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Phoenix was once a small Indian village located along the Salt River and today it is a bustling city. The city fills during the winter months as people flock to the warm climate and escape the cold (Phoenix has about 300 days a year with sunshine!). If you are looking for a vacation that incorporates both urban and natural environments, this is the place for you. Phoenix offers everything you could want in a city adventure. And the surrounding desert provides a place to escape from the big city.
A drive to South Mountain Park on the southern outskirts of Phoenix is a must see. You can drive to the top and see the entire valley below. It is an amazing place to go at night to view the city lights from above.
Just east of the city, Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine and its legend of gold in the Superstition Mountains offers an adventure for you and your family. Travel to Tortilla Flats and sit at the old western style bar, grab some postcards or take some pictures as you travel up the canyon. If you go further on this dirt path you will see a spectacular mountain lake. It is an amazing sight to see the lake surrounded by desert.
And if you grow tired of the Phoenix area (which I don't think could ever happen!), Tucson and Sedona are both a drive away and have many places themselves to explore.
Come back to the RCI Blog this week to see photos and read stories from RCI subscribing members who have traveled to Phoenix. Do you have any tips about where to go and what to do when visiting Phoenix? If so, share your thoughts here.


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SeniorCare serves this lunch menu this week to seniors 60 and older:
Friday, Feb. 22 — Shells with mushroom sauce, green beans, carrot parsnip puree, mixed fruit
Monday, Feb. 25 — Tuscany chicken, linguini with sauce, Italian vegetables, orange
Tuesday, Feb. 26 — Meatloaf with gravy, whipped potato, yellow and green beans, fruited Jello
Wednesday, Feb. 27 — Chicken Marsala, Parmesan potatoes, steamed broccoli, chocolate cake
Thursday, Feb. 28 — Roasted brisket, roasted potato, winter squash, chilled pears
Friday, March 1 — Baked haddock, Capri vegetables, mashed sweet potatoes, fruit
Skim milk and controlled-sugar dessert available. Meals are served at:
Rose Baker Senior Center: 978-281-0081
McPherson Park: 978-283-3141
Sheedy Park: 978-281-5128
Rockport High Apartments: 978-546-7061
Lunch is served Monday to Friday at 11:30 a.m. Reservations are required and a donation of $2 is requested.
For details on home-delivered meals or to volunteer, call SeniorCare's Nutrition Program at 978-281-1750.

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Orcus, Demon Prince of the Undeath, is one of the most powerful demon lords of the Abyss. He commands legions of followers, living and dead, and he takes great pleasure in the suffering of others. During his eternal reign, Orcus has vanquished hundreds of mighty heroes and destroyed countless kingdoms. With every conquest, he adds the corpses of fallen enemies to his vast undead army.
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The board of directors at the crippled N.C. Rural Economic Development Center on Monday confronted a bleak future without state money, endorsing a plan to consider whether to start "the legal process of dissolution" as soon as next month for the nonprofit that focused for three decades on serving the state's rural areas. If the agency survives, officials said, it will be in a much-diminished form.
In the next moments, they took action on a piece of what had brought them to that point: The board voted to withhold payment, at least for now, of about $242,000 in a severance account set up for its founding president, Billy Ray Hall, who resigned this month. An attorney for the board told members that Hall, through his own attorney, had inquired about the severance payment and "when that will occur."
The actions came as the full board gathered at what they said was a moment of crisis for the Rural Center.
Larry Wooten, president of the N.C. Farm Bureau and a longtime board member, said he supported efforts to decide how the Rural Center might look going forward. But dissolving the nonprofit is a clear option with its main source of funding cut off, he said.
"The Rural Center can continue to exist without state money," he said. "How? I don't know."
The center's board voted to create a five-person committee to study the center's future and act on behalf of the full board in overseeing a planned transfer of center funds to state agencies.
Already, board Chairwoman Valeria Lee had formed a separate special committee to review the center's grant monitoring and performance following a News & Observer report in June. That work is unlikely to go forward now.
A critical state audit released this month caused lawmakers to cut off funding. State officials then froze the center's ability to spend state money it had on hand, an amount that tops $100 million. More than two-thirds of that has been earmarked for job-creation grants.
On Monday, the board began making moves to ensure its grant awards are fulfilled. State officials said they will be reviewing the center's grants and freeing up money as it can while also ensuring accountability.
But the board said "no payment under the severance pay arrangement" for Hall would be authorized unless the full board takes that action, which it has not. The board wants to study legal issues around Hall's severance, which was first disclosed in a footnote to the state audit.
Lee has expressed support for the severance pay account as deserving and a way to show appreciation for Hall's long service at the center. Others, including Senate leader Phil Berger, have called the account a wasteful "golden parachute" that should not be paid to the head of a taxpayer-funded nonprofit serving poor, rural areas of the state.
State auditors did not judge the severance but wrote that Hall's pay of $221,000 a year was "unreasonable." The severance account was set up in 2003, according to the audit, and is in addition to regular retirement contributions the center made on Hall's behalf.
Calls for resignation
Disclosure of the severance account was one factor in action by lawmakers this month to halt funding for the center, which had received an average of $25 million a year since 2009 to award grants and host programs to assist struggling areas of the state. The state money has generally been at least 80 percent or more of its funding, many years much more.
In all, since 1987, more than $650 million has passed from the state to the center.
As part of passing the state budget last week, the General Assembly created a new rural infrastructure authority within the state Department of Commerce. It will carry out some of the rural center's programs using money the center would have received.
Lee, who is resisting calls by Gov. Pat McCrory for her to resign, will appoint the new special committee comprising five members of the current 47-person board. An effort by some on the board to ensure the special committee was made up only of Rural Center board members who were appointed by the governor, lieutenant governor or speaker of the House failed.
Lee had said previously that the board elected her and could decide her standing, but she did not face a vote on whether she would remain as chairwoman. Board members instead voted to consider changes to the nonprofit's bylaws next month as it relates to who can serve as chair of the board. The board's officers are typically chosen in October.
Bob Luddy, a board member who has been pushing for Lee to resign, said he did not think there were enough votes on the current board to forcibly remove Lee. He expressed frustration that Lee is still in charge after the actions by the governor and lawmakers.
Meeting with reporters after the meeting, Lee said she did not have much to say about calls for her to go other than, "I am still the chair."
Lee, who has previously headed the Golden LEAF Foundation, a nonprofit that oversees half of the money the state gets from a legal settlement with cigarette manufacturers, and was a director at BB&T, said she would not serve on the special committee that will act for the full board over the next month.
Help for rural N.C.
Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker attended Monday's meeting, and she expressed optimism about the state's ability to do better in rural regions.
Decker cited high unemployment as evidence that "what we're doing isn't working" and said she expects the state to provide more help – not less – to rural areas.
"How that looks and how that is executed I can't tell you right now," Decker told reporters.
She and others acknowledged that the Rural Center itself might not be around much longer even as they praised its years of effort.
Several of the board members spoke movingly of the value of Rural Center programs in tiny pockets of the state. Among them was former Lt. Gov. Bob Jordan, a Democrat who was involved in creating the center in 1987 and who served as a longtime board member. He is considered an "emeritus" member.
'Maybe … mistakes made'
The N&O reported last month that Jordan's lumber company had been awarded a center grant this year to rehab a building he owns in Biscoe. His company had already hired the workers for jobs the grant was supposed to create and he later backed out.
Jordan on Monday mentioned another recent grant award made in his home county that would in part use Rural Center funds, and he urged Decker to make sure it is funded.
He said he hopes the state's taxpayers will not lose sight of their sustained efforts to help rural regions through agencies like the Rural Center.
"Maybe there were mistakes made," he told board members and Decker on Monday. "I'll grant that, if there have been, then we need to correct those... All I care for is that you focus, that you have a focus on helping rural North Carolina."
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Tweets by @gmfreeireland
No scientific consensus of GMO safety:
Statement from the European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility
First signatories of the statement
Stop the Crop! EU campaign to prevent release of new GMO crops
Irish government must protect farmers & consumers from health impacts
Watch the full film
First peer reviewed lifetime feeding trial finds "safe" levels of GM maize and RoundUp
can cause tumours and multiple organ damage
About the GM potato protest of 12 September 2012
More on Teagasc's unwanted field trial of GMO potatoes
Irish call for moratorium on GM crops - April 2011 press release
Related statement by An Taisce the National Trust for Ireland
Illegal GMOs in our food chain: EU Commission pushes contamination
• Commission "not empowered" to amend zero tolerance regulation
• EU Agriculture Ministers urged to vote NO on 8 February 2011
Seeds for the Reaper: a modern Irish fairy tale about the threat of GMO crops, by G.P. Moore
Proceedings of the GMO-Free Europe 2010 Conference
Monsanto's GM soy and Roundup linked to birth defects and cancer
• Scientists warn EU Parliament on dangers of GM animal feed
• Toxic herbicide routinely sprayed on Irish crops before harvest
• Consumers at risk from residues in food and feed
Interview with Prof. Andres Carrasco, lead author of the report "GM soy: Sustainable? Responsible?"
by Michael O'Callaghan
Groundbreaking study shows Roundup link to birth defects
• International scientists confirm dangers of Roundup Ready GM soy widely used as animal feed
Illegal GM maize grown in Ireland • Government destroys its own field trials
Irish government urged to reject "fake EC proposal for GMO-free zones"
• 50 organisations say proposal would be impediment to trade
1 million signatures sought for GM moratorium in Europe
European Commission exceeding its powers to approve more GM crops:
• scientists denounce sinister move to weaken risk assessments
European GMO-Free Regions Network Declaration on Labels and GM-free Farming
GM foods threat to Europe
• 10 reasons why we don't need GM foods
Daily international GM news
Latest developments on Ireland's GMO-free zone policy
On 27 February 2012, Teagasc (the Irish Government Agriculture and Food Authority) announced its intention to conduct a field trial of GMO potatoes at Oak Park in County Carlow. More. If the EPA provides consent for this experiment to go ahead, it will be the first field trial of a GMO crop on the island of Ireland since 1998, when a previous experiment by Teagasc was terminated by activists.
In October 2009 after seven years of lobbying by the GM-free Ireland Network the Fianna Fáil / Green Party coalition Government adopted a policy) which promised to "Declare the Republic of Ireland a GM-Free Zone, free from the cultivation of all GM plants", and states "To optimise Ireland's competitive advantage as a GM-Free country, we will introduce a voluntary GM-Free logo for use in all relevant product labelling and advertising, similar to a scheme recently introduced in Germany." But the Government failed to implement the policy with legislation.
On 8 February 2011, following the Green Party's resignation from the Government (and intense propaganda and lobbying by the USA, the agri-biotech and animal feed cartels), the Fianna Fáil Minister for Agriculture, Brendan Smith (who blocked implementation of the policy while the Greens were in Government), issued a press release announcing that Ireland now (a) supports an extremely controversial EC request to scrap the EU zero tolerance food safety policy re. contamination of the food chain with unapproved / untested GMOs, and (b) will henceforth vote in favour of approving new GM feed and food in the EU without mentioning any change to the agreed policy to ban GM crops and introduce a voluntary GM-free label.
The current Fine Gael / Labour coalition government appears to be in favour of cultivating GM crops in Ireland.
• GM-free Irish label good for business:
Added value, increased market share, better branding and unique selling point: the most credible GM-free food brand in Europe.
GM-free Ireland Network press release, 17 November 2009.
• GM-free production: a unique selling point for Ireland - the food island. 47-page briefing with GM-free market survey, 17 Nov. 2009 (1.2MB pdf).
• Video: GM-free food production: a unique selling point for Ireland - the food island: 17 November 2009 press conference on the business case for Ireland's GM-free label, with Richard Corrigan (Michelin star chef and TV host), Darina Allen (Slow Food Ireland, Good Food Ireland, Free Choice Consumer Group, Artisan Food Forum, and the Farmers Market movement), Malcolm Thompson (Irish Cattle and Sheepfarmers Association), Evan Doyle (the Taste Council, Organic Trust and Euro-Toques Ireland), Dr. John Fagan (Cert ID), and Michael O'Callaghan (GM-free Ireland). See below:
• Video: GM-free food production: a unique selling point for Ireland - the food island: 17 November 2009 press conference on the business case for Ireland's GM-free label, with Richard Corrigan (Michelin star chef and TV host), Darina Allen (Slow Food Ireland, Good Food Ireland, Free Choice Consumer Group, Artisan Food Forum, and the Farmers Market movement), Malcolm Thompson (Irish Cattle and Sheepfarmers Association), Evan Doyle (the Taste Council, Organic Trust and Euro-Toques Ireland), Dr. John Fagan (Cert ID), and Michael O'Callaghan (GM-free Ireland). See below:
• Non-GMO crops in India:
Conference on the benefits, advantages and contributions to India's international soya and grain trade, food security and farmers' value, New Delhi, 16-17 March 2010.
• European GMO-Free Regions Network Declaration on Labels and GM-free Farming, 5 February 2010.
• Non-GMO labels, Quality Production and European Regional Agriculture Strategies:
3rd World Conference on GM-free Animal Feed, organised by the EU Committee of the Regions,
3-4 February 2010, Brussels.
• Designating Ireland as a GMO-free Biosafety Reserve for Europe: This initiative was launched at Food & Democracy - the 5th European Conference on GMO-free Regions in April 2009.
• We cannot force feed EU citizens with GM food: Video interview of Prof Patrick Wall, former Chair, EFSA (Dec 2008).
Get informed
If the subject of GM food and farming is new to you, watch the 4-minute "World's Greatest Scam" video below to get the picture. Download our briefing papers to find out more, and keep an eye on our daily GM news page.
Take action
The World Trade Organisation, the US Government and the global agri-biotech / commodity trade lobby don't want Ireland to implement its GM-free policy with legislation.
Please Join us and learn what you can do to get involved and make a difference, for as Margaret Mead said, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world".
Declare your area as GMO-free zone
A very good way to help is by lobbying your Town or County Council to pass this GMO-free zone motion. Unlike other EU Member States, the Irish Government and the Northern Ireland Assembly do not yet recognise the validity of GMO-free zones declared by Local Authorities, but their existence strengthens the legal case for the EC to accept a ban on GM crops on this island. The following Local Authorities have already declared their areas as GMO-free zones: Cavan, Clare, Fermanagh, Kildare, Kerry, Meath, Roscommon, Monaghan, and Westmeath, the District of Newry & Mourne in counties Armagh and Down, the towns of Bantry, Bray, Clonakilty, Cork, Derry, Galway City, Letterkenny, and Navan, and 1,000 smaller areas representing over 1 million citizens on this island. 22 EU Member States, 260 EU Regions, and 4,500 municipalities and other local entities also ban or restrict GM crops: see GMO-free zones in Europe.
Daily international news on GM issues
Related videos and DVDs:
The Killing Fields: the battle to feed factory farms
The Future of Food • Food Inc.
• The World According to Monsanto
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• more videos and DVDs
• GM-free labelling claims: regulatory developments in the EU (1.1MB ppt)
• Ireland's transition to GM-free meat & dairy production (1.9MB pdf)
Selected press releases: full list
• Relaxing GM laws will not lower animal feed prices in Europe
• Government slammed for funding GM food conference
• Two governments call for Ireland to become a GM-free zone
• Kofi Annan & Mary Robinson asked to reject GM crops at Fighting Hunger conference
• Call for Government's Chief Scientific Adviser Paddy Cunningham to resign
Canada's covert attack on Ireland's GM-free policy: background • press release
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture
meeting w. GM-free Ireland, Monsanto & Teagasc, 02/07/08:
• Transcript• GM-free Ireland presentation
Stakeholders' open letter to the Minister of Agriculture
See also:
• BanGMfood.org
• Food & Democracy - the 5th European Conference on GMO-free Regions (April 2009)
• GM-free animal feed: proceedings of the Second International Non-GMO soy Summit (October 2008)
• Terra Madre 2008 (October 2008)
• Participatory Science and Scientific Participation conference, Brussels (November 2008)
• Green Ireland conference on branding for food, farming and eco-tourism (June 2006)
Interview with Canadian farmer Percy Schmeiser who lost ownership of his crops after GM contamination
Planet Diversity World Congress on Future of Food & Agriculture web site • Non-GMO Report
• International Assessment of Agricultural Science & Technology for Development
• Ireland's GM food scandal • Irish Times bias on GMOs • Irish GM-free zones • GM-free zone signs
Global consumer rejection of GM food: a business opportunity for Ireland
Most EU consumers and retailers want GM-free food, and Ireland can produce alot of it more cost-effectively and credibly than our competitors: press release and briefing (1.2MB pdf).Thousands of EU and USA food brands and retailers offer GM-free product lines as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility, Quality Agriculture, Biodiversity, Food Safety, Fair Trade, Sustainable Development and Climate Change strategies. Ireland is a major dairy producer and the biggest beef exporter in the Northern Hemisphere. Our cattle and sheep eat a grass-based diet, with less GM feed than livestock in many other countries. Although unlabelled, most of our poultry - and some of our pork and farmed salmon - is already GM-free.
This lead start - along with our world-class beef traceability system, GM-free island status, geographical isolation from contamination by GM pollen, unpolluted topsoil, and clean green image - provides a big untapped competitive advantage for us. Farmers, food producers and tourist operators who choose the voluntary GM-free label and supply chain can transform this advantage into a unique selling point for Ireland: the most credible GM-free food brand in Europe.
Consumers International says NO to GMOs
Consumer organisations around the world called for a ban on GM foods on World Consumer Rights Day 2005. The event was organised by Consumers International, representing over 250 organisations in 115 countries (including the Consumers' Association of Ireland). Member organisations lobbied governments, held public meetings and street demonstrations to demand GM-free food and secure GM-free areas with strict rules to prevent contamination of conventional and organic crops, and independent safety testing and safety guidelines for all foods containing or derived from GMOs.
No market for GM labelled food in Europe
Back in January 2005, Greenpeace published a detailed report showing that the EU market
for GM labelled food products was virtually closed. Europe's top 30 retailers and top 30 food & drink producers already had policies and non-GM commitments which reveal the massive international food industry rejection of GM ingredients. This cuts across the industry from food and drink manufacturers to retailers, and includes everything from snacks and ready meals to pet food and beer. The combined total food and drink sales of the 49 companies with a stated non-GM policy in their main market or throughout the EU (27 retailers and 22 food and drink producers) amounted to €646 billion, more than 60% of the total €1,069 billion European food and drink sales. Irish food companies doing business internationally need to implement a non-GM policy without delay. Download report (2MB PDF file).
EuroNews: Resistance to GM food prior to the 2009 EU Parliament elections: "It will be important for Europe to speak with one voice on this to face the US and our WTO partners." transcript
Irish public opinion:
Surveys by Eurobarometer, Consumers International, the Irish Times / Ireland.Com, NewsTalk 106, Teagasc, and the Irish Institute for Bioethics show the vast majority of Irish people oppose GM food and don't trust safety claims by FSAI and EFSA. 98% of respondents want all foods containing GM ingredients to be clearly labeled. 78% do not trust scientists and government organisations to provide factual information!
Non-GMO food in USA:
The video above explains the Non-GMO Shopping Guide from the US Center for Food Safety and the Campaign for Healthier Eating in America. The guide lists hundreds of Non-GMO food brands.
We can't force-feed EU citizens with GM food
Interview with Prof Patrick Wall
former Chairman of the European
Food Safety Authority
In this candid video interview, Prof Wall admits people have lost confidence in EFSA's GM risk assessment process. He says: "GM food has no benefits for
consumers... EFSA is a consumer protection agency; it is not meant to rubberstamp biotech dossiers... We live in a democracy... Do we want corporate giants to own the food chain?... We
cannot force-feed European citizens products they don't want..." video • transcript • press release
The Green Ireland Conference on branding for farming, food and eco-tourism
Kilkenny Castle • June 2006
With Vandana Shiva, Percy Schmeiser, Deborah Koons Garcia and Benedikt Haerlin
Delegates from America, Asia and Europe attending this conference gave a strong warning that Ireland's world famous clean green image which provides a competitive advantage for our food, farm, and tourism industries would soon be lost if the Irish government and the Irish Farmers Association fail to resist pressure from the WTO and the European Commission to force the release of GM animal feed, seeds, crops, trees, fish and livestock here.The event provided a historic opportunity for Irish policy makers and stakeholders to meet with key international experts to explore our democratic participation, legal rights and responsibilities for the future of food and farming and Ireland's brand recognition in a globalising world. Proceedings, photos, and press release.
GM contamination
GM crops contaminate the global food chain, causing economic losses, market shut-downs, and lawsuits.
GM chaos and desperation in Canada
Canada is the world's second biggest producer of GM crops. Contamination makes it difficult or impossible to grow conventional and organic crops. Farmers face patent infringement lawuits after their fields become
contaminated. In 1996 Percy Schmeiser fought back. Monsanto claimed the profits from his entire crop, a patent royalty charge, plus a million dollars in court costs. The Supreme Court of Canada
dismissed Monsanto's financial demands but ruled that contaminated farmers no longer own their seeds and crops!
In 2003, Canada (along with the USA and Argentina) filed a WTO trade dispute against the EU for suspending approvals of GM products, and for national bans on EC-approved GM crops in six EU member states. In 2006, the WTO rejected most of the arguments, conceding that national bans are justifiable subject to risk assessment.
In 2006, Shane Morris, an Irish citizen employed by the Canadian Government agency Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, began harassing Irish citizens, politicians and organisations which report and/or support GM-free policies, including GM-free Ireland, An Taisce (the National Trust for Ireland), the Ireland Funds, Bord Bía (the Irish Food Board), and RTE (the state-owned TV and radio broadcaster). In 2007, Morris threatened GM-free Ireland and GM Watch with defamation lawsuits after we reported that a pro-GM "scientific" paper co-authored by Morris had been widely discredited as a "flagrant fraud." Irish Senators David Norris, Dan Boyle, Deirdre de Burca, Pearse Doherty, and Phil Prendergast asked the Leader of the Senate to request the Government to formally intervene to stop "the extraordinary interference by an agent of the Canadian Government in political discourse in this country". In the UK, 26 British MPs including the former UK Environment Minister Michael Meacher tabled an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons deploring "the continuing efforts by an employee of the Canadian Government, Shane Morris, to close down websites in the UK and Republic of Ireland which have, along with Dr Richard Jennings of Cambridge University, said that research which claimed that consumers prefer GM sweetcorn published by this employee and others and given an Award for Excellence, is a flagrant fraud." GM Watch subsequently became the target of repeated cyber attacks which destroyed its web site and forced it temporarily offline. Morris is currently studying "Science Communication" as a PhD student under Dr. Charlie Spillane at the Biochemistry Department & Biosciences Institute, University College Cork. See his spin profile.
In 2009, Canadian flax (linseed) exports to Europe were shut down after Triffid GM flax, which had been grown illegally in Canada since 2001, contaminated the food chain in 30 countries (including Ireland).
The Canadian Government has been internationally condemned for failing to conduct a health risk assessment before it approved the release of SmartStax GM maize, despite the fact that Codex international food safety guidelines clearly state that "stacked" GM traits can lead to unintended effects and should be subject to a full safety assessment.
How we stopped BASF from releasing 450,000 GM potatoes in 2006
In 2006, the GM-free Ireland Network successfully lobbied the Irish Government and Meath County Council to prevent the world's largest chemicals company BASF from conducting a field trial involving a massive release of GMO potatoes near the Hill of Tara.We called a press conference with supportive politicians, mobilised stakeholders for a national protest, and made numerous submissions pointing out the dangers of the experiment to the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA then gave a provisional consent to BASF which included obligations for the company to reduce the risk of cross-contamination of neighbouring farmers and wildlife by installing a high-security fence, and to pay the costs of an independent monitoring of health and environmental impacts. BASF complained that such conditions had not been imposed for similar experiments in Sweden.
Meath County Council then delared the county as a GMO-free zone, stated its refusal to re-zone the land from agricultural to industrial use (since the cultivation of transgenic potatoes not authorised for animal feed or food does not conform with the normal definition of agriculture), and said it would not provide planning permission for the fence. The Council and other parties also said they would take the case to the High Court for an Order to block the experiment under Section 160 of the Planning Development Act 2000 and on a range of Constitutional grounds. An Taisce (the National Trust for Ireland), said this would trigger a lengthy legal procedure that would effectively prevent the release of GMO crops in Meath for the foreseeable future. Days later, BASF abandoned the project, and the company CEO Hans Kast, who also chairs the biotech lobby Europa-Bio, announced that all the European countries which oppose GM food and crops should "get out of the EU!" • Press release • details • media coverage
The GM-free Ireland Network
Protect our food and farming future
The GM-free Ireland Network (GMFI) is an association of individuals and organisations collaborating to keep the whole island of Ireland free of genetically modified (GM) animal feed, seeds, trees, crops, livestock, fish and food.
We have the largest number and the broadest diversity of stakeholder groups of any NGO on this island. Our 130 organisational members (and the populations of the 18 counties and towns which have declared themselves to be GMO-free zones - i.e. off limits to field trials and cultivation of all GM crops) represent over 1 million citizens. Our members include farmers, foresters, food producers, food distributors and exporters, leading chefs and restaurants, NGOs, professional associations, doctors, economists, lawyers, journalists, students, and consumers.
We hold the Irish and UK governments accountable to protect their citizens by prohibiting the environmental release of GMOs on this island.
Joining our Network provides a powerful way to support this campaign. Membership is free of charge and open to individuals, businesses and organisations. Please help with your financial support.
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Robben: We're not chokers now
Bayern Munich's Wembley hero Arjen Robben told Gabriel Clarke his side proved many wrong by winning the Champions LeagueRead the full story
Gundogan: We didn't play to our strengths
Subotic: Bayern's second was lucky
Klopp: We switched off
Borussia Dortmund manager Jurgen Klopp said his side had a lapse in concentration, allowing Bayern Munich to winRead the full story
Highlights: Dortmund 1-2 Bayern
Arjen Robben provided the perfect answer to the doubters by scoring an 88th-minute winner to settle a brilliant Champions League finalRead the full story
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Arjen Robben scores the most important goal of his career.
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Robert Lewandowski seems to stand on Jerome Boateng's ankle.
Replay - Lewandowski has one disallowed
If you're going to have a goal chalked off, you wouldn't want it to be this good.
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News about meningitis, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
May. 7, 2014
Settlement is reached between Massachusetts pharmacy New England Compounding Center and victims of nationwide meningitis outbreak; settlement calls for pharmacy's owners to pay $50 million into $100 million fund for victims MORE
Dec. 6, 2013
Outbreaks of bacterial meningitis strike campuses at Princeton and University of California, Santa Barbara, though health officials say episodes are apparently unrelated. MORE
Nov. 23, 2013
Editorial welcomes emergency importation of vaccine that has been approved in Europe to quell outbreak of bacterial meningitis at Princeton University; notes this is good example of how Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Food and Drug Administration can work together to reach sensible solutions. MORE
Nov. 19, 2013
Bill that would give the Food and Drug Administration more power to police compounding pharmacies passes final legislative hurdle more than one year after deadly meningitis outbreak that killed 64 people; law will provide significant new safeguards that have earned support of public health advocates around country. MORE
Nov. 19, 2013
Princeton University plans to offer students a meningitis vaccine not usually approved for use in the United States, in attempt to prevent outbreak at school from spreading; vaccine, which has been approved in Europe and Australia, is expected to be available on campus at no cost in early December. MORE
Nov. 18, 2013
Princeton University officials have warned students to stop sharing drinks and to avoid kissing, fearing the spread of a meningitis outbreak that has caused seven people to be hospitalized; officials are considering distributing a vaccine that is not approved for use in the United States, because strain of illness on campus is not covered by the vaccine that is widely used in US. MORE
Aug. 14, 2013
Bacterial meningitis outbreak among gay and bisexual men in New York City that had raised fears of a new AIDS-type epidemic has subsided after an aggressive vaccination campaign; city health officials remain cautiously optimistic that it has been contained. MORE
Jun. 24, 2013
New York State Legislature passes bill permitting pharmacists to give meningitis vaccinations, measure aimed at a deadly outbreak among gay and bisexual men in New York City. MORE
May. 19, 2013
Demetre Daskalakis, doctor and gay activist, is going to the front lines in the battle against new strain of bacterial meningitis affecting New York's gay community, helping spread the word to vaccinate; seven men have died in New York City, about a third of diagnosed cases, since 2010. MORE
Apr. 14, 2013
Potentially deadly strain of meningitis, which has left one resident brain dead, sends shiver through large gay community in West Hollywood, Calif, as public health officials urge residents to be on lookout for any symptoms of disease. MORE
Mar. 22, 2013
New York City health officials are growing increasingly worried that variant, and particularly lethal, strain of bacterial meningitis could mushroom into major outbreak; Health Dept has issued warning recommending standard meningitis vaccination for particular subset of the population, men who regularly have intimate contact with other men they meet through online sites or at bars and parties. MORE
Jan. 5, 2013
Massachusetts Gov Deval Patrick proposes new laws to strengthen state control of compounding pharmacies in effort to prevent another public health disaster like outbreak of meningitis caused by contaminated drug made in the state. MORE
Dec. 22, 2012
Contaminated drug that caused nationwide meningitis outbreak has created second, growing wave of serious spinal infections. MORE
Nov. 22, 2012
Newly released documents add vivid detail to emerging portrait of Food and Drug Administration's ineffective and halting efforts to regulate New England Compounding Center, Massachusetts company implicated in national meningitis outbreak that has sickened nearly 500 people and killed 34. MORE
Nov. 20, 2012
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Nov. 20, 2012
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Nov. 18, 2012
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Nov. 15, 2012
Food and Drug Administration commissioner Dr Margaret Hamburg calls on Congress to empower agency to better police compounding pharmacies like one at center of national meningitis outbreak. MORE
Nov. 8, 2012
Massachusetts officials say state Pharmacy Board director James Coffey was fired for failing to disclose complaint against New England Compounding Center, pharmacy at center of meningitis outbreak traced to a contaminated steroid drug. MORE
Nov. 6, 2012
Work of state and federal epidemiologists in identifying an outbreak of fungal meningitis that was one of the most serious in American medical history, and tying it to the source of a tainted steroid, highlights many of the strengths of government health agencies. MORE
Nov. 3, 2012
People recovering from meningitis in national outbreak caused by contaminated steroid drug made by New England Compounding Center are struck by second illness; new problem, called epidural abscess, is infection near spine at site where drug was injected to treat back or neck pain. MORE
Nov. 2, 2012
Rep Edward J Markey, Democrat of Massachusetts, says he will introduce bill requiring that compounding pharmacies that produce on large scale be regulated by Food and Drug Administration as drug manufacturers and that compounded drugs be labeled as such; move comes after deadly meningitis outbreak was traced to contaminated injectable steroid made by New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Mass. MORE
Oct. 26, 2012
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Oct. 25, 2012
Properties and businesses of Gregory Conigliaro and his family, who own New England Compounding Pharmacy, are under intense scrutiny by federal and state authorities and personal-injury lawyers after deadly meningitis outbreak linked to steroids from their compounding pharmacy. MORE
Oct. 24, 2012
Massachusetts officials investigating the New England Compounding Center report that the company repeatedly failed to follow standard procedures to keep its facility clean and its products sterile as it hurried to ship drugs around the country. MORE
Oct. 23, 2012
Massachusetts Dept of Health releases records that show history of complaints and violations as far back as 1999 against New England Compounding Center, whose tainted steroid drug has caused meningitis outbreak resulting in 23 deaths nationwide. MORE
Oct. 22, 2012
Around 14,000 people in United States are stuck in nerve-wracking situation of knowing they may have been infected by steroid drug produced by New England Compounding Center, which has been linked to outbreak of meningitis, with no recourse but to wait for symptoms; experts are racing to see if they can determine which patients among all those exposed are most likely to contract meningitis. MORE
Oct. 12, 2012
Outbreak of fungal meningitis that has killed 14 people and sickened 156 more has focused attention on risk of infection from steroid spinal injections, which have long been linked to other rare but devastating complications; use of such injections has mushroomed even as clinical trials have found only modest evidence that they help. MORE
Oct. 10, 2012
Editorial contends meningitis outbreak linked to steroid produced by New England Compounding Center has laid bare disturbing lack of regulatory oversight of pharmacies that mix drug compounds; urges Congress to pass legislation to strengthen Food an Drug Administration to minimize risk of such contaminated products. MORE
Oct. 7, 2012
Rising death toll in the growing national meningitis outbreak has cast harsh light on loose regulations that legal experts say allowed New England Compounding Center, drug company, to sell 17,676 vials of an unsafe drug to pain clinics in 23 states; federal health officials have said that all patients injected with steroid drug made by the company need to be tracked down immediately and informed of the danger. MORE
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May 7, 2014, Wednesday
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Meningitis Outbreak Strikes Two Universities
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December 6, 2013, Friday
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November 23, 2013, Saturday
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November 19, 2013, Tuesday
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November 19, 2013, Tuesday
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November 18, 2013, Monday
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7:40pm Monday 25th February 2013 in Winchester By Wesley Rock
AN investigation into why an elderly woman who was knocked down by a car was left in the road for hours has been concluded.
But while South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS) said it regretted the incident, it declined to elaborate on why the ambulance took two hours to arrive, or to comment on what, if anything, the investigation revealed.
The Chronicle reported previously how the unnamed woman was struck by a car in the city centre on December 17 last year.
Although she was helped by police officers who were quickly on the scene, onlookers were stunned at the length of time it took for an ambulance to arrive.
Paramedics arrived after an hour, although it was another hour before an ambulance arrived to take the patient to hospital. The woman remained lying down in the road throughout.
A spokesman for SCAS said in statement: "South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS) would sincerely like to apologise for the delay on an ambulance response arriving on scene to a patient who was involved in an RTC at 1333 on December 17, 2012.
"It is regrettable that on this occasion we did not dispatch to the high standards which we would normally expect and we believe that this is not acceptable. We take any issues of delays to our patients very seriously and have investigated the incident. We are using this opportunity to learn and educate staff as a result of this incident to ensure that we improve our services to our patients in the future."
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Health Highlights: Sept. 11, 2013
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:
Ceremonies Mark 9/11 Anniversary
The reading of victims' names and moments of silence will take place Wednesday in New York City and other locations as people gather to commemorate the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
At the ceremony in New York City, relatives will recite the names of the nearly 3,000 people who died when hijacked passenger jets crashed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and into a field near Shanksville, Pa., the Associated Press reported.
The names of the victims of the 1993 World Trade Center bombings will also be read at the ceremony on the city's 2-year-old memorial plaza. Prior to the ceremony, there will be a tribute motorcycle ride from a Manhattan firehouse to Ground Zero.
Wreath-laying, name-reading and other tributes will also take place at the Pentagon and at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, the AP reported.
Worldwide, thousands of volunteers have pledged to do good deeds Wednesday to honor an anniversary that was designated a National Day of Service and Remembrance in 2009.
Extending a decision made last year, no politicians will speak at the New York City ceremony. Victim's loved ones will continue to be the focus of the ceremony in coming years.
"As things evolve in the future, the focus on the remembrance is going to stay sacrosanct," Joe Daniels, president of the National Sept. 11 Memorial & Museum, told the AP.
The museum, which is expected to be open beneath the memorial plaza by next year's ceremony, will present a wide-ranging overview of 9/11, including the experiences of first responders and survivors.
Bill and Melinda Gates, 5 Scientists Share Lasker Awards
This year's recipients of the prestigious Lasker Awards for medical research and contributions to public health include Bill and Melinda Gates, three researchers who developed implants that enable deaf people to hear, and two scientists who revealed how brain cells communicate.
The winners of the $250,000 prizes in the different categories were announced Monday by the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation. The awards will be presented Sept. 20 in New York City, the Associated Press reported.
The clinical medical research award will be shared by Australian researcher Graeme Clark, Austrian Ingeborg Hochmair, and Blake Wilson of Duke University in North Carolina for their roles in developing the modern cochlear implant, which benefits more than 320,000 people around the world with severe hearing loss.
The award for basic medical research will be shared by Richard Scheller of the biotech company Genentech and Dr. Thomas Sudhof of Stanford University. They discovered how brain cells release chemical messengers to communicate with each other, the AP reported.
Their research is helping scientists learn more about serious brain conditions such as Parkinson's disease, the foundation noted.
Bill and Melinda Gates won the public service award "for leading a historic transformation in the way we view the globe's most pressing health concerns and improving the lives of millions of the world's most vulnerable," according to the foundation, the AP reported.
The Gateses have donated more than $26 billion to their philanthropic foundation and often team up with agencies that can provide diverse expertise, the foundation said.
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Thanks to Ginny for taking the time to find the URL for pre-ordering OotP (the English version) in Brazil through Submarino. It will be R$106.90 (or $37.21 US) and will ship after 6/23/2003. Perhaps some local bookstores will do midnight sales like some of the other countries.
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Established in 1979, it brings together under one roof all the different branches of the law profession – judges, law teachers, law practitioners and government lawyers.
The ALA is a dynamic organization, moving forward in collaborative efforts to understand and harmonise laws in the region. It continues to play a complementary role in promoting a common ASEAN focus on key issues and policies.
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2014 Sprint National Development Program
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The aim of the USA Canoe Kayak National Sprint Development Program (NDP) is to build "a strong foundation for long term success".
At the core of this drive for long term success is our club based system. It is here where the strategies to generate the fundamentals inherent in a strong sustainable program are being targeted.
Our Athlete Development Model (ADM) has a club athlete centered approach in its program offerings but specifically rewards the athlete that demonstrates potential by his or her on water performance.
The athletes and coaches understand that in order to be a member of Team USA Sprint Canoe / Kayak it is an earned privilege based on performance.
The USA Canoe Kayak Performance Awards document is an incentivized approach in striving for international excellence. Athletes receive a monetary reward based on performance at specified international events.
A Coach Development Model (CDM), introduced in the summer of 2007, offers training to club coaches in USA Canoe Kayak's sport specific coaching education program. Practical in its assessment of coaching competence and economical in its delivery, seminars are offered during training camps in which coaches are invited with their nominated athletes; as well as at the request of member clubs during visitations by the National Sprint Development Director. Annually these seminars are offered at the USA Canoe Kayak Coaching and Leadership Conference – OKC – February 14-16, 2014.
The Sprint Coaches Association (SCA), formed in August of '07, plays a significant role within USA Canoe Kayak. With an elected Board of Directors, the SCA has provided direction and support in instituting the Performance Awards Program; Fitdex testing protocols; selection of the National Junior and Development Teams; reviewing Rules and Regulations applicable to Nationals and Trials.
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The City of Summit's public schools provide an enriched arts experience for all levels of education. The most dramatic example of this is demonstrated by the Summit High School (SHS). SHS offers 53 classes that include music, theater, and visual arts. In the upcoming school year, 12 classrooms will be specifically designated for a branch of the arts programs. In previous school years, nearly 500 students received instruction for either music, theater, and/or visual arts by means of electives or full-year courses. The faculty has its own branch for the arts, and in total, has 12 instructors and a department supervisor who are employed on a full-time basis.
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THEIR FAVORITE THINGS: Broadway and Lend Me a Tenor Star Jill Paice Shares Her Theatregoing Experiences
By Andrew Gans
Their Favorite Things asks members of the theatre community to share the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audience.
This week we spotlight the choices of Broadway singing actress Jill Paice, who is currently starring in the Paper Mill Playhouse production of Ken Ludwig's Lend Me a Tenor.
(Clicking on a name bolded in blue will take readers to that actor or show's entry in the Playbill Vault.)
The ensemble of The Pitmen Painters
Nic Rouleau and Will Blum in The Book of Mormon
Arnie Burton and Jeffrey Kuhn in The 39 Steps
Mark Rylance and David Hyde Pierce in La Bête
Kelli O'Hara in South Pacific
The company of the original Ragtime
Matthew Saldivar in Peter and the Starcatcher
Nina Arianda in Venus in Fur
Tom Edden in One Man, Two Guvnors
Gregory Jbara in Billy Elliot
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METAIRIE, La. — Six times in seven seasons, Marques Colston has finished with at least 1,000 yards receiving.
Three times in the past four seasons he has scored at least eight touchdowns.
He has at least 80 catches in the past three seasons.
And he still hasn't earned a Pro Bowl berth.
Shocked? His teammates certainly are as Colston heads into his eighth season in the NFL.
"Just hearing that, it's kind of like, why? How is that possible?" running back Pierre Thomas said. "You see this guy and all the things he has done in his past and still what he can do. He should have been one of those guys selected to be in the Pro Bowl."
Yet, Colston is the least interested in earning a Pro Bowl spot, one that would identify him to those not used to watching the Saints play as one of the league's most consistent players.
"I need another Super Bowl ring," is all Colston would say when asked if another 1,000-yard season would do the trick.
Truth is, Colston's nickname Quiet Storm tells you everything you need to know. He's not a rah-rah guy who will get in the huddle and deliver an impassioned speech to his teammates.
He just leads by example.
In 2012, Colston caught 65.9 percent of the passes thrown his way, 12th best in the league for receivers who played at least 60 percent of their teams snaps according to Pro Football Focus. His 1,154 yards were 15th most in the NFL in spite of seeing 854 snaps, the 13th fewest of those who played at least 60 percent of the season's offensive plays. And he did that in spite of playing the entire season with foot problems
This preseason, he was on the physically unable to perform list for the initial 11 practices of training camp and has sat out six of the past 12 workouts with what coach Sean Payton termed another foot issue.
Colston admits that he's not 100 percent and is trying to get as close to it as possible before the Sept. 8 opener against Atlanta. More than anything right now, the coaching staff has to be careful with Colston, who will play through an injury without a second thought.
"There are certain players, Marques being one of them, that not only this year but in years past we just have to look at the reps they receive during the week and be smart about it," Payton said.
So, about that Pro Bowl. Will another 1,000-yard season do the trick?
Again, Colston doesn't really care.
"To be honest with you, that has never really been a goal," Colston said. "That's just a byproduct of being a part of a great offense. So more important to us is getting back on track in the wins and loss column."


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A Mason County man died after crashing his car into a tree.
The crash happened around 10:45 Tuesday morning on Brye Road north of Johnson Road.
Deputies say 41-year-old Gary "Lee" Gramza from Free Soil didn't stop at the end of the road and crashed into a tree.
Gramza was a teacher in Manistee and was the only person in the car at the time of the crash.
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Millie graduated from her primary school today with a lovely leavers assembly followed by a prom, (with limousines, DJ and buffet).
She has literally blossomed in front of our eyes over the last two years in her new school and to say how happy we are would be putting it mildly. She received a special award for the most improved pupil.
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Great videoclip on "Massachusetts Miracle" >>> Web Link
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on Jan 20, 2010 at 9:03 am
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Awesome outcome. The tide is finally starting to turn, even in what was considered to be a hopeless liberal wasteland.
Now THAT'S hope and change!
on Jan 20, 2010 at 1:02 pm
Yes, it's a miracle. The people have spoken! However, Republicans don't let this get to your head. It doesn't mean we move back to the right wing politics. It's the independents who have spoken. I am a moderate and I believe the current administration and legislature have done exactly what the Republicans did under GW. So let's cut it out and work together. We are all one country and let's do what is RIGHT for the COUNTRY! Mr. McNerny, listen to the people... you can ignor the extremists (both RIGHT and LEFT!)
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dublinmike is a registered user.
Never occurred to some of you that Mass is reactionary?
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Cholo, it doesn't matter that Senator-elect Brown posed naked. All the voters cared about is having their emotional dysfunction addressed. Electing Brown rather than his intellectual superior win was about base instinct.
on Jan 21, 2010 at 11:36 pm
I think the results of the Massachusetts election just show that people want checks and balances in our political representation. I don't think it should be viewed as a "Republicans are better than Democrats" statement. They both suck in my opinion.
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When Obama and the Demoncrats fail America wins.
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The former chairman of the Republican Party in Montgomery County has been arrested, the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office said Tuesday.
Robert J. Kerns, 66, of North Wales, is facing 19 charges in connection with an alleged sexual assault, according to court documents. He surrendered to county detectives Tuesday morning.
Prosecutors held a late-morning news conference on the case. They said the alleged victim was one of Kerns' employees and he was to drive her home.
According to a criminal complaint, Kerns faces a total of 19 charges, including rape of an unconscious person, rape of a substantially impaired person, sexual assault, indecent assault, possession of an instrument of crime, unsworn falsification to authorities, tampering with or fabricating physical evidence and one drug count.
According to prosecutors, a grand jury concluded that Kerns drugged the woman with Ambien in wine and, once she was unconscious, sexually assaulted her and took her back to her home.
The woman went to a hospital, then contact Upper Merion police, prosecutors said.
The alleged offense date is listed as Oct. 25, the day after Montgomery County Republican Committee's Fall Reception and Dinner at Westover Country Club in West Norriton, featuring distinguished guest Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett.
During a preliminary arraignment, bail was set at 10 percent of $1,000,000. Court documents say Kerns did not post, and he was being taken to the county jail. A preliminary hearing is tentatively set for Dec. 6.
Prosecuting the case will be Assistant District Attorney Samantha Cauffman.
Brian McMonagle, Kerns' defense attorney, issued a statement Tuesday afternoon that said, "Mr. Kerns vehemently denies these accusations. Anybody who knows Bob Kerns knows he's incapable of such conduct. He's incapable of rape. He's incapable of drugging somebody."
Prosecutors said Tuesday that the matter was referred to the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office, but the A.G. did not assume the case because there was no conflict of interest.
Kerns, who is a lawyer in the firm Kerns, Pearlstine, Onorato & Hladik LLP, resigned as Montgomery County Republican Committee chairman earlier this month amid multiple reports that a sexual assault investigation was ongoing.
The county GOP's website says Kerns is married with three sons.
A new committee chairperson is expected to be chosen next month.
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SHELBYVILLE, IL. — May 13 10:30 p.m. A block of businesses in downtown Shelbyville along Morgan and Main streets are currently burning as firefighters from several area departments are working to contain the flames.
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YAKIMA, Wash.--There was hardly a parking space to spare all weekend during Yakima's Gun Show.
Brian Kjensmo, the gun show organizer, said this year's record breaking turnout can be attributed to the panic over stricter gun control laws.
He said ammunition prices and sales have doubled since December. Warehouses sit empty as manufacturers try to keep up with the demand.
Dale Launer started collecting guns when he was just a little boy. Now he's looking for that perfect one to add to his assembly.
"The pursuit of finding that rare item and finding that old Luger or finding that old Colt. That's the fun part."
Like Launer, many people in attendance are looking for that special piece, full of history. But for others, this is their first time ever purchasing a gun.
"We're seeing a lot of people who've never owned a firearm before or have very little exposure to firearms," said Kjensmo. "A lot of elderly people who have come in and are wanting to purchase a firearm for their own personal defense."
The gun show organizer said this doesn't come as a surprise. He said President Obama's recent focus on stricter gun control incites people to pick up as many guns and ammunition as they can.
"I don't think I've ever seen a time in the 14 years that we've been in business that the American public has geared up the way they have at this point in time," said Kjensmo.
"A lot of people have waited and didn't buy some stuff, and now they're kind of getting told they can't have it," said Launer. "I think in America if you tell an American he can't have it he wants it."
Of course there are some people who don't want any part of it. Members of the Yakima Valley Peace Advocates Network protest against the no-background-checks, often referred to as the "gun show loophole."
In response to the protests, Kjensmo said the vendors are very responsible and constantly look out for criminal activity.
He said they'll never hesitate to call local law enforcement if there's a problem.
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Pimiento Cheese-Stuffed Artichoke Bottoms Recipe
When your friends take a look at this vibrant appetizer, they'll know they're at a party. There's nothing better than nibbling on one of these comforting snacks while watching fall football. They are cheesy, bacony, and superb.Elizabeth Bennett, Mill Creek, Washington
- 3 cans (14 ounces each) artichoke bottoms, drained
- 3/4 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- 1/2 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
- 1 jar (4 ounces) diced pimientos, drained
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 3 cooked bacon strips, chopped, divided
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 2 green onions, chopped
- Cut a thin layer from bottom of artichokes to level if necessary. Place in a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. In a small bowl, combine the cheeses, pimientos, mayonnaise, half of the bacon, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper and cayenne.
- Spoon 1 tablespoon cheese mixture into each artichoke; top with remaining bacon. Bake at 350° for 15-18 minutes or until golden brown. Sprinkle with onions. Yield: about 2 dozen.
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Several streets in downtown Augusta are being closed for the 33rd Arts in the Heart of Augusta Festival.
The festival, which is scheduled for this weekend, is expecting more than 70,000 patrons. The event will feature four stages with local live entertainment, 110 juried artists and artisans, 19 cultural associations serving up food and a free hands-on children's area.
The following streets will be closed from the date and time listed until police give an all-clear on Sunday:
Tuesday, Sept. 17, midnight:
Thursday, Sept. 19, 5 p.m.:
Thursday, Sept. 19, midnight:
Friday, Sept. 20, 9 a.m.:
Note on 8th at Reynolds: No through traffic. Access to SunTrust parking deck and Lamar parking only.
Badges are $10 at the gate and are good for the entire weekend. Children ages 10 and under are free. A limited number of advanced badges are on sale for only $5 at SunTrust bank branches.
For more information, go to www.artsintheheart.com.
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