@barndoor I received no notification from Rogers that my plan would be migrated in March, just read about it here, so called and asked about the rumour. But I did get a text about the $150 cap at the end of the year. Now which would be more urgent? Go figure. I wouldn't wait until the last minute. Call and get grandfathered.
Would be great if we all read the online posts and leave it at that rather than posting personal comments in regards to the new rules of the Pay as you Go. Unless we have some NEW details other than what has already been shared in the Rogers Community as it doesn't help the community viewers in this regards and it will avoid us registered members of receiving emails of what has already been thoroughly explained here in the community blog.
That is my point ... what about all those customers that, at this point look like they won't be informed of the change .
just how would you feel @OLDYELLR if you hadn't seen that info here and your account, that you have lauded so many times on here, was changed with out your input ? How many of those customers are older and either don't have time or the knowledge to access this forum .
No ... I'm not calling until I get notice through the same means as any other customer ...and if I don't or if I do but the phone lines are SO busy that I can't get through in a timely fashion , I'll be fine with dropping Rogers for a competitor .
Would be great if we all read the online posts and leave it at that rather than posting personal comments in regards to the new rules of the Pay as you Go.
If you don't like getting emails when some one participates here and expresses an opinion on a thread ... why don't you go in to your settings and select to stop them ... is people expressing their opinions on what is going on not how we learn and what this place is all about ??
My only reason for going with Pay as You go was to avoid getting a heart attack every month with whatever hidden BS the phone company tries to ding me with and for quite some time things were good. But for a while now I've had the distinct feeling of being gouged, I'm not getting the savings that the plan I'm on is supposed to give me, I'm being charged for unanswered calls, long distance rates for local calls, watching my minutes disappear with no reason and I just don't feel like having to hash it out with customer support every single time I see something fishy anymore. They have my email but the only messages I get is them constantly trying to get me on a monthly contract, that's not going to happen, so if and when they do try to "migrate my service" to something that will shaft me even more, I will be migrating to the competition.
I do understand the purpose of this blog, however as you seem to have pointed out, it is a place for us to learn or appreciate ones insight on particular situations that arise on the rogers mobile network. And if the intention of my purposeful post in this regards didn't appeal to you then I suggest that you can simply do the same as you have suggested I should do.
And if you do not get "official notification", you have grounds for reporting a concern and asking for adequate resolution. Reading about it on this forum is not official notice to people having their individual services changed.
That is well defined by the CRTC, with the right to escalate and make formal complaint to the CRTC. At a minimum, if you don't get the notice, and you are left unaware of the implications of the March date so you can make a choice, you have full grounds to request that a resolution be found to rectify the violation (in my opinion), of the regulatory requirements under the wireless code related to notifying customers of the changes of services.
If properly notified, we have the right to try and negotiate, and if the company sticks to what is offered for whatever reason, we have the right to cancel the service under the previous terms.
I personally don't have one of these plans anymore, but I have a friend who knew nothing about this, had not received an email, and is not too happy. He isn't interested in using social media or the forum - he just called in and as he said, I ignored the request as stated on the bill of going to MyRogers to report my concern, and just called in and pushed the good old fashioned way. He is stubborn.
By the way, he cancelled, and moved to the gas company version run over the Rogers lines. He knew he could have stayed and used up his minutes and messages over time, but he just left on principle.
Good luck everyone - and I do really hope that Rogers is going to make the formal message in a permanent assured method and if leaving your phone off means that you won't see the text, then that means you have not been informed. If they are aware that the message will disappear as some have been told, then they know that this is not a reliable method of ensuring the customer get the notification and be aware fully of the changes and options.
P.S. Was looking at the promotional 180.00 yearly plan, and it would meet 80% of how I use my phone in a year, and the one exception of long distance, I have phonego for that, and as for Texts, I communicate daily on Facebook because I know they are there. I could actually do without a cell phone plan of any type, just a device I can use on WIFI and do like I did in the old days - except now instead of find a payphone, I find a local wifi hotspot.
I keep my cell phone for emergencies, and currently pay 40.00 per month. For what I do with my phone on the network, I could do fine with the 180.00 version and save 25.00 per month. Maybe Rogers is doing me a favour by making me think further about my options. Just a good thing from this change from my vantage.
Unless we have some NEW details other than what has already been shared in the Rogers Community as it doesn't help the community viewers in this regards and it will avoid us registered members of receiving emails of what has already been thoroughly explained here in the community blog.
But I don't have any issue with unwanted emails like you seem to have .
Bring on your personal comments about the paygo rules is fine with me .
So you are saying that paygo doesn't operate like postpaid ?If you change a grandfathered plan on postpaid there is no going back . I'd like to see in writing from Rogers paygo that they will indeed change the plan back before I would count on that.


text:
Q: Default escaping in Freemarker In Freemarker templates we can use the escape directive to automatically apply an escaping to all interpolations inside the included block:
<#escape x as x?html>
  <#-- name is escaped as html -->
  Hallo, ${name}
</#escape>

Is there a way to programmatically achieve a similar effect, defining a default escape applied to all interpolations in the template, including those outside escape directives?
Thanks.

A: To elaborate on Attila's answer: you can use a class like this one and then wrap your template loader like this:
final TemplateLoader templateLoader = new ClassTemplateLoader(this.getClass(), templatePath) {
  /**
   * Replaces the normal template reader with something that changes the default
   * escaping to HTML as to avoid XSS attacks.
   */
  @Override
  public Reader getReader(Object templateSource, String encoding) throws IOException {
     return new WrappingReader(super.getReader(templateSource, encoding), "<#escape x as x?html>", "</#escape>");
  }
};

If you don't include linebreaks in the added parts you don't get the line numbering problem. You can't use the <#ftl>/[#ftl] with this approach, though.

A: Since 2.3.24 each template has an associated freemarker.core.OutputFormat object, which specifies if and how ${...} (and #{...}) is escaped. OuputFormat for HTML, XML and RTF are provided out of the box, but you can also define your own formats. When the selected OutputFormat escapes by default, then you can prevent escaping explicitly like ${foo?no_esc}.
There are several ways of associating templates with the OutputFormat you want. For HTML and XML escaping, the recommended way is setting the recognize_standard_file_extensions configuration setting to true, then using ftlh file extension for HTML, and ftlx file extension for XML templates. You can also associate OutputFormat-s to templates based on arbitrary template name (template path) patterns, using the template_configurers setting. Last not least, you can just set the default output format globally like configuration.setOutputFormat(HTMLOutputFormat.INSTANCE). You can also override the output format at the top of the template as <#ftl output_format='HTML'>, though it should be used rarely.
Related documentation pages: http://freemarker.org/docs/dgui_misc_autoescaping.html, http://freemarker.org/docs/pgui_config_outputformatsautoesc.html

A: There is a solution, although it's not entirely trivial. You can create a special TemplateLoader that wraps other template loaders, and injects <#escape x as x?html> in the prolog of the template source text, and adds  as the epilogue of it.
Obvious drawbacks:
- column numbers in first line will be thrown off
- if your template starts with <#ftl> declaration, you need to insert <#escape> after it.

A: The suggested TemplateLoaders in the links need a little tweaking if you are using <#include parse=false .../> to include for example HTML in your templates.
Also, you need to copy spring.ftl and use your own copy with the <#ftl ..> directive on top removed like Tom said.
The following works well, although a bit rough (using guava over commons-io)
@Override
public Reader getReader(Object pTemplateSource, String pEncoding) throws IOException {
   Reader tReader = delegate.getReader(pTemplateSource, pEncoding);
   try {
       String tTemplateText = CharStreams.toString(tReader);

       //only include files ending with "ftl", as we may have some parse=false on included html files
       if (pTemplateSource.toString().endsWith("ftl")) {
           return new StringReader(ESCAPE_PREFIX + tTemplateText + ESCAPE_SUFFIX);
       }
       return new StringReader(tTemplateText);
   } finally {
       Closeables.closeQuietly(tReader);
   }
}

A: You don't actually need a WrappingReader to add the escapes. You can just create a decorator around any TemplateLoader, read in the template into a String, wrap the template text in escapes and then return a StringReader that reads the resulting String. To see how that's done take a look here. The only gotcha that I've found is that if you use this approach and include the spring.ftl macros from the classpath they will blow up since they have a <#ftl> declaration at the very top. You can however simply copy spring.ftl into your template path and remove the declaration (and all the escaping directives since you will be escaping by default).

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


While hard water may not be the most serious problem that a homeowner could encounter with his or her potable water supply, it is still not a desirable condition. You may think of hard water as being no more than a minor nuisance, but it can actually have some pretty serious consequences if allowed to run rampant. The best solution to any hard water problem is to use a whole-house water softener.
Of course, if you intend to use a whole-house water softener in your home, you must remember to schedule your whole-house water softener installation with a trained professional. To do so, you need only dial our number. The water softener pros here at Vogt Heating, Air Conditioning and Plumbing are happy to help you overcome your hard water woes.
Vogt Heating, Air Conditioning and Plumbing provides water softener installation services near Minneapolis, MN and the surrounding areas.
There are a few signs that you will notice around your home which can alert you to the need for a whole–house water softener installation. Keep them in mind, and contact us if you are ready to consider the use of a whole–house water softener in your home. We can help you to eliminate the hard water resulting in the following issues.
You may find that there is a white, gunky buildup on your plumbing fixtures and faucets. This is caused by the minerals left behind by hard water. However, you must also remember that this buildup can also develop within your pipes themselves. This can result in decreased waterflow, pressure imbalances, and other issues. Hard water can even make it difficult to work up a good lather when showering or bathing. To get straight to the point, using a water softener to soften your hard water is a great way in which to enjoy water in your home more, while protecting your plumbing system in the process.
Why Schedule a Professional Water Softener Installation?
We know that a lot of homeowners are happy to handle jobs around the house on their own. In the event of any plumbing installation service, though, it is always best to leave the job to a trained professional. This is the only way in which to ensure that you have the ideal water softener in place, and that it is functioning as effectively as possible.
Not only must the water softener that you have installed in your home be capable of handling the volume that you'll demand from it, but the salt must also be used in appropriate amounts, and the actual plumbing of the system itself will require the skill and experience that only a professional can offer. Don't risk damaging your new equipment, voiding warranties at the same time, only to have plumbing leaks and other issues to deal with. Instead, schedule your water softener installation with a member of our staff. We will make sure that you are able to successfully soften the water that you rely upon for so much within your living space.


text:
The freeing power of Haleigh's Ink
Haleigh's Ink
Members Only, Book Two
by Jennifer Kacey
Ink.
A three-lettered word that means different things to many people.Pictures and words that might stand as a reminder of love, loss, rebellion, or camaraderie. For Haleigh Grace, it meant freedom.
Walking through the doors of the tattoo parlor, Inkfluence, marked the start of taking her life back. Making it what she wanted it to be. No one was going to tell her she couldn't. Not ever again.
Little did she know that behind those doors stood Kyle Muse. He was her best friend, who had walked away years ago without a backwards glance. The one man she fantasized would someday be her knight in shining armor. The one she saved herself for.
But, he has a knight of his own. Tall, dark, and dangerously sexy, Scott Preston. The owner of the very shop Haleigh has an appointment with at midnight.
Feelings long buried rise to the surface and the three find themselves bound by more than just ink…
A Romantica® ménage BDSM erotic romance from Ellora's Cave
Ellora's Cave - http://www.ellorascave.com/haleigh-s-ink.html
Members Only, Book One – Together in Cyn
Members Only, Book Three – A Very Ménage Christmas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRWH9NaR-mY
Jennifer Kacey is a wife, mother, and business owner living with her family in Texas. She sings in the shower, plays piano in her dreams, and has to have a different color of nail polish every week. The best advice she's ever been given? Find the real you and never settle for anything less.
Website - http://www.jenniferkacey.com/
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/jennifer.kacey.7
Twitter - https://twitter.com/JenniferKacey
Goodreads – http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6941549.Jennifer_Kacey
Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/jenniferkacey/
Posted by pearls at 4:46 AM 21 comments:
Labels: BDSM, Haleigh's Ink, Jennifer Kacey, menage, MM
Is there a future when you are Caught in the past?
by CASSANDRA CARR
Released Feb. 24
When Callie returns to her hometown for the holidays she comes face to face with her old lover and Dominant, Jack. She left him three years ago believing he could never be the happily-ever-after man she needed. Yet Jack still wants her and she finds herself wanting to submit to him again.
As Jack and Callie explore their Dominant/submissive relationship, Callie gets drawn deep into Jack's world all over again. For his part, Jack can't seem to forget how she nearly ruined him when she took off without even saying good-bye all those years ago, but he's afraid his baser needs will destroy Callie.
If Callie gives Jack another chance to prove he can be what she needs, can Jack overcome his own fears and claim Callie forever?
AMAZON BARNES&NOBLE
Cassandra Carr is a multi-award winning romance writer. When not writing she enjoys watching hockey and hanging out online. Cassandra's books have won numerous "Best Book Of" awards and her novella Unexpected Top was nominated in the E-book Erotic Romance category of RT's Reviewers' Choice Awards.
She thinks the best part of being a writer is how she writes about love and sex while most others struggle with daily commutes, micro-managing bosses and cranky co-workers. Her inspiration comes from everywhere, but she'd particularly like to thank the Buffalo Sabres, the hockey team near and dear to her heart.
For more information about Cassandra, check out her website, "like" her Facebook fan page or follow her on Twitter.
Website: http://www.booksbycassandracarr.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AuthorCassandraCarr
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/cassandra_carr
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/booksbycasscarr/
Posted by pearls at 12:51 AM No comments:
Labels: BDSM, Cassandra Carr, Caught
Meet Alayna, the Heroine of 3013:Renegade
3013:Renegade
by Susan Hayes
SciFi Erotica
3013: THE SERIES
a collection of novels by different authors
http://3013theseries.blogspot.com
Guest blog by author Susan Hayes:
I love all my characters, but there are some that quietly take up a permanent place in my heart and become one of my favourites. Alayna, the heroine from 3013: Renegade, is one of those characters. While I was writing Renegade, Alayna's character made me laugh, brought me to tears once or twice, and became the sort of person I would like to be friends with if she ever came to live in this world.
Despite being orphaned in the badlands when she was only a few weeks old, Alayna is a survivor. She makes no apologies for who or what she is, a thief and a renegade who does the best she can to help people like herself. She has a soft heart that's carefully guarded by several layers of sass, sarcasm and attitude, and a tongue that's almost as sharp as the knife she carries in her boot.
With a heroine like that, I knew it would take a special kind of man to make her happy. In fact, it would take two. Nikolai and Colin, two of boldest, most confident men I've ever written. They are everything I knew Alayna would need to be happy. Her men are devoted, determined, and strong enough to keep her safe, even from herself.
In the aftermath of a war that almost destroyed Earth, the Alliance now rules, but not everyone chooses to live by their laws. Alayna is a rebel living by her own rules in the harsh badlands, outside the Alliance's control. She is a thief, stealing from the wealthy to provide for those who cannot survive on their own, all while hiding the tattoo that marks her as one of the few remaining fertile women on Earth…making her a target.
Alliance Elites Nikolai Grekov and Colin Nielson are stationed at a neglected base on the edge of the badlands after years spent in space. Their orders are to track down an elusive thief that's been plaguing the area's outposts, but they also have their own agenda. Both men want to find and claim a fertile woman to call their own and fulfill their dreams of becoming a family.
When the men catch the sexy, headstrong, thief breaking into their home, they claim Alayna for their own. Nikolai and Colin may have claimed their chosen, but the battle for her heart has just begun. Can they find a way to win her trust or will their beautiful renegade's need for freedom destroy their chance of happiness?
2 Excerpts!
Storyline Excerpt
She snarled in defiance as he turned his back on her, holding out her knife so she could see it. "And that's why I'm keeping your knife. Watch yourself, Ghost. I'll be right ba—" Nikolai's instincts kicked in and he turned, catching the little minx in mid-air as she came at him, her hands already curved into claws. He used her own momentum against her, letting it spin them both around so that she wound up slammed against the kitchen wall. He didn't want to hurt her, but despite trying to slow her impact he heard Alayna's teeth clack together as her back hit the wall.
"Give me back my knife!" Alayna yelled, reaching for the blade despite the fact his reach was far longer than hers.
"Not fucking likely, minx. If I do, you're going to stab me with it." As much as he disliked the idea of hurting a woman, he had no intention of getting his ass handed to him by a girl either. And right now she was doing her best to take him on. She was stronger than he'd expected given her lean build, and a hell of a lot fiercer.
She kept struggling with him, her deep green eyes wild and her expression nearly feral. She was close enough he could smell her, a mix of warm woman and rainwater that somehow seemed like the best perfume he'd ever scented. She wrapped her legs around his waist and gripped tight enough Nikolai felt his spine creak in protest. Nails slashed at his cheek and he dropped the knife, freeing his hands to grip her wrists. His face burned where she'd scratched him, adding more fuel to the fire raging in his blood. He pinned her hands to the wall on either side of her shoulders and leaned in, using his body to trap hers and force her to stop fighting him.
Adrenaline surged through him, but coupled with it was a powerful need for the woman currently trying to scratch his eyes out. She was glorious in her fury. Like a goddess of battle from another time. He growled as she writhed against him and she responded in kind, her soft lips parting as she snarled in challenge. Every twist of her body ground her pussy against his cock and dragged the swell of her breasts across his chest. Gazes locked, bodies bucking, what had started as a struggle turned into something just as primal, but far more intimate.
Nikolai dropped his head and kissed her, crushing their mouths together and capturing that first sweet moan against his tongue. He released one of her wrists, using his newly freed hand to cradle the back of her head, cushioning it from the wall behind her. She grabbed the front of his uniform and twisted it in her fist, using it as leverage to lift herself up. Her mouth opened to his, tempting him to savor and taste. Her tongue dueled with his, their kiss evolving into a sexually charged battle for dominance that Nikolai had no intention of losing. He sensed that given an inch, the minx in his arms would take a light year and still not be satisfied. She was all fire and fury, and he wanted to fuck her so badly his dick throbbed in time to his pounding heart.
Thief or not, he wanted her, and he hoped like hell she was going to let him have her. Let them have her.
Alayna wasn't sure when her anger had turned to lust. She wasn't even sure why she had been so angered by Nikolai's taunting that she'd gone after him. She only knew that having gotten a taste of what she'd been dreaming about for days, she wanted more. If this was to be her last night of freedom, then there was no reason she shouldn't take what pleasure she could find. If she found a way to escape, she'd have to disappear. No matter what happened, she'd never see them again.
After a lifetime of dancing too close to the fire, Alayna had more than her share of scars and heartbreak. The one thing she didn't have many of, was regrets. She nipped at Nikolai's lip and then pulled back far enough she could meet his gaze. Fire and longing blazed in their dark depths. Longing for her. It was all she needed to know.
"Yes," she said, giving him the answer to a question that hadn't been asked yet.
She expected him to kiss her then, or carry her upstairs. Instead he released her other wrist, gave her a cocky grin and inclined his head to one side. She glanced over and saw Colin standing a few feet away, his gray eyes glowing like molten steel as he arched a brow at her.
"Yes?" Colin asked, his voice husky with desire.
Alayna's pulse kicked up another notch as she heard the hunger contained in that single word. Both of them. Stars, what would that be like? Her inner walls pulsed at the idea, and her pussy flooded with fresh cream as her head filled with lurid images. Out in the badlands, trios were still not the norm, and Alayna's lovers had always been singular. There wasn't much she hadn't tried, but two men…that was something she'd never considered. Not until now. She reached for Colin with her newly freed hand. "Hell, yes."
Steamy Excerpt
"Stroke our cocks, Alayna. I want to feel your hands on me," Colin said and moved back a little, opening a space between their bodies.
"Fuck, yeah," Nikolai growled in agreement.
Alayna discovered her mouth had gone dry as she reached down and took a cock in each hand. Stars, they were big. Alayna couldn't get her fingers to touch when she encircled their thick shafts. Thinking about what it would be like to have that impressive girth pounding into her drew a low moan of need from her throat, and both men's cocks twitched in response.
She measured their length with her fingertips, running her thumbs over the slit at the top and spreading the moisture gathering there across their glans. When she ran the palm of her hand over the sensitive tip of his cock, Nikolai groaned and began to pump his hips so that his shaft slid between her fingers. "Fuck that feels good."
Colin spoke. "Grip his cock tighter, Alayna. He likes it a little rougher." She closed her tighter and Nikolai tensed, his hips working faster now. "See? Now you've got him. If you keep that up he'll be coming soon."
"Bastard! You want me to come so you can fuck her first."
Alayna tightened her fingers around Colin's cock and began working his the same way. "And how do you like to be touched?"
"Just like that," Colin groaned near her ear. "We both like it a little rough. You game, princess?"
Her pussy creamed at Colin's words and she nodded, not trusting her voice. She wanted these two any way she could get them, but if she was going to indulge in her fantasies, then hard and rough was exactly what she'd imagined it would be like with her two dream lovers.
"Then that's where your hands stay until we give you permission to move them," Nikolai told her gruffly and ran a hand down the top of her thigh. Colin mirrored his action and when their hands reached her knees both men took hold and tugged, parting her legs. She gasped as they both drew one of her legs over their thighs, exposing her bare sex. One of them groaned and she knew they could see how wet she was for them.
Colin moved first, running his finger along the seam of her pussy. His touch was too light to do anything but tease, and she bucked her hips, craving more. He gave in to her silent demands, sliding two fingers into her channel and Alayna's entire world lit up like a supernova. Colin started fucking her pussy with his fingers while Nikolai started rubbing her clit, the combination sending her hurtling into a place of mindless pleasure. Thick digits plunged deep and then retreated again, fucking her mercilessly. Fingers worked the swollen bundle of nerves tucked beneath its tender hood, flicking and teasing until she was barely able to breathe. Her hands never stopped moving, and she could tell by their low groans that she was not the only one being pushed to the brink.
She closed her eyes as time slowed to a crawl. They worked her body like maestros, holding her at the edge of release but not giving her enough to send her tumbling over.
Nikolai was enjoying watching their little thief lose herself in her passion. It wasn't often they found a woman with the combination of courage and confidence needed to take them both on without reservation, but here she was. Theirs, at least for the night. He had every intention making it an experience she'd never forget.
Maybe it would be enough to convince her to stick around for a few days.
He caught Colin's gaze and gave his partner a single nod that had the other man grinning in answer. It was time. Nikolai curved his fingers upward on his next stroke, seeking the spot on her inner wall that he knew would send her into orbit and he felt Alayna tense as Colin pressed down hard on her clit. Her eyes flew open and her hips rose up off the bed as her climax struck, and Nikolai drank in her cries of pleasure.
Amazon: http://amzn.com/B00IND9EMQ
ARE: https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-3013renegade-1429477-340.html
Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/411542
Catch up with Susan around the web:
3013 The Series Blog: http://3013theseries.blogspot.com
Author's Blog: http://www.susanhayes.ca
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Susan-Hayes/551945384831723
twitter: https://twitter.com/capricia13
Goodreads:http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6444700.Susan_Hayes
Inner Goddess is giving away an ecopy of
3013:Renegade to a lucky winner.
Contest ends midnight, March 2, 2014.
Posted by pearls at 1:41 AM 4 comments:
Labels: 3013, erotica, menage, Renegade, SciFi, Susan Hayes
Book Blast Carnival
Welcome to my stop for the Book Blast Carnival Hop!
Ten authors are presenting their titles, and there is a giveaway where you can enter to win Amazon Gift Card Giveaway for Readers with prizes of $60, $40 $20 and $10 . Many of the titles are on a limited time only sale of $0.99 for the eBook version, and genres include Romance, Science Fiction, Mystery/Thriller, Paranormal, and Literary Fiction.
10 Authors & 10 Titles!!!
Irrefutable Proof
by Abby L. Vandiver
Download a Sample Purchase Amazon
Born and raised in Ohio, Abby L. Vandiver is a former lawyer and college professor of Economics. She holds a bachelor in Economics, a master in Public Administration and a Juris Doctor. These days, Ms. Vandiver enjoys writing and endeavors to devote all her extra time to it.
Her debut novel, In the Beginning, an Amazon #1 bestseller, was written on a whim, put in a box for more than a decade, and finally pulled out, dusted off and published in 2013. It has inspired her to write a sequel, Irrefutable Proof, as well as start a series of books loosely based on her family and a true crime novel.
Ms. Vandiver resides in Cleveland, Ohio and has three wonderful grandchildren, Gavin, Sydne and Riley.
Find and Follow
Facebook ♦ Website ♦ Twitter ♦ Goodreads
Quintspinner: A Pirate's Quest
by Dianne Greenlay
Born and raised on the Canadian prairies, Dianne Greenlay saves lives by day (besides being a writer, she is a physiotherapist in a remote sole charge clinic as well as a retired EMT), and she tells lies by night (as any entertaining fiction writer would do). She is also a playwright and Creative Director of the very successful and long-running community theater group, Darkhorse Theatre.
As an author, she has won multiple awards for her historical action novels, Quintspinner- A Pirate's Quest and Deadly Misfortune. Straying into the genre of humour/comedy, Greenlay is the author of The Camping Guy, which is also available as a one act comedy (live theater script).
Greenlay began writing her first novel to fulfill one of the items on her bucket list. It was either that or learn to play the bagpipes. Her husband is grateful for her choice. She is fluent in at least her mother tongue and she thanks her fierce English teachers for that.
Find/Follow:
Website ♦ Facebook ♦ Twitter ♦ Goodreads
by Jackie Weger
Download a SamplePurchase Amazon
An award-winning author, Jackie Weger has been writing romance novels off and on for thirty years. She's traveled to many interesting and exotic locales from London and Paris to Panama and Costa Rica. She's sailed on a twenty-nine foot sloop in the Pacific, volunteered at a Sisters of Mercy Mission in Colon, canoed on the Big East River in the wilds of Canada and lived part of a winter with trappers in the Louisiana swamps—collecting memories, friends and experiences—which oft times make appearances in her novels. Writing and self-publishing enovels is a new adventure. Says Weger: "I won't say it's safe because half the time I don't know what I'm doing. But, at least I don't have to carry a machete or keep snake gun handy."
Book Blast Carnival is Jackie's first blog tour experience.
Find and Follow:
Website ♦ Blog ♦ Facebook ♦ Twitter ♦ Goodreads
Blue Creek Bachelor
by Joanne Hill
Download a Sample Purchase
Amazon: iTunes: Barnes&Noble: Smashwords
Sweet romance author Joanne Hill is a born and bred Kiwi who grew up reading the romance novels of iconic New Zealand author Essie Summers. A founding member and past president of Romance Writers of New Zealand, she began indie publishing her books in late 2012 and now has three novels and a short story collection available.
She works in a heritage research library, and recently completed her Masters in Information Studies (MIS) where she examined readers' advisory and Mills and Boon romances for her research project. Although much of her life revolves around the past – she also edits her local historical society newsletter and has a BA in Ancient History and History - her reading and writing preferences are firmly in the present.
She lives in the North Island of New Zealand with her family, and like all romance authors, shares life with assorted pets - including guinea pigs and a bunny that all have free reign of the back yard.
Website ♦ Blog ♦ Twitter ♦ Goodreads ♦
Smashwords Author Page ♦ Amazon Author Page
A Home for Wayward Husbands
by Johnee Cherry
Download a Sample Purchase Amazon: Barnes&Noble:
I was born in Arkansas, played in Louisiana, and lived in Texas. Mostly in a small border town called Texarkana. It's just about a mile from here to there. And you still aren't anywhere. It's the kind of town in which you can stand on the steps of a Baptist church and lob a rock across State Line Road to hit the front door of the liquor store. No matter how many roads you take to get out of there, it's the kind of town that just hangs in your soul, coloring everything you do or think or say. Kind of like the small Texas town you'll read about in A Home for Wayward Husbands. A Home for Wayward Husbands is about people surviving with the odds all against them. There's some romance, some sex and a bit of mystery. The folks in this book are trying to keep secrets from each other and everyone knows you can't keep a good secret in a small town. Not in any I've ever lived in anyway. I live with a dog and my imagination.
The Odor of Violet
by Ju Ephraime
Amazon ♦ Barnes & Noble ♦ Kobo
Ju Ephraime began writing professionally at the age of 19, but her love of romantic literature developed when she was a teenager, where she often found herself dallying with her own tales of love and romance. Two decades later, Ju decided to write novels for women who enjoy a quick spicy-themed read that includes pure pleasure and escape from the real world. With ten romantic novels to her credit, Ju admits her books are part fact, part imagination – but only she knows what's what. Ju Ephraime lives in Connecticut with her husband, who blushingly reads every loving tale that she publishes.
Her newest release, Complete Surrender, #3 in her LaCasse Series, is set to be released on January 2014.
It Isn't Cheating if He's Dead
by Julie Frayn
Amazon Kobo Barnes & Noble: Smashwords iTunes
From nine to five, Julie Frayn is a mild mannered accountant. But the rest of the time, her dark, bent, writer alter-ego comes to life. When she isn't counting beans or making things up in her head, she is mother to the two most perfect adults on the planet. She isn't biased, just observant. When they were younger, they were perfect muses for silly poetry about smashed peas and birds with gastroenteritis.
Julie has penned two novels (Suicide City, a Love Story and It Isn't Cheating if He's Dead) and published one trilogy of short, short stories. Two more novels are in the works. Stay tuned for She'd Kill for Normal, and The Orphan and the Rose, both in 2014.
Website ♦ Facebook ♦ Twitter ♦
Amazon Author Page ♦ Google+ ♦ Goodreads
Old Town Nights
by Linda Lee Williams
Amazon:
Linda Lee Williams writes "contemporary romances with a paranormal twist." After moving to Denver from Chicago, she taught writing classes at Arapahoe Community College and formed a writers group. Recently, she teamed up with her husband Tim—the artist that illustrated her book covers—to publish her novels on Amazon.
An outdoor enthusiast, Linda enjoys hiking, biking, and birding. She loves critters of all kinds—domestic and wild. During her journeys, she's called Maryland, Virginia, Illinois, Missouri, and Colorado home. Wherever she roams, she draws inspiration from her surroundings.
Elsewhere, her first published novel, ranked among Storm Goddess Book Reviews "favorite books of 2013." She also earned the Liebster Blog Award from fellow bloggers. Her second novel, Old Town Nights, was among the nominees for "best romance of the year" on Critters Writers Workshop – P&E Readers Poll.
Website ♦ Blog ♦ Facebook ♦ Twitter ♦
Amazon Author Page ♦ Goodreads
Terms of Surrender
by Lorrie Farrelly
Amazon ♦ Audible ♦ Barnes & Noble
A Navy brat and graduate of the University of California, Santa Cruz, Lorrie Farrelly is proud to be a Fightin' Banana Slug. Following graduate school at Northwestern University, she began a career in education that included teaching art to 4th graders, drama to 8th graders, and finally, math to high school students.
She's a three-time winner on Jeopardy!, has shepherded wide-eyed foreign exchange students along Hollywood Blvd, and has happily curried and shoveled as a ranch hand at Disneyland's Circle D Ranch. And always, she writes.
Lorrie has won a Presidential Commendation for Excellence in Teaching Mathematics. She's been a Renaissance nominee for Teacher of the Year and a finalist for the Orange Rose Award in romantic fiction. She's never won the lottery, except where her family is concerned. For her, they're the ultimate prize.
Website ♦ Facebook ♦ Twitter ♦ Linked In ♦
The God of My Art
by Sarah Lane
Amazon: Barnes: Chapters/Indigo:
See the Trailer on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jakeQUU38mA
Sarah Lane's first novel The God of My Art was longlisted for the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. Her short stories and poetry have been featured in literary journals, including The Antigonish Review, Roar Magazine, and Quills: Canadian Poetry Magazine, among other magazines.
Sarah Lane was transplanted from California to Canada as a child and grew up in rural British Columbia. As a young adult, wanderlust led her to live abroad in France and the USA, and to travel extensively in Cameroon, Mexico, and Europe. She holds a B.A. in international relations and a M.A. in comparative literature from the University of British Columbia.
Mom to two young children, speaker of accented French, and all around xenophile, she currently lives in Vancouver, Canada, where she is working on her next novel.
Website ♦ Blog ♦ Facebook ♦
Twitter ♦ Goodreads
Enter to be one of FOUR Amazon gift card winners. There is a total of $130 usd to be given away in four prizes of $60, $40 $20 and $10. This drawing will run through 23.59 EST on 1 March, winners will be notified on 2 March and have 24 hours to respond before another winner is chosen, Prizes are sponsored by participating authors and will be fulfilled by Bippity Boppity Book Virtual Tours. You must be 18 or older to enter.
Runs from 1 AM (est) on 26 Feb through 11.59 pm (EST) on 1 March, 2014.
Posted by pearls at 12:16 AM 4 comments:
When Two Rock Worlds Collide
Food, Romance, and the City of Love
Ink, Special Forces, and Getting Hard
Against All Odds, Hold On To Me
Never Fall for a Client
Love knows no season: Cowboy of Her Heart
Following your heart
Arrow to the Soul
The Dream: Finding love in a bookstore
Becoming His Slave
Hearts are like Glass
Love Bats Last in the Heart of the Game series
Love and Shark-infested Waters
Cover Reveal & GIVEAWAY: Dear Tabitha
Embrace the Blood Rose series
The Young and the Virginal
Can Love Conquer All?
The Bad Boy with the Golden Heart
Time for a Tropical Island Getaway
A leap of faith and Twist of Fate
Romance, Hidden Secrets, and Captivating Magic
Rescued from the Dark
To wish upon a Dream
Finding the courage to survive the FLAME of love
Temptation by Fire by Tiffany Allee
How far will you go for a loved one? Till Death an...
Cowboys & Candy for Valentine's: 5 Sexy Authors/5...
When Peace is worth fighting for
Dakota Hearts are beating hard for this Badlands c...
Delirious for the Dangerous Trilogy
Meet the author of Turbulent Passion and fly high ...
I was ready to give myself...Infinity Unleashed
Guilty Pleasure #1: Beautiful Mistake by Nancy Co...
Tragedy found me at 17; Love found me at 21
The Life of a Male Romance Writer
Sworn to protect her, he's in for the fight of his...
A tattoed model and motorcycle driver? Please, Kee...
Unforgettable Heroes at an unforgettable price
When Secrets come out, can they keep their promise...
A trip to Hawaii fraught with danger
11 Hot Cowboys...5 Sizzling Books: Ranch life has ...
How do you choose when your heart is broken?

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Rosetta Space Probe Gets Interplanetary Wake-Up Call
By Scott Neuman
Rosetta, the European Space Agency's cometary probe with NASA contributions, is seen in an undated artist's rendering.
... That's the message received from a bleary-eyed comet-chasing space probe on Monday, much to the relief of ground-based controllers who sent it a long distance wake-up call after nearly a three-year nap.
The European Space Agency received the communique from deep space on schedule at 1 p.m. ET from Rosetta, some 500 million miles away on a trajectory to rendezvous with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in August. It's been in sleep mode to conserve power.
As we reported last month, Rosetta was launched in March 2004:
"The 6,600-pound spacecraft, which has spent nearly a decade making repeated flybys of Earth and Mars to gain enough speed to catch the comet, was put in hibernation in July 2011, after its last major gravity-assist maneuver. ...
"In August, Rosetta will pull up alongside and on Nov. 11, 2014, is set to place its robotic lander, called Philae (after an island in the Nile River) on the comet's surface."
The Associated Press says:
"Scientists hope the probe's findings will help them understand the composition of comets and thereby discover more about the origins and evolution of our solar system.
"Comets are regarded as flying time capsules because they are essentially unchanged for 4.6 billion years. Scientists have speculated that comets — which are essentially giant, dirty snowballs — may be responsible for the water found on some planets. And like asteroids, comets also pose a theoretical threat to life on Earth."
Scott Neuman is a reporter and editor, working mainly on breaking news for NPR's digital and radio platforms.
See stories by Scott Neuman


text:
Dimitar Simeonov (; born 7 June 1987) is a Bulgarian footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Nadezhda (Dobroslavtsi).

External links

1987 births
Living people
Bulgarian footballers
PFC Slavia Sofia players
PFC Minyor Pernik players
OFC Vihren Sandanski players
First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
Association football midfielders

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
Burinec () település Észak-Macedóniában, a Délnyugati körzetben, Sztruga községben.

Népesség

2002-ben lakatlan település.

Források
Попис на населението домакинствата и становите во Република Македонија, 2002. - Скопје, 2005 мај / Census of population, households and dwellings in the Republic of Macedonia, 2002. - Skopje, 2005 may

Észak-Macedónia települései


text:
The Development of Medium- and Large-Scale Sustainable Manufacturing Process Platforms for Clinically Compliant Solid Core Nanopharmaceuticals
NANOFACTURING
MIDATECH PHARMA ESPANA SL
RESULTS PACK
Nano-enhanced industrial materials: Building the next European industrial revolution
Periodic Reporting for period 3 - NANOFACTURING (The Development of Medium- and Large-Scale Sustainable Manufacturing Process Platforms for Clinically Compliant Solid Core Nanopharmaceuticals)
One of the major limiting factors for the further development of nanomedicines is the lack of facilities in the EU for the manufacture of such products in compliance with cGMP and at a scale commensurate with supplying a clinical trial program through to complete proof of efficacy. The project seeks to address that issue through its principle objectives, namely:
-To establish an open access pilot line in Europe as part of existing UK innovation centre for the process development and scale up of nanopharmaceutical manufacture, enabling other SMEs and large companies to progress their products to market and
-Develop a new manufacturing platform process for solid core nanopharmaceutical products, capable of being scaled up to supply Phase III trials and beyond and which is cost effective, safe, efficient, robust and regulatory compliant
-Establish a full spectrum of robust and practical chemical and biological characterization tests and procedures to meet stringent regulatory requirements for the manufacturing processes developed and guarantee the quality, safety and efficacy of the product(s) at all scales
The first two objectives are enabling steps to accelerate the development of nanotechnology which has tremendous potential but is currently severely hindered by lack of appropriate development facilities. The third objective aims to provide the means by which developed therapies can be shown to meet the appropriate Quality, Safety and Efficacy attributes necessary for patients and facilitate regulatory compliance by providing complete, meaningful and relevant data
The main emphasis shifted to oncology being necessary to evaluate new ligands (α-Galactose; Amino linker; Β-Glucose and Sulfonate linker)
About NP scale-up process of GNP to 2/5/10 litres, critical manufacturing points are being studied
The project included a new manufacturing area and a new Sterile Fill & Finish capability in aseptic area (Inspection in 2019)
In relation to the Process Development and Scale up of Solid Core NP and Peptide Linked NP manufacture to clinical Supply Scale the main successes have been:
•GNP and GNP-I Purification: Alternative approaches (continuous TFF and ion exchange chromatography) for purifying the GNP-peptides identified
•GNP Production
-Choice of optimum pH indicated that a more controlled hydrogen release can be established
-Optimisation of the reaction conditions together with concentrations and pH of starting materials lead to the development of a preferred set of process conditions
-Deposition of gold in the microchip reactor no longer an issue
About Physicochemical and Biocompatibility Characterisation of NP's, GNP Characterisation performed (DLS; Zeta-Potential; TEM; Cryo-TEM; AUC; Electrophoretic; DCS). Other activities:
•Characterization GNP Au clusters
•Advance Physico-chemical characterization of GNP (HR-TEM, STEM, DCS, Electrophoretic technique, UV-vis and PL spectra)
•Size investigation: Primary NP size and dispersion size in simple and in biological media
•GNPs characterized by UV-Vis spectroscopy, Dynamic Light Scattering and zeta-Potential
•Investigation of the BioNano interactions of GNP in biological fluids
More than 100 dissemination activities
Progress in the field of nanomedicine, as with any new exciting technology, and its translation into clinical applications is being hindered by fundamental factors of a. manufacturing scalability b. therapeutic index of compounds, and c. advanced analytics and detailed characterisation. The key that will differentiate Nanofacturing as beyond state-of-the-art lies in the ability to address these obstacles which in turn will accelerate the translation and conversion of research into successful and scalable clinical applications. This is particularly true in oncology where the promise of nanomedicine is obvious, but its impact and potential is yet to be realized. Despite the launch of some blockbuster drugs like Abraxane and Doxil over 10 years ago, translation since then has been lacking. There are several explanations or factors for this, which are addressed by Nanofacturing.
•Therapeutic Index: this is determined by the efficacy versus toxicity of therapies. The GNP technology is designed to alter the biodistribution, pharmacokinetics and targeting of an active payload and improve the therapeutic index i.e. reduce systemic toxicity and increase efficacy of a compound. The underpinning factors of Midatech's GNP's in this regard are their:
-Ultra small size (probably the smallest particles in biomedical use) which allows compounds to get to all areas of the body, and be excreted via the kidneys once their payload has been delivered to the disease site
-Multivalency that allows several entities to be bound to the GNP. This results in a unique and adaptable platform that can satisfy several requirements on one nanoparticle. This ability to attach several moieties to the same nanoparticle including therapeutic and targeting ligands (as well as water solubility and charge determining chemistry) is essential to ensure optimal biodistribution and targeting
•Targeting has been an especially elusive goal in nanomedicine, but Midatech believe their GNP technology has the potential to enable significant targeting of tumour cells; solving the nanoparticle delivery problem will accelerate the clinical translation of nanomedicine.
-Manufacturing Scalability: the innovative GNP manufacturing platform is the leading facility of its kind worldwide; and Nanofacturing is rapidly enabling its development and expansion even further. The use of continuous flow processes is showing significant promise as a viable means of scale up at the same time as allowing very precise control of critical process parameters. This is particularly important for Midatech solid core nanoparticles with the requirement for a very fast reduction step and containment of the hydrogen gas produced by this reaction.Although our current development is focussed on the synthesis of Midatech GNPs, continuous processing readily lends itself to a wide variety of chemical reactions, enabling this technology to be adapted to several nanoparticle manufacturing routes.
The GNP characterisation explored in this project is certainly beyond state-of-the-art. For the first time, GNP characterisation has allowed a deeper understanding of both the physicochemical and biological characteristics and key parameters, and, upon injection, their interactions with both physical and biological barriers. Nanofacturing is employing the most advanced state-of the art-techniques available to measure physical and biological parameters, which has resulted in a deeper understanding of what happens to ultra-small GNPs in the body, especially as they relate to dissociation forces – physical and chemical, aggregation, protein corona adsorption, immune interactions such as phagocytic sequestration, and clearance and metabolism via kidney and liver respectively. Armed with this knowledge, Nanofacturing with its leading academic partners researching these parameters, is developing particles that are optimised for these several key criteria, that in turn will allow 'super optimised' constructs
Nanofacturing Logo with Name of the project
Nanofacturing Logo
Last update: 1 July 2019


GROWLAY works like a breeding ground.
GROWLAY is microcapillary. Its cavities absorb and store water, dissolved liquid nutrients or fertilizer. Promoted because of the capillary action throughout the printed object.
Mold grows through the open-cell capillaries and forms a mycelium.
Seeds of grasses can get caught and grow in Growlay.
Roots cling to the structures of the object filling.
Even lichens grow on Growlay. These usually grow preferentially on stones of walls or trees.
For color differentiation, objects printed with Growlay can be subsequently colored with food colors.


Because Goldblatt1 could, by removing the ischemic kidney in his experimental hypertensive dogs, cause a fall of blood pressure to normal, the possible clinical application of his results to cases of essential hypertension in man aroused considerable interest, particularly among internists and urologists. The following report deals with a case of unilateral renal tuberculosis with hypertension and the satisfactory result which has continued for 11 months after nephrectomy.
Published: Ann Intern Med. 1941;15(2):324-328.
Cardiology, Coronary Risk Factors, Hypertension, Infectious Disease, Mycobacterial Infections.


To a degree, Apple could actually benefit from the impacts of climate change with the iPhone a crucial part of a customer's readiness for a crisis, the company said in an unusual statement made public on Tuesday.
"As people begin to experience severe weather events with greater frequency, we expect an increasing need for confidence and preparedness in the arena of personal safety and the well-being of loved ones," the company wrote in a submission to the non-profit Carbon Disclosure Project, seen by Bloomberg. The CDP grades companies on their awareness and response to climate change.
Products like iPhones "can serve as a flashlight or a siren; they can provide first aid instructions; they can act as a radio; and they can be charged for many days via car batteries or even hand cranks," Apple said.
It's not clear whether Apple cited any downsides to the company's business as a result of climate change. Some direct impacts could include property damage from fire, storms, or flooding, and tougher water access at facilities like its Arizona data center. Apple has a presence in a number of at-risk places, ranging from San Francisco to Tokyo.
Indirectly, the economic hardship caused by climate change could sabotage the company's customer base.
Apple is presumably concerned, as it was one of 30 U.S. companies to receive an "A" from the CDP, some others being Home Depot and Johnson & Johnson. That may still not bode well for the environment though, given that north of 1,800 U.S. companies submitted CDP reports for 2018. Worldwide, over 7,000 businesses made submissions.
Some of Apple's attempts to offset carbon emissions include protecting forests and worldwide investments in clean power. All of its first-party operations use renewable energy, and the company has been working to soften the damage caused by its supply chain.
Observers have pointed out that Apple's logistics remain a pollution source, and that by its very nature the company depends on increasing resource consumption to turn a profit.


text:
Beyond Gloria Steinem: What to Know About the Women of Color Who Were Instrumental to the Women's Liberation Movement
Lorraine Toussaint as Florynce Kennedy and Julianne Moore as Gloria Steinem in 'The Glorias'
Dan McFadden
By Annabel Gutterman
September 30, 2020 4:26 PM EDT
In the new film The Glorias, a 1970s-era Gloria Steinem (Alicia Vikander) sits at a press conference with her speaking partner Florynce "Flo" Kennedy (Lorraine Toussaint) where the same journalist asks them separate questions. The reporter asks Gloria about sexual harassment while she asks Flo, a Black lawyer and fervent advocate for women's rights, about racism. "Do you think Flo is unable to answer a question about the condition of being a woman?" Gloria asks. Flo then explains that racism and sexism are intertwined.
The scene is just one example of the partnerships with women of color Steinem made throughout her life as she became involved in activism and grassroots organizing in the 1960s and '70s. It also speaks to what Steinem understood then, as media institutions have only come to understand more recently: how critical it is to ensure that women of color are not sidelined in movements and the way those movements are covered and remembered. The Glorias, which debuted at Sundance in January and is available on Amazon and other VOD platforms beginning Sept. 30, is filmmaker Julie Taymor's adaptation of Steinem's 2015 bestselling memoir My Life on the Road. The movie follows Steinem through a series of nonlinear moments foundational to her life and work, from her time traveling in India in her 20s to the rise of Ms. Magazine, as well as the formation of relationships she with other activists who were central to the women's movement.
As Toni Morrison wrote in a 1971 essay for the New York Times, the intersection between women's liberation and the movements for civil rights and Black Power was not without its tensions. "What do black women feel about Women's Lib? Distrust. It is white, therefore suspect," she wrote. "They don't want to be used again to help somebody gain power—a power that is carefully kept out of their hands." And the way in which history has recorded the contributions of activists speaks volumes about who has had the power to shape the narrative for generations to come. But as depicted in another take on the movement from earlier this year, the FX on Hulu series Mrs. America, these disagreements often strengthened the movement, and to overlook them is to do a disservice to history.
The Glorias features several of the leaders who not only shaped Steinem's activism, but also left a lasting impact on feminism and real-world policies through their work in creating an intersectional movement. Steinem, who is played by four actors including Julianne Moore, shares the screen with Dorothy Pitman Hughes (Janelle Monáe), Dolores Huerta (Monica Sanchez), Flo Kennedy (Toussaint), Wilma Mankiller (Kimberly Guerrero) and a brief tribute to Shirley Chisholm. As might be expected from a biopic focused on Steinem, these women play supporting roles and some have rather limited screen time. (Viola Davis is reportedly producing and starring in a movie about Chisholm, and documentaries have been made about her as well as Huerta and Mankiller, though most of these women await their own proper biopic treatment.) To expand upon their depictions in the film, TIME spoke to historians and feminist scholars about their legacies. Here's what to know about the contributions they made to the larger movement for equality, their relationships with Steinem and how their activism lives on today.
Dorothy Pitman Hughes
In 1966, a working mother named Dorothy Pitman Hughes could not find childcare in her neighborhood on the West side of Manhattan. So she founded a daycare center herself, charging all families, no matter their incomes, the same rate of $5 a week per child. "For her, it was really important that childcare be available to everyone and not just at the poor end," Laura L. Lovett, author of the forthcoming and first autobiography on Pitman Hughes With Her Fist Raised: Dorothy Pitman Hughes and the Transformative Power of Black Community Activism, tells TIME. A few years later, that center became the West 80th Street Community Child Day Care Center.
Beyond offering childcare services, the center offered other resources to further support the community, including job training and housing assistance. Through her advocacy and community organizing, Pitman Hughes demonstrated the intersections between childcare and welfare rights—and why they were so vital to the women's movement. In 1969, Steinem interviewed Pitman Hughes for a piece she was writing for New York Magazine and they soon became speaking partners, traveling the country together for five years.
Julianne Moore as Gloria Steinem and Janelle Monáe as Dorothy Pitman Hughes in 'The Glorias'
"Gloria was afraid to speak and Dorothy was afraid to fly," Lovett says. "So Gloria would hold her hand on the plane and Dorothy would hold her hand getting up to the stage. At the time when Gloria begins to talk, Dorothy is the much better known activist." They were photographed together in 1971 for Esquire Magazine—the now iconic picture shows the two women with their fists raised in the air. It's that image, Lovett says, that helped push Steinem forward in the mainstream media at the time. While on their speaking tours, Steinem would typically speak first and Pitman Hughes would talk next, according to Lovett. But "the coverage is on Steinem, the press is in love with her," Lovett says.
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 01: (L-R) Gloria Steinem and Dorothy Pitman Hughes attend the Ms. Foundation Women Of Vision Gala 2014 on May 1, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for Ms. Foundation For Women)
Astrid Stawiarz—2014 Getty Images
Following her time on the speaking circuit, Pitman Hughes, who is now in her early 80s, continued to work as a grassroots organizer on issues important to her community. When she moved to Harlem, she saw the need for a copy center, and decided to open one herself. In doing so, she became an advocate for Black-owned businesses and provided Harlem with a space where political organizers could make fliers. Her work, which was so intimately rooted in community, helped showcase how economic issues like childcare and welfare needed to be at the forefront of the women's movement.
Since the 1960s, labor leader Dolores Huerta has demonstrated the impact of grassroots organizing on civil rights movements. The activist co-founded the National Farm Workers Association with Cesar Chavez—though the press often minimized her role in comparison to his—in an effort to create better working conditions for farmworkers and illuminate the economic injustices they faced.
In 1965, Huerta played a crucial part in leading a grapeworkers' strike that became a nationwide boycott. The boycott would lead her to connecting with Steinem in New York City. It was Steinem who got the heir of A&P supermarkets, Huntington Hartford, to protest A&P in support of the farmworkers. The Glorias depicts a moment when Steinem and Huerta, alongside Pitman Hughes, protest together in front of an A&P store. There, Huerta chants "Sí se puede" (Spanish for "Yes, we can"), a slogan she coined and one that later inspired President Obama's own rallying cry.
American labor activist and co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America (UFW) Dolores Huerta speaks on stage during a UFW rally, California, 1975 or 1976. She wears a poncho with the UFW logo. (Photo by Cathy Murphy/Getty Images)
While working together, Huerta and Steinem saw how intertwined the workers' rights and women's movements were. "For female workers in particular, her role was transformative," Ai-jen Poo wrote in TIME's 100 Women of the Year story on Huerta. "At a time when less than 40% of women were in the workforce, Huerta insisted that they have an equal voice at work and in unions, elevated low-wage workers in the women's movement and mentored young female activists across the country."
In 2011, President Obama awarded Huerta with a Medal of Freedom. Now 90, she continues to be an active part of the labor movement through her work at the Dolores Huerta Foundation, which organizes communities and empowers leaders within them to fight for social justice. In June, amid the protests occurring around the country in the wake of George Floyd's killing, Huerta talked to TIME about how to sustain a movement and described how she encouraged her grandchildren to protest. "I mean this is like a punishment for me not to be out there," Huerta said. "I just wanna bless and thank all of the protesters."
Florynce "Flo" Kennedy
Lawyer and activist Florynce "Flo" Kennedy made essential connections between the Black Power and feminist movements. After becoming one of the first Black women to graduate from Columbia Law School, in 1951, Kennedy opened her own law firm. In the years that followed, she went on to represent Billie Holiday, H. Rap Brown and a group of Black Panthers. By 1966, she created the Media Workshop, which fought racism in advertising.
Kennedy eventually pivoted towards political activism and became a staunch advocate for civil rights issues. In 1969, she began efforts to challenge New York state's abortion law, which led to the state liberalizing abortion the following year. Kennedy incorporated into her work a deep understanding of how racism impacts every facet of society—a founding principle that she brought with her to the women's movement. In 1971, Kennedy founded the Feminist Party, which went on to nominate Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm for president.
American lawyer, activist, civil rights advocate, and feminist, Florynce 'Flo' Kennedy (1916 - 2000), addresses the crowd at a Women's Day Rally in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 26th August 1976. (Photo by Barbara Alper/Getty Images)
Getty Images—2014 Barbara Alper
Sherie Randolph, an associate professor of history at the Georgia Institute of Technology and author of Florynce "Flo" Kennedy: The Life of a Black Feminist Radical, spoke to TIME about Kennedy's central role in the women's movement during the 1970s. "In Flo's mind, there was a Black Power movement that Black people should be involved in and that should be intersectional," Randolph says. "The women's movement needed to do a better job of being anti-racist and Gloria Steinem had an ear for that."
Kennedy, who was almost 20 years Steinem's senior, became her speaking partner. An energetic speaker known for her humor and cowboy hats, Kennedy spoke about racism and sexism to audiences across the country. Randolph says that Kennedy's mentorship of Steinem during this time illuminated how necessary it was for the women's movement to be intersectional. Kennedy brought white feminists to Black power conferences, and, according to Randolph, introduced Steinem to people within her circles who helped broaden her perspective on a range of intersectional issues.
Though she was at the center of the women's movement, Kennedy hasn't been as widely recognized for her work. "Thankfully, we're now living in a different moment where you have to acknowledge Black women a little bit more and their influence on predominantly white feminism," Randolph says. "They weren't just an antagonistic force—they were a force propelling questions as well. And that's what Flo helps to emanate."
Wilma Mankiller
When she was a child, Wilma Mankiller and her family were relocated from Oklahoma to San Francisco as part of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Relocation Program. It was there that Mankiller, who faced the twin challenges of discrimination and poverty, became involved in the civil rights and women's movements of the 1960s. She returned to Oklahoma in 1977, carrying with her what she learned from that time to fight for indigenous rights and gender equality.
In 1985, she became the first woman elected Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. In The Glorias, Mankiller gives a speech on the day of her election. "We, Cherokee, consult our women elders on every important decision, but we've never had a woman as a democratically elected chief," she exclaims. Mankiller and Steinem met when Mankiller joined the board of Steinem's nonprofit, the Ms. Foundation for Women. They became political allies and formed a deep and long-lasting friendship. "Her success in achieving economic autonomy for her people made her a symbol of hope for original cultures and women's movements around the world," Steinem wrote for TIME in 2010.
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 15: FILE, Portrait of Chief Wilma Mankiller on November 15, 1993. (Photo by Judy Weintraub/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
The Washington Post via Getty Im—2010 The Washington Post
In the early 1980s, before she pursued elected office within the Cherokee Nation, Mankiller proved her skills as a leader and organizer during the Bell Water Project, helping to bring a reliable water delivery system to the small Oklahoma town populated largely by Cherokee citizens. "She was integral to the project and it brought her to broader attention in terms of Cherokee Nation politics because people saw that she is someone who gets things done," Candessa Tehee, an assistant professor of American Indian studies of Northeastern State University, tells TIME. "She has such a rich legacy, especially in terms of her continued effort for guaranteeing tribal sovereignty, the fight for indigenous rights, feminism and education."
Tehee says that Mankiller was constantly reaching out to individual Cherokee women to try to inspire more political activism and engagement within the community. As Principal Chief, she laid the groundwork for self-governance, economic success and new policies on healthcare and education. Steinem was one of the featured speakers at Mankiller's memorial service after her death in 2010. "In a just country, she (Wilma) would have been president," Steinem told the Oklahoman.
While there's not a character specifically depicting Shirley Chisholm in The Glorias, there is a character with a small role named Shirley, included by the filmmakers as an homage to the politician. But Chisholm's involvement in the movement as an activist, politician and grassroots organizer is so significant that it bears inclusion here.
In 1968, Chisholm became the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress. Four years later, she became the first Black woman of a major party to run for the presidential nomination. "Shirley Chisholm never saw her achievement as being a 'first,'" Zinga A. Fraser, assistant professor and director of the Shirley Chisholm Project on Brooklyn Women's Activism at Brooklyn College, tells TIME. "She saw it, in many ways, as the way to create more opportunities for women of color and Black women, specifically, to elected office."
25th January 1972: US Representative Shirley Chisholm of Brooklyn announces her entry for Democratic nomination for the presidency, at the Concord Baptist Church in Brooklyn, New York. Manhattan borough president Percy Sutton applauds at right. (Photo by Don Hogan Charles/New York Times Co./Getty Images)
As a congresswoman, Chisholm was never the type of politician to sacrifice her ideals in order to advance politically. "Her true political genius is the importance of being what she would consider to be 'unbought and unbossed' and really not confining herself to engaging in politics that were amenable just for compromise," Fraser says. She sees Chisholm's bold tactics in the new guard of congressional women of color, sometimes called the "Squad," who, despite their freshmen status and lack of capital, go head-to-head with established politicians. Fraser adds: "When Chisholm emerges during that time period, she creates an atmosphere specifically for young, marginalized people to align themselves against institutions and structures of power."
In 1971, Chisholm founded the National Women's Political Caucus alongside Steinem, Dorothy Height, Bella Abzug and others. In reflecting on Chisholm's influence on people like Steinem, Fraser says that it was through her analysis of policies and her ability to highlight the everyday issues that impacted women. "Chisholm had a larger understanding of what intersectionality was even before the term was coined," Fraser says. "She had a nuanced perspective about politics and about ways in which feminism has to speak to a multi-racial and multi-generational coalition."
Biden to Propose Citizenship Path for Migrants
How mRNA Tech Gave Us the 1st COVID-19 Vaccines
Get The Brief. Sign up to receive the top stories you need to know right now.
Write to Annabel Gutterman at annabel.gutterman@time.com.
<i>Promising Young Woman</i> Starts with a Cathartic Blast. Then It Gets Bogged Down With Cynicism
The 58 Most Anticipated TV Shows of 2021


American Made retailers, distributors, and manufactures of building construction products are listed in this category. If it is not Made in USA, then we will not list it. If you see a product listed that is no longer USA made, please let us know.
Preston Wood & Associates LLC.
Portland Bolt & Mfg. Company, Inc.


text:
Robert G. Elliott
For other people named Robert Elliott, see Robert Elliott (disambiguation).
Robert Greene Elliott (January 27, 1874 – October 10, 1939)[1] was the New York State Electrician (i.e., executioner) – and for those neighboring states that used the electric chair, including New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Massachusetts – during the period 1926–1939.
He was born in Hamlin, New York, the son of Irish immigrants Thomas Elliott and Martha Jane Elliott (nee Rowley). As a child he was a devout Methodist, and at one point his parents wanted him to be a minister. As a young boy Elliott recounts that he read of the first use of the electric chair and wondered what it might be like to throw the switch at an execution. He became employed in the prison service as a regular electrician, ultimately in charge of the power-house at Dannemora Prison in upstate New York. In that capacity he remotely assisted Edwin Davis at electrocutions at Dannemora State Prison. Initially his involvement was to change the armatures on the generator in the power house, so that it would temporarily produce enough power to send over high-tension wires to the electric chair elsewhere in the prison complex. In his Memoirs – "Agent of Death" (see below) he recounted that when Davis visited Dannemora to conduct executions, that he would be invited to dinner at Elliott's nearby house. This on-the-job training and personal rapport with Davis ultimately stood him in good stead in 1926 when he applied for and accepted the post of "State electrician", which had just fallen vacant by John Hulbert. On January 28, 1926 he officiated at his first execution, the double electrocution of Emil Klatt and Luigi Rapito. Although not wearing a mask or a hood, he tried to conceal his identity at first, not revealing his name.[2] For each execution he was paid the same fee of $150, the equivalent of $2,112.05 in 2018.
Elliott is credited with perfecting judicial execution by electrocution. He usually made the first contact at 2000 volts, holding it there for 3 seconds. Then he lowered the voltage to 500 volts for the balance of the first minute; raised it to 2000 volts for a further 3 seconds; lowered the voltage to 500 volts for the rest of the second minute; then raised it again to 2000 volts for a few seconds before shutting off the power. Elliott recommended that the ideal amperage for executions was around 8 amps.
His technique was intended to render the victim unconscious, in an instant, with the first massive shock, while the lower voltage heated the vital organs to a point where life was extinguished, without causing undue bodily burning. This oscillating cycle of shocks also seized the heart, causing it to go into arrest and stop beating. He often carried his own electrodes with him, including a head-piece made from a cut-down football helmet, lined with moist sponge.
A keen gardener and a quiet family man, Elliott ran an electrical contracting business and claimed never to have been more than an instrument of the people when he performed an execution.
Despite his calling, he profoundly disagreed with capital punishment, saying that it served no useful purpose. In his memoirs, Elliott wrote "I hope that the day is not far distant when legal slaying, whether by electrocution, hanging, lethal gas, or any other method is outlawed throughout the United States."[3]
He is reported to have executed 387 people, including Sacco and Vanzetti, Ruth Snyder, Irene Schroeder and Bruno Hauptmann. On January 6, 1927, he carried out the electrocutions of six inmates in two states.[4] Soon after the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti, persons unknown planted a bomb under his house that destroyed his front porch. For some time later the State of New York paid for a 24-hour guard.
He published his experiences in a book entitled Agent of Death. Shortly after the executions, a newspaper reported that Elliott was haunted by what he had done, that the specter of Ruth Snyder bedeviled him. It was reported that Elliott required sedation to sleep, and that he was paralyzed with guilt. However, in Agent of Death, Elliott wrote that he was affected by the necessity of electrocuting a woman, but he was not the type of man to lose sleep over having done his job. In the foreword to his memoirs, his co-author, A. R. Beatty commented that Elliott had just approved the final chapters of the book before passing-away after a short illness. Elliott is buried in the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, East Greenbush, New York. [5]
List of executioners
List of people executed in New York
^ New York Times, Oct. 11, 1939, p. 27
^ The Saratogian, Jan 29, 1926. Elliott is described as being about sixty years old; he had actually had his 52nd birthday the day before the executions.
^ Gonnerman, Jennifer (January 18, 2005). "The Last Executioner". The Village Voice. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
^ Craig Brandon, The Electric Chair: An Unnatural American History (McFarland, 1999) p222; "Six Executed in Electric Chair During One Day", Los Angeles Times, January 8, 1927, p4
^ https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=elliott&GSfn=robert&GSmn=g&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=36&GScnty=2019&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=10379544&df=all&
Elliott, R. G. (and A. R. Beatty). 1940. Agent of Death: The Memoirs of an Executioner. E.P. Dutton
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_G._Elliott&oldid=931930332"
American executioners
People from Monroe County, New York
American electricians