Sunday 04 August 2002
Dear Jaspers,
The jasper jottings email list has 986 subscribers by my count.
Don't forget: … …
Monday, August 5 - Construction Open Golf Tournament
Eastchester,
call Joe Van Etten
at 212-280-0663
Monday, August 5 - Construction Industry Golf Open & Tennis Match
call Joe Van Etten
'57, (212) 280-0663
Thursday, August 15 - Monmouth Park Racetrack
Saturday, August 24 - Alumni/ae Soccer Games Gaelic
Park
call Tom Lindgren '78, (914) 948-5399
or
John Sanchez, (718) 862-7936
(women);
Bill Walsh (718) 862-7844 (men).
Thursday, September 5 - Washington DC Golf Outing
call Chuck Martin '63, at (703)
706-3130.
Friday, September 20 to Sunday, September 22 Alumni Men's Retreat
call Joe Gunn '76, (718) 321-4907
or
Kevin Dolan '68, (718)
432-8714.
Monday, September 23, 2002 - 2nd O'Neill Memorial Golf Classic
call (718) 726-3153. <-
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website
http://jkogolf.org
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http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/2002/04.11/11-marathon.html
“The amazing story of William Tan: After losing the use of his legs as a result of polio, Tan’s family, who lived in Singapore, was so poor that William couldn’t be provided with a wheelchair. To go outside, Tan had to be carried on someone’s back. Now a student at Harvard’s School of Public Health, Tan races his wheelchair to raise money so that children can be saved from disease.”
Stories like this make me ask myself what’s my excuse for
not doing more. When things seem tough, how tough are they really?
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
1 Formal
announcements
0 Messages from Headquarters (like
MC Press Releases)
1 Jaspers publishing web pages
3 Jaspers found web-wise
0 Honors
1 Weddings
1 Births
0 Engagements
0 Graduations
1 Obits
3 "Manhattan in
the news" stories
0 Resumes
2 Sports
14 Emails
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[FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT JASPERS]
Copyright 2002 Business Wire, Inc.
Business Wire
July 29, 2002, Monday
DISTRIBUTION: Business Editors/Entertainment & High Tech Writers
HEADLINE: AMERICOM Announces AMERICOM2Home Leadership Team
DATELINE: PRINCETON, N.J., July 29, 2002
Following SES AMERICOM's announcement on April 25, 2002 of a major initiative to bring new television and broadband Internet services to the American consumer, the company announced the executive team charged with launching the new residential services.
Dean Olmstead, President and CEO explained that consumers would readily recognize the difference in the AMERICOM2Home(TM) offer when compared to current satellite television systems. Olmstead said, "I am confident that this team will create a best-in-class residential service offer. We expect a wide variety of content providers to lease capacity in order to offer their programs and interactive entertainment directly to American consumers." Kevin Smyth, Senior Vice President, Residential Satellite Services, is responsible for the overall direction, strategy, and business planning for the AMERICOM2Home(TM) initiative including daily leadership and ongoing operations. Smyth has been a recognized satellite industry leader for more than a decade with key roles at Telesat Canada, then with Indonesia's first private satellite telecommunications company called Pasifik Satellite Nusantara, and since 1998 with SES ASTRA. To his credit at SES, Smyth's efforts led to the launch of ASTRA's Broadband Interactive System (BBI) and investment in Embratel's StarOne. He also played a key role in ASTRA's merger with GE American Communications to form SES GLOBAL and SES AMERICOM. Smyth has an engineering degree from the University of New Brunswick and an MBA from the University of Ottawa.
Rick Langhans, Vice President - Technology, Residential Satellite Services, is responsible for the technical design and implementation of the AMERICOM2Home(TM) system. With over 25 years of experience in the design and operation of commercial satellites and associated ground segment, he has held many senior management positions such as Vice-President of Engineering and Operations and Chief Technology Officer at GE Americom. Mr. Langhans has an electrical engineering degree from Manhattan College, attended the MSEE program at NYIT, and holds an Executive Program Certificate from the University of Michigan School of Business Administration.
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About AMERICOM2Home(TM)
AMERICOM2Home(TM) will encompass multiple satellites at the 105 degrees/105.5 degrees W.L. orbital slot, creating a satellite "neighborhood" initially consisting of AMC-14 and AMC-15, enabling program producers, aggregators or content creators to provide satellite television services in many formats directly to the home via a small antenna system.
The proposed BSS satellite at 105.5 degrees W.L., AMC-14, will provide one-way television and entertainment services, operating on Ku-band frequencies set aside internationally for broadcasting satellites. The company is expecting FCC authority to offer DBS services in the U.S. from AMC-14 by year-end resulting in the construction, launch and operation of the new spacecraft by 2004. A second satellite, AMC-15, currently under construction by Lockheed Martin, will operate Ka/Ku-band frequencies at 105 degrees W.L. It is from this second, Ka/Ku-band satellite that consumers will receive two-way Internet and broadband services in their homes.
AMERICOM2Home(TM) is planned as an open DBS platform, modeled on the success of SES AMERICOM's sister company in Europe, SES ASTRA (SES GLOBAL's European satellite operating company). ASTRA operates 12 DBS satellites on which broadcasters and content owners provide numerous "free-to-air", pay television, and broadband offerings directly to residences throughout Europe. AMERICOM2Home(TM) will also have an open platform that permits content owners to control their distribution and their interaction with the consumer.
About SES AMERICOM
With over twenty-five years' experience, SES AMERICOM, Inc. is recognized as a pioneer and leading provider of global satellite communications services currently providing capacity on 16 spacecraft capable of serving the Americas, Europe, the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean Regions, and Asia. As a member of the SES GLOBAL family, AMERICOM is able to provide end-to-end telecommunications solutions to any region in the world. SES AMERICOM's key customers include ABC Radio Networks, AT&T Alascom, British Telecom, Deutsche Welle, Discovery, Fox, TV Guide/Gemstar, Gannett, Verestar, Merlin, NBC, The New York Times, NHK, PaxNet, PBS, TELE Greenland, TV Europa, TimeWarner/Turner Broadcasting, and Viacom.
In November 2001, SES AMERICOM was combined with SES ASTRA to form a new premier global satellite company, SES GLOBAL, S.A. The new company has a fleet of 29 satellites and can deliver broadband satellite services to more than 90% of the world's population. In addition, SES GLOBAL's strategic partnerships and participation in AsiaSat, NSAB, Star One, AMERICOM Asia-Pacific and Nahuelsat combine to give entertainment, telecommunications, Internet, news and enterprise customers access to a fleet of 42 satellites. CONTACT: SES AMERICOM Monica Morgan, 609/987-4143 monica.morgan@ses-americom.com www.ses-americom.com
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[Messages from Headquarters (Manhattan College Press Releases & Stuff)]
[JASPERS PUBLISHING WEB PAGES]
Joe Manak is a patent and trademark attorney and litigator. He focuses on technology-based intellectual property law and litigation, with a concentration in patent, trade secret and antitrust law. With a specialization in pharmaceutical and FDA/Waxman-Hatch patent litigation, he represents healthcare companies in biotechnology and drug patent cases. He has also litigated a variety of patent and IP cases concerning recombinant DNA technology, high- strength fibers, aerospace and defense, electronics, medical devices, chemicals and food science.
Mr. Manak also conducts patent interferences, and trademark inter partes proceedings, in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Offfice, and prepares and prosecutes patent applications in the software, Internet, chemical, pharmaceutical, sports equipment, and mechanical fields.
His transactional practice covers IP and antitrust issues in mergers and acquisitions, licensing, joint development and distribution arrangements, and related due diligence, as well as patentability and infringement opinions.
Mr. Manak received his J.D. from New York Law School, cum laude, in 1986 and a B.S. in Chemistry from Manhattan College in 1983. He is admitted to practice in New York, various Federal Courts, and in the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[JASPERS FOUND ON & OFF THE WEB BY USING THE WEB]
http://mrb.niddk.nih.gov/ray/CV.html
Raymond Mejia
1957 B. S. (Mathematics) - Manhattan College
1957 - 1964 Mathematician, Applied Mathematics Laboratory,
David Taylor Model Basin
1964 - 1966 Supervisory Mathematician, Applied Mathematics Laboratory, David
Taylor Model Basin
1966 - 1968 Research Mathematician, Division of Computer Research and
Technology, NIH
1968 - 1973 Supervisory Mathematician, Division of Computer Research and
Technology, NIH
1973 - Mathematician, NHLBI, NIH
1973 - Guest Worker, MRB, NIDDK, NIH
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Committees:
Society for Mathematical Biology , Publicationss 1998 - NIH Hispanic Employee Organization (NIH-HEO), Secretary, 1995 - 1998 , President, 2000
Editorial Boards
Society for Mathematical Biology Digest, Editor: 1992 -
Symposia Organized:
First World Congress on Comput. Medicine, Austin, TX, April 1994
Mini-Symposia Organized:
Mathematical Models in Physiology, SIAM Annual Meeting, Rio Mar, PR, July 2000 (with M. Marcano-Velázquez)
Societies:
SMB, SIAM, AMS, AAAS, NYAS
http://chemfo.chm.bnl.gov/SciandTech/PRC/wishart/szalda.html
BNL Chemistry Department
David J. Szalda
Research Collaborator
X-ray crystallographic studies of transition-metal complexes and organometallic compounds, using both conventional and synchrotron X-ray sources.
B.S. Manhattan College, 1972; M. A. Johns Hopkins University, 1974, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, 1976
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Columbia University 1976-78; Assistant Professor, Department of Natural Sciences, Baruch College City University of NY, 9/78-9/80; Visiting Scientist, Columbia University, summers, 1979-81; Associate Professor, Department of Natural Sciences, Baruch College CUNY, 1/81-12/89; Professor, Department of Natural Sciences, Baruch College CUNY, 1/89-present; Research Collaborator, BNL, 9/81-present.
http://www.state.ma.us/dob/policygr.htm
Massachusetts Division Of Banks
Policy Group
The Policy Group is the senior policy making committee of the Division of Banks. Chaired by the Commissioner, the Policy Group meets bi-weekly, is comprised of the Division's senior management, and is charged with overseeing all regulatory matters, directing the Division's day to day operations, and conducting strategic planning for the Division. Profiles of the members of the Policy Group are provided below.
THOMAS J. CURRY
COMMISSIONER OF BANKS
Thomas J. Curry was appointed Commissioner of Banks for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by the Weld-Cellucci Administration on June 30, 1995. Mr. Curry previously served as First Deputy Commissioner of Banks from 1987 to 1995.
Mr. Curry oversees the Commonwealth of Massachusetts state-chartered banking industry and a variety of financial service licensees. The Division of Banks supervises all state-chartered trust companies, savings banks, co-operative banks, and credit unions which have combined assets of over $140 billion. Over 2,500 licensed entities are also supervised. They include: mortgage lenders and brokers, check cashers, small loan companies, credit sales and insurance premium finance agencies as well as collection agencies. Commissioner Curry has been an at-large member of the State Liaison Committee of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council since 1996 and was elected Committee Chairman in 1998. In May 2000, Commissioner Curry was elected Chairman of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, the professional association and accrediting body for the nation s state banking departments.
Commissioner Curry began his service with the Division of Banks as an Assistant General Counsel in 1986. Mr. Curry entered State government in 1982 as an attorney with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's Office. Commissioner Curry is a summa cum laude graduate of Manhattan College, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He received his law degree from the New England School of Law. Mr. Curry is a member of the Massachusetts and Connecticut Bars.
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Copyright 2002 Journal News (Westchester County, NY)
All rights reserved
Journal News (Westchester County, NY)
July 28, 2002 Sunday
SECTION: LIFE&STYLE; Pg. 10E
Feeks-Tillotson
Leslie Marie Feeks and Michael Patrick Tillotson were married recently at the Elk's Lodge in Ossining.
The bride is the daughter of Maureen Moran of Ossining.
She is a graduate of Ossining High School and received a bachelor's degree from Manhattan College in Riverdale.
She is an accountant with O'Connor Davies Munns & Dobbins LLP in Harrison.
Her husband is the son of Marianne Tillotson of Las Vegas, Nev., and Theodore Tillotson of Ossining.
A graduate of Ossining High School, he is an electrician with Whiffen Electric Co. Inc. of Pleasantville.
They are living in Ossining.
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From: Jerry Plunkett
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 09:01:17 -0400
Subject: Re:
John
I wanted to report the birth of my son John Joseph Plunkett at 12:51am on June 28, 2002. John was 7 pounds,9 ounces and 20 inches at birth. John is my third boy. My wife, mother & father and in-laws now refer to me as Fred MacMurray from "My Three Sons" fame. His brothers Patrick and Thomas are helping to take good care of him. I have my golf foursome set now for years to come.
Best Regards,
Jerry Plunkett (Class of 1983)
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Jerry Plunkett
Director of Tax Compliance
Sony Corporation of America
New York, New York 10022-3301
[JR: Congrats, “Fred”. You think you’ll be able to afford gold after paying from three boys? A friend of my was looking forward to an empty nest but so far it hasn’t happened. So maybe they will be with you for a long long time. Hey just kidding, enjoy them now. It’s amazing when they turn thirteen, how dumb you will become. I really enjoy this part of the compilation; so much more than the obits. In any event, our best wishes to your poor frau who now has four people who won’t ask for directions.]
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.
Copyright 2002 Capital-Gazette Communications, Inc.
The Capital (Annapolis, MD)
July 30, 2002 Tuesday
SECTION: OBITUARIES; Pg. A13
HEADLINE: OBITUARIES
James Coleman
James Francis Coleman, 63, a retired naval architect and marine engineer and 35-year resident of Annapolis, died July 27 at Anne Arundel Medical Center. The cause of death was not immediately available.
Born in the Bronx, N.Y., Mr. Coleman was the son of Irish immigrants. A graduate of Manhattan College and the University of Michigan School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, he worked in ship design management and development for the Navy Department for 30 years. He began his career with Electric Boat Co. in Groton, Conn., as a systems designer.
An avid sailor and racer, he was on the Annapolis Yacht Club race committee and chairman of the Annapolis Yacht Club special events committee. He was past vice commodore of the Naval Academy Sailing Squadron.
Surviving are his wife of 39 years, Mary Kerr Coleman; two children, James D. Coleman of Atlanta, Ga., and Elizabeth A. Osborn of Rota, Spain; four grandchildren; and one sister, Eileen Del Guidice of Bradenton, Fla.
A memorial service will beheld at 4:30 p.m. Thursday at St. Anne's Episcopal Church, Church Circle. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Annapolis Chorale in memory of Jim Coleman, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, 801 Chase St., Annapolis, MD 21401.
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[MANHATTAN IN THE NEWS OR FOUND ON & OFF THE WEB]
Copyright 2002 Bergen Record Corporation
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
July 31, 2002 Wednesday All Editions
SECTION: BUSINESS; Pg. B01
HEADLINE: Up and down with the Dow, in good times and in bad
SOURCE: North Jersey Media Group
BYLINE: LAUREN COLEMAN-LOCHNER, STAFF WRITER
The Dow Jones industrial average is an amalgam of desire, delusion, and dread.
In the 1990s, desire and delusion reigned unchecked, with investors and venture capitalists jockeying even for pieces of companies of very little substance or business plan. In January 2000, the Dow peaked at 11,723.
Now, corporate scandals have given investors a gruff awakening. And while the Dow always has tanked only to rise again, some market historians have worried that the factors behind its decline this year are the most serious since the crash of 1929.
Although recent days of huge rallies on Wall Street may have eased those fears, some underlying concern remains. The broad story line is the same: After a decade when Americans rushed to invest en masse, companies collapsed from malfeasance or incompetence and gains evaporated, along with investors' trust.
After the 1929 meltdown, the Dow did not reach pre-Depression levels again until 1954. But even during the depths of 1930, the market rallied briefly. "People thought it was over," said Charles Geisst, author of "Wall Street: A History" and a financial history professor at Manhattan College.
Hope and hype spring eternal. But history fades fast. Many of today's investors, Geisst points out, have never experienced a bear market. And in fact, those who began investing in the Nineties fed on tales that the Internet economy would erase such fluctuations, that a new era guaranteed ongoing gains. One best-selling book in 1999 foretold "Dow 36,000."
Although Dow 36,000 seems unlikely anytime soon, no one is suggesting that America is facing a reprise of the 1930s.
In 1929, there were fewer controls: Americans fearing bank failures rushed to withdraw their savings, hastening those very failures. The economy skittered into Depression, with millions out of work.
Today, of course, unemployment is low, 5.9 percent in June. The government created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. in 1933 to protect bank deposits and maintain public trust in the banking system. The next year, it established the Securities and Exchange Commission, along with requirements that companies disclose risks and material information to investors.
But the crisis in faith engendered by recent scandals and shenanigans, along with a lackadaisical government response, is reminiscent of that time, Geisst said. "Listening to George Bush right now is eerily similar to listening to Herbert Hoover," said Geisst, an Oradell resident. Hoover, too, assured Americans that there were no fundamental problems with the economy.
Geisst also sees parallels to the early 1970s, when brokerage houses ran amok, losing and stealing securities. That led to the failure of at least 12 brokerage houses. Congress responded by establishing the Securities Investor Protection Corp. to help investors recover funds from failed or failing brokerages.
The Dow passed 1,000 for the first time on Nov. 14, 1972. But recession and scandal ushered in a bear market, and by December 1974, the Dow was down to 577.60. It would not pass 1,000 again until the end of 1982.
At that point, the Dow marched purposefully toward 2,000, hitting that milestone on Jan. 8, 1987.
But later that year, investors, battered by the savings and loan scandals of the decade and fearing a return to the high interest rates of the early 1980s, panicked and sold. On Oct. 19, 1987, those worries shoved the Dow down 22 percent, or 508 points, the largest one-day percentage decline in history.
It took about two years for the market to recover. The next major setback occurred in 1990, when the first George Bush was in the White House. After Iraq invaded Kuwait, the Dow dropped 21 percent.
On Oct. 27, 1997, the Dow fell 554 points on angst over Asian markets - at the time the largest point decline in history. But it recovered within a month. (The Dow's all-time point decline occurred last Sept. 17, the day the markets reopened after the terrorist attacks. The index fell 684.81.)
Geisst said he is concerned that today, with the economy fundamentally sound, "the market should be stronger."
"I think we're in for a bear market of the kind we haven't seen in 20 or 30 years," he said.
But unlike the 1920s, when stock prices were wildly out of proportion to companies' earnings, "where we are right now is not elevated [price-to-earnings] ratios," said Ken Goldstein, economist at the Conference Board in New York.
For Americans about to retire, Goldstein said, the market's recent declines are indeed serious. But, he added, "for most of us, it's as important as the All-Star Game ending in a tie."
But Richard Sylla, a financial history professor at New York University, argues that at home and abroad, recent events have produced at least one significant effect: an erosion of trust, which he expects will persist.
"Investor confidence has been damaged," he said.
How effectively new regulations can stem future misdeeds is the subject of much debate and skepticism.
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Business News
Copyright 2002 The Times Leader
The Times Leader
July 28, 2002, Sunday
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HEADLINE: The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Business People Column
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MERCY HEALTH PARTNERS: Sister Mary Ellen Fuhrman has been named vice president for mission.
A native of Steelton, she entered the Sisters of Mercy in 1965. She received a bachelor's degree in elementary education from College Misericordia and a master's degree in administration and supervision from Manhattan College.
She recently completed a four-year term as vice president of the Dallas Regional Community.
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http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=4887686&BRD=1653&PAG=461&dept_id=12717&rfi=6
Dems nominate two state
candidates
By:Ed Silverstein, Business
editor July 29, 2002
Two local politicians were given the Democratic nomination recently in bids to unseat incumbent Republicans in the legislature.
Larry Kaley, a member of the Fairfield Representative Town Meeting, is running against Carl Dickman for the 132nd district. And Trumbull resident Tom Christiano is running against John "Jack" Stone for the 134th district.
Both were given warm receptions this week when they appeared before the Fairfield Democratic Town Committee.
"I'm concerned," Kaley said when asked why is he is running for the legislature. "I care about people."
Some of the top issues for him on the state level include the environment, health and safety. Taxes and the current way education is funded also concern him.
"This is a world that is changing very rapidly," Kaley added. "Air quality is stressed. The environment is being stressed. It's not the way it was when I was a kid."
During his five years on the RTM, Kaley has made open space, seniors, health/safety and the environment top priorities. He was co-chairman of the Public Works and Planning Committee on the RTM. He was also a member of the Senior Advisory Committee.
He has just retired as a teacher in the New York City public schools after 31 years. He has also taught at Fairfield University and Manhattan College. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from New York's City College. He has lived in Fairfield since 1972. He is married, and has a son who lives in Boston.
Christiano is currently serving his second term on Trumbull's Town Council, similar to the RTM in Fairfield. Christiano attended Fairfield College Preparatory School and the State University of New York at Cortland. He has coached hockey at Fairfield High School.
In Trumbull, Christiano has been an advocate for school construction. But he also recognizes the impact that schools can have on families and seniors.
"We have to find ways to solve problems like overcrowding in our schools without raising taxes unfairly. That's why at the same time I fought for a new [elementary] school in Trumbull, I also voted to give senior citizens a tax break," Christiano said during a recent convention held in Trumbull, where he was nominated.
He would like Fairfield and Trumbull to get a fair share of state education grants. And he would like to expand local and state property tax relief for seniors.
"He works very hard on issues for people he represents," said James Cordone, a fellow member of the Trumbull Town Council who is helping to run the campaign. "He has an incredible level of integrity."
Christiano is married and has two young sons. He owns a self-storage business in Bridgeport.
©Fairfield Minuteman 2002
FROM THE COLLEGE’S WEB SITE: Your resume can be sent to employers who contact our office seeking to fill positions. For more information contact the Recruitment Coordinator at (718) 862-7965 or Email to JGlenn@manhattan.edu
August 1, 2002
THROWERS COMPETE IN KARLSTAD, SWEDEN
KARLSTAD, SWEDEN - Members of the Manhattan College track and field team competed in the IFK Gota/Massa Throws Competition in Karlstad, Sweden yesterday.
Senior Jacob Freeman (East Greenwich, RI) threw 66.29 meters in the hammer while incoming freshman Anders Constantin (Karlstad, Sweden) 50.80m.
In the shot put, Constantin surpassed Freeman's mark of 12.95m with a toss of 14.19m and junior Magnus Ahlen (Karlstad, Sweden) shortly followed with a throw of 11.50m.
Freeman will return to the states for the 2002 POWERade North America, Central America & Caribbean (NACAC) Under-25 Track & Field Championships. The meet will be held August 9-11, 2002 held at E.M. Stevens Stadium on the campus of Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. The competition, which features 45 track and field events, is sanctioned by the NACAC organization and USA Track & Field.
July 29, 2002
JASPERS PERFORM WELL IN SWEDEN
KARLSTAD, SWEDEN - In his first competition outside the United States, Manhattan College hammer thrower Jacob Freeman (East Greenwich, RI) placed third at the Gotagalan Swedish Grand Prix on Thursday night. Freeman threw an impressive 67.02m. First place honors went to Bengt Johannson of Sweden and Jerry Ingalls of the US Army took second.
Junior Karin Larsson (Garphyttan, Sweden) also competed in the Grand Prix. She placed fourth in the women's shot put, while incoming freshman Charlotte Nordh (Hammaro, Sweden) placed fourth in the women's 100m race.
At the Bohusspelen Meet held yesterday in Uddevalla, Sweden, Freeman earned second place honors in the hammer with a mark of 65.14m. Incoming freshman Anders Constantin (Karlstad, Sweden) placed third with 49.92m.
Freeman will return to action in Karlstad, Sweden on Wednesday, July 31st.
July 29, 2002
POMPEY WINS GOLD MEDAL AT THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES
Former Lady Jasper Breaks Guyana's 68-Year Medal Drought
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - Former Manhattan College track and field Olympian Aliann Pompey '01 of Guyana clinched a gold medal in the 400m finals at the XVII Commonwealth Games held in Manchester, England yesterday. The victory was not only a remarkable accomplishment for the 24-year-old but it was also her country's first Commonwealth Games athletics gold medal since Phil Edwards won the 880 yard event in 1934.
On Saturday in the semi-finals, Pompey was slow to release in the starting blocks but would increase her speed to set a new national record with a time of 51.34 seconds for a second place finish. In the finals, the 2000 Olympian roared to victory as the Manchester crowd watched in amazement as she surpassed the favorite Scotland's Lee McConnell and Jamaica's Sandie Richards in the final seconds of the race.
"For the last 20 meters my eyes were kind of closed. I couldn't see anything. I was going by the crowd's reaction," said Pompey.
The silver medal was awarded to McConnell (51.68 seconds) and Richards received the bronze medal (51.79 seconds).
Pompey currently resides in New York City and she continues to train at Manhattan College under the direction of sprinter coach Joe Ryan.
http://www.dailygazette.com/sports.shtml
Loss doesn't deter hopes in basketball
EMPIRE STATE GAMES
By JIM SCHILTZ Gazette Sportswriter
CORTLAND - The Adirondack Region open women's basketball team displayed its balanced scoring and defense Thursday in a win to kick off the Empire State Games. On Friday, the two-time reigning gold medalists showed their grit in defeat.
Playing shorthanded in SUNY-Cortland's sweltering Park Center, Adirondack overcame an eight-point, second-half deficit before rugged New York City answered with a decisive run in a 77-70 victory.
The setback ended Adirondack's hopes for a third straight 4-0 mark, but not its medal as- pirations. The team has medaled eight consecutive years, the region's second longest active stretch behind the scholastic women's soccer team's 13-year streak.
"As long as we keep playing hard we'll get into the medal round," said Siena College forward Jolene Johnston, who scored 17 points. "And we will play hard. We always work hard until the last few seconds. We did today, but we didn't have enough oomph."
Adirondack took the court without Siena College graduate Audra Spremullo, who broke her right hand in Thursday's 80-48 win over Long Island. Spremullo was among the stars in last year's 65-61 gold medal-game triumph over Western.
"One of the things that hurt us was not having Audra Spremullo," Adirondack coach Mike Smith. "It was our nine-player rotation against their 10-player rotation, and we got a little tired. In this heat, it made a difference, although we're not going to use it as an excuse.
"We had opportunities, but when we needed to make shots, we didn't."
Another Siena graduate, guard Sacha Montgomery, led Adirondack with 18 points.
"In the second half we fought and fought," Montgomery said. "No one gave up. We all had the same goal. We all wanted to win. We just couldn't get over the hump."
Actually, Adirondack did, on two occassions, first at 59-57 on a three-point basket by Johnson with 7:30 to go. The long distance bomb capped a 20-10 spurt as Adirondack overcame a 47-39 deficit.
Another three by Bishop Maginn grad Kristan Pelletier with 6:02 remaining gave Adirondack its second lead of the second half, at 64-63. New York City responded with eight unanswered points, the final four on a putback and short jumper coming from standout guard Rosalee Mason.
"New York had the size advantage inside," said Smith. "We tried to take away their inside game, and they got some good outside looks."
Mason, from Manhattan College, delivered 13 of her game-high 19 points in the second half.
"We've got a good rivalry with Central going, and they beat us pretty good [98-72 Thursday]," said Mason, who, playing with four personal fouls, scored eight points over the final 6:22. "We had no defense yesterday and no offense, and today, we were determined to turn it around. It feels good."
Smith felt good, too, but for a different reason.
"I'm extremely proud of my team because they never gave up," said Smith. "They battled right up until the last 12 seconds, when we were down by seven and I told them not to foul."
"It was a rough game. There were some cheap shots in there," Johnston said. "But they're also a very good team. They crashed the boards and have great shooters."
Adirondack meets Hudson Valley tonight. The medal round is Sunday.
"If we can beat Hudson Valley then we've got a shot at a medal. There are a lot of different scenarios, but a win is a must," Smith said. "Our goal right now is to play hard, get a win and get to the medal round."
The Adirondack scholastic women went to 2-0 with an 83-73 win over New York City. Kaitlin Foley of Bethlehem scored 25 points to lead four double-digit Adirondack scorers. Adirondack is looking to end a three-year medal drought.
Chris Matte of Hudson Falls dropped in a layup just before the final buzzer sounded, lifting the Adirondack scholastic men to a 73-71 overtime win over Central.
Mike Van Schaick of Glens Falls paced Adirondack (2-0) with 19 points, Sam Dolan of St. Thomas More Prep netted 16 and Paul Izzo of Cohoes had 15.
The Adirondack open men (0-2) lost to Central, 69-66. Schenectady High grads Jason McKrieth of Rice and Sequon Young of UAlbany both scored 13 points.
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Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 12:08:58 -0600 (MDT)
From:
Subject: Manhattan College Updates
I would appreciate your adding me to you mailing list.
Tom Murray
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[JR: Welcome.]
From: Michael McFadden (1973)
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 15:02:30 EDT
Subject: Jasper stuff...
Hi John! :)
I'm not very active/in-touch with Manhattan or Manhattan folks... and honestly I probably wouldn't want to rise even to the level of activity of getting lots of emails and stuff, but a weekly newsletter sounds reasonable and I might occasionally look at it.
Sorry I'm not more active... must be discouraging for folks who are to find folks who aren't, but I wish you well with it! As noted, a weekly newsletter in my email box would be fine. Who knows.... maybe I'd even have something to contribute to it somewhere down the line....
:)
Michael
[JR: We’re all anxious to hear what you have to say.]
From:
Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2002 11:52:49 EDT
Subject: Re: Hello from a 1968 Jasper
I would like to join.
Jim Malone 1968
[JR: And, we are glad you have.]
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 15:54:32 -0400
From: Gene Bartley (1967)
Subject: Re: Hello from a 1968 Jasper
Yes, Gene would like to be on this mailing list.
[JR: We would like to have him.]
From: Michael F. McEneney
Subject: Jasper Jottings
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 14:49:01 -0400
Dear John,
In case you missed it, Section 10 of Sunday's NY Times (7/28/02) on page 1, has an article entitled "On Wall Street, Present Is Prologue", by Leslie Eaton which quotes Prof. Charles R. Geisst from Manhattan.
Did you send out Jasper Jottings this week? I have not received a copy as yet.
Best,
Mike McEneney
[JR: Caught it. But, to answer your second question, my distribution methods failed. It is up on the web site, but, I have had a mail software failure on both my primary mail send mechanism and my back up mail send mechanism. Both different. The Glock software failed at home; I am exchanging messages with their tech support. My AT&T mail account has introduced distribution limits, unbeknownst to me. So my secondary is off line while I try to correct that. Arghh. That's what one gets for "free", aggravation. So it didn’t get out until Tuesday or Wednesday. Arghhh.]
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 08:48:36 -0400
From: Douglas Emond
Subject: Re: Hello from a 1968 Jasper
I will join, I am a Jasper from 1984 - school of business,,,,
Thanks,
dwe
Douglas W. Emond
Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer
Eastern Bank
Lynn, MA 01901
[JR: Thanks for coming on. We’re glad to have you. ]
From: Robert Malone
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 12:58:24 -0400
Subject: Re: Hello from a 1968 Jasper
Please add me to the weekly Jasper Jottings e-mail list. Thanks
[JR: Done ]
[MCOLDB: 1974 ]
Subject: Geralyn McKiernan is
on maternity leave
From: Geralyn McKiernan
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 01:00:59 -0400
I will be out of the office starting 07/22/2002 and will not return until 10/21/2002.
[JR: I learn all sorts of stuff from the auto out of office messages.]
[MCOLDB: 1988 ]
From: King, Michael
Subject: RE: Hello from a 1968 Jasper
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 09:03:14 -0400
Yes
[MCOLDB: 1967 ]
From: g Delaney
Subject: Re:
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 15:38:51 +0000
John,
> While I am personally glad that the
"government" has finally found
> one of its Constitutionally mandated functions, I
question why we
> have a "Department of Defense" and a "Department of
Homeland
> Security". Now if they would care to more properly label them as the
> "Department of Offense" and the "Department of
Defense", that I
> could go along with.
There is a line in "Starship Troopers" (the book, not the movie) where Robert Heinlein says that no "Department of Defense" ever succeeded in defending the nation it was supposed to.
--
Gerard M. Delaney '75
[JR: True, true, all too true. ]
From: Marchese, Louis (1979)
Subject: RE: Hello from a 1968 Jasper
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 11:49:58 -0400
Thanks John. I am already on distro as "<privacy invoked>".
Keep up the good work. Although, I do not always agree with your political stances on issues I do respect them. I also respect and appreciate the amount of work and the benefit that your emails bring to myself and fellow Jaspers.
Thank you so much for providing this service to the Manhattan College community.
Regards,
Lou
[JR: Thanks for the kind words. I can’t always match up email ids. So every once and while, I hit a subscriber by chance. I keep digging up participants.]
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 16:49:22 -0500
From: John Haugh
Subject: Resumes
John,
Would it be possible to collect all resumes into a hyperlink? It may help those alumni who find it difficult to scroll down all the information.
Thank you for the work that you put in on the Jasper Jottings.
John H. BS '53
[JR: I’m not sure how I could do that or keep them current. But I am open to suggestions.]
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 15:16:10 -0700 (PDT)
From: Melissa Medina
Subject: Re: Hello from a 1968 Jasper
Hello,
In regards to your e-mail about the newsletter, I would love to added to the list to receive it each week, however I rarely check this e-mail account...it you could kindly add <privacy invoked> to your mailing list I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you so much!
-Melissa Medina
[JR: I think you are Class of 2002? I wasn’t quite sure from your write up. We all are glad to have some young blood here. And, if the young guys ever see your picture, I am sure our participation rates will pick up even more! I won’t tell them where it is. Let them work a little.]
Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2002 12:30:07 -0400
From: William Mccarthy (1979)
Subject: Re:
Please change my e-mail address to <privacy invoked>.
[JR: Done]
A collection copyright is asserted to protect against any misuse of original material.
This effort has NO FORMAL RELATION to Manhattan College!
Fax can be accommodated 781-723-7975 but email is easier.
I keep several of the “Instant Messengers” up: ICQ#72967466; Yahoo "reinkefj"; and MSN T7328215850.
Or, you can USMail it to me at 3 Tyne Court Kendall Park, NJ 08824.
Feel free to invite other Jaspers to join us by dropping me an email.
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/williams1.asp
July 31, 2002 / 22 Menachem-Av,
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Walter Williams
What or who is the market?
“Tyrants always condemn and seek to replace the market
process with government coercion because tyrants do not trust that people
behaving voluntarily will do what the tyrants think they should do. children.”
I heard on the radio today someone say that there are not two sets of laws. Tyrants don’t have a special law of gravity. Just the same way, they don’t have special laws of economics. Tyrants can’t exist in a free market democratic society. When one looks at where the terrorists are coming from and being created by, you don’t see democracies. So maybe we have to focus on pushing the idea of freedom, and by that action dry up terrorism.
I like the set of commercials being pushed by the add council about freedom. Maybe it’s no too late! Maybe?
Curmudgeon
And that’s the last word.