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Fund Manager Bashes Bitcoin: An Extreme Form of Libertarian Anarchism Reading Time: 2min read As Bitcoin price makes headlines across mainstream and financial media, skeptics of cryptocurrencies have come out of the woodwork in droves. The latest skepticism comes from Tim Bond, partner and portfolio manager at Odey Asset Management, who claims that Bitcoin has very little benefit to society, and instead is an extreme form of Libertarian anarchism. But could there actually be truth in the bold, ...

Search Home / News / Revealed: Odey AM quietly rebrands £1.3bn of funds as Crispin Odey’s next trial date looms Revealed: Odey AM quietly rebrands £1.3bn of funds as Crispin Odey’s next trial date looms Funds managed by Crispin Odey himself have retained the ‘Odey’ moniker Odey Asset Management has quietly rebranded £1.3bn worth of funds as founder Crispin Odey prepares for his next date in court later this week, Portfolio Adviser has learned.    Seven ...

For 2021 season, Oregon Shakespeare Festival offers digital and live productions Updated Feb 17, 2021; Posted Feb 17, 2021 With 11 plays scheduled over eight months in 2020, OSF was forced to shut down only a few days into its season after Gov. Kate Brown banned large gatherings because of the pandemic. Facebook Share By Jim Flint | For The Oregonian/OregonLive The Oregon Shakespeare Festival will launch its first-ever combined digital and live season on March 1, nearly a year after the coron...

Ask anybody who’s tried to lose weight what’s in their toolbox of tricks, and no doubt they’ll cite intermittent fasting, high-intensity interval (HIIT) workouts, maybe even a plant-based diet. The one thing that is probably not at the top of their list, but should be? Tea. Tea, the world’s most popular drink behind water, which almost 80 percent of American households have on hand, packs a myriad of health benefits. While weight loss may not be among the ones that are best known, rec...

Bookwaves/Artwaves The Bookwaves/Artwaves Hour is devoted to one interview this week. Noel Casler, since 2018, has developed a large Twitter following based on his violation of an NDA, revealing information about Donald Trump gleaned from his six years working on the Celebrity Apprentice program, and before that, watching Trump in action at a teenage beauty pageant. He is interviewed by host Richard Wolinsky. Today a stand-up comedian working on a book about his experiences, Noel Casler spent t...

‘Gifts’ keeps on giving Courtesy of TheatreWorks Silicon Valley TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s “Simple Gifts” celebrates holiday traditions from many diverse backgrounds. TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s “Simple Gifts,” a multicultural celebration of beloved holiday songs and traditions from many diverse backgrounds, has opened virtually. Conceived, crafted and directed by the company’s artistic director, Tim Bond, the production is part of TheatreWorks from Home. It is sched...

TheatreWorks’s ‘Simple Gifts’ is heartwarming holiday fare David Crane, Amy Lizardo, Bryan Munar and Velina Brown perform “Simple Gifts” in the opening sequence of TheatreWorks’ 2020 holiday musical (Photo: TheatreWorks Silicon Valley) on December 22, 2020 Even 2020 cannot change the arrival of the holiday season. The word “holiday” in English means holy day, or a time in which people pause from work to celebrate religious and other culturally significant occasions. Celebrating...

TheatreWorks presents ‘Simple Gifts’ this week Written by Los Altos Town Crier Report TheatreWorks Silicon Valley rings in the holiday season with “Simple Gifts,” a multicultural celebration of beloved holiday songs and traditions from many diverse backgrounds, slated to open this week. Conceived, crafted and directed by the company’s artistic director, Tim Bond, the virtual production is part of TheatreWorks from Home. It is scheduled to be liv...

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA Why Netflix’s ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ ends with a scene that’s not in the play [Los Angeles Times] The following story contains spoilers from the movie “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” now streaming on Netflix. The final frames of Netflix’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” adapted from two-time Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson’s 1982 play, show a dozen or so white men performing in a recording studio. The instrumentalists appear dull and unfeel...

Print The following story contains spoilers from the movie “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” now streaming on Netflix. The final frames of Netflix’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” adapted from two-time Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson’s 1982 play, show a dozen or so white men performing in a recording studio. The instrumentalists appear dull and unfeeling; the singer’s delivery is dry. The trumpet solo, meant to be the song’s standout riff, feels particularly hollow, void of char...