Massive English Resource: July 2015

Street harassment video lawsuit: Actress Shoshana Roberts sues director, others.

Street harassment video lawsuit: Actress Shoshana Roberts sues director, others. Like us on Facebook for more great Slate stories! Star of Viral Catcalling Video Sues Director, YouTube, T.G.I. Friday's Shoshana Roberts in the Hollaback street harassment video. Actress Shoshana Roberts was reportedly catcalled some 100 times during the surreptitious filming of a YouTube video called " 10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman " that was posted last October and has since been viewed more than 40 million times. Now, TMZ reports , she's suing the director of the video, Google, YouTube (which is owned by Google), and T.G.I. Friday's (which made an ad video parody of the viral hit) for "using her likeness to promote their agenda." TMZ's writeup suggests though doesn't state explicitly that Roberts' concern is compensation rather than the political aims of the video, whose director Rob Bliss runs a viral marketing agency : Her attorney says Shoshana did not have a written agreement with Bliss.

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Amazon anxiety hangs over boom-and-bust Seattle | Metro

By Staff Adjust Text Size By Staff The Associated Press Share this Article Wikimedia Commons Seattle is one of America's fastest-growing cities, but a boom-and-bust history lends an air of anxiety to the most recent boom. Seattle, notorious for boom-and-bust cycles stretching back to the 19th century Alaska gold rush, is booming once again. Thickets of yellow cranes have crowded the skyline, where new glass-sided office buildings, hotels and apartment towers blot out views of the mountains and the Space Needle. Food trucks dot the streets and young software engineers with disposable income fill the bars. But the boom has brought handwringing, as residents fret over whether Seattle has become a traffic-snarled city for the rich with soaring rental rates, overly dependent on the company behind it all: Amazon. The online retail giant has brought tens of thousands of workers to its campus in the South Lake Union neighbourhood,

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Why Dating In SF Is Different Than Anywhere Else

More Stuff You Will Like All communication will happen over text When relationships do happen, they move quickly Your date will follow you on Twitter and Instagram immediately And might make comments like, "Awww, look at you and your 200 followers. That's so cute!" And might also never return your texts the next day. But still keep following you. So hey: two hundred and one followers. Continue Reading Proper dating etiquette is not a thing The dudes (usually) don't pay Chivalry is extra dead here It's not even just dead; it's been beheaded, burned, and sent out to the ocean on a raft. The guys in San Francisco, not ALL of them, but a LOT of them, don't open doors, walk on the proper side of the sidewalk, or stand up when the woman gets up from the table. But then again, why should they since the women in SF seemingly don't care? Everyone's looking for the next best thing Everyone flakes The person you're dating? They're going to move soon.

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