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Using newer instrumentation and adhering to the basic principles of laparoendoscopic single-site (LESS) surgery may help the gynecologic surgeon avoid some of the pitfalls associated with the LESS hysterectomy procedure.
The laparoscopic approach to hysterectomy has become widely accepted as an alternative to open surgery. Since 1989, when the first total laparoscopic hysterectomy was performed, multiple advantages of this approach have been noted, including decreased postoperative pain, fewer wound infections, a smaller drop in postoperative hemoglobin levels, shorter hospital stay with quicker return to normal activities, and improved postoperative quality of life.1-3
Recent advances in surgical techniques and instrumentation now allow the surgeon to perform a total laparoscopic hysterectomy through a single umbilical port. The LESS hysterectomy offers the following advantages: fewer abdominal incisions, improved cosmesis, possible decreased postoperative pain, and improved recovery (Table). In 1991, Pelosi et al reported the first laparoscopic hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy using a single umbilical puncture instead of multiple ports.4 This approach was not widely accepted at the time due to the many inherent challenges of the procedure and the lack of appropriate technology and instrumentation.5,6
Some challenges of LESS surgery include the loss of instrument triangulation and reduced operative working space, which can result in instrument crowding and collisions ("sword fighting"). Introducing the laparoscope and surgical instruments in a parallel approach through the same incision can decrease both intra-abdominal and external operative working space and reduce visualizat ion and triangulation. Newer instruments, including single-incision laparoscopic ports, articulating laparoscopic instruments, and automated suturing devices, allow the surgeon to accommodate for some of these challenges.7-10
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Initially, LESS surgery was performed through a single umbilical skin incision in which multiple ports were placed through separate fascial incisions. The development of single-port systems specific to LESS surgery has facilitated both abdominal entry and instrument mobility. A summary of the LESS ports currently available in the United States follows.
The TriPort+™ Access System (Olympus America, Center Valley, PA) permits the placement of up to 3 laparoscopic instruments and can accommodate two 5-mm and one 12-mm instrument (Figure 1). The QuadPort™ (Olympus America, Center Valley, PA) allows for up to 4 instruments and can accommodate one 5-mm, two 10-mm, and one 12- mm instrument. The instrument shafts should be lubricated for ease of movement through the gel valves.
The SILS™ port (Covidien, Norwalk, CT) is a single-piece, flexible port made from a sponge-like elastic polymer. This port can accommodate three 5-mm instruments or two 5-mm and one 5/12-mm port. These ports are interchangeable. Once the incision is made, a curved retractor ("S" retractor) may be placed within the inferior aspect of the incision to "shoehorn" the port in place (Figure 2).
The AirSeal® port (SurgiQuest, Orange, CT) appears similar to other rigid laparoscopic trocars but lacks an inner mechanical valve. Pneumoperitoneum is maintained by a pressure gradient created within the housing of the trocar; the pressure gradient within the port exceeds the pressure in the abdominal cavity created by the pneumoperitoneum. The system uses a specialized air pump and tubing that circulates air through a filter to remove smoke. The system also allows oddly shaped or traditional instruments to be used without the limitations of traditional ports (Figure 3).
The S-PORTAL® product line (Karl Storz- Endoskope, Tutlinen, Germany), includes a variety of long, specially curved instruments and reusable peritoneal access ports. The X-CONE® consists of 2 metal halves that are joined together by a silicone cap once it is placed within the peritoneal cavity. The cap has 3 access channels that can accommodate instruments up to 12-mm in diameter. The ENDOCONE® has channels for six 5-mm instruments and two 12-mm instruments (Figure 4).
The GelPOINT® Advanced Access Platform singleincision system (Applied Medical, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA) incorporates the Alexis® wound retractor with the GelSeal® cap. The GelSeal cap provides a PseudoAbdomen™ platform that floats above the fascial incision, allowing for a fl exible fulcrum around which the cannulas can move independently. This cap can be removed and replaced during the procedure, which facilitates specimen retrieval without removing the entire port (Figure 5).
The Single Site Laparoscopy (SSL) Access System (Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Cincinnati, OH) uses technology from a hand-assist device. The seal cap is fixed to an abdominal wall retractor. The 2-cm retractor can be used in patients with an abdominal wall thickness of less than 4 cm, and the 4-cm instrument can be used in patients with an abdominal wall thickness between 4 and 7 cm. The cap contains one 5/15-mm and two 5-mm channels.
Various surgical devices are available that allow surgeons to compensate for some common problems associated with the LESS hysterectomy procedure such as the loss of triangulation, decreased working space, and instrument clashing.
Uterine Manipulators
The ability to manipulate the uterus is very important during LESS surgery. In traditional multiport laparoscopic hysterectomies, the uterus can be manipulated using a laparoscopic grasper through any auxiliary port. This type of manipulation is challenging during a LESS procedure because the surgeon uses a parallel approach to insert the instruments through a single multichannel port. This may result in decreased operative working space and instrument collision.7 Using a uterine manipulator in place of an auxiliary port enables full manipulation of the uterus and reduces the instrument limitations imposed by using a single-incision port.
Some commonly used uterine manipulators include the RUMI® Uterine Manipulator with KOH Colpotomizer™ (CooperSurgical, Trumbull, CT), Pelosi Uterine Manipulator (Apple Medical Corporation, Marlborough, MA), and the VCare® Uterine Manipulator (ConMed Corporation, Utica, NY). The RUMI and VCare uterine manipulators both contain a colpotomy cup that assists with lateral displacement of the ureters, anterior displacement of the bladder off the cervix, and delineation of the cervicovaginal junction.
Articulating Instruments
These instruments are invaluable in creating internal instrument triangulation, which assists the surgeon with appropriate tissue manipulation and helps prevent instrument collisions. Because surgical instruments are introduced in a parallel manner, it is essential that at least 1 instrument—and preferably 2— is able to articulate.
Internal triangulation is most effectively created when the instruments are crossed intraperitoneally and appropriately articulated so that the instrument is aligned with the tissue. This often results in an opposing instrument handle and tip, with the surgeon controlling tissue on the opposite side from the external location of the instrument handle. The surgeon can then maximize the use of his or her nondominant hand, eg, the left hand may be controlling an instrument that is manipulating tissue from the right hand and vice versa.
Although this may be counterintuitive for the traditionally trained laparoscopic surgeon, this type of instrument and tissue manipulation is often necessary to effectively perform a LESS hysterectomy.
There are several articulating instruments available for use in LESS hysterectomy, including Cambridge Endo laparoscopic instruments (Framingham, MA), Covidien Roticulator™, and SILS™ Hand Instruments (Figure 6). These 5-mm laparoscopic devices provide an articulating distal tip with rotation.
The ultrathin, 2.3-mm percutaneous MiniLap instrument (Stryker, Kalamazoo, MI) allows for insertion without a scalpel incision, thus minimizing visible scarring. Since the MiniLap instrument is placed through separate abdominal incisions, it allows the surgeon to preserve the principles of triangulation and may assist in the LESS hysterectomy procedure, especially during a more difficult surgical case.
Using a flexible-tip laparoscope during a LESS procedure allows the surgeon to easily manipulate the laparoscope to avoid instrument collisions. Because flexion is provided at the distal tip, the handle and rod of the laparoscope can be positioned flat against the patient's external abdomen, while the internal flexible tip can be positioned up against the anterior abdominal wall and angled downward toward the operative site. This prevents the laparoscope from interfering with the other instruments within the crowded space above and below the single-incision port and may reduce instrument clashes by increasing operative working space. Since the flexible-tip laparoscope has handle controls that allow defl ection at the tip in multiple directions, the laparoscope can remain in a single position throughout most of the procedure, while allowing for adequate visualization.
Two flexible-tip laparoscopes are widely used in LESS procedures. The Olympus EndoEYE™ is a 5-mm flexible endoscope with a distally mounted CCD chip. The IDEAL EYES HD (Stryker, Kalamazoo, MI) is a 10-mm articulating high-defi nition endoscope with a friction- assist brake in the handle to fix the distal tip in position without the need for a locking mechanism. Although flexible- tip laparoscopes provide signifi cant benefits over traditional rigid-angled scopes, using a 30- or 45-degree angled rigid bariatric scope with a right-angle light connector allows the surgeon to keep the camera away from the working space above the port.
Laparoscopic Holding Systems
A holding system allows the surgeon to operate more efficiently. The Wingman pneumatic-driven scope-holding system (Stryker, Kalamazoo, MI) fixes the laparoscope in place during the procedure, which frees up the surgeon's other hand and allows him or her to operate more efficiently. The ViKY® robotic laparoscope holder (EndoControl Medical, La Tronche, France) offers laparoscopic manipulation through voice recognition or foot-switch control. The FreeHand® laparoscopic camera controller (Prosurgics, Cupertino, CA) also allows for hands-free movement of the laparoscope through a robotic platform that uses the surgeon's head movement and an activation controller.
There are several techniques that the surgeon can use to perform a safe and efficient LESS hysterectomy. Some of these techniques depend on the availability of the instruments and include abdominal entry techniques, the use of "plane-ing" to avoid instrument collisions, and vaginal- cuff closure techniques.
Two incisions are typically used to accommodate a LESS port during abdominal laparoscopic entry: an omega incision and a linear incision directly through the center of the umbilicus. The omega incision is U-shaped and follows the natural curve of the inferior aspect of the umbilicus at the base, with the arms of the omega extending vertically upward. The goal is to maximize the opening of the incision while keeping the incision line below the edges of the umbilical crater, thus reducing any visible scar. The linear incision, which can be made in any orientation through the center of the umbilicus, is usually made in a vertical manner and tailored to the natural creases of the skin and umbilicus. Regardless of the entry technique, the fascial edges should be tagged with suture for traction prior to port placement; this can facilitate fascial closure at the end of the procedure. The preferred LESS port can then be placed according to the manufacturer's recommendations.
To avoid collisions, the surgeon should use laparoscopic instruments that are small in diameter, instruments with small handles, and articulating instruments. The use of "plane-ing" during a LESS hysterectomy is important because it allows for efficient instrument manipulation.
To understand this concept, imagine that the space above the patient's abdomen contains a 3-dimensional cube with 3 sets of planes on the x, y, and z axis (like a 3 in x 3 in Rubik's cube): 3 heights above the abdominal wall (lowest, middle, and highest planes), 3 planes relative to midline (center, left, and right), and 3 depths above the umbilicus. The laparoscope's camera head can be placed against the external anterior abdominal wall or at the lowest possible height. The handles of the graspers can retract tissue in the middle height but away from the center, to avoid instrument and handle collisions. In this manner, the operating hand (which usually holds the energy device) can move unencumbered in the center—at the highest height—without instrument clashing.
Closing the vaginal cuff during a LESS hysterectomy can be challenging. Traditional laparoscopic suturing techniques can be performed using a straight-needle driver and an articulating grasper, or vice versa. Automated suturing devices such as the Endo Stitch™ (Covidien, Norwalk, CT) or the articulating SILS™ Stitch (Covidien, Norwalk, CT), provide a more reliable and efficient method for cuff closure without the problems associated with traditional suturing.
These instruments allow a small, straight needle to pass back and forth through the desired tissue to perform effi cient suturing. The vaginal cuff can be closed with either an interrupted fi gure-of-8 suture or running suture. Using a longer suture (36 in or 48 in) allows the surgeon to pull the suture out between tissue bites so that traction can be maintained extracorporeally. This is important during a LESS hysterectomy because of the reduced ability to effectively manipulate tissue.
Although there are many challenges to performing a LESS hysterectomy, the benefits of this procedure can be achieved with the use of appropriate techniques. Adhering to the basic principles of LESS surgery and using state-of-the-art devices can assist the gynecologic surgeon in adopting this approach despite the steep learning curve and counterintuitive instrument movements.
The authors are each consultants/speakers for Covidien. Dr Hart is also a consultant/ speaker for Boston Scientifi c and Stryker. Dr Sobolewski is a consultant for TransEnterix.
Stuart Hart, MD, is Assistant Professor, Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL. Patrick Yeung Jr, MD, is Assistant Professor, Division of General Obstetrics and Gynecology and Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery and Director, Saint Louis University Center for Endometriosis, MO; Craig J. Sobolewski, MD, is Assistant Professor, Division of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University, Durham, NC.


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Excel Services is a Microsoft Office SharePoint technology that makes it simple to use, share, secure, and manage Microsoft Office Excel 2007 workbooks (.xslx, xslb) as interactive reports in a consistent way throughout the enterprise.
There are three basic components to Excel Services that interact with each other and together form the overall structural design of Excel Services.
Because Excel Services is a component of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, you can also take advantage of many SharePoint technology features such as, controlling, securing, and managing access to spreadsheets, server-based performance, and ability to scale well when users are added.
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Excel Web Access is a Web Part that displays data and charts from an Excel Workbook, has a similar "look and feel" to Microsoft Office Excel, such as sheet tabs, outline buttons, and drop-down arrows, and provides a number of ways to customize the Web Part.
You must first create an Excel workbook by using Office Excel 2007, and then save the workbook in Excel Services. In essence, Office Excel 2007 is the authoring tool and Excel Services is the reporting tool.
Although you cannot edit the cells in the Excel workbook in Excel Services, you can interact with the data in a number of ways. To answer specific, unanticipated questions you might have about the data, you can often find and display information by using the following interactive features:
Note You can also copy the Excel workbook, open it in Excel 2007 on your computer, and then use all the features of Excel, including what-if analysis and well-formatted printing.
Of course, there are countless ways that you can use Excel Services, but the following is a representative list of scenarios and examples to help you better understand how you might use Excel Services.
Business intelligence dashboards An executive committee has access to several company dashboards that act as an up-to-date financial scoreboard for the company. To continuously assess company performance, the main dashboard summarizes Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), such as sales goals, target revenues, and profit margins, on a monthly basis. Additional dashboards summarize market news to help analyze financial risk for current and new projects, and to display charts of critical financial data to help evaluate different investment portfolios.
Marketing analysis information system A marketing department in a company that sells athletic clothing and equipment maintains an information portal page that summarizes key demographic data, such as gender, age, region, income-level, and preferred leisure activity. Most employees in the marketing department can optionally open the Excel workbooks on their computer and do "what-if" analysis of all data, or print well-formatted reports. Over time, users can also easily add reports for others to share.
Professional sports players statistics A major league sports organization shares past and present statistics on all players' performance and salaries. This data is used to make trades and to negotiate salary contracts. New reports and analyses are created, revised, and shared by owners, especially during the pre-season.
Retail store decision-making tool A retail chain summarizes critical point-of-sales data on a weekly basis and shares it with suppliers, financial analysts, and regional managers. Reports include current items below inventory, top 20 selling items by sales categories, important seasonal data, and transaction counts by each store.
Sales account management report system A sales group accesses a set of daily briefing reports that capture key data such as the top sales people, progress towards monthly sales targets, successful sales programs, and low-performing channels of distribution. Additional reports summarize sales by key variables, such as region, product line, and month, sales calls per week, and the number of closed calls. When individual sales people display these reports, they can automatically see their sales numbers because the system identifies them based on their user name.
Engineering project daily summary An engineering group develops a Web Part Page that summarizes key project schedule data such as bug counts, status of specifications, progress diagrams, feature trends and priorities, and links to key resources and contacts. The data is drawn from several external data sources, such as project databases and lists of specifications.
Proprietary financial analysis calculation model A large financial institution has researched and developed a pricing model that is private intellectual property. The results of the formula need to be shared with some investment managers, but the formula that is used to calculate the pricing model must be secure and never be publicly revealed. This pricing model is extremely complex and takes a long time to calculate. Every night, the pricing model report is calculated and created on a fast server, saved to a trusted location, and displayed on a Web Part Page, but only to those who have appropriate permission.
In most enterprises, you often need to create critical workbooks at a specific point in time, often on a regular schedule. For example, you might create a secure workbook at an agreed-upon date and time every fiscal quarter to confidently compare sales, inventories, revenues, and profits between fiscal quarters. You do not want to be concerned that the information in the workbook was changed by another user and that unexpected differences in calculations and results complicate your decision-making. This is sometimes called creating "one version of the truth", which means that when you compare the same workbook report with other users, you can rely on a unique point in time (the date and time that the workbook was created) to verify a consistent view of the data.
For more information, see Roadmap for publishing an Excel workbook as "one version of the truth".
For some Excel workbooks saved to Excel Services, all the data is stored in the workbook. To update the data in Excel Services, the Excel workbook must be saved again. For other workbooks, there are one or more connections to external data sources, such as a database or OLAP cube. These connections contain information about how to locate, log in, query, and access the external data source. Although this connection information can be stored in the workbook, often it is stored in an Office Data Connection (.odc) file, especially when the data is shared by many users and the connection information needs to be updated. The workbook author or an administrator can create the connection information by using Excel 2007 to author the connection, and then to export the connection information to a .odc file.
A Data Connection Library (DCL) is a special SharePoint document library that can be defined as a trusted location library and that makes it easy to store, secure, share, and manage .odc files. For example an administrator may need a to move a database from a test server to a production server, or update a query that accesses the data. By using one .odc file saved in a DCL, administration of this connection information is much easier and the user's access to data is more convenient because all workbooks use the same connection file and a refresh operation, whether on the client or server computer, gets up-to-date changes to that connection file. You can even set up Office SharePoint Server and a user's client computer to automatically detect changes to the connection file and use the most up-to-date version of that connection file.
For more information, see the Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Help system and the Office SharePoint Server Central Administration Help system.
Information Rights Management (IRM) is a way to provide privacy protection for a Microsoft Office document and to ensure that sensitive information is only viewed by appropriate people. For example, you may want to report quarterly financial data only to select members of an executive committee one month before the data becomes publicly available in a financial statement, so they have time to prepare public relation responses and make appropriate business decisions.
Windows SharePoint Services Version 3.0 or later supports IRM on a document library and all the documents in that library (whether or not those individual documents are enabled with IRM). Once the document is uploaded to a document library enabled with IRM, the document, in effect, becomes IRM-enabled.
Excel Services does not support loading Excel workbooks that have been enabled with IRM, and it does not load an Excel workbook if it is enabled with IRM or comes from a document library enabled with IRM. However, if you want to take advantage of IRM, you can load an Excel workbook without IRM into Excel Services, open the workbook as a snapshot, and then save the snapshot to a document library that is enabled with IRM.
Excel Services is part of a collection of Office SharePoint Server features collectively called Business Intelligence that an individual, a team, or an entire enterprise can use. These features are designed to work together and support quick, robust development of customized decision-making tools that can access a variety of data sources — often without the use of code.
The Report Center provides a central location for various Business Intelligence data and objects, and contains special document libraries for storing reports, lists, Web Parts, Web Part Page templates, and .odc files. Within the Report Center, users can also search for items by using categories, view a calendar of upcoming reports, and subscribe to reports that they find relevant.
By default, an Excel workbook published and saved to a document library in the Report Center is single-click enabled to open the workbook in browser view, which is a convenient way to see the workbook without adding it to a Web Part Page.
The KPI List Web Part gets data from SharePoint lists, Excel workbooks, Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services, or manual data entry, and then displays a Key Performance Indicator (KPI), which is a visual cue that communicates the amount of progress made toward a measurable goal. By using KPIs, you can easily visualize answers to the following questions:
Users can even drill down on the KPI items to see the detail behind the visualization. For instance, if the status of a KPI is red (indicating a problem), clicking on that KPI will automatically take the user to a report page that shows how the trend of the KPI over time, what the thresholds are, and the data that was used to determine the current status of the KPI.
Each area of a business may choose to track different types of KPIs, depending on the business goals that they are trying to achieve. For example, to increase customer satisfaction, a call center might set a goal to answer a specific number of calls within a shorter period of time. Or the sales department might use KPIs to set performance goals, such as the number of new sales calls made per month.
You can use the Filter Web Parts to display only the subset of data that you are interested in viewing in other Web Parts and optionally the Apply Filter Button to perform the filter operation. For example, a data source can contain a five year history of multiple products for the entire country/region. By using the Filter Web Parts and Apply Filter Button, you can simultaneously display pertinent data for only one sales region, one product, or the current year in several Excel Web Access Web Parts.
Office SharePoint Services has a number of different Filter Web Parts that enable you to enter or to choose one or more values to change the contents of one or more Web Parts on a page to display exactly the information that you need.
For more information, see Connect Filter Web Parts to Excel Web Access.
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Dashboards are tools that are used to communicate status, observe trends, anticipate problems and opportunities, make decisions, and drive actions — often with graphics and charts. A Dashboard is a Web Part Page that displays information, such as reports, charts, metrics, and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), from disparate data sources.
You can create your own dashboard by using a Dashboard template to quickly connect existing Web Parts, add or remove Web Parts, and customize the appearance of the page.
The following Web Parts can be included with the Dashboard template.


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One of Lee Rigby's killers to appeal against his conviction (From This Is Lancashire)
One of Lee Rigby's killers to appeal against his conviction
Updated 5:30pm Thursday 30th January 2014 in News
One of the two men found guilty of the murder of soldier Lee Rigby has lodged an application to appeal against conviction, the Judicial Office confirmed.
The Court of Appeal move has been made by Michael Adebolajo, aged 29, following his conviction with co-defendant Michael Adebowale, aged 22, at the Old Bailey last month.
British Muslim converts Adebolajo and Adebowale ran Fusilier Rigby down in a car before hacking him to death with a meat cleaver and knives in a frenzied attack.
They dumped his body in the middle of the road near Woolwich Barracks in south east London on May 22 last year.
The verdicts, which took the jury just 90 minutes to reach, provoked widespread condemnation of the attack from high-profile figures including the prime minister and home secretary Theresa May.
Adebolajo, a married father of six, and Adebowale lay in wait near Woolwich Barracks and picked 25-year-old Fusilier Rigby to kill after assuming he was a soldier because he was wearing a Help for Heroes hooded top and carrying a camouflage rucksack.
After driving into the young father in their Vauxhall Tigra, the killers - who had armed themselves with eight knives, including a meat cleaver and a five-piece set bought by Adebolajo the previous day - butchered him in the street in front of horrified onlookers.
One witness described their actions, yards from Mulgrave Primary School, as being ''like a butcher attacking a joint of meat''.
The jury of eight women and four men sat through weeks of evidence including shocking footage of Adebolajo with bloodied hands confessing to the killing and claiming his actions were ''an eye for an eye''.
Both men were shot by police in dramatic scenes captured by CCTV.
Adebolajo was seen dropping the meat cleaver as he sprinted across the road towards a police car, collapsing to the ground when he was shot.
Adebowale, who moved along a wall to draw fire from the officers, was seen folding over as he was shot by one of three armed officers.
Both men asked to be called by their adopted Islamic names in court - Adebolajo as Mujahid Abu Hamza, and Adebowale as Ismail Ibn Abdullah - and claimed they carried out the murder because they were ''soldiers of Allah''.
The jury was told this was no defence in law to the charge.
The men were cleared of the attempted murder of a police officer, and had previously admitted possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.
Mr Justice Sweeney said he will sentence the pair after a key Court of Appeal ruling on the use of whole-life jail terms.
A date for the appeal judgment has not been announced following a recent hearing before a panel of five leading judges, headed by Lord Chief Justice Lord Thomas.
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3:05am Fri 31 Jan 14
Babbar Divino says...
Does the tax payer really have to spend more money on this pathetic excuse for a human being? Does Lee Rigby's family have to go through more heartache?
9:08am Fri 31 Jan 14
Yellow Hackle says...
classed as a " War Crime " then we could put him before a firing squad and, have shut of him. I am sure that the Rigby family do not need these tragic
events drag up time & time again,
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If it weren't for faith and personal religious experiences such as the ones in this book, a trip through the Holy Land would be just a trip through Israel.
I have discovered that there is a groupie-like camaraderie which prevails when "experienced" pilgrims get together. It is not the usual "been there - done that," it is a deeper, almost fraternal like empathy of shared spiritual adventures.


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Photographer – Hollie Carlin
Make-up – Salina Thind
Model – Sharan
This Benefit look is a great one to make your features really pop and sparkle, as well as managing to look quite fresh at the same time. For me this is what Benefit is all about – it's a fun, quirky, playful brand with packaging that reflects that but it also has products which deliver. Why not try this look for a party/date/night out with the girls?
SKIN – To prep Sharan's skin I used the porefessional (£23.50) which is pore minimising primer. It's an oil free primer which reduces the appearance of pores and leaves skin silky smooth, allowing your foundation to glide on. I applied this over the problem areas and then blended in. Sharan's skin needed very little coverage so instead of going for a foundation I opted for a tinted moisturiser and used you rebel (£23.50). This is a lovely product and you can forego the whole "colour matching" issue as it adapts to your skin tone (there is a you rebel lite for the fairer skinned beauties out there). I prefer applying tinted moisturisers with my fingers by warming up the product a little between my hands and then massaging it into the face – you get an even and natural application that way. Another bonus with you rebel is that it contains Aloe, Vitamins A and E and has an SPF of 15. This means your skin will be kept nice and moisturised with improved elasticity and you'll be protected from those free radicals and harmful uv rays, don't be fooled into thinking you can forego the spf just because it's autumn/winter!
EYES – This look was created using my favourite 'powder shadow over cream shadow' technique, which really gives a good depth of colour but also helps the eye make-up last, but to make extra sure why not try stay don't stray (£19.50). Apply evenly over the lid and it'll help your shadows last but will also mean you're getting the true vibrancy of the colour. Now, for the cream shadows I used creaseless cream shadow (£14) in Skinny Jeans (a lightish grey) and Strut (darker grey) – you can use these on their own as like it says they are creaseless, they're also smudgeproof. I applied Skinny Jeans from the inner corners of the eye to about two-thirds of the way across and then continued with Strut to the outer corners of the eyes. As usual – stay below the socket line/crease of the eye and blend that line there! I then used the velvet eyeshadow (£13.50) in Fawn Over Me (a light shimmery beige) and Where There's Smoke (silvery grey) to intensify the colour. I applied Fawn Over Me over Skinny Jeans and Where There's Smoke over Strut. I then repeated all this along the bottom lash line, mirroring what was done to the eyelids.
To finish I used BADgal waterproof liner (£14) in Charcoal along the top lash line and then lined along the waterline of the eye. This is a great pencil to use as it glides on smoothly, which means there's no pulling on the delicate eye are. It's also waterproof so it's not going anywhere!
For Sharan's lashes I used they're real! (£18.50) which is Benefit's new false lash effect mascara and it's actually pretty good. I'm not a huge fan of the rubber mascara wands normally, but you definitely get the desired curling, lengthening and volumising here as well as lift and separation (you can read more about it under my new feature "Your Budget, Your Choice" above).
EYEBROWS – Benefit have a great brow shaping kit called brow zings (£22.50). It not only comes with the product (a pigmented wax and a powder to set), but comes with a tweezer, angled brush and blending brush. It comes in three shades and I used deep for Sharan. I first used the wax to get the desired shape, just filling in the gaps and then used the powder to go over the wax. You can be as subtle or bold as you like depending on how you like your brows, but brow zings can do it all – you can use the powder alone for a subtler look if you wanted and both to get a more striking look.
CHEEKS – I have always been a fan of Benefit's box powders and blushers and when they launched bella bamba (£23.50) I knew I'd found my favourite. This is a 3D brightening pink face powder laced with shimmering gold undertones and it just looks amazing on any skintone as it really gives you a gorgeous blush but with a nice shimmer. Before applying this, I applied girl meets pearl (£24.50) to the cheekbones, brow bones and cupids bow of the mouth to give a nice highlight. This highlighter is a similar tone to bella bamba with its pinky gold finish. After applying the highlighter I applied the blush to the apples of the cheeks and then swept it underneath the cheekbones and up around the temples to just tie it all together, but make sure the colour intensity is on the apples of the cheeks.
LIPS – This colour was achieved by using full finish lipstick (£14) in Shy and ultra shines (£14) in Patootie. This colour is great for either day or night and looks so fresh – what's not to like?
And that's how you create Benefit's Grey/Silver Eye Look! Let me know what you think and keep those messages coming!
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If you also have to fly, just book it yourself as our Flybe flights were very reasonable compared to a couple who had booked their flights through Celebrity; they paid a much higher price and also had the inconvenience of flying to Heathrow and using the Celebrity organised coach to get to Southampton (at the end of the cruise their flight was not until 6 p.m. despite disembarking before 9 a.m.). A word of caution; Southampton Airport is ruthless when it comes to excess baggage and they even weigh your carry on baggage at check in -- be under no illusion they will charge you if you are over, it cost us £12 per extra Kg on our return flight despite us bringing nothing back and having "got away with it" on the outbound flight from Belfast.
We flew from Belfast City to Southampton and flew out only 3 hours after disembarkation direct from Southampton; a taxi to the centre of Southampton was £17.50 and we stayed in the Premier Inn which is a 7-min walk from the ship. The taxi from the ship back to the airport is £20.
Embarkation was fast and efficient; we arrived at check-in around 12 p.m. and were onboard with a glass of bubbly by 1.05 p.m. This cruise was dominated by elderly British passengers with less than 200 American and 100 Australian passengers onboard, together with a smattering of Canadians and other nationalities. The average age was apparently 65 but luckily our daughter did meet two other people in their twenties and had a great time, as did we. The Stateroom (9278) was excellent even with 3 of us sharing. The bathroom was of a very high standard with quality Hans Grohe shower and tap fixtures; excellent water pressure in both and it was nice to have a good-sized shower cabinet with sliding doors rather than a curtain.
The bathroom also had loads of clever storage space in drawers, cabinets and shelves which negated the need to pack toiletries away each day. The Stateroom was a good size and our (26-year old) daughter slept on the sofa without any problems (there was also a drop-down bed recessed in the ceiling but we had no need to use this). The slide-robe was just long enough to take all of our clothes, after getting extra hangers from Antonio, our excellent Stateroom Steward. The balcony was a decent size with two reclining chairs and a small table.
The Stateroom was located starboard, aft/midship next to the elevators (separated from the Stateroom Gangways by a partition wall) but it was extremely quiet and we never heard our neighbours or the elevators at any time. The location was excellent giving fast access to the elevators and therefore the restaurants and central bars, lounges and shops.
There was a wide and varied choice of dishes at breakfast and lunch in the Oceanview (buffet) restaurant but the standard was just okay; most times the food looked better than it tasted and we found the quality of the food to be below that of Princess. The MDR (Moonlight Sonata) was however excellent and we did not feel the need to try the speciality restaurants. There was a good choice every day with the presentation and quality being consistently good. We opted for Select Dining and generally arrived at the restaurant between 7.40 and 8.05 p.m. each evening; we never had to wait more than a couple of minutes to be seated and opted for a large table of ten on most evenings which resulted in us meeting lots of fellow passengers and varied conversation.
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We loved the Martini Bar on Deck 4 and the Molecular Bar on Deck 5; the variety and quality of the Martinis and cocktails was excellent and the staff in both bars were helpful and fun. We went to just over half of the shows in the Eclipse Theatre and they were of a generally good standard.
With regard to entertainment, the Welsh comedian Mike Doyle was outstanding as was Bobby Davro but Ulsterman, Adrian Walsh was mediocre. Phil Brown was an excellent singer and very versatile though a bit showy, not surprising given his West End pedigree. Neil Lockwood's Rocket Man, Elton John tribute show was well below par and many guests left during the show. The live band "Twist of 8" were very good though seemed to have a limited repertoire repeating the same songs every two nights or so. They did provide good music to dance to in the Sky Lounge in the late evening; another excellent venue.
The real lawn on Deck 15 "The Lawn Club" providing Bocce and Croquet was a nice touch as was the Glass Show. There were 2900 passengers and 1400 crew on the ship and it was sometimes difficult to get a seat in the more popular venues, particularly Cafe Al Bacio and around the pool but the waiters from Cafe Al Bacio would find us seats in the close by Molecular Bar and carry our food and drinks to our table. Likewise, we always found sun loungers on the Solstice Deck, probably because it was two flights of stairs up from the highest elevator accessible deck, making it inaccessible to the many elderly/wheelchair bound passengers. All in all we had a superb cruise and the ship was excellent though the Atrium was a bit of a let down compared to the Emerald Princess.
The lack of passenger laundries was annoying particularly given the high cost of the service laundry e.g. $1.95 (£1.25) to get one pair of underpants washed (we were aware of this and therefore took enough clothes to do the whole cruise). The Port Talks were virtually a waste of time as were the Port Information Sheets with the very poor maps. The Port Talks gave only a tiny bit of info for those not utilising the ships excursions and the staff had very little local knowledge. With regard to the ports, I cannot find drop down boxes for the Azores (Ponta Delgada) or Palmas de Gran Canaria so have included info about both these ports below. Otherwise I have made comments on the appropriate ports via the drop downs on the Port Reviews!
Ponta Delgada in the Azores was okay but I would recommend that you take a private trip to Crater Lake or on this occasion even use the ships excursion which costs £24.50 per person. The ship does not leave port until 11 p.m. so there is plenty of time to explore the town on return from the Crater Lake trip.
Palmas de Gran Canaria is on first impressions a bit grotty; there is a modern shopping mall directly opposite the port and having walked the couple of hundred metres from the ship, this part of the town is totally uninspiring but if you get the No. 1 bus from the main road (Euro 1.30 pay on board) to the bus depot at the Teatro then head to the Mercado (left from the bus depot) you will find a totally different and very elegant town with loads of lovely back streets and fine architecture, not to mention the Columbus museum. The main shopping precinct is also very elegant. The bus only takes about 15 mins from the ship and they run frequently. There is also a fine beach only a five minute walk from the ship; head into the square directly in front of the ship and then turn right onto any of the side streets and keep walking, they all hit the beach within a few minutes, which has a pleasant promenade lined with bars and restaurants.


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The Baltimore County Council Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution approving the swap of a 10-acre wooded property for an adjacent 10-acre property made up of ballfields that is owned by the Baltimore County Public Schools system.
The school system intends to use the newly-swapped property to build a new elementary school.
The swap still requires the approval of the county Board of Education. The state Department of Natural Resources must also approve the deal because of open space easements on the county's parcel. Those easements are expected to be transferred over to the new parcel.
Some residents who live near the proposed site oppose the new school and the land swap. Those opponents testified against the project last week before the county Board of Education as well as the County Council.
The funding for the school is part of more than $23 million already pre-approved by the state for the budget year that begins July 1.
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New Orleans entered Friday's night's slumber-fest healthy at linebacker. It left it down three players it could ill-afford to lose.
Chris Chamberlain is gone for the season with a torn left anterior cruciate ligament. David Hawthorne is likely out 3-6 weeks with a torn meniscus in one of his knees.
And, most importantly, middle linebacker Curtis Lofton is out for an undisclosed amount of time with a high ankle sprain.
Add to that Ramon Humber, the top backup at middle linebacker, is set to serve a three-game suspension for violating the league's drug policy and you see that the Saints are in quite the pickle.
Monday night, after acting head coach Joe Vitt hinted at it earlier in the day, the Saints made a move, acquiring middle linebacker Barrett Ruud from Seattle for an undisclosed draft pick.
Ruud led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers four straight seasons in tackles (2007-10). Beginning in 2007, he finished with 169 tackles, then 178, followed by 205 and 161 stops.
The move is a good one; Ruud's time in Tampa means he's intimately familiar with the NFC South. He knows the stadiums, the players and the routines.
But he's not fail-safe. Ruud missed seven games while in Tennessee in 2011 with a groin injury. Thus far into Seattle's preseason, he missed some time with a knee injury.
Still, with Jonathan Vilma fighting his year-long suspension, Lofton out for an undetermined amount of time and Humber facing a three-game suspension, this gives the Saints experience in the middle.
The trade also was the Saints' only move. No other linebacker on the roster gave New Orleans a good option with Hawthorne going out at the same time.
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The coach declined to comment on Rodgers's status for Week 17.
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Probable cause affidavits were filed in state cases against the 15-person drug ring. On Tuesday, 14 involved in the ring were taken into custody by local, state and federal officers. One person, David Merritt, remains at-large, according to the Daviess County Sheriff's Department.
According to the affidavits filed, Merritt, along with Chris Kimmons, Alan Marshall, James Coy and Marcus Newson, are alleged to be the key individuals of the organization. All five, along with Antoin Alston of Long Beach, Calif., have been indicted in federal court with conspiracy to distribute over 500 grams of methamphetamine.
The trail that led to the organization's demise started in Oct. 2012 when members of the Evansville DEA task force, along with the sheriff's department and Indiana State Police initiated an investigation based on "information from cooperating sources."
Based on information from the investigation, U.S. District Court Judge Richard Young authorized three wiretaps in June 2013. On June 13, a tap was authorized for a cellphone used by Marshall and a cellphone tap for Merritt was authorized on June 11. A third cellphone tap was authorized on June 27.
The affidavits, filed in Daviess Superior Court, were for those charged under state law. They include Adam Tolbert, Rhonda Lewis, Jennifer Sandoval, Jeffrey Fox and Eunice Lesure, all of Washington. All were arrested on charges of dealing in or conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and were still being held on $500,000 bond. Fox was released on bond and an attempt to reach him was unsuccessful.
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And smalishah's avatar is the most classy one by far Jan certainly echoes the sentiments of CW
Yeah we don't crap in the first world; most of us would actually have no idea what that was emanating from Ajmal's backside. Why isn't it roses and rainbows like what happens here? PEWS's retort to Ganeshran on Daemon's picture depicting Ajmal's excreta
Used to care about this when he did it, but really, it keeps cricket on the back page. Better than nothing, reckon CA wouldn't mind that much at all ITBT, better than Tippett/Folau.
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Hope this stops all the very casual bogan Australian cricket fans calling for him to get picked. Hope Stars drop him. What a **** he is.
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Album Rating: 3.0I struggled with a rating for this album since I really don't like most of it and wanted to give it a 2.5 since it really isn't all that good for Skinny Puppy. I gave it a 3 because it's still better then a lot of Industrial and it does have the best song of their career on it.Digging: Nero Di Marte - Derivae
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nice review, except the two times you say Worlock, they're spelt differently. Still need to have a listen to these guys.
Album Rating: 3.0You are right about that... and it has been fixed now... now you need to fix your part and check these guys out (just don't start with this one).
You gave Too Dark Park a 5, that's the place to start?
Album Rating: 3.0I love that album... it's challenging but it's worth the effort... uh, that means yes.
Edit: Something a little more easy to listen to and conventional would be The Process (plus they use guitars on that one).This Message Edited On 02.23.08
I'm not a huge fan of this album either, so...
Album Rating: 2.5thanks for the review. great job on it. i guess i was sadly misinformed on this. that or "worlock" just convinced me to buy it. either way im not liking this album as much as VIVIsect VI. i'll check out those ones that you recommended. i was planning on getting the process next anyways. oh and keep the skinny puppy reviews going. you seem to know your stuff!This Message Edited On 02.23.08
Album Rating: 3.5Come on Willie, this is a good album! Probably my favourite by them. To each his own hahaha!
I liked this album the best (from what I've heard from Skinny Puppy) because of the stronger metal influence (probably because of Al). Still, you back your opinion up well and thats what counts. I'm glad you didnt find this album to be a complete let down.
Sure, it could be seen as a pinnacle of their career if you're just referring to their increased drug use (heroin in particular… thanks to Al for that one)
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Sure, it could be seen as a pinnacle of their career if you're just referring to their increased drug use (heroin in particular… thanks to Al for that one)
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Album Rating: 3.0i'll check out those ones that you recommended.I think you'll be a lot more impressed with the three albums I mentioned then this one.I liked this album the best (from what I've heard from Skinny Puppy) because of the stronger metal influence (probably because of Al).But the metal influence is only in two songs really. Have you heard the three albums I suggested above? If you haven't then I might understand why this is your favorite... if you have, then I'm surprised (especially considering that The Process is mostly like the two metal songs on this album).
i'll check out those ones that you recommended.
I liked this album the best (from what I've heard from Skinny Puppy) because of the stronger metal influence (probably because of Al).
Album Rating: 3.5I shouldn't say that they had a bigger metal influence on this album (wrong wording), but I should say that this album just feels heavier than the rest of the stuff I've heard. I still need to check out Too Dark Park and Last Rights. Your right though, saying this is my favourite without hearing those albums might be a premature decision at this point in time hahahaha. The Process bored the shit out of me.
I forgot to ask you Willie, what do you think of Godflesh, seeing as your a fan of industrial. I've been digging Streencleaner for a couple of years now and I would put it up there as one of the better albums in the genre. This Message Edited On 02.24.08
Album Rating: 3.0The Process bored the **** out of me.Really? It's not as dark as this one, but, to me, it is the most similar. I'm surprised. Based on this new info I can't say for sure if you would like Too Dark Park or Last Rights... but I'd like to think so ;)
Hell yeah I like Godflesh and especially Streetcleaner becuase it is just so raw sounding. I really do have to say again that based on what you've been talking about with Ministry and Godflesh and your preferences so far with Skinny Puppy that you probably would really like that Acumen Nation CD (Psycho the Rapist).
The Process bored the **** out of me.
Album Rating: 3.5I'm going to give Skinny Puppy my full attention when I have the time. I have the Process and Rabies and I will give them both another thorough listen. Skinny Puppy feels to me feels like they are growers. I can't say I have listened to their albums often enough to have as good an opinion as you on their material. I will just sit down one day and run through all their suggested releases.
I will check out Acemen Nation's Psycho the Rapist too!
(just put it on my list of priorities hahaha)
Album Rating: 3.0Skinny Puppy are definitely growers... I can't think of very many of their songs that could be considered "instant"... and even the few that can all have underlying nuances...
Edit: I really think you'll like the Acumen Nation CD or I wouldn't keep suggesting it ;)This Message Edited On 02.26.08
Album Rating: 3.5Yeah definitly agree with what you said Skinny Puppy is far better than Ministry even though not all agree. So this is a slightly overated Skinny Puppy release but by no means is Worlock overated that goes down with Smothered Hope Dig It and Dogshit as the greatest Puppy songs ever. But I would have to disagree and say that the first song here is pretty good really builds until it hits a climax althought not as good as the stuff on VIVIsectVI Rivers is also a really cool song putting in the stuff from Stanley Kubricks A Clockwork Orange and 2001's Space oddyssey's Hal 9000.
Good review, strangely though i'm not big on Skinny Puppy and I liked it more then you. I'm unfamiliar with the bulk of their discography and how it's generally regarded, but to me this album was decent enough to feel like it could grow on me.
Album Rating: 3.0have you heard Too Dark Park? That is the album that SP should be judged on.
Reading through the comments reminds me that after Numb you should try Acumen Nation and start with Psycho the Rapist or Territory=Universe.
Skinny Puppy are really cool, my favorite mellow industrial artist.
And going off topic ( as I like to do on a lot of occasions haha), Willie have you finally heard these Crossbreed and/or Ventana albums?
Yeah man. I've listened to it 3 or 4 times, dug it heavily then for some reason never returned to to it so i'll have to check it out again. Upon recommendation from you ages ago I checked out Acumen Nation, i've been listening to Psycho The Rapist a lot lately actually.
Album Rating: 3.5Nice review. Yeah, this wasn't Skinny Puppy's greatest work. Worlock is still one of my favorite tracks from Skinny Puppy though.
It's worth noting that "Spahn Dirge" was a B-side/CD bonus track that isn't on the LP version, so I wouldn't rate too harshly because of it.
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Lewis made the announcement while speaking to the media early Wednesday afternoon. The Ravens' Twitter feed said he told the team, "This will be my last ride."
Lewis, the MVP of the Ravens' last Super Bowl in 2001, will have spent his entire 17-season career with Baltimore. Lewis, a first-round pick for the Ravens in 1996 (their first season in Baltimore) has been selected for 13 Pro Bowls and has three times been named the AFC defensive player of the year, in 2000, 2001 and 2003.
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I got the Nokia E5-00 today, and out of everything I can't manage to figure out how to stop the key pad from locking automatically.
It's getting on my nerves, if I could at the least put a longer time limit on the period between where I leave the phone and it locking.
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I have en courted the same problem. while any application is opened the keyboard automatically locks. I had E52, E71, E72, but this problem has not shown! please release a new firmware which solve this mystery!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Maybe I wasn't understood correctly, it is useless to set the keypad lock timer because when I am using an application like eg. messaging the keypad locks automatically. It is not a normal situation. When an application is used the keypad lock should be inactive… or not!?
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Did anyone get any further with this. On my e5 I have a keyboard lock that comes on every 5 minutes and a security lock that I have to enter as well. within hte security setting it is set to 5 minutes and cannot be increased What I would like to really do is turn one or the other off.
There does not seem to be a way of doing this. so at the moment I have to press the unlock button and the button next to it and then enter a password to even access the phone. Security is good but this is too much
01-07-2011 10:32 - edited 01-07-2011 10:34
Hello all,
Has anyone found a solution to this?
Pls tell me how to turn off auto lock ?
Everytime I set the Phone auto lock period to None, it says 'Unable to unlock phone'.
03-07-2011 17:53 - edited 03-07-2011 17:58
Are any of you by any chance using Mail for Exchange to sync with a corporate Exchange server? The Exchange server configuration could be forcing the device to keep the lock in place.
04-07-2011 7:02
Every time you change the Phone Autolock period, the phone is supposed to request your Lock Code. The default is 12345. Have you changed yours? If your phone is responding with a strange error message, I wonder if your lock code has gotten scrambled somehow? (On my E73, "Lock Code" is located right below the Keypad Autolock and Phone Autolock settings.) Can you change the lock code to something else (even temporarily), reboot, and then try changing Phone autolock again?
(Also, could you have any third party security software installed that might interfere with the lock code?)
This is just a guess, but I have seen my E73 occasionally get its settings confused, and this technique often fixes the problem.
14-09-2011 15:01
12-12-2011 5:30
This worked for me; thank you so much for taking the time to answer!
12-12-2011 13:08
On my e5 I have a keyboard lock that comes on every 5 minutes and a security lock that I have to enter as well.
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The Kansas City Chiefs are coming off a tough loss against the Pittsburgh Steelers that saw quarterback Tyler Palko turn the ball over multiple times in relief of an injured Matt Cassel. Against the Chicago Bears however, a familiar face to Soldier Field will make the start in Kyle Orton. Orton played for the Bears from 2005-2008, starting over 30 games before he was traded to the Denver Broncos. Orton was released by the Broncos two weeks ago and claimed by the Chiefs when Matt Cassel was headed to injured reserve. The Chiefs are virtually out of the AFC West race, but it's possible they can fight for a wildcard spot with a win over the Bears.
Like the Chiefs, the Chicago Bears will be without their starting quarterback Jay Cutler and will be going with back up Caleb Hanie again. Hanie struggled last week completing 50 percent of his passes and throwing three interceptions. This week however, the Bears will be facing a Chiefs defense that has struggled against the pass. At 7-4, the Bears are still in the thick of the playoff hunt and the wild card. A win against the Chiefs will go a long way with Cutler expected to be back near season's end.
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While the elements continue to batter the county, one happy snapper caught Hereford's Bishop's Meadow looking more like the French Riviera the last time the Wye burst its banks.
Jon Mould, who rides for Hereford's first professional cycling team – NFTO Pro Cycling – was returning from a training session when he saw this cold-weather windsurfer making the most of the conditions in January.
The playing fields' goalposts and metal fencing may have posed their own unique challenge to the mystery windsurfer – but Newport-born Mould tipped his cap to his fellow winter warrior.
He tweeted: "Look at this legend casually wind surfing on a flooded football field!"
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Here's a game: guess what percentage of Congress is female. Too hard? Okay, would you say it's higher or lower than in Mexico? How about in Cambodia? Duh, it's lower than Sweden's, but do you think it's higher or lower than in the UAE? It's lower, on all three counts, a paltry 17%.
To be fair, some of these countries have instituted quota systems, mandating a certain percentage of seats be held for women (like Algeria). That's certainly one way of going about it, but it wouldn't my first choice.
Let's look at another chart. This one is a state-by-state look at laws benefiting new parents. This comes from the National Partnership for Women and Families via Mother Jones. Laws like parental leave, paid sick days, and breastfeeding protections are rolled into the score.
A quota system that mandates X% of seats be held by women (or any other marginalized group of people), doesn't address the causes of inequality, but attempts to rectify it through opportunity grants. The problem with a quota is that it undermines the very people it attempts to elevate by explicitly declaring their participation is a result of government action, instead of merit (or luck, wealth, notoriety and all the other ways people get elected in this country).
Some people make the same argument about affirmative action (which allows an institution to use race as a consideration in decision-making, but not to have quotas). Any black student or female MBA candidate who has ever heard (or read in the faces of their colleagues), "You're only here because you're X" knows that some people still view their success as a perk of their demographic profile.
I posted the new parent map because a solution that only looks forward and neglects the cause of disparity is no solution at all; it's a band-aid. Recent research shows that the greatest income gap (and also achievement) is not between men and women, but between women with children and women without. In our society, women typically take on a substantially higher percentage of child care responsibilities, so laws affecting child care and family leave disproportionately affect women. There are a lot of reasons that women don't get elected for office, but the biggest one is because they don't run. Give women the tools and resources to pursue any professional goal (political or otherwise), and maybe we'll see those numbers improve.
In other words, if you want to fix that chart at the top (and maybe compete with Cambodia), we have to fix the map first.
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One year ago at this time Tyler Ulis was merely a local treasure. South suburban basketball fans knew he was a special player, but many in Chicago weren't convinced and nationally Ulis was a total unknown.
So a night like this didn't seem to be in the cards. Then Ulis turned in a spectacular junior season, convincing the state that he was one of the nation's elite guards. Over the spring and summer the rest of the country jumped on the bandwagon and Ulis' coronation was complete when John Calipari and Kentucky offered the 5-9 point guard a scholarship.
Ulis returned the favor Friday in a ceremony shortly before Marian Catholic's football game in Chicago Heights as he announced his commitment to Kentucky live on High School Cube. He chose the Wildcats over Michigan State and Iowa.
"Everything changed when Kentucky offered," Ulis said. "That's just where my heart was. If they hadn't have come into the picture I might have ended up at Iowa."
He becomes the shortest player to receive a scholarship in Kentucky basketball history.
"That's the first I've heard that I'm the shortest one," Ulis said. "I really don't even worry about stuff like that anymore, honestly. I'm used to proving myself."
Ulis is ranked 29th in the nation by Scout. The Spartans return their entire starting lineup from a team that lost in the supersectional last season, so they are expected to be among the top five teams in the state this coming season.
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A full transcript of the chat is here, with the questions in order. (Phew!) Among the many revelations (no spoilers here, you'll have to read the chat!): which house at least three of the Marauders were in; clarification on the ages of the Weasley children; the kids' middle names; whether or not Hermione is an onlyContinued...
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We've been getting reports all evening that Gary Oldman is set to play Lt. James Gordon, a detective on the Gotham police force, in Batman Begins, which is set to star Christian Bale as young Bruce Wayne; the film is a prequel of sorts to the current movies in the Batman series.
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Typosquatter Sentenced
Typosquatter John Zuccarini was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for using spelling variations of popular web searches, such as 'Harry Potter', to lure people to adult sites, for which he was paid a per-click fee for each visitor. Zuccarini was arrested last September.
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