![]() ![]() ġ:00 Welcome Scott Shay, co-founder and chairman of Signature Bankġ:28 Are we moving towards a cashless society and the use of central bank digital currencies instead?ģ:25 What are some potential problems of central bank digital currencies?Ħ:30 Signature Bank is leading provider in the United States of infrastructure to the cryptocurrency worldĨ:20 Is Signature Bank's digital coin a competitor with Bitcoin?ġ0:23 What is wrong with banks today? Why have they become so large?ġ5:43 Scott Shay's new book "Conspiracy U: A Case Study"ġ6:35 The difference between conspiracies and conspiracy theoriesĢ0:53 University students aren't being taught how to think, they are being taught what to thinkĢ2:07 We cannot lose our ability for critical thinkingĢ3:22 Why do universities get all preferred tax and social status? Why does Qatar donate over $200 million a year to universities in America? University students aren't being taught how to think, they are being taught what to think and Scott discusses the consequences of losing our ability for critical thinking. Jason Hartman welcomes Scott Shay, co-founder and chairman of Signature Bank and author of "Conspiracy U: A Case Study." Signature Bank is a leading provider in the United States of infrastructure to the cryptocurrency world and Scott's book takes a deep dive into cashless societies, conspiracy theories, central bank digital currencies, and the problem with today's mega banks and universities. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Woodson ( Brown Girl Dreaming) imagines being “an only” in the classroom-what it’s like to be the only one with an accent (“No one understands the way words curl from your mouth”), the only one who stayed home during summer vacation (“What good is this/ when other students were flying/ and sailing”), the only one whose lunch box is filled with food “too strange or too unfamiliar for others to love as you do.” Without prescribing sympathy, Woodson’s poetic lines give power to each child’s experience. ![]() ![]() ![]() The narrator of The Door is unnamed – sometimes titled ‘the lady writer’, struggling to cope with both her writing and her domestic tasks she appears to be a thinly veiled portrait of Szabó herself. There is no one to help her, and eventually she is awoken by her own screams. The novel opens with a powerful dream sequence, the narrator haunted by the recurring dream of a door, a locked door, a door she is unable to open. “I know now, what I didn’t then, that affection can’t always be expressed in calm, orderly, articulate ways and that one cannot prescribe the form it should take for anyone else.” This novel first published in Hungary in 1987 was an international success, and was made into a film starring Helen Mirren – which I am now anxious to see. She began writing again, novels this time, and in 1978 was awarded a major literary prize, again something which happens to the narrator of The Door. ![]() She was initially a poet, but was prevented from publishing for political reasons in the 1950s – a fate shared by the narrator of The Door. ![]() Magda Szabó was born in 1917 in Debrecen, Hungary. As far as I am aware (correct me if I am wrong anyone who knows differently) Iza’s Ballad and The Door are the only works by Magda Szabó available in English. I had originally planned on reading Iza’s Ballad also by Magda Szabó which I have had in paperback for months, but as I was away from home I read The Door on kindle instead. ![]() Only my second read for #WITmonth, but what a fantastic read it was. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() There’s various intrigues – alcoholism, divorce, teenage drug-taking and photography – before the group (and trusted servant Who Knows How Shit Is) depart to Beldame, a remote triumvirate of semi-fucked houses on the Gulf of Mexico, where the Savages (and others) have holidayed for decades. Members – including a sister who became a nun, which never bodes well in a horror story – gather to witness the funeral rites of a frankly terrible woman, the matriarch of a family in which mothers eat their young, perhaps not figuratively. The funeral is a focal point for a dispersed family. Opening with an ill-attended funeral in which a knife plays a lead role is one way to grab the attention, and once he has it, McDowell doesn’t let go. ![]() It’s a story about a Grand Old Family, in the best Southern style: and from the first chapter on, the Savages command attention. It’s got the smell of old families and new money of death and divorce. This story has a scent: hot summers in the American South. I’ve gotta say, if this is indicative of the general level of McDowell’s skills, it’s far from the last of his works I’ll inhale. I’d seen some of his other work, unknowingly – he was the scriptwriter for Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice – and I’d seen that he was very well regarded by Stephen King, so I figured I might as well give it a shot. I’d never read any Michael McDowell before cracking The Elementals. ![]() ![]() ![]() But when their need for each other rivals their ambition on the ice, secrecy is no longer an option… If the truth comes out, it could ruin them both. ![]() The risk is too great.Īs their attraction intensifies, they struggle to keep their relationship out of the public eye. When Ilya realizes he wants more than a few secret hookups, he knows he must walk away. ![]() They’ve made a career on their legendary rivalry, but when the skates come off, the heat between them is undeniable. The self-proclaimed king of the ice, he’s as cocky as he is talented. Now that he’s captain of the Montreal Voyageurs, he won’t let anything jeopardize that, especially the sexy Russian whose hard body keeps him awake at night.īoston Bears captain Ilya Rozanov is everything Shane’s not. Pro hockey star Shane Hollander isn’t just crazy talented, he’s got a spotless reputation. Nothing interferes with Shane Hollander’s game-definitely not the sexy rival he loves to hate. ![]() ![]() ![]() Fittingly, the Forbes article I mentioned earlier is folded up and used as my bookmark.īack to Mr. When I read the book years ago, I either underlined or highlighted nuggets of wisdom that I reference back to once or twice a year when I pull the book out for a refresher. I have a 623 page paperback version of The Intelligent Investor, a revised edition with the Preface and Appendix by Warren Buffett and commentary by Jason Zweig. I suggest that all investors read those chapters and reread them every time the market has been especially strong or weak.” “Chapters 8 and 20 have been the bedrock of my investing activities for more than 60 years. He answer was no surprise The Intelligent Investor, written by value investor Benjamin Graham. Buffett what was the best money advice he had ever received. In the brief article, author Matt Schifrin wanted to know from Mr. I saved a page from a June 2013 Forbes article that featured Warren Buffett it was titled “Wealth Wizards, advice from the masters”. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionshipĪuthor's preface - I hole up in a snowstorm - I get started on this venture - I find Gribley's farm - I find many useful plants - This old, old tree - I meet one of my own kind and have a terrible time getting away - The king's provider - What I did about the man who was after me - I learn to season my food - How a door came to me - Frightful learns her ABC's - I find a real live man - The autumn provides food and loneliness - We all learn about Halloween - I find out what to do with hunters - Trouble begins - I pile up wood and go on with winter - I learn about birds and people - I have a good look at winter and find spring in the snow - The spring in the winter and the beginning of my story's end - I cooperate with the ending - The city comes to meĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 10:01:12 Boxid IA40168411 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Even if his ideas about her were accurate, he had done terrible things in his own past and therefore, his behavior was particularly offensive. He consistently criticized Lydia, despite the fact that he knew nothing about her and subjected her to verbal abuse daily, while she was there to keep his son alive. Sunset Embrace (Coleman Family Saga) by Brown, Sandra and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. I found Ross Coleman to be hypocritical and selfish through much of the book. ![]() ![]() I believe that step to be valuable, for both her character development and they way she perceived her own actions. (Coleman Family Saga 1) Brown, Sandra - Sunset Embrace.epub. No woman on the trek to Texas was more mysterious than the russet-haired Lydia. However, when she became a wet nurse for the baby, she experienced feelings for him that she was never able to experience for her own child. Sandra Brown (Coleman Family) Shes well known for her romantic suspense novels (they are. Read 228 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. Lydia did not want to be a mother and did not consent to the conception, so she was relieved in some ways that her baby died. There are references in the book as to her announcement of her pregnancy coming soon after it was too late to turn back and that was very representative of her character. I hated that Ross's first wife was considered to be a paragon of virtue to many people, while she lied to her family, her husband and willingly risked her life and the baby's life by joining the wagon train when she did. ![]() ![]() ![]() The songs aren’t exactly Book of Mormon caliber, the animation quality is sub- Rugrats… it’s very much an artifact of the 1990s.įinally, here’s a brief look at the LIVE musical production of Alexander that Judith Viorst teamed with the Kennedy Center to produce in 1998. This video is the first of three parts of this “musical” – yes, musical – version of Alexander’s very bad day. Next is a cartoon adaptation of Alexander that aired on HBO in 1990. (I always think it’s great to hear an author read their own work.) The first video I want to share is probably my favorite – it’s Judith Viorst reading Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day on the Barnes & Noble website. For the love of humanity, FIGHT that urge.) So, since Alexander is such a relatable tale, it’s not surprising that there have been several multimedia adaptations of the book over the years. (Right now, your brain is trying to get you to start unconsciously humming Daniel Powter’s “Bad Day”. As I mentioned in my review, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day is a universally appealing story for the simple reason that everyone in the world has had the experience of having a really, really bad day. ![]() ![]() Terribly afraid but desperate to impress, Charlie follows him into the night. His visitor is Jasper Jones, an outcast in their small mining town, and he has come to ask for Charlie's help. Printz Honor Book Charlie Bucktin, a bookish thirteen year old, is startled one summer night by an urgent knock on his bedroom window. Download Jasper Jones.pdf Read Online Jasper Jones.pdfĢ Jasper Jones By Craig Silvey Jasper Jones By Craig Silvey A 2012 Michael L. In the simmering summer where everything changes, Charlie learns why the truth of things is so hard to know, and even harder to hold in his heart. He locks horns with his tempestuous mother, falls nervously in love, and battles to keep a lid on his zealous best friend. With his secret like a brick in his belly, Charlie is pushed and pulled by a town closing in on itself in fear and suspicion. Jasper takes him to his secret glade, where Charlie witnesses Jasper's horrible discovery. ![]() ![]() 1 Jasper Jones By Craig Silvey Jasper Jones By Craig Silvey A 2012 Michael L. ![]() |