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Kenneth Madsen collection on Arnold Friberg
Contains materials related to the work of Arnold Friberg. Includes numerous catalogs and pamphlets for ordering Friberg's prints, newspaper articles about Friberg, and some personal papers. Also includes a program from the funeral service of his wife Hedve, a clipping from the Engisn magazine on Friberg, and order forms from Friberg Fine Prints. Other materials include programs from services and ceremonies honoring Friberg. Dated 1973-1994.
Madsen, Kenneth Cleon, 1927-2002 (creator, Person)
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the Kenneth Madsen collection on Arnold Friberg must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Arnold Friberg (1913-2010) was a famous Mormon artist.
Arnold Friberg was born December 21, 1913 in Illinois to Sven Friberg and Ingeborg Solberg Friberg. He moved with his family to Arizona when he was three years old, where his family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He began as a painting apprentice at the age of 13. After high school, Friberg attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, after which he moved to New York, where he studied at the Grand Central School of Art and worked for advertising agencies and painted covers for The Saturday Evening Post and other magazines. He was drafted into the Army during World War II and was asked to work as an artist with the rank of captain. Instead he chose to go into the infantry as an enlisted man. He served in Europe and in the Pacific. He married Hedve Mae Baxter, who died in 1986, and then remarried Heidi Miller Grosskopf in 1989. He had four children (two of which were step-children.)
From early in his career, Friberg was a well-known artist. He received commissions from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to paint images for them, as well as receiving a commission from Cecil B. DeMille to paint advertising images for The Ten Commandments. He is well known among the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for painting scenes from the Book of Mormon. His most famous painting is entitled "Prayer at Valley Forge," and depicts George Washington kneeling in prayer.
Friberg died on July 1, 2010 from complications after hip replacement surgery.
Kenneth Cleon Madsen (1927-2002) was an artist and art instructor in Utah.
Kenneth Cleon Madsen was born October 31, 1927 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He served in the United States Navy from 1945 to 1952. On May 27, 1946 he married Ruth Woolf in the Salt Lake Temple, and together they raised five children. Madsen became a well-known Utah artist, and was admired for his many accomplishments. He worked for Famous Artist Schools, the International Exchange School, and the Queen Mary Art College in London, England. In addition to his art career he also served as director of the National Independence Day Festival and Parade.
He died on December 25, 2002.
3 folders (0.3 linear ft.)
Arranged in original order.
Found in the 20th century workroom in 2013.
Found; 20th Century Workroom; 2013.
Utah and the American West and LDS cultural, social, and religious history (20th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts collection development policy 5.VII, August 2007.)
Contains materials related to an LDS artist.
Processed; Kelsey Samuelsen, student manuscript processor, and John M. Murphy, curator; 2013.
Commercial artists
Friberg, Arnold, 1913-2010 -- Archives
Painters -- Utah
Friberg, Arnold, 1913-2010 (contributor, Person)
Register of the Kenneth Madsen collection on Arnold Friberg
Kelsey Samuelsen, student manuscripts processor, and John M. Murphy, curator.
Initial citation: MSS 8183; Kenneth Madsen collection on Arnold Friberg; 20th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts; L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University. Following citations: MSS 8183; LTPSC.
Initial citation: MSS 8183; Kenneth Madsen collection on Arnold Friberg; 20th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts; L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University. Following citations: MSS 8183; LTPSC. https://archives.lib.byu.edu/repositories/14/resources/2561 Accessed January 30, 2023.


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General News of Wednesday, 31 May 2017
Source: The Herald
14 Somanya residents remanded in cells after demo against ECG bills
A Koforidua Circuit Court, has remanded the 14 suspects, who were arrested on Monday for masterminding a demonstration, that led to an attack on the Somanya branch of Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).
The 14 led some residents to also vandalize the Somanya Police station in the Eastern Region, where they freed four suspects in police cell.
They were charged with causing unlawful damage, conspiracy to riot, rioting with weapons, unlawful assembling and causing unlawful damage to properties.
The court presided over by Ms. Mercy Adei Kotei, refused a plea for bail for the accused persons when their lawyer, Simon Animey, requested for it.
The lawyer in an interview with Citi News indicated his disappointment in the court's refusal to grant his clients bail.
The lawyer also served notice that he will go to the High Court to have his demands met.
Ms Mercy Adei Kotei, explained that, the suspects would interfere with Police investigations if granted bail, and thus remanded them to reappear on June 13, 2017.
Hundreds of angry youth on Monday evening besieged the Somanya Police station, vandalized property, set fire to a police car, freeing four suspected criminals in police custody.
Their action saw many officers around the station, fleeing for their lives. Their action was sparked by the arrest of a resident, an Assembly Member, who is accused of masterminding an earlier violent demonstration against the ECG over high bills.
President Akufo-Addo during the 2016 campaign promised to reduce electricity tariff, because it had become more expensive than rent in the country, but he has since put staff of the state-owned company in harm's way almost six months after taking over the administration of the country and failing to honour the vow.
Last Friday, angry residents of Somanya and its environs in the Yilo Krobo Municipality, embarked on a massive demonstration against the Akufo-Addo government over high electricity bills vandalizing the company's vehicles, smashing the Somanya EGC office and nearly injuring some workers of the company.
Ahead of the 2016 election, President Akufo-Addo and his party; the New Patriotic Party (NPP) made electricity tariffs one of their central campaign messages with the then opposition leader, publicly promising to reduce the bills for Ghanaians, when elected. But the government appears to have deliberately forgotten the pledge.
The demonstrators made up of old men and women, but predominantly youth, wielding clubs and machetes amidst chanting war songs, besieged the Somanya office of ECG to demand explanations for the high bills and reinstallation of ECG meters to the home and workplaces of the demonstrators, whose meters were taken out.
Many homes in the Yilo Krobo and Manya Krobo areas, have not been receiving ECG bills for long periods ranging from three months to 2 years.
Homes that have been receiving bills too, have had their bills shoot up between 500 to a 1000 percent. But the ECG workers, lately turn up in homes with accumulated bills and then suddenly disconnect those homes without reason.
Residents have been disappointed at the Akufo-Addo government for not reducing the tariffs as promised.
Due to this development, the residents have been meeting to plan a demonstration against government for such ballooning tariffs.
The demonstration was slated for this week, but last Friday morning, ECG workers went to the workplace of one of organisers of the impending demonstration, Jonas Tetteh, (aka Dendenden) who is also an Assembly member to disconnect him and took away his metre.
The youth upon seeing this action by the ECG workers, chased them out leaving their two vehicles.
The youth deflated all tires of both vehicles and smashed the windscreens and then they marched to the premises of the Somanya ECG to demand the reinstallation of the meters and restoration of power.
It took the intervention of the MP for the area, Lawyer Kofi Amoatey for the meters to be released, but the release happened after state properties had been vandalized.
The ECG had promised to respond to the issues raised by the demonstrating youth within a week.
One woman cried "the bills are still going higher, but Nana promised to reduce them. Why is Nana not reducing the bills? I use a bulb and a standing fan, but my bill for February is GH¢ 40".
"I have not even received that of March and April, another woman said.
The youth demands are that government reduce the bills as promised or no ECG worker, will be allowed to touch any meter in the area.
Workers of ECG in Somanya, now live in fear, they have locked up their offices and left.
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St Aidan's Church in Bamburgh commemorate Battle of the Somme
Bamburgh and the Great War
Bamburgh Heritage Trust will commemorate the centenary of World War I and the Battle of the Somme with a special exhibition in the crypt of St. Aidan's Church, Bamburgh.
The crypt will be open to the public from 11.00am – 3.00pm on both Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd October. The special exhibition in the crypt is the culmination of years of research and work by volunteers from the village.
The HLF 'First World War: then and now' fund enabled community volunteers to look at the impact of WWI on the village of Bamburgh. They researched the young men who went to war, the war effort at home and on farms and the stories of the soldiers who returned to village life and what they did after the Great War. The wealth of information gathered has informed the exhibition as well as the creation of a fictional diary for Mr. Little, Bamburgh's school teacher. This beautifully illustrated book will be available at the exhibition.
The exhibition includes an interactive map where the audience can explore the village through the 2nd edition OS map together with images of WWI soldiers and veterans and Bamburgh in the early 20th century. The exhibition in crypt offers the opportunity to also see the Anglo-Saxon Ossuary. Member of Bamburgh Heritage Trust will be on hand to provide more information.
Picture: Hugh Ross, killed at the Battle of the Somme on 15th September 1916
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Dell's new PCs will display incoming phone calls and text messages from iOS and Android
By Jacob Kastrenakes@jake_k Jan 9, 2018, 1:00pm EST
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It's a huge convenience to be able to respond to text messages and view incoming phone notifications right from your computer, so Dell has created a new app called Mobile Connect that lets you do just that and plans to ship the app on most of its new PCs. The app syncs calls and notifications, lets you respond to them from your PC, and when connected to an Android phone, can mirror its screen completely so that you can navigate apps right from your computer.
I saw a demo of the Mobile Connect app hooked up to an Android phone at a briefing last month, and it worked seamlessly. When a call came in, it immediately appeared on the laptop's screen, and using mirroring, a Dell rep was able to pull up Uber and see nearby cabs.
A lot of those features are already available to Windows users — including notification syncing, through Cortana — but they're not necessarily presented in such an obvious fashion as they are here. If Dell can expose this feature to more users, that's a great thing for its computers' usability (though users will still have to install a companion app on their phone).
What's most interesting here, though, is that Dell says it can also sync calls and messages from iPhones, despite Apple's typically locked-down nature. I didn't get a chance to see this in action, but Dell says that it will work. And if it does — even if the feature is more limited than for Android phones — that's a big advantage for Dell.
Dell isn't quite the first PC manufacturer to ship an app like this. For one, Cortana handles some of these features. But HP has also started to offer texting, calling, and notification syncing through an app called Phone Wise, however it's limited right now to just three business-focused laptops.
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Clean buses help up breathe easy
By dailybreeze | dailybreeze@dfmdev.com |
PUBLISHED: August 6, 2009 at 12:00 a.m. | UPDATED: September 6, 2017 at 9:52 a.m.
Omnitrans deserves congratulations and the public's thanks for converting its entire fleet of buses from diesel fuel to cleaner alternatives.
San Bernardino County's public transit agency is rolling out this month 27 new buses that run on compressed natural gas. Those buses will complete a conversion that the agency began in 1997.
In 2002, Omnitrans introduced the first gasoline-electric hybrid buses used in the United States.
These new natural gas buses – paid for with federal, state and local transportation funds and a grant from the South Coast Air Quality Management District – reduce smog-forming emissions by 87 percent compared with diesel buses.
That's a big deal here in this county where particulate matter from diesel exhaust has been implicated in reducing children's lung capacity and other health effects.
It's bad enough that two years ago, on the day San Bernardino County Supervisor Gary Ovitt was sworn in as then-president of the Southern California Association of Governments, the organization voted to urge President Bush and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to declare a state of emergency in the region because of premature deaths caused by air pollution.
Most diesel emissions fall under the control of federal agencies – interstate trucking and container ships in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach – but we should at least do what we can to limit the damage to our own air.
Omnitrans is doing exactly that.
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Rainy, cool and not at all like August.
Today I was Artist of the week at the Lansdowne Farmers Market. Despite the rain, I still did pretty swift business and got to see some neighbors and friends.
I even sold a quilt, which is always a pleasant surprise.
I sold almost all the dresses and owl pillows, but still have about half of the rest of inventory, I will get the rest up on etsy soon.


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Q: Let $x_n$ = $((-1)^n +1)/n)$. Describe the subsequences $x_{2n}$ and $x_{2n-1}$. Let $x_n = $$((-1)^n +1)/n)$. Describe the subsequences $x_{2n}$ and $x_{2n-1}$.
A sequence is $y_n$ is a subsequence of $x_n$ iff there is an increasing function $f: \mathbb N \rightarrow \mathbb N$ such that $y_n = x_{f(n)}$. For example $y_n = x_{2n}$ is the sequence whose terms are just the even numbered terms of the sequence $x_n$.
Edit:  plugged in 2n for n and got (-1)^2n+1/2n. Knowing anything raised to 2*n will give me an even number, by the definition of an even number. -1*-1 = 1, and -1*-1*-1*-1 = 1, and by these examples you can see that it will always be positive. Giving 1+1/2n = 1/n. Which the person below has shown.
For the second one I have plug in 2n-1 for n. And since the definition of an odd number is 2n-1 you will always get a -1..So -1+1/2n-1 = 0 which this person has shown.
I wasn't sure what to formally write after I have figured this out.

A: For any $n\geq 1$:
$$
x_{2n} = \frac{(-1)^{2n} + 1}{2n} = \frac{2}{2n} = \frac{1}{n}
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x_{2n-1} = \frac{(-1)^{2n-1} + 1}{2n-1} = \frac{-1 + 1}{2n-1} = 0
$$
So, the sequence $(y_i)$ defined by $y_i = x_{2i}$ is the sequence $y_i = 1/i$, and the sequence $(z_i)$ defined by $z_i = x_{2i - 1}$ is the zero sequence.

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My mare is comfortable in this blanket. A 78 is a 78. My mare is turned out with three other horses and so far no snags or tares. It is holding up really well.
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I purchased this blanket and so far so good but my horse has only been wearing it for a couple of weeks. The only problem is that it is starting to rub on either side of his chest. I am wondering if it is just a bit too small for him but he usually wears a 75 perfectly. He is a 15.3 hand paint (quarter horse / thoroughbred cross) Then again I have never bought a tough 1 blanket either, as every brand has a different fit. Aside from that, this blanket looks to be very well made. It is very thick and will stand up to our Illinois winters. I also like that there are 3 sets of gussets instead of two like most other blankets. This creates more freedom of movement for him. Neck is also adjustable which I have totally taken advantage of this feature to make it fit him. Cant say much about the durability in terms of pasture play because I have only had it a couple weeks. For the price, this blanket is a steal. Other blankets that are similar are much more money.
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Is this considered a medium weight blanket?
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I consider this a medium weight for our cold and long MN winters. My horses are inside a heated barn at night and I remove the blankets. I would only need a heavy weight if they stayed out 24/7. Great value, good insulation without being very heavy. This is my second year and they look great after 2 washings. I just purchased 2 more.
It seems to be medium weight but is somewhat heavier due to the outer fabric being 1680. I haven't used it yet so am not totally sure about it. It seems well made and heavy duty for the money..alot of bang for your buck!
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It is a heavy weight blanket. The extra length helps block the wind.
If it is under 300 grams yes it is.
BEST ANSWER: Yes-2 rear leg straps. I took off one strap (both ends have a snap) and saved it in case first one breaks. I hook the one strap under the tail to each of the rear hooks. It seems to work better than leg straps with less irritation to the horse. Nice thing is you can use it either way. Hope this helps. Our horse is enjoying her new blanket with the current cold snap!
No, tail strap. Not sure if I would want a tail strap. I have purchased 5 or 6 of these in the past couple of years and I am very pleased with the product. Would recommend and buy again.
This item does not have a tail strap but it does feature adjustable elastic leg straps.
There is a tail flap and two back leg straps but not a tail strap.
Is this water proof? I live in a spot with a LOT of rain, we do have a shelter but my mare doesn't like to use it often. I need something that Water proof and stays dry for a decent amount of time. Thanks!
BEST ANSWER: Yes, it is waterproof. My horse is hard on blankets, so I bought three of these and alternate them on him throughout the winter. He stays warm and dry.
Yes the blanket is waterproof. My 10 yr old QH has had the same blanket for a few yrs now. The blanket has held up well to his rambunctious antics!!
Have used mine in Michigan with lots of snow and rain and very cold. Washed it a couple of times. Works great, waterproof and tough.
I love my Tought 1 Snuggit.. Yes, it does keep them dry and is water proof. Very good quality blankets to keep them warm and dry.
I never ordered a 84 in Snuggit 1680 Turnout, but I ordered and have a 75 on a TWH gelding. It is waterproof at this time.
Yes it is waterproof! We've had torrential rain lately!
Is this blanket true to size or does it run big?
BEST ANSWER: Runs true to size for all three of my horses who each have two of these.
I've always bought 82's for my boys. But this time I bought the 81 as it did not come in 82. Fit just as good.
I have found my Kensington blankets run true to size. I love the fit for both my horses.
What determines the warmth of the blanket as well as lowest temperature rating?
BEST ANSWER: While I'm not a manufacturer or expert, I believe it is the Denier or density of the outer weave and the type of insulating material and it's thickness that gives the rating. I live in northern NJ, have this blanket on my 29 year old Quarter horse now and he is snug as a bug in it. I like the belly strap style as it keep the belly warm, but also does not have the hanging straps to worry about getting a leg caught in.
Not sure on lowest temperature ratings tho.
This blanket is 250 grams its a med weight so compatible for 25 degrees or colder.
The amount of "fill" - the thicker/ heavier the fill, the warmer the blanket.
Does it stand up well being out with a group of other horses?
BEST ANSWER: I am very pleased with the Tough1 blankets we bought 2 years ago. My two boys have worn them for the last two winters in their turn out together. Only had to replace a couple of leg straps. One of my knuckle heads liked to rub along the fence line, his blanket has some fuzz balls on the outer shell but the other one looks new. Doesn't smell new, just looks good.
My horse is out with only 1 other horse but they do pick at each other and this blanket held up with no damage for the season.
I have 3 geldings all turned out. So far so good.
Is there a neck blanket to go with this blanket?
BEST ANSWER: The item does have d-rings along the neck line to attach any kind of neck cover. Tough 1 does make a cover.


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Changing the Odds for the Elderly
Pat, a social worker, spent 20 years of her life helping others get ahead. Her hard work and heart gave countless people in her Toledo, Ohio, community the chance to live a better life. That support came full circle last year when Pat suffered a major stroke and her life was put on pause.
Unable to drive or hold a job due to her poor health, Pat turned to Ottawa County Transitional Housing, a service she often recommended to others for assistance with rent, transportation and other needs. Before she knew it, the people Pat had devoted her life to were helping her rebuild her own.
"People I had helped came and wanted to help me," said Pat, who was taught how to file for Section 8 housing. "Why? Because of what goes on in this community. The combination of United Way and Ottawa County Transitional Housing is huge. It's amazing."
United Way of Greater Toledo provides funding for Ottawa County Transitional Housing through their partnership with the Sutton Center Community Outreach Program, which helps people establish a supportive lifestyle and become financially stable. Pat is just one of 15,690 people in the region who have overcome barriers to living a healthy and active life thanks to United Way.
Across the nation, United Way is providing older adults with the support they need. In Virginia, United Way of Greater Williamsburg and The ARC of Greater Williamsburg serve adults with intellectual and development disabilities through services that support health, wellness and life-skills trainings. In Texas, United Way of Tarrant County and the Area Agency on Aging of Tarrant County came together to offer caregiver workshops, benefits counseling and nutritional programs. And United Way of Greater Houston creates an annual directory to connect older adults with support systems.
Now more than ever, elder care is integral to sustained community health. In the next decade, people over the age of 60 will make up almost 25 percent of the world's population—outnumbering children. In the United States alone, the number of seniors will double. United Way is fighting to change the odds so people like Pat can continue to live vibrant lives, while maintaining their health, financial security and independence. A big part of this effort centers on the caregivers who support older adults.
To generate awareness about the needs of the elderly and their caregivers, United Way Worldwide and AARP teamed up to build Do You Care Challenge, a simulator that lets users walk in the shoes of four different caregivers, and see some of their daily challenges and joys. According to AARP, there are nearly 40 million family caregivers in the United States; they have busy lives and evolving demands, with no simple solutions. Increasing awareness can help, though. The Do You Care Challenge, which launched last week, is designed to start a dialogue about caregiving in communities. It's just one more way United Way is working to give people of all ages the quality care they deserve.
Want to help the elderly in your community? Learn how you can join the fight by visiting your local United Way and asking about their health programs.
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-U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto
What we need in Washington are public servants who will work to find common ground and get things done for the American people. Susie Lee is one of those people. Like me, Susie grew up in a working class family, and like me, Susie benefited from the opportunities this country gave families like ours. Now, Susie has dedicated her life to providing those opportunities for today's kids – and she has the results to back it up. At the end of the day, whether you're a Republican or a Democrat, we all want the same things for our kids: good health care, an education that opens the door to a bright future, and a fair shot at getting ahead. Washington needs more problem solvers like Susie Lee, and I am proud to endorse her for U.S. Congress.
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-Former President Barack Obama
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"Susie Lee has been a tireless advocate for expanding opportunity for Nevada families. I'm proud to endorse her campaign for Congress, and look forward to working with her to build a better Nevada."
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"Susie has spent most of her adult life helping Nevada families overcome barriers to opportunity – and EMILY's List is excited to see her do the same in Congress."
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"When a candidate says they're willing to make the Break the Gridlock pledge, you can be confident they are really committed to the kinds of reforms that would radically change Congress for the better and give bipartisan ideas a fighting chance. [Susie Lee] just made the Break the Gridlock pledge and that means you can count on [her] to deliver as promised."
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"Susie has stood up to Republican leadership's attacks on Planned Parenthood patients and reproductive health care, and will continue to do so in Washington."
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"[Susie] has proven that she can work with diverse coalitions and produce solutions to our community's most difficult problems. When it comes to public safety, we know that Susie will be a committed partner in Congress and will be an advocate for the men and women of Nevada's law enforcement organizations."
- Mike Ramirez, Director of Governmental Affairs for the LVPPA
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"Susie Lee is pushing for Congress to take up and pass measures like universal background checks that will help keep Nevadans more safe from gun violence."
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"On behalf of Hispanics In Politics, I want to congratulate [Susie Lee] on having received HIP's endorsement of [her] candidacy in the 2018 General Election to the post of Representative in Congress, District 3."
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Culinary Union Local 226 has endorsed Susie Lee in Nevada's 3rd Congressional District.
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"The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, on behalf of its millions of members and supporters, including 3,000 in Nevada's 3rd Congressional District, enthusiastically endorses [Susie Lee] for election to the United States House of Representatives. Our nation needs [Susie's] leadership, vision and determination to fight for working families and older Americans."
- Max Richtman, President of NCPSSM
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-Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
"A proven champion for working families, Susie Lee will fight for every Nevadans' right to work and live free from harassment and discrimination. HRC is proud to endorse her candidacy for Nevada's 3rd District, and we look forward to electing another pro-equality champion to the U.S. House of Representatives come November."
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"Susie has dedicated her career to the service of others and we know that she will lift up the voices of all Nevada residents in Congress."
- Alex Morgan, Executive Director
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"The Nevada labor movement is excited to support candidates who share our vision: strong unions, quality education and vocational programs, affordable health care for all, and a Nevada where people can work to provide a better life for their families."
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"Susie has demonstrated a commitment to improving educational opportunities, supporting small businesses, and working with anyone who wants to make positive difference."
- Asian American Group chairman Mike Vaswani
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- IBEW Local 357 Las Vegas
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-Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America
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-International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail & Transportation Workers
The United Auto Workers Regions 5 and 6 have endorsed Susie Lee in Nevada's 3rd Congressional District.
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The Clark County Education Association has endorsed Susie Lee in Nevada's 3rd Congressional District.
-Clark County Education Association
"The American Nurses Association (ANA) and its Political Action Committee (ANA-PAC) are pleased to offer an endorsement of [Susie Lee] for the United States House of Representatives for Nevada-3. Each election cycle, ANA-PAC endorses candidates who have demonstrated strong support for nursing and health care issues and will best serve the interests of nurses and their patients."
- John Richter, Advocacy and Engagement Specialist
-American Nurses Association
"Susie Lee understands that we need to protect Social Security and Medicare, and she knows that working Americans deserve a fair shake and better wages. We are proud to support her campaign."
-Southern Nevada Building and Construction Trades Council
Susie Lee is "committed to leading the way in creating a fair and just economy, the right for workers to organize and form a union, and to build a better quality of life for all working families"
-SEIU Nevada Local 1107
"The NSEA endorses Susie Lee based on her proven record as a tireless advocate for public education. As the future Congressperson in the 3rd Congressional District, I am confident Susie will deliver the same energy and dedication to students in her district and throughout Nevada. Those who are familiar with her work ethic know she will represent southern Nevada well, especially in the area of public education."
- Ruben Murillo Jr., NSEA President.
-Nevada State Education Association
"Susie Lee is a fierce advocate for federal working people and is the right person to represent the men and women of Nevada's 3rd district. She has shown her dedication to supporting fair pay for public servants, ensuring taxpayers' services are fully-funded, and she will fight to protect our nation's veterans and the health care they have earned."
-American Federation of Government Employees
The Nevada chapter of the National Organization for Women has endorsed Susie Lee in Nevada's 3rd Congressional District.
-Nevada NOW
"Susie Lee understands that we need an economy that works for the middle class, and we are proud to support her campaign for Congress. Susie is a fighter and will be a strong champion for working families."
- Todd Towns, Chairman of the TWU Nevada State Conference.
-Transport Workers Union's Nevada State Conference
The southern Nevada chapter of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees has endorsed Susie Lee in Nevada's 3rd Congressional District.
-IATSE Local 720
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-Serve America
The Las Vegas chapter of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Worker has endorsed Susie Lee in Nevada's 3rd Congressional District.
-IBEW Local 396
The Asian American Action Fund has endorsed Susie Lee in Nevada's 3rd Congressional District.
-Asian American Action Fund
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-National Association of Social Workers
The Professional Fire Fighters of Nevada has endorsed Susie Lee in Nevada's 3rd Congressional District.
-Professional Fire Fighters of Nevada
The southern Nevada chapter of the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada has endorsed Susie Lee in Nevada's 3rd Congressional District.
-United Association Local 525
NewDemPAC has endorsed Susie Lee in Nevada's 3rd Congressional District.
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The Democratic Conversation Alliance has endorsed Susie Lee in Nevada's 3rd Congressional District.
-Democratic Conservation Alliance
Bend the Arc Jewish Action PAC has endorsed Susie Lee in Nevada's 3rd Congressional District.
-Bend the Arc Jewish Action PAC
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Wal-Mart faces protests by employees in China over what they say is a drastic change in work schedules, as the company overhauls its struggling business amid an economic slowdown and competition from e-commerce.
Weakening demand for traditional retailers has added to trouble for Wal-Mart Stores Inc., which has had slow and uneven growth since its first China outlet opened in 1996. It tried to expand into online retailing but sold its operation last month to China's No. 2 e-commerce operator.
Its labor tensions reflect rising expectations among workers to share in China's prosperity and a shift by the ruling Communist Party away from treating them only as a source of labor toward trying to create a consumer society.
Employees said Wal-Mart wants them to work 11-hour shifts on weekends and as little as four hours on weekdays under a system it started to roll out in June. Some said that might result in lower pay and interfere with their ability to work second jobs.
Last week, Staff members protested on Friday and Saturday outside Wal-Mart stores in the cities of Nanchang and Shenzhen in southern China, Chengdu in the west and Harbin in the northeast, according to employees and two labor rights groups.
The company didn't answer questions about how scheduling and working conditions would change or how the protests affected its operations.
Wal-Mart faced similar criticism in the United States over its "just in time" scheduling system, which employees said changed work hours at short notice and reduced pay for some. The company said in February its U.S. stores would switch to allowing employees the option of working fixed hours or putting together schedules in two-week blocks.
In contrast to its American operations, Wal-Mart's Chinese workforce of 100,000 is represented by unions, though employees complain those Communist Party-controlled groups often side with companies instead of pushing for better wages and working conditions.
Wal-Mart was one of the highest-profile targets of a 2006 campaign led by the ruling party to have the country's umbrella labor group, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, set up unions at foreign companies.
Managers presented the new scheduling system in May and encouraged employees to sign new contracts to authorize the change, according to employees. Under Chinese law, full-time employees work under two-year contracts.
Employees were told they could keep working under previous contracts if they wanted, but those who did so found their paychecks were smaller because meal subsidies and other payments were eliminated, according to the employee in Nanchang.
An activist group, China Labor Watch, said employees were pressured to sign the contracts by being told they could not leave meetings where the new system was announced until they did. Wal-Mart did not respond to a question about whether that happened.
Employees expressed concern the system could be abused to induce unwanted workers to quit by giving them awkward shifts, eliminating the need to pay severance.
Traditional retailers have been battered as Chinese shoppers shift to shopping online. Total retail sales rose 10 percent in May compared with a year earlier but that was down from 13 percent in 2014. Meanwhile, online commerce grew by more than 30 percent.
Wal-Mart, headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas, has expanded to 433 stores in China, but that is less than one-tenth as many as its 4,655 outlets in the United States.
Wal-Mart bought a stake in online retailer Yihaodian in 2011 and took full control last year. But after gaining a market share of just 1.6 percent, it gave up last month and turned over ownership to JD.com. In exchange, it got a 5 percent stake in the Chinese company.
Phone calls Wednesday to ACFTU branches in Nanchang, Chengdu and Shenzhen weren't answered.
Frustration among Wal-Mart employees with the ACFTU prompted some to start an informal group called the Wal-Mart Chinese Employee Fellowship in 2014, according to Zhang Jun, who said he was a spokesman for the group. He worked as an electrician at a Wal-Mart in the eastern city of Yantai from 2011 until last December.
The group's 20,000 members – about 20 percent of Wal-Mart's China workforce – use social media to communicate, according to Zhang.
They divide themselves into small groups in line with regulations aimed at suppressing dissent by limiting the number of accounts that can be linked together.
Authorities have investigated whether the group received money from foreign organizations, according to China Labour Bulletin, a research group in Hong Kong.
On Wednesday, employees expressed concern Wal-Mart's new system would make them part-time workers who would not be entitled to compensation in the event of layoffs.
A cashier who has worked at the Nanchang store for more than five years said her monthly pay of about 1,400 to 1,600 yuan ($215 to $245) has fallen by about 74 yuan ($11) under the new system. The legal minimum monthly wage in Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi province, is 1,530 yuan ($235).
Employees are unlikely to get a raise in the next few years, said the cashier, who asked not to be identified by name for fear of retaliation.


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Q: Show that $f: \mathbb{R}^{n^{2}} \to \mathbb{R}^{n^{2}}$ s.t. $f(X)=X^6$ is a differential application. Let $f: \mathbb{R}^{n^{2}} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^{n^{2}}$ defined by $f(X)=X^6$, where $\mathbb{R}^{n^{2}}$ is the space of square $n\times n$ matrices.
Show that $f$ is a differential application.
I try to prove that using the definition of a differential application in this way:
Let $X \in \mathbb{R}^{n^{2}}$ and $Y\neq0 \in \mathbb{R}^{n^{2}}$.
$$f(X+Y) - f(X) = f'(X)\cdot Y + r(Y) $$
$$\Leftrightarrow r(Y)=f(X+Y) - f(X) - f'(X)\cdot Y $$
$$\Leftrightarrow \frac{r(Y)}{|Y|}=\frac{f(X+Y) - f(X) - f'(X)\cdot Y}{|Y|}.$$
Then
$$\lim_{|Y|\rightarrow0}\frac{r(Y)}{|Y|}=\lim_{|Y|\rightarrow0}\frac{f(X+Y) - f(X) - f'(X)\cdot Y}{|Y|} $$
$$\Leftrightarrow\lim_{|Y|\rightarrow0}\frac{r(Y)}{|Y|}=\lim_{|Y|\rightarrow0}\frac{(X+Y)^6 - X^6 - f'(X)\cdot Y}{|Y|}.$$
I want to prove that $\lim_{|Y|\rightarrow0}\frac{r(Y)}{|Y|}=0$. If I could get this, the result follows by the differential application definition. The problem is that the algebraic manipulations aren't so simple, and I don't have any additional properties for these matrices.
I try something else: There is a result that says every function  $f:\mathbb{R^n}\rightarrow \mathbb{R^n}$ such that $f \in C^1$, then $f$ is differentiable. I thought to calculate the partial differentials of $f$ in each variable $x_{i} \in \mathbb{R}$ and proof that derivative is continuous in each $x_i$. But I don't know how to calculate these derivatives because they are matrices. Could someone help me, please?

A: Let $X,H\in\mathbb{R}^{n^2}$, then
\begin{align}
f'(X)[H]&=\frac{\partial}{\partial t}\left\{f(X+tH) \right\}_{t=0}\\
&=\frac{\partial}{\partial t}\left\{(X+tH)^{6}\right\}_{t=0}\\
&=6X^{5}H
\end{align}
Now,
\begin{equation}
f(X+H)-f(X)=f'(X)[H]+r(H)\Rightarrow r(H)=(X+H)^{6}-X^6-6X^{5}H
\end{equation}
We have to
\begin{align}
0\leq\frac{\Vert r(H)\Vert}{\Vert H\Vert}=\frac{\Vert 15X^{4}H^{2}+20X^{3}H^{3}+15X^{2}H^{4}+6XH^{5}+H^6\Vert}{\Vert H\Vert}\leq\frac{\Vert 15X^{4}H+20X^{3}H^{2}+15X^{2}H^{3}+6XH^{4}+H^{5}\Vert\Vert H\Vert}{\Vert H\Vert}\quad\text{(See note)}
\end{align}
Therefore
\begin{equation}
\lim_{H\to 0}\frac{r(H)}{\Vert H\Vert}=0
\end{equation}
This shows that $f$ is differentiable at $X\in\mathbb{R}^{n^2}$.
Note: Let $T\in L(\mathbb{R}^{n},\mathbb{R}^{m})$ and $K=\{x\in \mathbb{R}^{n}:\Vert x\Vert_{n}=1\}$, then $\Vert T(x)\Vert_{n}\leq \Vert T\Vert \Vert x\Vert_{n}$, with that you can verify that the norm operator is submultiplicative.


I love breakfast, don't you? It's one of the first things I ever taught myself to make back in middle school (if not earlier), and it was the eggs that I started to master. I still lean towards making eggs when I make breakfast for myself or for my family. Weekends are the best time for me to teach my kids how to make things like sausage egg mcmuffins or homemade egg mcmuffins, but recently I was sitting on some awesome leftover Nueske's ham steak, and some fresh green bell peppers from my garden. This is when the light went off, to come up with a new twist on the Denver omelette. I decided to create little Denver omelette cups, very similar to what I did in the past when making my taco cups.
These Denver omelette cups were so fun to make, and super delicious. Did I mention they were awesome the following morning?
Crack the eggs in a large bowl. Add the salt and pepper to the eggs, and beat the eggs until they are slightly frothy.
Lightly butter about 8 of your muffin tins.
Ladle the eggs into 8 of the tins, about 90% to the top.
Add in the shallots, ham, and bell peppers into each of the cups. Gently stir each cup. Top each cup with shredded cheese.
Bake in the oven for about 20 minutes, or until the eggs are set and the cheese is nice and melted.
Use a knife and run it along the outer edge of each cup and gently lift the Denver omelette cup out of the muffin tin.
These things were awesome. They were everything you could ever want in a Denver omelette but in great little bite size muffins. The great thing is that you can get as creative as you want with these which I am a big fan of. These were great as leftovers as well and perfect for a quick bite before heading out the door for work. Hope you enjoy!


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It's slightly scandalous to be married four times. But when your fourth husband is your now deceased third husband's best friend, who was married at the time you started your relationship with him….. well THAT'S scandalous. And so goes the marriage of Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher.
There are great jewelry collectors with fantastic pedigrees and great class. And then there was Mrs. George Washington Kavanaugh. Born Maria Magdalena Muller in Richmond, Virginia, she first married William Haberle, who was a brewery heir from Syracuse. Little is known about how she met Mr. Haberle or for how long they were married. But by all accounts, they didn't lead a very glamorous life, instead living in a drab, typical upper middle class Queen Anne house on Prospect Avenue in Syracuse.
The third time is a charm. That's what they say, right? For Elizabeth Taylor, she thought she'd found true love with husband number three, Mike Todd. Fresh from marriage number two, she fell hard for the 47 year old Todd (she was only 24). He was also twice divorced. What drew Elizabeth Taylor and Mike Todd together? Maybe it was the engagement ring that won her over. Maybe it was him. Sadly, we'll never know.


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Miguel Santiago (born March 6, 1973) is an American politician, currently serving in the California State Assembly, where he serves as chairman of the Communications and Conveyance Committee. Santiago is a Democrat representing the 54th Assembly District, which encompasses parts of Downtown Los Angeles, along with East Hollywood, Boyle Heights, Montebello, Commerce, and Vernon.

Santiago is a member of the California Latino Legislative Caucus. Prior to being elected to the Assembly in 2014, he was a member of the Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees. He also served as District Director to former Assembly Speaker John Pérez.

Net Neutrality Bill Co-Authorship
Santiago co-authored S.B. 822 alongside Senator Scott Wiener, legislation that would strengthen net neutrality protections in California. Hours after being signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown, a Motion for Preliminary Injunction was filed by the Department of Justice. Both parties have agreed to wait until a separate court case in the D.C. Circuit Court is decided before moving on. As part of the agreement, the law is not currently being enforced and the injunction was withdrawn.

After passing the California Senate, S.B. 822 was amended by Miguel Santiago in June 2018.  SB-822 would restore Obama-era rules that the Republican-controlled Federal Communications Commission rolled back in December, 2017. Santiago's amendments removed all provisions of the bill's net neutrality protections that were not in the text of the 2015 Open Internet Order, leaving in only those that were in the two-pages of rules. This prompted the bill's original sponsor, Senator Scott Wiener, to pull his support for his own bill and declare that it had been "hijacked" and that he was "not interested in passing a bill that is watered down so severely." The changes also included deleting a large section of definitions, which critics claim could make it more difficult for California's attorney general to prosecute violations of the legislation.

The amendments, published less than 12 hours before the hearing, were approved 8-0[6] by the Communications and Conveyance committee, which Santiago chairs, on June 20, 2018. That vote occurred before Wiener could argue against them and before any testimony. After the testimony, the amended bill was approved 8-2. Opponents of the amended version stated that Santiago's changes would create loopholes through which broadband providers could charge fees to content providers while exempting their own content from any data caps. Proponents of the changes contend that without them broadband providers would not be allowed to offer free mobile data that doesn't count against users' caps, harming consumers, and that net neutrality in general would discourage providers from improving their network infrastructure. Representatives of major ISPs continue to oppose the bill, even in its amended form.

State Assemblyman Miguel Santiago has received over $60,000 from telecom lobbyists, with AT&T and Comcast being the top telecom contributors, over the course of his assembly career. However, Wiener said that despite the "strenuous disagreement here, [...] it's not about campaign contributions" and that the telecoms "spent a lot of money in California targeting members with Twitter and Facebook ads, doing robo-calls to seniors telling them their bills are going to go up, that this bill is going to make your monthly payment go up. They flooded the capitol with lobbyists."

On June 6, 2018, Santiago released a press statement saying that his amendments were intended to help "deliver a bill that could withstand legal challenges from the telecommunications industry" and that "we ran out of time" to reach an agreement with Wiener. Knowing Wiener would not support the changes, the committee "took action to insert amendments without his consent to keep the bill moving." Santiago expressed regret at the "legislative maneuverings" required to advance the bill and that he does not "envision policy being created in this manner." The public response was intense, and Santiago stated that his family had received threats and that offensive memes smearing his wife and children had been shared online.

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Disco Demolition Night: Scenes from the Night Disco Died (or Did It?) at Chicago's Comiskey Park, 1979
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Surely you've heard of Disco Demolition Night, when Chicago DJ Steve Dahl invited listeners to the 1979 White Sox double header against the Tigers at Comiskey Park, offering tickets for .98 cents if they brought a disco record he could blow up between games. The event drew thousands more than Dahl expected, turned into a riot on the field, and has since passed into history for its rallying cry of "Disco sucks!" and its heralding of the end of disco's reign.
Disco died at the end of the 70s, the story goes. But many music fans know differently. Disco didn't die. It mutated, became House music, New Wave, and other hybrid genres. It made its way into the music of the Clash, Blondie, Michael Jackson, Madonna, and others. Nonetheless, Disco Demolition Night represented a widespread backlash that drove disco off the pop charts and back where it came from—the mostly black, Latino, and gay clubs in New York, Chicago, Detroit, and other cities.
Many people who have written histories of Disco Demolition have come to see it "as a not-so-subtle attack" against those groups of people, writes NPR, against "disco's early adopters." Dahl, who has co-authored his own book about the night, disagrees, but he admits that images of the event look "like a book burning." Disco "obviously threatened a lot of rockers," he concedes. Another witness to the event, an African-American usher named Vince Lawrence, saw evidence firsthand.
Lawrence—a disco fan and aspiring musician—tells the podcast Undone that he was actually looking forward to the event. He liked Dahl and "had strict intention of keeping records that were good that I didn't have." However, as he collected the records at the gate, he noticed among them Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder albums, "records that were black records," he says, but not disco. He tells NPR, he saw "Curtis Mayfield records and Otis Clay records…. Records that were clearly not disco." He balked, but was told he had to take them and issue tickets.
After Dahl rolled onto the field in a Jeep and blew up the dumpster full of records, chaos ensued, and the stunt turned into "this zany, real life slapstick routine," says Undone's host Pat Walters, "until all the sudden, it's just not." Rioters set a bonfire, stole the bases (literally), and became a raging mob. On his way out of the park, Lawrence was attacked by fans yelling "Disco Sucks!" and breaking records in his face.
Columnist Renee Graham, a gay woman of color who was a teenager at the time, recalls seeing photos of the event and being reminded of White Citizens Councils smashing rock and roll records because they brought white and black kids together. "This wasn't just 'We don't like this music,'" she says, "this was 'We don't like these people who listen to this music.'" By 1979, however, "those people" included many of the same kids' classmates, siblings, parents…. Disco had gone mainstream after Saturday Night Fever and the Bee Gees' breakout. "It was almost like musical gentrification," says Graham.
The Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart, Led Zeppelin, KISS—all of them appropriated disco. And the rock kids were furious. After the riot at Comiskey, "disco became a four-letter word." Careers collapsed, radio stations changed format, record stores reordered, almost overnight. Had none of this happened, it's possible disco would have fizzled out. Driven underground, back to its roots, it instead found new expression in the hands of pioneers like Chicago DJ Frankie Knuckles, the "Godfather of House," and New York's "Little" Louie Vega and Kenny "Dope" Ramirez.
Knuckles DJ'ed at Chicago club the Warehouse, which lent its name to the music—predominantly disco or disco inspired—he played. As house music evolved, "you could hear it fill in the space that disco had occupied," says Walters. Vince Lawrence, too young to get into the Warehouse, began staging his own house parties, and these spread to cities all over the country, and eventually to Europe, where the music influenced bands like the Eurythmics and New Order, who discovered house on the Spanish island of Ibiza. Undone makes the case that Disco Demolition Night saved disco, in a way, so that it could emerge and influence many more appreciative crossover fans in the decades to come.
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Rita Hayworth, 1940s Hollywood Icon, Dances Disco to the Tune of The Bee Gees Stayin' Alive: A Mashup
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9-11-2001 was such a shock to me, as it brought back memories of the second world war. I thought that I would never have to live through an attack on my adopted country as I had on the country of my birth. The day was May 10, 1940. It was 6 a.m. on a lovely warm spring morning in the city of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. When my sister Lida and I awoke to the noise of anti-aircraft guns, we jumped out of bed and ran to the window, opened the curtains and window and looked out.
What we saw was to change our lives forever. We lived in a walk-up apartment, like 90% of the people of Amsterdam did. Our family occupied the 2 top floors, the 4th and 5th floor. Lida and my bedroom was on the top floor and we had an unobstructed view of the air battle going on over Schiphol, the airport. Our apartment building was in the south part of Amsterdam and at the very edge of the city with nothing but empty fields at the end of our street. Our apartment was the second from the corner. We could see the explosions as the airport was being bombed. Lida and I knew right away that the Germans were attacking us. We ran downstairs to wake up our parents, who had slept through all the noise. My Dad went to the dining room where in the corner stood his pride and joy, a brand new Philips radio, on which we could tune in ever country in the world. But Dad tuned in a local station and heard the bad news that Germany had invaded the Netherlands and they were bombing every airfield in the country. They also were dropping paratroopers. The Dutch air force had just a few planes and no match against a country that had spent years of building up their air and land forces. Our country had always been a peace-loving country. So we felt overwhelmed and hopeless. It is such a scary feeling when your country is violated like that and like we were on September 11. The Germans had their plans well in place for many years. Many Germans asked for political asylum, and soft Dutch gave it willing. We had an Aunt who lived with us, and in 1933, which I remember very well, she brought a young woman home for Sunday dinner. The woman was German and had been hired by my Aunt, who was manager of a lingerie factory. The woman brought a mandolin and played and sang the most melancholy songs, which we could not understand, but sounded sad. She told us about missing her parents, but that she could not return to Germany, because Hitler would have her shot. We believed everything she told us. My Mom would cook her special food, and she came almost every Sunday. But she disappeared after May 10, 1940. My Aunt was worried that the Germans had kidnapped her. But on May 16 when the Germans marched into Amsterdam, there she was proudly wearing a German uniform, and we found out she was a German spy all the while she ate our food. That is what was most upsetting. In Holland there are many rivers and canals and various waterways. There is a lot of traffic of large barges that carry goods to and from Germany, France and Belgium. The Germans had a whole fleet of barges loaded not with freight, but with fully equipped soldiers, which they had sailed into Holland and were anchored at strategic places. It was like having many Trojan horses in our midst. My parents had gone to the hardware store in the afternoon of May 20, to buy things to black out all our windows and lots of heavy tape to use in a kris-cross pattern on the windows, in case of a bomb exploding near us. The glass would not scatter and less injuries would result. There were air wardens installed by night time, who would check that everyone had their windows properly blacked out. We were at war. What a terrible time it was. But little did we know what was in store for us. On May 11 through May 14, my parents and us kids were instructed by my Mother to go to every store we could think of and buy as much nonperishable food as possible, like canned hams, whole cheeses, tins of vegetables, butter, large bags of rice and dried beans, etc. What a good thing that was, it kept us alive for the next four years. The last year was the worst of my life. That was the dreaded winter of 1944-1945. While my sister and I were out shopping on May 14, the air raid sirens went off and we had to get into a shelter. Our first time in one of those. There was a radio there, and it was turned to the news, naturally all of the news was about the war. They told of the destruction of Rotterdam. Hundreds of German dive bombers had bombed the city for a half hour and the whole city was destroyed. Thirty thousand innocent men, women and children perished. We were shocked beyond belief. How shocked was our country when the attack occurred Sept. 11? You can well imagine our horror. We were given an ultimatum by the Germans, surrender or tomorrow the 15th of May they would completely flatten Amsterdam. The British in the meantime had encouraged Holland to keep on resisting, they would send help, which we learned to our horror would exist in the British air force bombing all dikes in northern and southern parts of the Netherlands. Well that meant that all people would drown, close to a million in Amsterdam alone. We told them thanks, but no thanks. The British had no idea how the low lands were put together. Amsterdam is at least 100 ft. below sea level and is built on reclaimed land. There are beautiful farm lands, all on reclaimed land called polders. Dikes are keeping the water out. If they are destroyed, there wont be much left of that country and their fertile lands. May 15, 1940 We were gathered at our local church at 6 p.m. that day. While Dr. Kunst, the minister, was giving his sermon, he was interrupted by the custodian who handed him a note. After reading the note, he told the congregation that the Dutch government had formally surrendered to the Germans. We would be occupied by the Germans, which was likely to happen the next day, as the Germans had the 5th column in place. People were urged to stay calm and go about their regular routine. People sat in stunned silence. Then the organist started to play the Dutch National Anthem as loud as he could. Everyone stood up and, with tears streaming down their faces, sang as loud as they could. As we left the church in a very somber mood, we saw Dutch soldiers in the square breaking up their weapons. We heard the rumbling of explosions. The citizens and the military were blowing up everything that the Germans would be able to use in their own war efforts. The skies were black with smoke from the burning oil refineries and storage tanks. Ammunition dumps were blowing up. The noise was deafening. And so started five years of utter misery. Being occupied by another nation is the worst thing ever, especially when the occupiers hate you for no reason whatsoever and try to completely destroy your country. The Germans were sneaky devils. They moved slowly so to lull us into believing that they were not so bad. The first thing they did was to replace our duly elected democratic government. They replace them with what were called ""Quislings"", which were people who aided and abetted the Germans and were members of the Fascist Party. In other words, they were traitors to their own country. So having these people in charge of our country was unbearable. Naturally, they were just puppets of the Germans. The same with our city council and mayor. The next thing they did was everyone had to be fingerprinted and photographed, which was used on an identity card. Every Dutch citizen had to have one and had to carry it on them at all times. If you were Jewish, they put a large J on the front of the card. This way they had a record of everyone. (I still have mine as a reminder.) They next replaced the police with the Gestapo and some of the Dutch Nazis. They started to put all kinds of new laws in place. One was we were not allowed to own a radio. They knew who owned radios because in the Netherlands, as in most European countries, you had to have a license to have a radio. My Dad was not about to let the Germans take his beautiful new radio. Being a teacher, he had his own classroom which had a huge closet with very deep shelves. So for five years, he safely stored his radio behind hundreds of books, and he was the only one who had the key. When the Germans entered our home to loot it, we had a very old crystal set that didn't work which we gladly parted with. They also took our brass and copper items. Next they wanted to confiscate all our beautiful coins. In those days, we had silver and gold pieces. The guilder was silver, that was real silver, and we had a 21/2 gilder piece and we also had a gold 5 and 10 guilder coin. They were going to give us worthless paper currency for our coins. My Dad was not about to give them ours. He put them in a big bag and buried them in the back yard. People in the Netherlands were used to getting around on bicycles. Hardly anyone owned a car. Now the dirty Nazis were taking our bikes away too. Just the ones that were in good condition. I had a pretty new bike which my parents gave me for my birthday, just before the war. It was a beauty, and I was so proud of it. When they took it, I was devastated. Luckily my uncle had an old bike that he gave me which was good, as I later found out. As time went on in 1941, all people who were Jewish had to sew a yellow star with a black J on all their outer clothes. Next thing, they plastered signs on all the shop windows, that said ""No Jews allowed."" We had quite a few Jewish friends and shops that we frequented, owned by such wonderful folks. We never thought a thing about it that they were Jewish. But we had those horrible people who now decided who we could associate with and who not. Next they started to block off sections of the city and round up all the Jews in that section and loaded them into trucks and carted them off. Coming home from school one day, I came to a blocked off street, and I saw people whom I knew thrown into trucks. One woman, who I did not know, had just given birth, so they threw her out of a 4th floor window and the baby after her, which one of the soldiers caught and smashed its head against the brick building. All the soldiers thought it was a big joke. That was the sort of thing that went on in our country. My Dad's sister and her husband had 9 kids and lived in a very big house. They harbored a Jewish family of four all those war years. And there were lots of people who risked their own lives and that of their children. If they were ever found out, they were put against the wall and all shot. My Dad was very active in the underground, and my sister and I helped all we could and did a lot of courier work. One of my Dad's close friends, who was one of the leaders of the Amsterdam section, was arrested one day, and my Dad disappeared. We did not know where he was, and we were not told. The reason was that just in case the friend broke under torture and gave out the names of other leaders, they could lose too many valuable people. Well as it was, his friend did not, and they tortured him to death. He left a wife and 2 little kids behind. But he was a hero. It was a very stressful existence. The underground executed a raid on the Gestapo headquarters in downtown Amsterdam. They freed several of the resistance fighters who had been arrested that day. They were successful, but the Germans retaliated by rounding up about two dozen men and boys and shot them in the square where, after the war, was erected a statue in memory of those innocent people. One of our neighbors' 15-year-old boy was one of the ones shot.
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The old wives' tale of an increase in thefts around the holiday season is unfounded, at least as far as insurance claims are concerned.
Vicki Wilton, an insurance broker with Centre Street Insurance, said she doesn't see an uptick in claims during the holiday period, either for theft or for fire damage.
"I think, years ago, more," she explained. "But, I think there's a lot more safety things put in place for fires, definitely. Trees have changed, lights have changed."
Wilton did have a word of warning for all Albertans though -- insurance premiums are set to increase again in the New Year.
"[Thanks to] weather claims, we're looking at higher premiums again in the New Year," said Wilton. "Fires. Hail. Wind. Things we're seeing more of and having more of and we're all going to pay that price."
Even though the Drumheller area was relatively fortunate this year, weather-wise, everyone will be on the hook for the increased cost.
"Around here, we weren't so bad with hail," Wilton pointed out. "What I think probably what's going to drive [premium increases] the most is the big fires that were happening last year."
Last year, grassfires east and south of Drumheller and wildfires in southwestern Alberta destroyed almost 50,000 hectares of land. There are currently three active fires in the province, all of which are under control.


Every year, UPLIFT Charity distributes food boxes to local needy families to use during the month of Ramadan. These boxes include essentials like rice, cooking oil, fruit juice, canned vegetables, bread, dates, lentils, and many other items.This year inshallah we will be making over 800 boxes at our annual Ramadan Food Box Distribution on Sunday, June 14 at 9am in Anaheim.
Boxes will be assembled by volunteers and delivered to recipients in Orange County, Los Angeles, and the Inland Empire. We are looking for volunteers that would like to help in packing and delivering food boxes to those most in need.
To participate in this event and make a difference for a family this Ramadan, please contact us at events@UPLIFTCharity.org.
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