Health / Disease

Ex-Penn State coach asks for postponement of sex-abuse trial

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Jerry Sandusky's lawyer on Wednesday asked for a delay in the former Penn State assistant football coach's child sex-abuse trial, saying he needed more time to prepare and still was waiting for disclosure of prosecution material.

Defense attorney Joe Amendola argued in a 13-page motion that ...

Postal Service to keep rural post offices open

WASHINGTON — The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service sought Wednesday to tamp down concern over wide-scale cuts, revealing it will seek to keep thousands of rural post offices open with shorter hours.

At a news briefing, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said the mail agency was backing off its plan to ...

Finals Week - Last Chance to Help Kickstart the Butcher Shop at Sugar Mountain Farm

NoNAIS - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 09:42


We are now in our last week of our Kickstarting the Butcher Shop at Sugar Mountain Farm. We made our initial goal of $25,000 for the butcher shop equipment thanks to all of you!

We made our second goal of an additional $5,000 for pouring the abattoir tower. Thank you, again!!

Some people have asked how high can we go? The sky’s the limit. There are more goals ahead such as pouring the floors of the abattoir, the roof of the abattoir, etc. Help spread the word to as many people as possible in this last week so as to raise additional funds for the higher levels where all backers can get additional rewards added on to rewards packages such as more sausage, hot dogs, bacon and other Goodies.

Spread the Word Game:

Win: T-shirts, mugs, DVDs, books plus more meat and other goodies on rewards tiers.

Goal: Get the word out in this last week. Let’s blast past a new level to help fund the next step: construction of the abattoir to bring slaughter on-farm!

The Message: Kickstart the butcher shop at Sugar Mountain Farm for pastured pigs http://smf.me Pls RT

Feel free to add to that but use at least those words and short link to get things spreading further.

Actions:

  1. Tweet the message to followers
    Bonus Credit: Follow @SugarMtnFarm
    https://twitter.com/SugarMtnFarm
  2. FaceBook write the message on your wall
    Bonus Credit: Like this post, Friend & Event “Finals Week”
    http://facebook.com/SugarMtnFarm
  3. Blog the message above with some intro discussion.
  4. Bonus Credit: link to a picture from the project so it shows on your blog - pictures attract attention and make people interested in things.

  5. Discuss our project and mention the message in discussion lists - don’t spam though.

Leave a comment on Update #41 letting me know what you did.
e.g., 1,2,3,4.

Our project ends May 15th. If we can break through to the $35,000 level then backers can get extra meat and goodies added to their rewards as show in in the chart on Update #40.

On May 16th when our project is done, I’ll pick seven random winners from the commenters on Update #41: one for each day of this final week, to receive their choice of a T-shirt, mug, Sugar Mountain Farm Book, Farm Tour DVD, a small ivory pig tusk or extra meat in their meat package!

Daily Spark: Resolve is an anagram of Lovers.

Colo. lawmakers reach impasse on civil unions

DENVER (AP) — Chants of "Shame on you" from gay rights supporters thundered through the Colorado House on Tuesday night after Republican House Speaker Frank McNulty said legislation to allow civil unions would not get a vote.

Mr. McNulty told reporters that lawmakers had reached an impasse and civil unions ...

Wis. recall election is rematch of 2010 governor's race

MADISON, Wis. — The candidates may be the same, but Wisconsin isn't.

In the tumultuous 18 months since Republican Scott Walker defeated Democrat Tom Barrett in the 2010 governor's race, Wisconsin has been rocked with massive protests over workers' rights, recall elections over a contentious union rights law, and a ...

Economic Alert: If You’re Not Worried Yet…You Should Be

TruthNews.US - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 09:42
Brandon Smith | The calm moments before each passing storm give Americans a false sense of hope that our capsized fiscal vessel will somehow right itself if we just hold on a little longer...

VIDEO: CIA Catches Itself in New Underwear Bomb Plot

TruthNews.US - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 09:42
Infowars.com | The entire terror plot story has once again collapsed into a farce, with the would-be bomber himself an admitted CIA informant.

Border Patrol adapting to new threats

Just eight months after Defense Department officials complained in a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that there was "no comprehensive Southwest border security strategy" in place, the U.S. Border Patrol unveiled a new strategy Tuesday that relies on helicopters and unmanned aerial drones and targets repeat offenders.

Recognizing that it ...

American Scene: LEDs mean full rainbow for Empire State Building

NEW YORK — The Empire State Building will replace its tower lights with a computer-driven LED system that allows for nearly endless color combinations.

The iconic skyscraper's owner is partnering with Massachusetts-based Philips Color Kinetics to install the new light fixtures.

The top of the building is bathed in an ...

Mother, wife of kidnapping-slaying suspect arrested

GUNTOWN, Miss. — The net widened in the case of a Mississippi man suspected of killing a Tennessee woman and her teenage daughter and fleeing with her two younger girls.

On Tuesday, authorities charged man's wife and mother in connection with the abduction.

As an intense manhunt for Adam Mayes ...

Georgetown catches flak for Sebelius invite

In what has become an annual tradition, another Catholic university has come under fire for its choice of commencement speaker.

Georgetown University, the oldest Jesuit institution in the nation, is taking heat for inviting Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, a Catholic, to address the school's Public Policy Institute ...

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