Sunday 12 September 2004
Dear Jaspers,
644 have registered on the Distribute site. There are 12 bouncing but Yahoo keeps "probing" to try to get thru. If you aren't receiving it, please check your box or your "spam solution"!
Sorry for the typo last week. Hope everyone could figure out that 9 should have been a three..
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This issue is at: http://www.jasperjottings.com/jasperjottings20040912.htm
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Th October 7 - NYC Alumni Club event scheduled
Wkend October
8 - 10, 2004
AAS Alumni Reunion 2004
Hampton Inn White Plains
Elmsford, NY
details can be had at www.AASalumni.org
We Nov 3 Treasure Coast FL Alumni Holiday Inn
--- on US 1 in Stuart, Florida at noon
--- contact Ed Plumeau '52A c/o Jasper Jottings
Sa Nov 6, '04 MC Gulf Coast Alumni golf tournament
--- Pelican Pointe Golf and Country Club, Venice, Fl
--- George Brew '50 Co-Chairman
We Dec 15 Treasure Coast FL Alumni Holiday Inn
--- on US 1 in Stuart, Florida at noon
--- contact Ed Plumeau '52A c/o Jasper Jottings
We Jan 26 Treasure Coast FL Alumni Holiday Inn
--- on US 1 in Stuart, Florida at noon
--- contact Ed Plumeau '52A c/o Jasper Jottings
We Mar 16 Treasure Coast FL Alumni Holiday Inn
--- on US 1 in Stuart, Florida at noon
--- contact Ed Plumeau '52A c/o Jasper Jottings
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My list of Jaspers who are in harms way:
- Afghanistan
- - Feldman, Aaron (1997)
- Iraq
- - Mortillo, Steven F., son of Mortillo,
Steve (1980)
… … my thoughts are with you and all that I don't know about.
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I usually use this space to try to come up with something positive, uplifting, and cool. While I rarely succeed at all three objectives, I fell that this section does highlight the unique human condition. Self-aware doesn’t have to mean self-absorbed. But like 911, there are events of the day that just rip your heart out and make one wonder what could some people have been thinking. As a pro-lifer, the massacre of Russian children was an affront to human dignity.
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Russian TV Shows Student Hostage Footage
NewsMax Wires
Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2004
MOSCOW - A Russian television network showed footage from inside the school raided by militants last week depicting hooded attackers in a gymnasium crowded with hostages and strung up with explosives attached to wires.
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"I know it when I see it" was the famous response by a U.S. Supreme Court justice to the vexed problem of defining pornography. Terrorism may be no less difficult to define, but the wanton killing of schoolchildren, of mourners at a funeral, or workers at their desks in skyscrapers surely fits the know-it-when-I-see-it definition.
All I can say is that all we can do for our fellow 'mates in the WTC, the children in the Russian school, and the victims of African genocide is pray for their souls. After that prayer, we need to speak out and reject the behavior that allows these people to flourish.
Of the first things I thought of was that "victims" need to be armed for self-defense. Like the Jewish children that were murdered at the peace sanctuary, schools have to be more like a bank. We spend time, money, and effort to secure little green pieces of paper. How much more valuable are the humans that reside there eight hours per day?
I'd drop liberators all over the world where the populations were being suppressed and killed. Rwandan genocide would be over in a heartbeat. Read http://www.kimdutoit.com/dr/weblog.php?id=P1399, http://www.downunderwebsites.com/gunsHandGunArmy.htm, and http://usgi1911.tripod.com/liberator/ to learn about "the only pistol in history that took less time to manufacture than fire!" Try and abuse a citizenry now, Mr. Dictator.
Late in the week addition: I was much amused when a fellow 2nd Amendment writer picked up the same "protect schools" theme.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=40363
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Larry Pratt, executive director of Gun Owners of America, told members of Congress in a letter that "teachers in this country are just as disarmed as the defenseless teachers in Russia," where Islamic terrorists killed hundred of innocent civilians whom they held in a school gymnasium in the town of Beslan.
<extraneous deleted>
Pratt
noted Israel relies on armed school staff and parents to protect its children,
and the U.S. should do no less.
"To leave schools legally disarmed at the national level can only put the blood of future victims on your hands," Pratt wrote.
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It seems to me that to defeat terrorists, citizens and legal immigrants must take up their sword so that a Russian style tragedy can't occur here. I trust my fellow militia to do the right thing. Vermont and Florida have demonstrated that people can be trusted to defend themselves. Is the government afraid that we will see their "protection" as an illusion? And, once we decide that we are responsible for our own protection, what other government shams are we going to discover. Social Security's Ponzi scheme. A "government" that "eats" have of our work for its own largess. A "drug war", that makes the Prohibition stupidity, look tame by comparison. "Laws" that make no sense and are merely revenue generation schemes; most notably speed limits and seat belt laws. Not seeing them doesn't make them any more or less real!
Maybe the Russian massacre can serve as a wake up call here. If I had kids in school, I would want to review their security personally. But, then I'd be homeshooling them anyway so it wouldn't apply. As alumni, with a considerable IQ, let's get mad and do something about this non-sense.
Reflect well on our alma mater, this week, every week, in any and every way possible, large or small. God bless.
"Collector-in-chief" John
john.reinke--AT--att.net
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From: James M Curcurato Jr
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 7:54 AM
To: editor@jasperjottings.com
Subject: RE: [Distribute_Jasper_Jottings] Birth
Announcement
Leslie (Krey) Curcurato '93 and James Curcurato '94 gave birth to Isabella Anne on June 18, 2004.
[JR: Congrats. Great news. ]
[Collector's prayer: And, may perpetual light shine on our fellow departed Jaspers, and all the souls of the faithful departed.]
Your assistance is requested in finding these. Please don’t assume that I will “catch” it via an automated search. Sometimes the data just doesn’t makes it’s way in.
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
September 2, 2004 Thursday All Editions
SECTION: LOCAL; OBITUARIES; Pg. L05
HEADLINE: OBITUARIES
CORNELIUS J. SULLIVAN, 70, of Paramus died Tuesday. He was a self-employed civil engineer and had owned C.-J. Sullivan Associates, Paramus. He was a member of the New Jersey Society of Civil Engineers. He was a graduate of Manhattan College, New York City. He was an Air Force veteran of the Korean War. He was past president of the Paramus Baseball League. Arrangements: Vander Plaat Memorial Home, Paramus.
LOAD-DATE: September 2, 2004
The Associated Press State & Local Wire
September 1, 2004, Wednesday, BC cycle
SECTION: State and Regional
HEADLINE: Skyscraper designer drawn to Eastern Shore
BYLINE: By WILLIAM L. THOMPSON, The (Easton) Star
Democrat
DATELINE: EASTON, Md.
Charles H. Thornton is a tall man who grew up among tall buildings and helped design the world's tallest skyscrapers.
So what's he doing on the flatlands of Maryland's Eastern Shore? For a man who's supposed to retire soon, plenty.
As one of the most respected structural engineers in the country, Thornton sits on a National Institute of Standards and Technology panel that is investigating the collapse of the World Trade Center immediately following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
He's preparing to launch his ACE Mentor Program, a not-for-profit organization that helps public school students discover career paths in the building and design industries, in Talbot County this fall. He's active with local cultural and educational groups, including the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, the Eastern Shore Chamber Music Festival and Gunston School.
And he still puts in three days a week with the Thornton-Tomasetti Group, a 500-person engineering firm with a world reputation for designing large structures, including the 88-story Petronas Twin Towers in Malaysia.
"I only need six hours of sleep a night," said Thornton. "I wake up in the morning with 16 things running through my brain."
A native of tough East Bronx neighborhoods, Thornton developed a love of sailing in later years and spent summer vacations gunkholing around the Chesapeake Bay. Like many sailors before, Thornton and his wife, Carolyn, steadily grew fond of the region.
The couple kept returning to the Chesapeake and in late 1997 Thornton spied a real estate ad in Soundings magazine touting prime waterfront property in Talbot County. On his first visit to Kintore Point on the Miles River, Thornton looked over the 17-acre parcel, dormant farmland fringed by tall trees along 3,000 feet of curved shoreline. The field was empty, but Thornton envisioned the new home for him, Carolyn and their teenage daughter Becky. The next year he bought the property.
"I wanted a little bit of lifestyle change," said Thornton, who lived and worked in and around New York City for 60 years. "Carolyn wanted a tennis court. Becky wanted a stable. I wanted a dock. There was no way I could ever find anything like this in Connecticut. And it was time for a change. Change is good."
Thornton and his friend, master architect Alfredo De Vido, collaborated on what evolved into plans for one of the most unusual and striking homes on the Miles River.
In simplest terms, the 7,000-square-foot Thornton residence is two houses connected by a high-ceilinged common room and kitchen. The common area boasts such splendid acoustics that the Eastern Shore Chamber Music Festival holds one of its concerts there every year.
In 2000, they moved into their new home.
The unique house on Kintore Point is a long way from the East Bronx, a fact Thornton never forgets. Growing up a blue collar kid in a hardscrabble urbanscape, Thornton endured taunts from his friends as he tried to better himself in school.
"There was a prejudice against intellectualism," he said.
Thanks to financial help from an aunt and uncle, Thornton and his brother transferred to a Catholic prep school in Westchester County, two hours from the Bronx. Thornton went on to graduate from Manhattan College and later earned a master's degree and a doctorate at New York University.
In 2002, he was awarded the Hoover Medal by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for his work with ACE, a motivational program he started that pairs teams of students with experts in the fields of architecture, construction and engineering. ACE was kicked off in New York in 1994 and has been expanded to 28 cities, including Baltimore and Chicago.
One of the goals of the program is to encourage students to consider careers in construction and design, fields Thornton said often are overlooked by young adults whose futures appear bleak because of economic and academic limitations. Thornton has been discussing ACE with Talbot school officials and hopes to introduce the program this fall to students at Easton High School and St. Michaels High School.
"We're letting them know there are opportunities," said Thornton. "What we're trying to do is show these kids that somebody cares. Most of them have never been told they're smart. They've never been told they can succeed. It's amazing how we turn these kids around."
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Information from: The Star-Democrat, http://www.stardem.com
GRAPHIC: AP Photos
LOAD-DATE: September 8, 2004
[JR: Received an update from Jasper Andrew, which is appreciated. Just thought I should share it. ]
Andrew K. Fox, (1991)
Product Manager
TOMRA
Fairfield, CT 06825
[JR: And, from Japser Bill. ]
Bill Horan (1978)
Senior Director of Development
Columbia University Medical Center
[JR: … … but did he get Clinton’s autograph?]
[Manhattan_in_the_News]
University Wire
September 7, 2004 Tuesday
HEADLINE: Michigan spikers
complete 'process'
BYLINE: By Eric Ambinder, Michigan Daily; SOURCE: U.
Michigan
DATELINE: ANN ARBOR, Mich.
Michigan volleyball coach Mark Rosen figured his team was in trouble.
Rosen sat courtside at the Manhattan College Invitational on Friday evening scouting the Wolverines' upcoming opponents. Earlier in the afternoon, Michigan beat the Hawks of Maryland-Eastern Shore 3-0 and now Rosen was watching Manhattan, the host team, battle American University. As he watched, Rosen noticed American's athleticism and knew that the Eagles would be tough to cage.
"I thought when we watched (American) play on Friday, we were going to have a tough time competing with them (on Saturday) unless we got a lot better," Rosen said.
Rosen felt Michigan could improve dramatically from Friday afternoon's win over the Hawks in the first match of the four-team tournament.
"As a team, I didn't think we played very well (against Maryland-Eastern Shore)," Rosen said. "I just thought we made a lot of errors, gave up a lot of free points, just not very sharp."
So how would the Wolverines react?
By breaking a 12-year-old record. Then, defeating American in the title game, 3-1.
Before the championship-game against the Eagles, Michigan set a school-record .525 hitting percentage in its 3-0 victory over Manhattan on Saturday afternoon. Its previous high was a .524 effort against Iowa in 1991.
Rosen altered his line-up for the Jaspers, giving the veterans more playing time. Rosen said the change allowed senior Jennifer Gandolph to be more productive -- she led the Wolverines with 12 kills and committed just one attack error.
After the win against Manhattan, Rosen felt like Michigan's "process" -- how the team executed and played during the match -- was much stronger against Manhattan than it had been against Maryland-Eastern Shore. As the Wolverines huddled before the title match, Rosen emphasized to his team that the process is always more important than statistics or outcomes. Outcomes -- like the 3-0 win against the Hawks -- can sometimes be deceiving if the process is not working well.
And, once again, Rosen was right.
After dropping the first game to American, the Wolverines rebounded with improved serving and defense in game two despite the Eagles' extremely efficient play.
"(American) hit .378 in game two and we still beat them," Rosen said. "When you hit .378 in a game, you're pretty sure you're going to win."
Tied at 1-1, Michigan played its best volleyball of the young season in games three and four, defeating the Eagles 30-22 and 30-27 to win the championship.
Senior Lisa Gamalski earned Tournament MVP honors. In the decisive match, Gamalski recorded 54 assists and 14 digs -- the first double-double of Michigan's 4-0 season.
"Lisa had a great tournament," Rosen said. "This is her fifth year in the program and she really is one of the best setters out there. She really had to figure out how to make this team go, and I really thought she did a great job."
Gandolph earned All-Tournament Team honors despite off-season shoulder surgery, notching 40 kills in three games.
On the team bus back to the airport, a day after the record-setting match took place, Rosen was informed of the accomplishment and then told his team.
"Oh, that's kind of nice," Rosen said to himself, prouder of the process than the outcome.
(C) 2003 Michigan
Daily via U-WIRE
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From: Joe McNamara (jomack@aol.com)
Subject: Re: An apology to JD and the group
View: Complete Thread (133 articles)
Original Format
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.acoustic
Date: 2004-09-01 18:20:55 PST
<< Years ago, I got into a discussion with a teacher
from the
Queens, NY. He asked how much teachers
in Texas were paid, and
laughed when I told him the state base salary for a beginning
teacher. However, he began to describe
his lifestyle, living in
a tiny apartment, unable to afford a car, much less a place to
park it. I told him I had a house and a
yard, two vehicles, a
travel trailer and a boat. It seemed to
me that my lifestyle was
much richer than his. It's not just a
matter of counting dollars.
-Raf
-- >>
Maybe it's how you manage your money? My Dad was a teacher at Woodrow Wilson
Vocational High School, in Jamaica, Queens, NYC for 35 years, retiring in the
early 70's and raised 5 sons in a four bedroom house in Rockville Center in
Nassau County (now worth an obscene amount more than what he sold it for in the
70's) . He managed to send 4 out of 5 to either Boston College or Manhattan
College - I'll let y'all guess who went to Berklee
for about 20 minutes before
dropping out to join a band, without any of us taking out student loans. Sure
there were small athletic and academic scholarships to help ease some of the
financial burden, but the old man footed the bills, somehow. Now, I make lots
more than my old man ever did, and struggle to afford to raise my two kids.
Granted, this is one of the most expensive places to live in the country, but I
can't imagine living anyplace other than San Francisco, at least until it's
time to retire, which given my job, may be never - I've got one of the great
gigs. Next to inheriting wealth, i can't think of
anything that I'm qualified
to do that would pay me a fraction of what I earn
I never had any idea that we were less than well off, but realize now that my
folks must have stretched every nickel till Jefferson screamed.
I don't think my Dad ever grossed more than 30K, and often worked during the
summer (probably to get away from 5 boys as much as out of economic necessity
<g>)
Good teachers, like cops and firemen, are criminally underpaid, IMO.
Joe
CIC'S SUGGESTION: Everyone who works for a major corporation should send resumes placed here into their HR system or department. While you may not see the value, it may be that one thing that delivers an opportunity to a fellow Jasper that changes their life.
FROM THE COLLEGE’S WEB SITE: Your resume can be sent to employers who contact our office seeking to fill positions. For more information contact the Recruitment Coordinator at (718) 862-7965 or Email to JGlenn--AT--manhattan.edu
Actual jobs at MC are at: http://www.manhattan.edu/hrs/jobs
The only reason for putting this here is to give us a chance to attend one of these games and support "our" team.
Date Day Sport Opponent Location
Time/Result
9/12/04 Sunday W. Soccer Quinnipiac Hamden, CT 1:00 PM
9/15/04 Wednesday Volleyball St. John's Jamaica, NY 7:00 PM
9/17/04 Friday Volleyball Fordham% Bronx, NY 7:00 PM
9/17/04 Friday W. Soccer Hartford Hartford, CT 7:00
PM
9/18/04 Saturday Volleyball Canisius% Bronx, NY 9:00
AM
9/18/04 Saturday Volleyball Wagner% Bronx, NY 2:00 PM
9/19/04 Sunday M. Soccer Maine HOME 10:00 AM
9/19/04 Sunday W. Soccer Fordham Bronx, NY 1:00 PM
9/21/04 Tuesday M. Soccer Virginia Charlottesville, VA 7:00 PM
9/22/04 Wednesday Volleyball Columbia New York, NY 7:00 PM
9/24/04 Friday Volleyball vs. Wagner& New Haven, CT TBA
9/24/04 Friday W. Soccer Robert Morris Pittsburgh, PA TBA
9/25/04 Saturday Cross Country Paul Short Invitational Bethlehem, PA TBA
9/25/04 Saturday Volleyball vs. Sacred Heart& New Haven, CT 12:00 PM
9/25/04 Saturday Volleyball at Yale& New Haven, CT 6:00 PM
9/26/04 Sunday W. Soccer St. Francis Loretto, PA 2:00
PM
9/27/04 Monday M. Soccer St. Francis Brooklyn, NY 7:00 PM
9/28/04 Tuesday Volleyball Fordham HOME 6:00 PM
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2004-05 SCHEDULE RELEASED
Riverdale, NY (September 8, 2004)- The 2004-05 Manhattan College women's basketball schedule was finalized recently, it was announced by Manhattan College Director of Athletics Bob Byrnes. The schedule will feature 13 home games, including one television appearance against Siena at Draddy Gymnasium on January 30.
The Lady Jaspers will begin their schedule with an exhibition game at home against the New York Gazelles on November 12. The regular season will begin a week later, on November 19, as the Lady Jaspers will travel across the Bronx to take on Fordham.
After traveling to Syracuse on November 24, the Lady Jaspers will host Bucknell on November 28 in the regular season home opener. Later that week, the MAAC regular season will begin as Manhattan will play host to Iona on December 2 and then will travel to Fairfield on December 5.
Non-conference play will resume with three consecutive home games, beginning with a contest against Dartmouth on December 12. Fresno State will come to Draddy Gym on December 17, and on December 20, Manhattan will host MAC regular season champion Miami-Ohio, which advanced to the second round of the WNIT last season. The non-conference schedule will conclude with three road games, beginning with a game at Wagner on December 28. The Lady Jaspers then will face Villanova (December 30) and Colorado (January 2), two teams that made the NCAA Tournament and were nationally ranked at the end of last season.
The Lady Jaspers will return home to resume MAAC play against Niagara (January 8) and Canisius (January 10). MAAC conference games will make up the rest of the schedule, concluding with the 2005 MAAC Women's Basketball Championships, to be held March 3-6 at the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, NY.
Manhattan will return four starters from last year's team that posted an 11-18 overall record and a 6-12 mark in the MAAC in their first season under head coach Myndi Hill. Manhattan will also welcome seven newcomers to a team that will return five letterwinners.
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MEN'S BASKETBALL ANNOUNCES COMPLETE 2004-05 SCHEDULE
Riverdale, NY (September 8, 2004)- The Manhattan College 2004-05 men's basketball conference schedule has been finalized and will consist of nine non-conference games along with the traditional 18 game MAAC schedule, with 13 games to be played at Draddy Gym. Included in the non-conference slate is a second straight appearance in the ESPN Bracket Buster Saturday event, against an opponent to be determined. The Jaspers will also appear on television at least five times, with the potential for a sixth televised game coming from the Bracket Buster Event.
The non-conference portion of the schedule consists of five teams that played in post-season competition last season and six teams that posted 20 or more wins in 2003-04. Combined the teams on the Jaspers' non-conference slate posted a 150-98 record for the 2003-04 season, for a 60.5% winning percentage.
Manhattan will open up the 2004-05 season at home against South Dakota State, a Division I Independent, on November 21. That game will be followed with another home game, against Atlantic 10 member Rhode Island on November 23. The Jaspers non-conference slate also includes Bronx rival Fordham on November 27, North Carolina State on December 5, Arizona on December 21, and Wichita State on January 3, all on the road, as well as Wisconsin-Milwaukee (December 30) and North Dakota State (January 5) at home. The Jaspers will play their final non-conference game on February 19, when Manhattan will play on the road in a Bracket Buster Saturday game against an opponent that will be determined at the beginning of February.
Manhattan will open up MAAC play on November 30 when the Jaspers travel to Bridgeport, CT to take on Fairfield. The first MAAC home game will be on December 9, when the Jaspers host Siena. The bulk of the MAAC schedule will continue in the new year, beginning with three straight home games starting on January 13.
The MAAC Championships will be held March 4-7 at the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, NY.
Manhattan ended its 2003-04 season with a 25-6 record after advancing to the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament following a 75-60 win over fifth-seeded Florida. The Jaspers gained an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament after winning their second straight MAAC Tournament Championship. Manhattan also won its second straight MAAC Regular Season Championship after posting a 16-2 conference slate. The 16 wins were the most since the MAAC expanded to an 18 game regular season.
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BOBBY GONZALEZ TO APPEAR ON ESPNews ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
Manhattan head men's basketball coach Bobby Gonzalez is scheduled to appear on ESPNews on Wednesday, September 8, at approximately 3:50 p.m. to help promote the ESPN Bracket Buster Saturday event. Tune in to hear Coach Gonzalez discuss Manhattan's appearance as well as the significance of this prestigious event. Last season, the Jaspers defeated Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 83-76, in front of a national ESPN2 audience in a Bracket Buster game.
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MEN'S SOCCER FALLS TO SETON HALL, 3-0
South Orange, NJ (September 6, 2004)Seton Hall's Matt Salotti scored two goals, as the Pirates shut out Manhattan, 3-0 on Monday afternoon at Owen T. Carroll Field. The Pirates, currently ranked 20th by Soccer America, stretched their unbeaten streak at home to 11 games, while improving to 2-0-1 on the year. The Jaspers have lost five straight in the series and fall to 1-1 on the season.
Seton Hall took the lead 14:21 into the game on the first of Salotti's two goals. Manhattan hung with Seton Hall through the rest of the first half and nearly tied the game right before the break when Brian Lundy blasted a shot from the top of the box, but junior Boris Pardo made a jumping save to preserve a 1-0 cushion.
Salotti increased the lead to 2-0 when he picked up a loose ball off a corner kick and blasted it into the net from six yards away. The Pirates added an insurance goal when freshman Jon Lewandowski tallied his first collegiate goal.
Pardo made three saves for his second shutout of the year. The Jasper's Collin Leaver, who led the nation in saves-per-game last year, made seven stops.
Manhattan returns to action on Saturday, September 11, when the Jaspers travel to Lexington, VA to take on the VMI Keydets at 4:00 p.m.
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WOMEN’S SOCCER LOSE BATTLE TO YALE, 3-0
New Haven, CT (September 5, 2004)-Women's soccer fought hard in a 3-0 loss against the Yale Bulldogs today at Yale University. Yale's first goal came in the 53rd minute off a penalty kick by Mimi Macauley. The Bulldogs improve their record to 3-0-0 while the Lady J's fall to 0-3-0.
Manhattan kept Yale scoreless in the first half playing tough defense allowing only six shots on goal.
Less then ten minutes into the second half the Bulldogs received a penalty kick off a controversial call on tripping in the penalty box. Macauley took the kick placing it just pass the Lady Jasper's junior goalkeeper Kiera Fox (New Windsor, NY). Down 1-0 Manhattan kept fighting back creating offensive opportunities. Unfortunately, with under 18 minutes to play in the half Yale scored their second goal taking a 2-0 lead. The third and final goal for the Bulldogs came at 79:16 when Alicia Fujii passed to teammate Stephanie Delvecchio placing the ball in the back of the net.
In the first half freshman Alicia DeFino (Mineola, NY) saved six shots and for the last 45 minutes Fox saved five.
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From: Gerard M. Delaney [1975]
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 3:17 AM
Subject: Storm
Please keep us in your prayers as Frances heads our way.
Peace,
Gerard
Go mbeannai Dia,
a Mairha, a Padraig thu.
(May God, Mary and Patrick bless you!)
[JR: Well even though this was delayed, there is Ivan to try to sway. Natural disasters are just something we all have to deal with. Luckily we have better technology. Unfortunately, human ego prevents people from “bugging out” when appropriate. We are an amazing race. Smart, and stupid at the same time. Sometimes we solve the hardest problems, but most times we create our own misery. Hope your “bug out” bag is in the car and the gas tank is full. AND, that you don’t need it! ]
From: Robert A Helm [1951]
Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2004 1:08 PM
Subject: FW: Wow! This is bad! Is it treason?
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I seldom combine soldiers, stamps, family, friends and debating partners in one message.
This time I did because this person does not belong in the White House, regardless of one’s personal political persuasion.
Never mind about phony “hearts”, this is treason, pure and simple, by definition. We have had, over the past 200 or so years, some real doozies in the White House – Grant, Arthur, Clinton, Nixon, Johnson, Carter, Mrs. Wilson – but I do not think that any of the above or any others whom you dislike gave aid and comfort to the enemy in time of war. This man did!
If anyone can honestly refute the enclosed article, please do so and I will pass it on. If not, please do not put this person in the White House.
Very Respectfully, LCDR Robert A. Helm, USNR (RET).
-----Original Message-----
From: Helen Helm
Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2004 7:43 PM
To: Robert A Helm
Subject: FW: Wow! This is bad! Is it treason?
Subject: Communist Vietnamese Honor John Kerry
Ain"t this a kick in the head. I received this from one of my military correspondents.
Communist Vietnamese Honor John Kerry, the War Protestor, as a Hero in the Communist Victory over the United States in the Vietnam War.
In the Vietnamese Communist War Remnants Museum (formerly known as the "War Crimes Museum") in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), a photograph of John Kerry hangs in a room dedicated to the anti-war activists who helped the Vietnamese Communists win the Vietnam War. The photograph shows Senator Kerry being greeted by the General Secr etary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, ! Comrade Do Muoi.
Jeffrey M. Epstein of Vietnam Vets for the Truth acquired the photograph over the Memorial Day weekend as America was commemorating its military heroes. Epstein's organization, Vietnam Vets for the Truth, had issued a general request last week for photographs documenting Kerry's activities on behalf of the enemy. Bob Shirley, a Vietnam Swift Boat veteran (http://www.pcf45.com/), sent the photograph to Epstein in response to that call. Shirley recently joined over 200 other Swift Boat veterans in signing an open letter questioning Kerry's fitn ess to serve as Commander-in-Chief.
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Photograph of John Kerry meeting with Comrade Do Muoi, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, in Vietnam, July 15-18, 1993. Photo taken in the War Remnants Museum (formerly the "War Crimes Museum") in Saigon in May 2004.
Jeff Epstein explains the importance of the photograph:
"This photograph's unquestionable significance lies in its placement in the American protestors' section of the War Crimes Museum in Saigon. The Vietnamese communists clearly recognize John Kerry's contributions to their victory. This find can be compared to the discovery of a painting of Neville Chamberlain hanging in a place of honor in Hitler's Eagle's Nest in 1945."
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War Remnants Museum, Saigon, May 2004. The uniformed sailor is from an Australian minesweeper docked in the Saigon River.
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Senator Kerry may argue today that his anti-war protests did not render support to the enemy in time of war and that his activities did not violate the definition of treason given in Article III, Section 3, of the US Constitution. This exhibit paying tribute to Kerry in the War Protestors Hall of the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City tells a very different story. The Vietnamese communists clearly feel that the American anti-war protestors were a very important force in undermining support in the United States for American war efforts, a force that contributed materially to ultimate communist victory in 1975.
Jerome R. Corsi, Ph.D.
jcorsi@wintersoldier.com
Jeffrey M. Epstein
Vietnam Vets for the Truth
Jepstein02@snet.net
[JR: I have advanced this for the readership’s consideration. Bearing in mind the urban legends that abound on the net, one has to take things with a large amount of salt. As a vet, I don’t think either candidate has a great “war” record to run on. As a libertarian, I think we are “confused” as a country as to what constitutes a “good” candidate. To me, character does count. Vets should be painfully aware of what it means to put our troops in the field. People die. I think Bush understands that now. ]
[JR: Please send the Jottings input to editor@japserjottigns.com or Distribute_Jasper_Jottings-owner@yahoo.com to help getting the input in and separate it from the huge spam load.]
From: Jennifer Leiss [1997]
Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 12:55 AM
To: Distribute_Jasper_Jottings-owner
Subject: comment
Is this really necessary??????????????? You are correct that his first words may have been undesirable however you are not one to decide what Rudy was thinking. As I think back to that day I first thought of my family but the very second thing I thought was in fact Thank GOD GW is our president. This is coming from a person who did not vote for GW. How can you imply that Rudy was lying??????
[JR: Politics aside. I don't think that with the Trade Center
coming
down Rudy's first words were anything but some type of expletive
deleted! Certainly, don't think that "Thank God! George Bush is our
President!" When politicians get "cute" with the Truth, whether
it
is Rudy or Bill, I think it hurts all of us. Just like I think
parents should never lie to their children – including the tooth
fairy, santa claus, or an honest politician –
I think we have to
demand the same standard from "leaders".]
[JR: Yup. When I hear a Manhattan alum “stretch” the truth, I’ll call them on it. Especially one who wants to be President! I listened to the speech. Which as ok. When I heard the line about the first thing I thought and said to Kerick “tggbiop”! My BS-o-meter went off. Like Judge Judy points out, “if it doesn’t make sense, it isn’t true!”. Later, I heard thru other sources that G was quotes as amending it to one of the first things. It was just too cute. Too Clinton-esque. I think we expect too much of our presidents, and too little. Too much in that while they have a lot of power, there are things that they can’;t do. They can’t protect us. They can’t make jobs. And, they can’t do “our jobs” for us. They also “grow” in the job. They have all the resources they can imagine. But, it all comes down to character. I can infer from the facts available that some speech writer has taken some liberties with what happened, with Rudy’s concurrence, to make speech turn to a point. I bet that if pressed, the story might change again to be more in tune with reality. If I ever see him (unlikely), I’ll ask him. Till then I’d bet my paycheck on “it’s a fairy tale”.]
From: Mary F. Pople [1978]
Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 4:39 AM
To: Distribute_Jasper_Jottings-owner
Subject: RE: [Distribute_Jasper_Jottings] PEM...
Dear John,
There's a typo in this week's URL which generates a "Page does not exist error"...
URL in subject line: http://www.jasperjottings.com/jasperjottings20040305.htm
Should be: http://www.jasperjottings.com/jasperjottings20040905.htm
Thank you for publishing every week -- I know it's a labor of love!
Mary Feerick Pople ' 78
[JR: Thanks for calling that to my attention. I hope that the error didn’t throw everyone an unrecovereable curve. ]
From: Louis Menchise [1987]
Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 12:25 PM
To: Distribute_Jasper_Jottings-owner
Subject: Re: http://www.jasperjottings.com/jasperjottings20040305.htm
I saw more evidence of WMDs in Iraq than I saw evidence of no WMDs. I am convinced however that Iraq had NO CONNECTION with Al Qaeda. Although an Army reservist, I lived on a Marine post - Camp Edson - in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq. Coalition forces took over Al Qadisiyah University and turned it into a military base. It was a suspected WMD site as Mrs. Anthrax and Dr. Germ (a husband and wife team, Dr. Germ was also a high ranking official in Saddam's government) taught there. I believe Bush rushed into Operation Iraqi Freedom because '04 is an election year. If he waited and needed to take action in '04, he couldn't devote his energy to getting re-elected. He had to have hoped that everything in Iraq proceeded as quickly and cleanly as they did in Afghanistan which would assure he would be re-elected in '04. I am a moderate Republican, but I feel Bush has created more enemies for the US than friends because of OIF. We had the whole world on our side following 9-11. If I were the President, I would have let the arms inspectors complete their job in Iraq. They would have found nothing as Iraqis - and other sympathizers in surrounding countries (and I wouldn't be surprised if WMDs weren't shuttled out of Iraq by sea) are playing a shell game. I would have used diplomacy to expose our enemies for the liars n’ savages they are and to kill them with kindness using force only if necessary. The North Korea situation is a complete bluff in hopes to get money. Kim Jong Il lives like a God (a fat one at that) while over 100,000 people a year die in North Korea of starvation. He says he fears an American invasion. Why would we want to invade North Korea? To safeguard ourselves from their nukes? What nukes? Believe me, I would never have labeled North Korea, Iraq, and Iran (and let us not forget that phoney-bologna government of Syria) as an "Axis of Evil," all that did was fuel the fires of hatred. Why tip your hand? Yes, the people of America need to be protected. Force has to be used when necessary, but hatred is the true evil and that cannot be defeated with arms.
[JR: I think the WMDs were moved to Syria, Iran, or worse. In the grand scale of things, NK presents a much more difficult problem. Why we “own” the problem I don’t understand. Too many entangling alliances? I like to call ‘em as we see ‘em. Too many politicians can’t handle the truth. We have made many many mistakes but we have to move on. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, MAD strategy needs to be updated. I think that we have to rethink our assumptions, commitments, and strategy / tactics.]
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NAME: James R. Ranger-Moore
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EDUCATION
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Manhattan College, Bronx, NY B.S. 1981 Biochemistry
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Curator of the "Visible Word," an exhibit of Byzantine Ikonograpy in the Flora Lamson Hewlett Library, GTU (1998).
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Pace University
Undergraduate Catalog 2002-2004
170 School of Computer Science and Information Systems
Chasinov, Paul, Adjunct Assistant Professor (WEST) 1998 B.S., Math, City College of New York; M.B.A./M.I.S., Manhattan College
Nossa, George, Adjunct Associate Professor (NY) 1982 B.S., M.S., Manhattan College
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BIZNETDAILY COMMENTARY
Increase in poverty caused by government waste
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Posted: August 31, 2004
1:00 a.m. Eastern
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By Steve Marr
© 2004 Business Reform
The U.S. Census Bureau announced that the poverty rate in America now stands at 35.9 million people. Many politicians are quick to cite this increase as evidence that we need more money pumped into government programs to solve the problem of poverty in America.
Money is not the problem! We are already being taxed enough and spending enough to eliminate all poverty in America.
Estimates indicate that over $450 billion dollars will be spent on various types of welfare by the federal and state governments. If this money were simply divided up and mailed to every person in poverty, each would receive $12,500. That is $50,000 for a family of four!
Where does this money go? Much of it goes to well-paid bureaucrats around the county, extensive paperwork systems that decide who should get how much and why, as well as consultants who earn huge fees advising the government at many levels.
William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, used to say, “People need a hand up, not a hand out.” His philosophy has assisted the Salvation Army to become the most effective ministry in America in utilizing dollars and providing direct assistance.
While the welfare reform of 1995 has helped, the government programs often fail to provide adequate incentives to work. From the 1950’s until the late 1960’s, the percentage of Americans in poverty was steadily decreasing. When the “Great Society” funding kicked in, the trend became flat, and as we have spent an increasing amount of money to fight poverty, the poverty rate has actually been increasing.
Without question, money is not the answer because we have already paid to eliminate poverty many times over. When politicians tell you more money is needed, just remember we are already spending over $12,000 for every person in poverty. What is needed is a total reform of the system.
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Steve Marr is the former CEO of the fourth largest import-export firm in the U.S., a company which facilitated international trade for many of the largest companies in America. Currently, Steve consults with with businesses and ministries utilizing ancient Biblical principles for success in today's marketplace. Click here to contact Steve, or visit his website at www.businessproverbs.com.
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Yup, the “GOVERNMENT” will protect you, care for you, feed you, change your diaper! No thanks.
And that’s the last word.
Curmudgeon
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GBu. GBA.