Sunday 30 September 2007 (Catching Up)

Housekeeping

This issue is at:
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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.

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Weekly Stats

753 (net loss of one, sigh!) Jaspers are active on the Distribute Yahoo site. (Serve any purpose?)

The site had 3,655 unique visits last week.

26 in LinkedInJaspers (http://tinyurl.com/yp6x2q).
  (A bust! What was I thinking? )

The daily site had 376 views last week.

mcALUMdb is STILL off the air.

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FLASH! Important info received after the deadline

In recovery! (Went on vacation and forgot my power block for the laptop. SOoooo, this is an abbreviated issue. Hey, whatta ya want for free?)

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Events

 

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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

… … with all of you that I don't know about.

Dona Nobis Pacem

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

“Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.”

- Sydney Smith

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EXHORTATION

http:// today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews
&storyid=2007-09-07T171141Z_01_L07930016_RTRUKOC_0_
US-AUSTRIA-POPE-ABORTION.xml&src=rss&rpc=22&sp=true

Pope says abortion "not a human right"
Fri Sep 7, 2007 1:11pm ET161
By Philip Pullella

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VIENNA (Reuters) - Pope Benedict rejected the concept that abortion could be considered a human right on Friday and urged European leaders to do everything possible to raise birth rates and make their countries more child-friendly.

The 80-year-old German Pontiff told diplomats and representatives of international organizations that Europe could not deny its Christian roots because Christianity had played a decisive role in forging its history and culture.

"It was in Europe that the notion of human rights was first formulated. The fundamental human right, the presupposition of every other right, is the right to life itself," he said in an address at the former imperial Hofburg Palace.

"This is true of life from the moment of conception until its natural end. Abortion, consequently, cannot be a human right -- it is the very opposite. It is a deep wound in society."

Abortion is available in the first three months of pregnancy in Austria under legislation similar to that of other Western European countries, many of Catholic tradition.

But his words had ramifications beyond Europe. Abortion is expected to a big issue in next year's campaign for president in the United States, where conservatives want to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling legalizing abortion.

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Well, the old fellow got that right.

With all due respect where are people’s brains? Haven’t they linked the aging of society, a non-replacing birthrate, and a crisis in social security with birth control & abortion?

Seems like no stretch to me.

There’s a proverb that I heard somewhere, “if you’re not green ‘n’ growin’, then you’re brown ‘n’ dyin’”. Seems straight forward enough to me.

I don’t have stats. But we must have aborted enough young to populate a small planet. And, just as when you look at the compounding effect of interest, (i.e., interest on interest), birth control may have prevented the next Jonas Salk, Albert Einstein, and George Washington. How dumb are we?

Great Brother Jasper’s Ghost!!! Or as Brother Austin Barry would say in the Engineering Measurement’s class “That’s a blunder of mamouth proportions”. Usually accompanied with an F, or if he was feeling charitable a Dminus!

Over and above the Pope as the leader of the Church and a moral leader, some times he’s ever right.

On an economic note, I say if someone has a “right to an abortion”, then someone else has an obligation to pay for it. Are you not making the person who has to pay a slave? And, when you force me to pay for something I believe is immoral AND morally repugnant, aren’t you a dictator?

Sic simper tyranis.

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 (i.e., MC Press Releases)

 

1

Good_News

 

5

Obits

 

1

Jaspers_in_the_News

 

5

Manhattan_in_the_News

 

3

Email From Jaspers

 

1

Jaspers found web-wise

 

0

MC mentioned web-wise

 

0

New Jasper Bloggers

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PARTICIPANTS BY CLASS

Class

Name

Locator

????

Leavitt, Chris

JFound1

????

McCusker, William J. 

JObit1

????

Wiener, Stephen J.

JObit5

1943

Hurley, Donald B.

JEmail03 (RIP)

1943

Hurley, Donald B.

JObit3

1947

Reidy, Brother Peter

JObit4

1947

Ryan, William “Bill” Joseph

JGood1

1953

McEneney, Mike

JEmail01

1953

McEneney, Mike

JEmail02

1966

Hennelly, Michael

JEmail01

1972

Ferrara, Richard

JEmail03

1972

Hurley, Donald

JEmail03 (cited)

1979

Hodgson, John S. “Jack”

JNews1

1989

McCarra-Fitzpatrick, MaryAnn

JEmail01

1993

Steinberg, Robert

JObit2 (reporter)

1994

Kennedy-Sgammato, Kimberly (CMSV)

JObit2 (RIP))

 

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PARTICIPANTS BY NAME

Class

Name

Locator

1972

Ferrara, Richard

JEmail03

1966

Hennelly, Michael

JEmail01

1979

Hodgson, John S. “Jack”

JNews1

1972

Hurley, Donald

JEmail03 (cited)

1943

Hurley, Donald B.

JEmail03 (RIP)

1943

Hurley, Donald B.

JObit3

1994

Kennedy-Sgammato, Kimberly (CMSV)

JObit2 (RIP))

????

Leavitt, Chris

JFound1

1989

McCarra-Fitzpatrick, MaryAnn

JEmail01

????

McCusker, William J. 

JObit1

1953

McEneney, Mike

JEmail01

1953

McEneney, Mike

JEmail02

1947

Reidy, Brother Peter

JObit4

1947

Ryan, William “Bill” Joseph

JGood1

1993

Steinberg, Robert

JObit2 (reporter)

????

Wiener, Stephen J.

JObit5

 

 

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AND NOW THE “NEWS” if there is any

But first a cartoon from Jerry Breen ‘70

From my collection:

{Nothing new. Sigh, fun while it lasted. Maybe I need a vacation?}

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{JR: Thanks, Jerry}

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HEADQUARTER'S MESSAGES

Headquarters1

JASPER HEADQUARTERS: Manhattan College To Partner With Con Edison For Master’s Degree Program In Electrical Or Mechanical Engineering

http://www.manhattan.edu/news/news_releases/092407_1.shtml

September 24, 2007
Contact: Scott Silversten
Phone: (718) 862-7232

Manhattan College To Partner With Con Edison For Master’s Degree Program In Electrical Or Mechanical Engineering

RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Manhattan College’s school of engineering, in conjunction with Consolidated Edison, Inc. (Con Edison), will introduce its Master of Science in electrical or mechanical engineering program during a ceremony on Monday, Sept. 24 at 4:30 p.m. in the Fischbach Room of Leo Hall. Attendees are expected to include Brother Thomas Scanlan, president of Manhattan College, and Louis Rana, president and chief operating officer of Con Edison.

The program will provide advanced training and study that is convenient and efficient for students who also are pursuing professional career activities. It will build on previous training within the Con Edison organization and provide qualified graduate students at Manhattan College the opportunity to acquire knowledge and expertise in a focused area of engineering – power technology – in a relatively short period of time.

A master’s degree requires successful completion of 10 courses. Participants will satisfy this requirement with some combination of the following:

* Possible transfer credit from power technology coursework (2-3 courses)

* On-site courses at Con Edison (3-4 depending on the major)

* Additional coursework at Manhattan College (as needed to complete 10 graduate courses)

Electrical engineering on-site courses include: System Engineering, Analysis and Management; Emerging Technologies in Modern Transmission Systems; Modern Engineering Computation and Direct Energy Conversion. Manhattan College will offer courses in Signals, Systems and Transforms I; Signals, Systems and Transforms II; and Probability and Stochastic Processes.

For the mechanical engineering discipline, on-site courses include: Turbomachinery; Application of Instrumentation and Data Acquisition; and Modern Engineering Computations. At Manhattan College, degree candidates will take classes in Energy Conversion; Combustion Systems; HVAC Design; Applied Heat Transfer; Computational Fluid Dynamics; and Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics.

Manhattan College also offers graduate programs in computer engineering, chemical engineering, environmental engineering and civil engineering, in addition to certificate programs and Continuing Education Hour (CEH) courses.

For more information, please contact Gordon Silverman, acting dean of Manhattan College’s school of engineering, at (718) 862-7281 or gordon.silverman@manhattan.edu.

Members of the media who would like to cover the inauguration ceremony should contact Scott Silversten, communications manager at Manhattan College, at (718) 862-7232 or scott.silversten@manhattan.edu

Founded in 1853, Manhattan College is an independent, Catholic, coeducational institution of higher learning offering more than 40 major programs of undergraduate study in the areas of arts, business, education, engineering and science, along with graduate programs in education and engineering. For more information about Manhattan College, visit www.manhattan.edu.

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GOOD NEWS

JGood1

JOY: Ryan, William “Bill” Joseph (MC1947) 60th wedding anniversary

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September 19, 2007 Wednesday
Flagler/palm Coast News-tribune Edition
ANNIVERSARIES
SECTION: SECTION A; Pg. 11A

Ryans’ 60th

PALM COAST — Jean Frances and William “Bill” Joseph Ryan commemorated their 60th wedding anniversary with a renewal of vows at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church in Palm Coast, followed by a dinner given by their children at the historic Casa Monica Hotel in St. Augustine.

Mrs. Ryan’s maiden name was Jean Frances Carney. The couple were married Aug. 2, 1947, at Holy Name Church in Fall River, Mass.

A nursing student at Rhode Island Hospital when the couple met, Mrs. Ryan later graduated from Western Connecticut State College with a degree in English. She taught for many years at Immaculate High School in Danbury, Conn., and was a student council adviser. She also organized the first Catholic Charities Ball held in Danbury.

Mr. Ryan served in the Army Air Corps in Burma during World War II. He graduated from Manhattan College and was a teacher and coach at LaSalle Academy in Providence, R.I.. After moving to Danbury from Providence in 1951, he began his long career in public as an English teacher, chairman of the English department, house master in the new high school and finally principal of Danbury High School until his retirement in 1987.

Since they moved to Palm Coast in 1989, the couple have been active in many local community organizations and church.

They have five children: Jean Ryan Tepas of Jacksonville; Mary Virginia Ryan of Westwood, Mass.; James Michael Ryan of Danbury; Mark Brendan Ryan of Palm Coast; and Sheila Madeline DeBold of Murietta, Calif. They also have five grandchildren and four great- grandchildren.

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LOAD-DATE: September 21, 2007

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Ryan, William “Bill” Joseph (MC????)

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Dear John,

I believe that Bill is a member of the Class of 1947.

Mike

{JR: Thanks, Mike}

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OBITS

(Memento Mori)

JObit1

JObit: McCusker, William J. (MC????)

ACTIONABLE OBIT: EXPIRES 29SEPT07 Winter Garden,FL MC???? McCusker, William J.

http:// www.legacy.com/OrlandoSentinel/DeathNotices.
asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=95142062

http://tinyurl.com/365b7y

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William J. McCusker

MCCUSKER, WILLIAM J., LT. COL. USAF (RET.) of Orlando, passed away September 26th after a long illness. Born February 27, 1922 in the Bronx, NY he attended Evander Childs High School and Manhattan College. Bill enlisted in the Army Air Corp in 1942. He became a C-47 Transport Pilot and during WWII served in several theaters including, China, Burma, India, Europe and Africa. Among his numerous medals and commendations is the Distinguished Flying Cross. Bill was a member of the American Legion, Moose Lodge, VFW, International Police Assn, Orlando Chapter of 10-13 Club, China, Burma, India Group, and a lifelong member of the Elks Lodge of Winter Park. Bill served as one of New York’s Finest for 20 years in NYPD’s 1st Precinct before moving his family to Florida in 1971. His loving wife of 56 years, Eleanor, passed away in 2005. Bill is survived by his five children, Bill (Sandy) McCusker, Kevin (Kathy) McCusker, Beth (Joe) Gustafson, Eleanor (Gary) Moynihan, and Tim McCusker, plus seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren. A Funeral Mass for William J. McCusker will be held Saturday, September 29, 2007 at 3PM at Resurrection Catholic Church, 1211 S. Vineland Road, Winter Garden, FL 34787. Visitation for friends will be held before services from 12:30-2:30PM at BALDWIN-FAIRCHILD FUNERAL HOME - WINTER GARDEN CHAPEL, 428 E. Plant Street, Winter Garden, FL 34787, 407-656-2233. Interment will be at Arlington National Cemetery on December 14, 2007 at 1PM. Please view and sign the family guestbook at: www.baldwinfairchild.com

Published in the Orlando Sentinel on 9/27/2007.

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Guestbook for your comments is at:

http:// www.legacy.com/OrlandoSentinel/GB/
GuestbookView.aspx?PersonId=95142062

http://tinyurl.com/yqq4eq

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McCusker, William J. (MC????)

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JObit2

{JR: In his blog Stei Guy aka Robert [MC1993] Steinberg wrote of his classmate’s death.}

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Remembering Kimberly Kennedy-Sgammato

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My friends,

This Saturday I will away in New York paying respect to my dear friend Kimberly, who passed away suddenly and way to soon in 2001. Kim was my best friend from college, and somebody who was loved by everyone. I was so close to her that my wife and I named our daughter after her. Since 2002, we have been honoring her at her college, where scholarships have been named in her memory. I will place a picture of my dear friend on this site shortly.

So as I say every year, take this week and honor someone you miss. If you don't miss anyone, honor somebody you love.

Bob Stei

{JR: So of course, I asked.}

JObit: Ms. Kimberly Kennedy-Sgammato CMSV class of 1994

—————– Original Message —————–

From: fj
Date: Sep 24, 2007 10:05 PM

Did Ms. Kimberly Kennedy-Sgammato graduate from Manhattan College? If so, I’d like to report this in Jasper Jottings. But, I need your help to do that. Thanks, fjohn68

—————– Response Message —————–

From: Stei Guy!
myspace.com/bobstei
Date: Sep 26, 2007 2:41 AM
Subject: RE: Was your friend a Jasper?

She was a CMSV student- class of 1994. She passed away May 10, 2001. If you have any questions please ask.

{JR: Jasper Stei Guy called her “his classmate”. So as per my usual custom, Mounties (of the “sister school” era) are Jaspers if they wannabe, or are considered to be. I figure that there is ALWAYS room for one more name to be remembered in prayers. }

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JObit3

JObit: Hurley, Donald B. (MC1943)

September 16, 2007 Sunday
DONALD B. HURLEY, 86
Date of Death:09/14/2007
Traveled the world as international banker
SECTION: OBITS; Pg. A14

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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Donald B. Hurley, a former Staten Islander who traveled the world as an international banker, died Friday at his home in West Milford, N.J. He was 86.

The New Brighton native was brought to West Brighton as a child, and he remained in that community until 1986, when he retired to the Pinecliff Lake Community Club in West Milford.

His family had a long history on Staten Island- seven generations of the clan were baptized in New Brighton’s St. Peter’s R.C. Church since the family patriarch immigrated to the borough from Ireland in 1851.

Mr. Hurley graduated from St. Peter’s High School in 1939 and received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Manhattan College in 1943. He played on his high school’s basketball and baseball teams.

Upon graduating from college, Mr. Hurley served for three years with the Army during World War II. He was a corporal with the 321 Fighter Control Squadron, serving in the European Theater until 1945.

After his tour of duty, Mr. Hurley began a 40-year banking career as an international comptroller with Citibank, Manhattan - a job that took him around the globe.

While living on Staten Island, Mr. Hurley had been president of the Holy Name Society of Sacred Heart R.C. Church, West Brighton, where he was a founding member of the Spartan Athletic League.

In New Jersey, he was a parishioner of Our Lady Queen of Peace R.C. Church in Hewitt.

Mr. Hurley had enjoyed playing basketball and baseball as a young man and was an avid golfer.

“He was a person who lived his life to the fullest,” said his son, Donald Jr. “He was extremely friendly and he used to tell everybody, ‘You’ve got to love life.’”

Mr. Hurley’s wife of 49 years, the former Mary J. Cox, died in 1997.

In addition to his son, Donald, surviving Mr. Hurley are two more sons, John A. and Thomas J.; his two daughters, Mary T. Gaffney and Patricia H. Kane; a sister, Mary J. Zarrilli, 15 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

The funeral will be tomorrow from the Richards Funeral Home in West Milford, with a mass at 11 a.m. in Our Lady Queen of Peace Church in Hewitt, N.J. Burial will be in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, West Milford.

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LOAD-DATE: September 17, 2007

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Hurley, Donald B. (MC1943)

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Dear John,

I believe that Don is a member of the Class of 1943.

May He Rest In Peace.

Mike

{JR: Thanks, Mike. }

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JObit4

JObit: Reidy, Brother Peter (MC1947)

http:// www.legacy.com/Syracuse/Obituaries.asp?
Page=LifeStory&PersonId=94815568

http://tinyurl.com/229mde

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Brother Peter Reidy

Reidy, F.S.C. September 19, 2007 Brother Peter Reidy, F.S.C., 94, of Lincroft., NJ, died Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at De La Salle Hall, Lincroft. Brother Peter was born in Syracuse, NY and received the Holy Habit of the Christian Brothers on September 7, 1932. Brother Peter was a graduate of Manhattan College, New York City where he received a Bachelor of Arts Degree and a Master of Arts Degree. Brother Peter was a teacher at Hillside Hall and La Salle Institute, both of Troy, NY, St. Columba’s School, St. Jerome’s School, and St. Bernard’s School, all of New York City, Christian Brothers Academy, Albany, NY, and Christian Brothers Academy, Syracuse, NY. He had been in residence at De La Salle Hall since 1988. The viewing will be held at De La Salle Hall on Friday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. The Funeral Liturgy will be celebrated at De La Salle Hall on Saturday at 10 a.m. followed by interment at St. Gabriel’s Cemetery, Marlboro Township, NJ. Memorial donations to De La Salle Nursing Development, 810 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, NJ 07738 would be appreciated. Higgins Memorial Home, Freehold, NJ is in charge of arrangements.

Published in the Syracuse Post Standard on 9/21/2007.

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http:// www.legacy.com/Syracuse/GB/Guestbook
View.aspx?PersonId=94815568

http://tinyurl.com/2qrcah

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Note: Apologies about the delay, this came about while I was off-line.

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Dear John,

I believe that Brother Peter is a member of the Class of 1947.

May He Rest In Peace.

Mike

{JR:  Thanks, Mike. }

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JObit5

JObit: Wiener, Stephen J. (MC????)

ACTIONABLE OBIT: EXPIRES 30SEPT07 Princeton, NJ MC???? Wiener, Stephen J.

http: //www.legacy.com/Trenton/Obituaries.asp?
Page=LifeStory&PersonId=94862592

http://tinyurl.com/2zf6f6

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Stephen Jeffrey Wiener

WEST WINDSOR TOWNSHIP - Stephen Jeffrey Wiener, 52, died suddenly Friday at home. Born in Queens, NY, he lived in New Hyde, NY before moving to West Windsor Township 14 years ago. A graduate of The State University of New York at Buffalo, he obtained his master’s degree from Manhattan College. He was employed for 30 years with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and rose to an assistant chief mechanical engineer. In 1998, he founded and coached the Lady Hawks Woman’s Basketball League in West Windsor Township. He also coached recreational soccer, basketball, and softball, as well as travel basketball and soccer teams. He loved his family and was very dedicated to them. Son of the late Bernard S. Wiener and brother of the late Barbara Kaminsky, he is survived by his wife Barbara K. (Johnson) Wiener; his mother Gertrude (Appel) Wiener of Monroe Township; three daughters Samantha Wiener of Woodbine, MD, and Stefanie and Brooke Wiener at home. The funeral will be 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Star of David Memorial Chapel of Princeton, 40 Vandeventer Ave., Princeton. Interment will be in Princeton Cemetery, Princeton. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to American Heart Association, 2550 Rt. 1, North Brunswick, NJ 08902-4301. Shiva will be observed at the residence on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday after 3 p.m.

Published in The Times, Trenton, on 9/22/2007.

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Guestbook for your comments is at:

http: // www.legacy.com/Trenton/GB/
GuestbookView.aspx?PersonId=94862592

http://tinyurl.com/2t5wce

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Wiener, Stephen J. (MC????)

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Jasper_Updates

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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”:

{NOTHING}

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Jaspers_in_the_News

JNews1

JNEWS: John S. “Jack” Hodgson (MC1979) Syntax-Brillian Chief Financial Officer

Business Wire
September 20, 2007 Thursday 10:30 AM GMT
Syntax-Brillian Appoints New Chief Financial Officer
DATELINE: TEMPE, Ariz.

Syntax-Brillian Corporation (Nasdaq:BRLC), a manufacturer and marketer of LCD and LCoS(TM) HDTVs and digital entertainment products, announced that John S. “Jack” Hodgson, 56, has been appointed chief financial officer effective October 1, 2007. He replaces Wayne Pratt, who has announced his intention to resign as CFO at the end of the month.

Mr. Hodgson has been a member of Syntax-Brillian’s Board of Directors since June 2003 and served as chair of its Audit Committee. The company’s Board of Directors will identify a new Board member to serve on the Audit Committee and will also create a Strategic Committee to assist the company in its program to enhance the company’s relationships with investors, suppliers, channel partners and customers.

“I have worked closely with Jack as a Board member for a number of years, and I am pleased that he readily agreed to step into the position,” said Vincent Sollitto, chairman and chief executive officer of Syntax-Brillian. “We have much work to do, but also a significant opportunity to firmly establish Syntax-Brillian, Olevia and Vivitar in the top tier of digital consumer electronics. I fully expect that as CFO Jack will play a critical role in this endeavor.”

Since 2004, Mr. Hodgson has served as a financial consultant and held positions as interim chief financial officer at public and private technology and exploration companies. Presently he is a managing partner of Wild Turkey Equity Partners, a private-equity firm catering to the manufacturing industry.

Previously, Mr. Hodgson was chief financial officer at public and private manufacturing and technology companies, including Simula, Inc., FEI Company, and Integrated Process Equipment Corp. Mr. Hodgson earned his MBA in Finance at Hofstra University and his BS in Economics and Accounting at Manhattan College.

About Syntax-Brillian Corporation

Syntax-Brillian Corporation (www.syntaxbrillian.com) is a leading designer, developer, and distributor of LCD and LCoS(TM) HDTVs, digital cameras, and microdisplay entertainment products. The company’s lead products include its Olevia(TM) brand (www.Olevia.com) high definition widescreen LCD and LCoS(TM) televisions - one of the fastest growing global TV brands - and Vivitar brand (www.vivitar.com) digital still and video cameras. Syntax-Brillian has built an Asian supply chain coupled with an international manufacturing and distribution network to support worldwide retail sales channels and position the company as a market leader in consumer digital entertainment products.

Olevia, Brillian, LCoS and Vivitar are trademarks or registered trademarks of Syntax-Brillian Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

CONTACT: Syntax-Brillian Corporation Vincent Sollitto, Chairman and CEO, 602-389-8888 or Silverman Heller Associates Philip Bourdillon/Gene Heller, 310-208-2550

LOAD-DATE: September 21, 2007

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Dear John,

I believe that Jack is a member of the Class of 1979.

Mike

{JR: Thanks, Mike. }

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Manhattan_in_the_News

MNews1

MNEWS: Richard Heist, dean of Engineering at Manhattan College

http:// www.collegerecruiter.com/admissions-counselors/archives/
2007/09/taking-your-first-career-steps-in-science-engineering.php

Taking Your First Career Steps in . . . Science & Engineering

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Given today’s rapid rate of technological change and corporate transformations, it’s almost assured that your career will go through many changes as you make your way in the world. Top career consultants estimate that we will change careers seven times during the course of our lives. While you already may be thinking about majoring in science or engineering, you may not know about the diversity of career options available within these fields. To give you insight into the worlds of science and engineering, we asked several college administrators to give us their views.

Getting a good foundation

Society’s increased emphasis on technology has made an engineering education a valuable asset. “From a global standpoint, we have a shortage of people with technological and engineering backgrounds,” says Dr. Richard Heist, dean of Engineering at Manhattan College in New York City. He adds, “A career in engineering has remarkable potential, and it’s a particularly good time to be entering a great profession.”

Manhattan College offers its students a rigorous curriculum and a mentoring program that provides internships in the nearby city. “There is a great need for mechanical, civil, electrical, and environmental engineers in our geographic locale,” says Heist, “and our vast alumni network creates a wealth of opportunities for our graduates. I get calls every day asking if I can recommend someone for a particular job.”

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MNews2

MNEWS: Mueller, Don (MCfac) aka “Dr. Bones”

Herald News (Passaic County, NJ)
September 16, 2007 Sunday
All Editions
Class act; ‘Dr. Bones’ puts the fun back into the fundamentals
BYLINE: By DIANE HAINES, Herald News, North Jersey Media Group
SECTION: LIFE; Pg. E01

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For Adjunct Professor Don R. Mueller, every classroom is a stage and every chemistry lecture is a show. He sometimes teaches in costume and juggles fruit and vegetables for the students at William Paterson University in Wayne. His aim is to make them laugh and learn.

“I’m Don Mueller, also known as Dr. Bones. To find out more about me go to go to my Web sites, Dr. Bones show or the Brain Party,” Mueller tells students while passing out a description of General Chemistry 1. There are more than 40 students in the room and he thinks he’s going to run out of the class summary.

“I’m like a priest praying I have enough of these,” he says, walking between the chairs in windowless cinderblock classroom 251 in Science Hall.

“They call me Dr. Bones because I do science and health shows and it pays more money than this (teaching), by the way,” he says by way of introduction.

Mueller, 45, of Monsey, N.Y., uses blue and green plastic balls of various sizes to launch his explanation of “protons, neutrons and croutons.

“Some of my jokes are so corny you may get a piece wedged between your teeth,” he cautions students.

“I have to have fun teaching. ‘We (the university administrators) like what you’re teaching and we don’t care if you dress up,’” Mueller explains about the attitude of his bosses. He sometimes shows up for class as Dr. Bones wearing a white lab coat with a stethoscope draped around his neck and carrying a small skeleton. At other times he is Geometry Guy or the Letter Man. The school officials also don’t care that he’s running for president through his own organization ? the Brain Party. His explanation for juggling fruits and vegetables in class is simple.

“We have fruity people in Washington,” he explains. Others, he says, have the brains of vegetables.

The Brain Party Web site proclaims, “Where we value intelligence and integrity in our political candidates. We invite you to look around.” An eye moves from side to side scrutinizing politics and candidates.

He says George W. Bush is “incredibly dumb” and “an embarrassment every time he opens his mouth.

“Al Gore doesn’t tell you that global warming will stave off the next ice age or at least make it a little milder. ‘The Lying King’ stars Bill Clinton.

“I’m sorry if I offended you, and I’m sorry if I haven’t offended you.” he adds.

On his Web site Mueller pictures Bush carrying a book called “Presidency for Dummies.” He says of Clinton that integrity is something he can’t buy. A photo shows the former president growing a long nose and devil horns.

He asks if anyone currently running for the presidency gets high marks for both intelligence and integrity. Hillary Clinton, Rudolph Giuliani and Barack Obama don’t make the grade. Dr. Bones meets both requirements, says Mueller, and that’s why he’s running.

If elected, Dr. Bones would have Supreme Court justices elected to 10 year-terms and would impose term limits for both the House of Representatives and the Senate. He thinks it ludicrous to have some people serving in Congress for 30 or 40 years.

He says he has a chance at winning because “the people are not as stupid as the people governing us.”

Mueller says he would like to see more scientists, mathematics and business people in politics. (Rep. Rush Holt, D-Hopewell Township, is actually a rocket scientist.) He certainly doesn’t want a former business executive like Jon S. Corzine in public office. Corzine was nearly killed when his sports utility vehicle crashed into a guard rail at more than 90 miles per hour on the Garden State Parkway while he was not wearing a seatbelt. Wearing a seatbelt is something Dr. Bones teaches youngsters.

In addition to his position at William Paterson University, Mueller is teaching calculus and finance at Manhattan College in Riverdale, N.Y. As Dr. Bones he regularly visits classrooms and hospitals throughout the United States, and has performed six shows at the National Taiwan University Children’s Hospital in Taipei. He spoke English with a few Mandarin words sprinkled in, though he says most of the people at the Taipei presentations spoke English.

Mueller has put together his Web sites with a sense of humor and plenty of clip art. He shows a woman collecting elephant dung to suggest the way the Republicans treat their backers. As for the Democrats, he pictures a donkey, the party mascot. He says the three branches of government ? executive, legislative and judicial ? have become a three-ring circus because they are full of clowns.

“Even worse is the fact that the three-ring circus is steadily evolving into a complex set of interlocking rings composed of special-interest groups. These lobbying groups control the purse strings of the Democratic and Republican parties,” the Web site says.

Mueller is asking voters to join the Brain Party, vote for him and start cleaning up politics as usual in Washington. He thinks President Bones has a nice ring.

LOAD-DATE: September 19, 2007

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Dear John,

I do not believe that the Professor is a Manhattan Alum.

Mike

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MNews3

MNEWS: MC in Higher Education Night at St. Lawrence University Canton NY Oct. 2

Targeted News Service
September 17, 2007 Monday 12:07 AM EST
CANTON, N.Y.: Higher Education Night at St. Lawrence Oct. 2
BYLINE: Targeted News Service
DATELINE: CANTON, N.Y.

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St. Lawrence University issued the following press release:

Nearly 100 colleges, universities and institutions will be represented at Higher Education Night, to be held Tuesday, October 2, from 6 to 8 p.m. in Leithead Field House, Augsbury Physical Education Center, at St. Lawrence University.

The event is an opportunity for area high school students and their families to meet representatives from participating colleges, and gather information about the schools. In addition, members of the financial aid staff will hold information sessions every 30 minutes, providing details on the application process and the various types of financial aid available.

Students from high schools throughout Northern New York and Canada are expected to attend. Institutions and organizations scheduled to participate include:

{Extraneous Deleted}

Manhattan College

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LOAD-DATE: September 17, 2007

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MNews4

MNEWS: Acadet colonel at the Air Force ROTC in Manhattan College Section 560 on TV7

ABC News Transcript
September 18, 2007 Tuesday
SHOW: GOOD MORNING AMERICA 8:31 AM EST
ANCHORS: DIANE SAWYER, ROBIN ROBERTS
REPORTERS: SAM CHAMPION (NEW YORK, NY USA)

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SAM CHAMPION (ABC NEWS)
Hey, good morning.
DIANE SAWYER (ABC NEWS)
There is Sam.
SAM CHAMPION (ABC NEWS)
Hi. Good morning, everyone.
SAM CHAMPION (ABC NEWS)
(Off-camera) And, did you say happy birthday to the Air Force?
ROBIN ROBERTS (ABC NEWS)
(Off-camera) Happy birthday, Air Force.
SAM CHAMPION (ABC NEWS)
(Off-camera) Wait, wait. Allow me, please. Your name?
TARA (AUDIENCE MEMBER)
Tara Consodine (PH).
SAM CHAMPION (ABC NEWS)
(Off-camera) All right. And, I used to know ranks. But please tell me what that…
TARA (AUDIENCE MEMBER)
I’m a cadet.
SAM CHAMPION (ABC NEWS)
(Off-camera) A cadet. Okay. And, and then, someone - this gentleman, you have an awful lot of things. What does that mean?
AUDIENCE MEMBER (MALE)
I’m a cadet colonel at the Air Force ROTC in Manhattan College Section 560.
SAM CHAMPION (ABC NEWS)
(Off-camera) All right. Fantastic. You know, my dad will be really disappointed because my dad was a Marine. I should know these, I, they’re just all gone. Let’s get to the boards and we’ll show you exactly what it looks like outside our doors this morning.
SAM CHAMPION (ABC NEWS)
(Voiceover) One or two things we want you to know as you move around today, that there are some showers in the Northwest and this will become more of a system as this is the leading edge to some cooler air dropping into the West Coast.

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LOAD-DATE: September 18, 2007

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MNews5

MNEWS: Bar raided after Manhattan College complaint

http:// www.nyjournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?
AID=/20070922/NEWS02/709220346

Bar raided after Manhattan College complaint
By WILL DAVID THE JOURNAL NEWS
(Original publication: September 22, 2007)

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YONKERS - Two bouncers and two bartenders at Rockin Robins bar on McLean Avenue were arrested in a raid Thursday, police said yesterday.

The arrests stemmed from a complaint by Manhattan College in the Riverdale section of the Bronx that the bar bombarded the campus with fliers, luring students to the 942 McLean Ave. tavern with ads for cheap drinks, said police Capt. Frank Bruno, commander of the 2nd Precinct.

Bruno said the call from college Dean Colette A. Geary prompted police to investigate the bar.

“She was alarmed and extremely concerned for the students,” Bruno said.

Scott Silverstein, communication manager for Manhattan College, confirmed the fliers yesterday. He said the college was worried for the safety of the 3,200 students, of which about 80 percent are underage for drinking.

Silverstein said the college contacted the bar to voice concerns. He said some of the fliers even had the school logo on them.

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I ADDED A COMMENT TO THE NEWS STORY WEB SITE:

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Well, I am in favor of getting the gooferment out of our lives. I don’t think it’s anyone’s business what you put in your body. Hence, there should be no driving age, drinking age, or any such nonsense. I am for VERY HARSH penalties for those who injure others. Like most Libertarians, I am for a restitution; not retribution, nor rehabilitation.

In this case, like Ryder University, the gooferment is probably trying to hold the Colleges to account for their role in enforcing the gooferment’s stupid rules. Remember the Ryder dean who was arrested in the drinking death of a student. So to, the MC dean may not want to spend time being “bubba’s girlfriend” or “bubbete’s boytoy” while the lawyers sort out the nonsense.

So, this may be a matter of self-defense.

The gooferment makes an unenforceable rule. Holds other to do its dirty work. Get nasty about it. So, in self-defense, the school tells the gooferment to do its own enforcement.

fmpov,
jasperjohn68

{JR: We have to stick up for “our” people! }

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

JEmail01

From: Mike McEneney [1953]
Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 1:08 AM
To: John Reinke
Subject: Michael Hennelly '66

Dear John,

          At one time Michael resided at 5650 Netherland Ave. Apt 5A, Bronx, NY 10471. That might a good place for Mary Ann to try.

                       Mike

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JEmail02
RE: Michael Hennelly??
Posted by: MaryAnn McCarra-Fitzpatrick (Arts & Sciences 1989)
Wed Sep 12, 2007 1:32 pm (PST)

I am wondering if any of you out there are aware of the current contact information for Mr. Michael Hennelly (Arts & Sciences 1968 or '69, I think.....).

{JR:  Good thought Mike. Send a usmail note and see if it forwards? To home and old work? }

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JEmail02

From: Mike McEneney [1953]
Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 1:19 AM
To: John Reinke
Subject: Fw: [Distribute_Jasper_Jottings] jasperjottings20070916

Dear John,

      FYI.  A lot of those stray characters showed up again in this week's edition.

        It looks like we will have at least 60 men at the Retreat next weekend. There is still room for you!

            Best,
               Mike

{JR:  I really appreciate you’re looking out for my soul. But I was on vacation in “sin city”, which is a misnomer, since there’s really no more “sinning” going on than in any average metro imho. Wonder how life would have been different if I had moved there in the 70’s as I wanted to. I urge all the youngsters to follow your dreams. I’d send them to NH now. J  Live free or die. Free State Project. But who needs advice from old alums? }

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JEmail03

From: Richard Ferrara [1972]
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 5:06 PM
To: Reinke's Jasper (mc68alum) Persona
Subject: RE: [ManhattanCollegeAlumni] JASPEROBIT: Hurley, Donald B. (MC????) ---- while I was off-line!

I did a double take when I saw this obit.  Donald Hurley (MC '72) graduated with me.  He was a MC basketball player.  I guess this was his father.

{JR:  I do a double take on all obits. Especially when they are around my age and class year. Cold breath of the angel of dea … …  }

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From: Reinke's Jasper (mc68alum) Persona
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 5:02 PM
To: Richard Ferrara
Subject: RE: [ManhattanCollegeAlumni] JASPEROBIT: Hurley, Donald B. (MC????) ---- while I was off-line!

Thanks, you were second. :-)

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From: Richard Ferrara
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 3:21 PM
To: Reinke's Jasper (mc68alum) Persona
Subject: RE: [ManhattanCollegeAlumni] JASPEROBIT: Hurley, Donald B. (MC????) ---- while I was off-line!

BA '43

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From: ManhattanCollegeAlumni yahoogroups.com  
 On Behalf Of Reinke's Jasper (mc68alum) Persona
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 1:16 PM
To: 2YahooMCAlum
Cc: Feeney, Grace H. [MCsft]; Jim Smith [MCalumsoc]; 'McCarthy, Thomas [MC2006] [MCstf]'
Subject: [ManhattanCollegeAlumni] JASPEROBIT: Hurley, Donald B. (MC????) ---- while I was off-line!

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JASPERS FOUND WEB-WISE

JFound1

JFound: Leavitt, Chris (MC????)

http://www.tenlinks.com/news/PR/microsol/092507_chris.htm

Chris Leavitt Joins Microsol as Structural Engineer

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NEW YORK, NY, Sep 25, 2007 - Microsol Resources Corporation, a leading Autodesk Value Added Reseller serving the Building and Civil Engineering Industries and an Autodesk Premier Solutions Provider, is pleased to announce that Chris Leavitt has joined the firm as a Structural Engineering Application Specialist.

Leavitt has a B.S. degree in Structural Engineering from Manhattan College, NY, and has worked at one of the most prestigious firms in Northeast, managing projects and performing advanced calculations. Leavitt has significant experience with Autodesk Revit Structure, as well as several of the most popular analysis software available, such as Risa 3-D, Risa floor, RAM Structural Systems and others. In addition, he has superior communications and teaching skills, making him uniquely qualified to provide quality Training, Support and Implementation Services to our Structural Engineering clientele.

Emilio Krausz, President of Microsol Resources states: “The recent advent of Autodesk Revit Structure, its rapid development and the spread of BIM technology throughout the AEC industry have combined to transform this software into a must-have for our Structural Engineering clients. With the addition of Chris Leavitt, we at Microsol Resources are delivering on our commitment to provide superior service to address the Training, Support and Implementation needs of our Structural Engineering clients.”

Leavitt added that “I am pleased to have the opportunity to support the needs of Microsol Resources’ structural engineering clientele. Autodesk’s advances in BIM software are allowing engineers and architects to push the envelope further with their designs. I look forward to helping structural engineers fully utilize the potential of Autodesk Revit Structure.”

For additional information on Microsol Resources products and services for Structural Engineering and other AEC applications, please call us at 888.768.7568 or email sales@microsolresources.com.

About Microsol Resources

Founded in 1986 as a reseller of engineering and architecture software, Microsol Resources Corporation (www.microsolresources.com) is an Autodesk Premier Solutions Provider (PSP) with offices in New York, NY and Philadelphia, PA. With a professional staff of CAD/BIM Applications Experts focused on supporting the AEC community, and well over 2,500 clients throughout the U.S., Microsol Resources is one of Autodesk’s largest resellers in the United States. Among the services provided by Microsol Resources are Telephone and Onsite Support, Training Services, Implementation Services, CAD Standards Development and CAD Management Services.

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MFound1

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JASPER’s BLOGGING

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Sports from College

(http://www.gojaspers.com)

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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:// www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/24/
scouts.missing/index.html?section=cnn_latest

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CRUSO, North Carolina (CNN) -- Good training and preparation kept a group of Boy Scouts safe after they became lost while hiking in the North Carolina mountains, a troop leader and a relative said Monday. "Our Scouts did get a little off course," says Scouting official Rodney Jones. Eight Scouts, ages 11 to 14, and their three adult leaders emerged unharmed from the dense forest Monday morning after an intense overnight search by 28 rescuers and nine dogs.

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Nice to see that not every man and young boy is inept as portrayed on TV.

In recent memory, we’ve heard: (1) a young man die trying to trek out from a snowed in car; (2) a husband hike out 40 miles in rough country to get help for his injured wife; and (3) a guy try and befriend some grizzlies. Oh, an don’t forget the Chinese teenager, who wacked the indolent crock in a zoo with a stick to get it to move.

And that’s the last word.

Curmudgeon

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GBu GBA

"Bon courage a vous tous"

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