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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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I created a little web page to differentiate the various
http://home.comcast.net/~jxymxu7sn5ho9d/Manhattan_College_ology.htm
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“Always remember life is not measured by the number of breaths
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http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2005/5/6/14112/35558 Last flight of the forager (Diaries) === <begin quote> === My daughters called me down to stare at the dirt with them today. "Dad, it's important," she said. So I came, and we gathered to look. There in the dirt crawled a worker bee, its fur gone, its wings tattered. "It fell to the ground, Dad. It can't fly. You have to take it home," said my youngest. And so we did. Bees live around six weeks in the summer, longer in the winter, even less in the summer, when they work themselves to death. They do not specialize. Every bee performs almost every task in the hive at some point in its life. Right after hatching, a bee will clean its cell, and takes on its first duty, a nurse bee. Nurse bees clean cells, feed larvae, and draw wax. After a time, they become house bees, transferring pollen and nectar from the foragers. Later they will be guard bees, and finally foragers. The old forager was weak, barely able to crawl, but the pollen basket on its legs were packed, proof of her hard work. She fell less than fifteen yards from the hive. It might as well have been a mile. Bees lifetimes are limited by a number of factors, cold, predators, food, but also by their wings. Their wings are gossamer strands, and they literally wear them out flying back and forth. Their fur wears off over time, scrambling over other bees, crashing into boards, working. The forager's wings were tattered and frayed, it struggled to lift itself into the air, but failed time and again, each time waiting longer and longer to lift off. The right wing was shredded. The setting sun, and the cool shadows it cast would mean certain death without the warmth of the cluster. My daughters are not afraid to stand near the hive, but getting into the flight path, that's another thing entirely, so I gathered the forager up on a leaf, and carried it over to the front. The landing board of a hive is like a combination runway, customs booth, and dance party at once. Bees are flying inbound at any time, sometimes crashing on the board they are so loaded. In the same airspace, other bees are struggling to leave. Guard bees stand ready to attack any inbound bees that don't belong to this hive, and other workers hang on the board, fanning their wings to spread the scent of the hive, a chemical flare drifiting out on the wind, calling the workers home. The forager crawled off of its leaf and onto the landing board. Immediately it was surrounded by guard bees - and accepted. It disappeared into the hive, lost in the swirl of activity. As the evening grew dark I went down to refill the feeder, and I saw it. Two workers dragging a dead bee off the side. I looked closer, and recognized the barely present right wing. One bee among thousands, one day, one moment in six weeks of hard work, one final journey home. This is their life. === <end quote> === I thought we could take a bunch of lessons from this tale. I certainly did. |
Reflect well on our alma mater, this week, every week, in any and
every way possible, large or small. God bless.
"Collector-in-chief"
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The New York Times Teresa Ann Andrade, a daughter of Kathleen M. Andrade of
Yonkers, N.Y., and the late Julio D. Andrade, was married yesterday to
Timothy Soheil Shadi, the son of Marie C. Shadi of Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., and
Soheil Shadi of Minia, Egypt. The Rev. John B. Riordan performed the ceremony
at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in The bride and the bridegroom met at The bride, 26, is a certified public accountant and an
assistant treasurer in the audit department at the Bank of New York in The bridegroom, also 26, is a project engineer at Savin
Engineers of Pleasantville, N.Y. His mother is the assistant manager of the
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[Collector's prayer: And, may perpetual light shine on our fellow
departed Jaspers, and all the souls of the faithful departed.]
Your assistance is requested in finding these. Please don’t assume
that I will “catch” it via an automated search. Sometimes the data just doesn’t
makes it’s way in.
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The New York Times STRATTON--Richard A. Age 58, of LOAD-DATE: November 2, 2005 === [JR: Also reported
in The Record ( [Mike McEneney says: Richard was a member of the Class of 1968. May He Rest In Peace ] [JR: Thanks, Mike. ] |
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From: Mike McEneney [1953] Dear John, Burke, Esq. '77 forwarded this message to me. Dean Chambers was one of the nicest and most generous men I have ever met. He was always ready to help out the struggling student who needed help and did so in a quiet way, never making a big deal of what he was able to do. I am sure that many Jaspers will remember him fondly. Joan
Chambers '80 was Ann Marie's roommate and she writes that there will be Mass
for the Dean on Saturday November 5th in
May He Rest In Peace, = = = From: Chambers, Joan (1980) To Friends & Family, I am sorry to inform you that my dad, Thomas E. Chambers,
passed away on Friday, October 21st , after a month long battle with
complications from a stomach problem and surgery to correct it. My dad was
comfortable and went peacefully although he had had some tough battles over
the course of the last 4 weeks. Every
one of my brothers and sisters has been wonderful and supportive to one
another throughout this time and we are closer for it. My brother Jack and his wife, Ann have had
the lion's share of the emotional rollercoaster that came with my dad being
so ill this last month. Jack did an
amazing job, he had a tough time but was so very strong and supportive and
comforting to dad and all of us while he had to witness everything, and going
on no sleep and 3 a.m. emergency calls back to the hospital, day after day
and week after week. 4 times they told us to prepare for the end but my dad
was strong willed and as you may know my dad didn't believe in can't or
won't. My dad lived with Jack and his
family in My dad was a person who never wasted a minute most of his life. Dad was still painting up to the day he fell ill. Dad had a ferocious intellectual curiosity, always reading multiple things at a time. Dad had a wonderful creative side. Dad had an artistic side that first exhibited itself in his award winning penmanship at a young age. Dad was one of the smartest people I ever knew and for most of his life he had a steel trap for a brain. My dad served in World War II and loved every minute of his career as a Lieutenant in the Merchant Marines & US Navy during World War II. Dad was Dean of Manhattan College School of General Studies for 23 years and enjoyed this experience immensely. Dad was the first person I ever knew who loved to go to work no matter how long the hours. Dad was generous with everything he had, to friends and family, always willing to share. We are relieved that dad is with my mother now and is not suffering anymore but sad as this chapter in our lives comes to a close. We will miss my dad very much. We all loved our father and losing a parent no matter how old they are is still an emotional time. I know you will be thinking of my dad at this time and we thank you for your thoughts and prayers. If you would like to send a card or message please address it to: The Chambers Family My dad is to be cremated and then a service will be held for him sometime in the future. Thank you for your love and support, = = = Ann, I am getting this information disseminated slowly but
surely to everyone I thought would want to be posted. As usual I am a bit slow. My dad thought the world of you Ann and was
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[JR: I'm going to try a new section for "updates". These
are changes that "pop" in from the various sources that are not
really from the news. I thought it might be valuable to alert old friends
seeking to reconnect or "youngsters" seeking a networking contact
with someone who might have a unique viewpoint that they are interested in.
This is a benefit of freeing up time trying to make email work by
"outsourcing" the task to Yahoo.]
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[JR: I'm going to try a new section for "negative
updates". These are changes that "pop" in from the various
sources that are not really from the news. I thought it might be valuable to
alert old friends or "youngsters" that someone they maybe interested
in has “drifted off” either her at Jasper Jottings or in the mcALUMdb.]
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The history speaks for itself, which is more than Francisco Garcia could do back then. He had been in America for four years, gone from his native Dominican Republic and living with his mother and brother in the Bronx in the so-called land of opportunity when it finally came in the form of a basketball scholarship to the University of Louisville. When Garcia made his college arrival, he hardly could speak English. He said "Yes" to everything, unable to convey sentences or true thought. He had the basketball down, but school was another matter. "He started working his (butt) off, sitting in the front row of every classroom, with every teacher loving him, speaking better, picking it up," Louisville coach Rick Pitino said. "He goes from that point to becoming a 2.9, 3.0 (GPA) student." Three years later, the Kings' 2005 first-round draft pick
is at it again, proving a fast study in his NBA career. As the Kings landed
in During summer league here in July, Garcia needed a translator to adjust to the NBA game. In both games and practice, he pressed and stressed into a humbling showing, misfiring most times on his shots and looking every bit like a first-timer. He shot 35 percent from the field and just 23.5 percent from three-point range, averaging 12.2 points while playing 36 minutes per game. Three months later, Garcia already is more efficient, more productive, perhaps securing a major reserve role with the Kings as a rookie. Despite being a bit too free with his shot selection during the preseason (he trailed only Peja Stojakovic in attempts), his field-goal percentage rose to 40 percent (27 for 67), while his three-point percentage jumped to 36 percent (13 for 36). Friday night, Garcia had a dose of the big time, trying to keep up with Lakers guard Kobe Bryant, who exploded late in his team's victory. "Defending people in our league is different than in college," Kings coach Rick Adelman said. "He'll be learning what shots are good for him and what's not and how to fit in. We like him, like the way he plays, but he'll have the same problems every young guy does." From coaches to fans to media, the common thought of Garcia's early days is that he doesn't look like a rookie. He plays with flair and with a confidence more often seen in veterans. "His confidence is high," Kings assistant Elston Turner said. "If he misses two or three shots, he's going to take the fourth and fifth ones. And that's better than missing four, then going and hiding for the rest of the day like so many guys do." But there's bouncing back from hard times in hoops, and then there's real recovery, the kind that comes slower and with far more pain and puts basketball in a whole different light. It has been almost two years since Garcia lost his
brother. Garcia was in his sophomore season at About 11 o'clock on a cold December night, 19-year-old Lopez was in the lobby of a Grand Concourse building with friends when two men charged in with guns. They shot Lopez in the neck and the chest at point-blank range. He died 15 minutes later. Later that night, the cell phone Garcia and his brother had talked on the day before rang. It was his mother, calling with the awful news. Family and friends say it was a case of mistaken identity,
that Lopez was too beloved by too many to have someone take his life on
purpose. The killers have since been caught. Garcia wishes he could have
taken his family members out of the "We were tight," Garcia said of he and Lopez. "He played basketball, but he wasn't serious about it. He was going to (high) school, wanted to go to college." But he couldn't, so the older brother moved on in the
younger brother's honor. Two nights after Lopez died, "I had said, 'Take a game or two off, get your thoughts together,' " Pitino said. "He said, 'No, I'm going to play because he would want me to play and my mother wants me to play.' " And play he did. Garcia scored 24 points as "There were so many people there that they had to
take up two different rooms, because he was so loved," said Luis Flores,
a longtime friend of Garcia's who was playing at When Garcia returned to "From a standpoint of what it did to him, it just made him stronger," said Flores, who was in the Kings' training camp until being released last week. "It made him realize that we're here today and gone tomorrow, so he plays like that. He gives his all on the floor because he never knows when he'll play again." With Garcia's dream of a long NBA career very much alive,
his focus remains on family. When the Kings picked him 23rd overall in June,
Garcia was nowhere near "I wanted to be with my family," said Garcia,
who grew up in Now all he wants to do is make life easier on his family.
Pitino said Garcia arrived at Since Garcia went pro, Vicente has moved out of the rough
parts of the Bronx, quit her baby-sitting job that came with a grueling bus
commute and now is renting a larger house in "I'm happy for my mom," Garcia said. "She worked hard for us, has always been working her whole life to give us everything we need." His role having been reversed with his mother's, Garcia says he will keep learning quickly and find his role with the Kings. "He's the ultimate giver, not a taker at all," Pitino said. "He'll lift all those guys up on the team. He's going to be interested in winning, playing team basketball. It's not going to be about touches. He's a mature kid when it comes to that." The Bee's Sam Amick can be reached at (916) 326-5582 or samick@sacbee.com. GRAPHIC: Associated Press / Jake Schoellkopf At Louisville, Francisco Garcia was an All-Conference USA player known for his versatility as a scorer and passer. Sacramento Bee / Jose Luis Villegas Rookie Francisco Garcia already has made significant progress with the Kings, improving his field-goal and three-point percentages in the preseason after struggling in the summer league. LOAD-DATE: October 31, 2005 [mcALUMdb: Flores-Cotera, Luis (1982)] |
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From: Michael Zino '69 John, Excellent article in NYT Business Section on Saturday October 29, 2005 about best selling novelist James Patterson (Along Came a Spider) a 1969 Manhattan College Alum. Best, Michael Zino '69 [JR: See how easy it is to be on the Jasper Jottings reporting staff. ] === The New York Times WHEN James Patterson was a boy in As Mr. Patterson grew older, he came to a realization. ''I looked at the whole thing and said, 'I want to have more than a quarter in my pocket.' '' Sitting in the living room of his 8,000-square-foot home
overlooking the Hudson River in These days, Mr. Patterson's pockets are extremely deep.
Last year, he said, income from his books amounted to about $40 million. ''He
is one of the best-selling commercial novelists publishing today,
particularly when you recognize that he is publishing an astonishing five new
books this year,'' said Phyliss Grann, editor at Doubleday and former chief
executive of Penguin Putnam Mr. Patterson has had four hardcover books on the best-seller list this year, three with co-authors. Each made its debut at No. 1 on the New York Times best-seller list. He has had 29 best sellers since publishing his first mystery, ''The Thomas Berryman Number,'' in 1976. He has become so successful in publishing that the Mr. Patterson designed the cover for ''Along Came a Spider,'' his first best seller, in 1993, and has done so for every book since, with oversize lettering that a browser cannot miss. And he works with a branding and advertising company called the Concept Farm that produces his TV commercials. Its owners once worked for him at the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency. Today, Mr. Patterson, who is nearly 6 feet tall, with graying hair and blue eyes, says he has accumulated more than $100 million. He started writing books while working as a copywriter at J. Walter Thompson, where he began in 1971. He is known for writing stories with plots that take as many unexpected twists as an Alpine trail. A recent example is ''Honeymoon,'' a best-selling thriller written with Howard Roughan. In the book, a decorator murders her husband, her lover and others before she is finally caught by an F.B.I. agent named John O'Hara. Although the plot lines of Mr. Patterson's books may be convoluted, his strategy for investing is neither complex nor particularly imaginative. He is cautious and is not as concerned about making money in the markets as holding on to his fortune. His financial adviser, Tony Peyser of Peyser &
Alexander Management in About 65 percent of the assets in his portfolio are in bonds, 15 percent in hedge funds, roughly 8 percent in domestic equities and 4 percent in foreign equities. The balance, about 8 percent, is in cash and cash equivalents. This is money to be used for future investment. Mr. Patterson's portfolio may be appropriate for someone nearing retirement, but he plans to keep working for 30 more years, into his 90's. ''Look at Sidney Sheldon,'' he said admiringly of the suspense novelist. ''He is almost 90 and still writing.'' Initially, Mr. Peyser said, his client told him that ''he wanted enough income from his bond portfolio to cover his annual budget.'' After that, Mr. Peyser said, ''It was gravy.'' Now that Mr. Patterson makes $40 million a year, even before the interest from the bonds, how does he spend his money? His two homes account for some of his expenses. In the
eight years since they married, he and his wife, Sue, have expanded the
sprawling fieldstone home overlooking the He has bought houses for his sisters and has helped to pay
for the college educations of his nieces and nephews. His youngest sister,
Carol Dwyer, for example, said her brother was putting one of her daughters
through the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and another through the Mr. Patterson's relationship with his father was not as warm. ''My father was remote and rarely showed any physical affection,'' Mr. Patterson recalled. ''The Army was a role model for him for how to be a father. That was true of that generation, I think. They all brought you up as if they were preparing you for another war. You had to be tough.'' Even today Mr. Patterson has a certain tough-minded
self-discipline in his work life and in his private life. Though These days, he is dipping into philanthropy. Mr. Patterson plans to create a charitable foundation so that ''ultimately 50 percent of my estate will go to education.'' After Hurricane Katrina, he contributed $100,000 to First
Book, which is distributing books to schools, libraries and families along
the Mr. Patterson said he did not take an active role in any decisions made about his investments, instead relying on Mr. Peyser, whom he found the old-fashioned way: through an associate, Burton J. Manning, Mr. Patterson's former boss at J. Walter Thompson. Mr. Manning introduced them when both Mr. Manning and Mr. Patterson worked at the agency. Although Mr. Patterson does not like to meet ''too many people in the money management area,'' Mr. Peyser said, his money is being handled by experienced managers, including Charles M. Rosenthal, a conservative stock investor at the First Manhattan Company. Mr. Rosenthal is ''one of the few people who preserved capital during the bear market,'' Mr. Peyser said. Mr. Peyser encouraged Mr. Patterson to invest in conservative hedge funds. ''They presented the opportunity to go after equity-type returns but with more of a fixed-income risk exposure,'' Mr. Peyser said. ''If they are done right and run by experienced people and they are not in exotic securities, they are a good idea.'' For his services, Mr. Peyser charges Mr. Patterson a percentage of his income from writing, rather than a percentage of assets under management. This arrangement is common for business management firms that represent high-income earners, Mr. Peyser said. The theory is that the higher the income, the greater the requirement for services. Neither Mr. Peyser nor Mr. Patterson would provide further details of Mr. Peyser's fees. Mr. Patterson, who reads voraciously, said that he found most business news and business books quite boring and that he had never used business as a backdrop for a novel. While he does not pick individual investments, he said, he monitors everything Mr. Peyser is doing. While willing to talk about his financial success, he
bridles at the lack of attention that popular writers receive. ''The media
has convinced itself that writers are not interesting to people,'' Mr.
Patterson said, ''and I am one of the top five best-selling writers in the But he says he does not care about literary awards. ''I don't think it would be appropriate for me to get critical awards. They don't give awards for what I do.'' Although Mr. Patterson has been as good as any other top author at marketing his own identity, he said his strength was in storytelling. ''I spin yarns,'' he said. ''I love it. I have a folder with several hundred ideas for stories. They just come and I'll say: 'There is a story here.' '' During a visit to Mr. Patterson said he often worked with co-authors because he believed that he was more proficient at creating the story line than at executing it. ''I found that it is rare that you get a craftsman and an idea person in the same body,'' Mr. Patterson said. ''With me, I struggle like crazy. I can do the craft at an acceptable level, but the ideas are what I like.'' He said the co-authors received a flat fee and, most often, credit on the book cover. Mr. Manning, who worked with Mr. Patterson at J. Walter Thompson for more than 20 years, said that there was a parallel between Mr. Patterson's book career and his work in advertising. ''He is the leader of a creative team, which is similar to what he did as a creative director where he came up with what an advertising campaign needed to accomplish,'' he said. ''Then the team executed it and he evaluated it.'' In novel writing, as in advertising, Mr. Patterson wants the final say. Once there is a first draft of a book that has a co-author, ''I may ask the collaborator for a polish,'' he said. ''Then I do the remaining rewrites,'' he added -- sometimes as many as seven. Mr. Patterson began his writing career early. An athlete
in high school, playing baseball and basketball, he graduated summa cum laude
in English from His sister Carol recalled that her brother was not much of
a reader until the summer after high school, when he began working as a
psychiatric aide at He continued working there during summers and vacations in college and graduate school. ''It was very interesting because you tried to make a connection with some of the people, and I could do that even though they were over the top,'' Mr. Patterson said. The poet Robert Lowell was a patient. Over the next four decades, it would prove to be very profitable as well. GRAPHIC: Photo: James Patterson said income from his books
amounted to about $40 million last year. He once worked as an advertising
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The Journal News ( Rezoning plan becomes focus of Ramapo election; RAMAPO - Voters on Election Day will choose between the known and the unknown. Supervisor Their independent opponents, candidates of Preserve Ramapo, a grass-roots group opposing recent rezoning, are Joseph Brennan for supervisor, and Herman Friedman and Michel Vilson for the four-year council seats. Only Brennan, Suffern's deputy mayor, has previously run for office. Preserve Ramapo launched its attack against the incumbents in June 2004. That's when the Town Board approved zoning for multifamily housing connected to religious schools in four single-family neighborhoods. Preserve Ramapo President Robert Rhodes urged residents at the meeting to finance an opposition ticket. St. Lawrence and board members said they responded to a federal law mandating such zoning, while Preserve Ramapo saw the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 likely to be voided by the U.S. Supreme Court, as previous legislation was. At a debate this week, St. Lawrence disagreed that he was motivated by the Monsey area bloc vote of ultra-orthodox Jewish residents. "I'm supported by the largest bloc vote in the town
of Ramapo has 28,638 registered Democrats, 12,208 Republicans and 11,775 voters with no party affiliation. "There are a lot of people angry at St. Lawrence," Brennan said before the debate. "The whole thing is how many people will come out to vote." From a perspective often expressed by St. Lawrence, residents shouldn't be angry. He said his leadership has preserved hundreds of acres for open space, while reducing debts and raising taxes less than other municipalities. A comprehensive plan for development contested by mayors worried about traffic, water supplies and sewer capacity has been supported by St. Lawrence for maintaining single-family zoning in Hillcrest, while providing space for apartments in Monsey. "We've put together a comprehensive plan that is good for the town," St. Lawrence said. The supervisor has a two-year term. Next year's salary is $112,900. Election Day's only sure winners are unopposed Justice Rhoda Schoenberger and Highway Superintendent Thomas Howard. Justices sit four years and are paid $56,568. Howard's office is two years and pays $93,473. Council members will be paid $27,265 next year. "Our opponents are just attacking. They're not putting forward anything positive," Stein said. Vilson saw more representation by his ticket. "The current board doesn't represent every sector of the town," Vilson said. Friedman said government should "serve everybody, rather than just politically connected friends." Incumbent Reiss saw the town on a right course. "We have a great community here," Reiss said. "We hope to keep it that way and improve it." = The Brennan File <extraneous deleted> LOAD-DATE: October 29, 2005 [mcALUMdb: No record; might be 1976?] |
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published Atlantic Highlands Herald 11TH LEGISLATIVE DISRICT ASSEMBLY CANDIDATES RESPOND TO QUESTIONS SUBMITTED BY THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS PRESS RELEASE OCEAN, NJ — Election Day is November 8, 2005 . Last day to register or to change address is October 10. Last day for receipt by The League of Women Voters is a non-partisan, non-profit, political organization dedicated to encouraging the informed participation of citizens in government. To further this goal, we are once again providing information on candidates and issues for the voters of the 11 th District. The Candidates: <extraneous deleted> Jim Reilly, Democrat [mcALUMdb: ???? ] |
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http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=1091051XSL_NEWSML_ Dendrite Appoints Joseph Ripp as President and Chief Operating Officer 10/27/2005 4:01:00 PM EST Dendrite International, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRTE) the leading provider of sales, marketing, clinical and compliance solutions for the global pharmaceutical industry, today announced the appointment of Joseph Ripp as President and Chief Operating Officer, effective November 1, 2005. Joe was previously Senior Vice President of Time Warner's Media & Communications group, reporting to Don Logan, the Group Chairman. Joe's responsibilities at Time Warner, Inc. included America Online, Inc. where, as Vice Chairman from 2002 to 2004, he oversaw AOL technology, network operations, marketing, member services, human relations and legal. He was previously AOL's Chief Financial Officer. Prior to leading AOL and since he joined Time Warner in 1985, Joe held numerous senior positions, including Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Time Warner, Inc., and Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Time, Inc. "Dendrite is a great opportunity," said Mr. Ripp. "They are poised for explosive growth and I look forward to helping lead them to and through this exciting period." Simultaneously, Dendrite announced the retirement of its current President and Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Paul Zaffaroni. "We believe that an unusual confluence of events is about to drive tremendous growth opportunities for Dendrite," said John Bailye, Dendrite's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "It is time for us to invest in the executive leadership that can take us in the application of technology and communications for pharmaceutical Sales and Marketing services on a global scale. Without doubt, Joe Ripp embodies these necessary skills and experience. We are very pleased to welcome him to Dendrite." Mr. Ripp is on the Board of Directors of Greenfield
Online, Inc. He is on the Board of Trustees at Mr. Ripp graduated from Kindred Partners in About Dendrite Founded in 1986, Dendrite International (NASDAQ: DRTE) provides diversified sales, marketing, clinical and compliance solutions to the global life sciences and pharmaceutical industry. With clients in more than 50 countries, including the world's top 20 pharmaceutical companies, Dendrite strives to be the first source for expert promotional and sales effectiveness solutions. For more information, please visit www.dendrite.com. Note: Dendrite is a registered trademark of Dendrite International, Inc. <extraneous deleted> CONTACT: Dendrite International Investor Relations: Christine Croft, 908-443-4265 christine.croft@dendrite.com or Media: Uttara Patla, 908-443-2146 uttara.patla@dendrite.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Google Alerts
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The latest news from The Quadrangle Top Story News Features Perspectives Arts & Entertainment Sports |
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
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=6341 MEN'S BASKETBALL VS. SETON HALL TABBED AS GAME TO WATCH BY CBSSPORTSLINE.COM Riverdale, N.Y. (November 4, 2005)- The Manhattan men's basketball team's season-opening game at Seton Hall, as part of the Preseason NIT, has been tabbed as a game to "keep an eye on" by CBSSportsline.com's Greg Doyle. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6339 ONLY ONE OF EIGHT COACHES SELECTED, VOLLEYBALL'S RAY GREEN WILL PARTICIPATE IN NCAA YES CLINIC Riverdale, N.Y. (November 3, 2005)-- Manhattan Volleyball
head coach Ray Green is one of only eight coaches nation-wide that have been
selected to serve as an advisor for the NCAA Youth Education through Sports
Clinic (YES). The program will be held on December 17 in http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6338 MEN'S SOCCER RUNS UNBEATEN STREAK TO FOUR, TYING Riverdale, N.Y. (November 1, 2005)- Manhattan extended its
unbeaten streak to four games with a 0-0, double-overtime draw against Siena
in the Jaspers final home game of the season at Gaelic Park this afternoon.
Both teams had quality scoring opportunities in the second overtime, but
neither side could find the back of the net as http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6336 MEN'S BASKETBALL OPEN SEASON WITH EXHIBITION Riverdale, N.Y. (November 2, 2005)- The Manhattan College men's basketball team will open up the 2005-06 season with an exhibition game on Saturday, November 5, at 7:30 p.m. against McGill University. Admission to the game is free of charge. Come out and get a first look at the Jaspers, led by seventh-year head coach Bobby Gonzalez. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6335 VOLLEYBALL FALLS TO SAINT PETER'S IN THREE GAMES, DESPITE OUT-HITTING THE MAAC FOE Jersey City, N.J. (November 1, 2005)--Despite registering a better hitting percentage than its opponent for the fifth consecutive match, Manhattan Volleyball fell to MAAC foe Saint Peter's College in three games (26-30, 26-30, 30-32) on Tuesday night in Jersey City, N.J. The loss drops the Lady Jaspers to 3-2 in MAAC play, while Saint Peter's improves to 3-2 in the conference. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6334 John Fullick Coach Fullick enters his second year as an assistant coach
for the women's lacrosse program. At Before arriving in Riverdale, Fullick was the Head Junior
Varsity Girls' Lacrosse Coach and assisted coach Drivas with the varsity team
for 10 years as Fullick was raised in After high school, he attended Fullick currently works as a manager for Verizon. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6333 COLLEGEINSIDER.COM'S MID-MAJOR TOP 25 FEATURES MEN'S BASKETBALL Riverdale, N.Y. (November 1, 2005)- The Manhattan College Men's Basketball program has been voted as the #19 mid-major school, according to the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top-25, released today. The Jaspers are the only MAAC school to be ranked. George Mason, who the Jaspers will host on November 26 in a game to be televised on RNN, are ranked 22nd. MAAC and local rival http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6332 MEN'S TENNIS HAS STRONG SHOWING AT PENN CLASSIC Riverdale, N.Y. (October 31, 2005)--Six Manhattan Men's Tennis players took to the court this past weekend at the 2005 Penn Classic in Philadelphia, Pa. Sophomore Filip Szymik advanced all the way to the finals of the 32-player Flight B Singles draw, while freshmen Bogdan Borta reached the semi-finals of the Flight A Singles draw http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6331 O'KEEFE BREAKS SCHOOL RECORD IN 200 FREE AS SWIMMING BESTS STEVENS TECH, 98-78 http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6330 NEW-Baseball E-Newsletter-NEW** The Manhattan College Baseball program, in conjunction with GoJaspers.com, is pleased to announce and introduce its quarterly newsletter. The newsletter will keep you up-to-date on all the happenings with the baseball program. Volume 1: Issue 1 http://www.gojaspers.com/docs/Jaspers%20Newsletter%2DIssue%201%2Epdf http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6329 MEN'S SOCCER PLAYS TO 1-1 DRAW WITH Riverdale, N.Y. (October 30, 2005)- For the second time in
their last three meetings, Manhattan and Loyola battled to draw in a MAAC
match, as each side came away with a conference point after a 1-1, double
overtime tie this morning at Gaelic Park. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6328 O'DORISIO AND WATSON POWER VOLLEYBALL TO FOUR-GAME VICTORY OVER SACRED HEART Riverdale, N.Y. (October 29, 2005)--Senior Megan O'Dorisio and sophomore Ashley Watson posted double-double performances to help Manhattan Volleyball capture its eleventh victory in 14 matches with a four-game win over Sacred Heart University (30-18, 29-31, 30-27, 30-23) on Saturday afternoon at Draddy Gymnasium. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6327 WOMEN'S SOCCER PLACES THREE ON ALL-MAAC TEAMS; 12 NAMED MAAC ALL-ACADEMIC http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6324 CROSS COUNTRY PLACES FIVE MEN AND THREE WOMEN ON MAAC ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM Riverdale, N.Y. (October 28, 2005)--Manhattan Cross Country placed five male athletes and three female athletes on the 2005 MAAC All-Academic team, which was released by the conference this afternoon at the conclusion of the championship meet. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6323 RIDER AND MEN'S SOCCER http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6322 MEN FINISH THIRD, WHILE WOMEN CAPTURE FOURTH SPOT AT MAAC CROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS Riverdale, N.Y. (October 28, 2005)--Seniors Tyler Raymond
and Nicholle Davis paced the Manhattan Men's and Women's Cross Country squads
at the annual MAAC Championships held at Van Cortland Park on Friday
afternoon. Raymond completed the 8K men's race in 25:24.1 to help the Jaspers
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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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November 2, 2005 Wednesday After all the games he has won, after all the moves since he left Long Beach on Long Island for the University of North Carolina almost 50 years ago, Larry Brown is finally known as much for being a teacher as for all the moves and all the teams. He is known for getting his teams to do things right. Now he tries that with the Knicks, who have gone wrong. Others have won more than Brown in his time in basketball.
But at this time - the only one that matters to Knick fans - no one is a
better coach, not Knight, not Krzyzewski, not Phil Jackson or Brown's good
friend Gregg Popovich or anybody. Tonight in "I know this," he was saying not long ago.
"I know that Willis and Dave DeBusschere and Clyde and Then Brown said something he has said since he took the Knicks job in the summer, not so long after taking the Detroit Pistons to Game 7 of the NBA Finals for the second year in a row, and nearly winning two titles in a row. "If you can get a team to do it right in The last practice before the season was at the Knicks'
practice facility in Greenburgh yesterday morning. As usual, there were other
coaches there to watch Larry Brown coach. I used to see the same thing in "You'd think that after everything he's done, the details might not be as important to him," Gonzalez said. "But just watching, the details are everything with him." Jeff Ruland said, "I heard once that Coach (John) Wooden could spend 15 minutes on how you were supposed to wear your socks. It's like that here. Nothing's too small with him, starting with something as simple as how to receive the ball." Brown, at the age of 65, after a Hall of Fame career, after becoming the only coach to ever win an NBA title and an NCAA title in the same career, after taking the Sixers and the Pistons to the finals since 2001, has become the famous old football line: He can take his and beat yours, and take yours and beat his. Now, after everything he has done and everywhere he has
been, he comes to the Knicks and the Garden and He takes Isiah's rookies and new kids like Quentin Richardson and Eddy Curry and puts them with veterans like Stephon Marbury and Antonio Davis and tries to start making a team out of them. It will not happen right away. It can't happen right away. The Knicks, in fact, might be God-awful to start this season, one in which they play 13 of their first 19 games on the road. To make this thing right, after everything that has gone wrong since the last time the Knicks looked like anything, in the first round of the 2001 playoffs, it will take everything Brown is and everything he knows. He has said more than once that he could see himself coaching a high school team before he is through. There will be nights when he might feel like that coaching these Knicks, as he tries to figure out who gets it and who doesn't and who stays and who goes. He keeps talking about how the Knicks, for the first time in a while, have "assets." It means some of these guys are out of here eventually, shot out of a cannon, no matter who they are or how much they make. You play his way or you don't play, or stay around for very long. Isiah has made the Knicks younger and more athletic and it seems sometimes as if there have been four teams' worth of players brought in here on his watch. So many moves, the biggest of which might turn out to be Curry, a big man with speed and talent and upside. The best move of all is finally getting this coach to the Garden. Knick fans aren't sure, at least not yet, how much they can believe in these players. They believe in a coach who might have to do his best coaching just to make the playoffs. "I've inherited new teams before," he said. He has, all over the place. The Sixers were no prize when
he got them. But they had Allen Iverson, and eventually they were playing
Shaq and First game tonight. The last detail for Larry Brown, after a lifetime of basketball details, is making the Knicks matter again. Making things right at the Garden. mike@lupica.com LOAD-DATE: November 2, 2005 |
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The November 1, 2005 Tuesday All Editions SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. D-03 HEADLINE: SPORTS SHORTS - PGA Tour is looking to launch its own Fall Classic BYLINE: Journal Wire Reports <extraneous deleted> B New Jersey Nets assistant coach Gordon Chiesa has
resigned for family reasons. Chiesa was hired by the Nets in June after
spending 16 seasons as an assistant with the Utah Jazz. Prior to that, he was
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Scripps Howard News Service The history speaks for itself, which is more than Francisco Garcia could do back then. He had been in America for four years, gone from his native Dominican Republic and living with his mother and brother in the Bronx in the so-called land of opportunity when it finally came in the form of a basketball scholarship to the University of Louisville. When Garcia made his college arrival, he hardly could speak English. He said "Yes" to everything, unable to convey sentences or true thought. He had the basketball down, but school was another matter. "He started working his (butt) off, sitting in the front row of every classroom, with every teacher loving him, speaking better, picking it up," Louisville coach Rick Pitino said. "He goes from that point to becoming a 2.9, 3.0 (GPA) student." Three years later, the Kings' 2005 first-round draft pick is at it again, proving a fast study in his NBA career. During summer league here in July, Garcia needed a translator to adjust to the NBA game. In both games and practice, he pressed and stressed into a humbling showing, misfiring most times on his shots and looking every bit like a first-timer. He shot 35 percent from the field and just 23.5 percent from three-point range, averaging 12.2 points while playing 36 minutes per game. Three months later, Garcia already is more efficient, more productive, perhaps securing a major reserve role with the Kings as a rookie. Despite being a bit too free with his shot selection during the preseason (he trailed only Peja Stojakovic in attempts), his field-goal percentage rose to 40 percent (27 for 67), while his three-point percentage jumped to 36 percent (13 for 36). From coaches to fans to media, the common thought of Garcia's early days is that he doesn't look like a rookie. He plays with flair and with a confidence more often seen in veterans. "His confidence is high," Kings assistant coach Elston Turner said. "If he misses two or three shots, he's going to take the fourth and fifth ones. And that's better than missing four, then going and hiding for the rest of the day like so many guys do." But there's bouncing back from hard times in hoops, and then there's real recovery, the kind that comes slower and with far more pain and puts basketball in a whole different light. It has been almost two years since Garcia lost his
brother. Garcia was in his sophomore season at About 11 o'clock on a cold December night, 19-year-old Lopez was in the lobby of a Grand Concourse building with friends when two men charged in with guns. They shot Lopez in the neck and the chest at point-blank range. He died 15 minutes later. Later that night, the cell phone Garcia and his brother had talked on the day before rang. It was his mother, calling with the awful news. Family and friends say it was a case of mistaken identity,
that Lopez was too beloved by too many to have someone take his life on
purpose. The killers have since been caught. Garcia wishes he could have
taken his family members out of the "We were tight," Garcia said of he and Lopez. "He played basketball, but he wasn't serious about it. He was going to (high) school, wanted to go to college." But he couldn't, so the older brother moved on in the
younger brother's honor. Two nights after Lopez died, "I had said, 'Take a game or two off, get your thoughts together,'" Pitino said. "He said, 'No, I'm going to play because he would want me to play and my mother wants me to play.'" And play he did. Garcia scored 24 points as "There were so many people there that they had to
take up two different rooms, because he was so loved," said Luis Flores,
a longtime friend of Garcia's who was playing at When Garcia returned to "From a standpoint of what it did to him, it just made him stronger," said Flores, who was in the Kings' training camp until being released last week. "It made him realize that we're here today and gone tomorrow, so he plays like that. He gives his all on the floor because he never knows when he'll play again." With Garcia's dream of a long NBA career very much alive,
his focus remains on family. When the Kings picked him 23rd overall in June,
Garcia was nowhere near "I wanted to be with my family," said Garcia,
who grew up in Now all he wants to do is make life easier on his family.
Pitino said Garcia arrived at Since Garcia went pro, Vicente has moved out of the rough
parts of the Bronx, quit her baby-sitting job that came with a grueling bus
commute and now is renting a larger house in "I'm happy for my mom," Garcia said. "She worked hard for us, has always been working her whole life to give us everything we need." His role having been reversed with his mother's, Garcia says he will keep learning quickly and find his role with the Kings. "He's the ultimate giver, not a taker at all," Pitino said. "He'll lift all those guys up on the team. He's going to be interested in winning, playing team basketball. It's not going to be about touches. He's a mature kid when it comes to that." E-mail Sam Amick at samick(at)sacbee.com. (Distributed by Scripps-McClatchy Western Service, www.shns.com.) LOAD-DATE: November 1, 2005 |
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Sacred Heart Volleyball Loses in Four Games at Justina Bell Pioneers fall to Sacred Heart Volleyball Loses in Four Games at Oct. 29, 2005 The Pioneers got a team-high 12 kills from sophomore
Samantha McMillan ( Also recording double digit digs was freshman Katie Thomas
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From: Maria Khury [1977] I'M HOPING YOU WILL CONSIDER SUPPORTING AND JOINING ME AT THIS NETWORKING EVENT OF OUR FELLOW ALUMNI OF THE NYC CLUB. HOPE TO SEE YOU WEDNESDAY.... REGARDS, [JR: Lead time. Lower case? ] |
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From: Erin McGrath [1992] Hello JR I hope you are doing well. I'm sorry if this is the wrong email to send updates/information to...I can't seem to find the correct one. I hope this will do. Awhile back (probably Spring '04) I wrote to you about a project in memory of Lisa Muccilo ‘92, where a group of alum set out to raise 25K to name a library room at the college after her. We did a mailing to 4 class years and met our goal in November 2004 (also with the help of a large number of non-alums). Well, despite achieving our goal in a timely fashion, there were no rooms left to "name" after our friend and we were put in the awkward position of having to come up with an alternate memorial that ultimately the school would have to approve. (I'll save you the boring details of just how this could have happened, but use your imagination to get an idea of just how bitter I am with the powers that be.) The idea of a scholarship, which seemed pushed at times, was ruled out mainly because our friend would rather see the monies donated to breast cancer research, awareness and education, and we didn't want to ask the donors to make additional donations in her honor. After hemming and hawing a bit and then waiting & waiting for the school's approval, we were able to come up with, what I think is, a decent alternative: using the funds to redo the women’s rundown basketball locker rooms and naming it after Lisa Muccilo. The project has a connection to her passion of b.c. awareness & education b/c she started the MAAC Fights Back Program, which brings awareness and education to the college community during basketball season. Although it's been quite some time since we started this well meaning project, we now have to wait until the upcoming basketball season ends before we can commence with construction. I'm hoping the college will work with me on getting a message out to our very generous donors, that although our initial plan failed, we've managed to come up with a thoughtful & purposeful alternative that (we hope) our friend would feel honored by. She was after all a huge Jasper basketball fan! Perhaps when I have more time, I can fill you in on another suggestion we had, which was shot down. Consider this, there is no women's health section in the school's state of the art library and when push comes to shove, they still don't want one. Bizarre! Thanks for your time, as always. PS My thoughts and prayers are with those alum serving our country! PSS Great idea about the FRS radio. = = = To: 'Erin McGrath' >I hope you are doing well. I'm sorry if this is the wrong email Doing fine, I think. Hey, email from you can't go to the wrong address thanks to my LookOut rules. Over time, I've built up a huge rule set that slots people into the "correct" mailbox. ;-) You're extra special since I have it set to alert me when yours comes in. I trigger on all the "good guys". > Awhile back (probably Spring '04) I wrote to you
about a project How could I forget? You got in "trouble" with the powers that be for cutting in on their turf. >Well, despite achieving our goal in a timely fashion,
there were no Hey, these things happen. > alternate memorial I'm sure whatever you do everyone will be approving of it. > boring details of just how this could have happened
... how bitter It can be frustrating when they act as dumb as a bunch of rocks. > using the funds to redo the women's' rundown basketball locker How about over the door a woman's jersey with the # 93 and pink ribbon on it and some verbiage about the need for an annual exam? I'm sure you'll do it up right. We'll need a picture for Jottings since us old guys won't get into the women's' locker room anytime soon. > hoping the college will work with me on getting a message Good luck with them. I find it very tough to get their attention on stuff. > another suggestion we had, which was shot down. I'm always interested, as well as your fellow alums, in anything you'd like to share. > no women's health section in the school's state of the art library Interesting? Did you talk to Harry Welch? Of all the people, I've dealt with at the College, he was the easiest to work with, most flexible in thinking about what the library should be, and always looking for the big picture. >Thanks for your time, as always. I've got lots of it. >God bless. He always does us all. Sometimes it's a little difficult to recognize the blessing inside the trouble. But, I'm assured it's there. >PS My thoughts and prayers are with those alum serving our country! Me too; I'd like them all home yesterday. >PSS Great idea about the FRS radio. Not my idea, but good and cheap! I was tickled with it. John'68 = = = From: 'Erin McGrath' thanks for responding to my email. yes, it's still me at <privacy invoked> (I would hate to have to change it, it's certainly catchy). I have to check with my friend <privacy invoked> about who we dealt with at the library. So I put her in charge of dealing directly with the Director of Planned Giving and the person who had the final say at the library. We still "lost" but I'm glad she went to battle for us. When all is said and done, I'm sure I'll be pleased with the outcome, but it's been a bitter pill to swallow along the way. I love your idea about the pink ribbon jersey...I'm going to try and make that happen! I'll keep you posted on the (slow) progress we make. Take care!! :-) [JR: Hey ideas are a dime a dozen. Execution is everything. Don’t forget the picture for all of the old mostly male alumni? If I was you, I’d sell the picture, for donation of $25 bucks. Put the women’s team in their normal attire, or all in pink, or all with #93 jerseys & a pink ribbon --- --- and charge $50. Like I said, ideas are easy. I watch the Apprentice. ;-) Good luck with a great project. ] |
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[JR: I found a record indicating a 1930 an alum with an active email. Curious, I queried. This is the response. ] From: Mary Pat Burke Maroney '80 Hi, I am happy to say I am not the oldest and it is an error. I graduated in 1980. Sorry to disappoint. Mary Pat Burke Maroney '80 = From: JasperJottingsEditorial :-) Well being listed as the Class of 1930 will certainly cut down on your email from your fellow Classmates. Although you’ll probably be hearing monthly from the Planned Giving folks at the College inquiring about your health and “did you mention the College in your will”. John’68 [JR: Oh well, I guess in … … 2005-1930=75 … … 47+75=122 … … 2022, when I’m still doing Jasper Jottings, I’ll be the 75 year old alum with email. Scary. I better buy more disk space. ]] |
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From: Ferdinand Reinke This message is being sent to you from a user at the Manhattan College Alumni Society Web site (http://www.alum.manhattan.edu/). At no time was your e-mail address revealed to this user. Dear Jasper McDermott, Any relation to Pete J. '67? I was doing my duplicate check and had to look twice. Just thought I'd inquire. === >Dear fellow Jasper === From: McDermott, Peter J. (1981) Thank you for your inquiry. I am Peter J. McDermott. I graduated from the Class of 1981 and earned a degree in Civil Engineering. I am an avid fan of the men's basketball program. I attend about 10 games a year. I look forward to receiving "Jasper Jottings". |
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[JR: Not directly accessible. You must select her name. Asnis-Mehnert, Lauren (1995) ] Education and Experience Prior to joining KPL, Lauren spent the past 6 years at
Alliance Capital / Stanford C. Bernstein. She started with the company as an
administrative assistant / training coordination and moved on to become an
Executive Assistant for the Vice Chairman. Lauren graduated from Insight into Lauren Lauren enjoys spending time with her husband Jon and her 2
1/2 year old son, Zachary, The highlight of her weekend is hanging out with
her "boys" and meeting up with friends at Central or Quote “Always remember life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the b=number of moments that take our breaths away.” Author Unknown [JR: You may want to figure out how I found her and how I captured her information. I learned a lot doing this one. ] |
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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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Being nobody’s son, I was my own course and was filled with both pride and wretchedness…I have always preferred to accuse myself rather than the universe, not only out of simple good-heartedness, but in order to derive only from myself.” - Jean-Paul Sartre Hola from Barrrrrrrcelona! I have just saved approximately
1 euro by climing the mountain to my hostel as opposed to taking a bus. In
retrospect, had I known the “20 minute walk” would have been completely up a
steep hill, I might possibly have chosen public transportation rather than
expose all the locals in the neighborhood to the crazy Blair, red-faced and
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Today's focus:
Katrina shows why a national registry is sorely needed >I ended the last issue by saying that had the U.S.
Real ID Act Dear Dave, With all due respect to someone to who I deem as a learned voice of reason, I would object that putting the government into any activity. Certainly not any new activity. Nor even an expansion of an existing duty. They have monumentally demonstrated that they are systemically unable to discharge their duties. And, unlike any other employee who can't do their job, we can't seem to fire them. That having been said, I wouldn't give them anything else to do. As a matter of fact, I would be trying to restrict them to things they can handle. I'd sit them over in a corner somewhere and keep them away from sharp object lest they hurt themselves or others. The government seems to run a fairly good Army when it comes to killing people and breaking stuff. Although from time to time, they seem to have some difficulty telling friend and foe. I don't know of a private market alternative to them ... yet. Navy seems to do a slightly better job although every once and awhile they run aground or crush a boat full of Japanese children. Coast Guard seems to do OK when it isn't trying to fight an unwinable "drug war". And, I definitely feel like the Marines can be trusted to stick to their knitting. All the other private armys ( i.e., the alphabet soup of agencies that we allow to carry guns, make rules, and in general make a pain of them selves) can be disbanded. Special attention to TSA and FEMA and ensure that they are eliminated first. I fail to see how giving a government that is at best inept, at worst corrupt, and architecturally probably unable to do better. We have seen first-hand from the Communist empire that central governments are at best inefficient and at worst genocidal. So why anyone would recommending giving the government the job of "tracking people" is crazy to me. >to find anyone who could be anywhere in the I know that WalMart had offered their services in several ways to FEMA. One family I know got information about a loved one via their local WalMart manager. >establishment of a national ID database with identity
cards for Yup, I agree. >But if the Real ID Act had been in place, if each state's Department of Motor Vehicles Now there is a real exemplar of customer-friendly easy-to-business-with group of government employees! >then we would have been able to track folks as they
were shuffled from the to the Perhaps the government should not be in the business of
"shuffling" people around. We tried that with the Japanese
Internment Camps. How many FEMA camps are still up and running in Americans were a hardy pioneering people but government has emasculated us. FEMA was telling rescuers that they couldn't save people drowning because the boats didn't have life preservers! And, those people died! Don't you see how wrong this all is? I could understand if the mayor said "Big storm coming. If you stay, you're at your own risk." NOLA wasn't a disaster until the government levees broke. The government built those things and encouraged people to depend upon them. Fools. Federal flood insurance allows rich people to build on the waterfront at the expense of the taxpayers and allows them to rebuild without any risk of the consequences. We don't need the government sorting us, shuffling us, or spindling or mutilating us in their processes. Just leave us alone. We can survive very well without the "help". http://www.acton.org/publicat/books/transformwelfare/olasky.html outlines what is necessary for effective compassion and charity. It can't come from the government. >We can pass laws to restrict how the data that states
have in their DMV database is used. Laws don't prevent squat. At best, they keep the law-abiding chained down while the law-breakers go their merry way. All laws do is penalize people after the fact. If Prohibition, the so called War on Drugs, and all the various other stupidities foisted on us by government teach us anything, it is that laws are at best wishes and hopes. >We should do all those things. Because there will be
another national disaster. There will be more Now, you are talking. There will be more disasters. So it is now up to each and everyone of us, individually, to decide how we are going to solve this problem. I don't need the government to "help". My and my two best friends, who are in different geographies, have all agreed to be clearing house for our respective efforts. We have issued "id" cards to all our family members to call collect in the event of a disaster. We have constructed internet photo collections of the family members. Why do I need the government? Why does anyone? I bet that we can enlist WalMart, Kodak, or some such other organization who wants to impress us for our purchasing dollars to find a better voluntary solution. |
And that’s the last word.
Curmudgeon
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GBu. GBA.