Sunday 16 November 2003

Dear Jaspers,

The jasper jottings email list has 1,141 subscribers.

Don't forget:

Mo Nov 24 New England Alumni Club presents a networking event
Jose McIntre's - a pub in Boston  - 7:00Pm to 11:00 pm
Contact Douglas Emond 84' - 781-596-4658

Sa Dec 6 '03 National Alumni Council meeting
         please contact Peter Sweeney ’64  (973) 353-7610

We Jan 7 Treasure Coast Club (Florida) 2003 - 2004 Luncheon Meeting
For more information call: Joe Dillon 62 Director, Alumni Relations, (718) 862-7977

Sa Feb National Alumni Council meeting
         please contact Peter Sweeney ’64  (973) 353-7610

We Feb 10 Treasure Coast Club (Florida) 2003 - 2004 Luncheon Meeting
For more information call: Joe Dillon 62 Director, Alumni Relations, (718) 862-7977

Sa Jun 12 '04 National Alumni Council meeting
         please contact Peter Sweeney ’64  (973) 353-7610

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Search past issues of Jottings at:

http://ferdinand_reinke.tripod.com/picosearch.htm

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My list of Jaspers who are in harms way:

- Afghanistan
- - Cote, Richard A. (1990)

- Iraq
- - Esposito, Steven G. (1981) [JR: Photos at the following URL. ]
http://www.ofoto.com/BrowsePhotos.jsp?showSlide=true&Uc=xiwgp6n.7e10dskf&Uy=snkr69&Upost_signin=BrowsePhotos.jsp%3FshowSlide%3Dtrue&Ux=0
- - Menchise, Louis (1987)

… … my thoughts are with you and all that I don't know about.

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http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Southwest/11/13/sprj.irq.nilaw.burned.ap.ap/index.html

Soldier burned in Iraq cheers his comrades

== <begin quote> ===

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas (AP) --Jose Martinez was known as an open and friendly guy before he joined the Army a year ago.

Months after he was trapped for 20 minutes in a fiery ammunition truck in Iraq and suffered disfiguring burns on his face, head, arms and legs, the 20-year-old from Dalton, Georgia, is using those qualities to comfort fellow burn victims.

Martinez has been in surgery more than two dozen times since early April, and there are more to come.

Still, he soldiers on with a smile. When he's not doing his outpatient therapy at Brooke Army Medical Center, he can usually be found cheering up other burn victims at the hospital, many with injuries less severe than his own.

"I joke around with them and they joke around with me," he said. "Sometimes they want to talk about the bad things, but most of the time they talk about the pranks and jokes and fun things they did to make time (in Iraq) go by."

Martinez became a one-man pep squad several months ago, when nurses in the burn ward asked him to speak to some depressed patients who were refusing to do physical therapy. His words helped, and he's been volunteering ever since.

"I give them my point of view and tell them how I got through it," he said. "When they see me and see that my life isn't ended, they say, 'I'm not going to let this carry me down."'

== <end quote> ===

How many times do I think I have it tough, or things "ain't going my way"? Guess everyone would have to revise that type of thinking after reading about this fellow.

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

 

4

Bouncing off the list

 

4

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

 

0

Obits

 

6

"Manhattan in the news" stories

 

0

Resumes

 

6

Sports

 

12

Emails

 

[PARTICIPANTS BY CLASS]

Class

Name

Section

????

Arnett, Mark

Found1

????

Christie, Karen E.

Email05

1951

Meehan, Joseph

Email09

1953

McEneney, Michael F.

Email03

1963

Grebowsky, Joseph M.

WebPage1

1963

McDonald, John Paul

Found2

1972

Maffia, Gennaro J.

Found3

1972

Suraci, Joseph

News4

1972

Toner, Michael

Email11

1973

McFadden, Michael  

Email02

1974

O'Connor, John

Email04

1976

Boscia, Paul

Bouncing1

1977

Kosch, James A.

Bouncing3

1990

Giugliano, Suzanne

Email10

1990

Labrum, Josette A.

Email07

1992

McGrath, Erin M.

Email01

1992

Muccilo, Lisa M. 

Bouncing4

1994

Dowd, Doug 

Bouncing2

1994

Dowd, Doug

Email05

1998

McPartland, Tara

Birth1

2001

Calderón, Juan

Email06

2002

Lara, Angel

Email12

S????

Hiltz, Allison

Email08

 

[PARTICIPANTS BY NAME]

Class

Name

Section

????

Arnett, Mark

Found1

1976

Boscia, Paul

Bouncing1

2001

Calderón, Juan

Email06

????

Christie, Karen E.

Email05

1994

Dowd, Doug 

Bouncing2

1994

Dowd, Doug

Email05

1990

Giugliano, Suzanne

Email10

1963

Grebowsky, Joseph M.

WebPage1

S????

Hiltz, Allison

Email08

1977

Kosch, James A.

Bouncing3

1990

Labrum, Josette A.

Email07

2002

Lara, Angel

Email12

1972

Maffia, Gennaro J.

Found3

1963

McDonald, John Paul

Found2

1953

McEneney, Michael F.

Email03

1973

McFadden, Michael  

Email02

1992

McGrath, Erin M.

Email01

1998

McPartland, Tara

Birth1

1951

Meehan, Joseph

Email09

1992

Muccilo, Lisa M. 

Bouncing4

1974

O'Connor, John

Email04

1972

Suraci, Joseph

News4

1972

Toner, Michael

Email11

 

 

[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".]

Boscia, Paul (1976)

Dowd, Doug  (1994)

Kosch, James  A. (1977)

Muccilo, Lisa M.  (1992) 

 

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

[Messages]

From: Jasper Recruiting [mailto:jasperrecruiting@manhattan.edu]
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 2:42 PM
Subject: QA Statistician

Job Description:

QA Statistician;  growing pharmaceutical company located in Southern New Jersey.  Looking for a candidate with a mathematical background (major/minor) with a knowledge of statistics.  Please contact: Adam H. Debicki – Recruiting Specialist; Patrick James Associates, 908.754.6000, adebicki@personnelgroup.

• Quality reviews/assessments of stability data, including statistical evaluations for stability section of Annual Product Reports.
• Monitor/review stability data to ensure drug products meet product specs throughout their shelf-life. This includes recommending drug product release specsbased on analysis of available stability data.
• Assist in prep of stability protocols and reports that meet all relevant product, company and regulatory requirements.
• Help assure product and process conformance by analysis of trends and developing quality measurements and reporting systems. Ensure sources of variation such as process, raw materials and test procedures are reported and investigated.
• Develop metrics and reports (including graphical presentations of data) to assist in QA monitoring of finished product quality.
• Provide statistical support to aid the closure of deviations, investigations and corrective actions.
• Function in conjunction with Assoc Director, Quality systems on special department projects.
• Act as the main source for statistical guidance within the QA department. Advise and educate colleagues on appropriate statistical techniques as needed.
• Participate in the level and implementation of SOP's, guidelines and working practices for data analysis and reporting.
• Assist in selection of system(s) for analysis and reporting of data. Develop computer routines for data extraction, analysis, and reporting.
• May participate in the development and validation of computerized systems designed to improve information flow and data mgmt.
• Stay abreast of statistical methods and current industry and regulatory trends.
• Adhere to all company policies and applicable

Job Requirements:

• BS degree in Statistics, Computer Science or relevant scientific discipline preferred.
• 2 or more years experience in FDA regulated industry. Working knowledge of pharmaceutical QA and FDA regulations, especially regarding pharmaceutical injectables.
• Experience in applying regression analysis and statistical quality control to drug manufacturing and testing data.
• Familiarity with statistical analysis software, along with broad PC application experience. Experience with reporting tools, such as Crystal Reports, a plus.
• Ability to deal confidently and effectively with all levels of employees; to express ideas in a clear, concise and organized manner--both written and orally.
• Able to effectively manage time to meet assigned deadlines and prioritize multiple work assignments.
• Must be analytical, intellectually curious and attentive to detail.

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From: Jasper Recruiting [mailto:jasperrecruiting@manhattan.edu]
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 2:32 PM
Subject: Banc of America Securities

Position Title: Administrative Assistant
Division/Department: Human Resources
Reports to: 3 HR Vice Presidents
Position Scope and Dimensions:

Banc of America Securities is a full-service corporate and investment bank that provides creative capital raising solutions, advisory services, derivatives capabilities, equity and debt sales and trading. We also offer traditional bank deposit and loan products, cash management and payments services. We believe that our integrated bank model - combining investment and corporate bank, intellectual capital with financial capital is the right model for the future. The Human Resource Department is looking for an HR Administrator for the Corporate and Investment Bank team. This person will provide general administrative support for 3 HR Vice Presidents. This is a great learning opportunity for someone interested in a career in Human Resources. General responsibilities include:

Answer incoming calls; phone coverage
Respond to routine HR inquiries from internal employees /external vendors
Scheduling meetings/manage calendars
Memo and letter processing
Resume processing
Maintaining some HR systems
Clerical duties such as creating/organizing filing systems
Faxing/photocopying/
Expense Reports/checks
Travel arrangements
Special projects as needed

Position Qualifications

Education: BA/BS in Business Administration with a strong interest in Human Resource Management

Experience: Will consider recent college grad or candidates with one year of professional administrative experience.

Knowledge /Skills/Abilities:

Flexible; able to take direction from multiple people

Career-oriented individual
Able to execute responsibilities and stay focused in a noisy, fast-paced cubicle-style working environment.
Able to handle multiple tasks.
Computer skills: Microsoft Word, Excel, some Powerpoint, Outlook (Office ‘97 preferred)
Strong organizational skills
Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
Professional demeanor

Contact:
Banc of America Securities LLC
335 Madison Ave. 5th floor
Julie Young (Recruiter)
Email jyoung2@bofasecurities.com

Fax (212) 503-8083

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MANHATTAN COLLEGE TO HOST LECTURE THAT EXAMINES MODERN METHODS OF ARCHEOLOGICAL RESEARCH, EXCAVATIONS OF ANCIENT ISRAEL

RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Manhattan College will host a lecture, “Biblical Archaeology in the 21st Century: Excavating Gath of the Philistines, Home of Goliath,” on Monday, November 17 at 4:30 p.m. in the Rodriguez Room, Miguel Hall, Room 311, on the College campus. Admission is free.

The College welcomes Dr. Aren Maier, a senior lecturer at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, who will lead this talk on modern methods of archeological research and excavations of ancient Israel.  Drawing on Dr. Maier’s 20 years of experience in field work, the lecture also will focus on how the findings of Tell es-Safi might shift interpretations of the ancient Near East.  Tell es-Safi, which is situated between Ashkelon and Beth Shemesh, on the border between Philistia (the southern coastal plain of Israel) and the Judean Shephela (foothills), is regarded as one of the largest biblical sites in Israel. 

Dr. Maier is the director of the excavations at Tell es-Safi/Gath of the Philistines as well as the author of numerous academic titles, including the forthcoming book Bronze and Iron Age Tombs at Tel Gezer, Israel: Finds from Raymond-Charles Weill’s Excavations in 1914 and 1921 to be published by Oxford’s Archaeopress.

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MANHATTAN COLLEGE STUDENTS WIN SCHOLARSHIPS FROM ENGINEERING ASSOCIATION

RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Bronx, N.Y., resident Thomas Langlois and Tarrytown, N.Y., resident Sonny Diaz, have been awarded scholarships from the Association of Old Crows (AOC), a nonprofit professional group that promotes careers in the defense industry.

Mr. Diaz, a senior computer engineering major, nabbed the top prize – the Edwin A. Drogin Scholarship Award for $2,000.  Mr. Langlois, a senior electrical engineering major, received a scholarship award for $1,500.  This marks the 14th consecutive year Manhattan College students have won scholarships in this academic competition, which is open to all computer or electrical engineering students who are residents of New York City, Westchester, Nassau or Suffolk counties.

A scholarship banquet to honor winners is scheduled for November 14, 2003 in Woodbury, N.Y.  In competition with some of the finest engineering schools in the metro area, Manhattan College engineering students have won a total of $31,500 in scholarships from AOC dating back to 1989.

AOC, based in Alexandria, Va., is an international organization with more than 14,000 members and 114 corporate participants.  AOC’s membership includes executives, scientists, engineers and military personnel who are focused on the science and practice of electronic warfare and related disciplines.

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[JASPERS PUBLISHING WEB PAGES]

[WebPage1]

http://lep694.gsfc.nasa.gov/vitae/grebowsky.html

Dr. Joseph M. Grebowsky

NASA/GSFC, Code 695
Greenbelt, MD 20771

PRESENT POSITION:
Astrophysicist
Planetary Atmospheres Branch
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

EDUCATION:
1963 - B.S., Physics, Manhattan College, New York, New York

 

 

[JASPERS FOUND ON/OFF WEB BY USING WEB]

[Found1]

http://www.azahperd.com/loss.php

Loss of a Colleague 

It is with deep sadness that we report, Dr. Mark Arnett, Associate Professor of Physical Education, lost a courageous months-long battle with gastric cancer. This is a huge loss to our entire community. Everyone who worked with Mark knew him to be a generous, caring, thoughtful, and hard-working colleague, with tremendous enthusiasm for his research and his students, and enormous energy for life. He was gentle, humane, and always cheerful. Even as he underwent excruciating cancer treatments, Mark retained his upbeat, optimistic outlook. He was ever-hopeful. Just a few months ago, he attended a College-wide meeting, wanting to remain actively involved as we worked on our Focused Excellence plan. He also had been serving on the CoE Dean's Search Committee.

Mark began his career in education as a hockey coach in extreme northern Canada. He eventually completed his Ed.D. in exercise physiology and kinesiology at Northern Colorado University. He came to the UA five years ago from Manhattan College, and has made significant contributions to the Program in Physical Education ever since. He played a prominent role in physical education throughout Arizona, working to promote physical education standards and as part of a state commission for a healthy Arizona. At the time of his death, Mark was leading a TAAG (Trial of Activity in Adolescent Girls) grant, with colleagues in the Departments of Physiological Sciences and Nutritional Sciences. With the Tucson Unified School District, he was also involved in two U.S. Department of Education grants to increase physical activity among middle and high school students, and he was working on a diabetes research and intervention project with the Havasupai Tribe. Mark's expertise in measuring physical activity levels was essential to the latter project's implementation and success. In the relatively brief time of his involvement with the Havasupai, he had already become a favorite visitor to Supai Village, well liked by the children and highly respected by parents, grandparents, and the staff of the local school.

Mark's wife, Jaimie, is a special education teacher in Tucson. The Arnetts have two college-age children, Jay and Marnie, and an 8-month-old granddaughter. Mark's parents live in Green Valley, Arizona. He died peacefully at home with his family.

A memorial service is planned at McKale Center on the afternoon of January 14. Arrangements are still under way; we will provide details as they are available. In the meantime, Mark's family requests that in lieu of flowers, contributions be made to the Mark Arnett Scholarship Fund.

To Mark's family, we extend our heartfelt sympathy. We have lost a very special colleague, and the world has lost a wonderful human being.

This was a letter to the Faculty and Staff at The University of Arizona from Dr. Teresa L. McCarty, Professor and Interim Dean, College of Education, University of Arizona.

[JR: I don't know what the MC connection is. Help? ]

 

 

[Found2]

http://www.unca.edu/humanities/faculty.htm

John Paul McDonald, Associate Professor of French
B.A., Manhattan College; M.A., Brown University; Ph.D., University of Paris

[MCOLDB: 1963 ]

 

 

[Found3]

http://www.widener.edu/?pageId=1980

Chemical Engineering Faculty

Gennaro J. Maffia, Professor and Chairman

B.Ch.E., M.Ch.E., Manhattan College; M.B.A., New York University; D.E., Dartmouth College (process design, process development, biotechnology, environmental engineering)

[MCOLDB: 1972 ]

 

 

[HONORS]

[No Honors]

 

 

[WEDDINGS]

[No Weddings]

 

 

[BIRTHS]

[Birth1]

From: Tara McPartland '98
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: http://ferdinand_reinke.tripod.com/jasperjottings20031109.htm

Hello there!!

     We would like to announce the birth of Grace Kathleen Bridges - daughter to Brendan Bridges and Tara (McPartland) Bridges 98'. Grace was born at 9:56AM  - October 29, 2003 at Winthrop University Hospital. She weighed in at 7lbs 8 oz. and was 20.5 inches at birth.

[JR: Well haven't you been a busy Jasper! Not half as busy as you will be now and for the next 20 years. Congrats. Best of good wishes to all.]

 

 

[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.

[No Obits]

[JR: Fine with me! ]

 

 

[News MC]

[News1]

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=%22manhattan+college%22&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d&selm=MPG.1a190e5b320db4b898979c%40news.verizon.net

SIX NJ COLLEGES FINED FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE
Date: 7 Nov 2003
From: "Peter Montague" {Peter@rachel.org}
FINES ISSUED FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE
By Miriam Bocarsly, Princetonian Staff Writer, Nov. 7, 2003

Princeton, along with five other New Jersey colleges and universities, was recently issued hefty fines by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for improperly disposing hazardous waste. EPA spokeswoman Bonnie Bellow said wastewater, hazardous chemicals used in laboratories, pesticides and various fuels are often responsible for waste violations at schools.

Princeton was one of 10 schools in New York, New Jersey and Puerto Rico fined for sub-par waste disposal. Originally, the EPA levied a total fine of $2 million against all the schools, but the parties have since settled for $1.3 million, according to an EPA press release.

University spokeswoman Patty Allen said Princeton has worked with the EPA since the violation to fix the problem.

The EPA announced Wednesday that it is seeking $97,581 in fines from an eleventh school - Vassar College in upstate New York – for violating several requirements of federal and New York State hazardous waste regulations.

Vassar was fined for violations such as improper disposal of waste and chemicals and improperly marked containers.

Bellow said the University was fined because it elected not to take part in a 1999 EPA program through which schools monitor their own waste disposal and report problems or violations.

"The self-audit program gives university officials the chance to inspect their own campuses and determine possible violations," she said.

Assuming the violations are addressed and eliminated, Bellow said the school is excused from a monetary fine.

If schools decide not to self-audit - as was the case with the 11 fined institutions - the EPA is allowed to inspect the campus, and assign a fine that is proportionate to the violated rules, Bellow said.

To date the EPA has signed self-audit agreements with five colleges and universities in the region, the press release said.

"Universities are not the places you think of when you think of the term toxic waste, you think of factories and power plants; industrial settings," she said.

The EPA sent out 365 letters to schools in the region where Princeton is located, to explain the self-audit program, and to warn schools of possible EPA inspections and the risk of financial penalties.

The EPA also hosts free workshops to help universities follow the laws.

In addition to the University, New Jersey City University, Raritan Valley Community College, Kean College, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, the Pratt Institute, Manhattan College, Columbia University, Long Island University's Brooklyn and C.W. Post campuses and Clarkson College were fined.

[JR: Everyone knows the US Government is the biggest polluter. And, the last thing the College needs is bad press, especially since we have an environmental engineering program.  ]

 

 

[News2]

http://www.hickoksports.com/history/lacrosse.shtml

White players in Upstate New York began to play lacrosse about 1868, and the sport soon spread to Metropolitan New York, where several teams were organized during the 1870s. New York University and Manhattan College played the first U. S. intercollegiate game on November 22, 1877, and other colleges in the Northeast soon took up the sport, including Boston University, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Princeton, and Stevens Institute.

[JR: ididntknowthat! ]

 

 

[News3]

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=%22manhattan+college%22&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d&selm=slrn-0.9.7.4-24661-8855-200311110955-tc%40hexane.ssi.swin.edu.au

From: TimC (tconnors@no.astro.spam.swin.accepted.edu.here.au)
Subject: Re: Something to ponder
View: Complete Thread (58 articles) 
Original Format
Newsgroups: rec.humor.oracle.d
Date: 2003-11-10 14:57:34 PST

Phil Smith (aka Bruce) was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
> On Nov 9 Teh (tî'pô) wrote in rec.humor.oracle.d:
>> TimC bravely attempted to attach 26 electrodes of knowledge to the
>> nipples of rec.humor.oracle.d by saying:
> [snip]
> Wohoo! Everyone gets >= 90% !
> This is just a special case of
> M(m) = a*sqrt( (k + m/b)/(k + 1) )
> which has the property that M(0) -> a as k -> +oo ...
> --
> P.A.C. Smith
>
> "Ah! You Engineer. You build bridge. Bridge fall down. No partial
> credit!!"

>  - Dr. Zia, Differential Equations, Manhattan College, Bronx, NY
> (February 2003)
Teeheehee. HAHAHAHAHAHA. MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Ahem. I think I would like that guy.
Probably like our Dr Wong in Computer Science. Mind you, 95/100 of the
class didn't like him.
--
TimC -- http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/staff/tconnors/
Love makes the world go 'round, with a little help from intrinsic angular momentum.

=

Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 10:03 AM
To: P.A.C. Smith
From: ferdinand john reinke (@ home)
Subject: Your quote of Doctor Zia

As a '68 EE Grad of Manhattan College, I scan the inet for "stuff" to report to my fellow alums in a weekly ezine Jasper Jottings. May I inquire how you know about Dr. Zia? That quote is absolutely accurate. He made it many times to engineers like myself. He said it like it was his own inside joke. I am just interested how it has moved outside the Jasper community, since the quote without context, removes the "I'd like to wring your neck" student feeling of resentment. So how did you hear about it?

John
BEEE 1968
Manhattan College

 

 

[News4]

Copyright 2003 VV Publishing Corporation 
Village Voice (New York, NY)
November 11, 2003, Tuesday
SECTION: CITYSTATE; Pg. 21
HEADLINE: THE MAN WHO COULDN'T BE JUDGE
BYLINE: tom robbins

The grubby politics involved in the making of judges in Brooklyn's Democratic Party have been the subject of year-long headlines and an ongoing grand jury there. But the borough and the Democrats have no monopoly on that crude business that emphasizes money and loyalty over ability and merit. Take the case of Joseph Suraci, a Queens Republican shut out by his own party.

When a rare vacancy arose this year for a Civil Court judgeship representing a mostly middle-class, conservative swath of Queens, Suraci, a 52-year-old attorney, figured that if he could get on the ballot he had a shot. His resume already read like a Queens jurist: Raised in Sunnyside, he attended Archbishop Molloy High School, graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Manhattan College, and received his law degree from St. John's. He spent 20 years as a trial lawyer for Legal Aid defending low-income people in Queens criminal courts, where he had achieved a reputation among county prosecutors as a formidable opponent. He then moved on to private practice, handling disability cases and also serving as an administrative law judge adjudicating disputes at the city's parking violations bureau.

He was active in his community as well, serving as secretary of the Friends of Middle Village Library, vice president of Woodside Senior Assistance Center, and pro bono legal counsel to the Middle Village Property Owners Association. He helped found several nonprofit organizations including the Sunnyside Drum Corps and the Gateway Community Restoration Corp. The son of a former Republican district leader, Suraci had also paid his political dues, carrying his party's banner four times, coming closest to winning in 1993, when he was a candidate for the Supreme Court on the Republican and Conservative lines. The New York Times called him "clearly the best choice" in the race and he took in nearly 165,000 votes--just a handful shy of his Democratic-Liberal opponent, Luther Dye (recently forced off the bench for inappropriate courtroom behavior).

Despite his many partisan campaigns, Suraci, who appears thoughtful and self-effacing in person, has picked up admirers in the opposing party. "If there were more people like Joe in politics, it would be a better place," said a Democrat who once defeated him.

Democrats hold an almost insurmountable 5 to 1 edge in voter registrations in Queens, but Suraci believed the Third Civil Court District, where the vacancy arose, was winnable. Comprising the neighborhoods of Maspeth, Middle Village, Glendale, and Richmond Hill, the district has repeatedly sent Republicans to the City Council to represent it.

So, Joe Suraci sat down and wrote a letter to the man with the most influence in the selection of judicial candidates for the GOP, state senator and county party leader Serphin Maltese, a former Conservative Party leader who had switched to the Republicans in 1990. Suraci had long told Maltese and other Republican officials of his interest in seeking a judgeship, but he thought a formal letter requesting consideration was appropriate. Not taking any chances on his request getting lost amid party or senate business, he mailed the letter to Maltese's home. He then waited for a response. And waited.

"That was in mid-May," said Suraci. "He never got back to me. I never heard anything from him. That alone was very upsetting."

Curious to see whom the Queens GOP had selected as its standard-bearer for the seat, Suraci went to the Board of Elections to check the official records. There, he saw that the Republicans had designated the same candidate as the Democratic and Conservative organizations, a woman by the name of Anna Culley. He didn't recognize the name at first, but when he saw another record that listed the candidate's full, hyphenated name, Anna Seminerio-Culley, he realized this was the daughter of longtime Queens Democratic assemblyman Anthony Seminerio.

"I was just astonished," said Suraci. "This district is one of the few Republicans have a chance to win. Why would you give it to a Democrat? Why not to someone who espouses the party's principles?"

The answer, in raw political terms, he knew, is a system of mutual back-scratching that serves the leadership of both parties well, if not their constituents. For his part, Anthony Seminerio, a former corrections officer whose brash, shoot-from-the-hip conservatism has made him a kind of force of nature in Queens politics, has repeatedly backed Republicans for higher office (he supported Mayor Giuliani, as well as Governor Pataki). He has made more than $1,500 in contributions from his own political fund to Republican candidates and organizations in the past year. In addition, Seminerio is a close friend of Maltese, the two of them dining frequently at Seminerio's favorite restaurant, La Bella Vita on Rockaway Boulevard.

There are also reciprocal favors paid by the Democrats to the Republicans in that part of Queens. Maltese has had no Democratic opponent on the ballot since 1994. This year, Republican city councilman Dennis Gallagher has no Democratic challenger, like his predecessor and mentor, former councilman and county GOP official Tom Ognibene.

It is an arrangement that troubles many in the Queens organization. "A lot of Republicans in Queens County are not happy about the way the party cross-endorses almost all the Democratic nominees on an almost pro forma basis," said Matt Hunter, a leader of the Forest Park Republican Club who has also tangled with the county party leadership. "We can't quite understand why it is that way."

It is particularly troubling, added Hunter, in the case of a district such as the one Suraci sought to represent, which, he said, is "quite capable of electing a Republican."

The Queens GOP handles judicial nominations in the same closed-door method that has disturbed reformers and prosecutors in Brooklyn: The county leader, in this case, Maltese, sends names of candidates to be interviewed to a screening panel. Frank Kenna, whose family has been active in the Queens GOP for generations and who heads the screening panel for Republican judicial candidates, said he received Seminerio-Culley's name from Maltese. Currently legal secretary to the county's administrative law judge, Seminerio-Culley appeared before the panel and was quickly approved. She was the only candidate interviewed. "I know Joe Suraci," said Kenna. "I know he has run occasionally, but I did not know he wanted to run this time. I never got his name."

Like Hunter, Kenna agreed that the party could win the Civil Court seat in the Third District. "It was a winnable seat," said Kenna, except that Seminerio-Culley carried one clear advantage: her name. "Could a Republican beat a Seminerio? I doubt it. Her father is one of us. We consider him one of our own."

Maltese makes no bones about his friendship with Seminerio. "He told me early on his daughter wanted to run," he said. "She went through the panel and she was accepted. End of story." The county leader said he had no idea Suraci had any interest in running until recently. But it wouldn't have mattered, he added.

"Yes, it's a local district race that a Republican would have a chance to win, if he had some visibility. Joe has none and he obviously doesn't have the confidence of his district leaders," said Maltese.

Like Brooklyn, Queens is not unique in picking judges based on connections rather than ability. Judges are made the same way in Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island as well. "Nobody challenges any of this," said Suraci. "A lot of people are afraid to criticize, that their own political aspirations will be hurt if they do so. It will just go on forever unless someone does."

GRAPHIC: Photo: Joseph Suraci: A Republican locked out of a Civil Court candidacy by his party

Credit: joshua Farley

LOAD-DATE: November 10, 2003

[JR: 1972 ]

[JR: This story was picked up nationally, ran in at least a dozen papers, and popped in all the search engines I frequent. ]

 

 

[News5]

http://infobrix.yellowbrix.com/pages/infobrix/Story.nsp?story_id=43513142&ID=infobrix&scategory=The+Iraq+Situation&

Mount Vernon expands vision of downtown redevelopment
Source: Westchester County Business Journal
Publication date: 2003-10-27
Arrival time: 2003-11-10

The long-discussed plan to develop 19 acres above the MetroNorth Railroad tracks that bisect downtown Mount Vernon is evolving well beyond the hotel and arena plans that have been public for years.

Officials are looking to expand the project into more of a mixed- use complex by adding from 150 to 300 units of condominium apartments as well as retail space large enough for a mall or a few big-box stores.

As a result, Mount Vernon is weeks away from designating developers for the new residential and retail portions of the project, said Gerrie Post, Mount Vernon's commissioner of planning and community development.

"Over the next few month's we'll be getting the pieces together. The private sector is going to play a big role," said Post, who is also executive director of the city Industrial Development Agency

Several developers have expressed interest in the residential project, she said, including LCOR hie. of Berwyn, Pa. LCOR is developer of the $140 million Bank Street Commons project in downtown White Plains, which includes 500 rental apartments in two buildings one block south of Metro-North's White Plains station. An LCOR spokesman said he could not offer immediate comment pending word from executives of the developer.

The project still includes a 300-room hotel to be built by Cornerstone Hospitality Group hie. of Atlanta, as well as a 12,000- seat arena to be built by Michael Haggerty, a former executive of The Equitable Life Assurance Society and current trustee of Iona College. Iona is one of three schools that would use the arena for home games, along with Fordham University and Manhattan College.

Post said Mount Vernon now anticipates the redevelopment project will cost a total $200 million to build. Of that total, the largest share - $70 million - reflects the cost of the arena, while the hotel would cost $40 million. Project cost projections also figure in about $30 million in new infrastructure that would be needed since the project would require a platform be built above the tracks near Metro-North's Mount Vernon station.

Post and Mayor Ernest D. Davis said Mount Vernon is in the process of submitting information about the project to the state Empire State Development Corp., in hopes of receiving subsidies for the project. As part of that submission, the city is developing detailed projections of jobs and taxes to be generated by the redevelopment effort.

Davis, who is seeking re-election on Nov. 4, said officials hope to present their information to Empire State development over the next several weeks.

"We're moving along, working to realize big dreams," Davis said.

Copyright Westfair Communications Oct 27, 2003

Publication date: 2003-10-27

 

 

[News6]

http://infobrix.yellowbrix.com/pages/infobrix/Story.nsp?story_id=43513130&ID=infobrix&scategory=The+Iraq+Situation&

44 employers honored for nurturing employees
Source: Westchester County Business Journal
Publication date: 2003-10-13
Arrival time: 2003-11-10

A New Rochelle coupon-rebate fulfillment business learned five years ago how hiring people with disabilities was more than just a feel-good solution to its ongoing search for employees.

TCA Fulfillment Services had been using a temporary employment agency for years until a valuable staffer left in 1997 for a Rockland County nonprofit agency Determined to keep doing business together, TCA agreed to hire people with disabilities placed there by the staffer and his then-new employer, Jawonio Inc.

"We've employed them in our mailroom. They have been working so well for us that we've started training them in other things, such as rebate inspection and check pressing," said Lynn Giordano, chief executive officer of TCA.

Today, about a dozen people with disabilities are included among the 300 employees of TCA, a $15 million-a-year business based at 145 Huguenot St.

TCA is among 44 businesses, professionals firms, schools and nonprofit groups that will be recognized Oct. 20 for their hiring and integration of people with disabilities into their work forces.

The 43 employers will receive National Disability Employment Awareness Month awards at a breakfast to be held at Doral Arrowwood Conference Resort in Bye Brook. Keynote speaker will be Marsha Gordon, president and CEO of The County Chamber of Commerce Inc.

The breakfast is sponsored by the state Office or Vocational Education Services for Individuals with Disabilities, the county Office for the Disabled and the Westchester Employment Network, a group of public and private nonprofit agencies that promote employment of people with disabilities.

TCA will be singled out for a special statewide award, while a regional award for hiring people with disabilities will go to the Armonk-based law firm Boies Schiller & Flexner L.L.P. Bob Smith of Handmade Poetry in Greenburgh will receive another special award, "employer with a disability."

Other employers to be recognized:

A&P's Yonkers supermarket; Art Works/The Guidance Center in New Rochelle; Babies R Us' store in Yonkers; BJ's Wholesale club in Yorktown; Borders Books; Bright Horizon; Chappaqua Library; Coca- Cola Bottling to.; Community Living Corp. of Mount Kisco; the Costco store in Yonkers; Croton Free Library; The Food Emporium's supermarkets in Briarcliff Manor and Hastings.

Also, Friedman Marketing Services and G&G Shops, both of White Plains; Home Depot; Horace Greeley High School Library; Jawonio; Manhattan College; McDonald's; Modell's Sporting Goods; New Castle Justice Office; Pappalardo Tombini & Wolff L.L.P. of Elmsford; Somers-based Pepsi Bottling Group; PIP Printing; the Radio Shack in Mount Kisco; the Rite-Aid store in Chappaqua; the Sears store in White Plains; SER of Westchester Inc. of White Plains.

ShopRite supermarkets in Croton-on-Hudson and Yonkers; Stop & Shop markets in Somers, Tarrytown and White Plains; Sylvest Coffee & Repair Service Inc. of Yonkers; Taco Bell; Tangredi & Associates of White Plains; the county departments of correction, social services and senior programs and services; Westchester ARC in Ossining and Mount Kisco; Westchester Independent Living Center; Westchester School for the Special Children.

Copyright Westfair Communications Oct 13, 2003

Publication date: 2003-10-13

 

 

[RESUMES]

CIC'S SUGGESTION: Everyone who works for a major corporation should send resumes placed here into their HR system or department. While you may not see the value, it may be that one thing that delivers an opportunity to a fellow Jasper that changes their life.

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
11/16/03 Sunday Volleyball   MAAC Championships (at Siena)   Loudonville, NY   TBA 
11/22/03 Saturday Cross Country   IC4A/ECAC Championships   HOME   10:00 AM
11/22/03 Saturday W. Basketball   Central Florida   HOME   2:00 PM
11/23/03 Sunday W. Swimming   Hunter College   New York, NY   1:00 PM
11/24/03 Monday Cross Country   NCAA Championships   Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA   1:00 PM
11/24/03 Monday M. Basketball   Columbia#   White Plains, NY   9:00 PM
11/28/03 Friday W. Basketball   Middle Tennessee State @   Boca Raton, FL   5:00 PM
11/29/03 Saturday W. Basketball   Florida Atlantic/Norfolk State @   Boca Raton, FL   TBA 
11/29/03 Saturday M. Basketball   Fordham   HOME   7:00 PM
…………November events downloaded 20 Oct 03
12/1/03 Monday Track & Field   Manhattan Heptathlon/Pentathlon   HOME   2:00 PM
12/2/03 Tuesday Track & Field   Manhattan Heptathlon   HOME   10:00 AM
12/2/03 Tuesday M. Basketball   Wichita State   HOME   7:00 PM
12/4/03 Thursday W. Swimming   St. Joseph's/SUNY-Old Westbury   Patchogue, NY   6:00 PM
12/4/03 Thursday W. Basketball   Fairfield*   Fairfield, CT   7:30 PM
12/5/03 Friday M. Basketball   Fairfield*   Fairfield, CT   7:30 PM
12/7/03 Sunday Track & Field   Princeton Invitational   Princeton, NJ   11:00 AM
12/7/03 Sunday W. Basketball   Loyola (MD)*   Baltimore, MD   2:00 PM
12/7/03 Sunday M. Basketball   Rider*   HOME   2:00 PM
12/10/03 Wednesday W. Basketball   DePaul   HOME   7:00 PM
12/12/03 Friday Track & Field   Fordham Invitational   Bronx, NY   TBA 
12/17/03 Wednesday M. Basketball   Syracuse   Syracuse, NY   7:00 PM
12/20/03 Saturday M. Basketball   Richmond$   New York, NY   2:30 PM
12/22/03 Monday W. Basketball   Delaware   Newark, DE   7:00 PM
12/28/03 Sunday W. Basketball   Wagner   HOME   2:00 PM
12/28/03 Sunday M. Basketball   Holy Cross%   New York, NY   2:00 PM
12/29/03 Monday M. Basketball   St. John's/Pennsylvania%   New York, NY   TBA 
12/31/03 Wednesday M. Basketball   Hofstra   HOME   5:00 PM
…………December events downloaded 08 Nov 03

 

[Sports from College]

MEN'S BASKETBALL WINS EXHIBITION GAME, 90-68

Riverdale, NY (November 14, 2003)- Junior Peter Mulligan led five Jaspers in double figures with 16 points as Manhattan downed the 320 All-Stars, 90-68, in an exhibition game tonight at Draddy Gym. more...

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 VOLLEYBALL TAKES FOUR ALL-MAAC AWARDS

Edison, NJ (November 14, 2003) – The Lady Jaspers took home four 2003 MAAC Conference awards, it was announced tonight at the MAAC awards banquet. Senior tri-captain Luka Van Cauteren was named the MAAC Player of the Year. Joining her on the First Team was sophomore Maggie Pfeifer. Pfeifer and Van Cauteren were also named to the 2003 New York Lottery Volleyball All-Academic Team. more...

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SWIMMING DEFEATS SARAH LAWRENCE, 131-108

Bronxville, NY (November 13, 2003)- The Manhattan College women's swimming team evened their record at 3-3 with a 131-108 win over Sarah Lawrence. Freshman Courtney Arduini broke another school record, her seventh of the young season, touching in with a time of 34.05 in the 50 breaststroke. more...

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 VAN CAUTEREN NAMED TO COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT I TEAM

Riverdale, NY (November 13, 2003) – Announced today by COSIDA, senior tri-captain Luka Van Cauteren was named to the 2003 CoSIDA Academic All-District I Volleyball First Team. Van Cauteren, a computer science major, holds a 3.719 GPA. With the First team selection, Van Cauteren will move onto the national ballot. more...

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 VOLLEYBALL TAKES LAST HOME GAME, 3-0

Riverdale, NY (November 12, 2003) – The Lady Jaspers defeated St. Francis (NY) to take their last match of the season, improving to 19-11 overall. Manhattan knocked the Terriers in three games with the scores of 30-18, 30-23, and 30-26. Senior tri-captain Luka Van Cauteren led the way with 15 kills, 12 assists and a .333 hitting percentage. more...

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[Sports from News & Web]

http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?wcd=15131

GALVESTON COUNTY DAILY NEWS
Texas' Oldest Newspaper
http://galvestondailynews.com
Copyright © 2003 Galveston County Daily News
Foster: NIT a building block for season
Published November 12, 2003

Every year, since 1985, the Preseason National Invitation Tournament and a few other NCAA — approved special games open the college basketball season.

Most college coaches actively seek to be invited to this historic and prestigious event. This is not to be confused with the postseason event entitled the National Invitation Tournament which began in 1938 by a group of New York City sports writers known as the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association.

Why? They conceived the idea to determine a national champion. Talk about being creative — this tournament, played in Madison Square Garden, preceded what is now known as the NCAA Tournament.

The committee that now conducts both tournaments, currently sponsored by Owens Corning, is headed by Jack Powers, the former coach of Manhattan College. Of course, the tourney in March, by invitation only, is currently numbered at 40 entries and they are invited immediately after the NCAA makes its postseason announcement of 65 teams. Thus the “Road to the Final Four” actually began as the National Invitation Tournament and, only later, the number one tourney became the NCAA Tournament.

There are several benefits to the Preseason NIT. First, to open up the college basketball season is exciting and these games get a lot of national exposure. Secondly, each game is usually a TV game, and lastly, it gives teams an excellent opportunity to move up the ladder in the rankings.

Several years in advance, 16 schools are invited to participate, but pairings are not announced until May, preceding the upcoming season. The committee has already gone through every coach’s request and that is for a home game. This year’s eight games begin next Monday with preseason top-ranked Connecticut, Nevada, Utah, Georgia Tech, Texas Tech, Minnesota and others competing.

Locally, Davidson plays at Texas Tech on Tuesday which will be one of the nationally televised games. First-round games are usually interesting matchups. Many of the games have a typical, “David vs. Goliath” touch which can bring some upsets.

The semifinals and finals for this year’s preseason NIT will be Nov. 26 and 28 in Madison Square Garden.

NCAA rules currently allow a school to play in only two of four years in these preseason games (this is being contested as of this writing). This is an attempt to reduce the total number of games that a college basketball team might play.

This is a very well-run tournament — lots of good competition and the “carrot at the end” for several days in New York City.

National TV appearances, the crowning of the NIT champion and the possibility of a big move up in the national rankings are all featured attractions.

The finals, as always, will be in Madison Square Garden.

Bill Foster is special assistant to the Commissioner of the Western Athletic Conference. He writes a weekly basketball column for The Daily News. Any comments or questions can be sent to sports.desk@galvnews.com.

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[EMAIL FROM JASPERS]

[Email01]

From: erin m mcgrath - class of '92
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 9:34 PM
Subject: '92 alum

hi. i saw the jasper jottings email and wanted to join. can you please add me to your mailing? or let me know what else i should do. thank you kindly. my email is <privacy invoked>

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Date: 2003/11/07 Fri AM 08:54:03 EST
To: erin m mcgrath - class of '92
Subject: RE: '92 alum

Sure but who are you?

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From: erin m mcgrath - class of '92
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: RE: '92 alum

i guess that would help.

erin m mcgrath
class of '92

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[JR: Yup. I am trying to be a better clerk and record all the important people I come in contact with, like yourself. I am sure there are Jaspers out there who want to know what's been keeping you busy and away from us for the last few years. ]

 

 

[Email02]

From: Michael (1973) McFadden
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: http://ferdinand_reinke.tripod.com/jasperjottings20031102.htm

Hi John!

Just wanted you to know that the newsletter note did indeed generate at least two sales so far!  That may not seem like a lot, but I've noticed that most of the mailing lists I belong to haven't generated a whole lot either, and most of those are composed of activists on the subject!

I don't know if a book review would be a fitting subject for the newsletter, but if so, you might want to check out Alan Caruba's review at Anti-Smoking Campaign is Anti-Freedom -- 11/07/2003

The review got picked up and reprinted on several different web venues as well!

Hope all is well!

  :)

Michael

[JR: Well, at least this is as good as others. And posting a review would be a crass plug which I couldn't possibly accommodate. It would be beyond the scope of the newsletter to take up so much space tooting your horn. But, if the readers want it they can get is at the URL below. ]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1016581/posts

Anti-Smoking Campaign Is Anti-Freedom
Toogood ^ | 11/9/03 | Alan Caruba
Posted on 11/06/2003 9:47 PM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection

I am a smoker. I literally start my workday by lighting up one of the two or three cigars I puff my way through every day. I could quit if I wanted to, but I don´t. I like smoking cigars. My father smoked a pipe for as long as I knew him. My Mother never smoked, but was around his so-called "second-hand smoke" her entire life. She died at age 98. He died at age 93.

I was moved to think about this by an intriguing book by Michael J. McFadden, "Dissecting Antismoker's Brains" ($21.95, Aethna Press, visit www.AntiBrains.com). Its ultimate concern is yet another United Nations´ plan to control everyone´s life; a ban on all tobacco use initiated in 1975 and being pursued by its World Health Organization. Its immediate concern is the way Americans in particular have been lied to and manipulated by a diabolical campaign to deprive us of the choice to smoke or not. This campaign is essentially about taking away a freedom we thought we had.

Two organizations, Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) and Group Against Smoker´s Pollution (GASP) have been around a long time spewing out enough lies about smoking to fill a library or two. McFadden points out their tactic was to make non-smokers feel separated from smokers as "a distinctly important group." The threat smokers were said to represent never existed. Going all the way back to the 1979 Surgeon General´s report, the science then and now demonstrates that "Evidence that tobacco smoke is antigenic in man, however, is meager and controversial…"

A leading epidemiologist, Michael Thun, was quoted in the Washington Post earlier this year saying, "There´s no definitive way of establishing the cause of a cancer in an individual. Are there people that develop lung cancer without exposures (to any of the known cancer-causing agents)? No one knows." While logic suggests that smokers are more likely to develop lung cancer, the fact is, "no one knows" if this is the trigger or whether a genetic or other factor played a role. However, on the basis that smoking automatically leads to lung cancer, the American Lung Association is the third organization, along with ASH and GASP, to work endlessly to restrict the right to smoke anywhere and everywhere.

So, if you eliminate the argument that smoking in the workplace, in restaurants and other public places poses no scientifically verifiable threat to anyone, it is simply astounding to contemplate that, by the middle of 2001, the American Medical Association reported that states were spending more than $880 million on antismoking activities. This is such an appalling waste of money that could be allocated to the real social problems, one would expect some public outrage, but as McFadden points out, we´ve been effectively brainwashed to think that a real health threat exists, smokers are less deserving of their Constitutional rights as others, and that anti-smoking programs are working.

Columnist George Will wrote in May that "tobacco policy radiates contempt for law. Cynical lawmaking produced the $246 billion settlement of an extortionate suit by 46 state governments against major tobacco companies, purportedly as recompense for smoking-related health care costs. Never mind that governments probably profit from smoking in two ways. Cigarettes are the most heavily taxes consumer product, but are not usually not taxed so heavily that too many smokers give up the lucrative (for governments) habit. Furthermore, governments reap savings in the form of reduced spending for Social Security, pensions and nursing home care for persons who die prematurely from smoking-related illnesses." The hypocrisy, if not outright criminality, i.e., extortion, involved in the punitive lawsuits against the tobacco companies, is yet another cause for outrage, but it´s just not there.

Discriminating against smokers has become an acceptable prejudice in America thanks to the way they have been identified as a threat to everyone around them. As McFadden points out though, "If by some chance they (the anti-smoking campaigners) succeeded in eliminating smoking from the face of the earth there would be virtually no time lapse before they sank their fangs into Big Auto, Big Meat, Big Soda, or whatever supposedly idealistic cause was out there that would promise them Big Money and Big Power."

The fact is, there are groups already engaged in activities designed to exploit or destroy these industries and we see this in the work of the "food police" advocates, the "animal rights" propagandists, and the incessant hatred directed against SUVs by environmentalists.

In America, the power to control your life and everyone else´s presumably is based on the "consent of the governed", but the restrictions on smoking were generated primarily from the courts. Legislators went along because it promised a new source of funding for their endless schemes. The problem is that everyone lost and everyone loses when the lifestyle choice to smoke or not is denied.

It is a pure fiction that people are safer in so-called "smoke-free" facilities. The science concerning the amount of measurable compounds to which they are exposed demonstrates it is so infinitesimal as to pose no threat whatever. In 1989, the report of the Surgeon General noted that close to 90% of the weight of tobacco smoke is composed of oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and plain water. These are natural and necessary components of the environment. Scare campaigns, however, have succeeded in creating fears about smoking that have ultimately deprived everyone of the freedom to smoke anywhere.

Giving up just one freedom is giving up one freedom too many. Everyone pays a price for the loss of any freedom to anyone or any group. That is why, in America, we defend the right of people with whom we disagree to express themselves. You may or may not be a smoker, but you should have a very real concern about the anti-smoking politicians and others who continue to trample on freedom.

[JR: toot! Toot! ]

 

 

[Email03]

From: Michael F. McEneney
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 12:34 AM
Subject: Accounting Society

Dear John,

              Last night I had the privilege of representing the Alumni Society at the Manhattan College Accounting Society's Annual Dinner which was held at Rory Dolan's Restaurant on McLean Avenue in Yonkers.

               I was impressed by how focused these bright students were. Many had a good idea about where they wanted to be after graduation. A number on them expressed an interest in attending Law School after they completed their three years of Public Accounting experience so they might combine a CPA with a JD.

               In addition to the Society's Moderator, Prof. Mary Michel, Dean James Suarez, Prof. Al Petrocine,  and Prof. Walter Baggett were there from the School of Business. Marge Apel, Director of Career Services and her Assistant Doris Pechman were also there to offer advice and guidance to the undergraduates. The high light of the evening for me was spending time with my old Accounting Professor, Mike Mestice! Mike is retired but still is very interested in the students and alumni and is very enjoyable to be with.

               I recommend to all the Accounting Majors out there to try and make next years dinner and get to meet the students and maybe guide them in their career choices.

                             Best,
                     Mike McEneney, Esq. '53 BBA

[JR: Ahh, Mike, if it weren't for you I'd be unaware of some of this stuff. Maybe you could remind us next year in advance of the date enough for the busy readers to factor it into their plans. ]

 

 

[Email04]

From: John (1974) O'Connor
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 11:33 AM
Subject: Announcement for the Jasper Jottings

For any Jaspers who are also alumni of St. Elizabeth's School, 187th Street in NYC, an "All Class Reunion" is being planned for Saturday March 27, 2004.  Mass will be celebrated in the Church at 1 PM, followed by the reunion in the School from 2-5 PM.

Additional Information and registration forms are available at the St Elizabeth School web site: http://www.steliznyc.org/

[JR: I am sorry but we must restrict the topics to those germane to the MC alums who read it. Lest I be criticized for allowing the emails to range to far afield. So I can't possibly include your notice. ]

 

 

[Email05]

Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 1:15 PM
To: Karen E. (????) Christie
Subject: FW: Returned mail: User unknown

Dear Jasper Karen:

Under the heading of no good deed goes unpunished -- ;-) --can you help me reconnect with Jasper Dowd?

CIC John '68

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Date: 26 Apr 2000 23:36:13 -0000
Message-ID: <956792173.21059.qmail@ech>
To: jasperjottings-owner@listbot.com
Subject: Re: Jasper Jottings 04/21/00
From: Karen E Christie
Delivered-To: forwarder for jasperjottings@listbot.com
Mailing-List: ListBot mailing list contact jasperjottings-help@listbot.com

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The following message was received at jasperjottings-owner@listbot.com and is being forwarded to you, the list owner.

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Dear John (Collector-in-Chief!)

Thank you for your weekly Jasperjottings.  I recently spoke to two Alumni Jaspers, and they are evidently not on your e-mail list.  I am therefore sending you these two new addresses.

Thank you, Steve

Doug Dowd - Class of 1994 - <privacy invoked>

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[Email06]

From: Juan Calderon
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 10:33 PM
Subject: I'd like to join

I would like to receive the bi-weekly newsletter that Manhattan College gives alumni.  Please add my name to the mailing list.

Thank you in advance.
Juan Calderón
Class of 2001
School of Business
BS: Business Administration
Concentration: Computer Information Systems

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From: john.reinke
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 11:22 PM
Subject: RE: I'd like to join

Dear Jasper Juan:

I would love to send you the Jottings that I produce. In your email there was enough to want me to make sure that you knew what I was producing. It's weekly. There is no official connection between my ezine and the College. Although many people at the College receive it and I share my stuff willingly with them, it's not "official". I collect "stuff", including what our fellow Jaspers send me, compile it into a format I think is useful, and ship it out. If that's what you want, just confirm and I'll put you on the list. If not, then all's well. So there is no confusion, I have appended my standard "offering letter" below. I promise to protect your privacy just as I would my own.

Best wishes,
"Collector In Chief" John'68

<extraneous deleted>

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From: Juan Calderon (2001)
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 12:31 AM
Subject: RE: I'd like to join

John,

No problem, sign me up.

Juan

[JR: Bi=weekly. The College couldn't pay me enough! Maybe when I retire. ]

 

 

[Email07]

From: Josette A. Labrum (1990) 
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 12:28 PM
Subject: Re: Hello from a 1968 Jasper on 03 Nov 2003

In a message dated 11/3/2003 4:19:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, john.reinke@att.net writes:

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John,

Please include me and thank you for contacting me!!

Josette

[JR: Glad to have you join us. ]

 

 

[Email08]

From: Allison Hiltz (S????)
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 9:14 AM
Subject: Re: Hello from a 1968 Jasper on 25 Aug 2003

Please add me to your emailing list.  Thank you.

[JR:  Added. You're welcome. ]

 

 

[Email09]

From: Joseph Meehan (1951)
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 1:06 PM
Subject:

Hi John........Enjoyed reading your latest issue. Please add me to your e-mail list.

Joe Meehan '51

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From: John Reinke
To: Joseph Meehan (1951)
Sent: 11/13/2003 3:18:23 PM
Subject: RE: add

Hi Joe: Done. So how did you find us? We need to know who to "blame" for letting the "secret" out. ;-) John'68

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From: Joseph Meehan
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 12:34 AM
Subject: RE: add

Joe Sullivan from Atlanta, Ga.

[JR: And a big J to him for recruiting another reader. If everybody recruited one, then I would think we were really on to something here. ]

 

 

[Email10]

From: Suzanne Giugliano (1990)
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: http://ferdinand_reinke.tripod.com/jasperjottings20031109.htm

Thanks for posting the information about the Jazz concert.  I will try to resist in asking you to post additional events, it's just that Jasper Jottings is an incredible networking tool for all good things!

[JR: For a good cause. Now about the 90 year old kissing nun for the Class of 195x Jaspers who come to your events … … … ]

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From: Kerry Rood
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 5:15 PM
Subject: Covenant House Events

Hi John,

I'd like to submit these two events for your e-newsletter. (My co-worker is a fellow alumn of yours - Suzanne Giugliano) Thanks so much!

Kerry Rood
Development Associate, Funding & PR
Covenant House New York
460 W. 41st St. (and 10th Ave.)

NY, NY 10036
212-330-0582 (v) 212-239-8781 (f)

Sign up for our enewsletter at www.covenanthouseny.org!

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JAZZ FOR PEACE  with Rick DellaRatta and special guests
A Jazz and Bossa Nova Concert to Benefit Covenant House New York

Saturday, November 29
8 pm
$15

JAZZ ON THE PARK
36 W 106th St (Duke Ellington Blvd)
between Manhattan Ave & Central Park W
Subway - C Train to 103rd St

$5 of the ticket price will go directly to Covenant House New York's programs for homeless, runaway and at-risk youth. For tickets, call 212-947-1104 or email jazzforpeace@rcn.com

 Jazz for Peace? join forces with multi-cultural musicians to spread peace through the art of jazz. Jazz For Peace? provides live concerts and more to under-privileged children worldwide.

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Personal Space Theatrics Presents ...  A Christmas Carol, in Concert

Thursday, December 11, 2003
Covenant House Auditorium, 346 W. 17th St. (& 9th Ave.)
7:30 pm

$15-$35 per ticket, depending on section. Discounts for full-time students, seniors, children under 18, military, NYPD & NYFD. Contact Kerry at 212-330-0582 or krood@covenanthouse.org for more information and to purchase tickets.

For any tickets sold through Covenant House New York, 50 percent of the ticket price will go directly to Covenant House's programs for homeless, runaway and at-risk youth.

Adapted from Dickens' novel by Personal Space Theatrics artistic director Stephen Wargo, with musical arrangements by Dianne Adams McDowell. A Christmas Carol ? in Concert offers its audience a direct account of the quintessential Christmas tale. Presented concert-style, 49 actor/singers ~ scripts in hand ~ use only Dickens' words and 22 classic holiday carols and hymns to relate the story. This performance unearths the simple, powerful truths of the original tale: of the singular joys of the season and of the potential for change in each of our lives.

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[JR: Now about the 90 year old nun for kissing the alums of the Class of the 195x's? That Suzanne promised as a special inducement to get the old rich guys to your events!]

 

 

[Email11]

From: Michael Toner
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 10:02 AM
Subject: Re: http://ferdinand_reinke.tripod.com/jasperjottings20031109.htm

> We have had families for thousands of years but now we seem to think
> we can't do it "better". Back to basics, back to original intent, back
> to sanity.

>
> And that’s the last word.
>
> Curmudgeon

Dear Curmudgeon,

As always, thanks very much for the considerable effort you put forth every week with "Jottings."  It is much appreciated

I wish, however, to take some exception with your selection of sanctimonious Senator Santorum's remarks and your comments in "the last word"

I couldn't agree more that there should be societal support for families raising children. But Senator Santorum's efforts here and the "Defense of Marriage" movement in general is not so much about generating societal support as it is about institutionalizing discrimination against our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters who wish to formalize their commitments, form loving families and receive the societal benefits that marriage affords. It is just so hard to understand what threat two people who want to formalize their love for each other poses to society or the institution of marriage. I hope the good people of this nation will end this right wing putsch in November of '04.

I am surprised that your oft expressed libertarian views lead you to support the government's defining of what is and is not a "correct" relationship for people to freely enter into.

Thanks for your attention and efforts with JJ.

mike toner
BEE '72

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Dear Mike:

John has given me some extra space this week to respond.

Let me see if I understand your point. You think I support the government's intrusion into all the non-Constitutional activities that it has gotten itself into, like Senator Steve wants us to. Well, I think you can often reduce an argument to absurdity by insisting that the government carry its activities to their logical conclusion. No exceptions, no distinctions, no if, ands, or butts.

For example, Rush's bout with pain killers means that the Drug Warriors if they want to be consistent need to treat him like any other poor black man and hang him with a felony conviction. Strange how they have been so silent? I of course oppose the government when it seeks to be so absurd as to tell us what we can drink (Prohibition) and when it overrides the State of California – ignoring the 10th amendment -- following the express wishes of its citizens on Medical Marihuana. So I think all right-minded individuals should be demanding action on this high-profile drug case.

Similarly, if the state is going to be in the marriage business, then it has to be fully into it. If they want to regulate it, -- to protect the children of course and they do such a great job of that --, then they have to get into all the slippery details of regulating it.

Here's three URLs to see how real "libertarians" would "privatize" marriage.

http://slate.msn.com/id/2085127

http://www.ifeminists.net/introduction/editorials/2003/0805.html

http://www.indegayforum.org/authors/boaz/boaz2.html

You might say that there is never a need for government in a free society. Probably, the one true function of government is to protect our rights. And, if it gets out of the constitution shackles, it becomes an oppressor and killer. If you get a chance to see "Innocents Betrayed". It's 58 minutes that will open eyes. Destroy myths. Change minds. Save lives.

http://www.jpfo.org/ib-orders.htm

No, I don't think I have left the libertarian fold. But, if you are going to "defend" marriage, then you have to take it to extremes. That will demonstrate Liberty's powerful appeal.

Thanks to John for the venue, and for a chance to amplify the discussion. I hope you'll see the irony in the thinking.

Curmudgeon
a Jasper who needs his privacy

 

 

[Email12]

From: Angel Lara (2002)
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 2:12 PM
Subject: RE: Hello from a 1968 Jasper on 11 Nov 2003

John,

Thanks for inviting me. Please do add me to your list.

My email address is: <privacy invoked>

Excellent work,
Angel Lara '02

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From: Angel Lara
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 10:04 PM
Subject: Story of a 2002 Post-911 Jasper Graduate (please post, no edit)

     During my senior year at Manhattan College in 2002 I've met with USMC Captain that was promoting on campus about officer programs. I read all about these programs and became interested in the "ground" option instead of the other ones such as "law" or "air." The "ground" option nowadays are rare opportunities that competition for these slots, when available, are fiercely intense. The entire application process took me approximately 1.5 years. During that time, I was preparing myself physically and mentally but mostly waiting for slots to open up.  I've even turned down an FBI opportunity when I was notified to go through the first phase.

      Finally, I received word that for the Officer Candidate Class of 184, held in October '03, there will be "ground" slots available. That meant that my application package will be sent from the Officer Selection Office, on 1 July '03, to the board that meets on the first week of August '03 to review every applicant's package for selection into this class.  Two months later, on the last week of August '03, I was notified that my application package was non-selected due to a non-competitive Physical Fitness score of 273 out of a possible 300.  Based on discussion boards on websites, it appeared that most of the applicant's that were selected for the "ground" option had prior-service in the military and very few civilians actually were selected.

      The news of being non-selected for OCC-184 hit hard. I was asked what I wanted to do afterwards by the Captain and I simply told him that I will keep trying to raise my PFT score. Most applicant's apply up to about four times until they get into a class. Applying more than one time meant that you'll have to wait even longer. In my case, I hadn't had a job since graduation and I've already waited long for this grand opportunity to be Officer of Marines. With a recession going in the economy, the unemployment rate going up each month, and the companies  not wanting to hire me due to either lack of professional hands-on experience or overqualified to do such things as doing package handling at the UPS. It's comical.

      Rather than re-applying to Officer Candidates School, I decided to enlist in the Marines on an active-duty contract with a Military Occupational Specialty of Data Systems and a rank of Private First Class (E-2). A job that is related to my college major; Computer Information Systems. I didn't want just reserves. I needed to start my career now! I didn't mind the lower rank with a college degree. I could have been 2nd Lieutenant. I just wanted to be a Marine and be part the most elite military organization in the world. I'm very motivated and excited to take on a 13-week intense training at Parris Island in South Carolina beginning on November 17th 2003. If anyone wishes to send me inspirational letters to help me get through bootcamp, my recruiter, Staff Sergeant Adams, can be reached at (914) 714-9831 for information regarding my specific bootcamp address. Three great books have motivated me even! futher; "Into The Crucible" by Ja mes B. Woulfe, "Making the Corps" by Thomas E. Ricks, and "Fields of Fire" by James Webb. I can't wait until the Drill Instructors wipe out this nasty civilian and make me into a UNITED STATES MARINE! OO-RAH!

"Poolee" Lara

[JR: No edit, as requested. I could have given you some advice about dealing with "military recruiters". But since you have already decided your course, Good luck and God bless. (I am curious what part of this you thought I would censor?) ]

 

 

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FINAL WORDS THIS WEEK

http://www.sobran.com/columns/2003/031030.shtml

IMPLIED OR USURPED?
October 30, 2003
by Joe Sobran

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     Whenever Congress wrangles about the Federal budget and deficits, I have the same futile thought: Why don't they just stop spending money unconstitutionally?

     Two of the biggest items in the budget, for example, are Social Security and Medicare. The U.S. Constitution doesn't authorize either program. Eliminating them would save the taxpayers trillions of dollars.

     If you read the Constitution, you'll find the legislative powers of Congress carefully enumerated. These powers, fewer than two dozen, don't include welfare spending.

     But somehow the idea has grown up that the Federal Government has, in addition to its express powers, an indefinite number and range of "implied" powers. But the Constitution also makes it quite clear that the only "implied" powers of Congress are those which are "necessary and proper" for the execution of the powers explicitly listed. Aside from these, the Tenth Amendment makes it equally clear that all implied powers are reserved to the states and the people.

<extraneous deleted>

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Well, sooner or later, probably sooner, the Social Security / Medicare Ponzi scheme will implode. I remember reading about a study that compared Americans belief that there was about a greater probability of finding intelligent alien life than the probability of them getting Social Security.

Honest money? Where do you think the money for the various Wars are coming from and at the same time budget busting social spending? Yup, the printing press. Are you ready for some inflation? When the foreigners get tired of sending us cards for pretty pieces of paper, what do you guess the cost of an ounce of gold will be? Oil is being priced in euro is just the first step to the rejection of the dollar as the world's reserve currency.

The Islamic Gold Dinar may even displace the Euro. "A time is certainly coming over mankind in which there will be nothing [left] which will be of use save a dinar and a dirham." (The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal). The World Islamic Trading Organisation following the standard of Umar Ibn al-Khattab, established the following standard: DINAR Weight: 4.25 grams; Alloy: 22 carats (0.916) Gold; Diameter: 23 millimetres. If their governments can resist debasing it.

The rejection of the dollar will signal the end of the American Empire and send us down the road that the Romans, the French, the German, the English, and all empires have traveled. Honest money is the bedrock of freedom from government.

And that’s the last word.

Curmudgeon

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