Dear Jaspers,
706 are active on the Distribute site.
This month, we had 107 views on 8/31 and 6,222 over the last month.
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This issue is at: http://tinyurl.com/azqzz
Which is another way of saying
http://www.jasperjottings.com/jasperjottings20050904.htm
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Unless you’ve been under a rock,
you must know about the tragedy that has befallen this nation. There was the
terrible natural hurricane disaster in the SSE US of Alabama,
http://www.acton.org/publicat/books/transformwelfare/olasky.html
And, then act. In my mind, one has to first do no harm. Second, then one has to help -- effectively and efficiently -- those, as we would wish to be helped.
WalMart http://www.walmartfacts.com/community/article.aspx?id=1331#needs, for whatever one thinks about large corporations and them in particular, demonstrates that private efforts are better, faster, more effective, and probably cheaper that what governments do. WalMart recommends the Salvation Army http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/www_usn.nsf and the Red Cross http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate2 which seems to be good enough to me. The Red Cross site reports the donation of ~20M$ by 200k people. Better than the politicians, who asleep at the switch, now are rushing to donate our money to fix their ineptness. Like we can’t donate our own money.
If any of my fellow Jaspers have been affected, I hope they are safe and connect back up with us. I have pinged the ones I know might have been in harm’s way and will pass along any information.
Finally, should you need to “connect” with loved ones in the affected area, WalMart has a message board https://ecs.wal-mart.com/CrisisComm/ which might be an effective communications channel.
God Bless.
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SEPTEMBER |
Monday, September 19th, 2005 |
The weekend of September 23, 24 and 25 |
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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… … my thoughts are with you and all that I don't know about.
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Technology-wise, I am getting ready to rehost Jasper Jottings with a new hosting company. I’ll have more space for Jottings, and all my other web efforts while reducing my costs. I’m shooting for prior to 10/2 move. (Actually, it’s up a running now. You can’t see it because the Jasper Jottings name still points to the old hosting company.) In thinking about it, it should be invisible to you. SO if you have any problem reaching www.jasperjottings.com, then please contact me and let me know. If needed, I can switch it back. Should be a snoozer.
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"Of all the contrivances for cheating the laboring
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http://www.boingboing.net/2005/08/29/how_humans_track_sme.html <extraneous deleted> Monday, August 29, 2005 UC Berkeley researchers report that humans can determine
where a smell is coming using just our noses. In "It has been very controversial whether humans can do egocentric localization, that is, keep their head motionless and say where the spatial source of an odor is," said study coauthor Noam Sobel, associate professor of psychology at UC Berkeley and a member of the campus's Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute. "It seems that we have this ability and that, with practice, you could become really good at it." In future experiments, UC Berkeley biophysics graduate student Jess Porter and Sobel plan to train volunteers to track odors in the field and test the limits of odor localization in humans. Porter, Sobel and their colleagues reported the results in the August 18 issue of the journal Neuron. In a review appearing in the same issue of the journal,
Jay A. Gottfried of the Department of Neurology at ## As my fellow alums know from reading this block, I LOVE stories that demonstrate the untapped potential that the Intelligent Designer has given each and everyone of us. Imagine if we can actually communicate by smell. Not in doggie fashion; I remember that there was some scientific proof that young fertile women have a scent that attracts the opposite sex. And, having grown up thru the hippie generation, I just thought that was ivory soap. But it is amazing how little of our brain we use. I’m gonna try to use mine harder. But, I don’t think the wife will appreciate me find those young girls. Nor will those young girls appreciate being dragged home by the hair by a fat old guy. Yeah, I know. Us injineers can be so Neanderthal. We had a spot in a recent commercial. Look like some of the guys I went to school with. Seriously, I hope we can all appreciate what a fine machine we’ve been given. And, to all my retired fellow alums out there, I urge wearing out rather than rusting out. |
Reflect well on our alma mater, this week, every week, in any and
every way possible, large or small. God bless.
"Collector-in-chief" John
reinke--AT—jasperjottings.com
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http://www.manhattan.edu/news/news_releases/082605_1.html This isn't the first time the College's chemical
engineering program has received a top spot in the popular survey. In the
2005 edition, U.S. News ranked undergraduate engineering programs accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. The ranking was based solely on a peer survey consisting of deans and senior faculty who rated overall programs and best programs in various specialties. Fifty percent of those surveyed returned ratings. Other schools ranked with ### |
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Newsday ( <extraneous deleted> Buckley-Ressegger Maura Buckley and Eric Ressegger
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[Collector's prayer: And, may perpetual light shine on our fellow
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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.
Sister Rose McGrale: Maryknoll Sisters Sister Rose McGrale died in the Maryknoll Sisters Residential Care on August 26, 2005, after a long illness. She was 94. McGrale had been a Maryknoll Sister for 68 years. McGrale was born in She attended elementary school at McGrale then attended Her first employment was with On June 9, 1937, she entered the Maryknoll
Sisters at From 1944 to 1947 she served at Returning to the United States she earned a bachelor's in
education from Maryknoll Teachers College in 1956,
and then after more years in the Philippines, a master's in theology from Manhattan College, Intermittently from 1947 onward, she served in Maryknoll Schools located in In 1973 she again returned to the A new mission field was undertaken by her in 1981 when she
was assigned to Again, she returned to the The Vespers Service was held yesterday (Tuesday). Funeral
services were held today (Wednesday) at 11 a.m. on August 31 followed by
burial in the # [Reported As: 1969 ] |
[JR: I'm going to try a new section for "updates". These
are changes that "pop" in from the various sources that are not
really from the news. I thought it might be valuable to alert old friends
seeking to reconnect or "youngsters" seeking a networking contact
with someone who might have a unique viewpoint that they are interested in.
This is a benefit of freeing up time trying to make email work by
"outsourcing" the task to Yahoo.]
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[JR: I'm going to try a new section for "negative
updates". These are changes that "pop" in from the various
sources that are not really from the news. I thought it might be valuable to
alert old friends or "youngsters" that someone they maybe interested
in has “drifted off”. Yet another benefit of freeing up time trying
to make email work by "outsourcing" the task to Yahoo.]
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About 800 people attend a retirement party for a cop turned accountant who says he likes to keep it low key and stay in the background. SPRING HILL - Frank Fonzo said he was going to try not to cry. He was not, however, particularly optimistic. "When I start reminiscing, I start crying," the
CPA said Monday morning in his office in the That evening, tax clients, local corporate bigwigs,
mom-and-pop business owners, friends from St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church,
his "brothers" from the Knights of The party also marked the merger of Fonzo's
firm with that of Pam McKinney - Brooksville born-and-bred - a combined
office now that was bought by But Fonzo was the focus. And he was going to have to give a speech. Talking about retirement without any tears? Tough task. Fonzo, 65, retired in June, actually, and he will still come into the office here or there, he says, to do some consulting work, but this - well, this was kind of making it official. It was bringing to an end, too, a relatively private public life. "I usually try to keep it low key," he said Monday morning. "I like to be in the background." A good reputation, after all, doesn't often make headlines. Neither does an uncanny knack for remembering first names. Frank Fonzo seldom has appeared in the pages of the Times - and those were mainly in buried business briefs. But he's been a good civic soldier. "I know a lot of people," is the way he put it, "and a lot of people know me." Fonzo grew up in the Bronx, in
the He served for 20 years with the "I could tell you a lot of stories," he said Monday morning, "but the less said about that, the better." He moved from the Bronx to "The area was . . . nothing," he said. But his business grew with the area after starting in his
living room on "If you treat people Fonzo has been a financial
adviser for St. Joan of Arc. He's been a financial adviser for the Knights of
He has four children: Kevin, 41, and Greg, 26, chefs in Eight grandchildren, too: five in It's time to see more of them. "I've worked 47 straight years," he said. "So I figure it's about time I took some time off." He said he was going to go on a cruise in January to It was from 7 to 9. Just after 7, Fonzo, in blue, short-sleeved, button-down collar shirt, dark slacks and shiny black loafers, was meeting and greeting near the country club's lobby. Congrats. Hugs, kisses and handshakes. First names. Behind him, the office staff: Diane Rotolo, Athena Sikes, Carmen Adorno, Nichole Gray and Rebecca Ashby were making out name tags for the hundreds of arriving guests. In the room, open and light, there were dinner rolls and slices of cantaloupe and silver-dollar slabs of salami, and lots and lots of cheese cubes. People mingled. And they talked about their friend Frank Fonzo. "I deal with a lot of CPAs," said Carene Cougill of Paychex in Thomas Leighton of Cobra Construction and Plumbing in "Always personable, always a help," he said. "Everybody loves Frank." Steve and Debi Longarello of County Approved Carpentry sure do. "He's honest," Debi Longarello said. "It's his frankness." His frankness? "He's very . . . frank," she said. Frank? "It's like talking to a friend," she said. "He gives you a very comfortable feeling talking to him." Back near the table with the name tags, where the tile floor of the lobby blended into the floral-pattern carpet and the big, open room, Fonzo was still doing the meet-and-greet thing. He had in his left hand some wine in a plastic glass with blue dolphins on it. "A little merlot," he said. "Just to warm me up." The party shifted to an even bigger room, a hall with a stage and a lectern. Bob Young from the newly merged company was the master of ceremonies. "Twenty-three years of impeccable service in the community," he told the crowd. "The dedication to the community is what you see here tonight." Hundreds of people sat in purple-upholstered chairs and at tables with white tablecloths. Young called up the man of the hour. "I promised I wouldn't cry," he told everybody. But it was no use. Before the night was out, he got a trophy from the Knights
of He called them up one by one. He gave them a hug. And a kiss. And the flowers. "Thank you," he said to each of them, and the microphone picked up Frank Fonzo's sniffles and sent them out over the great big room. LOAD-DATE: August 31, 2005 [MCalumDB: 1982 ] |
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050826/nyf050a.html?.v=1 Selective Insurance Group Announces Executive Appointments Friday August 26, 2:00 pm ET <extraneous deleted> Richard J. Duggan (Glen Rock, NJ), to assistant vice
president, associate fixed income portfolio manager. Duggan joined Selective
in May of 2005 with extensive fixed income investment management experience.
He is a member of the federation of fire chaplains and is the chaplain of the
Glen Rock, NJ, fire department. Duggan holds a
bachelor's degree in civil engineering and a master's of business
administration degree from <extraneous deleted> Selective Insurance Group, Inc., headquartered in Source: Selective Insurance Group, Inc. [MCalumDB: 1980 ] |
The One Sal Garozzo - known as "Volcano" to his fans - is one of the new stars in the growing sport of professional video gaming. A member of Team 3D, a top squad in the world of digital gladiators, Garozzo, 18, was able to pull down more than $30,000 in prize money and sponsorship dough last year - all while going to school full time. "I don't have a job besides professional
gaming," the Video game playing is transforming from a simple pastime to a spectator event that could soon be on par with X-Games sports like skateboarding. There is now a professional tour and World Cup-like international tournament, which take top-level gamers out of their bedrooms and put them in front of large crowds of spectators. Hank Jeong, the head of the
World Cyber Games - an annual international game competition that has its "The size has the potential to be even bigger if the related business model is actively developed," he said. "It's also notable that top gamers are earning six-figure salaries," he said in an e-mail interview. "So that should give you some indication." Gaming competitions in the To players like Garozzo, it's a
way to turn their passion into money. The The teams' in-game avatars fight it out in a virtual world against other players. The cyber-combat is broadcast on screens to a live audience in an arena. Matches are also televised on cable stations, such as G4, and - in a feature no other sport can match - spectators can go online, enter the game field and watch the action from any angle. In addition to the team-on-team gunfight game "Counter-Strike," pros compete in strategy war games, auto racing games and sports games. Fans argue over who is best - or "1337" - in discussions on Internet forums that are as heated as any WFAN sports talk show. These fans, often young people, present a challenge for marketers as they often spend more time in the online and game worlds and stray from traditional media. "Sponsors of Team 3D and professional gaming see the growing interest in tournaments and following for teams and players," said Craig "Torbull" Levine, the manager of Team 3D, which is sponsored by several companies that make gaming equipment. "They recognize the huge growth in the video game segment and understand that the 14- to 24-year-old male is becoming increasingly more difficult to market to because they're watching less TV and reading fewer magazines." GRAPHIC: HE GOT GAME: Sal Garozzo,
18, will defend the gold medal he won last year after winning LOAD-DATE: August 30, 2005 |
Local conservation group awards scholarships Mac” # http://newstranscript.gmnews.com/news/2005/0830/Front_Page/185.html Local conservation group awards scholarships Freehold Soil Conservation District has awarded three $1,000 scholarships to area college students majoring in a field related to the conservation of natural resources. <extraneous deleted> Eric Spargimino, of Freehold, is
the winner of the Marvin “Mac” Clark Scholarship. He is a junior at <extraneous deleted> The scholarships honor Munch and = [JR: “Conservation District” smacks of
government. But, it still is |
I voted for him and he finished runner-up. Rizzotti was ineligible because he resides in = http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050830/NEWS/508300339/1004 <extraneous deleted> 'Neers have two 'da mans' A few weeks back I singled out UVM senior Kyle Brault, the Vermont Mountaineer's right fielder, as "The Man." Among other accolades, I called the League's leading slugger a great gamer and a fine gentleman. A number of people took me to task for overlooking Matt Rizzotti, the 'Neers outstanding first baseman and power hitter. Actually, Brault, from But justice has been served. Rizzotti was named this week to the Top Ten Prospects list by the New England Collegiate Baseball League, thereby putting the truth to Mountaineer GM Brian Gallagher's pre-season pronouncement: "He is the real deal…one of the top ten players in the country. He's going to be a first-rounder." Rizzotti came to Vermont after winning the triple batting crown as a freshman in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, and this summer batted .327, leading the League with a .451 on base percentage. Yes, folks, Matt Rizzotti is also "The Man." <extraneous deleted> # |
http://www.bxtimes.com/news/2005/0826/Boroughwide_News/051.html Boroughwide News August 26,
2005 The Bon Secours “I’m 80 years old,” said Mayor Koch, “and I still work. I’m here to tell you that the senior years should be good ones. And we’re lucky to have a first-rate mayor eligible to run for four more years.” “The four Democrats running against him are “When I was mayor,” he continued, “we put the largest city housing contract into motion with 250,000 housing units. Now Mike Bloomberg has renewed the program with 65,000 new apartments with affordable rents.” On voting, Koch said, “If we’re lucky, we’ll get a 50% turnout. Your votes are extraordinarily important, and seniors have an excellent voting record.” The Frances Schervier Apartments in Riverdale, celebrating their 20th anniversary this year, provide affordable housing to more than 170 low income seniors and mobility-impaired individuals. # Above (l-r) Frances Schervier
Apartment residents Doris Glickstein and Lilien Christmas ask Former Mayor Ed Koch for his
autograph after listening to him stump for Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s
re-election campaign at the Senior Breakfast at # |
Pursuant to 22NYCRR 640.6(a)(2), a "Clerk's Return" from the New York Civil Court has been filed with the Clerk of the Appellate Term, First Department for each Civil action listed below since the last calendar was published on May 14, 2005. The Clerk's Returns are from the Attention is directed to the applicable provisions of 22NYCRR 640.6(a)(3)(iii) in the event of noncompliance: <extraneous deleted> Keles v. Manhattan College Corp. <extraneous deleted> LOAD-DATE: August 30, 2005 |
[JR: Back on the air. (They were just echoing canned content.) ] Albert Fazio, a NASA's Return to Space Facilitated by When NASA's space shuttle program resumed missions this
summer, more than a few New Yorkers had a hand in its success. While Eileen
Collins and Charles Camarda were in the shuttle,
Mr. Albert Fazio, a = |
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
9/6/05 Tuesday M. Soccer Long
Island Brooklyn, NY 5:00 PM
9/6/05 Tuesday Volleyball St.
John's Jamaica, NY 7:00 PM
9/9/05 Friday Golf Saint Peter's White Plains, NY 2:30 PM
9/9/05 Friday Volleyball Seton Hall$ Storrs, CT
4:30 PM
9/9/05 Friday W. Soccer at Youngstown
State& Youngstown, OH 7:00 PM
9/10/05 Saturday Volleyball Brown$ Storrs, CT
10:00 AM
9/10/05 Saturday Cross Country Fordham
Invitational I HOME 10:00 AM
9/10/05 Saturday Volleyball
Connecticut$ Storrs, CT 3:00 PM
9/10/05 Saturday M. Soccer New Jersey
Institute of Technology# West Long
Branch, NJ 3:00 PM
9/11/05 Sunday W. Soccer vs.
Binghamton& Youngstown, OH 11:00 AM
9/11/05 Sunday M. Soccer Monmouth# West Long Branch, NJ 1:00 PM
9/13/05 Tuesday Golf Saint Peter's,
FDU, LaSalle West Orange, NJ 2:00 PM
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
Connecticut State New Britain, CT 4:00 PM
9/16/05 Friday Volleyball Loyola
(IL)%
9/17/05 Saturday Volleyball Tulsa%
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 Maine Orone, ME 1:30 PM
9/20/05 Tuesday Golf Saint Peter's,
Monmouth, Wagner West Orange, NJ 2:00 PM
9/21/05 Wednesday Volleyball
Wagner Staten Island, NY 8:00 PM
9/23/05 Friday Volleyball Santa
Clara&
9/23/05 Friday Golf Yeshiva White Plains, NY 2:30 PM
9/23/05 Friday Volleyball Stony
Brook&
9/23/05 Friday W. Soccer Marist* Poughkeepsie, NY 7:00 PM
9/24/05 Saturday Cross Country Iona
Meet of Champions HOME 10:00 AM
9/24/05 Saturday Volleyball
Brown&
9/24/05 Saturday M. Soccer
Quinnipiac Hamden, CT 1:00 PM
9/25/05 Sunday W. Soccer Siena* Loudonville, NY 1:00 PM
9/27/05 Tuesday Volleyball Army West Point, NY 7:00 PM
9/28/05 Wednesday M. Soccer
Georgetown Washington, DC 3:00 PM
9/30/05 Friday Volleyball
Maryland-Eastern Shore@ Princess
Anne, MD TBA
9/30/05 Friday W. Soccer Iona* HOME
3:00 PM
If you do go support "our" teams, I'd appreciate any
reports or photos. What else do us old alums have to
do?
http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6131 Ryan Darcy Darcy '03 returns to Riverdale after having played two seasons with the Can-Am League's New Jersey Jackals. Darcy posted a 2-2 record over 46 innings for the Jackals, making four starts. He was part of a combined one-hitter for the Jackals in 2003, one of just four in the history of the team. Darcy was a four-year letter winner for Coach Trimper, and is the all-time program leader in wins (24), innings pitched (341.1), appearances (60), complete games (17), and starts (47), and is second all-time in strikeouts (253). He also holds the single season records for wins (8), complete games (6), and innings pitched (106.2). Darcy will work primarily with the pitching staff, but will assist in all aspects of the program. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6132 Phil Martelli, Jr. Martelli joins Gonzalez's staff
after spending the last two seasons working under head coach Howie Dickenman at Martelli graduated from In his four-year career with the Hawks as a walk-on, Martelli saw action in 35 total games. He played in 14 games for the Hawks in his senior year as the team enjoyed a 23-7 record, 13-1 at home. The Hawks made two NCAA Tournament appearances in Martelli's four seasons and were regular season Atlantic-10 champions in three of his four years. |
http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6135 WOMEN'S SOCCER DROPS SEASON OPENER, 3-0 West Point, NY (August 26, 2005)- Kiera Fox made eight of her 11 saves in the first half to help Manhattan go into halftime trailing by just one, but two second half goals by Amry's Ronee Farrell allowed the Black Knights to defeat the Lady Jaspers, 3-0, tonight in the season opener for both teams. Neither team could crack the scoreboard early, until Army's Jen Pascucci broke the scoreless game at the 43:09 mark, but that was the only first half goal Fox would allow, despite the Black Knight's holding a 14-6 advantage in shots. In the second half, Farelly put in two goals in quick succession to give Army the advantage. Brandy Luther and Chrissy Reina each tallied three shots, while Katie Kuntz and Kiera Barrett recorded one shot apiece. The Lady Jaspers will return to action on Sunday, August 28, taking on Lehigh at Army beginning at 3:30 p.m. |
http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6136 LEHIGH DOWNS WOMEN'S SOCCER, 1-0, IN OVERTIME West Point, NY (August 28, 2005)- In overtime at the BAE Systems Classic on the West Point campus, Lehigh's Jennifer Fetsick's shot was stopped by keeper Kiera Fox but Daniela Molina converted the rebound to lift Lehigh to a, 1-0, win Manhattan this afternoon. The Lady Jaspers fall to 0-2 despite eight saves from Fox. Katie Kuntz and Brandy Luther were named to the All-Tournament team. For the second straight game, Fox kept the Lady Jaspers in the game with numerous stops, this time keeping the Mountain Hawks off the scoreboard during regulation time. However, Fetsick's overtime goal
proved to be the difference as Jess Garcia and Lauren Zdunczyk each tallied three shots to lead the Lady Jaspers. Luther and Chrissy Reina each tallied two shots, while Caitlin Newkirk, Brittany Duhamel, and Rachel Panullo recorded one shot apiece. The Lady Jaspers return to action on Thursday, September
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http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6139 The Manhattan College Athletic Family mourns the passing of Bob Mealy '60 (HOF Class of 1993), who passed away Monday night. Mealy became only the fifth Jasper basketball player to score over 1,000 points in a career, and currently stands 26th on the all-time list. Funeral arrangements are listed below. Wake Information: Funeral Mass Information: Burial Information: In 1959-60, as the team's senior captain, Mealy averaged 20.9 points and 14.7 rebounds. He established several program records while a player, scoring 51 points vs. CCNY, pulling down 28 rebounds against Adelphi, and tallying 20 made field goals vs. Adelphi. All three records still stand today. Mealy totaled 1,028 points in his career before graduating
from the BOB MEALY ON THE ALL-TIME |
http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6140 SOFTBALL ANNOUNCES FALL SCHEDULE The following weekend, On September 24, Fisher and her squad will participate in
an invitational hosted by To close out the fall season, the Lady Jaspers head to the
other side of the |
http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6141 ALEKSANDAR ONDELJ NAMED ASSISTANT VOLLEYBALL COACH Ondelj comes to At “Aleksandar had a phenomenal
career at Ondelj's volleyball accolades
also extend beyond his tenure at Rutgers- Ondelj's reunification with
Green has excited the second-year head coach. “I see us working very well
together,” said Green. “I'm a very defensive-minded coach and he is very
offensive-minded, so it should be a At “The biggest thing that excites me about Aleksandar is the setter training he is going to offer. It's an extremely important position, and he has a wealth of experience at such a high level.” Ondelj is also an architectural
assistant at IC Solutions in |
http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6142 ECAC SELECTS MEN'S TENNIS TO PARTICIPATE IN 2005 INVITATIONAL Riverdale, N.Y. (August 30, 2005)--The Manhattan College
Men's Tennis Team has been selected by the ECAC to participate in the 2005
Division I Men's Invitational Tennis Championship. The forty-fourth annual ECAC Men's Invitational Tennis
Championship will run from September 30 through October 3 at the USTA Joining the Jaspers in the field of sixteen will be
defending-champion Manhattan Men's Tennis is coming off of back-to-back MAAC championships, as well as back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances. The Jaspers are also undefeated in their last 20 matches against MAAC opponents. |
[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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From: James Morgan [1957] I guess you don't pick up stories about = Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 7:51 PM James, I run 14 internet searches on various schedules. As I
understand it, many papers don't want their content picked up by the search
engines. I'm continually tinkering with the internet
looking for new an different ways to find our fellow alums. And those alums
don't make it easy. Unlike Mike McE, I don't
recognize people by name. Although I'm getting better recognizing the
"usual suspects" like Rudi, Tucci, some
of the athletes, Patterson. I really depend on the "data" being out
on the net and "MC" being nearby for the mechanical searches. For a
while, I even tried visiting small sites with search options that were not
sharing their contetn. I'm sure that the staff probably put it in the alumni notes. I found it at these sites. http://themagdoc.com/sys-tmpl/infoonnovel/ Anybody, other than Patterson, has to do their own publicity. Sorry I didn't "discover" your tome, I'll try to do better. IMHO, Tell us all more, [JR: Realizing the
limitations of my meager efforts, no I can not visit
the web site of every paer in the |
From: Apoldo, Lou (1963) Hi I appreciated your detailed response to my e-mail this
week, and I particularly liked the part about how much better off the After that we will have a more
stabilized country, and we can control incoming immigration to those who wish
to come here to become Americans and contribute to the growth and development
of our country with their talent and energies. Those who would like to come here just to
suck up the government freebies can stay home and try to get freebies from whomever is running their own country. We also need to formalize a nationwide
policy that English is the official language of our country. While you will be free to speak whatever
language you wish, we will stop spending tax dollars to have government
print, speak, or read communications of any kind in any language other than
English. Finally, we should develop a
national policy to encourage all of our citizens to think of themselves as
Americans, not as hyphenated Americans.
If you really want to be a "Whatever"-American, then you
should go back to "Whatever" and enjoy their culture, rather than
forming a "Whatever" ghetto and pressure group here that seeks to
"balkanize" In summary, we sure could use a lot more of grass roots nationalism, where citizens take a greater interest in what is happening to our country, and in making sure that the government does not step beyond its defined duties in our Constitution. Michael Savage (WOR Radio 6 PM to 9 PM weekdays) seems to summarize our country's current needs best with his slogan of "Borders, Language, Culture." Keep up the good fight Curmudgeon, and never forget the words of one of those dead old white guys, who said "The price of freedom is eternal vigilance." Regards, [JR: Well we agree about minding our own business. I would suggest that the way to handle illegal immigration is to remove the economic incentives for freeloaders to come for our “free lunch”. If the gummamint can’t even keep drugs out of prisons, then I have zero confidence that they can keep illegal immigrants out either. So I would have a phase out of “government welfare”. To give our people time to adjust, phase everything (literally) out over a given number of years.] [JR: My first chore would be to return to Constitutional money. Backed by gold, I’d put the Federal Reserve out of the money business. I sell Federal land and such to redeem the fiat currency. Minimum wage would go down say 10 cents per hour per year. To give parents fair warning, my “education plan” would use vouchers to phase out government education. My idea would be to reduce the funding to zero over 30 years while priviatizing the schools over 20 years. (I wrote a transition paper for the Hands Across NJ tax revolt group.) I’d end the War on Drugs; we’ve lost. I’d close certain federal departments – Education, Agriculture, and lots lots more. ] |
http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/08292005/letters/60188.htm Science loses in ID curriculum To the Editor: Republican leader Senator Frist has joined President Bush in favor of requiring public schools to teach "Intelligent Design (ID)"to "balance the controversy"of evolution. Will the feds pay for all the new equipment, specifically the pulpits? Should cowled robes be required as balance for white lab coats? If "Some people do not believe that evolution produced the current flora and fauna of our world. They think that random chance, even over billions of years, could not produce life much less humans. They postulate a pre-existing Intelligent Designer." Their first principle is their conclusion. They have no supporting data. They propose no tests nor experimental observations. This is not to say that ID advocates are entirely settled in their case. Some claim that the entire biosphere started exactly as it is currently, upwards of 6,000 years ago. Some claim that fossils of apparent older ages were created just as they are, with no life before the chosen start time. Some claim that intelligent life began with and is limited to humans. They base this on not finding any other examples. Not seeing is believing. Some say that if you find a watch ticking, you have to assume an intelligent designer. And a builder for that matter. They say that random parts shuffles would not produce a watch. But they have not tried. Let them come back in a billion years, and we’ll see what has come together. "Intelligent Design is a balance to science based on faith claiming to be reason. It is not a balance of one scientific theory with another." As Intelligent Design cannot be tested for logical implications or natural extensions, so you will not be tested on it. Neither can you use Intelligent Design as an excuse to get any test questions about evolution wrong. You don’t have to believe in evolution. You should know something about it. The preceding is all there is to know (using the term loosely) about Intelligent Design. Any questions? I doubt that many hands would go up, except for torches and pitchforks. The only controversy is why a president who attended the most expensive private schools in America (not Texas public schools but Philips Academy Andover, Yale, Harvard) would endorse this as science education yet sees no value in any research on global warming or medical marijuana. But then his administration goes largely on faith. His is
a truly virtuous Robert E. Padian (The author has a bachelor’s degree in math from [MCalumDB: 1968 ] |
http://www.liveperson.com/ir/sec_filings/def14a_04192002.htm LIVEPERSON, INC. Kevin C. Lavan , 49, has been a director since January 2000. Since
October 2000, Mr. Lavan has been serving as an
independent consultant to marketing services organizations. From March 1999
until October 2000, Mr. Lavan was an Executive Vice
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Inc. From February 1997 to March 1999, Mr. Lavan
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From January 1995 to February 1997, Mr. Lavan held
various positions at Viacom Inc., including Controller, and Chief Financial
Officer for Viacom's subsidiary, MTV Networks. Mr. Lavan
received a B.S. from [Mike McEneney says: 1983 (Good enough for me!) Thanks, Mike. ] |
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http://fairuse.1accesshost.com/news2/lat-equity.html Equity Is Altering Spending Habits and View of Debt ===<begin quote>=== As they happily watch their houses swell in value, Americans are changing their attitudes toward mortgage debt. Increasingly, a home is no longer a nest egg whose equity should never be touched, but a seemingly magical ATM enabling the owner to live it up or just live. Homeowners took $59 billion in cash out of their houses in the second quarter, double the amount in the 2004 quarter and 16 times the average rate of the mid-1990s, according to data released this month by mortgage giant Freddie Mac. People are cashing out so quickly that the term "homeowner" may soon be inaccurate. Fifty years ago, Americans owned, on average, three-quarters of their house and the lender owned the rest. These days, it's approaching an even split. << Curmudgeon's interjection: Interesting concept when interest rates regress to the mean with many having floating rate mortgages. >> <extraneous deleted> Bill and Barbara Brockmann have
a different view of their house. The retired "I don't like debt," said Bill Brockmann, 79. "I don't buy anything I can't pay for." <extraneous deleted> << Curmudgeon's interjection: Clearly a fellow curmudgeon!>> The financial services industry is doing all it can to avoid letting consumers be foolish. Ditech.com touts home loans as a way to pay off credit cards, and Morgan Stanley says they're a good way to fund education expenses. Wells Fargo suggests taking a chunk out of your house to finance "a dream wedding." <extraneous deleted> << Curmudgeon's interjection: Of all the things to fund with your home’s equity, that has to be the absolutely worst one!!>> <extraneous deleted> The temptation to add debt can be overwhelming. Between 1997 and 2003, the percentage of people who owned their own homes outright, without any mortgage debt, declined from 38.9% to 34.6%, according to Census figures. <extraneous deleted> For the Brockmanns and many others who bought their homes in the two decades after World War II, a mortgage was something that started off big and slowly shrank. Just as retirement loomed, it dwindled to nothing. Making that last payment was a welcome milestone for those who knew they now had to live without a weekly paycheck. << Curmudgeon's interjection: Certainly having no mortgage takes the sting out when you have to find a new job.>> <extraneous deleted> Buying houses to rent them out is a popular strategy. The National Association of Realtors estimates that as many as a quarter of all homes were purchased last year by investors, drawn by the lure of immediate rental income and long-term appreciation. Bandfield's goal is 10
properties, each yielding $1,000 a month above the mortgage and upkeep. That
would ===<end quote>=== There’s no new ideas in life. There was a real estate guru in the 70’s talk radio, Sonny Bloch, who went to jail for some kind of fraud, who expoused that idea. Get 12 house. Pay off the mortgage. Retire on the rentals. I looked into it but: (a) It was lot Lot LOT harder to do then he portrayed it. (I think I still have his book somewhere around the house. (b) This strategy was better suit to a generational enterprise. By my model, it would take me my entire life to get to that stage. So, my take on it, the “wisdom of crowds” rule applies. If everyone is doing it, then you do something else ‘cause their wrong. If everyone is in debt up to their neck, then I recommend being debt free. Your mileage can, and will, vary. But, if you don’t owe anything, then you’re in pretty comfortable shape. IMHO |
And that’s the last word.
Curmudgeon
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