<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2218496619733640731</id><updated>2024-10-04T19:01:54.254-07:00</updated><category term="Women in Politics"/><title type='text'>Dancing With the Octopus</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octopusdoc.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2218496619733640731/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octopusdoc.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Mary Sanseverino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15734691190583515275</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhggGomq8F-VbHqEQ6V9dk1BcwJdqDwYOX_QNai114lZsGF4WkonrdDvSrR-g3oIcCIYeJjtpG5jqvnkpe3Kjnrzpj--rOUV9x3_RYbJWhEw7MpCLPs26_DDxMysLu9/s220/riding.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2218496619733640731.post-5210713468117377141</id><published>2010-04-14T18:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-14T18:37:27.061-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Women in Politics"/><title type='text'>Octo Tea Parties</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; 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font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;35 women having a great time being introduced to Dancing with the Octopus -- check out the images!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sandy with Jennifer S&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9li4ja3FHiGnetTditf7_-HQnH4RY2RebX4Cza32GaT09orM9aZPtajX5KQKtoGUKj6_sRBvOolB6-QyIwQBj4USxM1zOQr6B9MKfRZ8cPBkD2RhqRmzhhhoMpF97QEUlLnMBzcyS8jTd/s1600-h/17034_270141894753_270114844753_3068359_4006477_n.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 112px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9li4ja3FHiGnetTditf7_-HQnH4RY2RebX4Cza32GaT09orM9aZPtajX5KQKtoGUKj6_sRBvOolB6-QyIwQBj4USxM1zOQr6B9MKfRZ8cPBkD2RhqRmzhhhoMpF97QEUlLnMBzcyS8jTd/s200/17034_270141894753_270114844753_3068359_4006477_n.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435692478173586738&quot; 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border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Sandy giving her presentation.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octopusdoc.blogspot.com/feeds/6214935210630265665/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://octopusdoc.blogspot.com/2010/02/event-for-dancing-with-octopus-and.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2218496619733640731/posts/default/6214935210630265665'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2218496619733640731/posts/default/6214935210630265665'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octopusdoc.blogspot.com/2010/02/event-for-dancing-with-octopus-and.html' title='Event for Dancing with the Octopus and Canadian Womens Voters Congress.'/><author><name>Sandy Mayzell</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15905169240385964582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qa4MzykxsvE/S2e3-GVuDcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/anteIbqIxAA/S220/*+Sandy+Mayzell.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9li4ja3FHiGnetTditf7_-HQnH4RY2RebX4Cza32GaT09orM9aZPtajX5KQKtoGUKj6_sRBvOolB6-QyIwQBj4USxM1zOQr6B9MKfRZ8cPBkD2RhqRmzhhhoMpF97QEUlLnMBzcyS8jTd/s72-c/17034_270141894753_270114844753_3068359_4006477_n.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2218496619733640731.post-232778371482886960</id><published>2010-01-26T18:08:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-26T18:08:58.821-08:00</updated><title type='text'>What are the stats?</title><content type='html'>&lt;ul id=&quot;stats&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;Proportion of women in the human race = 50%&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Critical mass for adequate representation set by the UN = 33%&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Proportion of women in federal politics in Canada = 21%&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Canada&#39;s Ranking - 46th (just behind Mexico and Pakistan)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;Let&#39;s work to change this!!&amp;nbsp;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octopusdoc.blogspot.com/feeds/232778371482886960/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://octopusdoc.blogspot.com/2010/01/what-are-stats.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2218496619733640731/posts/default/232778371482886960'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2218496619733640731/posts/default/232778371482886960'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octopusdoc.blogspot.com/2010/01/what-are-stats.html' title='What are the stats?'/><author><name>Mary Sanseverino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15734691190583515275</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhggGomq8F-VbHqEQ6V9dk1BcwJdqDwYOX_QNai114lZsGF4WkonrdDvSrR-g3oIcCIYeJjtpG5jqvnkpe3Kjnrzpj--rOUV9x3_RYbJWhEw7MpCLPs26_DDxMysLu9/s220/riding.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>