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http://www.goodnewsblog.com/2007/05/23/ Police: Good Samaritan Rescues Sexual Assault Victim *** begin quote *** A Good Samaritan was injured after stepping in to help a woman being sexually assaulted, NBC 7/39 reported. {Extraneous Deleted} One of the employees was able to escape and went to the deli next door for help, police said. The deli owner used a stick to beat the suspect, and then held him until police arrived, police said. *** end quote *** Wow! Talk about physical courage, love thy neighbor, and a big set of brass ones (that would make the poker show advertisement look small)! I can take out all my bumper stickers on this one. “Dial 911 and die”, “Stop violence; bring a gun”, “Women go in pairs because of big scary men”, “Select the proper tool for the task: Colt 1911”, and my personal favorite “God made man and woman; Sam Colt made them equal”. You’ve probably heard them all. I’m not sure if I’d grab a stick and go rescue my fellow woman. I hope I would but that’s a leap of faith. Now if I had my 1911, I think I’d intervene. One never knows until you are in the “s”, (we had a word when I was in the military), let’s say SOUP. But one can always feel confident if properly equipped. When action is need, I sure hope the Intelligent Designer sends me little not-so-scary opportunities to be brave. I’m sure my fellow alums would acquit themselves honorably. I’ll try to live up to that standard. What will you do when your opportunity comes? |
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From: Joe Walsh [MC1958] Hi 1. Who was the editor? 2. Who was the printer? 3. Does the printer have proofs or additional copies? Find these things out and surely there's an extra copy for Patricia somewhere. Joe Walsh '58A ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 12:28 PM Dear "Alumni People" (Jasper Patricia's label, not mine), As the unofficial ambassador, ombudsman, troubleshooter, and general pia wrt to Jaspers, can "we" help this Jasper? *** begin quote *** Could someone please help me figure out how I can get my
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From: Info @ Legacy Thank you for your reply and this additional information. Currently, we are experiencing a technical issue with our ObitFinder search engine. Our technical team is working to fix this issue, and we hope to have it resolved soon. We encourage you to try your search again in the coming days. Thank you for your patience and understanding. We apologize for any inconvenience. If we can be of further assistance, please let us know. Jessica -----Original Message----- From: r @ rcc Not sure, but I selected a date range and other obits were picked up. I search every day. So for me to have missed it, while not impossible, would be the first in eons. :-) I suspect that it wasn't in the index. Can't prove it, just suspect it. First time, I can remember missing one. Could be possible but not likely. fjohn -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Info Thank you for contacting Legacy.com. The keyword search returns results from the current day only. This obituary was published online on 5/18/2007. Were you searching on that date? Linnea -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: r @ rcc From: reinkefj I do an obit search for my fellow alums every day. I thought you might want to be aware that the cited obit didn't pop up on the daily search for "manhattan college". Perhaps something didn't work as it was supposed to. I became aware of it from a different source. And, was stunned to see that Legacy logo. Fyi # # # # # |
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From: Thomas McCarthy [2006] John – if you could forward this along to Patricia, I’d appreciate it… First of all, I’m sorry that this is the first I’m hearing of this. I contacted the Student Activities Office, which by way of a student-run club, designs and distributes the yearbooks. We in the Alumni Office don’t have an official role with the yearbooks but we do however host the annual yearbook release party, which is essentially a social gathering (not even a one-year reunion) where the books are distributed. The good news though is that Student Activities keeps extra copies of each year’s book for cases like this (and other catastrophes like basements flooding, etc). Patricia, if you would send me your current address, I’ll make sure Student Activities has one sent to you. Hope that this helps and if you need anything else, please let me know. Take care. Tom Thomas A. McCarthy # # # # # {JR: Haven’t heard from Patricia. Maybe she’ll see this. } |
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From: Reinke's Jasper (mc68alum) Persona Dear Thomas, We haven't met, and I realize I'm only an alum. And, I hate to start off on the wrong foot. But, you have to be kidding. I understand that you all in the alumni office can do whatever you want with the services that you provide free to the Alumni. But, how do expect to build a community when you make decisions like this? The essence of Web20 is to always have your service available and develop a conversation with an audience over time. Specifically, the Green Alumni Printed Directory was eliminated because the alumni were promised the Online Directory would be "better". Now we have nothing. It's stunning arrogance to treat the alums this way. Sorry to be blunt, but having had the rug pulled so many times, it's a wonder that anyone trusts the promises at all. To have to have the alumni find out that your vendor is no longer giving you a free ride is humorous at best. You may not be running a bank, but you're certainly not valuing your "Customers". Luckily, I've vampired most of what I need a while ago. Other alums I am sure are not so lucky.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Thomas McCarthy [2006] John – been meaning to respond to this message, and I was just reminded of it when I wrote back re: Patricia’s yearbook message. I really took offense to your comment below, and from someone who I would have thought had an appreciation for doing things correctly and getting it right the first time, I was surprised. Our situation wasn’t ideal, and if we had our druthers we would have kept a month-to-month service with our former provider IAC, but it gets costly. The transition to iModules is taking longer than expected and I’m trying to see that when it is indeed released that we can make every effort to increase membership and more importantly increase “usership” – which hopefully will be the case since iModules offers more functionality. In fact, in previous e-mails I believe we discussed this. Membership and the number of users was not high previously, but I’m optimistic that I’ll get a good response when we’re ready to go. In fact, I’ve only had one request from an alumnus who asked about getting on the community since it was shutdown. The message we currently have up explaining the situation encourages users to contact me if they need any information in the interim hiatus. I’ve been told by iModules we should have a working site by the end of the month and I’m doing everything on my part to try and make that happen. So, my apologies are what I can offer, but just know and
understand that through everything we do in this office, I’m really making
the effort to see this through. Take care Tom Thomas A. McCarthy ’06 Come visit all the great features of the -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Reinke's Jasper (mc68alum) Persona >John – been meaning to respond to this message Tom — glad to hear from you >I was just reminded of it when I wrote back re: Patricia’s yearbook message. Another of my little tasks, collector of alumni frustrations >I really took offense to your comment below Sorry, I knew when I sent it that I was NOT going to make people happy, but the feeling was mutual. Great Brother Jasper's Ghost!!! I'm frustrated with the powers that be up there and at my advanced age, I don't deal with frustration well. >from someone who I would have thought had an appreciation for doing things correctly and getting it right the first time, I was surprised. I don't know how you formed an opinion about me, having never met me, (gossip maybe?), but I do appreciate doing stuff right. I also appreciate that commitments made are kept. In my world, you have to do things right, on time, on budget, and meet the needs of one's Customers and Colleagues. The old joke about "right, on time, or on budget; pick any two" is dead on. In Reinke's world you get no credit for doing that. That's what you are paid to do. You get extra credit for beating the goals, finding achievements that weren't known beforehand when the goal was set, and doing it with style (i.e., make it look effortless). Delight your Colleagues and Customers; with the kudos, come harder problems. So I don't know why you'd be surprised. > Our situation wasn’t ideal Whose is? >if we had our druthers we would have kept a month-to-month service with our former provider IAC, but it gets costly. The Customer's expectations, knowing nothing about any impending transition, was that the level of service advertised and promised by your predecessors would be honored. It's about valuing your Customers. This deal with IAC was expiring for how long? A year. And, no one thought it was worth communicating to the Alumni about? You're probably not aware of the history of the stormy relationship between the powers that be and the Alumni in general and me in particular. Without a long litany, them on that side of the glass tend to make decisions and us on this side of the glass have to live with them. Being an IT guy, I know more than the average alum and "clean up the stable" after some of these decisions. Without going to my notes, there have been FIVE such ugly transitions. Without a depth of understanding of the technical issues involved, decisions have unintended consequences. For example,m they contract with a service. loaded it with alumni data, and put it out on the web. It just so happens that it was never tested. Just installed. The first person to logon became the administrator. Guess who? When I let the powers that be know, they said "could be". I demoed it for Brother President and the IT folks by starting the db, stopping it, and email Brother President the five highest donors with all their personal info. That's when I became "his security guy" on the CGC as an outside consultor. I've offered advice and counsel. For free. To anyone who'd listen. My specialty is business and technology architecture. No one wants my "help". SO, there are some VERY sore spots around the alumni directory. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be changing any time soon. I realize that the powers that be keep changing, but the attitude don't! imho. > The transition to iModules is taking longer than expected Murphy's law; you have to put it in the project plan. >we can make every effort to increase membership and more importantly increase “usership” Until the next "silver bullet" comes along. User reticence comes from trust. >Membership and the number of users was not high previously, but I’m optimistic that I’ll get a good response when we’re ready to go. You have new graduates every year who can be turned on to the value of any system. >I’ve only had one request from an alumnus who asked about getting on the community since it was shutdown. I'm surprised anyone bothers with such at all. There are groups on MySpace, Friendster, and such that are "better". The alumni powers that be missed the window by five years. > The message we currently have up explaining the situation encourages users to contact me if they need any information in the interim hiatus. Web 2.0 is about self-service, instantaneous gratification, and putting the user in the driver's seat. Contacting you isn't an option in most cases. > I’ve been told by iModules we should have a working site by the end of the month And, I tell my wife every month that I'm going to be thin, handsome, and rich. She believes me to. > I’m doing everything on my part to try and make that happen. I have no doubt you'll try. See in Reinke's world, Yoda is the patron saint. "Do, or do not. There is NO try." >my apologies are what I can offer You don't have to apologize to me. >I’m really making the effort to see this through. Good for you. I have no doubt that you'll make it work. I have great doubts that the alumni are appreciate by the powers that be as anything more than a cash cow to be milked. If that's hard or harsh, that may be. But it's how I feel, and I know how a number of my fellow alums feel. > Take care John. You do the same Tom. And, I truly sorry that your offended. But, it is what it is. A mess. Maybe some day, it'll get fixed. Maybe some day, I'll win the lotto, get an honorary Phd in Electronic Literature, make the commencement address, and be "thin smart handsome". Maybe some day, I'll get to fix all the "opportunities" I see. Not bloody likely, but a dream to be savored. 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updates. My heart went out for our
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From: Angel Estrella (MC2002) Hello Do you know what happened to the alumni email address? I
used to be able to log on to an actual mailbox in that server and now it only
forwards the emails to my gmail account. FYI - I'm in Angel Lara Estrella (Class of
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JFound: Ramos, Angel (MC????) http://www.ntid.rit.edu/media/full_text.php?article_id=599 Dr. Angel Ramos joins NTID National Advisory Group ***Begin Quote*** Dr. Angel Ramos, superintendent of the The group comprises professionals concerned with education and technical training for deaf and hard-of-hearing students at the postsecondary level and advises NTID administrators on carrying out policies governing the operation of the college. Ramos is president and executive director of the Angel Ramos Foundation, a non-profit organization that develops and distributes free instructional lessons for deaf and hard-of-hearing children via the Internet; and president and CEO of R&R Publishers, a book publishing company. Previously, Ramos served as superintendent of the Ramos has a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from NTID is the first and largest technological college in the
world for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. One of eight colleges of RIT,
NTID offers educational programs and access and support services for the
1,100 deaf and hard-of-hearing students from around the world who study,
live, and socialize with 14,400 undergraduate hearing students on RIT’s ***End Quote*** # # # # # |
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JFound: Timble Mathews (2008?) on Facebook http://manhattan.facebook.com/profile.php?id=32103475
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JFound: Christopher Cody (2006) http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/ 05/20/2007 9:29 AM ET Southpaws Christopher Cody (above) and Duane Below have
been making ***Begin Quote*** West Michigan Whitecaps at The Snappers, who are in the midst of a tight race for the Western Division first-half pennant, are 11-3 at home this season. They’ll look to improve upon that already impressive total in this four-game series against the Whitecaps, who feature two of the circuit’s best pitchers in Christopher Cody and Duane Below. ***End Quote*** Meanwhile, here is something I worked on last weekend that your spider wouldn’t have gotten, because there is no direct reference to the college in connection with ’06 alum, Christopher Cody. Regards, ### # # # # # |
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JFound: Bill Weisgerber (MC1971 RIP); Tom Gray (MC1970) quoted http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article? Readers get their say on teacher, Indian Point (Original publication: May 29, 2007) ***Begin Quote*** Two recent columns - one about the seemingly never-ending
problems at Indian Point and the other about the life and death of After writing about Weisgerber - someone I knew in college who in recent years became my neighbor in Suffern - I heard from a number of people whose lives he had touched. Nick LaBruna of Suffern, whose full-time job was teaching math at Nanuet Middle and High schools, taught with Weisgerber on the RCC adjunct staff. “We shared many moments before and after our classes commiserating about our students, how the college could be better run and, most importantly, college basketball! I listened to all his Manhattan Jasper stories and he listened to all my Villanova Wildcat ups and downs,” LaBruna wrote. “As you noted,” he continued, “Bill was a very warm person who retorted with insight and humor.” Later on, LaBruna wrote, he cultivated a friendship with Weisgerber, who moved to Suffern and became a member of the Sacred Heart Parish. “I think he really loved Suffern as I frequently saw him walking the streets of the village with such a look of contentment on his face,” LaBruna wrote. Another village resident was touched when Weisgerber thanked her for a simple sign of friendship. “I first met Bill at the Suffern Library, where I work, and he was also a member of Sacred Heart Parish,” Joanne Mattern wrote. “One day I saw him at Sacred Heart and waved to him. I thought nothing of it, since I knew him casually from the library. The next time I saw him, he made a point of thanking me for my kindness and told me he had just moved to Suffern and felt lonely,” she wrote. “Bill’s gratitude,” she went on, “made me realize how much a simple act of kindness can affect someone.” She said she and Bill chatted often after that, and she found him a “very sweet man who I will always remember.” Tom Gray, a 1970 classmate of Weisgerber’s
at Weisgerber, said Gray - who lives in One of Weisgerber’s students, Lauren Abbondanza of Garnerville, said she was especially saddened because she had no idea he had been ill. She described Weisgerber as a “kind, gentle soul, always going out of his way to help his students, me being one of them.” She took both microeconomics and macroeconomics with Weisgerber. Once she was unable to attend a final exam for personal reasons, “but he made sure I was able to take it,” she wrote. “Mr. Weisgerber was an incredible teacher and has left a lasting impression on so many hearts,” she concluded. Keith Walters, another RCC faculty member, shared similar feelings and wondered why Weisgerber’s status never changed over more than 20 years of teaching at the college. It was notable, he wrote, “that for all he offered RCC and his students, the college never thought him worthy of being hired full time. He never had employee health insurance. He never had a paid vacation. He never received compensation when a class he had prepared for months was taken from him. He was never paid for office hours. The college never gave him the honor of being a professor.” {Extraneous Deleted} ***End Quote*** Bill Weisgerber (1971 RIP) Tom Gray (1970) # # # # # |
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MFound: voice mail was a call
from http://blog.360.yahoo.com/ Wings N Things ***Begin Quote*** My baby girl, she is a story all her own. It’s really
becoming such a fun ride! Every day there is a new letter or phone call.
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Coast school called http://www.lacanadaonline.com/articles Learning the Rules of the Recruiting Game ***Begin Quote*** Only .8 percent of students are recruited to play at NCAA Division I schools, Renkens emphasized. But hundreds of other colleges — many of which you have probably never heard — have money and openings just waiting for a decent student athlete. He gave as an example his own daughter who is playing for
a little-known East Coast school called “If you want to play — and I mean really play, not just sit on the bench — you need to look for those Division III schools all over the country,” he said. ***End Quote*** # # # # # |
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Ruminations ***Begin Quote*** The group reassembled to walk around some more, getting
some great gelato in the process. On returning to the cathedral to check out
the frescoes, I saw John and Bob near the steps speaking with a group of
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MFound: Position: Assistant Professor, Engineering http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000510001-01&pg=e ***Begin Quote*** Position: Assistant Professor, Engineering The Department of Chemical Engineering at Search Committee {Extraneous Deleted} ***End Quote*** # # # # # |
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JBlogger: Henry, Janine (MC????) http://janinemhenry.blogspot.com/ Friday, June 1, 2007 ***Begin Quote*** She saw an add in the paper for
Manhattan College Jumpstart program for teaching. So, I checked it out and
two years later I graduated with my masters degree
in education. I got a job as a fifth grade teacher in the ***End Quote*** Dear Ms. Jasper Janine, Thanks for sharing your thoughts now and in the future. Hopefully you’ll get an “A” in your course. (Does spelling count? “add” and “ad”. I r an injineer!) I have an ezine for capturing Jasper News in which I feature Jasper Bloggers that I found. SO maybe our fellow alums will drop by. Hope your blog accomplishes all your objectives. (A blog is really nothing more than a website with really fresh content.) You may want to consider clients to the blog, so that you can prepare offline and batch upload. Hope this helps, # # # # # |
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bill. This resolutely unglamorous and head-hurtingly
complicated piece of legislation, which comes around roughly every five years
and is about to do so again, sets the rules for the American food system —
indeed, to a considerable extent, for the world’s food system. Among other
things, it determines which crops will be subsidized and which will not, and
in the case of the carrot and the Twinkie, the farm bill as currently written
offers a lot more support to the cake than to the root. Like most processed
foods, the Twinkie is basically a clever arrangement of carbohydrates and
fats teased out of corn, soybeans and wheat — three of the five commodity
crops that the farm bill supports, to the tune of some $25 billion a year.
(Rice and cotton are the others.) For the last several decades — indeed, for
about as long as the American waistline has been ballooning — ***End Quote*** So, you have your “gooferment” (to steal Great Brother Jasper’s Ghost!!! (to steal another of When I was in MC’s ekonomiks class, it skewed to the modern liberal left of the political spectrum. But, even there, they admitted that price supports, tariffs, and “minimum prices” were just taxes on the poor. Akin to “price caps” that ensure shortages, “price floors” are yet aother hidden tax. So for example, if we want poor children to have milk (and one could debate if that is healthy), then the gooferment puts a special tax on it (called a minimum price to supposedly protect the farmers) that means poor parents can’t afford it. So we have to create a federal program (“wic”). That takes your taxes and helps poor women buy milk for their children. Minus a big handling fee; some estimate it as high as 80%. How dumb are we? |
And that’s the last word.
Curmudgeon
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