Sunday 10 December 2006

 

 

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759 are active on the Distribute site. The site had 2,894 (2x normal volume?) unique visits last week.

This issue is at:    http://www.jasperjottings.com/2006/jasperjottings20061210.htm         

Use email-sending web form http://public.2idi.com/=reinkefj   anytime.

 

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FLASH! Important info received after the deadline

 

ACTIONABLE MEMORIAL - EXPIRES 12 DEC 06 - NYC, NY - Hughes, Barnard (1955 Hon)

Google alerted me with this item.

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Barnard Hughes Memorial Slated for December 12 at Walter Kerr ... <http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/9630>

TheaterMania.com - New York,NY,USA

In 1992, Hughes was awarded an honorary doctorate from Manhattan College, the school he'd dropped out of to become an actor; in 1995, he was inducted into the ...

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The URL is unreachable, but, Google cached the following:

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Barnard Hughes Memorial Set for December 12 at Walter Kerr
By: Brian Scott Lipton

Barnard Hughes

A memorial service for Tony Award-winning actor Barnard Hughes will be held on Tuesday, December 12 at 2pm at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48th Street). Hughes died at the age of 90 on July 11 at New York Presbyterian Hospital after a brief illness. There will be a limited number of seats made available to the general public for the memorial, and seating will take place on a first-come, first-served basis on the day of the memorial.

Sam Waterston, Brian Dennehy, Jefferson Mays, Elizabeth Wilson, Lauren Bacall, Alec Baldwin, Bernard Gersten, Joe Dowling, Melvin Bernhardt, Lynne Meadow and Hughes' son, director Doug Hughes, are all expected to speak. Christine Ebersole, James Naughton, and pianist Paul Sullivan will be performing at the memorial.

Hughes' career began in 1934 with one line in the Shakespeare Fellowship Repertory Company production of The Taming of the Shrew; it would eventually span seven decades and more than 400 roles on Broadway, in television, and in films. He received great praise for his work as a curmudgeonly father haunting the memory of his playwright son in Hugh Leonard's 1978 Tony Award-winning play Da. He won a Tony and a Drama Desk Award for his performance, and he recreated his role in the 1988 film version. In 1973, he received a Tony nomination for his performance as Dogberry in the New York Shakespeare Festival production of Much Ado About Nothing.

Hughes gave his last Broadway performance in 2000 at age 85, appearing with his wife in Noël Coward's Waiting in the Wings. That year, he and Stenborg received a Drama Desk Award for Lifetime Achievement. In 1995, Hughes was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame at the Gershwin Theatre.

Among his many film credits are Hamlet, Midnight Cowboy, The Hospital, and Cradle Will Rock. He starred in the TV series Doc, Mr. Merlin, and The Cavanaughs (with Ebersole), and he had a recurring role on Blossom. In 1977, he won an Emmy Award for his guest spot on Lou Grant.

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{JR:  I am not sure if this is on or off, or just a mistake! I pass it along for what it is worth. If I was in the City, I'd drop by and see if I could get in. After all I'm a minor celebrity, a reporter for the prestigious Jasper Jottings. Since I can't go, feel free to drop my name. ;-)  Maybe I should get business cards and try for Press passes? Hmmm? Doesn't the Press always get special treatment? Free food and booze? Maybe I'm on to something here.}

 

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JASPER EVENTS THAT I HAVE HEARD ABOUT

 

 

Saturday February 24, 2007

 

Hold the date for 2007 Manhattan Alumni of the Treasure Coast Jasper Open Golf Tourney

 

 

April 21-29, 2007

 

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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My list of Jaspers who are in harm's way:

- Afghanistan

- - Feldman, Aaron (1997)

- Korea

-- Stephanie (????)

- Unknown location

- - Lynch, Chris (1991)

- Uzbekistan

- - Brock (nee Klein-Smith), Lt Col Ruth (1979)

… … my thoughts are with you,

             and all of you that I don't know about.

 

 

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

 

“The true history of the human race is the story of human affections. In comparison with it all other histories – even economic history – are false.”

 --E. M. Forster

 

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Exhortation

 

http://www.uticaod.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061128/NEWS/611280325/1001 

'One or two bad apples ruin it'
Education, not guards, seen as answer
Tuesday, Nov 28, 2006
By MARQUES PHILLIPS
Observer-Dispatch

{Begin Quote}

ROME — In the aftermath of a weekend youth hockey game marred by violence, sports officials and advocates are looking for ways to prevent another incident.

{End Quote}

Here's where the "win at all costs" by wanna be parents takes us as a society.

What are these people thinking?

Hopefully we understand the bounds of competition. Playing fairly is a hallmark of a civilized society. We "play" to exercise our physical and mental capabilities. When called on for survival, those capabilities should be at the ready. However, when we are at "play", there are limits for everyone's safety.

At least that is what I learned being a Jasper.

Reflect well on our alma mater, this week, every week, in any and every way possible, large or small. God bless. "Collector-in-chief" John reinke--AT—jasperjottings.com

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CONTENTS

            1          Messages from Headquarters (like MC Press Releases)
            0          Good_News
            2          Obits
            2          Jaspers_in_the_News
            6          Manhattan_in_the_News
            5          Email From Jaspers
            1          Jaspers found web-wise
            0          Jaspers Found on Ziggs
            0          MC mentioned web-wise
            0          New Jasper Bloggers (12 Previously reported)

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PARTICIPANTS BY CLASS

Class

Name

Section

????

Calcetero, Carolina

JUpdates

????

Settino, Richard

JNews1

1936

Hayes, Joseph

JNews2

1953

McEneney, Mike

JObit1 (reporter)

1953

Mike McEneney

Headquarters1 (reporter)

1956

Flynn, Br. Gregory

Email02

1961

Gearity, John E.

JUpdates

1965

McBride, Jerome A.

JObit1

1968

Goll, Jack

Email05

1979

Brock, Ruth

Email05

1982

Davis, Elizabeth

Email04

1984

Sans, Robert

Email04

1985

Pecora, John

Email03

1986

Porfyris, Irene

Email04

1993

McDade, Mary Beth

JFound1

1994

Boehm, Theresa J.

Email01

2004

Wassenbergh, Paul J.

JUpdates

2006

Lisiewski, Adam

JUpdates

2006

Moore, Juliana

JUpdates

2006

Twardy, Michael

JUpdates

2008

Camardella, Peter K.

JUpdates

2009

Zayat, Christie

JUpdates

MCstf

Callagy, Robert M.

JObit2

MCstf

Scanlan, Br. Thomas

Headquarters1 (cited)

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PARTICIPANTS BY NAME

Class

Name

Section

1994

Boehm, Theresa J.

Email01

1979

Brock, Ruth

Email05

????

Calcetero, Carolina

JUpdates

MCstf

Callagy, Robert M.

JObit2

2008

Camardella, Peter K.

JUpdates

1982

Davis, Elizabeth

Email04

1956

Flynn, Br. Gregory

Email02

1961

Gearity, John E.

JUpdates

1968

Goll, Jack

Email05

1936

Hayes, Joseph

JNews2

2006

Lisiewski, Adam

JUpdates

1965

McBride, Jerome A.

JObit1

1993

McDade, Mary Beth

JFound1

1953

McEneney, Mike

JObit1 (reporter)

1953

Mike McEneney

Headquarters1 (reporter)

2006

Moore, Juliana

JUpdates

1985

Pecora, John

Email03

1986

Porfyris, Irene

Email04

1984

Sans, Robert

Email04

MCstf

Scanlan, Br. Thomas

Headquarters1 (cited)

????

Settino, Richard

JNews1

2006

Twardy, Michael

JUpdates

2004

Wassenbergh, Paul J.

JUpdates

2009

Zayat, Christie

JUpdates

 

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HEADQUARTER'S MESSAGES

 

Headquarters1

 

From: Mike McEneney [1953]
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 1:24 AM
To: John Reinke
Subject: Fw: [Jaspernet Email] Special Announcement Concerning Brother Thomas

Dear John,

          This was circulated on Campus on Friday. Please keep Brother in your prayers.

                                          Mike

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MANHATTAN COLLEGE
Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost

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December 1, 2006

Special Announcement Concerning Brother Thomas

The entire Manhattan College community is concerned about the health and well being of Brother Thomas. I wish to advise the community that Brother remains hospitalized recovering from surgery to relieve problems associated with a digestive track disorder. Following his discharge from the hospital, Brother will enter a recovery and rehabilitation phase that will take some time. Please be reminded that he is not permitted to receive telephone calls or visitors. All steps are being taken to make certain that Brother Thomas gets the level of medical care that he needs and requires. He is aware of all our concerns and appreciates the prayers that are offered continually in his behalf.

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{JR:  Brother President certainly deserves all our prayers for a speedy recovery. I can't imagine anyone else leading that three ring circus – Jasperland. I know I couldn't do it. And, in my swelled head, there's not many things that fit that category. Having spent time on Wall Street, where egotism abounds, and they really believe that they can do brain surgery, on themselves, without anesthesia, while driving a Formula 1 race car thru NYC traffic at record speed, I KNOW I could NOT do half the job he does. I'd be ridden out on a rail, tarred, and feathered. He is truly a master at his craft. I have seen him cajole a donor, collegially direct a recalcitrant department chair, inspire a student, and all the while impress a fat old alum (me). My prayers for a speedy recovery, we need men like him at the controls. }

 

 

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OBITS

 

JObit1

 

From: Mike McEneney
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 8:28 PM
To: John Reinke
Subject: Fw: Death notice of an alumni

Dear John,

           This came from Grace Feeney at the College.

                                 Mike

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From: Grace Feeney
To: Mike McEneney
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 1:29 PM
Subject: FW: Death notice of an alumni

Grace Feeney
Alumni Relations Officer
Manhattan College

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From: Judy Mc Bride
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 5:58 PM
To: Grace Feeney
Subject: Death notice of an alumni

Dear Grace –

Please review the attached.  If you have any questions please feel free to call me at 419-872-8585.

Sincerely,
Judy Mc Bride - Wife

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Jerome A. McBride, 70, of Perrysburg, Ohio, and formerly of Poughkeepsie and The Bronx, NY, died November 11, 2006. Surviving are his wife of 39 years, Judith; daughters, Joelle A. (Theodore) Floriana and Julie A. (Donald) Stepp, all of Perrysburg, Ohio; Grandchildren, Cameron, Connor, Nicole, and Nathan; siblings Ethel and Robert McBride; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Laura (Hull) and Fred McBride Sr., and brother, Fred McBride Jr.. Jerry began a ground-breaking career in computer science in the 1950s at IBM. He earned degrees at both Manhattan College, 1965 and Purdue University, 1967. He culminated his career in industry as company President of a computing firm in OH. Education would be his most rewarding career achievement. In 1984, he founded the Masters Program in Information Systems at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York. He retired in 2004 after 21 years of service. In June 2006, Jerry moved to OH to relish in his retirement with his family. Jerry was a member of the Army Reserves, the Sedgwick Survivors Group, Bronx, NY and St. Martin DePorres Catholic Church in Poughkeepsie, NY. He was a respected colleague, dear friend, and mentor to countless faculty and students. He was a loving husband, proud father, and adoring “Pop Pops” to his grandchildren. He will be profoundly missed by his family and friends.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of American (www.CCFA.org) for his daughter.  A Memorial Mass will be held at Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Chapel, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY on Saturday, December 2, 2006 at 11:00 a.m.

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JObit2

The New York Times
December 3, 2006 Sunday
Late Edition – Final
Notice: Deaths

CALLAGY, ROBERT M.

SECTION: Section 1; Column 1; Classified; Pg. 43

CALLAGY--Robert M., died on December 1, 2006 following a difficult fight against urachal cancer. He was the beloved husband of Lynn (nee Rhatigan), and a wonderful father to Susan and Pat McCloskey, of Bronxville, NY, Sara and Nick Finn, of Rye, NY and Rory and Andrea Callagy, of New York City. He is also survived by his eight loving grandchildren, nieces and nephews, his sister Regina Burke, his brother John M. Callagy, and his mother-inlaw Gertrude Rhatigan of Greenwich, CT. After graduating from NYU Law School in 1963, service in the United States Army and briefly working at another New York City law firm, Bob joined the Manhattan law firm then known as Satterlee Warfield & Stephens and embarked upon a remarkable 39 -year career at the firm. Bob guided the firm through its merger with Burke & Burke in 1987 to form the current firm Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke LLP. The partners he led for over three decades as firm Chairman treasured Bob for his wisdom, quicksilver wit, and deeply caring fellowship. He was also an inspiring mentor to generations of younger lawyers, sharing not only his trial skills but, more importantly, his principles of dedicated service to both clients and community. An eminent figure in U.S. civil trial law, Bob counseled, and litigated on behalf of, a remarkable variety of individual, corporate, and non-profit clients. But it was his passionate representation of the country's leading publishers and advertising agencies that put him at the center of landmark cases involving the First Amendment and copyright law such as J.D. Salinger v. Random House, Bette Midler v. Ford Motor Company, Wright v. Warner Books, Geiger v. Dell Publishing, Meeropol v. Nizer, and Jefferson County v. Moody's Investors Service. Bob served as CoChair of the American Bar Association's First Amendment and Media Litigation Committee, was a frequent lecturer on advertising law and intellectual property issues, and authored numerous articles published by the ABA Litigation Journal, Communications Lawyer, and other legal publications. He also dedicated his time and skills to numerous civic and benevolent organizations, including serving as the Chairman of the Board of the College of Mount Saint Vincent, Vice Chairman of the Board of Manhattan College, Chairman of the Rye Free Reading Room and a board member of the Lauinger Library at his beloved alma mater, Georgetown University. Reposing at Graham Funeral Home, Rye, NY, Sunday December 3rd from 3:00-7:00pm. A mass celebrating Bob's life will be held on Monday, December 4th at 10:00am at the Church of the Resurrection, Rye, NY.

LOAD-DATE: December 3, 2006

{JR: Reported as an an honorary Jasper given his role steering the College }

 

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Jasper_Updates

 

[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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Calcetero, Carolina [????]
Engineering Student
Ossining, NY 10562

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Camardella, Peter K. [2008]
Pelham, New York 10803

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Gearity, John E. [1961]
Retired
Sapphire, North Carolina 28774

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Lisiewski, Adam [2006]
SkyAuction.com

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Moore, Juliana [2006]
JPI

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Twardy, Michael [2006]
Wellesley, MA 02482

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Wassenbergh, Paul J. [2004]
Hunter Roberts Construction Group
Rockville Centre, NY 11570

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Zayat, Christie [2009]

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Jaspers_Missing

 

Reported by mcALUMdb as "lost":

 

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Jaspers_in_the_News

 

JNews1

 

http://www.longislandpress.com/?cp=154&show=article&a_id=10406  

http://tinyurl.com/u6dov 

November 30, 2006, 6:56 pm 
RICHIE WATCHES OUT FOR HER
By Ed Lowe 11/30/2006 2:41 pm

In January, Susan Carraher's 32-year-old daughter asked, "Mom, was your mother's name 'Mary?'"

Carraher answered that, yes, it was.

"Well, Mary says she's sorry," said Carraher's daughter.

Carraher's mother had died in 1965, when Carraher was 15. "My mother was not a very nice woman," Carraher said. "In fact, she was kind of cruel. I never talked about her to my daughter.

"My daughter and her friend had just visited a psychic named Sandy in Franklin Square," Carraher said. "Before January, I didn't believe in any of this stuff, but what really got me was when my daughter said, 'Who's Richie, or Richard?' He wanted to thank you for all the rosaries, and to tell you that he's with you a lot; he watches out for you."

Carraher, who is divorced, had not spoken to her daughter about Richard, either. Stunned, she called Sandy for the next available appointment.

  In 1998, Carraher, of Wantagh, had read in a newsletter from Cardinal Spellman High School in the Bronx that a classmate of hers, Richard Settino, then 47, had died of a brain hemorrhage. Carraher remembered Settino fondly and added him to the list of those for whom she prayed every day when she said the rosary.

"I attended 12 years of Catholic School, and the very last thing I ever wanted to do was to go see a psychic. The nuns told us they were demonic. But I wanted to hear from my mother, so, off I went. Sandy is both a psychic and a medium, and my mother 'comes through,' and my father, too ... and Sandy doesn't hesitate, like some. She doesn't say, 'Does somebody's name begin with a "J" sound?' She says, right away, 'Your father's name was Gene.' I say, 'Yes.' She says, 'He likes what you've done with the garden.'

"Like that. My grandmother and grandfather 'came through' and said things nobody else would have known about but me.

"And Richie came through, and said again that he was grateful for the rosaries, and that he loved me and that he was with me a lot. I've since gone to psychic fairs and seen different psychics, all with similar results. It's very comforting to learn that when you pray for someone, they know it.

"But I felt I had to learn more. Somehow, I learned that his [Richie's] mother was still alive and that her name was Helen. I found an address for her in White Plains, but no telephone number. She was unlisted. I called a private detective agency listed in the Yellow Pages, and a guy there, Steve, told me it would cost me $150, and I would have to come in and sign a waiver, and then he asked me why I wanted the number. I told him the whole story, and by the time I'd finished, he had the number up on his computer screen. He gave it to me free of charge and wished me luck.

"We didn't have classes with the boys at Cardinal Spellman," Carraher recalled. "It was a very strict school, and they kept us separated. But Richie was the nicest guy you'd ever want to meet. He took pictures for the yearbook, The Vanguard. We would say, 'Richie, take our picture,' and he would, every time. I once heard a nun say to him, 'If I see another picture of this girl, I'll scream.' The girl was me.

"I thought we were just friends," Carraher said. "I thought it was almost an accident that he asked me to the prom. I was going out with a guy named Bob, who eventually went to Vietnam. We were not a good match. Richie was at a table selling tickets for the prom, and, assuming Bob and I were going together, I went over to buy the tickets for me and Bob, who didn't much care if we went or not, and before I could get a word in, Richie asked, 'Hey, do you want to go the prom with me?' I said, 'Yeah, sure.' He also was the handsomest boy in school.

"He was the best guy on earth, though we were never boyfriend-girlfriend. I'll tell you how strict they were there in those days -- the prom was in 1968 -- we had to go straight from the prom, which was held in the auditorium, to Mass. Richie's father drove us home, and when we got to my house, Richie gave me the most passionate kiss ... I just couldn't believe it.

"After graduation, he went off to Manhattan College, and I went to Hunter, which changed its name to Lehman College after my first year. I never saw Richie again. I never knew that he even thought of me.

"So, now I call his mom. She's 86 and sharp as a tack. I offered my condolences. She corrects you if you say 'Richie.' It's 'Richard.' She said that Richard is around her all the time. He leaves lights on, rearranges things in the apartment. I hadn't wanted to freak her out, but when I heard that, I said, 'In that case, I have something to tell you.' I asked if I could visit her. She said, 'Yes.'"

Richard Settino never married and always lived with his parents, his mother said. His father, Mario, a painter, died in 1994. Helen Settino said that her son was in the music business in New York, as a disc jockey and a producer/promoter.

"Helen kept his room exactly the way it was when he passed away," Carraher said (and Helen confirmed). "She showed me around. The whole room was decorated with sports memorabilia, hockey, mainly: books, figurines, you name it. Everything was sports, except one thing. The only photograph in the entire room that wasn't sports related was a framed picture, on his night table, of him and me at the prom. I was shocked. I pointed it out to Helen and asked, 'How long has that been there?' She said, 'The whole time.'

"I cried all the way home," Carraher said.

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http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_newsroom/daily_plants/daily_plant_main.php?id=19989  

Daily Plant Masthead links to the Daily Plant Search
Volume XXI, Number 4532
Thursday, Nov 30, 2006
“Talking Turkey” With A 93-Year-Old Ex-Parkie 
Hayes Square, Westchester Avenue, the Bronx, ca. 1930
Photo courtesy of Parklands Division

For just under a year, I have been conducting oral histories of former Parks employees.  Surprisingly the hardest part is finding former Parkies.  Not surprisingly the NYC Employees Retirement System has a policy against giving out its members’ contact information and so we have had to rely on word of mouth and piecemeal mailing lists to find potential interviewees.  Last week however, a combination of serendipity and technology (the first e-mail routed correspondence I ever received) enabled me to meet one of the most interesting participants I’ve yet to interview.

The initial e-mail asks a simple question:

My 93-year-old father-in-law, Joseph A. Hayes, grew up in the Bronx. He believes a small park "in the middle of Westchester Ave." was named for his brother, George Hayes, who died in WWI. Does this park still exist (or has it ever existed)? We'll be in NYC Nov. 22 23 and hope to find this park, if my father-in-law's memory is accurate. Thank you.

A quick search on the Parks website pointed to Hayes Square, bounded by Bryant Avenue, East 167th Street, and Westchester Avenue, in the Bronx.  According to the historical sign, the site was named by a Local Law in 1940.  After writing back with the confirmation, I received a reply adding that Mr. Joseph Hayes himself worked for Parks in “1935 or 1936.”

Mr. Hayes, now a resident of Lansing, Michigan, is taking a cross-country road trip with his family to see all the important people and places of his life.  They planned only two days for New York, so before leaving town on Thanksgiving morning, I went to meet the Hayes family at their hotel near LaGuardia Airport.  We set up in a small conference room and Mr. Hayes recounted his life’s memories.

Mr. Hayes was only four years old when his brother went off to fight in the Great War.  He explained, “George was more like a father to me.”  George Hayes never lived to see the battlefield, “he died on the transport.”   Although Mr. Hayes did not know the exact cause of death, this claim fits the facts of history.  Fully half of the Americans who died in World War I fell victim to illness – not enemy fire.  Furthermore 1918-1919 saw the worst flu epidemic in history, killing tens of millions worldwide including 675,000 Americans – of which 43,000 were men mobilized for the war.

A macabre consequence of his brother’s death was that his mother received a war pension with which she paid for Mr. Hayes’s education at Manhattan College.  His mother also likely played a part in getting the Square named for her son.  According to Mr. Hayes she was a “Precinct Captain for the Pondiac Democratic Club.”  A search of The New York Times confirmed that it stood at 801 Westchester Avenue, less than a mile from Hayes Square and about two from their house at 438 Timson Place.  Mr. Hayes explained, “They wanted to do something for her because George died.”

Upon graduating college in 1936, Mr. Hayes was among a handful of his classmates able to get a job.  It was the Depression and, as he put it, “Too many people were out of work.”  Mr. Hayes’s job skill was not learned in class but as Captain of the Manhattan College swim team.  It was a lucky year for swimmers.  Robert Moses was opening pools and each pool needed several swimming teachers.  Mr. Hayes correctly recalled, “They had eleven of those places.”  He was assigned to Astoria Pool and, in his own words, “We opened the place up.”  (Special note to Robert Caro: Mr. Hayes said the water was always heated.) 

As far as the record books were concerned, last week Mr. Hayes was just another nameless, faceless number in the oft-quoted “army” of 60,000 Parkies under Robert Moses.  The recording of his oral history has transformed him from an abstract statistic into a three-dimensional person, who came from the Bronx, lost a brother in the war, and swam the 220’ in record time.

Written by John Mattera

QUOTATION FOR THE DAY

“Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love,
the things you are, the things you never want to lose.”

The Wonder Years

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http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/sports/16136175.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp   

Posted on Fri, Dec. 01, 2006    
When Irish (and 'Nova) eyes smiled 
Ron Delany's Olympic triumph in 1956 cemented ties between a university and a country. 
By Steve Landells 
For The Inquirer

What is it about Villanova University and track-and-field stars from Ireland?

From Eamonn Coghlan, the 1983 world 5,000-meter champion, to Sonia O'Sullivan, the 2000 Olympic 5,000-meter silver medalist, Irish track athletes have been attracted to the university.

The genesis of the tradition occurred in the mid-1950s and can be traced back to Ron Delany.

A 21-year-old economics undergraduate at Villanova, Delany became the last Irish athlete to win an Olympic track-and-field gold medal. Fifty years ago today, he captured the 1,500 meters on a warm, sunny afternoon at the Melbourne Games.

To put his achievement into context, he was competing in the most keenly contested event in the Olympic program during a golden age for middle-distance running.

Only two years earlier, England's Roger Bannister had achieved what many thought was impossible: the first sub-four-minute mile. And as a measure of how far the event had progressed by June 1956, Delany had become the seventh man to dip below that magic barrier at a meet in Compton, Calif.

Raised in the Irish capital of Dublin, Delany was a talented schoolboy tennis player but turned to track and field in his midteens and quickly discovered a gift for running.

He made his international debut at the 1954 European Championships, setting an Irish record. Later that year, rather than remain in Ireland, he made the life-changing decision to study at Villanova.

"Three Irishmen had preceded me at the university," Delany, 71, said recently from his Dublin home. "Fred Dwyer recommended I should go. It was a great opportunity because I knew there wasn't only the chance to study, but also to run. Few places in Ireland or England offered that opportunity."

Dwyer, a successful miler for the Wildcats in the early 1950s, was the U.S. outdoor mile champion at the time and would later become a renowned coach at Manhattan College.

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http://www.bigeast.org/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120606aaa.html

DRADDY TROPHY PRESENTED TO RUTGERS' BRIAN LEONARD
Rutgers' senior fullback Brian Leonard is the 17th recipient of the Draddy Trophy.
Dec. 5, 2006

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Rutgers University senior fullback Brian Leonard became the 17th recipient of the Draddy Trophy, presented by HealthSouth, at The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame's 49th Annual Awards Dinner in New York City on Dec. 5.

Known in many circles as the "Academic" Heisman, the Draddy Trophy continues to be one of college football's most sought after and competitive awards, recognizing an individual as the absolute best in the country for his combined academic success, football performance and exemplary community leadership. The award comes with a stunning 24-inch, 25-pound bronze trophy and a $25,000 postgraduate scholarship. A total of $320,000 was awarded to Leonard and the other 16 Draddy Trophy Finalists, who each claimed $18,000 scholarships.

"We are proud to bestow this honor on Brian Leonard," said NFF President Steven J. Hatchell. "He represents an unbelievable group. We had 148 nominees of the greatest candidates ever nominated. Brian joins an elite group of past recipients who serve the perfect role models for all young players to emulate."

Highly regarded as one of the nation's premier fullbacks, Leonard has helped lead a renaissance with the Rutgers University football program. As the Scarlet Knights made their rise to national prominence, Leonard also remained a stellar role model off the field, collecting academic praise and playing a major role in the community. A Labor & Employment Relations major, Leonard has claimed Academic All-Conference honors three times and a spot on the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District First Team in 2005.

"I'm very honored to receive the Draddy Award," said Leonard. "This is the highlight of my college football career, and I have been very fortunate to play for head coach Greg Schiano and to be part of the outstanding football program at Rutgers."

Leonard twice earned All-America First Team honors by Pro Football Weekly. A two-time First Team All- Conference selection, Sports Illustrated recognized him as one of the "most underrated players," contributing as a tenacious blocker and threat to run or catch the ball from the backfield. Leonard has rushed for 2,731yards and 1,862 receiving yards during his career. A 2006 team captain, he has been instrumental in teammate Ray Rice's Heisman Trophy push.

"Playing my fifth year at Rutgers really helped me academically and emotionally. It takes a lot of dedication and time, and you focus on football but don't ignore the academic side by any means. Many people are there to help if you ask them and if you take advantage of the opportunities afforded to you as a student-athlete."

Active in his community, Leonard has participated in the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life walk and Read Across America. A volunteer in the opening ceremonies of the New Jersey Special Olympics, he has traveled to several local hospitals to visit with children and hand out gifts. Leonard also serves as a speaker for high school athletics events and football camps. He becomes Rutgers' sixth National Scholar- Athlete and the first since Nathaniel Jones in 2003.

Launched in 1959, the NFF scholar-athlete program became the first initiative in history to credit a player for both academic and athletic accomplishments. The centerpiece to the NFF's scholar-athlete program, which has awarded $8.3 million to 678 top athletes, the Draddy Trophy, first awarded in 1990, honors Manhattan College Quarterback and former NFF Chairman Vincent dePaul Draddy.

Candidates must be a senior or graduate student in their final year of eligibility, have a grade point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, have outstanding football ability as a first team player and have demonstrated strong leadership and citizenship. Leonard edged out 16 other National Scholar-Athlete Award Winners, who all took home $18,000 scholarships.

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http://www.newsday.com/sports/highschool/football/
ny-hsthorpaward,0,2089732.htmlstory?coll=ny-hsfootball-toputility

NASSAU

Thorp Award

The Thorp Award, which goes to the outstanding high school football player in Nassau County, is presented annually by Newsday in memory of Tom Thorp of Rockville Centre, who played football at Columbia University and Manhattan College and later coached at Stevens Tech, Manhattan, Fordham, Virginia and New York University.

Thorp, who was the first president of the Nassau County Football League, was one of the country's leading football officials. He died in 1942.

Here is a list of winners:

2006 - Chris Edmond, Freeport, LB/RB

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The Chronicle of Higher Education
December 8, 2006 Friday
Campus Nuclear Reactors Draw Scrutiny
BYLINE: KELLY FIELD
SECTION: GOVERNMENT & POLITICS; Pg. 19 Vol. 53 No. 16

The nuclear reactor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is small and not particularly powerful, with a core no bigger than a dormitory refrigerator and operating power one six-hundredth that of an average power reactor. Compared with its commercial counterparts, it is so unimposing that some nuclear scientists call it a "Micky Mouse reactor."

But its fuel is weapons-grade uranium, a crucial ingredient in the making of nuclear bombs. If the fuel were ever stolen, it could be used in a nuclear weapon.

Stealing the fuel would not be easy. The fuel elements are submerged in about 15 feet of water, and the entire core is encased in five feet of concrete and capped with a locked lid weighing several tons. The fuel is irradiated, making it "hot," or radioactive, and hard to handle.

Still, nuclear-safety advocates and some risk analysts say campus reactors like MIT's remain a target for terrorists, in part because security requirements are less stringent for campus reactors than for commercial ones, and in part because their fuel is portable. While nuclear power reactors use massive fuel assemblies, research reactors store their fuel in small rods, or "plates," that theoretically could be tucked into a bag and carried to a waiting vehicle.

To reduce the risk of theft, the U.S. Department of Energy began almost 30 years ago to convert 19 college reactors from the use of weapons-grade, highly enriched uranium to the use of low-enriched uranium, which is less suitable for building nuclear bombs. But progress has been slow, and six college reactors still run on highly enriched fuel.

The first campus reactor began operating at North Carolina State University in 1953 to train the next generation of nuclear engineers and power-plant operators. By the end of the 1960s, research reactors had cropped up on dozens of college campuses, fueled by President Dwight Eisenhower's Atoms for Peace program.

The reactors were much less powerful than commercial reactors, operating at an average of only two megawatts and a temperature of about 120 degrees, compared with 3,000 megawatts and about 660 degrees for power reactors.

Unlike power reactors, the campus reactors were not used for energy, but for education and research. At MIT the reactor has been used to shrink tumors in cancer patients, detect explosives hidden in cargo containers, and craft more conductive computer chips, among other things.

For much of the last half-century, the campus reactors have attracted little attention, tucked away in nondescript facilities like MIT's "containment building," a pale-green domed structure that resembles a squat water tower. While the location of campus reactors is public knowledge, on many campuses the majority of students are not aware there is a nuclear reactor next door to their classroom, dormitory, or dining hall.

But the reactors came under heightened scrutiny last year after ABC News aired an investigation describing what it called "gaping security holes" at college reactors. Among them: unmanned guard booths, unlocked buildings, and tours that provided easy access to control rooms. According to the report, none of the reactor facilities had metal detectors and only two, including that at MIT, had armed guards.

The lapses, the report concluded, left college reactors vulnerable to theft and bomb attacks that could contaminate surrounding communities with radiation.

The ABC report prompted calls for tighter security from nuclear safety advocates and members of Congress, and led to a Nuclear Regulatory Commission investigation of four universities -- Ohio State University at Columbus, Purdue University, and the Universities of Florida and of Wisconsin at Madison -- where reporters posing as curious students were not required to undergo background checks and were allowed to carry backpacks that could have contained explosives into secured areas near the reactors, though not into rooms containing the reactors themselves.

The NRC, which regulates college and commercial reactors, also visited MIT, where reporters had found detailed floor plans of the reactor building in the campus library and a producer had parked a large Ryder truck next to the facility without being confronted. The university said in a written statement that the truck did not actually enter the secure perimeter around the reactor.

In the end, investigators concluded that the ABC report "had no merit," said Brian Thomas, chief of the NRC's branch of research and test reactors. "All but one allegation didn't hold up."

That allegation involved the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where students operating the reactor allowed student reporters posing as flirtatious visitors to stand in the doorway of the building and inspect the reactor without signing in or showing identification. The university was slapped with a "non-cited violation," which carries no fine.

The federal regulators say they do not consider campus reactors a theft risk, in part because the fuel is so difficult to reach and in part because colleges possess relatively small quantities of it. MIT has only nine kilograms of fuel, 16 kilograms shy of what experts say is needed to build a bomb.

"We've determined that they're not a softer target; they're not even an attractive target," said Mr. Thomas.

Ronald E. Timm, a risk-analysis expert who worked as a consultant to the Energy Department for 20 years, agreed that terrorists were unlikely to bother with a campus reactor.

"The time it takes to steal the fuel is outside the limit of what a terrorist is going to risk," he says. "Everything on a terrorist is time driven; the terrorist wants to be out of there in five minutes or less."

But nuclear-security experts say there is no reason for colleges to run even the small risk of theft, particularly since safer fuels are now available.

"If we looked at this through the lens of 9/11, we would say, Tell me again, why do we have [highly enriched uranium] fuel in research reactors?" says Graham T. Allison, director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University.

A Matter of Money

The reason six college reactors continue to run on highly enriched uranium comes down to money and federal priorities.

When college reactors began operating in the 1950s, most ran on low-enriched fuel supplied by the federal government. But by the late 1970s, many colleges had switched to highly enriched fuel, which was cheaper and allowed them to conduct more-advanced research.

The difference between the two fuels lies in the ratio of uranium 235 -- which fissions easily, making it suitable for nuclear bombs -- to uranium 238, which is more difficult to split. Low-enriched fuel contains less than 20 percent U 235; highly enriched fuel contains more than 20 percent.

If a terrorist tried to build a bomb with low-enriched fuel, the U 238 would absorb the neutrons from the U 235, and the explosion would fizzle.

To encourage universities to switch back to low-enriched uranium fuel, the Energy Department began in 1978 to develop higher-density low-enriched fuels that would match highly enriched fuel in performance. The new fuels contain larger quantities of low-enriched uranium but the same number of U 235 atoms as highly enriched uranium.

After the first fuel was developed, Victor Gilinsky, then a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, wrote to the presidents of MIT and several other universities to press them to convert to low-enriched fuel.

"The difficulty with the fuel currently used is that highly enriched uranium is a nuclear explosive," he wrote. Conversion, he suggested, "would eliminate the need for more stringent security measures to prevent theft."

Slow Progress

In 1986, the NRC issued a regulation requiring research reactors to convert to low-enriched uranium fuel when the fuel and funds became available.

Despite that directive, the conversions progressed slowly, largely because of a lack of federal money. By 2004 only 11 college reactors had been converted, the last in 2000. That July the General Accounting Office (now called the Government Accountability Office) issued a report estimating that six out of the remaining eight reactors could be converted using existing fuels and urging the Energy Department to accelerate the conversions.

Around this same time, the Bush administration announced a Global Threat Reduction Initiative to reduce the threat posed by vulnerable nuclear and radiological materials in the United States and abroad. Under the program, the budget for conversions has nearly tripled -- from $8.6-million in the 2004 fiscal year to $24.7-million in the 2006 fiscal year -- and the department has converted two more reactors, at the University of Florida and Texas A&M University at College Station. The budget request for the 2007 fiscal year is $32-million.

Four more reactors are slated for conversion over the next three years -- Purdue University in 2007, Washington and Oregon State Universities in 2008, and the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 2009. The Energy Department cannot pick up the pace because fuel manufacturers can produce only one core every nine months, says Parrish Staples, manager of the department's conversion program.

Meanwhile, the department is still developing the fuel that would allow MIT and the University of Missouri at Columbia, the two largest campus reactors, to operate without diminished performance. It will not be ready until 2010 or 2011 at the earliest.

Some nuclear-security advocates say that is too long. They say MIT and Missouri should convert immediately, even if they must sacrifice performance and pay for the conversions themselves.

"You have to make accommodations," says Mr. Gilinsky. "I think it's absolutely outrageous that a place like MIT continues to use significant quantities of highly enriched uranium."

REACTORS CONVERTED TO AVOID THE USE OF WEAPONS-GRADE URANIUM

Over the past 30 years, the U.S. Department of Energy has converted 13 college nuclear reactors from highly enriched uranium fuel, which could be stolen to build a nuclear bomb, to low-enriched uranium fuel, which is not suitable for such a weapon. Some of the converted reactors have since been decommissioned. Reactors at six more colleges are scheduled for conversion by 2011.

Converted reactors

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* Manhattan College (New York)

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MNews5

PR Newswire US
December 5, 2006 Tuesday 12:55 PM GMT
FiberNet Subsidiary Availius Completes Private Network Build for Manhattan College
DATELINE: NEW YORK Dec. 5

NEW YORK, Dec. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Availius LLC, subsidiary of FiberNet Telecom Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:FTGX), a leading provider of complex interconnection services, today announced the completion of a private network for Manhattan College, an independent, Catholic, coeducational institution of higher learning.

After evaluating Manhattan College's requirements and objectives, the Availius Infrastructure Solutions team designed, engineered and constructed a customized solution to expand Internet access and data transmission capabilities at the College. The private network connects multiple locations on campus and extends into the New York metro market, establishing a point of presence at 60 Hudson Street.

"With its new dark fiber backbone and lit optical network, Manhattan College can now access the robust and advanced core communication networks currently used by carriers worldwide," said John Dowd, VP of Business Development for Availius.

Walter Matystik, Assistant Provost of Manhattan College, added, "A secure, private and reliable network is an indispensable asset for an institution of higher learning. Availius' experience with such networks, as well as our successful relationship with FiberNet, made the decision to move forward a relatively easy one."

Availius, LLC (availius.com), leverages FiberNet's expertise and resources to offer sophisticated network and data facility operators a combination of intellectual capital and implementation capabilities in three areas: Network Solutions, Infrastructure Solutions and Business Solutions.

"The private network is another step being taken by Manhattan College to maintain its leading position among New York institutions of higher learning," Matystik concluded.

About Manhattan College:

Manhattan College was founded in 1853 upon the Lasallian tradition of excellence in teaching inspired by St. John Baptist de La Salle. Manhattan College is an independent, Catholic, coeducational institution of higher learning offering more than 40 major programs of study in the areas of arts, business, education, engineering and science.

For more information on Manhattan College, please visit the College's website at http://www.manhattan.edu/ .

About Availius, LLC

Availius, a wholly-owned subsidiary of FiberNet, is an intellectual capital and resource company that leverages FiberNet's expertise and implementation capabilities to provide turn-key results for network, infrastructure and wide-ranging business needs. Availius offers full-service capabilities to sophisticated network operators and data facility users, and gives clients access to strategic direction and experienced personnel for overall project execution and management services. For more information about Availius, visit the company's web site at availius.com or email info@availius.com .

About FiberNet Telecom Group, Inc.

FiberNet Telecom Group, Inc. owns and operates integrated interconnection facilities and diverse transport routes in the two gateway markets of New York/New Jersey and Los Angeles, designed to provide comprehensive broadband interconnectivity enabling the exchange of traffic over multiple networks. FiberNet's customized connectivity infrastructure provides an advanced, high bandwidth, fiber-optic solution to support the demand for network capacity and to facilitate the interconnection of multiple carriers' and customers' networks. For additional information about FiberNet, visit the company's website at ftgx.com.

Various remarks that we may make about FiberNet's future expectations, plans and prospects constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such remarks are valid only as of today, and we disclaim any obligation to update this information. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including those discussed in FiberNet's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, which is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

CONTACT: Norma I. Salcido of FiberNet Telecom Group Inc., +1-212-405-6210, norma.salcido@ftgx.com Web site: http://www.ftgx.com/

SOURCE FiberNet Telecom Group, Inc.

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Daily News (New York)
December 1, 2006 Friday
SPORTS FINAL EDITION
BUTLER REMOVES WOOL FROM RAMS' EYES
BYLINE: BY SEAN BRENNAN DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. 112

THEY WERE HANDING OUT bandanas as fans entered Rose Hill Gym last night before Fordham and Manhattan met in the 99th edition of the Battle of the Bronx.

But thanks to freshman guard Brenton Butler, those bandanas didn't have to double as crying towels for the Rams.

"He played terrific," coach Dereck Whittenburg said after his Rams beat the Jaspers, 70-66, last night, ending a five-game losing streak to Manhattan in the series that dates back to the 1911-12 season. "He showed a lot of confidence out there. He stepped up and made some outstanding plays."

Perhaps none was bigger than his floater on the baseline with 11:12 to play that kick-started a 19-8 spurt and turned a 41-37 Manhattan lead into a 56-49 Fordham bulge.

"I just came in off the bench trying to play aggressive," said Butler, who finished with a game-high 18 points, earning him the Mike Cohen Award as the game's Most Valuable Player. "I knew as long as I played aggressive, offensively and defensively, that we'd come out with the 'W.' "

Fordham (3-2) was having its hands full with the young, scrappy Jaspers, who started two freshmen and who have seven first-year players on their roster. The Rams, who led just 30-28 at intermission, fell behind by as many as five points on several occasions in the second half, the last coming when Darryl Crawford put Manhattan up 41-36 on a layup with 13:08 to play.

But veteran Fordham, which started five juniors, finally began to make its move.

After the floater by Butler, the 6-2 guard followed with a three-pointer, and the Rams were off and running. Michael Binns, who matched his career high with 16 points, drilled his second trey of the game, Sebastian Greene chipped in six points in the spurt and Fordham was finally able to shake the Jaspers.

Fordham finished with five players in double figures, while Manhattan (2-4) was led by Guy Ngarndi's 16 points and 14 from Arturo Dubois.

Play got a little chippy at times, with referees having to step in to restore order. But that was par for the course, according to Fordham's Marcus Stout.

"It's always physical between Fordham and Manhattan," Stout said. "That's why it's the Battle of the Bronx."

And for the first time in Stout's career, he and the Rams finally came out on top.

"We've never beaten them since I've been here." Stout said. "It was a big game for us. We're the veteran team this year. We knew it was our turn to get a win."

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EMAIL FROM JASPERS

 

Email01

 

From: Boehm, Theresa J (Terri) [1994]
Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 11:48 AM
To: 'Ferdinand J. Reinke'
Subject: RE: [Distribute_Jasper_Jottings] jasperjottings20061203

Hi - how can I update my email?

It has changed from {privacy invoked}  to {privacy invoked}.

Thanks!
Terri Boehm

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From: Distribute_Jasper_Jottings Moderator
Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 7:54 PM
Subject: Yahoo! Groups: You're invited! Join Distribute_Jasper_Jottings today.

Moderator has invited you to join Distribute_Jasper_Jottings [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Distribute_Jasper_Jottings/] on Yahoo! Groups, the best way to discover and share information and advice with others.  All for free.

Ms. Terri: All I can do is invite. So here's the invite at your new address. When I see you accept, I'll nuke the old one. Fjohn68

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From: Boehm, Theresa J (Terri)
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 9:49 AM
Subject: RE: Yahoo! Groups: You're invited! Join Distribute_Jasper_Jottings today.

Thanks John - Nuke away.

Terri

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From: Reinke's Jasper (mc68alum) Persona
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 11:18 AM
To: 'Boehm, Theresa J (Terri)'
Subject: [JasperJottingsEditorial] RE: Yahoo! Groups: You're invited! Join Distribute_Jasper_Jottings today.

Ms. Terri: Done. Enjoy away. This is what makes the idea of redirectors so useful. Fjohn68

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{JR:  You can control your own subscription by: (1) email using the subscribe and unsubscribe addresses; (2) web over to the Yahoo group and change it yourself; or (3) make the old moderator feel useful.  }

 

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Email02

 

From: Reinke's Jasper (mc68alum) Persona
Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 11:45 PM
To: 'Bro. Gregory Flynn [MC1956]
Subject: RE: Greetings from Ethiopia, John

Dear Brother Gregory,

Thanks for your kind wishes.

I was fascinated with the picture. It's unfortunate that we can't wave a magic wand and solve all these problems.

Africa presents the world with such interesting opportunities for true charity. It's like a petri dish of problems. Clearly, one small donation such as mine isn't going to made a huge difference. In order to change the world, we have to figure out how to free people to find their own best solutions.

Maybe it's all that Christian Brothers' brainwashing, ... err excuse me, education, that makes me think that "we" have to educate our way out of these problems. Funny, how people say "we" when they mean "you". But, perhaps, educating the people of Africa may help them solve their own problems. No one else can.

Seems like the number one problem is corrupt government. That's a global problem. No matter what "problem" there seems to be, either government is at the root of it, exacerbates it, or makes it "unsolvable". Can't solve that one. If we had such a magic wand that could make governments go away, I'd want to wave it at lots of places.

So, what does help you, and those children?

I was fascinated by the recent story of care packages.

http://reinkefj.wordpress.com/2006/11/25/interesting-the-action-site-emphasizes-the-personal-component-of-charity/

Perhaps something like that could help you and those children?

Best wishes,
Fjohn68

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From: Bro. Gregory Flynn
Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 11:44 PM
To: 'Reinke's Jasper (mc68alum) Persona'
Subject: RE: Greetings from Ethiopia, John

Dear John,

The CARE article reminded me of when I was a boy in Good Shepherd grammar school in the 40’s. My mother would gather together clothes that my brothers and sisters had outgrown – there were 7 of us -and send them to her sisters in Ireland for their children. Those cousins have always remembered that.

No magic wand, John, just Christian Brothers’ brainwashing….err excuse me, education to help our Addis Hope kids get the education they need to solve their own problems by being able to think for themselves. They are doing very well in that department after graduating from our kindergarten program into government schools. They compete successfully with the best of them. I‘m proud of them – makes it all worthwhile.

Anyone wanting to invite us to their table can do so through our web site www.addis-hope.com  

God bless,
Brother Greg Flynn

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{JR:  The "official" charity of Jasper Jottings. Like that will do a lot of good. But you can. You have the "magic wand" for some child who you'll never know. Stunning in its import. }

 

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Email03

 

From: John Pecora [MC1985]
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 6:44 AM
To: Reinke's Jasper (mc68alum) Persona
Subject: Re: Happy Birthday! Here's my traditional Jasper birthday greeting!!

Hi John,

      Thanks for the note wishing me a Happy Birthday.

      This Birthday day for me was great and I had a fun time, although the rushing around was a bit stressful.

      Yes it was how I spent my year and will probably be the same this year too.

      Wishing you the best during the upcoming Christmas Season.

From The Desk Of :   John  P.  Pecora .....
Information Technology Services Americas -  w3 On Demand Technology Team - Corporate Website 

“At the end of the day, can we afford not to be as innovative as possible?”

"Every man. . . should periodically be compelled to listen to opinions which are infuriating to him. To hear nothing but what is pleasing to one is to make a pillow of the mind."  - St. John Ervine

{JR:  Hang around Jasper Jottings long enough and some one will say something infuriating.  }

 

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Email04

 

From: Robert Sans [MC1984]
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 8:48 AM
To: Ferdinand J. Reinke
Subject: Where would I post if I was looking for a fellow Jasper?

Hi John

Don't want to do the wrong thing - where can i post name(s) of a few folks who graduated with me or the year after and I've lost touch with them?  I am hoping they read this or someone who knows them can send them my email address.

Please let me know if you know where I can do this.

Thanks

Bob

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From: Reinke's Jasper (mc68alum) Persona
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 6:57 AM
To: 'robert_sans'
Subject: RE: Where would I post if I was looking for a fellow Jasper?

Dear fellow Jasper Bob,

How could you possibly do the "wrong thing"?

See when I got those D's in theology, they spent a long time, at least it seemed long to this disinterested injineer, discussing "right-ness - wrong-ness and being". ;-) Maybe it was one too many theology classes, but there are only few things that are "wrong".

Any way, to locate people, I'd suggest that you put a paragraph about each in an email. Using their complete name and class year will get them well embedded into Jottings. Rather quickly, the major search engines now index the site. My experience is that within a few hours, I can "see" the issue in their results. You can test this yourself by picking out a unique name and "goggling" it. On some, Jasper Jottings comes on the first page of results.

It's hard to replicate that by for example putting up your own web page with their name on it, because the search engines are fussy what they index now with all the spam sites. You have to have "reputation" (i.e., longevity and lots of unique content) and "references" (i.e., be referenced from reputable sites and reference to reputable sites) to get indexed. The fact that I have a LinkedIn contact who's into this stuff has made it easier to grok what they are looking for.

If they search on their own name, then you have a good chance of having them come forward.

You can also check and see if they have registered at the mcALUMdb site.

http://www.alum.manhattan.edu

Hope this helps.

Fjohn68

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From: robert_sans
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 1:37 PM
To: Jasper Jottings
Subject: Looking for Lost Classmates

Hi .. I hope I am posting in the correct place - if I am not please cut me some slack since this is my first post.

I graduated from MC in 1984.  The best years of my life were the 4 years I spent there.  While there I was very close with a few folks. 

Some of which I still am but there are a few I would like to hear from and which I have no idea where they are these days.

I am looking for:

Irene Porfyris, class of 1986, Computer Sci Major

Elizabeth Davis (aka Margie), I believe she graduated Jan '84 - Math/Comp Sci Major

We all had teachers like Bro Kenneth, Prof Stolze, Dr. Davis, Dr. Smith, Dr. DeLillo, Bro McNamara ...

If anyone out there know these students or if they themselves, see this posting can you please ask them to email me at c/o Jasper Jottings. I would love to hear from them and just catch up.

Thank You

PS: I have looked for them the MC Alumni website but they are not registered.

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{mcALUMdb:  Elizabeth Davis  1982 } 

{JR:  I don't put contact information in the text of Jasper Jottings. Because it's posted on the internet and indexed by the major search engines, any email addresses would be gobbled up by the spam bots in minutes. I ran an experiment a few years ago and it took a week. Now days, I bet it would be hours. I'll promptly pass along anything that come in. }

 

 

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Email05

 

From: Jack Goll [MC1968]
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 12:08 AM
Subject: A question from a fellow 1968 classmate

Hi John:

A little background:

I was a member of the Arnold Air Society @ Manhattan College, an honorary Air Force ROTC fraternity. 

Many of our members have served & are still serving in the USAF.

Most notablly, Maj Gen Patrick J Gallagher.

I had the pleasure of seeing him & several other USAF alums last summer in Arlington, VA .

He was formerly commanding general of the NJ Air National Guard.

Last I heard Gen Gallagher was assigned full-time @ the Pentagon.

Your JJ emag mentions that Lt Col Ruth Brock (nee Klein-Smith) class of 1979 is in Uzbeckistan.

Do you know if she is serving in the Air Force?

Do you have an email address for her?

I would like to thank her for her service to Our Country.

Thanks for all of your efforts on behalf of all Jaspers !!!

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From: Reinke's Jasper (mc68alum) Persona
To: 'Jack Goll'
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 6:52 AM
Subject: RE: A question from a fellow 1968 classmate

Jack: I believe, if memory serves me correctly, and at my advanced age it can play tricks on me, she's Air Force National Guard. Yes, I do. You have. ;-)  You paid your taxes, right? Seriously, I have bcc-ed her on a sanitized version of this email message. As you may know, when I con people into giving me their email address, I promise not to divulge it. Probably one of the few promises I keep. Does that get me some extra credit on the Final Exam? So, I have NOT shared your email address with her; nor hers with you. Assuming that you two want to communicate directly, I need everyone's OK. OR, I can just be the pia in the middle. (A role I play very well imho!) In any event, thanks for your kind words. I view my role as just the pia in the middle. Although the real MC alum organization views me as the PIA in their sandbox. But since when did 68ers ever care what the powers that be thought. ;-)  Hope this helps, FJohn68

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From: Jack Goll
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 7:00 PM
To: Reinke's Jasper (mc68alum) Persona
Subject: Re: A question from a fellow 1968 classmate

Thanks John

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Jaspers found web-wise

 

JFound1

 

http://cbs2.com/bios/local_bio_335141801.html

Mary Beth McDade
News Reporter
10 PM And 11 PM

Mary Beth is currently working for CBS 2 News/KCAL 9 News as a general assignment reporter. She’s no stranger to Los Angeles though. Prior to joining the CBS 2/KCAL 9 News team, she was a freelance reporter at Fox 11 News in L.A.

Mary Beth is also familiar with the New York market. She worked at News 12 Long Island where she was nominated for a New York Emmy and won several prestigious journalism awards.

While at the 24-hour New York news channel, she was the weekend anchor and fill-in anchor for the primetime and morning newscasts. She could also often be seen hosting some of News 12’s weekly news talk shows, "Ad Issue" and "Reporter Roundtable."

When she wasn’t behind the desk, she was out pounding the pavement as a general assignment reporter and putting together blockbuster investigative series. Mary Beth was nominated for a New York Emmy for her "Online Sexual Predator" story. And, she won a Long Island Press Club Award and a Gilbert Award for her "Gangs of Long Island" series.

Mary Beth has also worked at ABC 7 Eyewitness News in Los Angeles as a freelance reporter and at the NBC affiliate in Palm Springs as the weekend anchor/weekday reporter.

Her other jobs include: working at "Extra" as a segment and field producer in Los Angeles, where she interviewed everyone from O.J. Simpson to Mel Gibson; co-hosting "In Focus," a PBS educational program; launching Ed McMahon’s "Next Big Star" for PAX; and reporting for a New York radio station.

Mary Beth began her career with internships at "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" and at "Good Morning America." These internships helped her land her first television job at "Good Morning America." As an Assistant Producer, she had the opportunity to cover such big events as the O.J. Simpson Trial and the First Million Man March.

She earned her Bachelor of Arts at Manhattan College where she graduated with honors.

{mcALUMdb: McDade, Mary Beth [1993] ((Sadly Unregistered)) }

 

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ZFound (Jaspers Found on Ziggs) http://www.ziggs.com

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!

 

{No time. No volunteers. So I hope to pick it up again when I have some spare time.}

 

 

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MC mentioned web-wise

 

MFound1

 

{NOTHING}

 

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NEW JASPER’s BLOGGING

 

{NOTHING}

 

 

 

 

My list of previously reported Jasper Bloggers here:

            http://jxymxu7sn5ho9d.googlepages.com/blogging_jaspers

 

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Sports from College
 (http://www.gojaspers.com)

 

Sports from others
 (http://jasperjottings.blogspot.com/ )

 

 

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Jaspers In Strange Places
(Not including Brooklyn!)
       Volunteers in other countries accepted!

Country

City

Who

Last update

{Nothing New}

My list of previously reported Jasper In Strange Places here:

                      JISP over in the BACKLOT

 

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Fonts of Jaspers

 

Here are sites where "there be Jaspers there". I have no "extra" time to go thru the site, extract the Jaspers, post them in the weekly Jottings, let them know Jasper Jottings exists, and invite them to read it. I have had no volunteers. (Depressing!) So I am logging them here and hope to pick it up again when I have some spare time. I'm listing the sources to hopefully "guilt" someone into helping. Besides while I know that "harvesting" takes a lot of time, these folks thought they could hide from Jasper Jottings!

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165 Jasper lawyers
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%E2%80%9C
manhattan+college%E2%80%9D+site%3Awww.martindale.com
 

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1664 Jaspers
http://www.myspace.com

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Unknown number
http://www.LinkedIn.com

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Unknown number
http://www.Friendster.com  

Created a Jasper group there to see if Jaspers will self-identify?

http://www.friendster.com/group/tabmain.php?
statpos=mygroup&gid=95898

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Unknown number
http://www.MySpace.com

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Unknown number
http://www.Execunet.com

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Unknown number of Jasper Students
via the MC web phone book

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Unknown number of Jaspers
via mcALUMdb

 

Any I've missed?

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Boilerplate

 

Control your own subscription:

(1) Send a message from your old email account to Distribute_Jasper_Jottings-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com  saying that your switching.

(2) Send a message from your new email account to Distribute_Jasper_Jottings-subscribe@yahoogroups.com  with your name and class year.

To keep me from spamming you, Yahoo only permits me to invite and delete people. I can NOT just ADD your email address.

AND you’re done. With zero extra work for the CIC!   :-)    

 

                                 http://www.jasperjottings.com/boilerplate.htm  

 

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Curmudgeon's Final Words This Week

 

"Government affects individual incomes by virtually every decision it makes. Agricultural programs, veterans' benefits, health, labor, and welfare expenditures, housing and community development, federal expenditures on education, social insurance, medicare and medicaid programs, and last but not least, numerous regulations and controls affect the economic conditions of every citizen. In fact, modern government has become a universal transfer agency that utilizes the political process for distributing vast measures of economic income and wealth. It preys on millions of victims in order to allocate valuable goods and services to its beneficiaries. With the latter, transfer programs are so popular that few public officials and politicians dare oppose them."

Age of Inflation, 1979, p. 168.
Hans F. Sennholz
Consultant, Author, and Lecturer of Austrian Economics

It's the old joke on the taxpayer. The takers are numerous and have pleanty of time to insist on and assert their "rights" to what the producers create. Like the old joke about democracy being two wolves and lamb deciding what's for dinner. Some one said that elections are the advance auction of stolen goods. Stealing the CIC's prescription: We need honest money, private education, and end the dole.

 

And that’s the last word.
Curmudgeon

 

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GBu. GBA. Reinke sends. -30-