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Looks uber sexy!Shame Amazon have been so tardy dispatching mine!!!!
Amazon have been pretty crappy in dispatching a lot of stuff recently. Mine is allegedly due to arrive next week.
Complain about it to amazon they'll give you a month free of prime
wow thats bloody shocking indigo just chucking your order over your fence? not even knocking on your door? thats just shoddy

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An icon of the Old West rolled into Savannah on Thursday when a Wells Fargo stagecoach arrived outside the offices of Wells Fargo Advisors, 200 Stephenson Ave.
Members of the public were invited to check out the stagecoach and take pictures.
For much of the 19th century, the Wells Fargo stagecoach provided an important link for communication and business by land between eastern and western states. As Wells Fargo has evolved into a multi-purpose financial firm, the stagecoach has become its corporate symbol.
"The Wells Fargo stagecoach is a unique expression of the company's rich heritage," said John Leadem, a senior vice president and manager of the Stephenson offices. "The stagecoach symbolizes how we continue to come through for our customers and the diverse communities in which we serve."


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Western Washington Coca-Cola Workers On Strike, NLRB Investigating Alleged Labor Law Violation
SEATTLE, Aug. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Approximately 500 Coke employees from 6 Teamster Locals across Western Washington went on strike at 5 P.M. this afternoon in response to the Company's surveillance and intimidation of its employees and its refusal to bargain a contract in good faith.
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is investigating the company for serious and repeated violations of federal labor law, including "surface bargaining", surveillance of its employees, and threatening to retaliate against workers for engaging in protected activities.
"The last thing we wanted is a strike, but Coke has left us no alternative," said Tracey A. Thompson, Secretary-Treasurer of Local 117 and lead negotiator for the Union. "The Company's refusal to bargain a contract has resulted in hardship for 500 Coke employees and their families and the disruption of its own operations."
"The Union will not tolerate Coke engaging in surveillance of its employees, including taking photographs of employees who have engaged in activities that are protected under federal labor law," Thompson added.
Negotiations between Coke and a coalition of six Teamsters Local Unions called Washington Teamsters United have been underway since April, but the company refused to bargain with the Union for over 10 weeks, and then began an aggressive campaign of unfair labor practices. Key issues in bargaining include the Company's desire to eliminate health care for Coke retirees and to raise the share of the cost employees pay on their health care premiums by 800%.
In 2009, the Coca-Cola Company's revenues were over $30 billion. The Coca-Cola Co. employs 92,800 worldwide. CCE's revenues were over $21 billion. CCE employs 70,000 worldwide.
Washington Teamsters United, which includes Teamsters Local Unions 38, 117, 174, 252, 313, and 589, represents approximately 500 Coke employees at six Western Washington area locations, in Bellevue, Marysville, Fife, Tacoma, Aberdeen and Bremerton.


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Cheapest flights to the Caribbean by island and destination
- By Roger Wade
- 14 Apr, 2017
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As we are starting a series of articles that will concentrate on Caribbean islands to help winter travelers figure out which is the best for their budget and their style, we thought we'd start out by breaking things down by the price of the flights themselves.
It's definitely true that many of the best deals to the Caribbean are part of package holidays where the flight and the hotel (sometimes an all-inclusive hotel) are bundled together into an unbeatable deal. Have a look at our list of the cheapest Caribbean islands and destinations to see where your travel money goes furthest. We'll be sorting through those deals in the coming weeks as well, but in the meantime we'll start by ranking each island and destination by the cost of the flight itself, which will also generally translate into the cost of an entire vacation package. Also consider looking into your choices for the cheapest Caribbean cruise, as those can also be great bargains.
Cheapest flights from New York City in the coming high-season months
In order to keep things fairly simple we are listing only the cheapest price we've found in the past 7 days (for a future booking) from any of the 3 New York City-area airports. Interestingly, this is the cheapest starting point for many of the destinations due to the size and competition in the market. If you are flying to many of the smaller islands you'll usually have to change planes in Puerto Rico or at least south Florida.
Those coming from cities other than New York will generally have to pay at least a bit more to reach these destinations, although they'll likely rank in more or less the same order. If you are starting at either Miami or Fort Lauderdale you can find cheaper flights into Nassau (Bahamas), San Juan (Puerto Rico), and the US Virgin Islands, but many destinations are actually more expensive. From Atlanta there are a few good deals, but again, most prices are actually higher in spite of the shorter distance (thanks, Delta!).
Lowest airfare for 31 most popular Caribbean islands and destinations
- $270 – San Juan, Puerto Rico
- $270 – Rincon, Puerto Rico
- $314 – Barbados
- $368 – Turks & Caicos
- $372 – Trinidad and Tobago
- $375 – Nassau, Bahamas
- $375 – Aruba
- $375 – Bermuda
- $379 – St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands
- $384 – Antigua & Barbuda
- $392 – Negril, Jamaica
- $403 – St. Maarten/St. Martin
- $407 – Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
- $408 – Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
- $472 – St. Lucia
- $475 – Grenada
- $475 – Anguilla
- $484 – Montego Bay, Jamaica
- $484 – Ocho Rios, Jamaica
- $484 – St. Croix, US Virgin Islands
- $499 – Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
- $506 – Curacao
- $542 – Grand Bahama, Bahamas
- $651 – La Romana, Dominican Republic
- $723 – Samana, Dominican Republic
- $725- Martinique
- $767 – Guadeloupe
- $777 – Bonaire
- $814 – St. Barths
- $824 – St. Kitts and Nevis
- $878 – Tortola, British Virgin Islands
For the budget traveler it works out pretty well that most of the cheapest islands to reach are also the ones loaded with the cheaper resorts, but this isn't always the case. St. Lucia, for example, has many very affordable beach hotels and it's one of the cheapest of all Caribbean islands to vacation on, but due to the longer distance the flights aren't quite so cheap.
Nearly all of the bottom third of the list are smaller islands where you'll have to change planes at least once if not twice to reach them.
Stay tuned for our full Caribbean coverage that will sort out costs at all 31 of these islands and destinations to help find the bargains as well as the best ones to rub elbows with celebrities and others in the 1%.
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1) After a tense first period last night, Michigan blew the doors off Niagara and faces Clarkson (7 PM, ESPNU) in the regional final tonight.
2) Justin Turner, an Ohio DB from Massillion, Shawn Crable's old school, committed yesterday. Turner's currently in the top 50 at Rivals.
3) Teric Jones, a lightning-quick MI RB who turned in the fastest 40 at the Army All-American combine, just committed.
Thanks, God!
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With Christmas and New Year knocking at the doors, we bet you must be looking out for smartphones with uber cool features that are light on your pocket as well. So here we are with our list of best budget smartphones, so that you can bid adieu to this year along with a New Year selfie clicked from one of these marvels.
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Powered by a 1.2 GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 processor, the Oppo F1 comes with a 5 inch touchscreen display with a 720x1280 pixel resolution. Other features include, 3GB RAM, 16GB internal storage that can be expanded up to 128GB via external memory. This phone is being talked about mainly for its camera quality. With an 8MP front camera and a wide f/2.0 aperture lens that allows more light to enter the camera and you get clear selfies even in unsuitable conditions. It runs on Android 5.1 and packs a non removable battery of 2500 mAh.
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Launched in September this year, the Lenovo K6 is an amazing buy if you are looking for something within 10K. This 5 inch touchscreen display phone is powered by a 4000 mAh non removable battery and 1.4 GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 processor and 3GB RAM. It comes with 32 GB internal storage that can be expanded up to 128 GB, 1080x1920 pixels resolution, 13MP primary camera and 8MP at the front. The phone runs on Android 6.0.1 and will be available in Silver, Gold and Dark Grey colour.
This phone was launched last month and we have our expectations really high from this one. Talking about the specifications, it comes with a resolution of 720x1080 pixels, 5.50 inch touchscreen display, 32GB internal storage, 13MP rear camera and 5MP front camera, and runs on Android 6.0. It's powered by a 2500 mAh non-removable battery and is supported by a 1.3 GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 MSM8929 processor.
The Coolpad Mega 3 was launched last month so it's too early to decide how good or bad this smartphone will turn out to be. However, given the reputation Coolpad has garnered in the market, this smartphone won't disappoint. Powered by 3050 mAh non removable battery, this smartphone runs on 1.25 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6737 processor and 2GB RAM. Other specifications include – 5.50 inch touchscreen display, 16GB internal memory expandable to 64GB, 8MP at the rear and front. It's supported by Android 6.0. It also comes with VoLTE support and fingerprint sensor at the back.
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Another marvel in the budget smartphone segment is InFocus Epic 1. It is powered by the first ever 10-core MediaTek Helio X20 processor with Tri-Cluster Architecture that offers high performance and saves up to 30% battery power. The camera quality is impressive as it is said to capture 30 shots in 2 seconds. The f/1.8 lens aperture allows you take brighter selfies even in low light. It comes with Corning Gorilla Glass protection and a massive battery of 3000 mAh. Other features include, 16MP rear camera, 8MP front shooter, 3GB RAM, 32 GB internal storage, and 360 degree fingerprint recognition which allows you to unlock phone in less than a second.
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Winner Update: This giveaway is now closed. Thanks so much to everyone that entered! And the lucky random winner is… Commenter #378 – Deede. Congrats!!
And as a thank you to everyone else, Traylor Papers is offering up a 15% off discount with the code "HWTM15", which is good through October 25th!
I'm SO excited to share this new Surprise Giveaway with you! Traylor Papers is one of the very first websites that caught my eye way back in the day when I really started scouting out cool & contemporary party products online.
They specialize in stylish invitations, stationery, gift ideas, and more… Even better – check out this list of brands that they stock: Dabney Lee, Jonathan Adler, Lilly Pulitzer, Inviting Company, and Bonnie Marcus to name just a few!
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oh i love the birthday decorations..my son is at an age where i would love to start doing fun things for his birthday..i love this web site..thank you…
As a new mom, I'm absolutely drooling over the momagenda :)
I love the eat more cake signs!
i love the jonathan adler products, oh la la!
Everything from Dabney Lee looks AWESOME!!
Two words – Jonathan Adler!!!!
I would love the "Bunnies in the Garden" blanket gift set for my baby boy due this January. :)
I would get the "woof woof cupcake kit" for my son's puppy themed birthday party in November.
Such a hard choice – Love it all. But am in agreement for the monogrammed lucite tray and ice bucket.
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Thanks for a chance to win! I NEED some of that wonderful personalized stationery!
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I'm choir president this year at my school and would love to have something like this to make my senior year banquet count! (:
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I'm loving the Karen Ceramic Travel Mug, so unique!
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The fiesta fun cupcake kit would be perfect for my son's upcoming fiesta themed birthday party.
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Love the monogrammed desk calendar!
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I love the serving tray! I've been wanting to make one but it'd be even better if I won one :)
Let's see… The Lady Jayne mugs for me, the adorable birthday party invitations for my 3 little granddaughters, the party supplies for me…. Great Stuff!!!


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Diver Waits 45 Minutes For Chopper
8:18am 20th August 2013
South Dorset MP Richard Drax has hit out at the Government after it took 45 minutes to transport a diver suffering from the bends in West Bay to the recompression chamber in Poole at the weekend.
It's after a chopper from Lee on Solent had to airlift the casualty because Portland's Helicopter was busy.
Weymouth Lifeboat started the journey and met the chopper on route to save time.
From 2017 all rescues helicopters will launch from the Hampshire base and our local crew will be grounded.
MP Drax, who led a campaign to save Portland's Helicopter, says he's going to write to transport ministers about this latest rescue:
"I wrote to a Minister quite recently warning him, and I will do the same following this incident. I just hope at some stage someone is going to listen. Because for 2 years now they have not! As I warned, and everyone else warned, this could lead to fatalities of our helicopter goes. It's unacceptable."
Under Government plans Portland's Coastguard Helicopter will be grounded and rescue choppers will instead fly from Lee on Solent in emergencies.
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When it comes to singling out which form of exercise does the most for seniors, progressive resistance strength training (not as complex as it sounds) just zoomed to the top of the list. According to a Cochrane Review for which researchers evaluated 121 studies involving a total of over 6,700 participants 60 and over, this type of strength training helped adults get stronger and, in turn, better able to perform daily living activities—the barometer of senior health. Progressive resistance simply means increasing the weight or tension of the equipment used—resistance bands, free weights or weight training machines, for example—as the participant gets stronger. "Older adults seem to benefit from this type of exercise even at the age of 80, and even with some type of health condition. The data support the idea that muscle strength is largely improved after the training, and the impact on older adults' daily activities can be significant. Simply having enough strength to do things such as carrying groceries would make a difference for seniors," says lead researcher Chiung-ju Liu of the Department of Occupational Therapy at the Indiana University at Indianapolis. "We recommend older adults work with a health professional or an exercise professional to do progressive resistance strength training." This ensures that they are using proper form, increasing the resistance properly and getting the maximum benefits. All this isn't to say walking, dancing and gardening, just to name a few, aren't good. They are. The point is that strength training makes these and all other activities more effective, more enjoyable, more possible.
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Ben Lange (1st CD), Dr. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (2nd District), and Brad Zaun (3rd District), have all earned "On the Radar" status from the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC). The status is part of the NRCC's Young Guns program that assists Republican candidates for Congress.
The Young Guns program was founded in the 2007-2008 election cycle by Congressmen Eric Cantor (R-VA), Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Paul Ryan (R-WI), it began as a Member driven organization of House Republicans dedicated to identifying, recruiting, and mobilizing a new generation of conservative leaders.
The "On the Radar" status is the first of three levels that Republican congressional candidates can achieve. The next step for each would be becoming a "Contender." The final designation is being a "Young Gun." As the candidates move up in the ranks the more likely they will be to receive financial resources from the NRCC and other members of Congress.
By achieving 'On the Radar' status, Lange, Miller-Meeks, and Zaun have proven their ability to build a successful campaign structure and achieve important fundraising goals. While the status is validation of what each of their campaigns were able to accomplish following their primary victories, this announcement prevents an opportunity for each of them to use it to continue to raise money and build effective campaigns.
If Lange, Miller-Meeks, and Zaun want to get the support of the NRCC they have to earn it, and that means they need to raise a lot of money for their campaigns. The first thing that the NRCC will look at in determining whether or not a race is competitive is if the Republican challenger can raise the necessary funds to win.
If you want Lange, Miller-Meeks, and Zaun to win, donate to their campaigns.
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Is your #LinkedIn image making a good first impression? While we can't be all things to all people, it's important to use a professional profile image as the starting point for a reputable online brand.
This column was first published two years ago in the Globe and Mail, and it's worth revisiting.
Images, like any art form, are subject to interpretation. Portraits have been used by leaders throughout history to convey a carefully crafted image to the public. Fast-forward to the age of digital photography, image-based communication, and professional online branding. While the tools to create portraits have radically changed over time, what remains constant is the objective of putting forward an image that will be interpreted in an optimal way.
The networking site LinkedIn tells our professional story, the cover of which is our photograph. True, we should never judge a book by its cover. But it is difficult not to do so when using a network that presents image-based content first and details second. Our profile photos accompany, and physically outsize, every written description of the actions we take on the network, from gaining a new connection to joining an industry group. LinkedIn also presents visual content so that it is more readily consumed on smaller mobile screens. It demands that we communicate using high-quality images, and forces us to recognize the faces in our professional circles before the names.
For these reasons, our LinkedIn profile photographs matter, as do all images we portray on social media. While we have no say as to what is published about us by others in print or online, LinkedIn is a completely controlled environment. Each decision is deliberate and self-determined. There is no excuse for typos or inaccuracies. There is no reason not to put our best foot forward.
Our LinkedIn profiles in their entirety reflect our level of professionalism, our judgment, and our attention – or inattention – to detail. Of all the elements within the site, it is our profile photos which singularly convey our professional brands to our benefit, or to our detriment.
Here are seven rules to follow to ensure that your LinkedIn profile photo will have a positive impact on your job search, your professional networking endeavours, and ultimately, your career:
1) Upload a picture.
This seems obvious, but there are many profiles on LinkedIn without an image at all. If your industry does not impose regulatory restrictions regarding your digital profile, or if your company does not have an internal policy regarding same, use the most professional looking photograph available to you, or invest in having one taken. Get some feedback before making your final selection.
2) Do not confuse LinkedIn with Facebook.
One of the greatest mistakes that people make is to treat LinkedIn like any other social network, specifically Facebook. LinkedIn photographs should reflect the way we appear in a given professional situation, not on a holiday. Photos should show your network how you would present to clients, customers, or other stakeholders.
3) Let Ellen take the selfies.
There are a surprising number of selfies on LinkedIn. You may be sitting at your desk wearing your business finery, but the fact that you took your own photograph and uploaded it to LinkedIn is obvious. Portraits are greatly improved when someone else does the shooting. While the selfie is better than nothing, let it be temporary at best.
4) Lose the sunglasses.
The only person who could reasonably wear sunglasses on LinkedIn is the CEO of Ray-Ban, and even then, the merits would be questionable. Will you be wearing sunglasses during your next pitch? Is there something about your eyes that you are trying to hide? If not, then show your bright eyes to the world and remove the sunglasses not only from your eyes, but from the top of your head as well.
5) Make it all about you.
The only person in your LinkedIn photograph should be you. Keep children, partners, pets and busy backgrounds out of the picture, literally.
6) Dress appropriately.
Look your best, but be sure that your attire is in keeping with your professional image and is sector-specific. That little black dress is beautiful for cocktail parties but not appropriate for LinkedIn. Use accessories cautiously. Don't let them distract from other parts of your profile photo, or be contradictory to your professional objectives.
7) Compose and edit effectively.
All photos, professionally taken or not, can benefit from some editing basics. Be sure to use an image that is in focus, reveals your true likeness, is not over-exposed, and is cropped to eliminate excessive background.
If you are going to establish a professional presence in the digital age, make it the best that it can be. Scroll through your LinkedIn connections and have a critical look at the images in your database. Ask yourself which ones work best, which are weakest, and why. A favourable interpretation of your image on LinkedIn could well be worth a thousand opportunities.
If you need assistance with your LinkedIn profile, or getting excellent, objective feedback on different profile photographs, we'd love to help!
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never. if that is done our sovereignty will be gone. our freedoms will be taken because of so many different values other nations have.
example, i used to live in a deed restricted community here in Florida. when i bought the place i wanted a privacy fence for my backyard. i could not have one. the Realtor never told me of the deed of restrictions. the rules were made by a bunch of people from different states. they all wanted it like it was "back home" some rules even contradicted each other. most made no sense and some were actually against the law. but they all held dearly to the power of making people do as they say. new people were elected but a certain group of people told them how to run the place. the elected officials just did as they were told and kept there offices.
same here. did you know that the employees at a mexican levi factory went on strike? they made $1 an hour and wanted a pay increase. the government moved in, shot a few of them and told the rest to go back to work. they got 60 cents an hour after that.
do you want that kind of influence on you? the only reason for mexico or canada to want such a thing is because our currency is stronger than theirs. actually now canada has a stronger econo,y than us and i will bet they no longer want " mexamericanada"
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The Hedge Fund Standards Board (HFSB) has appointed two new investor representatives to its board. Two of the biggest international hedge fund investors, New Holland Capital and the Future Fund, Australia, will expand the investors' role on the HFSB, which was set up a year ago to oversee ethical standards among hedge funds.
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I convinced myself of many things in order to cope with child abuse, emotional abuse and being defined as less important than others in my life.
I was unable to cope with the truth so I changed the truth to suit me. I learned how to view "unhealthy attention" as though it was healthy and validating in order to cope with my dysfunctional world the way that it was and by doing so I was able to pretend that my world was actually functional. I found a way to believe that I was special.
But in order to feel loved and to believe that I had at least some degree of self worth, I had to change my understanding of the word "special". I had to warp my definition of that word in order to fit it to the actual circumstances. The things I accepted as "proof" and validation that I was "special" became pretty sick and unhealthy.
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I was not heard for most of my life. My voice was silenced in many ways. I was sexually abused from a young age. I don't remember if I "told" or not in those young years, but there were signs. There were physical and mental distress signs that went unaddressed. That is a form of not being heard.
My mother used violence to vent her anger and frustration. My father either didn't notice or didn't care; he never tried to stop it. Who could I tell? The way things were in my family was "my normal". In my survival mode, I only knew to keep trying harder to be "good", to be what those manipulative people wanted and to be quiet because it seemed to me that I was causing a problem for them.
I don't know how I kept going.
I know I told about a teacher who was emotionally and psychologically abusing me in grade 5. I told but I was ignored. I was shushed. I was silenced. I was lectured about "respecting my elders." I was not heard. When I finally got so sick that the pediatric specialist asked to speak to me alone (without my parents) he ordered my parents to take me out of the class I was in. My parents didn't want to do it and the Dr. said he was going to get a court order if they didn't remove me from the presence of that teacher.
That doctor heard me. But my parents did not hear me. I felt I was "wrong" for telling. I knew that I had caused Read More→
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I was 13 years old the first time I woke up hearing my mother having sex. My parents had been split up for a few months; I had never heard my parents having sex. By the sounds of it, I thought that the man my mother had in her bedroom with her was trying to kill her. And he could have been! How would anyone know? None of us knew him.
I felt frozen in my bed, terrified about what I was hearing and not knowing what to do about it. Should I get a large object and go in there and club him over the head? Should I call the police? My frozen immobility and indecisiveness was making me feel guilty and then suddenly, those horrifying sounds stopped. I heard normal murmuring sounds of conversation. I must have gone back to sleep then. Eventually, I figured out that what was going on in her bedroom was not murder or physical violence.
My toxic mother didn't want to be a single mother. That was her answer to everything. It was even her justification for having very loud sex with men while three children slept in rooms very close by.
One of my brothers made comments about her night-time noise making sessions; she would respond "I never asked to be a single mother". I was left to assume the translation for that statement. And I translated it according to my belief system. My mother deserves to be happy. Men make her happy. I have no right to interfere with her happiness. I have no right to feel uncomfortable about Read More→
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I was fifteen or sixteen when I worked in that Real Estate office as a receptionist on the weekends. I answered the phones, and typed offers for the salesmen. My mother's disgusting boyfriend got me the job. That should have been the first red flag.
There was this one chubby salesman named Ron who gave me the creeps. He was about 40 years old. He was just a little too friendly. He would come up behind me and put his hand on my shoulder. He tried to rub my back. I was terrified of him and didn't even understand why. It was one of those feelings that today I have come to realize was my intuition. It was my "radar" warning me about a predator. That man had really bad motives when it came to me.
One day he came up to my desk and showed me some porn pictures. At first he was on the other side of the reception desk. He handed them to me; I took one look at them and handed them back without speaking. They looked like snapshots and they were mostly of naked people having oral sex. Those snapshots were pretty graphic. He came around to my side of the desk and at first I tried to look away, but he told me to look at the pictures. Something about him scared me and so I did as I was told and looked at the pictures. He slowly flipped through them, and I looked at them one by one. I was horrified and terrified, but I didn't turn away. I thought if I was strong, if I showed no reaction, that he would lose interest in me. I thought that if I just pretended that it wasn't bothering me, he would not ask me to Read More→
Sexual Abuse at the Hands of a Youth Pastor by Shanyn SilinskiPosted by: | Comments
I am excited to have guest blogger and frequent contributor to Emerging from Broken, Shanyn Silinski from "the Scarred Seeker" blog sharing with my readers today on the topic of Spiritual abuse and Church abuse. Please help me welcome Shanyn and as always, please feel free to contribute your comments and feedback in the comments section of this blog post. ~ Darlene Ouimet, founder of Emerging from Broken
Sexual Abuse at the Hands of a Youth Pastor by Shanyn Silinski
Mark 9:42 "And if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a large millstone tied around his neck.
For years it was me who wore the millstone of being dirty, whorish, asking for it, trash and I wore it silently because my abuse at the hands of a youth pastor was a secret for years. He knew, of course, and because of the shame I didn't tell. I paid the price for his secret desires, and his willingness to touch a child. I look back on the photos of that weekend. I was just a kid. Not 'blooming early'.
When I finally did tell someone, I was told, don't be so dramatic, it wasn't you he wanted but me (my mother). Take it as a compliment. This was years later, and I realized that she knew he lusted after her, and she thought somehow, in hindsight, that it was okay to have your daughter serve as substitute.
I remember it so clearly, driving in the truck, finally breaking the silence. Hoping and praying for something more than that. I was worried what if he hurt other girls and was 'assured' I was Read More→
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Yesterday I suddenly thought about how abusive this statement is when I think about it through the eyes of myself as a child! You reap what you sow, you get what you deserve. I was raised with this expression. I was raised to believe that whatever was in my life or NOT in my life was my fault. That if I had problems in my relationships with people then it was because I cultivated incorrectly and I had sown bad seed. I was willing to take that responsibility because I had been taught that it was all up to me in the first place. I believed that I deserved to be picked on because I thought I was dislikeable. I believed that if I could be likeable, that people would Read More→
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It was so important for me to believe that my childhood had in fact been difficult. I had been brainwashed that my childhood was wonderful, normal and that I was one of the "privileged" people in the world. I believed that something was wrong with me because I had so many struggles with depressions and emotional issues. I felt guilty that I was so unhappy because I had been convinced that I was so fortunate to have grown up in the family I had. I believed that I had wonderful, hard working parents who did their best for me. I constantly looked to those "less fortunate" in order to beat myself up about how "ungrateful" that I was.
I bought their definition of "normal" hook, line and sinker. No wonder I always felt like I was drowning.
The way that I was raised was not healthy nor was it "normal". But how was I to know that? It was my normal. It was all I knew. I had no frame of reference for any other way of life. I had to face that although I had been "told" that I was a liar and an exaggerator, I did in fact know the truth about at least some of the things that had happened to me and that those things were wrong. I had to listen to myself. I had to believe myself. I had to validate the pain that being devalued, dismissed and treated as "not quite valid" as a person had an effect on me. A lasting effect. There was damage done. TO ME.
I deserved to heal, but first I had to believe that I had something I needed to heal from. I had to believe myself regardless of the lifelong message that I had Read More→
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Last week, Pam shared a piece of her story with us in her guest post "To be Objectified is to be Dehumanized" This week Pam shares the next stage of her recovery on the subject of human Objectification. As always, please feel free to share your thoughts in the comments section. ~ Darlene Ouimet
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My sister says that it wasn't rape. She says that statutory rape laws are "controversial" and for that reason, she doesn't believe that what happened to me at 16 was statutory rape or any kind of sexual abuse. She believes this because many young men become involved with teenage girls. In her opinion, the man who victimized me was merely a victim of the sexual revolution and I was rebellious. I said that since she doesn't acknowledge the law, that leaves only opinion and my opinion is as good as hers. Actually, I said, I believe the laws were written for a good reason. I told her that when a young girl (me) was given lots of alcohol and drugs by a grown man who then proceeded to have sex with her in front of other grown men without her knowing, it was Read More→
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"We are so used to such phrases that most people don't even notice them. But there are some who do notice them; people who have decided to analyze the words of adults from the perspective of the child are arriving at new knowledge and no longer afraid of letting in the light. They see that the destruction of a human life is not to be described as "ambivalent parental love" but must be recognized for what it is: a crime". Alice Miller ~ Banished Knowledge ~ facing childhood injuries
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ICIS invites nominations for its 2012 Doctoral Consortium in Orlando, Florida, USA.
The Doctoral Consortium of the International Conference on Information Systems will begin on Wednesday afternoon at 5:00pm, December 12, 2012, with a welcome event, and will end of Saturday morning at 9:30am on December 15, 2012, right after breakfast. The event will be held at the Mission Inn in Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida. Doctoral Consortium student participants will be invited to stay for three nights, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, at the Mission Inn.
Since the 1980s, the Consortium has provided students who are doing their doctoral dissertations with the chance to present and obtain comments on their research, to hear about the work of their peers at other universities, and to gain an understanding of what academic and research careers are all about. It also offers students opportunities to make new friendships with other students and leading faculty from around the globe. To view the Call for Nominations in PDF, click here.
Submission deadline: Midnight U.S. Eastern Daylight Time, May 31, 2012 Please note that incomplete or late submission packages will not be reviewed. No exceptions will be made
Students nominated by their respective institutions must complete three separate documents and submit those three documents through the online submission system. Details on the document requirements and online submission process are below.
Proposal submission deadline: No later than midnight, U.S. Eastern Daylight Time, on Thursday, May 31, 2012
Consortium days: From Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 5pm, to Saturday, December 15, 2012, at 9.30am.
The event will be held at the Mission Inn in Howey-‐in-‐the-‐Hills, Florida. This resort is about 45 minutes ride from the main conference hotel.
IESE Business School
Joe Valacich
University of Arizona
BioCity University of Hong Kong
BioLondon School of Economics
Copenhagen Business School
McGill University
Temple University
University of Virginia
Washington State University
The University of Melbourne
Nanyang Technological University
Boston University
London School of Economics
Salter Professor and Department Head
Management Information Systems
Eller College of Management
University of Arizona
University of Arkansas
Dr. Sandra Sieber is currently Full Professor and Chair of the Department of Information Systems at IESE Business School, where she is also the Academic Director of the IESE Global Executive MBA. Dr. Sieber has worked extensively on the impact of Information and Communication technologies on organizational and individual work practices, being especially interested in the most recent developments on the impact of social media on organizations. Dr. Sieber has published scholarly and general articles in national and international journals, magazines and newspapers, and contributed to
several books. She has served on the organizing committees of a number of conferences. In 2012, she is the co-chair of ECIS in Barcelona and the co-chair of the Doctoral Consortium of ICIS in Orlando, Florida.
Joe Valacich is an Eller Professor of MIS in the Eller College of Management at the University of
Arizona and a Fellow of the Association for Information Systems. He received the Ph.D. degree from
The University of Arizona (MIS) (1989), and the M.B.A. and B.S. (computer science) degrees from the
University of Montana. His primary research interests include human-computer interaction, cyber
security, deception detection, technology-mediated collaboration, individual and group decision making,
and e-business.
Chrisanthi Avgerou is Professor of Information Systems at the London School of Economics and Political
Science. Her main research interests concern the relationship of ICT to organizational change and the
role of ICT in socio-economic development. She is Fellow of the Association for Information Systems
(AIS), and she chaired the IFIP Technical Committee 9 on Social Implications of Information Technology
from 2005 till 2010 and the IFIP WG 9.4 group on computers in developing countries from 1996 till
2003. Among her recent publications are Information Systems and Global Diversity, The Social Study
of Information and Communication Technology: Innovation, Actors, and Contexts, and The Oxford
Handbook of Information and Communication Technologies all published by Oxford University Press.
Michel Avital is Professor of IT Management in Copenhagen Business School. Design and innovation
are the leitmotif of Michel's work. Building on positive modalities of inquiry, his research focuses on
information and organization with an emphasis on the social aspects of information technologies. He
has published articles on topics such as generative systems design, creativity, innovation, collaboration
and competition, green IT and sustainable value. He is an editorial board member of seven leading IS
journals and serves in various organizing capacities in ICIS, AOM, ECIS and other topical conferences.
Michel is an advocate of openness and an avid proponent of cross-boundaries exchange and
collaboration. Further information at http://avital.net.
Geneviève Bassellier is Associate Professor at the Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University,
Montreal, Canada. She received her Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia. Her main stream
of research explores the role of knowledge and emotions in IT projects, virtual teams, and IT-related
decision making in adoption and post-adoption contexts. She also works on the role of top management
in strategic initiatives as well as on the role of social media in the transformation of digital good
industry. Her work has been published in Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly, and the Journal
of Management Information Systems.
Angelika Dimoka is an Assistant Professor in the Marketing and the Management of Information
Systems Departments at the Fox School of Business at Temple University with a joint appointment
at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. She is also the Director of the Center for
Neural Decision Making. She holds a PhD from the Viterbi School of Engineering (major in Neuroscience)
with a minor from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. Her
research interests lie in decision neuroscience with emphasis on functional neuroimaging in marketing
(neuromarketing) and IS (NeuroIS), electronic commerce, and modeling of information pathways
in the brain. Her research appeared in MIS Quarterly, NeuroImage, Information Systems Research,
Neuroscience Methods, IEEE Transactions in Biomedical Engineering, Annals of Biomedical Engineering,
and the Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems, Association of Consumer
Research, and INFORMS Marketing Science Conferences.
Michael G. Morris is the Murray Research Professor of Commerce and Associate Dean for Graduate
Programs at the McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia. He received his Ph.D. in
Management Information Systems from Indiana University in 1996. Prior to joining the faculty at
McIntire, he served on the faculty at the Air Force Institute of Technology. His research interests can
broadly be classified as socio-cognitive aspects of human response to information technology, including
user acceptance of information technology, human-computer interaction, and decision-making. He
has served as a Senior Editor at MIS Quarterly and as an Associate Editor at both MIS Quarterly and
Information Systems Research. His research has been published in MIS Quarterly, Organizational
Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Personnel Psychology, IEEE Transactions on Engineering and
Management, and Decision Sciences, among others.
Suprateek Sarker is currently Philip Kays Distinguished Professor of Information Systems at the
Washington State University, Pullman. Suprateek's past work has been published in numerous outlets
including Information Systems Research, Journal of the MIS, Journal of the AIS, Decision Sciences,
European Journal of Information Systems, and IEEE Transactions. Suprateek currently serves as a senior
editor for MIS Quarterly, as editor-in-chief for Journal of IT Cases & Applications Research (JITCAR), and
as an editorial board member for Journal of the AIS, Journal of the MIS, IEEE Transactions on Engineering
Management, and IT & People. He is a past recipient of the Stafford Beer Medal from the OR Society
(United Kingdom), 2006, for European Journal of Information Systems publication on virtual teamwork
that he coauthored with Sundeep Sahay.
Peter B. Seddon is a Professor in the Department of Information Systems at The University of
Melbourne, Australia. His teaching and research focus on helping people and organizations gain greater
benefits from their use of information technology. His major publications have been in the areas of
evaluating information systems success, packaged enterprise application software, IT outsourcing, IT
management, and accounting information systems. His primary research area today is in the issues
facing IT management.
Christina Soh is a Professor and Associate Dean at the Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological
University, Singapore. She has previously served as Chair of the ITOM department, and Director of the
Information Management Research Center. She is Senior Editor at the Journal of Strategic Information
Systems, and has also served on the editorial board of MIS Quarterly, MIS Quarterly Executive, JAIS,
and Information and Organization. Her research interests include managing the IT organization
in multinational corporations, complex enterprise-wide projects, IT and strategy, and technology
innovation. She received her PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles, and her Bachelors in
Accounting (Hons) from the National University of Singapore.
Professor Van Alstyne received a BA from Yale, and MS & PhD degrees from MIT. He is an Associate
Professor at Boston University and a Visiting Professor at MIT. His work concerns information
economics. In designing information goods, this research concerns competitive strategy and network
effects. In control over information, it concerns who has access to what information, when, and at what
price. Work also balances open source principles against those that generate profits and stimulate
innovation. Professor Van Alstyne was among the first to document productivity effects of IT and
communications at the individual desktop level. His work has received an NSF Career Award, two best
paper awards, and has appeared in Science, Management Science, Harvard Business Review, and the
popular press.
Edgar Whitley is a Reader in Information Systems at the London School of Economics and Political
Science. He has a BSc (Econ) and a PhD in Information Systems both from the LSE. Edgar is the co–
editor for the journal Information Technology & People and was previously an associate editor for
MIS Quarterly. Edgar has edited special issues for The Information Society, Information Technology
and People and the European Journal of Information Systems. He was recently involved in an
interdisciplinary research project EnCoRe (www.encore-project.info) that addressed the role of consent
in providing control over the use of personal data by commercial and public–sector organizations.
Further information about Edgar can be found at http://personal.lse.ac.uk/whitley/.
Christoph Schneider is an assistant professor in the Department of Information Systems at City
University of Hong. He earned a BA (hotel and restaurant administration) and a Ph.D. (information
systems) at Washington State University. His primary research interests include human-computer
interaction, electronic commerce, and computer-mediated collaboration. His research has appeared
in peer reviewed journals such as Information Systems Research, Management Information Systems
Quarterly, and Management Science; further, he has presented his research at various national and
international conferences.
Participation in the Consortium is by invitation only based on competitive selection at the student's university. If different units of a university hold separate AIS memberships, then each unit is permitted to submit a nominee. Each student selected for the Consortium is expected to attend all Consortium meetings and activities, from the opening on Wednesday to the closing on Saturday. Candidates who are not able to make this commitment should not apply.
Ph.D. students currently working on IS dissertations are eligible for nomination. Candidates should intend to pursue an academic career in IS following the completion of their Ph.D. studies. Selected candidates must successfully defend their dissertation proposals before the end of 2012, although they need not have done so prior to the submission deadline. Students who plan to defend their dissertations prior to mid-‐December 2012 should not apply, and those who end up completing their dissertations before the Consortium will not be permitted to attend.
Students who will have defended their final dissertations prior to December 1, 2012 will not be accepted. Nominated candidates should intend to pursue an academic career in Information Systems following the completion of their Ph.D. studies.
Prospective candidates should also note that the Consortium is designed as an intensive personal development experience and, therefore, participants should not bring guests to the Consortium. In addition, they should plan to stay at the hotel that offers Consortium participants housing.
Students who are selected to participate in the Consortium will be given instructions on how to prepare their research papers for presentation during the Consortium, following their selection.
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Selection to the ICIS Doctoral Consortium is very competitive. Over 80 nominations typically
are received each year. Participants will be selected based on three things:
This assessment will be based on a review of the dissertation proposal paper prepared by the doctoral student. Previous attendance by other students from the nominating school is not a criterion for selecting Consortium participants.
Final Consortium selection will include a balance of students representing diverse research topics, methods, schools, and cultures. Participation is limited to 40 students.
The language of the Consortium is English, and all submitted materials must be in English. Students must have sufficient proficiency in English to participate in the presentations, discussions, and other activities.
Notification of Acceptance: Acceptance and rejection notifications will be sent on or around August 31, 2012.
Cost: All accepted students to the Consortium will be required to pay a registration fee to help defray part of the cost of their attendance at the Consortium. Students attending the Consortium will receive free registration to the ICIS 2012 conference in Orlando, which immediately follows the Consortium.
(1) Nominee Information Sheet. Students complete the information on this sheet and submit
it along with the other two documents mentioned below. CLick here to download the Information sheet .
(2) Nomination Letter. Students must be nominated by an IS faculty member or academic.
(3) Candidate's Dissertation Proposal Paper. The paper outlining the candidate's research should be in the form of a short report summarizing the student's dissertation/thesis proposal. This part of the paper should not exceed 12 double-spaced pages, formatted as follows: Times New Roman or equivalent font, 11-point or 12-point font, double-spaced only (not 1.5), 1 inch margins all around 8.5 x 11 inch paper (or A4), and the pages must be numbered. This paper should include the research question, a justification for why and to whom the research is important. It also should include a brief literature review, a presentation of the theoretical basis for the work, a research model and hypotheses (if applicable), and a description of the research design.
This 12-page limit does not include tables, figures, or references. Tables and figures should
not be embedded in the text, but must be included separately, to immediately follow the
text. References should appear last. The complete document, including the main text, tables,
figures, and references, should not exceed 20 pages. This page limit will be strictly enforced and
the consortium co-chairs reserve the right to reject any candidates whose research paper exceeds
these page limits.
Two appendices of no more than one page each should be included. (These appendices must also follow the formatting guidelines outlined above.) The first appendix is a summary of any findings the student has as of May 31, 2012. The second appendix is an estimate of what still needs to be done to complete the dissertation as of May 31, 2012. We are requesting this information in order to gauge how far the nominee is in the dissertation process.
Document Submission
All three documents – the Nomination Information Sheet, the Nomination Letter, and the Candidate's Research Paper – must be submitted through the online submission system. This is Manuscript Central at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/icis2012 by the nominated doctoral student, not the nominating faculty member. The system will automatically combine the three items into one document.
The student should register with this system. Upon registration and email notification of the system-generated password, the student will be able to proceed with the submission by uploading the documents.
After registering and logging into Manuscript Central, select "Doctoral Consortium" as the "Track" and follow the directions. The system is very friendly and most of our major journals use it. If you have any trouble following the prompts, please let us know.
Due Date and Time
All submissions must be received by the system no later than midnight, U.S. Eastern Daylight Time, Tuesday, May 31, 2012. Any previously submitted documents can also be modified until this time. Incomplete or late submissions will be rejected. Multiple submissions received from the same university (or the same person) will be rejected. If the university's different units hold separate AIS memberships, submissions from each of the units will be
In case of problems or for further clarification about the submission process, please contact one of the consortium co-chairs noted below via email:
Here are several step-by-step instructions on how to upload your Nominee Information Sheet, Nomination Letter, and Proposal using the submission website:
To get to the online submission system, click http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/icis2012. Please note that once you submit your packet you cannot make any further changes.
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A man being quizzed over the brutal rape and murder of an American tourist in Grenada had only been released from prison a month ago after being jailed for child rape, DailyMail.com can reveal.
Police sources on the Caribbean island said David Benjamin was freed in December after serving 15 years.
He is suspected of killing Jessica Colker who was attacked as she walked along a deserted beach with her husband on the first day of her holiday on the paradise Caribbean island.
Colker, an anesthesiologist from Atlanta Georgia, is said to have been raped before being stabbed to death with a cutlass.
An autopsy has yet to be carried out to determine the exact cause of death of the 39-year-old and whether she was sexually assaulted.
Benjamin walked into a police station in the Parish of St David's the day after Colker's body was found in an area of mangroves near the La Sages hotel in St David's where she and her husband were staying.
A police source told Daily Mail.com: 'Benjamin was set free in December. He had been locked away for the rape of a young child.'
Benjamin, who has three teardrops under his left eye that in gang culture means he has killed or is prepared to kill, has not yet been charged.
He is being held at St George's Police station in the island's capital and was questioned by detectives on Monday. It is not known if he has a lawyer.Unconfirmed reports on the island suggested Colker's throat had been cut and she also suffered multiple stab wounds.
Grenada Police spokesman Sylvan McIntyre said of Benjamin: 'What I can tell you now is that he is in custody. He was not captured, but he turned himself in and our investigations will continue, as we believe he can assist us with our investigation into the incident.'
McIntyre said Benjamin had been released from prison after being convicted of rape and carnal knowledge.
Until recently the set jail term for rape in Grenada was 15 years.
A recent amendment to the criminal code means that any person who is convicted of rape is sentenced to prison for a maximum of 35 years.
Grenada's criminal courts have been dominated by sexual related offences, accounting for more than one-third of all the cases before the High Court for trial.
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I have known Sam Whitmore my entire journalism career -- we both were at PC Week (Sam actually was one of its founding editors) in the middle 1980s. Sam runs his own shop called Media Survey, where he interviews tech and business media and tracks trends for PR professionals and others. He asked me to write a series of articles about the evolution of vendors becoming their own tech publishers. They ran on his subscription-only mailing list late last month and are reprinted below with his permission.As the major tech publishers go through additional layoffs, shut down publications and generally disinvest in their editorial product, the most experienced journalists are going to work as analysts and joining and creating vendor-driven editorial projects.
These projects are not always some custom-published vanity efforts but attempts at real editorial efforts to extend brand awareness and fill the void left by the tech pubs. Microsoft, Cisco, Salesforce.com, and Oracle all try to mimic the level of professionalism and technical authority of the trades. These vendors are all worth taking a closer look at -- but know that you may never see it all: in Cisco's case, at least one former trade editor has been hired to publish content behind a gate exclusively for customers, employees and partners."You have greater impact on the industry as a whole when you're writing reviews and working at a major trade publication," says Lori MacVittie, a former Network Computing labs analyst who now works out of her home as a technical marketing manager for F5 Networks. "Now we have a much narrower role working for F5," she says. "And you realize that you are going to have some bias, and try not to say nasty things about the company we work for."
More often than not, the journalists who succeed in vendor-land are the technically savvy ones. Peter Coffee, whom I hired back in the late 1980s at then-PC Week has been with Salesforce.com for most of 2007 and does a brilliant job blogging and video-posting about Web applications development.
Former InfoWorld marquee columnist Jon Udell has been with Microsoft for about as long, and continues to write about data access and programming issues. Reading their blog posts show their depth of understanding of arcane issues that isn't your average bedtime reading, even for many seasoned IT professionals.
While at Network Computing, MacVittie and her husband Don often played the role of analysts, because of the high quality of advice they gave to vendors. "When we were at CMP, we used to talk about how much we wanted vendors to open that kimono and show it to us," says Lori. Now that we are at F5, she says, she has a new appreciation for complexity and how difficult it can be to make sense of it all.
The tech pub world is evolving beyond just blogs and podcasts, and likewise, we'll have a hopefully rich mix of vendor-sponsored content from a wide variety of sources. Let's hope that tech PR pros, in concert with their clients, can play an important role in the overall discourse.
Part 2. Why journalists leave their tech publishers.
While some tech journalists have found a new home on the vendor side, others have become reportorial industry analysts. Maybe we should call them "journanalysts." Why do they leave?
Former eWeek lab analyst Henry Baltazar is now with The 451 Group in San Francisco as a storage analyst. He says that "although my audience as analyst is smaller -- since most of the content I produce only goes out to our subscriber base -- our readers (VCs, investment banks, vendors, end users) have influence over the markets I cover." He is also writing in more depth and has more time to cover the companies than he had at eWeek.
China Martens left the IDG News Service this summer to join The 451 Group in Boston. Martens says she has "more influence as an analyst, since the level of engagement is very different. There is a sense that as an analyst you get much greater insights into the 'why' of decision-making, and of course there is more time to engage with people, too. We also don't quote anyone in our reports so there is not the same pressure as in journalism to come up with the killer quote or two."
She also makes the point that The 451 Group keeps her objectivity intact: "I couldn't work anywhere where there were any restrictions in place on what I could say, and fortunately I've still never had to." Unlike some analyst firms like Gartner or Forrester, The 451 Group doesn't take vendor payments for specific research reports.
Deni Connor left Network World this fall. She remains there as a freelancer, writing a twice-weekly storage newsletter. But now Deni works for herself, as principal analyst for Austin, Tex.-based Storage Strategies NOW. "This is something that I wanted to do for a long time," she says. "And really, it is pretty much what I have been doing when I was a journalist, providing technical content to readers." Connor did PR for a networking vendor back in the day when Token Ring was still a viable technology, and ran an internal publication for Novell, too.
It is this background that has encouraged her to put out her own shingle. "I am fortunate that I have marketing experience and know-how, and am comfortable promoting and marketing my own business," says Connor. "Other journalists that don't have this background may find that a limiting factor."
Part 3. What does this all mean for PR professionals trying to get ink – or page views – for their clients?
Well, for one thing, it is going to be harder to keep track of where to pitch stories, and also harder to get these pitches across the transom. You should first hone your skills at tracking the blogging community: use a blog search tool, start posting comments on the more influential ones, and go meet them at the conferences that the bloggers who are working in your market niche attend. In China Martens' case, she has had to find a whole new set of AR contacts: "the analyst relations and public relations folks at the companies I cover are completely different, so it feels almost like I am starting over, establishing fresh relationships with companies that I've tracked for many years."
Second, it is too late now, but the most successful PR types are those that have developed good personal relationships with these editors before they depart CMP, Ziff et al. If you want to pitch the vendor-sponsored editors, make sure you fit into their niche and have something that can complement the overall message and product line that they represent. This means understanding your client's overall partner, channel, and distribution ecosystem and being able to find how your client's news nugget can apply to these third-party players.
For example, a new SharePoint add-in product can be pitched to people writing about collaboration (such as someone like Chris Miller who writes IdoNotes.com), to Microsoft-centric bloggers, and to major ISVs too. You need to cast a wide net, and spend some time tracking this stuff down. Which means now more than ever you need to understand the overall context for that news nugget, too.
Third, if you don't know how to use RSS feeds to keep up to date on what these folks are doing, now is the time to learn. We have put links to the RSS feeds of the journalists that we mentioned on purpose (rather than provide links to ordinary Web URLs), and if you haven't tried an RSS reader, I recommend starting with Bloglines or Google's Reader. To make things easier, you can check out the consolidated links on my Pageflakes page and see what you might find appealing.
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