Sunday 27 Febuary 2005
Dear Jaspers,
664 are active on the Distribute site. There are 38 bouncing. As of 2/25, the Jasper Jottings site had 202 page views on 2/24 and total page views this month: 9117. So some one out there is reading it.
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This issue is at: http://www.jasperjottings.com/jasperjottings20050227.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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Su Mar 13 1PM - Jaspers of SW Florida annual luncheon |
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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
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.boingboing.net/2005/02/21/king_of_swaziland_ba.html
Mark Frauenfelder
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Mswati was forced to shelve
plans three years ago to spend $45 million on a new royal jet, but has shown
little inclination to rein in other royal spending projects which include a $15
million project to build individual new palaces for his growing retinue of
wives.
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One can only pray to the King's King that he relieve this gentleman from power. As with most of the disasters on the globe, they are the result of man's stupidity. Even the tsunami! The death toll was worse than it had to be because the various governments had worked out how to talk to one another! When I had time I look and see if I am giving this fellow foreign aid. I hope that each of us in the charity department are giving effectively. I know I do, but I too am going to check.
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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From: Janen Glenn
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In The Credos of Eight Black Leaders, Dr. Ansbro presents the social philosophies of leaders Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Marcus Garvey, W.E.B. Du Bois, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmund Tutu in the form of credos. The book is based on an analysis of 21,000 pages of primary sources and numerous biographies, and it identifies more than 500 examples of how these leaders discerned benefits in their negative experiences for their organizations and themselves. In his evaluation of Ansbro’s book, Dean Lawrence Carter of Morehouse College said, “Dr. John Ansbro has written in the first person the most informative and inspiring exposition of the social philosophies of the principal African-American and African activists of the last 200 years … He has rendered a tremendous service to African-Americans …” Dr. Ansbro taught philosophy at
Manhattan College for more than 35 years, where he held several roles during
his tenure, including curriculum guidance supervisor of the faculty, chairman
of the interdisciplinary arts program, director of research in the peace
studies program, chairman of the department of philosophy and founder and
president of the Manhattan College Council on World Hunger. Now a full-time
writer, he received his doctorate from [JR: I read this an objected to the review's claim that " rendered a tremendous service to African-Americans". I think this book is a service to all Americans. Unless we as a country distill, understand, and internalize all of the great minds of our society, we are lesser for that. And, how can we learn? Like it or not, this is what they believed. They may even be wrong in some, in large part, in specific areas, or totally. Even a stopped clock tells us something. But we need to understand that. I know that Martin Luther King, Jr. was a controversial figure. But, I think every one was moved by the ideal that he expressed "I have a dream, that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today!" We need all to absorb all that thinking if we are going to fufill his dream.] |
[No Honors]
[No Weddings]
[No Births]
[No Engagements]
[No Graduations]
[Collector's prayer: And, may perpetual light shine on our
fellow departed Jaspers, and all the souls of the faithful departed.]
Your assistance is requested in finding these. Please don’t
assume that I will “catch” it via an automated search. Sometimes the data just
doesn’t makes it’s way in.
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The Post-Standard ( Robert F. Britt Robert F. Britt, 75, of Patrick and Gladys Britt. He was a graduate of He is survived by his sister- in-law, Sue Ann Britt; four nephews, Patrick, Kevin, Fred, and Philip Britt; two nieces, Mary Bishop and Kathy Cunningham; several grand-nieces and grand-nephews. Services LOAD-DATE: [MCAlumDB: 1954 ] |
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Peter J. O'Malley of Palatine/Inverness since 1974 A memorial service was held in honor of Peter J. O'Malley,
Monday, Feb. 14, at LOAD-DATE: [MCAlumDB: 1955 ] |
[JR: I'm going to try a new section for "updates".
These are changes that "pop" in from the various sources that are not
really from the news. I thought it might be valuable to alert old friends
seeking to reconnect or "youngsters" seeking a networking contact
with someone who might have a unique viewpoint that they are interested in.
This is a benefit of freeing up time trying to make email work by
"outsourcing" the task to Yahoo.]
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Corsi, Bob (1970) |
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Magliano, John V. (1966) |
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Maczuga-Stern, Busia (1993) is a pediatric dentist in |
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Maddia, Bernard (1954) is an
Insurance Agency Owner from |
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Maguire, James (1956) is an Investment Adviser from |
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Maher, Richard (1982) Commercial Real Estate Appraiser
from |
[JR: I'm going to try a new section for "negative updates".
These are changes that "pop" in from the various sources that are not
really from the news. I thought it might be valuable to alert old friends or
"youngsters" that someone they maybe interested in has “drifted off”.
Yet another benefit of freeing up time trying to make email
work by "outsourcing" the task to Yahoo.]
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The New York Times The five United States Army recruiters who work from a storefront office here arrived on the morning of Feb. 5 to discover that a plate-glass window above the main entrance had been shattered, along with a window in the Navy office next door. By The group's leader, Lawrence Hamm, a But for the men on the other side of the broken glass, and
recruiters throughout the The shattering of windows here followed two similar
incidents in That same day, before dawn, the police arrested a
19-year-old A day later in Since the beginning of 2003, there have also been more than a dozen other often violent incidents aimed at military recruiters or property throughout the country, according to the police, recruiters and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In a few cases, vehicles have been set on fire; in others, blood has been thrown through windows. Spokespeople for the armed services have downplayed the incidents even as some recruiters have increased security at their stations. Douglas Smith, a spokesman for the Army Recruiting Command at Fort Knox, Ky., said that no recruiters had been hurt and that most of the nation's nearly 1,700 Army recruiting stations had not been harmed or attacked. ''We're aware that there are some instances of damage to stations, and we're keeping an eye on this,'' he said. ''But it is not something that has us overly concerned.'' Several recruiters in the field, however, said that they
remained on edge. On Jan. 20, the day of President Bush's inaugural, several
hundred students at Sgt. First Class William C. Howard, a recruiter here in ''Within last year, the whole security issue has become more of a concern with me,'' he said. ''I've had people throwing objects at me when I was driving by. I've had people who as soon as they see me on the street, they cross to the other side. Those situations never occurred before, and it makes me wonder how far is this all going to go.'' The vandalism so far has ranged from broken windows and antiwar graffiti or Nazi symbols to attempted arson with Molotov cocktails, like one tossed into an Army station in Vestal, N.Y., near Binghamton, on April 9, 2003. Some of the most costly vandalism has been aimed at
vehicles: three cars used by recruiters in The police in Montgomery, David Segal, who grew up in Attempts to reach Mr. Segal in Litchfield were unsuccessful, and his lawyer did not return several calls. A spokesman for the F.B.I. in Nonetheless, in response to the vandalism and other
incidents, several Army station commanders in the Some recruiters said the extra precautions were necessary to ensure safety in and out of the office. Staff Sgt. Amedeo Trotta, commander of the Army recruiting station in
Vestal, said that in addition to the Molotov cocktail attack, he was
threatened last year by a man with a two-by-four while talking to recruiters
near ''Our own people are trying to fight us,'' he said. ''And there's nothing we can do about what they're complaining about.'' Many recruiters said that they were accustomed to dissent,
and that the vandalism did not surprise them. ''You will always have a
certain percentage of people who will want to show their displeasure with
policies in a way that is outside the political system,'' said Maj. Dave Griesmer, a spokesman for the Marine Corps Recruiting
Command in But for some of the men and women working to refill the military ranks, the broken glass, the epithets and fires remain difficult to fathom. ''We feel like we're doing something for the people, like
we're doing something good,'' said Staff Sgt. Stephen E. Williams, the
station commander in GRAPHIC: Photo: Staff Sgt. Joshua N. Harris at his desk in
the Army recruiting station in LOAD-DATE: |
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The Journal News Schools awarded $3.6 million for math School 5 honored for higher test scores School 5 was among 14 schools statewide cited in the
Business Council's Pathfinder Award program. Located at LOAD-DATE: |
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http://www.usatf.org/news/view.aspx?DUID=USATF_2005_02_24_12_34_00 USA Indoor Championships press conference quotes Below are excerpts from Thursday's press conference. Q: Tell us about your success since last summer. CARRUTHERS: Basically it came down to making a good
coaching change. I excelled at Q: Reese, talk about your big 2004 and your big start in 2005. HOFFA: I've been putting a lot of things together, really
learning the technique. I'm finally seeing all the hard work come together. I
put some great throws together at the Olympic Trials. I've been extremely
surprised and happy with my performances. New York AC is one of my sponsors,
so I wanted to win. Millrose was the first meet I
won as a professional, when the shot put was at Q: The shot put has been a featured event of the Visa Championship Series. NELSON: What people are starting to realize is how great the shot put can be, when you give us a chance to perform with no distractions. We've also delivered this year with two world leaders at our meets, and we have two leaders in the Visa Championships Series. Q: How did the Olympic Trials go for you? CARRUTHERS: I was fourth. From that experience, I learned
that I can run well. For me, it was a jumping off point to know that I am one
of the elite athletes and can come back strong the next season. I think four
years from now is going to be my time. I was very disappointed [with not
making the Olympic Team]. I went to Q: What do you have to do to be a better hurdler? CARRUTHERS: The lead leg. You improve your lead leg by
improving your take-offs. I would waste all this time in the air when I could
be running. Just little stuff, like how the trail leg works. I never
understood that hurdling is like sprinting. The lead leg is followed by the
trail leg. We're putting baby pieces together. It's great to be able to go
from Q: Reese, you are known for your costumes. Do you have anything planned for this meet? HOFFA: I'm going to keep it as plain as possible. No masks or anything. Not yet, anyway. Q: Adam, your personality on the track seems so much different than off of it. NELSON: I have Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde in me. I've always been that way. I'm extremely intense when I do anything out on the field. Any sort of competition I have, there's only one way to do it - when you channel all your emotions into that one specific event. When you watch me throw, everything's building up. When I get in there in the circle, I have this moment of clarity where I know exactly what I'm going to do. There's nothing on my mind but that one specific task of throwing that ball as far as I can. Then boom, everything comes back to life. I come back to who I am normally and then slowly build back up. My evil twin Nellie, if you don't see him on the field, you know I'm probably not going to have a good day. I've got it controlled now so I can tap into it - I can turn it on and off like that. In the past it was more like a 2 or 3 day build up. It's easier to get through life when you're not that on edge. It was a survival thing - if I didn't control it I'd have to quit sports or take up yoga. I can be difficult at times when I'm in that sort of zone. I think it's common with athletes. They get into the thrill of the kill, the thrill of the hunt. It takes some getting used to it. My wife navigates those waters pretty well, since her father was a professional football player. Q: How has being around Adam affected you? HOFFA: It definitely saved my shot put career. It began
when Adam and [Canadian] Brad Snyder came to Q: How much has the $50,000 in bonuses for the Visa Championship [$25,000 each for the top man and top woman] affected how you've viewed the indoor season? NELSON: I'm not going to lie. Look at my shirt [which reads, "This Space For Rent."] We're making a living off of what we're doing on there. Visa stepping up and showing they are committed to track & field in the most off of off years in track and field, the year after the Olympics, certainly helps a lot of the indoor athletes to pay some bills and stay involved in the sport over the next few months. REESE: I think it makes it a lot more exciting. I'm two points from Adam, and you have Christian [Cantwell] and John [Godina]. I came in here ready to throw far. You add money to anything and it's going to make competition really fierce and make foes of all your friends. It also makes it great that there's one athlete - one male, one female - that wins. And second place doesn't get anything. CARRUTHERS: In the beginning, I wasn't thinking about it
[the money]. I just wanted to go from meet to meet and get better. Once I ran
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Google found: Google Alert for: "manhattan college" -"marymount manhattan college" -"borough of manhattan college" Off the Beaten Path: Riverdale ... Primarily residential, Riverdale also hosts the
prestigious Sodexho Employees Frustrated at For over a year the Sodexho
employees who work in Keeping MC Fit One Kick at a Time By Erika Rohrssen. Flyers around
campus have announced the return of kickboxing to The Quad emailed: Top Story |
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]
Probably should nuke
this section? Going once. Going
twice. Gone!
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
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
3/2/05 Wednesday W.
Lacrosse Lehigh
3/3/05 Thursday W. Basketball MAAC
Championships#
3/4/05 Friday W. Basketball MAAC
Championships#
3/4/05 Friday M. Basketball MAAC First
Round$
3/4/05 Friday Baseball
3/4/05 Friday M. Tennis
3/5/05 Saturday W. Basketball MAAC
Championships#
3/5/05 Saturday M. Basketball MAAC
Quarterfinals$
3/5/05 Saturday Track & Field IC4A
Championships @
3/5/05 Saturday Track & Field ECAC
Championships @
3/5/05 Saturday M. Lacrosse
3/5/05 Saturday Baseball
3/6/05 Sunday M. Basketball MAAC
Semifinals$
3/6/05 Sunday M. Tennis
3/6/05 Sunday W. Basketball MAAC
Championships#
3/6/05 Sunday Track & Field ECAC
Championships @
3/6/05 Sunday Track & Field IC4A
Championships @
3/6/05 Sunday W. Tennis
3/6/05 Sunday Baseball
3/7/05 Monday M. Basketball MAAC
Championship$
3/8/05 Tuesday Softball Seton Hall
3/9/05 Wednesday M. Lacrosse
Rutgers
3/9/05 Wednesday Baseball Fordham HOME
3:00 PM
3/9/05 Wednesday W. Lacrosse Long
Island
3/10/05 Thursday W. Lacrosse
3/11/05 Friday Softball vs.
3/11/05 Friday Track & Field NCAA
Championships
3/11/05 Friday Softball vs.
Quinnipiac$
3/12/05 Saturday Track & Field NCAA
Championships
3/12/05 Saturday Baseball George
Washington (DH) Washington, DC 12:00 PM
3/12/05 Saturday W. Lacrosse SUNY Stony
Brook HOME 12:00 PM
3/12/05 Saturday Softball vs.
3/12/05 Saturday Softball at
3/13/05 Sunday Softball TBD$
3/13/05 Sunday M. Lacrosse Sacred
Heart%
3/13/05 Sunday Baseball George
3/16/05 Wednesday Baseball
3/18/05 Friday Track & Field Baldy
Castillo Invitational
3/18/05 Friday Baseball
3/19/05 Saturday Track & Field
Baldy Castillo Invitational
3/19/05 Saturday Baseball
3/19/05 Saturday Softball Yale HOME
1:00 PM
3/19/05 Saturday M. Lacrosse
3/20/05 Sunday M. Tennis
3/20/05 Sunday Softball at Drexel
3/22/05 Tuesday W. Lacrosse Wagner
3/23/05 Wednesday Track & Field
3/23/05 Wednesday Softball at Hofstra
3/23/05 Wednesday Baseball Lehigh HOME
3:00 PM
3/24/05 Thursday Track & Field
3/24/05 Thursday W. Tennis
3/24/05 Thursday W. Lacrosse
3/25/05 Friday Track & Field
3/26/05 Saturday Track & Field
3/26/05 Saturday Track & Field West
Point Invitational
3/26/05 Saturday Baseball Saint
Peter's* (DH)
3/26/05 Saturday M. Lacrosse
3/26/05 Saturday Softball at Stony
Brook Stony
3/27/05 Sunday Baseball Saint
Peter's*
3/29/05 Tuesday M. Tennis Rutgers
3/29/05 Tuesday Baseball St.
Francis-NY$
3/30/05 Wednesday Baseball Fordham HOME
3:00 PM
3/30/05 Wednesday M. Tennis
Fordham
3/31/05 Thursday Softball at
LaSalle
If you do go support "our" teams, I'd appreciate
any reports or photos. What else do us old alums have
to do?
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LADY JASPERS’ COMEBACK FALLS SHORT AS CANISIUS TAKES 72-64 OVERTIME DECISION http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=5757
1*** SOFTBALL SEASON OPENING TOURNAMENT CANCELLED Washington, DC (February 25, 2005)- The GW Softball
Colonial Challenge Tournament, which was scheduled as the Manhattan Softball
team's season opening tournament, has been cancelled due to inclement
weather. No make-up dates have been set at this time. The Lady Jaspers' next
scheduled game takes place March 8 at 2*** MEN'S BASKETBALL CRUISES PAST http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=5752
3*** LUIS FLORES TRADED TO Former Jaspers Luis Flores was traded from the Golden
State Warriors to the Denver Nuggets in a Trading Deadline deal. 4*** TRACK & FIELD EARNS 24 MAAC ALL-ACADEMIC HONORS Riverdale, NY (February 24, 2005)–The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference office announced that 24 members of the Manhattan College men's and women's indoor track & field teams were named to the 2005 New York Lottery Academic Team http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=5751
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[JR: At the risk of losing some of my aura of omnipotence or
at least omni-pia-presence, you can see Jasper Sports
stories at: http://www.topix.net/ncaa/manhattan/
so for brevity’s sake I will not repeat them here. I will just report the ones
that come to my attention and NOT widely reported. No sense wasting electrons!]
http://www.topix.net/ncaa/manhattan/
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The The Loyola women's basketball
team ended a six-game road losing streak with a 56-43 win over The Greyhounds hit nine of 11 free throws over the final 11 minutes to seal the win. Jackie Valderas scored six points for Loyola in that stretch, and Lauren Troupe added five, including a three-point play. Katie Scherle led the Greyhounds (8-16, 7-8 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) with 13 points and eight rebounds and Valderas followed with 12 points and five rebounds. Joann Nwafili and Serra Sangar led the Jaspers (10-14, 6-9) with 13 and 12 points, respectively. LOAD-DATE: 1*** |
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University Wire The winter season is still going
on, but for the Just ask sophomore sprinter Rob Waters. "We're all pretty excited," he said. "Even though we're still in indoors right now-we have the Big East championships this week-but it's kind of hard not to think about outdoors, especially coming off the year we had last year. "We were so close to winning it and we know what we're capable of doing." Fresh off of a second-place Big East finish last season (losing by only 12 points to Notre Dame) and a second-place finish in the IC4A Championships (losing by 1 1/4 points to first-place Army), the Knights are ready to leap the proverbial hurdle and look to better those marks with a strong roster returning many key contributors from last season's team. "I think they're a real
special group," "It's interesting, we're in a position to possibly win the Big East Championship -- we're one of the main contenders with Notre Dame and Pittsburgh and others -- and it's interesting going down the roster and seeing that some of our best guys are walk-ons who came onto the team." The squad -- comprised primarily of New Jerseyans (41 of the 51 athletes are from in-state) -- has come a long way as a program and Coach Mulqueen believes that this group is more than ready to take the program to even greater heights. "Until last spring we had never been higher than fourth in the Big East and they came within 12 points of winning it -- something they had never done before," Mulqueen said. "They were disappointed, but it was a good disappointment because it helped them realize how far they had come. Now we're in position to do it again and that's what separates this group apart is just how well they mesh together." The team is bolstered by returnees Waters, junior decathlete Trevor O'Grady, senior discus Sam Segond, and senior heptathlon/high jump/decathlon Greg Ostrowicki. As a freshman, the walk-on Waters won the 100-meter and 200-meter sprints at the Big East Championship and helped contribute to the winning 4x100 team by running a blistering third leg. Consequently, Waters was named Outstanding Track Performer at the event by the conference coaches. He was also named All-East in the 200-meter and was named to the All-East Regional Team while placing eighth in the NCAA East Regional. "With a team like ours and the limitations that we have on scholarships, we rely a lot on these success stories, like Rob Waters," Mulqueen said. "Coach Kelly recruited him from a small private school and he came here and just blossomed." O'Grady, one of the steady veterans on the team, was the Big East Decathlon Champion last season with a score of 7,212 points, a new program record. He placed second in the decathlon at the IC4A Championship and was named to the All-Big East and All-East teams. A player willing to step up in other events to aid the team's successes, O'Grady also scored at the Big East Championships in the high jump and the 4x400 relay. In addition, he ran key legs in both the Penn Relays and the IC4A Championship and helped lead the squad to a victory in the IC4A. "I see myself as another piece," O'Grady said. "I know the team can win without me, but I know I have to do my part. As doing the decathlon, because we go first we usually have to set the tone for the rest of the meet. Last year we swept the decathlon and with the whole team watching and the energy was just great. "Guys just started putting up personal records after it." Segond, a two-time NCAA First Team All-American and three-time Big East Discus Champion, has been the backbone of the steadily improving team. In the NCAA Championships, Segond placed ninth in the discus, good enough to give him all-NCAA honors. Moreover, Segond was able to record a second-place finish in the discus during the Big East Championships and recorded third-place in both the shot put and the discus at the IC4A Championships. Ostrowicki is coming off a season that saw him earn All-Big East and All-East accolades. He followed O'Grady's first-place finish in the Big East decathlon by coming in second with a score of 6,852 points. As one of only 11 seniors on the 51-player roster, Ostrowicki has seen the culmination of his personal hard work, as well as the hard work of the program, come to fruition this season. "I've been involved for four years and at the beginning of my freshman and sophomore years we've trying to build up, trying to get to this competitive level of the top three teams," Ostrowicki said. "Last year we really got a taste for this and for me, we were talking all year about how we were a good team and to see it all come together in a meet really solidified in our heads that we're capable of doing this." Other key returnees are junior Marquis Allen (school record-holder in long jump and named to the All-Big East team four times), sophomore Paul Applegate (Big East scorer in the discus), Adam Golembeski (third in the Big East in decathlon), junior Gary Peters (Big East scorer in the triple jump) and junior Ryan Westman (All-East and All-Big East in 500-meter and 4x400 and record-holder for fastest time in 500-meter in 2003). But according to Waters, with the development of every individual, the entire team has looked poised to make a strong run in the spring. "It's kind of hard to point anyone out because everyone is really stepping their game up so you can't really pinpoint anyone on our side," Waters said. "Everyone does what they have to do every week for the good of the team. Together, we're all improving as a team, it's not just one person you can point out." Many of these athletes are walk-ons and its that position that inspires their work-ethic, but Mulqueen says that being a walk-on doesn't equate to a discrepancy of talent. "Whether you're a
scholarship athlete or not, it's all about being on that team," Mulqueen said. "I went to The spring outdoors season begins
on March 17 when the squad travels down to Just don't ask Waters to hold the anticipation in. "We talk about it [the spring season] everyday-we have some high hopes for this season." LOAD-DATE: 2*** |
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The Daily Princetonian
via Get out the broomsticks. The Head coach Glenn Michibata's men's team (3-2 overall) rebounded from a
difficult road loss to Clemson and opened the weekend in dominant fashion. On
Saturday evening, the Tigers downed Meanwhile, close matches were the norm for head coach Kathy Sell's women's team (2-0), as the Tigers eked out a pair of 4-3 victories to start its season, downing Richmond (2-3) on Saturday afternoon and Temple (0-2) on Sunday afternoon. DOMINATING DOUBLES The men's opening match was highlighted by junior No. 5 Shannon Morales' crushing victory over the Bulldogs' Parantap Chaturredi, in which Morales won all but one game. At the No. 2 singles spot, sophomore Sratha Saengsuwarn made quick work of his opponent, Andrew Mawire, running away with a 6-1, 6-1 win. Freshman Ashwat Sarohia also downed his foe without much difficulty, defeating Dragan Bisercic in straight sets (6-1, 6-3) to claim the No. 4 singles point. The Tigers continued to dominate in doubles against the Jaspers the following day as both the team of Saengsuwarn and Sarohia and the team of junior Darius Craton and Morales both routed their opponents with 8-1 scores. The highlight of doubles play,
however, was Plukas' and Lieu's 17-game thriller
against Saengsuwarn
gave up only two games in a decisive 6-2, 6-0 win
over Cohen on Sunday. The other singles matches were closely contested, but
wins by Craton at the No. 1 spot and Sarohia at No. 4 were enough to give "This match against <extraneous deleted> LOAD-DATE: 3*** |
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From: Reinke via Yahoo from Anywhere 21 Feb 05 Ms. Alison Bowlin (2008) Dear Ms. Bowlin, I was sorry to see that you signed off Jottings. Perhaps, it was something we said or failed to say. Do or failed to do. Or, some expectation that we didn't meet. Feedback is the essence of change. If I don't know why you left, then I am blind to what moves the readership. Now, it could a been a lot of things. Information overload, changing schools, no time, yada, and yada. Whatever the reason, whether you care to share it with me or not, please be advised that you are more than welome to browse, rejoin, or just ask for something. My wife tells me I can be "overbearing" (what me bearing over?), especially when I want it "my way". In this case, all I want is you to be OK and get back to me if there is something you need that I can supply. Just trying to repay my Karmic debt to the Universe, John '68 [JR: No response? ] |
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From: Rob Kuhn [1973] Hi John . . . Just wanted to touch base as a (lately, sometime) reader of your Jasper Alumni News. I say "sometime" because I got off track with regular reading of the news during the holidays and haven't gotten back into the weekly habit yet - though I am saving the news as text in case I luck into some free time one of these days! Actually, I writing mainly to congratulate! you on your (fairly) recent arrival with Comcast. I have been in transition so long now the word "transition" hardly applies accurately. As an experienced job seeker and networker yourself, I'm sure you've experienced many of the micro-situations that arise when in this condition, though I doubt any one person could experience all the possibilities. Despite having read so much to the contrary, I have spent a lot of my time using online boards, both the few that are dedicated to my personal areas of expertise and some of the universal job pools we're all familiar with. I have done some networking, but have not sufficiently refined my approach and concentrated my efforts. No sooner had I loaded my information into the college's Web site (last year) than they dumped it all - and I haven't taken the time to reload it. I'm equally ashamed of my high school, which has ignored the opportunity to create a useful real-world project for their best computer science candidates. Instead, they've contracted with a publisher to aggregate their alumni database - which I'm sure they will want to sell to me, rather than simply make it available for my convenience as an occasional contributor when fiscally able. <extraneous deleted> Congratulations, again, on your successful landing! And, thanks in advance for any help you may be able to provide me. Best regards, ----- From: Reinke, F. John (in my Networking persona) Hi Rob, Hey, sometime reader is better than a no time reader anytime. Too many "times" in that sentence. Congrats accepted. Although I too hate the "transitions". Us old farts don't "transition" well. "Some networking." That's needs "some" help. (1) I have a "searcher's" reading list. http://home.comcast.net/~reinkefj/My_Favorite_Job_Search_Books.htm Ofwhich, I recommend Lucht's book and workbook enthusiastically. It gives you some absolutely rock solid ideas to follow. It's not "your" plan to transition, but, it's the methodology to develop "your" plan. My wife says I get to wound up with this stuff and overpower people. I keep buying copies with my Christmas and Birthday gift cards (What else can a family give a nerd but books?) My inventory is zero right now or I'd send it to you. (2) Using Lucht's concept, I suggest that every searcher prep a "networking profile". (Not my original idea. I took the concept from Execunet and refined it for my purposes. Here's my old one. http://reinke.home.att.net/data/networking (Note to self: needs update) (3) As a Jasper, you have a unique resource available. Two cracker jack hunters will take your call merely because you are a fellow Jasper. http://home.comcast.net/~reinkefj/Jasper_Jottings_Jasper_Headhunters.htm (4) I have found some sites exceptionally useful. http://home.comcast.net/~reinkefj/Job_Search_Sites_with_specific_value_to_a_hunting_Jasper.htm (5) You may know I have played around extensively with the Internet Social Networks. http://home.comcast.net/~reinkefj/INTERNET_SOCIAL_NETWORKS.htm It's just one more way to cast a wider networking net. You are connected RIGHT NOW with 133 people. You can exploit those IMMEDIATELY. (6) I try to tell people that they are not alone. From my experiences, I learned that a Job Hunt Group is a great way to get started. When I was first in transition a group of us at the turkey farm created a "fraternity of turkeys". We called in Delta Beta Mu. (We were at the Drake Beam Morin turkey far.) We mostly all were looking for something different. But, for some reason, we bonded. We became a hunting machine. Everybody had everybody's profile, from whence came "my" format. We handed off opportunities, networking contacts, a and info. We supported each other with condolences when a "perfect" job didn't get offered, gave kick in the butt for those who were cycling down, and helped those particularly who were "aging out" (i.e., their company paid time was running out or was out). I know two other Jaspers who are "out" and looking to get "in". Maybe I could form you'all up into a team. If you're interested. "Alumni groups" sell you stuff. Know the feeling. I try to urge seekers to never pay for anything like "job services". (Although I have been sorely tempted to try WSA. The letter writing guy! He sounds good!) I have paid to join Execunet. http://www.execunet.com It gave me some good stuff, some good listings, and some good leads. It's not cheap. But, I thought it was valuable. That's a very personal decision. Hope this helps, Ps, no sense saving the stuff. Jottings that is. It's online in two places http://www.jasperjottings.com and http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Distribute_Jasper_Jottings/messages . So saving the messages will just make you feel guilty. :-) |
[JR: An outside of the box comment.]
I think that if we are to become a true community and more than just an oddity, this type of email is essential. It's real and near real-time.
It is essential in that the readership has to take risks with the community. Rob gave his OK to use this in the Jottings. That's taking a risk that this forum is more than my ego trip. Here Rob is telling us about what he is facing.
It is essential for the readership to act on the email. With 600+ readers, there is tremendous power sitting at the other end of the screen. At least that is what I see. So every reader needs to do something! It can be say a prayer. It can be send an encouraging note. Buy him a cup of coffee and let him "practice" on you. Network in the Lucht sense with him. If you're employed, see if your employer needs help. Review what Rob has said for something specific you can do and then do it. Actions speak louder than words. Actions talk; "bs" walks. You need to take a risk if you really appreciate Jottings. It's your turn.
It is essential for the readership, and everyone says they enjoy Jottings, to ensure its success by making something happen here in this case. This is a read good indication if we Jaspers still have the energy and smarts to accomplish something. It will mean that Jottings is more than just an email chain letter, but is a new pair of dimes (paradigm consultant speak for thinking differently, outside the box, a genius' master thought).
I am always looking for the new novel use of the internet. Here's the acid test if this Jottings is worth all the blood, sweat, and tears that I have put into it. I envisioned it as a way for Jaspers to be better than the Ivies and Dukies despite being smaller, poorer, and "dumber" (yup, sorry to say those guys and gals have higher sats on average than we do.). I like to think of myself as Jasper "injuneer". We make things work. No excuses! So let's put this Jottings bulldozer in gear, take it out for spin, and see what we can do with it.
You want to motivate the CIC for another year. Take the challenge.
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From: Sheryl Chung (Class of 1996) Hello John, I was a 1996 Thanks, [JR: Clearly we have a no advertising policy. So I am sorry I can post an ad for your tutor. We can of course discuss your email. Nice touch, start with a compliment, stroke his ego, and then ask for some thing. ;-) By the way, did you check with him about what you are doing? Anything that I ever see about or by docs, lawyers, and brokers always have some weasel words. You know "consult your doc before starting any", "not a offer for representation but a referral service", "no offer to sell which can only be made by prospectus", and my personal favorite "your mileage may vary". I have never gotten "their mileage". Sigh. But, surely, you can give us your opinion, which is better than no opinion. Too many people have to start from the phone book. So your recommendation may help one of our readers get off their duff and take some action. Hey you out there, get going, you can't read Jottings if you can't see! You do get annual checkups right? Even if you can't see, take drive (just kidding) up and see Sheryl. I'm sure she'll take your cane and lead you by the arm from the car to the office. Yes, you can keep talking on your cell phone. ] [JR: Ok, now that they're not listening, about the discount for Jasper Jottings editors? ] |
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From: Michael F. McEneney [1953] Dear John, This is a test of my scanning prowess. My grandson showed me how to do it. I did fine while he was here but I am not sure now if I got it right. This is the first part of the Ronnie article. I will try to send the second part as well. Best, Devoted Jaspers fan has a loyal following, too Special Olympics competitor embraced by athletic department Jane McManus The 10urnal News Ronnie Weintraub didn't even
have a floor pass for the Democratic National Convention this summer in Floor pass, check. On the night of
John Kerry's acceptance speech, Weintraub enjoyed
it from the lofty heights of John Edwards' box in "People sense that he's different," Special Olympics New York president Neal Johnson said. "Some try to move him along and some accept that he should be there. ... I couldn't have gotten anywhere near that box." He had done it before. Weintraub
once converted a simple comped ticket to a From a chance meeting with BEHIND THESCENES Please see WEINTRAUB, 3C === Dear John, Here is part 2 of the test. When you get a chance, please let me know how (or if) it worked. Thanks, === WEINTRAUB, from 1C "It's good for our kids," Byrnes said. "It's good for kids who have talents to see that there are others in this world." Weintraub, 44, is a highly functional mentally disabled man, but that diagnosis doesn't do him justice. He can talk reels about the minutiae of Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference basketball, but he gets noticeably uncomfortable when asked to talk about himself. Weintraub was raised by his grandparents in
: Not anymore. Not since ManI hattan took him in. 'The kids are great to me; Bobo by (Gonzalez) is great," WeinI traub said, "and Bob has been just I like a father to me." I It all started when I Weintraub introduced himself I to Byrnes, who invited him to I come to a men's basketball game. Sandra Taylor, now the associate athletic director, was a freshman ticket taker when Weintraub showed up unannounced and said he was Byrnes' guest "He didn't have a ticket, and we didn't know who he was," she said. Byrnes got him in, and now he is at every home game during the men's and women's basketball I seasons, sitting on the end of the I press table. When Myndi Hill and Gonzalez got their coaching positions, they knew Weintraub was part of the deal. "They've adopted him, and it's a strange situation when you're talking about an adult," Johnson said. "But it's a great situation for him, and he just loves them." Weintraub has a job as a messenger at a law firm, but that doesn't stop him from traveling with the men's team. He and Byrnes have a deal: If Weintraub can get to a game, Byrnes has promised a lift back on the team bus. "He knows if they lose, there is no talking," Weintraub, who lives in a group
home on "It's not an easy place to get to," Byrnes said. "I've driven him home a couple of times." Weintraub is rarely late, even
if it means a 14-hour bus trip to "It was in the middle of a blizzard, a game that nobody made," said Joel Blumberg, the play-byplay person for the Jaspers' radio games. "Brian (Mahoney) and I had to turn around, but Ronnie got there." With a savvy that plays against type, Weintraub
can speak without exhaustion on his favorite team to nearly anyone. As a
result, Weintraub has press passes for every He makes copies of handwritten statistics - assists, rebounds, shooting percentages and the like -and puts them on the press table before each game. They are nearly illegible, but Byrnes once com- 1 pared them to the official NCAA stats and the numbers checked out I At the press table, Weintraub
does an enthusiastic play-by-play. RNN once inadvertently put a floor
microphone close to Weintraub's seat during a
broadcast this season, and the "We kept getting calls, 'We can hear your radio guys on the TV,' " Mike Antonaccio said. A few years ago during the MAAC tournament, the league presented Weintraub with a plaque for being its No.1 fan. They called his name on the loudspeaker, and he walked out to center court to accept the plaque to boisterous applause. "I was shocked," Weintraub said, and then paused. "I thought that was nice." ### [JR: Hey Mike, not bad for your first attempt. It was so
good I didn't even bother to try to beat it. As you can see these things are
not yet good enough. To be consider more than experimental. They claim higher
than 99% but I don't believe that. Still useful though. Ain't
technology miraculous? I was listening to an "IT conversation" podcast that said they can "internet" all
knowledge every created. Their model was scan a book
for ten bucks and "print – bind – hand it over" for a buck in near
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Sent: Mike, Your welcome. Etc. etc. It'll take time for C to respond. But since I agree with him, I'll take up the issue. The Church in my strongly-held not-so-humble opinion (IMsHnsHO as opposed to IMHO) errs when it gets into tactical details. They can say with all their authority that we as individuals in a society have to provide effective compassion for the poor. No argument there! They are well within their area of expertise. But, the minute they say "raise the minimum wage" they are now into the Economist's area of expertise. I believe that we can demonstrate:(1) raising the minimum wage hurts poor people; (2) is used by politicians to give money to the labor unions bosses; (3) is used by politicians to increases the amount of money that they get in taxes; (4) transfers the benefits of effective charity from us as individuals to the government; and (5) trains the citizens to look to government as the savior and protector. (1) HURTS I believe that C was describing the story I tell about my cousin being displaced by automation WHEN the government raised the minimum wage. What he was illustrating was that a government action hurts those at the very bottom rung whose contribution is not worth the higher wage. (I wish I was as eloquent as Walter Williams, Tom Sowell, or others. Maybe I'll send this to Doctor Williams for help.) Raising the minimum wage is like pulling up the bottom rung of the economic ladder. (I envision a fire escape where the bottom run is unreachable from the street but descends to the street from above when under load.) If a worker can't make a contribution greater than the cost of his employment, then he doesn't work. He then is trained to turn to the government for welfare, unemployment, or other relief. Envision the teenager, educated in the government skools, trying to contribute more than he earns. No wonder minority unemployment is huge. No wonder youth unemployment is huge. No wonder the government keeps it this way. You have to look at the margins. That is why I "like" that elevator operator story. Government imposed a hidden tax and big business looks like the villain. (2) UNION BOSSES Politicians, via the mechanism of raising
the overall wage rate of the employment ladder, funnel more money into their
contributor's pockets. Raise the minimum wage. All wages rise to keep the
ladder. The side effect is marginal business fail. Union members get a raise.
Union dues go up. Thus, politicians have funneled more money into the hands
of the union bosses who turn around and contribute to their favorite
politicians. Businesses, who are really just transfer agents, have to raise
prices to cover their increased labor costs, if they can. Labor, in general,
is now priced higher and at a competitive disadvantage to other political
jurisdictions. Can anyone spell "outsourced to Mental experiment. The politicians raise the minimum wage
to $7 per hour. Why not $10? Why not $100? The answer is? The Communist Socialist
experiment call (3) TAXES Oh yeah, when you earn your $1 and hour more, 40 times 52 = 2080k per year, guess waht hppens to the old 1040 next year? Yup, you betcha, you'll give more to the President, the Governor, and the Mayor. Now when the costs in the federal government, state government, county government, town government, and skool system go up, guess what also will go up? Yup, taxes. And when everything goes up, prices will go up. Don't ya just wish they took a gun and robbed you? Oh yeah, they are. (4) CHARITY I always cite http://www.acton.org/publicat/books/transformwelfare/olasky.html for the principles of effective compassion. If I pay a dollar in tax, then I know a huge percentage is wasted. I give every month to HomeFrontNJ http://www.homefrontnj.org/ to help the poor. I know that Connie Mercer, the director can make 21 nickels out of every dollar that comes in the door. I feel better about that contribution because I know it is being used to make a difference. My taxes go to yet another phony war on poverty. http://www.acton.org/ppolicy/compassion How are the poor best aided? After a thirty year
governmental "War on Poverty" failed to reduce poverty in (5) TRAINING All this government assumption of "space" trains the American population to look to the government for answers. We are as conditioned as sheep ready to be shorn. The pioneer spirit is drained from the average Joe or Jane as more government "help" increases the load we have to carry. The American Revolution was over pennies on the dollar. We have been "baloney sliced" to death. No single slice (i.e., the inflation of our currency, the phony war on drugs, the victim disarmament laws, the wars of aggression, welfare, medicare, medicaid, and "social security") could be fought, and cumulatively it all loads up the camel. I know that this is a long response. But, you hit a nerve. I am afraid that we may have or will kill the golden goose of the American dream. John'68 === From: Michael Toner Dear John, Thanks for taking the time to compose such a thoughtful reply. I agree with you that venal people (2, 3, above) can abuse the best intentions of either individuals or legislators. My original point, that I don’t think you’ve addressed, is that a simple “we don’t want to pay a new minimum wage so we will fire the person” (1) action is not a “values neutral” action – which was implied in Curmudgeon’s original posting. Raising the min wage may result in “pulling up the bottom rung of the economic ladder” but by the time it happens that rung is usually so far below water that anyone on that rung is drowning anyway. Can people realistically live on less than $6/hr. ? As to the government (5) (that is – us acting
collectively) I think that sometime it has to be the individual’s protector.
(I think there is only one Savior :-) ) Can I, individually, prevent a
company from creating another anyway, thanks for your thoughts and for your work on Jottings – your comments and the e-mail are my favorite sections.... mike toner |
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FOUND: Pixley, Fiona (MCfac) http://www.xcell.com.au/reports/QRPTJune2001.htm Associate Professor Fiona Pixley, MB.BS, MRCP, PhD Fiona Pixley
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I don't believe that government does many jobs very well, and public schooling is no exception. Private schools whether religious or not, home schooling, and even many charter schools have all proved more efficient in terms of both education and expense. There are also significant issues of both fairness and inefficiencies that must be addressed where the financing of public schooling is concerned. Personally, I believe that public schools should be eliminated all together in favor of better alternatives. That being said, getting rid of public schooling will be no small thing. Until naysayers are convinced, the NEA stripped of its power, and dramatic changes are made, the least we can do is improve the existing system. NCLB is a good thought, but it, too, falls short in its execution thanks largely to a culture of teachers and administrators that has made up its mind it knows best for our children, and what it "knows" at the moment is that knowledge is secondary. |
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I have read recently about Catholic schools closing in the tri-state area. I think I know a principal who was displaced as a result. It is hard to provide a service you pay for when someone else is giving it away free. Catholic schools versus “public” skools. No competition. Free and worse will KO costly but better every time. Call it the Microsoft model. We, as a religious minority, should have been griping since day 1 that the government running skools was a violation of our religious freedom. We should have been arguing that by providing a service that we couldn’t use at our expense was tantamount to religious persecution. I never heard that argument made. So fifty years later, we are losing our Catholic schools. When will we wake up? Other minorities fight. Christians appear to roll over and play dead. |
IMHO!
And that’s the last word.
Curmudgeon
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GBu. GBA.