Dear Jaspers,
735 are active on the Distribute site. Jottings is still pointing at the OLD site, which is NOW out of space. The site had 934 views on 1/3 and 7,661 for the month. The NEW site is up, has everything (subject to your testing), and is awaiting the internet gods to change the pointer. The rehosting of www.jasperjottings.com to a different (cheaper) service provider is STILL in progress. You can tell because the index page indicates “NEW” or “OLD”. I have to do double updates and pay for both until the swing takes place. If you have any problems, then please send me an email. Please indicate if your index page says NEW or OLD.
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Reacting to a valid criticism that you the web reader needs my email address quickly and easily, but knowing that any email address posted on a web page is immediately harvested and spammed. Here is a puzzle for you to solve. Distribute _ Jasper _ Jottings – owner AT yahoogroups.com Or Reinkefj at the College’s email forwarding service alum dot manhattan dot edu! OR, JXYM XU7S N5HO 9D in care of Comcast d-o-t NET. Or, if you joined the Distribute group, you can sign on to it and send email to the owner from inside the group. Or collector at Jasper Jottings dot website. Use email-sending webform http://public.2idi.com/=reinkefj if all else fails.
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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 |
Sunday, February 5th, 2006 MCBAC "Family Fest" |
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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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I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. - Thomas Jefferson |
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http://www.abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1460676 Pope Issues Call to Combat Terrorism === <begin quote> === VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI warned Sunday that terrorism, nihilism and "fanatic fundamentalism" threatened world peace, and he called on individuals, governments and institutions to work together to combat them. Benedict made the appeal during a Mass in St. In his homily, the pope said a "shock" of courage and faith in God was necessary to spread peace, and that everyone must work together to combat the threats to it. "It becomes ever more important to work together for peace when confronting the situations of injustice and violence that continue to oppress various parts of the world, those that are the new and most insidious threats to peace: terrorism, nihilism and fanatic fundamentalism," he said. He said individuals, international organizations and world powers must take responsibility for promoting justice, solidarity and peace. In particular, he called for the United Nations to assume a renewed understanding of its responsibility to promote peace and justice "in a world ever more marked by the vast phenomenon of globalization." <extraneous deleted> The pope said he was praying that 2006 would "be for all of us a year of prosperity and peace." === <end quote> === With all due respect to Holy Father, I think he may have fallen into error. Terrorism is a tactic; not a movement. I would have itemized the major threats to peace as: Secular humanism that is eviscerating the moral fiber of our civil society like dry rot; socialism that seeks to replace the indomitable human spirit to achieve with a dependence on nanny government; and then fanatical religion-ism of all flavors. Looking to the UN for leadership is like calling on a madam
to eliminate whorehouses. I think we should close this particular country
club and throw out all the scoundrels. Check who’s
on the human rights committee. Oil for food ring a
bell. And, my particular favorite, all of the
bureaucrats sucking the life out of the I think it is all about individual responsibility. World poverty is directly related to the corruption in their respective local governments. And we, with our foreign aid, are the biggest enabler. If we had our priorities correct, we’d tell every two bit socialist that they were off the dole and if they didn’t get their countries headed in the correct direction, we will allow their insurgents to fund raise here unmolested. We, each, should take the direction of Holy Father and let our representatives know that we will be voting on the “world peace, freedom, and prosperity” ticket. |
Reflect well on our alma mater, this week, every week, in any and
every way possible, large or small. God bless.
"Collector-in-chief"
reinke--AT—jasperjottings.com
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[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.
Morning Call ( Philip J. PJ Sullivan, 72, of Macungie, died Friday,
December 30, 2005 in Survivors: His wife of 34 years; mother-in-law, Mary Kovacs; sister-in-law, Marylou Renaldo; niece, Courtney Strohm; nephew, Brent Strohm; cousins. Services: will be held privately on Monday. Arrangements, Bachman, Kulik & Reinsmith Funeral Home, Emmaus. Contributions: Donations in PJs
memory may be made to Animals in Distress, 5075 Limeport Pike, Please sign Guest Book on mcall.com/obits LOAD-DATE: January 3, 2006 [mcALUMdb: ???? ] |
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060105/NEWS08/601050554/1010/NEWS
January 5, 2006 All five of his children went on to earn not only bachelor's degrees, but graduate degrees as well. In addition, three went on to earn law degrees. "Education was always the No. 1 goal according to my father," said Mr. O'Donnell's son, J. Terence O'Donnell. A resident of Bloomfield Hills, Mr. O'Donnell died
Saturday at Born in When World War II began, Mr. O'Donnell enlisted in the
Army and spent four years in the Army Air Forces. After the war, Mr.
O'Donnell came to In addition to his wife and son, survivors include sons, James and Patrick; daughters, Peggy O'Donnell and Mary O'Donnell, and nine grandchildren. There will be a viewing today at 9:30 a.m. followed by a
funeral mass at 10 a.m. at [REPORTEDAS: 1938 ] |
[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.]
Back, Steve (1972) |
Trizzino, June L. (1975) |
[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.capegazette.com/storiescurrent/1205/cms123005.html UD College of Marine Studes wins grant for inland bays research Timothy Targett, professor of marine biology and biochemistry at the University of Delaware College of Marine Studies, and Dominic Di Toro, Edward C. Davis professor of civil and environmental engineering at the university, have received a $548,273 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The three-year grant will support their research to determine the impact of fluctuating water quality on fish that use estuaries and coastal bays as nursery grounds during their first few months of life. Part of the work will be conducted
in two of According to Targett, scientists do not understand why juvenile fish use these waters in such high abundance when low dissolved oxygen can adversely affect their growth and survival. In addition, fish have the ability to swim to other areas where the water quality is better. “We don’t know why the fish are even in some of these areas,” said Targett. “Is there such a great source of food that they just go in, stay as long as possible, grab some food, and then make a run for it?” To answer this question, Targett and Di Toro will use a unique modeling approach that combines the results of two different models. One model will predict how the water quality changes over space and time. This water-quality model will be constructed using detailed measurements of salinity, temperature, and levels of dissolved oxygen in the water. The second model will predict the growth, behavior, and
survival of an individual fish to changes in these parameters. This
individual-based model was developed in previous
laboratory and field experiments done by Targett.
It will be validated in the current study by
directly tracking fish movement with acoustic tags in Pepper Creek, a
tributary of By coupling the two models together, the scientists can predict the behavior of juvenile fish to the water quality at a specific location throughout the summer months — something that has never been done before. Damian Brady, a doctoral candidate in marine biology–biochemistry, will assist Targett and Di Toro in the research. The field study in Pepper Creek also will look at the effect of dissolved oxygen on the benthic community as well as the effect that the prey abundance (amount of food) has on the response of fish. The benthic community consists of crabs, worms, and other marine organisms that live in and on the bottom sediments and provide juvenile fish with food. This portion of the study will be led by Robert Diaz, professor of marine science at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) in Gloucester Point. VIMS received an additional $135,314 in grant money, bringing the total award to $683,587. Danielle Tuzzolino, a master’s student in marine biology–biochemistry will assist Targett and Diaz in completing this work. “It is truly an integrated and cooperative approach that links marine biology with engineering,” said Targett. “None of us could do this project by ourselves. In particular, Damian has been very instrumental in bridging this gap by taking modeling courses from Dominic in addition to his courses in marine sciences.” Targett says the research is designed to provide fisheries managers with a tool that predicts the impact of changing water quality on the growth and survival of juvenile weakfish and summer flounder. In addition, the modeling approach is not site specific, but can be applied to many other coastal ecosystems. Specifically, the research will address how various scenarios, which affect water quality, influence the behavior of juvenile fish. This information will enable fisheries managers to minimize the adverse effects that a project might have on the marine environment. For example, the model can help determine how altering nutrient input or tidal flushing in an area would impact the fish living in that environment. “The results will help management officials spend money where it is needed the most,” says Di Toro. “It can cost a lot of money to improve the water quality once it has been degraded, and you don’t want to spend money to correct something that isn’t really a problem to begin with.” A member of UD’s faculty since
1986, Targett was appointed
to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission as the governor’s
appointee representing Di Toro joined UD’s faculty in January 2003 after serving on the faculty
at # # # From: Google Alerts
[mailto:googlealerts-noreply@google.com] CapeGazette.com - Covering ... ecology. Di
Toro joined UD's faculty in January 2003 after
serving on the faculty at # # # # # # [mcALUMdb: 1963 ] |
http://www.westchestercountybusinessjournal.com/current_issue/people3.php Armindo G. Monteiro
of Hartsdale was promoted to an associate in the [mcALUMdb: ????] |
http://www.ourmidland.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15835941&BRD=2289 Interlochen announces plans for
summer program Interlochen Arts Camp has
announced plans for the Interlochen All-State
program in summer 2006. Interlochen All-State
offers a variety of two-week educational sessions for Veteran Interlochen Arts Camp faculty member and conductor Michael Kaufman has been named director of Interlochen All-State. During the school year, Kaufman is conductor of the Grand Ledge High School Bands. Others hired for
Interlochen All-State summer 2006 include music
faculty from ________________________________________ From: Google Alerts
[mailto:googlealerts-noreply@google.com] Interlochen announces plans for summer program Midland Daily News (subscription) - ... Eastern Michigan University, Central Michigan University, Grand Valley, Texas Tech, the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Manhattan College and the University ... [JR: Doesn’t sound like our MC? ] |
http://www.irishexaminer.com/pport/web/GAA/Full_Story/did-sgsdrF4pBbFMwsg7OWirIStPSk.asp Following meetings with board members of the Randall’s
Island Gaelic Sports (RIGS) corporation as well as the New York GAA board,
the While the GAA in Potential backers are happy to let the GAA control the stadium and fields and other sporting amenities as not-for-profit operations but would want bar and catering concessions run for profit for the benefit of shareholders in the RIGS corporation. Locals perceive the GAA’s stance
as an indication that having done all the preparatory work in drawing up the
plans and getting hold of the real estate, all the profits from a Croke Park-run Randall’s Island complex will head
straight back across the Yet former NY GAA board president Monty Moloney, who has been the driving the force behind this project since its inception and is chairman of RIGS, was cautiously optimistic. “We’ve had some success but not enough time in these
meetings for the people from “They had to leave in midweek but we intend to get together in the second week of January and they will probably be coming back here in February.” Matters are further complicated, however, by in-fighting among the local GAA community over whether The divisions came to a head earlier this month when
Seamus Dooley was challenged for his position as NY GAA board chairman by RIGS board member John Moore. The way forward
for the Randall’s Yet Moloney encouraged headquarters to keep backing the project. “Sean Kelly, Peter Quinn, Nicky Brennan and Tony Hanahoe have all worked extremely hard to try and put this thing together and it’s really appreciated by me,” he said. “It’s not easy travelling back and forth and squeezing in meetings here and there while trying to also learn how this whole process evolved over seven or eight years. “This is the greatest thing to happen to us in === From: Google Alerts
[mailto:googlealerts-noreply@google.com] Plans for permanent GAA home in Irish Examiner - ... the city's 42 clubs continue to play their matches at |
The Irish Times Another war, another Last week Seán lined up beside his fellow workers of all nationalities and creeds to protest at the low pay and clawing back of pension and medical entitlements. In essence, they demanded the wage increases needed to make up for the rise in the cost of living, generated by the Iraqi conflict inflation. Last week when the transit workers first walked out, a New York State Justice levelled sanctions against the Transit Workers' Union (TWU) for violating a state law that bars public employees from going on strike. A heavy penalty threatened which could have forced the union off the picket lines and back on the job. Under the law, the union's 33,000 members would have lost two days' pay for every day they were on strike. Eventually they went back to work following negotiations. For my brother personally, coming up to 30 years' service
in the Forty years ago, another transit strike threatened to
cripple Mike Quill from Gortloughera, Kilgarvan, Co Kerry, was having
none of the "bullshit" thrown at him and his men from the authorities
and the press. The founder, builder and tireless campaigner for the TWU since
1934 had heard it all before. At the top of the Transit
Workers' The TWU stopped the threats and started making strike preparations. Newly elected mayor John Lindsay dismissed the short, bald, man with the cane and funny accent as a talkative nuisance. Out of step with what the times called for, John Lindsay was an upper class Anglo-Protestant lawyer trying to govern a working class and ethnic city. Mike Quill's mocking press conferences made the mayor with the movie star looks appear inept. Despite a series of heart attacks, the frail Mike Quill on the morning of January 1st, 1966, called for his TWU members to finish their last runs and by 8am the last trains and buses rolled into their terminals. No buses or subways would run for 10 days. News editorials and political pronouncements called him an "irresponsible demagogue" and a "lawless hooligan". On that first day, a judge issued an injunction against the strike. Mike Quill tore up the injunction in front of the television cameras. The judge promptly issued an arrest order. Mike Quill walked into the Americana Hotel ballroom soon afterwards to meet the press, mediators and TWU negotiators and announced "The judge can drop dead in his black robes. I don't care if I rot in jail. I will not call off the strike." Quill went to jail and was later transferred to a hospital. It was in a hospital he heard the news that the city agreed to a package which included wage increases, pensions benefits and other gains. Late in that January of 1966, not too long after our
Christmas tree was taken down, Mike Quill died. My
family along with hundreds of other families took the subway down to In that 40 years the protagonists have changed little. Whereas conditions have improved, so have profits. The hard-fought benefits gained by those who went before can be slowly erased unless workers remain vigilant. Reflecting back on those years, Mike Quill once recalled, "We were no experts in the field of labour organisation, but we had something in common with our fellow workers - we were all poor. We were all overworked." The fight continues. LOAD-DATE: December 29, 2005 [JR: I note the fact that MC had it’s tree stolen! And I think this illustrates the problem with Government doing anything important, like running a subway! And, don’t get me started on unions of government employees.] |
The Gazette ( "What are you going to do without the Canadiens?" That was the question I heard over and over 16 months ago as the National Hockey League lockout began. "I'll find something to do," I would reply, not knowing that the hiatus from the NHL would prove surprisingly busy and surprisingly interesting. The timeout provided me with an opportunity to renew some old acquaintances, meet new faces and travel to exotic places. There was hockey, but it was far removed from the NHL variety. Part of the 2004-05 season was spent as the beat guy for the Verdun Dragons, the Ligue Nord-Americaine de Hockey team that The Gazette adopted. The LNAH is known as a goon league, and there's no denying that fans come for "The Show" - the nightly brawls which provide the league with its identity. But the great thing about the league, from my standpoint, was that every player had a story. There was James Desmarais, who
was the last player selected in the 1999 NHL entry draft. He was the leading
scorer in the LNAH after a checkered career that included stops in the
American Hockey League, Today, Desmarais is playing for
Innsbruck EV, the No. 1 team in The LNAH featured guest appearances from NHLers like Donald Brashear, Sebastien
Caron and Mathieu Biron, who credits There were oldies but goodies. Yves Racine returned from The The goons in LNAH proved as personable as those in the NHL, and I enjoyed talking with Frank (The Animal) Bialowas a few days after he and Bill Barber became the first inductees in the Philadelphia Phantoms Hall of Fame. Claude Morin of St. Georges, who finished second to Desmarais in the scoring race, went to college in the I saw a number of I sat in the Clarkson rink with Olympic speed-skating gold medallist Gaetan Boucher as he watched his son, Jean-Francois, play for Yale. The kid has the speed he inherited from his father and his mother Karin, a former East German skater, but he's still learning to finish. I talked to a number of players about how they struggled
with English. Michel Leveille of I watched Greenfield Park's Torrey
Mitchell, a second-round draft choice of the San Jose Sharks,
revive the I went high above Cayuga's waters to check out Canadiens draft choices Ryan O'Byrne and Jon Gleed at Cornell and discovered Sasha Pokulok, a freshman defenceman from Vaudreuil. He said he opted out of the 2004 NHL entry draft because he figured he would be more attractive after a good year at Cornell. He proved to be right. Most scouts projected him as a second-rounder, but Pokulok, Mitchell and Philippe Paquet are all contemplating pro careers, and Joey Mormina is living the dream. The Dollard
native graduated from Colgate and is now playing for the American Hockey League's
I visited Paquet's defence
partner was Alex Biega of Biega has been a rock on defence as The fact the Canadiens weren't in the playoffs - or rather; there were no
playoffs - freed me to cover the Impact soccer training camp. All I'll say on that point is that every team should train in I also returned to a couple of my first loves, tennis and basketball. Early in the lockout, I covered the Bell Challenge women's
tennis event in Sadly, Gloria hasn't followed on that success - she's currently No. 471 in the WTA rankings. Another Quebecer in that tournament, Stephanie Dubois of The annual tournament at I was in What should have been a joyous moment was marred by the
fact that a) Mendez's The Toronto Raptors were criticized for not using one of their four picks to draft Mendez. He's the leading scorer and rebounder for Banca Nuova Trapani, the last-place team in the Italian Lega B. Mendez is doing well, but not as well as Samuel Dalembert, the Haitian-born, Montreal-raised centre for
the Dalembert was gracious and
articulate as we talked before a game in Former Immigration Minister Denis Coderre
has set the wheels in motion for Dalembert to get
his Canadian citizenship, while the 76ers gave him a contract worth between
$61 million and $80 million GRAPHIC: Photo: TYREL FEATHERSTONE, THE GAZETTE; James Desmarais, the last player taken in the 1999 NHL draft, was one of the fascinating stories in the LNAH. LOAD-DATE: December 31, 2005 |
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From: Alline, Vince (1968) Maybe it's asking too much, but I must protest the contents of the email from Robert Helm as well as your commentary in the 1/1/06 issue of Jasper Jottings. Both stories are pure fiction, as can be determined by a quick search in www.snopes.com: http://www.snopes.com/rumors/north.asp and http://www.snopes.com/rumors/atta.htm I do not know whether Mr. Helm has any idea of the veracity of these rumors or if in fact he even cares, nor do I have any insight into his motivation for disseminating them. However, if you desire to have any credibility and command any respect as a journalist, you have an obligation to perform at least a cursory check to ascertain its truthfulness. You may claim that emails from alums fall into the "letters to the editors" category and as such are entitled to contain anyone's outrageous opinions and lies disguised as fact. That is all fine and good but the commentary you added, rather than dispelling the myths, tended to lend them credence. While Mr. Helms has every right to spread any number of rumors and opinions as fact, I believe that you have a obligation to check on their accuracy before misleading (albeit unintentionally) over 700 Jasper alums. It took me less than a minute to research both stories. I subscribe to Jasper Jottings to read news of the That's just my opinion; I could be wrong. === From: JasperJottingsEditorial Jasper Helms wrote an email and, as usual, as with anything that anyone submits, I pushed it along. As far as "editorial control", I have only declined one contribution which purported to give medical advice. That I referred to the Jasper Jotting Medical Editor Doctor Dans, who opined that it was poor advice at best and dangerous at worst. IMHO, just like Plato's Cave, any one can put forth any fool idea for consideration. And, just like Plato's cave, you have given us some refutation of his points. The remedy for "evil" or "wrong" or "bad" speech is more free speech not less. For my part, I said "I didn't know those two things. But I wouldn't be surprised if it was true." And I'll stand by that. I didn't know it to be true, or for that matter untrue. And, I wouldn't have been surprised if it was true. As far as claims to be a "journalist", I don't recollect ever making that assertion. Nor, would I. I'm am injineer who collects and tabulates. I appreciate your tolerance of my little rants. And I do try to be amusing. You are most certainly entitled to your opinions. I do appreciate your "fact checking". Although, one has to be extra careful of any internet source of "truth" – even Snopes. I think it is essential that no one ever takes what any one says as "Gospel". One always has to be skeptical. Would you like a dedicated section where you can publish fact checks? ;-) Or anything else, you like to expound on. I'm all for participation. Let's see what other readers have to say. On a historical note, I seem to recollect that we have had this story / snopes cycle a few times over the last five plus years. The last one was the statues of falujah at fort something. So I am sure we will have more "participation". Hope you have a happy new year. Why aren't you out celebrating in stead of reading this? ;-) Best wishes, === From: Vince Alline Before I continue our dialogue, John (and before this old mind forgets), I wanted to mention that I had a difficult time finding out how to reach you. I recall that there used to be a section up front that listed ways to contact you depending on which hat you were wearing at the time. I couldn't find it in the last issue so I dug into the YahooGroup where I came up with this one. I would not request that you decline any contribution. Unfortunately, I never experienced the pleasure of the give-and-take at Plato's Cave. My philosophizing was limited to the friendly confines of the Engineering Casino - er, Cafeteria (as long as it didn't interfere with my 3-year-long Hearts game with Ken Pietrzak, Tom Elgert and Rich DeLuca). Occasionally we could even hear above the shuffling of the cards the voice of that Reinke guy raised in "friendly" discussion. I too am an advocate of free speech but I become very annoyed when this right is abused. While I wouldn't censor it, in this day a prompt rebuttal is imperative. In the week that passes before your subscribers are given any research on the matter, I wonder how many people have said to themselves, "Wow! I didn't know that! I bet my closest 3,270 email buddies would like to hear it." If these rumors, hoaxes, urban legends and pure myths are not dispelled immediately, they spread uncontrollably. Unfortunately the internet is populated with those who are constantly seeking to see how many gullible people will fall for a good story as well as those who time after time do fall for one. I have qouted www.snopes.com more than once in this forum. This website exists SOLELY for the purpose of debunking these falsehoods. They are by no means alone in this fight (I know of at least half a dozen), but I normally use them because they are among the most comprehensive and best indexed. Their reputation in the internet community is impeccable and their credibility unquestioned. I am the ultimate skeptic; that's why I checked these stories with Snopes. I'm inclined to take you up on your offer to do fact checking but that would tend to defeat the point that I'm trying to make - namely, that anyone can do it with very little time or effort expended. The two stories were debunked in less than a minute. I have no agenda, so there's nothing else that I would expound on. I'm just another dumb injineer (in my previous life). The best to you also on the New Year. And what better way to celebrate than to curl up with the latest edition of Jasper Jottings? Since turnabout is fair play, why weren't you out celebrating instead of replying to my rant? P.S. I was going file and forget your reply until I received the latest email from my brother today about how all the cellphone providers are going to release everyone's number to the telemarketers on January 31. Some people NEVER learn. Best regards, [JR: Sick wife is my excuse! Beside’s Jasper Jottings is my hobby. Where else would I get to entertain, annoy, and create so many Libertarians! AND, by the way, I could NOT have been in the Engineering Casino … … err cafeteria as you allege, I was too busy studying. That effort was reflected in my superlative index (2.0103). AND I would be shocked, SHOCKED, Casablanca-style, to find that there was gambling going on there. Although I was able to make money with “no bid is the best bid” Dandola ‘70, demonstrating my unique skills in advanced psychology and the mathematics of probability. ;-) [By inducing my partner NEVER to bid under pain of something, we deprived the opponents of essential information. Like when the poor souls, who got to a GRAND slam minus the Ace King of trump undoubled. Was that 3nt pete? That particular hand, John held the only two cards we held above a nine between us. John followed my rules then just a little too well then. I’d not have yelled at him for a double in that particular situation. He doesn’t do so well following “rules” these days, he’s a lawyer! Better lawyer now than was a bridge player then. He practices. And, still after all my abuse my best friend.] I don’t consider the forwarded email you cited as spam just misguided souls trying to communicate. I don’t mind the REAL spam (mortgages, viagra, and cheep software) as long as Google does such a great job filtering it. (I recommend pushing your mail thru gmail and get their spam filtering free.) AND, Hey life’s too short to NOT get your WACKY ideas in to Jasper Jottings. What fun!] [JR: Upon further review, how is one’s opinion “wrong”. Did you deliberately mis-state it? Well when I looked in my head, I thought X and deliberately stated Y. I remember some Christian Brother in some one of my 14 years of Christian Brother’s education jumping on me about that. Remember it like yesterday. “Yes, Mister Reinke, your opinion might be wrong if you misstated it or lied about it. Are you so stupid or evil?” I think I selected “stupid”! He also jumped on someone for “dumb question”. “The only dumb question is the one you don’t ask. Because I assure you that someone else is thinking it!”. Funny the things we remember. “Wrong opinion” launched into the Platonic absolutes, somebody’s relativism, and an extensive discussion of “Is your opinion wrong when it doesn’t line up with my values?”. It is left to the reader to prove how many angels are dancing on that pin or this here pinhead. ] |
From: Yahoo! Groups Notification Hello, The following person would like to join the Distribute_Jasper_Jottings group: Email address: latindiva108 Comment from user: I am a fellow jasper. I graduate in 1997 === [JR: Due to my extrodinary filing system, I was able to like a laser pinpoint this person. … … OK, yeah I used Google on the desktop to find out who it was ‘cause I had not clue #1.] === From: Jasper Jottings Collector Hi Graciela, Isn't google desktop search v2 wonderful? Compensates for a lousy memory. Welcome, [JR: It is important for those attempting to subscribe to identify themselves. We get a lot (one a month) of ne’er-do-wells attempting to scam their way in.] |
From: Donnelly, Brian [1983] A Case of Mistaken Identity: Mohammad Atta Not Linked to Bus Bombing An Internet rumor claims that Mohammed Atta,
the suspected mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against In fact, the perpetrator of the April 1986 attack was a
33-year-old Jordanian and a naturalized On November 7, a spokesman for the Israeli Ministry of Justice stated: "It's not the same person. It's obviously two different men with similar names." http://www.adl.org/rumors/atta_rumors.asp [JR: Obviously! Now Jasper Brian obviously has a life. The fact speaks for itself in that he was not sitting around on Saturday night New Year’s eve waiting by his email box for his weekly fix of Jasper Jottings. We have taken note of this obvious failing, congratulate him for it, and wish that we had a life as well. ;-) Ahh, but the early bird catches the worm and he doesn’t get credit for the scoop or Snope. At least he didn’t yell at me.] |
From: Mike McEneney [1953] Dear John, My brother Ed ('59) called and asked if we could get a good friend of ours, and a great Jasper supporter, back on the Jasper Jottings distribution list. I know that you have told me a number of times how to accomplish this but I never remember. So we both would appreciate it if you would extend an invitation to Kevin Dolan '68. His e-mail address is: <privacy invoked> . Thanks for all you do and Happy New Year, Best, Mike McEneney, Esq.'53 == [JR: Mike, and Ed, done. No problem. For the record, they just have to send an email to Distribute_Jasper_Jottings-subscribe in care of yahoogroups.com, with their name, class year, and whatever else they’d like to share. If you take recruits, all you need is their email address. BTW, I am sure Yahoo will be glad to know that all their ad dollars aimed at you were wasted. Two Ohs in Yahooooo!. ;-) Hope you had a happy, John’68 ] == From: Mike McEneney Dear John, Thanks! It was late! Mike [JR: Ooh, I thought maybe it was one of those famous McEneney New Year’s Eve celebrations that I’ve heard about lasting until Monday, January 02, 2006 11:38 PM. :-) Another Jasper with a life! ] |
http://tomwatson.typepad.com/tom_watson/2005/12/down_in_the_tun.html December 30, 2005 Down in the Tunnels My grandfather on my mother's side was a sandhog in I was reminded of this bit of
personal history reading Steve Gilliard's brilliant
coverage of the Gilliard was one of the few liberal bloggers to stand up for the union side in the dispute, which shut down the subways and buses for 60 hours and caused formerly populist newspapers to publicly abandon their souls - especially the rag masquerading as the old Daily News under the plutocrat Mortimer Zuckerman. Too many liberals were too quick to take the MTA's side, or to let inconvenience cover up the key issue - which was breaking organized municipal labor. Today, Steve has a great post on the strike's winners and losers and he reserves his most bitter vitriol for fair-weather progressives. Here's a taste: What also amazes me about the lack of support for the TWU
among the blogging set was the lack of realization
of their role in preserving the city. Their salaries, which stay in the city,
have made Without those salaries, Billyburg and the LES would be dangerous dumps you'd avoid at all cost. Why? Because The He's right, of course. Do we really want cheap labor running the subways, repairing the buses, or keeping the tracks clear and safe? I do not. The TWU is at least half-filled with skilled labor you simply could not replace any time soon. Municipal labor unions are vital to the public safety: ask the cops, the firefighters, the teachers, and all the infrastructure workers. Like Steve, I expected the Manhattan Institute to call for replacement workers - to summon the ghost of Ronald Reagan to fire the ungrateful brutes. I expected the politicians to pose and prate. But I didn't expect so many liberals to be so silent. With one prominent exception: James Wolcott names Roger Toussaint New Yorker of the Year. Posted by Tom Watson on December 30, 2005 at 08:29 PM |
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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?] |
And so it is Warm greetings from the cold city of |
[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
1/8/06 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
2/3/06 Friday Track & Field Armory
Collegiate Invitational NYC Armory 10:00 AM
2/3/06 Friday W. Swimming
2/3/06 Friday Track & Field Millrose Games
MSG 6:00 PM
2/3/06 Friday W. Basketball Canisius*
2/3/06 Friday M. Basketball
2/4/06 Saturday Track & Field
Armory Collegiate Invitational
NYC Armory 10:00 AM
2/4/06 Saturday Track & Field
Metropolitan Championships Draddy Gym and NYC Armory
12:00 PM
2/5/06 Sunday Track & Field
Metropolitan Championships Draddy Gym and NYC Armory
10:00 AM
2/5/06 Sunday M. Basketball
Loyola* HOME 12:00 PM
2/5/06 Sunday W. Basketball
Niagara*
2/6/06 Monday M. Tennis
2/6/06 Monday M. Tennis
2/8/06 Wednesday M. Basketball Saint
Peter's*
2/9/06 Thursday W. Basketball
2/10/06 Friday Track & Field Penn
State Invitational
2/10/06 Friday Track & Field
Valentine Invitational
2/11/06 Saturday M. Tennis
2/11/06 Saturday Track & Field
Valentine Invitational
2/11/06 Saturday Track & Field Penn
State Invitational
2/11/06 Saturday M. Lacrosse
2/11/06 Saturday M. Basketball Canisius*
2/11/06 Saturday W. Basketball
Marist*
2/13/06 Monday M. Basketball
Niagara*
2/15/06 Wednesday W. Swimming MAAC
Championships$
2/16/06 Thursday W. Swimming MAAC
Championships$
2/16/06 Thursday W. Basketball
Loyola* HOME 7:00 PM
2/17/06 Friday M. Tennis
2/17/06 Friday W. Swimming MAAC
Championships$
2/17/06 Friday Track & Field MAAC
Indoor Championships NYC Armory 4:00 PM
2/18/06 Saturday M. Basketball Bracket
Buster Saturday& HOME TBA
2/18/06 Saturday W. Swimming MAAC
Championships$
2/18/06 Saturday M. Lacrosse TBA
(Scrimmage) HOME 11:30 AM
2/19/06 Sunday M. Tennis
2/20/06 Monday W. Basketball
2/23/06 Thursday W. Basketball Saint
Peter's*
2/23/06 Thursday M. Basketball
2/24/06 Friday Track & Field USATF
Indoor Championships
2/24/06 Friday Track & Field NYU
Invitational NYC Armory 4:00 PM
2/25/06 Saturday M. Tennis
2/25/06 Saturday Track & Field
USATF Indoor Championships
2/25/06 Saturday Track & Field
2/25/06 Saturday M. Lacrosse
2/26/06 Sunday Track & Field USATF
Indoor Championships
2/26/06 Sunday M. Lacrosse
2/26/06 Sunday W. Basketball Iona* HOME
4:00 PM
2/26/06 Sunday M. Basketball
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 place, support the team, dress up “funny”,
and cheer for “our” athletes. So
what if they think you’re a loon. You’re their loon.
You are a loon. You never know what kind of difference you’ll
make! Go to one of the women’s events and meet hot chicks! Or if your persuasion
is different, got to the men’s events and meet hot guys.
Besides no one ever reads the boilerplate, eula, or the fine print.
http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6439 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL USES DOMINATING DEFENSE TO EARN 59-34 MAAC VICTORY OVER RIDER Riverdale, N.Y. (January 5, 2006)--After holding
sixth-ranked Maryland to its lowest first half shooting percentage (25
percent) of the season on Monday night in College Park, Manhattan Women's
Basketball brought first-half defensive intensity once again on Thursday
night as they battled conference opponent Rider in Draddy
Gym. The Lady Jaspers did not commit a personal foul the entire half and
forced 16 Rider turnovers in the opening period en route to a 59-34 MAAC win.
With the victory http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6438 RONNIE SUPERSTAR" ON MIDMAJORITY.COM Manhattan College Superfan Ronnie Weintraub was recently featured in a blog on MidMajority.com, written by Kyle Whelliston, who also writes a regular column for ESPN.com. To read the article, http://www.midmajority.com/blog.php?entry=499 . The Jaspers, Ronnie, and hopefully Mr. Whelliston will get back in action on Friday, January 6, when Manhattan travels to nearby New Rochelle, N.Y. to take on MAAC foe Iona, in the first of two games between the schools picked as the top two schools in the MAAC in 2005-06.http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6437 BASEBALL TABBED AS PRESEASON FAVORITE BY COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6436 NO. 6 http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6435 CJ http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6434 http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6433 VILLANOVA'S STELLAR SHOOTING TRIPS UP WOMEN'S BASKETBALL, 66-51 |
http://www.topix.net/ncaa/manhattan/
http://www.jasperjottings.com/boilerplate.htm