Sunday 06 Febuary 2005
Dear Jaspers,
665 are active on the Distribute site. There are 37 bouncing. As of 1/30, the Jasper Jottings site had 1619 page views 1/30 and total page views this month: 9553. So some one out there is reading it.
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This issue is at: http://www.jasperjottings.com/jasperjottings20050206.htm
The sausage making blog is at: http://tinyurl.com/3skhy
which is short way of saying http://ferdinand_reinke.tripod.com/JasperJottingSausage/
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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
--- 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
--- 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)
- Unknown location
- - New addition: Chris Lynch(1991)
… … my thoughts are with you and all that I don't know about.
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[JR: Information
concerning
John Bellew Children's Trust
Account #8445178
c/o Citibank
460 Park
ATTN: Tom Moran.
[JR: Questions are being directed to Jasper McGann, Kevin [1989] c.o Jottings ]
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http://www.spiked-online.com/articles/0000000CA82B.htm
Ten myths about assisted suicide
The flaws in the arguments for ending lives.
by Kevin Yuill
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The campaign for assisted
suicide seems to be picking up a head of steam in the
It is certainly a step in the direction of the legalisation of assisted suicide, despite the protestations of its defenders. According to some readings of this bill, a patient may request that he or she is deprived of food and water in certain circumstances, and a doctor must obey this request or face a possible five years in prison. In addition to this, Lord Joel Joffe's Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill is currently under review in the House of Lords.
It is worth picking apart some of the arguments for assisted suicide.
[JR: I just picked off the headings. ]
1. This is just about individual autonomy.
2. We all need the 'right to die'.
3. Those opposing assisted suicide are a 'small religious minority'.
4. Allowing the right to die is the hallmark of a civilised society.
5. The central issue is pain.
6. This is all about 'dignity'.
7. Many are forced into 'lonely, back-street suicides' because of our restrictive laws.
8. Amending the Suicide Act to allow assisted suicide would restore a right enjoyed by classical societies.
9. The real problem is modern technology's ability to keep people alive indefinitely.
10. It is best to die as you choose, surrounded by friends and relatives at home rather than by tubes and monitors in a hospital.
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What a downer of a topic, but the death penalty case in CT
brings it to the fore, and we will be measured by our Maker on how we fought
the "little battles". Some one of the Church Fathers taught us
"Lord, Give me chastity, but not yet." Similarly, it always seemed to
be the hardest temptations to resist were the "little ones". The ones
that put you on what the lawyers always cite as the "slippery slope".
Since everything from the
Reflect well on our alma mater, this week, every week, in any and every way possible, large or small. God bless.
"Collector-in-chief"
reinke--AT—jasperjottings.com
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Headquarters1MANHATTAN COLLEGE NAMES OIL INDUSTRY VETERAN THOMAS O’MALLEY AS NEW CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES As the newly appointed chairman, Mr. O’Malley plans to
focus on the continued development and improvement of the College community
as a whole. “As chairman of this board, my objective will be to continue the
positive development of “In the many years that I have known Tom, he has served as
a catalyst focused on the College’s future,” said Brother Thomas Scanlan, president of Dr. Lawler, along with many of his colleagues at the College, is pleased that Mr. O’Malley will become the new chairman. “He has a tremendous background and most importantly, knows the College very well,” said Dr. Lawler. “He is a wonderful selection as a leader for the College.” “Tom brings to Mr. O’Malley, who graduated from the College in 1963 with a degree in business administration and economics, has been a longtime benefactor of the College and has played a key role in its recent growth. As a member of the College’s board of trustees from 1987 to 2002, Mr. O’Malley was a major catalyst and visionary in moving “Tom is a unique individual – highly successful business
executive, visionary on higher education’s role in society and a graduate of In 2002, Mr. O’Malley and his wife, Mary Alice, were honored at the College’s dedication of the Mary Alice and Tom O’Malley Library. Through a gift of $7.5 million, the largest in the College’s history, the entire College community can enjoy a state-of-the-art, fully equipped library that has become a technology hub on campus with its 24-hour Internet café and numerous technology upgrades. In his dedication speech at the time, Mr. O’Malley
reiterated his commitment to education and to alma mater. “I believe The majority of his career has been in the energy business. In February 2002, O’Malley was named chairman and chief executive officer of Premcor Inc., a Fortune 500 Company with sales of $15 billion. He currently serves as chairman of the board for Premcor. Prior to his involvement with Premcor,
Mr. O’Malley was named chairman and chief executive officer of Tosco Corp. in
1990, when the company owned one oil refinery on the West Coast of the United
States, employed 1,100 workers and had sales of $1.8 billion. During his
tenure, Tosco blossomed into the largest independent refiner and marketer of
petroleum products in the nation, with sales exceeding $24 billion and more
than 25,000 employees. Fortune magazine listed Tosco as the 72nd largest
company in the Before Tosco, Mr. O’Malley was vice chairman of Salomon Brothers, Inc., and president of Salomon’s energy subsidiary, Phillip Brothers Energy Inc. He has dedicated much of his time to community
organizations and philanthropic causes. In addition to serving on the
College’s board of trustees, Mr. O’Malley also served as a Trustee of Boston
College, the Brunswick School of Greenwich, Conn., the Boys & Girls Clubs
of Greenwich, Conn., Mr. O’Malley and his wife of 40 years, Mary Alice, are
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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. Obit1The New York Times HENNELLY--Edmund Paul on Dear brother of Gloria Lind. Cherished grandfather of
five. In repose at the Fairchild Funeral Chapel, 1570 Northern Blvd.,
Manhasset on Friday 3-5 & 7-9 pm. A funeral Mass will be celebrated on
Saturday HENNELLY--Edmund P. The URL: http://www.nytimes.com LOAD-DATE: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Newsday ( <extraneous deleted> HENNELLY-Edmund Paul, on <extraneous deleted> LOAD-DATE: [MCAlumDB: 1947 ] [JR: My favorite year. And, our turn will come too. ] |
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Jaspers_in_the_NewsJNews1The New York Times Every firefighter's funeral is the same. Each firefighter's funeral is different. Once more did the ranks of starched blue stretch stiffly into the distance on Saturday. Again, a lone bagpiper, plaid cape thrown over his shoulder, serenaded the deceased with ''Amazing Grace'' as an honor guard bore the coffin up the steps of a suburban church. And for the third time in three days, a firefighter's family mourned a loss they had known might one day arrive but always hoped never would. The men and women of the New York Fire Department
practiced a cruel routine yesterday, each pivot and salute crisp as they paid
tribute to Lt. Curtis W. Meyran, 46, who died last
Sunday battling a three-alarm fire in the Bronx. But as at the funerals held
earlier for Firefighters As an officer of the ceremonial unit called ''ten-hut,'' quiet descended outside Our Lady of Lourdes Church, broken only by the sonorous toll of the church bell. Lieutenant Meyran's son, Dennis, 16, clutched his father's white officer's cap, preceding his mother, Jeanette, and his sisters, Angela, 10, and Danine, 6, into the church. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta, both attending their third funeral in a row, greeted each other with weary handshakes. The mayor and the commissioner each delivered a eulogy to Lieutenant Meyran during the short and moving ceremony that followed, as did his battalion chief, Phil Gaetani, and Harold Schaitberger, president of the International Association of Fire Fighters. The lieutenant's family remained in their pews, surrounded by firefighters from Ladder 27, the company he led into action last weekend. Praising Lieutenant Meyran's ''unbreakable devotion to his city,'' Mayor Bloomberg told the nearly 500 friends, family members and fellow firefighters who packed the church's pews and basement -- the core of a crowd of 10,000 mourners who overflowed into the streets outside -- of how Ms. Meyran helped her husband study for the lieutenant's exam by dictating the textbooks into tapes he could listen to while driving. When Lieutenant Meyran brought home a blank copy of the test for her to take, the mayor said, she scored higher than he had. ''He didn't forget his responsibilities to those under his command,'' Mr. Bloomberg said, recounting how, even as flames licked at his feet on the fourth floor of the rapidly burning building, Lieutenant Meyran helped a young probationary fireman remove his gear so he could jump to safety. ''The six flags at City Hall are at half-mast,'' Mayor Bloomberg added. ''And flags have been lowered all across the five boroughs. Most people will see the flags and not know who it is they've been lowered for. But they will know that somebody who made a difference is gone.'' The most personal tribute came from the eulogist who knew Lieutenant Meyran best, Battalion Chief Gaetani. He placed a package of tissues on the pulpit before him, saying he would need them. Pausing repeatedly to wipe his eyes and catch his breath, the chief recalled his friend's everyday kindnesses, like stopping to help a stranger with car trouble, and moments of extraordinary heroism, like the time Lieutenant Meyran plunged alone into a smoky basement, without a hand line, to rescue a young girl trapped below the floors burning above. ''An old firefighter once said to me, you'll never get wealthy on this job, but you'll never starve, either,'' Chief Gaetani said. ''He was right about the monetary part. But for those of you who knew Curt Meyran, you were wealthy beyond measure.'' Like the mayor and the fire commissioner, many of the mourners had attended more than one funeral this past week. Capt. Thomas Peterman, who knew Lieutenant Meyran when they both attended Manhattan College and served with him in Battalion 26, drove the 70 miles from his home in Putnam County each of the last three days to attend the wakes and funerals of his fellow firefighters. ''We're all from the same stock,'' Captain Peterman said. ''You're in one firefighter's house, it's like you're in your own house. And you say, 'It could have been me.' You come here to show your respects. You'd hope they'd do the same for you.'' URL: http://www.nytimes.com GRAPHIC: Photo: At Lt. Curtis W. Meyran's funeral were his wife, Jeanette his son Dennis, left and his daughter, Angela. (Photo by Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times) LOAD-DATE: [MCAlumDB: Peterman, Thomas (1987)] [JR: No listing for Jasper Meyran but I would assume 1987 also. ] [JR: Two Jaspers lost in this fire – Bellew and Meyran! That makes this a double disaster for the Jasper community.] JNews2The Journal News ( PEARL RIVER - Eileen Bellew stood before a packed chapel yesterday and read a letter she wrote to God about her husband and father of four, "the newest angel to join his legion." She described "He probably figured the best way to take care of his kids was from heaven," she told mourners at St. Margaret's Roman Catholic Church, her voice cracking as she brought many in the audience to tears. "When you see him, buy him a cup of Starbucks coffee
and thank him for giving me the four greatest gifts in the world," added
Eileen Bellew, a teacher at The nearly three-hour funeral Mass was attended by
thousands - including firefighters from as far away as It was the first of three funerals in three days for the New York City Fire Department and was among the largest in the mostly blue-collar hamlet since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. As the Bellew children - Briella, 6, Jack, 3, Katreanna,
2, and Kieran, 5 months - sat with their mother and grandparents, Bellew's battalion chief, Sullivan had the mourners stand and applaud. While they may have been separated by brick, stone, pavement and wood, the mourners watching and hearing the service as it was broadcast on East Central Avenue, inside the gymnasium of St. Margaret's School and at a hall under the chapel brought their hands together "so that the kids can see and remember what a hero their daddy was and how much he was loved." Sullivan, who said he moved to "This is where it gets tough," Sullivan said during the service, fighting back tears as he described a phone call shortly after Bellew was injured. "Eileen, I stood by his side ... and every time you spoke, the monitors jumped. He heard you, and he fought hard to stay with you." Monsignor "You have to learn to let people help," he said. "You have to let God help. You have a strong family. We will not let him be forgotten, because we are going to talk about him and remember the legacy he leaves." On Tuesday, Bellow was posthumously promoted to the rank of fire lieutenant, a position he was studying for before he died. Lt. Craig Crichlow studied with Bellew for the exam and was a probational firefighter under him nine years ago. "He taught me the ropes and the traditions of the
job," Crichlow said afterward, outside the
church. " Bellew, born The "He loved it," Dan Bellew, a retired FDNY member, said during the service. "The excitement. The adventure. The adrenaline rush. The camaraderie, the brotherhood. ... There is an ache deep within me. With time, it will fade. What won't is his memory and his smile." Thousands of firefighters couldn't fit in the church. Many
assembled in the restaurants and pubs along Although he didn't know Bellew,
firefighter Sean DeCrane drove nearly eight hours
from "It's the brotherhood," said DeCrane, standing with members of the FDNY at Murty's Publick House. "The loss affects all of us." After the Mass, family, friends and busloads of Bellew's firefighting brethren took part in a slow funeral procession to St. Anthony's Cemetery in Nanuet. LOAD-DATE: |
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Manhattan_in_the_NewsMNews1Morning Call ( The look on Ron Rohn's face when Kristen Piscadlo passes up a 3-point shot is one of angst, disgust and pain, as if an ACME anvil has just fallen on his right big toe. Still cringing, he swivels around so that now he's staring at the nine women sitting on the Muhlenberg bench. He crouches and pleads, "You've got to take that shot." Moments later a referee's whistle blows, prompting five players to pop up off the Muhlenberg bench and check into the game. One of them, Aril Bryant, a 5-3 senior captain, hurries the ball up the court, zips it to Lindsay Orosz, who swings it over to Lacie Smith. Smith can't find the handle, and Penn State-Altoona takes it the other way. Bryant is the only one back on defense. She rushes at the dribbler, forces a pass, then forces a shot, grabs the rebound, reverses it on a 3-on-1 break and finds a wide-open Emily Wright, who drains a 3-pointer -- but is called for traveling. Twenty-nine seconds have ticked off the clock since these five checked in. Bryant takes the inbound pass, swings it to Tiffany Kirk, who heaves up a 3-pointer. No good. Bryant again pressures the ball, forcing the The five Muhlenberg players have been on the court for 1 minute, 11 seconds. Time for a shift change, a breath and an explanation. IT STARTS WITH AN IDEA Three years ago, Rohn, the head
women's basketball coach at "Most teams are divided into different groups: the kids who are playing and the kids who aren't playing. That's just human nature," Rohn said. "The kids who play feel important and the kids who aren't playing don't feel as much a part of the team." Rohn wanted to change that. He wanted to find a way to give playing time to anyone who showed up every day and practiced hard. One night, he was watching ESPN and saw highlights of a
basketball game between two small colleges in "I was like, "This is ridiculous,' but I thought maybe I could learn something from it," he recalled. Rohn did a little research, learning that Grinnell coach Dave Arseneault had an instructional video for sale, and Rohn forked over the $30. As it turns out, Arseneault's philosophy wasn't so different from his. When Arseneault took over at Grinnell in 1989, he inherited a program that hadn't had a winning season in 25 years. "I added two [years] to it using an eight-man rotation," Arseneault said. "Then a couple of kids quit, which was not all that uncommon, so we didn't even have enough practice players, and I'm thinking, "These guys aren't having any fun. I'm not. And the only three people in the stands are my wife and kids.' " So he set out to invent what is now known as the Grinnell System -- an all-out assault of 3-pointers and full-court presses. In Arseneault's scheme, the first shot is the best shot, even if it's from 25 feet; allowing an uncontested layup is better than a 30-second defensive stop; and, defensively, the ballhandler is double-teamed at all times, even if that means leaving an opponent open under the basket. Players go all out, leaving them breathless after every shift, which lasts about a minute. Then five fresh players enter. The premise is that the pressure defense will create more turnovers, which in turn will create more offensive possessions, which in turn will create more shot opportunities. And though you might miss more shots than your opponent -- they're taking layups, you're taking 3-pointers -- you will make up the difference by hitting more 3-pointers and taking more overall shots. Throwing conventional basketball wisdom out the window, Grinnell soon became the highest-scoring team in the nation. One-hundred-point games became the norm, not the exception. Fans started showing up in droves. In 1994, the Pioneers posted their first winning season in 30 years. Two years later, they went 17-8 and won their conference championship. Last year, Grinnell set a Division III record by averaging 126.2 points per game. "Once we started being different, the kids bought into it," said Arseneault, whose scheme is an amped-up variation of the one Paul Westhead used at Loyola Marymount in the early 1990s. "Once we got the participation part covered, the practices became better. Once we became more different, we became competitive." The national attention didn't come immediately, but following that brief appearance on ESPN, Arseneault became inundated with phone calls from coaches and media alike, all wanting to know about his little creation. THE ALMIGHTY VICTORY The thing is, winning never was Arseneault's primary concern. Neither was the mind-boggling scoring. Both were welcome byproducts, but as a coach at a Division III institution, where the glory of March Madness is nothing more than reality television, Arseneault's reality was and is one in which his pupils come for the education. Basketball is merely an extension. "If you're going to win a championship and produce that memory for the team, it's certainly a better memory if you're playing," Arseneault said. "It's an acceptable memory if you're part of the bench. Short of that, kids want to play. Think of the number of teams toiling without a chance at a championship, and the kids on those teams sitting on the bench. That's not development. It seems like such a colossal waste." That thinking has inspired dozens of basketball coaches
around the country to contact Arseneault, asking
him how they, too, could implement this system predicated upon participation.
Two years ago, Arseneault set up a listserv on
which coaches experimenting with the system could e-mail one another with
questions and stories. Last summer, a group of coaches using the Grinnell
System, including Arseneault, got together for a
conference in Today, 80 to 100 high school programs from "We went into it with the standpoint that we'll
probably win the same number of games, but we'll get everybody
involved," explained Rohn, who previously had
successful stints coaching traditional basketball at Hofstra
and Last season was the Mules' first under the Grinnell System. They won their first 10 games, finished 19-7 and lost a heartbreaker in the Centennial Conference playoffs to eventual national runner-up McDaniel. This season hasn't been as smooth. Muhlenberg won seven of its first eight games, including a 133-80 victory over Haverford in which the team set Division III records for most points scored in a half (78) and most 3-point field goals (21). However, the Mules have lost eight of their last nine,
including a 61-53 decision to "I thought he was kidding at first," said Piscadlo, recalling when Rohn explained to the team before last season that he intended to scrap their traditional, up-tempo style for this radical new system. "He said we were going to substitute every minute. I didn't think that was possible." And now "When I go home for holidays, I play with my high school team and I hate it," said Piscadlo, whose 19 minutes a game leads the team. "It's changed the way I see basketball. Even my parents tell me it's changed the way they watch basketball. They will never be able to watch another regular basketball game again." The system has affected how some think off the court, too. Because the system urges players to shoot whenever and wherever, it's imperative Rohn -- or any coach teaching the Grinnell System -- eliminates the fear of failure. "In high school, the whole atmosphere around the team was so strict about mistakes. I hated it," said a Muhlenberg player, who asked not to be identified. "Then I come here and the whole system, everything is positive, and it rubs off. I mean, when you get off the court, you're not the same person you were. "In life, in general, I take more risks, and I don't settle for complacency." That sentiment is echoed around the country by high school coaches, many of whom are in losing situations just as Arseneault was more than a decade ago. In the Grinnell System, they've found a way out, or, at the very least, a way to just have fun. "Players enjoy it because everyone has to contribute;
everyone is involved," Dan Choi, coach of the "We were a joke," wrote Rob Sweeney, coach of the Camden County (N.J.) Tech team that three years ago surrendered 100 points to future NBA first-round draft pick Dajuan Wagner. "Kids did not want to play for us. The kids who did come out would usually quit before the season ended. "My goal was to play kids and make sure they have high school memories from playing basketball," he continued. "Have I reached my goal? Hell YEAH!" Not everyone is a fan, though. Chris Sanz and Richard Martin
were looking forward to playing together their senior year at The Palmer
Trinity School in "I think the better players should play more. That's
your best chance to win the game," said Sanz,
now a freshman at "We did have success," he continued. "We won district and got to the Elite 8 in state, but I think we had the talent to win state." "I'm more interested in traditional style of
play," added Martin, who averaged 20 points his senior season and is now
a freshman playing at Rohn has heard this sort of criticism before but isn't buying it. "You can go to a high school game and it will go four overtimes and the final score is 26-25, and the team that wins the jump ball holds it the entire overtime for the last shot," he said. "I mean, is that what we're paying tax dollars for, [to have] some kid to stand in the middle of the court with the ball under their arm watching the clock tick down? "[The Grinnell System] changes the value structure of the game. We're putting a higher priority on different things." In Feb. 3, ESPN2 will visit "Our kids are playing with a smile on their face -- free and easy," said Arseneault. "They're not looking over their shoulder after making a mistake. There's something wholesome about that." *** NOTES: Due to newsroom front-end system production difficulties, the entire text of the graphic could not be electronically captured for the online archive; please see microfilm for the complete graphic . GRAPHIC: Photo by Unknown Graphic by Gary Visgaitis, The Morninng Call, Research by Jay Hart, The Morning Call and 6 Photos by Cesar L. Laure, The Morning Call **1. David Arseneault ** 2.
Graphic - ALL OUT (graphic contains 6 photos which show LOAD-DATE: MNews2The Post-Standard ( GRAPHIC: PHOTO Photo courtesy of
Jonathan Bowen BAND STARS: Twelve concert band and wind ensemble members,
along with three orchestra students from LOAD-DATE: [JR: May not be a student. May not even be the right MC. ??] MNews3The Journal News ( 'It's not fair. He should be in jail' Suspect, released on bail, draws anger of victim's family Relatives of a "It's not fair. My brother's dead, and this guy's out enjoying his life. He should be in jail," Virginia Colon, the sister of victim Omar Torres, said of Ayman Marji. Marji, 23, was freed from the county
jail on Tuesday after his family posted $150,000 bond. The bail amount was
set the day before by Westchester County Judge Joseph Alessandro despite the
prosecution's request that Marji be held without
bail. He had to surrender his passport and is subjected to electronic
monitoring with a nightly curfew and can only leave to attend classes at Torres' relatives said they believed Marji
got preferential treatment because he has relatives with political
connections in In most murder cases in Marji's lawyer, who asked Alessandro to set $100,000 bail, said bail was meant to ensure his client's appearance in court and that the defendant's lack of a criminal record and strong community ties made him the ideal candidate for reasonable bail. "I understand they have a right to protest, and we respect that," the lawyer, Michael Santangelo, said of Torres' relatives. "But my client is presumed innocent, and he adamantly denies doing this." Torres, 26, was shot three times, twice in the head, Dec.
18 near Authorities have said the killing was the culmination of a three-year feud between the two families. LOAD-DATE: MNews4FINAL SECTION: SPORTS {ZONE} FINAL; Pg. C1 HEADLINE: FORGET KID STUFF, GATORS' DONOVAN HAS COME OF AGE BYLINE: Mike Bianchi, Sentinel Columnist And get this: After his Florida Gators defeated South Carolina 80-72 Saturday in front of a packed house at the O'Connell Center, Donovan spent nearly his entire postgame news conference preaching -- brace yourself -- defense and rebounding. Billy Ball has turned into Bill Ball. The renowned, run-and-gun Billy the Kid has turned into the reasonable, rational Bill the Coach. Coming soon: Donovan sells his Armani suits and Gucci loafers and shows up for games wearing a sweater-vest and Hush Puppies. "It's not about me anymore," Donovan said after his team improved to 13-4, 5-1 in the Southeastern Conference. "To get to that next step, to win championships, you have to be more well-rounded. I'm not out to prove myself anymore. I'm secure in my abilities as a coach." Donovan is one of those rare coaches who doesn't have to worry about job security. Sure, there are those UF fans who have called for his ouster because of early exits in recent NCAA Tournaments, but to even suggest Donovan's dismissal is sheer lunacy. A quick history lesson: In the 77 years before Donovan's arrival, UF had five 20-victory seasons and five NCAA appearances. Donovan's Gators have recorded six consecutive 20-win seasons and six consecutive trips to the NCAA Tournament. Even so, In the offseason, Donovan went outside his inner circle of coaching friends for the first time in his career and brought in defensive-minded assistant coach Larry Shyatt, the former head coach at Clemson. Donovan even altered his recruiting philosophy, signing four freshmen who were good players -- not great ones. After some early-season struggles, Donovan's change in
philosophy finally seems to be paying off. Even though "Last year if Matt and Anthony had shot like they did today, it would have been a disaster for us," Donovan said. "After last season, we all came to the realization that we've got to rebound better. We've got to be able to make some stops when it counts." It's certainly helped that he has freshmen who want to impress their coach instead of the NBA scouts. Donovan had had enough of the prima donna McDonald's All-Americans who either jumped prematurely to the NBA or transferred because they were unhappy with playing time. Even though this year's class -- Corey Brewer, Al Horford, Taurean Green and Joakim Noah -- might make some mistakes, they don't make waves. They do what their college coach tells them, not what their AAU coach tells them. "This freshman class is humble," UF senior David Lee said. "These freshmen are not of the mind-set that `I'm not getting enough minutes; I'm not getting enough shots.' " Donovan said. "They want to get better. They want to learn. These days, that sort of attitude is a rarity." Spoken like a true old-school basketball coach. Goodbye, Billy. Hello, Bill. LOAD-DATE: MNews5The Journal News ( <extraneous deleted> Bracket buster: ESPN will announce the Bracket Buster
pairings on Monday, and then it's time for <extraneous deleted> LOAD-DATE: MNews6http://www2.townonline.com/norton/artsLifestyle/view.bg?articleid=174173 NHS term two grades close Susan Carney, Principal of Norton High School has
announced that term two grades close on Friday, Jan. 28, and report cards for
term two will be distributed in homerooms on Friday, Feb. 4. Parent-teacher
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RESUMESCIC'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] |
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SportsSportsScheduleThe 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 2/6/05 Sunday W. Basketball at Iona*
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Sports from CollegeWOMEN'S BASKETBALL UPENDS LOYOLA, 55-49 Riverdale, NY (February 3, 2005)- In a game in which
Manhattan never trailed and shot a season-high 63.6% from three-point range,
the Lady Jaspers defeated Loyola 55-49 tonight at Draddy
Gym. Freshmen Gabrielle Cottrell and Joann Nwafili
had 11 points each while senior Serra Sangar added 10 points and eight rebounds for MEN'S BASKETBALL GAME VS. Riverdale, NY (February 3, 2005)- Friday's men's basketball game against Iona will be carried live on MSG Network and simulcast on ESPN Full Court, beginning at 7:00 p.m. from the Mulcahy Center on the campus of Iona College. MEN'S BASKETBALL'S Albany, NY (February 1, 2005)- Down seven with 2:17 remaining, freshman Jeff Xavier connected on three three-pointers over a 1:05 span to pull Manhattan to within two, 68-66, with 1:12 remaining, but Manhattan could not score the equalizer, falling to the Siena Saints, 68-66, tonight at the Pepsi Arena. Xavier led all scorers with a season-high 19 points, including five three pointers, all in the second half. MEN'S BASKETBALL ADDS GEORGE MASON AS FINAL NON-CONFERENCE OPPONENT Riverdale, NY (January 31, 2005)- The Manhattan College men's basketball team will travel to Fairfax, VA on February 19 to take on the George Mason Patriots in a non-conference game that comes from the pool of teams under consideration for the BracketBuster Saturday package of games. This will mark the first ever meeting between the two schools. |
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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!] |
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http://www.nypost.com/php/pfriendly/pfriendly.php?url=/sports/39553.htm JASPERS TAKE A MULLIGAN By DAVE CURTIS Late this past week, Peter Mulligan gathered his teammates and looked for their forgiveness. He hoped they could forget Thursday night, when he missed a game at Rider for breaking team rules, and wanted them to follow him for the rest of the season. "I felt like I put my and my teammates' backs against the wall," he said. "I asked them if they would let me try to lead us out of this one." All the handshakes and hugs came before tip-off yesterday at Draddy Gym. And Mulligan gave his teammates no choice on the last part by surging ahead of them with another outstanding performance in an All-MAAC-type year. Mulligan never checked out of yesterday's 69-61 home win
over His performance came three nights after he and freshman C.J. Anderson served a one-game suspension for their role in an off-campus altercation at a bar near campus. "The two of them were great," coach Bobby Gonzalez said. "But Peter was the catalyst who closed the deal for us and took us home at the end." Late in the first half, Mulligan's maturity and dominance showed up. With the Jaspers ahead 17-15, he canned a 3-pointer on the left wing. He rebounded a Terrence Todd miss at the other end, then grabbed his own rebound on the ensuing possession, scored and got fouled. The six-point swing put "Peter's our senior leader," the coach said. "Some of the things that have happened this week were unfortunate. I wanted him to have a great game because I thought he deserved it." The game marked Mulligan's fifth time over 25 points this season. And his teammates, as he asked, followed along as well as they could. The Jaspers slowed Stags' NBA prospect Deng Gai, who still finished with 12 points, 10 rebounds and
eight blocks. And the Jaspers, beaten by 15 rebounds in But this game belonged to Mulligan, who received his leadership once again and flourished there the way he has almost all winter. "I know I'm kind of our go-to guy," he said. "I went to my teammates and asked them if they would let me lead and carry the load." |
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http://www.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/stories/013105acc.html GEORGE MASON MEN'S BASKETBALL TO Patriots to Play Jaspers on February 19th Homecoming Weekend "We are pleased and excited to be matched up against
such an outstanding team like Mason, 10-8 overall and 5-4 in the CAA, is currently
riding a three-game win streak into tonight's contest against Gonzalez was named the Basketball Coaches Association of
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http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20050201/1008772.asp Canisius lacks leadership in hockey mess By BOB DICESARE Two of the better players on the Freshman standout C.J. Anderson and senior co-captain Peter Mulligan were suspended for the next game, at Rider, leader of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. The Jaspers never even had the chance to practice in their absence, to devise a game plan accounting for the loss of their stars. The college's response was quick and decisive, just like Rider's 75-46 romp. "We have to do what's right," coach Bobby Gonzalez explained on the school's Internet broadcast. "We have to have order. A guy like C.J., he's going to learn from this. Peter, he's a senior captain. I expected more from him." Six weeks ago, four This is the kind of thing that's hard to keep a secret, especially if an assistant to the athletic director is on the trip, if the injured player requires a doctor, if the tab for that night's festivities ends up on a college-issued credit card. Well, Marshall Foley, the top aide to Athletics Director
Tim Dillon, was on the trip. And Durno did receive
medical treatment for his injury. And sources say the night of reverie was
billed to the college, although spokesman Canisius responded as if, aw
shucks, boys will be boys. Five games passed, including one against local
rival Funny. The home page of the Canisius Web site boasts of the college as a place "Where leaders are made." Which gets me to wondering, made of what? Putty? Canisius has botched this predicament, shown no institutional backbone whatsoever. And even the school admits it's not over yet, that it's still looking into the matter. Who's running this investigation anyway? Inspector Clouseau? How long does it take to determine what happened and ascertain to what extent Foley or interim co-coach Clancy Seymour might have been involved? And what if they were? What are we talking here by Canisius penal standards? A day off with pay? Turmoil swirls all around the Canisius
hockey program. Junior Dan Bognar was suspended
indefinitely after an altercation in a Meanwhile, every time the Main Street Maulers work their way into the news the college slaps a gag order on all involved. It would be nice if, just once, Dillon was made available to answer for a program that comes under his purview. Add the Golden Griffins to the club. They need their hockey fix(ed). |
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By Emery Filmer Staff Writer NEW YORK -- The last time Tim O'Toole's Fairfield University men's basketball team visited Manhattan College's Draddy Gymnasium, it was faced with a rather disturbing dilemma: Learn to play without 6-foot-9 center Deng Gai - or else. Yesterday, as O'Toole's Stags renewed their rivalry with Last Jan. 18 the Stags lost Gai for the season with a foot injury in a loss at Draddy Gym. They withstood the potential catastrophe, however, winning 10 of their next 12 games without him. Yesterday, while on a much lesser scale, the Stags did not survive. The good news is that Gai, the
nation's leading shot-blocker, was not injured. He'll be ready for the Stags'
next game Thursday at The bad news is that after he sat on the bench for the final 12 minutes of the first half in foul trouble, the Stags couldn't recover from an 11-point, first-half deficit and dropped a 69-61 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference decision to the Jaspers. "We dug a hole for ourselves when Gai went out," O'Toole said. "Gai is the best defender in the league and one of the best offensive players around," Stags guard Terrence Todd added. "And it hurt us not having him in there," Last year, at least, the Stags had time to adjust to life
without Gai. They lost their next game after his
injury and then won 10 of 11. Yesterday they had to learn on the fly after
the big man picked up his second foul on a questionable call with "He was going for an offensive rebound and got
undercut (by "(Minor) was moving back and undercut me," added Gai who still nearly had a triple-double with 12 points, 10 rebounds and eight blocks in 28 minutes. "It was a bad call but everyone makes mistakes." Gai has been on a rampage of
late, averaging 16.6 points, 7.8 rebounds and 7.1 blocks in his last six
games. To some, the best strategy against Gai is to
develop a perimeter game plan. But "In the past we tried two different ways to attack Gai," Gonzalez said. "Once we took it to him and he blocked 10 shots, but we won. Then we tried a lot of mid-range jumpers and that worked. Today I wanted to be aggressive because we needed to rebound better. The way I look at it is, he can't get the rebound if he's trying to block the shot. "Plus, as a bonus, maybe we'll get him in foul trouble." They don't call Gonzalez the sharpest coach in the MAAC for nothing. Sure enough, the strategy worked. The Jaspers (10-8, 5-5 MAAC) led 9-6 when Gai picked up his second foul. Then, the Stags (10-9, 7-3) went on to miss 25 of 34 shots in the first half (Gai was 1-for-3). "(Gai's second foul) affected our ability to defend the interior," said O'Toole, whose Stags slipped to fourth place in the MAAC but are only one game behind first-place Rider (8-2). "They're not supposed to outrebound us." After Gai went out the Stags, led by DeWitt Maxwell (19 points, nine rebounds) and Todd (16 points), hung in there for a while. The Jaspers led by only two, 17-15, with four minutes left in the half. But Peter Mulligan (28 points), and freshman C.J. Anderson (17 points) finally started clicking after being suspended for the previous game (a 75-46 loss at Rider) for breaking team rules. A 15-6 run before halftime gave the Jaspers a 32-21
halftime lead. Then with Gai tentative, the Stags
couldn't get any closer than eight until a Maxwell-led spurt got them within
59-55 with The Stags were still within 67-61 in the final minute but Mulligan's hoop over Gai - O'Toole was not too thrilled with a goaltending call on the play - clinched it. The loss hurt, but there is a bright side. Fouls aside, at least Gai will be ready to play the next game. NOTES: Point guard Tyquawn
Goode, a key Stag of late, was another one not too happy with the
officiating. He fouled out with four minutes left to play without scoring.
Goode became the first Stag with three consecutive 100-assists seasons since
Marvin Walters (1988-90). Š Gai entered the game
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[JR: Jasper From: I am taking advantage of your question regarding "What is a 'First Isaiah Mission?" The "first" I referred to in my note indicated this was my first involvement as part of a presenting team. "Isaiah
Parish Missions" is a series of missions presented by a team of two
persons, one ordained and one lay person.
The team is also complemented by a team formed within the Parish prior
to the first session. The titles of
the four respective missions are If anyone wanted more information about Isaiah Missions they could contact Dr. Gerry Downs, Mission Coordinator at 1-888-472-4241. Deacon === http://www.isaiahmissions.org/offer.html What is an Isaiah Parish Mission? Isaiah Parish Missions enhance spiritual growth and build parish community. Each mission is rooted in Scripture and the tradition of the Church. They are based on a cooperative model which energizes parish faith communities to become vehicles for active evangelization. Why is an Isaiah Parish Mission such a unique experience? An Isaiah Parish Mission is led by an experienced preaching team (priest and lay person) trained in evangelization. Together with a parish mission team, selected by your church's leadership, they cooperatively present the mission. In addition, follow-up programs are provided. How will an Isaiah Mission fit into our parish schedule? An Isaiah Parish
Mission starts with team preparation beginning six weeks prior to the
mission. [JR: Thanks. Your fellow Jaspers I'm sure and I wish you "God Speed". And, I'm sure you will do a d … … arn good job. (Hmmm, the language may seem inconsistent with a religious wish. But, Saint Peter was a fisherman.) Good luck.] |
Email02From: Jasper Dear Jasper Joao '94, I used the new MC alumni website to invite you to join my mailing list for a weekly ezine about Jaspers. That email bounced. In looking at it, I noticed that you may have fat-fingered your email address that you have it forward to --- you have @yaho.com and it probably should be @yahoo.com. What's one less "O" among friends, but the inet is not very forgiving. If you haven't been getting any email, that may be why. I am telling you about it, not because my email is of striking importance, but you might be missing something really important. I've replicated my original message at the bottom. And, I'd love you have you as a regular reader of my modest effort. Thanks, |
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Curmudgeon's Final Words This Weekhttp://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north335.html WHO SHOULD DECIDE WHAT GETS TAUGHT? === <begin quote> === This raises a fundamental political issue, one which has divided American voters since about 1921: the legitimacy of a majority of voters to determine the content of whatever is taught to children in tax-funded institutions. The Darwinists are adamant: voters must sit down and shut up, fork over their tax money to university-certified academic experts, and send their children into the public schools. Bob is representative of this position. Fundamentalist Christians are divided. Some believe that the public schools should teach both views, Darwinist and non-Darwinist, with equal time for both positions, with both taught as theories. Mel Gabler was representative of this position. Others believe that only creationism should be taught. There is no public representative of this position, yet as many as 40% of Americans polled hold this view, as we shall see. I am adamant: the public schools should be auctioned off next Wednesday – Friday at the latest. R. J. Rushdoony was representative of this position: The Messianic Character of American Education (1963). So is John Taylor Gatto: The Underground History of American Education. I would go further. Property taxes should be reduced accordingly. All state and Federal aid to local school districts should cease, since all local school districts should cease, with all expenditures saved to become permanent tax reductions. === <end quote> === The schools are the gateway to people's minds. Why should the government control what we think? WWII Nazi propaganda is small potatoes. George Orwell had it right! The Department of Education and the various "public" school boards are nothing more than today's version of the Ministry of Truth. What's next "firemen" who burn books? IMHO! And that’s the last word. Curmudgeon -30- GBu. GBA. |