Sunday 01 July 2007

Housekeeping

This issue is at:
http://www.jasperjottings.com/2007/jasperjottings20070701.htm     

Send email to http://tinyurl.com/yh34ut (gives you an email address), fax 781-723-3746, or call 732-917-4816 (It’s the phone on my computer) anytime.

All communications are ASSUMED to be for inclusion UNLESS otherwise indicated.

 

Weekly Stats

767 Jaspers are active on the Distribute Yahoo site.

The site had 4,630 unique visits last week.

20 in LinkedInJaspers (http://tinyurl.com/yp6x2q). (That was a bust!)

mcALUMdb is STILL off the air.

132 page views for the week over at the daily blog. (Could the daily blog replace the weekly email?)

 

Jasper Jottings on the internet

http://www.jasperjottings.com

There is a daily Jasper Jottings at:
http://jasperjottings-daily.com/ 
with an RSS feed at:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/JasperJottingsDaily  
and a daily email subscription like at:
http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=178089

Jasper Sports News that doesn’t duplicate the official MC site:
http://jasperjottings-sports.com
with an RSS feed at:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/JasperJottings-SportsDotComhostedOnBlogger
and a daily email subscription like at:
http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=965451

 

FLASH! Important info received after the deadline

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Events

jasper events that i have heard about

Help wanted: An events editor? No pay; short hours; high autonomy.

 

September 21-23, 2007

Hold the date:

By the way, the Retreat this year is scheduled for September 21, 22, and 23 at the Retreat House in Riverdale.

 

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

- Afghanistan

- - Feldman, Aaron (1997)

- Iraq

- - Angel Estrella (2002)

- 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. Dona Nobis Pacem

 

QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles
/2007/06/biggovernment_conservatives.html

“Prosperity comes from leaving people free in a legal system that respects their persons and property so they can pursue their dreams while taking responsibility for their actions. Free people find their own tools if the state leaves them alone.”

- John Stossel TV reporter and commentator

 

 

EXHORTATION

http://www.happynews.com/news/522007/stolen-wallet-found-56-years.htm

Stolen Wallet Found After 56 Years

(AP Photo/Sun Journal, Amber Waterman) :: JeannetteGregoire, 75, displays on Monday, April 30, 2007, in Lewiston, Maine, photos from her late husband, Val'swallet that was stolen April 11, 1951, and then found April 11, 2007, during renovation of the Paramount Theater in Boston. Included with the photos was Val's military ID, his liberty pass and several photos.

By Associated Press Updated: 5/2/2007
LEWISTON, Maine

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On April 11, 1951, sailor Val Gregoire, 18, was hit over the head while on shore leave in Boston. When he came to, his wallet — and his pants — were gone.

Gregoire's widow and five children were familiar with the story, which became part of family legend. But now they have proof. The wallet was discovered by a demolition worker at Boston's Paramount Theatre — 56 years to the day Gregoire lost it.

''I was stunned,'' said Jeannette Gregoire, 75, of Lewiston, who got a call from Kathy Bagen, the worker's wife. ''How could this have survived?''

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Well, if I can NOT have heroic tales, I’ll take fortunate happenstance.

The story tells a legend. True or not. (After all what mugger steals pants? A lady of the evening perhaps? But we don’t know.) One has to marvel when lost things are returned. Makes me think of the “prodigal son”, the “birds of the field”, and all the Jaspers who we’ll meet again on a special Quad.

Now the only question is will that be on “high”, down “low”, or a split campus like the injineers trudging up the hill for a D in Theology? My worst nightmare is that Hell is that trek in the cold and snow on an unending loop. It’s enough to scare me to goodness.

I’m sure my fellow alums need no such motivation.

cic

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

 

CONTENTS

 

2

Messages from Headquarters (i.e., MC Press Releases)

 

0

Good_News

 

0

Obits

 

4

Jaspers_in_the_News

 

3

Manhattan_in_the_News

 

7

Email From Jaspers

 

5

Jaspers found web-wise

 

2

MC mentioned web-wise

 

1

New Jasper Bloggers

 

PARTICIPANTS BY CLASS

Class

Name

Locator

1952

Pace, Donald J.

JEmail05

1953

McEneney, Mike

JEmail05

1953

McEneney, Mike

JEmail07

1962

Alutto, Joseph

JNews1

1963

Minardo, Philip G.

JNews2

1965

Giuliani, Rudy

JFound4

1965

Hansen, Alfred A.

JEmail07

1965

Placa, Alan

JFound4

1969

Martin, Joseph R.

JEmail02

1970

Breen, Jerry

JEmail03

1971

Kessel, Richard E.

JNews4

1973

Garry, Steven E.

JFound3

1973

Kuhn, Rob

JEmail04

1974

O'Connor, John

JEmail06

1980

Medica, John K.

JFound5

1988

Castellano, Mark

JFound2

1991

Ward, Gillian

JNews3

2006

Cody, Christopher

JEmail04

2007

Flores, Ryan

JFound1

2012

“Amy scofieldi”, Jasper

JBlog1

2012

“Amy scofieldi”, Jasper

JEmail01

 

PARTICIPANTS BY NAME

Class

Name

Locator

2012

“Amy scofieldi”, Jasper

JBlog1

2012

“Amy scofieldi”, Jasper

JEmail01

1962

Alutto, Joseph

JNews1

1970

Breen, Jerry

JEmail03

1988

Castellano, Mark

JFound2

2006

Cody, Christopher

JEmail04

2007

Flores, Ryan

JFound1

1973

Garry, Steven E.

JFound3

1965

Giuliani, Rudy

JFound4

1965

Hansen, Alfred A.

JEmail07

1971

Kessel, Richard E.

JNews4

1973

Kuhn, Rob

JEmail04

1969

Martin, Joseph R.

JEmail02

1953

McEneney, Mike

JEmail05

1953

McEneney, Mike

JEmail07

1980

Medica, John K.

JFound5

1963

Minardo, Philip G.

JNews2

1974

O'Connor, John

JEmail06

1952

Pace, Donald J.

JEmail05

1965

Placa, Alan

JFound4

1991

Ward, Gillian

JNews3

 

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AND NOW THE “NEWS” if there is any

But first a cartoon from Jerry Breen ‘70

 

http://jasperjottings-daily.com/2007/06/26/
fun-fred-thompsons-stealth-candidacy/

http://tinyurl.com/245cmt

{JR:  I loved it. It was a ROFL-er. The fact that Jerry let me put it on the blog was even better. Do you need a cartoonist? } 

 

 

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HEADQUARTER'S MESSAGES

Headquarters1

JASPER HEADQUARTERS: Manhattan College Professor, Dr. George B. Kirsch

http://www.manhattan.edu/news/news_releases/062207_1.shtml

June 22, 2007

Manhattan College Professor, Dr. George B. Kirsch, Authors Two Newly-Released Paperbacks On The Early History Of Baseball

RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Dr. George B. Kirsch, professor of history at Manhattan College, is the author of Baseball in Blue and Gray: The National Pastime During the Civil War, and Baseball and Cricket: The Creation of American Team Sports, 1838-72, which were both recently released in paperback.

In Baseball in Blue and Gray (2003), published by Princeton University Press, Kirsch examines the growth of baseball during the Civil War (1861-1865) and how the sport’s popularity had everything to do with the surging American nationalism of the period. He recounts stories of great players and introduces entrepreneurs who found new ways to invest in the sport. Kirsch also touches on the exclusion of blacks and shares stories of the rise of sports journalism.

Baseball and Cricket (1989), published by University of Illinois press, attempts to answer the question of why Americans chose baseball over its early rival, cricket, as their national pastime. The book tracks baseball’s transition from a leisure sport to a professional entity within the social context of the mid-19th century.

“Baseball in Blue and Gray has been a big hit with Civil War buffs and fans of old-fashioned baseball, and I am very pleased to see Baseball and Cricket back in print, since it has been recognized as a classic study of the origins of team sports in the United States,” Kirsch says.

Kirsch, who has taught history at Manhattan College for more than 30 years, is the author of several books and the editor of two volumes of Sports in North America: A Documentary History, and co-editor of the Encyclopedia of Ethnicity and Sports in the United States. He has served as a historical consultant for Major League Baseball and Macmillan’s Baseball Encyclopedia, and currently is completing a social history of golf in the United States to be published by University of Illinois Press in 2008.

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Headquarters2

JASPER HEADQUARTERS: Improving New York And Connecticut Water Quality And Coasts

http://www.manhattan.edu/news/news_releases/062207_2.shtml

June 22, 2007

Manhattan College Among Organizations To Receive Grant For Projects Aimed At Improving New York And Connecticut Water Quality And Coasts

RIVERDALE, N.Y.Manhattan College is among several organizations that received grant money that will fund 12 water quality and restoration projects in Long Island Sound and Jamaica Bay. The grants, which amount to nearly $1.6 million for projects and studies in the region over the next four years, were announced on Tuesday, June 5 at the Bronx Zoo.

The $1.6 million will be leveraged by $2.1 million raised by the grant recipients themselves towards the projects, providing a total of $3.6 million towards innovative conservation.

Dr. Michael Judge, associate professor of biology at Manhattan College, will lead the project entitled “Numerical Evaluation of Larval Survival in Long Island Sound as Influenced by Exposure to Varying Levels of Dissolved Oxygen.” Dr. Judge will be working in conjunction with HydroQual, Inc., which provides water resource consulting and pollution assessment

The College will receive more than $181,000, including $106,599 from the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, to conduct a study to develop a tool that will improve the long-term survival of fish, shellfish and crabs by allowing resource managers to better determine and manage the amount of nutrients allowed in the open waters of Long Island Sound. The research will look at the different amounts of dissolved oxygen required to sustain juvenile and adult fish and shellfish.

The project will draw upon the College’s expertise in biological sciences and environmental engineering to address the lingering problem of stressed oxygen levels in Long Island Sound attributable to excess nitrogen primarily from sewage treatment plants in New York City, Westchester and Connecticut. An engineering graduate student will work directly with Judge to determine how best to upgrade computer models of water quality in the Sound by adding information about how larval species move around areas of low dissolved oxygen.

“The dynamic nature of the tidal flows in Long Island Sound when coupled with the variations in dissolved oxygen levels call for added complexity of fishery models,” says Judge. “We expect to produce biologically realistic water quality criteria by including explicit larval behaviors into our simulations,” Judge says.

Among other benefits, the project will improve on the ability to pinpoint and protect important spawning habitat and to tailor nutrient reduction goals to improve propagation of fish and shellfish.

The source of the funds is the Dissolved Oxygen Environmental Benefit Fund for the Western Long Island Sound and Jamaica Bay, which is designed to support restoration and water quality projects that reduce pollution, particularly nitrogen, threatening the health and living resources of these estuaries.

“Long Island Sound and Jamaica Bay are two priority areas for ecosystem restoration and enhancement in New York State,” says Pete Grannis, commissioner of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. “While we have made great strides with our partners to improve these areas, there is still much more to accomplish. The 12 projects announced will incrementally improve the habitats and our knowledge base for these areas and for the future of these resources.”

In addition to Manhattan College, other organizations that received grants toward habitat restoration projects include the Westchester County Department of Planning, New York City Parks & Recreation, the Connecticut Fund for the Environment, and Columbia University.

Contributing to the funds for all 12 projects are the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, Long Island Soundkeeper, New York City Department of Environmental Protection, New York/New Jersey Baykeeper, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

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GOOD NEWS

JGood1

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OBITS

(Memento Mori)

Operators of Legacy dot com claim “what problem”. You have to love the ability of support people to deny a problem in the face of an email thread which includes email from their own people saying we see a problem and are fixing it. Great Brother Jasper’s Ghost!!! That is aggravating. Argh! Not sure it’s fixed.

 

JObit1

{Nothing} {And I don’t mind a bit!}

 

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Jasper_Updates

[JR: With the loss of mcOLdb, I have no way of getting missing Class years until I revamp my processes.]

 

 

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Jaspers_Missing

Reported by mcALUMdb as “lost”:

No, the mcALUMdb itself is lost. To some extent no surprise. And, it’s discouraging. And, it puts a bigger load on MikeMcE who is supplying the “class look up function” for me.

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Reported by me as “lost”:

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Jaspers_in_the_News

JNews1

JNEWS: Alutto, Joseph (MC1962)

REPORTING LIVE FROM THE NEWS DESK
IN THE VIRTUAL JASPER JOTTINGS NEWSROOM ...

http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/
20070623/NEWS21/706230414/-1/NEWS

Article published Saturday, June 23, 2007
Business college dean to be interim OSU chief
ASSOCIATED PRESS

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COLUMBUS - The dean of Ohio State University's business college will serve as the university's interim presiden, beginning July 1, while its board of trustees continues its search to replace Karen Holbrook, whose retirement begins at the end of the month.

University trustees yesterday appointed Joseph Alutto, dean of the university's Fisher college of business since 1991, to serve during the search, the university said.

"As we continue our presidential search, we are fortunate to have someone of Joe's caliber and experience at the helm of the university," trustees' Chairman Gil Cloyd said. "He is the ideal person to serve as the university's chief executive officer on an interim basis."

{Extraneous Deleted}

Mr. Alutto, 65, said he had not applied for the position of president and his only interest was moving the university forward academically. He said he did not know how long he would serve as interim president.

"That's really up to the search committee and they hope to have that person on board in the fall," Mr. Alutto said.

Mr. Alutto also holds the John Berry Sr. Chair in Business and is a professor of management and human resources. He is the executive dean for the professional colleges, coordinating the activities of the Colleges of Education, Human Ecology, Engineering, Law, Social Work, and Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, and represents them in decision-making bodies universitywide.

Mr. Alutto specializes in managerial behavior. He has published a book and more than 65 articles in academic journals, the university said.

Before joining Ohio State, Mr. Alutto was a professor of management at the State University of New York at Buffalo. His research focused on joint ventures between China and the United States. He was dean of the SUNY-Buffalo School of Management from 1976 to 1990. He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Manhattan College, a master's in industrial relations from the University of Illinois, and a doctorate in organizational behavior from Cornell University.

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JNews2

JNEWS: Minardo, Philip G. (1963)

http://blog.silive.com/advanceupdate/
2007/06/island_justice_to_head_citywid.html

http://tinyurl.com/2p8z5g

Island justice to head city-wide group
Posted by Staten Island Advance June 27, 2007 1:03PM
Categories: Courts, News

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Staten Island Supreme Court Justice Philip G. Minardo became the first Island justice in nearly 20 years to be named president of the city’s Association of Supreme Court Justices.

Minardo, administrative judge at state Supreme Court, St. George, was elected to the post during the organization’s annual meeting last night at the Appellate Division, Second Department Courthouse in Brooklyn.

He becomes the first Island Supreme Court justice to hold the position since retired Justice Thomas Sullivan served in 1988.

Minardo will oversee an organization that represents 187 Supreme Court justices who serve in the city’s five boroughs. The purpose of the association is to recommend legislative changes and address other issues in an attempt to improve judicial service to lawyers and litigants.

A graduate of Manhattan College and St. John’s University School of Law, Minardo began his career as an Island assistant district attorney in 1969 before moving into private practice in 1976.

After serving as special counsel to Sen. John Marchi from 1988 to 1995, Minardo was elected Supreme Court justice in 1995.

In 2005, Chief Administrative Judge Jonathan Lippman appointed Minardo to a four-year term as administrative judge at state Supreme Court, St. George.

– Contributed by Jeff Harrell

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JNews3

JNEWS: Ward, Gillian (1991) joined LinkedInJaspers

http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=3541885
&fromSearch=0&sik=1182485015460&split_page=1&
;rd=in&authToken=3MN0CKYS723uUtn1an8t35i4digkljnQldgkV3h
z14gjkRd3cVcjsRe3wNd3kP&authType=NAME_SEARCH&goback=
%2Esrp_1_1182485015460_in

http://tinyurl.com/2epylb

Ward, Gillian (1991) joined LinkedInJaspers

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JNews4

JNEWS: Kessel, Richard E. [MC1971]

JASPER JOHN REPORTING LIVE FROM THE NEWS DESK
IN THE JASPER JOTTINGS NEWSROOM

http:// home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?
ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070621005992&newsLang=en

http://tinyurl.com/2n3xrj

June 21, 2007 04:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time

ISO New England Elects Roberta S. Brown and Richard E. Kessel to Board of Directors

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HOLYOKE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ISO New England Inc., the operator of the region’s bulk power system and wholesale electricity markets, today announced the election of two new board members.

Roberta S. Brown, President of Sassafras River Associates, LLC, and Richard E. Kessel, President and Chief Executive Officer of Environmental Power Corporation, were officially named to the ISO New England Board of Directors, effective June 22. They replace board members Mary Sharpe Hayes and Richard A. Abdoo.

“The leadership and expertise Roberta and Richard have demonstrated throughout their careers make them a welcome addition to the ISO New England Board of Directors,” said Vincent M. O’Reilly, ISO New England’s Chairman of the Board. “I am confident their collective experience will benefit ISO New England, the states, and stakeholders as we endeavor on future initiatives.”

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Mr. Kessel, a veteran of the energy industry, currently serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer for Environmental Power Corporation (AMEX:EPG), an organization dedicated to the development and ownership of renewable energy facilities. Prior to this, Mr. Kessel has served as President and CEO for a number of companies including Bedford Partners, Suez Environment North America, and Trigen Energy Corporation. In addition, Mr. Kessel was Chief Operating Officer of Sithe Energies and held various managerial and operational positions at Ebasco Services, Inc. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Manhattan College, attended New York University’s Stern School of Business, and received an Executive Management degree from Wharton.

Upon the election of the new board members, Mary Sharpe Hayes will retire from ISO New England’s Board. Richard “Dick” A. Abdoo resigned from the ISO New England Board of Directors in March 2007.

“Mary and Dick represent the finest of professionals. I speak on behalf of myself and the entire Board in thanking them for their service,” said O’Reilly. “Mary’s insights over the last ten years have helped to guide the ISO through a decade of change and advancement. She has left her mark on each of the organization’s successes, and we are indebted to her for her contributions.”

As a Regional Transmission Organization, ISO New England elects its board members through a nominating process that involves representatives from the ISO New England Board, the New England Power Pool (NEPOOL), and the New England Conference of Public Utilities Commissioners. The nominating process took place earlier this year and recently included an endorsement vote by the NEPOOL Participants Committee.

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JNEWS: Kessel, Richard E. [MC1971]

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{MikeMcE reports: Dear John, I believe that Richard is a member of the Class of 1971. Best, Mike (Thanks, Mike.) }

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Manhattan_in_the_News

MNews1

MNEWS: DEAN’S LISTreported in the The Bergen Record

The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
June 24, 2007 Sunday
All Editions
DEAN’S LIST
BYLINE: Cathy Krzeckowski, North Jersey Media Group

SECTION: LOCAL; DEAN’S LIST; Pg. L02

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MANHATTAN COLLEGE

* Wayne: Kelsey Rogers

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LOAD-DATE: June 26, 2007

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MNews2

MNEWS: Player’s Choice College Showcase at Manhattan College

Staten Island Advance (New York)
June 25, 2007 Monday
Sapphires finish 4-1-1 in showcase
SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. B09

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Bethany Claps scored 13 points in the opener as the Staten Island Rebels 12-and-under squad topped the New York Pride 33-23 in the Player’s Choice College Showcase at Manhattan College in the Bronx.

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LOAD-DATE: June 26, 2007

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MNews3

MNEWS: Jessica Puliafico receives scholarship

http://www.silive.com/news/advance/index.ssf?
/base/news/118268105157980.xml&coll=1

http://tinyurl.com/378ohf

DISREGARD THEIR TITLE. THE GOOD STUFF WAS INSIDE!

Ex-Islander joins D.C. law firm
Sunday, June 24, 2007

ADVANCE STAFF REPORT

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Jessica Puliafico of Westerleigh has been selected to receive a $2,500 scholarship from the American Council of Engineering Companies of New York (ACEC).

The scholarships are awarded to accomplished undergraduate engineering students attending New York state colleges and universities.

Miss Puliafico received the PB Scholarship. She is attending Manhattan College, Riverdale, N.Y. A civil engineering major and mathematics minor, Miss Puliafico will complete her program in 3 1/2 years while also participating in college and community activities. She is the vice president of the college’s student chapter of the Society of Women Engineers, a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the New York Environment Association.

She has volunteered for Manhattan College’s Activity Fairs and Accepted Student Days.

She is also a published poet in both the United States and England. Last summer, she gained practical work experience at Hardesty & Hanover, Manhattan.

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Reported from The Quadrangle (http://www.mcquadrangle.org/ )

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EMAIL FROM JASPERS
(Disclaimer emails may be edited for form, but never substance.)

JEmail01

“Amy scofieldi”, Jasper (2011)

http://scofieldi.livejournal.com/28623.html?view=77775#t77775\

FROM A FUTURE JASPER’S BLOG

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Then I came home and played with my laptop.

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THIS IS THE GHOST OF ALUMNI’S PAST

As the proud owner of a new laptop, may I suggest that you just think for a moment of what it will mean if one morning you opening it up and it DOESN’T awake. Or, it gets lost or stolen. Or, you allow some bad software in.

Yup, I’m talking about the dreaded word … backup.

Fortunately, it easier now than it was when all of those things happened to me at various times.

You can use Mozy to create a secure online backup every time you’re connected to the inet. Sort of set it and forget it.

If you haven’t learned about Murphy’s Law, you will. Figure 3AM the night before something is due, you just type the last period on your opus, the lights blink, and your notebook is doing an imitation of a brick. If you have AT LEAST your data safely offsite and backed up, I won’t have to read and report about “student jumps out window following laptop. Both failed”.

Seriously. Yell if you have questions.

Go on Ebineezer. (Oh wrong movie!)

fjohn68

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JEmail02

From: Reinke's Jasper (mc68alum) Persona
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 12:01 PM
To: 'Joseph R. [MC1969] Martin'
Subject: Please join my Plaxo network

Dear Jasper Joseph:

I found you in the Transmission & Distribution World from 2006, which for some reason, (usually an advertising update), popped as "new". I'll be "featuring" it in Jasper Jottings this week. I'm also updating my address book using Plaxo. Please take a moment to share with me with your latest contact info. I won't annoy you again with this tool for awhile.  As a fellow Jasper, you might know me from publishing http://www.jasperjottings.com, but if not, I found you as a fellow alum. If you're interested in Jasper News here's a webpage about it. http://www.jasperjottings.com/a_jasper_jottings_invitation.htm. Since I hate "losing" people especially fellow alums. I don't mind if you decline, but here's my info. If I can be of any help anytime, just yell. I've got a big rolodex that includes more than just Jaspers, run a "turkey farm" for the unemployed, and put all my stuff out on my web site for you to "steal". I'm also on LinkedIn if you want to do their version of the Vulcan Mind Meld (i.e., joint networking opportunities). Best wishes. Go Jaspers!

Did I mention I'm a notary? Who's a Type A.

Ferdinand John Reinke
Manhattan College
Alumni - Class of 1968

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{MikeMcE reports: Dear John, I believe that John is a member of the Class of 1969. Mike (Thanks, Mike.) }

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JEmail03

From: Jerry Breen [1970]
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 1:12 PM
To: John Reinke
Subject: Jerry Breen's cartoon

John: You can feel free to reprint (if that's the right word)  that cartoon or any other one for the foreseeable future. Actually, The Baltimore Reporter is a small website that really isn't making much money, and I'm doing the cartoons for free at this point just to get the exposure. I'm hoping the exposure will lead to a syndication offer.

At that point, if I had a syndication deal, you would have to pay to republish it. But for the time being, just reprint whatever you want.

Thanks, Jerry Breen

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{JR: Now that’s hard! If you become successful, hmmm. Yup, I’ll hope for success. After all we have to make room for the aspiring cartoonists to showcase their wares here. After all we can’t afford to have TWO cartoonists. That would just make us look “silly”. J  Any outer cartoonists out there? If I can’t get editors and reporters, maybe I can draw cartoonists. (pun unintended!)  }

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JEmail04

From: Rob Kuhn [1973]
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 4:17 PM
Subject: for Jottings

Hi John . . .

Just wanted to bring your attention to this piece published today on minorleaguebaseball.com:

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?
ymd=20070621&content_id=263265&vkey=news_milb&fext=.jsp

Rob

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http://tinyurl.com/yq9fh6

06/22/2007 10:32 AM ET
Cody climbing ladder with finesse
Tigers prospect turning heads without lighting up the radar gun
By Evan Mohl / MLB.com

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FROM THE SPORTS DESK: Christopher Cody (2006)

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JEmail05

From: Mike McEneney [1953]
Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2007 1:34 PM
To: John Reinke
Subject: Obit

Dear John,

          I heard that Donald J Pace, '52 died within the last 2 weeks in Wisconsin but I have been unable to find an obituary. Can you take a look?

           Thanks,
                    Mike

{JR: I scoured the net but could find anything. HELP?!?  }

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JEmail06

From: John O'Connor [1974]
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 8:04 AM
To: 'Reinke's Jasper (mc68alum) Persona'
Subject: RE: MG Scales Gettysburg Address, Memorial Day, 2007

C in C

I appreciate your observations.  Gave me some things to revisit in my own mind.  And the points of difference we both have are not likely ones either of us will ever be able to sway the other from.

I will challenge one assertion you make and one alternative, and offer, not as a point of debate, but so you can consider my own thoughts.

I believe, purely from a historical perspective (I couldn’t handle Calculus with Br Andrew Codyre in freshman engineering, hence my history poli sci degree and my masters in history) that from the War of 1812 was a change from the founding fathers vision.  IMHO the founding fathers always had a vision of Empire on the North American continent, although I would agree that in their vision, the continental dominance would have been more than adequate.  From the Northwest territories and Federal legislation that encouraged and incentivized the expansion west (funny to think of Ohio as the Western frontier), the founding fathers really did believe that a New Empire would emerge.  Jefferson was clearly one of those founders.  I suppose a strict constructionist should argue the Louisiana Purchase was illegal.

The Civil War was, I agree, clearly a watershed in the American political experience, and established the dominance of the central Federal government over the individual states.  I recall (although I would be hard pressed to find the research citation today) one of my professors in my Masters program asserting that prior to the Civil War, the correct grammatical statement was “… the United States are… but that after the Civil War, the acknowledgement of the primacy of the Federal Government and the unity of the nation as a single entity led to the phrasing used to this day “.. The United States is…

On principle, I agree that the balance of central government with the role of the states is offset far beyond where it was envisioned.  But I also look at the stumblings of the European Union that seems to be trying to follow that role model that leaves the individual units with dominance, and the whole EU experiment to me is amusing.  Living in Alabama where there are still honest people who assert, for example “only the Confederate Army surrendered, not the Confederate government, so the South is still legally under military occupation…” there are diehards who assert that secession, albeit by a nonviolent means, is still an objective to be achieved.  Perhaps they can succeed and align with the Ben and Jerry Republic OF Vermont? And we can a split nation like East and West Pakistan of the 60s or the United Arab republics of Syria and Egypt?  (weak attempt at humor, not slighting your perspective or view… but the thought of some stereotypical Alabama secessionists with some of the stereotypes from Vermont on the same side of an issue is funny, you have to grant that!)

The larger dilemma is what to do now and how to get there.  Switzerland survives because it has become a certified neutral that caters to legal and illegal financial interests with equality.  Almost like the official Witnesses of Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land (I know we are 6 years apart, but I think that cult classic of the 60s may have been on your reading list as well as mine).  But now that they have “broken” the trust, and opened their accounts on a limited basis in trying to afford restitution form the Nazi era, they have also exposed themselves.  I believe it will be a matter of time, either because the Swiss serve the interests of all sides, that one side will either attack the Swiss because they serve an opponent, or the opponent will be struck on Swiss soil.  It really won’t matter who does what first… al- Qaeda, SAS, MI6, CIA, Iranian Special Services… it will happen.

Spiking the guns and pretending it will all go away?  Nice thought, but I doubt seriously that will preserve anything for anyone. We are now up to our 3rd vertebrae in gators, and the late analysis that we should have thought through whether we really even needed to drain the swamp has no bearing on what to do now

You are not alone in your statement that you support our troops but would like to see them come home now.  There are a number in my closer family who believe the same way. John, I do not doubt for an instant your sincerity in your statement of support.   My last point is intended to share on observation from my son, Michael.  He is the “rich white Colonel’s kid” as an E-4 Specialist with a reserve Combat engineer outfit just outside the gates of Ramadi.  They have been lucky.  2 KIA, and about 8 WIA since last October.  He is frustrated with how the war is going, from a grunts perspective.  And he is probably 80% certain he will not re-enlist when his reserve hitch is up… unless his unit is called up again, and then he will go with is own “Band of Brothers”.  But when he was home in late February on R&R and for his godfather’s wedding, he made a simple observation to his Aunt, who told him how much she supported him, but thought Bush was an idiot and all the troops should come home now, he said quite simply:  (and this is my best recreation of his words:

Thanks for supporting me and praying for all of us.  But you know, once the debate started about pulling out and setting a withdrawal date, the people in the villages, instead of waving at us or just standing and watching, run and hide, and grab their kids so we can’t toss them candy or toys or stuff.  And it makes me think.  Even if you say you are supporting me, if you say you want me to leave, it doesn’t make me or any of our guys happy.  But you know, I’ll bet you the hajjis (the GI term for all the locals, good and bad, at least that’s how Michael uses it) are all happy every time they hear on al-Jazeera the Congress wants to pull us out.  So you gotta ask yourself, if what you say is really supporting me, why is it making the bad guys happier than it is our guys?

I have no doubt of most people’s sincerity who claim to support the troops and a pullout at the same time, at least those outside the DC beltway.  In my Pentagon tour I spent too much time on Capitol Hill, and my esteem, or lack thereof, for most of them, will never recover.  Joe Lieberman is probably the only one right now on any side of the aisle that I could say I fully respect.  I believe we are in the first quarter Century of the Hundred Years War of the New Millennium.   I have become disenchanted with much of the Bush policies.  But in seeking alternatives, I see only worse choices.  Given the choice again, I would still vote for Bush over Kerry, Gore, or any of the Democrats who want to be the candidate in 2008.  And the crop of Republicans seem no better.

No answers, so perhaps this is just a philosophical venting.  Even if I feel where we are today is the wrong place with the wrong policies and the wrong political structure, and even if I could define an objective end state, there are authentic obstacles and challenges that must be traversed even if I were to reach that Holy Grail of the ideal state, whether it was a return to confederation and isolationism, or a stronger Federal Government with world empire objectives or whatever other alternative you can imagine.  I don’t believe that we cannot get there from here…  I just know it ain’t easy.

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From: John O'Connor [1974]
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 8:27 AM
To: 'Reinke's Jasper (mc68alum) Persona'
Subject: RE: MG Scales Gettysburg Address, Memorial Day, 2007

BTW,  This was more of a one on one communication.  It is not that I object to publishing in the Jottings, but I don’t see that as a forum for debates, and I rthink it might detract from the purpose of the Jottings.  You do as you see fit… that is the burden of being the C in C…

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From: Reinke's Jasper (mc68alum) Persona
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 9:40 AM
To: 'John O'Connor'
Subject: RE: MG Scales Gettysburg Address, Memorial Day, 2007

JO'C: I read your first email and I have to think about it some more. But, as my play time winds down, I think I can answer this one. Jasper Jottings in format doesn't lend itself to debates. And, at risk of whatever, I would like to push this email. Remember Jasper Helms and the French Archers were the reasons that McDonalds was succeeding in France. I think this is what gives Jasper Jottings the character of Plato's Cave and makes it "interesting". Otherwise it's just a tedious recitation of obits and bragging. I think we have (and I'm guesstimating) 2k alums reading it out of a possible 6k. Again rough guess but that's what it feels like. (An alum secretly reported that alums read it but would never admit to it. He caught one when they slipped. I know it's read around the Quad; probably with a lot of clucking and frowning.) If it's bland uninteresting pabulum, eventually the readership will drop to zero. I don't expect everyone to agree. These are human beings were are talking about here. We probably couldn't get a consensus that the sun will rise tomorrow or that it did this morning. :-)  Who knows what the purpose of Jasper Jottings is other than to engender a sense of community. So as C in C, and by the powers invested in my by ... hmm ... try again. So as C in C, speaking ex cathedra from my belly button using all the powers and privileges of my sacred office and with the best interests of the Jasper Jottings Community firmly in mind, I declare this "post-able". That is if you agree. :-) "God, I love this job" from the movie Patton. If I grok the concepts, then I control the concepts? Thanks for making the old gray cells work a little, fjohn68

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{JR: Opinions?  Even “the French archers caused McDonalds” are welcome. }

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JEmail07

----- Original Message -----

From: Alfred A. Hansen (1965)
To: MikeMcE
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 1:02 PM
Subject: Jasper Jottings

Mike,

Perusing Jasper Jottings this week and came upon JOC '74s clipping containing MG Scales' Memorial Day address at Gettysburg.

The Bard's musings in Henry V are truly timeless. In the past, I've paraphrased parts of it and shared my take on it with fellow veterans, but, this stuff truly resonates.  Empirically speaking, Scales really hits home.

Is there any way Reinicke can provide a copy of Scales' address so that I may copy it and share it with my comrades.

Thanks,
Al

P.S. My weak attempt at paraphrasing the bard last Veterans Day is attached.

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From: Mike McEneney [1970]
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 12:12 AM
To: John Reinke
Subject: Fw: Jasper Jottings

Dear John,

         Can you help Al out? He is a loyal member of our Retreat Team as well as a member of the Class of 1965.

                     Best,
                         Mike

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From: "Reinke's Jasper (mc68alum)  Persona"
Date: 2007/06/25 Mon PM 03:55:11 CDT
To: 'Mike McEneney'
Subject: RE: Jasper Jottings

Mike: Sure. I think this is what he wants. It includes one page with the speech and one page with crispin day speech. If this is NOT what he wants, then he needs to describe it better. fjohn68

Ferdinand John Reinke
Manhattan College Alumni - Class of 1968
Kendall Park, NJ 08824

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From: al
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 12:52 AM
To: 'Mike McEneney'; Reinke's Jasper (mc68alum) Â Persona
Subject: Re: RE: Jasper Jottings

Mike,

Thanks for the great turn around. The documents are "right on the money".

Fred, thank you most of all.

Al

{JR:  Another satisfied Jasper. J  My weeks complete. }

 

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JASPERS FOUND WEB-WISE

JFound1

JFound: Flores, Ryan (MC2007) (on FRIENDSTER)

REPORTING FROM THE FRIENDSTER DESK
IN THE JASPER JOTTINGS NEWSROOM

http://www.friendster.com/user.php?uid=44630907

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* College: Manhattan College
* Last Login: 24 hours
* Ryan’s URL:
* http://www.friendster.com/rynflores

“I’m a humble guy & a Helpful,Most of all Honest…”

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JFound2

JFound: Castellano, Mark (MC1988)

REPORTING LIVE FROM THE LINKEDIN DESK
IN THE VIRTUAL JASPER JOTTINGS NEWSROOM …

http://www.linkedin.com/in/markcastellano

Mark Castellano

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Mark Castellano
Technical Sales Professional
Greater New York City Area

Current
* Account Manager at CJR Associates

Past
* Senior Technical Staff at Texas Instruments
* Advisory Programmer Analyst at Merrill Lynch
* Member Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories

Education
* Princeton University
* Manhattan College

Summary

An energetic, self-motivated professional with experience in all phases of sales, marketing, and support of electronics products and services.

Specialties:

*Extensive background in account management, field applications, systems development, programming, and electrical engineering.
*Broad mathematics and analytical abilities.
*Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

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JFound3

JFound: Garry, Steven E. (MC1973)

REPORTING FROM THE MARTINDALE DESK
IN THE JASPER JOTTINGS NEWSROOM

http://www.martindale.com/lawyers/461184?PRV=OGO

Steven E. Garry

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Steven E. Garry
Member
Costello, Shea & Gaffney LLP
44 Wall Street Floor 11
New York, New York 10005-2401

Practice Areas: Litigation; Products Liability; Medical Legal; Insurance
Admitted: 1980, New York
Law School: New York Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1979
College: Manhattan College, B.A., 1973
Member
: New York State Bar Association.
Biography: Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Equity.
Born: Rockville Centre, New York, August 26, 1951
ISLN: 907183813

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JFound4

JFound: Giuliani, Rudy (MC1965) & Placa, Alan (MC1965)

REPORTING LIVE FROM THE NEWS DESK
IN THE VIRTUAL JASPER JOTTINGS NEWSROOM …

http:// groups.google.com/group/Catholics-on-Fire/browse_thre
ad/thread/eb4b227d6e253bd5/94129b660a4e8280?q=%22manhattan+c
ollege%22+-%22marymount+manhattan+college%22+-%22borough+of+
manhattan+college%22&rnum=1

http://tinyurl.com/3y5wej

From the Google Group “Catholics on Fire” which decribes itself as “for Catholics to share their faith as well as any inspirational stories or if they have a prayer need… we will pray the prayer of agreement”.

From: Sue Cifelli <pra…@embarqmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:55:23 -0400
Local: Fri, Jun 22 2007 11:55 am
Subject: Msgr. Alan Placa and Fr. Brendan Riordan

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Giuliani’s loyalty to an accused priest

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/06/22/placa/print.html

A grand jury accused Alan Placa of molestation
and his diocese has suspended him, but the
presidential candidate continues to employ his
lifelong best friend as a consultant.

By Alex Koppelman and Joe Strupp

{Extraneous Deleted}

Placa, now 62, has been friends with Giuliani since childhood. The boys attended Bishop Loughlin High School in Brooklyn together, where Giuliani, Placa and Peter Powers, later to become chief aide to Giuliani during his first term as mayor of http://dir.salon.com/topics/new_york_city/ New York City, were in an opera club together. Placa and Giuliani would sometimes double-date. “After we’d drop off the girls,” Placa told the New York Times in 1997, “Rudy and I would spend hours in the car or walking down the sidewalks, debating ideas: religion, the problems of the world, what we wanted to be.” Giuliani, Powers and Placa later attended Manhattan College together and were http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/05/15/giuliani/index.html  fraternity brothers at Phi Rho Pi.

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Giuliani, Rudy (MC1965)

Placa, Alan (MC1965)

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{MikeMcE reports: Dear John, Yes, Father Placa is a member of the Class of 1965. Best,    Mike (Thanks, Mike.) }

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JFound5

JFound: Medica, John K. (MC1980)

REPORTING LIVE FROM THE HOOVERS DESK
IN THE VIRTUAL JASPER JOTTINGS NEWSROOM …

http://www.hoovers.com/globaluk/sample/co/people
/bio.xhtml?ID=13193&PID=12919359

John K. Medica, Age 47
DELL
SVP, Product Group

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Biography

John Medica serves as senior vice president, Product Group. In this role, he is responsible, along with Alex Gruzen, for worldwide development, marketing, quality and delivery into manufacturing of all Dell notebooks, desktops, imaging & printing, displays and other peripherals, as well as the strategic technology direction for Dell.

Mr. Medica joined Dell in 1993 to lead the company back into the global notebook business, which grew to more than $1 billion dollars (US) in cumulative revenues in less than three years. He has since served in numerous leadership capacities including president of Dell Japan, vice president of Worldwide Procurement, vice president of Dell’s Latitude and Transactional Product Groups and most recently led Dell’s overall Product Group activities with Jeff Clarke.

Prior to joining Dell, Mr. Medica held progressive development and operations positions over a ten-year period at Apple Computer, ranging from project leader for the Macintosh II to director of the Macintosh CPU Projects Group to senior director of Powerbook Engineering, where he led its development and successful introduction.

Mr. Medica graduated from Wake Forest University with a master’s degree in business administration and holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Manhattan College.

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Medica, John K. (MC1980)

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{MikeMcE reports: Dear John, John, I believe, is a member of the Class of 1980. Best, Mike   (Thanks, Mike.) }

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MC mentioned web-wise

MFound1

MFound: McGovern … previously taught English at Manhattan College

http://hub.gmnews.com/news/2007/0621/Front_Page/068.html

Business sprang from simple idea in 1980
WD Communications Inc. presents seminars on many business skills
BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent

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McGovern received a master’s degree in English from Fordham University in the Bronx, N.Y., where she finished course work for a doctorate in English. She previously taught English at Manhattan College in New York City. McGovern and her husband, Terry, live in Holmdel. They have three adult children, Terry, Brendan and Eva.

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MFound2

MFound: John Mark, a winner in 1996, … at Manhattan College

http://www.qgazette.com/news/2007/0620/features/018.html

Astoria Civic Association Awards $26K In Scholarships
BY THOMAS COGAN

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Seeing such high spirits, City Councilmember Peter Vallone Jr. rounded out his father’s opening description by calling the scholarship awards ceremony “our favorite night”. Each year, several past winners are in attendance, and John Mark, a winner in 1996, recalled that his award paid for much of his first-year expenses at Manhattan College. He later studied at Oxford University in England and eventually got a law degree at St. John’s. His advice to all the winners was: “Stay involved!”

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JASPER’s BLOGGING

JBlog1

JBlogger: “Amy scofieldi” Jasper (2012)

http://scofieldi.livejournal.com

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Amy (scofieldi) wrote,
@ 2007-06-15 09:11:00

Current location: MC Library

Current mood: tired

Current music: People talkingggg

This kid doesn’t know what facebook or myspace is….wow.

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Old

My list of previously reported Jasper Bloggers here:

http://jxymxu7sn5ho9d.wordpress.com/about/jasper-bloggers/

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Sports from College

(http://www.gojaspers.com)

Sports from others

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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 you’re 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

http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?
AID=/20070601/NEWS01/706010378/-1/BUSINESS04

Coins gone from state museum
Officials want to know what happened to the rare 'trial strikes' from 1867.
By TOM ALEX REGISTER STAFF WRITER
June 1, 2007

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Twenty-seven rare 1867 coins worth more than $150,000 are missing from their designated storage spot at the Iowa State Historical Building.

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You have to laugh when the gooferment can’t keep even easy stuff safe. And they are going to protect the people? As the youngsters say, rofl!

And that’s the last word.

Curmudgeon

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GBu GBA

"Bon courage a vous tous"

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