In an interview with the NYT, he bragged about closing the website, saying it was one of the best philanthropic deeds he had ever done. Thiel wanted to shut down Gawker – and he succeeded. For him, it wasn’t a suit about silencing, but one about elimination. So when it came out that Thiel was attacking a media company and supporting a candidate already perceived as a neo-fascist, it looked a little like some Pynchon-esque conspiracy coming to fruition. Ryan Holiday reports in 'Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue' for the first time that a 26-year-old who goes by the pseudonym 'Mr. He wasn’t interested in increasing the amount of damages awarded to Bollea if the insurance company paid and Gawker continued to operate. This solved the riddle of the deletion of the emotional distress claim: Thiel was working behind the scenes, taking over the prosecution. Two months after the ruling, the New York Times revealed what lay behind the case’s oddities: Peter Thiel, a Silicon Valley billionaire known for his Midas touch, admitted he had spent more than $10 million on lawsuits against Gawker, mostly in the Bollea case. He declared bankruptcy after being held personally liable to pay $10 million in damages. Gawker Media founder Nick Denton arriving in a courtroom in St.
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So far this year, Irish observers were deployed to monitor elections in Kazakhstan, Montenegro, Uzbekistan, Turkey, Paraguay and Albania. Noteworthy, the crowdfunded community-led investigative platform from The Journal, supports independent and impactful public interest journalism.Combined, they have deployed thousands of observers on hundreds of missions across the world. Irish observers are regularly sent on missions by the EU or OSCE – an international organisation focused on “peace and democracy”. Now, Noteworthy can show that Ireland was alone among Western European countries in its decision not to send observers.Įlection observation is a key cog in a functioning democracy, ensuring fair and transparent elections. These included transit through airports, extensive in-country travel and interactions with observers from a number of other countries.Īccording to the Department, the decision was primarily informed by the government’s Covid-19 legislation and advice on essential travel. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) halted nomination of observers due to “particular Covid-19 risks”. Irish observers were not deployed over an 18-month period between March 2020 and October 2021. THE IRISH GOVERNMENT was a European outlier in its decision to completely stop sending election observers at the height of the Covid pandemic, a new investigation from Noteworthy finds. In the first paragraph of Chapter 2, entitled “Divine Omniscience”, Lewis brings forth the focus of the book by stating: “If God were good, He would wish to make His creatures perfectly happy, and if God were almighty, He would be able to do what He wished. The mystery of suffering is complex in a world created by a good and loving God. Lewis brings forth the age-old question of how could a loving God allow for suffering and pain in this world. At the same time, Lewis presents the mystery of suffering. In his book, The Problem of Pain, Lewis presents a convincing argument of bringing together the central core of Christianity that God is love. He also wrote The Problem of Pain a number of years before his beloved American wife, (Lewis was British) Joy Davidman, died of cancer. Lewis’ most famous works include Miracles, Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, and the children’s classic series entitled The Chronicles of Narnia. Lewis, the famed Christian writer of the mid-twentieth century wrote a number of books defending the Christian faith. The young man's name is Grey, and Harper is needed in Emberfall to help break a curse that has befallen the man Grey is sworn to, Prince Rhen. One of those nights, an odd-looking young man shows up in the street in front of her and kidnaps her to his homeland of Emberfall, which happens to be a magical country in Another Dimension. To pay for the treatment of their sick mother, she helps her older brother Jake collect money and shake down people for a local gangster boss at night. The Cursebreaker Series is a trilogy of Fantasy Young Adult novels by Brigid Kemmerer, published in the early 2020s.ġ8 year-old Harper from Washington, D.C., who suffers from cerebral palsy, doesn't have an easy life. Additionally, Hirsch and Khan co-led an ethnographic component of the project that resulted in more than 150 interviews, focus groups, and extensive participant observation, which forms the foundation of the book. SHIFT included a one-time survey of over 1,600 undergraduates in addition to a daily survey of 500 undergraduates regarding relationships, sex, stress, social activities, and substance abuse. Sexual Citizens is based on research from the Sexual Health Initiative to Foster Transformation (SHIFT) project at Columbia University, which Hirsch co-directed. The book approaches sexual assault from an ecological public health perspective, but at its core, I think it is also an argument for dismantling power disparities within institutions. Hirsch and Shamus Khan seek to understand why campus sexual assault happens and what can be done to prevent it in the future by identifying its social roots. In their book, Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus, Jennifer S. It is also about who holds power individually and institutionally. Sexual violence is both a cause and a consequence of inequality. Doctor and Kenji (our pretend Yakuza for this book) deduce that she is married and therefore her husband is the most plausible perpetrator. Yes, you read that correctly! Wait, it gets even BETTER. Cuts her clothes off, then have Kenji spread her legs eagle to administer a rape kit. How does said doctor do this, you may ask? I’ll tell you. Second, what yakuza member, picks up someone that fell on their limo (really, their limo hit said person), and takes them back to his lake house?!!!!! This is a person he has never met! Has ZERO connection to! Doesn’t know the circumstance and did I mention that this is a complete focking stranger?Īre you confused yet? Wait, there’s more! He not only picks up and carries this stranger to his lake house, but he has the doctor on call, “examine” her. However, I already have so many questions and major annoyances about the very first interaction between our H and h.įirst of all, I lost numerous brain cells trying to read that prologue, yet the first sign of things to come in this book, yet, ever the optimistic fool, I pressed on. Kenji is, from the title of the book, some kind of big shot Yakuza who has the means to call a personal doctor to his lake house and have him stay there. Ugh! Barely 5% in this book and I already HATE it. His presentation, “Leading a Culture of Innovation,” was part of the Frederick Meijer Lecture Series and GVSU’s yearlong Community Reading Project. “Very often, people are pushed towards things their not much interested in.” “Part of my advice though is to parents, is to pay attention to your children and try to see them as individuals, and see what it is that draws their interest,” Robinson said. But as Robinson explained to several hundred Grand Valley State University students, faculty and community members yesterday, allowing creativity and innovation at an early age is an important part in finding one’s “element.” It’s a place, which he discussed in his book, “The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything,” where creativity thrives, proctoring happiness and personal growth. The point where talent meets passion is what New York Times best-selling author and world-renowned leader in education and creativity development, Sir Ken Robinson, describes as “the element.” And she may be surprised that not everyone is who she thought they were. Currently calling two places home: Delaware USA and Minchinhampton UK. Once things get to the breaking point, Ivy turns to her music, some surprising new friends, and the trusting heart of her disabled little brother. Author of YA novels BETWEEN THE NOTES and HOW TO DISAPPEAR. But when the bad-boy-next door threatens to ruin everything, Ivy's carefully crafted lies begin to unravel. After Ivy is forced to move to 'the wrong side of the tracks' due to economic. Forced to give up her allowance, her cell phone, and the window seat in her lilac-colored bedroom, Ivy moves with her family from her affluent neighborhood to Lakeside, aka "the wrong side of the tracks." Hiding the truth from her friends-and the cute new guy in school, who may have secrets of his own-seems like a good idea at first. When Ivy Emerson's family loses their house-complete with her beloved piano-the fear of what's to come seizes her like a bad case of stage fright. Fans of Jenny Han and Sarah Dessen will love this funny, poignant, and relatable story. After Ivy is forced to move to "the wrong side of the tracks" due to economic hard times, she discovers that not everything-or everyone-is what they seem, even herself. In describing a simple act of nature, the mundane, or the heartfelt grief of people, Robert Frost displays an insight into the sometimes simple instances in our lives that when brought together constitute our very lives. Louis Untermeyer best describes Frost's work as "poetry that sings and poetry that talks. He was a poet who spoke with rhyme and meter of all things natural, and in so doing plumbed the depths of emotions of people in all walks of life. He has penetrated from social actions to intellectual problems of his age. He does not aloof himself from the contemporary society. Frost neither describes the situations and conditions of life of modern society, nor does he write about political and economic problems of his age. Hence he can be termed as classicist of very high order. He had a profound knowledge of literature, history, science and philosophy. Despite his popular image as a farmer-poet, those ten years, which he spent after his grandfather's death, were the only period of Frost's life in which he worked seriously at farming, and in the last five of them he also found it financially necessary to teach school. He was awarded Pulitzer Prize four times. Many Americans recognize his name, the titles of and lines from his best-known poems and even his face and the sound of his voice. He is generally regarded as a poet, teacher, and a man of wisdom. He was born in San Francisco, California on Mar 26, 1874. Robert Frost (1874-1963) was the most popular poet of twentieth century. But when they uncover evidence of a powerful cult determined to rule the world, Whyborne must choose: to remain safely alone, or to risk everything for the man he loves. His only clue: an encrypted book that once belonged to the victim.Īs the investigation draws them closer, Griffin’s rakish charm threatens to shatter Whyborne’s iron control. Now in business for himself, he must investigate the murder of a wealthy young man. Griffin left the Pinkertons after the death of his partner. So when handsome ex-Pinkerton Griffin Flaherty approaches him to translate a mysterious book, Whyborne wants to finish the job and get rid of the detective as quickly as possible. Instead, he spends his days studying dead languages at the museum where he works. Ever since the tragic death of the friend he adored, Percival Endicott Whyborne has ruthlessly suppressed any desire for another man. And a book of spells that could destroy the world. |