On the life work impact of worldrenowned investor philanthropists and founder of the open Society George Soros mr. Soros is i believe the longest most consistent. And in many ways the most impactful advocate of open society values. In our times and therefore he is also the most consistently attacked falsified. And just plain misunderstood person if our times that means we need some explication. For the library, all of this is not about party politics. Its about a debate. About and four the values. Of open society mr. Soros is the subject of the book that brings us together tonight george soros a life in full a collection of essays edited by our friend peter ostinas the book is really an astonishing array of essays. And for those of you familiar with mr. Soross work and work about him. I think you will find this really revelatory and and so compelling and direct the contributors have a Hoffman Michael ignatius sebastian. Malabi whose work whos essay on reflexivity is masterful orville s
Thank you for joining us at live. From nypl. My name is tony marks, and im the president of the new york public library. Tonight we are so delighted to host this important conversation. On the life work impact of worldrenowned investor philanthropists and founder of the open Society George Soros mr. Soros is i believe the longest most consistent. And in many ways the most impactful advocate of open society values. In our times and therefore he is also the most consistently attacked falsified. And just plain misunderstood person if our times that means we need some explication. For the library, all of this is not about party politics. Its about a debate. About and four the values. Of open society mr. Soros is the subject of the book that brings us together tonight george soros a life in full a collection of essays edited by our friend peter ostinas the book is really an astonishing array of essays. And for those of you familiar with mr. Soross work and work about him. I think you will f
The about 2100 employees the. A budget of about 280 million a year operating. About half comes from the city of new york. The largest system. The other half comes from the return on of billion dollars endowment of the private foundation that employes me. And then we raise somewhere between 80 and 100 million a year. Also somewhere in the vicinity of where your 50 million a year on capital improvements. Again, most comes from the city, but it can also come from private sources. It is an amazing system. Almost unique in the world. Combining a Great Research Library System like the library of congress and the Public Library neighborhood system in washington d. C. The library of congress and the washington Public Library had nothing to do with each other organizationally here we are all within the new york public Library System. Close to 8,919,000,000 physical visits a year. 55 million items. It is really one of the great treasures of new york end of the world. Is our cars, prince, maps, m
When he stops, the earth shakes. When he looks, the nations tremble. He shatters the everlasting mountains and levels the eternal hills. He is the eternal one nicklis. Nicklis. Nicklis. Nicklis heartbeat narrator once there was a girl who climbed mountains. I climb because i love the mountains, she said, and i meet god there. Her passion to climb would take her higher and higher. Lygon stevens successfully summited 39 14ers in her home state of colorado. 14ers are mountains higher than 14,000 feet. She also summited denali in alaska, mt. Rainier in washington, and the tallest andean peaks in ecuador. On january 10, 2008, on winter break from college, 20yearold Lygon Stevens perished in an avalanche. While climbing Little Bear Peak in southern colorado with her brother. Swept downhill over 1,000 feet and buried under a mass of snow, she would not be recovered until late june when the snows melted. Her brother and climbing partner, nicklis, also caught in the avalanche, miraculously surv
An improvement, but its a far cry from a Truly Universal Health Care System which we should enjoy. Im a former Small Business owner. I owned and operated a business in San Francisco from 1980 until 2005. And im outraged that we have a portion and i should say that im past president of my merchant association, one of the largest in the city. Im outraged that a small portion of is taking advantage of the loophole and as in the hearing at city hall, there was a mention of cash Flow Management and im apolled to have a business and you pull 75 percent of everything you put into one of these accounts. Thats not a Sustainable Business model. If only if are the reason youre listing getting sued because someone like my age or who is handicap or whatever who you can spot immediately in an interview says i cant hire you because you need more health care and i cant afford that. We need a different Business Model to do this. Recently there was an interview, dr. David was interviewed, hes a national