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What My Cat Taught Me About Gender
The story's become a bit of a legend (at least amongst our family and friends); my partner Craig's mom, aunt, and uncle were on their way over for dinner last month when Lolita, my 16 year-old female cat, emerged from her kitty litter box with a penis.
I didn't know it was a penis at the time. As the emergency vet later explained, Lolita was so constipated she'd pushed her penis out while trying to go to the bathroom. She was manually disimpacted and sent home; but the impact of that disimpaction night still lingers.
Two nights ago, my friend Mark asked how I was dealing with Lolita as a male. My answer was honest: "It's like I don't even know who she — or he — is anymore."
Compared to the struggles shared by Bruce Jenner on last night's Diane Sawyer interview, this is pretty minor stuff. But what I realized after watching that interview, is how my Lolita situation perfectly mirrors the very thing Jenner is asking from the public: "I'm saying goodbye to people's perception of me and who I am."
My perception of Lolita began at the Atlanta Humane Society in 2001 when I adopted him (and I'll use "him" from here on out). The name on the card said "Princess" (his original name) and under gender, the "F" was circled. From that point forward, any vet that saw Lolita took it as a given that Lolita was female. It was never questioned.
Over the next 14 years, I began projecting on to Lolita all sorts of female traits. I didn't see it as projection at the time, I figured that these traits were intrinsic to my female cat. From the way he sauntered around our apartment like Barbara Stanwyck in Double Indemnity, to his high-pitched voice that sounded like a balloon that you pinch while letting out air, we took it as a given that Lolita was the most feminine of female cats.
Others that met Lolita, would use words like "diva" and "bitch" to describe his personality ("bitch" seems harsh, but he could get a bit hissy with strangers; especially female strangers, if that means anything). When we'd all be in bed at night, I'd watch Lolita licking his paws and cleaning himself and think: "What an elegant lady." The gestures reminded me of a Judi Dench or a Helen Mirren. Lolita would be a "Dame" some day, I was sure of it.
Now it's so obvious to me that all of this was created in my mind; much like America created a "Bruce Jenner" in its mind that had nothing to do with the real Bruce Jenner. When I told Mark that I didn't know who Lolita was anymore, I was passing the buck — as if this situation with Lolita was something that had happened to me — as opposed to a situation that I had created because of my own ignorance about gender.
Being taught how gender is socially constructed in school, and then experiencing that for yourself in real life, are two very different things. My first taste of that happened when I moved to New York, in 2004, and I was single and gay and living in Chelsea. One day I went to a coffee shop on 8th Ave. where a cute male barista brought me my cappuccino and said, "I think I was in your French Literary Theory class at Emory."
I stared back at this person and knew one thing for sure: this very attractive male was most definitely not in my French Literary Theory class at Emory. That class had 12 people in it, and he, without a doubt, was not one of them.
As I worked on my computer, I kept staring at the barista thinking: "What a weird thing to say? And how specific? Why in the world would he — ?" And then it hit me. This male barista didn't identify as male (or as a barista) when he was in my French Literary Theory class; he identified as female and I knew him then by his female name.
My 24 year-old mind was blown by this experience. Not only was this formerly female classmate of mine now a male, but — by all appearances — he was a gay male working at a gay coffee shop. (I would later see him out with other gay male friends at a gay bar.) Why would a woman want to become a man if they already liked sleeping with men? The answer, I eventually learned, had everything to do with the difference between gender and sexuality. Sexuality, as Diane Sawyer relayed last night, is who you want to go to bed with; gender is who you want to go to bed as. Both gender and sexuality are experienced from within — it's not something you can (or should) identify from the outside.
Which brings us back to my cat.
Mr. Lolita, as far as we know, doesn't have a gender identity. He just has a sex: male. And the qualities that we love about him are still the very same qualities that we loved about him before, gender having absolutely nothing to do with it. In the morning, he jumps on to the bed and mewls (OK, Craig doesn't love that) but I laugh when he starts pawing at my face like, "Let's go: that can of wet food isn't going to open itself." He can be rascally when we leave the dining room table; I'll often catch him crawling around on there sniffing for crumbs. He's sometimes possessed by a demon and runs around the apartment yowling for no reason. When I tie my shoes, he attacks the laces.
The "he" in that last paragraph is taking some getting used to, but otherwise not much has changed. Scratch that: I've changed. Whereas before I saw Lolita how I wanted to see "her," now I see Lolita as he actually is. It's what Bruce Jenner, and the rest of the transgendered community, are asking of America right now. The problem, as this experience with my cat taught me, doesn't lie with them; the problem, it turns out, lies with us.


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Reddit, the giant discussion forum for everyone from political junkies and comic book nerds to billiards enthusiasts and anarchists, is going through an insurrection – one that threatens the very existence of the pre-eminent social news sharing site.
For over 10 years Reddit has built a site that attracts 164 million readers a month to discuss and share everything from the latest political news to rare footage of the Viennese actionists. It's Wikipedia with teeth, currently overseen by controversial interim CEO Ellen Pao, whose failed discrimination lawsuit against Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers made headlines last year.
Pao's interim tenure (there is no replacement in sight) has so far lasted eight months, but Redditors seem dead set against her after a string of recent, unpopular decisions, and have gone so far as to publish a petition calling for her to step down containing more than 200,000 signatures. Pao is seen by the site's users as pandering to both the commercial side of the business and to people upset by Reddit's obsession with democratically giving voice to every possible perspective. The company did not respond to calls for comment.
Reddit has increasingly been trying to monetize its popularity by becoming a friendlier place to people who might conceivably spend money on advertising, or draw a crowd. On 1 July, the clash of cultures surfaced in one of its biggest forums: Ask Me Anything, a Q&A sessions board that has attracted everyone from Chris Pratt to Barack Obama. Cultural figures gain cachet for doing AMAs because it's seen as venturing into the lion's den. For the same reason AMAs can go terribly wrong.
Wednesday's AMA with civil rights activist Jesse Jackson devolved rapidly into personal accusations and pointed questions about Jackson's character – one user introduced a "question" about Jackson's family life with the line: "You are an immoral, hate-filled race baiter that has figured out how to manipulate the political system for your own gain."
The site's director of talent, a popular employee named Victoria Taylor, was apparently dismissed shortly thereafter. Reddit denied that the Jackson AMA meltdown was the cause and Marc Bodnick, a venture capitalist with Elevation Partners posted (and then deleted) on Quora that Taylor had been removed for resisting greater commercialization of the AMAs. Whatever the reason, the dismissal appeared to be a serious misreading of the Reddit community by its leadership, because the moderators – volunteers who manage the forums – simply shut down huge sections of Reddit en masse in protest, including AMA.
"The admins [administrators, people Reddit actually pays to moderate the site] didn't realize how much we [the unpaid moderators] rely on Victoria," wrote user karmanaut in a post explaining why users could no longer get into r/AMA, the Ask Me Anything subforum. "We've had situations where agents or others have tried to do an AMA as their client, and Victoria shut that shit down immediately. We can't do that anymore."
Reddit's top brass have painted the revolt as the actions of a disgruntled few whose needs are insignificant compared with those of the general-interest users who make up the vast majority of its user base. Those 200,000 signatures make up 0.12% of Reddit's readers. "Most of the community is made up of thoughtful people, and they can appreciate what we all do, even if we don't always agree," Pao told the New York Times.
But some consider the disgruntled few the most valuable part of the company. "I'm a pretty apathetic content sponge," wrote a user who calls himself CaptainObviousMC. "That fact is deadly dangerous to Reddit, because the moment the content creators jump ship, I'll follow them like the fair-weather fan I am, because I don't care – at all – where I get my content, or about which corporation or moderators are involved. If Reddit compromises its content stream by having moderators jump ship, I'm out too, not because I care, but because I don't."
Reddit's pitch to advertisers positions it as the new mainstream, but that mainstream is the web's largest agglomeration of niche enthusiasts, with people making friends and enemies in communities they sought out when they first came to the site, and going on to find or found others. Such wide topical latitude means Reddit's queasier side often threatens to overwhelm the whole site.
The less reputable communities on Reddit have found themselves increasingly threatened over concerns about harassment (a term that, to widespread Redditor fury, hasn't been clearly defined by company management; Pao has said it is anything that would make another user "feel unsafe") and when that has happened, they have lashed out, convinced they are being persecuted for their quirks or fetishes. Reddit has often responded to those accusations with silence. "Silence," wrote one Redditor using the handle SingularTier, "reinforces tinfoil."
In a private message to the Guardian, SingularTier said they had high hopes for competitor site Voat, which is going through a fast-forward version of Reddit's woes (Voat lost its relationship with PayPal when the dregs of Reddit, since banned, showed up posting child pornography) but thought Reddit would survive.
The tension at Reddit is often cast as a war between reasonable people and cranks, but in truth it seems that most of it is directed upward, at company management.
"In most cases, it is not infighting among Redditors," wrote SingularTier. Inconsistent content policies, SingularTier said "combined with the shuffle of policies for monetization, the stories of former employees, and the background of the CEO herself, provide a perfect storm of distrust."
What happens next, for Reddit and for Pao? SingularTier and others are sure the site will survive, and Pao has apologized, if vaguely, for dismissing the concerns of the site's core community. Redditors' revolts do tend to burn out quickly. And for obsessives of all stripes looking for a large, centralized and stable community, at present there is simply nowhere else for them to go.
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Harvard Law School announced Wednesday that it will allow applicants to submit the Graduate Record Examination in place of the Law School Admissions Tests traditionally used to evaluate candidates for admissions.
Starting this fall, applicants for a three-year law degree may submit scores from either examination, the school said in a press release.
Jessica Soban, the law school's associate dean for admissions and strategic initiatives, said the shift reflects changes in who attends the Ivy League institution.
Increasingly, Harvard Law students come from abroad, have work experience or a graduate degree, or bring highly desirable training in science and technology related fields, she said.
Many have already taken the GRE or plan to take it for application to other programs.
"Putting them through another standardized test is sort of an artificial obstacle," Soban said by telephone Wednesday night.
Some prospective students are working long hours in other fields and have little time to prepare for another test. And the GRE is offered much more frequently and in many more locations than the LSAT, she said.
"The initiative itself is consistent with things that we have done in recent years. . . to continue to attract the top talent to the law school," she said, such as interviewing applicants through video conferencing.
So far, Soban said, she has heard no objections to the change.
Earlier this year, Harvard Law completed a study of GRE and LSAT scores of current and former students who took both exams. The study found that the " . . . GRE is an equally valid predictor of first-year grades," the press release stated.
Soban said school administrators had also reviewed the policy change both with law professors and with faculty at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and found wide support.
"We're in the fortunate spot of being at the center of a very large research university," she said." We had the opportunity to really think about this at a lot of different angles internally before we came out with the final decision."
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Jade Novah made waves with a Beyonce parody and now she's ready to take over the music world with her own music. This Ohio native/Atlanta transplant is an industry pro with high profile songwriting credits, but today, she's got tunnel vision while she puts the finishing touches on her anticipated project In Search of Me.
On Her 'Show Out' visuals: The Show Out video was crowdfunded by my supporters. The feedback has been wonderful and the fans have a connection to the video because they were the ones that helped make it happen. As far as the song itself, I'm very pleased with the feedback that it's been getting.
On Her New Album: The album is called In Search of Me and it's a unique take on creating an album because it's my producer [Devin Johnson] and I- we actually wrote a storyline and made the songs around that story. It's a fictional account of a girl's journey to finding herself through the things she wants and goes through. Ultimately, everything you want and need is within yourself. It's not external.
On connecting with other Ohio artists: When I was in Cleveland, I wasn't actively pursuing my artistry. I started this project in 2012. My main focus when I was there was songwriting for artists. So I didn't really have that opportunity to connect as Jade Novah the artist with other artists. I definitely support all of the independent artists in Cleveland.


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WHEN the temperature hit freezing last week in Bridgeport, Conn., oil supplier John Santa felt very warm. ``I think we're going to see a cold winter following some abnormally warm winters,'' predicts Mr. Santa, who owns Santa Fuel Inc.
Winter fuel supplies are expected to be adequate if the winter is normal. ``In talking to the marketers, no one is anticipating any problems,'' says David Morehead, a spokesman for the Petroleum Marketing Association of America, a trade group.
This optimistic forecast is likely to be repeated when the Department of Energy hosts its annual forecast tomorrow for the winter months. ``Ignoring any unusual weather conditions, there is plenty of oil around,'' says John Lichtblau, chairman of the Petroleum Industry Research Foundation Inc.
Oil producing countries recently met in Vienna to try to stabilize price and supply. However, the price of crude oil on the spot market has remained below last year's levels. Oil from the Brent field in the North Sea, for example, sells at $17 a barrel compared with $20.60 a year ago.
The price of distillate, the form of oil used in burners, has also fallen to 54 cents a gallon. The price has fallen slightly for consumers, with oil selling for $.99 a gallon compared with $1.02 a year ago.
There is also likely to be plenty of natural gas available for the winter. Last week, the American Gas Association (AGA) predicted that supplies would exceed demand for the heating season's peak month, most likely January. During that time, Canadian and liquefied natural gas imports may be used as supplemental sources.
The price of natural gas, however, is expected to rise as winter demand increases. ``If we have a normal winter, bills will be somewhat higher for natural gas,'' says Mark Stultz, an AGA spokesman. The group says prices, which have been at record lows, will rise because of a new rate design which permits higher costs to be passed on.
Last year, 54 percent of the new homes built in the Northeast used natural gas for heating, compared with 30 percent for oil and 16 percent for electricity.
If there is a spate of extremely cold weather, energy prices can react quickly. In 1989, a severe cold snap in December pushed the price of residual fuel oil up sharply. Prices broke in January after the weather moderated.
``What created the problem was the mechanics of getting the supply to the consumers,'' says Edward Murphy, director of finance, accounting, and statistics at the American Petroleum Institute in Washington. With an increasing number of homes using natural gas, Mr. Murphy says it is less likely a cold winter would halt deliveries. Natural gas, delivered by pipeline instead of barge or truck, is influenced less by the weather.
So far this year, the weather has been colder than normal. In Bridgeport, Mr. Santa reports that September was 10 percent colder (in terms of degree days) and 3 to 4 percent colder in October.
Although there is plenty of heating oil around, Mr. Morehead reports that there are spot shortages of low-sulfur diesel which is mainly used by trucks. This is the result of new federal regulations, effective Oct. 1, which require that high-sulfur oil used for home heating have a blue dye and that low-sulfur be clear. The government regulation was adopted for tax reasons: diesel is subject to a new 24.3 cents a gallon federal excise tax but home heating oil is exempt. The government's tax changes coincided with a greater demand for low-sulfur fuel, which truckers were required to use for environmental reasons starting Oct. 1.
According to Morehead there have been distortions as suppliers have tried to empty tanks of high-sulfur fuel prior to the enactment of the new regulations. The distortions have caused prices to run up by as much as 30 cents a gallon in northern California and 28 cents a gallon in southern California.


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crimsonprodigy | 15
That lucky bastard!
fleur_de_fevrier_fml | 22
Yeah was thinking the same :) Looks like anal was not the answer ;)
Maybe the anal is what scared him away
homesexuals have different glands in their anus so anal is more pleasurable for them than wOman.
Anal dosen't even sound pleasurable it just seems weird and painful,but maybe its just me...
ninjapiratejesus_fml | 20
182 - I hope you mean all men as opposed to just homosexuals, right?
OH sorry that was my bad - wasnt thinking - my apologies
EagorLuvsBigFoot | 8
^^ he totally didn't hahaha
ihatethesenamez | 6
Yes they do
DocBastard | 38
The gland he's referring to is the prostate. Men have it, women don't. And prostrate stimulation is supposed to be very pleasurable.
201- Who's the dumbass again? Lmfao.
fleur_de_fevrier_fml | 22
LOL, what????
UtterCatastrophe | 4
218 is a boy.
I don't always comment but when i do i get ~800 likes
225- I meant to say all men, you would know if you actually read the comments.
xJUNKxPUNCHERx | 6
That was one of the most unintelligent things I have ever read. I think that everyone has gotten more stupid having read it. May god have mercy on your soul.
israelnotjacob | 20
Your life sucks, but you also deserve it. You're and Idiot Out Wandering Around after all ;)
Therewhenneeded | 16
Because different people have different desires. I know several gay men who do not like anal and I know several straight women who LOVE anal. To each their own and as long as it is with consenting adults who cares who sticks what in where?
Rag_dollxx | 21
I am a woman and I love anal sex. I find it more pleasurable than vaginal but it's not my boyfriends cup of tea unfortunately.
U_GotitDude | 18
She doesn't
xXxIracebethxXx | 14
Some people are stupid and don't believe/think women should propose to men. It's rather shallow-minded.
ooooooooooooh | 4
I think the op's boyfriend would feel cheated out of the proposal. It IS generally the guys place to propose and it's something that most guys feel special about doing.
itsBEEarOHseekay | 12
That's a pretty old-fashioned, sexist response.
itsBEEarOHseekay | 12
Good god, people are thumbing my comment down? Humanity disappoints me.
54, your right, I know if my girlfriend proposed to me I would probably say the same thing. Mainly because I love pizza and because it wouldn't feel right to me. I always looked at it as, even the women can do as much as men, some things should be left for men to do and things for women to do. But that's just personal preference and for the record, I'm not one of those sexist pieces of shits who tell their women get in the kitchen.
*53. Sorry, I'm on the app and I have poor memory. It also doesn't let me edit :(
sanchogrim | 18
84- You're hot but your stupidity disappoints me. Lol.
Bob_Cat_fml | 14
The problem here isn't that the girl proposed … the real problem is that they didn't even agree on the idea of marrying. Plus, imagine the reverse FML, I'm sure the girl would've been several times criticised on refusing 'such a cute proposal'. So yeah #84 is right, this response is sexist. The girl can propose if she fucking wants to. But the one proposing should always be sure that they're not going to embarrass their partner because they're not ready for it. There's no way she deserved it for proposing 'instead of the guy' or something.
Carmstro | 13
I see nothing wrong with a woman proposing. HOWEVER, as a girl, I never would personally. Mainly because i think as men assume that they are supposed to propose, they probably won't do so until THEY are ready. Therefore, if he doesn't propose, chances are he's not ready to say yes.
wickedninja918 | 1
I can understand that any post ever is going to get at least 100 acidental "my finger hit the wrong button" YDIs but i dont think she deserved it in the slightest so it shouldnt have got as many as it did
LogicalMembrane | 3
Do girls want to propose? They haven't been cheated if they don't want it.
The way I understand it, girls want to see their guy be humble and give them the power over something as important as marriage. Plus, it's more romantic to be asked than to ask.
So it's not really being cheated.
The way I understand it, girls want to see their guy be humble and give them the power over something as important as marriage. Plus, it's more romantic to be asked than to ask.
So it's not really being cheated.
amandajlucas2015 | 2
I just asked my bf Wut he would do if I proposed and he said he would look at me weird and say no.. So it's not really that weird of a response of OPs bf
saksxalmo | 20
#189 - Yes, some girls do want to propose. Hence the FML. And people (boys and girls alike) are taught that guys SHOULD propose, so of course girls can't really hope to. It's not that they wouldn't want to if they could, it's that they aren't used to thinking about it that way. If that makes sense. I mean, the reason men usually propose has to do more with the old patriarchal form of marriage that treated women as property and marriage as business than with women's desire to propose...
So even though I know I'm going to be thumbed down for this, I think it's stupid to say that the guy has been "cheated out of" something. Women almost never get to propose, so it seems to me that they're the more "cheated" ones... And if they want to get married, it should be about loving the other person, no?! Not about who proposed to whom...
Excuse me if I ramble, as it is late and I am full of turkey.
So even though I know I'm going to be thumbed down for this, I think it's stupid to say that the guy has been "cheated out of" something. Women almost never get to propose, so it seems to me that they're the more "cheated" ones... And if they want to get married, it should be about loving the other person, no?! Not about who proposed to whom...
Excuse me if I ramble, as it is late and I am full of turkey.
SettingSun89 | 5
You make a good point.
cutlass81 | 6
84, say what you want, but it is very un-manning to be proposed to by your lady in public. I want you to imagine what the male onlookers would think of the guy. A man you'd marry would probably give you anything in the world. Don't take from him the chance to surprise you and a chance to see he truly makes you happy
awkwardpenguin1 | 3
It's not wrong it's just odd since its guys usually doing it
DarthVader77 | 9
I'd drop her on the spot. Maybe there are some men who would like it but not me: I need to know that I decide, not the other way around. Well, 8 years of marriage cured me of illusions, I am so looking forward to divorce!
By cr3ativity | 15
Well, idk about this...
She could be the oag, or he could just not be ready, or he's not looking for marriage.
This FML is a toss-up, ladies and gentleman
She could be the oag, or he could just not be ready, or he's not looking for marriage.
This FML is a toss-up, ladies and gentleman
He was, what's more polite than offering pizza? I would forgive anyone for pizza :p especially the ones with jalapeno in them..
By marcranger | 28
You might have tried anal, but did you try a homemade pizza? The way to a man's heart is through his stomach, ya know.
trippythehippy | 6
Those who believe the way to a mans heart is through his stomach really needs to take anatomy.
xXHollowIchigoXx | 17
It's a figure of speech you cock head. No need to get literal.
I_lost_the_game | 25
23 and 55. Please have a sense of humour. That will make the site more fun
YoungMisfit | 9
Actually it's through is stomach and penis
kxxjoejoexxk | 8
Laughed hard at #23 that was hilarious thumbs up for you sir
puddingface94 | 3
I think that was the sense of humor
sens3sfailing | 24
135- you are the one in need of a sense of humor. It was quite obvious 23 and 55 were making literal jokes to be funny and if it went over your head, you take everything waaaay to seriously.
MalloryKnox | 8
You're all wrong! I'm just going to end this argument once and for all. The fastest way to a man's heart is with Chuck Norris's fist! Duh.
RadikulRam | 16
Yeah you better be sorry, or else I would have murdered you and OP, but thanks to that comment I shall retain my urges.
newbiehere99 | 6
That's cheesy but cute. :)
RoboCunnilingus | 23
6's comment was good, but yours was a tasty topping.
lorraineald | 7
Suddenly... I have a craving for pizza.
Try again. Put the ring in the pizza. Thats another romantic way to propose.
ohSNAPyall | 26
More like, PIZZA FOR ONE. >:|
ohhellllllllno | 3
If you know what I mean
By Inheritance | 10
Too many negative votes, comment buried. Show the comment
Very romantic not a good choice of a man though, the woman shouldn't proposed, it's not right. Sorry OP
DomDomxoxo | 16
Eum I'm sorry? Why shouldn't women propose?
I'm not saying they can't, I'm trying to say it looks better if the guy does.
awkward_gothlady | 32
Looks better to whom?
JennaNGood | 21
I agree with 8 - not that a woman shouldn't propose, but if you're in a committed relationship, a woman shouldn't HAVE to propose, if he's mature enough to decide he want s to get married, then he will propose
Hiimhaileypotter | 49
31- Just stop. It really doesn't matter who proposes as long as both people are on the same page with it - which, judging by this FML, I don't think OP and her boyfriend are.
Agreed Pleonasm
Pleonasm | 31
I'm not saying you're right, I'm saying either can and should propose and they shouldn't care what others think, and so arguing who should is pointless here. And I'm also saying that the human race can progress without both sides feeling obligated to propose and that a man categorically proposing has no real incident, so is not stopping human progression, but is however valued for equality. But it's not like women haven't already proposed, so this argument is going nowhere.
Idaho4177 | 4
It could be that the man is embarrassed that his girlfriend had to propose to him. He could have been thinking of when his friends asked how he proposed to her, he would have to say he wasn't man enough. Not saying I agree with that, just what could have been going through his mind.
RedPillSucks | 31
Or he didn't feel the urge to get married. After all, he's getting anal without having to put a ring on it.
Yes and I agree Pleonasm. I'm not saying that only men should propose, either or can I don't care. Just to me in my own opinion men are more obligated to proposing. Mostly because of outcomes like this.
clueless05 | 12
Women can propose! Good on you OP!
BabySparkle1 | 15
I used to believe that the man always had to propose. But if you're in a committed relationship and he isn't proposing, then there is no harm in the women proposing. It's about time things are done different, good for her but i'm sorry about the outcome.
By the_enigma1019 | 1
Was it a sudden thing? If you guys had been talking about this for a while, his reaction may have not come as a surprise, still, no one deserves to be in this situation, fyl op.
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I woke up this morning to find countless emails and IMs pouring into my accounts asking me about the IE 7 beta. Some developers are expressing relief at seeing some of the bug fixes and improvements, but of course as I've been expressing all along, this is a process with ...
By Molly E. Holzschlag | July 28th, 2005
- Meeting Microsoft
Since the announcement of the WaSP / Microsoft Corporation Task Force we've had two face to face meetings. The first was held in Portland, Oregon at WebVisions '05. WaSP members DL Byron and myself met with Microsoft's liaison to the Task Force, Brian Goldfarb. In this meeting, we brainstormed potential ...
By Molly E. Holzschlag | July 21st, 2005
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A few weeks ago, Apple announced that it was making WebKit, WebCore, and JavaScriptCore open source (and got contributions within the first few hours!). Correspondingly, Dave Hyatt's blog, Surfin' Safari, has now moved from here to here. What's cool is that the whole Safari dev team is joining in, so it's ...
By Dori Smith | June 30th, 2005
- Opera to Use acid2 Beyond the Desktop
Opera Software plans to use the acid2 test not only to improve implementation and correct bugs within the desktop browser, but then do so for its mobile browsers, too. Jon S. von Tetzchner, co-founder and CEO of Opera Software, writes: "When our rendering engine gets it right, you can expect to see ...
By Molly E. Holzschlag | June 18th, 2005
- iCab, Konqueror pass Acid2
In a dramatic upset, perennial Mac browser also-ran iCab has edged out Linux browsing heavyweight Konqueror for second place in the Acid2 stakes. Despite some recent controversy, Konqueror developers were able to use about half of Safari driver Dave Hyatt's Acid2 efforts to boostrap their own successful Acid2 campaign. Some great work ...
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In an effort to refocus energy on advocating for standards from a perspective of universal access and vendor neutrality, WaSP is handing over the reigns of the BrowseHappy campaign to the good folks at WordPress. The move comes after WaSP members examined past and present activities and decided that while the ...
By Molly E. Holzschlag | June 1st, 2005
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Yesterday Dave Hyatt posted news that Safari now passes the Acid2 test, making it the first browser to do so. Patches to enable Acid2 related support have been made available in Hyatt's announce post, linked above. Under the circumstances, I thought it would be unfair to simply announce the news, so I ...
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IE team member Chris Wilson has posted about a couple of new developments in IE7: support for alpha-transparent PNG images and fixing a few of the bizarre float-related rendering bugs in Trident, the rendering engine used in IE 4+ for Windows. It's a good start, and happily puts to rest persistent ...
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By Aaron Gustafson | March 1st, 2013
Thanks to the hard work of countless WaSP members and supporters (like you), Tim Berners-Lee's vision of the web as an open, accessible, and universal community is largely the reality.
When The Web Standards Project (WaSP) formed in 1998, the web was the battleground in an ever-escalating war between two browser makers—Netscape and Microsoft—who were each taking turns "advancing" HTML to the point of collapse. You see, in an effort to one-up each other, the two browsers introduced new elements and new ways of manipulating web documents; this escalated to the point where their respective 4.0 versions were largely incompatible.
Realizing that this fragmentation would inevitably drive up the cost of building websites and ran the risk of denying users access to content and services they needed, Glenn Davis, George Olsen, and Jeffrey Zeldman co-founded WaSP and rallied an amazing group of web designers and developers to help them push back. The WaSP's primary goal was getting browser makers to support the standards set forth by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
In 2001, with the browser wars largely over, WaSP began to shift its focus. While some members continued to work with browser vendors on improving their standards support, others began working closely with software makers like Macromedia to improve the quality of code being authored in tools such as Dreamweaver. And others began the hard slog of educating web designers and developers about the importance of using web standards, culminating in the creation of WaSP InterAct, a web curriculum framework which is now overseen by the W3C.
Thanks to the hard work of countless WaSP members and supporters (like you), Tim Berners-Lee's vision of the web as an open, accessible, and universal community is largely the reality. While there is still work to be done, the sting of the WaSP is no longer necessary. And so it is time for us to close down The Web Standards Project.
Many (if not all) of us are continuing to work in the world of web standards, but our work is now largely outside the umbrella of WaSP. If you are interested in continuing to work on web standards-related projects along with us, we humbly suggest you follow these projects:
- A List Apart – The magazine "for people who make websites" is run by WaSP founder Jeffrey Zeldman and is a consistent source of forward-thinking articles and tutorials.
- HTML5 Doctor – A solid resource and discussion forum on all things HTML5, brought to you by Bruce Lawson and his team.
- W3C Community Groups – If you have a passion for a specific web technology, you can help make it better by participating in one (or more) community groups. In particular, you might be interested in one of these: Core Mobile Web Platform, Responsive Images, Web Education, and Web Media Text Tracks.
- WebPlatform.org – A fantastic web standards resource, providing up-to-date documentation, Q&As, tutorials & more. Chris Mills, Doug Schepers, and a number of other standards advocates are involved in this project.
- Web Standards Sherpa – An educational resource founded by WaSP which continues to operate under the leadership of Chris Casciano, Virginia DeBolt, Aaron Gustafson, and Emily Lewis.
- Web Standards + Small Business – An outreach project started by WaSP that educates small businesses about why they should care about web standards. This project is overseen by Aaron Gustafson.
The job's not over, but instead of being the work of a small activist group, it's a job for tens of thousands of developers who care about ensuring that the web remains a free, open, interoperable, and accessible competitor to native apps and closed eco-systems. It's your job now, and we look forward to working with you, and wish you much success.
Nota bene: In the near future, we will be making a permanent, static archive of webstandards.org and some of our other resources like WaSP Interact to preserve them as a resource and to provide a record of our 15-year mission to improve the web.
Bruce Lawson and Steph Troeth contributed to this post.
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About the hotel
Property Location
A stay at Best Western Hotell Savoy places you in the heart of Lulea, walking distance from Kulturens Hus and Lulea Cathedral. This 4-star hotel is within the vicinity of Lulea University of Technology and Gammelstad Church.
Make yourself at home in one of the 76 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars and flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wired and wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming provides entertainment. Private bathrooms have complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and coffee/tea makers.
Relax and unwind with massages, body treatments, and facials. You're sure to appreciate the recreational amenities, which include 2 spa tubs, a nightclub, and a sauna. Additional features at this hotel include complimentary wireless Internet access and concierge services.
Enjoy a meal at the restaurant or snacks in the coffee shop/café. The hotel also offers room service (during limited hours). Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. A complimentary hot/cold buffet breakfast is served daily.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include complimentary wired Internet access, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Event facilities at this hotel consist of a conference center and meeting rooms. Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.
Hotel Facilities
- Elevator/lift
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Nightclub
- Free newspapers in lobby
- 24-hour front desk
- Bar/lounge
- Restaurant
- Laundry facilities
- Steam room
- Parking (limited spaces)
- Coffee shop or café
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Smoke-free property
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Number of spa tubs - 2
- Conference center
Room Facilities
- Private bathroom
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Cable TV service
- Air conditioning
- Hair dryer
- In-room safe
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
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- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
Hotel Policy
National Rating
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- Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
- The property allows pets in specific rooms only and has other pet restrictions (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section). Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Self parking fee: SEK 155 per day
- Pet fee: SEK 200 per accommodation, per night
- Rollaway bed fee: SEK 250 per night
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