Mexico: Where More Americans Are Murdered Than In All Other Foreign Countries Combined

Mexico: Where More Americans Are Murdered Than In All Other Foreign Countries Combined:
"...Millions of Americans visit the country annually without incident, but, if you heed the most recent government warnings and data, you may want to think twice about heading south of the border.
...Advisories released last month by the U.S. State Department tell Americans not to set foot in five Mexican states — Sinaloa, Colima, Michoacan, Guerrero and Tamaulipas — because of violent crime.
Traveling to those states is as dangerous, according to the State Department's safety ratings, as traveling to Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq.
And Americans with plans to go to 11 other Mexican states should “reconsider,” the agency says.
Most recent State Department data may also cause travelers to pause before booking a trip to Mexico. In 2016, according to my analysis of the data, more Americans were reported killed by homicide in Mexico than the combined total of Americans killed by homicide in every other country abroad..."
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Daylight Saving Time Is Deadly And Doesn't Save Energy — It's Time To Ditch It | Stock News & Stock Market Analysis - IBD

Daylight Saving Time Is Deadly And Doesn't Save Energy — It's Time To Ditch It | Stock News & Stock Market Analysis - IBD:

"In fact, it's just as likely that daylight saving time costs energy.
One of these studies, published by the prestigious National Bureau of Economic Research, looked at energy use in Indiana, which imposed daylight saving time statewide for the first time in 2006.
Researchers found that residential electricity use in areas of the state that adopted DST for the first time actually increased by 1%.
Another opportunity to study the energy impact of DST came after the change in start dates went into effect in 2007. Researchers looked at energy use in California and found it didn't change at all.
Worse, these nonexistent energy gains come at a terrible price in lost lives,"

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History for March 14

History for March 14 - On-This-Day.com:
Paul Ehrlich 1854, Casey Jones (John Luther) 1864, Albert Einstein 1879


Frank Borman II 1928 - Astronaut, Quincy Jones 1933, Michael Caine 1933 - Actor ("Batman Beyond")


1757 - British Admiral John Byng was executed by a firing squad on board HMS Monarch for neglect of duty.


1794 - Eli Whitney received a patent for his cotton gin.


1903 - The U.S. Senate ratified the Hay-Herran Treaty that guaranteed the U.S. the right to build a canal at Panama. The Columbian Senate rejected the treaty. A deal was signed on November 6, 1903 with the newly independent Panama.


1914 - Henry Ford announced the new continuous motion method to assemble cars. The process decreased the time to make a car from 12½ hours to 93 minutes.


1932 - George Eastman, the founder of the Kodak company, committed suicide.


1936 - Adolf Hitler told a crowd of 300,000 that Germany's only judge is God and itself.


1964 - A Dallas jury found Jack Ruby guilty of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald.


1979 - The Census Bureau reported that 95% of all Americans were married or would get married.