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I'm pushing more "stuff" off to the "back lot". FYI http://jxymxu7sn5ho9d.googlepages.com/ (No sense not using free space for things!) Open to suggestions. I'm thinking about effectiveness and efficiency leading up to the new year. Maybe we need a change? New paradigm, new tools, new thinking? |
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Saturday February 24, 2007 |
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Hold the date for 2007 Manhattan Alumni of the Treasure Coast Jasper Open Golf Tourney |
April 21-29, 2007 |
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Trip to the Italian Riviera sponsored by MC (at least according to the snazzy broucher I was mailed). Book by 10/17 and save $200! 800-323-7373. Sigh! |
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060907/ap_on_he_me/vegetative_brain VEGETATIVE PATIENTS MAY HAVE AWARENESS ***Begin Quote*** Advanced brain scanning uncovered startling signs of awareness in a woman in a vegetative state, British scientists reported Thursday — a finding that complicates one of medicine's ethical minefields. The work is sure to elicit pleas from families desperate to know if loved ones deemed beyond medical help have brain activity that doctors don't suspect. "Can he or she hear and understand me?" is a universal question. -AP ***End Quote*** There is so much that we don't understand. As a pro-life Libertarian, I would urge caution before we just ASSUME that we know so much. The Intelligent Designer has given us a machine that we really don't understand at all. Note that I don't force anyone to do anything, other than the initiation of force on another. I just urge people to just think carefully before creating policies and laws! |
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Meghan Hammond, Brian Shedlick Meghan Hammond, a daughter of Patricia and Robert Hammond
of Mrs. Shedlick, 26, is a physical therapist at the Hospital
for Joint Diseases in Mr. Shedlick, also 26, is the assistant director of
operations at Commercial Transportation Group, a freight management company
in Glen Head, of which his stepfather is an owner. His mother is a dental
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Roy E. Crysler, who coached successful Catholic high school
and college football teams for many years, died Tuesday in Inducted as an honorary member of the Niagara University
Athletics Hall of Fame in 2003, he was hailed for coming in to coach the fledgling
Known as a strict disciplinarian, he coached from 1941 to
1957 at St. Mary's High School and Born in In addition to coaching, he worked as a manager at Ontario Fruit Industries and owned and operated a beer distributing business. He also taught history in a high school equivalency program. After leaving Niagara, he was public relations spokesman
for the State Power Authority in Mr. Crysler was inducted into the Old-Timers Hall of Fame
in 1986. Bishop Duffy alumni established a scholarship in his name at His wife of 38 years, Gladys B. Brittain Crysler, died in 1977. Surviving are two daughters, Meredyth L. Cowling and Candace B. Services will be at 8:30 p.m. Friday in Rhoney Funeral
Home, GRAPHIC: [Half-col pic] LOAD-DATE: September 23, 2006 {JR: I'd guesstimate he's have been Class of 31. Good man. And, he must have been a Jasper operating a beer distribution business! ;-) He, or someone, thought it was important to mentiont he Jasper connection. So that's good enough for me. } |
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http://www.topix.net/content/trb/3667699633296689277229761745983349791539 Maurice Glennon, 83, family man to 12 children We would sit there and have a family feast For Maurice Edward Glennon, a father of 12, life was about faith, family and tradition. For years, the former 'We would sit there and have a family feast,' said the son, John Glennon, who works at Newsday as an electrician in the press room. And every Wednesday, he took his wife out on a date. 'He was all about being with the family,' he said. Glennon died Sept. 10 at a nursing home in Glennon was born in In 1944, he received his commission from the U.S. Naval Academy and served in the Naval Reserves until 1959. The couple married in 1947 and moved to Franklin Square
before settling in 'He was fun-loving and generous,' his wife said. 'To his grandchildren, he was known as the 'candyman' because he always had candy for them.' Glennon, the oldest of 11, operated his business, Meeker Electric Co., which installed electrical equipment and did lighting repairs for Newsday, his wife said. After Glennon retired, the couple moved to a 55-plus
community in He was a lifelong member of the St. Vincent de Paul
Society, a eucharistic minister in his parish, a member of the board of
directors for He loved cooking for the family, reading all of the local newspapers on Sundays, playing golf and fishing. On one occasion in the early 1970s when the family was
staying at their home in 'The guy was full of surprises,' he said. In addition to his wife, he is survived by six daughters, Maureen Fonseca, of San Diego; Veronica Lacz, of Morris Plains, N.J.; Ellen Saffer, of Manalapan, N.J.; and Kathleen Kennedy, Irene Lang, and Nora Boylan, all of Naples; and six sons, Michael Glennon, of Leesburg, Va.; Patrick Glennon, of West Lyden; John Glennon, of Miller Place; Joseph Glennon, of New Hartford, N.Y.; Stephen Glennon, of Coram; and Matthew Glennon, of Fanwood, N.J. Surviving siblings include brothers Donald Glennon, of California; William Glennon, of Palm Coast, Fla.; and James Glennon and Kenny Glennon, both of Florida; and sisters Grace O'Hare, of Wilton, Conn., and Jane Donahue, of Greer, S.C. Visiting was earlier this month at Fuller Funeral Home in Expressions of sympathy may be made to St. Vincent de Paul
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http://www.legacy.com/Newsday/DeathNotices.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=19377263 James Patrick Philbin Jr. PHILBIN-James Patrick, Jr., of Published in Newsday on 9/27/2006. {JR: http://www.legacy.com/Newsday/GB/GuestbookEntry.aspx?&PersonID=19377263 is where you can leave a note for the family. } {mcALUMdb: 1951 } |
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http://www.legacy.com/Berkshire/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=19311051 George William Bruno LENOX -- George William Bruno, 68, of Born in At the time of his death, Mr. Bruno was employed by
H&R Block in He was a longtime Bedford Little League coach and enjoyed playing golf and watching the Red Sox. In his college years, he played the guitar and sang in a folk trio. He and his wife, the former Pamela Symons, were married in March 1962. Besides his wife and son, he leaves two other sons, William Bruno of Santa Fe, N.M., and Michael Bruno of Lexington; a daughter, Amy Boutiette of Watertown; three sisters, Josephine Mastocciolo and Caroline Anderson, both of Larchmont, N.Y., and Gloria Moll of Bedford; two brothers, Michael Bruno of Encinitas, Calif., and Arthur Bruno of Larchmont; and seven grandchildren. Published in The {Reported As: 1960 } |
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Sunday News ( The class will be introduced at halftime of the Garden Spot at CV football game Friday, Oct. 6. On Saturday, Oct. 7, there will be a reception in the high school at 5 p.m., followed by a ceremony at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the reception are $30. For tickets or more information, contact Randy Mellinger at 354-6859. The inductees: Lori (Smuck) Eddy (Class of 1987), who earned seven
varsity letters in basketball, tennis and softball. She was captain in tennis
as a senior. She was co-captain in basketball as a junior and senior, and was
an Lancaster-Lebanon League Section Two all-star both seasons. She was the
basketball team's MVP as a senior, when she was an L-L League all-star. She
was CV's Outstanding Female Athlete in 1987. She had a full basketball
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The Less than an hour later, the Rev. Roger Scott Powers was
also led away in handcuffs from the interfaith demonstration against the war
in The two Presbyterian ministers from "I was just happy to be able to be a witness for peace," said Connors, 33, who wore a multicolored stole, clerical collar and blue armband. "It's one thing to talk about nonviolence, but to enact it ... nonviolence is a powerful thing." Not everyone can take such extreme measures to oppose war,
but Roman Catholic moral theologian Joseph J. Fahey said the Jonah House form
of protest made the stance more acceptable and mainstream. Jonah House was
the "I think the Jonah House people showed that it is
patriotic and love of your country to perform civil disobedience," said
Fahey, who specializes in war and peace at He described religion as a double-edged sword that has called people to war, sexism, racism and hatred. But "protest - that's religion at its best," Fahey said. Yesterday's peace action was one of a weeklong series of events through the Declaration of Peace campaign, an initiative organized by a collection of secular and faith-based groups. The arrests included Presbyterian Peace Fellowship Director Rick Ufford-Chase, who served for two years in the denomination's highest office, moderator of the 216th General Assembly. He sent a letter to Presbyterian congregations nationwide explaining his decision. "If God opens the way for me to do so, I will risk
arrest to make it clear that I believe the War in Elizabeth McAlister, a former nun who founded Jonah House with her husband, Philip F. Berrigan, held a banner and wore a chain of origami paper cranes around her neck yesterday. "How can we listen to what's going on in our world and not say it's dead wrong?" she said. "`Thou shalt not kill' - they're all one-syllable." "We need more," she said. "You don't do enough. I don't do enough." Patrick G. Coy, director of the Center for Applied
Conflict Management at Coy says the lack of a military draft, media management by the Bush administration, economic pressures on students and a broader cultural shift toward conservatism have all contributed to a smaller-than-expected outcry. "They have dramatically increased from the second year forward, but it's not as broad-based as I would expect," he said. Fahey agreed. "I'm disappointed that it's always been a small minority of clergy," he said. "I wish more academics were involved." Connors, pastor of Brown Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian Church in Bolton Hill, said he was called to bear witness because he believes that imposing democracy through violent means is a contradiction. "In a democratic society, we trade up killing each other with weapons for a vote," he said. "Voting is a form of nonviolence. What's called for now is a witness - people who are willing to put their bodies where their words are." Yesterday, about 250 people gathered in the Most of the group marched to the Most of the activists stood in a circle to listen to readings and sing as Senate staff members gathered on walkways overlooking the atrium. "This is what democracy looks like," said Gordon S. Clark, coordinator of the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance. "Hopefully, this message will get back to those Senate offices." Connors was released about 6 p.m. Each of the 71 people arrested was processed one at a time - handcuffs removed, searched, interviewed and given a wristband. He received a citation and a November court date. The police were very courteous but did not allow them to make noise, he said. "We broke into song a few times and they quickly tamped down on that." GRAPHIC: Photo(s) 1. War protesters lie on the floor of the PHOTOS BY GLENN FAWCETT : SUN PHOTOGRAPHER LOAD-DATE: September 27, 2006 # # # |
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The Matthew Centrowitz would take pleasure in pulverizing the course record at the Bull Run Invitational, the one cross country race the Broadneck High ace hasn't dominated. Why, then, will The Sun's two-time Runner of the Year be
missing at A college visit will trump the state's most prestigious invitational, but this is more than just another recruiting trip. It's a return to roots for a 16-year-old who was born, literally, to run. Centrowitz will spend the weekend at the It's also where Centrowitz's father filled a portion of the void left by the 1975 death of Prefontaine, if not the nation's best distance runner ever, then certainly its most lionized. A two-time Olympian, Matt Centrowitz is now the coach at That relationship is among the subplots in Kenny Moore's
book, Bowerman and the Men of Oregon. "You saw this big machine of great sensitivity, a
strength and smoothness with his hips," Hearing that, Matt cracked, "Only when I was running fast." He was a moose of a miler. A native of the Later that year, as a "When I see my dad and Dellinger together," Matthew said, "it's easy to see their bond." A His father represented the "You can talk about a lot of great American runners," said Frank Gagliano, another of his mentors. "Matt did run 13:12. Only two ran faster this year." That is only half of his son's legacy. "We joke around the house," Matthew said. "My sister is a Centrowitz. I'm built more like my mom, a Bannister." How's that spelled? "Just like Roger," said Matt, using the first four-minute miler as a reference. Beverly Bannister Centrowitz played field hockey as a girl
in British Guyana. That sport wasn't offered at She and her husband did not push their children into running. Matthew played junior varsity soccer for Broadneck in the fall of 2003, when his sister Lauren repeated as Class 4A state cross country champion, starting the push that would make her The Sun's Female Athlete of the Year. Matthew had played soccer for Greater Harford and the Soccer Club of Baltimore, and had he weighed more than 96 pounds, he might have made the Broadneck varsity as a freshman. Good genes and the aerobic base he acquired in soccer were evident in the spring of 2004, when Matthew ran the 3,200 in 9:47 and placed fourth in the state meet. He has since been nearly unbeatable beyond a mile, with a natural lean and efficient form that makes full use of his 5-foot-8, 122-pound frame. Through it all, he has adhered to an Oregon basic, one Bowerman passed along to Dellinger, who won bronze in the 1964 Olympic 5,000, and in turn Centrowitz father and son. "His credo," From Prefontaine to Alberto Salazar to current Ducks
sophomore Galen Rupp, some men of Last week was the first in which Matthew Centrowitz ran 70
miles. It included his first doubles, i.e., morning runs. The only company on
some of his 10-milers is Dana Dobbs, the Broadneck coach who lost his hearing
two decades ago, but none of his athleticism. An accomplished triathlete,
Dobbs was a 7,000-point decathlete out of Edinboro ( How does Dobbs feel about input from a runner's father? "It's a unique experience, having an elite athlete," Dobbs said. "Matt Centrowitz has respected everything I've done with Lauren and Matthew. If anyone has the background to interfere, he does, but that hasn't been the case. He's definitely a resource. It's collaborative." American hero After assisting Gagliano at the Georgetown-based Reebok Enclave,
Centrowitz went to As fans clamor to see Matthew run, it's easy for those in his camp to stand their pragmatic ground. The decathlete in Dobbs was only good for three of those a year, and besides, Matthew won't turn 17 until Oct. 18. The caution remained in place even after the 2006 Penn Relays turned into a Centrowitz celebration. Lauren, who last fall completed the first father-daughter duo to run on NCAA cross country champions, helped the Stanford women win the 6,000 relay, and Matthew won the 3,000 with the meet's fastest time in two decades. That 8:20.9, for 7 1/2 laps, led to speculation that he would blow by the state 3,200 meet record of 9:07.0, and even break nine minutes. At the states, he ran under control and won by less than a second, repeating in 9:13.68. He probably could have come back the next day and won the mile, but by then he was already pointing to national competitions. Besides "We give him a hard time about missing meets, but
we're just joking," said Jeremy Buyer, the junior who is Broadneck's No.
2 runner, of a Going distance In chronological order, here are five local runners who were able to transfer their high school middle-distance and distance potential to college and beyond. Dave Patrick / / Patrick helped Kenwood win the distance
medley at the 1964 Penn Relays, then had a distinguished career at Villanova.
He had earned a 1968 Olympic berth in the 1,500, until the selection process
was altered - by head Bob Wheeler / / Wheeler ran mile and 880 times for Dulaney
High that have rarely been approached by John Scherer / / A fine two-miler for Glenelg High,
Scherer went to Jeff Campbell / / The first boy named first-team All-Metro in cross country four straight times, the former Randallstown standout represented the U.S. seven times in international cross country and half-marathon championships. Matt Holthaus / / Holthaus came to running late at [Paul McMullen] GRAPHIC: Photo(s) 1. Broadneck senior Matthew Centrowitz, The Sun's two-time Runner of the Year, is being recruited by several top schools including Oregon, the alma mater of his father, two-time Olympian Matt Centrowitz (top), and Steve Prefontaine. 2. With his father, Matt Centrowitz, by his side, Matthew Centrowitz accepts an award from Broadneck principal Cindy Hudson last week. 1. STEVE RUARK : SPECIAL TO THE SUN; (TOP) : THE OREGONIAN 1977 PHOTO 2. GENE SWEENEY JR. : SUN PHOTOGRAPHER LOAD-DATE: September 27, 2006 |
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The Irish Times Cad is Oirthearachas Éireannach ann? Freagra: Irish
Orientalism. Ábhar léinn is ea é. Níor thuigeas-sa scóip an ábhair sin gur
tháinig mé ar leabhar a raibh an teideal sin air. Joseph Lennon ó Cá dtosóimid? I bhfad siar, gan dabht. Is Oirthearaigh sinn ó cheart, a mhaígh an Canónach Ulick J. Bourke in Pre-Christian Ireland. Ach an raibh fianaise aige chuige? Sular troideadh Cath na Bóinne ba leis an Áise í Éire, tuairim an Yeatsaigh. Ach arís, fianaise, a Willy, fianaise? Tharla go rabhas san India agus d'fhiafraigh ollamh díom cén difríocht is mó a bhí idir na Gaeil agus na Sasanaigh. Bhí bó bheannaithe ag dul thar bráid. Tá breis is 200 ainm ar Éirinn, arsa mise leis, agus ceann acu is ainm ar bhó é, an Droimeann Donn Dílis. Amhrán gleoite is ea é leis. Agus? arsa m'ollaimhín, "where's the beef?" Sea,
a deirimse, an bhféadfá bó a shamhlú mar ainm ceana ar Shasana ag Leanas orm ar an mbóthar céanna. Bhí bean ina cónaí ar bhruach
na Bóinne agus dhá bhó ón Sea, ar seisean, sibhse agus na Sasanaigh, an bhfuil difríocht mhór eadraibh ó thaobh cúrsaí creidimh de? Bhuel, a deirimse, ó aimsir an Reifirméisin i leith tá toil láidir, dul chun cinn agus stóinsitheacht léirithe ag an Sasanach nuair is "Toil Dé go ndéantar" an mana a bhí ag muintir na hIndia agus muintir na hÉireann araon. Tá sé sin go léir ag athrú anois, áfach. Is trua nach bhfuil fáil ar níos mó de litríocht na Gaeilge i dteangacha na hIndia agus vice versa. Bheadh dáimh againn le meon a chéile. Bhainfeadh muintir na hÉireann aoibhneas as scannáin Satyajit Ray, scannáin ar nós Pather Panchali nó Charulata. Ba dheas liom féin iad a fheiscint arís agus fotheidil
Ghaeilge orthu. Dar le Amartya Sen, Duaiseoir Nobel, is é atá curtha ar fail
dúinn ag Ray "a remarkably insightful understanding of the relations
between cultures" agus sin atá ag teastáil inniu, seachas buinneach Ach an bhfuil a leithéid de rud ann agus meon Gaelach sa chéad áit - nó meon Indiach? Má tá, an bhfuil an meon sin ag athrú agus má tá, cad ina thaobh? An fearr glacadh leis na hathruithe sin, cur ina gcoinne nó bealaí nua a lorg chun an meon, nó an dúchas, a chur in iúl? Má tá meon an Indiaigh agus meon an Éireannaigh ag athrú, dáiríre, an iad cúinsí eacnamaíochta faoi deara é? Bun agus barr an scéil cúrsaí airgid, ab ea? Níl a fhios agam. Scríobh chuig Madam má tá an freagra agat. Síleann go leor daoine gurb iad na hollchumhachtaí is cúis
le bás teanga. "There is no mystery about the root cause of the
linguistic holocaust that we're living through," a dúirt John
Sutherland. (Ag scríobh ar The Independent on Sunday a bhí sé agus tá an
t-alt sin faoi chaibidil sa leabhar Why Do People Hate Bhí se ag súil go mbainfeadh an nath "linguistic holocaust" preab as daoine. Ar bhain? Is cosúil nár bhain. Má tá "linguistic holocaust" ag tarlú - sa domhan thoir agus sa domhan thiar - conas nach scéal mór leanúnach ag na meáin chumarsáide é? Toisc gur cuid den fhadhb iad na meáin chéanna, ab ea? Is féidir saighdiúirí de chuid na Náisiún Aontaithe a sheoladh go dtí an Liobáin agus áiteanna eile chun nach leanfaí den sléacht a bhíonn ag tarlú iontu. Cé a chuirfimid chuig ceantair ina bhfuil "linguistic holocaust" ar siúl? An FBI? Fine Gael? Fionn Mac Cumhaill? Aithníonn gach éinne againn gur tríd an gcultúr - ceol, scannáin, béaloideas, siamsaíocht, litríocht, creideamh agus mar sin de a chuirimid eolas ar phobal agus orainn féin. Pobal, a deirim. Seachas ciníocha. Níl ach cine amháin ann. An cine daonna. Is iad na nuachtóirí is mó a mhúnlaíonn tuairimí an phobail. Cén chuid de chultúr an Oirthir is an Mheán-Oirthir atá á scagadh is á scaipeadh ag na meáin in Éirinn - cultúr na Pacastáine, na hAfganastáine, na hIaráice, na hIaráine, abair? Scéalta uafáis is mó a fhaighimid, scéalta chailleach an uafáis, agus dá réir sin tá ár ndomhanphictiúr ar sceabha. Ar aon chuma, faoi mar a dúradh, thuas, bhíos i lár comhrá le hollamh i nDeilí. Ghabh bó bheannaithe eile thar bráid. Bóthar, arsa mise, "bó thar bhó" is brí leis sin. Faoi mar a shamhlófá, bhí seisiún sanasaíochta againn go maidin! Cuid den seanchas chuirfeadh sé soir thú! Tá scéal cloiste agam faoi thaistealaí i nGaeltacht na hAlban. Taispeánadh lámhscríbhinn Ghaeilge do. Cén teanga í sin? arsa an taistealaí. "Sanskrit, sir!" an freagra a fuair sé. Bhris fear eile isteach sa chomhrá ansin agus dúirt nach "Sainscrit" chuige é ach "Seanscríobh". Sea, is fada daoine ag déanamh ceangail idir an Ghaeilge agus an tSainscrit. Bhí Seán Ó Riada den tuairim go raibh ceol na hÉireann gaolta ar chuma éigin le ceol na hIndia. Meabhraíonn sé sin dom gur bhain an FBI úsáid as píb mhór na hAlban mar uirlis chun an cultas buile Branch Davidian a chrá. A chrá, a dhuine. A chrá! An phíb mhór, sea, agus tar éis cúpla ríl cad a sheinneadar trí na callairí ach gol coiníní is iad ag fáil bháis. Ar dhein Cumann na bPíobairí gearán leis an Teach Bán? Nó Cumann na gCoiníní má tá a leithéid ann? An Oirthearaigh sinn ó dhúchas? Seanscéal ceart is ea é gur teanga í an Ghaeilge a cuireadh le chéile as míreanna na dteangacha go léir aimsir Thúr Baibéil. (Na míreanna ab fhearr, gan amhras). Luaitear i ngraiméar ón seachtú haois é. Scéal is ea é atá ar eolas ag Umberto Eco agus deir sé sa leabhar Ar Thóir na Teanga Foirfe/Ricerca della lingua perfetta: "It was the first, programmed language, constructed
after the confusion of tongues, and created by the seventy wise men of the Má thagann Enda Kenny go dtí an doras (nó éinne acu!) agus é ag lorg do vóta, abair "Cuimhnigh ar Thúr Baibéil" agus fág mar sin é. Beidh oíche cheoil, Fí an Dúchais Choitinn, leis an cheoltóir Gary Hastings agus an amhránaí, Brian Mullen, ar siúl anocht ag 7.30pm, i Lios na nÓg (Cullenswood House), Bóthar Oakley, Raghnallach, BÁC. Eolas: www.ranelagharts.org LOAD-DATE: September 27, 2006 {JR: It's greek to me. Anyone care to translate? } |
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Wednesday, September 27, 2006 A New Dean of Arts Yet to be Found The search for a new Dean for the In This Issue: News | Features | Arts & Entertainment | Opinions | Sports | News Diana Gonzales Says Farewell Diana Gonzalez, the academic advisor for the Top Ivies Stop Early Admission Columbian Women Protest Gang Wars: Lysistrata Brought to Life Features Student Court Participates in Until approximately two years ago, Students Reflect at Freshman Retreat JustPeace Heightens Social Awareness Parkside Gains a Fan Base at Arts & Entertainment Google Ready to Take on Google, the company that has revolutionized the Internet
may have big plans for Spring 2007 The Covenant: Giving Witchcraft a Spin The Wedding Singer: A Musical Comedy Opinions Parents from another generation and culture raised me to
believe university students are the voice and muscle behind social change.
Though they were never involved in rallies and protests, they have taught me
to take a stand against injustice. Through their teachings and the influences
I felt at Harvard Early Admission Nix Helps the Underprivileged, but Hurts the Hopeful Super-Thin Models no Longer Chic in Fashion World Sports Islanders Off-Season a Wacky One; DiPietro Signs Longest Contract in History The New York Islanders off-season has been nothing short of bizarre. In the latest turn of events, Goalie Rick DiPietro signed a 15-year deal worth $67.5 million. This would have been out of the norm if it weren't for the fact that he is an Islander, and stranger things have happened within the team's front office The Islanders finished the 2005-2006 with a dismal 36-40 record while finishing twelfth out of fifteen in the Eastern Conference. Blue Jays Heavy Spending Puts Team in Debt There is no "I" in Team for Manhattan College Volleyball Fischer, Reina Receive MAAC Women's Soccer Weekly Honors |
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ZFound (Jaspers Found on Ziggs)http://www.ziggs.com |
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Ziggs harvested all the public personal pages as a search engine would. Using their free offering, I have identified ~700 possible Jaspers from it. I'm planning to share 10 "found on Ziggs" Jaspers each week in the coming weeks. The first group moves in this week's issue. I don't like to overwhelm the readership with too much of anything. Besides "harvesting" takes a lot of time. And, these folks thought they could hide from Jasper Jottings! |
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{No time. No volunteers. So I hope to pick it up again when I have some spare time.} |
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http://home.earthlink.net/~manhattancollegemusic/id11.html Founded Spring 2005! The Manhattan College Orchestra is brand new! New students are needed to help build this ensemble, and it’s a great way to become a part of a new tradition. Currently there are 12 members. It is expected that the orchestra will grow quickly and experienced players can help this grow. # # # |
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=QHfdqxeO94c Mark Didn't Have enough to drink so he thought since he was drinking he might as well have alil jog ... (more) {JR: Reported without comment. } |
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New JASPER’s BLOGGING |
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http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Sep-10-Sun-2006/opinion/9222009.html ***Begin Quote*** It could be an interesting exercise to compare the
prominent coverage of Irwin's death with the slim few paragraphs (at most)
devoted by the ***End Quote*** It was a sad ending to an interesting and entertaining fellow. Accidents happen. The "Crocodile Dundee" story I was unaware of. Sad to say that gubamints of all ilk kill their citizens. Citizens who forget that are at risk. Even if you stay aware, there's no guarantee that you'll be safe. The best is to keep gubamint small and disarmed. Imagine a police force, which was unarmed, but accompanied with two posse members who were armed. The policeman goes about enforcing laws, backed up by citizens, who are both fair witnesses and represent the People. Police abuse would be zero. And hard to argue with your fellow citizens. Expensive? Yes. Safer? Clearly. |
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GBu. GBA. Reinke sends. |