Gregory Sierra. actor. Sanford and Son, Barney Miller and a controversial shocking role on All In The Family
Larry Flint, champion of the 1st Amendment.
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Barney Miller was canât miss TV in my household growing up.
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thatâs highly debatable about Flint. He didnât protect the 1st amendment. The 1st amendment protected him.
No he fought for the expansion of 1st amendment rights and what is covered by the 1st amendment even you you donât like what he fighting for it to cover.
RIP Chick Corea
Thatâs a great story. That type of story would be great to include in any FAC type course. The guy was under intense pressure from management to sign the approval form, but despite thinking his job and career were in jeopardy (and he was right), he refused to sign it. Well done Allan McDonald.
I know statements of actuarial opinion are typically neither rocket science nor a matter of life and death, but that story is on point.
It is on point, because 10 years ago I was working for somebody who quit as appointed actuary, because he wouldnât sign off on reserves.
And I know more than one actuary where that has happened.
Look guys, you may have to quit (or get fired) because you wonât sign off on reserves, but thatâs just the short-term impact. The effect of signing off on iffy reserves that you know are iffy⌠well, not only can you end up getting charged by the SEC for fraud, theoretically you could lose your credentials and the rest of that specific career.
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I remember a college business course where we were asked to discuss some kind of risk-reward calculation, as a member of an automobile racing team, if I remember correctly. After that discussion happened, it was revealed that the case was based on the Challenger decision process.
That made the case study a poor facsimile in my opinion, since the risk was so much more extreme in the Challenger case than in the presented case study.
Flynt. Not Flint.
He was trying to get certain things uncovered IYKWIM
RIP Roger Mudd
RIP Norton Juster
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/09/975214782/phantom-tollbooth-author-norton-juster-dies-at-91
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Iâll have to pull out my âFeeling Downâ mix tape to honor him.
Hereâs another one of those âI was sure heâd been dead for yearsâ death announcements.
Heck, I thought Roger Mudd had died long ago.
âŚnot trying to jinx anybody, but we still have Betty White (99), Bert I. Gordon (98), Henry Kissinger (97), Bob Dole (97), Bob Barker (97), Jimmy Carter (96), Angela Lansbury (95), Dick van Dyke (95), Mel Brooks (94)âŚ
Heâs got to live up to be the 1,000 year old man, though.
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The people of Dictionopolis are in mourning. They plan to serve light meals and square meals at the funeral.
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