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Finance- Treasury Targets Cuban Support for the Illegitimate Venezuelan Regime By Michael Herek Sponsored By Blue Capitol Wealth
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UNMC researchers receive $4 million grant to test tailored heart stents to prevent recurring blockage By Focus Omaha
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Through September 1 TYRANNOSAURS: MEET THE FAMILY DURHAM MUSEUM, 801 S 10th St What has 60 razor-sharp teeth, bone-crushing jaws, lived 68 million years Event is included with your general admission ago and will be visiting The Durham Museto the Museum. Members are free. More in- um next summer? Tyrannosaurus rex…arguformatio can be fund nline at sacmuseum.org ably the world’s most popular dinosaur! ------------------------------------------------------- Tyrannosaurs: Meet the Family is the world’s first exhibition showcasing the JULY 20 @ 8P newly-revised tyrannosaur family tree and Stargazing Space: Humanity’s Longest Journey. MOON LANDING CELEBRATION shows how this group became the world’s Indian Cave State Park The exhibit opens with a talk from a retired July 14-20 top predators with their massive skulls, 65296 720 Rd, Shubert, NE 68437 Astronaut Clayton Anderson. Omaha Childrens Museum powerful jaws and bone-crunching teeth. Recognizing 50 years of astronomical 500 S 20th St, Omaha, NE 68102 While the most famous member of this inspiration we will be holding our popular Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 8am - Museum doors open family was the mighty T. rex, tyrannosaurs “Stargazing at Indian Cave State Park” Moon Landing! Join us all week as we explore 9am - talk by retired Astronaut came in all shapes and sizes. event on the anniversary of NASA’s Apollo Clayton Anderson rockets, investigate craters, create new 11 Moon landingJuly 20th. Volunteers This innovative, multimedia experience 10am - Exhibit opens to the public means of transportation to the moon, and from Branched Oak Observatory, the Prai- features more than 10 life-sized dinosaur Free planetarium shows other activities! rie Astronomy Club, the Omaha Astronomi- specimens on display. With a dramatic Make and take a planet for kids cal Society and elsewhere, will be setting up array of fossils and casts of tyrannosaur Make an airplane by Home Depot SPACE: A NEW GENERATION their telescopes for outstanding astrospecimens, Tyrannosaurs: Meet the Family Free “space” cookies provided by DoubleTree JULY 20 nomical views of planets, stars, galaxies, provides a snapshot of dinosaur life. Hotel Downtown Strategic Air Command and nebulae under the clear DARK skies of 11am - virtual reality experience of Apollo 11 Indian Cave State Park. & Aerospace Museum 28210 W Park Hwy, Ashland, NE 68003 moon landing ------------------------------------------------------12:30pm, 1pm, 1:30pm - Senser Family On July 20, the SAC Aerospace Museum is Blacklight show for kids about the Apollo 11 opening a brand new exhibit moon landing 2pm - event concludes This exhibit and event is sponsored in part by Cass County Tourism. visitcasscounty.com
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MOON LANDING CELEBRATION July 14-20 Omaha Childrens Museum 500 S 20th St, Omaha, NE 68102 Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo Moon Landing! Join us all week as we explore rockets, investigate craters, create new means of transportation to the moon, and other activities! -----------------------------------------------------SPACE: A NEW GENERATION JULY 20 Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum 28210 W Park Hwy, Ashland, NE 68003 On July 20, the SAC Aerospace Museum is opening a brand new exhibit Space: Humanity’s Longest Journey. The exhibit opens with a talk from a retired Astronaut Clayton Anderson. 8am - Museum doors open 9am - talk by retired Astronaut Clayton Anderson 10am - Exhibit opens to the public Free planetarium shows Make and take a planet for kids Make an airplane by Home Depot Free “space” cookies provided by DoubleTree Hotel Downtown 11am - virtual reality experience of Apollo 11 moon landing 12:30pm, 1pm, 1:30pm - Senser Family Blacklight show for kids about the Apollo 11 moon landing 2pm - event concludes This exhibit and event is sponsored in part by Cass County Tourism. visitcasscounty.com
Indian Cave’s Campfire Christmas in July Celebrate Christmas in July and bring the family to Indian Cave State Park on July 2627 for the 6th Annual Campfire Christmas in July. Traditional holiday activities include visits with Santa, a lighted Polar Express hayrack ride, a Yule log quest, holiday crafts, and Cristmas movies. Other activities throughout the weekend include a campground decorating competition, kids’ pony rides, a waterslide, face painter, bounce house, and a half-price youth lifetime permit drawing. Visitors on July 27 also may enjoy browsing the Jingle Bell Junk & Craft Market. For a full schedule, visit Calendar.OutdoorNebraska.gov or call the park at 402-883-2575 for more details. A park entry permit is required for each vehicle entering the park Park entry permit required.
Event is included with your general admission to the Museum. Members are free. More informatio can be fund nline at sacmuseum.org -----------------------------------------------------JULY 20 @ 8P Stargazing Indian Cave State Park 65296 720 Rd, Shubert, NE 68437 Recognizing 50 years of astronomical inspiration we will be holding our popular “Stargazing at Indian Cave State Park” event on the anniversary of NASA’s Apollo 11 Moon landing- July 20th. Volunteers from Branched Oak Observatory, the Prairie Astronomy Club, the Omaha Astronomical Society and elsewhere, will be setting up their telescopes for outstanding astronomical views of planets, stars, galaxies, and nebulae under the clear DARK skies of Indian Cave State Park. JULY 26-27
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Forte Music Hall, 9p ---------------------------------------Ladies Night Parliament Pub Downtown, 10p
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WEDNESDAY JULY 17 Happy Hippie Hour with Carrie Jean The Down Under Lounge, 3p ---------------------------------------Farmers Maret Rockbrook Village, 4p ---------------------------------------Dr. Webb Music The Down Under Lounge, 4:20p ---------------------------------------Keystone Center Show and Shine Keystone Center, 5p ---------------------------------------Aaron Bressman Acoustic Wednesdays Jams Legacy, 5:30p --------------------------------------Euro Moto Omaha - July Reverb Lounge, 5:30p --------------------------------------Open Acoustic Jam ino Mas, 6p --------------------------------------The Music Of Miles Davis Electric Band With Matt Wallace And Friends The Jewell, 6:30p ---------------------------------------Open Acoustic Jam Vino Mas, 6p ---------------------------------------Daddy Mac and the Flak Ozone Lounge, 6:30p ---------------------------------------Ray’s Piano Party Mr. Toad, 7p ---------------------------------------Ladies Night, Rednecks, 7p ---------------------------------------Trivia, Stocks n Bonds, 7p ---------------------------------------Acoustic Open Mic Night The New Frontier Bar, 7p ---------------------------------------Bike Night w/ Radio Eclectic Therapy Bar, 7p ---------------------------------------Comedy Open Mic Barley Street Tavern, 8p ---------------------------------------Thursday Night Trivia, Nifty Bar, 8p ---------------------------------------Cas Haley w/ Chase Makai, Ro Hempel Slowdown, 8p ---------------------------------------Sweet 98.5 Presents: Dean Lewis Unplugged with Alyssa Siebken The Waiting Room, 8p ----------------------------------------
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Frances Wheel Thunderhead Brewery Downtown, 9 ---------------------------------------Karaoke w/ Host Adam Flohr Brokedown Palace, 9p ---------------------------------------Open Mic Night (Hosted by Stathi) The B. Bar, 9:30p ---------------------------------------Wednesday Night Karaoke with Brixz Brokedown Palace, 10p ---------------------------------------Karaoke The Down Under Lounge, 10p
THURSDAY JULY 18 JOTG: Big Sam’s Funky Nation Midtown Crossing at Turner Park, 5p ---------------------------------------Throttle Thursday! Dillon Brothers Motor Sports, 5p ---------------------------------------Selwyn Birchwood Chrome Lounge, 6p ---------------------------------------The Redwoods Surfside Club, 6p ---------------------------------------Scott Evans and Friends Ozone Lounge, 6:30p ---------------------------------------Vibes at Village Pointe w/ Joystick, 6:30p Village Pointe,, 6:30p ---------------------------------------Bike Night with Last Minute Band Dr. Jack’s Drinkery, 7p ----------------------------------------------Brad Hoshaw, Doug Kuony, Jon Miller, Dave Berman Jewell, 7p ----------------------------------------------Stand Up Science with Shane Mauss w/ Mik Slowdwn, 7:30p ----------------------------------------------The FOOLS Reunion American Dream, 8p ---------------------------------------Thirsty Thursday Nifty Bar, 8p ---------------------------------------Chase Atlantic with Lauren Sanderson The Waiting Room, 8p ---------------------------------------Durrrrty Thursday Bar 415, 9p ----------------------------------------------Thirsty Thursday Karaoke
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Skuddur Surfside, 6p ----------------------------------Fridays are Bomb Night! The New Frontier Bar, 6p ----------------------------------Come Together American Legion Post #1, 7p ----------------------------------Chris Stapleton’s All American Road Show CHI Health Center, 7p ----------------------------------Connor Dowling Band Therapy Bar and Grill, 7p ----------------------------------Fit For A King with Norma Jean, Currents & Left Behind The Waiting Room Lounge , 7p ----------------------------------Flight Metaphor The Well, 7p ----------------------------------SAUL w/ Through The Stone, Flux Amuck & The Long Awaited Lookout Lounge, 7:30p ----------------------------------Brit Floyd Orpheum Theatre, 8p ----------------------------------Mystic Funk Reverb Lounge, 9p ----------------------------------Kontages w/ J Crum, J Longoria, K Class, KSquared Slowdown, 9p ----------------------------------Flannigans Right Hook Dubliner Pub, 9:30p ----------------------------------Broadways go Down Under The Down Under Lounge, 10p ----------------------------------Digisaurus (Columbus, OH) w/Crabrangucci and Spencelove The Sydney, 10p
SATURDAY JULY 20 Beers N’ Bags Tournament Blackstone District, 12p ----------------------------------UnReal Fest 3.3 featuring American Dream / Hangout, 3p ----------------------------------Endless Summerfest The Capitol District, 5p -------------------------------------Achilles Last Band Zeppelin Tribute Surfside, 6p ----------------------------------High Heel at Stinson Park - 2019
Aksarben Village, 7p ----------------------------------Deathwish, Remain & Sustain + Friends Dr Jack’s Drinkery, 7p ----------------------------------Linear Symmetry Fun-Plex, 7p ----------------------------------Straight Outta Junior High, 8th Wave, The Fonzarellies & The Cover Story Lookout Lounge, 8p ----------------------------------Mischief Therapy Bar and Grill, 8p ----------------------------------The Party After Harney Street Tavern, 9p -----------------------------------The Personics Ozone Lounge, 9p ----------------------------------Remodeled Reverb Lounge, 9p ----------------------------------Flannigans Right Hook Dubliner Pub, 9:30p ----------------------------------Supper The Down Under Lounge, 9:30p ----------------------------------Eckophonic Two Fine Irishmen, 9:30p
SUNDAY JULY 21 Twins Of Evil: Rob Zombie & Marilyn Manson - Hell Never Dies Tour 2019 Westfair Fairgrounds, 5p --------------------------------------------Taxi Driver Surfside, 5p --------------------------------------Marina’s Gaming Guild The Down Under, 5p --------------------------------------------Grapetooth, James Swanberg & Sun Cycles Slowdown, 8p --------------------------------------DU Free Booze Bingo The Down Under Lounge, 8p --------------------------------------------DJ Nick Bliss - Free Show Burrito Envy, 9p --------------------------------------------Karaoke Sundays Parliament Pub West, 9p --------------------------------------------Sunday-Funday Karaoke The Down Under Lounge, 10p
MONDAY JULY 22 Kung Fu Double Feature The Down Under Lounge 3p --------------------------------------------Free Pool Billiards, Big John’s, 6p --------------------------------------------Aly Peeler and Andrew Bailie Monarch Prime & Bar, 6:30p --------------------------------------------Bar Bingo, Molly’s Pub Ralston, 7p
--------------------------------------------Trivia Mafia Monday’s Vis Major Brewing Co, 7p --------------------------------------------Michelle Eva Bleu featuring B. Baldwin The Omaha Lounge, 7:30p --------------------------------------------Service Industry NIGHT Addy’s Maple, 9p
TUESDAY JULY 23 Tempo Twilight w Rat Pack Jazz Lauritzen Gardens, 6p --------------------------------------------eNVy Acoustic Lombardo’s, 6:30p --------------------------------------------John Worsham Ozone Lounge, 6:30p --------------------------------------------Open Jam, Barley Street Tavern, 7p --------------------------------------------Ghost Key + Friends Dr. Jack’s Drinkery, 7p --------------------------------------------The Aristocrats w/ Travis Larso Slowdown, 7p ----------------------------------------------Acoustic Open Mic Night The New Frontier Bar, 7p
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Leo & The Lion’s Mane
Tvrdy is hyped for that one.
The information to be gleaned from a Facebook page can provide great inside into the nature of a band.
“I think it’s going to be an awesome show . . . it’s definitely going to be cool to say we opened for The Wailers.”
For example, Leo & The Lion’s Mane claims: “We are collective weirdos making music while trying to figure out life.”
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Then there is the nugget that band interests include bowling.
MonkeyFunk will bring a good time and a great attitude.
“It’s kind of a running joke with the band,” bassist Drew Tvrdy said. “I’m a big bowler. I work at the bowling alley . . . we go bowling together from time to time.”
Plus, the players are always top-flight and it all starts with Nils Anders Erickson of Rainbow Recording Studios.
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one is really sure what they are or who Catchlight, “LiveNo With may be playingThis” on a given night (or day), but
In addition to Tvrdy, who in addition to playing bass fills in other musical needs, Leo & The Lion’s Mane includes Haley Sladek on piano and vocals, Jeffrey Brady on rhythm guitar and vocals, lead guitarist-singer Nick Hermsen, and drummer Jack Jeffrey.
Erickson, who is a veteran of many bands, said MonkeyFunk evolved from an honor he received.
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ENERGY
Expect spontaneity at a MonkeyFunk show and nearly anything can happen.
The music,‘New “Makes people want to get up and The Green Deal’ dance,” Erickson stressed. “A lot of our songs
“It’s probably one of the biggest honors I’ve ever had in my life,” added Erickson, who also is in the Nebraska Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame. For Erickson it’s an almost natural evolution from the recently retired Paddy O’Furniture which had been billed as the world’s tallest Irish-Cajun-punk-swing-ska-blues band.
have meaning and a message but we want to get them up to dance before we proselytize to them.”
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MonkeyFunk can beStents seen on July 27 during Research for Heart the Rebuilding After the Flood benefit con-
The name came out of that need for a funk band and Erickson has written a few songs about monkeys, a creature he actually likes. “It wasn’t a hard thing,” he said.
Some have said MonkeyFunk came oozing out from the depths of The Peppermint Cave, The sound today is: “World Music - all style . . . More of a ska thing.” Geno’s Hideaway, and the High Baby lounge He then added, “We’ve got four hours of in Council Bluffs. That may be true as the original music.” players have a long history in this area.
An early highlight will come when Leo & The Lion’s Mane performs at the Rebuilding After the Flood benefit concert on July 29 at River “When I was inducted into the Black Music Hall of Fame, I thought that I should probably West Park in Elkhorn, sponsored by Focus put together a and headlined by The Original Wailers. funky ska band,”
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Erickson said. That’s a long story but involves his work and friendships with many of the area’s premier musicians.
Joining Erickson, who sings, in MonkeyFunk are John Scherleon guitar, Dan Burgeron drums, percussionist Steve Jordon, Robert Adleron guitar, keyboardist Mark Fettin, and DaVal Johnson on bass.
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Bazile Mills
Bazile Mills the band seemingly is doing better than Bazile Mills the (mostly) ghost town. The town, founded in the 1880s as a milling center, is home to around 30 people while the Americana outfit continues to record and build a following, although Dave Mainelli says the band may be more of an indie rock outfit these days. Mainelli handles lead vocals, guitars, piano, mandolin; Jessica Errett has joined on vocals and guitar; lead guitar continues to be handled by Tim Rozmazjl; Sam
Vetter does some lead vocals, plus rhythm guitar and bass; Dan Stein is on bass and lap steel; the drummer is Dave Siebels; and Cambreezy plays trumpet. Laura Streeter continues to provide vocals on the new recordings while Avery Thomas adds strings on the studio work as the Bazile Mills sound continues to evolve. Bazile Mills will perform on July 27 during the Rebuilding After the Flood benefit concert presented by Focus at Riverwest Park in Elkhorn. The band has released numerous recordings since its 2014 formation and Bazile Mills was a 2015 Omaha Entertainment and Arts Awards Finalist for New Artist of the Year. Last year, due to the nature of the market for recorded music, they decided to focus less on the album format. “We’ve been releasing singles and we think it just kind of gets us out there,” Mainelli said. “We try to do it every other month.” They haven’t quite been able to maintain that pace, but Bazile Mills has been working with various studios. “Flying at Night,” and “Song for Maria” are among the most recent singles by Mainelli and Vetter has contributed “Let it Be Known.” They are getting exposure on Sound Cloud, iTunes, Amazon and other online sources with a couple of additional singles now being mastered. “Maybe at the end of the year we can put out a compilation,” Mainelli offered. Going into the studio every few months has been “a blast,” he said. “It (releasing singles) refreshes the band, I think.”
We can go all over the place.”
With multiple songwriters and the refreshing has come an evolution in the sound of the band.
A few songs have gathered a little TV exposure and Mainelli is hoping more of that comes along. “I’d like to see a couple of songs do a couple of things. I think they’re worthy of that,” he stated.
“It’s gone a little away from what we used to call . . . Americana,” Mainelli said. “I think it’s more indie rock.” The lap steel has been a growing element and Siebels drumming also has shaped the band. “I think we’ve kind of come here and landed here,” Mainelli suggested. “We’re definitely not bound by any genre. “They (songs) kind of have their own life . . .
Bazile Mills has not been performing a lot lately but Mainelli looks for that to change after the show with The Wailers. They will play another festival coming up in Fremont and Mainelli would like to get in front of a big festival audience. Regardless of what happens and how quickly, the musical journey continues to be a positive experience.
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The 2018 basic lineup is Houghtelling, Taylor, Baker, Prescott, Sacco. “We have a couple guitar players that kind For more on Bazile Mills: of sit in with us but nothing’s set in stone,” www.facebook.com/pg/bazilemills/ At first Ragged Company was a three-piece Houghtelling added. -----------band with Houghtelling on guitar and vocals, Ragged Company is not lacking for Baker on bass, and Dave Downing blowing Ragged Company influences. It was the perfect setting to be introduced to minds on cello. That lasted for nearly nine years. the band. “I’ve always been a huge fan of, like, Neil A long, dark bar, a Friday night crowd intent The original three-piece fell off the radar Young and Johnny Cash. Modest Mouse on drinking the work week into the past – even,” Houghtelling stated. “Our music is as Downing gained steady work on his but Ragged Company was having nothing kind of a blend of all of those. instrument outside the band. The now duo of it. temporarily was in limbo. “We’ve heard lots of things. We’ve heard They pumped out song after song, lick after space grass, we’ve heard Americana,” he Then came a call about getting together for lick, and earned the crowd’s attention and a jam from George Prescott, who plays banjo added. “We’ve also heard cerebral folk, respect. which is kind of cool.” and dobro, with the suggestion they get together with Eddie Spencer, a harmonica That’s just the way they do it. You’d expect nothing less from this crew that grabbed its player who today is a sometimes member of If asked to brand it, Houghtelling said he’d go with “Americana.” name from a line in “Dead Flowers,” a Rolling the band “Right after that I ran into Ethan (Sacco) Stones classic from Sticky Fingers. Ragged Company released its second album, and he asked me if I wanted to record,” Brave Mountain Spirit, in 2016, a collection Ragged Company started around 2006 when Houghtelling recalled. “So, I started of eleven songs that evolved over the years. Adam Houghtelling was in art school. While recording and we added parts.” That followed Time Turns Killer. there he met some other folks who were into Sacco then decided drum parts could be music – one of them a roommate of bassist Houghtelling does most of the writing, with added. It wasn’t long before they met Ben Baker - and they started jamming. Taylor now helping on lyrics for some of the vocalist Kristen Taylor at River Jam. She told the guys she could sing, so Houghtelling newer songs. “Usually I just kind of pace “It just went from there,” Houghtelling around and come up with something,” he provided her with some songs and she remembered, as some songs had already stated. “I’ll take it to them and we all dictate immediately proved she could. been written. our own parts.” “Everything just fell together in a couple The name change to Ragged Company Taylor is particularly helpful on the lyrics. months, ” Houghtelling recalled. “We started came with the first gig. “It (Dead Flowers) “She’s a really good writer,” Houghtelling playing again, which is nice.” was a . . . song I really liked,” Houghtelling emphasized. acknowledged. It was changed Ragged Company has been performing in venues ranging from festivals to The Slowdown to Lincoln’s Bourbon Theater, as well as bars. “Pretty much all over,” Houghtelling said. That’s unlikely to stop anytime soon. “We enjoy adding to the conversation,” Mainelli stated. “We put them (songs) out and people like them enough to buy them.”
from The Doochies, a name he had used with garage bands to make albums while in college. Most likely would agree it is an improvement.
“We’re recording right now and our goal is to get out of town,” he said. “Go pretty much wherever we can.”
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That may or may not include Iowa, especially the Vaudeville Mews. Houghtelling said there may be a curse associated with that venue, he almost laughed. It seems Ragged Company was on the road to Des Moines when the oil pump went out on Baker’s car. There they were, stranded on the highway. Suddenly: “A guy pulled up and asked, ‘Are you guys smokin’ weed?’” Houghtelling recalled. They weren’t smoking, but their visitor appeared to want some weed. While they couldn’t comply with his apparent desire, he helped them out by tripping the computer on the car and getting it to run. The band made it to the show on time but the temporary fix ruined the car and Ragged Company was forced to spend that night in a hotel and rent a car for the return trip. “We haven’t been back since.” Ragged Company will be playing July 27 at the Rebuilding the Flood w/ The Original Wailers event. Tickets are $25 onetix.com or $35 DOS. For more on Ragged Company: www.facebook.com/raggedcompanymusic/ www.cdbaby.com/cd/raggedcompany1
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May 2019 Home Sales Up By 1% By Eric Cano
the increase in pending sales for May. “Rates of 4% and, in some cases even lower, create extremely attractive conditions for consumers. Buyers, for good reason, are anxious to purchase and lock in at these rates.” Yun said consumer confidence about home buying has risen, and he expects more activity in the coming months. “The Federal Reserve may cut interest rates one more time this year, but there is no guarantee mortgage rates will fall from these already historically low points,” he said. “Job creation and a rise in inventory will nonetheless drive more buyers to enter the market.”
Pending home sales increased in May, a positive variation from the minor sales dip seen in the previous month, according to the National Association of Realtors®. Three of the four major regions saw growth in contract activity, with the West experiencing a slight sales decline. The Pending Home Sales Index,* www.nar.realtor/pending-home-sales, a forward-looking indicator based on contract signings, climbed 1.1% to 105.4 in May, up from 104.3 in April. Year-over-year contract signings declined 0.7%, marking the 17th straight month of annual decreases. Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, said lower-than-usual mortgage rates have led to
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Citing the hottest housing markets from data at realtor.com®, Yun says the yearover-year increases could be a sign of a rise in inventory. Rochester, N.Y., Fort Wayne, Ind., Lafayette-West Lafayette, Ind., Boston-Cambridge-Newton, Mass., and Midland, Texas, were the hottest housing markets in May. Yun said that while contract signings and mortgage applications have increased, there is still a great need for more inventory. “Home builders have not ramped up construction to the extent that is needed,” he said. “Homes are selling swiftly, and more construction will help keep home prices manageable and thereby allow more middle-class families to attain ownership opportunities.” May Pending Home Sales Regional Breakdown The PHSI in the Northeast rose 3.5% to 92.0 in May and is now 0.5% below a year
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ago. In the Midwest, the index grew 3.6% to resenting more than 1.3 million members 100.3 in May, 1.2% lower than May 2018. involved in all aspects of the residential and commercial real estate industries. Pending home sales in the South inched up 0.1% to an index of 124.1 in May, which *The Pending Home Sales Index is a leading is 0.7% higher than last May. The index in indicator for the housing sector, based on the West dropped 1.8% in May to 91.8 and pending sales of existing homes. A sale is decreased 3.1% below a year ago. listed as pending when the contract has been signed but the transaction has not The National Association of Realtors® is closed, though the sale usually is finalized America’s largest trade association, repwithin one or two months of signing.
The index is based on a large national sample, typically representing about 20% of transactions for existing-home sales. In developing the model for the index, it was demonstrated that the level of monthly sales-contract activity parallels the level of closed existing-home sales in the following two months. An index of 100 is equal to the average level of contract activity during 2001, which was the first year to be examined. By coincidence, the volume of existing-home sales in 2001 fell within the range of 5.0 to 5.5 million, which is considered normal for the current U.S. population. NOTE: NAR’s June Housing Minute video will be released on June 28, Existing-Home Sales for June will be reported July 23, and the next Pending Home Sales Index will be July 30; all release times are 10:00 a.m. ET.
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UNMC researchers receive $4 million grant to test tailored heart stents to prevent recurring blockage By Focus Omaha
Researchers re-construct patient bifurcation geometries in powerful laboratory computers
UNMC associate professor of medicine and cardiologist at Nebraska Medicine, and principal investigator of a five-year, $4 million grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. “Stents tend to narrow – so-called restenosis – and this becomes more apparent when it comes to bifurcation stents – stents placed in branching coronary arteries,” said Dr. Chatzizisis. “They account for about 1 out of 5 stent procedures in the catheterization lab. About 20 percent of those bifurcation stents tend to fail within a year. So we’re talking about a real problem that we’re seeing every day in the cath lab.”
Yiannis Chatzizisis, M.D., Ph.D. A team of University of Nebraska Medical Center physician-scientists and engineers is testing a way to prevent the common recurrence of stent blockages in patients with coronary artery disease. Coronary artery disease and stroke are the leading causes of death in the U.S. and in the world.
“What is done currently with bifurcation stents is a one-size-fits-all approach, but each patient’s bifurcation geometry is different, and that’s the approach we’re missing with the current treatments. We’re trying to tackle stent restenosis, reduce re-stenting and prevent heart attacks in our patients,” he said. Factors leading to stent failure include the stent technique used; how smooth the flow environment is after the stent is placed; and how well the stents are attached to the wall. The objective of the research is to clear the blockage with the least possible stay in the hospital and at the same time, achieve a durable outcome so patients don’t have to come back for a re-stent. Dr. Chatzizisis and his team of physicians, biomedical engineers and vascular biologists are approaching the problem in a unique way.
Blockages in coronary arteries are treated with bypass surgery or with the most popular way -- stents -- which open the blockage and The research team is using a variety of tools – 3D animation, angiography, CT and other prevent narrowing of the artery. coronary imaging tests – to re-construct But stents tend to narrow – called restenosis. patient bifurcation geometries in powerful Restenosis becomes more apparent in stents laboratory computers. Using precision placed in branching coronary arteries – called medicine principles, the team will test different stent techniques in the lab and bifurcations. guide physicians to apply the best technique in each patient. Bifurcation stents account for one out of five stent procedures and about 20% fail and require re-stenting within one year, said Yiannis Chatzizisis, M.D., Ph.D.,
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in individual patients,” said Dr. Chatzizisis, director of the UNMC Cardiovascular Biology and Biomechanics Laboratory. “Our computational stent simulation platform may ultimately provide suggested techniques – in real-time – for physicians, based on the physiology and anatomy of the individual patient bifurcations.”
The UNMC Department of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Medicine research team includes Wei Wu, Ph.D., Shijia Zhao, Ph.D., Alireza Karimi, Ph.D., Natalia Georgantzoglou, M.D., Mohammed Riaz Ur Rehman, Martin Liu, M.D., Ph.D.
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Martinez Named to Maxwell Award Watch List By NU Athletic Communications
Martinez is one of 11 Big Ten players on the Maxwell Award Watch List. He will look to become Nebraska’s second Maxwell Award winner, joining 1983 winner Mike Rozier. Semifinalists for the Maxwell and Bednarik Awards will be announced October 29, 2019, while the three finalists for each award will be unveiled November 25, 2019. The winners of the 2019 Maxwell Award will be announced as part of the Home Depot College Football Awards Show held on December 12, 2019.
Adrian Martinez/ photo by Huskers.com
Nebraska sophomore quarterback Adrian Martinez in on the initial Maxwell Award Watch List released Monday afternoon. Martinez returns to pilot the Husker attack after a record-breaking freshman year in 2018. The 6-foot-2, 220-pounder set 11 school records after becoming the first true freshman quarterback to start an opener in school history. On the season, Martinez completed 224-of-347 passes for 2,617 yards and 17 touchdowns, while also rushing for 629 yards and eight scores en route to All-Big Ten and Freshman All-America honors. Martinez ranked 12th nationally and led all freshmen nationally in total offense per game (295.1 ypg) while also setting school marks for 300-yard total offense (seven) and 400-yard total offense (three) games in 2018. Martinez set freshman records for completions, completion percentage, passing yards, passing touchdowns, total offense and total touchdowns (25), and he was fourth nationally among all freshmen in passing yards per game at 237.9 yards per game. Martinez threw for a season-high 384 yards and two touchdowns against Wisconsin, while his best game of the year came against Minnesota when he completed a schoolrecord 86.2 percent of his passes (25-of-29) for 276 yards and three touchdowns while rushing for a season-high 125 yards and a score on 15 carries.
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Adrian Martinez #2 Quarterback
HEIGHT: 6’2” WEIGHT: 220 YEAR: Sophomore HOMETOWN: Fresno, Calif. HIGH SCHOOL: Clovis West CAREER STATISTICS Honors & Awards » Freshman All-American (2018, Football Writers Association of America) » Honorable-Mention All-Big Ten (2018, Coaches & Media) » NU Offensive Back of the Year (2018) » Three-Time Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Oct. 22, 2018; Nov. 5, 2018; Nov. 12, 2018) » College Football Performance Awards Co-National Performer of the Week (Oct. 22, 2018) » National Freshman of the Week (Athlon Sports, Sept. 10, 2018) » Nebraska Outstanding Male Newcomer (All Sports, 2018-19) » Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2018; Spring 2018, 2019)
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Treasury Targets Cuban Support for the Illegitimate Venezuelan Regime
and from Cuba. Additionally, Cubametales has been the recipient, and charterer, of shipments of oil from Venezuela to Cuba and has expanded its operations to include non-traditionally traded oil products such as sulfur fuel and diluted crude oil. As a part of By Michael Herek the original CIC agreement, the agreement The Department of the Treasury’s Office of On October 31, 2000, the Government of states that Cubametales (and its administraForeign Assets Control (OFAC) designatCuba solidified its investment in the oil sector tive manager) and PDVSA are responsible for ed Cubametales, the Cuban state-run oil of Venezuela through the Cuba-Venezuela setting the terms and conditions for PDVSA import and export company, for its continued Integral Cooperation Agreement (CIC). oil exports up to 53,000 barrels per day on a importation of oil from Venezuela. Cuba, in Through this agreement, Venezuela exports quarterly basis. exchange for this oil, continues to provide oil to Cuba, and in return, Cuba provides assupport, including defense, intelligence, sistance to several sectors of the Venezuelan As a result of today’s action, all property and and security assistance, to the illegitimate economy, to include the provision of medical interests in property of this entity, and of any regime of former President Nicolas Maduro. services, technology, and military assistance. entities that are owned, directly or indirectly, Today’s action, taken pursuant to Executive The goods and services Cuba provides 50 percent or more by the designated entity, Order (E.O.) 13850, as amended, targets the Venezuela continue to fuel the corruption of that are in the United States or in the possescompany for operating in the oil sector of the Maduro and his associates and help maintain sion or control of U.S. persons are blocked Venezuelan economy. their control over the increasingly impoverand must be reported to OFAC. OFAC’s regished Venezuelan people whose oil has been ulations generally prohibit all dealings by U.S. “Maduro is clinging to Cuba to stay in power, shipped to Cuba in support of dictatorship. persons or within (or transiting) the United buying military and intelligence operatives States that involve any property or interests in exchange for oil. Treasury’s sanctions on Since the January 28, 2019 designation in property of blocked or designated persons. Cubametales will disrupt Maduro’s attempts of Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), to use Venezuela’s oil as a bargaining tool to the Venezuelan state-owned oil company, DELISTING OF PB TANKER S.P.A help his supporters purchase protection from Cubametales and other Cuba-based entities In addition to today’s designation of CubaCuba and other malign foreign actors,” said have continued to support Maduro through metales, OFAC is delisting PB Tankers S.p.A. Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin. “Trea- oil shipments from Venezuela. (PB Tankers). OFAC designated PB Tankers sury’s decision to remove restrictions on PB on April 12, 2019, for operating in the oil Tankers and unblock previously sanctioned Cubametales is based in Havana, Cuba and sector of the Venezuelan economy. As a vessels is a reminder that positive changes in is responsible for guaranteeing 100 percent part of this designation, six vessels were behavior can result in the lifting of sanctions.” of imports and exports of fuels and imports identified as blocked property in the interest of additives and basic oils for lubricants to of PB Tankers; one vessel, named the Silver Point, was used to deliver oil products from Venezuela to Cuba. Following the company’s designation, PB Tankers terminated its charter agreement with Cubametales, which had chartered the Silver Point to transport oil between Venezuela and Cuba. Likewise, PB Tankers took additional steps to increase scrutiny of its business operations to prevent future sanctionable activity. Treasury recognizes the actions that PB Tankers has taken to ensure that its vessels are not complicit in propping up the illegitimate former Maduro regime in Venezuela. As a result of today’s action, all property and interests in property, which had been blocked as a result of PB Tankers’ designation, are unblocked, and all otherwise lawful transactions involving U.S. persons and PB Tankers are no longer prohibited. DELISTINGS PROMOTE POSITIVE CHANGES IN BEHAVIOR U.S. sanctions need not be permanent; sanctions are intended to bring about a positive change of behavior. The United States has
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made clear that the removal of sanctions is available for persons designated under E.O. 13692 or E.O. 13850, both as amended, who take concrete and meaningful actions to restore the democratic order, including through refusing to operate in Venezuela’s oil sector, which continues to provide a lifeline to the illegitimate regime of former President Nicolas Maduro. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES For information about the methods that Venezuelan senior political figures, their associates, and front persons use to move and hide corrupt proceeds, including how they try to exploit the U.S. financial system and real estate market, please refer to Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) advisories FIN-2019-A002, “Updated Advisory on Widespread Public Corruption in Venezuela,” FIN-2017-A006, “Advisory to Financial Institutions and Real Estate Firms and Professionals” and FIN-2018-A003, “Advisory on Human Rights Abuses Enabled by Corrupt Senior Foreign Political Figures and their Financial Facilitators.”
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The Green ‘New Deal’ Isn’t Just About Climate By Kat Carroll, Solar Heat and Electric Last week’s FOCUS on Renewable Energy article explained the necessity of a broad, economically-focused response to climate change. Though it is at best a simple outline of some of the most constructive policy solutions debated by climate experts, the Green New Deal fits that bill. What’s more interesting is the response that the bill evoked among senators and the public. While Washington doesn’t seem incredibly interested in facing up to the devastating effects of climate change, the public is pressuring state and federal representatives to start making moves. The Green New Deal became the tagline of that conversation even before it was fully introduced. We’re excited to get down into the details this time around: we’ll be breaking down the actual document and filtering the message of this new deal through the noise of outside commentary. First of all, the Green New Deal is two things. It is a plan to attack climate change on all fronts, but it is still specifically modeled after FDR’s New Deal, and is an economic stimulus bill to the core. To the current confusion of mainstream media, the writers of the bill don’t shy away from that. The original New Deal was created to support the American economy and workers during a major shift in the economy caused by the Great Depression. This occurred at the same time that defense spending on WWII transformed the entire economy into a war-manufacturing machine, a shift that has never been reversed in the nine decades since. The era of the New Deal was a time of major economic change, and it required radical restructuring. That time may have come around again. The severity of climate change has led the Department of Defense to label it as a major threat to national security. Responding to something that will decrease global GDP by the billions by 2025 requires major shifts in our economy. In truth, this is not necessarily a negative thing. Like those 1930’s shifts, this transformation could provide a huge economic stimulus. If we play our cards right, it could create millions of jobs, strengthen the entire social safety net, and ignite a shift in
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labor rights. Those ideas are what the Green New Deal is based on. The bill, which is freely available online, sets up five main goals. These goals are to: a) achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and a zero-emissions electric grid b) to create millions of jobs and ensure economic security, c) to invest in sustainable industry and infrastructure, d) to secure clean air and water for all citizens and, e) to pursue justice and equity in the treatment of indigenous peoples and vulnerable populations. Additional proposals include investing in clean manufacturing, overhauling transportation systems, sequestering carbon, strengthening labor rights, guaranteed employment, guaranteed housing and universal healthcare. It is in the individual proposals that confusion has free reign. This is an incredibly long and detailed list. Though fully in the spirit of the New Deal, some of these proposals are somewhat outside of the idea of a fight against climate change. If each proposal is taken at the highest limit, we reach a $93 trillion sticker cost (as estimated by the conservative American Action Forum). These evaluations easily become misleading. To make budgetary sense, we would have to scale down this plan and exclude guaranteed employment, guaranteed housing and universal healthcare. Given the current political climate, those issues, though important, are best addressed in other legislation. Once we do that, the number becomes a much more manageable $4-10 trillion. It’s taking a risk, but this could be manageable because our annual defense spending (including hidden costs) cashes out around 1.04 trillion (“America’s Defense Budget”, The Nation). Should we choose to prioritize the
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GND’s sustainable transformation of the economy and infrastructure over incredibly inflated military spending, we can afford this change. It’s far past time to move forward and reorient our priorities.
When it comes down to it, the Green New Deal is a nineteen-page document. It’s not long or incredibly detailed. Its importance lies in the fact that, for the first time, the U.S. public has begun to seriously discuss continued on page 27
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the viability of the solutions that it presents. Despite negative press, polls recently revealed that a solid 81% of registered voters and 64% of Republican voters say they would support the Green New Deal. That’s an incredible sea-change, and something that Washington will eventually have to take into account. At the very least, it can give us the
hope to keep fighting for change. This fight isn’t just about climate- it’s about a ‘New Deal’ for all of us.
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Catchlight, “Live With This” By Tatiana Ballinger
Northern Confidence. Vocals range from high to low, breathy and tight, patient and understanding. You will hear layered harmonies and poetically rhythmic and symbolic lyrics. This music is neither loud or soft, rather just enough under the radar that you might miss them. Not flashy. Sophisticated rock music. This calm group of individuals will win you over after the first listen of their friendly, yet interesting EP.
Bay Area-based co-ed rock group releases their latest EP called “Live With This” where they try out new versions of original songs of yore. Sarah Carpenter of Anaheim and Clint Chandra of San Francisco, California met some moons ago when they started making music across a range of style. Both self-taught, their individual visions collided into Catchlight, a literal mashup of Southern and Northern California. Catchlight blends a sly drawl in vocals like Tegan and Sara with the gurgling guitar like Blind Melon and the Cranberries: a nod to
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As usual DIY goes, these three songs can be streamed on Bandcamp at your leisure when you are driving somewhere or more importantly ready to enjoy yourself. The music is dark enough to accompany weeping, beautiful enough to wash dishes to, and quirky enough for background party music. Catchlight has played numerous First Fridays in Oakland, dive bars in San Francisco, even in a secret location in the woods of Oakland, wheeling their own equipment in and out. Readers of Focus and music lovers of Omaha will respect this goal of truth, professional recordings by dedicated musicians who are also close friends, learning together and finding their sound and voice. Let’s follow their journey at catchlighttheband.bandcamp.com/ releases and bring them to Omaha by our sheer will. I will house them, so not to worry!
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