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Interpreters waiting for September 30th SIV deadline
The Special Immigration Visa for American allies of the Iraq was is set to expire September 30, 2013. I keep getting worried and heartbreaking letters, like this one:
Dear Linda, hope my words meet you good. I'm typing to express my fears to you ma'am. I feel completely not safe now and feel that I might get killed at any time. The situations where I live get worse and worse day by day and even the day before yesterday 13 persons got killed by insurgents for different reasons such as; working for Americans or other religious reasons. Last night I was watching a movie with my beautiful wife while we heard a strong sound in the back yard of my house, we were so afraid because we don't even have a gun in the house only the kitchen knifes. I looked around the house but found no one. the sound might be caused by air or by a cat even but you know what, it is so hard when you live with fears. I don't even sleep at night recently and don't have a good mood to joke or have fune even. I don't know what is going to happen to me tomorrow or today or the day after. It is so difficult to live like this. I am counting down days to the 30 of September to see what is going to happen after two years of waiting. I cannot live in Iraq any more because I don't think only about my life but about my little daughter's life who is only seven months old. I cannot imagine her life if something wrong happened to me. Please I need your advice and nice words.
Tell me what nice words do I have for this man???
Been awhile.
Time did not stand still.
I did some traveling since I last wrote (attending two graduations and a wedding) but I always keep in touch with the applicants for special immigrant visas who are waiting in Iraq mostly in great danger. I pray every day for them.
Just a few days ago one of the interpreters' home was riddled with bullets. It was the bravery of a neighbor who shot his own gun at the shooters and scared them away. I will post pictures of some of the damage here. The bullet holes do not look huge, as the damage made by a bomb would appear, but bullets are indeed deadly and it is fortunate the ex-interpreter and his mother were not killed.
Today I spoke with an employee of Global Linguistic Solutions…….I won't use her name in case she were to get in trouble, but she had something to share with me about the "security checks" the interpreters are going through. First of all, there is a language and cultural barrier; and these interpreters go into the interviews VERY worried about the outcome. If they do not answer a question correctly they will be blacklisted (denied a visa) and stuck in Iraq. That is what happened to the owner of this house that had this "drive-by" shooting. He did not answer a question "correctly".
The interpreters are asked "loaded" questions like, "Do you know any terrorists groups in Iraq?". Bear in mind the interpreters may get confused and think they are being asked if they actually personally KNOW terrorist groups. Also bear in mind the interpreter's life relies on his answer. His immediate instinct might be to say NO, (because he is not a terrorist), but that would be the wrong answer. That answer would be considered deceptive and it is enough to blacklist him. Everyone know there are terrorists groups in Iraq so the correct answer should be yes. But it is a very confusing question, especially to someone who speaks English only as a second language. Consider your own self communicating with a Mexican immigrant who speaks pretty darned good English, but STILL makes errors now and then. The Iraqi interpreters are much the same; they speak English well (considering); but not PERFECT.
The woman at Global Linguistics Solutions had criticism for the way these interviews are handled as such. She said she is certain that a high percentage of innocent interpreters are being fouled by these security tests. I am sure of it also and it makes me sad beyond words.
Death of an Interpreter
An ex-interpreter that worked with American troops has been killed within the past few days. He leaves behind members of his birth family and a recent fiance. He was only 25 years old. This young man had fled his hometown after threats to his life but was followed or found in another town where he was killed.
This is all I know so far and I will update here with details as they come; but I didn't want to wait in giving you this proof that interpreters lives are in great danger. The "bad guys" in Iraq have sworn to kill everyone that cooperated with Americans and they hate the interpreters more than Americans themselves……..
This interpreter was waiting for a visa that did not come soon enough. His requests for safety were not honored, and now he is gone. His is just one more case of collateral damage. But he should have been protected!
I have not heard back from the interpreter that reported the death of the murdered interpreter (his friend), but this does not necessarily alarm me. The interpreter I wait to hear from does not have regular internet connection, so perhaps I will hear from him soon.
A worry is that the killers may have now also killed the interpreter I wait to hear from. I'm trying not to think about that.
Meeting an interpreter in person.
I got a phone call a few days ago from an ex interpreter (Iraqi who worked with American soldiers) who had been working a minimum wage job. He got injured and had to have time to recuperate and lost his job. He didn't have a next month's rent; somebody told him about this lady who is a friend to the interpreters (me), and now we have this nice young man staying at our house. Like many of us natives, the immigrants too often live on the edge; paycheck to paycheck. And we can turn out backs or not.
You would not believe all the work this guy is doing for me. I have to tell him to stop. He is definitely paying his way.
I don't know where he will go from here, but he is welcome here for now and longer.
Bear in mind we don't just help foreigners; we also have a wheezing senior citizen in a spare bedroom. He's not even a relative………. but he asked for a room. That was about a year ago and he may be here til the end.
Before the wheezer geezer we housed a disabled vet for about a year.
I wish I had room for more people.
A Visa Applicant's Rejection.
Dear Sir/Ma'am
I had applied for the SIV program in 2009 and I was granted for the Chief Of Mission Approval in October 2010. and I had the Interview at the U.S Embassy in Baghdad in (April, 3rd, 2011 ) at the U.S Embassy in Baghdad. I worked with the United States Marine Corps AND the United States Army in Iraq as an Interpreter for the last four and half year. I have had worked with two companies that support the United States Military with Interpreters in Iraq.
The National Visa Center NVC Informed me last month and told me that my chief of mission was revoked for something negative on security check. When the NVC informed me about the revocation I had to inform a lots of Army and Marines officers that I worked with in the past and they know me better. One of the Marine officers contacted an Army captain who had accused me for no reason (of stealing because there was an electric cable in my room that wasn't supposed to be there) and he Informed the Marine officer about my two cellphones that I used to use when I was a linguist, and he informed the Marine captain that I had "Suspicious Activity" on my cellphone. But that's because I had an Iraqi counterpart I communicated with as part of my job. I had used to use my two cellphones to coordinate between the Iraqi Army/Police Officers and the U.S Officers as well. Plus I had the phone numbers of my family as well. I have nothing to do with any suspicious activity as he said.
I really need you guys help here with me. the Terrorist and militias are looking for the people who worked with the United States Military in Iraq. I am getting threats by unknown people. I have no place to go. I can't travel to any other country because of my family. I already lost one of my brothers back in 2008 because of my job and I have another brother and he's disable right now. They were attacked because of me working for the United States. I faced the death the day I start working with the united states military in Iraq. I sacrificed my life and my family's life as well. I have a lots of people who can provide you and with a lots of positive recommendation letters for me.
I faced the death when I was with the Marines and the Army as well. I was hit by multiple IEDs and VBIEDs and one day a terrorist in falluajh hit the truck that I was ride in with RPG I believe and my commander captain Paul Benfield was riding in the same truck with me. I faced all the threats while I was a linguist, We trained the Iraqi Army and Iraqi Police and they all knows me they know my face. Now I can't even get a job to support my family because I will be recognized. I try to stay inside all the time or I am not safe.
I have my younger sister in high school and the school driver asked my sister and told her If I was a linguist with the Americans but my sister denied that and he didn't believe her and told her your brother is traitor your brother and American agent he sold his country and helped the americans against his country Iraq.
I served the United States government in Iraq with dignity I didn't steal anything. I didn't get in touch with any terrorist organization I was straight clean with the United States Government. I didn't refuse any mission. I didn't refuse any order. I didn't refused anything that my commander said to me.
All I am asking right now is to have my Chief Of Mission back on the track. I did the Interview and I waited for one year and AFTER ALL THAT I RECEIVED THE REVOCATION NEWS.
I can provide you with everything you need I can provide you with all the Information that you guys need. I can provide you the emails for the people that I had worked with for the past four and half year so you can ask them about me and get more Information.
People please please please. Don't leave me alone and hanging like that. I need your help so bad. I am innocent. I wouldn't fight for the Visa unless I deserved it.
Even a reporter at the National Public Radio NPR Knows about my story. I had an Interview at the NPR in baghdad the Interview was in one month before the revocation. As I told you I have no place to go and also there were more and more Interpreters were rejected for small misunderstanding with their Officers in charge OIC. I know more innocent people like me who were rejected. Please help us. Help me and help my family
Thank you, God Bless You and God Bless America.
More/Happy Easter. listening early in the morning.
The good news is that the visas are coming faster. They're not coming fast enough by a long shot, but word of the few visa approvals is enough to keep hope alive for the interpreters whose moments of hope are few and far between. Hopefully by now you heard when the US troops withdrew from Iraq they left behind the employees that interpreted for them. For these interpreters the war is not over; some have been already killed; some are hiding in family homes, and even some are moving about homeless because they have been thrown out of their family homes.
But even with the interpreter gone the home stays in danger of attack, regardless. A grandmother has been killed because her grandson was an interpreter; while he is waiting for a SIV visa in a neighboring country. Why did the interpreter not have his grandmother with him?? Because he is living in an apartment with seven other refugees, each splitting an exhorbitant rental fee; while he works whatever poorly paid job that is available (if any). There is a second attack on the family home in Iraq and his mother is hospitalized with internal bleeding, and then he gets the news that he does not qualify for a security clearance that will allow him to take what is left of his family (his father and now nearly deranged mother) to resettle in America where they can live in safety.
Another interpreter was refused a security clearance also, based on (false) accusations of stealing an electrical cable and also having suspicious phone numbers in his cell phone activity. The phone numbers were put in his phone by military personnel who wanted him to have of these parties they were then working as allies with. But things change so fast in Iraq, now these phone numbers are those of suspected terrorists…… How do I know these guys are good guys? Because I have talked with some of the US soldiers that served with them and whose lives they saved.
I don't know how to help. Do you have any ideas?
New Day: HAPPY EASTER. The cats woke me and I laid here listening to roosters crowing and thought of apostle Peter and of how trusting we MUST be. Only the Bible readers may get my reference, and even then some may not……… I then heard geese which remind me of seasons changing and I also hear the thump of an oxygen machine from another bedroom which reminds me of our every last breath. Man this is deep isn't it? :o)
But my heart feels good even with all the daunting tasks. Just the task of qualifying for a senior menu is daunting enough.
I wrote a letter to the NSC asking for more careful consideration for the interpreters yesterday……..and then I immediately asked myself who I think I am. It's one thing to give words of comfort to the group of Iraqi interpreters I am Facebook friends with, but it seems to cross a line to write a government agency. Not that I haven't left the little telephone blurbs we are allowed if we call the White House. I have done that; called to leave an appeal for help for faster help for the "terps".
It definitely feels odd to write an appeal to a small group of powerful people. I doubt they'll even read it; surely they have people that toss out "extra clutter" letters…… Or maybe (or probably) they file the letters from "concerned citizens". I wonder if they have people that assess the sanity of the writers……….. But what can a person do you know? Write or keep your thoughts to yourself??
I do know at least one of interpreters who has been refused a visa is being advocated for by his former superior officer/s. I just want to praise those officers (and soldiers) who stand up for their interpreters against possible wrong judgement.
I saw one of those slogan/sayings you can put on your facebook page like a refrigerator magnet last week that said something like: " I wanted to ask God why he allowed this or that terrible thing but I was afraid He would ask me the same question." (I paraphrase 'cause I can't remember the exact words but you get the idea).
So who do I think I am? Nobody important but nobody not important either. If my letter to the national security people gets filed under "nut-job letters" so be it………… I'll know at least I did my best and I can rest and breathe easy. And then I'll let those folks do their job, but not without first saying I expect them to do the best job possible because there are human lives involved. Now it's time for me to trust. And that's another daunting task………………
Here's the letter I wrote to the National Security people:
Dear Council Members:
I am writing with an important request.
As you know, there are very many Iraqi war refugees trying to make it to the safety of American soil. The group I have chosen to be concerned about are the interpreters who worked with US military troops . This is primarily because I consider translators to be of utmost importance to the goal of peace-keeping. And while the interpreters or "terps" as they are called by the military are not of the same caliber as the most scholarly translators, they were still in a very crucial position. Also, this group is in especially great danger of retaliation for helping the United States.
I would like to ask your assurance that each interpreter that is decided unworthy of a SIV visa, have separate, impartial and especially intelligent reconsideration of their status. I am asking this because I have been in contact (on the internet) with over one hundred of the interpreters and it has been difficult to even observe from a distance their anxiety-ridden waiting in the dangerous surroundings. When several have received a negative reply to their visa requests it is absolutely demoralizing to the others and there is no clear way (at least at this point), for the rejected ones to contest the judgement and ask for a fair hearing.
You may reply that these people are not US citizens and may not be allowed the same regard as a citizen, but I have also spoken with some of the US soldiers who served alongside these interpreters. These interpreters literally sometimes saved the lives of American troops; not only by interpreting, but sometimes by picking up a gun and defending fallen soldiers.
Please, you must make certain that every of these interpreters that deserve relocation to safety be allowed to have it. Can you assure me of this?
I have a difficult time trusting the infallibility of systems that have shown themselves too easy to fail, and being that I have become familiar with some of these interpreters online, and I worry about them, I thought I would send this letter. It is my hope that you might assure me there will be the most careful efforts made to protect these people's lives.
I hope to hear from you by phone, letter or email; whatever is easiest. And I am sorry if this takes your time away from other matters, but all lives are precious and I hope you understand my concern for these brave allies who sacrificed so very much for the United States.
Thank you,
Linda Wesson Hirashima
Sheik Speare's poetry. (his joke not mine)
A Human Being
by Abdullah Ahmed
They asked me of my nationality,
They asked me of my entity.
And I ask:
Are we not all created by one God?!
In one universe! In one spacious land!
Do we not descend From Adam and Eve?!
Are we not from blood and flesh?!
Did God not give us superiority over birds?!
That hover up freely from place to place!
They answered:" yes"
Hence I reply:
I have no boundaries
I have no borders,
Faith! Faith! Faith!
All I have is faith;
Faith in my human-being
That is my entity;
Here or there I'm human,
From blood and flesh,
I'm your brother,
And you are my brethren,
Then should we not love one another!?
Not as solved as it sounds.
A newspaper recently reported more Iraqi interpreters are now getting their visas, and this news is being retweeted on Twitter as though the interpreters' problems are already solved. Unfortunately it is not this simple. The problems will not be solved until all of the interpreters are safe. Some have gotten their visas, yes, but most have not, and a promise is only a promise. We have not even been told when the processing of the visas should be finished, and meanwhile some thousands wait in great danger. I cannot just hear reported "good news" and put away my concern for the interpreters; and if you are concerned you should not either.
Some of the interpreters have had their visa applications rejected because their security checks did not clear. I believe there should be a transparent investigation and explanation as to why these visas were refused; because the individuals risked their lives and they have US soldiers standing beside them asking why their friends are not allowed to come to America.
As American citizens we have rights, and it is because of these rights perhaps that I feel so free to ask why we do not give other people rights also. One of these rights is a trial by a jury of our peers, and the peers of the Iraqi interpreters have been American soldiers. But our government, (at least some of it) does not show rights to non-citizens. It would seem to me we should respect the rights of citizens of the world. What is good enough for us should be good enough for others. When one of our own national citizens breaks a law, no matter how seriously, we give that person a trial.
When one of our own citizens is in custody on any charge, they are promised no cruel or unusual interrogation or punishment; and yet some in our government have circumvented this norm by doing things akin to torture (or torture itself) on foreign soil, as if that would make these actions any less unethical………. The rulings of the Geneva Conventions have been conveniently tossed aside.
And now I am expected to believe our faulty government with its veils of secrecy will make the best decisions about the Iraqi interpreters; but I find myself unable to trust. The government already been guilty of allowing terrorists into the country (last year two Iraqi immigrants were caught smuggling money and weapons back to Iraq)………but I must trust that they will allow the good guys in and keep the bad guys out??? And trust that this be done without accountability? With no transparency. I hope you understand my hesitation.
I don't know the people that are being refused their visas well. But the soldiers that were in combat with them know them pretty well I would think, and I hope their voices are listened to. This is what I ask; that the soldiers' voices are listened to; that these people have a chance to explain or defend themselves against what may be false accusations; and for the consideration that a visa refusal can amount to a death sentence for these people. Even if these people are not allowed to enter our border, I think it may be right that they should at least be helped to relocate elsewhere than Iraq where they are marked as targets. Can we really use people so easily and disregard them?
I ask that we Americans treat other people as we would like to treated.
A few wrong decisions.
I hope you don't mind me saying, but I truthfully don't trust every decision our government workers make. Last year about this time, there were two immigrants (they never worked with our armed forces) who were apprehended smuggling money and arms back to extremists in Iraq where they had come from. The State Dept. had made an error in letting them enter the country. One of them had fingerprints on file as having been on an IED that was found in Iraq. They were known to have connections to the "bad guys".
NOW, the State Dept. is employing new super strict guidelines in their painfully SLOW decisions on who gets to enter the United States. If there has been any vague issue, there are interpreters that are being refused entry. This seems to me to be rather harsh in consideration of the fact that the interpreters risked their lives in service to the United States. To not allow them entry is to (basically) sign their death warrant; because eventually they will be found or recognized by these same people that are killing Iraqi youth for having American-style haircuts, clothing, or suspected to be a homosexual. Anyone associated with "the West" or tolerance of anyone "different" is a target over there.
The EXACT agency (or agencies) doing the intensive security checks will not answer questions about the checks, and apparently in most cases will not tell the reason why an interpreter is disallowed a US visa, but the letter below is from an interpreter who I believe was treated unjustly, if what he says is true (which I myself believe it to be). It would not be the first time that military personnel made an error……..I think we have seen FAR too many of errors. And I say this with all due respect for my friends who are soldiers……..I think my friends would agree. Also, I am hoping a soldier that knows the truth about this will come forward and tell it.
(below is a letter to you from an interpreter who I believe has been wrongly refused a visa. There are a few other decisions by this judging panel that I also question. I hope they will have the decency to give these few interpreters a fair appeal, and/or otherwise provide safety to these interpreters in another location). ANYONE that worked with the Americans is not safe in Iraq, and I think anyone that risked their life in service to America is due political asylum and safety.
HI ALL. I am a former Iraqi Interpreter totally worked for the United States Government as an Interpreter for four and half year, I am here today to share story with all of you, I've had worked with the Marine Corps in Iraq for the past three and a half year straight without problems at all, With the Marines I used to travel with them all over the country Iraq, Then I have applied for the SIV program in 2009 and I have got the Chief Of Mission in Oct 2010, When the last unit of the Marine Corps left the country the in the end of 2010, then GLS Sent me to work with the Army 3rd Infantry Division somewhere in Iraq I am not trying to mention the name of the FOB or the name of the city, Anyways I did the Interview at the United States Embassy in Baghdad in April while I was with this Army unit They did take good care of me too, Then we moved from small FOB where the Iraqi Army living at to another Iraqi Army base with the rest of the element of 3rd Infantry Division. then I lived in an Occupied room by another Interpreters at that time I found three rolls of cables and they were tight when I Informed the platoon SGT about those cables he said "it's just a cables not yours so don't worry about it" HE IGNORED IT and I listened to what he said and I left them sitting in my room the whole time. then in mid of June of 2011 3rd Infantry Division left the country and been replaced by the 82nd Airborne, But I didn't Informed the new unit the 82nd Airborne about those cables because I though they going to ignore it as well. AND HERE THE TROUBLES BEGINS. I dedicated myself to the Army Company commander and platoon commander as well. it was a part of the job. and right before the 82nd Airborne wanted to leave Iraq we cleaned the FOB and about to turned it to the Iraqi Army. He found the cables in my room and he start yelling at me and screaming at me, then I told him the whole true story about the cables but he didn't believe me. Then he asked me and I responded to his questions
(Why you have those cables in your room and who's belong too?)
I Answered him
(Those Cables aren't mine aren't belong to me they were sitting in this room for long
And he asked me this.
Are you trying to make money from the U.S government Property ?
Then I answered him this
( No sir, Why would I do that. I have my salary. I have money )
and he asked me this
(Why you didn't take them out of your room)
Then I answered him this
(They were so heavy)
Then he tried to lift them but he couldn't
then I told him that I had Informed the last unit but they Ignored it. So I didn't tell you about it because I though you will ignore it as well.
then he told me I will fire you, and I told him Sir you can't just fire me like that I didn't do anything wrong I served the U.S.G for four and half year and he didn't respond to me. Then the 1st LT Shows up and found out. and the LT told his commander Sir my Interpreter isn't thief. I trust him as much as I trust my soldiers. BUT Unfortunately. The Captain didn't listen to the 1st LT as well.
then he took me to the Intelligence and the Intelligence start asking me about the cables and Interrogated me there and they took my two cell phone from me and checked them the Intelligence didn't find anything suspicious on my two cell phone.
and they dropped me at the gate of the FOB late in the evening. and flagged me and he put my name in the black list for his MISUNDERSTANDING of me and his 1st LT. Now I can't work with any U.S Contracted company in Iraq. and My Visa about to be revoked.
Just yesterday a sergeant got told me that, The captain was hate the Interpreters and he wanted to fire one of you guys. and he found you with the cables and he found it to easy to fire you so he accused you false accusation. Because he can. He was the commander. and that SGT don't want me to say his name.
I am asking you for help please. I sacrificed my life and my family's life of working with the U.S Military in Iraq. is that how you treat your allies. Save my life. As an Former Iraqi Interpreter my life now in Iraq is full with threats. I trained the Iraqi army and police and most of them knows me and can see me in Baghdad where I live. as you know some of the Iraqi army and the police are corrupt and it has a militias once they found my house and my family they will kill me and kill my family as well, HELP ME LIKE I HELPED YOU. SAVE MY LIFE LIKE I SAVED A LOTS OF AMERICANS LIVES IN IRAQ. PEOPLE I NEED YOUR HELP. HELP ME WITH ALL YOU CAN. I REALLY NEED YOUR HELP NOW.
That's all I have got.
Best regard,(anonymous interpreter)


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Well I have several ideas.
the first
Generate a separate flamelet JUST for that species, couse there is a problem with the gridrefinement for that and may occur some problems. If I wanna go that way, my problem is that I have to generate a grid for that species dependend on two values. For that I think I have to write an algorithmus for solving the flamelet equation. But I do not know how I can manage it and I think that costs a lot of time :( ...
the second
Implement a transport equation for just one species e.g. O2, CO, ...
But therefor I have no idea how to do that too. And I think the specie have to be coupled with some reaction model, which is not in the flameletsolver...
In german you'll say ... "I am standing on the pipe and do not know how to go on" :(
Well maybe I have to admit thats to complicated for me.
Well I am looking forward for your answers.
Good time to all
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Hello, everyone, and welcome to Framed, the blog that continues to make a difference to you and everyone you love. You'll be glad you looked in this week, as our featured stars are the great One Direction, the Simon Cowell-championed boy band from the
United Kingdom, with the video for their #1 hit, "What Makes You Beautiful."
The guys came together on the British X-Factor, which is just like the American show except without Lyndsey Parker. Originally, they tried to get in as individuals, in the "boys" category, but everybody just laughed. Then, Nicole Scherzinger suggested they team up in the "groups" category, and history was made.
Since then it's been nuthin' but merchandising and fan hysteria, as O.D. has taken the world by storm. Their debut album, What Makes You Beautiful, hit #1 all over the place, and One Direction has now hit the road to entertain their many, many fans all over the world. You're sure to cheer out loud that this beloved new band is now in the finest blog ever written!
Important blog note! There will be no Framed next week, as we're on vacation, in Florida, in the United States! They've got palm trees!
Have fun in our absence, and be back here again in two weeks for what promises to be the single greatest blog event in the history of not only the worldwide web, but the worldwide world itself!
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On 17-10-1989 Sosthene Moguenara (nickname: ) was born in Sarh, Chad. The athlete is in 2017 famous for High Jumping & Olympics. Sosthene Moguenara's starsign is Libra and she is now 28 years of age.
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Barn Cat Buddies fills a huge need for community cats in our area. They are great to work with and take tremendous care to make certain that their adopters have a positive experience and that their cats find appropriate placement. Top Notch organization.
A rescuer myself, I have worked with Barn Cat Buddies many times over the years. They are always willing to help find homes for "Barn Cats", give valuable advice on how to trap the ones that never want to be gotten, help with good info about low cost spay and neuter and many other things. Our community would be a much poorer place with this outstanding organization.
AWESOME group!!! Fill a very necessary need in the community.
I do not even know where to start about this group. In a word....FANTASTIC!! So helpful and caring. So thankful to have a group like them in our midst! The assistance they provide is invaluable and makes such a measurable difference in the lives of the feral cats in not only their community but surrounding communities as well. Thanks for being there, and for caring!!
Toula, a lovely tortoise shell female cat, "adopted" us during the summer of 2013. Our Vet estimates that she is currently about 3 or 4 years old. She has been spayed, microchipped, and under regular veterinary care as soon as we were able to physically lure her into her kitty carrier. Now she allows us to pick her up and take her into the mobile clinic when our Vet arrives to care for our animals.
She was a feral cat who we began to feed, and after about 3 months of feeding her and talking to her from a distance, she finally was able to trust us enough to let us get close to her and finally to pet her. Though we have MUCH experience rescuing dogs, Toula is our first experience with a cat. Now you would never know she was a feral cat because she is so affectionate to humans who visit our home and 8 acre property.
She lives primarily outdoors, which is her preference, but she is fed and has climate controlled shelter and a soft bed in my 16 x 16 studio for voice and fine art. We have never brought her inside our main home because first she demonstrates little interest in this, and second, my husband is allergic to cats and probably would not be able to tolerate having her live with us indoors. Toula is very happy here on "her" land where she feels safe and comfortable, and we are so pleased that she has been rehabilitated to trust humans and even our three dogs who hang out with Toula and myself when I am working in my studio.
Because of a recent job situation we are very quickly relocating to Charleston, SC. in September 2015, and after much discussion with people in feral cat rescue, including the knowledgeable staff and volunteers with Barn Cat Buddies, we have decided that it will be best for Toula if she is able to stay on our property, after we move, in the care of the new owner or resident. We have several trusted friends and colleagues interested in buying our home, and if one of them is able to purchase it, we would ensure that they agree to allow Toula to stay where she is safe and happy. Until that time, we have arranged for our neighbors to continue to care and feed Toula after we move and while our home is still on the market.
However, we do not want Toula to fall through the cracks as we rapidly make this transition. Our three dogs are of course coming with us, and if we have no other alternative, we will return for Toula as well. But she would need to stay in a garage and would not be able to roam freely as she does now. We will no longer be in a rural area, and there will be alligators in the water ways near by. She would not be able to stay inside our home because of my husband's allergies. We do not feel it is best for Toula to have to live in our garage when she has been used to having so much freedom and independence. We also do not have the experience to try to transition her to living completely indoors.
If she cannot stay here on our property after we move, what would be ideal would be for an experienced cat person to help her transition to an indoor/outdoor home where she is safe and comfortable and has plenty of independence. She is a very good hunter, so she would be a real asset on a rural property.
So, we have been in touch primarily with Dianne from Barn Cat Buddies to help us find a back up plan for Toula in case we are not able to arrange for her to stay here on our property under the care of a trusted friend/colleague who has purchased our home. We greatly appreciate all of her expertise and compassion as we have had to make the very difficult decision to try to find a new home for Toula. It is wonderful to know that we are not alone in this, and that there are volunteers who care waiting to help us with Toula in whatever way they can. Barn Cat Buddies is a wonderful group to support.
I have watched this non profit make a difference for feral and friendly cats over the years and have never had a platform to sing their praises. These folks not only "talk the talk, but they walk the walk". What most don't realize is that people as well as animals are equally served through this all volunteer organization. Wish I could give them 10 stars. My respect for them is off the charts.
I can't say enough good things about Barn Cat Buddies! I adopted my wonderful FIV+ kitty from them after they saved him from a local shelter. He has the best personality and I am so grateful his life was spared. BCB also does a fantastic job helping local communities with Trap Neuter Return programs and whenever I notify them of an ear-tipped cat at the pound, they quickly step up to save them. Barn Cat Buddies is run by compassionate people and they are making a great impact in Roanoke and surrounding areas.
As being a prior board member I can honestly say this organization has made a great impact in our community. Lots of cats have been helped and rehomed. This organization has great potential however it isn't as transparent as it should be. Members of the board at not involved in the decision of projects and spending. Though most of the projects are good projects but the board is not consulted. Up until resent new board members were appointed by one person and the office of president is appointed the board is not consulted. I had no idea $37,000 was brought in to the organization last year nor what the $31,000 was spent on. Financial reports at not given to the board. I a m very sure I will be receiving feed back for this review.
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Barn Cat Buddies has saved the lives of several cats - and dogs. The volunteers work diligently to find homes for these animals as well. More communities should be lucky enough to have people like those at Barn Cat Buddies as guardians for the many animals who need places to live and be safe.
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Thank You for your kind words Chris. It surely 'takes a village' and we are so happy for the help of the amazing volunteers that make up BCB.
Diane, with Barn Cat Buddies, has bee a lifesaver for 2 different kitties. One was not very social and thanks to their program, they found him a barn, in order to save him. Last I heard, the new owner's decided to make him, part of their family, instead of a barn kitty. Second, was a very social stray, where if they hadn't found him a home, I'm certain he would have meet certain death, because we live a very busy street. With-in one week, he was neutered and vetted and off to a wonderful home, as a barn cat. She helped me in every way possible, from using their trap to setting up, his new home. I have made donations to them in the past and will again. Money well spent. They do such great work, in helping our cats in need. They love the animals as much as we do.
So many cats are left to their own defenses. Many previously owned, and dumped for whatever reasons. Sometimes they become feral. They no longer trust humans (who can blame them?). Often local pounds/shelters/rescues do not feel they are adoptable anymore. The thinking the cats would be better off dead is common. What many don't realize is that these cats still can serve an important part in our community! They are wanted! They are needed! Those of us with a farm know the tremendous efforts they can put forth in saving hundreds to thousands of dollars a year in grain loss prevention! You see, without a cat around, mice, rats, and squirrels will invade the grain room, and the feeding areas for livestock. Those critters then leave their droppings, aka feces, in those areas which can make the livestock sick. THANKFULLY Barn Cat Buddies DOES realize how much this can impact a farm's income. They supply the community with useful cats who help eliminate and control those critters! From storage units, business establishments, to local farms cats are supplied to become a part of those employees. Sometimes they remain feral, and other times the cats learn to trust, and respect humans again. But whether the cat wants only to be fed, and watered daily, or it wants to be rubbed and loved on, their impact is tremendous! Please think about adding a cat or two to your establishment!! Barn Cat Buddies can fill that need!!!
This group works so hard to help the cats of our area. They help rehome many cats, who may seem unadoptable. They work on educatng the public on how to save and control feral cats. Fantastic Group!
they take cats and show how they are useful and if unwanted or not pet friendly they have an alternative besides euthanazia
I have worked with this program by writing the first story appearing in the Franklin News-Post about the Barn Cat Buddies program. I have seen the program grow and have heard reports of good results from those using the cats people donate or Diane "rounds up." More counties (and people) need to get involved by spreading the word to barn owners. Good luck!


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Billion-Year Walk
Billion-Year Walk
Rotary Nature Center
600 Bellevue Avenue
Lake Merritt, Oakland, California
Take the whole family back a billion years and walk forward to the present around Lake Merritt (5 km = 3.1 miles). Follow dozens of signs describing the history of our Earth and its life. Personnel from UC Berkeley and NCSE will answer your questions as you travel through time around the lake and back to the Rotary Nature Center. Start anytime before 3PM to finish before the Center closes at 5.
[Billions of dinosaurs and other animals were harmed in the making of this history.]
Snacks, drinks, and goodies for the kids while they last. Test your knowledge with a trivia quiz. In-park parking $5. Street parking free.
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I'm not a huge fan of chemically decaffeinated teas. The process doesn't strike me as particularly healthy. Still, this smelled so good at the Coffee & Tea Festival that I couldn't resist the impulse buy. I have been enjoying it with a splash of rice milk for a creamy evening dessert drink. It complements chocolate and cookies nicely. It might be making my stomach hurt tonight, though…
Flavors: Vanilla
Thanks to KiwiDelight for sending me some of this! I decided to have it gong fu style with boiling water. The dry leaf has a nice, promising cocoa smell. The first infusion was 15 seconds. It brewed up a lovely amber color. The flavor was thick bittersweet chocolate. The second infusion was 30 seconds. It came out darker than the previous steep. Again, lots of lovely cocoa notes. My dad showed up at that point and I stopped taking detailed notes, but I think I got about 7 total steeps out of this one. Later steeps were more malt than cocoa, but still quite lovely. Sipdown!
Incidentally, I thought this was a black tea. Turns out it's a ripe pu'er. I haven't had the best experiences with pu teas, but this one is making me think I've just been drinking the wrong ones. Hmm.
Flavors: Cocoa, Dark Bittersweet, Malt
I don't recollect sending you some O-O
Glad you enjoyed it all the same! It's amazing Western style also.
I spent a solid half hour wandering around the mall trying to find this place: http://tbaar.com. Yay for decent bubble tea! It's not the greatest but definitely one of the better options around right now. I got the honey jasmine green tea with boba. I asked for half-sweet but I would prefer even less sweetness. Still, the flavoring is good, the bubbles are right, and the base tea is inoffensive.
Not bad! This is a very delicate tea but I got four decent steeps out of it at work today (although I'm now hoping no one noticed and thought it was weird that I steeped the same teabag four times). The jasmine flavor is definitely present but not over-the-top. There's a slight sweetness that I really enjoyed as well. I'm glad that I have another bag of this left!
Flavors: Jasmine
Travel mug breakfast tea. For some reason I was expecting the base to be Doke Rolling Thunder. Imagine my surprise upon finding that this is actually a white tea. I'm still not convinced that it isn't mislabeled – this blend looks, tastes, and smells exactly like the Watermelon Xylophone. Which is to say, juicy and delicious. Drinking this, I could almost believe it's spring despite the temperature still being wintry.
Yum! I had this with rice milk in my travel mug. Not sure if I would call the flavor white chocolate per se, but it is creamy, malty, and vaguely chocolate-y. Wonderful start to the day. Bonus points for being a black tea that doesn't make my stomach hurt. Thanks for the swap Dustin!


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Ensure your distribution agreement runs like clockwork — beware of banning exports to Switzerland - .PDF file.
Manufacturers and suppliers experienced in entering into EU distribution agreements will be aware that there are limits upon the restrictions that they may lawfully place upon on their resellers — including in respect of territorial restrictions. But what about the impact of such distribution agreements on Switzerland given that Switzerland is not in the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA)?
A swathe of recent decisions and investigations by the Swiss competition authority in relation to parallel import restrictions — for example Nikon in respect of cameras, certain beer manufacturers and piano manufacturer Steinway & Sons — highlight that the Swiss competition authority will not take lightly the restriction of trade into Switzerland and resulting higher prices for consumers.
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Feed Them Social Combined Streams
Do you have Multiple Social Accounts?
Feed Them Social Combined Streams is an extension for our free plugin Feed Them Social. For a few years now people have been requesting we build a feed like this, and the time has come! Thanks so much for everyones support and patience. Below is a list of things the Mashup feed can do at this time. We will definitely be making additional options but for the time being we present you with these.
Combine Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Youtube or Pinterest posts.
- You can mashup any of the above social networks. Currently you can only mashup one of each, you cannot have say 2 different twitter feeds in the mix. We will be working on that for our next update as well.
- All posts are in date order
- Choose the number of posts to show for each social network and the total posts.
- 2 different ways to style the header of each post.
- Set the height to create a scrolling feed.
- Choose the number of words to show for each post.
- All Feeds display photos and description if available.
- All Feeds can show Uploaded videos, Soundcloud, Youtube and Vimeo videos and more.
- Option to Display Posts In a Grid Style format (side by side).
- Load more and popup option coming in a future update, probably the next one after launch.
Combine Facebook Accounts
- Unlimited Multiple Facebook Pages
- Unlimited Multiple Facebook Page Videos
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I'm not ashamed to admit that I carry what some people might consider an unhealthy affinity for Harry Potter. Although the copies my parents bought were intended for my youngest brother, somehow the books spirited themselves into my bedroom whenever I was home for a visit. (It must have been magic.) I'm one of those people who reserves the latest book in advance and attends midnight showings of the movies so I can be the first one to see how Harry's tale is told on the big screen.
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Hogan: Apple debacle 'won't have any impact' on foreign investment
EU Commissioner Phil Hogan flatly rejected suggestions that Brussels is trying to exert influence over Ireland's tax policy through the Euro 19bn Apple tax demand.
Commissioner Hogan said he can understand Ireland's position on an appeal against the Apple tax ruling - but he denied that the Brussels stance was part of any broader EU tax agenda.
"This is not about taxation rates. It is not about corporate rates (of tax)," he said.
"It is about State aid rules being implemented fairly so we have a level playing pitch for companies."
He also dismissed suggestions the EU stance on Ireland's handling of the Apple tax affairs could impact on future investments by multinationals.
"It won't have any impact, from what I can see, on foreign direct investment because Ireland is well located to take advantage of the huge markets within the EU and people come here for very good reasons."
The Kilkenny politician emphatically rejected suggestions by some of his former Cabinet colleagues that Brussels had an ulterior motive with the massive Apple tax demand ruling.
"That is not the case. Like I said, this has nothing to do with tax rates or corporate tax rates."
"It is to do with State aid rules and tax structures that have been established and which the Competition Commissioner has deemed to be illegal."
"That has now been appealed by Ireland and it is their I right to do so," he said.
Commissioner Hogan was speaking as he attended the opening of the Cork 2.0 Rural Development conference.
The conference was staged to mark the 20th anniversary of a landmark rural development conference which set out the guidelines of future European policy.
Agriculture Minister Michael Creed welcomed Commissioner Hogan to the event - but he dismissed the EU ruling on Apple's tax affairs as "absurd" and claimed it was a blatant EU attempt to influence Ireland over the low corporate tax rate.
Commissioner Hogan said Brussels and Dublin understands each other's positions.
"Absolutely, as a member of the European Commissioner it is a bit like being a member of Cabinet. You take collective responsibility for the decisions that are made," he said.
"The Commissioner has had an investigation going on for over three years, the EU Commission has made a decision and the Government and Apple are now appealing it so it will be a matter for the European Court to decide who is right and who is wrong."
"The usual thing is that if you don't accept collective Cabinet responsibility is that you shouldn't be a member of Cabinet."
"There were many decisions over the years and there was a lot of difficult discussions in Cabinet and everybody had to come out at the end of the day and defend the decision that was made collectively."
"That is what has happened in the European Commission."
Commissioner Hogan said he can fully understand Ireland's stance on an appeal.
"That is a matter for the Irish Government," he said.
"They have made that decision and they have good reasons, from what I can see, to have made that decision."
"That is the process. It is going to be quite expensive and prolonged but the investigation was quite lengthy as well."
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Cannot access user accounts after months of "not genuine" windows
This is my first post...
I bought a PC from a website years ago, Cube24/7, in a bit of a rush. The website in retrospect was a bit dodgy, and based on other reviews of the site, I am lucky I got something for my money at all!
It was stated to have Windows 7 on it - which turned out to be not true. After spending my cash on a PC, I then did not want to fork out for an OS (as it did not have a default one) so, alas, I used a copy of a friends.
It worked fine initially, but then I was greeted with the familiar message to many of This copy of windows is not genuine. At first I thought I would just ignore it, but eventually went down the route of getting a product key online. This worked fine for a while, but then required me to do it every couple of weeks...
NOW this has finally caught up with me, and I cannot access my user accounts. It comes up with an error message relating to user profiles being unavailable. I have tried many things, such as going on as a guest (which works fine) and doing a system clock back or system restore, but when it asks for the administrators password, I get the same error relating to user accounts.
Ultimately, I am looking for any way to restore the system so that I can access my user accounts, as I now do not really want to buy Windows 7 for the PC, if the error still occurs.
Any help would be appreciated and just contact me for queries.
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Hello Isaac,
You're just going to simply need to purchase a legal copy of Windows, and do a clean install an activate.
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|09 Mar 2014
Win 7 x64 Home Premium (and x86 VirtualBox VM)/Win10
Your current problems have nothing to do with the activation status of Windows - they are caused by other problems.
As Brink says, your best option is to purchase a legal license for Windows, and clean install that.
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That's the price of piracy.
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