Dear Jaspers,
725 are active on the Distribute site.
This month, we had 85 views on 10/27 and 4,435 over the last month.
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October 30th - Alumni Brunch at Open House |
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November 2nd - November 5th - Broderick Scholarship Dinner November 16th - Treasure Coast Club
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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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http://www.asksam.com/ebooks/DaVinci/ Leonardo Da Vinci's Notebooks: Free Searchable Version === <begin quote> === "Search and analyze the Leonardo Da Vinci's Notebooks. Da Vinci's Notebooks contain thoughts, ideas, and tips from this amazing thinker. The Notebooks are over 1,500 pages filled with all sorts of information. It's not a page-turning novel, but a fascinating glimpse into the mind of one of history's great figures. The text is extremely useful in a searchable format." === <end quote> === Absolutely amazing. I’ve looked at this a dozen times and marvel at it. The bigger marvel is that I can see it from my den. The irregular “army” over at archive.org is attempting to recreate the famous ancient library — The Library of Alexandria — an ancient center of learning containing a copy of every book in the world — minus the fire. Brewster Kahle has a podcast that proclaims these crazies are going to collect every bit of data, information, knowledge, and wisdom ever created in this new library. Having seen DaVinci’s notebooks, I’m speechless. It’s a new step in evolution. If you get a chance take a peek at DaV’s notes, http://www.archive.org/about/about.php, or Kahle’s podcast. The question IS not can we BUT will we? |
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/102405_1.shtml October 24, 2005 Contact: Melanie Austria Farmer (718) 862-7232 AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR PAUL HENDRICKSON TO
DISCUSS HIS BOOK SONS OF RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Paul
Hendrickson, veteran journalist, educator and author, will discuss his
award-winning book Sons of Mississippi: A Story of Race and Its Legacy on
November 3 at 4:00 p.m. in Sons of Hendrickson, a prizewinning feature writer for the
Washington Post for more than 20 years, now teaches nonfiction writing at the
National Book Critics Circle Award) and The Living and the
Dead: Robert McNamara and Five Lives of a Lost War (a finalist for the
National Book Award). Hendrickson’s lecture is sponsored by
the school of arts and the department of English at For more information about this event, please call Dan
Collins at (718) 862-7498. If you are a member of the press and are
interested in covering this lecture, please call Melanie A. Farmer at (718)
862-7232. The College is located at Manhattan College, founded in 1853, 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 that I will “catch” it via
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From: Mike McEneney [1953] Dear The NY Daily News (10/20/05) at page 59 has an Obituary for Brother Eugene O’Gara, FSC. I have a copy if you need it. May He Rest In Peace, Mike McEneney # # # http://www.cbservices.org/line.nsf/pages/ADD5051E9038B39286256FA700771EF9 REST IN PEACE: BRO. EUGENE O'GARA On Tuesday evening, 18 October, Bro. Eugene O'Gara died
peacefully at The wake will be held at The Funeral Mass will be at There will be a viewing at CBC, Narragansett ( # # # [JR: MCFac ] |
[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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that someone they maybe interested in has “drifted off”. Yet
another benefit of freeing up time trying to make email work by
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http://www.herald-sun.com/durham/4-659232.html
"I remember the sun on my face," Simonetti says. The symphony started that pops concert with Mozart's "Overture to The Magic Flute." The turnout was good for the symphony's debut, he recalls. Three decades later, in this its 30th anniversary season, the symphony continues to make music and look for new ways to attract audiences and financial backing. Though it struggles, as do most arts organizations these days in light of declining donations, the symphony does not have to contend with what the group faced when it first began. "At the first rehearsal, we had two violins, one viola, one cello, one bass cello, seven clarinets and six flutes," Simonetti said. "Within a few weeks, we had a full orchestra. People could see we were serious and wanted to do something good." The symphony had no sheet music and had to borrow music
from But what members had in abundance was a keen desire to play music -- ardor that has kept some of the symphony's members going for three decades. Double-bass player Francis Steltzer, who turns 84 in December, joined the first year and has stayed at it, he says, because of "the pure enjoyment of playing and being with some super people." He estimates that he's traveled
100,000 miles over the years just to get from his home in It all started at a New Year's Eve party in 1975. Simonetti heard local musicians
bemoan the fact that they had to go all the way to Simonetti volunteered. He had studied music and conducting at For the first seven years, the orchestra consisted entirely of volunteer players, Simonetti said. Today, half of the 68 musicians get paid. But all are professional musicians in terms of commitment to producing quality music, said Alan Neilson, former principal flautist with the North Carolina Symphony who took over the conductor's baton in 1984 after Simonetti left in 1983. Over the years, the symphony has played with such stars as
But Neilson said highlights were performing in 1987 at the U.S. Special Olympics here, as well as concerts featuring winners of the symphony's annual Young Artists' Competition. The lowest point, emotionally, came three years ago with the death of cellist Janine Sutphen. She was reported missing in
January 2002 after she failed to return home from a symphony rehearsal. In
May of the same year, her body was found in "It affected us a lot," Neilson said. "She was a very gregarious person." The death has drawn symphony members closer together, the conductor said. "We talked about it and we kept playing," Neilson said. Since becoming conductor, Neilson has worked to expand the symphony's repertoire, to continually raise the playing level, and to offer classical and pops concerts that all community members can enjoy. "Music is meant to be listened to. I want it to sound good. I rehearse with that object in mind," Neilson said. He also varies programming in a concert. "You don't want to play a concert of slow, morbid pieces," Neilson said. "I like people to go away feeling good. If we play something unusual and far out, I'll couple it with some standards." Throughout the years, the symphony has beaten the odds by surviving. "Some orchestras in this day and age have folded," said Neilson, naming the Tulsa Philharmonic and Florida Philharmonic as examples. "It's very expensive." Yet, through resourcefulness, dedication and the hard work and commitment of musicians, staff, volunteers, the board and the community, the symphony continues to present concert seasons despite a relatively low budget. "For the amount of money that's going into this thing, they're doing remarkably well," said Patti Thomas, who became general manager in January. This season, the symphony is presenting nine events on an
annual budget of $157,000 that comes from the city of One year, the symphony made $5,000 from yard sales. The orchestra continues to offer Rent-A-Symphony that delivers a string quartet, soloist or full orchestra to local business gatherings or private parties "for a reasonable fee." The budget includes the general manager's full-time salary, the conductor's part-time salary as well as some musicians' fees. Typically, the symphony does not make a profit from concerts, Thomas said. It cost $20,000 to put on a classical concert, and only up to 30 percent of that might be recouped through ticket sales, she added. The only concert that makes money continues to be the annual Holiday Pops Concert, Thomas said. In addition to being able to stretch a dollar, other factors figure into the symphony's longevity. "The players, they want to do it," Neilson said. The steady pool of musicians who want to play --fed, in
part, by area universities and the Doctors, lawyers and people in other fields continue to make up the symphony, as do musicians who once played professionally -- such as the French horn player who had performed with the Chicago Symphony. And Simonetti returned to the symphony 12 years ago -- as a musician. "I enjoy playing the tuba. I love classical music," Simonetti said. The symphony's past board of directors president, Ellen Dagenhart, has cited its work with children as a key to its success. # # # [JR: Is this fellow ours? mcALUMdb does have him. ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Google Alerts
[mailto:googlealerts-noreply@google.com] ... He had studied music and conducting at [Mike McEneney says: I do not find him either. (Good enough for me!) Thanks, Mike. ] === From: Jasper Jottings Collector in Chief Hello, This is an automated e-mail from heraldsun.com. Dear Ms. Susan, There are several variations of " Don't be too upset many writers
don't have an advanced degree in " There's also a Now when someone says "manhattan college", you be ready to say which one? P.S. My " == From: Susan Broili Thanks for the heads-up! Now, I know. He DID say [JR: Like the DAR,
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JNEWSxx: Crea,
Dominick (~1997) -- a drop out who mentions his time at http://www.westchestercbj.com/current_issue/102405wrop02.html Dominick Crea, president and
owner of the PSP Group in Outsource resource One-stop shop takes on HR responsibilities By DAVID GURLIACCI Dominick Crea likes to be involved in sales at the human resources services company he owns. But when sales people bring in a potential client to meet him the client always seems to be a little unsettled at how young he is 28 years old, and he looks it. "That pretty much shocks everybody," said Crea, president and owner of The PSP Group, which he founded in 1999. He's had plenty of experience overcoming clients' initial shock about his youth. Not only did he get his business established despite that difficulty, it's grown rapidly. Last year, the company grew 36 percent to $1.5 million in
revenues and by the end of this year he expects to
top $2 million. The company has 12 employees in a small building Crea owns in In terms of dollars, the total amount of company payrolls that PSP handles for clients rose from $13 million in 2003 to $20 million last year, and the company is on track to reach about $28 million this year, Crea noted. Total client payrolls is the common way to measure growth in PSP's industry. In 2004 the average growth of companies in the industry was 13 percent as measured by total client payrolls, said Edie Clark, a spokeswoman for the National Association of Professional Employer Organizations. Potential clients have good reasons to be careful about who they trust with human resources work, Crea said. His firm handles some of the most sensitive tasks a business owner has, payroll, employee benefits and sometimes even screening job applicants. Occasionally Crea's company will even be charged with telling an employee he's fired. Crea said the PSP Group has done well with software program "Summit Pro," which allows clients to access information about the human resources services they're receiving, including specific amounts of money being spent. Employees can also access parts of the Web site to check on information such as how many sick days or vacation days they have left. According to Crea, the program is flexible in that it allows customized services to be presented through the Web site for those clients that need it. PSP tries to be a one-stop shop for "everything that's administrative in dealing with employer-employee relationships," Crea said. That includes health and other insurance problems that might arise. The company has also added an accounting service, PSP Business Solutions, that assists clients in registering their businesses with state governments and in tax preparation. With his license to sell insurance, Crea created an insurance brokerage division of his business to help clients buy health insurance, workers' compensation policies and other types of insurance. Crea previously belonged to a networking group, but he's too busy to keep up with the meetings. Nowadays, the company gets new clients either through word-of-mouth referrals, Internet advertising, customers looking for services with Internet search engines or by hiring an outside vendor that comes up with lists of good sales prospects. Today, about 40 percent of the company's clients are in As a kid, Crea was so interested in the big vehicles and equipment he would see operated at construction sites that when he got to high school he became certified in operating cranes, forklifts and excavators. Yet after trying it for a while, he said, "I kind of
wanted to use my head more." He became interested in civil engineering,
a subject he took up at But he found the subject too
boring he likes dealing more with people. He left college and went to work as
a salesman for a man he had worked for in the
construction industry who had become involved with a payroll and human
resources firm on He located PSP in The American Business Association named the PSP Group a finalist in the "best customer service" category for a "Stevie" award earlier this year. "We were the only payroll company out of 1,200 names" considered for the award, he said. # # # From: Google Alerts
[mailto:googlealerts-noreply@google.com] Outsource resource Westchester ... it for a while, he said,
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JNEWSxx: Webb, Joe (1978) sells an opinion on E-Paper http://press.xtvworld.com/article-print-7263.html Is Publishing Industry Ready for E-Paper? Date: Monday, October 24 @ 15:20:51 CDT Topic: Print Publishing Books Strategies for Management, Inc. is soliciting additional sponsors for its new project, "E-Paper Technology and Opportunities in Publishing, Communications, and the Graphic Arts." The project will be led by Dr. Joseph Webb, recognized publishing guru Bob Sacks, and technology writer and analyst Richard Romano. The research team will investigate the current state of e-paper technologies and their prospects for commercialization. They will analyze potential effects on published, Internet-based, and printed communications as well as labeling and packaging, and everyday products where images, information, and data are visually displayed. E-Paper represents the potential to be a significant disruptive event, creating new applications, opportunities and challenges in its wake. The project will be led by Dr. Joseph Webb, recognized publishing guru Bob Sacks, technology writer and analyst Richard Romano, and managed by consultant Vince Naselli. * What is E-Paper? E-paper has been a topic of interest among researchers, technologists, and futurists for decades. Among its most notable proponents has been the MIT Media Lab, which has been directly involved or has indirectly captured the interest of e-paper researchers and developers. Among the companies involved in the industry to date are Fujitsu, Xerox, Philips, E-Ink, and many others. In addition to e-paper further energizing the “always connected” lifestyle of instant information access and portability, e-paper is likely to be found in many unexpected places. Seiko, for example, has introduced a watch with an e-paper face. E-paper will impact many forms of media including magazines, newspapers, books, business documents, packaging, graphic displays and reference materials, though these are just the tip of the iceberg. After decades in the laboratory, e-paper technologies seem posed for commercialization starting as early as 2006. Even the way information is presented on the Internet will be affected. The possibilities offered by the effective commercialization of e-paper may be limited only by one’s imagination. * Major Project Topics The project mission includes the following: -- Why is it important to understand "e-paper?" -- What is e-paper and how has it evolved? -- Critically assess e-paper as a disruptive technology -- Identify the companies and technologies that can commercialize e-paper -- Assess when e-paper is likely to be commercialized and its probable applications -- Identify companies that should consider investing in e-paper technologies -- Analyze and forecast applications, opportunities and impacts in publishing, printing, packaging and other graphic arts markets, as well as other visual media -- Review competitors of e-paper, such as other display media technologies that will soon be released to the marketplace * Deliverables Sponsors will have password access to project data and analysis, links to secondary research, and statistical data on a private Web site prior to publication, a unique benefit of SFM reports and research investigations. Upon publication, sponsors will be e-mailed a PDF of the report, followed by printed copy shortly thereafter. For 60 days after publication, sponsors will have access to the project leadership for questions and discussions about the report, its conduct, and its findings. This service can be a valuable resource when it’s “project crunch time.” Sponsors will also receive preferred rates for on-site, conference call, and webinar presentations by the research team for company events such as client meetings and senior management briefings. The digital version of the report will include “live links” to information resources such as associations, publications, government data, and other sources, giving your company direct access to the latest data and news about the e-paper business. This provides subscribers with a continuous flow of information, enhancing the users’ perspective and understanding of the subject. * Report Availability The project is currently underway and is planned for release in March 2006; charter sponsors will have access to the private web site and the consultants throughout the project and will be in a position to access the latest e-paper news and research materials in the months prior to publication. * Ordering Information Download the proposal at http://www.sfminc.com/download/E-Paper_Proposal.pdf Report price upon publication in March 2006: $4,975. Special pre-publication price: $3,950, offering more than a 20% savings ($1,025). To qualify for the pre-publication discount full payment must be received by November 15, 2005 To pay by credit card, go to http://store.yahoo.com/drjoe/epaper.html To pay by check, mail to Strategies for Management, Inc., To request an invoice, send your billing and shipping information to epaper(at)sfminc.com * Questions? For more information, call Mr. Vince Naselli at 1-732-568-0316. * Project Leadership Dr. Joe Webb He is one of the printing and media industry's best-known consultants, forecasters, and commentators. A 27+ year veteran of the graphic arts industries, he was the developer of the influential TrendWatch information service, sold to Reed Elsevier in 2000. Since January 2003, his "Fridays with Dr. Joe" column has become a popular feature on www.WhatTheyThink.com, as have his quarterly economic forecast Webinars, where he analyzes trends in the economy, technology, and the industry and interprets their implications for executives and their strategic decisions. His running commentary on the printing industry, new media, and the economy can be found at www.drjoesblog.com. He is a Ph.D. graduate of the He started in the industry with Agfa's Graphic Systems Division and was later a marketing executive with Chemco Photoproducts, entering consulting full time in 1987. Among his publications are "Dr. Joe's Almanac," a resource of more than 500 industry publications, Web sites, associations, and others, and the controversial "Renewing the Print Industry: A Contrarian's Constructive Perspective." <extraneous deleted> Contact: News Source: PRWEB -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Google Alerts
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JNEWSxx: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/25/nyregion/25crew.html October 25, 2005 On the River Before Dawn, 'It Can Be Very Hard to See' By COREY KILGANNON A century ago, the stretch of the Several times a week, four "College crew teams in the city don't really go out before daybreak, but these guys are businessmen, and to get a decent row in before work, you have to get out on the water by 6," said Mike Cataldo, 44, a friend of Edward M. Joyce, one of two rowers injured in an accident yesterday that left another man missing and presumed dead. "It's not unusual for guys like this to go out before sunrise." Mr. Cataldo said he had rowed on
The men headed out onto the river in their 30-foot German racing shell made of carbon-fiberglass, a lightweight material known for its strength. Stroking the dark water with their long oars, they propelled the sleek shell silently along the river, whose currents were running swiftly to the north. With Mr. Runsdorf sitting in the bow, overlooking his fellow rowers, the crew had begun to turn the boat in a wide circle when they were struck by a 29-foot motorboat shortly after 6 a.m., friends and the authorities said. Three men were rescued, but as of last night the police were still searching for Mr. Runsdorf. Mr. Cataldo said that a friend who spoke to Mr. Joyce at the hospital said that Mr. Joyce credited Mr. Runsdorf with saving his life "because he was between him and the motorboat." Pasquale D. Mattioli, 75, a retired police officer who keeps his boat at a marina nearby, said that in the early morning "it can be very hard to see these rowboats, because they're so flat to the water, and if you're going fast, it'd be almost impossible to see." Mr. Cataldo said that Mr. Runsdorf had attended "Jim had a reputation for being an extremely nice guy, and the calls have been flying around today," Mr. Cataldo said. "Everyone's just saying, 'Wow, what a loss.' " Another rower in the accident, Vincent Houston, is a As police boats trolled the waters near the boathouse yesterday, friends of the rowers arrived. The men do not wear life jackets, they said, and wear layers of clothing that they strip off as they warm up during the session. Most seasoned rowers know what it is like to be capsized by a large boat wake and to have to hang onto
their shells, which are buoyant. "Racing sculls are very low to the water, and with the low light and visibility, a motorboat that is not necessarily looking out for them might not even see it on his radar," said Mr. Cataldo. Rowers strap into shoes attached to the boat bottom, which makes it difficult to leap out quickly. "My guess is that Jim would have no time to escape," he said. "It would take two seconds just to dive out of the boat." # # # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Google Alerts
[mailto:googlealerts-noreply@google.com] Dedicated Oarsmen Take a Lethal Turn New York Times - ... Another rower in the accident, Vincent Houston, is a Manhattan College graduate who takes part in Masters crew races, said Vincent Ventura, 58, chairman and ... # # # From: Mike McEneney [1953] Dear In
today's NY Times (10/25/05) starting on page B1
there is an article about the tragic accident on the The College Crews are accompanied by a motorized Launch when they are on the River, but these "senior" oarsmen did not have one. In the poor light of the early morning the shell is hard to see. Best, Mike McEneney, Esq.'53 |
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Newsbytes He drives a Bimmer. He attracts the ladies. He's got sponsors. He trains hard. He plays harder. He's 21. No, he's not in the NBA. "Ksharp" -- aka Kyle Miller -- is a full-time professional computer game player. For four years now, often sprawled in the comfy basement of his parents' Reston home, Miller has
consistently dominated Counter-Strike, an online shooter game whose 2.8
million active players generate more monthly Internet traffic than all of So far Miller, who's competing in
the World Cyber Games in "Whenever someone asks me, 'Oh, what do you do for work?' I just kinda shy away. Then the person asks again, and I'm, like, 'I play video games.' Then the person goes, 'No, I mean what do you for an actual job?' And I say, again, 'I play video games. It is a job,' " says Miller. He is taking a dinner break and chowing down on Buffalo wings at a Chili's near his home. CS, shorthand for Counter-Strike, earns him $40,000 to $60,000 a year -- mostly from sponsorships, some of it prize money, exactly how much in total he won't say. Given that he still lives with his parents, it's certainly enough to cover the $500 monthly payment for his white BMW 325i. "When I first told my parents that playing CS is like going to work, they kinda laughed at me," he says. "But you know, that is what it is. If I don't play CS, I don't get paid." It's a Tuesday, about 6:30 p.m. "We should probably go," he says. "I gotta be at work by 7." This is the working life of a pro gamer: From Sundays to Thursdays, between 7 and 11 p.m., the man they call Ksharp slouches in front of his 19-inch computer monitor, feet up in the chair. He is almost six feet tall and thin, with blue eyes and carefully gelled blond hair. To him, "online practices" are akin to "football scrimmages," except his uniform is usually T-shirts and cargo shorts. "I can do whatever I want during the day," he says. That means going to the gym, offering computer help to his older sisters, who run their own businesses, and, "as a time-killer outside of work," playing games such as World of Warcraft or the new X-Men. Aiming to be a hotshot professional gamer is like a schoolyard basketball player wishing to be the next NBA superstar LeBron James. It's no simple walk around the Xbox. "You have your average player who's into the game, you have your hard-core player who's really into the game, then you have your pro gamer. It's a whole different level -- the practices, the competitions, the stress," he says matter-of-factly. "Being in a relationship with him is kind of
hectic," says Miller's girlfriend, Kate Harter, who goes to the CS is a strategy shooting spectacle, a warfare game that pits terrorists (T) against counter-terrorists (CT) in rounds of intense gunplay. Your mission is to "frag," meaning to kill off, as many enemies as you can. When it comes to fragging, Ksharp is precise, aggressive, cunning. He's a clutch player; playing against him, his competitors will tell you, is like playing a pickup game with Michael Jordan -- you'll hardly score a basket, they say. Miller, however, tends to shrug off his prowess and resist analyzing his talent and skills. But there is this: As a boy, he
moved around a lot. His father, Russ, worked for the Central Intelligence
Agency; over eight years, the family lived in "Video games, from Final Fantasy to Mario Kart, were my extracurricular activity," says Miller, who has owned about every game console, from Sega to the original PlayStation, and is never seen without his SX66 PDA Phone. School never absorbed him. "I was one of those B students," Miller says, "who could have gotten A's if I tried harder." He downloaded CS the day it was released in 1999. His parents didn't know what to make of his passion for it, but his mother drove her son to his first big tournament away from home. When the family was living in Over the years, the tournament schedule has grown along
with Ksharp. Next month, MTV will broadcast live
highlights of Cyberathlete Professional League
finals at the Nokia Theatre in Russ Miller, now a government contractor, doesn't much understand the game -- "I get sick watching it, the fast motion of it," he says -- but when he heard his younger co-workers, engineers at Science Applications International Corp., talking about CS, he asked if they knew who Ksharp was. Sure, they said, and Russ said, "That's my son." It's a few minutes after 7 p.m.,
and Mikey "Method" So, who lives in "Does anybody know where Mikey is?" Ksharp says into his headset. Ksharp is ready to scrimmage. The fingers of his left hand are landing fast and furious on the keyboard's W, A, S and D keys, which guide the character's movement. His right hand grips the mouse, used to aim the weapon. CS is a first-person shooter game, meaning the screen shows only what your character sees, unlike third-person shooter games, which give you an omniscient view. The game requires exacting hand-eye coordination and mental dexterity: Stay ahead of your opponent. Think on the fly. Strategize. Created by Jess Cliffe and Minh Le when they were students at Virginia Tech, CS now has at least 70,000 people playing it at any given moment, clocking in more than 4.5 billion player minutes per month, says Cliffe. A team game, five-on-five, CS is a tournament regular,
along with Halo and Painkiller. In pro gaming circles, "To many players, especially CS players, Ksharp is a legend," adds Trevor Schmidt. "He's the epitome of what people think of as a professional gamer." Schmidt, 24, founded Gotfrag.com, the ESPN.com of e-sports, three years ago. It's a must-click site for all hard-core players, pro or not, getting about 14 million page views per month, with "premium members" paying $5 a month to read articles. Miller checks out the site several times a day, and he's often written about on it. "If you consider the whole history of CS, Ksharp has the most impressive rsum," says Schmidt. "He's got the most number of wins, for one, and to stay in such a high level all these years -- well, you've got to give him credit for that." In spring 2002, Miller became the first member of Team 3D (short for desire, discipline, dedication). It's a six-member CS team, one more than needed to play, in case a member gets sick or can't miss class. The team is an eclectic mix. There's Josh
"Dominator" Sievers, a 21-year-old junior
at Method is the clown of the team, though he doesn't mean to be. He's a fantastic CS player, especially expert with the virtual AK47. But outside of playing CS, the other team members joke, he's lost, confused, just out of it. "I'm here, I'm here," Method finally says into his little microphone. It's about 7:15. "Someone stole my mouse pad." The team members laugh out loud, each into his own little microphone. Craig Levine formed Team 3D when he was a 19-year-old
freshman at Year after year, Team 3D has won more tournaments than any
other Thirty minutes into the scrimmage, Team 3D is playing
against Team TEC, another "Get him! Get him! Get him!" Ksharp tells Method. "It's smoke," says Rambo. "It's smoke." "He went up the ramp!" Volcano tells Rambo. "Where did he go?" Ksharp asks Method. Bombs are exploding. The AK47s and the Desert Eagle pistols, two of the guns in CS, are firing. Team 3D, at least in this particular round, is losing. These days, Team 3D is busy preparing
for the World Cyber Games, the Olympics of pro gaming, where 800 gamers from
70 countries will vie for $430,000 in prize money. It will be held in "A lot of people don't really understand how online games work," says Miller, taking a short break from CS. (In this round, Team 3D is pummeling Team TEC.) "This is what people think: I sit in front of my computer and I'm playing all by myself and oh, yeah, how antisocial is that. A lot of people don't understand that I'm sitting in front my computer with friends from all over the world, and they're sitting down in front of their computers and hundreds of thousands of people are playing at the same time. In the course of my day, I might talk to, like, 300 different people, easily. We play the game. We talk about what movie we saw yesterday. We send each other links on the Internet." He sits up, stretches, sits back down. He gets in his position: slouching, feet up in the chair, a huge smile on his face. What are his plans after this? When will he retire? What about life outside of gaming? "You know, I never thought this would last, this
being a job, I mean," Miller says. "Every time I thought it was gonna be over, then I'd be in Paris, playing at some CS
competition in the Louvre -- you know, the famous
museum -- then we'd get more sponsors, then we'd win more tournaments."
He walked around the museum for a bit, he says, though he couldn't
really remember the art he saw. But he liked
wandering around "I've always played because I have fun, and I'm doing this now because, well, it's a lot of fun. But maybe after this career, I can do something completely different -- something that has nothing to do with computers or gaming. But I don't know what that something is -- not yet," Miller says. "But I understand that for a lot of people, what I do for a living is heaven." And here comes a new cyber fan, an 18-year-old high school student e-mailing Miller: "When you are walking on a street, is there anybody shouting: 'Look, that's Ksharp?' " The fan says he lives in the Chinese city of To watch a video of Ksharp, go tohttp://www.washingtonpost.com/technology. He will be online at noon today to answer your questions. Reported By TechNews.com, http://www.TechNews.com (20051025/WIRES /) TYPE: news LOAD-DATE: October 25, 2005 |
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Newsday ( Bronx Borough President Alfonso Carrion and other local leaders pilloried the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's holiday discount proposal Friday and urged its board to invest the surplus in system improvements, moments after a subway fire temporarily incapacitated seven train lines. "This is a real insult to New Yorkers," said Carrion, citing systemic problems such as unreliable service and broken down stations. "We're asking the MTA board to do the right thing: Turn this nonsense around and invest the $100 million smartly." The MTA proposal, with discounts including 40 days for the price of a 30-day MetroCard and half-priced weekend trips from Nov. 23 to Jan. 1, would cost a projected $50 million in lost fares in both 2005 and 2006, to be taken out of a newfound $900-million surplus. Many politicians and commuters are skeptical because the gift plan, which goes to an MTA board vote on Oct. 27, comes on the heels of fare increases in 2003 and 2004 and with a possible $800-million deficit on the horizon in 2009. "This has nothing to do with fare increases and nothing to do with budget projections," said MTA spokesman Tom Kelly, adding that both the city and state recently came into a windfall, primarily as a result of real estate taxes. "It's money we have now. And we have taken care of deficit projections for the next two years and will make every effort to eliminate deficits in 2007 and beyond." City Councilman "This so-called discount is a gross overestimate," said Liu (D-Flushing). "The plan can't cost anywhere near that amount. I wonder what they are really going to do with the money." Carrion said that it's not going
to clean subway stations in the Nor will the $100 million go to improving service reliability or upgrading the outdated electrical systems that may have led to Friday's fire, Liu said. LOAD-DATE: October 22, 2005 [JR:
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http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/2 <extraneous deleted> Republican panels award 4 scholarships Four students have been awarded
academic scholarships from the Republican committees of the towns of Fishkill
and The recipients were David S. Greene of Fishkill, who is
attending The four were chosen from among a dozen applicants who submitted essays discussing their views on the right to vote. The essays were judged by Fishkill town Historian Willa Skinner. <extraneous deleted> # # # |
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Wed, October 26, 2005 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
10/30/05 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
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
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=6321 MEN'S BASKETBALL VS. SETON HALL TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE Riverdale, N.Y. (October 28, 2005)- A limited number of tickets for the Manhattan men's basketball season opener vs. Seton Hall are now available through the Manhattan College Ticket Office. The game between the Jaspers and Pirates, an opening round game of the Preseason NIT, will be played on Monday, November 14 at the Continental Airlines Arena at the New Jersey Meadowlands, with tip-off slated for 7:30 p.m. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6320 RIDER'S SECOND HALF SURGE ENDS WOMEN'S SOCCER'S SEASON Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (October 27, 2005)- Eighth-seeded Rider University tallied four second half goals en route to defeating ninth-seeded Manhattan College, 4-0, this afternoon in an opening round game of the MAAC Women's Soccer Championships, held at Walt Disney World's Wide World of Sports Complex. The Lady Jaspers end their season with a 6-12-2 overall record. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6319 VOLLEYBALL ROLLS PAST FDU IN THREE GAMES TO ECLIPSE .500 MARK Riverdale, N.Y. (October 26, 2005)--Behind a match-high 17 kills for senior Maggie Pfeifer, Manhattan Volleyball rolled past Fairleigh Dickinson University in three games (30-22, 30-25, 30-25) on Wednesday night at Draddy Gym. The non-conference victory puts the Lady Jaspers above the .500 mark for the first time since opening day, as Manhattan is now 14-13 overall with a 3-1 record in MAAC play. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6318 MEN'S SOCCER VS. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6314 MEN'S SOCCER EXPLODES FOR SEVEN GOALS IN 7-2 MAAC WIN OVER SAINT PETER'S Riverdale, N.Y. (October 24, 2005)- The Manhattan offense
awoke from its season-long slumber, exploding for seven goals on its way to a
7-2 MAAC win over Saint http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6313 FOUR JASPERS REPRESENT MEN'S TENNIS AT ITA NORTHEAST REGIONAL AND ALL FOUR GET PAST FIRST ROUND Riverdale, N.Y. (October 24, 2005)--Manhattan Men's Tennis
sent four representatives to compete at the 2005 ITA Regional Tennis
Championships, which began on October 20 at Dartmouth College in Hanover,
N.H. In addition to all four Jaspers qualifying for the main draw, each http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6312 Littlestown, Pa. (October 23, 2005)- The Jasper linksmen competed in the St. Mary's Fall Classic over the weekend at the par-72, 7042-yard Quail Valley Golf Course in Littlestown, Pa. Manhattan placed eighth with a team score of 681. James Marchewka and Adam Minbiole each paced the Jaspers with two round scores of 169. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6311 TWO SECOND-HALF GOALS SINK WOMEN'S SOCCER, 2-0 Riverdale, N.Y. (October 23, 2005)--Manhattan Women's Soccer was unable to hold off Canisius College on Sunday morning in a conference match played at Iona College's Mazella Field. Two second-half goals by Canisius' Amanda Janosky proved to be the difference in the 2-0 decision. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6310 WOMEN'S SOCCER VS. CANISUIS MOVED
TO Riverdale, N.Y. (October 23, 2005)- Today's MAAC women's
soccer match vs. Canisius, slated to begin at 10:00
a.m. at Gaelic Park has been moved to Iona College's Mazzella
Field. The game will still begin at 10:00 a.m. and the eight http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6309 VOLLEYBALL CAPTURES SECOND Baltimore, Md. (October 22, 2005)--For the second straight
night Manhattan Volleyball defeated a conference foe on the road, while
overshadowing milestones reached by opposing players. The Lady Jaspers got
past http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6307 PFEIFER STEALS SPOTLIGHT AS Lawrenceville, N.J. (October 21, 2005)--On a night when
the spotlight was supposed to shine on Rider senior Stefanie
Lombardo as she reached the 1,000-dig plateau, Manhattan senior Maggie
Pfeifer stole the show. Pfeifer pounded out a season-best 28 kills propelling
Manhattan Volleyball to a five-game victory over Rider (25-30, 30-24, 30-22,
24-30, 15-13) in a MAAC match in Lawrenceville, N.J. The win improves http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6305 WOMEN'S SOCCER DROPS HEARTBREAKER TO Riverdale, N.Y. (October 21, 2005)- Manhattan took an early lead in its upset bid over Niagara, the MAAC's second place team, but fell in overtime, 2-1, this afternoon at Gaelic Park. The Lady Jaspers fall to 6-10-2, while the Purple Eagles improve to 13-2-2. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6303 THREE LADY JASPERS TO PARTICIPATE AT ITA TENNIS REGIONAL THIS WEEKEND Riverdale, N.Y. (October 20, 2005)--Manhattan Women's Tennis will be represented in the main draws of both the singles and doubles bracket at the annual ITA Regional Championships in West Point, N.Y. beginning on October 21. Competing at the three-day event for the Lady Jaspers are freshmen Casey Conklin and Lindsey Keeler, as well as junior Jennifer Fowler. |
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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!]
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http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2005/10/10-21-05tdc/10-21-05dsports-11.asp Friday, Oct. 21, 2005 Heading into its most daunting competition yet, the New The promotion to head coach for Potoczny
came yesterday for the position that has been vacant since former head coach
Jan Bortner took an assistant athletic director job
here at "He gives the kind of continuity to the team and to the program that you want in this situation," Bortner said of his five-year assistant coach. "He's worked with [the seniors] for the last four years ... he knows the strengths and weaknesses of this team -- I don't think he'll miss a beat." After a successful weekend at the Army Invitational last week,Potoczny heads to senior co-captains Mark Barry and Malcolm Scatliffe, juniors Ryan Berger and Brad Hunter, sophomore Michael James and freshman Adam Slagter. The stakes are high at the ITA Regionals, as the overall winner gets a spot in the National Indoor Championships in early spring. Barry comes into the tournament as the No. 4 seed, and
three other "I don't know really what to expect, the first couple tournaments this year have been a couple good guys, mostly guys I can beat," Slagter said. "This is a combination of all the good guys ... I guess it's just going to be a different level. "It's nice being a seed so I can work my way into it and see some lower-round guys to get my confidence up and get used to the new level." The action for the Lions starts with James, who takes on Bogdan Borta from All six of the "We've got a lot of guys who have got to feel like they can do well in the tournament," Potoczny said. "We have four guys seeded, they can go two rounds without playing a seed -- no one plays a seed in the first round." Potoczny may have his hands full this weekend, being the only coach present for all six of his players, which is an issue he will soon have to address, Bortner said. "That's something he's got to look at, at what he needs to get through the year," Bortner said. "He'll want to get somebody to help him with practice, where with 10-12 guys, you just can't give the individual attention by yourself. Especially for Big Ten dual matches, there's just too much going on -- you need two guys on the court. He has some time until spring, but when that time comes he'll have a major say in what to do." Potoczny expressed his process of creating a mental list of candidates for a new assistant coach to work under him, however, at such short notice he did not know the availability of his choices, he said. "It will hopefully be somebody I'm familiar
with," Potoczny said. "There are a lot of
people in the While decisions must be made in the future, right now Potoczny has a group of players focused on the weekend and the task at hand. "We had a strong showing last weekend, I feel like
we're really going in the right direction for this tournament -- all of our
top four players are seeds," Hunter said. "We're really going to
make a statement -- show the heart of a true Nittany
Lion and play for the glory of # # # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Google Alerts
[mailto:googlealerts-noreply@google.com] Potoczny leads PSU at tourney ... new level.". The action
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From: Bill Klages [1973] Due to some issues with my high speed, I will once again be changing my email but as you can see this one will not change in the future. If you can use this note to correct your address book it would be helpful. My old email will remain active until around the 7th of Nov at which time the charter email address will become inactive. Until that time, I will be receiving at both. Thank you for your patience. Regards, [JR: Changed. ] |
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From: Meg Walsh [1979] Hi folks, it has been quite some time, since we have all been at a Manhattan College NYC Club Event. This is one of the nicest venues in the City and the program look interesting. Sounds like it could be time to re-engage w/this group. I'll be there, hope to see you. Meg Walsh ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 3:50 PM Fall 2005 Networking Reception "A Brief History of Political Advertising" A successful political strategist and media consultant, Mr. Schriefer served as program director for the 2004 republican national convention and was a member of the "Maverick" media team that produced all advertising for George W. Bush in the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections. Winner of 7 Pollie Awards $25 Per Per Person |
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Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 12:06 PM Zinnel> This notion of Congress' priorities being
backwards is not strictly a liberal, partisan idea. Dear Student While I applaud your willingness to self-identify as a “Libertarian”, I would like to take objection to your support of “just this one social program”. A Libertarian is really nothing more than a true classical liberal, as you may learn in history, philosophy, or economics class. Tracing its roots back to the formulation that Kings didn’t have a Divine Right and the people were free, Libertarians of all flavors acknowledge that there are certain inalienable rights that everyone has. There is some squabbling about whether they are “endowed by their Creator”, come from “Natural Law”, some other source, or just common sense. The original American experiment was a representative republic where these rights were enshrined and extended to everyone eventually. The thing that makes a Libertarian unique is the absolute dedication to the Principle of Non-Aggression. The Federal Government only gets its “revenues” or “funds” by taxes -- theft backed up by force – or counterfeiting – theft by fraud. This violates that Principle. And, in the Constitution which limits the Government, there is no permission for the Federal Government to “educate” its citizens. This ALSO violates that Principle. I would then hope to convince you that if you want to be a Libertarian, you can’t support ANY programs that are not voluntary. {Begin Aside} When Communists put citizens in “re-education camps” to brainwash them and scare other citizens into submission, we are horrified. Yet, when OUR government runs its version of those reeducation camps that they call “public skools (sic)” and what I would call “grossly expensive and virtually worthless government socialist youth propaganda camps”, that’s OK. I never understood that set of rose-colored glasses. {End Aside} Personally I would assert that the hallmark of a bad idea is when the government has to do it! I heard that formulation of the podcast of Free Talk Live (www.freetalklive.com) and like its brevity. So if education is “good”, then free people will support it. Only slaves are forced to contribute to things they disagree with. So, if the government gets its money by force, Libertarians have to object to it. If the government doesn’t have a role in brainwashing its citizens, Libertarians have to object to it. AND, if there is any exceptions to Non-Aggression, Libertarians have to oppose it. As a voluntary contributor to Drop over to Jasper Jottings (www.jasperjottings.com) and maybe we can continue the discussion.
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http://www.torrenzano.com/Edward_Orgon.pdf Edward A. Orgon Edward Orgon is president and chief operating officer of The Torrenzano Group, a strategic communications firm specializing in building and protecting corporate reputations, enhancing shareholder value and helping clients grow their businesses. The firm specializes in strategic corporate communications, media relations, financial communications and investor relations, crisis communications and special situations, M&A and transaction communications, as well as business-to-business communications and economic development. As president and chief operating officer, Ed is the senior officer responsible for all firm business and client activities. Specifically, he manages all account teams and directs communications strategy development and implementation for clients firm-wide. Ed has spent the majority of his 30-year career in corporate positions as the senior communications officer and is well versed in investment and financial communications as well as professional services marketing. At Metropolitan Life, he was director of communications and responsible for that investment and insurance company's external and employee communications, crisis management and litigation support, sports marketing and agency relationships. Working directly for the chief executive, Ed served as corporate spokesperson and provided public relations and public affairs management for all Metropolitan Life business units: personal insurance, group life and health, reinsurance, property and casualty as well as corporate and real estate investments. At Cushman & Wakefield, the international real estate services giant, he was corporate vice president of communications and a member of the management committee. Ed successfully repositioned "Business America's Real Estate Firm," launched its first international strategic communications initiatives and created the oft-quoted "Best Cities for Business" study. At Creamer Dickson Basford, the international public relations firm, he was a member of the executive committee and worked on behalf of such nationally known companies as NYNEX, Panasonic, Air Products and Chemicals, Hoechst Celanese, and Exide Electronics, as well as several professional services firms and technology associations, including the Business Technology Association. Ed has developed and managed multi-million dollar consumer
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http://www.ncc-1776.com/tle2005/tle341-20051016-01.html#letter1 According to Knight's proposed National SOS Radio Network plan, ham radio operators would rapidly relay the public's emergency needs to local and state authorities—such as police and fire departments—as well as to national rescue and relief agencies. As a natural extension of the National SOS Radio Network, all elements of government could also incorporate FRS radios into their communications systems—for direct, immediate links to the public's emergency situations. "In times of public crisis, the basic recommendation is for citizens to set their FRS radios on Channel 1 and transmit their emergency needs, and for ham radio operators to tune their receivers to 462.5625 MHz, the frequency that corresponds to FRS Channel 1," said Knight. "Specific operational details will evolve as the National SOS Radio Network gains awareness. To get the ball rolling, we've posted some operational ideas on a Web site we created: www.NationalSOS.com. We look forward to the ARRL's ideas and feedback, too." "With the simple addition of a low-cost FRS radio to an emergency preparedness kit, a family in distress could literally reach out to the world—and get the help they need," said Knight. "I can't imagine a more powerful tool that could save so many lives." === http://www.nationalsos.com/overview.html In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, it’s become clear that a major contributing factor to the tragic loss of life was the near total breakdown of communication systems. Once electricity, telephone, and cell phone services failed, people were unable to let rescuers know of their dire situation...and died as a result. A simple, instant, and virtually zero-cost solution: A "National SOS" public emergency
network that connects millions of Family Radio Service (FRS) radios already
in use by the public with 650,000 amateur "ham" radio operators --
people renown and prepared for emergency communications. The output
frequencies of FRS radios are easily received by the
radio gear hams use daily. That’s the magic link in this emergency communication
strategy. The National SOS Radio
Network wouldn’t require new laws or any new
legislation. It could go into effect,
immediately. Once the ham radio
community is made aware to listen for the public’s emergency broadcasts on an
FRS frequency, the national network will be up and running. FRS radios don’t
require a license, can be used by anyone of any age, and are available for as
little as $10 - $15 at many retailers such as WalMart
www.walmart.com. FRS radios can transmit 2 - 8 miles (terrain dependent). And there are hams in nearly every community in === Perhaps we can lead the charge to make this a standard. It does not cost us anything since it uses everyone’s existing “stuff”. If “everyone knows” to tune to Channel 1 aka 462.5625 if and when the normal communications channels fail, then it will not be a disaster. No big government program, just people being smart and prepared ahead of time. I have mine ready to listen and talk on one. Everyone else should as well. This good idea should become a National Standard asap. Like the old days, when everyone “reserved” CB channel 9, if everyone uses FRS1 for that purpose, then we will all be better off. |
And that’s the last word.
Curmudgeon
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GBu. GBA.