Dear Jaspers,
702? are active on the Distribute site. There are 39 bouncing. Yahoo adjusted their count. When I have time I'll figure out what the right number is.
As of 3/26, the Jasper Jottings site had 270 page views yesterday. Total page views this month: 10582!?!
"We" are bumping up against the 50 meg limit that I am currently underwriting. (Not complaining, labor of love. I'm sure I'll get that phd from MC in "humane letters" after I'm dead.) SO it's probably a good time to consider our options. I could prune the old stuff and move it off line. It might be in "our" collective best interest to move. I spend about $108 per year to host the site with Tripod. The next increment available is $144 plus a setup fee of $15. I have had two "outages" that I know about and my perception is that the site is "slow". I've been blogging about Jottings. So that occupies some space and such. There may be a better deal. Drop over to the blog and comment on what's important to you the readership. Other than my phd in advanced "letters" and pinching pennies.
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This issue is at: http://www.jasperjottings.com/jasperjottings20050327.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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Wkend
--- 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
Sat April 2nd - Gulf Coast Alumni club luncheon at
Location: University Park Country Club,
Contact: Neil O'Leary '60 c/o Jottings
Sa Jun 18
-- at --
--- In Honor of George Sheehan -
--- Meet at Brannigan's Pub in Red Bank, NJ after the
race
--- Info: Jim Malone Class of 1983
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http://ferdinand_reinke.tripod.com/2005-03-08-001.pdf
William Dooley ’75 is leading a charge by something called
the “Manhattan College Financial Services Advisory Council” to attempt to fully
fund an “endowed chair in the business school”. I don’t know the details. I’m
sure after I am called I will know the difference between an endowed chair and
a regular one. From my infrequent visits to Hooters for their great chicken
wings, I am aware of God’s ability to endow many things. But, I never heard of
Him performing such a miracle to a chair. In His Infinite Wisdom, and I am sure
He doesn’t need my help but wouldn’t they be uncomfortable? Anyway,
more when I get it. If you like to read the letter, I scanned it for you
personally. If you’re interested in helping, contact Jasper Dooley c/o the
cited address, phone, or fax. {Sigh, no email. Maybe
that’s what the chair is for? To sit on to get an email
address. What’s next? One of them newly fangled creeeedit cards. Or even, gasp, pay pal. Nah be
still my heart. Next they’ll move
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My list of Jaspers who are in harm's way:
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… … my thoughts are with you and all that I don't know about.
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[JR: Information
concerning John (MC1989) Bellew's Childrens'
trust fund]
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://apnews.myway.com/article/20050322/D8901AMO0.html Asians,
Iraqis to Get Recycled Water === <begin quote> === WASHINGTON
(AP) - There are plenty of wells in It's
a question NASA researchers have pondered for nearly two decades, but
villagers in The Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., has been testing a device intended for the space station that would recycle astronauts' sweat, respiration and even urine into drinking water purer than any found in a tap. <extraneous
deleted> Reno,
Nev.-based investment firm Crestridge and the
charity Concern for Kids are developing the systems for humanitarian purposes
in nations lacking a reliable water supply, starting with "There are 1.8 billion people who have never had a drink of fresh water," said Kevin Chambers, Crestridge's managing director. "Our mission is grand, but we've got to start somewhere and sometime - and now is the time." Rocket scientists trying to sustain life in space and humanitarians trying to increase the quality of life in third world countries kept running into the same problem - a lack of clean but affordable drinking water. Bottles of fresh water cost as much as $1.50 a gallon. Each weighs eight pounds, so the fees skyrocket when they're transported across the planet - let alone beyond the stratosphere. Robert Anderson, vice president and international projects director for Concern for Kids, said he began looking into water recycling technology two years ago because of the huge expenses necessary to carry water to Iraqi villages by tanker truck. "I got to thinking, 'There's got to be a better way,'" he said. Eventually, he reached the company that held the patent on the technology being developed for the space agency. For $29,000 in equipment costs and less than three cents a gallon, a trailer-mounted recycling device can travel from village to village, turning a well's unclean water into something suitable for drinking. Larger, stationery systems equipped with packaging plants cost around $400,000. Researchers at Windsor Locks, Conn.-based Hamilton Sundstrand, the lead contractor of the water processor for NASA, only recently learned their filtration technology is being put into action at home before it heads to the space station. "It was a total surprise to us - not that it's a stretch," said Bob Aaron, the company's program manager for the processor. Next
month, Crestridge plans to break ground on the
first manufacturing plant for the earth-based water processing devices. By
September, it hopes to send 10 truck-mounted and at least three trailer
devices to <extraneous
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hope that we all can, I can, everyone can “just get
to thinking”. |
Reflect well on our alma mater, this week, every week, in any and every way possible, large or small. God bless.
"Collector-in-chief" John
reinke--AT—jasperjottings.com
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(
http://www.manhattan.edu/news/news_releases/032305_1.html The College aims to raise $30,000 in its second annual Relay For Life fund-raiser During
Relay For Life, a community-based program designed to be a fun overnight
event, teams of people will take turns walking or running laps in the
College’s gym. Each team tries to keep at least one team member on the track
at all times. Cancer survivors, including some from the Each
dollar raised from the relay will support the American Cancer Society as it
leads the fight against cancer and empowers people to conquer the disease in
their own lives. The American Cancer Society is a nationwide, community-based
health organization headquartered in All are encouraged to participate. To find out how to form a team or join one, please call Kinah Ventura-Rosas at (718) 862-7477. If you are a member of the press and wish to cover this event, please call Melanie A. Farmer at (718) 862-7232. ### |
http://www.manhattan.edu/news/news_releases/032105_1.html
RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Local teachers are invited to attend an open house sponsored by Manhattan College’s graduate education department on Wednesday, April 13 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the admissions office located in O’Malley Library (2nd Floor) on campus. Find
out more about the department’s Teacher/Leader Quality Program (TLQP), which
is a tuition-assisted Master of Science degree program leading to dual
certification in special education and elementary education with the option
for a middle school extension. TLQP is open to teachers in the The
program is geared for teachers interested in increasing their knowledge and
skills working with the at-risk and disabled population. Admissions
preference will be given to teachers in low-performing schools as well as
those who are teaching out of their license area. Teams from schools are
encouraged to apply. Candidates must meet the academic requirements for
admission into the Manhattan College Graduate Education Program. ### |
From:
Janen Glenn <a-t> MC Technical Proposal Developer Position ConEdison Solutions® provides a wide range of energy procurement and management services to companies, helping our customers successfully navigate the new competitive energy landscape. ConEdison Solutions also supplies attractively priced electricity, natural gas and value-oriented services to residential and small business customers. ConEdison Solutions is a subsidiary and registered trademark of Consolidated Edison, Inc., (NYSE: ED). You can visit the Con Edison website at www.conedison.com for information on all of the Consolidated Edison companies Position
Overview: Apply on line at: http://www.recruitingcenter.net/clients/ConEdUnreg/publicjobs/canviewjobs.cfm |
From:
Janen Glenn <a-t> MC Technical Proposal Developer Position ConEdison Solutions® provides a wide range of energy procurement and management services to companies, helping our customers successfully navigate the new competitive energy landscape. ConEdison Solutions also supplies attractively priced electricity, natural gas and value-oriented services to residential and small business customers. ConEdison Solutions is a subsidiary and registered trademark of Consolidated Edison, Inc., (NYSE: ED). You can visit the Con Edison website at www.conedison.com for information on all of the Consolidated Edison companies Position
Overview: Apply on line at: http://www.recruitingcenter.net/clients/ConEdUnreg/publicjobs/canviewjobs.cfm |
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From:
tara mcpartland [1998] Good News to add! Rosemary Lacy (Class of 1998), was recently engaged to Glenn Mattson (Class of 1997) |
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[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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[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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[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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PR
Newswire US PURCHASE, N.Y., March 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Independent Financial Marketing Group, Inc. (Independent Financial) the nation's leading distributor of investment and insurance products through banks(1), announced today the promotion of Catherine Filos to President, IFS Agencies, Inc. Most recently, she served as Assistant Director of the Insurance Division. James P. Kirrane, who was recently promoted to National Sales Director, previously served as President of IFS Agencies, Inc. Filos will continue to report to JoAnne K. Novak, Chief Operating Officer of the firm. Filos will lead the activities of the agency and life insurance departments, which includes the licensing and registration functions, plus life insurance processing and case management. Additionally, she serves on the firm's newly appointed product selection committee with responsibilities for the new product due diligence process and new product implementation. Filos is one of the firm's main liaisons to insurance carriers. "With her excellent background in the insurance industry, Catherine is eminently qualified to fill the role of President of IFS Agencies," said JoAnne Novak. "Through the years, she has consistently displayed the leadership qualities necessary for this position and we look to her for continued advancements in efficiencies." Filos joined Independent Financial in 1997 and has held
positions of increasing responsibility since that time. Filos
earned a BA in Finance from Since 1983, Independent Financial has been a prominent leader in providing banks, savings and loans, and credit unions nationwide with a portfolio of investment and insurance products, plus the sophisticated infrastructure necessary to support their sale. In addition to the #1 sales ranking achieved over the past five years as reported by Kenneth Kehrer Associates (see footnote), the 2003/2004 ABA National Survey of Bank Investment Services gave Independent Financial the highest overall ranking of third party marketers as reported in the "Bankers' Report Card on Vendors of Investment Products and Services." Independent Financial is a member of the Sun Life Financial group of companies. Visit http://www.ifmg.com/ for more information. Sun
Life Financial is a leading international financial services organization
providing a diverse range of wealth accumulation and protection products and
services to individuals and corporate customers. Tracing its roots back to
1865, Sun Life Financial and its partners today have operations in key markets
worldwide, including Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Hong
Kong, the Philippines, Japan, Indonesia, India, China and Bermuda. As of Sun
Life Financial Inc. trades on the Visit http://www.sunlife-usa.com/ for more information. (1) "Leading Marketers of Annuities and Mutual Funds through Banks Ranked by 2003 Investment Product Sales" and "Leading Marketers of Securities and Investment Products through Banks Ranked by Dollars Invested in 2003", The Kehrer Report, *quarterly newsletter of the bank insurance and investment industry. Second Quarter, 2004. CONTACT: Connie Hickey of Independent Financial, +1-914-641-4715 Web site: http://www.ifmg.com/ SOURCE Independent Financial Marketing Group, Inc. URL: http://www.prnewswire.com LOAD-DATE:
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The
Tribune (Port ST.
LOUIS _ "Any athlete in the country, at any college, would have done the same thing if he was for clean sports and clean living," Kellogg said as fans gathered around and cheered his integrity and, as it turned out, his naivete. In the wake of the shattering events soon to unfold, it's hard to say whether his words or those of coach Ken Norton lingered more hauntingly. "If our boys can be approached," Norton said, "they certainly must be approaching other boys throughout the country." Despite the rhythmic recurrence of point-shaving scandals in college athletics every decade, the notion that it might be happening now seems farfetched to some. "It's
kind of a common joke among coaches when a player does something dumb: You
look at each other and say, 'He's fixing the game,'" Added
Yet many in and around college basketball believe the next point-shaving caper is lurking just over the horizon, its specter perhaps looming over the game's most visible spectacle: the NCAA Tournament, which began Tuesday in Dayton, Ohio, and culminates with the Final Four in St. Louis on April 2-4. "I'm more concerned now than ever before, because (gambling) is so societally accepted," said C.M. Newton, the former Kentucky athletics director who as a player at UK saw three Wildcats exiled for their roles in point shaving. "It's part of our sports culture." With preposterous money at stake _ billions will be bet in one form or another on the tournament _ and an infinite number of ways an athlete could be lured in, the landscape is fertile for exploitation while the credibility of the game is in the balance. "A lot of people think sports wagering is victimless," said Bill Saum, director of agent, gambling and amateurism issues for the NCAA. "We obviously think there are many victims. The game has to be secure." Even from Saum's skeptical perspective, he doubts it would happen in the tournament because players "grow up dreaming of being there; I think it would take an incredible, incredible set of circumstances." Yet circumstances that once seemed unfathomable were exactly what were in play in 1951. Widespread devastation By
the time Kellogg's announcement was made, A
year earlier, CCNY held the city spellbound by becoming the first and only
school to win both the National Invitation Tournament and NCAA Tournament in
the same season at what was then the mecca of
college basketball, The
fans' glee crumbled abruptly when on The
ripples would extend to, among others, No
tournament games were among the 86 games deemed fixed between 1947 and 1950,
but CCNY's twin championships were forever tainted.
Shortly thereafter, the program was neutered; The lives of the players involved were left in shambles and shame. "It
wouldn't bother me if another basketball season never came around," one
of the implicated Though most of the implicated players got suspended sentences, all were banned from basketball _ collegiate and professional _ and reports said several never recovered. A ticking bomb If the distance between a student-athlete casually gambling on a random game and conspiring to rig one he has a role in seems vast, the slope can be slippery. "They (bookies) don't just wake up one day and say, 'OK, throw this game,'" Saum said. Instead, trouble can start with seemingly innocuous questions, Saum said: What kind of mood is Coach in? Hey, what's your game plan, anyway? Is Joe still having girl troubles? What's up with his ankle? The complexion changes once an athlete is casting bets. The addictive undertow of gambling and the keen interest of bettors in finding an advantage are realities of the terrain _ and there is no advantage like control. "We believe (point-shaving) can happen because our student-athletes still wager with bookies," said Saum, citing an extensive NCAA study and adding, "The moment a student-athlete makes a wager, they no longer are in control of their destiny. The bookie now is, for a number of reasons. ... "Most who bet with bookies bet on credit, and student-athletes get even more credit _ or, more rope to hang themselves with." The slippery slope, Saum notes, has stages: You can still win the game, just don't win by more than five. Who will that hurt? Throw a ball away here, miss a shot there. No one will know. As the entanglement intensifies, the requests can become more brazen, peaking with a game being thrown. If it sounds like conspiracy theory, consider the NCAA survey: Seventeen of 388 Division I basketball players reported being in at least one of these situations _ taking money for playing poorly; knowing of a teammate who took money for playing poorly; being threatened or harmed because of sports wagering; being contacted by an outside source to share inside information; and actually providing inside information about a game. Despite its vigorous campaign to increase awareness of the consequences of gambling and the danger and havoc it can lead to, the NCAA believes that without vigilant scrutiny_and perhaps even with it_the potential exists for mayhem as profound as that of 1951. Others feel the same way. "A bomb waiting to explode," Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said after Northwestern basketball players were implicated in a 1998 scam. In this bleak aspect of the game's history, some see a cautionary tale ignored at the peril of the game's future. "The
word is 'inevitable,'" said Charles Harris, athletics director at Lessons of the past Beyond the sheer scope of the treachery, the scandal of 1951 perhaps resonated nationally for other reasons. It was a fascinating story to tell; of prolific talents and falls from grace and villains and even heroes, like Kellogg. The tentacles extended to mobsters and fixers, some with stereotypical names like Salvatore Sollazzo. And it was happening at a time in which gambling still was _ for public consumption, anyway _ considered a vice. (Forget that the Garden in those days was an incubator of book-making; the notion was frowned upon in proper society.) By contrast, that setting helps illustrate why some fear the potential pitfalls aren't well enough understood today. The proliferation of gambling _ lotteries, casinos, Internet betting, marathon poker coverage on television, newspapers (including the St. Louis Post-Dispatch) carrying betting lines daily _sends endless mixed messages. "We expect 18-year-olds to somehow divine their way through this process and be able to conclude, 'That's OK, this isn't,'" Harris said. To further complicate matters, trouble isn't likely to come in the menacing form of gangsters approaching student-athletes. The enticement to gamble won't be dangled from "a black limousine," Harris said. Most of the time, it will come from a less imposing, even routine, figure, one who knowingly is consorting with organized crime. "We
believe there are student bookies on every campus in Due diligence Of
course, it wasn't scary-looking mob guys who appealed to those incriminated
in 1951. The groundwork was laid by the likes of Eddie Gard,
a former To
this day, Harris remembers the wrenching call from the NCAA, whose attention
had been brought to a sudden, curious betting surge in "It
became obvious how insidious this whole process is," said Harris, now AD
at Harris is pleased to see the NCAA taking greater measures to educate, measures that include videotapes and seminars and awareness campaigns. At the Final Four, players will meet with the FBI. But he also believes too few in the game understand the gravity of the issue. "You can't unring the bell: The real issue is, frankly, off-the-court behavior, who people are interacting with," he said. "Not in a Big Brother sense, but you really have to have an acute sense of what's going on in the program." Ken Norton's fears an eternity ago are still in play today. ___ Stu Durando of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch contributed to this report. ___ Visit the Post-Dispatch on the World Wide Web at http://www.stltoday.com/ JOURNAL-CODE: SL LOAD-DATE:
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Louis Post-Dispatch ( [JR: Duplicate except for the end box. ] (Information box at end of text) --- NOTES: College betting scandals over the years From Florida State QB Adrian McPherson (right) betting on Seminole games to a 1940s game-fixing scheme that caught 32 players. D5 GRAPHIC: PHOTO PHOTO - Adrian McPherson LOAD-DATE:
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GoogleAlert for: "manhattan college" -"marymount manhattan college" -"boroughof manhattan college" Taravella'sglass half-full They are reading "The Diary of Anne Frank'' and, well, not exactly tipping the enthuse-ometer. Suddenly Jim Taravella blows into a kazoo and draws a laugh. One thing about teaching and coaching: You do what you can to keep their interest. At one point he stops to note a passage. "You guys familiar with a glass half-full and half-empty?'' Taravella asks the eighth-graders. "Right, the glass half-full is an optimist. What is an optimist?'' That's easy. An optimist is Taravella, who kept his Monroe-Woodbury boys' basketball team believing through a three-game losing streak ending the regular season. The Crusaders (16-8) beat Pine Bush to
open the Section 9 Class AA tournament, then upset
top-seeded "This team was a very easy team to coach,'' Taravella says when class ends. He's cradling a brown book called Prentice Hall Literature. "They listened.'' That's probably because they were free to talk. Taravella's basketball kazoos and decorated T-shirts were an open mind and open ears. He solicited input from his players, even used some of it. Taravella would take the hit when things went wrong. Players appreciated it. Don't get the wrong idea. Players knew Taravella was the boss. He's a stickler on punctuality and commitment and accountability. But he didn't need to stretch his vocal cords to prove it. "Basically,'' polished point guard Tony Surin says, "he never gave up on us.'' At times Taravella,
55, would jump around to get his team focused, as he does on occasion in
class. On the night of the sectional semifinals at A couple hours later, Taravella was hugging players, a scene rugged senior forward Gerald Jones calls, "the best feeling ever.'' Taravella had an open-phone policy. His line was open if players needed to talk to him about anything – anything – at any time – any time. They took him up on it. "Everyone on the team trusts him,'' Surin says. Jones has leaned on Taravella for help choosing a college and a sport. Jones may play soccer. "I don't know anything about soccer,'' Taravella told him, "but I'll help you any way I can.'' "That's just the kind of guy he is,''
Jones says. Earlier he pays Taravella a surprise
visit to his classroom. "I don't know,'' Jones laughs, "maybe I'll
take Coach on a road trip to (visit) Taravella
narrowed his chosen field to teaching or journalism at Don't make me out to be a saint, Taravella laughs. Saint? Nah. Sincere? Definitely. Taravella moved
up to Vails Gate from "I tried out for the team at Taravella has always known his limitations. His 2004-05 team, however, was a different story. === Jim Taravella file School: Monroe-Woodbury Age: 55 Education: Family: wife Rosemarie, son Tim, 32, daughters Jessica, 28, and Rebekah, 24 Career highlights 2005: led Crusaders to first sectional title since taking over varsity in 2000. 2002: led Crusaders to Section 9 Class A
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The
Journal News ( <extraneous deleted> Unfair criticism of education programs Arthur Levine, Ph.D, should know that it is unworthy of an educated person to make global generalizations such as he makes in the March 15 article "School leaders' training faulted." I
received my Ed.D from Additionally, while Dr. Levine is correct when he says "There is absolutely no reason why a school leader needs a doctorate," this is really not the issue. Why would we want to further "dumb-down" our profession instead of demanding the ultimate from our school leaders? The Ed.D is intended to be a doctoral degree for practitioners, not researchers. In other words, it is a post-graduate degree for those educators who know that they want to continue leading from the trenches, the elementary schools, middle schools, junior and senior high schools around the nation instead of doing research from the safe and often too-far-removed distance of the college, university or "think tank." So I would ask Dr. Levine to show us the data. Give us the surveys of school administrators who graduated from good and bad programs. I believe that we will find there are many educational leaders out there who, like myself, understand that you get out of these graduate programs what you put into them. Peter
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The
Journal News ( Image boost is overrated When
Doug Flutie threw his famous "Hail Mary"
pass more than 20 years ago, he did more than beat The
so-called Flutie Factor refers to the 30 percent
increase in applications to Flutie Factor anecdotes abound. Gonzaga's
applicant pool reportedly grew by 72 percent after the Zags
made their NCAA tournament runs in the late 1990s. Duke saw a spike after the
Blue Devils went to the Final Four in 1986. At this point, it might be prudent to consider Mark Twain's cautionary words about statistics. In several studies over the last two decades, researchers have not been able to find a considerable causal link between athletic success and applications. Some universities see tiny jumps in applications or SAT scores of applicants that correlate with prolonged athletic success, but according to a comprehensive Knight Foundation report written by Cornell professor Robert Frank, "Success in big-time athletics has little, if any, systematic effect on the quality of incoming freshmen an institution is able to attract." That
sounds about right to Bill Bisset, the assistant
vice president of enrollment management at "I
can't go back to my freshman class and point out any cases of students who
enrolled with us because our basketball team went to the NCAA tournament and
upset Manhattan did experience its largest applicant pool in school history this fall, which Bisset ascribes to general demographic trends - a glut of 17-year-olds equals more applicants for everybody - rather than athletic success. There may be a thread connecting athletic success and applications, but it is only one factor influencing a high school senior's decision, said Ralph Donnell, the director of guidance at Clarkstown South. "When a school is in a national tournament and gets great publicity, it does have an impact at least in name recognition," Donnell said. "Possibly, if a student investigates the school and it's a good fit, it ends up in the student applying to that school." In
other words, a student who wants a big university with a major sports scene
might investigate defending national champion UConn,
but if the food is better at Reach Janet Paskin at jpaskin <a-t> thejournalnews.com or 914-696-8531. LOAD-DATE:
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they chose the path they did, but in light of all
that has been learned, why are students, now more than ever, casting a
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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
3/27/05 Sunday Baseball Saint
Peter's* Jersey City, NJ 12:00 PM
3/29/05 Tuesday M. Tennis Rutgers Piscataway, NJ TBA
3/29/05 Tuesday Baseball St.
Francis-NY$ Brooklyn, NY 3:00 PM
3/30/05 Wednesday Baseball Fordham HOME
3:00 PM
3/30/05 Wednesday M. Tennis
Fordham Bronx, NY 3:30 PM
3/31/05 Thursday Softball at
LaSalle Philadelphia, PA 2:00 PM
4/1/05 Friday Track & Field Sam
Howell Invitational Princeton, NJ 10:00 AM
4/1/05 Friday W. Lacrosse Mt. Saint
Mary's Emmitsburg,
MD 4:00 PM
4/2/05 Saturday Crew 40th Annual
Manhattan College Invitational Regatta
New York, NY TBA
4/2/05 Saturday Track & Field Sam
Howell Invitational Princeton, NJ 10:00 AM
4/2/05 Saturday Golf McDaniel College
Spring Opener Gettysburg, PA 12:00 PM
4/2/05 Saturday Baseball Siena*
(DH) Loudonville, NY 12:00 PM
4/2/05 Saturday M. Tennis Yale New Haven, CT 12:30 PM
4/2/05 Saturday Softball Saint
Peter's* HOME 1:00 PM
4/2/05 Saturday M. Lacrosse
Marist* Poughkeepsie, NY 7:00 PM
4/3/05 Sunday Golf McDaniel College
Spring Opener Gettysburg, PA 12:00 PM
4/3/05 Sunday W. Lacrosse Longwood Farmville, VA 12:00 PM
4/3/05 Sunday Baseball Siena* Loudonville, NY 12:00 PM
4/3/05 Sunday W. Tennis Rhode
Island Kingston, RI 1:00 PM
4/5/05 Tuesday Golf at Saint
Peter's West Orange, NJ 2:00 PM
4/6/05 Wednesday Softball at
Monmouth West Long Branch, NJ 3:00 PM
4/6/05 Wednesday Baseball
Lafayette HOME 3:30 PM
4/7/05 Thursday Track & Field Texas
Relays Austin, TX 10:00 AM
4/7/05 Thursday M. Tennis Marist Poughkeepsie, NY 2:30 PM
4/7/05 Thursday Softball at
Columbia New York, NY 3:00 PM
4/7/05 Thursday W. Lacrosse Central
Connecticut HOME 3:30 PM
4/8/05 Friday M. Tennis Loyola
(MD) Baltimore, MD TBA
4/8/05 Friday Track & Field Texas
Relays Austin, TX 10:00 AM
4/8/05 Friday Golf Lafayette Spring
Classic Center Valley, PA 10:00 AM
4/8/05 Friday W. Tennis Loyola* Baltimore, MD 3:00 PM
4/9/05 Saturday Golf Lafayette Spring
Classic Center Valley, PA 10:00 AM
4/9/05 Saturday Track & Field Texas
Relays Austin, TX 10:00 AM
4/9/05 Saturday Baseball Marist*
(DH) HOME 12:00 PM
4/9/05 Saturday Softball Saint
Joseph's HOME 1:00 PM
4/9/05 Saturday W. Lacrosse
Niagara* Niagara University,
NY 1:00 PM
4/9/05 Saturday M. Lacrosse Virginia
Military Institute* Lexington, VA 1:00 PM
4/10/05 Sunday W. Lacrosse Canisius* Buffalo,
NY 10:00 AM
4/10/05 Sunday Baseball Marist* HOME
12:00 PM
4/10/05 Sunday W. Tennis Siena* Loudonville, NY 1:00 PM
4/10/05 Sunday M. Tennis SUNY Stony
Brook Stony Brook, NY 1:00 PM
4/11/05 Monday Golf Delaware Seacoast
Series Bethany Beach DE 8:00 AM
4/12/05 Tuesday Softball at Fairleigh Dickinson
Teaneck, NJ 6:00 PM
4/13/05 Wednesday M. Tennis
Fairfield HOME TBA
4/13/05 Wednesday W. Tennis Rider* Lawrenceville, NJ 3:00 PM
4/13/05 Wednesday Baseball Army West Point, NY 3:30 PM
4/14/05 Thursday Softball at
Albany Albany,
NY 3:00 PM
4/15/05 Friday M. Tennis Siena Loudonville, NJ TBA
4/15/05 Friday Track & Field
Metropolitan Championships #
Queens, NY 10:00 AM
4/15/05 Friday W. Tennis Marist* Poughkeepsie, NY 3:00 PM
4/16/05 Saturday Crew Knecht Cup Regatta
Camden, NJ TBA
4/16/05 Saturday Track & Field
Metropolitan Championships #
Queens, NY 10:00 AM
4/16/05 Saturday W. Lacrosse Le Moyne* HOME 10:00 AM
4/16/05 Saturday Baseball Iona*
(DH) New Rochelle, NY 12:00 PM
4/16/05 Saturday Softball at Iona* New Rochelle, NY 1:00 PM
4/16/05 Saturday W. Tennis Wagner HOME
1:00 PM
4/16/05 Saturday M. Lacrosse Canisius* HOME 1:00 PM
4/17/05 Sunday Crew Knecht
Cup Regatta Camden, NJ TBA
4/17/05 Sunday W. Lacrosse Siena* HOME
10:00 AM
4/17/05 Sunday Baseball Iona* New Rochelle, NY 12:00 PM
4/17/05 Sunday Softball at
Fairfield* Fairfield, CT 1:00 PM
4/19/05 Tuesday Golf 3rd Annual Peacock
Invitational Neshanic Station, NJ 10:00 AM
4/19/05 Tuesday Baseball Sacred
Heart% Bridgeport, CT 3:30 PM
4/20/05 Wednesday M. Lacrosse
Wagner* Staten Island, NY 3:30 PM
4/20/05 Wednesday W. Lacrosse
Drexel HOME 4:00 PM
4/21/05 Thursday Softball Wagner HOME
3:00 PM
4/22/05 Friday M. Tennis MAAC
Championships Flushing, NY TBA
4/22/05 Friday Golf MAAC
Championships Lake Buena Vista, FL 7:00 AM
4/22/05 Friday Track & Field New
York Relays % New York, NY 10:00 AM
4/23/05 Saturday M. Tennis MAAC Championships Flushing, NY TBA
4/23/05 Saturday Crew MAAC
Championships Mercer County Park,
NJ TBA
4/23/05 Saturday Crew Spring
Metropolitan Championships New
Rochelle, NY TBA
4/23/05 Saturday Golf MAAC
Championships Lake Buena Vista, FL 7:00 AM
4/23/05 Saturday Track & Field New
York Relays % New York, NY 10:00 AM
4/23/05 Saturday Baseball Rider*
(DH) HOME 12:00 PM
4/23/05 Saturday Softball Rider* HOME
1:00 PM
4/23/05 Saturday M. Lacrosse St.
Joseph's* Philadelphia, PA 2:00 PM
4/23/05 Saturday W. Lacrosse
Fairfield* Fairfield, CT 3:30 PM
4/24/05 Sunday M. Tennis MAAC
Championships Flushing, NY TBA
4/24/05 Sunday Golf MAAC
Championships Lake Buena Vista, FL 7:00 AM
4/24/05 Sunday W. Lacrosse Marist* HOME
10:00 AM
4/24/05 Sunday Track & Field New
York Relays % New York, NY 10:00 AM
4/24/05 Sunday Baseball Rider* HOME
12:00 PM
4/27/05 Wednesday Baseball
Columbia New York, NY 1:30 PM
4/27/05 Wednesday Softball at Central
Connecticut New Britain, CT 3:00 PM
4/27/05 Wednesday M. Lacrosse
Providence* HOME 3:30 PM
4/28/05 Thursday Track & Field Penn
Relays Philadelphia, PA 10:00 AM
4/29/05 Friday W. Lacrosse MAAC
Championships Fairfield, CT TBA
4/29/05 Friday Track & Field Penn
Relays Philadelphia, PA 10:00 AM
4/30/05 Saturday Crew New York State
Rowing Championships Whitney Point,
NY TBA
4/30/05 Saturday Softball at Canisius* Buffalo,
NY 10:00 AM
4/30/05 Saturday Track & Field Penn
Relays Philadelphia, PA 10:00 AM
4/30/05 Saturday Baseball Niagara*
(DH) Niagara University, NY 12:00 PM
4/30/05 Saturday M. Lacrosse Mt.
St. Mary's* HOME 1:00 PM
If you do go support "our" teams, I'd appreciate any reports or photos. What else do us old alums have to do?
http://www.gojaspers.com
WOMEN'S
LACROSSE AGAINST 1*** INCLEMENT WEATHER POSTPONES SEVERAL ATHLETIC EVENTS The women's tennis match vs. Fairfield at Van Cortlandt Park, the softball double header at Seton Hall, and the women's lacrosse game at Iona have all been postponed due to last night's snowstorm. No makeup dates have been announced at this time. 2*** CJ
http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=5855
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LACROSSE VS. The
men's lacrosse game vs. http://www.whschools.org/our_schools/west_haven_high_school/athletics/directions/index.html 4*** FORMER
JASPER MATT CUCURULLO SIGNED BY Former
Jasper baseball standout Matt Cucurullo '04
recently signed a professional contract with the Brockton Rox
of the Independent Can-Am League. Cucurullo
graduated last spring as the baseball program's all-time hits leader. The Rox open up at home on May 26 at 5*** |
[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/
The
Pitt News via <extraneous deleted> Last
year in the same meet, the Panthers relay team also finished second with a
time of 46.69 seconds. This year's team consisted of, in order, senior Lamoy Stevens, freshmen Shanea
and Shantea Calhoun and senior co-captain Kimberly
Lyles. Their time qualifies the relay team for the NCAA East Regional meet to
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News ( <extraneous deleted> BACK TO SCHOOL? The NBA's coaching carousel begins in about six weeks, but the changes in college basketball have already begun, and one name that is usually linked to several jobs is that of Michael Malone, the Knicks' assistant coach. Malone,
who was under consideration to replace Lenny Wilkens
before Isiah Thomas promoted Williams, says his
preference is to remain in the NBA, but he could be enticed to move back to
college. If Malone
could be a natural fit at "I really haven't thought much about it because of my job with the Knicks," Malone said. "I'm very happy here and I love coaching in the NBA." <extraneous deleted> LOAD-DATE:
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Orlando
Sentinel ( You wanna bet? Just let the Gators once again fizzle in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday and see how fast everybody disregards that SEC tourney title. It'll be forgotten faster than the Georgia Satellites. The
Gators should be proud of winning the SEC Tournament, but that trophy might
as well be melted down for scrap metal if they get upset by lightly regarded In
big-time college basketball, you aren't judged by conference tournaments;
you're judged by NCAA Tournaments. That's why the Gators will have as much
pressure as any team in the country when they tip off Friday in "What's
happened in the past certainly gives us something to think about," In his nine ultra-successful years, Coach Billy Donovan has grown into a coaching giant in this state. But in recent seasons, his team has shrunk into March munchkins. Nobody in the country has come up smaller. The
Gators haven't advanced past the first weekend of NCAAs
since their run to the national championship game five years ago. These guys
have shown up at the Big Dance wearing lime-green leisure suits and doing the
funky chicken. The postseason futility reached its embarrassing pinnacle last
season when UF was dismantled 75-60 by tiny There are those who say that winning the SEC tourney lessens the pressure because the Gators have already recorded a major accomplishment this season. Puh-leeze. Winning the conference tournament doesn't decrease the pressure, it intensifies it. Now the Gators are actually expected to make it to the Sweet 16. Anything less will be a disappointment. And losing in the first round will be a colossal failure. In
the past, "There is no room for excuses anymore," Donovan says. He's right. The Gators have everybody healthy and have drawn Ohio_a team picked in the preseason to finish last in the Mid-American Conference. The Bobcats had to rally from 19 down to win their conference tournament and gain an NCAA bid. Not
only are they playing a weak opponent, but the Gators have never entered a
postseason on such a roll. They've won seven in a row and are coming off the
best weeklong stretch of games in school history. They beat By
all accounts, this Almost
never do you see a Tubby Smith-coached "In
the past," Lee said, "we would have lost to But have they grown from March munchkins to March monsters? The SEC Tournament was simply a nice start. Now they can either reinforce that accomplishment _ or ruin it. Visit the Sentinel on the World Wide Web at http://www.orlandosentinel.com/. On America Online, use keyword: OSO. JOURNAL-CODE: OS LOAD-DATE:
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GoogleAlert for: "manhattan college" -"marymount manhattan college" -"boroughof manhattan college" Monday
in DEEP IN THE HEART OF DISNEY, Fla. -– Mouse ears all around them, several Cardinals spent their second consecutive day in the middle of Walt Disney’s Wide World of Sports complex, soaking in all things Magic Kingdom. The Braves' spring training facility is the hub of the 200-acre complex adjacent to Disney World. But the whole sports kingdom is a sight. A crowd of 11,380 came to see the home-site Braves whip the Cardinals 9-0 on Monday at Cracker Jack Stadium (the Cards hit the daily double of cool spring training stadium names on Sunday, playing split-squad games at Cracker Jack and Joker Marchant stadiums). The crowd was the second-largest in Cracker Jack history, just behind the crowd that came to see the Anthony Reyes show on Sunday. On the fields all around the main game were all sorts of spring trainings going on: High school baseball games. High school softball games. Even
high school and college lacrosse teams -– many from the east -– taking
advantage of the Disney campus and the A quick scan of the T-shirts sold to commemorate the different sports “spring trainings” show lacrosse teams from Rutgers University, Manhattan College, Mullen (Colo.) High, both the boys and girls teams from Denver’s East High and a team from St. Louis’ CBC. Some of the baseball teams attending Disney’s Baseball Spring Warm Up 2005 include Mankato (Minn.) East High School, Aquinas Institute (N.Y.), the Kamloops River Dogs, Brick Memorial High School of New Jersey and, of note, Team Canada, which reportedly features former Cardinal scrapper Stubby Clapp. Lacrosse players, their sticks slung over their back and pads dangling off the end, wove through the Cracker Jack lines Monday on their way to -– and some certainly from -– practice. Speaking of which, the Cardinals will have none Tuesday. The
first team-wide day off will be Tuesday, meaning
players scattered in all directions with the free day and a night game on
Wednesday. Mike Myers is off to play some golf with his mom. Others are
hitting the beach with the kids. David Eckstein is taking the short drive to
his hometown of Larry Walker is staying for a third day at Disney with his daughter. Those that spend their spring in Disney say the trick is to find the restaurants and the roads that aren’t clogged with mouseketeers and Tigger traffic. For me, just getting on the Interstate the past couple days and not seeing a parking lot-like jam was a victory. Coming to Disney is always fun, even without a peek in the parks. Outside the ballpark Monday was a four-piece jazz band, clad in pinstripe baseball uniforms and honking out all the classics, including the Mos Eisley cantina anthem from Star Wars. At the souvenir shop was an array of bobble-headed Disney characters in all sorts of sports gear. A stuffed hockey-playing Tigger was available. A cornucopia of ESPN gear was on display -– from SportsCenter caps to T-shirts, and even canisters of ESPN peppermint breath mints. Official mint of the “world leader,” apparently. Fights highlightatosis, I guess. Walking the concourse for a hot dog and a super pretzel, I bumped into a Disney staffer who explained all of the events going on at the Wide World of Sports. A cheerleader event was going on at the Milk House. Track teams come to train at the tracks around the campus. There are a variety of venues from the Baseball Quadraplex to the Diamondplex (for softball) to four international-sized soccer fields, coated with Tifway 419 Bermuda turf. There’s room for another major-league baseball team to move in, perhaps in the near future. The kicker -- the staffer was from where I was born. Said so on her nametag. Should have known. It’s a small wide world of sports, after all. More about the Cardinals’ loss, Monday’s outing by Jason Marquis and, in an article by Rick Hummel, a couple things on closer Jason Isringhausen -– his struggles and why he rejoiced in the strength of his protective cup -– in tomorrow’s Post-Dispatch or online at STLtoday.com/cards ### |
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http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1347&dept_id=432989&newsid=14206796&PAG=461&rfi=9 Duhamel takes talents to Brittany
Duhamel of Foran High has
accepted a scholarship to The Jaspers were 2-15 last season in the Mid-Atlantic Conference, and welcomes Duhamel, who was a three-time All-League selection. Duhamel earned All-State status during her senior season
when she scored seven goals and had nine assists for the Lions, who went "We will have a tough time trying to replace Brittany, who played both sweeper and forward," Foran coach Peter Tesstagrossa said. "She made everyone around her play that much better. Her natural position is sweeper, but because of her scoring abilities we used her as a forward." Duhamel began to show her prominence as a scorer during
her sophomore season when she scored 13 goals and helped Foran
to a As
a junior she scored seven goals and added seven assists as the Lions rang up
a This
year as a senior tri-captain with Christina Quirk and Amy Orzechowski,
Foran entered a new league and made a name by going
"Going into our senior season we knew we had good chemistry on the team," Duhamel said. "We expected to have a good season and go as far as we could in the post-season. I think we met our goals and had one of the best records in school history. "I wanted to leave a good example for the younger players," said Duhamel, who volunteers as a Natural Helper, a peer assistance group at school. "Hard work leads to success and that is the one thing I wanted to show the younger players." Duhamel plays soccer year-round with the Arsenal AAU team, where she learned the skills of her double duty as a sweeper and a forward over the past three years. Before entering her senior year, she played for the Yankee AAU team in the Connecticut United Football Club. "I think playing two positions will help me to become a more versatile player in college," Duhamel said. "My biggest challenge will be staying focused playing for a Division I program and the competition there will be that much stronger." With 31 career goals and 20 assists, Duhamel will make a fine addition to the Jaspers rebuilding project. After helping the Lions to three post-season appearances in her four years, Duhamel is ready to take her game to a new level. "I'm really excited about the challenge of playing Division I soccer and being close enough to home to have my family and friends come to see me play," Duhamel said. ### |
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From:
Re: Request to reconnect from a friend or colleague Re:
Just reaching out we have Dear fellow Jasper Sell, Re: Just reaching out to a fellow alum I
am reaching out to you to make a networking connection. I have nothing in
particular in mind. And, I'm not selling anything. (I've found it always pays
to mention that.) As part of learning to use this new tool that LinkedIn is, I am reaching out to my fellow Jaspers. I
define that as someone who has By
way of context, while you can see who I am in LinkedIn,
let me tell you about my hobby. I produce a weekly ezine
about what I find on the net about Jaspers, I have about 600 registered readers and about 900 or so unregistered. I'm pretty casual about readership, since I don't sell anything, or take advertising. It's just a labor of love. And, it built my professional network when I needed to do that. As most IT professionals, I've been "in" and "out" of work. So after my first "out", I started to counsel out-of-work execs. As such, I have created some interesting materials. While I haven't created an "inventory page" (I'm making a note to do that!), I do have a "first aid kit". You're more than welcome to it. If you'd like to see some of my rudimentary web pages: http://www.yetanotherguru.com/services.htm or http://www.ryze.com/go/reinke or http://home.att.net/~reinke/personal.html. You might find it interesting. I'd appreciate the feedback. Any way, that's me. I'd like to link to you and learn more how we can help each other. Hope this reaches you. And, I hope with can LinkedIn up (Is that good English?) together. If I am being especially dense in not recognizing you because we've met, corresponded, or are related (just kidding), then please un-befuddle me. === To:
reinke, f. j. (Yahoo) Make Contact William
Sell accepted your request on Download a vCard with William’s contact information William Sell indicated that you can contact him/her through any of these methods: William adds: I was only a "micro Jasper" there for freshman year, but remain loyal to MC. Includes watching for the Jaspers in the NCAA 64 (we made it a couple of times), and even stopping in some 15 years ago while making sales calls in the area. I'm in ongoing contact with the publisher of CIO Magazine, another fellow Jasper, even though we weren't there at the same time. I do wear my MC sweatshirt around town (yes, I bought a new one recently) and get comments about ties to the school all over the place. [JR: Micro, mini, maxi, split sessions. I try to find all that self-identify with MC. I know grads who aren't interested. It's about community spirit.] |
From:
I believe I sent this to your old e-mail addy. [JR: Yup, I'm getting ready for when <a-t> ATT . net goes away. I'll probably be using a cheap ISP like WalMart for my dial up needs. As long as I am not the greeter at Walmart to pay for it. Although, that's not a bad job, no stress! ] Just a few words in rebuttal of your statements of URI. [JR: We interrupt to quote what was said. http://www.jasperjottings.com/jasperjottings20050313.htm Mnews1 (Interesting that I can't url right to the article?] === <begin quote> === [JR:
As a MC alum, I hope they don’t wise up anytime
soon. But, since it is part of the "gummaminute",
I'm sure they will throw tax money at it until the last student leaves. They
have tenure, pensions, and the notion that the State should never
"fail". Like the Post Office. ] === <end quote> === While
their graduation rate is terrible, just about any in-state student that
applies gets accepted. My son Thomas just got accepted into 4 different
colleges of pharmacies in My son chose URI because of the record of the school of pharmacy at URI. The campus is also beautiful and close to the ocean. And let us not forget CUNY. One a powerful college, it is relegated to the bottom rung because of open enrollment. And SUNY is not far behind The thing that really gets me is why does it take 6 years to graduate from college? Hell, if that was in place back in the ‘60s none of us would have graduated in 4 years! So let’s take everything in context. It all depends upon the student and motivation. This ’68 Jasper is proud that his offspring is going to URI. Rich Kaufmann MP’64, MC’68 [JR: Well, among my favorites proverbs is the "stopped clock" and the "size of the bucket", I am sure that your son made a rational decision (semi … if he was anything like me and most students. The place has to have "chemistry"). My rant is about the unfair competition that some state skools give MC. If URI is particularly inept in competing better for MC, good for MC. When the "gummaminute" runs "skools", in general, the results are not good for liberty. And, in particular, not good for places like MC. Again, the individual, as the most adaptive life form on the planet, has to take away the "education" without the "indoctrination". Since he's your son, that should be a snap. {I'd make some sort of joke about Dad's beauty, but jokes in email are hard to pull off.} If he has all your genes, then I am sure he'll overcome that obstacle as well. {Couldn't resist.} Even the post office can get some of the mail delivered on time.] |
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message as spam. It will not be
delivered. Yes, hits=6.8 required=5.0 tests=AMATEUR_PORN, FROM_HAS_MIXED_NUMS,FROM_HAS_MIXED_NUMS3,HOT_NASTY,LINES_OF_YELLING, LINES_OF_YELLING_2,MORTGAGE_PITCH autolearn=no version=2.64 ****** * 2.0 FROM_HAS_MIXED_NUMS3 From: contains numbers mixed in with letters * 0.3 FROM_HAS_MIXED_NUMS From: contains numbers mixed in with letters * 1.5 MORTGAGE_PITCH BODY: Looks like mortgage pitch * 0.0 HOT_NASTY BODY: Possible porn - Hot, Nasty, Wild, Young * 2.8 AMATEUR_PORN BODY: Possible porn - Amateur Porn * 0.1 LINES_OF_YELLING_2 BODY: 2 WHOLE LINES OF YELLING DETECTED * 0.0 LINES_OF_YELLING BODY: A WHOLE LINE OF YELLING DETECTED : Message contains [1] file attachments [JR: I give up. What can I do? People put up these spam filters with not clue one about them. My new policy is just to send a short message saying something and forget it. If JJ does not show up maybe you have a spam filter in the way. ] |
From:
Michael F. McEneney [1953] Dear
The Michael J Regan in the news report was a member of the class of 1963. The Thomas F. White listed in Obituary 3 was a member on the Class of 1955. As to Jaspers who graduated
from Best, [JR: Thanks, Mike. It's great that you take the time to "fact check" me. Wish you were in charge of the MCdb. Or, I was. ;-) Now how do "we" put people in contact with them? ]
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From:
Michael F. McEneney [1953] Dear
Also mentioned in the Best, [JR: You are right. I missed that connection entirely. (Sigh.) In addition to being a lousy clerk, I make mistakes too. ;-) Yeah, yeah, I know, sentence extended to another year of JJ's added on to the end. ] |
From:
Tom McGowan [1972] Dear Friends and Colleagues, I
will be giving a 2-hour short course in May on thermal treatment of soils at
the IT3 (International Conference on Thermal Treatment Technologies) at the
Moody Gardens Hotel, Spa and Convention center in Also,
Joe Santoleri and I are lined up for a two-day
AIR-311 course on Thermal Systems, Combustion, and Multipollutant
Control of Air Emissions, with the course on June 19-20 at the AWMA annual
meeting in If you will be at either of these conferences, let me know so we can catch up on old times and new. The next AWMA sponsored NOx Control on-line E-Learning course runs from March 21-April 27. Course information can be found at http://www.awma.org/education/elearning/AIR311E.asp. When not giving courses, we are staying busy with stabilization, chem demil, national and international thermal desorption work, as well as burner and energy related projects. The latter are keyed to higher natural gas and oil prices for industrial applications, and there is a move back to coal as well as a focus on better combustion systems and controls. Hope all is well with you and yours! Regards, http://tmtsassociates.home.mindspring.com |
From:
Michael F. McEneney [1953] Dear
Another Jasper who went on to Harvard Law is Peter T. Sheridan, '81. I do not know him but I am sure that he would be willing to talk to a fellow Jasper. Best, [JR: Now "we" have to get them linked? ] |
http://www.wfu.edu/wfunews/2005/031805d.html Rock
'n' roll history to be presented at WFU Musician
and historian Barry Drake will give a multimedia presentation and lecture
titled "80's Rock – Music in the Video Age" at Barry Drake "80's
Rock" celebrates, examines and clarifies music from rock's fourth
decade, which began with the election of Ronald Reagan and the death of A
graduate of The lecture is sponsored by the Student Union. For more information, call 336-758-5697. WFU News Website Search [MCAlumDB: No record. ] [JR: My old lousy records say 1968. ] |
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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050322/D8905I301.html Schiavo's Parents Appeal Judge's Ruling === <begin quote> === <extraneous
deleted> Terri Schiavo did not have a living will. Her husband has fought in courts for years to have the tube removed because, he said, she would not want to be kept alive artificially and she has no hope for recovery. Her parents contend she responds to them and that her condition could improve. <extraneous
deleted> Court-appointed doctors say she is in a persistent vegetative state with no hope of recovery. Doctors have said she could survive one to two weeks without the feeding tube. Gibbs argued at a Monday hearing in front of Whittemore that letting Terri Schiavo starve would be "a mortal sin" under her Roman Catholic beliefs and urged quick action: "Terri may die as I speak." But Felos argued that keeping the woman alive also violated her rights and noted that the case has been aired thoroughly in state courts. "Yes, life is sacred," Felos said. "So is liberty, particularly in this country." Michael Schiavo said he was outraged that lawmakers and the president intervened in a private matter. "When Terri's wishes are carried out, it will be her wish. She will be at peace. She will be with the Lord," he said on CNN's "Larry King Live" late Monday. Terri Schiavo suffered brain damage in 1990 when her heart stopped briefly. Her collapse was later linked to a potassium imbalance believed to have been brought on by an eating disorder. A successful malpractice lawsuit argued that doctors had failed to diagnose the eating disorder. She can breathe on her own, but has relied on the feeding tube to keep her alive. According to a CNN-USA Today-Gallup poll of 909 adults taken over the weekend, nearly six in 10 people said they think the feeding tube should be removed and felt they would want to remove it for a child or spouse in the same condition. === <end quote> === ### This is an excellent example of the culture of death, right to life, and the proper role of government in society. Let’s
start with first things first. Starving to death, or more accurately death by
dehydration, is a cruel and unusual punishment. Oh
that’s right she isn’t a convict. Further, if the nursing home did this to a
dog, the PETA people would be at the Supreme Court’s doorstep. Regardless of
what one thinks of the whole issue, it certainly reminds one to make your
personal arrangements. I personally have all my “papers” and my health care
proxy to pull the plug is my best friend from my youth. It’s not fair to ask
one’s spouse or parents to pull the plug. One also has to eliminate any
potential conflict of interest, so my friend doesn’t get a dime if I am dead
and he can always bum a loan if I am alive. And, finally, counting noses in a
poll is certainly not germane to a question of morality. Oh yes, and I have
checked my Constitution and I can’t seem to find the section where the
Congress can kill people. Sigh. |
And that’s the last word.
Curmudgeon
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GBu. GBA.