This article discusses how the North Carolina Senate is scheduled to vote on whether to legalize medical marijuana this week. If passed, it would be one step closer to becoming law. There is growing support for the bill among both Republicans and Democrats in the state, and if it passes the House, it would be the second state in the US to legalize medical marijuana. – The bill has been introduced by seven legislators from Charlotte, and if it passes a floor vote in the Senate on Tuesday, it would be passed to the House. A separate bill was introduced in the state Senate on Tuesday that would limit medical marijuana to a small number of conditions and require it to be dispensed through pharmacies. If this bill passes, North Carolina would become the third state in the US to legalize medical marijuana. There is also strong bipartisan support for recreational use of marijuana in North Carolina, but so far no bills have been introduced in either chamber.
However, a refiled medical marijuana bill was introduced in the North Carolina House of Representatives in January 2020. The bill would allow those with certain qualifying conditions to possess cannabis for medicinal use, including cancer patients. Senator Bill Rabon has urged lawmakers to support the medicinal use of marijuana and praised Republican Phil Berger for urging opponents to allow patients the ability to access medical marijuana. Senator Berger also stated that there was insufficient scientific evidence to prove that medical marijuana was beneficial and should be legalized.
The bill sponsors have been working hard to persuade their colleagues in the Senate Judiciary and Senate Leader Phil Berger to accept the legalization arguments. On Tuesday, February 12, Senator Bill Rabon introduced a bill that would legalize marijuana use in North Carolina with strong bipartisan support. The bill is expected to be heard by the House and Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, April 9th in Raleigh. This marks the fourth year in a row that North Carolina has considered legalizing medical marijuana, but this time it appears as though it will pass with much less opposition. In addition to giving support for legalizing medical marijuana use, the proposed state budget includes additional funding for research into the potential benefits of medical marijuana for cancer survivors. If all goes according to plan, North Carolina could approve the bill by late May or early June of this year.
On Tuesday, the House gave a bill that would legalize medical marijuana a procedural vote. Senate Bill 3 is sponsored by the Cannabis Policy Reform Group and would allow doctors to prescribe medicinal cannabis programs to those with cancer, epilepsy, and other chronic illnesses. The measure has been approved by both the House and Senate committees. The bill was blocked by similar legislation twice in the past year before it was finally allowed to move forward. This week’s vote is only one additional procedural vote before it can be debated among senators and passed on to the Governor’s desk for approval. David Turner, Southeast Legislative Manager of the Cannabis Policy Reform Group, believes that lawmakers are “on track” to pass this bill. He added that this could be done as soon as Tuesday or Wednesday with an additional committee hearing on Thursday. Once approved, North Carolina will join 11 other states who have legalized medical marijuana programs under their Compassionate Care Act or similar laws.


Dundalk will receive the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division trophy at the end of what is their last home match of the season against managerless Sligo Rovers on Friday night (kick-off 7.45pm).
The Lilywhites have already sealed their fourth league title in five years under Stephen Kenny, thanks to Patrick Hoban’s last-gasp equaliser against St Patrick’s Athletic two weeks ago at Oriel Park.
A remarkable season for Kenny’s side continued last week in Waterford with what was a club record 26th league win of the campaign.
The same match saw Dundalk surpass a League of Ireland record for goals scored in a single season (79) thanks to strikes from both Hoban and Ronan Murray.
“It feels great to be crowned champions of Ireland, especially after last season,” said Patrick McEleney, who has settled nicely since returning to the club from England in the summer.
“It was a massive disappointment not to win the league last year because as a club we are judged on silverware
“As a team we have talk about everything, what we can win and what records we can break. It’s a team full of winners who want to be the best.
“I’ve loved every minute since I’ve come back. Everyone at the club have been great to me and my family and I feel I owe them for that.”
McEleney insists that, despite the league already being wrapped up, the Lilywhites wish to keep up the winning mentality ahead of the FAI Cup final against Cork City in just over two weeks’ time.
“The fans have been outstanding. It would be great to have a packed Oriel Park for Friday to see us lift the trophy, then the big one at the Aviva Stadium on the 4th November. I have no doubt they will be brilliant then again.
“We are in good form at the minute and it won’t be easy on Friday night but we are confident. Sligo are always difficult to play against and they have changed manager so it’ll be tough.
“We still have a lot to play for this season and we have the records in our mind so we want to go get them.
“We have two games left and we are focused on those and we want to win as many points as we can. That’s our aim and hopefully we can get those over the next two weeks.”
Dundalk welcome back Daniel Cleary and Chris Shields, who both missed the win in Waterford through suspension, while Jamie McGrath returns from duty with the Republic of Ireland under-21s.
Club captain Stephen O’Donnell, who hasn’t featured since May due to a broken leg, played 45 minutes in Monday night’s friendly with Newry City but is not yet ready for competitive action.
Sligo come into this fixture managerless following the dismissal of Gerard Lyttle, who guided the club to just 17 wins from his 56 league matches in charge since succeeding Dave Robertson in April 2017.
A miserable season was compounded with defeat at Motherwell Colts in the Irn-Bru Cup on Saturday afternoon as the Bit O’Red remain third from bottom in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division.
“The club would like to place on record our thanks to Gerard for his professionalism, dedication and commitment in his time at the club,” said chairman Martin Heraghty in a club statement on Tuesday.
“In particular we wish to acknowledge the number of young players that made their first appearances for Sligo Rovers under Gerard’s management.
“Their progress and development is a testament to his hard work. We would like to wish Gerard every success in the future.”
Under-19s manager Brian Dorrian has been put in charge on an interim basis for the final three matches of the season, starting with a visit to the newly-crowned champions on Friday night.
Long-term absentee Gary Boylan will miss those remaining three matches with the anterior cruciate ligament which has kept him out since June but Lee-J Lynch should return to the squad following illness.
Referee: Rob Rogers.
A win for Dundalk would see them break a League of Ireland record for number of points (86) picked up in a single season. The current record is held by the Bohemians side that finished on 85 points in 2008.
This will be the 229th competitive meeting between Dundalk and Sligo Rovers. The Lilywhites have emerged victorious on 106 of those occasions, while Sligo have won 71 times since the first encounter in 1934.
Gary Rogers and Stephen Folan are the only players from either side to have played for both clubs.
Rogers kept goal more than 100 times for the Bit O’Red, while Folan also had a spell at the Showgrounds in 2015.
Dundalk 1/4; Draw 4/1; Sligo Rovers 8/1
Dundalk 3 – 0 Sligo Rovers
Injured: Stephen O’Donnell, Karolis Chvedukas.
Injured: Gary Boylan.


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Map of select IRC data from peninsular Florida.
Map of suggested ZIP codes north to Indian River and Manatee counties.
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Provides significant food and cover for wildlife. Nectar plant for butterflies.
We are currently adding data for this species for central and northern Florida. If you would like to contribute information or images, please contact George Gann via the IRC staff page.

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Impact of COVID-19 on Philippines Tourism Industry: Macroeconomic and Microeconomic Implications
COVID-19 has harmed lives and businesses locally, regionally, and globally, saying worldwide. Before the pandemic, tourism supported the Philippines' unstoppable economic growth. The pandemic slowed it. COVID-19 adversely affected the tourist industry by lowering Global Domestic Product (GDP) and other key macroeconomic and microeconomic indicators. In other words, tourism's decline affected macroeconomics and microeconomics indicators. Covid-19's impact on the tourism sector increased unemployment rate, poverty, household vulnerability due to income loss, and job losses in transportation, travel agencies, tour guides, accommodation, food supply, and other sectors. In short, the fall of the tourism industry affected the economy as a whole, especially in countries like the Philippines that rely on it.

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Buffy is 3 years old and weighs 49 lbs. She is housebroken, crate trained, walks well on a leash and is learning basic commands. She is good with other dogs and children, cats are an unknown. This cutie is ready for adoption, so please fill out an application today. Buffy is being fostered by Cheryl in Jacksonville, FL.
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After a busy week, here’s a chance to catch up on some of the news happening outside of our neighborhood! We’ve pulled together some of the most interesting recent stories from our sister sites.
Meet the documentary filmmakers of the raging ‘Gowanus Current’. [Park Slope Stoop]
Not Ray’s: in praise of the working slice. [Fort Greene Focus]
Voter purge hit Sunset Park and Hispanics the hardest. [Sunset Park Voice]
The 2016 Ultimate Guide to Drinking and Dining Outside in Ditmas Park. [Ditmas Park Corner]


While three-day passes for the Pitchfork Music Festival2012 have sold out, music lovers everywhere will be able to tune in to the concert for free online.
Pitchfork has announced that the festival will be streamed live on its YouTube page – http://www.youtube.com/pitchforktv.
The concert is scheduled from July 13-15 at Union Park in Chicago and will feature musical guests such as Vampire Weekend, Feist, Beach House, Dirty Projectors and many others.
Individual tickets are still available and can be purchased for $45 each at www.ticketweb.com.
For more information on this year’s line-up and more details as they’re announced, visit www.pitchfork.com


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SMITE Lore: Who is Ullr?
Nevercake introduces Ullr, a glorious god indeed.
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Apartman AS is located in Bihać and offers a restaurant and a terrace. The air-conditioned accommodation is 42 km from Plitvička Jezera, and guests benefit from complimentary WiFi and private parking available on site.
This apartment comes with 2 bedrooms, a kitchen, a flat-screen TV, a seating area and 1 bathroom with a shower.
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December 4, 2009 - Harvard Sued Over Student Suicide
The father of a Harvard student who took his own life in 2007 is suing the Massachusetts Ivy League college and the nurse and doctor who treated his son.
The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Middlesex Superior Court, alleges Marianne Cannon, a nurse practitioner at Harvard University Health Services, prescribed an inappropriate mix of strong medications to John Edwards and then failed to monitor him, The Boston Globe reported Friday. They included Adderall for attention deficit disorder, something the 19-year-old had never been diagnosed with before, and then Prozac and Wellbutrin to counter the effects of the first drug.
Dr. Georgia Ede, who was supervising Cannon, is also named as a defendant along with Harvard College.
"We're alleging that the supervising physician in this case did not do her job, which was to supervise the nurse who didn't have medical training that a physician has," said a lawyer representing John B. Edwards II of Wellesley, Mass. "She was writing prescriptions for powerful drugs that were inappropriate in this combination and are associated with an increase of suicide.''
The younger Edwards was a 19-year-old sophomore at the time of his death. He hoped to become a doctor.

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I am often in conversations about career choices. And, while some ask the “Am I doing it right?” question explicitly, most ask it implicitly.
And, in every one of these conversations, I start with a variant of – “There’s no right answer.”
It is a helpful reminder in any conversation about careers (or life for that matter).
All we can do is ensure – a) we know what we want. b) we have as much information/awareness as possible on the situation and people involved. c) we are thoughtful about the likelihood of us getting what we want with the choice we’re making and what we will need to do to make it happen.
In the long run, thoughtful choices and good process lead to good outcomes. That’s about all we can focus on.
Having a strong set of values, core beliefs, or principles can be both a blessing and a curse when making decisions.
The clearer our values/stronger our core beliefs, the more options we will easily be able to eliminate. Arguably, we will be able to make decisions that are more predictive to our happiness.
On the flip side, we will also have far fewer options from which to choose from. In places where such options are few and far between, this can be painful. For example, we will have fewer career options we’re excited about and will probably take longer to hire that right candidate.
“It has always seemed strange to me…The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second.”| John Steinbeck
Brad Stone kicked off his latest book – “Amazon Unbound” – with this quote. While brilliant in the context of the book, it is a quote that has kept finding its way back to my thoughts in that past day.
I was on a single lane road recently and behind a slower moving vehicle. The road had many “turnout areas” for slow moving traffic. But, this driver was either unaware of the rules or oblivious of the traffic building up or just stubborn.
So, it gave me a lot of time to think about the idea of a “turnout area.”
It is a neat solution to traffic on a single lane road.
It is also applicable well beyond driving.
Sometimes, in our lives and careers, we find ourselves in situations where our pace – even if unintentional or despite our best efforts – is holding others back.
When that happens, it’s good practice to pull over and let them pass. It is never easy to do this. But, everyone enjoys the journey a lot more. And, things work out just fine in the long run.
“The courage to be happy also includes the courage to be disliked. When you have gained that courage, your interpersonal relationships will all at once change into things of lightness.” | Ichiro Kishimi,Fumitake Koga

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McLEAN, Va. - Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HLT) (“Hilton”) announced today that its indirect subsidiary Hilton Domestic Operating Company Inc. (the “Issuer”) intends to offer $750 million aggregate principal amount of the Issuer’s Senior Notes due 2030 (the “Notes”). The Issuer intends to use the proceeds of the offering to repay borrowings under Hilton’s senior secured credit facilities and any remaining proceeds for general corporate purposes, which may include, but is not limited to, funding certain share repurchases under Hilton’s share repurchase program.
The Notes to be offered have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any state securities laws. The Notes may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. The Notes will be offered, by the initial purchasers, only to persons reasonably believed to be “qualified institutional buyers” in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A under the Securities Act and to certain non-U.S. persons in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act.
This press release is being issued pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 135c under the Securities Act, and it is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities and shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, or a sale of, the Notes or any other securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These statements include all statements that are not historical facts. In some cases, these forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “outlook,” “believes,” “expects,” “potential,” “continues,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “seeks,” “projects,” “predicts,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates,” “anticipates” or the negative version of these words or other comparable words. Such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, including, among others, risks inherent to the hospitality industry, macroeconomic factors beyond Hilton’s control, competition for hotel guests and management and franchise contracts, risks related to doing business with third-party hotel owners, performance of Hilton’s information technology systems, growth of reservation channels outside of Hilton’s system, risks of doing business outside of the United States of America and Hilton’s indebtedness. Additional factors that could cause Hilton’s results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements can be found under the section entitled “Part I—Item 1A. Risk Factors” of Hilton’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), as such factors may be updated from time to time in Hilton’s periodic filings with the SEC, which are accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Accordingly, there are or will be important factors that could cause actual outcomes or results to differ materially from those indicated in these statements. These factors should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with the other cautionary statements that are included in this press release and in Hilton’s filings with the SEC. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or review any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as required by law.
Hilton (NYSE: HLT) is a leading global hospitality company with a portfolio of 22 world-class brands comprising nearly 7,400 properties and more than 1.1 million rooms, in 124 countries and territories. Dedicated to fulfilling its founding vision to fill the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality, Hilton has welcomed more than 3 billion guests in its more than 100-year history, earned a top spot on Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For list and been recognized as a global leader on the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices for six consecutive years. Hilton has introduced several industry-leading technology enhancements to improve the guest experience, including Digital Key Share, automated complimentary room upgrades and the ability to book confirmed connecting rooms. Through the award-winning guest loyalty program Hilton Honors, the more than 173 million members who book directly with Hilton can earn Points for hotel stays and experiences money can't buy. With the free Hilton Honors app, guests can book their stay, select their room, check in, unlock their door with a Digital Key and check out, all from their smartphone. Visit stories.hilton.com for more information, and connect with Hilton on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube.

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The Angels’ Question, The Great Vigil of Easter – 2019
April 21, 2019
On the first Easter, very early in the morning, the women come to the tomb with spices to anoint Jesus’ body. They find the stone rolled away so they enter the tomb, but they do not find Jesus’ body. Two angels in clothes that gleamed like lightning appear and the women bow down in fear, looking at the ground. Then the angels ask, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?”
That’s a good question. Of course, it was a good question in the context of the story of the women going to the tomb on that first Easter. It’s still a good question for us this Easter, living some 2,000 years later. Why do you look for the living among the dead?
For the women, this must have been a surprising question. Think about it. They had gone to the tomb to attend to Jesus’ body. They had served their Lord during his earthly life. Now they would do one last act of service for Jesus. They had witnessed his death. They knew that there was no time for a proper burial. So, they came with spices to complete the burial rites. Their beloved Lord was dead. They could at least perform this one last act of love for him. But their hearts must have been heavy.
They must have thought their life with their Lord was over. His call to follow had been irresistible. Serving him was like no other service they had known. It was perfect freedom. But now he lay lifeless in a tomb. They had known perfect love in Jesus, and the world had killed him. The world can be a cruel and fearsome place. Well, they may have thought, at least they would have their memories of the past.
But something amazing happens when they reach the tomb. When they arrive at the tomb, they enter into the place of their deepest and darkest fears. They enter the very place of death. And, yet, what do they find when they enter this place of fear and death? Nothing. No body. No thing. Nothing.
We are told that they were perplexed when they did not find the body, which is understandable. They thought their life with Jesus was over and his dead body was the final coda. But the angels tell them that this is not the end of the story. They say, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be handed over to sinners, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.”
Wow! Astounding, overwhelming, world-turning news! A total change of orientation. Why are you looking for the living among the dead? That was then, this is now, and now there is new life, resurrection life ahead. They hear the good news that Christ is risen from the dead, and they need to change from people who perform burial rites for the dead to apostles who bear witness to the living Lord. They need to stop living in the past and start living in the future. They need to change from people who are bent over with fear, staring at the ground, to people who stand up, go forth, and boldly proclaim that God’s life is stronger than any death, that God’s love is stronger than any hate, that God’s peace is more powerful than human violence, that Jesus Christ has been raised from the dead and is alive.
Why are you looking for the living among the dead?
The good news of Easter is that Jesus Christ, who was crucified, has been raised from the dead. This belief, this truth, this resurrection changes everything. Cruelty is not the last word. Sin and evil are not the ultimate powers of the universe. Death does not get the final laugh. Forgiveness and love and life are the final realities of the world. The power of God is stronger than any tomb. Jesus Christ is risen today.
And the good news of Easter is not only that Jesus Christ has been raised from the dead and lives, but also that the power of the resurrection can transform our lives as well. New life is possible, here, now, today. We can stop looking for the living among the dead. We can live new lives, here and now, by the power of the resurrection. The promise of Easter is that we can. We don’t need to go about looking for the dead among the living and we don’t need to go about like the living-dead.
But it’s not easy, is it? We rather like living in the past. It is comfortable. It’s what we’re used to. Here’s how a distinguished, older preacher, Edmund Steimle, put it, commenting on the text, “God’s mercies are new every morning.” He said, “At my age, this promise of newness every morning is at best a mixed blessing. I have come to the point in life when I really don’t want anything new in the morning. I want my slippers right beneath my bed where I left them the night before. I want my orange juice and bran flakes for breakfast, as normal. In my advanced years, I can do without a lot of newness, especially in the morning.”
Okay, I get it, we get it, we have all probably felt that way ourselves at some point. But that’s not really what the promise of Easter is about. The promise of Easter is that we don’t have to look for the living among the dead. And if we are honest with ourselves, I expect we will recognize this tendency in our human nature. Even when the past is no longer life-giving, we seem to keep going back to it, thinking that maybe this time, we will find something there. But, the truth of the matter is that when we do so, we find the same old crummy, life-denying relationships and patterns of behavior. Same old compulsions, same old angers, same old anxieties, same old fears. Even so, it is such a powerful myth that for a myriad of reasons, some saner than others, we keep going back to the past, we keep looking for the living among the dead.
Why do we keep going back to the myth that says things were better in the past? You know the myth of the past where our children were better behaved; our families were all straight out of Norman Rockwell; our churches were all devout and holy. The myth says, if we could just get back to that past somehow, someway, then everything would be better.
It’s a powerful myth. Lots of people are looking for the living among the dead. But it is a different reality than the one proclaimed on that first Easter because the truth of the resurrection is that we are to live new lives, here and now, by the power of the future. That is, we are to find our true life meeting us from the future, somewhere in our own walk to Emmaus, not buried among the past or in any tomb. This truth terrified the women on that first Easter. Let go of the past and start living in the future. It may terrify us too. But just because we are terrified, doesn’t mean it isn’t true.
The women eventually got over their terror and started living the resurrection in their lives. We can too. We can stop looking for the living among the dead. The good news of Easter is that it is not just about Jesus but also about us. Jesus is alive and has gone ahead to prepare a way for us, and because of this, we can also claim our new life here and now, and move confidently into the future. Because of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, it is literally true that our best days are ahead of us because the future is where our risen Lord is and where he promises to meet us, even now. And this is good news.
Now, what we do with this good news is up to us. We can ponder it. We can fret about it. Or we can accept it in faith and make it our own. Right here, right now, we can stop worrying about yesterday, we can stop looking for the living among the dead. We can claim the new lease on life that is given to us in the risen Christ, we can claim our second chance, we can forgive what is past, and we can get on with living the abundant life our risen Lord promises to us.
Jesus Christ is risen from the dead. He is alive. He has gone ahead of us to prepare a place for us. He promises to meet us there.
Why do we keep looking for the living among the dead?
Alleluia! Christ is risen. The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia!
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Delivering exceptional small arms products to the Armed Forces, we are honored to announce that GLOCK founder and inventor Gaston Glock has received the Ambrose Award for his outstanding contributions to the field of small arms systems.
“When GLOCK experimented in this field in 1980, no one believed that small arms could use polymer as a structural material to resist the forces generated by repetitive firing of small arms ammunition. This revolutionary development forever changed the face of not only handgun design, but also opened up the use of polymers in the design of other small arms and ammunition,” says Sal Fanelli, senior vice president of engineering for True Velocity.
Today, the superior design of polymer GLOCK pistols has been accepted in over 57 countries by special operations forces, law enforcement and civilians as the tool of choice for many.
Learn more about the Ambrose Award by visiting https://www.ndia.org/divisions/armaments/division-awards/ambrose-award
About GLOCK, Inc.
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Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers in Pregnancy: A Case Report and Systematic Review of the Literature
Sungkyunkwan University, Sŏul, Seoul, South Korea Hypertension in Pregnancy
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02/2007; 26(1):51-66. DOI: 10.1080/10641950601147937
To describe the case of a woman exposed to angiotensin-II receptor blockers (ARBs) in the preconceptional period and to systematically review the literature on the safety of these drugs when used by pregnant women.
The case was identified at the Korean Motherisk Program (Seoul). For the systematic review, we searched the PubMed for case reports, case series, and post-marketing surveys.
A hypertensive woman was exposed to irbesartan prior to conception. The embryo had delayed development of upper and lower extremities and decreased digital groove. A karyotype identified a 45,XO Turner syndrome. The patient had a spontaneous abortion. Including the case reported here, 64 published cases were identified in total; 57.8% had favorable and 42.2% had unfavorable outcomes. Duration of treatment during pregnancy among women who had adverse fetal outcomes was 26.3 +/- 10.5 weeks (mean +/- SD), compared with 17.3 +/- 11.6 weeks in those who had favorable outcomes (p = 0.04).
Exposure to ARBs for a period longer than the first trimester of pregnancy appears to be associated with a high risk for adverse fetal outcomes.
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- "For instance, it is involved in the maturation and growth of the fetal and postnatal heart and kidney –. Indeed, the use of ARBs during pregnancy is associated with an increased probability for cardiac and renal dysplasia in newborn infants, thereby indicating that AT1 receptor blockade and/or unopposed endogenous stimulation of the AT2 receptor, the predominant angiotensin II receptor subtype in the fetal and early postnatal organism, may negatively affect cardiac as well as renal maturation and growth , . In this regard, the role of the AT2 receptor in postnatal development of the heart is rather unclear and has not been examined in detail so far. "
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The angiotensin II receptor subtype 2 (AT2 receptor) is ubiquitously and highly expressed in early postnatal life. However, its role in postnatal cardiac development remained unclear.
Hearts from 1, 7, 14 and 56 days old wild-type (WT) and AT2 receptor-deficient (KO) mice were extracted for histomorphometrical analysis as well as analysis of cardiac signaling and gene expression. Furthermore, heart and body weights of examined animals were recorded and echocardiographic analysis of cardiac function as well as telemetric blood pressure measurements were performed. Moreover, gene expression, sarcomere shortening and calcium transients were examined in ventricular cardiomyocytes isolated from both genotypes. KO mice exhibited an accelerated body weight gain and a reduced heart to body weight ratio as compared to WT mice in the postnatal period. However, in adult KO mice the heart to body weight ratio was significantly increased most likely due to elevated systemic blood pressure. At postnatal day 7 ventricular capillarization index and the density of α-smooth muscle cell actin-positive blood vessels were higher in KO mice as compared to WT mice but normalized during adolescence. Echocardiographic assessment of cardiac systolic function at postnatal day 7 revealed decreased contractility of KO hearts in response to beta-adrenergic stimulation. Moreover, cardiomyocytes from KO mice showed a decreased sarcomere shortening and an increased peak Ca2+ transient in response to isoprenaline when stimulated concomitantly with angiotensin II.
The AT2 receptor affects postnatal cardiac growth possibly via reducing body weight gain and systemic blood pressure. Moreover, it moderately attenuates postnatal vascularization of the heart and modulates the beta adrenergic response of the neonatal heart. These AT2 receptor-mediated effects may be implicated in the physiological maturation process of the heart.
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- "Other abnormalities reported in association with ARBs include pulmonary hypoplasia, skull-bone hypoplasia, broadly spaced calvaria, craniofacial dysmorphia, limb deformations, and joint contractures [1,4–9]. In contrast, exposure to ARBs in the first trimester of pregnancy has been associated with low risk of fetopathy    . "
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ABSTRACT: To present cases exhibiting possible effects of angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) received in pregnancy on the fetus.
Retrospective analysis included women who delivered between 2002 and 2006 at Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Ljubljana.
Antihypertensive medications were prescribed to 346 of the 26,735 women. ARBs were given in only five pregnancies: two women received losartan, and three irbesartan. The therapy was stopped between 5 and 23 weeks of gestation. Two women delivered healthy babies at term; another term baby had one additional finger and toe. Other two pregnancies were complicated with oligohydramnios and ended in preterm delivery. One preterm infant had transient abnormal renal function tests.
Women should be informed that ARB-antihypertensive therapy must be replaced/stopped before planning their pregnancy or at least as soon as the pregnancy is confirmed. Fetal morphology scan and monitoring of amniotic fluid volume should be obligatory, if ARBs are prescribed accidentally.
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ABSTRACT: More than 19 million Americans are affected by type 2 diabetes mellitus, which is undiagnosed in one third of these persons. In addition, it is estimated that more than 54 million adults have prediabetes. Debate continues over the benefits and harms of screening and then treating adults who have asymptomatic diabetes or prediabetes.
To update the 2003 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force review on the evidence for potential benefits and harms of screening adults for type 2 diabetes and prediabetes in primary care settings.
MEDLINE and the Cochrane Library for relevant studies and systematic reviews published in English between March 2001 and July 2007.
Trials and observational studies that directly addressed the effectiveness and adverse effects of screening interventions were included. Randomized, controlled trials were used to assess the effectiveness of diabetes and prediabetes treatments. For diabetes interventions, trials of patients with disease for 1 year or less were included, as well as trials comparing outcomes among diabetic and nondiabetic patients.
Relevant data were abstracted in duplicate into a standardized template.
Data were synthesized in a qualitative manner, and a random-effects meta-analysis of the effects of interventions in prediabetes on the incidence of diabetes was performed.
Most of the data on diabetes treatment were not from primary trial data but from subgroup analyses. Participants in intensive lifestyle interventions for prediabetes may not be representative of general prediabetic populations.
Direct evidence is lacking on the health benefits of detecting type 2 diabetes by either targeted or mass screening, and indirect evidence also fails to demonstrate health benefits for screening general populations. Persons with hypertension probably benefit from screening, because blood pressure targets for persons with diabetes are lower than those for persons without diabetes. Intensive lifestyle and pharmacotherapeutic interventions reduce the progression of prediabetes to diabetes, but few data examine the effect of these interventions on long-term health outcomes.
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The ingredients needed to prepare Extra Fudgey Brownies:
- Provide of coconut sugar.
- Use of vanilla.
- Use of eggs.
- Prepare of coco & semi sweet chocolate chips.
- Use of coco.
- You need of coconut flour, minus about a tbsp..
- Provide of plus 2 tb. real butter.
- Get of Chocolate Frosting.
- Take of powdered sugar.
- Prepare of powdered sugar, and 1/2 cup butter. 4 tablespoons cocoa powder. May add a little milk for a fluffy texture..
Steps to make Extra Fudgey Brownies:
- Preheat oven to 300.
- Sift dry ingredients except for sugar.
- Crack eggs, break yolks up, set aside..
- Mix room temperature butter, and sugar together..
- Add egg, and butter mixture to dry ingredients..
- Mix well..
- Grease 8×9 pan with grapeseed oil, or coconut oil..
- Bake 30 mins.
- Let cool, then frost.
- I love adding fresh milk of any kind. Pour over top for a fresh dessert..
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The sourdough bread, duck fat cauliflower, gnocchi, bone steak and duck leg confit served at Cockscomb in San Francisco and Jackrabbit in Portland, Oregon, all contain the same essential ingredient: Fat.
Chef Chris Cosentino, co-owner of both hotspots, believes that natural animal fats add depth of flavor to dishes; the ingredients also honor longstanding culinary traditions.
“We’ve been cooking with fat for generations,” he says.
Now that the low-fat fad, once embraced with a near-religious fervor, has ended, fat is back on the menu. Chefs are adding the once-verboten ingredient to dishes ranging from cauliflower and sweet potatoes to biscuits and steak, and embracing lard, tallow, suet and drippings as part of a nose-to-tail approach to cooking.
Fat Adds Flavor
Cosentino likes cooking an animal in its own fats, making duck leg confit with duck fat and serving pin bone steak with beef bone marrow dip. The matched fats allow the underlying flavor of the animal to shine through, he explains. The animal fats are also excellent media for infusing herbs, aromatics and spices.
When ordering meat, Cosentino considers the fat content of the animal and prefers breeds that offer a balanced meat-to-fat ratio over higher fat breeds and often chooses Berkshire hogs and Holstein cattle instead of Mangalitsa hogs and Wagyu cattle; Liberty ducks are also a favorite.
Chef Sean Brock, a featured presenter at ChefConnect: Nashville 2020, incorporates fats into several of the dishes served at Husk restaurant in Charleston, South Carolina, including a mixture of butter and lard — called pork butter — that is served with buttermilk rolls. The fried chicken recipe in his bestselling cookbook Heritage includes five kinds of fat: chicken fat, lard, canola oil, bacon fat and butter.
Brock told Tasting Table in 2014, “They all balance each other … Bacon adds smoke, country ham adds funk, chicken echoes chicken, butter browns at the end and lard is the standard thing to fry chicken in.”
In Charlotte, North Carolina, chef Matthew Krenz also embraces fat as a kitchen staple. He is developing recipes for a new venture, Beach Shack Coffee, where the café menu will tortillas and biscuits; both will be made with beef fat.
“We moved away from adding lard to biscuits [but] if you want a really kick ass biscuit, you need lard,” he says. “Fat equals flavor.”
Add Fat, Cut Waste
Krenz often incorporates fats into unexpected dishes: His recipe for beef fat confit sweet potatoes, made with sweet potato and sorghum puree, goat cheese crema, pickled poblanos and cold-smoked jalapenos, helped him nab the 2017 North Carolina Restaurant Lodging Association Chef of the Year award. Krenz credits tallow for adding a deeper level of flavor to a humble ingredient like a sweet potato.
The second-generation rancher believes that helping out at Krenz Ranch, a beef cattle operation in New Salem, North Carolina, solidified his commitment to cooking with an entire animal, including the fat.
Cosentino also embraces nose-to-tail cooking because it ensures that fat ends up in a meal, not the trash can.
The National Restaurant Association 2019 Culinary Forecast listed zero waste cooking as a top trend. Fat accounts for about 20 percent of the carcass weight of an average beef cow, according to data from South Dakota State University. On a 750-pound steer carcass, 150 pounds of fat ends up on the cutting room floor. Concerns about food waste have led chefs to come up with creative (and delicious) strategies to incorporate more elements of an animal, including the fat, on their menus.
“Why would you throw away chicken fat and then roast a chicken in butter?” Cosentino asks.
Spreading the Love
Chefs might be committed to cooking with fat but getting diners excited about entrée descriptions featuring words like lard and tallow can take some time.
“Educating diners is the most difficult part [because] some diners still have a fear of fat,” Cosentino says.
The goal, he adds, is to make the dish so flavorful that diners abandon all concerns about fat. Feeding them some information about the history of cooking with fat is also a good idea.
“If you can explain the reasons you’re cooking with fat and connect it to the way their grandparents cooked, it goes a long way,” Cosentino says. “Guests are more apt to try something if they understand the reasoning behind it.”
Recipe: Tallow Biscuits
Courtesy of Matthew Krenz
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
4 ounces beef tallow
3¾ cups self-rising flour
½ cup sugar
1 cup milk
½ cup heavy cream
1. Cut butter and tallow into flour until mixture is coarse like cornmeal.
2. Stir in sugar.
3. Combine milk and cream, then work into dry mixture, being careful not to overwork.
4. Place dough on a floured surface, then dust dough with flour. After a few folds, roll until 2 inches thick and cut into squares or use a biscuit cutter to portion.
5. Bake at 425 degrees F until golden brown.


There's a scene in 2015's Magic Mike XXL that feels indelibly consigned to the annals of film history forever. I'm sure you know the one — where our beloved and endearing group of male revue dancers decides to pop a little MDMA while road tripping to a stripping convention in Myrtle Beach. A pit stop at a gas station leads to an impromptu performance for the cashier courtesy of Big Dick Richie (Joe Manganiello) while his friends enthusiastically cheer him on the entire time. It's a moment that isn't merely about admiring the male physique — even if there are plenty of muscle groups on display. The reason this sequence set to Backstreet Boys' "I Want It That Way" feels so incredibly, face-splittingly joyful is because of what it offers up: men rallying around one of their own to embrace his most assured and carefree self, especially because Richie's biggest emotional journey throughout the film involves expressing verbal doubts about whether or not he can even successfully strip anymore. It's that philosophy — one that helps a small group of men rediscover confidence in themselves — that unashamedly threads through the entirety of Season 1 of Finding Magic Mike, the reality competition show executive produced by Channing Tatum and Steven Soderbergh (and hosted by franchise cast member Adam Rodriguez) that premiered in its entirety on HBO Max last month.
The Cliff's Notes premise is this: 50 men (later whittled down to 25 and then a top 10 after a few initial elimination rounds) have entered the show in an attempt to capture, or maybe even recover, their "magic." For some, that entails tapping into a side of themselves they've never really delved into before; for others, that means developing more self-assurance in regards to pursuing intimacy with their partners. Whatever the reason, they get a chance to do it by baring a lot more than their bodies — and over the weeks of competition that follow, with only one winner chosen to receive $100,000, these potential "Mikes" are tasked with not only staggering amounts of choreography to memorize but just as many exercises that are designed to strip them down to the most vulnerable version of themselves.
That's not to say that there isn't skin on display — but it'd be misleading to claim that Finding Magic Mike only consists of a lot of defined abs and pelvic lines. One of the many, many delightful aspects of this show is the variety of bodies that get the chance to strut their stuff on-stage; one contestant, early on, proudly proclaims that the judges (consisting of Rodriguez, Magic Mike Live executive producer Vince Marini, and film/live show choreographers Alison Faulk and Luke Broadlick) will have his "dad bod" to work with the first time the group is required to take their shirts off in public. It's a refreshing change of pace from the sizes that so often get centered or considered attractive, and the show is just as happy to embrace the inherent sexiness in a lap dance offered by someone who doesn't have a six-pack as it is to cheer on guys with thigh muscles that might rival the size of an adult human head.
Normally, this would be a formula ripe for emotions brewing over; in watching these guys sweat it out through weeks of grueling dance training before leaving it all on the floor (sometimes literally), who could blame them if they wound up feeling a bit testy? But while other reality competition shows might have orchestrated ways for contestants to end up at each other's throats, there's only the overwhelming sense of a brotherhood being forged among this tight-knit group. Elimination ceremonies are cause for waterworks on more than one level, not simply because these men have become emotionally close but because they're willing to say they love each other, out loud and unapologetically. When one of the Mikes gets injured right before it's time to roll camera on the final challenge that week, it's an intense pain that ripples right through the rest of the group (dwindled down to a top 5 by then), and it's eventually with him in mind that they're able to pick themselves back up and soldier through their performance — saying all the while that it's what he would have wanted them to do. And truly, there's nothing more exhilarating than watching these men pull off a complicated dance, or twist and tumble in a thrilling aerial routine, or commit to a sexy rain dance even while trying to ensure their partner's safety throughout — except for the part where you know they're absolutely having the time of their life.
With the first season of Finding Magic Mike, there's already so much to love — although if the show continues on for more seasons to come (which it absolutely should), it'd be wonderful to see it double-down on the inclusive casting that it's already waded into. Several contestants in Season 1, including one of the finalists, openly identify themselves as non-straight, but why stop at only cis male bodies? What this series has undeniably proven is that it can introduce a reality competition title into the existing TV landscape that's primarily rooted in acceptance and encouragement rather than obviously concocted drama. But the best aspects of Finding Magic Mike revolve around its ability to not only challenge its contestants, but those of us watching at home, to rethink what we believe we know about healthy definitions of masculinity, intimacy, and emotions — and the result is one of the most wholesome, uplifting, and exciting shows that you should be watching.
Season 1 of Finding Magic Mike is currently available to stream on HBO Max.
They also discussed how many times they had to listen to the song "Pony" while working on the 'Magic Mike' franchise.


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Dr. Carole Cheung supports her patients with empathy and actively listens to understand their health concerns. She promotes healthy independent living by providing patients with long-term solutions that are natural and that carry fewer side-effects. She uses up-to- date research to ensure that what is prescribed is not contraindicated with medications and/or other supplements or herbal remedies her patients are concurrently taking.
She also applies a “non-band- aid” solution and investigates her patients’ health history to identify and remove obstacles that may hinder their health goals. Since childhood, Dr. Carole continues to be passionate about health and the environment. She has a dual degree in Biology and Psychology, from Queen’s University, and worked as a biologist, before she pursued a career in naturopathic medicine. Currently, she is a licensed Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine in Ontario in good standing, and has volunteered for a medical brigade in Haiti and for the Cancer Association in Seychelles. She is also a member of the Ontario Association of Naturopathic Doctors (OAND).
Dr. Carole has experience working with patients who want to focus on the underlying causes of chronic illness. Her practice focuses on healthy weight loss and detoxification, pain and stress management, using cupping, nutritional counselling, botanical medicine and acupuncture.
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On 31 July 2012, President Obama signed an Executive Order Authorizing Additional Sanctions With Respect to Iran. This Order:
(a) authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to impose financial sanctions on foreign financial institutions found to have knowingly conducted or facilitated certain significant financial transactions with the National Iranian Oil Company (“NIOC”) or Naftiran Intertrade Company (“NICO”) or for the purchase or acquisition of petroleum or petroleum products from Iran through any channel;
(b) provides the Treasury with new authority to impose sanctions on foreign financial institutions found to have knowingly conducted or facilitated significant transactions for the purchase or acquisition of petrochemical products from Iran; and
(c) provides authority for the Treasury to block the property and interests in property of any person determined to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services in support of, NIOC, NICO or the Central Bank of Iran, or the purchase or acquisition of US bank notes or precious metals by the Government of Iran.
The Order also adds to the State Department’s existing authorities under the Iran Sanctions Act and Executive Order 13590, now sanctioning buyers of Iranian petroleum and petrochemicals.
The Treasury also announced sanctions under the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act of 2010 (“CISADA”) against two financial institutions (the Bank of Kunlun in China and Elaf Islamic Bank in Iraq) for knowingly facilitating significant transactions or providing significant financial services for designated Iranian banks. These banks are now effectively cut off from the US financial system.
The full text of the Executive Order can be found on the US Treasury website.

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Now, the Humane Society Legislative Fund has launched a new TV ad focusing on King’s opposition to criminalizing dogfighting. The ad highlights his votes against strengthening penalties for interstate dogfighting and his opposition to a ban on bringing children to dogfights.
The Humane Society had released a separate ad last month that, according to the group, was “rejected by Iowa TV stations after King complained and pressured the stations not to show it.” However, the Humane Society notes that the Des Moines Register called the ad “accurate,” saying that the TV stations’ rejection was “puzzling.”
King is locked in a tight re-election battle in Iowa’s 4th congressional district with Christie Vilsack, wife of Agriculture Secretary and former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack (D).


The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that Apple suppliers have started production on a smaller tablet computer, which is currently dubbed the iPad Mini.
Citing "people with knowledge of the situation," the Journal reports that the iPad Mini will have a 7.85-inch liquid crystal display, but not the Retina Display that is currently on the new iPads.
According to the Journal's sources, LG Display and AU Optronics began production on the LCD screens last month.
Fortune reported Monday that Apple will send an invitation out on Oct. 10 for an Oct. 17 event, where the tech giant will announce a smaller iPad. Those rumors align with a report in August by AllThingsD saying that Apple would announce the iPad Mini in October.
The Japanese blog Macotakara also reported rumors that production has already started at Foxconn in Brazil.
Several sources speculate that the look and feel of an iPad Mini will be just like an iPad, but smaller. Most journalists and analyst believe the iPad Mini will have a 7.85-inch display, LTE support, front and rear camera, iOS6 and a retail price between $249 and $299.
While Apple dominates the full-sized tablet market, scores of competitors have cropped up with smaller, cheaper alternative tablet computers. Last fall, Amazon and Barnes & Noble announced 7-inch tablets the Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet, respectively. The tablets were priced between $199 and $249. In June, Google announced the Nexus 7 Tablet, which is also priced at $199.
Amazon and Barnes & Noble announced updates to the tablets last month. Theand are both 9-inch tablets with high-definition displays that run on the Android operating system, which start between $269 and $299.


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Brooklyn Holiday Lights Viewing Guide
We already have Prospect Park in Lights, the lighting display that was officially turned on on Monday. This weekend and early next week should mark the start of an awful lot of outdoor decorations being lit up, if they're not already blazing. Here are some other spots where you can get your fill of Christmas lights, Brooklyn-style:
Dyker Heights. First among equals in Brooklyn, the Lights of Dyker Heights are something to behold. They're insane, over the top and so Brooklyn you'll want to scream. And, you'll have plenty of company because they're estimated to attract 100,000 visitors during the holiday season, including bus loads full of kids. The area where the lights are centered is between 80th and 86ths Street and 10th and 13th Avenues, with 84th Street between 11th and 12th Avenues having some displays that words simply can't describe. If you've never been, Dyker Heights is next to Bay Ridge. You can click on this Google Map for help finding the area.
Dumbo. This year, for the first time, Brooklyn Bridge Park is going to have some lighting displays that are being promoted as being pretty cool. We'll have to wait until the switch is flipped on December 5 at 6PM to see for sure. The show runs through January 7.
Carroll Gardens. Among the many things we love about Carroll Gardens is the exuberant nature of the Christmas displays. Take a walk through the neighborhood and see for yourself. There are some very enthusiastic displays not far from the Gowanus Canal.
Downtown Brooklyn. Brooklyn's tree is in front of Borough Hall. It'll be lit on December 13th with a Hannukkah menorah to follow on December 18. Metrotech and the area around the Marriott also have some cool lighting.
Williamsburg. Some people in the Burg pull out all the stops to decorate their houses. There are some very lit up houses around Berry. One street that is also heavily decorated is Ainslie between Graham and Humboldt.
Bergen Beach. We haven't personally seen the Bergen Beach lights, but the lights on National and Arkansas Drives are said to be one the borough's "biggest and brightest displays." You have a car and you have a Google Map and you're right there.
(Some of the information here comes from the Borough President's Brooklyn!! publication, which arrived in Brooklyn mailboxes last week. As always, we're sure there are some very decorated Brooklyn streets and neighborhoods that we're missing. Feel free to add them in comments or to email us so that we can add them.)


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July 2015 Maryland Certiorari Grants
On the heels of its eight(!) published opinions today, the Court of Appeals of Maryland released its July 2015 certiorari grants. There are only four grants, three of which involve disputes with the Maryland Department of the Environment. The cases, with questions presented, appear after the jump. Read More…
Non-Mutual Collateral Estoppel: A Shield, but is it a Sword?
Traditionally, the preclusive effects of res judicata and collateral estoppel applied only if the parties in the second case were the same as, or in privity with, the parties in the first case. This was commonly referred to as the “strict mutuality of parties” requirement, but the Court of Appeals “long ago discarded” that requirement for both res judicata and collateral estoppel. Caldor, Inc. v. Bowden, 330 Md. 632, 657 (1993) (citations omitted). Thus, it is now “irrelevant that the party seeking to assert collateral estoppel was not a party to the prior proceeding. Only the party against whom collateral estoppel is asserted need be a party or in privity with a party in the prior adjudication.” Id. at 657.
Get Ready for a Busy Six Weeks in the Court of Appeals
The Court of Appeals of Maryland has six weeks (minus a day) until its self-imposed deadline of August 31 to issue opinions in all cases heard from September 2014 through June 2015. We count 23 such cases awaiting opinions: 11 criminal appeals, 8 civil appeals, and 4 attorney discipline cases. Those numbers include three cases (1 civil, 2 attorney discipline) where the Court issued a per curiam order immediately after argument and indicated that an opinion was forthcoming. If this year shakes down like last year, we should expect most of those opinions to come down in the days following the Court’s July 23 conference, with the remaining handful of opinions coming down in August. If you want a preview of what’s coming, the Court’s Pending Cases list provides a handy guide.
Only Two Apply for Court of Appeals, Triggering Mandatory Re-Advertisement
A vacancy on Maryland’s highest court opened when Court of Appeals Judge Glenn T. Harrell, who occupied the seat reserved for Prince George’s County, hit mandatory retirement age on June 27. The joke in legal circles has been that we’ll now learn whether there are any Republican lawyers in Prince George’s County (aside from a former lieutenant governor and RNC chair).
You can keep joking away. Steve Lash is reporting, from behind the The Daily Record paywall, that there were only two applications filed by today’s deadline. Both applications came from Democratic appointees to lower courts: Read More…
Pitchforking the Fourth Circuit’s Take on Usher and Bieber’s “Somebody to Love”
“Writing about music is like dancing about architecture,” quipped Martin Mull, summing up in eight words the difficulties and frustrations (and perhaps questionable merit) of trying to adequately convey the nature of a song in written language. I’ve been reviewing music for about a decade now, and it is a never-ending struggle; there is simply no smooth conversion from sound to text. In the realm of intellectual-property law, this constant challenge for critics becomes the occasional burden for the federal judiciary – as Fourth Circuit Judge Pamela Harris recently discovered in resolving a headline-making copyright case involving two pop mega-stars.
Judges Should Blog More But Learn From Judge Kopf’s Mistakes
By Steve Klepper (Twitter: @MDAppeal)
Since the Maryland Appellate Blog’s debut in September 2013, the “Blogroll” at the bottom of our home page has included Hercules and the Umpire, written by Senior U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf of the District of Nebraska. His blog has offered terrific, insightful commentary from a judge who cares about justice and who vocally deplores injustice. Also, in offering updates on treatment for cancer (thankfully in remission), Judge Kopf has helped to humanize the judiciary. But Judge Kopf made serious mistakes along the way, leading to a not-unexpected outcome this week.
Judge Kopf announced on Thursday that he will cease adding new posts. I’m glad he has seen the light, but I’m sad it came to this. This decision follows the latest in a series of missteps. Read More…
The Asterisking Begins
The Court of Appeals has issued two opinions since June 27. Each has an asterisk in the list of judges: “Harrell, J., participated in the hearing of the case, in the conference in regard to its decision and in the adoption of the opinion but he retired from the Court prior to the filing of the opinion.”
Yes, Maryland’s movie-quoting appellate judge hit the mandatory retirement age of 70 ten days ago. (Steve Lash’s nice-but-paywalled piece is here.) Read More…


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- The biggest trade partner of the United States is China.
- Around 87% of the exports and imports of the United States are done with 30 countries, which means that it is hard to determine which other countries fall in the remaining 13%.
- If all of the countries in the European Union were counted as a single trade partner, they would make the biggest one, beating out China.
The economy of the United States of America is highly developed and extremely diverse. If we look at the nominal GDP, it is considered to be the world’s largest economy. It is also the world’s second-largest economy based on purchasing power. When we look at the technological advancements, it is safe to presume that the U.S. has the most technologically powerful economy in the world. It is placed on the forefront in fields such as pharmaceuticals, computers, and military equipment. Naturally the country has a lot of trading partners.
The largest trading partners of the United States are China, Canada, Mexico, Japan, and Germany. The United States is the world’s largest importer, and the second-largest exporter, which is quite an achievement. Approximately 87% of the exports and imports of the United States are done with 30 countries. This means that the rest of the countries fall under an extremely small percentage so it is hard to determine which ones they are specifically. The country also has several free trade agreements with many countries.
The Biggest Trade Partners
Imports and exports of the United States are tracked by the U.S. Census Bureau, on a monthly basis. The largest trading partners for the United States are, in order: China, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Germany, South Korea, United Kingdom, France, India, Italy, Taiwan, Brazil, Netherlands, Ireland, and Switzerland. These are just the top 15, and the list usually includes 15 more countries. Some of the more notable ones include Vietnam, Singapore, Belgium, and Malaysia.
However, these numbers only count goods, or products, that cross international borders. Many services are not included here, like tourism or financial services. An interesting piece of data is that if we take the European Union as a whole as a single trading partner, it would beat out all of the other convincingly and become the biggest trade partner of the United States. Of course, this isn’t fair, but it is an interesting fact nonetheless.
The Exports and Imports Of The United States
The impact that Mexico has on the economy of the United States is extremely important, which makes all of the politics of the current president seem even weirder. Donald Trump is seemingly actively trying to undermine good relations with the country. The most important U.S: exports fall under the category of goods. They contribute to two-thirds of the entirety of the exports. They are mostly capital goods, which include commercial aircrafts, industrial machines, and semiconductors. Other important exports include medical equipment and industrial supplies such as petroleum and chemical products. Automobiles are responsible for 10% of the exports, and surprisingly, food products are only 8% of the exported goods.
The majority of the imports of the United States are goods. This includes computers and communications, as well as consumer goods. Consumer goods mostly refer to cell phones and televisions. This is followed by apparel and footwear, which is an important import for the country as well. Industrial machinery is another important import from the trade partners of the United States. This includes oil and petroleum products. The fourth-largest category of imports are automobiles and all related products. This is followed by food and beverages, as the smallest category of imports.


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I baked the robot cake from Nailed It! Holiday! and the result was nothing short of a disaster
When Nailed It! first came out, I couldn’t stop cackling at how the contestants’ desserts turned out. “That cupcake looks nothing like the original!” “That cake is completely falling apart!” “That cookie is a total mess!”
Nailed It! Holiday!, a series of special holiday episodes which takes the amateur baking competition to a festive new level, was no exception. I was hysterical over the attempts at upside-down Santa cakes, wintry animal doughnuts, turkey cakes with trimmings, and more that the contestants presented to host Nicole Byer, head judge Jacques Torres, and the rotating guest judge.
It didn’t take long before I decided to put my time and energy where my criticisms were to see if I could successfully recreate episode 5’s (“Toying Around”) toy robot cake, which Byer described on the show as a Christmas toy “made from four layers of sweet red velvet cake, wrapped in metallic fondant with fondant buttons and knobs. His head and legs are sculpted from Rice Krispie treats and his little robot feet are made of cake.”
Sounds difficult, but manageable enough, right? I kept telling myself that, BUT JUST LOOK AT THE ROBOT CAKE UP TOP! WHAT WAS I THINKING?!?!?!
Now, before we get into the “Who baked it better?!” of it all, it should be known that Netflix provided me with the toy robot cake recipe, which allowed 90 minutes to work on the challenge. (Contestants on the episode had 75 minutes.) And a challenge, it DEFINITELY was.
Sure, there were some perks to working on Mr. Robot (whom I affectionately named Robert) alone — the biggest perk being that I had little to no distractions, or a “Nicole Nags” button to contend with. That said, I’d 100 percent take distractions over the lack of resources I had at my disposal. Like, if I couldn’t find it at my local Ralphs, it wasn’t going in my cake (looking at you metallic fondant!).
Not only that, but the recipe instructed me to use cake mix, so I opted for Betty Crocker vanilla because there was no red velvet to be found — and ended up combining Betty’s and Netflix’s recipes. As you’ll see in just a moment, I’m no expert, but if there’s one thing I know about baking, it’s that precision is the name of the game, which is to say mixing recipes was definitely not my best idea.
Luckily, my competition isn’t exactly pro…
“It looks like a robot that maybe fell into a trash compactor a little bit, or perhaps some type of old-timey cash register,” guest judge Ron Funches said of Alicia Figliuolo’s cake. “It’s not pretty, but I’m just really proud of it,” the marine corps veteran responded, having only recently gained her ability to cook and bake again after a brain injury. (I’m proud of her too!) As for the taste, Torres would’ve liked more layers, but called it “good.”
Joseph Cogshell’s presentation was a little lackluster too. “Your cake also got a little too close to the sun, a little melty,” Byer cracked. And while the cake by Joe — a sales manufacturing manager with stage 4 chronic kidney disease, who wants to have fun baking — was so rock-hard it literally made a noise when Torres hit it against a table, the pastry chef said “it’s dry, but it doesn’t taste bad.” And hey, look at that one glowing eye! Good for you, Joe!
Elementary teacher Jill Briganti, meanwhile, did a little bit better all around. “It’s very square, so that’s not easy to do,” Torres explained, “but you spent so much time making the cake square that you forgot about all of the detail.” Still, her cake was tasty AF, and well put together. “The cake’s beautiful, frosting looks beautiful to me, job well done,” Funches said. It’s no surprise, then, that she won the whole thing.
But how did Jill fare against (Honorary) Contestant 4, a.k.a. me?! Well, I’ve baked in the past — a lot actually, and often successfully. But there’s something about tiered cakes that continue to elude me, and I can now add Robert the Robot to my #bakingfails list…
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“He’s not upright at all,” my very brave roommate said of my robot that looks less like a robot and more like a friendly (perhaps too friendly?) marshmallow. BUT, she added, “he’s really cute.” During the taste test, she called Robert “delicious, so moist,” but on second thought… “maybe too moist even?” We both agreed it was basically a frosting cake. So, yep, nailed it!
Now, where did I go wrong? (More like, where DIDN’T I go wrong?) My theory is that the major disaster struck when I combined two recipes, causing my cakes to take longer to bake, giving them basically no time to cool (even if I did have extra time) so I wasn’t able to add any layers; when I attempted to, the frosting melted and literally pulled the second layer apart.
Not only that, but I have zero experience with fondant, so I gave up on that and overcompensated with buttercream frosting. And because the cake was still warm, it sort of absorbed that frosting, causing it to be more frosting than cake. Oh, and I completely forgot about using Rice Krispies to make the head and legs. *FACEPALM*
All that said, I will still continue to poke fun at the terrifying baked goods to grace Nailed It! (that’s part of the fun of it, right?). I’ll just do so knowing that I’m not necessarily any better — at least where tiered cakes are concerned (sorry Robert, you deserved better!).
Talk about eating humble pie…

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Lamborghini Urus PHEV
Coming straight from Lamborghini Research and Development Director, Maurizio Reggiani, the company is moving forward with the Lamborghini Urus PHEV. The company's lone plug-in hybrid will go on sale in 2018.
“The design is pure Lamborghini. It has evolved considerably since the concept and the finished car is much better inside and out ... We want to be a leader here and have a chance to change the rules of the game.”
He didn't explain exactly what leading technology the vehicle would project, nor any specifics on what developments had taken place. We will likely see it in its updated form sometime in 2017.
Although, Reggiani did say that turbocharging will be "completely mandatory," since the SUV is heavy and needs all the torque it can get. Lamborghini hasn't offered an SUV since 1993, when the seven-year run of the LM002 came to a close.
Unfortunately, his tone has not changed regarding the rest of the company's lineup. He explained:
“A supersports car is completely different; you need the responsiveness of the engine, to feel the spark of every cylinder. We will keep normally aspirated engines for our other models. They are still the best choice.”
The Urus will also come in a twin-turbocharged standard ICE configuration, with a 4.0-liter V8. It shares a platform with the Audi A7 and the Bentley Bentayga. Reggiani noted that R&D's primary focus is on the handling of the SUV. This is critical, similar to the mention of turbocharging, due to the vehicle's weight and footprint. He said that weight, power, and aerodynamics are of the utmost, as Lamborghini moves forward.


Sometimes, even though I have a front row seat to the antics and stupidity, I still can’t believe what I’m seeing. The pic from the movie “Friday” pretty much sums up my thoughts on this one… I am personally disappointed in the outcome of the most recent debacle concerning the failure to report to DCS. While clearly mishandled by several folks, it’s sad that the fall guy in this instance is the one guy on FMLA leave. Come on, people. He wasn’t even at work.
In other news this week, Phalen Leadership Academy (PLA) is poised to take over operation of school 93 as a Conversion to Innovation Network School. PLA already operates school 103. The school will become chartered under Phalen, which is a non-profit subsidiary of Entrepreneurial Ventures in Education. I’m confused. School 93 just recently became a Project Restore School, a homegrown IPS model which has demonstrated success in schools 99 and 88 already. I’m not sure what the perceived benefits of this partnership are, when Project Restore has flourished as a program previously only managed by IPS. The proposal suggests merging the successful Project Restore model with elements of PLA’s blended learning model. In this case, I fear too many cooks spoil the broth of school improvement.
Similarly, Cold Spring School is a candidate for Conversion to Innovation status in partnership with Marian University. Conversion to Innovation occurs when the principal at the building coordinates the necessary charter school paperwork.
There are two other Innovation School proposals (not Conversion) on the table this week:
School 44 to be operated by Global Prep Academy, a foreign language immersion model – and school 69 to be operated by Kindezi Academy under Enlace Academy’s charter.
Both of these agreements allow for the charter operator to only “operate” grades K-2 in the first year, while overseeing the IPS student enrolled in grades three and up. While this makes sense in terms of a foreign language immersion curriculum, I still have many unanswered questions about the logistics of such an agreement. Do these entities receive the public funding to educate all of the students in these buildings? If so, then why are they only responsible for the lower grades? Are the teachers educating grades three and up still IPS employees, or are they employees of the charter school corporation? Why the distinction?
Also on the agenda this week is the sale of the SCIPS building on Massachusetts Avenue. I wonder where we’re gonna park our buses…
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A convicted thief who authorised refunds for herself at the Hollister store in Bluewater where she worked has been ordered to repay around £60,000.
Erika Martins, 21, of Crown Woods Way, Eltham, pleaded guilty to theft on April 16 at Maidstone Crown Court where she was sentenced to 10 months in prison.
Investigations by Kent Police found Martins had been defrauding her employers at Hollister, where worked as a cashier and sales assistant, by conducting cash refunds to herself.
On August 6 a confiscation hearing deemed Martins had benefitted to the tune of £63,584.
A total of £59,830 made up of seized cash and funds in her bank account was declared available and has been awarded to Hollister as compensation under the Proceeds of Crime Act.
Martins was also ordered to sell her car which was valued at £1,500.
- Motorists can now challenge parking tickets for £5
- Bromley storms into Top 50 best places to live in UK
- Bumper day for seals in Dartford
- Biggin Hill school raises cash for charity through festive jumper day
- Staff, students and rotarians in series of Erith charity walks


September milk up 1.3%
Some call it a September surprise. Others call it fodder for the bears.
Monday’s Milk Production report showed preliminary output at 17.6 billion pounds, up 1.3% from September 2018. Output in the top 24 states totaled 16.8 billion pounds, up 1.6%.
Revisions added 10 million pounds to the original 50 state August total, now put at 18.29 billion pounds, up just 0.2% from August 2018. Revisions added 32 million pounds to the top 24 states total.
Cow numbers continued to slip. The head count in the 50 states totaled 9.315 million, down 2,000 from August, which was revised lower by 1,000 cows, and 53,000 head below a year ago.
Output per cow averaged 1,891 pounds, down 72 pounds from August but 34 pounds above a year ago.
California output was up 1.6%, thanks to a 35-pound gain per cow offsetting 5,000 fewer cows milked. Wisconsin was up 0.6%, on a 20-pound gain per cow. Cow numbers were down 6,000 from a year ago.
Virginia had the biggest loss, down 7.3% on 8,000 fewer cows, followed by Arizona, down 4.9% on 11,000 fewer cows.
Texas showed the biggest increase, up 9.3%, thanks to 30,000 more cows and a 70-pound gain per cow.
Idaho was up 3.6%, thanks to 17,000 more cows and a 15-pound gain per cow. New York was up 1.7%, on 6,000 more cows and a 15-pound gain per cow and Minnesota was up 1.1% on a 40-pound gain per cow offsetting 5,000 fewer cows.
Michigan was up 3.8% on a 50-pound gain per cow and 6,000 more cows. New Mexico was up 2.0%, on a 40-pound gain per cow. Oregon was up 3.4% on a 15-pound gain per cow and 3,000 more cows.
Pennsylvania continues to struggle, down 3.8% on a drop of 32,000 cows from a year ago, though output per cow was up 40 pounds.
Washington state was 1.8% on 4,000 more cows and a 10-pound gain per cow.
Monday’s September Milk Production report fed the bears. Tuesday’s September Cold Storage report may add a little more fodder.
September butter stocks totaled 302.1 million pounds, down 2.2 million pounds, or 0.7%, from August but were 19.8 million pounds, or 7.0%, above September 2018.
American cheese stocks totaled 771.4 million pounds, up 5.5 million pounds, or 0.7%, from August but were 32.3 million, or 4.0%, below a year ago.
Stocks in the “other” category climbed to 571.6 million pounds, up 2.1 million pounds, or 0.4%, from August but were up 26.5 million, or 4.9%, from a year ago.
The total cheese inventory crept up to 1.369 billion pounds, up 6.4 million pounds from August but 10.5 million pounds, or 0.8%, below September 2018.
Prices fall, then soar
The CME cheese price roller coaster headed down last week as traders awaited this week’s September Milk Production and Cold Storage reports. The Cheddar blocks closed Friday at $1.9675 per pound, down 13.25 cents on the week but 47 cents above a year ago, when they fell 11.25 cents.
The barrels finished at $2.00, down 2.25 cents on the week, 73.25 cents above a year ago, and 3.25 cents above the blocks, the first inversion since May 10, 2019.
Monday saw the blocks jump 10.25 cents, then tack on another 3.25 cents Tuesday, hitting $2.1025, irrespective of the bearish milk production data and before seeing the cold storage numbers.
The barrels advanced 5.25 cents Monday and did it again Tuesday, hitting $2.1050, a quarter-cent above the blocks. Head scratching started Monday morning.
Dairy Market News reports that Midwestern cheese producers blame $2-plus cheese for sliding sales but cheese output is steady. Milk flowing to the Southeast has kept spot milk at a premium, typically around $1 over Class the past two weeks. Cheesemakers continue to use nonfat dry milk to standardize and fortify and cheese inventories were termed “balanced to tighter.”
The Western market has gone through ups and downs the past few weeks and customers are resistant to current price trends. Production is active.
The higher prices are affecting international requests, however, under the recent US-Japan trade deal that might take effect by Jan. 1, the U.S. will see the elimination of Japan’s tariffs on cheese, its largest dairy product export to Japan, says DMN.
Cash butter closed Friday at $2.1150 per pound, up 2 cents on the week but 14.25 cents below a year ago. 49 cars exchanged hands last week.
The butter inched up a half-cent Monday but lost 3 cents Tuesday, slipping to $2.09.
Central butter output is steady and butter demand is generally steady regionally, says DMN, with some upticks due to the upcoming holidays. Cream is as available as it has been in recent weeks, both regionally and in the West, but cream suppliers are getting more calls from Class II and III producers. Some even warn that there could be a seasonal shortage in the next few weeks.
Western butter contacts believe many end users have fourth quarter needs covered and buyers seem to be holding back on the normal holiday purchase fervor. There is plenty of cream available and butter Inventories, while getting drawn down seasonally, are thought to be heavy, says DMN.
Grade A nonfat dry milk climbed to $1.17 per pound last week, highest since Feb. 18, 2015, up a half-cent on the week, and 29.75 cents above a year ago.
Monday’s powder backed down a half-cent and stayed there Tuesday at $1.1650.
Dry whey saw a Friday close at 28.5 cents per pound, down 1.75 cents on the week, lowest CME price since April 4, 2018, and 29 cents below a year ago. There were 62 trades reported on the week, down from 71 the previous week and 80 the week before.
The whey was unchanged Monday, though 14 trades were recorded. It inched up a quarter-cent Tuesday, to 28.75 cents per pound, with 10 more loads exchanging hands.