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SNL Transcripts: January Jones: 11/14/09
Saturday Night Live Transcripts
Season 35: Episode 6
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Darrell Hammond
A Message from the Vice-President of the United States
Summary: While President Obama is out of the country, Joe Biden (Jason Sudeikis) plans to quickly solve the Health Care dilemma.
Recurring Characters: Joe Biden.
January Jones' Monologue
Summary: January Jones meets obsessed "Man Men" fans, the "Mad Mennies" (Jason, Sudeikis, Bill Hader, Fred Armisen).
Summary: While singing, Kathie Lee Gifford (Kristen Wiig) is assaulted by members of the Black Eyed Peas.
Recurring Characters: Kathy Lee Gifford, Hoda Kotb.
Summary: While filming her first scene in an Alfred Hitchcock (Bobby Moynihan) movie, Grace Kelly (January Jones) can't stop farting.
Recurring Characters: Alfred Hitchcock, Jimmy Stewart.
WIIX News
Summary: Once again, reporter Michelle Dison (Kristeen Wiig) finds herself strangely attracted to the young woman (January Jones) she's interviewing for a story.
Recurring Characters: Gil, Michaelle Dison.
A Lady's Guide to Throwing a Party
Summary: In a 1952 short film, a housewife (January Jones) demonstrates proper party-throwing etiquette to make her husband (Bill Hader) look good in front of his peers.
Black Eyed Peas perform "I Gotta Feeling"
Weekend Update with Seth Meyers
Summary: Lou Dobbs (Darrell Hammond) uses racist rremarks to explain why he's leaving CNN. Kim Kardeshian (Nasim Pedrad) can only talk about herself while attempting to discuss her sister's celebrity-studded wedding. Jon Bovi (Jason Sudeikis, Will Forte) sing lyrics instead of commenting on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Recurring Characters: Lou Dobbs, Jon Bovi.
Summary: Dr. Jekyll (Bill Hader) seeks more funding for his serum, which relunctantly turns him into a gay Mr. Hyde.
An SNL Digital Short
Summary: No matter what room he enters, a guy (Fred Armisen) can't avoid walking in on his roommate (Andy Samberg) while he's on the toilet.
Black Eyed Peas perform "Meet Me Halfway"
Summary: Jason (Jason Sudeikis) tries to get romantic with Kelly (January Jones) while looking up at clouds, even though she clearly has no imagination skills.
Goodnights/Black Eyed Peas perform "Boom Boom Pow"
Dress Rehearsal Cuts
Glamour GirlSummary: A crisis breaks out, but superhero Glamour Girl (January Jones) is slow to react because she takes too much time getting herself put together.
The Cougar Denb>Summary: Jacqueline Seka (Kristen Wiig), and two new friends (Abby Elliott, Jenny Slate) interview a pair of airline stewardesses (January Jones, Fergie).
Recurring Characters: Jacqueline Seka, Kenneth.
Kickspit Underground Rock FestivalSummary: DJ Super Soak (Jason Sudeikis) and fellow emcee (January Jones) promote an under-underground rock festival.
Recurring Characters: DJ Super Soak.
Note: This sketch would be tweaked and later performed on the episode hosted by Blake Lively.
Tyson ProductsSummary: Mike Tyson (Kenan Thompson) promotes his frozen dinner line to a hungry family.
Recurring Characters: Mike Tyson.
Huckler's PopcornSummary: Spokeswomen (January Jones, Jenny Slate) pitch popcorn product.
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I'm the new elected ECREA Young Scholars Network representative in the Digital Culture and Communication section. In this blog I introduce myself. If you are an early career scholar or Doctoral student working in some aspect of Digital Culture and Communication, do get in contact.
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All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror (Paperback)
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Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond (Paperback)
By Gene Kranz
The Shores of Bohemia: A Cape Cod Story, 1910-1960 (Hardcover)
By John Taylor Williams
Formidable: American Women and the Fight for Equality: 1920-2020 (Hardcover)
By Elisabeth Griffith
Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World (Hardcover)
By Malcolm Harris
Hitler's American Friends: The Third Reich's Supporters in the United States (Paperback)
By Bradley W. Hart
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York (Paperback)
The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison (Hardcover)
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Democracy's Data: The Hidden Stories in the U.S. Census and How to Read Them (Hardcover)
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Season of the Witch: Enchantment, Terror, and Deliverance in the City of Love (Paperback)
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Happy Retirement Craig and Donnie!
BLPS celebrated the retirement of Craig and Donnie at Main Street Crossing this past Tuesday!
B&L Pipeco Services said goodbye to two immaculate employees, our CFO Craig Wilkins and our Sr. VP of Supply Chain Donnie Joiner. While we wish them the best of life outside the office, we will be missing them within the office. Both of these men have dedicated so much value to help develop BLPS to what it is today.
We will miss them greatly! Congratulations Donnie and Craig!
With 42 years in the industry, Craig Wilkins brings a wealth of experience to B&L Pipeco Services. He started his career as a Property Accountant at General Crude Oil Company in 1976, and advanced to positions as Accounting Supervisor and Joint Interest Supervisor at Houston Oil & Minerals. After performing nearly a decade of services for Tenneco Oil Company as a Property/Joint Interest Supervisor and Revenue Supervisor, Mr. Wilkins began a 24-year stint at Devon Energy as an Assistant Controller in their International, Gulf Coast & Southern Divisions. Attending the University of Texas at Austin, Mr. Wilkins obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting in 1976 and became a CPA in 1983. Craig held the role as CFO at Pipeco Services – B&L Pipeco for the past 6 years. He helped expand our knowledge, grow the company, and most of all kept us in line. Craig always came in with a smile on his face and knew the way to brighten your day. We are honored to call Craig a colleague and friend and wish him well on his many adventures in retirement! Congratulations!
With over 35 years in the industry, Donnie Joiner's experience expands across a variety of services in OCTG. He began his career in Oil and Gas by spending 3 years as a Drilling Fluid Engineer for the NL Baroid in Saudi Arabia.
Upon his return to the U.S., Mr. Joiner continued to advance in the OCTG industry through inside sales positions with Premier Pipe for 12 years and then on to Bourland and Leverich for the 17 years before becoming COO/VP. After the merge to B&L Pipeco Services, he was granted the position as Sr. VP of Supply Chain. Donnie has been with Bourland and Leverich – B&L Pipeco for a combined 19 years. His laughter could be heard through the hallways – and let us tell you, it's a laugh you will never forget. Donnie is an absolutely brilliant man that would take the time to sit down and educate fellow colleagues on his theories. He was astounding at his job and a great colleague and friend to everyone at B&L Pipeco. We will miss him, but wish him the best as he goes into retirement! Congratulations!


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Do drones contradict lessons from centuries of war?
Who's afraid of nuclear terrorism?
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Why do most troops return from war just fine, while others kill themselves to escape its lasting effects?
America's nuclear arsenal isn't dangerous. Getting rid of it might be.
After the war, citizens and politicians alike were left wondering, what happened?
Exploring the ties between market democracy and the dangerous escalation of ethnic tensions around the world.
From zebra-like patterns on military ships to using Hollywood-style effects to disguise California, World Wars I and II were the dawn of a new age of camouflage.
The nature of drone warfare has decreased financial (and, most importantly, human) risk. This has allowed military and political leaders to more freely sanction these operations.
How Nazi Germany's leaders tried to recruit Muslims to their war against Jews, Britain, and Bolshevism.
With the exception of a few senior commanders (and recently promoted junior officers), the global war on terror hasn't been kind to the reputation of U.S. Army generals.


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Cambridge Public Schools » District News » End-of-Year Reminders, Student Vax Party July 14, Looking Ahead
Dear CPS Community -
Throughout this pandemic, the CPS community has continued to demonstrate its resilience, its strength, and its focus on serving the needs of students. On behalf of the entire CPS team, we hope you have a celebratory last week of school and a restorative and restful summer!
If you haven't already, please make plans to return CPS library books and CPS chromebooks (for those who don't need them) for summer check-ups. See details below.
CPS and the Cambridge Public Health Department are hosting another Summer COVID-19 Vaccination Party for students ages 12+ and their parents: July 14 (1st dose) and August 4 (2nd dose): both at King Open school from 3 - 7 pm. Register now to make an appointment and sign consent forms, which are required for all students under 18.
This will be the last of CPS's weekly Monday emails for the school year. You'll hear from the CPS team again in mid-July and early August with key information for the 2021-22 School Year, which begins on Thursday, September 9. We will once again begin the school year with "listening conferences'' for each family. More information to come from your school in August about how to schedule those appointments.
On August 3 at 6PM, CPS will present an update to the School Committee on plans for Fall 2021, including COVID-19 precautions, key district and school efforts to help students Recover and Thrive this school year, and plans to use federal funding, known as the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Funds. During August and September, there will be multiple opportunities for members of the CPS community to share their perspective on these plan
Below you will find some key information about:
Time to Return CPS Library Books
Reminder CPS Chromebook return
June 24 Info Session: Cambridge RISE - Guaranteed Income Pilot initiative
CPS Buildings Operations Adjusted COVID-19 Restrictions
Kenneth N. Salim, Ed.D.
1. Time to return library books!
It is time to return all school library books. Library books may be returned to your child's school by placing them in the library book return bin, giving them to your child's teacher, or returning them directly to the school library. Library books may also be returned to any Cambridge Public School and they will make their way back to the correct library. If you have any questions, please email your school's librarian. Thank you!
2. Reminder: Return Chromebooks for Summer Checkup
All CPS PK-8 Students should return their Chromebook by the last day of school (June 23) or drop it off at the CPS Helpdesk Window at CRLS (corner of Felton St and Broadway) between 8AM - 4PM on June 24, 25, 28, 29, 30 or July 1 and 2. If your student is participating in a CPS summer program and needs their Chromebook, they can return it at the end of the program. There will be no charge for repairing or replacing damaged Chromebooks or chargers.
3. June 24 Info Session: Cambridge RISE - Guaranteed Income Pilot initiative
Cambridge Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui recently announced that Cambridge will launch the Cambridge RISE (Recurring Income for Success and Empowerment) project, a new Guaranteed Income Pilot Initiative, providing much-needed support for Cambridge's most vulnerable residents. The initiative will offer $500 no-strings-attached monthly payments to 120 eligible single caretaker households over an 18-month period beginning in August. Participants will be chosen by lottery. Join the Information Session on June 24 at 5:30PM.
4. CPS Buildings Operations Adjusted COVID-19 Restrictions
CPS operational buildings will continue normal operations with the following expectations:
CPS Administrative Offices (including Berkshire Street, ICTS, and Student Registration Center) will accept visitors by appointment scheduled by department. See the directory for contact information.
School buildings remain closed to the public, including families of students participating in summer programs.
5. Summer 2021 Programs
This summer, CPS has expanded its programing, including an enhanced summer program for elementary students with identified math, literacy, and social-emotional learning needs. CPS has also extended its rental of large tents at some facilities to support outdoor learning, lunch, and other activities. Families participating in summer programs will receive more detailed information about summer COVID-19 protocols, including weekly COVID-19 testing.
End-of-Year Reminders, Student Vax Party July 14, Looking Ahead/


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It took me three tries to get around the corner to the café in the morning. I didn't want things to be different with Emily, but knew I couldn't ignore what had happened.
Ema was waiting for me at the window and ran to me when I opened the door. "You're back!" She cried.
I picked her up and held her close.
"Why weren't you here yesterday?"
"I had to work through some things," I said. "But I'm back now."
"Good. Mama wants you to put fliers up for the concert today."
I turned to look at Emily, behind the counter. She nodded.
"Anything else you have for me to do today, Ms. Jackson?" I asked.
"Not if you're going to call me that!" Emily said, and there was a twinkle in her eye. She handed me the fliers. "Anywhere in the city you want to put them."
"Have you heard from Jerome at all lately? We were going to go around together to put these up," I said, leafing through the stack of paper.
"Not since the night in Central Park," Emily said. "I'm starting to get worried. He didn't say anything about being busy or away."
"If he's not here by lunch, we'll have to dig out his business card and call him to make sure everything's okay."
Emily nodded. "Here's tape."
I hopped on my bike and rode away. Everything seemed normal on the surface, but I couldn't help but feel that Emily still wanted me away from the café this morning. We may have "made up" the night before, but the root conflict still wasn't resolved, and both of us knew that.
I kept thinking about what Clara had said, that I needed to help Emily as she needed to be helped, not how I thought it needed to happen. But nothing could happen if Emily acted like nothing had gone wrong. Maybe she just needed time, though. Perhaps we both needed time to think about how things should change and what my role in all that might possibly be or not be. And with that, I knew that I needed to change my relationship with my parents as well.
I really, really hoped that Jerome would be at the café when I got back for lunch.
He wasn't.
"It's not like him," Emily said.
"If he's just busy then that's fine," I said, biting into my sandwich, "but I'm starting to worry it's not just busy."
"Even when he's said he's swamped he's still come by for a morning coffee, even if all he says is 'hello,'" Emily told me.
I thought back to the night in Central Park. "It has only been four days," I said. "They've just felt long."
Emily shook her head. "I'm going to call. I'd rather call and find out everything's fine than not call and regret it."
She went behind the counter and punched numbers into the café phone. I watched from where I sat. She bit her lip and drummed her fingers on the counter while the phone rang. Then her face lit up.
"Hello, Jerome?"
I stood and moved closer so I could hear his voice on the other side of the line.
"That you, Emily?"
"I've been meaning to call, but couldn't find your number." He coughed.
"Well… no, not really." He coughed again. "Bad case of pneumonia. Doctors don't want me to leave yet."
"At the hospital"
"Can we come visit?"
"They don't let children come, but you can. St. Vincent's." He paused and cleared his throat. "I'd be glad of the company."
"Either Walter or I will come," Emily said.
Twenty minutes later, I was hopping off my bike and locking it into a bike rack at the hospital. Five minutes after that, I knocked on the door of Jerome's room.
"Jerome, it's Walter," I said.
"Come in," he said.
I pushed the door open, wondering how long it had been since I was last in a hospital.
"It's so good to see you," Jerome said.
"I'm glad to see you, too," I said. "You had us worried."
Jerome nodded. "I'm glad Emily called. It's good to know-" He coughed a moment before continuing. "It's good to know I'm so well looked after."
"We both rely on you a lot. Especially right now, I think."
I sighed. "Sometimes it feels like everything." I told him about the fight with Emily, my conversation with Clara, how distressed Emily had seemed when I watched her through the window the previous night, and that I wasn't sure how things really were between us.
Jerome chuckled when I finished. "I know one thing for sure."
"Clara's a keeper."
"I hate to admit it, but she was right. Even though I am trying to help Emily, I'm not really being sensitive to doing it how she needs it. But I don't know how and I feel like a hypocrite trying to fix their relationship now because I know I need to fix my relationship with my parents."
Jerome didn't reply for a while. "I don't know if 'fix' is the right word."
"I don't mean fix like you can just tighten a screw, but make things right," I said.
"I still don't know if it's the right word."
"People aren't like broken machines, Walter. We take more than a diagnosis and then a new part or some sort of adjustment to work properly again. If that were so I wouldn't be here still. People have to heal and grow. I agree that your relationship with your parents and Emily's relationship with her parents both need to change. I don't disagree that they need some fixing up. But fixing is over-simplistic when you're working with people."
"I suppose."
"I think you more than suppose. You're realizing this right now as you and Emily work through things. If you could just fix it, then you wouldn't still be worried after last night. Am I right?"
"It's going to take time, Walter. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't sense that you've had a lot of conflict in your life before now."
"You were a good kid, but were never close enough to anyone to want to influence their life like you want to help Emily and never wanted to work to make a relationship right like you do with Emily and with Clara, and so if it wasn't just 'fixed' you could let it stay that way. People take work." He chuckled again. "Trust me, I know."
"But how – where do I start?"
"I can't just tell you what to do." His dark eyes twinkled. "You'd never learn that way. So I have some more homework for you – but maybe it isn't really more since Clara already gave it to you – watch Emily and learn what she needs and how she needs it. I know you want things to come together for the concert, but it may take longer than that. Learn to help Emily, and also watch your parents and learn how to reach them, too." He coughed, but held up his hand for me to wait and not say anything. "It's going to take time. Maybe not lots of time all at once, but little bits of time over long periods. But you're on break – and you don't have to do it alone."
"But you're not going to tell me what to do," I said.
"I won't tell you what to do, but I can still help you, and I'm not the only one. You have Clara and Ema, too. And don't forget that Bible I gave you."
I swallowed and nodded. I should have known by now that Jerome was always right and that would never spoon-feed anyone answers, so I shouldn't have hoped for an easy way out. It was starting to look like if I wanted these relationships, I was going to have to work hard, and that the next two weeks might be some of the hardest in my life.
St. Vincent hospital!! Ah, I
St. Vincent hospital!! Ah, I see now! I should have figured out how you were going to use a hospital...but I completely forgot about that.
Really love this chapter and all the conversations. Was wondering if you would post today.
Lucy Anne | Mon, 12/01/2014
Lovely! I just love how you
Lovely! I just love how you are letting us get to know the characters even better as we move along.
I was hoping that you would post today. :)
I noticed a better flow in this chapter and a lot more showing, instead of telling. Great job!
Maddi | Mon, 12/01/2014


POSTPONED TO JUNE 30th. Come join Six Rivers for our butterfly census with the North American Butterfly Association's annual Butterfly Count. Families welcome and all levels of "butterflies" are needed, as experts will be available to help with identification. Bring a net and binoculars if you have them, although there will be extras on hand. Be prepared for the weather and to walk in the high grass and uneven terrain. Contact Susanne at by email or by phone at 248-546-5654 for more information and to let us know if you'll be there.
Golden Preserve is found near 11398 Clark Road, Davisburg, MI 48350. From Dixie Highway and 1-75 (exit 93), head left or south to Big Lake Road, turn right on Big Lake Road to Clark Road (Big Lake Road turns to the left, Clark Road is straight). Follow Clark Road through a few turns to the railroad tracks (about 3 miles). Take the dirt road to the right immediately before the tracks, along the RR right-of-way, through the gate to the parking area. If you come upon a house, you have taken the wrong dirt road.


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Q: Can not resolve java.lang.NumberFormatException thrown by Integer.ParseInt I am getting this error, but I can not seem to find want might be causing it. It says the error is on the line where I initialize the variable bet.  If I remove that line and Integer.parseInt(betTextFieldAmount), then it says the error is on that initialization.
public class RollTheDice extends JFrame implements ActionListener {

    JButton roll = new JButton("Roll the Dice");
    JButton bet1 = new JButton("5$");
    JButton bet2 = new JButton("10$");
    JButton bet3 = new JButton("25$");
    JButton bet4 = new JButton("50$");
    JButton bet5 = new JButton("100$");

    JTextField betTextField = new JTextField(5);
    String betTextFieldAmount = betTextField.getText();
    int bet = Integer.parseInt(betTextFieldAmount);

    int money = 100;

    JLabel currentBet = new JLabel();
    JLabel currentMoney = new JLabel("Your money: " + money + "$");

    int myDice = new Random().nextInt(12) + 1;
    int AIDice = new Random().nextInt(12) + 1;

    public static void RollTheDice() {
        int myDice = new Random().nextInt(12) + 1;
        int AIDice = new Random().nextInt(12) + 1;
    }

    public RollTheDice() {
        setLayout(new FlowLayout());

        add(currentMoney);

        add(bet1);
        bet1.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
            @Override
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                if (money < 5) {
                    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Not enough money!");
                } else {
                    money -= 5;
                    bet +=5;
                }
                currentMoney.setText(money + "$");
            }
        });

        add(bet2);
        bet2.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
            @Override
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                if (money < 10) {
                    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Not enough money!");
                } else {
                    money -= 10;
                    bet +=10;
                }
                currentMoney.setText(money + "$");
            }
        });

        add(bet3);
        bet3.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
            @Override
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                if (money < 25) {
                    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Not enough money!");
                } else {
                    money -= 25;
                    bet +=25;
                }
                currentMoney.setText(money + "$");
            }
        });

        add(bet4);
        bet4.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
            @Override
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                if (money < 50) {
                    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Not enough money!");
                } else {
                    money -= 50;
                    bet +=50;
                }
                currentMoney.setText(money + "$");
            }
        });

        add(bet5);
        bet5.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
            @Override
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                if (money < 100) {
                    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Not enough money!");
                } else {
                    money -= 100;
                    bet +=100;
                }
                currentMoney.setText(money + "$");
            }
        });

        add(betTextField);
        betTextField.setEditable(false);
        add(roll);
        roll.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
            @Override
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                if (myDice > AIDice) {
                    money += bet;
                    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "You won " + bet + "$");
                } else {
                    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "You lost " + bet + "$");
                }
                currentMoney.setText(money + "$");
                RollTheDice();
            }
        });
    }

    @Override
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub

    }
}

A: Integer.parseInt(betTextFieldAmount)is causing this error.
Check betTextFieldAmount to see whether it has a valid integer value or not.
Ensure that betTextFieldAmount should not be null, or contain any special characters or white spaces at the begining or end.

A: This is caused by the value of betTextFieldAmount not being a valid integer, so when you try to convert it using Integer.parseInt(betTextFieldAmount); an exception is thrown.
You should surround the parseInt call with a try...catch statement and display an appropriate error message to the user if this happens.
Even better, try to prevent the user entering non-numeric values in the first place by restricting which characters can be entered in the field, and add an emptiness check to catch the case where no value has been entered in the field.

A: Try to verify if you betTextField.getText() is not null. I'm presuming that your field has no value, so the getText will return null and the parse will fail

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We had IPv6 connectivity last week, but our IPv6 prefix changed over the weekend, and now no hosts can connect to any external host (e.g. ipv6.whatismyv6.com). Any idea what happened?
I have noticed that sometimes when my prefixes change, i need to delete/clear my routers "DUID" and then renew the lease.... not sure if your router gives you that capability, though. I am assuming you have tried a modem reboot?
I first thought it was the router, but then I tried several computers (Windows, MacOS, Linux) that were connected directly to the modem and had the same problem.
No, I haven't tried a modem reboot. I'll try that next.
Rebooting the modem solved the problem. I had to power-cycle it because the login page wasn't working.


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Cronache del '22 è un film collettivo del 1961 diretto da Stefano Ubezio, Guidarino Guidi, Moraldo Rossi, Francesco Cinieri e Giuseppe Orlandini.

Trama

Incontro al mare
Dopo aver dato una "lezione" a una persona sorpresa durante un raid notturno per vendicare la scritta "Viva Lenin" Franco, uno squadrista fanatico che si prepara per andare a marciare su Roma incontra casualmente su una spiaggia Maria, una ragazza che dice di non essere nemmeno italiana. Nonostante i tentativi di dissuasione del giovane, la ragazza fa un bagno. Dopo di che vivono il loro momento d'amore e Maria chiede a Franco di stare sempre insieme con lei. Dopo di che lo porta in una pineta che il giovane definisce il fascismo identificando alcuni alberi con i nomi dei gerarchi fascisti: Balbo, Michele Bianchi, un altro per sé e il più grosso naturalmente per "lui", Mussolini. La ragazza chiede al giovane fanatico un coltello, ma questi ha solo un temperino, con il quale incide sulla corteccia la sua iniziale, che il giovane interpreta immediatamente come Mussolini. Al che gli dice che è quella del suo nome. A quel punto il giovane sente cantare: sono i "camerati" che stanno andando verso Roma. Nello scendere lungo la scarpata per raggiungerli Franco cade. Per Maria è l'ultimo tentativo per chiedergli di non andare. Ma Franco si rialza e raggiunge il "camerata" che lo stava cercando. Si va verso Roma. Col treno? No, a piedi. Il giovane protesta in quanto mancano 60 km. Al che il camerata gli risponde che ne mancano 48, stanno passando per una scorciatoia. L'episodio si conclude con una didascalia "E fu così che nacque un gerarca".

Giorno di paga
Ninì e Paolo son due piccoli truffatori che, con l'aiuto di un complice, Fabrizio, che fornisce loro i nomi dei "camerati" che non andranno a ritirare i soldi che vengono riconosciuti ai partecipanti alla marcia su Roma. Dopo aver assistito all'aggressione a un sacerdote, incominciano il loro giro attraverso i luoghi dove vengono consegnati questi soldi fino a che non arrivano in un teatro dove una cantante si sta esibendo. Come solista e come ballerina insieme a una soubrette e a dei fascisti. Con il complice hanno concordato che dopo quest'ultimo colpo andranno insieme a mangiare. Nini fantastica aggiungendo il cinematografo. Ma in teatro va male: il "camerata" che gestisce la borsa conosce l'uomo che Paolo si finge di essere. E coinvolge i due giovani in un pranzo a un'osteria. Accortosi della complicazione, Fabrizio, vedendoli salire su una carrozzella decide di svignarsela. Giunti all'osteria i "camerati" rimandano via il vetturino senza pagarlo. Non soddisfatti della cantante e della soubrette, vedendo una contadina, gli squadristi tentano di prenderla per spassarsela e quando il marito di lei accorre lo picchiano selvaggiamente. Accortosene il "camerata" responsabile della borsa cerca di riportare l'ordine lasciando soli Nini e Paolo che a quel punto decidono di portarla via. Al termine del parapiglia, i "camerati" si accorgono della sparizione della borsa e decidono di inseguire Paolo e, vicino a delle mura, gli sparano e l'uccidono. A quel punto Ninì accorre e mentre ne prende il capo fra le braccia dice ai "camerati" che non era quello il nome che aveva detto loro.

Spedizione punitiva
Un gruppo di squadristi legge una scritta su un muro "Viva il socialismo" e parte per una spedizione punitiva. La prima vittima è un povero anziano che vilmente aggrediscono facendogli bere l'olio di ricino lasciandolo svenuto ai pedi di un albero. Dopo di che salgono fino a una casa distruggendo tutto quello che trovano. Uno dei più giovani, Gianni, scopre casualmente nascosta in un ripostiglio Rita, una ragazza che riconosce in lui un ragazzo con cui si erano conosciuti anni addietro. Il ragazzo fa finta di niente e dopo che gli altri "camerati" lasciano la casa cerca di dedicarle un po' di attenzione nel tentativo di consolarla. Fino a rinvenire un grammofono miracolosamente rimasto intatto con il quale incomincia a ballare con lei. A questo punto compaiono sulla porta il padre e il fratello di Rita imponendole di andare nell'altra stanza. E dopo aver costretto il giovane in un angolo anziché vendicarsi lo cacciano dalla casa. Nel frattempo s'è fatta notte e Rita saluta Gianni dalla finestra

La nuova legge
Un gruppo di squadristi non vestiti in camicia nera irrompe nell'ufficio di un maresciallo imponendogli di fare uscire il suo commilitone dalla stanza per intimargli di smettere le indagini su di un camorrista divenuto "eroe" dopo la partecipazione alla marcia su Roma, tale Gaspare Micozzi. Il maresciallo resiste all'intimidazione e caccia dall'ufficio i cinque giovani. Egli incomincia a cercare le conferme delle deposizioni a carico del Micozzi da un venditore ambulante, da un signore anziano e dal farmacista ricevendo da tutti dei dinieghi o quanto meno non ne ottiene. Dopo di che una sera viene portato fuori dai "camerati" e, probabilmente sotto gli occhi del "camorrista", viene picchiato, gli viene fatto bere l'olio di ricino e costretto a firmare le dimissioni. Un giorno, mentre la moglie è uscita a fare la spesa e il commilitone passa a salutare l'ex maresciallo seduto sulla scala si presentano due personaggi che, saputo quello che è successo chiedono di "parlare". Dopo che egli dice loro che non è più maresciallo, rispondendogli che lo sapevano ed è proprio per questo si son presentati, riescono a convincerlo a entrare in casa per fargli la proposta per cui lo sono venuti a trovare.

Lo squadrista
Giustino Santini, un ricco proprietario di una villa che ha un favore da chiedere a uno squadrista lo invita a pranzo. Lo squadrista si presenta con la squadra e convince il "camerata" e soprattutto la signora a trasformare il "pranzo in salotto" in un picnic nel bosco. Cameriera insidiata in particolare da un "camerata" e "famigli" seguono lo squadrista con cui il marito della donna sta sempre cercando il momento buono per "parlare". Quando finalmente è giunto si mettono tutti a ballare, danzando il charleston, in particolare coinvolgendo la cameriera Vera. Al che l'indomito squadrista coinvolge la signora in un "tango italiano" guancia a guancia. A questo punto la signora si accorge di aver perso le sue perle. Tutti a cercarle. La signora si accorge che uno dei "camerati" se ne è messe in tasca qualcuna e dopo aver chiesto di perquisirli ottenendone uno sprezzante diniego li accusa. La situazione precipita e lo squadrista sceglie come migliore soluzione di andarsene. Raggiunta l'auto decide però di verificare se la signora aveva delle ragioni e scopre che ben due "camerati" hanno perle in tasca. A questo punto da uomo tutto d'un pezzo decide di restituirle, ma il problema è come. Al che Riccardo, l'unico "camerata" che non ne aveva rubate escogita la soluzione: dare le perle al partito. Trovandosi investito del "modo" di farlo dall'integerrimo squadrista

Produzione
Il direttore della fotografia Antonio Secchi è accreditato come Tony Secchi, Pier Ludovico Pavoni come Pierludovico Pavoni e l'operatore alla macchina in "Incontro al mare" come Gigi Kuveiller. Il regista e sceneggiatore Giuseppe Orlandini come Beppe Orlandini.

Il film costituisce la prova di regia di almeno due aiuti di Federico Fellini, Guidarino Guidi e Moraldo Rossi, rispettivamente autori del secondo episodio ("Giorno di paga") e del terzo ("Spedizione punitiva"). Di quest'ultimo Moraldo Rossi viene accreditato anche soggettista e sceneggiatore.

Colonna sonora
Le canzoni Nel '22 sognavo già l'amore, Proprio oggi, Sulla strada che va a Reggio e La prima volta sono state scritte da Dario Fo e Fiorenzo Carpi, e interpretate da Laura Betti, incluse nell'EP Quattro canzoni con Laura Betti dal film Cronache del '22 (Jolly, 26/01/1962, EPJ 3009, distribuzione Saar).

Collegamenti esterni

Film drammatici
Film sul fascismo

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Students will be provided with a sketch as a starting point, and leave with a finished colored pencil holiday themed drawing. The two hour workshop will also focus on color blending, mixing, and shading, with an emphasis on reflective surfaces.
John holds a Bachelors Degree in Fine Art and works as an art director in package design.
Delinda holds a Bachelors Degree in Fine Art and a Master's Degree in education. Her career is in art education.
All materials including starting sketch, colored pencils, erasers, and sharpeners are provided.


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Justin Torres
Photo courtesy of Justin Torres
"We wanted more." Those are the opening words of We the Animals, the kinetic, probing and fierce debut novel from New York native Justin Torres. Amidst teaching the finer points of writing at Stanford and Harvard, Torres took some time out to speak with me.
I was impressed by the quote on your book from Michael Cunningham. That's kind of every writer's dream. How did that come about?
I took a writing class with a teacher who was friends with Michael Cunningham. She thought that we should know each other. So, we'd exchanged a few emails. When the book was ready to be blurbed, I had enough of an introduction that I could send it to him. He liked it and it was a huge deal—he read it quickly and he was really positive right away. That just helped so much with getting other people to read it.
Do you have creative routines that you always commit to as a writer?
When I wrote the book, I was completely broke and I was living in New York. I worked all the time and then I would sit down, which is partly why the book is lyrical and short and compressed. I would write in these little spurts.
Did you get any kind of rejections from other publishing houses?
I was fortunate. I'm a perfectionist, so I wrote obsessively for years before I ever thought about publishing or anything like that. Then I applied to MFA programs, then I went to Iowa and I had even more time to put the book together. So, when I sent some stories out to magazines and Tin House published one of my stories—my first story ever, really—and agents approached me from that. I met with six editors when I was in New York and I got to pick which editor I liked the best. And I love my editor! It was lucky—when I was in Iowa, I was with incredibly talented writers who could write circles around me and whose work is maybe more challenging, but for whatever reason they can't find a home for their books.
What advice would you give young gay writers who might be frustrated or experiencing the growing pains of this industry?
I think that there's no rush. I was lucky because I didn't expect my books to be published. I started writing out of obsession, and I just really wanted to write it. I fell in love with writing. As much as you can, tune out the business of writing and focus on the actual writing. As much as you can, love what you're doing and what you're working on. There's a certain freedom that you need to have where you're not thinking about your audience and the marketability of your work.
Tell me about what you're doing professionally.
In the fall, I'm going to Harvard. I'm working on the next book! It's really slow going. I'm a slow writer. I'm kind of superstitious about talking about it too much. I've been teaching a lot. I did this intensive writers' week at Manhattanville College in Westchester. I've been traveling a lot, talking to different universities and writing groups.
What are you reading these days?
I'm reading so much student work. I'm reading poetry, actually, when I have time. Right now I'm reading a book called Aggregate of Disturbances by Michele Glazer.
People say to write what you know or write from experience. Does the book draw on your personal experience?
Yes, I write from experience. That said, the book is fiction. There are similarities with my family: My parents were teenagers when they started having kids; I've got two brothers; I'm biracial or bicultural or whatever you want to say—but it is fiction. I don't know that I agree with "write what you know." That's a weird truism. In my case, I enjoy it and I find it really generative. I would never think that it could be done in every case. Photo courtesy of Justin Torres.
What's The Big, Juicy Deal?
Fresh Air Affair
Christopher Carbone
Christopher Carbone is a reporter at FoxNews.com. He earned his B.A. (English) at Rutgers University and his M.A. (Arts & Culture) at Columbia Journalism School. As a writer, his work has been published in International Business Times, TakePart, Slate and The Nation. When he's not polishing the prose of other writers or crafting his own, you'll find him exploring NYC's cultural offerings, eating lots of good food and reading a range of books.


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Q: Why is my Angular CLI Creating CSS instead of SCSS Files? Prior to updating to Angular 9, my project was configured to use SCSS when the ng generate command was run, and indeed it did.
Much to my dismay, after running my first ng g c on Angular 9, it added a css file rather than a scss file.
The accepted answer to this does not appear to work any longer.  My angular.json includes the following (as it has for the past two years):
  "schematics": {
    "@schematics/angular:component": {
      "styleext": "scss"
    }
  },

How do I fix this?

A: I recently upgraded my Angular CLI to v12 and generated a new project. I opted to generate scss files for new components. After creating a component, I saw that css files were being generated, not scss files. I ran the below command and now when I generate a new component, the scss file is created and not css.
ng config schematics.@schematics/angular:component.style scss

A: Please try like this.
In angular.json, set "schematics" as below to default scss when generate new component
"schematics": { "@schematics/angular:component": { "style": "scss" } }


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Israel Finance Committee to Gov't: Approve Aid Agreement for El Al Today
Finance Committee to Gov't: Approve Aid Agreement for El Al Today
Monday, May 3, 2021 at 10:10 am | כ"א אייר תשפ"א
An El Al plane parked at Ben Gurion Airport. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
In a meeting on the aid plan for El Al, which includes an advance purchase of tickets from the airline, the Finance Committee on Monday called for immediate approval of the plan. The Committee Chair, MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni (United Torah Judaism), updated at the end of the meeting that the finance minister had informed him that he would ask the government to approve the plan today.
In the meeting, Finance Ministry official Chaim Borovsky presented the details of the aid agreement: "In September, the state made a decision: a safety net of USD 150 million to El Al. The public offering ended successfully, and only 100-and-something million shekels of the amount were used. The second clause was a state guarantee for a loan that the company was supposed to take, due to the company's difficulty in raising money from the banks. We saw that it was difficult to make this happen, and that the financing costs for the company would be very high. So we thought of another idea, for the state to buy in advance for a 20-year period the airline tickets of the security guards. In 2019 the cost stood at about NIS 90 million for El Al and about NIS 7 million for the other companies. The state will pay El Al 150 million dollars, and will pay Israir 16 million dollars, and we are now in touch with Arkia. In order to increase the capital, we demanded that the owner put in money at a ratio of 1:2. These agreements have been signed; we are waiting for a government meeting and a government resolution that will approve them. There is a commitment by the companies not to draw dividends; the money is staying in the companies, so that the companies will remain stable and strong for many years. The refund for ticket buyers is also awaiting this approval."
Avigal Soreq, who has been CEO of El Al for the past three months, said, "El Al is coping with the greatest crisis in its history. Flights have been stopped, and it was all done by government decisions. We are lagging far behind relative to what is happening around the world. The government of Israel also decided to help; we met all the conditions in the agreement that was signed in March. Since then, we have been held captive by the agreement: We can't implement the efficiency plan, and we can't return money to suppliers or customers. We said that we are making this agreement, but we need certainty and speed. It's a month and a half later, and the issue is being delayed. It hurts the workers, the suppliers, the customers. Other countries are also reaching out to us. A vote by phone has to be held this evening, and the agreements and understandings we reached with the Finance Ministry have to be honored. Every delay is critical, and the consequences are dangerous to the companies. This is the time for action."
Sharon Ben-Yitzchak, chair of the El Al labor union, said, "Every day we are delayed puts us in existential danger for knowledge to leave the company; this is knowledge that passes from one generation to the next. I am asking all the dignified people here, finish giving the loan today. We have met all the conditions we were called upon to meet – layoffs of thousands of workers, putting in owner capital. I am asking to set aside all the political differences; we feel like hostages. Are you waiting for someone to take a can of kerosene and set himself on fire? Think of what it's like to sit at home for a year and a half with high debts, not knowing what the future holds and waiting for your decision."
When asked by the Committee Chair about the workers' situation within the agreement, Ben-Yitzhak replied, "Before the coronavirus there were 6,400 workers, and as of this moment about 2,000 workers are candidates for termination of employment according to the plan and at the Finance Ministry's demand. As of now, the loan can't be obtained and the process is being dragged out. Over 3,000 workers are on unpaid leave; many of them have reached the poverty line and have no way to fill their refrigerators."
Soreq said, "We have a plan to part with about 1,800 workers as part of the agreements. Some of the workers are on unpaid leave and some have returned to work."
Rabbi Gafni said, "I have a feeling that in ordinary times no one would give you such an agreement with El Al, but that feeling may be wrong. The Finance Committee sees the Israeli airlines as a strategic anchor, with everything this entails. We consider the workers an asset, particularly in the leading airline, El Al. We are dissatisfied with the fact that until today the agreement that was reached has still not been finalized or approved. The committee sees this issue as a decision that should be made in the coming hours. If there is no approval, I will reconvene the committee and ask to examine whether our authorization will suffice for the Finance Ministry officials to pass this issue. We will ask them to pass it today, if they can. Along with this, we call to stimulate the company's activity and enable it to work, and not to cause it to collapse."
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Another month has past and its time to see how I didn't keep up with my TBR list haha! I know everyone is going to say this, but man this month flew by so fast!
I really haven't been listening to any new music this month. I've just been on Spotify with it on shuffle.
OMG you guys! I loved this series so much. I don't think I will be able to put it into words. I was heartbroken when Hulu said that there weren't any more episodes of the anime. I have now started buying the collectors editions of the Manga.
This month I read 18 books, let's check them out!
& that's my wrap up for February, on to March!
I feel like March is going to be a repeat of February with all the ARCS. But I'm up for a challenge!!
Do you have any recs for a anime that you think I would like?
I will definitely check out the list!


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When Megan Went Away is a 1979 children's picture book written by Jane Severance and illustrated by Tea Schook. It is the first picture book to include any LGBT characters, and specifically the first to feature lesbian characters, a distinction sometimes erroneously bestowed upon Lesléa Newman's Heather Has Two Mommies (1989). The book, published by the independent press Lollipop Power, depicts a child named Shannon dealing with the separation of her mother and her mother's partner, Megan.

As a lesbian working in a feminist bookstore in Denver in her early twenties, Severance sought to rectify the lack of picture book content for children with lesbian parents. When Megan Went Away was not widely distributed upon publication although the text of the story was republished by the magazine Ms. in 1986 under the pen name R. Minta Day. The work proved divisive among critics, some praising the story for being an anti-sexist example of lesbian life and others finding its depiction of same-sex separation poorly timed, arriving at a moment when lesbian motherhood was on the rise. Copies of When Megan Went Away were primarily accessible in archives and library special collections as of the 2010s.

Background
Jane Severance was born in Moscow, Idaho, in 1957. She recalled attempting to write stories when she was seven years old, having "always wanted to be a writer". Despite a familial fondness for reading, Severance felt that she did not receive much encouragement from her family to pursue writing as a profession.

Severance came out as a lesbian and moved to Denver to study early childhood education in college; she finished school after a decade and was teaching preschool by the late 1970s. In Denver, she became involved with what she characterized as "a very small subset of the lesbian community ... the very young lesbian feminists". The community organized protests and marches and ran a production company, a newspaper, and the feminist bookstore Woman to Woman. She observed among her peers "some pretty wretched parenting", noting that the lack of older lesbian role models, compounded by a dearth of parenting education, widespread poverty, mental illness, and substance abuse all contributed to the difficulties that members of her community faced. None of the lesbian mothers Severance knew had planned children with their female partners, most of their children having instead come from their mothers' past relationships with men. Severance identified a need for picture book content about children with lesbian mothers like those in her community. She also noted a contemporary trend of children's books dealing with divorce and decided to "kill two birds with one stone" in writing When Megan Went Away, addressing lesbian motherhood and parental separation.

Plot
When Megan Went Away depicts Shannon, a preteen girl whose unnamed mother has recently separated from her partner, Megan. At the beginning of the story, Shannon wanders through her house, noticing items Megan has taken with her, as well as items that remain that remind her of Megan. Shannon reminisces about what life was like before the separation. Both Shannon and her mother are distraught about the breakup.

Shannon pulls out a jigsaw puzzle but remembers that her mother does not enjoy them. She makes a dinner of sandwiches and milk for her mother and herself, and becomes upset when her mother fails to eat the meal. Built-up anger and sadness lead Shannon to throw a tantrum in the living room, where her mother comes to comfort her. In the darkness, the two cuddle beneath a blanket and reflect on good and bad times they shared with Megan. Exhausted after crying together, Shannon and her mother make their way to the kitchen, where her mother prepares them both hamburgers. The story ends with Shannon's mother telling her to grab a puzzle to complete together.

Publication history
Severance wrote When Megan Went Away when she was around 21 years old. She described feeling that the publication process was completely foreign to her. Severance submitted her manuscript to the Chapel Hill, North Carolina-based independent press Lollipop Power, whose address she found listed on the back of their books. Lollipop Power, founded in 1970, was devoted to publishing works that sought to lessen gender stereotypes and gendered behavior in young children. During the editing process, against Severance's wishes, the publisher rewrote a section of the book. Lollipop Power also suggested that she change the names "Shannon" and "Megan", lest readers get the impression that "only women with Irish heritage were lesbians".

When Megan Went Away was published in 1979 as a 32-page paperback illustrated by Tea Schook. The book's pages and its covers were all printed on paper and bound with staples. Recommended for readers aged 5–12 years, the book was not widely distributed upon its printing. The text was reprinted in 1986 in the magazine Ms. without Schook's illustrations. The story was run under the pen name R. Minta Day and published as part of the Stories for Free Children feature, a regular section consisting of anti-sexist, anti-racist fiction for children. Despite Severance's text appearing in Ms., Lesléa Newman, a fellow LGBT children's author, said that Lollipop Power did not do enough publicity for the book, limiting its potential readership.

Reception
When Megan Went Away received no coverage from major book review magazines upon its release but was reviewed in several niche publications. Lenore Gordon praised the story in the Interracial Books for Children Bulletin in 1980, writing that its strength lies "both in [Severance's] gentle storytelling voice and her use of detail". Carrie Dearborn wrote in Gay Community News that the book had an emotional impact on her and her friends. She described the work as "one that will help the child of a lesbian feel less alone", praising the decorations in Schook's art as "Early American Dyke". Gordon described Schook's illustrations as having "a pleasurable child-quality" to them, which she found to be tonally inconsistent with Severance's somber text. Carolyn Moskovitz described the story in the WLW Journal as "a bit downbeat".

Writing in 1989, the English professor Virginia L. Wolf suggested that the romantic nature of the relationship between Shannon's mother and Megan might not be recognized by child readers, but that some adult readers would likely understand the story's lesbian context. In 2022, the English scholar Jennifer Miller described the work as resistant to normative readings that might be belied by its simple cover art of a mother soothing her daughter, the text "showing an emotionally complex mother-child relationship that includes various instances in which the child attempts to nurture the mother".

While praising its attempts to depict an anti-sexist family, Gordon criticized When Megan Went Away for presenting "an uncommonly liberated lesbian lifestyle", which she viewed as minimizing the relevance of the book to a wider array of readers. Although the depiction of a same-sex parented household satisfied some readers, others were concerned that the first story published about the topic revolved around a broken relationship. According to the early childhood education scholar Danné E. Davis, the timing of the book's publication received criticism from some contemporary lesbians and feminists, who viewed the separation narrative of When Megan Went Away as detrimental to public perception of lesbian households at a time when lesbian motherhood was beginning to increase. When writing the story, Severance was intent on depicting shared concerns like parental separation among lesbian and nonlesbian families.

Legacy
Before the late 1970s, several picture books with gender-nonconforming characters existed, but there were otherwise no LGBT characters within the medium of children's picture books. Scholars of children's literature generally consider When Megan Went Away to be the first published picture book to include any LGBT characters, as well as the first specifically to feature lesbian characters and the first to depict separation in a same-gender relationship. Though the text of the story never uses the word "lesbian" to explicitly identify the characters, the word is used paratextually in Severance and Schook's dedication at the beginning of the book: "This story is for all children of lesbian mothers, for the special hardships they may face, and for the understanding we hope they will reach." As of 2022, When Megan Went Away remained just one of two documented children's picture books featuring LGBT characters to depict divorce or separation.

When Megan Went Away is sometimes forgotten as the first picture book to feature lesbian characters, a distinction instead given to Lesléa Newman's Heather Has Two Mommies (1989). For a time, the website of Alyson Books, publisher of Heather Has Two Mommies, listed Heather as the first lesbian picture book.

Though Newman originally said Heather was the first lesbian picture book, she later acknowledged that When Megan Went Away preceded her work. Newman describes her book as "the first picture book that portrays a happy family that consists of two lesbian moms and their child". Severance has expressed the desire that Newman identify Heather as "the first successful book about lesbian mothers", citing the work's success and notoriety. Both Severance and Newman, who are personally acquainted, agreed that intangible factors like timing and luck likely contributed to the relative popularity of Heather. Severance also described Newman as "a hustler" who "knew how to run with" her book's popularity. Newman stated that she believed Lollipop Power did a poor job of marketing When Megan Went Away upon its publication. Despite its early treatment of lesbian characters, When Megan Went Away is not known by scholars of children's literature to have attracted any challenges or ban attempts like Heather and other later picture books featuring LGBT characters faced. In contrasting the ways in which Heather and When Megan Went Away were received, Davis wrote that both books were perhaps "too early for their time".

Since When Megan Went Away was published, Severance has written two more books: Lots of Mommies (1983), a picture book about a girl raised by four mothers, and Ghost Pains (1992), a young adult novel about two sisters living with an alcoholic lesbian mother. The children's literature researcher Thomas Crisp noted in the Children's Literature Association Quarterly that Severance's books contribute a unique depiction of queer life within children's literature, a "vision that may be more emotionally honest" than other portrayals. As of 2010, Severance was continuing to write and was searching for an agent in order to publish other works for a larger audience. Crisp also reported that copies of When Megan Went Away were difficult to find in 2010. The book's availability is primarily limited to library special collections and archives, and when secondary sales of the work do occur online, copies may be listed for over 40 times the original retail price of

See also
 Jenny Lives with Eric and Martin (1981, published in English in 1983), the first picture book to include gay male characters
 10,000 Dresses (2008), the first picture book to feature a transgender character

Notes

References

Sources

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1979 children's books
1970s LGBT literature
Children's books with LGBT themes
American picture books
Lesbian fiction
Works about divorce
Works published under a pseudonym
LGBT literature in the United States


In an effort to prevent the use of airflow restrictive terminations in dryer exhaust systems, a new building code has been approved that prohibits the use of wall vents and roof jacks that exhibit a passageway that does not maintain at least 12.5 square inches of area. Why is this important? Terminations with a passageway area less than that of the ducting can reduce energy efficiency and create back pressure - accelerating buildup.
The new code will require that the conduit through the termination hood NOT diminish in size. It has to maintain at least the 12 and a half square inches of area that 4" round pipe provides (the area of a circle is calculated by multiplying π—3.14159—by the radius squared). This important code change will require close attention to which termination is chosen for the dryer exhaust system. Today, there is one roof termination that meets (and exceeds) these requirements: the DryerJack.
In order to provide superior airflow efficiency, the DryerJack is built with a passageway that actually increases in size. This increase in area during the redirection of airflow is unique to the DryerJack models, and it is one of several factors that deliver the remarkable airflow performance. While code only restricts the passageway area to maintain 12 and a half square inches, the DryerJack Model 466 reveals its smallest slice of the passageway of 21 square inches and Model 486 an area of 18.72 square inches.
* Should never be used for dryer exhaust systems.
Measurements are taken from the most restrictive part of the passageway in the chart.
"Being in the dryer venting business for 20 years, I am confident this new code will have a significant effect and will limit the availability of compliant vent terminations" Says Rick Harpenau. Throughout the country the use of legacy non-compliant vent caps is extensive and even customary. In 2018 when the code gets adopted, familiar roof and wall-vent caps will be disallowed. Become an early adopter – try the DryerJack on your next project.


The sad reality is, many in both the financial market and insurance market have embraced the idea that the only life insurance worth it is term life. But is there another side of the story?
Our goal in this article is to help dispel the lies and misinformation as we attempt to demystify the misguided argument between term life vs whole life insurance.
Before we launch into discussing which is better, whole life vs term life, we need to define what both are, as well as point out some pros and cons of term and whole life.
As perhaps one of the most popular types of permanent life insurance, whole life, also known as ordinary life insurance, is a policy that provides lifelong coverage and will only come to an end after the death of the insured. When death occurs, the death benefit will be paid out to the beneficiary, generally in a lump sum payment.
However, with whole life insurance, there is also a second side which is cash value accumulation in the policy. Over time, this amount will grow and you can even borrow money against the cash value tax free.
Being able to borrow from the carrier at anytime using your cash value as collateral is a game changer. If you are not familiar with the infinite banking concept®, bookmark your spot in this article and take a moment to familiarize yourself.
Throughout the life of the policy the premium is guaranteed to remain exactly the same. Different whole life policies offer varying lengths of time to pay into the policy, including limited pay life insurance. Some options are 10 Pay, 20 Pay, Life Paid Up at age 65 or 65 Life, and Life Paid Up at age 100 or 100 Life.
Our recommended companies offer a guaranteed interest rate return on the cash value in the policy. Currently the guaranteed interest rate is 4%, which does not include potential growth through life insurance dividend payments.
The cash value in the policy grows with compound interest. The cash value grows due to the guaranteed interest rate credited by the insurance carrier and also through dividends paid in participating whole life policies.
As a side note, consider purchasing a participating whole life insurance for your children. The policy premiums will be low and the policy will make an excellent resource for your kids, especially if you teach them how to maximize the policy via strategic self banking.
The death benefit will always be guaranteed assuming that the premium payments are made. On a properly structured policy the death benefit will actually INCREASE as you age. Think about this for a moment, as you get closer to death your death benefit actually goes up.
Guess what happens to your death benefit with term life? Nothing, because the older you get with term the more it costs and the less likely you will be to keep it in place.
What's a Paid Up Addition?
A paid up addition is a rider that allows you to buy paid up life insurance and accompanying cash value equivalent dollar for dollar on what you paid into it. It is pretty awesome. Essentially, your cash value and death benefit are INCREASING. So the older you get, the larger your death benefit as you move towards that inevitable day.
So that about covers it when it comes to defining whole life insurance and the pros and cons associated with it.
Now some of you reading this might be saying, that is not the whole life insurance I have heard about. Ya, we know.
More on that below but for now just remember this, there are many types of whole life policies. The way you design your policy matters greatly and can mean the difference between a headache and a legacy.
Otherwise known as 'pure' life insurance, it should really be called "death" insurance, since the primary benefit is to provide for your beneficiary when you die.
Term life is often chosen by the younger generations as a protection just in case one was to die early. Just like we saw with whole life insurance, the death benefit works in exactly the same way in that it will be paid to the beneficiary as long as the insured passes away within the dates of the policy, i.e. the contract.
Term life insurance typically has no cash value, although some ROP (return of premium) term policies may have a little cash value accumulation.
The duration (i.e. the term) of the policy can vary somewhat with some insurers offering one year (called annual renewable term) all the way up to 30 years. Normally, you will see opportunities at five year intervals between 5-30 years, with at least one company offering the ability to tailor your policy in yearly increments from 15 year terms to 30 year terms, i.e. 16, 17, 18, 19, etc.).
For the most part, people tend to opt for a 20 year term. This is due largely to the fact that those who buy term are usually younger and there is not much difference between the price on the 15 year and 20 year term policy so they just pick the longer term.
Most term life offered is level term. With level term life the premiums will stay the same for the duration of the term.
However, there are companies out there that offer 5 year term products based on age brackets where the premiums increase every five years.
It is important to read the fine print to determine if the policy you are considering is fixed premiums or if the premiums increase every year or every five years.
Although term life insurance isn't necessarily required insurance for young adults who are still living at home and have no family to look after, experts believe that responsible parties should take out a policy as soon as someone becomes dependent on them.
For example, if you had your parents co-sign on your student loans, then getting a policy would be the kind thing to do so you don't leave them with the debt. And before you say that student loans are forgiven on death, read the fine print. Just because the loan is forgiven does not stop the IRS from counting the forgiven loan as income for that year. Thank you, Uncle Sam.
Another example would be if you have a spouse and child that rely on your income, a policy would ensure that your income is replaced for a certain amount of time should you unfortunately die prematurely.
If you're just looking to cover your mortgage or until your child is old enough to be living on their own, you can choose term life insurance that lasts this amount of time, either until the child is old enough for independence or to cover the duration of your mortgage.
Expert tip: For anyone that sees the value of whole life insurance, you can always buy your term life policy from one of the best dividend paying whole life insurance companies.
Make sure the policy is convertible term life insurance that can be converted to the type of permanent coverage you desire to one day own and you can simply defer getting your whole life policy until later. But you will be locked into a policy, so that if you do get struck with some sort of life altering sickness, you can convert your term life to whole life with no proof of insurability.
This means you will not have to take a life insurance blood test or answer health questions. You simply let the company know you want to exercise your right to convert your policy from term to whole life, and voila, there you go!
There is some paperwork involved. But if you have contracted a deadly disease the insurance company cannot deny you the option to convert your policy. Once again, we emphasize the importance of choosing convertible term with a company that offers a decent policy to convert to.
What are the main differences between the two, including the pros and cons, and what should you keep at the front of your mind when choosing the right policy for you and your family?
Term life insurance allows you to choose the length of your policy while whole life will last until you die. When deciding which one to go for, you have to assess your needs and for what the death benefit will be used. If it will always be needed regardless, whole life insurance may be the better option. Term works for those on a limited budget. However, you will have to renew or find a new policy if you outlive your term life insurance and your premiums will almost certainly increase because you will be older.
This is a good argument pro and con both types of life insurance policies. Term is less expensive originally but term becomes cost prohibitive the older you get. Whole life is more expensive up front but over time the premiums may stop or be covered via the dividends. In other words, with whole life you can keep the coverage until you die and you probably won't pay premiums on the policy later in life, particularly if you chose limited pay life insurance.
The typical argument in favor of term goes something like this. Buy term and invest the difference. This life insurance meme was probably started by Dave Ramsey ranting against whole life insurance, or perhaps some other financial entertainer, but it has taken on a life of its own.
Anyway, the premium payments are likely to be a huge factor within your considerations so it is important to know that whole life insurance will be the more expensive of the two, INITIALLY.
With term life, one of the major pros cited by so called experts is that it is a more basic coverage and it only lasts a certain amount of time so the initial premiums will be lower.
So if you choose term life now and then renew later down the line, you will be left with higher premiums because you will be older and you could even have certain health issues that make it difficult, if not impossible, to qualify for additional coverage.
Contrast the pros of term with the pros of whole life regarding the amount of premium paid annually. With whole life you lock into your premium.
A properly structured policy will maximize your cash value and allow you to access it quickly, if necessary.
When you are young, your whole life policy premium probably runs around the monthly cost of netflix or your cell phone bill. But what you gain is insurance that acts as an asset and that will grow in cash value and death benefit over time and allow you easy access to the funds for investments, paying off debt, or retirement planning.
Another whole life insurance pro is that whole life is the only one with cash value that builds over time that can be withdrawn or borrowed against via a policy loan.
If you need basic coverage and have no need for cash value, or the premiums are initially too high, term life insurance is the way to go.
But bear in mind that you will receive nothing in return. You are simply "renting" life insurance with term life.
Over time, the cash value of your policy can be useful, especially for specifically tailored whole life policies designed for the purpose of employing the infinite banking concept.
First, realize that not one of your investments outside of life insurance offer the leverage of a death benefit. That is one primary reason why life insurance is a good investment.
Second, all your realized gains with whole life are not taxed each and every year. However, with buy term and invest the difference, your realized gains (i.e. when you sell) and any dividends received are going to be taxed every year.
Third, without even going into the argument that proponents of buy term and invest the difference greatly exaggerate what the returns will be (who gets 12% returns anymore?) on the money that is invested, this idea fails primarily due to one major reason: no one actually does it!
That is, no one actually buys term life and computes out the difference saved between term and whole life, and then uses that figure to invest with. Just like most tired cliches, it makes a great sound bite but it lacks any substance once you scratch below the surface.
Fourth, when you invest the difference, where are you sticking it? With whole life, policy withdrawals are tax free up to your basis in the policy. However, there are so many rules and regulations on early withdrawals of IRAs and 401k withdrawals.
Plus, who do you want holding your money, a mutual insurance company or a mutual fund company? Remember the crash of 2008? MassMutual came out unscathed but where is Lehman Brothers?
Instead of buying term and investing the difference, why not buy whole life and use your cash value to invest with, while also receiving guaranteed return and dividends on your cash value? That way your money is working for you in two places at once.
One more thing about buy term and invest the difference. Just know that with whole life, your return is GUARANTEED. That is another reason whole life insurance is a good investment.
What about your investment with the "difference" you saved by choosing term life vs whole life? Ya, you guessed it, the investments you choose are not guaranteed. You assume all the investment risks. And with the stock market at an all time high, it is simply a matter of time before a sizeable correction occurs. Buyer beware!
As long as you keep up with the premium payments and you don't cancel the policy early, there will be a guaranteed death benefit on both term and whole life.
With whole life insurance, you have to remember to pay back the life insurance loan and interest, otherwise this will have an impact on the death benefit. With term life, you have to remember to plan on converting the policy or self insure.
Self insure: figure out some way to leave behind money to your family when you are gone apart from life insurance. Self insuring is not a good plan considering the leverage you get with life insurance, the tax benefits, and the ability to earn true compound interest on your cash value.
Whole life insurance guarantees that you will have coverage no matter what illness or disease comes your way. With term life, you run the risk of being uninsurable down the road. Granted, term life insurance typically has a conversion option, which will allow you to convert your policy to a permanent life insurance.
But converting the policy will increase the cost of your premiums. Plus, very seldom do we see people actually exercise the conversion option. Instead, the term ends and the individual tries to get a new policy, only to find out the soreness in his chest he has been experiencing is actually coronary artery disease and he is now uninsurable.
When people research life insurance, one of their biggest concerns seems to be that they don't want the premiums to increase over time. However, both term life and whole life insurance will have fixed premiums over the duration of the policy.
Although they will differ from one policy to the next, each policies premiums will remain the same (i.e. fixed) after being set up.
But what pushes the needle over towards favoring whole life over term life is that with whole life, either dividends or the cash value can be used to pay premiums. So even though both policies allow for fixed premiums, one is superior in that it can also pay for itself via past premiums paid into the policy.
Term life does not offer this flexibility, and if you don't pay your premiums, or can't pay your premiums, with term life you are out of luck, the policy will lapse and you will lose your coverage.
Finally, whole life insurance, not term life, will be eligible for annual life insurance policy dividends and it is only a certain percentage of whole life policies that pay dividends to policyholders. Ultimately, it has to be a participating whole life policy. With term life insurance, this option will not be available regardless of the carrier.
Now you know all about the two policies, what about yourself? Later, we will be taking a detailed look into the price comparisons for different age groups but what should you take into consideration about yourself when making this big choice? In truth, there are a number of different variables that will affect your decision between whole life and term life.
Age – Your age will be a huge factor in this decision. Not only will it decide the price of your premiums, it may affect how long you think you need the insurance for. If you are young, whole life insurance will be more affordable than when you are older and term life insurance presents a risk because you have a high chance of outliving it.
Age of Children – After your own age, the age of your children should also be considered because you may just be trying to protect them and ensure that there is some money available should the unthinkable happen. If they are already in their teenage years, you may only want a short term life policy with maximum death benefit.
Health – Health is a factor because good health will help you get the best rate class, which equals lower premiums. However, what you might not be aware of is whole life insurance is often EASIER to qualify for than term life for those who have an existing health conditions.
Family Financial Needs – If you find yourself and your family in the rat race and you are wondering how you will ever break free, we once again introduce you to the infinite banking concept and the vast implications it can have for your future financial freedom.
Estate Planning – As you can imagine, life insurance is now heavily involved with the estate planning process because it provides a source of liquidity in the form of cold hard cash after you die. Not only does it give the beneficiary an opportunity to pay expenses, the death benefit is tax-free in most cases.
Likelihood of Outliving – If you are still relatively young, one of your main concerns should be the fact that you will probably outlive your term policy. In fact, some stats show that 98% of term policies expire. The question comes down again to ownership, do you want to rent or own your life insurance?
Miscellaneous – After these main considerations, you may also want to think about your retirement plans, future needs of your children, whether you have a living trust, whether you wish to donate to charity, your mortgage length, and your sources of income for when you plan to retire.
So far, we have spoken about how the costs difference between policies and how they can 'increase' but we haven't actually seen any figures. Therefore, we are now going to delve into the numbers and assess the real difference. To keep it fair, we will go through numerous age groups as well as separating the genders so we can have an accurate overview.
Note: the following quotes are examples only. In no way, shape or form do the following term life and whole life insurance quotes reflect the actual premium YOU will pay for such a policy. If you want accurate quotes and illustrations on whole life insurance tailored to your specific needs, call us or send us an email.
Male (Whole Life) – With a whole life insurance policy, the costs for a male will depend on two things – age and policy amount. At the age of 30, whole life insurance will normally cost just under $2,400 per $250,000 in coverage. For example, $500,000 coverage is around $4,800 and, for $1,000,000, it rises to over $9,000.
At the age of 40, this changes to $3,500 per $250,000. At the next step of 50 years old, it increases once again to $5,500 per $250,000 of coverage. As you can see, there is a huge jump between the ages of 30 and 50 ($2,400 to $5,500) and this is why the decision is very important.
Male (20-Year Term) – For term life, we have chosen twenty years as this is the most common option and it sits somewhere in the middle which will allow you to gauge other prices. Once again, we start with a male age 30 and a $250,000 policy which will cost around $150 annually and around $250 for $500,000 of coverage and $400 for $1,000,000 respectively.
At 40 years of age, this increases to $210, $350, and $630 respectively. Ten years later, this increases once more to $500, $900, and $1,700. Once again, you can see the huge jump between ages. With a one million dollar policy in place, the premiums jump from $410 to $1700 which is four times the amount for the exact same coverage just twenty years apart. If you haven't yet looked into life insurance, this is why it pays to do so while you are young.
Female (Whole Life) – In the same way, we will now take you through the same details for a female and there is a slight difference. Compared to the male $2,400 for a $250,000 policy, there is a slight decrease to $2,100 for the 30-year old female and it stays this amount per $250,000 moving all the way up to one million dollars which can be purchased for around $8,000 annually, give or take, depending on the exact policy and features.
At the age of 40, the same female will make payments of $3,000 per $250,000 of coverage and this increases once again when reaching 50 to $4,500 for the same coverage.
Female (20-Year Term) – At 30 years of age, term life insurance will cost a female around $140, $210, and $350 for the three policy amounts of $250,000, $500,000 and $1,000,000. At 40, this is $190, $300, $530. At 50, you will find payments will be around $370, $670, and $1,230.
Earlier, you may have been wondering why we were talking you through the different considerations and this is exactly why.
In truth, there are a number of factors that will affect how much money you pay which is why you need to get it right and you need to get it right early.
Of course, the prices you see above are just estimates based on the average, healthy male and female at the different age intervals.
Ultimately, it was to show you the difference and how big of a role those different factors play.
Lesson: Buy while you are young!
We know we just overloaded a lot of people's brain circuits with this long article comparing term life vs whole life. But you should now be in a stronger position to make a solid financial decision for your future, the future of your family, as well as your legacy.
Before we go, we have a small summary that you can refer back to in the future if required.
Remember, don't make a hasty decision that you don't fully understand. If required, contact a professional who can get to know your unique position and advise you based on your circumstances. The team at Insurance and Estates is standing by ready to serve you to the best of our abilities.
Thanks for sharing the difference. I say that to everyone that whole life is not a bad investment and neither is term life insurance. It all depends on what you want and what suits you the best.
We would agree with you. There is no one-size-fits-all insurance product or design. Each product must be tailor made to the person's need and objective.


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TopCoder problem "FlashFlood" used in TCCC07 Semi 2 (Division I Level Two)
The creek bed is dry. We are given the elevation of the creek bed every 50 feet horizontally along its course, west to east. Our town is located in a valley just to the east of the last elevation. It has just started raining at a rate of r inches per hour over the entire creek bed. (This means that in a volume with straight sides and a flat bottom the water level would rise r inches per hour.)
We can treat this as a 2-dimensional problem by approximating the creek as having a constant width. We will assume that the creek bed is made up of linear segments between the known elevations. We will also treat the water as flowing instantaneously.
Given r, and a int[] ht giving the elevations (in feet) in order from west to east, return the number of hours before the water starts flooding the town.
Class: FlashFlood
Method: hours
Parameters: int, int[]
Returns: double
Method signature: double hours(int r, int[] ht)
- The conversion between feet and inches is 12 inches = 1 foot.
- A return value with either an absolute or relative error of less than 1.0E-9 is considered correct.
- r will be between 1 and 100, inclusive.
- ht will contain between 2 and 50 elements, inclusive.
- Each element of ht will be between 0 and 5000, inclusive.
- The elements of ht will have distinct values.
- At least one element of ht will be greater than its last element.
{150,140}
Returns: 0.0
All the rain that falls in the creek bed immediately flows into town.
{160,140,150}
Returns: 6.428571428571427
/  \
/    \
\^^^^^^^^^150
\^^^^^^^/
\^^^^/      (Town)
-----+------+------+------
The water will build up in a triangular region until its height reaches 150. The picture shows the water at the crucial moment. The horizontal width of the triangle is (25+50) and its altitude is 10 so its area is 75*10/2 = 375. All the rain that falls on the 100 foot long creek bed goes into this region, so every hour the area of water increases by 100*(7/12) square feet. So the region will be full and start flooding the town in 375 / (700/12) = 45/7 hours.
{110,170,175,155,160,140,150}
Returns: 2.6562500000000018
\         160
\     /     \
155         \
\       150
\    /
140        (town)
-----+------+------+------+------+-----
Before the easternmost triangular region fills up, the triangular region just to its west will fill up. So flooding will begin when the water level is 150 in the easternmost region and 160 in the region to its west. The rain falling on the first 100 feet of creek (not shown in the picture) fortunately drains the other way, but all the rain on the remaining 200 foot long creek bed will contribute. So we calculate area/rain = [(62.5*5)/2 + (75*10)/2 ] / (200 * 12 / 12)
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Hey fellas, Valentine's Day is here and if you have a significant other but haven't made plans for Valentines Day yet, you're in luck. Heart Rock Falls is the perfect last minute Valentine's Day Adventure.
Heart Rock Falls, also known as Seeley Creek Falls, is one of Southern California's best-kept secrets. Heart Rock Falls got its name because at the end of the trail is a 20 foot waterfall that is next to a large rock that is hollowed out in the shape of a heart.
The hike itself is only about a half mile long and the trail is mostly flat. I recommend this hike for everyone, any age and any level of fitness.
The past few years Southern California has experienced major drought which affect the flow of the streams and the waterfall. However recently the San Bernardino Mountains have gotten quite a lot of rain, which has helped bring this area back to life.
On my hike I had the privilege of meeting Marisa. Marisa works for the San Bernardino County Forestry and her job is to make sure that our parks and trails are protected and maintained. Marisa is passionate about her job, which has inspired her to lead a local hiking group in the area called Hiking With Friends. Hiking With Friends is a growing community group with over 3,800 members who meet regularly to explore hiking trails all over Southern California. Hiking With Friends is leading an event at Heart Rock Falls this Sunday February 14th and she was preparing the site for the Valentine's Day Weekend. Unfortunately, over the yeas Heat Rock Falls was vandalized with graffiti but thanks to Marisa Heart Rock Falls has been restored to its natural look and ready for the weekend.
I'm so happy I got to visit Heart Rock Falls and I look forward to coming back soon.
Very unique and interesting blog,Keep it up buddy!


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Q: There's a lot (of biscuits). How can it be explained from the grammatical point of view? While flicking through a textbook for beginners I came across the following:

How many biscuits are there? - There's a lot!

I wonder how "there is" can be explained to a student who knows that "biscuits" is a countable noun given in the plural in the sentence.