Dear Jaspers,
731 are active on the Distribute site. The site had 104 views on 12/14 and 5,289 for the month.
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This issue is at: http://www.jasperjottings.com/jasperjottings20051218.htm
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In light of the season, I’d like to wish everyone a Merry and Happy. And as always, “dona nobis pacem”. A special thought to our fellow Jaspers in Harm’s Way as listed below.
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Use http://public.2idi.com/=reinkefj if all else fails.
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In Late December, I am going to rehost www.jasperjottings.com to a different (cheaper) service provider. It SHOULD, emphasize should, be transparent to everyone. That being said, I point out that the email distribution via the Yahoo Group Distribute will continue to send out email. If you have subscribed to that group, regardless of your email setting, you can also use your browser to read the various weekly issues. I would appreciate that when I pinpoint the date for the change, if you have any problems, then please send me an email. Fasten your seat belts, change happens.
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My list of Jaspers who are in harm's way:
- Afghanistan
- - Feldman, Aaron (1997)
- Iraq
- - Lara, Angel (2002)
- - - 1st Recon BN, H&S Co, S-6
- - - Unit 40535
- - - FPO, AP 96426-0535
- - 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.kkfx.com/news/national/story.aspx?content_id=338287A6-032A-4327-9492-404283E0D553 Honesty pays for SoCal cabbie === <begin quote> === LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Two weeks ago, the driver tracked down a jeweler and returned to him the $350,000 worth of diamonds he left in the back seat of the taxi. As a way of saying "thank you," the jeweler sent the cabbie a ten-thousand dollar check and a diamond bracelet. But the honest cabbie was just as impressed with the man's thank-you note. The jeweler wrote that the cab driver had "changed his life." The driver is putting the money in a bank account to help pay for his children's schooling. And he's giving the bracelet to his wife, who assured him he did the right thing in returning the diamonds. === <end quote> === As everyone knows I LOVE honesty stories. I hope when my test comes, I’ll pass. Hopefully it won’t be a big test involving lot’s of money. I know I’m a sinner. |
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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http://www.manhattan.edu/about/news.shtml NY 1 News Features Mechanical Engineering Students NY 1 visits Brandywine Nursing Home in http://www.ny1news.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=101&aid=55528 Dec 15, 2005 On NY1 Now: "NY Close Up" Weather: Cloudy, High 33 Technology December 09, 2005 It's rare that a student is able to learn something and the learning process itself immediately benefits others in need. NY1 Tech Beat Reporter Adam Balkin explains in the following report. A computer table that raises and lowers at the push of a button seems just neat to most of us, but for someone living in a nursing home, it's almost a necessity if they want to get online. For about the past 18 years, seniors in “We came down here at the end of August, the beginning of
September, and we were shown what some of the needs were for the residents,”
says The project is part of a design class these students must take just before graduating. Students seem to genuinely understand that the more they learn, the more they're benefiting some folks who really need it. “I always wanted to work with my hands, take things apart, and be able to solve problems, and I thought this was a great field to get into,” says student David Paglia. “I thought it was amazing to be able to help people this way, to help people enrich their lives, to let them do things everybody does.” Which, for students, is the ultimate compliment when a resident uses a project and says he is able to do things everybody else does. “All by myself sounds simple, but when you're disabled every little thing you need somebody to help you with, so anything you can do on your own is very enhancive,” says nursing home resident Danny Schipf. “It's all wonderful, and it will really be helpful to all the residents of Elant Brandywine,” says fellow resident Lynn Liguori. The program, when started in 1990, was initially recognized and funded by the National Science Foundation. - Adam Balkin http://www.ny1news.com/00146ADC_051208_183030lo.rm # # # # # # |
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Grady O'Malley (1969) On October 29th, he received the Director's Award given by the Executive Office of the United States Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez. It is given for "Superior Performance" as a litigator for the year 2004. The award is given each year to less than one half of one percent of the Assistant U.S. Attorneys across the country. The award has been in existence since the mid 90's. This is the second time he has won it. He was the captain of the Jaspers basketball team in 69 & went on to a one year career with the Atlanta Hawks. After that, Boston College Law School, graduated in ' 73 and then spent 3 1/2 yrs with the Bronx DA's Office; and 30 yrs with the U.S. Attorney's Office in New Jersey. He is one of two Senior Litigators. |
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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
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From: Robert Coyne 1970 Did you receive the following obit? RC = Father Moyna, 77, well-known on L.I. West Hempstead — A funeral Mass was
offered at A He also served at St. Ignatius Loyola Church, Hicksville;
St. Raymond’s, East Rockaway; and Father James is not survived by
any members of his immediate family but leaves a cousin and her family and
many friends. Interment at [JR: No you’re the first. It’s too late to get it in this week but it will be in the next one. Thanks. I’ll see if it comes on my mechanical scans. ] [mcALUMdb: ????] [JR: Yet another example of my need for all you reporters out there. This didn’t come in on a mechanical scan. Your help is essential in making Jottings better. ] |
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The Marion T. (Chuck) LOAD-DATE: December 12, 2005 [mcALUMdb: 1950 ] |
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The Berkshire Eagle ( Thursday, December 08 JONES -- Robert James Jones, 72, of
17 Sportsman Terrace, LOAD-DATE: December 8, 2005 [Mike McEneney says: 1958 (Good enough for me!) Thanks, Mike. ] |
[JR: Alerting old friends
seeking to reconnect or "youngsters" seeking a networking contact
with someone who might have a unique viewpoint that they are interested in.]
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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 here at Jasper Jottings or
in the mcALUMdb.]
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http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view& December 13, 2005 04:52 PM US Eastern Timezone Victor N. Lopiano Named Vice President, American Centrifuge; Brings 30 Years of Industrial Project Management Experience to Centrifuge Program BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 13, 2005--USEC Inc.'s Board of Directors today elected Victor N. Lopiano vice president, American Centrifuge. Lopiano is responsible for deployment of USEC's next-generation uranium enrichment technology, the American Centrifuge, and will oversee manufacturing of centrifuge machines by USEC's suppliers. He will report to Philip G. Sewell, senior vice president, American Centrifuge and Russian HEU. Lopiano joined USEC in 1996 and was assigned to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where he was the senior USEC manager. Since 2000, he has served as director, projects, in the Company's corporate development department. Prior to joining USEC, he held senior management positions with various business units of ABB, Inc. over an 11-year period including senior vice president, operations, ABB Environmental Systems and vice president, project services, ABB Power Plant Systems. He previously worked for Burns and Roe, where he held positions of increasing responsibility in the engineering, procurement and construction of several power plants and cogeneration facilities. "Vic has an impressive history of managing complex
projects, constructing industrial facilities and developing strong partnerships
with other companies," said Sewell. "His leadership of our teams in
Lopiano earned a bachelor of
engineering in electrical engineering from USEC Inc. (NYSE:USU), a global energy company, is the world's leading supplier of enriched uranium fuel for commercial nuclear power plants. Contacts USEC Inc. Media: Elizabeth Stuckle, 301-564-3399 or Investors: Steven Wingfield, 301-564-3354 # # # From: Google Alerts [mailto:googlealerts-noreply@google.com]
Victor N. Lopiano Named Vice President, American Centrifuge ... Business Wire (press release) - ... Lopiano earned a bachelor of
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The Journal News ( Defendant sentenced despite defense claim of supporting witness The sentencing proceeded despite the contention by Ayman Marji's lawyer that a new
witness came forward this week, claimed to have seen the Dec. 18 slaying of
Omar Torres and identified the killer as someone other than Marji, a Torres' family said they would have preferred the maximum, 25 years to life, for Marji but were satisfied that acting state Supreme Court Justice Richard Molea didn't delay sentencing further. They called the claim of a new witness a desperate attempt by Marji to avoid responsibility. "He looks like he doesn't regret what he did," said Luis Delapaz, the victim's stepfather. "But we believe in the system and at least we can sleep at night now, knowing he is paying for what he did." Marji, 24, was
convicted of second-degree murder in August after the jury rejected
the defense claim that he had been framed and was the victim of mistaken
identity. Torres was shot three times in broad
daylight as he walked on Torres' twin brother, Javier, who was also involved in the feud, said Marji and his friends had been harassing the brothers and that Omar Torres felt he had no choice but to scare them the night before he was killed. "He did it because he had to, not because he wanted to," Javier said. "(Marji) always wanted to do this to me and my brother." Assistant District Attorney Robert Neary said the case was a tragedy for both families and that Marji had committed a "senseless, brutal and irreversible crime." Defense lawyer Barry Levin said the shooting was completely out of character for a young man with no criminal record who was widely regarded as a "peaceful, honest, hard-working man." He asked for the minimum sentence, 15 years to life, saying Marji still had enormous potential to make positive contributions to society. Marji maintained his innocence and said he would continue fighting his conviction until he won his freedom. "I feel great remorse for the sorrow of the Torres family, but my hand wasn't the cause of their sorrow," he said. "I know I'm innocent. My family knows I'm innocent. Most importantly, God knows I'm innocent." Molea received more than 60
letters on behalf of Marji, a The defense sought to have the verdict set aside last month, arguing in part that testimony regarding a previous threat against Javier Torres should not have been allowed at the trial. Molea denied the motion, but the issues will be part of the defense appeal of the conviction. Levin said yesterday that another adjournment was in order so authorities could check the validity of the new witness. He said the man walked into his office Wednesday and claimed to have seen the shooting. He said the man described it as gang related and said he never came forward earlier because he feared retribution. The man would only give his first name and refused to sign an affidavit of his account that the lawyer prepared. Molea said the account was of "unknown credibility and dubious accuracy" and that it was curious that it came just a short time after his office had faxed a copy of the decision denying the motion for a new trial. LOAD-DATE: December 10, 2005 |
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Thorp Award The Thorp Award, which goes to the outstanding high school
football player in Thorp, who was the first president of the Nassau County Football League, was one of the country's leading football officials. He died in 1942. [JR: I’m confused. ] |
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The only reason for putting this here is to give us a chance to
attend one of these games and support "our" team.
Date Day
Sport Opponent Location Time
12/18/05 Sunday W. Basketball
Quinnipiac
12/18/05 Sunday M. Basketball North
Dakota State
12/20/05 Tuesday M. Basketball South
Dakota State
12/23/05 Friday M. Basketball
Fordham HOME 7:00 PM
12/30/05 Friday W. Basketball
Villanova HOME 3:00 PM
12/30/05 Friday M. Basketball St.
Francis-NY HOME 7:30 PM
1/2/06 Monday W. Basketball
1/5/06 Thursday W. Basketball
Rider* HOME 7:00 PM
1/6/06 Friday Track & Field Fordham
Invitational NYC Armory 4:00 PM
1/6/06 Friday M. Basketball Iona*
1/7/06 Saturday W. Basketball
Loyola*
1/8/06 Sunday M. Basketball Saint
1/12/06 Thursday W. Basketball
1/13/06 Friday M. Basketball
Rider* HOME 7:00 PM
1/14/06 Saturday Track & Field
1/14/06 Saturday W. Basketball Canisius* HOME 2:00 PM
1/15/06 Sunday M. Basketball
1/18/06 Wednesday M. Basketball
Marist*
1/19/06 Thursday W. Basketball Saint
1/20/06 Friday M. Basketball Canisius* HOME 7:00 PM
1/21/06 Saturday Track & Field
1/21/06 Saturday Track & Field
Adidas Classic
1/21/06 Saturday W. Basketball
Rider*
1/24/06 Tuesday M. Basketball
Rider*
1/27/06 Friday Track & Field Jasper
Relays HOME 9:00 AM
1/27/06 Friday W. Basketball Iona*
1/27/06 Friday M. Basketball
1/28/06 Saturday Track & Field
Jasper Relays HOME 9:00 AM
1/28/06 Saturday W. Swimming CW
Post
1/29/06 Sunday W. Basketball
Marist* HOME 2:00 PM
1/30/06 Monday 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? Right, encourage the young ones to max their achievement to
100% potential. I don’t think you have to win or die. Just give us it all and we should applaud. What better things
do you have to do today, but to go to some strange support, dress up “funny”,
and cheer for “our” athletes. So
what if they think you’re a loon. You’re their loon.
You never know what kind of difference you’ll make!
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http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6420 RIZZOTTI NAMED TO NCBWA PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA THIRD TEAM Riverdale, N.Y. (December 13, 2005)– Manhattan College sophomore first baseman Matt Rizzotti has been named Preseason Third-Team All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA), it was announced today. Rizzotti is one of just three first baseman named to the teams, and one of just 12 sophomores of the 56 players recognized. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6419 MAAC SELECTS JULES AND KJOLHEDE AS INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD PERFORMERS OF THE WEEK Riverdale, N.Y. (December 13, 2005)--For the second straight week, two Manhattan Track and Field Athletes have earned their way onto the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll. In an announcement from the conference office on Tuesday afternoon, the MAAC has selected sophomore triple jumper Dexter Jules and sophomore high jumper Caitlyn Kjolhede as the conference's Indoor Track and Field Male and Female Performers of the Week. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6415 MEN'S BASKETBALL IMPROVES TO 2-0 IN MAAC WITH 85-73 ROAD WIN AT LOYOLA Baltimore, Md. (December 11, 2005)- Manhattan completed its Foxes and Hounds MAAC weekend sweep this afternoon, defeating host Loyola, 85-73, at Reitz Arena on the Loyola campus. The Jaspers, who raced past the Marist Red Foxes on Friday, took a lead they would never relinquish nine minutes into the game to improve to 2-0 in conference play, and 2-4 overall. Loyola, who entered the game unbeaten, falls to 5-1, 1-1 in MAAC play. CJ Anderson posted his second double-double of the season, scoring a team-high 20 points while pulling down a game-high 12 rebounds. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6414 COTTRELL'S DOUBLE-DOUBLE HELPS WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TO A
70-63 MAAC VICTORY OVER Riverdale, N.Y. (December 11, 2005)--With the game hanging in the balance, sophomore guard Gabrielle Cottrell scored seven points in a 1:21 span down the stretch to power Manhattan Women's Basketball to a 70-63 victory over conference foe Niagara on Sunday afternoon at Draddy Gym. With the win, the Lady Jaspers improve their record to 4-4 overall and 1-1 in the MAAC, while the Purple Eagles fall to 1-7 overall and 0-2 in conference play. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6413 KJOLHEDE SETS NEW SCHOOL HIGH JUMP RECORD, AS FIVE MORE JASPERS QUALIFY FOR IC4A/ECAC CHAMPIONSHIPS Princeton, N.J. (December 10, 2005)--Competing against 10
other schools at the Princeton Invitational, Manhattan Track and Field added
another five entries to its already long list of qualifiers for 2006
IC4A/ECAC Indoor Championships. Leading the way for http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6412 MOHAN AND LATOUCHE REACH NEW PERSONAL BESTS, AS WOMEN'S
SWIMMING BATTLES Riverdale, N.Y. (December 10, 2005)--Lady Jasper freshman Anne Mohan and sophomore Michelle LaTouche set new personal records at Saturday afternoon's women's swimming meet against conference foe Siena College. Despite the performances, the Lady Jaspers fell to the Saints by a score of 119-77. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6411 GREGORY AND CRUZ SET NEW PR'S AT FORDHAM'S CHRISTMAS CLASSIC Bronx, N.Y. (December 9, 2005)--Six Manhattan sprinters
and hurdlers took to the indoor track on Friday afternoon in the Christmas
Classic hosted by Fordham University. Freshman Stacy Gregory and junior http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6410 WINGATE'S HOT HAND WARMS UP COLD NIGHT AS MEN'S HOOPS DOWNS MARIST, 90-79 Riverdale, N.Y. (December 9, 2005)- Despite the cold temperatures outside, Manhattan opened up MAAC play with a hot shooting hand, downing Marist, 90-79, tonight at Draddy Gym on the MAAC opener for both schools. Senior co-captain Jason Wingate exploded for a career-high 33 points to lead the Jaspers to a 1-0 MAAC record and 1-4 overall. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6409 LADY JASPERS' LATE RALLY NOT ENOUGH, AS WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
DROPS MAAC OPENER AT Loudonville, N.Y. (December 9, 2005)—Freshman forward Kelly Regan’s rightside jumper with 1:44 remaining cut Siena’s lead down to five for the first time since the game’s opening minutes, but the Lady Jaspers were unable to complete the comeback, falling in the MAAC opener on Friday night, 55-40. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6408 BUS AND BORTA MAKE ITA MEN'S TENNIS REGIONAL RANKINGS Riverdale, N.Y. (December 9, 2005)--The Intercollegiate Tennis Association named Manhattan Men's Tennis players Zoltan Bus and Bodgan Borta to its 2005 Fall Northeast Regional Rankings. Bus, a junior, was ranked eighth amongst the region's singles players, while his freshman teammate Borta appeared in the 20th spot on the list. |
[JR: At the risk of losing some of my aura of omnipotence or at
least omni-pia-presence, you can see Jasper Sports
stories at: http://www.topix.net/ncaa/manhattan/ so
for brevity’s sake I will not repeat them here. I will just report the ones that come to my attention and NOT widely reported. No sense wasting electrons!]
http://www.topix.net/ncaa/manhattan/
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The Journal News ( Nanuet graduate accepts different role as RCC men's basketball coach It happened 16 years ago, but Tim Capstraw still remembers the conversation vividly. Capstraw, in the midst of his first season as head men's basketball coach at Wagner, made the observation to Walt Hameline, the college's athletic director and football coach. "I told him, 'I have the best football player at the school, but unfortunately he doesn't play for you, he plays for me,' " said Capstraw, now a radio color analyst for the Nets. Nanuet native Bill Kurisko was also among the best basketball players Capstraw coached in his 10-year tenure with the Seahawks. And there's little doubt that had he decided to play lacrosse in college, he could have been a star in that sport, too. There's no questioning Kurisko's abilities as an athlete. The 1987 Nanuet graduate was all-state in football and basketball and an all-American in lacrosse. He was inducted into the Rockland County Sports Hall of Fame in 2003. But now, one of the all-time
greats in The 36-year-old Kurisko is in
his first season as head men's basketball coach at "I started a little bit late (taking over the position on Oct. 1), but I always wanted to go back and make this a career and get to the next level," Kurisko said. "It's going to take some time here. I'm trying to teach up-tempo basketball and playing together. If we can get that concept by the end of the year, I'll be happy." Kurisko's
only other head-coaching experience came in 1993-94, when he guided the
women's club lacrosse team at He said he's been influenced by many coaches from his playing career, including Capstraw, Ralph Rogo at Nanuet and even former Knicks coaches Pat Riley and Jeff Van Gundy. "Pat Riley was the head coach and Van Gundy was an assistant coach when I played for the Knicks' summer-league team (in 1993)," Kurisko said. The 6-foot-3 Kurisko, a two-time all-conference selection and four-year starting point guard at Wagner, played in the USBL as well as professional leagues overseas, including a stint in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where he was the league's leading scorer all five of his seasons from 1998-2002. "There would be 8,000-9,000 fans at each game, all in white robes, chanting and jumping up and down," said Kurisko, who was the national player of the year four times. "It's very big there, and I was treated real well." Kurisko, who is married with two
young children, returned to "I want to get a lot of local kids," Kurisko said. "We have a nice arena. There's no reason we can't get 500-1,000 (fans) a night. We have a beautiful campus. "One thing I can promise the kids is that I can help them get into a (four-year) college because I know a lot of coaches. That's what it's all about, whether it's Division III, II or I: to help them get some money so they can go to school and get their degree." Capstraw is not surprised that Kurisko is following the coaching path. "Any time a guy is a leader on your team, the potential to be a coach is always there, and Billy was a leader," Capstraw said. "But I knew he wasn't done playing when he left Wagner. Now that his playing career is over, I'm glad he's pursuing it. Sports is in his blood." As a coach, though, Kurisko's role is much different than what he was accustomed to - as is the responsibility that comes with it. "Coaching, it's real hard," he said. "I think it's harder than playing. When you win games, coaching is overrated. When you lose, it's the coach's fault. When we win, the kids should be responsible. When we lose, it's the coaches. If you're a good coach, you should accept that. That's the way it works." LOAD-DATE: December 14, 2005 |
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Coming off an impressive win over It's also the Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference opener for In a preseason coaches' poll, Marist, 2-2, is getting contributions from everybody. The Red Foxes have three starters averaging double figures in scoring -- Jared Jordan (20 ppg), James Smith (15 ppg) and Will Whittington (12 ppg) -- and Ryan Stilphen leads the team in rebounds with 7.5 per game. Big weekend Tonight's matchup is the kickoff
of a big weekend for Marist. After hosting After those two conference games in the next few days, the
Marist men don't play again until next Saturday at St. -- Jim Sheahan TIP OFF LOAD-DATE: December 10, 2005 |
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From: Suzanne Giugliano [1990] Hi All, I have a new email address - it is: <privacy invoked> Be well, Suz [JR: Thanks. You too. ] |
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From: Mike McEneney [1953] Dear The
attached is a Press Release anounceing the
appointment of Justice
Minardo,'63 as the Administrative Judge for
Best, Subject: press release - Newly Created Position of
Administrative Judge for The attached is a Adobe Acrobat document. Please open as per normal procedure. === [JR: I didn’t have time to play with the PDF. So I placed it here. ] http://fjrzisnkzy9infopace.infopace.net/MINARDO63.pdf === http://207.29.128.48/judge/JudgeDetail?judge_cars_id=7026487 Hon. Philip G. Minardo Judicial Offices Supreme Court
Justice, Other Professional Experience State Senator Private Practice, 1976 to 1995 Admission to the Bar NYS, Appellate Division, Second Department, 1968 Education Professional & Civic Activities |
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From: Thanks for emailing me the other week. I always enjoy hearing from a fellow Jasper. Thanks
[JR: Score another one for trolling LinkedIn] |
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From: Helm, Robert A. (1951) I had no
Christmas spirit when I breathed a weary sigh; [JR:
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From: Murtha, Joseph [1968] Can you add my wife to the Jasper list - after Iona [BA] she received her MS from We can add my daughter next year! Thanks, [JR: Invited. Why wait? She can come on now. I invite students all the time. ] |
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From: Kilroy, Jim [1968] Jim Kilroy [JR: Jim: I can't change it but you can. All I can do is send you a
new invite and nuke the old one. Your call. Yahoo
prevents spamming by putting you in complete control of your delivery
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From: Mike McEneney [1953] Dear I would
like to fill in a few missing classes from this weeks Jotting's. James T.
Wilson was in the Class of 1972 and Keep up
the good work! [JR: Thanks Mike. I appreciate the follow thru. ] |
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From: Orgon, Edward A. [1967] Found your quote of = Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 2:40 PM Ed, As I tell anyone who'll
listen, I'm a font of useless information. I'm
surprised that you're surprised. After all what is Wall Street or business in
general but a slightly, very slightly, more civilized form of war? IMHO The "enlightened vision" of both business
and war is "cooperative competition". Some management guru labeled
it "coopetition". Today's enemy is
tomorrow's ally. Today's ally is tomorrow's enemy. We have perfect example in
= From: Orgon, Edward A. Cool [JR: Adore might be a little strong. Use, know about, appreciate, that’s better. ;-) ] |
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From: Mike McEneney [1953] Dear I
assume that you caught the great full page add in today's NY Times, (Page B5)
congratulating the
Best, [JR: Mike, Sure I don’t know what I can do with it. But
I’ll try. |
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From: McNally, Cathy (1979) Hi! I enjoy receiving the Jasper Jottings. Could you please change my e-mail address from <privacy invoked> to <privacy invoked>? BTW - My name is
Cathy McNally, a 1979 EE graduate from Cathy [JR: No, I can’t change. I can only invite. Done. And bythe way, I do it weekly. ;-) ] |
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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. I’ll catch any Jasper’s blog if I knew where they were hiding. Care to rat out your fellow alums?] |
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End Chapter One “You know, there are very few places in the world where I am at home. Isn’t that pathetic? And there are actually fewer of them every day, too. And they’re shrinking. Does this happen to you? There is going to come a time when there will only be a very small space. And that’s all I’ll have. I’ll have to remain very still and look only in one direction, but then I’ll be okay, actually.” -Arthur Phillips, Ah, metaphors relating life to a book. I’m so creative I can hardly stand myself. So here I am, 3 months, 19 countries, approximately 59 cities, 15 showers (kidding), 3 loads of laundry (not kidding), one attempt to jump off a moving train (successful), and a separate attempt to jump on moving train (failed) later, I have said goodbye to western Europe. And I must confess, though there were times I was ready to move on, it hurt just a little. While I had plenty of time to prepare myself emotionally for my departure, it really only hit me in the last week that my eurail pass was coming to an end, thus somewhat explaining my itinerary which went something as follows: BarcelonaMontpellierGeneveMontreauxLuzernBernZurichInnsbruckMunichDammitDammit GrunauVienna….all of this, in the course of a week. So, just for the record, it can be done, but it is rather exhausting and it takes a lot of walking, lots of trains. Still, with all the moving, I’ve managed to meet some very nice people this week, more than usual-maybe this could be attributed to my feeling that it was almost over and being excessively sociable/needy/I don’t wanna go, whiny type of mind frame. Who knows. So, without too much detail (or we’d be here all day), I’ll go through it with a bit more explanation. We begin our story in Barcelona, where Blair was last
heard from, trying to head eastward with the final goal of making it to
Vienna on the last day of her eurail pass, so as to
provide easy transition to eastern Europe. Well, I had booked a train out of The next day, I am delighted to find I have arrived just
in time for the second annual regional wine festival, so I look around there
before heading to Next day, I intend to go to a place called Grunau, but there is a train to If you had asked me a year ago…even a week ago…one thing I would never do, my answer would be “ski again”. This is due to an incident occurring almost 2 years ago exactly, where I and 3 other Texans piled into a car for a trip to a place where Texans do not belong, snow-capped, mountainous regions. Without the ability to stop, let alone slow down, I manage to do some real damage to my right knee on the first bunny slope and am bed ridden the rest of the week, glued to 24 hour marathons of Law and Order SVU. When I get back home, I am the last patient seen by the doctor on Christmas Eve, so you can imagine how interested he was in my injury. So, now and then, it slips out of joint, I fall down, everybody laughs, I die a little on the inside. But this has not happened in a while, so I decide to try my hand at snowboarding, which I believe would not involve the same muscles, so therefore may not trouble me. The woman at the ski place feels differently, however, and encourages me to ski instead. I think it’s a bad idea, but as time has told, I like that sort of thing, so I go for it. I did not know the effect it would have on me, but I found, like one of Pavlov’s dogs, that I was seemingly conditioned to a fear of skiing, specifically concerning momentum, the laws of inertia, and that ever-nagging fear of immanent death. I don’t want to pay for lessons, because I was only skiing for a half day anyhow, my motto for the day being “Don’t push your luck”. So instead, I depend on any remnants in my memory from last time as to how to do it. This failing, I finally trip over myself like some intoxicated snow beast decked out in 80s ski garb towards an unsuspecting group of people my age whom I ask, trying to maintain as much dignity as I have remaining, “Do you speak english? How do I stop?” I do eventually (by accident) once find myself on a blue slope, but I spend the majority of my day going down the kiddie run, muttering obscenities and cursing loudly/uncontrollably in the presence of children. But not in German, so I think it should be excusable. Still, as frightened and mismatched as I was, as many times as I fell of the ski lifts, causing the whole ski lift system to shut down (4), as often as I could be observed screaming like the apocolypse while traveling at 2 mph, this was one of the prouder moments of my life. My friends at The Treehouse ask
me to stay another night, and as tempting as it truly was, I went on to P.S. Apparently, I have reached my limit as far as pictures are concerned, so I’ve have to start a new accout for more pictures. You can find them here: http://community.webshots.com/user/blairlampe . Sorry about that. |
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Hindsight–a journey unraveled Posted By Administrator On 14th December 2005 @ 12:44 In Preparatory Hoopla | No Comments This one goes out to all the will-be travelers out there
who want some structure in their lives while backpacking, or who just want a
better idea of what is possible. Granted, this is not technically
“preparatory” for me, in that I made it up as I went along (with the
exception of knowing, “I should go east/west today”) But I thought it might
be beneficial for anyone else who was looking to plan a trip like this one
and wanted an idea of an itinerary. I broke it down into two parts, the first
is a list of the cities I saw in the order I saw them, so some may occur
twice because I back-tracked, etc. The second list
is a list of countries and how long I stayed in each.
Details: I had a 3 month unlimited eurail pass, and
for all the bad rap they get for occasional hidden reservation fees, I would
say for the amount of cities I got to see, it was definitely worth it. Also, there are many countries where you pay no surcharge,
notably:
* Though this is a lovely village, it is probably not at
the top of every travelers list. I went here to get a taste of real ** Country Totals: *** Places I would like to have seen: Hope this helps somebody. Happy travels. |
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http://www.boingboing.net/2005/11/25/woman_charged_for_re.html Friday, November 25, 2005 Woman charged for refusing to show ID on a public bus === <begin quote> === Bill Scannell says:
"On the 9th of December 2005, a "The woman who is fighting the good fight is named
Deborah Davis. She's a 50 year-old mother of four
who lives and works in "One morning in late September 2005, Deb was riding the public bus to work. She was minding her own business, reading a book and planning for work, when a security guard got on this public bus and demanded that every passenger show their ID. Deb, having done nothing wrong, declined. The guard called in federal cops, and she was arrested and charged with federal criminal misdemeanors after refusing to show ID on demand. "She hasn't commuted by public bus since that day." === <end quote> === What kind of Barbara Streisand is this? It’s right out a B Movie from the 40’s. Do your best Nazi impression and ask “Where is your papers?”. Arghhh. Have we become a nation of sheep? Do our employees have leave to run roughshod over us? If you care about your legacy, then you best reign in your employees. Before they reign in you! |
And that’s the last word.
Curmudgeon
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GBu. GBA.