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Likely Stories - Katabasis by R.F. Kuang
Katabasis means “going down,” a “descent,” a plunge. Think Odysseus’ descent into Hades, as with Aeneas in Virgil’s epic and Dante in the Inferno. In Kuang’s book, two Cambridge doctoral students, Alice and Peter, scholars of analytic magick, also descend into hell. Their advisor, Professor Grimes, is an arrogant tyrant. He’s also a top scholar, a golden ticket for grad students who survive him. When an experiment goes awry, Grimes literally explodes, sending his spirit to the underworld.
Likely Stories - I See You've Called In Dead by John Kenney
Years ago, I taught a college course on how to live well in light of our mortality. We read great books: Sophocles’ Antigone, Seneca’s On the Brevity of Life, Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Willa Cather’s Death Comes for the Archbishop. Yet at semester’s end, I’m not sure the course succeeded in its biggest aim. It’s a tall order to get college students to think—to really think—about the inevitability of our death, and how to live each day knowing it might be our last.
Likely Stories - Counting Miracles
Nicholas Sparks’ latest novel, Counting Miracles, comes in his fourth decade as a writer and marks his twenty-third novel, every single one of them a New York Times bestseller. Many know him through movies made of his books, The Notebook and Message in a Bottle, for instance. Romance novels are his very successful shtick. Now I like romance as much as the next guy—which honestly isn’t very much! Certainly not enough to read a romance novel.
Likely Stories - James
Ernest Hemingway wrote, all modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn. There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since. One of America's most notable books, Huckleberry Finn, is controversial yet indisputably influential. Since reading it as a child. Huck's adventures and his awakening yet halting awareness of Jim's humanity have stuck with me. Now, the gifted writer Percival Everett has brought Jim to life in his spellbinding novel James.
Likely Stories - The Ascent
Two decades a beat cop, he knows firsthand the gritty reality of criminal violence and law enforcement. The Ascent introduces us to protagonist Kurt Argento, a Detroit policeman whose life has come unraveled personally and professionally. But Argento’s moral compass remains intact and compels him to act when bad people do bad things. The novel gives us both kinds of bad. For starters, a pedophile and his crooked sheriff brother land Argento behind bars when he intervenes to save a young girl.
Likely Stories - Demon Copperhead
Narrated by the grownup title character, nicknamed Demon Copperhead, this novel is both brutal... and beautiful. Demon is fatherless before he's born, caring for his addict mother by grade school, abused by his stepdad, and motherless by eleven. Assigned one social worker after another, and mistreated by cruel foster families, resilience and a few good souls help Demon survive. But unthinkable misfortune always awaits.
Likely Stories - Babel
Set in an alternate-reality 1830s Oxford, its protagonist, Robin Swift, is the ward of a renowned Englishman. Spirited away from East China poverty to posh London, Robin eventually studies at Oxford’s Royal Institute of Translation, called Babel. Robins’s dreams are plausible in a period Oxford that enchants—until it doesn’t. Here, British imperialism swings on cultural hinges forged by Oxford dons.
Likely Stories - The Sweet Remnants of Summer by Alexander McCall
The Sweet Remnants of Summer welcomes us into Isabel Dalhousie's cultured world. A philosopher of independent means, she lives in a prosperous tree-lined district of Edinburgh. The book opens with questions: "Is it possible, do you think, to be too good?" Isabel Dalhousie asked her husband, Jamie, this question.... "I've been wondering why we dislike people who are just too good."... She was sure we did. "... [W]e've all done things we regret. . . ." Jamie thought for a moment.
Excitement and gratitude: Lessons learned over 20 years
Certain milestones get you thinking about the past. In August 2003, when I arrived at the UW Credit Union corporate office in Madison on my first day as CEO, I didn’t know the city, and smartphones were still years away. With no “fastest route” recommendation, I made the rookie mistake of taking Campus Drive on what turned out to be UW-Madison student move-in day. Family vans stuffed to the brim with belongings, confused drivers and excited students jammed the streets.
Rewards: Everybody has them, why don’t you?
Recently, on a shopping trip with my daughter, it occurred to me that there are very few places I go that lack a rewards program. For example, the first item on our agenda that day was a trip to Starbucks, where it turned out I had enough points saved up that I earned a free drink. While shopping later, I received $5 off my purchase. And it didn’t stop there either, we even earned a free appetizer for lunch.
Shaping our vision
You’ve shared your thoughts and concerns for America’s Credit Unions through a number of in-person meetings, calls, and submissions on our website. You’ve begun sharing what you want “more of” and what you want “less of” from your national association moving forward. I’ve received great feedback about what both NAFCU and CUNA do well, where we can improve, and ideas to build important future capacity. As we move forward, I’ll share more about what I’m learning right here.
Report: Foundation grants provide insights for credit unions to better support communities of color
The demographic makeup of the U.S. is forever changing. Understanding how an individual’s race, ethnicity and culture influences their financial behaviors is key to the credit union movement’s mission to improve financial well-being for all — but operationalizing that understanding requires tools and resources.
What charitable giving means to us
Since the launch of the Elan Charitable Giving program in 2022, Elan has volunteered over 150 hours alongside our credit union partners. From food banks to financial education, hear from Elan Credit Card employees about the impact these experiences have had on them. Stephen Nance, Payments Services Advisor, spent two days in Dallas helping youth through a financial literacy experience.
Progress over perfection is becoming the new normal in banking transformation
In digital banking transformation, many organizations tend to hold out for perfection when launching a new process, product or service. Yet grasping tightly to the ideal of perfection can be a barrier to creativity and growth when banks and credit unions are trying to introduce the next new idea.
Triton, security and Windows™
Triton understands how incredibly important security is to your business, so we make it our business to ensure that Triton ATMs have the best security possible. Increased risks make it difficult for the industry to stay ahead of the criminal element. Therefore, we would like to take a moment to review our on-going commitment to keeping Triton ATMs safe.
Prioritizing transparency to serve a collective membership
Over the last few weeks, we have had countless productive and positive conversations across our membership about transforming CUNA and NAFCU into America’s Credit Unions. Our goal is to ensure we prioritize transparency as we build a solid foundation should we move forward as one, collective membership. Additionally, we know that transparency and accountability work hand in glove as we work together to serve American families and small businesses across the country.
Today: Vote opens on transformation to America’s Credit Unions
Today, members of CUNA and NAFCU will receive ballots to vote on the proposed merger of the two associations to form America’s Credit Unions. The vote will remain open for 60 days. “The formation of America’s Credit Unions will be an opportunity to better serve our collective membership, lead the industry into the future, and ensure the growth and prosperity of all credit unions.
Car sales may spike, but are members ready for vehicle ownership?
Rebates, discounts, and special financing for qualified buyers are some of the ways auto dealers are getting consumers to browse showroom floors this year. With the average age of vehicles currently on the road topping 12 years, your members might just be ready to sign on the dotted line. But is now the right time to buy? Despite inflation cooling, members are still under financial pressure and facing steep prices that force uncomfortable decisions about how to spend money.
Improve recruiting and attract more candidates with six helpful strategies
Finding talent to fill open positions has become increasingly difficult in today’s competitive job market. But quality job candidates are also often overlooked when credit unions cast a narrow net to fill a position. Focusing solely on experience in the financial and banking industry can exclude potential talent that may be a good fit for your credit union.
Who Is Your Alma Mater?
I understand the reverence paid to alma maters. As dean of a large honors college in a national research university, I encourage devotion among alumni and donors whose friendship and solidarity help me lead effectively. Not only do I encourage it, but I share it. Having entered a third decade of service to my university, I love her as an alma mater even if my degrees come from elsewhere. The reasons are straightforward.
Can Socrates Be Saved?
When Crito came to rescue his friend, an aged and imprisoned Socrates, the philosopher denied any need to be rescued. At least, he did not need the kind of rescue Crito had planned. In Plato’s telling, Crito is the last and most dramatic in a series of friends who, over Socrates’s long life of wisdom-loving, thought he needed to be saved. Some thought to save a maladroit Socrates from one or another social blunder into which he regularly stumbled.
Can Socrates Be Saved? – - Douglas Henry
When Crito came to rescue his friend, an aged and imprisoned Socrates, the philosopher denied any need to be rescued. At least, he did not need the kind of rescue Crito had planned. In Plato’s telling, Crito is the last and most dramatic in a series of friends who, over Socrates’s long life of wisdom-loving, thought he needed to be saved. Some thought to save a maladroit Socrates from one or another social blunder into which he regularly stumbled.
Pope Francis challenged Catholics to read Dante this year. Let’s do it together.
"Comedy Illuminating Florence," by Domenico di Michelino (1465) (iStock) Since 2015, Gallup has published the annual “Global Emotions Report,” which outlandishly claims to be a “measure of everything that makes life worth living.” The latest report notes that 2020 was a record-setting year for negative emotions, with “experiences of stress, worry, sadness and anger” at an all-time high. Such findings are hardly surprising.
Jenkins, Douglas Henry - Star-Exponent: Obituaries
Let me introduce myself briefly! I am an Associate Broker, licensed in Virginia. I am the Managing Broker for Montague Miller in Culpeper, VA. As a full time real estate professional since 1980, I have sold, trained and mentored, managed and owned offices across Northern Virginia. In 1990, having moved to the Warrenton area from Falls Church in 1988, I moved back into sales.
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