A 13-year-old girl was accidentally shot by her 15-year-old brother in their Clearfield, Utah, home Thursday night. The round from the .22-caliber handgun struck the girl in the shoulder, and her brother rushed to tell their parents, who were home at the time. Investigators will be inquiring where the gun came from and whether it was properly secured, but it doesn’t appear any charges will be filed.
Monthly Archives: June 2013
Farmers Speak Out for Sustainable Agriculture at USDA and on the Hill – NSAC
Maryland dairy producers Holly and Eric Foster detailed how two Value-Added Producer Grants (VAPG) helped improve their cheese and yogurt production at their family-owned farm, Chapel’s County Creamery. Likewise, Peter and Kelly Whisnant of Rain Crow Ranch in Missouri spoke to the importance of VAPG funding to catalyzing their 100 percent grass-fed, organic, and animal welfare approved certified beef business.
Terry Jacobson of North Dakota, who raises grass-fed beef and grows grain on his North Outback Farm, stressed the importance of rewarding farmers for their environmental stewardship through the Conservation Stewardship Program.
And Margaret Campos of Comida de Campos in New Mexico detailed how the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SARE) helped her conduct on-farm research into extending her tomato growing season, which now allows her to market produce for a longer period of the year.
via Farmers Speak Out for Sustainable Agriculture at USDA and on the Hill – NSAC.
Not a vulture but a drone: S. Africa police detain cameraman | News , International | THE DAILY STAR
South African police on Friday detained the owner of a radio-controlled helicopter drone carrying a camera that was filming scenes around the Pretoria hospital where ailing anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela is being treated.
F.C. Hamman, a South African freelance film-maker, was escorted away by police along with the helicopter camera he was flying with his 21-year-old son Timothy outside the clinic where Mandela, 94, has spent three weeks with a lung infection.
“As far as I know, I didn’t do anything wrong,” Hamman told Reuters by phone from the office in the hospital compound where he was taken by police. He said he was waiting to be interviewed by senior officers and for them to view the footage filmed.
“We were careful not to fly over the hospital,” Hamman said.
He said he had intended to offer to media organisations the aerial shots of intense activity around the hospital, where crowds of jostling journalists have mingled with well-wishers paying tribute to South Africa’s former black president.
The intense media scrutiny has angered some of Mandela’s family. Daughter Makaziwe on Thursday lambasted foreign media “vultures” for not respecting his privacy as he lay critically ill.
Hamman said he had already used the home-built flying camera in other film projects and had also assisted police with surveillance work in operations against suspected drug-dealers in the crime-plagued Johannesburg suburb of El Dorado.
via Not a vulture but a drone: S. Africa police detain cameraman | News , International | THE DAILY STAR.
Homemade surviellance drone
live and let live
Fox, cat, human – story is the same – mom’s protect their home and family
Myanmar authorities ‘not behind’ religious unrest: Government
Myanmar’s government and army were not behind recent outbreaks of deadly religious violence, the president’s spokesman said Friday, amid accusations that security forces stood by – or were even complicit – in the clashes.
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via Myanmar authorities 'not behind' religious unrest: Government.
Certainly standing by while far-right Monks fan flames!
UK Prime Minister Cameron Insists on British Rebate at EU Summit – SPIEGEL ONLINE
It is all he is good at – being a spoil sport and trying to look tough for voters that know he is out of his depth…
British Prime Minister David Cameron managed to find conflict where none was wanted. As he arrived in Brussels, he said he was going to focus on defending the so-called UK rebate — the sum of money Britain gets back from it EU budget contributions due to the limited benefits it receives from European agricultural subsidies.
Other summit participants were less than impressed. Cameron is “never happy” when it comes to the EU budget, complained European Parliament President Martin Schulz.
via UK Prime Minister Cameron Insists on British Rebate at EU Summit – SPIEGEL ONLINE.
About Us – ASAP Connections – Appalachian Local Foods
ASAP’s mission is to help local farms thrive, link farmers to markets and supporters, and build healthy communities through connections to local food. We work to accomplish our mission by:
Providing marketing support and training to area farmers
Connecting area chef and foodservice buyers with the farmers who suit their needs
Spearheading a Local Food Campaign, which includes our Local Food Guide, local food bumper sticker (have one on your car?), Get Local initiative, and more
Certifying local products grown/raised in the Southern Appalachians as Appalachian Grown
Running our Growing Minds Farm to School Program, which focuses on reconnecting children with where their food comes from
Organizing Asheville City Market and coordinating the Mountain Tailgate Market Association
And with your support!
Our vision is of strong farms, thriving local food economies, and healthy communities where farming is valued as central to our heritage and our future.
Bill introduced to regulate men’s reproductive health | www.daytondailynews.com
Before getting a prescription for Viagra or other erectile dysfunction drugs, men would have to see a sex therapist, receive a cardiac stress test and get a notarized affidavit signed by a sexual partner affirming impotency, if state Sen. Nina Turner has her way.
The Cleveland Democrat introduced Senate Bill 307 this week.
A critic of efforts to restrict abortion and contraception for women, Turner says she is concerned about men’s reproductive health. Turner’s bill joins a trend of female lawmakers submitting bills regulating men’s health. Turner said if state policymakers want to legislate women’s health choices through measures such as House Bill 125, known as the “Heartbeat bill,” they should also be able to legislate men’s reproductive health. Ohio anti-abortion advocates say the two can’t be compared.
Heartbeat bill sponsor Rep. Lynn Wachtmann, R-Napoleon, said comparing his bill to Turner’s would be like comparing apples to bananas. The Heartbeat bill would prohibit abortion once a heartbeat is detected, as early as six weeks into a pregnancy.
“I understand some women think my bill is a personal affront,” Wachtmann said. “Protecting the unborn — to compare this to Viagra is not even related.”
Under Senate Bill 307, men taking the drugs would continue to be tested for heart problems, receive counseling about possible side effects and receive information about “pursuing celibacy as a viable lifestyle choice.”
“Even the FDA recommends that doctors make sure that assessments are taken that target the nature of the symptoms, whether it’s physical or psychological,” Turner said. “I certainly want to stand up for men’s health and take this seriously and legislate it the same way mostly men say they want to legislate a woman’s womb.”
States passed a record 92 abortion-related bills in 2011, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that focuses on reproductive health. At the same time, fewer than one in four state legislators nationwide are women — they number 23 percent in Ohio — according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
via Bill introduced to regulate men's reproductive health | www.daytondailynews.com.
moon songs
The Gun Report: June 27, 2013 – NYTimes.com
A homeowner was shot in the leg during a confrontation with a man he said he found burglarizing his Longmont, Colo., home Wednesday morning. The homeowner told investigators that he was out of his home playing with his dogs and returned to find a burglar armed with one of his own guns. The homeowner reportedly confronted the man and was shot in the leg. The homeowner told police that the suspect fled.
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