledgeable Drew Gulak to improve his in-ring ability. Zayn, who has been busy as the manger for Shinsuke Nakamura and Cesaro, will be having his first one-on-one match in months and will most likely try to avoid fighting with Bryan as much as possible. The cowardly Zayn will rely on Nakamura and Cesaro for help but Gulak will also be around to neutralize them. Bryan should win this and then go on defend the Intercontinental Championship at a later date against Gulak following their highly-competitive match at Elimination Chamber.
Predicted winner: Daniel Bryan
Roman Reigns was originally scheduled to face Goldberg for the Universal Championship at WrestleMania 36, however, The Big Dog recently confirmed on Instagram that he won't be competing at the event.
WrestleMania 36 will also feature Raw Tag Team Champions The Street Profits defending their titles against Angel Garza and Austin Theory, King Corbin vs. Elias, Aleister Black vs. Bobby Lashley, and Women's Tag Team Champions The Kabuki Warriors defending their titles against Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross.


upi--2020-04-03--Coronavirus pandemic crashes prices of commodities

EVANSVILLE , Ind.
, April 3 ( UPI ) -- The coronavirus has sent the prices for commodities plummeting , and analysts do n't expect them to climb again substantially until the pandemic ends and life begins to return to normal .
`` When the coronavirus scare hit , speculators liquidated all the commodities that were at risk , '' said Arlan Suderman , chief commodities economist at the New York City-based INTL FCStone , which provides market analysis .
`` It was initially just a collapse of the whole market . ''
The impact was not felt evenly -- @ @ @ @ @ @ @ agricultural industries are just beginning to work out how their products might fare amid massive , worldwide quarantines .
Corn , for example , has been hit particularly hard .
People under quarantine are driving less , and this has dramatically reduced the demand for ethanol , which is made from corn and is added to gasoline .
Ethanol plants across the country are suspending activity , Suderman said .
`` The rumor is that one-third of the ethanol industry will go offline , '' said Grant Kimberley , director of market development @ @ @ @ @ @ @ If you have one-third of the ethanol industry not taking corn , that 's going to seriously impact corn demand . ''
Farmers already are feeling the impact .
Corn futures opened Thursday at $ 3.33 per bushel , down from a high of $ 3.85 in early March , according to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange .
`` Our local plant for corn is an ethanol plant , '' said Aimee Bissell , a corn and soy grower in Bedford , Iowa .
`` They 've stopped buying corn .
So , even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we could n't to our local plant right now . ''
If the market continues like this , Bissell said , she wo n't be able to sell all her corn this fall .
That presents a big problem because she does not have enough grain bins to store it all .
Bissell has ordered a new bin , but she does n't know if it will arrive in time for fall harvest .
Many of the companies that produce them have slowed or halted production , she said .
`` I 've @ @ @ @ @ @ @ she said .
`` I 'm not sure what we 're going to do . ''
Other commodities , like wheat , are faring a little better .
Wheat futures bottomed out at under $ 5 per bushel March 17 and then began to climb again .
They reached a high of about $ 5.80 per bushel March 25 before beginning to slip back down , according to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange .
That rise started when word spread that some countries were stockpiling wheat in preparation for prolonged quarantines , Suderman said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ eating at home tend to eat more vegetables and grains , he said .
That may put a higher demand on wheat and rice as people avoid restaurants .
But that also means less demand for meat , Suderman said .
`` People 's tendency , when eating at home , is to eat less meat and eat more grains and vegetables , '' he said .
The meat industry is feeling the impact .
Meat prices initially soared at the start of the the coronavirus pandemic , when consumers flooded grocery stores @ @ @ @ @ @ @ toilet paper , pork , chicken and potatoes , said Russ Whitman , senior vice president at Urner Barry , a commodities market reporting firm in Toms River , N.J. '' There was a surge in demand , '' Whitman said .
`` Everybody at once all across the country ran to retail .
But the crisis is over .
You and I filled up our freezers .
Now , we 're not going out .
We 're not stopping at the drive-thrus on the way to work .
We 're not going @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are falling fast , he said .
Lean hog prices , for example , rose by about 8 cents -- from about 66 cents a pound to 74 cents -- between March 16 and 25 , according to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange .
They 's since fallen sharply to about 57 cents a pound .
All meat prices will likely will stay low from now until Americans return to restaurants , Whitman said .
`` This is unprecedented , '' Whitman said .
`` We 're taking our best guess . ''

Corn prices were hit particularly hard by the coronavirus pandemic with fewer people driving, reducing the demand for corn-made ethanol. File Photo by Brian Kersey/UPI | License Photo
EVANSVILLE, Ind., April 3 (UPI) -- The coronavirus has sent the prices for commodities plummeting, and analysts don't expect them to climb again substantially until the pandemic ends and life begins to return to normal. "When the coronavirus scare hit, speculators liquidated all the commodities that were at risk," said Arlan Suderman, chief commodities economist at the New York City-based INTL FCStone, which provides market analysis. "It was initially just a collapse of the whole market." Advertisement
The impact was not felt evenly -- but it was felt everywhere.
Individual agricultural industries are just beginning to work out how their products might fare amid massive, worldwide quarantines.
Corn, for example, has been hit particularly hard. People under quarantine are driving less, and this has dramatically reduced the demand for ethanol, which is made from corn and added to gasoline.
Ethanol plants across the country are suspending activity, Suderman said.
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"The rumor is that one-third of the ethanol industry will go offline," said Grant Kimberley, director of market development for the Iowa Soybean Association. "If you have one-third of the ethanol industry not taking corn, that's going to seriously impact corn demand."
Farmers are feeling the impact. Corn futures opened Thursday at $3.33 per bushel, down from a high of $3.85 in early March, according to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
"Our local plant for corn is an ethanol plant," said Aimee Bissell, a corn and soy grower in Bedford, Iowa. "They've stopped buying corn. So, even if we wanted to sell grain, we couldn't to our local plant right now."
If the market continues like this, Bissell said, she won't be able to sell all her corn this fall. That presents a big problem because she does not have enough grain bins to store it all.
Bissell has ordered a new bin, but she doesn't know if it will arrive in time for fall harvest. Many of the companies that produce them have slowed or halted production, she said.
"I've looked at all the options," she said. "I'm not sure what we're going to do."
Other commodities, like wheat, are faring a little better. Wheat futures bottomed out at under $5 per bushel March 17 and then began to climb again. They reached a high of about $5.80 per bushel March 25 before beginning to slip back down, according to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
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That rise started when word spread that some countries were stockpiling wheat in preparation for prolonged quarantines, Suderman said.
Wheat sales are helped because people eating at home tend to eat more vegetables and grains, he said. That may put a higher demand on wheat and rice as people avoid restaurants.
But that also means less demand for meat, Suderman said.
"People's tendency, when eating at home, is to eat less meat and eat more grains and vegetables," he said.
The meat industry is feeling the impact.
Meat prices initially soared at the start of the the coronavirus pandemic, when consumers flooded grocery stores to stock up on essential items like toilet paper, pork, chicken and potatoes, said Russ Whitman, senior vice president at Urner Barry, a commodities market reporting firm in Toms River, N.J.
"There was a surge in demand," Whitman said. "Everybody at once all across the country ran to retail. But the crisis is over. You and I filled up our freezers. Now, we're not going out. We're not stopping at the drive-throughs on the way to work. We're not going to the restaurants."
Meat prices are falling fast, he said.
Lean hog prices, for example, rose by about 8 cents -- from about 66 cents a pound to 74 cents -- between March 16 and 25, according to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. They's since fallen sharply to about 57 cents a pound.
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Beef and chicken prices experienced similar patterns.
All meat prices will likely will stay low until Americans return to restaurants, Whitman said.
"This is unprecedented," Whitman said. "We're taking our best guess."


upi--2020-04-03--Jim Sturgess, Brooklynn Prince hope grown-ups let kids lead

LOS ANGELES , April 3 ( UPI ) -- Home Before Dark tells the story of an investigative reporter who is in the fourth grade .
Brooklynn Prince plays Hilde Lisko and Jim Sturgess , plays her father , Matt , and hopes the show empowers more children to become leaders .
`` I think the kids are teaching the adults quite a lot at the moment , '' Sturgess told UPI in a phone interview .
`` There 's a lot of young triggerheads at the moment , Greta Thunberg being a very obvious one .
The innocence and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that we should n't push to one side . ''
Hilde is inspired by the real-life girl who made an impact in the adult world .
Hilde Lysiak is a young journalist who published her own local newspaper , the Orange Street News , when she was 8 years old .
She won the Zenger Award for Press Freedom .
`` I did a lot of research on her , '' Prince said .
`` I called her , I talked to her , and that gave me that sense of who Hilde @ @ @ @ @ @ @ series is fictional , but the show takes some inspiration from Lysiak 's real life .
When Lysiak found negative comments on her online paper , she made a video reading the comments aloud .
On Home Before Dark , Hilde reads her negative comments live in the school cafeteria .
Prince said she drew inspiration from the real Hilde .
`` I think she 's such a strong person , '' Prince said .
`` That time that I watched the video , that stayed in my head .
When people knock @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and she says , 'You say no .
I say yes . '
'' The real Matt Lysiak also was a journalist who encouraged his daughter in the family business .
Matt Lisko is more of an invention , but Sturgess met the real Lysiaks , too .
`` Matt 's a reporter , so he ended up sort of interviewing me more than I probably interviewed him , '' Sturgess said .
`` I 'm much more [ of the type to ] stand on the sideline and watch what 's happening @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and his daughter , how they interact with each other . ''
Hilde Lisko publishes her own news website , as well .
When she believes a local death is not an accident , the adult police do not appreciate her investigation .
Prince will turn 10 on May 4 and she can relate to feeling underestimated in her field , too .
`` I want to be a director , '' Prince said in a separate phone interview .
`` There 's a lot of people that have told me no -- @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they 're like , 'Oh , that 's cute . '
Every time someone has told me no or someone doubts me , I think about Hilde and I 'm like , ' I can do this because she did it , so I 'm going to do it . '
'' At first , Matt hopes his daughter stops causing trouble .
Gradually , he begins to support her , first by giving her a camera to aid her investigation .
By the middle of the season , Matt believes Hilde is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ town conspiracy .
`` It 's really Hilde , his daughter , that sort of encourages him and helps him to face up to these sort of dark demons that lurk within the community of the town , '' Sturgess said .
`` Through that , he definitely connects with his daughter on a very powerful level . ''
Hilde is wise enough to see how much Matt needs to be on the case again .
He was a journalist before moving his family back to his hometown .
`` I think she @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he 's not getting into journalism , '' Prince said .
`` She feels really sad for him , and I think it makes her more loving .
She 's been always really loving to her dad but [ she becomes ] more vulnerable to him , and [ the case ] brings them closer together . ''
Playing father and daughter made Sturgess and Prince closer than co-stars normally become .
`` He 's like my second dad , '' Prince said .
Sturgess was touched to learn that Prince said that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ father on his previous series , Hard Sun , and appreciated that Home Before Dark focused on the father-daughter relationship '' I 've always really enjoyed the fact that you really have to create the world and create the relationships and the dynamics for the kids , '' Sturgess said .
`` So to play a character where that dynamic and that relationship is at the forefront of the story was just so rewarding for me .
I loved every minute . ''
Another trait Home Before Dark incorporated from the real Hilde @ @ @ @ @ @ @ All the President 's Men .
Both Lysiak and the fictional Hilde Lisko have seen the film 36 times .
Prince has not yet seen it .
`` Hilde 's pretty cool , and she 's seen it 36 times , so the movie must be pretty cool , '' Prince said .
`` I just want to watch it . ''
Home Before Dark premieres April 3 on Apple TV+ with all 10 episodes of Season 1 available .
Season 2 is in production .

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Jim Sturgess stars in the Apple TV+ original series "Home Before Dark." File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
LOS ANGELES, April 3 (UPI) -- Home Before Dark tells the story of an investigative reporter who is in the fourth grade. Brooklynn Prince plays Hilde Lisko and Jim Sturgess, plays her father, Matt, and hopes the show empowers more children to become leaders. "I think the kids are teaching the adults quite a lot at the moment," Sturgess told UPI in a phone interview. "There's a lot of young triggerheads at the moment, Greta Thunberg being a very obvious one. The innocence and the purity of their perspective is one that we shouldn't push to one side." Advertisement
Hilde is inspired by the real-life girl who made an impact in the adult world. Hilde Lysiak is a young journalist who published her own local newspaper, the Orange Street News, when she was 8 years old. She won the Zenger Award for Press Freedom.
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"I did a lot of research on her," Prince said. "I called her, I talked to her, and that gave me that sense of who Hilde was."
The case in the series is fictional, but the show takes some inspiration from Lysiak's real life. When Lysiak found negative comments on her online paper, she made a video reading the comments aloud. On Home Before Dark, Hilde reads her negative comments live in the school cafeteria.
Prince said she drew inspiration from the real Hilde.
"I think she's such a strong person," Prince said. "That time that I watched the video, that stayed in my head. When people knock her down, she gets back up and she says, 'You say no. I say yes.'"
The real Matt Lysiak also was a journalist who encouraged his daughter in the family business. Matt Lisko is more of an invention, but Sturgess met the real Lysiaks, too.
"Matt's a reporter, so he ended up sort of interviewing me more than I probably interviewed him," Sturgess said. "I'm much more [of the type to] stand on the sideline and watch what's happening, just watching the dynamic with him and his daughter, how they interact with each other."
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Hilde Lisko publishes her own news website, as well. When she believes a local death is not an accident, the adult police do not appreciate her investigation. Prince will turn 10 on May 4 and she can relate to feeling underestimated in her field, too.
"I want to be a director," Prince said in a separate phone interview. "There's a lot of people that have told me no -- that I've pitched them ideas and they're like, 'Oh, that's cute.' Every time someone has told me no or someone doubts me, I think about Hilde and I'm like, 'I can do this because she did it, so I'm going to do it.'"
At first, Matt hopes his daughter stops causing trouble. Gradually, he begins to support her, first by giving her a camera to aid her investigation. By the middle of the season, Matt believes Hilde is on the right track to expose a town conspiracy.
"It's really Hilde, his daughter, that sort of encourages him and helps him to face up to these sort of dark demons that lurk within the community of the town," Sturgess said. "Through that, he definitely connects with his daughter on a very powerful level."
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Hilde is wise enough to see how much Matt needs to be on the case again. He was a journalist before moving his family back to his hometown.
"I think she's really mad at her dad because he's not getting into journalism," Prince said. "She feels really sad for him, and I think it makes her more loving. She's been always really loving to her dad but [she becomes] more vulnerable to him, and [the case] brings them closer together."
Playing father and daughter made Sturgess and Prince closer than co-stars normally become.
"He's like my second dad," Prince said.
Sturgess was touched to learn that Prince said that about him. He'd played a father on his previous series, Hard Sun, and appreciated that Home Before Dark focused on the father-daughter relationship
"I've always really enjoyed the fact that you really have to create the world and create the relationships and the dynamics for the kids," Sturgess said. "So to play a character where that dynamic and that relationship is at the forefront of the story was just so rewarding for me. I loved every minute."
Another trait Home Before Dark incorporated from the real Hilde was her love of the film, All the President's Men. Both Lysiak and the fictional Hilde Lisko have seen the film 36 times. Prince has not yet seen it.
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"Hilde's pretty cool, and she's seen it 36 times, so the movie must be pretty cool," Prince said. "I just want to watch it."
Home Before Dark premieres April 3 on Apple TV+ with all 10 episodes of Season 1 available. Season 2 is in production.


upi--2020-04-03--On This Day, April 3: Apple releases first iPad

April 3 ( UPI ) -- On this date in history : In 1860 , the Pony Express postal service began , with riders leaving St. Joseph , Mo.
, and Sacramento at the same time .
In 1865 , as the Civil War drew to a close , Richmond , Va. , and nearby Petersburg surrendered to Union forces .
In 1882 , outlaw Jesse James was shot to death by Robert Ford , a former gang member who hoped to collect the reward on James ' head .
In 1936 , Richard Bruno Hauptmann was executed for killing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In 1944 , in a case out of Texas , the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that barring African Americans from voting violated the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution .
In 1948 , U.S. President Harry S. Truman signed the Marshall Plan , aimed to help European countries recover from World War II .
In 1989 , Richard M. Daley was elected mayor of Chicago , the post his father , Richard J. Daley , had occupied for 21 years ( 1955-76 ) .
The new Mayor Daley was re-elected five times @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Council passed a cease-fire resolution to end the Persian Gulf War .
In 1995 , owners and players of Major League Baseball approved an agreement ending a 232-day strike that forced the cancellation of hundreds of games and the 1994 World Series .
In 1996 , the FBI raided a Montana cabin and arrested Theodore Kaczynski , a former college professor , accusing him of being the `` Unabomber '' whose mail bombs had killed three people and injured 23 since the 1970s .
Kaczynski was sentenced to life in prison .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Brown and 32 other Americans died when their plane crashed into a mountain in Croatia .
In 2000 , the Department of Justice ruled that Microsoft had become a monopoly and in the process , had violated U.S. antitrust law .
Four months later the court ordered the breakup of the technology company .
In 2010 , Apple released the first generation of its iPad and within a month had sold more than 1 million devices .
In 2014 , longtime late-night TV host David Letterman announced he would retire in 2015 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , an unprecedented leak of millions of documents , revealed that politicians , prominent world leaders , and celebrities hid millions in secret offshore tax shelters to skirt tax laws .
In 2017 , an explosion in Russia went off on the subway in St. Petersburg , Russia , killing 11 people and injuring several others .
In 2019 , San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich was ejected after a record-setting 63 seconds into a loss against the Denver Nuggets .

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Apple employee Benjamin Salasek (L) talks with new iPad owner Miguel Bullon (C) as Pedro Cordero checks out his new iPad at Apple Computer's North Michgan Avenue store in Chicago on April 3, 2010. File Photo by Brian Kersey/UPI | License Photo
April 3 (UPI) -- On this date in history: In 1860, the Pony Express postal service began, with riders leaving St. Joseph, Mo., and Sacramento at the same time. Advertisement
In 1865, as the Civil War drew to a close, Richmond, Va., and nearby Petersburg surrendered to Union forces.
In 1882, outlaw Jesse James was shot to death by Robert Ford, a former gang member who hoped to collect the reward on James' head.
In 1936, Richard Bruno Hauptmann was executed for killing the 20-month-old son of Charles A. Lindbergh.
The electric chair used to put to death Bruno Hauptmann, who was convicted of kidnapping Charles Lindbergh's baby, is previewed the Newseum's exhibit, "G-Men and Journalists: Top News Stories of the FBI's First Century" in Washington, on June 17, 2008. File Photo by Roger L. Wollenberg/UPI
In 1944, in a case out of Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that barring African Americans from voting violated the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
In 1948, U.S. President Harry S. Truman signed the Marshall Plan, aimed to help European countries recover from World War II.
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In 1989, Richard M. Daley was elected mayor of Chicago, the post his father, Richard J. Daley, had occupied for 21 years (1955-76). The new Mayor Daley was re-elected five times.
In 1991, the U.N. Security Council passed a cease-fire resolution to end the Persian Gulf War.
In 1995, owners and players of Major League Baseball approved an agreement ending a 232-day strike that forced the cancellation of hundreds of games and the 1994 World Series.
In 1996, the FBI raided a Montana cabin and arrested Theodore Kaczynski, a former college professor, accusing him of being the "Unabomber" whose mail bombs had killed three people and injured 23 since the 1970s. Kaczynski was sentenced to life in prison.
In 1996, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown and 32 other Americans died when their plane crashed into a mountain in Croatia.
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In 2000, the Department of Justice ruled that Microsoft had become a monopoly and in the process, had violated U.S. antitrust law. Four months later the court ordered the breakup of the technology company.
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In 2010, Apple released the first generation of its iPad and within a month had sold more than 1 million devices.
In 2014, longtime late-night TV host David Letterman announced he would retire in 2015.
In 2016, the so-called Panama Papers, an unprecedented leak of millions of documents, revealed that politicians, prominent world leaders, and celebrities hid millions in secret offshore tax shelters to skirt tax laws.
In 2017, an explosion in Russia went off on the subway in St. Petersburg, Russia, killing 11 people and injuring several others.
In 2019, San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich was ejected after a record-setting 63 seconds into a loss against the Denver Nuggets.


upi--2020-04-03--Cadaver dogs to search for Gold Rush-era graves near Oregon, Calif. trails

DENVER , April 3 ( UPI ) -- Researchers using cadaver dogs will sniff out 170-year-old graves in a southeast Idaho national preserve this summer to help uncover clues about pioneers who died as their wagon trains traveled the Oregon and California trails .
The graves , often hastily dug and left behind with few markers , help tell the story of the trials and tragedies of some of the 250,000 people who crossed the United States in the mid 1800s to search for gold in California , obtain free land in Oregon or join the Mormon colony in Utah @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the City of Rocks National Preserve , near Almo , where tens of thousands of wagons trekked the California Trail between 1843 and 1859 .
Administrators , archaeologists and volunteers will attempt to better identify and protect human graves within the park by using forensic dogs .
The dogs are trained to respond to the odor of human remains , using a variety of bones , including ancient ones .
`` We teach the dogs to indicate when they locate the target odor , '' said cadaver dog trainer Ann Christiansen , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ German shepherds , Rocco and Kessa , sniffed out pioneer gravesites along the Oregon Trail and on Bureau of Land Management land in Idaho over the past 10 years .
Her dogs have found human remains more than 350 years old , and even discovered traces of Native American burial sites in the cliff walls near the Snake River , she said .
`` It 's a lot less pressure doing historical work than forensic work where you 're looking for a clandestine grave , '' Christiansen said .
The Oregon and California @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trail from Illinois to Salt Lake City , cut through the high deserts of southeast Idaho .
About 50,000 travelers per year took four to six months to go almost 2,000 miles , usually arriving in Idaho in July or August , finishing the journey before winter .
By some estimates , 20,000 emigrants , as historians call them , died during the trek west in the decades before the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in 1869 made the journey easier .
`` There was a lot of tragedy on the trail @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were hiking day after day in the heat and dust , from Independence , Mo.
, all the way to California or the Willamette Valley in Oregon , '' said Jerry Eichhorst , of Boise , president of the Idaho chapter of the Oregon-California Trail Association .
`` You can still see miles of wheel ruts that traverse across the state .
They 're even visible even on Google Earth satellite images , '' Eichhorst said .
An amateur historian and researcher , Eichhorst tracks the deaths with the accounts from more than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ organized on spreadsheets by date and location .
Many travelers did n't make it to their final destination .
Diaries tell of starvation , violent attacks and disease , Eichhorst said .
He has worked with volunteers from the history association to locate pioneer graves over the past several years .
For example , on an alternative shortcut on the Oregon Trail , Eichhorst said , travelers and their animals were sickened by a brackish water source .
`` Clover Creek had bad water .
It was a slow dirty grungy creek , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ walked 15 miles from the Milad River and they drank the water and their animals started to die .
`` Then , they started to get sick .
When you have diarrhea on the prairie , you get dehydrated and die , and for the next 60 miles , there are possible gravesites along the trail . ''
With cadaver dogs , Eichhorst was able to confirm a gravesite with five to seven graves near the creek , he said .
Eichhorst also is investigating a possible mass grave from 1842 about which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Travelers years later wrote about finding burned wagons and evidence of human remains , possibly from a violent attack by native tribes in the area .
`` There are possibly 45 to 50 graves at that location , but I ca n't find it in any newspaper account or military record , '' Eichhorst said .
Archaeologists from Utah State University used ground-penetrating radar to try to locate these graves .
Radar images showed voids in the earth where graves might be , all oriented north-south , Eichhorst said .
`` It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ where you do n't have all the pieces , '' Eichhorst said .
In the City of Rocks preserve , archaeologists and Eichhorst found several possible gravesites last summer .
These will be tested this summer with cadaver dogs to see if it 's likely that human remains are buried there .
`` What we found were stacks of rocks that look like they could possibly be graves , '' said Shalene Dickard , archaeologist and the national preserve 's integrated resources director .
City of Rocks , part of the National Park @ @ @ @ @ @ @ resting spot for California Trail travelers .
The park contains majestic rock formations , including Register Rock , where hundreds of Gold Rush hopefuls marked their names and dates with axle grease .
If a gravesite is confirmed , the park will not make it public , Dickard said .
Graves will not be exhumed , and it 's likely the park will try to keep the public away .
`` Unfortunately , people are n't always respectful of stuff like that , '' Dickard said .

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Ann Christiansen and her forensic-trained dogs, which can detect human remains, identify a possible pioneer gravesite in Idaho along a branch of the Oregon Trail. Photo courtesy of Jerry Eichhorst
DENVER, April 3 (UPI) -- Researchers using cadaver dogs will sniff out 170-year-old graves in a southeast Idaho national preserve this summer to help uncover clues about pioneers who died as their wagon trains traveled the Oregon and California trails. The graves, often hastily dug and left behind with few markers, help tell the story of the trials and tragedies of some of the 250,000 people who crossed the United States in the mid-1800s to search for gold in California, obtain free land in Oregon or join the Mormon colony in Utah. Advertisement
Piles of stones mark possible gravesites in the City of Rocks National Preserve, near Almo, Idaho, where tens of thousands of wagons trekked the California Trail between 1843 and 1869.
Administrators, archaeologists and volunteers will attempt to better identify and protect human graves within the park by using forensic dogs. The dogs are trained to respond to the odor of human remains, using a variety of bones, including ancient ones. The search was planned for May, but will be rescheduled due to COVID-19 health precautions.
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"We teach the dogs to indicate when they locate the target odor," said cadaver dog trainer Ann Christiansen of Shelley, Idaho.
Christiansen's German shepherds, Rocco and Kessa, have sniffed out pioneer gravesites along the Oregon Trail and on Bureau of Land Management land in Idaho over the past 10 years.
Her dogs have found human remains more than 350 years old and even discovered traces of Native American burial sites in the cliff walls near the Snake River, she said.
"It's a lot less pressure doing historical work than forensic work, where you're looking for a clandestine grave," Christiansen said.
Long trek
The Oregon and California trails cut through the high deserts of southeast Idaho. Some estimates say up to 20,000 travelers per year took four to six months to go almost 2,000 miles, usually arriving in Idaho in July or August, finishing the journey before winter.
By some estimates, 20,000 emigrants, as historians call them, died during the trek west in the decades before the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in 1869 made the journey easier.
"There was a lot of tragedy on the trail -- deaths and accidents -- because they were hiking day after day in the heat and dust, from Independence, Mo., all the way to California or the Willamette Valley in Oregon," said Jerry Eichhorst, of Boise, president of the Idaho chapter of the Oregon-California Trail Association.
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"You can still see miles of wheel ruts that traverse across the state. They're even visible on Google Earth satellite images," Eichhorst said.
An amateur historian and researcher, Eichhorst has noted the deaths with the accounts from more than 2,400 pioneer diaries, which he has organized by date and location.
Many travelers didn't make it to their final destination. Diaries tell of accidents, violent attacks and disease, Eichhorst said. He has worked with volunteers from the history association to locate pioneer graves over the past several years.
Travelers sickened
For example, on an alternative shortcut on the Oregon Trail, Eichhorst said, travelers and their animals were sickened by a brackish water source.
"Clover Creek had bad water. It was a slow, dirty, grungy creek," Eichhorst said. "People had walked 15 miles from the Malad River and they drank the water and their animals started to die.
"Then, they started to get sick. When you have diarrhea on the high desert, you get dehydrated and die, and for the next 60 miles, there are possible gravesites along the trail."
With cadaver dogs, Eichhorst was able to confirm two gravesites with five to seven graves that may have been related to bad creek water, he said.
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Eichhorst also is investigating a possible mass grave from 1854 about which he read in diaries from the 1860s. Travelers wrote about finding burned wagons and evidence of human remains, possibly from a violent attack by native tribes in the area.
"I can't find it in any newspaper account or military record," Eichhorst said.
Archaeologists from Utah State University used ground-penetrating radar to try to locate these graves. Radar images showed voids in the earth where graves might be, all oriented north-south, Eichhorst said.
Big puzzle
"It's kind of like a big puzzle where you don't have all the pieces," Eichhorst said.
In the City of Rocks preserve, archaeologists and volunteers from the trail association found several possible gravesites last summer.
"What we found were stacks of rocks that look like they could possibly be graves," said Shalene Dickard, archaeologist and the national preserve's integrated resources director.
City of Rocks, part of the National Park Service system, was a landmark and resting spot for California Trail travelers. The park contains majestic rock formations, including Register Rock, where hundreds of Gold Rush hopefuls marked their names and dates with axle grease.
If a gravesite is confirmed, the park will not make it public, Dickard said. Graves will not be exhumed, and it's likely the park will try to keep the public away.
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"Unfortunately, people aren't always respectful of stuff like that," Dickard said.
This story has been updated to correct several factual errors.


upi--2020-04-03--Rebecca Hall: ‘Tales from the Loop’ is ‘subtle,’ ‘philosophically challenging’

NEW YORK , April 3 ( UPI ) -- Frost/Nixon and Iron Man 3 actress Rebecca Hall said she wanted to star in Amazon Prime 's Tales from the Loop because the sci-fi drama is `` subtle , while also being big , philosophically challenging and emotionally weighted . ''
`` That is very much to my taste , I think , '' Hall told UPI in a recent phone interview .
`` Yes , it 's science-fiction and it 's fantastical and , yes , on some level it manages to be mainstream family entertainment , but I found @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Everything that is fantastical is rooted in the emotions of the characters and the emotions of the characters are never overplayed . ''
Set to debut on the streaming service Friday , the series was inspired by Simon Stalenhag 's art book of the same name .
It tells the tale of people who live in a town over a machine built to unlock the mysteries of the universe .
`` I paint a lot , and I am very interested in things that have a particular visual sensibility , '' Hall @ @ @ @ @ @ @ watch people work who have that sort of stylistic originality , I suppose , and it felt to me that this was going to have that . ''
Hall said it was n't difficult to figure out how to play brilliant scientist Loretta , the daughter-in-law of the architect of the Loop , who is played by Game of Thrones alum Jonathan Pryce .
For Hall , the easiest characters to play are the ones with personalities shaped by enormous , relatable life events .
Loretta is a defensive workaholic , Hall said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the desire to be the good mother she did n't have when she was a child .
`` With Loretta , it 's right there front and center .
There is a thing that happens to her , which on some level is the most extreme act of abandonment that you can imagine , '' she added .
`` If this thing happened to you , you would spend your whole life trying to work out why , and you would spend your whole life trying to control the world . ''
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ photographed and features music by composer Philip Glass , far exceeded Hall 's expectations , especially scenes in which she does n't appear .
`` Every episode deals with different people in this town , and my character and her family kind of bookend the piece , '' she said .
`` There was an awful lot about it that I did n't really know .
Even if I got the scripts , part of me was a bit like , ' I do n't even want to read them , necessarily , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . '
Because I love the sensibility and style of the show , so I 'm curious to know what 's going to happen .
So , some of it I did n't imagine and loved it . ''
Parks and Recreation and The Family Stone actor Paul Schneider plays Loretta 's husband , George , on the series .
`` The first thing that I responded to was my character having a robot arm , '' Schneider said in a separate phone interview .
`` As an actor , you always want @ @ @ @ @ @ @ different , to do something different than you 've done before .
I also liked the fact that his robot arm is not the prevailing feature of this character .
His defining characteristic is that he is the son of an extremely powerful , world-changing inventor . ''
Schneider noted his mechanical limb , like many of the sci-fi elements in the series , has this `` wonderful background quality , '' with the show focusing more on the characters ' interactions .
For instance , George is driven by the desire to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was .
Scenes with his parents and sons -- sometimes affectionate , other times tense -- generally are quiet and emotionally restrained .
`` It 's challenging because when you are acting , making someone laugh or scaring someone or screaming or yelling -- those are the days when you go home and you feel like you did something , '' Schneider said .
`` It is harder to do less and walk away trusting that the filmmakers have enough . ''
The actor said he learned in film school that you can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ n't add much when shaping a performance in the editing process .
`` As an actor , I 'm always trying to give directors different flavors , '' he said .
`` What made it easier was having [ showrunner ] Nathanial [ Halpern ] at the helm and seeing the confidence he had in the stories and the confidence he had in the team he put together .
... You want people to take care of the creative contributions that you make . ''
Although it has robots and parallel dimensions , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in humanity .
`` They 're exploring the only things that really matter to any of us -- emotions and human connections and family relationships and your relationship with yourself and jealousy and failure and the desire to have meaning in the world , '' Schneider noted .
`` It is an earnest take on these stories .
It feels like Nathaniel started writing every episode asking himself , 'What if this happened ? '
And always made his way from , 'If the beginning is science-fiction , the end is empathy .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ see yourself in the characters . ''

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Rebecca Hall's new sci-fi drama "Tales From the Loop" debuts on Amazon Friday. File Photo by Rune Hellestad/ UPI | License Photo
NEW YORK, April 3 (UPI) -- Frost/Nixon and Iron Man 3 actress Rebecca Hall said she wanted to star in Amazon Prime's Tales from the Loop because the sci-fi drama is "subtle, while also being big, philosophically challenging and emotionally weighted." "That is very much to my taste, I think," Hall told UPI in a recent phone interview. Advertisement
"Yes, it's science-fiction and it's fantastical and, yes, on some level it manages to be mainstream family entertainment, but I found it to be so bold, honestly. Everything that is fantastical is rooted in the emotions of the characters and the emotions of the characters are never overplayed."
Set to debut on the streaming service Friday, the series was inspired by Simon Stalenhag's art book of the same name. It tells the tale of people who live in a town over a machine built to unlock the mysteries of the universe.
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"I paint a lot, and I am very interested in things that have a particular visual sensibility," Hall said. "I'm intrigued to watch people work who have that sort of stylistic originality, I suppose, and it felt to me that this was going to have that."
Hall said it wasn't difficult to figure out how to play brilliant scientist Loretta, the daughter-in-law of the architect of the Loop, who is played by Game of Thrones alum Jonathan Pryce.
For Hall, the easiest characters to play are the ones with personalities shaped by enormous, relatable life events.
Loretta is a defensive workaholic, Hall said, but also filled with love and the desire to be the good mother she didn't have when she was a child.
"With Loretta, it's right there front and center. There is a thing that happens to her, which on some level is the most extreme act of abandonment that you can imagine," she added. "If this thing happened to you, you would spend your whole life trying to work out why, and you would spend your whole life trying to control the world."
The finished television show, which was beautifully photographed and features music by composer Philip Glass, far exceeded Hall's expectations, especially scenes in which she doesn't appear.
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"Every episode deals with different people in this town, and my character and her family kind of bookend the piece," she said.
"There was an awful lot about it that I didn't really know. Even if I got the scripts, part of me was a bit like, 'I don't even want to read them, necessarily, because I just want to watch them.' Because I love the sensibility and style of the show, so I'm curious to know what's going to happen. So, some of it I didn't imagine and loved it."
Parks and Recreation and The Family Stone actor Paul Schneider plays Loretta's husband, George, on the series.
"The first thing that I responded to was my character having a robot arm," Schneider said in a separate phone interview.
"As an actor, you always want to be given the chance to be different, to do something different than you've done before. I also liked the fact that his robot arm is not the prevailing feature of this character. His defining characteristic is that he is the son of an extremely powerful, world-changing inventor."
Schneider noted his mechanical limb, like many of the sci-fi elements in the series, has this "wonderful background quality," with the show focusing more on the characters' interactions.
Advertisement
For instance, George is driven by the desire to be a better dad than his father was. Scenes with his parents and sons -- sometimes affectionate, other times tense -- generally are quiet and emotionally restrained.
"It's challenging because when you are acting, making someone laugh or scaring someone or screaming or yelling -- those are the days when you go home and you feel like you did something," Schneider said. "It is harder to do less and walk away trusting that the filmmakers have enough."
The actor said he learned in film school that you can shave things away, but you can't add much when shaping a performance in the editing process.
"As an actor, I'm always trying to give directors different flavors," he said. "What made it easier was having [showrunner] Nathanial [Halpern] at the helm and seeing the confidence he had in the stories and the confidence he had in the team he put together. ... You want people to take care of the creative contributions that you make."
Although it has robots and parallel dimensions, the show works because it is steeped in humanity.
"They're exploring the only things that really matter to any of us -- emotions and human connections and family relationships and your relationship with yourself and jealousy and failure and the desire to have meaning in the world," Schneider noted.
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"It is an earnest take on these stories. It feels like Nathaniel started writing every episode asking himself, 'What if this happened?' And always made his way from, 'If the beginning is science-fiction, the end is empathy.' Stories don't work unless you see yourself in the characters."
Amazon Prime's Tales from the Loop premieres Friday.


upi--2020-04-03--UPI News Quiz: pandemic 'dating,' TV surprises, virtual sports

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Aug. 15 (UPI) -- The death toll from the Maui wildfires has risen to 101, Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said Tuesday night, as he announced plans to reopen the Lahaina Bypass for several hours a day to "reunite the pieces of Maui."


upi--2020-04-03--First time users most likely to have bad reaction to marijuana, study says

Common bad reactions to marijuana include coughing fits , anxiety and paranoia , but regular users are less likely to have problems than occasional users , a new study finds .
`` There 's been surprisingly little research on the prevalence or frequency of various adverse reactions to cannabis and almost no research trying to predict who is more likely to experience these types of adverse reactions , '' said study co-author Carrie Cuttler .
She 's an assistant professor of psychology at Washington State University in Pullman .
`` With the legalization of cannabis in Washington and 10 other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ important to document some of this information so that more novice users would have a better sense of what types of adverse reactions they may experience , '' Cuttler said in a university news release .
For the study , the researchers surveyed more than 1,500 U.S. college students on the type and frequency of bad reactions they had while using marijuana .
More than half said they had had coughing fits , anxiety or paranoia .
The most common problems -- reported by 30 percent to 40 percent -- were coughing , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ least common bad reactions were fainting , hallucinations and cold sweats , the findings showed .
Panic attacks , fainting and vomiting were considered the most distressing of 26 possible bad reactions , while body humming , numbness and feeling off balance/unsteady were the least distressing , according to the study published recently in the Journal of Cannabis Research .
`` It is worth noting even the most distressing reactions to cannabis were only rated between moderately and quite distressing , '' Cuttler said .
`` This suggests cannabis users do not , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to cannabis to be severely distressing . ''
Less frequent users were more likely to report negative effects , the investigators found .
`` Interestingly , we did n't find that quantity of use during a single session predicted very much in terms of whether or not a person was going to have a bad reaction , '' Cuttler said .
`` It was the people who smoke on a less frequent basis who tend to have these bad experiences more often . ''
The findings underscore the need to provide legal marijuana @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , according to Cuttler .
`` When you get any other kind of medication , there will be a leaflet or a warning printed on the bottle about the drug 's potential side effects , '' she said .
`` There really is n't very much out there on this for cannabis , and we think that it is important for people to have access to this kind of information . ''
The U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse has more about marijuana .

Common bad reactions to marijuana include coughing fits, anxiety and paranoia, but regular users are less likely to have problems than occasional users, a new study finds.
"There's been surprisingly little research on the prevalence or frequency of various adverse reactions to cannabis and almost no research trying to predict who is more likely to experience these types of adverse reactions," said study co-author Carrie Cuttler. She's an assistant professor of psychology at Washington State University in Pullman.
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"With the legalization of cannabis in Washington and 10 other states, we thought it would be important to document some of this information so that more novice users would have a better sense of what types of adverse reactions they may experience," Cuttler said in a university news release.
For the study, the researchers surveyed more than 1,500 U.S. college students on the type and frequency of bad reactions they had while using marijuana.
More than half said they had had coughing fits, anxiety or paranoia. The most common problems -- reported by 30 percent to 40 percent -- were coughing, chest/lung discomfort and body humming.
The least common bad reactions were fainting, hallucinations and cold sweats, the findings showed.
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Panic attacks, fainting and vomiting were considered the most distressing of 26 possible bad reactions, while body humming, numbness and feeling off balance/unsteady were the least distressing, according to the study published recently in the Journal of Cannabis Research.
"It is worth noting even the most distressing reactions to cannabis were only rated between moderately and quite distressing," Cuttler said. "This suggests cannabis users do not, in general, find acute adverse reactions to cannabis to be severely distressing."
Less frequent users were more likely to report negative effects, the investigators found.
"Interestingly, we didn't find that quantity of use during a single session predicted very much in terms of whether or not a person was going to have a bad reaction," Cuttler said. "It was the people who smoke on a less frequent basis who tend to have these bad experiences more often."
The findings underscore the need to provide legal marijuana users with information about potential bad reactions, according to Cuttler.
"When you get any other kind of medication, there will be a leaflet or a warning printed on the bottle about the drug's potential side effects," she said. "There really isn't very much out there on this for cannabis, and we think that it is important for people to have access to this kind of information."
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The U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse has more about marijuana.
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upi--2020-04-03--Justice Department: Seized medical supplies will be sent to New York, New Jersey

April 3 ( UPI ) -- The U.S. Justice Department and the Department of Health and Human Services said more than half a million personal protective medical equipment confiscated from a person hoarding the supplies will be sent to health officials on the frontlines fighting the coronavirus in New York and New Jersey .
Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation discovered the supplies Monday during an operation by the Justice Department 's COVID-19 Hoarding and Price Gouging Task Force , the department said , adding it was authorized to distribute the supplies under the Defense Production Act , which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The supplies include 192,000 N95 respirator masks , 598,000 medical grade gloves and 130,000 surgical masks as well as surgical gowns , disinfectant towels , particulate filters and bottles of hand sanitizer and spray disinfectant .
`` If you are amassing critical medical equipment for the purpose of selling it at exorbitant prices , you can expect a knock at your door , '' said Attorney General William Barr in a statement .
`` The Department of Justice 's COVID-19 Hoarding and Price Gouging Task Force is working tirelessly around the clock with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that bad actors can not illicitly profit from the COVID-19 pandemic facing our nation . ''
The Department of Justice said after the supplies are inspected the Department of Health and Human Services will arrange for their delivery to the New Jersey Department of Health , the New York State Department of Health and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene .
Since the United States confirmed its first COVID-19 infection on Jan. 21 , the outbreak has become the world 's largest with more than 245,000 people ill with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cases in New York , the worst-hit state in the union , and more than 25,000 in New Jersey , the second-hardest hit state , according to a live tracker of the virus by Johns Hopkins University .
Last week , Trump signed an executive order to prevent the hoarding and price gouging of medical equipment , which was followed by the creation of the task force to confiscate such supplies .
`` Cracking down on the hoarding of vital supplies allows us to distribute this material to the heroic healthcare workers on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , '' said Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar .
The Department of Justice added that the Department of Health and Human Services will pay the person who they confiscated the supplies from `` fair market value '' for them .

Attorney General William Barr speaks during a press conference with members of the coronavirus task force in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. Photo by Oliver Contreras/UPI | License Photo
April 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. Justice Department and the Department of Health and Human Services said more than half a million personal protective medical equipment confiscated from a person hoarding the supplies will be sent to health officials on the frontlines fighting the coronavirus in New York and New Jersey. Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation discovered the supplies Monday during an operation by the Justice Department's COVID-19 Hoarding and Price Gouging Task Force, the department said, adding it was authorized to distribute the supplies under the Defense Production Act, which President Donald Trump invoked last week. Advertisement
The supplies include 192,000 N95 respirator masks, 598,000 medical grade gloves and 130,000 surgical masks as well as surgical gowns, disinfectant towels, particulate filters and bottles of hand sanitizer and spray disinfectant.
"If you are amassing critical medical equipment for the purpose of selling it at exorbitant prices, you can expect a knock at your door," said Attorney General William Barr in a statement. "The Department of Justice's COVID-19 Hoarding and Price Gouging Task Force is working tirelessly around the clock with all our law enforcement partners to ensure that bad actors cannot illicitly profit from the COVID-19 pandemic facing our nation."
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The Department of Justice said after the supplies are inspected the Department of Health and Human Services will arrange for their delivery to the New Jersey Department of Health, the New York State Department of Health and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Since the United States confirmed its first COVID-19 infection on Jan. 21, the outbreak has become the world's largest with more than 245,000 people ill with the disease, including more than 90,000 cases in New York, the worst-hit state in the union, and more than 25,000 in New Jersey, the second-hardest hit state, according to a live tracker of the virus by Johns Hopkins University.
Last week, Trump signed an executive order to prevent the hoarding and price gouging of medical equipment, which was followed by the creation of the task force to confiscate such supplies.
"Cracking down on the hoarding of vital supplies allows us to distribute this material to the heroic healthcare workers on the frontlines who are most in need," said Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar.
The Department of Justice added that the Department of Health and Human Services will pay the person who they confiscated the supplies from "fair market value" for them.