BALTIMORE (WMAR) - Police say a man was killed following a shooting in the 300 block of East 23rd Street Saturday morning.
Baltimore City Police found the victim inside a car in the rear of the address. Detectives say the victim suffered gun shot wounds to his head and torso.
The victim is described as a 33-year-old black man, but police will not identify him until next of kin is notified.
Homicide Detectives are working to identify a suspect and motive. If you have any information pertaining to this incident, call 410-396-2100.
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Iceland, whose banking system collapsed in 2008, was the first of the Western European countries (although not part of the eurozone) to take a financial hit in the global recession. In January 2009, the Monitor described its 2008 financial meltdown, spurred on by risky banking practices, as the canary in the coal mine for the rest of the region.
Iceland was the world’s fourth-richest nation before its collapse. Three years later, it is still struggling to kick its economic growth back into gear. The sluggish pace is likely going to make it difficult for the country reduce its debt, which in April was at 103 percent of its GDP.

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Objective: To compare efficacy between medical and surgical abortion at 9 weeks of gestation or less.
Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort study comparing efficacy of medical compared with surgical abortion before 64 days of gestation at Planned Parenthood, Los Angeles, from November 2010 to August 2013. Electronic medical records were reviewed for ongoing pregnancies after the initial abortion procedure. Data were also collected on complications occurring within the immediate postabortal period (8 weeks postabortal) including unanticipated aspiration and major adverse events (emergency department presentation, hospitalization, perforation, transfusion, infection). Chi square test and logistic regression were used to compare the primary outcomes between cohorts.
Results: Data were collected from 30,146 women with pregnancies seeking termination before 64 days of gestation. Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics were similar in the medication and surgical abortion groups. Efficacy of pregnancy termination was 99.6% for medication abortions and 99.8%% for surgical abortions (P<.001). The medication abortion group was more likely to undergo an unanticipated aspiration, for ongoing pregnancy or persistent pain, bleeding, or both (2.1% compared with 0.6%, respectively, odds ratio 1.6, 95% confidence interval 1.1-2.3). These rates were unchanged after controlling for gravidity, parity, and body mass index. There was no difference in major adverse events between the two groups.
Conclusion: Medication abortion and surgical abortion before 64 days of gestation are both highly effective with low complication rates.
Level of evidence: II.

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ISLAMABAD (web desk) – PTI leader Naeemul Haq admitted on Thursday that the power show on Mall Road during the opposition parties protest was flop, adding that the decision made collectively contained shortcomings.
While talking on local t.v channel , he said, “Decisions made collectively had drawbacks.”
The spokesperson to the PTI Chairman told that the suggestion of resignations from parliament houses given by Sheikh Rasheed will be discussed and considered during the session of central executive committee. “The matter of resignations will be considered in central executive committee,” stated Haq.
Haq told that the purpose of the rally was to raise voice for the victims of Model Town incident. The objective was to demand resignations from Punjab CM Shehbaz Sharif and provincial law minister Rana Sanaullah. He vowed that PTI will support Tahirul Qadri in this matter.
On the matter of remarks against parliament by party chairman Imran Khan, he defended the opinion that the assemblies don’t pass legislations for the betterment of people. He slammed the party for its alleged move to omit Khatm-e-Nabuwwat clause.


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Yes, you can catch those old classics, but there are also new and exciting plays, musicals, concerts, and dance shows happening. From worldwide sensations like the Trans-Siberian Orchestra to modern and exciting performances like Hip Hop Nutcracker, here are the 13 Most Exciting Concerts and Shows coming to Columbus this holiday season. Harmony Project Concert via Facebook. What: Harmony.
Columbus is the main protagonist and narrator of Zombieland. He is portrayed as nerdy and cautious, although he also shows enough skill to survive in Zombieland. He shows the most emotion of the four main characters and is often the peacekeeper of the group. Like all of the main characters, he gets his alias from a city in the US he seeks to visit (Columbus, Wichita, Little Rock, and.
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The Niacin and Niacinamide Market size was estimated at $923.8 million in 2020, projected to grow at a CAGR of 5.8% during the forecast period 2021-2026. Niacin is a type of Vitamin B3 belonging to the family of the pyridinecarboxylic acids which can be consumed independently or in form of multivitamins. Niacin deficiency in humans may result in pellagra. As a result, it is an important food for humans. In the world of essential supplements, niacinamide, also known as Nicotinamide or Nicotinic Acid Amide, is interchangeably used with niacin.
The rising healthcare spending, customer preference for healthier eating habits, rising demand from cosmeceutical and pharmaceutical industry owing to its ability to protect skin cells from UV rays and benefiting against a variety of diseases are all driving the global Niacin and niacinamide market. Additionally, increasing prevalence of chronic diseases and rising government initiatives to raise awareness about the benefits of niacin and niacinamide are also likely to provide growth opportunities for the niacin and niacinamide industry. However, the stringent regulations along with, prominent side effects associated with niacin and niacinamide is predicted to pose a major threat to the market’s growth during the forecast period 2021-2026.
Niacin and Niacinamide Market Segment Analysis – By Form
On the basis of form, the market is divided into Powder, Granular and Liquid form. Powder segment account for the highest market share in 2020 owing to its higher shelf life and low cost when compared with liquid form. Additionally the onset of action of powdered Niacin and Niacinamide is rapid as compared to other forms thereby driving the market growth of the segment.
However the liquid segment accounted for the fastest market share in 2020 and it is expected to expand rapidly at a significant CAGR of 7.6% during the forecast period 2021-2026 owing to faster absorption rates and easy flexibility with dosing.
Niacin and Niacinamide Market Segment Analysis – By Application
Based on End User, the global Niacin and Niacinamide Market is segmented into Pharmaceutics, Cosmeceutics, Human Nutrition, Animal Nutrition and others. In 2020, the animal nutrition segment dominated the Niacin and Niacinamide Market. The Dominance of the segment can largely be attributed to its property which aid in the reduction of Ketosis in dairy cattle, resulting in increased milk production. According to recent lactation studies Cows supplemented with niacin reliably produce more milk with higher fat percentages.
However cosmeceuticals application segment accounted for the fastest market share in 2020 and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 7.9% during the forecast period 2021-2026. The dominance is due to increasingly usage of Niacinamide in the skin care product owing to its ability to protect skin cells from UV rays.
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Niacin and Niacinamide Market Segment Analysis – By Geography
Based on geography, Europe dominated the Niacin and Niacinamide Market with a region share of 39.6% in 2020 followed by North America and APAC. Rising cases of downer cow syndrome (DCS) in dairy cattle, as well as increasing cases of childhood obesity, are the major factors propelling the growth of Niacin and Niacinamide Market in this region. Moreover, the presence of large number of pharmaceutical and cosmeceutical companies that invest heavily on the research along is predicted to drive the market growth in this region.
Asia Pacific region is predicted to see the demand maturing in Niacin and Niacinamide Market owing to the rapid advancement in chemical studies, as well as the increasing healthcare expenditure in emerging economies such as China and India, which is predicted to create new opportunities for the regional Niacin and Niacinamide industry.
Niacin and Niacinamide Market Drivers
Application in Disease Prevention
Niacin and niacinamide have been shown to be beneficial in the treatment of a variety of diseases, including Pellagra and Melanoma. Taking extreme disorders like Schizophrenia into account, these chemicals have shown to be effective, and researchers are emphasizing the intake of niacin and niacinamide to combat Schizophrenia. Additionally, in vitro studies have shown that niacinamide has the ability to suppress melanoma cell proliferation and speed up apoptosis which is further set to propel the market forward during the forecast period 2021-2026.
Niacin and Niacinamide Market Challenge
Adverse Side Effects Associated with Consumption of Niacin
After years of being the go-to prescription for cholesterol treatment, niacin is no longer being recommended to patients because it has been linked to an increased risk of mortality and negative side effects. Niacin is losing its reputation for lowering the risk of strokes and heart attacks. There was no improvement in the risk of stroke and heart attacks in elderly people with cardiovascular disorders in the age group 50-80 who took extended release niacin and laropiprant. Concerns about niacin supplementation’s dangerous side effects, such as liver complications, excessive bleeding, infections, and gout, are also being investigated all these factor are predicted to act as a major impediment to the Niacin and Niacinamide Market’s growth during the forecast period 2021-2026.
Niacin and Niacinamide Market Landscape:
Product launches, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and geographical expansions are key strategies adopted by players in the Niacin and Niacinamide Market. Key companies of this market are Brother Enterprises Holding Co., Ltd., Zhejiang NHU Company Ltd., Fagron NV, Vertellus Specialties Inc., Jubilant Life Sciences Limited, Evonik Industries AG, Foodchem International Corporation, BASF SE, Merck KGaA, Bactolac Pharmaceutical Inc., Koninklijke DSM N.V., and Lonza Group AG.
In April 2020, ScieGen, a subsidiary of Bactolac Pharmaceutical, bolster its production to meet growing demandsof nutraceutical industry.
In July 2019, Jubilant Life Sciences announces price increase of 10% for Vitamin B3 (Niacin and Niacinamide).
Geographically, The Europe region held 39.6% of the total market share in 2020 owing to the rising cases of downer cow syndrome (DCS) in dairy cattle, as well as an increase in cases of childhood obesity.
Rising demand from cosmeceutical and pharmaceutical industry owing to its ability of protecting skin cells from UV rays and benefiting against a variety of diseases are the major driving force for Niacin and Niacinamide Market during the forecast period 2021-2026.
Detailed analysis on the Strength, Weakness and Opportunities of the prominent players operating in the market will be provided in the Niacin and Niacinamide Market.
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One of the chief complaints from Game of Thrones fans this season has been how muddled the timeline has been, especially concerning traveling times from Point A to Point B, which has been super fast. The most recent example? This Sunday’s episode, titled “Beyond the Wall.”
The episode saw Gendry sprint back to Eastwatch as Jon Snow and co. found themselves surrounded by White Walkers and Wights in the Ice Zombie Apocalypse north of The Wall and send a raven to Daenerys at Dragonstone (which, believe me, is really far away from The Wall), with Dany and her dragons making it back in time to (mostly) save everyone in the span of what could have been a day and a half. Tops.
Alan Taylor, who directed the penultimate episode of Season 7, spoke to Variety in order to address fan complaints and explain how they actually approached the timeline during filming:
“We were aware that timing was getting a little hazy. We’ve got Gendry running back, ravens flying a certain distance, dragons having to fly back a certain distance…In terms of the emotional experience, [Jon and company] sort of spent one dark night on the island in terms of storytelling moments. We tried to hedge it a little bit with the eternal twilight up there north of The Wall. I think there was some effort to fudge the timeline a little bit by not declaring exactly how long we were there. I think that worked for some people, for other people it didn’t. They seemed to be very concerned about how fast a raven can fly but there’s a thing called plausible impossibilities, which is what you try to achieve, rather than impossible plausibilities. So I think we were straining plausibility a little bit, but I hope the story’s momentum carries over some of that stuff. It’s cool that the show is so important to so many people that it’s being scrutinized so thoroughly. If the show was struggling, I’d be worried about those concerns, but the show seems to be doing pretty well so it’s OK to have people with those concerns.”
I can’t really argue against that. The Emmy-winning series is doing pretty well numbers-wise. While the timeline for “Beyond the Wall” was rushed, the epic battle between our heroes and the army of the dead was, well, epic. But still, for a show that almost always gets the little things right, it stands out.
Richard Dormer, who plays Beric Dondarrion, opened up to Variety about the frozen lake battle and his character using a flaming sword which, as it turns out, was really on fire. For real. See: Exhibit A below:
“It was like running a marathon in about 40 kilos of armor and seal skin, with only one eye and a flaming sword that kind of blinded my one good eye. It was hellish, but it was worth it. Hard work. It took us five weeks to film that battle sequence. The sword is not CGI. That’s real flames every single time. It lasts about two minutes, so I could only use it for two minutes and then it would start to go out so we had to start all over again…Also, I had to slow my sword arm down by about 20%. So if I was doing a move, I would just do it quick with the sword. But with the sword on fire, you can’t move that fast otherwise the flame will go out. So you’ve got to move just slightly slower but more effort, you know? Also it weighs three times as much as a normal sword, so it’s just this big club really.”
What do you think of Alan Taylor’s explanation concerning the way they dealt with the timeline of “Beyond the Wall,” and the fact that Richard Dormer has to fight with a real flaming sword on Game of Thrones?

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New homes can be personalized to your needs and taste.
Builders pricing can vary greatly. Builders display base pricing because you have not selected your options and upgrades yet and some homes may indicate that the land cost is not included.
Inspired by historic style, this new Neo-Traditional design uses decorative details to add a nostalgic aura to modern-day structure. The Wright has a rear-entry garage, making the front of the home more attractive and creating an intimate, appealing streetscape. Upon entering the home, you will find a secluded study to the left, perfect for working from home. To the right is the formal dining room that connects to the kitchen. Walking through the foyer, you will enter the family room that also extends into an open and airy kitchen. The kitchen features a large island and offers the option to add extra cabinetry for additional storage space. Upstairs, you will enjoy four large bedrooms, one of those being a luxurious owner's suite. Plus, there is a second floor laundry room to help streamline your daily routine. For additional living space, you can opt into an extended lower level rec room and/or outdoor living area.
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Whether youâre watching your calories, dietary fats or carbohydrates, going to a seafood restaurant can help you stay on plan. To most folks, dieting means deprivation, but seafood makes a great choice when youâre dieting or watching what you eat. In addition to larger servings, it contains a healthy dose of the essential fatty acids you need. Essential fatty acids speed up your metabolism and help you burn off those calories quicker. Whether you pick salmon, shrimp scampi or a combination plate, you can rest assured that your night out wonât set you back or ruin all of the hard work youâve done so far.
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The 2013 Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid gives VW something it hasn’t had before: a way to appeal to hybrid buyers who won’t consider its TDI diesels—no matter how fuel-efficient they may be.
The result is a relatively sporty, conventional looking compact sedan that’s fun to drive, comfortable to ride in, and appears to return 40 mpg or more in mixed usage.
40 mpg or more
On two different legs of our road test around Santa Fe, New Mexico, our Jetta Hybrid test cars returned 45.2 mpg and 41.7 mpg over hilly routes of 71 and 150 miles.
One note on those gas mileage numbers: We’re reserving some judgment until we have a chance to test the car on our usual test cycle.
Volkswagen projects that the 2013 Jetta Hybrid will be EPA-rated at about 45 mpg in combined city-highway use.
The Santa Fe test routes had several sharp climbs to higher altitudes, followed by a large number of gradual downhill roads. On those roads, the Jetta Hybrid could glide solely on electric power with the engine switched off—as high as 60 mph—which used no fuel over those stretches.
Small engine, single motor
To launch its first mass-market hybrid model, Volkswagen put a new powertrain into its three-year-old Jetta sedan.
The hybrid Jetta uses a 150-horsepower turbocharged 1.4-liter four-cylinder, one that hasn't been offered in any VW sold here until now.
It’s paired to a single 20-kilowatt (27-hp) electric motor, with a clutch on either end, and Volkswagen’s 7-speed direct-shift gearbox automated manual transmission. Output of the combined gasoline-electric powertrain is 170 hp.
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While the 20-kW electric motor is smaller than the 33-kW traction motor in the Toyota Prius hybrid, it nonetheless puts out 114 lb-ft of torque by itself.
That’s enough to accelerate the car away from a stop with a light foot on the accelerator, up to speeds as high as 37 mph.
Easy all-electric range
But Volkswagen has done its homework in figuring out what many hybrid buyers actually want: all-electric range.
The car’s stated electric range is up to 1.2 miles under ideal circumstances, but VW lets drivers opt for all-electric power by pushing the “E-Mode” button on the console.
That locks the gasoline engine out altogether, though it compromises acceleration, and raises the all-electric top speed of the hybrid Jetta.
As long as the car stays below 44 mph, driving in E-Mode keeps the car running only electrically until the 1.1-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery pack is depleted.
VW engineers stressed that E-Mode is not the most energy-efficient way to cover miles, overall. At times, using the engine to move the car and recharge the battery conserves more energy.
But most hybrid drivers like all-electric travel, and VW has given them the ability to call it up as often as they want below 44 mph, within the limits of the battery.
On-the-road performance is sporty, with acceleration that's both quicker and more linear than a Toyota Prius. Volkswagen quotes a 0-to-60-mph time of 8.6 seconds.
But it's the roadholding and handling that set the Jetta Hybrid apart from the rest of the hybrid pack.
VW has managed to imbue the electric power steering with enough feedback and feel that most drivers won't be aware the wheel isn't responding directly to the road surface.
And the hybrid Jetta doesn't feel notably heavier than the gasoline model, with a weight difference of just 229 lbs from the 2.5-liter automatic version of the gasoline car.
And with the standard 15-inch wheels and tires, the car both holds the road and rides comfortably.
The optional 17-inch alloy wheels and lower-profile tires, sadly, exact a significant penalty on ride comfort. They transit surface imperfections into the cabin, not to mention considerably more road noise.
We'd ignore the larger wheels, as great as they look, if we were ordering a Jetta Hybrid ourselves.
No hybrid feel
Best of all, the Jetta Hybrid doesn't "drive like a hybrid," which is to say with sluggish performance and an engine that howls under protest when pushed.
The use of a conventional 7-speed DSG transmission gives it a more conventional engine note, with shifts occurring even in E-Mode--an unusual thing for a car being driven on electricity.
But VW has done a stellar job at blending the two power sources together seamlessly. We experienced almost none of the lurching and nonlinearity of some other hybrids, despite a high rate of switching the electric motor in and out.
In particular, the Jetta Hybrid is significantly smoother and less obviously a meshing of two power sources than the Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, also a single-motor, twin-clutch design.
While power delivery is smooth and seamless, we weren't as thrilled with the brakes, which weren't very progressive and tended to slow the car aggressively with just a little pedal application. VW could do with another round of refinement to the pedal feel.
From tach to power meter
You'll have to look closely to distinguish the 2013 Jetta Hybrid from any other Jetta sedan model.
Exterior modifications are limited to a blanked-off grille, slightly different front and rear bumper shields, a tiny lip spoiler on the trunk lid, and some lower-body aero panels.
Inside, the cabin is pretty much standard VW Jetta. The front seats are comfortable, with bolstering in the right places.
On the models we drove, the seats were upholstered in a tasteful grey-and-black two-tone that lightened the cabin and extended to the door panels as well.
The instrument panel, befitting a car for which the phrase "German engineering" gets used half a dozen times, is sensible, straightforward, and no-nonsense.
The tachometer has been replaced by a power meter, with simple graphics that show when the car is operating up to the limits of its electric power, when it's recharging, and when it's coasting.


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Kids love treats and there is no better way to make such baked treats other than getting them involved in the preparation and baking process. Kids will love to bake with their mothers just the way they will enjoy drawing, reading and even painting with their fathers. While there are lots of options for baked foods to consider, it is important, to begin with, the simpler ones they can easily master before introducing the more complex baked foods to them. Remember, you must not let your toddler handle the baking alone, you still have to teach them how to set oven temperatures and even mix the ingredients proportionately. The following are some of the simple recipes children would love to learn;
The Leaf Cookies
Perhaps the Leaf cookie will be the perfect recipe to start baking with children. You can add different food colorings to make the cookies more fascinating, for instance, the colors of the flag of the United Kingdom will be a great addition.
You can get as many as 20 cookies from this recipe and it takes just 40 minutes to prepare and bake. The ingredients needed here are;
- 2 tubes of sugar cookie dough,
- ¼ cup of flour, and
- food coloring of your favorite colors.
To make the Leaf cookies, simply preheat the oven to about 350F degree, and place the cookie dough into a large bowl and mix together with the flour. Divide the dough into 4 separate bowls and dye them in different colors. Get a large bowl and then combine all dough. Roll out the dough to about ½” of thickness on a lightly floured surface with the use of a rolling pin, and use cookie cutters to cut the leaf out. Place the cookie on a parchment-lined baking sheet with cookies separated at an inch apart, and then bake in the oven for about 10 minutes until cookies turn golden brown. Let them cool off before serving.
The Nutella Cool Whip Pie
Children will cherish this whip pie, all day. Total preparation time is 1 hour 30 minutes and can serve up to 8. To make this recipe, you will need the following ingredients;
- 8 oz. of softened cream cheese,
- 1 cup Nutella plus extra for garnish,
- 12 oz. of divided cool whip,
- 8 finely chopped and divided Ferrero Rocher Chocolates,
- 1 shortbread crust,
- ¼ cup of powdered sugar.
To make this whip pie, get a large bowl and inside beat the Nutella, cream cheese, and powdered sugar until it becomes fluffy and light. Fold in the cool whip until fully mixed. Add 6 of the chopped Ferraro Rocher Chocolates and mix further to incorporate.
Fill your pie crust with the mix and the smooth top, then freeze for about an hour to set. To serve the pie, top up with the remaining cool whip, then drizzle with the Nutella before sprinkling the remaining chopped chocolates.
The Funfetti Dump Cake
A super delicious cake that takes just 40 minutes to complete. It will serve up to 8 children. The following ingredients are needed for this recipe;
- 1 cup of fresh milk,
- 1 box of vanilla instant pudding mix,
- 16 golden Oreos (4 crushed and 12 whole),
- ½ cup of white chocolate chips,
- 1 box of Funfetti cake mixture,
- 1 thinly sliced stick of butter, and
- ¼ cup of rainbow sprinkles.
To prepare this cake, simply pre-heat the oven to about 350F degree, then get a bowl or glass measuring cup and mix the vanilla pudding with the milk and whisk for about 2 minutes until it becomes thick. Spread the pudding on top of a 9 x 13” baking dish and top up with a layer of 12 Golden Oreos before sprinkling with white chocolate chips. Pour the cake mix on top and make use of a fork to level out the mix and break the clumps. Top up the mix with butter and then sprinkle the crushed Oreos on top and then add the sprinkles. Bake for about 20 minutes in the oven and cool for extra minutes before serving.
The Strawberry Shortcake Lasagna
This hard-to-resist recipe is quite easy to make. The total time for preparation is 3 hours 25 minutes and it yields up to 10. The ingredients needed for this recipe are;
- 4 cups of heavy cream,
- ½ cup of powdered sugar, plus extra for dusting,
- 2 teaspoons of pure vanilla extract,
- 1 ½ boxes of Nilla Wafers, and
- 1 lb. thinly sliced strawberries.
To make the recipe, get a large bowl and with the aid of a hand mixer, beat the sugar with the heavy cream and vanilla, until medium peaks form. Assemble the lasagna by getting a 9 x 13” pan, and then spread a thin layer of whipped cream before topping up with a layer of Nilla wafers. Spread another layer of whipped cream on top, and top up with strawberries. Repeat these layers once more and sprinkle crushed Nilla wafers on top. Refrigerate until the Nilla Wafers become soft, sprinkle extra sugar, and slice before serving.
The Cranberry meatloaf
If you enjoy the fruity cranberry in your recipe, you would love this piece of meatloaf recipe. Total preparation time is 2 hours and the ingredients needed are;
- 1 lb. ground ham,
- 1 cup of bread crumbs,
- 1 finely chopped onion,
- 1 lb. of freshly ground pork,
- 2 large eggs,
- 1 cup of milk,
- 1 cup of cranberry sauce,
- ¼ cup of water,
- ¼ cup of light corn syrup,
- 1/2 cup of whipped cream,
- 3 tablespoons of mustard, and
- 1 tablespoon of sugar.
To prepare the recipe, Mix the ingredients in a large bowl to form a thick down and pour in a 9 x 13” baking pan, and bake under 350F degree for about 1 ½ hours then turn it out on a platter. Place cranberry sauce on top of the meatloaf, before serving.
Kids love to be part of creative cooking methods such as baking, hence the earlier you start teaching and practicing the different baking methods with them, the better and quicker they can sharpen their baking skills.


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Recent judgment by the Supreme Court: retention bonus was not remuneration
In a recent judgment, the Supreme Court held that a retention bonus was not remuneration within the meaning of the Insolvency Act. The judgment is likely to have an impact on the question of whether retention bonuses are covered by section 17a of the Salaried Employees Act.
If a bonus to a salaried employee is considered remuneration for work performed, section 17a of the Salaried Employees Act applies. The requirement in this provision that the salaried employee is entitled to a prorated part of the bonus on termination of employment means that it is not possible to make the bonus conditional on the employee being employed at a specific date in the future (retention bonus) if the bonus amount is considered remuneration. The question of whether it is possible to grant employees a retention bonus that is not considered remuneration and, thus, is not covered by section 17a of the Salaried Employees Act has been the subject of several cases in recent years. In 2012, the Supreme Court ruled that a retention bonus to individual employees in a company in the energy sector was not remuneration, but simply a reward for remaining in their position for a certain period of time, which, among other things, was important for the security of energy supply in Denmark, whereas in 2017 the Supreme Court held that a retention bonus, following a specific assessment, was considered remuneration, for example because it required performance at a certain level.
Now the Supreme Court has had the opportunity to revisit the issue – this time in the context of insolvency law.
Creditor order of priority
The case concerned the insolvent estate of a major Danish company. Prior to the insolvency, the company had entered into agreements with three key employees on retention bonuses for staying in their positions until a certain date. After the insolvency, the trustee assumed all rights and obligations in the employees’ employment relationships and asked them to continue working for a short period of time. This meant that the employees’ claims for salary for work performed for the estate were moved forward in the order of priority as costs and charges, which would therefore have to be paid before other creditors’ claims.
The employees later filed a claim for payment of their retention bonus as costs and charges, but this was rejected by the trustee of the estate for several reasons, including because the retention bonus did not constitute remuneration within the meaning of the Insolvency Act.
Remuneration or reward?
The dispute was first taken to the bankruptcy court and then to the high court and the Supreme Court. The employees claimed that the retention bonus constituted remuneration for work performed, since the retention bonus agreement was made because no salary increases were granted during the period due to the company’s financial situation. The estate contended that the retention bonus was granted in addition to the employees’ salary and bonus, and that the right to the bonus and the amount of the bonus were not affected by the employees’ work performance or the company’s results, for which reason the bonus constituted a reward for remaining in their position in the same way as in the Supreme Court’s judgment of 2012.
The Supreme Court assessed the retention bonus agreement and held that the bonus was not remuneration within the meaning of the Insolvency Act. In its assessment, the Supreme Court attached importance to the fact that the retention bonus was only conditional on the employees remaining in their position for a certain period of time, that no holiday pay or pension was accrued, and that the retention bonus under the agreement did not constitute remuneration for work performed. Thus, the employees’ retention bonus did not have the status of costs and charges under the Insolvency Act.
Norrbom Vinding notes
that the judgment by the Supreme Court establishes that a retention bonus is not considered salary or remuneration within the meaning of the Insolvency Act if it is a pure reward – without any specific performance requirements – for remaining in a position during a period which is critical for the employer’s business; and
that there is nothing indicating that the definition of “salary” or “remuneration” under the Insolvency Act should be different from the definition under employment law and, as such, the judgment is probably also of significant importance to the extent to which employers and employees can enter into agreements on retention bonus without such bonus being covered by section 17a of the Salaried Employees Act.
The content of the above is not, and should not be a substitute for legal advice.
The bill, which introduces a requirement for registration of working time for each individual employee and provides the opportunity to derogate from the 48-hour rule for certain employees, has been adopted.
Ius Laboris recently received the prestigious Global Network of the Year award at The Lawyer European Awards 2023.
The long-awaited bill, which introduces a requirement for registration of working time for each individual employee and provides the opportunity to derogate from the 48-hour rule for certain employee groups, has been submitted to the Parliament. The effective date has been postponed to 1 July 2024.
In a new article, Ius Laboris takes a closer look at the issue of whether employers can monitor employees’ social media posts.
On the first Tuesday of October, the parliamentary year kicked off and, as usual, the Government announced its legislative programme for the parliamentary year 2023/2024.
The opportunities associated with AI are immense, but right now it is necessary to address a number of concerns about the use and potential of AI in the workplace.

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Back in 1955, the Chrysler C-300 cut a swath with its “Forward Look” styling and powerful HEMI V8 engine. It was essentially a NASCAR racer homologated for purpose with a limited run of street cars – a true muscle car, nearly a decade before the Pontiac GTO flashed its tail. Through decades, the Chrysler 300 has proven mighty muscular.
SRT Core edition is for the true enthusiast. Forget heated leather seats, fancy stitched dashboards, or flamboyant color combinations. Instead, passengers ride on non-heated canvas sport thrones and gaze upon vinyl dash and door coverings. It’s not all glum; the thick SRT leather-wrapped steering wheel is near perfect on highway or track and the blue-lit gauges glimmer like ice-encrusted chronographs.
Given austere trim, the interior is well equipped. Harman Kardon audio with 19 speakers will rock your ass. Automatic climate control, dual-pane panoramic sunroof, and Bluetooth calling/streaming audio add convenience. Chrysler’s Uconnect infotainment system can be controlled by voice, knobs, or a baby-simple touchscreen with easy-to understand icons. Back-up cameras and crash avoidance systems are not Core.
As with other 300s, Core models look like Americanized Bentleys with their big mesh grilles, formal roofline, bunkered windows, and high rear deck. Wide hoods expand to raised edges that give the car presence for observers on both sides of the windshield. SRT highlights include 20” alloys with all-season performance tires, rear spoiler, red brake calipers, and Granite Crystal Metallic exterior paint.
Behind the bold grille is a 6.4-liter HEMI V8 delivering 470 horsepower. By any measure, the 300 SRT is a mean machine. Fuel Saver technology, which pauses four cylinders at cruise, and a five-speed automatic transmission help it deliver 14/23-MPG city/hwy…numbers that were inconceivable six decades ago.
There’s power-a-plenty, but the 300 SRT also has a chassis to back it up. The sedan’s architecture is based on the late-90s Mercedes E-Class, developed while Daimler controlled Chrysler. Its suspension soaks up road rough like an iron sponge and settles onto the Interstate with the presence of Bette Midler at a Pride parade. If you’ve driven older Mercedes, you’ll recognize the car’s moves. It feels like an army of beefy Marys couldn’t divert it from one’s chosen course. For SRT duty, the suspension was stiffened enough to attack tracks without losing its composed daily-drivability.
If you’re looking for a sports car, shop on. From design to handling, the 300 SRT is not that sporty. It will accelerate like drama on RuPaul’s Drag Race, storm highways with skill that belies German pedigree, looks like a movie star, and will bellow like your dog in the morning. It takes arm muscles to heave it around a road course, so don’t look for quick wrist action. I also think it’s time to upgrade the interior trim. Core or not, the canvas unheated seats are a joke.
I read a recent story in a popular car magazine that pondered why somebody would buy a Chrysler 300 SRT. It’s not a mystery and I reject the stupid question out-of-hand. Bad-to-the-bone style, the roar of a HEMI, and a Mercedes-derived chassis are its calling cards. If you want a sexy sports car, but something else. It’s an American Mercedes with brute horsepower that’s bad to the Core. A base price of $44,900 or $52,225 as-tested, however, makes it anything but cheap.
2014 Chrysler 300 SRT Core
Five-passenger, RWD Sedan
Powertrain: 470hp 6.4-liter V8, 5-spd auto trans
Suspension f/r: Ind/Ind
Wheels: 20”/20” alloy f/r
Brakes: Brembo disc/disc fr/rr with ABS
Must-have features: Style, God’s HEMI
Fuel economy: 14/23 mpg city/hwy
Assembly: Brampton, ON
Base/as-tested price: $44,900/52,225


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How to Make Teriyaki Chicken or Pork Chops
- Preheat oven on broiler setting.
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Mistakes of the dead are examples for the living, so the wise saying goes. But to live and yet commit the mistakes of the dead is to be considered for living but dead. Is it not prudent to look at what tripped a person, than look at where the person fell?
Recently, utterances on the electronic media, especially, radio leaves the traces of questions, such as, whether, the fraying lines of cohesion will be able to hold Ghana together up until 2012 and beyond?. It is largely established, the print media is the life blood or serves as the oxygen of television especially radio in Ghana. Starting from 6 am to 10 am in the morning on Mondays to Fridays, newspaper reviews form the main programme schedule on radio. Saturdays' has also been added to the day of reviews, this time the focus is on major news items that made the headlines during the week. This indeed excludes a radio station or two. Other radio stations make the extra effort to meta-physically probe the news papers or headlines for the day late in the afternoon. These private radio stations, do empanel members from the various political parties. Some other panelist includes, social commentators, and of course professional Journalist who without remorse go to their wits end to defend political parties, and their policies. Public relations melt down at its best.
Nevertheless, Political Science and other field of study wholly and severally embrace free expression, which psychologically is known as free association. This necessitates the release of tension in the mind to prevent intrapsychic conflict. Freedom of expression as defined by the Greek is, expressing what is true and naturally exist. The entity that is against free expression should possibly be asked to give not a reason, but reasons. Hence expressing one's free will is one thing, and whether what is being expressed is true and naturally exist is another issue. Therefore, views expressed by panelists on these radio stations, cum phone-ins can not be stopped, but care must be taken, in order not to throw caution to the air. Indeed, some of the panelist are emotional, overly passionate, and wild in their allegations. Simply inflammatory. In such instances, it calls for a reflection on a statement once made by a humanitarian worker at Rwanda during the 1994 genocide; “it reminds me of the fragility of mankind and the relations between people”.
The media similar to the proverbial fire, it can help preserve society, and at the same instance destroy. The media has been pointed as a large element in creating mistrust in Rwanda. It is a held belief that, the fourth estate of the realm is said to have disseminated inflammatory articles and hateful political cartoons and printed jokes such as “a good Tutsi is a dead Tutsi”. These negative contributions, led to disintegration through a series of totally senseless incidents of bloodbath that reached their apogee. Some newspaper headlines and subsequent comments during news reviews push for the question, what are the intended purposes? The newspaper might be silent, but the radio stations and their panelist will amplify it. Remember most of these radio networks are on the internet.
At the turn of the millennium, a communicationist, Hugo de burg, claimed that, “Freedom of expression” is all but very well, but for an opinion to be well grounded it needs, information, verifiable facts and contracting views”. The communicationist has requested a lot of brooding prior to comments. Does this ring a bell to our social commentators? Some unguarded statements which go to polarize and paralyse society has been allowed to stroll freely, bereft of the possible consequences, can be very fatal.
Additionally, the recent unpass that ensued between the Techniman traditional area and the Asante Kingdom clearly gave us away on the cracks beneath our national psyche, and the possible distractive potentials of the Ghanaian media. Some social commentators exposed petrol to the already volcanic situation. Why do we always want to be the very ones' who lead our spirits wrong? This brings to the fore that, unless there is a genuine transformation, which stems from Ghanaians themselves in this precarious direction, we would be heading towards a dysfunctional, fragile and fractious climax. It also calls on the various media houses, and their choice of panelists who cannot, but opt for the apt self-censorship of any sensitive issue. The burden is upon the media to distil tensions in what ever form in the country and not contrary, the brewer.
The 2008 general elections was a blink point. No society, indeed human society is immune to conflict. Who would have thought Cote de' voire will be in the state it is now, but it real. And if Ghanaians care to know, the Headquarters of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has been moved form Cote de' voire. The happenings of Bawku in the Upper East, Dagbon (Yendi), in the Northern, and other parts of the country, such as Techniman and Asante, tell all and sundry, forgetting the past is the surest way to ensure that a similar tragedy will occur in the future.
Besides, comments from various quarters of politicians, Social commentators, and their disgruntled, foot soldiers are vivid, the 2012 general elections is a make or break. In this seeming discourse the media is the vehicle, which would carry the whispers, nods and winks to the Ghanaian populace. Considering the negative impact of the Rwandan media in the march-up to the genocide, we should be asking ourselves in Ghana, whether we are infallible? For months unend, day in and day out, Hutu radio stations in Rwanda incited hate speech at the Tutsi minority – referring to them as “cockroaches” that should be crushed and killed. What was the catalyst here? Is it not the media? The end result was the failure to act decisively and firmly by the State Authorities led to an incident that shook and disgusted the world to its core. The Medias' quest for high revenue, should not lead it to allow itself to be used as the propeller of intolerance, and the repetitive use of derogatory slogans and songs.
Inspite of all the guidelines on media practice in Ghana, many houses are breaking these rules and regulations with impunity. The National Media commission (NMC) and the National Communications Authority (NCA) should bear their teeth to instill discipline, law and order in the media. For the reason, most of them do nothing, but contribute to tensions. This has often ended them in crippling barrage of lawsuits resulting in hefty fines. The NMC and NCA should prevent the media from leading the country hook, line and sinker into the mud. Most of these stations or networks should have their mission statements queried.
Despite the existence of the Ghana Journalist Associations (GJA) Code of Conduct, the media will always prefer to opt for the spring left in their stride to be mistrust, tension, and bitterness. The authorities overseeing the Ghanaian media landscape should roll up their sleeves to stem the tied, in order for Ghana not to reiterate the philosophy of the absurd “Had I known” syndrome. The 2012 general elections is where the real test to determine whether Ghana, and for that matter Ghanaians, are immune, from media engineered conflicts. Remember, in the classroom, lessons are taken before tests are conducted. But in real life, tests are faced before lessons are learnt.
“These commandments that I give you today are neither too high nor too far for you. They are not in heaven that you should say; “Who will go up to heaven to get these commandments that we may hear them and put them into practice” Neither are they at the other side of the sea for you to say; “who will cross to the other side and bring them to us, that we may hear them and put them into practice” On the contrary, my word is very near you; it is already in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can put it into practice. Deut 30:11-14.
Rwanda is near for Ghana to learn from. There is much knowledge in reading and much more wisdom in listening.
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Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal reported that merchants like Home Depot, Target, and Amazon are becoming increasingly frustrated with the high fees they pay to accept rewards credit cards, and are seeking relief from the courts or through negotiations with Visa and Mastercard. Particularly, merchants are looking for the networks Visa and Mastercard to end their ‘honor all cards’ rules, which say that if you accept any Visa credit card you need to accept all Visa credit cards, and ditto with Mastercard.
Today, if you spend $100 at a large grocery store, Visa would charge the store a $2.20 processing fee if you used a top-tier rewards credit card from their Visa Infinite line (like Chase Sapphire Reserve), a $1.75 fee you used a Visa Signature rewards credit card (like the Bank of America Travel Rewards Card), and $1.25 fee for any other Visa credit card, which are generally those without rewards. By comparison, to accept a debit card, the processing fee would be 75 cents or less.
The article points out that rewards credit cards are incredibly popular with consumers – but do consumers actually win in the current system where merchants pay a fee to the networks (Visa, Mastercard, Amex and Discover), the networks pay issuers (Chase, Citi, Capital One, etc.), with much of the final fee getting sent back to customers in the form of rewards?
On the surface, the Americans who avoid paying interest on their credit card by paying their bill in full each month are getting a great deal – a family spending $1,000 per month on their credit card can easily net $200 per year in “free cash” from rewards. Beneath the surface, things get more complicated.
A regressive system
The most obvious flaw with the current system of processing fees and rewards is that stores raise prices to cover the fees – and because giving out a 1% or 2% percent discount to people who are paying with cash or a debit card can be clunky, those prices are usually higher for everyone, not only those paying with a rewards credit card. On balance, that system is regressive, given that the Americans who primarily shop using their credit card are wealthier than the Americans who primarily shop using cash and debit. Researchers at the Federal Reserve of Boston found that because of the price effects associated with credit card rewards, the lowest-income households, those that make $20,000 or less annually, pay an extra $21 per year in higher prices, and the highest-income households, making $150,000 or more annually, receive an extra $750 every year in rewards.
But there’s another, more subtle, reason why credit card rewards may not be the boon to consumers that they’re made out to be.
Confusing the shopping experience
While some consumers use credit cards purely for the rewards and convenience, 60% of active credit card users are “revolvers” who borrow money and pay interest on their credit cards.
For consumers that are going to borrow money using their credit card, picking out their credit card based on the rewards is like buying a house because you like the color they painted the bedroom – it just really shouldn’t be the most salient feature.
Credit card interest rates vary significantly – for customers with the best credit scores, Discover, BarclayCard and Capital One offer APRs as low as 13.74%, while subprime customers can expect to pay upwards of 25%. That 12 percentage point spread is pretty significant when you consider the best credit card rewards hover around 2%. And because interest compounds, the difference can become even more significant.
Consider a customer with a good credit score who spends $3,000, and pays off $100 each month. At a 13.74% interest rate, they’ll pay $696 in finance charges. Raise that rate by one percentage point and their finance charges will go up by $69. Raise it by 2%, and the charges go up $141, landing at $837 paid to borrow $3,000. By comparison, their rewards on that spend would have only been $60.
TV advertisements and popular comparison websites like CreditKarma and CreditCards.Com, paid by the banks to advertise their products, focus almost exclusively on rewards and perks, at the expense of comparing interest rates and fees.
This has been a meaningful shift over the last ten years. The 2017 CFPB Consumer Credit Card Market Report found that while in 2002, only 20% of credit card mail solicitations advertised rewards, today, roughly 60% do.
In a world without credit cards rewards and perks, issuers would start competing again on interest rate, drawing people’s attention back to where it should have been all along. The graph below pretty clearly shows how U.S. consumers focus has drifted – in 2004, Americans Googled credit card APRs and credit card rewards at a similar rate, while in 2018, credit card reward searches were more than three time as common.
Much of the change here has happened at the subprime end of the market, where consumers are the most vulnerable, and the least likely to pay their credit card bills in full. In the three years between 2011 and 2014, the percentage of new subprime credit cards offering rewards rose to 58%, up by 37% points.
A “shrouded equilibrium”
Mary Zaki, an economist at University of Maryland, has called the current credit card market a “shrouded equilibrium,” noting that lenders can avoiding competing on price because consumers have so much difficulty assessing how an interest rate translates into the cost to borrow.
Perhaps it’s not surprising that consumers would prefer to think about and compare based on rewards, which are ‘fun,’ compared to fees and finance charges, which are painful.
Some academics and experts, like Lauren Willis, Professor of Law at Loyala University, have proposed that regulators require credit card companies to start using ‘Smart Disclosures.’ While standard disclosures like the famous “Schumer Box” are a table of key terms, a ‘Smart Disclosure’ would leverage each consumer’s own pattern of purchases and payments to predict the total amount of fees, interest, and rewards that person would accrue. There’s a lot to like about those proposals – but we might be better off in a world where most financial products were just simpler to begin with.


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The debate over whether terminals should accept any responsibility for mis-declared container weights is getting more heated.
The World Shipping Council, BIMCO, International Chamber of Shipping and the governments of Denmark, the Netherlands and the US in June issued a proposal on the issue, in response to an invitation from the International Maritime Organization’s Dangerous Goods, Cargoes and Containers sub-committee.
According to the TT Club, the key part of the joint-proposal is the inclusion of the phrase “terminal representative” in its proposed amendments to current Safety of Life at Sea (Solas) regulations. Under existing legislation, shippers are legally responsible for correctly declaring the weight of their loaded container to the shipping line, but no partner in the supply chain has a legal responsibility for verifying that that declaration matches the actual weight of the container.
As a result, there have been several high-profile accidents that have been at least partly attributed to the mis-declaration of weights.
The WSC/ICS proposed amendment reads: “A freight container loaded with cargo may not be stowed aboard a ship to which the present Solas regulations apply, unless the master or his representative and the terminal representative have the verified actual gross weight of the container in advance of vessel loading.”
Following legal advice provided Holman Fenwick Willan, the TT Club has concluded that while the proposed amendment may increase terminals’ liability if an overweight or mis-declared container is loaded aboard a vessel and subsequently discovered to have caused an accident, the advantages to the supply chain of assigning some degree of responsibility to terminals outweigh the disadvantages to terminals themselves.
Holman Fenwick Willan studied what effect the amendment would have under English law – under which many shipping cases are heard and which would also be broadly mirrored in Hong Kong, Singaporean and Australian jurisdictions – and discovered that it has the potential to be a “game-changer” in the relationship between terminals and shipping lines, as well as terminals and shippers.
While terminals are currently free from any obligation to weigh containers, the WSC/ICS amendment would make the existence of an “implied term” (where terminals are obliged to verify container weights) much more likely, which could in turn lead to a change in the nature of terminal handling contracts between shipping lines and terminals.
Additionally, shippers with cargo damaged due to being on board a vessel that suffered an accident as a result of mis-declared container weights, could claim negligence on the part of a terminal that had not weighed the container at fault.
“Cargo owners (whose cargoes are damaged) or ship owners (whose chartered-out ships are lost) may seek to argue the existence of a duty of care in negligence on a terminal to verify the weight of containers or actually weigh containers if they can prove that the failure to weigh was causative. On balance, we think the argument would currently fail but we cannot exclude the possibility that it would succeed. If the WSC/ICS amendment is implemented, we think that there would be a much stronger argument that a duty exists,” HFW wrote.
The underlying opinion at the law firm is that terminals ought to use the amendment as an opportunity to provide a service to carriers and shippers which allows them to comply with the new requirements, and recoup the investment in weighing technologies – whether in the form of a weighbridge or a weighing mechanisms on crane spreaders – through some form of terminal handling surcharge. A view that the WSC/ICS proposal also supports.
Similarly, TT Club was confident that insurance policies could be easily devised that would protect terminals, noting “underwriters generally are adept at accommodating legislative revision”, and it also added that the introduction of the amendment would bring carriers reluctant to tackle errant shippers into line.
“This creates a ‘level playing field’ by which all ships will have to adopt a common standard. Anecdote would have us understand that cargo rejected by one line may historically have been accepted by another. As such, global legislation should resolve any commercial sensitivities.”
In an earlier interview with The Loadstar, TT Club’s risk management director Peregrine Storrs-Fox said: “My reading of the WSC/ICS proposal is that it’s realistic, and its likely to be about four years before actual implementation – by the time it has been through all proper committee processes it will deliver results that are measurable.”
But many terminals remain fundamentally opposed to the idea. One terminal manager in Germany told The Loadstar: “I cannot understand why they are looking at the ports to do this. The ports are seldom the first place to handle a box. The shipper should know how many boxes he has put into a container, and he should know that each one weighs X, and therefore the container should weight that times the number of boxes – it’s not hard.
“It’s criminal for a shipper not provide the proper weight – after all, it’s the same sequence of events as hazardous cargo. So, go after the guys that mis-declare and fine them – and do that for five weeks and then you are home… don’t set up a system that transfers the responsibility to the ports.”

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/ Village: Las Marias
Ethnic Group: Pech
High on the fertile banks of the Rio Platano Bernardo, a Pech Indian, harvests cacao, one of his many crops. Most of the soil found in the rainforest is thin and poor. The soil deposits on the margins of the river offer the only opportunity to grow anything with success. Bernardo has integrated his farm into a few acres of secondary forest that produces a stunning variety of produce including coconuts, cacao, sugar cane, coffee, yucca, peppers, limes, guava and cilantro.

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I read an interesting article in the online version of National Geographic, first reported in Bender’s Daily Immigration Bulletin. The article is an interview with Jason De León, an anthropologist and the author of a book, The Land of Open Graves: Living and Dying on the Migrant Trail. The author grew up in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas. His father is Mexican, his mother is from the Philippines, and he spent his childhood speaking Spanish. He is currently an assistant professor at the University of Michigan. In the interview, he speaks about why U.S. border crossing deaths go largely unrecorded while European migrant deaths are headline news; why American economic and drugs policies helped create the crisis; and why he calls the Prevention Through Deterrence program, which funnels migrants towards the Sonora Desert, a “killing machine.”
More than five million people were arrested between 2000 and 2013 while trying to cross the border from Mexico into Arizona. A further 6.4 million were apprehended in Texas, California, and New Mexico. Thousands more perished in the furnace-like heat of the Sonoran Desert, their bodies rarely recovered. Yet despite the arduousness of the crossing and the high-tech surveillance systems arrayed against them, most of the survivors will attempt to cross again.
Mr. De León advances the argument that the U.S. Policy of Prevention through Deterrence is a “killing machine.” Essentially the U.S. government has put resources into making it impossible for migrants to cross in populated centers such as in El Paso, instead funneling people into the deserts. In this way people have to cross through harsh environments, perhaps dying along the way. The U.S. government’s thinking was that if people had to cross by overcoming such extreme conditions, they would stop coming. At first Mr. De León thought it was an unintended consequence of U.S. government policy but then he came across documentation (which he has published in his book) which shows that that it was intended and that the U.S. government measures whether the policy is working by the number of deaths in the desert. Of course, the reality is that the policy is not working. Migrants compare their lives at home with the risks of crossing the desert and come anyway.
The author discusses the differences between the European migrant crisis and the Mexican one. One of the main differences is that in Europe, if a person is found dead while attempting to cross, it makes the news, it is more noticeable. In Arizona, it happens in the middle of nowhere. “There are no people with cameras or folks out there to be shocked. So it keeps going, unseen and mostly unreported.” Also the American public is desensitized to certain images. A colleague of his in Arizona did a study of local news reports about migrant deaths. “What he found was that as the number of corpses went up, the news coverage went down. Migrant death became the ‘new normal.'”
During the interview, Mr. De León discusses how we can change the negative stereotypes we have of border crossers. He explains that perhaps if the American public realized that we have created the demand for cheap labor, it is more understandable why they keep coming here. Also we have helped to create the economic conditions that exist in Mexico currently. Americans consume the drugs coming across the border and supply the weapons for the drug war that has turned Mexico into a battle zone. Perhaps if we could show how this is all interconnected, people would have a little more sympathy.
Mr. De León’s book is very timely considering all the anti-immigrant rhetoric that we hear. It helps us to understand what causes people to immigrate from Mexico and Central America and the human consequences of our immigration policies.
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Trek Alumni In Fox Fall LineupBy Michelle
May 18, 2003 - 1:08 AM
FOX released its 2003-4 fall schedule on Thursday, including several shows with Trek connections among the lineup.
Melinda Clarke, who played Sarin in Enterprise's "Broken Bow", will star in The O.C., a new drama about Orange County, California. The show examines an idyllic waterfront community where everyone appears to be rich and comfortable, but beneath the surface lie secrets and tensions that undermine the paradise.
Zap2It reports that the series "looks like Beverly Hills, 90210 with a different zip code and more interesting adult characters." Clarke has an additional genre following from her appearances as Velasca on Xena: Warrior Princess.
The O.C. will also star Benjamin McKenzie, Peter Gallagher, Mischa Barton and Tate Donovan. The series will air Thursdays at 9 p.m. following Tru Calling, the story of a woman who can go back in time for a single day at a time to help people, starring Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Eliza Dushku.
Former Voyager story editor Bryan Fuller's new series Wonderfalls has had a slight change in the spelling of its title (see previous article). It is now a planned mid-season replacement rather than a likely summer debut for the fall season.
The series stars William Sadler, Section 31's Sloan on Deep Space Nine. Sadler was also in The Shawshank Redemption and is known to science fiction fans from his regular role on Roswell.
Wonderfalls is described as a quirky yet funny drama, taking advantage of its Niagara Falls setting to tell the story of a souvenir shop saleswoman who unexpectedly finds that inanimate animal figures can talk to her. Todd Holland of Malcolm in the Middle co-produces along with Fuller.
"Caroline Dhavernes looks to be a real find and the rest of the cast also seems to have charm," notes Zap2It. The show also stars Katie Finneran, Tyron Leitso and Diana Scarwid.
Onetime Borg Queen Susanna Thompson, better known for her role on Once and Again, will also appear on a mid-season replacement series, Still Life, an unusual series in that the protagonist is a dead man watching over his still-living family.
Produced by Marti Noxon of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (whom many fans blame for that show's decline, notes Zap2It), the series has a very strong cast including David Keith and Dark Angel heartthrob Jensen Ackles.
The full FOX fall lineup can be found here at Zap2It.


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Malbork is without doubt one of the most famed towns in Poland because of its well-known Teutonic fortress and scrumptious Outdated Polish delicacies. Right here each and every gourmand is certain to search out one thing for himself! Fortress soup and wormwood also are well known sights on any discuss with to Malbork, so it wouldn’t harm to take a look at them all the way through your keep, particularly as there are boat cruises in the summertime and access to the Malbork Fortress swimming pool.
In fact, a weekend in Malbork is unequivocally related to: Malbork Fortress excursion! Alternatively, this is no doubt now not all.
The biggest surviving medieval fortress in Europe, consisting of 3 portions: Low Fortress, Medium Fortress and Prime Fortress. It’s value taking a look at it from the river aspect. From each and every level within the complicated there are shocking perspectives that seize their grandeur in unbelievable element; you’ll be able to see the whole lot as in case you had been on a excursion round each and every nook.
The Teutonic castle of Malbork turned into the everlasting place of dwelling of the Polish king Kazimierz Jagiellończyk in 1457. For over 3 centuries it served as an army base.
The Fortress Museum gives many sights for guests, together with a number of exhibitions of previous guns and artefacts from all over the world. A re-enactment of the “Siege of Malbork” may be carried out.
The Grand Refectory is without doubt one of the greatest reception rooms in Malbork. It’s right here that the Grand Masters gained their visitors and the monastic chapters happened, the place vital issues regarding their order had been mentioned, in addition to the place services and products had been held for them each day! This spectacular area has 3 pillars supporting its roof; it’s 30 metres lengthy, 15 metres vast and 9 metres top,
The church was once a refuge for the homeless and aged. After the 2d International Battle it turned into a residential development, however was once by no means renovated, which ended in its decline through the years – there have been plans to demolish this previous development prior to Poles and Germans got here in and invested and renovated the development.
The development is a beautiful instance of German structure. Up till lately, there have been talks about cave in as a result of some idea they may save most effective portions however now because of everybody’s efforts (together with the ones native govt) the medical institution is stored!
After centuries of serving as a college, the Latin College was once in large part destroyed in 1899. Alternatively, it was once now not utterly misplaced; as an alternative, its development served new functions, after being rebuilt and renovated through other other folks at other issues in historical past, till 2013, when it turned into house to what is referred to now because the Malbork Centre for Tradition and Schooling.
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It’s the end of July; summer is in full swing in the Eastern Upper Peninsula. I've been grilling for weeks now. It helps to cut down on the heat in the kitchen. I use a Weber grill, occasionally I purchase charcoal, however most of the time I use small chunks of wood from branches that have been trimmed. My husband uses spruce sap as a starter, it works really well. You also don’t get the chemical taste from starter fluid. Cooking over wood is just the best. Even when I use charcoal my husband puts some pieces of green wood atop it so as to get the nice smoked flavor.
Potatoes and Chive Side-Dish for the Grill
Since I am picking a bunch of chives today, it seems only right to have some for dinner. I don’t have potatoes yet but they had a pretty good deal on them at the co-op today. This recipe is quick and easy, it has taken me longer to type this then it will take to prepare.
You will love this side-dish for the grill; cube 5-6 medium potatoes, sprinkle with zesty country seasoning, salt and pepper, then top with lots of chopped fresh chives and dot with 3 tablespoons butter (unsalted). Wrap up the foil you are ready for the grill. Takes about 20-25 minutes, turn after 10-12 minutes. Yummy!
Homemade BBQ Sauce
I make my own BBQ sauce. I've been using this recipe for over 20 years. I originally found this recipe in an old cook. At first it just appeared to be an old newspaper clipping. Then it turned into our family BBQ sauce recipe. I have made a few adjustments over the years to the original newspaper clipping. One side of the clipping has a date, 1957, my birth year. The original recipe is for making “Beef in Barbecue Sauce”. And it is very good like that… pulled beef. If you want to make the pulled beef just add 1 cup stock to the recipe, and your beef of course.
In a skillet heat 4-6 tablespoons of grape-seed oil (I like this oil because it has a very light flavor and you can turn the heat up without burning), add 1 heaping cup of chopped celery, 2-3 large diced onions. Simmer until celery is tender and onions are translucent.
Add ¼ cup of apple cider vinegar (this will de-glaze the pan), now add 4-6 tablespoons of brown sugar (depends how sweet you like your BBQ) and 2-3 cloves of garlic, simmer until sugar is completely dissolved.
Then add 1 ½ cups of ketchup, 4 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce, and a teaspoon of salt. Simmer for about 20 minutes to combine all the flavors. This sauce is quite zippy, the vinegar zippy that brings a sweat on, but not spicy. Like your sauce spicy? Add a dash of cayenne pepper.
I made it ahead of time and put it into the fridge. Today I am putting it on grilled chicken. It is awesome on Burgers with an onion ring (we call it a cowboy burger). This sauce makes a great dipping sauce for chicken tenders and onion rings too.
I would love to be able to can some of this up for the pantry. I will have to experiment with the recipe and quantities. Surely all that you would need is a boiling water bath. I have pinned some recipes for ketchup. So I think that that would be a good place to start. If I am going to be making enough to can I surely will need quite a bit of ketchup.
The Rock Quarry
About 25 minutes from our house, nestled in a wooded area, on private property, that everyone enjoys. I am pretty sure that it adjoins a large area of state land. And for the most part it is taken care of by its’ patrons. Most people don’t leave trash behind. I know that every time we go there we leave with more than we arrived with. We make it a point to look for litter.
The swimming is great! Not much fishing to speak of, it has been over fished; you might find some catfish in the deep water. We have caught and released 3” blue gill. Kids love catching those little fish. There are some crayfish too. The kids catch them on willow branches. Silly crayfish to greedy to let go… so the kids capture and carry them in buckets all afternoon, only to be set free before departure. I wonder how many crayfish have been brought home to fish tanks. I know my kids took a few home, only to find that they will snatch up a gold fish. Poor Fishy!


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We would like to highlight a recent study of exceptional importance to all who care about conserving bats. As one who has long promoted the potential benefits of attracting bats to artificial roosts, Merlin is especially pleased with the publication of a recent multi-year study documenting the successful attraction of thousands of bats to small, inexpensive bat houses, leading to well documented reduction of rice pests below threshold levels that require use of chemical pesticides.
The study titled, Pest control service provided by bats in Mediterranean rice paddies, appeared in the journal Mammalian Biology and is available for free download at researchgate.net.
The researchers report that properly located bat houses were readily occupied by soprano pipistrelle bats (Pipistrellus pygmaeus), and that as numbers increased damage from rice borer moths (Chilo supressalis) fell sufficiently to eliminate further need for chemical pesticides. They additionally note that the cost of putting up bat houses was 6-8 times less than that of relying on chemical treatments. These authors also provide an invaluable summary of current knowledge of bat values to agriculture. There are numerous opportunities to expand on this pioneering research which is urgently needed. We deeply appreciate the help of Adrià López-Baucells and Oriol Massana Valeriano in providing outstanding photographic documentation of this project.
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172. Memorandum From Arthur T. Downey of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)1 2
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Attached at Tab A is a summary record of the June 9 Heroin Task Force meeting which was chaired, in your absence, by Dr. Moynihan. A copy is being furnished to Dr. Moynihan, at his request and with General Haig’s concurrence.
The meeting surfaced an apparent strong feeling on the part of Dr. Moynihan, Deputy Attorney General Kleindienst and Assistant Secretary Rossides that more direct bilateral pressure should be applied to the Turks. Mr. Richardson forcefully reviewed the extreme importance of maintaining Turkey as an ally, and made the point repeatedly that further US pressure on the Turks could topple the Demirel Government. Mr. Richardson also defended the performance of Ambassador Handley. Following the meeting, General Haig and I discussed the situation of the Task Force and its Working Party (chaired by Harry Schwartz), particularly in the light of Mr. Richardson’s new appointment.[Page 2]
- Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 357, Subject Files, Narcotics II. Confidential; Sensitive. Sent for information. A copy was sent to Saunders. Kissinger wrote the following note at the bottom of the page: “What conclusion did you reach or may I not know? HK.”↩
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Thursday, March 29, 2012
Sparks - Angst In My Pants
On March 29th, 1982 (exactly thirty years ago today), they released their eleventh studio album Angst in My Pants. The record peaked at number 173 on the US Billboard Hot 200. On the album the brothers worked with Bob Haag (guitar), Leslie Bohem (bass) and David Kendrick (drums).
Side one opens with the title track “Angst in My Pants”, a tongue-in-cheek look at awkward guy who longs to be out among the social scene rather than spending his nights alone in his room. I like the simple musical structure on this one, so unassuming.
The single for the next track “I Predict” was the first song by Sparks to break into the US Billboard Hot 100 (it peaked at number 60). I was first exposed to this song on the nearby college radio station from SUNY Fredonia. The lyrics point out some rather odd and, occasionally, guaranteed prophecies. The final joke is the repeated lines “the song will fade out” only for the track to stop cold. The music video for the song was directed by David Lynch.
“Sextown U.S.A.” is an upbeat, bouncy new-wave dance tune about a wildly promiscuous locale.
“Sherlock Holmes”, a quirky piece with a throbbing beat, is a tribute to the fictional detective of Baker Street in London.
Next up is “Nicotina”, an anxious number about the seductive evil of nicotine personified.
The brothers Mael next point their satirical aim directly at something from their hometown backyard. “Mickey Mouse” mocks the happy-go-lucky message of Disneyland as the happiest place on Earth. Many of Walt Disney’s creations get name-dropped in the lyrics.
Side two opens with “Moustache”, an upbeat boogie celebrating manly facial hair.
“Instant Weight Loss”, a song about drastic diet fads for shedding pounds quickly, has a very catchy musical hook.
Appropriately enough, “Tarzan and Jane” has a swinging tribal beat to it.
Next is “The Decline and Fall of Me”, which is in fact my least favorite track on this album. For me, this one lacks the type of quirky hooks (either musical or lyrical) that the others contain.
The final track appeared in the film Valley Girl (click here for the review of that soundtrack). “Eaten by the Monster of Love” is a bouncy number that mocks the all-encompassing aspects of love. I have always liked the underlying repetition of the song’s title throughout the song. If the studio has released a second single from the album, this one would have been a perfect candidate.
In 1982, Sparks was definitely an occasional blip on my musical radar. While the band was a little bit “out there” for normal radio, they were the perfect act for the alternative vibes of college stations. That’s where I would often here “I Predict” and “Eaten by the Monster of Love”. It wasn’t until late in 2008 though that I would pick up the whole Angst In My Pants album as I was building up my digital music library. Since then, this album has come up a lot in my 80’s rotation. It is music that looks at the world through a funhouse mirror and reminds me that we always don’t have to take things so seriously.


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Kehlani – Distraction (Video)
Kehlani returns with a brand new single produced by Pop & Oak, titled "Distraction".
In the video for the song, we see the singer performing in a number of colorful looks and sets, as she sings about a special man. As she smokes, Kehlani gets intimate with her male co-star on a glittery sofa in the blue room, before changing clothes and hairstyles and enters another room.
Kehlani's debut album, SSS, is due out in 2017.


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At the Circulating Library Title Information: That Sweet Enemy
Author and Title: Katharine Tynan. That Sweet Enemy
First Edition: London: Archibald Constable, 1901. 1 volume, cr. 8vo., 6s.
Serialization: The Gentlewoman, 7 July 1900 to 13 October 1900 (weekly)
References: BL; EC
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Les Demeures Champenoises is located in the historic Marne town of Epernay. It offers accommodation with a corner kitchenette, seating area, flat-screen TV with TNT and free Wi-Fi access. A kitchenware kit is available at the reception. Guests of Les Demeures Champenoises can enjoy a daily continental breakfast. Les Demeures Champenoises provides free private parking and is situated 25 km from Reims and a short drive from the convention and exhibition centre at le Millesium.
|Address||2 rue François Bonal, 51200, Épernay, France|
|Price||Room from 69 €|
|Equipements||Bar, Terrace, Non-Smoking Rooms, Family Rooms, Elevator, Heating, All Public and Private spaces non-smoking, Vending Machine (drinks), Vending Machine (snacks)|
|Services||Pets Allowed, Meeting/Banquet Facilities, Internet Services, Wi-Fi/Wireless LAN, Free Wi-Fi Internet Access Included, Fax/Photocopying|
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Please note that for GPS, the hotel is located at: Avenue du général Margueritte/ ZAC Terre Rouge. Guests should follow signs to Hotel des Communités and the hotel is just next door. Guests arriving after 21:00 are kindly requested to inform the hotel in advance of their late arrival.Contact details can be found on the booking confirmation.
PLACES OF INTEREST AROUND
|Le Millésium (330 m)||Castle of La Marquetterie (330 m)|
|Town Centre of Épernay (1.8 km)||Tourist Office of Épernay (1.8 km)|
|Municipal Museum of Épernay (1.8 km)||Le Salmanazar (1.8 km)|
|Train station of Épernay (2.2 km)||Forest of Épernay (2.2 km)|
|Train station of Ay (4.2 km)||Abbey Saint-Pierre (4.2 km)|
|Tourist Office of Hautvillers (6.2 km)||Village of Hautvillers (6.2 km)|
|Pond of Givry (6.4 km)||Castle of Mareuil (6.4 km)|
|Castle of Ablois (7.1 km)||Wood of Saint-Marc (7.1 km)|
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You may check in from 16:00 to 21:00
You may check out from 07:00 to 11:00
WiFi is available in all areas and is free of charge.
Children and extra beds
All children are welcome. All children under 1 year stay free of charge when using existing beds. All children under 2 years stay free of charge for children's cots/cribs. There is no capacity for extra beds in the room. The maximum number of children's cots/cribs in a room is 1.
Pets are allowed. Charges may be applicable.
Free private parking is possible on site (reservation is not needed).
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Reception opening hours: Every day from 07:00 to 12:00 and from 16:00 to 21:00. If you expect to arrive outside reception opening hours, please inform the property in advance. Contact details can be found on the booking confirmation. Guests arriving by car can follow Confort Suites Hotel and Choice signs. You can access the residence by car by two locations: Avenue Général Margueritte and Rue Jean Valentin.

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