A Word From the President
Gudrun Giddings
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Hej Alla,
Welcome November and “winter time” as the United States change the clocks to winter time this Sunday November 6, though I think it still feels like summer in Los Angeles. However, if you want to experience snow and winter right here in sunny LA, you can actually do so by visiting “Snow! Los Angeles.” And since we are in November most of us are starting to think of the upcoming holiday seasons, SACC-LA member IKEA Burbank have started their popular Holiday tent sale and if you are a Swede, you might also enjoy the clip of this year’s “Julkalender” a bit further down in this week’s Finally Friday.
As we are indeed located in the U.S., we are of course following the up-coming election that is taking place this Tuesday November 8th. And if you do have the privilege to vote, I would encourage everyone to make his or her voice heard. It is truly amazing what one vote can do when you add up the millions of “ones.” I believe everyone have the opportunity to make a difference, every day, so please do.
“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” –Wayne Gretzky
Happy Friday!
Gudrun Giddings
President of SACC-LA
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The United States may be the world’s oldest continuous democracy, but experience does not equal enthusiasm. In its most recent national election, the U.S. had the ninth-lowest voting rate among the 35 countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
There are many important and different reasons of why you should vote. The Huffington Post mentions 7 reasons to vote in the U.S. election on Tuesday, November 8th, 2016. Please view the article to read the entire list.
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Click on the video to watch the U.S. presidential election 2016/17 easily explained
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Pope Francis visits the University city Lund, Sweden
"I thank God for giving me the chance to come to Sweden"
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Photo Credit: Anna-Karin Nilsson
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Pope Francis of the Roman-Catholic church was visiting Sweden this past Monday, October 31st. It was the second time ever a pope has visited Sweden - last time was in 1989 - and the agenda for the day was for the pope to participate in an ecumenical service at Lund Cathedral, then an an ecumenical event at the Malmö Arena which both marks the celebration of the 500th anniversary of the reformation. The Local was reporting every minute of the day, read about the whole day here.
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Photo Credit: Snow in L.A.
Have you ever been thinking about having snow in sunny Los Angeles? Thanks to the inaugural Snow in L.A., all Los Angeles citizens craving for snow will now have the opportunity to experience a winter wonderland. Snow in L.A. is set open the city's first snow tubing park in November, only 5 minutes from Downtown LA. The wintry pop-up packs nine acres of magical winter wonderland, with 10,000 square feet of synthetic snow and snow tubing, and trees decorated with icicles, snowcaps and lights. Read more about Snow in LA on on their website.
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Book covers curtesy of: Penguin Books, Vintage Books, Little, Brown and Company, Bloomsbury
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Josefine: "Three Men in a Boat" by Jerome K. Jerome
Published in 1889, this might seem like an aged book - but the humor and wit is ageless. The story is about three friends and a dog who set out on a highly amusing trip down the Thames in England. According to the writer, the book was initially meant as a serious travel guide for those who wanted to travel from Kingston to Oxford - but the book changed purpose when the very funny and unforseen events of the trip took over the story. This book is truly uplifting - although it was 8 years ago I read this book, it haven't left my mind. If you got your appetite wetted, there is a sequel called "Three Men on Wheels" where they set out on another adventure, this time on velocipedes.
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Jennifer: "50 Shades of Grey" by E.L. James
As I truly love to read books and have plowed through many different books over the years, I find it very hard to pick one single favorite book of mine. Julia's favorite Harry Potter is definitely an all-time favorite of mine as well, but if I were to pick a more recent book I have to go with "50 Shades of Grey" (2011) - the controversial erotic love story that probably everyone has heard about. The book is written by E.L. James and "50 Shades of Grey" is the first book in the trilogy about Anastasia Steele, the 21-year old college student who fells in love with Christian Grey, a young business magnate. The two of them are in very different places of what they want in a relationship, which results in a complicated but fun and heart-warming story throughout the three books.
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Emma: "Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger
A classic and one of my favorites. Although I write a lot my self, it is hard to get even close to understand how Salinger creates such a presence with his language and the characters. We meet a sixteen year old, native New Yorker named Holden Caulfield. Through circumstances that tend to preclude adult, secondhand description, he leaves his prep school in Pennsylvania and goes underground in New York City for three days. The story deals with the complex issues of innocence, identity, loss and belonging. It is written youthful but yet mature, insightful if you like, and the honesty of protagonist’s inner thoughts hits you like a punch in the stomach. A must read.
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Julia: "Harry Potter" by J.K. Rowling
I thought hard and long to come up with something else than Harry Potter but the truth is that I think the fantasy serie written by J.K Rowling is outclassing everything else. I have read all of the seven books approximately five times each both in Swedish, English and French. I doubt you haven’t heard about the story in someway, anyhow it’s about an orphan wizard named Harry Potter and his two best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. You follow their life during their years enrolled at Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The main story concerns Harry’s struggle against the dark wizard Lord Voldemort. If you only have watched the movies, you have not yet discovered the whole world of Harry Potter and I strongly advice you to read the books as well.
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Get ready for the Holiday season with IKEA Burbank
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As this year’s Halloween Weekend has passed, some new beloved traditions are approaching and one of them is Christmas! In order to embrace the Christmas spirit, SACC-LA member IKEA Burbank has an entire Holiday Tent ready for you, filled with different decorations, inspired by Swedish traditions with folklore and simplicity as keys. IKEA Burbank Holiday Tent is open daily, 10am-9pm.
Read more about IKEA Burbank here.
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Photo Credit: Janne Danielsson, DN
With barely a month left to the start of the Swedish Julkalender of 2016, the first trailer has been released. The Swedish Julkalender is a beloved TV-program that starts on December 1st and finishes on Christmas Eve, December 24th. Every day until Christmas Eve one episode is released and everyone from children to adults tend to get into the Christmas spirit by watching the Julkalender. The very first Swedish Julkalender was "Titteliture" and it was released in 1960.
This year's Julkalender is named "Selma's Saga" and the story is about an expedition to the North Pole with the main mission of finding out if Santa Claus actually exists. Eight-year-old Selma finds out that her family cannot afford staying at their house and they must be evicted. Selma then decides to find Santa Claus together with the scientist Efraim von Trippelhatt (Johan Ulvesson) in order to fulfill her wish of letting her family stay in their house.
The collage below depicts some of SVT's most popular "Julkalendrar" throughout the years.
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Photo collage credit: Malin Johansson. Photo posters curtesy of: SVT
If you want to get a sneak peek of this year's julkalender, please view the trailer of "Selmas' Saga" on SVT's website. |
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We say goodbye to October and a gives a warm welcome to November, the month where all your male friends and co-workers show up clean-shaven and baby-faced on November 1st and look like western-movie villains or grizzly bears by Thanksgiving. Growing out one's facial hair for 30 days is called "Movember" or "No-Shave November," and it's meant to raise awareness for cancer and support men's health.
Read the ABC News' article about everything you ever wanted to know about Movember and No shave November here. You may also pay a visit to the website of Movember United States.
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Winter Time on Sunday, November 6th
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Photo Credit: Maxim Pavlov, Fotolia
On November 6th, 2016 is the end of Daylight Saving time and the U.S. and Canada will switch to Winter Time. This means when local daylight time is about to reach Sunday, November 6, 2016 2:00 AM clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, November 6, 2016 1:00 AM local standard time instead. Sunrise and sunset will be about one hour earlier on November 6, 2016 than the day before.
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SACC-LA member, Bee Imagine LLC, is a leading 3PL warehousing and distribution company, offering complete cost effective end-to-end supply chain solutions. The company is established in the south of Los Angeles, conveniently located between the Los Angeles International Airport and the Port of Long Beach. Recently they opened an additional warehouse in the Hayward area of San Francisco, only 30 minutes away from the San Francisco International Airport and the Port of Oakland. They provide personalized services on specific requests to their clients with 24/7 availability with a live team member.
With a vision of being a full provider of logistics and transportation solutions by contributing to the growth of trade in the West Coast region and beyond by using efficient systems, the company has built an impeccable reputation, becoming recognized for its excellence in the retail distribution industry. The company works with overweight, oversize and either local or interstate, where they combine intercontinental air and ocean freight with comprehensive value-added logistics services and supply chain services. Bee Imagine LLC was created with the aim to not just be another vendor or supplies but a partner who works as one with their clients, meeting their specific requirements and anticipating concerns helping decrease the impact on time and cost by proactively providing solutions.
Bee Imagine LLC consists of a team of dedicated professionals directed to accomplish all of their client needs. Their clients are considered to be the company’s main asset and by being flexible and adaptable they can always assure their clients to receive their goods just in time. Bee Imagine LLC has the aptitude and experience in working with leading organizations within the retail and commercial industries.
For more information about Bee Imagine LLC and their different Supply Chain Solutions, please visit their website.
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Photo Credit: SACC-LA
Hanne Jeppsson from Bee Imagine LLC together with SACC-LA's Marketing Managers.
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Photo Credit: Union Station 1950
Film Noir at Union Station
Take the opportunity to travel back in time and discover some old film noir classics at Union Station. At Union Station, together with Film Noir Foundation, a series of film noir classics can be experienced where all films feature scenes shot at Union Station. If you can't make it this Friday, Nov 4th, there are more opportunities to come. Keep yourself updated here. The events are FREE of charge and seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis.
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Photo Credit: The Guardian
The Bob Dylan Mystery
This week the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Bob Dylan, finally broke the silence regarding his award when he finally called the Swedish Academy. “The news about the Nobel Prize left me speechless”, he told Sara Danius, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy. “I appreciate the honor so much.” The question is now if he will attend the ceremony on December 10th in Stockholm - story to be continued. Read more here.
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