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Skip to comments.Teaching abortion techniques with papayas
Posted on 04/18/2013 5:38:56 PM PDT by markomalley
The latest effort to recruit abortionists relies on stealth and fresh fruit. Using a papaya as a uterus, medical students learn abortion techniques under the guise of miscarriage management.
One activist group boasts that the papaya workshop is now part of resident training at a Catholic hospital that prohibits abortion. A group of pro-abortion doctors in the UK declared 2013 the year of the papaya in response to the recent growth in popularity of this training exercise that has existed for several years.
Originally developed as a way to demonstrate an abortion technique called manual vacuum aspiration, the papaya is also used to demonstrate the manual scraping of tissue from the uterine walls and the placement of IUDs after abortion.
In a video series demonstrating the papaya workshop, Dr. Jody Steinauer acknowledged the controversial nature of the techniques she teaches: Depending on my learners and the environment in which Im teaching it, I sometimes frame it as a miscarriage case and sometimes as an abortion case.
Dr. Philip Darney, chief obstetrician at San Francisco General Hospital, fondly recalls going on missions for US in the early 1970s taking manual abortion kits to other countries, such as Indonesia, to enable clandestine abortions. According to Darney, the abortion kits provide a way to both treat women who have had unsafe abortions and accomplish safe abortion.
Darney describes portable abortion kits as safe and said that the manual syringe is preferable in places where electricity is unreliable. What about cleanliness in places without electricity? The papaya videos dont deal with it.
While the videos do not address cleaning the instruments or other infection precautions, Steinauer did find time to offer a full demonstration of scraping uterine walls. The papaya, especially when its not very ripe, when (scraped), feels exactly like an empty uterus, she said.
While a papaya may bear similarities to a human uterus, there are key differences. After attending one of the workshops, one medical student was uneasy. Its a lot more invasive than I thought, she said. A papaya doesnt bleed and scream.
Many training programs that use manual vacuum aspiration as miscarriage treatment receive funding from groups that promote abortion. Teaching materials specifically target doctors and support staff who express reluctance because of the close association with induced abortion. One nurse raised concerns about her ability to emotionally disconnect those two because I have such strong feelings about abortion.
Promoters of miscarriage management training are calling for research showing whether exposure to their workshops can shift attitudes about performing abortions.
In some places, the relationship between papayas and pregnant women has long been an uneasy one. In some regions of Asia, it was commonly believed that papayas were dangerous for expectant mothers, and modern research has shed light on the reason: unripe papayas contain a type of fruit latex that can induce uterine contractions and potentially cause a miscarriage.
Instructions to group leader for Papaya Workshop
The first step to a successful papaya workshop is collecting the necessary equipment and papayas. A store supplying the smaller Hawaiian or Brazilian papayas, as opposed to larger Mexican ones, should be located in advance, as the proper type may be hard to find. The papayas work best if they are somewhat ripe and not too green, but they do ripen quickly so dont buy them too far in advance. Ideally, each participant should have his/her own papaya, though in large groups two learners can usually share one.
MVA equipment sets can be shared by groups of four to ten students, depending on how many sets are available. At a minimum, each MVA set must include dilators, a #10 cannula with adaptor, and the aspirator. Depending on the resources available, the following equipment may be added to make the simulation more realistic: speculums, tenaculums, syringes, ring forceps, gauze, and emesis basins. Also useful to have on hand are cups or pitchers of water to rinse out cannulas that are clogged with seeds, and paper towels for clean-up.
The Workshop
A papaya workshop for students or residents should begin with an introduction to abortion care. One meaningful way to model compassionate abortion care to students is a role-play in options counseling. The role-play should demonstrate patient-centered counseling for a patient seeking an abortion focusing on her decision between medication and aspiration abortion. Many students and residents are surprised that family medicine physicians can do abortions in primary care settings, and others have only seen counseling in abortion clinics.
The role play scenario is attached. The scenario is flexible. If you are doing this for adolescent medicine physicians, you can have the patient be a teenager; if you are talking to physicians who care for the homeless, you can make the patient be a homeless woman. You can make the point that women from all walks of life get abortions, and that your role-play is just one of many common scenarios. Another way to do the role-play is just to ask for a volunteer from the audience to be the patient. You prep her that her preference should be for an aspiration procedure, so that you can end up spending a bit more time describing an MVA, since that is what you will demonstrate on the papaya, but otherwise she can just pretend to be a woman who needs an abortion and who knows nothing about the two options. At some point in the role-play, it works well to open the questions up to the audience, asking, If you were the patient, what other questions would you have? This assures that you have covered everything the group wants to know. If the questions begin to overwhelm the time you have allotted, you can ask the students to continue their questions in their small groups when they work on the papayas.
Next, it is helpful to demonstrate once for the whole group the way the aspiration procedure is done. During this demo, you can model the language that family physicians use to talk the patient through the procedure. You can also do a bimanual exam on the papaya, demonstrating to students what ante-verted and retro-verted positions of the uterus.
To prepare the papaya, you must pick the stem remains off. Be careful not to remove more than necessary or you may subsequently lose the seal around your cannula. The area under the stem is what you treat as the cervical os. If the papaya is still green and hard, it helps to roll it against the table to soften it, and thus allow the seeds to be aspirated. If you use a tenaculum in your demo, be sure to apply it horizontally so that it does not communicate with the "cervical canal" or you will lose suction. Dilate to a #10 and then use a #10 flexible cannula to aspirate the seeds. Learners often lose suction or find that the seeds get stuck. This is a chance to talk about troubleshooting the cannula and the aspirator and explaining that similar problems occur in reality.
For audiences with little clinical experience, such as first- and second-year medical students, it is important to remember that many have never observed a gynecologic exam, and may have no idea what the names of the instruments are, and what their uses might be. They dont know about uterine position that can be determined from a bimanual exam, so all of this needs to be explained both visually with the papaya and verbally as you demonstrate.
This workshop is a great opportunity to model language for the group. Explain to them when you use the betadine on the cervix that we dont want to say, Now Im cleaning your cervix, because that implies to patients that we think the vagina is dirty. Its better to say, Now you will feel a wet solution on a scratchy gauze against your cervix or I am wiping with an antiseptic so that I dont allow any bacteria to enter your uterus. If you are using the papaya workshop to teach residents prior to learning to do MVAs on patients, you may want to be more thorough with every step of the procedure, explaining no-touch technique, and having them handle each instrument repeatedly, emphasizing how to cock the aspirator, release the tenaculum, etc. In this instance, thorough practice on the papaya can advance competency with the instruments in a much less charged setting, rather than having the residents first learn on an actual patient.
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I am going to vomit.
Seriously, WTF is wrong with people?!?
You beat me to the punch.
One must offer up human sacrifices, young and innocent requirement, to the god Molech, read all about it in 2 Kings 21:1-15.
Is that the owl deity that's supposedly at Bohemian Grove?
God finally gave up on the Hebrews living in Judah and allowed them to be killed or carried off into captivity and removed them from the Promised Land.
To this day, the remnants do not dwell in that land without strife.
Well, why the hell not. They teach kids to put condoms on cucumbers, don't they? And Moo is pushing consumption of more fruits and veggies ... this ought to make her ecstatic. Geez, what a sick world we live in.
So... to these ghouls, women are no more than pieces of fruit. Abuse them for as long as one wants, then throw them away like garbage.
And what's with all the talk of women "needing" abortions? Unless a woman has a medical emergency making abortion necessary—a very rare circumstance—she never "needs" an abortion.
What horrible "training" for medical students. Presumably, they entered medical school because they want to heal people—and these ghouls try to eliminate every bit of that compassion. Monsters.
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I didn't grow up eating most of the simanim featured here. When I was a child, our Rosh Hashanah table always had dates, figs, pomegranates, carrots, and, of course, the head of a fish. Flash forward a couple of years; I got married and saw that my sister-in-law prepares an entire spread — a full course of simanim appetizers. We eat simanim as omens for a good year. They are also a wake up call to remind us to improve our behavior in the future. The source is in the Talmud, which explains that these foods that we eat on Rosh Hashanah night are omens for good things to come. The names of the foods in Hebrew and Aramaic hint at the blessings, for us to have a good year and for the evil decree of our sentence to be torn up.
The first thing you may notice as you peruse these recipes is that most of the recipes have sugar in them. And even those recipes that aren't full of sugar, still contain some! Sugar is sybolic for a sweet year. Thank you to my sister-in-law Debbie Englard for these recipes and inspiring us to incorporate these symbolic foods into our Rosh Hashanah meal.
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just saw this in the nick of time. i am just about to start cooking my carrots and will be trying your recipe! thanks and a gut yahr.
Those leek patties look so good! Today I made a sort of blackeyed pea stew, a new beet recipe, and caramelized butternut squash. Usually, though, I'm not so fancy! This will be bookmarked--thank you! L'shana tova!

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NAMI Honors MPD for Crisis Intervention Training
October 2nd, 2012 by milwaukeepolice
When a suicidal man threatened to jump off a bridge, it was Milwaukee Police Sgt. James Bryce to the rescue. Now, the National Alliance for Mental Illness in Milwaukee will honor him publicly at a dinner tonight.
On May 10, 2012, a 23-year-old man was threatening to take his own life, and was clinging to an overpass, threatening to jump. Using his Crisis Intervention Training, Sgt. Bryce talked with the man about various subjects, including the man's mother, who lives near the Center Street bridge, and the man's child. Bryce said he wanted to learn as much as he could about the man, in order to convince him not to jump.
"One of the things I wanted to do was just keep talking to him. I tried to figure out why he was there, what brought him to that point, where he decided all that's going wrong in my life, I gotta end it now," Sgt. Bryce told Fox 6 News at the time.
During the hour the man stood on the bridge, occasionally smoking cigarettes, Sgt. Bryce spoke with him about his family. "To make him picture his children, so that he would think about his children and his children's future, instead of jumping off a bridge," Sgt. Bryce said.
The man told Sgt. Bryce he planned to run from the scene and even fight officers if necessary, yet the whole situation ended peacefully. The man climbed down from the bridge out onto an embankment and was taken into custody.
Sgt. Bryce, like so many officers who receive this valuable training, learn how to deal with people who are in mental health crisis. About 300 members of the Milwaukee Police Department have received this valuable training.


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Jeremy Writebol in Wichita, Kansas, told NBC's "Today" show on Wednesday that he's been able to talk with Nancy Writebol as she fights the illness.
He says that his mother is able to move around the home where she's in isolation and has been able to get plenty of fluids.
Jeremey Writebol says, however, that he's concerned about his father, David Writebol, who was exposed before his wife learned of her condition. Jeremy Writebol said that his father is feeling fine and is checking his temperature every six hours to monitor his condition.
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Those lotrips about Domlijah as preschoolers was particularly tasteless.
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Sinclair's strategy. Most people outside of the TV industry have never heard of Sinclair Broadcast Group, but the Baltimore-based company is the biggest owner and operator of local television stations. Besides owning lots of stations, Sinclair also manages scores more through complex partnerships that media watchdogs say skirt the spirit of Federal Communications Commission regulations. The Wall Street Journallooks at the scrutiny of Sinclair. And just to show you how things don't change (and how old I am), here is a Wall Street Journal story on Sinclair that I wrote back in 2004 (subscription required).
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Sierra Entertainment, a division of Vivendi Games, today announced The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon, the third chapter in the popular Legend of Spyro trilogy. Developed by Etranges Libellules, the game will be released this fall for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system, PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system, Wii home video game system, PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system and Nintendo DS. Reprising their roles as the characters of Spyro and his mentor Ignitus, are two popular Hollywood leading men, Elijah Wood (Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings trilogy) and Gary Oldman (Sirius Black from the Harry Potter films). Joining the Spyro roster this year are Christina Ricci, Blair Underwood, Mark Hamill and Wayne Brady, rounding out an all-star voice cast.
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Etranges Libellules is now putting its talent and passion into current and next generation titles such as The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon - PlayStation 3 system, PlayStation 2 system, Wii and Xbox 360.
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Skip to comments.Freep a Poll! (immigration reform should include criminal background DNA testing?)
Posted on 01/31/2013 6:04:41 PM PST by dynachrome
Do you think immigration reform should include criminal background DNA testing?
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This is a trick question to get people to agree with the comprehensive immogration reform package.
It has NOTHING to do with DNA or criminal backgrounds and EVERYTHING to do with providing a spin that "most Americans want immigration reform and believe it should include DNA testing and criminal background checks."
What the Republicans should do is tell the Donkeys that we will support "immigration reform" if we can sign these folks up as Republican voters.
This is a weasel question!! I don't want immigration reform with OR without DNA testing!! I want our border militarized just like Mexico's southern border or a wall built just like Israel's.
Yes 397 Votes, or 94.74 %
No 22 Votes, or 5.250 %
My idea of reform would be very different from Rubio's or BushIII, let alone the full amnesty of the leftists.
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Iceland Reopens Airspace Around Volcano
Aviation Alert Lowered to Orange From Red
Icelandic officials on Sunday reopened the airspace around the Bardarbunga volcano as they dialed back on earlier reports of a small subglacial eruption.
The Icelandic Meteorological Office said it had lowered the aviation alert to orange from red and that the airspace above the volcano was no longer a no-fly zone.
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Red Carpet Rundown: Everything Old Is New Again At The Time 100 Gala
The Time 100 Gala was held Tuesday and the event (which celebrates the 100 most influential people in every industry, apparently) left me with a few questions 1) do people not hire stylists for things like this? 2) do they think it's okay to just wing it because the Time 100 gala isn't a major awards season event like the Oscars/Globes/SAG/etc? 3) who the fuck is being influenced by Blake Lively? Like, in any capacity? Girls who like traveling pants? Taylor Momsen three years ago? I have no idea. The Red Carpet Rundown, ahead.


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^^ Well, it would depend on the quartz content of the granite, no, velkyn? That'd work for diorite, but quartz-on-quartz is...unproductive, afaik.
Re: JimMany things have been done with stone in our past. But these were done without metal. This civilization had stone tools, nothing else. As for metal, I believe they worked Gold, but Gold is a soft metal and easily melted. Iron on the other hand, is hard to mine and requires mucho heat!
You believe evolution and there is no evidence for that. Where is the fossil record of a half man half ape. I've only ever heard about it in reading.


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My interest on the XO is manyfold; I'm an sustainable product design specialist working at Design for Sustainability program at Delft University of Technology. So you can imagine that I look forward to play with the product and also for the OLPC program to be a successful one.
I was wondering if there are more European enthusiast out there. If so, it would be great to set a European OLPC chapter and learn from each others' experiences, as well as explore the possibility to develop peripherals (at DfS we've experience in photovoltaic for portable electronics) and applications for the machine.
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Harrison Ford may reprise his character Hans Solo in the forthcoming Disney-made sequel in the 'Star Wars' franchise
Harrison Ford is "open" to the idea of returning to the 'Star Wars' franchise.
The 70-year-old actor - who played the character in the first three movies of the sci-fi franchise from 1977 to 1983 - would consider reprising his role in the recently-announced 2015 sequel, to be created by Disney.
A source told Entertainment Weekly: "Harrison is open to the idea of doing the movie and he's upbeat about it, all three of them [Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher] are."
However, Harrison has previously expressed disdain for the character, saying he did not find him particularly interesting.
He said: "As a character, he was not so interesting to me."
Disney purchased Lucasfilm, the company behind the movie series - helmed by George Lucas - last month, and has revealed plans for at least three more films following on from 2005's 'Revenge Of The Sith'.
George said: "For the past 35 years, one of my greatest pleasures has been to see Star Wars passed from one generation to the next," Mr Lucas said.
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Why Would a Christian Observe Passover?
- Passover Teaches us About Jesus
- The Early Christians Observed Passover
- The Seder is a Special Fellowship with God
- Passover is a Biblical Command
Passover Teaches About Jesus
- Jesus shared the Passover meal with his apostles saying, "I have been very eager to eat this Passover meal with you before my suffering begins. For I tell you now that I won't eat this meal again until its meaning is fulfilled in the Kingdom of God." (Luke 22:15-16)
- Jesus is the final Passover Lamb sacrificed to free us spiritually from the slavery of the sins just like the lamb had once been instrumental in physical deliverance of Hebrew slaves from bondage in Egypt.
- The Passover celebration is a memorial and tribute to Jesus for his great sacrifice and tortures that he suffered for the mankind.
- The unleavened bread was to represent Jesus' body and wine to represent his blood and the New Covenant. Jesus himself took the place of the traditional lamb.
The First Christians Observed Passover
- Paul speaks of taking the physical reminders of Jesus' body and blood (1st Cor. 11:23-34), we are told that as often as we do it we are to remember His death. What the Apostle is presenting in Hebraic terms is that we are not only to identify with Jesus in His death (Rom. 6; death to self; new life in Him).
- The Bible holidays were commemorated by Jesus and His apostles – and continued to be observed by Jesus' followers in the first century even after His death and resurrection.
- The early believers in Jesus, both Jew and Gentile celebrated the Resurrection in the context of the Passover: Matthew 26; Mark 14; Luke 2, 22; John 2, 6, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19; Acts 12:4; 1 Corinthians 5:7.
The Passover Seder is a Special Fellowship with God
- The Passover that Jesus celebrated before His death is a picture of the sacred banquet that is seen in Luke 13:28-30 and Rev. 19:6-9. God the Father, in Jesus, and Man at that Passover table, were eating and fellowshiping together. It's the strongest possible picture of the Father's friendship with us. In the ancient Middle East, if two hostile enemies ate at the same table they became the closest of friends. That's how powerful table fellowship is. (Avram Yehoshua)
Passover is a Biblical Command
Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD.
Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters.
And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.
And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD's law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.
Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year. (Exodus 13:6-10)
Did Easter Replace Passover?
Check in nearly any Bible help or encyclopedia to verify these facts:
- Easter cannot be found in Scripture.
- Easter was never instituted by God.
- Easter was never sanctioned by Jesus Christ.
- Easter was never taught by Christ's apostles.
- Easter was never observed by the early New Testament Church.
- What do eggs and rabbits have to do with Christ's death and resurrection? Easter history is that of pagan fertility gods and goddesses worship.
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AK Soft Tailored Jacket/Coat Dress
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I am continuing with my coordinated projects by showing off this super easy jacket pattern.
Teamed here with my Classic Floral Silk Shirt and my Pencil Skirt Pattern which is a Free BurdaStyle Download.
Or try it with my Jersey Polo-Neck Dress which is also a Free BurdaStyle Download.
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Jun 28, 2011, 02.06 AMby Amor Allure
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Jun 26, 2011, 02.22 PMby Elvira Elfje
I love it, I've downloaded the pattern and going to make it next week. At this moment I am wearing the Pinafore dress which I made this weekend, it's a bit to large (I made the large and I guess I need a medium) but it's lovely for a sunny day like today! Your patterns are easy to make for a beginner like me!! Thanks!
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Jun 26, 2011, 06.26 PMby Angela Kane
Thank you so much for this comment.
i am working hard to get out more patterns and videos. If it helps novice sewers to produce great garments from the start, I am thrilled.
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Will Goldman Be the Wal-Mart of Wall Street?
Goldman Sachs was increasingly focused on being the "low-cost provider," adapting technology and focusing on operational efficiency to maintain profit growth, Liz Moyer reports on digits. Photo: AP Images.
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DIY Holiday Decor from the Garden
Decorating for the holidays does not necessarily require a trip to the nearest big box store. Just step outside and look around your yard. Pinecones, evergreen boughs, holly and even galvanized buckets, burlap and cloches can all be pressed into holiday service free of charge. Here are a few ideas for making the most out of what your garden already has.
1. Red Twigged Dogwood Wreath. Wreaths made from evergreen boughs inevitably dry out and begin to shed their needles, which is why I love this big, bold DIY wreath from Sunset magazine made of red twig dogwood. Red twig dogwoods have fabulous ruby colored branches that are slightly flexible and they retain their color for months after they are cut.
2. Bucket Tree Stand. We always end up with the tiniest tree in the Christmas tree lot because our living room is so small and narrow. We use a galvanized garden bucket filled with sand to hold up our tree, but I love Country Living's idea of setting a Christmas tree atop a vintage wooden crate. It's a great way to give a small tree a bigger presence--and get it up and out of the way of wagging dog tails.
3. Sparkly Glass Cloches. Glass cloches help keep newly planted seedlings warm in spring, but they can pull double duty as holiday décor indoors. Martha Stewart Living recommends dressing up the cloches by filling them with ornaments, but they also look pretty filled with pine cones or beads. Here's a quick tip: fill your cloches with ornaments (or whatever you like) and then place a thin piece of cardboard over the bottom of the cloche. While holding the cardboard firmly in place, flip the cloche over, set it gently on a flat surface, and then slide out the piece of cardboard.
4. Easy Place Card Holders. Branches studded with berries look pretty in the garden or on the table as a simple place card holder. This example from Sunset uses snowberry, but holly, winterberry, heavenly bamboo, and viburnum all have pretty berries that persist into winter.
5. Pretty Pine Cones. Pine cones are plentiful and can be used in so many ways. Set them on the table as a place card holder, spray paint them silver or gold and fill a footed bowl with the cones, affix them to a wreath, or take a cue from Martha Stewart Living and use them as rosettes on either end of a swag of evergreen boughs (you can find the instructions for making the rosettes here).
6. Ice Lanterns. Every Christmas Eve my mom makes ice lanterns and sets them on the sidewalk that leads from the street to the front door. They are so pretty when set into drifts of snow and they help party guests find their way into the house and under the mistletoe that hangs inside the threshold. Ordinary Life Magic has great directions for creating your own ice lanterns. Other than freezing temperatures (or a walk-in freezer), all you need are buckets, water, greenery and berries from the garden.
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Another scorcher in Oklahoma today and we thank you for stopping by our website. Don't forget to check out our Q&A section of the site while you're here and take a look at this link http://www.wweshop.com/Category/JimRoss to stock up on JR's products for grilling season and save 20% on orders of $50 or more.
Highlights of of Monday Night Raw for me included:
Opening bout that gave the show early energy featuring WWE Champion CM Punk, Daniel Bryan and Kane w/ another cameo by the intriguing AJ.
Punk and Bryan have amazing chemistry and seeing these two perhaps at some point in time renew some form of an Ironman Bout would be fun to see. I still believe that their best is yet to come in a WWE ring. If WWE had a locker room full of athletes with Punk and Bryan's intangibles it would be ideal but realistically men like these two don't come along that often.
For my money, in the past several weeks Kane has not been better in years. He's seemingly reinvented himself and is, and always has been, an asset to WWE in and out of the ring.
AJ's TV persona continues to evolve and she's the most compelling WWE Diva on TV at this time. She's another young, talent who will get better over time and she's become one of my favorite characters to watch on WWE programming.
It was good to see Sycho Sid make a surprise appearance on Monday Night Raw. Sid still looks to be in really good shape especially for a veteran. Seems from his Twitter that Sid had a great time IF Sid's Twitter is actually his. Fake Twitter accounts are a true pain in the buttocks.
The upcoming MITB bouts are interesting. One will be dotted with former Champions while the other will have a different selection of talents looking to turn heads and maximize their minutes in a high profile bout. These are dangerous bouts and based on past history have produced some of the most memorable moments that I can recall broadcasting. What some of the men have put themselves through to entertain the fans in MITB has been the personification of high risk, high reward.
I thought that Vickie Guerrero had a stellar night on Raw. many of the male antagonists could learn from Vickie's on air character.
Hard to believe that John Cena has been with WWE for a decade now. I can vividly recall scouting John in UPW in Southern California back in the day and remarking to WWE Management that I felt that we had signed a future Wrestlemania main eventer within the next five years at that time.
My latest contribution to WWE.com will be posted on July 3 and it is about broadcasting with Jim Cornette and Jesse Ventura. I attempt to explain why I felt that The Body and I under delivered, at least in my view, and why I take responsibility for that matter back in 1992.
After taping the next round of NXT at Full Sail University in Orlando on Thursday July 12, I will be flying to Iowa to attend the Hall of Fame activities in Waterloo on July 13-14. I will be assisting Jerry Brisco with a tryout camp in Waterloo on Friday July 13 at 1 pm and attending the HOF banquet, etc.
Anxious to see the new, CM Punk DVD that Punk was hands on during the production along with the talented WWE Home Video crew. I was very pleased that I was able to contribute to the project and am anxious to see Punk's personal touches to this much anticipated production. It will be one of the top releases of the year.
I'm often asked who the next big star in WWE will be. I always give the same answer. It's impossible to say or to narrow it down to just one talent. WWE has several, developing talents who have a legit shot at making it big. There are so many variables that factor into the success of an athlete that is largely dependent on the athletes themselves and them getting a some luck.
I will say that one, home grown product in WWE Developmental that seemingly has unlimited potential is Leakee, the son of Wild Samoan Sika and a former defensive lineman at Georgia Tech. A natural athlete with drive and toughness, Leakee is 6'3"-260 pounds and is a bright young man who seems to be grounded and has an excellent work ethic. Time will tell how he evolves but don't be surprised if Leakee doesn't make some noise in WWE in the future.
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Love the new, college football playoff system that goes into affect in two years. The four team play off will generate BIG bucks and TV ratings and becomes essentially a TV products as it could be challenging for fans of competing teams to make travel plans in short notice. Nonetheless I'm excited about a CFB Playoff System and only hope that significant thought is given to who comprises the selection committee for the new process.
RAW1000 is beginning to feel really big and special, as it should, for the three hour spectacular in St Louis on July 23. I'd expect many surprises on that night and a packed, three hour broadcast. The best stories might be told in catering. That could be a good idea for WWE.com to cover.
There's a recent article on Deadspin.com that some one fabricated about me speaking to students at my old school, Westville, Oklahoma, many years ago at an assembly. It's total BS of which dozens can attest. Don't believe all that you read online.
I'm enjoying lending a helping hand to the rebranding of NXT and working with William Regal, Byron Saxton and Chris Russo. I am unaware of where all NXT airs and don't think that it airs anywhere in the USA but it does air in Canada and the UK from Tweets that I've received. I know of no plans for WWE.com to air NXT at this time.
I'm planning on going on a hunting trip with @shawnmichaels on his Outdoor Network show but after watching it last night there's no way in hell we're going to hunt elephants! How about we hunt the deadly wabbit?
This just in...I am still gainfully and happily employed by WWE. Many keep asking.
Can Chael Sonnen beat Anderson Silva in a few weeks on PPV in UFC? Of course but let's hope that Chael didn't blow his biggest/best chance the last time the two fought. I still put a lot of that outcome on Chael's corner who had to know that Sonnen was ahead by a wide margin on the judge's score cards and that the only way Silva could win was via KO or submission. Sonnen is a polarizing figure who has an immense personality and would be a great fit in WWE if he were to commit to being great in the squared circle. Chael should have stayed away from Silva in the last round of their last fight and if he had the charismatic athlete would be champion today.
I expect, now that the CFB playoff scenario is a reality that the Big 12 and the ACC will both attempt to 'beef up' their leagues to attempt to get closer in stature to the Big 10 and the powerful, bull of the woods, the SEC. College football as we know it is changing and hopefully for the better.
WWE returns to Oklahoma in October with Raw in OKC and Smackdown in Tulsa. The issues with the Oklahoma Athletic Commission have been largely resolved.
Getting great feedback on JR's Beef Jerky from many. It's a premium product that's 97% Fat Free and makes a great snack. All five flavor are available at WWEShop.com and at Norman, Oklahoma Homeland Stores.
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Ailing LHP Garcia removed from Cardinals' roster
The St. Louis Cardinals removed Jaime Garcia from their NL
division series roster Tuesday, a day after he lasted only two
innings in his Game 2 start because of an ailing shoulder.
An MRI revealed that the left-hander has a strained rotator cuff
and inflammation in his throwing shoulder. He'll be replaced by
rookie right-hander Shelby Miller.
Garcia's health was a concern after he missed two months this
season with shoulder fatigue, but he had pitched well since
returning in mid-August and won his last three regular season
starts. He said he had experienced some "normal stiffness" from
those late-season games, but the feeling in the shoulder was
different when took the mound Monday against the Washington
"We're in the playoffs," Garcia said. "I want to be there for
my team. I want to be able to help out, but I just realized that
once the game started it never got better. I never got warm, and I
had to say something. I made the decision. I said something at the
right time, and we still won the game. It was a really hard
decision for me to say something."
The Cardinals' 12-4 victory evened the series at one game
apiece, with the series moving to Washington for Game 3 on
Manager Mike Matheny dismissed suggestions that Garcia should
have spoken up about a possible problem before starting such a
crucial game.
"He went back and forth just like every guy does," Matheny
said. "You don't know exactly how you're going to feel until you
get out there. There are times you don't feel good, and I know that
we have had some pitchers wondering if they can make pitch one, and
next thing you know they are standing on top of the mound in the
eighth inning.
"I respect these guys' preparation that they have going into a
game, how they push through things, and try and make something out
of nothing at times. If you waited around until you felt perfect,
you would never play this game."
Garcia was scheduled to have a second opinion later Tuesday.
Lance Lynn, who pitched three innings in relief and picked up
the Game 2 win, will take Garcia's spot in the rotation if the
Cardinals advance to the next round.
Miller, one of the top pitching prospects in baseball, appeared
in six games this season as a September call-up. He worked 13 2-3
innings with a 1.32 ERA.
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text: Nelly 17 Report post Posted January 20, 2013 Dear All, A few weeks ago I watched a great You Tube by John Britt where he showed how to use epson salts or magnesium sulphate as a deflocculating agent. I was excited. He said that it was how Steve Hill makes his wonderful fluffy slip that he uses to adorn his vessels. While I have done a similar technique using just regular slip and whipping it up, I thought this time I would take some cream consistency scraps and gently add some epson salts. What I noticed and what John Britt said clearly was that you have to use very little of the water and epson salt mixture. I did notice it started to thicken but not enough to my liking. Thus, I kept adding the epson salt and water mixture to the slip. What happened was it turned out very watery. Know that I had already added mason stain to my starting slip base. I did not want to throw it out. Thus, I painted my pots with it anyway as a type of under glaze color. What I noticed afterwards in cleaning up some burrs left by the slip was that using the red rib, it started to shine. Then with a small burnishing stone, I noticed the same thing. It did it much more easily than my other pots that I have applied regular slip and stain. Again, my clay body is a simple stone ware Tuckers body. There is no significant grog in this formulation. Here are my questions: 1. Did I create a type of terra sigillata for stone ware? 2. Did I make a mixture that will now not hold glaze in the same way that terra sig. won't once fired?? My guess: 1. I did create something like a terra sig. I think this process is reversible with the sodium silicate but I am not sure and really wasn't thinking about it at the time. It was only while I was driving along in boredom today when it donned on me. 2. The pots with this mixture will likely not hold glaze readily. What do you think? Nelly Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Secretary Rokita to Present on Provisional Balloting
Contact: AJ Freeney-Ruiz
Indianapolis, IN - Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita will provide an overview of Indiana's provisional ballot process to his colleagues from around the state as he attends the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) Summer Conference in St. Paul, Minnesota this weekend. The conference brings together Secretaries of State from all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and territories for a meeting of the nation's oldest professional, non-partisan organization of public officials. Rokita, who serves on the Standing Committee on Elections, will present Indiana's successful provisional balloting process, which is regarded as a national model, to other Secretaries of State who serve as chief election officers of their respective states.
In June, Rokita presented on provisional balloting at the Helping America Vote Summit on Election Reform in San Diego, California. Indiana's provisional balloting process allows a voter to cast a vote if the individual believes she is registered to vote in a precinct but her name does not appear on the precinct's poll list or if the voter is challenged as not being qualified to vote in that particular precinct. The provisional ballot is kept separate from other ballots, and a bi-partisan election board decides whether the voter was qualified and whether the ballot should be counted. Implemented in the wake of the 2000 election, the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) made provisional voting the law of the land.
"Provisional voting supports our goal as election administrators," Rokita said. "Yes, every vote is important, but no voter is more important than any other voter. We should encourage both equal treatment and equal responsibility for all voters, and precinct-based provisional balloting is a means to that end."
Secretary Rokita will also attend meetings focused on the HAVA implementation practices among the states as well as committee meetings for Business Services and Securities - for which Rokita serves as vice-chairman.


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Cardiologists at Mercy Regional Medical Center recently acquired a new, improved version of technology used as backup for the angiogram, the old standby to locate blockages in arteries, veins or heart chamber.
The angiogram is adequate for most people, Dr. Alex Fraley, an interventional cardiologist, said in an interview about the new approach. But there are times when we arent sure if a blockage requires further investigation.
In those cases, Fraley said, cardiologists turn to a piece of equipment that combines ultrasound imaging and measurement of blood pressure across the blockage, providing a real-time look at a vessel or an organ.
Intravascular ultrasound imaging, known as IVUS, and fractional flow reserve, or FFR, offer a three-dimensional view of the inside of a vessel, going the two-dimensional angiogram one better.
The two technologies were housed in separate consoles but are now bundled in one, making it easier to use and more accurate, said Fraley, who asked for the improved technology when he arrived at Mercy last summer.
We had a loaner, Fraley said. But our own arrived early this year.
The two-in-one unit is more compatible with systems for image storing and sharing, Fraley said. The unit also has more applications, such as being able to be used in bigger vessels.
The $122,500 instrument was contributed by the Mercy Health Foundation through donations.
Every year, Mercys capital committee gets requests about department needs, said Karen Midkiff, the hospitals chief development officer, a committee member. The CEO and the board choose from a priorities list.
The foundation looks for funding sources, including donors who have expressed an interest in a certain area, Midkiff said last week.
An angiogram is done by X-raying a vessel into which a dye that blocks radiation is injected. The contrast in image colors indicates the blockage.
The angiogram sees only the lumen (the inside of the vessel), Fraley said. The IVUS visualizes the tissue of the vessel beyond the lumen.
A 20 percent drop in blood pressure when the FFR is used indicates a significant blockage, Fraley said.
The IVUS-FFR system is guided into place by a catheter inserted in the groin or wrist. The information it provides on location and extent of blockage and blood pressure through the constricted area tells cardiologists where to place a stent and what size stent to use.
About 30 percent of angiogram patients are candidates for IVUS-FFR investigation, Fraley said.
If a stent seems a reasonable solution, we use the IVUS or FFR, Fraley said. We dont always use both IVUS and FFR in all cases.
We had first-generation versions of the IVUS and FFR at Mercy, but they were underutilized because they were difficult to set up and were less accurate, Fraley said.
The technologies came into common usage about 10 years ago.
Fraley joined Mercy Cardiology Associates in August 2012. He has a degree in political economy of industrial societies at the University of California, Berkeley. He attended medical school at the University of Utah and did specialized studies at the University of California, San Diego, the William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich., and El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, Calif.
Mercy Cardiology Associates is operated by the Centura Health Physician Group and is located in the Mercy Medical Plaza.
Fraley said the IVUS and FFR technologies help doctors be more selective when it comes to interventions versus medical treatment. Studies have shown that angiograms have limits in diagnosing a patient and, in select patients, can result in under- and overtreatment with coronary stents.
The new IVUS-FFR system is an evolutionary tool that we use in addition to angiography, Fraley said. The addition of higher fidelity imaging and increased physiological data support us as providers in tailoring treatment for the individual patient.


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2008 FMI Show in Vegas Draws Few Large Food Companies
The first show outside of Chicago in 26 years draws few big food companies.
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The first Food Marketing Institute FMI Show held outside of Chicago since 1982 certainly was a different FMI Show. The city was Las Vegas, the venue was the Mandalay Bay Convention Center (not the Las Vegas Convention Center), and 11 of the top 15 food processors were missing.
The changes were inevitable, FMI officials and some of the processors in attendance admitted privately. "Chicago's great," said one exhibitor, "but going to the same town for 26 years gets old."
Others criticized McCormick Place management and its labor unions. Another said big companies had painted themselves into a corner with ever-larger exhibits. "They were getting too expensive, but companies feel exhibiting with a smaller booth than you had last year sends a negative signal to people. It's better to not show up than to show up small."
Eleven of the 15 largest food processors were missing from this year's FMI Show, but attendance was 17,543.
Among the companies exhibiting were Kraft Foods, Nestle USA, Anheuser-Busch, Coca-Cola and Campbell Soup. Among those missing were Tyson, Pepsico, General Mills, ConAgra, Kellogg and Unilever.
New products galore
As a clean slate, FMI 08 provided a great venue for Kraft to launch 90 – that's right, 90 -- new products (although not all were on display). Just a taste includes DiGiorno and California Pizza Kitchen For One, great single-serve microwavable pizzas; DiGiorno Ultimate Focaccia Pizza, which features Italian herbs, cheeses and olive oil mixed into a light focaccia crust and topped with classic toppings; and Nilla Cakesters Soft Snack Cakes, building on the momentum of Oreo Cakesters with a vanilla variety. They also put Cool-Whip in an aerosol can.
A visitor to the Glory Foods booth learns of the company's savory canned, frozen and fresh Southern-style foods.
A visitor could drink lime cactus, Tuscan orange grapefruit, pomegranate raspberry, blueberry, goji berry and acai – and that was just in the Anheuser-Busch booth. Not to mention the new Bud Lights in lime and Clamato. A-B also was promoting a distribution-only agreement with Borba Skin Balance Water. There are four nutraceutical-based varieties in the line: Age Defying (acai), Clarifying (pomegranate), Replenishing (lychee) and Firming (guanabana). While marketed by the Woodland Hills, Calif., company, the product samples were manufactured by Sparta, Wis.-based Century Foods, now a Hormel unit.
In addition to the big-name companies, the new FMI Show afforded a good portion of the spotlight to some smaller companies. Alamance Foods, a Burlington, N.C., maker of freezer pops, had one of the biggest and most centrally located exhibits.
Mayberry's Finest has been three years in the making, but the brand finally launched earlier this year by Choice Food of America, Nashville, Tenn. Based on baby boomer nostalgia for the 1960-70s TV show, it focuses on down-home comfort foods that might have been in Aunt Bea's pantry: cans of black-eyed peas, chicken and dumplings or sausage gravy; baking mixes for cornbread muffins, hushpuppies and peach cobbler. "The brand is 48 years old, and the show has never really been off the air," points out Phillip Connelly, Choice Food president. So far, distribution is just in seven mid-South states.
Campbell is leveraging the equity in its V8 brand to replace the Select Gold Label line of soups, while retaining the aseptic box packaging.
Some of our other favorite new products included:
- Campbell Soup Co. Camden, N.J., debuted a new line of Campbell's Select Harvest soups. Available in both cans and microwave bowls, each variety has been formulated to deliver great taste with 480mg of sodium per serving.
- Nestle's Stouffer's brand rolled out Easy Express Family Size meals to feed the whole kit and caboodle at home. Preservative-free, the home-assembly meals are ready in only 18 minutes. There are 130 varieties including Fettuccini Alfredo, Spaghetti with Meat Sauce, Lasagna and Baked Chicken Breast.
- McCormick, Hunt Valley, Md., allows you to use a restaurant-style technique to get a crunchy texture to chicken, fish or pork with McCormick Crusting Blends, made with panko breadcrumbs and specially formulated herb and spice blends. Varieties include French Onion, Pepper and Herb, Italian Herb & Cheese, and Garlic, Lemon & Rosemary. McCormick's Thai Kitchen brand showed four new 10-minute Curry Simmer Sauces in authentic Asian flavors: Red Curry, Green Curry, Yellow Curry and Panang Curry.
- Ruiz Foods, Dinuba, Calif., goes to the frozen desserts case for the first time with the debut of El Monterey Cheesecake Bites. They wrap creamy cheesecake and either raspberry or caramel topping in an oven-baked flour tortilla, dip the batter and lightly fry it. Voila, a scrumptious hand-held delight.
- Eggland's Best Inc., Jeffersonville, Pa., rolled out a six-pack of refrigerated Hard-Cooked, Peeled Eggs, perfectly cooked and ready to eat. They last seven days after the package's opening.
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Sarah Mahan said she was just getting home from work about 8 last night, and had just gotten out of her car on the Shrewsbury side of Lake Quinsigamond, when she heard calls for help.
She said she heard a man yelling "help, help, help," and said she guessed it was coming from closer to the Route 9 bridge. She hopped in her car and called 911 as she drove across the bridge to the Worcester side. She ran to the water's edge, where she could see the man struggling in the water. She continued talking to the 911 dispatcher, while communicating with the man.
"I just told him to try to float on his back until help came," Ms. Mahan said.
Just as emergency personnel were arriving, Ms. Mahan said she could no longer hear or see the man.
"I wanted to jump in after him, but they told me no," Ms. Mahan said.
Minutes later, word came across the water from Shrewsbury that the man had been scooped from the water. About a minute after that, Shrewsbury police cruisers escorted an ambulance across the bridge to UMass Memorial Medical Center — University Campus.
Worcester District Fire Chief William O'Connell said several scuba divers and a boat entered the water from the city side. A ladder truck set up flood lights from the bridge.
"She did a great job," the chief said of Ms. Mahan's efforts.
Shrewsbury Fire Capt. Bruce Card said two firefighters, Vincent Pignataro and Brendan Palumbo, boarded the department's hovercraft after receiving the same call of a man in the water. He said they met Worcester divers in their boat who were out with the victim.
The man was pulled onto the hovercraft and taken back to shore, where he was checked and put in the ambulance. Capt. Card said the man was conscious, but said the water was "pretty cold," and said the man would likely be checked for exposure or hypothermia.
"It was a good team effort," Capt. Card said.
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Tom Wilson Sr., creator of the comic "Ziggy," died September 16, after a long illness. He was 80 years old. Ziggy, which celebrates 40 years in syndication this year, continues to be produced by Wilson's son, Tom Wilson Jr., who handles the day-to-day operations.
Wilson Sr. was born August 1, 1931. For more than 35 years, he served as a creative director at American Greetings, where he was responsible for the development of many breakthrough card lines. Wilson Sr. first published "Ziggy" in the 1969 cartoon collection When You're not Around. The "Ziggy" comic panel, syndicated by Universal Uclick (formerly Universal Press Syndicate), launched in 15 newspapers in June 1971. It now appears in more than 500 daily and Sunday newspapers, and has been featured in best-selling books, calendars, and greeting cards.
A veteran of the licensing business, Wilson Sr. headed up the creative team that developed character licensing blockbusters such as Strawberry Shortcake and Care Bears. He is survived by his wife Carol, son Tom Wilson Jr., and daughters Ava and Julie.


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Wind Energy PTC Extension Essential, Beneficial for Rural America, Entire U.S.
January 25, 2013
Audio with Howard Learner, Environmental Law and Policy Center executive director (MP3 2.4 MB) Download Windows Media Player. Time: 00:02:30.
The wind power Production Tax Credit championed in the 1990s by Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is an incentive to help spur wind power development in rural America. Environmental Law and Policy Center Executive Director Howard Learner says oil, gas, coal, and nuclear power all get a wide array of federal subsidies and the wind power PTC that was extended by Congress on January 1 supports rural economic development.
The PTC has been a start-stop program and Learner says that sort of instability doesn't help move development forward.
"Developers need more predictability and more certainty. Wind power development in rural America is good for farmers' income. It provides a new source of income when land payments are made for installing wind turbines. It's good for rural economic development and jobs, and it increases property tax bases and other employment. And it's good for the environment. This is a win, win, win. Extending the Production Tax Credit is going to spur more wind power development, and that's going to provide a domestic, clean energy supply source, make us less reliant on other energy coming in. It's going to be good for farmers' income, good for rural economic development, and good for the environment. Altogether it's win, win, win."
Some people says wind energy should be able to stand on its own without government subsidies, but Learner says everything has to be on a level playing field especially since gas, coal, nuclear power, and oil all get federal subsidies.
"You can really adopt two approaches. You can adopt an approach and be sort of Peter Pan and wave your magic wand and say we're going to get rid of subsidies for everything. And that's an intellectually consistent policy, and it's one that as we know, Congress has had a very difficult time doing. But to single out wind power and say we're going to continue taxpayer subsidies for coal and nuclear and oil and gas, but wind, you don't get any support. That's not fair, and it doesn't work well. It puts wind power in a competitive disadvantage. So we need to have a level playing field."
Learner says wind power makes sense and is supported by Republicans and Democrats and people living in urban and rural areas. In a time when farm policies are so hotly contested before Congress, he says it's important to form policies for rural America that can gain support from people living in cities and suburbs too. Ultimately, Learner says wind energy is good for creating jobs and economic development—among other things—and the PTC extension is essential to making those happen.