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Total laparoscopic extirpation of a fixed uterus from benign gynecological disease
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Frequently, a fixed pelvis is encountered that is caused by a benign disease, either severe endometriosis or severe adhesions with or without fibroid uterus. We present two cases of nulligravida and multiparous women who had absolute frozen pelvises with no motion whatsoever of their pelvic structures on bimanual examination. Conventionally, these patients would have been approached by open hysterectomy only. We do not consider a frozen pelvis from what appears to be a benign case a contraindication to the laparoscopic approach.
KeywordsFixed pelvis Impacted uterus Retroverted uterus Obliterated cul-de-sac Adhesions Endometriosis Laparoscopic hysterectomy
A fixed pelvis usually implies the possibility of malignancy spread along the broad ligaments and the parametrium to the pelvic sidewall. However, more frequently, a fixed pelvis is caused by a benign disease, either severe endometriosis or severe adhesions with the bilateral tubo-ovarian complexes adherent to the pelvic sidewalls or from a large fibroid uterus associated with scar tissue or endometriosis [1, 2].
The following two cases are of women who had absolute frozen pelvises with no motion whatsoever of their pelvic structures on bimanual examination. Conventionally, these patients have been approached by open hysterectomy and considered unfit for laparoscopic treatment [3]. This has not been our experience. We do not consider the frozen pelvis in what appears to be a benign case a contraindication to the laparoscopic approach.
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When dealing with cases of frozen pelvis, the surgeon should always follow the surgical principles of exposure of normal organs that should not be injured. You take what the individual case easily offers you in way of adhesiolysis in order to restore normal anatomy. You begin by deflecting the sigmoid colon, medially separating its attachment to the left pelvic sidewall and exposing the bifurcation of the external iliac artery and the internal iliac artery (the hypogastric artery). Normally, the left ureter will be found coursing over or close to this junction which allows one to begin the retroperitoneal pelvic dissection that allows these cases to be safely done. Initially, the dissection of the ureter is begun retroperitoneally. Once there is a safe margin between the infundibulopelvic (IP) ligament and the ureter, the IP is coagulated with bipolar or harmonic energy or tied up giving further anterior exposure and enabling deeper advancement of the ureterolysis procedure. Normally, at this point, the round ligament can also be coagulated (to control bleeding from Samson's artery) and divided, giving further exposure to the course of the ureter and allowing the uterus and adherent bowel to be displaced medially. At this point, the peritoneum of the anterior broad ligament can be taken down past the pelvic midline on the left side exposing the cervix and allowing further medial displacement of the adherent uterus and sigmoid. This allows optimal visualization of the pelvis on the left so the ureter can be easily followed to where it disappears into the cardinal ligament web. The uterine artery will reliably be found coming over the ureter at this level and, depending on the anatomy, can be clipped, tied, or bipolar-coagulated lateral to the ureter controlling the third vascular pedicle coming to the uterus from the left side. At this point, the dissection is taken to the right side, and exactly the same procedure is followed. This results in near-complete devascularization of the uterus with exception of possible input from the descending cervical branch of the uterine artery if it has a collateral attachment to the azygos vaginal artery. At this point, if there are significant vesicouterine adhesions anteriorly from prior C-sections, infection, or endometriosis, these are taken down to further free the adherent adnexal-uterine-sigmoid mass. This is usually done easily by coming in under the scar bands laterally turning the active blade of the harmonic ace down into the cervix and pulling briskly through the edge of the scar band. This process can be serially repeated until the scar bands are completely separated from the cervix. The normal areolar plane between the bladder and the lower uterine segment can now be entered and the bladder taken down off of the lower uterine segment, cervix, and upper vagina. The dissection of the posterior cul-de-sac is then addressed. Medial retroperitoneal dissection is done utilizing the prior ureterolysis incisions. This allows visualization of the retroperitoneal course of the sigmoid allowing safer dissection of the sigmoid from the adnexal structures and lateral uterus. The final step of the dissection is then ready to be done. With the uterus devascularized, the serosal plane of the uterus can be dissected deliberately erring on the side of myometrial entry. Since the uterus is devascularized and bleeding is minimal, the easily recognized myometrium allows continual correction to the serosal plane and safe dissection of the sigmoid from the back of the uterus and reopening the posterior cul-de-sac. The patient can now have standard completion of the total laparoscopic hysterectomy.
These cases usually take at least 2–3 h for an experienced laparoscopist. They can be time-consuming but are usually not difficult to do as long as the principles set above are followed.
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- 1.Kataoka ML, Togashi K, Yamaoka T, Koyama T, Ueda H, Kobayashi H, Rahman M, Higuchi T, Fujii S (2005 Mar) Posterior cul-de-sac obliteration associated with endometriosis: MR imaging evaluation. Radiology 234(3):815–823Google Scholar
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Hoist By Their Own Petard
Via my man Brit Hume:
The Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission defines sexual harassment as "unwelcome sexual advances," and "requests for sexual favors." But the California Supreme Court has now ruled unanimously that a worker can be a victim of sexual harassment even if the boss never touched her or even spoke to her.
The court ruled in favor of female prison employees who complained that their boss unfairly rewarded women with whom he was having consensual affairs. In overturning earlier rulings, California Chief Justice Ronald George wrote, "even in the absence of coercive behavior, certain conduct creates a work atmosphere so demeaning to women that it constitutes an actionable hostile work environment."
This is without a doubt the most cretinous statement I have ever heard, notwithstanding the fact that this is sexual harassment law (which means that by definition the bar was set about as low as one can imagine).
But the truly interesting thing about this ruling is this: it may not be nearly as idiotic as it first appears. I always say that liberals and feminists should be careful what they wish for - this case is a perfect example. The implications are startling. Look at the court's reasoning:
Widespread favoritism based upon consensual sexual affairs may imbue the workplace with an atmosphere that is demeaning to women because a message is conveyed that managers view women as 'sexual playthings,' " Chief Justice Ronald M. George wrote for the court.
All right, this *is* unbearably stupid. But bear with me.
In such a situation, other employees may believe "that the way required to secure advancement is to engage in sexual conduct with managers," he added.
It is a very strong opinion in favor of protecting women who are not directly harassed but indeed are disadvantaged by the fact there is favoritism in the office," said William C. Quackenbush, an employment law expert.
He said situations involving sexual favoritism arise frequently in the workplace, particularly in large companies.
The ruling is the result of a sexual harassment lawsuit, which has not yet been tried, against the state's Department of Corrections. Edna Miller and Frances Mackey charged that a prison warden, Lewis Kuykendall, who was married, had sexual affairs with three other employees and gave them preferential job treatment. The two women said they suffered retaliation when they complained.
The affairs occurred from 1991 to 1998, when Kuykendall was the chief deputy warden of the Central California Women's Facility and later the warden of the Valley State Prison for Women, both in Chowchilla. The court said the affairs were concurrent.
Mackey, who has since died, and Miller presented evidence that Kuykendall's favoritism to his girlfriends impeded their job advancement. They also said his behavior opened them to harassment by one of the girlfriends. Employees often had to endure jealous and emotional squabbling among the girlfriends over Kuykendall, the court said.
Two of the girlfriends bragged to others about their power over Kuykendall, and he displayed "indiscreet behavior" at a number of work-related gatherings, the court said.
In one incident, Miller competed with Cagie Brown, one of the girlfriends, for a promotion, the court said. Brown told Miller that Kuykendall would have to give her the job or she would "take him down" by naming "every scar on his body," the court said.
Brown received the promotion even though Miller had a higher rank, superior education and more experience, according to the court.
Miller also said she ran into problems with a female deputy warden who she believed was engaged in a relationship with Brown "that was more than platonic," the court said. The deputy warden, Vicky Yamamoto, and Brown frequently countermanded Miller's orders, undermined her authority, imposed additional duties and threatened reprisals if she reported problems, the court said.
Behavior like this is precisely what the military's strict anti-fraternization rules are meant to prevent. "Why", they ask, "can't people date each other at work?". And with women in the military that is becoming a bigger and bigger problem. But that's not all. Activists have been pressing, not only for relaxation of fraternization rules, but for allowing women in combat and for abolition of the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.
But the logical consequence of both those policies is simply this: during wartime, when human beings are under extreme stress, when the need for discipline is strongest and indelible bonds between soldiers are forged, we are now going to throw people together who are sexually attracted (whether male and female or same-sex couples who are homosexual)? And somehow, miraculously, against all prior experience with human nature, we expect this to have no impact on 'good order and discipline'?
It's very interesting to me that as women take a more assertive stance in the workplace, we're starting to see decisions like this come out of activist demands that actually reinforce old-fashioned standards of behavior. Well you can't have it both ways. You can't have women in the workplace and demand the right to date co-workers and bosses, then demand your 'sexual freedom' and yet preserve the right to be secure against discrimination when your co-workers sleep their way to the top.
Sometimes life isn't fair. Get over it - men have been dealing with this kind of crap for years. Sexual favoritism is hardly the only kind of favoritism out there - if it weren't that, it would be something else. You can't sue over every little hardship that comes your way in the workplace. Sometimes the solution is to leave and find a boss who isn't a complete jerk.
American society is becoming far too whiny and litigious. How about a little self-help here? The courts can't solve everything - this is like killing a gnat with a sledgehammer.
Posted by Cassandra at July 21, 2005 08:40 AM
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As you know, Cass, as it is something you have brought up before, I do not have a military background. But it always struck me as the best reasoning in support of the military's "no gays" policy was the simple fact that people who are lovers have a different kind of bond than buddies, and they shouldn't be serving next to each other in the military. My logic is something like this: (1) you have in theory no women in combat; (2) thus, you have only men in combat; (3) one reason to not have women in combat is to avoid the interference with chain of command and duty when one starts balancing orders with concern for a lover, which is much different than concern for a "buddy"; (4) if you eliminate women in combat, you don't have that problem, b/c the presumption is men are buddies, not "lovers"; (5) but that is only going to hold if men aren't doing each other, which means no homosexuals.
Does that make sense?
As for your story, the solution is simple: Don't get your meat the same place you get your bread.
Posted by: KJ at July 21, 2005 10:39 AM
Heh. Every time *I* bring up this argument I get told I'm a fuddy-duddy old bigot and to get a life.
Which may be true. But it doesn't mean I'm wrong, either.
Posted by: John of Argghhh! at July 21, 2005 11:33 AM
Holy smokes! Do you know how many women in California just lost their jobs? "Soory, baby. You know I love you, but..."
Posted by: spd rdr at July 21, 2005 11:39 AM
A few years ago, this co-worker who I could run circles around got a promotion I deserved because his kids and the boss kids played in the same baseball team, and often after driving the kids home, they went for a beer together.
Where is the law to protect me from THAT?
I don't know who coined that phrase
" Feminists simply replaced a tyranny by another tyranny "
but sometimes the feminist's tyranny seems much worst at least more insane.
Posted by: Friend of USA at July 21, 2005 05:22 PM
I read this post several times before commenting.
I have only had one problem with sexual harassment, and I took it to the owner of the store who promptly put a stop to it. That was back in the mid eighties. Since my job didn't depend on this cretin's 'needs,' and the people I worked for were
decent human beings, that was all it took.
Le cretin was later fired for a myriad of other issues, so I am wondering about the whistleblowers
and why they are NOW being given a fair hearing after nearly what...seven years? Why wait that long?
I know, it is my naivete that is at work here, but
bear with me. If they had to wait that long for a climate change in order to have their grievances addressed, wouldn't it naturally follow that it fell outside the statute of limitations after three or four years?
Just asking and will go back to lurking.
Posted by: Cricket at July 22, 2005 07:09 AM
This sounds like a case of a woman being mad because she was not hit on and a judge that would have decided the same way no matter who or what the case was. Someone told him he was a liberal and he always has to rule against the employer,
Posted by: scrapiron at July 22, 2005 10:32 PM
I have nothing against gays if they leave me alone, i'll leave them alone, but if you identify them in the military it will be painting a target in the middle of their back. That is fact, not fiction. A lot of people play along with the PC game, but they aren't really into the game.
Posted by: scrapiron at July 22, 2005 10:36 PM
I'm not now nor have I been in the military. But I don't buy it. People are serving now that people know are gay. We used this same excuse to segregate units -- white will kill blacks if we let them serve together.
I just have more confidence in the military than that. None of this means I think the rules should be changed. B/c I'm not a military man, I will give them the benefit of the doubt. I think my concern, lovers undermining discipline and moral, is more real than soldiers killing each other. From what I hear, b/c of women serving on ships and in other places with men, the lover (and pregnancy) thing is a real problem.
Posted by: KJ at July 23, 2005 07:46 PM
Nobody held a gun two the heads of these two tramps and told them that they had to sleep with this man.Also it seems like a lot of leftwing men are nothing but sissyfied punks and henpecked men.No backbone,and certainly no brains worth much!I tell you what I can't for the life of me figure the silly and crazy thinking of the people on the coasts of this nation.Tell me guys,what in the hell is you all's problem?!will you please get a spine and stop listening to all these dikes ruining the workplaces?if this judge thinks this is going to make life easier for females,he needs a good smack upside his head for stupidity.No wonder California can't get ahead financially.I just don't believe everybody can be stupid out there,but as usual,when you have rabid lefists running your government and anything else they destroy anything they touch and of course stupidity always seems to follow them wherever they go.
Posted by: Lisa Gilliam at July 24, 2005 05:21 PM
I know this is about California, but could it also apply to the federal government? Were there other White House interns in the 1990s besides Monica? Did they get nice jobs after their internships? If not, do you think this wll inspire them to file complaints?
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Well, my lack of posts may look to some like my attempt at sticking with my workout plans has failed. ON the contrary, however, i have been far too busy to keep up. I guess I started to think that a post that simply showed what i accomplished for the day, workout wise, was kind of lame. I read a couple of my posts and I sounded like a total "sup-bro" and like i was obsessed with myself, and although I may be a bit of a narcissists I dont want to frame myself as one to the blogging world. So, i will still leave updates here and there but I'm not going to turn this blog into a "look how tough i am because i workout" blog.
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It would have been just another day in jail if not for the wild applause. In the yard was a stage, a festive canopy and a 15-foot billboard with a cartoon prisoner in stripes singing into a microphone. Above it, a logo, styled after American Idol, read: Inmate Idle Singing Con-Test. From behind a hemispheric barricade of chainlink fence and concertina wire, an audience of a thousand screaming inmates and the men with guns who keep them in line watched the host, Bob Hilton, trot out to the stage. A longtime Hollywood announcer From NBCs Lets Make a Deal, the voice of many of the game shows youve seen on TV! Bob greeted the jail yard like he was on a soundstage in Burbank. Good afternoon. Oh my gosh, boy, we are set for a wonderful show here!
Katrina Duhart and other finalists in the "Inmate Idle Singing Con-Test"(Photos bu Joshuah Bearman)
All this would make an unusual sight in any corrections facility, but especially so at Tent City, in Arizonas Maricopa County, where Sheriff Joe Arpaio makes sure county time is no picnic. The papers call him Crazy Joe, and his staff calls him Sheriff Joe, but Joe likes to call himself the toughest sheriff in America. Vast, burgeoning Phoenix is in Maricopa County, and since 1992, Sheriff Joe has run the countrys fourth largest jail system with an iron and often eccentric hand, supervising a large volunteer posse, reviving chain gangs, housing sentenced inmates in tents, and making everyone wear pink underwear beneath old-time black-and-white-striped uniforms. Some people call Sheriff Joes myriad jails Fourth Avenue, Lower Buckeye, Estrella and Tent City the Alcatraz of Arizona. And he likes it that way. Competitive singing came to this desert Alcatraz when a bolt from the blue hit Thelda Williams, the sheriffs programs coordinator, in her office one day. Hey, she thought. Why dont we have a singing contest? Sheriff Joe was reluctant at first, but hed met Paula Abdul a few years earlier, and when country singer Glen Campbell spent 10 days in Sheriff Joes jails on a DUI in the summer of 2004, Joe let him give a concert. You know what? he said. Maybe a little melody will boost morale around here. Lets give it a try. Bret Kaiser, a detention officer whod recently started working with inmate programs, was excited about the contest. Having been a heavy metal front man himself in the 80s, Bret has always loved performance and music. Hed been happy to bring that to his 9-to-5 since he started working at K-JOE, the closed-circuit radio station that broadcasts to Maricopa Countys 10,000 inmates each day. With co-host Grant Solomon, Bret started using breaks between K-JOEs educational shows and its Americana collection of classics and crooners to publicize the jailwide competition: Hello, everybody out there, have we got something for you. Im talking about the first-ever Inmate Idle contest. This is a groundbreaking opportunity, never before done in any jail, so dont miss out. We hear you singing all the time in the pods. In your cells. In the holding tanks. Now, lets put you in front of a microphone and on a stage. Bret had done the artwork for his bands fliers back in the club days, so he drew up an Inmate Idle poster that went up in the jails housing units, or pods. There would be a celebrity judge, the inmates learned. And a prize was announced: decent chow for a night for the winner and the rest of his pod no small reward under the regime of Sheriff Joe, who prides himself on having whittled down the meal costs to 15 cents per prisoner per day, a fraction of what gets spent on the dogs in the K-9 unit. After three daily meals of donated bulk food with no condiments, salt or pepper, the promise of burgers and pizza from the outside was the next best thing to freedom. The programs department bought a karaoke collection and edited out the touchier tunes with sexual or violent themes, leaving 100 song choices, which appeared on a handout next to the poster in each pod. There was a stack of pink paper for Inmate Request Forms, or tank orders. Inmates usually use tank orders to communicate about anything within the bounds of inmate privileges, like a visitation or a doctors appointment or court dates. But with Inmate Idle under way, they started filling up with song requests.
Showtime getting underway and the MC announcing the judges
Auditions began at Fourth Avenue Jail, the new facility in downtown Phoenix, in one of the chapels a bare room, some school desks, and Theldas grandkids karaoke machine set up facing the panel: Bret, Thelda, and various other lieutenants and commanders. The contenders waited their turn in school chairs around the room. Not all the auditions went smoothly. Some inmates had never seen a karaoke machine before. Theyd jump in too soon, or look away and lose track. People sang out of key, couldnt hold notes. Several sounded like they hadnt yet sobered up from whatever binge had brought them there. A few did a kind of improvisational spoken-word monotone, reading words of songs they didnt know off the screen, and the panel would cut them off. Man, I should write you up for singing so bad, Bret would say, playing a jailhouse Simon Cowell. What are you in here for? Because youre murdering that song. Then came John H. Lowery Jr., nonviolent recidivist and sharp tenor. Hed always been a singer, once performing at a talent show during halftime at a Denver BroncosArizona Cardinals game back in the day. But that was a long time ago, before he started running with the wrong crowd. Now, in front of six detention officers, John sang cold, with no practice, but his rendition of Otis Reddings Sitting on the Dock of the Bay had everyone on the panel nodding and taking notes. Gary Fisher was another surprise. Barrel-chested and still wearing a mane of long hair, since he had not yet been sentenced for what he called drinking in the wrong county but what that countys Superior Court had labeled an Aggravated DUI for blowing a 1.98, Gary was facing a decent stay with Sheriff Joe. But he was confident approaching the microphone, and when he started, Bret and the others could see why: Projecting straight from the gut, Gary nailed Garth Brooks I Got Friends in Low Places, a favorite from back home in Tennessee and, Bret thought, an appropriate number for Garys new home. After that first session, word spread that Inmate Idle was legit, and soon there were more tank orders. Like a correctional hurdy-gurdy man, Bret spent two weeks straight hauling the karaoke machine from jail to jail and out to Tent City, searching for voices among the cellblocks. That suited Bret just fine. In 1982, hed teased his hair, donned a cheetah-print vest and lace-up tight jeans, and joined Madam X, a young group of glammed-out rockers on the early cusp of hair-metal. Two of their members were women, sisters Roxy and Maxine Petrucci; Roxy went on to join the chick-metal pioneers Vixen. Fueled by a gold record, a recording contract and a couple of videos on MTV High in High School revolves around a seemingly stoned midget being disciplined by his foxy teacher and at one point features a remarkably hirsute Bret materializing from a taxidermied cat Madam X had what Bret calls a nice little run. But as he tells it, greed, mismanagement, Tipper Gore, and some ill-advised intraband romance gone sour led to Madam Xs demise. Bret was asked to join Skid Row this was before Sebastian Bach, whom Bret stayed totally cool with, even after Bach ascended to emaciated-rock-god stardom but he turned it down to move to Phoenix and play with his brother again in a band called Kaiser. Kaiser had a sponsorship from Bud Light, and was the top unsigned act around, but when Bret had a son, he called it quits on the music life. He didnt want to be a road dad, so he looked for a day job. He found stability when he joined Sheriff Joes volunteer posse, and then became a detention officer, or D.O., in 1995.
Bret Kaiser's band, Madam X, "High In Highschool"
But Bret missed performing and looked for an outlet. After letting his music sit on the shelf for nearly a decade, he started playing shows again as Elvis. It was an easy transition, trading in the mane of glam for the pompadour and bright, tight whites of Vegas-era Elvis. Being an Elvis impersonator or, as Bret prefers to call it, an Elvis tribute artist, was always a dream Brets house is filled with memorabilia of The King and it seems to be a fairly lucrative field in the greater Phoenix area. His first gig was entertaining the geriatric partygoers at a luau for the Water Fitness Club of Sun City West, and hes been booked up most weekends ever since, even doing Sheriff Joes annual Volunteer Banquet, during which the two sing a duet. I get a kick out of it, Sheriff Joe says, since I arrested Elvis once, back in 1957 in Las Vegas. With the pompadour and sideburns that Brets avocation requires, hes well-known among the Maricopa County inmates. And well-liked. Brets never had a problem with an inmate in 12 years, and he chalks it up to his experience onstage. Im a people person, he says. Being an entertainer has helped me as a detention officer. I like to make people happy. Thats what I do best. Hes even been recognized by inmates; one guy remembered Bret from when he opened for Madam X back in 1984. And Bret knows that as a rock & roll singer, he or any of his friends could very well have wound up in the pods too. Jails an unfortunate circumstance, but its not his job to judge inmates for their mistakes. It was, however, his job to judge their singing ability. The only musician on the panel, Bret took the lead in coaching the inmates through the process. And he was more than happy to see the tank orders keep piling up, enough so that over the course of the two weeks, the audition panel would hear more than 100 contestants. Christopher Marsh had done some time in prison, and killed his number, or finished his sentence, last summer. Then he got hauled back in for an alleged burglary. When not inside, Christopher works in construction, and hed never performed musically other than playing an orphan in Oliver! back in grade school. Christophers previous time made him real jail-savvy, so before he agreed to sing for the sheriff, he cleared it with his head. Thats the elected leader of ones demographic faction; in Christophers case, thats whites, or Peckerwoods, as theyre affectionately called. The head Peckerwood wanted to know what was in it for the rest of them. Fast food, was the answer, and the head agreed as long as you dont shake Sheriff Joes hand. And you better win. Christopher had that in mind, approaching the microphone, but he killed his musical number With Arms Wide Open, by Creed and knew he had a chance at the next round. Katrina Duhart was one of the few women to sign up. Shed been in just a month, and already stood out as friendly and good-spirited despite some bad choices Im really trying to get past, which was Katrinas way of describing her six months for conspiracy to commit fraud. Katrinas a big girl, with a husky voice, and the narrow range that goes with it, so she was disappointed there was no Mary J. Blige or Macy Gray on the list. Most of the female vocalists represented, like Diana Ross, would have been hard to hit. Eventually, Katrina chose Alicia Keys Fallin, but when she went in front of the panel, she shook so much with stage fright she thought shed drop the microphone. Katrina sang karaoke with her cousins all the time, so she didnt know what had gotten into her. It was probably the fear of disappointment, she thought. Jail was already bad news, and she didnt want any more of that. Bret tried to coax Katrina out of her shell. You have a beautiful voice, Im sure, Katrina, he said. Just relax and take it slow. After 20 minutes and several tries ending with I cant do it and Bret coming right back with Yes, you can, girl, Katrina finally brought the song in a cappella, just like Keys, and went on to finish with no hiccups. When it was over, Katrina was shocked to see Bret and the other panelists rise for a standing ovation. Katrina, they said, we cant wait to see you again.
Katrina doing her thing
With the close of auditions, the panel conferred and compared notes. It was often obvious who would or wouldnt make the cut, but there were some borderline cases. And sadly, several of the panels favorites were either disqualified violent offenders couldnt compete or got released too soon. It was a constant problem, those pesky short sentences. One of the other star female singers had a missing tooth and wild hair, and came out shy like a frightened little mouse, but when she stepped to the microphone and I Will Always Love You rang out across the room, half the D.O.s swore it was better than Whitney. When the panel learned she would be out before the Inmate Idle finals, Thelda just about cried. She even had a sneaking desire to look at the girls record to see if she was a repeat visitor to the jail. Maybe shed be back soon, she wondered, or perhaps they could bring her in on something outstanding? But then Thelda thought better of it. Bret was equally impressed by a guy who sang a Kid Rock ballad, but he was leaving jail the next day. You want to come back for the finals? Bret asked. Not surprisingly, the response was: Dude, are you kidding? Working with what they had, the panel winnowed it down to 18 singers. They chose a diversity of contestants and song types, for broad appeal during the semifinals, when Bret would record videos of the performances so the inmates could watch them in their pods and vote directly on who they wanted to see in the final six. But Bret was disappointed that there were no semifinalists singing My Girl. That had been the favorite number during tryouts, but no one came near doing justice to the Temptations original. Then, at the last minute, Bret was wheeling an amp through the hall at Fourth Avenue when he passed a holding tank filled with inmates coming from court, and Bret stopped in to see if there were any newcomers who had a decent set of pipes. Corey Brothers spoke up. Hed recently turned himself in on a violation of probation, and just missed the auditions. A longtime singer from a musical family his father has performed with the Gospel Cavaliers for years Corey was a natural. He hadnt slept the night before, and he was depressed about making a mess of things recently. Hed lost a fiancée and had just been sentenced to 60 days on a 15-year-old warrant, but Corey had a gentle charisma and friendly demeanor, and when he hit just a few notes of My Girl, Bret stopped him short. Thats all I need to hear, Bret said. Youre in. Round 2: The Semis Good news here at K-JOE today. Many of you guys out there gave it your all in our first-ever Inmate Idle auditions. Our judges listened, and narrowed the field to 19 singers. Now you will get the chance to pick your favorites for the finals. Its one vote per inmate, guys. You know what to do. Now heres a little Bobby Darin for ya. Mack the Knife, people. Dont get any ideas. Once the names were announced, life in the Maricopa County jail system felt like a musical, spontaneously erupting into song as practice began in earnest. Gary worked out his Garth Brooks pitch on his bunk. Corey was a trusty, meaning he had a job; working the loading dock and kitchens, hed sing any chance hed get. John, who wrote his own music, honed his Motown sound. Katrina worked in the laundry, washing hundreds of pounds of stripes each day, and shed sing with two other girls, Kristi and Tweet. They used to take turns, or sometimes sing ensemble pieces like the reworked Lady Marmalade from Moulin Rouge, but with Katrina competing in Inmate Idle, it became Alicia Keys all the time. Bret decided Theldas little karaoke kit wouldnt cut it for the semifinals, so he brought up his own equipment from his Elvis shows a PA with some nice mikes to boost the sound quality for the video recording. Another program officer ran the tape. Gary, Corey and John all did one take with little prep, but Katrina had a problem: The camera had spooked her all over again. She screwed up so many times that Bret eventually tricked her into singing by telling her the camera was off. She wasnt exactly in key on that take, but that was the take they had. Christopher didnt know hed made the cut at first. There had been a riot in his pod, its members dispersed to other housing units. Christopher had been thrown in the hole, even though he stayed away from the fight, with his back against the wall. After a week in solitary, he wrote a tank order with three questions: 1. Why am I here? 2. I want to see the hearing sergeant. 3. When do I get to sing again for Inmate Idle? Bret and the other panel members got wind of Christophers situation and intervened. They didnt want Christopher in the hole, because according to the rules of Inmate Idle, contestants in restricted housing could not advance. A few days later, Christopher was back with Bret, in a new set of stripes, loosening up for the camera. If I make it to the finals, Christopher asked, can I make a shout-out? Why? Bret wanted to know. You got a girlfriend in here? As a matter of fact, I do. That was the real reason Christopher joined Inmate Idle. His girlfriend, Hope, had been taken in on a probation violation, and this was the only way to communicate with her. Maybe shell see the video, he thought, or even be in the audience at the finals. Thats why I want to sing Arms Wide Open, he said. Its a nice ballad for the ladies.
It may have been a stroke of correctional genius to offer the prize to the winners entire pod, because as the contest progressed, whole housing units united behind their contestants. Maricopa County jails house 10,000 involuntary residents, a small city of mostly unhappy criminals, often brimming with tension and danger, but with Inmate Idle in full swing, everyone noticed a brighter mood inside the wire. All facilities reported that violence in the yards dropped, as inmates stayed on best behavior so as to not get their pod disqualified. Racial clans and homemade shanks, it seemed, were no match for the camaraderie generated by putting a few personal pan double Meat Lovers pizzas on the line. But even that may not quite explain how much the inmates really worked together. As early as the first auditions, all the inmates were supportive of each other, even if they sang like harpies. Its cool, theyd say. You did all right, man.
John H. Lowery, Jr. pretty much nailing Otis Redding
Bret and his co-host Grant saw it with their own eyes by the time the semifinals were broadcast. The videos plain, static shots of men and women in stripes and bad light with little room to do much in the way of performance were a welcome change from the normal programming selection, limited to C-SPAN, the Weather Channel and the Food Network, the irony of which did not go unnoticed by the inmates as they watched Rachael Ray make baked eggplant in her matching sweater sets and learned that it was sunny in places they couldnt visit. During the contest, Sheriff Joe had started allowing broadcasts of American Idol, but it was when their own homemade version of the show finally appeared that the inmates went wild. Bret and Grant watched, along with one of the contestants in his pod. He sang The Dance, by Garth Brooks, and Bret and Grant were surprised to see the pod absolutely united in cheers. Black, white, Latino they all went nuts, even those who were clearly not Garth Brooks fans, really coming together. Grant was glad, because hed joined the Sheriffs Office to make a difference in peoples lives. It sounds corny and counterintuitive, he knows. But Grant is a tall, friendly and preternaturally cheerful Mormon missionary whose political idol is Bobby Kennedy. Since he picked up Spanish on a mission in Colombia, Grant teaches an extremely popular English-language class in the jail, in addition to his K-JOE hosting. And as one of a half-dozen D.O.s in the entire system who can speak Spanish, Grant hears all the prisoners talking. Of all the programs the jail has offered parenting class, anger management, GED course work none has ever caught fire like Inmate Idle. Over the next few days, 7,000 ballots came back. Bret was sorry to see some of the contestants go, but he was not at all surprised to see Corey wind up with the highest tally. Christopher came in second, with John and Gary just behind. And Katrina, who watched all the videos and then filled out her own pink ballot for Corey, seemed karmically rewarded for her honesty when she just barely edged out her next competitor by a single vote for the sixth and final slot. As K-JOE spread the word, the finalists discovered theyd become jailhouse celebrities. Katrinas nickname is Cookie, because everyone says shes so sweet, and every time her name was mentioned, the women in her yard would yell out, Cookie you did good, girl! People she didnt know would stop her in the day room, by the laundry, on the ramp where everyone hangs out: We know youre gonna make it, Cookie! Sing for us right now! On-the-spot requests were the norm for all of them. Gary would entertain with a country repertoire. John used the new listeners to try out his own material, autobiographical ditties about tragic disappointments. On the loading docks, where Corey carried in the huge, never-ending boxes of cheap and sometimes-expired ham and bologna that make up the jails infamously bad chow, the D.O.s kept asking to hear a few bars of My Girl. Even working his second shift, where hed serve that chow in other jails, hed be recognized from the tapes. Aw shit, its My Girl! hed hear. You sounded good! Maybe one night you wont have to eat this stuff. Once, Christopher found himself pounding out his favorite song, Hold My Hand, by Hootie and the Blowfish, in a holding tank on his way back from court. If they had that one on the song sheet, Christopher told the other inmates, I know I would take the finals no doubt, man. Back in his pod, when news about Christophers ascent to the finals circulated, he was immediately cornered by a couple of guys with big ideas. Yo, man, I tell you what, one said. I think you should forget the judges and play to the crowd. Its all about energy, man.
Gary singing Friends in Low Places
Yeah, and Ive been in the music game before, the other one added. I should be getting released soon. Ill take you nationwide. Were talking Letterman, you know, Kimmel and shit. Whatever. Corey got similar offers from would-be hangers-on for his jail-yard entourage. After the semifinals, he was approached by a couple of managers, bodyguards, a few financial advisers. Oh sure, he thought, Id like to meet my financial adviser in jail. One day, Christopher was surprised to discover he even had fans. Calvin, a quiet, diabetic man whom Christopher sometimes talked to, found an extra pink ballot and pencil and brought it to Christopher for an autograph. What the hell? Christopher said, laughing it off. I feel kinda stupid doing this, Calvin said. But Im serious. TO CAL, Christopher wrote. KEEP THE BLOOD SUGAR LOW, BUDDY. No sooner had Christopher signed it than he had a flash of second thoughts. Oh shit, he wondered. What if Calvin is in here for forgery? Round 3: The Finals Hello, K-JOE listeners! Thanks to your votes, Inmate Idle is moving along. For those of you out at Tent City, youre going to get a real treat when we stage the final concert live. Weatherman says rain, but lets hope hes wrong, because your contestants are ready to sing their hearts out Everyone knew it was showtime when the Rocky theme began echoing across Tent City. From the stage, the view was 270 degrees of black and white and pink a thousand prisoners cheering wildly through the chainlink fences, women on the left, men on the right. A few portable towers lifted men with shotguns against the blue desert mantle, but aside from a few stone-faced guards and muzzled German shepherds, everyone was gearing up for a good time. One at a time, Bob introduced the finalists to increasing applause. All wore brand-new stripes, which another inmate had volunteered to clean and press that morning. Gary and Christopher had combed their long hair and Katrina had gotten a special makeover from Theldas staff because early-morning rain turned her hair into a frizz. Bret had given them one last pep talk, with final pointers on holding the notes, emphasizing the chorus and playing to the audience. For a true performer, he told them, a charity event is the same as a stadium full of fans with lighters in the air and, presumably, a captive audience for whom lighters are contraband. Entertain like youre entertaining a million people, hed said. Then hed joined hands with all six for a prayer circle led by John before going off to suit up as Elvis. All right, now lets meet the judges, Bob roared. Reminding everyone they were in jail, the finals of Inmate Idle would not be decided by popular vote. Out came Sheriff Joe (to boos from the inmates) and an Elvis-clad Bret (to the overture from Richard Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra). You just havent lived, someone said, until youve seen an Elvis impersonator opening a jail-yard set with Richard Wagner. And now, Bob continued, lets hear it for one of the biggest superstars in the history of rock & roll, Alice Cooper! Yes: Alice Cooper. Music legend. Avid golfer. Seasonal Phoenix resident. And now Inmate Idle celebrity panelist. Although his was the biggest ruckus kicked up by the inmates, Cooper is probably the nicest guy in devil makeup youll ever meet; known for his lack of ego and his philanthropic bent, he was gracious as he thanked the crowd and sat down to watch Bret kick the program off as The King. Bret sauntered up in whiter-than-white spats and more tassels than Elvis would ever have dared to wear, and jumped right into Jailhouse Rock, throwing kicks and foot changes, journeying into the crowd and mugging for the women in stripes on the other side of the fence. Play like its always packed, Bret says, and now it was: With all those inmates, and one of his rock & roll heroes just a few feet away, Bret realized while basking in the applause, Inmate Idle was the biggest concert hed done in years. It was up to Katrina, the first contestant, to keep up the momentum. Shortly before the finals, Bret had converted the womens day room at Tent City into an impromptu concert hall just for Katrina so she could give a command performance for a familiar audience and build up her confidence. Taking the stage, Katrina could see the women holding up handmade signs rooting for her. A few days earlier, the women inmates had shocked their D.O.s by surreptitiously putting in a tank order for glitter and glue and poster board to surprise Katrina. Never in 12 years had anyone seen the women in Tent City jointly volunteer to do a project, especially one in support of another inmate. Katrinas vocal cords were scratched from too much practice, so shed switched to One, Two Step by Ciara to take advantage of her remarkable body control and focus on dancing. Katrinas stripes sagged appropriately low all through One, Two Step, and hung on during her finale, which included some incredibly precise jumping booty aimed directly at Sheriff Joe. Whats up, Estrella! was Johns opening shout-out. In rehearsal, John had wanted to switch his song to My Way, which confused Bret, since Johns Otis Redding was full of soul not exactly the prime ingredient in Sinatra. When Bret said Johns My Way wasnt making use of his R&B chops, John said, Got it. How about Cats in the Cradle? Or I know: Garden Party by Ricky Nelson? Finally, Bret persuaded him to stick with Otis Redding, which was right on target for the judges and the audience. John had spent the previous night improvising the song to fit his circumstances: I left my home on the south side. And the sheriff gave me somewhere to stay. I had no one on my side, to post the bail I needed to pay. So Im just gonna sit on the dock of the bay, wasting time. Garys I Got Friends in Low Places went over just as Bret had hoped. Gary leaned into each chorus, with its appropriately boozy regret (where the whiskey drowns and the beer chases), and got everyone singing along. As a former rocker, Bret had advised Gary on how to use his long hair as an additional instrument, as versatile as the voice or guitar. Gary started with a ponytail, then shook it down and was swinging it in circles by the time he unveiled his own lyrical adaptation: I Got Friends in Joes Places. When Corey was introduced, he was reserved, as usual. His deep, slow voice was tentative, but once the music started, Coreys alto kicked in and did the trick. Hed come a long way since Bret found him in that holding tank, with 60 days and nothing to look forward to. Bret knew Corey would have a light stage presence, so hed suggested doing footwork: Thats what the Temptations are known for. Corey used the bridge for some modest choreography, a nice touch during which Cooper and Bret followed along in their chairs, snapping their fingers, swinging their arms. Behind the fence, the women swayed en masse until Corey left the stage. Christopher had grossly miscalculated the security situation surrounding singing in jail and kept himself awake all night with wild visions of crowd-surfing the audience. When he realized most of the audience was behind a fence, Christopher decided he still needed to rock, so he jumped up onstage, waving his hair around, pulling back on the mike with eyes closed, and thanking all you ladies. Unfortunately, his own lady was not at the tents; Hope had been released from jail and Christopher never heard from her, so he assumed it was over. Thats why he ditched With Arms Wide Open. With his girl gone, he decided, why risk it all on a ballad? Creeds Higher had the kick he needed. Bob invited all the finalists up for the moment of truth. The judges compared scorecards, where theyd recorded marks for voice, performance and personality. Cooper presented the official Inmate Idle certificate. I tell you what, it came down to two, he said. Corey and Johnny here. Fingers through the fence, the vast striped crowd died down in anticipation. The men in mirrored aviators eased up on their trigger fingers. Cooper looked at the tally, made an obligatory dramatic pause, and announced the winner: Corey, youre the man. Come on up here. Cameras closed in as Sheriff Joe stepped in to explain the prize, which was already en route from a local McDonalds and Pizza Hut. At first, we thought this was a lark, a joke, he said. But as time went on, these guys really came together. More than Sheriff Joe knew: As with any good reality show, the contestants had created an alliance whoever won, theyd agreed to ask that the prize be extended to all the finalists. John spoke up, and with the news cameras rolling, the sheriff relented. Youre right, he said. You should get the food too. Corey rolled his eyes at the sheriffs magnanimity, and added, We really did this for the music. Alice Cooper stuck around for the post-show publicity scrum, during which Sheriff Joe made endless jokes about his con-test, while all six contestants told reporters they were genuinely grateful for this strange opportunity. Here I am in jail, John mused, singing for the people and talking to you all about music. I mean, how bad can things be? Bret proudly posed for photographers with the finalists. As he had told them, performance is about escape. You make people forget their problems for just a little while, and Inmate Idle brought some momentary escape to the otherwise gray world of jail inside Maricopa County. For the time we were singing, Corey told reporters, we werent doing time. And neither were all those people singing along.
Corey's performance of "My Girl"
When Corey came through the steel door with a dozen D.O.s and a pallet full of fast food, his entire pod gave him a heros welcome. Grant announced Coreys new title and wheeled in a giant vanilla cake with butter-cream frosting congratulating him as the winner. Corey modestly offered that, in the end, all the finalists had won the competition, and officially inaugurated the victory feast. John and Gary, who both reside in a nearby pod, were at the front of the line. My dream is to hear people singing my songs, John said, while enjoying his first pizza in months. With a short stint of state prison time coming his way, John will have a bit more time to develop his song book, but he plans on doing a demo when thats done. I know there were no record execs in the audience at Tent City, Corey said, but maybe Ill get the opportunity to record music when I get out. Until then, Corey said, he plans to keep busy with double shifts, and despite the inedible food, the pink underwear and the stripes, he truly does not begrudge the sheriff for the tough way he runs his jail, since it has convinced Corey never to come back. I dont want to be singing for Inmate Idles next season.
Christopher singing Creed
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Our sister paper Phoenix New Times has been covering Sheriff Joe Arpaio for more than a decade and has quite a bit to say about the publicity-hungry lawman. Here is a sampling of their work on the sheriff who has been called "a blowhard, self-aggrandizing, ignoramus who has cost Maricopa County, Arizona, tons of money pursuing his idiotic vision of 'tough jails' and ham-fisted policing":
King of Pain, April 26, 2007Boob's Tube, Jan. 25, 2007Recall Joe, Feb. 10, 2005


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If a word like "requirements" comes up in English to Urdu translation, the first alternative that will come to your mind will most probably be ضروریات. However, the phrase I had to translate was "Confidential Requirements". Here ضروریات would not be the ideal choice. The phrase would be translated as خفیہ مطلوبات. The word ضروریات is a plural form of ضرورت meaning necessities. As that famous saying goes Necessity is the mother of invention. ضرورت ایجاد کی ماں ہے
Thus, a necessity that is ضروریات denotes needs, wants, desires. On the contrary, requirement is asking from someone to submit or to show something. In cricket matches, some runs are required to win. It means it's a formal demand.
Now let's come to Shirkat and Shiraakat. شرکت, شراکت
Shirkat is a verb meaning 'to participate'. شرکت کرنا
Shiraakat is a noun meaning participation: شراکت
However, when I came across a word "participation log sheets" in an English to Urdu translation, I translated it as شرکت کی لاگ شیٹس and not as شراکت کی لاگ شیٹس۔
Why? Because Participation Log sheets would literally mean log sheets related to "participating". Therefore, participation here comes across as a verb to use. Therefore it is appropriate to use شرکت instead of شراکت۔


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Monday, September 27, 2010
When nature works to break down manmade pollution, not only are tax dollars saved, but ecosystems are preserved from impacts of constructed cleanup operations. This breaking down of pollution by nature's bacteria and plants is called natural attenuation and is one form of green technology that an SC State University research team has determined will assist with the cleanup efforts at the US Department of Energy (DOE) Savannah River Site (SRS). Dr. John B. Williams, professor of biological sciences at SC State University, and his team of SC State student interns including Stephanie Roach, Charmaine Wells, Eric Foxworth and Jeremy Clayborn, reported their findings to officials recently at SRS and were commended for their efforts. Research activities by Williams' interns began in early June and concluded in August.
Findings by this SC State research team have documented the actions of natural attenuation in cleaning up a plume containing chlorinated solvents from an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) -designated Super Fund Site at SRS. This is the name given to the environmental program established to address abandoned hazardous waste sites. Williams and his students may be one of the few undergraduate research teams in the country approved for monitoring Super Fund Site cleanup.
The SC State research team's topmost priority during this monitoring is safety. Williams has appreciated this safety emphasis by SRS and how his student interns have benefited from required safety training. Their efforts included working deep within a swamp-forest and drilling holes into swamp and stream sediments to detect water movements, which detects the form of effluent in water or emissions in air and chemistry. Their chemical analyses helped to determine the success of natural conditions for assisting the SRS cleanup.
During the Super Fund Site Cleanup, groundwater contamination from two clear non-flammable liquids, perchloroethylene (PERC) and trichloroethylene (TCE) is a common pollution problem worldwide. In the United States alone, TCE was present at 852 of the 1,416 sites proposed for the EPA National Priorities List of cleanup sites. At the Savannah River Site, PCE and TCE were used in large quantities during its construction and plant operations. SRS activities over the years disposed of much PCE and TCE into large, unlined excavations. Disposal of much PCE and TCE was placed into unlined pits along with other chemicals, metals and pesticides. SRS engineered remediation actions near the plume source included soil vapor extraction of volatile organic compounds and soil excavation and removal. For the more distant fringes of the plume, natural attenuation was proposed as a possible remediation action. Williams and his interns have been monitoring this activity and have documented some successful degradation of PCE to a third stage dechlorinated product called vinyl chloride. "Our results will help SRS determine plume movements and the relative effectiveness of natural attenuation in reducing contaminant loads into SRS streams," says Williams.
Student interns gained valuable real-world professional training that will better prepare them for future employment. Their hands-on environmental sampling experiences, combined with their exposure to working as a team in the field, will make them strong candidates for graduate studies and the professional workforce. "Teamwork played an integral role in this internship because we had to work together on various projects in the field. This instilled friendships and made the rigorous tasks easier to overcome," said Stephanie Roach. During summer research, students also learned the importance of team work. "Without teamwork, we would not be able to get many tasks done," said Eric Foxworth of Marion, S.C.
Other students gained skillful tactics, utilizing their mental and physical abilities. Jeremy Clayborn, a native of Chicago, Ill., says "the work experience strengthened my mental and physical abilities through productive, strenuous labor." Charmaine Wells of Savannah, Ga. shares that same sentiment. "The SRS internship has improved my scientific skills dramatically. I am now well aware of their goals and missions and I greatly respect all of their work and the great opportunity they have given us," said Wells.
For additional information about this research effort, contact Dr. John B. Williams at (803)536-8518.


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Convicted killer Eddie Gilfoyle's gagging order lifted
A gagging order placed on convicted murderer Eddie Gilfoyle upon his release from jail has been lifted.
Gilfoyle was freed on licence last month after serving 18 years of a life sentence for the murder of his wife Paula, in Wirral, Merseyside, in 1992.
The 49-year-old - who has always maintained his innocence - was barred from speaking to the media as a condition of his release.
But the Parole Board had now agreed to end the ban.
Gilfoyle's legal team had asked the board to reconsider the restrictions, arguing that they were unlawful and would be challenged in the courts.
It is understood that after taking its own legal advice the Parole Board concluded that the conditions were not lawful, said the BBC's Home Affairs correspondent Danny Shaw.
Although campaigners said they had also been prevented from speaking out, the ban did not apply to Gilfoyle's lawyers or relatives.
A board spokesman said: "Any licence conditions that the Parole Board imposes are for the sole purpose of safely managing the risk that the offender poses in the community and preventing re-offending.
"Such conditions can legally restrict only the actions of the individual offender and not the actions of any third parties."
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The spokesman said it would be open to any offender serving a sentence in the community on life licence to challenge a particular licence condition.
He said: "Such a challenge would be considered by the Board on a case-by-case basis."
Paula Gilfoyle, who was pregnant at the time, was found hanged at the couple's home in Upton in 1992.
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I came across this video clip of Ultramarathon great, Anton Krupicka promoting the New Balance Minimus Trail shoe. What I like about it, is that is isn't really about the shoe, which is unusual for a promotional video for a running shoe, but it's more about Krupicka's motivations for running ultra distances.
For him, running is the simplest pure of self expression, which he further simplifies by running shirtless and with his trade mark Jesus like beard and hair. He chooses to run in as simple a manner as possible to enhance his experience and to get away from the complexities of modern day living.
Now while this may not be for everyone, and indeed it may also not be practical in some climates, I think his ideal is valid for anyone for running ultras. He does say that for him it's about running 100miles or more, "anyone can run 50miles or 100kms" (just loved the way he let that roll off the tongue!). The reason for this is that running an ultramarathon is about not giving up, persevering through mental and physical barriers, "everything hurts after 60-70 miles".
I have to agree with the hurt comment, and I think it is because it hurts that you are forced to focus your mind and body completely on one thing – just keeping moving forward. Only when your mind and body are so total immersed in this challenge do you truly forget about the stresses of everyday life.
That is one of the main reasons I like to run, as there is a kind of spiritual side to things at these points, when you are managing a struggle between conscious and subconscious minds, and the satisfaction of taking control of both. You cannot do this without laser like focus on the task.
What I do find is that when you have managed to take control of all the voices in your head and the aches and pains from your body, and you begin to forget the hurt, your mind focuses on the important things in life. It's happened to me consistently as I run beyond 75kms.
I don't believe that anyone who, when they have been running for 8 hours or more, is thinking about a presentation they have to give to an important client, or if they should buy new clothes to impress a new group of friends, or perhaps the fluctuations in the stock market!
Ultra distance running, especially when out on the trails away from civilisation, is like a form of psychotherapy, stripping back the layers to what is really important.
I just wonder if there comes a point where you run so far that those feelings and thoughts become a permanent fixture, rather than being brought back to earth with a firm thud on a Monday morning (as a pile of paperwork is dropped in your in tray).
I don't know quite how far you have to run to achieve this, but if I find out I'll let you know!
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"Keep away from people who belittle your ambitions. Small people will always do that, but the really great make you feel that you too can become great." - Mark Twain
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Skip to comments.Headed for a Photo Finish in Iowa (PPP Poll: Paul-20, Mitt-19, Santorum-18, Newt-14, Perry-10)
Posted on 01/01/2012 9:31:16 PM PST by TBBT
Raleigh, N.C. The Republican caucus in Iowa is headed for a photo finish, with the three leading contenders all within two points of each other. Ron Paul is at 20%, Mitt Romney at 19%, and Rick Santorum at 18%. Rounding out the field are Newt Gingrich at 14%, Rick Perry at 10%, Michele Bachmann at 8%, Jon Huntsman at 4%, and Buddy Roemer at 2%.
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It's going to be a Buddy Romer day on Tuesday!!
in a close caucus, the biggest whack job wins. brace yourself, my fellow freepers. in the event of a ron paul win, the coverage will not be pretty.
Go Santorum! Crush Willard in IA! (Newt will finish off the Massachusettes Lib in SC & FL!!)
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IOWA: Santorum is 2nd choice of Bachmann, Newt, and Perrys voters. Interesting to see how much ship jumping there is in last 2 days
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IOWA: Santorums up 8 points in the last 5 days. Most popular candidate with 60/30 favorability:
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IOWA: Paul 20, Romney 19, Santorum 18, Gingrich 14, Perry 10, Bachmann 8, Huntsman 4, Roemer 2:
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Paul's net favorability in Iowa down 21 points this week from +13 (53/40) to -8 (43/51)
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Tea Party voters: Santorum 23, Gingrich 18, Paul 16, Bachmann 15, Romney 12. If Mitt doesn't win that's why!!!!
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With voters who decided in the last week: Santorum 29, Romney 17, Paul 13
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Drudge has Romney at 24% and Paul at 22% as of 9:40pm pacific time.
Neither. It's a caucus not an traditional election. They're going to go and hear candidate spokesmen, talk to their neighbors, and then decide who to vote for. Des Moines Register today says 41% say they could be persuaded to vote for someone other than their first choice, it's all up in the air.
Absolutely an amazing race filled with mediocre candidates.
Unbelievable that every single one of them except Huntsman has lead in Iowa at one point. It's all about peaking at the right time, and Rick Santorum is doing just that. Would love to see him win. Could also live with a Newt victory.
Bachman's done after Iowa it looks like.
Glad to see Perry not doing well. The pandering to illegals and depth in which he is out of touch on that issue is a non-starter.
There is a good chance that Santorum is going to pull this one out. Over the last several months my "Santorum 2012" bumper sticker has gone from pathetic to prophetic! :-)
Drudge is slow as always.
That poll you quote was conducted by Selzer & Co. of Des Moines on Dec. 27-30.
The primary, number-one thing I'd like to see out of the Iowa caucus is Romney as FAR down as humanly possible. That supercedes everything else as far as I'm concerned.
PPP, although a technically lib. outfit, has often been very accurate in its polling. Looks like Rick has a good shot at winning .
This CURRENT Santorum surge does looks real.
Congrats to Rick if he pulls it off and embarrasses Willard who thought he or Paul had Iowa in the bag.
The "anybody but Romney" vote is Paul + Santorum, and that's almost double Romney's percentage.
If the conservatives abandon Paul as the ABR and go with Santorum, he's got it.
Perry and Bachmann look like they're heading to very poor 5th and 6th place finishes. Which is TERRIBLE news for Willard as the conservative vote going forward to SC & FL now gets split two ways instead of four.. Woo Hoo!
Ha. The "When will Santorum get his turn to be flavor of the month?" was a joke among the media. I don't think anyone expected it to actually happen!
I'm hoping after Iowa conservatives can unite around whoever is the strongest of Bachmann/Santorum/Gingrich, which will probably be Santorum if the polls are correct.
What are the actual results? I'm looking but can't find any poll with Paul leading the pack.
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It's this weekend! I have a table this year! I am super pumped. I'll be selling my newest paintings and my bottle cap pins and magnets. Plus prints and some leftover bookmarks from last year. I hope I do well. There will be so many talented people there, I can't believe I am going to be a part of it.
It's going to be the first show I sell at this year. Then after this will be Animaritimes, then Art vs Craft, Hal-Con, maybe Halifax Crafters Christmas fair, and then one more Christmas fair, but I think that one is still in the works.
So yah, once again I am busy. Really excited though. Halifax Crafters and Animaritimes will be the first time I'll be at these events.
I'm super nervous about Animaritimes though, it's in Moncton so I get to travel, and it's an anime convention, so I'm hoping people will like my stuff. I used to be heavily into anime and draw it a lot when I was in high school and in an Animation program, but I've been out of it for so long, that most of the shows people talk about, I have no idea what it is! I've only really been into Sailor Moon, so I will have some fanart of that, but I've recently got into Fairy Tail and Chobits. I've been told that I would also like Fruits Basket, so I will have to give that a whirl. I have a huge piece that I'm working on for this convention, I have the sketches all done, and am going to put my fucking all into it. If all goes well, it will be my best piece this year! It's going to be epic!! lol. I can't wait to show everyone once it's all done. :D
And then after Animaritimes, it's Art vs Craft, the craft fair that I've organized. I'm really hoping it goes well. Last year it was a day event, and it went pretty good! This year, it's a weekend, so I'm hoping everything will run smoothly.
Hal-Con is going to be awesome again! 3rd year in a row! I'm working on a new series of paintings for that too. Super busy! But it's all going to be worth it!!


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nice app in a very cool area! everything is going good by a walk. the only thing is the loud street (also in the night), but i guess, every street in barcelona is loud;) some very nice restaurants in the near and you can have a nice walk in this area with nice places. around 5-7 min. to the subway, bus in the street goes to the harbour. at the 2nd room you have a small balcony to the street, from the kitchen you have a bigger one. Iu is a very nice host!! would be great, to stay here a 2nd time.


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Saucy Hogs takes home Sam's Club title in KansasJuly 5, 2011
Thank you to all the teams, judges, members and supporters that came out and helped to make the Overland Park, Kan. contest and Inaugural Sam's Club BBQ Tour a blazing success!
Scoring major bragging rights and KCBS Team of the Year points, Saucy Hogs took home Grand Champion and a check for $2,500. Ribs 4 U was named Reserve Grand Champion, earning $1,000.
Congratulations to the following teams for finishing first in specific categories:
- Chicken – Big Creek BBQ
- Brisket – Saucy Hogs
- Pork – Ribs 4 U
- Ribs – Early Bird BBQ
The following teams earned a spot at the Regional Event in Fort Worth, Texas. on July 15-16:
- Saucy Hogs
- Ribs 4 U
- KC Smoke Dawgs
- Pork Me Purple
- Big Creek BBQ
- Munchin Hogs @ the Hilton
- MoKan Meatheads
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The next contest is in Midwest City, Okla. on July 8-9.


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Handbook describes benefits for veterans
The new 2002 edition of one of the government's most popular publications entitled "Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents" is now available. The handbook describes the wide range of benefits available to all veterans and their dependents. Eligibility requirements, the important timetable for benefits, and where and how to apply for benefits are presented in an easy-to-understand manner.
The location of all VA National Cemeteries is also provided along with important information on burial, burial flags and Presidential Memorial Certificates. Other topics of interest to veterans include the review of discharge records, medals and awards, correction of military records, and the U.S. Court of Veteran's Appeal.
The new 2002 edition of the handbook provides the latest information available on benefits.
To order, send a check for $9.95 payable to Federal Reprints, P.O. Box 11783, Washington, DC 20008.
People sought to 'adopt' families
Healthy Families Washington County, a maternal/child health home visiting program sponsored by the Washington County Health Department, is seeking churches, organizations, employers, schools and/or individuals who are interested in "adopting" families during the upcoming holiday season.