Dear Jaspers,
706 are active on the Distribute site.
This month, we had 8107 page requests. So far?
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This issue is at: http://tinyurl.com/9kvqz
Which is another way of saying
http://www.jasperjottings.com/jasperjottings20050522.htm
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Friday, June 10, If your graduating
year ends in a 5 or a 0, you are celebrating an anniversary. Questions concerning
events and accommodations should be directed to: |
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Environmental Engineering Plumbers Club Location: Smith Auditorium, Campus For more information
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George Sheehan Five
Mile Run and Runners' Expo Redbank, NJ |
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JULY 18 Jasper Cup - Yale, 29 Capital District - Day at the Races |
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July 30-31 The Manahttan College Jasper Dancers will be performing as
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AUGUST 1 Construction Industry Golf Open 18 |
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My list of Jaspers who are in harm's way:
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I have forty nine gmail invites. If you’d like one, then email me at reinkefj- - - AT - - -gmail.com. Remember this is a beta product and who knows what happens to your data. BUT, having said that I think it is absolutely great for your mailing lists like Jottings. AND, 2 gig of space. I think it’s a winner for NON-SENSITIVE email traffic. |
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http://www.nydailynews.com//front/story/310667p-265657c.html Death Row inmate in
mission of love ===<begin quote>=== A death row inmate scheduled to die next Tuesday has asked for a chance to redeem himself by donating his liver to his ailing sister. Gregory Scott Johnson
- sentenced to die 19 years ago for beating and stomping an 82-year-old "My sister is sick," Johnson, 40, said in a parole board hearing Monday. "She needs a liver. ... At this point, everything else - including my own life - is secondary to trying to help her if I can." There is debate in the medical community over whether a liver from someone executed by lethal injection would be safe for transplantation. <extraneous deleted> ===<end quote>=== Now I’m not going to set off controversy about the “death penalty”. Those of you, who have read this enough, know that I don’t think the Government has the Constitutional authority to kill anyone. But, here we have evidence of another need. Organ donation. Now, I’m not gonna try and spark controversy by saying that organs should be bought and sold. I think they should. Nor am I gonna try and convince you that we should at least pay donors a token “death benefit” should they have transplantable “stuff” left at the end of their life. I do, because we condemn and awful lot of people to hideous unnecessary deaths. BUT, I am gonna try to convince you that being an organ donor after death is (a) painless [self-evident]; (b) smart [give away what you can’t use any more]; and (c) the ultimate act of love for a fellow human being [self-evident]. To do this, you have to be a strong courageous human being. You have to fill out your organ donation card, tell your family of your wishes FORCEFULLY, and do everything in your power to make it happen. Look after your soul joins the Lord … (We are ALL going to heaven, aren’t we?) … why would you leave your spare parts to waste when you can perform the ultimate act of charity for another human being? When you stand in front of the Ultimate Bar of Justice, wouldn’t you at least like to be able to say “but, Lord, I didn’t waste the ultimate gift you gave me. I may have done a lot of bad things, but here is evidence that I valued Your Gift – the gift of life – enough to pass it on. Imagine if, having your Organ Donor card filled out in you pocket when you are called, would automatically admit you to the Promised Land. It could be the ultimate pre-screening. For me it’s like giving blood. It’s something that no one else can do for another human being as uniquely as I can. The Lord bled for us. We can follow in His steps and bleed for each other. And, this is from an injineer, who can’t really prove there is an after life. But, why take chances? Fill out your organ donation card. I have. http://www.organdonor.gov/signup1.html |
Reflect well on our alma mater, this week, every week, in any and every way possible, large or small. God bless.
"Collector-in-chief"
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The Delivering the
commencement speech yesterday at his alma mater, the police commissioner,
Raymond Kelly, encouraged the graduating class of "Part of being a
commencement speaker is giving sage advice, so here it is," Mr. Kelly
said. "Stay in Mr. Kelly, one of the
most academically accomplished of public servants, is no stranger to graduation
ceremonies: He received a degree from In yesterday's
15-minute speech, Mr. Kelly used the attacks of September 11, 2001, as a
constant theme. He reminded the students that "Resiliency,
dedication, respect," Mr. Kelly said, were qualities In closing, Mr. Kelly
drew a reference from President Kennedy's historic remark in "Two thousand
years ago the proudest boast was 'civis Romanus sum,' " Kennedy said.
"Today, in the world of freedom, the proudest boast is 'Ich bin ein The faculty and
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From: [Lost in translation] Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 10:19 AM Subject: Re: [Distribute_Jasper_Jottings] This issue is at: http://www.jasperjottings.... Here's some good news for you: Robert M. Kinnally, class of 82, will be ordained to the priesthood
for the Diocese of Bridgeport, CT, on Saturday, May 21, at St. Augustine
Cathedral in [JR: Great. I’ll create an “other” for it. ] [Reported As: 1982] |
[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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PR Newswire US Rehm joins the firm as Managing Director and Head of North American Financial Institutions Relationship Management, reporting jointly to Bob McGinnis, Managing Director and Head of Asset-Backed Finance and Trading for the firm, and to Pierre Ferland, Global Head of Financial Institutions Relationship Management for The Royal Bank of Scotland. Davis, also a Managing Director, will report to Rehm. "Steve and Brad will focus on expanding the depth and breadth of the firm's relationships with bank customers and will help to integrate the strength and balance sheet capabilities of RBS with the capital markets reach of RBS Greenwich Capital," said McGinnis. "We are pleased to have them join our team and look forward to working together to expand this important customer base." Rehm
joins the firm from JPMorgan Securities and has
nearly 30 years of experience in capital markets and in serving the needs of
bank clients. Prior to JPMorgan Securities, Rehm was with Citigroup/Salomon
in similar roles, and was with Freddie Mac before that. He earned his BA from
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Newsday ( One online magazine
unabashedly called him the "premier law enforcement official in the
world." His word halted plans for the centerpiece of redevelopment in
lower After 3 1/2 years in his second turn as police commissioner, has Ray Kelly become king of the city? Some of those who have clashed with him, admired him, or done both at the same time seem to think the answer is yes. They point to many disputes that have gone his way, whether over who takes charge at disaster scenes, or how to react to a wrongful police shooting, or why dozens of street arrests were made only to be voided later. A no-confidence vote by the union representing police officers only seemed to embolden the tough-as-nails ex-Marine. And some wonder if there's any check to Kelly's ambition in light of his popularity and the sway he holds with Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The mayor has made no secret of the fact that he defers to Kelly in all matters of law enforcement, even as the commissioner's influence widens. Insiders at City Hall say the police commissioner, described as a first among equals, really is more of a deputy mayor for public safety. The Bloomberg-Kelly relationship has sparked some resentment. One source with political ties to the mayor once described Bloomberg as "in awe of tough guy Kelly." Others have said the mayor takes Kelly's word as "gospel." Last week, at a central Harlem neighborhood forum, Bloomberg responded to some tough questions about arbitrary police street searches by saying: "Commissioner Kelly has as much as maybe any commissioner that I'm aware of ... worked very hard on understanding the communities and making sure the police behave in an appropriate manner." Taking center stage Peter Gorman,
president of the Uniformed Fire Officers Association, said Kelly's influence
is logical. "In the culture of "At a time when
any police commissioner would be prominent, there is not a more qualified
police officer in the nation" - except ex-police commissioner William
Bratton or former department chief John Timoney, he
added. Bratton's own ex-boss Rudolph Giuliani
bristled at the center stage his police commissioner often occupied. Now
Bratton heads the Gorman's praise for Kelly is all the more remarkable coming from a man who, along with his colleagues, bitterly opposes the outcome of an argument Kelly ultimately won. High-profile turf war In perhaps the most dramatic venting of such a sensitive, high-level dispute in memory at City Hall, Kelly established that his agency held command in traditional Fire Department territory - the scene of any disaster that might develop involving hazardous materials. The only reason the protocol was made explicit was that the federal government forced the issue by holding the purse strings on hundreds of millions of dollars in federal aid. Earlier in the administration, which began in 2002, Kelly had dismissed such inter-agency protocols as appropriate for teams fighting inter-state wild fires out west - not for his city. "I think the mayor realizes how lucky we are to have him at this time and, absolutely, that gives Commissioner Kelly a great deal of influence on the mayor's side of the hall," said the Council's Public Safety Committee Chairman Peter Vallone, who co-chaired the highly publicized panel where the Fire Department's top chief slammed the Kelly protocol as a public danger. But, Vallone added, "We're trying to develop a protocol that does not have to do with personalities." Power takes root The seeds of Kelly's
bureaucratic predominance were planted years ago. Insiders say Kelly was a key
force behind reducing the role of the Department of Emergency Management to a
"planning" agency from what it had once been - the mayor's
commander at emergency scenes. After all, the office had been run out of Of course, Kelly knew Bloomberg before his latest stint as commissioner, having supported the businessman's 2001 campaign at a time when only a few people believed he could be elected. When Kelly returned to city service, his direct access and special bond with the new mayor immediately prompted grumbling among City Hall staff. They learned to adjust, one of them said. Like it or not, the 63-year-old police commissioner throws his weight around. And in light of his compelling mission to avert terrorism, he has become a player on other fronts. Doing, not delegating He recently had what
officials called a crucial role in sending the proposed If it is Bloomberg's way to delegate duties to his commissioners on a citywide level, it is just as surely not Kelly's way to delegate within his department. He is known among the rank-and-file as relying heavily on Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne, his longtime close aide. "His own chief of department has to make an appointment to see him," said a police union source. By all accounts, Kelly pays close attention to details of the daily workings of his department. NYPD sources say he insists on personally signing off on every transfer order, a task that has routinely been left to deputies in the past. Some within the department say Kelly rarely seeks other opinions in making a decision. "He's not interested in anybody else's ideas," said one. "The general consensus is he's only concerned about one thing, and that's Ray Kelly's place in history." Kelly has seen fit to keep the police unions at a bigger distance than was the case with many of his predecessors. On Feb. 11, 2004, delegates of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association voted "no confidence" in Kelly over a quick judgment he made. Ironically it was one that brought the commissioner muted, contextual praise from other quarters: Within 12 hours after Officer Richard Neri fatally shot unarmed 19-year-old Timothy Stansbury on the roof of a Bedford-Stuyvesant apartment building, Kelly announced "there appears to be no justification" for the officer's actions. A grand jury later voted not to indict Neri. PBA President Patrick
Lynch said at the time: "The message that Commissioner Kelly has sent to
When it comes to special city events, such as last year's Republican National Convention and the demonstrations that accompanied it, Kelly has again proven himself uniquely self-styled and aggressive - again to the cheers of the mayor, but this time to the despair of civil liberties monitors. To them, cops proved thankfully slow with their nightsticks and pistols but alarmingly fast with their handcuffs. "The arrests have
been kinder and gentler but the numbers have been through the roof,"
said Donna Lieberman, executive director of the Beyond City Hall There are reports that Kelly's giant footprint is felt on a federal level as well. These chafings are less public - and the merits of who's right is harder to judge, but they've often come from FBI officials and federal veterans who see the former U.S. customs secretary as taking credit for actions they've taken. Even some inside the administration who dismiss the Kelly-as-king concept as hype acknowledge he holds at least the practical status of a deputy mayor for public safety. Months ago, when just such a promotion was rumored for Kelly, Bloomberg denied it emphatically. "No, why would I do that?" the mayor replied with what seemed a genuinely puzzled expression. He then went on to say what a great job Kelly was doing, as if promoting him to the top rung of City Hall would deny the city its best field general. The Kelly aura clearly extends beyond the current administration. Last month, when Democratic mayoral candidate Fernando Ferrer was asked at a news conference about some controversial demonstrator arrests, Ferrer began his answer in an unexpected way. He noted how much he respects Ray Kelly. A man of influence After more than 35 years in the NYPD, in 25 different commands, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly is among the most high-profile and respected city officials. THE KELLY FILE GRAPHIC: 1) Newsday Photo / Audrey C. Tiernan - On matters of law enforcement policy, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly is indisputably the voice, if not the guide, for Mayor Michael Bloomberg. 2) Newsday File photo / Al Raia - Ray Kelly is sworn in as the city's 37th police commissioner by Mayor David Dinkins, Nov. 9, 1992. 3) Newsday File Photo - Kelly in a bullet-restraining vest in 1992. Newsday Chart by Linda McKenney - A man of influence (see end of text) LOAD-DATE: May 15, 2005 [MCalumDB: 1951 ] |
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Two men, including a Francis Cathedral, with Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan presiding. The ordination starts at 10 a.m. The ordinands are Stephen J.Imbarrato
and Anthony E. Romero, who will be assigned to "Ordination will give these two men authority needed for service. We thank God for them," Sheehan said Friday. Imbarrato,
53, is the son of the late Mario and Beatrice Imbarrato
of Prior to entering His first Mass of
Thanksgiving will be Sunday at St. Anthony Romero, 41, is the son
of Rolando Romero and Beatrice Nevares
of He attended Romero's first Mass
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Newsday ( VOTING 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Tuesday in the all-purpose room at <extraneous deleted> Frank J. Russo Jr. BACKGROUND: Russo has
lived in ISSUES: Russo is running with Joel Katz and Peter Wezenaar, and is encouraging a no-vote for the budget. "With administrative cuts and improvements in custodial productivity, we are recommending a budget that would come in below the austerity budget and not cut any educational programs or athletics," Russo said. The teachers' contract is up and he wants to introduce a merit pay system, while keeping step increases, to promote incentive for improving educational quality. Concerned with discipline and behavioral problems on the middle and high school levels, he wants to ensure respect for the teachers. He wants to look into state laws and district policies involved with enforcing suspensions. He will use his managerial and financial analysis skills to examine state mandates dealing with financial and educational issues. <extraneous deleted> LOAD-DATE: May 15, 2005 [MCalumDB: Four “Frank”s ???? ] |
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/05/20050517-4.html For Immediate Release President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate six individuals and appoint eleven individuals to serve in his Administration: <extraneous deleted> The President intends
to nominate James A. Rispoli, of <extraneous deleted> # # # [Michael.McEneney says: 1968 ] [JR: A fine year for alums. ;-) Smarter, handsomer, thinner. Well two out of three? |
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<extraneous deleted> Nearly 450 students,
including graduates of the University College of Michaela Walsh,
founder of the Women's World Banking and director of women's leadership at Walsh was the first
woman partner of Boettcher and Co. and the first woman manager of Merrill
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During the Civil War, the Yankees wore blue, not pinstripes, and they were far less cocky. After all, there was
no Derek Jeter then, no Alex Rodriguez, and no George Steinbrenner
using his deep pockets to hire a free-agent field general every time the But an even bigger baseball name was on the losing Yankees' side at the Battle of Chancellorsville during the spring of 1863. Abner
Doubleday may have organized baseball games to calm the nerves of Union
soldiers awaiting the start of the Aubrecht, who lives in Massaponax, is a contributing writer for BaseballAlmanac.com and the author of the Civil War book, "Onward Christian Soldier: The Spiritual Journey of Stonewall." Doubleday, a Union general who for years was falsely credited with inventing baseball, is believed to have set up games between Yankee divisions during the war, Aubrecht said. "It's very possible that Doubleday may have organized a game or two leading up to the Battle of Chancellorsville," he said. At the time of the engagement in early May some 142 years ago, Doubleday was in command of the 3rd Division, 1st Corps. Doubleday was in the The Civil War helped
fuel a boom in the popularity of baseball evidenced by the fact that a ballclub called the Washington Nationals was born in 1860
-- 145 years before a Major League Baseball team was given the same name in
the Box scores from games
played by They didn't look much like baseball box scores today. One game was 49-31. The games were quite rough, Hennessy said. "It was a little bit of a different game than we know today," he said. A spokesman at the
Baseball Hall of Fame in In the illustration,
apparently commissioned for the reunion, the 1st New Jersey Artillery,
Battery B is depicted in camp near Brandy Station in The image appears in the 2001 book, "From Pastime to Passion: Baseball and The Civil War," by Patricia Millen. Aubrecht said that Michael Hanifen, a gifted athlete and Irishman from Trenton, N.J., wrote the artillery company's memoirs and recalled the game taking place shortly before the players were "called to arms" at Chancellorsville. "This makes
perfect sense, as baseball was already an established pastime in the
Northeast" prior to the first shots of the Civil War at Donald Pfanz, an historian with the National Park Service here, agreed that "baseball was in vogue at the time of the Civil War." But he said still pictures of men with baseball bats are far more common than photographs of Civil War games because cameras were primitive and shutter speeds were too slow to capture action. "Photography had to be pretty still in those days," Pfanz said. Only one picture taken by famous Civil War photographer Matthew Brady shows a baseball game going on in the background. Baseball games among
Yankee troops in the Adams reported that
around the same time, several Union soldiers watched Confederate soldiers
play baseball across the Nicholas E. Young of the
27th Union soldier Mason
Whiting Tyler wrote home that baseball was "all the rage now in the Army
of the George T. Stevens of
the In a telephone
interview, Kirsch, a professor of history at In his 1911 history of
baseball titled, " Aubrecht said there's no way to know for sure how many games were played during the war, "but I am sure for every game that was documented, there were a dozen or more that were not recorded." Most of what he's learned came from soldiers' letters home, in which they "often bragged of their victories on the ball field as opposed to the battlefield," he said. "This was baseball in its most primitive and purest form," Aubrecht said. "The game itself was exactly as it was intended to be, a game. "Baseball provided an escape from the realities of war and ultimately improved the morale of troops who were obviously homesick, scared, and, in some cases, traumatized, by the horrors they had witnessed on the battlefield." GRAPHIC: PHOTO LOAD-DATE: May 18, 2005 [JR: While the article caught only because a mention of a MC prof and not as I expected the seventh inning stretch, I thought it was interesting per se, hence I pass it along to you. ] |
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BBC Monitoring
International Reports The secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, has said that the council will study the legality of the privatization of 29 companies. He added that the list of privatization deals subject to review must not be expanded. Poroshenko defended Justice Minister Roman Zvarych in the scandal surrounding his educational credentials and said that Zvarych was a victim of a smear campaign initiated by the same people who tried to discredit Viktor Yushchenko and his Our Ukraine bloc. Poroshenko denied accusations of tax evasion and reiterated that he does not own any companies. He said that he had transferred his stakes in several companies into an investment fund. The following is an excerpt from Poroshenko's interview with the Ukrainian One Plus One TV on 15 May; subheadings have been inserted editorially: [Presenter] The National Security and Defence Council [NSDC] has kept silent over the past week. This is one of the reasons why we invited the secretary of the NSDC, Petro Poroshenko, into our studio today. Good evening, Mr Poroshenko. [Poroshenko] Good evening. [Passage omitted: Poroshenko says he held a news conference last week, says he is satisfied with how the NSDC is working. Correspondent reports on a scandal surrounding the educational credentials of Justice Minister Roman Zvarych.] Defends embattled justice minister [Presenter] Mr Poroshenko, in your opinion, why is there so much attention being paid to this trivial thing, a mistake in a questionnaire. Is the Zvarych case closed for you? [Poroshenko] I understand it very clearly. Very clearly, and I would like to comment on what Mr Zvarych and Mr Yushchenko have not stressed enough. You are saying here that a mistake or a lie has been proven. Proven by whom? If someone considers it necessary to prove it, please go to court. I saw in your report the Pora [radical youth] organization saying that Zvarych is lying. But I was personally present when it was said that the discussion must take place in a courtroom if we live in a law-governed state. They should appeal against Zvarych's decision to deny registration to the Pora party. Come and prove it in court that Zvarych has taken an unlawful decision. Similarly, Zvarych never said that he has a doctorate degree, but
you keep talking about candidate's dissertation. I personally saw Zvarych's documents, I am not
indifferent to this, because I said on several occasions. [changes tack] Let
us start from the beginning. Does Zvarych have a
higher education? The discussion at the beginning was about this very
question. Zvarych brought documents and showed
that, please, five years, and it is the amount of time spent studying that
indicates the level of education, he studied at the [Presenter, interrupting] Excuse me, but is he a professor or not? It says so in his questionnaire. [Poroshenko] He is not a professor. Let us clearly separate a job from a title. Please, do some research on this, what it means to have a title of professor and what a job of professor is. I do not want to go too deep into details, but I want to say very clearly. Those who ordered and carried out this scandal about Zvarych's education, which started after Zvarych's actions stopped a criminal flow of VAT laundering in certain regions, it was ordered and carried out by the same people and same structures who tried to smear Viktor Yushchenko in 2001, when he left the post of prime minister, these are the same people. It was ordered by those who worked against us, against Yushchenko's Our Ukraine bloc in 2001-02. They are using the same techniques today. [Presenter] This is a very vague hint, can you name anyone? [Poroshenko] Of course, if someone goes to court concerning Zvarych's education, I am ready to come and testify. [Passage omitted: more
in the same vein; correspondent reports on an ownership dispute at the No mass reprivatization [Presenter] Mr Poroshenko, several months ago, when you were just starting at the NSDC, you talked about how the so-called reprivatization would be discussed at one of the NSDC meetings. Has this meeting been held? [Poroshenko] Of course not, because we inform the public about every meeting. But this meeting is being prepared, a list has been drafted following the president's instruction including 29 companies. If you are interested in my opinion, I agree with Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko that this list must be a definitive one. Because investors should clearly see that it is not hundreds or thousands of companies, it is 29 companies. But it is not a principle of a law-governed state to publicly lay claims without courts, without investigations, without criminal cases and without clearly defined charges, just because the state wants something or may lay claims to some companies. We have drawn the line. We are studying the circumstances of privatization or investment obligations of these 29 companies, and after these circumstances are studied in a short period of time, the NSDC will discuss them and submit an urgent bill for parliament to set clear criteria. For example, irregularities during a tender, a sole participant in a tender or an undervalued company. It is interesting to
see Mr Pinchuk [steel
magnate and son-in-law of former President Let us talk about
legal means of regulating property disputes. Using the example of the [Passage omitted: more in the same vein] Does not own any companies [Presenter] Another question that we cannot avoid. Just recently there have been fresh accusations against yourself concerning unpaid taxes in 2003-04. How do you react to that? [Poroshenko] Very calmly, I have not heard any accusations. I am confident that the only comment was made by [opposition MP Ihor] Shurma, and I responded clearly, that he got the years wrong. These were not 2002-03, when the authorities systematically hounded the opposition. In those years, Poroshenko was the target of brutal attacks and accusations by the authorities. And they still could not find any evidence to bring their case to court. So, Mr Shurma, you are still living in 2002. Come back to 2005. We are now living in a different state, a law-governed state, and if you have any questions you should have asked them over the past two years. [Presenter] The last question. Can you say how many companies remain in your ownership? [Poroshenko] Not a single one. [Presenter] Have you transferred management rights? [Poroshenko] As a private individual, I do not own and never owned any companies. I owned shares of several companies, these were not controlling stakes. I was the only one in this country to transfer them publicly and transparently into a newly created investment fund of Petro Poroshenko. [Presenter] So these shares are not yours? [Poroshenko]
They are not mine, they are in this investment fund.
A world- [Presenter] But you still have an opportunity to lobby the interests of these companies. [Poroshenko] No, in what way? Any steps and actions of the secretary of the NSDC are absolutely transparent. This includes his meetings in parliament and the cabinet. [Presenter] Thank you for your comments on these important issues. Source: One Plus One
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PR Newswire The conference is in
commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the death of Teilhard,
also a world- Featured speakers
include Freeman Dyson, noted physicist and futurist and professor emeritus in
the School of Natural Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton,
New Jersey; Sister Kathleen Duffy, professor of physics at Chestnut Hill
College who is researching the authentic work of Teilhard
and its relationship to modern developments in science; Arthur Fabel, editor of Teilhard
Perspectives, the newsletter of the American Teilhard
Association; Donald Gray, professor of religious studies at Manhattan
College; and Father James Skehan, professor
emeritus in the department of geology and geophysics at "Teilhard was a visionary, a man ahead of his time," said Marist College President Dennis J. Murray. "With the current debate on evolution versus creationism being waged in American schools, Teilhard's life work is as relevant today as it ever was." The conference was
organized by Marist Professor-Emeritus Brother Joseph Belanger with
assistance from Marist Adjunct Professor James J. Casey and Dr. Fabel. It is sponsored by the Marist President's Office
and the college's For more information, visit http://www.marist.edu/news/dechardin.html. CONTACT: TIM MASSIE (845) 575-3171 LOAD-DATE: May 14, 2005 |
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The Journal News ( Choice of Dunne breaks pattern of city employees in charge Educator Bernadette
Dunne, a former parochial school principal who now teaches at Dunne, who was appointed to her third term, takes over from Trustee Robert Ferrito, top education aide to Mayor Phil Amicone, who has served as board president for four of the past five years. "Together, we've got a great team that will work together for the positive benefit of parents, teachers, students and administrators," Dunne said. Elected vice president was Debra Martinez, interim director of the state Department of Health's Family Health Plan. "I'm looking
forward to the challenge," Dunne and But Amicone has proposed providing $400 million for the city schools. The City Council will review Amicone's school proposal at 4 p.m. today at City Hall. The election of Dunne marks the loosening of the ties between the school board and City Hall. For the past two years, the school board was headed by trustees who also worked in appointed positions in the city administration. Amicone also appointed the Rev. Gerald Sudick, pastor of Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church, to the school board. Sudick, a member of the board of trustees of SUNY Binghamton, served as that institution's president from 1980 to 1994. Sudick's appointment reduced the number of city employees to four on the school board. The state Legislature is now considering a bill that would bar city employees from the school board. Dunne, who celebrated her 70th birthday last week, said that the state's fourth-largest school district was moving in the right direction. "I really believe we are on the verge of becoming very good," she said in an interview. "Staff development for our teachers is excellent, and they'll bring that learning into the classrooms." A graduate education
professor at "We need to give them more leeway," she said. "They are professional people, and can use their judgment. I don't really fully believe that it should always come from the top down." With the appointment to her third term, Dunne has now been appointed to five-year terms by three mayors: Amicone, and former Mayors John Spencer and Terry Zaleski. Who she is Bernadette Dunne, in
her fifth year at She was formerly the
principal of She serves on the
advisory board of the Yonkers Community Planning Council and the policy board
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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
5/26/05 Thursday Baseball MAAC
Championships& Fishkill, NY TBA
5/27/05 Friday Baseball MAAC
Championships& Fishkill, NY TBA
5/27/05 Friday Track & Field NCAA Regionals %
5/28/05 Saturday Baseball MAAC Championships& Fishkill, NY TBA
5/28/05 Saturday Track & Field NCAA
Regionals %
5/29/05 Sunday Baseball MAAC Championships& Fishkill, NY TBA
6/3/05 Friday Baseball NCAA
Regional TBA TBA
6/4/05 Saturday Baseball NCAA Regional
TBA TBA
6/5/05 Sunday Baseball NCAA
Regional TBA TBA
6/6/05 Monday Baseball NCAA
Regional TBA TBA
6/7/05 Tuesday Baseball NCAA
Regional TBA TBA
6/8/05 Wednesday Track & Field NCAA
Championships
6/9/05 Thursday Track & Field NCAA
Championships
6/10/05 Friday Track & Field NCAA
Championships
6/11/05 Saturday Track & Field NCAA
Championships
6/23/05 Thursday Track & Field
USATF Championships $ Carson
City, CA 10:00 AM
6/23/05 Thursday Track & Field
USATF Junior Championships $
Carson City, CA 10:00 AM
6/24/05 Friday Track & Field USATF
Junior Championships $ Carson City,
CA 10:00 AM
6/24/05 Friday Track & Field USATF
Championships $ Carson City, CA 10:00 AM
6/25/05 Saturday Track & Field
USATF Championships $ Carson
City, CA 10:00 AM
6/25/05 Saturday Track & Field
USATF Junior Championships $
Carson City, CA 10:00 AM
6/26/05 Sunday Track & Field USATF
Junior Championships $ Carson City,
CA 10:00 AM
6/26/05 Sunday Track & Field USATF
Championships $ Carson City, CA 10:00 AM
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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BASEBALL COMES UP
SHORT AT #25 Jamaica, NY (May 17,
2005)- Manhattan fought back to almost erase an 8-1 deficit, but ended up on
the wrong end of a 13-5 decision to #25 St. John's tonight at The Ballpark at
St. John's. 1*** BOBBY GONZALEZ NAMED
ASSISTANT COACH FOR 2005 2*** MASER AND BRONDER RECEIVE MAAC WEEKLY HONORS Riverdale, NY (May 16, 2005)- Manhattan senior shortstop John Maser has been named MAAC Player of the Week, and junior right-handed pitcher Steve Bronder has been named MAAC Pitcher of the Week for the week ending May 16, it was announced today by the conference office. This is the first time Maser has been recognized by the MAAC this season, while Bronder picks up his second Pitcher of the Week award. more... 3*** MEN'S TRACK & FIELD FINISHED FOURTH AT IC4A CHAMPIONSHIPS 4*** BASEBALL The game time for the
baseball game at 5*** BASEBALL MOVES INTO THIRD IN MAAC STANDINGS WITH 10-3 WIN OVER LEMOYNE Riverdale, NY (May 15, 2005)- Manhattan senior Gary Diaz became the program's all-time hits leader, tallying his 207th career hit on a two run single in the second, as the Jaspers posted a 10-3 MAAC win over Le Moyne this afternoon at Van Cortlandt Park. The win, the Jaspers eighth in their last nine games, improves Manhattan's record to 25-17 overall and 13-7 in MAAC play, moving the Jaspers into third place in the conference standings with one week remaining in the regular season. The Dolphins fall to 24-19, 14-8 in MAAC play. 6*** BASEBALL SPLITS PAIR WITH LE MOYNE AS RIZZOTTI BREAKS SEASON RBI RECORD Riverdale, NY (May 14,
2005)- Manhattan split an important MAAC double header with Le Moyne this afternoon at Van Cortlandt
Park, taking the second game, 5-2, after dropping the opener, 9-5. The
Jaspers are now 24-17, 12-7 in MAAC play, while the
Dolphins are now 24-18, 14-7 in MAAC play. 7*** MEN'S TRACK & FIELD CURRENTLY IN SECOND PLACE AFTER SECOND DAY OF IC4A CHAMPIONSHIP 8*** SEVENTH SEEDED UCLA DEFEATS MEN'S TENNIS, 4-0 IN NCAA FIRST ROUND 9*** |
[JR: At the risk of losing some of my aura of omnipotence or at least omni-pia-presence, you can see Jasper Sports stories at: http://www.topix.net/ncaa/manhattan/ so for brevity’s sake I will not repeat them here. I will just report the ones that come to my attention and NOT widely reported. No sense wasting electrons!]
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The Hammer throwers from Zoran Loncar, from Serbia and Montenegro, won the hammer throw with a distance of 207 feet 2 inches; Anders Constantin, from Sweden, was second at 204-7; Paul Peulich, from Australia, was third (204-4); and Michael Freeman of East Greenwich, R.I., was fourth (200-2). Manhattan Coach Dan Mecca said all four set personal records. Athletes from the same
college have taken the top four places in an event just once before in the
129-year history of the IC4A meet. Villanova did it in the 1,500 meters in
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The competition, which
is scheduled for Aug. 11-21 in Wright will be
assisted by Jeff Capel of "It's a great
honor to represent the "I'm really
looking forward to the challenge of putting the team and staff together and
representing the Wright, then coach at Hofstra, assisted Jim Boeheim
in 2000 with the The 2005 USA
Basketball men's national team trials, which will be used to select the final
12-member team, will be held July 28-31 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center
in To be considered for
the roster, an athlete must be a LOAD-DATE: May 17, 2005 |
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Newsday ( When a coach steps down from his position without warning, what sometimes follows is turmoil and confusion. The opposite has been the case for the Fordham Rams baseball team this season. When Dan Gallagher, who amassed 518 wins in 21 seasons, decided to step down at the end of last season, there wasn't any nervousness or trepidation among the players regarding the future of the program. In fact, Fordham, which has accumulated its most wins since the
1998 season, hasn't missed a beat. By virtue of their three-game sweep of St.
Joseph's last weekend, the Rams (33-18, 17-7 Atlantic 10) have clinched the
No. 3 seed in the Atlantic 10 tournament, which begins May 25 in Some of the Rams' success can be attributed to the continuity developed between interim coach Nick Restaino and the players. Restaino, a well-traveled coach in his first year at the helm, spent the previous seven seasons as an assistant and recruiting coordinator for Gallagher. "I had a bond
with these guys before I took over," said Restaino,
who was an assistant at Lehman and The familiarity between Restaino and the team made for an easy transition, a transition that some of the players said didn't create a single ripple in the locker room. "Me and coach Nick have a good relationship . . . he recruited me," said catcher Jeremy Bourgeois, who leads the team with nine home runs and 37 RBIs. "None of us really made a big deal about the coaching change." Neither has Restaino, who said he hasn't done much to change the way the program is managed. "Not much is different," Restaino said. "The goals are the same. We wanted to get to the Atlantic 10 tournament and move on from there." Utility player Gary Kaible said he is pleased with the way the team has responded to the changes made this season. "In previous years, making the playoffs was a big deal for us," Kaible said. "Now we refuse to settle for anything less." There was a time this season when the Rams seemed to be running in place, however. A little over six weeks ago, Fordham was reeling after dropping three in a row and falling to 10-11. But rather than fold, Fordham regrouped, won 23 of its last 30 games and put itself in position to make a serious run. "It feels good to know the message is getting through," Restaino said. "I just want the guys to focus on the entire game . . . I want them to focus on getting all of the outs." The Rams, who haven't made an NCAA Tournament since 1998, have more than enough reasons to feel optimistic about their chances. Fueled by the hitting of Bourgeois, Kaible, junior outfielder Greg Smith and a solid, albeit young pitching staff, the Rams could be the last team standing at the end of the Atlantic 10 tournament. "We've had to rely on two freshman pitchers in the rotation," Bourgeois said in reference to Cory Riordan (10-3) and Thomas Davis (5-4). "They both have been outstanding." Restaino
agreed with his catcher and also pointed to the team's schedule, which
included wins against the "We played well against some good non-conference teams," Restaino said. "That helped our guys gain confidence . . . our guys really believe in themselves now." GRAPHIC: PHOTOS BY
JORI KLEIN- 1) Fordham's Gary Kaible
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http://www.detnews.com/2005/highschools/0505/18/V13-183663.htm Wednesday, May 18,
2005 Cranbrook-Kingswood's Erika Perenic, left, chases Mercy's Mackenzie Melvin in a game that ended with a 12-8 win for the Mercy Marlins. Mercy's Courtney Van Antwerp looks to pass the ball. Her team trailed Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood 5-3 until a second-half rally. The 9-2 Marlins have won most of their games in the second half after trailing early. Against Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood, the Marlins fell behind 5-3 before rolling off six straight goals and dominating play in the second half to earn a 12-8 win. "The first five minutes of the game is always pretty scary for us," Mercy Coach Julie Williams said. "We are definitely a second-half team, but I would say the first five or 10 minutes of the first half is a critical time for us. Teams this season have scored on us in the first 30 or 40 seconds. It seems like it takes that first goal to go in for the girls to really settle down and play." After suffering a few early defeats a year ago, Mercy ran the table in the second half of the season to finish 10-8-1 on its way to a Division B state championship. As defending
champions, Mercy sees the best effort of every opponent it faces. The Marlins
are ranked No. 1 in Division B by the Lacrosse Power Rankings. Mercy's two
losses have come at the hands of Division A
opponents Grosse Pointe North (10-9) and "It's intimidating to see other teams trying so bad to beat us, but I think that is what motivates us and keeps us going," said Mercy senior midfielder Alexandra Bryant. The Marlins are averaging more than nine goals a game this season while holding opponents to just five. Mercy is fast, can pass the ball and is poised to repeat as state champion. "I see another
state championship for sure," Williams said. "I actually shook the
hand of the coach at This year's team has a different makeup and attitude than the state champion team of a year ago. Most of the players are the same, but this season's squad is more team-oriented than individualistic. The 2004 Marlins had
two stars who did most of the work. Goaltender Sara
Larson plays at "Both of our captains from last year's team got college scholarships (Larson and Ward). We didn't know how it would be without them this year, but every single girl we have on the team this year can throw, pass and catch a ball," Williams said. "It seemed at times last year the girls would just pass it to Emilia (Ward) and let her score." Sophomore Courtney Van Antwerp has taken over the scoring void left by Ward. She leads the team with 48 goals. "Courtney ... has been playing lacrosse with the boys since she was very little," Williams said. "Most goal keepers find her impossible to stop and when she wants a goal she usually gets it." Sophomore Maggie Silvasi (14 goals), Bryant (12) and junior Brittany Krupa (9) round out the top scorers. Senior goaltender Andrea Konja has filled in for Larson between the posts and has a save percentage of 67 percent. As it stands now,
Mercy and "That would be just fine if we faced them in the finals," said junior Caryn Switaj. "We are the state champions and we will always be the state champions." ### |
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college" === <extraneous deleted> In men's tennis: Seventh-seeded UCLA
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From: O'Connell,
William R. (1976) We are pleased to announce the launch of our new website. www.peconicriverwoodworking.com We want to introduce our company to you and share with you a gallery of the work we have done. We hope you find the information valuable and the images inspiring and thought provoking. If you have any feedback, please let us know. Regards, Bill [JR: Neat stuff. ] |
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From: Michael F. McEneney [1953] Dear John, In the May 4 - 10, 2005 Edition of the North County News (www.northcountynews.com), at page 24 et seq, there is an article written by Louis T. Pedulla, Class of 1953, titled "V-E Day : 60 Years Ago Recollections of a soldier near the end of a long war". This is a very compelling and well written article which I think is worth passing on. Best, [JR: I would have liked to read it, but it was not online. Nor was it captured in any of my online traps. Can any one fiure out how to get it? ] |
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From: George Wiggers [1962] John, I was saddened to read the Jasper Jottings news that Brother Peter Drake had passed away. Although I have not had recent contact with him, I always considered him a good friend. He was most considerate to spend some time counseling my daughter in the mid 1980's when she was considering an degree in engineering. Brother Drake and I
were classmates for four years at -- George Wiggers, '62ME |
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From: Ferdinand J.
Reinke Stephen, Do you all want to do this or should I? John == Subject: Fwd: Next steps and Online LinkedIn for Groups services agreement Stephen, Linked in is
interested in building up their "alumni" so we can basically get a
free service for alums. If you all in Alumni want to take it, then I'll step
aside. If you don't, then I'll take it. Like Jottings, should you ever want
to get into that or this or something else related, then I am more than happy
to lead, follow or get out of the way. Let me know what you'd like to do with
this free opportunity. There are about 50 alums on LinkedIn
already. SO it's a logical extension. NotreDame is
there. so why not Give me a call if you want to chat or drop me an email about what you'd prefer. John'68 |
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From: Laura Catherine Bartus [2000] Hi John! Well due to various moves, job transfers, relocations, etc...I lost touch with the Jasper Jottings crew for a bit there. If you could add this email address to your mailing list I would greatly appreciate it. I need my MC news!! :) THANKS! Laura Catherine Bartus |
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Subject: MCLAC PICTURES AT Enjoy the pictures taken by Stephen DeSalvo. Don't forget to spread the word and mark September 29, 2005 on your calendar // MALAC Gala Award presentation. http://www.manhattan.edu/alumni_friends/mclac.php MK:-)'77 |
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FW: The Scannery Alert - Companies - Multiple Countries http://www.converium.ch/1606.asp Jeffrey Jarman Jeffrey Jarman, head of Global Claims, has a bachelor's degree
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Source URL: http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/may/05051901.html Thursday May 19, 2005 Loyola Honor for Abortion Advocate Rudy Guiliani Leads to Boycott by Cardinal Keeler The former "[T]here will be
no representative of the Archdiocese [of CNS is protesting commencement speakers and honorees at 18 Catholic colleges and universities, noting that the invitations are a direct violation of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops statement "Catholics in Political Life." The June 2004 statement includes the following mandate: "The Catholic community and Catholic institutions should not honor those who act in defiance of our fundamental moral principles. They should not be given awards, honors or platforms which would suggest support for their actions." Complete details on the protest are posted at http://www.cardinalnewmansociety.org . In a letter dated
April 27, CNS urged Cardinal Keeler to "take immediate action to prevent
scandal in the Archdiocese of "While our
mission is the renewal of Catholic identity at Catholic colleges and
universities, we realize that the enforcement of Ex Corde
Ecclesiae may require the declaration that an institution is no longer
Catholic, and we support such action if The public action by
Keeler comes soon after pro-abortion Rep. Sherwood Boehlert
voluntarily turned down an invitation to deliver the commencement address at
St. Elizabeth's CNS also successfully
protested The CNS protest
against Villanova University in Pennsylvania, which has invited Ireland
President Mary McAleese to deliver the commencement
address and receive an honorary degree on Sunday, has both outraged and
energized Irish citizens with considerable coverage in the Irish media. McAleese has been
a public advocate of women's ordination, including strident criticism of the Archbishop Alfred
Hughes of Loyola's commencement
ceremony featuring Giuliani is scheduled for 9 a.m.
on Friday morning, when he will be greeted by protesters outside the First
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http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul238.html Deficits Make You Poorer by Rep. Ron Paul, MD March 15, 2005 Dr. Ron Paul is a
Republican member of Congress from ===<begin quote>=== Most Americans are vaguely aware that Congress has run up huge deficits in recent years, but the numbers involved are so large that it’s hard to grasp what our government’s indebtedness really means to us as individuals. The total federal debt is quickly approaching $8 trillion, courtesy of an administration that borrows roughly one billion dollars every day to pay its bills. Ultimately, the Repaying trillions of dollars will not be easy, however. Interest payments alone already consume nearly 10% of the annual federal budget, and Congress shows no sign of abating its spending appetite anytime soon. In fact, present spending rates will produce single-year deficits of $1 trillion in coming years unless the public finally gets fed up and demands an end to it. When the federal government spends more each year than it collects in tax revenues, it has three choices: It can raise taxes, print money, or borrow money. While these actions may benefit politicians, all three options are bad for average Americans. Deficits mean future tax increases, pure and simple. Deficit spending should be viewed as a tax on future generations, and politicians who create deficits should be exposed as tax hikers. The federal government still consumes more of the private economy than it ever has except during World War II, despite the administration’s anti-tax rhetoric. Deficits mean more monetary inflation. Deficit spending necessitates the creation of more fiat dollars by the Federal Reserve to keep the government afloat. Congress knows it can always fall back on the Fed money machine, which of course encourages more deficit spending. It’s a vicious cycle that ultimately makes every dollar you have worth less. Deficits mean more
borrowing overseas, which threatens The economic situation today is reminiscent of the 1970s. The economic malaise of that era resulted from the profligacy of the 1960s, when Congress wildly expanded the welfare state and fought an expensive war in southeast Asia. Large federal deficits led to stagflation – a combination of high price inflation, high interest rates, high unemployment, and stagnant economic growth. I fear that today’s economic fundamentals are worse than the 1970s: federal deficits are higher, the supply of fiat dollars is much greater, and personal savings rates are much lower. If the federal government won’t stop spending, borrowing, printing, and taxing, we may find ourselves in far worse shape than 30 years ago. ### I see John taking heat
for not believing that FDR saved Now let’s see if we can all agree that debt is bad. Show of hands? Hmm, many but not all. Let’s see if we can agree that Government debt is bad? Hands? Hmm, less. OK, how many think that it’s OK for your children, instead of getting an inheritance when you die, they should get a debt that has to be repaid? Pretty universal agreement. SO WHY IS IT OK for this generation to foist upon the next one a government debt of mammoth proportions. Do you think that the debt won’t have to be repaid? Sad times await us. Oh, and why would you stick other people’s kids to clean up your mess? The silence is deafening. |
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Curmudgeon
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GBu. GBA.