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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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A friend hears the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails. --Unknown |
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http://www.promessafoundation.org/index.php?ID=42 === <begin quote> === Promession is a way of taking care of human remains with highest dignity in order to make mulching possible. “The original plan” for a human body was to fall to the ground, where animals and microorganisms would help break it down. In a civilised world this is not possible and through history we made the treatment of dead bodies very complicated. No wonder, because we are one of the big mammals and not very easy to handle. Technical developments today finally provide us a method that is allowing is to do something that is as close to the “original plan” as possible. === <end quote> === Wow, getting back to the “original plan” via high tech. The Cliff notes version, that is all us injineers can take, is “freeze dried, shaken not stirred, and reduced to a nice fertilizer”. Lest you all be concerned that I am becoming morbid, I do have one positive thought: Spare parts. Like the good Brother who encouraged me to give blood for the first time with the exhortation, “you’re probably not too stupid to bleed right”, I would say “don’t take your spare parts with you”. I carry and organ donation card and have told Frau Reinke and anyone who would listen that “spare parts” should be recycled. My only concern with all methods of remains disposal is that we get the spare parts that other may need to them. Like giving blood, there is no simpler act of kindness to another human being that to donate. Now it is true, I’d like to see a free market in body parts, fluids, and everything. But that’s the Libertarian in me, trying to address the shortage of organs for transplants. I know that if there was a marketplace, then we would have ZERO shortages. The market would always clear. Paying money to bury or burn a perfectly useful object, to me, seems to be the height of selfishness. It can’t be used by its owner anymore, it has no substitute, and it’s going to spoil. So fill out your organ donation card and give blood. I assure you it won’t hurt a bit. Alright maybe a little bit, but you’re an adult and can see the lollypop. And when you run in to that good Brother at Saint And if you don’t believe the heaven / hell myths, how about “karma”? And if you believe in nothing, what if you’re wrong? Even BlackJack players sometimes take out insurance. |
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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http://www.manhattan.edu/news/news_releases/101805_1.shtml October 18, 2005 Sponsored by the College's Kalb's drawings are visually captivating and hauntingly poignant. The exhibit will feature the work "Treblinka," which presents a mass grave of silent bodies at the Polish extermination camp. Another work, "Expulsion," reveals two naked, emaciated individuals being cast away, echoing a long, sullied history of Jewish expulsion. In the piece "Killing Four Jews," the viewer is forced to stand in line with the executioner as a culpable bystander witnessing the murder of four innocents who hold hands in fright and solidarity. Through creative and aesthetic means, the artwork compels the viewer to consider actual historical events in hopes of increasing an intellectual and emotional awareness. This exhibit, Kalb says, "confronts the viewer with some of the worst instances of torture, suffering and the industrialization of murder by a modern government for the sole purpose of killing Jews and `undesirables'." The If you have questions about this exhibit, please call Amy Surak, Founded in 1853, Manhattan College is an independent, Catholic, coeducational institution of higher learning offering more than 40 major programs of study in the areas of arts, business, education, engineering and science, along with graduate programs in education and engineering. #### |
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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
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OBITxx: Weber, George (~1948) played bball for the Jaspers before Sienna http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=410366
George Weber rarely
talked about basketball later in life. But his
brother, John, always remembered watching George play for "In that time, he was just a typical center," John said of his 6-foot-7 brother. "He'd hang around the basket, run around with his arm in the air calling for the ball. They'd feed him the ball, and he'd lay it right in." Weber, a center for the Saints from 1946-48, died Saturday as a result of multiple illnesses. He was 83. Weber's career earned him induction into the Siena Hall of Fame in 1972. The Troy resident helped turn what was then a young but up-and-coming program into one area's best. "Right after (World War II) in '46 and '47, those
were good years for "It was so long ago, he never really talked about it. We remember, though." Weber helped the Saints to a 34-17 record in his two seasons. He averaged 12.9 points his senior year, and his 362 points that season established what was then a school record. "George was one of the pioneers for Weber also played for Weber is survived by his brother, friend
Kristi Jordan and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be
this morning at 10:15 at the Daniel Keenan Funeral Home, ### [JR: I find these things interesting because of the Jasper
connection. I personally don’t care if people
“graduated” because we share a common bond. Many people’s lives were disrupted due to ww2. And,
who knows what induces someone to leave MC and go elsewhere or just start on
life’s journey. In my generation, tuition was expensive, so moving on could
have been about money. The “war” in |
[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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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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http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051013 Archmere inducts four alumni to Hall of Fame 10/13/2005 The induction ceremony will be held Friday at the Patio, the Raskob family mansion at Archmere. <extraneous deleted> Yearick (class of 1990) transferred to Archmere from Ursuline for her junior year. She was a standout in field hockey, basketball and softball. She was All-Catholic in softball and basketball. As a starting point guard in basketball, she led the Auks in scoring, steals and assists and was first team All-Catholic. As a shortstop in softball, she was second team All-State as a senior, when she led the team in triples, doubles and RBIs. Yearick received academic and athletic scholarships to Manhattan College (N.Y.). She started at shortstop for four years. She was captain her last two seasons and still is the school's career leader in home runs, RBIs and walks. She finished with a career .437 batting average. As a freshman, Yearick led the
nation in RBIs (70) and tied the NCAA Division I record for home runs (three)
and RBIs (nine) in one game. Her senior year, she received Yearick, who graduated from
Villanova law school, is a managing partner with a <extraneous deleted> ### [mcALUMdb: 1994 ] [JR: Google tells me she volunteers via the Bar Association with abused women and children. Be nice to know more. ] |
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“I developed a passion for As a student, Bob Jeffrey had never really considered a career in advertising. “I actually had no interest in advertising at all,” says Mr. Jeffrey. “I was interested in broad communications. I thought about being a journalist or going to grad school to study the classics... But what I decided to do was take time off.” After graduating from While at Since January 2004, he has served as chief executive officer of J. Walter Thompson (JWT), one of the largest and oldest advertising firms in the world. He joined JWT in 1998 as president and in 2001 was promoted to president of JWT North America, during which time he won more than $1 billion in new business. Bob Jeffrey regards his entry into advertising as a mix of
“good luck and good fortune.” Looking back, he attributes much of his
successful career directly to the education he received at Manhattan College,
studying English, philosophy, and the Greek classics under talented — and
even entertaining — professors. The learning experience at Mr. Jeffrey also remembers the climate of Today, his top priority as CEO at J. Walter Thompson is to build a more creative culture within the agency. “JWT is one of the oldest, biggest brands,” says Mr. Jeffrey. “We have to be in the forefront of reinvention, innovation, and solving problems. Innovation is important.” ### [REPORTEDAS: 1975 ] |
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[JasperJottingsEditorial] JNEWSxx: Benfaremo, Nicholas
(????) joins October 13, 2005 Thursday, Final Edition SECTION: YOUR NEIGHBORS-SOUTH; Pg. G5 HEADLINE: Three join the faculty at Two Assistant professor of chemistry Nicholas Benfaremo of <extraneous deleted> LOAD-DATE: October 13, 2005 [Mike McEneney says: 1979 (Good enough for me!) Thanks, Mike. ] |
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http://www.nba.com/timberwolves/news/personnel_staff_051019.html
The Minnesota Timberwolves announced Wednesday that the team has named Zarko Durisic, Pete Philo, and Rex Chapman to its player personnel staff. The trio will report directly to general manager Jim Stack. “We have added a mix of people that bring in extensive basketball knowledge in regards to this country and overseas,” said Stack. “Each of these men brings a unique perspective and will help to continue to build this team the right way.” Durisic begins his first season
as the team's director of player personnel after serving eight years as the
Wolves' director of international scouting. In his new role
he will focus on the draft and salary cap issues. A native of After graduation from Pete Philo enters his first season as international
scouting coordinator/player personnel for the Timberwolves.
His primary role is to scout talent in Philo played professionally from 1996 to 2001 in Rex Chapman enters his first season as a scout for the Wolves, after working in the Phoenix Suns' basketball operations department the last three campaigns. He will scout on all levels for the Wolves including; college, the NBA, and NBA Development League. Chapman spent two years as a college scout before being promoted to director of basketball operations last season. A 12-year NBA veteran, Chapman played the last four
seasons of his career with the Suns and led ### From: Google Alerts
[mailto:googlealerts-noreply@google.com] Timberwolves Name Durisic, Philo, and Chapman to Player Personnel ... Timberwolves.com - ... IBL's [mcALUMdb: ???? ] |
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MCFoundxx: MC has a role in Dr. Abraham Nemeth success http://www.nfb.org/books/kernel1/kern0314.htm TO LIGHT A CANDLE WITH MATHEMATICS by Abraham Nemeth Mathematics is a field which has often been considered beyond the capacity of the blind to master. This attitude continues to exist despite the evidence presented by the careers of world-class blind mathematicians such as Dr. Abraham Nemeth. In 1985 Dr. Nemeth retired, having spent forty years teaching college-level mathematics. His successful career has provided inspiration and hope to later generations of blind students interested in pursuing jobs involving mathematics. In fact he invented the basic system for reading and writing mathematical and scientific materials in Braille which has been used by thousands of blind students. Here Dr. Nemeth tells the story of his struggle first to obtain an education in mathematics and then to obtain a position teaching it. I was born congenitally blind, on the Lower East Side of
Manhattan in He also taught me the formation of printed letters by letting me touch the raised letters on mailboxes and on police and fire call boxes. He bought me wooden blocks with raised printed letters to play with, and he got me large rubber stamps on which I could feel the printed letters. My elementary education began at Public School 110. Now
you know that In my daily activity, I attended regular classrooms with
all the sighted students for general curriculum subjects like arithmetic,
spelling, and reading. But when the sighted students
were engaged in activities like art, penmanship, and things of that kind, I
returned to the resource room for training in specific blindness skills like
Braille, typing, and even geography. There was a very large globe of the
world with raised land masses and even more highly
raised mountain ranges. Because of family circumstances, I went to live and
continue my education at the New York Jewish Guild for the Blind in In the spring and summer months many of my uncles and aunts would also come to visit me. We would all go to a picnic area in a nearby park and enjoy the food they brought as well as such activity as the park provided. My father's favorite was rowing. One of my grandfathers was particularly attentive to me, and he gave me the religious training that I now possess. He would try to find messages that would be encouraging to me and that would serve as a guide for me as a blind person. One of those messages, which has stayed with me and which has had particular impact on me during all the years that I was growing up and by which I am still guided, is: "It is better to light a candle than to curse the dark." Now you may not believe this, but at school
I experienced particular difficulty with arithmetic. I graduated from the
eighth grade of PS 16 deficient in mathematics, but with my father's earnest
and sincere promise to the school that he would see to it that the situation was remedied. So I enrolled in
the fall at Evanderchild's High School in the I continued to do well in all my high school courses, and during this period I became keenly aware of an ambition to be a teacher particularly, believe it or not, to teach mathematics. One of the boys at the Yonkers Home was a good friend, but he was one grade behind me in school. As I learned algebra, I shared with him my knowledge and my enthusiasm on that subject. When he entered high school a year later, he was able to pass an algebra exam with honors and was thus exempted from first-year algebra. In due course I graduated from
high school and returned to live at home with my parents and my brother and
my sister, who by now had moved to Then it was time for me to go to college. By that time I had already acquired independent travel skills. I
knew the routes of all the Counselor after counselor told this to me. You know, my wife told me that her mother said if three people tell you that you are drunk, you better lie down. So after several counselors told me this, I obediently declared psychology to be my major a subject more amenable to the abilities of blind people, my counselors told me. I took as many psychology courses as I could fit into my schedule. Nevertheless, whenever there was an opening for an elective course, I always chose one from the math department. In taking these courses, there were two things that I did which were, I would say, decisive in my later career. When I found that there was no way of putting mathematical notation down in Braille, just as my counselors warned me, I began to improvise Braille symbols and methods which were both effective for my needs and consistent from one course to the next. So this was the beginning of the Nemeth Code. The other important skill I developed was the ability to write both on paper and on the blackboard. Sometimes it was the only method I had of communicating with my math professors. And although I was certainly no calligrapher, my handwriting was perfectly adequate for these purposes, and it was surely far superior to the alternative of shouting and arm waving. In this way I graduated from I knew that a B.A. degree in psychology was not a sufficientcredential for anyone intending to enter that
field professionally. So accordingly, I applied for graduate admission to Meanwhile, it was time to begin looking for a job. The only work I could find was of an unskilled nature. At one time I worked at a sewing machine, where I did seaming and hemming on pillowcases at piece-work rates. I worked for seven years at an agency for the blind, and there I counted needles for Talking Book phonograph records. I collated Talking Book records. I loaded and unloaded trucks in the shipping department. I typed letters in Braille to deaf-blind clients of the agency, transcribing incoming Braille letters from these and other clients on the typewriter. I also designed and organized itineraries in Braille so that they could be read by Helen Keller. After graduating from Well, I began to wonder how we would support ourselves if
I quit my job and went to school full-time, working toward a graduate degree
in mathematics. My wife suggested that I give up my job and do just that. She
would go to work while I went to school. If I couldn't
find work as a mathematician even after completing my training, I could
always get an unskilled job like the one I was currently holding at that same
skill level, she pointed out. By 1946 the war was
over. Men were returning to civilian life. At So I offered to be one of the volunteers in a corps that was organized to assist those men. I offered to be one of their volunteers after classes were over in the evening. Each student was stationed at one panel of a blackboard which ran clear around the room. Each wrote on the board as much of the problem as he could do, and the volunteers circulated helping the students to complete their work. I would ask the student to read me the problem from his textbook and then read as much of the solution as he was able to put on the blackboard. Many times the blackboard panel was blank. I would do my best to show the student how to proceed. Unknown to me, I was being observed by the chairman of the math department. One Friday night I received a telegram from him. He informed me that one of his regular faculty members had taken ill and would be disabled for the remainder of the semester. He asked me to report on the following Monday evening to assume that professor's teaching load. Over the weekend I got the textbooks, boned up to know just enough to teach the following Monday evening, and launched my teaching career. My ability to write on the blackboard, I believe, was the
difference between continuing as a mathematics teacher and finding some other
work to do. I continued this way, doing part-time teaching at In 1951 I again applied to In the summer of 1953 I registered
with an employment agency for teachers. I received a call from that agency to
report to Manhattan College the following Monday, there to conduct a course
in the mathematics of finance a course I had neither taken nor known anything
about. But anyway, I made sure I knew what to do. When January came, I received another call this time from Dean Mother Brady received a glowing letter of reference
from Brother Alfred, and so I had no difficulty securing the position at To do that commuting, I had to walk six blocks from home
to the local BMT subway station, take the train to Then I had to take the IRT to Grand Central Station. I had to negotiate a complicated route through the New York Central Railroad, and that took me to White Plains, New York, where finally I was picked up by the school bus for the final fifteen-minute ride to the school in Purchase, New York. And of course I had to do this in reverse at the end of the day. The Sunday before reporting to work, I went alone to Grand
Central Station; and there, all day long, I practiced negotiating the route
between the IRT subway station at I consulted hundreds of college and university catalogs in the local library to determine which ones offered a math curriculum in which my teaching skills would be valuable. I arranged my choices in the order of geographical preference by section of the country. I composed a master letter, tailoring it from time to time as circumstances dictated, and I sent out about 250 letters and resumes. I felt it necessary to inform a potential employer in advance about my blindness. Most replies were negative. They went something like: "At present we have no opening for a person with your training and experience." Many of them were noncommittal: "Thank you for inquiring about a position at our institution. We will keep your letter on file and will contact you if any opening should materialize in the future." Sound familiar? Some were downright hostile: "We do not feel that a person with a visual impairment can effectively discharge the duties required of professors at our institution." Nevertheless, I did receive two letters inviting me to
appear for an interview: one from the My wife and I both appeared at the university's request. I
was interviewed for a full day, and at the end of
the interview we were told to return home and that we would be informed of
the outcome within a week. So I mentioned in passing
that we were going on to The I went to work at the Each session was nine weeks long, and all the students in
this program were also college teachers. The pace of
instruction was, to say the least, quite lively. My wife and I gave up the
comfort of a nice home in During my early years of studying and teaching mathematics I realized that no adequate system existed to represent complex mathematical concepts in Braille. So I set about inventing my own system. Eventually it became a very efficient tool. It worked well for me, and others who learned about it asked me to teach it to them. In 1952 my system was published as the Nemeth Code for Braille Mathematics. The Nemeth Code features very close simulation of the printed text, and it is that feature which has made it possible for me to communicate with my students just as if I were holding the printed text in my hand. Very complicated formulas I put on cards which I arranged in a small card file in my left jacket pocket in the order in which I planned to present them. At the right moment, I casually walked up to the board and put my left hand into my pocket, read the formula from the top card, and copied it with my right hand onto the blackboard. It gave the students the impression of what a big genius I was, and I tried not to disillusion them. I have been retired ever since September of 1985. I tell my friends that looking back on my working days, I reflect that work wasn't that hard. But it took a whole day. I believe that the experience that I have had in my lifetime demonstrates how important are the early acquisitions of Braille skills, facility in mobility, a knowledge of print practice, and good attitudes. Equipped with these skills, a blind person can - progress as far as his motivation, his ingenuity, and his talent will permit. Without them, a blind person is restricted to semi-literacy and lack of independence. ### [JR: |
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Wed, October 19, 2005 Search: Top Story News
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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
10/23/05 Sunday Golf St. Mary's Fall
Classic
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 Buena Vista,
FL TBA
11/1/05 Tuesday Volleyball Saint
Peter's* Jersey City, NJ 7:00 PM
11/4/05 Friday M. Tennis
11/4/05 Friday M. Soccer Niagara*
11/4/05 Friday W. Swimming St.
Francis-NY HOME 6:30 PM
11/5/05 Saturday M. Tennis
11/5/05 Saturday W Crew Dowling Alumni
Cup
11/5/05 Saturday W. Swimming
11/5/05 Saturday Volleyball
11/5/05 Saturday M. Basketball McGill
(Exhibition) HOME 7:30 PM
11/6/05 Sunday M. Tennis
11/6/05 Sunday Crew Dowling Alumni Cup
Regatta
11/6/05 Sunday M. Soccer Canisius*
11/6/05 Sunday Volleyball Iona* HOME
2:00 PM
11/8/05 Tuesday M. Tennis
11/10/05 Thursday W.
11/11/05 Friday M. Soccer MAAC
Championships%
11/11/05 Friday Volleyball Marist*
11/12/05 Saturday Crew Fall
Metropolitan Championships
11/12/05 Saturday W Crew Fall
Metropolitan Championships
11/12/05 Saturday Cross Country NCAA Regional
11/12/05 Saturday W. Swimming Saint
Peter's*/Canisius*/Niagara*
11/12/05 Saturday Volleyball
11/13/05 Sunday M. Soccer MAAC Championships%
11/14/05 Monday M. Basketball Seton
Hall@ East
11/16/05 Wednesday M. Basketball Duke
or
11/18/05 Friday W. Basketball
11/19/05 Saturday Volleyball MAAC Championships^
11/19/05 Saturday Cross Country
IC4A/ECAC Championships
HOME 10:00 AM
11/19/05 Saturday W. Swimming
NJIT/Hunter
11/20/05 Sunday Volleyball MAAC
Championships^
11/21/05 Monday Cross Country NCAA
Championships
11/22/05 Tuesday W. Basketball
Wagner HOME 7:00 PM
11/23/05 Wednesday M. Basketball
Preseason NIT Semis@
11/25/05 Friday M. Basketball Preseason NIT Finals@
11/25/05 Friday W. Basketball Army@
11/26/05 Saturday W.
11/26/05 Saturday M. Basketball George Mason HOME
7:00 PM
11/30/05 Wednesday M. Basketball
If you do go support "our" teams, I'd
appreciate any reports or photos. What else do us old
alums have to do?
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http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6292 Riverdale, N.Y. (October 16, 2005)--The senior duo of Megan O'Dorisio and Maggie Pfeifer combined for 49 kills on Sunday afternoon, but it was not enough, as Manhattan Volleyball fell to Niagara University in an intense five-game match at Draddy Gymnasium on the opening weekend of MAAC play. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6291 http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6290 LOYOLA OUTLASTS WOMEN'S SOCCER, 1-0 Baltimore, Md. (October 16, 2005)- Manhattan's Alicia DeFino tallied 13 saves in net, but the Lady Jaspers
dropped a 1-0 decision at Loyola College this afternoon. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6289 VOLLEYBALL OPENS MAAC PLAY WITH CONVINCING THREE-GAME SWEEP OF CANISIUS http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6287 WINNERS OF SIX OUT OF LAST EIGHT, VOLLEYBALL OPENS MAAC PLAY THIS WEEKEND AT DRADDY Riverdale, N.Y. (October 14, 2005)--After winning six of
their last eight matches, Manhattan Volleyball (10-12, 0-0 MAAC) is set to
open MAAC play on Saturday, October 15, at Draddy
Gym, as they square off against Canisius College (6-11,
0-0 MAAC) at 2:00 p.m. The following day, the Lady Jaspers welcome http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6300 GOLF PLACES THIRD IN QUAD MEET West Orange, N.J. (October 18, 2005)- The four Manhattan
scorers finished in a tight grouping, all carding rounds within three strokes
of each other, as the Jasper linksmen placed third
in a Quad Match yesterday at the 6,500-yard, par-71 The Rock Spring Golf
Club. Sean Oroho paced http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6298 WOMEN'S SOCCER AND RIDER PLAY TO 0-0 DRAW Lawrenceville, N.J. (October 18, 2005)- Manhattan carried a 13-9 advantage over host Rider in shots, including a 5-0 edge in overtime, but neither team could crack the scoreboard, as the Lady Jaspers and Broncs battled to a, 0-0, double overtime tie this afternoon on the Rider campus. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6297 CROSS COUNTRY PREPARES FOR MAAC CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH DUAL
MEET VERSUS Riverdale, N.Y. (October 18, 2005)--In a tune-up for the
forthcoming MAAC Championships, the Manhattan men's and women's cross country
squads ran against Iona College in a dual meet at Van Cortlandt
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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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From: Moore, Kevin
(1980) Dear "Collector in Chief", Curmudgeon asked in the last issue "the question is what to do?" I may have an answer. I pray with the Helpers of God's Precious Infants, an apostolate of the Diocese of Brooklyn led by Msgr. Phillip Reilly. We pray in front of abortion facilities in all five boroughs of New York We also have sidewalk counselors there to try to talk these poor women (and men) from making a tragic mistake. We are there at selected sites from Monday through Saturday from about 7:00am to 11:00 am. We have saved thousands of babies over the last 15 years. If there are any Jaspers out there who would be interested in joining us, I would be more than happy to direct them to the nearest site. My e-mail address is <privacy invoked>. Thank you. Kevin Moore [JR: Contact Jasper Moore c/o Jottings to join him in prayer. All others may wish to write their local politician about a self-inflicted genocide in progress. Seems like the dead old white guy’s life, liberty, and property are going the way of the dodo!] |
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From: Leo Hetling 58CE Please change my email from <privacy invoked> to <privacy invoked>. I tried to use the links you provide for subscribing and unsubscribing but they do not seem to work. Leo Hetling 58CE [JR: To prevent me from spamming you, I can’t change. All I can do is delete and reinvite. That was done and Jasper Leo is receiving this at his new email. (I hope.) Don’t know what went wrong but your mileage may vary.] |
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From: Ed Orgon, 67 Just wanted to let you know that my
brother's son and my nephew, Drew Orgon, passed
away on Thursday, October 13 at the young age of 35. My brother, Andrew E. Orgon,
is Ed Orgon, 67 [JR: Stunning, please accept and extend our condolences. Children aren’t supposed to die young. I can’t imaging how you all feel. Tonight I am sure all our fellow Jasper will remember all of you in their prayers. That’s about all we can do. IMHO he must have completed his mission here and has been recalled. So you just have to let time take the sting of the loss out. I’m told it does; I’m not sure it does. Good thoughts coming your way. ] |
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From: Laura Catherine Bartus (1999) Hi! I would like to make an announcement if possible. I recently accepted a new position: Laura Catherine Bartus - class
of '99 - There will be press clippings over the next month or so, as they come in, I will forward them to you. Thanks! [JR: Congrats. We’ll take all the propaganda … … err … … I mean factual items that you can send our way. If it meets are high standards of journalism … (we have something to publish?) … and the discriminating tastes of our readership … (the cartoon channel is in reruns again) …. We might publish it. (Throw it up in the air, if it doesn’t come down, we won’t publish.) See we have lot’s new Jaspers who want to know that it is possible to find work after graduation and lot’s of old Jaspers, like me, who live vicariously through the achievement of others. SO think of all people that you are motivating and entertaining. ] |
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JFOUNDxx: Haggerty, Kevin (????) an old interview pops up as new http://www.traders.com/Documentation/FEEDbk_docs/Archive/0899/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kevin Haggerty's career on Wall Street covers nearly 25 years and numerous responsibilities ranging from senior vice president and manager of equity trading at Fidelity Capital Markets to serving as a managing director of the Chicago Board Options Exchange. Now he's teamed up with Mark Boucher and Larry Connors, some other noted names in the business that STOCKS & COMMODITIES readers may recognize, to cofound a Website for traders called TradeHard.com. S&C Editor Thom Hartle spoke to Haggerty on May 18, 1999, about topics ranging from stockpicking, the opportunities available due to the way major players move in the markets, and his upcoming book, as well as his contribution to The TRADEHARD.com's Guide To Conquering The Trading Markets. Let's start with a little history. Before entering the trading industry, I received my
bachelor's degree from You've also sat on various exchange-related committees? I was a managing director of the Chicago Board Options Exchange; member of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Stock Allocation Committee; member of the Chicago Stock Exchange board of governors; member of the NYSE upstairs trading advisory committee (UTAC); a member of the SIA Committee to advise the Securities and Exchange Commission on various aspects of the securities industry; and a member of the National Organization of Investment Professionals (NOIP). Often, people start out looking at fundamental analysis and then switching to technical trading strategies. Did you go through that process? Well, I have looked at and done just about everything by now. The approach I take is different from that of most other traders, due to my background. With my experience, I've seen many different institutions and how they traded. For example, traders look at classical chart patterns -- say, symmetrical triangles -- and in the commodities markets, it's classic demand and supply. But in our market, there is a tremendous amount of interplay that occurs between the major mutual funds, money managers, the hedge funds, upstairs traders, marketmakers, and the specialists on the New York Stock Exchange. Understanding how that cycle works and relating that cycle to the markets will help you find high-probability situations. That includes technical analysis. That's what I do. How did your approach evolve? Over the years, I've saved patterns from almost all the trades I've done and seen executed, so I've collected a wealth of information. I have a good feel for how institutions react in different situations. Their reactions result in consistently reappearing patterns in the market. In fact, the trends and the patterns that reappear, and how to identify them in the marketplace, are the basis for a book that I am currently writing. It should be out next year. Everyone's writing a book. What's different about yours? I want to bridge the gap that exists between how most new investors and traders view the workings of the equity markets and how those markets really work. How are you going to do that? By showing the value of combining the understanding of market dynamics with some technical patterns, some classical patterns, and some others. For example, some patterns are dictated by what specialists might do on openings. One I describe in our current book is referred to as the trap door. Understanding the mentality of the specialist enables you to feel comfortable going in and placing a trade based on this pattern. But you can't see the opportunity unless you understand how specialists work and how they handle openings, and how the institutions or different market participants react on openings. So what is the trap door? It's a daytrading strategy for long-side price momentum trades that takes advantage of emotional down openings that snap back. In today's markets, the tail is wagging the dog. The NYSE, especially at the opening, is affected by the futures markets. But if you understand the specialists and how the institutions or different people react to down openings, you can take advantage of these situations. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In our market, there is a tremendous amount of interplay between the major mutual funds, money managers, the hedge funds, upstairs traders, marketmakers, and the specialists on the NYSE. Understanding how that cycle works and relating that cycle to the markets will help you find high-probability situations. That includes technical analysis. That's what I do. -- Kevin Haggerty Excerpted from an article originally published in the August 1999 issue of Technical Analysis of STOCKS & COMMODITIES magazine [Mike McEneney says: 1964 (Good enough for me!) Thanks, Mike. ] |
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[JR: It’s not a email to us. But it is public. So maybe, I have hit upon another niche for JJs. Rather than everyone having to check, here it is. Unless something shows there, that she might not want Mike to know about, I figure this will add a little life to the old Jottings. I wish I could have done something like this when I was her age. ;-) Heck I wish I could do it at any age. ] |
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October 18, 2005 It’s all Greek to me ” ‘I would be glad to know which is worst, to be ravished a hundred times by pirates, to have one buttock cut off, to run the gauntlet among the Bulgarians, to be whipped and hanged at an auto-da-fe, to be dissected, to be chained to an oar in a galley; and, in short, to experience all the miseries through which every one of us hath passed, or to remain here doing nothing?’ ‘This,’ said Candide, ‘is the grand question’ ” -Candide Hello, all. Well, I haven’t done anything to top skydiving in the last week,
but I thought I should write nonetheless. Currently, I am in “Society is like a hair-do. All separate pieces attached to the same scalp. In a more liberal society, they may be differents lenths and hues–cut and dyed that way. In a more traditional or constricted society, they are all encouraged to grow to the same length–or at least to have that appearance, lest we forget that hair ‘level’ on the bottom consists of longer hairs from the top, shorter from the bottom. Either way, unique or familiar, all the hairs grow at the same rate.” -Me. See what I mean? Below it I wrote, “The first pyramid was built because_____ ” and then seem to lose my train of thought, moving to another subject some lines down. Since my last posting, I’ve spent
time in As alluded to earlier, my pictures are now on webshots and can be found at http://community.webshots.com/user/blairnlampe if’n you’re so inclined. They’re
basically up to date minus a few more from Really, I’ve nothing else for you. Seek entertainment elsewhere. Blair |
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http://www.sobran.com/columns/2005/050922.shtml The Reactionary Utopian === <begin quote> === The idea of nonmilitary "national service" has a stubborn charm for many Americans who should know better. <extraneous deleted> American courts have always exempted the draft from the Thirteenth Amendment prohibition against slavery. The courts do the same for taxes. If the government owns you and your labor, including your property, the thinking seems to run, it isn't really slavery. But the essence of slavery doesn't lie in who owns you; it lies in the mere fact of your being owned at all. The key term is "involuntary." Private chattel slavery has been replaced by state slavery, disguised by the genial rhetoric of democracy. Slavery becomes giving something back, everyone doing his part, and so on. One writer speaks loftily of "an ethic of common provision." <extraneous deleted> The Thirteenth Amendment forbids slavery and "involuntary servitude." But if Federal courts rule that the draft and confiscatory taxes don't fall under that prohibition, then the amendment will be almost useless in protecting our freedom from the Federal Government itself. <extraneous deleted> The Constitution isn't the solution to the whole problem; it may be part of the problem itself. But it does lay down the principles the government purports to be observing, and we can begin to address the real problem by studying it closely. P.S. Readers interested in this issue may want to visit the website of Mothers Against the Draft, which cautions us about accepting the idea of national service for our youth. See http://www.mothersagainstthedraft.org/ <extraneous deleted> === <end quote> === SO the minute a state-ist of either the D or the R persuasion says that some segment or all of the people have to DO something, I’d like you to think SLAVERY. Taxes, the draft, national service, welfare to work, work to welfare, or any such drivel should make you ask the tough questions. It is force of arms that compels. And the initiation of force is wrong. |
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Curmudgeon
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GBu. GBA.