Dear Jaspers,
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October 10th - Columbus Day Golf Classic *New Venue* October 12, 2005, 6:30 pm Prestonwood
Country Club, CORRECTION October 19th - Career Fair October
13th & 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 - Treasure Coast Club Luncheon 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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"Therefore the Gospel, which is the very naturalization of charity, was not a declaration of the rights of man, but a declaration of his duties." Jean-Baptiste-Henri Dominique Lacordaire (1802-1861) |
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http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1005/p15s01-lifp.htm from the October 05, 2005 edition - http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1005/p15s01-lifp.html 'Baby boxes' help abandoned
infants === <begin quote> === The term, coined by Hess, is for
an incubatorlike device designed for mothers who
want to abandon their babies safely and anonymously at a private clinic in The mother rings the bell, deposits the baby, and closes the door, which locks immediately. The bell alerts the nurse's station and sends a page to the doctor and nurse on duty. The foundling is collected within 60 seconds and taken to a maternity hospital for care. Ultimately, the child will be put up for adoption. Hess, who heads the Save Abandoned
Babies Foundation in In April 2000, a similar
"baby hatch" was installed in a So far, 21 babies have been
"deposited" in <extraneous deleted> The baby-box concept is a
technologically updated answer to a very old problem. A century ago, a
hospital in the center of "I think in this society,
[the baby box] is more needed than it used to be," says Katrin Beyer, cofounder of Antwerp-based Moeders voor Moeders (Mothers for Mothers), a charitable group that
installed the first and only box in <extraneous deleted> Critics overlook the point of the baby box, says Michaela Marksova-Tominova, head of the ministry's Department of Family Policy and Social Work. "It is only to protect these children that are killed by the mothers," Ms. Tominova says. "It can't harm anybody." A handful of abandoned babies
still perish each year in the === <end quote> === This is a great idea to a sad problem. The true measure of a civilation, society, government, or people is how the young, the old, the sick, and the disabled are treated. Otherwise we are just bog old Neanderthals hitting each other with clubs. Nor do I think this is a problem of “government”. For them to “solve”. It’s our problem. I don’t know how much of a problem it is in my community, but I am going to ask. If necessary, I’ll “tin cup” the idea. I would think that each rescue squad, church, bank, or shopping center could have a baby box. Heck, I’d put one on my car if I thought it would save some child. Wouldn’t you? Life is precious. It’s not “ours”. Like the parable of the talents, we’re giving it to accomplish our mission. Hopefully along the way we can make our contribution. |
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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[JR: MC has a new website http://www.manhattan.edu/ ] From: Marjorie Apel Correction: The Career Fair is Wednesday October 19th from 12 to 5 pm
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[JHONORS: Di Toro, Dominic M. (1963) reported by Norberto, Patrick J. (1984)] Di Toro Named to Dominic M. Di Toro, PhD, a founding Principal of HydroQual, Inc., and the current Edward C. Davis
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the In being elected to the Areas in which Dr. Di Toro’s work has had the greatest
impact are water quality and sediment flux modeling, and sediment and water
quality criteria development. Early in his career, he developed one of the
first dynamic water quality models that was used to predict the consequences
of nutrient discharges to the In the late 1980s, the EPA embarked on the development of Sediment Quality Criteria, and Dr. Di Toro was the technical leader of the effort through the 1990s. The Equilibrium Partitioning model and the SEM/AVS method that were developed are now part of common practice. More recently, he and his colleagues have developed criteria models for mixtures of polynuclear hydrocarbons (PAHs) that have recently been published by EPA. Dr. Di Toro served as the technical director of the HydroQual Team that is developing and applying the Biotic Ligand Model (BLM) to various metals. Beginning with copper, the team examined the factors that control the bioavailability and toxicity of copper to aquatic organisms. This work resulted in the Biotic Ligand Model which successfully linked metal chemistry with effects to explain and predict metal toxicity. The HydroQual Team, now lead by Paul Paquin and Robert Santore, continues to work on copper, silver, aluminum, zinc, and cobalt. The BLM for copper has been incorporated into the USEPA 2004 draft water quality criteria document for copper and similar plans are in place for silver and zinc. Dr. Di Toro joined the Link: http://www.hydroqual.com/news.html
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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
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ROSSLER, Donald F. Donald Francis Rossler, 81, of
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[JR: I'm going to try a new section for "updates". These
are changes that "pop" in from the various sources that are not
really from the news. I thought it might be valuable to alert old friends seeking
to reconnect or "youngsters" seeking a networking contact with
someone who might have a unique viewpoint that they are interested in. This is
a benefit of freeing up time trying to make email work by
"outsourcing" the task to Yahoo.]
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[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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Legal Times Intellectual property attorneys are used to bucking the odds when suing companies for patent infringement. But for James Gatto, a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, one court battle has become less of a long-shot case than a personal fight for legal and financial redemption. Gatto, 42, is a well-known
figure in Last August, Gatto lost
decisively in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
There, presiding Judge Though the case (predictably) turns on the arcane minutia
of patent law, the dispute has evolved into an unusual personal drama for the
Pillsbury partner as well as for several prominent (A noted exception is attorney Thomas Woolston's $35 million victory for patent infringement against eBay Inc. in 2003, which was partially overturned by the Federal Circuit in March. But even he had left firm life to run his own business.) The case, IPXL Holdings v. Amazon.com, has also entangled a coterie of D.C. law firms, which were subpoenaed for documents. And the parties have remained at odds over the fees awarded to Amazon's attorneys. Both sides declined to comment, citing the pending appeal. The stakes are high. Gatto could either gain millions or be forced to pay the seven-figure legal bill awarded by the lower court, as well as his own costs. Although his complaint doesn't specify damages, according to Amazon, Gatto is seeking approximately $50 million. This isn't the first time Amazon's "1-Click"
system has been at the center of a patent controversy. Just weeks after
receiving its patent for "1-Click" in 1999, Amazon filed an
infringement case against BarnesandNoble.com for its " But, says Jonathan Marshall, a partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges who represented Barnes & Noble, "It was clear from our point of view that, at the end of the day, the court would hold the patent invalid." This time around the context is different. Patent law on
Internet systems is now more developed. And the litigation comes amid a
debate inside the legal profession over the rise in patent lawsuits. For many
large corporations the problem is so-called patent trolls -- canny investors
who buy up patents from defunct companies and flip the purchases into
lawsuits against big corporations. For the others, however, these lawsuits
are about a protection of the right to property. Though Gatto's
patent is his own invention, the larger c "Companies are now saying there are opportunities where maybe we could and should settle these cases for the legal fees," says patent attorney Aldo Noto, a partner at Andrews Kurth. "But the large companies are afraid of setting a precedent allowing these small guys to roll over them." THE ENTREPRENEUR Raised in But Gatto had larger ambitions
than shuffling papers inside the government bureaucracy, so he put himself
through night school at Even then, Gatto displayed
business acumen. He bought rental properties in "He's very much an entrepreneur," says Tim Brackett, a patent attorney at Nixon Peabody. Over the next decade and a half, Gatto built a practice litigating and prosecuting patents on behalf of a stable of high-tech clients, ranging from Internet startups to blue chip companies including Microstrategy and IBM. He began his career at the IP boutique then known as Banner, Birch, McKie & Beckett, and then moved to Marks, Murase & White before going to Baker Botts in 1992, where he became a partner. In 1997 he jumped ship again, landing with Hunton & Williams. All the while, Gatto continued to dabble in outside businesses and would-be inventions, including the cash-transfer system now at the center of his dispute with Amazon, which he filed an application for in June 1996. One of his current patent applications is for a so-called friendship object, described as two identical objects sold together so that the purchaser can give one to a friend. Gatto filed the application jointly with Heidi Jacquin, the wife of a former law school classmate who sells the product in a small business she owns called Wibbles. Gatto's itinerant career path, some former colleagues say, was not simply a matter of moving to greener pastures. It also had to do with Gatto's less than stellar management skills and the fact that he sometimes fell behind on collecting his bills. Though officially his 2001 departure from Hunton & Williams was friendly, five former colleagues and legal recruiters say it was more acrimonious than amicable. Still, Gatto landed softly,
scoring a roughly million-a-year pay package at Mintz,
Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, which was pushing to boost its IP practice in the Gatto's supporters defend his firm-hopping. "Some people are more restless than others," says Christopher Campbell, a partner at Hunton & Williams. "I wouldn't chalk it up to anything more or anything less. . . . If he thinks there is an opportunity to expand, he's not afraid to pursue it." TAKING ON THE GIANT Although Gatto is a prominent
figure in But IPXL's size didn't stop Gatto from targeting the Goliath of e-commerce with his slingshot. In March 2002 he fired off a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, asking if the company would be interested in purchasing Gatto's patented cash-transfer system, which, according to court documents, is described as a method for customizing financial transactions for users so that they can "select a desired transaction by a single selection or with limited inputs." The two parties negotiated briefly but failed to reach any agreement. So Gatto turned to litigation,
hiring veteran plaintiffs firm Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi and filing suit in a The Amazon is similarly well armed, with a team from Kirkland
& Ellis led by The purpose, according to court filings: to show that Gatto had "derived his patent from the ideas of his client." Such proof, if found, could invalidate Gatto's patent and undermine his claim against Amazon. "It was a classic fishing expedition," says Scott Robertson, a Hunton partner who handled the subpoena for his firm. The subpoenaed firms feared the request would not only tap into privileged and proprietary material but would be costly to comply with, as well. The court agreed with the firms, finding the subpoenas unduly burdensome given that there was not sufficient evidence of impropriety to justify the imposition. Accordingly, the court limited Amazon's request to the patent numbers of any applications in which Gatto had participated. But by August 2004 that issue was made moot when Brinkema threw out all claims of infringement on summary judgment and questioned whether the action should ever have been brought. "I didn't even think this was a close case," the judge said the following month at a hearing with the attorneys. A few weeks later, the court ordered IPXL Holdings to pay Amazon's legal tab -- a particularly punitive ruling usually reserved for cases the court considers entirely frivolous. That order, however, led to a new round of legal jockeying
over exactly what fees were justified. Amazon asked for what it claimed was
90 percent of its bill -- $2,030,235.90 for Kirkland & Ellis and
$63,071.37 for Greenberg Traurig, which served as
local counsel in In June the court more or less sided with Amazon, ordering IPXL to pay 80 percent of the bill. Gatto then tried to get the Federal Circuit to suspend the payment of legal fees while the case is on appeal. He lost because he did not show that taking out a bond would be overly burdensome. Is all this past prologue for what will happen at this week's argument? Marshall, the former counsel to Barnes & Noble who has no involvement in the current case, thinks the deck is stacked against Gatto. "This court did a very good job," That could prove a costly outcome for Gatto and IPXL. As of June 28, the company had exactly $899.91 in the bank. Emma Schwartz can be contacted at eschwartz - - a t - - alm.com. LOAD-DATE: October 3, 2005 [Reported As: 1984 ] |
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Law News - Greenberg Traurig
expands Submitted: 11:19 AM, Monday, October 3, 2005 Greenberg Traurig - “Bringing Brian to Greenberg Traurig
will add significant talent to our already extensive national and local
intellectual property capabilities, especially our growing niche in
biotechnology,” said Richard A. Rosenbaum, Managing Shareholder of the “Brian’s comprehensive knowledge of intellectual property law makes him an excellent addition to our existing intellectual property practice,” said Paul Sutton, Co-Chair of the National Intellectual Property Practice. “His vast experience will be an invaluable resource to our local, regional and global clients and will further augment our ability to serve their specialized needs in a collaborative and business-oriented style.” Mr. Coggio earned his LL.M in
Trade Regulations from [MCalumDB: Two of them '71 and '03. I'll bet it's '71 version. ;-) The '03 version has had enough "soak time". ] |
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JNEWSxx: Forrest, Robert (1975) Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 17:46:34 +0000 http://www.lovelandfyi.com/region-story.asp?ID=2342 New Berthoud police chief begins work BERTHOUD — When Robert Forrest was about 10 years old, he dug through an old garbage can and found an apple core to throw at one of his friends. But the flying apple missed and shattered a window just as
a “But instead of disciplining me, they took me to a candy store and bought me a malty,” Forrest said. The police told him not to be afraid of police officers and to take responsibility for things he had done wrong. “That was when I knew I was going to be a police officer,” he said. Today, more than 40 years after the apple core incident, Forrest starts his job as Berthoud’s police chief. “It’s something I’ve wanted to do my whole life,” he said. Forrest, a former lieutenant with the Cherry Hills Police Department, was selected in August to lead the seven-officer department. The former police chief, Bill Wegener, retired in August and Officer Carol Hayes has served as chief in the meantime. Forrest grew up in the Bronx and graduated from That’s when he came out to “I had never been west of So he applied with the Lakewood Police Department, got a
job and moved to “I just love the whole environment — the state, the people,” he said. “I don’t miss the hustle and bustle of the big city.” He’s a personable person — pulls his chair out from behind
his new desk to talk with people — who has a slight And he LOVES sports. Loves watching his kids compete, loved playing hockey in college, loves watching football, baseball, hockey — all of it. Forrest is a season ticket holder for And then there are the Yankees. “Do you know what the difference is between a Yankee hot dog and a Red Sox hot dog?” he said. Uhhhh... “You can buy a Yankee hot dog in October.” Well, welcome to Berthoud. ### [MCalumDB: 1975 ] |
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JNEWSxx: Renkens, Brook (????) was a MC WBB player; but no alum record! Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 02:06:45 +0000 http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/10-05-2005/0004160764&EDATE= According to most recruiting experts,
only 1 percent of high school student-athletes are Division I material. Jack Renkens,
former college athletic director and coach, will bring his Recruiting
Realities Tour to The program is 60-minutes long and covers
the following topics: As a parent, coach and athlete, Renkens' experiences have allowed him to speak from different perspectives on the college recruiting process. Renkens is an expert in the field and delivers his message in an eye-opening, straightforward style.
While traveling across the country with his daughter Brook, a Division
I basketball player at Student-athletes, parents, coaches, athletic directors and counselors are welcome to attend. There is a suggested donation of $10 per family. Tickets are available at the door. For more information, please contact Maureen Buescher, Athletic Director at 248.646.8900 ext. 425 or email mbuescher - - a t - - ashmi.org . The Academy of the Sacred Heart, a member
of the Network of Sacred Heart Schools (http://www.sofie.org
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JNEWSxx: Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 12:00:12 +0000 URS Selects Michael
J. Burton to Coordinate Hurricane Recovery Efforts in 10/5/2005 4:37:01 PM Martin M. Koffel, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of URS stated: "Given the unprecedented scope and scale of destruction from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, we are fortunate to have an individual of Mike's talent and experience to lead our response and recovery team. Having led the engineering and construction effort at Ground Zero, as well as numerous other large complex engineering projects, Mike is well aware of the tremendous challenges facing federal, state and local agencies and private sector companies located in the region, and he is well suited to meet them." Mr. Burton stated:
"The devastation left in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita is
truly unprecedented. As the largest engineering firm in URS is currently
assessing damage to public infrastructure and residential properties,
conducting forensic engineering analyses, helping develop temporary housing
solutions, monitoring debris removal, overseeing roof repairs, managing and
distributing supplies, conducting sampling and overseeing the clean-up of
postal facilities, managing the reconstruction of damaged postal buildings,
and designing the rehabilitation of critical infrastructure, including
levees, bridges, water and wastewater facilities, and public buildings. One
of the largest engineering companies in the Gulf Coast Region, URS has more
than 4,500 employees in 15 offices in Prior to joining
URS in 2002, Mr. Burton was Executive Deputy Commissioner for the URS Corporation
offers a comprehensive range of professional planning and design, systems
engineering and technical assistance, program and construction management,
and operations and maintenance services for transportation,
commercial/industrial, facilities, environmental, water/wastewater, homeland
security, installations and logistics, and defense systems. Headquartered in SOURCE: URS Corporation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MarketWatch Alerts
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MNEWSxx: 63 Division 1-A semi-finalists for the 2005 Draddy Trophy Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 18:35:48 +0000 http://westvirginia.scout.com/2/447756.html Lorello Semi-Finalist for Award Mike Lorello is one of 63 Division 1-A semi-finalists for the 2005 Draddy Trophy, which is presented to individual who is the absolute best in the country for his combined academic success, football performance and exemplary community leadership. “The Draddy epitomizes everything right about college football,” said National Football Foundation President Steven J. Hatchell. “By recognizing this group, we highlight the countless hours and demands that each college football player must balance as they pursue their dreams of a higher education and their passion for football. The NFF has both the privilege and responsibility to pay tribute to this exceptional group of role models, who truly embody the term student-athlete.” Nominated by their schools, which are limited to one
nominee each, semi-finalists must be a senior or graduate student in their
final year of eligibility, have a GPA of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, have
outstanding football ability as a first team player, and have demonstrated
strong leadership and citizenship. Established to honor former NFF Chairman
Vincent dePaul Draddy, a A total of 184 players, from Division 1-A through the
NAIA, will compete for the award. The NFF Awards Committee, comprised of
former coaches, Hall of Famers and college
administrators, will select and announce 15 finalists on Oct. 27. The winner,
also selected by the committee, will be announced at the 48th NFF Awards
Dinner on December 6 at the Waldorf-Astoria in -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## From: Google Alerts [mailto:googlealerts-noreply - - a t -
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MNEWSxx: Prospective students & a lecture reported in the local yokel Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 23:29:48 +0000 http://www.bxtimes.com/news/2005/0930/Boroughwide_News/035.html <extraneous deleted> * * * College-bound students and their families are
invited to attend Manhattan College’s Fall Open House on Sun., Oct. 30, from
noon to 3 pm in the college’s Draddy Gymnasium.
Registration will be held in Smith Auditorium, Representatives from more than 40 majors will be on hand to answer questions relating to academics and careers. Prospective students also will have the opportunity to talk with representatives from admission, athletics, housing, financial aid, student life, Air Force ROTC, campus ministry and other departments. For further information call (718) 862-7200. <extraneous deleted> * * * Award-winning teacher Sondra Perl, a Professor of
English at Lehman College, will present a series of lectures this fall, both
in Europe and The series will include a lecture at Amerikahaus
in Dr. Perl, chosen by the Carnegie Foundation in 1996 as Winner of a Guggenheim Fellowship, Dr. Perl is also the author of Felt Sense: Writing with the Body and coauthor of Through Teachers’ Eyes: Portraits of Writing Teachers at Work and the forthcoming Writing True: The Art and Craft of Creative Nonfiction. <extraneous deleted> ## From: Mike McEneney Dear John, One thing missing with the Manhattan Open House Announcement is that there will Mass at 10 AM in the Chapel. All are invited. Best, [JR: Thanks, Mike. ] |
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MNEWSxx: MC listed as cosponsoring a conference Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 15:29:35 +0000 http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051006/NEWS03/510060318 Sparkill literacy conference Reading, writing and federal education policy will be the focus of the upcoming 10th annual Literacy Extravaganza set for Oct. 22 at St. Thomas Aquinas College in Sparkill. The conference, which is designed for education professionals and interested parents and librarians who work with young readers, will feature workshops, speakers, storytelling and professional development credits. Last year's conference drew 300 people from "We like to say you learn on Saturday in order to put it into practice on Monday," said organizer Michael Shaw, education professor at the college and one of the conference's creators. "We're teaching for immediate improvement in student learning. It's a gathering of good people motivated to become good literacy educators." This year's conference will focus on the federal education initiative called "No Child Left Behind," which requires schools to test children in grades three through eight on English language arts and math. The keynote speaker is Tim Rasinski,
a professor at "I think it's a fantastic idea. We get to find out what's happening in the country and we get to broaden our horizons, find out the new technology that's being used or different avenues that can be used to promote literacy," said Sharon Aperto, head of reference and the young adult section at Nyack Library. She plans to attend this year's conference. "We're doing our work on a daily basis and sometimes you can get stuck in a rut. It's pretty good to exchange ideas." Literacy, Aperto said, should begin young, with reading to infants and toddlers, and expand to helping adults with everyday tasks, such as filling out applications. "From the public library's point of view, that's one of our goals — to make sure that everyone, from the beginning, knows how to read. That's what literacy is all about. it affects everyone, every day." More than 20 literacy workshops are being offered at the extravaganza on subjects ranging from teaching struggling readers and expanding vocabulary to motivating adolescent learners and helping students whose primary language isn't English. Among the presenters are author Jan Cheripko,
a STAC alumnus and author of seven books, including the newly published
"Sun, Moon, Stars, Rain," and Robin J. Miller, a The conference is co-sponsored by Storyteller David Gonzalez will highlight the closing ceremonies. ## If you go ### From: Google Alerts [mailto:googlealerts-noreply - - a t -
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Wed, October 05, 2005 Search: Top Story |
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
10/9/05 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
10/18/05 Tuesday Golf Saint
10/18/05 Tuesday Cross Country
Manhattan/Iona Invitational
HOME 3:00 PM
10/21/05 Friday W. Soccer
10/21/05 Friday Volleyball Rider*
10/22/05 Saturday
10/22/05 Saturday
10/22/05 Saturday Volleyball Loyola
(MD)*
10/23/05 Sunday
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
10/28/05 Friday W. Soccer MAAC
Championships% Lake
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
10/29/05 Saturday Crew Head of the Fish
Regatta
10/29/05 Saturday W Crew Head of the
Fish Regatta
10/29/05 Saturday W. Soccer MAAC
Championships% Lake
10/29/05 Saturday Volleyball Sacred
Heart HOME 2:00 PM
10/30/05 Sunday W. Soccer MAAC
Championships% Lake
10/30/05 Sunday M. Soccer Loyola
(MD)* HOME 10:00 AM
10/30/05 Sunday Volleyball Saint
10/31/05 Monday W. Soccer MAAC
Championships& Lake
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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FORDHAM RUNS PAST MEN'S SOCCER, 2-0 O'DORISIO AND WATSON COME UP BIG AGAIN AS VOLLEYBALL FINISHES PERFECT WEEKEND AT UMES TOURNAMENT Princess Anne, Md. (October 1, 2005)--Sophomore outside hitter Ashley Watson followed up her first double-double performance of the season with 17 kills and nine digs, as Manhattan Volleyball finished the weekend at 3-0 with a three-game sweep of Coppin State University (30-23, 30-14, 30-28) in its final match at the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore Invitational on Saturday. O'DORISIO AND WATSON POST DOUBLE-DOUBLES AS VOLLEYBALL WINS SECOND STRAIGHT Princess Anne, Md. (October 1, 2005)--Outside hitters senior Megan O'Dorisio and sophomore Ashley Watson both posted double-doubles as Manhattan Volleyball won its second straight match at the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore Invitational outlasting Delaware State University in five games (30-20, 28-30, 27-30, 30-21, 15-11) on Saturday morning in Princess Anne, Md. VOLLEYBALL OPENS PLAY AT UMES INVITATIONAL BY Princess Anne, Md. (September 30, 2005)--Reigning MAAC Co-Offensive Player of the Week Maggie Pfeifer continued her productive offensive play with a 24-kill effort, as Manhattan Volleyball finished off the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore in four games (30-19, 26-30, 30-22, 30-21) in their first match at the UMES Invitational on Friday night in Princess Anne, Md. OVERTIME GOAL SINKS WOMEN'S SOCCER, 1-0 Riverdale, N.Y. (September 30, 2005)- After playing a
scoreless game though regulation, Iona's Maggie Prairie scored just 1:33 into
overtime to give the Gaels a 1-0, overtime win over Manhattan this afternoon
at Gaelic Park. The Lady Jaspers fall to 3-7-1, 0-3-0 in MAAC play, while WOMEN'S Riverdale, N.Y. (October 2, 2005)- For the second straight
game Manhattan took its opponent to overtime, but Fairfield's Jackie Thomson
tallied the game-winner late in the overtime period to give the Stags a, 1-0, overtime win over the Lady
Jaspers this afternoon at Gaelic Park. The two teams played even over the first 45 minutes, as each team tallied one shot during the opening stanza. Both teams came out more aggressively in the second half, with each team having scoring opportunities, but both keepers kept the sheet clean through regulation, setting up Thomson's marker. DeFino made two saves for The Lady Jaspers get back in action on Thursday, October
6, when they travel to http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6249 MAAC NAMES MAGGIE PFEIFER OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK FOR THIRD TIME IN 2005 Riverdale, NY (October 3, 2005)-- For the second consecutive week, and third occasion this season, Manhattan Volleyball senior middle hitter Maggie Pfeifer (Liberty, Mo./St. Pius X) earned MAAC Offensive Player of the Week honors, with the conference office making the announcement on Monday afternoon. ## http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6247 BASEBALL DOUBLES UP PACE IN FALL BASEBALL MATCHUP ## http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6248 BUS, BORTA, AND SZYMIK ALL FINISH 3-0 FOR THE WEEKEND AS MEN'S TENNIS COMPETES AT ECAC INVITATIONAL Riverdale, N.Y. (October 3, 2005)--Manhattan junior Zoltan Bus triumphed in each of his three first singles
matches this past weekend, as Men's Tennis competed at the prestigious ECAC
Division I Men's Tennis Invitational in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. As a team, the
Jaspers went 2-1 at the tournament, as they topped ## VOLLEYBALL SWEEPS PAST Riverdale, N.Y. (October 5, 2005)--Manhattan Volleyball extended its season-best match winning streak to four on Wednesday evening, as they swept past St. Francis College (30-12, 30-15, 30-16) in the Lady Jaspers' first home match at Draddy Gym in over a month. RIDING A THREE-MATCH WIN STREAK, VOLLEYBALL WELCOMES ST. FRANCIS TO DRADDY GYM TONIGHT Riverdale, N.Y. (October 5, 2005)--Riding a three-match winning streak, Manhattan Volleyball returns to Draddy Gym to play its first home match in over a month. The Lady Jaspers (7-10, 0-0 MAAC) square off against the St. Francis College Terriers (0-19, 0-0 NEC) at 7:00 p.m. |
[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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The Associated Press State & Local Wire Three The Division I-AA finalists include The award, named for former NFF chairman and The NFF pares the list of semifinalists to 15 finalists on Oct. 27. Each finalist earns an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship. Four other Big Sky Conference players are among the I-AA
finalists, including Joseph Cwik of Eastern
Washington, Jeff Singleton of Northern Arizona, Brandon Smith of The Draddy was first awarded in
1990. Past winners include Danny Wuerffel of --- <extraneous deleted> LOAD-DATE: October 5, 2005 |
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http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3228660 10/05/05 - On this Friday,
Saturday and Sunday October 7th, 8th and 9th, Schedule of Games Friday, October 7th Game 1 : 3 PM Wagner College vs. Game 2 : 7 PM Long Island University vs. Saturday, October 8th Game 3 : 11 AM Winner of Game 1 vs. Game 4 : 3 PM Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2 Game 5 : 7 PM Winner of Game 2 vs. Sunday, October 9th Game 6 : 10 AM Consolation Game (Loser of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 5) Game 7 : 2 PM Championship Game (Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 5) At the end of the Championship Game, first and second place teams will be awarded KeySpan Cup trophies. On behalf of the generosity of our sponsors, KeySpan, The Heisman Trophy Foundation, the Brooklyn Cyclones Baseball Club, and the PSAL - Wingate Memorial Fund, Rawlings and Mercury Apparel, we are able to offer all children and students free admission to all games. Students are required to show appropriate school identification at the ticket desk. Tickets for adults are very reasonably priced at $5 for each day of the tournament. Tickets are available for purchase at the main entrance
gate to [JR: We can laugh at being called a "university". But aren't we a single song. If "diversity" is good, then isn't being a "university" bad? I'll leave the philosophy to the Arts guys and galls. Us "injineers" just have to be hapy getin de wurds speled rite! |
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From: Connors,
James (1957) Thanks for including the Interested attendees should contact Joe Dillon at the college or Jim Connors at <privacy invoked> care of jasper jottings. [JR: You're welcome!] |
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From: Mike McEneney Dear John, In last weeks edition you asked if I could tell who the young Jasper was that was pictured on her web site. Well, while I did not find too much about her, I did find that she graduated last May and was a Resident Assistant in Overlook last year. Her name is Blaire Lampe. I am sorry that I could not come up with more information.
Best, === To: "'Mike McEneney'" ;-) No fair you didn't tell me that she was the third cousin twice removed of your best friend's doctor's gardener! Seriously, you must be slipping, it took you till 11PM on Monday? Dang that's almost two full days. Care to share how you did it? Do you have a face book of everyone who ever graduated? :-) Good job, john'68 [JR: Time to start a new section call "stump mike". I'll start. I'm thinking of an alum. Who is it? ] |
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From: Ed Plumeau '52 A Dear John: Please
carry this news -- The Treasure Coast Alumni lunches will be on Nov. 16,
2005, Jan.18, 2006 and March 15, 2006.
They will be held in the main dining room of the Holiday Inn on US 1 ( [JR: carried! ] |
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From: Angela (Lynch) Guerriero,
'85 John, I am receiving Jasper Jottings at two addresses. Please delete this email address <privacy invoked> and continue sending it to <privacy invoked> . Thank you, Angela (Lynch) Guerriero, '85 [JR: Ms. Angela, Done. I'll cut your bill 50%. ;-) John'68] [JR: I don't understand. Why not two copies? Twice the fun! ] |
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From: "Mike McEneney" Dear John, A recent edition of the Asbury Park Press had the announcement that Bill Mechmann, '49 and his wife Rosemarie celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary on July 30th. Here is the piece: MARLBORO: William A. "Bill" and Rosemarie Mechmann celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at a
party at Freehold Gardens Hotel, Mr. Mechmann retired as the
labor relations lawyer for Allied Stores Corp., Children of the couple are Bill and Donna Mechmann, What is left out is that for many years Bill was active in Alumni Affairs at the College. Congratulations. Best, [JR: Mike, you continue to amaze me. Great find! The auto searches didn't. ]
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http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46674
Eating black licorice, aborting black babies ... who cares? Posted: October 5, 2005 By Jill Stanek Ms. Stanek fought to stop
"live-birth abortion" after witnessing one as a registered nurse at
=== <begin quote> === <extraneous deleted> According to the U.S. Census bureau, there were 36 million
blacks in the <extraneous deleted> === <end quote> === This is a stunning stat. 13 MILLION! We are literally killing ourselves. I don’t understand. I'll echo Walter Williams’ construction, “If the Grand Wizard of the Klu Klux Klan want to” and add my own ending ... ... to kill black children, he couldn’t have found a easier “final solution”. The Nazis were pikers. Old Joe Stalin is going to have some competition for the title of biggest genocidal maniac. Why waste bullets when you can get people to do it to themselves under the guise of "a woman's right to choose". Surely there's a better way. Even if morally we could stipulate for the purposes of discussion that these babies are not yet worthy of the designation “human” and thus have God-given rights, then surely the most hard hearted "pro-choicer" can see this for the nation tragedy it is. Katrina kills a thousand and we are all upset. We kill ourselves by the millions and it doesn't seem to register. Who cares? I care very much. "what to do" should be the question! ### |
And that’s the last word.
Curmudgeon
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GBu. GBA.