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In the winter of 1938, Walker Evans tucked his painted-black Contax discreetly under his overcoat and descended into the New York City subway, searching for something real, hunting for what he called “true portraiture.” Evans had grown angry, “irritated by the icy, alluring commercial portraits of Cecil Beaton, Yousuf Karsh, and… ncG1vNJzZmiokam%2Fqq%2FKsKCtrKljwLau0q2YnKNemLyue89oq6GdXZi1orjLnqWgnV2ks27DwKWinqpdmsOiutI%3D

"The Champ" did not get very good reviews when it came out in 1979, with the general consensus being that it was a brazen, manipulative tearjerker. That's true, but it also happens to be a very effective, manipulative tearjerker. To wit: I welled up several times watching it. That it's very sad is mostly what people remember about the movie these days. In fact, a few years ago, the Smithsonian Magazine ran an article dubbing it "

In our post about The Psychology of Human Misjudgment, you learned about the 20+ psychological tendencies that cause investors to make suboptimal decisions. Now it’s time that we establish a common understanding of lollapalooza effects. In the coming weeks, I am going to start sharing more about my unique way of analyzing stocks. To get the most from that content, you need to know everything worth knowing about lollapalooza effects.

Good morning! Today is Monday, Feb. 7, 2022. You’re reading The Charlotte Ledger, an e-newsletter with local business-y news and insights for Charlotte, N.C. Need to subscribe — or upgrade your Ledger e-newsletter subscription? Details here. Prince reportedly bought the estate to the right in this photo in 2011 for $10.5M and owned it until his death in 2016. Charlottean Tom Barnes purchased it in 2019 and later also bought the home on the left in the photo.

The Chief Khalsa Diwan was an institution established in 1902, to heal the schism between the Amritsar and Lahore Khalsa Diwans, as both had been influenced by their various ideological differences. The opening was inaugurated in the Malvai Bunga on Diwali. They were renowned for their creation of orphanages, schools and colleges, to help compete with growing missionary activities among other organisations like the Arya Samaj and Anjuman-i-Islam. However, later on, it was criticised as a propagandist voice of the elite Sikhs by anti-British groups like the Akali Dal.

It was a sunny afternoon when the merchant loudly proclaimed, “The young ones yearn for the mines! Send your children, send your infants, your babes and your sucklings and your brats! Boys and girls! Send them all!” The astonished people looked at each other, digesting the bold man’s words, but none doubted his wisdom, for they knew it was true. The children did, indeed, desperately yearn for the educational valor of grueling, hazardous labor.

On Monday, the China Project, formerly known as SupChina, abruptly announced that the company can no longer operate in its current form and will have to be shut down due to a funding shortage. The news surprised almost everyone in the China watching field. On social media, condolences poured in from China reporters and experts. During its seven-year run, the New York-based online publication has consolidated itself as one of the most influential English language media focused on China.

French film producer Antoine Vitkine has just released his excellent new documentary program ‘Triades - La mafia chinoise à la conquête du monde’ (Triads - The Chinese mafia conquers the world). The three part film is available on ARTE (hyperlink in the film title above) in French, with English and German subtitles. Antoine Vitkine brings several decades of experience as a serious investigative journalist to give this insight into Triad societies.

This episode opens with a flashback of a toddler Jesus playing with his mother and father. There is no real dialogue in the scene but shows us the loving and joyful household of the Holy Family. We then return to our current timeline to find that Jesus has visited Mother Mary in Nazareth for a festival. Mary asks Jesus how his followers are doing, and He assures her all is well.