http://www.jasperjottings.com/2008/jasperjottings2008WEEK35.html
Index
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/26090
21/Madrid-air-crash-stewardess-survived-by-switching-seats.html
By Fiona Govan and Ed Owen in
Last Updated: 11:22PM BST 23 Aug 2008
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The sole crew member to survive last week’s
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Always listen to your “inner voice”. I’ve heard it described as: “your conscience”, the “Universe singing to us”, “God speaking quietly directly to our soul”, “intuition”, “synchronicity”, and “plain old luck”.
Whatever!
An Old Nun said it was your Guardian Angel.
If it is “your conscience”, the I love the dialogue in the movie “A Man For All Seasons” for instructions on following “your conscience”:
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The Duke of
Sir Thomas More: And when we die, and you are sent to heaven for doing your conscience, and I am sent to hell for not doing mine, will you come with me, for fellowship?
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Hope, that voice yells for me. I do tend to get engrossed in what I am doing at the time. No sensitive tap on the shoulder will do; I need a good swift kick in the A double Q!
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* Posted on: Sun, Aug 24 2008 12:00 PM
Hogue, Laura Streche (MC2005) weds.
http://www.new.facebook.com/profile.php?id=32101478
[JR: Pics prove it!]
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Ceremony
Friday August 8, 2008, 7:00PM
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[JR: On 8/8/8 @ 7PM?]
[JR: Mozel Tov!]
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* Posted on: Sun, Aug 24 2008 5:31 PM
Boys Honored As 911 Heroes
Published: August 5, 2008
Shawn D. Parkes, 12, of
Dillon Huddleston, 10, of
Former Kansas City Chiefs players and even the police chief were on hand to recognize the young heroes.
[JR: May all your challenges be small enough for you to handle; yet, big enough to stretch you. Me? Tiny ones, please.]
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* Posted on: Mon,
Aug 25 2008 12:06 PM
http://www1.cuny.edu/forum/?p=2763
New Provost William Tramontano
Takes Office
August 25th, 2008
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William A. Tramontano, a distinguished
educator and researcher in the biological sciences, has become
“Dr. Tramontano brings strong
leadership to the College, a commitment to faculty growth and development, and
a proven ability to initiate and implement new academic programs,” said
President Christoph M. Kimmich
as the provost assumed his post on Tuesday, July 1. “
A native of Bay Ridge, Tramontano
comes to
“I feel privileged to become part of the
Tramontano holds a B.S. in biology
from
“Coming from CUNY makes the transition easier because of the similarities of the institutions, the semi-centralized nature of CUNY, and my familiarity with the duties of the college provost,” Tramontano said.
He is a member of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science, Sigma Xi Honor Society, Botanical Society of America, Council for Undergraduate Research, and National
Associations for the Advisors for the Health Professions. Tramontano
taught at
Under his leadership,
“Facilities are always an issue, as is getting the money for
the capital improvements we will need at the College. So whether it’s the
“The intellectual tradition of
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Tramontano, William A. (MC1976) (again?)
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* Posted on: Mon,
Aug 25 2008 7:11 PM
From: Vaccarino, Carmine (MC1957)
Sent: Aug 25, 2008, at 5:41 PM
To: reinke, fjohn68
Subject: Re: Phishing expedition?
I received a postcard from
Carmine Vaccarino
BEE ‘57
PS Din not receive a Jasper Jottings this week.
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[JR: (1) Legit, read the last two or three issues of Jottings. It's fronting for the College. The pitch is from the Alumni Organization. There have been lots of thoughts expressed. Not all printable. (2) Issue went out on schedule. Check you spam folder? fjohn68 ]
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UPDATE: Looks like I screwed it up. I redid the Yahoo distribution today. Sorry, Oldheimers!
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* Posted on: Mon,
Aug 25 2008 7:23 PM
* Updated: Mon,
Aug 25 2008 8:02 PM
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/amerinet-names-stevens
-chief-human/story.aspx?guid=%7BDD1A5DAB-DA11-4B68-9589-1BE3
15C24627%7D&dist=hppr
Amerinet Names Stevens as Chief
Human Resources Officer
Last update: 9:09 a.m. EDT Aug. 25, 2008
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Stevens’ diverse career includes positions that have utilized his broad professional expertise in recruitment and retention, compensation and benefits, training and development and performance management and assessment.
Stated Todd Ebert, Amerinet’s president and chief executive officer, “I look forward to having Bud join our organization as an integral member of our leadership team. His depth and breadth of professional experiences in the human capital arena will be critical for the successful continuation of our strategic growth plan for our company.”
Stevens’ professional background includes leadership positions at architectural and engineering design firm, HNTB Company and Fidelity Investments. Additional leadership roles held within the medical industry feature corporations including Xomed Surgical Products, Allergan Optical and Tambrands. Stevens also holds the honor of having served as a captain in the United States Marine Corps.
His educational background includes a BA in Economics from
College of the Holy Cross and an MBA earned at
About Amerinet Inc.
Through Total Spend Management Solutions, Amerinet strategically partners with healthcare providers to improve operating margins by creating efficiencies, reducing costs and identifying new revenue streams.
Supported by a team of clinical, data and supply chain experts, Amerinet offers a suite of tools, programs and services including a comprehensive and competitive portfolio that delivers practical solutions to address members’ specific needs.
Based in
SOURCE: Amerinet Inc.
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* Posted on: Mon,
Aug 25 2008 9:57 PM
From: Power, Matthew (MC1993)
Date: Mon Aug 25, 2008 8:55 pm
Subject: birth announcement mpwer
A beautiful baby girl –’Sarah Josephine—born June 6, 2008,
welcomed
home by big sister Amanda and big brother Matthew
Michelle (LeMire) Power 92
Matthew Power 93
Pierce J. Power –grandfather 50
Paul LeMire –uncle 85
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[JR: Mozel Tov! ]
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* Posted on: Tue,
Aug 26 2008 7:01 AM
From: Paul Otterstedt (BEME 1983)
Date: August 26, 2008 2:50:10 PM EDT
Subject: Re: JASPER JOTTINGS Week 34 - 2008 Aug 24
Happy news to share!
My wife Jenny and I announce the birth of our second child,
Abigail
Charlotte Otterstedt, on August 15, 2008.
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[JR: Mozel Tov! Jaspers have been busy this week!!]
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* Posted on: Tue,
Aug 26 2008 7:17 PM
In lieu of sending my self email, I thought I’d share this finding directly. Email is so last decade any way. I should be pushing twitters, not a blog. So, like, I think, ahh, … (yeah, hanging around on the Facebook too much!)
I have roasted the CINO politicians and the enabling Princes of the Church. Seems like that might be changing?
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/
archbishop-pelosis-comments-on-abortion-are-false
-2008-08-25.html
By Bob Cusack
Posted: 08/25/08 11:29 PM [ET]
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In a rare public rebuke of a top politician, the archbishop
of
In a release issued Monday night, Washington Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl said Pelosi’s comments on “Meet the Press” on Sunday “were incorrect.”
Wuerl noted that Pelosi responded to a question on when life begins by mentioning she was Catholic.
The release quoted Pelosi as saying the church has not been able to come with a definition of when life begins.
“After Mr. Tom Brokaw, the interviewer, pointed out that the Catholic Church feels strongly that life begins at conception, she replied, ‘I understand. And this is, like, maybe 50 years or something like that. So again, over the history of the church, this is an issue of controversy,’ ” the release said.
Wuerl strongly disagrees.
He said, “We respect the right of elected officials such as Speaker Pelosi to address matters of public policy that are before them, but the interpretation of Catholic faith has rightfully been entrusted to the Catholic bishops. Given this responsibility to teach, it is important to make this correction for the record.”
Wuerl pointed out that the Catechism of the Catholic Church is clear, and has been clear for 2,000 years. He cited Catechism language that reads, “Human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception … Since the first century the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion. This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable. Direct abortion, that is to say, abortion willed either as an end or a means, is gravely contrary to the moral law.”
A Pelosi spokesman did not immediately comment for this article.
The Speaker recently said she, unlike other Catholic politicians who support abortion rights, has not clashed with her church about receiving communion.
In an interview on C-SPAN that aired earlier this month, Pelosi was asked about how some church officials have raised objections about whether former presidential contenders - such as Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) - should receive communion.
Pelosi, a Roman Catholic whose district includes most of
“I think some of it is regional,” she said, “It depends on the bishop of a certain region, and, fortunately for me, communion has not been withheld and I’m a regular communicant, so that would be a severe blow to me if that were the case.”
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Perhaps, there will be “truth in labeling” for the CINOs yet!
fjohn68
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UPDATE
August 27, 2008
Cardinal Egan and the Abortion Debate
C. Edmund Wright
Did I just hear Cardinal Egan change the abortion debate? Perhaps I did.
Tuesday, the Archdioces of New York issued an unequivocally blistering rebuke to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and her mind numbing attempt to keep the question of when life begins “above her pay grade” (not to mention the pay grades of Barack Obama , Cardinal Egan, the Pope and pretty much the entire Catholic Church.) Egan, perhaps fresh off a raise, is apparently of sufficient pay grade to answer this nagging question. And answer it he did, with clarity and certitude and with passion.
What he did not include in his answer, and this is the game changer, was scripture.
“We are blessed in the 21st century with crystal-clear photographs and action films of the living realities within their pregnant mothers. No one with the slightest measure of integrity or honor could fail to know what these marvelous beings manifestly, clearly and obviously are, as they smile and wave into the world outside the womb.”
[JR: WOW! Seems like the score is Princes 2 CINOs 0!]
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* Posted on: Wed, Aug 27 2008 8:09 AM
* Updated: Wed,
Aug 27 2008 5:59 PM
http://www.legacy.com/StamfordAdvocate/DeathNotices.asp?
Page=LifeStory&PersonId=116479439
Gerard Edward Martin
GERARD EDWARD MARTIN formerly of
He was born and raised in the Woodlawn section of the Bronx,
nicknamed “Yardy”, son of Thomas and Mary (nee
McGovern), both natives of
Gerard served in the USCG at 17 years of age during WW II. Later attended University of the Highlands, and
Wake at Woodbury Funeral Home of Munson-Lovetere,
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Martin, Gerard Edward (Jasper BBall Fan)
[JR: Editorial discretion applied. If this Fan has Jasper in his obit, then the alumni should extend him a "payback" prayer. Notre Dame recognizes its 'subway alumni'; so should we.]
Guestbook: http://tinyurl.com/6azgn5
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* Posted on: Wed,
Aug 27 2008 9:36 PM
* Updated: Wed,
Aug 27 2008 10:24 PM
http://www.legacy.com/NewsTimes/Obituaries.asp?
Page=LifeStory&PersonId=116479381
Gertrude M. Healy
Gertrude M Healy, age 84, passed away peacefully Monday,
August 25, 2008 at the Connecticut Hospice on the coast of
Gertrude grew up on
Gertrude married William Healy, a
Gertrude became known as “Gigi” (short for Grandma Gertrude) when her first granddaughter was born 25 years ago. “Gigi” was devoted to her granddaughters and would come to their aide at a moment’s notice. Always resourceful and efficient, she often enjoyed the challenge of redesigning a dress or a slip cover! Gertrude passed on her love of the shore and saw to it that her family enjoyed vacation by the sea for decades.
Gertrude’s friends at
Gertrude is survived by two sons, William and his wife,
Suzanne of Bethel and Robert of Southbury; one brother, Walter Markey of
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Healy, Gertrude M. [Jasper spouse)
[JR: Descretion again. What can I say. If someone thought it was important to mention, then we can pray for them.]
Guestbook: http://tinyurl.com/56oq6b
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* Posted on: Wed,
Aug 27 2008 9:57 PM
http://media.www.mcquadrangle.org/media/storage/paper663/
news/2008/08/27/OpEd/Notes.From.The.Editor-3405964.shtml
Notes From The Editor
David Ellison
Issue date: 8/27/08 Section: OpEd
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We are back online!
I understand a lot of alumni, families of students and others interested in what is going on at Manhattan College have wondered what has happened to the online version of the Quadrangle.
Well we went offline all of last year to concentrate on the print issue of the newspaper. As a result, I am pleased to announce we recently won the Most Improved Group Award for the 2007-2008 school year.
We are extremely excited to bring back the online version.
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[JR: Respecting their copyrights after a nasty conversation two years ago about "their content", I'm just reporting what they send me.]
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* Posted on: Wed,
Aug 27 2008 10:31 PM
http://www.youtube.com/formula203
formula203
Joined: August 17, 2008
Last Sign In: 17 hours ago
Videos Watched: 92
Subscribers: 3
Channel Views: 153
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[JR: A new finding from Twitter to YouTube. Hard to find all the ways Jaspers express themselves. Funny. But then a girl with a bag on her head is always a hoot. Forgetting the cables; expecting the new dorm to be wireless. Argh! Have to bring that up at the next CGC meeting. I enjoyed it. Shocking, but reminds me of the 60's. Have to watch for more. Interesting that YouTube doesn't allow an RSS feed of an individual user. That would have been helpful. Finding this content is going to be hard enough!]
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* Posted on: Thu,
Aug 28 2008 8:09 AM
From: Vaccarino, Carmine (MC1957)
Date: August 28, 2008 11:14:52 PM EDT
To: “Ferdinand J. Reinke”
Subject: Fw: A new service from the Knights of Columbus
I found this to be an interesting web site. Check it out.
CAV’57
— On Thu, 8/28/08, Knights of Columbus Communications
Department <communications@kofc.org> wrote:
From: Knights of Columbus Communications Department
<communications@kofc.org>
Subject: A new service from the Knights of Columbus
Date: Thursday, August 28, 2008, 5:58 PM
NEWS FOR KNIGHTS
Knights of
The Knights of Columbus this week launched a brand-new Internet-based news and information service for Catholics everywhere: Headline Bistro.
Headline Bistro is a website that provides a quick digest of daily news sources around the world that contain news of interest to active Catholics. Whether it relates to world affairs, national politics or news specifically about the Catholic Church, you’ll find links to the original sources here. You’ll also find video clips, detailed state-by-state information about voting and public policy, and recommended reading from the world of books. The web address is www.headlinebistro.com.
You can also sign up for a daily e-mail that’ll give you the day’s top headlines. If you’re already a subscriber to our other e-mail updates, just enter your e-mail address in the sign-up box and add Headline Bistro to your preferences.
Tell all your Catholic friends about Headline Bistro!
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* Posted on: Fri,
Aug 29 2008 5:13 PM
i dunno who wrote this but you know nothing about my dad obviously and nothing about our family!
* Posted on: Thu,
Aug 28 2008 12:20 PM
[JR: Kat is George’s daughter. I’ve emailed her to find out what is wrong.]
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racist
* Posted on: Thu, Aug 28 2008 10:08 PM
[JR: Typical ‘drive by’ comment.]
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Last night, I heard three waitresses in a ‘greasy spoon’ commiserate that they only earned 2.63 per hour with no holiday or overtime pay. Not being annoying, while I am never an advocate for gooferment action, in this case I was.
I want to urge the gooferment to get out of its improper and unconstitutional role in education. Clearly these women had been miseduacter in their rights in the free market. I wanted to stand up and scream ‘qwit yur kvetching and get a better job!’ at the top of my lungs.
I appreciated these women serving Frau and
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* Posted on: Sun,
Aug 31 2008 7:05 AM