From: Insull, Bob (MC1963)
Date: Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 4:01 PM
Subject: Plato’s Cave Re-do
“Plato’s Cave” and “gourmet” in the same sentence? Boggles the mind!
Bob Insull
Rochester, NY
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From: {Privacy Invoked}
Date: Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Distribute_Jasper_Jottings] JASPER JOTTINGS Week 35 – 2010 August 28
Hey John:
Interesting stuff he’s up to–and it’s inspiring in that he got to that place by working his way up. His generous and uncomplaining description of taking a job as a guard at the Met (no Jasper degree necessary for that) gives insight to his character and dedication. I thought you’d like to see him in action at a Spectrum event he curated on May 26, 2011. Links are below.
As usual, you’re welcome to use this, so long as I’m not identified.
“Source who prefers to remain anonymous.”
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New York, NY – May 26, 2011: Academy Award-winning musician Glen Hansard (center) poses with Spectrum co-chairs Morgan Holzer (left) and Christopher Gorman (right) after playing a solo concert for guests at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Temple of Dendur. Photo by Andrew Bisdale.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/metmuseum/5781695863/
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New York, NY – May 26, 2011: At Glen Hansard’s concert in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Temple of Dendur, Spectrum co-chairs Christopher Gorman (left) and Morgan Holzer (right) raffle off 25 hand-made gig posters, designed by Hero Design’s Mark Brickey and Beth Manos Brickey. Photo by Andrew Bisdale.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/metmuseum/5787721056/
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New York, NY – May 26, 2011: At Glen Hansard’s concert in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Temple of Dendur, Spectrum co-chairs Christopher Gorman (left) and Morgan Holzer (right) raffle off 25 hand-made gig posters, designed by Hero Design’s Mark Brickey and Beth Manos Brickey. Photo by Andrew Bisdale.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/metmuseum/5787721416/
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Aug 24, 2011
JHQ: A Spectrum of Inspirations
http://www.manhattan.edu/news_and_events/featured/08_22_11_1.shtml
A Spectrum of Inspirations
When Christopher Gorman ’05 graduated from Manhattan, he didn’t plan on working at a museum. His goal was to work in writing or journalism. The former features editor of the Quadrangle, who also wrote poetry and fiction, landed a job at Harper Collins Publishing, as the assistant to the art director, but he didn’t think he wanted to stay in publishing.
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[JR: I never question anyone's choices. But the ROI on a Jasper education is "interesting" at the very least.]
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From: Moore, Kevin (MC1980)
Date: Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 9:53 AM
Subject: Re: JASPER JOTTINGS Week 35 – 2010 August 28 Re: Jeremy M. Schnurr
Dear CIC,
There was a Jeremy Schnurr who graduated with me in 1980, also an English major. I would hesitate to question the accuracy of Mr. McEneney, perhaps we have two Japer Jeremy Schnurrs.
Kevin Moore
1980BA
[JR: Yeah, you know the quality of help you get these days. And, the "public" records are full of errors and omissions. We'll have to leave it at that.]
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9/11 Commemorative Service
Friday, September 9, 2011
Start: 3.30pm
End: 4.30pm
The We Remember series continues with the commemorative service on Sept. 9 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Chapel of De La Salle and His Brothers with The Honorable Rudolph W. Giuliani ’65, former Mayor of New York City and chairman & chief executive officer for Giuliani Partners, as the featured speaker.
For more information, visit http://manhattan.edu/about/Sept11/.
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Posted in JHQ - From Headquarters
http://www.linkedin.com/in/paulbedder
Bedder, Paul [MC????]
Senior Partner at Raindance Strategic Partners
Hickory/Lenoir, North Carolina Area
Executive Office
Summary:
Executive with extensive International Sales & Operations general managent experience. Proven success leading new and existing organizations to sustained profitability, specializing in start-up and turn-around situations. Strengths include managing the P&L, directing sales, marketing, engineering, quality, and production teams. Effective at visioning and implementing strategies, optimizing global resources, developing and promoting innovative solutions, and generating significant cost savings. Adept at leading multinational teams in consumer and durable product firms to achieve results. Expertise in:
-New Business Initiatives and Operational Efficiencies
-Margin Enhancement and Cost Reductions·
-Global Sales and Pricing
-Vendor Outsourcing Strategy
-Talent Development and Utilization ·
Specialties: Providing vision, leadership, and passion to highly effective teams aimed at growing profitable businesses.
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From: McEneney, Mike (MC1953)
Date: Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 12:49 AM
Subject: Re: Bedder, Paul [MC1970] Senior Partner at Raindance Strategic Partners
Dear John,
I believe that Paul is a member of the Class of 1970.
Mike
[JR: Thanks, Mike. Much appreciated.]
Bedder, Paul [MC1970]
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On battery back up, network throughput terrible, have to wait for power to come back on.
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Posted in Administrivia
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/njherald/obituary.aspx?n=Maurice-Ahearn&pid=153303931
Maurice J. Ahearn
WARWICK, N.Y. – Maurice J. Ahearn, 89, of Warwick, N.Y. (formerly of Harrington Park and Highland Lakes, N.J.), passed away Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011, at Schervier Pavilion with family at his side.
Born April 20, 1922, in Bronx, N.Y., he was the son of the late Maurice Francis and Emily (Hejduk) Ahearn.
He was married for 61 years to the late Mary (Flynn) Ahearn, who passed away in 2009.
Mr. Ahearn was a graduate of Manhattan College, and then served with the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was a civil engineer and owner of East Bay Paving Company in the Bronx. In later years, he worked for the state of New Jersey as a civil engineer retiring at the age of 71. He enjoyed his summer home in Highland Lakes for many years, was a former member of the Warwick Country Club and a parishioner of St. Stephen’s R.C. Church.
He is survived by his children: Mary Pat Ahearn of Boston, Mass., M. John Ahearn (Betty) of Guilderland, N.Y., Frank Ahearn (Donna) of Warwick, Kathleen Koval (Ed) of Natick, Mass., William Ahearn of Middletown, N.Y., Teresa Merkler (Doug) of Blairstown, and Stephen Ahearn (Tim) of Los Angeles, Calif. Also survived by grandchildren Kate and Matt Ahearn, Ryan, Megan and Kyle Ahearn, Ally, Noah and Zach Koval; and Hannah and Claire Merkler and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a sister, Lillian Linehan, in 2007.
Family will receive friends Monday, Aug. 29, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Lazear-Smith & Vander Plaat Memorial Home, Warwick. Memorial Funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Stephen’s R.C. Church, Warwick, followed by interment in Glenwood Cemetery, Vernon.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Doctors Without Borders (www.doctorswithoutborders.org), the (www.cancer.org) or the (www.strokeassociation.org), three charities that were all close to Maurice’s heart.
For further information, directions or to send an online condolence, see www.lsvpmemorialhome.com.
Published in The New Jersey Herald on August 28, 2011
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Ahearn, Maurice J. [MC1944 RIP]
Guestbook: http://www.legacy.com/guestbook/njherald/guestbook.aspx?n=maurice-ahearn&pid=153303931&cid=full
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From: McEneney, Mike (MC1953)
Date: Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 11:58 PM
Subject: Maurice J. Ahearn, 1944 RIP
Dear John,
I believe that Maurice is a member of the Class of 1944.
May He Rest In Peace.
Mike
[JR: Thanks, Mike. Much appreciated.]
Ahearn, Maurice J. [MC1944 RIP]
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http://news.yahoo.com/police-nm-kidnapper-thwarted-alert-neighbor-160036742.html
Police: NM kidnapper thwarted by alert neighbor
By JERI CLAUSING – Associated Press
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Diaz’s husband, Antonio Diaz Chacon, gave chase in his car.
Garcia tried to lose him but ended up crashing into a telephone pole a few miles away, police said.
Garcia fled on foot, and Diaz Chacon grabbed the girl and took her home, police said. Garcia then returned to his wrecked van and took off but was later captured by police, authorities said.
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[JR: Excellent! I'm not sure I that I'd have been so courageous. You have to admire when someone reacts and it comes to a happy ending. Too bad we don't have an armed citizenry that protect the civilian population. Oh yeah we do. But the police can't be everywhere. But the citizen is "the police" in disguise. We saw what happens when society breaks down in London. I'm not sure I could do what this guy did. Barehanded. My fellow alums probably would not hesitate. I need my challengers much smaller or my tools much bigger. Figure with one of my 1911's, I could probably handle it. Or at least make a lot more noise in the perp's general direction. Argh! Bravo Zulu to this guy. He shoulda been a Jasper.]
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Posted in Positraction
http://www.jasperjottings.com/2011/jj2011W35.html
Posted in Administrivia
http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20110807/NJNEWS/308070011/TOO-TABOO
Battered South Asian women struggle with cultural and legal obstacles
Bob Makin
Aug. 6, 2011
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“Imagine, you’re 25 years old, about to get married back home,” Ray said. “You’re going to move to a new country with your new spouse. You’re excited about the marriage. You’re excited about moving to a different place. You’re excited to build a family and a new life. Then when you arrive, this man starts telling you where to go and what to do. He starts controlling who you can see. It’s quite a shock. Anyone in that position has a hard time accepting what’s happening. They don’t want to show the family that they failed, that they couldn’t keep the marriage going. Women might be blamed for breaking up the family because they were too opinionated, too modern, too westernized.
“If there are children involved, many women don’t want their children brought up by one parent. I don’t think anyone from any culture wants that. Denial is a complicated issue, denial of the practical reality that you have to be on your own raising children in a country where you don’t have any other family and you do not feel you have any support available to you.”
While she may have stayed in her situation longer than she should have, Patel said, she was granted U.S. citizenship because she was psychologically declared a victim of domestic abuse.
Granted $58,000 in punitive and compensatory damages for injuries she suffered in a divorce judgment in April, Patel said, she went about $70,000 in debt simultaneously pursuing a divorce and citizenship.
“I haven’t seen a single penny,” she said. “He beat my face, choked me so that I couldn’t breathe. He was banging my head. He was very violent right in front of his family, and they didn’t do anything. They took his side and lied under oath. But there was no punishment for them.
“They have money. I have no money. They have no shame. They are enjoying their lives freely. I’m stuck here. I can’t move on. They feel no shame. But I feel shame.”
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[JR: So when does a person's rights become "inalienable" to them? You have to admire the Gooferment's ability to screw everything up. H4 visas make the battered spouse a chattel slave. Land of the Free? When people come to the good old USA, we should welcome them. We need people who want to work. In my little L libertarian world, we'd take their picture, fingerprints, and DNA. Give them a quick physical for epidemical diseases, and a shiny new Green Card. Of course, they are ineligible for welfare, but that's not why they'd come. And there'sd be no "minimum wage" diktat to keep them from working. In the old days, the Irish had the AOH and the Italians had social clubs. There was also the Church. In my ideal world, "rights" are recognized the moment your foot touches the sacred soil. Too bad it's not that way today. Too bad these poor abused women don't have those "inalienable rights".]
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