Sunday 21 November 2004
Dear Jaspers,
658 are active on the Distribute site. There are 21 bouncing.
The new MC Alumni database is online and I am getting class years again.
Remember though for news all I have are automated scans, SO, I depend on you the readers to be my "intelligent eyes". When you all find things they are by definition relevant since they are usually "invisible" to me.
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This issue is at: http://www.jasperjottings.com/jasperjottings20041121.htm
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We Dec 15 Gulf Coast Alumni Club Luncheon
--- University Club in Sarasota, Fl. at 12:30PM
--- contact Neil O'Leary '60A c/o Jasper Jottings
We Jan 26 Treasure Coast FL Alumni Holiday Inn
--- on US 1 in Stuart, Florida at noon
--- contact Ed Plumeau '52A c/o Jasper Jottings
We Mar 16 Treasure Coast FL Alumni Holiday Inn
--- on US 1 in Stuart, Florida at noon
--- contact Ed Plumeau '52A c/o Jasper Jottings
Wkend Apr 2-3 '05
--- Relay For Life '04 was a first time event for Manhattan College, and we
helped
--- raise close to $20,000. How will you get involved and make this year's
Relay
--- For Life even more successful
--- Form teams with alumni (Class of '79, 82, etc.)
--- Form Teams with family and/or co-workers
--- Sponsor student teams on-campus
--- Find companies that can help underwrite the event
--- Speak on your experiences of Cancer in your life at the event
--- Be part of the planning team for Relay for Life '05
----- Contact Kinah Ventura-Rosas at 718-862-7477
----- or e-mail at kinah.ventura AT manhattan.edu
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My list of Jaspers who are in harms way:
- Afghanistan
- - Feldman, Aaron (1997)
- Iraq
- - Mortillo, Steven F., son of Mortillo,
Steve (1980)
- - Sekhri, Sachin (2000)
… … my thoughts are with you and all that I don't know about.
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Former
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Larry Williams, a Louisville basketball player in the 1970s who later spent five seasons in Europe, died at age 48.
Williams' body was found at a Louisville motel Saturday, Jefferson County Deputy Coroner R.D. Jones said. The cause of death was not immediately determined. There was no sign of foul play, and Jones said he was awaiting toxicology results.
"I'll remember him as a man who came from a tough environment who did really well," former Louisville coach Denny Crum said. "He gave back to this community. I just saw him a couple of months ago. He seemed to be doing well. I'm shocked. Shocked."
Williams, who grew up in Chicago and was in a gang by the time he was 9, played at Louisville from 1975-79. The 6-foot-9 forward had his best season in 1976-77, averaging 13 points.
Williams was drafted by the Denver Nuggets (news) but then
cut. He played in the Continental Basketball Association, then
went to
Williams returned to Chicago but moved back to Louisville in 1990 after his wife, Nancy, died of breast cancer. His son, Larry Jr., plays basketball at Chattanooga State Technical Community College.
Williams had been executive director and chief executive officer of Plymouth Community Renewal Center in West Louisville since early last year. He resigned recently for health reasons, said Virginia Bradford, chairman of the center's board.
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I read sadness in this story. A wife dying of breast cancer. A disease that strikes home in the Jasper family. An athlete of some ability cut short. A son now alone. It makes you wonder how some of us are allocated many years to achieve our purpose and other but a few. Saddening. We best be all about accomplishing our slated tasks, learning our lessons well, lest the class come to an end before we finish.
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
john.reinke--AT--att.net
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RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Manhattan College’s Model United Nations
team recently won the award for outstanding overall performance, as well as
three committee awards, at the first-ever Invitational Model United Nations
(IMUN) Conference held November 10 to 13 in Washington, D.C. The conference,
which is designed to help prepare students to compete in the national annual
spring conference in
The College’s delegation of 14 students represented
Michael Brady ’05 and Jamie LaMarco
’07, part of the committee on trade and development, won for their negotiations
in trade and development issues including intellectual property rights,
globalization, electronic trade and agricultural trade. Heather Anen ’05 and Nicole Pollio ’05,
on the environment committee, received the award for their handling of climate
change issues, energy consumption and the preservation of biological diversity.
Annamaria Eder ’07 and
French exchange student Nadia Djebaili, part of the
general assembly committee, won for their dealing on refugee issues including
crime against refugees, refugee resettlement and providing for basic needs of
refugees.
Dr. Pamela Chasek, assistant
professor of government and director of the College’s International Studies
Program, serves as faculty advisor to the Model UN program. Dr. Chasek invited international studies majors, government
majors and students enrolled in her international organizations course to
participate in the IMUN Conference. The delegation resulted in a mix of
students majoring in communications, government and international studies.
[JR: Reported without editorializing. ]
[JR: The following has been reported by my spies. ]
Christ Mulios
BEEE 1989
Birth Announcement --- my son: Elias Paul Mulios March 30, 2004
Change in Job Title --- Associate Director of Information Technology @ Ethical Culture Fieldston School
[JR: Congrats and best wishes, for both reasons. ]
[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.
The Times
THREE STAR EDITION
SECTION: CAPITAL REGION; Pg. B6
HEADLINE: Lelewicz, Sr. Virginia C.R.
CASTLETON -- Sister Virginia (Helen) Lelewicz C.R., age 84, was born to eternal life on November 14, 2004 at Resurrection Nursing Home in Castleton, N.Y. where she had been a resident since June of 2003. Prior to this time she resided at the Provincialate of the Sisters of the Resurrection in Castleton.
Sister entered the Sisters of the Resurrection on August 15,
1938 and professed her final vows on August 15, 1945. She celebrated 60 years
of religious profession in 2000. She received her B.A. from the College of St.
Rose in Albany, and three M.A.'s from Manhattan College in New York. Sister
ministered in the Church and Community in the apostolates
of teaching and guidance counseling. Her assignments took her to St. Adalbert in Schenectady, St. Michael in Cohoes, St. Casimir in Yonkers, St. Francis in Newburg, St. Joseph in Poughkeepsie
and 23 years in Maria Regina High School in Hartsdale. Born in Yonkers, N.Y.,
Sister Virginia was the daughter of the late Bronislaw
and Amelia Waluk Lelewicz.
Sister is survived by two sisters, Mary Stroney and
Josephine Lelewicz, both of Yonkers. A Mass of
Christian Burial will be celebrated at
LOAD-DATE: November 16, 2004
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Austin American-Statesman (
SECTION: METRO/STATE; Pg. B4
HEADLINE: FUNERALS AND MEMORIALS
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Joseph A. Sullivan, Sr.
Joseph A. Sullivan, Sr., died on November 11, 2004. He was born on March 6, 1927, to Daniel and Margaret Sullivan in Boston, Mass. He graduated from Manhattan College in 1952, and worked most of his career for IBM. He also taught business management at Champlain College in Burlington, Vt., ACC and Sierra Nevada College in Incline Village.
Joe loved sports and coached Little League Baseball teams and inspired his children to participate in sports. An avid golfer, Joe enjoyed marshalling at the Legends of Golf tournament at the Onion Creek Club where he was a member. Politics were important to Joe. He was active in the Republican Party in Vermont and served as a Trustee on the Incline Village Town Council. He loved singing and music, especially listening to Barbershop Quartets and Dixieland Jazz.
Joe leaves behind many family and friends. His wife, Julie; children, Joe, Jr., Mary, Ellen and Jack, and son-in-law Devin, daughter-in-law, Cynthia as well as grandchildren, Julie, Erin, John and Emily; his sister, Elaine; and brothers, Daniel, Philip and John.
Calling hours are at 4114 Honeycomb Rock Circle on Sunday, from 4:00-7:00 p.m. A Memorial Service is being held at St. Theresa's Catholic Church on Monday, Nov. 15 at 1:00 p.m.
The family would like to thank Hospice Austin, all the caring people at Texas Oncology and most especially Dr. Beth Hellersteadt, who was our father's angel.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice Austin or the Cancer Society.
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LOAD-DATE: November 14, 2004
[JR: There are 12 possible. ]
Charlotte Observer (
SECTION: METRO; Pg. 4B
HEADLINE: OBITUARIES AND INMEMORIAMS
BYLINE: Observer Staff
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Lt. Col. Harold Dever Cunningham, Jr., U.S. Army Ret. JAG
Mr. Cunningham, 86, of Charlotte passed away November 12,
2004. Mr. Cunningham was born in Springfield, MA. He graduated from Manhattan
College with his under graduate degree, Boston College Law School with his L.L.
B. degree, New York University School of Law with his L.L.M. degree. He was
also a Fulbright Scholar at
Family will receive friends today from 4-6 p.m. at The Pineville Chapel of McEwen Funeral Service, 10500 Park Rd., Charlotte, NC 28210. A funeral mass will be offered Monday 11 a.m. at St. Vincent de Paul Church, Charlotte, NC.
McEwen Funeral Service-Pineville Chapel is serving the family of Mr. Cunningham.
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From: Guerriero, Angela M. (1985)
Sent:
To: reporter@jasperjottings.com
Subject: (no subject)
John,
FYI.
Tuesday, November 9th, 2004 - DEVEY, CHRISTOPHER GEORGE - Christopher George Devey, age 44, passed away unexpectedly, but quietly and peacefully, at his home in Brewster, Friday night. Chris was a poet, a caregiver, a cook , a motorcyclist and a friend to anyone who was ever in need. Chris never lacked for friends. Chris was born on Long Island in 1960. He lived there only a short time before moving to New Jersey then Illinois and finally Katonah. Katonah is home. Chris gave of himself to people. He found people whose lives were in distress, he took them into his home, helped get their lives back together and launched them back into the world less burdened by their troubles. When Chris and his good friend Mike Miele owned C & M Deli in Mahopac, they hired many employees who needed support as well as work. Christopher was a graduate of Kennedy High School in Somers and Manhattan College in the Bronx. He started his career cooking at the Maryknoll Sisters Mother House. However, Chris needed to have more contact with people. He would base his life on touching people so he and Mike opened the Deli. They ran a colorful, fun, warm meeting place right next to the Post Office. Lunch was a mad house, but the rest of the time people were welcome to and did indeed idle away their time talking with the boys and girls who worked there. Christopher worked other jobs after that to pay the bills , but he was most comfortable over many years at Charlie’s in Somers. At Charlie’s, once again, Chris was with the people he loved. There he would meet and greet, socialize and comfort, reminisce, and tell grand stories. And perhaps some of those stories improved with the re-telling. There is perhaps no place in the world as peaceful as Hancock Pond. After spending many years at Mom and Dad’s camp there, Chris brought the camp next door to his brother Donald. Sitting on his porch in the evening watching the sun set, there could be nothing wrong in this world. You could enter a restaurant with Chris 20 miles in any direction from the camp, the owner would turn, beam and say "Hey Chris". Chris was distressed at the closing of the Allen Mountain Golf Course in Maine this year, where he would arrange his schedule to allow him to go up to Maine to be the first player on the course each year. Chris bought his house in Brewster in 2000 and appeared to become a central figure in the Village within months. He became the informal historian of the Village. He volunteered in his new community in numerous ways whenever and wherever his help was needed. Christopher will be loved and missed forever by his family: his parents, Don and Ellen Devey of Katonah, his brother Donald and his wife Barbara, brother Michael and his wife Alison, brother Pete and his wife Jane, sister Mary Ellen and her husband Doug, brother Matt and his wife Maura and brother Larry, who was blessed to share a birthday with Chris and Larry’s wife Mary Cate. As you would expect with so much family, Chris will always be remembered in awe, love and respect by his many nieces and nephews. Anna, and her husband Pete, Nick and Eric of Raleigh, North Carolina, Rachel and Brian of Albany, Clare, Danny and Grace of Katonah, Dennis, Bridget and Brian of Goldens Bridge and Cate, Sean, Ryan and Luke of North Salem. In lieu of flowers, Chris would have rather have you make contributions to Covenant House, Time Square Station, NY 10108 or The Community Center, 84 Bedford Rd., Katonah. But really, Chris would appreciate it if you took care of someone else instead and on some quiet evening if you would spare a warm thought for him and raise your glass. Calling hours will be at the Clark Associates Funeral Home in Katonah on Monday, 7-9 and Tuesday, 2-4 and 7-9. A Mass in celebration of his life will be held at St. Mary’s Church in Katonah, Wednesday at 10:00 am. CLARK ASSOCIATES FUNERAL HOME, INC., 4 Woods Bridge Road, Katonah (914) 232-3033 http://www.legacy.com/
[JR: Angela, Thank you. I didn't "see" this at all. ]
[MCOLDB: No match with the 3 Deveys there. ]
[JR: I'm going to try a new section for "updates". These are changes that "pop" in from the various sources that are not really from the news. I thought it might be valuable to alert old friends seeking to reconnect or "youngsters" seeking a networking contact with someone who might have a unique viewpoint that they are interested in. This is a benefit of freeing up time trying to make email work by "outsourcing" the task to Yahoo.]
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Daily News (
SPORTS FINAL EDITION
SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 6
HEADLINE: PATTERSON'S SUCCESS IN 2 WORLDS
BYLINE: By ADAM NICHOLS DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
FOR ALL HIS well-crafted novels, even James Patterson wouldn't come up with a story as unlikely as his own.
Patterson has enjoyed two extraordinary careers, one as an author and one as a Madison Avenue ad executive - and he had them both simultaneously.
While he was a junior copywriter for the J. Walter Thompson North America firm, Patterson began dabbling in fiction.
He collected dozens of rejection letters as he struggled to get his career off the ground.
But his determined hunt for a publisher eventually paid off - after 26 book firms turned him down.
Little, Brown took the risk. In 1976, "The Thomas Berryman Number" hit the bookshops and, at 27, a best-selling author made his debut.
His first tale went on to win the Edgar Award for the Best Debut Mystery Novel and was followed by a string of major national best sellers, including nine featuring detective Alex Cross.
Patterson's résumé also includes movie adaptations of his novels "Kiss the Girls" and "Along Came a Spider," starring Morgan Freeman as Cross.
NBC made a TV miniseries of his book "1st to Die," and "Miracle on the 17th Green" became a TV movie.
He says his writing is inspired by authors including Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Jean Genet. But it was Frederick Forsyth's assassin thriller "The Day of the Jackal" that first convinced him to put pen to paper.
"I ... decided I didn't have 'Ulysses' in me, but I might have a 'Day of the Jackal,'" he told the Chicago Tribune in 2001.
Despite his success, Patterson never gave up his day job.
He became a star at the advertising firm, coming up with award-winning campaigns for companies including Kodak, Burger King, Toys "R" Us and Bell Atlantic.
He eventually became the youngest executive creative director and CEO in the company's history. Today, he is chairman.
Patterson grew up in Newburgh, N.Y., and studied English at Manhattan College and Vanderbilt University.
He now lives in Florida with his wife and young son.
anichols@nydailynews.com
GRAPHIC: AP Patterson, author and accomplished ad exec, in 2003 interview.
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Google Alert for: "manhattan college" -"marymount manhattan college" -"borough of manhattan college"
Education, religion continue to inspire chorus' leader
Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach,FL,USA
... a miniature schnauzer named after a beloved nun who was his academic
advisor while he earned a master's degree in elementary education at Manhattan
College. ...
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/accent/content/accent/epaper/2004/11/14/a1e_gay_chorus_web_1112.html
By Ron Hayes
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Sunday, November 14, 2004
One evening not long after Hurricane Frances, while a lot of us were still mopping patios, raking leaves, lugging tree limbs and praying for power, a bunch of men got together in a nondescript rehearsal hall on the second floor of the Kravis Center's Cohen Pavilion to sing a song called Boogie Woogie Hanukkah.
"Hanukkah is here," they sang, "time to cut a rug! Hanukkah is here - everybody jitterbug!"
And then they sang it again, and again, accompanied only by a patient pianist who picked out the melody a note at a time while the tireless conductor urged them to try it once more, once more. The first tenors sang, and then the baritones sang. The second tenors sang, the basses sang, and then they all sang Boogie Woogie Hanukkah together, over and over, until the conductor finally gave them a breather.
"Next week I'm going to be asking for people who can boogie-woogie," he called above the chatter, then reconsidered. "Well, let me be more specific. I'm going to be asking who can boogie-woogie in a big blond wig with a menorah on top."
The choral director of the Voices of Pride Gay Men's Chorus of the Palm Beaches is a 53-year-old musical hurricane called Tom Pilecki - a former president of the Old Northwood Neighborhood Association, former third-grade music teacher, former church organist, former parochial school principal in the South Bronx and former Franciscan monk. And he's not kidding about that blond wig and the menorah.
"We're not a political organization in any sense," Pilecki said a few weeks before the chorus gathered for that first rehearsal of their upcoming holiday concert, "and yet by our very existence we're making a political statement about the importance of diversity. You must have courage to come out and sing, or to come out as a gay man and sing, or to come as a straight man and sing with a bunch of gay men. Because we don't discriminate. Straights are welcome to join."
If any straight men have actually joined the gay men's chorus, they're staying in the closet for now, but still there is diversity. Members range from their late 20s to early 70s, a banker, a psychiatrist, a minister, a Realtor, several teachers and, OK, "a few hairdressers." And the group has grown.
When the Voices of Pride debuted in June, the chorus had 29 members. Since then, two have moved away, but 17 more have passed auditions for a current tally of 44, though only half made the first rehearsal, which had been postponed a week because of Hurricane Frances.
"My yard looks like cole slaw," Pilecki quipped with a campy sigh. But he was unfazed. Because the Voices of Pride had already overcome a bigger storm and a longer delay.
Originally scheduled to debut May 14 and 15 in the Machlin Memorial Theatre at Rosarian Academy, the chorus found itself homeless when the venerable Catholic school - where Pilecki had directed school shows and the chorus had rehearsed since October - canceled the concerts two days before showtime.
School spokesmen said Pilecki had canceled the contract himself after refusing to alter some "adult" content in the show. Pilecki kept silent while Trent Steele, the group's attorney, denied that he had canceled the contract, or that there was anything in the show that needed changing to begin with.
"The day we heard about the Rosarian, the president of our board of directors got 60 phone calls, all of them supportive," Pilecki says, "and I had e-mails and phone calls. Tons! I couldn't answer them all."
No place to sing
But with 500 tickets already sold, the Voices of Pride suddenly found themselves all dressed up with no place to sing. A month later, on June 16, they finally debuted in the Kravis Center's Dreyfoos Hall before an audience Pilecki estimates at 1,800 to 1,900. The "adult" material, they found, consisted of a trio in very bad drag singing that old '60s anthem, Chapel of Love.
"What was all the fuss about?" Pilecki howled from the stage, and the crowd applauded enthusiastically.
Today Pilecki, who seems willing to chatter about anything, is firmly mum on the subject of the Rosarian controversy.
"I can't comment, but to this day, I have such high regard for Sister Corinne Sanders," the school's principal, he says. Surely the order to cancel the concert came from a diocesan authority above Sister Corinne, Pilecki believes - but well below God.
Sister Corinne also speaks highly of Pilecki.
"Tom has worked with our students in the past and has been marvelous in working with our spring productions," she said when asked to comment. But she declined to discuss the controversy.
"The church is not priests," Pilecki says. "The church is people, and I believe the priests are wrong about homosexuality. I gave a lot of my life to working in the inner city, and I just have a hard time believing that all that work was good and then all of a sudden a switch turns and, 'Oh, he's gay.' "
The words spill out with both passion and impatience. "Am I a practicing Catholic? No! Am I deeply spiritual? Yes! Do I pray? Yes! People might not agree with their bosses, but they still work for them."
And yet the Catholic Church clearly remains a very large part of his life.
"I was never in a church pew until I became a monk," he says proudly. "I was always in the choir loft either singing or playing."
That was in Philadelphia, where he became his church's organist and choir director at 16. After graduating from the Combs Conservatory of Music in Germantown, he taught at Catholic elementary and high schools in Pennsylvania and Virginia and, in 1977, when he was 28, joined the Franciscan friars.
"We wore the black robe and cord," he remembers. "I never took final vows, but it was the best thing I ever did with my life. They teach you about living together and letting go of all your personal stuff."
Two years later he transferred to the South Bronx to teach music at St. Augustine Parochial School. His voice swells with emotion when he remembers that time.
"I'll never forget the day I arrived at St. Augustine," he says. "Getting off the subway at Franklin Avenue and thinking, I love this place. And it was burned out. I don't think 5 percent of the people were in traditional families, but it was such a powerful, wonderful community. It forced you to walk in other people's shoes. You started to realize what faith and works can do."
He left the Franciscans in 1984, after seven years, but remained at St. Augustine as a lay teacher.
"Basically, it was time to separate," he says, without elaborating. "I've never chosen where my next stop is going to be."
In 1986, he was named St. Augustine's principal.
Under Pilecki's leadership, the school was the subject of profiles on 60 Minutes, ABC World News Tonight and The MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour, as well as Something Within Me, a 1992 documentary that won three awards at the Sundance Film Festival and still shows up occasionally on PBS.
St. Augustine Parochial School had been renamed St. Augustine School of the Arts, an island of culture and creativity in one of New York's most violent neighborhoods and a pioneer in the movement to use art in teaching basic skills.
An opportunity in Florida
By 1995, Pilecki had moved on to Chicago to become the director of curriculum for six Catholic schools on the city's west side. West Palm Beach became his next stop when Elena Ronquillo, executive director at the nonprofit Center for Creative Education, brought him down in 1999 to do some consulting work with the center, which places artists in local schools using creative ways to teach the traditional curriculum.
"Six months later she resigned and I was offered the job," Pilecki says.
He moved to West Palm Beach in 2000 and bought a fixer-upper in the Old Northwood neighborhood, which he named Portiuncula -Italian for "Little Portion," the abandoned chapel rebuilt by St. Francis on the plains below Assisi.
Pilecki has landscaped his own little portion into a jungly, Key Westerly retreat, but while the yard may have looked like cole slaw after Frances, the large, gay rainbow flag atop the 15-foot pole out front is still there.
He is single, and shares the house with Kushner, a miniature schnauzer named after a beloved nun who was his academic advisor while he earned a master's degree in elementary education at Manhattan College. Indeed, nuns seem to remain a big part of his life. His office at the Center for Creative Education headquarters on Belvedere Road is adorned with stylized nun dolls and nun ceramics. On the desk is a large jar of doggie treats for Kushner.
By day, Pilecki oversees a nonprofit program with an $850,000 annual budget, sending 41 local artists into public and private schools to work with both teachers and students.
Naturally, one of those local schools would be St. Francis of Assisi, in Riviera Beach.
"It's absolutely wonderful," says Pag Mariani, the principal. "Our students are being exposed to every form of fine art you can possibly imagine, from gourmet cooking to ceramics to mural painting to gardening, and then they're taking the herbs they're growing and using them in their cooking class."
On the first Friday of each month, Pilecki comes to the school to lead the teachers in a three-hour workshop on curriculum development.
"You can get someone in here who deals with curriculum development but has never worked with high-minority schools and the teachers can sense that immediately," Mariani says. "But Tom has had that whole experience in the South Bronx, so his information is relevant and they know it. He's motivated my teachers to a whole other level."
By night, he motivates gay men to sing Boogie Woogie Hanukkah &mdash or Carol From an Irish Cabin or Snow, Beautiful Snow.
Pilecki's association with the chorus - in fact, the chorus itself - began when he met Bob Beaulieu, the president of the Northwood Hills Neighborhood Association and one of several Palm Beach County men who had been traveling to Fort Lauderdale to sing with the Gay Men's Chorus of South Florida.
When that group needed a new director, Beaulieu recommended Pilecki, who went down and auditioned.
"And he didn't get it," Beaulieu says, laughing, "which was probably good."
In January 2003, Beaulieu, Pilecki and a few others began laying the bureaucratic groundwork for the Voices of Pride, establishing nonprofit status, electing a board of directors and distributing fliers inviting interested men to "Come Sing With Us!" Or at least audition.
One of those interested men was Paul Reekie, 32, who's now the chorus' pianist and arranger.
"I've worked with other directors who expect you to trust them or respect them just because of their position," he says. "But Tom does a wonderful job of earning the respect and trust of the members so they're not just singing in a chorus, they're making music together."
The Voices of Pride will make holiday music together Dec. 15, 16 and 17 in the Kravis Center's Rinker Playhouse. They'll sing Boogie Woogie Hanukkah, of course, and Snow, Beautiful Snow, and Handel's Hallelujah Chorus arranged in a gospel style. And Pilecki is pondering an arrangement of John Lennon's Imagine coupled with Silent Night. Would that work? He'll try.
"What I want to leave the audience with," Pilecki says, "is not sleep in heavenly peace, but live in heavenly peace."
Until then, he'll be spending increasingly busy nights in a nondescript rehearsal hall on the second floor of the Kravis Center, conducting, charming, chastising, motivating.
"OK, this is Andrews Sisters, girls," he teases. "Andrews Sisters!"
"OK, let's sing it and you'll understand it," he promises.
Pilecki appears to be the most excited person in the room, conducting in great, expressive gestures, singing along, grinning, emoting.
"Actually, it's not very different from dealing with inner-city eighth-graders," he says. "What you see is what you get. These guys really put themselves out there - hearts on their sleeves - and inner-city kids are like that, too."
And then he laughs.
"But I don't get really authoritarian until final rehearsals, right before the show. Then I put on my nun face."
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[JR: Well, he may not be a Jasper (you know it might be a marymount or other Manhattan), but one can not overlook the contribution he is making. So, I'll make him at least an honorary Jasper. If he isn't, I'd be proud to have him as one. ]
[Manhattan_in_the_News]
The Times Union (
4 EDITION
SECTION: CAPITAL REGION; Pg. F3
HEADLINE: Center's seniors elect
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Paolo Walker of East Greenbush, Michael Brady of North Greenbush and Kevin Manning of Troy were inducted into Epsilon Sigma Pi, the oldest college-wide honor society at Manhattan College. The society recognizes seniors who have earned at least a 3.5 grade point average for six consecutive semesters with no academic failures.
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-- Compiled by Adrienne Freeman
NOTES: RENSSELAER TU
LOAD-DATE: November 16, 2004
MNews2
The Times Union (
THREE STAR EDITION
SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. F7
HEADLINE: Corinth High grad is college league's top player
BYLINE: BILL ARSENAULT Special to the Times Union
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Reilly a standout
Senior Matt Reilly of Burnt Hills (Burnt Hills High) had a great fall both in cross country and in the class room at Manhattan College.
Reilly finished 14th in the recent Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, covering the 8k distance in 26:05.54. And last week, he was named to the MAAC All-Academic first team after collecting a 4.0 majoring in education.
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LOAD-DATE: November 12, 2004
MNews3
MC_in_the_NEWS: Chelsea Volpe (MC2005?) earned All-Academic for the fourth straight year as she continued her education at Manhattan College
Google Alert for: "manhattan
college" -"marymount manhattan
college" -"borough of manhattan
college"
Mitchell All-Academic
Windsor Journal - Windsor,CT,USA
... NY), a four year starting midfielder, earned this award for the fourth
straight year as she continued her education at Manhattan College working
towards her ...
11/12/2004
The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference announced its 2004 New York Lottery women's soccer All-Academic team. A total of 54 athletes were awarded with this honor and Manhattan had six athletes named to the team, including Windsor native Cathy Mitchell.
To be eligible for the MAAC All-Academic Team, a student athlete must have completed at least two semesters, must be a starter or a significant reserve, and hold a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 on a 4.0 scale.
Chelsea Volpe (Baldwin, NY), a four year starting midfielder, earned this award for the fourth straight year as she continued her education at Manhattan College working towards her masters in counseling.
Three juniors earned this honor including, defender Tiffany Giglio (North Babylon, NY) who is majoring in education, midfielder Brandy Luther (Pueblo, CO) a pre-law major, and defender Cathy Mitchell (Windsor, CT) who is an education major. Midfielder Katie Kuntz (Rockville Centre, NY) a business major and forward Christine Abrams (Rockville Centre, NY) who is currently undecided.
The Lady Jaspers finished the 2004 season with a 2-15-1 overall record and a 2-6-1 MAAC record.
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MNews4
MC_in_the_NEWS: White Plains high school standout Devon White has signed a letter of intent to play basketball at Manhattan College
Google Alert for: "manhattan
college" -"marymount manhattan
college" -"borough of manhattan
college"
LIU men's soccer advances to final
http://www.newsday.com/sports/college/ny-qnycol134041159nov13,0,5354452.story?coll=ny-collegesports-headlines
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
... White Plains high school standout Devon White has signed a letter of intent
to play basketball at Manhattan College beginning in the 2005-06 academic year
...
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Manhattan inks White.
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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--AT--manhattan.edu
Actual jobs at MC are at: http://www.manhattan.edu/hrs/jobs
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
11/21/04 Sunday Volleyball MAAC
Championships-- AT -- TBA
11/21/04 Sunday W. Swimming
NJIT/Hunter Newark, NJ 1:00 PM
11/21/04 Sunday M. Basketball South
Dakota State HOME 3:00 PM
11/22/04 Monday Cross Country NCAA
Championships Terra Haute, IN TBA
11/23/04 Tuesday M. Basketball Rhode
Island HOME 7:00 PM
11/24/04 Wednesday W. Basketball at
Syracuse Syracuse,
NY 12:00 PM
11/27/04 Saturday M. Basketball at
Fordham Bronx, NY 7:00 PM
11/28/04 Sunday W. Basketball Bucknell HOME 2:00 PM
11/30/04 Tuesday M. Basketball at
Fairfield* Bridgeport, CT 7:30 PM
12/1/04 Wednesday Track & Field
Manhattan Multi Invitational
HOME 1:00 PM
12/2/04 Thursday W. Basketball
Iona* HOME 7:00 PM
12/4/04 Saturday W. Swimming St.
Joseph's/SUNY-Old Westbury Patchogue,
NY 3:00 PM
12/5/04 Sunday Track & Field
Princeton Invitational
Princeton, NJ 11:00 AM
12/5/04 Sunday W. Basketball at
Fairfield* Bridgeport, CT 1:00 PM
12/5/04 Sunday M. Basketball at North
Carolina State Raleigh, NC 5:30 PM
12/9/04 Thursday M. Basketball
Siena* HOME 7:00 PM
12/10/04 Friday Track & Field
Fordham Invitational ^ New York,
NY 2:00 PM
12/12/04 Sunday W. Basketball
Dartmouth HOME 2:00 PM
12/17/04 Friday W. Basketball Fresno
State HOME 7:00 PM
12/20/04 Monday W. Basketball
Miami-Ohio HOME 1:00 PM
12/21/04 Tuesday M. Basketball at
Arizona Tuscon,
AZ 8:30 PM
12/28/04 Tuesday W. Basketball at
Wagner Staten Island, NY 7:00 PM
12/30/04 Thursday M. Basketball
Wisconsin-Milwaukee HOME 7:00 PM
12/30/04 Thursday W. Basketball at
Villanova Villanova,
PA 7:30 PM
If you do go support "our" teams, I'd appreciate any reports or
photos. What else do us old alums have to do?
GOJASPERS.COM UNVEILS LIVE STATS OPTION FOR HOME BASKETBALL GAMES
This season you can follow Manhattan College home basketball action with GoJaspers.com's new LIVE STATS option. LIVE STATS will be available for all HOME games for men's and women's basketball. Beginning with the men's basketball home opener against South Dakota State on November 21, Live Stats will be available on GoJaspers.com by clicking on the Live Stats button, located on the left hand column of the front page. The live stats will begin once the game action has started.
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SELECT MANHATTAN BASKETBALL GAMES TO BE TELEVISED ON RNN
Riverdale, NY (November 16, 2004)- Selected Manhattan College men's and women's basketball games will be added to its television schedule and will be aired on the Regional News Network (RNN), beginning with the men's season opener against South Dakota State at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 21, it was announced today by Manhattan College Athletic Director Bob Byrnes.
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SOFTBALL SIGNS THREE DURING EARLY SIGNING PERIOD
Riverdale, NY (November 17, 2004)- Three student-athletes have signed National Letters of Intent to play softball for Manhattan College beginning in the 2005-06 academic year, it was announced today by second-year head coach Jennifer Fisher. Danielle Just (Woodcliff Lake, NJ/Immaculate Heart Academy), Devon Gustafson (Peoria, AZ/Cactus), and Amanda Genovese (Bethany, CT/Amity) will join the Lady Jaspers as part of the class of 2009.
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WOMEN'S SWIMMING RALLIES TO DEFEAT CANISIUS IN TRI-MEET
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MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY PLACED 15TH AND THE WOMEN FINISHED 25TH AT THE 2004 NCAA NORTHEAST REGIONALS
Riverdale, NY (November 13, 2004)– The men's and women's cross country teams hosted the 2004 NCAA Northeast Regionals this weekend at Van Cortlandt Park with Iona College. The men's team finished in 15th place out of 37 teams scoring 379 points, while the Lady Jaspers finished 25th out of 35 teams scoring 761 points. Junior Tyler Raymond was the first on the men's team to finish the 10K earning a time of 32:11.6 placing 38th out of 233 runners. The women's top finisher was freshman Eryka Perrault. Perrault placed 111th out of 219 runners running the 6K in 23:30.1.
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The Oregonian
November 11, 2004 Thursday SUNRISE EDITION
SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. C01
HEADLINE: HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES SIGN LETTERS OF INTENT
SOURCE: DAN MOONEY and DAVE CHARBONNEAU - The Oregonian Brad McCray, Jerry
Ulmer and Joe Freeman contributed to this report
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Jennifer Wassom, Sheldon: The 6-2 forward signed with the University of Portland. Annie McIntyre, Central Catholic: The Rams guard is heading for Manhattan College in New York, which qualified for the NCAA women's tournament in 2003.
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LOAD-DATE: November 12, 2004
From: Anthony N. Abilo [1983]
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 11:24 PM
Subject: Hello from Anthony Abilo
Dear Colleague:
Please read the attached “press release”, which summarizes my latest job search campaign.
Give me a call at your convenience so that we can continue networking.
<<...>>
Regards,
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PRESS RELEASE CONTACT: Anthony N. Abilo
ANTHONY N. ABILO Introduces Yearly Networking Update
MADISON New Jersey, November 8, 2004 – Anthony N. Abilo announced today that he is beginning a yearly networking e-mail campaign to keep in touch with his professional contacts. This will be in the form of an annual e-mail, sent via bcc, to his entire rolodex of network contacts. Abilo said, “When I was looking for a new position in late 2003 and early 2004, I developed a strong network of over 400 contacts. These people helped me in many areas, and I am grateful for their support.” Abilo’s most recent search began in November of 2003, when he left the International Securities Exchange (ISE). “November is a great time for me to do the update”, said Abilo, “as it is the anniversary of the beginning of my most recent job search campaign”.
A “MATHEMATICAL DETECTIVE”
Anthony describes himself as a “mathematical detective”. Jim Richards of executive search firm The Stat Career Group said, “I have never met anyone who has the ability to find mathematical solutions to complex analytical problems as well as Anthony. He is multi-talented, which is rare in the business world”, continued Richards. “He can design databases, write computer code in several different languages, understand advanced mathematical concepts and find the salient ideas behind pages and pages of numbers.” An added talent is his ability to convey his message in clear terms. “Remember, Anthony taught mathematics and statistics at N.Y.U. for 15 years.”
LATEST CAREER PATH
After leaving the ISE, Anthony worked as a consultant on a six-month project at the National Basketball Association (NBA). Abilo said. “I worked on some very interesting projects at the NBA.” While at the NBA, Anthony designed complex algorithms and software programs to help jump-start the NBA’s fantasy resource center. Also, he worked with the NBA to reconcile statistical differences and automation of data with his former firm, the Elias Sports Bureau. Currently Anthony works at Wyeth, a leading pharmaceutical firm, in Madison, NJ, his hometown. “I am working in the Employee Benefits department. This is a new position for Wyeth. I am building a corporate-wide database in the benefits area and implementing new software protocols and algorithms to facilitate benefit design and company cost-savings”, added Abilo.
THE JOB SEARCH – INSIDE THE NUMBERS
Of course, Abilo kept statistics on his latest job search. “I cannot help myself – if something can be quantified and analyzed, I have to do it”, joked Abilo. Here are some of the statistical highlights of the search:
2 Business plans written. “This was a very effective tool. For two positions, I took the initiative and created business proposals on how my skill-set could help the organization”, said Abilo.
4 Job offers received. “It is great to get an offer, which is the ultimate goal. Rejecting a job offer is not always easy, but the situation must be right for both sides. In the end, the three offers that I rejected were not good fits”, noted Abilo.
19 Job interviews.
“It is all about the interview”, Abilo said.
20 Network meetings. Abilo commented, “To me the best part of the process was having a face-to-face networking meeting with someone who you never meet before. This is the pinnacle of networking.”
31 Recruiters contacted.
158 Ads answered. “It is necessary to answer ads; I received several interviews and one job offer through advertisements. I spent most of the day networking, in the evening I answered ads”, Abilo said.
417 Network contacts. Abilo said, “My network just grew and grew. I networked with neighbors and with people in California; I networked with CEOs, CFOs and plumbers. Every person you know or come in contact with is a network source. That is why I am sending out a yearly update, to keep my network active. I am very good at networking, it is a vital skill.” Bob Franco of Franco & Levy, an executive search firm, said, “Anthony is a fantastic networker. He never misses a lead and is always willing to speak to someone regarding his career. He can teach Networking 101!”
1,354 Emails sent (770) and received (584). “You cannot conduct a job search without e-mail. It just cannot happen”, replied Abilo.
THE NEAR FUTURE
While busy in his new position, Abilo understands that one must continue to network. “E-mail makes it easy to keep in touch. That is the main purpose of the yearly November update”, replied Abilo. Finally, Abilo added, “It is important to continue gaining new skills. In my current position I am using SAS, which is adding to my skill-set and is making me more marketable for future employment. This is vital in today’s job market. The only way to guarantee employment is to take control. I also pledge to help anyone with his or her job search, from resume development, networking and interview preparation. If someone is thinking about a career move, give me a call.”
ABOUT ABILO
Anthony N. Abilo is the Assistant Director, Analytics, Employee Benefits and Human Resources Policies at Wyeth, Inc., of Madison NJ. Wyeth is a global leader in pharmaceuticals, consumer and animal health care products. He holds a B.S. from Manhattan College and an M.S. from Polytechnic University.
[JR: An interesting approach. ]
From: Allan M Feltes [2004?]
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 10:24 AM
Subject:
I made it out of college,
Allan M. Feltes
Vermilyea Ave.
NY NY 10034
I now am teaching Special Education to six graders in the Bronx...They are at risk urban children. They are all emotionally disturbed. YEEHAWW I love them kids well most of the time anyway. I am also taking my grad courses in education from Mercy College. It is all part of the glorious NYC Teaching fellows program that wants non education majors to become teachers.
Peace brother
[JR: Congrats in escaping. Since you're teaching, something must have rubbed off. My relatives lived on Vermilyea Avenue in the 50's and 60's. They were at 125 around the corner from the Movie Theater. (Long gone now.) I went to Good Shepherd. It's such a small world.]
[JR: From a medical correspondent who wishes to remain nameless. No wonder why! ]
Limp Duck
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A woman brought a very limp duck into a veterinary surgeon. She laid her pet on the table.
The vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to the bird's heart. "I'm so sorry, your pet has passed away."
The distressed owner wailed "Are you sure?"
"Yes, I'm sure. The duck is dead." the vet replied.
"How can you be so sure", she protested. "I mean, you haven't done any testing on him or anything. He might just be in a coma or something."
The vet rolled his eyes, turned around and left the room. He returned a few moments later with a black Labrador Retriever.
As the duck's owner looked on in amazement, the dog stood on his hind legs, put his front paws on the examination table and sniffed the duck from top to bottom. He then looked at the vet with sad eyes and shook his head.
The vet patted the dog and took it out and returned a few moments later with a beautiful cat. The cat jumped up on the table and also sniffed the bird from its beak to its tail and back again. The cat sat back on its haunches, shook its head, meowed softly, jumped down and strolled out of the room.
The vet looked at the woman and said, "I'm sorry, but as I said, this is most definitely, 100% certifiably, a dead duck." Then the vet turned to his computer terminal, hit a few keys, and produced a bill, which he handed to the woman.
The duck's owner, still in shock, took the bill. "$150!" she cried. "$150 just to tell me my duck is dead?!!"
The vet shrugged. "I'm sorry. If you'd taken my word for it, the bill would have been $20. But what with the Lab Report and the Cat Scan, it all adds up!"
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[JR: And, now you know why the person wanted to remain nameless. ]
From: La Blanc, Robert E. (1956)
Sent:
To:
Subject: (no subject)
John
I love Jasper Jottings. I use AOL for my email. Should I register myself as you said " please register on the Yahoo "Distribute_Jasper_Jottings" website as a "Special Notices" participant.?"
Thanks,
Bob
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From: Jasper John '68 @ Jasper Jottings.com
Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 1:23 PM
To: La Blanc, Robert E. (1956)
Subject: The need to "register" on Distribute
Bob,
I would suggest yes.
Two reasons.
It improves the "count". This gives "us" recognition and clout with the powers that be. Not that we have any particular agenda, but IMHO the alumni have been and are treated badly. Note the fiascos of how they provide "services" and then drop them without any concern for the impact. IMHO the College has not recognized the alums for other than a "cash cow". I think a vibrant alum community, elinked by Jottings or something better, is a resource. To students as inspiration and networking. To graduates, as networking and "publicity". (Although it hasn't helped me, I know those it has.) To "old" alums, as way to link old friends and share sorrows and successes. At least that's why I think this "pig" may be one of the more important things that I do.
Selfishly, for yourself. I had problems with Tripod last week (again, but this time it had an impact) and had to temporarily (for a few hours) resite Jottings at an alternative web address. I had no way of communicating that to the non-Distribute readers. If the outage had lasted longer, the Distribute members, who were "Special Notices" only, could have been sent an email pointing to the new location OR read it from the archive that is one the Distribute web site. Readers, like yourself, who are "invisible", would just be left to their own resources to find out what was going on and would be unable to read it on Distribute. Luckily, I was able to find a techie bypass to the problem within about four hours. So it wasn't as big a deal as it could have been.
As a six9s 6sigma Quality worrywart, I know that in the last ten years, we have had six outages that were catastrophic. Three of those outages, not only interrupted the service, but took all the data with it (Stupid on my part but I was just playing around and didn't think it would be valuable!), forcing a complete rebuilding of the community. With tremendous losses! Twice due to the College's actions. Considering the annual budget for Jottings is less than $200, this is all probably not surprising. (No redundant hardware here.) (It does piggy back on my annual technology budget of about $2k.) Hence, I know that depending upon the free inet services, without a recovery plan, is an invitation to lose it all. And, unlike the College, I try not to disrupt the community unnecessarily. It was only after long thought and testing did I outsource message distribution to Yahoo. It did free up a ton of my time. But, I can't quantify what we lost in readership! It feels like 40%.
So, I urge you, and everyone, to register on Distribute, respond to my Corex Cardscan updates, and participate the weekly Jasper Jottings. For those, who are concerned about SPAM, I suggest SPAM MOTEL, or using any one of the aliasing services, to "hide" your true email address.
IMHO,
John'68
[JR: Upon reflection, I would suggest that those, who think they can maintain some type of privacy in the internet age, are deluding themselves. That's the argument I most often get about Yahoo, Plaxo, Corex, LinkedIn, Ryze, or a ton of other services that I use and have used. While I suggest care with truly private info like SSN, driver' license, and such, and I urge tight supervision of kids on the net and what they divulge, for adults there is no privacy and very little danger. IMHO. So, as always, everyone should do what they are comfortable and enjoy the world. ]
From: Apoldo, Louis J. Sr. (1963)
Sent:
To: Plaxo Contact Update for John Reinke
Subject: Re: Your Contact Info
John,
The contact info you currently have is in error, and I would like to correct it. However, I do not want to join or download Plaxo. How can I get you the correct info without joining this Plaxo club?
Lou Apoldo
BCE 1963
[JR: Hi Lou, You don't have to join anything. Just give me the correct info and I'll update it. I like these tools because it helps prevent "losing" people. Thanks, John'68 ]
[JR: From time to time, the frau and I hit Theo's for breakfast. Look for me? John ]
From: CORNELIUS J OLEARY [1960]
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 7:27 AM
To: Ferdinand J. Reinke
Subject: Gulf Coast Club Luncheon
John --
I would appreciate it if you would list in your coming events section a Christmas luncheon we are having in Sarasota:
We Dec 15 Gulf Coast Alumni Club Luncheon
--- University Club in Sarasota, Fl. at 12:30PM
--- contact Neil O'Leary '60A c/o Jasper Jottings
Thank you.
[JR: Be glad to. ]
Dear Jasper Vincent Cantarella (MC1990),
Did you sign up for Jottings with an email address of <privacy invoked> ? It is bouncing. Can I just delete it? Are you interested in receiving it elsewhere?
Thanks,
John'68
=
From: Vincent Cantarella
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 11:43 AM
Subject: Re: Are you … ….?
<privacy invoked> is fine
[JR: One resolved. ]
From: Joseph Yamaoka [1963]
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 6:43 PM
To: Ferdinand J. Reinke
Subject:
Hi Ferd,
Please note that I have upgraded to DSL and would prefer to receive my email at the email address: <privacy invoked>
Thanks,
Joe
[JR: Glad to. ]
From: Rosanna Aybar (1998)
Sent:
Subject: Jasper Jottings
Hello John,
I am responding to your request to send you an email when reading Jasper Jottings on the internet. Please add me to your group of email list.
Rosanna Aybar
BS, 1998
MBA 2001
[JR: Thanks. As I told Jasper Bob in Email#4. I think that getting everyone in the Distribute Group, even if it is just as a "special notices only" entry makes sense for the two reasons cited. Otherwise, the web site readers are invisible.]
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ZJASPERFOUND: Thieke, Steve (mc1969)
http://www.fsa.gov.uk/board/biog_st.html
Biography - Steve Thieke
Non-executive FSA Board Member
Steve is a member of the Board of Directors of PNC Financial Service Corp and former Chairman of the RiskMetrics Group. He has been a member of the FSA Board since November 2002, his second period having previously sat from December 1997 to December 2000.
He was formerly Advisor to the Monetary Authority of Singapore and prior to that held a variety of Senior Management positions at JP Morgan Inc. He began his career at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York after graduating in Economics from Manhattan College.
He has served as Chairman of the Counterparty Risk Management Policy Group and the US Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee. He has also been a member of the Bankers Roundtable and a Director of the Securities Industry Association and the Public Securities Association.
He was born on 5 February 1947 and is married with four children.
[Mike McEneney reports: I believe that John is from the class of 1969. (Thanks, Mike) ]
http://www.whitecase.com/geary_sean.html
Sean J. Geary
Partner
New York Office
White & Case Advises Lender On
Practice Experience
Mr. Geary primarily represents major commercial and investment banks in senior lending transactions and, in particular, in acquisition and highly leveraged financings. He was lead counsel on a number of the pioneer highly leveraged acquisitions of public companies financed principally by a syndicated bank credit facility and has subsequently served as lead counsel for the senior lenders in some of the largest of these financings, including the RJR-Nabisco leveraged buyout, the Time-Warner combination, and the acquisition of American Cyanamid by American Home Products.
As lead counsel for the agent and arrangers, he is involved in all aspects of the deal structure, negotiation and documentation, including issues of fraudulent conveyance, collateral and the relationships between senior and subordinated lenders. He has extensive experience in hostile takeovers as well as in friendly public and private acquisitions.
Mr. Geary has also been actively involved in the incorporation in U.S. loan documentation of Euro and EMU developments. He has also during his career represented issuers, placement agents and underwriters in structured preferred stock and other securitized issuances. Mr. Geary joined White & Case after his graduation from New York University School of Law in 1974. Prior to entering law school, Mr. Geary was a Captain in the Air Force assigned to the National Security Agency.
Education
B.A., Manhattan College, 1964, Russian Studies
J.D., cum laude, New York University School of Law, 1974, Law Review, Order of
the Coif
Honors and Awards
Listed in "The Best Lawyers in America," 2003-2004 edition
Citizenship
United States
[MCOLDB: 1966 ]
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BATON ROUGE, LA
Beavers Weave Stolen Cash Into Dam
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GREENSBURG, La. (AP) - It was probably the world's richest beaver dam. Beavers found a bag of bills stolen from a video poker casino last week, tore it open and wove the money into the sticks and brush of their dam on a creek north of Louisiana Highway 48. Major Michael Martin of the East Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office says bills used to build the dam were still whole.
The money was part of 70- to 75-thousand dollars taken from the Lucky Dollar Casino in Greensburg. About 40-thousand dollars was recovered. Authorities expect to find the rest in a safety deposit box at a bank in Mississippi.
Saint Helena Parish Sheriff's deputies have accused a security guard at the truck stop casino of disabling its security cameras. Jacqueline Wall faces a charge of felony theft. She told investigators a ski-masked gunman made her help him empty all the casino's safes, then kidnapped her, knocked her out and left her in an uninhabited area of East Feliciana Parish.
Deputies had searched for the money for days before an attorney called with a tip: the money had been thrown into the creek. The attorney's client hopes to make a deal with prosecutors.
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Well, at least the beavers found some use for the "cash". When will the Japanese and Chinese wise up as well? Sooner or later someone is going to stop sending us perfectly good Toyotas or other stuff for these pretty green pieces of paper. Ponzi? As long as the "madness of the crowd" continues, one can't afford to be the only one pointing out that "the emperor has no clothes on". But one can take some measures to ensure that you will not be one of the many without a chair when the siren's song stops. Maybe that's why the price of gold is running up. When the Arabs want their oil paid for in the
IMHO!
And that’s the last word.
Curmudgeon
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GBu. GBA.