Dear Jaspers,
704 are active on the Distribute site.
This month, we had 94 views on 9/27and 4,842 over the last month.
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This issue is at: http://www.jasperjottings.com/jasperjottings20051002.htm
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NEW RULES:
(1) Anything sent to me that is NOT for publication must be marked “NOT FOR PUBLICATION” in the subject line and the first line of the message. Yes, both places are REQUIRED! For our mutual benefit.
(2) Anything sent to “jasper jottings” is ASSUMED to be for distribution.
If anything makes me quit this hobby, it’s this type of reaction.
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October 10th - Columbus Day Golf Classic *New Venue* October 12th - Career Fair October 13th & JUST ADDED October 12, 2005, 6:30 pm Prestonwood Country Club, Cary, NC alumni reception
Stephen Laruccia '67, 718 862-7582 or email him
at stephen
DOT laruccia AT manhattan
DOT edu October 21st - October 26th - Westchester/Putnam 2005-06 Men's & Womans's Basketball Preview October 27th - October 30th - Alumni Brunch at Open House |
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November 2nd - November 5th - Broderick Scholarship Dinner November 16th - November 18th - |
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My list of Jaspers who are in harm's way:
- Afghanistan
- - Feldman, Aaron (1997)
- Iraq
- - Lara, Angel (2002)
- - Sekhri, Sachin (2000)
- Unknown location
- - Lynch, Chris (1991)
- Uzbekistan
- - 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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I haven’t heard about an Jaspers in NOLA, or any of the impacted areas? Have you?
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“wouldn’t it be nice to go to
confession then to Mass, receive
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http://www.kfor.com/global/story.asp?s=3390503&ClientType=Printable === <begin quote> === Americans guzzle 65 billion gallons of fuel a year and lately we have been paying a pretty penny at the pump. NewsChannel 4 has done reports in the past on how to get the most out of your gas. Now we introduce you to a new way to save on those gasoline dollars. There is a man who fills up his tank once every two months. One tank of gas, literally, lasts him two months. He is freezing the price of gas by freezing something else. <extraneous deleted> David Hutchison is a Cryogenics expert. He built this Cryo-Process himself. He runs a business out of his garage where he cryogenically tempers all kinds of metals. He submerges them in a frozen tank of nitrogen vapor that is 300 degrees below zero. David says, “During that time, at minus 300 degrees, the molecules slow down. Then they reorganize themselves. That's when the actual chemical change happens.” <extraneous deleted> A few years ago he began an experiment on his hybrid Honda, freezing the engine components. The results were a fuel-efficiency dream. David Hutchison says, “You should expect a “Cryo'd” engine to last anywhere from 600,000 to 1 million miles without wearing out.” A hybrid Honda typically gets really great gas mileage anyway, around 50 miles to the gallon, but David Hutchison's cryogenically tempered engine has been known to get close to 120 miles a gallon. “It's just a very efficient vehicle.” Hutchison says, <extraneous deleted> Hutchison tells us cryogenically
tempering car parts has more benefits than just fuel efficiency. He freezes
all of the brake rotors at a car dealership near his home in === <end quote> === I am always amazed when I find knowledge being applied to our benefit even without us knowing about it. I wonder when the first “Cryo-Donalds” will open up. Anytime you think there are no options, no alternatives, or no hope, just remember that the Intelligent Designer still has a few trick up that sleeves for you. Hmm, now what happen is cryogenically temper Jasper Jottings, will I get double or quadruple the readership before the electrons wear 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"
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 State ( COLUMBIA-- Lt. Col. Walter Charles Kirk, USMC (Ret.), 84,
died Friday, September 23, 2005, in Col. Kirk enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1942 and was commissioned as an officer in 1944, serving with the
1st Marine Division in Col. Kirk attended St. Joseph Catholic Church. He was a member of Fort Jackson Officers' Club and Wildewood Country Club, being an avid golfer. Besides his parents, Col. Kirk was
preceded in death by two brothers and son-in-law. He is survived by his beloved wife of 57 years, Grace Sheppard
Kirk of The family will receive friends Wednesday 6-8 p.m. at
Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel. Memorials may be
made to St. Joseph Catholic Church, Funeral service will be Thursday at 11 a.m. in Greenlawn Memorial Park Mausoleum Chapel. "Obituary posted: September 27, 2005" Interested in sending flowers to this funeral? Visit our sponsor: www.lexingtonflowercompany.com LOAD-DATE: September 27, 2005 [mcALUMdb: ???? ] |
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From: Ed Plumeau '52 A Dear [JR: I appreciate the news. Bad or good. “Bad” news never gets to be “good” news by ignoring it. Learned that at work many times. We will just be ignorant. So I appreciate your report. One can’t depend on the automatic filters to find all the news. And even when these searches do find stuff, they don’t give the color that a personal report does. Although I would leave to the Arts guys to debate if returning to the Maker is “bad” as well as if it is “bad” when one completes the design cycle. From an “injineer’s” pov, it’s bad when good people go out of production. And, where is the replacement? Some process flow course once told me that you have to have a replacement flow. Like said in the movie “Glory”, “… … and if this man falls, who will pick up the flag?” When I get to many obits, or I focus on them too much, I always feel that we need more good Jaspers to enter the fray of daily life.] == Sun-Sentinel ( <extraneous deleted> Haughney Haughney, George A., September
4, 1940 - September 24, 2005. Funeral Mass for George Haughney will be held Wednesday September 28, 2005 at
1:00PM in Santa Maria del Mar Catholic Church, 915 N. Central Ave., Flagler
Beach, FL. Family will receive friends Tuesday 6:00-8:00PM and Wednesday
10:00AM-12:00PM in the chapel of Craig-Flagler Palms Funeral Home, 511 Old
Kings Rd. South, Flagler Beach, FL. George Haughney
of Ormond Beach died on September 24th at Florida Hospital Ormond Memorial.
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The Born in Remembered for his dry sense of humor and kindness, Mr. Rohan loved spending time with his extended family. He leaves his wife of 49 years, Luz (Barrios); two
daughters, Barbara Turmelle of Bedford and Patricia
of Goffstown; two sons, Thomas P. III of GLOBE NORTHWEST 2 / OBITUARIES LOAD-DATE: September 24, 2005 [mcALUMdb: 1950 ] |
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Daily Advertiser ( <extraneous deleted> Brother Bernard Francis Beleto FSC Brother Bernard was born in He was preceded in death by his
brother, The Brothers of his religious family will sadly miss him. Another Mass of Christian Burial will be
held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, in Interment will take place at 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24,
2005, in the De La Salle Cemetery in View the obituary and guestbook online at www.mourning.com Arrangements have been entrusted
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From: Mike McEneney [1953] Dear The Manhattan Businessmen’s Retreat was held last weekend at the Passionist Retreat House in Riverdale. Over 60 men attended. It was a great weekend with provocative and inspiring speakers. Beside the speakers there was ample time for prayer and reflection at this beautiful setting. Many of
those attending had been faithful attendees over the years that this Retreat has been held, but there were some who joined the group
for the first time. Among the newcomers was one of my classmates, The
highlight of Saturday Afternoon was the opportunity for Confession and at the
5 PM Mass, Father Paul, the Retreat Director, offered those in attendance the
opportunity to receive the Sacrament of The Sick – the laying on of the Hands
and the anointing with Oil. Most of us took advantage of the opportunity to
receive the Sacrament, including This
evening I received a call from Dan to tell me that May
He Rest In Peace. [JR: There are so many lessons in this one. It is frightening, but comforting to know that he was with his friends and was given a tremendous blessing. It reminds me of the thief who stole heaven. Or the centurion, “just say the word”. Thanks of the report. BTW I pushed it out on the Yahoo MC Alumni group to ensure that anyone who wanted the info in real time would have it. May we all be so blessed and get the chance “to steal home”. ] |
[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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HOPKINTON, "Hi, this is Joe Tucci," the caller said. Tucci is CEO of EMC, the data storage giant. CEOs of multibillion-dollar global companies don't just call rookie CEOs of little software outfits. But VMware was starting to hear from companies that wanted to acquire it. "I'm going to buy you right now," Tucci said. Greene didn't know Tucci, but she says she could hear his mischievous grin coming through the line, so she played along. "What makes you think you can do that?" she good-naturedly fired back. Tucci and Greene laughed, then Tucci laid out his intentions. "There were no bankers, no lawyers," Greene says. "We just talked. I had a great gut-level feeling." A few months later, EMC owned VMware -- and as part of EMC, VMware has become one of the hottest software makers in the industry. Meanwhile, EMC has been one of the most dramatic turnaround stories of the past few years. That's how Tucci works. He's a Brooklyn-born, low-key regular guy who talks straight, acts quickly, never seems to get ruffled and will stop at a deli so he can bring armloads of pastrami sandwiches on the corporate jet. Those attributes seem to get people to believe in him, whether in a deal discussion or while digging out of hard times. EMC has had to dig out of truly awful times. When Tucci was recruited to run the company in early 2000, it looked like an unstoppable gravy train. EMC was the king of data storage -- and the single best-performing stock of the 1990s. Tucci was coming off an extreme turnaround of Wang Global, the one-time pioneer of word processing that all but disintegrated in the 1990s. Tucci joined EMC because he never again wanted to face a wrenching turnaround. Yet, by the time Tucci figured out where the nearest deli was, the dot-com crash of 2000 slammed into EMC. The company lost $508 million in 2001 and basically fell into despair. No one there knew how to handle disaster. It wasn't part of the company's DNA. To EMC's good fortune, it was part of Tucci's. Finding his playing field In high school, Tucci thought he'd become a professional baseball player or a pilot. He never got past playing semi-pro ball and failed the Air Force physical. He went to "The district manager wanted to win the league," Tucci says, wearing a dark jacket over a peach shirt, no tie, in a conference room at EMC headquarters. "That's why I got into IT (information technology)." For the record, RCA won the league the year Tucci joined. In RCA's training program, Tucci
learned computer programming. He moved on to computer maker Sperry, which
financed his MBA at By 1986, after Sperry and Burroughs merged to become Unisys, Tucci was a top Unisys executive. In 1991, Wang hired Tucci as CEO and gave him the task of pulling the company out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Tucci made 10 acquisitions, redefined Wang's business, nursed it to profitability and sold it to Dutch company Getronics in 1999. Then Tucci needed a job. Perhaps an easier one. "One of the reasons I chose EMC was that I didn't want to go through that (Wang experience) again," Tucci says. "I wanted to see if I could take something great and make it greater." EMC seemed like the place. Founded in 1979 by Richard Egan and Roger Marino as a furniture supply company, EMC started making memory boards for computers in 1981. In the 1990s, as corporations found themselves buried in data, EMC came out with a line of high-end storage products and became the industry leader. Bank transactions, websites, media libraries, insurance databases -- everything and anything was stored on racks of EMC disks. From 1990 to 2000, EMC's stock increased 119,000%, making it the New York Stock Exchange's best-performing stock of the decade. By 2000, EMC was worth $225 billion on $1.8 billion in net income. In his first months at EMC, Tucci marveled at how the money rolled in and the stock price defied gravity. Tucci got worried that something was amiss, but wasn't sure if his concerns were misplaced. "Coming off Wang, I'm saying, 'Maybe it's me,'" he says. "Maybe there are some things that go this good." At that, Tucci lets out a hearty
Not a rah-rah guy Tucci is "not a rah-rah guy at all," says Tom Heiser, a senior vice president. Tucci will get on stage and conversationally tell analysts or employees what's going on. But he's best one-on-one. At an all-hands employee gathering in April, Tucci made his biggest impression by chatting with every employee who was waiting for autographs from Boston Red Sox baseball players. Tucci had invited the players to the event. Tucci is described as even-keel, direct, easy to talk to and fun to work with. "We take everything seriously, but we don't take ourselves too seriously," CFO Bill Teuber says. "He is not the imperial CEO." Tucci shies from flash. He loves
fast cars and owns a Ferrari 360 Modena Spider, but
drives a 2003 Saab or 2004 Chevrolet Tahoe to the office from his home in Which is Tucci's daredevil side. He likes to go fast -- in cars, on boats, on ski runs and in business. He doesn't waffle, colleagues say. He makes a decision and just goes. "He doesn't get lost in theory," says Anne Mulcahy, CEO of Xerox, who says she bonded with Tucci over their shared turnaround stories. "He's action oriented. He pulls a problem apart piece by piece and is bold with his decisions. And when you're in trouble, the worst path is indecision." In 2001, as EMC flew off the tracks, Tucci had to take some harsh action. "He was Cool Hand Luke," Heiser says. "I asked him, 'Are you nervous about this?' He said, 'No, I'm not nervous. Concerned, maybe.'" Coping with a downturn From mid-2000 through 2001, EMC went into a nose dive. Sales dried up. Dead dot-coms put EMC equipment back on the market cheap. "Everything that went right for us kind of went wrong," Tucci says. Once Tucci got past his here-we-go-again feelings, he drew on his Wang experience. By early 2002, Tucci, Teuber and a handful of other EMC officers had a plan. In mid-2002, EMC cut 7,000 of its 24,000 employees to stop the red ink and stabilize the company. He seems proud that he didn't cut research and development and continued to invest in products. He also pushed to diversify. In 2000, EMC got 74% of its revenue from storage hardware, 16% from software that managed stored data and 10% from consulting services that helped companies figure out how to deal with their data. Tucci wanted 50% of revenue from hardware, 30% from software and 20% from services. (Today, it's 46%, 37% and 17%.) "They've become quite diversified with a good
mix," says J.P. Auffret, tech business
professor at For the most part, it worked. The company made $500 million in 2003. That's when Tucci plunged into acquisitions -- a skill he learned at Wang. In 2003, Tucci bought data management software companies Legato Systems and Documentum. Then came VMware, which sells software that makes computer servers far more efficient. This year, Wall Street predicts that EMC will have its highest revenue, $9.6 billion, and earn $1.2 billion -- still short of the $1.8 billion it earned in 2000. But while Tucci consistently gets raves from analysts for the turnaround, he still has to prove that EMC is really on track. For instance, the good news about VMware is that its fantastic growth accounts for about 13% of all of EMC's growth. But that's also the bad news. Analysts such as Shebly Seyrafi of Merrill Lynch say they're concerned that VMware can't stay that hot for long -- and if its growth slows, so will EMC's. EMC's stock has stalled. Two years ago, it was about $12 a share. It went up, then down, then climbed back to where it is now -- about $13. Tucci, though, says he's not done revamping EMC. The company keeps rolling out products and plans more acquisitions. Before the year's done, the phones of a handful of other tech CEOs are going to ring with Joe Tucci on the line, grinning and ready to buy the company. TEXT OF BIO BOX BEGINS HERE About Joe Tucci *Age: 58. GRAPHIC: PHOTO, B/W, Eileen Blass, LOAD-DATE: September 26, 2005 [REPORTEDAS: 1969 ] |
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Joseph A. Ripp Elected to the Board of Directors <extraneous deleted> Changes to the Senior Management Team and Board of Directors The Company today announced changes to its senior management team and Board of Directors. <extraneous deleted> The Company is also pleased to announce that effective September 28, 2005, Joseph A. Ripp joined the Board of Directors. Mr. Ripp, an independent director, has also joined the Audit, Compensation, Governance and Nominating, and Special Operations Committees of the Board. <extraneous deleted> Commenting on Mr. Ripp's election to the board, Mr. Sobiloff said, "It has been our goal to add further complementary industry and operating expertise to the Board. Joseph Ripp's background at AOL and Time brings valuable senior operating, financial and technology experience in the Internet and publishing industries to the table. We look forward to leveraging his capabilities as we move forward." <extraneous deleted> About Greenfield
Online, headquartered in === Google Alert for: "manhattan college" -"marymount manhattan college" -"borough of manhattan college" PR Newswire (press release) - ... Treasurer. Mr. Ripp is on the Board of Trustees of Manhattan College and on the Finance Committee of A Better Chance, Inc. He serves ... [mcALUMdb: 1973 ] |
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Daily News ( While gangsters are busy extracting their 2% "mob tax" on public projects, they make it clear they don't want to hear any complaints. And they could care less if workers get hurt due to dangerous conditions or the use of substandard construction materials, a Daily News investigation shows. Just ask the workers who were seriously injured at a job
site on By late 2001, the city had already received numerous
complaints about unsafe conditions from both workers and neighbors at a job
site at the Parkwest Apartments at One worker told investigators he'd left after a week because he felt "that the safety issues on the job exposed him to injury," court records state. At 7:30 a.m. the Tuesday after Thanksgiving 2001, a 7,000-pound slab of precast concrete collapsed on top of 60-year-old carpenter Selma Erey as she prepared plywood safety covers at her workbench. "She has a permanently disabling, very serious fracture to her foot, a compression fracture to her spine, and traumatic brain injury," said her attorney, Paul Hofmann. "She could have been killed." The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration shut down the job, and the city slapped the job's general contractor with proposed fines of $4,150. A union shop steward found pervasive safety issues, including uncovered holes and the absence of safety cables, and registered his complaints. An OSHA inspector found bricks being hoisted over the heads of workers and the absence of safety netting, records show. That's when the mob stepped in, investigators say. Richard Gotti - a brother of the
late mob boss In sworn testimony, District Council Carpenters shop
steward Raising his voice and jabbing a finger into O'Keefe's chest, according to O'Keefe, Gotti told him that if he made any more reports, it would be O'Keefe who'd be having safety problems. Records show that O'Keefe, who told investigators he "did not sleep well for a few nights," stopped complaining. On June 26, 2002, at the same site, Scott Simpson was working as part of a grouting crew when a concrete floor he was standing on collapsed. Simpson and another worker fell a full story. Now suing for millions, Simpson fractured his wrist and was out of work for months. That same month, Richard Gotti was arrested and charged as a captain in the Gambino family in a sweeping racketeering indictment. He eventually served one year and was released in August. Another method the mob employs to inflate profits while exposing workers - and the general public - to unsafe conditions involves the use of substandard materials. Investigators say the contractors bill the government for top-quality concrete and Sheetrock, but use cheaper materials that can later fall apart or cause hazards. On an FBI tape, Gambino capo
Greg DePalma discussed ways to line his pockets by
cutting corners on a big job installing windows at DePalma was heard discussing how he could win the job, "then perform the job in a shoddy and incomplete manner so that he could make a windfall," the documents allege. DePalma made his feelings about union workers brutally clear in a July 2004 chat. "F---- the unions," he said. "It's all over." A News review of records indicates that in many cases the existence of injury-causing work conditions have few ramifications with governmental agencies. Consider the case of Yonkers Contracting. The firm has not been charged
with a crime, but prosecutors say that for years On a windy May morning in 2000, Antonio Pedro, 41, a
nonunion Yonkers Contracting was cited for allowing Pedro to work without a harness and for not training him properly. OSHA inspectors proposed fines totalling $12,500 for three serious violations, but settled for only $1,500. From 2001 through 2003, OSHA hit Yonkers Contracting with $17,825 in penalties for serious violations at six other job sites for the same issues, including a lack of protection against falls. Still, the State of Company Executive VP Yonkers Contracting has won $584 million in government contracts despite safety violations and allegations of payoffs to mob-linked union local. Cops search for Antonio Pedro after his plunge from the GRAPHIC: LOAD-DATE: September 27, 2005 |
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New Straits Times ( THE amount of salt dissolved in streams in the
northeastern "We're basically hardening the watersheds and feeding
them a high-salt diet. There is a direct connection between the number of
driveways and parking lots we have and the quality of our water," said Sujay Kaushal of the Kaushal and colleagues tested
water in streams in rural areas of There are alternatives methods of de-icing, he added, but
they have side-effects too. "The problem is the
number of roadways," he said, saying the number being
built should be limited. In In streams feeding into The study focused on Little Mogan
Run, Middle Run and Beaver Run feeding into The researchers noted that this problem is also occurring in other parts of the country, with rising salinity reported in some Midwestern lakes. Overall there are 2.6 million
miles of paved roads in the Kevin Farley, a professor of ecology at The study was funded by the National Science Foundation, the Environmental Protection Agency and the A. W. Mellon Foundation. LOAD-DATE: September 26, 2005 |
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The Post-Standard ( <extraneous deleted> Dean's list The following area residents have been named to the dean's list for the spring 2005 semester at their respective colleges and universities: <extraneous deleted> LOAD-DATE: September 23, 2005 |
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http://www.bronxmall.com/norwoodnews/schools/S50922page2.html PUBLISHED BY MOSHOLU PRESERVATION CORPORATION A Look at What’s New at Local Public and Parochial Schools Students went back to school on Sept. 8 in what many officials and parents have said was a particularly easy first day. “It was probably one of the smoothest school openings in anyone’s recollection,” said Joel DiBartolomeo, a local instructional superintendent for the area, last week. <extraneous deleted> PS 8 PS 8 is home to a fleet of fledgling administrators and
teachers this year. The “I’m thrilled that those colleges have sought us out,” said Maria Quail, the school’s principal. PS 8 will continue to assign students to small groups for specific skills work, creating smaller learning environments within the school’s full classrooms. Around 1,200 students are registered this year, a similar number to last year. Quail is excited that after-school programming, provided
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Nyack walk to raise money to fight blood cancer Laura Murray remembers sitting hunched over a pillow as a 4-year-old, watching her mother feverishly reading book after book to distract her from the doctor inserting a needle into her small spine to draw blood. That was 17 years ago, after The Airmont girl had been told she needed a bone marrow transplant, but,
thanks to early diagnosis, chemotherapy and what "People think you're 4 years old so you don't
remember, but you do remember," said Tonight, "I've always wanted to give back," said Murray, who still lives in Airmont. "To cure something like this would be wonderful." The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society holds the nationwide two-mile walk to build awareness of blood cancers and raise funds for cures. Walkers carry illuminated balloons —white for survivors and red for supporters — to honor lives touched by cancer. Although the cure rates for blood cancers have increased, leukemia remains the No. 1 killer of children under 15. "It's a beautiful night," Numeroff said. "To me it honors the memory of my brother and honors the survival of my friend." Another walk will be held
tomorrow night at == If you go == Google Alert for: "manhattan college" -"marymount manhattan college" -"borough of manhattan college" Nyack walk to raise money to fight blood cancer The Journal News.com - ... "People think you're 4 years old so you don't
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College bound athletes peer through window of future Expert recruiter Jack Renkens dispelled common myths about the college recruiting process in his presentation, “The Realities of College Recruiting.” His presentation, which took place at the Alberta Kimball Auditorium on September 19, emphasized how time-consuming and competitive obtaining a scholarship can be. “Only 0.8% of high school athletes will get a fully funded Division I scholarship,” said Renkens. Athletic directors Brad Jodarski
and Craig Lieder invited Renkens to “I think the message will help student-athletes and their parents at school to understand the recruiting process,” said Jodarski. “Renkens got his point across in a very fun and entertaining way.” Renkens gleaned firsthand
knowledge of the recruiting process as a basketball player at Renkens said that the first question every student-athlete should ask is, “How important is playing college sports to me?” According to Renkens, “83% of all collegiate opportunities are not at the Division I level” and “97% of the opportunity is out of state.” Jodarski also believes that the athlete must question whether or not playing college sports is really that significant to them. “They need to ask themselves some hard questions,” said Jodarski. “Can they handle it, and how important is it to them?” Renkens suggests that the student-athlete draw a circle with a radius of two or three hours’ distance around his/her hometown. If the athlete is not willing to consider a school outside of that circle, he/she is not really committed to playing college athletics. Renkens says that colleges are looking to recruit students outside of their home state, but the student has to be willing to leave his/her comfort zone and relocate in order to have the best opportunity. “If you really want to play, it’s available to you,” said Renkens. “The greater the distance, the greater the opportunity.” According to Renkens, the athlete must realize that he/she will probably not be able to select the school of his/her dreams, but there is an opportunity that is the right match for the athlete. What the athlete must do is make these smaller colleges aware that he/she is out there. The big question is: how does the athlete do it? “Get your name in front of hundreds of college coaches,” said Renkens. “You can’t pick the schools. Avoid recruiting services; they are rip-offs!” Renkens strongly advises that athletes need to market themselves, but discourages athletes from making lengthy tapes or sending news clippings. “What college wants an MTV tape of your kid?” Renkens asks. Renkens advocates that talent is not the end all and be all in acquiring a scholarship. In order to be looked at by college coaches, one must take the initiative to self-market. “It’s not that you’re not good enough,” said Renkens, “it’s that no one knows who you are.” He recommends that the athlete prepare a one page profile with a short letter and send it to as many schools, “as is humanly possible.” He suggests that at least 200-300 schools be contacted. He also recommends that athletes obtain the NCAA Guide of the College-Bound Student Athlete. This book contains all the pertinent information an athlete needs to play the recruiting game. The bottom line according to Renkens is, “you have to understand what this is all about. First, this is about getting your education. Second, it’s about getting an opportunity to play. And third, you have to get it all paid for.” He says “parents and student-athletes need to realize that Division II and III schools do not have massive recruiting budgets, but those schools are where most of the opportunities exist.” == College bound athletes peer through window of future The ... As a parent, he helped his daughter obtain a
basketball scholarship to [JR: Hmm, maybe getting basketball players who “can’t guard a chair” is the reason for some losses. The really really important question is after they graduate will they make financial contributions to the “drain the alumni for all they can cough up” fund raising.] |
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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
10/2/05 Sunday Softball TBA$
10/2/05 Sunday W. Soccer
10/2/05 Sunday Baseball Pace
10/5/05 Wednesday
10/6/05 Thursday W. Soccer Saint
10/7/05 Friday Cross Country
Metropolitan Championships
HOME 1:00 PM
10/7/05 Friday M. Soccer Marist* HOME
3:00 PM
10/7/05 Friday Volleyball Fairleigh Dickinson!
10/7/05 Friday Baseball Long Island%
10/8/05 Saturday Baseball TBD%
10/8/05 Saturday M. Lacrosse Robert
Morris$
10/8/05 Saturday Volleyball Rider!
10/8/05 Saturday M. Lacrosse
10/8/05 Saturday Volleyball Wagner!
10/8/05 Saturday W. Soccer
10/8/05 Saturday M. Lacrosse Bucknell$
10/9/05 Sunday Baseball TBD%
10/9/05 Sunday M. Soccer
10/10/05 Monday W. Soccer Virginia
Military Institute
10/11/05 Tuesday Volleyball
Fordham
10/14/05 Friday M. Soccer Iona*
10/14/05 Friday W. Soccer Rider*
10/15/05 Saturday W Crew Navy Day
Regatta
10/15/05 Saturday Crew Navy Day
Regatta
10/15/05 Saturday Golf Violet
Classic
10/15/05 Saturday M. Lacrosse Dowling
(Alumni Day) Gaelic Park 11:00 AM
10/15/05 Saturday Baseball Globe
Tech Staten
10/15/05 Saturday M. Lacrosse Alumni
Game Gaelic Park 2:00 PM
10/15/05 Saturday Volleyball Canisius* HOME 2:00 PM
10/16/05 Sunday Golf Violet
Classic
10/16/05 Sunday W. Soccer Loyola
(MD)*
10/16/05 Sunday M. Soccer
10/16/05 Sunday Volleyball
Niagara* HOME 2:00 PM
10/18/05 Tuesday Golf Saint
Peter's West Orange, NJ 2:00 PM
10/18/05 Tuesday Cross Country
Manhattan/Iona Invitational
HOME 3:00 PM
10/21/05 Friday W. Soccer Niagara* HOME
3:00 PM
10/21/05 Friday Volleyball Rider* Lawrenceville, NJ 7:00 PM
10/22/05 Saturday Golf St. Mary's Fall
Classic Finksburg, MD 9:00 AM
10/22/05 Saturday M. Soccer St.
Peter's* HOME 1:00 PM
10/22/05 Saturday Volleyball Loyola
(MD)* Baltimore, MD 7:00 PM
10/23/05 Sunday Golf St. Mary's Fall
Classic Finksburg, MD 9:00 AM
10/23/05 Sunday W. Soccer Canisius* HOME 10:00 AM
10/26/05 Wednesday Volleyball Fairleigh Dickinson
HOME 7:00 PM
10/27/05 Thursday W. Swimming Suffolk
West (Scrimmage) Brentwood, NY 6:00 PM
10/28/05 Friday W. Soccer MAAC
Championships% Lake Buena Vista,
FL TBA
10/28/05 Friday Cross Country MAAC
Championships HOME 2:30 PM
10/28/05 Friday M. Soccer Rider* HOME
3:00 PM
10/28/05 Friday W. Swimming Stevens
Tech Hoboken, NJ 7:00 PM
10/29/05 Saturday Crew Head of the Fish
Regatta Saratoga Springs, N.Y. 12:00 AM
10/29/05 Saturday W Crew Head of the
Fish Regatta
10/29/05 Saturday W. Soccer MAAC
Championships% Lake Buena Vista,
FL TBA
10/29/05 Saturday Volleyball Sacred
Heart HOME 2:00 PM
10/30/05 Sunday W. Soccer MAAC
Championships% Lake Buena Vista, FL TBA
10/30/05 Sunday M. Soccer Loyola
(MD)* HOME 10:00 AM
10/30/05 Sunday Volleyball Saint
Peter's* Jersey City, NJ 2:00 PM
10/31/05 Monday W. Soccer MAAC
Championships& Lake Buena Vista,
FL TBA
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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MEN'S LACROSSE UNVEILS 2006 SPRING SCHEDULE Riverdale, NY (September 30, 2005)-- The 2006 Manhattan Men's Lacrosse schedule, which was announced by head coach Tim McIntee on Thursday, features eight MAAC conference games, as well as opponents from the Great Western Lacrosse League, ECAC Lacrosse League, and Colonial Athletic Association. WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ANNOUNCES 2005-06 SCHEDULE Riverdale, N.Y. (September 29, 2005)- The Manhattan
College 2005-06 women's basketball schedule has been finalized and will
consist of nine non-conference games along with the traditional 18 game MAAC
schedule, with 13 games to be played at Draddy Gym.
Included in the non-conference slate is a Thanksgiving Tournament at Northern
Arizona, as well as games against nationally renowned programs MEN'S BASKETBALL ANNOUNCES 2005-06 SCHEDULE Riverdale, N.Y. (September 29, 2005- The Manhattan College 2005-06 men's basketball schedule has been finalized and will consist of nine non-conference games along with the traditional 18 game MAAC schedule, with 13 games to be played at Draddy Gym. Included in the non-conference slate is a Preseason NIT appearance, as well as a third straight appearance in the ESPN Bracket Buster Saturday event, against an opponent to be determined. The Jaspers will also appear on television at least three times, with the potential for a fourth televised game coming from the Bracket Buster Event. MEN'S LACROSSE INFORMATION AND The Men's Lacrosse team will open its fall season next
Saturday, October 8, when the Jaspers participate in the Genesee Valley Fall
Tournament. ECAC FEATURES In response to the record-setting performance by a quartet
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[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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Steve Trimper has only been
working with the Trimper, who was hired Aug. 18 to replace Paul Kostacopoulos, who took the job at the U.S. Naval Academy, has been putting the team through its paces. "I couldn't have asked for a more smooth
transition," said Trimper, who came to UMaine from "The kids are extremely hardworking and motivated and we have tremendous senior leadership," he said. "They, like myself, have one common goal: To win as many games as we can, win a conference championship and get to the NCAA Regionals." Trimper, who has been preaching hard work as the key to UMaine's success, wants his team to stay motivated as it defends its America East title. As part of the evaluation process during the fall season, Trimper has scheduled two games. UMaine is slated to face Husson College of Bangor for a noon doubleheader on Oct. 8. "I think fall ball is extremely important," Trimper said. "Against outside competition, you really get a true test of your kids." Trimper thanked Husson coach While Division I teams are allowed 56 games, Trimper opted to use a couple of those contests this fall, citing the likelihood of losing games in the spring to inclement weather anyway. Trimper hopes the exhibition twinbill will give UMaine fans and boosters a chance to get together one final time this season while gearing up for the major league postseason chase that hopefully will include a Red Sox victory over the Yankees. <extraneous deleted> UMaine to open at Ole Miss The UMaine baseball team will begin its 2006 season at the same venue it ended the 2005 campaign. While the Black Bears' full schedule has
not been announced, they will open next season with a three-game
series at the "Obviously, they're an SEC [Southeastern Conference] team, had a great team last year and are potentially a Top-10 team in the country," Trimper said. "We'll go down, evaluate ourselves and play some great competition." UMaine travels to The series at Ole Miss comes a week earlier than UMaine's usual start. After a week back at classes, the
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Brown Daily Herald via After struggling early in the season, the volleyball team came into its own over the weekend, winning its last two matches at home in the Brown Invitational, including a five-game victory over Stony Brook University. Tri-captains Leigh Martin '06 and Lauren Gibbs '06 were both named to the All-Tournament Team in recognition of their contributions to Brown's performance. "We played well, we're really starting to come together," said Head Coach Diane Short. "We definitely have improved." The Bears' final match of the weekend against Stony Brook proved to be the most thrilling. Playing for the third time in two days, Brown took the first two games by scores of 30-27 and 30-22. Needing just one more game to end the match, the Bears' exhaustion became a factor, as Stony Brook refused to go away. The Seawolves broke a 16-16 tie in Game 3 with a 7-1 run. Then, after the Bears cut the lead to 24-21, Stony Brook rattled off six straight points to clinch the 30-21 victory. The margin may have been shorter in the fourth game, but the score was not indicative of the action -- the Bears quickly fell into a 10-3 hole and were never able to get closer than four, falling 30-22 and sending the match to a decisive fifth game. "We got tentative and let up a bit, and then we got frustrated," said tri-captain Shawn Tulac '07. Going the distance for the first time this season, all the momentum seemed to be against Brown at the start of the fifth game. However, the Bears dug down, trading points with Stony Brook until they reached an 11-11 stalemate. Brown then scored three straight points off two kills by Julie Mandolini-Trummel '08 and one by Gibbs, putting the Bears at match point. Again, the Seawolves would not go away. Stony Brook scored two more points to make the score 14-13. With the tension in the gym rising by the second, the Bears finally put the match away after Martin set up Gibbs for a thunderous kill and the 15-13 victory. "It really seemed like they had a lot more fighting spirit in that match," Short said. "They could easily have given up in that match. For them to push through their exhaustion is a great sign." The Bears had four players post double-digit kills,
including Tulac, who had a double-double
with 22 kills and 16 digs. Mandolini-Trummel also play-ed well, recording 21 kills. Martin, meanwhile,
set a career milestone, moving into fourth place in school history with 83
career aces. She also posted 73 assists in the match, breaking the
season-high of 61 that she set earlier in the day against The 3-2 victory is a promising sign for the Bears, who last season dropped three Ivy League contests in the fifth game. "I think it's important that we won that game," Tulac said. "Last year we went to five in a lot of games and lost." In addition to showing improvement from last year, the
Bears also showed that they have grown in this short season when they
defeated "We played this team two weeks ago and lost, so we came out wanting to take the win," Tulac said. "It was almost like batting practice, we went up and swung away." After the first game of Saturday's match, the Jaspers probably should have gone to the bullpen. The Bears absolutely dominated, taking a 12-1 lead, and eventually leading by as many as 15. Looking timid and uncomfortable, the Jaspers mounted little defense as Brown rolled over them with a 30-9 shellacking. "They couldn't stop our hitters," Martin said. "We were getting one-on-one blocks, which you don't see much." The Jaspers responded from the beating by coming out much sharper in the second game, playing Brown to a 24-24 tie. The Bears did themselves no favors in letting the game slip away, making errors on five straight points to give Manhattan a 29-24 lead, essentially sealing the 30-25 loss. "Our coach said that when you embarrass a team by that score they are like a wounded animal that will come back stronger," Martin said. "We may have taken them a little too lightly." The Bears did not make the same mistake again, taking game three by a score of 30-26. The clinching contest was much tenser, as there were 11 ties. Brown came dangerously close to losing the match, trailing 28-26 before notching four straight points to claim the win. Offensively and defensively, the Bears were led by Gibbs, who recorded 22 kills and a .474 hitting percentage. She also had a match-high four blocks. Katie Lapinski '08 also played well, notching 26 digs. The lone disappointment for Bruno came on Friday night, when the Bears were swept 3-0 by No. 18 Santa Clara University. The highlight of that match for the Bears was the third game, in which Bruno fell in an 11-5 hole, cut the lead to 17-16 and held the lead as late as 28-27. Unfortunately, the Broncos, led by Tournament MVP Anna Cmaylo, were too much for Brown, stealing the 30-28 victory and recording the sweep. With the non-conference part of its schedule now complete,
the team will begin Ivy play on Friday, traveling to "I really feel that we can win the league," Short said. "We have gained a lot more confidence in the last week." LOAD-DATE: September 26, 2005 |
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From: Stephen Laruccia '67 Hi Would you kindly publicize in the next Jasper Jottings the following alumni event North Carolina alumni reception, Wednesday, October 12, 2005, 6:30 pm at the Prestonwood Country Club, Cary, North Carolina. For more information, please contact me. Thanks. [JR: Done. That’s what we’re here for. ] |
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From: Ed Plumeau '52 A Dear [JR: Ed, I knew two Father Ritter’s. One prissy PIA who gave every Engineer a D! Not that I didn’t, or may not have deserved it, but there were some “barbarians from the engineering building” (as he called us) in the class who really tried. I still remember Danny Lou and “god and the ways to know him”. Maybe some day I’ll finally get around to that reading assignment. Ritter wasn’t impressed that I thought Victor Frankel’s book “Man's Search for Meaning”, was a better theology text. Then, later in life, when walking up Eighth Avenue to work one morning from the Port, I ran into a hard-ass guy outside Covenant House, who, when I saw him, was chasing the pimps camped outside his door to “recover their property”. Both boys and girls, I came to understand! (I, a few other businessmen, and some delivery guys may have lent him an enthusiastic hand, but I’ll never confirm that. Statute of limitations. Anyway, just few suits and some big soda delivery guys with him, was enough to move things along. He and the “clean up crew” chatted. He didn’t know I was a contributor. He had sent out a mailing to Jaspers whose addresses he had for funds. Wish I had saved that letter. It must have been good to get money out of me on an idea. Maybe he threated to go back and change my D’s to F’s. I don’t remember. Now that I think about it, I don’t know how he got my address? Anyway, he had lots of great things to say about our fellow Jaspers. Later I read about a third Father Ritter akin to what you reported. Maybe a little worse with speculation, innuendo, and tittering. I’d prefer to remember the second one. That one taught me more than the first one ever did. I hope he rests in peace.] |
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http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Blair/?p=4 The Big Day So today's the day, officially.
At 2am, I am still haunting Sleep tight, [JR: Her pic is at: http://community.webshots.com/album/446602000oimswb and can anyone id her? ;-) It would be nice to have a name and a Class Year. I don’t even think Mike can supply it without a name. Hmmm, maybe the man’s mortal after all? Now watch, he’ll look at the pic and tell us that its soo and soo’s daughter, born on such and such a date, currently working in XYZ, and wears size 5 shoes. The fellow is amazing. Let’s see what he can do with this one. Start the clock … now!] |
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http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Manhattan+College&defid=1443425 1. A private catholic college located in the northwest part
of the Look another drunk Irish getting
off at Source: Tron Stevens, Riverdale, Sep 13, 2005 [JR: At the risk of
perpetuating a stereotype, this is an obvious exaggeration. A calumny on the good name of Jaspers everywhere. I would point out when I was a student there, everyone knew that drunken students didn’t use the
subways. We all drove! Hopefully, students these
days are smarter than we were and DO take the subway. And, it obvious the
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http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/democrat/news/opinion/12696207.htm Posted on Wed, Sep. 21, 2005 Scott is the chief executive of Wal-Mart, one of the few
institutions to improve its image here after Katrina sent a 15-foot wave
across the north [Curmudgeon interjection: Did we mention that the Red Cross CEO is paid 450k/ year. And, after 9/11, there was the controversy about collecting more than was planned to be spent on that disaster and “saving it for future disasters”. And, now it comes out that the Red Cross is a FEMA subcontractor.] But if you visit the Wal-Mart and the Sam's Club stores here, you hear shoppers who have been without power for weeks marveling that there are still generators in stock (and priced at $304.04). You hear about the trucks that rolled in right after the hurricane and the stuff the stores gave away: chain saws and boots for rescue workers, sheets and clothes for shelters, water and ice for the public. "This was the only place we could find water those first days," said Rashan Smith, who was shopping with her three children at Wal-Mart on Saturday. "I still haven't managed to get through to FEMA. It's hard to say, but you get more justice at Wal-Mart." [Curmudgeon interjection: Don’t forget about the WalMart trucks with free essential things like water, diapers, and food being turned back by FEMA] <extraneous deleted> But it was too busy dealing with
the record number of other "disasters" that In 1997, Congress gave FEMA $500,000 and ordered it to
develop a comprehensive plan to evacuate How often do you suppose someone at Wal-Mart headquarters dispenses $500,000 and doesn't bother keeping track of it? It's legendary for tracking every transaction and pinching every penny. When Scott, the chief executive officer, travels with the chief financial officer, they cut costs by sharing a hotel room. That's the kind of leader we need
to oversee the tens of billions that [Curmudgeon interjection: WalMart raised money for the Salvation Army’s flood relief effort, not the Red Crass (sic). Think they know something?] David Vitter, the Republican senator from ### AH, but you statist keep believing that the Gummamint will protect you. If only they had more time. If only they had more money. If only the “right” people were in charge. You all are sheeple (sheep people) who allow themselves to be herded and clipped. For compassion, let the people do it. Read Walter Williams http://www.townhall.com/columnists/walterwilliams/ww20050921.shtml about what the governement should be allowed to do chartity-wise. Nothing! Quoting from Williams, James Madison, the father of our constitution, irate over a $15,000 congressional appropriation to assist some French refugees, said, "I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents." Now I am not hard hearted. But I do call your attention to Marvin Olasky’s Seven Principles of Effective Compassion. Beyond the immediate alleviation of suffering, relief efforts should be aimed at long-term self-sufficiency of local populations. http://www.acton.org/publicat/books/transformwelfare/olasky.html So let’s nuke FEMA. Let’s send the money back to the citizens and let them
help their fellow citizens. I have never seen the logic of sending a dollar
to NOLA produces a textbook case for why Big Gummamint didn’t work. Every level failed. But, the big disaster was the Government dikes that everyone knew were inadequate. Those dikes allowed people to build in unsafe areas under the illusion that it was OK. Federal flood insurance encourages stupidity that every taxpayer subsidizes. Flood insurance is more welfare for rich people. And it goes on and on. And anyone who thinks that it
would have been different if the D’s were in the White House has forgotten
the And, And, anyone who thinks that there is any difference between the R’s and the D’s or the D’s and the R’s is just kidding themselves. |
And that’s the last word.
Curmudgeon
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GBu. GBA.