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Will Smith dives in Florida-built Triton submarine for documentary series about Earth

Recently, a good friend of mine suggested I watch Welcome to Earth on Disney Plus. The six-episode docuseries co-produced and hosted by actor Will Smith features an incredible and imaginative examination of our planet through many of our senses.

If you haven't yet seen it, it's worth the watch. And, as is often the case, what I found most fascinating about the series took place deep beneath the surface of the ocean.

Smith may be the superstar of the series, but in Episode 2 — Descent Into Darkness — his co-star is what captivated my attention. He, researcher Diva Amon and a pilot gently glide 3,300 feet deep along the edge of the Continental Shelf east of the Bahamas in a submersible built by Triton Submarines in Sebastian.

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Washington Examiner

New report: 255,000 ‘excess votes’ for Biden in six key 2020 states

Opinion by Paul Bedard - 4h ago

Anew deep dive into discrepancies in the ballot counts of six key battleground states in the 2020 election has turned up more than 250,000 “excess votes” for President Joe Biden, and maybe far more.

The key point in the upcoming peer-reviewed study for journal Public Choice by economist and noted gun expert John Lott Jr. is that the excess voting may challenge — or explain — Biden’s margin of victory over former President Donald Trump in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

In his report, on the Public Choice website but still awaiting final approval, Lott said that there were 255,000 excess votes and possibly as many as 368,000 for Biden in the key states.

And in a review of his statistical study he provided to Real Clear Politics, he said that “Biden only carried these states – Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin – by a total of 313,253 votes. Excluding Michigan, the gap was 159,065.”

Lott, who runs the Crime Prevention Research Center, said that his report was not meant to overturn the 2020 election, but to reinforce the need for changes to voter identification, absentee voting and provisional ballots.

“The point of this work isn’t to contest the 2020 election, but to point out that we have a real problem that needs to be dealt with. Americans must have confidence in future elections,” he wrote on RCP.

In the study, Lott reviewed voter registration rolls, actual in-person vote counts, absentee voting and provisional ballots in counties where fraud has been alleged or suggested. He compared those counts to neighboring counties, arguing that the percentages should be similar.

What he found were major differences, raising questions of fraud.

He found unexplained votes, vast difference in absentee voting and other problems such as bloated voter lists and felons illegally voting.

“In Fulton County, Georgia, 2,423 voters were not listed on the state’s records as registered, and 2,560 felons voted even though they had not completed their sentences,” Lott said in the report.

He concluded, “The voter turnout rate data provide stronger evidence of significant excess Biden votes in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The estimates imply that the counties wherein vote fraud was alleged returned between 142,000 and 368,000 excess Biden votes. While the findings reported here are dramatic, they may be underestimates because the voter turnout estimates do not account for ballots cast for the opposing candidate that are lost, destroyed, or replaced with ballots filled out for the other candidate. While it would involve a lot more work, it would be possible to apply the precinct level tests to compare turnout rates in adjacent precincts across all the counties where fraud was alleged."

The findings are likely to continue fueling questions raised by Trump supporters and the former president himself that an election they saw going their way on Election night turned against them after midnight.

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Associated Press

Hillary Clinton to voice 'Into The Woods' role in Arkansas

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Hillary Clinton will play the offstage role of the Giant in a production of Stephen Sondheim's “Into The Woods” in her onetime home state of Arkansas, the Arkansas Repertory Theatre announced on Monday.

“Real news, and I’m really excited! Check out the production if you’re in Little Rock,” Clinton tweeted and her spokesperson confirmed to The Associated Press. Clinton was the first lady of Arkansas before she was the first lady of the United States, a senator representing New York, secretary of state and then presidential candidate.

The “Into The Woods” Giant is the vengeful widow of the giant who Jack killed after climbing the beanstalk. The Giant does not appear on stage, and the voice part is usually prerecorded.

The show runs April 19 to May 15.

Clinton has previously had cameo roles in the television shows “Madam Secretary” and “Murphy Brown.”

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People

Human Corpse Being Transported to Funeral Home Ejected from Van in Pileup on N.J. Freeway

Stephanie Wenger - 17m ago

Amulti-car crash caused a human corpse to fall out the back of a vehicle on Route 17 in Paramus, New Jersey on Friday, authorities said.

The corpse was being transported from the hospital to the funeral when the vehicle collided with a horse trailer, according to a Facebook post from the Paramus Police Department.

"During the crash which involved a horse trailer and a funeral home livery vehicle an ejection of mortal remains occurred," the department shared.

Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg told the Daily Voice that the corpse was unharmed in the accident and was later picked by a different vehicle to be brought to the funeral home.

Three people were hospitalized following the crash but none of the injuries were serious, while the horse from the trailer "escaped uninjured," according to the police's Facebook post.

The horse's handler allowed the animal to eat grass on the side of the road following the collision, according to the Daily Voice.

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Country music singer Jeff Carson dies in Tennessee

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country music singer and songwriter Jeff Carson, who scored hits with “Not On Your Love,” and “The Car” before becoming a police officer, has died in Tennessee, his publicist said. Carson was 58.

Carson died of a heart attack at a hospital in Franklin, said Jeremy Westby of 2911 Media.

Carson was born Jeffrey Lee Herndon in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1963, Westby said in a news release. Carson sang in church and formed a band in Rogers, Arkansas, before moving to Branson, Missouri, where he wrote songs and played locally, the news release said.

Carson moved to Nashville and recorded demos for Tracy Lawrence, Reba McEntire, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill and other country stars.

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Daily Mail

Fossil skeleton of six-million-year-old owl is unearthed in China

Sophie Curtis For Mailonline - 45m ago

An amazingly well-preserved fossil skeleton of an extinct owl that lived more than six million years ago has been unearthed in China.

The fossil was discovered nearly 7,000 feet (2,100 meters) up, in the Linxia Basin of China's Gansu province, at the edge of the Tibetan Plateau.

It dates back to the late Miocene Epoch, around six million years ago.

Detailed analysis of the skeleton's fossilised eye bones by researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences reveals that, unlike most modern owls, this species was active in the daytime, not the night.

The fossil comprises nearly the entire skeleton from the tip of the skull through the wings and legs to the tail bone, along with body parts that are rarely seen as fossils.

These include the bones of the tongue apparatus called the hyoid, the trachea, the kneecap, tendons for wing and leg muscles, and even the remnants of its last meal of a small mammal.

'It is the amazing preservation of the bones of the eye in this fossil skull that allows us to see that this owl preferred the day and not the night,' said Dr. LI, first author of the study.

The researchers named the species Miosurnia diurna in reference to its close living relative, the diurnal Northern Hawk Owl (Surnia ulula).

The features of the skull and skeleton, including a large bump on part of the cheekbone just behind the eye, show that Miosurnia is a part of the global owl group Surniini.

Their research shows that the Surniini, which includes Miosurnia, the Northern Hawk Owl, and pygmy owls, rejected the night millions of years ago.

This extinct species is the first record of an ancient owl being 'diurnal', or active during the day.

Scleral ossicles are small bones that form a ring around the pupil and iris in the outer region of the eye.

Nocturnal animals require overall larger eyes and bigger pupils to see in low-light conditions, but diurnal animals have smaller eyes and pupils.

In the Miosurnia diurna fossil, the soft parts of the eye had decayed long ago, leaving the small trapezoidal scleral ossicles randomly collapsed into the owl's eye socket.

The paleontologists therefore had to measure these individual small bones and do some basic geometry to rebuild the size and shape of the ring around the eye.

'It was a bit like playing with Lego blocks, just digitally,' said Dr. Stidham, describing how the 16 little similar bones overlap each other to form a ring around the iris and pupil.

He said that putting them back together correctly allowed the scientists to determine the overall diameter of the ring and the opening for light in the middle.

The IVPP scientists then compared the fossil owl's scleral ossicles with the eyes of 55 species of reptiles and more than 360 species of birds including many owls.

Looking at the size and shape of the fossil's eye and its relatively smaller opening for light, the scientists determined that it most resembles the eyes of living owls in the Surniini group.

Furthermore, they studied behavioural data from over 360 species across a diversity of birds to determine which were likely nocturnal or diurnal.

Their results show that the ancestor of all living owls was almost certainly nocturnal, but the ancestor of the Surniini group was instead diurnal.

'This fossil skeleton turns what we thought we knew about the evolution of owls on its head,' said Dr. LI.

Dr. Stidham adds that Miosurnia diurnia is the first record of an evolutionary process spanning millions of years and stretching across the globe whereby owls evolved to 'reject the night for some fun in the sun.'

The team's findings were published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) on March 28.

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Business Insider

Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt's charity paid salaries of 2 Biden science advisors, Politico reports

rcohen@insider.com (Rebecca Cohen,Avery Hartmans) - 3h ago

Eric Schmidt's charity paid the salaries of two Biden science advisors, Politico reports.

The ex-Google CEO's influence and tech ties reportedly raised red flags internally.

Schmidt, who's worth $27 billion, also had a close relationship with the Obama administration.

Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt's charity helped pay the salaries of two Biden science advisors, Politico reported Monday.

Schmidt Futures, the former top exec's charity, reportedly indirectly paid the salaries of two employees at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. One of the employees was Marc Aidinoff, who is now the chief of staff and one of the office's most senior officials, according to Politico.

More than a dozen science-office officials have been associated with Schmidt in some capacity, Politico reports.

"Significant" ethical concerns were raised because of Schmidt's other financial interests, which overlap with the OSTP. Schmidt has a stake in hedge fund DE Shaw, artificial intelligence startup Abacus.AI, and quantum tech firm Sandbox AQ. He also sits on the board of Rebellion Defense, a data-driven defense contractor, and Civis Analytics, a data-science firm that worked with Biden's 2020 campaign, according to Politico.

Politico obtained internal emails sent by the science office's then general counsel, Rachel Wallace, as well as other members of the legal team, that regularly flagged possible conflicts of interest involving Schmidt and Schmidt Futures.

Wallace told Politico that she and others on the legal team had noticed "a large number of staff" with financial ties to Schmidt Future and "were increasingly concerned about the influence this organization was able to have through these individuals," she said.

Schmidt's efforts aligned with his foundation's mission to "focus and mobilize these networks of talent to solve specific problems in science and society," a Schmidt Futures spokesperson told Politico.

An OSTP spokesperson told Politico that the office works with multiple outside groups and that OSTP staff members come from a range of backgrounds, including other federal agencies, universities, and other entities. The spokesperson said that the small office, which has a $5 million annual budget, had to move quickly to bring in experts to help it tackle major issues like climate change and future pandemics.

"As part of the onboarding process, OSTP's legal counsel reviews potential ethical conflicts and directs remedial actions or recusals," the spokesperson said.

Schmidt, who's worth over $27 billion, served as Google CEO from 2001 to 2011. He remained executive chairman of Google parent company Alphabet's board until 2017, and left the company's board in 2019 to focus more on Schmidt Futures, among other endeavors.

Schmidt had close ties to the Obama administration, serving as a campaign advisor and contributing to fundraising efforts and landing a seat on the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. In 2012, rumors swirled that Schmidt was in the running for a Cabinet job, but Schmidt said at the time that he had no interest in being a federal government employee.

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The Washington Post

Md. state Sen. Will Smith missed the Oscars. He woke up to chaos.

Ovetta Wiggins - 1h ago

Maryland state Sen. William C. Smith Jr. went to bed early Sunday night. He was startled Monday morning when he awoke to a phone that wouldn’t stop dinging.

That’s when he learned the following:

People had mistaken him for the Oscar-winning actor. The one who shares his name. The one who slapped comedian Chris Rock Sunday night — in front of the whole world. Over a joke about his wife’s hair.

“I got a few messages saying ‘you messed up,’ actually it was a little more colorful than that,” said Smith, a Democrat who has represented Montgomery County in the General Assembly since 2015.

Smith said he got more than 100 new Twitter followers in a matter of hours. His typical get: four or five — and that’s in a good week.

“You gotta laugh,” Smith said. “I needed some levity.”

Smith, who chairs the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee, is in the final weeks of a busy 90-day legislative session. His committee has taken up the weighty issues of reforming the juvenile justice system, banning untraceable firearms — commonly known as ghost guns — that are assembled from parts and sold in kits on the Internet without background checks and allowing felons to serve on juries.

Meet the psychologist drawing from the Black church to reshape mental health care

Smith said after he sponsored an abortion rights bill this year, he was targeted by far-right groups that sent him a few hundred threats online. He has also been involved in a dispute with the ACLU of Maryland. Its leaders have accused him of silencing the advocacy group’s voice by imposing a so-called “No ACLU rule,” which includes not meeting with the them. The tension stems from tactics (protesting outside his home) that advocates used last year during the highly-charged debate over police reform.

Last week, after criticism of Smith became public, the Maryland Senate president praised his leadership and he received a standing ovation from his colleagues.

Smith is an intelligence officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve. He was first elected to the House of Delegates in 2015 and has served in the Senate since December 2016.

He said he was “horrified” when he saw clips of the incident between the actor and the comedian.

“The act of violence was sad and unacceptable,” the senator said. “And I think there was a missed opportunity to address alopecia in a constructive way. And then I thought about what personal stuff someone must be going through to do something like that.” (The actor Will Smith was apparently reacting to Rock’s joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s alopecia.)

He paused, then added about the new Oscar winner: “I just hope he’s okay.”

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ukraine hates fags, libs

Why Elton John was stopped from attempting to adopt HIV-positive Ukrainian child

Before he and husband David Furnish had children, Sir Elton John was trying desperately to adopt a young Ukrainian baby. Multiple factors, including his sexuality, kept him and David from doing so.

While on Dua Lipa's At Your Service podcast, the singing legend spoke of meeting a 14-month-old, HIV-positive baby named Lev in 2009. Elton completely fell in love with the child.

"I was carrying this little boy around for hours. We had a press conference at the end and they said, 'You seem very fond of this little boy. Would you think of adopting him?' and I went, 'I'd actually love to!'" Elton recalled saying at the time.

There was a problem: The "Rocket Man" icon is gay and married to a man, which automatically made him ineligible to adopt in the European country.

"Because I was gay, I wasn't allowed to anyway," he told Dua.

That little boy, though, would still alter the course of Elton's life in a big way.

"After that happened, David said, 'Well, what do you think about having kids?' I always said no but this little boy was telling me something. He was saying 'C'mon you can be a dad,' and that's when we decided to have children, because of this little boy in Ukraine," Elton said.

Elton and David now share two children, Zachary, 11, and Elijah, 9.

Aside from the sexuality issue, Elton's age also prohibited him from adopting back then. News Hub reported that Ukrainian law requires an adoptive parent to be no older than 45. At the time, Elton was 62 years old. The law also requires parents to be married, but Ukraine does not recognize gay union as marriage, the report said.

"Elton John will not be able to adopt a Ukrainian child and if he files that request we will unfortunately deny it," Ukraine's Family, Youth and Sports Minister Yuriy Pavlenko said at the time. "The law is the same for everybody: for a president, for a minister, for Elton John."

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The Hill

Pentagon sends Growler electronic warfare aircraft to Germany

Ellen Mitchell - 3h ago

Six U.S. Navy Growler aircraft will arrive in Germany on Monday to bolster electronic warfare capabilities on NATO's eastern flank, according to Pentagon press secretary John Kirby.

The EA-18G Growler planes, along with about 240 Navy personnel, will fly from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., to Spangdahlem Air Base where they be temporarily based, Kirby told reporters.

The Boeing Co.-built planes specialize in flying electronic warfare missions using jamming sensors to confuse enemy radars, "greatly aiding in the ability to conduct suppression of enemy air defense operations," Kirby said.

But he stressed that the aircraft will not be used against Russian forces in Ukraine and are "not being sent because of some sort of acute threat that was perceived or some specific incident that happened."

Rather, they will fly missions to "reinforce deterrence capabilities of the alliance on the eastern flank. They are not there to engage Russian assets, that is not the goal," Kirby said.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin "wants to keep options open," and after speaking to U.S. European Command head Gen. Tod Wolters and the German government, "this was deemed to be an additional move that could continue to bolster and reinforce our defenses on the eastern flank," Kirby said.

The U.S. military has roughly 100,000 personnel stationed in Europe on either a rotational or a permanent basis as Russia's violent incursion into Ukraine is now in its fifth week.

The attack on Ukraine, which began on Feb. 24, has caused nearly 4 million people to flee the country and prompted NATO to shore up forces in alliance nations nearby.