Jasper Jottings 2003 07 27

Sunday 27 July 2003

Dear Jaspers,

The jasper jottings email list has 1,086 subscribers (after subtracting the two deliberate duplicates) by my count.

Don't forget:

Fr August 1, 2003, Day at the Races Saratoga Springs, NY
   Chairman: Bill Chandler ‘70 Club Leader: Rev. Erwin Schweigardt ‘61
    See front cover of MCkit for reservations.

Mo August 4, 2003 Construction Industry Golf Open & Tennis Match
           Lake Isle County Club, Eastchester, NY
           Call: Joe Van Etten ’57, (212) 280-0663, 7:30am to 1:30pm

Sa August 23, 2003, Noon Alumni/ae Soccer Games
     Gaelic Park (240th Street & Broadway)
      Alumni/ae vs Varsity - Reception to follow!
      Call: Tom Lindgren ’78, (914) 948-5399

Th August 28, 2003 Washington, DC Golf Andrews Air Force Base
     Call: Chuck Martin ‘63 (703) 706-3130, Email: cmartin@apta.org

Mo Sep 22 '03 3rd Annual James Keating O'Neill Memorial Golf Classic.
Hamlet Wind Watch Golf & Country Club in Hauppauge, Long Island
More info at www.jkogolf.org .

I am recovering from the outage. Patience, please.

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http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Central/03/24/crane.craze.ap/index.html

People flock to Nebraska to see world's largest crane convergence

GIBBON, Nebraska (AP) --The morning sun illuminates the Platte River, revealing thousands of Sandhill cranes crowded on sandbars.

The laugh-like calls of the tall, thin birds grow louder as more awaken. Some wade into the shallow water. Others dance, hopping with their long greyish-brown wings spread http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Central/03/24/crane.craze.ap/index.html

People flock to Nebraska to see world's largest crane convergence

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GIBBON, Nebraska (AP) --The morning sun illuminates the Platte River, revealing thousands of Sandhill cranes crowded on sandbars.

The laugh-like calls of the tall, thin birds grow louder as more awaken. Some wade into the shallow water. Others dance, hopping with their long greyish-brown wings spread wide and their red-capped heads bobbing.

Suddenly the flock is spooked, perhaps by a bald eagle -- or an accidental flash from one many cameras. Tens of thousands of bird watchers visit south-central Nebraska each March to see the world's largest gathering of cranes.

"They're amazing," whispers Jim Rintoul, a retired Denver auto technician peering through binoculars pressed against his bifocals.

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Can we be more reminded that we are a small part of creation by nature? It always amazes me when I hear things like this.

Reflect well on our alma mater, this week, every week, in any and every way possible, large or small. God bless.

"Collector-in-chief" John
reinkefj@alum.manhattan.edu

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CONTENTS

	0	Formal announcements
	0	Bouncing off the list
	1	Messages from Headquarters (like MC Press Releases)
	1	Jaspers publishing web pages
	3	Jaspers found web-wise
	0	Honors
	0	Weddings
	2	Births
	0	Engagements
	0	Graduations
	1	Obits
	2	"Manhattan in the news" stories
	0	Resumes
	4	Sports
	16	Emails

[PARTICIPANTS BY CLASS]

Class	Name	Section
????	Palazzo, Thomas G.	Found2
1945?	Shanley, Daniel J. Jr.	Obit1
1953	Blanco, John	Headquarters
1953	McEneney, Mike	Email06
1957	Dans, Peter	Email15
1958	Wilbur, Richard	Headquarters
1960	Bottlik, Geza Paul	Email03
1964	Schwarz, Ken	Email12
1967	Kristov, Lorenzo	Email16
1968	Byrnes, Robert	Headquarters
1970	Chapra, Steve	WebPage1
1970	Hogg, Lesleigh F.	Email04
1971	Cummings, Richard E.	Found3
1972	Back, Steven	Email14
1973	Campbell, Kevin	News2
1974	Avitabile, Peter	Found1
1974	Costantini, Dan	Email02
1975	Delaney, Gerard M.	Email01
1978	Ello, George	Email13
1982	Peterson, Pat	Headquarters
1983	Mccarthy, Fred	Email05
1983	Plunkett, Gerard P.	Email07
1989	Hanrehan, Bob	Email08
1989	Phillip, Bruce	Headquarters
1990	Seybold, Donna	Headquarters
1991	Melillo-Daly, Michele	Birth1
1992	Cowan, Stacy	Headquarters
1993	Bullock, Keith	Headquarters
1993	Daly, Michael	Birth1
1993	Fernandez, Alan	Email05
1996	Lynch, Bill	Email10
1998	Chow, Peter	Birth1
1998	Velasquez, Liz	Birth1 (reported by)

[PARTICIPANTS BY NAME]

Class	Name	Section
1974	Avitabile, Peter	Found1
1972	Back, Steven	Email14
1953	Blanco, John	Headquarters
1960	Bottlik, Geza Paul	Email03
1993	Bullock, Keith	Headquarters
1968	Byrnes, Robert	Headquarters
1973	Campbell, Kevin	News2
1970	Chapra, Steve	WebPage1
1998	Chow, Peter	Birth1
1974	Costantini, Dan	Email02
1992	Cowan, Stacy	Headquarters
1971	Cummings, Richard E.	Found3
1993	Daly, Michael	Birth1
1957	Dans, Peter	Email15
1975	Delaney, Gerard M.	Email01
1978	Ello, George	Email13
1993	Fernandez, Alan	Email05
1989	Hanrehan, Bob	Email08
1970	Hogg, Lesleigh F.	Email04
1967	Kristov, Lorenzo	Email16
1996	Lynch, Bill	Email10
1983	Mccarthy, Fred	Email05
1953	McEneney, Mike	Email06
1991	Melillo-Daly, Michele	Birth1
????	Palazzo, Thomas G.	Found2
1982	Peterson, Pat	Headquarters
1989	Phillip, Bruce	Headquarters
1983	Plunkett, Gerard P.	Email07
1964	Schwarz, Ken	Email12
1990	Seybold, Donna	Headquarters
1945?	Shanley, Daniel J. Jr.	Obit1
1998	Velasquez, Liz	Birth1 (reported by)
1958	Wilbur, Richard	Headquarters

[FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT JASPERS]

[No Announcements]

[Bouncing off the list]

[JR: The following people have "bounced off" the list. Some bounces expose my poor administrative skills and I can not "who" bounced off. Thus the subscriber total may change more than are shown in this section. I have done what I can to notify them. If you can help "reconnect" – or "connect" new people -- I really appreciate it. And as always, I need your "news".]

None

[Messages from Headquarters
(Manhattan College Press Releases & Stuff)]

[Message1]

From: alumni@manhattan.edu
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 4:31 PM
Subject: Alumni Summer 2003 Events

Dear Ferdinand,

Summer 2003 Highlights

Manhattan College Alumni Society 2003 Golf Tour Info!

June

The highlight of the 2003 Reunion weekend (June 6, 7, 8) was the Mass Celebrated by His Eminence Cardinal Edward Egan at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City on Saturday afternoon June 7th closing out Manhattan’s Sesquicentennial (150th) Anniversary. Twelve alumni priests concelebrated the Mass during which Cardinal Egan was presented with an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters. Almost 2,000 alumni and friends of the College attended the celebration of Mass.

Immediately following the Mass, there was a gala reception at Rockefeller Plaza attended by approximately 1,000 alumni and guests. Despite rain throughout the day and evening, our Jasper spirit won the day! An alumnus summarized the success of the day noting “The best ticket in NYC on June 7th was Manhattan’s 150th anniversary celebration at St. Patrick’s and Rockefeller Plaza.” Certainly, a day to remember for every Jasper!

The 2003 Athletic Hall of Fame nominations and selections were also held in June. The 2003 inductees will be:

John Blanco ’53 (basketball)
Keith Bullock ’93 (basketball)
Robert Byrnes ’68 (athletic director)
Stacy Cowan ’92 (softball)
Pat Peterson ’82 (track/field)
Bruce Phillip ’89 (track)
Donna Seybold ’90 (basketball)
Richard Wilbur ’58 (basketball)

The induction ceremony and reception will be held in Smith Auditorium on Saturday, December 6th. More details to come….

July

The 7th annual Jasper Cup golf outing will take place at the Yale Golf Course on Monday July 21st. The course at Yale was recently ranked as the 58th most difficult course in the United States. It is a fun day to golf and socialize with fellow Jasper golfers.

On July 24th, the Young Alumni Club will hold its quarterly happy hour and reception at Bar Thirteen, 35 East 13th Street (between Broadway and University Place) in NYC. For details contact www.murphguide.com/manhattan-alum.htm.

August

Golf and “days at the races” dominate our activities this month.

Our annual day at Saratoga Race track will be Friday August 1. Already sold out, this is one of our most popular events. After a wonderful day at the beautiful Saratoga, NY racetrack, Bill Chandler ’70 hosts a wonderful reception at the Saratoga Inn.

On August 21st, our second racetrack event is the 29th running of the Manhattan College Purse at Monmouth Park, Ocean point, NJ. Another event that is sold out annually and enjoyed by the NJ shore Jaspers!

Our golf events this month are the Construction Industry Golf Open on August 4th at the Lake Isle Country Club in Eastchester, NY. There will be 144 golfers teeing off, another sold out event under the chairmanship of Joe Van Etten ’57. In the Washington DC area, our Capitol District Golf Outing, chaired by Chuck Martin ’63, will be held at Andrews Air Force Base on Thursday, August 28th.

Please Consider joining us at these exciting Summer 2003 alumni events!!!

Click here to unsubscribe from this mailing list.

[JR: Timely? Not! But, here it is. ]

[JASPERS PUBLISHING WEB PAGES]

[WebPage1]

http://cires.colorado.edu/waterweb/chapra.htm

Steve Chapra

Research Interests: Water quality modeling

I'm an environmental engineer and a professor in the Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering Department at the University of Colorado in Boulder. I grew up in New York City and was educated at Manhattan College and the University of Michigan. Aside from CU, I've worked for the U.S. EPA, NOAA and Texas A&M University.

I was originally drawn to environmental engineering because of my love of the outdoors. I am an avid fly fisherman and hiker. My primary research focus is surface water-quality modeling, and my primary professional goal is to apply engineering, mathematics and computing to maintain a high quality environment in a wise and cost-efficient fashion. I feel blessed to have found a profession where I can meld my love of mathematics and science with my passion for the natural environment. In addition, I get to share it with others through my teaching and writing.

[MCOLDB: 1970 ]

[JASPERS FOUND ON/OFF WEB BY USING WEB]

[Found1]

http://pavitabile.caeds.eng.uml.edu/

Peter Avitabile is the Director of the Modal Analysis and Controls Laboratory at UMASS Lowell and Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department. Pete joined the University in 1985 after having worked in industry for over 10 years. He received his B.S.M.E. from Manhattan College in 1974 and his M.S.M.E. at University of Rhode Island in 1982 and his Doctorate in Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Lowell in 1998. His industrial and university experience of over 25 years includes analytical and experimental modal analysis, signal processing and finite element modeling.

[Reported As: 1974 ]

[Found2]

http://www.sandler.com/intl_training/press4.htm

Sandler International Appoints Director of International Sales

Stevenson, MD—Sandler International has appointed Thomas G. Palazzo as Director of International Sales, announced Margaret Stevens Jacks, vice president of international development. Sandler International manages and directs all overseas business activities for Sandler Systems, Inc., a provider and franchisor of sales and sales management training programs since 1983.

As director, Palazzo will coordinate sales of Area Development Franchises on a country or region-wide basis. He will also be responsible for developing corporate training accounts with multinational and international clients.

Palazzo joins Sandler International from Sylvan Learning Systems. He is past President of the Capital Area Franchise Association.

Palazzo graduated from Manhattan College with a B.A in Business Administration and proceeded to New York University to achieve his MBA in Business Management. He currently resides in Owings Mills, Maryland.

Sandler Systems, Inc. (SSI)

Founded in 1983, SSI currently has approximately 160 franchisees throughout the US and Canada providing training services to a broad range of businesses, from small, privately held firms to Fortune 100 companies. The company also provides direct training to corporate clients throughout Europe and the United Kingdom.

For more information on Thomas G. Palazzo and Sandler International please call 410-559-2048.

[MCOLDB: No record found! ]

[Found3]

http://www.implantinfo.com/plastic_surgeons/cummings/

Richard E. Cummings, M.D.

"Plastic Surgery with Peace of Mind "
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Board Certified, American Board of Plastic Surgery
Chief of Division of Plastic Surgery, Lenoir Memorial Hospital
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Cummings Plastic Surgery & Laser Center
Kinston, North Carolina
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About Dr. Cummings

Dr. Richard Cummings is a graduate of Brooklyn Preparatory School in Brooklyn, New York. During that time he was a member of the National Honor Society while participating on the football, basketball, baseball, and track teams. He attended Manhattan College in Riverdale, New York where he received his degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Dr. Cummings then attended the University of Miami School of Medicine in Miami, Florida where he received his M.D. Degree. His internship and General Surgery residency were performed at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida, as well as the Miami V.A. Hospital, and the Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, Florida. His residency in Plastic Surgery was done at Loyola University Medical Center and Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Cummings is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery - the only board recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties to certify plastic surgeons.

Dr. Cummings has been specializing in Cosmetic Plastic Surgery in Kinston since 1984, and he has been the Chief of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Lenoir Memorial Hospital ever since that time. He has competed in triathlons around the country, and also enjoys skiing and playing tennis and golf. He and his wife, Maria, reside in Kinston. Dr. Cummings has two sons, Patrick and Alexander.

[MCOLDB: 1971 ]

[HONORS]

[No Honors]

[WEDDINGS]

[No Weddings]

[BIRTHS]

[Birth1]

From: Liz Velasquez [mailto:elizabeth.velasquez@manhattan.edu]

Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 10:28 AM

Subject: Birth announcements

I have two birth announcements for you:

Peter Chow ’98 and his girlfriend had their first baby boy at 1:45am on June 29. Akemi Chow was born in Queens and mom and baby are doing wonderfully.

Michele Melillo-Daly ’91 and her husband Michael Daly ’93 had their first baby on Friday July 18th. Kieran Michael Daly was born at 12:44pm weighing in at 8 lbs 14oz.

Liz Velasquez '98

[JR: Happy days to all and thanks for the report. Your email is so much better than the obits. ]

[ENGAGEMENTS]

[No Engagements]

[GRADUATIONS]

[No Graduations]

[OBITS]

[Collector's prayer: And, may perpetual light shine on our fellow departed Jaspers, and all the souls of the faithful departed.]

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.

[Obit1]

Copyright 2003 Providence Publications, LLC
Providence Journal-Bulletin (Rhode Island)
July 16, 2003, Wednesday All Editions
Correction Appended
SECTION: News; Pg. C-04
HEADLINE: OBITUARIES 2

Narragansett

DANIEL J. SHANLEY JR., 80, of Presque Isle Trail, a retired Navy captain and a past president of the Charlestown Town Council, died Sunday at Kent County Memorial Hospital, Warwick.

He was the husband of Loretta M. (Morvan) McCullough-Shanley; they had been married for eight years. He previously had been the husband of the late Mary F. (Remington) Shanley. Born in Providence, a son of the late Daniel J. and Ella (Paine) Shanley, he had lived in Florida, Charlestown and Maryland before settling in Bonnet Shores, where he and his wife summered for the past eight years, in 2002.

A 1941 graduate of La Salle Academy, he attended Manhattan College.

Capt. Shanley was a Navy veteran of World War II, serving as an aviator, flying resupply and evacuation missions. He had returned to civilian life after the war, and had worked for a brief time for the C.W. Riva Co., planning and surveying Routes 1, 2 and 4 in Rhode Island, before deciding to re-enlist.

After re-enlisting, he had served as an aviator for many years, flying with patrol squadron 8 from the former Quonset Point Naval Air Station, in North Kingstown; flying search and rescue out of the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Fla.; and returning to fly helicopter 11, aboard the Wasp, out of Quonset Point. He later was assigned to South Weymouth, Mass., as an instructor of maintenance and safety. He later was assigned to the Pentagon, where he served for two years, beginning in 1965; to the Naval Air Station in Lakehurst, N.J., where he was promoted to the rank of captain; and to the Pentagon again, where he was stationed until he retired in 1972.

In 1973, he returned to the Pentagon as a civilian employee, and he continued to work there until 1977.

Capt. Shanley was a member of the Retired Officers Association.

Elected to the Charlestown Town Council in 1990, he served for two years as the council president, and in 1992, was the acting town administrator.

He was a communicant of St. Thomas More Church, and a member of the Holy Name Society, the Knights of Columbus and the Sons of Irish Kings.

Besides his wife, he leaves two sons, Daniel J. Shanley III of Chester, Md., and Walter A. Shanley of Pasadena, Md.; four daughters, Maribeth Shanley of Chicago, Ill., Colleen A. and Gail A. Shanley, both of Arlington, Va., and Terrie-Lea Shanley of Fort Washington, Md.; a stepson, Dennis Vealey of Warwick; three stepdaughters, Jane E. McCullough in California, Denise Olson of South Kingstown and Susan M. Vealey of Warwick; two brothers, Thomas Shanley of Boyton Beach, Fla., and Cape Cod, Mass., and John Shanley in Massachusetts; three sisters, Louise McCarty of Boyton Beach and Cape Cod, Miriam Huntington in South Carolina and Patricia Overberg in California; 10 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren; and 3 step-grandchildren. He was a brother of the late Bernard Shanley and Rose Vanderpool.

A concelebrated Mass of Christian Burial is planned on Friday at 10 a.m. in the St. Veronica Chapel, Boston Neck Road, Narragansett. Burial, with military honors, will be in St. Francis Cemetery, Pawtucket.

LOAD-DATE: July 17, 2003

[JR: Class of 1945? ]

[News MC]

[News1]

Copyright 2003 The Journal News (Westchester County, NY)
All Rights Reserved
The Journal News (Westchester County, NY)
July 22, 2003 Tuesday
SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 6B
HEADLINE: JAMCCAR honors its teen years
BYLINE: Andrea Rubin, Staff
Andrea Rubin
The Journal News

The Jamaican Civic and Cultural Association of Rockland will celebrate the start of its teen years by honoring its young members.

* and Limonga Latombe, a Suffern High School graduate attending Manhattan College.

They will be honored at the dinner, 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. at the Sheraton Crossroads Hotel in Mahwah, N.J.

LOAD-DATE: July 23, 2003

[News2]

Copyright 2003 Iowa City Press-Citizen
All Rights Reserved
Iowa City Press-Citizen
July 20, 2003 Sunday
SECTION: RECORDS; Pg. 4A
HEADLINE: Newsmaker
BYLINE: Staff

Name: Kevin Campbell

Age: 51

Occupation: Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Roy J. Carver Biomedical Research Chair in Physiology and Biophysics; Interim Chair, Department of Physiology and Biophysics; neurology professor

Education: Doctorate and master's degrees in biophysics from University of Rochester in Rochester, New York; bachelor of science degree from Manhattan College in the Bronx, New York. Post-doctorate fellow at Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Hometown: Brooklyn, New York

Family: Wife, Ann; Children, Colleen, 26, is a genetic counselor; Kerry, 24, plays cello; David, 20, studies business at the University of Iowa. Dogs: Max, a Labrador retriever and Katie, a golden retriever.

Did you know? Campbell raises raspberries at home.

LOAD-DATE: July 23, 2003

http://www.press-citizen.com/news/072003newsmaker.htm

Sunday, July 20, 2003
UI researcher makes muscular dystrophy advances
Newsmaker Profile
By Gigi Wood
Iowa City Press-Citizen

His laboratory at University Hospitals reminds him of the neighborhood he grew up in Brooklyn - lots of diversity.

Kevin Campbell grew up playing baseball on the streets of New York City. He worked at a grocery store run by a Jewish couple who escaped World War II Germany, and for a Chinese laundry company for 25 cents an hour.

Dr. Kevin Campbell is one of five Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators at the University of Iowa. Press-Citizen/Jason A. Cook

Today, he runs a lab where he employs scientists from countries spanning the globe.

"The whole world does science," Campbell said. "Hiring people from different countries is helpful. They bring different ways to communicate and different ideas."

His system is bringing big results to Iowa.

Campbell is one of five Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators at the University of Iowa. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, based in Maryland, was founded by aviator-industrialist Howard Hughes to promote the basic sciences to benefit humankind. HHMI provides salaries, laboratory space and equipment for investigators and their research teams.

His research into muscular dystrophy has resulted in the diagnosis of specific types of muscular dystrophy, aiding in their treatment. Muscular dystrophy refers to a group of genetic diseases that decay muscles that control movement. The disease affects muscles of the heart, some involuntary muscles and body organs.

Campbell even works with families of muscular dystrophy patients on the side.

"There are about 30 cases I'm working on, the really tough cases that have not led to any genetic information about their condition," he said. "So I study their genetic samples to try to find some answers."

Samantha Loewi, 13, is one of those cases. The Denver native was diagnosed with congenital muscular dystrophy 11 years ago.

"The Muscular Dystrophy Association indicated to us that the best research in the world is being done by Kevin Campbell and his research team at the University of Iowa," said Andy Loewi, Samantha's father.

The Loewis have raised $600,000 for the Samantha Loewi fund, which supports Campbell's research.

"Dr. Campbell is a very humble and straightforward guy. And he's compassionate, but not in the gooey sense," he said. "He gets it. He knows what we're up against."

Muscular dystrophy is a disease that worsens over time. Samantha was once able to walk but is now confined to a wheelchair.

"Dr. Campbell is a focal point for a lot of people's hopes," Loewi said. "We're facing a disease that is relentless and the challenges are endless. He carries that burden very graciously."

Campbell's work recently played a large role in an international study that identified stem cells that could someday be able to regenerate muscle in patients with muscular dystrophy. The study identified stem cells that help mice regenerate muscle damaged by muscular dystrophy.

The next step in the research? "We need to find out what's causing it to work so well with the cells," he said.

In May, Campbell and his research team revealed that they discovered a new cause of muscular dystrophy. They found a protein that plays a critical role in the muscle repair process. The protein, called dysferlin, is found to be mutated in two muscular dystrophies - Miyoshi Myopathy and limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2b.

Campbell's work ranges beyond muscular dystrophy. He collaborates with 20 labs around the world researching areas such as cancer proteins, prostate cancer cells, muscle cells, protein function in kidneys.

"We have a focus path (for research) but put out a lot of feelers," he said. "The work seems unrelated, but we usually find something that relates back to what we're studying."

Although Campbell loves science, he's not all genes and stem cells. He enjoys spending time with his families and growing raspberry bushes in his backyard. Still, he admits, "I'm always thinking science. Even when I'm mowing the grass, I'm getting ideas." Campbell said he likes to spend time with his wife, Ann, whom he met at a high school dance in New York City the day before he turned 17.

The couple will celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary in January.

For relaxation Campbell takes long walks with his Labrador retriever, Max.

"That's very therapeutic for me," he said. "It's quiet, and I can get my mind off of work."

When he retires, he would like to raise Labradors, he said.

Campbell said that compared to living in New York City, Iowa City feels like living in the country.

"There's a lot going on here," he said. "But I get enough big city stuff when I travel for work. I feel relaxed here."

Newsmaker
• Name: Kevin Campbell
• Age: 51
• Occupation: Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Roy J. Carver Biomedical Research Chair in Physiology and Biophysics; Interim Chair, Department of Physiology and Biophysics; neurology professor
• Education: Doctorate and master's degrees in biophysics from University of Rochester in Rochester, New York; bachelor of science degree from Manhattan College in the Bronx, New York. Post-doctorate fellow at Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• Hometown: Brooklyn, N.Y.
• Family: Wife, Ann; Children, Colleen, 26, is a genetic counselor; Kerry, 24, plays cello; David, 20, studies business at the University of Iowa. Dogs: Max, a Labrador retriever and Katie, a golden retriever.
• Did you know? Campbell raises raspberries at home.

[MCOLDB: 1973 ]

[RESUMES]

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

[No Resumes]

[SPORTS]

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.]

[SportsSchedule]

The only reason for putting this here is to give us a chance to attend one of these games and support "our" team.

Date Day Sport Opponent Location Time/Result
9/4/03 Thursday Golf   Towson Fall Classic   Baltimore, MD   4:00 PM
9/5/03 Friday Golf   Towson Fall Classic   Baltimore, MD   8:00 AM
9/6/03 Saturday Golf   Towson Fall Classic   Baltimore, MD   8:00 AM
9/11/03 Thursday Golf   Bucknell Invitational   Lewisburg, PA   2:00 PM
9/12/03 Friday Golf   Bucknell Invitational   Lewisburg, PA   1:00 PM
9/13/03 Saturday Golf   Bucknell Invitational   Lewisburg, PA   8:45 AM
9/19/03 Friday Golf   Manhattan Fall Invitational   Riverhead, NY   1:00 PM

[Sports from College]

Nothing New

[Sports from News & Web]

Copyright 2003 Providence Publications, LLC
Providence Journal-Bulletin (Rhode Island)
July 21, 2003, Monday All Editions
SECTION: Sports; Pg. C-08
HEADLINE: TRACK & FIELD - Freeman retains hammer crown
The former Hendricken All-Stater retains his title in the men's open competition at Hammerama.

* * *

SOUTH KINGSTOWN - Jacob Freeman, a fifth-year senior at Manhattan College, has enjoyed a successful spring season with the 16-pound hammer. Freeman, the ex-Hendricken standout and state record-holder in the prep (12-pound) hammer, yesterday won the men's open competition at the 11th annual Hammerama. The event, which included athletes from eight states, was held at the South Kingstown Middle School.

Freeman's winning toss traveled 216 feet, 7 inches (66.02 meters). Freeman, of East Greenwich, finished his 2003 collegiate campaign as the fourth-best American thrower, on the strength of his personal-best distance of 235-3 (71.70) at the U.S.A. Track & Field Championships in California. Freeman also won the 2002 Hammerama.

LOAD-DATE: July 22, 2003

Copyright 2003 The Buffalo News
Buffalo News (New York)
July 20, 2003 Sunday, FINAL EDITION
SECTION: SPORTS, Pg.C8
HEADLINE: EIGHT SOFTBALL PLAYERS BACK TO TRY AND KEEP WESTERN GOLDEN
BYLINE: ANGEL VERDEJO; News Sports Reporter

At the Empire State Games, there aren't many ways to top a gold medal.

How about winning another without losing a game? That's the only way that the Western team can improve on last year's gold-medal performance.

Last year at Syracuse, Western had a 4-1 record. Western's 1-0 loss to two-time defending gold medalist Central turned out to just be a glitch on the way to gold.

With the games four days away, Western coaches Michael Rappl (Canisius College) and Al Dirschberger (Niagara University) will use a mix of experience and young talent to try and continue its streak of winning a medal the last three years.

Other than 1999, Western has won a medal in all of the 17 Empire Games tournaments and Western's nine golds leads all regions.

"The question is how quickly are we going to come together at the Games," Rappl said. "This team probably would have been very strong had they played together all summer . . . they're still playing (well) but it's a matter of your pitcher and catcher need to be on the same page. Your shortstop and second base need to know how much range each one has, who's going to be where -- the little nuances of the game."

Eight players return to Western's roster, including veterans Jesse Rosenhahn, a Canisius graduate from West Seneca, and Kara Husband, a Manhattan College graduate from Kenmore.

Also playing is a foursome from this season's All-Western New York high school team. Lindsay Garbacz (Lancaster), Jamie Gerace (Kenmore West) and Caitlin Lever (Williamsville North) are headed to Canisius next year while Katie Miranto, who will be a senior at North Tonawanda in the fall, is the only current high school player on the 14-player roster.

Western has two games set up today and Monday to prepare and continue working as a team.

The hope is that those few workouts and the help of older players will develop a team chemistry.

Rosenhahn, who played in her first Empire State Games at 15, said she knows what some of the other players are going through because in her first games she was playing alongside much older players.

"We know what it takes -- that comes from the older players," she said. "It relays down to the younger kids -- saying, 'We're here for you, we support you.' "

Coaches agree the advantage the young players provide is their speed. One-run games are common at the Empire State Games, and both Rappl and Dirschberger said getting on base and putting the defense in pressure situations can only help.

"We'll try to make them make mistakes," Rappl said. "If they can execute, fine, but if they can't we'll take advantage."

Games will be played at the Fairmount Complex in Wheatfield. Adirondack and Hudson Valley open the tournament at 9 a.m. Thursday. The medal games are Saturday (5 p.m. bronze, 7 p.m. gold). Western's first game is at 11:30 a.m. Thursday against Long Island, a two-time gold medalist and 1999 champion, before meeting Adirondack at 2 p.m.

Rappl said he would prefer the games be played closer to the University at Buffalo, where the competitors are housed and where seven other sports are being played. A national 23-under softball tournament being played at the Amherst Pepsi Center -- adjacent to UB -- prevented the games from being played there.

"What I don't like is that it takes away from the Olympic Village-type of atmosphere," he said. "If we were playing at the Amherst Pepsi Center, which is right across the street from where the kids are in the dorms, they get done and they can go watch a volleyball game or go watch track.

"This way it's going to take half an hour to drive out to Fairmount. It's not like you're right there. It also takes away from your fellow athletes watching you play, and that takes a little away from the Olympic-type atmosphere."

e-mail: averdejo@buffnews.com

GRAPHIC: HARRY SCULL JR./Buffalo News Jesse Rosenhahn, a Canisius graduate from West Seneca, returns as Western aims for its 10th gold medal.

LOAD-DATE: July 22, 2003

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Copyright 2003 The Journal News (Westchester County, NY)
All Rights Reserved
The Journal News (Westchester County, NY)
July 19, 2003 Saturday
SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. 10C
HEADLINE: Focus becomes a target
BYLINE: Mark Alan Teirstein, Staff
Iraqi archers competed in U.S. despite distractions
Mark Alan Teirstein
The Journal News

NEW YORK - It's hard enough trying to hit a 12.2-centimeter bull's-eye, through the wind, the length of a football field away from the archer. It's harder still to do that in your first international competition.

But when your focus is divided, part on the target and part worrying about your family's safety back home in a war-torn country, the task is monumental.

"Sometimes I want to cry," Mohammad Fayadh said. "How can I do sports when my people are being killed?"

Fayadh is one of the four men and three women who comprise the Iraqi national archery team at this week's 42nd World Archery Championships, which conclude this weekend in Central Park.

Their anxiety is heightened by the inability to speak to their loved ones in Iraq because lines of communication are still down.

"Our minds are busy with our families back in Baghdad," coach Saad Ahmmad said. "We don't know what's happening with them. We can't communicate with them."

Despite their concerns for those left behind, the Iraqi archers still came to this event.

"It was very important for us to come here because this is our dream - shooting in the World Championships," archer Kareem Kadhem said. "We came to shoot and meet new friends, and we're proud of our country and want to show our flag here."

They had to overcome a lot just to get here.

"Because of the war, we could not train until one week before coming here," Ahmmad said. "It was especially difficult for the women's team. It's not safe for the women to go out.

"And there's still no electricity, no water, no communication, and no fuel, so it's very difficult to arrange team training. And it's hot this time of year (112 degrees in Baghdad yesterday)."

The training they did was done on Baghdad soccer fields. But traveling the streets with a bow and arrows is risky these days.

"That causes some trouble in Baghdad," Ahmmad said. "It is a weapon, after all. So we get checked and show our identification cards."

They said they did not lose any team members because of the war and are happy to be in the U.S. for their first world championship tournament.

"We were very determined to be here," Ahmmad said.

The Iraqi team is staying with most of the other archers at Manhattan College. They said they have been treated very kindly by Americans and the rest of the sporting world.

Their performance here, however, was lacking. They were a distant last place in the qualifying rounds in both men's and women's competition, and will not participate in this weekend's medal rounds.

"These are not the scores we were looking for," Ahmmad said. "Before the war, we were on a mission to the championship."

Considering how far back they finished, a championship was never a realistic possibility for the team that will continue its two-week U.S. trip with visits to Washington and San Diego.

Travis Cranley of FITA, the sport's governing body, said there are no qualifying guidelines for a country to send a team to the World Championships, and that FITA considered sending a representative to Iraq to witness the archers in action but did not do so. All teams had to go through the State Department clearance.

When asked if they feared reprisals for their performance upon returning home, Kadhem said, "Absolutely not. We are under no extra pressure - from anyone."

But would that have been true when Saddam Hussein was still in power?

"I cannot answer that question," he said.

Why not?

"Because we are only here for sports."

Reach Mark Alan Teirstein at mteirste@thejournalnews.com or 845-228-2271.

LOAD-DATE: July 23, 2003

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http://www.columbiaspectator.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/07/23/3f1e9484c220e

Incoming First-Year Looks to Give Her Best Shot

By Theodore Orsher

Columbia Summer Spectator

For Stephanie Miller, archery is in the bloodline. Her father, Mark, is president of the United States Archery Association, her mother shot her whole life, and Stephanie has been shooting since she was little.

"At first, I didn't want to shoot at all," Miller said last week. "Now, it's become a family affair."

Miller got a chance to put 11 years of experience on the line last week at the World Outdoor Archery Championships, competitive archery's grandest scale, competing in Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx against the world's best William Tells. And while she struggled against the international elite, the 18-year-old Illinois native will be able to hone her talents next year at Columbia, where she will be a first-year in the College vying for professional and intercollegiate women's archery's top honors.

Miller finished 90th overall in the women's recurve bow division of the championships, failing to make the 64-person elimination round that is played out like a seeded bracket. If Miller had made it as one of the top 43 female recurve archers, she would have won a berth for the U.S. to the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. But, like she says, she's young.

"At first, I was nervous," Miller said after being eliminated on the third day of the competition. "The first day, I was not happy with the way I shot. The second day, I felt I shot better."

And she did, climbing back from the bottom of the pack to earn a legitimate place for a newcomer to the tournament.

After performing very well at many national junior division archery tournaments, Miller has had to adjust to the tougher professional level. She has already shown flashes of success. In her first professional-level competition since turning 18 in May, she finished in fifth place at the International Archery Federation's World and Pan American Team Trials in Chula Vista, Calif., earning a spot on the U.S. women's world team because one of the higher finishers was a South Korean. On the U.S. World team, she traveled to Turkey for the European Grand Prix Tournament in June and earned a berth to the championships. She finished in third place for the Pan American Team Trials and qualified for a spot on the Pan Am team that will compete in the Dominican Republic in August.

But before she could worry about all of her summer competitions and her first year as an adult archer, Miller had to decide about college. The incoming first-year said she was choosing between Columbia and Texas A&M because the archery programs have varsity status. She ultimately chose Columbia, she said, because of the city life and academics. Miller also appreciated the fact that her college life here will not really affect her professional competitions, including vying for a spot on the U.S. Olympic team and competing in other international tournaments.

"While I'm really competing at a collegiate level," Miller said, "it won't hold me back from competing elsewhere."

Miller shoots the recurve bow, one of two considered in competition. The recurve bow's design is simpler than its counterpart, the compound bow, which uses a complex set of pulleys and wires and is more commonly associated with hunting. Miller's recurve bow, which is the only bow shot at the Olympic games, has a much simpler architecture, with only one wire that makes it much more difficult to control and shoot. The recurve bow is traditionally known as a competition bow because of its difficulty to control.

At the championships, held from July 14 to 20 in the Bronx and in Central Park, Miller shot a total of 144 arrows from four distances: 70, 60, 50, and 30 meters away. The farthest distance is about three-quarters the length of a football field.

Miller did not make it past the qualifying round, failing to score one of the 64 highest totals. In the elimination round, which follows the qualifiers, archers square off in head-to-head competition with the best archer shooting against the 64th-ranked and so on, until the quarterfinal round. In the quarterfinals, the matchups are still head-to-head but the rules and number of arrows shot change for the rest of the competition. With four divisions in individual competition, Miller was one of over 500 competitors from over 80 countries to shoot that week.

"I'm just trying to gain experience and shoot well for myself," Miller said, "If I do that, I'll be happy."

In just under five weeks, Miller will have to begin adjusting to college life as well as continue to compete at the professional level. After sleeping in Manhattan College's dorms for a week, she said she's ready for Columbia's because they're "nicer." She also said she's prepared for the academic rigors Columbia College will bring.

Even at only 18, Miller is already showing the professional integrity, prowess, and composure of a seasoned veteran, suppressing her emotions during competition and walking around with a smile. "All I want to do is shoot my best," Miller said. "I'm not worried about anyone else."

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[EMAIL FROM JASPERS]

[Email01]

From: Gerard Delaney
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 9:32 AM
Subject: AccuCard Update

John,

Does this happen quarterly?

Gerard M. Delaney '75

Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 10:31 AM
To: 'Gerard Delaney'
Subject: RE: AccuCard Update

Yes, it's a good way for me to keep "tabs" on all my subscribers automagically. Now if I could just be a better "clerk / record keeper"! This way I have an address and phone number for the nagging reminder about "lost" subscribers. ;-) jr

[Email02]

From: Dan Costantini, BEE 74
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 9:41 PM
Subject: RE: http://ferdinand_reinke.tripod.com/jasperjottings20030615.htm

John,

As a result of changing services, my new email is <privacy invoked> Please do not use the <privacy invoked> email any longer.

Thanks. Keep up the good work

Col Dan Costantini, BEE 74

[Email03]

From: Geza Paul Bottlik BME 1960
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 3:25 PM
Subject: Re: Hello from a 1968 Jasper on 09 April 2003

Please add me to your distribution

Thanks

Geza Paul Bottlik BME 1960

[Email04]

From: Lesleigh F. Hogg (1970)
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 11:43 PM
Subject: Re: Hello from a 1968 Jasper on 30 Jun 2003

I would like to receive Jasper Jotting.

Lesleigh

[Email05]

From: On Behalf Of Alumni.NET

Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 5:21 PM

Subject: Alumni.NET Newsletter; New Virtual Yearbooks

Updated Members

Fred Mccarthy (1979-1983) - New Jersey United States Of America

Alan Fernandez (1989-19 93) - New York United States Of America

[Email06]

From: Mike McEneney
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 12:56 AM
Subject: Jasper Jottings

Dear John,

I have not received my Jasper Jottings for the last 3 weeks, HELP!

Mike McEneney, Esq. '53 BBA

Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 6:02 PM
To: Mike McEneney
Subject: RE: Jasper Jottings

Mike: Nobody has. I just got the machine back from the shop on Monday. I will be pushing the back issues asap. The July 6 th issue was nearly finished when the machine went south. I have been posting the interim work on the web site. And surprisingly about 800 page views were recorded. Plus, anyone who sent a message to the John Reinke address received a "vacation" message explaining what was going on. Anyway stand by, it will be coming. John

From: Michael F. McEneney
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 10:00 PM
Subject: Re: Jasper Jottings

Dear John,

Thanks for the news, I was worried that I was taken off your list!

Look forward to seeing the next issue.
Mike

[Email07]

From: Plunkett, Gerard P. (1983)
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 5:11 PM
Subject: Alumni Newsletter

John

I haven't received the weekly copy of Jasper News over the past three weeks. Have you been sending it out?

Jerry

_____________________________
Jerry Plunkett
Director of Tax Compliance
Sony Corporation of America

Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 6:02 PM
To: Jerry Plunkett
Subject: RE: Alumni Newsletter

Jerry: No, I had a machine crash and it had the July 6th issue on it as well as the distribution list. I received it back from the shop Monday and I should be "catching up" over the next week or two. Stand by. John

[Email08]

From: Bob Hanrehan (1989)
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 10:32 AM
Subject: Re: Hello from a 1968 Jasper on 27 Jun 2003

John,

Please add me to your subscriber list

Bob Hanrehan (1989)

[Email09]

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Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 4:26 PM
Subject: RE: http://ferdinand_reinke.tripod.com/jasperjottings20030706.htm

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[Email10]

From: Bill Lynch
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 4:47 PM
Subject: Re: JASPER JOTINGS

JOHN!!!

I have just read about your PC problems. Gosh darn it all! Brother Batt told us to never stick a fork in our floppie drives! The fork, being metal, would short out the power supply! Were you out that day?

Seriously, I hope that all is soon back in order. If it is not, we can hold a fund raiser to get you back in business.

Best regards,
Bill Lynch
MBA class of '96

Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 5:38 PM
Subject: RE: JASPER JOTINGS

Bill:

I am now back in business. My personal experience about "power supplies" is when a good Brother, Professor of EE, running the frosh EE lab giving a tour of the reactor, leaning on a pipe, gestured and slipped, completing the path. While he survived, he was recuperating for some time. Every ee in school had an object lesson in grounding and power supplies.

More to the point I am now about two weeks behind and trying to catch up. Then, I have to fix my back ups.

Aghhh, all why job searching, and babysitting my elderly mom at night, so things are hectic. Thanks for the offer of a fundraiser, but no increase in the newsstand price is expected.

John

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[JR: Yet another stupider SPAM filter that doesn't say what it didn't like. ]

[Email12]

From: Schwarz, Ken
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 5:12 PM
Subject: A Missed Opportunity

Dear John,

Judging from the small number of alumni who have registered, I gather that many MC graduates are not aware that they can register in the alumni section of Manhattan's web site. They can add a variety of personal information such as names of family members, name and address of employer, etc. Most importantly, they can either obtain an alum.manhattan.edu e-mail address (as you have), or they can list their existing e-mail address. There are many people I'd like to contact after almost 40 years. Unfortunately, many are not registered. I would greatly appreciate your telling your readers of the service that the college has made available for quite some time. Thanks.

Ken Schwarz, 1964

[JR: Perhaps people are afraid that they wll be "fund raiser" fodder. I don't understand why people don't give or in the alternative can't say that they don't want to give. Problem solved. I did know that MC graduated so many "shrinking violets". ]

[Email13]

From: George Ello (1978)
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: http://ferdinand_reinke.tripod.com/jasperjottings20030706.htm

"...On July 4th, my main production computer decided to take a holiday. It was the power supply. I will be in catch up mode and expect to be back to "normal" in a few weeks. Please stand by. Your patience is appreciated..."

John....I hope you have adequate surge protection and UPS backup....!

[JR: It was the power supply, so nothing helped. ]

[Email14]

From: Steven Back
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 8:30 PM
Subject: RE: http://ferdinand_reinke.tripod.com/jasperjottings20030706.htm

John,

Spam is forcing me to change my email address. Please change <privacy invoked> to <privacy invoked> .

Steve
Class of 72

[Email15]

From: Peter Dans
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 9:18 PM
Subject: Yours, Mine and Ours

Hi John:

I heard your call to the "Physician at the Movies" on the tom-toms. Here's the scoop. You got the stars right (Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda) and were very close with the title which was "Yours, Mine and Ours" not "His, Hers, and Ours". Leonard Maltin said of this 1968 comedy: "For once, a wholesome "family" picture with some intelligent scripting. Based on real situation of widowed mother of eight marrying widower with ten more children". The story was taken from the book "Who Gets the Drumstick?" by Helen Beardsley.

Best regards,

Peter E. Dans "57

[JR: Thanks, at least some people are still reading the ravings. ]

[Email16]

From: Lorenzo Kristov (1967)
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 10:18 PM
Subject: Re: http://ferdinand_reinke.tripod.com/jasperjottings20030706.htm

Greetings. Please remove me from this distribution list.

Thank you, Lorenzo Kristov

Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 11:14 PM
To: Lorenzo Kristov
Subject: RE: http://ferdinand_reinke.tripod.com/jasperjottings20030706.htm

Sure, be "glad" to, (not really, I hate to lose anyone but will do it promptly), may I inquire why? John

From: Lorenzo Kristov
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 1:16 AM
Subject: Re: http://ferdinand_reinke.tripod.com/jasperjottings20030706.htm

Main thing is I never have time to read them, and they're big messages that are slow to download. Thanks for asking, and for your personal response. - Lorenzo

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Thursday, July 24, 2003

Populist Internet Infuriates Hollywood Fat Cats

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Tinseltown bigwigs are in a tizzy that the American public is no longer lapping up whatever slop they dish out, and they're finally realizing that the Internet is one cause of their well-deserved woes.

People attending advance screenings are inundating the Internet with their reviews and exposing such duds as "The Hulk," "Hollywood Homicide," "The In-Laws," "Alex and Emma" and the sequels to "Legally Blonde," "Dumb and Dumber" and "Charlie's Angels."

Positive word of mouth has boosted "Finding Nemo" and good low-budget movies not touted by the Hollywood hype machine: "28 Days Later," "Bend It Like Beckham" and "Whale Rider," the Christian Science Monitor reported today.

"Hollywood is pulling its hair out trying to figure out how to market its movies amidst the new world of Internet buzz," said Anthony Kusich, analyst for Reel Source Inc., a box-office tracking company.

(Here's a shocking suggestion: Why not focus less on marketing junk and more on making good movies?)

Another factor: Many Americans are fed up with and boycotting Hollywood's inane self-appointed political "experts." Note that the last three movies of hatemonger George Clooney, supposedly a big star, have bombed.

=== <end quote> ===

Two outstanding suggestions!Don't go to see trash. While the 50's Legion of Decency was sometimes over the top, it did provide an easy guide as to what to see. AND, while stars have their freedom of speech, I don't have to pay for their soapbox. Still to this day, I refuse to watch or read anything about Jane Fonda. It's about time that people stand for what they believe in.

Curmudgeon

And that’s the last word.

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