Sunday 23 January 2005

Dear Jaspers,

663 are active on the Distribute site. There are 37 bouncing.

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This issue is at: http://www.jasperjottings.com/jasperjottings20050123.htm

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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 2:30pm Smith Auditorium

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 New York, Diocese of Brooklyn and the Bronx Diocese. The event will begin with a panel of speakers representing the districts and private schools who will provide advice and suggestions about their interview and application processes.

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

DATE CHANGED!
We Mar 9th 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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In my neverending quest to exploit the inet, here’s an interesting offer:

http://www.streamload.com

“Storage is now free for all files! Streamloaders have Unlimited Storage while Freeloaders get an industry leading 10 GBs of free online storage.”

I, of course, became a freeloader. For Jottings, of course. Unusual for inet-er, but in keeping with my engineering education, I firmly believe that one can never have too much backup. During a “disaster”, there always seems something that goes missing. In my previous corporate and consulting lives, I have preached backup, backup, and more backup. Having lost two hard drives loaded with “stuff” in my career, I can attest to the fact that you never ever get it all back. So, I would urge everyone to become a “freeloader”. Better if you become a “Paid Loader”, but start cheap. And, if you set it up right, and maintain a good recovery discipline, when your hard drive fires, as it eventually will, you won’t lose anything.

P.S.: Jasper Jottings is on my home machine, my personal notebook, the website, and now on StreamLoaders.

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[Picked up in the NY Post and several national outlets.]

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A 10-year-old girl saved her family and 100 other tourists from the Asian tsunami because she had learnt about the giant waves in a geography lesson, it has emerged. Tilly Smith, from Oxshott, Surrey, was holidaying with her parents and seven-year-old sister on Maikhao beach in Phuket, Thailand, when the tide rushed out. As the other tourists watched in amazement, the water began to bubble and the boats...

=== <end quote> ===

This snippet demos the difference between data, information, knowledge, and wisdom. Pre-disaster, every year, in science classes around the globe, teachers presented data. Some may have been able to make it into information by putting context around it. I bet at least somewhere some time some teacher may have said "if you see X happen". How many filed it away as a bit of knowledge? But this little girl made it into wisdom. The ability to take "stuff", know it's important, and put it into action to me that's wisdom. I am sure that it required a huge amount of self-confidence to tell a bunch of brain dead adults "to get a move on cause trouble's a coming!"

The other report is that no animal's bodies were found. Large animals seemed to "know" to move away, up, or wherever. Only man, in his smug kwon-it-all conceit, was oblivious to the danger. Be interesting to see if any university tries to figure out this one. Sixth sense. We may have one, but, we'll never find it again until we look for it. Like the old joke, where God says, "You have to cooperate and buy a ticket", we have to recognize what we don't know. Like "who wants to be a millionaire", how sure are we that we know it all. As evidenced by that show, we always over estimate our own commands of the data, information, knowledge, and wisdom we have in our "store". Hopefully, us Jaspers are open to learning. Life long learning. It's necessary for sheer survival.

Reflect well on our alma mater, this week, every week, in any and every way possible, large or small. God bless.

"Collector-in-chief" John
john.reinke--AT--att.net

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[CONTENTS]

0	Headquarters (like MC Press Releases)
0	GoodNews
2	Obits
0	Jaspers_in_the_News
1	Manhattan_in_the_News
10	Sports
13	Emails
2	Jaspers found web-wise

[PARTICIPANTS BY CLASS]

Class	Name	Section
????	Copeland, Quentin E.	Obit1
1952	Flynn, Br. Anthony	Updates
1952	Plumeau, Edward	Email09
1953	McEneney, Mike	Email11
1953	O'Connor, Bob	Email12
1957	Boyle, Len	Email13
1961	Gearity, John E	Email09
1965	Finnerty, Michael	Found2
1965	Weber, Charles J.	Email11
1967	Leunig, William (Bill) G.	Updates
1968	Kelly, Jack	Updates
1968	Reinke, John	Email07
1972	LoRusso, Thomas A. Sr.	Obit2
1972	Toner, Michael	Email08
1973	McFadden, Michael J.	Email10
1973	Tierney, Frank	Found1
1974	Byrnes, Christopher M.	Updates
1975	Drury, Bernie	Updates
1976	Lemanski, Stephen D.	Updates
1977	Gotimer, Thomas M.	Updates
1981	Esposito, Steven G.	Email01
1984	Kober, Andrew C.	Email11
1985	Holzer, Ingrid M.	Updates
1993	Genovese, Matthew S.	Updates
1993	Quirk, Dennis	Updates
2005?	Boateng, Julian Kojo	Email02
2005?	Holmquist, Jake	Email06
2005?	Kilfeather, John	Email04
2005?	Nooney, Christopher	Email03
2005?	Pozner, Beth	Email05

[PARTICIPANTS BY NAME]

Class	Name	Section
2005?	Boateng, Julian Kojo	Email02
1957	Boyle, Len	Email13
1974	Byrnes, Christopher M.	Updates
????	Copeland, Quentin E.	Obit1
1975	Drury, Bernie	Updates
1981	Esposito, Steven G.	Email01
1965	Finnerty, Michael	Found2
1952	Flynn, Br. Anthony	Updates
1961	Gearity, John E	Email09
1993	Genovese, Matthew S.	Updates
1977	Gotimer, Thomas M.	Updates
2005?	Holmquist, Jake	Email06
1985	Holzer, Ingrid M.	Updates
1968	Kelly, Jack	Updates
2005?	Kilfeather, John	Email04
1984	Kober, Andrew C.	Email11
1976	Lemanski, Stephen D.	Updates
1967	Leunig, William (Bill) G.	Updates
1972	LoRusso, Thomas A. Sr.	Obit2
1953	McEneney, Mike	Email11
1973	McFadden, Michael J.	Email10
2005?	Nooney, Christopher	Email03
1953	O'Connor, Bob	Email12
1952	Plumeau, Edward	Email09
2005?	Pozner, Beth	Email05
1993	Quirk, Dennis	Updates
1968	Reinke, John	Email07
1973	Tierney, Frank	Found1
1972	Toner, Michael	Email08
1965	Weber, Charles J.	Email11

[Messages from Headquarters
(Manhattan College Press Releases & Stuff)]

Headquarters1

Nothing

Honors

[No Honors]

Weddings

[No Weddings]

Births

[No Births]

Engagements

[No Engagements]

Graduations

[No Graduations]

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

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Wisconsin)
January 17, 2005 Monday
Final Edition
SECTION: B News; Pg. 99
HEADLINE: Copeland, Quentin E., Dr.

Age 80 of Jefferson passed away on January 12, 2005. He was born on June 20, 1924 in Milwaukee, WI son of the late Edward and Ruth (Bender) Copeland, owners of the Copeland and Ryder Company of Jefferson. Quentin graduated from Jefferson High School in 1943. . He entered the U.S Army and was commissioned to Texas A&M and Manhattan College by the United States Army Corp of Engineers. In 1944, he was deployed to Europe with the 84th infantry division and was decorated with the Bronze Star for heroic action in the Battle of the Bulge. He also attended Roosevelt College and graduated from the Illinois College of Podiatry. Dr. Copeland practiced Podiatric Medicine in Milwaukee from 1949 to 1990. He served as Chief of Staff of Podiatric Medicine for Lake View Hospital in Milwaukee, was a past president of the Wisconsin State Podiatry Association, and a past member of the Board of Directors at Northwest General Hospital. Dr. Copeland was an avid golfer and former member of Tuckaway Country Club, Lake Ripley Country Club, and Meadow Springs Country Club. On September 13, 1946 he married Marie Ann Spangler in Greendale, Wisconsin where they resided until 1984. Following his retirement Quentin and Marie moved back to Jefferson. Together they enjoyed golfing, traveling, and spending time with their family. Dr Copeland is survived by his wife; Marie of Jefferson. Three daughters; Cynthia (Robert) Ross of Sturgeon Bay WI, Patricia Copeland of Jefferson WI, Pamela Feider of Jefferson WI.

Two sons; Scott (Nancy) Copeland of DePere WI, John (Terry) Copeland of Erin WI, 18 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. One sister Margaret Trumbull of Vero Beach, Florida. Two brothers Richard, James, and one son-in-law Tom Feider preceded him in death. The Family would like to extend special thanks to Country Nurses, Countryside Nursing Home, the Rainbow Hospice, and all individuals who have been a great comfort during Dr. Copeland's illness. Private Services for Dr. Copeland will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given in Dr. Copeland's name to St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Jefferson, Wisconsin, the Jefferson Historical Society, or the Jefferson Community Foundation. Schneider-Michaelis Funeral Home Jefferson is assisting the family with arrangements.

LOAD-DATE: January 17, 2005

[MCdb: ????]

Obit2

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri)

January 15, 2005 Saturday

FIVE STAR LATE LIFT EDITION

HEADLINE: LoRUSSO, THOMAS A. SR.

LoRUSSO, THOMAS A. SR., East Alton, 57, died at 11:06 a.m., Thursday, January 13, 2005; he was born February 26, 1947, in The Bronx, NY, to Antonio and Sylvia (Romano) LoRusso; he married the former Martha E. (Haley) Napp on May 18, 1996, in Alton, she survives. He was a U.S. Navy veteran serving from August 1964 to August 1966. Before moving to Alton, he was an electrical engineer In Alton, he owned Middle Coast Wood Products. He was a member of the Navy League St. Louis Council, serving as vice president of youth programs; as well as former commanding officer of the U.S. Naval Sea Cadets Corps. He was also a member of Eta Kappa Nu Association, an honor society for electrical engineers. He graduated from Manhattan College in New York with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and a master's degree in electrical engineering and business management from Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey. In addition to his wife, he is survived by his mother, who lives in Belleville; two sons, Thomas A. LoRusso Jr. and John J. LoRusso of River Edge, NJ; a daughter, Christina M. LoRusso of Ramsey, NJ; two stepsons, Aron Swanson of Fairfield, CA and Brian Swanson of Worden, IL; one stepdaughter, Joanna Nolan and her husband, Tom of Wanaque, NJ; four grandchildren, Johnathan, Eric, Gregory and Cassandra; and a brother, William LoRusso of Danburty, CT. He was preceded in death by his father.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m., Sunday at PAYNIC Home for Funerals in Rosewood Heights. Service will be held at 9:00 a.m., Monday at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Alton, Father David J. Boase will officiate. Burial will be at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis. Memorials may be made to the Navy League, St. Louis Council, Tom LoRusso Memorial Scholarship Fund.

LOAD-DATE: January 15, 2005

[MCdb: 1972]

[JR: Too young. This one really hits home since we’re both born in 47. He must have done his Navy service first and then went to school. I did the reverse. I’m saddened even though I never knew him.]

[Jaspers_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.]

Byrnes, Christopher M. (1974)
Manager Real Estate/Space Planning
Mutual of America Life Insurance Co.

Drury, Bernie (1975)
Henry Brothers Electronics
Saddle Brook, NJ 07663

Flynn, Br. Anthony (1952)
Professor Emeritus CIS
Manhattan College
Christian Brothers Center
Bronx, NY 10471

Genovese, Matthew S. (1993)
Vice President, Sales & Marketing
Make It Count Marketing Communications
Jackson, NJ 08527

Gotimer, Thomas M. (1977)
Attorney-at-Law
Ridgefield, CT 06877

Holzer, Ingrid M. (1985)
Lead Software Engineer
Ciena Corp.

Kelly, Jack (1968)
Senior Systems Engineer
BAE IT
Woodbridge, VA 22191

Lemanski, Stephen D. (1976)
President
Southampton Engineering Services
southampton, new york 11969

Leunig, William (Bill) G. (1967)
Senior Project Manager
Bechtel Corporation
Concord, California 94518-2141

Quirk, Dennis (1993)
Financial Operations
BP Independent Reprographics

[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.]

None

Jaspers_in_the_News

JNews1

None

Manhattan_in_the_News

MNews1

http://www.cemig.com.br/noticias/noticias_ago_10.asp

Fernando Almeida explica sustentabilidade

Dia 19 de agosto, o engenheiro e presidente executivo do Conselho Empresarial Brasileiro para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável – CEBDS, Fernando Almeida, fez palestra sobre o tema O bom negócio da sustentabilidade, que é também o título do livro que ele lançou pela editora Nova Fronteira. Segundo ele, a idéia de escrever o livro não foi motivada apenas pela necessidade, mas sim com o objetivo de organizar sua experiência como engenheiro ambiental nas universidades, órgãos públicos e, mais recentemente, como representante do setor empresarial. No livro ele mostra, através de pesquisas e de experiências, uma visão pragmática sobre os benefícios obtidos pela sociedade quando passa a incorporar os conceitos de sustentabilidade.

[JR: This fellow has been picked up in a Spanish news site. I've attempted to ping them with the poop. http://ferdinand_reinke.tripod.com/jasperjottings20040530.htm News#7 has the tale that he isn't ours.]

RESUMES

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]

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

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) New York, NY 12:00 PM
2/4/05 Friday W. Swimming Fairfield* HOME 6:00 PM
2/4/05 Friday M. Basketball at Iona* New Rochelle, NY 7:00 PM
2/5/05 Saturday Track & Field Armory Collegiate Invitational * New York, NY 10:00 AM
2/6/05 Sunday W. Basketball at Iona* New Rochelle, NY 2:00 PM
2/6/05 Sunday M. Basketball at Loyola* Baltimore, MD 2:30 PM
2/10/05 Thursday W. Basketball Fairfield* HOME 7:00 PM
2/11/05 Friday M. Tennis Princeton Princeton, NJ TBA
2/11/05 Friday M. Basketball Rider* HOME 7:00 PM
2/12/05 Saturday Track & Field Penn State University Invitational University Park, PA 10:00 AM
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 Columbia New York, NY TBA
2/18/05 Friday Track & Field MAAC Championships ^ New York, NY 11:00 AM
2/18/05 Friday W. Basketball at Loyola* Baltimore, MD 7:00 PM
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 Maryland-Eastern Shore Princess Anne, MD 12:00 PM
2/20/05 Sunday Baseball Maryland-Eastern Shore Princess Anne, MD 1:00 PM
2/20/05 Sunday M. Tennis Boston College HOME 1:00 PM
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 @ Boston, MA 9:00 AM
2/25/05 Friday Track & Field NYU Invitational * New York, NY 1:00 PM
2/25/05 Friday W. Basketball at Canisius* Buffalo, NY 7:00 PM
2/25/05 Friday M. Tennis Saint John's HOME 8:30 PM
2/26/05 Saturday Track & Field Manhattan Last Chance HOME 8:00 AM
2/26/05 Saturday Track & Field USATF Championships @ Boston, MA 9:00 AM
2/26/05 Saturday Baseball Davidson (DH) Davidson, ND 12:00 PM
2/26/05 Saturday M. Lacrosse Virginia Charlottesville, VA 1:00 PM
2/27/05 Sunday M. Tennis Saint Peter's Jersey City, NJ TBA
2/27/05 Sunday Baseball Davidson Davidson, NC 12:00 PM
2/27/05 Sunday Track & Field USATF Championships @ Boston, MA 1:00 PM
2/27/05 Sunday W. Basketball at Niagara* Niagara Falls, NY 2:00 PM
2/27/05 Sunday M. Basketball at St. Peter's* Jersey City, NJ 2:00 PM

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

ANDERSON POWERS MEN'S BASKETBALL PAST CANISIUS, 86-77

Buffalo, NY (January 20, 2005)- Behind career and game-highs of 25 points and 16 rebounds from freshman CJ Anderson, Manhattan tallied its first road conference win of the season, defeating Canisius, 86-77, tonight at the Koessler Athletic Center on the Canisius campus. The Jaspers improve to 9-6, 4-3 in MAAC play.

LADY JASPERS FALL TO ST. PETER'S, 53-40

Jersey City, NJ (January 20, 2005)- Behind 16 points from Tiffany Jones, St. Peter's defeated Manhattan tonight at the Yanitelli Center, 53-40. Senior Serra Sangar scored 14 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for the Lady Jaspers, who fall to 7-9 and 3-4 in the MAAC with the loss.

BALANCED SCORING LEAD MEN'S BASKETBALL TO A 92-82 WIN OVER SAINT PETER'S

Riverdale, NY (January 17, 2005)- All five Manhattan starters scored in double-figures as the Jaspers posted a 92-82 win over the visiting Saint Peter’s Peacocks tonight at Draddy Gym. The Jaspers improve to 8-6, 3-3 in MAAC play, while the Peacocks fall to 6-9, 1-5 in MAAC play. CJ Anderson nearly tallied his third straight double-double to lead Manhattan, falling a rebound short as he tallied team-highs of 21 points and nine rebounds.

CJ ANDERSON EARNS MAAC ROOKIE OF THE WEEK HONORS FOR THE FIFTH TIME

Riverdale, NY (January 17, 2005)- Manhattan College freshman guard/forward CJ Anderson was named MAAC Rookie of the Week for the week ending January 16, it was announced today by the conference office. This is the fifth time this season that Anderson has received this honor.

LADY JASPERS FALL TO SIENA, 56-46

Loudonville, NY (January 16, 2005)- Siena held Manhattan to 33.3% shooting from the field as the Saints handed the Lady Jaspers a 56-46 loss today at the Alumni Recreation Center. Senior Serra Sangar led Manhattan with 14 points, while Lauren Surber led all scorers with 17 for Siena.

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/

Daily News (New York)
January 18, 2005 Tuesday
SPORTS FINAL EDITION
SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. 76
HEADLINE: JASPERS ENJOY A FRESH START
BYLINE: BY SEAN BRENNAN DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER

IT WASN'T EXACTLY Bobby Gonzalez's New Year's resolution to begin 2005 by starting three freshman, but maybe it should have been.

"It was like pulling teeth to get me to do it," the Manhattan coach said. "But I feel glad now that I did it."

Starting with the Jaspers' game at Wichita State on Jan. 3, Gonzalez decided to insert Jeff Xavier into a starting lineup that already featured freshman forwards C.J. Anderson and Arturo Dubois. Since then the trio has played mostly to rave reviews and last night was no different.

With leading scorer Peter Mulligan saddled with foul trouble, Anderson had a breakout game. He scored 21 points with a team-best nine boards and two blocks, and Xavier (five steals) and Dubois (two blocks) combined to score another 23 points to lead five Jaspers in double figures as Manhattan rolled to a 92-82 victory over St. Peter's last night at Draddy Gym.

"Starting three freshman probably hurt our consistency," Gonzalez said. "We probably lost a couple of battles but it will help us win the war."

After Mulligan (17 points), who sat for nine minutes in the first half, picked up his third foul in the opening moments of the second, Gonzalez was forced to send his senior star to the bench and entrust the Jaspers' fortunes to Anderson & Co. Manhattan (8-6, 3-3 MAAC) barely missed a beat.

In Mulligan's absence, Manhattan built a 63-49 lead with just over 12:00 to go and looked ready to close out last-place St. Peter's (6-9, 1-5). But even with Manhattan seemingly hitting on all cylinders offensively, the Jaspers did have trouble trying to stifle Peacocks guard Keydren Clark.

Clark, who came in as the nation's No. 2 scorer at 25.2 points per game, teamed with George Jefferson to key a run that brought St. Peter's within 65-60 with 9:53 to go.

But that was as close as the Peacocks would get as Anderson, Mulligan and Jason Wingate, who scored a career-best 16 points, engineered a run that quickly built an 84-68 bulge with 3:00 to play and Manhattan coasted to the finish despite Clark's 32 points overall.

"With me it's whatever it takes to help the team," Anderson said after the Jaspers got back on the winning track after a stunning loss to lowly Iona Saturday night. "When Peter was out I had to take some of the scoring load. I had to be more aggressive."

LOAD-DATE: January 18, 2005

Daily News (New York)
January 18, 2005 Tuesday
CITY FINAL EDITION
SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. 76
HEADLINE: KEY CAN'T LOCK MANHATTAN OUT
BYLINE: BY OHM YOUNGMISUK DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER

LIKE MOST COACHES who have to prepare for St. Peter's guard Keydren Clark, Manhattan coach Bobby Gonzalez was more than a little anxious.

"Kee-Kee is unstoppable when you have a week to prepare for him," Gonzalez said. "And we only (had) two days."

Clark may have certainly won the battle last night, but Manhattan won the war. The nation's second-leading scorer netted a game-high 32 points, but freshman C.J. Anderson led five Manhattan players in double figures with 21 as the Jaspers shook off their Saturday loss to Iona and took a 92-82 decision at Draddy Gym.

Jason Wingate added a career-best 18 points, Peter Mulligan chipped in with 17, Arturo Dubois finished with 11 and Jeff Xavier had 10 points with five steals.

The Jaspers found themselves in a bind when Mulligan, the team's leading scorer at 21.5 points per game, picked up his third foul just 2:34 into the second half.

But surprisingly, without Mulligan on the court, the Jaspers were able to build a commanding 63-49 lead with 12:22 to go.

But with Clark and George Jefferson heating up for St. Peter's, Manhattan quickly saw its lead dwindle to 65-60.

But once Mulligan was back in the game, the Jaspers, who saw an 11-point lead evaporate into the loss to Iona, quickly built the lead back to 13 with Mulligan scoring six straight points as part of the 8-0 run.

From there Manhattan (8-6, 3-3 MAAC) bumped the lead up to 84-68 and the Peacocks never got any closer than 11 the rest of the way.

Gonzalez was concerned about last night's game because it marked Manhattan's third conference tilt in five days. The Jaspers defeated Niagara Thursday night.

But the Jaspers showed little wear and tear as they sent the Peacocks (6-9, 1-5) into a last-place tie with Iona in the MAAC.

Manhattan, which rebounded from its second home loss of the season, plays six of its next seven on the road.

The lone home game during that stretch is on Jan. 30 against conference co-leader Fairfield.

Rider, which hosts Manhattan Thursday, edged into a share of that lead at 5-1 in the conference with an 89-69 drubbing of Loyola (Md.) yesterday as part of a MAAC doubleheader at Pepsi Arena in Albany. In the other game, Canisius needed overtime to beat Siena, 84-80. Manhattan visits both of those teams as part of its upcoming road swing.

LOAD-DATE: January 18, 2005

The New York Post
January 18, 2005 Tuesday
SECTION: Metro; Pg. 73
HEADLINE: RETOOLED JASPERS BACK IN BATTLE
BYLINE: TIM KERRIGAN

When St. Peter’s visited Manhattan College last night, it promised to be a different kind of basketball game than the Luis Flores-Keydren Clark battles staged between the squads the last two years.

Manhattan (7-6, 2-3 MAAC) swept the two-game season series last year, but neither Flores, now with the Golden State Warriors, nor Jason Benton or Dave Holmes are wearing Jasper green this season.

The trio accounted for 94 of the 164 points Manhattan scored in the season-series, and for 49 of the Jaspers’ 79 rebounds.

Flores scored 32 and 24 points to lead all scorers in both games. Clark was a close second, tallying 22 in each.

"Look at St. Joe’s without Jameer [Nelson] and Delonte [West]. Nobody can sustain," Jasper coach Bobby Gonzalez said after Saturday’s loss to Iona.

"We can’t be as good as we were by losing the [league’s] Player of the Year [Flores] and three senior starters for four years."

St. Peter’s (6-8, 1-4 MAAC) retained Clark, who averages 25 ppg this season, in addition to Ron Yates, Correy Hinnant and Terrance Watkins, all of whom are scoring in double figures this season.

It’s also added Todd Sowell, a 6-foot-7, shot-blocking presence from Bishop Loughlin in Queens.

But Manhattan’s addition may be the most noteworthy. C.J. Anderson, a 6-6 forward from Laurinburg Prep (North Carolina), may be the next Jasper to go head-to-head in the box score with Clark.

Anderson was second on Manhattan in scoring (14.7 ppg), second in assists (33) and first in rebounding (8.2 rpg) and field goal percentage (.545).

In a gojaspers.com poll posted to determine the team MVP at this point in the season, Anderson received 53 percent of the votes. Senior guard Peter Mulligan was second with 34 percent. No other player received more than 5 percent.

Despite earning his fifth MAAC Rookie of the Week award last week, Anderson has competition for best Laurinburg Prep alum. Longar Longar, a 6-11 Sudanese center at Oklahoma, scored 27 points starting for injured center Kevin Bookout on Dec. 30 against Florida A&M.

Still, the Jaspers will certainly take him. Manhattan, struggling to maintain New York area dominance, is thrilled to have a rookie as talented as Anderson who can rebound.

"We’ve never been a great rebounding team, and we knew we were going to be weaker when we lost Dave Holmes," Gonzalez said.

Anderson has helped Manhattan fill that void. His numbers suggest he may be the answer to many other questions for the Jaspers over the next few years.

LOAD-DATE: January 18, 2005

Daily News (New York)
January 16, 2005 Sunday
SPORTS FINAL EDITION
SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. 79
HEADLINE: TIME'S UP AS JASPERS COLLAPSE
BYLINE: BY SEAN BRENNAN DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER

AS HIS PLAYERS left the huddle with 36.5 seconds to play in a tie game yesterday, Manhattan coach Bobby Gonzalez had one final reminder for them.

"We told the guys we used our timeouts," Gonzalez said.

But seconds later, when Peter Mulligan couldn't find anyone with the inbound pass and with the Jaspers perilously close to a five-second violation, Mulligan turned and signaled for a timeout.

"I was aware of it early in the play," said Mulligan, who finished with 22 points. "I just had a mental mistake. I just forgot. It was a tough play."

And a technical foul.

And when Iona's Steve Burtt sank the two ensuing free throws, it made the difference in a wild 69-67 Iona victory yesterday at Draddy Gymnasium.

"We have to blame ourselves for not getting the ball in," Gonzalez said. "Iona just did a good job of denying us. But it never should have come down to that. This isn't on Peter."

Indeed, it looked like Manhattan (7-6, 2-3 MAAC) was all set to log another home 'W' when the Jaspers opened up a 60-47 lead with 8:19 to play. But then the tide began to turn.

"We preach defense," Iona coach Jeff Ruland said. "So we tightened our belts and made some plays down the end."

And the one making the bulk of those plays was Greg Jenkins. Iona's 6-9 senior center had his finest game of the season with a career-high 30 points and seven rebounds. He was so dominant that he helped foul out both Arturo Dubois and Guy Ngarndi to leave Manhattan shorthanded in the final seven minutes. And from there Jenkins continued his dominance around the basket, scoring 11 points down the stretch, including a layup with 42.3 seconds to play that tied the score at 67.

"From the start, Coach told me I could take over inside,' Jenkins said. "This was a much-needed win. Some days it comes from Ricky (Soliver), some days it's Steve Burtt. Today I stepped up."

Jenkins, who came into the game shooting just 64% from the free throw line, nailed 10-of-14 in the game, including 8-of-11 in Iona's 22-7 run over the final 8:19. Asked if this was his best game of the season, Jenkins answered, "You could say that."

The win, the first on the road for Iona (5-10, 1-5) this season, helped put the brakes to a four-game losing streak and gave the Gaels their first conference win. Soliver had 13 points while Burtt added 10.

"It's about time," Ruland said. "Hopefully this will be a turning point and we can build off of it."

LOAD-DATE: January 17, 2005

Daily News (New York)
January 14, 2005 Friday
SPORTS FINAL EDITION
SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. 102
HEADLINE: JASPERS COOK UP ANOTHER HOME WIN
BYLINE: BY SEAN BRENNAN DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER

SINCE ARRIVING in Riverdale at the start of the 1999-2000 season, Manhattan coach Bobby Gonzalez has helped transform Draddy Gym into a house of horrors for opposing teams.

"Maybe it's the bandbox atmosphere or our style of play," Gonzalez said. "We're just confident here. We get a lot of energy from this place."

The Jaspers were 11-1 at home last season, bested only in Gonzalez's tenure by the Jaspers' 12-1 mark in 2001-02. The numbers are staggering, a 50-12 home mark heading into last night's MAAC matchup with Niagara. It's enough to leave hapless opponents to wonder, "Who's your Draddy?"

Last night, Niagara became victim No. 51.

With Peter Mulligan scoring 32 points and freshman C.J. Anderson adding 15 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks, Manhattan pulled away late in the second half for a 78-72 victory. It was the Jaspers' seventh straight victory over Niagara, including the championship game in last season's MAAC tournament.

"I think we just play a lot more loose, a step faster, when we play at home," said Mulligan, who scored 20 of his 32 in the second half. "We just get excited being at home. We just seem to get up."

And no one was more up than Mulligan, especially as he singlehandedly carried the Jaspers (7-5, 2-2 MAAC) through a huge chunk of the second half. Niagara (9-5, 4-2) was trailing 43-40 with just over 16:00 to play when Mulligan caught fire. The 6-5 senior swingman scored the Jaspers' next 14 points as Manhattan opened up a 57-48 lead midway through the half.

But after a five-point effort in the first half, Niagara's Juan Mendez also began to heat up on his way to a 20-point, 11-rebound night. When he completed a three-point play with 2:44 to play, the Purple Eagles were within 66-63.

But Mulligan had an answer, hitting three free throws over the next 50 seconds. Junior guard Jason Wingate, who scored 11 points, drained all six of his free throws in the final 32 seconds and the Jaspers erased the sting of an unexpected loss at Marist on Sunday.

"This shows we can still play with anybody in this league," Gonzalez said, although league doormats Iona and St. Peter's visit Draddy tomorrow and Monday.

Mulligan, who was three points away from his career high, continues to grow into the role of leader in the absence of Luis Flores, last year's senior catalyst.

"Peter Mulligan is not being talked about a lot," Gonzalez said. "Not as a go-to guy or a star in the conference. He doesn't have that rep right now. But he really deserves that and I think he's going to prove that as we go along."

LOAD-DATE: January 14, 2005

EMAIL FROM JASPERS

Email01

From: Esposito, Steven G. (1981)
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 9:46 AM
Subject: Fwd: Pictures from Iraq that are too shocking and graphic for the media

Pictures >From Iraq That Are Too Shocking & Graphic for The Mainstream Media!!!

http://www.ofoto.com/BrowsePhotos.jsp?showSlide=true&Uc=xiwgp6n.2md829bv&Uy=-e3fg6z&Ux=0

[JR: This is an example of “us” using Ofoto as a method of sharing photos and “stuff”. No login is required. I’m interested in what people think of the method. Content comments are of course always of interest. ]

Email02

From: Julian Kojo Boateng [2005?]
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 6:17 PM
Subject: Re: FYI! Your email from Jottings has bounced.

Thank you for informing me. I think the mailbox may be full. Not sure though.

Try again when you get a chance please. Thanks

Quoting:
> Your email address bounced. I am sending this to let you now that there is a
> problem. While Jasper Jottings may not be the most important email you get –
> hard to believe – you may be missing important stuff.
> John Reinke '68BEEE
> reinkefj -- at -- alum.manhattan.edu

[JR: Email thread ensued about what happened. ]

Email03

Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 9:04 AM
To: Christopher Nooney [2005?]
Subject: Re: FYI! Your email from Jottings has bounced.

Hi Chris, Quick story. It's nothing you did. Someone labeled Yahoo as a "Spammer". And, put Yahoo on the "black hole list". It's a common internet resource to id spammers. All mail from those on the list is sent to the "balck hole", if you follow "their" methodology. Who that is I don't know? The College sucks up the "black hole list" and applies it. Hence all mail from Yahoo goes into the bit bucket. Since Jottings is distribute from Yahoo, bang your mail never gets to you. Aren't you glad they are "protecting" you? These anti-spam strategies don't work because of the innocent victims it creates. Sometimes they black hole by ip address or ip address range. So yoou will find that you sometimes can't get to site or get email from whole gobs of people. Arghhh! So, if you want to shift the email to another address, you can (1) do it ofr yourself at Yahoo; or (2) tell me to do it -- I have to reinvite the new address and nuke the old one. Your choice. Advise. John'68

-------------- Original message --------------

I'm not certain why that email address (<privacy invoked>) is bouncing. I get your emails *about* the bounce without a problem. The last jottings I received seems to be for 26 December. I have made no changes that should prohibit subsequent issues... if the bouncing continues, please update my email address to the this one (from which I have sent this email): <privacy invoked>

[JR: All is returning to normal. Til next time. ]

Email04

From: John Kilfeather [2005?]
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 8:34 PM
Subject: Re: Your email is bouncing!?!

Sorry,

But I don't know anything about the bouncing. I'm still getting all of the newsletters. Maybe it's a yahoo glitch?

J. Kilfeather

[JR: I suspect that the MC spam check occurs after it does the forward to your real email address. Those at MC who forward get the email. Those who don’t don’t. And, all addresses get reported as rejected. IMHO No way to prove. No way experiment. But that doesn’t mean it ain’t so. ]

Email05

From: Beth Pozner [2005?]
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 10:17 PM
Subject: Re: Your email is bouncing!?!

whats going on

[JR: Yahoo is reporting to me that your email is bouncing. Hence, you may not be getting Jottings or other important mail. It could be something is being reported incorrectly. John'68]

Email06

From: jake holmquist [2005?]
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 10:55 PM
Subject: Re: Your email is bouncing!?!

John,

After reading your message to Walter (forwarded to me), I have temporarily disabled the blacklist checking that is bouncing the yahoo mailing-list messages. Hopefully they can get this resolved on their end......

Either way, MC users should be able to get future messages.

Jake

[JR: Thanks Jake. It was giving me, and 70 students fits. Note the two interesting facets: (1) Didn’t impact non-students FMPOV; and (2) Mail was forwarded and bounced. Interesting? As an infrastructure guy, it beg s a bunch of questions. None of which bode good. I know “”Out Damn Alumni”! ]

Email07

Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 1:50 PM
To: Jasper Jottings
Subject: Watch John'68 make a Jottings out of stuff

http://ferdinand_reinke.tripod.com/JasperJottingSausage/rss.xml

I am fooling around with RSS and have created a blog for building jottings. If you're interested, here's the URL.

John'68

[JR: Watch a pig made out of sausage! ]

Email08

From: Michael Toner [1972]
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 10:34 AM
Subject: Jottings-Yahoo, etc.

Dear John,

Thanks, as always, for your efforts as CIC, publisher, editor, circulation manager, curmudgeon, etc...

I read your comments about Yahoo e-mail and MC and wanted to offer one potential contact for resolution.

While we were living in Westchester (we have since moved again for a second tour in Buffalo, NY) I met a fellow, <privacy invoked>. He seemed like a good and knowledgeable guy.

He probably would not recognize my name. We met at his son, Michael's, 40^th b'day party and his grandson, Erich Staib and my son, Ian Toner were in class together at St. Patrick's School in Yorktown Heights. You may use my name or not as you see fit - if you can use this contact.

HTH and again, thanks.

mike toner
williamsville, ny
BEE '72

[JR: Thanks for the kind words and the lead. I was able to get MC to allow Yahoo back in using my normal channels and some nagging. I've squirreled away the info for the next time. And, I am sure there will be one 'cause there always is one. ]

[JR: BTW, “curmudgeon” ain’t me. Although we share many of the same opinions. :- } ]

Email09

From: Gearity, John E (1961)
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 12:09 PM
To: Distribute_Jasper_Jottings-owner -- at -- yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Distribute_Jasper_Jottings] This issue is at: http://www.jasperjottings.com

Ed Plumeau, c/o Jasper Jottings

Ed, I will attend the Jan 26 luncheon in Stuart at the Holiday Inn at Noon.

John Gearity (Vero Beach)

[JR: John, bcc-ed to Ed, Yet Another John '68 ]

Email10

From: McFadden, Michael J. (1973)
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 2:59 PM
To: Distribute_Jasper_Jottings-owner -- at -- yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Distribute_Jasper_Jottings] This issue is at: http://www.jasperjottings....

John, you wrote:

[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". ]

LOL! Good one! :>

:)
Michael

[JR: Sigh, but no takers … … … yet! ]

Email11

From: Mike McEneney [1953]
Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 12:21 AM
To: John Reinke (1968)
Subject: Class

Dear John,

Congratulations on another great edition of Jasper Jottings. I looked up Charles J. Weber and I believe that he was in the Class of 1965. I also believe that Andrew C. Kober was in the Class of 1984.

Keep up the good work.
Best,
Mike McEneney, Esq. '53 BBA

==

From: Jasper John '68
Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 7:04 PM
To: 'Mike McEneney'
Subject: RE: Class

Mike,

Thanks for the kind words. We'll have to work out the metric that makes one issue better than another. ;-) I still use typos not found or outraged reader writing in to complain. Maybe pages of length?

We'll have to consider if I should go back and update the old issues on the website.

John

Email12

From: Bob O'Connor [1953]
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 11:45 AM
Subject: Jasper Jottings

John -

Good to know you're 'still in the business'.

Just got your invite through Yahoo Groups.

I used to be a regular reader until Jottings went to Yahoo.

Somehow or other (I got lazy) I haven't kept up to date.

Not sure I'm still on your list, so I'm signing up again.

Regards,
Bob O'Connor [Robert E. O'Connor, B53]

[JR: No one escapes my clutches. The only sure way not to be bothered is to accept my invitation and then go turn the setting to “no mail”. Even then, I may catch up with you via the MCAlumWebEmail. You can run but you can’t hide. ]

Email13

From: Len Boyle [1957]
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 1:36 PM
Subject: trial enrollment

hi john,
attended and graduated from M.C. in 1957. would like to rcve. your e mails on
the alumni of the college,etc. appreciate your efforts to give grads info. on the
jasper community.

thanks,
LEN BOYLE, 1957S

==

[JR: Jasper Len, Done. You can see the past issues at http://www.jasperjottings.com Enjoy, John'68 ]

[JR: “Trial”, “trial”, what is this “trial” stuff. Does he know how hard it is to escape? Remember Master Yodas words: “Do or do not. There is no try.” and “That is why you fail.” (in response to Luke saying, "I don't believe it."). Hey, it’s late and this is a stream of unconsciousness log. ]

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Jaspers found web-wise

Found1

Jasper Found: Tierney, Frank (1973)

http://www.uwlax.edu/athletics/mfootball/coachstaff/

Tierney, Frank (1973)

Frank Tierney, Wide Receivers. Coach Tierney returns for a sixth year with the coaching staff, working with wide receivers. He holds a master's degree from UW-L (1998) and currently teaches in the university's ROTC program. He is a 1973 graduate of Manhattan College.

Found2

Jasper Found: Finnerty, Michael (1965)

http://www.teachscape.com/html/ts/public/html/sr_management.htm

Michael Finnerty, President and Chief Operating Officer

Before joining Teachscape, Michael Finnerty served as an officer of Edison Schools Inc. from its inception in 1992. He participated in every aspect of the development of the company, from the conceptual design of product and business plan development to current operations in 21 states, which generate more than $350 million in annual revenue. Mr. Finnerty brings to Teachscape a strong background in finance and operations management. Prior to his career with Edison, Mr. Finnerty served as Chief Financial and Administrative Officer at Yale University. Before that, he served as Budget Director to New York's Governor Cuomo, and, prior to that, as Chief of Staff for New York's Governor Hugh Carey. He is a graduate of Manhattan College and earned an M.A. degree in Public Administration from New York University.

Boilerplate

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

Curmudgeon's Final Words This Week

http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=041214&cat=news&st=news104787&src=webmd

For Immigrants, America Is Land of Obesity, WebMD

Summary: After 10 years in the U.S., immigrants start resembling the average American -- they gain weight, according to a new study.
Updated 12/14/2004 8:55:27 PM
By Jeanie Lerche Davis

=== <begin quote> ===

Dec.14, 2004 -- After 10 years in the U.S., immigrants start to gain weight, according to a new study.

While immigrants are the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population, little is known about weight gain among them. Immigrants typically come from countries where obesity is not the norm. But what happens after they emigrate to the land of fast food and traffic? Do they get any lifestyle counseling on diet and physical activity?

After all, "immigrants face more barriers to health care and are less likely to receive preventive health care than persons born in the United States," writes lead researcher Mita Sanghavi Goel, MD, MPH, a professor of internal medicine with Northwestern University in Chicago.

=== <end quote> ===

Interesting. I have commented before about the guy coming to the US, who said that he had wnted to come here after he saw on TV that our poor people were fat. That is an interesting commentary. This finding confirms that. America is the land of opportunity. You get here and you too can be fat. Not in the sense of lazy, but in the sense of a little work and you to can enjoy the closest thing to Eden we have on this planet.

Capitalism means that the only way to get rich is to get some one to give you a funny colored piece of paper. You can talk about exploitation, and how Sam Walton and Bill Gates are terrible. BUT, recognize the fact that if you gave as many of your fellow human beings what they wanted, you to would be rolling in dough. Was the system envisioned by God for post Eden existence? How would I know! But, until someone comes with something better, here to instances of testimony that these people think it is pretty good! No let's focus on not letting the government mess it up. Like taxes, minimum wage, and anything else that distorts the fundamental beauty of the new Eden.

IMHO!

And that’s the last word.

Curmudgeon

-30-

GBu. GBA.