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New Music Videos by Terry Silverlight -- Published: August 14, 2024 Terry Silverlight - Music - Author/Writer See a collection of new music videos from Terry: Drum Words, Time For Kind, Forever With Love, Nature Rhythm and Old Friends. (Click News on the home page, then New Videos at the top.) Link
Christopher Isherwood Inside Out -- Published: June 20, 2024 Katherine Bucknell - Books - Author/Writer A stunningly intimate exploration of the writer and gay cultural icon and of his lifelong search for authenticity. The story of Christopher Isherwoodâs life is one of away from the constraints of inheritance and empire and toward authenticity and spiritual illumination. Isherwoodâthe author of Goodbye to Berlin, which inspired Cabaret, and A S…
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Christopher Isherwood Inside Out
Christopher Isherwood Inside Out -- Published: June 20, 2024 Katherine Bucknell - Books - Author/Writer A stunningly intimate exploration of the writer and gay cultural icon and of his lifelong search for authenticity. The story of Christopher Isherwoodâs life is one of away from the constraints of inheritance and empire and toward authenticity and spiritual illumination. Isherwoodâthe author of Goodbye to Berlin, which inspired Cabaret, and A Single Manâwas born an heir to a crumbling English estate. He died an icon of gay liberation in California while his partner of thirty years, Don Bachardy, painted his death portrait. Isherwood began his career depicting the psychological wreckage of World War I. Living in Berlin, his stories and plays (cowritten with W. H. Auden), inspired by the cityâs nightlife and artistic underbelly, made him famous. With the rise of fascism and the Gestapoâs arrest of his boyfriend, Isherwood left the country and found work as a screenwriter in Hollywood, where he became the disciple of a Hindu monk, Swami Prabhavananda. Together they translated the Bhagavad Gita. Isherwood shed his family ghosts and became a chief instigator of the cultural shift that made gay liberation possible. Every step of the journey served his writing; one of our greatest diarists, he recorded his experiences and transformed them in fiction and memoir. Katherine Bucknell charts the quest of the restless, penetrating, blackly comic mind through books, films, foreign lands, love affairs, and collaborations for self-understanding and happiness. Here is Christopher Isherwood Inside Out. [Amazon] Link
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142 Ways America Went from Sweet Land of Liberty to Weak, Woke, and Wobbly: A Reference Guide to the Biden Years -- Published: August 13, 2024 Robert Ehrlich - Books - Author/Writer Now revised to include brand-new material, this handy reference guide to the most important presidential election in our lifetime takes the reader from the most notorious to the most sublime Biden administrationâera failures. Written in an easy-to-read, easy-to-understand style, this book will make you a more dangerous (more informed) voter.
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142 Ways America Went from Sweet Land of Liberty to Weak, Woke, and Wobbly: A Reference Guide to the Biden Years
142 Ways America Went from Sweet Land of Liberty to Weak, Woke, and Wobbly: A Reference Guide to the Biden Years -- Published: August 13, 2024 Robert Ehrlich - Books - Author/Writer Now revised to include brand-new material, this handy reference guide to the most important presidential election in our lifetime takes the reader from the most notorious to the most sublime Biden administrationâera failures. Written in an easy-to-read, easy-to-understand style, this book will make you a more dangerous (more informed) voter.
Along the way, you will be armed with background information and facts to utilize against those family members, coworkers, and neighborsâor even total strangersâwho seek to debate you about the last four years and the all-important election of 2024. This is an especially important tome for college students exposed to woke indoctrination on campus but determined to fight back.
From a porous southern border and repeated blunders in the Middle East to attempted censorship of opposing opinion and a weaponized executive branch, this book will give you all the incriminating evidence you need to engage and defeat the remaining defenders of the Biden administration. [Amazon] Link
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About That 'Protecting Democracy' Thing -- Published: August 10, 2024 Robert Ehrlich - Commentary - Author/Writer A little more than four years ago, a Democratic Party desperate for a viable presidential candidate not named âBernieâ or âElizabethâ turned to good olâ âAmtrak Joeâ to deliver the goods.
The mission: To âsaveâ the country from President Donald Trump and his allegedly dangerous band (approximately 73 million of them) of âMAGA…
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About That 'Protecting Democracy' Thing
About That 'Protecting Democracy' Thing -- Published: August 10, 2024 Robert Ehrlich - Commentary - Author/Writer A little more than four years ago, a Democratic Party desperate for a viable presidential candidate not named âBernieâ or âElizabethâ turned to good olâ âAmtrak Joeâ to deliver the goods.
The mission: To âsaveâ the country from President Donald Trump and his allegedly dangerous band (approximately 73 million of them) of âMAGAâ supporting Republicans.
Party elders (correctly) viewed the thrice-vetted candidate for the presidency and quintessential safe-seat Eastern liberal as the one Democrat who would not scare the wits out of Middle America. Bidenâs gentlemanly style and grandfatherly manner would contrast perfectly with the bombastic Queens developer with a penchant for the mean tweet.
The effective and oft-repeated moniker was âa return to normalcyâ in Washington, D.C., where regular, familiar order would be restored after four years of Trump-induced chaos. Link
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Fair Shake: Women and the Fight to Build a Just Economy -- Published: May 7, 2024 Naomi Cahn - Books - Co-Author A stirring, comprehensive look at the state of women in the workforceâwhy womenâs progress has stalled, how our economy fosters unproductive competition, and how we can fix the system that holds women back.
In an era of supposed great equality, women are still falling behind in the workplace. Even with more women in the workforce than in dec…
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Fair Shake: Women and the Fight to Build a Just Economy
Fair Shake: Women and the Fight to Build a Just Economy -- Published: May 7, 2024 Naomi Cahn - Books - Co-Author A stirring, comprehensive look at the state of women in the workforceâwhy womenâs progress has stalled, how our economy fosters unproductive competition, and how we can fix the system that holds women back.
In an era of supposed great equality, women are still falling behind in the workplace. Even with more women in the workforce than in decades past, wage gaps continue to increase. It is the most educated women who have fallen the furthest behind. Blue-collar women hold the most insecure and badly paid jobs in our economy. And even as we celebrate high-profile representationâwomen on the board of Fortune 500 companies and our first female vice presidentâwomen have limited recourse when they experience harassment and discrimination.
Fair Shake: Women and the Fight to Build a Just Economy explains that the system that governs our economyâa winner-take-all economyâis the root cause of these myriad problems. The WTA economy self-selects for aggressive, cutthroat business tactics, which creates a feedback loop that sidelines women. The authors, three legal scholars, call this feedback loop âthe triple bindâ: if women donât compete on the same terms as men, they lose; if women do compete on the same terms as men, theyâre punished more harshly for their sharp elbows or actual misdeeds; and when women see that they canât win on the same terms as men, they take themselves out of the game (if they havenât been pushed out already). With odds like these stacked against them, itâs no wonder women feel like, no matter how hard they work, they canât get ahead.
Fair Shake is not a âfix the womanâ book; itâs a âfix the systemâ book. It not only diagnoses the problem of what's wrong with the modern economy, but shows how, with awareness and collective action, we can build a truly just economy for all. [Amazon] Link
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Love & Death -- Published: July 20, 2024 David Kelley - Television Show - Author/Writer, Creator Candy Montgomery and Betty Gore had a lot in common: They sang together in the Methodist church choir, their daughters were best friends, and their husbands had good jobs working for technology companies in the north Dallas suburbs known as Silicon Prairie. But beneath the placid surface of their seemingly perfect lives, both women simmered with un…
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Love & Death
Love & Death -- Published: July 20, 2024 David Kelley - Television Show - Author/Writer, Creator Candy Montgomery and Betty Gore had a lot in common: They sang together in the Methodist church choir, their daughters were best friends, and their husbands had good jobs working for technology companies in the north Dallas suburbs known as Silicon Prairie. But beneath the placid surface of their seemingly perfect lives, both women simmered with unspoken frustrations and unanswered desires. Link
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Hope in the Water -- Published: June 19, 2024 David Kelley - Television Show - Author/Writer From Emmy Award producer Andrew Zimmern, in collaboration with multi-award-winner and storytelling visionary David E. Kelley, Hope in the Water explores the groundbreaking work of dedicated fishers, aqua farmers, and scientists who are attempting what was once thought impossible: harvesting aquatic species to feed our growing planet while saving ou…
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Hope in the Water
Hope in the Water -- Published: June 19, 2024 David Kelley - Television Show - Author/Writer From Emmy Award producer Andrew Zimmern, in collaboration with multi-award-winner and storytelling visionary David E. Kelley, Hope in the Water explores the groundbreaking work of dedicated fishers, aqua farmers, and scientists who are attempting what was once thought impossible: harvesting aquatic species to feed our growing planet while saving our oceans. [PBS] Link
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Funny Stuff: How Great Cartoonists Make Great Cartoons -- Published: July 16, 2024 Philip Witte - Books - Co-Author Funny Stuff is a tribute to a unique art form: the single-panel gag cartoon. It looks at why so many of us enjoy cartoons, and what makes for a great cartoon. Authors Phil Witte and Rex Hesner consider how cartoonists can present a complex or odd scenario that we immediately grasp, and what enables us to âgetâ the humor in a flash. Based on int…
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Funny Stuff: How Great Cartoonists Make Great Cartoons
Funny Stuff: How Great Cartoonists Make Great Cartoons -- Published: July 16, 2024 Philip Witte - Books - Co-Author Funny Stuff is a tribute to a unique art form: the single-panel gag cartoon. It looks at why so many of us enjoy cartoons, and what makes for a great cartoon. Authors Phil Witte and Rex Hesner consider how cartoonists can present a complex or odd scenario that we immediately grasp, and what enables us to âgetâ the humor in a flash. Based on interviews with cartoonist legendsâRoz Chast, Sam Gross, Harry Bliss, Joe Dator, Mick Stevens, and many othersâFunny Stuff will show how cartoons reveal much about the psyches of their creators. For instance: Roz Chast, known for her neurotic cartoon characters, feared she might die taking a bath because the tub could crash through the floor.
The text is abundant with cartoons illustrating the observations of Witte and Hesner. They point to cartoonists who rely on common situations (the desert island, Garden of Eden, hell) and stock characters (the pirate, business executive, scientist), as well as cartoonists who subvert these conventions. They analyze types of humor: absurd, dark, ironic, satirical. They address how the wording of a caption can mean the difference between a cartoon succeeding and almost succeeding, and the extra degree of difficulty required of the caption-less cartoon. They discuss cartooning as an art form, and specifically how the artwork of the best cartoons supports the humor. [Amazon] Link
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Chris Moylan appointed to the Board of Directors of HART -- September 24, 2024 Chris reports that he has just been appointed to the Board of Directors of HART (Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation), the first train system in the state of Hawaii. Chris says he got his start in local government in California by being appointed to the Santa Clara County Transportation Commission, and it went on from there. He says "I…
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Chris Moylan appointed to the Board of Directors of HART
Chris Moylan appointed to the Board of Directors of HART -- September 24, 2024 Chris reports that he has just been appointed to the Board of Directors of HART (Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation), the first train system in the state of Hawaii. Chris says he got his start in local government in California by being appointed to the Santa Clara County Transportation Commission, and it went on from there. He says "I love trains!"
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ECE chair responds to âPrincetonâs Genocide Incubatorâ article targeting professorsâ research -- September 18, 2024 ECE Chair James Sturm defended the research programs targeted in the piece in an email sent Monday to the ECE listserv obtained by The Daily Princetonian. The inciting article, published on a new website run âin collaboration with student group Princeton Israeli Apartheid Divestâ (PIAD) claiming that University research labs are âgenocide inc…
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ECE chair responds to âPrincetonâs Genocide Incubatorâ article targeting professorsâ research
ECE chair responds to âPrincetonâs Genocide Incubatorâ article targeting professorsâ research -- September 18, 2024 ECE Chair James Sturm defended the research programs targeted in the piece in an email sent Monday to the ECE listserv obtained by The Daily Princetonian. The inciting article, published on a new website run âin collaboration with student group Princeton Israeli Apartheid Divestâ (PIAD) claiming that University research labs are âgenocide incubators.â PIAD is one of the groups which incited protests on campus last spring and pledges to continue them this fall, seeking to force University divestment from any company doing business with Israel (essentially the BDS (Boycott, Divest, Sanction) movement). [The Daily Princetonian]
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Laurie Landeau Foundation endows the DNA Learning Center at CCNY College of Technology -- July 14, 2024 The Laurie Landeau '79 Foundation is the founding contributor to The DNA Learning Center at City Tech in Brooklyn. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) and the City University of New York (CUNY) announce the opening of the DNA Learning Center NYC (DNALC NYC) at the New York City College of Technology in Brooklyn, New York. The 18,000 square-fo…
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Laurie Landeau Foundation endows the DNA Learning Center at CCNY College of Technology
Laurie Landeau Foundation endows the DNA Learning Center at CCNY College of Technology -- July 14, 2024 The Laurie Landeau '79 Foundation is the founding contributor to The DNA Learning Center at City Tech in Brooklyn. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) and the City University of New York (CUNY) announce the opening of the DNA Learning Center NYC (DNALC NYC) at the New York City College of Technology in Brooklyn, New York. The 18,000 square-foot facility expands CSHLâs lab-based STEM learning program in biology and genetics to 30,000 New York City middle and high school students annually. Link
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Andrew Houck â00 is making quantum leaps to unlock a metaverse of possibilities -- February 29, 2024 There is an order to Andrew Houckâs office that isnât apparent to the naked eye. Houck â00, the Anthony H.P. Lee â79 P11 P14 Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and co-director of the Princeton Quantum Initiative, is talking about the state of particles in objects, and how quantum science and engineering open a metaverse of pos…
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Andrew Houck â00 is making quantum leaps to unlock a metaverse of possibilities
Andrew Houck â00 is making quantum leaps to unlock a metaverse of possibilities -- February 29, 2024 There is an order to Andrew Houckâs office that isnât apparent to the naked eye. Houck â00, the Anthony H.P. Lee â79 P11 P14 Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and co-director of the Princeton Quantum Initiative, is talking about the state of particles in objects, and how quantum science and engineering open a metaverse of possibilities. Link
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TigerTalks: Search Fund: An Alternative Path to Entrepreneurship -- February 28, 2024 Moderator: Don Seitz, ’79. A search fund is an investment vehicle in which the entrepreneur (or team) initially raises a small pool of capital from several investors to fund a search (of up to 24 months) for a suitable small business to acquire. Typically, these are usually a family business without a clear succession plan and/or in need of …
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TigerTalks: Search Fund: An Alternative Path to Entrepreneurship
TigerTalks: Search Fund: An Alternative Path to Entrepreneurship -- February 28, 2024 Moderator: Don Seitz, ’79. A search fund is an investment vehicle in which the entrepreneur (or team) initially raises a small pool of capital from several investors to fund a search (of up to 24 months) for a suitable small business to acquire. Typically, these are usually a family business without a clear succession plan and/or in need of fresh capital and leadership to take the company to the next level. Upon identifying the best opportunity, the search fund entrepreneur returns to the original group of investors to raise additional capital to acquire the business and subsequently lead it as the CEO. Unlike traditional private equity, the search fund entrepreneur focuses all efforts on operating this single business, working with its employees, customers, and suppliers to create organic growth and improve the efficiency of internal operations. The higher the return for the investors, the greater the ownership the search fund entrepreneur earns in the shares of the acquired company, aligning incentives between investors and operators better than traditional venture capital or private equity. Link
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Book Talk and Q&A with Simone Schloss '79 and Jeff Fuhrer '79 -- January 26, 2024 Join New York Public Library Business Librarian Simone Schloss '79 online Wednesday February 7 at 12-1:30PM as she hosts a Book Talk and Q&A with classmate Jeff Fuhrer '79, author of 'The Myth That Made Us,' on how false narratives about post-racism and meritocracy have broken our economy, and what we can do to fix the system an…
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Book Talk and Q&A with Simone Schloss '79 and Jeff Fuhrer '79
Book Talk and Q&A with Simone Schloss '79 and Jeff Fuhrer '79 -- January 26, 2024 Join New York Public Library Business Librarian Simone Schloss '79 online Wednesday February 7 at 12-1:30PM as she hosts a Book Talk and Q&A with classmate Jeff Fuhrer '79, author of 'The Myth That Made Us,' on how false narratives about post-racism and meritocracy have broken our economy, and what we can do to fix the system and provide greater economic equality and improved economic opportunity for all. Jeff is a Non-Resident Fellow at the Brookings Institution and a Foundation Fellow at the Eastern Bank Foundation. He was previously Executive Vice President and Director of Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Registration required. Link
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Class President Phil Hueber Hosts the Class of '52 Seminar -- on Maria Ressa's Book How to Stand Up to a Dictator: The Fight for Our Future -- October 25, 2023 Watch Phil, along with classmate Steve Matthews and Bob Jiranek '52, host the Class of '52 Seminar. This is the second time Phil has hosted, and he is now an Honorary Class of '52 Member! Watch the full hour long video at the link listed here. Link
Weezy Sams in the Daily Princetonian Email -- October 1, 2023 At the top of the daily email from The Daily Princetonian is our very own Weezy Sams, in some pretty good company! The article below looks into governance of the University and the history and backgrounds of the administrators. Take note of the section on salaries. Link
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