Sunday 19 March 2006
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Reinkefj at the College’s email forwarding service alum dot manhattan dot edu! Use email-sending webform http://public.2idi.com/=reinkefj anytime.
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Flash: Men’s BBall nips Maryland in a great game. It was on ESPN and was certainly a nail-biter! Congrats. They certainly demonstrated what a Jasper is.
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JASPER EVENTS THAT I HAVE HEARD ABOUT
Thursday, May 12th
Spring Social Manhattan College Latino Alumni Club Ibiza Lounge
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Saturday February 24, 2007
Hold the date for 2007 Manhattan Alumni of the Treasure Coast Jasper Open Golf Tourney
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My list of Jaspers who are in harm's way:
- Afghanistan
- - Feldman, Aaron (1997)
- Iraq
- - Lara, Angel (2002) - - 1st Recon BN, H&S Co, S-6 - - Unit 40535 - - FPO, AP 96426-0535
- Unknown location
- - Lynch, Chris (1991)
- Uzbekistan
- - Brock (nee Klein-Smith), Lt Col Ruth (1979)
… … my thoughts are with you and all that I don't know about.
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
Time is the only coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you. Carl Sandburg
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Exhortation
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0601456.htm ADOPTION Mar-13-2006 (1,030 words) xxxn Catholic Charities in Boston Archdiocese to end adoption services By Jerry Filteau Catholic News Service {Begin Quote} WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Catholic Charities of the Boston Archdiocese announced March 10 that it will stop providing adoption services rather than continue to comply with a state law requiring no discrimination against gay and lesbian couples who seek to adopt. {End Quote} Ahh, yes! That pesky First Amendment. And, the idea that perhaps government can’t do everything. Anything. Something? Why is the gummamint involved in adoptions? And, just about everything else. Children are unique blessings. Why does the government treat them as property? Or as non-things until they are born? And kill them when they are inconvenient? (Anyone who differs with that statement should look at the state’s record in foster care.) Perhaps we should recognize that the state has oversteps its bounds, its competence, and its limits. I personally do NOT agree that foster care is better than a gay or lesbian couple. I would respectfully assert to the Church fathers that perhaps dogma might be tempered with charity. They do it with the “Catholic in name only” politicians. It’s like the recent Katrina debacle where the government said boaters couldn’t rescue the drowning because they didn’t have enough life jackets. Hey gang, it’s any port in a storm. Yes, I wish every child could be assured a “Leave it to Beaver” Cleaver household. But, once we recognize that that “isn’t gonna happen”, then I would give them to anyone who would do right by them. Anything but government foster care, which seems like it is little different from the government prison. I have had an interesting personal experience with adoption in the USofA back in the 70s. Not being able to have kids, Frau and I investigated adoption. Several agencies, not just the Catholic ones, told us that we couldn’t because my wife was diabetic. We couldn’t even get on a list. Never mind get screened! So, I think that we need to “re-evaluate” the whole issue. Every time, I hear of abuse or death in the State system, I think to myself “it doesn’t make sense”. I am sure all my fellow alums can understand it and maybe some time someone can explain it to me. You have to use little words ‘cause I’m an “injineer”
Reflect well on our alma mater, this week, every week, in any and every way possible, large or small. God bless. "Collector-in-chief" John reinke--AT—jasperjottings.com
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CONTENTS
1 Messages from Headquarters (like MC Press Releases) 0 Good_News 2 Obits 2 Jaspers_in_the_News 2 Manhattan_in_the_News 5 Email From Jaspers 2 Jaspers found web-wise 1 MC mentioned web-wise 0 Blaire’s Blog
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PARTICIPANTS BY CLASS
Class	Name	Section
1930	Mazurki, Mike	JFound2
1938	Brannigan, Frank	Obit2
1950	Fennell, Jim	Email03
1952	Plumeau, Edward	Email03
1957	Vaccarino, Carmine	Updates
1959	Antenucci, John	Email05
1959	Corio, Anthony J.	Updates
1962	Gervino, Eugene	Updates
1962	Gildea, Bill	Email03
1963	Finigan, Thomas R.	Obit1
1967	Mallanda, John J.	Updates
1968	Kaufmann, Dick	Email01
1978	Webb, Joe	JNews2
1982	Fraistat, Eric	JNews1
1983	Plunkett, Jerry	Email04
1984	Brennan, Sean	Email04
1984	Murtha, Eileen T.	Updates
1999	Demarchi, Zaira	Email02
200?	Lara, Carolyn	Updates
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PARTICIPANTS BY NAME
Class	Name	Section
1959	Antenucci, John	Email05
1938	Brannigan, Frank	Obit2
1984	Brennan, Sean	Email04
1959	Corio, Anthony J.	Updates
1999	Demarchi, Zaira	Email02
1950	Fennell, Jim	Email03
1963	Finigan, Thomas R.	Obit1
1982	Fraistat, Eric	JNews1
1962	Gervino, Eugene	Updates
1962	Gildea, Bill	Email03
1968	Kaufmann, Dick	Email01
200?	Lara, Carolyn	Updates
1967	Mallanda, John J.	Updates
1930	Mazurki, Mike	JFound2
1984	Murtha, Eileen T.	Updates
1952	Plumeau, Edward	Email03
1983	Plunkett, Jerry	Email04
1957	Vaccarino, Carmine	Updates
1978	Webb, Joe	JNews2
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Messages from Headquarters
Headquarters1
{JR: HQxx: Darn I wish I hadn't passed Latin then I coulda signed up to be with da gurls! } http://www.manhattan.edu/alumni_friends/alumnae.php A Day of Beauty with the Manhattan Alumnae Club Date: March 26th, 2006 Time: 1:00-4:00pm Cost: $35 Per person Location: Alumni Room (First floor O'Malley Library) Day includes: a chair massage, make-up application and consultations. Space is very limited, Registration is required! RSVP by March 17th, 2006 E-mail any questions to: alumnae –at-- manhattan.edu https://www.manhattan.edu/alumni_friends/events/alumnae_club.html {JR: I push this stuff as soon as I find it. I guess it’s too much to ask to get it sooner rather than making us “discover” it. BTW, why would you pay to have your chair massaged? }
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GOOD NEWS
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OBITS
And, may perpetual light shine on our fellow departed Jaspers, and all the souls of the faithful departed.
Your assistance is requested in finding these. Please don’t assume that I will “catch” it via an automated search. Sometimes the data just doesn’t makes it’s way in.
Obit1
The News & Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina) March 14, 2006 Tuesday Final Edition SECTION: OBIT; Pg. B8 HEADLINE: Death notices {extraneous deleted} Thomas Robert Finigan CHAPEL HILL -- Thomas R. Finigan passed away on Saturday March 11, 2006, after a courageous battle with cancer, at his home surrounded by his family. Tom was born in Yonkers, New York on March 7, 1941. He was the son of the late Thomas William Finigan and Marie Masulla Finigan. Tom graduated from Sacred Heart High School, Yonkers NY; Manhattan College, New York, NY; and received his MBA from the University of Minnesota. Tom's career as a military and commercial pilot spanned 36 years. He served his country during the Vietnam War and in 1969, he joined Northwest Airlines where he retired as an airline Captain in 2001. Tom will be remembered for his love of family and friends, his sense of humor and his enthusiasm for flying, golf and tennis. Surviving are his sons, David Finigan and his wife Jennifer of Naperville IL and Brian Finigan and his wife, Anna of Kansas City MO; former wife, Kathleen Finigan; grandchildren, Joseph, Maura and Daniel Finigan; the "Band of Brothers" from Yonkers, NY; and many friends from Governor's Club, the Chapel Hill area, Minnesota and his pilot friends. A funeral mass will be held 11 a.m. Thursday March 16, 2006 at the Newman Catholic Student Center Parish at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. to 11 a. m. The family wishes to extend thanks to Tom's friends and the UNC Hospice for the love, caring and support that Tom has received during his illness. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to UNC Hospice, PO Box 1077, Pittsboro NC 27312. Arrangements by Capital Funeral Home and the Cremation Society of the Carolinas. LOAD-DATE: March 14, 2006 {mcALUMdb: 1963 }
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Obit2
[JR: Pierce Power sent in a longer obit from the Washington Post.] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/20/AR2006012001864_pf.html Fire-Safety Expert Frank Brannigan By Matt Schudel Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, January 21, 2006; B05 Frank Brannigan, who exerted a lasting influence on firefighting standards during more than 60 years as a teacher, author and consultant, died Jan. 10 of cardiac arrest at Riderwood assisted living center in Silver Spring. He was 87. Except for a stint in the Navy during World War II, Mr. Brannigan never served as a firefighter or fire chief, but he is credited with developing practices followed by fire departments the world over. He developed the concept of "preplanning" by learning how to fight a fire before it occurs and encouraged the study of building construction in order to minimize damage and loss of life. He also pioneered "fire loss management," applying ideas of risk management from insurance and other industries to develop improved planning and prevention techniques. His 667-page book, "Building Construction for the Fire Service," which was first published in 1971 and will come out in its fourth edition this year, is a standard text in firefighting academies around the world. "There was nobody who had more influence in the fire service than Frank Brannigan," Vincent Dunn, former deputy chief of the New York fire department, said in a telephone interview. "He was one of the best known and renowned persons in the fire service in the last quarter of the 20th century." As a longtime official with the Atomic Energy Commission, Mr. Brannigan also was instrumental in devising early plans for radiation emergencies and for disasters involving hazardous materials. In 1966, he founded a fire-science program at Montgomery College and continued to teach in fire-safety programs and seminars throughout his life. He wrote monthly columns for Firehouse magazine and other publications and often appeared as a guest speaker nationwide. "He was the first person to address firefighter safety," said Wayne Powell, a fire and life safety specialist with the Marriott Corp. and a former official with the U.S. Fire Administration. "He saved more firefighters' lives than any other single person." Powell said his own life was saved by Mr. Brannigan during a four-alarm fire at Columbia Union College in Takoma Park in 1969. Mr. Brannigan, who arrived on the scene as an observer, noticed flames licking the roof of the structure and told the fire chief, who ordered an immediate withdrawal. Within three to four minutes, the stone cornice of the building collapsed precisely where Powell, then with the Silver Spring fire department, and his crew had been standing. "He always reminded us that the building was our enemy," Powell said. Francis L. Brannigan was born in New York City on Oct. 13, 1918. His mother once caught him skipping school in the second grade to follow a fire truck down the street. Mr. Brannigan graduated from Manhattan College at 19 with a degree in accounting and became an auditor with a New York department store. In 1939, he and several friends formed the Fire Bell Club of New York, a group of buffs who raced to fires throughout the city. He learned a great deal by closely observing the actions of fire chiefs directing the action at fire scenes. In 1942, Mr. Brannigan joined the Navy and volunteered to organize a Navy firefighting school in Panama. It was there that he developed the idea of preplanning by examining ships and other structures in which fires were likely to occur. He later taught at the Navy's shipboard firefighting school in Norfolk and, by the late 1940s, was writing technical papers on fire safety. Mr. Brannigan settled in the Washington area in 1949, when he joined the Atomic Energy Commission as a fire and safety specialist. He eventually became the agency's chief public safety liaison and developed working methods for hazardous materials teams. He retired from the AEC in 1971. In the meantime, he pursued his interest in fire safety by consulting with engineers on construction materials. He often pointed out that a single collapsing element could cause an entire structure to fall. "He developed a whole body of knowledge of buildings under fire conditions," Powell said. "You simply couldn't get that anywhere else." Mr. Brannigan taught at Montgomery College until 1976 and was an adjunct teacher at the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg and at the Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute at the University of Maryland. He was named by Fire Chief magazine one of the 20 people who contributed the most to firefighting in the 20th century and received the first lifetime achievement award presented by Fire Engineering magazine. He received many other honors from the International Association of Fire Chiefs, the Society of Fire Protection Engineers and other groups. He was a longtime resident of Port Republic and Bethesda and was a member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Rockville. Mr. Brannigan was proud of his Irish heritage and often celebrated Irish holidays. He also did the cooking for his large family and made up to 30 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches at a time for his children. Survivors include his wife of 61 years, Maurine E. Brannigan of Silver Spring; six children, John F. Brannigan of Rockville, Mary Ellen Schattman of Fort Worth, Eileen Longsworth of Albuquerque, Vincent M. Brannigan of Bethesda, Christopher J. Brannigan of Arlington and Anne Veronica Brannigan-Kelly of Fort Collins, Colo.; a brother; 14 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. {mcALUMdb: 1938 }
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Jasper_Updates
[JR: Alerting old friends seeking to reconnect or "youngsters" seeking a networking contact with someone who might have a unique viewpoint that they are interested in.]
Corio, Anthony J. (1959)
Gervino, Eugene (1962) Retired Attorney Columbia, Missouri 65203
Lara, Carolyn (200?)
Mallanda, John J. (1967) JJ Mallanda& Associates Marietta, GA 30068
Murtha, Eileen T. (1984) Director of Special Education Diocese of Camden Voorhees, New Jersey 08043
Vaccarino, Carmine (1957)
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Jaspers_Missing
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Jaspers_in_the_News
JNews1
http://www.manufacturing.net/ctl/article/CA6315209?spacedesc=latestNews From the pages of Control Engineering Johnson Controls’ new director for life sciences -- 3/13/2006 Eric Fraistat has been appointed director, life sciences for the Americas by Johnson Controls, Inc. He will lead the life sciences sales team in setting strategies in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical devices industry sectors. “I plan to pursue a customer-driven strategy that leverages the strength of the new Johnson Controls, which includes our York and Frick products,” said Fraistat. “No other company can offer the combination of equipment, controls, validation support and industry knowledge that Johnson Controls now brings to our customers.” Fraistat joined Johnson Controls when York was acquired in December of 2005. He had been director for pharmaceutical marketing at York since 2003. In previous positions with Schneider Electric and Con Edison, Fraistat worked to develop end-to-end solutions that maximized facility operational effectiveness, reliability and energy efficiency. He holds a BS in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering from Cornell University and has an MBA from Manhattan College. — Richard Phelps, senior editor, Control Engineering ### {MikeMcE reports: 1982 (Thanks, Mike.)}
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JNews2
{JR: Dr. Joe Webb to Conduct 2nd Quarter Printing Industry Economic Outlook Webinar. No-charge registration is available at this special Internet page) } http://members.whattheythink.com/home/wttnews060308.cfm WTT NEWS Dr. Joe Webb to Conduct 2nd Quarter Printing Industry Economic Outlook Webinar, Sponsored by Kodak March 8, 2006 -- Lexington, Kentucky USA -- WhatTheyThink.com today announced the opportunity for industry professionals to attend a free printing industry economic webinar with forecaster and commentator Dr. Joe Webb. Sponsored by Kodak, the event will be held Wednesday, March29th from 2:00 to 3:00 pm EST. No-charge registration is available at this special Internet page: http://members.whattheythink.com/home/webinarregistrationform3.cfm This one-hour event will provide graphic arts, printing and publishing executives with an overview of what to expect relative to market conditions for the second quarter of 2006 and beyond. Hundreds of printing executives regularly attend these quarterly events and access the archived material for later review. Once again, Dr. Webb will dissect economic data from his often contrarian perspective, examine opportunities, and provide a clear understanding by which to navigate. Topics to be addressed will include: • The Ripple Effects of Print's Bad 4th Quarter • Selling Points of Print in a Multichannel World • e-Commerce and Printing Shipments: An Inverse Relationship? • Disney Cancels its Catalog! Will Others Follow? • Printed Electronics: A New Business Opportunity? “While the U.S. economy as a whole was strong in 2005, print did not fare as well,” stated Randy Davidson, President of WhatTheyThink.com. “Dr. Webb offers unique and valuable insight about why this is happening and what printers can do to develop strategies for the future to ensure business health despite the overall decline. We are honored by Kodak’s decision to support this webinar once again, allowing us to present this event free to our readers and the industry at large.” Dr. Joe Webb is a recognized marketing authority, forecaster and one of the best known speakers in our industry. He contributes a weekly column at WhatTheyThink.com for Premium Access Members entitled “Fridays with Dr. Joe Webb.” The column offers timely analysis of recent economic data as well as management advice for senior printing and publishing executives. Participants will be able to participate in Dr. Joe Webb’s presentation using a standard Internet browser with streaming audio through the PC. Macintosh uses should contact eric@WhatTheyThink.com prior to the session to ensure appropriate configuration. Last quarter’s webinar, including audio, can be accessed at: http://members.whattheythink.com/home/webinars/webinar051208.cfm About Eastman Kodak Company: Kodak is the world’s foremost imaging innovator, providing leading products and services to the photographic, graphic communications, and healthcare markets. With sales of $14.3 million in 2005, the company is committed to a digitally oriented growth strategy focused on helping people better use meaningful images and information in their life and work. Consumers use Kodak’s system of digital and traditional image capture products and services to take, print, and share their pictures anytime, anywhere; Businesses effectively communicate with customers worldwide using Kodak’s solutions for prepress, conventional, and digital printing and document imaging; Creative professionals rely on Kodak’s technology to uniquely tell their story through moving or still images; and leading healthcare organizations rely on Kodak’s innovative products, services, and customized workflow solutions to help improve patient care and maximize efficiency and information sharing within and across their enterprises. More information about Kodak (NYSE: EK) is available at www.kodak.com. About WhatTheyThink.com WhatTheyThink.com is the print and publishing industry's leading online community. The company offers a mixture of free and subscription-based content for industry executives. Additionally, WhatTheyThink.com provides a robust content syndication program serving related web sites. About Dr. Joe Webb Dr. Joe Webb is one of the graphic arts industry's best-known consultants, forecasters, and commentators. He is the founding partner of the new business www.PrintForecast.com, which publishes the free newsletter PrintForecast Perspective, the paid newsletter/podcast PrintForecast Contrarian view, and other global print business planning and forecasting resources. A 28-year veteran of the graphic arts industries, he was the developer of the influential TrendWatch information service, which was sold to Reed Elsevier in 2000. Since January 2003, his "Fridays with Dr. Joe" column has become a popular feature on www.WhatTheyThink.com. His running commentary on the printing industry, new media, and the economy, can also be found at www.drjoesblog.com. He is a Ph.D. graduate of the NYU Center for Graphic Communications Management and Technology (1987) and serves on the Center's Board of Advisors. He holds an MBA in Management Information Systems from Iona College (1981), was a magna cum laude graduate in Managerial Sciences and Marketing from Manhattan College (1978), and was a member of the economics honor society. "Dr. Joe" can be reached by e-mail through the PrintForecast.com website, where executives can also sign up for the free PrintForecast Perspective newsletter. His phone number is 1-401-709-4423. ### {Reported As: 1978 }
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MNews1
U.S. Newswire March 13, 2006 Monday 10:38 AM EST SECTION: NATIONAL DESK HEADLINE: Hundreds of College Students Spend Spring Break in New Orleans Volunteering with Catholic Charities DATELINE: NEW ORLEANS, March 13 Hundreds of college students are forgoing their traditional spring break to help New Orleans residents devastated by Hurricane Katrina rebuild their lives. Throughout March, over 600 students from 39 colleges and universities nationwide are in New Orleans with Catholic Charities' Operation Helping Hands, a volunteer program that mobilizes volunteers from across the country to help seniors, the disabled, and those with little or no flood insurance gut their battered homes. This week alone, about 225 students from 14 schools will be working throughout the city. "Through Operation Helping Hands, the students are helping hurricane victims take the first step toward returning to their homes," said Denise Chetta, the volunteer coordinator for the program. "Our focus is on the seniors and the disabled, who without our help might not have the financial, physical, or emotional ability to take that step." An estimated 92,000 houses in New Orleans and 200,000 houses metro-wide were severely damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Areas of the city are still without gas and power and thousands of homeowners are displaced until help arrives. Gutting a home typically involves removing any items that can be salvaged; removing appliances, furniture and other household goods; removing damaged walls, ceiling, floors and wiring; and spraying the home with a sanitizing solution to kill bacteria. The student volunteer corps ranges from 10 to 30 people from each school who come with their own designated leaders to gut homes in the Greater New Orleans area. To support this effort, Catholic Charities' staff works in close cooperation with the volunteer groups, providing accommodations, meals, tools and supervision of the work. In fact, Catholic Charities of New Orleans has already served 9,846 meals. "The students really work hard while they are here, bringing an amazing 'can-do' spirit with them. But, some of the most important work will be done when they go home and tell their stories, share their pictures of what they have seen and done here, and relay just how devastated our community is and how much more work is needed," said Chetta. "Some far from the disaster assume that New Orleans must be on the mend. August 29, 2005, seems a long way away now. But we have a long way to go. This is not something to do in a weekend. We have years of work ahead of us." To date, more than 1,300 Operation Helping Hand volunteers, which include teams from community, business, church, college, and other groups, have gutted 167 homes. Another 700 homes are on the waiting list. Volunteer groups from following schools are participating in Operation Helping Hands in March: Austin College; Brescia University; College of the Holy Cross; College of Saint Elizabeth; College of William and Mary; Colorado School of Mines; Colorado State University; Fordham University; DePaul University; Harvard University; Hobart and William Smith College; Idaho State University; John Carroll University; Loyola Marymount University; Loyola University Chicago; Manchester College; Manhattan College; Marquette University; Marshall University; Mount Saint Mary's College; Murray State University; Northwestern University; Oglethorpe University; Ohio State; Quinnipiac University; Saint John's College in New Mexico; Saint John's College in New York; Saint Leo University; Saint Louis University; Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church and Student Association; Saint Xavier University; Simpson College; Tulane University; United World College; University of Maryland Law School; University of Notre Dame; University of Saint Thomas; University of Virginia; and Wheeling Jesuit University. http://www.usnewswire.com/ LOAD-DATE: March 14, 2006
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MNews2
Chattanooga Times Free Press (Tennessee) March 15, 2006 Wednesday SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. D4 HEADLINE: Gators poised to make run in NCAA BYLINE: Darren Epps, Staff Writer NASHVILLE -- Four months before enrolling at Florida, Corey Brewer peered at Manhattan with wide eyes and shook his head. The native of Portland, Tenn., a quaint town near the northern tip of middle Tennessee, wasn't stunned by big city life. He wasn't even in Manhattan. He was watching 12th-seeded Manhattan College manhandle his future team, the Florida Gators, on television in the first round of the NCAA tournament two years ago. Brewer shunned his homestate school because coach Billy Donovan said he needed the 6-foot-8 swingman to help Florida win championships. In 2003, the second-seeded Gators lost to No. 7 Michigan State. In 2002, they lost to No. 12 Creighton. In 2001, they lost to No. 11 Temple. Over the past five seasons, Florida earned at least a No. 5 seed in the NCAA tournament. In all five seasons, they failed to survive the first weekend, losing to lower-seeded teams each year. "People in Tennessee were like, 'Why are you going there? You aren't going to win anything there,'" Brewer said after Florida beat South Carolina last Sunday for the SEC tournament championship. "Hey, we just won our second SEC title. It doesn't get better than that." Brewer, sitting in the corner of Florida's locker room, paused for a moment and waited for a reporter to correct him. "Yeah, it can get a lot better," Brewer said. "It needs to get a lot better." No one knows more than Donovan. His 142-49 record since the 1999-2000 season is undone by his 3-5 record in the NCAA tournament since advancing to the 2000 Final Four. Very few remember the five-point win over Syracuse in November. The entire nation watches in March, the precise time Florida seems to melt down. "It's all based on drama. Drama sells," said Donovan, who will face former assistant John Pelphrey when Florida meets South Alabama in the first round on Thursday. "Coaches have made money, coaches have gotten fired and players have been recognized for their achievements. I was part of a Cinderella team, but as much as the NCAA tournament propelled me and has given me a lot of great moments, it's also provided a lot of hurt, pain, and suffering for me. It goes both ways. "I'm at peace with it. Obviously, it's the world, it's the culture we live in. I'm not annoyed or bothered or upset that it's the way it is. The regular season means something because you have to win enough games to get in. Everyone wants more. I want more. I want more in the NCAA tournament." And the Gators, according to forward Al Horford, want it more than the star-laden teams featuring Matt Walsh, David Lee and Anthony Roberson. Walsh and Roberson left early for the NBA. Most of these Gators are sophomores, too young to remember the past but old enough to experience last year's failure in the second round against underdog Villanova. "We lost in the second round last year, and it was a lesson to me, to be honest," Brewer said. "I didn't know anything about the NCAA tournament. I didn't know what it was like. This year, I feel like we're more prepared and we're going to know what it's about. I feel like we're going to make a run this year." The Gators might be better equipped to make a run this year, according to Donovan, because all five starters can score. Preparation time in the NCAA tournament is short, but opponents didn't need much time to figure out they needed to stop Walsh, Lee and Roberson. This year, all five starters are averaging in double figures in scoring. Horford is averaging 7.1 rebounds per game and 6-foot-11 Joakim Noah grabs almost seven. "Last year was a little different because we relied on three guys so much," Horford said. "I feel like this year, we're playing with more guys. It's a lot different from last year." The Gators hope it's a lot different than the last five years. And finally getting to the Sweet 16 won't be enough. "It's not about getting to the Sweet 16. We're in the tournament to win it all," Brewer said. "We won the SEC tournament, and now we want to win the NCAA tournament." LOAD-DATE: March 15, 2006
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EMAIL FROM JASPERS
Email01
From: Dick Kaufmann [1968] Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 3:06 PM To: John Reinke Subject: Donald King's Obituary Hi John, When I read the 3/5/06 edition of JJ I was surprised to see the obituary for Donald King. Don did work at the college for a few years after he retired from the IRS. My wife and I have been visiting them each Sunday for the last 9 years, chatting and bringing them communion. Don was a great guy and had a great Irish wit. He spent most of his adult life living and raising his family in Inwood and spent a great deal of time helping out at Good Shepard Church and school. His children asked me to say some words at his funeral Mass which I was glad to do. He was a great guy, great husband and a great father, grandfather and great grandfather. Rich Kaufmann ‘68 {JR: Amazing how far the Jasper connection goes. Thanks for the amplification. }
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From: sandy blanco Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 To: reinkefj Subject: need your help Hello My name is Sandra Blanco. I came across your website http://ferdinand_reinke.tripod.com/jasperjottings20020929.htm#Obit5 . I have been searching for my lost friend Zaria Mejia. Her name appears on your site under the email #4. I do know she attended Manhattan College. I done many searches .She is probably married by now. Today I came across your this web page and I am not sure what this page is but I do know in my heart that the name Zaria Mejia is the person I am looking for. Her information is in your system. I know due to privacy policy you can not give me her email or information but please if you can tell me that you can get in touch with her or simply send her an email with my information so we can connect again I would owe you the world. She means a lot to me and we sort of lost touch after we graduated High School. If there anything you can do please let me know. It would be greatly appreciated. Thank you and look forward to your reply. = {JR: OK, I am sucker for connecting people! } From: John Reinke Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 11:44 AM To: Sandra Blanco Subject: FW: need your help Hi Sandra, It’s a Manhattan College alumni newsletter that you have tapped into. Isn’t the internet wonderful? I don’t have my “stuff” handy. But, I did take a quick look at the alumni2alumni tool I have access too. It shows: Zaira Demarchi (Mejia) Class of 1999 SITE ACTIVITY Joined: 11/29/2004 3:49:38 PM Last Update: 1/13/2006 11:38:45 AM Last Activity: 1/16/2006 12:59:00 PM I did forward your message to me onto her via the alumni tool. If you hear from her before I can find a real address at home, then please let me know so I can stop looking for it. Hope your quest ends successfully, John = From: Sandy Blanco Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 11:21 AM Subject: RE: need your help Dear John: Wow! I am so excited! Thank you so much for your kind response. It means a lot to me. I cross my fingers and pray to god that this is Zaria Mejia I am looking for. It seems (Demarchi) may be her married name. I hope! OH by the way my name as she remembers it is my maiden name (Sandra Gonzalez). I am married now so my married name is Blanco. I will let you know as soon as I hear something. Like I said you may give her my information. Thanks A million! Sandy = From: John Reinke Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 To: Demarchi, Zaria Subject: FW: need your help FYI = From: sandy blanco Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 To: JXYMXU7SN5HO9D Subject: RE: need your help Hello John: How can I ever repay you for helping me find my friend? I just finished talking to her on the phone and we had so much to catch up on. I can't tell you how much it means to me. I can't describe the feeling of happiness I'm experiencing right now. You are a saint! sincerely, Sandy = From: Demarchi, Zaria Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 To: JXYMXU7SN5HO9D Subject: THANK YOU STRANGER Thanks alot. We are going to try and meet this weekend. I definitely need to add a picture to the alumni website. = Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 To: 'sandy blanco' Subject: RE: need your help Hi. Ahh, it’s the old pay it forward principle. I counsel out of work execs to repay those that helped me when I need it. So you just have to be nice to the next old grump you meet ‘cause that’s me! ;-) I’m glad it all worked out for you. Saint? Nah, not very likely. I’ll be lucky to get in after a very long time in purgatory for all the sins. I am pleased that I was able to help. John {JR: Yup that’s me ! Old Saint JXYMXU7SN5HO9D. } {JR: And don’t underestimate the value of the alumni directory. I suggest that everyone should keep their entry current. It’s too too easy to “lose touch” and almost impossible to link back up. IMHO }
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Email03
From: Bill Gildea [1962] Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 11:40 PM To: John Reinke Subject: Treasure Coast Alums 1) I ran into a fellow Alum, Jim Fennell (50's) today and he would like to be added to "Jottings". His email address is {privacy invoked}. 2) Jim and I were meeting with Edward (52A) Plumeau to begin the process of setting up a 2007 Manhattan Alumni of the Treasure Coast "Jasper Open" Golf Tourney. We have set the date for February 24, 2007 and will probably hold the event at Heritage Ridge Golf Club in Hobe Sound, FL. Our goal is to run a "scramble” format and the only criteria is that each foursome contain at least one Alum. Some super prizes for lowest scores will be awarded and there will be a raffle for a BIG Prize. Could you please ask our fellow Alumni who live or vacation in the Treasure Coast area to set aside that date on their calendars to bring spouses, friends, significant others and the occasional golfing buddy to this new, fun event? Bill Gildea '62S
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Email04
From: Jerry Plunkett [1983] Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 9:54 PM Subject: Re: jasperjottings20060312 John In this week's edition, you have several articles from Sean Brennan of the Daily News. He is a fellow Jasper from the class of 1984. He also graduated St. Nicholas of Tolentine Grammar School and High School with me in 1975 & 1979. Regards, Jerry Plunkett '83 {JR: Thanks, I didn’t know that! }
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Email05
From: John Antenucci [1959] Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 10:22 PM Subject: RE: [Distribute_Jasper_Jottings] jasperjottings20060312 John, why did you leave off the summary of the years and the folks names? I am interested in years around my year. I do not have time to read all the others. If I see a name in the yearly index that I know I'd go to the subject. Please resume the yearly index. = To: John Antenucci Subject: RE: jasperjottings20060312 Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 08:13:00 -0500 Up at the front, third of fourth item down, I said that I had computer troubles that prevented substantial completion of the issue. My luggable took an error with mcafee that prevented most stuff form running. Right now, I am fighting with Microsoft Word that will allow me to edit but not save documents. So, the choices were, ship it as you found it or not ship it at all? Would you have preferred no issue this week? I am, as always, open to suggestions. John68 = From: John Antenucci [1959] Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 10:05 PM Subject: RE: jasperjottings20060312 John68, You made the right decision. I was hoping there was not a change in the process that would eliminate the name / ranking. John 59 {JR: I have actually gone back and filled in the index on the web version. }
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{JR: an alumni (?) returns to the campus? } http://spaces.msn.com/yokofreak/PersonalSpace.aspx?_c11_PhotoAlbum_spaHandler= TWljcm9zb2Z0LlNwYWNlcy5XZWIuUGFydHMuUGhvdG9BbGJ1bS5GdWxsT W9kZUNvbnRyb2xsZXI%24&_c11_PhotoAlbum _spaFolderID=cns!FD252979295C7BEE!218&_c=PhotoAlbum [JR: Note, no text to indicate a name. ]
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http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Movies/2006/03/04/1472817.html Mike Mazurki: Wrestling's acting champ By GREG OLIVER - Producer, SLAM! Wrestling Mike Mazurki is the heavyweight champion of wrestlers turned actors. With his busted-up, deeply etched face, cauliflower ears and crooked nose, he turned years of getting beaten up for a living into an asset. His success in Hollywood paved the way for many contemporaries to land roles in movies, taking time off from the rigors of the road. Without Mazurki, there would be no Rock carrying a picture. "[Mazurki] was the first wrestler that really made a career out of it," acknowledged Howard "Pepper" Martin, who would also turn to acting during his wrestling career. But his legacy is much more than just acting, or for that matter, wrestling. Mazurki, who died in 1990, left the wrestling world with the Cauliflower Alley Club, a not-for-profit fraternal organization of ex-wrestlers, actors, boxers and sundry other hangers-on. The center of CAC action in the early years of the 41-year-old organization was Mazurki's Baron's Castle Restaurant in Los Angeles' MacArthur Park. Once it outgrew his restaurant, it stayed closeby in Studio City, Calif., for many years. It's his cauliflower ear on the CAC's logo, and he was the figurehead for the club for many years. The top honor in wrestling, the Iron Mike Mazurki Award, is handed out each year at the CAC banquet. According to Maria Bernardi, a former woman wrestler turned secretary for the CAC in the nascent days of the club, Mazurki was "a big teddy bear, that's what he was. In all the years we ran that club, we only had one clash, and that was because somebody else caused it" Born in the part of Austria-Hungary which is now known as Ukraine on December 25, 1907, Mikhail Mazuruski came to the United States as a child, and his parents settled in Cohoes, New York. He was not just a dumb jock, graduating near the top of his class at Manhattan College, from which he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1930. Mazurki studied law at Fordham University as well. He was also a talented football player, and played at college and semi-pro in New Jersey. By the early 1930s, he'd turned to pro wrestling to make a buck. "That was during the Depression and I could make 10 times a lawyer's salary wrestling," he told the Globe & Mail newspaper in 1970. "Remember I did the hard stuff, not the kind of wrestling you see today. I'd spend a couple of months a year in hospitals." - Courtesy The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame Indeed, the injury refrain would be one that he would repeat consistently during his career. "I've broken nearly every bone in my body," claimed Mazurki in Whatever Happened to Gorgeous George?. "If that was all faked, I took a lot of punishment for nothing." As a wrestler, the 6-foot-5, 240-pound Mazurki was a solid mid-carder who only occasionally rose to the very tops of the cards. He worked with all-time greats like Ray Steele, Gus Sonnenberg, Frank Sexton, Gene Kiniski, Strangler Lewis, Jim Browning, Mr. Moto, Lou Thesz, Jim Londos, Joe Savoldi, Man Mountain Dean and others during his career. The Shanghai Gesture in 1941 is the film that he credits with the start of his acting career, though he was in 1935's Black Fury as well. Discovered wrestling in Los Angeles by director Josef von Sternberg, Mazurki was given a crack at a role in The Shanghai Gesture. In a 1952 article with a Toronto newspaper to promote his appearance on stage (singing!) in Guys and Dolls, Mazurki recalled his skepticism. "I am wrestling in Los Angeles and while I am in the dressing room later I am getting a note asking if I would be interested in a movie career. I am thinking the boys are playing a joke on me, and I am putting the note in my pocket because I am not going to be laughed at," he explained. "One my way out a guy comes up and asks if I received the note. He says he is Von Sternberg, who discovered Marlene Dietrich. I am asked to report to the studio next morning for an interview. I am still thinking it is a joke, but I decide to play along with the gag." He got the gig, shaved his head to become a Chinese "coolie" on the docks, and traded lines ("You likee Chinese New Year?" with co-star Walter Huston. If a star was not really born, or at least a memorable mug was launched. Mazurki "used his oversized, rugged presence to good effect as Moosey in Dick Powell's Murder, My Sweet," wrote James Robert Parish in Hollywood Character Actors. "Typically cast as the faithful goon." Katz's Film Encyclopedia seconded the typecasting: "His massive build and crude features led to his being typecast as a sharp-knuckled, dull-witted thug." He had some very memorable roles on the big screen, including Splitface in Dick Tracy, and boxer Jake Kilrain in Gentleman Jim; he was a slave-trader in Cecil B. DeMille's Unconquered and a deaf mute in Spanish Main. Mazurki got the chance to rub shoulders with real Hollywood royalty too: Marilyn Monroe and Tony Curtis in Some Like It Hot, John Wayne in Donovan's Reef, and Abbott and Costello in Abbott and Costello in Hollywood. There were many television appearances too, including It's About Time, Charlie's Angels, Kung Fu, Gunsmoke, Mannix and The Chicago Teddy Bears. Mazurki was even given a lead role in the 1975 kiddie nature-adventure feature Challenge to Be Free. ("Fur trapper is pursued by the law in Arctic surroundings; simple and simple-minded, best for younger viewers," reviewed Leonard Maltin.) But as far as roles closest to the truth, it was Mazurki's take on Kay Kendall in Jules Dassin's 1950 film noir Night and the City that drew the best reaction. The flick is still among the best ever done on professional wrestling. ### {Reported As: 1930 }
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http://elelidialozano.blogspot.com/2006/03/currculum.html Tuesday, March 14, 2006 Currículum Lidia Lozano es licenciada en Filología Hispánica y Filología Catalana por la Universidad de Gerona. Ha trabajado como profesora de español y francés en Manhattan College y College of Mount Saint Vincent, Nueva York; y como profesora de español en el Instituto Cervantes de Nueva York, en la Universidad de Princeton, Nueva Jersey, y en la Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. Ha vivido en Alemania (2000-2001) y en Estados Unidos (2001-2005). {JR: Well it says Manhattan College. I got D’s in high school Spanish too. }
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http://groups.google.com/group/gov.us.fed.nrc.announce/browse_thread/thread/ddf3d16e3224a804/60883575a9453c64?q=%22manhattan+college%22+-%22marymount+manhattan+college%22+-%22borough+of+manhattan+college%22&rnum=49#60883575a9453c64 Topic in gov.us.fed.nrc.announce 64FR13830 Manhattan College; Zero Power Reactor Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact Posting-number: Volume 64, Issue 54, Page 13830 [Federal Register: March 22, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 54)] [Notices] [Page 13830-13831] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr22mr99-104] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 50-199] Manhattan College; Zero Power Reactor Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering the issuance of a license amendment to Facility Operating License No. R-94, issued to Manhattan College (the licensee) that would allow decommissioning of the Manhattan College Zero Power Reactor (MCZPR) located in the Riverdale section of the borough of the Bronx, New York City. Environmental Assessment Identification of the Proposed Action The MCZPR is located on the Manhattan College campus on the first and second floors of the Leo Engineering Building. The Leo Engineering Building provides classrooms, laboratories, library, and computer facilities for an estimated 1800 students at any one time. The Nuclear Engineering Facility is designed for isolation from the rest of the engineering building. The MCZPR is a very low power research reactor (100 milliwatts), and was in operation from 1964 until 1996, when it was shut down and defueled. There have been no instances of significant contamination during the operating lifetime of the reactor. The licensee submitted a decommissioning plan in accordance with 10 CFR 50.82(b) on December 18, 1997, as supplemented on July 21, October 29, November 10, 1998 and January 6, 1999. Decommissioning, as described in the plan, will consist of transferring licensed radioactive equipment and material from the site, and decontamination of the facility to meet unrestricted release criteria (this is also called the DECON option). After the Commission verifies that the release criteria have been met, the reactor license will be terminated. The licensee submitted an Environmental Report on July 21, 1998, (Section 8) which was supplemented on January 6, 1999, that addresses the estimated environmental impacts resulting from decommissioning the MCZPR. A ``Notice and Solicitation of Comments Pursuant to 10 CFR 20.1405 and 10 CFR 50.82(b)(5) Concerning Proposed Action to Decommission Manhattan College Zero Power Research Reactor'' was published in the Federal Register on February 12, 1999, (64 FR 7214) and in the Bronx Press Review on February 11, 1999. There were no comments. Need for the Proposed Action The proposed action is necessary because of Manhattan College's 1997 decision to cease operations permanently. As specified in 10 CFR 50.82, any licensee may apply to the NRC for authority to surrender a license [[Page 13831]] voluntarily and to decommission the affected facility. Further, 10 CFR 51.53(d) stipulates that each applicant for a license amendment to authorize decommissioning of a production or utilization facility shall submit with its application an environmental report that reflects any new information or significant environmental change associated with the proposed decommissioning activities. Manhattan College is planning to use the area that would be released for unrestricted use for other academic purposes. Environmental Impact of the Proposed Action The Commission has completed its evaluation of the proposed action and concludes that the radiological effects of the decommissioning will be minimal because the radiation levels of the fuel are very low (less than 2 mrem/hr on contact at removal from the core) due to low burnup. As noted in Section 3.1.3 (July 21, 1998, submittal), the collective dose to all on site workers of the entire decommissioning program is estimated to be less than one person-rem. There is no estimated exposure to the public from the proposed action and there are no postulated accident scenarios that could release radioactive material outside the facility. Occupational and public exposure may result from transportation of the fuel to Oak Ridge and a plutonium-beryllium (PuBe) neutron source to Los Alamos. The occupational transportation radiological impact is estimated to be 2.4 person-rem. The general public is estimated to receive 1.8 person-rem from transportation. Over 90 percent of this exposure is due to the shipment of the PuBe source to Los Alamos. All shipments are of sealed solid material unlikely to be dispersed under accident conditions. Shipment will be in compliance with all applicable NRC and DOT regulations and subject to physical security and safeguards oversight. Based on the review of the specific proposed activities associated with the dismantling and decontamination of the MCZPR, the Commission has determined that the proposed action will not increase the probability or consequences of accidents, no changes are being made in the types of any effluents that may be released off site, and there is no significant increase in occupational or public radiation exposure. Therefore, there are no significant radiological environmental impacts associated with the proposed action. With regard to potential non-radiological impacts, the proposed action does not involve any historic sites. It does not affect non- radiological plant effluents and has no other environmental impact. Therefore, there are no significant non-radiological environmental impacts associated with the proposed action. Accordingly, the Commission concludes that there are no significant environmental impacts associated with the proposed action. Alternatives to the Proposed Action The three alternatives to the proposed action for the MCZPR are: SAFSTOR, ENTOMB, and no action. SAFSTOR is the alternative in which the nuclear facility is placed and maintained in a condition that allows the nuclear facility to be safely stored and subsequently decontaminated (deferred decontamination) to levels that permit release for unrestricted use. ENTOMB is the alternative in which radioactive contaminants are encased in a structurally long-lived material, such as concrete, the entombed structure is appropriately maintained and continued surveillance is carried out until the radioactivity decays to a level permitting release of the property for unrestricted use. The no action alternative would leave the facility in its present configuration. However, the regulations in 10 CFR 50.82(b) only allow a limited time for this condition to exist. Manhattan College has determined that the proposed action (DECON) is the most efficient use of the existing facility, since it wants to use the space that will become available for other academic purposes. The SAFSTOR, ENTOMB or no action alternatives would entail continued surveillance and physical security measures to be in place and continued monitoring by college personnel. Alternative Use of Resources This action does not involve the use of any resources not previously considered in the Environmental Assessment prepared for the renewal of Manhattan College's license in March 1985. Agencies and Persons Contacted In accordance with its stated policy, on December 14, 1998, the staff consulted with the New York State official, Barbara Youngberg of the Department of Environmental Conservation, regarding the environmental impact of the proposed action. The state official had no comments. Finding of No Significant Impact On the basis of the environmental assessment, the Commission concludes that the proposed action will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment. Accordingly, the NRC has determined not to prepare an environmental impact statement for the proposed action. For further details with respect to the proposed action, see the licensee's letter dated December 18, 1997, as supplemented by letters dated July 21 and October 29, November 10, 1998 and January 6, 1999, which are available for public inspection at the NRC's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC 20555. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day of March 1999. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Seymour H. Weiss, Director, Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate, Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. 99-6910 Filed 3-19-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P End of messages ### {JR: That ends a era! A lot of good education was wasted by bad scare media. Interesting that France gets half its power from nuclear plants. And we have the alternative: high prices, pollution, and waste. Hmmm! Good job by the wackos. }
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BLAIRE’S BLOG
Lampe, Blaire (2005) http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Blair/
[JR: It’s not an email to us. But it is public. So maybe, I have hit upon another niche for JJs. Rather than everyone having to check, here it is. I’ll catch any Jasper’s blog if I knew where they were hiding. Care to rat out your fellow alums?]
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The only reason for putting this here is to give us a chance to attend one of these games and support "our" team. Date Day Sport Opponent Location Time
3/19/06 Sunday M. Tennis University of Denver Denver, Colo. TBA 3/19/06 Sunday Golf MAAC/Iona Invitational Whispering Pines, N.C. 9:00 AM 3/19/06 Sunday Softball Seton Hall & Hempstead, N.Y. 10:00 AM 3/19/06 Sunday Softball Hofstra & Hempstead, N.Y. 12:00 PM 3/19/06 Sunday W. Lacrosse at Sacred Heart Fairfield, Conn. 1:00 PM 3/21/06 Tuesday Softball Stony Brook HOME 2:00 PM 3/21/06 Tuesday Baseball New York Tech HOME 3:00 PM 3/23/06 Thursday Softball at Saint Joseph's Philadelphia, Pa. 2:30 PM 3/23/06 Thursday Baseball New York Tech Old Westbury, N.Y. 3:00 PM 3/24/06 Friday M. Tennis St. Bonaventure University Olean, N.Y. TBA 3/24/06 Friday Track & Field Arizona State Invitational Tempe, Ariz. 12:00 PM 3/24/06 Friday Track & Field Arizona State Invitational Tempe, Ariz. 12:00 PM 3/24/06 Friday W. Tennis Lafayette College Easton, Pa. 1:00 PM 3/25/06 Saturday M. Tennis University at Buffalo Buffalo, N.Y. TBA 3/25/06 Saturday Track & Field West Point Invitational West Point, N.Y. 10:00 AM 3/25/06 Saturday Track & Field West Point Invitational West Point, N.Y. 10:00 AM 3/25/06 Saturday Track & Field West Point Invitational West Point, N.Y. 10:00 AM 3/25/06 Saturday Track & Field Arizona State Invitational Tempe, Ariz. 12:00 PM 3/25/06 Saturday Track & Field Arizona State Invitational Tempe, Ariz. 12:00 PM 3/25/06 Saturday Baseball Siena* (DH) HOME 12:00 PM 3/25/06 Saturday W. Tennis LaSalle University Philadelphia, Pa. 1:00 PM 3/25/06 Saturday M. Lacrosse Mount St. Mary's College$ Emmitsburg, Md. 1:00 PM 3/26/06 Sunday M. Tennis Niagara University^ Niagara University, N.Y. TBA 3/26/06 Sunday Softball Binghamton HOME 12:00 AM 3/26/06 Sunday Baseball Siena* HOME 1:00 PM 3/26/06 Sunday W. Tennis Niagara University& Niagara Univ., N.Y. 4:00 PM 3/28/06 Tuesday Softball at Quinnipiac Hamden, Conn. TBA 3/28/06 Tuesday Golf Saint Peter's West Orange, N.J. 2:00 PM 3/29/06 Wednesday Baseball St. Francis-N.Y.$ Brooklyn, N.Y. 3:00 PM 3/29/06 Wednesday W. Lacrosse at Wagner Staten Island, N.Y. 3:30 PM 3/30/06 Thursday Softball at Wagner Staten Island, N.Y. 2:30 PM
Date Day Sport Opponent Location Time/Result 4/1/06 Saturday Track & Field UNLV Invitational Las Vegas, Nev. TBA 4/1/06 Saturday M. Tennis Yale University New Haven, Conn. TBA 4/1/06 Saturday W. Lacrosse Niagara* HOME 10:00 AM 4/1/06 Saturday Crew Manhattan College Invitational HOME 12:00 PM 4/1/06 Saturday Baseball Niagara* (DH) HOME 12:00 PM 4/1/06 Saturday Softball at Marist* Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 1:00 PM 4/1/06 Saturday M. Lacrosse Saint Joseph University$ HOME 2:00 PM 4/1/06 Saturday W. Tennis College of the Holy Cross Worcester, Mass. 4:00 PM 4/2/06 Sunday W. Tennis University of Rhode Island Newport, R.I. 10:00 AM 4/2/06 Sunday W. Lacrosse Canisius* HOME 10:00 AM 4/2/06 Sunday Baseball Niagara* HOME 12:00 PM 4/4/06 Tuesday M. Tennis Siena College^ HOME TBA 4/4/06 Tuesday W. Tennis Siena College& HOME TBA 4/4/06 Tuesday Golf St. Joseph's Quad Match Coram, N.Y. 2:00 PM 4/5/06 Wednesday Softball Monmouth HOME 3:00 PM 4/5/06 Wednesday Baseball Lafayette Easton, Pa. 3:30 PM 4/6/06 Thursday M. Tennis Marist College^ HOME TBA 4/6/06 Thursday Track & Field Texas Relays Austin, Texas 10:00 AM 4/6/06 Thursday Golf Susquehanna University Invitational Selinsgrove, Pa. 1:00 PM 4/7/06 Friday W. Tennis Loyola College& HOME TBA 4/7/06 Friday M. Tennis Loyola College^ HOME TBA 4/7/06 Friday Track & Field Texas Relays Austin, Texas 10:00 AM 4/7/06 Friday Track & Field Sam Howell Invitational Princeton, N.J. 10:00 AM 4/7/06 Friday Golf Saint Peter's/St. Joseph's White Plains, N.Y. 2:00 PM 4/8/06 Saturday M. Tennis Saint Peter's College^ Jersey City, N.J. TBA 4/8/06 Saturday Track & Field Sam Howell Invitational Princeton, N.J. 10:00 AM 4/8/06 Saturday Track & Field Texas Relays Austin, Texas 10:00 AM 4/8/06 Saturday Baseball LeMoyne* (DH) Syracuse, N.Y. 12:00 PM 4/8/06 Saturday Crew at Knecht Cup Cherry Hill, N.J. 12:00 PM 4/8/06 Saturday W. Tennis Saint Peter's College& Edison, N.J. 12:00 PM 4/8/06 Saturday Softball Iona* HOME 12:00 PM 4/8/06 Saturday W. Lacrosse at Le Moyne* Syracuse, N.Y. 12:00 PM 4/9/06 Sunday W. Lacrosse at Siena* Loudonville, N.Y. 12:00 PM 4/9/06 Sunday Baseball LeMoyne* Syracuse, N.Y. 12:00 PM 4/9/06 Sunday Softball at Rider* Laweranceville, N.J. 3:00 PM 4/11/06 Tuesday M. Tennis Rutgers University HOME TBA 4/11/06 Tuesday Golf NYU Invitational Scarsdale, N.Y. 12:00 PM 4/11/06 Tuesday Softball Columbia HOME 3:00 PM 4/12/06 Wednesday W. Tennis Fairfield University& HOME TBA 4/12/06 Wednesday Golf St. Joseph's Bronxville, N.Y. 1:00 PM 4/12/06 Wednesday Baseball Army West Point, N.Y. 3:30 PM 4/13/06 Thursday M. Tennis Fairfield University^ Fairfield, Conn. TBA 4/13/06 Thursday W. Lacrosse at Iona* New Rochelle, N.Y. 3:00 PM 4/13/06 Thursday Baseball Wagner Staten Island, N.Y. 3:30 PM 4/14/06 Friday W. Tennis Rider University& HOME TBA 4/15/06 Saturday Track & Field Princeton Invitational Princeton, N.J. 10:00 AM 4/15/06 Saturday Baseball Fairfield* (DH) HOME 12:00 PM 4/15/06 Saturday M. Lacrosse Canisius College$ Buffalo, N.Y. 1:00 PM 4/15/06 Saturday W. Tennis American University Washington, D.C. 1:00 PM 4/17/06 Monday Golf Cape May Invitational Erma, N.J. 10:00 AM 4/17/06 Monday Baseball Fairfield* HOME 1:00 PM 4/18/06 Tuesday Golf Cape May Invitational Erma, N.J. 10:00 AM 4/18/06 Tuesday Softball University at Albany HOME 3:00 PM 4/18/06 Tuesday Baseball Sacred Heart% Bridgeport, Conn. 3:30 PM 4/18/06 Tuesday W. Lacrosse at Central Connecticut State New Britain, Conn. 4:00 PM 4/19/06 Wednesday Baseball Lehigh HOME 3:30 PM 4/19/06 Wednesday M. Lacrosse Providence College$ Providence, R.I. 4:00 PM 4/21/06 Friday Track & Field Metropolitan Championships TBA 2:00 PM 4/21/06 Friday Golf Saint Peter's White Plains, N.Y. 2:00 PM 4/22/06 Saturday Track & Field Metropolitan Championships TBA 9:00 AM 4/22/06 Saturday Baseball Iona* (DH) HOME 12:00 PM 4/22/06 Saturday Softball Fairfield* HOME 12:00 PM 4/22/06 Saturday W. Lacrosse Fairfield* HOME 1:00 PM 4/22/06 Saturday M. Lacrosse Siena College$ Loudonville, N.Y. 1:00 PM 4/23/06 Sunday Crew at MAAC Championships Lake Mercer, N.J. 12:00 PM 4/23/06 Sunday W. Lacrosse at Marist* Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 1:00 PM 4/23/06 Sunday Softball at Siena* Loudonville, N.Y. 1:00 PM 4/23/06 Sunday Baseball Iona* HOME 1:00 PM 4/25/06 Tuesday Golf Saint Peter's Invitational Neshanic Station, N.J. 10:00 AM 4/26/06 Wednesday Baseball Columbia (DH) HOME 1:30 PM 4/26/06 Wednesday M. Lacrosse Wagner College$ HOME 4:00 PM 4/26/06 Wednesday Softball at Fairleigh Dickinson Teaneck, N.J. 4:30 PM 4/27/06 Thursday Track & Field Penn Relays Philadelphia, Pa. 10:00 AM 4/28/06 Friday W. Lacrosse at MAAC Championships$ New Rochelle, N.Y. TBA 4/28/06 Friday Golf MAAC Championships Lake Buena Vista, Fla. 8:00 AM 4/28/06 Friday Track & Field Penn Relays Philadelphia, Pa. 10:00 AM 4/28/06 Friday Softball at Fordham Bronx, N.Y. 5:00 PM 4/29/06 Saturday Golf MAAC Championships Lake Buena Vista, Fla. 8:00 AM 4/29/06 Saturday Track & Field Penn Relays Philadelphia, Pa. 10:00 AM 4/29/06 Saturday Baseball Marist* (DH) Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 12:00 PM 4/29/06 Saturday Crew at Metropolitan Spring Champs New Rochelle, N.Y. 12:00 PM 4/29/06 Saturday M. Lacrosse Virginia Military Institute$ (Family/Senior Day) HOME 1:00 PM 4/30/06 Sunday W. Lacrosse at MAAC Championships$ New Rochelle, N.Y. TBA 4/30/06 Sunday Golf MAAC Championships Lake Buena Vista, Fla. 8:00 AM 4/30/06 Sunday Track & Field Yale Invitational New Haven, Conn. 11:00 AM 4/30/06 Sunday Baseball Marist* Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 12:00 PM 4/30/06 Sunday Softball at Saint Peter's* Jersey City, N.J. 1:00 PM
Go support "our" teams. I'd appreciate any reports or photos. What else do us old alums have to do? Right, encourage the young ones to max their achievement to 100% potential. I don’t think you have to win or die. Just give us it all and we should applaud. What better things do you have to do today, but to go to some strange place, support the team, dress up “funny”, and cheer for “our” athletes. So what if they think you’re a loon. You’re their loon. You are a loon. You never know what kind of difference you’ll make! Go to one of the women’s events and meet hot chicks! Or if your persuasion is different, got to the men’s events and meet hot guys. Besides no one ever reads the boilerplate, eula, or the fine print.
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Sports from College (http://www.gojaspers.com)
http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6626 WOMEN'S LACROSSE FALLS TO RUTGERS, 13-7 Piscataway, N.J. (March 15, 2006)- The Lady Jaspers could not overcome a quick start by Rutgers, falling to the Scarlet Knights, 13-7, tonight at the RU Turf Field. Brenna Tinari tallied four goals, and Ashley Devins tallied 18 saves for Manhattan. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6625 #19 MIAMI DOWNS BASEBALL, 12-2 Coral Gables, Fla. (March 15, 2006)- Manhattan starter Chris Cody could not replicate his mastery of a ranked opponent like he did at Tulane, as the Jaspers were defeated by #19 Miami, 12-2, tonight at Mark Light Field. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6624 SOFTBALL DEFEATS DREXEL, 6-4 Philadelphia, Pa. (March 15, 2006) – Drexel (3-8) freshman Ashlee Veilleux took a no-hitter and a four-run lead into the sixth inning, but Manhattan's (6-4) Liz Strein led off with a double down the leftfield line. This opened the flood gates for the Jaspers who went on to score four runs in the frame and knot the score at 4-4. Walks and fielding miscues in the seventh put Manhattan on top for the 6-4 victory. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6623 BASEBALL RUNS PAST LIU, 14-2 West Palm Beach, Fla. (March 14, 2006)- The Jasper Nine produced their third double-digit scoring effort in the last five games, coasting past LIU, 14-2, tonight at the Papa John's Baseball Classic. With the win, Manhattan improves to 5-3 on the young season. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6621 TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR MANHATTAN'S NIT DATE AT MARYLAND, CONTACT THE UM BOX OFFICE TO RESERVE Riverdale, N.Y. (March 15, 2006)—After defeating the Northeast Conference Regular Season Champion Fairleigh Dickinson Knights in the Opening Round of the NIT at Draddy Gym on Tuesday night, Jasper Men's Basketball has earned a trip to College Park, Md. to take on ACC member Maryland. You can join the Jaspers at the game, which will air live on ESPN, on Saturday morning, March 18, at 11:00 a.m. by reserving your tickets now through the Maryland Athletic Box Office. Fans can call the box office directly at (800) 462-8377 or (301) 314-7070. Tickets are $25, and you may ask the ticket agent to seat you in the Manhattan College Fan Section. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6620 MANHATTAN ADVANCES IN NIT WITH 80-77 WIN OVER FDU Riverdale, N.Y. (March 14, 2006)- In just the second postseason game in Draddy Gym history, Manhattan defeated 2005-06 Northeast Conference Regular Season Champion Fairleigh Dickinson, 80-77, in an Opening Round Game of the NIT. Jeff Xavier led all scorers with 22 points as the Jaspers improve to 19-10. The Knights end their season with a 20-12 record. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6619 O'MALLEY TALLIES FIRST COLLEGIATE GOAL, BUT MEN'S LACROSSE COULD NOT STOP THE RUTGERS' ATTACK Piscataway, N.J. (March 14, 2006)--Sophomore Jack O'Malley started the game in ideal fashion for Manhattan Men's Lacrosse as he took a pass from Greg Lewis and buried it into the back of the net for his first collegiate goal and a 1-0 Jasper lead just five minutes into the contest against Rutgers. It was not the start, but the ending that was unfavorable to the Jaspers. Rutgers eventually strung together 13 unanswered goals to defeat Manhattan 15-2 on Tuesday afternoon in Piscataway, N.J. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6617 BASEBALL ANNOUNCES SCHEDULE CHANGES Riverdale, N.Y. (March 14, 2006)- Manhattan head baseball coach Kevin Leighton announced two schedule changes today. The game at Miami, originally slated for Wednesday, March 15 at 7:00 p.m. has been moved to 5:00 p.m. on the same day. In addition, the home opener vs. New York Tech, scheduled for March 21, has been postponed due to a scheduling conflict. No makeup date has been announced at this time. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6615 GEAGAN THE GOALIE GRABS ANOTHER MAAC HONOR Riverdale, N.Y. (March 13, 2006)—John Geagan's collegiate career is only two games old and the freshman goalkeeper already has two MAAC Rookie of the Week awards to show for it. In a release by the conference office earlier today, the MAAC honored Geagan with his second accolade in three weeks, after the freshman stopped 20 shots on goal against Quinnipiac, Manhattan's lone opponent last week. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6614 MEN'S SOCCER ANNOUNCED SPRING SCHEDULE Riverdale, N.Y. (March 13, 2006)- The Manhattan College men's soccer team announced its five-date spring season, which will start on Sunday, March 26th when the Jaspers play in a three-team round robin against MAAC conference foes Iona College and Marist at Iona College. The Jaspers will take on Marist at 12:10 p.m. and will play Iona at 2:30 p.m. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6612 MEN'S BASKETBALL TO HOST FDU IN OPENING ROUND OF NIT Riverdale, N.Y. (March 12, 2006)- Manhattan, the 2006 MAAC Regular Season Champion, will take on FDU in an Opening Round Game of the NIT. The game will be played at Draddy Gym on Tuesday, March 14, with tipoff tentatively slated for 7:00 p.m. For tickets, please call 718-862-7795. The Manhattan Ticket Office will also be open beginning at 12 noon for walkup sales. Tickets are not available through TicketMaster. ***SEASON TICKET HOLDERS - please contact the ticket office BEFORE 3:00 p.m. Monday to ensure that you will receive your regular seat for the game - SEASON TICKET HOLDERS*** http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6611 BASEBALL SPLITS PAIR WITH UMBC Baltimore, Md. (March 12, 2006)- Manhattan overcame early deficits in both games, but could only complete the comeback in one game in today's twin bill with UMBC at the Baseball Factory Field. The Jaspers won the first game, 8-5, before dropping an 8-7 decision in the nightcap. Matt Rizzotti and John Fitzpatrick supplied the production in the middle of the lineup, going a combined 10-16 with eight RBI and five runs scored. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6610 HARVARD EDGES SOFTBALL, 1-0 Miami, Fla. (March 12, 2006)- Manhattan and Harvard battled through six scoreless innings before the Crimson were able to score the game's lone run in the top of the seventh, hanging on for the win in the consolation game of the Florida International Tournament this morning at University Park. Liz Strein went 1-1 on the day with two walks and was named to the All-Tournament Team. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6609 NIETO, BASEBALL, RUN PAST UMBC, 13-2 Baltimore, Md. (March 11, 2006)- Manhattan scored five early runs, and Matt Nevins kept the opposing batters off balance in his first start of the year, as the Jaspers cruised to a 13-2 win over UMBC this afternoon at the Baseball Factory Field. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6608 FIU STOPS SOFTBALL, 16-1 Miami, Fla. (March 11, 2006)- In the first of two semifinals at the Florida International Tournament, the host Golden Panthers defeated Manhattan, 16-1, tonight at University Park. The Lady Jaspers finish up the tournament tomorrow morning at 10:30, playing the loser of the Harvard-Rhode Island matchup. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6607 SOFTBALL BEATS HARVARD, 5-4 Miami, Fla. (March 11, 2006)- In the first ever meeting between the two programs, and the game that would determine the top seed for the semifinals of the Florida International Tournament, Manhattan downed Harvard, 5-4, today at University Park. The win ups the Lady Jaspers' record to 5-2, the best start for the program since the 1993 team started the season by winning six of seven. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6606 FIU SNEAKS PAST SOFTBALL, 6-4 Miami, Fla. (March 11, 2006)- Manhattan held a 4-2 lead through four innings, but could not hold off the host school, falling 6-4 to Florida International today at University Park. http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6605 NO SOPHOMORE SLUMP FOR THIS JASPER, AS JOTANOVIC GARNERS ALL-AMERICAN HONORS AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Fayetteville, Ark. (March 10, 2006)--If there is such a thing as a "sophomore slump," then sophomore shot putter Milan Jotanovic probably never heard of it. After bursting onto the national track and field scene as a freshman by qualifying for the shot put finals at the 2005 NCAA Outdoor Championships, Jotanovic has reached even greater heights during his second year in Riverdale. Over the past two months, he has captured the individual shot put crown at the IC4A Championships, Metropolitan Championships, and MAAC Championships, while also breaking the school indoor record four times. Now, after today's performance at the NCAA Indoor Chamionships in Fayetteville, Ark., Jotanovic can also call himself an All-American.
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Curmudgeon's Final Words This Week
http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul309.html {Begin Quote} For government, the federal budget is essentially a credit card with no spending limit, billed to somebody else. We hardly should be surprised that Congress racks up huge amounts of debt! By contrast, responsible people restrain their borrowing because they will have to pay the money back. It's time for American taxpayers to understand that every dollar will have to be repaid. We should have the courage to face our grandchildren knowing that we have done all we can to end the government spending spree. {End Quote} Ron Paul hazards a guess that every man, woman, and child in the USofA “owes” about 26k. So hope you all have your “payment” ready.
And that’s the last word. Curmudgeon
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GBu. GBA. Reinke sends.