Narrator then he destroys them. He yelled at me for a half an hour, called me stupid, incompetent, lazy, idiotic. Narrator but his is a con that pays off big. He was spending, on average, 1 million a month. Hes the greatest con man, in my opinion, that ever lived. Narrator in early 2007, troy stratos is living in a 12,000 square foot mansion outside of sacramento, california. He is taking care of the house because the owner, his good friend Nicole Murphy, actor Eddie Murphys exwife, has moved to los angeles. He gets a call. Its nicole. She has entrusted stratos with her money and now she is being hounded by creditors. Stratos reassures her that everything is fine. But he is lying. At this point he has already taken at least 13 million from trusting victims like Nicole Murphy. And the question is what is the secret to this con artists stunning success . The answer begins in maui in 1994. Stratos is 28, an aspiring film director. He comes to the island to work on a film script with the m
I am an assistant professor of history at the university of maryland. Im going to be chairing the panel. Im going to offer some brief comments, some thoughts and questions i had to start generating conversation. Our threeto introduce presenters. If we are going to go in the order they appear on the program. They will speak for roughly 20 minutes. Our first presenter is going to be Graham Hodges. He has written on africanamericans and labor in new york city. He has written a political biography on underground railroad activities. He is working on a book and we will hear his ideas about the the secondrea printer is going to be as associate professor of history at northwestern university. U. S. After the war and emancipation. Our third presenter is going to be philip prop. Troutman. He is working on a project that essentially explores of the literature and the images of radical antislavery during the antebellum period. We will hear about his approach that combination of literature and ima
I will be chairing or moderating the panel. After the three papers i will offer some brief comments, some thoughts, some questions i had in order to make it hopefully start generating conversations for us for the q a portion. I will introduce our three presenters. We will go in the order they appear on the program. The presenters will speak for roughly 20 minutes, and that i will speak for a few minutes and open things up. Our first presenter will be Graham Hodges, the George Langevin professor of history at Colgate University. He has written on africanamericans and labor in new york city, and more recently written a political apathy of david robles, and important figure in railroad activities. He is working on a book that reframes the underground railroad and will hear about his ideas about reframing, thinking about the underground railroad and a larger context if reading freedom making. Kate mazer, associate professor of history at northwestern. She has written on emancipation and wa
Commissioner cohen is expected later. Commissioner meiberger. Commissioner bridges is on her way. Commissioner driscoll, exhibitioner makras, commissioner stansbury. A quorum is present. Thank you mr. Secretary. First on the agenda is a private session regarding investments. The chair will entertain do you want Public Comment first . How do you want it . First well talk Public Comment to go into private session. Members of the public, shall have the opportunity to address the board on this item. The items are investment items to be discussed in closed session. Any member of the public like to address the board at this time . Hearing none, the chair will entertain a motion to go into closed session. Second. Moved and seconded in closed session. All in favor say aye. Any opposed . The aye have it. So with that note, i raise the quorum. Weve already done the pledge of allegiance. Weve have a quorum here. Let me call the meeting into session. Well start with item number four, which is gene
And muscular dystrophy, and a noninvasive test for colon cancer. [ticking] Elissa Montanti is unlike almost anyone weve ever met. With the help of some very charitable american doctors, shes changed the lives of more than 100 kids like this one, a boy from iraq who needed an arm, a leg, and an eye. I love you, waad. Youll follow his transformation. Look at him. He looks beautiful. Which is a wonder to watch. [ticking] welcome to 60 minutes on cnbc. Im morley safer. In this edition, we look at the Serious Business of philanthropy. Bill and Melinda Gates take us inside their foundation, we examine the unintended legacy of Howard Hughes, and meet a Staten Island woman helping children maimed by war. We begin with bill and Melinda Gates. With their plan to give away 60 billion, theyre the most generous philanthropists in the world. They want to make American Kids among the besteducated on earth. And while theyre doing that, they also intend to save millions of lives worldwide. The gates sh