Accio, Golden Egg (GOF Chapter 20, The First Task)
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Minerva McGonagall's Maternal Concerns for Harry's Safety
The chapter explores Minerva McGonagall's deep care and concern for Harry as he faces a dangerous task with dragons, revealing her maternal instincts and past interactions with Dumbledore to protect him. It delves into the emotional turmoil and unspoken support McGonagall provides for Harry behind the scenes, highlighting her struggle with not being able to fully protect him.
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This is Macro Voices, the free weekly financial podcast targeting professional finance, high net worth individuals, family offices and other sophisticated investors. Macro Voices is all about the brightest minds in the world of finance and macroeconomics telling it like it is. Bullish or bearish, no holds barred. Now, here are your hosts, Eric Townsend and Patrick Ceresna.
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Macro Voices episode 447 was produced on September 26th, 2024. I'm Eric Townsend. Eric Peters, CIO of both One River Asset Management and now also Coinbase Asset Management, returns as this week's feature interview guest. We'll hit all the usual macro suspects, from secular inflation to competitiveness of the U.S. for Now, here are your hosts, Eric Townsend and Patrick Ceresna. Europe versus China to the U.S.
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dollar to deglobalization and much more. And I'm Patrick Ceresna with the macro scoreboard week over week as of the close of Wednesday, September 25th, 2024. The December S&P 500 futures up 174 basis points trading at 57.79. The bull trend continues to all-time highs with this post-FOMC rally. We'll take a closer look at that chart and the key technical levels to watch in the post-game segment. That US dollar index down one basis points to 100 spot 9.2. The November WTI crude oil contract down 27 basis points trading to 69 69 turning lower but will we see a retest of the lows we'll take a look at that chart in the postgame and eric will have the eia inventory data the november r bob gasoline down 51 basis points trading to 197 the december gold contract up 335 basis points trading to 2685 all-time new highs and a stone throw away from the 2700 target the copper prices up 442 basis points trading at 449 big turnaround on the china stimulus uranium up 157 basis points trading at 80.75, showing some life, but can the bulls follow through? The U.S. 10-year treasury yield up eight basis points, trading at 378. And the key news to watch this week is the core PCE price index. And next week, we have the ISM manufacturing and services, PMIs, and the much anticipated U.S. jobs numbers. This week's feature interview guest is Eric Peters, CIO of One River Asset Management. Eric and Eric Peters discuss Fed policy, global economic tensions, digital assets, and more. Eric's interview with Eric Peters is coming up as Macro Voices continues right here at MacroVoices.com.
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And now with this week's special guest, here's your host, Eric Townsend.
This week Chapter by Chapter returns as Harry faces off against the CLEARLY most-dangerous dragon. Join Andrew, Eric, Laura and Micah and special Slug Club guest Catherine as they tackle Chapter 20 of Goblet of Fire, “The First Task.”
- Welcome to the show, Slug Club guest Catherine, who is a college professor of psychology!
- In the news: Helena Bonham Carter was asked about Miriam Margolyes’ recent, controversial remarks about adult Harry Potter fans! We discuss Helena's response.
- Chapter-by-Chapter continues with Goblet of Fire, Chapter 20: The First Task
- 7-Word Summary: Dragons are afoot inside Hogwarts’ grounds AHHHHHHH
- Harry “does the right thing” with Cedric. What does this tell us about his character?
- Mad-Eye Fakey’s dark detectors are going off, but not for the reason he says!
- Professor McGonagall is a mother figure to Harry, and we get an inkling of it in this chapter.
- Should the Triwizard Tournament feature four of the same dragon?
- Why does Ludo Bagman keep asking Harry to cheat?
- Harry and Ron are friends again, and we discuss what was missing in Harry’s life while he was gone.
- Who do we think had the best solution for the First Task?
- Karkaroff gives Harry a FOUR. Isn’t there a rubric or a better way to prevent against this absurd favoritism?!
- Odds and Ends touch on Poor Poppy Pomfrey, pointed caps, Trelawney nonsense, and a cool connection between books 1, 4 and 7.
- Quizzitch question: What is the pattern of Dobby's tie when Harry first encounters him in the Hogwarts kitchens?
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