http://www.crainsnewyork.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090125/SUB/301259997/0/TOC
Colleges tested by grim reality
Crain’s New York Business – New York,NY,USA
Manhattan College, with about 3000 students, is setting aside a contingency fund for financial aid, something the school has never done before. …
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[JR: Subscription required. Any subscribers out there?]
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From: Lawrence, Richard A. (MC1968)
Date: January 25, 2009 12:17:15 PM EST
To: jasper reinke
Subject: Jasper Jottings tagged as SPAM by IEEE
Good Afternoon F. John,
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[JR: Thanks, Rich. Not much I can do about it. Yahoo sends them out and, if IEEE doesn't recognize them as a "trusted sender", the messages are going to score high on the routine spam tests. Argh! Thanks for letting me know. What would be an interesting experiment, is for you to sign up for the RSSFWD on the weekly distribution and compare the "pass rate". I could start a group that just sends a URL to the weekly issue, but that seems unnecessary. Comments?]
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OK, I subscribed to the RSS feed for JJ; my feed reader is Sharpreader 0.9.7.0. This will totally bypass the IEEE aliasing service and SPAM scoring.
I will keep the RSS feed; I am trying to isolate the “font” problem previously described by our esteemed classmate, Vince Alline, as follows: “I’m looking for an apostrophe (‘) and I find ’”. I am seeing this problem and variations of it in e-mails from multiple sources including LinkedIn Updates <updates@linkedin.com> which shows a bullet majuscule A caret preceeding FJohn Reinke has joined Exit 8 . I also see the problem in e-mail from FAASafety.gov <announce@faasafety.gov>. I have two subscriptions to FAASafety.gov. One subscription is text/plain and the other is text/html. The problem occurs for both Content-types. I have enabled detailed logging in my e-mail client to capture the raw data streams and intend to post the data on my web site if anyone is interested.
Regards,
Rich
[JR: Go gettem Tiger. Nice to have a real pro on the job. ROFL!]
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http://fridayniteyanks.wordpress.com/
Jan 25 – Annual Hoops Night a Success
Posted on January 25, 2009 by Tom
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(New York, NY) – Five from Section 22 (Brendan, James O, John, James K, and Tom) along with a number of guests (Jen and Evan, Mike and Courtney, Pat and Katie, and Ellen) made the annual trek to see Manhattan College basketball. This year it was a doubleheader at Madison Square Garden where St. John’s (11-8 ) defeated Rutgers (9-11) in the opener by a score of 71-59. Iona (10-10) prevailed in the MAAC nightcap with a 71-51 win over the Jaspers (10-9) who struggled with field goal accuracy.
Most of the crew met in Riverdale near Manhattan College and ventured to the Garden via the #1 train. The adventure continued with some refreshments in Penn Station before the games. The return ride had its share of adventures when the best defensive play of the night came from Tom’s right arm as he caught the closing train door from shutting out and leaving Mike on the platform at 42nd street. The spirited discussion with NYC inhabitants on the train regarding the state of the economy and politics was memorable as well.
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[JR: Who's who?]
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http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=32104185#/profile.php?id=581977282&v=info&viewas=32104185
18. Life is too short to devote energies and efforts on trying to reason with the persistently unreasonable; attempting to coach a pig in singing can result in unattractive and unmusical outcomes and after a time may beging to annoy the pig in my limited experience.
– Gerry Lo (MC1979)
[JR: I found this funny! "digital dirt"?]
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From: fjohn68
Date: January 25, 2009
To: my fellow Jaspers
Subject: I’ll be on a panel discussion 2/4 3:30PM at MC
My fellow Jaspers,
Carolyn Predmore invited me to participate in a panel discussion. I’m humbled at the invite. And, forgetting that I’m an Myers-Briggs ISTJ like 11.6% of the population, I agreed. So if you have nothing better to do, drop around to the Capalbo room and grab one of the fifty seats. Maybe you can teach me something?
Thanks for your support,
fjohn68
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On Jan 9, 2009, at 12:04 PM, Carolyn E. Predmore wrote:
Hi John,
Happy New Year. I got the Capalbo room for Wed Feb 4 from 3:30 to 5 for a pannel discussion on the economy – how it got here and where you see it going from here and the effects on MC students – those who are graduating and those who have a few years more.
{Extraneous Deleted}
Thank you so much.
Carolyn
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From: Bryk, William (MC1977)
Date: January 25, 2009 10:28:31 AM EST
To: Distribute_Jasper_Jottings-owner
Subject: Re: JASPER JOTTINGS Week 04 – 2009 Jan 25
>Edward Buch, MD, of Somerville, filled the position of secretary/treasurer.
I believe Edward Buch, MD was a graduate of the Class of 1976. As we were on different sides in student government politics, I knew him fairly well as a tough, hard-working, and honorable opponent: a good friend to have, a hard man to beat. I don’t believe he ever lost an election as a candidate.
[JR: Thanks, William. You beat Mike in. :-) Much appreciated. ]
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From: McEneney, Mike (MC1953)
Date: January 25, 2009 1:27:14 AM EST
To: “Jasperfjohn Reinke”
Subject: John J. McMahon, ’53
Dear John,
My classmate Dan Capozzi ’53 sent the following Obituary from the Gannet Newspaper:
“McMahon, John J. passed away on January 15th, 2009 at the age of 77 years old. Mr. McMahon was a school teacher working for the NYC Board of Ed. Mr. McMahon is survived by his wife Doris. He is the father of Deborah Fromer, Doreen Greaney, Ellen Cooke, John McMahon, Dermot McMahon and Jennifer DeVito. Also surviving are twelve grandchildren. Mass of Christian Burial on Monday 11:00 AM at Our Lady of Fatima Church, Scarsdale, Arrangements by EDWIN J. BENNETT FUNERAL HOMES, 824 Scarsdale Ave. NY 10853 (914) 725-1137. Visiting Hours, Sunday 2-5 & 7-9 P.M.”
Dan adds that John was a 1949 graduate of All Hallows High School, and while in the Liberal Arts School at Manhattan, was on the staff of the QUADRANGLE all 4 years, and for 2 years, had a weekly column “Words and Music” dealing mostly with contemporary music. He also worked on the Manhattan Quarterly for 2 years, with poetry as his forte. He was a member of Sigma Beta Kappa, as well. He was also an avid collector of Recordings of Pop music and had an enormous collection.
John had a Master degree in Education and taught for 35 years as a Junior High School English teacher, Reading Specialist and Administrative assistant. He also spent 16 years teach graduate students at CUNY night division and was principal at the night school Adult Education Program.
John was a devoted teacher, a wonderful family man and a proud Jasper.
May He Rest In Peace.
Mike
[JR: Thanks, Mike. Much appreciated. ]
[JR: Here's an example that demonstrates the 'needle in the haystack' of internet searching. Even knowing what I'm looking for, I can't find it. So the readership has to be the eyes and ears. Internet searching isn't very good or very complete. Argh!]
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From: McEneney, Mike (MC1953)
Date: January 25, 2009 12:27:50 AM EST
To: “Jasperfjohn Reinke”
Subject: Michael P. McBride ’80
>JFound: McBride, Michael [MC????] Business Development Manager Safeguards Technology LLC
Dear John,
We have at least 4 Michael McBride’s in our records, I suspect Michael P. from the Class of 1980 is the one in this article.
Mike
[JR: Thanks, Mike. Much appreciated. Your guess is better than mine.]
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Brilliant water-based eyeglasses for the masses: No optician required
Posted by: hipstomp | Comments (40)
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British inventor Josh Silver, a former professor of physics at Oxford University, has come up with a game-changer of a product design with his water-lensed glasses.
Silver has devised a pair of glasses which rely on the principle that the fatter a lens the more powerful it becomes. Inside the device’s tough plastic lenses are two clear circular sacs filled with fluid, each of which is connected to a small syringe attached to either arm of the spectacles.
The wearer adjusts a dial on the syringe to add or reduce amount of fluid in the membrane, thus changing the power of the lens. When the wearer is happy with the strength of each lens the membrane is sealed by twisting a small screw, and the syringes removed. The principle is so simple, the team has discovered, that with very little guidance people are perfectly capable of creating glasses to their own prescription.
You can mass-produce millions of these, rather than manufacturing myriad individual lenses each tuned to a user’s specific vision deficiencies. And while the one-size-fits-all mentality may not fly in developed nations, Silver’s goal is to help the hundreds of millions of people in developing countries who suffer from poor eyesight.
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[JR: Wow! Silver calls his flash of insight a “tremendous glimpse of the obvious”—namely that opticians weren’t necessary to provide glasses. How esle can we serve our fellow man? This is a challenge to every Jasper. What’s so obvious that we’ve been missing?]
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JASPER JOTTINGS Week 04 – 2009 Jan 25
Jasper Jottings – The achievement journal of my fellow Jaspers, the alumni of the Manhattan College
http://www.jasperjottings.com/2009/jasperjottings2009W04.html
INDEX
* POSITRACTION: Conn. man’s last lotto ticket wins $10M for widow
* JObit: Caruselle, Mark J. [MCatnd]
* MFound: MC gets a mention
* JEmail: McEneney, Mike (MC1953) ids George J. Fluhr,’56
* JFound: Sheehan, George A. [MC1940]
* JUpdate: Kuhn, Robert A. Jr. (MC1973)
* JObit: Masterson, Peter A. Jr. [MC1936]
* JNews: Buch, Edward [MC????]
* MFound: Fahey, Joseph J. [MFac] urges O to seek peace
* JEmail: Breen, Jerry (MC1971) reports he’s in a German publication
* MFound: Brother Jasper card on ebay
* JFound: DiGirolamo, Rich (MC1985) motivational speaker
* JFound: Twelve Manhattan College students
* JObit: Fenley, W. Warren Mick [MC????]
* JUpdate: Barbieri, Raymond (MC1972)
* JUpdate: Laureni, Joe (MC1971)
* JFound: Kempton, Patrick [MC????]
* JFound: Another report about “manhattan college” students
* JEmail: Lawrence, Richard A. (MC1968) reports Jottings flagged as spam
* MFound: MC credited for goals input
* JHQ: Manhattan College Honors John V. Magliano ’66
* MFound: Mark Mayotte (2013?) to Manhattan College
* JFound: McBride, Michael [MC????] Business Development Manager
* MFound: Sebesta Enterprises says it has partnerships with Manhattan College
* JBlogger: “epic_amazing” aka Kaitlin (MC201?) wins a PSP
* JEmail: Breen, Jerry (MC1971) asks for our internet votes
* JUpdate: Conrade, Kenneth (MC1965)
* JSources: The Pope is on YouTube
* PRAYERREQUEST: A fellow Jasper’s girl can use some prayers
* JEmail: Abortion — The Unspoken Jihad — 1/22 a sad day
* Comment on JObit: Traube, Clarence James MC1937
* Comment on Joy: Visceglia, Mark Anthony [MC????] weds
* Comment on JFound: Cicuto, Sarah (MC2009) user choice for good
* ENDNOTE: Government Schools for Thee, But Not For Me
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