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Owen Roe Vineyard near Wapato, WA. Photo by Richard Duval.
The Yakima Valley AVA
It produces a remarkable spectrum of world-class wine grapes
EDITOR'S NOTE: Information for this article was provided to DiscoverWashingtonWine.com by Wine Yakima Valley. To learn more about how you can enjoy the great wines of this region, call Wine Yakima Valley at (509) 965-520l, or visit the Association's website at: www.wineyakimavalley.com
The Yakima Valley cultivates as much diversity and quality as any agricultural region on Earth. Apples, cherries, peaches, nectarines, pears, and more fill a rich cornucopia. Completing this bounty is a remarkable spectrum of world-class wine grapes.
The first grape vines in the valley are credited to a French winemaker named Charles Schanno, who in 1869, planted cuttings taken from the famous Hudson's Bay Company trading outpost at Fort Vancouver.
But it was not until the very early 20th century that Seattle attorney William B. Bridgman pioneered the modern wine industry in the Yakima Valley.
Many of the vineyards established across the region during this time were planted from Bridgman's own vine cuttings. Following the hiatus of Prohibition, Bridgman opened Upland Winery and initiated some of the earliest varietal labeling for American wines.
Scientific support for viticulture, or the craft of grape growing, began in the Yakima Valley as early as 1917. In that year, a 200-acre plot of sagebrush near the city of Prosser was designated as an agriculture research site.
Known today as the Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center, it is operated by Washington State University and the USDA. In 1937, this facility hired Dr. Walter Clore, who initiated grape plantings that proved vital to the nascent Washington State wine industry.
Today's Yakima Valley wine landscape likely emerged in 1962 when Associated Vintners purchased a 5.5-acre site near the town of Sunnyside. It was recommended by the pioneering Bridgeman for its elevation – above frosts along the valley floor – and the south-southwest-facing slopes that take advantage of Eastern Washington State's sunshine. This became the Harrison Hill Vineyard, which is now farmed by the Newhouse Family for DeLille Cellars.
Even more remarkable vineyards came into being during the following decade. Mike Sauer planted his first three acres of Cabernet Sauvignon at Red Willow in 1973. Forty years later, grapes from Red Willow's 140 acres supply many of America's finest winemakers.
At almost the same time, in 1975, John Williams and Jim Holmes started with a dozen acres at Kiona on Red Mountain. Today, much like Red Willow, both Kiona and neighboring Ciel du Cheval supply fruit to Washington State's finest wine labels.
Dr. Walter Clore's legacy as the "Father of Washington Wine," is celebrated daily at The Clore Wine & Culinary Center in Prosser, WA. Make sure to read the article about The Clore Center in the Home Section of DiscoverWashingtonWine.com. Photo courtesy of The Clore Center.
A Planting Boom
During the 1980s, along with the rest of the Washington State wine industry, the Yakima Valley experienced a boom in the planting of new vineyards and the opening of new wineries. These included Hogue Cellars and Covey Run, both established in 1982, and Chinook Wines in 1983.
Then on March 23, 1983, the Yakima Valley appellation was officially designated by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. It was the first American Viticultural Area (AVA) in Washington State, and also the only recognized AVA north of California at that time.
Just four wineries operated in the new appellation: Kiona Vineyard and Winery, Hinzerling Winery, Yakima River Winery, and Tucker Cellars. But some of our region's finest vineyards were coming on stream in those years, including the now-famous Boushey in 1980, Klipsun in 1984.
Across the following three decades, the Yakima Valley wine industry has consistently justified its status as the "first growth" of Washington State. From the earliest vintages until today, the Yakima Valley has grown more wine grapes for Washington wineries than has any other appellation.
The Yakima Valley AVA now cultivates more than 17,000 acres of vineyards. Yakima and Benton counties are home to more than 152 wineries, and collectively they make up more than half of the wine production in Washington State.
The Yakima Valley AVA stretches from just north of the city of Yakima to the wineries of Red Mountain in Benton City, which is just 11 miles north and west of the cities of Richland, Kennewick and Pasco (collectively known as the Tri-Cities).
The majority of the wineries in the Yakima Valley AVA can be reached by driving along Interstate 82 from Yakima to Benton City. Many of them are located just off the exits, or are within close proximity, to the exits for the towns that dot I-82 from Yakima to Benton City. Frequent visitors to Yakima Valley wineries become familiar with the exit signs for Wapato, Buena, Zillah, Toppenish, Granger, Outlook, Sunnyside, Grandview, Mabton and Prosser.
The best way to find all of the wineries in the Yakima Valley is to get a hold of the Valley's "Winery Guide." It's a beautiful, four-color guide that includes a map of the entire Valley from Yakima to Red Mountain and gives you thumbnail sketches of many of the wineries along Interstate 82. To request a copy of this free guide, call Wine Yakima Valley at (509) 965-520l, or send them an e-mail at: wineyakimavalley@msn.com.
Prosser
Exits 80 and 82 will take you into the town of Prosser, which most wine historians refer to as "The Birthplace of Washington Wine." Prosser is home to 35 wineries and the heralded Walter Clore Wine and Culinary Center.
The tasting rooms for 13 of Prosser's wineries are located within the Vintners' Village development, where visitors can walk from one winery to the next without having to get into their cars.
Wineries in Vintners' Village include Airfield Estates, Coyote Canyon, Gamache Vintners, Gingkgo Forest, Martinez & Martinez, McKinley Springs, Milbrandt, Smasne Cellars, 2 Dor Wines, Thurston Wolfe, Willow Crest and the Bunnell Family Cellars, which also owns Wine O'Clock Wine Bar.
Prosser is also home to dozens of other wineries outside of Vintners Village. Those wineries include Desert Wind, Hogue Cellars, Mercer Estates, 14 Hands, Alexandria Nicole, Pontin del Roza, Kestrel Vintners, Chinook Winery, Wit Cellars, Domanico Cellars, DavenLore Winery, Barrel Springs Winery, Prosser Vineyard and Winery. You will find a complete list of wineries in the Prosser area by visiting: www.TourProsser.com.
Just off of Exit 82 in Prosser you will find the Walter Clore Wine and Culinary Center. The center features year-round displays and education about Washington wines and celebrates local legend Walter Clore, recognized as the Father of Washington Wine by the State Legislature and the man behind the success of the wine industry in Washington State. They host monthly educational events and tastings as well as the annual Rising Stars Wine Tasting and the Legends of Washington Wine Gala each year.
Fire and Ice: Geology of the Yakima Valley AVA
The federal government designated the Yakima Valley AVA in early 1983; but the story of this appellation began much earlier … fifteen million years earlier.
Imagine molten lava flowing from huge fissures in the Earth's crust around what is now eastern Washington State and northern Oregon. Hundreds of these outflows eventually covered the area under thousands of feet of basalt. The massive weight of this blanket of rock actually depressed the Earth's crust, forming the region now called the Columbia Basin.
At the western edge of this basin, the volcanoes of the ancient Cascade Mountains spewed out their own lava. Ash and volcanic sediments rained down into rivers and lakes to the east of the mountains, and these deposits became intermingled with those old Columbia Basin basalts. The combined material is called the Ellensburg Formation, and this special alluvial-volcanic mix can be seen across the Yakima Valley today.
Meanwhile, the ancestral Columbia River that flowed through this region brought in pebbles and stones from outside the Columbia Basin, including granite and quartzite. These smooth, rounded rocks still lace the soils along the old channel of the river. The terrain remains as open and clean as when cataclysmic floods swept through at the end of the ice age.
The soil components are uniformly silt and sand with quartz and micas — and nearly devoid of organic matter or pests common to the rest of the wine world. Water drains through these soils with remarkable ease, and this forces vines to send their root systems deep.
Such an unalloyed foundation also allows Yakima Valley to grow un-grafted vines. It's a very traditional, but now very unusual, technique — and possible only because of our special geology. The end result is grapes and then wines that are completely true to their varietal character.
Rain Shadow Effect
The Yakima Valley enjoys 300 days of sunshine each year, including more summer sun than even San Diego, Phoenix, or Honolulu. That's a big surprise to people who associate Washington State with rain. But the snowcapped volcanoes of the Cascade Mountains dramatically influence the weather in this corner of the country.
Skies that are cloudy in Seattle turn clear by the time you reach the Yakima Valley, only about two hours' drive to the east. Climate scientists call this phenomenon a "rain shadow."
Most of Washington State's weather comes off the Pacific Ocean. The vibrant green landscapes along the coast and around the Puget Sound are the direct result of these very moist west-to-east atmospheric currents.
And when those masses of moving air hit the Cascades, they are forced to rise and cool rapidly. Such a quick shift releases huge amounts of mountain precipitation – more than 80 inches a year or double the amount that falls on Seattle.
So by the time those clouds reach eastern Washington State, they have nothing left to give. They dissipate, and the skies over the Yakima Valley are left clear and sunny. The region gets only 7 to 8 inches of precipitation each year, and the definition of a true desert is anything less than 10.
High Desert Region
How do wine grapes grow in a desert? The answer is irrigation. Yakima Valley's wine industry captures pure mountain snowmelt from the Cascades as it flows into regional river systems and vast natural aquifers. The water is then applied to vineyards with scientific accuracy.
Abundant sunshine and clean water are crucial to world-class wine grape cultivation. But they are not sufficient. Seasonal temperature totals or what scientists call heat accumulation are equally vital to thriving vines; and this is where the Yakima Valley really shines.
On the wine region classification system developed by the University of California at Davis, the Yakima Valley's 2,600 to 3,000 "growing-degree (F) days" define this AVA as "Region II" and place it on par with the Bordeaux wine region of France.
Even better is the way this heat accumulates. If it were uniformly warm all season long, Yakima Valley's grapes would lose their natural acidity and the resulting wines would be flabby.
However, there is a dramatic difference between day and night temperatures in this valley during the growing season: afternoon highs in the 80s (F) plunge down to the 50s (F) after midnight. It's what climate scientists call a significant diurnal shift; and those dramatic temperature swings enable grapes to retain their natural, flavor-enhancing acids.
Regions that lack such ideal conditions can "fix" the quality of the grapes that they harvest — through chemical additions or other manipulations in the winery — but it's never quite like Mother Nature's own touch
So what does all this mean to the wines of the Yakima Valley? In a word: balance.
The climate of this region combines sunshine and water as well as heat and cold like almost nowhere else on earth. The end result is grapes that are ripe and yet crisp; and those become wines that are lush and yet fresh.
Most remarkable is the way this balance is achieved across multiple varieties — from Riesling and Chardonnay to Syrah, Merlot, and Cabernet. When people ask which grapes grow well in the Yakima Valley, the best response might be which grapes don't grow well here.
Varieties of grapes grown in the Yakima Valley:
REDS: MERLOT – 2,090 acres; CABERNET SAUVIGNON – 1,350 acres; SYRAH — 650 acres; CABERNET FRANC — 250 acres; OTHER REDS – Lemberger; Sangiovese (the classic wine grape of Chianti); Malbec (one of the five permitted red varietals of Bordeaux).
WHITES: CHARDONNAY — 3,180 acres (Yakima Valley's most widely planted grape); RIESLING — 920 acres; SEMILLON –150 acres; SAUVIGNON BLANC — 270 acres; GEWÜRZTRAMINER — 420 acres; OTHER WHITES — Chenin Blanc; Pinot Gris; Viognier.


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Alma Ivsins
October 7, 1927 - July 31, 2021
Alma Ivsiņš, né Pirktiņš
A very long, stressful, eventful, interesting, and happy journey that started in Latvia on a Friday in October came to a peaceful end on a Saturday in Canada, almost 94 years later.
Alma, the first of four children of Jānis and Ķērsta, was born on a farm in the County of Dunika, Latvia. Farm life in post-war, newly independent Latvia was not a vacation at a cottage, and particularly hard on Alma was the ongoing stress in the family of the long term caring for her younger brother Arnolds who had an incurable illness. But no matter how hard and difficult life on the farm may have been, Alma always recalled her youth, her parent's immense efforts, and her beloved grandmother with nostalgia. However, in 1940 the world she lived in changed. The Soviet Union invaded, occupied and annexed Latvia, and what followed in Latvia is known as "The Year of Terror''- land and businesses confiscated, "disappearances," and mass deportations of people. Then, in 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union and occupied Latvia.
On October 7, 1944 Alma turned 17 and was told she could go home to the farm near Rucava. She had spent the previous two weeks in conscripted civilian labour by the German Army, digging anti-tank trenches. She spent a day and a night getting back to her farm, arriving at noon on the 9th of October to a hive of activity - the household was packing to leave to escape the advancing Russian Army. For the rest of her life Alma would speculate: would her family have left without her had she not returned that fateful day?
Thus, in the late afternoon of October 9, 1944, a new journey for Alma began. Alma and her parents, Jānis and Ķērsta, younger sister Ausma, and younger brother Jānis left their family farm forever, with a packed horse drawn wagon and one cow. It was a 1,000 km trek across Lithuania, Poland and Germany, ending two months later in Schwerin, Germany.
After the war, almost a million refugees lived in DP (Displaced Persons) Camps under constant pressure to either resettle or return to their homelands, which for people from the Baltics was not an option. So Alma made the momentous decision to go to England, with the possibility of never seeing her family again.
In August 1947, just shy of her 20th birthday, Alma left for England, which turned out to be one of the best decisions of her life. There two people met the love of their lives - Valentīns Ivsiņš and Alma Pirktiņš danced together for the first time on 6 November 1948 and were married on 16 July 1949 - and they danced together for just shy of 70 years.
The happy journey of Vilis and Alma begins, and by 1951 they have arrived in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Through sheer hard work and determination their life improves. By 1954 they own a house, Vilis has opened his own Service Station, and soon they have two sons Edvīns (1957) and Armands (Arnie), (1960). Alma's parents and siblings have emigrated to America, and there are visits to and from family and friends, trips to America and Quebec, and there are parties. And always hard work.
In the 1970's their life changes once again. The family relocates to Bronte, they acquire property on Pickerel Lake, and by the 1980's there is a cottage - Vilis' dream of "The North" has come true.
During all the years that Alma and Vilis lived in Niagara Falls and Bronte they were very active in the Latvian Church and Community in Niagara Falls, St. Catherines and Hamilton, and Alma as a teacher at the St. Catherines Latvian School, which her sons also attended. They provided immense support to their relatives in Latvia with never ending "Care Packages" and Alma's very entertaining correspondence. Alma organized and cooked fantastic family dinners into her 80's.
Their journey continued. Bronte - Pickerel Lake, Pickerel Lake - Bronte, but it was becoming clear that changes had to be made, as an independent lifestyle was harder and harder to maintain. In 2015 they relocated again, this time to the Latvian Retirement Home Kristus Dārzs, where they had numerous acquaintances, regular church services with various Latvian ministers and constant visits from family and friends.
The journey stopped for one of them, when Vilis, the love of her life, died on November 7, 2018. Then came Covid, quarantines, lockdowns, isolation, loneliness. Alma had to depend on books, newspapers and her faith to sustain her, and on her family support. As the restrictions eased Armands and Linda were almost daily visitors.
Alma's incredible journey ended peacefully on Saturday, 31 July.
Alma was predeceased by her parents Jānis (1993), Ķērsta (1979), brother Arnolds (1935) and sister Ausma (2011). She leaves behind her sons Edvīns and Armands, daughter in law Linda, brother Jānis, and numerous relatives and friends in Latvia, Canada, the USA and Australia.
Janis Ivsins
York Cemetery & Funeral Centre
160 Beecroft, Toronto, ON, CANADA, M2N 5Z5 Get Directions
Saturday, 7 Aug 2021 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Info: Due to COVID-19 room capacity restrictions, we must maintain physical distancing and face masks are required. We will be circulating guests if we reach capacity. Thank you for your understanding, kindness and support during this difficult time. Condolence messages may be conveyed through Alma Ivsins memorial page.
Chapel Service
Info: Due to COVID-19 room capacity is restricted and by invitation only to maintain physical distancing requirements. During these times, masks are mandatory too. Thank you for your understanding, kindness and support during this difficult time. Condolence messages may be conveyed through Alma Ivsins memorial page.
Interment
Here is a link to an online memorial for Alma Ivsins: https://mountpleasantgroup.permavita.com/site/AlmaIvsins.html?s=100

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Alleged Benefits from Proposed Ozone Standard Have Little to Do with Ozone: Statement to the EPA
Daren Bakst	/ @darenbakst / February 13, 2015
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Daren Bakst studies and writes about agriculture subsidies, property rights, environmental policy, food labeling and related issues as The Heritage Foundation's senior research fellow in agricultural policy. Read his research.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently held hearings on its new proposed ozone standards. The existing standard of 75 parts per billion (ppb) for ground-level ozone, a primary component of smog, was set in 2008.
Every five years, the EPA is required by law to review and, if appropriate, revise these standards. The EPA is proposing to make the standards much stricter, anywhere from 65–70 ppb, although it is considering a 60 ppb standard as well. If the agency goes with the strictest standard of 60 ppb, it could be the costliest regulation in U.S. history.
The following is a statement I made at the EPA hearing in Washington, D.C. (The PDF below contains my statement with explanatory footnotes):
My name is Daren Bakst and I am Research Fellow in Agricultural Policy at The Heritage Foundation. The views I express in this statement are my own, and should not be construed as representing any official position of The Heritage Foundation.
I appreciate this opportunity to speak at today's hearing, and look forward to submitting written comments for the docket.
Making the Standards More Stringent Is Premature
States are just now starting to meet the current 75 parts per billion standard. According to the Congressional Research Service, 123 million people live in areas that have not attained the current standards. In fact, 105 million people live in areas that are still considered nonattainment for the less stringent 1997 ozone standard.
When nearly 40 percent of the nation's population lives in areas that have not met the current standard, it is premature to adopt an even more stringent standard.
Costs Exceed Benefits
The EPA claims that the benefits of a new 70 parts per billion or 65 parts per billion standard outweigh the costs. However, this is misleading. When focusing on ozone only benefits, the costs far exceed the benefits for each of the more stringent standards.
Based on EPA's own data, and taking the most generous estimate of ozone benefits, the costs exceed the benefits, ranging anywhere from half a billion dollars for a 70 parts per billion standard to $19 billion for a 60 parts per billion standard.
The benefits only outweigh costs if taking into account PM2.5 co-benefits. PM2.5 co-benefits, assuming the highest levels of benefits, account for anywhere between 70–75% of the total benefits, depending on the standard. In other words, for the proposed ozone standard, ozone benefits are only about a quarter of the benefits.
While the EPA has constantly used PM2.5 co-benefits to improperly justify a seemingly endless amount of regulations that have nothing to do with the reason for the regulations, using PM2.5 co-benefits to make the case for an ozone standard is particularly egregious.
The EPA has a very clear and direct means to address PM2.5 through the National Ambient Air Quality Standards process, and that, not surprisingly, is through the PM2.5 standard. The ozone standard is a distinct standard that is supposed to be focused on ozone.
To sell a more stringent ozone standard, the EPA lists a series of alleged facts in its "By the Numbers" document that will scare the public into thinking a more stringent standard is necessary. For example, according to the EPA, setting the ozone standard to 70 parts per billion or 65 parts per billions would avoid:
• 65,000–180,000 missed work days; and
• 790 to 2,300 cases of acute bronchitis among children
Here is the catch. Both of these alleged facts are based on reductions in PM2.5 alone, and not ozone. The other facts listed in the document, except for one, take into account reductions in both PM2.5 and ozone.
The public is being led to believe that reducing ozone achieves these health benefits. In reality, much of these alleged benefits have nothing to do with an actual reduction in ozone.
These numbers, assuming the facts listed are reasonable estimates, should also be put in perspective. For example, the EPA claims making the standard more stringent would avoid 1,400 to 4,300 asthma-related emergency room visits. Given that there are about 1.8 million such visits in a year, the reduction amounts to eight-hundredths of one percent to two-tenths of one percent, a minuscule impact at best. Further, these numbers are based on both reductions in PM2.5 and ozone, not on ozone alone.
I urge the EPA to maintain the current 75 parts per billion standard. A more stringent standard is both premature and unjustified. As the EPA does move forward, the agency should be very transparent regarding the ozone benefits and costs, and not sell a stricter ozone standard on PM2.5 co-benefits.
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Former Arizona Governor Calls Trump's Proposal to Place Illegal Aliens in Sanctuary Cities a 'Great Plan'
by Janita Kan April 17, 2019, 1:34 pm 1.1k Views
By Janita Kan April 17th, 2019 | Image Source: Theepochtimes
Former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer praised President Donald Trump's proposal to place illegal aliens in sanctuary cities, saying that it was "great plan."
"When I was Governor, illegal aliens cost AZ taxpayers $1.6 billion/yr in education, health care, and incarceration costs. So, why do we continue to bear these costs when sanctuary cities encourage illegal immigration? Great plan by realDonaldTrump to utilize those cities!" Brewer tweeted on April 15.
When I was Governor, illegal aliens cost AZ taxpayers $1.6 billion/yr in education, health care and incarceration costs.
So, why do we continue to bear these costs when sanctuary cities encourage illegal immigration?
Great plan by @realDonaldTrump to utilize those cities! ????
— Jan Brewer (@GovBrewer) April 16, 2019
Her comments were made in response to the president's proposal he tweeted on April 12 to relocate immigrants who cross the southern border illegally to sanctuary cities exclusively.
"Due to the fact that Democrats are unwilling to change our very dangerous immigration laws, we are indeed, as reported, giving strong considerations to placing Illegal Immigrants in Sanctuary Cities only," Trump wrote on Twitter.
"The Radical Left always seems to have an Open Borders, Open Arms policy—so this should make them very happy!"
Due to the fact that Democrats are unwilling to change our very dangerous immigration laws, we are indeed, as reported, giving strong considerations to placing Illegal Immigrants in Sanctuary Cities only….
When asked to clarify his plan, Trump confirmed his plans at a press conference on April 1.
"We'll bring them to sanctuary city areas and let that particular area take care of it, whether it's a state or whatever it might be," Trump said.
"California certainly is always saying, 'Oh, we want more people.' And they want more people in their sanctuary cities. Well, we'll give them more people. We can give them a lot. We can give them an unlimited supply, and let's see if they're so happy. They say we have open arms. They're always saying they have open arms. Let's see if they have open arms," he added.
President Trump: "California certainly is always saying, 'Oh we want more people,' and they want more people in their sanctuary cities. Well, we'll give them more people. We can give them a lot. We can give them an unlimited supply." pic.twitter.com/NmxncqXmcM
Sanctuary cities are locales which have enacted measures to prevent local officials from cooperating with federal immigration authorities. There are eight states and hundreds of cities across the United States which are officially sanctuaries for illegal aliens. The eight states are California, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, and Vermont.
Democrat's Response
In response to Trump's proposed measure to deal with the influx of illegal aliens crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) office called the idea "despicable." Pelosi's hometown, San Francisco is a sanctuary city.
"The extent of this Administration's cynicism and cruelty cannot be overstated," Pelosi spokeswoman Ashley Etienne said in a statement on Friday, April 12. "Using human beings—including little children—as pawns in their warped game to perpetuate fear and demonize immigrants is despicable, and in some cases, criminal."
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Jan. 17, 2019. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo/)
"The American people have resoundingly rejected this Administration's toxic anti-immigrant policies, and Democrats will continue to advance immigration policies that keep us safe and honor our values," she added.
Earlier, Pelosi told reporters on April 12 that she was not aware of Trump's proposal and said, "It's just another notion that is unworthy of the presidency of the United States and disrespectful of the challenges that we face, as a country, as a people, to address who we are, a nation of immigrants."
Similarly, Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) also criticized Trump for his plan, calling it "morally repugnant" and "probably illegal."
"What the President is talking about here is spending taxpayer dollars to use immigrant families—mothers, fathers, and young children—as pawns for political retribution. This is both morally repugnant and probably illegal," Nadler tweeted on April 12.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said that he plans to sue the Trump administration, calling the plan illegal.
Trump replied to the Democrat backlash, asking that if "radical left Democrats" no longer want illegal migrants in their cities then "why should others be expected to take them into their communities?"
"If the Radical Left Democrats all of a sudden don't want the Illegal Migrants in their Sanctuary Cities (no more open arms), why should others be expected to take them into their communities? Go home and come into our Country legally and through a system of Merit," the president tweeted.
If the Radical Left Democrats all of a sudden don't want the Illegal Migrants in their Sanctuary Cities (no more open arms), why should others be expected to take them into their communities? Go home and come into our Country legally and through a system of Merit!
The Washington Post first reported the story two days prior to Trump's tweets said the White House had proposed the measure at least twice in the past six months, citing unnamed officials at the Department of Homeland Security and emails that the Post reviewed.
Epoch Times Reporter Ivan Penchoukov contributed to this report.
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Author: Janita Kan
Source: Theepochtimes: Former Arizona Governor Calls Trump's Proposal to Place Illegal Aliens in Sanctuary Cities a 'Great Plan'
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Symphony X is an American progressive metal band from Middletown, New Jersey. Founded in 1994, the band consists of guitarist Michael Romeo, keyboardist Michael Pinnella, drummer Jason Rullo, lead vocalist Russell Allen and bassist Michael Lepond.
Their albums The Divine Wings of Tragedy and V: The New Mythology Suite have given the band considerable attention within the progressive metal community. They also have achieved more commercial success with the 2007 album Paradise Lost and the 2011 album Iconoclast, which reached number 76 on the Billboard 200. Romeo explained the band's name in a 2008 interview; "So, you know, the music we were coming up with had the keyboard thing and the guitar, and some classical elements, so the word 'Symphony' came up and, so the dramatic thing, you know? So then, somebody said 'Symphony X' and we were like, 'yeah, that's cool' it is that kinda thing, and the 'X' is the unknown and all the other stuff we do."
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New York's Paid Family Leave Benefits Law, which takes effect on January 1, 2018, creates a new state insurance program funded by employee payroll deductions. The law requires all employers to permit New York employees to take a period of leave to bond with a new child, care for a family member with a serious health condition or address matters arising from an immediate family member being called to active duty in the United States Armed Forces.
Since our previous reporting on this issue, the New York Workers' Compensation Board recently issued regulations clarifying eligibility and benefits requirements.
The New York Paid Family Leave Benefits Law applies to nearly all New York employees, whether full-time or part-time. All employees who are regularly scheduled for 20 or more hours per week are eligible for paid leave benefits after 26 weeks of employment. Employees who are regularly scheduled for fewer than 20 hours per week are eligible after 175 days worked, irrespective of the number of hours worked on a given day. Because the benefit is employee-funded, all employers, regardless of size, must offer paid family leave.
The law does not provide leave for an employee's own health condition, but the employee may be entitled to leave or benefits under other programs, such as state disability insurance. Leave for one's own health condition under other programs does not reduce the benefits available for paid family leave. Employees do not have to exhaust other leave options such as sick leave or vacation before using paid family leave. While an employee may be permitted to use sick or vacation leave for full pay, the employer cannot require an employee to use this leave.
In combination with New York disability benefits, employees cannot take more than a combined total of 26 weeks in any 52-week period. One caveat is that leave taken by an employee due to his or her own serious health condition under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is not "family leave" and does not reduce the amount of paid family leave for which an employee is eligible. For example, a new mother may elect to take Family Medical Leave under the federal FMLA for maternity benefits, followed by the new program's bonding leave. The difference is that the unpaid federal Family Medical Leave is for the mother's own condition, while the Paid Family Leave Benefits are for bonding with the child.
If foreseeable, the employee must provide the employer with 30 days' notice in advance of taking leave. If the employee fails to do so, the employer may file a partial denial of the paid family leave claim for up to 30 days. If the leave is not foreseeable, the employee must notify the employer as soon as possible.
Under the new program, an employee can take up to 8 weeks per calendar year in 2018, increasing to 10 weeks in 2019 and to 12 weeks in 2021. When the employee returns to work at the end of the leave period, the employer has to restore the employee to his or her previous position or a comparable position.
An employee taking paid family leave will receive a percent of his or her regular wage during the leave, subject to caps. In 2018, the employee will receive 50 percent of the employee's regular weekly wage, capped at 50 percent of the state's average weekly wage. Based on 2016 figures, this calculates to a cap of $652.96, based on the state's current average weekly wage of $1,305.92. The percent of the employee wage and the percent of the cap both increase to 55 percent in 2019, 60 percent in 2020, and 67 percent in 2021. Because the cap is based on a percentage of the state's average weekly wage at that time, in future years, the average weekly wage may be higher than the current $1,305.92.
This program is paid for by increased employee payroll deductions. For 2018, the amount to be deducted from employee payroll to pay for the program is 0.126% of an employee's regular weekly wage, capped at the statewide average weekly wage. For 2018, that calculates to a maximum of $1.65 per week. Employers are permitted to begin collection of the payroll deductions as of July 1 of this year, but employers are required to do so as of January 1, 2018. Going forward, the Superintendent of Financial Services will determine the following year's rate on September 1.
Employers are required to post a notice concerning the benefits and to give employees written notice of the benefits within five business days after the employee takes such leave. Employers cannot take retaliatory action against employees who take leave.
For those who have more specific questions, there is a Paid Family Leave Helpline at 844-337-6303.


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Kim Kardashian & baby Saint leave the hospital + ALL that we know about the delivery
Alicia Civita Dec 8, 2015
Kim Kardashian must be estatic. She is already home --her mom's home, that is--with Kanye West and her kids North and baby Saint. However, her recovery may not be as swift as the queen of reality TV may like. According to TMZ, the delivery was rough and even dangerous.
Read more ¿Qué más?: SEE: The funniest reactions to Kim Kardashian & Kanye West's baby's name
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The West-Kardashian family is at Kris Jenner's home 1
According to E!, Kim Kardashian and her family left the hospital in a white Land Rover, and is now resting in her mom's house in Calabasas, California.
It was not an easy delivery 2
As expected, after all the details she had provided about her first delivery, the birth of baby Saint was far from easy. TMZ is quoting Kim Kardashian as saying it was the "most painful experience ever."
It got complicated again 3
TMZ adds that after baby Saint was born, the doctors had to work on Kim Kardashian for two extra hours, given her condition of placenta accreta, which is described as a placenta that grows too deeply into the uterus. Although the Mayo Clinic's recommendation is a C-section in this case, the reality star's doctors allowed her a vaginal delivery as she wanted. Scared of the scar?
The hospital 4
Image via Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Luckily, everything went well. Kim Kardashian gave birth at the Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. It was the same hospital where daughter North and her niece and nephews were born.
The birthing suite 5
According to media reports, Kardashian used The Deluxe Maternity Suites package, which includes parking, deluxe food services for two, and a personal doula. "It is important to note that this deluxe service is not covered by insurance and there are no half-day rates," says the hospital's website. The costs start at $4,000 a night just for occupancy.
Blue balloons 6
A source told People mag that the suite, which has three bedrooms, is now overflowing with gift baskets and flowers. Kim Kardashian wanted it decorated in blue, with lots of blue balloons.
Everything went well 7
It seems that Kim Kardashian's fears, after her difficult time delivering North, were unfounded. She was able to avoid a C-Section and the baby is so healthy (although he was born three weeks in advance), that has been with her in the suite all the time.
Kanye's hurry 8
Image via Kim Kardashian West/Instagram
Kanye West received the news of the impending birth while in New York City, where he received the Shoe of the Year prize at Footwear News' 29th Annual Achievement Awards, for his Adidas Yeezy Boost 350s.
Family time 9
Image via Kylie Jenner/Instagram
E!, the network that broadcasts Keeping Up With The Kardashians, reported that most of the family has already been in to meet the baby.
The big absents were the little sisters 10
Kendall was spotted in London Sunday morning, while Kylie spent the weekend in Miami Beach, enjoying the festivities of Art Basel, one of the main art shows in the country.
But the boyfriends were there 11
Scott Disick, despite the unknown status of his relationship with Kourtney, and rapper Tyga, even without Kylie, were seen at the hospital over the weekend.
Lamar Odom 12
Image via E!
The family also took the time to visit Lamar Odom, Khloé Kardashian's estranged husband, who is still recuperating after an overdose and stroke back in October 2015.
The baby's name 13
According to several sources, Kim would like to give the baby the middle name of Robert, to honor her dad, who died of cancer at 59 in 2003. This has not been confirmed. However, we know for sure the first name.
An unusual name 14
Image via Kim Kardashian West
The baby´s name was announced with this image in Kim Kardashian´s website. Congratulations to the new parents and big sister North.
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Nashville Predators 3, Dallas Stars 4 (OT): Preds Save A Point On The Heels Of James Neal
A feisty Stars team gave the Preds all they could handle. The comeback in the 3rd period was nice, but losing this one hurts.
By Alex Daugherty@AlexDaugherty1 Apr 4, 2015, 11:11pm EDT
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The Predators, with 3 days off and playing a team on the second game of a back-to-back, lost to the Stars in overtime at home despite getting some key players back on the ice.
Let's start with the line changes. Given recent practices, it was no surprise to see James Neal, Shea Weber, and Matt Cullen all returning to the lineup. Mike Santorelli was a surprising late scratch, as he apparently had an illness. This made Victor Bartley the 7th defensman today, but he skated as a forward with Calle Jarnkrok and Gabriel Bourque.
The game started in Nashville's favor, with Filip Forsberg gathering in a deflection and putting the home team up 1-0. From there, the play was largely dictated by Nashville, as all four lines of forwards did a nice job generating chances and recovering defensively. Speaking of defense, with Weber back, it's clear that there is about 80% less room for the opposing team to work with in front of the net when he's out there. And when Dallas scored to tie the game, he wasn't out there to clear out Travis Moen from getting to the rebound. So it went to the third period tied at 1.
In the 3rd period, the Preds went from buffoonery to beautiful. The Stars went up 3-1 after goals by Tyler Seguin and Colton Sceviour. It looked bleak. But the Preds put forth a 9-10 minute stretch late in the 3rd that was out of this world. First, Ryan Ellis rocketed home a Forsberg pass to get it within one, then James Neal fired home an incredible shot to tie it up late. All the momentum was on the back of the Preds.
(sad trombone music)
In the overtime period, the Preds had plenty of great chances, but couldn't put them home. Cody Eakin is awarded a penalty shot and wins it for Dallas.
Shea Weber with a nice welcome back slapper. It was LOUD.
Scoresberg! He gets a fortunate bounce off the Ekholm shot and spikes it home! How lucky was it exactly? Ekholm's shot deflected off of the upturned skate blade of Colton Sceviour. Literally an 1/8th inch either way, and that puck doesn't make its way to Filip and then the back of the net.
The 1st period saw the Preds lead in possession, shots, and goals. But they also had two or three awful giveaways in their own zone, which the Stars were unable to capitalize on. If those 20 minutes were in the playoffs against the Blackhawks, Blues, Kings, Ducks, etc. the score would be much different.
The Stars tie it up as Travis Moen sends a rebound by Rinne. Nashville is still dictating the play, but for the second consecutive game the Preds dominate the 1st period and lose the lead in the 2nd. By the way, it was another turnover in the defensive giveaway that lead to the goal, this time by Forsberg.
Play is shifting midway through the 2nd period. Stars are letting loose on their attacks, and the Preds defense looks a half step slow. It's taken a few lucky bounces and a few key saves by Rinne to keep this game tied.
Preds get their second power-play, but nothing they did looked terribly dangerous. Speaking of dangerous, Tyler Seguin had a wide open breakaway shortly after the PP ended. Seguin had Rinne beaten badly, but the post held strong. It really feels as if the game is slipping away from the Preds at this point. The Stars played 24 hours ago and look faster and stronger.
The slow descent continues... The Stars take a 2-1 lead because Tyler Seguin illegally attached rocket boosters to the puck and drilled it by Rinne. Then a bit later, after a scrum in front of the Preds net, the puck deflects and slides in. It was agonizing. It seemed like it was sliding across the ice for 5-6 seconds, inevitably bound for the goal line. The Stars have a 3-1 lead and now I'm just trying to remember whether my New Year's Eve goal was to not drink at all, to drink less, or to start drinking heavily.
Ellis! The Human Rocket Ship was parked in the runway and Forsberg gave him the all clear! This one will be a little more interesting down the stretch.
That two minute shift was incredible. Just incredible. There was no goal at the end of it, but still... just a sight to see. So many impressive plays.
HEEL JAMES NEAL JUST TIED IT UP. A LASER from the left circle, after Ribs circled the offensive zone looking to pass. And with the extra attacker on the ice (finally!) This has been a phenomenal 5 minute stretch by the top line.
So many chances, but none of them going in. Shea Weber has probably taken 45 shots and all 45 of them have hit the inboards.
Cody Eakin wins it. His penalty shot beats Rinne.
James Neal: a goal and an assist in his first game back. The game-tying goal was a beauty.
Filip Forsberg: kid just keeps plugging away... another 2 point night.
The Game-Ops folks! They put together another brilliant on-ice projection before the game. Check it out here if you missed it. I'm not sure why they randomly threw in a plug for the Franson & Santorelli Deli opening up on 4th Avenue. Whatever pays the bills I guess.
Tweets Of The Night
Preds are on the "try to get across their blue line " play
— Murph (@dammitskipp) April 5, 2015
Contestant Matt in a Fitzgerald Jersey #NotABandWagon pic.twitter.com/rKdgodWqyq
— Smashville Scores (@Smashville_Wins) April 5, 2015

We are all jealous of the moment this man got to have with Neal. pic.twitter.com/UB1WN70fjX
— On The Forecheck (@OnTheForecheck) April 5, 2015


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Updates to Guernsey's economic substance legislation
The Guernsey Revenue Service has today announced some amendments to Guernsey's economic substance legislation.
Guernsey's economic substance legislation is contained in The Income Tax (Substance Requirements) (Implementation) Regulations, 2018, as amended (the Regulations), which took effect in Guernsey on 1 January 2019. Broadly, the Regulations apply to companies that are tax resident in Guernsey and generate income from certain activities in any accounting period commencing on or after that date.
The amendments that have been announced to the Regulations are:
Certain Guernsey incorporated companies that are not tax resident in Guernsey (having obtained exempt status) will be brought within the scope of the Regulations, but funds regulated by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission will continue to be out of scope of the Regulations. This means that the Regulations will potentially apply to subsidiaries of regulated funds that derive their exempt status from their parent funds. Those subsidiaries will now be required to comply with the Regulations if their activities cause them to be in scope;
The core income generating activities (CIGA) for companies deriving income from intellectual property assets (IP companies) will be amended to clarify that the CIGA depend on the nature of the relevant intellectual property and the activities of the company holding that intellectual property;
The definition of a "high risk IP company", being a company which is presumed to fail the economic substance requirements in Guernsey unless it can rebut certain presumptions, will be revised to remove an IP company that holds intellectual property and which does not carry on either the CIGA of research and development or the CIGA of marketing, branding and distribution in relation to its intellectual property. This means that a "high risk IP company" is limited to a company that holds intellectual property which it did not create, licenses that intellectual property intra-group and to which certain other conditions apply. The information required from a high risk IP company to rebut its presumed failure to comply with economic substance requirements will also be included in the Regulations;
Pure equity holding companies will be obliged to comply with their own applicable company law, and not Guernsey or Alderney company law – this change recognises that non-Guernsey or non-Alderney companies can now be tax resident in Guernsey;
The definition of intra-group, which is set out in the guidance notes issued on 26 April 2019, will be incorporated into the Regulations; and
The jurisdictions with which the Guernsey Revenue Service exchanges information in relation to a company that is non-compliant with the Regulations will be expanded beyond EU Member States to all jurisdictions with which Guernsey has tax information sharing arrangements in place. This recognises that substance requirements are becoming a global, and not just an EU, standard.
The States of Guernsey will publish details of the amending legislation in due course, at which point further details on the above amendments will be known. Companies will need to consider the impact of these amendments.
In particular, companies that may have previously considered themselves outside the scope of the Regulations must consider the impact of being brought within scope of the Regulations. For those companies which find themselves captured by the Regulations at this late stage, they are likely to be nearly halfway through the first accounting period of compliance; as such, they may need to take extra care to ensure that they are compliant.
IP companies must also consider the impact of these amendments. Whilst IP companies that created their own intellectual property are no longer high risk IP companies, the above changes to the CIGA for IP companies mean that they must comply with more defined CIGA requirements.
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Carey Olsen is able to advise on the implications of the legislation to your structures. Members of our taxation and substance team advise clients across all sectors on various local tax matters, including tax residence, economic substance requirements, income tax, FATCA, the OECD's Common Reporting Standard and tax disputes.
To help businesses ensure compliance with economic substance requirements, our team conducts substance audits on existing structures, procedures and documents to help identify any issues both in terms of an initial audit of compliance and on an ongoing basis.
For advice on the application of economic substance requirements to any specific circumstances and how the guidance could apply, please contact a member of our taxation and substance team.
We have also developed a tool to help businesses establish if the economic substance requirements apply to specific entities. Launch the Guernsey economic substance tool.
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RAMONA PARK BROKE MY HEART
"Money made me numb," Vince Staples repeats over and over again on "THE BLUES," from his fifth full-length studio album. It's not the song's chorus and you can picture him saying it in the mirror, attempting to reckon with a truth he clearly understands but also maybe doesn't quite know what to do with. At the time of RAMONA PARK BROKE MY HEART's release, the Long Beach, California, MC was more popular and financially successful than he's ever been. So, he chose—beginning with 2021's Vince Staples—to release some of the most affecting and autobiographical music of his career. The decision sounds, across the album, much less a professional risk than a personal one, Staples utilizing production from Mustard, Cardo, and Coop the Truth, among others, to expose his innermost thoughts about turf politics, romantic relationships, and the ways money may or may not be changing him. More than anything else, he aims to honor those who have in some way contributed to his survival, often calling them out by name, holding especially close the memories of those no longer in his orbit. "Tryna make it to the top, we can't take everybody with us," he sings on "THE BEACH." There are few artists who come off as comfortable as Staples does regarding their contributions to music culture at large, but what RAMONA PARK BROKE MY HEART makes abundantly clear is that few things mean as much to Staples' art as the neighborhood that made him.
AYE! (FREE THE HOMIES)
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Vince Staples, Lil Baby
Vince Staples, Ty Dolla $ign
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MAMA'S BOY
BANG THAT
THE SPIRIT OF MONSTER KODY
April 8, 2022 16 Songs, 41 minutes Blacksmith Recordings/Motown Records; ℗ 2022 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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Q: Why is German Language and Usage still in beta? According to this question, our site has the three factors mentioned there. Here is its status on area51:

The only problem is the number of questions per day which I believe is caused by remaining a long time in beta phase. See also the site stats:

A: Graduation is not decided solely based on those statistics you see, there are other factors the SE team evaluates when deciding whether to graduate a site or not.
One important one that  I have seen mentioned a few times on different beta sites is that they look for a steady upwards trend in traffic. The traffic of GL&U looks more like it's going sideways at the moment, so that might be a factor that is hindering graduation.

A: As an occasional user on GL&U, I've wondered the same thing from time to time.
IMHO the one statistic that needs improvement is the most important.  3 questions per day is just not even close to getting it done.  There aren't enough questions popping up to justify frequent visits, and since so few total questions have been asked (about 1000) there isn't that much content available for prospective users to peruse.
Hopefully we can get this turned around!

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Chamaita psocidula is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found on Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia.

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The wings are transparent dirty white, the forewings with some light brownish-grey spots at the base. The hindwings are transparent white with a brownish-grey tinge tint at the outer margin and subapically.

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Moths described in 1926
Nudariina

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