Sunday 16 Sept 2001
Dear Jaspers,
The jasperjottings email list has 1,022 subscribers by my count.
Don't forget:
Monday 9/17 James Keating O'Neill Golf Classic
(www.jkogolf.org -- that's ORG not
COM).
9/21-23 Weekend - Businessmen's Retreat
Joe Gunn ’73 914-693-7542
Kevin Dolan ’68 718-432-8714
Wednesday, October 24th - Annual Career Fair
Contact Pat Wallace 718-862-7421
pwallace@manhatan.edu
I have put some of the old issues on http://ferdinand_reinke.tripod.com/ for those of you who are interested. I’ll try to get them all up there.
Is there any interest in a CDROM of all the Jottings? I have no idea what that will entail, cost, or such. I am just wondering if there is any interest in it. Like an annual end of year compilation.
ALL BOILER PLATE is at the end.
Signing off for this week.
Once again the WTC is in the headlines again. The last time it was bombed, I was there a few hours before it. This time, I was there a day before. Our prayers should go out to those who died there. When the prayers are done, then we need to reflect on our role in world. When we stick our nose into other people’s business, we have to expect that trouble will follow us home.
“Our foreign policy has been insane for decades. It
was only a matter of time until Americans would have to suffer personally for
it. It is a terrible tragedy of life that the innocent so often have to suffer
for the sins of the guilty. When will we learn that we can't allow our
politicians to bully the world without someone bullying back eventually?”
- 2000 Libertarian Party presidential candidate Harry
Browne
So, when the Cole was bombed, we did nothing. We now have to hand someone a bloody nose or risk be attacked by others. Once we do that, then we have to think about what the true American interests are. In my mind, those are very few and far between. Now we know what our one friend in the region, Israel, has been facing. I hope all our fellow Jaspers, and their families and friends, are safe. I don’t believe we will be untouched, but I am hoping.
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
reinkefj@alum.manhattan.edu
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CONTENTS
0 Formal
announcements
1 Jaspers publishing web pages
2 Jaspers found web-wise
0 Honors
0 Weddings
0 Births
0 Engagements
0 Graduations
2 Obits
1 "Manhattan in
the news" stories
0 Resumes
1 Sports
8 Emails
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[FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT JASPERS]
[JASPERS PUBLISHING WEB PAGES]
http://www.masterpiecedentalstudio.com/bios.php3
Dr. Vascimini
Dr. Frank J. Vascimini has been practicing dentistry in Homosassa, Fl. since April, 1989. He moved here in 1988 from his birthplace of Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Vascimini attended Manhattan College in the Bronx for his undergraduate studies, then graduated from New York University's College of Dentistry in 1987.
He then completed a one-year general practice residency at University Hospital in Staten Island, N.Y. In September, 1994 he received the Fellowship award from the Academy of General Dentistry for successfully passing an exam and completing more than 600 hours of continuing education. In addition, diplomate status has also been bestowed upon Dr. Vascimini by the International Congress of Oral Implantology. He has most recently received mastership status from the American Academy of Implant Prosthodontists.
He has coauthored two articles for the prestigious dental periodical, "Implant Society", and is a graduate of the Misch Implant Institute. He remains committed to continuing education classes, including extensive training in cosmetic and restorative dentistry and in dental implants.
[MCOLDB: 1983 BS ]
[JASPERS FOUND ON & OFF THE WEB BY USING THE WEB]
Welcome to Dr. Robert Raciti's Home Page!
Dr. Robert C. Raciti is currently Vice President of Telecommunications for GE Capital's Structured Finance Group (SFG) where he is focused on improving the quality and profitability of SFG's investments in the telecommunications sector. Robert previously worked for Pitney Bowes as Director of Networks and Telecommunications. Prior to that Robert worked for MCI Telecommunications and Loral Electronic Systems.
His Ph.D. in Information Systems was earned at Nova Southeastern University's School of Computer and Information Sciences. The focus of his continuing research is on the use of Internet technology within Fortune 1000 firms and its contribution to the competitive profile of those organizations. He has an MBA from Fordham University where he focused on Finance and Marketing and an Electrical Engineering degree from Manhattan College.
[MCOLDB: 1987 BA? ]
http://www.panix.com/~plummerh/plumplum.html
Plummer & Plummer, LLP
Attorneys at Law
77 Arkay Drive, Suite H
Hauppauge, New York 11788
(631) 231-3717
Plummer & Plummer is a three attorney law firm in Hauppauge, New York. Our practice is devoted primarily to serving our corporate clients in the areas of corporate representation, securities, employment, intellectual property and products liability. We are also handle a growing estate planning and real estate law practice.
W. Hubert Plummer has been practicing law for over 40 years and has extensive experience in gaming law, securities, intellectual property and litigation. He is a member of the American Bar Association and New York State Bar Association. He is a graduate of Union College and Albany Law School.
Hubert G. Plummer has been practicing law for 9 years and has experience in litigation, intellectual property, estate planning, real estate and corporate law. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association Committee on Federal Legislation and Constitution and is the primary author of the Committee's web page. He is also a member of the American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, Nassau County Bar Assocation and Suffolk County Bar Association. He is a graduate of Vassar College and Albany Law School.
James C White has joined the firm as an associate. He is a graduate of Manhattan College and Quinnipiac University School of Law. He is admitted to the bars of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
[MCOLDB: 1989 BS]
[Collector's prayer: And, may perpetual light shine on our fellow departed Jaspers, and all the souls of the faithful departed.]
http://web.thestate.com/content/columbia/2001/06/20/obits/mcmanus_lawrence.htm
http://www.giftoflife-sc.org/
Gift of Life Loses a Dear Friend: Lawrence F. McManus, MD
Dr. McManus died Tuesday, June 19, 2001 at Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital in Columbia. Born in New York City, he was a son of the late Michael Joseph and Mary Anne Earley McManus. He was a graduate of Manhattan College in 1962 with a B.S. in Biology and New York Medical College in 1966 with his M. D. Degree. He served in the United States Army from 1966 to 1973.
Dr. McManus was presented the Order of the Palmetto by Governor David Beasley in 1996. He was presented the first annual "Legacy of Life" Volunteer Award for SC given by the SC Organ Procurement Agency in 1997; the "Outstanding Service Award" given by the SC Lions Club in 1998 and the Personal Communications Industry Association Foundation Honors Award in 1998. Dr. McManus was appointed by Governor David Beasley as a member of the Board of Directors of the Gift of Life Trust Fund from 1996-2000, serving as Chairman until he was elected to that position by the Board of Directors. He was appointed to the Governor's Task Force to the White House Conference on Aging in 1995.
Dr. Lawrence McManus
PROSPERITY (--) Funeral Mass for Dr. Lawrence F. McManus, 61, will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Thursday at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church in Chapin by Msgr. Joseph Roth Co-Vicar General of the Diocese of Charleston and Father Andrew Vollkommer, Pastor. The family will receive friends in the Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church Family Life Center after the services. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Gift of Life Trust Fund of South Carolina, 1208 Calhoun Street, Newberry, SC 29108. Pallbearers will be James Atria, Eddie J. Chaplin, Jim Chow,M. D., Johnnie L. Dickert, Donald R. Dowling, Frank J. Downs, William H. Franklin, Richard Helman, M.D. Eamonn O'Connor, Michael O'Connor and Joel Sexton, M.D. Whitaker Funeral Home, Chapin is in charge. Dr. McManus died Tuesday, June 19, 2001 at Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital in Columbia. Born in New York City, he was a son of the late Michael Joseph and Mary Anne Earley McManus. He was a graduate of Manhattan College in 1962 with a B.S. in Biology and New York Medical College in 1966 with his M. D. Degree. He served in the United States Army from 1966 to 1973.
Dr. McManus did his internship at Walter Reed General Army Hospital in Washington, D.C. from 1966-1967 and his residency in General Surgery at Fort Campbell Army Hospital in Kentucky from 1967-68 and his residency in Orthopaedic Surgery from 1968-71 at Tripler General Army Hospital in Hawaii. He served as chief of Orthopaedics Surgery Service at Fort Jackson before entering private practice in 1973. Dr. McManus was a certified Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and Diplomat of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. McManus was associated with the Moore Orthopaedic Clinic in Columbia from 1973-79, was the owner of Newberry Orthopaedic Association in Newberry from 1980-89, and associated with the Midlands Orthopaedics in Columbia from 1982-89.
Dr. McManus was an active member of many organizations including the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Eastern Orthopaedic Association, Southern Orthopaedic Association, South Carolina Orthopaedic Association, South Carolina Medical Association, Columbia Medical Society, Newberry County Medical Society, National Arthritis Foundation, South Carolina Chapter, Transaction Council of the National Kidney Foundation, and the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). Dr. McManus was a Board member of the SC Chapter of the National Arthritis Foundation from 1974- 1982, member of Parish Council of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church in Columbia from 1975-76, founding member of St. John Neumann Roman Catholic Church in Columbia in 1977, President of the SC Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation, member of Parish Council of St. Mark's Roman Catholic Church in Newberry from 1981-82, member of the Building Committee at St. Mark's Roman Catholic Church from 1982-91, Eucharistic Minister at St. Mark's Roman Catholic Church from 1981-1991, Secretary-Treasurer of the SC Orthopaedic Association from 1982-84, President of the SC Orthopaedic Association from 1984-85, Chief of Staff at Newberry County Memorial Hospital from 1985-1986. He was founder of the Gift of Life Trust Fund and chaired the trust fund from 1996-1997;1997-1998, Chairman of South Carolina Medical Association's Task Force to Improve Education on Organ and Tissue Donation in SC.
Dr. McManus was presented the Order of the Palmetto by Governor David Beasley in 1996. He was presented the first annual "Legacy of Life" Volunteer Award for SC given by the SC Organ Procurement Agency in 1997; the "Outstanding Service Award" given by the SC Lions Club in 1998 and the Personal Communications Industry Association Foundation Honors Award in 1998. Dr. McManus was appointed by Governor David Beasley as a member of the Board of Directors of the Gift of Life Trust Fund from 1996-2000, serving as Chairman until he was elected to that position by the Board of Directors. He was appointed to the Governor's Task Force to the White House Conference on Aging in 1995.
Dr. McManus is survived by his wife, Kathleen O'Connor McManus of the home; children and their families, Larry, Hannah, Beth, Tommy, Michael McManus of Chapel Hill, N.C.; Chris, Stacey, Meghan, Connor McManus of Greenville; Kate McManus of Atlanta; and Debbie, Steve, Jennifer Iacono of Columbia; sister, Patricia M. Maher of Bronx, NY; brother, Michael McManus of Bronx, N.Y.; nieces and nephews Regina Maher, Karen Maher Sansone, William Maher, Lorraine Maher Neville, Veronica McManus, Johnny McManus. He was predeceased by a brother, William McManus, and a nephew, Stephen Maher
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010915/us/attacks_the_victims_4.html
RICHARD GABRIEL
The loss of a leg in Vietnam never slowed Richard Gabriel when it came to playing with his kids.
``He played every single sport with all of his kids, all the time,'' said his daughter, Patricia Gabriel.
Gabriel, 54, wore a prosthetic limb, but carried himself in such a way that people would say ``I had no idea your father had one leg,'' she said. ``He waterskied with one leg, played golf, touch football in the back yard.''
The father of five visited his children's schools to talk about physical disability without seeming disabled, she said.
Gabriel, 54, a Marine lieutenant who received the Purple Heart for Vietnam wounds, died aboard Flight 77.
A native New Yorker, Gabriel was class valedictorian at Manhattan College, had a masters degree in business administration from Columbia University and worked for General Foods and other corporations before launching his own firm, Stratin Consulting.
He lived in Great Falls, Va., and was flying to Australia via Los Angeles on business when hijackers crashed his plane into the Pentagon.
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[MCOLDB: 1971 BA]
[MANHATTAN IN THE NEWS OR FOUND ON & OFF THE WEB]
[News1]
http://www.scavuzzolaw.com/index.htm
STEPHEN DOMENIC SCAVUZZO
Attorney at Law
380 Maple Avenue West
Suite 207
Vienna, VA 22180
Manhattan College, New York, NY
Bachelor of Civil Engineering
Summa Cum Laude
May 1976
September 12, 2001
MAAC OFFICE POSTPONES INTERCOLLEGIATE PLAY THROUGH SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 16
No Makeup Date Has Been Announced for Manhattan Contests
EDISON, N.J. - The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Office announced today that all intercollegiate athletic competition through Sunday, September 16, 2001, involving all MAAC member institutions will be postponed in the wake of yesterday's terrorist attacks.
"While there is a desire within the MAAC membership to retun to a sense of normalcy as soon as possible, there is also an awareness that many MAAC alumni, students and their families have been directly impacted by the terrorist attacks of September 11," said MAAC Commissioner Richard J. Ensor. "Given the situation the MAAC believes postponement of its athletic contests is appropriate.
"The decision also took into account some other factors, including the difficulty of travel in the northeast region of the country, particularly the New York City Greater Metropolitan Region, and the safety of our student-athletes, coaches and fans."
September 12, 2001
MEN'S SOCCER MATCH POSTPONED
RIVERDALE, N.Y. - The Manhattan College men's soccer game with Stony Brook scheduled for Thursday has been postponed due to the World Trade Center tragedy. No makeup date has been announced.
Please check back daily for more recent developments.
September 11, 2001
WOMEN'S SOCCER AND VOLLEYBALL MATCHES POSTPONED
RIVERDALE, N.Y. - The Manhattan College women's soccer game with Army and the volleyball match with Hofstra scheduled for today have been postponed due to the World Trade Center tragedy. No makeup date for either game has been announced.
Please check back daily for more recent developments.
Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2001 16:16:27 -0400
From: "William J. Horan" (1978 BA)
Organization: New York Presbyterian Hospital
Subject: Jasper Jottings
John,
I stopped receiving the Jottings several months ago. Sent you a couple of e-mails to get back on the list and didn't hear from you. If the service is still running, please put me back on.
Bill Horan
[JR: Your back on, hopefully, I didn’t catch the change in the address. I saw the bounces but never saw any of your email. Glad to have you back.]
From: John E. Antenucci
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 00:30:17 EDT
Subject: Re: Jasper Jottings 2001-09-09 (from the Jersey shore)
John, I find I can't open your zipped files.
[JR: nothing is zipped just plain old plain text. Any other people having problems? PS, you’re not in MCOLDB? Which shows the holes in the college’s database.]
From: Robert A. Helm
Subject: RE: Jasper Jottings 2001-09-09 (from the Jersey shore)
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 00:42:32 -0400
Good Morning, John:
1. Libertarians must have a sense of humor, else they would run around screaming at the mess the other parties have made of my country !
2. During the tail end of the Second War, I could shoot back at those who were shooting at me. In the classroom, the bleeding hearts frown on such an action. (By the way, have you seen the article in the Sunday Post re the mayoral primaries detailing the more than 100 “incidents” of violence in Teddy Roosevelt HS, right across the street from F.U. and about 5 blocks from where I grew up in The Bronx ?)
3. I am glad I am retired from the BoE. I think I would be in jail or dead if some punk or group of punks assaulted me. I sure as heck would not be turning any cheek ! Keep up the tremendous work, John. Sunday night…okay, Monday morning is a very bright spot on the PC when JJ rings the bell. FNS sends
[JR: <1> In light of the WTC, and everyone wanting to bomb “someone”, I hope the people who have “seen the elephant” can talk some sense into people. We have to defend ourselves but it is not at all like Pearl Harbor. <2> At least we knew where the “enemy” was; now they could be next door. <3> Well, Jottings just got a little harder since I have lost one of my mechanized sources.]
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 08:26:12 -0400
From: Ello, George (1978 BEEE)
Organization: KeySpan Energy
Subject: Please list
I am a Manhattan alum, BEEE 1978. I would appreciate it if you could place my email on the Jottings mailing list. Thank you!
George Ello
[JR: Done. Welcome aboard.]
From: Barry, William
(1970 BA)
Subject: Please Reply!
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 18:46:38 +0100
Please send back a short e-mail to let us know that you are ok. The events of today in New York and Washington have left us all in shock and my immediate concern is of course for those I know. We cannot get through on the phone lines so I'm asking for just a brief e-mail from each of you. You are all in our prayers.
Bill
[JR: Bill had a great idea to query a long list of his email friends to check in. Not being above stealing a great idea, I did the same. Being in the WTC the day before, it really makes you take a deep breath. Thanks for asking Bill.]
From: Kevin Seaquist, BS59
Subject: Jasper Jottings
Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 22:26:18 -0400
John,
I've enjoyed JJ for the past year. My friend (and former roomie @ MC, Peter Rader) has been forwarding it to me. Your Libertarian views are refreshing and I find most of them appealing. I remember the expression "laissez-faire" from former times and wonder what has happened to it. I'm afraid socialism is politically correct among the (uninformed)general populace and we're destined for it. The informed (politicians) know it's a good way to buy votes with someone else footing the bill. Little do they know.
Please sign me up.
[JR: Done. Sorry but this came in over at Yahoo as opposed to bigfoot or alum.manhattan.edu so I was a little delayed.]
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 22:43:18 +0100
From: "Gerard M. Delaney" (1975 BS)
Subject: Novitiate News take 3
Re: Novitiate News Take 2 (Notall)
Some people may not have been able to open the attachment for the Novice News e-mail. Something Happened with Javascript that I don't understand, since I don't use Javascript.
The Novitiate News column was preempted from its usual place in the Provincial Newsletter.
So, the URL is:
http://sssnovice.home.att.net/novice8.html
If that doesn't work for you, then go to
http://sssnovice.home.att.net
select Novitiate News,
then select the eighth novitiate newsletter.
Please let me know if you have any other problems.
Peace,
Br. Gerard NSSS
MC '75 BS
--
Br. Gerard M. Delaney, NSSS
As Gaeilge: Gearárd Mícheál Breandán Dubhshláine
Go mbeannai Dia a Mairh a Padraig thu
(God and Mary and Patrick bless you)
http://gdelaney.home.att.net
Novitiate Website: http://sssnovice.home.att.net
Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament http://www.blessedsacrament.com
[JR: I’ll echo that “Peace on earth to men of good will.” Unfortunately when the politicians get involved everything gets confused.]
From: jack goll
Subject: World Trade Center
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 01:12:17 -0400
There are two things you can do to help
Donate blood if at all possible & pray
Jack Goll
[JR: I would add speak in moderation that we don’t go off half-cocked either personally against those who “look different” (this is America) and politically “bombing asprin factories” so we can feel good. We need to use this disaster as a wake up call to worse things that can happen nuclear, chemical, or bio weapons. Let’s make sure that we don’t “fight the last war”. It’s unlikely that we will see planes used as weapons again. Our enemy is outthinking us.]
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A Final Thought
"The per-pupil cost of public schools averages $6,000, compared with $3,100 for private schools. In other words, all else being equal, we could abolish all public schools and the taxes that support them tomorrow, let the market replace them with private schools, and cut the total cost of education by nearly half. Why isn't this done? The short answer is that there are many people on the payroll of the education bureaucracy who would be unhappy."
--Llewellyn H. Rockwell,Jr.
My point exactly. We don’t treat education with as much importance as McDonalds. If we did, we’d turn it over to the private sector who would do a better job at a lower cost. Then, maybe we could address the reason why the cost of education is a taxpayer expense.
THE UNITED STATES
This, from a Canadian newspaper, is worth sharing.
America: The Good Neighbor.
Widespread but only partial news coverage was given recently to a remarkable editorial broadcast from Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a Canadian television commentator. What follows is the full text of his trenchant remarks as printed in the Congressional Record:
"This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the Americans as the most generous and possibly the least appreciated people on all the earth.
Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy were lifted out of the debris of war by the Americans who poured in billions of dollars and forgave other billions in debts. None of these countries is today paying even the interest on its remaining debts to the United States.
When France was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the Americans who propped it up, and their reward was to be insulted and swindled on the streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it.
When earthquakes hit distant cities, it is the United States that hurries in to help. This spring, 59 American communities were flattened by tornadoes. Nobody helped.
The Marshall Plan and the Truman Policy pumped billions of dollars! into discouraged countries. Now newspapers in those countries are writing about the decadent, warmongering Americans. I'd like to see just one of those countries that is gloating over the erosion of the United States dollar build its own airplane. Does any other country in the world have a plane to equal the Boeing Jumbo Jet, the Lockheed Tri-Star, or the Douglas DC10? If so, why don't they fly them? Why do all the International lines except Russia fly American Planes?
Why does no other land on earth even consider putting a man or woman on the moon? You talk about Japanese technocracy, and you get radios. You talk about German technocracy, and you get automobiles. You talk about American technocracy, and you find men on the moon! Not once, but several times -- and safely home again. You talk about scandals, and the Americans put theirs right in the store window for everybody to look at.
Even their draft-dodgers are not pursued and hounded. They are here on our streets, and most of them, unless they are breaking Canadian laws, are getting American dollars from ma and pa at home to spend here. When the railways of France, Germany and India were breaking down through age, it was the Americans who rebuilt them. When the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central went broke, nobody loaned them an old caboose. Both are still broke.
I can name you 5000 times when the Americans raced to the help of other people in trouble. Can you name me even one time when someone else raced to the Americans in trouble? I don't think there was outside help even during the San Francisco earthquake. Our neighbors have faced it alone, and I'm one Canadian who is damned tired of hearing them get kicked around. They will come out of this thing with their flag high. And when they do, they are entitled to thumb their nose at the lands that are gloating over their present troubles. I hope Canada is not one of those."
[JR: What else is there to say. We stand together or we stand alone.]
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