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When I was 15, my parents wanted to expand my horizons, so they sent me to Utah County.
They had friends who lived in Payson and had a son my age. In somewhat of a summer cultural exchange program, he stayed with us in Salt Lake for two weeks, then I stayed with his family for two weeks.
I quickly was included in his clique and every day we went to a diner that was the high school hangout. As we sat together over hamburgers and Cokes, we were entertained with stories by the class seniors about their exploits against the kids from neighboring Spanish Fork. All the stories had the same theme. The Payson kids would beat up the Spanish Fork kids, then take away their girlfriends. They also consistently trounced the "Spanish" in drag racing.
After a while, I decided those Spanish Fork guys must have serious self-esteem issues. Still later, though, I began to suspect that if I had stayed with a kid from Spanish Fork, the stories would have been different. The Spanish Fork guys would have won all the fights, had faster cars and charmed the socks off the Payson girls.
It's all about perspective, and from whose perspective the story is being told. That experience, to me, is a metaphor for the political climate we have today. I have tested this theory from time to time by alternately tuning in to MSNBC, the liberal station, and Fox News, home to some of the most high-profile pundits on the right.
My conclusion: A person who gets his or her information from MSNBC and a person who gets it from Fox live in two completely different realities. The perceptions they are presented of the world are nearly polar opposites, and the talking heads on both channels have facts and figures and experts to back them up.
The problem is that victims of this hyperbole from both ends of the spectrum are the gullible folks who eat up everything they see and hear from their chosen medium.
Then they go to their conventions, primaries and general elections and elect candidates who share their same slanted beliefs.
No wonder we can't get anything done in Washington.
To the Fox News viewers, the Wall Street occupiers are stooges for a larger force of evil with a socialist agenda. And they all need a bath. The tea party folks, on the other hand, are hard-working regular folks who are tired of big government robbing them of their liberty.
To those who watch MSNBC, the occupiers are the honest folks, frustrated with a system rigged for the rich. The tea partyers are pawns of large corporate interests who are behind the rallies against the populist calls for social justice.
Fox viewers hear all about the millions spent to recall Republican governors and legislators who are trying to do away with collective bargaining. MSNBC viewers hear all about the millions spent to prop up those Republican governors and legislators.
Locally, we hear from Republican legislators and their supporters that teachers unions are destroying education because they only care about keeping their unions powerful.
From educators we hear conspiracy theories about those legislators and corporate interests that want to privatize schools for profit at the expense of students and teachers.
None of these people are talking in any meaningful way to each other. They are just beating each other up, driving faster cars and taking away their girl (or boy) friends.
And their fantasies are validated by the partisan media we have allowed to commandeer the discussion.


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Re: Diva Chaos
Volume 59
Nora: Welcome to Diva Chaos, we're one week away from Bad Blood where Mickie James will defend her World Title against Maryse! But tonight Mickie teams with Hamada to face Maryse and Natalya!
"Angel On My Shoulder" plays as Velvet Sky makes her way out on to the stage with her International Title around her waist.
Nora: Here comes the International Champion, and Kelly Kelly's personal assistant, Velvet Sky! What will she have to say after being laid out by the Hardcore Champion, Cheerleader Melissa last week!
Sky steps into the ring, flaunting herself as she taunts the fans and then demands a mic
Sky: For months I said that I was a main eventer, that I deserved the spotlight, and when I captured the International Title I proved to the world that I was right! I'm am the most beautiful and most talented woman to ever step into the ring! But not only that, I am the right hand woman of the world's greatest boss, our General Manager Kelly Kelly. Which means I am the second most powerful woman in wrestling! I have more power then Christy Hemme, I have more power then Mickie James, and I have more power Cheerleader Melissa! Melissa needs to learn that she is do what I tell her, if I ask Melissa to jump she does it, if I ask her to attack Christy Hemme then she is supposed to do! But what did she do, she bashed a steel chair over my head like some type of animal! But you are an animal, your a little pest, and Melissa I plan on exterminating you! First I'm going to make sure that I take that Hardcore Title away that you worked so hard for, away from you! That's why even though I can't stand the sight of that ugly, freak Roxxi, I know she is tough enough to get the job done and why she will be you later tonight! Melissa you need to learn how to be a good little bitch and...
"Walk Idiot Walk" plays as Christy makes her way out to a huge ovation and chases Sky out of the ring.
Christy: Velvet Sky! You've been ducking me for weeks! I deserve a rematch for my International Title! I don't care what you do to me! I don't care who you put me in the ring with, Melissa, Sara Del Rey, Awesome Kong, I don't care! Because no one will stop me from eventually getting my hands on you and getting my title back! The only way you can stop this, is if you give me my rematch...tonight!
Sky: Christy weren't you just listening, I'm the one with the power around here not you! I'm not ducking you Christy, the reason I haven't faced you, is because you don't deserve to face me! I haven't been punishing you, I've given you opportunties, but you've failed! I'll tell you what though, if you want a shot, you'll get it! All you have to do is beat Gail Kim! If you can beat Gail Kim, then I will defend my International Title against you at Bad Blood. But if you lose tonight, you will never get a shot as long as I am champion! Oh and by the way your match is next!
Nora: Christy Hemme Vs Gail Kim, if Christy wins she'll get her rematch, and it's next!
With Velvet Sky watching Gail and Christy circle around the ring and lock up and Gail takes Christy down with an armdrag, Gail holds on the arm as Christy gets to her feet but Gail grabs Christy by her hair and throws her back down to the mat while holding on to the arm. Christy gets up and escapes with a hip toss, Gail gets to her feet and goes for a closeline but Christy ducks it and rolls Gail up in school girl and gets a two count. An upset Gail lunges after Christy but Christy dodges and then hits Gail with a dropkick. Gail backs into the corner and Christy takes hero out with a monkey flip! Christy makes a cover but gets a two. Christy picks Gail up and sends her into the ropes but Gail comes back with a spinning wheel kick! Gail grabs Christy by the hair and unloads with hard right hands as Sky looks on with approval. Gail picks Christy up and delivers a backbreaker! Gail drives her knee into Christy's back and then pulls back on the jaw of Christy, Christy screams in pain as Gail smirks. Gail releases the hold and then stomps on the back of Christy. Gail picks Christy up and throws her into the corner and then connects with a hard charging closeline. Gail throws Christy down and climbs to the top rope, Christy gets to her feet and Gail comes off with a missile dropkick that connects! Gail with the cover but only gets two. Gail picks Christy up but Christy fights back with a series of right hands, Gail rakes the eyes of Christy and goes for a closeline but Chirsty ducks it, Gail then turns around and gets a kick to the midsection and then a ddt! Sky yells for Gail to get up as both ladies stumble to their feet, Christy catches Gail with a closeline and then another. Christy picks Gail up but Gail delivers a knee to the midsection. Gail goes for a bodyslam but Christy slides over the shoulder of Gail Kim and then grabs her and hits a reverse twist of fate! Christy makes a cover but gets a two count. Sky gets worried and puts her IN Title on the apron and then hops on the apron and gets the attention of both the offical and Christy. Both yell at Sky to get down as Gail rolls over and grabs the IN title. Gail prepares to hit Christy with the title, but sliding into the ring, out of nowhere is Eve Torres with a steel chair! Eve spins Gail around and smashes her with a chair! Eve rolls out of the ring as Christy drill Sky with a forearm knocking her off the apron! Christy climbs the middle rope and comes off with the FFG and it connects! Christy hooks the leg and gets the win! Eve enters the ring and raises Christy's arm as Sky throws a tantrum on the outside.
*Cut To Commercial*
Backstage Eve Torres is walking when So Cal Val
Val: For the second week in a row, you've gotten the better of Gail Kim. How does it feel after all the tourment that Gail put you through?
Eve: It feels great Val! Gail Kim has been bullying people, people she called "eye candy" people like Christy and Lauren and me! Well I'm not going to let myself be bullied anymore! I'm not going to play the roll as the damnsel in distress! I'm going to bring the fight to anyone who thinks they can push people around! That's why I'm issuing a challenge to Gail Kim to face me at Bad Blood! This is for more then just me, this is for Christy, Lauren, all the other women thats been told their just a preety face, and this is for Stephanie Mcmahon the woman who Gail Kim cost her her job! I will fight on behalf off all of these women and I hope they watch me kick your ass at Bad Blood!
Eve walks off as Lauren looks on.
Melina Perez is standing in the ring with a mic in her hand.
Melina: I brought Mercedes Martinez into Diva Chaos, because like all of you, I recognized her power! I thought she could use that to protect me from all the harassing paparazzi and all of the jealous women in the back, but no! Martinez for all the power, has no brains! She is a complete screw up! I brought her into this company and it will be my pleasure to run her out of this company at Bad Blood. After the beating I give her, she will be to embarassed to ever show her face again! But for the past week all I've heard is but did you see her beat Awesome Kong? Wasn't she so impressive? The answer is...no! Because you see anything Mercedes can do, I can do better! That's why I'm issuing a challenge to that overgrown beast, Awesome Kong, right now!
The beats of Awesome Kong music hits as she looks furious as she stomps down the rampway
Nora: Does Melina have a death wish, challenging Awesome Kong?
Melina stares down Kong and Kong lunges after Melina, but Melina delivers a series of rapid kicks the leg, Kong swings with a wild right but Melina ducks it and fires off a series of forearms. Melina runs off the ropes but Kong catches her and grabs her by the throat! Kong lifts Melina up in the air and drops her with a gorilla press slam. Kong picks Melina up and delivers a knee to the midsection, Kong grabs Melina by her arms and delivers an implant buster! Kong makes the cover but only gets a two count. Kong continues to dominate Melina with her power and drops Melina with a sidewalk slam. Kong climbs to the second rope and comes off with a splash but Melina moves out of the way! Melina gets to her feet and delivers a low dropkick to Kong. Melina hits Kong with a series of right hands. Melina runs off the ropes but gets caught with a spinning backfist! Kong makes the cover but only gets two. Awesome Kong picks Melina up and irish whips her into the corner.Awesome Kong comes charging in but Melina moves out of the way and Kong runs into the turnbuckles, Melina quickly climbs to the 2nd rope and grabs Kong by the hair and comes off the 2nd rope with a facebuster! Melina makes the cover and gets the three count.
*Cut To Commercial*
Melissa and Roxxi meet face to face in the center of the ring and quickly come to blows! Both exchange hard rights and left, Roxxi gets the upperhand and unloads with rights and backs Melissa into the ropes. Roxxi charges with a closeline but Melissa back body drops her over the top rope and to the floor. Melissa steps out onto the apron and comes off with a flying closeline that takes out Roxxi. Melissa grabs a trashcan lid and smashes Roxxi over the head with it! Melissa looks under the ring and pulls out some chairs, a trashcan, and other weapons and slides them into the ring. Roxxi crawls under the ring and Melissa drags her out but Roxxi shoots a fire extinguisher off in Melissa's face! Roxxi grabs a kendo stick and smashes Melissa in the midsection with it, then a shot to the back, Melissa drops to her knees and Roxxi blasts her in the back of the head with it! Roxxi grabs a trashcan and smashes Melissa over the head with it and then makes the cover but only gets two. Roxxi picks Melissa up and delivers a suplex on the steel rampway! Roxxi goes for another cover but only gets two. Roxxi picks Melissa up and irish whips her into the ring apron! Roxxi unloads with a series of chops but Melissa decks Roxxi with a forearm and then smashes Roxxi's face into the apron! Melissa rolls Roxxi back in and goes after her. Melissa delivers a back suplex on a trashcan, Melissa rolls Roxxi over and delivers the curb stomp! Melissa makes the cover but only gets two. Melissa picks up a steel chair and charges but Roxxi counters with a spinebuster! Roxxi makes cover and gets another two count. Roxxi picks Melissa up and hits the barbie crusher! Roxxi makes the cover and gets two but Melissa puts her foot on the bottom rope! Roxxi climbs to the top rope but Melissa shakes the ropes and crotches Roxxi up on the top rope. Melissa superplexes Roxxi off the top rope onto a steel chair! Melissa picks Roxxi up and goes for the kudo driver, but Roxxi lands on her feet. Roxxi delivers a kick and then runs off the ropes but Melissa catches Roxxi on her shoulders and delivers an air raid crash on a chair! Melissa hooks the leg and gets the three! Melissa celebrates with her Hardcore Title and then helps Roxxi to her feet and raises her arm in a show of respect. Melissa looks satisfied after ruining Sky's plan yet again.
Backstage The Canadian Connection is standing in Kelly Kelly's office
Kelly: Two of you had a shot at history, you had a shot to take the World Title away from Mickie James, and you failed, you denied yourself from making history. Why was that because you three could not work together! Now at Bad Blood, one of you have a chance to make history, and that one woman is Maryse! Maryse, you have the chance to defeat Mickie James for the World Title, you have a chance to make history, a chance to give this company a champion it can be proud of of! Now as for you two, it's up to you to make sure without a shadow of a doubt that Maryse leaves Bad Blood as champion! You see individually you all are flawed, but together you three can be the most unstoppable force in wrestling! That is the key, you must be one the same page and work together! If Maryse fails at Bad Blood, not only will it be the end of the Canadian Connection, I promise you, it will be the end of your careers! You will not fail me for a third time and get away with it!
Maryse: You have nothing to be worried about, there is noway Mickie James can beat me!
Kelly: I'm not worried...but you should be!
Maryse walks off with Trish and Natalya as Kelly stares on
*Cut To Commercial*
ODB is standing in the ring with a microphone
ODB: I don't know why Velvet Sky picked Roxxi to try and take the Hardcore Title away from Melissa! There is only one woman that is tough enough to take the gold away from Melissa and that's me! I'm the toughest bitch in this company! I'll fight anyone, anywhere, and kick their ass! That's why I'm issuing a challenge to anyone back there and once I'm done kicking your ass, I want Velvet Sky or Kelly Kelly to come out here and give me a shot at the Hardcore Title!
ODB stands in the ring and the music of Sara Del Rey hits
Nora: When will people learn around here, not to issue an open challenge to anyone?
Del Rey makes her way down the ramp but ODB doesn't look intimidated as Del Rey steps into the ring.
ODB stares down Del Rey and smacks her chest, ODB takes a swig from her flask and then spits it in the face of Del Rey! An enranged Del Rey comes in with a big swing but ODB ducks it and then unloads with some hard rights and then a kick. ODB runs off the ropes but Del Rey catches ODB with a big boot to the chest. Del Rey picks ODB off the mat and holds her by the throat as she delivers a series of headbutts! Del Rey lifts ODB up in the air and slams her down to the mat. Del Rey picks ODB up and hits the royal butterfly and scores the pinfall!
Backstage So Cal Val is with Torrie Wilson
Val: Torrie your moments away from facing Layla, however at Bad Blood you will be facing your former best friend Michelle Mccool, this time in a submission match. Now what do you have to say to the people who think your an underdog in this match.
Torrie: Everyone though I was the underdog going into Guilty Pleasure and I beat Michelle Mccool in the middle of the ring. As much I thrive on being the underdog, i'm not the one with something to prove. I've beaten Michelle Mccool, it's Michelle who hasn't beaten me! She can pick any stipulation she wants extreme rules, submission match, but it doesn't matter. Because I have one thing Michelle doesn't...heart. My heart beats stronger every moment I'm in that ring and that's why I won at Guilty Pleasure, and that's why I will win at Bad Blood! I've never been much for being a "technical" wrestler, that's why I've been training with one of the best women submission wrestlers ever!
Val: If you don't mind me asking, who?
Torrie smiles real big and then walks away with Val looking confused.
*Cut To Commercial*
With Michelle in Layla's corner watching, Torrie and Layla circle around the ring. Michelle Mccool jumps up on the apron and distracts Torrie, allowing Layla to hit her from behind. Layla pounds on Torrie and throws her down to the mat. Layla follows up with a series of stomps and then picks Torrie up and throws her into the corner. Layla delivers a series of kicks to the midsection and then throws her across the ring by her hair. Layla makes a cover but Torrie kicks out at 2. Layla puts Torrie throat first over the bottom rope and then stands on her back and chokes Torrie out. Torrie tries to get to her feet and Layla delivers a running kick to the ribs. Layla picks Torrie up but gets a Torrie fights back with a series of right hands and then another. But Layla catches Torrie with a kick to the midsection, Layla goes for another kick but Torrie catches her foot. Torrie kicks Layla's back leg out from underneath her, Torrie holds on to Layla's right foot and turns Layla over and locks in an ankle lock! Layla screams as Torrie twists on her ankle, Torrie grapevines the leg as Layla screams and then taps out to Torrie!
Nora: Layla was dominating the match and out of nowhere, Torrie turned the tide and made her tap! If I was Michelle Mccool I would be a little bit more worried, as that so called "technical" advantage she had, might of just been thrown out the window.
Michelle stares down Torrie from the outside and Torrie invites her into the ring. Michelle steps into the ring and tackles Torrie and tries to go for the heel hook but Torrie kicks her away. Torrie gets to her feet and Michelle charges her but Torrie takes her down with a drop toe hold and locks Michelle in an ankle lock! Torrie twists on the ankle as Michelle screams but from behind Layla attacks Torrie and drops her with a neckbreaker! Layla and Michelle beat down on Torrie and Michelle picks Torrie up and hits the faithbreaker! Michelle pounds on Torrie and orders Layla to the outside, Layla rolls out of the ring grabs a chair. Layla slides back in and hands the chair to Michelle who wraps it around Torrie's ankle!
Nora: Michelle is trying to make sure Torrie doesn't make it to bad blood!
Suddenly Lisa Marie Varon comes running down to the ring. Michelle bails out as Layla turns around and gets met with a superkick! Layla rolls out of the ring as Varon stares down Mccool.
Nora: That must who Torrie was talking about. Lisa Marie Varon a mix martial artist, has been teaching Torrie submission moves. With Varon in her corner, Torrie might just make Michelle tap out at Bad Blood!
Varon helps Torrie up and they stare down Michelle and Layla as they back up the ramp.
*Cut To Commercial*
Lane and Beth lock up in the middle of the ring and Beth pushes Lane down and then flexes trying to intimdate Lane. Ashley gets back up and locks up again with Beth but again gets shoved down. Ashley locks up again but this time surprises Beth with a go behind and rolls her up in a school girl but Beth kicks out. Beth gets to her feet and goes for a closeline but Ashley ducks it and then rolls Beth up again for a two count. Ashley catches Beth with an arm drag. Beth gets to her feet and Ashley dropkicks her through the ropes. Beth smacks the ring apron in frustration as Ashley smiles. Beth enters the ring and delivers a knee to Ashley and then delivers a clubbing blow to the back. Beth irish whips Lane into the corner, and charges in with her shoulder down and drives it into the midsection of Lane. Beth follows up with a devestating back elbow to the face. Beth launches Lane out of the corner with a hip toss. Ashley stumbles back up and Beth runs her over with a massive closeline. Beth picks Ashley up and hoists up in the air by her throat and then throws her down to the mat hard. Beth delivers a hard kick to the back and then makes the cover but only gets two. Beth picks Lane up and delivers a backbreaker and then locks Lane in a camel clutch! Lane screams in pain as Beth pulls back on Lane's jaw. Beth releases the hold and picks Ashley up and sends her into the ropes, Lane bounces back and surprises Beth with a cross body! Lane follows up with a swinging neckbreaker! Beth gets to her feet and gets a kneebuster from Lane and then another neckbreaker! Lane makes the cover but only gets two. Lane runs off the ropes and goes for a yazuka kick but Beth moves out of the way! Beth grabs Ashley and hoists her up for a glam slam, but Ashley counters and rolls Beth up but Beth kicks out at 2! Beth goes for a closeline, but Lane ducks it! Beth turns around and Lane drops her with a reverse STO! Lane makes the cover and gets the three!
Nora: Another huge win for Ashley Lane! Each match Lane seems to be getting better and better.
Ashley Lane is celebrating in the ring when Velvet Sky comes out on to the stage.
Sky: Ashley! Allow me to be the first one to congratulate you on another huge win. It made me realize something, something I should of known all along! You're the one! Your the woman I need to take the Hardcore Title away from Cheerleader Melissa! That's why I talked to Kelly and we're giving you your big break. At Bad Blood it will be Cheerleader Melissa defending the Hardcore Title against Ashley Lane! I know you won't let me down.
Sky blows a kiss at Lane and walks away. Lane looks confused but then begins to celebrate.
Nora: I don't think Lane cares about this Melissa and Sky drama but she's get a huge opportunity here, that Lane has earned. What a match it will be at Bad Blood!
Backstage The Bella Twins are walking towards the ring
Nora: Up next the Bella Twins get their first shot at the Tag Team Titles, Bellas Vs The Pink Ladies next!
Suddenly the Bellas are attacked from behind by Rain and Jetta as Lacey gives orders!
Nora: What the hell is this about!
The Bellas try to fight back but our overpowered by Rain and Jetta. Lacey then hits Brie from behind and drills her with an implant ddt on the cement! Rain and Jetta then set Nikki up and hit a double team kamakazi! The Bellas are motionless as officals and agents come to run the IHWC away.
Nora: Why would they do this? The Bella Twins are out!
Doctors come in as the IHWC leave celebrating.
*Cut To Commercial*
Lacey, Rain, and Jetta are in the ring
Nora: Hopefully they will give us an answer on why they just attacked The Bella Twins!
Lacey: I told everyone that it didn't care who the number one contenders were, that the International Home Wrecking Crew deserve a tag title match! Seeing as the Bella Sluts are in no condition to compete, it looks like The Pink Ladies need an opponent! So we are offically challening The Pink Ladies for the Tag Team Titles tonight!
Nora: This what it's all about, they nearly eneded the Bellas careers over a shot at the Tag Titles! How despicable!
The Pink Ladies come out to a huge ovation and hold the titles high in the air.
Madison: We never back from a fight or a challenge, we've faced and beaten everyone who has tried to take these belts from us! If you wanted a shot, all you had to do is ask to begin with! So you got it! But let's not wait...let's do this right now!
Madison and Jessie head down to the ring as offical comes down to start the match
Nora: The Pink Ladies weren't prepared to take on Rain and Jetta but they aren't going to refuse any challenge! What a match this should be!
Madison starts the match off with Rain and catches Rain with a bodyslam and then a closeline. Madison fires off a series of quick forearms and then backs Rain off into the ropes and irish whips her across the ring and hits a back body drop. Madison goes for the cover but only gets a one count. Rain stumbles to her feet and Madison delivers a big boot to the face. Rain rolls over and makes the tag to Jetta! Jetta enters the ring and refuses to face off with Madison and forces Madison to tag in Jessie Mckay. Mckay enters the ring and locks up with Jetta and Jetta takes her down with a hip toss. Jetta does the sprinkler in celebration but gets a dropkick from Jessie Mckay. Mckay hits a series of foreamrs and then goes for an irish whip but its countered and Jessie hits the ropes but takes Jetta down with a spinning head scissors. Jessie goes to pick Jetta up but gets a rake to the eyes from Jetta, Jetta then follows up with a back suplex. Jetta stomps on Jessie and then sends her into the corner and delivers a series of shoulders to the midsection. Jetta tags in Rain, who enters the ring. Rain delivers a series of back elbows to the side of the face of Jessie and then follows up with a snap suplex. Rain places Jessie throat first over the middle rope and drives her knee into the back and chokes out Mckay. The ref forces back and Lacey grabs Mckay from the outside and pulls her down over the middle rope and chokes out Mckay. Rain continues to work over Mckay and delivers a backbreaker and gets a two count. Rain goes for a suplex but Mckay flips over the shoulder of Rain, Mckay spins her around and hits a ddt! Mckay goes to make the tag to Madison, but Jetta runs into the ring and knocks Madison off the apron before Mckay can make the tag! Rain then drags Mckay away and pounds away on Jessie. Rain picks Mckay up and hits a reverse ddt but only gets a two again. Rain pounds on Jessie in frustration, Rain goes to irish whip Jessie into the ropes but Jessie counters and sends Rain into the ropes, Rain bounces back and Jessie catches her with a school girl cruch kick to the face! Jessie rolls over and makes a cover on Rain and gets a two but Lacey put Rain's right foot on the bottom rope. Madison has enough of Lacey and jumps off the apron and chases Lacey around the ring but runs into Jetta who takes Madison down with a closeline on the outside. Jetta pounds on Madison but Madison fights back with a series of forearm shots and then takes her down with a closeline. Madison grabs Jetta on the outside and prepares for a powerbomb! From behind comes Lacey with a steel chair but Madison turns aground and boots the chair back in Lacey's face! Madison grabs Lacey and sets to chokeslam her through an announce table! However, out of nowhere comes Trish Stratus and she blasts Madison in the back of the knee with a lead pipe! Madison drops to the floor and clutches her knee and Trish smashes Madison in her knee two more times with the lead pipe, unseen by the offical. Trish quickly runs through the crowd as Madison grimaces in pain. In the ring Jessie Mckay comes off the top rope with a high cross body on Rain and it connects, Jessie makes the cover and gets a 2 count. Jessie runs off the ropes but Jetta grabs her foot from the outside, Jessie dropkicks Jetta through the bottom rope! From behind Rain pounds Jessie on the back and then puts Jessie up her in shoulders in a electric chair drop, Rain grabs Jessie's arms and then drops her with the acid rain! The referee counts 1..2..3 and Rain and Jetta steal the Tag Team Titles!
Nora: It took Rain, Jetta, Lacey, Trish Stratus and a lead pipe to beat The Pink Ladies! This is bogus! Why the hell did Trish attack Madison?
Lacey grabs both tag titles and hugs them and then slides into the ring and hands the belts to Rain and Jetta and the three celebrate together. On the outside Jessie checks on Madison Eagles who clutches at her knee and tries to get up.
Nora: I hope the IHWC are proud, they jump the Bella Twins to get into this match and then they steal the tag titles! This makes me sick!
Lacey, Rain, and Jetta taunt the fans as they head up the ramp and hold the titles in the air. Referees try to help Madison up but she pushes them away and begins to walk on her own as the fans cheer.
Backstage So Cal Val find Trish Stratus
Val: Trish, why did you attack Madison Eagles and cost The Pink Ladies the Tag Team Titles?
Trish: Do you know how many of these young girls try to make a name for themselves off my legacy? Madison Eagles thought pinning me last week would launch her into superstardom? Well I got news for her, she will never be in my league! She is a fluke, she doesn't deserve to be a champion and I proved it.
Suddenly Madison comes limping towards Trish as officals try to hold her back.
Madison: Bitch! I'm going to kill you!
Trish: Just try it! I dare you hit me!
Refs and agents hold Madison back as Trish taunts her.
Madison: Bad Blood! Me and you at Bad Blood one-on-one!
Trish: You want to swim with the big fish! You're on! I'll see you at Bad Blood!
Officals and agents carry Madison away as Trish smirks.
*Cut To Ringside*
Nora: Bad Blood is shaping up to be one of the biggest shows in Diva Chaos history!
Nora: Just announced Madison Eagles will take on Trish Stratus one-on-one! Will the Aussie Punisher score the biggest win of her career, or will Trish show Madison why she is a legend.
Nora: Also just announced the brand new World Tag Team Champions Rain and Jetta will defend the titles against the women they just jumped to get into the match, The Bella Twins. Will the IHWC hold on to their gold or will the Bellas come up big in their first title shot?
Nora: Melina brought Mercedes to Diva Chaos to protect her, now Mercedes want to destroy her. Who will come out victorious?
Nora: Gail Kim has brought out a side of Eve Torres none of us knew she had. Can Eve get revenge for all the women who have been bullied by Gail Kim or will Gail continue to rid Diva Chaos of all "eye candy" women?
Nora: Christy Hemme finally gets her rematch for the International Title. Can Christy put an end to Velvet Sky's ego trip or will Sky continue to get her way?
Nora: Ashley Lane is the chosen one by Sky and Kelly to take away Melissa's Hardcore Title? Is she the one or is she going to be the latest woman to fall to the champion?
Nora: Michelle thought she had the advantage going into her submission match but with Lisa Marie Varon teaching Torrie will Michelle be embarassed once again?
Nora: Finally the big one Mickie James will defend the World Title against Maryse! Can the Canadian Connection get on the same page and allow Maryse to walk out as champ or will Mickie overcome the odds again and put an end to The Canadian Connection once and for all?
Mickie starts it off for her team and wants Maryse but Maryse stands out on the apron taunting Mickie with Natalya between them. Natalya pushes Mickie but Mickie connects with a right forearm shot. Mickie delivers another forearm, Natalya goes for a wild swing and Mickie ducks it and hits another right and then delivers a kick. However Natalya comes back with a knee to the midsection and locks Mickie in wristlock, however Mickie escapes with a handstand and then an armdrag. Mickie runs off the ropes and delivers a low dropkick to Natalya. Mickie makes the cover and gets a 2 count. Mickie picks Natalya up and fires off another series of forearms. Mickie runs off the ropes and Maryse grabs Mickie by her hair. Mickie turns around and swings at Maryse but Maryse hops off the apron. Mickie turns around gets a devestating closeline from Natalya. Natalya picks Mickie up and delivers a backbreaker! Natayla picks Mickie up again and delivers another backbreaker! Natalya stomps on Mickie and delivers a running kick to the ribs. Natalya works over Mickie James and then puts her over shoulder and delivers a running powerslam! Natalya makes the cover but only gets two. Natalya throws Mickie into the corner and delivers a series of kicks and then makes the tag to Maryse. Maryse enters the ring and delivers a series of precise kicks to Mickie and then throws her out of the corner by her hair. Maryse delivers a running kick to the ribs of Mickie. Maryse taunts Mickie to get up and Mickie swings at Maryse, Maryse angerily grabs Mickie by her hair and throws her face down into the mat. Maryse picks Mickie up and delivers a reverse russian leg sweep and makes the cover but only gets two! Maryse waits for Mickie and goes for a french TKO but Mickie ducks it and then delivers a kick. Maryse goes for a closeline but Mickie ducks it and reaches back and delivers a neckbreaker! Mickie crawls to her corner as Maryse stumbles and tags in Natayla, as Mickie tags in Hamada! Hamada enters the ring and takes Natalya with a spinning wheel kick! Natalya gets a bigger uppercut and then a single arm ddt! Hamada points to the top rope and climbs. Hamada comes off with a moonsault and it connects! Hamada hooks the leg and gets two but Maryse breaks it up. Maryse picks Hamada up and drills her with the french kiss! Maryse stands over Hamada taunting her, but Mickie charges and takes down Maryse with a lou thesz press and unloads with right hands. Maryse pushes her off and Mickie hits Maryse with a leaping closeline. Mickie goes to irish whip Maryse into the corner but it's counterd and Mickie hits the turnbuckle pads. Maryse comes charging in but gets caught with a headscissors out of the corner by Mickie.Mickie has Maryse in her sights, Maryse stumbles to her feet and Mickie goes for a huge roundhouse but Maryse ducks and then rolls out of the ring. Maryse backs up the ramp as Mickie stares her down, from behind Natalya drills Mickie with a closeline! Natalya goes for the sharpshooter but Mickie kicks her away! Both ladies get to their feet, Natalya goes for a closeline but Mickie ducks it! Mickie connects with a roundhouse kick, Natalya stays on her feet but turns into an awaiting Hamada who takes her down with a hamada driver! Hamada hooks the leg and gets the three as Maryse stares on from the top of the rampway.
Nora: So much for The Canadian Connection being unified. Maryse just left Natalya to fight off Mickie and Hamada!
Mickie grabs the World Title and holds it in the air and points as Maryse and invites her to the ring. Maryse flips her hand at Mickie and then motions for the gold around her waist.
Nora: At Bad Blood it will be Mickie James defending the World Title against Maryse! Who will leave as the World Champion?
Mickie holds the belt in the air and points to the fans as Maryse watches on.
*End Of Show*
Quick Results
World Champion Mickie James and Hamada defeated Maryse and Natalya when Hamada pinned Natalya
World Tag Team Titles
Rain and Jetta defeated Champions The Pink Ladies to win the titles when Rain pinned Jessie Mckay
Ashley Lane defeated Beth Phoenix by pinfall
Torrie Wilson defeated Layla by submission
Sara Del Rey defeated ODB by pinfall
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Champion Cheerleader Melissa defeated Roxxi by pinfall to retain the title
Melina defeated Awesome Kong by pinfall
Christy Hemme defeated Gail Kim by pinfall
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Champion: Velvet Sky Vs Christy Hemme
Gail Kim Vs Eve
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WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — The state health department has recommended the reopening of two Warwick beaches that had high levels of bacteria in the water.
The Rhode Island Department of Health said bacteria levels have returned to within acceptable limits at Conimicut Point Beach and Oakland Beach.
All Rhode Island beaches were open for swimming as of Thursday afternoon, according to the department.
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Hi There!
I've searched all over the place but I'm not finding any answers. I have a 2012 Fleet Vin (Lordstown, OH built) Cruze - apparently similar to 1LT in most respects but not in all.
If you check my fuelly log, the most fuel I've been able to get in the car is about 10.5 gallons when the fuel light had been on for about 15 miles or so and I usually fill up to 1st click/stop and then round out the cents to whole dollar or .50 cents whatever is closer.
I've heard that not all Cruzen have the same gas tank size and am wondering if anyone knows for sure what size the fleet model comes with. I am quite jealous!.. of the range I hear from some people on the MPG threads and wish I would have considered an Eco 6MT at this point for a little more money (and I really miss having a stick, this is the first auto in about 10 cars I've had since 15 years old).
(For those wondering why I bought the Auto - I carpool with my Fiance to downtown every day in rush hour and we were getting tired of dead leg syndrome from stop and go, would have preferred a CVT but the 6A seemed like a good compromise too).


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Type of Document Master's Thesis Author Koneru, Murali Krushna Author's Email Address email@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com URN etd-07062011-140306 Title Stochastic Modelling of Eukaryotic Cell Cycle Degree Master of Science in Chemical Engineering (M.S.Ch.E.) Department Chemical Engineering Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Hjortso, Martin Committee Chair Benton, Michael Committee Member Henry, James Committee Member Keywords
- Insilico Evolution
- Chemotherapy
- Stochastic Model
- Cell Cycle
Date of Defense 2011-06-15 Availability unrestricted AbstractStochastic models are developed to capture the inherent stochasticity of the biochemical networks associated to many biological processes. The objective of the present thesis is to present a detailed picture of stochastic approach for the mathematical modeling of eukaryotic cell cycle, to demonstrate an important application of such model in chemotherapy and to present a methodology for selecting the model parameters. The stochastic cell cycle model, developed using stochastic chemical kinetics approach, leads to the formation of an infinite dimensional differential equation in probabilities of system being in a specific state. Using Monte Carlo simulations of this model, dynamics of populations of eukaryotic cells such as yeasts or mammalian cells are obtained. Simulations are stochastic in nature and therefore exhibit variability among cells that is similar to the variability observed in natural populations. The model's capability to predict heterogeneities in cell populations is used as a basis to implement it in a chemotherapic modeling framework to demonstrate how the model can be used to assist in the drug development stage by investigating drug administration strategies that can have different killing effect on cancer cells and healthy cells.
Finally, basic cell cycle model is refined in a systematic way to make it more suitable for describing the population characteristics of budding yeast. Selection of model parameters using an evolutionary optimization strategy referred to as insilico evolution is described. The benefits of this approach lie in the fact that it generates an initial guess of reasonable set of parameters which in turn can be used in the least squares fitting of model to the steady state distributions obtained from flow cytometry measurements. The Insilco evolution algorithm serves as a tool for sensitivity analysis of the model parameters and leads to a synergistic approach of model and experiments guiding each other.
To conclude, the stochastic model based on single cell kinetics will be useful for predicting the population distribution on whole organism level. Such models find applications in wide areas of biological and biomedical applications. Evolutionary optimization strategies can be used in parameter estimation methods based on steady state distributions.
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September 29, 2008,
New York —Allure Home Creation is offering biodegradable and compost-able bath coordinate collections under its new The Naturals line of eco-oriented goods.
The Naturals accessories are made using recycled glass, bamboo and porcelain — all sustainable resources.
The shower curtain assortment comprises PEVA, recycled plastic beverage bottle-made fibers, recycled cotton and organic cotton. Matching tub mats are made in two non-toxic constructions: thermoplastic rubber and organic cotton tufted. Bath towels are not part of this eco-program.
Colquitt said The Naturals line has been in the making for the past year.
"This has been a great project for us," she said. "We all believe in it 100%. It was challenging for us to come up with biodegradable, recyclable, reusable materials to make these products, especially in the case of the plastic goods. But we did it, and it's been worth it year."
Much of the product line here is U.S.-made, including the plastics. Some of the tub mats and shower curtains were made in China.
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OSU releases new hazelnut variety resistant to filbert blight
April 22, 2005
Unblanched and blanched kernels of OSU's newest hazelnut variety, Santiam. The trees are completely resistant to eastern filbert blight. Photo: Becky McCluskey, Dept. of Horticulture
CORVALLIS – The new hazelnut variety, 'Santiam', just released by the Oregon State University Agricultural Experiment Station, offers Oregon hazelnut growers an effective tool in their fight against the destructive plant disease eastern filbert blight, which has infected many of the state's hazelnut orchards.
Santiam is the first main hazelnut crop variety developed by OSU's long-running hazelnut breeding program to have complete resistance to eastern filbert blight, according to Shawn Mehlenbacher, OSU Agricultural Experiment Station researcher and hazelnut breeding program leader. Santiam also is an early-maturing hazelnut variety with high-yield efficiency, he said.
Oregon is the top hazelnut producer in the country, annually producing about 99 percent of the U.S. hazelnut crop. Last year's Oregon hazelnut harvest earned over $30 million in farm gate sales.
Eastern filbert blight is a fungal disease that kills trees via the growth of cankers that slowly girdle branches, limbs and tree trunks. This leads to die-off of leaf growth in the tree canopy and eventual death of the entire tree. Spores of the disease spread from tree to tree and orchard to orchard.
Willamette Valley hazelnut growers first noticed effects of the blight in 1986. They tried to control it by using fungicide sprays, pruning infected branches and planting blight-resistant hazelnut varieties.
Despite these efforts eastern filbert blight has continued to destroy hazelnut trees and the disease has been blamed for removal of several hundred acres of hazelnut orchards from production in recent years.
Developing a hazelnut variety with full resistance to the blight has been a top priority for the OSU Agricultural Experiment Station hazelnut breeding program over the past three decades.
"The introduction of Santiam is a major step in our efforts to support the state's hazelnut industry," said Mehlenbacher. Breeding development work will continue on varieties that combine eastern filbert blight-resistance with improved hazelnut quality, he added.
Santiam has been released to the public with no restrictions. Hazelnut tree nurseries in the Willamette Valley now have the variety and are producing trees through micropropagation (tissue culture) and grafting.
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deemed a Statute. Other Statutes likewiſe, mentioned by Serjeant Hawkins, ſuch as Quia emptores terrarum, which is worded as "an Ordinance at the Inſtance of the great Men;" Articiili ſuper chartas:, which only mentions the Prelates, Earls, and Barons; and the Statute of Money, which runs in the ſame Form, have been univerſally received as Acts of the whole Legiſlature, though particularly penned, and omitting the Commons.
But the Doctrine laid down by Lord Coke and others, will appear the more indefenſible, if we take a retroſpective View of the antient Method of paſſing Acts of Parliament, wherein we ſhall find, that the concurring Aſſent of the ſeveral Orders of the State was not for ſome time held eſſentially requiſite; and that after the Commons were reſtored, as a Part of the Legiſlature, their Influence was ſo inconſiderable, that it was many Years before their Right of Aſſent in particular was fully acknowledged and eſtablſhied in Practice.
Concerning the antient Method of paſſing Laws, during the Britiſh and Saxon Times, we can conclude little with Certainty. The Britiſh Kifrithin, or Great Council, ſeems to have been rather an occaſional and tumultuary Meeting, than an Aſſembly compoſed of regular and diſtinct Orders [1]. With regard however to the Saxon Conſtitution, though we cannot trace the Forms on which the ſeveral Orders of the State concurred in the Buſineſs of Legiſlation, yet we frequently find expreſs Mention of the People in the Saxon Laws[2]: And it may, among other Circumſtances, be collected even from the Nature and Deſign of the Folcmote[3], that they
- ↑ Many have undertaken to prove that the Commons were conſtituent Members of the Britiſh Great Council. Of this Opinion is Lord Coke, Pref. to 9th Rep. Petyt likewiſe adopts the ſame Notion on the Authority of Dion Caſſius, who aſſures us, in the Life of Severus, that apud Britannos Populus magna ex parte Principatum tenet. But the Word Populus here, according to Brady, can only mean the great Men or Leaders; ſince Tacitus in the Life of Agricola, long before the Time of Severus, informs us that Britanni olim Regibus parebant, nunc per Principes factonibus & Studiis trabuntur.—Brady however ſeems to have miſtaken the Senſe of this Paſſage, which he tranſlates, or rather amplifies thus. "In Times paſt, the Britains obeyed their Kings, and lived under Monarchy; now they are drawn into Factions and Parties by their Chiefs and great Men." From the Words in Italicks, which are not to be found in the Original, may be inferred, what Brady indeed ſuppoſes, that the Britains no longer lived under Monarchy, but had degenerated into a Populacy, or, as he expreſſes it, a Compound of Ariſtocracy and Democracy. Whereas the Fact is, that the Britains, at that Time, lived under their Kings; and the Hiſtorian, within a few Pages of the Paſſage cited, ſpeaks of King Cogidunus and Queen Voadicea. Brady, with ſome others, ſeems to have been betrayed into this Miſconſruction, by taking the Words Regibus and Principes as oppoſed to each other; Whereas the Oppoſition is between the Words Parebant and Factionibus trahuntur. See the Annotator on the Amſterdam Edition of Tacitus.—It is obſervable that the learned Spelman has fallen into the ſame Error: For, after quoting the above Paſſage from Tacitus, he ſays, "Vides in hiſce Conſillis nee Regis adeſſe Preſentiam nee Authoritatem." An Inference by no Means deducible from the Words of the Hiſtorian. See Spelm. Gloff. Voce Parliamentum.—Some, who have treated of this Subject, tell us that the Members of the Britiſh Councils were their Edlns, who were of princely Race: Together with the Governors of Diſtricts and Lords of Villages. But this Inquiry is involved in ſuch Obſcurity, that perhaps it is not ſafe to form any poſitive Concluſion.
- ↑ They are expreſsly named in the Wittanagemot held by Ethehwolf in the Year 855, when a Tenth was given to the Church by the King, cum Thanis, Baronibus, y populo. They are again expreſsly named in the 8th Law of Edward the Confeſſor. And in the 35th Law, we find the Aſſent of the People expreſſed as follows. Hoc enim factum fuit per Commune Conſilium & Assensum omnium Epiſcoporum, Principum, Procerum, Comitum, & omnium Sapientum Seniorum, & Populorum totius Regni.
- ↑ The Folcmote was of two Kinds; the Folcmote Comitatus, or Shiremote, and the Folcmote Civitatis vel Burgi, that is, the Burgmote. The former was an yearly Aſſembly of the People of all Ranks, in the Nature of an annual Parliament, and the Laity there took the Oath of Fealty, before the Biſhops: At


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Mandy's Farm is pleased to have received support from the Carl C. Anderson Sr. & Marie Jo Anderson Charitable Foundation in the form of a $15,000 Challenge grant. These matching funds were used to leverage an additional $15,000 from private donors in the Albuquerque Community.
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The Sandia Foundation
Mandy's Farm was pleased to receive a grant from the Hugh and Helen Woodward Fund via the Sandia Foundation. We are so grateful for their continued support.
Community Builders Program
Mandy's Farm was invited to be a part of the Summer 2016 Community Builders Program, in which high school students are taught about philanthropy and local nonprofit organizations. It was so exciting to have young community members visit the farm and learn about the programs there. Community Builders awarded Mandy's Farm with a grant supporting much-needed supplies for our agriculture program.
PNM Reduce Your Use
Mandy's Farm is pleased to be a 2016 recipient of the PNM Reduce Your Use Grant. Promising to reduce energy use by an additional 15% in the year 2016, Mandy's Farm has received funding to replace several indoor light fixtures with energy-efficient equipment. This is the second year running in which Mandy's Farm has been a part of the Reduce Your Use program. During last year's funding cycle, Mandy's Farm was able to reduce energy use by almost 50% at the main South Valley location.
Albuquerque Community Foundation Grants
Mandy's Farm received a grant in the amount of $250 from the Sandia Foundation and Estate of Hugh and Helen Woodward Endowment Fund. This grant will be used to mitigate the cost of resurfacing the adaptive horsemanship arena at Mandy's Farm. This project will ensure safety for riders and horses alike.
Mandy's Farm also received a grant in the amount of $1000 from the Garcia Automotive Group Endowment Fund held within the Albuquerque Community Foundation. This grant will also be used to assist in resurfacing the adaptive horsemanship arena at Mandy's Farm.
We are so grateful for all of the community members who support Mandy's Farm through participation in the Albuquerque Community Foundation.
Albuquerque Involved Awards Mandy's Farm Grant
Mandy's Farm is grateful to have received a grant from the local organization Albuquerque Involved, in the amount of $2200. These funds will allow Mandy's Farm to purchase much-needed sensory equipment for individuals with sensory-processing disorders and other sensory needs. This is the second grant awarded to Mandy's Farm by Albuquerque Involved. Their initial funds allowed for the purchase of a wheelchair-accessible ramp for use in the horseback riding arena. Thank you Albuquerque Involved! For more information about their organization, or to become a donor to a variety of local nonprofits through participation in Albuquerque Involved, please click here.
This year, Mandy's Farm participated in #MakeEmBoom, a city-wide event that benefitted non-profit organizations. Thanks to your diligent voting, Mandy's Farm was able to win #MakeEmBoom. Mandy's Farm is so grateful for all of those who voted for any of the worthy charitable organizations that participated. Thank you Boomtime, for helping Mandy's Farm boom.
What is #MakeEmBoom and How Does it Work?
Each non-profit organization has a corresponding bomb sculpture, custom-painted by a local artist. They have been placed strategically around town, with community members voting for their favorite. The Mandy's Farm bomb, located outside of Pei Wei on Louisiana, was voted as the Albuquerque community's favorite. As the winner, Mandy's Farm will receive one year's worth of free marketing from Boomtime and a fundraiser to be held at Scalo's, among other prizes.
PNM Reduce Your Use Grant
Mandy's Farm is pleased to be a 2015 recipient of the PNM Reduce Your Use Grant. Promising to reduce energy use by 10% in the year 2016, Mandy's Farm has received funding to replace an industrial water heater and several indoor light fixtures with energy-efficient equipment. This project also partners with the Mandy's Farm solar partnership with ReChoice, which will also reduce energy consumption.
ReChoice Grant Sponsors Solar Project at Mandy's Farm
Mandy's Farm is pleased to announce that a solar panel installation has been completed at the farm property. The installation, which was done at no cost to Mandy's Farm, will save a projected $40,000 over the next 25 years. It was funded by Albuquerque startup SunPort and a core of its earliest customers, through the startup's sister non-profit organization, ReChoice. ReChoice is a 501c3 nonprofit working to make renewable energy available to everyone. Their nonprofit solar projects are funded primarily through the sale of SunJouleTM renewable energy microcredits (fractional SRECs). Learn more at www.rechoice.org.
Mandy's Farm had considered going solar previously, but as a small, local non-profit had been unable to make the investment with its limited budget. The ReChoice grant funding and a discounted installation by Affordable Solar suddenly made the dream possible.
#GivingTuesday is a national day of giving that is observed on the Tuesday directly following Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday. #GivingTuesday kicks off the charitable season, when we express thanks through supporting our favorite non-profit organizations.
You can participate in the Mandy's Farm #GivingTuesday campaign by becoming a monthly-recurring donor. Simply visit our donate page to commit to giving a monthly donation to Mandy's Farm. Donating as little as $10 each month makes a huge difference in the lives of those served by the enhanced programming at Mandy's Farm.


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Cats do not like change in routine, and even though your cat probably was not happy living in a shelter, now she's being asked to adapt to another new situation. Delilah is my problem child. When I adoptded a 3rd cat, she began using my bathtub and spraying on my shower door. I started leaving a few inches of water in the tub to discourage her. Make sure your cat's box is in a private place. Mine are in a closet. If you have room, you might also try putting out a few more boxes. Litter boxes are not stylish decor, but either are spots, piles and cat odors ;0) Also, we always suggest that you establish yourself with a vet even before you bring a cat home. Even if your cat was vetted at the shelter, she does need to meet her new doctor and they, her. The vet can advise you on how to make her comfortable in her new home and check to make sure there is no physical reason for her not wanting to use her box.
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You might try to change the brand of cat litter you are using. My cat suddenly started going in the worse places after 3 years of using the litter box. I couldn't figure out the problem and tried all kinds of things. One day when I was cleaning the cat litter I thought "I don't like this new litter I got even if it is supposed to be clumping." I went to the store and got the Arm and Hammer Multi Cat Clumping litter and the problem went away and has never returned after 2 years. I did get him a covered litter box that was a little too small for him at 15 pounds and he started going in the sink. Going back to his regular one fixed that.
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The recent years have been big for sex-positive publishing from the printed press. New alt sex publisher ThreeL Media hit the ground running in 2015 to explore sexuality with intellectualism and heart. Sex education saw creativity and excellence, and academia gained a whole new syllabus of books on porn scholarship. Here's a few books that either dive head-first into sex work and sexuality, or include enough of the subject to stand out as excellent additions to your sexuality bookshelf.
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Independently published from 2005 to 2011, this collection from $pread features enduring essays about sex work around the world, 1st person stories that range from deeply traumatic to totally hilarious, analysis of media and culture, and fantastic illustrations and photos produced just for the magazine. What started as a community tool and trade magazine for the sex industry quickly emerged as the essential guide for people curious about sex work, for independent magazine enthusiasts, and for labor and civil rights activists. [Order Now]
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While some denounce pornography as immoral and others praise its sex-positive liberation, the ways performers "come out" about doing porn — or the great lengths we take to avoid it — is an honest, nuanced depiction of how society views those at the public frontline of sexuality. Coming Out Like a Porn Star presents over 50 first-hand accounts, ranging from funny to fucked up, as well as practical tips and personal anecdotes. [Order Now (from editor Jiz Lee!)] Related resource: Smart Girl's Guide to Privacy by Violet Blue.
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This first volume of Best Sex Writing of the Year features a number of significant bloggers and some of the most important stories of the past two years. Alexandria Goddard is the blogger who made the important connections in the historic Steubenville Rape Case; Lux Alptraum recently sold the wildly successful Fleshbot and took an editorial position at Nerve. Jiz Lee raises exasperated hands to the ongoing ban of fisting in porn. These contributors (and many others) know the words that sell online, and their presence in this collection will carry tremendous weight with readers. [Order Now]
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Prose & Lore is the Red Umbrella Project's literary journal, which collects memoir stories about sex work in two issues per year. The stories are original to Prose & Lore, and about 75% of the authors in each issue are previously unpublished. Many of the contributors participate in our memoir workshops and drop-in writing sessions. [Order Now]
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Everyone has tawdry ideas about the adult entertainment industry. Darklady's Carnal Archives and Mesmerizing Hate Mail is a first-hand look at the players, the toys, the videos, the life. Here is a collection of columns from the 1990s and beyond, along with the lovely hate mail they inspired, that will make you laugh out loud, bang your fist on the table, and educate you about things you didn't even realize existed. Always strange, even when it's mundane, this book will keep you in stitches, tears, and rage. Prepare for a roller coaster of a ride. [Order Now]
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Starting with a first date with a couple of swingers, My Life on the Swingset chronicles the education of Cooper Beckett as he works through social anxiety and shyness, recognizing the importance of touch in life, evolving feelings about love and expectations, having threesomes, orgies, and prostate orgasms, going through a divorce, and leveling up in life and sexuality. [Order Now]
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In language that is fresh, visceral, and deeply moving—and illustrations that are irreverent and gorgeous—Drawing Blood is a memoir that will change the way you think about art, sex, politics, and survival in our times. After a restless childhood on New York's Long Island, Molly Crabapple left America to see Europe and the Near East, a young artist plunging into unfamiliar cultures, notebook always in hand, drawing what she observed. With a blend of honesty, fierce insight, and indelible imagery that is her signature, Molly offers her own story: an unforgettable memoir of artistic exploration, political awakening, and personal transformation. [Order Now]
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Why do people use pornography? Is porn addiction a fact or myth? What is revenge porn and is it illegal? Can pornography be more diverse? This interdisciplinary collection presents well-researched facts and up-to-date data that encourage informed discussion about controversial and relevant issues in contemporary society. Chapters address topics such as the history and cultural trends of pornography, labor and production practices in creating porn, the effects of technology, current issues in obscenity law, and myths and facts about the effects of pornography. [Order Now]
|Exposure: A Sociologist Explores Sex, Society, and Adult Entertainment
In Exposure, Chauntelle Tibbals, PhD, exposes readers to one of the most mysterious businesses and significant subcultures shaping our modern world – porn. Like it or not, adult entertainment partially shapes who we are as a society. And we as a society help shape it right back. Porn takes on our sexual desires and dreams, often in ways that we're uncomfortable with. [Order Now]
|Global Information Society Watch 2015: Sexual rights and the internet
The 2015 edition presents eight thematic reports and 57 country reports from around the world on how the politics of sex and sexual rights activism takes place online. While these reports seem to indicate that the internet does help in the expression and defense of sexual rights, they also show that in some contexts this potential is under threat – whether through the active use of the internet by conservative and reactionary groups, or through threats of harassment and violence. This contributes to global debates on what is "harmful" sexual content, what is "legitimate" sexual expression, and who gets to decide. [Order Now]
|Pornography Feminism: As Powerful as She Wants to Be
During the sex wars of the 1980s, sex-positive feminism entered the adult film industry with a performer support group known as Club 90. Over the next three decades feminism found a home among an influential group of women in pornography. Pornography Feminism: As Powerful as She Wants to Be is a popular history of this unfolding saga told largely through personal interviews along with scholarly works, previous popular histories, and film reviews. [Order Now]
|Pornography: Structures, Agency and Performance (Key Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies)
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|Come As You Are
An essential exploration of why and how women's sexuality works—based on groundbreaking research and brain science—that will radically transform your sex life into one filled with confidence and joy. Researchers have spent the last decade trying to develop a "pink pill" for women to function like Viagra does for men. So where is it? Well, for reasons this book makes crystal clear, that pill will never exist—but as a result of the research that's gone into it, scientists in the last few year have learned more about how women's sexuality works than we ever thought possible, and Come as You Are explains it all. [Order Now]
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This volume collects the second year's worth of content from the weekly comic Oh Joy Sex Toy, covering all kinds of sex in the form of toy reviews, education pieces, interviews and more. With Erika Moen's positivity, puns and diverse cast, Volume Two is an indispensable resource for anybody exploring comics or their own sexuality. In addition to Erika's work, almost a third of the book is dedicated to other comics artists, adding their unique voices and comics to the book. With a few bonus comics and some behind-the-scenes stuff exclusive to the book. [Order Now] Or pre-order via Kickstarter Oh Joy Sex Toy Volume 3!
|Sex is a Funny Word: A Book about Bodies, Feelings, and YOU
A comic book for kids that includes children and families of all makeups, orientations, and gender identities, Sex Is a Funny Word is an essential resource about bodies, gender, and sexuality for children ages 8-10 as well as their caregivers. Much more than the "the birds and the bees," it opens up conversations between young people and their caregivers in a way that allows adults to convey their values and beliefs while providing information about boundaries, safety, and joy. [Order Now]
|Girl Sex 101
A sex-ed book like no other, Girl Sex 101 offers helpful info for ladies and lady-lovers of all genders and identities, with playful and informative illustrations on each page and over 100 distinct voices… plus a hot narrative that shows you how to put the info to good use! Learn how to navigate the twists and turns of female sexuality, with special guidance from thirteen guest sex educators including Nina Hartley, Sex Nerd Sandra, Jiz Lee, Tristan Taormino, Julia Serano, Reid Mihalko, Kelly Shibari! [Order Now]
|The Sex & Pleasure Book: Good Vibrations Guide to Great Sex for Everyone
Drawing on Good Vibrations' diverse customer interactions plus Sexologist Dr. Carol Queen's academic training and community experience, THE Sex & Pleasure Book delivers the most informative and empowering sex information book bar none. Covering sexual changes across identity, sexual anatomy, and sex toys, this ambitious compendium aims to inform and inspire sexual comfort and exploration! Co-Authored and edited by Shar Rednour. [Order Now]
Out in 2014
While 2015 saw a rise in sex worker's published words, there is still such a lack of works that it is worth it to include books from the past year that deserve recognition.
|The Feminist Porn Book
Bringing together for the first time writings by feminists in the adult industry and research by feminist porn scholars, The Feminist Porn Book book investigates not only how feminists understand pornography, but also how feminists do porn—that is, direct, act in, produce, and consume one of the world's most lucrative and growing industries. [Order Now (from contributor Jiz Lee!)]
|A Taste for Brown Sugar
A Taste for Brown Sugar boldly takes on representations of black women's sexuality in the porn industry based on Mireille Miller-Young's extensive archival research and her interviews with dozens of women who have worked in the adult entertainment industry since the 1980s. The women share their thoughts about desire and eroticism, black women's sexuality and representation, and ambition and the need to make ends meet. Building on the work of other black feminist theorists, and contributing to the field of sex work studies, Miller-Young wants the voices of black women sex workers heard, and the decisions they make to be recognized as their own. [Order Now]
|Sex Workers Unite
A provocative history that reveals how sex workers have been at the vanguard of social justice movements for the past fifty years while building a movement of their own that challenges our ideas about labor, sexuality, feminism, and freedom. Documenting five decades of sex-worker activism, Sex Workers Unite is a fresh history that places prostitutes, hustlers, escorts, call girls, strippers, and porn stars in the center of America's major civil rights struggles. Although their presence has largely been ignored and obscured, Melinda Chateauvert recasts sex workers as savvy political organizers—not as helpless victims in need of rescue. [Order Now]
|Playing the Whore
In Playing the Whore, journalist Melissa Gira Grant turns these pieties on their head, arguing for an overhaul in the way we think about sex work. Based on ten years of writing and reporting on the sex trade, and grounded in her experience as an organizer, advocate, and former sex worker, she dismantles pervasive myths about sex work, criticizes both conditions within the sex industry and its criminalization, and argues that separating sex work from the "legitimate" economy only harms those who perform sexual labor. Sex workers' demands, too long relegated to the margins, take center stage: sex work is work, and sex workers' rights are human rights. [Order Now]
Out in 2016
|Truth, Justice, and the American Whore
Confessions of the Whore Next Door features striking images of and probing words by the quintessentially American whore! Wrapped in the American flag, stating opinions that your mother likely won't approve, constructing arguments that will make you blush, Siouxsie Q is a storyteller of the first order, and her stories embody sex appeal, political activism, and good humor! [Order Now]
|Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking: Beyond Victims and Villains
The domestic sex trafficking of minors is a problem of growing concern yet little critical attention. This book analyzes the forces behind the sex-trafficking industry in the United States and provides a much-needed reference for practitioners. It considers the experiences of both those who "choose" sex work and those who are forced into it by circumstances or third parties, and it discusses the networks of friends and close acquaintances who introduce newcomers to the trade. Urging policymakers and practitioners to move beyond the simple framework of "rescuing" victims and "punishing" villains, this book calls for policies and programs that focus on the failure of social and cultural systems and respond better to the young people caught in this web. [Order Now]
|Carnal Anomaly: Transhuman Form and Flesh
Carnal Anomaly is a fine art photography book by Maxwell Lander that poses the question, what if the human body were an artifice, an artifact, or a tool? With the aid of dramatic lighting, striking contrasts of color, and provocative poses, these brilliant color photographs re-envision the human body through stunning portrayals of fetish, BDSM, and body modification. [Order Now]
|To Live Freely in This World: Sex Worker Activism in Africa
To Live Freely in This World is the first book to tell the story of the brave activists at the beating heart of the sex workers' rights movement in Africa—the newest and most vibrant face of the global sex workers' rights struggle. African sex worker activists are proving that communities facing human rights abuses are not bereft of agency, challenging politicians, religious fundamentalists, and anti-prostitution advocates; confronting the multiple stigmas that affect the diverse members of their communities; engaging in intersectional movement building with similarly marginalized groups; and participating in the larger global sex workers' rights. [Order Now]
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Great shorts that provide a nice cushion while looking good. Run small so opt up a size. I wear an 8 and the mediums are very snug!
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These are great shorts. Nice compression, just way to long. I'm 5' 10" 180lbs. Purchased a size medium. Length was right at knees. If Pearl Izumi is reading and listening, mid thigh would be a much better length.
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The baggy part of these shorts is awesome; the liner is too small for comfort. I read the reviews and knew it would be small, but I ordered a medium (my usual) anyway. The outer shell would have been too large otherwise. While I am able to wear the inner shorts, I find it more comfortable to wear a different pair of padded shorts with this shell.
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I haven't worn a bikini for years, as I found tankinis much more comfortable. This year i was looking to replace my old one, only to find that none of the shops sold tankinis. I got really frustrated trying on one pieces as they were all either uncomfortable or didn't suit my body shape
I was lucky enough that someone recommended black milk swimsuits to me, they are an online only fashion store in Brisbane who mainly make leggings, bodycon dresses and swimsuits.
When they had a sale on, I took a gamble and ordered one, and to my surprise it was an absolutely perfect fit and looked fantastic on. I have since got quite a few more
this is the last one I got (these are photos from their site, not me-- I don't actually have any photos of me in a swimsuit)
And these are are few others that I have got.
I have my eye on a few others as well
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Make It: DIY Neon Mosaic Tile Trivet
Neon is still around, my friends. And it's still on trend! These fun neon mosaic trivets are kind of a genius idea!
Neon is still around, my friends. And it's still on trend! These fun neon mosaic trivets are kind of a genius idea!
I'll admit it: I'm a sucker for anything that combines leather with pops of bright color. It just makes me feel all warm and fuzzy, ya know? So when I spotted this project on Design Milk, I immediately knew I had to try something similar.
As a kid growing up in the 80's, I most certainly did not use neon subtly. But now that it's 2013 and neon is back, it's important to use it sparingly. Here are ten ways to utilize these bright colors without overwhelming your space.
I'm super, super excited about our Makeover Tour today! It's kids and pets month here at Curbly, and to celebrate we're getting a behind the scenes look at this colorful, personality-filled bedroom any kid (or grown-up) would love. Check it out!
After recently completing our office makeover, I realized I needed somewhere to put all those random little notes and lists and other office-y bits. You know, something people like to call a "memo board". After looking around, the only options appeared to be giant rectangular boards, emphasis on giant. And rectangular. Since I like to keep things a little quirky (and colorful and covered in pattern), I decided to make my own!
Last week, I shared some of the inspiring spaces, colors, and artwork behind our office makeover, as well as the paint colors we decided on. You may even remember talk of some neon pink desk legs being thrown into the mix. Well, I wasn't lying!
If you're searching for a clever way to bring in the new year, take a look at this colorful, concrete DIY project. It will have your guests seeing lights as they countdown to 2013.
A quick trip to the hardware store will yield all the materials you need for this unique, modern side table!
I remember making a coil bowl from scrap fabric as a kid -- it turned out terribly. Now that my dexterity and attention to detail and general craftin' skillz have increased, I really want to give this trendy neon version a go.
This is maybe the coolest and easiest DIY kitchen project I've ever laid eyes on! Seriously, I think I just found my next weekend project.
This take on the ol' DIY painted vase is totally unique, not to mention a great way to enliven otherwise boring centerpieces!
I love this DIY project! It's easy, quick, and -- like I'm always saying -- a great way to give thrifted glassware a kick in the pants!
In my house, white walls are de rigueur. Why? Well, mostly cause my landlord says so, but I also dig the fresh, clean Scandinavian vibe they lend. But, with pure white walls and lots of white furniture, I try to bring in pops of color with accessories whenever I can so I don't feel like I'm living in an art museum. So, I love to take store-bought materials and add a little extra color for a customized, handmade look. I've had these little...
As an avid note-taker and a prolific list-maker, I feel like I'm constantly on the hunt for scraps of paper to jot things down on. So when I spied these DIY notebooks in NEON PINK and GOLD (!!!), I got a little excited at the possibilities!
Ahh, washi tape. The craft-o-sphere's wunderkind! This seemingly all-purpose material can be found gracing the surfaces of everything from Easter eggs to vases and now... walls! Check out a few of our favorite unexpected decorative uses for this craft supply miracle!
In case you hadn't noticed, I am totally into DIY vase projects lately! From paper polygons to faux milk glass, I can't get enough of 'em. So, of course I was excited when I spotted this easy string-wrapped vase project -- the pops of neon are perfect for spring!
Metallics have been all the rage for the last few years, but 2011 was the year they really shined (heh). So, like any dutiful design blogger, I decided to apply the trend to a simple DIY project and even mixed in some paint dipping shenanigans to boot! It's a regular ol' trend explosion up in this joint--but classy, of course. Always classy.
This faux-porcelain, (faux) gold-dipped bowl (well, it's more of a dish, really), is capital E-A-S-Y. My clay molding skills haven't been put to much use since I was about the age of 7, and even I could pull this off. If you're ready to dive in and start DIYing your way to trend heaven, here's what you'll need!


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Tone2 has updated FireBird+ to v1.8.
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- 3 new reverb types with high-end sound quality: RevHiEndA, RevHiEndB, RevHiEndC.
- New analog modeled filter with asymmetric resonance shape: LP syncie.
- Improved sound quality of effects: Reverb A, Reverb B, Del+Rev A, Del+RevB, Ens+Rev.
- Drastically improved filters (completely new algorithm): LP analog, BP analog, HP analog, BR analog.
- Improved frequency/gain response of filters: LP 30dB, LP Fat, LP Oct, HP 30dB, HP Fat, LP SVF, HP SVF, BP SVF, BP 15dB, Lowshelf, Highshelf, Equalizer.
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[USA] Tim Howard is expected to be in goal Friday when the USA faces Slovenia at the World Cup after doctors examined
him Monday and determined no further tests were needed on his bruised ribs.
The Everton star was injured in a collision with Emile Heskey in Saturday's 1-1 tie against England but is making "substantial improvement," according to U.S. Soccer.
Howard earned FIFA's player of the game honors for his play in the game.
He was called upon to make several critical saves after Heskey cleated Howard when they both went for the ball fairly in the 29th minute.
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Welcome to Hope Spings Australia
Hope Springs Australia was established in April 2000.
Hope Springs Australia was established in April 2000.
Initially we purchased a X Fonterra Powdered milk facility in Legerwood Tasmania.
Since 2000 we have been building a beverage company and our lead brand is "Love from Tassie" Spring water.
In recent years we have been receiving enquires globally for products to be supplied for markets in India, China, Vietnam, Dubai, Malaysia, Africa. We now act as a conduit between growers sellers and buyers. We are the local face to an international food market.
To accommodate these requests we have formed alliances with key partners in several countries as well as in most states of Australia.If you want products and service in Australia or assistance with any product service or Agri investment please contact us.
Investment opportunities.
BABY FORMULA- Tasmania - HSA in conjunction with partners are now undertaking a capital raising to rebuild the powered milk facility into a new globally best practice facility. {$300 Million}
Property developments- Sydney CBD and Western suburbs. {$200 to $350 million.}
Agri - property purchases and conversion Dairy project. {$250 million} TASMANIA.
Africa- large scale Organic farming and cattle raising. {$1 billion USD.}
Milk processing to powder.
1} Underground Dairy pipelines- Tasmania. {$50 million}
2} under water pipelines Queensland { $150 million.}
3} under water hotel Great barrier reef. NTH Queensland { $150 million.}
4} Freehold island building project Queensland {$30 million}
These are current medium to long term investments we are currently preparing for market.
If you would like to be involved with our growing company or would like to buy products from Australia then please email email@example.com.


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Welcome to the forum, and congrats on the permit.
This is a discussion on The "First Walk" within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Congrats. I've been carrying for a week and 4 days. I walked through Wally World and it just felt good. I still have to work ...
Congrats. I've been carrying for a week and 4 days. I walked through Wally World and it just felt good. I still have to work on not adjusting it, especially at work. Make sure you have a nice gun belt it helps tremendously.
Welcome to the forum, and congrats on the permit.
Freedom doesn't come free. It is bought and paid for by the lives and blood of our men and women in uniform.
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NRA Life Member
Wait until someone bumps into you going through an aisle. They get a funny look on their face. They know that what they ran into was too hard to be flesh -but they can't see what it is -
I can't help but chuckle that this is such a well known phenomenon, especially because I felt exactly the same way for the entire first week. I honestly felt like I was doing something wrong
Just a short time later and it's as comfortable to carry everywhere as it is to carry my wallet: if its not on I feel funny :)
As to bumping into people- I recently hosted Christmas for my large extended family, and boy, did I give out a bunch of lackluster hugs! My ma just squeezed me tight and winked ;)
Take the long way home...
Congrats on the permit and the walk. And welcome to the forum from SW Ohio.
Live to ride, ride to live. Harley Road King And keep a .45 handy Kimber Custom TLE II
I got the chance to carry today at work and it seems to be getting more comfortable as the day goes on. I still realize that it is there, and the adjusting of it constantly is getting better. I found a pretty comfortable position for standing or sitting. The good news is even with all the customers coming in, not one person gave me a funky look or said anything. Guessing that I'm pretty well concealed; and comfortably concealed. Thanks for all the support from a great community
Congrats and welcome to the "CC'r Club". After a short time you will realize two things: 1) 99% of the people you see in public are clueless about their surroundings, so they will never notice you're carrying; 2) Carrying will become second nature in short order...and you will learn to appreciate the fact that you are not one of the 99% and can actually defend yourself.
Carry often and stay safe!!


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Here are the June 2017 books by some of our members. They may all be found at your local Independent Bookstore. Visit this link to find a store near you: http://www.indiebound.org/
Cara Black, Murder in Saint-Germain, Soho Crime
Peter Blauner, Proving Ground, Minotaur
James O. Born, Putin's Gambit, Forge Books
Tom Bouman, Fateful Mornings, W.W. Norton
Susan M. Boyer, Lowcountry Bonfire, Henery Press
Don Bruns, Thrill Kill, Severn
Leslie Budewitz, Treble at the Jam Fest, Midnight Ink… Continue Reading


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Electrical Power and Instrumentation for Agricultural Operations Management
Semester Taught - Spring
Catalog Description
Credits: 3
Fundamental concepts of electricity, power, instrumentation, computer control operations and selected transducers. Foundation to aid in management of agricultural processing operations.
MAC1147, or equivalent, PHY2004, or equivalent, or instructor approval
Course Objectives
This course introduces the student to the electrical concepts, circuits and systems that are used throughout agriculture. Topics covered include circuits, power, motors, instrumentation, control, measurements and computers. The intention of the course is to provide the student with a foundation in electrical systems sufficient to allow them to make informed decisions in the management of agricultural operations.
Dr. Wendell Porter
Phone: 392-1864 X113
Office: 113 Rogers Hall
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Material/Supply Fees
Class Materials Required
Textbook Required
Fundamentals of Electricity for Agricultural, 4th Edition, 2004, Gustafson, Robert J., and Mark T. Morgan, American Society of Agricultural Engineers, St. Joseph, Michigan. Text is provided on-line.
Course Outline
- Chapter 1: Basic Terms and Definitions
- Chapter 2: Resistive Networks.
- Chapter 3: Inductance, Capacitance and Phase Relations
- Chapter 4: Power Generation and Distribution
- Chapter 5: Planning the Electrical Distribution System
- Chapter 6: Planning the Residential Electrical Distribution System
- Chapter 7: Direct Electrical Controls and Devices
- Chapter 8: Electrical Motors
- Chapter 9: Relay Based Control Systems
- Chapter 11: Lighting
- Chapter 13: Standby Power Units
- Chapter 14: Lightning and Lightning Protection
- Chapter 18: Stray Voltage Problems in Agriculture
A C- will not be a qualifying grade for critical tracking courses. In order to graduate, students must have an overall GPA and an upper-division GPA of 2.0 or better (C or better). Note: a C- average is equivalent to a GPA of 1.67, and therefore, it does not satisfy this graduation requirement. For more information on grades and grading policies, please visit: https://catalog.ufl.edu/ugrad/current/regulations/info/grades.aspx
|Grading Scale
|60% or below
|3 @ 100 each
|300 points
|15 @ 10 each
|150 points
|3 @ 50 each
|150 points
|20 @ 5 each
|100 points
|Total Points
|700 Points
Academic Honesty
In 1995 the UF student body enacted an honor code and voluntarily committed itself to the highest standards of honesty and integrity. When students enroll at the university, they commit themselves to the standard drafted and enacted by students.
The Honor Pledge: We, the members of the University of Florida community, pledge to hold ourselves and our peers to the highest standards of honesty and integrity.
On all work submitted for credit by students at the university, the following pledge is either required or implied: "On my honor, I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid in doing this assignment."
Students should report any condition that facilitates dishonesty to the instructor, department chair, college dean, Student Honor Council, or Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution in the Dean of Students Office.
(Source: 2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog)
It is assumed all work will be completed independently unless the assignment is defined as a group project, in writing by the instructor.
This policy will be vigorously upheld at all times in this course.
Accommodation for Students with Disabilities
The Disability Resource Center coordinates the needed accommodations of students with disabilities. This includes registering disabilities, recommending academic accommodations within the classroom, accessing special adaptive computer equipment, providing interpretation services and mediating faculty-student disability related issues.
0001 Reid Hall, 352-392-8565, www.dso.ufl.edu/drc/
Software Use
All faculty, staff and students of the university are required and expected to obey the laws and legal agreements governing software use. Failure to do so can lead to monetary damages and/or criminal penalties for the individual violator. Because such violations are also against university policies and rules, disciplinary action will be taken as appropriate.
Campus Helping Resources
Students experiencing crises or personal problems that interfere with their general well-being are encouraged to utilize the university's counseling resources. The Counseling & Wellness Center provides confidential counseling services at no cost for currently enrolled students. Resources are available on campus for students having personal problems or lacking clear career or academic goals, which interfere with their academic performance.
- University Counseling & Wellness Center, 3190 Radio Road, 352-392-1575, www.counseling.ufl.edu/cwc/
Counseling Services
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Outreach and Consultation
Self-Help Library
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Community Provider Database
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EMU Guest Speaker Compares Eating Meat to Bestiality, Causes Controversy
A guest speaker at Eastern Michigan University has stirred up controversy after likening meat consumption to bestiality.
Published reports state Gary Yourofsky spoke to a sociology class earlier this month, where he compared eating meat and dairy products to bestiality.
Yourofsky went on to compare meat factories to concentration camps and the Holocaust. EMU spokesman, Geoff Larcom, says the school received two complaints from students about the nature of the discussion.
Yourofsky spoke in three of EMU part-time lecturer Luis Sfeir-Younis' classes.
Larcom says administrators have spoken to Sfeir-Younis to determine the context of the speaker's appearance, the reaction of students and what happened in class.
No action has been taken against the lecturer, who is still teaching.


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Come on guys, this is SparkFun - what about squeezing in a 3 axis accelerometer, FM xmitter, AT tiny13 & battery!!!
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