Jeff Brameier, a lacrosse coach at Darien High School for more than 40 years, will talk at the Darien Men’s Association meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 14 on “The Importance of Athletics in High School.”
— an announcement from the Darien Men’s Association
Athletics have been a mainstay of the high school scene for decades. Today, the field has vastly expanded, giving an ever greater variety of competitive options to both male and female students. While students get involved in high school athletics for the sheer love of the game, there are significant benefits from these extracurricular activities. The discussion will focus on the experiences Jeff has drawn on from his 40-plus years of coaching at the school.
Jeff Brameier, a lacrosse coach at Darien High School for decades, will talk at the Darien Men’s Association meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 14 on “The Importance of Athletics in High School.”
— an announcement from the Darien Men’s Association
Athletics have been a mainstay of the high school scene for decades. Today, the field has vastly expanded, giving an ever greater variety of competitive options to both male and female students. While students get involved in high school athletics for the sheer love of the game, there are significant benefits from these extracurricular activities. The discussion will focus on the experiences Jeff has drawn on from his 40-plus years of coaching at the school.
Richard Frisch will speak on “From Grunts to Tweets, the History of Human Communication.” He will discuss why speech arose and why Homo sapiens is the only species to develop language. His talk will focus on four topics: development of spoken language, development of written language, electric/electronic communication, and neural communication in the present and future. Richard has been entertaining and informing groups about technology topics for over a decade. Recent presentations have been “Is Privacy Dead?” “The History of Recorded Sound,” and “How Big Data, Neuroscience and Psychology Are Used to Manipulate Us.”
Richard runs RHFtech, providing technology guidance and support to small businesses. He was an executive in the financial services sector for 30 years.
Atrial fibrillations, their incidence in the senior population and the various treatment options will be the subject of a talk by a physician expert on the subject on Wednesday morning. The event at the Darien Community Association is sponsored by the Darien Men’s Association. The talk runs from 10:45 a.m. to 12 noon, Wednesday, Oct. 24 at the Darien Community Association, 274 Middlesex Road. — an announcement from the Darien Men’s Association
The speaker, Sandhya Dhrovakumar, M.D., is director of electrophysiology at Stamford Hospital and is fellowship trained in electrophysiology with expertise in device implantation and cardiac ablations.
Kevin Peraino, veteran foreign correspondent, will discuss the fall of Nationalist China and the triumph of Mao Zedong’s Communist forces in 1949 on Wednesday, May 23, 2018, at the Darien Men’s Association. “It was an extraordinary political revolution that shapes East Asian politics to this day,” says Peraino. — an announcement from the Darien Men’s Association
“The events led to decades of friction with Communist China, a U.S. commitment to Taiwan, and the wars in Korea and Vietnam.”
Drawing on Chinese and Russian sources, plus CIA documents, he reveals what happened through the eyes of the key players: Mao, Truman, Secretary of State Acheson, Congressman Walter Judd and Madame Chiang Kai-shek. Peraino’s latest book is titled A Force So Swift: Mao, Truman and the Birth of Modern China, 1949. The talk will start at 10:45 a.m. and is open to the public. DMA meetings are held at the Darien Community Association, 274 Middlesex Road, Darien.
Kevin Peraino, veteran foreign correspondent, will discuss the fall of Nationalist China and the triumph of Mao Zedong’s Communist forces in 1949 on Wednesday, May 23, 2018, at the Darien Men’s Association. “It was an extraordinary political revolution that shapes East Asian politics to this day,” says Peraino. — an announcement from the Darien Men’s Association
“The events led to decades of friction with Communist China, a U.S. commitment to Taiwan, and the wars in Korea and Vietnam.”
Drawing on Chinese and Russian sources, plus CIA documents, he reveals what happened through the eyes of the key players: Mao, Truman, Secretary of State Acheson, Congressman Walter Judd and Madame Chiang Kai-shek. Peraino’s latest book is titled A Force So Swift: Mao, Truman and the Birth of Modern China, 1949. The talk will start at 10:45 a.m. and is open to the public. DMA meetings are held at the Darien Community Association, 274 Middlesex Road, Darien.
Darien Police Chief Raymond Osborne will talk about new developments and trends in law enforcement on Wednesday, May 9, 2018, at the Darien Men’s Association. Chief Osborne was sworn in as Darien’s 10th chief of police in 2016. He joined the force in 1983 and served as a police officer, detective, sergeant, lieutenant and captain. __________
— an announcement from Darien Men’s Association
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He is a member of the Darien Police SCUBA team, the South West Regional Response Team’s Hostage Negotiation Team and the Darien Police School Security Committee. His talk starts at 10:45 a.m. and is open to the public. Guest passes are available at the membership desk just outside the meeting room.
Hon. Barbara Bellis, a judge with the Superior Court in Bridgeport since 2003, will talk about how the court resolves civil and criminal cases on Wednesday, May 2, 2018, at the Darien Men’s Association. Judge Bellis will explain how cases are handled from filing to disposition, the difference between civil and criminal cases, and how the court responds to self-represented individuals. — an announcement from the Darien Men’s Association
She is a graduate of Boston College and the Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law. Her talk starts at 10:45 a.m. and is open to the public. Guest passes are available at the membership desk just outside the meeting room.
Patrick Houlihan, major league baseball vice president and deputy general counsel for labor relations, will talk about “State of Play: Major League Baseball in 2018,” on Wednesday, April 25, 2018, at the Darien Men’s Association. His talk will include the current state of the game and recent changes, plus trends on and off the field. — an announcement from the Darien Men’s Association
Patrick represents the Commissioner’s Office and the 30 major league clubs in all matters involving the Major League Baseball Players Association that is the labor union representing all 40-man roster players. His work includes player discipline; salary arbitration; player health and safety; player pensions; drug testing; and other matters involving the interpretation and application of the collective bargaining agreement or the Major League Rules. His talk starts at 10:45 a.m. and is open to the public. Guest passes are available at the membership desk just outside the meeting room.
Ambassador Donald Gregg will talk about the challenges facing the Korean peninsula, its impact on neighboring U.S. allies in the Asia Pacific region and what policy options exist for the current administration on Wednesday, April 11 at the Darien Men’s Association. Gregg also will share his thinking on the world situation based on his unique background as a top diplomat and CIA intelligence operative for 25 years. — an announcement from the Darien Mens Association
He graduated from Williams College in 1951 and joined the CIA, where, over the next quarter century, he was assigned to East Asian countries. He was seconded to the National Security Council staff in 1979, where he was in charge of intelligence activities and Asian policy affairs. Upon his retirement from the CIA, he was awarded the Distinguished Intelligence Medal.
Heather Pech, winning marathon runner, successful retail fashion executive and a native Darien resident, will talk about her life on the run at the Wednesday, April 4 meeting of the Darien Men’s Association. Heather Pech will speak of her experiences running marathons, particularly the 2017 Boston Marathon, where she won her 55-59 age bracket. Her time was better than 698 other runners in her category. Today, she clocks 80-90 hours a week. Her goal is to run a marathon in under three hours.
Andy Bramante, a high school science teacher, will talk about what’s behind his students’ success and how he motivates them to peak performance on Wednesday, March 28, 2018, at the Darien Men’s Association. The meeting is open to the public. More than 30 of his students won First Place, Best of Category or Grand Prize awards at Intel Science and Engineering Fairs over the past 10 years. ____________
— an announcement from Darien Men’s Association
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At the recent International Google Science Fair, two students were semifinalists. The design of a low-cost portable test for ebola won the Grand Prize for one student, who received a scholarship of $50,000.
Kevin Peraino, veteran foreign correspondent, will discuss the fall of Nationalist China and the triumph of Mao Zedong’s Communist forces in 1949 on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, at the Darien Men’s Association. “It was an extraordinary political revolution that shapes East Asian politics to this day,” Peraino says. — an announcement from the Darien Men’s Association
“The events led to decades of friction with Communist China, a U.S. commitment to Taiwan, and the wars in Korea and Vietnam.”
Drawing on Chinese and Russian sources, plus CIA documents, he reveals what happened through the eyes of the key players: Mao, Truman, Secretary of State Acheson, Congressman Walter Judd and Madame Chiang Kai-shek. Peraino’s latest book is titled A Force So Swift: Mao, Truman and the Birth of Modern China, 1949. The talk will start at 10:45 a.m. and is open to the public. Darien Men’s Association meetings are held at the Darien Community Association, 274 Middlesex Road, Darien.
