Sunday 24 July 2005

Dear Jaspers,

702 (still stuck on this number) are active on the Distribute site.

This month, we had 139 views on 7/21 and 6,665 over the last month.

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This issue is at: http://tinyurl.com/bwo3m    

Which is another way of saying

http://www.jasperjottings.com/jasperjottings20050724.htm

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CALENDAR OF JASPER EVENTS THAT I HAVE HEARD ABOUT

JULY

29 Capital District - Day at the Races

 

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.

 

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
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- Feldman, Aaron (1997)
- Iraq
-
- Sekhri, Sachin (2000)
- Unknown location
- - Lynch, Chris (1991)
- Uzbekistan
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- 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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QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

Management Metaphor: How many “children” do we have chasing the soccer ball all over the field?

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Exhortation

http://tinyurl.com/7dgow

Poll: Roberts' Abortion Stance of Interest By WILL LESTER, Associated Press Writer

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Just over half of all Americans — and a solid majority of women — want to know John Roberts' position on abortion before the Senate votes on whether to elevate him to the Supreme Court.

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Abortion is sure to come up at his Senate confirmation hearings, and the survey found 52 percent believe he should give his position on the matter before lawmakers vote on him, while 42 percent said he should not. Women were more inclined to want to know his position — 60 percent — while only 43 percent of men felt similarly.

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Dolores Runyea, a semiretired resident of Kalispell, Mont., said she wants to know Roberts' stance because she opposes abortion.

"It would be very important to me for him to state his position on abortion," Runyea said. "As far as I'm concerned, that's killing a baby. People who are going to be in those positions should be very forthright."

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As reportedly a “Catholic” it will be “interesting” how he steers this line. All too often everyone is ready to abandon principle. As the readership here knows, I have a jaundiced view of “politicians”. Especially “Catholic” ones, who forget their beliefs, in order to be popular, elected, or be on the winning side.

I see the need for a secular state to preserve the peace. It should be small and agnostic. I’m an “originalist” when it comes to the Constitution. So, politicians of any religion, who will forget their principles, are a threat to the security of the Free State. “Catholic” politicians, who are “Catholic” in name only, particularly are even more of a threat. We have already too many opportunists in power. So if they will discard their faith, which the supposedly espouse and practice, to get power, what will they be like when they get it. Very interesting.

No I am not setting my self up as the arbiter of all things Catholic. I have enough of my own flaws to worry about thank you. But, I am observing that when the label means nothing, then why bother to have it.

I am sure that you my fellow alums have a much better grasp on these heady issues. But as an injineer, who is much further down the evolutionary scale, I apply the rule of “ducks”.

If it says it’s a duck, then it better quack like one! Or, let’s have it for dinner.

I’m sure that everyone will pay careful attention to this news, which will impact our political and moral environment for the next 40 years. As members of the body politic, we have a moral duty to stand for good and oppose evil. Here we do that by making our beliefs and opinions known. Thru our representatives, we have to speak up.

I’m waiting for the facts. I don’t approve him merely because he wears a label that say “Catholic”. I can put a label that says “thin”, but that doesn’t make it so. And, I don’t disapprove him because he comes from inside the Beltway. Someone smart said “What is past is prologue”. But, I will form and opinion. And, make my representatives aware of it.

I would hope that each of my fellow alums does the same.

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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[CONTENTS]

 

1

Messages from Headquarters (like MC Press Releases)

 

1

Good_News

 

7

Obits

 

6

Jaspers_in_the_News

 

1

Manhattan_in_the_News

 

6

Sports

 

3

Email From Jaspers

 

0

Jaspers found web-wise

 

0

MC mentioned web-wise

 

 

 

[PARTICIPANTS BY CLASS]

Class

Name

Section

????

Burgos, Jose

JNews6

MCstf

Chorman, Br. Leo

Headquarters1

MCstf

Chorman, Br. Leo

Obit4

????

Hirsh, Grace

Obit2

????

Leach, David E. Jr.

Obit3

????

O'Rourke, Sr. Mary

Obit6

1951

Dolan, Walter P.

Obit7

1953

McEneney, Mike

Obit1 reporter

1954

Canapary, Edward

Obit1

1954

Canapary, Herb

Obit1 mentioned

1960

Pettit, William J.

Obit5

1966

Magliano, John V.

Updates

1967

Leunig, William G.

Updates

1970

Cerrato, Robert P.

JNews1

1972

McGowan, Thomas

Email02

1973

Klages, William A.

Updates

1977

Khury, Maria

Email01

1979

Connolly, Patrick J.

JNews4

1980

Moore, Kevin

Updates

1982

Kehoe, Robert C.

JNews5

1984

Schneider, Rob

Updates

1986

Hogan, Patrick M.

Updates

1990

Earls, Patricia A.

Updates

1990

Kohl, Jason S.

Updates

1992

Gaupman, Richard

Engagement1

1993

Quirk, Dennis

Updates

1995

Glicksman, Mordecai M.

Updates

1995

Smith, Gina M.

Updates

1997

Carbonaro, Dr. Richard F.

Updates

1998

Flaherty, Patricia A.

Updates

2002

Beale, Mrs. Noelle Gavasci

Updates

2004

Cucurullo, Matt

JNews2

2005

Hickey, Christina

JNews3

 

 

[PARTICIPANTS BY NAME]

Class

Name

Section

2002

Beale, Mrs. Noelle Gavasci

Updates

????

Burgos, Jose

JNews6

1954

Canapary, Edward

Obit1

1954

Canapary, Herb

Obit1 mentioned

1997

Carbonaro, Dr. Richard F.

Updates

1970

Cerrato, Robert P.

JNews1

MCstf

Chorman, Br. Leo

Headquarters1

MCstf

Chorman, Br. Leo

Obit4

1979

Connolly, Patrick J.

JNews4

2004

Cucurullo, Matt

JNews2

1951

Dolan, Walter P.

Obit7

1990

Earls, Patricia A.

Updates

1998

Flaherty, Patricia A.

Updates

1992

Gaupman, Richard

Engagement1

1995

Glicksman, Mordecai M.

Updates

2005

Hickey, Christina

JNews3

????

Hirsh, Grace

Obit2

1986

Hogan, Patrick M.

Updates

1982

Kehoe, Robert C.

JNews5

1977

Khury, Maria

Email01

1973

Klages, William A.

Updates

1990

Kohl, Jason S.

Updates

????

Leach, David E. Jr.

Obit3

1967

Leunig, William G.

Updates

1966

Magliano, John V.

Updates

1953

McEneney, Mike

Obit1 reporter

1972

McGowan, Thomas

Email02

1980

Moore, Kevin

Updates

????

O'Rourke, Sr. Mary

Obit6

1960

Pettit, William J.

Obit5

1993

Quirk, Dennis

Updates

1984

Schneider, Rob

Updates

1995

Smith, Gina M.

Updates

 

 

 

[Messages from Headquarters

(Manhattan College Press Releases & Stuff)]

*** Headquarters1 ***

http://www.manhattan.edu/news/news_releases/072105_1.html

BROTHER LEO CHORMAN, F.S.C., FORMER MANHATTAN COLLEGE TRUSTEE, DEAD AT 83

RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Brother Leo Chorman, F.S.C., former member of Manhattan College’s board of trustees, died on July 17, 2005. He was 83.

Br. Leo was elected to the College’s board of trustees in 1973 and served on it for 13 years. From 1977 to 1990, he was the director of the religious community of the Brothers of Manhattan College. Earlier, he was treasurer and finance chairman of the New York Province of the Brothers of the Christian Schools.

A native New Yorker, Br. Leo received the Religious Habit of the Christian Brothers in 1940. He graduated cum laude in 1945 from The Catholic University of America and earned his master’s degree in English literature from Fordham University. He taught at several New York high schools, including La Salle Institute, Bishop Loughlin High School, St. Joseph’s Juniorate and De La Salle Institute. He served as principal and director of St. Joseph’s from 1958 to 1963 and principal of La Salle Institute from 1963 to 1972. Br. Leo also was for several years a member of the District Council of the New York Province.

From 1958 to 1986, Br. Leo served as an evaluator for the accrediting agency Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, and was chairman of evaluating teams nine times during those years. In addition, Br. Leo was formerly a board member of the Methodist Church Home in Riverdale, N.Y. and the assistant editor of the board’s newsletter.

The wake and funeral for Br. Leo were held at De La Salle Hall in Lincroft, N.J., where he resided.

 

 

Honors

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Weddings

*** Wedding1 ***

None

 

Births

*** Birth1 ***

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Engagements

*** Engagement1 ***

[Michael.McEneney says:   Gaupman, Richard (1992) ]

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:w-81pvVeb5sJ:www.recordonline.com/neighbors/engage.html+Buzeta&hl=en

RECORD ONLINE
July 11, 2005
Engagements

Bowser – Gaupman

Middletown – Christine Bowser of Middletown and Richard Gaupman of Carmel announce their engagement.

Miss Bowser is a graduate of Minisink Valley High School and Lehigh University. She is a principal engineering technician at the Palisades Interstate Park Commission in Bear Mountain.

Mr. Gaupman is a graduate of Chatham High School and Manhattan College. He is a residency program engineer at the New York state Department of Transportation is Katonah.

Miss Bowser is the daughter of F. Joseph and Darlene Bowser of Middletown.

Mr. Gaupman is the son of Herbert and Elizabeth Gaupman of Canaan.

A May wedding is planned.

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[JR:  Our congrats, of course. And, we’ll be reserving a seat in the Class of  (06+18=24) 2024 for your use. ;-)  No, Brother President, you can’t pencil that in. There’s a few things that have to happen first, then you can pencil it in.]

 

Graduations

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Good News - Other

*** OtherGoodNews1 ***

None

 

OBITS

[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.

***Obit1***

Date:   Tue, 19 Jul 2005 00:03:12 -0400
From:   Mike McEneney
To:  JasperJottingsEditorial
Subject:   Re: [JasperJottingsEditorial] OBITxx: Canapary, Edward (1954) was San Francisco pollster

Dear John,

         Ed's twin brother Herb was also a member of the Class of 1954.

                                Mike

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Canapary, Edward (1954) was San Francisco pollster

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/07/16/BAGB4DP0PP1.DTL

Edward Canapary -- pollster
- John Wildermuth, Chronicle Political Writer
Saturday, July 16, 2005

Services will be held Monday for Edward Paul Canapary Jr., a longtime San Francisco pollster whose work helped elect two mayors.

Mr. Canapary, 72, was on his way to his Sutter Street office Wednesday when he collapsed and died in the garage of his home in the Richmond District.

"There wasn't a consultant in town who didn't use Ed,'' said Jack Davis, who used Mr. Canapary in his own campaign work, including the successful mayoral runs of Frank Jordan and Willie Brown.

Mr. Canapary was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1932, and never let anyone forget his time on the tough streets of that community, where his first job was spearing trash with a stick at Coney Island.

A 1954 graduate of Manhattan College, he served a stint in Army counterintelligence before starting his career with Snelling Research in 1956. A dislike for cold weather sent him west to California, where he worked for pollster Mervin Field and then for Dorothy Corey, a pioneer in the polling and market research business. In 1967, he opened his own market research company, Corey, Canapary & Galanis. Betsy, his wife of 49 years, and his son Jon are partners in the firm.

Over the years, Mr. Canapary's clients included Jordan, Brown, former Sen. Alan Cranston, former Supervisors Quentin Kopp, Harry Britt and Matt Gonzalez, and a variety of other candidates -- both winners and losers.

"He was a very low-key professional pollster who enjoyed what he was doing,'' Jordan said. "He never pushed his own name out there, but built up a reputation for trust and credibility. I relied on his accuracy over the years. ''

Mr. Canapary often found himself in the middle of San Francisco's most contentious wrangles, whether it was Dianne Feinstein's 1988 effort to bring the battleship Missouri to San Francisco, the 1997 bond measure to build a new stadium for the 49ers, or the Giants' successful attempt to get voters to back a plan for a new China Basin stadium in 1996.

"We had to bring (Giants managing partner) Peter Magowan and (Giants Executive Vice President) Larry Baer down to Ed's office for many focus groups before we could convince them that a privately financed stadium was the only way to go,'' Davis said.

Baer remembers the days, nights and weekends Mr. Canapary put into that effort to get the stadium plan approved.

"Ed put his heart and soul into it as a San Franciscan who wanted to see something good happen in the city,'' Baer said. "He was a wonderful guy to work with.''

While Mr. Canapary's professional passion was political polling, where he was known for writing some of the best questionnaires in the state, he ran a full service market research company that did work for movie producers, cities, transit agencies like BART, and newspapers.

"I just lost a contract with the San Francisco Public Utility Commission to him last week,'' said David Binder, a San Francisco pollster. "I told them they were getting a real professional who would do good work for them.''

Mr. Canapary is survived by his wife, Betsy; sons Jon of San Francisco, Edward of El Portal and Andrew of Redwood City; twin brother Herbert of Gaithersburg, Md., and four granddaughters.

Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday at Ashley & McMullen funeral home, 4200 Geary Blvd., with a funeral service at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Monica Catholic Church, 470 24th Ave. at Geary Boulevard.

Page B - 5

URL: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/07/16/BAGB4DP0PP1.DTL 

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[JR:  Thanks, Mike. I would not have known the extra Jasper connection.]

 

 

***Obit2***

http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050719/NEWS02/507190316/1018

Grace Hirsh, Greenburgh educator, volunteer, dies
By LEN MANIACE
THE JOURNAL NEWS
(Original publication: July 19, 2005)

Funeral services are being held today for Grace Hirsh, who followed up a career as a schoolteacher and director of the Greenburgh Central 7 School District early childhood program with a busy career as a volunteer into her 80s. She died July 16 at White Plains Hospital. The Hartsdale resident was 86.

Hirsh was born July 28, 1918, to Jacob and May Schachter in the Bronx, where she was reared. She graduated from Hunter College and received a master's degree from Manhattan College.

She began work as an early childhood teacher in the Greenburgh 7 schools in 1967 and became director of the program in 1972, a post she held until her retirement in 1985.

Afterward, Hirsh plunged into volunteer work.

"I'm just about as busy now as when I worked," Hirsh said in a 1999 interview. "It's kept me young in spirit."

Hirsh helped out with administrative chores at the Volunteer Center of the United Way in White Plains on Mondays. On Tuesdays, she read books to children with brain tumors, cerebral palsy and other neurological disorders at a Westchester Medical Center clinic in Valhalla.

The rest of the week, Hirsh, a white-haired grandmother, caught up with unfinished volunteer business — meetings, conferences and phone calls.

Hirsh also volunteered for Playing It Safe, a nonprofit program that taught preschoolers general safety, everything from fire prevention to avoiding potentially dangerous strangers.

She married Irving Hirsh on Sept. 6, 1948, and moved to Maywood, N.J. In 1954, they settled in Hartsdale, where Hirsh lived in the same house until her death. Her husband died in 1976.

Survivors include two sons, Jeffrey of Cincinnati and Stephen of Washington; a brother, Joseph Schachter of New York City; and four grandchildren.

The funeral service today is at noon at Riverside Memorial Chapel in Mount Vernon, with burial to follow at Sharon Gardens in Valhalla

Friends are making memorial contributions to the Open Book Program at the Jewish Council of Yonkers, 584 N. Broadway, Yonkers, N.Y. 10701.

[MCalumDB:   ???? ]

 

 

***Obit3***

http://independent.gmnews.com/news/2005/0720/Obituaries/

Obituaries July 20, 2005 

David E. Leach Jr.

Mr. Leach, 85, of Avon, died July 16. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he had lived there until he retired in 1982 and moved to Avon, where he had spent many summers with his family. He was a buyer for Hammacher Schlemmer, B. Altman & Co., Plummer McCutcheon, Benziger Bros. and the Navy Resale and Services Support Office. He graduated from St. Francis College, Brooklyn, earning a bachelor of arts degree in history. He then pursued postgraduate study in mechanical engineering at Manhattan College, Riverdale, N.Y., before serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. For more than 50 years, he was a communicant of the Church of St. Elizabeth in Avon, where he belonged to the Holy Name Society and also served as an acolyte and an extraordinary minister. In addition, he was a member of the Avon Leisure Club. Mr. Leach was predeceased in 1966 by his wife, Mary Sullivan Leach. Surviving are two daughters and sons-in-law, Mary and Dennis Suszkowski of Freehold, and Peggy and Joseph Scalise of both Avon and Rome, Italy; a son and daughter-in-law, David and Maureen Leach of Freehold Township; six grandchildren, Laura and David Detrick of Newark, Del., Alessandra Scalise of Avon and Rome, and David, Brendan and Caitlin; and a great-granddaughter, Caroline Marie Detrick. Visiting hours were scheduled for Tuesday, July 19, from 2-4 p.m. and from 7-9 p.m. at the O’Brien Funeral Home, Route 35 at New Bedford Road, Wall Township. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Wednesday, July 20, at St. Elizabeth Church, followed by burial at St. Catherine’s Cemetery, Spring Lake. Memorial donations may be made to the Church of St. Elizabeth, 424 Lincoln Ave., Avon 07717; or the Avon First Aid Squad, 301 Main St., Avon 07717.

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[MCalumDB:   ???? ]

 

 

***Obit4***

 

http://tinyurl.com/c3jpy 

Obituaries
The Record

Brother Conrad Leo Chorman

LINCROFT, NJ - Brother Conrad Leo Chorman, FSC, 81, died July 16, 2005, at De La Salle Hall in Lincroft after a long illness. De La Salle Hall is the retirement home of the De La Salle Christian Brothers.

Brother Leo spent many years at La Salle Institute in Troy as both a teacher and a principal. He was principal at the time of the change from the "old" La Salle on Fourth Street to its present location on Williams Road. He is credited with the raising of funds and creation of plans to build the "new" school located next to Hudson Valley Community College.

He had a long career of teaching and administration in New York City, Barrytown and La Salle Provincialate in New York City, where he served as the provincial treasurer.

Brother Leo also spent many years as the director of Manhattan College.

Calling hours will be held at Lincroft, NJ, on Wednesday, July 20, 2005, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8:30 p.m.

A funeral service will be held on Thursday, July 21, 2005, at 10 a.m. at Lincroft Hall in Lincroft.

Contributions may be made in memory of Brother Leo to the La Salle Institute Scholarship Fund, 174 Williams Road, Troy, NY 12180.

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[MCalumDB:  MCStf ]

 

 

***Obit5***

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, New York)
July 19, 2005 Tuesday
FINAL EDITION
SECTION: OBIT; Pg. B4
HEADLINE: PETTIT

William J. Pettit July 17, 2005 William J. Pettit, 72, of DeWitt, passed away on July 17, 2005, at home surrounded by his family. He was born in San Francisco, California, and grew up in Brooklyn, New York.

He served in the Army during the Korean War. In 1960 he graduated from Manhattan College. He moved to Syracuse in 1962 to work for General Electric and also worked for Syracuse University Research Corporation. In 1997 he retired from Inficon Inc. During retirement, he worked part time for Two Plus Four Management Company. He was an active member of Holy Cross Church.

Surviving are his wife of 40 years, Nancy; his daughter Cathy Reid and her husband Joe, of Carlsbad, California; and grandsons, Finn and Owen Reid.

Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the Burns-Garfield Funeral Home and 9:30 a.m. at Holy Cross Church in DeWitt. Burial will be at St. Mary's Cemetery Resurrection Mausoleum. Calling hours will be Tuesday, July 19, at the funeral home, 3175 E. Genesee St., from 4 to 7 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Holy Cross Church, 4112 E. Genesee St., DeWitt, N.Y. 13214 or Hospice of Central New York.

For directions to the funeral home or to leave a note of condolence please visit www.burnsgarfield.com

LOAD-DATE: July 20, 2005

[Reported As:  1960 ]

 

 

***Obit6***

Philadelphia Inquirer
July 16, 2005 Saturday CITY-D EDITION
SECTION: OBITUARIES; Pg. B06
HEADLINE: Sister Mary O'Rourke / Teacher, 90

Sister Mary O'Rourke, 90, of Rye, N.Y., a teacher and administrator at West Philadelphia Catholic High School for Girls for 18 years, died Monday at White Plains Hospital in White Plains, N.Y.

Sister Mary, who was formerly known by her religious name, Mother Mary Irene, taught social studies at West Catholic from 1950 to 1968 and headed the social studies department for several years. She also supervised the 17 nuns from her order, the Sisters of the Holy Child Jesus, who were members of the school's faculty.

A native of South Philadelphia, she entered the Convent of the Holy Child in Rosemont after graduating from St. Leonard's Academy in 1932. She earned a bachelor's degree from Manhattan College in Riverdale, N.Y., and a master's degree in social studies from Villanova University.

She taught in New York state for 16 years and was an educator and administrator in Maryland and Washington, D.C., for more than 20 years.

After retiring in 1995, she was a volunteer tutor in Delaware County for five years.

Sister Mary kept up with current events and enjoyed reading historical novels and biographies.

She is survived by nieces Tina Bogus and Jackie Prior and nephews Thomas, Joe, Jon, Michael and Peter O'Rourke.

A Funeral Mass will be said today at the Convent of the Holy Child in Rye. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery in Rye.

Memorial donations may be made to the Sisters of the Holy Child Jesus Retirement Fund, 460 Shadeland Ave., Drexel Hill, Pa. 19026.

LOAD-DATE: July 16, 2005

[MCalumDB:  ???? ]

 

 

***Obit7***

The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
July 13, 2005 Wednesday
All Editions
SECTION: LOCAL; OBITUARIES; Pg. L09
HEADLINE: OBITUARIES

<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

[Michael.McEneney says:  Walter was a member of the Class of 1951 ]

 

[JR:  Seven! Makes me sad to lose so many good people from the “team”. ]

 

[Jasper_Updates]

[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.]

 

Beale, Mrs. Noelle Gavasci (2002)
Principal
Sacred Heart of Jesus School
NY, NY

 

Carbonaro, Dr. Richard F. (1997)
Assistant Professor
Manhattan College

Earls, Patricia A. (1990)
Environmental Engineer
Enviroplan Consulting
Fairfield, NJ 07004

 

Flaherty, Patricia A. (1998)
Sr. Training Associate
New York Life Insurance Company

 

Glicksman, Mordecai M. (1995)

 

Hogan, Patrick M. (1986)
Director - Electric System Operations
KeySpan
Hicksville
, NY 11801

 

Klages, William A. (1973)
Account Manager
Security Reseach Associates

 

Kohl, Jason S. (1990)
Vice President
Premium Commercial Lending LLC

 

Leunig, William G. (1967)
Senior Project Manager – retired
Bechtel Corporation

 

Magliano, John V. (1966)
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Syska & Hennessy, Inc.
New York, NY 10036-8098

 

Moore, Kevin (1980)
Investment Administrator
NYC Housing Development Corp

 

Quirk, Dennis (1993)
Director - Financial Operations
BP Independent Reprographics

 

Schneider, Rob (1984)
Senior Engineer
General Electric

 

Smith, Gina M. (1995)
Marsh & McLennan Companies

 

 

[Jaspers_Missing]

[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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Jaspers_in_the_News

*** JNews1 ***

Westchester County Business Journal
July 18, '05
Newsmakers

<extraneous deleted>

Robert P. Cerrato of Yonkers was appointed marketing counsel and a sales representative at Statewide Abstract, White Plains, a title insurance company. Most recently, Cerrato was an associate in the law office of Joseph A. Maria P.C., White Plains. Cerrato holds a bachelor's degree in engineering from Manhattan College and a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Pace University.

<extraneous deleted>

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[Michael.McEneney says:   1970 ]

 

*** JNews2 ***

http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3193535

Cucurullo battles through for Rox
by Melissa Chodan
07/14/05 - Canadian American League (Can-Am) Brockton Rox

Brockton Rox

Former heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali once said, "The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road."

Ali believed that much of the game was mental and your outcome on the stage depended much on your physical and mental preparation prior to the actual contest.

In no sport does that concept hold more true than in baseball

http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3193535#

The rigors of the sport can seem endless as it is a hard fought struggle to sign with an organization or club, let alone reach the top of the podium.

As a result, athletes find themselves struggling to keep motivated and press on to follow their dreams, which at times can seem very out of reach.

Matt Cucurullo, the free-swinging outfielder of the Brockton Rox, is one of the many independent baseball players who can identify with that scenario.

Cucurullo, 22, has encountered injuries, slumps and setbacks while overall remaining productive and determined and is patiently waiting for his chance in affiliated ball.

http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3193535# 

While he says that playing baseball is the greatest job in the world, he has learned that all the situations off the field require resilience just to make the on the field opportunity possible.

"Seriously, you can't get discouraged cause this game is full of disappointment," Cucurullo said, "getting released, getting injured, missing a couple games due to injury and another guy steps in, does well and now you find yourself on the bench. Just really perseverance and trust yourself and give it everything you've got."

After a sub par season last year with the Elmira Pioneers where he hit .258 in limited action, he has rebounded with the Rox and is having a breakout season.

In 28 games so far this year, Cucurullo is batting .325 and has knocked in 13 RBI. He also presents a stolen base threat to his opponents as he has been successful in all six steal attempts this season.

Cucurullo has proven that he can produce but he also brings many intangible qualities to the game. His speed, throwing arm and overall desire amplify his skills and knowledge of baseball. Cucurullo thinks it's those immeasurable qualities that will help him stand out to scouts.

"I think it's going to be my intensity and my will to do whatever it takes to succeed," Cucurullo said. "If you watch me play, I think I play the game hard and I listen and I want to get better."

Cucurullo likens his approach to baseball to that of Chicago Cubs' outfielder Corey Patterson.

"The way he's built, the way he plays the game," Cucurullo said, "not to say I'm as good as Corey Patterson, ... but straight up tools and how the game is played, he's very aggressive, he likes to swing, I don't walk very often. He bats lefty, throws righty. I bat lefty, throw righty."

Cucurullo has made great strides just to get where he is now. A graduate of Manhattan College, where he played for four years, Cucurullo had a dismal freshman year for the institution, batting .174.

"I was actually the worst hitter in the league, I had the lowest batting average in the league my freshman season and it was a tough year," Cucurullo said. "I was embarrassed. My confidence was at an all time

low. The ball looked like a golf http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3193535#  ball."

He added: "My coach http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3193535#  had a lot of confidence in me and kept me in the lineup and even through the struggles he let me get all my errors and mistakes out of the way and the next three years I grew up a little bit physically and also knowing the game right and things started happening for me."

Cucurullo came back in his sophomore campaign to hit .370 with 36 RBI and stole 25 bases. He followed up in his junior year with equally impressive numbers, batting .365 with 36 RBI and 15 stolen bases.

His senior year, Cucurullo was faced with a potentially devastating blow- he tore his left hamstring in the second game of the season. Ultimately, he decided to play through the injury as a designated hitter. Much of his speed was replaced with power.

He ended his final collegiate season with a career high nine homeruns and 52 RBI while batting .350 and still maneuvering 15 stolen bases.

Despite his success and ability to come back from injury, Cucurullo was overlooked by affiliated organizations and he now plans to use the opportunity the Rox gave him to prove himself as a ballplayer.

"The draft came, I went undrafted," Cucurullo said. "I was upset but luckily some professional teams, independent organizations called and I went that route."

He added: "Hopefully, I stay healthy here, put up numbers and just play the way that I know I can play and hopefully things will fall into place."

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[MCalumDB:  2004 ]

[JR:  OK let’s get out to a Rox game and cheer for “our” guy! A free subscription extension for the first 7,000 that email in a picture taken with him at a game. Funny sign www.jasperjottings.com not required!]

 

 

*** JNews3 ***

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050719/NEWS02/507190326/100

 Tuesday, July 19, 2005
College notes

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Hyde Park

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 Christina Hickey earned a bachelor's degree from Manhattan College.

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[JR:  2005 ]

[JR:  Lest any one think that this type of news isn’t important. I know some parents who read this and do some thinking based on it. Especially if they know the person or their family.]

 

*** JNews4 ***

 July 21, 2005 09:10 AM US Eastern Timezone

New York Life Promotes Executives in the Office of General Counsel

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 21, 2005--New York Life Insurance Company

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In addition, both Michael A. Watson and Patrick J. Connolly were promoted to first vice presidents in the Office of General Counsel. Mr. Connolly is responsible for employment and benefit matters for the Company and its subsidiaries. Mr. Watson is responsible for the unit within the Office of General Counsel that advises on investment, corporate finance, intellectual property and commercial contract matters and provides legal support in connection with mergers and acquisitions and the legal oversight and corporate governance of subsidiaries, including the Company's international and investment management operations.

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Mr. Connolly joined New York Life in September 1985 as an attorney in the Office of the General Counsel. He was promoted to assistant counsel in 1987, associate counsel in 1989, assistant general counsel in 1990, and associate general counsel in 1994. He was promoted to vice president and associate general counsel in March 1997 and to vice president in September 2000. Prior to joining New York Life, Mr. Connolly was an assistant district attorney in the Queens County (New York) District Attorney's Office. He received a B.A. degree from Manhattan College and a J.D. degree from St. John's University School of Law. He lives in Manhasset, N.Y., with his wife, Pam, and their five children.

New York Life Insurance Company, a Fortune 100 company founded in 1845, is the largest mutual life insurance company in the United States and one of the largest life insurers in the world. Headquartered in New York City, New York Life's family of companies offers life insurance, annuities and long-term care insurance. New York Life Investment Management LLC provides institutional asset management and retirement plan services. Other New York Life affiliates provide an array of securities products and services, as well as institutional and retail mutual funds.

Please visit New York Life's Web site at www.newyorklife.com for more information.

Contacts   New York Life Terri Marchon, 212-576-5624  or Sloane & Company John Hartz, 212-446-1872

 [Michael.McEneney says:  1979 ]

 

 

*** JNews5 ***

http://press.arrivenet.com/bus/article.php/672214.html

W. P. Carey & Co. Appoints Robert C. Kehoe Treasurer 
Distribution Source : Market Wire
Date : Thursday - July 21, 2005

Investment firm W. P. Carey & Co. LLC (NYSE: WPC) today announced the appointment of Robert C. Kehoe as Treasurer. In this capacity Mr. Kehoe will be responsible for the oversight of operating receipts and disbursements, investing funds on a short-term basis earmarked for real estate transactions, monitoring international cash movements, interest rate management, debt monitoring, foreign exchange monitoring and coordinating banking relationships.

Gordon F. DuGan, CEO of W. P. Carey, said, "As W. P. Carey experiences continued growth we believe Bob's appointment as Treasurer is an important one. His expertise and eighteen years of experience as a senior officer in our Treasury Department will serve W. P. Carey and its investors well."

Mr. Kehoe joined W. P. Carey & Co. LLC in 1987 as a Senior Accountant. Prior to W. P. Carey, from 1984 to 1987, he worked as a Senior Accountant at Deloitte Haskins & Sells. Before this, from 1982 to 1984, he was Manager of Financial Controls at CBS Educational and Professional Publishing. Mr. Kehoe received his undergraduate degree in accounting from Manhattan College in 1982 and an MBA in Finance from Pace University in 1993.

W. P. CAREY & CO. LLC

Founded in 1973, W. P. Carey & Co. LLC is a global investment firm concerned with assisting corporations with various forms of long-term financing. The Company also provides asset management services to the Corporate Property Associates (CPA®) series of real estate investment trusts (REITs). The W. P. Carey Group, with $3.5 billion in equity capital, is one of the leading providers of net lease financing for corporate properties worldwide. The Group owns more than 700 commercial and industrial properties worldwide, representing more than 90 million square feet, valued at approximately $7.2 billion. www.wpcarey.com

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Image Available: http://www.marketwire.com/mw/frame_mw?attachid=195850

Curt Ritter
W. P. Carey & Co. LLC
212-492-8989
Media Kit: www.wpcarey.com/MediaKit

[Reported As:  1982 ]

 

 

*** JNews6 ***

July 20, 2005 02:03 PM US Eastern Timezone

CNH Holdings Company dba Cistera Networks Launches Entry into European Enterprise VoIP Market with Addition of Jose Burgos as Director, International Sales

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 20, 2005--CNH Holdings Company dba Cistera Networks (OTCBB:CNHC), a leading provider of advanced IP phone platforms and application engines in the IP Telephony environment, announced the appointment of Jose Burgos as Director, International Sales. Mr. Burgos' immediate focus will be on the launch of Cistera products into the European Market.

Mr. Burgos, 51, most recently held the position of Director, Global Strategic Business Development at Avotus Corporation, responsible for Cisco Systems and Nortel Networks. He has extensive global marketing and business development experience in VoIP, Multimedia and Broadband International sales with Granite Systems (acquired by Telcordia), Lucent Technologies and Motorola Broadband. During his career, Mr. Burgos has worked closely with Cisco Systems, Nortel Networks, Alcatel, and Avaya with IP Communication applications and overall Operational Support Systems (OSS) solutions for multiple service operators, local exchange carriers and top multinational enterprise clientele. Mr. Burgos attended Manhattan College, New York, New York.

"I am looking forward to directing the launch and expansion in the international marketplace of the Cistera Networks line of IP Telephony products -- the Cistera ConvergenceServer(TM) and the powerful menu of applications that it supports," Mr. Burgos stated. "I have been involved in IP Telephony since its inception, and I firmly believe that Cistera has the best platform available on the market today to support and enable Enterprise VoIP and IP Telephony. The company has had outstanding success in North America and I am excited about the potential of leveraging that success as we enter the European market."

"Jose is one of the pioneers in VoIP and Multimedia/Broadband Sales and Cistera will enjoy the benefits of his wealth of experience and multitude of international contacts as we begin to deploy our solution outside of North America," commented A. Katrina Roche, CEO. "We are pleased to have him join the Cistera team. I am especially excited about the European market potential. We know the European Enterprise VoIP market is larger than North America's, due to the greater number of enterprise lines. In addition, because of Europe's greater investments in next generation infrastructure, we expect the market demand for advanced applications to grow at a faster rate in Europe than in North America."

Cistera Networks provides platforms and advanced IP phone application engines that facilitate the convergence of voice, video and data in a Cisco IP Telephony environment. The company's flagship product is the Cistera ConvergenceServer(TM) (CCS(TM)), an affordable, reliable network appliance that serves as a gateway to Cisco's CallManager(TM) for applications that enhance productivity and extend the capabilities of the IP phone network. The CCS(TM) has the industry's broadest suite of integrated application engines, and can also host authorized third-party applications.

About CNH Holdings Company (dba: Cistera Networks)

Cistera Networks designs, develops and markets XML-based application appliances utilized in Cisco IP Communications environments. The Cistera ConvergenceServer(TM) combined with a suite of advanced IP phone applications, enables the integration of voice, video and data into the network infrastructure (www.cistera.com).

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Contacts   For CNH Holdings Company (dba: Cistera Networks) Kathy Lane, 760-771-2236 klane at cistera.com

[Michael.McEneney says:   There are two Jose M Burgos, one from the class of 1979 and one from the class of 1984. ]

 

Manhattan_in_the_News

*** MNews1 ***

http://weddings.theknot.com/pwp/view/co_main.aspx?coupleid=100197025308400

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/17/fashion/weddings/17dema.html

Gretchen Dematera and Gregg Knudsen

Published: July 17, 2005

Gretchen Ollosa Dematera, the daughter of Clara and Nicasio Guemo Dematera of Phoenix, Md., was married yesterday to Gregg Robert Knudsen, a son of Geraldine Knudsen of New Hope, Pa., and the late Robert F. Knudsen. The Rev. Leo Patalinghug, a Roman Catholic priest, performed the ceremony at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore.

Mrs. Knudsen [JR: nee Dematera, confusing me!], 28, is the major gifts officer for the sesquicentennial capital campaign of Manhattan College. She graduated from Carnegie Mellon University, where she also received a master's degree in arts management. Her father is a civil engineer at McKee & Associates, land surveyors and engineers in Cockeysville, Md. Her mother is a registered nurse in the intensive care unit at the Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Mr. Knudsen, 36, is a computer programmer at The New York Times. He graduated from Upsala College, which was in East Orange, N.J. His mother is an office manager in Murray Hill, N.J., for the United States subsidiary of K-Line, the Japanese shipping company. His father was a draftsman for the Elizabethtown Water Company, a utility company in Westfield, N.J.

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Reported from The Quadrangle (http://www.mcquadrangle.org/)

Nothing new.

 

Sports

SportsSchedule

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

No more data has been loaded.

If you do go support "our" teams, I'd appreciate any reports or photos. What else do us old alums have to do?

 

Sports from College (http://www.gojaspers.com)

*** MCSports1 ***

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.

“We are very excited to add Christian as the last piece of our recruiting class,” commented Gonzalez. “Christian is a unique player for us, as he is a big, very versatile guard that can play two or three different positions, and on top of that, he can really score the basketball. He will add depth to our backcourt, and will be a great addition to our program.”

Jackson, a 6-5, 215 pound guard, averaged 20 points, eight rebounds, two assists, and two steals for Suitland head coach Tyrone Massenberg in helping lead the Rams to a 20-6 record and their first Prince George's 4A League Championship in over 20 years. He received First Team All-League, First Team All-County, Third Team All-Met, and Third Team All-DC Examiner accolades after leading his team in scoring as a captain. Jackson also led the Rams to the Dunbar Christmas Tournament Championship, and was selected to play in the prestigious 2005 Capital Classic, in which he poured in a team-high 18 points. Jackson scored 450 points his senior season, including a 40 point game and a game in which he shot a perfect 12-12 from the field while tallying 31 points.

Jackson joins wing forward Devon Austin (White Plains, NY/White Plains) and forward/center Franck Traore (Koudougou, Burkina-Faso/South Kent Prep/Eastfield CC) to round out the Jaspers' latest recruiting class.

Manhattan posted a 15-14 record in the 2004-05 season, 9-9 in MAAC play, and advanced to the second round of the MAAC Tournament, but return 10 letter winners, four starters, and nearly 75% of the team's scoring, led by 2005 MAAC Rookie of the Year CJ Anderson

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*** MCSports2 ***

FITZPATRICK AND RIZZOTTI NAMED NECBL ALL-STARS

Riverdale, NY (July 18, 2005)- Manhattan rising-senior designated hitter John Fitzpatrick has been named to the New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) All-Star team as the Southern Division's starting Designated Hitter, it was announced recently by NECBL Commissioner Kevin MacIlvane. Joining him as an All-Star is Jasper teammate and rising-sophomore Matt Rizzotti, who will represent the Vermont Mountaineers and the Northern Division as a reserve first baseman.

 

 

*** MCSports3 ***

JEFF XAVIER HELPS LEAD MAAC ALL-STARS TO 2-0 START

Riverdale, NY (July 18, 2005)– The 2005 MAAC All-Star Team earned two back-to-back victories to start its two-week tour of China. The squad will resume its playing schedule on July 20, when they face the Shanghi Sharks, the former team of NBA's Yao Ming.

 

 

*** MCSports4 ***

MATT RIZZOTTI NAMED TO ABCA ALL-NORTHEAST REGION FIRST TEAM

Riverdale, NY (July 19, 2005)- Manhattan freshman first baseman Matt Rizzotti has been named to the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Rawlings All-Northeast Region First Team, it was announced recently by the ABCA. Rizzotti is one of five players from MAAC schools to be selected All-Northeast, but the only one to be a First Team honoree.

 

 

[JR:  Interesting; what happened to id=6083?]

 

Sports from Other Sources

[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/

 

*** OtherSports1 ***

http://www.dailypress.com/sports/dp-49872sy0jul13,0,7909979.story?coll=dp-sports-local

Girls: New friends better than win

July 13 2005

HAMPTON -- With her team holding a 10-point lead and eight minutes to go in the third quarter of the girls East-West all-star game, East forward Kymesha Alston dashed down the floor to play defense. When West guard Kirby Marsh saw Alston closing in, she threw a pump fake that sent Alston flying into the air. On her way down, Alston banged into Marsh's side and fell flat on her back.

After a brief stay on the floor, Alston got up and smiled at Marsh other way to the bench.

"Nothing easy," she said as she trotted off the floor.

The Heritage forward came into the all-star week with a mindset of having fun, but when East coach Chris Dodson told his team that they had not won the game in four years, Alston thought it was time for a change.

When the game was over she got just that.

Alston scored 14 points and grabbed nine rebounds to help the East beat the West 77-66 at Hampton Coliseum on Tuesday night.

"We had to win the game," Alston said. "It wasn't real serious, but we couldn't let it be five years in a row."

Dodson added: "I saw that they needed a little motivation because they were just having fun, but anytime you get a group of all stars together you know they're competitors."

Alston, who has signed a basketball scholarship with Manhattan College in Riverdale, N.Y., said that the all-star games are more about relationships with other players than the competition on the court.

The players spent countless hours talking in each other's rooms, had cookouts and went on a boat ride to view the Naval base in the days leading up to the game.

"That was OK," Alston said of the boat ride. "We got to go with the boys, so that made it fun. It's a good experience because you get to play with girls that you've never played with before. That gets you ready for college, because when you get there you haven't played with those girls either."

Hampton forward Ashley Spriggs chipped in with eight rebounds and four blocks in the East's win, and said that playing alongside Alston is something that got her excited about the game.

"I love playing with Kymesha, she's so hype on the court," said Spriggs, who has signed a basketball scholarship with Saint Francis College in Brooklyn, N.Y. "It's fun, but you also use the game to work on some things."

Alston also tried to fine tune things that her coaches at Manhattan told her to work on throughout the summer, like not hesitating to take her shot.

"I tried, but I still did it," Alston said. "We were just trying to have fun out there."

And breaking a four-year losing streak is always a good time.

EAST 77, WEST 66

EAST: Showalter 6, Sims 5, Alston 14, McMorris 2, Young 16, Morris 4,Turner 11, Spriggs 2, Jester 8, McGaultey, 7, Larson 2. Totals: 2719-24 77.

WEST: Okoh 8, Hayes 6, Portell 8, Marsh 10m Carrasco 9, Migilarese 1,Braxton 2, Steg 16, Arney 4, Musick 2. Totals 23 17-23 66.

East 20 15 20 22 - 77

West 11 16 13 26 - 66

3-point goals - East 4, (Young 2, Turner 2); West 3, (Portell 2,Carrasco) Total fouls - East 12, West 13. «

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*** OtherSports2 ***

Sports
2005-07-15
Brewster's Cody rebounds from going undrafted
By Jim Stout THE NEWS-TIMES

Chris Cody, a former three-time all-area selection from Brewster High, pitched seven innings of two-hit ball for the Chatham Athletics Wednesday night in the famed Cape Cod League.

CHATHAM, Mass. – Nary a day would pass last spring when Chris Cody wouldn't remind himself to not think about the Major League Baseball draft.

Of course, the more he told himself to forget it, the more thought about it.

"It's kind of hard not to," said Cody, the junior left-hander from Brewster, N.Y., and Manhattan College, "especially when you're hearing all these things about where you might go and in what round. I thought I might jinx it if I thought about it too much. So you can imagine what it was like when I wasn't selected.''

Fortunately for Cody, he already had a backup plan in place. Though one dream has been temporarily been put on hold, another one is being realized.

Instead of leaving school and pitching minor league baseball this summer, Cody is back for his second stint with the Chatham Athletics, one of the marquee franchises in the storied Cape Cod Baseball League.

Cody had started out here a year ago, following hiss ophomore season at Manhattan, but had to shut down early last summer due to problems with his back, programs that were ultimately addressed through disc surgery.

He went on to help Manhattan post a 27-21 record last spring, leading the Jaspers in wins (seven), innings pitched (96ª), complete games (five), strikeouts (89) and earned run average (2.70).His performance made his absence in the MLB draft even more baffling. He had heard he could go as high as the 10th round.

But just in case, veteran Chatham manager John Schiffner had talked to Manhattan coach Steve Trimper about sending Cody back to the A's for the summer of 2005 should the draft not pan out. Under the circumstances, both Cody and Schiffner gained a favorably situation.

"It's great playing baseball here, whether you haven't been drafted or are working your way toward your first draft," Cody said on Wednesday night, following the A's 4-2, 12-inning loss to Harwich at Veterans Field.

"There are a lot worse places to play baseball than Chatham. I'm enjoying it here and making the most of it. I'm kind of making up for missing last summer. It's great baseball."

Cody worked the first seven innings of Wednesday's game for Chatham, allowing just two hits and one earned run, while walking three and striking out seven. He had been called upon to pitch Chatham's home opener back in June and pitched well, then hit a brief skid with his luck before bouncing back with another strong outing against Harwich.

For the Cape season, Cody is 1-2 in 24 innings pitched, with 21 hits allowed, 22 strikeouts, eight walks and 3.75 earned run average. In a nationally renowned summer collegiate league better known for its hard throwers, Cody relies primarily on location, movement and a variety of lefty off-speed pitches.

"We're glad Chris is here, though obviously we would have wanted him to be somewhere else (in minor league baseball) had the opportunity arisen," said Schiffner, the long-time Plainfield High coach who ranks third all-time in Cape League victories.

"He seems to pitch with a little more confidence than he did a year ago, something I'm sure that comes from having had another good college season and from having been here before and knowing what it takes. He's always around the plate and usually doesn't get himself into much trouble. He's thrown very well for us."

Schiffner, who has managed scores of high-level draft picks over the years at Chatham – he had 16 former players taken in the2005 draft – said Cody wasn't alone this spring with his bewilderment of the selection process.

"It was a weird draft," said Schiffner. "Some kids you were surprised by at how high they went, and others, like Chris, who could have gone, weren't drafted at all. It was crazy and there was a lot of misinformation out there, some of it coming from the teams themselves.

"Some of these (Major League) organizations need to revamp the way they do business, especially with some of their northeast scouts," Schiffner added.

"Several times recently I've heard from former players who had been told specifically by head area scouts – not bird dogs –that they were going by such and such round and then weren't drafted. And these were guys who had already agreed to sign if they were taken. So somebody or some persons are getting out some bad information to many of these kids and their families."

With his unfortunate draft experience now well behind him, Cody is looking forward to the remainder of his summer here and helping the Manhattan program continue to grow under Trimper, another Brewster resident. He will be eligible for the draft again following his senior season in 2006.

"Hopefully I can pitch well up here against other guys who are going to be doing this for a living some day," Cody said.

"Hopefully I can impress somebody that I hadn't impressed before. I'll just see how it goes and then go back to school and try to have one more good season."

 

 

EMAIL FROM JASPERS

*** Email01 ***

Subject:  URGENT(LIFE/DEATH) PLEASE SEND TO YOUR NETWORK
Date:  Wed, 20 Jul 2005 16:25:02 -0400
From:  Maria Khury [1977]
To:  <Undisclosed-Recipient:;>

> Please help.....
> From: Diamond, Shari L.
> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 3:23 PM
> Subject:
> Importance: High
> A good friend and former Disney cast member has a colleague who is in a
> horrific and dire situation: at 31 yrs old & just months from her wedding,
> she's been told that without a liver transplant she will die.  Judging from
> the attached press release, ironically she's been involved in driving
> awareness for charitable causes herself.
>
> While it's now possible through miracles of modern science to be a living
> donor (by donating part of one's liver, which can regenerate in both
> parties), apparently she needs a complete liver in order to survive.  If
> anyone is in the situation to direct a liver donation to her, please
follow
> up with the contact person listed on the press release.
>
> Appreciate your time,
> Shari

[Michael.McEneney says:   Dear John,  While driving down from Duchess today I heard an interview with her father and the groom to be on 1010 News. The facts were the same as reported here. Mike]

[JR:  Hmm, I queried "snopes" the debunker site. ]

 

 

*** Email02 ***

From: "Thomas McGowan" [1972]
Subject: TMTS Expanded Services & Training, new PCB paper, new EPA AP-42 info
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 13:23:00 +0000

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

We have had a busy year, working on thermal desorbers, permitting, testing baghouses, demilitarization of chemical warfare agents and explosives, and Superfund sites. Our services have expanded, with full project management for thermal system projects. While most of our work is in the US, international work includes Canada, Mexico, the Middle East, Australia and Brazil.

Those involved in demilitarization/disposal of explosives may be interested in knowing that EPA-42 has added a new section on emissions from disposal operations. It can be accessed at

http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/ap42/ch15/final/c15s04.pdf  

We continue to give training courses, with the last ones being in-house on incineration and air pollution control for a chem demil waste processor, and at the IT3 conference on thermal desorption for soils and other contaminated media. An on-line NOx Control For Stationary Sources course is course is available multiple times each year via AWMA. More info can be had at

http://www.awma.org/education/elearning/AIR311E.asp

AWMA and AIChE are co-marketing our course for in house presentations.

Our recent paper on thermal desorption of low level rad/PCB waste is contained in the proceedings of the IT3 2005 conference in Galveston Texas.

Full conference proceedings will soon be available on disk via http://www.it3.umd.edu/web2005/Default.htm  

Hope all is well with you and yours!

Regards,
Tom McGowan, PE
President,
TMTS Associates, Inc.
Atlanta, GA 30315

 

 

*** Email03 ***

From: Reinke(nsteinian monster) [From a dedicated email address used for all Jasper activities]
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 10:59 AM
Subject: Preparing to rehost

Dear Guinea Pigs, err ... I mean Trusted Friends of Jasper Jottings,  ;-)

I'm preparing to rehost www.jasperjottings.com to www.reinke.cc.

No, I am not moving to the ".cc" -- Cocos (Keeling) Islands -- off the coast of Australia. But, I got "reinke" cheap there.

I believe all the files are in place. Please click this link:

 http://www.reinke.cc/JasperJottings/jasperjottings20050710.htm

and let me know if it doesn't work. When I move the domain, www.jasperjottings.com will redirect away from www.ferdinand_reinke.tripod.com and to www.reinke.cc/jasperjottings! And, I'll get four times the space at half the cost.

 I'll be collapsing all my other domains onto this one account. That picks up all those savings. You know 11$/mo here, 6$/mo there, 22$/mo at the next place. It puts all my eggs in one basket to fail at once. ;-)  I'll actually reduce my run rate by about 36$ / month. So I'll give me more in my budget for toys.

 Thanks,
John'68

 

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Boilerplate

http://www.jasperjottings.com/boilerplate.htm

 

Curmudgeon's Final Words This Week

http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north396.html

Why Are So Many People Pessimistic?

by Gary North

Gary North is the author of Mises on Money. Visit http://www.freebooks.com. He is also the author of a free multi-volume series, An Economic Commentary on the Bible.

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But for the person who is not flexible, who is dependent on Social Security or a pension from a company as shaky as General Motors, the future is far more problematical. Economic growth will help. A rising tide raises all ships. But it raises the ships that are positioned to take advantage of the tide first. There is no question that China and India are better positioned than we are. South Koreans see this. The Japanese see it. When the terms of trade reverse in the current accounts budget, Americans will see it.

The greatest threat to our economic health as a nation is a trade war. If the politicians start passing tariffs and quotas in response to voters’ demands, the world economy could tank for many years. If the voters become persuaded that low tariffs are responsible for the effects of Asian central bankers’ unwillingness to buy more Federal debt or American corporate debt, then the economic gains we have seen for the last generation could end. They could even be reversed.

Economic freedom did not get us into this high-risk mess. Asian central bank policies did. Too many of these central bankers studied in the best American universities. They have a naïve Keynesian faith in the productivity of central bank inflation. This faith is going to be tested soon enough by the Austrian theory of the trade cycle. Let us pray that it is not then tested by Jude Wanniski’s theory of worldwide depression through tariff hikes.

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In College, I read a book on the tulip craze. I don’t remember why? Probably some darn, theology course. They were always trying to open up our minds. Probably to make room to stick some more … in! Since the tulip book, I have always been watching for the bust at the end of the boom AND conversely the boom at the end of the bust. When everyone says X, consider doing Y. In my time, I have made some nice profits.  Zig when everyone else is zagging. Follow the generally accepted wisdom, after making a decision that it applies.

I’ve read about the Condorcet Jury Theorem. If you have a group of people, and if each person is more than 50% likely to be right, the likelihood that the average answer will be right approaches 100% as the size of the group increases. If group members are less than 50% likely to be right, the likelihood that the average will be right approaches ZERO as the size of the group increases.

So, when the herd is wrong, don’t follow it over the cliff. When it’s right be at the front, but stop just before the edge.

So when them foreigners stop sending us Toyotas for the little green pieces of papers, watch out for the congresscritters who will “save us”! And, don’t say you weren’t warned.

 

And that’s the last word.

Curmudgeon

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GBu. GBA.