Who is Jacob Walthour Jr. How has he been recognized for his contributions to finance and equity. What lawsuit did he file against the New Jersey governor. How is Walthour promoting diversity in the financial sector.
Jacob Walthour Jr.’s Recognition by NJBIZ and ROI NJ
Jacob Walthour Jr., the CEO of Blueprint Capital Advisors, has recently been honored by two prominent New Jersey publications, NJBIZ and ROI NJ, for his significant contributions to the financial sector and his tireless efforts to promote equity in the state. This recognition highlights Walthour’s impact on the industry and his commitment to advancing diversity in finance.
ROI Influencers’ Power List Recognition
ROI NJ included Walthour in its ‘Power List’ rankings, which feature the 30 most influential people in New Jersey across 14 individual sectors. Walthour was specifically recognized in the Banking & Finance sector for his achievements and advocacy work.
Reasons for Recognition
- Co-founding one of the nation’s largest Black-managed financial advisory firms
- Advocating for increased diversity in finance
- Filing a lawsuit against Governor Phil Murphy’s administration to open the state’s investment arm to more firms of color
Jacob Walthour Jr.’s Background and Achievements
Walthour’s journey to becoming a prominent figure in finance is both inspiring and impressive. His story serves as a testament to the power of education, entrepreneurship, and service.
Family Background and Inspiration
Walthour attributes his success to his parents, who, despite not graduating high school, ran a successful community-based business for over 30 years. Their example instilled in him a passion for education, entrepreneurship, and service.
Professional Experience
With over 30 years of experience in the financial industry, Walthour has held several high-profile positions:
- CEO and co-founder of Blueprint Capital Advisors
- Vice Chairman of Product and Business Development at Cowen & Company
- Managing Director at Cliffwater LLC
- Partner and Managing Director at Citadel Investment Group
Board Memberships and Philanthropic Involvement
Walthour’s commitment to service extends beyond his professional role. He serves on various corporate and non-profit boards, including:
- Parkview Capital Credit, Inc.
- Transportation Demand Management LLC
- Investment Committee for $7 billion Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropy
- Former chair of Ebony Media Holdings
- Former board member of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Human Rights
- Former trustee for the New York Foundation for the Arts
- Former director of New York Cares
- Former trustee of the ECLC School for children and adults with learning disabilities
The Lawsuit Against Governor Phil Murphy’s Administration
In 2020, Walthour and Blueprint Capital filed a significant lawsuit against New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s administration, alleging discrimination and unfair practices in the state’s investment arm.
Key Details of the Lawsuit
- Filed against Governor Murphy, Treasurer Elizabeth Muoio, Division of Investments Director Corey Amon, BlackRock, OwlRock Capital, and Cliffwater LLC
- Allegations include fraud, discrimination, and retaliation
- Described as potentially the largest discrimination case ever filed in New Jersey
Motivations Behind the Lawsuit
Walthour’s decision to file the lawsuit came after what he describes as years of suffering, economic retaliation, and humiliation. He alleges that the current administration has been aware of the treatment Blueprint has endured and has actively participated in attempts to hinder the firm’s success.
Walthour’s Advocacy for Diversity in Finance
Jacob Walthour Jr. has been a vocal advocate for increasing diversity within the financial sector. His efforts extend beyond his own firm to push for systemic changes in the industry.
Blueprint Capital Advisors: A Model for Diversity
As co-founder of Blueprint Capital Advisors, Walthour has created one of the nation’s largest Black-managed financial advisory firms. This achievement serves as a model for what is possible when diversity is prioritized in the financial sector.
Pushing for Change in State Investments
Walthour’s lawsuit against the New Jersey state government highlights his commitment to opening up opportunities for firms of color in state investments. By challenging the status quo, he aims to create a more equitable playing field for diverse financial firms.
The Impact of Walthour’s Work on the Financial Industry
Jacob Walthour Jr.’s efforts to promote diversity and equity in finance have far-reaching implications for the industry as a whole. His work serves as a catalyst for change and a model for others to follow.
Inspiring the Next Generation
Walthour’s success story and advocacy work serve as inspiration for young people, particularly those from underrepresented backgrounds, who aspire to careers in finance. His message that “it doesn’t matter where you start, it only matters what you do with that which you have been given” resonates with many.
Challenging Industry Norms
By pushing for greater diversity in finance and challenging discriminatory practices, Walthour is helping to reshape industry norms and expectations. His actions contribute to a broader conversation about equity and representation in the financial sector.
The Significance of Walthour’s Recognition
The honors bestowed upon Jacob Walthour Jr. by NJBIZ and ROI NJ carry significant weight within the New Jersey business community and beyond. These recognitions serve multiple purposes and have various implications.
Validation of Walthour’s Work
The awards validate Walthour’s efforts in promoting diversity and challenging the status quo in the financial industry. They acknowledge the importance of his work and the impact he has made.
Raising Awareness
By honoring Walthour, these publications bring attention to the issues of diversity and equity in finance. This increased visibility can help to stimulate further discussion and action on these important topics.
Inspiring Others
Walthour’s recognition can serve as inspiration for other professionals, particularly those from underrepresented groups, to pursue careers in finance and to advocate for change within the industry.
The Future of Diversity in Finance: Walthour’s Vision
Jacob Walthour Jr.’s work and advocacy provide a glimpse into what a more diverse and equitable financial industry could look like. His efforts are helping to shape the future of finance in several ways.
Increased Representation
Walthour’s success with Blueprint Capital Advisors demonstrates the potential for increased representation of minority-owned firms in the financial sector. His advocacy work aims to create more opportunities for such firms to manage significant assets, including state pension funds.
Systemic Changes
Through his lawsuit and public advocacy, Walthour is pushing for systemic changes in how financial institutions and government entities interact with minority-owned firms. These efforts could lead to more equitable practices and policies in the future.
Mentorship and Education
Walthour’s story and success serve as a powerful example for young people interested in finance. His emphasis on education and service suggests a future where more diverse voices are not only present in the industry but are actively shaping its direction.
As the financial industry continues to evolve, the work of pioneers like Jacob Walthour Jr. will be crucial in ensuring that it becomes more inclusive and representative of the diverse communities it serves. His recognition by NJBIZ and ROI NJ is not just a personal achievement, but a milestone in the ongoing struggle for equity and diversity in finance.
Blueprint CEO Jacob Walthour Jr. Honored by NJBIZ and ROI NJ
Walthour sited for tireless efforts to promote equity in New Jersey including lawsuit against Governor Phi Murphy.
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“I am the son of two parents who never graduated high school yet went on to run a successful, community-based business for over 30 years,” Walthour said. “While they did not achieve educational accolades, they inspired in me a passion for education, entrepreneurship and service. Everything that I do is about providing a return on their investment and showing young people that it doesn’t matter where you start, it only matters what you do with that which you have been given. I am humbled to accept these awards in my parents’ honor.”
According to its website, ROI Influencers’ ‘Power List’ rankings include the 30 most influential people in the state, as well as the most influential people in 14 individual sectors or categories. Walthour was recognized in the Banking & Finance sector.
The publication specifically mentioned his advocacy for racial justice: “Co-founded what has grown into one of the nation’s largest Black-managed financial advisory firms and is tireless in promoting the need for more diversity in finance — including suing Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration for not opening the state’s investment arm to more firms of color.”
In 2020, Blueprint Capital sued Murphy, Treasurer Elizabeth Muoio, Division of Investments Director Corey Amon, Larry Fink’s BlackRock, OwlRock Capital, Cliffwater LLC and others for fraud, discrimination, and retaliation.
Walthour is an accomplished financial executive with over 30 years’ experience in capital markets, investment banking, traditional and alternative asset management. Prior to founding Blueprint Capital Advisors, he served as Vice Chairman of Product and Business Development in the investment management division of Cowen & Company. He previously served as Managing Director of Cliffwater LLC and was also a Partner and Managing Director at Citadel Investment Group.
He serves on several corporate boards including Parkview Capital Credit, Inc., Transportation Demand Management LLC. and chaired Ebony Media Holdings through its recent sale. He has also served on the boards of several non-profit and philanthropic organizations. He currently serves on the Investment Committee for $7 billion Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropy. He has served the Investment Subcommittee of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America and was a Director of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Human Rights, Trustee for the New York Foundation for the Arts, Director of New York Cares and Trustee of the ECLC School for children and adults with learning disabilities.
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Prepared Statement of Jacob Walthour Jr. to the New Jersey State Senate
New Jersey State Senate
Prepared Statement
December 3, 2020
I am Jacob Walthour, the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Blueprint.
On behalf of the employees and partners of Blueprint Capital Advisors, I want to thank you for the invitation to address the esteemed co-chairs and members of the Joint Committee on Economic Justice and Equal Opportunity.
Blueprint is the only known African American asset manager domiciled in the State of New Jersey and one of few woman or minority-owned firms to ever have the privilege of managing a portion of the State’s pension fund. I assume that our presence was requested today because of our well-publicized federal lawsuit filed against Governor Murphy and his Division of Investment. I believe it is the largest discrimination case ever filed in the state of New Jersey and one that I filed after tremendous pain and suffering by members of the Division of Investment and the Department of Treasury who have attempted to shut me up through economic retaliation and humiliation and now they are attempting to cover up their quid pro quo system of operating and the racial animus that underlies their treatment of Blueprint.
I want to be clear that I am not talking about the past. The current administration is acutely aware of the treatment that we have suffered and in fact members of the Murphy administration have at various times traded turns putting their knee on the back of our economic necks in attempt to squeeze the life out of my firm. Senator Ron Rice called this an “economic lynching” that has left a stain on the eye of the State of New Jersey. As a man of faith, I can say that only by the grace of God and the strength of my partners have we survived.
Finally, after years of suffering, begging for justice and pleading for fairness we filed. We filed and it felt good. It felt good to tell our story the way a runaway slave felt when he left the boundaries of a plantation and tasted freedom. Sadly, it felt like slavery. Having someone intentionally inflict pain on you and continue and continue hoping that they can break your spirit or crush the life out of you is exactly how I felt three years ago.
I decided to write a letter to the Division and express how I felt. My co-founder Carrie Pickett expressed fear that even my sensitively worded emails might prompt serious retaliation. I wrote the following:
Carrie,
I understand your concern. I need to make sure that WE are heard. If my relationship with Chris ends then it ends. I have been fair and supportive. We just delivered a good idea. In the end, I’m trying to save our firm and not protect the irrational people. Even slaves stood up for themselves. Why are we so scared?”
Unfortunately, my partner was correct and the maltreatment continued. And despite, the national heads of the big three – the NAACP, The Urban League and the National Action Network contacting Governor Murphy and demanding an investigation into the facts of our complains of blatant discrimination and retaliation, there has never been a sentence written about what happened to Blueprint. Despite prominent clergy and senior elected officials demanding investigations, Governor Murphy has turned his head.
Meanwhile, his orbit of political appointees have tried to slander Blueprint and myself and convince our supporters and clients to abandon us. In fact, Corey Amon, the Director of the Division of Investment was caught trying to contact Blueprint’s clients to sabotage our relationships and cause economic harm to our firm.
When I testified before you in January, I said that there is a rhetoric and a reality to Phil Murphy. He claims to be about fairness. He claims that Black Lives Matter. He claims to support women’s causes. He claims to be about transparency. That my distinguished committee members is the rhetoric of Phil Murphy. The reality of Phil Murphy is that despite discussing disparity studies as a precursor to policy changes – he has yet to commission a disparity study in his first three years. The reality of Phil Murphy is that his 13 person front office staff had no blacks when I brought it to the attention of Black leaders six months ago. The reality of Phil Murphy is that he refuses to release statistics on how much business is going to women and minority-owned businesses before and after his administration started.
The reality is that when we uncovered a drinking water crisis in our largest city he boarded a plane to India and abandoned the Newark water crisis. However, he came back to steal credit shamefully from people who worked hard to fix the problem.
When I testified in January, pre-COVID 19, I talked about the sad reality that while most of New Jerseyans enjoy an economic boom our cities and neighborhoods inhabited by ethnic minorities are suffering from economic depression. 10 months into the pandemic its gotten even worse. I talked about how the disparities between Blacks and other ethnic groups are embarrassingly wide. I told you that in New Jersey, the median net worth for white families is $270k while that of black and Latino families is $6k and $7k, respectively. I told you that while NJ is number 2 or number 3 in terms of per capital income and wealth, that income and wealth is not evenly distributed. And in effect, we have two New Jerseys. To my surprise Governor Murphy heard me! And, in his upcoming State of the state address a few weeks later he announced a task force to address economic disparities.
That was in January 2020. Ladies and gentlemen that was 11 months ago. I have a question for you…where is the task force?
I live in Essex County. Home to both Millburn, which has one of the state’s highest median household incomes at $190k and Newark, which has one of the state’s lowest at $19k. Yes. The income of a Millburn family 13 miles away from a Newark family is 10x that of the Newark family. Wouldn’t it be great if a Black person could hop onto Route 78, drive 13 miles and multiply their income by 10 times. Unfortunately, its not that easy. Last year, U.S. Census Bureau statistics reveal there are 79,243 people living in poverty in the city of Newark. The population is 280k. That means almost 1/3 of the population is living in poverty. Only 22% of property is owneroccupied. 15% have college degrees. Per capita Income $19k. The unemployment rate is 130% of the national average. I am a huge fan of Mayor Baraka and County Executive Joe Divincenzo – just like they worked tirelessly at fixing the water crisis they do so solving the everyday problems of Newark.
But where is the state leadership. Governor Murphy received 94% of the black vote in NJ and has no plan for the state’s largest city and largest Black population where 1/3 (pre-pandemic) of the population is in poverty. Meanwhile his Republican opponent, Jack Ciataerelli, has developed an extensive plan for Newark that will address decades of economic injustice that has left Newark still with vestiges of the 1960’s riots. Now, I am not here to campaign for or against Governor Murphy. However, I think it is telling that a Republican candidate recognizes the plight of New Jersey’s largest city while the Democratic Governor who constantly talks about diversity and fairness ignores it.
Which brings me to my point – if this administration is not willing to address the state’s Black population with honesty and integrity and provide resources and solutions to address the imbalances and disparities, why should I think that he would ever bring himself to help Blueprint or any other Black owned firm.
He hasn’t hired one black to work in the division of investment and it hasn’t had a black investment officer in over 10 years. Despite legislation, signed into law by him that mandates the DOI to invest with minority owned firms, he has hired one black-owned firm in three years. We have now issued over 30 OPRA requests to prove the extent of the racism that exists in his administration and the DOI and we have yet to receive one requested email.
There is a quote in the black community that comes from Maya Angelou. She said that when someone tells you who they are…you have to believe them. And to quote Former first Lady Michelle Obama, “Being a leader doesn’t change who you are…it reveals who you are.” Governor Murphy has shown us who he is and he certainly has shown me who he is.
“In response to the early data suggesting that the COVID-19 outbreak pandemic is hitting Black communities particularly hard, we are writing to request that the silence on the racial impact of COVID-19 end.
” Association of Black Women Attorneys
“What happened to Blueprint (Black-owned business) and its founder, appears to be a modern day lynching and is a stain and a black eye on the state of New Jersey.” Senator Ron Rice, Chair of Caucus of Black Legislators
“Unfortunately, it appears these words of support are just as hollow as ever, failing to translate into real change. While many elected officials are guilty of this disappointing turn, the disappointment is most profoundly with Governor Phil Murphy.”
Brandon McKoy is the president of New Jersey Policy Perspective.
Elise Boddie is the founder and director of The Inclusion Project.
Richard Smith is president of the NAACP New Jersey State Conference
Eric Dobson is the deputy director of the Fair Share Housing Center
Charles Boyer is the founding director of Salvation and Social Justice New Jersey
“This is a binding moment for those who say they represent our interests to demonstrate it in a way that is impacting inequities: the high impact of poverty, high unemployment, lack of public contracts, lack of a disparity study being completed.
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John Harmon, AAChamber of Commerce
So, when we moved to Newark not only did, we have a Blueprint for Blueprint we had a Blueprint for Newark. We met with the mayor and county executive and received a tremendous response to our plan to employ Newark public school children and Rutgers and Essex County College students with paid internships. We were bringing higher wage jobs typically seen in New York City where you have thriving banking and asset management industries. We would fund local charities and other community programs and bring expertise that could help other minorities start and scale businesses. And, I am proud to say we were currently working with McKinsey, the global consulting firm, on a business accelerator for Newark that can be a model for inner-city, minority communities across the country.
Sadly, I must report that we have done all of this not with the state support but in spite of the state. We have run headfirst into the “The Uncomfortable Truth” and we can now support what that report says about New Jersey.
As Renee Koubiadis, executive director of the Anti- Poverty Network of New Jersey has said that racism “operates as a perpetuating force and serves as a resistance to change in the historic distribution of wealth.” Her report further said that “Structural racism inhibits the opportunities available to people of color to be productively employed, accumulate wealth and achieve financial stability.”
When we look at the Division of Investment, I see it the way the governor says he sees it – things should be fair.
New Jersey’s population is 50% female. 13.5% black and 13% Latino. However, less than 5% of external assets are managed by MWBE firms. Relative to other states that care about diversity in the execution of their pension New Jersey is 25-30 years behind its peers. Our neighbor right across the Hudson River has over $20 billion invested with MWBE firms or 10% of its total assets. In contrast approximately 5% of New Jersey’s fund is invested with MWBE firms? The New Jersey Fund has hired three MWBE managers in 10 years.
There are 14 SIC members and not one female appointee. There has not been one African American or Latino investment officer in over 10 years. According the Derek Greene, the staff threatened to quit if one were hired. In the last three years, I do not believe that even one new MWBE firm has been approved for direct investment. I don’t have to tell you that we have a problem.
We have a problem. But even worse we don’t have a solution. The disparity here is telling and if we don’t hire more women and minority investment officers’ things will not change. If we don’t appoint more women and minorities to the SIC things will not change. And, I am afraid that unless there is a legislative imperative expressed in terms of goals and timelines, things will not change. Further, if we do not have change the state will suffer in two ways. First, its pension plan will underperform. The truth is that woman and minority managers have strong performance and when they are overlooked and not allocated to the state misses an opportunity to perform at higher levels.
And, when the state’s pension doesn’t perform we know who makes up the difference – employees and taxpayers. Second, our communities suffer. Asset management businesses are very profitable enterprises and they have the ability to put minority communities on more solid economic footing as their profits are distributed to churches, non-profits, internships, jobs and business investment.
We are in effect standing in our own way in the quest to right the economic injustices of the past and level the playing field for all in NJ. And, as African American money managers and residents we are not asking for preferential treatment. We are asking for fairness and equity and an opportunity the very promises made by Governor Murphy. I will share with you that as a company our experience with the State has been far short of fair and lacking in equity. And, I often ask myself why is Blueprint being treated this way? The answer gets back to the uncomfortable truth. This state has a race issue. The question is are we going to keep accepting it or are we going to bring about real change? I hope this committee brings about change.
Thank you for the invitation to appear today and I am happy to answer any questions.
Jacob Walthour, Jr.
Chief Executive Officer
Blueprint Capital Advisors
Ebony Magazine Files Two Suits Against Jacob Walthour And Blueprint Capital Alleging Insider Trading
Ebony Owners File SEC Complaint and also move to halt bankruptcy citing Walthour as insider
During these unprecedented times, while black businesses are getting hit from all fronts, including the struggles brought on by COVID-19; black men and women are fighting to preserve their livelihoods, all while dealing with the racial unrests, as many have taken to the streets to exclaim “Black Lives Matter!” Ebony owners claim, for Blueprint Capital (“BPC”) CRD# 282327 and Co-Founder Jacob Walthour, it has been an opportunity for financial gain and driving black legacy businesses like Ebony Magazine into bankruptcy.
In April 2020, BPC took over the management of Ebony’s Lender, Parkview Capital Credit Inc.
After Ebony’s owners were notified, they immediately began receiving contrary recognition from BPC, with Jacob Walthour fueling the fire.
According to the complaint, Walthour wasted no time making public appearances and providing the Wall Street Journal and other news outlets with confidential information that they quickly capitalized on, publicly disparaging Ebony.
“If private information has been passed on to sources someone should have to answer for it,” stated Ebony co owner Willard Jackson. “If Mr. Walthour or any of his investors benefit from any non-disclosed, non-public information, they may have to answer to the SEC for it.”
“It amazes me that a black man would attempt to bring down a brand synonymous with black culture for 75 years at this moment in time. We are at the crossroads of social change. Yet, by his admission, Mr. Walthour admitted that he was attempting to force Ebony into chapter 7—which usually results in liquidation—”not to break it up and sell it off in pieces,” but “to get control of the company.
” A trusted brand for black Americans violated, seemingly for his gain.
“Walthour’s actions are in direct violation of our agreement that requires the Lender to exercise confidentiality in dealing with its clients. Who would have thought that Walthour would potentially stoop so low as to break the law in hopes of taking over our Company for personal gain?” continued Jackson.
“It was always my belief that pension fund managers are held to a higher level of scrutiny, especially SEC-registered advisers. You cannot provide insider information (confidential information), in hopes for financial gain, concluded Jackson.”
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‘Individual sort of horror’: Wall Street traders reflect on Capitol Hill riot, aftermath
Across Wall Street, executives watched in horror from home desks and mostly empty offices as a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters ransacked the U.
S. Capitol on Wednesday. Then something changed. The market, inured to years of political chaos, mostly shrugged off one of the most brazen attacks ever on American democracy. By Thursday, much of the financial world was practically back to business as usual.
Former Obama White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley, now at Wells Fargo & Co., said the scene at the Capitol was terrifying—but more of an “individual sort of horror” than the type of crisis that prompts companies to take emergency action. “There was nothing about the event that caused us to pull the operating committee together to respond,” said Daley, the public affairs vice chairman for the banking industry’s largest employer. “The markets weren’t reacting at all.”
‘Tremendous confidence’
Stocks eventually rallied toward another record, as investors turned their attention from images of a Confederate flag marched through the Capitol and handguns drawn inside the House to the prospect of more stimulus under President-elect Joe Biden.
Banks rose as Goldman Sachs said the industry has “moved back into vogue.”
“The only thing that was interesting about yesterday’s market was its disinterest,” said James Pillow, a portfolio manager at Moors & Cabot.
Even if the events didn’t leave a lasting mark on markets, it seized enough attention to overshadow the minutes from the Federal Reserve’s last rate-setting meeting.
“I was so distracted that I forgot they were even released until 20 minutes later,” said John Doyle at Tempus Inc. “Perhaps I should feel lucky that market moves were muted.”
Bob Diamond was signing in for blood work for his annual exam at Minnesota’s Mayo Clinic when he got a text about the riots. The former Barclays Plc boss, who now runs Atlas Merchant Capital, felt “shaken that it could have come to what it came to.” He went to bed around 9 p.m. and woke up feeling “tremendous confidence.”
‘Worst day’
Not all financial executives were feeling certain on Thursday.
Several people of color in the industry said the market’s sanguine reaction was another reflection of Wall Streeters’ financial security and lack of diversity. As disturbing as the events in Washington were, it caused relatively few executives to consider their own personal safety or place in society.
“It was my worst day as an American and an even worse day as a Black American,” said Jacob Walthour Jr., who runs Blueprint Capital Advisors. “If these protesters had been Black, this would be considered a coup or rebellion, and the show of force would have been unlike anything we have ever seen in this nation’s history.”
Some found themselves offering consolation. George Walker, who runs Neuberger Berman Group LLC and is former President George W. Bush’s second cousin, got a call from an industrialist in Germany who wanted to know why the images from Washington were so ugly. Then he heard from his mother in Montana, who was crying.
Erika Karp, founder of Cornerstone Capital Group, said she hoped the U.
S. will learn from what happened: “The optimism would have to come from a place that says this was a lesson.”
Asset Management Made Bad Decisions Around Race. Now Is the Time to Change That.
Imagine that Dr. Evil, the diabolical genius in the Austin Powers movies, has a mind-control device that he uses to get you to make a decision that guarantees failure. As described by former professional poker player Annie Duke in her upcoming book How to Decide, Dr. Evil can only succeed if he avoids detection, so he entices you to make a losing decision that is easy to explain away once, but guarantees failure when repeated over time. Eat a donut one day, you get a sugar buzz, feel good, and are no worse for the wear. Eat one every day for a year, and you’re guaranteed to both feel and look differently.
What’s transpired with race in asset management is akin to eating a donut every day for a generation or more.
The wave of tragedies that brought Black Lives Matter back to center stage presents an opportunity to engage in a dialogue that has been uncomfortable and avoided.
In an upcoming miniseries on the Capital Allocators podcast, I had the opportunity to listen and learn from some industry leaders about the nature of the problem and the path to a more equitable future.
To lay the cards on the table, many people in the majority are afraid to say the wrong thing and offend those they intend to support. I include myself in that list. We need to break through that fear and be open to a conversation that has been taboo.
Black people have faced conscious and unconscious discrimination in asset management for a long time. Conscious discrimination is just bad. It happens daily, it sucks, and it will continue to occur. There are racists in our midst and that will not disappear in our lifetimes.
Unconscious discrimination is pervasive and perhaps more pernicious to careers. For example, Jake Walthour described joining Lehman Brothers in the early 1990s. This was not an insurmountable obstacle by any stretch, thanks to supportive organizations like SEO (Sponsors for Educational Opportunity) and Toigo Foundation, which focus on career advancement for underrepresented minorities.
But once he arrived, he found that some of his equally unprepared colleagues were flying on planes to visit clients within a week, as family connections had already put them in the tribe of those in power. Wall Street is a sell-side business, and tribal affinity is effective in sales — whether tribes are defined by school, interest, community, religion, gender, or race. However, with the number of Black leaders in corporate America limited, so too were opportunities for Black professionals to sell to them. The more junior analysts had experiences inside the boardroom, the more they learned and the faster they rose to the top of their analyst class for promotion.
Unconscious bias also finds its way into the investment process and creates obstacles for minority-owned firms. Kim Lew, CIO of Carnegie Corporation, uncovers layers of unconscious bias in manager selection. One team member might gravitate to investment managers that played college lacrosse, because managers with this background have proved they can thrive in environments marked by teamwork and intense competition.
But the team member may not have considered that the pool of college lacrosse alumnae is almost entirely composed of white males. Lew asks her team to dig deeper into the root drivers of successful managers to widen the filter, because the same characteristics could also describe a former server in a thriving restaurant.
The lack of diversity in asset management is a particularly tricky problem because of the bottom-line nature of the industry. It remains a challenge to connect racial or gender diversity directly to investment performance. Academic research shows that cognitive diversity fosters better decision making. While racial and gender diversity is correlated with cognitive diversity, it is not necessarily the same thing. Shundrawn Thomas, President of Northern Trust Asset Management, believes that investment performance is cyclical and mean reverting, and success in the asset management industry necessarily draws on more than just short-term outcomes. Excellence in client relationships, operations, and communication can be as valuable as performance in maintaining long-term client relationships and a strong business over time.
The wider the aperture of the drivers of success, the more the asset management business looks like any other industry, driven by multiple factors that together benefit from diversity.
Solving deep-seated inequities is hard, but not insurmountable. The W.K. Kellogg Foundation took on the task of becoming an anti-racist organization in 2007. Joel Wittenberg, CIO of the Kellogg Foundation, applied practices from the Kellogg Corporation to develop an initiative in the investment program called Expanding Equity. The foundation developed 23 workstreams across attracting, belonging, promotion, and equity that it practices internally and shares with majority-owned external managers. Among that group, KKR, Värde Partners, and Beacon Capital Partners have adopted Expanding Equity to encourage long-term, sustainable diversity practices.
The longstanding prevalence of unconscious racial bias looks a lot like a series of individual, relatively innocuous decisions that collectively created a serious problem.
Open dialogue and education is the first step towards stopping the pattern of eating a donut a day. It will take time before we see diverse leadership and a normalized workforce in both our industry and corporate America. In the end, we will be better off for it.
Ebony Magazine Forced Into Involuntary Bankruptcy?
A set of Ebony Magazine covers. Image: Twitter/@EbonyMag
Black & Magazine Newswire
Immediately after Ebony ownership filed a complaint with the SEC against Jacob Walthour and Blueprint Capital LLC (“BPC”) alleging insider trading; they filed another SEC complaint against John Robinson and Consequent Capital (“CC”) CRD # 285262 for violating the very same privacy policy and fiduciary responsibilities they list on CC’s website by providing Parkview Capital Credit’s (“PCC”) confidential information to media outlets for financial gain. Today Ebony Magazine filed a third SEC complaint and legal Grievance with the Texas Bar against David Abner.
Ebony accused Abner, a licensed attorney, of conspiring with Walthour and Robinson to force Ebony into Bankruptcy invalidly. David Abner and Associates is on record as PCC’s General Counsel but also a creditor for Ebony. “This is an absolute conflict between a lender and their lawyer to conspire to do an illegal takeover,” says Ebony spokesperson Michael Wilcox. The SEC Complaint also charges Robinson and CC with conspiring with Jacob Walthour to provide confidential information to the media. Additionally, Walthour and Robinson fired all of Ebony’s employees without authority for financial gains, a clear case of a lender operating as if they run the company.
In April 2020, Walthour took over the management of Ebony’s Lender, PCC. Shortly after that, Ebony’s owners began receiving contrary recognition from BPC, with Walthour fueling the fire.
According to the complaint, Walthour wasted no time making public appearances and providing the Wall Street Journal and other news outlets with confidential information that they quickly capitalized on, publicly disparaging Ebony.
Ebony owners claim that for BPC CRD# 282327 and Co-Founder Walthour and Robinson of CC disparaging Ebony in the media has been for financial gain and to drive a black legacy business into bankruptcy.
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“If private information has been passed on to sources, someone should have to answer it,” stated Wilcox. “If Mr. Walthour or any of his investors benefit from any non-disclosed, non-public information, they may have to answer to the SEC for it.”
“It amazes me that a black man would attempt to bring down a brand synonymous with black culture for 75 years at this moment in time. We are at the crossroads of social change. Yet, by his admission, Mr. Walthour admitted that he was attempting to force Ebony into chapter 7—which usually results in liquidation—”not to break it up and sell it off in pieces,” but “to get control of the company.” A trusted brand for black Americans violated, seemingly for his gain.
“David Abner has an Ethical responsibility not to create legal conflicts, especially when it can be detrimental.
Also, by joining as a creditor when the lender hired him is borderline illegal. Lawyers should be a cut above. Consequent allowed their manager, Jacob Walthour, to provide confidential information to the media, and Parkview had their Lawyer lose his Ethics, says Ebony spokesman.
SOURCE Ebony
90,000 Former South African President Jacob Zuma began serving a prison sentence | News from Germany about events in the world | DW
Former South African President Jacob Zuma began serving a 15-month prison sentence, to which he was sentenced for contempt of justice. The 79-year-old ex-president has been imprisoned in a penal colony in his home province of KwaZulu-Natal, prison officials confirmed Thursday, July 8. Shortly before the deadline, the Zuma Foundation announced that the former president agreed to comply with the demands of the justice authorities and go to jail.
Jacob Zuma was sentenced by the South African Constitutional Court to 15 months in prison at the end of June, because, despite subpoenas, he repeatedly refused to appear for interrogation before the Anti-Corruption Commission, which investigated alleged violations committed by him during his reign from 2009 to 2018.
According to the verdict, Zuma was supposed to start serving his sentence on Sunday, July 4, but he refused to do so, saying that he did not consider it necessary “to go to jail today.”If he refused to report to the colony before midnight from Wednesday to Thursday, Zuma would have been threatened with compulsory arrest.
Zuma complied with the demand of the justice authorities
Shortly before the expiration of the deadline, a convoy left Zuma’s residence, in which the former president of South Africa was allegedly also located. The daughter of the former head of state, Dudu Zuma-Sambudla, wrote in her microblog on Twitter that her father “is still in a good mood.”
Since Jacob Zuma is unable to appeal, he filed a motion to have his conviction overturned on 2 July.The next day, the court ruled to re-examine the July 12 verdict handed down to Zume.
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Nelson Mandela: A Life Committed to the Struggle for Freedom
Happy Birthday Nelson Mandela!
Most South Africans remember him smiling.
He was fondly called Madiba, one of the clan names of the Kosa people. All over the world, he has become a symbol of a new Africa and a fighter for tolerance and freedom. On July 18, 2018, Nelson Mandela would have turned 100.Nelson Mandela: A Life Committed to the Struggle for Freedom
Black Lawyer
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born on July 18, 1918 in a small village near the South African city of Umtata. After graduating from high school, he entered the university, where he studied law. Already during his studies, Mandela was a political activist and fought against apartheid. From 1952 he worked as a lawyer for the first black-run law firm – eight years later, the company building was burned down.
Nelson Mandela: A Life Committed to the Struggle for Freedom
Apartheid
Apartheid – the official policy of severe segregation of blacks and whites in South Africa – left an imprint on Mandela’s childhood and adolescence.
At birth, he was named Rolihlahla, which in translation from the language of the tribe Kosa means “picking off the branches of a tree” or “prankster”.Nelson Mandela: A Life Committed to Fighting for Freedom
Boxer Mandela
As a young man, Nelson Mandela was a passionate boxing fan.”Position, age, skin color and level of well-being do not play a role in the ring,” he said, describing his love for the sport. Even in prison, he remained in good physical shape, doing push-ups, squatting, lifting weights every day.
Nelson Mandela: A Life Committed to the Struggle for Freedom
Life imprisonment
1964: Police chase people away from the courthouse where Nelson Mandela and other anti-apartheid activists are being tried.In what is known as the Rivonia Trial, Mandela was found guilty of organizing acts of sabotage and crimes tantamount to high treason and sentenced to life in prison.
Nelson Mandela: A Life Committed to the Struggle for Freedom
Decades in Prison
Life on Five Square Meters: Mandela spent 18 of his assigned 27 years imprisonment in this tiny prison cell under the number 46664.
“At this time I was known just as a number, nothing more, “he said after his release.Nelson Mandela: A Life Given to the Struggle for Freedom
The Fight Continues
While Nelson Mandela was imprisoned, his supporters continued to fight against apartheid – including Mandela’s wife Vinnie (center of the photo), who gained fame as a presenter activist against the white minority government in South Africa.
Nelson Mandela: A Life Committed to the Struggle for Freedom
The world is actively involved…
… in the fate of South Africa. At Wembley Stadium in London in July 1988, a charity concert was held in honor of the 70th anniversary of Nelson Mandela, whose participants spoke out against apartheid. The concert, which lasted 10 hours without a break, was attended by 70 thousand spectators, millions watched it on TV. The concert was broadcast in 60 countries of the world.
Nelson Mandela: A Life Committed to the Struggle for Freedom
Free!
On February 11, 1990, Nelson Mandela was released after 27 years in prison.
In the photo, he and his then-wife Vinnie greet anti-white apartheid activists.Nelson Mandela: A Life Committed to the Struggle for Freedom
Back to Politics
Once again heading the African National Congress (ANC), in May 1990, Mandela held his first talks with South African President Frederick Willem de Klerk. Together they reached an agreement to establish a transitional government with the participation of the National Party and the ANC. In 1993, de Klerk and Mandela were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Nelson Mandela: A Life Committed to the Struggle for Freedom
Mandela’s Companions
Oliver Tambo (left) and Walter Sisulu are some of Mandela’s closest associates. In 1944, they helped found the ANC Youth League and organized mass demonstrations against the apartheid regime. In 1964, Sisulu, along with Mandela, were sentenced to life imprisonment. Tambo spent 30 years in exile, mainly living in London. After 1990, Mandela, Tambo and Sisulu took over the leadership of the ANC.
Nelson Mandela: A Life Committed to the Struggle for Freedom
Presidential Oath
On May 10, 1994, a new chapter began in South African history: the first democratic elections made Nelson Mandela the country’s first black president. He remained in the post of head of state until 1999, then ceded that post to his successor Thabo Mbeki.
Nelson Mandela: A Life Committed to the Struggle for Freedom
Reconciliation Instead of Revenge
One of Nelson Mandela’s primary services as president is racial reconciliation in South Africa.Together with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, he created the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Its tasks included not only investigating the crimes of the apartheid regime, but also laying the foundation for the peaceful coexistence of representatives of different races in South Africa.
Nelson Mandela: A Life Committed to the Struggle for Freedom
First World Cup on African soil
On 15 May 2004, South Africa was qualified to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
This event was celebrated by the whole country.Nelson Mandela: A Life Committed to the Struggle for Freedom
The Reverse Side of the Rainbow
In 2008, a wave of violence against white people and migrants swept over the poor parts of South African cities, resulting in many casualties. Many have asked themselves the question: has Mandela’s idea of a rainbow nation, in which representatives of different races coexisted peacefully, has really failed?
Nelson Mandela: A Life Committed to the Struggle for Freedom
The Last Years of His Life
In the last years of his life, Nelson Mandela refused to participate in public life, spending all the time with his family.In the photo he is on the day of his 93rd birthday, surrounded by granddaughters and great-granddaughters. On December 5, 2013, Nelson Mandela passed away at the age of 95.
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He was fondly called Madiba, one of the clan names of the Kosa people. All over the world, he has become a symbol of a new Africa and a fighter for tolerance and freedom. On July 18, 2018, Nelson Mandela would have turned 100.
At birth, he was named Rolihlahla, which in translation from the language of the tribe Kosa means “picking off the branches of a tree” or “prankster”.
“At this time I was known just as a number, nothing more, “he said after his release.
In the photo, he and his then-wife Vinnie greet anti-white apartheid activists.
90,000 Wiener, Jacob is .
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Walter Panglo, owner of the only Bright Beach funeral home, cheerful, good-natured, who knows how to get along with people, in his free time from preparing the dead for funerals, he loved to tinker in the garden.He grew roses and gave large bouquets to the sick, lovers, the school librarian on her birthday, the sellers who served him well.
Dorothy’s wife adored him, in large part because he sheltered her eighty-year-old mother in the house and treated the elderly lady like a duchess or a saint. He was generous to the poor, burying their dead for a symbolic payment, but with all the honors required.
Jacob Isaacson, Edom’s twin brother, couldn’t say anything bad about Panglo, but he still didn’t trust him.And if the owner of the funeral home was caught at the very moment when he pulled out gold teeth from the deceased or carved satanic symbols on the buttocks, Jacob would say: “This is to be expected.” Jacob would not be surprised to learn that Panglo is collecting the contaminated blood of the deceased from the disease in bottles in order to one day run through the streets and splash it in the faces of unsuspecting townspeople.
Jacob did not trust anyone except Agnes and Edom. No, I also trusted Joe Lampion, after he passed many years of rigorous testing.But now Joe was dead, and his corpse lay in the Panglo Funeral Home’s embalming chamber.
Jacob has already left the embalming chamber with a firm intention not to get there again, at least not alive. And now Walter Panglo was leading him through a hall filled with samples of coffins.
If it were his will, he would have buried Joe in his dearest coffin. But Jacob knew that Joe, humble and shy, would not approve of such a choice. Therefore, his choice fell on a beautiful, but no-nonsense coffin just above the average price.
Deeply saddened to have to bury such a young man as Joe Lampion, who evoked the warmest feelings in him, Panglo, putting his hand on the chosen coffin, found it necessary to express regret and sorrow: “Incredible, a car accident, and on the very day when his son was born. So sad. It’s a pity to tears. ”
“Not so incredible,” Jacob answered him. “Twenty-five thousand people die in cars every year. Cars are not a means of transportation. They are death machines.Tens of thousands of people are injured and become disabled for life.
If Edom feared the wrath of nature, then Jacob knew that the true threat to humanity came from humanity itself.
– And the trains are no better. Think of the Bakerfield disaster in the early sixties. Express “Santa Fe chief” on the exit from San Francisco crashed into a fuel tanker. Seventeen people died, burned in the river of fire.
Jacob was afraid of what people could do to each other with clubs, knives, pistols, bombs, bare hands, but he was much more afraid of other sources of death: devices, machines, structures created by people in order to make their life easier.
– Fifty people died in London in 1957 when two trains collided. And one hundred and twelve died and were maimed in fifty-second, also in England.
– This is terrible, you are absolutely right. Panglo frowned. – A lot of terrible things happen on earth, but I don’t understand why trains …
– There is no difference. Cars, trains, steamers, everything is one, ”Jacob bent.
– Do you remember “Toy Maru”? Japanese ferry capsized at 54th. One thousand one hundred and sixty-eight people died.And in forty-eighth, God forgive me, a steam boiler exploded on a Chinese steamer leaving a Manchu port. The result is six thousand deaths. Six thousand on a single steamer!
And for the next hour, while Walter Panglo agreed with Jacob on the main stages of the funeral, the latter reported details of plane crashes, shipwrecks, train collisions, explosions in coal mines and munitions factories, fires in hotels and nightclubs, on gas pipelines and oil rigs …
As a result, by the time all the details were settled, Walter Panglo’s left cheek twitched nervously.His eyes widened, as if he was so surprised at something that his eyelids did not want to return to their normal position. And his palms were so sweaty that every now and then he had to wipe them on the floor of his jacket.
Jacob did not hide from the funeral home owner’s nervousness, and he realized that his initial distrust of Panglo was well founded.
This undersize probably had something to hide. There was no doubt that only those who were charged with serious misconduct, including criminally punishable, could be so nervous.
And goodbye, when Panglo had already opened the front door of the funeral home, Jacob leaned over to him and whispered, “Joe Lampion has no gold teeth.”
Panglo’s face showed bewilderment, but most likely he was only portraying it.
Panglo again expressed his condolences, instead of commenting on the state of the deceased’s teeth, and when he put his hand sympathetically on Jacob’s shoulder, he even shuddered at the touch.
Confused, Panglo held out his right hand.
“Sorry, don’t be offended, but I don’t shake hands with anyone,” he heard from Jacob.
“Yes, of course, I understand,” muttered Panglo, slowly lowering his outstretched hand, although, of course, he did not understand anything.
– The fact is that you never know what the hand of another person touched before, – Jacob explained.
“It may be that a respectable banker buried thirty of his dismembered women in the backyard of his house. And a sweet, devout woman from a neighboring house sleeps in the same bed with the decomposing corpse of her lover who tried to abandon her, or, as a hobby, makes jewelry from the bones of preschool children, whom she tortures and kills.
Panglo quickly slipped his hands into his trouser pockets.
– I have selected newspaper clippings on hundreds of such cases, – continued Jacob, – and even worse. If you are interested, I will make copies for you.
“You are very kind,” Panglo mumbled, “but I have so little time to read, very little.
Even though he reluctantly left Joe’s body in the arms of this suspiciously nervous man, Jacob went down the porch and left without once looking back. The mile that separated the funeral home from his house, he walked on foot, gazing intently at the passing cars, being especially vigilant at intersections.
An external staircase led to his apartment above the large garage.
The apartment was divided into two parts. The first, larger, was occupied by a living room and a niche that served as a kitchen, with a corner dining table at which only two people could sit. The second is a bedroom with an adjoining bathroom.
Bookcases and bureaus lined the walls. There he kept countless materials about accidents, man-made disasters, maniacs, mass murders: irrefutable evidence that humanity, both accidentally and deliberately, is destroying itself.
In a carefully tidied bedroom, Jacob took off his shoes, lay down on the bed, stared at the ceiling, acutely feeling his own uselessness.
Agnes is widowed. Bartholomew was born without a father.
Too much grief, too much.
Jacob did not know how he would be able to approach Agnes when she returned from the hospital. The sadness in her eyes would kill him as easily as a knife to the heart.
The optimism inherent in her, the joy of life, which did not leave her all these difficult years, could not survive such a test.
And now he and Edom were losing the island of hope they saw in her. Their future was plunged into the darkness of despair.
The only thing left to do was to count on the fact that at that very moment the plane would fall from the sky and in the blink of an eye would grind it into powder.
The house and garage were too far from the train tracks. So he could not hope that the derailed train would crash into his home.
On the other hand, the apartment was heated by a gas fireplace. Gas leak, spark, explosion, and he would not have to contemplate poor Agnes.
Time passed, the plane did not fall from the sky, Jacob got up, went to the kitchen and kneaded dough for Agnes’s favorite pies. Chocolate with nuts.
Jacob considered himself completely useless, living in a world to which he could not give anything, but was an excellent pastry chef. I could take any recipe, even from a top-notch chef, and improve it.
When he was kneading the dough, the world no longer seemed so dangerous to him.
Sometimes, carried away by his work, Jacob even forgot about fear.
The gas stove might have exploded, resting his soul, but if it didn’t explode, he could at least bake pies for Agnes.
90,000 “Queen’s Stroke” on Netflix: Review by Stanislav Zelvensky
Stanislav Zelvensky – How the miniseries starring Anya Taylor-Joy as a chess player turned out to be an inspiring new movie in the spirit of Good Will Hunting. All seven episodes were directed by Scott Frank, who directed God Forgotten, another good series on Netflix.
Chess, as you know, is not the most cinematic sport: two people sitting silently at the table.But a great chess player, unlike, say, a high jumper, can be convincingly played by any actor who knows how to look intently in front of him. In the mini-series “Queen’s Move” a lot of space is devoted to chess matches, which will not be interesting even for a specialist to follow, since the position is rarely shown in its entirety and in development.
But the montage of Anya Taylor-Joy’s huge brown eyes and chess pieces, shot from difficult angles, opens up, as you can see, almost limitless possibilities: here it is, finally, chess cinema for millions.
Another favorite move of Scott Frank (A Walk Among the Graves), director and screenwriter of all seven episodes, is the upside-down imaginary chess set on the ceiling that the heroine has seen at crucial moments since the blackboard was first woven from shadows in her children’s bedroom. This is not only beautiful, but also convenient: every time the pawns and bishops start running with their heads down, we know that the heroine will win. On the other hand, she loses so rarely (after she really understands the rules, she has to wait almost three series for the first defeat) that this sign can be neglected.
The girl’s name is Elizabeth Harmon, she was invented in 1983, shortly before his death, by the writer Walter Tevis, who was rarely lucky with film adaptations (“The Man Who Fell to Earth”, the dilogy “The King of Billiards” and “The Color of Money”).
The novel, like the series in the original, is called “The Queen’s Gambit”, but the translators into Russian decided not to sacrifice the gender of the figure – even though the vulgar “queen” immediately takes the conversation away from the chess tournament somewhere on the bench (which in the film itself, however, happens even literally).
The action, with the exception of the first episode, where Beth is just a child, takes place in the 1960s. The heroine is left an orphan early and ends up in an orphanage, where educators, with the best of intentions, put her on tranquilizers, and a laconic but gentle inside cleaner with a mustache (Bill Camp) teaches her openings and middlegames. As a teenager – and already performed by Taylor-Joy – Beth ends up in a not too happy foster family and makes a fast-paced chess career.
“Move” is a cross between “Good Will Hunting” and “Rocky 4”.In part, this is a romance of education and emancipation (although even in childhood, where you sit, you get down on Beth).
The heroine learns from examples – bad ones, mainly – of her mothers, biological, which we see in fleeting but important flashbacks, and the reception room. The last, somewhat caricatured provincial housewife from the 1950s with an ever-absent husband and a supply of magic pills, is well played by Mariel Heller, better known as a director. Beth also has a difficult episodic personal life, mostly involving chess players; let’s note Harry Melling, the former Dudley Dursley, who suddenly became very much.
This is partly, of course, a sports drama. Instead of Ivan Drago, Beth has a Soviet champion with a strange (less strange than Drago) surname Borg, a man-machine in a boring suit. He is played by a certain Pole with a good Russian; in general, the cranberry of the Soviet line is quite significant, moderate. There is even a tiny but very cute cameo by a famous Baltic artist. Instead of Apollo Creed, if we continue the analogy with Rocky, there is a young grandmaster who walks everywhere in a leather coat and a cowboy hat.
He is played by Thomas Brodie-Sangster; Since he and Ana Taylor-Joy are accompanied by Jacob Fortune-Lloyd in the role of another quivering chess player, the logic of double surnames is traced in the casting.
Netflix rarely shares numbers, but by all appearances, this is a big hit. Why is clear. A well-conceived heroine played by a charismatic actress, an experienced storyteller (Frank is a veteran screenwriter who has worked with authors from Soderberg to Spielberg), in every way a pleasant picture.But most importantly, “Queen’s Move” – feel-good , as they say, an inspiring movie about seemingly serious, complex and even sad things: a favorite recipe of Oscar winners, to whom “Move”, if it were a movie (why would it have won) would surely have joined. The pain that the heroine experiences, her orphan complex, her addictions are subtly written out and at the same time never become a real threat to her victorious genius.
Even when Beth hits rock bottom and gets a little nauseous in the chess goblet to a song by the band Shocking Blue, we know for sure that she will get through – otherwise we wouldn’t be here.
A spectator with a heightened sense of beauty is likely to wry his nose at these endless piano plays, sentimental portraits of two strokes in the background and the sharp ridge of the Hollywood formula, sunk in a comfortable retro chair. And he will lose, perhaps, a little. But it is curious how the story of a ruthless young woman (written by two elderly men) does not end up as an episode of the war of the sexes, which seems to be pushed by the spectacle of male egos crunching under the heroine’s feet, but, on the contrary, offers some kind of respectful and friendly reconciliation, perhaps , draw.And if in this matter the era of mercy ever comes, Taylor-Joy, predatory over the chessboard, may well become its icon.
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by Stanislav Zelvensky
“Queen’s move”
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90,000 The blood of the masses will flow as we await the day of our worldwide victory
The Jewish mind pits all ethnic groups against one another.
“The blood of the masses will flow as we wait for the day of our worldwide victory,” , Harold Rosenthal said coldly.
For hours after this incredible discussion, a sense of inadequacy took over. Is it possible that another group of “human beings” could be so treacherous in spirit, so malicious in their intentions? However, the words heard and the evidence available are real.
Is it possible that the American people can remain obedient even as their life blood is drained from them? It looks like this.
What does all this tell us? Since what you just read, plus the lengthy interview that followed, Harold Wallace Rosenthal, Administrative Assistant to Senator Jacob K. Javits of New York State , was killed in a so-called attempted hijacking of Israeli aircraft in Istanbul, Turkey, August 12, 1976
It appears that Harold Rosenthal may have “spoken too fluently” because although four people were killed and about 30 wounded in the attempted hijacking of the plane, Harold Rosenthal was not killed by an accidental bullet like the others.
From the records that have been preserved at the time, it seems surprising and strange that of all the people involved in this incident, Harold Rosenthal should have been mortally wounded.
Meanwhile, I am Walter White Jr., who conducted this confidential interview, can now say, after much research, expense and travel, that Harold Rosenthal was undoubtedly killed at Istanbul Airport in an incident similar to the hijacking of an airplane, probably by humans. his own people.
We had no desire to harm anyone, and especially the members of Harold Rosenthal’s family, who have experienced enough grief associated with this tragedy. We spoke to his mother and his father in Philadelphia, and his brother, Mark David Rosenthal, who is attending college in northern California.
It is he who informed us that Harold Rosenthal’s friends in Washington have created a memorial fund in his name. He sent us a copy of the document: The Harold Rosenthal Fellowship in International Relations at the American Jewish Committee.
(“The Harold W. Rosenthal Fellowship in Inernational Relations” American Jewish Committee, Washington Chapter, 818-18th Street N.W., Washington, D.C., 10006).
Some who’s who can be found on the listings of this foundation, and its honorary Co-Chairs are Vice President Walter F. Mondale and Senator Jacob K. Javits.
Out of respect, we decided to wait until a year has passed since Harold Rosenthal’s death. As already noted, the interview was very long, as he seemed to enjoy pouring all this information on us and sometimes we took breaks.
This writer and editor is not the faint of heart, but as this self-centered Harold Rosenthal boasted, I found so much of what he said was truly terrifying and real betrayal that Harold Rosenthal admittedly was a part of, and Harold Rosenthal seemed to gloat over the apparent success of the Jewish World Conspiracy.
Note that these are all words of the administrative assistant to one of the most influential US senators, Jacob Javitz of New York.
What you read should be a WARNING to all non-Jews in the world. Hopefully this should open the eyes of many who knew him in Washington government circles.
The slogan “Workers of all countries unite!” was in fact, a slogan addressed not to the proletarians, but to the Jews.
What Harold Rosenthal has revealed to us is really obvious – it is not fiction. This is not imagination! He did not pretend, as he spoke with knowledge and reason.
Much has been said about the conspiracy of the One Jewish World, but it has never been described so openly. This is amazing.
Their plans are shocking and many will be shocked by the contents of this document. Nothing like this has ever been said. We prefer not to speculate. Judge for yourself.
Looking back to the time of the interview, and having time to analyze the sincerity of Harold Rosenthal, we are left under the impression that he is a hidden, boastful, but at the same time, very knowledgeable person.
I would describe him as an egotist and extremist.
At times, his cruelty poured to the surface with poison, especially when he mentioned DUMB CHRISTIANS or “goyim” as he often called “us”.
This surprised me, because there is no word “goy” in the English language, and he should have known it well. His mind was completely immersed in the plans to conquer the world – the PLANS of a ONE WORLD under the rule of World Jewry.
With arrogance, he boasted that The Jewish takeover of the world is almost a finished business, thanks to the DULL CHRISTIANS (goy).
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Wolfgang Walter Oehme
(1930 – 2011)
In December 2011, at the age of 81, landscape architect Wolfgang Walter Oehme, a pioneer of a new style in American gardening, known for his outstanding work with decorative grasses, died at his home in Towson, Maryland, USA.
Eme was originally from the German city of Chemnitz, where, at the age of 5, he began to show a great interest in gardening. At 17, he became an apprentice to the master, helping him in the nursery, then moved to the Department of Parks Care in Bitterfeld, where he became seriously interested in landscape architecture. Eme has worked on large projects for the Parks Department of Frankfurt and for nurseries in Germany, Sweden and England.
In 1957, he left his homeland, which had turned into communist East Germany, and went to the United States, settled in Baltimore, which he soon began to consider a garden desert.As he later wrote: “I went on a crusade” …
“Garden explosions” called Eme landscapes with free-growing decorative forms of plants, and feathery, fluffy grasses, like clouds flying overhead. “I like it wild,” Aimé said of the garden, describing how he lined up masses of meadow grasses and perennials to create the impression of a surging ocean wave.
He called this effect a metaphor or analogy for the prairies of the West.
For 30 years, Wolfgang Eme worked in partnership with James van Sweden to create self-healing and self-sufficient gardens that remain beautiful and decorative throughout the garden year. Their meeting took place in 1964 at the initiative of Van Swieden, who was delighted with the garden created by Aimé in Washington. “I have never seen such a beautiful garden before,” he wrote. “I found out that Wolfgang Eme was its creator.”
Having become friends, the designers in 1977 founded their own firm “Oehme, van Sweden & Associates”, which actively worked until Wolfgang Eme retired in 2008.
Working together, the designers planted flowers and shrubs not by piece (as before), but in thousands and thousands. Particular attention was paid to the study of the biological properties of plants and their decorative qualities, for example, how impressive their leaves look in the wind.
The flowing water or the quiet surface of the reservoir was also considered the hallmark of the Eme and Swidena gardens. The works of this creative tandem decorated and still adorn many embassies, universities and private homes, including the estate of Oprah Winfrey (famous American TV presenter, actress, producer, public figure). In Washington, they can be seen on the grounds of the State Treasury, the National Gallery of Art, the National Arboretum and the Federal Reserve Building.In New York, they created separate zones for Battery Pak City and Hudson River Park. Their area of activity gradually expanded, reaching over time to West Virginia and Minneapolis.
They rebelled against the common American habit of spreading a lawn in front of every house and surrounding it with hedges of shrubs. Aimé and Sweeden planted large plants in front of the house to create a secluded, isolated space, which they carefully filled with free-growing ornamental plants.
Eme disliked the ubiquitous azalea, saying it only blooms for 2 weeks a year before turning into a boring green bush. Cereals, in his opinion, change from season to season and can look bright and spectacular even in winter.
This approach put the two designers at the forefront of the gardening movement, which attracted so many with its principles: “New American Garden” and “New Romantic Garden”. Allen Lacy, author of several popular books on gardening, wrote in the American magazine Interior Design in 1988: “Unlike any American garden, their gardens are authentic and suitable for any season.”
Working in the garden, Eme loved to taste herbs, especially the common dandelion he liked.
Mikhail Scheglov, Yulia Polyakova
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Gardens and parks designed by Wolfgang Walter Eme:
Americana at Manhasset, Long Island, NY
Azalea Garden, New York Botanical Garden, NY
Capitol One, McLean, VA
David M.
Lilly Plaza University of Minnesota Minneapolis / St. Paul, MinnesotaDonald F. and Ada L. Rice Plant Conservation Science Center, Chicago Botanic Garden
Facilities Master Plan Update University of Maryland College Park, MD
Forest Park, St. Louis, MO
Francis Scott Key Memorial Park, Washington, DC
Friendship Garden, United States National Arboretum, Washington, DC
Gardens of the Great Basin, Chicago Botanic Garden
Martin Luther King Memorial, Washington, DC
Nelson A.Rockefeller Park, New York, NY
North Point Park, Boston, MA
Paradise Manor, Washington, DCRock Rim Ponds, Pound Ridge, NY Rock Rim Ponds, Pound Ridge, NY Rock Rim Ponds, Pound Ridge, NY
Rock Rim Ponds, Pound Ridge, NY
South Franklin Circle, Chagrin Falls, OH
Trellis Bridge, Chicago Botanic Garden
United Therapeutics, Corporate Headquarters, Silver Springs, MD
US Embassy, Bridgetown, Barbados
Virginia Avenue Garden of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC
World War II Memorial, Washington, DC
Lilly Plaza University of Minnesota Minneapolis / St. Paul, MinnesotaSee also
John Vanbrugh
Today historians recognize John Vanbruh as one of the most significant representatives of the heyday of the English Baroque.
