Sunday 29 May 2005

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/9snxs    

Which is another way of saying

http://www.jasperjottings.com/jasperjottings20050529.htm     

 

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CALENDAR OF JASPER EVENTS THAT I HAVE HEARD ABOUT

Friday, June 10, Saturday, June 11, 2005 

REUNION 2005 - HOLD THE DATES 

If your graduating year ends in a 5 or a 0, you are celebrating an anniversary.  Reunion is a time when the anniversary classes get together to make a gift to the College.  This year’s classes are ’35, ’40, ’45, ’50, ’55, ’60, ’65, ’70, ’75, ’80, ’85, ’90, ’95, ’00.  If you are interested in your anniversary class gift, anniversary programs, call: (718) 862-7838 or E-mail: annualgiving --- at ---manhattan.edu. 

Questions concerning events and accommodations should be directed to:
Grace Feeney, alumni relations officer,
(718) 862-7432 or fax: (718) 862-8013.  E-mail: grace DOT feeney AT manhattan.edu 

Friday, June 17, 2005

Environmental Engineering Plumbers Club

Friday, June 17, 2005, Cocktails 5:30pm

Location: Smith Auditorium, Campus

For more information or reservations,
call Club President Steve Fangman '74 at (516) 364-9890

Saturday, June 18, 2005 - - - AT - - - 8:30am 

George Sheehan Five Mile Run and Runners' Expo Redbank, NJ 
In Honor of George Sheehan -Manhattan College class of 1940 
Meet at Brannigan's Pub in Red Bank, NJ after the race. 
Info: Jim Malone Class of 1983, (201) 722-9009

JULY

18 Jasper Cup - Yale, New Haven, Conn.

29 Capital District - Day at the Races

 

July 30-31 The Manahttan College Jasper Dancers will be performing as part of the NBA's Rhythm N' Rims Tour on in New York City at the South Street Seaport. There will be live bands as well as performances from the Knicks City Dancers and other area college dance teams and pep bands.

 

AUGUST

1 Construction Industry Golf Open

18 Jersey Shore Club Day at the Races

 

 

 

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My list of Jaspers who are in harm's way:
- Afghanistan
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- Feldman, Aaron (1997)
- Iraq
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- Sekhri, Sachin (2000)
- Unknown location
- -  Lynch, Chris (1991)
- Uzbekistan
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- Brock (nee Klein-Smith), Lt Col Ruth (1979)

… … my thoughts are with you and all that I don't know about.

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Memorial Day Weekend. How many people will even think once about our men and women in the field? How many will even think about those who have sacrificed everything so we can have so much? How many people will feel an obligation to honor those sacrifices by participating in the governance process? Right / Left, Left / Right, or Libertarian? It would seem we have a debt to repay.

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Exhortation

From Yahoo News:

Thu May 19, 1:14 PM ET

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's capital is considering raising the height allowance for free bus rides for children, because improved nutrition has resulted in taller young passengers, Xinhua news agency said Thursday.

Current rules allow any child under three feet, seven inches to travel free, but the city is planning now to increase that level to four feet.

"The ... standard is outdated in the light of our children's physical development status," Quan Zhongmin, a member of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, was quoted as saying.

"It is not known when the decision will be implemented in Beijing," Xinhua said. "The adjustment won't apply to parks, cinemas and theaters."

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I found this interesting in that we are “breeding” better people. Taller implies stronger and healthier to me. Reaching the limits of human accomplishments. Fufilling the Creator’s intent. Hope we all reach our respective potentials.

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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[CONTENTS]

 

1

Messages from Headquarters   (like MC Press Releases)

 

2

Good_News

 

0

Obits

 

1

Jaspers_in_the_News

 

5

Manhattan_in_the_News

 

9

Sports

 

4

Email From Jaspers

 

1

Jaspers found web-wise

 

0

MC mentioned  web-wise

 

 

 

[PARTICIPANTS BY CLASS]

Class

Name

Section

1942

King, Henry

Email04

1953

McEneney, Michael F.

Email01

1963

Kelly, Ray

Email01

1963

Passarella, Michael J.

Wedding2

1964

Rossi, Frank J.

Email01

1968

Respoli, James A.

Email01

1969

Tucci, Joseph

JNews1

1971

Rehm, Steven T.

Email01

1973

Donlon, Edward C.

Updates

1980

Walsh, Kevin

Email02

1982

Kinnally, Robert M.

Email02

1998

Dmitri Konon

Wedding1

2000

Desalvo, Stephen

Email03

2002

Hiltz, Allison

Updates

2005

Tanner, Eugene J.

Updates

2007

Salinas, Ryan A.

Updates

2008

Vaccarello, Michael D.

Updates

 

 

[PARTICIPANTS BY NAME]

Class

Name

Section

2000

Desalvo, Stephen

Email03

1998

Dmitri Konon

Wedding1

1973

Donlon, Edward C.

Updates

2002

Hiltz, Allison

Updates

1963

Kelly, Ray

Email01

1942

King, Henry

Email04

1982

Kinnally, Robert M.

Email02

1953

McEneney, Michael F.

Email01

1963

Passarella, Michael J.

Wedding2

1971

Rehm, Steven T.

Email01

1968

Respoli, James A.

Email01

1964

Rossi, Frank J.

Email01

2007

Salinas, Ryan A.

Updates

2005

Tanner, Eugene J.

Updates

1969

Tucci, Joseph

JNews1

2008

Vaccarello, Michael D.

Updates

1980

Walsh, Kevin

Email02

 

 

[Messages from Headquarters

(Manhattan College Press Releases & Stuff)]

Headquarters1

http://www.manhattan.edu/news/news_releases/051905_1.html

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: (718)862-7232 Email: Public Relations

MANHATTAN COLLEGE TO HOST LARGEST ANNUAL HIGHER ED CONFERENCE FOR SCHOOL COUNSELORS AND COLLEGE ADMISSION PROFESSIONALS

Key presenters at the NYSACAC Conference include Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion, CUNY Chancellor Matthew Goldstein, SUNY Acting Chancellor John R. Ryan and cIcu President Abraham Lackman.

RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Manhattan College will host the 27th annual New York State Association for College Admission Counseling (NYSACAC) Conference on its Riverdale campus from May 31 through June 3, 2005. More than 750 participants have already registered for the conference, the largest industry event in the state that brings together school counselors and college admission professionals. In addition, the College will host NYSACAC’s Eighth Annual Coming Together Conference May 31 through June 1, 2005. This two-day conference titled “Bridging the Gap by Letting Every Student’s Light Shine” is designed for counselors who work with underserved students.

The NYSACAC Conference, whose theme this year is “Education and Our Future: Joining Efforts to Light the Way,” provides secondary school and admission counselors a chance to learn from each other and to remain updated on the trends in higher education. More than 50 workshops are being held that examine the myths and realities about the college admission process, international and multicultural college advising, reinventing approaches to college preparation, and high school graduation trends, among others.

The conference “serves as a conclusion to a year in which NYSACAC has sought to unite the various constituencies within our profession as we work towards a common goal,” says Richard P. Alvarez, president-elect of NYSACAC.

“As always, we have made issues of diversity a clear priority in the planning of the conference,” says Lisa Sohmer, president of NYSACAC. “There is a place for everyone at the conference.”

Conference highlights include a panel discussion on the future of higher education in New York, featuring prominent higher education leaders Chancellor Matthew Goldstein of the City University of New York (CUNY), Abraham Lackman, president of the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (cIcu) and acting Chancellor John R. Ryan of the State University of New York (SUNY).

In addition to a discussion panel about higher education trends and issues, the NYSACAC conference also gives counselors a chance to network and enjoy themselves at various social events such as a vendor reception, golf outing and themed dinners.

NYSACAC aims to serve students and families in their transition to post-secondary education. The organization is committed to shaping professional standards, ethical and social responsibility and exemplary practice for high school and college counselors.

For a complete schedule of workshops and panel discussions, please call Melanie at (718) 862-7232 or e-mail melanie.farmer@manhattan.edu. Manhattan College is located at West 242nd Street near Broadway in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, one mile from the Westchester County line and accessible by MTA subway line 1.

 

 

Honors

Honor1

None

 

Weddings

Wedding1

The New York Times
May 22, 2005 Sunday
Late Edition - Final
SECTION: Section 9; Column 4; Society Desk; WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS; Pg. 16
HEADLINE: Alyssa Cobb, Dmitri Konon

Alyssa Maclean Cobb, the daughter of Susanna Dodds Cobb and Jonathan Cobb of Tarrytown, N.Y., is to be married today to Dmitri Vladimirovich Konon, the son of Inna and Walter Konon of Waccabuc, N.Y. The Very Rev. Andrei Sommer, a Russian Orthodox priest, is to perform the ceremony at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Sign in New York.

The bride and bridegroom work for the New York City Economic Development Corporation. She is an assistant vice president in the special projects division and works on waterfront and neighborhood development projects. He is a vice president for capital programs and is in charge of both the renovation of the cruise ship terminal in Manhattan and the construction of the new cruise ship terminal in Brooklyn.

The bride, 31, graduated from Stanford University and received a master's degree in urban planning from Columbia. Her father is the executive editor of Shearwater Books, an imprint of Island Press, a publishing company in Washington. Her mother is an occupational therapist at the Sarah Neuman Center for Healthcare and Rehabilitation in Mamaroneck, N.Y., part of the Jewish Home and Hospital Lifecare System.

The bridegroom, also 31, graduated from Union College in Schenectady, N.Y., and received a master's degree in civil engineering from Manhattan College. His mother teaches English as a second language and also Russian at Manhattanville College in Purchase, N.Y. His father is a professor of civil engineering and the associate chairman for undergraduate civil engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark.

GRAPHIC: Photo (Photo by Joel Greenberg and Wendy Stewart Photography)

LOAD-DATE: May 22, 2005

[MCalumDB: 1998 ]  

 

Wedding2

The New York Times
May 22, 2005 Sunday
Late Edition - Final
SECTION: Section 9; Column 1; Society Desk; WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS; Pg. 15
HEADLINE: Elizabeth Schatz, Michael Passarella

Elizabeth Ferguson Schatz, a daughter of Libba and Irvin Schatz of Memphis, was married last evening to Michael John Passarella, the son of Ann and Michael Passarella of New York. The Rev.

Gary D. Jones, an Episcopal priest, officiated at the Church of the Holy Communion in Memphis. The Rev. Valentine Handwerker, a Roman Catholic priest, also took part.

Mrs. Passarella, 28, is a freelance writer in New Orleans for newspapers and magazines. She was until 2002 the associate beauty editor of Vogue. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her father owns Mid-South Leasing, a vehicle and equipment leasing company, and her mother is a second-grade teacher at St. Mary's Episcopal School, both in Memphis.

Mr. Passarella, 27, is a candidate for a law degree at Tulane University. He graduated from Harvard. His father retired as a partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York and serves on the board of Manhattan College. The bridegroom's father is also a director of Archipelago Holdings, an electronic securities trading system, based in Chicago, which has announced plans to merge with the New York Stock Exchange.

LOAD-DATE: May 22, 2005

[MCalumDB: 1963 Michael J. Dad?]

 

 

Births

[Birth1]

None

 

Engagements

[Engagement1]

None

 

Graduations

[Graduation1]

None

 

 

Good News - Other

[OtherGoodNews1]

None

 

OBITS

[Collector's prayer: And, may perpetual light shine on our fellow departed Jaspers, and all the souls of the faithful departed.]

Your assistance is requested in finding these. Please don’t assume that I will “catch” it via an automated search. Sometimes the data just doesn’t makes it’s way in.

Obit1

None.

[JR:  Good.  ]

 

[Jasper_Updates]

[JR: I'm going to try a new section for "updates". These are changes that "pop" in from the various sources that are not really from the news. I thought it might be valuable to alert old friends seeking to reconnect or "youngsters" seeking a networking contact with someone who might have a unique viewpoint that they are interested in. This is a benefit of freeing up time trying to make email work by "outsourcing" the task to Yahoo.]

 

Donlon, Edward C. (1973)
Clifton Park, New York, 12065-6034

 

Hiltz, Allison (2002)
Wyeth Vaccines
Brooklyn, New York

 

Salinas, Ryan A. (2007)
Hartsdale, NY 10530

 

Tanner, Eugene J. (2005)
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein

 

Vaccarello, Michael D. (2008)
Wyckoff, New Jersey 

 

 

[Jaspers_Missing]

[JR: I'm going to try a new section for "negative updates". These are changes that "pop" in from the various sources that are not really from the news. I thought it might be valuable to alert old friends or "youngsters" that someone they maybe interested in has “drifted off”. Yet another benefit of freeing up time trying to make email work by "outsourcing" the task to Yahoo.]

None

 

Jaspers_in_the_News

JNews1

The Boston Globe
May 22, 2005, Sunday THIRD EDITION
SECTION: BOSTON WORKS; Pg. G6
HEADLINE: KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOOD AT AND WHAT YOU WANT IN LIFE
BYLINE: By Alan Earls, Globe Correspondent

With college graduations in full swing, we solicited advice for newly minted job-seekers from the leaders of six Massachusetts firms. Some advocate a straight ahead charge for the career goal line. Others recommend openness to serendipity. But all say the key to success is knowing your strengths and your heartfelt desires.

<extraneous deleted>

   Joseph Tucci, 57

President and chief executive, EMC Corp., Hopkinton

BA, marketing, Manhattan College, 1969

   "When I graduated from college, I knew that I wanted to be the CEO of large company," said Tucci. EMC is an information and storage management company with 2004 revenues of $8.23 billion, and nearly 23,000 employees worldwide.

   He said graduates need to realize early on that companies are democracies, and leaders are chosen by their peers. "Young and ambitious people tend to assume that leaders are chosen from above, and they spend their careers trying to impress the higher-ups," he said. "Learn how to build productive working relationships with your colleagues, and do your job well, and success will follow," he said.

   "What's still true today for anyone starting out in business is the value of rounding your expertise," he added. "Never stop investing in your ongoing training and education."

<extraneous deleted>

LOAD-DATE: May 25, 2005

[Reported As:  1969 ]

 

Manhattan_in_the_News

MNews1

The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
May 22, 2005 Sunday
All Editions
SECTION: LOCAL; DEAN'S LIST; Pg. L05
HEADLINE: DEAN'S LISTS

<extraneous deleted>

MANHATTAN COLLEGE

* Oakland: Laura Elizabeth Boyle.

* Washington Township: Christopher Bell.

<extraneous deleted>

LOAD-DATE: May 23, 2005

 

MNews2

http://newswire.ascribe.org/cgi-bin/behold.pl?ascribeid=20050524.102714&time=12%2053%20PDT&year=2005&public=0

Tue May 24 12:53:21 2005 Pacific Time

      Barnard College Is Leading Development of Hudson River Summer Course for New York Colleges and Universities

       NEW YORK, May 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Barnard College is leading the 36 members of the Environmental Consortium of Hudson Valley Colleges and Universities in developing a college-level field course to be offered in the summer of 2006 focused on the Hudson River and its remarkable natural environment, history and culture.

       The project is supported by a $76,000 grant to Barnard from the Teagle Foundation ( www.teaglefoundation.org ) and funds from the Rivers and Estuaries Center. Professor Stephanie Pfirman, chair of Barnard's Environmental Science Department, is leading the project, joined by John Cronin, former Riverkeeper and managing director of the Rivers and Estuaries Center.

       Faculty members and researchers from the colleges, universities , and institutions who have volunteered to pilot the program this summer, will meet this month aboard the R/V Seawolf, a research ship operated by the State University of New York at Stony Brook. The group will talk about the goals and direction of the course, which will draw on geology, ecology, geography, art history, anthropology, history, economics, and engineering. "The Hudson River is an extraordinary natural environment that is rich in cultural and environmental significance," said Pfirman. "Our goal is to reveal this remarkable territory to students at our colleges and universities." Next summer the course will be offered to 30 undergraduates as a 5-week interdisciplinary and interinstitutional summer field program.

       The project addresses two important challenges: developing effective course content across disciplines and institutions, and implementing state-of-the-art pedagogy. Professor Lisa Son of Barnard's Psychology Department, will train faculty in ways to incorporate student-centered learning strategies based upon recent research in cognitive learning science. Program coordinator and scientist, Tim Kenna, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, brings to the project his own research on Hudson River sediments as well as his experience teaching on board a sailing vessel for the Woods Hole SEA Semester.

       The Teagle Foundation was established in 1944 by Walter C. Teagle longtime president and later chairman of the board of Standard Oil Company (New Jersey), now Exxon Mobil Corporation. Its assets derive from gifts and bequests from Mr. Teagle, his wife, Rowena Lee Teagle, and their son Walter C. Teagle, Jr.

       In addition to Barnard, participating institutions include the following: Bard College, Colgate University , College of Mount Saint Vincent, Darrin Freshwater Institute, Fordham University, Hamilton College, Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Manhattan College , Marist College, NASA-Goddard Institute of Space Studies, Pace University , Polytechnic University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Rivers and Estuaries Center, Riverside Park Fund, Sarah Lawrence College, SUNY-Ulster, The College of New Rochelle, The College of Saint Rose, Vassar College.

       CONTACT: Suzanne Trimel, Barnard College Public Affairs, 212-854-2037, strimel@barnard.edu

 

 

MNews3

http://www.pottstownmercury.com/site/brd=1674&dept_id=18041&newsid=14583177

05/25/2005

Queens excited to be part of July Fourth celebration 

Lisa Schaeffer

POTTSTOWN -- For the girls competing in this year’s Fourth of July Queen contest, representing their school is like a childhood dream come true.

The annual contest recently kicked off and over the next several weeks, the four homecoming queens from area high schools will compete for the title of Pottstown’s Fourth of July queen. The winner will be crowned in front of thousands of spectators at the July Fourth celebration in Memorial Park.

Competing this year are Brittany Phillips of Pottstown High School, Janna Manual of Pottsgrove High School, Jessica Carbo of the Owen J. Roberts School District and Deirdre Brett of St. Pius X High.

Contestants earn votes by raising money to help fund the local holiday celebration. The girls have placed donation cans in area businesses, and each penny collected counts as one vote.

For Phillips, participating in the contest has allowed her to follow in her mother’s footsteps. Phillips’ mother was crowned Pottstown High School’s homecoming queen in 1986. "My mom was a queen and I wanted to be just like her," Phillips said.

In addition to her donation can, Phillips has organized several other events to raise money, including dances and a car wash.

Brett, who secured the title of homecoming queen at St. Pius X High, said the July Fourth competition is all about raising money for Pottstown. Brett said even if she is not crowned queen, she is just happy to participate. Brett is the president of Forensics, which is St. Pius’ speech and debate team. She serves as the vice president of the student body and plans on attending Manhattan College of Riverdale, N.Y., in the fall.

"I’ve always watched the Pottstown Fourth of July parade growing up and I think it would be really great to represent Pottstown," Brett said.

Until recently, Jessica Carbo’s life centered around her love of soccer. In previous years, Carbo said, she usually spent July Fourth out of town, competing in soccer tournaments. However, this year she is looking forward to participating in Pottstown’s Fourth of July celebration.

Carbo will be attending Kutztown University this fall and she hopes to become a math teacher.

Manual is the president of the Pottsgrove High School student government, vice president of the Key Club and plays varsity lacrosse for her school.

"When I was little, I did watch the parade a couple of times and I always looked at the girls and was like ‘Wow, that’s so cool’ and wondered how they got to be in it. I never realized it was through homecoming," Manual said.

Manual has plans to attend Dartmouth College in the hope of becoming a lawyer. She recently raised several hundred dollars for the competition by holding a Mother’s Day flower sale.

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MNews4

http://www.smalltimes.com/document_display.cfm?document_id=9139

"Nanotechnology: Environmental Implications and Solutions"
By Louis Theodore and Robert G. Kunz (nonfiction, 378 pages, published in 2005 by John Wiley and Sons, $99.95 cloth)
Book review: Eco-friendly and nano smart, in theory
By Candace Stuart Small Times Editor-in-Chief

May 25, 2005 - Most if not all of us are still students when it comes to nanotechnology and its environmental impacts. Relatively few plants and factories manufacture sizable quantities of nanomaterials and nanotechnology-based products, making the possibility of nanoscale byproducts or unintended releases a remote concern. Many of the products that do exist have yet to leach from landfills or percolate into streams and aquifers. The health and ecological consequences of nanotechnology remain undetermined, with most related research still in its infancy.

But that doesn't mean nanotechnology's detritus couldn't or wouldn't escape into the atmosphere or accumulate in soil or water to inch up the food chain from plants and animals to us. Louis Theodore, a chemical engineering professor at Manhattan College, and Robert G. Kunz, an environmental consultant and former environmental engineering manager at Air Products and Chemicals, argue that nanotechnology will reshape industry in the near future. They offer the textbook "Nanotechnology: Environmental Impli-cations and Solutions" as a way to introduce nanotechnology to the next generation of environmental managers as well as to instill some environmental awareness into nanotechnology professionals.

"One of the key features of this book is that it could serve both academia (students) and industry," they write in the preface. "Thus, this book offers material not only to individuals with limited technical background but also to those with extensive industrial experience. As such, it can be used as a text … and as a training tool for industry."

Kudos to the authors and publisher Wiley for recognizing the need to educate today's students (and perhaps their professors) about tomorrow's challenges. The book begins with an even-handed chapter that explains what nanotechnology is, its current and potential impact on industries and reasons for environmental and ethical concerns. Suzanne Shelley, managing editor of Chemical Engineering magazine, provides the synopsis.

Subsequent chapters by the authors give a history of environmental regulations and summarize their current status. Individual chapters cover air, water and solid wastes with a description of the various technologies and techniques used to contain and control pollution. Later chapters address health risk and hazard assessments, risk communication and include a nod toward ethical issues.

At best, nanotechnology is an accoutrement in this textbook. Most chapters acknowledge that nanotechnology probably will raise problems, but say little else. Existing pollution controls will need to be tailored or invented to manage the unusual properties of nanoscale particulates, for instance. How nanomaterials interact with natural materials in the environment or with cells in plants and animals has yet to be determined. Providing accurate but accessible information to the public about something as complex as nanotechnology will require skill and sensitivity.

While these messages may be surprising to students, they are probably not to industry. The value in this book for the nonacademic student is in pages that might be found in many environmental course books. With no nano-specific regulations and few guidelines to steer them, people who work in the realm of nanotechnology may welcome this book's consolidated presentation of today's environmental policies and procedures. That may be all they have to go on until the quantum questions get answered or the customized equipment gets built.

The title proclaims environmental implications and solutions, and the promotional material promises an "in-depth exploration of the environmental consequences of nanotechnology." This is oversell. The solutions don't appear to exist yet, although awareness-raising is a laudable first step. Acknowledgment of the completed and ongoing research by environmental toxicologist Gunter Oberdorster – stellar as it is – does not constitute an in-depth exploration.

And let's remember that while most of us remain students in this field, a few companies have skipped a few grades, thanks to successful commercialization of products. How have nanomaterials specialists such as Nanophase Technologies or Hyperion Catalysis dealt with compliance issues? How have the handful of pharmaceutical companies that sell nanotechnology-based drugs addressed concerns about toxicity and other possible risks?

Whatever the answers, we'll likely need more sophisticated approaches as nanotechnology matures. Let's hope that textbooks like this help make today's students tomorrow's contributors.

 

 

MNews5

http://www.babylonbeacon.com/news/2005/0519/Front_Page/021.html

Gross makes Model UN team

Marissa Gross, of West Islip, was on the Manhattan College’s Model United Nations team that recently won an honorable mention award for its efforts at the National Model United Nations Conference in new York City, held March 22 through March 26.

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Reported from The Quadrangle (http://www.mcquadrangle.org/)

Nothing new.

 

Sports

SportsSchedule

The only reason for putting this here is to give us a chance to attend one of these games and support "our" team.

Date Day Sport Opponent Location Time/Result
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   Sacramento, CA   11:00 AM
6/9/05 Thursday Track & Field   NCAA Championships   Sacramento, CA   11:00 AM
6/10/05 Friday Track & Field   NCAA Championships   Sacramento, CA   11:00 AM
6/11/05 Saturday Track & Field   NCAA Championships   Sacramento, CA   11:00 AM
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?

 

 

Sports from College (http://www.gojaspers.com)

BASEBALL TO TAKE ON SIENA IN OPENING GAME OF MAAC CHAMPIONSHIPS

The #3-seeded Manhattan College Jaspers will take on #2-seeded Siena College Saints in the first game of the 2005 Anaconda Sports MAAC Baseball Championships, being held at Dutchess Stadium May 26-28. The Jaspers and Saints will kick off the playoffs at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, with #1-seeded Marist vs. #4-seeded Niagara to follow at 7:00 p.m.

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MEN'S BASKETBALL TO OPEN 2005-06 SEASON AT SETON HALL IN PRE SEASON NIT

Riverdale, NY (May 23, 2005)- The Manhattan College men's basketball team has been selected to participate in the Pre-Season National Invitation Tournament (NIT), it was announced recently by the NIT. The Jaspers will open up their 2005-06 campaign at the New Jersey Meadowlands against Big East member Seton Hall in a First Round game on November 14 at a time to be determined. more

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BASEBALL CLINCHES #3 SEED IN MAAC PLAYOFFS WITH 7-2 WIN AT FAIRFIELD

Fairfield, CT (May 21, 2005)- Josh Santerre went seven innings, allowing just two runs, and John Fitzpatrick <roster_view.cfm?roster_id=2571> blasted two homers as Manhattan defeated Fairfield, 7-2, this afternoon at Alumni Diamond. With the win, the Jaspers clinch the #3 seed at the upcoming MAAC Playoffs. Manhattan concludes the regular season with a 27-19 overall record, 15-8 in MAAC play, the second most wins under head coach Steve Trimper, and the second most wins since 1903.

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Steve Bronder BASEBALL CLINCHES SPOT IN MAAC PLAYOFFS WITH SPLIT AT FAIRFIELD

Fairfield, CT (May 20, 2005)- Manhattan's Steve Bronder went the distance while striking out a season-high 10 batter to lead the Jaspers to a 7-1 win over Fairfield in the nightcap of a MAAC double header this afternoon at Alumni Field on the Stag's campus. The win, coupled with Le Moyne's loss to Siena, clinches a MAAC Tournament berth for the third straight season. Manhattan dropped the opener, 9-2.

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Bobby Gonzalez MEN'S BASKETBALL SIGNS FRANCK TRAORE TO NATIONAL LETTER OF INTENT

Riverdale, NY (May 20, 2005)- Franck Traore (Koudougou, Burkina-Faso/South Kent Prep/Eastfield CC) has signed a National Letter of Intent to play basketball at Manhattan College beginning in the 2005-06 academic year, it was announced today by sixth-year head coach Bobby Gonzalez.

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Myndi Hill WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ADDS TWO TO FINALIZE 2005 RECRUITING CLASS

Riverdale, NY (May 18, 2005)- Two student-athletes have agreed to continue their academic and athletic careers at Manhattan College, head coach Myndi Hill announced today. Amanda LoCascio (Maspeth, NY/Christ the King/George Washington), a 5-8 guard who played two season at George Washington, and Larie Dew, a 6-2 center, (Muscatine, IA/Muscatine/Kirkwood CC) will join Kymesha Alston (Newport News, VA/Heritage), Annie McIntyre (Portland, OR/Central Catholic), and Kelly Regan (Williamsville, NY/Nichols) to complete the Class of 2009.

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Diego Alvarado ALVARADO NAMED MAAC CO-PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Edison, NJ (May 18, 2005)– The 2005 Men's Tennis All-MAAC Teams were announced today by MAAC officials. Sophomore Diego Alvarado (San Jose, Costa Rica) was named MAAC Co-Player of the Year. more...

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Sports from Other Sources

[JR: At the risk of losing some of my aura of omnipotence or at least omni-pia-presence, you can see Jasper Sports stories at: http://www.topix.net/ncaa/manhattan/ so for brevity’s sake I will not repeat them here. I will just report the ones that come to my attention and NOT widely reported. No sense wasting electrons!]

http://www.topix.net/ncaa/manhattan/

 

http://www.purpleeagles.com/release.asp?RELEASE_ID=2977

Baseball Meets Marist in MAAC Tournament Thursday

Junior James Avery

   Niagara University is making its third consecutive and fourth overall postseason appearance when it plays in the double elimination 2005 Anaconda Sports Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championship at Dutchess Stadium in Fishkill, N.Y.

   The Purple Eagles enter the championship as the No. 4 seed after finishing with a 23-26 overall record and 16-9 mark in the conference. They will open the championship against top-seeded Marist College. The Red Foxes ended the regular season with records of 30-19 and 22-5.

   The winner of Niagara-Marist will play the winner of No. 2 Siena College (28-21, 19-5) and No. 3 Manhattan College (27-19, 15-8) at 3 p.m. Friday, and the losers of both games meet at 11 a.m. Friday.

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Google Alert for: "manhattan college" -"marymount manhattan college" -"borough of manhattan college"

OSWEGO'S SCARDELLA SHINES FOR ITHACA TRACK

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Kevin Dorsey, a freshman midfielder from Oswego, played in five games for the Manhattan College men's lacrosse team this season. He recorded two goals and one assist. Manhattan finished 7-7 overall.

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EMAIL FROM JASPERS

Email01

From: Michael F. McEneney [1953]
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 12:10 AM
To: John Reinke
Subject: Class

Dear  John,,

                I believe that Steven T Rehm is from the class of 1971, and.

          I note that in the recent issue of the MANHATTAN, under Class Notes for the class of 1968 there is a report on your position with Comcast. I was pleased to see that you were included in the report.

       I believe that Commissioner Kelly was a member of the Class of 1963 and Frank J. Rossi was a member of the Class of 1964.

                Best,
                       Mike

[JR:  Good work on all the years. It helps a lot. And, thanks for noticing. It’s a fun job. Tiring. That’s why they call it “work”.

 

 

Email02

From: KRW
Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 5:12 PM
Subject: Re: Identity Check

Sorry.  It's Kevin Walsh, class of 80.

I sometimes forget that my AOL at home doesn't automatically sign my name the way Outlook does at the office.

I assume you're writing about the e-mail I sent you concerning Bob Kinnally's ordination.  FYI, the ceremony this morning was absolutely magnificent.  Br. Pat Horner FSC was there as well.

Kevin

[JR: See pic at http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?mode=fromshare&Uc=xiwgp6n.5zibe9wj&Uy=j70589&Ux=1]

BOB JASPER KINNALLY ORDINATION

[JR:  Robert M. Kinnally, (1982) ]

 

Email03

From: Stephen Desalvo [2000]
Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 2:52 PM
Subject: RE: [Fwd: Fwd: Next steps and Online LinkedIn for Groups services agreement]

John,

I am looking into the possibility of adding this feature to our website alongside the Monster Trak job search. Thanks for pointing it out to us.

Stephen

-----Original Message-----

From: Ferdinand J. Reinke

Stephen, Do you all want to do this or should I? John

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Date:           Fri, 29 Apr 2005 11:50:04 -0700 (PDT)

From:          Reinke via Yahoo from Anywhere

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 Manhattan.

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: JasperJottingsEditorial On Behalf Of Jasper John '68 @ Jasper Jottings.com
Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 3:21 PM
To: 'Stephen Desalvo'
Subject: [JasperJottingsEditorial] RE: [Fwd: Fwd: Next steps and Online LinkedIn for Groups services agreement]

Stephen, Fine. I'm chomping at the bit. Notre Dame is up (i.e.,"unofficially" as an independent alum group). I have a small list of LinkedIn Jaspers to seed the group with. Did you see the agreement that they want signed? Or, agreed to? So, if I get follow up from them, I'll point them on to you. If you decide NOT to proceed, I'd appreciate a heads up and I'll do it as "informal" and not connected with the College. Thanks, John

[JR:  Why does everything take so long and seems to be like pulling teeth? ]

 

 

Email04

From: JasperJottingsEditorialOn Behalf Of Ferdinand J. Reinke
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 3:49 PM
Subject: [JasperJottingsEditorial] Can you try these three links and report results?

http://home.comcast.net/~jxymxu7sn5ho9d

http://home.comcast.net/~jxymxu7sn5ho9d/index_files/Page497.htm

http://home.comcast.net/~JXYMXU7SN5HO9D/JASPER/Jasper_King_obit.pdf

I'm running low on space on Jottings. I wanted to expose one of Mike’s great findings. So...I threw up a site on some other personal spare space.

Can you try these three links and report results?

To view the obit, you need that adobe viewer which is pretty standard stuff.

Thanks,
John

[JR: 1942 King, Henry ]

 

Jaspers found web-wise

JFound1

http://home.comcast.net/~reinkefj/index.html

I’m trying to be more open to what the Universe has to teach me. Here’s my latest semi-canned effort.

 

MC mentioned  web-wise

MFound1

None

 

Boilerplate

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

 

Curmudgeon's Final Words This Week

Lessons Not Learned In Publik Skools
By Chuck Muth (05/23/05)

If our modern-day government re-education camps, otherwise known as public schools, actually taught our kids about our nation's founding history, perhaps they would come across this quote by Thomas Jefferson: "A person once surrendering reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous."

Government schools, especially those embracing “zero tolerance policies,” have completely surrendered reason in their operations. Let me give you just three recent examples of “absurdities the most monstrous.”

* In DeKalb County, Georgia, two high school honor roll girls were suspended for ten days for using a kitchen knife to cut a birthday cake brought in for a fellow classmate. They girls posed no threat to anyone, yet a teacher ratted them out for possession. As a result, they were barred from participating in their schools baccalaureate ceremony.

* In Bend, Oregon, a 14-year-old girl was given detention for giving her boyfriend a hug in the hallway of her Middle School. A spokeswoman for the school district assured the world that school officials weren’t trying to be “the hug Nazis,” but said the school had to be careful that students didn’t make other “people uncomfortable.”

* And in Frederick, Maryland, an 18-year-old senior was barred from attending her prom for being quoted in a local newspaper as saying she might drink alcoholic beverages at a party after the prom. Note: She wasn’t barred for actually drinking; she was barred for thinking about and talking about drinking.

And these are just the tip of the “absurdities most monstrous” iceberg being foisted on our children by education apparatchiks in public schools these days.

Everybody knows the public schools suck rotten eggs; however, the biggest problem is that white folks in the ‘burbs think it’s only the public schools in the ghettos which turn out modern-day Forest Gumps. “Their” public schools are different. Their kids can read and write (sort of). Why, their public school is ranked in the Top Ten compared to all the other schools in the area, don’t you know.

Well, here are two major problems with that line of thinking, and the republic is in serious jeopardy until parents wake up to these realities.

1.) Like it or not, for better or worse, our kids live in a global community today. Kids in Omaha aren’t just competing with kids in Chicago any longer. They’re competing with kids in England, Japan, Korea, China, Germany...and maybe even France. And not only are our kids failing to measure up against these developed-nation competitors, they’re lagging behind kids coming out of many third-world countries, as well.

It’s one thing to compare your baseball team to the Bad News Bears. It’s another thing altogether to be thrown up against the New York Yankees. Fortunately, our kids still lead the world in one category: self-esteem. They may stink in math and science, but at least they feel really, really good about themselves.

2.) It’s not just learning how to read, write and add two-plus-two (the correct answer is four, no matter how good you feel about yourself) which make up an education - though it’d be nice if the government schools could at least reach that level of competence. It’s learning HOW to learn. How to think critically and independently. How to use common sense. And dare I say it, how and when to challenge authority - especially government authority when Big Brother gets too big for its britches.

But as you can see from just the three examples stated earlier, those are decidedly NOT the lessons being taught to our youth in government schools today. Instead, kids are being indoctrinated to submit willingly and meekly to authority. Not to step out of line, not even one little bit. To follow the rules without question. To forsake any notion of independent thought or action.

Our government schools today aren’t about mind development. They’re about mind control. Sure, many of the kids coming out of public schools in the ‘burbs can right...er, write a complete sentence. But that sentence will likely only express ideas pre-approved by the Ministry of Politically Correct Thought. And that is the true danger of government-run schools - be they in the ghetto or the suburbs.

Private school choice, including home-schooling, is no longer an option. It’s an imperative. Perhaps then, and only then, will our kids learn about our founding history and the “radical” ideas held by our Founders which made the United States the greatest and freest nation in history. Perhaps then they’ll learn of Thomas Jefferson proudly proclaiming, “I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.”

In America today, such tyranny is being perpetrated on our youth by government schools, which more than deserve a little eternal hostility. Perhaps even a revolution.

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Chuck Muth is president of Citizen Outreach, a non-profit public policy advocacy organization in Washington, D.C. The views expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Citizen Outreach.

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Well the “free” public gummanint skools has virtually destroyed Catholic school education at all levels. Only the gummanint religion is taught (i.e., a blend of secular humanism, wacko environmentalism, and a perverse view of sexuality). It would appear that we have no hope of liberty in our time unless the Free State Project delivers New Hampshire. The jury is very much out on whether that will work.

And that’s the last word.

Curmudgeon

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GBu. GBA.