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The new generation of e-bicycles and e-scooters shown at this year's Hannover Messe exhibition are aiming to take powered urban mobility to new levels of drive versatility and environmental sensitivity. Not only are they green and groovy, but find an open power point and you can juice 'em up for free!
1 Developed in the context of a ZIM NEMO network (support programme of the German government) and cared for at the ICM e.V. - Institute of Mechanical and Plant Engineering in Chemnitz - Innvelo Two is approved for the use on public roads with a top speed of 45km/h. Besides this model, a 'throttled version' with a top speed of around 40km/h is planned which enables the use of inner-city cycling tracks. The lightweight (approximately 30kg) electric scooter has a range of about 30-40km in 'normal' driving conditions and on plain level. With the supplied charger the innovative lithium-polymer battery (10h) recharges in about 6-7 hours. Hydraulic disc brakes provide the necessary security.
2 With a top speed under motor power of nearly 25km/h (the max for pedal-assist e-bicycles under European law), Ultra Motor - maker of the A2B range - is reluctant to specify the bike's range, saying it depends too much on terrain and assist level, and traffic type'and rider weight, but typically its makers say to expect around 64km on one battery charge, based on a 90kg rider heft. The A2B Metro has an option to add a second battery (on the downtube or on the rear rack), which doubles its range. Recharging is as "easy as charging a mobile phone or laptop", Ultra Motor says. Full charge takes between three to four hours from flat to full.
3 Developed for use in businesses like postal services and by trades- persons, the three-model GOVECS GO! S-Series range includes the GO! S1.2, GO! S2.4, and GO! S3.4 models with top speeds of 45 km/h (S1.2, S2.4) to 80 km/h (S3.4). Hydraulic disc brakes in the higher-end T-Series models also make 'regenerative braking' possible, which claims to return energy. Lithium-polymer batteries with Panasonic cells and diagnostic software provide a range of at least 50 km, and in the case of the GO! T2.4, a claimed top range of 100km. GOVECS scooters can be recharged at household sockets using the integrated charger to a 220v or 110v supply. The S2.4 has a torque of 5.4Nm; top GOVECS models claim a torque of 114Nm.
4 The Vetrix VX-2 reckons itself to offer the electric equivalent of a 50cc internal combustion engine scooter offering speeds up to 45km/h, and a factor-dependent range of 64-to-88km. The VX-2 comes with the patented Vectrix Multi-Function Throttle s standard which provides regenerative braking and slow-speed reverse. Each VX-2 comes with a 48V/20A battery charger that plugs into a standard 110V/220V outlet and features a charge time of around 3.5-5 hours. The VX-2's lower profile and lighter weight (steel-tube chassis construction) have won plaudits from reviewers: one called the scooter "a clever combination of high- and low-tech, high-end and low-end, designed to provide a practical transportation solution to short-range intra-urban commuters".
5 The Solexity is ideal for smart urban transport and it can reach a variable electrical assistance speed of up to 25km/h in two modes (sport and low), and has autonomy of up to 60km depending on the engine's power mode, the driver weight, the type of road, tyre pressure and wind direction. The LCD display on the handlebar provides information on the speed, distance covered, riding range, current energy consumption and assistance mode. Features Shimano front disc brake, Shimano roller rear brake, and removable 36V/9 Ah Leclanch' rechargeable battery. Available in four colours: black, grey, fawn and red.
6 The e-Tricycle is based on the 'hop-on, hop-off' concept, meaning it was created for uses like exhibition touring, city tours, factories and warehouses, plus for getting round airports and golf courses. The flexibility is provided for short distances and has a lithium-Ion battery 36V/25Ah with a four-hour charging time. The maximum speed is 20km/h, it has a range of 30km with a motor performance of 500W. The steel frame weighs 40kg and the aluminium option weighs 18kg; the vehicle's dimensions are 148 x 74 x 124cm.
7 The inspiration behind the Exo e-bike's frame is the Japanese art of origami: the sculptures made of folded paper are, its makers say, seen in the design. The 45kg bike is made from aluminium and includes a lithium-Ion battery 48V/30Ah with has a 7-8 hour charging time; this enables the bike to drive 50 to 60km every charge. The ideal passenger weight is 90kg to drive at a max speed of 45km/h.
8 Designed as a trendy and foldable 'funsport' product to be used as a transport device in an industrial context, or as a vehicle suited for daily use, maker of the eMove sees the vehicle as a rival to the Segway. The maximum speed is 30km/h and its motor performance ranges from 350-500W. The separation of the wheel-hub-energy-unit and the standing surface for the driver is connected through a cardan joint to enable a sports feel drive.
9Scuddy is available in two different versions: the 35km/h sport-version, which drives up to 30km, and the 20km/h city-version, which drives up'to 40km. Both have an eco-to-performance energy mode. A three-wheeled foldable electric scooter, Scuddy weighs 23kg, and its components include a trolley, 10Ah/51.2V lithium iron phosphate battery with a four-hour charge time, a brushless DC motor, and'a recuperation brake on the rear wheel'and hydraulic disc brakes on both front wheels.
10 Not as new as other contenders in the e-bike market, Elmoto has held its own against newcomers in the e-mobility market. Once described as offering "the convenient practicality of a bicycle and some of the power and comfort of a small scooter", although its maker prefers comparison with a motorbike. The 47kg Elmoto offers 45km/h top speed with 50Nm torque, typical range of 65km, with an engine that turns off when the brake is applied. Total recommended load is 150kg.


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Fables of the Future: Fury Road and Tomorrowland
The past year has been an interesting and diverse one for fans of cinematic science fiction. We've had Christopher Nolan's ambitious, if flawed, Interstellar, and Alex Garland's fascinating Ex Machina. Right at the moment, cinemas are sporting two further major releases that do what all good science fiction does: reflect the concerns of the present in visions of the future.
George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road and Brad Bird's Tomorrowland are both visually stunning, but their similarities go deeper than that. Both films depict an alternate present instead of a distant future, albeit both warning in their own way of how our own present could go. In doing so, they become fables, trying to make their points symbolically, with characters who represent much more than the journeys that they go on. A central theme of both films is the need to avoid giving up, to retain optimism and humanity in the face of cynicism and despair.
But for all of the similarities, there are multiple differences too. Most glaring is their storytelling success—Fury Road is good enough that it's hard to pick holes without coming across as petty, whereas Tomorrowland struggles to avoid being dragged back down into the summer blockbuster mire. Taking a look at the differences between them might help to illustrate this.
Mad Max: Fury Road
As Fury Road opens, the titular Max has been reduced to the state of an animal, focused only on survival. Just as the world collapsed into chaos over the previous three Mad Max movies, so too has the character now completely devolved. For the first act of the film, even his agency is taken away from him as he becomes an unwilling blood donor and hood ornament until an act of god (in the form of a massive desert storm, the film's only major CGI sequence) gives him a second chance.
This leads to one of my favourite scenes in the film, in which Max comes across the women whose escape from sexual slavery has afforded him his freedom. His first view of them is hallucinatory—five scantily clad women washing the desert dust from their bodies. But the moment in which Miller seems to be pandering to the male audience's taste for female flesh is also the moment in which he turns the scene on its head. Max's attention is fixed on the water, not the women. The camera never lingers on any body part, except for the pregnancy-swollen abdomen of Rosie Huntingdon-Whitley's Splendid Angharad. The women, together with Charlize Theron's spectacular Imperator Furiosa, proceed to kick and bite to defend their chance of escape until Max gets hold of a gun and the rig and drives away. In the desert apocalypse, a truck full of water is beyond price. Women less so.
That Max doesn't leave them there is born both of necessity and the first of many decisions that lead Max to reclaiming his humanity. That's his story arc, told against the backdrop of an epic running battle full of the kind of action that exemplifies the characters of all involved. But it's far from the only arc—nearly everyone involved has desires and fears, and is running from something or towards something. That's what makes the moments of loss and danger resonate. There are things at stake here, with everyone willing to fight for them.
There's been plenty said elsewhere about the feminism of the film, and it's a deserved accolade. Furiosa is a match for Max, and the scene in which the two of them combine to fend off an assault on the truck shows their compatibility better than any romantic scene could. The other women too are literally fighting for the right to define their own lives rather than have them determined by men. But it's interesting to look at Max, whose recovery from grunting animal (the first word he croaks, in the scene described above, is "water") to a fully fledged human is capped by his ability to work with others, giving first hope and then blood to ensure Furiosa's triumph. It's an arc that gives two fingers to the notion of the lone hero—Max triumphs in a social context, not a solo one.
This is all the more true given that this is a film in which the question asked is "Who killed the world?" The answer is the old white men who still cling on to their rule: Immortan Joe, the pustulent albino who who leverages control of water and food to maintain his rule is the main antagonist, but he's abetted by two other of his ilk, the bloodthirsty Bullet Farmer and the rotting and obese People Eater. (As an aside, Fury Road has amazing character names. Check them out.) Amid monsters and grotesques, they're the true villains because for them all others are fodder, not truly human.
For all of the violence and madness then, Fury Road is an amazingly hopeful film. It's next-to-impossible not to cheer for characters who are willing to fight to the last breath amid a hostile wasteland, and in their striving they make the deaths that some of them suffer meaningful. If nothing that is achieved too easily is properly valued, then Fury Road makes sure that its audience appreciates the ending that it gets.
Tomorrowland: A World Beyond
Which brings us to Tomorrowland, from a director I love, Brad Bird, and a writer I deeply mistrust, Damon Lindelof. Bird is a perfect choice for a film about wonder, family and hope, and Lindelof doesn't seem like a bad choice for a film about big ideas—he's a writer who's not afraid of throwing deep thoughts at an audience. In fact, I'm happy to report that this is the work of Lindelof's that I liked the best, but that's a rather low bar to clear.
The film's opening prologue anchors the film clearly in a lost era of optimism about the future, specifically the "World's Fair" era reflected in the eponymous area of Disney's theme parks. Prologues, like flashbacks, are narrative shortcuts, sometimes necessary but a sign that the audience aren't trusted to get the point themselves. Here, two characters are introduced, the boy inventor Frank Walker and the mysterious girl Athena who leads him to a world of jetpacks and rocketships.
Fast forward to the present and, as in Nolan's Interstellar, the dreams of a space-age future have been abandoned in favour of surviving in the here and now. Amid all this, the pointedly named Casey Newton, daughter of a NASA engineer, is trying her best to stave off the demolition of that future in a very literal way, by sabotaging the construction equipment set to tear down a space launch platform. It's her devotion to the dreams of the future and her determination not to give up that earns her a glimpse of the lost future that Frank visited in person, and that glimpse sets her off on a journey that brings her into contact with an aged an cynical Frank and an unaged and still hopeful Athena.
There are loads of nice touches put into play over the course of this journey, though there's also a streak of glee in the occasional violence, including a cartoonish approach to the child characters' physical robustness. These clever touches include the villains who lair in a comic shop that fetishises the future dreams that Tomorrowland represents, to Athena's manipulative nature. This journey climaxes with a trans-dimensional flight to the promised land, but it also brings the film to a point where the film's lack of depth begins to show through the cracks.
The revelation of how Tomorrowland came to be is evidently meant to be a resonant moment, but it comes across as cramped and rushed (perhaps necessarily given that a chase sequence is ongoing) and it doesn't get revisited. Less forgivable is the fact that the other-dimensional Tomorrowland proves so uninspiring once attained. The idea of the future abandoning us because we've abandoned it is an interesting one, but the half-finished/half-abandoned state of the putative utopia doesn't exactly provide much reason for abandoning the planet it sprang from.
The film's biggest theme is the conflict between fatalism and optimism. It's lampshaded by a philosophical question Frank asks Casey when they meet: "If you could know for certain the date of your death, would you want to know?" Casey's response is to take the knowledge and deny the idea that fate is fixed, and her determination to find a solution is what sparks Frank back into life. However, the relationship of other characters to this drive is problematic.
Athena is responsible for involving Casey in the first place, but she denies her agency several times. Governor Nix, played by Hugh Laurie, is fascinatingly revealed to have contributed to the encroaching but ill-defined apocalypse through his efforts to avoid it, but the film never really explores this twist, instead consigning him to the fate of being just another Disney villain. Few of his actions make any sense once the possibility of resolving his current impasse appears, and it undercuts the good work done in the first half of the film. Similarly, the resolution of the main problem amounts to throwing a bomb at it, which is a solution you'd expect to see in an action-heavy movie like Fury Road rather than an adventure like this.
It's great to see two such different movies tackling questions about the future, and I wish Tomorrowland had been as successful in doing so as Fury Road. The latter works in part because it foregrounds the characters and their journey over any points it's seeking to make, allowing the viewers to dig in to the details and hidden depths as they choose. When Tomorrowland delivers its message, it's a marker for the point when the characters start to take a back seat, and there's just not as much to get your teeth into.
May 25, 2015 at 7:16 pm
We haven't had the chance to see Fury Road yet, so I've skipped that part (though can I note, with horror, that only *one* all of the college-aged people I've heard discuss this film even know there were predecessors?!). But I have to say I loved Tomorrowland, and am sad that all of the press here is about "dismal" opening ticket sales, relative to Age of Ultron etc (which seems obvious: any Marvel movie will bring in giant opening weekends on name alone, regardless of the quality of said movie). Tomorrowland was light fare, but for me at least was a such a welcome return to an old romance with science, invention, the future… I miss that hope and promise in most movies/shows these days, and I hate that my engineering students talk about potential salaries instead of the potential to positively change the world. Ah! I am sentimental about this stuff, no surprise ever, but I'm rooting for this movie. Look forward to Fury Road too. We need more of this hopeful-joy stuff.


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Pearl Mackie (Doctor Who, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time) will join The Birthday Party cast, alongside the previously announced Toby Jones, Stephen Mangan and Zoë Wanamaker. Pearl Mackie recently starred opposite Peter Capaldi in the BBC's beloved sci-fi series Doctor Who as the Doctor's companion 'Bill Potts'. Pearl's casting was announced in the original short film Friend from the Future, written by show runner Steven Moffat, and received a worldwide YouTube premiere on 23 April 2016. Also starring Matt Lucas and Michelle Gomez, the tenth series of the globally popular show premiered in April 2017 to critical acclaim. From 2015-6, Pearl appeared in the National Theatre's Olivier and Tony award-winning production of The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time. She has also starred as 'Nina' in Theatre503's 2012 play Only Human, co-starred in the European premiere of Aurin Squire's Obama-ology at the Finborough Theatre, and played 'Helen of Troy' in The Helen Project at The Face to Face Festival. In 2013, Pearl appeared alongside Martin Freeman, Michael Socha and Maxine Peake in the comedy film Svengali, directed by John Hardwick.Further theatre credits include: A Mad World, My Masters (2015); Hello Kind World (2014); Crystal Springs (2014); Home (2012); The Crucible (2010); The Comedy Of Errors (2010).The Birthday Party tickets are bookable from 9 January to 14 April 2018 at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London. Ian Rickson reunites with Sonia Friedman Productions to direct this new production of Harold Pinter's landmark play, following the critically-acclaimed productions of Betrayal and Old Times.
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The Social Network Is Getting a Theatrical Rerelease
Sony really wants to hit that $100 million mark.
Has there been a smoother Oscar campaign this year — or even over the last five years — than the one Sony has run for The Social Network? There's been a significant new talking point each week since its fall debut, each player has gotten his moment in the sun, potential controversies have been neatly nipped in the bud, and now, riding a wave of critical adoration, the studio has decided to rerelease the film into 600 theaters on January 7. Sure, Network comes out on DVD and Blu-ray just four days later, but with $93 million currently in the domestic till, wouldn't a big fat $100 million gross be worth it, if only to generate another few days' worth of talk?


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James Wu is Managing Shareholder and CEO at Wu Castillo, P.C. James has nearly 20 years of experience providing day-to-day advice and counsel to businesses of all sizes regarding employment law compliance and HR issues, including Employee Handbooks, policies, hiring, leaves of absence, discrimination, harassment, and employee termination. He helps employers comply with the complex maze of federal, state and local employment laws.
James also defends companies when they face claims from current or former employees, contractors, and government agencies.
James is a contributor to author, and social media expert, Neal Schaffer's Maximize Social Business, published by Wiley. James also writes a monthly blog post regarding Social Media in the Workplace for Maximize Social Business at http://maximizesocialbusiness.com/author/james-wu/
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TO: Parents of Students Who have Prescription or Over-the-Counter Medication at School
Please come to school May 15th through May 19th between the hours of 8:00 AM and 2:30 PM to retrieve your child's medication. We will dispose of any medications that are not picked up by the deadline.
If your child will need medication at school for the 2017-18 school year, we will require a new permission form and new bottle of medication in the original container. Feel free to request new forms now to get them completed over the summer.
Contact your school nurse or the system nurses (798-2646) with any questions.
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LocationSouth Austin - Buda
Buda, TX 78610
Used 2017 Forest River RV Vibe Extreme Lite 243BHS
Easily take the whole family on your next camping trip in this Vibe Extreme Lite 243BHS travel trailer by Forest River. With a single slide, rear set of bunk beds, rear bath, and two entry doors, there is plenty of room for your family and even a few friends.
As you enter this travel trailer you will be in the kitchen and living area. To your right there is an entertainment center which can easily be viewed from the main living area. Along the door side the kitchen has a l-shaped counter, double kitchen sink, overhead cabinets, three burner range, microwave, and a refrigerator. On the opposite side enjoy meals on the dinette slide, and at night you can use the dinette for additional sleeping space. Adjacent to the slide there is a pantry for your dry goods.
The rear set of double bunk beds allow for sleeping space for four people.
In the opposite corner of the trailer there is the rear bathroom. Inside you will find a corner sink, medicine cabinet, toilet, tub, and a private entry/exit door which leads outside along the road side.
The front bedroom has a queen bed, two wardrobes, and an overhead shelf.
Outside enjoy an optional swivel gas grill and an optional exterior kitchen with a refrigerator, sink, and counter area, plus much more!
Stock# 22705A
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This new crochet hat pattern is now listed in my etsy shop. The inspiration for this hat came from a dear friend of mine who is from New York City. She is such a city girl, and when I saw a picture of her wearing the cutest hat in Paris, I had my inspiration!
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Jeremy Johnson talks about the challenges of rejoining & serving in the military as a service member who was previously discharged under Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
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Research on openly gay service is extensive, and includes over half a century of evidence gathered by independent researchers and the U.S. military itself, as well as the study of the experience of foreign militaries. The U.S. military's own researchers have consistently found that openly gay service does not undermine cohesion, and the military has repeatedly sought to condemn or suppress these conclusions when they emerged. Yet no research has ever shown that open homosexuality impairs military readiness.


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6 in custody after shoplifting report at Mega Saver
6 in custody after shoplifting report at Mega Saver
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Omaha police said they have six people in custody after a report of shoplifting at a Mega Saver store.
According to officials, the suspects took off at the incident near Northwest Radial Highway and Hamilton Street before 8:30 a.m. Monday.
Officers caught up with the suspect vehicle in the area of 40th and Miami a short time later.
One suspect ran from the vehicle, but police eventually took him into custody along with five others.


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TRAFFIC ALERT: Lane restriction coming on Route 22/322
TRAFFIC ALERT: Lane restriction coming on Route 22/322
DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. —
News 8 has a traffic reminder to help motorists avoid slowdowns.
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Beginning at 9 p.m. Friday, PennDOT will restrict traffic to a single lane on Route 22/322 in the Dauphin Borough area of Dauphin County.
Crews will be installing a second contra-flow gate in the median of the highway.
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Raising amarylis
My black thumb is showing
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4-May-06. The amarylis that Dean gave me at Christmas took its own sweet time about showing signs of life, and now that it has, it doesn't look anything like pictures of normal amarylises— or amarylisi.
Dean was ever so kind. She even planted the bulb in a lovely pot to give it every advantage. She provided instructions for its TLC, as one would expect a nurse to do.
Amarylis hibernated from December through March
I brought it home and watered it faithfully. Nothing happened. For three months nothing happened. It looked on April 1 exactly as it looked on January 1. At my every sign of waning confidence in this project, Dean would advise to just "keep it moist in a bright sunny window." Moist I could do; a bright sunny window I could not do without major remodeling.
When spring seemed just around the corner, I moved the amarylis outdoors with the other plants where it could get plenty of sun. Still nothing. Granted, conditions were not ideal: I was not going to build it a special hothouse to protect it from the cold nights, and realistically I was not going to bring it indoors at night. That's just too much to expect of a charter member of the Black Thumb Society.
Eventually, on April 8, a small shoot emerged from the dried stuff at the top of the bulb. I was ecstatic that the amarylis showed signs of surviving. I proudly sent photographic evidence to other friends who had also received an amarylis as a gift. Bob said, "Can't you see, it's sticking its tongue out at you?" So much for that.
By the end of April, it was more clear that two of something were going to emerge. It wasn't exactly clear what, but an obvious split was happening.
Ta-da! It seems the two of something are two blossoms. But they bear little resemblance to pictures of amarylis that I can find on the internet. And they have almost no stems! The blossoms seem to emerge right from the bulb. Like those weight-lifters you see at the gym who have no neck.
Update 11-May-06. It clearly wasn't meant to be. Amarylis has already begun to shrivel up and die without ever displaying the typical big, showy blossom. Perhaps it doesn't like a "dry heat."
Update 19-May-06. Beyond all hope.
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What's your favourite course at U of T Scarborough and why?
GGRA30 (Geographic Information Systems (GIS)) is my favourite course so far! Going into the course expecting it to be like any other elective, the course turned out to relate more to my program of study. Learning about how the growing technology is contributing geographically from helping in location mapping, and GPS tracking, to how we use GIS in our everyday lives to get live traffic and transit updates. We learnt the various ways data is gathered and stored, and efficient ways of processing and handling data which was closely related to what we would do in Statistics. Looking back, I took away a lot from the course as a lot of what GIS taught me is being applied in a C-level Statistics course that I'm currently doing. The Geography course really opened another field of interest for me, and contributed to my knowledge of the applications of Statistics in the real world.
Who's your favourite professor at U of T Scarborough and why?
Mr. Brian Harrington is the best professor that I could ever have. He makes the class so interesting, welcoming and casual that you wouldn't want to miss his class. He explains the materials in a way that'll remain in the back of your mind. Being a past UTSC student, he understands the pressure and stress that students go through and tries his best to make his course as easy and less stressful that he could. And the best part, he's an open, understanding and caring person making him the best person to talk to about anything to everything you want.
What's your favourite spot on campus and why?
My favourite place on campus must be the H-wing patio or the Valley. Just the feel of sitting outside surrounded with the greenery and flowers gives me a sense of relief from all the stress. Being around the creek down in the Valley and nature makes you forget all the assignments, exams, marks and meeting deadlines tensions for some time; which otherwise become your never to leave best friend as soon as you become a university student. Spending time outside while taking in the nature, hearing the birds chirp and water flow by the creek is my favourite go to retreat from all the university's busy life.
Why did you decide to attend U of T Scarborough?
The close-knit community, the feel of warmth, and inclusiveness that I received after my first campus tour is what made me feel that UTSC is THE place for me. The diversity around the campus where you see different people from different walks of life makes you feel as one among them. Till date, I have met so many different people, and made such amazing friends that I'm sure I wouldn't have been able to if I was elsewhere. As hard as university sounds in first year, being at UTSC just made it easier, and proved all my fears wrong.
Why did you decide to become an SRA?
Being a fresher, I felt the same mixed feeling of excitement of starting university, nervousness of being in a new environment, fear and anxiety if I would be able to make it to university and praying for nothing to go wrong. I was a student who would fear for something to go wrong and would have to make sure every single time that everything's going well. Going through all that and getting all the help and assurance from everyone who was involved in making my transition into university much smoother than I thought, made me decide to become an SRA. I wanted to give back the same help and support that I was provided with, to the incoming students and make them feel at ease.
Favourite movie or TV show?
Lots to choose from, some of them would be Friends, Grey's Anatomy, and Stranger Things
Favourite food?
Anything from the Middle Eastern or South Asian cuisine
If you could give one piece of advice to your first-year self, what would it be?
My one-piece of advice to my first-year self would be to STOP lazing around and complete your work on time rather than complaining and regretting that you should have started earlier. Listen and heed to older students advises of scheduling and balancing your time than procrastinating everything to "tomorrow", which will never come. DON"T PROCRASTINATE!


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|"Nazi Lane" signs dripping with fake blood (photo: Shane Morin)
One important thing to know is that the idea for this protest began on social media as a hoax, but became very real after spreading to credulous bike-haters on Facebook. The Facebook event was created by internet hoax artist Jeremy Piatt (known for creating the GoFundMe for Kanye West that was picked up by major national news outlets).
By all accounts, organizer Jeremy Piatt didn't show up to the protest. But here's who did show up to march against bikes: two candidates for City Council, David Schorn (Ward 10) and Joe Kovacs (Ward 7); and former Ward 10 City Council member Meg Tuthill; and let's not forget the group of people carrying "Nazi Lane" signs dripping with red paint intended to look like blood.
The anti-bike marchers began by walking in the newly installed bike lane on 26th Street, east from Hennepin to Lyndale Ave. They then walked in the bike lane, west on 28th Street. Observers on social media remarked how fortunate they were to find refuge from cars in the bike lanes.
|Former Ward 10 City Council member Meg Tuthill (left, in sunglasses).
|City Council candidates David Schorn & Joe Kovacs (right, on sidewalk).
jesus christ #MSP pic.twitter.com/ci8VcsGdWX— Franklin Sayre (@mysnuggle) October 14, 2017
> Drivers freak out about bike lanes— Tony Webster (@webster) October 14, 2017
> Fake bike lane protest organized online as joke
> Conservatives actually show up w/"Nazi Lanes" signs https://t.co/bgKkIxW34M
Cannot fathom the fucking nerve to carry a sign that looks like it's dripping with blood. Car violence IS killing PEOPLE. That's real blood https://t.co/ahJWb5l3qr— Ella Rasp (@ella_enroute) October 14, 2017
The anti-bike protest was followed a few hours later by an event billed as a "Bike Lane Party" attended by a few dozen residents, including current Ward 10 City Council member Lisa Bender. Bender advocates for policies that create safer streets for pedestrians and cyclists, and has been the target of criticism from bike lane opponents on social media.Do you think the irony that a nazi killed a woman with a car and not a bike in #Charlottesville is lost on them?— Heartsapian (@Heartsapian) October 14, 2017
Lisa Bender's opponents in Ward 10 include: David Schorn, who was at today's "Nazi Lane" protest; Saralyn Romanishan, who is fond of comparing city government to Hitler/Isis/ethnic cleansing; and Bruce Lundeen, the Republican candidate who made racist remarks at a recent candidate forum.
Counter protest "Bike Lane Party." Lotta bikes. No offensive signage. @lisabendermpls is here. pic.twitter.com/g7WRJWXPVS— Wedge LIVE! (@WedgeLIVE) October 14, 2017


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The Cleveland Cavs were happy to get the #1 pick in the NBA Draft Lottery, but they are still desperate to get rid of it. Essentially acknowledging that there is not a true top pick worthy talent in the entire draft, the Cavs are offering the pick to anyone willing to listen.
Perhaps the biggest rumored blockbuster would have involved Cleveland sending Tristan Thompson, Dion Waiters, and the number one pick to Minnesota for productive big man Kevin Love. The T-Wolves passed, revealing just how weak the perceived value of this year's #1 pick is around the league, as Thompson and Waiters are both promising young talents on their own.
Cleveland has also worked to make a deal for Portland's LaMarcus Aldridge and Chicago's Luol Deng to no avail. However, the Cavs are expected to continue trying all the way up to Thursday's draft.
Rumors around the league indicate that Alex Lin may be the favorite for the top spot over Kentucky's Nerlens Noel. Ben McLemore and Otto Porter could get a look as well with the two big men who are not only injured but completely lacking in offensive skill.
The Cavs will be looking to upgrade their roster significantly this offseason with the goal of surrounding Kyrie Irving with enough talent to entice an elite player (see James, Lebron) to join the struggling franchise next summer.


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If you're a blogger then it's highly likely that you're going to be familiar with each and every single one of these thoughts. And if like me, you have them on an almost daily basis, well, then I feel so much better that I'm not alone...
1. I need this...Okay, okay, I don't need it. I want it because then I can write a killer blog post on it. (already visualising the flat lay photo's)
2. This beautiful and ornate item (candle stick, ornament, light) has zero practicality but I'm buying it anyway because it's going to look awesome in blog photo's as a prop.
3. I wonder if my date will think I'm weird if I take photo's of my food to put on Instagram?
4. I wonder if it's okay to ask my date to move a little bit to the left (or right) while I take this photo of my food on our date... His arm is messing with the symmetry of the picture.
5. When will my boss leave his desk for a toilet break so I can send this snapchat?
6. I best word drop "It's okay, I'm a blogger" really loudly so I don't look like such a weirdo while i'm doing this.
7. I swear there weren't this many cult beauty products in the world before I became a blogger and saw beauty posts everyday...
8. Why is my blog so s*** compared to everyone else's?
9. This is the PERFECT opportunity to FINALLY use that GIF *rushes to upload GIF*
10. How the hell do you get more followers on Bloglovin... Blood and stone springs to mind.
11. I can't be bothered writing today. One day off is cool thought right?
12. I can't be bothered writing today either. A week off isn't that bad.
13. I've barely written for a fortnight. I'm a crap blogger. I should just quit. *slaps self out of it*
14. I am sending those outfit posts to the bottom of the bin and if anyone ever sees them then I'll swear blind I was just drunk.
16. I wish my blog looked as good as hers.
17. Should I air this dirty laundry on Twitter, or is it too dirty? *debates with self*
18. Must appear cool at all times on social media (when actually I'm in my pjs eating ice-cream for dinner and sobbing into my wine as I realise I'm nearly 30 and still don't have my s*** together...just me?)
19. Do follow links. Don't follow links. Maybe follow links. Nobody follow links...meh.
20. Thank God it's nearly summer. The winter has totally messed with my blog photo lighting *shakes fists at sky*
21. My blog is like my baby. My actual baby. If anyone is mean about it, Ima go full frontal protective mama lion on them.
22. Instagram theme?! Where's the fun in that!?
23. I want an Instagram theme.
24. Why do non bloggers look at me like that when I talk about posts, promotion and pipdig?
25. I didn't choose the blog life. The blog life chose me *drops mic*


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As an avid collector of all things Victorian Macabre I maintain a small ever-changing collection of oddities, medical & embalming bottles, dental equipment, antique tea settings, dolls, funerary photographs, wreaths , Masonic items, Shrunken Heads, "Bob" the celebrity mummy and other unique curiosities.
Many of these pieces are on display in the Odditorium in my home. Viewing is by appointment only.
At any given time a selection of my collection may be out on loan or hire to television, film, theatre or travelling museum collections. If you are interested in use of any of my items please contact me to discuss usage.
As a expert in my field I am also available to consult on individual items or collections. I am also available for hire to scour the globe for unusual antiques and artefacts that may be legitimately acquired through certified means. In doing so I will offer my opinion on estate or museum items regarding age, quality, uniqueness and market value. Please note I am a consultant NOT a licensed appraiser and therefore cannot by law offer you a written appraisal for insurance or estate wills. I am however able to refer a licensed appraiser to you if you so desire,


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Volunteers are the real heroes of our story.
Open Meetings
The primary purpose of the open meeting is for new people to interact with planning staff, make suggestions, and participate in discussions.
Open meetings are usually held at 6pm (Pacific Time) on the 3rd Thursday of every month, at the Grand Sierra. Sometimes the date and time are different. The exact meeting room varies from month to month, so check Twitter, Tumblr, or this page for updates.
Online participation is appreciated and encouraged! Our meeting is streamed on Youtube (audio only). Moderators watch the chat for relevant questions and discussion.
The agenda for the current meeting can be found on Google Docs.
Open meeting schedule:
- May 11th: Canceled, not needed
(everyone knows what they need to get done, and the time is better spent getting stuff done).
Apply To Volunteer
Use the button below to jump directly to the volunteering application in our registration system. We will review the application and determine if you fit as a Recruit or as Staff. Read onward to learn the difference between "Recruit" and "Staff."
Volunteer Perks
Easier to apply before the con
Can apply at-con
- 4 hoursLove and Adoration
A special thank-you gift
Two meal vouchers
- 8 hoursTwo more meal vouchers
- 12 hoursTwo more meal vouchers, and your choice of either:
A refund of your attendee-level badge, OR
A ticket to the Sunday night Staff Appreciation Dinner
Want the con to succeed
Must apply by May 1st
- 4 hoursLove and Adoration
A special staff thank-you gift
A free attendee-level badge
Four meal vouchers
- 8 hoursFour more meal vouchers
A ticket to the Sunday night Staff Appreciation Dinner
- 12+ hours$180 (One night) removed from your hotel bill
(multiple staff members sharing a room can earn this benefit)
- Meal vouchers only valid in the con space, not for on-site restaurants. Meal vouchers can be gifted to anyone. Staff meal vouchers might be restricted to specific days to spread out their use.
- Recruit perks above the 12-hour level are the discretion of the HR lead (to discourage Recruits from overworking themselves and missing the con).
- Staff who sign up for the 12-hour level are relied upon to help out more where needed.
Volunteer Levels
Recruits are unproven people we haven't worked with yet. If we don't know you yet, you will be a Recruit for at least a year while you prove your reliability. Most Recruits sign up at-con, but if you know you will volunteer, please apply now for a wider choice of hours.
When you sign up, we will build your schedule around the hours you're willing to volunteer. If we run short on people outside your scheduled times, you may get a phone call asking for help. Responding to our call and helping will count 1.5x time.
Sometimes, you may end up "idle," waiting for assignment in the volunteer lounge. You're welcome to socialize while waiting, and we'll also try to have some entertainment options in the volunteer lounge. "Idle time" counts 0.5x time.
Any hours volunteered on Thursday or Monday count 1.5x time.
Staff are people we know well enough to rely on. For Staff, the success of the convention comes first. Staff have previously proven commitment to their schedule. Staff committing to the 12+ hour level are called upon to help fill unexpected schedule shortfalls, to "do whatever it takes."
Staff must apply and be approved before the con, must be known to be reliable, and are usually either people we've worked with before, or well-established staff members from other conventions.
Staff members don't have to be leads (though leads do have to be staff members).
So will I be considered Staff or Recruit?
If we haven't met you before: Recruit.
If we know you well enough to rely on your schedule, and you consider the convention's success your top priority: Staff.
Job descriptions
If you're curious what the different convention jobs entail, click below for more information.
You may be responsible for one or more of:
- Skills: Communication skills, people skills, late hours possible, problem solving
- Execute whatever plans are currently in place
- Deal with non-security situations as they arise
- Direct requests and incidents to the appropriate team
- Request (free) services from the hotel (paid services need to be approved by Exec)
- Operate Lost and found
- Monitor hotel for noisy rooms, ask to tone down
Panels and Events
You may be responsible for one or more of:
- Skills: Communication skills, punctuality, organization, detail oriented, brief public speaking
- Maintain event schedule on website
- Maintain a list of contact info for all panelists
- Work with panelists to schedule their panels
- Schedule "con-operated" events as well
- Announce upcoming events over PA systems
- Work with panelists to make their panels as good as possible (examples: offer to listen to a rehearsal, find helpful props/materials)
- During-con: check up with each panelist shortly before their panel; make sure they have what they need
- During-con: continue updating event schedule both online and at-con as it changes
Fursuit Lounge
You may be responsible for one or more of:
- Skills: Friendliness, service oriented, creativity
- Stop photographers
- Restock gatorade, cups, straws, towels
- Stay in lounge, clean as needed, hand cold towels upon entry to area
- Help suiters stay looking good, assist them re-suiting, etc.
Convention Events
You may be responsible for one or more of:
- Skills: Creativity, communication skills, punctuality, detail oriented, brief public speaking
- Plan fursuit parade route
- Design fursuit games (just design; leave any construction to the construction team)
- Emcee for art-on-stage sessions
- Design any other convention events
- Work with the Panels & Events lead to schedule events
You may be responsible for one or more of:
- Skills: Money handling, people skills, salesmanship, computer skills
- Must be willing to sign NDA agreeing not to release con-goer personal info
- Pre-con: process pre-registrations, and send summaries to Exec team for entry into master accounting record
- Pre-con: prepare procedures and paperwork for offline registration (all computers down), and also paperwork for rain checks on swag items
- Pre-con: pre-print all badges, pre-stuff all swag bags
- During-con: process at-con registrations for attendees, collect and disseminate swag
- During-con: reconcile cashiers at end of each shift
Con Store
You may be responsible for one or more of:
- Skills: Money handling, inventory management, salesmanship, point of sale
- Sell swag items
- Reconcile cashiers at end of each shift
Dealers Den Assistant
You may be responsible for one or more of:
- Skills: organization, money handling, punctuality
- Must be willing to sign NDA agreeing not to release con-goer personal info
- During-con: do dealer food runs
- During-con: do dealer supply runs (maybe)
- During-con: bring dealer sales items to replenish con store stock
- During-con: distribute and collect paperwork
- During-con: assist in locking the dealers den
Art Show
You may be responsible for one or more of:
- Skills: Legible handwriting, organization, money handling, accurate with numbers
- Single point-of-contact for all art show panel space assignment
- Pre-con: prepare bidding system and all associated paperwork
- Pre-con: bring in auction items, sell panels, bill artists for their panels
- Pre-con: double-check expected submitted items for possible copyright violations (ex. Non-OC MLP), warn artist these items may be pulled
- During-con: catalog items submitted by each artist, accept bids from bidders, create and distribute invoices for bidders, collect payment for items won
- During-con: check bags
- Post-con: calculate tax, create final payment forms for artists, submit to Exec team for check writing and final mail-out
Decorating and Theming
You may be responsible for one or more of:
- Skills: Creativity, thorough research, cheapskate
- Team tasked with finding ways to decorate and theme the space for this year
- Pre-con: research cost of various theming options, report to Exec team for final decisions on what the con can afford
- Pre-con: work with construction team to create decorations as needed
- During-con: act as part of logistics to set up theme specific decorations
Art Director
You may be responsible for one or more of:
- Skills: Communication, Organization, record-keeping
- Organize and solicit for artwork for this year's theme
- Interact with the Decorating, Theme, and Con Book teams
- Watch social media for pieces that we might be able to adopt, ask those artists for permission to adopt their art into the current year's canon
Con Book
You may be responsible for one or more of:
- Skills: Print layout software experience, organization, artistic temperament, networking skills (people)
- Solicit artists, writers, other contributors for con book content
- Extra focus on soliciting content for con book "activity book" section
- Solicit potential advertisers for con book advertisements
- Design activity book items for the con book, if none are submitted
- Assemble the final con book into a PDF for print by T-minus 6 weeks
- Assemble the final con schedule insert (or pocket program) by T-minus 2 weeks
You may be responsible for one or more of:
- Skills: Networking (people), Creativity, persistence, computer savvy, furry community savvy
- Find local furry community websites around the country; work on getting them to mention BLFC
- Design and disseminate flyers; solicit friends attending other conventions to help get flyers to more locations. Look for artists/vendors who do mail-out sales within the community, provide flyers to them for inclusion in outgoing orders
- Design ads for other conventions for placement in their own con books
- Design ads for posting on other websites
- Possibly: Organize any other events that happen outside the actual convention (example: campout, barbeque, etc)
- Possibly: manage procurement of swag and other giveaways
Social Network Manager
You may be responsible for one or more of:
- Skills: Furry community savvy, knowledgeable with social network platforms
- Keep news posted to social media accounts, and answer questions
- Tumblr
Twitter Manager
You may be responsible for one or more of:
- Skills: Creativity, sense of humor, furry community savvy
- Manage twitter
- Answer questions
- Entertain twitter followers
Website Manager
You may be responsible for one or more of:
- Skills: Web design (PHP/HTML/CSS/SQL), computer skills, work time estimation
- Solicit artists for website artwork
- Manage and design website elements for the main public-facing convention website
- Execute additions and design changes in a timely fashion
- Manage and design convention registration system (must sign an NDA)
- Prepare next year's website by T-minus 1 week
Construction and Logistics
You may be responsible for one or more of:
- Skills: tools, carpentry, mechanical engineering, electrical, creativity, safety-conscious, cost estimation, lifting
- Team tasked with constructing anything the con may need
- This team mostly executes design ideas fed in from other teams
- Generally must estimate cost of any jobs, and run by exec for approval
- Load in, set up
- Tear down, load out
- During-con: monitor convention space, clean/fix as needed
Video Gaming
You may be responsible for one or more of:
- Skills: organization, video game knowledge, careful with electrical connections, need some night owls
- Set up and tear down video game setups
- Maintain inventory of equipment
- Lock and unlock video game area if not 24-hr
- Handle changing of video games and video gaming setups
- Manage tournaments, including prize selection
Tabletop Gaming
You may be responsible for one or more of:
- Skills: organization, board game knowledge, tidy
- Handle inventory and checkout for valuable tabletop games
- Inventory game internals upon checkin before re-checking-out
- Lock up valuable games when not staffed
- Manage tournaments, including prize selection
You may be responsible for one or more of:
- Skills: Set up and operate pro-level equipment, follow instructions
- Set up AV gear
- Monitor noise levels, make sure the social space is always quiet enough for conversation
- Set up staff radios
- Be prepared to staff the dance from 10pm Saturday to 7am Sunday


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ATLANTA, GEORGIA (PRWEB) October 09, 2014
Automotive marketing firm Force Marketing is proud to announce that it will be partnering with Google to host a lunch at the Bellagio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas next week. The invitation-only lunch will take place on Tuesday, October 14 at 12:30 p.m.
The private lunch will feature an innovative discussion about how dealers can implement offline data to convert online commerce. Google Agency Account Manager Bhavana Moryani, of Google's SMB Agency Development division, will present on that topic at the event, as will Force Marketing CEO John W. Fitzpatrick.
"We've been cultivating a strong relationship with Google for years, through the Google Partners program as well as our day-to-day work with Google products like AdWords," said Fitzpatrick. "This exclusive lunch is a great opportunity for us to join forces with Google to showcase the innovative and data-driven strategies that dealers should be taking advantage of today in their marketing."
The Google lunch is set to take place in Renoir 2 of the Bellagio Hotel, after the close of the DrivingSales Executive Summit and before the J.D. Power Automotive Roundtable begins on October 14, providing dealers attending one or both of those events with the opportunity to gain insights the new digital marketing technology that companies like Google and Force Marketing have in development.
Formal invitations to the lunch were sent out to an exclusive list of dealers, and space quickly filled up. To inquire about any seats that may still be available, please visit http://forcemktg.com/challenge/register.php.
Force Marketing is an automotive direct mail and digital marketing company headquartered in Atlanta, Ga. The company offers marketing services to an expansive client base throughout the U.S. and Canada. The company made Inc. magazine's 500|5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. in 2014 for the sixth consecutive year. More information about their auto dealership marketing services can be found online at http://www.forcemarketing.com.


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Gloria Steinem has frequently spoken about the importance of sharing stories, using the imagery of communicating oral narratives around an ancient campfire. She has done that with her own personal history in the HBO documentary, Gloria: In Her Own Words. Responding to questions asked by director Peter Kunhardt and co-producer Sheila Nevins, Steinem has added depth to readily accessible facts by opening up about the darker corners of her emotional life.
Two juxtaposed Glorias emerge. One evolves from a brunette young woman who came to New York City via Smith College. (Early on, Steinem had determined that she would get out of Toledo, Ohio -- even if it had to be on the winged feet of her tap dancing prowess.) The other is a woman who has lived seven decades, delved into the journey of self-knowledge, and come up with the hindsight that the passage of time affords.
Repeatedly referenced as a "feminist icon," Steinem often functions as a blank slate upon which others imprint their own anxieties, appreciation, disapproval or angry resentments. In a society that habitually discards its most prominent contributors when they are deemed no longer relevant, Steinem radiates resilience. Functioning as a stand-in Rorschach test for all the attributes and shortcomings of the feminist movement, her best armor has been an acute sense of humor.
I saw the documentary first on a preview DVD, and then at the Women's Media Center screening at the HBO building. The 120-seat theater was filled with women (and a handful of men) representing a continuum of ages and a modicum of diversity. As Steinem quipped when she appeared to answer audience questions -- fresh from a taping with Stephen Colbert, "For a lot of people in this room, it's a home movie." Archival footage of the 1972 Democratic convention (where one-third of the delegates were women) and the march in Manhattan down Fifth Avenue gained a breadth of scope on the larger screen. The experience of hearing in unison laughter when a 1960s broadcaster intoned, "Women have a problem with concentration," lent a feeling of community. Yet Steinem's private revelations were more intimate when viewed via television's smaller scale.
Throughout the film, a window into the burgeoning women's movement runs parallel to the storyline about the girl born in the 1930s who described her awareness as, "I'm not sure if I knew what feminism was. I thought if I was having difficulty, it was my own personal fault."
Pursuing a career as a freelance journalist, Steinem was continually assigned features on food, beauty, and babies despite her interest in political topics. "The low point," she said, "was writing a piece on textured stockings." Friday afternoon propositions by the boss were not uncommon. Steinem notes of this time, "There was no word for sexual harassment. It was just called life."
In 1963, Steinem got what she called "the bunny assignment," to do an undercover report about employment conditions at the "glamorous" Playboy Club. What was written as an exposé of "grinding work in three-inch heels" ended up creating new problems of credibility for Steinem's writing -- as she got stamped with the "unserious" label.
By the time Steinem hit her 30s, she realized that she wasn't the only woman having problems. She put it concisely, "I wasn't crazy, the system was crazy." Her "aha" moment came in 1969, when she was covering a story about an abortion hearing for New York Magazine. For Steinem, "That was the big click." At 22, she had an abortion and never told anybody. The black and white sequence of the meeting illustrates irate women speaking up and refusing to be silenced. It is evident how the energy and dissension in the room telegraphed a message to Steinem that she was now ready to decode. She observed, "I began to understand that my experience was an almost universal female experience."
A montage of top male news anchors delivering reports in 1970 about the new "women's liberation movement," serves as a mordant backdrop to Steinem discussing her frustration about not being able to get her work published. It pushed her to seek a different venue to get the word out. She moved into speaking publicly, embarking on a national tour in partnership with Dorothy Pitman Hughes.
By then, Steinem had evolved into the "Gloria persona." Explaining the genesis, she said. "I used the aviator glasses to hide behind." The blonde streaks at the front of her long hair owed their origins to Audrey Hepburn's character Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's -- and Steinem's appreciation for Golightly's determination not to lose her freedom in a relationship based on "belonging to another person."
The recognition that there was no place for women to read content uncontrolled by men was Steinem's impetus for co-founding Ms. magazine. Feminism hadn't been faring well in the media, though as Steinem slyly pointed out, "Hostility is a step forward from ridicule." Harry Reasoner pronounced the periodical's mission as "sad." The number of issues printed was supposed to last on the newsstands for three months. They sold out in a week. Seven months later, Ms. was in the black. For Steinem, making a point of using her "anger constructively" had paid off well.
Despite what appeared to be a successful and glamorous life, Steinem was dogged by criticism -- from outside the movement and from within. "A woman who aspires to be something is a bitch," she said. Both lauded and excoriated for her appearance, Steinem stated, "I work really hard, and then it's attributed to looks. That's really painful." Esquire magazine ran a story (with an accompanying comic strip) portraying Steinem in such a negative light that she characterized it as "cruel." Some of the sniping, bubbling just below the surface, came from other contributors to feminism who resented the limelight coalescing around Steinem. The most prominent conflict played out with Betty Friedan, author of the groundbreaking The Feminine Mystique. Steinem said of Friedan, "She considered herself the owner of the movement." Looking to expand feminist alliances with other constituencies marginalized by traditional hierarchies, Steinem forged friendships with women who shared her sensibilities--such as Bella Abzug and Flo Kennedy. Qualifying Friedan's approach, Steinem elucidated, "She didn't identify down, she identified up."
In 1977, The National Women's Conference took place in Houston, Texas. Steinem refers to it as a major highlight of her career. First Ladies Ford, Johnson, and Carter were present. The 20,000 women in attendance had different objectives for the proposed National Plan of Action, twenty-six resolutions that were put to a collective vote. Ultimately, abortion and lesbian rights -- along with support for the Equal Rights Amendment -- were included in the Plan submitted to President Carter in 1978. Steinem worked non-stop to promote her ideological agenda, pushing herself relentlessly.
Viewers get an unguarded glimpse of Steinem's core in the segments where she addresses her dysfunctional upbringing. She describes her father as a "charming" but "totally irresponsible man," and tells how her mother, a "pioneer in journalism who couldn't do it all," was debilitated by what was "at that time called a nervous breakdown." In a childhood that Steinem depicts as scary and depressing, she became a caretaker to a mother who couldn't function. When her father departed, they were a household of two women, enveloped by the sound of a persistently playing radio. Steinem learned to rely on the defense mechanism of "detachment." She came to understand, in her later adult years, that she had distanced herself from her Mother out of the apprehension of "not being her." Steinem expresses profound misgivings about her handling of the demise of both her parents. Her father, who was mortally injured in a car accident in 1961, died alone. Resisting the call to travel to California to be with him, Steinem feared being recast in the role of caretaker. She was at her mother's side during her last hours, yet confesses that in retrospect, "I so regret that I wasn't more of a companion to her."
Steinem's 50th birthday was celebrated by a party attended by luminaries -- or as Phil Donahue put it, "The revolution comes to the Waldorf." She saw the year as a definitive marker. Yet, it was a diagnosis of breast cancer (she had a lump excised and was treated with radiation) that served the purpose of making her aware of the passage of time.
In the segment titled, "There was a period when the world was in black and white instead of color," Steinem sorts out an interval when she dealt with depression. Moving from "bottoming out," she looked internally. Burnt out from constant traveling and speaking gigs, the solitary din of a radio in her hotel room brought back the memories and unfinished business of her childhood -- and the "neglected child" who felt "she didn't exist." With this realization, Steinem knew that she "couldn't go forward in the old way." Her book on self-esteem, Revolution from Within, uses her own issues as an anchoring point. She admits, "Even social activism can be a drug that keeps you from going back, as you keep trying to fill up an emptiness which can't be filled by anything external."
Married in 2000 to David Bale, it was a union of two partners who understood that "love is not about power." Steinem affirms that for the first time since childhood, she felt "in the present." Bale developed brain lymphoma in 2002, which lasted a year. In considering what she learned from Bale's illness and death, she recounts her appreciation for the chance to do-over her part as a caretaker -- this time as an adult. The exchange is another parallel of the younger Gloria and older Gloria -- underscoring her psychological progression.
Why did Steinem evolve into a symbol of so much to so many? It's impossible to know. She became a vessel through which some women discovered themselves, their potential, and the strength to advocate for their own truths. For others, she will remain the scapegoat for the "downfall of our beautiful American family," as an irate caller to Larry King pronounced.
On her own place in the feminist pantheon, Steinem tells audiences on college campuses, "Don't listen to my advice. Listen to the voice inside you and follow that." She is clear that being of a different generation, girls coming up now need to have their own feminist heroes. In a self-effacing manner Steinem suggests, "The primary thing is not that they know who I am, but who they are."
Her hope for the future is succinct -- a time when being a feminist means you see the world whole instead of half. "It shouldn't need a name," Steinem pronounces. She adds, "One day it won't."
Photo: ©Annie Leibovitz, 2010/courtesy of HBO
"Gloria: In Her Own Words" premieres Monday, August 15th (9-10pm ET/PT) on HBO. Check schedule for additional airings.
This article originally appeared on the website mgyerman.com


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District nurses, also known as community nurses, visit patients regularly in their homes and in residential care homes, giving skilled, practical nursing care. They act as a link with local doctors, social workers and other services and play an important part in reducing the need for people to stay in hospital.
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You work mainly with older people but sometimes with other age groups.
Under the NHS salary system Agenda for Change, as a district nurse you will be on the Band 6, £27,635 to £37,000 a year. You can earn more on overtime and shift allowances. The current pay scales are from April 2018.
Those taking up posts through the One Year Job Guarantee Internship Scheme (see below) will be paid at Agenda for Change Band 5 pro-rata at 22.5 hours a week.
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- Liana Evans, Author and Co-Founder & CEO, LiBeck Integrated Marketing
- Speakers:
Greg Jarboe, President & Co-founder, SEO-PR
Mark Robertson, Founder, ReelSEO
According to the panel assembled today for the SES Conference, Youtube is:
1. The 2nd most popular search engine in the world after Google.
2. The 2nd most popular social media website after Facebook.
Youtube enables users to discover and share videos (going viral). There are massive ad opportunities to get into Youtube and monetize it for your business. Already thousands of Brands are using Youtube to promote products and services, and driving traffic to landing pages on their websites.
Youtube has a keyword tool for "Promoted Videos", by targeting Video Title, Description and Tags. Paid Search costs on Youtube are very inexpensive compared to Google.
But creating a good video people will watch and send to their friends required good content... an art, not a science. People use Youtube for Inspiration, Education, Enlightenment and Education. "How To" videos are really starting to take off.
Put your URL into your video description. Include the http:// to make sure the link is live.
"Cosmic Panda" - A new look for YouTube is coming. YouTube is changing! Per Greg Jarboe.
SES Day Two: Today was another intense, in-depth, full, information-packed day on Search Engine Strategies and the Marketing that goes with it. There was so much good material today that I can't pack it all into one blog entry... more to come in the days ahead. I'm bringing a large cache of new tactics, strategies and tools back to the office, and there is still one more day to go. The Google Adwords team made an excellent presentation on "Google Ad Innovations" - - this topic alone deserves a dedicated blog entry, which it will get.


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Duquesne University began exploring the creation of a FM radio station throughout the 1940s. In early 1949, studio space was allocated on the second floor of the University Administration building, radio equipment was purchased and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved the licensing of WDUQ at a frequency of 89.3 FM.
|WDUQ's first General Manager, B. Kendall Crane
After several months of trial operation at 10 watts, the station officially went on the air at 6 p.m., Thursday, December 15, 1949 with increased power from 10 to 2750 watts and a new frequency of 91.5 FM. WDUQ's broadcast schedule was 3 to 9 p.m., seven days a week. In 1950, B. Kendall Crane became the first station manager.
WDUQ began as a student broadcasting laboratory. The station exposed students to new technology and gave local audiences access to cultural programs and information. Over the years, many professional broadcasters and journalists got their start while a student at WDUQ. Today, student interns and assistants continue to work with the professional staff in various areas of programming, operations and administration.
The history of WDUQ also reflects the development of radio on the FM band. During the station's first twenty years, AM radio was more readily available on household radios, and there were ongoing discussions as to whether WDUQ should move to an AM frequency. However, in the mid-1960s, FM radio became more widely available to consumers. By 1969, there were 2,100 FM stations and 4,200 AM stations on the air across the United States. U.S. automakers were installing FM receivers in cars at a rising rate of 25% a year. The WDUQ decision to stay on the FM band proved to be timely in the ever changing world of mass communications. In October 1969, the FCC approved the change of the WDUQ transmitter site to Mt. Washington with an increase in power to 25,000 watts and the change of frequency to 90.5 FM.
|WDUQ car in 1958 parade
The history of WDUQ also parallels the development and growth of non-commercial, public radio across the United States. In 1963, thirty-one new, noncommercial FM radio stations began broadcasting across the country. In 1967, 26 new stations were added and in 1968, 36 new educational licenses were granted. In 1967, The Carnegie Commission report recommended the development of a national public broadcasting network and asked Congress to help support the system. WDUQ joined the newly formed Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) in 1971.
WDUQ joined the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB) in 1950. The station formed partnerships with other NAEB station in the United States, including WNYC, New York and WILL in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois at the University of Illinois. A "bicycle" tape network of educational stations shared programming in this manner until the late 1970s.
In 1972, WDUQ increased its coverage area significantly with a power increase from 2,750 to 25,000 watts.


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In order to avoid confusion, normal hours should be specified, such as '8 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday excluding an hour for lunch'. Sometimes the employer may wish to retain some flexibility and add something like "or any other such hours as the company reasonably deems necessary". It is in your interests that the contract is as specific as possible. The policy on overtime should also be made clear.
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CPR AED Classroom Course
You Receive a Start CPR 1st Company Certification the Same day of class
This course is NOT for healthcare providers, or students in healthcare related programs. This is NOT a nationally recognized certification. If looking for a nationally recognized certification please see ASHI CPR AED.
What certification will I receive?
You will receive our company (Start CPR 1st's) 2 year certification
Who is this for?
Persons who do not work in the health care field but are occupationally required to, or desire to, have CPR knowledge and skills, such as: school bus drivers, adult residential care personnel, child care workers, teachers, parents, grandparents, high school/grade school students and babysitters.
What guidelines does this class cover?
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Cancellations and Refunds: Refunds will be given if notification is received at least three (3) business days prior to the originally purchased class minus a $5 processing fee. If you do not show up or are late for a class you have 1 month to re-take another course at no extra cost. Please give us notice if you plan on re-scheduling so that we can reserve you a seat. Thank you.
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You will NOT be admitted to the course if you are late. If you do not show up or are late for a class you have 1 month to re-take another (same type) course at no extra cost (no refunds). Please note we can only reschedule you once for free, each addtional rescheduling will be subject to a $10.00 fee. Please give us notice if you plan on re-scheduling so that we can reserve you a seat. Instructor courses may not be rescheduled. These policies apply to any class registration processed through this online system, by registering for this course you agree to these terms. These terms cannot be modified once your registration has been processed. Please also note any chargebacks or disputes decided in our favor will enact an additional fee of $35.00
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Galatians 4:1-9
Introduction: It may not look like it or sound like it very much, that Christianity has impacted the world or even made a "dent" in it, however there is much about being a Christian that the world does not see. The Christian has been changed from an enemy to God to a friend and even a child, no longer obeying God because he/she had to like a slave or hired servant, but now comes to God as one of His children, being adopted, now a beloved child. Christians may lack the "outward" appearance, whatever that may be, of being different, but on the inside, God has made all the difference in the world.
- 1. Every Christian changes from being an enemy of God to being a son or daughter of God.
– The Jews were called "God's peculiar people" but never called His Sons and Daughters, but called His servants.
– The Jews were under severe and burdensome restraints, having a small portion of their inheritance in actual enjoyment and performed their duties to God in the role of servants. (vv1-3).
– However the Christian is regarded as a son, a daughter who is free from the restraints the Jews had and enjoy a spirit of liberty throughout all their life as a child of God.
- 2. The Christian enjoys being a child of God because of Jesus Christ.
– Jesus has redeemed the believer from the bondage that the Jews were under.
– Gentiles were never under the Jewish laws, but were under moral law and its penalties.
– Jesus has suffered all penalties of the law, fulfilled all its demands for all who would believe in Him, thus freeing the believer from the law, bringing the believer into adoption as a child of God, not a servant or a slave.
- 1. The Holy Spirit is sent into the heart of every believer in the Lord Jesus Christ.
– Romans 8:9: "…But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His…"
– It is through Jesus and by the Holy Spirit that the Christian goes to God, the Father to receive blessings.
– "…For through Him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father…" (Ephesians 2:18)
- 2. The Christian has freedom to God.
– The Jews dared not draw near to God within the limits set by God, however when Jesus died on the cross, the veil of the temple that separated God from them was torn from top to bottom, opening up a new way for people to get to God.
- 3. The Christian has boldness to come before God with his/her wants.
– There were things that the Jews dared not ask of God, but for the Christian, there is no limit, for anything asked within God's will, it will be granted.
- 4. The Christian has confidence in God's care.
– A servant may hope for attention but a son/daughter is assured of attention from his/her father.
– The child of God has no fear that his/her heavenly Father will fail to care for his/her needs.
– Being adopted into God's family assures the believer that God will never leave him/her or forsake him/her but will make all things work together for his/her ultimate good.
- 5. The Christian is assured of his/her coming inheritance.
– The servant has no hope of inheriting anything from his/her master, but the son knows that he has a title to his father's inheritance and that someday he will inherit what his father leaves to him.
– The Christian is assured of his/her title to heaven and of all that is there.
– He/she has been promised not only God's grace, but glory and will receive an inheritance "…incorruptible and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for
him/her, who is also kept by the power of God for it…""…Who shall separate him/her from this…?" NOTHING!
- 1. How little is the true benefits of the Christian understood by the rest of the unbelieving world.
– Many see Christianity as a system of dos and don'ts, of doctrines and duties.
– It truth, Christianity is a system of privileges.
– It takes people out of the world, nobodies to the world and makes them prince and princes', heirs to the kingdom of God.
- 2. Christianity takes strangers, foreigners and brings them into the family of God, making them sons and daughters of God.
– "…Behold, what manner of love is this, wherewith the Father hath loved us, that we should be called the sons/daughters of God…"
- 3. How grateful every Christian should be that so many blessings is his/hers.
– Sadly, so many Christians are led by the Satan, the world, and self, to g back into the bondage from which they had been redeemed.
- 4. Christian! Stand fast in the freedom which Jesus Christ has placed you.


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Most business owners need General Liability Insurance at the very least. If you have any non-owner employees, you will need workers compensation insurance too.
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A Certificate of Insurance is proof of coverage. It lists the type and amount of liability coverage you have and other policy information when a third party requests it.
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New Jersey Concrete Contractors Insurance. A concrete contractor is a highly trained person or team that manages the different stages of concrete on a construction project. From an unmixed combination to a finished product, these teams are required to get the job done. A concrete contractor constructs foundations, concrete patios, concrete parking lots, and sidewalks. As a concrete contractor, having the right insurance is important. The main reason for this is to keep your business protected. If you're a concrete contractor having the right insurance is important. Get the New Jersey concrete contractors insurance coverage that will keep you and your business protected.
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To avoid financial ruin in the case of a lawsuit, this is the type of insurance that you'll need. To protect your business, you have to choose the right New Jersey concrete contractors insurance for you.
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- Commercial Auto Liability Insurance - The equipment you use to run your business has to be insured with this policy. As a concrete contractor, you're going to be using lots of heavy equipment. As a result, you're required by law to have this type of insurance.
- Employment Practices Liability Coverage - If there's ever an instance where an employee sues your business for harassment or wrongful termination this type of coverage will protect you from huge financial losses.
When deciding on the kind of coverage to get for your business, it's always a good idea to sit with an insurance professional and discuss the benefits of each insurance policy.
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Generally, as a concrete contractor, your work will consist of the use of heavy equipment. Most times you'll be required to move heavy equipment to the location of the job. As a result, you must ensure you have the proper coverage in case something goes wrong during the transportation process or while on the job site.
If an employee gets injured on a project site, they can benefit from workers compensation. Whether it's for medical expenses or lost wages this compensation will help to minimize the costs. In the case of a fatal accident happening while on the job, this type of compensation also offers survivor benefits to the family. Having this policy in place is required by many states for any non-owner employees. Typically before a client hires for the job they will want to know if you have this type of coverage plan in place.
You not only want to ensure the workers are safe when working but you also want to be able to protect the equipment they use while on the job. Most of the equipment utilized for a concrete project is expensive. In case any of them gets damaged, you want to make sure that you have them covered. There are two ways you can go about protecting your equipment and they are Inland marine insurance and Builder's risk insurance. If you aren't covered by a builders risk insurance, then you can purchase Inland marine insurance. Having this type of coverage covers your property.
The Builders risk insurance covers all of your businesses property on site. This type of coverage also includes anything on the project site that is owned by subcontractors.
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Sporting have signed left-back Jefferson from Estoril to a contract that will see the Brazilian stay with the club until 2017. The 24-year-old was unveiled to the media on Wednesday night by club president Bruno de Carvalho. It was the Lisbon club's first acquisition of the summer transfer period.
Jefferson was one of the best performers this year for Estoril, who surprised everyone by finishing an impressive fifth in the Portuguese League. In all competitions, Jefferson scored 5 goals and pitched in 2 assists in 28 total matches.
"I am very happy to be able to play for one of the biggest clubs in Portugal. I chose Sporting because I know the scale of the challenge that the players will face: to place the club back to the high level it should always be at. In all the clubs I have played on, I have always given all I can," Jefferson told media.
Club president Carvalho spoke about how Jefferson represents a new vision that he hopes will emerge at Alvalade next season. "We will have a club that is more ambitious, with vigor and desire and this is exactly what he represents. Our objective is to have our fans satisfied with the club again."
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A former presidential candidate on the platform of KOWA in the 2015 presidential election, Remi Sonaiya has stated that she would have performed better if given the opportunity to lead the nation.
Sonaiya came 12th during the election after poling 13,076 votes.
Speaking with Premium Times, the outspoken woman said she was ever ready to lead Nigeria anytime she was called upon.
On how she felt contesting the presidential stool, she recalls with pride, "I am very happy I participated. I had no illusions going in. I knew it would take time to bring about a shift in the political culture of money and violence which had been so entrenched in our system. I was glad that I had votes in every single state in the country. I believe the chauvinists too would come round when they realise we need a change."
Asked if she would have done anything better than the current government led by President Muhammadu Buhari, Sonaiya said, "Of course, I would have done better by God's help. For example, I would have consulted widely in selecting members of my cabinet, so that we would get the best people to manage our affairs in different sectors. Party considerations would not have been primary; the interest of the country would have been.
"And I would have gotten the cabinet in place before my inauguration, so that we would really hit the ground running. It's strange to nominate people for ministerial positions and not have them assessed by the Senate on their competence in specific areas."