Boots on the Ground in Civilian Life: A new program, funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, employs veterans to help New Jersey residents negotiate the new health care plan. An all round win.
i PUT THE WRONG TIME, IT IS AT 5:30, NOT 7:30
Count on Eddie Moore to call it like it is — who gets to use the N word, and when? Ever? He speaks on Thursday, November 14, at 5:30 p.m. at the Carl Fields Center.
Tuesday, November 12 4:30 p.m.: “Days of Fire: Bush and Cheney in the White House” Peter Baker White House correspondent, the New York Times, Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall. A public reception and book sale/signing of his book, “Days of Fire,” will follow the discussion in Shultz Dining Room.
How to Identify White Space
A startup is not a company? No, says David Teten, Partner at ff Venture Capital; Founder and Chairman, Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York. He speaks Thursday, November 14, at 4:30 p.m. at the Friend Center Convocation Room (113) for the Keller Center.
He will address the importance of market research in starting a business, identifying proper audiences for your product, and ways to reach out to particular people. After conducting research on best practices for deal origination, David found that venture capitalists only invest in one out of every one hundred startups that present pitches to them. Entrepreneurs should be nimble, listening to the market and acting according to the data they collect. A startup is not a company; rather, it is a group of people in search of a business model on which they can build a company.
Breakfast with the real Tony Auth
“I don’t try to be balanced,” says former Inquirer cartoonist Tony Auth. “I try to tell the truth as I see it.” Auth will speak and show his Pulitzer Prize-winning drawings at the Princeton Chamber’s breakfast this Wednesday, November 13 at 7:30 a.m. at the Nassau Club. Cost: $25 for members.
For an example of his work, here is his cut-to-the-bone Veteran’s Day cartoon. Now Auth is digital artist-in-residence for WHYY’s NewsWorks.org blog, Behind the Lines, where he uses a $5 app on his iPad to pioneer in online cartooning. After appearing on NewsWorks, his cartoons are syndicated across the country. His topic on Wednesday: Sacred Cows Make the Best Hamburger: A political cartoonists observations of the absurdities and ridiculousness of the past several years.
For more than 40 years Inquirer readers “had breakfast” with his cartoons. Now we can have breakfast with the real Tony Auth.
Day is Done . . .
Above, the MIA table, set for one.
We observed a Veterans Day with a long-time friend at the Washington Crossing National Cemetery, which was recently established but is filling up all too quickly.
It was a reverent and moving ceremony with some wonderful musical selections, particularly those by soprano Tiffany Pao and trumpeters Tom Molnar and Kathleen McCall, who did an echo version of Taps. Here are some of the photos.
Cantor David Wisnia, an 86-year-old Auschwitz escapee who found his way to — and fought with — the 101st Airborne Division, gave a moving sung-and-translated Aaron’s blessing. He is the father of Rabbi Eric Wisnia who leads Congregation Beth Chaim.
“May the Lord bless us and keep us and cause his face to shine upon us and be gracious unto us . . . “
Sam Daley-Harris will speak at the One Table Café, this Friday, November 15, at Trinity Church, 233 Mercer Street, Princeton, 6:30 p.m. To make a reservation for dinner, please call 609-924-2277 ext. 352.
His latest oped is here.
A Princeton resident and author of “Reclaiming Democracy: Healing the Break Between People and Government,” he founded RESULTS, a citizens advocacy group focused on ending poverty. He also founded the Microcredit Summit Campaign and the Center for Citizen Empowerment and Transformation.
The Food and Drug Administration may be able to improve the nation’s health in one fell swoop by finally banning all trans fats.
Our household learned about trans fats when my husband had a heart attack some 18 years ago. Back then, no one had heard of them. We have been reading labels ever since. I recommend you do as well.
Tusculum Sold for $5.5
On the Block: Tusculum, the historic home of John Witherspoon. sold for $5.5 million at auctionaccording to a tweet, last night, from the head of Concierge Auctions. I have not confirmed that price with the auctioneer or the real estate company, Callaway Henderson Sotheby’s, as of this morning.
Tom and Avril Moore bought it in 1996.
Moore is the former CEO of Advaxis He was replaced by Daniel O’Connor in August.
Here are details of the property Continue reading Tusculum Sold for $5.5
Jazz for Congo Charities
The Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the worst places in the world to be a woman. But as peace talks begin there, a concert in Princeton offers a glimmer of hope to women in the DRC. Karrin Allyson, a Grammy award-nominated artist, presents jazz ranging from John Coltrane to Elton John in “A Song for Congo” on Thursday, November 14, at 7 p.m. The concert, which takes place at a private Princeton clubhouse, benefits charities in the DRC, including Women, Cradle of Abundance, and UFAR, United Front Against Riverblindness. Refreshments will be served. Tickets are $60, $30 for students, and $250 for sponsors and may be reserved at http://www.womancradleofabundance.org/getinvolved.
Based in the capital city of Kinshasa, Woman, Cradle of Abundance provides a community where women gather to share their stories and envision breaking the cycle of poverty and violence. Founded in 1999 by an ecumenical group of Congolese women. it supports a sewing school where girls learn a marketable trade, enabling them to earn a living wage, support a family, and educate their children. Other projects include education in reading and writing as well as economic literacy, micro-finance opportunities for women, school uniforms and tuition fees for destitute children. medical care and support for women and children living with HIV / AIDS, and counseling for survivors of rape and forced prostitution.
Founded by Lawrenceville resident Daniel Shungu, UFAR is the African-inspired, nonprofit charitable organization that aims – in partnership with other organizations — to eradicate onchocerciasis, a major public health problem in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Though the medicine for riverblindness is provided free by Merck & Co., distributing it to remote villages costs 58 cents per person per year for 10 years. One-third of the 60 million people in that country are at risk for getting riverblindness, which starts with a rash and leads to sight loss, forcing children to leave school to care for parents.
It’s a rare opportunity to hear the Karrin Allyson, whose latest album, Yuletide Hideway, was just released. The New York Times said she was “a complete artist — one of the jazz world’s finest.”
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