Dear Jaspers,
733 are active on the Distribute site. The site had 194 views on 12/27 and 6,270 for the month.
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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.
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Fasten your seat belts, change happens.
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Saturday, Jan. 21 -- 2005 Yearbook Release Party Dante's Den The Manhattan College Alumni Society is planning a Yearbook Release Party for the Class of 2005. We will serve hor d' oeuvres with a beer open bar. (NO DRINK TICKETS) The event will be a great opportunity to pick up your yearbook (you've already paid for it!) and catch up with friends and classmates. No Cost for this event, it is sponsored by the Alumni Relations Office! Please RSVP by January 13th, 2006. If you did not receive the "Save the Date" postcard in the mail please e-mail Stephen DeSalvo |
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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
- 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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Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle never know. - Charles Kingsley |
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Thief makes off with Christmas Eve church donations === <begin quote> === Police and church officials suspect the person robbed the donations from the Church of the Guardian Angels following a Mass attended by 900 people Saturday afternoon. "I don't know how someone does this and lives with
their own conscience," Monsignor James Moran told The Star-Ledger of The large, brown collection basket had been placed on the altar during the service. It was there while Moran went to the front door of the church to chat with parishioners leaving the service at about 5 p.m. About 20 minutes later, Moran returned to the altar to find the basket, empty except for a few coins. Church officials said the thief may have been tempted by the large holiday collection. The money was to be used to help the church pay bills. Moran during midnight Mass on Saturday and again Sunday warned parishioners of the theft and told them to cancel their checks. "I told the people God will get the person," he said. Police on Monday said no officials were available to talk about the theft. === <end quote> === I guess there is always one story like this. One has to believe that there is a greater good buried in the true story. Like the movie “It’s a wonderful life”, we know very little. Especially when it comes to the whatifs, couldas, shouldas, and wouldas. |
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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[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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http://news.newstimeslive.com/obits.php?id=11161&category=Obituaries 2005-12-29 After college, Following his military service, He is survived by his wife, Torrey
Matheson Cooke; daughters, Emily Nolan, of Shepherdsville, Ky., Rachel Mills,
of Freeport, Maine; and his son, A wake will be Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. and a short memorial
service will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at Leo P.
Gallagher & Son Funeral Home, 2900 Summer St. in Following the service on Saturday, a celebration of In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to one of the following charities, The American Cancer Society, www.cancer.org, The Marine Corps League, www.mcleague.com or The National Rowing Foundation, www.natrowing.org. [REPORTEDAS: 1980 ] |
[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://www.c-n.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051222/SPORTS07/512220392/1012/SPORTS10 Thursday, December 29, 2005 Norma Whiteside can count on one hand the number of
football games her late husband, So when his beloved Scarlet
Knights defeated "When we beat "He would be so excited," Tim said. "It's funny because a couple times this year I would think that my father was watching. After the Navy win, before the media got to see Coach (Greg) Schiano, he whispered to me, 'Tim, someone was looking down on us and we both know who that was.' Maybe he's right." "So many times Things like ... Rutgers Stadium. "He was very instrumental in the construction of Rutgers Stadium," said Tim, one of Whiteside's four children. "Despite some of the early problems we experienced, it's still amazing what was accomplished for $28 million when you consider what UConn spent on their stadium (roughly $90 million two years ago). He was such a perfectionist, he'd go to the stadium for five or six hours a day and if something wasn't right, he'd just roll up his sleeves and went to work." Schiano, who was hired in December 2000, hardly dealt with Whiteside on a professional level in the year before Whiteside retired. But he knew Whiteside's legacy and what he accomplished. "I actually remember him from when I was a graduate assistant under Dick Anderson," Schiano said. "I remember Dick always raving about what a great man he (Whiteside) was. I knew he had a powerful position in the program, but it wasn't until dealing with him one-on-one that I discovered what a kind man he was." "I remember," Schiano
continued, "he passed away pretty soon after I came back, but when I
went to the wake he had such a great family and he was thought of so fondly
that I remembered thinking, when I go, hopefully people will be talking about
me the way they talked about Whiteside was buried not far from
Rutgers Stadium off For as much as Whiteside bled scarlet, those who knew him
best assumed he went to "He was a graduate of Norma estimates she attended more than 900 "He really was a great sports fan," Norma said.
"We'd go to as many His passion for Rutgers was passed on to his four kids,
each of whom plans on attending the Insight Bowl on
Tuesday in But while she realizes there's a
chance, if The class of '90 alum might even wear a "I actually don't own one," she said, "but I'll definitely be wearing red. When you're in the business, you don't root, but this is more of a family thing. "My dad was such a big fan of Reach Keith Sargeant at ksargen@eastbrun.gannett.com [JR: We turn out great people. Perhaps the reason he sent all his kids to RU rather than MC was that they got the tuition FREE. That’s the problem with competing with a state skool. It’s not a level playing field. But where ever Jaspers land, they seem to make a positive impact.] [mcALUMdb: Whiteside, Joseph (1952) RIP. ] |
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http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2005/12/19/focus3.html?from_rss=1 The Business Review ( IN DEPTH: THE GIVING GAME Raising money is always hard work and subject to keen competition Christian Kersten knows how to
raise money. As an experienced development officer for 30 years, he has run
successful multimillion-dollar campaigns for As the son of parents who immigrated to this country, his rise in the profession is an example of the American success story: The profession is open to those who are willing to strive, to work, and to succeed, he said. Asked if this year will be even tougher for nonprofits to raise money, he said fund raising is always competitive and hard work, but nonprofits must have organized efforts and convey their mission effectively. He thinks economic indicators suggest a positive climate for nonprofits. Details Kind of Business: Provides comprehensive fund raising and communications counsel to nonprofit organizations in support of their short- and long-range objectives. The firm is affiliated with Sawchuk Brown Associates, which provides The Berkshire-Hudson Group a relationship with Golin/Harris International, the global communications firm. Firm established: 2004 Web site: www.berkshirehudsongroup.com Age: 56 Experience: A 30-year veteran development officer responsible for programs that have raised more than $360 million. Career Advice: The American philanthropic tradition is unparalleled elsewhere in the world, and excellent career opportunities abound for those with a desire to help others. It is a highly rewarding and competitive profession that requires thought, action, passion and perseverance. First job: Director of Annual Giving at Big picture What the business does: The Berkshire-Hudson Group assists nonprofit organizations by assessing, conceptualizing, implementing and sustaining fund-raising programs designed to support short- and long-range institutional objectives. Services include strategic planning, counsel for annual and capital campaigns, federal and state research grant applications, communications, marketing and branding. What kind of nonprofits? The firm provides strategic counsel to educational, health-related, cultural, community, religious and other nonprofit organizations. Experience in fund raising: Prior to founding The Berkshire-Hudson Group, served as
senior vice president and secretary to the Board of Trustees at 1988-1997, served as vice president for university advancement at UAlbany and as executive director of the University at Albany Foundation. Also responsible for negotiating the acquisition of a major high-tech facility that became the university's East Campus. Previously, director of development for The Norman
Rockwell Museum, assistant chancellor for university development at the Named Outstanding Fund Raising Executive of the Year by the National Society of Fund Raising Executives in 1996; received the CASE/US Steel Grand Award for improvement and the CASE Gold Medal for fund-raising publications. Most successful campaigns: 1) At 2) At the University at Albany Foundation, I
conceptualized and conducted a $55 million capital campaign, the largest such
effort in public higher education in Nonprofit climate What is the nonprofit climate like now? Most nonprofits are engaged in the never-ending quest for more resources. As the demand for services has risen and public-sector funding declined, competition for private support from individuals, corporations and foundations has increased. Over a million charitable organizations received approximately $250 billion in philanthropic support last year, representing a 90 percent increase over the past decade. With a rebounding economy, unexpectedly strong growth in the third quarter and a resultant stock market rally, it is expected that philanthropy will reach an all-time high this year. These positive economic indicators suggest a positive climate for worthy nonprofits to compete successfully for philanthropic support. Do you see increased competition? By definition, fund raising is a competitive process. It is increasingly important for nonprofit CEOs and boards to view fund raising as an organized, high-priority effort that is professionally managed--not only in cultivating and soliciting support, but also in the stewardship of funds received. Those nonprofits which organize and qualify their prospect lists sequentially, state their case effectively, relate their mission directly and persuasively to their community of prospective supporters, and enlist effective volunteer leaders will be in the best position to compete for philanthropic support. In light of the hurricanes and other disasters that asked for money, are nonprofits having a hard time raising money? Raising money is always hard work and subject to keen competition, even in the best of times. On the bright side, a provision in the tax relief package passed by Congress to assist Hurricane Katrina victims allows donors who make cash gifts between now and Dec. 31 of this year to deduct 100 percent of their adjusted gross income, twice the usual limit of 50 percent. Many nonprofit organizations are currently seeking to advise their leadership benefactors about this provision. Daily routine Most challenging task: One of the most important and challenging tasks facing an advancement professional is gaining consensus among boards and institutional leaders on the strategic direction for fund-raising efforts. Favorite task: Discovering and cultivating a prospect that leads to leadership financial, volunteer and inspirational support for the institution. Least favorite task: Receiving a "thanks but no thanks" letter--we all get them! Biggest frustration: Too many chicken dinners. Dreams Key goal yet to achieve: As a young firm, my hope is that The Berkshire-Hudson Group will become recognized far and wide for its professional strengths and dedicated service in advancing the goals and aspirations of worthy nonprofit institutions in the Capital Region and beyond. Five-year plan: To ably serve a strong client base representative of the Capital Region's nonprofit community, and have the spare capital to pay into my pension plan. First choice of a new career: I've recently made that leap of faith and fortitude! Personals Most admired businessperson: Richard D. Parsons, CEO of AOL/Time Warner. I've had the pleasure of getting to know Dick Parsons, and greatly admire his intellect, humanity, commitment to public service and generosity. Person you'd most like to meet:
Alexis de Tocqueville: Because his observations about Stress reducers: Kayaking, hiking, biking, Nordic Track, and restoration of our 1804 farmhouse--a job that has no end, just like fund raising. Favorite pastimes: Reading (American and
European history and political thought), kayaking, hiking, biking,
snowshoeing and cross-country skiing. Serving elective office as Town
Justice in my community of Hillsdale in Family: Married to Mary Lou Kersten, broker/owner of Hillsdale Country Realty and president of the Columbia County Board of Realtors; three children: Michael, 31, James, 27 and Hilary, 15. Automobile: |
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http://www.nyjournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051209/COLUMNIST02/ Division II will get more TV time NCAA president Myles Brand had a hopeful message for the
NYCAC members at "The media is evolving rather quickly," Brand said. "It's no longer four networks; it's CSTV, it's ESPNU. ... College sports are the ultimate in reality TV." Although heartened, the Division IIs still have a harder time getting their games on television and their stories out into the public sphere. "This is a tough region to crack, with pro sports and Division Is," Mercy SID Steve Balsan told Brand. "A lot of times if we want exposure we have to pay for it ourselves." Colleges have long been on the Web, and relatively recent improvements in streaming technology allows many schools to put game audio on their Web sites. But beyond a rare game, usually football or basketball, mid-majors and Division II schools have to be creative. For "We sell advertising to help with costs," The time costs between $10,000 and $15,000 to reserve, and
Time-buys like this are not uncommon, even on ESPN or on-air networks. The USTA bought time to put its U.S. Open summer tennis series together on ESPN, and other, smaller leagues do the same. "In the history of our industry it's a relatively new phenomenon. It has to do with risk taking," said Neal Pilson, a media consultant and former president of CBS Sports. "The networks simply don't want to sell the more difficult programs to advertisers, they shift that burden to the rights holders." At one time the only way to be a property on television was to have a network pay for rights to broadcast and then sell advertising, but now there are joint ventures like what NBC does with arena football and the NHL. Sometimes, a network commits the time and the league sells the ads. With time-buys, a weekend hour on a network can go for upwards of $250,000, where on a major cable sports network it is roughly a more reasonable $100,000. Which makes RNN seem like a comparative bargain. "People like World TeamTennis or LPGA golf, or college or professional sports, they can do well," Pilson said. "They find they can provide sponsorship. If you can make money doing it it's a perfectly legitimate way of getting exposure for your league." The changes in the media landscape create more
opportunities for comparatively small entities like the NYCAC or a smaller
Division I school. But not for all equally. Traditionally, both schools have had a big radio presence. So what makes more fiscal sense for those schools is making sure their games are available on the Internet. All of the pieces help a school frame its own story, unfiltered by traditional outlets. Schools like St. Thomas Aquinas and Mercy can put profiles of student athletes on their Web sites if they have difficulty getting the story out there in more conventional ways. At Mercy, Balsan works as hard as his Division I counterparts to get the scores and a game synopsis onto the Web site as quickly as possible so that when new opportunities open up, his institution will be prepared. As NYCAC commissioner Ed Manetta said during a panel discussion with Brand at Molloy, the new Mets cable venture is going to need programming. "We're very much involved with them on a lot of levels," Manetta said. <extraneous deleted> # # # From: Topix.Net News Alerts [mailto:alert-reply@topix.net]
News alerts for Division II will get more TV time The Journal News (Friday December 9, 2005) NCAA president Miles Brand had a hopeful message for the
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From: Eileen Murtha [1984] Hello I wanted to clarify my graduation dates from MC for the jasperjottings. My husband sent you an email on 12-11-05 Thanks = Eileen T. Murtha, M.S. [JR: Dear Ms. Eileen, Thanks for clearing that up. I thought some one
might be robbing the cradle. ;-) I’ll move that
along in the 1/1/06 issue. Unfortunately as a one-man band, I have to start
“finalizing” the weekly issue early midweek to get it all prepped to go.
Maybe one of these days, I’ll have nothing to do but
this. It’ll have to pay better. Or,
maybe we can get something more real-time and less “constructed”. At least
you have the satisfaction of doing important work. Best wishes, Merry and
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From: Mike McEneney [1953] Dear I believe that Brother O'Brien was a member of the Class of 1960. May
He Rest In Peace, [JR:
Thanks, Mike. If I was more ambitious
or diligent, then I’d go back and fix the old Jottings issues on the website.
But, it’s just a lot lot
of extra time to crack an old issue, fix it, and then re-add it. And then there is always the major possibility that I’ll
mess it up. So I haven’t been updating the old ones.
I’ll have to think about a good way to do that in
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From: Richard Ferrara [1972] fyi- I think you identified the wrong Rich Ferrara '72 [JR: Rich, There
was only one in the mcALUMdb so I assumed, and we
know what that means, that there was a match. That’s
why I need lots of help. Thanks, |
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From: George Skau (1959) Hi - I have a new e-mail address. Please change my e-mail to: <privacy invoked> Thanks - [JR: Be glad to send you another invite. ] |
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From: Robert La Blanc [1956] It sure is good to be back on the JJ mailing list. Keep up the good work! HNY! Bob [JR: Glad to have you back. Where else can you get current Jasper news all in one email? I’m not surprised that this is our “competitive advantage”. No one else is dumb enough to attempt it. It requires time to cull and edit. I would like to find a better composition tool. But, we all make our contributions as best we can with what we got to work with. ] |
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From: Robert Helm [1951] Good Evening, All: 1. Just a bit of real, unvarnished history to go with your New Year's Resolutions. We wish each and every one of you a Healthy and Happy New Year. Helm House Sends Thought you might be interested in this forgotten bit of information.......... === It was 1987! At a
lecture the other day they were playing an old news video of Lt.Col.
Oliver North testifying at the Iran-Contra hearings during the Reagan Administration.
Also: Terrorist pilot Mohammad Atta blew up a bus in It was censored in the # # # [JR: I didn’t know those two things. But I wouldn’t be surprised if it was true. The “gummamint” can be counted on to mess anything up. As an L, we deal with things by minding our own business and, in especially rare instances, if any particularly annoying characters are around, they are dealt with by “letters de marque”, (i.e., letters of mark and reprisal) and monetary rewards for those who make them less annoying. We are not aggressive, but we are not stupid either. ] |
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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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[JR: Well I don’t know about you but I want to be entertained? Young people are so entertaining.] |
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
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=6432 RIZZOTTI NAMED TO Riverdale, N.Y. (December 27, 2005)– Manhattan College sophomore first baseman Matt Rizzotti has been named Louisville Slugger Preseason Second-Team All-American by Collegiate Baseball, it was announced today. Rizzotti is one of just three first baseman named to the first and second teams. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6431 MEN'S BASKETBALL SWEEPS MAAC WEEKLY HONORS Riverdale, NY (December 27, 2005)- Manhattan College sophomore forward CJ Anderson was named MAAC Player of the Week while freshman guard/forward Devon Austin was named MAAC Rookie of the Week for the week ending December 25, it was announced today by the conference office. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6430 XAVIER TAKES HOME MVP HONORS AS MEN'S BASKETBALL DOWNS
FORDHAM, 81-68, IN Riverdale, N.Y. (December 23, 2005)-
Jeff Xavier rebounded from an off-night in Manhattan's last game, pouring in
24 points and tallying a career-high six steals on the way to being named the
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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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http://www.theday.com/eng/web/news/re.aspx?re=40DBA926-0C25-447B-9F4D-350AE97C0A21 Player Profiles: Girls' Soccer <extraneous deleted> • Westerly senior Jill Beauchamp was a three-time <extraneous deleted> [JR:
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Daily News ( IT WAS A LONG three days for Jeff Xavier. Fresh off a scoreless outing in That chance came last night. "I didn't want to have back-to-back bad games," he said. And almost from the start, it was
clear that wasn't going to be a problem for Xavier. The sophomore guard
bounced back from his nightmare game with 24 points and a career-best six
steals in It was the Jaspers' fifth straight win in the series, and gives them a 51-47 lead in the rivalry that dates back to the 1911-12 season. "Talk about a bounceback
game," The Jaspers (5-4), who won their fifth straight, were
trailing 33-28 at the break, but Xavier opened the second half with a
three-pointer and a jumper to pull The Jaspers were holding a 42-41 lead when they started to
run away from their cross-borough rivals. With its defense forcing Fordham
into 18 turnovers, And as the Jaspers scored 12 unanswered points in a 2:42 span, all Fordham coach Dereck Whittenburg could do was sit back and watch his Rams, who were led by Jermaine Anderson's 19 points, crumble under Manhattan's pressure. "All we had to do was to handle the basketball and we didn't do that," Whittenburg said. "We gave them like eight turnovers in a row. There wasn't really anything the coach could do." And the Rams' defense was having
a difficult time dealing with Xavier, Anderson and Dubois. "This was a great city game," said Gonzalez, who ran his record to 6-1 in the series. "It was a tale of two halves." LOAD-DATE: December 25, 2005 |
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[Curmudgeon: It’s with pleasure that I retained my coveted place at the butt end of the weekly Jasper Jottings. While a hissy fit was not required, maybe I can encourage everyone to support “our” young men and women in their pursuit of excellence. Sports teaches us important lessons about: achievement, failure, and doing for the sake of doing. While I won’t be running miles for the sake of running them, I think that we should applaude those who do. They are our teachers. ] http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Dec-11-Sun-2005/opinion/4681150.html Dec. 11, 2005 Vin Suprynowicz is assistant editorial page editor of the Review-Journal and author of "The Ballad of Carl Drega" and the new novel "The Black Arrow." His Web sites are www.TheLibertarian.us or www.LibertyBookShop.us. <extraneous deleted> Richard Henry Lee of Virginia, primary author of the Second Amendment as well as the rest of the Bill of Rights, rose in 1788 to advise us that, "A militia, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves. ... To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them." <extraneous deleted> Let us now turn to the Oct. 16, 2001, decision of the 5th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting in "We have found no historical evidence that the Second Amendment was intended to convey militia power to the states ... or applies only to members of a select militia while on active duty," the appeals court ruled. "All of the evidence indicates that the Second Amendment, like other parts of the Bill of Rights, applies to and protects individual Americans. "We find that the history of the Second Amendment reinforces the plain meaning of the text, namely that it protects individual Americans in their right to keep and bear arms whether or not they are members of a select militia or performing military service or training." In the Emerson decision, the 5th Circuit specifically rejected any reading of the Second Amendment's preamble -- "A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state" -- as meaning anything other than a simple directive that the entire body of the people, capable of bearing arms, must continue to be allowed to bear arms of current military usefulness, "such as the pistol involved here," without requiring any additional government permission, paperwork, license, or authorization. The court even cited as its authority no
less a personage in the history of the Constitution than James Madison, who
wrote in Federalist No. 46 that the proposed power of the Congress "to
raise and support armies" posed no threat to liberty, since any such
army, if misused, "would be opposed (by) a militia amounting to near
half a million of citizens with arms in their hands," and then noting?
"the advantage of being armed, which the
Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation," in
contrast to "the several kingdoms of <extraneous deleted> === <end quote> === Force never solves anything. Perhaps as Robert Heinlein
suggested we should ask the City Fathers of Carthage. Following that
suggestion, let’s ask the Jews confined to the
Warsaw Ghetto. Oh that’s right, they’re dead. Killed by their governments. Can’t happen here?
Blacks in the South, the native American Indians, Japanese
Internment, Move in So go exercise your Second Amendment right! See how intrusive the government is in the process. Forms and fees are infringements. AND, criminals don’t buy their guns from gun stores. Over the holy days, I have interesting discussion with a young male relative who agreed that we had little risk of losing our freedom from an external invader. Just prior to WWII, Admiral Isoroku
Yamamoto, who had spent any time in the We agreed that the risk to our freedom is the “government” enslaving us. And what is the Constitutional check and balance? Yup, your Second Ammendment. A recent Free Talk Live podcast, www.freetalklive.com, asked what would it take to incite us. I think it is when someone close to us is critically, or possibly fatally, impacted. If you read Ross’ Unintended Consequences, then you’ll see how easy it is to solve the problem. All regimes depend on at least the tacit consent of the governed. When we no longer consent, like the last Royal Governor of Pennsylvania who was totally ignored and went away, then the tyrants will just go away. It maybe necessary to “encourage” them a little. Get ready now. Don’t join any “militias”; just arm yourself, and get mentally prepared. Avoid the rush. |
And that’s the last word.
Curmudgeon
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GBu. GBA.