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The division is looking for excellent candidates across the spectrum of Biomedical and Health Informatics. Potential areas of emphasis could include: the design and evaluation of novel Clinical or Clinical Research Systems; Ontology development and management; Global Health Informatics; Clinical Research Workflow; Data-mining of biomedical data; Informatics Methodology development; Translational Bioinformatics; or, Outcomes Research on the impact of HIT.
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I don't normally like bubble dresses, I think they look kinda ridiculous, but this new bubble halter dress from Fredericks is another story. I love the sexy straps and with price tagged at US$59, you get to look all pretty and sexy at the same time.
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The perfect gift for the Sherlock Holmes enthusiast. An Adventure of Sherlock Holmes - The Final Problem, with the original Strand Magazine illustrations of Sidney Paget in full colour. Also contains extras such as a portrait of Sidney Paget by Pablo Carreño, and a portrait of Arthur Conan Doyle and Sidney Paget by Phil Cornell. Goode Press - Chapbook Three. Art In The Blood
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Reese Witherspoon goes out for a run with friends on Friday (December 18) in Los Angeles.
The 33-year-old actress, who wore Nike gear while running around town, looked like she was working up a sweat, but she still managed to crack a smile for photographers while jogging!
Reese was spotted out doing some shopping on Wednesday night (December 16) around Los Angeles and picked up some goodies from Kitson Kids.


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An early departure fee of one night's room rate plus taxes applies to guests checking out prior to their departure date confirmed at check-in. Please contact the hotel for further information.
All guests must maintain a noise level that does not disturb other guests. If a noise complaint is reported, security will issue a warning to the offending guests. If the noise or disturbance continues after one warning, guests will be asked to vacate the hotel at management's discretion.
The hotel is compliant with ADA. Disabled accessible facilities including ramp access to the building and Braille elevators are available.
Room rates include the accommodation of children (17 years old or younger) who sleep in the existing bedding of a guest room. Rollaway beds and cribs may incur extra charges.
Debit and Credit cards will be authorized at check-in for the amount of your stay, plus an amount to cover incidentals. The authorization will hold the funds until check out, at which time the amount actually incurred during the stay will be charged. Authorized amounts may take up to 30 days after departure to be released by your bank or financial institution and the hotel will not be responsible for any resulting fees or charges.
All guest rooms, guest room balconies and public spaces are 100% non-smoking. A $200 cleaning fee will be charged to any guest who violates the smoking policy.
Suite Night Award requests may be cancelled until 2 p.m. local hotel time the day before you arrive, as long as the Awards have not already been confirmed for use on a reservation. Once your Awards have been confirmed, you must cancel the entire reservation to be credited back all the Awards; however, after 3 p.m. local hotel time the day before you arrive, a reservation cancellation will result in the forfeiture of all Suite Night Awards applied to the entire reservation. This is in addition to any other cancellation penalties applicable to the reservation itself.
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GREENWICH, Conn. — Greenwich police are investigating "a dramatic increase" in vehicle thefts in recent months, including a spree of eight cars reported stolen in the past two weeks.
Greenwich Police Chief James J. Heavey warned residents of the danger posed by the car thieves, who frequently engage in other crimes in town and "generally have little regard for the safety of others."
"All of these vehicles had two things in common: They were unlocked and they had their keys in them," Heavey said in a statement Monday.
"While no one single person or group is responsible for all of the thefts, what we do know is that those involved are typically between the age of 15 and 21. They can be male or female and of any race," Heavey said.
"They often engage in other criminal activity while in Greenwich, such as burglaries and larcenies. They generally have little regard for the safety of others and will often run from police. Many have crashed stolen cars, injuring themselves and others."
Heavey asked residents to follow these tips to protect your vehicles:
- Don't leave your keys in your car.
- Close your windows and lock your doors whenever you leave your car, regardless of how long you plan to be gone.
- Park in well-lit areas.
- Keep your car in a garage if you have one.
- Use an anti-theft device whenever you leave your car.
- Immediately report any suspicious activity to the police.
- Hide your valuables
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Manan ff: Humdard (chp 9-The Hidden Need)
"Don't touch me please, mumma!," she shouted and got uncontrollable. "Nandini, I am here na, no one will come," I said holding her and made her lay. My heart sank as she was shivering alot. I climbed down the bed and mom came running. "What happened? Who screamed?," she asked. "Mom, she is having panic attacks," I said with a quiver in my voice filling medicine in the injection. "Mumma, papa, chachi, come back I need you," Nandini shouted. I checked if the medicine came out of the injection and climbed to the upper bed. I rolled her sleeve and injected her, she fell unconscious in my arms. I rubbed her back and made her lay but she kept on muttering the same thing.
I don't know what to do, if I call them now, she will become fine but when she will be conscious she won't like their presence. I will manage her that time, right now I m calling them. I dialed the number and called on it, someone received it. "Hallo," the person on the other end of the phone said. "Hello, Dr.Manik here, Nandini needs you all right now, can you come? I will message you address," I said in a hurry. "Yeah OK we will come," said the person and I disconnected the call. "Mom, you go, I will manage," I said and she went.
I climbed down the upper bed and put some pillows on the floor one above another and stood on it, I picked Nandini and got down the pillows and made her lay on the lower bed. It was impossible to pick her and climb down the ladder. I moved away the pillow keeping them on their right place and sat by her side. I checked her heartbeat and temperature, her heartbeat was very fast and her temperature was also very high. She was too scared, even her hands were cold from tension.
Someone rung the doorbell and I went to open the door, it was Nandini's parents and chachi, after seeing her father, I became damn sure that she's the same Nandini I know. I moved back to let them in and closed the door and showed them to the room where Nandini was. They rushed inside and all started crying. "Nandu, my child wake up, we're so sorry we trust you dear," said her mother and held her cold hand. Her father sat down and kissed her forehead, her chachi was also very worried, she should've not left her. Nandini moved a little. "Mumma papa," she muttered. "Yes we are with you," said her mother and she opened her eyes.
She smiled at first but then she looked away. "Can you trust us once again? Forgive us, we understand what you feel," said her father. "Go away, I don't have any mother or father and I don't have a chachi too," she said teary eyed. "We understand we did a big mistake, but we are your parents," said her mother. "You are not my parents, and specially not you because my mom is dead, Manik please tell them to go," she said looking at me. "You need them," I said but she cut me in between.
"Oh, I forgot its your house right? Keep them here, I will go," she said and sat up. "No where will you go? You stay here, uncle, aunty, I m sorry but she's in distress, I think its better if you go for now," I said trying to be lenient to both, they went cryingly and only she and me were left in the room. "Nandini I called them because..," she cut me in between showing her hand. "You have already done a lot for me, no need to explain, I will find a place to live for myself," she said. "We're friends, I won't mind till whenever you want to stay you can stay," I said.
"I am sorry you have to sacrifice your sleep for me," she said and ate the pills which Dr.Cabir prescribed. "Don't ever worry for anything, I m always there with you," I said. "That's what they said, but they too left me, good night, I won't have nightmares now, you can sleep," she said and slept. I have developed a different care for her, I will bring her smile back, I promise.
Next morning, when I woke up, I got out of the bed and went out of the room opening the door and saw Manik sleeping with door support sitting on floor and as I opened the door fully he fell but I sat down, his head fell in my lap.
Don't know why I did this, maybe because I want to pay back his favours. I touched his face and he woke up. "You were sleeping like this the whole night because of me, you shouldn't have done this on first place, its your room not mine, you can sleep inside like i did," I said and he sat up lifting his head from my lap. "I was just sitting thinking something, I should ask you why was my head in your lap?," he asked with mischievous smile. I giggled a bit and it felt so good that someone can make me smile even when I don't want to. "You fell and I didn't wanted you to get hurt, that's why I did so," I said between my giggles.
He too giggled with me. "Oh God Nandini you are so cute," he said pulling my cheeks lightly, his giggles turned into laughter and I got confused. "I am joking its ok," he said and laughed, I also laughed with him. "By the way you should smile more often, you look cute," he said and I smiled. "Bye I m going to hospital, see you soon," he said. "Bye," I replied smilingly.


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Christ Church has a fairly low-church style with a faithful Bible-based approach to worship and prayer. All our services are open to anyone to attend whether you have a Christian faith or not and we do hope that you will be able to join with us to worship. If you are visiting please do introduce yourself to the clergy and other members of the congregation. For full details of our upcoming services please look at the calendar.
|Holy Communion
|This is a quiet and traditional spoken service following the Book of Common
Prayer. It is usually followed by refreshments and a light breakfast.
|Morning worship
|This service for all the family alternates between a welcoming, modern and inclusive communion service and lively non-eucharistic worship. The 1st Sunday of the month is often an all-age service where the children and young people are involved in the service throughout. Communion services are usually on 2nd and 4th Sundays although this does change at festivals and on special occasions. The music group provides accompaniment for our sung worship. Refreshments are served after the service.
Our Junior Church meets in termtime during the 10.30am service for a wide range of activities and there is a créche area at the back of church for those under 3 years old.
|Morning prayer
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|Morning prayer
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Last Wednesday of the Month
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Team Services
Three or four times a year we join with the congregations from St Nicholas and St Barnabas Churches for a joint Team Service. This usually happens around particular festivals such as Advent, Palm Sunday and Pentecost. Click here for further information about upcoming Team Services.
Anyone attending services at Christ Church is also most welcome to attend any services held across the Team Ministry.
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The Corporate Banking Division of Societe Generale Ghana Bank is structured to focus on the banking needs of Corporate customers and prospects. This Division ensures that excellent banking services are provided to Large Local & Multi- National corporate customers in a professional manner to develop thriving business relationship.
The Corporate Banking Division has been segmented into different departments to ensure complete relationship with our customers. These departments are:
With our wide-area network, customers have the ease of transacting business from any of our strategically located branches across Ghana.
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Current long range planning activities include preparation of a Specific Plan for the former Georgia-Pacific Mill Site, a Wayfinding Plan for Fort Bragg, and the City Surrounded by a Park plan. Additionally, the City undertakes updates to its General Plan and Local Coastal Program on a regular basis. The General Plan was updated in 2014 and the Local Coastal Program will be updated within the next few years (2015). Feel free to contact us and sign up for notifications if you are interested in being involved in long range planning for our community.
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This plan provides a new directional and destination signage program for vehicles and pedestrians and will make our community more visitor friendly.Link to page
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These plans recommend and estimate costs for improvements to residential streets, sidewalks and crosswalks to make our community safe for all modes of travel.Link to page
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SCARSDALE, N.Y. -- The Scarsdale Village Board is reminding residents that there are several openings on village boards, councils and committees.
The Personnel Committee of the Village Board is asking interested residents to submit their names for volunteer positions. New terms start on April 7.
Trustee Thomas Martin, chair of the Personnel Committee, "strongly encourages residents to apply for these positions, by submitting their names, together with a listing of community service and relevant professional background."
Interested residents are asked to submit information either through the village website or at Village Hall at 1001 Post Road in Scarsdale. All materials should be received at the village by March 3. Those with questions are asked to contact Village Clerk Donna Conkling at 914-722-1175 or via e-mail, firstname.lastname@example.com.
The following is a listing of guidelines for prospective volunteers, based on the general policy adopted by the Village Board:
Residency Boards, committees and advisory councils are comprised of residents of the Village. While comments from outside the community can be sought as needed, actions recommended or taken by boards, committees and advisory councils should ultimately reflect the views of village residents.
Professional or Business Affiliation Various professional skills and training are required by Village law or deemed desirable by the Village Board of Trustees for the successful fulfillment of some board, council or committee charters.
Civic Interest and Involvement The majority of the members of village boards and councils are appointed by reason of demonstrated interest in village affairs, through volunteer involvement. Scarsdale is the beneficiary of a long history of voluntary civic endeavors. Since the overriding purpose of boards, committees and councils is to assure the continuation of high community standards, it is appropriate that members on boards, committees and councils be those residents who have demonstrated willingness and initiative to work in support of this objective.
Specialized Knowledge Certain boards, committees and councils benefit by having one or more members with specialized knowledge. For example, the Cable Television Commission benefits by having people with knowledge of the communications industry; the Advisory Council on People With Disabilities would benefit from the experience of residents with disabilities; the Advisory Council on Youth would benefit from people who have worked with young people; the Advisory Council on Parks and Recreation would benefit from having a parent active in the Recreation Department's Elementary School Sports Program.
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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- v. A past tense and a past participle of honey.
- adj. Containing, full of, or sweetened with honey.
- adj. Ingratiating; sugary: honeyed words.
- adj. Sweet; dulcet: a honeyed voice.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- adj. sweetened, with, or as if with, honey
- adj. sugary, syrupy
- adj. dulcet or mellifluous
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. Covered with honey.
- adj. Sweet, .
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Covered with, abounding in, or as sweet as honey.
- Hence Sweet; dulcet; soothing; mollifying: as, honeyed words.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adj. with honey added
- adj. pleasing to the ear
Sorry, no etymologies found.
If conditions are just right, the botrytis will concentrate the sugars while leaving the acid intact, resulting in honeyed tropical-fruit flavors.
"I have one more request to make," he remarked in honeyed tones.
Hey, wait, the "honeyed" - "smoked" combo conjures the idea of ham, but pert-faced Breach is in no way hammy.
David Finkle: Easy Listener: Why You Should Know Singer Joyce Breach
Everything about the babas was disgusting to Jory, no matter how they tried to placate him with gifts of human candy and shining fungal balls called honeyed sea foam that tasted subtly like caramel.
And down what Dinky-Dunk once called the honeyed corners of my mouth went another pair of lines which clearly came from too much laughing.
In the mouth it is beautiful and delicate with pineapple, gooseberry, and green apple flavors that are framed by what I can only describe as a honeyed complexion.
"Bones" recalled the honeyed nostalgia of their debut, yet for all its romanticised portrayal of blue collar Americana, Sam's Town isn't set in the same galaxy as Nebraska, no matter what PR flacks might have you believe.
And through their clothes choices, the parents have created the kind of honeyed faultlessness that jams mailboxes every December when personalized Christmas cards arrive bringing greetings "to you and yours" from the Blake family or the Joneses.
Up A Creek Without A PatL: "honeyed" walnuts sugared walnuts
Some years back, I found this recipe for "honeyed" walnuts in my favorite Chinese cookbook, Susanna Foo's Chinese Cuisine.


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WASHINGTON -- Fearing a stalemate in Libya, three members of the Senate Armed Services Committee want immediate military aid for the rebels fighting Moammar Gadhafi's forces, stepped up NATO airstrikes and more direct U.S. involvement.
They said they interpreted the U.N. Security Council resolution -- authorizing military action to protect Libyan civilians and imposing a no-fly zone -- as also allowing moves necessary to drive Gadhafi from power.
"I think it gives justification if NATO decides it wants to, for going directly after Gadhafi," said Sen. Joe Lieberman, an independent from Connecticut. "I can't think of anything that would protect the civilian population of Libya more than the removal of Moammar Gadhafi."
A protracted stalemate and a divided Libya, with Gadhafi and the opposition controlling different parts, could open the door to the al-Qaida terrorist network, said Arizona Sen. John McCain, who visited a rebel stronghold this past week. He described the opposition in Benghazi as "this very legitimate government."
Even with more arms for the rebels, said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., there isn't enough momentum for them to reach Tripoli, the capital, and there isn't "deep support" for Gadhafi's continued rule.
"So my recommendation to NATO and the administration is to cut the head of the snake off, go to Tripoli, start bombing Gadhafi's inner circle, their compounds, their military headquarters," he said.
"The way to get Gadhafi to leave is have his inner circle break and turn on him. And that's going to take a sustained effort through an air campaign," Graham said.
While saying it's good to have international coalitions and U.N. involvement, "the goal is to get rid of Gadhafi," he argued.
"The people around Gadhafi need to wake up every day wondering, 'Will this be my last?' The military commanders in Tripoli supporting Gadhafi should be pounded," Graham said. "So I would not let the U.N. mandate stop what is the right thing to do. You cannot protect the Libyan people if Gadhafi stays. You cannot protect our vital national security interests if Gadhafi stays."
He urged actions that are in the best interests of the U.S., the Libyan people and the world, without being hamstrung by U.N. politics.
"You can't let the Russians and the Chinese veto the freedom agenda. So any time you go to the United Nations Security Council, you run into the Russians and the Chinese. These are quasi-dictatorships, so I wouldn't be locked down by the U.N. mandate," Graham said.
McCain was not as enthusiastic about targeting Gadhafi, saying "we have tried those things in the past with other dictators, and it's a little harder than you think it is." Gadhafi is elusive and "a great survivor, and there's the potential for civilian casualties, which could turn the Libyan people against the U.S., he said.
"The point is that we can't count on taking Gadhafi out. What we can count on is a trained, equipped, well-supported liberation forces which can either force Gadhafi out or obtain victory and send him to an international criminal court," said McCain, the top Republican on the Senate committee.
"My emphasis is on winning the battle on the ground, not taking a chance on taking him out with a lucky air strike."
Lieberman and McCain want increased use of U.S. precision weapons and American air power returned to the mission.
"We need our allies. I appreciate that they've come in. But we're the heart of NATO and it's not exactly as if we took the ball and gave it to NATO," Lieberman said. "We're still NATO, and I think some of our assets that we removed ... ought to go back into the fight."
He said that "every time we pull back, it says to Gadhafi that he can tough this out. And I want him to feel that we're just going to squeeze and squeeze until he decides it is time to go because that's the only end that will be meaningful here."
Lieberman and McCain appeared on CNN's "State of the Union" broadcast on Sunday; Graham's remarks, aired on the same show, were taped on Friday.


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Sales blow for Sainsbury's as thrifty shoppers keep a tight grip on their budgets or switch to cheaper rivals
- Sainsbury's promises to keep prices 'competitive'
- Boss Justin King says customers are spending cautiously
- Change at the top as King will be succeeded by Mike Coupe in July
Sales at supermarket giant Sainsbury's have shrunk again as penny-pinching shoppers cut their household budgets or switch to discount rivals Aldi and Lidl.
Boss Justin King, who is leaving the chain next month after 10 years in charge, said consumers were still spending cautiously, leading to the slowest industry growth in a decade.
All major supermarket retailers have found themselves squeezed by the rapid growth of the German-owned discount chains, with Morrisons and Tesco particularly affected.
Departing boss: Justin King will be succeeded by commercial director Mike Coupe in July
King said Sainsbury's continued to invest in reducing prices, adding that he was confident the strategy would enable the chain to outperform its peers.
He said: 'We expect customer spending to remain cautious and we will continue to invest to keep our offer competitive to help customers balance their household budget.'
King will be succeeded by commercial director Mike Coupe following Sainsbury's annual shareholders' meeting on July 9.
Like-for-like sales at Sainsbury, Britain's third-biggest supermarket chain, were 1.1 per cent lower when excluding petrol business in the 12 weeks to June 7.
Sales declines are being exacerbated by the supermarkets themselves. With like-for-like sales measuring sales volumes, cutting prices sends the measure lower unless shoppers buy more or more people are attracted in.
The total sales figure, which includes changes in store space, was 1 per cent higher than a year earlier.
In the previous quarter, Sainsbury's saw like-for-like sales drop 3.1 per cent - the first decline in nine years - dampening its overall growth to 0.2 per cent during the last financial year.
However, clothing sales are proving one bright spot for the supermarket. Sainsbury's said this arm of the business achieved double-digit like-for-like sales growth in the latest quarter, including its best ever sales week in womenswear.
It added that lingerie sales improved 18 per cent on a year earlier, while childrenswear was 15.8 per cent higher.
Shares in Sainsbury's rose 3 per cent or 6.6p to 338.4p in early trading today, amid relief that the overall decline in sales didn't miss City forecasts.
Britain's grocery market is growing at its slowest rate for 11 years and its so called 'big four' players - Sainsbury's, Tesco, Asa and Morrisons - are all being outpaced by sales growth at discounters Aldi and Lidl while upmarket chains Waitrose and Marks & Spencer are also gaining share.
Last week Tesco reported its worst quarterly performance for decades - its like-for-like sales dropped 3.7 per cent in the three months to May 24.
Consumers are shopping around to save money and are wasting less, shying away from big weekly shops to buy little and often in local convenience stores and buying more online.
To combat the discounters Tesco, Asda and Morrisons have all pledged to cut prices - moves King has called a 'skirmish'.
Income sales watch: Sainsbury's hiked its total annual dividend by 3.6 per cent to 17.3p when it announced full-year results in May. The shares yield 5.26 per cent.
New boss: Mike Coupe takes over at Sainsbury's just as sales go into decline for first time in nine years
View from the City
'Sainsbury remains in the midst of an extremely challenging time,' says Richard Hunter, head of equities at Hargreaves Lansdown Stockbrokers.
'The pressure from competitors on price is well documented, whilst the company's outlook comments remain cautious. The fall in like for like sales is largely as expected, and set against sluggish industry growth.
'More positively, Sainsbury's online and convenience offerings are becoming an increasingly important and recognised part of the business, whilst the company continues to offer differentiation on factors other than price.
'From an investment perspective, the dividend yield of 5 per cent is attractive.'
But he cautioned: 'In terms of share price performance, the sector has been best avoided of late – Sainsbury shares are down 9 per cent over the last year, during which time the wider FTSE 100 has added 7 per cent.
'Indeed, it may be a sign of the times that Sainsbury is the preferred play in the quoted sector at present, even though market consensus comes in at no more than a hold.'
Bryan Roberts of retail consultancy Kantar, said Sainsbury's 'incredible run of form' had come to an end.
'With Asda now ruling the roost among the Big Four and Aldi, Lidl, Waitrose and M&S outflanking their larger mainstream competitors, the market is only going to get more difficult.
'Although we are heartened by the encouraging, if belated, move into online fashion and Click & Collect grocery, Mike Coupe faces an uphill struggle in reversing the declining trend in like-for-likes.
'With Tesco desperately seeking recovery and the Co-op poised to raise its game, Sainsbury's could face further pressure in the coming months and quarters.'
Trading trends: All mid-market supermarket retailers have found themselves squeezed by the rapid growth of German-owned discount chains, while at the premium end M&S and Waitrose continue to thrive
Independent retail consultant Nick Bubb said of today's trading update: 'There is not a lot of commentary or colour, over and above the usual guff about product quality and "Brand Match" and there is no comment on margins or profits.
'The most interesting detail is that convenience and online sales have nearly doubled over the last five years to 15 per cent of total sales.
'Convenience sales grew by over 18 per cent year-on-year and during the quarter Sainsbury opened their 200th convenience store in London.
'Groceries online grew by over 10 per cent year-on-year, following the roll-out of the new and improved web and mobile platforms completed in April.'
John Ibbotson of consultancy firm Retail Vision said: 'Last Wednesday, for Tesco, was black, this one, for Sainsbury's, more of a grey.
'Justin King's plans to quit on a high have been scuppered, but in fairness he's done better than most to tackle the sea change within retail.
'In addition to the broader structural shift, Sainsbury's, like Tesco, occupies the middle ground and is being shelled from both sides. Today's ultra-savvy, and equally cautious consumer, is also proving a challenge.
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pastor steve hickey, an avid member of the opposition here in sioux falls, wrote about me on his blog last week. he named me as the "gal" coming in to south dakota from massachusetts, and called me an "angry, hurt, anti-life young person." i have no idea how he got to my blog, but i do give him credit, at least, for reading all the way through my post. (even if it does creep me out a little to have someone like him know that part of my life.)
at the end of my post about coming out to south dakota, i explained why my situation made me particularly empathetic to the victims of sexual violence that may need real access to the full gamut of reproductive health care -- which, yes, includes abortion.
Steve Hickey doesn't think that women, like me, who've been victims of rape or incest should have access to this service (he calls it babykilling, of course).
he also seems to believe that every single woman who's been a victim should be forced to report their attack. which means, bringing it back home to me, that he thinks i should have been forced to report my rape(s).
he links to a woman, Dianne Heynen, who, after accusing Planned Parenthood of wanting rapists to go free (a logical accusation for an organization that promotes women's rights...), claims that reporting rape is important, if not essential, to healing.
Dianne Heynen, my dear, you are wrong.
reporting rape is not essential to healing.
reporting rape is not important to every person's individual, unique healing process.
reporting rape can, in fact, be downright detrimental to healing.
if a woman chooses, with her own agency, to report her rape, then yes, it is a powerful tool of healing.
if a woman is forced into reporting her rape, into rehashing every ugly detail of every aspect of her violation? if it's not her choice, if she has no agency? that is not healing. that will only make things worse. that is repeating the violation -- forcing her to do something that she would not have willingly done. force at worst, coercion at best. this is not empowerment, nor is it helpful for any kind of healing, no matter how you look at it.
if i would've reported my rape, i would've been laughed out of the police station.
if i would've reported my abuse, i would have lost my family a full 7 years before i chose to cut my family out of my life. i would've lost my family long before i was ready or able to survive without them.
not reporting my rape or my abuse to the state saved my life. not reporting my violations is what enabled me to get to the point i'm at right now, to the point of calling myself a survivor.
i know myself and my healing process well enough to know that a report of the rape would make things a million times worse.
i know that by looking at myself, and i know that by looking at what was said to me, and i know that by knowing the laws that govern nonconsensual sexual relationships.
reporting the rape that happened on new year's of 2006 would have been impossible. i didn't even call that encounter "rape" until a full four months later. (meaning, if i'd gotten pregnant and needed an abortion, i would've called it 'nonconsensual,' but I absolutely would not have called it rape at the time.) a rape reported four months after the fact would be entirely moot, in terms of prosecution. it took me almost until june of that year - 6 months after the incident - for me to really come to terms with the reality of the situation. if i'd had to endure the judgmental faces of police officers and court officials, i doubt that i would have ever really come to terms with that rape. i'd still be in denial, i'm sure.
reporting the abuse i endured at the hands of my brother would have been equally impossible, given the fact that i didn't even call that "abuse" until 2 years after it stopped. i won't lie; i still have a very hard time believing that i wasn't at fault in those incidents. having to face the shame of that in front of my psychiatrist and therapist and the adolescent psych hospital staff and immediate family was bad enough. facing that shame with people i didn't trust...it's unthinkable. i can't even imagine how horrible that would be. which is not something i'd have to imagine, because it simply never would have happened.
what people have said:
so, so, so many people have insinuated or said straight out that i could not have had any realistic expectations of anything short of intercourse in the situation that came up on that New Year's a few years ago. so many people have told me that they understand why Bill felt it was ok to just go ahead, that i inadvertently gave him the green light when i made out with his girlfriend or went upstairs with the two of them. that i couldn't realistically expect to withdraw my consent to intercourse and make him stop after he'd already started.
and this was all without filing a legal report of the rape. without subjecting myself to the legal system that's so often harsher on victims than so-called "supportive" communities (like the one that expressed all of the above sentiments).
and an awful lot of people have termed the abuse by my brother as "childhood experimentation." even some of the nurses, who should be well versed in sexual abuse, working in an adolescent psych ward, classified my experience as such. my bio parents, unsurprisingly, believe it was nothing more than innocent childhood play. and these are people who i should have been able to expect unconditional love and support from. how would i expect support from a legal system that barely recognizes sibling abuse? how is that a legitimate expectation? it's not.
the legal system:
pure and simple, legally defined, what happened to me on New Year's would never have even made it into a court of law. and if it did, i'd be sent straight out of the courtroom. what Bill did was only a violation of me in terms of conscience and a nuanced understanding of "right" and "wrong." the legal system, especially in western NY, would never have protected my right to say "no." my "no" came after my "yes." it would've been a "he said/she said" case. and we all know which way those cases go. (hint: it's almost never to the "she said" side.)
and my abuse? well, let me tell you. when i was in 11th grade, i called a child advocacy hotline, one that provided legal advocates for children. i asked them what they might be able to do in my situation, given that my parents would absolutely not support me filing charges against my brother.
they, flat out, told me that there were no options for me, especially without my parents' support. they said that there was no point, really, in bringing a legal case - mostly because the age difference between my brother and i was so small. forget the fact that, in any sane person's view, it was absolutely abuse. that doesn't matter. because the law is the law, and it is narrowly written, and the accepted age difference for it to be considered "abuse" cuts off at 5 years. if john had been born in 1980 instead of 1982, i may have ahd a chance. but 3 years was just too small a difference. they all but told me that the court (like my parents, like an awful lot of the unsupportive people in my life) would see it as nothing more than innocent childhood experimentation.
i had no legal options.
i survived sexual abuse, and i survived rape.
but neither would have been legitimate or actionable legal claims. neither would have fit any criteria of sexual violence that currently exists in almost any state laws.
if i hadn't been so lucky, reproductively, in both of these situations, and if i'd lived in a south dakota with this abortion ban in place, i would have two babies right now, neither of which i'd be able to care for, neither of which i would have wanted. both of which would remind me, daily, of what happened to me. the thing i work so hard to move past/through would be thrown in my face, day in and day out. i'd be stuck, in a million different ways. and i would've been doubly traumatized, first by the sexual violence, then by the legal landmines i'd have tried - and undoubtedly failed - to navigate.
this south dakota law that's on the ballot this year would have made my path to healing that much more unmanageable. i thank god that i didn't have to maneuver through these kinds of hoops to find my way to where i am now. i thank god i was lucky enough to not have to try to maneuver my way through, because i'm almost positive i would not be where i am now. i would not have found my way to this place of (in-progress) peace.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
reporting rape and abuse
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Back when you could only get a legal abortion if you were raped or deathly ill, many police actually mentally dismissed rape reports as lies, assuming women were just filing the reports to get permission for an abortion.
oh, gods, you poor thing... *hugs*
I can't believe people are telling you you had to expect the rape. That's so not on. You go up to a room with a guy and a girl after making out with the girl? Expectations are that the guy has permission to watch. That's it. No more without express consent - and you can *always* withdraw consent.
That's just crap. I'm so sorry you had to go through all of that...
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Convener of Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal and freedom fighter AFM Mahbubul Haque died at a hospital in Canada on Friday morning.
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He was born at village Mohammadpur under Chatkhil upazila in Noakhali on December 25, 1948.
In a message of condolence, leaders of Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal expressed deep shock at the demise of Mahbubul Haque.
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July 13 marks the Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel, the leader of the heavenly hosts of angels. The Prologue from Ochrid reminds us that we can find him in many "appearances and marvels through the whole history of the salvation of mankind." In the Old Testament, Gabriel appears to Daniel, proclaiming to the "greatly beloved" prophet, "I have now come to give you wisdom and understanding" (Daniel 9:22-23). He imparts to Daniel a vision of both future tribulations and the coming of an "anointed one." It is clear from this encounter that angels sometimes appear in human form, for Daniel refers to his visitor as "the man Gabriel." They also sometimes fly; Daniel says that Gabriel "came to me in swift flight at the time of the evening sacrifice." The first chapter of the Gospel of Luke tells of two other appearances of Gabriel, both directly related to Our Lord. First the angel visits the aged priest Zechariah to tell him that he and his wife Elizabeth will not only no longer be childless, but shall have a son who "will turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God." To this wonderful news, the old man gives what is definitely the wrong response: "How shall I know this?" We can imagine the archangel turning his powerful gaze on Zechariah as he says, "I am Gabriel, who stand in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you, and to bring you this good news." Zechariah is temporarily rendered unable to speak because of his disbelief. In the next verses, when Gabriel tells Mary she will bear the Son of the Most High, she is surprised, and questions him, but unlike Zechariah she believes and accepts his great news.
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The Seraphim (means flaming) are aflame with love for God and kindle others to such love. They are closest to God as the prophet Isaiah saw, saying: "And the seraphim stood around Him, each having six wings" (Isaiah 6:2). They are fire-like, "For our God is a consuming fire." (Heb 12:29); "His throne was a flame of fire" (Dan 7: 9), "Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire" (Ps 103:4). After the seraphim, are the many-eyed Cherubim (means Great understanding) who are radiant with the knowledge of the mysteries of God and the depths of His Wisdom. Through the cherubim wisdom is sent down to others and spiritual enlightenment is given to see of God and gain knowledge of Him. Next are the Thrones. On them God intellectually resides. Residing on them in an incomprehensible manner, God makes His righteous judgment, according to the word of David: "Thou hast sat upon a throne, O Thou that judgest righteousness." (Ps 9:4). They serve His justice, glorifying it and pouring out the power of justice onto the thrones of earthly judges, helping kings and masters to bring forthright judgment.
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The Dominions dominate the rest of the angels. They send down power for prudent governing and wise management to authorities on the earth set up by God. Further they teach how to control the senses, how to subdue dissolute desires and passions, how to enslave the flesh to the spirit, and how to rule over one's will and be above all temptations. The Virtues work miracles and send down the grace of miracle-working to those worthy of such grace, so they may work miracles. They help people laboring and those overburdened by troubles and they bear the infirmities of the weak. They also strengthen every man in patience. The Powers have power over the devil, to restrain the demons, to repulse the temptations brought upon people by them. They help those wrestling with passions and vices to cast out evil thoughts.
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