Category Archives: MFound

# – # – # – # – #  2012-Feb-18 @ 20:08

http://www.forumforpeace.com/2012/02/la-duree-de-vie-dun-coeur-les-musulmans-
et-les-economies-djuifs-vit-ensemble-par-mehnaz-m-afridi/

15 février 2012
La durée de vie d’un cœur: les musulmans et les économies d’Juifs vit ensemble par Mehnaz M. Afridi
Par Joseph Meidan

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New York, New York – As I listen to sound bites of news, a swarm of words sting me: Iran, Israel, nuclear, Palestine-Israel at a standstill, Muslims kill Jews, and Jews kill Muslims. As a Muslim woman who teaches classes about the Holocaust at a Catholic college, I am constantly frustrated by the media coverage of the Middle East which overwhelmingly serves to highlight and entrench national and religious tensions, prejudice and conflict.

A recently-aired documentary by filmmaker Karen Ghitis, on Al Jazeera, was an extremely heartening exception to the rule. The film, Jerusalem SOS, showed Jews and Muslims saving each other’s lives.

The documentary, which aired last month, portrayed Arabs wearing orange vests printed with the red Star of David teamed up with haredi (or ultra-Orthodox) Jews with side curls, black skullcaps and tzitziot (knotted ritual fringes on their garments). And both groups have only praise for each other. Working as volunteer paramedics for the Orthodox Jewish organisation United Hatzalah (UH), these Jews and Muslims are taking note of the most important aspects of their faiths: preserving human lives and justice.

I was reminded of the Qur’anic injunction that states that “on that account We ordained for the Children of Isra`il that if any one slew a person … it would be as if he slew the whole humanity: and if any one saved a life, it would be as if he saved the whole humanity” (5:32).

Likewise, the Talmud (a repository of the ancient Jewish oral law and wisdom) states, “whoever destroys a soul, it is considered as if he destroyed an entire world. And whoever saves a life, it is considered as if he saved an entire world. » (Babylonian Talmud, 22a).

In the documentary the UH-trained Palestinian paramedics note that there are often delays in ambulances reaching the sick and wounded in East Jerusalem because Israeli ambulances are not permitted to enter Palestinian neighbourhoods without being accompanied by a police or military escort. Moreover, some of the homes have no addresses. Because the UH paramedics know the area well and drive ambucycles (ambulances on motorcycles), they are the first to arrive at the scene.

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* Dr. Mehnaz Afridi is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Interfaith Education Center at Manhattan College in New York City. This article was written for the Common Ground News Service (CGNews).

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[JR: Blessed are the peacemakers ...  ]

# – # – # – # – #  2012-Feb-16 @ 09:21

http://lafayettesports.myfreeforum.org/sutra23426.php

Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 10:57 am
Bogus Megapardus

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Did everyone see this as well?
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/23…ons-in-ivy-league-recruiting.html

“[B]because the improved financial aid packages are available to all students, there is no limit to the number awarded on a given team, unlike athletic scholarships, which are regulated with specific maximums set by the N.C.A.A.”

“If I can find 30 guys who can qualify for $40,000 a year and be admitted, then all the better,” said Brett Boretti, Columbia’s baseball coach, referring to a complete four-year roster. “No other coach can do that.”

That’s so nice for them, wouldn’t you say?

The again, they go to that length just so they can beat Lafayette, Holy Cross and Manhattan College in baseball.  Seems like a stretch.

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[JR: Interesting example of how MC has to compete on an unleveled playing field. But we know that! <insert NCAA rant here>]

# – # – # – # – #  2012-Feb-14 @ 07:50

http://travelinformations.org/new-york-city-travel-bronx-high-line-si-ferry-south-st-seaport-times-square-4.html

Travel Informations
Your Best Guide To Around The WorldNew York City Travel: Bronx, High Line, SI Ferry, South St. Seaport & Times Square

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October 17, 2010 started with bright sunshine and punctually at 10 am I met my local New York City expert, Ed Botwin, in the lobby of my hotel. Ed is a volunteer with the Big Apple Greeter Organization, an organization that welcomes out-of-town visitors and puts them together with local volunteers who show them around all the neat spots in their city. The Big Apple Greeter program is one of the best ways of getting to know the city. Ed and I were going to explore the Bronx today, and to do so we went on a long subway ride straight north until we had to switch to a bus to finally arrive at the upscale Fieldston neighbourhood. From here we went on a long walk on leafy winding streets past Manhattan College to Van Cortlandt Park with its 18th century mansion, the Bronx’s oldest building. Our next stop was in the Belmont neighbourhood, home to New York City’s largest Italian-American community. We popped into the historic Arthur Avenue Retail Market for an authentic Italian shopping experience and a delicious deli lunch. Then we strolled further south past Italian, Albanian and Mexican stores as well as the imposing Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church. Back on the bus we passed by poet Edgar Allen Poe’s cottage …

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[JR: Love Arthur Avenue. I know at least one Jasper who's Big Apple Greeter. Wish I could write like this.]

# – # – # – # – #  2012-Feb-11 @ 10:11

http://fs64sports.blogspot.com/2012/02/past-venue-ebbets-field.html

February 6, 2012
Past Venue: Ebbets Field
New York, NY (Brooklyn)

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Other tenants of note:
Brooklyn Dodgers (MLB – NL), 1913-57
Manhattan College (college football), 1932-37
Brooklyn Eagles (baseball Negro leagues), 1935
Long Island University (college football), 1939-40
Long Island University (college baseball), 1959

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[JR: I remember Ebbets Field; I was take to Dodgers Game. One of my male relatives almost suicided when the Dodgers slipped out of town.]

# – # – # – # – #  2012-Feb-10 @ 06:54

http://villanovarunning.blogspot.com/2012/01/march-1980-si-profile-of-jumbo-elliott.html

Friday, January 27, 2012
March 1980 Sports Illustrated Profile of Jumbo Elliott

Nobody’s Bigger Than Jumbo
Sports Illustrated, March 10, 1980
Rick Telander

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After World War II, in which Elliott became a lieutenant commander in the Navy, his fee leaped to $2,500. For this he coached track, golf and cross-country and served as the trainer for the Villanova football team. “I got by fine,” he says. “I’d found that in the heavy-construction business a lot of managers were in their offices at 6:30, 7 in the morning. By starting early I could make four good calls before the average salesman even got on the road. My territory was the Main Line, with two or three accounts in the city—nothing farther than 25 miles from Villanova. I never had any trouble making it to school by three in the afternoon.”

In the late ’40s the young businessman’s track teams began to be noticed. Jumbo’s first stars were George Guida and Browning Ross, both of whom qualified for the 1948 Olympics—Guida in the 400, Ross in the steeplechase. In 1950 Elliott coached a witty, balding youth named Fred Dwyer, now the track coach at Manhattan College in New York, who ran a 4:00.8 mile. In 1954 Jumbo coached his first black runner, Jenkins—who would win two gold medals (4 x 400 relay and 400) at the 1956 Olympics while only a sophomore at Villanova.

A dynasty was beginning, and Elliott decided it was time to look for on-the-job help. He went to the university to see about hiring an assistant. Money, as always, stood in the way. Undaunted, Jumbo went out and hired an assistant coach at $5,000 a year, double his own salary. The assistant, Jim Tuppeny, later became track coach at Penn. “I was making big goddamn bucks selling, then,” Jumbo explains. “So I just paid the assistant myself. It was a tax write-off, nothing.”

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# – # – # – # – #  2012-Feb-01 @ 09:21

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

Are you for real manhattan college? http://pic.twitter.com/6Tj6K43a

[JR: Name deleted. Not fair to whay I think is a common reaction, I know I had it. "A Christmas is not the time to 'panhandle'. And, has ANYONE learned the first rule of 'networking'? First ]

[JR: And, as a techie nit picker, who leaves a space between the "dear so and so" and the comma that follows? Answer: Some one who's not very precise at their task. I know what Doctor Zia would say: "You English Major. No extra space. Receiver insulted. Bridge ... err, request fall down. No credit". And to "Hey, we tried." "Bridge fell down; noooooo partial credit." ROFL! I guess they meant well. Never assume malice, when ... ]

# – # – # – # – # 2011-Dec-21 @ 08:11

http://www.yourcampusimage.com/manhattan-college-riverdale-new-york-fall-2011/

[JR: Some pictures of beautiful people. Who knew MC did so much "music"? But, no pics of injineers. That'd be "ugly".]

# – # – # – # – # 2011-Dec-18 @ 09:40

http://www.aviladigital.com/subseccion/subseccion2/el-manhattan-college-celebrara-un-curso-de-verano-en-la-ucav-116395.aspx

The Manhattan College held a summer in the UCAV
Digital Avila

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The Manhattan College (USA) held a course next summer at the Catholic University of Avila (UCAV) to promote student exchange during the six weeks which will continue this activity.

During that time, not only participating students attend Spanish classes but also of Mechanical Engineering, for which there will be a professor at Manhattan College, as revealed in the meeting between the two institutions on Monday.

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[JR: OK, my Manhattan Prep Spanish is a little rusty. ... err, OK, I can not tell a lie, GOOGLE TRANSLATE did it.]

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