Sunday 10 June 2007

 

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767 Jaspers are active on the Distribute Yahoo site.

The site had 5,5863 unique visits last week.

18 in LinkedInJaspers (http://tinyurl.com/yp6x2q).

mcALUMdb is STILL off the air.

This issue is at:
http://www.jasperjottings.com/2007/jasperjottings20070610.htm  

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Send email to http://tinyurl.com/yh34ut (gives you an email address), fax 781-723-3746, or call 732-917-4816 (It’s the phone on my computer) anytime.

All communications are ASSUMED to be for inclusion UNLESS otherwise indicated.

 

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FLASH! Important info received after the deadline

 

Due to some personal issues, the email is still behind a about two days. The news is up to date. I expected to be completely caught up by next week. Your patience is appreciated.

 

 

 

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JASPER EVENTS THAT I HAVE HEARD ABOUT

Help wanted: An events editor? No pay; short hours; high autonomy.

 

September 21-23, 2007

Hold the date:

By the way, the Retreat this year is scheduled for September 21, 22, and 23 at the Retreat House in Riverdale.

 

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My list of Jaspers who are in harm's way:

- Afghanistan

- - Feldman, Aaron (1997)

- Iraq

- - Angel Estrella (2002)

- Korea

-- Stephanie (????)

- Unknown location

- - Lynch, Chris (1991)

- Uzbekistan

- - Brock (nee Klein-Smith), Lt Col Ruth (1979)

… … my thoughts are with you,

and

… … all of you that I don't know about. Dona Nobis Pacem

 

 

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

http://www.ejectejecteject.com/archives/000157.html

YOU ARE NOT ALONE (Part 1)
Bill Whittle
Cited By David St Lawrence

“Bill Whittle has written You Are Not Alone for those of us who feel that our American civilization shows signs of rolling over and playing dead by being unwilling to defend the rights of its citizens. Over 900 people have left comments and they show signs of creating an online community of sorts. It will be interesting to see where this leads.”

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Courage, character, honor – all the virtues – are derived and strengthened from interactions with the virtuous.

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EXHORTATION

http://www.goodnewsblog.com/2007/05/30/man-rescues-disabled-woman-just-before-her-car-burns

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“When I ran toward her car, I got her to unlock the back door so I could get to the wheel chair … I got her into the seat and got her out of harm’s way and it wasn’t maybe a minute or two later it was engulfed in flames,” he said.

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Everyone, who reads Jottings, knows, first and foremost, I love stories of “honesty” (i.e., the working slob that finds gobs of bucks and turns it in). Don’t know if I’m that honest?

Right after that are the “Stones” stories. Where some average Joe demonstrates the courage of hero, demonstrates a Big Set of … well, you get the idea. Am I being “crude”, yes. Vivid, yes. Blunt, yes. Especially when someone recognizes the danger and does it anyway.

Like Irena Sendler and all the Righteous Among the Nations  http://tinyurl.com/2b3y4t. (Women can demo “stones” better than some men ever would!)

Like the fellow who dove on to the subways tracks to save a sick stranger.

Like the cops who climbed up the GW to get the nut who wanted to jump down safely. (Yeah it was their job, but they could have said “time for doughnut break”. I might have.)

You know “stones”. Big Uns!

Here’s one such story. I don’t know that I’d have hung around a burning car. Let take the time to get out a wheelchair. I might have said “Oh, excuse me, I have a dental appointment I’m late for.”

Everyone wants to believe that they can play the hero. And, maybe it’s easier in the big challenges than the little one. I don’t know. Maybe if you don’t have a lot of time to think about it.

Just call me “pebbles”. I sure hope, when my time comes, I won’t be lacking for lots of extra Grace and some extra clean shorts.

I know my fellow alums would acquit themselves much better. Unequivocally. And certainly with a lot less negation. (Excuse me, ID <Intelligent Designer> could I have that challenge is a much smaller size? If I promise not to whine in Jasper Jottings, could you make someone else the hero?)

 

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 reinke--AT—jasperjottings.com

 

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CONTENTS

 

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Messages from Headquarters (i.e., MC Press Releases)

 

2

Good_News

 

2

Obits

 

6

Jaspers_in_the_News

 

0

Manhattan_in_the_News

 

9

Email From Jaspers

 

4

Jaspers found web-wise

 

1

MC mentioned web-wise

 

0

New Jasper Bloggers

 

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Adgie, Margo

JGood2

????

Brady, Thomas J.

JObit1

????

Brown, John P.

JObit2

????

Centrowitz, Matt

JNews1

????

Chiappa, Joe

JNews3

????

Chiappa, Michelle

JNews3

????

Diep, Hung

JFound4

????

DiRocco, Arthur

JFound1

????

Macek, Richard R.

JNews5

????

Sweighart, Fr. Erwin

JEmail09

????

Theall, Aubrey S.

JNews2

1938

Reyes, Al

JEmail06

1953

McEneney, Mike

JEmail02

1953

McEneney, Mike

JEmail08

1968

Kaufmann, Dick

JEmail01

1968

Kaufmann, Dick

JEmail06

1974

Henry, Janine

JEmail08

1979

Del Cueto, Omar

JNews4

1980

Moore, Kevin

JEmail09

1983

Oliphant, Laura

JEmail03

1990

Spivey, Scott A.

JFound2 (remembered)

1993

Miranda, Martha Filpo

JFound2

1996

Chung, Sheryl

JEmail07

2003

Krueger, Courtney

JGood1

2005

Streche, Laura

JEmail04

2006

McCarthy, Thomas A.

JEmail07

2007

Cerone, Steven M. 

JNews6

2007

Eckert, Megan Marie

JNews6

2007

Martin, Brigid

JEmail05

2009

Panzarella, Brianne

JFound3

MCfac

Salm, Br. C. Luke

JEmail09

 

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Adgie, Margo

JGood2

????

Brady, Thomas J.

JObit1

????

Brown, John P.

JObit2

????

Centrowitz, Matt

JNews1

2007

Cerone, Steven M. 

JNews6

????

Chiappa, Joe

JNews3

????

Chiappa, Michelle

JNews3

1996

Chung, Sheryl

JEmail07

1979

Del Cueto, Omar

JNews4

????

Diep, Hung

JFound4

????

DiRocco, Arthur

JFound1

2007

Eckert, Megan Marie

JNews6

1974

Henry, Janine

JEmail08

1968

Kaufmann, Dick

JEmail01

1968

Kaufmann, Dick

JEmail06

2003

Krueger, Courtney

JGood1

????

Macek, Richard R.

JNews5

2007

Martin, Brigid

JEmail05

2006

McCarthy, Thomas A.

JEmail07

1953

McEneney, Mike

JEmail02

1953

McEneney, Mike

JEmail08

1993

Miranda, Martha Filpo

JFound2

1980

Moore, Kevin

JEmail09

1983

Oliphant, Laura

JEmail03

2009

Panzarella, Brianne

JFound3

1938

Reyes, Al

JEmail06

MCfac

Salm, Br. C. Luke

JEmail09

1990

Spivey, Scott A.

JFound2 (remembered)

2005

Streche, Laura

JEmail04

????

Sweighart, Fr. Erwin

JEmail09

????

Theall, Aubrey S.

JNews2

 

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HEADQUARTER'S MESSAGES

Headquarters1

 

{{Nothing}

 

 

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GOOD NEWS

JGood1

JOY: Krueger, Courtney (MC2003)

http://www.amherstbee.com/news/2007/0606/Lifestyles/120.html

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Krueger - Wergen

Bonnie and Graydon Krueger of Wilson announce the engagement of their daughter, Courtney Krueger, to Daniel Wergen Jr., son of Pamela and Daniel Wergen Sr. of Orchard Park. Miss Krueger is a 1999 graduate of Wilson High School. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing from Manhattan College, Riverdale, N.Y., in 2003.

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JGood2

JOY: Adgie, Margo (MCYYYY)

http://blog.nj.com/gloucester/2007/04/engagement_announcements.html

Engagement Announcements
Posted by Gloucester County Times April 08, 2007 10:28AM
Categories: Celebrations

Margo Adgie and Matthew Carr

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The engagement of Margo Adgie to Matthew Carr is announced.

Margo is the daughter of Matthew and Marie Adgie of Franklinville.

She is a graduate of Manhattan College in Riverdale, N.Y., with a master’s degree in environmental engineering. Margo is employed by Los Angeles County, Calif., as a project engineer.

Matthew is the son of William and Judy Carr of Wildwood Crest.

He is a graduate of York College of Pennsylvania, with a bachelor of arts degree in mass communication. Matthew is employed by Quiksilver, Inc. in California in visual merchandising.

A June wedding is planned.

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{JR: Picture at the news story.  }

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OBITS

(Memento Mori)

Operators of Legacy dot com claim “what problem”. You have to love the ability of support people to deny a problem in the face of an email thread which includes email from their own people saying we see a problem and are fixing it. Great Brother Jasper’s Ghost!!! That is aggravating. Argh! Not sure it’s fixed.

 

JObit1

JObit: Brady, Thomas J. (MCYYYY)

http://www.antonnews.com/syossetjerichotribune/2007/06/08/obituaries/

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Thomas J. Brady

Thomas J. Brady, 84, of Syosset, a retired teacher who worked in the Syosset School District for over 30 years died on May 30, 2007 following a long illness. As a young man, he attained the rank of Lieutenant J.G. in an elite and secret Navy division known as “frogmen” (now called Navy Seals) in the Pacific Theater during WWII. Immediately afterward, he became part of a naval research expedition to Antarctica, called Operation High Jump, which had been organized by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd.

Upon his return to the US, he enrolled at Manhattan College to complete his Bachelors degree, and subsequently attended Teachers College of Columbia University, where he obtained his Masters’ Degree in Education. He took his first teaching job at Locust Grove School as a physical education instructor, later teaching fifth- and then sixth-grades. A master teacher, he spent his last professional years teaching sixth-grade at Robbins Lane School. He retired from teaching in June 1986, after having touched hundreds of young lives.

An avid bowler, part-time artist, and word-puzzle devotee, Brady was often seen cycling around his neighborhood or spending hours tending the garden in which he took much pleasure. Dearly loved by his neighbors, he toiled happily and beamed with pride as both pedestrians and people in passing cars would stop to admire his landscaping talent. In addition to all of these interests, he always found time to watch his beloved New York Yankees. During his lifetime, he also sponsored dozens of children and families around the globe through the Christian Children’s Fund, most recently three children and their families in Africa.

He is survived by two daughters, Terri Brady-Mendez of Mattituck and Meredith Trunk of Charlotte, NC; a son-in-law, John C. Trunk; and by three granddaughters, Marisa Mendez-Brady and Chelsea and Maggie Trunk.

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JObit2

JObit: BROWN, JOHN (MC????)

Staten Island Advance (New York)
June 1, 2007 Friday
JOHN BROWN, 89
SECTION: OBITS; Pg. A14

Date of Death: 05/30/2007 Tugboat captain headed family company Native Staten Islander John P. Brown, 89, of West Brighton, a World War II Navy veteran and retired tugboat captain, died Wednesday at home after a battle with melanoma.

Born in Rosebank, he moved with his family to West Brighton when he was a boy and lived there for the rest of his life.

Mr. Brown was the owner of Thomas J. Brown & Sons Tugboat Company, a tugboat company founded by his father in 1929. He steered for the company until 1995, when he lost his vision, but stayed involved in the business after he retired, said his daughter, Betsy A. Brown.

Mr. Brown served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, stationed aboard a patrol torpedo boat in the Pacific Theater.

A graduate of St. Peter’s high school, he attended Manhattan College and graduated from Villanova University in 1940 with a bachelor’s degree in economics.

“He was just an incredible person, just the most amazing man you could ever know,” said his daughter, Catherine Rymas.

Mr. Brown was a parishioner of Holy Family R.C. Church, Westerleigh.

His wife of 59 years, the former Catherine M. Rodden, died in 2002.

Surviving, in addition to his daughters, Betsy and Catherine, are his daughter, Teresa M. Smith; his three sons, John P. Jr., Thomas and James; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

The funeral will be tomorrow from the Harmon Home for Funerals, West Brighton, with a mass at 9:45 a.m. in Holy Family Church. Burial will follow in St. Peter’s Cemetery, West Brighton.

LOAD-DATE: June 1, 2007

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{JR: Sounds like a Jasper to me. He certainly demonstrated the value I’d like to think of as “ours”. Impressive 59 year marriage, a vet, and a tugboat captain!  }

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Jasper_Updates

[JR: With the loss of mcOLdb, I have no way of getting missing Class years until I revamp my processes.]

 

 

 

{NOTHING}

 

 

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Jaspers_Missing

Reported by mcALUMdb as “lost”:

 

No, the mcALUMdb itself is lost. To some extent no surprise. And, it’s discouraging.

 


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Reported by me as “lost”:

 

{NOTHING}

 


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Jaspers_in_the_News

JNews1

JNews: Centrowitz, Matt (MC????)

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/highschool/
bal-sp.centrowitz02jun02,0,3373826.story?
coll=bal-sports-more

http://tinyurl.com/2m54yx

Track And Field
Broadneck’s Centrowitz tries to one-up his father
Originally published June 2, 2007
Paul McMullen

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Matthew Centrowitz, the Broadneck High senior who is the fastest schoolboy in the nation over four laps, will try for another distinction this afternoon - fastest high school miler in his household.

Centrowitz will compete in the elite open division of the third annual Reebok Grand Prix at Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island in New York. His goal is to beat the high school best of his father Matt, who in 1973 ran 4 minutes, 2.7 seconds for Manhattan’s Power Memorial Academy.

Last Saturday, Centrowitz shaved more than three seconds from the state meet record in the slightly shorter 1,600 meters, taking the 4A title in 4:04.09. In April, Centrowitz won the Penn Relays mile in a meet-record 4:08.38 and became the first boy in the history of the meet to win both the 3,000, which he took as a junior, and mile.

Matt Centrowitz, a two-time Olympian who now coaches at American University, ran for Manhattan College and the University of Oregon, where his son will follow in his footsteps this fall.

The Reebok Grand Prix is one of the few international track and field meets held in the United States.

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JNews2

JNEWS: Aubrey S. Theall

http://www.lowellsun.com/ci_6052220

DRC names new leader for Metrigraphics
The Lowell Sun
Article Last Updated: 06/03/2007 06:34:29 AM EDT

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Aubrey S. Theall of Westford has joined TD Banknorth as a vice president in the bank’s commercial banking and not for profit group in Worcester.

He is responsible for providing commercial banking services to not for profit organizations in Massachusetts. He has nine years of banking experience.

Theall is a graduate of Manhattan College in Riverdale, N.Y.

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JNews3

JNEWS: Joe and Michelle Chiappa

http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?
AID=/20070603/COLUMNIST05/706030382/1019/NEWS03

http://tinyurl.com/ywttta

Choosing the best of the best as this year’s Scholar Athletes
By BOB BAIRD THE JOURNAL NEWS
(Original publication: June 3, 2007)

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Joe and Michelle Chiappa both went on to Manhattan College and to careers in engineering

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Chiappa, Joe (MC????)

Chiappa, Michelle (MC????)

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JNews4

JNEWS: Omar Del Cueto (MC????)

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/
la-me-garfield4jun04,0,4697933.story

http://tinyurl.com/ys4rt9

Garfield principal steps up to challenge
By Carla Rivera
Los Angeles Times
June 03, 2007

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Garfield High School Principal Omar Del Cueto operated on pure instinct when he rushed to the campus two weeks ago, its historic auditorium consumed by flames, to document the destruction of one of East Los Angeles’ enduring symbols. Since then, his PowerPoint presentation of haunting, graphic images has been shown to students, staff, community leaders and politicians. It functions not only as a record of loss but also as a catalyst to make it through the semester, rebuild the 1925 auditorium to its former glory and unify a campus that has been strained by low achievement. Del Cueto had been principal only nine months when the May 20 fire thrust him into a role as spokesman and symbol of the school. If laughter is the antidote to misery, his arrival may have been fortuitous. His sober pronouncements are leavened by a wry sense of humor that has kept the campus on an even keel. He is determined that the fire and its aftermath - which includes frequent invasions by the media, all manner of inspectors, teary-eyed alumni and a politician or two or three - will not set back his goal of improving test scores and preparing his mostly low-income, Latino students for life beyond the school doors. But the challenges are formidable. The fire occurred just as students were preparing for state standardized tests, which had to be postponed for several days. Garfield ranks in the lowest tier in California’s Academic Performance Index, with a 2006 score of 528. The statewide goal is 800.

In addition, Del Cueto recently lost a close staff vote to institute several reforms that would have included fewer and longer class periods, greater teacher collaboration and adding an advisory period focusing less on curriculum and more on early intervention and individual assessment. The school’s union representative was unavailable for comment.

But Del Cueto is nothing if not determined, and he said he thinks the campus will come to embrace his methods, which he used to raise scores at Luther Burbank Middle School in Highland Park, where he was principal before coming to Garfield.

He believes he’ll get there by using humor, quoting everyone from Sophocles to Albert Einstein and reminding all of the Bulldog ethos of Garfield, a school portrayed in the movie ‘Stand and Deliver,’ which chronicled the exploits of another advocate of passion in teaching: math instructor Jaime Escalante.

‘Building a professional learning system, even in the middle of a tragedy - that doesn’t get suspended,’ Del Cueto said last week during a rare pause in activity. Carmen N. Schroeder, superintendent of the local district that includes Garfield, said she hired Del Cueto because his resume included a ‘rare’ combination of strong instructional and operational skills.

She said she has been impressed with his hands-on management and quick analysis of what was needed to keep the school running. ‘I could tell he was ready to take on any kind of emergency that impacted the school,’ Schroeder said. ‘As tragic as the fire is, it has helped to build a sense of community, common goals and vision. The teachers and administrative staff have also been remarkable and stepped up to the plate.’ Del Cueto, 50, was born in Havana but grew up in New York, where he had moved with his family at age 5.

He attended Manhattan College and earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology. He did an internship in marriage and family counseling but became disillusioned when he found that he mostly was a referee. He is a self-described geek who took computer courses in school, so when psychology didn’t pan out he looked west, eager to use the sophisticated equipment found in the Hollywood music industry.

Del Cueto was a second engineer in a recording studio working on then state-of-the-art 32-channel recording systems. But that too was a disappointment. ‘You don’t know what it’s like until you’ve sat all night listening to just a horn track over and over,’ Del Cueto said, laughing. ‘But you have to try it.’ He worked toting gear at some of Los Angeles’ most famous music emporiums, setting up sound systems and then breaking them down and loading them onto trucks. Del Cueto saw Marvin Gaye’s last performance at the Greek Theatre and remembers the tractor-trailers full of equipment needed to support Michael Jackson’s concerts.

It was a nice break from cerebral pursuits, but he was beginning to long for more social interaction and a sense of mission. In 1981, Del Cueto was working as stage manager during a slow stretch at the Florentine Gardens, a Hollywood club, when he saw a newspaper ad seeking bilingual math and science teachers.

He soon found himself in a homeroom at John Adams Junior High that had gone through a dozen substitutes.

He said one ’snotty’ student approached him and said, ‘We’ve been through 12. I wonder how long you’ll last.’ He determined then to stick it out just to spite them. Through the years, he has taught science, math and social studies, worked as a credentialed bilingual counselor, been a dean of students, a district operations officer and an assistant principal. Del Cueto ended up hiring the snotty student as a special education teacher at Luther Burbank.

Del Cueto met his wife, Linda, in 1984 while she was teaching at Chester W. Nimitz Middle School. She was just named a local district superintendent.

The couple live in La Canada Flintridge and have a 12-year-old son, Mario Luis. Ramon S. Castillo, vice president of student services at Los Angeles Trade Tech College, has known Del Cueto for more than 15 years and is a neighbor.

He hired Del Cueto when he was principal at Wilson High School to be his bilingual coordinator and has since offered career guidance.

Castillo said Del Cueto’s upbeat personality has fostered a sense of ease among students and staff since the fire. Del Cueto, he said, has always overflowed with ideas, including a stadium video system he half-jokingly dubbed ‘Wilsonvision’ while the two were at that school. ‘He’s a visionary in seeing what is not there yet,’ Castillo said. ‘It’s important to be able to envision the rebuilding of that auditorium and raising test scores.’ Del Cueto said he had long wanted to come to Garfield - first seeking the principal job in 1998. The bonds of alumni and its tradition-rich rivalry with Roosevelt High School were big attractions. ‘There is a bond in East Los Angeles that’s like USC or UCLA; you’re either a Bulldog or a Roughrider. I wanted to be a part of that,’ he said. He wants to leave a legacy of student achievement, teacher excellence and fraternity like that he felt within the tight-knit group of teachers who mentored him at John Adams.

‘I’d like someday in the future to draw parallels to Jaime Escalante, who communicated to students the importance of attempting and achieving high quality work,’ said Del Cueto, who considers his job to be the principal teacher at the school. ‘We have to overcome the folklore that keeps us from being the best: ‘It’s East L.A.; they’re poor.’ Those are significant challenges but the most important factor is the quality of teaching, and we can change that. We have to charge hard, but to do anything less is stealing the money.’

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{MikeMcE reports:  Dear John,     I believe that Omar is a member of the Class of 1979.       Mike   (Thanks, Mike.) }

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JNews5

JNews: Macek, Richard R. (MC????)

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/story.aspx?
guid=%7bE128E1F1-4F9F-48F9-A76E-
B2FAAA4AC6B2%7d&siteid=nbk&symb=

http://tinyurl.com/357w6t

Richard R. Macek Named Interim CEO for EuroCCP
Clearing and Settlement Platform for Turquoise Taking Shape

Last Update: 2:01 AM ET Jun 5, 2007

LONDON, June 5, 2007 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — A leading Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) senior executive, Richard R. Macek, has been chosen to serve as the interim chief executive officer (