Dear Jaspers,
631 are active on the Distribute site. There are 70 bouncing,
about half due to MC rejecting all messages from Yahoo as spam. (This is one
unintended consequence of “outsourcing” distribution to Yahoo.) Which may well
have been fixed, we’ll see?
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This issue is at: http://www.jasperjottings.com/jasperjottings20050116.htm
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We Jan 19 - Manhattan College De La Salle Medal Dinner
---Waldorf-Astoria, New York City honoring Sy Sternberg
--- CEO New York Life Insurance
--- Dinner Chairman:
--- Peter M. Musumeci, Jr. '72
--- William Hannon '69
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--- On-line Registration
--- https://www.manhattan.edu/alumni_friends/events/dlsres.html
We Jan 26 - Treasure Coast FL Alumni
Holiday Inn
--- on US 1 in Stuart, Florida at noon
--- contact Ed Plumeau '52A c/o Jasper Jottings
Sa Feb 12 - Family Day Draddy Gym
We Mar 9 - Teacher Recruitment Event
Representatives from various school districts and private schools will be attending. At the last event the Yonkers Board of
Education, Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES, New York City Department of
Education were among the attendees along with representatives from The
Archdiocese of
Sa Mar 12 11am - Naples FL St. Patrick's day parade
--- Manhattan Alum for the 4th year will march as a unit; all are welcome
including
--- family members and friends reception follows the parade
--- Contact Jim Connors (57B) c/o jottings
Su Mar 13 1PM - Jaspers of SW Florida annual luncheon
--- at pelican's nest golf club in bonita springs ($20)
--- reception at Jim Connors' residence in pelican landing at 11:
--- Contact Jim Connors (57B) c/o jottings
We Mar 16 Treasure Coast FL Alumni Holiday Inn
--- on US 1 in Stuart, Florida at noon
--- contact Ed Plumeau '52A c/o Jasper Jottings
Wkend Apr 2-3 '05
--- Relay For Life '04 was a first time event for Manhattan College, and
--- we helped raise close to $20,000. How will you get involved and make
--- this year's Relay For Life even more successful
--- Form teams with alumni (Class of '79, 82, etc.)
--- Form Teams with family and/or co-workers
--- Sponsor student teams on-campus
--- Find companies that can help underwrite the event
--- Speak on your experiences of Cancer in your life at the event
--- Be part of the planning team for Relay for Life '05
----- Contact Kinah Ventura-Rosas at 718-862-7477
----- or e-mail at kinah.ventura AT manhattan.edu
Sa Jun 18 -- at -- 8:30am George Sheehan Five Mile Run Redbank,
NJ
--- In Honor of George Sheehan -Manhattan College class of 1940
--- Meet at Brannigan's Pub in Red Bank, NJ after the race
--- Info: Jim Malone Class of 1983
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My list of Jaspers who are in harms way:
- Afghanistan
- - Feldman, Aaron (1997)
- Iraq
- - Mortillo, Steven F., son of Mortillo, Steve (1980)
- - Sekhri, Sachin (2000)
… … my thoughts are with you and all that I don't know about.
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http://www.stardem.com/article.asp?paper=1&cat=1&article=1205
Lucy memorialized
By COOKY McCLUNG
Special to The Star Democrat
=== <begin quote> ===
CHESTERTOWN — Lucy the Goose was memorialized last Friday with a service fit for a high-ranking diplomat. Which, in a way, she was, having served faithfully, if sometimes cantankerously, as Chestertown's avian ambassador for at least a dozen years.
I found her dead Dec. 19 on my daily pre-dawn walk, pausing
to burst into tears before dashing home to call Chestertown Town Manager Bill
Ingersoll. He responded immediately by contacting Ned Stirling, head of town
maintenance, who had Lucy removed from the marshes where she lay. Even before
Ned arrived, however, another early morning walker, noticing Lucy's lifeless
body, immediately called
Lucy was cremated at the Humane Society of Kent County, and
her ashes remained in Mayor Margo Bailey's desk until Friday's service, when
more than 200 people came to the water's edge at the end of
There are those who may have thought holding this service was pretty quirky. I think there's a lot to be said for a town that mourns a goose.
<extraneous deleted>
One of my favorite
stories, however, resulted from the time a group of Muslim students from
<extraneous deleted>
In addition to staying in the memory of many Chestertown visitors, Lucy forged close friendships with countless residents of all ages.
I met Lucy about eight years ago on a beautiful, springlike afternoon when I strolled down to the river to sit outside and eat my sandwich. I had barely sat down on the curb when Lucy popped out of the water, shook herself off and strode over to me with a raucous honk, wings fearfully outspread.
Hoping to keep most of my fingers, I tore off a bit of the buttermilk bread and offered it to her. She put her wings down and accepted it with ladylike grace, cementing our friendship as long as she lived.
Almost every single morning over the past eight years, I
took my pre-dawn walk to the river with a piece of buttermilk bread tucked in
my pocket. As I cross over
The day before Lucy died, I noticed her arthritis was so severe she could barely walk. Her appetite, which had been declining for more than a week, could not be coaxed even by her favorite buttermilk bread. As I sat with her that last morning, trying to coax her with another bite, Lucy leaned against my shoulder and gently laid her face against my cheek. There's not a doubt in my mind she was saying goodbye.
I'll really miss that old bird.
=== <end quote> ===
As anyone knows from reading here, I am into quirky stories
that exemplify the human condition. Here we have a goose that inspires a town
to do great things. It’s truly great when we can enjoy the simple things. Does
it solve world peace, world hunger, or stop the killing. No. Does it make the
world a better place? IMHO Yes. You have to be pretty hardened to read this
story in its entirety and not feel some empathy. Perhaps, you know the “birds
of the sky neither reap nor sow” applies. Now which of us is the birds in the
parable. Perhaps Lucy was one of the First Cause’s designated hitters!
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--att.net
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Garfinkle, Josh |
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Kober, Andrew C. |
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1947 |
Hughes, Alfred A. |
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1953 |
Haugh, John |
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1953 |
McEneney, Mike |
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1958 |
Crehan, Matthew J. |
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1958 |
Frisbie, Frank |
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Zagursky, Joseph J. |
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1965 |
McCarthy, Gerald |
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Fennelly, Al |
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Weber, Charles J. |
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1973 |
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1973 |
McFadden, Michael |
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1975 |
Garcia, Joseph R. |
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1977 |
Tubridy, Tom |
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1979 |
Reilly, Kevin |
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1979 |
Scotto, Debbie Ahlgrim |
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1981 |
Esposito, Steven G. |
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1981 |
Simko, Edward J. Jr. |
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1982 |
Geary, Colette A. McCarrick |
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1986 |
Dour, Frederick W. |
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1988 |
Christophers, |
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1988 |
Concannon, Michael C. |
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1990 |
Lydon, |
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1991 |
Novas-Lumauig, Berkis Belle |
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1995 |
Glicksman, Mordecai M. |
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1998 |
Browne, Ned |
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1998 |
Gallo, Louis |
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Zelnik, Geoffrey S. |
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Carroll, Kirsten Marie |
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Browne, Ned |
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Carroll, Kirsten Marie |
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1988 |
Christophers, |
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1988 |
Concannon, Michael C. |
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1958 |
Crehan, Matthew J. |
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1986 |
Dour, Frederick W. |
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1981 |
Esposito, Steven G. |
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1968 |
Fennelly, Al |
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1958 |
Frisbie, Frank |
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Gallo, Louis |
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1975 |
Garcia, Joseph R. |
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Garfinkle, Josh |
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1982 |
Geary, Colette A. McCarrick |
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1995 |
Glicksman, Mordecai M. |
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Haugh, John |
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1947 |
Hughes, Alfred A. |
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Kober, Andrew C. |
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Lydon, |
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McCarthy, Gerald |
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McEneney, Mike |
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1973 |
McFadden, Michael |
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1991 |
Novas-Lumauig, Berkis Belle |
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Reilly, Kevin |
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Scotto, Debbie Ahlgrim |
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Simko, Edward J. Jr. |
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Tubridy, Tom |
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Weber, Charles J. |
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Zagursky, Joseph J. |
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Zelnik, Geoffrey S. |
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[Honor1]
http://www.virginia.edu/topnews/releases2005/mccarthy-jan-7-2004.html
Environmental Leadership Award Named For First Recipient
Bringing concerned parties together to talk about
environmental issues is a common practice today, but it has not always been the
norm. Gerald McCarthy, executive director of the Virginia Environmental
Endowment, has taken a leadership role in fostering environmental mediation and
protecting
The award, which will be given annually, will recognize an
outstanding leader in the effort to protect
“ Gerry started the practice of environmental conflict
resolution in
McCarthy said it was a “surprise and honor coming from such
a prestigious institution as the
McCarthy’s experience includes more than three decades of
work, first in the Commonwealth’s Department of Environmental Quality under
governors A. Linwood Holton and Mills E. Godwin Jr., followed by a role as the
first and only executive director of VEE. He said he is proud that in
The award will be given annually to an individual,
organization, local government, agency, educational institution or community
that fosters collaboration and has taken a leadership role in preserving and
protecting
For additional information contact Frank Dukes, director of the Institute for Environmental Negotiation, at (434) 924-2041 <privacy invoked> .
Contact: Jane Ford, (434) 924-4298
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Contact the Office of University Relations at (434) 924-7116. Television reporters should contact the TV News Office at (434) 924-7550.
SOURCE: U.Va. News Services
[JR: Class of 1965 ]
[No Weddings]
[No Births]
[No Engagements]
[No Graduations]
[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.
Article published
Alfred A. Hughes, 78
Alfred Andrew Hughes, 78, of
A Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be held at
Shuler Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
[JR: Jasper Hughes was a reader of Jottings and a benefactor of the College. I hate to lose any fellow alum, but one that was a Jasper Jottings reader, hurts even more. Some how this slipped by I guess cause there was no mention of MC. ]
[MCdb: 1947 that hits home. ]
[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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Glicksman, Mordecai M. (1995) |
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Zelnik, Geoffrey S. (1998) |
[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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Hughes, Alfred A. (1947) -- deceased. Found it when I was
researching why he was “missing”. See obit. |
Berkis (Belle) Novas-Lumauig was recently promoted to Vice
President of Marketing at Citigate Global Intelligence (CGI), an international
investigative, litigation support and competitive intelligence firm with
offices worldwide. Mrs. Novas-Lumauig, a graduate from
[JR: Belle Novas-Lumuaig (1991) ]
http://www.pepperellfreepress.com/Stories/0,1413,109~5517~2648671,00.html
Teacher turns entrepreneur, finds success with tanning
By Don Eriksson
PEPPERELL -- One does not have to have been a theology teacher to be a successful entrepreneur, but in Josh Garfinkle's case it seems to have been the right start.
In the three months since he opened Great Northern Tanning
Company in the refurbished lower level of
"When you work for a company today, you realize you are not valuable, so there has to be a way of reaching your goals for your family," Garfinkle said, ensconced in one of the comfortable chairs that line the walls of the main office.
"One of the nice things here in this building is that we found a partnership with the town," he said. "An important part of business is to be a giver to the community, and Pepperell is still a community."
Garfinkle grew up in
He and his wife, Kerry, a
"I've been teaching a long time, but a teacher's salary wouldn't pay the bills," Garfinkle said. "Matignon laid off 40 teachers last year.
"Teaching is the most wonderful job though," he added.
Since he was laid off, Garfinkle tried a couple of businesses, which helped him narrow his sights for the kind of opportunity he wanted. He still runs a sideline business, International Exports, which sells refurbished items, mostly hand-held electronics.
"I was looking for something that was not in town [
He settled on a tanning business and took advantage of vacancies made in the White Hen building when Country Crafters and the Bike Shop moved out.
Great Northern Tanning is a corporation, which fits White Hen's corporate office criteria. Garfinkle has a five-year lease with three three-year options.
Garfinkle gutted the bottom floor, doing much of the work himself, then rebuilt interior walls that surround seven tanning suites, leaving space for additional rooms. He wired each suite with computer cable and for stereo sound. He then bought state-of-the-art Wolff tanning equipment that is run and modulated by computer.
"It was like buying a car for each room,"
Garfinkle said. "The beds were made in
"Most new equipment is now cooling beds where the temperature raises only two to three degrees per visit, walls to ceiling," he explained. "The limit is five degrees. Every suite has an intake and outtake, and the air constantly changes."
Tanning levels range from one to five for fair to dark skin, and customers can still be burned, so tanning times are strictly regulated by means of imbedded wires. Computers track temperature, the light bulbs and ultra-violet exposure.
After more than $100,000 worth of renovation, the salon's interior is light and airy with blue and white accents. The manager's desk is glazed glass and the furniture, modern.
"Our goal is a European modern feel," Garfinkle said. "Most salons go garish. We wanted the lowest price and the best service."
In addition to the tanning suites, each named for a
For Christmas, Garfinkle also brought in a Santa who happens
to come from
"Business succeeds when you become part of the community and help police, safety officials, firefighters" create goodwill within that community, he said.
[MCdb: No record found? ]
Apptis Appoints Frank Frisbie Vice President of Strategic Initiatives To Support Transportation Sector
CHANTILLY, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 12, 2005--Apptis, Inc. announced today that Frank L. Frisbie has been appointed vice president of Strategic Initiatives with responsibility for developing the company's business in the transportation sector.
Frisbie, a longtime former senior executive with the Federal Aviation Administration, most recently had been vice president and Senior Client Executive for Civil Aviation with Northrop Grumman Information Technology. Frisbie was responsible for helping the company meet challenges associated with air traffic control and management.
"We are delighted to have Frank Frisbie join the Apptis team," said Michael Headley, president and general manager of the Transportation Sector. "His background in transportation, especially as it relates to aviation and the FAA promises to be an excellent addition to the company."
Frisbie earned his B.E.E. degree from
About Apptis, Inc.
Apptis is a privately held company with headquarters in
[MCdb: 1958]
http://press.arrivenet.com/bus/article.php/559511.html
CEO America, Inc. Announces Charles J. Weber to Serve as Chief Executive Officer, Entertainment & Communications Expert to Guide Global Expansion of Digital Money Pioneer
Distribution Source : PrimeZone Media
Date : Thursday -
LAS VEGAS and LOS ANGELES, Jan. 13, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Charles J. Weber has agreed to serve as Chief Executive Officer of CEO America, Inc. (Pink Sheets:CEOA) the company's founder and chairman, David Vaters, announced today.
"We are very pleased that Charles Weber will contribute his vast knowledge of global business practices and his worldwide contacts to the development of our unique business model," Vaters said. "We are also excited about working with Charles to introduce the Creditz System's capability to partner with the entertainment industry in a revolutionary way."
For the past 25 years, Weber, formerly the first Chief Executive Officer of Lucasfilm, Ltd., has been a successful key executive in the entertainment and communications industries, and since 1985, has also been Chairman and CEO of Weber Communications, Inc., an international consulting firm providing professional management, business development, and financial services. Specializing in strategic alliances in the multimedia, technology, medical, broadcasting, entertainment, communications and Internet fields, Weber Communications also has represented a number of companies in the Far East, South America, and both Eastern and Western Europe. Weber also has been instrumental in securing public and private corporate financing, domestic and international distribution, mergers and acquisitions and the production and financing of motion pictures.
"I see many forward-reaching business concepts in my travels around the world," Weber commented, "but the Creditz system seems poised to overtake, if not replace current payment structures in both developed and under-developed societies."
Weber has also been President and Chief Operating Officer of Embassy Communications, Entertainment Company of America, CanWest International Corp., and others.
Prior to his involvement in the entertainment industry,
Weber had extensive experience in real estate as senior vice president of
Sonnenblick-Goldman Corporation of
Weber is a member of The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and
Sciences and The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. He is a Bachelor
graduate of
About CEO America, Inc. (www.creditz.com)
CEO America, Inc.,
Except for historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this press release, such as statements relating to the Company's ability to drive technological developments and the acceptance and timing of product introductions, are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties, including timely development and acceptance of new products, the impact of competitive products and pricing, the timely development and release of products by suppliers, and other risks detailed in the Company's Registration Statement filed with the SEC.
CONTACT: For CEO
Michael Selsman
Public Communications
(310) 553-5732
ms@publiccommunications.biz
www.publiccommunications.biz
[MCdb: Either 1939 or 1970? I’ll hazard a guess it is ’70. But,
nothing coming out of the
RIM Echos Jan 7,
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PETITION INTERNATIONALE EN FAVEUR L’OPPOSITION
DEMOCRATIQUE EN MAURITANIE
N .CHOMSKY, L . TOSCANE, A. OULD CHEIKH, G. DIALLO..
NOUVEAUX SIGNATAIRES
Qui a dit que
« la Mauritanie n’intéresse
pas grand monde » ? A leur grande joie, les initiateurs de la « pétition internationale en faveur de l’opposition démocratique en Mauritanie » découvrent le
contraire. En réalité, çà dépend de quelle
Mauritanie. Chaque
jour pour ne pas dire chaque
heure, des figures de proue
du
En signant le texte, ces femmes et hommes, épris des valeurs universelles de liberté, de justice et d’égalité, dénoncent, ipso facto, « LA DICTATURE » de Nouakchott et exigent un « traitement digne et équitable » pour « TOUS LES PREVENUS » traduits en justice à Wad Naga; ils clament, haut et fort,leur refus de l’arbitraire en Mauritanie et leur solidarité avec le leader historique de l’opposition mauritanienne, Ahmed Ould Daddah et ses compagnons d’infortune.
Lisez, en bas de la pétition, la liste intégrale des nouveaux signataires.
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PETITION
En Mauritanie, l’opposant historique Ahmed Ould Daddah, leader du Rassemblement des Forces démocratiques (RFD),a été inculpé le 21 novembre dernier et incarcéré le 27 décembre courant. Il passe passer en jugement , depuis le 2 janvier ,avec d’autres opposants,devant la « Cour Criminelle »de Wad Naga, au motif qu’il aurait contribué aufinancement du complot militaire de juin 2003.
Tous les observateurs
ont pu
reconnaître le caractère démocratique de la longue
Les signataires du présent message appellent le Gouvernement de la République Française et le Président de la Commission Européenne à manifester clairement auprès des autorités mauritaniennes leur inquiétude et leur vive préoccupation, ainsi que l’attention qu’ils porteront à ce qu’Ahmed Ould Daddah et tous les autres prévenus bénéficient de la présomption d’innocence, d’un traitement digne et équitable, ainsi que d’une procédure transparente respectant pleinement les droits de la défense.
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Liste des nouveaux signataires
Noam Chomsky (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
<extraneous deleted>
Connie Hogarth (Center for Social
Action,
<extraneous deleted>
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Découvrez le nouveau Yahoo! Mail : 250 Mo d'espace de stockage pour vos mails !
Créez votre Yahoo! Mail sur http://fr.mail.yahoo.com/
[JR: If it’s “social action”, “social justice”, on anything in French, except a check, I don’t think I like it. ]
CIC'S SUGGESTION: Everyone who works for a major corporation
should send resumes placed here into their HR system or department. While you
may not see the value, it may be that one thing that delivers an opportunity to
a fellow Jasper that changes their life.
FROM THE COLLEGE’S WEB SITE: Your resume can be sent to
employers who contact our office seeking to fill positions. For more
information contact the Recruitment Coordinator at (718) 862-7965 or Email to JGlenn--AT--manhattan.edu
Actual jobs at MC are at: http://www.manhattan.edu/hrs/jobs
[No Resumes]
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
1/16/05 Sunday W. Basketball at Siena*
Loudonville, NY 3:00 PM
1/17/05 Monday M. Basketball St.
Peter's* HOME 7:00 PM
1/20/05 Thursday M. Basketball at Canisius* Buffalo,
NY 7:00 PM
1/20/05 Thursday W. Basketball at St.
Peter's* Jersey City, NJ 7:00 PM
1/21/05 Friday M. Tennis University of
Buffalo HOME 8:30 PM
1/22/05 Saturday Track & Field West
Point West Point, NY 11:00 AM
1/22/05 Saturday M. Basketball at
Niagara* Niagara Falls, NY 2:00 PM
1/22/05 Saturday W. Basketball at
Marist* Poughkeepsie, NY 5:00 PM
1/27/05 Thursday W. Basketball
Rider* HOME 7:00 PM
1/27/05 Thursday M. Basketball at
Rider* Lawrenceville, NJ 7:30 PM
1/28/05 Friday M. Tennis Columbia
Tournament New York, NY All Day
1/29/05 Saturday M. Tennis Columbia
Tournament New York, NY TBA
1/29/05 Saturday Track & Field
Metropolitan Championships
HOME 8:00 AM
1/29/05 Saturday W. Swimming C.W.
Post HOME 2:00 PM
1/30/05 Sunday M. Tennis Columbia Tournament New York, NY TBA
1/30/05 Sunday Track & Field
Metropolitan Championships * New
York, NY 12:00 PM
1/30/05 Sunday W. Basketball
Siena* HOME 2:00 PM
1/30/05 Sunday M. Basketball
Fairfield* HOME 4:00 PM
Snapshot taken 10 Jan 05
2/1/05 Tuesday M. Basketball at
Siena* Albany, NY 7:00 PM
2/3/05 Thursday Track & Field Millrose Games
HOME 12:00 PM
2/3/05 Thursday W. Basketball
Loyola* HOME 7:00 PM
2/4/05 Friday Track & Field Armory
Collegiate Invitational HOME
8:00 AM
2/4/05 Friday Track & Field Millrose Games (at MSG)
2/4/05 Friday W. Swimming
2/4/05 Friday M. Basketball at
Iona*
2/5/05 Saturday Track & Field Armory
Collegiate Invitational *
2/6/05 Sunday W. Basketball at
Iona*
2/6/05 Sunday M. Basketball at
Loyola*
2/10/05 Thursday W. Basketball
2/11/05 Friday M. Tennis Princeton
2/11/05 Friday M. Basketball
Rider* HOME 7:00 PM
2/12/05 Saturday Track & Field Penn
State University Invitational
2/12/05 Saturday W. Swimming St.
Peter's*/St. Joe's HOME 2:00 PM
2/12/05 Saturday W. Basketball St.
Peter's* HOME 2:00 PM
2/13/05 Sunday M. Basketball
Marist* HOME 2:00 PM
2/16/05 Wednesday W. Swimming MAAC
Championships Baltimore, MD TBA
2/16/05 Wednesday M. Basketball
Loyola* HOME 7:00 PM
2/17/05 Thursday W. Swimming MAAC
Championships Baltimore, MD TBA
2/18/05 Friday W. Swimming MAAC
Championships Baltimore, MD TBA
2/18/05 Friday M. Tennis
2/18/05 Friday Track & Field MAAC
Championships ^
2/18/05 Friday W. Basketball at
Loyola*
2/19/05 Saturday M. Basketball at
Bracket Buster Game# TBA TBA
2/19/05 Saturday W. Swimming MAAC
Championships Baltimore, MD TBA
2/19/05 Saturday Baseball
2/20/05 Sunday Baseball
2/20/05 Sunday M. Tennis
2/20/05 Sunday W. Basketball
Marist* HOME 2:00 PM
2/24/05 Thursday M. Basketball Canisius* HOME 7:00 PM
2/25/05 Friday Track & Field USATF
Championships @
2/25/05 Friday Track & Field NYU
Invitational *
2/25/05 Friday W. Basketball at Canisius*
2/25/05 Friday M. Tennis Saint
John's HOME 8:30 PM
2/26/05 Saturday Track & Field
2/26/05 Saturday Track & Field
USATF Championships @
2/26/05 Saturday Baseball Davidson
(DH) Davidson, ND 12:00 PM
2/26/05 Saturday M. Lacrosse
2/27/05 Sunday M. Tennis Saint
Peter's
2/27/05 Sunday Baseball Davidson
2/27/05 Sunday Track & Field USATF
Championships @
2/27/05 Sunday W. Basketball at
Niagara*
2/27/05 Sunday M. Basketball at St.
Peter's*
If you do go support "our" teams, I'd appreciate
any reports or photos. What else do us old alums have
to do?
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MEN'S BASKETBALL SOARS PAST Riverdale, NY (January 13, 2005)- Senior Peter Mulligan
scored a game-high 32 points to lead Manhattan to a 78-72 win over Niagara
tonight at Draddy Gym. The Jaspers held the Purple
Eagles to 36.4% from the floor to improve to 7-5 overall and 2-2 in the MAAC.
Freshman CJ Anderson added his second double-double of the season, tallying
15 points and a game-high 13 rebounds as |
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MEN'S BASKETBALL GAME VS. The men's basketball game vs. |
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SOFTBALL ANNOUNCES 2005 SCHEDULE Riverdale, NY (January 11, 2005)- Three NCAA Tournament
teams highlight the 2005 Manhattan College Softball schedule, it was
announced today by second-year head coach Jennifer Fisher. |
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WOMEN'S Riverdale, NY (January 10, 2005)- Canisius outscored Manhattan 42-23 in the second half, erasing the Lady Jaspers' five-point lead at intermission, lifting the Golden Griffins to a 72-58 victory tonight at Draddy Gymnasium. Senior Serra Sangar led all scorers with 17, while freshman Joann Nwafili chipped in with 13 points and nine rebounds. Jessica Steeves scored 12 of her 16 points in the second half to pace Canisius. |
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MEN'S Poughkeepsie, NY (January 9, 2005)- Manhattan was able to
cut an 11 point deficit to just two with just under one minute remaining, but
could not complete the comeback as the Jaspers fell to Marist, 71-62, tonight
at the McCann Center on the Marist campus. |
[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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Bangor Daily News ( At 36th UMass Lowell 821/2, Univ. of Sherbrooke 54.1/2, Dartmouth 47, Univ. of Maine 38, Williams 33, Univ. of Southern Maine 24, Lemans Track Club 20, Perfmax-Racing Montreal 18, Athletics East 18, Maine Race Walkers 17, Sacred Heart 14, Keene State 14, Westfield State 14, Tufts 14, New York Athletic Club 10, Univ. of Laval 10, CADL 8, Syracuse Chargers 8, Reebok Boston 8, Chebucto 8, Holy Trinity 6, Montreal International TC 6, Cirrus 6, Middlebury 5, Hanover Athletic Club 4, Saint-Laurent Select 4, Manhattan College 4, Energie 4, Team Townie 3, Slightly Bombis Track 3, Phillips Exeter 2, C.W. Post 2, Univ. of Vermont Acad. 2, Kimball Union 2, A.J.'s Elite Track Club 1, Dartmouth Athletic Club 1 LOAD-DATE: |
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The San Francisco Chronicle The NBA's trade deadline isn't until next month, but
center Clifford Robinson has long been expecting his name to surface in
discussions. It has in The Nets have two trade exceptions worth $5 million and
$10 million to use as bargaining chips, and have offered the former to Given his contract status and veteran experience, Robinson
said he appreciated his trade value, but won't allow the talks to distract him.
The 15-year pro played in 14 consecutive postseasons before being shipped to "I'm sure there are a lot of teams out there who probably think I would be a help to their team," Robinson said. "That's not a bad thing at all. It's always nice to have options. I just do what I have to do for the rest of the year with this team, try to get us going." Injury update: The results of Jason Richardson's MRI affirmed what the Warriors already knew: He has a sprained left ankle. That the injury is not more serious is good news for Richardson, who is antsy to return. "It's tough sitting out watching all (four) games,
because I hate sitting out," Meanwhile, forward Eduardo Najera
had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee Friday in Welcome home: The Warriors headquartered in Rookie Luis Flores, an alum of Forward Troy Murphy, the Warriors' lone native of LOAD-DATE: |
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The Gonzalez becomes the fastest Jasper coach to reach the milestone after only 5 1/2 seasons. "That's a lot of assistant coaches that helped me," Gonzalez said. "A lot of great players. You just think of all the kids that helped you contribute to all those wins." Five of those players scored in double figures last night, as the Jaspers shot 50 percent from the field as a team. High scorers were senior Peter Mulligan and freshman C.J. Anderson, who had 15 and 14 points, respectively. Junior Mihai Enescu led the team with a career-high seven rebounds. "I know stats aren't everything," Gonzalez said, "but we wanted to point to performing well. Besides the fact of who we were playing, we wanted to really come out and perform well." Senior Mike Konovelchick shot a
perfect first half with 12 points and two three pointers, a swing to the
other extreme after a scoreless 22 minutes against "It felt good to come out and have a good game," Konovelchick said. "Hopefully I can just carry it over." The Jaspers (6-4, 1-1 MAAC) showed no signs of fatigue
after their 64-59 upset of "You want your guys to be focused, and not be flat as a pancake," Gonzalez said. "We needed to come out focused and jump somebody and get some confidence." The biggest concern for Gonzalez is preparing his team for the rapid-fire conference games that begin Sunday at Marist. In the next six weeks the Jaspers face their MAAC fate, playing 14 conference games. LOAD-DATE: |
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Daily News ( "They had a players-only meeting and they said they
needed to get with the program and they did," After two impressive wins over "Which team do you want to talk about, the good Gaels or the bad Gaels?" Ruland mused. But for the most part this season, it's been a steady dose
of some very bad Gaels. Some of the lowlights so far this season include home
losses to a young Fordham team, a one-point home conference loss to Rider and
that shocking three-point loss to Before the Gaels' last two losses (by 15 to Northeastern
and 17 to "I just don't understand them," Ruland said. "I've tried everything. I've spent a
lot of time trying to figure out what makes these guys tick. They battle and
fight all through practice, which is great. But then they don't bring it with
them to the game. I really thought we had turned the corner versus The Gaels (4-8), are off to their worst start since the
2001-02 season when they started off 0-6. After
never having started a season worse than 0-1 in conference play, A victory over Niagara, a team that has ended Iona's season in the MAAC tournament the last three years, is almost a must-have if the Gaels are to right the ship. "I'm far from giving up on this team," Ruland said. "But is there frustration? Yeah, definitely. But it will be a war of attrition with these guys. It's either them or me and I'm a lot tougher than they are." PROUD AS A PEACOCK: The St. Peter's school record for
points by a freshman stood at 442 points, set by Ricky Bellinger
in 1996-97. Two seasons ago, Kee Kee Clark shattered that mark with a single-season total
of 722. In the process With his 43-point effort against the LOAD-DATE: |
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http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13714125&BRD=2068&PAG=740&dept_id=387590&rfi=6 NCAA Game Summary - Poughkeepsie, NY (Sports Network) - Will Whittington led four players in double figures as he scored 19 points in helping to lead the Marist Red Foxes to a 71-62 victory over the Manhattan Jaspers in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference play from the McCann Center. Jared Jordan added 14 points and eight rebounds for the Red Foxes (6-7, 3-1 MAAC) who won for the second time in as many games. Will McClurkin registered a double-double with 11 points and a game-high 11 rebounds, while Ryan Stilphen nearly duplicated the effort with 12 points and 10 boards in the victory at home. The Jaspers (6-5, 1-2), who had their brief two-game win streak snapped, got 14 points from Peter Mulligan, 13 out of Mike Konovelchick off the bench and 12 points and nine rebounds from C.J. Anderson before he fouled out. Marist seemed to control the game from the onset, holding an 8-3 lead before the Jaspers battled back and claimed a 28-26 edge at the break as both teams shot 34.4 percent from the field in the period. In the second half the Red Foxes were unstoppable from all over the court, making 58.8 percent from the field, 4-of-8 behind the three-point line and 21- of-31 at the charity stripe in taking the nine-point win. No longer the dominating program in the MAAC, the Jaspers were crushed on the glass by Marist, 43-29, and were held to just 23.8 percent shooting from three-point range on the day. |
From: Haugh, John [1953]
Sent:
Subject: WSUvsManhattan 1/3/05
John Reinke,
We went to the game last evening at the Charles Kock Arena. My son Brian,
We were not disappointed. Here is the results by the Associated Press in today's Salina Journal:
Jamar Howard led the Schockers with 14 points and nine rebounds.Randy
Burns added 10 points, but he shot just 3-13 (23 persent)
from the field and had four of
The Shockers opened the game on an 8-0 run before the
Jaspers switched to a full court press, holding
The Smockers' 9-0 start tied the
1920-21 team for the best start in
It was a great game!
John J. Haugh BS.(PE) 1953
[JR: AND, a great report. Hopefully you made lots of noise. I get a big vicarious kick out of report like these. Next time, can we get pix? Video? I wanna be like Warner Woolfe “lets go to the videotape” even if he does pick against the home team. When wife and I listened to him in Wash DC in the seventies, he always picked the ‘skins. Great field work! I'd love more of us to get out and root for "our" teams. All of them. Imagine a cross country race with alums at every mile mark cheering. Betcha it would be worth ten per cent. (There's a consultant's axiom that says the difference between great and just good is often less that 2%?) Might even be enough to win? Certainly would change the pair of dimes and the conversation between alum and students. ]
From: Tom Tubridy [1977]
Sent:
Subject: Membership and email list
Dear John -
I was recently in touch with Joe Dillon at
I am a 1977 graduate of the
<extraneous deleted>
Also, if you do happen to hear of any openings for a
Controller, CFO, VP- Finance, etc. for a small to mid-size firm in No.
Again, I would appreciate it if I could be included on your mailing list. My number is <privacy invoked> and my email address is: <privacy invoked> , but you may need more for the membership database.
Please let me know if there are any other next steps.
Regards,
Tom Tubridy
[JR: Just send in the one-time non-refundable initiation payment. Oh that's right, the UN has a monopoly on corruption. Enjoy jottings. Anyone know of North Jersey CFO jobs?]
From: Mike McEneney [1953]
Sent:
To: John Reinke (1968)
Subject: New Dean of Students
Dear John,
The December edition of ON CAMPUS, the campus newsletter, has an article that reports that Brother Robert Berger, '73, Vice President of Student Life announced the appointment of Dr. Colette A. (McCarrick) Geary '82 as the New Dean of Students. She began this position on January 3rd.
The article continues:
"Dr.
Geary is a graduate of
I
am sure that we all wish her well in her new position.
Mike McEneney, Esq. '53 BBA
[JR: Tongue in cheek, I guess maybe one of her first duties was to cut off Jasper Jottings from the students, referring to MC declaring Yahoo as "un-receivable" due to being labeled a spammer. Just kidding, but that is what happens when you use the inet. All politicis, problems, and viewpoints are local. I might think that MC would want to keep all the idealistic tuition-paying students away from the grumpy old real-world alums. Don't want the idealism to be sand-blasted away before they complete all them there theology courses gettin’ ataken.]
[JR: Seriously, interesting the inner workings of the College. It has to be a tough task to be Dean of Students. I guess the alums really don't have a role in getting students ready for life and future employment. Hence we aren't mentioned in the litany of things she has had a solid working relationship with. Interesting? Perhaps, this indicates that the College's paradigm is flawed. Best of luck to her with or without a pair of dimes shift.]
[JR: For the non-consultants in the readership, those who
bugged out on Brother Austin Barry's 1 credit all you wanted to know or should
know about engineering Class where I first heard the word, or Father Ritter's
Theology for Barbarian Engineers where he spelled all the big wurds to us poor befuddled injuneers!
Paradigm, pair of dimes, is a way of thinking about how we think about
something, sort of our mental map to our understanding. Think of a you are using a
From: Steven G. (1981) Esposito
Sent:
Subject: Fwd: Operation Air Conditioner - Help out a Soldier
Steven
To All my Friends,
First of all Happy New Year to all.
I reflection of the past year, I was in
Steven
--
MAJ Steve Esposito
Fort
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Please donate via PayPal or send
us a check with the information is below. Most importantly, please sign up and
adopt a soldier or marine for the holidays. The main focus is to show our
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[JR:
:-( I’m envisioning
From: pshreeves
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 12:56 PM
To: john Reinke
Subject: Dr. Alphonsus J. Fennelly (fwd)
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. I don't know how well you might have known him, but he will be missed. Coolest guy on Earth. I'll send a link to the obituary as soon as it appears online.
Sincerely,
Michael Shreeves
---------------------- Forwarded Message: ---------------------
Date: Thu,
Friends of Al,
I got a call from Al Fennelly on Monday telling me that he
is in
I've been given the info for the viewing and funeral but haven't spoken to the family yet. If the information below is not correct I'll pass along a correction.
Viewing, Laughlin Funeral Home,
Thanks, my condolences to all.
Pete Shreeves
(Please forward this to others who remember Al.)
[JR: Maybe I am dense but I don't know who sent this to me or how they knew I'd be interested. As I said, maybe I'm being unusually stupid. But, I'm glad it came in and I was able to action it out to people who cared. Ain't the inet fascinating? ]
[JR: I did some QUICK research and found a few people who had queried for his address in the past few years and dropped a bunch of forwards in the out email box. Bummer! Not what I had in mind for Jottings. ]
[MCAlumDB: 1968 ]
[JR: I don't have an obit. And, I hate to take anything unconfirmed as factual. And, obits make me sad any way.]
From: Michael McFadden (1973)
Sent:
Subject: JJ contribution...
Hi John! Hope all's well! You seem to have survived Christmas and New Year's in one piece.
I'm not sure just where it would be most appropriate in the newsletter but I thought I'd try a short contribution here about what's been happening with me. I don't know whether first or third person is more appropriate so I'll try third. Hey, three time's the charm! :>
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Michael McFadden's (Peace Studies, 1973) book,
"Dissecting Antismokers' Brains" is
continuing to enjoy successful reviews and has been steadily growing in its
contribution to states and cities where smoking bans are being debated. The book has had a positive influence in
battles waged from
More information about his book, excerpts from it, and the chance to order your very own autographed copy can be found at http://cantiloper.tripod.com/index.html
The book is also available in the Manhattan College Library!
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Hope you can use it John! You do an amazing job with the newsletter and even though you don't hear from me much, I *do* appreciate it!
:)
Michael
[JR: Well since you’re a published author and so much younger than I am, maybe you’d be interested in “buying” the jasper jottings franchise? :-) Nope?! Didn’t think so. Must be a suc… an interested young graduate who’d like a “bargain”. ]
From: Kevin Reilly '79
Sent:
Subject: your jasper site
continuing to enjoy your weekly jasper updates
Kevin Reilly '79
From: ReinkeFJ @ Yahoo
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 10:35 PM
Subject: Job Search Sites with specific value to a hunting Jasper
Find news that can spark an idea
Search job listings
Answer the portfolio questions to prep your self
Company research
Find Jaspers to network with
[JR: Part of my first aid to hunting Jaspers and my networking colleagues. ]
From: Concannon, Michael C
Sent:
Subject:
Hi John,
Hope all is well. I seem to have fallen off the Jasper jottings weekly mailing. Can you please add me back at <privacy invoked>? Thanks and happy new year.
Mike Concannon
National Account Manager
[JR: Done. ]
[MCAlumDB: 1988 ]
[JR: I emailed this to 90 of my closest acquaintances from a non-Yahoo email account. ]
Dear fellow Jasper,
This is my first attempt this week to let you know that your
email is "bouncing". Yahoo is reporting to me that it can not get the
issue thru to you. If you are interested, reply and I can cut'n'tpaste
the specific finding in your case. I am telling you this for two reasons. One,
not so selfish, that you may be losing mail from more important sources. Two,
more selfishly, is that I hate to "lose" any readers; it's one thing
if you sign off, it quite another if we just "drift apart" (visualize
Tom Hanks losing
Keep in touch,
John'68
[JR: This is one of the few responses. ]
From: Kirsten Marie Carroll [?2004?]
Sent:
Subject: Re: Your email is bouncing!?!
Dear John,
Thank you for bringing this to my attention, I do not at all
want to drift into the sea as
Thanks again,
Kirsten '06
-----
Sent:
To: Kirsten Marie Carroll
Subject: Re: Your email is bouncing!?!
Kirsten,
See that's the essence of the problem. MC is blocking all email from yahoo. Here below is what I am seeing on EVERY @manhattan.edu. Evidently, somehow Yahoo got put on the black hole list which the College picks up and applies (blindly). So if you have anyone, like Jottings, who comes via the Yahoo address space, their messages are not getting thru. So if you want to read Jottings, you have to go to www.jasperjottings.com, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Distribute_Jasper_Jottings, change your email to another address, or change your email to a redirector like BIGFOOT (I think that should fool the censors.). Any way, you should now understand the problem.
John'68
----
From: Kirsten Marie Carroll
Sent:
Subject: Re: Your email is bouncing!?!
John-
I understand the problem now, you can send jottings to my other e-mail <privacy invoked>
Thanks
kirsten
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http://www.bresnan.com/unst/about/management/akober.asp
Andrew C. Kober, CPA, Senior Vice President and Controller
Andy Kober brings a detailed understanding of financial structuring, accounting, tax and financial reporting to the Bresnan management team.
Mr. Kober joined Bresnan in 1990
as Controller and has been responsible for the accounting and financial
reporting functions of the Company’s
In addition, Mr. Kober has been actively involved in the Company’s public high-yield offerings and international and domestic equity-raising efforts. He also helped coordinate the sale of Bresnan’s former domestic and international operations, overseeing the orderly completion of financial and tax reporting and the transition of financial operations to the acquiring companies.
Prior to joining Bresnan, Mr.
Kober was a manager with the
Mr. Kober is a certified public accountant and a summa cum
laude graduate of
[MCAlumDB: ???? ]
http://66.117.197.27/crehan.cfm
Site Tree:
Matthew J. Crehan was first elected Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Butler County in 1988 and has served in that capacity since January 1989.
He is a graduate of
In 1971, while working for the FBI, Judge Crehan received
his law degree from the Salmon P. Chase College of Law. He left the FBI in 1972
to enter private law practice, and at the time of his election to the bench, he
was senior trial and management attorney for the
[MCdb: 1958 ]
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=== <begin quote> ===
There are 71 juvenile offenders on death row in the
The
The New York Times today outlines the issues and the case.
Conscience, supported by science, should compel state lawmakers to embrace principle over politics on this grave moral issue. ...DNA has refuted the notion that innocent people never end up on death row. Science offers compelling evidence, as well, that even the guilty acted with diminished capacity if they committed their crimes as juveniles. Recent studies of the brain show its impulse control center does not develop fully till age 20 or 21.
Lawmakers should eliminate the death penalty at least against the young, because that is the right thing to do. And isn't moral leadership what voters say they expect of their politicians these days?
Also of interest is a report by
In 2003, the Missouri Supreme Court set aside the death sentence of Christopher Simmons, who was 17 when he was arrested for the murder of Shirley Crook. The court held that the "evolving standards of decency" embodied in the constitutional prohibition of cruel and unusual punishments barred execution of persons who committed capital crimes before their 18th birthday. This decision was based in part on an emerging national consensus opposing execution of juvenile offenders: Legislatures have increasingly disallowed death sentences for persons under 18, and even where such sentences are permitted by statute, they are increasingly rarely imposed in practice.
=== <end quote> ===
As the readers here may know, I don't see where in the Constitution the government is allowed to kill its citizens. Perhaps, I should say "subjects". If you think "right to life", then it's only logically consistent to say that the death penalty is wrong.
IMHO!
And that’s the last word.
Curmudgeon
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GBu. GBA.