Dear Jaspers,
702 (still stuck on this number) are active on the Distribute site.
This month, we had 152 views on 7/14 and 6,225 over the last month.
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This issue is at: http://tinyurl.com/875ny
Which is another way of saying
http://www.jasperjottings.com/jasperjottings20050717.htm
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JULY 18 Jasper Cup - Yale, New Haven, Conn. 29 Capital District - Day at the Races
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July 30-31 The Manahttan College Jasper Dancers will be performing as part of the NBA's Rhythm N' Rims Tour on in New York City at the South Street Seaport. There will be live bands as well as performances from the Knicks City Dancers and other area college dance teams and pep bands.
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AUGUST 1 Construction Industry Golf Open 18 Jersey Shore Club Day at the Races
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My list of Jaspers who are in harm's way:
- Afghanistan
- - Feldman, Aaron (1997)
- Iraq
- - Sekhri, Sachin (2000)
- Unknown location
- - Lynch, Chris (1991)
- Uzbekistan
- - Brock (nee Klein-Smith), Lt Col Ruth (1979)
… … my thoughts are with you and all that I don't know about.
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I have 50 free Google Mail invites. If you’d like one, send an email to reinkefj .. a … t .gmail.com.
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Hundreds of sheep follow leader off cliff Mon Jul 11, 9:10 AM ET ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Hundreds of sheep followed their leader off a cliff in eastern Turkey, plunging to their deaths this week while shepherds looked on in dismay. Four hundred sheep fell 15 yards to their deaths in a ravine in Van province near Iran but broke the fall of another 1,100 animals who survived, newspaper reports said Friday. Shepherds from Ikizler village neglected the flock while eating breakfast, leaving the sheep to roam free, the Radikal daily said. The loss to local farmers was estimated at 100,000 new lira ($74,000). === Well, that certainly couldn’t happen to us. Because we don’t just follow the crowd. We think for ourselves. At MC,we learned critical thinking. Us “injineers” learnt a thing or two about gravity. While the math was fuzzy, going down can kill you. And getting sucked up, ain’t much better. But on average, everything’s fine? Now I am sure that you all have learned, without my reminder here, that “going with the flow” is usually going in the wrong direction. That pattern begets rut. And, repetition is the devil’s handiwork. Our eyes glaze over and we make important moral choices based of the flow. Well, I am not following anyone over the cliff. I can find my own cliff to go over all by myself. Seriously, question your assumptions. My greatest disasters have been when I just went along with the crowd. |
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
reinke--AT—jasperjottings.com
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[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.
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From: Eugene Fagan John, Attached is the obituary of a very close friend, Charlie Grillo as run in the Wilmington, Delaware News-Journal. There are some inaccuracies which I recognize because I lived thru those days with him, before he was married. He started his career in the DuPont Company with me in Wilmington, Delaware (not Savannah, GA) in October 1950 shortly after our graduation from Manhattan College in June 1950. Since he retired from DuPont in 1985, he had a 35 year career with the company. He was never stationed in Savannah GA but was transferred to the Savannah River Plant in Aiken, SC in 1953 where he met his wife Betsy. His degree is the same as mine - Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (BEE). The location of Christiana Care Hospital is not given. It is in Wilmington, DE. Gene Fagan [JR: I am truly sorry that you’ve lost a very close friend. If there is one thing I’ve learned out here on the vale of tears, it that good friends are hard to find and impossible to replace. RIP Jasper CG. ] === Charles M. Grillo Age 81, died suddenly on Saturday, July 2, 2005, at Christiana Care Hospital. Charlie was born in Licata, Sicily on March 25, 1924. He was very proud to be an American, but was also proud of his Sicilian heritage. He arrived in NY in 1932 and went on to serve his country in World War II, where he finished his military career in the Naval Submarine Service in the South Pacific. After the service, he attended Manhattan College on the GI Bill where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering. He began his 30 year career with DuPont in Savannah, GA, where he met the love of his life, Betsy Robison. Betsy and Charlie were married in 1956 and moved to Newark, DE in 1958. Charlie was devoted to his family, friends and church, cherishing his family and loved ones. He truly was full of life and made the most of each and every day. He instilled his family values, optimism and love for life in all of his children, grandchildren and those he met. He was generous with his advice and wisdom for his entire extended family. Charlie also had a passion for playing a good (or even bad) game of golf. He loved good food and wine and sitting around the table with family and friends sharing the stories of life. Best of all he looked forward all year to preparing the annual Italian Christmas eve feast that centered on the tradition of preparing 7 fishes in celebration of the birth of Christ. Charlie had a way of making each person he came in contact with feel like they were most special, important and "loved big time". Charlie is survived by his "10" children, Angela and John Stringham, Angelo and Lenore Grillo, Michael and Michele Grillo, Anthony and Helene Grillo and Ignatius and Dawn Grillo; and 13 grandchildren, John and Carly Stringham, Charles and Catherine Grillo, Nicole, Abigail and Anna Grillo, Adam, Andrea and Peter Grillo and Althea, Ava and Sophia Grillo. A visitation will be held on Tuesday, July 5, from 6-8 pm at the DOHERTY FUNERAL HOME, 3200 Limestone Rd., Pike Creek. A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered on Wednesday, July 6, at 9 am at St. Jude's Roman Catholic Church, 928 Turkey Point Rd., North East, MD. Interment will follow in All Saints Cemetery, 6001 Kirkwood Hwy., Wilmington. In lieu of flowers, the family suggest contributions to The Carlo Foundation, 208 East 51st St., Suite 390, New York, NY 10022; or to the American Heart Association, 7272 Greenville Ave., Dallas, TX 75231. To send condolences, visit www.dohertyfh.com 302-999-8277 published 07/04/2005 [JR: Sounds like a heck of a fellow. But then most, if not all Jaspers, are people I would have liked to know.]
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The Record (Bergen County, NJ) <extraneous deleted> WALTER P. DOLAN, 76, of Pierstown, N.Y., formerly of Mahwah, died Monday. Before retiring in 1990, he worked in marketing for IBM. He was a graduate of Manhattan College. He was an Air Force veteran of the Korean War. Arrangements: Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home, Cooperstown. <extraneous deleted> LOAD-DATE: July 13, 2005 [MCalumDB: 1951 ]
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[JR: I'm going to try a new section for "updates". These are changes that "pop" in from the various sources that are not really from the news. I thought it might be valuable to alert old friends seeking to reconnect or "youngsters" seeking a networking contact with someone who might have a unique viewpoint that they are interested in. This is a benefit of freeing up time trying to make email work by "outsourcing" the task to Yahoo.]
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[JR: I'm going to try a new section for "negative updates". These are changes that "pop" in from the various sources that are not really from the news. I thought it might be valuable to alert old friends or "youngsters" that someone they maybe interested in has “drifted off”. Yet another benefit of freeing up time trying to make email work by "outsourcing" the task to Yahoo.]
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http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050709 Flores unsure of next move LAS VEGAS — After bouncing around the league for a season, Luis Flores is hoping to stay in one place long enough to make an impression. The former Manhattan College standout is hoping a strong performance in the Reebok Vegas Summer League will result in a roster spot. He's come to realize, though, how unstable the NBA environment can be. "I just need to come out and play well this week," Flores said. "And hopefully I can stick. I'm trying hard to control what I can." Survival requires more than good instincts. Flores was picked late in the second round of last year's draft by the Rockets and was immediately dealt to Dallas. The natural scorer played summer league and worked out with the Mavericks until August when he wound up in Golden State as part of a package deal for Erick Dampier. Since the Warriors needed a third point guard, it wasn't a bad place to be. Derek Fisher and Speedy Claxton filled in some of the blanks and helped Flores get comfortable directing traffic. He probably learned more in practice than he would have picked up in Europe. "Oh, definitely," Flores said. "It helped me to sit and watch a couple of point guards who know the way to play in this league. It helped me a lot." Another change was in store, however, and Flores was scrambling to pack up and go shortly after the league's February trading deadline passed. He was headed to Denver along with Eduardo Najera and a future draft pick in exchange for Nikoloz Tskitishvili and Rodney White. Basketball is a business. "Yep," said Flores, who's exploring a number of avenues in case things don't work out. "I learned that pretty quick, but it helps you mature. It kind of gives you a wake-up call. No matter how much somebody likes you in this league, you can still be gone tomorrow. You can't ever think you've got it made. You always have to come out ready." Fitting in was never a problem. "The guys were all nice to me," said Flores, whose positive approach and work ethic are already known around the league. "The different teams made me feel comfortable from the first day." He appeared in just 16 games last season but considers it a productive rookie campaign. Flores, though, needs to make Denver general manager Kiki Vandeweghe and coach George Karl sit up and pay attention here this week. He's already playing behind Andre Miller and Earl Boykins, and the Nuggets just drafted Julius Hodge. The organization has until Aug. 15 to decide whether it will exercise a team option and pick Flores up for another season. Even after that point, his contract isn't fully guaranteed. "We have to see how things work out," said Vandeweghe, who's currently searching for a veteran shooting guard. "Obviously, we like what Luis can do. I think he can be a successful point guard in this league. I don't know that he needs to go to Europe, but at some point you have to play the position." When summer league ends, Flores is going back to Denver for another month. He'll be playing for the Dominican Republic in August at the FIBA World Championship qualifier in Santa Domingo, as well. He's already gained a devoted following there. "I'm not as big as Felipe Lopez," Flores said. "But it's cool because I'm kind of influencing the young kids coming up. That gives you inspiration. You have to keep it going because you know they are watching." ### http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID= Ariza not satisfied By MIKE DOUGHERTY THE JOURNAL NEWS (Original Publication: July 10, 2005) ... Luis Flores scored 16 points in Denver's 92-77 win over the Pistons. The former Manhattan College standout is 14 for 26 from the field in two games. ### |
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Student Notes <extraneous deleted> John Charles Coutavas, of Vienna, was awarded a bachelor's degree at Manhattan College in May. <extraneous deleted>
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Tampa Tribune (Florida) Gone Camping RIVERVIEW — This week, 24 kids ages 7 to 14 braved the fierce heat to expand their athletic horizons. St. Stephens Catholic School and i9 Youth Sports teamed up to offer a four-day lacrosse camp, one of several sports camps held at the school this summer, to introduce area children to the growing sport. While prevalent in northern states, lacrosse is only just being introduced in Florida and especially the Brandon area. In fact, of the 24 campers, only two had ever had any lacrosse experience before Tuesday. "When they showed up Tuesday morning it was really interesting to watch them pick up a lacrosse stick and not know what to do with it," said Richard Helm, camp director and Tampa/St. Pete i9 Youth Sports owner. "It's different for each child depending on their adaptation and skill levels." Helm and his camp staff just focused on teaching the basics of the game during the developmental camp. Kids learned fundamentals — and increased their vocabularies — with skills like cradling (the motion of arms and wrist to keep the ball secure in the pocket of the crosse, or stick), scooping (picking up a loose ball), dodging (the motion to get past defenders), passing, shooting and catching. "The biggest challenge is keeping their attention," Helm said. "They wanted to start playing a game from the first day." So, to keep the kids interested while grasping the basics, Helm and his staff structured the camp for fun as well as learning. Each day opens with announcements followed by calisthenics and stretching. Then coaches review skills taught the previous day and demonstrate the new skill for the day during group instruction. Then come drills and small group work. Like other youth sports camp directors, Helm uses the kids' enthusiasm for playing games to enforce the new skills. For example, on Thursday the kids played a game of musical balls. Based on musical chairs, players wait for a cue to retrieve a ball with their lacrosse stick and successfully return to their starting positions. The catch is that there is one less ball than the number of players. The one without a ball is eliminated. "We play that to help practice scooping," said Wesley Eaton, 11. "These are good coaches that come up with good games." Eaton, a student at Randall Middle School, attended camp because his father signed him up for something to do in the baseball offseason. "I'm very glad he did. I like it because it's fast-paced and competitive," said Eaton, whose favorite parts of the game are rip shots into the goal. "You have to be fit and have good hand-eye coordination, which I have especially from baseball." Hunter Stanley, 10, is also in between softball seasons at East Bay Little League and wanted to give lacrosse a try. "I never played it before and thought it would be fun, and it is," Stanley said. "It's a good way to use energy and not sit in front of the TV. My favorite things are throwing and scoring." For Chris Kelly, 12, the camp is a good review. Kelly has played on lacrosse teams for the past two years, one for Wesley Chapel and one for the FishHawk Lacrosse Club, and is following in his father's footsteps. Originally from New York, Jim Kelly co-founded and played for Manhattan College. He has volunteered as an assistant coach for his son's two teams. "Lacrosse is a lot of fun and it's different from other sports," Kelly said. "It takes a lot of skill, but almost anyone can play once they learn how. Hopefully, the camps will help the sport grow. Once people start seeing it, they'll start playing it." While Kelly's experience is rare among the campers, the experience of the coaches has inspired the kids to excel in their newfound sport. Helm played and coached in New Jersey before moving to Florida two years ago. "It just didn't exist here," Helm said. Drawing on his 20-year stint as a youth program director, Helm chose to start a local franchise of i9, which also runs camps, clinics, leagues and tournaments for youth wrestling, flag football and soccer. For each sport, Helm offers summer camps and clinics to gauge interest levels for regular leagues. After this summer's lacrosse camp, Helm hopes to start a youth lacrosse league in this fall or next spring. But Helm has not run the camp alone. He contacted Ray Vasilas to ask for his contribution. Vasilas, a 21-year-old native of Long Island, is the co-founder and captain of the Eckerd College Men's Lacrosse Club team. Started two years ago, the team has won two state championships against teams from schools like Saint Leo and Palm Beach Atlantic and various Florida men's clubs. "Growing up in New York, it's a given you're going to play lacrosse," Vasilas said. "Rich e-mailed me when I was in New York, but planning on coming back down, and I thought it was a good opportunity." But in his first foray as a coach, Vasilas is finding the task more challenging than he expected. "I'm learning that I have to have more discipline, perseverance and patience. But it's fun to see them learn everything," Vasilas said. "Lacrosse, like other sports, keeps kids out of trouble and healthy. Plus, you get to hit people and not get in trouble for it." It is for that reason that lacrosse equipment includes helmets, shoulder pads, elbow pads and gloves, in addition to the sticks and balls. "It's not as expensive as hockey," Kelly said, "but you have to pay for the equipment and sometimes insurance." Helm has been pleased with the amount of interest in the sport, but even more pleased to see the number of girls interested in playing. This week, seven girls attended the camp, including 11-year-old Rebecca Oser, who will attend Burns Middle school next year. "It's really interesting, and I'm learning so much stuff starting the first day," Oser said. 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Environment and Energy Daily The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee meets tomorrow to consider nominations for three top jobs at the Energy Department. The committee will consider the nomination of Jill Sigal to be assistant secretary of Energy for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs; David Hill to be general counsel at DOE; and James Rispoli to be assistant secretary of Energy for Environmental Management. <extraneous deleted> Rispoli, of Virginia, currently serves as director of DOE's Office of Engineering and Construction Management. He previously served as principal deputy director of DOE's Office of Engineering and Construction Management. Earlier in his career, Rispoli served as vice president and managing principal for Pacific Ocean Area at Dames & Moore. Having served in the U.S. Navy and Air Force, Rispoli earned his bachelor's degree from Manhattan College, his first master's degree from the University of New Hampshire and his second master's degree from Central Michigan University. Schedule: The hearing starts at 10 a.m. tomorrow in Dirksen 366. Witnesses: Jill Sigal, David Hill and James Rispoli. LOAD-DATE: July 12, 2005 [MCalumDB: 1968 ] |
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http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID= Tuesday, July 12, 2005 College notes <extraneous deleted> Newburgh <extraneous deleted> — Mary Cotto and Daniel Vellone earned master's degrees from Manhattan College. <extraneous deleted> ### |
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From: JasperJottingsEditorial On Behalf Of M. McEneney Dear John, [JR: MCdb has either '74 or '88?] It looks like Brian was a member of the Class of 1988, Best, -----Original Message----- From: Jasper Jottings John http://news.tbo.com/news/MGBKU40L4BE.html Jul 14, 2005 USF Physicians Group's Leader Is Leaving TAMPA - Brian Smith, the executive director of the USF Physicians Group, is leaving the University of South Florida to run a medical practice of almost 1,000 physicians in Chicago. As executive director of Rush University Medical Group, Smith, 39, will oversee the business side of the medical practice at one of the nation's top medical schools. Eleven medical specialties at Rush University Medical Center and its flagship hospital, 824-bed Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital, ranked in the top 50 in the most recent U.S. News & World Report rankings. The medical practice Smith will run has twice as many physicians as USF's. Smith held a variety of positions at USF's Health Sciences Center since joining in March 1993 as director of program planning. In September 2000, he was appointed executive director of the USF Physicians Group, the faculty medical practice at USF's College of Medicine. It is the largest medical practice in the Tampa Bay area. Under Smith's watch, the practice grew from 306 physicians in 1999 to more than 400 today. Total revenue increased to $130.1 million in fiscal 2004-05 from $91.6 million in 1999- 2000. The portion of revenue from patient care jumped to $97.6 million from $65.1 million during the same period. ``He's led this organization through a period of great growth,'' said Byran Burgess, executive adviser at USF Physicians Group and associate vice president for corporate and transactional affairs at USF Health Sciences Center. Joseph Jackson, who runs the managed care and business development committee at USF Physicians Group, will be interim executive director of the practice plan while the school conducts a national search for a permanent replacement, USF Vice President for Health Sciences Stephen Klasko said. Klasko praised Smith for bringing in strong talent and helping boost revenue. That is a difficult accomplishment for an academic medical center such as USF, where physicians have to teach, as well as treat patients, and many patients are on Medicaid, Klasko said. Smith, who will be Rush University Medical Group's first executive director, said the chance to build an organization from the ground up was an incentive to take the job. Smith's salary at USF is $221,000, a university spokesman said. His salary at Rush was not available Wednesday. A native of Bronx, N.Y., Smith holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Manhattan College in Riverdale, N.Y., and a master's degree in health administration from USF. This story can be found at: http://news.tbo.com/news/MGBKU40L4BE.html ### -------- Original Message -------- Google Alert for: *"manhattan college" -"marymount manhattan college" -"borough of manhattan college"* USF Physicians Group's Leader Is Leaving <http://news.tbo.com/news/MGBKU40L4BE.html> Tampa Tribune - Tampa,FL,USA *...* A native of Bronx, NY, Smith holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from *Manhattan* *College* in Riverdale, NY, and a master's degree in health *...* ### |
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http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_fullstory.asp?id=37616 Muslims condemn attacks in London WESTCHESTER, N.Y. _ Salman Ahmad was supposed to be in London on Thursday, meeting with music executives near the King’s Cross subway station. More stories, background about the London bombings But Ahmad, a Tappan resident who founded Pakistan’s most famous rock band 15 years ago, canceled his trip last weekend, and awoke Thursday, like most Americans, to the devastating news that four bombs had killed dozens of people in London, including one that detonated at King’s Cross station. An Islamist group claimed responsibility for the bombings, which were denounced by Muslims locally and across the world. “Oh man, here we go again,” Ahmad recalled thinking, both about the terrorist attacks and their impact on the image of his faith, Islam. “I don’t think the entire Muslim population is being blamed for it,” he said. “But I think Muslims have been put in a position, whether in America or Europe, which is to confront this or to run away.” Ahmad, who with his band, Junoon, have preached tolerance and understanding between nations and faiths, was supposed to perform Wednesday in Scotland as part of Live 8, but canceled due to security concerns. He also is involved with a project that connects high school students in Boston and New York City with students in Islamic countries via videoconferencing. “We need to break down this wall of suspicion and fear,” Ahmad said, “and the way to do that is through communication.” Mohammad H. Naraghi, an Iranian-American from Yorktown, was working from home yesterday morning when he turned on the radio and heard the news about the bombings. “I really feel awful about everything,” he said. “Like everybody, I’m shocked and disturbed by these pictures.” Naraghi said Muslims themselves had been victims of extremists within their religion, most recently in Iraq, Pakistan and other nations. “This is indiscriminate killing and it affects everybody, including Muslims,” he said. “Now it’s London. They don’t discriminate. They target anybody who does not think the way they think.” Naraghi, a non-practicing Muslim who teaches mechanical engineering at Manhattan College, said many Iranians had moved to the United States because fundamentalists had taken control in their country. Naraghi, 53, said he was not worried about a backlash against Muslims at home, and that he had not faced any hostility after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. “I’m worried more about the victims and how many people are victimized by this,” Naraghi said. <extraneous deleted> By KHURRAM SAEED, The (Westchester, N.Y.) Journal News === Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2005 00:44:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Google Alerts <googlealerts-noreply google.com> GoogleAlert for: "manhattan college" -"marymount manhattan college" -"boroughof manhattan college" Muslimscondemn attacks in London WKYC-TV- Cleveland,OH,USA ... target anybody who does not thinkthe way they think." Naraghi, a non-practicing Muslim who teaches mechanicalengineering at Manhattan College, said many ... ###
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Local standouts finish fifth in Colorado Thursday, July 7, 2005 By PAUL BATTERSON ThisWeek Staff Writer At a glance Team Ohio had to get past some of its own June 28 in the fifth-place game of the Vail (Colo.) Shootout lacrosse tournament. Ohio won 9-8 over Team Arizona, which had players from Arizona and British Columbia along with a trio of Ohioans in goalie Alex Perry and attackers Joel Dalgamo and Joel Burges from Hudson Western Reserve Academy. "I don't know what the match-up was there," said Columbus Lacrosse Club coach Chris Gallagher, who shared Team Ohio coaching duties with Upper Arlington's Ted Wolford and Hilliard Davidson's Anthony Kelly. "It was a little strange." "They had beaten us (6-5 in the qualifying round June 25), so it was good to beat them and finish the tournament on a good note," said defender John Williamson, a Davidson graduate who will continue his career at Manhattan College. "This was really a lot of fun. It was a chance to play some really good competition before heading off to college. I played with quite a few of these guys before, so it was kind of fun to play one last time together before we go our separate ways." <extraneous deleted> ### |
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The International Herald Tribune The International Olympic Committee may believe its Games dominate the world of sports, but Pierre Benjamin Girard sees things differently. A 17-year-old high-school student from Amiens, Girard did not travel more than an hour south to Paris to join the soon-to-be disappointed crowds that awaited the decision on the 2012 Olympic Games, but to penetrate deep into the Louvre to watch the Electronic Sports World Cup. Inside the historic museum, more than 750 participants from 52 countries are battling for $300,000 in prize money. About 40,000 visitors are expected over five days of video-game competition ending Sunday. The Olympic Games, Girard said, "will eventually invite us to join" as competitors. Fans of more traditional sports may see such a statement as far-fetched, but the global group gathered here sees the integration of video games with traditional sports as inevitable. Video gaming has already taken on many characteristics of major sports: There are professional players, lucrative sponsorships, national rivalries, legendary players and even obstructive international politics. "Pimple-faced teenagers in dirty T-shirts no longer define the video game mentality," said Renaud de La Baume, business director of the Electronic Sports World Cup Organizing Committee. "Gamers today are older, wealthier and more gender-balanced than just a few years ago." In some ways, however, video gamers remain video gamers. When asked for their name, gamers often give their online aliases first, and most competitors say they spend more than three hours a day in front of their screens. As for the controversy surrounding file sharing and software patents, most game players say they see little future in tight control of intellectual property. "File sharing may be illegal, but you just cannot stop it," said Szabolcs Maj, 19, a computer science major at Szechenyi University in Hungary. "Trying to patent software seems so strange and almost wrong." The competition organized by La Baume has evolved with the gamers. Beginning in 1998 as a party played on a local area network, competitors brought their own computers to play against one another. Sponsorship first came from technology and gaming-related companies, but the arrival of mainstream companies has helped finance the construction of a custom-built gaming network this year. "The arrival of a bank like BNP Paribas as a sponsor shows that gaming has entered the mainstream," La Baume said. "They would not waste money on a marginal group." For some players, gaming is more than a late-night hobby. "It pays like a pretty good part-time job," said Josh Sievers, 20, a third-year business management student at Iowa State University in the United States. Sievers said his winnings alone could reach $60,000 in a good year, not including money earned from $30-an-hour lessons and a modest salary from sponsors. Sievers, whose online alias, or handle, is Dominator, is a member of the U.S.-based Team 3D, which is competing for the $40,000 first prize for winning at Half-Life: Counterstrike. A team-based video game pitting two teams of five against one another as terrorists and counterterrorists, Counterstrike is one of three main competition games that were selected based on popularity within the gaming community. Like many top competitors, the members of Team 3D are geographically spread across their country. The game allows players to speak to one another free across the Internet while playing. "Distance is meaningless for our team," said Chris Boutte, 20, the team coach, who lives in Las Vegas and whose online handle is Bootman. "We usually schedule our practices across three time zones and it doesn't matter where anyone is actually located." Like most top competition teams, Team 3D did spend a week in boot camp for practice. "We refine our tactics and look at recordings of the tactics used by our biggest rivals," Boutte said. "Being in the same room helps build up the team chemistry." The World Cup may have a custom-built gaming platform, but some gamers still prefer to bring their own tools. "Baseball players need their own bat and glove and I need my Microsoft mouse and Steelpad mousepad," said Garrazzo Salvatore handle, Volcano an 18-year-old Team 3D member who is a sophomore at Manhattan College in New York. "Winning or losing can come down to a one-millimeter mouse movement." For Thai Reis, 17, a team member in the women's World Cup team from Brazil, a teddy bear from her boyfriend placed at the base of her computer terminal was the most important add-on feature. "We have come all the way from Brazil not to play, but to win," Reis said shortly after her team beat five Russian girls in the opening match of the Counterstrike competition. Unfortunately for some competitors, international politics played a role in their participation. The team from Indonesia, for example, the Southeast Asian champions at Counterstrike, could not attend because the French authorities refused to issue them visas. "The team has tried since June to get a visa," said Han Seng Poon, organizer of the Southeast Asian regional championships. "Regular sports teams from Indonesia face the same visa problems, so I guess this is a form of recognition." Dae Hui Cho, 22, a South Korean who last year won first prize in the Warcraft III competition, said the victory was a form of redemption. "Before I won, my parents thought it was crazy to drop out of school to earn money playing video games," said Cho, who earned more than $20,000 last year in prize money. 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The Boston Herald Did someone blink? Or did Rickey Henderson and Lou Brock suddenly slip into the Yawkey Baseball League? Perhaps we should ask Paul Larocque of the Savin Hill Hornets or Omar Kennedy of the Hyde Park Bluefish. The speedsters have combined to swipe 28 bases this season without being caught. Larocque has been successful on all 15 of his attempts. Kennedy has been stopped just once in 14 attempts. ``It's just basically getting a pretty good jump, reading the pitcher,'' Larocque, a 20-year-old West Roxbury native, said of swiping bases. ``You don't have to go on the first pitch. Once you see the pitcher's move to the plate, his move to first, and see how long he's holding the ball, it's really easy to get a jump. Speed helps, too. But you definitely have to get the jump off the pitcher.'' Larocque's base-stealing talents are all the more impressive when one considers he doesn't even play baseball at Manhattan College. The study requirements of an engineering major limit the former Boston Latin standout's free time. Kennedy, a 6-foot, 180-pound former River School (Weston) star, said the secret to base stealing is in the pitcher's footwork. ``I mainly watch the back foot for a righty and, if they're a lefty, when they cross their knee,'' he said. Having blazing speed also helps. ``One kid on another team told me when I get a single it's almost like an automatic double because I always take second (base),'' said Kennedy, who plays for reigning NCAA Division 2 baseball champion Florida Southern. <extraneous deleted> LOAD-DATE: July 9, 2005 |
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http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6087 MEN'S BASKETBALL ADDS CHRISTIAN JACKSON AS FINAL MEMBER OF RECRUITING CLASS Riverdale, NY (July 14, 2005)- Seventh-year Manhattan College men's basketball coach Bobby Gonzalez announced today that Christian Jackson (Alexandria, VA/Suitland) has will become the final member of the Jaspers' 2005-06 recruiting class.
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http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6086 CATCHING UP WITH...LUIS FLORES (PART 2 OF 2) Riverdale, NY (July 14, 2005)- Manhattan men's basketball's all-time leading scorer and current member of the NBA's Denver Nuggets, Luis Flores, recently returned to Riverdale to speak at Bobby Gonzalez's summer basketball camp. GoJaspers.com took the opportunity to sit down with Luis to catch up with him and to see what he has been up to since he left the Jaspers following their memorable NCAA Tournament run. Today, GoJaspers.com releases the second and final installment of its interview with this Manhattan great. [JR: Part 1 is http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6081]
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http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6085 JAKE FREEMAN TO REPRESENT USA AT USA VS. FINLAND DUAL MEET Riverdale NY (July 14, 2005)- Thomas Jacob Freeman, one of the most decorated throwers in Manhattan College Track and Field history, was recently selected by USA Track and Field to represent the United States at the USA vs. Finland Dual Meet, to be held on Saturday, July 30 in Helsinki, Finland.
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http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6084 MOLLY PHETERSON NAMED JEWISH SPORTS REVIEW WOMEN'S LACROSSE ALL-AMERICAN Riverdale, NY (July 13, 2005)- Manhattan junior attack Molly Pheterson was named to the Jewish Sports Review 2005 Women's Lacrosse All-America First Team, it was announced recently. This is the second consecutive year Pheterson has received this honor. [JR: Now what is a nice “Irish” (You have to see her picture to get the humor in this!) girl doing being named in a “Jewish” sports award for the Native American Indian sport of Lacrosse. There is enough politically incorrect humor here to really get me in trouble. So I just leave it alone. Congrats to Ms. Pheterson. I could neither complete with her, nor could I get selected by any ethnic organization as All Anything, so I am humbled by her accomplishment, no matter how humorous, I find this article. ]
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http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6082 BASEBALL SUMMER UPDATE #2 Riverdale, NY (July 12, 2005)- GoJaspers.com is keeping tabs on how former and current Jasper baseball players are performing in their respective leagues. This is the second summer update, which provides the first peak at the collegiate summer leagues as well as the four former Jaspers playing in professional leagues.
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[JR: At the risk of losing some of my aura of omnipotence or at least omni-pia-presence, you can see Jasper Sports stories at: http://www.topix.net/ncaa/manhattan/ so for brevity’s sake I will not repeat them here. I will just report the ones that come to my attention and NOT widely reported. No sense wasting electrons!]
http://www.topix.net/ncaa/manhattan/
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Hartford Courant (Connecticut) <extraneous deleted> NECBL The Manchester Silkworms (11-10) are second in the Southern Division behind the Newport Gulls (14-10). Danbury is 11-11 and Torrington 10-11. John Fitzpatrick of the Silkworms, who plays at Manhattan College, is leading the league with 22 RBI. He is batting .323, with five homers. LOAD-DATE: July 9, 2005 |
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http://www.jasperjottings... HI John! :) Great work with the Jottings! Wish we had a few more folks from '70 to '75 in there though! :> I've been keeping busy. Don't know if these are worth notes in the Jottings, but I was a featured speaker at the: International Smokers' Rights Conference and have had a couple of nice letters to the editor published at Letters - The Lafayette Daily Advertiser - www.theadvertiser.com and Grand Forks Herald | 07/08/2005 | IN THE MAIL : Workers' health can't be walle and had a Rapid Response accepted at the British Medical Journal at: bmj.com Rapid Responses for Tuffs, 331 (7508) 70 And finally, if anyone out there is teaching a course on "Social Conflicts" or "The Psychology of Social Change and Propaganda" or even just "Current Events" I'd love to see my book used in some college courses as presenting "the other side" of the issue! :) Michael == Michael J. McFadden Author of "Dissecting Antismokers' Brains" http://www.smokersclubinc.com/antibrains.html http://smokersclubinc.com [JR: Anything any Jasper thinks is worth Jottings is worth it. Short of peddling the next perpetual motion machine, porn (From a Jasper?), or some such other cybertrash, I just move it along like the good bureaucrat I am. As both a big L and little L libertarian, I think that everyone should be just left alone. Especially by the armed gang of thugs called “Government”. I’m trying to convince Frau Reinke to move to NH to participate in the Free State Project. http://freestateproject.org/ The Free State Project, at FreeStateProject DOT ORG, is your only chance for Liberty in your lifetime. At least, you’ll be able to smoke there. As well as, do all sorts of other radical stuff. ]
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Subject: Checking in after a long hiatus Hi John: I thought I'd contribute something for the Jottings. Maybe. it will stimulate others to do likewise. Best regards, === Hi John: Your periodic update of addresses had its desired effect by reminding me of Jasper Jottings. When I saw your note of despair about the dearth of emails, I thought I would contribute some thoughts that might interest fellow alums. By the way, thanks for the note on Dennis Day. He was a great guy and one of Manhattan’s most distinguished alums. The mention of his sister-in-law actress Ann Blyth and Benny’s wife Mary Livingston (who were also Catholics) was a reminder of a time when Tinseltown didn’t look down on Catholics, but that’s a subject for another time. As you know, I was surprised and honored in 2003 to receive an honorary doctorate from Manhattan in association with the induction of students into Epsilon Sigma Pi. As a former president of that society (when it was more than just an honorific society), I was touched as was my family, especially my wife, for which I will be forever grateful. However, one thing troubled me and that was the fact that some of the students came dressed as if they were going to the mall. Others didn’t make eye contact with the Provost or the President, and these were presumably the top seniors. In many respects it wasn’t their fault. The wonderful news about Manhattan is that it is still educating a majority of students who are the first in their family to attend college. Yet, they are surrounded by a societal culture of slovenliness in dress and manner as well as a disparagement of proper English, unlike those of us who preceded them. I grew up in a cold water flat and a housing project but was fortunate to have a family that prized education and self-improvement. They accepted the manners and mores of a society that encouraged dressing for the occasion and taking pride in oneself and one’s appearance. My mother, after seeing an ad, enrolled us for free one summer when I was in high school as “guinea pig” students for the training of teachers for the Dale Carnegie course on “How to Win Friends and Influence People” and I even got an award from the man himself. After discussing my concerns with College administrators and learning that many faculty shared them, I decided to give some money to help Marjorie Apel director of the Career counseling office who had already put into place some building blocks such as an etiquette dinner and a mentor program to counsel students in interviewing and presentation skills. We had one session in the spring and will have two more sessions in the fall for about 60 students. I am hoping to be able to locate resources to have each of the pilot program students videotaped talking about themselves for 3-5 minutes so that they can see what others see. Not being a wealthy college, the campus is not wired like many others. So, we’ll take baby steps. I told Brother Thomas that I was looking forward to the day when every student would be videotaped at the end of the first or beginning of the second year and then again two years later. He smiled that little smile of his. I am genuinely excited by the cooperation I’ve received. I haven’t been made to feel like I’m meddling or interfering with other people’s turf. I’ll stop here and invite comments. If this flies, next week, I’ll tell you about another project that I hope will interest some alums. Keep up the good work. Best regards. [JR: (1) Hollywood has become America’s cesspool. Not only do they denigrate anyone who believes in anything, they actively promote a political and social agenda. At least films like the American President made no pretense of hiding, for example, the bias on guns. Victim Disarmament as I like to call it. And, they forgot about what the Dead Old Guys told us about Government. It’s no surprise that they can’t produce a picture that attracts my support. (2) When your honored by your alma mater, you know you’ve done something correct. It is bemusing how education was valued by our parents. I was shipped off to “secretarial school” for six hours a day six weeks of shorthand, typing, accounting, business (whatever that was). My mom paid I think $60 for it. The schools was gearing up and teaching teachers and we were the “pigs”. Today, nothing is special. No one is “educated”. And, our society seems to be “slouching towards Gomorrah” as Bork put it. (3) It is stunning to see ourselves as others see us. In my case, I’ve decided I don’t what that feedback. I know I’m not one of the “beautiful people”. So like radio stars, I’ll “hide” behind the microphone. (4) Thanks for sharing those thoughts. It gets awfully quiet at this end of the keyboard. I just get to thinking where this will all end. I keep waiting for it to take hold and really fire up. ;-) Some day.] |
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From: Bill Klages (1973) I will need to update my email to the one above (<privacy invoked> ) and remove the my present one. Can you help me so I can continue to get your notes. Bill Klages = = = Jasper Bill, Here's an invite to you new email address. Tell me what you're old one was and I'll nuke it. BTW you're in control of your subscription; Yahoo would have allowed you, but not me, to switch it. Advise, John'68 |
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http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul260.html What Should America Do For Africa? ===<begin quote>=== At the G8 summit in Scotland last week, we heard once again how the wealthy nations of the world have not done enough to raise Africa out of poverty. At the Live 8 music festival that preceded it, we heard angry demands for “Justice, Not Charity” in Africa. Implicit in such demands is the collectivist fallacy that wealth is a zero sum game, and therefore western prosperity is possible only at the expense of African misery. As usual, Americans and other western nations are portrayed as villains who somehow conspire to keep Africa poor. The White House attempted to quell criticism that America is not doing enough to save Africa by announcing that the U.S. would double its economic aid to the continent, from $4.3 billion to $8.6 billion, over the next few years. Neither Congress nor the American people were consulted prior to this pronouncement, I might add. I think the public might not share the administration’s generous mood, especially as we spend billions in Iraq and face single year deficits of $500 billion. Frankly, a federal government with nearly $8 trillion in debt has no business giving money to anybody. <extraneous deleted> African poverty is rooted in government corruption, corruption that actually is fostered by western aid. We should ask ourselves a simple question: Why is private capital so scarce in Africa? The obvious answer is that many African nations are ruled by terrible men who pursue disastrous economic policies. As a result, American aid simply enriches dictators, distorts economies, and props up bad governments. We could send Africa $1 trillion, and the continent still would remain mired in poverty simply because so many of its nations reject property rights, free markets, and the rule of law. As commentator Joseph Potts explains, western money enables dictators like Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe to gain and hold power without the support of his nation’s people. African rulers learn to manipulate foreign governments and obtain an independent source of income, which makes them far richer and more powerful than any of their political rivals. Once comfortably in power, and much to the horror of the western governments that funded them, African dictators find their subjects quite helpless and dependent. Potts describes this process as giving African politicians the “power to impoverish.” The bottom line is that despite decades of western aid, more Africans than ever are living in extreme poverty. Foreign aid simply doesn’t work. <extraneous deleted> The president is promising money we don’t have to solve a problem we didn’t cause. Americans have the freedom to do everything in their power to alleviate African suffering, whether by donating money or working directly in impoverished nations. But government-to-government foreign aid doesn’t work, and it never has. We should stop kidding ourselves and ignore the emotionalist pleas of rock stars. Suffering in Africa cannot be helped by delusional, feel-good government policies. ===<end quote>=== Once again, Representative Paul hits the nail on the head. Let’s perform a mental experiment. If we regard most government programs as the waste that they are, then the losses due to “friction” of this process is huge. Our government takes this money Bush promised at gun point form you, wastes half of it in the process, and sends it on to a foreign government. That foreign government, lets assume that it is no corrupt, takes it, wastes half of it, and gives it to the people in the form of benefits. So of the dollar stolen from you by the government gang, fifty cents remains in Washington, 25 cents remains in the foreign capital, and under optimal circumstances 25 cents gets to the poor people. For decades, the Federal Government have been pouring money down rat holes. The result is that foreign politicians feather their own nest. Bush’s response should have been the Davy Crocket story. He has no money to give. It’s not his money. What he could have promised that (1) These United States would not give safe haven to corrupt politicians, OR THEIR ILL GOTTEN GAINS. (2) These United States would eliminate barriers to trade between our two peoples. (3) These United States would put pressure on corrupt politicians in every venue to return power to their people. (4) These United States would seek to minimize however possible the barriers faced by charitable organizations who wished to raise money in these United States for legitimate charitable purposes. That he could have legitimately promised. |
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