A while back, I asked you all to vote in the L'Oréal Women of Worth contest, which gives awards to notable women who have provided good service to their communities. I was a bit self-interested, because one of the nominees was an alumnus of my university: Shannon Lambert runs support services for victims of rape at Pandora's Project.
This is an update: she won!
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WoooHoooo! Congratulations Shannon!
erm... PZ? Something in your post about the lousy prophet with the even worse web design skills crashes IE every time I scroll to it... even on the main page. Not sure it's something you can do anything about, but wanted to give a heads up. Sorry for the OT, but I can't even view that entire post, much less comment, before IE dies.
Sooner or later your Hordes will control the world. Congratulations, Shannon!
alumna
Yaaaaaaay!!!! *kermit-like arm waving*
Also, I can't believe it logged me in first time, on opera mini, no less.
@InfuriatedSciTeacher@2
There's your problem right there...
Congratulations Shannon!
@JJ> Yea, I don't have an option here at work... at home I do.
ditto to the InfuriatedSci Teacher. PZ, I request that you illustrate the vile nature of the website with a screenshot rather than trying to wrestle his html issues.
A man is an alumnus, a woman is an alumna. Please make a note of this.
Congratulations to Shannon.
Thanks for the update to the Rapture v.2009.72 post, PZ.
And since I thread-jacked first time around, I'd better add my congratulations to Shannon Lambert and my appreciation for her efforts and for all who do similar work.
Congrats Shannon!
Your work is very appreciated.