text:
New Features of Informatica-9
2. Informatica analyst is a new tool available in Informatica 9.
3. There is architectural difference in Informatica 9 compared to previous version.
4. Browser based tool for business analyst is a new feature.
5. Data steward is a new feature.
6. Allows unified administration with a new admin console that enables you to manage power centre and power exchange from the same console.
7. Powerful new capabilities for data quality.
8. Single admin console for data quality, power centre, power exchange and data services.
9. In Informatica 9, Informatica data quality (IDQ) has been further integrated with the Informatica Platform and performance, manageability and reusability have all been significantly enhanced.
10. The mappings rules are shared between the browser based tool for analysts and the eclipse based development leveraging unified metadata underneath.
11. The data services capabilities in Informatica 9 , both over sql and web services ,can be used for real time dash boarding.
12. Informatica data quality provides world wide address validation support with integrated geocoding.
13. The ability to define rules and view and run profiles is available in both the Informatica developer (Thick client) and Informatica analyst (browser based tool-Thin client).these tools sit on a unified metadata infrastructure. Both tools incorporate security features like authentication and authorization ensuring..
14. The developer tool is now eclipse based and supports both data integration and data quality for enhanced productivity. It provides browser based tool for analysts to support the types of tasks they engage in, such as profiling data, specifying and validating rules & monitoring data quality.
15. There will a velocity methodology. Soon it's going to introduce on I9.
16. Informatica has the capability to pull data from IMS, DB2 on series and series and from other several other legacy systems (Mainframe) environment like VSAM, Datacom, and IDMS etc.
17. There are separate tools available for different roles. The Mapping architect for Vision tool is designed for architects and developers to create templates for common data integration patterns saving developer's tremendous amount of time.
18. Informatica 9 does not include ESB infrastructure.
19. Informatica supports open interfaces such as web services and can integrate with other tools that support these as well including BPM tool.
20. Informatica 9 complements existing BI architectures by providing immediate access to data through data virtualization, which can supplement the data in existing data warehouse and operational data store.
21. Informatica 9 supports profiling of Mainframe data. Leveraging the Informatica platform's connectivity to Mainframe sources.
22. Informatica 9 will continue support feature of running the same workflow simultaneously.
23. Eclipse based environment is build for developers.
24. Browser based tool is a fully functional interface for business analysts.
25. Dashboards are designed for business executives.
26. There are 3 interfaces through which these capabilities can be accessed. Analyst tool is a browsed tool for analyst and stewards. Developers can use the eclipse based developer tool. Line of business managers can view data quality scorecards.
10 comments:
Thanks for sharing the information, nice discription,ReplyDelete
- Anonymous05 July, 2011 08:08
Very good thanksReplyDelete
- Anonymous13 July, 2011 02:45
The answer is hi-fy and highly technical,,,Explain the same answer in a simple mannerReplyDelete
Pleae let me kow how Informatica MDM is used, steps for working in the softwareReplyDelete
Whats are the differences between designer & developer on Informatica 9ReplyDelete
- Anonymous28 November, 2011 04:51
Can you share what s the difference from Developer point of view in 8x and 9.ReplyDelete
Informatica version 9 provides data quality transformations like address-validator, multi-strategy (Case, Decision, Key Generator, Labeler, Match, Merge, Parser, and Standardizer) and decision transforamtion.ReplyDelete
By using the developer tool you can import mappings, mapplets, transformations, and any reference table data used by these objects to the Model repository in a single step.
You can tune the performance of mappings by updating the mapping optimizer level through the mapping configuration or mapping deployment properties
You can create parameters to define values that change between mapping runs. For example, create a parameter to represent a connection so you can run one mapping with different relational source connections. Create a parameter file to define parameter values. The Data Integration Service applies the parameter values when you run a mapping from the command line and specify the parameter file.
There are so many other features available. Please go through Informatica documentation.
Thanks for sharing this useful info. could anyone please share the software to install this new versionReplyDeleteReplies
Follow the steps in the below link to download informatica:Delete
- Anonymous07 May, 2014 06:40
Hi all,ReplyDelete
how can I declare (Version 9.6) variables & parameters in order to use them in all the different transformation?


text:
Pride » Events
Dispatches From the Plague Years: David France and Andrew Sullivan in Conversation
Friday June 2 at 7:00PM
Twenty Summers (29 Miller Hill Road, The Hawthorne Barn, Provincetown, MA)
Buy Tickets
In 2012, author and journalist David France released the documentary How to Survive a Plague, the culmination of his decades-long coverage of the U.S. AIDS crisis. It won a New York Film Critics Circle Award and was an Oscar nominee. Last fall he published his book of the same title. In reviewing it for the New York Times, provocative political commentator Andrew Sullivan called it "the first and best history" of the courage behind the fight to end AIDS "and a reminder that if gay life and culture flourish for a thousand years, people will still say, 'This was their finest hour.' " In bringing them together, we anticipate a bracing discourse on politics, culture, history, and more.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Edinburgh Business School will use the information you have provided to contact you with information on our products and services. For more information see our terms and conditions.
* required field
Professor Heather McGregor
Last week we welcomed two different sets of scholars to Edinburgh Business School. The 19 'Silver Scholars' are the winners of the scholarships the EBS board awarded to students in Scotland to celebrate our 25th anniversary, and I had the pleasure of meeting them and talking about careers, at the very start of their course.
Brenda and everyone else who has graduated from Edinburgh Business School are a reminder of how many careers we have supported, and I look forward to sharing more of their stories with you in the future.
We use cookies on our site, for more details please see our Cookie Policy.


text:
Get ready
Those who spend half their allotted court-time leaning against the wall and gasping "just...10...more...seconds" will be unsurprised to learn that squash burns 10% more calories than any other sport. But how do the game's best players train for the barrage of interminable rallies that make up top-flight matches? Well, Nick Matthew, the Commonwealth champion, likes to indulge in "full-body rumble circuits". Try to match his Herculean exploits or adapt this chop-and-change session to your own capabilities to build superhuman fitness fast.
Get steady
In this workout your total number of reps can be split up according to fatigue and preference, explains Mark Campbell, Matthews senior strength and conditioning coach: For example, you may perform the bench dips as 4 sets of 25, executing a set and then moving on to another exercise.
Matthew tends to put a time limit on his rumble circuit of 30 or 60 minutes and do as many of the exercises on the list as possible. We recommend you set yourself a (probably shorter) deadline, too, and work without rest through as many moves as you can. Since youll be flitting constantly between different pieces of equipment, Campbell advises its best to try this workout when the gym is a bit quiet. That way therell be no-one around to wonder why youre struggling purple-faced through body-weight squats, either.
If youre unsure how to perform an exercise, simply click on it for a demonstration.
Then rumble
Bench dips 100 reps in total
Dumbbell press-up rows (5-10kg) 50 reps in total
Body weight squats 100 reps in total
Barbell curl and press (20kg) 50 reps in total
Side plank 3 minutes each side in total
Crunches 200 reps in total
Lunges 50 reps each leg in total
Plate row (10-20kg) 100 reps in total
Leg lowers 100 reps in total
Row 4 x 500m efforts
Treadmill 2 x 800m efforts
Cycle 2 x 2km efforts
Do each of the following four exercises for 30 seconds, then repeat without rest (so the whole section takes four minutes)
Barbell curls (10kg) 30 seconds
Barbell shoulder press (10kg) 30 seconds
Barbell upright rows (10kg) 30 seconds
Barbell bent over row (10kg) 30 seconds
Perform 10 press-ups followed by 20 burpees three times through non-stop
Press-ups 10
Burpees 20
Repeat the following two exercises three times in a row non-stop
Dumbbell squat and press (10kg) 20 reps
Box jumps 45cm box, 20 reps
Everybody rumble
Wed love to know how many of the exercises youre able to get through in 30 minutes or, if youre feeling confident, how long it takes you to complete the whole workout. If you've given it a shot, leave a comment below...


text:
ITAC has a proven track record of assisting companies with understanding legal requirements, identifying hazards, and implementing procedures to mitigate arc flash and shock hazards in the workplace. We have performed this service for commercial, industrial, and utility clients and are familiar with the special requirements of each. ITAC's qualified and licensed Professional Engineers can develop a custom program for your company and help you deal with this complex issue.
To read more about our Arc Flash experience please click here.


text:
Cannibalism has been all over the news lately, but people aren't the only ones dining on human flesh.
Canadian authorities have identified a body partially eaten by a black bear as convicted murderer Rory Nelson Wagner, according to CNN. The body was discovered on Wednesday, near a 1986 Volkswagen Jetta covered in scratches and muddy paw prints. The driver's side window was rolled down.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police believe that the 53-year-old was already dead when the bear broke into the car and dragged the body out, the Guardian reports. Though cause of death has not been determined, officials found drug paraphernalia and a bottle of liquor inside the vehicle, and toxicology tests are underway. His death is not thought to have been a suicide, according to the Edmonton Journal.
Wagner pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in 1994, after he and two others were charged in the 1993 killing of a man whom they believed had sexually assaulted a relative of theirs. Wagner was on parole, but had been reported as missing from a halfway house since May 23, according to Local 10 News.
The bear suspected of eating the corpse has been caught, CNN affiliate CTV reports. Though the bear is not believed to have actually killed Wagner, officials plan to euthanize the bear in the name of public safety. Conservation officer Darcy McPhee says he and his team have not taken this decision lightly.
McPhee explained to CTV that the body was not decomposed enough to be giving off a strong scent, and yet the bear was comfortable approaching the vehicle and dragging out the corpse. This, conservation officers feel, is a sign the bear may be dangerous to the public.
This article has been updated to clarify that CTV is an affiliate of CNN, but not owned by it.


text:
2017 saw another iteration of the ever-exciting NAMM Show. Luckily, I was able to attend once again, and this time I was given an invite from Datavideo, a very special company with a very special product that they like to call "KMU-100." It's a gem from the video world that … Read the rest of this now >>
How to mount a PTZ Camera on a Lighting Truss
With rigging, support and truss equipment you are afforded so many more possibilities as to where you can mount your cameras. Lighting rigs can range in size and shape, but one of the most common diameter's is 2 inches. In this How To guide you will learn how to mount … Read the rest of this now >>
How to buy an instant replay system on a budget
Instant replay is an essential part of quality sports programming. New lower budget options are now available to help smaller venues and schools do instant replay. This is giving these smaller production added entertainment value while also providing officials the ability to review plays.
Cameras, lenses, and video mixers have … Read the rest of this now >>
PTZ Camera Review: Panasonic AW-HE40SK vs Datavideo PTC-150T
The newest trend in technology for PTZ cameras is 'PoE' or power over ethernet. This technology allows for power to be carried over a Cat5e or Cat 6 cable. Today, ethernet cables can carry a substantial amount of data and power, and camera companies are working hard to take advantage … Read the rest of this now >>
Why are there no 1080p TV Channels?
The difference between 720p, 1080i, and 1080p has been debated for years. 1080p is superior in quality, however whether or not that quality can be delivered is a whole other matter. In this world full of ads and sales for technology in 1080p HD, 2K, and 4K , the vast … Read the rest of this now >>
Which HDMI cable to use for your HD or 4K video production
By Miguel Galindo
What HDMI cable do you need to play 4K vs HD? What HDMI cables can do 3D? What is HDMI 2.0? What is HDMI 1.4? This blog will answer these questions and give you valuable information on purchasing the right HDMI cable for your live video productions … Read the rest of this now >>
What is HDBaseT and How is it Changing the Future of Video?
HDBaseT is a new video and data transfer standard that could soon replace HDMI. Most video productions have to set up at least 2-3 cables for each camera station, depending on if you cameras are robotic, or need to transmit tally. Imagine if you only had to set up one? … Read the rest of this now >>
How to Use Your 4K Camera in an HD World
2K distribution and 1080p HD broadcast are going to receive new attention at NAB. That's right, '2K' is not a typo, that is what I meant. Broadcast and distribution in 1080p is being adopted slowly, but not nearly as slowly as 4K.
If you currently own a 4K camera,… Read the rest of this now >>
Operating Robotic Cameras VS Traditional Cameras
Are PTZ cameras difficult to use compared to traditional cameras?
Datavideo interviewed Eviana Vergara, a remote camera operator who recently did … Read the rest of this now >>
2 in 1: Creating Two Unique Live Feeds with a Datavideo SE-1200MU
Recently, yet another client on a live video shoot wanted a lot of things, at the last minute, for the same budget. This was a shoot for a seminar by a life coach with a motivational speech and power point presentation in front of a live audience, all of which … Read the rest of this now >>


text:
Latest Features
Game Results
CHL Game Night: 2/4Submitted by chad on February 5, 2007 - 10:08
Marek Bartanus was scoreless as Owen Sound lost their fifth in a row, 2-1 in Ottawa. Bartanus was on the ice for both Ottawa goals, finishing minus-2.
- 1150 reads
AHL Game Day 2/4: Falcons at SenatorsSubmitted by pete on February 4, 2007 - 22:45
It's a shame the Falcons couldn't quite get that second point to salvage more out of this weekend.
Karri Ramo stopped 43 of 45 shots faced in the loss. Sylvain Dufresne had two assists in the game with Springfield's goals coming from Marek Kvapil and Eric Healey. Adam Henrich and Norm Milley added individual assists. Justin Keller failed to capitalize on a 2nd period penalty shot opportunity and former Falcon Ryan Vesce scored twice in the shootout for Binghampton who emerged triumphant 2-1 in the penalty shots in six frames. Ramo and Healey were named first and third stars respectively.
First Period
BNG David, (2) (Pecker), 6:49
Second Period
Third Period
BNG Rawlyk, (1) (Cook, Vesce), 4:50 (PP)
SPR Kvapil, (10) (Henrich, Dufresne), 7:00 (PP)
SPR Healey, (22) (Dufresne, Milley), 14:26
SPR- Wanvig
BNG- Vesce (2)
Game sheet from TheAHL.com.
- 1706 reads
Sunday's Superleague ScoreSubmitted by pete on February 4, 2007 - 22:35
Dimitri Kazionov was scoreless in Kazan's 2-2 tie with Novokuznetsk. Ak Bars Kazan remains on top of the Superleague table with the tie. Kazionov is second among Lightning Russian prospects in scoring behind SKA's Anton But.
- 1087 reads
NCAA Game Night: 2/3Submitted by Nigel on February 4, 2007 - 11:29
Mike Lundin was scoreless and even in #9 Maine's 2-1 loss to #1 New Hampshire. The defensmen had two shots in the game. The Black Bears (17-8-2, 10-8-1) split the weekend series with the Wildcats and still sit in 6th in the HEast one point behind UMASS. They face Vermont next weekend.
UMASS' four game unbeaten streak came to an end in their 2-1 loss to UMASS-Lowell. John Wessbecker was scoreless and even in the game.
Dusty Collins was scoreless and +1 in Northern Michigan's 2-1 loss to Lake Superior. The Wildcats (12-18-2, 9-14-1) have only four games remaining and sit tied for 8th in the CCHA with Western Michigan and Alaska.
- Read more
- 1613 reads
CHL Game Night: 2/3Submitted by chad on February 3, 2007 - 23:37
So much for Kevin Beech's hot streak. Beech made 35 saves in Saginaw tonight, but unfortunately also let in 9 goals. The Spirit had 44 shots on Erie in the 9-0 win. That's 19 goals against for Erie in the last two games.
Chris Lawrence and Mississauga returned to their winning ways, defeating Sarnia at home 8-6. Lawrence extended his point streak to 8 games with a goal. He also had a plus-1 rating. Mississauga allowed 4 third period goals to turn a blowout into a close game before adding an empty netter.
Owen Sound scored 5 goals tonight, but Marek Bartanus did not figure in any of them. Despite scoring 5, the Attack lost in Belleville 8-5. Bartanus was minus-1 with 2 PIM. His streaks now stand at 13 games (scoreless) and 25 games (even or minus rating).
In the WHL, Prince George won their fourth straight, 6-5 over Kamloops in overtime. Vladimir Mihalik had an assist, an even rating, and 2 PIM. Mihalik was on the ice for the overtime winner by Sharks first rounder Devin Setoguchi - acquired by the Cougars earlier this year.
Dane Crowley and Everett were at home against Chilliwack and beat the Bruins 5-2. Crowley was scoreless and even.
- 1279 reads
NHL Game Night 2/3: Rangers at LightningSubmitted by pete on February 3, 2007 - 22:28
Think Atlanta is starting to hear footsteps?
Johan Holmqvist stopped 24 of 26 shots faced in the win and has won 8 of his last 9 starts. King Holmer officially en fuego. Dan Boyle and Martin St. Louis each had a pair of assists on the night with the Lightning goals belonging to Paul Ranger, Brad Richards and Vincent Lecavalier (Lecavalier and Richards' goals being of the blistering/unstoppable power play variety). Eric Perrin and Ryan Craig added individual helpers.
The Lightning are cooler than the other side of the pillow in one goal games right now. It took a while for this team to find its confidence, but right now they've got swagger. And, don't look now, but by virtue of Atlanta's 5-2 loss to Philly the Lightning have now moved within six points of the division lead with a game still in hand. Furthermore, the Lightning have now tied the Thrashers with 29 wins and, looking at the schedule, the Lightning get the worst team in the Western Conference Tuesday night (Los Angeles) and the Thrashers get to play the best in the East (Buffalo). This thing could EASILY be down to 4 points with a game in hand if the Lightning stay focused and take care of business against the Kings. If I'm Thrashers GM Don Waddell, I'm having Doctor Feel Good call in a 'scrip for Valium right about now.
This is fun.
First Period
NY Rangers 7:31, Jason Krog 3 (Brendan Shanahan, Marcel Hossa)
Second Period
Tampa Bay 6:51, Paul Ranger 3 (Dan Boyle, Eric Perrin)
Tampa Bay 14:06, Brad Richards 19 (power play) (Dan Boyle, Martin St. Louis)
NY Rangers 18:23, Michael Nylander 17 (power play) (Jaromir Jagr, Karel Rachunek)
Third Period
Tampa Bay 11:53, Vincent Lecavalier 33 (power play) (Martin St. Louis, Ryan Craig)
Game sheet from NHL.com.
- 1366 reads
ECHL Game Night 2/3: Royals at ChiefsSubmitted by pete on February 3, 2007 - 21:43
Looks like the Chiefs may get things cooking this month.
Morgan Cey stopped 34 of 35 shots faced for the win. Veteran Randy Rowe paved the way offensively with 2 goals and 1 assist. Jean Desrochers added 2 assists and the other Chiefs goals were scored by Andrew Martens and Brandon Elliot (or whatever alien has taken over his body and made him into a goal scorer lately). Dimitri Tarabrin, Maxime Boisclair, Ryan Gibbons and John Adams had individual helpers.
First Period
JHN Rowe, (12) (Tarabrin, Desrochers), 0:09
JHN Martens, (4) (Rowe, Boisclair), 5:21 (PP)
Second Period
JHN Elliott, (9) (Gibbons), 13:03
Third Period
REA Hogeboom, (26) (Kindle), 6:54
JHN Rowe, (13) (Desrochers, Adams), 18:14
Game sheet from ECHL.com.
- Read more
- 1272 reads
AHL Game Day 2/3: Falcons at MarliesSubmitted by pete on February 3, 2007 - 20:36
And the losing streak reaches six games...
Jonathan Boutin stopped 25 of 28 shots faced in the loss. Eric Healey scored the lone Falcons goal off assists from Doug O'Brien and Norm Milley.
First Period
TOR Murphy, (13) (Sifers, Westrum), 9:45 (PP)
TOR Mitchell, (8) (Wozniewski, Murphy), 12:48
Second Period
SPR Healey, (21) (O'Brien, Milley), 6:46 (PP)
Third Period
TOR Leeb, (6) (Westrum), 14:11
Game sheet from TheAHL.com.
- Read more
- 1623 reads
Kevin Quick UpdateSubmitted by Nigel on February 3, 2007 - 13:45
I'm working with the Salisbury School athletic department to get quicker recaps on their games, so hopefully I can keep track of Kevin a little faster and easier.
In 18 games this season Kevin has recorded 6 assists, has a +12 rating and 6 PIM.
His Crimson Knights (13-3-2, 5-3-1 Founders League) are unbeaten in their last seven games and sit 3rd in the Founders League standings.
Their next game is Feb. 7 against Taft School a team they drew to a 0-0 tie back on Jan. 8.
- 1270 reads
NCAA Game Night: 2/2Submitted by Nigel on February 3, 2007 - 12:13
UMASS continued to play well down the stretch knocking off #13 Boston College 5-3. John Wessbecker was scoreless and +1 in the game. The Minutemen (13-8-4, 10-6-2) are now unbeaten in their last 4 and sit in 5th in the HEast one point ahead of #9 Maine.
#9 Maine kept pace with the rest of the league beating the new #1 ranked New Hampshire 4-2. Mike Lundin was scoreless and even in the game. The Black Bears (17-7-2, 10-7-1) sit 6th in the HEast one point behind UMASS and three ahead of Northeastern. New Hampshire took over the top ranking in both polls from Minnesota who had held the top spot for most of the year. Minnesota was swept by North Dakota last weekend and fell to #3.
Art Femenella was scoreless and even in #14 Vermont's 3-2 win over Providence. The Catamounts (15-8-4, 10-4-4) are now unbeaten in seven games and sit 3rd in the HEast three points behind Boston University and one point ahead of Boston College.
Dusty Collins was scoreless and finished even with 2 PIM in Northern Michigan's 1-0 shutout win over Lake Superior. The Wildcat's (12-17-2, 9-13-1) broke a three game losing streak with the win.
- Read more
- 1680 reads


text:
Recently added item(s) ×
You have no items in your shopping cart.
Everyday Low Prices
Free Shipping on All Orders*
Have Questions? Call us: 888-575-6660. M–F: 9am to 6pm Sat: 11am to 4pm CST
Share :
In stock
Affordability and function at its best, the Kincade Plain Raised Bridle is a simple bridle to do the job, with a terrific price point! The genuine leather bridle has a raised noseband and brow band for subtle detail, and popular laced reins are included! The cheekpieces have a wide range of adjustability, as does the length of the noseband. Important to consider in choosing a size is the width of the...


text: The Pontiac G6 GTP coupe, did you know that this car makes 240 horsepower and 241 lb feet of torque? Lots of driving fun to be had with this car, it just needs a driver, has heated power seats and sunroof. Low payments and low finance rate available. For more details on the vehicle, financing or trade in values submit an inquiry on the right. We will get back to you right away! or CONTACT FOR DETAILS!! 1-888-376-XXXX Completely reconditioned and inspected to the highest automotive standards. Car proof and AMVIC available. Airbags: Dual Airbags: Head/Side Anti-theft Alloy rims: eighteen Abs Cd system Cruise Control Fog Lamps Remote-control entry Power Brakes Power Locks Power Mirrors Powered steering Power Trunk Powered windows Remote Starter Spare Key Spoiler Seats: Heated Seats: Power Sunroof Telescoping Steering Traction Control Power Adjustable Pedals Why Choose Gary Moe Hyundai??? -Car Wash For Life Program! -In-House Pre-owned Vehicle Warranty! -1st Oil Change Free! -Award Winning Sales and Serviced Team! Engine: V-6 cylOptional EquipmentAir ConditioningAlloy WheelsAnti-Lock Brakes (ABS)Anti-TheftCD PlayerFog LightsKeyless EntryPower MirrorsPower SeatPower SteeringPower WindowsRemote StartHeated SeatsPower LocksSpoilerSunroofTraction ControlCruise ControlTelescoping Steering WheelGet Approved On This VehicleKIT REF ID: 2382271


text:
Open Thread: Talk About What Matters Most to You
Discuss and debate the issues that mean the most to you.
Before he raped me, I considered Sean my friend. I decorated a cake for his birthday. I played my songs for him. He shared his closet-grown weed with me. He giggled as I jumped in a pile of leaves.
I trusted him.
And then, two days after Thanksgiving, I asked Sean to accompany me to an all-ages show at the Bug Jar, a bar near my Rochester apartment. Since I was 19 and couldn't drink at the venue, we met at my place to pregame. I drank half a liter of UV Blue in 15 minutes.
By the time we got to the Bug Jar, I was slurring. Halfway into the first band's set, I could hardly stand up. I told Sean I needed to leave, and he walked me back to my apartment. I offered him my couch, headed for my bedroom, and blacked out.
I don't know how much time passed before I woke up to find Sean grinding on top of me. I was on my period and could feel Sean forcing my tampon high inside my body. He was grunting. I was struggling to form sentences. My words were taffy stuck to the roof of my mouth.
"N-n-no, no. Sean, p-please, no."
"I thought you were supposed to be good at this," he said.
I was too drunk to move, too numb to cry. I leaned into the alcoholic haze as he finished, whimpering myself to sleep.
In the morning, I tried to remember where I was, what happened after the show, and why Sean was naked and smiling at me. When I saw my own clothes strewn around my bed, the pieces came back.
I excused myself and ran to my roommate's bedroom, my eyes bulging. Leah asked what was wrong. I told her I didn't know, I just felt weird. She suggested we all go to breakfast at Mark's Texas Hots, the diner where Sean and I first met.
Sean sat next to me in the booth. I ordered a julienne salad with blue cheese dressing, and he stuck his stubby fingers in it, stealing my American cheese like he was my boyfriend.
Two hours later, I lay spread eagle on the living room hardwood, cringing as Leah's fingers inched inside me in search of my tampon because I couldn't get it out myself. Thirty seconds in, she gasped, her face contorting.
"Oh God, Emily. I'm sorry."
She pulled out a used condom. Behind it, the tampon. My words and tears came simultaneously.
"Leah, I think I was raped."
I was first sexually assaulted at 13 years old. I punished myself, embracing anorexia, self-harm, and isolation instead of seeking help. I believed the assault was my fault; I was too flirty and complicit and 17-year-old boys couldn't help themselves.
When Sean raped me, I knew my survival depended on creating an alternate ending. After years of wearing shame like a self-fastened straight jacket, I finally trusted that the assaults were not my fault.
And I was livid.
I knew the police wouldn't help. I had heard of friends going to the police, only to blamed or slut-shamed. I assumed I would be met with similar accusations, since I was drunk and considered Sean my friend.
I could already hear the questions: You let him sleep at your house, didn't you? ... Why did you ask him to go to the show with you if you weren't interested? ... If you were that drunk, how can you be sure you didn't consent?
I knew that even if I did have a strong case, justice would require months of being re-traumatized by the repeated telling of my story. The defense would probably slut-shame me. I would have to see Sean in court. And if I wanted to be taken seriously, I would have had to go to the emergency room for a rape kit, subjecting myself to further violation.
I was inspired by stories of women who sought vengeance. There was Lisbeth Salander, the fictional hero of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, who tattooed "I AM A SADISTIC PIG, A PERVERT, AND A RAPIST" on her abuser. There was the pregnant woman in Turkey who decapitated her repeat rapist and brought his head to town. There was the woman who set her daughter's rapist on fire outside of a bar. And there was Lorena Bobbitt, who cut her rapist husband's penis off.
I was tired of feeling like a victim and internalizing my pain. Instead of working within a system that repeatedly fails sexual assault victims, I decided I would take justice into my own hands.
I called my ex-boyfriend, a relative, and a friend, told them I had been raped, and asked the three of them to come to Rochester. I said I had a plan. They didn't ask questions.
My ex hopped a train from Indiana to Rochester and the others came in from Chicago. Over the next three days, we held private discussions in my bedroom, met up with Sean's roommates, and talked to his friends. The consensus was that our plan was fair.
Two weeks after the assault, we were ready.
My ex-boyfriend and I drove to Sean's house blasting Tupac's "Hail Mary" and rapping along to the intro: "I ain't a killer, but don't push me. Revenge is like the sweetest joy..."
The other two drove separately. We parked our cars a few blocks away from Sean's house, adjusted our ski masks, and clenched our fists.
We walked through snow flurries to Sean's street. I approached the front door and knocked. Sean answered. Before he could say anything, my ex-boyfriend punched him twice in the face, picked him up, and threw him into a glass coffee table. The four of us ran to where he fell and administered blind punches and kicks, as though button-mashing in Street Fighter. I bludgeoned Sean's pudgy body with a sock-n-lock as my ex-boyfriend screamed, "You don't rape our friends and get away with it!"
Sean said nothing throughout the attack, just looked at the ceiling. Maybe he knew he deserved it. Maybe he was busy learning how it felt to be violated.
As the others headed for the front door, I turned around once more and screamed "FUCK YOU" in my own voice — the voice Sean had tried to take away from me. I lifted my weapon and whipped it hard into his stomach.
After the attack, we drove to a local tattoo shop, where I got the words "Burn It To The Ground" tattooed on my chest. Later, the words were joined by two tattooed praying mantises, one of which holds a bleeding mantis head in its hands.
Bruises heal. Rape gets lodged in your stomach, mind, and spirit. Rape rears its ugly head in empty stares and cluttered thoughts and shallow sex. Rape does not end with revenge, however cathartic it is. Rape is a poison slowly working through the body. It is water torture — drip (remember) drip (remember) drip (remember). Rape continues to live in my bed, in my limbs, and in my interactions with lovers and friends.
I know my past actions are controversial. Pacifists like my mother will read this and think, How is this any better than rape itself? or, Why fight violence with violence? Some people will attempt to put me in the same category as Sean, labeling me as violent and irrational.
But then there are people like my father, who countered my mother's disappointment with, "Pam, this man raped your daughter." And there are arguments that my mother has finally come to understand; for example, the choice to seek personal justice in the face of an indifferent legal system.
I share this story because I want women to know that there are alternatives to slut-shaming, rape kits, and re-traumatization. You can call out your attacker on Facebook. You can make fliers and post them around town. You can spread the word amongst your friends. There are limitless options.
If taking the legal route feels more comfortable, go for it. I am by no means suggesting that anyone should follow in my footsteps, but I think stories like mine need to be shared for the sake of encouraging empowerment. Some people never speak out against their rapists; choosing to remain silent doesn't make someone weaker than those who fight back, but it further elucidates the extent to which our society fails to protect victims.
Five years after avenging myself, I stand by my decision to attack my rapist. Beyond giving victims their power back, actions like mine serve as warnings to former, current, and future rapists. People like Sean believe they can get away with assault because our legal system has imposed a culture of silence around sexual violence. Our society is swarming with rape apologists.
I will never apologize, even when it means being insulted, abandoned, or condemned for my actions. I burned my white flag a long time ago.
This story is for the survivors who feel silenced. I promise you still have a voice inside of you.


text:
Logistic and Courier tracking software is a product of Courierscripts™ the best solution for Logistic , Courier & Cargo Business . Enable Tracking , booking options in your existing or new logistic website. Best logistic software solution from small startups to large enterprise. You can integrate the tracking modules and booking scripts on your website. The logistic and courier tracking software is very easy to setup and manage comes with powerfull administration. You can also integrate the tracking software with shopping websites to automate the process.
Android App package comes with the soltuion which is added advantage to increase your customer base. All the features available in the web pltaform for customers are replicated in the mobile application. Qucik signup page in the app will let your customer to register their account in one go. #Customer interface comes with Quick booking, Recent activities, Tracking shipments and more. #Driver interface shows assigned shipments, status update and POD signature upload functionalities. Built in signature drawing interface let your Drivers to collect customers signature upon delivery.
Best solution for your logistic business
Let us customize your dedicated software package to suit your business needs. We will customize the software based on your business modal.
Website modules for Tracking, booking, lead management etc. Integrate the modules into your website, no coding knowledge required.
Software purchase comes with transparent pricing terms. There is no hidden charges for installation and customization. Get started today.
Here the list of companies can use the software
Here are the key features our platform offers for your business
Collective dashboard tells you the overall performance of your buinsess in single page. Manage your complete business from effective logistics software dashbaord.
Book the orders from anywhere like mobile apps, online stores or any web apps to the system using simple Http API's with your secret key provided with your account.
Give a way to your clients to track their shipment online. Paste the Tracking snippet anywhere on your website to enable the feature.
Ultimate goal of any software to reduce the manual work being done everyday. Yes we do the same when it comes to shipement updates, you can update multiple shipment at a time.
Just a click to pull out the reports for a week, month or year. You can save your data as excel at any time with just one click on our logistic software reports section.
Logistic Software flexible for small to large business by supporting multiple bulk shipment upload to the system from your excel,csv etc files.


text:
After countless ads featuring stripping, stripping and more stripping, you probably drooled all over your seat/armrest/entire theater after seeing the two-hour naked-dude-extravaganza at last night's midnight screening of "Magic Mike."
What? That's not what the movie is? No kidding. If you've already seen it, or just read my or anyone else's review, you know that, despite a marketing campaign featuring virtually nothing but Channing Tatum and his back-up dancers taking it off onstage, "Magic Mike" is actually a thoughtful, level-headed movie--that examines Mike's (Tatum) growing realization of what he may not be able to accomplish while holding onto a job that allows packs of screaming women to hold onto him and his abs. Yes, it's very funny, but director Steven Soderbergh and writer Reid Carolin also demonstrate that just because a movie's about stripping doesn't mean it has to be campy or a joke. Anyone broadly expecting another "Showgirls" or "Striptease" or "Insert Title of Straight-To-DVD Cinemax Movie about a Small-Town Girl Who Takes It All Off and Has Sex to the Tune of a Sweet, Sweet Saxophone" will almost certainly walk out of "Magic Mike" and say something like, "That was good, but I was expecting something totally different."


text:
"From my perspective, where I was, it was all meshing together as one," Brian Papanu, the diplomatic security desk officer in the command center in Washington the night of the attack, told lawmakers last month. "So we really didn't have time to analyze one in particular from another.
"The way they all — one of them right after another and then stopped, it seems to signify to me that they were related in some way, shape or form. And the only common thread that I can see is the video."
Protests and attacks across the region and beyond, from Tunisia to Pakistan, happened "in the same timeframe," and "to a certain degree it colored in the initial few days, it colored how people looked at that attack."
"I think that the first week after 9/11 there was significant uncertainty about what had happened and disagreement among key people who shaped opinion," he said. "And I don't mean people with ideas. I mean people with information."
Roebuck acknowledged that the second-highest-ranking diplomat in Libya at the time of the attack, Gregory Hicks, told the administration the day after the attack that there was no protest. But he said there was "legitimate disagreement" between agencies among officials with a wider view of the whole region.
"People ... on the intelligence side," Roebuck told lawmakers, "disagreed about what had taken place, and that played itself out over five or six days or even a week after September 11th."
"There was a dispute among people who were looking very carefully at all of the evidence on the ground, and there was a legitimate disagreement about what had sort of been the precursor to the attack."
Eric Boswell, who stepped down as the State Department's security chief in the wake of the attack, told lawmakers in July that the administration still doesn't have a full picture of what happened in Benghazi.
"To this day I don't think the U.S. [government] — and we'll know when the FBI finally comes out with its report and investigation — but to this day I don't think we have a good fix ... on what exactly caused that attack or was motivating that attack."
Please send tips and comments to Julian Pecquet: firstname.lastname@example.com
Follow us on Twitter: @TheHillGlobal and @JPecquetTheHill


text:
The Scarecrow is the final volume of Ibrahim al-Koni's Oasis trilogy, which chronicles the founding, flourishing, and decline of a Saharan oasis. Fittingly, this continuation of a tale of greed and corruption opens with a meeting of the conspirators who assassinated the community's leader at the end of the previous novel, The Puppet. They punished him for opposing the use of gold in business transactionsaa symptom of a critical break with their nomadic pastaand now they must search for a leader who shares their fetishistic love of gold. A desert retreat inspires the group to select a leader at random, but their qchoice, q it appears, is not entirely human. This interloper from the spirit world proves a self-righteous despot, whose intolerance of humanity presages disaster for an oasis besieged by an international alliance. Though al-Koni has repeatedly stressed that he is not a political author, readers may see parallels not only to a former Libyan ruler but to other tyrantsapast and presentawho appear as hollow as a scarecrow.aToday the council is entitled to convey glad tidings to a person who has always been an amulet for the councila#39;s head, a Imaswan Wandarran bellowed into the venerable eldera#39;s ear and then leaned back to sit erect. He snuck a glance at the anbsp;...
|The Scarecrow
|Ibrahim al-Koni
|University of Texas Press - 2015-08-01
You must register with us as either a Registered User before you can Download this Book. You'll be greeted by a simple sign-up page.
Once you have finished the sign-up process, you will be redirected to your download Book page.How it works:


text: This is one Red Brown dye color block manufactured by French Color. This is a sediment free dye color block used for coloring candles. You can make several colors and shades with the same block just by varying the amount used. Each block weighs 1/2 oz and is scored in the middle to break in half. Use 1/2 block in 10 lbs of wax for a rusty brown color. For smaller batches use a craft knife or Xacto blade to shave off small pieces.


text:
I'm approaching 500 miles on my new car. So far I've put in two tanks of gas and given it a couple of runs through the car wash. However, what I've taken out is an absolutely unbelievable amount of fun. This car invites you to drive it. I'm finding excuses to run errands in a manner I haven't known since I first got my license and was taking any opportunity to give people a ride.
The STi is simply fabulous. It sounds great and looks amazing, but the real joy is in the depth of the experience you get from driving it. It feels like a go-cart, a really, really powerful go-cart. In S# mode (the "race" setting) the throttle response is so immediate that planting your right foot will take you into another time zone. You can feel yourself being welded into the back of your seat as your eyeballs fall through the back of your head. It's spectacular.
Here's what I've learned after the first few weeks of driving the Subaru Impreza WRX STi Limited:
- I like sports cars. They sound "right".
- Worrying about gas mileage will make you feel older.
- Always get the leather trim package. Pay for all of the extras.
- People are nicer to you when you drive a nice car.
- Girls think sports cars are childish. They also find them incredibly sexy.
- Driving a "sexy" car makes their pants fall off (well, it makes my wife's pants fall off).
I'm looking forward to hitting 1,000 miles. That's the end of the break-in period and a kind of automotive "coming of age." Maybe we should throw a party? I bet the STi would like that.
Just as I pulled into my spot at work a few days ago I noticed I'd hit 500 miles exactly…and what a great 500 they have been!


text:
Let's pretend.
I am a young mother. I have a new baby. I also have a 4 year old.
My 4 year old was fully vaccinated as an infant and young child. I didn't know anything about vaccines and I didn't know to question.
I did things differently with my little one, and she has not had any vaccines; no hepatitis B at birth, and no vitamin K injection.
I have received a notice from my family doctor (or pediatrician) that it is time to bring my children in for their "well-baby" and "well-child" check-ups. Getting that notice makes me feel sick to my stomach. I know that I do not want to further vaccinate my older child, and I know that I do not want to vaccinate my baby at all.
My decision has not been made lightly. I have spent many hours researching and learning about vaccines, their ingredients, the lack of placebo-controlled studies, and the fact that they have never been studied for safety or efficacy as they are administered according to The CDC's Childhood Schedule.
I have also prayed about this. A lot.
When I allowed my older child to be vaccinated, I felt a horrible sense of dread every time. I "knew" it was wrong. My mother's intuition was screaming at me to grab my baby from that table and run out the door… but I didn't know why… and I didn't listen to that voice. I realize now that that voice… that "intuition"… is the voice of God. I didn't listen before, but I am listening now.
And now, I know why vaccinating my babies is not right for my family.
I know better now; so now, I will do better.
This is the basis of my faith. I have erred in the past. I have asked for forgiveness and said many prayers of thanks that my oldest appears to have escaped significant harm as a result of my uninformed actions. I will not make the same mistake again.
My resolve is strong.
But I still feel so anxious about this appointment. I think I'm going to vomit.
How can I prepare myself? What can I do to ensure I am not coerced or bullied? What can I take with me to let the doctor know that I have not made a snap decision, and I am not just listening to others' opinions?
Here is my plan:
1. Find out exactly what vaccines my children are "due to receive."
2. Call the doctor's office and ask which brands of vaccines they use.
3. Find out what the ingredients are in those vaccines.
4. Print the Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for those ingredients.
5. Print the vaccine manufacturer's inserts for each vaccine.
6. Print out the state law regarding school attendance.
I will put everything in a binder (actually, I'll get two copies of everything so I can leave one with my doctor and have one to keep).
Here is where I will find the information I need…
To find out what vaccines my child is "due" for, and the ingredients (and doses), I will use the National Vaccine Information Center's Vaccine Ingredient Calculator.
I will print out my child's customized plan (2 copies).
Next, I will get the MSDS sheets and highlight the toxicity sections.
The following is a partial list of ingredients in vaccines given to infants and children in the U.S. (click each ingredient to view the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS):
If you click on each of the above links, you will be taken to the MSDS for that vaccine ingredient. Scroll down and look at the information under Section 3: Hazards Identification. This is where you can learn about:
- Carcinogenic Effects – the KNOWN ability to cause cancer
- Mutagenic Effects – the KNOWN ability to cause alterations in DNA (FYI… alterations in DNA cause childhood cancers)
- Teratogenic Effects – the KNOWN ability to cause harm to a developing fetus in utero
- Developmental Toxicity – the KNOWN ability to cause harm to children in one or more ways
Another good thing to put in my binder is the Excipient List from the CDC, which lists all of the vaccines, their ingredients, and substances used in their manufacture.
Next, I need the Vaccine Manufacturer's Inserts for each vaccine.
On each vaccine manufacturer's insert, I will highlight the part where it says the vaccine should not be given to anyone who has an allergy to any of the ingredients in the vaccine. Given that my child has not been tested to determine if he or she is allergic to any or all of the ingredients, there won't be any injecting going on just so we can see what happens.
On each vaccine manufacturer's insert, I will highlight section 13.1 (and I will highlight the absence of section 13.1 on the Varivax vaccine, since it has been removed), which states clearly, "This vaccine has not been studied for carcinogenic or mutagenic effects, or for effects on fertility."
If we get this far in our discussion, I will show the doctor this information, and then we will discuss each of the MSDS's for the vaccine ingredients – at length.
If you want more information on vaccine ingredients, this post on VaxTruth seems to be pretty helpful for a lot of people. At least they keep using it a lot…
If, after this discussion, my doctor still wants to grasp at straws and tell me that my child cannot go to school without vaccines, I will calmly point out that (in Indiana, and 46 other states) we have the right to religious exemption from vaccination for school attendance, and that as my children's parent, I will be exercising that legal right on their behalf.
Here is where I go to find the law regarding vaccines for school attendance:
If I live in California, I will take advantage of the fact that when Governor Brown signed SB277 into law last year, he expressly stated that the medical exemption from vaccination was completely at the doctor's discretion, and is not limited to the very narrow criteria for medical exemptions set forth by The CDC.
This is where I will be helping my doctor understand our family history of autoimmune disease. I will also be asking for allergy testing, and testing to determine if my child has any genetic SNPs in the methylation pathway or in the CYP-450 pathway.
Here is some information about medical exemptions:
If I happen to live in West Virginia or Mississippi… and if I am unable to obtain a medical exemption in California… my next step (as far as school is concerned) is to figure out how to home-school or how to move to another state. There are a lot of options for homeschooling, and many of my friends are doing it with fabulous success. If I am able, this is what I will do because now that I know better, I know there is no way I would sacrifice my child's health and well-being just so he can go to a (failing) public school where he will have to sit still and have his creativity and joy stamped out of him for the next 12 years. No thanks.
If my doctor attempts to bully me after all of this, I will calmly inform him (or her) that I am aware of my rights and I am aware that the only laws regarding vaccination are for school attendance. I will also let him (or her) know that I am aware that physicians are receiving bonuses for meeting benchmarks and having a certain percentage of patients fully vaccinated by age two years. I will let the physician know in no uncertain terms that coercion (threatening to call CPS, for example) is unethical and possibly against the law (look up the definition of extortion), and I will be reporting him (or her) to the state medical board for ethics violations. For good measure, I will probably throw in, "And you'll be hearing from my attorney," as I pick up my babies and walk calmly and confidently out of his or her office. For the very last time.
The last thing I will say, if it gets to this point?
"You're fired."
NOTE: This originated as a post on Facebook, in response to a young father's question about how to handle the upcoming 2 month appointment for his new baby. That post was shared 400 times in the first 48 hours. Judging by the comments, this is something that is really resonating with parents. To be clear: There is no law that you have to use a pediatrician or an allopathic physician (Family Practice M.D. or D.O.) for your children. Chiropractors, Naturopathic Physicians, and Homeopaths are all fully capable of providing excellent routine care for your family. If you need emergency medical treatment, you can seek it through an Urgent Care facility or hospital Emergency Room. The fact is, if you are not vaccinating, you generally do not need a pediatrician or other medical doctor. Obviously this may not be the case for all children. Use your judgment and do what is right for your family.
My hope in putting this information together is that those who are unsure or feel insecure about standing up for themselves, but who still feel they must go to the "well-baby" or "well-child" check-up (aka "vaccine appointment"), will take the steps outlined in this post, and as a result, they will feel empowered and strengthened in their knowledge base. We all must do the work and be prepared to defend our choices. – mpt


text:
International Students Using an Agent
Tips to look for when choosing an 'Educational Agent'
It is the student's decision whether or not to use an educational agent. No educational agent has special access to our programs and services and no one can guarantee your admission to Seneca nor guarantee you a study permit. Seneca cannot monitor the business practices of independent educational agencies, so using an agency is the sole responsibility of the student and his/her family.
- Talk to your friends and family currently living in Canada.
- Ask a potential agent to see their valid Seneca College Agency Certificate and/or Agreement.
- Discuss what services they provide and the fees for each and every service. Get this information in writing.
- Be careful of anything that sounds too good to be true. You can always write to Seneca and ask us.
- Do not leave original academic documents, passport or tuition fee payments with the educational agent.
- Tuition fee payments are always made payable to 'Seneca College' – never to the agent.
- You own the original 'Letter of Acceptance' to Seneca. Your agent must give you this original document.
If you are using an agent
You must complete and submit a Student Information Release Form. This must be submitted with your application to Seneca College. This release form will allow Seneca to communicate with your chosen agent.
If you change your agent
you must complete and submit the International Student Application Cancellation Form and send it to Seneca College. Keep in mind that you will be cancelling your application and any progress made. You will have to reapply again with your new agency (including documentation, program(s) selection and payment of a new application fee - $65.00 CAD).
PLEASE NOTE: Cancellation Forms and agent changes are NOT PERMITTED once a letter of acceptance has been issued to an applicant.
Contact Us
If you have any concerns about any educational agents, please email us.


text:
Tips: You're reading One Piece chapter 597, please read from right to left. Click on the One Piece image or use left-right keyboard keys to go to next/prev page.
Manga is the best site to read One Piece 597 free online. You can also go Manga Genres to read other series or check Latest Releases for new releases.
One Piece chapter 597 released in Manga fastest, recommend your friends to read One Piece chapter 597 now!


text: Christiane - Clarissa Koch ROI Austrian, born 1972 Clarissa grew up in Munich, Germany where she became involved in films at an early age. Following her childhood dream, she moved to London after completing her formal education, to work for Jim Henson's Creature Shop as a sculptor and designer. Her love for drawing and painting was first inspired by a visit to the Watts Gallery in Compton, near Guildford. Initially she followed this inspiration by researching 19th Century and Old Master Drawing Techniques in the London museums and studied anatomy at the UCL Medical School. In 1997 she moved to Florence, Italy to train at the Florence Academy of Art. After Florence she became a summer student of Odd Nerdrum in Norway for several summers. In 2002 she set up her studio in London. Clarissa's work hangs in private collections in Europe, the US, Japan and South Africa. In 2006 she was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and won the Cornelissen & Son Prize for the most outstanding work in that year's annual exhibition. In 2009 she has been elected to Full Membership of the ROI. Recently Clarissa completed a six month residency at Guest painter in Lord Leighton's Studio at Leighton House Museum, London. Education Anatomy Studies at University College Medical School, London Florence Academy of Art, Italy Summer Student of Odd Nerdrum, Norway


text:
Order with Free Shipping
Free Shipping to Our Stores
All qualifying parts are identified with a message stating "Qualifies for Free Shipping..." Parts without this message do not qualify for Free Shipping.
*On All Parts When You Buy Online and Pick Up In Store
Installation coupon will be emailed after order has been confirmed.
This handy little ruler from the Gear Squad has been made available to help you properly identify your drive shaft u-joints.
Simply place the ruler's notched end against the tab end of your yoke, see where the ruler falls against the opposite tab, and that will identify your yoke.
To measure your u-joint, place the tab end against the u-joint cup squarely and view size at opposite cup. Due to age and wear, the caps may not be exactly on the line but very close.
Please refer to the u-joint tech sheet in the Gear Squad Tech Center more information.
Download Gear Squad U-Joints Ruler
Select Your Local Store
Jeep Parts Home » Shop by Brand » DynoMax
With Dynomax Jeep performance exhaust systems, you get increased horsepower, performance, and innovation all in one package. For over 20 years, Dynomax has been developing products that are dyno-proven and true show stoppers. Plus, every Dynomax exhaust system is backed with a limited lifetime warranty.
All Dynomax Jeep exhaust systems are mandrel bent with a design specifically engineered for maximum sound and power. Select applications in the complete line of Jeep exhaust systems feature high-quality stainless steel construction. Every Dynomax exhaust has a simple installation. Just bolt it on with the included hardware and you're ready to go.
*Select applications. Check our High-Clearance JK exhaust systems.
To see all of our current job openings
Apply Now
Sign up now to receive our latest promotions and exclusive offers.
91 Stores in North America.
Locate a store near you.
Store Locator
We are dedicated to delivering a safe online shopping experience


text:
I would save the money and go for the Lab12. I'm a fan of Eminence Audio.
2 subs would be a better ideal, but most houses of worship aren't looking to hit 110+dbs, so using one well placed and EQ'd sub, you can get respectful results.
My next goal is to get you to try some Ewaves!


text:
Most people want to be adequately covered in case of a car accident, but choosing how much insurance to purchase without overspending can be a tricky decision. If you don't have enough coverage, you risk forking out a tremendous amount of cash if you are involved in an accident. If you take all precautions possible, you may be spending money for coverage you may never use. Figure out how much car insurance you really need before agreeing to a policy.
Covering the Basics
There are some aspects of automobile insurance coverage that simply must be factored. Where you live, where you park your car at night, how old you are, how far you drive your car to work and other such basics will determine a large portion of your premium. If you don't have an anti-theft package or if your car is prone to particular damages, you could always consider buying a different vehicle, but spending more money to save on insurance costs may be self-defeating. The absolute lowest-cost, most basic insurance package will need to cover the liabilities involved in these statistically calculated risk factors.
Explore the Minimums
Every state has its own set of laws regarding the minimum insurance required, regardless of circumstance. Prior to working with an insurance agent, you should call your attorney or look up your state's minimum insurance requirements. This will help you to be more knowledgeable going into the agent's office so that you are actively and consciously involved in deciding what you need, rather than being influenced by an agent trying to make a sale. While the insurance agent's expertise can certainly help you to make wise decisions that may go above your state's minimums for very logical reasons, you will still want to be well-informed through more than one source before signing a policy.
Rental Reimbursement
Think in terms of what you will do if your car breaks down or has an accident that will put it in the shop for several days or longer. If you have a neighbor who works at the same place you do, maybe you can hitch a ride and this won't be an issue. If you have family whom you are confident will let you borrow their car in such a situation, you probably don't need to spend money monthly on "what if" scenarios. However, if you lack solutions to such scenarios, you will want to add rental reimbursement to your insurance package.
Deductibles are the amount of money you pay on car repairs before your auto insurance policy kicks in. Choosing your deductibles is the single largest decision you will make when figuring out how much car insurance you really need. If you normally have a decent amount of cash saved in a bank account or in an easily accessible investment, you may not need to put much money into a monthly policy with low deductibles. You may feel that your risk of accident is low and even if this situation does occur, you can borrow from your own cash store until your insurance policy kicks in. If you know that you would probably not have a few hundred or thousands to put up-front into car repairs immediately following an accident, it would be wise to add the expense of a larger deductible into your insurance policy package.
Credit to:


text:
30. Andy Gray
Everton hero of the 1980's Andy Gray comes up with this superb mullet that probably went down a storm in the Club Conti and Pick a Dicks when Duran Duran where storming up the hit parade in the mid 80's.
The picture on the right however is a word of warning to any bloke who uses too much hair spray, it will eventually fall out, you have been warned.
Email Bluekipper at firstname.lastname@example.com
Email Bluekipper at firstname.lastname@example.com


text:
I'm using the alora theme on a WordPress multisite and Buddypress installation. Modifying the alora theme works fine, but I can't find a way to modify some of the Buddypress pages/styling. For example, I have not been able to change the text content, background, or text styling on the Buddypress/Wordpress submit button on the registration page.
The Buddypress files are in the wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/bp-default folder but modifications to the files in that folder only work if I use the Buddypress default theme. So how can I make modifications to Buddypress so they work with the alora theme?
A solution to this problem will be greatly appreciated.
The topic 'How can I modify Buddypress styling?' is closed to new replies.


text:
33. Remote Areas
By Tom Neale, 7/14/2008
Remote Areas
By Tom Neale
1. Treat paradise like you would anywhere else. Don't go into bad areas. You'll usually know what's a bad area if you listen to cruisers' nets on ham and SSB radio, pay attention to the VHF and use common sense.
2. In remote areas it's usually a good idea to travel and anchor with other known boats.
3. Don't assume that just because some one is on a "cruising boat" that they're OK. In cruising harbors where boats come and go every day and no one knows anyone's past, bad people can say all sorts of wonderful things about themselves that aren't true. They can, for the time, create their past.
4. When you're cruising in remote areas of other countries and someone comes out from the shore and asks you to leave, it's usually a good idea to do so, even if you have a "right" to anchor there.
5. If you see something going on that just doesn't seem "right," leave.
6. When you travel to or in remote areas let friends know your plans and itinerary. Cruisers' nets on ham and SSB radio have check ins for people underway.
7. Sometimes people anchor out for the night (in settled weather) on the Great Bahama Banks when making the passage from Florida to the Berrys, Andros or Nassau. If you do this, do it with other known boats.
8. Remember that in other countries, police and the legal process may work very differently than in the States.
9. There are many things that you can do to protect yourself. Locking your dinghy or bringing it aboard at night, locking your hatches in questionable areas, and keeping well lit are just a few.
10. One famous world cruiser protected himself by spreading tacks about his deck when at anchor at night when he thought there was a risk of being illegally boarded. If you do this, just don't forget you put them there—especially if you go to the side for a nature call at 2:00 AM.
11. Always use your own best judgment and the advice of competent authorities. The advice here shouldn't be relied on to completely deal with these situations. It's only intended to get you thinking about the issues.
Go to www.tomneale.com for other tips and information
Copyright 2004-2005 Tom Neale


text:
A divisive, hard-won meeting between First Nations leaders and Prime Minister Stephen Harper ended Friday with the Conservative government agreeing to revisit historic treaties and speed up comprehensive land claims.
Despite rancourous boycotts by some chiefs and a door-pounding protest on the front steps of the prime minister's working office Friday, more than four hours of face-to-face talks set the stage for another round within the next month.
"We have achieved some movement today," Shawn Atleo, national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, said in a statement.
"The prime minister listened respectfully to chiefs and responded to all they brought forward and for the first time, provided a clear mandate for high-level talks on treaty implementation. Prime Minister Harper also committed to high-level discussions on comprehensive claims."
But secondary demands — including a repeal of contentious sections of the government's omnibus budget bills — were dismissed or put off for another day.
And in order for the commitment to treaty talks to work, the Ontario and Manitoba First Nations who boycotted Friday's meetings will have to come back into the Assembly of First Nations fold.
That's because those are the country's two key regions governed by treaties, and they need to figure out how the broad strokes of Friday's agreement apply in their areas, said Grand Chief Edward John from the First Nation Summit in British Columbia.
"They need to be involved in the development of the modalities of that. The treaty First Nations need to step up and design this," said John, who attended the meeting.
First Nations in northern Ontario and Manitoba are among the most impoverished in Canada, and their people have long complained that Canada is not living up to its side of the treaty.
But the chiefs from those regions refused to attend the Harper meeting because it did not include the Governor General — a key demand since the treaties were signed by a representative of the Crown.
Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan said the talks with Shawn Atleo, the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, and about 20 other native leaders were "frank" and "constructive," while acknowledging much work remains.
Perhaps most significantly, Duncan said the prime minister and the powerful Privy Council Office — the bureaucracy that supports the PMO — will now take an active role on "those sticky items which are identified which could use some direction from the centre."
In other words, one year after another highly symbolic meeting that was supposed to reset the relationship between Ottawa and First Nations, a sense of urgency may have emerged.
But the chiefs have yet to declare a victory because they've been down this road before, said John.
"Today I have to wait and see what transpires because we were already made promises that were not kept," he said.
Some might credit the restive, cross-country Idle No More native protest movement, as well as the month-long hunger protest by Attawapiskat First Nation Chief Theresa Spence, for any perceived momentum.
But a central tenet of Idle No More dissent is the government's overhaul of environmental oversight and protections of fisheries and waterways included in the massive budget bills rammed through Parliament last spring and last fall.
On that point, Duncan said the government saw no reason to make any changes and had fulfilled its constitutional duty to consult with First Nations beforehand.
"We're quite comfortable that we have met our constitutional obligations with those bills and we believe there's every reason to proceed," Duncan said.
He said prime minister makes sure "that there is regular knowledge of any concerns that may come from the First Nation leadership," regarding legislation.
Atleo and the chiefs in the meeting with Harper and his ministers pushed hard on that point, but made no progress, John said.
"That's the crux of the problem."
Plus, Harper did not give any ground on First Nations' requests to set up a public inquiry on violence against aboriginal women — a key demand for many grassroots protesters that has garnered support across the country.
Atleo did not immediately speak to the media after meeting the prime minister, opting instead to consult first with his large, divided constituency of chiefs.
It was not immediately clear whether the results of the meeting would be enough for the two sides to find enough common ground to re-establish Atleo's leadership, repair the Crown-First Nations relationship and quell restless protesters across the country.
Atleo's ability to recover politically from the schisms and drama of the past two days "depends on the outcome of the meeting," said Harvey Yesno, grand chief for the Nishnawbe Aski Nation, which groups reserves across northern Ontario.
Yesno was among those who boycotted the meeting with Harper. But he said the Ontario chiefs are not ready to ask for Atleo's head simply because he met Harper against their will.
"There will be another time for that kind of discussion," said Yesno. "We have to move things along."
Most of the chiefs demanding a boycott are covered by historical treaties with the Crown, while Atleo comes from B.C., where there are no treaties. That background has always served as a sore point for Atleo among the chiefs of Ontario and Manitoba, and it's a long-standing division within the Assembly of First Nations, Yesno said.
If Atleo is able to deliver a concrete process to revisit historic treaties and modernize them — a process led by a powerful person in government, with strict timelines to deliver results — then his reputation would be restored, Yesno said.
Contrary to Harper's original plan, he stayed for the duration of the afternoon talks, along with several key cabinet ministers: Duncan, Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq and Treasury Board Secretary Tony Clement.
Missing from the government list was Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver, whom First Nations were hoping to meet to discuss a different way of sharing the bounty from natural resource extraction.
On the First Nations side, Manitoba, Ontario and Northwest Territories stuck to their guns and did not send high-level representation, according to lists of attendees from the government and from the Assembly of First Nations.
Indeed, Manitoba chiefs with headdresses and drums blocked one of the entrances to the building across the street from Parliament Hill, signalling their opposition both to Harper and to the Assembly of First Nations leaders inside.
One of the most strident hold-outs, Derek Nepinak, the grand chief of the Manitoba assembly of chiefs, told CBC late Friday afternoon that the significance was "not necessarily what we accomplished politically."
"We've been strung along on this Indian Act policy path where little funding announcements are made from time to time in these trumped up meetings with the prime minister."
"We broke away from their containment tools today," said Nepinak, calling it "a very great victory for our people."
Thousands of protesters filled the streets around Parliament Hill, chanting, dancing and demanding that Harper act to improve the conditions on reserves.
First Nations, including Spence, were also scheduled to meet separately with Gov.-Gen. David Johnston at Rideau Hall later Friday at a private "ceremonial" meeting.
Here is how the First Nations' eight demands fared:
- Commitment to a high-level process on treaty implementation.
- Commitment to speed up resolutions of land claims and affirmation of inherent rights.
- Designate decision-makers within the Privy Council Office to specifically oversee the Crown-First Nation relationship.
Much consensus
- Harper agreed talks on resource equity should be part of the high-level process on treaty implementation, but also need to include provinces.
- Make funding for First Nations sustainable, in line with growth of the population. Harper agreed this would be part of the treaty and comprehensive land claims discussions.
- Guarantee schools for every First Nation. Harper agreed education is important but didn't make firm commitments.
Some consensus
- All legislation needs to be compatible with indigenous rights, and the parts of Harper's budget omnibus bills that contravene aboriginal rights need to be repealed. Harper agreed the government has a duty to consult with First Nations, but will not repeal the omnibus bills.
- Set up a public commission to focus on murdered and missing aboriginal women.


text:
Greg Kincaid.
Copyright © Greg Kincaid All rights Reserved
The beloved McCray family is back this Christmas season.
Greg Kincaid's New York Times bestselling book, A Dog
Named Christmas (2008), became a sleeper hit in the fall
of 2009 when it was made into a Hallmark Hall of Fame TV
movie. And his two follow-up books, Christmas with Tucker
(2010) and A Christmas Home (2012), have touched the
lives of many across the country. For the first time in five
years, Kincaid takes us back to rural Kansas in NOELLE
(Convergent; on sale October 24th), a story about the
power of family, and the strength and love that comes from
our pets.
It's Christmas in Crossing Trails, Kansas, and three families,
each facing different challenges, are struggling to get through the holiday season.
When school teacher Mary Ann McCray unintentionally volunteers to redefine Christmas by playing the part of "Anna" Clause, she never thought she would unseat Santa. Her usually stalwart husband, George, and the town question her take on this most cherished of traditions. Meanwhile, Mary Ann's former students Abbey and her husband, Link, decide to divorce, turning their young children's lives upside down. Finally, Mary Ann and George's developmentally challenged son, Todd, is at a crossroad with his girlfriend, Laura, as he starts a new job at the city's animal shelter. There, Todd works with the incorrigible Elle, an oddly shaped dervish of a dog that Todd stubbornly tries to train as a service dog. However lovable, Elle has a hard time staying out of trouble, and the refrain "No, Elle! No, Elle!" is often heard throughout town.
As Christmas quickly approaches, the lives of these families will intersect in unexpected ways—old relationships will be redefined and new friendships forged. And surprising news guarantees that one family's collective life will be changed forever.
Throughout the story, Kincaid tackles real-life challenges with family and marriage. As a divorce mediator himself, Kincaid deals first-hand with marital issues, and particularly the impact of divorce on children. Kincaid sheds light on a second timely subject. Rudolph, Frosty, Santa, the Grinch—all men. Wondering why women are excluded from the holiday stage, Kincaid gives the reader to the long forgotten, Mrs. Clause. Here, Kincaid presents a holiday character that interjects a long needed and fresh approach, standing up for her beliefs against others who may question her motives and abilities.


text:
The new, high-performance Alfa MiTo and Giulietta 'Quadrifoglio Verde' have made their debut at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show this week. These will combine 90 years of 'Quadrifoglio Verde' heritage with the astounding Alfa Romeo 4C supercar.
The new Giulietta Quadrifoglio Verde will share the same engine as the 4C, with a 1750 turbo-charged petrol engine featuring direct-injection dual variable valve timing, combined with a state-of-the-art ALFA TCT six-speed transmission. This delivers an impressive 240hp at 6,000rpm and 250lb ft of torque between 2,100 and 4,000 rpm. The Giulietta QV accelerates from 0 to 60mph in just 6.6 seconds, 0.2 seconds faster than the current car, and can reach 149mph.
Inside, there are new leather and Alcantara sports seats, and the steering wheel, gear lever boot and handbrake lever are all leather wrapped with white and green stitching. Additional upgrades are new instruments featuring the QV logo, distinctive aluminium sports pedals, a black roof lining and special floor mats. All versions also feature the Uconnect touchscreen infotainment system with Bluetooth connectivity.
Externally, the Giulietta QV's looks have been tweaked to make it identifiable, with a glossy anthracite finish on the door mirrors, front grille, door handles and fog light bezels, as well as large exhaust tailpipes, new anthracite alloy rims, side skirts, a rear spoiler and red four-piston Brembo brake callipers with 320mm front discs. And of course, it features the Quadrifoglio Verde emblem on the front wings.
The new MiTo Quadrifoglio Verde features a new 1.4 litre MultiAir Turbo Petrol engine, which develops 170hp at 5,500 rpm and up to 250 Nm at 2,500rpm in Sport Mode. As with the Giulietta QV, it is fitted with a six-speed, double dry-clutch ALFA TCT transmission as standard, with automatic or sequential manual shifting, either via the gear lever or steering-wheel mounted paddle shifters. Due to these new technologies, it returns a 52.3mpg and has CO2 emissions of just 124g/km – and this is even more impressive when you consider the car is capable of 0 – 62 mph in just 7.3 seconds, and has a top speed of 136mph.
External enhancements for the MiTo QV include a burnished finish for exterior detailing, twin chrome exhaust tailpipes, a rear spoiler, sports rear bumper, 17" alloy wheels and red Brembo brake callipers. Once again, the Quadrifoglio Verde emblem is featured on the front wings.
Inside, the MiTo QV is equipped with air conditioning and cruise control, and luxurious leather steering wheel, gear-lever boot and handbrake lever with contrasting stitching. All versions also feature the Uconnect touchscreen infotainment system with Bluetooth connectivity. Sabelt sports seats with wraparound carbon fibre backrests and the Alfa Romeo logo embossed into the Alcantara material are additional optional extras.
To celebrate, Alfa Romeo is introducing a special Launch Edition Quadrifoglio Verde, with a limited run of just 100 vehicles for the UK market. This edition will be further enhanced with carbon spoilers, front and rear sports air dams and side skirts, and 18" alloy wheels. The Launch Edition will be available in Alfa Red, Competizione Red (triple coat) or the exclusive Matte Magnesio Grey.


text:
Create lyrics explanationSelect some words and click "Explain" button. Then type your knowledge, add image or YouTube video till "Good-o-meter" shows "Cool" or "Awesome!". Publish your explanation with "Explain" button. Get karma points!
Church – Don't Look Back lyrics
Sometime up here, watching a cloud
Funny how they shape your thoughts
Right out loud
Some days you laugh
Some days you cry
So deep in a night
It leaves you stranded high and dry
Keep to yourself, keep it in case
Keep it when you need it for a pretty smile
For your face
Walk out in the sun
Walk out in the rain
Keep on walking
And don't look back here again
Lyrics taken from http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/c/church/dont_look_back.html


text:
College football, it could be argued, is the greatest spectator sport.
The ratings are always great. Fans are as passionate as you will find. The action never fails to impress. All one has to do is look at Saturday's SEC championship game to see that. The battle between Alabama and Georgia was probably one of the best college football games played in decades.
We've got something good folks, but believe it or not it could be better by adding one simple word: playoffs.
Chris Bridges
BRIDGES: Major college football can be even better
No Trackbacks
Display comments as (Linear | Threaded)


text:
Sociology professor Richard Moran is a criminologist and the author of Executioner's Current (2002), the story of the first execution by the electric chair in 1890. We asked him for his thoughts on the recent execution of Saddam Hussein.
QA: Was the execution of Saddam Hussein a mistake?
RM: Certainly. The Iraqi government missed a terrific opportunity when they executed him. Giving Saddam life in prison would have been a statement of what the new Iraq aspires to be. They could have said, "We are putting violence, revenge, and retaliation--thousands of years of history--behind us." But instead, hanging him while the Shiite guards taunted him was just the opposite of what could have been.
QA: So the decision regarding Saddam's punishment could have been a turning point?
RM: Yes. It reminds me of President Ford's decision to pardon Richard Nixon. Allowing the criminal justice system to go forward and send Richard Nixon to jail would have demonstrated that in our country, no one is above the law. But the pardon showed that if you have a high position you can trade it in for a Get Out of Jail Free card.
QA: Are you for or against the death penalty?
RM: I'm against it.
QA: Why?
RM: Because there's no way to administer the death penalty in a manner that's defensible. You don't even need to reach questions like social class or racial discrimination. I have testified in more than 25 death penalty hearings, and in almost every one of those cases, the jury's decision on life or death turned on arbitrary and capricious bits of superfluous information. Just to give one example: a man went into a convenience store, took a six-pack of beer, and shot the clerk. The question of whether he could face the death penalty depended on whether or not he had paid for the beer. If he didn't pay, then the crime would be a felony murder, that is, a murder committed in connection with a separate felony, and punishable by death.
QA: Aren't there certain criminals who deserve the death penalty?
RM: That question misses the point. Take the case of Timothy McVeigh. Of course he deserved to die, but the punishment isn't about McVeigh, it's about us. It's about who we are as a country and a people. We don't want to be the kind of country that acts out of revenge, for it only invites retaliatory violence. An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth usually leaves us all blind and toothless. Iraq, indeed the entire Middle East, has a long way to go before it learns this fundamental lesson.
Related Links:


text:
Job detail view & apply
|O'Neill & Brennan
Unit 2, Ballymount Business Park,
Lower Ballymount Road, Dublin 2
Tel: +353 (0)14 569 899
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Web: www.oneillandbrennan.com
Project Manager - Dublin
|Location: County Dublin
Entered: 20 Aug 2018
|Salary: Competitive Salary on Offer
Duration: Permanent
Project Manager - Dublin - Permanent role
Our client specialises to the commercial, retail, leisure/ hospitality, life science, healthcare and industrial/infrastructure projects. Currently they are looking to recruit a Project Manager to work in their Dublin based office.
As a Project Manager you will work on
As a Project Manager you will have
Please send your cv to Aoife at firstname.lastname@example.com or call 01 456 9899 for a confidential conversation.
Share |
|Apply using your CV:
|Further options:


text:
Hyperion Power Generation: Energy to Save the World
J.R. Grizz Deal
Hyperion Power Generation, US
Keywords: small reactors, uranium hydride
Abstract:The Hyperion Power Module Hyperion Power Generation is commercializing an innovative source of thermal power, based on an original design created at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The Hyperion Power Module, a self-contained, self-regulating reactor, is breaking new ground in the nuclear industry and filling a heretofore unmet need for moderately-sized power applications either distributed or dedicated. Employing proven science in a new way, Hyperion provides a safe, clean power solution for remote locations or locations that must currently employ less than satisfactory alternatives. For the first time, the advantages of nuclear power—efficient, cheaper, non-polluting with no greenhouse gas emissions—are available for remote locations without designing and building individual, massive, and costly conventional power plants. Conventional reactors cost billions of dollars to build and are designed to serve large regions. The Hyperion "Power Module" was specifically designed for applications in remote areas where cost, safety, and security is of concern. Generating nearly 70 megawatts of thermal energy and from 25 to 30 megawatts of electrical energy, the Power Module is the world's first small mobile reactor, taking advantage of the natural laws of chemistry and physics and leveraging all of the engineering and technology advancements made over the last fifty years. Hyperion was invented at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Through the U.S. government's technology transfer initiative, the exclusive license to develop and commercialize the invention has been granted to Santa Fe, New Mexico-based Hyperion Power Generation, Inc. (HPG). The company has now retained the nation's top nuclear power design and engineering teams, including staff from U.S. federal laboratories, to further develop the reactor. HPG will partner with industrial leaders for the production, operation, and maintenance of Hyperion reactors. There are four main applications for the Hyperion reactor: • Military bases (independent, baseload power); • Oil & gas recovery and refining, including in oil sands and shale recovery; • Remote communities lacking accessibility to a source of electrical generation; • Quickly installed back-up and emergency power for disaster areas. The development of Hyperion is important because it will help: • The U.S. Economy: Hyperion will secure a new industry for the United States. Hyperion can also play an important role in reducing dependence on foreign oil. • National Security: Hyperion can make military installations independent of local electrical grids. • The Environment: Hyperion's clean nuclear power can replace the pollution and greenhouse gas-emitting fossil fuels in many applications. • Humanity: Hyperion provides a safe, non-polluting manner in which to provide electric power to remote regions for pumping and cleaning water. The lack of clean water is at the root of poverty and societal instability.


text:
In an exclusive interview with CNN's Nima Elbagir by phone, Mariam Ibrahim, the Sudanese Christian woman who initially faced a death sentence for refusing to renounce her faith, spoke about the ordeal she faced while jailed.
Part of that ordeal involved child birth, which she explained presented challenges to her and to the health of the child.
"I gave birth chained. Not cuffs but chains on my legs. I couldn't open my legs so the women had to lift me off the table. I wasn't attached to the table," she said. "I don't know in the future whether she'll need support to walk or not."
Follow Jeff Poor on Twitter @jeff_poor


text:
1995 Lancia Kappa LS 2L turbo 16v
Great fast and comfort car
When I purchased that car, the turbo charger was in a poor condition, but the price was good.
Two weeks after, I purchased a new turbo in E-Bay from the US and assembled it by my self and now the car is just perfect.
General Comments:
Generally it's a great car, less sportive then my old 1993 thema turbo, but 1000 times more quality.
Not everyday car, most of the people here in Israel own Mazda, so I can fined my car easy in the parking...
Love it and have a long term plans to improve the handling and the power availability.
Highly Recommended!!!
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 9th April, 2006
26th Apr 2010, 13:20
Hi and shalom. Many Israelis seem to have and like the Kappa 2.0 Turbo! I had the Thema of my dad; drove it after he died.. I had a great dad and he had a great car. So I look seriously for the Kappa in Israel now. As I am oleh, I do not know a lot about the service here in Israel, could anyone update me? Are parts available? Thanks/toda!


text:
Wer-Was-Wo - Detailanzeige
Ergebnisanzeige "Theorizing Narrative Genres and Gender"
|Call for Papers
|Theorizing Narrative Genres and Gender
|Call for Proposals
Theorizing Narrative Genres and Gender
Proposals are invited for an international two-day conference to be held at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Germany), on 15 and 16 May 2009.
Organised within the framework of the project NEWW (New approaches to European Women's Writing), this conference would like to discuss (1) the ways in which certain narrative genres (novels, short stories, fairy tales, autobiographies, personal diaries, etc.) have been gendered, and (2) the impact that these texts have had on readers, both men and women. Finally (3), what consequences have readers' reactions and the gendered critical discourse had for the formation and development of narrative literary genres?
Recent research, for example on the feminocentrism of the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French and English novel, on narratology or on the differences between female and male reading, has shown that not only is the literary discourse tied to issues of gender, but the metadiscourse is equally imbued with it; the 'querelles des femmes' were frequently intertwined with literary disputes.
In keeping with the NEWW's objectives, the conference will cover a relatively long time period, extending from 1400 to 1900, and will also present contributions treating European literatures that are considered 'marginal'.
Contributors could address the following issues:
* the effects that literary genres (e.g., the novel) were supposed to have on a female public;
* the relationships between morality and literature, between realism and idealism;
* the impact of the concept of gender on key aesthetic notions;
* the consequences for literary history;
* the mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion in literary movements;
* the 'gendered' quality of literary theory and narratology.
Contributions will preferably move beyond individual cases and attempt to expand the discussion within a theoretical perspective. Proposals (approximately 250 words) in French or English, the conference languages, may be sent to the organisers Suzan van Dijk, Universiteit Utrecht (firstname.lastname@example.com) and Lieselotte Steinbrügge, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (email@example.com). Contributions should be 20 minutes long. The articles resulting from this meeting will be published; a committee of readers will make a selection.
Deadline for proposals: 1 November 2008.
The focus of the project NEWW (New approaches to European Women's Writing, 2007-2010) is the position of women writers (active before 1900) in the national and international literary field of their epochs and the place of women in the historiography of European literature up to 1900. See www.womenwriters.nl.
NEWW held its first conference, 'Femmes écrivains à la croisée des langues, 1700-2000' (Women Writers at the Crossroads of Languages), in May 2007 in Geneva; a volume of articles based on the conference papers is in preparation under the direction of Agnese Fidecaro, Henriette Partzsch, Suzan van Dijk and Valérie Cossy. It will be published by MétisPresses in Geneva.
The second conference, 'Readers, Writers, Salonnières: Female Networks in Europe, 1700-1900', took place in May 2008 in Chawton, Hampshire (UK). A selection of papers will be published.
Dr. Suzan van Dijk | Researcher | OGC Research Institute for History and Culture | Universiteit Utrecht | Janskerkhof 13 | 3512 BL Utrecht | T. 00 31 30 253 7980 | F. 00 31 30 253 7752 | email@example.com | http://www.let.uu.nl/~Suzan.vanDijk/personal/ | www.womenwriters.nl |
and: | Huygens Institute | P.B. 90754 | 2509 LT The Hague | T. 00 31 70 331 5824 | firstname.lastname@example.com |
|Quelle der Beschreibung
|Information des Anbieters
|Name: van Dijk, Suzan [Dr.]
Funktion: Ansprechpartner
E-Mail: email@example.com
|03.00.00 Literaturwissenschaft > 03.14.00 Literatursoziologie
|Ediert von
|Ein Angebot von
|URL dieses Wer-Was-Wo-Datensatzes


text:
| February 26, 2012, 5:33 pm
While fashion historians are looking forward to the upcoming Yves Saint Laurent retrospective at the Denver Art Museum, those who love the YSL look of the present got a peek at the spring collection in a runway show and cocktail party at Neiman Marcus in Cherry Creek Shopping Center.
A number of museum patrons and such executives as director Cathey McClain Finlon were on hand for the event, which was held in the store's atrium level. Ramping up for the exhibit, which runs from March 25-July 8, Neiman's manager Christel Dikeman was wearing a chic black YSL dress and public relations director Nancy Sagar wore a poppy print silk peasant blouse from the spring collection.


text:
Trade Paperback
400 pages
Aug 2012
Tyndale House Publishers
Review | Author Bio | Read an Excerpt
Detective Boone Drake is back in action in The Breakthrough, the final book in the Precinct 11 trilogy by Jerry B. Jenkins. In the first book, The Brotherhood, Boone, a detective in the Gang Enforcement Section of the Chicago Police Department (CPD), masterminded the most massive sting in CPD history. Book two, The Betrayal, picked up with Boone recovering from his near-fatal wounds sustained at the end of The Brotherhood and searching for the source of the leak in the upper echelons of the CPD that led to the near-assassination of the key witness and Boones injuries. In The Breakthrough, now-Chief Drake (the youngest bureau chief in CPD history), head of the citys Major Case Squad, takes temporary leave from the CPD to identify the key players in an international human trafficking ring for a very personal reason, forcing him to leave his comatose wifes bedside.
The CPD family supports Boone in several meaningful ways (unofficially, of course) as his investigation takes him to the narrow streets, alleys, and hovels of a famed hutong district in Beijing, China, to the ancient city of Tianjin. You feel the clock ticking as you turn the pages. The series of personal crises confronting Boone and his family challenge his recently-renewed faith.
Throughout the entire series is Jenkins sustained ability to take what appears to be a dichotomy of Boone, the professional police officer and, Boone, the struggling believer, and meld them together in a realistic and entertaining manner. Jenkins brings police department authenticity to the reader. Biblical references are used sparingly but powerfully. It is, indeed, unfortunate that this is the final book in the Precinct 11 series. Gary A. Hensley, www.ChristianBookPreviews.com
Book Jacket:
After years of turmoil, Boone Drake seems to be back on track. He is the youngest bureau chief in Chicago Police Department history, he heads the citys Major Case Squad, he has a new family, and his relationship with God has never been better. Still, Boone cant fight the feeling that something is about to go terribly wrong . . . again. When disaster strikes, it seems Boone is destined to repeat the past, as tragedy threatens those closest to him. And when his own familys safety is at stake, Boone is forced to make a difficult choice: stay with his wife, Haeley, who desperately needs him, or pursue a human trafficking ring from the narrow streets, alleys, and hovels of the famed hutong district in Beijing, China, to the ancient city of Tianjin. The stakes have never been higher for Boone as the all-too-personal case grows increasingly dangerous . . . and time is running out.


text:
|CCL 17.11.20 One PhD position in computational chemistry/data science, Uni Bonn and AstraZeneca Gothenburg
From: jobs at ccl.net (do not send your application there!!!)
To: jobs at ccl.net
Date: Mon Nov 20 19:01:11 2017
Subject: 17.11.20 One PhD position in computational chemistry/data science, Uni Bonn and AstraZeneca Gothenburg
One PhD position in computational chemistry/data science, Uni Bonn and AstraZeneca Gothenburg
We currently have one immediate open PhD position funded by an EU project (BIGCHEM) in computational chemistry and data science area. BIGCHEM (BIG data in CHEMistry) is a Marie Skodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network (ITN) for Early Stage Researchers (ESR) funded by the European Commission under the H2020 Programme. The BIGCHEM ITN will provide a comprehensive and cross-disciplinary structured curriculum for doctoral students in large chemical data analysis using machine-learning, computational chemistry and chemoinformatics methods. The innovative research program will be implemented with the target users, large pharma companies and SMEs, which generate and analyze large chemical data. This is a joint PhD project involves University of Bonn and the computational chemistry group in Discovery Sciences department at AstraZeneca Gothenburg (Sweden) site. The successful candidate will spend 50% of his/her time at each site respectively. The ideal candidate should meet the following eligibility criteria:
The deadline for application is 2017, December 31. To apply for this position,
please send your CV, copies of academic degrees, and two reference letters via
e-mail to:
All @ signs were changed to #%# to fight spam. Before you send e-mail, you need to change #%# to @
For example: change joe#%#big123comp.com to email@example.com
Please let your prospective employer know that you learned about the job from the Computational Chemistry List Job Listing at http://www.ccl.net/jobs.
[ CCL Home Page ]
[ Conferences ] [ Jobs ] [ Resumes ]
[ Raw Version of this page ]
|Modified: Tue Nov 21 00:01:11 2017 GMT
|Page accessed 1837 times since Tue Nov 21 00:06:17 2017 GMT


text:
SAN DIEGO — Texas Christian coach Gary Patterson was thrilled when he learned players and staff each received an iPod Nano in their gift bag from the Poinsettia Bowl.
Patterson, in his sixth season as the Horned Frogs head coach and his ninth at the Ft. Worth school, has his own iPod filled with approximately 9,000 songs. He plugs it in for background music while watching game tape and while working in his office. Players and coaches are always asking to borrow it.