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Neither Amazon Prime nor Hulu have been able to create content of the same quality nor quantity as Netflix. However, whether Netflix will stay on top is unclear, as its competitors may learn from Netflix's success and use its model against it in the future.
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BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Anita Hass and her sons Justin, 7, center, and Matthew, 5, of Washoe Valley, help clear rocks from a space outside the Alderson's home that will be covered with a plastic tarp to prevent weed growth. Hass, a criminal justice major, is a volunteer firefighter in Pleasant Valley.
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WASHOE VALLEY – Hank and Judy Alderson call their cedar-sided home Varykino Farm, after an estate in “Doctor Zhivago.” Every room has a special theme – from the Spanish mission master bedroom to the French country kitchen.
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It’s their retirement home, but it’s also in a fire trap, nestled on the top of a ravine that could act as a wildfire funnel.
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Last Friday, the couple stood on their back balcony, their small herd of dogs running around their feet, and gazed down on what Hank calls their canyon. In the mornings wild rabbits can be seen hopping along the dry creek bed between sagebrush and cheat grass. The desert vegetation continues up the slope to their 2,300-square-foot-home.
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“The wind comes through that saddle in the mountains there (he pointed to a notch in the Sierra Nevada to the west of the house) and just runs right up that canyon here,” 68-year-old Hank Alderson said.
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He keeps up the five-and-a-half acre lot and hires several extra workers in the spring and fall. But nothing can stop the marching of the weeds. The home’s location is a prime spot for defensible space, an area around a home created so firefighters can more efficiently battle a threatening blaze.
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Judy Alderson, 61, said that the work is too much for them to keep up with, that’s why she’s thankful for the help of the Student Conservation Association.
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After a day of work by 14 volunteers, Varykino Farm is an example of a defensible space home.
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“These guys know what they’re doing and their minds are set on a specific purpose,” Hank said while walking around his yard. A full metal Dumpster sat out in front of the house. The sagebrush around the house was cleared considerably.
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Look northwest from Varykino Farm and you’ll see Mount Rose and Slide Mountain. To the south the Sierra Nevada stretches into Douglas County for a look at Jobs Peak and a picturesque view of Washoe Lake and the wetlands. The home has four neighbors – and the Aldersons know them all, one lives in a dome house and another is an accomplished artist. The back and front porches all have latched gates, to keep the dogs inside. They have twin Belgian Griffins and a French Papillon, and the small dogs could easily get lost or devoured out in the desert.
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Liz Wilcox, an intern with the Student Conservation Association, said the group needed a home in the area to use as a defensible space example, and this home had a prime location with a good layout.
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The team of four interns, along with volunteers from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and the Pleasant Valley Fire Department, hacked sagebrush, trimmed bushes and installed lattice to prevent weed encroachment at the home.
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Hank Alderson said it’s nice to have so much done, but it’s a constant battle living out in the desert.
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The Aldersons have three access roads, one near a Mormon church, the other is the main gravel-coated entrance that takes visitors under a ranch-style sign. A third road comes out farther west beside a telephone pole.
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Alderson, a retired Army Ranger, said their home in Las Vegas was bought out by a developer to build a bank. He also had a ranch in Sparks bought by the government by eminent domain to build Pyramid Highway.
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Last summer, they could see Carson City’s Waterfall fire on the other side of the lake. A few months later it was the Andrew fire, which hit a bit closer to home. They watched it on a ridge a few miles from the house.
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• Removal of brush and weeds 20 feet from the back fence along a slope. Workers didn’t clear more than 20 feet because of erosion control.
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President Trump's appeal to seniors may not be working out as well as he'd hoped.
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A Morning Consult/Politico survey published Wednesday found that among voters whose number one concerns are Social Security and Medicare, 52 percent said they would vote for a Democratic candidate in a congressional election if it were held today, compared to 33 percent who said they'd vote for a Republican. No specific candidates were named; voters were just asked generally which party they'd favor.
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The poll also found that among voters who prioritize Social Security and Medicare, 60 percent disapprove of the job Trump is doing as president, while 37 percent approve. In the 2016 election, 53 percent of seniors voted for Trump. Additionally, the majority of these seniors' issues voters, 65 percent, say the country has gotten off on the wrong track. Overall, Social Security and Medicare was the second most prevalent issue — 17 percent consider it a top priority, coming in only behind the economy.
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Respondents were polled in the days following a USA Today op-ed Trump wrote, in which he promised to defend Medicare and Social Security from "the radical socialist plans of the Democrats." The president argued Democrats would eviscerate the programs, disproportionately affecting seniors. Fact-checkers debunked many of Trump's claims, and it seems senior issue voters weren't buying it either. Seniors historically have skewed Republican, notes Morning Consult, but analysis suggests the demographic is coming around to Democrats' pledge to push Medicare-for-all.
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JCPenney employee, Jessy Bonenfant, was arrested after scamming the company out more than $23,000 at Orlando Fashion Square mall.
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Talk about a big discount.
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JCPenney worker Jessy Bonenfant, 25, is accused of giving himself a 99.45 percent reduction on 15 pieces of jewelry he ordered from the store at Orlando Fashion Square last week.
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The total for the catalog order should have been $21,832.58. But Bonenfant paid $120, Orlando police said.
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When confronted by police, the associate cashier admitted committing that theft and another involving jewelry, both on May 4 at the store at 3115 E. Colonial Drive, police said.
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Bonenfant rang up a return for a "14K Yellow Gold 20 Byzantine chain necklace" and issued a credit for $1,780 to his JCPenney credit card, a report said. But he returned nothing, according to police and a JCPenney loss-prevention officer who reviewed security footage.
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In both cases, police said, he signed into a JCPenney register as someone else before making the fraudulent transactions.
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The company's information-technology department flagged the 99.45 percent discount as "excessively high," triggering a loss-prevention review.
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Bonenfant gave a sworn confession to both crimes, according to the report. No motive was mentioned in the arrest report.
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Bonenfant was charged with scheming to defraud and grand theft.
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ATLANTA (AP) — A contract with Atlanta's public transportation provider that would have brought a significant expansion of mass transit was voted down by a long resistant county on Tuesday.
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Gwinnett County's referendum asked voters if they wanted to authorize a contract with MARTA and impose a 1 percent sales tax for transit expansion projects in the county just north of the city.
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Unofficial results from the county's board of elections show that just over 54 percent of the nearly 92,000 votes cast opposed the measure.
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Advocates said approval would have helped alleviate the area's notorious traffic problems and air pollution from cars idling in rush-hour gridlock.
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Some critics opposed the idea of a countywide tax for a transit system only some residents would use.
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While the historically white, affluent suburban county has long resisted a transit connection to the racially diverse center of Atlanta — voters there previously rejected joining MARTA in 1971 and 1990 — Gwinnett County has transformed considerably in recent decades.
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Between 1990 and 2016, Gwinnett grew from roughly 353,000 residents to 920,000, while the proportion of non-Hispanic white residents dropped from 89 percent to 39 percent.
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But hopes among some transit advocates that demographic changes would lead to different results in a MARTA vote were dashed by Tuesday's decisive results.
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The referendum came on the heels of a major transit proposal passed by the Georgia legislature last year and signed by former Republican Gov. Nathan Deal.
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The legislation created a new regional authority called The ATL that is responsible for implementing transit projects across 13 metro counties, ensuring plans connect efficiently across jurisdictions. The goal is to help align a hodgepodge of independently run services that make commuting across county lines using mass transit exceedingly difficult.
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Gwinnett's no vote Tuesday was one of the first public rebukes of the new, grand transit plan by local voters.
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A yes vote would have set in motion a long-term transit expansion plan including rail and bus services, built on top of existing Gwinnett County Transit routes, that would have linked the county to Atlanta and other points in the existing MARTA network.
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to cancel aid to Honduras unless a group of Honduran migrants making its way toward the United States is stopped and returned to its home country.
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"The United States has strongly informed the President of Honduras that if the large Caravan of people heading to the U.S. is not stopped and brought back to Honduras, no more money or aid will be given to Honduras, effective immediately!" Trump wrote Tuesday morning, among a diverse flurry of tweets.
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The "caravan" comment referred to a group of hundreds of migrants who are fleeing poverty and gang violence in Honduras, spilling into Guatemala, which lies between Honduras and Mexico. The migrants overwhelmed Guatemalan border guards, who eventually allowed the group to pass and accompanied them deep into the country, The Associated Press reported.
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Trump's threat reflects his America First campaign rhetoric, which spurned foreign entanglements. Trump has advocated rolling back foreign aid, which represents less than 1 percent of federal spending, and his administration attempted to kill $3 billion in foreign aid over the summer.
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The migrants set out from San Pedro Sula, Honduras, on Friday, a day after Vice President Mike Pence met with the leaders of Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras urging them to keep their citizens from coming to the United States.
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"Tell your people: Don’t put your families at risk by taking the dangerous journey north to attempt to enter the United States illegally," Pence said.
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But the migrants showed no signs of stopping as they trekked onward toward Mexico, the AP reported Monday.
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Two more American soldiers have died from roadside bombs, which could soon make May the deadliest month of the year to date.
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BAGHDAD, May 27 — Two more American soldiers have died from roadside bombs, the American military said Sunday, as American forces decided to run DNA tests on a body that could be that of one of the remaining two missing soldiers seized in an ambush on May 12 south of Baghdad.
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Military officials warned that the body, found Sunday at an undisclosed location, did not initially appear to fit descriptions of either of the two missing soldiers, Specialist Alex R. Jimenez, 25, of Lawrence, Mass., and Pvt. Byron W. Fouty, 19, of Waterford, Mich.
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But the discovery of the body was significant enough to require DNA tests, military officials said, suggesting that the body was not clearly that of an Iraqi.
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The confirmation of the deaths suggested that May could soon become the deadliest month of the year so far for American troops.
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With four days left in the month, not counting the unidentified body, 103 American soldiers have been killed in Iraq, according to Iraq Coalition Casualty Count, an independent Web site that monitors civilian and military casualties. That was one death shy of the total for April, when 104 died, the highest monthly toll this year.
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May is only the seventh month since the war started in which there have been more than 100 American military deaths, according to the site’s tally, which is based on Pentagon figures. The worst month for American troops was November 2004, when 137 died.
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Military officials have acknowledged that the recent troop increase and the new strategy for Iraq — which relies on moving troops out of large bases and into dangerous Iraqi communities — would lead to more American casualties. They have also said that it would diminish violence and make Iraq more stable.
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Both soldiers whose deaths were reported Sunday had died Saturday.
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One was killed and four others wounded when a bomb exploded near their patrol in western Baghdad.
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The second died and two others were wounded when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle Saturday in Diyala Province.
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On Sunday, American troops freed 42 Iraqi prisoners from what military officials described as a Qaeda hideout northeast of Baghdad. Lt. Col. Christopher Garver, a military spokesman, said some of the captives appeared to have been tortured.
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The raid was part of a security effort involving 3,000 additional troops sent to Diyala, a violent province north of the capital with a mixed population of Sunnis and Shiites. Colonel Garver said the hideout had been found because of a tip from an Iraqi, and that all 42 freed prisoners were receiving medical care.
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Violence continued across Iraq. In the southern largely Shiite city of Basra, British troops killed three gunmen after being attacked by bombs, rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire during a raid, British officials said.
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The clash occurred after two days of intense fighting between British soldiers and Shiite militants, which British officials attributed to the killing on Friday of a top militia commander in Basra.
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In the Sunni stronghold of Samarra, gunmen attacked a police station and several officers in cars, killing at least two policemen and wounding three, the police said.
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In Fadhil, a central Baghdad neighborhood where fighting frequently breaks out between residents and security forces, four people were killed in clashes between unknown gunmen and Iraqi police officers, an Interior Ministry official said.
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At an undisclosed location in Dora, in southern Baghdad, the authorities found 12 bodies riddled with bullets.
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An American Embassy official also confirmed reports that on Wednesday, gunmen attacked a convoy of S.U.V.’s carrying State Department employees. Private contractors from Blackwater USA returned fire, and attack helicopters also intervened, firing heavy weapons into a crowded urban area. Elements of the clash were first reported in The Washington Post.
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Also on Sunday, the Iranian Foreign Ministry accused the United States of building spy networks intended to “sabotage” its border provinces.
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On Monday, the American ambassador to Iraq, Ryan C. Crocker, and his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Kazemi-Qomi, are to meet in Baghdad to discuss Iraq.
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When is the 2017 NHL® All-Star Game?
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The 2017 NHL® All-Star Game will take place on Sunday, January 29, 2017 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, CA.
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The 2017 NHL® All-Star Skills Competition™ will take place on Saturday, January 28, 2017.
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How much are tickets to the 2017 NHL® All-Star Game?
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How can I purchase tickets for the NHL® All-Star Game and the NHL® All-Star Skills Competition™?
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LA Kings Season Ticket Members receive the opportunity to purchase 2017 NHL® All-Star Weekend Tickets. The best way to secure your NHL® All-Star Game and NHL® Skills Competition tickets is by being an LA Kings Season Ticket Member. 2016-17 Half Season members, 10-game members, and wait list members will receive special ticket access to 2017 NHL® All-Star Weekend based on availability. To join the season ticket wait list.
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STAPLES Center suites will be available for purchase. See section on suites below to find out how you can place your $500 deposit now.
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What is the priority on 2017 NHL® All-Star weekend tickets for LA Kings season ticket members and ticket package holders?
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2016-17 Full Season ticket members will receive first priority to secure their 2017 NHL® All-Star weekend tickets.
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Full Season Ticket Members who renew their seats for the 2016-17 season by March 5, 2016 *get the opportunity to secure their seat location (2015-16 Season Seat Location) for 2017 NHL® All-Star Weekend.
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Full Season Ticket Members who renew their seats for the 2016-17 season after March 5, 2016 and before May 20, 2016 will receive the opportunity to purchase 2017 NHL® All-Star Weekend tickets in seats other than their Season Seat Location.
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Full Season Ticket Members will have the ability to purchase the same number of 2017 NHL® All-Star Weekend packages as season seats in Season Ticket member 2016-17 season ticket account (maximum of six). Season Ticket Members will receive special purchase opportunities for additional tickets based on availability.
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Full Season ticket members will be able to buy the same number of seats they have on their ticket account (maximum of six).
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2016-17 Half season Ticket Package Holders will receive second priority to secure their 2017 NHL® All-Star weekend tickets. Half season members will have the ability to purchase the same number of 2017 NHL® All-Star Weekend packages as half season packages in 2016-17 season account, (maximum of four), and based on availability.
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2016-17 10-Game Ticket package holders will receive third priority to secure their 2017 NHL® All-Star weekend tickets. 10-Game package members will have the ability to purchase the same number of 2017 NHL® All-Star Weekend packages as 10-Game packages in their 2016-17 ticket account, (maximum of two), based on availability.
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LA Kings Wait List members will receive final priority to secure their All-Star weekend tickets. Wait list members will be able to purchase a maximum of 2 All-Star weekend tickets, based on availability.
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All orders will be filled based on account priority. All tickets are subject to availability and are not guaranteed.
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Will I be able to get the same seat location for the 2017 NHL® All-Star Game Weekend that I have for my season seats?
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2015-16 LA Kings Season Ticket Members who renew their season tickets for the 2016-17 season by March 5, 2016 will have the opportunity to secure their 2015-16 season location for the 2017 NHL® All-Star Weekend; provided, however, there may be limited circumstances where your Seat Location may not be available due to accommodating event logistical and operational needs, such as (but not limited to) NHL® sponsor obligation and activations and broadcast seat "skills."
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Can I purchase tickets for one event of 2017 NHL® All-Star Game Weekend?
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Does my child need a ticket for entry to the 2017 NHL® All-Star Game?
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Are 2017 NHL® All-Star Weekend tickets refundable?
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2017 NHL® All-Star Weekend tickets will be subject to the 2017 NHL® All-Star Game and NHL® Skills Competition Refund Policy.
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Will Season Ticket Members have the opportunity to purchase additional tickets to the 2017 NHL® All-Star Game Weekend?
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Will there be single-game tickets available for the 2017 NHL® All-Star Game or NHL® All-Star Skills Competition™?
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The NHL® All-Star Game and NHL® Skills Competition has sold out annually to League corporate partners, host city sponsors, suite holders and season ticket members. The best way to secure your seats for the All-Star Game is to become an LA Kings season ticket member by joining the LA Kings season ticket wait list.
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Question: How can I purchase a private suite for the NHL® All-Star Game and NHL® All-Star Skills Competition™?
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Private suites at STAPLES Center will be available for 2017 NHL® All-Star Weekend.
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