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Virginia is still deciding which benefits they will include in their basic health insurance plans. Although the deadline is right around the corner Virginia was one of the states that challenged the healthcare law. The federal health law set 10 basic categories that must becovered by health plans, such as emergency services, prescription drugs andmaternity care. But within those categories, states have flexibility todetermine a basic level of covered services and costs. Virginia also must decide whether to establish its own insurance exchange, a key component of the health care law.


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Tower of Gold Book Review
Korie Beth Brown, Ph.D.
For an interesting and readable version of California's development from 1850-1920, one would do well to pick up Frances Dinkelspiel's Towers of Gold. This book tells the history of California through the actions and life of Isaias Hellman, Dinkelspiel's great-great-grandfather.
Hellman was one of a group of German Jews who left the old country looking for economic prospects and acceptance. Arriving in New York in 1859, Hellman was lured to California by the Gold Rush and the chance to make a new life on the Western Frontier. Like his co-religionist and countryman, Levi Strauss, Hellman made his fortune by beginning his working life in dry goods. Joining family in Los Angeles, Hellman worked in a relative's store before going into banking. He was instrumental in bringing the Southern Pacific Railroad through the city, allowing the isolated pueblo a chance to grow. He was also involved in several other key Los Angeles industries, including local transportation, water rights, wine, and oil drilling. By the time he and his family moved to San Francisco in thirty years later, he was connected to many of the key movers and shakers of the area, including Collis and Henry Huntington, John Downey, William Mulholland, and Edward Doheny.
In San Francisco, Hellman continued his economic grasp on the state of California through his banking work. He was responsible for the growth of the Nevada Bank, later the Nevada Wells Fargo Bank, and finally the Wells Fargo that continues to the present day. In addition, his work with other financiers was directly related to the development of the Bank of Italy, which later changed its name to Bank of America. The family lived through the devastating 1906 earthquake, moving temporarily to Oakland. Isaias and his wife also built a summer home in Lake Tahoe, which has since become D.L. Bliss State Park.
The story is told through Hellman's life, but the reader learns so much more about California history. Street and city names become attached to real people, real lives, and tragic events that shaped the history of the state. Beyond the banks, Hellman was directly or indirectly connected to such notable California institutions as the Huntington Library in Los Angeles County and Stag's Leap Winery in the Napa Valley. In addition, Hellman was part of a largely untold story – the development of a truly multicultural society in California. Anti-Semitism and race prejudice were rare in the state until the turn of the century; by necessity, people worked together to build an infrastructure that would allow everyone to prosper.
Be forewarned: this book is long (335 pages), and detailed. While it is written in an engaging style, it is a biography first and a story second. This means that there are areas where the reader can get bogged down; the book is aimed at history buffs rather than the general readership. Those who are Jewish will be fascinated with the development of Jewish culture within California; readers with different backgrounds may not be as enchanted with the level of detail in this area. Because it is a biography, there are chapters that move more slowly than others, and at times the plethora of information about specific individuals can be exhausting. Those who persevere and finish, however, will be richly rewarded by learning about several of California's key industries as well as about an individual who should be better known.
Disclaimer: I purchased my copy of this book from the Huntington Library Bookstore with my own funds. I do not know the author or any member of the Hellman/Dinkelspiel family. My Jewish family did not come to California until well after Hellman's death and had nothing to do with the events described herein.
Dinkelspiel, Frances. Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California. St Martin's Press, New York, New York. 2008. ISBN: 978-0-312-35527-2
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The aim of Validation is to determine the accuracy of a given mathematical model, i.e. to determine the difference between the physical reality and the solution of the mathematical model (δmodel). Validation refers to the mathematical model and not to the computer code and is performed for selected flow quantities of a given problem. Therefore, it is an ongoing activity that requires the definition of quantities of interest (Φ) a measurement of the physical reality (experiment) and a (numerical) solution of the mathematical model.
There are several methods proposed in the open literature to quantify δmodel. In this page we give a brief description of the procedure proposed by the V&V 20 ASME Standards Committee .
The modeling error of a quantity of interest δmodel(Φ) is expected to be contained in the interval E-Uval(Φ) ≤ δmodel(Φ) ≤ E+Uval(Φ) 95 out 100 times, where E is the comparison error and Uval(Φ) is the validation uncertainty. The comparison error is the difference between the experimental measurement Φdata and the numerical solution Φnum, E=Φdata-Φnum, whereas the validation uncertainty includes contributions from the experimental Udata(Φ) , numerical Unum(Φ) and input parameter uncertainties Uinput(Φ). The determination of Uinput(Φ) is typically obtained with Uncertainty Quantification (UQ) methods that are discussed in . For independent values of the three uncertainties, the validation uncertainty is obtained from Uval(Φ)=√[(Udata(Φ))2+(Unum(Φ))2+(Uinput(Φ))2].
It must be stated that this procedure does not lead to a pass/fail decision. The outcome of the Validation exercise is an interval that contains the modeling error. The analyst has to decide if the limits of the interval are acceptable or not depending on the intended use of the model. Furthermore, Uval(Φ) does not say anything about the model. However, it reflects the quality of the Validation exercise. As discussed in , Uval(Φ)<<E means that and so the modeling error δmodel≈E is accurately estimated. On the other hand, if Uval(Φ)>>E we have a modeling error range that is significantly larger than the comparison error and so the Validation exercise may be inconclusive. In such conditions, the procedure provides information to determine which sources of uncertainty should be reduced.


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Emmy Sakulrompochai
MSx Fellow, expected graduation 2023
Prior to joining Stanford GSB, MSx program, I was a vice president at JPMorgan Private Bank, leading the Thai business in Asia. I managed over $1bn of AUM for ultra high net-worth families, family officies and VC funds. Funds were invested across asset classes, globally
Hong Kong team representative, JPMorgan International Private Bank Digital Council, JPMorgan (2021)
1st Runner-up, JPMorgan Asset and Wealth Management Talent Program (AMTP) Competition, JPMorgan (2020)
Highest performance ratings (Exceed) among peers for two consecutive years, JPMorgan (2020)
IPB Rising star, nominated by the CEO of JPM International Private Bank, JPMorgan (2020)
Semi-Finalist, JPMorgan International Private Bank Originate Challenge (Sharktank competition), JPMorgan (2020)
1st Runner-up, JPMorgan Ted Talk for Associates, JPMorgan (2019)
1st Runner Up, HSBC Thailand Business Case Competition, HSBC (2014)
Best Academic Achievement Award (both individual and team level), Thammasat University (2014)
Champion, CIMA Global Business Challenge in partnership with Barclays, The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in partnership with Barclays (2014)
1st Runner-up, Maybank Go Ahead Challenge Business Case Competition, Maybank (2013)
1st Runner-up, Thammasat Undergraduate Business Challenge (The Challenger), Thammasat University (2013)
Second Place, Best Seminar Research Paper, Thammasat University (2013)
Thammasat University International Ambassador, Thammasat University (2013)
Elected as class president for, faculty of Economics, international program, Thammasat University (2010)
Online Certificate, Coursera, Wharton Online, Fintech: Foundations & Applications of FinTech Specialization (2022)
Bachelor of Economics, Thammasat University, Major in Monetary and Financial Economics and Minor in Finance, 1st Class Honors (2014)
Exchange, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Business and Economics, Dean's Honor List (2012)
High School Diploma, Central High School, Fortworth, Texas (2009)
Service, Volunteer and Community Work
Next Gen Group, JPMorgan (September 1, 2016 - December 31, 2021)
I often participated in panel discussions and mentoring program to guide junior bankers on their career while learning from senior bankers.
My ultimate goal is to create impact by helping and empowering people.
emmyskc@stanford.edu
University - Student Department:&nbspGraduate School of Business Position: Graduate, Business
Vice President, Private Bank, JPMorgan (November 1, 2018 - January 3, 2022)
- Managed over $1bn of multi-asset portfolios, invested across asset classes such as equities, fixed
income, structured & derivative products, hedge funds, VC and PE funds for UHNW clients, family offices,
and VC firms in Thailand and Philippines.
- Turnaround Thai business and grew revenue & AUM by fourfold, from $1.7m in 2018 to $6.6m in 2021
and $235m in 2017 to over $1bn in 2021, respectively.
- Led the team to develop and implement the first Thailand strategy and transformed the business
through new product launches, client educational campaigns, and cross business partnerships, resulted
in 100% revenue increase for the Thai business and $2bn business pipeline post-restructuring.
- Launched derivatives product, which contributed to the doubling of the Thai market revenue in
2019 ($3.4m) and is expected to contribute to 50% of the Thai business in 5 years (~$10m).
- Led an initiative in collaboration with the Bank of Thailand to educate clients on offshore
investment process and regulations, unlocking ~$100m of investment flows.
- Spearheaded IB & PB partnership, collaborating with CEO of JPMorgan Thailand and head of
Investment Banking, resulting in increased cross-business opportunities for the bank.
Relationship Manager, Securities Services, JPMorgan Chase Bank, Singapore (September 1, 2016 - October 31, 2018)
- Oversaw $20bn of asset under custody and advised asset owners/managers and central bank clients in
Thailand and the Philippines on Global Custody & Fund Services, Securities Lending, and Collateral
Management. Grew asset and revenue by more than 70% and 80%, respectively in 2017.
- Led the team to win$700m Global equity mandate from the largest money manager in Thailand.
- Oversaw pipeline and strategy planning for the SEA sales team and trained junior team members.
- Organized and moderated annual JPM Investor Services Forum for institutional money managers on the
application of blockchain, AI, and robotics on the Global Custody and payments platform.
Relationship Manager, Global Corporate Banking, JPMorgan Chase Bank, Thailand (January 1, 2016 - August 31, 2016)
Provided cash management, structured products, FX, and credit solutions to MNC companies.
Investment Banking Analyst, JPMorgan Securities Thailand (March 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015)
- ECM: Involved in preparation of deal proposals, including detailed analysis on equity positioning,
valuation, and due diligence process. Coordinated regional team and joint bookrunners in every stage
from company's restructuring to drafting of offering circulars, financial modelling, and marketing.
- Buy-side M&A: Negotiation of contracts (EL, SPA), due diligence, financial modelling, funding structure
analysis, and management presentations. Sell-side M&A: Preparation of teasers, seller/buyer business
plans & models, financial modelling, pre-marketing discussions with potential buyers
- Selected deals: $500m IPO of the largest consumer company in Thailand, $2.3bn acquisition of food
manufacturing company in the US by the largest consumer company in Thailand, and $500m sell down of
steel manufacturing company in the UK by the largest steel manufacturer in Thailand)
Equity Research Analyst, JPMorgan Securities Thailand (June 14, 2014 - February 28, 2015)
- Published deep-dive thematic research on Thailand's beverage industry and initiated research papers on
5 listed companies (>$2.5bn total mkt cap); recommendations generated 20-50% returns.
- Performed sector analysis on the digital TV liberalization in Thailand; published research papers on 4
listed companies (>US$1bn total mkt cap); recommendations generated 30-150% returns.
- Supported senior analyst on property and energy sectors. Published "Thailand Monthly Wrap", analyzing
latest political & economic situations, market developments, and key investment themes.


Steve Thomas' article for This Old House magazine takes a look at the different types of roofing materials available today and emphasizes the need to select roofing materials that strike the optimum balance between beauty and durability. "The most important trend to note, however, is that as with home-construction materials in general, there is an increasing move towards engineered roofing materials," he says. Among other things, Thomas highlights the benefits of wood shake or shingle roofing.
For looks, it is hard to beat a wood shingle roof. Over time it weathers out to a gray or soft silver that seems to root the house to the landscape. Several species are used: Western Red Cedar, Alaskan Yellow Cedar and Eastern White Cedar. Shingles are relatively smooth and cut to a uniform thickness, although they vary in width. Wood shakes are thicker and rougher, being split rather than sawn from the logs. Wood roofs are meant to breathe and should be laid over a substrate that allows air to circulate behind them: skip sheathing — wood strips or battens nailed directly to the roof rafters — is the traditional method of installing a wood shingle roof.
In areas where the risk of wildfire damage is rather low, cedar wood shingles can prove to be an irresistible option. Cedar wood resists rot quite well thanks to its natural oils, which act as preservatives. Interestingly, cedar resists termite infestation up to a certain extent. In any case, property owners would do well to hire professional roofers to install high-quality cedar shake roof, householders should remember to enlist skilled roofers to install the shingles.
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How Does the Magnus Effect Cause a Spinning Ball To Curve To the Side and Who Discovered the Phenomenon?
When a ball travels through the air its surface is covered by a thin coating of air that is dragged along with it. Beyond this lies undisturbed air.
Between the dragged air and undisturbed air lies a thin boundary layer. At the front of the ball, this layer moves slowly. But as it travels round the ball, it speeds up and exerts less pressure, as dictated by Bernoulli's law, which states that the faster a fluid flows, the less pressure it exerts.
At some point, the boundary layer separates from the ball's surface.
If the ball is smooth and not spinning, this happens at the same point all round the ball. But if the ball is spinning, the boundary layer separates asymmetrically, so the boundary layer covers a larger area on one side than on the other. The result is a larger region of low pressure on one side of the ball than the other, which pushes the ball to one side.
In a conventional swing, produced by the Magnus-Robins effect, the spin of the ball carries a very thin layer of air along with it.
This pushes the point of boundary-layer separation towards the back on the side of the ball where the spin is moving in the same direction as the surrounding airstream, and towards the front on the side that is moving against the air stream. The result is lower pressure on the side where the boundary layer has become extended, which causes the ball to swing in that direction.
That's why a clockwise spin causes the ball to move from left to right.
Another way of describing what happens is to say that the shift in the point of boundary-layer separation pushes the flow lines of the air round the ball, the ball's wake, to one side, so that the ball swerves to the other.
All this assumes that the flow in the boundary layer is laminar, with smooth tiers of air on top of each other.
In practice, part of the airflow may be turbulent, with air moving chaotically throughout the layer, and this is where reverse swing can occur. Experiments show that turbulent layers stick to the surface of the ball longer than laminar layers. So if the boundary layer is turbulent on one side and laminar on the other, the pressure will be lower on the turbulent side and the ball will swing to that side.
Under certain circumstances, turbulence can develop first on the side of the ball which is moving against the airstream, so that the boundary layer here separates later. The result is a reverse swing. Whether turbulence will develop depends on the type of ball, its speed, size and spin, so reverse swing is seen more commonly in some sports than others.
Sports such as cricket, which use balls with seams, give bowlers additional opportunities to produce both swing and reverse swing through turbulence.
Skilful players can bowl so that the ball spins with its stitched seam always facing at a particular angle to the oncoming air. The seam affects the airflow, making the boundary layer turbulent on only the seam side of the ball. The boundary layer thus separates later on this side of the ball and the result is a vicious swing.
Bowl fast enough and that swing can be made to reverse.
At the very high speeds produced by world-class bowlers, more than 130 kilometres per hour, the air moves so fast that the boundary layer becomes turbulent even before it reaches the seam of the ball. In this case the seam pushes the boundary layer away, encouraging it to separate from the ball earlier on the seam side. The ball then unexpectedly swerves in the opposite direction from usual. This is the notorious ten-bob swerver.
The effect can be produced by ordinary cricketers too, if their ball is scuffed, as a rough surface allows a turbulent boundary layer to develop more easily. Deliberate scuffing is, of course, against the rules.
The reverse swerve on a plastic football is due to boundary-layer separation.
On the side of the football where the relative velocity of the air and football is larger, the flow in the boundary layer becomes turbulent. On the other side it remains laminar. The laminar boundary layer separates from the ball's surface once the airstream is no longer pushing it onto the surface. By contrast, the turbulent boundary layer remains in contact with the surface farther round the ball.
This results in the wake behind the ball being deflected in the opposite direction to the rotation of the ball. And it produces a force towards the side of the ball that is moving in the opposite direction to the airstream, from right to left for a ball spinning clockwise.
Experiments show that the main factor governing the direction in which a ball swerves is the ratio of the rotational speed of its surface to the ball's translational speed. The reverse swerve occurs when this ratio is small (less than 0.4), while the Magnus effect occurs at higher ratios, which probably explains why the faster-spinning tennis ball swings in the opposite direction to the football.
The swerve of a spinning ball is commonly ascribed to the Magnus effect but, more than a century before Heinrich Magnus, Benjamin Robins studied spinning cannon balls and in 1742 he published a description of why, even on windless days, they swerved off course.
It is also perhaps worth remembering that Isaac Newton commented in 1672 on how the flight of a ball was affected by spin.
Why Does a Curve Ball Curve and How Does the Spin of a Baseball Cause It To Curve Sideways?
What Is Ball Lightning, What Causes Ball Lightning, and Where Does the Electrical Phenomenon Come From?
What Does "Putting English On It" When Spinning a Ball Mean and Where Did the Expression Come From?


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Q: Give examples of functions $f$ and $g$ so that: a. For every real number $c$, neither $f$ nor $g$ is continuous at $c$.
b. For every real number $c$, the sum $f + g$ is continuous at $c$.
c. For every real number $c$, the product $fg$ is continuous at $c$.
Hint: consider functions defined one way on rationals and another on irrationals.

A: Take $f=1_\mathbb Q$ (that is, $f(x)=1$ if $x$ is rational and $f(x)=0$ otherwise) and $g=1-f$. Then neither $f$ nor $g$ is continuous at any point but $f+g$ and $fg$ are very simple.

A: This isn't specific to the real numbers.  The domain, range, sum and product could be specified (almost) arbitrarily.
Let $S= f+g$ and $P=fg$.  These are continuous functions.  $f$ and $g$ are roots of a quadratic equation with continuous coefficients, $z^2 - Sz + P$.  There is a formula expressing the solution continuously in terms of $S$ and $P$, using one extraction of a square root.
The only possible source of discontinuity is in the selection of which sign of the square root is used to define $f$ and which one for $g$.   To attain discontinuity everywhere, one needs to have $S^2 \neq 4P$ everywhere (so that $f,g$ are always distinct) and for the set where the plus sign is used for determining $f$ to be dense with dense complement.  Hence, a splitting of the domain into two dense sets (such as rational and irrational) is not an artificial feature of the answer posted earlier, it is necessary and sufficient for the solution.

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ELSE AND BJØRN ULLMANN
Bjørn's maternal grandfather, Aisik Grusd, emigrated from Lithuania to Norway in 1905. He arrived alone, without his family, in order to see if he could make a living in Kristiania. The rest of the family joined him eventually.
His wife, Ida (1894- 1962), came around 1910. Isak Ullmann, an orphan and a friend of Ida's brother Aron, came about the same time. They had all decided that emigration was the only way to escape the increasing intolerance and oppression in the Baltic.
The original plan may have been to continue to the United States, but Ida's father watched a parade on the Norwegian Independence Day on May 17th. He was so impressed with the sense of freedom in Norway that he decided to stay. They made their home in Kristiania.
Ida Grusd and Isak Ullmann became friends and later married in 1914. Isak worked as an assistant in a clothing store, but he had greater ambitions, which were not limited to Kristiania.
The newly wed looked around and decided to take their chances in Moss, a vibrant, industrial town some 50 km south of the capital of Norway. In 1916 they established a clothing store, Moss Varehus.
Business as it turned out, was good. The Ullmann's became respected members of the community, and the firm prospered.
As the business grew, so did the Ullmann family who settled in Vårli. Isak and Ida had seven children: Paul, Rubin, Sonja, Alf, Rosa, Bjørn and Astri. They filled their large home in Vårli with the usual mixture of tears, laughter, friends and guests.
Ida, who was the family's focal point, ruled the roost. With her hospitality, her friendly and generous nature, she was able to combine the time-consuming tasks of rearing seven children and take active part in running the family business, Moss Varehus.
Her loyal housekeeper Elin was an indispensable help and confidant. Elin had come to the family when Bjørn was born and remained with them for many years, sharing their troubles and plans, until mother and children had to leave the country.
This almost ideal image of a happy, healthy, and successful family was shredded after the Germans invaded Norway on April 9, 1940.
The Ullmann's second son, Rubin, took part in the brief, and futile, battles to hold the enemy at bay. He and many of his companions were later interned in Sweden for a while, but soon returned to Norway.
In Moss the occupation began to make itself felt, especially for the Jewish inhabitants. On May 17th – Norway's Constitution Day – the Fredrikstad Gestapo ordered that a notice be hung in the window of Moss Varehus: "This store is owned by Jews."
A local professed anti-Semite, who later became the Nazi-installed mayor, tore the sign down – Jews were one thing, but the Ullmann's were his neighbors – he respected them. The office of Jo Benkow's brother, Harry, was similarly 'decorated' with a large yellow poster bearing a Star of David and the words "Jewish Dentist" – in both Norwegian and German.1
Other indications of change began to appear: The police was ordered to collect radios from all Jewish homes in Oslo and Trondheim.
Jewish organizations had to submit lists of all members to the police. The Jewish Aid Society in Oslo had to submit a list of all Jewish refugees in Norway to whom they had given assistance, and, finally, the list of Jewish businesses – which the Nazis had been collecting clandestinely for several years – was checked and brought up to date.
Not all these actions were immediately apparent to the Ullmann family, nor, indeed, to the population in general. Ida and Isak's eldest daughter Sonja, who was engaged to a Swedish dentist, got permission to leave Norway to be married in Sweden.
One of Ida and Isak's sons, Rubin, continued his studies in medicine at the University of Oslo upon his return from Sweden. He soon became very active in the Resistance movement. The family had been proud of Rubin's participation in the April 1940 campaigns but, of course, knew nothing of his highly dangerous activities in Oslo.
In the early phase of the Resistance movement, it was mostly an enthusiastic, amateurish enterprise. The well-trained and ruthless German Gestapo had little difficulty in infiltrating various groups and arresting key members.
Rubin was arrested in November, 1941. At the time of Rubin's arrest, his brother Alf was attending a high school near Moss. Fearing that he, too, would be arrested, Alf managed to flee across the border to Sweden.
Alf's flight and Rubin's Resistance work triggered another Gestapo reaction: In December Rubin's father and oldest brother, Paul were arrested and were held hostages. They were imprisoned at the local jail in Moss.
Bjørn, who was the youngest son, was now in charge of daily visits to the prison and would bring extra food and other supplies to his father and brothers. His visits were only made possible because of a 'Jøssing' (anti-Nazi) guard. Sometimes, when the prisoners were outside, in the courtyard, this friendly guard left a gate open and Bjørn was able to slip in so that he could be with his father and brothers.
The loving wife and mother Ida Ullmann had no such contact with her family. It is therefore difficult to imagine how she coped with the sole responsibility of caring for three small children, the uncertainty surrounding her fractured family and the fear of the future. The only redeeming feature in her desperate situation was the friendliness and support she had in so many of her neighbors in Moss.
The worst was yet to come. In March 1942, came the news that the Ullmann prisoners were to be transferred to Grini, the German 'concentration camp' near Oslo. The people of Moss gathered in support and sympathy at the railway station. Civilian guards gave them permission to give chocolate and other small gifts to the prisoners before they boarded the train.
Rubin kissed his younger brother Bjørn farewell on the cheek– something he had never done before. As it turned out, Bjørn would never see his brothers, nor his father again.
His mother and sister traveled to Oslo on the train with the prisoners and there, they too, said their final farewell.
Two months later, Isak, Paul and Rubin Ullmann were transported from Grini to Sachsenhausen. The simple words 'transported from Grini to Sachsenhausen' would normally have a simple meaning. But today the words automatically convey horror. The transportation itself, was just a prelude to the concentration camps and their paramount examples of man's inhumanity to man. We can only hope that the families and friends of those innocent travelers did not know – and could not guess – the nature of their journey.
Ida Ullmann, in any event, bore her misfortunes stoically until one autumn day in 1942, when a Gestapo officer came to her house and told her that Rubin had 'died' of an 'illness' in Sachsenhausen. This was too much for Ida. In Bjørn's words she was "beside herself". So intense was her reaction, that Astri, concerned on her mother's behalf, who became hysterical, ran out of the house to stay with a girlfriend. By a stroke of luck, as it turned out, this girlfriend was ill with mumps, a highly infectious disease. She infected Astri who, on her return home, infected Bjørn and Rosa.
Throughout eastern and southern Norway, the Nazis were arresting Jews prior to the mass deportation on November 26, 1942. But now, for once, fate was favorable to Ida Ullmann. The Nazi members of the 'master race' were notoriously afraid of contagious diseases.
On the recommendation of a local doctor, the Ullmann household was isolated for 14 days. Their arrest was postponed, but Ida knew the Gestapo would be back as soon as the infection was gone.
The pressure must have been enormous, her children were sick, her fear of arrest, deportation and certain death, daily reporting to the Gestapo Head Quarter, and the latest blow – Nazi expropriation of Moss Varehus. Lesser mortals would have given up, but not Ida! She had to do something.
Ida realized that the only solution was to follow in the footsteps of the many Jews who had fled to Sweden. She had connections with many prominent people in Moss. However, the Chief Fireman refused to drive them to Sweden in an ambulance. Neither would Hans S. Jacobsen, the NS man who had torn down the sign in the store, help her.
It was a courageous, lonely woman who herself stood before the Head of the Gestapo and pleaded for assistance. Impressed and surprised by the brave woman, he said that nothing could be done, but he allowed her to leave his office, despite the fact that he should have arrested her on the spot. She returned home, hope now almost abandoned.
A few evenings later, at the end of the month of November, 1942, the doorbell rang on Ida's door. She answered and was facing a man who said he had come to help her. He confirmed his story by giving details of how he had helped Ida's mother and sister escape to Sweden from Oslo.
The man, Peter Gabrielsen was a member of the resistance movement, Milorg. Peter returned the next day with train tickets to Oslo and a single plan: He would accompany them on the train, they should be dressed as inconspicuously as possible, he would sit far away from them, and if either he or they were questioned, they wouldn't recognize or acknowledge the other. They arrived in Oslo without incident.
In Oslo, after two weeks 'under cover' at Gabrielsen's apartment, together with several other Jewish 'refugees', the actual escape began. About 20 men, women, and children were packed in the back of a truck, covered with a tarpaulin. The truck was authorized to carry freight to the border zone and they were told not to move and remain quiet.
After an uneventful couple of hours the truck stopped and the passengers were told that they would have to walk the rest of the way – this time without a guide. The only thing they knew was that they were 'near the city of Kongsvinger'
Even in the best of circumstances – in spring, autumn and summer – walking in the deep forest at the border crossing, is not entirely easy. In the middle of winter, fighting freezing wind and deep snow, encouraging three young children, one with a fever and a cough – it was a formidable task.
Ida began to lose hope after 10 hours of walk. They had separated from the main group who would be crossing the border and must have been going around in circles. Suddenly she saw a light in a small farm. She told Bjørn to go and ask for a glass of water and to confirm directions to Sweden.
Bjørn returned and said the man had not been very pleasant, but had confirmed that they were still on the Norwegian side. Ida was determined to get more information and marched up to the house. The man remained truculent, but pointed out the direction towards Sweden and warned that they had to pass through a minefield. At this stage, even a minefield did not deter them, they crossed safely. Shortly afterwards they met up with the other refugees who shouted, "Welcome to Sweden – now we are safe."
During the two and a half years in Sweden, Ida Ullmann and her three children lived in Malmø – where Bjørn's sister, Sonja, lived.
Ida Ullmann never lost hope that her husband and son would return. In the days after the capitulation, several ships carrying returning Norwegian prisoners, came to the port of Malmø. On these occasions, Bjørn hurried down to the port and ran ceaselessly up and down the dock asking if anyone had been in contact with Isak and Paul Ullmann. Nobody had. The truth had to be faced. They would never come home. They had been murdered in October, 1942 at the concentration camp in Lublin.
Even this was not the end of the tragedy for Ida Ullmann and her decimated family. The destiny of her son Alf was a deep tragedy. At the time of his flight to Sweden, he was only 17 years old - a tall, handsome boy who was active in the Boy Scouts. After the war, he was unable to cope with the burden of thinking that he had caused the arrest of his father and his brother Paul. His mind became totally darkened by imagined guilt and thoughts of self-destruction. He died shortly after the war.
Epiglogue:
I have known Bjørn and Else Ullmann for almost as long as I have lived in Norway. My wife Else has known Else Ullmann since they were both six years old. At our many meetings through the years, neither Bjørn nor Else spoke about their experiences during the war. We knew that these experiences had been dramatic, to say the least. We understood that it was almost impossible for Bjørn to talk about them – even when asked directly. However, in May 2010, we were together at a party and for the first time Bjørn, unprompted, spoke of his memories.
Else and Geoff Ward
With gratitude to Else and Geoff Ward for permission to publish the story.
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watch/listen: the cranberries' new music video "tomorrow"
The Cranberries have jumped on the bandwagon of helping us try to bring back all-things-90s. Here's there brand new song "Tomorrow."
At first listen, it's certainly nothing like their classics, but her voice has not changed a bit, so it's absolutely enjoyable and soothing.
Do you think that maybe we aren't used to sounds like this so that's why when they come back they're "not as good," or are they really a let-down?


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Maddow: Democratic women will REVOLT over Stupak-Pitts if it is not removed in Conference
By MinistryOfTruth
Crossposted at Daily Kos
On Meet The Press today, Rachel Maddow made a point that should NOT be overlooked by Democrats in the House and Senate who wish to remian in their elected offices in 2010 and beyond, and that is the fact that if the Stupak-Pitts C Street anti abortion amendment in the House version of Health Care Reform is NOT removed if/when the bill goes to Conference to be merged with the Senate bill, there will be MASSIVE blowback for the Democratic party from it's female base.
H/t to DKos user Scarce for the video
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2010, Democrats, elections, health care reform, Rachel Maddow, rights, Stupak-Pitts, women
Looking to women as agents of peace.
By rb137 in Action, War
Today we live in a world where the overwhelming majority of war casualties are civilian, and the majority of those are women and children. Women are typically the most marginalized people in a war-torn country, and when these countries sanction violence against women, we tend to look away and dismiss it as cultural. We throw our hands in the air because we think there is nothing we can do. We need look no further than to the Taliban.
But women are also the people who hold their families and communities together in times of war. To a large degree, they are the ones who create stability and rebuild — and they are left to care for the survivors.
Empowering the women in war torn countries is powerful way to create stability and peace.
EcoJustice, microcredit, Peace, women
Karzai legalizes rape, sells out Afghan Shia women for votes
By Magnifico
Human Rights Watch has discovered that Afghan President Hamid Karzai has allowed a regressive law to come into force that strips away women's rights that are enshrined in Afghanistan's constitution in order to win votes.
The law gives a husband the right to withdraw basic maintenance from his wife, including food, if she refuses to obey his sexual demands. It grants guardianship of children exclusively to their fathers and grandfathers. It requires women to get permission from their husbands to work. It also effectively allows a rapist to avoid prosecution by paying "blood money" to a girl who was injured when he raped her.
The law was written in secret by a hard-line Shia cleric and backed by conservative Shia members of the Afghan parliament in March. When the law was made public in April, there was a loud international outcry of protest. President Obama said the law was "abhorrent" and made U.S. objections known to the Afghan government.
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To the daughters of this community and America, my deepest apologies
I think of my mother and my sister, and the mothers and sisters of others, and I hang my head in shame.
I apologize for speaking without knowing what it is like to be the other person. I apologize for the assumption that I may speak in judgement of others without pity. The uniqueness that seperates men from women is a divine one, yet seperate us it does. It blinds us, casting our differences first, and making us judge one another as men and women, and not humans first. We are all brothers and sisters. We are all as one. I presumed to think that I am better than another. I was wrong, and am ashamed.
I would like to offer my sincere and heartfelt apology to the daughters of this community and America and the world on behalf of my own words and deeds, and that of my fellow brothers. I hope you can forgive me.
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Male Template Expired: No More Extensions (Bailouts)
By cutbankid in Politics
Imagine a United Nations body responsible for the recall of faulty human systems. Surely they would recall the "male template." Its 10,000 year warranty has expired. Further extensions or bailouts will only exacerbate a doomed strategy.
Its faulty wiring system has resulted in a deranged habituation to violence and war since the beginnings of "civilization" and history. As to the previous hunter-gatherer period, when women had a voice in decision-making, we are in the dark. I wonder who turned out the lights
civilization, male failure, sexual identity, women
Sex, Lies and John McCain
By grannyhelen
CNN's explosive interview with John McCain last night, where he talks about his first marriage:
Okay, fine, grannyhelen. You got me. Put "sex" in the title and have McCain squirm on CNN while trying to defend cheating on a sick woman who faithfully waited for him the entire time he was in Vietnam, and I'll take a peek.
But what does this have to do with policy?
Follow me, young grasshopper…
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John McCain's Sex (and Woman) Problem-Part II
By grannyhelen in Health Care
First, let's all take a page from the Maverick…sometimes you just have to laugh (in this case, to help from crying):
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Splinters and Splatters
Linda Hirshman, not everybody's favorite feminist made an interesting and provocative state during an on line interview about the Democratic party in general and by inference, progressive men. The on line conversation talked essentially about the future and challenges of "feminism."
As my young friend Jill Filipovic put it in her interview, the progressive white men who run the Democratic Party do not have to pay attention to women, because they know we always will come back to them. And we lower our value even further by adopting their causes — civil rights, the environment, etc. — as our own, whole cloth, without any trade off.
Oddly enough, I both agree and disagree with her. She welcomes ire and controversy and has established a career out of it.
I disagree that issues like civil rights and the environment are "their" issues, clearly they belong to all of us. But I do wonder about the first part of her statement.
Is that accurate? Nobody in this campaign has mentioned for example that affordable day care for families who have two working parents is rarely discussed. For good reason. Mention the words "daycare" in this country and critics on the left and the right will jump in with a haughty opinion about "who should be raising children". Mention the pay gap that exists and pundits will blah blah on about how women leave the work force to have children and that explains it quite nicely than you. HRC is being touted as "proof" that the ceiling has cracks in it and several self described feminists have actively supported Barack Obama.
In many ways there is not an actual feminist movement in this country in the same way that a progressive movement does not actually exist. The feminist movement has largely been castigated as a group of middle class white women who have not been attuned to issues of class or race or particularly respectful to women who actively chose more traditional roles. Feminism has been blamed for making women unhappy and alienating men in much the same way that people who discuss class have been accused of fueling "class hatred and resentment."
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By jimstaro in Iraq
Yesterday, March 8th, was International Women's Day.
To often when reporting on War the women involved, from those living in the invaded conflict countries to those who are serving in greater numbers and rolls, combat included, are not mentioned enough.
Nor is it brought up enough of the effects of Conflicts on these women involved.
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Women of Afghanistan
By pfiore8 in Politics
I have no understanding of what it is to live like this:::
The belt made a thump when Rasheed dropped it to the ground and came for her. Some jobs, that thump said, were meant to be done with bare hands.
Magnifico asked why Afghanistan as an issue has sunk away faster than an essay on the dKos diary list… he asks this, as I have been thinking about this country and its people, after reading A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini.
Hosseini is, for me, pretty straightforward in his writing. Nothing grand or blazing. Yet, it is shatteringly honest writing. It gathers as you read it. Slow. Until there is this little thing vibrating inside you. Not anger. fear. hate. It's that wide-awake connection with one's own free will.
I wonder. If the fight isn't just as elemental as safeguarding our free will and therein our innate desire for freedom.
The women of Afghanistan are all of us. The atrocities they suffer belong to all of us. They tell us, scream at us that these things have mutilated earthlings through the ages. None of us are exempt from such horrors.
I don't know how to help Afghan women wholesale. I humbly take the lesson they give, despite the horrors they endure. Their freedom of will, of thought. The dignity of these women, as captured so well in A Thousand Splendid Suns, is loud, vibrant, inspirational.
The women of Afghanistan fight for all of us. In every act of defiance in deed or thought, they taunt brutes and bullies with dignity and will. One more sentinel is revealed… these beautiful souls, guardians of freedoms unseen.
So here you go, Magnifico. Captain America was sent to save this country, but something funny happened on the way to Kabul. These nameless victims, who are called mother, wife, sister, friend… these women … may very well show us the way to salvation…
Afghanistan, Terror, women
Pretty Bird Woman House Update: It's a GO!
Cross-posted on the Daily Kos under betson08
First of all, I want to express my deepest gratitude to all the Kossacks and other members of the netroots community for your commitment to the survival of the Pretty Bird Woman House. Helping this shelter has been one of the most gratifying things I've ever done, and some of that has to do with the outpouring of caring and compassion that I witnessed while I was doing this project.
This morning I received an email informing me that the McLaughlin City Council had unanimously approved the shelter's petition to operate in the house it wants to purchase. This was a wonderful accomplishment given some initial misgivings that some of the City Council Members had expressed.
A complete update on that and the fundraiser is below the fold.
American Indian, City of McLaughlin, domestic violence, Georgia Little Shield, Native American, pretty bird woman house, Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, women


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Date: 01/22/2016 6:15 PM Title: Is There In Truth No Beauty?
Just wondered reading this review whether we are right to assume that kollos is male. maybe Miranda is pissed of with the menfolk and pro kollos because kollos is female.
Good excuse to watch and see if male pronouns are actually mentioned?
Date: 11/07/2011 11:33 PM Title: Is There In Truth No Beauty?
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2016 DNC Puts Big Crack in Glass Ceiling
Kelly Bergh July 27, 2016
The Democratic National Convention is well underway in Philadelphia and has brought a mix of the brightest and brashest to the forefront of American politics. With the party gathered, it has set the stage for Hillary Clinton to begin campaigning as the party's official nominee for President of the United States.
In the midst of protests representing a sharp divide among Democrats—namely the vocal supporters of once-hopeful candidate Bernie Sanders—Clinton has made history, securing the position as first woman to be chosen by a major party to run for the position. Tuesday night's events kicked off with a pro-feminist introduction by actress Meryl Streep, and performance by singer/songwriter Alicia Keys, after which Clinton appeared via satellite. She cheered alongside her supporters and decreed that Democrats "just put the biggest crack in that glass ceiling."
Prior to her appearance, Clinton's husband, President Bill Clinton, exalted her in his address, outlining the raw passion for good that has driven Clinton for decades. "In my experience, it's a pretty good idea to follow her advice," he said. The former president chronicled his wife's history as a family woman and as a relentless force in politics, evidenced by her progressive record.
President Clinton's speech might have taken an unusual tack, but its mission was clear: to portray Hillary Clinton as a real woman. Using his trademark simple language, his speech was interwoven with poignant details of their family lives. The unusually intimate and romantic angle allowed President Clinton to portray his wife as a relatable American with true "change maker" qualities. "A real change maker represents a real threat," he said, defending the potential of the former First Lady to apply herself as wholly to the presidency as she has to other positions in politics and personal life.
The anecdotal approach allowed President Clinton to traverse his family's life outside the White House. President Clinton's lengthy address to the crowd, whose sea of signs reading "America" and "Change Maker," included a subtle-but-not-unheard declare that "Hillary will make us stronger together."
His words echoed that of Michelle Obama's address the previous night, in which the First Lady emphasized the importance of family and children as the country enters into a modern, aggressive future. Using personal pronouns "I" and "our," she discussed generational impact on violence, bigotry, and international relations more than party-specific impact. Ultimately, she endorsed Clinton as the best woman for the job, one that requires being "steady and measured and well-informed." The First Lady added, quite simply, "I'm with her."
Yesterday's formal nomination set the former Senator and Secretary of State up to campaign on behalf of the Democratic party, which is seeking to placate the angered supporters of Sanders. Unwilling to cede their ideals in favor of Clinton's, the protestors have been crowding Independence Mall, City Hall and in front of the Wells Fargo Center. Their actions have called for celebrities, such as comedienne Sarah Silverman, an ardent supporter of Sanders, to request protestors calm their rowdiness and back the party's choice.
Adding to the growing frustration within the party is DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who, along with her team, has been allegedly skewing the Democrats' stance. Over the weekend, hackers shared on Wikileaks a slew of emails revealing an effort by Wasserman Schultz and several of her colleagues to undermine Sanders' campaign. While it is unclear who the hackers are—some on Clinton's staff have suggested it was a Russian group hoping to support Republican nominee Donald J. Trump—it has forced an early exit for Wasserman Schultz, who was originally set to leave her position come January.
Clinton's nomination, however significant, comes on shaky ground, within a divided party. Still, she has a strong legion of supporters hoping to propel her all the way through the glass ceiling, not just cracking it, but shattering it. The coming days will include speeches—and likely an endorsement—from President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and Clinton's VP-elect Tim Kaine.
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Supply chain management is one of the oldest aspects of human commerce. It has been around for as long as we can look back in history, and yet, we still have a very limited understanding of what strategic supply chain management entails or constitutes. A strategic approach to supply chain management necessarily needs to consider wider corporate strategic objectives and initiatives, while it has to contribute to the achievement of these goals as all other managerial functions do. We further differentiate between strategic supply chain management, when the supply chain function provides unique competitive advantage and supply chain strategy, when it takes on a supporting role to corporate strategy. The authors develop a case for strategic supply chain management based on edge computing applications through IoT sensors such as GPS or RFID to illustrate that supply chain practitioners need to fundamentally rethink the way current supply chain systems process data and information and also that the approach to collaboration between supply chain partners changes drastically.
Supply chains are as old as commerce itself, they have been enablers for geopolitical shifts and have played a major role in the outcome of virtually every military conflict throughout history. The earliest known supply chains date as far back as human writing itself and we understand today that some of the earliest human records were inventories and trade documents. Yet, supply chain management itself is a fairly new academic field and one that is still evolving rapidly in places. In its simplest form, supply chain management is the movement of material from one point to another and all that it entails. Obviously, this is a very simplistic view in light of our reality today. Large global corporations are moving billions of dollars in material value at any given point in time. These "material chains" are immensely complex, they can be subject to the laws and regulations in more than 200 countries and territories while they are heavily influenced by many different factors ranging from freight consolidation to timing of hundreds of concurrent shipments along with their delivery requirements and third-party transportation schedules to name just a few.
For our purpose, we broadly refer to supply chain management as the business processes related to the planning and fulfillment of market demand. Implicitly included in this definition is the procurement of materials, transport and storage of spare parts and movement of materials into manufacturing to create products and services. These include a range of core activities such as demand planning, procurement, warehouse and inventory management as well as transportation and distribution. Supply chain strategy is a central element of these core activities as we will show later in this chapter. Adjacent to supply chain management, manufacturing, design, packaging and marketing all have strong influences on the execution supply chain processes. Obviously, so do supporting activities such as business process, performance management and technology capabilities. Figure 1 below illustrates this set of adjacent, core and supporting activities.
The inclusion of supply chain strategy above is not yet common in literature or practice. In fact, it was virtually unheard of just a decade ago and one would have been hard pressed to find a dedicated textbook on the subject at the time. Yet, every managerial activity requires strategic planning and supply chain executives across all industries are hardly an exception to this rule. Before we define supply chain strategy, it is necessary to discuss the concept of strategic management and its foundations in detail.
The concept of strategic management or corporate strategy has fallen out of favor in recent years. Many executives today claim that the world and certainly their industries are changing too fast for long-term planning. Most notably, Meg Whitman, then CEO of eBay, once proclaimed to a journalist that "my Monday morning meeting is my strategy." Ironically, Whitman previously served as VP of Strategy at Disney where it was her job to do much more than hold a weekly meeting. Yet, we have to ask ourselves whether there is merit in the assertion that strategy is obsolete. Oftentimes managers confuse the fast pace of technological innovation and changes in operational capabilities with the long-term competitive positioning of the organization. As we will see a little further down in this chapter, changes in efficiency are not sufficient to establish a unique and defensible position in an industry. This misunderstanding can be a costly mistake as many high-flying companies found out during the dot-com bubble.
Strategy: Is the competitive positioning of a company or product in a given market. In its essence strategy means choosing to perform the same activities differently or different activities from rival firms.
Supply Chain Management: Is all activities that are related to the planning and fulfillment of demand.
Strategy Framework: Strategy drives the definition of processes, which in turn rely on technologies for their flawless execution.
Bullwhip Effect: A situation in which ineffective network effects occur because each successive node in the supply chain orders more supplies than the previous one based on wrong assumptions, a lack of communication and flawed planning processes.
Activities: Are single tasks or chains of tasks that form business processes and that allow a firm to differentiate itself in the market place.


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The first season of Saturday Night Live (then known as NBC's Saturday Night to avoid confusion with the similarly named variety show hosted by Howard Cosell), an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC from October 11, 1975, to July 31, 1976. The show served as a vehicle that launched to stardom the careers of a number of major comedians and actors, including Chevy Chase, John Belushi, and Dan Aykroyd.

History
In 1974, NBC Tonight Show host Johnny Carson asked that the weekend broadcasts of "Best of Carson" (officially known as The Weekend Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson) come to an end (The Tonight Show was a 90-minute program at the time), so he could take two weeknights off; NBC would thus air those repeats on those nights rather than feed them to affiliates for broadcast on either Saturdays or Sundays. Given Johnny Carson's undisputed status as the king of late-night television, NBC heard his request as an ultimatum, fearing he might use the issue as grounds to defect to either ABC or CBS. To fill the gap, the network drew up some ideas and brought in Dick Ebersol – a protégé of legendary ABC Sports president Roone Arledge – to develop a 90-minute late-night variety show. Dick Ebersol's first order of business was hiring a young Canadian producer named Lorne Michaels to be the show-runner.

Television production in New York was already in decline in the mid-1970s (The Tonight Show had departed for Los Angeles two years prior), so NBC decided to base the show at their studios in Rockefeller Center to offset the overhead of maintaining those facilities. Lorne Michaels was given Studio 8H, a converted radio studio that prior to that point was most famous for having hosted Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra from 1937 to 1951, but was being used largely for network election coverage by the mid-1970s.

When the first show aired on October 11, 1975, with George Carlin as its host, it was called NBC's Saturday Night because ABC featured a program at the same time titled Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell. After ABC cancelled the Cosell program in 1976, the NBC program changed its name to Saturday Night Live, starting with the 17th episode of the second seasonthe episode hosted by Jack Burns on March 26, 1977 (and subsequently picked up Bill Murray from Cosell's show in 1977, as well). Every night, Don Pardo introduced the cast, a job he would hold for 39 years until his death in 2014.

The original concept was for a comedy-variety show featuring young comedians, live musical performances, short films by Albert Brooks and segments by Jim Henson featuring atypically adult and abstract characters from The Muppets world. Rather than have one permanent host, Lorne Michaels elected to have a different guest host each week. The first episode featured two musical guests (Billy Preston and Janis Ian), and the second episode, hosted by Paul Simon on October 18, was almost entirely a musical variety show with various acts. The Not Ready for Prime Time Players did not appear in this episode at all, other than as the bees with Paul Simon telling them they were cancelled, and Chevy Chase in the opening and in "Weekend Update". Over the course of Season 1, sketch comedy would begin to dominate the show and SNL would more closely resemble its current format.

Andy Kaufman made several appearances over the season, while The Muppets' Land of Gorch bits were essentially cancelled after episode 10, although the associated Muppet characters still made sporadic appearances after that. After one final appearance at the start of season two, the Muppet characters were permanently dropped from SNL.

During the season, Lorne Michaels appeared on-camera twice, on April 24 and May 22, to make an offer to The Beatles to reunite on the show. In the first appearance, he offered a certified check of $3,000. In the second appearance, he increased his offer to $3,200 and free hotel accommodations. John Lennon and Paul McCartney later both admitted they had been watching SNL from Lennon's apartment on May8 (the episode after Lorne Michaels' first offer) and briefly toyed with actually going down to the studio, but decided to stay in the apartment because they were too tired.

Cast

Changes and notes
The first cast member hired was Gilda Radner. The rest of the cast included fellow Second City alumni Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, as well as National Lampoon "Lemmings" alumnus Chevy Chase (whose trademark became his usual falls and opening spiel that cued the show's opening) who was chosen as anchor for Weekend Update, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris, and Groundlings alumnus Laraine Newman. The original head writer was Michael O'Donoghue, a writer at National Lampoon who had worked alongside several cast members while directing The National Lampoon Radio Hour. The original theme music was written by future Academy Award–winning composer Howard Shore, who – along with his band (occasionally billed as the "All Nurse Band" or "Band of Angels") – was the original band leader on the show. Paul Shaffer, who would go on to lead David Letterman's band on Late Night and then The Late Show, was also band leader in the early years.

Much of the talent pool involved in the inaugural season was recruited from the National Lampoon Radio Hour, a nationally syndicated comedy series that often satirized current events.

This would be the only season for George Coe and Michael O'Donoghue as official cast members. While George Coe was billed only in the premiere, he was seen in various small roles through the season before leaving the show altogether. Michael O'Donoghue was credited through the (first) Candice Bergen episode and would continue to work for the show as a writer, as well as an occasionally featured performer (particularly as "Mr. Mike"), through season 5.

Cast roster
The Not Ready for Prime Time Players
Dan Aykroyd
John Belushi
Chevy Chase
George Coe (only episode: October 11, 1975)
Jane Curtin
Garrett Morris
Laraine Newman
Michael O'Donoghue (final episode: November 8, 1975)
Gilda Radner

Bold denotes Weekend Update anchor

Writers

The original writing staff included Anne Beatts, Chevy Chase, Tom Davis, Al Franken, Lorne Michaels, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Michael O'Donoghue, Herb Sargent, Tom Schiller, Rosie Shuster and Alan Zweibel. The head writers were Lorne Michaels and Michael O'Donoghue.

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Saturday Night Live in the 1970s
1975 American television seasons
1976 American television seasons

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Rocketman (2019)*
Title: Rocketman
Directed by: Dexter Fletcher
Written by: Lee Hall
Starring: Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden, Gemma Jones, and Bryce Dallas Howard
An epic musical fantasy about the incredible human story of Elton John's breakthrough years. The film follows the fantastical journey of transformation from shy piano prodigy Reginald Dwight into international superstar Elton John. This inspirational story – set to Elton John's most beloved songs and performed by star Taron Egerton – tells the universally relatable story of how a small-town boy became one of the most iconic figures in pop culture.
Are There Any Extras During The Credits? Yes
We see moments from the movie compared side-by-side to the real-life photos of Elton John. These photos include nearly every single on-stage costume from the movie and throughout Elton's life: a photo of him as a child, a photo of his family today, and how he has been since battling his addictions. (Sober for the past 28 years and counting; wanting to be a positive part of his children's lives by spending more time with them; and finally being loved — by his husband.)
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Dog's Way Home, A (2019)
Title: A Dog's Way Home
Directed by: Charles Martin Smith
Written by: W. Bruce Cameron and Cathryn Michon
Based on the book by: W. Bruce Cameron
Starring: Ashley Judd, Jonah Hauer-King, Edward James Olmos, Alexandra Shipp, Wes Studi,
and Bryce Dallas Howard
A Dog's Way Home chronicles the heartwarming adventure of Bella, a dog who embarks on an epic 400-mile journey home after she is separated from her beloved human.
Special thanks to Ben, Gevorg, and Nathan for this submission
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)*
Title: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Directed by: J.A. Bayona
Written by: Colin Trevorrow, and Derek Connolly
Starring: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Toby Jones, Ted Levine, Rafe Spall, BD Wong, and Jeff Goldblum
It's been three years since theme park and luxury resort Jurassic World was destroyed by dinosaurs out of containment. Isla Nublar now sits abandoned by humans while the surviving dinosaurs fend for themselves in the jungles.
When the island's dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen (Chris Pratt) and Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard) mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this extinction-level event. Owen is driven to find Blue, his lead raptor who's still missing in the wild, and Claire has grown a respect for these creatures she now makes her mission. Arriving on the unstable island as lava begins raining down, their expedition uncovers a conspiracy that could return our entire planet to a perilous order not seen since prehistoric times.
We see two Pterosaurs flying to Las Vegas and landing on the smaller replica of the Eiffel Tower.
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Special thanks to Ivan, Francis, Kristo, and Diego for this submission
Was seeing Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom in IMAX, 3D or 4D worth the cost?
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No, IMAX
Yes, 3D
No, 3D
Title: Gold
Directed by: Stephen Gaghan
Written by: Patrick Massett and John Zinman
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Edgar Ramírez and Bryce Dallas Howard
An epic tale of one man's pursuit of the American dream, to discover gold. Starring Matthew McConaughey as Kenny Wells, a prospector desperate for a lucky break, he teams up with a similarly eager geologist and sets off on an journey to find gold in the uncharted jungle of Indonesia. Getting the gold was hard, but keeping it would be even harder, sparking an adventure through the most powerful boardrooms of Wall Street. The film is inspired by a true story.
Pete's Dragon (2016)
Title: Pete's Dragon
Directed by: David Lowery
Written by: David Lowery and Toby Halbrooks
Based on the screenplay by: Malcolm Marmorstein
Starring: Bryce Dallas Howard, Oakes Fegley, Wes Bentley, Karl Urban, Oona Laurence, Isiah Whitlock, Jr. and Robert Redford
For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham (Robert Redford) has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce dragon that resides deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. To his daughter, Grace (Bryce Dallas Howard), who works as a forest ranger, these stories are little more than tall tales…until she meets Pete (Oakes Fegley). Pete is a mysterious 10-year-old with no family and no home who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon named Elliot. And from Pete's descriptions, Elliot seems remarkably similar to the dragon from Mr. Meacham's stories. With the help of Natalie (Oona Laurence), an 11-yearold girl whose father Jack (Wes Bentley) owns the local lumber mill, Grace sets out to determine where Pete came from, where he belongs, and the truth about this dragon.
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Jurassic World (2015)
Title: Jurassic World (aka. Jurassic World: An IMAX Experience and Jurassic World 3D)
Director: Colin Trevorrow
Writer: Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly
Stars: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins, Nick Robinson, Irrfan Khan, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jake Johnson, Omar Sy, BD Wong and Judy Greer
Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond. After 10 years of operation and visitor rates declining, in order to fulfill a corporate mandate, a new attraction is created to re-spark visitor's interest, which backfires horribly.
Was seeing Jurassic World in IMAX 3D or 3D worth the cost?
Yes, IMAX 3D
Manderlay (2005)*
TITLE: Manderlay
There are various stills of racism, and also blacks in America.
Loss of a Teardrop Diamond, The (2008)
TITLE: The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
Lady in the Water (2006)*
TITLE: Lady in the Water
After Credits? Yes
"TO MY DAUGHTERS,
I'LL TELL YOU THIS STORY ONE MORE TIME.
BUT THEN GO TO BED."
TITLE: Hereafter


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Home » BK Journal by Wakako » Most sincerely.
My close circle of friends knows that my family lost my younger brother when I was a child in a car accident. We were living in a suburb of Japan. My brother was five, my sister was nine, and I was twelve.
Now I look back... after becoming a parent, I know that losing a child was one of the most heartbreaking challenges that my parents endured and probably are still enduring. I felt this back then nearly 30 years ago, but I relate to their grief and pain they had to go through more now.
After my brother's accident and his passing, I think I did what any kids at the age of twelve would do. Just get through the day to day routine and hold onto any normalcy I could find. Consciously and subconsciously, I breathed the rest of my childhood witnessing and living through my parents' grief while feeling that I was not good enough to make them happy again. "If only I could do more of ..., they would be happier." was a subconscious motto I lived with. Today, I understand the logic makes no sense. But for a kid, the life equation was too complicated to figure out. It wasn't until my 30's that I tried to face the grief. The grief of losing my parents to their grief. Some of my dearest friends and Frido know that the process wasn't necessarily pretty nor celebratory. Processing past takes time and commitment. There is no going around it, and sometimes it's plain difficult. For many years, I moved through a spectrum of emotions - anger, denial, sadness, to name a few - about what happened and how it affected our family and my life long-term until earlier this year when I felt that I came out of the long tunnel literally what felt like as an overnight transition.
I am not a trauma specialist or psychologist so I can't share a prescribed process that works for everyone else, but I want to share what I think has helped me because I know how it feels to be in the long tunnel for many years.
Finding a reason to be a whole.
When we are stuck in the past, it's hard to feel like we are a whole today. At least, it was for me. Before I was able to reconcile the past, there was always a part of me that was counteracting who I aspired to be. Like somehow I wasn't quite 100% myself. As I grew more as a mother, I felt the urgency of wanting to parent as a whole person. My kids and Frido deserved it, Baum-kuchen we pour so much love to deserved it, and most importantly I deserved it. I think we can all find personal reasons to see it through. Start with why... as Simon Sinek would say.
I started meditation 4 or 5 years ago using Headspace. Through this, I have learned that feelings change. We could feel negative about something today, and we can trust that it can and will change in the future if we stay open-minded. Acknowledging that I had certain feelings about my past whether it was positive or negative and reassuring that some of these feelings would pass over time helped me embrace each phase and gave me the necessary time and permission to take in without needing to rush through. There is no good emotion nor bad emotion. They are all just emotions.
Baum-kuchen believes in personal writing, and I wholeheartedly stand behind it. It is not about a fancy pen and notebook but just the act of writing, writing and more writing. I rarely read back my past entries but I know I have written a lot in the last five or so years and watched myself evolve as more words poured out on the page. My pages never judged me nor tried to correct me and I am thankful for that.
Saying thank you to the past.
The last push came when I was watching Netflix series, "Tidying up with Marie Kondo". The idea of having gratitude even to the items that no longer fit in our lives resonated with me.
I recognize that my brother's passing and what happened after left a deep mark on me. It has been challenging and beautifully insightful at the same time. Over time, I have grown more aware and thankful that my parents probably did the best they could for me and my sisters, "the remaining siblings" despite the heartbreak they went through. None of us were perfect nor acted perfectly, but I now trust that all of us involved in our story was well-meaning and have done the best.
Most importantly, I have learned an early lesson about life's impermanence as a twelve-year-old. The true but easy to forget concept "we have no control over when life begins and how and when it ends" has been deeply engraved in my bones. Because of this lesson, I believe in the optimism of living life in the moments. The spirit of living today because today truly might be the only day.
Without this insight, I would have led a very different life. And I can say that truly and honestly, I would not have lived my life in any other way. No matter what happened, my past belongs to me. I believe in embracing the lesson and letting who I have become shine.
I never knew that letting go would happen until it just kind of did. I suppose we can't really plan for these things but just trust the process that it will happen. I don't have any secret sauce in life and will always be work in progress, but I am sending much love to everyone who carries a weight of the past on the shoulder. May we all embrace our personal history in the tender part of our hearts someday instead of as a burden on our shoulder.
Thank you very much for sharing your experiences, you have articulated what has helped you so well.
I have also been processing traumatic childhood events for a number of years, and your point of saying thank you to the past really resonated with me. Being able to acknowledge past events as part of who I am actually feels empowering, and I will start to hold them carefully in my heart to truly honour that history.
I have read – and written – so much on grief after my young sister passed away to brain cancer at age 30. Somehow I never came across this idea of facing the grief of one's parents to their grief and this opens so many new doors that might lead somewhere.
Thank you for this article, I share your vision that embracing all of our history is the key to a meaningful life.
This is such a beautiful post, Wakako. And I want to thank you for sharing.
More and more of us are becoming aware that we have to come to terms with our past so we can live healthy lives in our present and future.
From then, moving into self-love. Something that very few of us are taught as children.
Meditation, mindfulness, awareness — all of this plays a daily role in my life also. I am hoping to pass this along to my children so they can have the wisdom to know that the thoughts inside their head are just that … thoughts. And also, so they know the difference between what "thoughts" are and "who we truly are" at the core of our being.
Much love to you, your family, and the entire Baum-Kuchen team!


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Le Lac Eppalock est un lac articifiel situé au centre-nord du Victoria, en Australie, sur la Campaspe River, un affluent du Murray.

Géographie

Il est situé entre la ville de Bendigo et de la ville de Heathcote et sert de grand réservoir de stockage de l'eau pour les deux villes. Dans le passé, le lac a été une attraction majeure pour ceux qui participent à des sports nautiques comme le ski nautique, avec un certain nombre de parcs touristiques et d'hébergement autour du lac. Toutefois, le très faible niveau d'eau du lac a fait en sorte que ces activités n'ont pas été possibles ces trois ou quatre dernières années et que des restrictions ont été mises en place en limitant les activités de loisirs sur le lac.

Il est alimenté par la Campaspe River et la Coliban River, et son émissaire est la Campaspe River, un affluent du Murray.

Histoire
Il a été construit entre les années 1960 et 1964, par la société Earth and Rockfill, pour l'irrigation et apporter de l'eau à Bendigo.
Le lac Eppalock est administré par l'entreprise Goldburn-Murray Water.

Voir aussi

 le Murray

Notes et références

Eppalock
Système hydrologique du Murray-Darling


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UNDP provides help for schools in Fiji affected by cyclone
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) is helping Fiji to reach out to communities severely affected by tropical cyclone Yasa.
The aim is to ensure schools are ready to open in January.
Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean, 1,100 nautical miles northeast of New Zealand.
According to Fiji Broadcasting Corporation (FBC), the UN agency is helping to provide temporary classrooms and heal trauma.
The UN Resident Coordinator for Fiji, Mr Sanaka Samarasinha, said that one of the agency's priorities was to ensure setting up of tents in schools as classrooms to meet children's educational needs.
"We need to make sure that the kids are able to come back to school in a few weeks when school starts.
"We really need to move more quickly to make sure that it is not just the tents or repair or infrastructure but the environment is healthy for kids to move back," he said.
The official said that the agency remained worried about the possibility of health impacts.
"We know after such a disaster, we have problems such as dengue, leptospirosis and typhoid.
"In the north, there is a hot spot anyway even without a disaster, so this is something the World Health Organisation, which is part of the UN, is looking at to make sure we prevent," he said.
Tropical cyclone Yasa hit Fiji on Dec. 17 and 18, killing four people and causing a huge damage especially in the northern island of Vanua Levu.
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