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This issue is at: http://tinyurl.com/ceye9
Which is another way of saying
http://www.jasperjottings.com/jasperjottings20050821.htm
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SEPTEMBER |
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Monday, September 19th, 2005 |
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Thursday, September 29, 2005, 7 - 10 pm |
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My list of Jaspers who are in harm's way:
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"Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one." -- Malcolm Forbes |
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http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001001583
===<begin quote>=== ===<end quote>=== http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/maley1.html Why It's Time for Us to Confront ===<begin quote>=== August 6 marks the 60th anniversary of the atomic
destruction of the Japanese city of Some Americans recall the event with shame and express
their fervent hope that nuclear weapons never be used
again. Others firmly believe that the use of atomic bombs saved American
lives by ending the war prior to a bloody American invasion of Those who believe the bomb's use was justified often label their opponents "pacifists," "1960s radicals," "bleeding-heart liberals" or "revisionists." These epithets merely delay the day when Americans will consider the import of having used nuclear weapons. Our failure to grapple fully with the ethical questions
stemming from our use of mass violence against civilians has meant that we
unwittingly endorse an act that some would consider state terror. We rightly
expect ===<end quote>=== http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9608/10/japan.hiroshima.film/ Rare film documents devastation at === I read with sadness the first story. I don’t know what was in each person’s heart that led to the decision to drop the bombs. In the cold light of historical records, we don’t get the actual situation that decision makers faced. We also get the benefit of what I call “the Monday Morning Quarterback” effect. It real easy to criticize sitting here and now. Us “injuneers” ain’t very sensitive. But this one “ingineer” could not see the suffering and destruction and not be moved. I am sure the “Intelligent Designer”, if they are still around, would have a better viewpoint. For our part, I would urge us to consider the momentous consequences of our decisions. For my part, Im going to try to make better ones. Or at least one’s that don’t intentionally hurt . |
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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[Collector's prayer: And, may perpetual light shine on our fellow
departed Jaspers, and all the souls of the faithful departed.]
Your assistance is requested in finding
these. Please don’t assume that I will “catch” it via
an automated search. Sometimes the data just doesn’t
makes it’s way in.
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The HEADLINE: OBITUARIES-NARRAGANSETT-CRONIN CRONIN, JAMES D., 85, Chaplain of Mt. St. Rita Health
Centre in Relatives and friends are invited
to attend a Mass of Christian Burial at the De La Salle Christian Brothers, LOAD-DATE: August 10, 2005 |
[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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D'Arienzo, Dennis (1976) |
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George, Gijo (1990) |
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[JR: I'm going to try a new section for
"negative updates". These are changes that
"pop" in from the various sources that are not really from the news.
I thought it might be valuable to alert old friends or "youngsters"
that someone they maybe interested in has “drifted off”. Yet
another benefit of freeing up time trying to make email work by
"outsourcing" the task to Yahoo.]
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Hiltz, Allison (2002) |
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The Desert Sun ( Three people will run for the vacancy left in the
five-member Indian Wells City Council after Mayor Percy Byrd resigned and moved
to Indian Wells residents Keith Brinson, Patrick J. Mullany and Larry Spicer have filed paperwork and are qualified as candidates, according to the city clerk's office. <extraneous deleted> Patrick Mullany, 70, is a retired
FBI agent and former regional director of Kroll Associates. Born in <extraneous deleted> The Indian Wells mayor title rotates through the elected council members. - Kakie Urch LOAD-DATE: August 14, 2005 [MCalumDB: 1966 ] |
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The Journal News ( August 12, 2005 Friday SECTION: BACK TO SCHOOL; Pg. 12K HEADLINE: Getting to the game half the battle for student athletes BYLINE: Bob Baird As squads fan out to different venues, logistics a bit tricky On a typical afternoon during the scholastic sports
season, three or four teams may be out in front of Before long, buses pull into the circular driveway and the teams go off to their games or matches. The trip might be a quick hop to the middle school to use
a field there or a ride across It's pretty much like that all
across But when the decision was made to group teams according to school size - something that's reviewed every few years - it meant longer trips and higher transportation costs, all in the name of keeping scholastic sports competitive. This year's Ramapo Central school budget includes $143,361 for interscholastic sports transportation. Athletic directors like Tom Collins in Nanuet and Frank Mazzuca at Pearl River wrestle constantly with the cost and coordination, making sense of the teams' varying schedules and trying to hold down expenses. Collins, athletic director at Pearl River since 1992, has
known Mazzuca, who took over in Nanuet in 2001,
since their undergraduate days at In the fall season, when the Pirates field teams in eight girls sports and three boys sports, Collins sometimes needs five buses from Chestnut Ridge Transportation to transport his teams. Mazzuca has at his disposal three district-owned buses driven by school personnel. "The high school can do pretty well with those," Mazzuca said, cautioning that "once the modified program kicks in at the middle school, we often need more buses," which they rent from Brega School Bus Co. Mazzuca credits his secretary, Jill Russo with mastering "Creative transportation." He said, "She knows how we can do certain things and gets them done." That earned Russo honors as Secretary of the Year for 2004-05, from among more than 80 Section 1 schools. Some of that creativity involves cooperation between
Nanuet and Collins said he's seldom had team
buses run into weather problems because district superintendents usually
cancel activities when forecasts pose a risk. He said he's
also been lucky with buses breaking down, but that sometimes traffic presents
problems. That usually comes into play, Mazzuca
said, when opponents are coming from Harrison or Teams returning from night games don't stop for food because of liability and because students usually don't carry money. "They do bring plenty of snacks," Russo says of Nanuet's teams. The districts use school buses almost exclusively for team
transportation, making trips as far as There's usually enough room on a
bus for a team's equipment, but when Joe Casarella, But when they've traveled to When a team plays there, win or lose, the season is over.
For that reason, he says, LOAD-DATE: August 13, 2005 [MCalumDB: Mazzuca, Francis (1969) & Collins, Thomas (1968) ] |
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Rispoli, James (1968) Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management http://i-newswire.com/pr41959.html (I-Newswire) - "Jim is a proven leader with a reputation for excellence and a record of getting the job done," Energy Secretary Samuel W. Bodman said. "In his prior position, Jim provided management direction for some of the Department of Energy’s largest, most complex projects with the precision of an engineer and a keen business acumen. Jim will be a tremendous asset as head of our environmental management program." Prior to being sworn in Mr. Rispoli served as Director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Engineering and Construction Management where he was responsible for management policy, assessment and oversight of an $80 billion portfolio of DOE facilities, infrastructure and capital projects. Before he joined the Department of Energy, Mr. Rispoli led major engineering, environmental and construction projects in the private sector as an executive with the engineering and construction management firms, Dames & Moore, and Metcalf and Eddy. A Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Mr. Rispoli is past Director of its Construction Division and has served in several local section officer positions. He is also a Fellow of the Society of American Military Engineers and has held several officer positions at the local post level, in addition to serving as the national society’s Vice President for Environmental Affairs. Mr. Rispoli is also an active member of the Project Management Institute. Mr. Rispoli is a licensed
professional engineer, holding a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Civil
Engineering from Media contact: Mike Waldron, 202/586-4940 Number: R-05-220 [Michael.McEneney says: 1968 ]
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08/16/2005 The 13th Annual Osgood Shoot-Out, presented by the Tomasso Group, ended Sunday evening with only one repeat champion from last year. <extraneous deleted> The Men’s Open
Division was once again highly contested. Yet, Shaw Chiropractic won four
close games over the weekend to take the crown. Divsion
MVP Durelle Brown, the former <extraneous deleted> ### [JR: This lead me to query for Class Year. MCDB doesn't have a listing which usually means that he didn't graduate. But, he is apparently playing abroad. But he’s a Jasper to me, Class of 2001] http://www.interperformances.com/players/player.phtml?code=4312 * from ibc.players where id='4312' Durelle BROWN Durelle is an accomplished versatile polished basketball player. He can play both small and power forward as well as center. He can handle te ball and shoot with range, 25 feet with precision. He loves to play the low post, has great footwork, and has a versatile aray of post moves. He runs the floor very well for a big man and can also trail in transition setting himself up for a 3 point shot where he has a proven high percentage. He is a proven winner, is a coaches dream, and is the ultimate smart team player. Won the Argentinean TNA Championship in 2004.
NCAA ### From: Google Alerts <googlealerts-noreply@google.com>
... take the crown. Divsion MVP Durelle Brown, the
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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050816/ap_on_sp_co_ne/bkc_ncaa_lawsuit_3 NCAA, NIT Settle Differences in Court By LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press Writer Tue Aug 16, 6:24 PM ET The NCAA and the National Invitation Tournaments settled their differences in federal court Tuesday, likely ending a civil trial in which the NIT had claimed that the NCAA was trying to put it out of business. A jury that had been listening to NIT witnesses and
evidence in "We anticipate a complete resolution of the entire litigation," NIT lawyer Jeffrey Kessler told Cedarbaum. "We reached an oral agreement on all the principled terms, but it is complex so we are going to spend today writing it all up." An NCAA spokesman did not immediately return a telephone call for comment. Lawyers on both sides did not immediately return telephone calls for comment. Kessler, in his opening statement two weeks ago, said the NCAA "deliberately set out to get a monopoly, to eliminate competition, to make it impossible to compete." He argued that a long-standing NCAA rule requiring schools to accept invitations to its tournament over invitations to all others had severely damaged the NIT, which began its postseason tournament in 1938 — one year before the NCAA tournament started. The NIT is sponsored by the
Metropolitan Intercollegiate Basketball Association, which consists of NCAA lawyer Gregory L. Curtner told the jury that the NCAA was made up of 1,024 schools, including the schools that sponsor the NIT tournament. He said the NIT damaged itself when it agreed in 1962 to let the NCAA choose teams for its tournament first. He said the rule requiring member schools to accept an NCAA tournament invitation over all others "has never had any impact in fact in the real world up to the present time. Zero, none." Curtner said the rule was left in place to prevent teams from abandoning tournament play and joining made-for-television specials for more money. The trial featured videotaped testimony from Texas Tech coach Bobby Knight, who said the NCAA had created a monopoly. "I have felt as long as I have been in coaching that the NCAA has wanted to eliminate the NIT," the Hall of Fame coach said. Knight coached at ## NCAA Will Purchase NIT Aug. 17, 2005 NCAA President Myles Brand and John Sexton, president of New York University, one of the five schools that have owned the NIT events since the 1940s, will jointly announce the sale and purchase at a press conference Wednesday afternoon, August 17, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Garden has been the site of the finals for the postseason NIT since its inception in 1938, and is expected to continue to host the preseason and postseason events. The other four schools that compose MIBA are The agreement ends litigation that has been ongoing
between the two parties for four years. MIBA sued the NCAA in 2001, claiming
antitrust violations with regard to the Association's
Division I Men's Basketball Championship. Trial had begun August 1, in
Terms of the agreement both transfer the ownership of the tournaments ($40.5 million) and end the litigation ($16 million). The combined amounts will be paid over a 10-year period. "This is an historic day for men's college basketball," said Brand. "The agreement provides the NCAA with an opportunity to better define the college basketball season and to build on the status of the two NIT events. We intend to grow these tournaments to showcase college basketball and the student-athletes who make the game great. Operation of the events by the NCAA will commence this fall. ESPN will continue to broadcast the tournaments. "I appreciate the good will with which President Sexton and the other MIBA presidents worked to find a mutually acceptable resolution," Brand said. "While our interests were different, we agree on the fundamental value of college sports to higher education and the importance of moving forward as a membership committed to the future of men's college basketball." Finals of the tournaments will continue to be held in the -- Courtesy NCAA.org |
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The Star "Yeah, strippers and porn stars," he says of the last, "I wish." He doesn't, really. The
36-year-old entrepreneur is doing very The ancient form of body decoration (tattoos have been found on 3,300-year-old mummies) used to be safely confined to fashion's outer fringe -- outlandishly tattooed bad boys and women of dubious virtue. But times have changed. The clientele at Slick Styled Steel, Dupuis's three tattoo and piercing salons, includes students, young professionals and, in one case, a septuagenarian. Her picture is displayed at one
of Slick's "She's 76," Dupuis said. "She came in and I was sure it was to make an appointment for her granddaughter. When she said it was for her, I offered to do it for free if we could take her picture." I first walked into Slick's with trepidation 14 months ago. I've been back four times as a customer -- plus a few weeks ago as a journalist. When people ask why, my standard explanation is I can't afford a Miata and I'm too fat to have a girlfriend. Tattoos are my midlife crisis. At an April symposium at "If the kings and queens of pop culture are etched with ink, then why not?" Kosut asked during her lecture. Kosut said tattoos should be assessed "within the context of other types of mainstream body modifications, like the rise of plastic surgery, and the diet and fitness industry." On a recent Saturday afternoon, the twang of acoustic country music blended with the intermittent buzz of a tattoo needle at one of Slick's salons. Wearing purple latex gloves and an expression of intense concentration, Hugues Losier bent over the bare back of Nicholas Brosseau as Kayla Graf watched with doe-eyed dispassion. Losier was working on a design of Brosseau's own -- slender, delicate intertwined shapes, winding across his upper back. It's the 23-year-old's third tattoo. Losier has been a tattoo artist
for six years. He won't tattoo faces. Losier says a facial tattoo is an unequivocal f-you
statement to the world, and he doesn't want to be an
accomplice to someone who shares Mike Tyson's sociopathology.
The guys on "The important thing," Losier had told me as he applied a stencil outline of the Habs' CH, "is when you hear the needle buzzing, don't move your arm." Prominently displayed at Slick's is the answer to the first-time customer's most common question: a tattoo artist's fiendish rendering of a nurse, grinning under her red-crossed cap above the caption: "Yes, it hurts." The guys at Slick's describe the discomfort as comparable to a rug burn. It's a scratching sensation -- no big whoop. Slick's is the antithesis of the cliche waterfront tattoo parlour. Hardwood floors and white walls shine under fluorescent lighting. Customers can sink into comfy couches as they peruse tattoo designs in 20 large-format books, arrayed across a coffee table. Needles are sterilized. Tattoo artists take elaborate precautions, covering all working surfaces with taped-down plastic wrap before needle touches flesh. After all, in the age of AIDS, you can't be too careful. "This place," Dupuis said, "is more sanitary than my orthodontist's office." And as a manifestation of the booming vanity industry, tattoos are less expensive and invasive than plastic surgery. "I could never understand why anyone would
permanently inscribe their body with ink," Kosut
told the "I like the ritual itself -- that is, the act of getting tattooed. It is really thrilling to play with your own body. As a woman, I have had to grapple with others trying to define and control my body -- for example, boyfriends, family members, the mainstream media, the church and, of course, the state. "Tattoos are a way to claim ownership of the body for me and for many other women I have talked to." Think carefully before committing a romance to ink. "I don't know why," Dupuis said, "but it seems that every time someone gets a boyfriend or girlfriend's name tattooed, they break up soon after." ( GRAPHIC: Colour Photo: John Morstad, The Gazette, CanWest; Gaby Gallegos displays tattoos of an Aztec snake and an Egyptian cat.; Colour Photo: John Morstad, The Gazette, CanWest; Beck Maier has a celtic-design snake on her shoulder.; Colour Photo: John Morstad, The Gazette, CanWest; Lyndsay Pedard is a canvas for a tattoo artist. LOAD-DATE: August 13, 2005 [JR: This has to be Marymount. Do we have an “online newsletter” that I don’t know about? ] |
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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
8/26/05 Friday W. Soccer Army$
8/28/05 Sunday W. Soccer Lehigh$
9/1/05 Thursday M. Soccer Adelphi Garden City, NY 4:00 PM
9/1/05 Thursday W. Soccer Wagner
9/2/05 Friday Cross Country Stony Brook
Invitational Kings Park, NY 2:30 PM
9/2/05 Friday M. Soccer
9/3/05 Saturday Volleyball Wofford# HOME 10:00 AM
9/3/05 Saturday Volleyball
American/Quinnipiac# HOME TBD
9/4/05 Sunday W. Soccer Fordham
9/6/05 Tuesday M. Soccer Long
Island
9/6/05 Tuesday Volleyball
9/9/05 Friday Golf Saint
9/9/05 Friday Volleyball Seton
Hall$
9/9/05 Friday W. Soccer at
9/10/05 Saturday Volleyball Brown$
9/10/05 Saturday Cross Country Fordham
Invitational I HOME 10:00 AM
9/10/05 Saturday Volleyball
9/10/05 Saturday M. Soccer New Jersey
Institute of Technology#
9/11/05 Sunday W. Soccer vs.
9/11/05 Sunday M. Soccer Monmouth#
9/13/05 Tuesday Golf Saint
9/14/05 Wednesday W. Soccer
9/16/05 Friday Golf Bucknell
Invitational Lewisburg, PA 10:00 AM
9/16/05 Friday M. Soccer Central
9/16/05 Friday Volleyball Loyola
(IL)%
9/17/05 Saturday Volleyball
9/17/05 Saturday Golf Bucknell Invitational
Lewisburg, PA 10:00 AM
9/17/05 Saturday Cross Country Fordham
Invitational II HOME 10:00 AM
9/17/05 Saturday W. Soccer Drexel HOME
1:00 PM
9/17/05 Saturday Volleyball
9/18/05 Sunday M. Soccer
9/20/05 Tuesday Golf Saint
9/21/05 Wednesday Volleyball
Wagner Staten
9/23/05 Friday Volleyball
9/23/05 Friday Golf Yeshiva
9/23/05 Friday Volleyball Stony
Brook&
9/23/05 Friday W. Soccer Marist*
9/24/05 Saturday Cross Country
9/24/05 Saturday Volleyball
Brown&
9/24/05 Saturday M. Soccer
Quinnipiac
9/25/05 Sunday W. Soccer
9/27/05 Tuesday Volleyball Army
9/28/05 Wednesday M. Soccer
9/30/05 Friday Volleyball
9/30/05 Friday W. Soccer
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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http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6114 Izmir, Turkey (August 15, 2005)- The USA World University Games Men's Basketball team, with Manhattan head coach Bobby Gonzalez serving as an assistant coach, posted a perfect 3-0 record in the Preliminary Round and advanced to the Second Preliminary Round, which begins Tuesday, August 16. |
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http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6116 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RANKED 14TH ON WBCA TOP 25 TEAM ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL Lady Jaspers earn highest MAAC placing Riverdale, NY (August 15, 2005)– The Manhattan College women's basketball team ranked 14th on the 2004-05 Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll for NCAA Division I, it was announced this morning by the Women's Basketball Coach's Association (WBCA). The Lady Jaspers had a team grade point average of 3.376
to earn the top MAAC placing. “We are very excited to be named to the WBCA Top 25 Academic Honor Roll. This was one of our team goals and our players worked hard to achieve it,” Head Coach Myndi Hill said. “This is a direct reflection of the quality of our student-athletes. It also shows the tremendous support they receive from our campus community.” Nine Lady Jaspers earned a GPA over 3.0 while seven were named to the school's Dean's List. Michelle Bernal-Silva, Serra Sangar, and Kristen Tracey were named to the MAAC All-Academic List. The awards recognize teams throughout the nation that have the highest grade point averages (GPA) for the 2004-05 season based upon nominations submitted by WBCA-member coaches. The Lady Jaspers will open the 2005-06 season
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http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6117 GONZALEZ AND WUG TEAM DOWNS Izmir, Turkey (August 16, 2005)- Eric Hicks (Cincinnati) came off the bench to score 24 points as the U.S. Men scored a 117-61 win over China to improve to 4-0 at the World University Games in Izmir, Turkey. |
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http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6118 Izmir, Turkey (August 17, 2005) - Shelden Williams (Duke) led five players in double figures with 16 points as the 2005 USA Men's World University Games Team started slowly and then roared from behind to score an 87-51 win over the Czech Republic at the World University Games in Izmir, Turkey. |
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http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6119 GONZALEZ AND Izmir, Turkey (August 18, 2005) - Randy Foye (Villanova) scored 18 points as the 2005 USA Men's World University Games Team advanced to the semifinals following an 88-68 victory over Australia. With the win, the |
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http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6120 KEVIN LEIGHTON TO SUCCEED STEVE TRIMPER AS HEAD BASEBALL COACH Riverdale, NY (August 18, 2005)- Manhattan College Athletic Director Bob Byrnes announced today that head baseball coach Steve Trimper has resigned to accept the same position at the University of Maine. Byrnes also announced that Kevin Leighton, a four-year assistant to Trimper, will be named the Jaspers' head coach, effective immediately. “We have been fortunate to have Kevin these past four years,” stated Byrnes. “He has been an outstanding assistant and will make a terrific head coach. He is passionate, knowledgeable, and extremely hard working and I look forward to working with him in our quest to get to the NCAA Regionals.” Leighton joined Trimper's staff
in 2002 after a standout four-year career at “I am extremely excited and grateful for the opportunity
that Mr. Byrnes has given me,” Leighton stated. “Coach Trimper
has done a tremendous job putting Leighton graduated from Seton Hall in 2001 with a
Bachelors Degree in health and physical education, and received his Master's
Degree in administration from Trimper moves on to “I would like to thank Bob Byrnes and Brother Scanlan for allowing me to build a program at In addition, the Jaspers bring in a talented recruiting class, which includes Michael Gazzola (White Plains, NY/Iona Prep), Ryan Masters (Coral Springs, FL/Coral Springs Charter), Alejandro Balsinde (Miami, FL/Christopher Columbus), Rene Guerra (Miami, FL/Christopher Columbus), Daniel Menendez (Miami, FL/Christopher Columbus), Joe Culen (Levittown, NY/MacArthur), Renee Ruiz Jr. (Miami, FL/Miami Southridge/Florida Gulf Coast University), and Mike Garcia (Miami, FL/South Miami/Globe Tech). Leighton and the Jaspers open up their fall season at Army on September 10. |
[JR: At the risk of losing some of my aura of omnipotence or at
least omni-pia-presence, you can see Jasper Sports
stories at: http://www.topix.net/ncaa/manhattan/ so
for brevity’s sake I will not repeat them here. I will just report the ones that come to my attention and NOT widely reported. No sense wasting electrons!]
http://www.topix.net/ncaa/manhattan/
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Darcy finishes with a flourish The Manchester Silkworms' pitcher did his part Thursday
night to keep his team alive in the New England Collegiate Baseball League
playoffs. The Unfortunately for the Silkworms,
their bats were quiet and the North Adams Steeplecats
took advantage of a pair of errors - including one in the ninth inning - to
pull out a 2-1 win in the third and deciding game of the NECBL Southern
Division semifinals at "That's the way the game goes," Darcy said. "It's frustrating, yes. But I know I pitched a great game. I had good stuff, probably the best stuff I've had all year. I live for situations like this - Game 3, season on the line. It's tough because it went the other way." Darcy walked three and struck out six. The righthander was throwing as well in the ninth as he was in the first. But in the ninth, an error by
third baseman Gil Zayas put runners at the corners
with one out. Paul Morgan then hit a sacrifice fly to give North "I tried to get the pitch down (to Morgan) because I was looking for a double play," Darcy said. "I left it up a little bit and the kid might have guessed it was coming." Darcy, who will be a junior at Manhattan College, had not thrown more than 6Ï innings in any of his four starts this summer coming into Thursday night's game. He was 5-4 with a 5.40 earned run average last spring for the Jaspers, struggling down the stretch with a tired arm. Opponents hit .364 against him. When he arrived here, he was used
out of the bullpen and had four one-inning stints. He made his first start on
July 10 against "I came up here two weeks late because at the end of my school season I had a tired arm and I needed to strengthen my shoulder," Darcy said. "That took me out of it a little bit but gradually I worked my way back." In his four regular-season starts, he pitched 22Î innings
and allowed only more than two runs once - against On the mound for the first time in a week Thursday night, he was sharp. "In the bullpen when I was warming up I felt really loose," Darcy said. "This is the best I've felt all summer. "I don't remember the last time I went nine. It was getting to me a little bit. I would have gone out for the 10th if he (manager Anthony DeCicco) told me I could, but he said I'd be done after the ninth." His final numbers: 1-2 with an ERA of 2.23. "I've improved on almost everything this summer - the downward force of my ball, velocity, location - and I'm throwing all my pitches for strikes," Darcy said. "I feel pretty positive going back to school." He would have preferred another start in the playoffs first, but it wasn't meant to be. "You never feel like you did enough," Darcy said. "If you did enough we would have won the game. At the same time you have to tip your hat to their pitcher because he threw a great game. You just don't want the season to end." But there's always next year, so maybe the Silkworms and their fans haven't seen the last of him. ## == Google Alert for: "manhattan college" -"marymount manhattan college" -"borough of manhattan college" Darcy finishes with a flourish Journal Inquirer - ... Darcy, who will be a junior at Manhattan College, had not thrown more than 6Ï innings in any of his four starts this summer coming into Thursday night's game. ... |
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From: "MaryAnn McCarra-Fitzpatrick
(1989)" 13 August 2005 Dear Mr. Reinke: Many thanks for the mention in the Jasper Jottings and for providing a link to my blog. It is much appreciated!!! Actually, my year is 1989.....I was at MC from 1985 through 1989 (I graduated a semester early, actually, in January 1989, as I entered with a number of AP credits and always took full courseloads....loved those 8:00 a.m. classes!!). Here is another, in a similar vein, also a favorite of mine: "Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without." Mark (Fordham College, 1983) and I are marking our sixth wedding anniversary tomorrow. I am hoping for a celebratory game of Scrabble. Aidan Michael (5 years old) recently graduated from
preschool ( Conor Brian (nearly 3 years old), will be attending a two day a week program at Sarah Lawrence College's Early Childhood Center in Bronxville, NY. We're all looking forward to a
week-long holiday in Best regards, [JR: Happy to like to your blog. Although I doubt I’ll be trying any of the recipes anytime soon. Adventurous technology-wise, Gastronomically conservative. It’s my honor to plug anything in Jasperdom. The fact that you’ve managed to do the blog while dealing with autism is testament to your abilities. I’m not sure I could do jottings with distractions. Some would say that jottings is the distraction. But that’s for another day. Enjoy the vacation and I’ll look for a report when you get back. (Shamelessly pandering for input, like ET!) ] === From: "MaryAnn McCarra-Fitzpatrick"
14 August 2005 Dear Mr. Reinke: Hello again! I don't know if this is newsworthy enough
for the Jasper Jottings.....but today, I had a
letter published in the Just FYI, for your inclusion or non-inclusion as you see fit. Best wishes, [JR: Always interested. The American Revolution started with the letters of the Committees of Correspondence. That’s two more than I have had published in the NYT.] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lawrence Levi" Thank you for your letter, and for the backup information.
Below is the edited letter, which we hope to publish in this Sunday's Sincerely, === To the Editor: The writer of an Aug. 7 letter states, "I love Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s work on the environment, so I am particularly sad to see him endorsing pseudoscience." I would submit that, given the growing evidence that thimerosal has indeed affected the health of the children of this nation, it is irresponsible to cavalierly dismiss Mr. Kennedy's concerns (and the concerns of the parents of 500,000 autistic children in this country) regarding a possible connection with the effect of a known neurotoxin on their children's neurological functioning. If one in 166 children were affected by cancer, it would be reported on the news every night. But the powers that be -- the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, the Institute of Medicine, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the pharmaceutical industry -- would have us believe that the upsurge in autism is due solely to better or wider diagnostic criteria. They seem to believe that if they repeat their "facts" often enough, this controversy (and the angry parents of damaged children) will simply go away and they can go on disregarding this national health disaster (after all, who is going to care for all these children after their parents are deceased?). My son was normal when he was born in 2000 and his development progressed normally for one year. He is not normal now. He is 5 years of age and we have still not been able to toilet train him. He suffers from chronically loose bowels, and he is nonverbal. Thank God for men like Mr. Kennedy, who are brave enough to state the truth. MaryAnn McCarra-Fitzpatrick [JR: Go gettem tiger! As you know I am firmly convinced that Government is the problem. You mention CDC and FDA. I’d like to see them “nuked” in toto. I am sure that we would develop appropriate response to the “needs” that they satisfy. We have an AIDS epidemic despite having a CDC. We have drugs delays because of the FDA and unsafe stuff getting to the marketplace despite having an FDA. So it must be time to try a different paradigm. Consider Underwriter’s Laboratory that protects us from defective electronics. I think your letter is a power indictment that we need a better system. ] |
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From: Robert Helm [1951] Good Evening, Ladies and Gentlemen: We came to Dick Sossi's show the weekend of December 11, 2004. I went to
the show and my Lady Helen went to She came south
on January 4th, leaving me in MD is dangerous.
We went to dinner with our old friends, the O'Connors
at our favorite Chinese Restaurant in I stayed with Barry and Barbara the day after the show and
drove slowly home to MD, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. I had planned to
drive to After I had my car repaired - for about $375 or so, I was
repacking it for the trip to So I say, MD is a strange and dangerous place to live...or so it has been for my Lady and I. And, oh yes, the mating of the 2 computers is nearly complete...there are still some things which Helen cannot transfer from "her" computer to her laptop. One thing we have not been able to utilize is the customize key when outlook first lights up. However, my guess is that the Lady will say: "Lets try this" and shazam, it will obey. This ends whee and wow et al, except to say that you will all be hearing from us again...Helen is 70 this month on the 21st and we will have been married for 43 interesting years on August 25th. FNS sends. [JR: You better hope she doesn’t find out about you telling her age. ] |
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From: Maria Khury [1977] Latino Alumni Club Recognition Awards Celebration "Community Leadership Award" to Hector Gonzalez Esq. '85 "School
Spirit Award" to a $35 per person (pre-registered) $40 per person (payable @ door) includes buffet dinner & open bar. |
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From: Reinke via Yahoo from Anywhere Don'83, Thanks for linking up with me. Now, can I interest you in Jasper Jottings its my free weekly ezine about alumni news. http://wwww.jasperjottings.com. I send it out weeklyvia a Yahoo Group. If your interested, I can send you an invite. John'68 [JR: Did I mention it’s weekly. And free! ] |
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From: Murray, Tom (MC1964) Ferdinand: I am now a member of LinkedIn for the past month - I basically have not looked at to determine how it all works yet. Keep up the great work! Best Regards, www.tomm.mypharmanex.com
[JR: Glad to link to any and all of my fellow Jaspers. I continue to find overlap between my Jottings subscribers, my fellow alums, LinkedIn, Plaxo, Cardscan, and other networking activities. I think you’ll find that LinkedIn is an interesting resource. I continue to offer all sorts of “stuff” via Jottings like Google Mail invitations, instant networking via LinkedIn, connecting people to others, reconnecting alums with friends that they have lost touch with. And, just being a general PIA. Like the dog that keeps insisting that you play “fetch”. ] |
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http://www.safsal.co.il/earticle.aspx?id=232 Haifa/Motzkin replace bosman Shlomi Peri ,09/03/2004 Beth Record who was supposed to be Motzkin's bosman this season will eventually not come, and the team has signed Rosalee Mason instead. Rosalee Mason (25,5'10) is Hapoel Haifa/Motzkin's new bosman. Mason will replace Beth Record who was signed origianlly. Mason is British, and played three years in [JR: Searching the internet is a bit like “hey look what the cat dragged in!”. Or at least so never had a cat, I’ve been mislead to believe. Here’s a site with Hebrew on it. It purports to tell us about a potential Jasper. And, MCdb even has here listed.] [mcALUMdb: 2004 unregistered. ] |
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http://www.garynorth.com/public/498.cfm Four Waves of Gold Buyers in === <begin quote> === Jim Rogers, a respected Wall Street voice, believes we are entering a 20-year Bull Market for commodities. Other financial gurus see a continued erosion of the US Dollar’s buying power. If they are right, and I'm convinced they are, we could be entering a period similar to 1969-1980. We already see a Fourth Wave of customers, and although it’s only a trickle, they’re different. We have lawyers buying Krugerrands and I get a dozen inquiries a day asking if gold coins can be placed in IRAs. The urgency to preserve assets is cutting across political lines. === <end quote> === Now you’ve read about me protesting about the Federal Reserve. You’ve read my stuff about the hidden tax on 95% of your dollar denominated holdings by inflation. You’ve read about what I think happens if the world should decide to stop sending us Toyotas for the pretty little green pieces of paper. You’ve read here about the Gold Dinar and how I thought it had a good chance of becoming one of the world’s reserve currencies. You’ve read about the oil producing countries are thinking about shfting from setting their prices in dollars to setting their prices in kilos of gold. I asked you last week where can one store value but no one had an answer. One more comment and then you’re on you own. What will it take to make you realize that the essential roles of money in the economy -- (1) a unit of account; (2) a store of value; and (3) a medium of exchange – are no longer being satisfied by the Federal Reserve Banknote. You might as well be dealing in Dutch Tulip Bulbs. At least you could plant them and grow a flower. A FRBie is only good as long as people take them. Don’t think that is assured as the next sunrise. When Lawyers buy Kruggerands certain images come to mind. Now one of my best friends is a Jasper, a reader, and a lawyer. Many of the people I know are lawyers. My father was a lawyer. I probably should have been one. But, when Burt said “lawyers buying kreggerands”, I admit the first thing that popped into my mind was rats and a sinking ship. My apologies to all the lawyers and rats out there, but that was my first thought. Remember in a Ponzi scheme, and Social Security, the people who get paid off early or first do quite nicely. The latest victims wind up holding the bag. ‘nuf said. |
And that’s the last word.
Curmudgeon
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GBu. GBA.