![]() ![]() Nvidia’s stock (NVDA) jumped by a third after its CEO forecast quarterly revenue will jump from $7bn last quarter to $11bn next quarter.Ġ5 June 2023 NFP Review: Strong Payrolls, But No Wage Acceleration This makes the reduction to the 2024 baseline total 1/4mn b/d.Ġ5 June 2023 Equity View: Reality-Check Time for AI and Nvidia Meanwhile, it revised the production baseline for the UAE 0.2mn b/d higher. OPEC+ also agreed to lower the baseline for Russia and select African countries by almost 1.6mn b/d for next year. Saudi Arabia announced they will cut production in July by 1mn b/d, with the potential to extend if required. ![]() 05 June 2023 Commodities Oil Weekly: Saudi Arabia Wants a Stranglehold on the Oil Market ![]()
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People who love to go on and on about Dune will often love to remind casual fans (or just straight-up non-fans) that the ultimate message of Frank Herbert’s novels is that heroes are dangerous and, often bad. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Butler was the youngest major general in Marine Corps history, and at the time of his death, he was the most decorated Marine who had ever lived.īut accolades were not enough to ease his troubled conscience. Along the way, he attained a kind of public glory few soldiers even dream of. The trajectory of his life as a soldier traced the arc of US imperial expansion in the early twentieth century, from Cuba to the Philippines to Nicaragua to Haiti to Shanghai, with many stops in between. And that’s what he did, at first.Īfter matriculating in elite schools, Butler enlisted in the Marines as a second lieutenant at the age of seventeen. Martin’s Press, 2022)īorn into a family of congressmen and millionaires in 1881, Smedley Butler was destined to succeed in the career of his choice while promoting the interests of his class. ![]() Review of Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America’s Empire by Jonathan M. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Intrigued, and a little bored with her slow job at the checkout desk, she impulsively decides to read every book on the list, one after the other. It’s a list of novels that she’s never heard of before. He shops every Wednesday, goes to Temple, and worries about his granddaughter, Priya, who hides in her room reading while he spends his evenings watching nature documentaries.Īleisha is a bright but anxious teenager working at the local library for the summer when she discovers a crumpled-up piece of paper in the back of To Kill a Mockingbird. Widower Mukesh lives a quiet life in Wembley, in West London after losing his beloved wife. 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With judicial independence, the Constitution put barriers in place-like life tenure and salary protections-to ensure that the federal courts were independent from the control of the elected branches. ![]() On the other hand, he also emphasized the importance of an independent judiciary and the power of judicial review. On the one hand, Hamilton defined the judicial branch as the “least dangerous” branch of the new national government. On May 28, 1788, Alexander Hamilton published Federalist 78-titled “The Judicial Department.” In this famous Federalist Paper essay, Hamilton offered, perhaps, the most powerful defense of judicial review in the American constitutional canon. ![]() ![]() ![]() The first of four beautifully designed slipcased volumes, THE ABSOLUTE SANDMAN VOL. Now, DC Comics is proud to present this comics classic in an all-new Absolute Edition format. ![]() By the time it concluded in 1996, it had made significant contributions to the artistic maturity of comic books and become a pop culture phenomenon in its own right. A rich blend of modern myth and dark fantasy in which contemporary fiction, historical drama and legend are seamlessly interwoven, THE SANDMAN is also widely considered one of the most original and artistically ambitious series of the modern age. ![]() THE SANDMAN, written by New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman, was the most acclaimed comic book title of the 1990s. ![]() Tags: Absolute Sandman Red Riding Hood Mort Notkin Mr. ![]() ![]() A lot of the action deals with some sneaky crooks who don't hesitate to kill. ![]() ![]() Being an Aussie, I can only imagine the stench of a skunk.Īs the novel isn't set during, but in the aftermath of the Civil War, there is a hopeful overall impression of building up and restoring. There were plenty of humorous incidents to keep me smiling. There's a very lovable cast in this novel, including Josiah and Betsy, two very mischievous children from a neighbouring property, who steal the scenes they are in with their comic relief. It was great fun watching it dawn on the characters. I'm proud to say that I figured out the identity of the pretend Jeremiah, including his motivation for the act he played, on my own. It seems the dead soldier was an imposter, playing some sort of twisted game, which sets these two up for a very rocky start. Everything seems to be going to plan, when the real Jeremiah Calhoun arrives home from the war. Abigail will have to break the news of his death to his fiance, but he's sure she'll understand. She's estranged from her family and needs a new home, and he claims to need a nurse to care for his ailing sister, and a competent horse woman to help with the family business. ![]() ![]() This is one of my favourite books of the year, and we're into December.Ībigail Stuart is a war nurse who makes an agreement to marry a dying soldier who calls himself Jeremiah Calhoun. ![]() ![]() We’re in a state of reevaluating what feels important. ![]() People are trying to figure out how to make a living without making that their entire life. We know now that life can be flexible, we know that we can manage multiple roles. Tawwab: At the beginning of the pandemic, many of us were put into situations that we never could have imagined. The pandemic highlighted something that was already there.ĬNN: How do you think these factors contributed to the “ Great Resignation ”? ![]() For many of us, it was work and the unhealthy relationships we were in. It made us evaluate the factors that were leading to the burnout. Tawwab: Many of us were already burned out, and the pandemic just really took us there. This conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.ĬNN: What connection have you seen between pandemic burnout and the workplace and boundary setting? In a discussion with CNN, Tawwab helped illuminate choices so people can reclaim control of their lives, establish healthy boundaries and enjoy rewarding relationships. If we always do what people want us to do, we will be very busy.” “People will always want you to do something. “Life is filled with lots of choices, and I think of boundaries as choices,” she said. ![]() ![]() She was raised by werewolves, is a pretty good mechanic, and lives in the Tri-Cities Area of Washington. ![]() Mercedes Thompson is part Native American and a Coyote Walker.
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