Sunday 01 September 2002
Dear Jaspers,
The jasper jottings email list has 989 subscribers by my count. Despite all the “breakage” in the last few weeks.
Don't forget: … …
Thursday, September 5 - Washington DC Golf Outing
call Chuck Martin '63, at (703)
706-3130.
Wednesday, September 11 – Remember our fallen alums
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. <-
<- <- Corrected number!
website http://jkogolf.org
Monday, September 23 – Long Island Jasper Golf Outing
call Alumni Relations Office
(718) 862-7454
Monday, October 5 – New Library Dedication
Monday, October 5 – Columbus Day Golf Outing Mahopac, NY
call Alumni Relations Office
(718) 862-7454
Tuesday, November 12 – 25th Annual John J. Horan Lecture
Rudolf Giuliani ‘65
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Last week, I mistakenly hit the send button before the issue was complete. Forgive me for I know not what I do. I have a checklist but was in a rush. Haste makes waste. So, just discard the first one. Or, the second. There were a few slight differences between the two. I'll print my checklist off and hang it on the wall now!
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ALL BOILER PLATE is at the end.
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/134518306_childrens21.html
The gift to be normal: An ill boy's family opened a
Christmas card and discovered the generosity of strangers
By Charlene Koski
Yakima Herald-Republic
TED McLAREN / YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC
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Tristan takes down a video with his left hand. The tumor and surgery make it hard to use his right side.
Tanya and Greg Kuhlmann of Selah tried not to worry about money when four years ago they found out their 5-month-old son had a brain tumor.
But after months of chemotherapy, countless doctors' visits at $300 an hour and $7,000 a month in medications, it was getting hard.
The total bill was more than $100,000, their son Tristan was still having 150 to 200 seizures a day and chemotherapy wasn't working. Then at Christmastime, they got a card in the mail from Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center in Seattle, where Tristan was being treated.
"It said, 'Merry Christmas. Paid in full,' " Greg Kuhlmann said.
Tristan's expenses were paid by a Children's Hospital program called "Un- and Under-Compensated Care." The largest number of beneficiaries are in Children's own back yard, in King and Snohomish counties, but the program serves the entire state. Yakima County has the highest number of children who benefit of any Eastern Washington county, receiving nearly 10 percent of the funds distributed in 2000.
Much of the program's money is raised through annual fund-raisers, the largest of which — the Auction of Washington Wines — takes place this week.
The auction raised $20,000 when it started in 1988. Now it raises about $1.5 million each year, said auction spokeswoman Stacie Jacob. In all, the hospital spent about $20 million in 2000 to pay children's medical bills that their parents couldn't afford — all of it from private donations, corporations, foundations, grants and fund-raisers like the wine auction.
Where the funds go
Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center spent about $20 million in 2000 from a privately raised fund to cover medical attention for children whose parents didn't have adequate insurance or money of their own. The single largest fund-raiser benefiting this program is this week's Auction of Washington Wines.
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This just tickled me. I can draw all sorts of lessons from this. Give to private charities that help people. Not everything requires a government solution. Bad things happen to good people so other good people have the opportunity to do good things. I am going to look for more opportunities to do things like this. Hope we all can do the same.
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
1 Messages from Headquarters
(like MC Press Releases)
1 Jaspers publishing web pages
3 Jaspers found web-wise
0 Honors
0 Weddings
1 Births
0 Engagements
0 Graduations
1 Obits
5 "Manhattan in
the news" stories
0 Resumes
0 Sports
12 Emails
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Perincheril,
Laji T. |
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Wheeler,
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Joe |
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Len |
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Edward P. |
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Kaufmann,
Richard U. |
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Keilly,
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Kenny,
Robert |
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Prince,
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[FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT JASPERS]
Copyright 2002 Business Wire, Inc.
Business Wire
August 28, 2002, Wednesday 09:52 AM Eastern Time
DISTRIBUTION: Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers
HEADLINE: PEC Announces Addition to Board of Directors; John W. Melchner to
Serve as Outside Director
DATELINE: FAIRFAX, Va., Aug. 28, 2002
PEC Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:PECS), announced today John W. Melchner has joined the company's Board of Directors.
Mr. Melchner brings three decades of Cabinet-level experience in the federal government, including meritorious service with the Departments of Defense and Transportation.
He was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to serve as Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Transportation from 1986 until his retirement in 1989. Mr. Melchner led and managed the audit and criminal investigative activities of the department, which included oversight of the Coast Guard, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Railway Administration, the Urban Mass Transit Administration, and the Saint Lawrence Seaway Corporation.
From 1981 until 1986, Mr. Melchner served with the Department of Defense in a variety of roles, culminating in his appointment as Assistant Inspector General. His responsibilities included serving as the chief internal auditor of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the unified and specified commands, the military services, and other Defense agencies.
He helped eliminate wasteful and inefficient practices and he implemented changes that dramatically improved the economy and efficiency of operations.
For his leadership, Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger awarded Mr. Melchner the Secretary of Defense Meritorious Civilian Service Medal.
Mr. Melchner currently heads up John Melchner & Associates, which provides accounting and auditing advice to government and corporate clients in the areas of financial management, healthcare fraud prevention, mass transit, and white collar crime.
He replaces Sharon M. Owlett, who is resigning her unexpired term on PEC's board to continue her service as the company's legal counsel.
Mr. Melchner received his BBA from the Manhattan College of New York, and an MBA from the University of Dayton. He is a member of The Institute of Internal Auditors.
Dr. David C. Karlgaard, said "We are pleased that John has agreed to serve on our board of directors. He adds an important dimension to our group, bringing decades of federal government experience along with an industry-wide reputation as an expert on financial systems and program management oversight. He will provide us with excellent guidance while also serving as a trusted, effective advocate for our shareholders."
About PEC
PEC Solutions is a professional services firm that helps government clients harness the power of the Internet and other advanced technologies to improve mission performance.
The company specializes in Web-Enabling Government(R) by providing secure, interoperable technology solutions for clients in law enforcement, intelligence, defense, and civilian agencies within the Federal Government and at State and local levels. PEC Solutions is based in Fairfax County, Virginia, with offices around the United States. Visit the company on the Web at www.pec.com.
For more information, contact John McNeilly, PEC Solutions Manager of Corporate Communications and Investor Relations, at 703-679-4900.
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CONTACT: PEC Solutions, Inc., Fairfax John McNeilly, 703/679-4900
LOAD-DATE: August 28, 2002
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[Messages from Headquarters (Manhattan College Press Releases & Stuff)]
[JR: Not actually a message, but found on the MC website.]
Event Information
Title: Fall Fest/ Anniversary Bash
Date: Saturday, September 7, 2002 Time: 12 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Contact: mv mvega26@hotmail.com
Distribute Manhattan College history, BBQ, music and carnival
Also Z100 PARTY PATROL (100.3 FM)
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Event Information
Title: We Remember
Date: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 Time: 9 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Contact: Lois Harr lois.harr@manhattan.edu
A Memorial Service on the Quad. (Rain site, Smith)
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[JASPERS PUBLISHING WEB PAGES]
http://homepage.mac.com/dmiller62/PhotoAlbum.html
David C. Miller (1983)
[JASPERS FOUND ON & OFF THE WEB BY USING THE WEB]
http://www.soberforever.com/company_board.cfm
WELCOME
The Jude-Thaddeus Program is a residential social/educational model of recovery. The Jude-Thaddeus Program teaches people how to have a quality of life that is so much better than the activity of drinking and/or drugging that they naturally will decide not to use anymore. Imagine for a moment, that you could be well forever, not for just one miserable day after another. Imagine also no more therapy, group counseling sessions, or daily twelve step meetings. No more loneliness and depression. These are not idle dreams; they can become your reality. The Jude-Thaddeus Program teaches you how to live your dreams and aspirations, and not continue down a path of destruction and failure.
The Jude-Thaddeus Program is designed for those people who are tired of the negative treatment methods that are so common today. It is for those people who have gone to multiple rehabilitation centers and failed to remain abstinent. It is for those who have tried self-help and 12-step programs and have not found a solution there.
If you are one of these people, and want to know what it takes to attend the Jude-Thaddeus Program at The St. Jude Retreat House click here, or hit the "reservations" tab at the top of the page.
The Jude-Thaddeus Program is also designed for those people who want to by-pass the conventional rehabilitation center and/or outpatient therapy, because of the negative aspects of such methodologies. The Jude-Thaddeus Program has been used by many who are grateful to get well on their first try. The Jude-Thaddeus Program does not promote the concept that relapse is part of recovery. The goal of all programs should be to eliminate relapse completely. This is a goal of the Jude-Thaddeus Program.
If you want to know more details about the Jude-Thaddeus Program, click here, or hit the the "Jude-Thaddeus Program" tab at the top of the page.
Responsibility for one's actions is the pathway to freedom from alcohol and drug addiction. Rather than lamenting over an imaginary disease, The Jude-Thaddeus Program concentrates solely on the solutions to one's problems and the responsibility of living principles of honesty, unselfishness, love and purity. The "incurable disease" concept that is so much a part of conventional treatment does absolutely nothing to help the alcoholic or drug addict. That concept builds up a belief that when life problems arise, the alcoholic and addict then has an excuse to fail. The Jude-Thaddeus Program has no such loophole to let the alcoholic or drug addict slip through.
The Jude-Thaddeus Program uses nothing but positive motivation, based on proven results, and promotes the fact that people get well forever. The Jude-Thaddeus Program is based on concepts and philosophies that have worked throughout time for alcoholics and drug addicts. Read on to find out, in more detail, about this new program, which is based on time proven methods.
The St. Jude Retreat House is a solution for drug and alcohol problems-a lifelong solution that does NOT assume relapse is a part of the recovery process. The St. Jude Retreat House addresses addictions to alcohol, opiates, marijuana, stimulants, depressants, hallucinogens, designer/club drugs, painkillers, prescription pills, inhalants, or any addictive substance.
Our program works the first time. Nineteen out of 20 people who go through the St. Jude Retreat House, the Jude-Thaddeus Program and become active in The Fellowship, for a year or more, are sober and drug free, and stay that way, for more than 5 years. Compare that to a success rate of only 3 out of 20 in other programs.
Figures compiled from 16 separate studies, including the Gottheil & Associates Study and the Vaillant Study, show an 86% relapse rate for the average program after 5 years. The St. Jude Retreat House, in conjunction with The Fellowship, has only a 6% relapse rate.
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Call Director Clayton Walters toll-free at 1-888-HAGAMAN (1-888-424-2626)
e-mail guesthouse@hagaman.org
snail mail The St. Jude Retreat House, PO Box 657, Hagaman, NY 12086
The St. Jude Retreat House and Jude-Thaddeus Program do not provide services requiring certification by the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services.
The St. Jude Retreat House is not allied with any sect, denomination or religious organization of any kind. We welcome any and all people to our program.
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ADVISORS TO THE BOARD
Len Eder
Len has been a supporter of Baldwin Research since his introduction to the company in the summer of 1993.
Len was the Founder and President of Eder Associates Consulting Engineers from 1970 to 1998. This past January Len sold the firm to Gannett Fleming Engineers, where he is presently a consultant. Len received his Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering in 1964, and his Masters Degree in 1965 at Manhattan College. Len is actively involved in many community organizations. He is presently President of the Grenville Baker Boys & Girls Club, a Board Member of the Locust Valley Cemetery, Chairman for the Lattingtown Zoning Board of Appeals, and a member of the St. Dominic's Parish Finance Committee. Len is also a member of the Nassau Country Club and the New York Athletic Club. Len resides in Locust Valley, New York with his wife of 31 years, Barbara. Len has three children and one grandchild.
http://www.geocapital.com/geoteam_02g.asp
Daniel V. Cahillane
General Administrative Partner and Chief Financial Officer
Billiards player
Before joining Geocapital in 2000, Dan spent fifteen years at Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation where he held a number of senior positions including Chief Financial and Administrative Officer for three private equity groups. He was also the Controller for S.A.L. Communications, Assistant Controller for Arrow Electronics, and senior accountant for Arthur Young & Co. Dan holds a B.S. in Accounting from Manhattan College and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Having honed his billiard skills in the pool halls of the Bronx, Dan used them to their greatest effect when he met his wife over a game of pool. As a result, their home has a billiards room instead of a dining room.
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http://www.wilkins1.com/page_news.htm
RICANO JOINS WILKINS
Mt. Pocono - Wilkins & Associates Real Estate announced the hiring of Frank N. Ricano, Jr. to the their staff as a full time salesperson. Prior to joining Wilkins Ricano was employed by Kathy Louis Real Estate.
Ricano who has vacationed in the Poconos since 1989 moved here full time four years ago. Prior to entering the real estate field he was the manager of Financial Planning and Budgeting for the City of New York. He holds a MBA Degree in Financing and Management and graduated from Manhattan College in 1983.
Ricano lives in Cresco, is a member of the Barrett Township PTA and the coach for the Barrett Township T-Ball League.
Ricano enjoys computers, reading and Disney World. He will concentrate on residential listings and sales throughout the Pocono Mountain School District.
Wilkins & Associates Real Estate operates six offices throughout Monroe and Pike County and services the greater Pocono Region, Slate Belt and Lehigh Valley areas. All offices are open seven day per week.
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Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 10:10:30 +1000
From: Laji Perincheril
Subject: Re: jasperjottings20020818.htm
Hi John,
We have a birth announcement:
Roman Thomas Perincheril
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Weight: 3820 grams --> 8.4 Lbs
Length: 51 cm -->
20 inches
Born: Sunday, 11 August 2002 in
Sydney, Australia
Labour: 18 Hours... :( My wife was a champ!
thanks,
Laji T. Perincheril (Class of 1988)
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 The New York Times Company
The New York Times
August 28, 2002, Wednesday, Late Edition - Fina
SECTION: Section C; Page 16; Column 1; Classified
HEADLINE: Deaths
Rubsys, Rev. Msgr. Anthony
RUBSYS-Rev. Msgr. Anthony, entered eternal rest on August 27, 2002. 79 years. Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at Manhattan College. Beloved brother of Matas and Stasys Rubsys and Apolonija Jacikeviliene, Terese Uksiene and Emilija Kucinskiene, all of Lithuania. Visitors may call on Thursday from 2-5 & 7-9pm at the Christian Brothers Center of Manhattan College, 4415 Post Rd, Bronx, NY. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at the chapel of the Christian Brothers Center, Friday, August 30, 2002 at 10am. Interment will take place in Lithuania.
LOAD-DATE: August 28, 2002
[MANHATTAN IN THE NEWS OR FOUND ON & OFF THE WEB]
From: AGC Queen (agcqueen@aol.comBillie)
Subject: O/T stories 08/21
Newsgroups: alt.gossip.celebrities
Date: 2002-08-21 06:56:06 PST
WELFARE MOM NOW A SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
NY POST/By DYLAN FOLEY
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In 1960, Yvonne Rhem-Tittle was a single mother living in the South Bronx on public assistance. She was barely out of her teens when she started volunteering at St. Augustine's, a local Catholic school, so her kids could attend for free. She cleaned bathrooms, ironed priests' vestments and answered the phone to make up for the tuition.
Then, almost four decades later, she became the principal at St. Augustine's.
"My mother is a woman who can take adversity and turn it into something positive," said her son Joseph Rhem, who nominated her for the Post Lifetime
Achievement Liberty Medal.
In teaching two generations of children, Rhem-Tittle educated future doctors and scientists, and even a member of the local community board.
"I didn't have a high-school diploma when I started at the school," said Rhem-Tittle, 62, who worked her way up from paraprofessional to teacher to principal.
Rhem-Tittle raised seven children, worked and went to school, all at the same time.
She received a degree from Manhattan College and became a teacher at St. Augustine's. When she finished her master's degree in education, she was appointed principal of the school in 1998. She retired this summer after 30 years of teaching.
"The most important thing for the children was making them feel special," she said.
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http://entertainment.yahoo.com/entnews/ca/20020828/103052782601.html
Gossip Columns - Cindy Adams
Apple's Tech-savvy: Sex Easy To Come By
By Cindy Adams, Page Six
Wed Aug 28, 2:43 AM ET
MY pudgy little paws hold the reponse to a New York sex survey which forms the nucleus of the soon-due book "100 Happy Naked New Yorkers." Author's Kiana Tower, whose earlier classy work was "Sex in Silicon Valley."
Respondents were solicited through Yahoo! and New York-specific dot-com personals. Eight percent were gay. The 20 questions included how the mobile nubiles rate East vs. Wuss Coast lovemaking. For example:
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Chapter Two, "Most Unusual Place You've Had Sex," explains New Yorkers are creative:
Like: New Yorkers, burdened by "too many roommates, unaffordable hotels, long drives back to the burbs," Do It in "parks, stairwells, phone booths, fire-escapes, rooftops, subways - (note from Cindy: presumably not the express train) - doorways, restrooms." Forget about St. Pat's.
Charming spots named were a bench at Columbus Circle, the deck of the Intrepid during a fund-raiser, on Seventh Avenue in Chelsea, inside the deejay booth at Webster Hall, Jones Beach "in the water while it was packed with people," the woods in front of Manhattan College, a Joan & David dressing room. (Hopefully the fit was good?!)
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[JR: What woods? ]
Copyright 2002 Sun-Sentinel Company
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
August 27, 2002 Tuesday Broward Metro Edition
SECTION: LOCAL; MICHAEL MAYO COMMENTARY; Pg. 1B
HEADLINE: DULL PRIMARY SEASON COULD USE A DASH OF BUTTERCUP
BYLINE: MICHAEL MAYO COMMENTARY
Nothing he says makes much sense, which means he'd probably make a great politician.
His name is Ray Rollinson, but he prefers to go by the nickname Buttercup.
He is 80 years old, calls himself an "American Mega-Genius."
He has ideas on everything, including a competing view on Einstein's Theory of Relativity that he calls the Largies Theory. He has come up with a plan to federally insure the stock market to protect investors, and would be willing to explain it to Congress for "a modest $8 million fee." He wants to be your governor.
OK, so he failed to officially qualify and he won't be on the Democratic primary ballot Sept. 10 or anywhere near tonight's candidate "forum" -- heaven forbid they call it a de-bate, somebody might get ex-cited -- in Palm Beach County.
That's all right with Buttercup. He's still trying to drum up write-in support, and he'd like to be a player as primary day closes in.
Two weeks ago, he wrote Bill McBride with a very generous offer.
"Since the estimates that I will get about 16,000-24,000 write-in votes in our Democratic Primary would gain you the victory over Janet Reno, I am prepared to vacate my candidacy upon receiving a letter by Sat. 08-24-02 from you," he wrote.
"Your letter will state that one of the four very popular campaign planks of mine is being adopted and promoted by you. Then, of course, we both will tell the press of this quid pro quo."
The deadline came and went.
"I haven't heard from him at all," Buttercup said Monday from his Port St. Joe headquarters. "Obviously he's not interested in adding me to his ticket. Maybe I'll try Daryl Jones."
His resume, if true, is impressive: World War II veteran, graduate of Manhattan College and Columbia business school. He said he used to sell "computer peripherals," and once was elected tax assessor of Tioga County, Pa., although he resigned the next day.
His platform is an eclectic mix of conservatism, libertarianism, populism and petroleum.
His four main planks:
1) Harvest oil in the Florida shoals, with each voter receiving an $800 oil-profits check annually. "The eight million barrels of oil harvested daily will be enough to bankrupt and crush the illegal terrorist-backing OPEC cartel," he said.
2) Double the homestead exemption to $50,000.
3) Pardon all marijuana-conviction inmates and save Florida "tons of money via these pardons."
4) Install "a Holy Bible, the 10 Commandments and eight copies of the U.S. Constitution in every classroom" in Florida.
He also calls himself "pro-life/anti-abortion" and "pro-union/anti-imports."
After raising $1,600 and spending $3,200 over the last 14 months, Buttercup's campaign has slowed to a crawl. He couldn't come up with the $10,000 filing fee or 87,500 signatures to get on the Democratic ballot. But he is not deterred.
"You want the truth?" he said. "The only reason I'm running for governor is to get some coverage to run for President."
Buttercup is proud of his platform, mainly because it fits on one page.
"When I was getting my master's at Columbia, my marketing professor used to say, 'If you can't get it on one page, forget it,'" Buttercup said. "I got the Largies Theory down to one page and almost had my brains melt down."
The main tenet of the Largies Theory: the speed of light is not a constant, "trave-ling even faster in the total quick-void between galaxies."
"A lot of Australian astronomers and astrophysicists have picked up on this," Buttercup said. "They've done experiments getting light to go faster."
Sounds like his fellow Democrats could use him. With one bland hour on tap tonight and two weeks left in a stealth summer that hasn't exactly inspired hordes of voters, primary day can't come fast enough.
Michael Mayo's column is published Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. He can be reached at mmayo@sun-sentinel.com or 954-356-4508.
TYPE: COMMENTARY COLUMN
LOAD-DATE: August 27, 2002
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[JR: I would suggest that all Florida Jaspers write in his name! He couldn't be any worse than the "either" or the "or" that are put up by the two major parties. They are merely the flip side of the same coin. You have the illusion of choice but it's not really a choice. This story just demonstrates that at any age you can, like DonQ, have a"quest".]
Copyright 2002 The Journal News
All rights reserved
The Journal News
August 25, 2002 Sunday
SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 1A
HEADLINE: Sensational slaying remains unsolved
BYLINE: Bill Hughes, Staff
Probe of Yonkers union leader's death open, 50 years later
Bill Hughes
The Journal News
YONKERS - Fifty years ago tomorrow, someone held a .38-caliber revolver a few inches from the base of John Acropolis' skull, just below his right ear, and fired two shots.
Based on the available evidence, it was either someone the Teamsters boss trusted to walk behind him into his apartment at 2:30 a.m., or someone who hid behind a doorway just inside the entrance foyer and crept up behind him as he walked in. The last person reported to have seen him alive was a Yonkers police officer who said he happened to be passing by the building at 1080 Warburton Ave. early that morning.
When Acropolis didn't show up at the union hall of Teamsters Local 456 the next day, Vice President Edward Doyle Sr. grew alarmed. Ten years of two-fisted union activism and a wide reputation as a ladies man had earned Acropolis his fair share of enemies and death threats. After not hearing from his president by the following morning, Doyle went to the apartment and got the building superintendent to let him in.
The two men were the first to discover the remains of John "Little Caesar" Acropolis, 43, lying face-down in a pool of blood. A suit he had picked up from a tailor's shop in Yonkers that Monday afternoon was still draped over his left arm, unopened mail clutched in one hand, a set of keys in the other.
There was so much blood on his head and clothing that police initially thought he had been beaten to death with a bat. After they rolled his body over, police found one slug that had passed through his forehead. The other was later found lodged in his spine.
According to a report in The Herald Statesman, a forerunner of The Journal News, "He was wearing a summer gabardine blue jacket and trousers, a white shirt, grey socks with clocks on the side, black low shoes and a tie, the color of which could not be determined because it was saturated with blood."
There was no sign of forced entry to the apartment.
Search for killer begins
The Acropolis killing was one of the most sensational in Yonkers history. Teams of detectives from Yonkers, Westchester County and New York City interviewed hundreds of witnesses. The initial focus was on rivals in his union activities and personal life, locksmiths who might have made duplicate keys to the apartment and bartenders who might have observed the killer receive a telephone call tipping him off to Acropolis' movements.
Days, weeks, months and now 50 years have gone by and the killer has yet to be identified. Bernard Doyle, the son of Edward Doyle Sr. and current president of Local 456, said the $37,000 reward for whoever solves the crime is still on account in the union's coffers. The organization's meeting hall in Elmsford bears the Acropolis name and his portraits hang throughout the building.
"He was an inspiration to my father and to all of us," Bernard Doyle said recently. "He was tough, but he was smart and honest. He couldn't be bought and no politicians could get to him. It was such a shame that he passed away so young, but fortunately some of his ideas lived on and stayed with us."
A rise to power
John Acropolis never knew his real name. He was orphaned at 3 and sent to the Woodycrest Home - Home of the Friendless - in New York City, and later to the Leake and Watts orphanage in Yonkers. The family that later adopted him said that the headmistress at Woodycrest could not pronounce or spell his full name, and shortened it to Acropolis.
A scrappy Yonkers kid who readily admitted right up to the end of his life that he enjoyed a good fight, Acropolis was also a quick learner and a good student. Arthur Witte, music director for the city's public school system in the 1940s and '50s, took an interest in Acropolis and adopted him when he was 16 years old.
As a teenager, Acropolis captained the Yonkers High School basketball team to the state championship in 1926-27, and went on to captain the basketball team at Colgate University, which he attended on an athletic scholarship. It was during those years that he got his introduction to labor unions while driving trucks during summer vacation.
After graduating from college, he took night classes at New York University and taught gym at Roosevelt High School. He later enrolled in Manhattan College and got involved with its labor management department. In the late 1930s he began a crusade against the regime of Local 456, which he believed was corrupt.
He made a successful run for secretary treasurer in 1941, and wound up in court on an assault charge after a shoving match with the man he unseated. The charges were dropped and the men shook hands in front of the judge, an occurrence that would repeat itself during Acropolis' rise to the presidency.
He joined the Navy in 1942 and served until 1945, winning re-election as secretary treasurer throughout his service. After the war, he was elected president and, during his tenure, membership in Local 456 grew from 400 to 2,600 members.
While the local district attorney told reporters shortly after the murder that Acropolis "ran a clean union," previously published news accounts indicated that what passed for clean in the '40s and '50s might not pass muster these days.
In 1948, Acropolis was threatened with arrest by the county health commissioner for creating a health hazard by enforcing a winter boycott of heating oil trucks by union members. A year later, a garbage truck strike in Yonkers halted collections and ended only after city officials invoked the Condon-Wadlin law, which prohibited strikes by municipal employees.
Subsequently William Condon Jr., son of the state senator who co-sponsored the legislation, was beaten in a Yonkers tavern. Members of the union were accused and Acropolis, who was in the bar, was called as a witness but said he saw nothing. The union members were convicted of assault. Acropolis walked away.
Shortly afterward, Local 456 members were charged with kidnapping and assault after a truck owned by a Yonkers firm with union problems was stolen, along with its driver. The driver turned up unharmed, but the truck was later found in the Hudson River near Tarrytown.
Dangerous enemies
Of all the enemies Acropolis made, the most dangerous were perhaps those involved with organized crime in the private carting industry. Shortly after the 1949 garbage strike, the Yonkers Common Council voted to suspend municipal waste collection, and through his influence, Acropolis convinced the Chamber of Commerce to help bankroll a private carting firm that would only employ Local 456 members. The company was called Rex Carting.
A turf war broke out between Local 456 and Local 27 from the Bronx, a union with strong ties to another carting company that was pushing northward from the Bronx. Reputed Genovese crime family captain Nicholas "Cockeyed Nick" Rattenni, was president of the rival Westchester Carting Co., and had been convicted of robbery and arrested on suspicion of burglary, grand larceny and assault.
The secretary treasurer of Local 27 was Joe Parisi, a convicted rapist who had also been indicted on murder, coercion, felony assault and armed robbery charges. Shortly after Acropolis established Rex Carting, several of the company's trucks were burned, customers were threatened and had their stores vandalized.
Then came the Acropolis murder.
"Everybody knows it was organized crime over the garbage thing," said Edward Doyle Jr., Bernard's brother and a former president of Local 456. "And they probably hired somebody to kill whoever killed John not too long after so nobody would ever find out. That's my theory and that was my father's theory."
But not everyone is as convinced as Doyle about the killer's motive.
Part of the investigation revolved around Acropolis' many girlfriends, including Caralee Bly, his Broadway showgirl fiancee from Glendale, Queens. Bly married one of Acropolis' friends less than a year after his murder.
Other questions remain about just how vigorously Yonkers police investigated the case.
It was not until six years after the murder that a gun was discovered in a hedge just outside Acropolis' apartment building.
A groundskeeper had cut down the hedge and burned it when four explosions went off. Sifting through the charred remains, investigators found a .38-caliber Smith & Wesson from which two bullets had been fired and the remaining four had exploded in their chambers.
Because the gun had been exposed to the elements for so long, a positive ballistics match was not made between that gun and the slugs that were used in the killing.
Since it is the policy of the Yonkers Police Department not to close unsolved homicides, the Acropolis case remains open to this day, but the cold case squad had no new information to report last week.
When asked whether he thought anyone would ever collect the $37,000 reward, Local 456 President Doyle said he doubted it.
"It's been a long time," Doyle said. "Anybody who might have known anything is probably long dead by now."
Reach Bill Hughes at whughes@thejournalnews.com or 914-966-4009.
Key events in the killing of Teamsters boss John Acropolis
August 25, 1952: Acropolis attends a Local 456 committee meeting at the RKO Proctor Building at 53 S. Broadway to plan an upcoming dance. His car being in the shop, he borrows a powder blue Pontiac sedan from another union official police would later identify only by his nickname "Chick." He leaves the meeting saying he has a date with a woman on 53rd Street in Manhattan.
August 26: Acropolis, 43, is fatally shot at 2:30 a.m. in his apartment at 1080 Warburton Ave. in Yonkers. The killer empties his wallet, locks the apartment and flees.
August 27: Local 456 Vice President Edward Doyle Sr. calls the Acropolis residence several times but gets no response.
August 28: Doyle goes to the apartment at approximately 4 p.m. Building superintendent James Carey unlocks the apartment and the body is discovered.
August 30: An estimated 5,000 people crowd Getty Square for the Acropolis funeral. Nine flower cars, 500 automobiles form a mile-long procession to Mount Hope Cemetery.
LOAD-DATE: August 27, 2002
[MCOLDB: No entry; I guess ~1928 ]
[JR: Interesting story. Without an ending? ]
[JR: Sometimes I find stuff, but the details require a paid subscription. So here's what I could get for free.]
1. Food antioxidants: technological, toxicological and health perspectives - Edited by D. Kendler, B.S., Nutrition, Jul 2002
PII S0899900702007906 S0899-9007(02)00790-6 Elsevier Science Inc. Book review Book review Food antioxidants: technological, toxicological and health perspectives Edited by D. L. Madhave, S. S. Deshpande, and D. K. Salunkhe. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1996... Full text article available from
Nutrition
Volume 18, Issues 7-8, July 2002, Pages 700-701
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-9007(02)00790-6
PII: S0899-9007(02)00790-6
Copyright C 2002 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.
Book review
Food antioxidants: technological, toxicological and health perspectives
Edited by D. L. Madhave, S. S. Deshpande, and D. K. Salunkhe. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1996. ISBN 0-8247-9351-X
Barry S. Kendler PhD, CNS, FACNa
a Manhattan College Bronx, New York, USA
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2. No within-object advantage for detection of rotation
Bertamini, M. / Friedenberg, J. / Argyle, L., Acta Psychologica, Jul 2002
It is known that in a detection task the type of rigid transformation to be detected (reflection vs. translation) interacts with the type of display (closed vs. open contours). The advantage for closed contours found with reflection is... Full text article available from
Acta Psychologica
Volume 111, Issue 1, July 2002, Pages 59-81
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-6918(02)00043-4
PII: S0001-6918(02)00043-4
Marco Bertamini, , a, Jay Friedenbergb and Laurence Argylea
a Department of Psychology, Eleanor Rathbone Building, University of Liverpool,
Bedford Street South, Liverpool L69 7ZA, USA
b Department of Psychology, Manhattan College, Riverdale, New York 10471, USA
Received 26 June 2001; revised 4 December 2001; accepted 2 January 2002. Available online 2 April 2002.
Abstract
It is known that in a detection task the type of rigid transformation to be detected (reflection vs. translation) interacts with the type of display (closed vs. open contours). The advantage for closed contours found with reflection is believed to be a general within-object advantage, whilst the advantage for open contours found with translation is an exception, described as a lock-and-key process (Acta Psychol. 95 (1997) 119). We tested rotation, using a reaction time paradigm, and found the same result as for translation. Moreover, we found that the critical factor is not the number of objects present, rather it is whether the comparison is made across a surface or across an aperture between surfaces. Post-experiment interviews did not confirm any difference for observers who reported using a conscious lock-and-key mental transformation. We speculate that seeing a translation or a rotation across a closed figure is difficult because the closure of the figure emphasises the mismatch of the contour polarities on the two sides of the figure. That is, there may be a closed object advantage for detecting a difference in polarity which interferes with the task of detecting a regularity in shape. Evidence from the analysis of foil rejection trials supports such a speculation.
Author Keywords: Visual perception; Visual discrimination; Reaction time; Form and shape perception
Psychological classification codes: 2323
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3. Your body's many cries for water. 2nd ed. By F. Batmanghelidj Falls Church, VA: Globa... Kendler, Nutrition, Jul 2002
No Abstract Available MEDLINE Citation on
[JR: If you have a paid subscription to something with a search option, please put in "Manhattan College" and if interesting email me the results. You too can be a researcher. No pay, but, I find it interesting.]
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
Actual jobs at MC are at: http://www.manhattan.edu/hrs/jobs
FROM THE COLLEGE’S WEB SITE: http://www.gojaspers.com [which is no longer at the College, but at a third party. Web bugs are on the pages. (That’s the benefit of being a security weenie!) So it’s reader beware. Your browser can tell people “stuff” about you, like your email address, leading to SPAM. Forewarned is forearmed.]
Date Day Sport Opponent
Location Time/Result
9/1/02 Sunday M. Soccer Towson Towson, MD 12:00 PM
9/2/02 Monday Volleyball Cal State Fullerton HOME 6:00 PM
9/3/02 Tuesday M. Soccer Seton Hall South Orange, NJ 3:00 PM
9/7/02 Saturday Volleyball Army West Point, NY 7:00 PM
9/8/02 Sunday Baseball Army West Point, NY 1:00 PM
9/8/02 Sunday M. Soccer Adelphi Garden City, NY 3:30 PM
9/10/02 Tuesday W. Soccer Long Island Brooklyn, NY 7:00 PM
9/12/02 Thursday Golf Towson Tiger Invitational Bonnie View Country Club 9:00
AM
9/13/02 Friday W. Tennis Eastern Collegiate TBA TBA
9/13/02 Friday Golf Towson Tiger Invitational Bonnie View Country Club 9:00 AM
9/13/02 Friday W. Soccer Duquesne St. Bonaventure, NY 5:00 PM
9/13/02 Friday Volleyball Navy Columbia Tournament 6:00 PM
9/13/02 Friday Volleyball Wagner Columbia Tournament 8:00 PM
9/14/02 Saturday W. Tennis Eastern Collegiate TBA TBA
9/14/02 Saturday Golf Towson Tiger Invitational Bonnie View Country Club 9:00
AM
9/14/02 Saturday Cross Country Princeton/FDU Invitational Princeton, NJ 10:00
AM
9/14/02 Saturday Volleyball Columbia Columbia Tournament 11:00 AM
9/14/02 Saturday Baseball Green/White Series (DH) HOME 12:00 PM
9/14/02 Saturday Volleyball Idaho State Columbia Tournament 1:00 PM
9/14/02 Saturday M. Soccer George Mason Fairfax, VA 2:00 PM
9/15/02 Sunday W. Tennis Eastern Collegiate TBA TBA
9/15/02 Sunday M. Tennis Fairfield Tournament Fairfield, CT 8:30 AM
9/15/02 Sunday W. Soccer St. Bonaventure St. Bonaventure, NY 5:00 PM
9/17/02 Tuesday M. Soccer Fordham HOME 4:00 PM
9/18/02 Wednesday W. Soccer Army West Point, NY 7:00 PM
9/20/02 Friday Golf Quad Match w/SPC, FDU, St. Joseph's Cherry Creek Golf Links
9:00 AM
9/20/02 Friday Volleyball St. John's UPenn Tournament 10:00 AM
9/20/02 Friday Volleyball UPenn UPenn Tournament 3:00 PM
9/21/02 Saturday W. Tennis Fairfield Tournament Fairfield, CT 8:30 AM
9/21/02 Saturday Volleyball Elon UPenn Tournament 10:00 AM
9/21/02 Saturday M. Tennis Siena* Loudonville, NY 1:00 PM
9/21/02 Saturday Baseball Eastern Connecticut State Willimantic, CT 2:00 PM
9/21/02 Saturday W. Soccer Fordham Bronx, NY 2:00 PM
9/21/02 Saturday Volleyball Fordham UPenn Tournament 5:30 PM
9/22/02 Sunday M. Soccer James Madison Harrisonburg, VA 1:00 PM
9/23/02 Monday Volleyball Seton Hall South Orange, NJ 7:00 PM
9/24/02 Tuesday W. Soccer Wagner Staten Island, NY 3:30 PM
9/25/02 Wednesday M. Soccer Maryland College Park, MD 7:00 PM
9/26/02 Thursday Golf Rider Olde York Country Club 9:00 AM
9/27/02 Friday M. Tennis Queens Invitational Queens, NY TBA
9/27/02 Friday Baseball LIU (Battle of the Boroughs) Key Span Park, Brooklyn,
NY 7:00 PM
9/28/02 Saturday Baseball TBA (Battle of the Boroughs) Key Span Park, Brooklyn,
NY TBA
9/28/02 Saturday M. Tennis Queens Invitational Queens, NY TBA
9/28/02 Saturday W. Soccer Vermont Burlington, VT 11:00 AM
9/28/02 Saturday Cross Country Paul Short Invitational (Lehigh) Bethlehem, PA
11:00 AM
9/29/02 Sunday M. Tennis Queens Invitational Queens, NY TBA
9/29/02 Sunday Baseball TBA (Battle of the Boroughs) Key Span Park, Brooklyn,
NY TBA
No news
None
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 17:43:39 -0400
From: Richard U. Kaufmann
Subject:
Hi John,
Just wanted to say that my wife Cathy and I dropped off our first born, Mary Brigid, at MC to start her freshman year as a member of the class of '06.
The college was well organized for the influx of freshmen. We all had a good experience and my wife and I feel that we left her in good hands.
I happen to agree with you about gojaspers.com. Why did they do this?
Revenues?
I must say that the bookstore website was very helpful as we ordered all our daughter's books online and they (the books) were there waiting for us.
Keep up the good work on JJ. I hope to recruit a few more jaspers from my era. (That seems so strange to say).
Regards,
Rich Kaufmann Prep '64, MC '68
[JR: <1> Congrats to the next step in your life – big bills. Or, so I am told by just about anyone with children in College. I think she made a wise choice. Given what I see that passes for education these days, MC does a good job of prepping people for the hard road ahead. Not that I am prejudiced, but I see what Jaspers accomplish and am amazed. I think it is the roots that allow big trees. I look forward to her joining us here. Maybe it might be inspiring or useful to ask her to sign up. <2> I don't know. I don't think we can afford to be like everyone else. I note that, since it came on last week, and unlike EVERY other prior week, there was no original content added this week (i.e., no new sports stories). On the old site, there was original content every week that I can remember. Yes, even during the dog days of summer. <3> I pointed out that the bookstore didn't have web bugs. I'm thus not surprised you got good results. <4> Recruit away. Y work will be done when we get every Jasper on this list and I find a "stuckee" to succeed me.]
From: Robert Kenny
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 18:31:08 -0500
Subject: Getting 2 Copies
It's not a biggie but for some reason I got 2 copies of JJ addressed correctly to <privacy invoked>.
Regards,
Bob Kenny
[JR: Fat fingers. I tried t stop the distribution tool and restart it. I thought it work but it was faster than I was.]
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 21:19:35 -0400
From: Peter Dans
Subject: Duplicate Jasper Jottings
Dear John:
Just a quick note to tell you that I've gotten duplicate Jasper Jottings for the past two weeks.
You're doing a great job of not only keeping alums connected but keeping Manhattan in our thoughts. Keep up the good work.
Peter
[JR: <1> Ditto item 2. Hey it is one way to know that people are reading this effort. And get more content. It got you to write in. ;-) <2> Thanks. It is an awesome responsibility to "talk" to a just under a thousand people every week. Why I can, by wasting a little of their time, impact the productivity of the Western world. (Oh come on, let me have my illusions.) Hopefully, I am informing, entertaining, annoying, and just perhaps inspiring our fellow alums to action. At least that's the idea.]
From: John Keilly
Subject: RE: jasperjottings20020818.htm
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 21:39:42 -0400
John,
I received two of these this week.
Please keep up the good work.
John Keilly
[JR: Ditto above. Thanks for the kind words.]
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 00:40:42 -0700 (PDT)
From: Bud Miles
Subject: Re: Hello from a 1968 Jasper
I'd be pleased to get your weekly email. It's a real and pleasant departure to get an email from someone who isn't trying to help me refinance my house. I graduated in 1966; currently live in Scottsdale, AZ. and make a living by trading equity options online. Add my email address to your active list.
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Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 17:56:13 -0400
To: Bud Miles
Subject: Re: Hello from a 1968 Jasper
Done.
But if needed I get at least a half a dozen spams a day about refinance I can forward if you want. :-)
jr
From: Orawiec, Frank
Subject: RE: http: jasperjottings20020818.htm
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 07:43:19 -0400
John,
Thank you for keeping all of us fellow Jaspers informed about the college and our past friends and alumni. Ed Gaffney was an old acquaintance of mine and I was shocked and very saddened to read of his death. You enabled my wife and I to express our condolences to Dottie, his wife, and to help her with our prayers. I cannot say enough about the service you provide.
On a happier note, my daughter, Tracey, and her husband, Mike Riccardi, had a beautiful baby girl, Emily Paige, on July 12th. Emily was 6 lb. 10 oz. and is doing very well.
Again, thank you for your effort and the time you take for all of us.
Frank
Frank C. Orawiec
Director - Global Payroll
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
[JR: <1> Thanks for the praise. I am glad I was able to provide that information. But, it was our reported Jasper Edward P. Handren (1965) that caught that obit. Manhattan College was spelled Manhat<space>tan College so my automatic filters would have missed it. The praise really belongs to him. I am glad you were able to know in time to do that for her. <2> Everyone can help by keeping an "eagle eye" for Jasper news. I know I can't do it without everyone's help. I am just a mechanical plodder; I need the Ed's, the Mike's, the Elizabeth's out there who see the news with an educated eye. Your eyes need too. <3> Congrats. You have a blessing that can exact revenge on your children for all that they put you through. ;-) Don't forget to spoil her rotten and then return her to the parents for the diaper change. (Joshing of course.) <4> It's a wonder children survive while the parents learn. Not having kids of my own, I am always amazed how two grown adults can debate whose turn it is to change a dirty diaper. Take Nike's advise. Don't chat about it. Just do it. That's my rant on this topic. <5> I view it as an investment in my hobby. Besides, I need a non-work outlet where I feel I have some control. Thanks for the kind words. It's email like yours that make Wednesday nights fun. And Thursday. And Friday. ;-) ]
From: Joseph Ludford
Subject: Found Alumnus
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 11:17:34 -0400
Dear John,
I found Joe Danzi, 58E alive and well in Springfield, VA. There was someone else in class of 57 who was looking for him. Would you pass his phone number along? It is <privacy invoked>. It is unlisted so please don't publish it.
Thanks,
Joe Ludford, 58E
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Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 18:07:13 -0400
To: Joseph Ludford
Subject: Re: Found Alumnus
Joe:
Great detective work. I passed the info with your caveat to Bob Carhart ('59EE and retired Northrop Grumman engr).
Thanks, you're making Jottings look good.
John
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Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 18:05:23 -0400
To: Bob Carhart '59EE
Subject: Re: jasper jottings "lost alumni"
Bob:
You asked about Danzi in November of 2000. If you are still interested? I received this.
John ("the elephant pack rat") '68
[JR: This is the second "win" in this week. Great work by others to help one another.]
From: Jim McKnight
Subject: RE: Hello from a 1968 Jasper
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 12:35:18 -0400
OK ad me to your list
Regards,
Jim McKnight, 1968
[JR: Done ]
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 12:45:21 -0400
From: Bob Prince
Subject: FW: security
John, your latest issue of the jasper jottings newsletter (8/25/02) commented on security issues and SPAM with the new MC sports web site. I contacted Adrienne Mullikin about this and her replies seem reasonable. I've attached our exchanges below. Keep up the fight!
Bob Prince (BCE, 1965)
Woodbridge, VA 22193-3934
Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and
astonish the rest.
Mark Twain
-----Original Message-----
From: Adrienne J. Mullikin
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 12:25 PM
Subject: FW: security
I hope this email from Sports Systems gives you some more insight into the issue of security.
-Adrienne
-----Original Message-----
From: Michelle Kempner
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 12:08 PM
To: 'Chris Gonzales'; Adrienne Mullikin (E-mail)
Subject: RE: security
Here's some information about the supposed "web bugs."
Every time you visit any web site, certain information is collected by the server to record what time a page was viewed for statistical information. We have this capability on our servers, but have opted for a less time-intensive approach.
We use a product called WebTrends Live, that sets a cookie on the site and uses the cookie to find out what page was viewed at what time.
The WebTrends Live privacy policy explains it all:
http://www.webtrendslive.com/wtl_marcom/privacy_policy.htm#priv2
"It is WebTrends Live's policy to use cookies only for more accurate anonymous traffic analysis such as tracking the time/date of the visit, the page viewed, the referrer, transaction information for eCommerce pages. The cookie information does not include personal data such as name, age, phone number, e-mail address or mailing address. In addition, WebTrends Live does not link cookies to personal data such as name, age, phone number, e-mail address or mailing address. "
Users can opt out of being tracked at all here: http://www.webtrendslive.com/wtl_marcom/permission.asp To opt out, WebTrends sets a cookie that tells the server to ignore that user.
Worst comes to worst, you can show somone the report generated by Webtrends by either downloading it in the format you prefer or by sending them to this link: http://www.webtrendslive.com/wtl_system/report/summary.asp?tagID=142202&sID=143158&edition=enterprise
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Gonzales
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 10:45 AM
To: Michelle Kempner
Subject: Fw: security
----- Original Message -----
From: Adrienne J. Mullikin
To: Chris Gonzales
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 10:23 AM
Subject: FW: security
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Prince
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 10:23 AM
To: Adrienne J. Mullikin
Subject: RE: security
Adrienne, thanks for the info. I like to confirm such rumors, since I have seen so much misinformation sent through email. May I suggest that you contact the author of the newsletter to correct what he said (and perhaps reassure other readers)? His name and email is John Reinke [reinkefj@alum.manhattan.edu]. Here is an excerpt from his newsletter with an invitation to be contacted:
"Report any problems or feel free to give me feedback, by emailing me at reinkefj@alum.manhattan.edu. If you are really enraged, or need to speak to me, call 732-821-5850."
Here is some of the text where he describes the "bugging" that I mentioned:
"The Official Athletic Website of Manhattan College has moved to http://www.gojaspers.com. Please remember to update your bookmarks.
Content of the Manhattan College Athletics pages is provided by the Sports Media Relations Office of Manhattan College, Adrienne Mullikin, Director. The Manhattan College Sports Media Relations Office can be reached by calling (718) 862-7228 or by e-mail adrienne.mullikin@manhattan.edu
Website powered by Sports Systems.
[This site is no longer at the College (i..e.: being hosted on the College's computers in the "edu" domain, but at a third party. Web bugs are now on all the pages. (That's the benefit of being a security weenie!) So it's reader beware. Your browser can tell people "stuff" about you, like your email address, leading to SPAM. (Security weenies make their browser's stupid to avoid such trash.) Forewarned is forearmed. Also, investigating the site, it professes the eTrust philosophy. Pooh! I followed their instructions to turn off bugging and it still bugs. Either by stupidity, ineptness, or crassness. IMHO, this ilk - the "marketers -- are not the most "trustworthy" class of people that I have ever met in your internet travels. I intend to bring this up at the next MC Computer Governance meeting. Everyone can do what they want, but I am annoyed.]
[Compare this to when they outsourced the bookstore?]"
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Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 22:46:43 -0400
From: Bob Prince
Subject: RE: FW: security
John,
I understand. Go for it. I suspect this is a case of incompetence rather than malice, but who really knows? Thanks for the input. Let us know how this shakes out. Take care. Go Jaspers!
Bob
[JR: The web bugs are still there. The turn-off doesn't work (i.e., no new cookie is written or rewritten. Buyer beware. I agree it may be incompetence. But, before one goes into these things, should one look into them? Last work, the internet is not without its risks.]
From: Sullivan, Joseph C.
Subject: New Athletic web-site
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 12:30:55 -0500
John,
The new athletic site is a huge improvement over the past one and fortunately, I have not been beleaguered with spam (as of yet). This new site brings us into the 21st Century and sends a clear message to all those visiting it that Manhattan College is a serious institution of higher learning with a respectable athletic program. This is certainly of great significance this year due to the fact that all our teams seem to be improving steadily. Surely there will be many curious visitors to this athletic web-site in November after our guys beat Duke in soccer, and in December, after our basketball team again thrashes the Red Storm (the what?) and the UNC Tar Heels in the Garden. When these inquiring minds want to know about the Jaspers, a professional web-site will guide them through their search. GO JASPERS !!
Joe Sullivan ' 68A.
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Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 18:23:39 -0400
To: Sullivan, Joseph C (US/Atlanta)
Subject: Re: New Athletic web-site
Joe:
I may quibble with your assessment. The site looks like many other athletic sites. In my mind that is not necessarily good. MC can not survive in a commodity market. So we have to be better and different. This is just one more opportunity where we are not doing that. IMHO,
John
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From: Sullivan, Joseph C (US/Atlanta)
Subject: RE: New Athletic web-site
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 11:24:24 -0400
John,
I always respect your opinions, although at times I simply and totally disagree with you. I realize that you profess a Libertarian philosophy but occasionally "taking the road less traveled" may not necessarily be a good thing. There may be a very good reason why circumspect individuals are all taking the same road. The "less traveled" path may not only be dangerous, it may simply not go anywhere, a dead end. In this specific case, if indeed our new athletic site "looks like many other(s)..," that is not necessarily a bad thing. As we all know, looks can be deceiving. Surely, our Manhattan College site has to be "better and different" because it deals with us, with our student-athletes, with our college, with our Alma Mater. Realizing that, our site will remain forever unique. John, fortunately Manhattan is not in the commodity market, and contrary to recent trends, I believe our stock is rising. Thanks for all your hard work in keeping this forum operational.
Joe Sullivan.
[JR: Joe gets the last word, as we agree to disagree agreeably. I would take editorial note that this week for the first time since I started including the sports, that there is no (zero) sports news on the site this week.]
From: HEALY-O'SULLIVAN TRAVEL
Subject: new sign on
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 14:49:14 -0400
HI John,
Bill Wheeler, class of 1988, would like to receive your jasper jottings.
Keep up the good work.
Neil O'Sullivan class of 1990
[JR: Done, but if he complains I am referring him to you. ;-) Really, thanks for the growth.]
From: Gerard M. Delaney '75 BS
Subject: Re: jasperjottings20020818.htm
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 19:56:02 +0000
John,
I suspect that he meant to say "Borough of Manhattan Community College," rather than Manhattan College. BMCC is located on the West Side, at 199 Chambers St, near the Washington Market Park.
Which makes a lot more sense than shipping people up to the Bronx for triage, treatment and a place to put up their feet.
Or to Kansas, the site of another "Manhattan College"
Peace,
Gerard
[JR: Yup, you're right. In retrospect, I should have figured that out. I must be slipping or maybe I was tired. Next I'll be including Marymount obits. Considering I worked for years at Shearson next to BMCC, you'da thunk I'da caught that before it went out. Oh well. Good eye, keeping me honest.]
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.smallgovernmentact.org/SGAad_a.pdf
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What is the Small Government Act to End the Income Tax?
The Small Government Act to End the Income Tax is a ballot question that Massachusetts voters will decide on November 5th, 2002. If it passes, it will repeal all Massachusetts state taxes on personal income: wages, passive income (interest and dividends) and capital gains.
If the Small Government Act to End the Income Tax wins:
Over 3,000,000 taxpayers in Massachusetts will get back an average of $3,000 each in taxes -- every year. That’s money you can spend, save, or give away - in your own community.
You will no longer pay the 5.3% state income tax on wages.
If you’re retired and living on annuity income, you will no longer pay 5.3% tax on interest or dividends that you need to make ends meet.
You will no longer pay up to 12% capital gains tax for the sale of your home or other assets such as stocks (including tax on stock option “income” you earned but never even saw and that lost market value).
Best of all, there will be $9 billion less that the state government can waste, misspend, hand out in pork-barrel projects, or use for Big Government Programs that fail and that make things worse.
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Jaspers in the great state of Taxachusetts:
You should familiarize themselves with this ballot question. We know that when the people get a chance they usually vote with their pocketbook. Passage of this measure will certainly shift the discussion. I urge you to vote – either way. This is one of those fundamental value questions that will set the tone for years to come. For once, I wish I was a resident of Taxachussets so I could get to vote on this one!
Curmudgeon
And that’s the last word.