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philanthropicpeople · 6 months

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Charles Feeney Passes Away

Charles Feeney, a quiet hero of philanthropy and tech investments, sadly passed away at the age of 92 in San Francisco on Monday. Chuck, as he was known to friends, was the man who gave away almost his entire $8 billion fortune to charity, often without fanfare. Charles Feeney believed in low-key giving. He donated anonymously to universities, medical institutions, and humanitarian causes across…

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#charles f. feeney #charles feeney #northern ireland #sinn fein #The Giving Pledge #ulster defense association

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ao3feed-ineffablehusbandz · 10 months

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Here we go around the seven seas

by Minibagelqueen

As Crowley and Aziraphale wait for their egg to hatch, they have started getting closer to the residents of Tadfield, especially The Them. Adam still needs help with his residual powers and The Fells have become babysitters to the young teens.

Such an occasion has The Them in London and after a busy day Crowley begins to tell them of a tale from when he was a pirate. It just so happened that he was a part of the crew of The Revenge.

Through his story we find out what happened after the crew were abandoned and what becomes of the pirates of legend.

Words: 8187, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Series: Part 4 of Good Omens

Fandoms: Good Omens (TV), Our Flag Means Death (TV)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/M, M/M, Multi, Other

Characters: Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Stede Bonnet, Aziraphale (Good Omens), Crowley (Good Omens), The Them (Good Omens), Israel Hands, Oluwande Boodhari, The Swede (Our Flag Means Death), Buttons (Our Flag Means Death), Dog (Good Omens), Jim Jimenez, Black Pete (Our Flag Means Death), Lucius Spriggs, Wee John Feeney, Frenchie (Our Flag Means Death), Roach (Our Flag Means Death), Original Characters, Charles Vane, Mary Allamby Bonnet, Alma Bonnet, Original Child Character(s), Fang (Our Flag Means Death), Ivan (Our Flag Means Death), Louis Bonnet

Relationships: Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet, Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens)

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Crossover, Crossovers & Fandom Fusions, Pirates, Canon-Typical Historical Inaccuracy (Our Flag Means Death), Blackbeard | Edward Teach Has Abandonment Issues, Blackbeard | Edward Teach Needs a Hug, Aziraphale Loves Crowley (Good Omens), Crowley Loves Aziraphale (Good Omens), Torture, Aftermath of Torture, Awkward First Times, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Israel Hands is So Done, Crowley is Bad at Being a Demon (Good Omens), Aziraphale is Bad at Being an Angel (Good Omens), Aziraphale and Crowley Through The Ages (Good Omens), Blackbeard | Edward Teach is Bad at Feelings, Power Bottom Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Top Stede Bonnet, Switch Crowley (Good Omens), Cliffhangers

From https://ift.tt/KDNlLnp https://archiveofourown.org/works/48730624

#ao3feed ineffablehusbandz #ineffable husbands #good omens #aziraphale #crowley #anthonyjcrowl

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gaiusozarkus · 7 months

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Charles F. Feeney- multi-billionaire who gave it all away discreetly dies at 92- amazing loving kind man

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if-you-fan-a-fire · 1 year

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"Sep. School Board Wants Traffic Police," Kingston Whig-Standard. May 10, 1933. Page 7. ---- Will Ask That Unemployed Men Be Restored to the Job --- Members of the Separate School Board, at a meeting held on Tuesday night, deplored the fact that men from the unemployed ranks had been taken off traffic duty at the dangerous crossings near the schools. The board passed a resolution instructing Trustee W. J. Coyle, chairman of the Management Committee, to wait on Chief of Police R. J. Robinson and discuss with him the possibility of having the traffic officers restored.

The matter was brought to the attention of the board by Trustee James E. McGuire. He said that since the traffic directors had been off duty he had received a large number of complaints from mothers of the children attending the Separate Schools. The people making the complaints stated that the men who had been engaged doing traffic duty had been doing good work and it was hoped that they would be re-engaged. "The men have been taken off the job just when we need them," said Trustee McGuire.

Chairman Frank Garrigan said that the protection of the children should be considered by the board.

Trustee Charles J. Ryan drew attention to several of the very dangerous street crossings near the schools.

On motion of Trustees McGuire and McCue, it was decided to have the chairman of the Management Committee wait on the Chief of Police with a view to having the traffic officers re-engaged.

There was a very light agenda before the board on Tuesday night, and the session was a very brief one. The business for the most part was of a routine nature.

Wilfrid Jackman, recently elected as a member of the board as a representative of Cataraqui Ward, to take the place of Arthur Tidman, resigned, was introduced and took his seat on the board. The chairman, Frank Carrigan, provided, and the other members present were Trustees Vincent L. Fallon, Rev. Father J. F. Feeney, James E. McGuire, Alphonse P. McCue, Stanley J. McQuaid, C. J. Ryan, David A. Stone and William R. Tisdale.

Trustee Ryan, chairman of the Property Committee, reported on the condition of the school yards. They were not in good condition in the spring of the year, but the committee wished to be as economical as possible and for this reason had not undertaken to have the yards improved. Trustee Fallon objected to cinders in the yards and suggestedgrass.

Trustee Stone said the Property Committee had been endeavoring to keep down the expenses. He pointed out that the board was under a very heavy expense this year owing to the cost of operating the schools. He felt it was up to the board to try to keep within their appropriation. If more money was to be expended, he predicted a cut in salaries for the teachers, although he expressed the hope this would not be necessary, as he did not think they should be given a reduction.

Trustee Fallon stated that when the board, had good schools it was a shame that the entrances should be spoiled by unsightly yards.

Following the discussion a motion sponsored by Trustee Fallon and)seconded by Trustee Tisdale was carried, to have the section in front of St. Vincent's' School grassed with sod or seed.

On motion of Trustees Ryan and McQuaid, the board decided to call for tenders for the supply of coal required at the schools for the next term.

Following the business session the board went into committee of the whole, on the suggestion of Trustee Stone, to consider the question of finances in a general way.

#kingston ontario #school board #regulation of traffic #fighting traffic #unemployed relief #relief work #traffic police #relief recipient #great depression in canada

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our-flag-means-death-ao3feed · 10 months

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Here we go around the seven seas

by Minibagelqueen

As Crowley and Aziraphale wait for their egg to hatch, they have started getting closer to the residents of Tadfield, especially The Them. Adam still needs help with his residual powers and The Fells have become babysitters to the young teens.

Such an occasion has The Them in London and after a busy day Crowley begins to tell them of a tale from when he was a pirate. It just so happened that he was a part of the crew of The Revenge.

Through his story we find out what happened after the crew were abandoned and what becomes of the pirates of legend.

Words: 8187, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Series: Part 4 of Good Omens

Fandoms: Good Omens (TV), Our Flag Means Death (TV)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/M, M/M, Multi, Other

Characters: Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Stede Bonnet, Aziraphale (Good Omens), Crowley (Good Omens), The Them (Good Omens), Israel Hands, Oluwande Boodhari, The Swede (Our Flag Means Death), Buttons (Our Flag Means Death), Dog (Good Omens), Jim Jimenez, Black Pete (Our Flag Means Death), Lucius Spriggs, Wee John Feeney, Frenchie (Our Flag Means Death), Roach (Our Flag Means Death), Original Characters, Charles Vane, Mary Allamby Bonnet, Alma Bonnet, Original Child Character(s), Fang (Our Flag Means Death), Ivan (Our Flag Means Death), Louis Bonnet

Relationships: Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet, Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens)

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Crossover, Crossovers & Fandom Fusions, Pirates, Canon-Typical Historical Inaccuracy (Our Flag Means Death), Blackbeard | Edward Teach Has Abandonment Issues, Blackbeard | Edward Teach Needs a Hug, Aziraphale Loves Crowley (Good Omens), Crowley Loves Aziraphale (Good Omens), Torture, Aftermath of Torture, Awkward First Times, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Israel Hands is So Done, Crowley is Bad at Being a Demon (Good Omens), Aziraphale is Bad at Being an Angel (Good Omens), Aziraphale and Crowley Through The Ages (Good Omens), Blackbeard | Edward Teach is Bad at Feelings, Power Bottom Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Top Stede Bonnet, Switch Crowley (Good Omens), Cliffhangers

source https://archiveofourown.org/works/48730624

#Our flag means death #ofmd #https://archiveofourown.org/works/48730624

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scammernewsposts · 3 years

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#charles f feeney #scam #donation #fake

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nykhunglong · 4 years

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Khi nào VN dựng tượng đài cho ông tỷ phú người Mỹ này ?

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Mấy hôm nay chắc các bạn cũng đọc tin về một tỉ phú Mỹ, ông Charles ‘Chuck’ Feeney, 89 tuổi, đã cho đi hết 8 tỉ USD, chỉ giữ lại 2 triệu USD để sống cùng vợ những ngày cuối đời.

Các bản tin cũng cho hay ông đã dành nhiều triệu đôla giúp Việt Nam nhưng ít bài nào cho biết cụ thể đó là gì.

Xin bật mí cùng các bạn: Quỹ từ thiện Atlantic của ông Charles ‘Chuck’ Feeney đã đóng cửa ngày 15/9 sau đi cho hết tài sản của ông.

Theo tài liệu của Quỹ Atlantic, ông Charles F. Feeney, người sáng lập Quỹ Từ thiện Atlantic, có những chuyến thăm dò sang Việt Nam cuối thập niên 1990.

Các dự án từ thiện của ông tại Việt Nam là tiến hành từ 1997, kết thúc năm 2015. Tổng cộng 297 dự án của Atlantic hiến tặng cho 97 cơ sở địa phương, với tổng số tiền là 381,6 triệu đô la Mỹ.

Trong đó có các ví dụ như:

15 triệu xây dựng trường RMIT tại Hà Nội

11 các tổ chức tại Úc đã nhận được 68 triệu đô la Mỹ của Atlantic để làm việc tại Việt Nam.

2005–2016: 51,4 triệu cho xây dựng, cải tạo, trang thiết bị, đào đạo cán bộ và nâng cấp các trạm xá xã trong 8 tỉnh: Khánh Hòa, Đà Nẵng, Thừa Thiên

Huế, Vĩnh Long, Thái Nguyên, Cà Mau, Đăk Lăk và Yên Bái

2004–2006: 45 triệu nâng cấp và hỗ trợ Bệnh viện Mắt Đà Nẵng

2005–2014: 4 triệu xây dựng năng lực chăm sóc chữa trị về mắt tại 8 tỉnh trọng điểm

2006: 4 triệu xây dựng và trang bị Khoa Mắt và Trung tâm Huấn luyện tại Bệnh viện Trung ương Huế

2009–2012: 2 triệu củng cố năng lực đào tạo cho Viện Mắt Trung ương

2009: 1 triệu cho Trung tâm Cộng đồng Huấn luyện Chăm sóc Mắt tại Bệnh viện Mắt TP Hồ Chí Minh

Những món hiến tặng cuối cùng ($2,5 triệu cho Sở Y tế Yên Bái; $1 triệu cho Đại học Y tế Công cộng)

Cách nay 3 ngày, ông đã đặt bút ký giấy đóng cửa quỹ từ thiện Atlantic Philanthropies vì toàn bộ tài sản của ông đã được phân phát hết. Năm nay 89 tuổi, ông không còn là tỷ phú nữa vì đã tặng toàn bộ tài sản và tiền quyên góp là 8 tỷ usd cho người dân và các chương trình từ thiện. Ông từng TN đại học Cornell danh giá và là người giàu thứ 23 của thế giới dù xuất thân từ một khu phố nghèo ở tiểu bang New Jersey và lăn lộn kiếm sống. Vợ và 5 con của ông cũng theo gương ông, sống giản dị dù rất giàu có và cùng làm từ thiện.

Ông dành 3,7 tỷ USD cho giáo dục, 870 triệu USD cho nhân quyền và hoạt động thay đổi xã hội, 700 triệu USD cho chăm sóc sức khỏe, trong đó có 270 triệu USD để cải thiện nền y tế Việt Nam.

Ông còn cấp rất nhiều học bổng cho sinh viên Việt Nam du học thạc sĩ tại Australia.

Ông Feeney từng có 6 căn hộ sang trọng ở Côte d’Azur (Pháp), Mayfair và đại lộ Park (New York). Ông đã bán tất cả và giờ đây ông thuê lại một căn hộ nhỏ chỉ có hai phòng ở San Francisco để sống.

Trên tường nhà ông có vài tấm hình chụp cùng gia đình, bạn bè. Ở trên có một kỷ niệm chương nhỏ ghi: "Chúc mừng Chuck Feeney đã quyên góp 8 tỷ USD". Mặc dù là tỷ phú và là chủ chuỗi cửa hàng miễn thuế Duty Free nổi tiếng toàn cầu nhưng xưa nay ông toàn đeo kính cũ, đi máy bay hạng phổ thông và uống rượu loại 2 tại các nhà hàng, chi tiêu dè sẻn và tiết kiệm. Mục tiêu của ông là làm từ thiện.

Câu chuyện ưa thích của ông là về con sóc ăn quả bồ đào mà ông hay kể lại “Một con sóc thấy bồ đào trong vườn, muốn vào trong ăn một chầu cho đã, nhưng nó mập quá, không chui vào được. Thế là ba ngày ba đêm nó không ăn không uống để gầy đi, cuối cùng cũng chui vào được! Ăn no nê, cảm thấy thỏa mãn, nhưng khi nó muốn đi, lại không chui ra được. Bất đắc dĩ đành phải giở trò cũ, lại ba ngày ba đêm không ăn uống. Kết quả, lúc nó chui được ra, bụng vẫn thót lại như lúc chưa chui vào.”

Ông hiểu rằng con người sinh ra trắng tay thì cũng nên tay trắng trở về với cát bụi! và “ tấm vải liệm không có túi”! Vì vậy hãy cho tất cả những gì có thể để có một cuộc đời hữu ích và sống thanh thản.

Ông cho biết "Tôi hạnh phúc vì cho đi toàn bộ tài sản trước khi hết thời gian của cuộc đời".

Một con người có tấm lòng quảng đại như Bồ Tát.

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newstfionline · 7 years

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‘James Bond of Philanthropy’ Gives Away the Last of His Fortune

By Jim Dwyer, NY Times, Jan. 5, 2017

As it happens, Donald J. Trump is not the only person to announce plans to shut down a personal philanthropy, just the best known.

This is the story of a man who made and kept that same promise.

Nearly five years ago, Charles F. Feeney sat in a cushy armchair in an apartment on the east side of Manhattan, grandchildren’s artwork taped to the walls, and said that by the end of 2016, he was going to hand out the last of a great fortune that he had made.

It was a race: Mr. Feeney was then 81, and Atlantic Philanthropies, a collection of private foundations he had started and funded, still had about $1.5 billion left. Flinging money out the window or writing checks willy-nilly was not Mr. Feeney’s way.

Last month, Mr. Feeney and Atlantic completed the sprint and made a final grant, $7 million to Cornell University, to support students doing community service work.

He had officially emptied his pockets, meeting his aspiration of “giving while living.” Altogether, he had contributed $8 billion to his philanthropies, which have supported higher education, public health, human rights and scientific research.

“You’re always nervous handling so much money, but we seem to have worked it pretty well,” Mr. Feeney, now 85, said last week in a phone interview.

His remaining personal net worth is slightly more than $2 million. That’s not quite broke, by any standard, but it is a modest amount for a man who controlled thousands of times as much wealth. He and his wife, Helga, now live in a rented apartment in San Francisco.

“You can only wear one pair of pants at a time,” Mr. Feeney has said.

Until he was 75, he traveled only in coach, and carried reading materials in a plastic bag. For many years, when in New York, he had lunch not at the city’s luxury restaurants, but in the homey confines of Tommy Makem’s Irish Pavilion on East 57th Street, where he ate the burgers.

None of the major American philanthropists have given away a greater proportion of their wealth, and starting in 1982, Mr. Feeney did most of this in complete secrecy, leading Forbes magazine to call him the “James Bond of philanthropy.”

His name does not appear in gilded letters, chiseled marble or other forms of writing anywhere on the 1,000 buildings across five continents that $2.7 billion of his money paid for. For years, Atlantic’s support came with a requirement that the beneficiaries not publicize its involvement.

Beyond Mr. Feeney’s reticence about blowing his own horn, “it was also a way to leverage more donations--some other individual might contribute to get the naming rights,” said Christopher G. Oechsli, the president and chief executive officer of Atlantic.

During the early 1990s, Mr. Feeney met secretly with paramilitary forces in Belfast, Northern Ireland, urging them to drop armed guerrilla conflict and promising financial support if they embraced electoral politics. Atlantic grants paid to create a public health system in Vietnam, and to provide access to antiretroviral treatment for AIDS in southern Africa. The last rounds of grants, about $600 million, included support for Atlantic Fellows, described as young emerging leaders working in their countries for healthier, more equitable societies.

Raised in Elizabeth, N.J., Mr. Feeney served as a radio operator in the Air Force and attended Cornell University on the G.I. Bill. In 1960, he and a partner set up a company that sold items like brandy and cigars to travelers in duty-free shops at airports. It became a booming success. Mr. Feeney has also been a shrewd investor in technology start-ups.

In 1984, he secretly transferred all of his assets, including his 38.75 percent ownership of the duty-free business, to Atlantic Philanthropies. He grew the Atlantic pot with early investments in companies like Facebook, Priceline, E-Trade, Alibaba and Legent.

A business dispute in 1997 forced disclosure of Mr. Feeney’s funding for Atlantic.

As for Mr. Trump, if he really does shut down his foundation--stung by inquiries about the use of foundation money to pay Mr. Trump’s personal liabilities, or purchase football helmet memorabilia, or oil paintings of himself--he is not likely to follow the Feeney model.

The two men are mirror images. For years, Mr. Trump lobbied hard to get onto lists of the wealthy, like the Forbes 400; Mr. Feeney has tried to stay off them. The Atlantic endowment came entirely from Mr. Feeney’s money; much of the money that went into the Trump foundation in recent years was from others.

One of Atlantic’s projects was to propose reforms to the American health care system, which helped lay groundwork for the Affordable Care Act; another was advocacy for the end of the death penalty for juveniles. Mr. Trump has been on the other side of both of those issues, vowing to “dismantle Obamacare on Day 1,” and calling, in 1989, for the restoration of the death penalty after five teenagers were arrested in the rape of a jogger in Central Park. (They were convicted but later cleared of the charges.)

Just as Mr. Trump was opening Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in the early 1980s, Mr. Feeney was a few blocks away in Makem’s pub, thinking about the first big checks he would write for charity, on the condition that his identity not be disclosed. “I don’t recall ever meeting Trump,” Mr. Feeney said last week.

#philanthropy #Charles F. Feeney #Atlantic Philanthropies

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naivethekooks · 3 years

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march wrap up + exciting news!

hey guys! so i have some really good news -drum roll please-

i bought a bookshelf! yup, ive been putting it off for awhile but all my money literally goes towards books and i was running out of space haha. anyways the good news is that im definitely going to take photos and post them! so it'll be like a tour type of thing! i'll try to get it up tomorrow, but it didn't arrive until late so i didn't have a chance to actually build the thing today. im planning to get it done tomorrow but maybe it won't work out, i dunno. but yeah! im super excited for you guys to get a look at my reading taste and everything. anyways, on with the wrap up!

1) night and day by virginia woolf

4/5 stars

ok, thank God i didn't give up on her after to the lighthouse. this book was so amazing?? it lowkey reminded me of a jane austen novel and i know a lot of people love her so if you fall into that category please check this out! unlike TTL, it actually has a plot lmao. its following two couples and basically just answers the question of what is love and there's yearning and pining and yeah i loved it. didn't give it 5 though because it did move a bit slow

2) the outsiders by s.e hinton

3/5 (more like a 2.5 tho)

okay so...i defiantly appreciate what this book did for the young adult genre and given the time it was written i can see why its considered such a classic. but it was just...so boring?? and incredibly unrealistic. good news is i was able to read it in a day and i did like the ending so there's that. if i had read this for school i would've hated it even more (also the movie was awful too)

3) sometimes i lie by alice feeney

2/5

okay, this is about a girl in a coma and its written in flashbacks, journal entries, and the main characters thoughts during the coma. it sounds like such a cool concept but...idk. the writing was really bad at first but it did get better and the journal entries were so cool. but it just felt useless. like so much more could've been done and the author kinda just fell flat.

4) beautiful boy by david sheff

4/5

i don't typically read memoirs but this was so good! really there's no critiques, the movie was alright but i would say read the book first. its about a father having to deal with his sons drug addiction and the way that's taken a toll on him and his family. i honestly think this should be required reading, or schools should at least recommend it. because in present day there's so much content romanticizing drug use and people post about it so casually its disgusting. so yeah, please read this book!

5) a dirty job by christopher moore

3/5

okay, this book was good. like it made me audibly laugh a few times and i vivdly remember two of the jokes and they still make me smile almost a month later! i gave a 3 though because it did kinda drag on and i just wasn't motivated to finish it, like it almost got me in a slump.

6) daisy miller and washington square by henry james

DM: 2/5 WS: 3/5

okay to be honest i hardly remember daisy miller, it just wasn't good. washington square isn't memorable either. i think its about a guy who likes a girl but her family doesn't approve. they're both classics that are really easy to read and relatable, and i think that if you're getting started with classics you should check them out.

7) sawkill girls by claire legrand

4/5

this book has lesbian, bisexual, and ace rep its honestly amazing. if you like rory power books you'll love this. its basically about an island where girls go missing, and the town doesn't really have an explanation. that's all i'll say because i don't want to give a lot away but yeah, read this!

8) taking flight by siera maley

3/5

the writing wasn't strong the plot was meh but it was a cute lesbian story

9) the catcher in the rye by j.d salinger

3/5

not much to say, i had to read this for school. the ending was really amazing

10) girls of paper and fire by natasha ngan

4/5

okay so this ones about a society where 8 girls are taken to be the kings mistresses each year. lei, the mc, is chosen as the 9th girl because of how unique her eyes are. she gets to the palace and isn't very happy with how things are run. that's all i'll say because i don't wanna spoil it. but yeah! it features a f/f romance too, and it doesn't really focus on coming out or labels or anything since i know some people don't like that

11) girls of storm and shadow by natasha ngan

3/5

definitely not as good as the first. i won't summarize because that would obviously have to include spoilers. but im still gonna read the 3rd book when it comes out:)

12) muted by tami charles

3/5

the first book ive read written in verse! it was cool, its basically about a group of friends who get scouted by a musician and you get to see them navigate the industry and all that. there's TWs in the book, please check them! also the main character is a lesbian so read this!

13) watch over me by nina lacour

3/5

this isn't the same nina who wrote hold still:( it is the same one that wrote we are okay though. this was just so ughhhh. it follows a girl who gets adopted by this family that lives on a farm and takes in a lot of foster children, and there's ghost and stuff. i feel like it just tried too hard to be deep.

okay! march was such a good reading month tbh. i don't have much else to say. if anyone's reading this ur cool!

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vietnewspro · 7 years

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Chuck Feeney - Từ tay trắng thành tỉ phú, mỉm cười cho đi 8 tỉ USD rồi lại trở về trắng tay

http://vietnewspro.com/cuoc-song/chuck-feeney-tu-tay-trang-thanh-ti-phu-mim-cuoi-cho-di-8-ti-usd-roi-lai-tro-ve-trang-tay.html

Chuck Feeney - Từ tay trắng thành tỉ phú, mỉm cười cho đi 8 tỉ USD rồi lại trở về trắng tay

Với phương châm “Sống để làm việc, chứ không phải để làm giàu”, tỷ phú của Mỹ – Chuck Feeney chính thức rỗng túi, phải đi ở thuê vào tuổi ngoài 80 sau khi quyên góp 8 tỷ USD làm từ thiện. Sinh ra ở New Jersey trong một gia đình viên chức Ireland – Mỹ, Charles F. Feeney (sinh năm 1931) là...

#cuoc song #Doi song #Cuộc sống

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marckneepkens · 7 years

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‘James Bond of Philanthropy’ Gives Away the Last of His Fortune

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Charles F. Feeney, who started Atlantic Philanthropies, is a man who spent most of his life avoiding the spotlight.

As it happens, Donald J. Trump is not the only person to announce plans to shut down a personal philanthropy, just the best known.

This is the story of a man who made and kept that same promise.

Nearly five years ago, Charles F. Feeneysat in a cushy armchair in an apartment on the east side of Manhattan, grandchildren’s artwork taped to the walls, and said that by the end of 2016, hewas going to hand out the last of a great fortune that he had made.

It was a race: Mr. Feeney was then 81, and Atlantic Philanthropies, a collection of private foundations he had started and funded, still had about $1.5 billion left. Flinging money out the window or writing checks willy-nilly was not Mr. Feeney’s way.

Last month, Mr. Feeney and Atlantic completed the sprint and made a final grant, $7 million to Cornell University, to support students doing community service work.