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A prestigious literary magazine has released its once-a-decade list of top young writers, and five of the twenty inclusions are Jewish.
The British journal Granta released its Best of Young British Novelists, and among the choices were Adam Foulds, Naomi Alderman, Benjamin Markovits, Ned Beauman and Adam Thirlwell.
Foulds, the son of New Essex Masorti rabbi Michael Foulds, told the Jewish Chronicle he was inspired by the work of Jewish American novelists such as Saul Bellow and Philip Roth. "There is now a very rich tradition to draw on of fiction by diaspora Jewish writers – literature of a high standard that comes out of their experience or the experience of their grandparents' generation."
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Thirlwell is the only repeat from the last list.
Now 34 and working on his third full-length novel, Thirwell expressed delight to have made a second appearance. "In retrospect it feels like a huge relief – not being on it would have looked like I'd declined."
"It's a great thing," added Thirlwell, who also cites Roth and Bellow as his literary heroes. "It gave me confidence in my career, and confidence to do more crazy things with writing. And in a practical way, getting attention to books is difficult."

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Colony Drop
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—The owners of Colony Drop actually talking about themselves, trying to admit that they are pasty and spoiled weeaboos themselves, but too fearful that their penises will shrink because of this
—Once you've read this, it's kind of apparent that it's an oldfag weeabbo circlejerk
Colon Dump is the equivalent of the Westboro Baptist Church of the Anime Fandom community, who are not comprised of overtly zealous and batshit insane Jesusfags longing for the cock of God, but of overtly jealous, self-hating, spoiled, and utterly insufferable batshit insane basement and nostalgia dwelling anime fans in their 30s from Europe and the US, who have an agenda to make Japan suck their dicks for them to make Japanese Cartoons the "way they want it".
It is also the prime example of the fucktardedness displayed on the other end of the dumbfuck spectrum of Anime Fandom Wankery, known by their more formal name, the Reject Weeaboo.
Apparently, the site's aim is to "argue against the grain of anime fandom's most heinous misconceptions", which in turn, means to out right whine and display a twisted and jaded self-entitled perspective of their Anime Fan experience as leverage to act like a bitter ball of shit and piss, while in turn, hoping to ruin everyone's anime related experiences, so that they may perform the biggest Olympic pool sized orgy fueled by self-denial and a need to justify why Anime needs to be "cool" and "manly" for all of Europe and America to "accept it".
There is also nothing like Reject Weeaboos, attempting to act elitist and condencending to a fandom that enjoys Japanese Cartoons, who all and all don't give a shit to a corner of the internet that ranks Fucking Fail and dropping on Alexa for a reason and aren't visited by anyone with half of a brain, including other weeaboos.
Maybe it's because normal people would find people who act this insecure and lost in their lives over why Japan doesn't need to suck a dick to spoiled suburbanite gaijin crowd of another culture are fucking loons and insufferable people to keep in cages so that no one has to experience their fuckery, but maybe that's just us.
- 1 Contents
- 2 Rise from Nobody Gives a Fuck to Nobody Fucking Cares
- 3 Motivations of Colony Drop
- 4 Owners
- 5 Asshurt? In my ED? It's more likely than you think
- 6 The Moar You Know
- 8 Links
- 9 See also
With flatearthing whiny Reject Weeaboos at there commands, their commons posts are:
- how they believe that their pasty whiteboy suburbanite loser asses will change the Animu industry and Japanese society as a whole, thinking that Japan actually gives a fuck about whiny annoying gaijin fuckers that whine about Japanese Cartoons,
- yapping off their mouths about how the Tokyo Anime Fair was sooooo boring, and hoping to be greater pasty douchey whiteboys by being HARDKORE DUDDDE!!!111! by making witty remarks about how everything sucked, which is what pasty douchey whiteboys do apparently,
- whining about how other weeaboos are making them look like fucking idiots (when in turn, they're the only ones looking stupid),
- bitterly yelling about how much Japanese people aren't sucking the dong of American Weeaboo standards in Akihabara,
- and displaying the greatest amounts of arrogant prudish White Boy douchebaggotry next to a pile of cocaine, a styrofoam factory, and your mom's latest clipshow of her vacation in Canada, complete with the "oh those (insert inhabitants of whatever country she went to) are so wacky" statement. Apparently, this statement holds truer than weeaboos eat pocky, apparently being a Reject Weeaboo makes you not only a jackass hypocrite anime elitist shithead that only worships Japan for their animation, but also an ethnocentric untolerable fucktwat that bitches about everyone having to suck the dong of your ways of life.
- They will also do their best to mask up and plead innocence like how Japan didn't do Unit 731 and Bataan (events that even true weebs would not deny is true) through telling us that they don't intend to change the minds of Japanese directors and animators.
Because the reject weeaboos down at Colon Dump are so fucking likable, and have a lot of insightful articles on why everything in anime isn't how it's used to be in their tastes because they are arrogant dumbfucks that don't know the meaning of the word time, right?
And all of this by bitching about Japanese Cartoons. How fucking low can you get?
Best of all, they have a fellow list of cocksuckers (under Blogroll, fucking site's composition is retarded) that get together with each other every night and complain about this stupid nonsensical shit while enjoying each other's hot manly juices on each other. One of them also is a poorly done attempt at a criticism and edgy commentary of the animu done in a webcomic, but it's too fucking stupid to state and name that it would likely destroy our servers.
Rise from Nobody Gives a Fuck to Nobody Fucking Cares
—April 24, 2010 at 5:17 pm - Even before this article's creation did even the more intelligent realize the amazing amounts of sad as hell fanwank nerd douchebagottry and fucktard manchild gamer-esque Seanbaby wannabe humor that the reject weeaboo losers provide at Colon Dump.
Their most proudest achievement was stating themselves that they won the next animu blog competition of 2010, and then proceeding to blab about how that "drawing the ire of such an insular, petty community is a sure sign that we're doing the right thing." Of course, the truth being that they are reject weeaboos that not even other weeaboos like for their pisspoor attempt to be "edgy, HARDKORE and IN YO FACE", while attempting to swing their oldfag anime fanboy penises for everyone to suck on out of insecurity and self-absorbed ego fucktardism, they actually lost the first round. Sad. We're also sure that this is the reason why ratings for the shitheap excuse of this place is down to over negative one million. Actually, it already was in the first place, so fuck it.
Of course, being self-absorbed, insular, petty, unwitty and some of the biggest liars, whiners, losers, pretentious "edgy" douchebag geekoid fuckheads and dumbfucks to ever grace the internets with a heavy dose of sadism and bitter contempt for not getting pussy for your anime fanwankery doesn't make your post anything short of trollish, it's clearly a sign of your bitter hatred and oldfaggotry seeping into your words.
Don't get us wrong, weeaboos on the teenybopper "KAWAII RANDOMES" end can be the biggest and most annoying fuckers when it comes to defending their moeh, animu and grorious nippon, but nothing beats that except oldfags cumming themselves to picking on the newfag generation, especially intolerable ethnocentric shithead Japanese Cartoon "buffs" to heal their jaded broken remains of a soul through lying and pretending not to notice nobody likes you through pathetic attempts at humor and wit.
Their second greatest achievement is getting onto Weeaboo Central News (AKA Animu News Network) and talking their mouths off about how the anime isn't what's making their dick bigger any more, and further eroding the reputation of a shitty news site with crap reporting and articles and a fuckheaded forum userbase even further by stooping to hire them for their podcasts! Zany!!
But it was also revealed in the fucking hueg ass forums that the closest thing they've coming to doing in their pitiful jackass lives is revealing that they are secretly trying to be the anime-based successor to Seanbaby. Keep going guys, your lifelong achievements are all in your hands!
Motivations of Colony Drop
We here at Encyclopedia Dramatica aren't just composed of people who insult and mock on a social level, but also of those that mock on a social and personal level as well to showcase why such people are fucking cocksuckers and douchebag attention whores. The level of Colony Drop's self-hatred and bitter motivations to ruin other weeaboos and animu fan's experiences is such a mindfucking classification of retarded and bitter hatred, it has been decided that analysis of such fucktardery should be attempted in order to make clear of what this site is really all about.
So let's be honest here at ED. While we have used the same terms, over and over again, being "Pasty White, Bitter, Fandom-Obsessed, Self-Deluded Elitist, Basement-Dwelling Virgins", you cannot help but feel that a majority of these things poured out onto the internets is fucking true.
And let's face it, this place is created by a bunch of Pasty White, Bitter, Fandom-Obsessed, Self-Deluded Elitist, Basement Dwelling Virgins. When you click that site, read those articles, and push whatever responses this shitheap attempts to communicate to you, you cannot HELP but feel that a majority of these things poured out onto the internets are fucking true.
Let's look back on this shitsack, shall we?
The users are manchildren fuckball wackos, driven to insanity over their fandom in Japanese Cartoons. They post up bitter and lulz worthy material about how other Animu fans are inferior and worthless compared to their tastes and "standing" in the Anime fandom, regardless most sane people wouldn't even give two fucks about what fuckball intentions they state. They have a FUCKING TWITTER devoted to twisting whatever the hell people post up on their Deviant Art and acting in their inane fucktardry as if that makes them "better fans". They enjoy pathetic attempts at trolling and more so attempting to be edgy and douchy behaviors we know that they wouldn't even have the testicles to pull off IRL because they don't have those balls to act like how they do on the internet and deal with the repricussions. These are the losers who attempt to be the Seanbaby of Anime that fail to live to the name, and even puss out and fail on their first try by not posting up their actual pictures of themselves. These are the losers that puss out and don't even live up to being "manly", that very thing that they jack themselves off to eventually becoming, every night.
They post up fucking self-deluded shit about some fandom war about Gundams and Evangelion despite no proof of whatever the fuck they're talking about IS real. They will go so far out of their way in their fanfuckery that they will stoop to make up claims about animu directors they don't favor. They desire all of Anime Fandom and Weeaboos to worship them through their "edgy" and "cool" content, so they write articles of some of the most flatearthing bullshit about fandom that no one but these dickmunchers would spend their time on. They are so fucking out of their heads, they would even go to Japan on its slowest of days in order to twist facts about how Akibahara is a playground for inferior Japanese otaku, and like all rabidly sick and fucked in the head fanboys would do, cum themselves and lavishly brag about how the Gundam Bar around the same area is the best place in all of Japan.
These Alpha Male Wannabe posers complain about how a fucking trend in their precious animu, Moe, is the death of anime, and how their pathetic attempt at a website is going to change that. These are loser virgins bitter and thought that Japanese Cartoons would get them laid, who take out their frustrations out on people who don't give two fucks about what they're thinking. These are losers who got one to too many wedgies in High School attempting to kiss up and cater favor to appease to a society that fucks them in the ass, in order to feel accepted over Japanese Cartoons, and how making them "Manly American/European" will help people "take Japanese Cartoons Seriously". These are complete insecure pussies who go as far as to go to anime conventions and take photos, to make fun of them and jerk off to feel satiated in their fandom standing, as if anyone fucking cares. These are fucking losers that would go as far as to make a magazine dedicated to their retarded and overrated conversations about old anime that no one gives a fuck about anymore.
These are pathetic basement dwelling virgin nerds, bitter and angry at a world that doesn't "embrace anime seriously", who put all of their blame on current trends of what their Japanese Cartoons doesn't follow back when they started watching it in a self-entitled and delusional world of nostalgia and jaded perspectives, and are on a downhill shitdrop to becoming An Hero because about as much as they enjoy acting like some of the most self-entitled and arrogant shithead Reject Weeaboos on the planet, they're really just pathetic hipster virgins, who will sink to any low to even sucking dicks of Japanese Directors in order to curry favor to make themselves feel better at night and help keep their pathetic delusion going as they age into vagina starved cocksuckers desperate for stimulation on their shitty animu site. Not even Weeaboos have this kind of fucked up and mindfucking level of emotional baggage to fuel something as abysmally insane as the fucking rectal santorum of Colony Drop.
These are some fucking pathetic and pitiful assed Reject Weeaboos, and we here at ED have found the top tier of the insanity of fandom fuckery.
—Zach, who apparently doesn't know how the internets work
- Steve
- Zach
- Sean
- Dave
- Mark
TL;DR, Lonely Homoerotic Pasty White Amurican Douchebags
Luckily for them, you can meet them whenever you have a local animu con nearby, although they're too fucking high and mighty as elitist reject weeaboo shitheads themselves, they'll only go to big city cons. Feel free to punch or kick the living shit out these guys and tell them they aren't witty, effective, cool, interesting, or funny in the least. They'll also hold a booth, or provide some dumbfuck "deep artistic insight" on why they can't get laid, so don't be afraid to set up an open fire! ;3
Also, don't be afraid to weed these douchebags out if you hear they do come. These shitbags also take no prisoners making fun of anyone and being the pussyfoot dicksticking fuckfaces too busy fapping themselves to their self-entitled "elite fan rank". They will also follow you around with a fucking camera and even beat off to the photos by how much they can make fun of your ass for kicks.
We do NOT FUCK WITH YOU ON THIS. So, for fun's sakes, if you see a faggot running around with a high-class camera, or a bunch of losers muttering about how everything sucks and how much your life is worth less then theirs because of anime shit that no one fucking cares about, gather your friends and show them a great time. And if you're a sad bastard that enjoys managing cons, have a fucking brain and have security weed these bastards out, and have them play rapedolls with this crew of jaded pathetic shit.
And while we at ED do have incriminating pictures as well, they are often shot by a third party source, i.e., us not fucking with what's actually happening, and usually, we have something to write about more so than pretending to be Newfag Summer Anon and being pussies than do something cool.
Asshurt? In my ED? It's more likely than you think
Disregardless of these facts, it is also well documented in the past that they are extremely obsessed with striking back on those on the internet who make slander and criticism, as well as in-your-fucking-balls mockery against their pathetic site. Such actions are overly reacted against, that they will spend 5% of their day vandalizing it, while spending 95% of it jacking off on their IRC chat and lathing in their complete insanity. In other words, they are so dedicated to their site, it's not really known if these losers ever get out of their basements.
So as of Last Thursday, the rejects at Colon Dump have noticed the page's existence. Apparently, their most "offensive attempt" was to post up a screencap of the person who wrote this shit up and write off the most insipid nerd loser comment ever made by their mommies (ie, attempting to look nerd smart) and feel better about themselves.
Apparently, they didn't catch the fact that when there's only one person that looked at their shitty site and wrote up why it sucks, most of all, the fact that no one ever visits it, they should take the hint that no one fucking cares about vain jaded losers that whine about Japanese Cartoons not catering to their tastes. Goes to show that quality is always better than quantity in anything.
Here's also their user page.
We're likely that these assholes are going to strike back again because of how "we are ruining their reputations", and likely are still going to be asshole anime fan losers that still want to stick their cock into pussy through means of fandom wanking.
Here's also further proof of their fuckery, which doesn't help as this only helps show how much more pathetic they are getting to be.
The Moar You Know
Here on the analysis of Colony Drop, we've learned these very important facts:
- Why bitter burnout oldfags are never bearable in the first place,
- Why geeks that bitch about fandom and never shut up about it are whiny douchebag losers that nobody likes,
- Why these guys don't have any friends regarding their self-inflated egotism and self-given dumbfuckery,
- Why being an elitist on the internet isn't an award that gets you a pile of cocaine with a hot shot car powered by harbl and blowjobs from hookers,
- Why douchey white boy losers that bitch and complain about shit that's from another country are actually the biggest losers you'll ever know,
- Why Comic book fans like these aren't ever going to get their dicks touched by an actual woman.
- Why no one likes pretentious wannabe tough guy ethnocentric pseudo internet bullies, and why they'll forever be alone.
- Yelling about anime fandom to make yourself feel better at night isn't going to do shit,
- The intellectual elitist end of the Anime Fandom Spectrum is just as fucking retarded and stupid as the "randomness" weeaboos,
- Attempting to be smart and "edgy" by writing up "slandering" articles without doing your research is going to make you look fucking stupid,
- This is the reason why directors and creators don't ever listen to fans,
- When fat basement nerds are whining like babies, you know there is no dignity nor credibility when it comes to whining, baby mouthed, ego driven, pretentious, school age internet shit throwing,
- Basement otaku in Japan forever are more likable than you fucktards,
- Why nerds like these are the greatest examples of racial and ethnic imperialism on the internets (SRS FUCKIN BUZINZZ YO)
- Even fucking Anonymous, being the pillaging, raeping, destructive hellions of the interwebs, posting up the most insane, offensive and mind blowing shit in the internets, are more fucking funny, witty, effective, in your fucking face, and more controversial than any of the flatearthing bullcum horseshit shat out from any of you fucks, and have provided more insightful and tolerable fucking topics on /a/, /jp/, and /touhou/ combined, and have left a greater impact on the animu community than whatever the fuck Colon Dump would ever create in its life time.
—Thanks assholes! We'll come over and say FUCK YOU sometime too! ^w^
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See also
- Weeaboo
- Fucktard
- Forever Alone
- Nerd Rage
- Unfunny
- Megatokyo - The other end of the insufferable weeaboo fandom, only Fred got laid.
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Winners of Prag Cine Award 2014
The most desired award of Assamese film industry, Prag Cine Award 2014 was successfully held on 22nd March at NGV Indoor Stadium, Bangalore. The award ceremony was organized by Prag AM Television Pvt. Ltd. in collaboration with Assam Society of Bangalore.
On the day of reckoning, many Assamese film stars and celebrities attended the ceremony including South Indian film and telivision stars. Actress Mahima Choudhury, Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce president Gangaraj, actress and Rajya Sabha MP B. Jayashree, VJ Anusha, Filmmaker Girish Kasaravalli also attended the award ceremony. Famous singers Zubeen Garg, Angarag Mahanta (Papon), Zublee and Dikshu performed live and actress Mahima Choudhury released the souvenir of Prag Cine Award.
Actor Mridula Barua was honoured with the lifetime Achievement Award for her remarkable contribution towards the Assamese film Industry and Karma Ke Raati was awarded for the non Assamese film category. Director and actor Kenny Basumatary got a jury special mention for the film Local Kung Fu and Mumtaz directed by Pulak Gogoi won the best popular film award. The list of the winners of other categories are as follows –
Best Film
Ajeyo (Directed by Jahnu Barua)
Best Director
Jadumani Dutta (For the film Paani)
Best Actor
Adil Hussain (For the film Raag)
Best Actress
Joya Sil Ghose (For the film Shringkhol)
Best Supporting Actor
Badal Das (For the film Shringkhol)
Best Supporting Actress
Pranami Bora (For the film Shinyor)
Best Playback Singer (Male)
Rupam Bhuyan (For the film Mumtaz)
Best Playback Singer (For the film Female)
Madhusmita Borthakur (For the film Shinyor)
Best Music
Anurag Saikia (For the film Shinyor)
Best Sound Designing
Dipak Dutta (For the film Durjan)
Best Choreographer
Dipak Dey (For the film Durjan)
Best Editor
Kankan Rajkhowa (For the film Shinyor)
Best Cinematographer
Pradip Daimari (For the film Shinyor)
Best Screenplay
Dipak Kumar Gogoi & Jadumani Dutta (For the film Paani)
Best Lyrics
Ibsonlal Barua (For the film Shinyor)
Best Make-up Artist
Akash Gogoi (For the film Raag)
Best Costume Designer
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The Project is now called the Black Women's Health Imperative (Imperative), reinforcing the fact that it is imperative that we move beyond documenting the enormous health disparities that exist for Black women, and focus our efforts on actionable steps to eliminate them.
To ensure that happens, the Imperative works at the national and local levels, where we bring the perspectives and often missing voices of African American women to the ongoing health policy debates. We also join in partnerships with health coalitions and organizations to develop community-based strategies to reach out and affect change individually, locally, regionally and nationally.
Since inception, the organization has been in the forefront of women's health issues, promoting responsible and healthy sexual behavior through comprehensive public education initiatives that promote overall wellness of Black women. In 1990, we opened a public education and policy office in Washington, D.C., the seat of policy and advocacy for reproductive rights. But, it was not until 1995 that the board realized the opportunity to become better positioned to address the massive challenges of racial and gender-based health disparities affecting Black women. A decision was made to establish a national presence in the nation's capital and relocate our national headquarters to Washington, D.C.
With a broadened structure of national and local affiliated organizations and a change in name to the Black Women's Health Imperative in 2002, the Imperative instituted aggressive national programs in health policy, education, research, knowledge and leadership development and communications to save and extend the lives of Black women.
Presently, the organization continues to be dedicated to promoting physical, mental and spiritual health and well-being for the nation's 19.5 million African American women and girls.
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Established as a program of the National Women's Health Network.
|Opened first office in Atlanta, Ga.
Convened the First National Conference on Black Women's Health Issues at Spelman College, marking the official birth of the Black Women's Health Project as an independent organization.
Developed the signature self-help methodology through "SisterCircle" sessions, empowering Black women to attain healthy living and overall physical, mental and spiritual wellness.
Published first issue of Vital Signs as a health news magazine.
|Incorporated and renamed the Black Women's Health Project to the National Black Women's Health Project.
|Purchased national headquarters in Atlanta. It became known as "Phoebe House."
|Initiated quarterly Task Force Meetings, as a mechanism, to gather information on Black women's health experiences for shaping our perspectives and agenda on health.
|Headed a delegation of 25 women to Kenya for the UN Decade for Women to share our self-help methodology and to network with women worldwide.
|Produced a video titled "It's Up to Us" to rally a grassroots health empowerment movement.
|Conducted a conference with the Women and Development Unit of the University of the West Indies (WAND) in Barbados titled "Dialogue Across the Diaspora," on physical, mental and spiritual aspects of women's health and self-help. The conference was attended by a diverse group of women from the United States, the Caribbean Islands, South America and Africa, focusing on health issues of women from several Caribbean countries, including Barbados, Jamaica and Belize.
|Produced "On Becoming a Woman: Mothers and Daughters Talking Together," a video designed to stimulate honest and open family dialogue about menstruation and reproductive health.
|Partnered with the Belizean Rural Women's association to provide training and technical assistance in Belize for the organization to launch and sustain health education programs on gynecological health and self-help trainings.
|Established the Center for Black Women's Wellness in the Mechanicsville Public Housing community in Atlanta as a model for community-based health education and service provision.
|Initiated SisteReach, an international program to share self-help methodology and reproductive health organizing with women in Nigeria, Cameroon and Brazil.
|Produced "Becoming a Cameroonian Woman," a sequel to the organization's film "On Becoming a Woman."
|Opened public education and policy office in Washington, D.C.
|Launched Walking for Wellness as a fitness Program with Olympic gold medalist Wilma Rudolph leading the organization's inaugural event at Disney World.
|Produced "It's OK to Peek," a gynecological, self-examination video.
Participated in an exchange program with South African women to address issues of domestic violence, sexual and child abuse, HIV/AIDS, personal self-help and community empowerment.
|Celebrated our 10th anniversary with a conference that featured Dr. Jocelyn Elders, Angela Davis, Johnnetta B. Cole and Renita Weems.
|Opened The Well, California Black Women's Health Project, as a state field office in Los Angeles.
|Participated in the International Conference on Population and Development.
Published "Body & Soul: The Black Women's Guide to Physical Health and Emotional Well-Being," by Linda Villarosa.
|Relocated the national headquarters to Washington, D.C.
|Mobilized other women of color organizations to develop and present a "women of color" health agenda at the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, China.
|Implemented substance abuse prevention programs on eight Historically Black College and University (HBCU) campuses.
|Published the first issue of the Sister Ink newsletter.
|Established and presented the first Women Who Dare Award to Alice Walker.
|Published "Our Bodies, Our Voices, Our Choices: A Black Woman's Primer on Reproductive Health and Rights."
|Participated in the Fifth General Assembly of the Association of African Women for Research and Development.
|Celebrated The Healing Vision of Toni Morrison upon the publication of the book "Paradise" with a reception in Washington, D.C.
|Launched REACH 2010: At the Heart of New Orleans, a five-year, community, participatory-research project as a coalition of community groups, city and state health departments, the local public library, a historically Black university and 40 churches. It was funded to address health risk factors for heart disease among Black women in metropolitan New Orleans.
|Conducted a nationwide consumer health survey in collaboration with the University of Memphis Center for Community Health to assess psychosocial factors that impact health and utilization of health services among Black women.
|Opened a field office in New Orleans.
|Produced a video for mothers and teen daughters, titled "Let Me Know. What's Going On? My Body, My Self, My Life."
|Sponsored the Black Women's Wellness Study, a research and weight-management program on physical activity, eating patterns and social support for Black women in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania,
|Participated with representatives from 20 countries led by the Women's Health Project of South Africa to publish case studies on reproductive health and rights from a global perspective.
|Changed our name to the Black Women's Health Imperative, and launched www.BlackWomensHealth.ORG as the most comprehensive, interactive online health resource designed specifically for Black women and their families.
|Initiated "Because I am a Queen," a national television campaign and online smoking cessation program to encourage Black women smokers to quit and non-smokers to not start.
|Convened a National Colloquium on Black women's health in Washington, D.C., in collaboration with the Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust and the U.S. Senate Black Legislative Staff Caucus to generate a national sense of urgency to address the unequal burden of health issues borne by Black women.
|Published "Lasting Legacy," an oral history of the National Black Women's Health Project, which was published in commemoration of the organization's 20th anniversary.
|Collaborated with the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine to evaluate minimal contact interventions as approaches to facilitate and sustain regular physical activity among Black women.
|Co-sponsored The March for Women's Lives with six other leading women's rights and reproductive health and rights organizations. More than 1 million people marched in the streets of Washington, D.C., to sound the alarm that access to abortion and women's reproductive rights were in danger.
|Presented Congresswoman Maxine Waters with the Imperative's "Women Who Dare" Award.
|Began publishing "Black Papers" on important health issues for Black women.
|Re-issued Vital Signs as an e-newsletter for members.
|Closed REACH 2010: At the Heart of New Orleans Coalition after seven years of implementing a faith-based initiative to reduce cardiovascular disease risk factors among Black women in New Orleans, La.
|Celebrated 25 years of leadership and service for Black women's health and well-being this June 19-21, 2008, at our 25th Anniversary Celebration in Washington, D.C.!


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Stuxnet Expert Ralph Langner Offers Reverse Engineering Analysis
SCADA/ICS security expert Ralph Langner has published his latest analysis of the infamous Stuxnet malware after reverse engineering the code, and has concluded that the older version of the malicous code was designed to be far more aggressive, and could have inflicted much greater kinetic damage.
Stuxnet is the highly sophisticated designer-virus that is thought to have caused severe damage to Iranian uranium enrichment facilities, setting back the nation's nuclear weapons program by as much as several years.
Langner, who is credited with being the first to document how Stuxnet targeted Siemens PLCs employed by Iran to control centrifuges used to refine weapons-grade uranium, said the developers behind the malware made a tactical decision to decrease the destructiveness of the delivered payload, a move that might be considered counter-intuitive given the goal of the operation.
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Delish 12 December 2010Posted by marisacat in 2008 Election, Culture of Death, Inconvenient Voice of the Voter.
A mandrill seems to flash a rude gesture towards photographer Mark Rogers at the San Francisco zoo. However, the animal suffers from arthritis and is unable to lower his middle finger [MARK ROGERS / CATERS]
Another replay, this from election day…. so suited to this lovely piece by Lewis Lapham.
Line after line is divine skewering:
[T]he son et lumières presented by Louis XIV in the palace of Versailles and by Adolf Hitler in the stadium at Nuremberg prefigure the Colorado rock-star staging of Barack Obama's 2008 presidential nomination. Nor do the profile pictures on Facebook lack for timeworn precedent. During the three centuries between the death of Alexander and the birth of Christ, the cities of Asia Minor were littered with tributes to an exalted self. Wealthy individuals aspiring to apotheosis in bronze acquired first a prominent vantage point and then a prefabricated torso representative of a goddess or a general. A flattering hand fitted the custom-tailored head; as with the cover photographs for Vanity Fair, prices varied according to the power of the image to draw a crowd. …
He closes with this:
[O]n the national cultural circuits, as among the political camp followers feeding on the spectacle of a presidential election campaign, the mere mention of money in sufficient quantity (a $100 million divorce settlement, a $787 billion federal stimulus) excites the same response as a sighting of George Clooney. Eventually the society chokes itself to death on rancid hype. Which probably is why on passing a newsstand these days I think of funeral parlors and Tutankhamen's tomb. The celebrities pictured on the covers of the magazines line up as if in a row of ceremonial grave goods, exquisitely prepared for burial within the tomb of a democratic republic that died of eating disco balls.
Might as well gaze downward, I think trying to look up, as we descend, is going to be too dizzying.
- 3. diane - 12 December 2010
The Lapham piece is really tasty, thanks!
..and I think there should be t-shirts made of the mandrill…passed out at ralleys across the fucking country….
- diane - 12 December 2010
hmm, perhaps around the world, in small peep solidarity ….
- 4. diane - 12 December 2010
Can't imagine how frightened Bradley Manning must be feeling now (especially given his youth) in addition to likely feelings of abandonment.
A bit on his defense funding re Wikileaks here (which also covers some orgnanizational fall out. Looks like a new 'industry' may end up sprouting as a consequence of it all.)
I hope the Bradley Manning Support Network can, and will do the right thing for him, as it looks like Wikileaks won't be doing that.
I've never been comfortable with how easily he was 'revealed,' perhaps it was his own doing, and perhaps, for the most part, not.
- diane - 12 December 2010
shit, sorry, mixed up a Revealed: How the CIA protected Nazi murderers (oh, but do read) link, with the piece re Wikileaks.
- 5. brinn - 12 December 2010
"Eventually the society chokes itself to death on rancid hype."
Rancid hype. Beauty. I will go read the whole thing when I have time….er, sometime next year?!
Right now, I will content myself with that one wonderful line:
"Eventually the society chokes itself to death on rancid hype."
Oh, and Mcat, that picture is also divine, arthritis or no….
- 7. diane - 12 December 2010
The Gawker group (jezebel, gizmodo, etc.) has apparently been hacked:
Commenting Accounts Compromised — Change Your Passwords
Our user databases appear to have been compromised. The passwords were encrypted. But simple ones may be vulnerable to a brute-force attack. You should change your Gawker password and on any other sites on which you've used the same passwords.
…. For tips on creating strong passwords, see this post on Lifehacker.
- diane - 12 December 2010
by who knows who, ….could be anyone they pissed off… could be 4chan, could be a government practise run, could be gawker (okay that is a stretch)…
- 8. catnip - 12 December 2010
Awesome season 5 of Dexter. The finale was on tonite.
- diane - 13 December 2010
well, I usually love to hear the French language, but I think bitch for war sounds better in this instance.
- diane - 13 December 2010
Lovely implication there, …the quality of the sex between Obama and her highness, will have a direct effect on the citizens….
yeah, truly, go the fuck away …..
- ms_xeno - 13 December 2010
I look forward to the Federal Fat Camps myself. Just think of it as the WPA, boot camp, chain gangs, and EST all rolled into one big shiny package!
- 12. ts - 13 December 2010
Breaking news: "Federal judge invalidates key part of health care law."
- BooHooHooMan - 13 December 2010
WELL! (huff chortle puff) A TRAVESTY!
The Judge considered Nothing! NOTHING of Obama's ~~ LEGACY!
- BooHooHooMan - 13 December 2010
Lipless on now…
literally doing the Air Patty Cakes thing.
Rock On, Lipless!
- ms_xeno - 13 December 2010
You guys are so mean. If millions more pigeons aren't driven post-haste into that big private insurance net, how will mr_xeno every get enough new bankruptcy clients for us to buy that new boat?
- 13. dropout - 13 December 2010
9 TRILLION Dollars Missing from Federal Reserve,Fed Inspector General Can't Explain
- BooHooHooMan - 13 December 2010
Oh that is just too precious. Look at her handler, Livzni's cousin over her shoulder.
And Grayson, Harvard Lawisher… turned 90's tel com techno supper, millionaire beneficiary of Fed Liguidity during his IDT IPO… now running the co-op the message game. Which then wholsaled IDT's boiler lucre to Eli Ninio as IDT Israel. Which was shuttered in 208, shall we say, when the jig was up.
Wasn't Grayson The AntiWar Guy™?
Oh right, that was last opportunity to short.
I mean before he was The P.O. Guy™.
And The FISA Guy™.
People haven't a fucking clue when they talk of Grayson. He was the veritable "Democratic" Abramoff in the Clinton 90's, through the legal chop shop of a law firm he founded, he hustled Clinton Admin contracting scams while assembling his "business" while simltaneously enjoying huge fees shepherding and/or defending clients as the navigated through the perfunctory regulatory process. But best of all, he then dressed up beatdowns on pig trough competitors as whistleblowing. Gotta love it. Its the same con the gangster – slash – charlatan is now running about the Fed.
So to all those young brothers back in the day wondering how Pookie got whacked up in the crib despite the down-low being sent through IDT paging or the calling card…
- 14. BooHooHooMan - 13 December 2010
I really don't know where to begin with this one.
Someone's lookin for some serious maiden name relief here. LOL.
Ill. lawyer sues ex-fiance for calling off wedding
A suburban Chicago lawyer who says her ex-fiance called off their wedding just four days before the ceremony wants to make him pay — literally.
According to a lawsuit filed in Cook County Circuit Court, 32-year-old Dominique Buttitta 😯 of Hoffman Estates is suing 31-year-old Vito Salerno for nearly $100,000 over the canceled wedding.
- 15. BooHooHooMan - 13 December 2010
LOL. They have Rahm's state tax return showing he filed as a part time resident. And are asking for the Rahm wif to testify. "Reluctantly" his opponents say. Niiiice.
I dig the pushback.
And seeing Rahmworm wriggle about while slpainin how oops they indeed do have an ammended return:
Filed TWO WEEKS AGO. 😳
- 16. diane - 13 December 2010
I hope Madman has fared the nasty weather okay?
- diane - 13 December 2010
glad to hear you are okay!!!!!!!!!
- BooHooHooMan - 13 December 2010
Poor Richard. And just on the eve of his,
shall we say ~ Unabridged Almanac being published.
- diane - 13 December 2010
Oh…and mustn't forget: Bono ….Hanks ……Sir Paul …….Brangoli …et al ….could we ever live it down if they didn't get their proper diety creds?
- BooHooHooMan - 13 December 2010
I wonder if they'll mention the Senior Strategic Adviser contract he held with Lehman Brothers from 1981 to 1993?
Too few aneurysms.
And I had to laugh earlier, as CNN today had 4 hours of Big Brother Oooga Booga about how every Few Billion Motherfuckers Or So should be careful on what they do or read on the Internets. As its all traceable, Donchaknow.
Which is hilarious as people no longer care and is hardly going to stop the transfer of steganographically encrypted files where pictures of fine ass, sports heroes, and gawking, shall we saw, shots of celebrities are concerned.
Tho CNN did fit in the rollout of the new "NoLabels" Bi-Part-Poo SCAM which IOZ deftly spread on toast points and devoured whole.
"NoLabels" has Mark McKinnon and Dan Glickman too.
Well, methinks the PTB puckered assholes are having a bit of the hemorrhoids now. They should be careful, as technically, they can herald aneurysms too.
- catnip - 13 December 2010
Hillary killed Holbrooke?
Geez, first it was Vince Foster – now this.
She may have a teevee series a la Dexter in her future.
- 18. diane - 13 December 2010
Boldly instituting a tester plan for saying no to adolescent chicken fat, Detroit cuts off municipal services to 20% of the city:
In a futile attempt to stave off the inevitable one last time, Mayor Bing's latest plan is to cutoff city services including road repairs, police patrols, street lights, and garbage collection in 20% of Detroit.
Poprah will be giving away abandoned houses in that area on her next show …be there, or be square…..
- diane - 13 December 2010
we are so very, very, dazed and fucked …..
wait for Revolta's Scientology Airlines, leasing Airport space ("saving a city/country") near you? Haiti comes to mind ……..
- dropout - 13 December 2010
OMG. Coming next to a theater near you.
- diane - 13 December 2010
yup,…'equality,'…for the little peepsies ….
- 19. bayprairie - 13 December 2010
hole brooke took the big slide ;))))
wb marisa!!!!
- 20. bayprairie - 13 December 2010
- 21. diane - 13 December 2010
you're welcome!
- diane - 13 December 2010
oops, sorry, I thought I posted that under Madman's: "thanks"
waves to bayprarie …how've you been?
- 22. BooHooHooMan - 13 December 2010
Oh FFS. Live on his tax cut seg,
Larry O'Buyin on "his" show, 😆 the "Last Word",
has Jeff Greenstein.
Ed Rendell.
Howard Fineman.
And John Fuld.
And I see they rolled out Charlie Krauthammer to gasp about it on the various outlets earlier.
What is this? The Year End sale at Bloomingdales?
- diane - 13 December 2010
Medicaid Cuts Hurt At The State Level
and, of course, the pain is the motivator, …for the perpetrators (despite their total aversion to both: pain; and 'bucking up,' themselves),…some TRULY sick fucks running things ….sociopaths
- diane - 13 December 2010
INDEED, ….an extravagance ….
- ms_xeno - 13 December 2010
Let 'em eat catfood.
- diane - 13 December 2010
so kind on the gums, …….no sharp pointsies…
- 24. BooHooHooMan - 13 December 2010
Fuckin TSA Bastihds, goin after Santa now.
- catnip - 13 December 2010
Ho Ho Whoa there, Big Guy!
(He does have a rather suspicious, OBL-like beard…)
- BooHooHooMan - 13 December 2010
Henh – I'm catchin the reruns of MSNBC lineup.
Olberman did have a funny War on Christmas bit at the end of his show..
- 25. BooHooHooMan - 13 December 2010
Rachel Maddow on Holbrooke
Richard Holbrook was one of the most accomplished diplomats in the history of our country.
Oh fetch me the paper and my slippers, honey.
And I think I will have a highball.
LOL. Now Rachel has Mrs. Greenspan on.
- BooHooHooMan - 13 December 2010
LOL. And now Rachel has Steve Clemmons on!
Nope! Didn't see THAT comin! 😆
- catnip - 13 December 2010
- catnip - 13 December 2010
Did you see the clip Rachel played of 2006 Obama yammering on about the Paris Hilton estate tax?
Who was that guy?
- BooHooHooMan - 13 December 2010
Of course , remember when Clemons was there with
the helpful NONTROVERSY about how Ob was "controlled by the Jewish Lobby"…
right about the time when, inadvertantly, LOL,
the whole Rev Wright / Obbie – as – Black Panther game actually OOPS WAS gaining TOO MUCH traction…
Gawd forbid when things got out of hand with the Negroes.
As in,
He's Martin! He's Malcom! Same Suit and 'doo!Farrakhan Even!
Which was quickly met with:
No No Negroe Brethren!
That man is A JOO!
And Clemons was right there, playin along….
- BooHooHooMan - 13 December 2010
So many games.
- 26. catnip - 13 December 2010
I'm pretty sure one of the cats here stole my bank card. Little bastards. Oh well, they'll never figure out the PIN code… Time for a TSA-like frisk for you guys! Watch those tender bits (and I'm not talking food…)
- diane - 13 December 2010
Little bastards.
feelin sorry for you if all your cats are males ….not normally in favor of neuterizing …but jeesh those fuckers spray everywhere…and anywhere…..
kind of selfish,..but better you, than ….me…
(just kidding, ….kind of …though I adored my last male kitty,…he was a true sweetie…)
- catnip - 13 December 2010
They're both fixed (10 & 11 yrs old) but with renos going on here they've decided the whole house is a free-range litter box.
- diane - 13 December 2010
here they've decided the whole house is a free-range litter box
fuckin typical from my experience …I had a wonderful brother sister pair (yeah had to neuter) …if it hadn't been for sis, he would've never bathed…though, funny thing, after… I got of out of the shower, he'd try his paw at licking my hair …I couldn't help but love his rascal ass….shoot me…….
- catnip - 13 December 2010
They're out of sorts here with the changes and the cold weather. At least mine is starting to hang out outside again now that it's warmed up again but the landlord's cat has decided to channel his "inner evil kitten child" schtick for all it's worth.
he'd try his paw at licking my hair
Mine likes to gently paw at my face when he decides it's time for me to get up. And when that doesn't work, he digs a bit harder until he gets my attention. Reminds me of that YouTube video animation of the cat with the baseball bat.
- diane - 13 December 2010
Mine likes to gently paw at my face …
yup,…cant help but love 'em …..
- catnip - 13 December 2010
Most of the time. 😉
- diane - 13 December 2010
Most of the time
truly, …Miss Frail, Petiteness (bar none, …and how do you spell that in French hon?) Ruby Cat …has some nasty ass claws, ever so often, ….I painfully discovered that she hates that fucking paper shredder, for one instance,…etc….
- diane - 13 December 2010
ohh jeesh …Miss Ruby Cat has been reading over my shoulder, …she is on the table, and in my face …looking so kissable…and of course she is, but she's been shellshocked …so if you you kiss her …ya better be prepared for …a potential lashing out ….
nothing personal though ……………
- catnip - 13 December 2010
Check the bank's website for info on reporting a lost bank card. Dialed the number and the first thing they ask you for is your card number. Oy vey. Then after I played "hit the number pad" like a mouse going through a maze for a bit of cheese several times, they informed me they were very busy (at 11 pm ET) and that I'd be on hold for 5 minutes. Yeah, fuck you too. I'll go to the bank tomorrow.
- diane - 13 December 2010
what do they care, they already have a pass for seeing to, not only their vital needs, but everything their empty, nasty, shells desire.
I've migrated to cash only ….no doubt, they'll kill that also, sometime soon……
- catnip - 14 December 2010
Oh, please.
- catnip - 14 December 2010
Oligarchical heads are splodin'…


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Robert P. McCarthy, Jr., age 65. Born July 15, 1949 and passed away Monday, November 24, 2014. Died after a heroic battle with cancer. In a life that was cruelly cut short, he was a spontaneous comic, a funky drummer, a lover and companion, a reveler, a protector, a doting uncle and loving brother, a good son and generous husband. He was a selfless tough guy and quiet intellect, who dedicated his life to loving his family and friends, and to music and his hard work on behalf of the developmentally disabled. Bob had a way of drawing in the strongest and best people, not least of them his wife and soul mate, Pam. He enjoyed many deep friendships in his lifetime. He could break up a roomful of people with his swift, sometimes lacerating wit, softened by his humility and radiating kindness. With his eternal love for Pam, who defended and cared for him until his last moment on earth, Bob's lifelong inspiration was music. His life as a musician began in childhood and he continued playing music virtually all of his life. Self-taught, Bob was a distinctive drummer of both power and nuance, he co-founded and played with many local bans. Bob was a voracious consumer of all that was bright and new in music, and he was a trailblazer for his siblings, nieces, nephews and a wide circle of friends. His interests ranged from rock & roll and soul to jazz. He found profound inspiration from the likes of James Brown and Miles Davis. Bob's life by day was dedicated to helping people find happiness and fulfillment in life and work. He began as a caseworker for FCDJFS. Next, with the Franklin Co. Board of DD for 33 years, he trained the developmentally disabled for jobs in local businesses beginning as an assistant teacher, then as a trainer with ARC Industries and later as a job training specialist. He was born in Vermont and moved to east side of Columbus, which became his home for the rest of his life. Bob's family is forever grateful for the gift of life that was given to Bob by special friend, Becca Evans, 11 years ago. Bob was predeceased by his parents Gloria E. and Robert P. McCarthy, and dear Aunt Mary Dowling Daley. He leaves behind his loving wife, Pam; and his siblings, Paul (Lori) McCarthy, William (Lisa) McCarthy, Steve (Ellen) McCarthy, and Beth (Mike) Bianco; mother-in-law, Betty Stassfurth; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Bruce and Vi Stassfurth; nieces, nephews, Nicole, Maria, Katie, Michael, Damian, Brett and their families; cousins, Bill, Tom and Katie Daley and many loving and dear friends. Memorial service will be 2 p.m., Saturday, December 13, 2014 at the First Unitarian Universalist Church in Clintonville, 93 W. Weisheimer, Columbus, OH 43214. Donations may be made to the James Fund for Life designated for Merkel Cell Carcinoma in memory of John P. McCarthy, at OSU Foundation, 1480 W. Lane Avenue, Columbus, OH 43221. Arrangements by NOVAK FUNERAL HOME, 4476 N. High Street, Columbus, OH 43214.
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Rapper 50 Cent tweeted a photo that he deemed "court approved" a day after appearing in court for bankruptcy.
"My guess is this image is court approved. #EFFENVODKA," the rapper tweeted on Thursday.
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A bankruptcy court official on Wednesday urged a federal judge in Connecticut to order an independent review of the rapper's assets, after questions were raised about his financial reporting and photos of him with piles of cash were posted online.
The grammy-winning rapper, whose name is Curtis Jackson III, was ordered by Judge Ann Nevins in Hartford to appear at Wednesday's hearing to explain photos he posed on his Instagram page last year. The pictures showed Curtis sitting on the ground with piles of money arranged to spell out "broke" and stacks of cash piled on his bed and in a refrigerator.
Nevins told Jackson she was "concerned" about how seriously he took the bankruptcy process.
He did not answer her but his lawyers explained the pictures were his "marketing strategy" to continue to get endorsements and roles in films and TV.
She said she would take their explanations "under advisement."
On his Instagram page after the hearing, Jackson posted a photo of himself with a bag of M&M's and wads of what appears to be cash tucked halfway in the front of his pants. He wrote, "I went to court today and all I felt was love. They asked me about money I said I ain't got none, but if you want some m&m's here ya go."
Jackson's lawyers said in court documents that the bankruptcy filing was the result of several factors, mainly a $17 million verdict against him in 2014 in a legal dispute over headphone products and a $7 million verdict against him last year in a lawsuit filed by a woman who said he posted her sex tape online without her permission.


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• Skim the water surface
• Clean the skimmer basket
• Clean the pump basket
• Test water and adjust chemicals to assure purity and balance
• Clean filter monthly or as needed
A leaking pool can cause structural damage in the concrete of the pool. The pool water has different kinds of chemicals that can leak
into the concrete of the pool resulting in hundreds or thousands of dollars worth of repairs. A pool leak can also damage the pool pump and other equipments like a valve and salt chlorinators if ran without water. To learn more about pool leak detection and our modern electronic leak detection equipment and repairs, please visit our LEAKS page.
A shock treatment is sometimes necessary to burn off swimming waste and to restore water quality and clarity.
When you have stains on your Diamond Brite® that cannot be removed with basic pool maintenance and brushing, or if you are
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An ACID WASH process may include:
• Drain water from the pool
• Scrub to remove algae and leaves
• Remove all debris from the bottom
• Chlorine-bath the whole pool
• Apply acid water solution
• Drain acid water solution
• Clean the entire pool
New homeowners and real estate agents sometimes have to deal with green pools. They turn green due to green algae that can grow rapidly on untreated pools. Green algae can range in severity from patches on the wall to deep green swamp. Performing a chemical shock treatment will kill and decompose alga and bacteria to restore water quality.
Family Pool Cleaning is also specialized in installation and repairs
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The Digital Public Library of America, a free online digital library bringing together collections from across the United States, is the perfect complement to your local public library. To find one near you, zoom into your region or type an address or zip code.
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His quips
The other day I found one of his crocs on one side of the bed and the second on the other side. When I angrily asked him, why are they lying so he said "Un dono mein ladayee ho gayee hai. Isliye ek gussa ho kar udhar baitha hai aur ek idhar." (They had a fight and one is sitting on one side in anger and the other on this side)
All my anger just vanished in thin air :)
All my anger just vanished in thin air :)


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If you'd like to meet any of the cats featured below, please contact us. Following your initial meeting, if you're interested in adopting the cat, we'll then arrange a home check and discuss the adoption process in more detail. Please consider you may need permission if you are in rented accommodation.
We have a minimum donation of £65 which is required when you're wishing to adopt and re-home a cat from us. The donation covers the cost of neutering, microchipping and the first flea and worm treatment. It costs more than this to prepare the majority of cats for adoption, so we rely heavily on our volunteers and the fundraising events we take part in. All donations enable us to rescue, care and re-home more cats and kittens in the future.
All members of CKCR are volunteers; we give up our time for free to make a difference to the cats we help, please help us to do this.
The cats below are ready for rehoming – to read more about them click on their photo. Some may be reserved but please double check as things sometimes change.
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A quick google search for 'email marketing is dead' turns up a mere 6,710,000 results. With so many ways to target your audiences, there are marketers out there – and you could be one of them – that are wondering, are emails still effective?
The graph below shows the activities people in the UK use the internet for, and the results outline that sending/receiving emails and finding information on goods and services were the top two activities carried out by all age groups. You can also see that the use of email on the internet shows no signs of slowing.
If you're on the side of not being sure about using emails for business, then you've come to the right place. In this blog, we'll be going through the reasons and facts to show why emails should be an integral part of your marketing plan.
Email is still the most popular content channel
Did you know what we send around 74 trillion emails each year, and this number is going up.
Last year, in 2017, people sent on average 269 billion emails per day! The graph below shows the number of sent and received emails per day worldwide from 2017 and how emails are expected to rise further to 2021 (in billions).
Email is perfect for mobile
More than 80 per cent of the world's internet users use and access the internet with a smartphone. The convenience of working from your mobile device instead of being tied up at work on the computer is very appealing, and the way businesses are heading. More than 83 per cent of smartphone owners say that they use it on the go to check their email.
Email automation is still ahead of every other channel
Automation allows marketers to set repetitive tasks, freeing up time to focus on other jobs. Email marketing still has the highest ROI (return on investment) than any other marketing channel. When a businesses switch from manual emails to automated and segmented emails, they see an over 700 per cent increase in revenue from the same campaign. So by personalising emails, and adding in more segmentation and targeted emails, you'll see an increase in your ROI.
People would actually prefer to be contacted by email
For business to customer communications, not only is email not dying, but consumers actually prefer it. Using email for business purposes, a mind-blowing 77 per cent of customers prefer marketing communications to come through email, while only 5 per cent choose text messaging and 6 per cent select social media.
More than 60 per cent of your customers would prefer to be contacted by brands via email, which is shown in the data below:
Final thoughts
Contrary to popular belief, email marketing is NOT dead. If you're not using email marketing in your business, then you're missing out on an extremely valuable opportunity to market your business. For a marketer to think otherwise, could mean you're missing out on a massive chance to communicate with your customers.
It's important to also note that GDPR is changing the way we acquire and store customer data. It'll affect your email campaigns. Come May 2018 businesses must all adhere to the new rules concerning personal data and consent. See our articles about GDPR, including this checklist to get your business ready.
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I have been intrigued by their Klyp system for iPhone for a while and finally got the chance to test it out on my recent trip down to Newquay. I also plan to give it a go when in Italy
The Klyp system is an array of different cases you can choose for whichever iPhone you may have. I asked for the white bumper case for my iPhone 5S. This case then allows me to put the phone onto a tripod as well as attach some LED lights to the phone if I am needing a boost of daylight balanced light
What most intrigued me about the Klyp is the fact you can get some lenses which screw onto the case over the iPhone's camera. The 3 lenses are a Wide Angle lens for landscapes, a Fisheye lens and a 1.5x zoom Portrait lens. I am yet to actually use the 'Portrait' lens because it is actually a decent zoom. I was mainly intrigued by the Fisheye and Wide Angle Lens and getting more within my shot
This lens is also great for just having a bit of fun and playing around with the system and not taking yourself or your pictures too seriously. Everybody loves playing around with a Fisheye every once in a while!


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Windows Detected a Hard Drive Error
Hello members,
I am in a big trouble. Whenever I launch the program, I often get the error written below:
Windows detected a hard drive problem.
A hard drive error occurred while starting the application.
I defrag my hard disk and then, scanned it too, but nothing happened. I still continuously receive this error again and again.
It also prevents me from installing a repair software, that made the scenario even worse.
My operating system is Windows XP service pack 03 integrated and it was updated last week for all updates and patches. The hardware is Intel Core 2 duo processor and 1 GB of RAM.
Any suggestions on how to overcome this problem?
Thanks for your help.


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It is our goal to provide real-life reviews on the hottest shoes.
Some people love the smell of flowers, fresh fruit, pop-corn, new carpet, cleansers or that of a new car. Us, we could simply stick our noses in a pair of fresh shoes and be just as amorously infatuated. We are professional shoe buyers, wearers, collectors and testers. Simply put, we review shoes. Come back often and see what the shoes of the day look like tomorrow and the next day and the next day and the next day.
Shoe Reviews: What shoes would you like us to review? Pick ME! Review my shoes!
If you would like us to review a pair of shoes, then contact us at reviews (at) shoesoftheday (dot) com, and we will provide you a shipping address and shoe size. We are happy to write reviews about every shoe type, style, make and model. Why? Because we run, walk, golf, hike, ride, hoop-it-up, serve, bike, climb, ride an occasional horse, moto-x, dress-up, dress-down, and conduct serious business – all in shoes.
Do you have a pair of shoes that you love and would like us to review and write about them for the world to see? Then kindly send a picture of the shoes along with a nice story about what makes them so special to: reviews (at) shoesoftheday (dot) com. Remember, they put "special" on meat to get rid of it rapidly. So make sure your shoe story is extra "special" for us to consider them for review. And don't forget to include your "code name" for our reference, so we can thank you. Don't worry, we won't sell any of your information. Yeah, that's nice – that's because we are.
If you just have questions, we'll take those too….and, we just might answer them, as long as they are good questions and related to shoes. Email us at questions (at) shoesoftheday (dot) com.
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Important Things to Consider in the Landscaping Company That You Employ
While looking for possible landscape designs that you can have, there is no doubt that you have already prepared the money that you will be spending with the landscape design project that you plan on having. In getting the most perfect landscape design for your home, you surely have thought of putting one up not just in your home but even in the commercial space that you have such as your workplace. The place that you will have your landscaping project placed is not really the only thing that tells you if the landscaping project that you will have is a good one, you have to remember that the best landscape design is the best part of it all. Again, how effective and good-looking the landscape design that you have will all depend on the landscaping company that you hire. If you are still not sure which one of the many landscaping companies that you have planned on hiring is the best one for you, this article will help you out. As you see to it to pick the best landscaping companies out there, you cannot deny the fact that you will be getting the best landscape design results that you can ever think of.
When looking for possible landscaping companies that you can hire, you have to be able to find that their portfolio is filled with the many landscape design mediums and styles for you. The best landscaping companies are those that can show off the many things that they can do for your landscape design starting with your plants, hardscape elements, rocks, and ponds of all kinds and sizes. The portfolio of the landscaping companies that you will go for must be one that is very diverse.
Ensure to also go with landscaping companies that can provide you with real references that you can easily verify. When you talk with the landscaping company the very first time, you must be able to get these references and then check them out. It is a must that you are able to be the one to check the landscape design of the references yourself. Do not just rely on the pictures that landscaping companies will show you. You have to remember that these pictures are more taken during the time when the landscape design was still new. You can better assess how the landscape design fairs through in the months that follow when no professional landscapers have already taken care of the lawn and the plans have grown.
And last, the best landscaping companies are those that will make sure that the kind of landscape design that was given for them is how they exactly envisioned it to be.
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Posted by ESC on June 18, 2001
In Reply to: I've been searching, searching posted by R. Berg on June 18, 2001
: : Somewhere in a recent thread, the answer to a question was a verse from Homer's Odessy. But, I don't remember the question. Since there are several replies per thread it would unfortunately take too long reading answers. I'm hoping that someone may remember the question / discussion. Thanks.
: If the person who posted the answer identified the source of the verse, a search under "Homer" or "Odyssey" should produce it. "Homer" merely finds posts containing "home." "Odyssey" locates a thread from March ABOUT the Odyssey, but no verse. Are you sure it wasn't on a different bulletin board?
: I habitually read everything here, and it doesn't sound familiar.
: You know, of course, that clicking on the last post in a thread usually shows the whole thread? This is faster than clicking on each post and lots faster than reading the whole Odyssey.
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"May the gods grant you all things which your heart desires." Homer, "The Illiad."
ODYSSEY - "A great journey, especially a long and complicated one. Such a journey may be physical, but this word is often applied to mental, emotional, or spiritual searches. The word comes from the title of the second epic poem of Homer. The 'Odyssey' is the story of the 10-year wandering of Odysseus, King of Ithaca, in his effort to return home after the Trojan War. Odysseus has to contend with many obstacles, some of which are (literary) allusions the reader will find in this volume: Cyclops, the land of the Lotus Eaters, Scylla and Charybdis. There are tribes who imprison him, and the cannibals. Then there are the women, Nausicaa, the princess, and Circe, the enchantress. Of course, when Odysseus finally arrives home, he finds his palace overrun with greedy suitors who hope to marry his wife, Penelope. Penelope has been stalling them for years, but the situation is getting very difficult with the unwanted guests eating her out of housse and home. Odysseus kills them all and is happily reunited with his wife and son." From the "Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Allusions" by Elizabeth Webber and Mike Feinsilber (Merriam-Webster, Springfield, Mass., 1999).


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Whether you need tree care, plant health care or arboricultural consulting services, you will see the difference when you choose Vine & Branch.
About Vine & Branch
Vine & Branch, Inc. has been providing Tree Care and Plant Health Care services for over 40 years to various market segments including commercial and industrial, developers, architectural and engineering firms, government agencies, universities, golf courses, and high-end residential clients.
Our History
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Lawyers debate harm of military WikiLeaks leak
(AP) WASHINGTON - An Army private charged in the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history wants to be able to defend himself at trial by arguing in part that the leaks didn't do much harm.
Military prosecutors say the consequences of the leaks - big or small - aren't relevant. A leak is a leak, they say, and 24-year-old Bradley Manning is guilty of sending hundreds of thousands of documents to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks. Prosecutors say they aren't required to prove the leaks caused harm. And they don't want jurors improperly confused or distracted by the suggestion the leaked material didn't significantly affect national security.
On Wednesday, prosecutors and defense attorneys attempted to persuade a judge overseeing the case to rule in their favor. Prosecutors want to keep any discussion of the leak's harm out of Manning's trial, scheduled for September. The judge's ruling has the potential to significantly affect any sentence Manning might receive if convicted, according to military experts interviewed by The Associated Press.
Court denies dismissal of charges against Manning
Official: WikiLeaks damage control was intense
Bradley Manning case gets extended court time
Elizabeth Hillman, who studies and teaches military law, said Manning's attorneys have an uphill battle to clear him of the charges he faces. As a result, being able to question witnesses about the harm the leaks caused is crucial.
"This is a key piece. Will Manning be able to introduce evidence that he didn't hurt anybody with what he did?" said Hillman, who teaches at the University of California Hastings College of the Law.
Manning, an intelligence analyst in Baghdad in 2009 and 2010, is accused of providing to WikiLeaks documents including Iraq and Afghanistan war logs and more than 250,000 diplomatic cables. As a result, he's facing serious charges, including aiding al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. That charge carries a possible life sentence.
Manning's lead lawyer, David Coombs, told the judge, Col. Denise Lind, on Wednesday that the defense would be "cut off at the knees" if lawyers can't talk about harm at trial, and experts agreed it will be a tougher road at trial without the information.
Coombs has consistently argued not for his client's innocence but that the material he's accused of leaking wasn't particularly detrimental. If he gets to bring that argument up at trial, it could encourage leniency from the jury.
But whether that will work is unclear. Both sides agreed in arguments Wednesday that the case is unique, and there are no similar circumstances for Lind to consider when making a decision.
The damage done by the leaks is disputed.
More than two dozen so-called "damage assessments" were conducted by the departments of State, Defense, Homeland Security and other agencies, according to Manning's lawyers. Those assessments aren't public, but Coombs said the damage is minimal or "speculative at best."
"Life has not ended as we know it because of these leaks," he said.
Speaking about the leak in 2010, then Defense Secretary Robert Gates seemed to agree, saying: "Is this embarrassing? Yes. Is it awkward? Yes. Consequences for U.S. foreign policy? I think fairly modest."
Other officials have been more wary. They say the information's release caused turbulent relations with some countries and caused others to pull back from dealings with the United States. They cautioned that the fallout may last for years.
If Manning is convicted, as many observers expect, his attorneys will get to talk about the effect of the leaks during the trial's penalty phase. That's when the jury would get to decide how much time Manning should spend in prison for any misdeeds. But Manning's attorney said Wednesday that would be too late. And experts agreed Manning stands to benefit if his attorneys are allowed to downplay the damage of the leaks during the trial itself, when a jury will decide his guilt or innocence on each of the 22 charges he faces.
Experts said that if a jury hears early on that the leaks caused little or no harm, it is possible they would give Manning a pass on some of the charges or possibly convict him of only less serious ones. A more plausible effect is that the more defense attorneys can repeat their no harm theory, the better chance Manning has for a light sentence, experts said.


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ASU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This collection includes most of the ASU Theses and Dissertations from 2011 to present. ASU Theses and Dissertations are available in downloadable PDF format; however, a small percentage of items are under embargo. Information about the dissertations/theses includes degree information, committee members, an abstract, supporting data or media.
In addition to the electronic theses found in the ASU Digital Repository, ASU Theses and Dissertations can be found in the ASU Library Catalog.
Dissertations and Theses granted by Arizona State University are archived and made available through a joint effort of the ASU Graduate College and the ASU Libraries. For more information or questions about this collection contact or visit the Digital Repository ETD Library Guide or contact the ASU Graduate College at email@example.com.
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- Dwarf Galaxies as Laboratories of Protogalaxy Physics: Canonical Star Formation Laws at Low Metallicity
- Evolutionary Genetics of CORL Proteins
- Social Skills and Executive Functioning in Children with PCDH-19
- Deep Domain Fusion for Adaptive Image Classification
- Software Defined Pulse-Doppler Radar for Over-The-Air Applications: The Joint Radar-Communications Experiment
Fraud is defined as the utilization of deception for illegal gain by hiding the true nature of the activity. While organizations lose around $3.7 trillion in revenue due to financial crimes and fraud worldwide, they can affect all levels of society significantly. In this dissertation, I focus on credit card fraud in online transactions. Every online transaction comes with a fraud risk and it is the merchant's liability to detect and stop fraudulent transactions. Merchants utilize various mechanisms to prevent and manage fraud such as automated fraud detection systems and manual transaction reviews by expert fraud analysts. Many proposed solutions …
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- 2019
Lighting systems and air-conditioning systems are two of the largest energy consuming end-uses in buildings. Lighting control in smart buildings and homes can be automated by having computer controlled lights and window blinds along with illumination sensors that are distributed in the building, while temperature control can be automated by having computer controlled air-conditioning systems. However, programming actuators in a large-scale environment for buildings and homes can be time consuming and expensive. This dissertation presents an approach that algorithmically sets up the control system that can automate any building without requiring custom programming. This is achieved by imbibing the system …
- Contributors
- Wang, Yuan, Dasgupta, Partha, Davulcu, Hasan, et al.
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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: .talk clips on linux
.talk clips on linux
From: Daniel Dalton <daniel.dalton47_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:16:19 +1100
How do I generate .talk clips on linux?
Or would voice.pl do this? If voice.pl does (I think it does I saw stuff
Thanks for any help,
-- Daniel Dalton http://members.iinet.net.au/~ddalton/ daniel.dalton47_at_gmail.comReceived on 2007-11-30
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(PITTSBURGH, Pa.) - The Carnegie Mellon University men's cross country team finished second at its home Hampton Inn Pittsburgh - University/Medica Center Invitational on Saturday, October 7. The weather was unseasonably warm as the Tartans finished behind Division II Shippensburg University.
Junior Andrew Harter (Saratoga, Calif. / Saratoga) led the Tartans with a seventh-place finish in 26:24.4. Fellow junior Jared Moore (Beaver Dams, N.Y. / Corning-Painted Post) was five second behind him placing ninth overall while junior Kevin Cory (Frederick, Md. / Urbana) finished third for the Tartans and 11th overall in 26:26.5.
Junior Jacob Halasowski (Pittsburgh, Pa. / Fox Chapel Area) was next to finish for the Tartans as he did in 26:46.5 in 14th place with sophomore Josh Kalapos (Pittsburgh, Pa. / Mt. Lebanon) on his heels in 15th place in 26:47.5. Sophomore Hunter Hartshorne (Ithaca, N.Y. / Ithaca) and freshman Matt Karee (Elmira, N.Y. / Notre Dame) closed out the top seven for the Tartans, finishing 18th and 20th overall in times of 26:56.4 and 27:00.5.
The Tartans will return to the race course on Saturday, October 14 at the Rowan Inter-Regional Invitational in Glassboro, New Jersey. The men's race is set to start at 11:45 a.m.


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Nicole - Orlando, FL
Beth from Organize by Heart has been such a crucial part in helping me breathe in my house again. Overwhelmed by "stuff" after moving, and paralyzed with what to do next, she came in and has very patiently helped me press on and make hard decisions. She does not judge or push. When she notices I can't make a quick decision, she suggests we come back to it. She brings her expertise, kindness, and simplicity into a space that feels chaotic, and creates change, working hand in hand and side by side to make it happen -- thinking outside the box and affirming my decisions and our hard work. And the best part, she doesn't just help decide what should be donated or taken to the dump... she has no hesitation to help the "stuff" get to where it needs to go. She truly does organize by heart, and it shows every step of the way. If I were to create a visual for Beth, it would be an organized Type A personality with a huge heart drawn around it. I highly recommend her services to anyone who needs the extra push, extra help, and a hand to hold as you do it.
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Bill - Clermont, FL
Beth Voss really helped me to reorganize after my wife passed away. My house was a mess. NOW, it is like a different place. I can say that I would never have been able to do it without her. Beth has a knack for organizing. She is dependable and always looking ahead. I'm still a work in progress. I recommend her very highly.
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Four years ago Beth and Hayley came to my new house and not only organized my ridiculously messy closets, but gave me some great ideas on furniture placement. This past Monday, Beth came back...RE-organized the same messy closets, gave me more great ideas on furniture placement AND how to manage all the stuff I had acquired over the last four years! All of this was done with humor, kindness and efficiency. She basically held my hand while I went through box after box of baby stuff that needs to find new homes (😭) and gently encouraged me to let go of unnecessary things. I am very grateful for Beth and her business and will use her again...hopefully not to reorganize the same closets. Maybe we'll tackle the "office"😉
I highly recommend Organize by Heart and suggest you do yourself a favor and have Beth over for a visit!
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Kelly - Charleston, SC
"I cannot thank Jill enough for helping me rearrange and organize my office. It is already a much more efficient workspace."
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Beth helped me a few weeks ago and I definitely had all 3 of these things on my mind when she walked into my office. She's a super nice judgment free lady and when I said no that can't go she didn't push it. I was amazed at how much she got done in 3 hours! Working in my office again instead of avoiding it
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St. Michael the Archangel Regional School is proud to announce "Walk Through Wednesdays" every Wednesday from 9 to 11 AM. These open houses are scheduled throughout the school year and are designed to introduce prospective families to the life-long benefits and value of a Catholic education.
"Walk Through Wednesdays" offer an exciting way to see St. Michael the Archangel Regional School in action and provide families with an opportunity to learn about the admissions process and meet with principals, faculty, other parents and students from Pre-K through Grade Eighth.
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Join the Hospice Social Workers Networking Conference Call to discuss common issues, ask questions, and learn from your peers. All professionals belonging to NHPCA-member hospices are invited to participate. Members, click here for the dial-in number and access code. Registration is not required.