Nick Leeson

Book Review: Thieves of Bay Street, By Bruce Livesey By Chaavi Shamihoke Thieves of Bay Street, How banks, brokerages and the Wealthy steel from Canadians, Bruce Livesey, 2012, Random House Canada, p.313 Thieves of Bay Street is a non-fiction crime book about fraud in the financial world written by award winning investigative journalist, Bruce Livesey. Written as a critical study of the Canada’s financial and corporate history, in provides valuable and mind boggling insight into the blatant exploitation of the law, the common man and anyone in the way, by the hands of corporate sharks, investors and hedge fund manipulators. The author sets the tone of the book in the introduction as a mysterious collection of dirty secrets that are about to be exposed to the world as he prepares the readers to ‘lose their faith’ in the financial system. The book is written from an outsider’s perspective who has inside knowledge as the author is a journalist but has thoroughly researched the corporate world. Readers realise in the beginning of the book that Canada, in essence is run by few extremely wealthy people and a large population that constitutes the middle class is at the very bottom of the economic food chain. The author takes the readers on a journey as he tracks the Canadian economy and financial history over time and recounts the downfall of many successful companies and businesses. The prominent and ongoing…

The man and the band that no knows anything about. If they do know something they are never quite sure if it’s true. Nick Blinko is a British outsider artist, schizophrenic, and lead singer and guitar player in the experimental Anarcho-Punk band Rudimentary Peni. Yes that’s “Peni” as in “Penis” Little is known about Rudimentary Peni and even less is known about Blinko. What there is to know is shrouded in mystery and all seems to come from a very small pool of original sources. Pooled here is…

Díaz, and Another Bullshit Night in Suck City by Nick Flynn, this quote can be disagreed upon to believe that love is in existence in relationships and society does not…

Ernest Hemingway once said ”there is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.” In the story “Indian Camp” Nick, his father and his uncle George travel to an Indian Camp where there is a woman who is having trouble in labor. When approached, the woman is screaming on top of her lungs. Nick asks why, and his father has to explain to him that she is in labor. Nick has an uneasy feeling and keeps looking away. Nick’s father started…

by his son Nick and brother George to the reservation. When they first arrived all eyes were on them. They enter where the young woman laid in pain and he realize this was some much bigger than he expect. The young mother was in labor two days prior to doctor 's arrival. He was unprepared and had to perform an emergency c-section on the Native American woman using a finishing knife with no anesthetic. After the baby was born the doctor notice that the father of the child cut his throat from ear…

In fact, his lack of interaction with his own son, Nick Flynn, for 27 years of Nick’s life did not even motivate him to alter his lifestyle to live a happier, alcohol-free life. It was exceptionally unfortunate that Jonathan’s life choices had a ripple-like effect on those around him. His actions created a series of calamitous events throughout his family. The events took place as follows… Jonathan’s excessive use of alcohol initially led to a poor relationship with Nick’s mother, Jody. This…

I chose this theme because while Nick was growing up, he constantly questioned whether there was a purpose to his life, and he wondered why he was not “normal,” like everyone else. From the ages of eight until twelve he thought about killing himself because he felt like he was such an outcast from all of his peers, and he also felt like a burden to his parents because they practically had to do everything for him. He even attempted to commit suicide by drowning himself in the bathtub.…

Optimism Brought on by Cartoons As a little girl I remember sitting in front of the television watching cartoons. Cartoons, a place where anything was possible, even a flying school bus. Growing up my memories add my sister sitting there next to me, the screen showing talking ponies instead of the old school bus. Even as the cartoon changed, it still had its own message to present, whether it be about the solar system or the magic behind friendship. In Nick Flynn’s lyric poem “Cartoon Physics,…

Irrationality in Love in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night's Dream Love is a central motif in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night's Dream, as evidenced by the actions and agency of the main characters in the play. According to Hutton (290), many critics feel that Shakespeare offers the audience a choice between the rational and irrational. The theme of love brings out this choice capably, as demonstrated by the perception that rational love triumphs over irrational love, as the young lovers settle for…

white man. The deputy director of the department and main focus of the show is Leslie Knope, a white woman. Not only can those roles be looked at with scrutiny because they leave the lower ranking jobs to the non-white characters, Leslie Knope does the vast majority of the work for the department. She enjoys the workload and often initiates her own projects but it is something to be said that even though Ron does little work, he is still in charge. In addition to that, Ron is a self identified…