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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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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JGood2

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Brady, Thomas J.

JObit1

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Brown, John P.

JObit2

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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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JGood2

????

Brady, Thomas J.

JObit1

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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”:

 

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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 (CEO) for EuroCCP, the new clearing and settlement platform that’s being created to support the Turquoise pan-European trading platform.

Macek has been a member of DTCC’s executive leadership team since the formation of DTCC in 1999, most recently as an executive managing director responsible for Risk Management, Finance and the firm’s family of Wealth Management Services. He is also chairman of the board of Omgeo, a joint venture owned by DTCC and Thomson Financial.

In taking on this critical leadership role for EuroCCP, Macek will be relocating to London, and he’ll be relinquishing his current responsibilities for Finance, Risk Management and Wealth Management Services. He will, however, continue to serve as chairman of Omgeo.

“Rick is one of DTCC’s most experienced and knowledgeable executives,” said Donald F. Donahue, DTCC chairman-elect and CEO. “He has more than 35 years of experience in financial services, focusing on finance and risk management issues. Rick was heavily involved in developing our proposal for Turquoise, and he has strong international experience through his chairmanship of Omgeo.

“During this start-up phase and launch of EuroCCP, Rick’s appointment represents a significant commitment by DTCC to ensure the success of this new clearing corporation. We do plan, on a longer term basis, to recruit a European executive to serve as the permanent CEO for this subsidiary,” Donahue said.

Macek was chief financial officer and managing director for DTCC from 1999 until April 2004. In 2003, he assumed the additional responsibility for all DTCC Risk Management activities, as well as being named CEO of DTCC’s Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (FICC) subsidiary, which clears and settles U.S. Government securities and mortgage-backed securities. In addition, he was also named CEO of the Emerging Markets Clearing Corporation (EMCC), another DTCC subsidiary, in August 2003. Macek gave up the CEO positions at FICC and EMCC when he assumed the chairmanship of Omgeo in 2005.

Macek joined National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC) in 1998, prior to the formation of DTCC, as managing director, treasurer and chief financial officer. NSCC is now a DTCC subsidiary. He also was responsible for overseeing the financial operations of what was then known as the Government Securities Clearing Corporation (GSCC) and Mortgage-Backed Securities Clearing Corporation (MBSCC), two organizations that later merged to form FICC.

Prior to joining NSCC, Macek had a 15-year career with Dillon, Read & Co., Inc., where he was managing director for the firm’s finance and accounting operations in New York and London. Before that, he spent two years as a director with Morgan Stanley and 10 years with Arthur Young & Co. (now Ernst & Young) as an audit principal.

Macek, a certified public accountant, earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Manhattan College. He served in the U.S. Army from 1969 to 1971 and was awarded the Bronze Star in Vietnam for meritorious service.

EuroCCP was selected to provide clearing and settlement services to Turquoise, a consortium of seven major investment banks in Europe, after a major competition and is expected to begin operation at the end of this year. EuroCCP is a subsidiary of DTCC. The objective of Turquoise is the lower the costs of trading in Europe.

About DTCC

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Editor’s note: A high-resolution photo of Richard Macek is available for download from his biography page on DTCC’s web site at http://www.dtcc.com/macek.html.

Macek, Richard R
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SOURCE DTCC - The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation

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JNews6

JNEWS: Cerone, Steven M. (2007) & Eckert, Megan Marie (2007)

http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/
article?AID=2007706070318

Gloucester County People
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
EDUCATION

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Steven M. Cerone and Megan Marie Eckert, both of Sewell, were among the Manhattan College, Riverdale, N.Y., students to receive degrees during commencement exercises May 20.

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Cerone, Steven M. (2007)

Eckert, Megan Marie (2007)

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EMAIL FROM JASPERS

JEmail01

JEMAILXX: Dick Kaufmann (MC1968)

From: Dick Kaufmann [MC1968]
Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 6:33 PM
To: John Reinke
Subject: Manhattan College Commencement 2007

John,

I found this link on a website dedicated to Jasper basketball and thought you may be interested, especially in her remarks on her blog.

Dr. Jan Crawford Greenburg gave a lovely address at commencement on Sunday. Here is an e-mail sent out by the school just today and a link to a reflection she wrote on her experience for the day.

To the Manhattan College Community:

ABC News Legal Correspondent Jan Crawford Greenburg, who received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at Manhattan College’s 165th Commencement on Sunday, May 20, reflected on experience in her personal column on the ABCNews web site, posted on Monday, May 21. The column can be reached by clicking the link.

blogs.abcnews.com/legalit…ce_an.html

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From: Dick Kaufmann
Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 6:48 PM
To: John Reinke
Subject: Spring Commencement 2007

John,

I cheated. I read this week’s JJ on Saturday evening while sipping my favorite drink (and it is not a Manhattan).

I have to tell you that I was very impressed with everyone who received their Master’s either in Education or Engineering on May 23rd. The couple sitting next to us was a Hispanic immigrant couple and their daughter was receiving her Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering. She had received her degree from MC in ’05 in Computer Engineering. As we conversed, he told me that his other child, a son, received his Chemical Engineering degree from MC in ’06. He was beaming and I couldn’t blame him. His family has already lived the American dream thanks to Alma Mater.

The family in front of us was cheering on their husband, brother and dad as he received his Bachelor’s degree using the 12 year program. They also were beaming and his children were jumping for joy.

I was impressed with the wide ethnicity of those receiving their degrees. I know that this isn’t the Alma Mater that we graduated from but to see all those people celebrating was amazing. There was a couple from Africa in full cultural dress there for their son’s Master’s in EE. Their faces said it all.

As we were walking out by the guard shack (my daughter still had on her gown), two employees that worked in the cafeteria started cheering and congratulating both my daughter and my wife and I. (My daughter knew they worked in the cafeteria). They told her she has to come back next year for the reunion. When I told them that next year was my 40th from MC, they started clapping and told me I must come back again. These people were the biggest cheerleaders for the College and Brother President should give them a raise.

Regards,
Dick Kaufmann, MP’64 MC’68

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From: Reinke’s Jasper (mc68alum) Persona
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 6:43 AM
To: ‘Dick Kaufmann’
Subject: RE: Spring Commencement 2007

>I cheated. I read this week’s JJ on Saturday evening

Well, I’m just pleased some one read it. :-) Any one. Even a grizzled old Prepster.

>The couple sitting next to us was a Hispanic immigrant couple

Manhattan markets to that niche. First generation born in America students by its financial aid packages and by it emphasis on values and employment. Us Americans have no idea of the power of the American Dream

>I was impressed with the wide ethnicity of those receiving their degrees.

American’s great strength WAS the melting pot. Before the politicians put a plastic bag over the Statue of Liberty out of fear, and put American on the European style / Communist dole. Manhattan still imho gives a great ROI. The time, money, and attention is well spent; it’s a 150 year old “value” factory. Hopefully it never loses that ethic.

> I know that this isn’t the Alma Mater that we graduated from

Yeah, for sure, pop over to FACEBOOK and gander at all “the gurls”. Jaspers have gotten a heck of a lot prettier than you and I.

>Their faces said it all.

AND, people say that parents won’t educate their children without gooferment skools!

>two employees that worked in the cafeteria started cheering and congratulating both my daughter and my wife and I.

Like the proverbial “Third Stone Mason”, they weren’t cafeteria workers; they were part of the educational team.

>When I told them that next year was my 40th from MC, they started clapping and told me I must come back again.

Sure old fossils should be display often as a warning to new students that, if they are not careful, that’s what they could become … … “old”. ;-)

>These people were the biggest cheerleaders for the College and Brother President should give them a raise.

Agreed. Bet they could explain the College’s values better than the new graduates!  :-) Also, I find that the people who have to “work hard” to make ends meet have a completely different perspective than those of us that don’t. Nothing like a little sweat to appreciate the value of an education. Or, in the case of immigrant parents, their children’s education and opportunity is the reason for the trek to America. Simply amazing.

>Regards,

Good thoughts in your direction. And, thanks for some great “on the scene” reporting. Nice to know someone of your advanced age can still toddle around the campus and recognize the landmarks. But then you did have your women there to ensure you didn’t wander off in reverie.

:-)

fjohn

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{JR: I think, but I could be wrong, but I captured her graduation speech and follow up web note. I thought the web note was better than the speech. But, who am I to critique. Obviously, one fellow in the audience liked it. But, we know what kind of an observer he is. :-) }

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JEmail02

From: Mike McEneney [MC1953]
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 9:53 PM
To: John Reinke
Subject: Fw: GOVERNOR ELIOT SPITZER APPOINTS JUSTICE JONATHAN LIPPMAN AS PRESIDING JUSTICE OF THE APPELLATE

Dear John,

I was able to hook up the “dial up” connection for now. The attached article about my old boss has the same “unusual” characters that I was getting in Jasper Jottings, so it is not only what you send that has the problem.

Best,
Mike

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Appellate Division of the Supreme Court for the First JudicialDepartment.

“Throughout his long career, Justice Lippman has displayed the

strength of

character and profound respect for the rule of law that make him an

outstanding choice for this position,†said Governor Spitzer.“I

have no

doubt that Justice Lippman will continue

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From: Reinke’s Jasper (mc68alum) Persona
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 6:07 AM
To: ‘Mike McEneney’
Subject: RE: GOVERNOR ELIOT SPITZER APPOINTS JUSTICE JONATHAN LIPPMAN AS PRESIDING JUSTICE OF THE APPELLATE

It HAS to be a font problem.

The “message” has characters in it. Like end of paragraph and special symbols that are not defined in the font used in your software.

I think you said you use a mac. So I’m at a loss, but I bet if you nose around in the various software or system settings that there is a default setting for font. In the pc world, there are lots of places for it to go wrong. As an experiment, set everything to “plain text” “Courier” and see if the same garbage is displayed.

The last time I had the problem I piped everything thru a “text cleaner” that filter out all strange characters and replaced them with spaces. Now I use a cut’n'paste utility called PureText that does it for me automagically. Microsoft Word is very sensitive to crud being copied INTO its documents and will read crud as control information and give a document a “virtual flat tire” after suck a “dirty” copy. To the point where the doc is inoperable. Use to happen a lot when I’d cut’n'paste email into the weekly jottings. Since Pure Text, don’t see that at all. (Knock on wood, looking for Mister Murphy).

l8r,
fjohn68

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From: Mike McEneney
Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 10:11 PM
To: Reinke’s Jasper (mc68alum) Persona
Subject: Re: GOVERNOR ELIOT SPITZER APPOINTS JUSTICE JONATHAN LIPPMAN AS PRESIDING JUSTICE OF THE APPELLATE

Dear John,

Thanks. I am using a PC, not an Apple, but the problem is not that serious.

(I am on a dial up for now slow!)

Mike

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JEmail03

From: Oliphant, Laura [1983]
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 10:08 PM
To: Reinke's Jasper (mc68alum) Persona
Subject: RE: please unsubscribe me from Jasper Jottings, thanks, Laura

Yes, that's my address as well.  I am unsubscribing because I am taking 2 months off of my job, and want to limit the e-mail during my absence.  I have enjoyed your content.  Thanks, Laura

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From: Reinke's Jasper (mc68alum) Persona
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 8:08 AM
To: Oliphant, Laura
Subject: RE: please unsubscribe me from Jasper Jottings, thanks, Laura

LO: OK, I just suspended it. So when you want it back on, just yell. "Two months". Sabbatical, baby, or detox? (Great Brother Jasper's Ghost!!! Can't believe he asked that!) Yeah, I know injineers have no tact. But email is not the way to be sensitive with friends. (Anyone who listens to my drivel has to be a friend or likes to watch train wrecks.) I'm glad that you enjoyed the content. It seems to go in waves. Like erosion. Seriously, I hope you're ok, will be ok. Is there anything I should be wishing for, praying for, or chipping in a couple of bucks for? (No tattoos or piercing!) Or you can just say MYOB, or ignore me. I'll be here when you come back. Intelligent Designer willing. fjohn68

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From: Oliphant, Laura
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 1:25 PM
To: Reinke's Jasper (mc68alum) Persona
Subject: RE: please unsubscribe me from Jasper Jottings, thanks, Laura

No, actually none of the above.  The two month sabbatical is an employee benefit that we get every 7 years working at Intel.  Thanks, Laura

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{JR:  Most kool. Come back to Jottings safe. I can't afford to lose ANY readers. ;-) }

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JEmail04

From: Facebook
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 11:52 AM
To: John Reinke
Subject: Laura Streche (2005) sent you a message on Facebook...

Thanks so much! I will definitely need a new job at the beginning of July since I now officially resigned and June 29th is my last day. Thanks for all the links, I'll check them out tonight!

By the way, how did you get an alumni email from manhattan? :)

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From: John Reinke
1:45pm May 31st

Under the old, now down, alumni system, when you registered your name, like reinkefj, it became a forwarding email address. So when some one like Xaviar Ray, signed up as use xray, an email was automatically created as xray @ alum.manhattan.edu. If you have an id on the old alumni site. you may have an alum address already. You can't change where it forwards to until their new system comes up. I've been thru lots of these alum changes so I'm not a good exemplar of what is working. ;-)

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{JR:  All us hip young (more than 4k) Jaspers are over on Facebook. Hey, I’ll chase potential readership where ever I can find it. I even exchange messages with Jasper Lawyers in that pursuit!}

{JR:  Maybe now I’ll get invited to the Young Jaspers Meetups in NYC with the low all you can drink admission price? }

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JEmail05

From: Facebook
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 5:08 PM
To: John Reinke
Subject: Brigid Martin sent you a message on Facebook...

Thanks a lot, I'll definitely use your resources

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http://manhattan.facebook.com/profile.php?id=32100719

Brigid Martin, Class of '07.
(I just confirmed your facebook request.
Thanks, have a great day.

    * Manhattan College '07
    * Communications, Music, Religious Studies

High School:            
Patchogue-Medford High School '03

Work Info
Marabella Productions
Production Assistant
New York, NY
Assistant to the Production Coordinator for an upcoming 6 part series on The DARPA Challenge for the Science Channel

The Independent Production Fund
Intern January 2007 – June 2007
New York, NY
Doing what needs to be done to get some projects off the ground.

{JR: And, is looking for her next great challenge a big job as …  }

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JEmail06

From: Dick Kaufmann [1968]
Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 4:36 PM
To: John Reinke
Subject: A Strange Encounter

Hi John,

I just have to tell you about this encounter my wife and I had today. I responded to an ad for a 1966 Corvair and we went to look at it today (trying to recapture my youth I guess). As we were sitting there with the owner (who happened to be 86 yrs old) and her daughter and son-in-law, she acknowledged my still distinct Bronx accent. She then said that she used to live in the Bronx at 242nd and Broadway. I told her that both I and my daughter graduated from Manhattan College and she almost fell over. She told us that her husband, Al Reyes, graduated from MC in 1938 and spent many years on campus as the swimming coach, assistant football coach and other assorted positions.

We started talking about MC and she and her husband used to go to the reunions years ago. (He passed away 4 years ago). You talk about a small world! We spent a good hour talking about MC, the Bronx etc. I also told her that I used to live on 242nd and Broadway at a place called the Pinewood and she started laughing saying that her husband was also a very good customer at the place too.

Needles to say we didn’t haggle over the price of the car, I purchased it and she told me that at first she was going to ask for a bank or certified check, but after hearing that I was born and raised in the Bronx and graduated from MC, my personal check would be fine, since all Manhattan men were of good character. Her son-in-law and daughter kind of looked at her askance but acquiesced to her decision.

As we were leaving, her daughter came over to me and thanked us for spending the time talking to her mom about Manhattan College and the Bronx. She said she hadn’t seen her mom that happy since her dad died. Mrs. Reyes came over and told me that she was glad another Jasper was the new owner of her late husband’s car.

A very good afternoon.
Regards,
Rich Kaufmann, MP’64, MC’68

P.S. I drove the car the almost 40 miles home and I had to leave it at another friend’s house about 10 miles away as it wasn’t going any further. A good tune-up and oil change and it should be ready to purr like a kitten.

{JR:  Love it. There are so many neat things in this email – the serendipity – I’m speechless. }

{JR: Almost speechless, so when did you stop payment on the check?   ;-)  Couldn’t resist. And the State lets you drive at your advanced age?  }

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JEmail07

From: Sheryl Chung (Class of 1996)
Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 7:42 PM
To: reinkefj
Subject: Sheryl Chung (Class of 1996)

Hi John,

Just wanted to thank you again for the jasper updates and to let you know that your work is not unappreciated from past Manhattan alumni, like myself.  I hope though that Thomas A. McCarthy and you will be able to work together as a team to greater improve our Manhattan alumni community because unity is a powerful tool in the world, in which the ultimate goal in life should be harmony and peace. I look forward to reading next week edition.  I hope the readers are reaching out to the those that require it, especially like Joseph John Harmon Jr. (NYPD officer).  I look forward to reading another article in which his life has been affected in a positive way from our alumni community.

Bye,
Sheryl LaShaun Chung (Class of 1996)

{JR:  Well, thanks for the nice sentiments. I’d suggest that you watch for a decade and, as we cycle thru more of the official alumni organization, you’ll detect a pattern. Other than Grace, I’m sure that no one has been at this “hobby” longer than I have. And, hopefully, I’ll be at it a few more years. Now, did I hear you say you wanted to be an Assistant Editor? J I’m behind on my email so I’ll catch up soon. To explain your new duties and the compensation structure here at Jottings (None!) I’ve got to find a sucker … errr, I mean SUCESSOR.  }

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JEmail08

From: Mike McEneney [1953]
Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 10:44 PM
Subject: Re: Henry, Janine (MC????)

Dear John,

          I believe that Janine received her Masters in 1974.

                          Mike

----- Original Message -----

JBlogger: Henry, Janine (MC????)
http://janinemhenry.blogspot.com/

{JR:   Thanks, Mike.  I am running behind in the email department. Have to hire a new clerk. I haven’t moved email that to the blog format yet, but as soon as I do, it will be less likely to fall behind. }

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JEmail09

From: Kevin Moore [1980]
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 8:55 AM
Subject: UPSTATE JASPER NEWS

Dear CIC,

    While recently visiting my mother (sister of Br. C. Luke Salm, FSC longtime professor of theology at MC), I had a chance to speak with the pastor of her parish, Fr. Erwin Sweighart, a MC alumnus.  He recently celebrated the 40th anniversary of his ordination, and informed me that he receives Jasper Jottings.

Congratulations to Father and all the best to you.

Kevin Moore ‘80 

{JR: Just go to show that you never know who reads Jasper Jottings. Although I’m surprised that the Bishop has reprimanded him for poor reading habits. J  But I Forty Years of faithful service will get one a little wiggle room. Next time you’re there, please extend our collective congrats to our fellow alum. At one time, MC was know for all the priests it turned out. Sadly, I think the secular progressive have changed our society. Sigh. }

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JASPERS FOUND WEB-WISE

JFound1

JFound: DiRocco, Arthur (MC???? RIP)

http://www.hedgeworld.com/news/read_news.cgi?
section=what&story=what15881.html

Profile: Vera MacLeod’s ?Checkered Past’
By Maggie Shea, Financial Correspondent | Tuesday, June 05, 2007

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Her mom, who was a reporter for WKQW, a local news radio station in Rockland County and commissioner of recreation in Clarkstown, worked full-time for as long as Ms. MacLeod can remember. Her mother’s work habits would later influence her own ideas about work and family. Her dad, Arthur DiRocco, was a CPA and financial adviser. An Army veteran of the Korean War, he also graduated Magna Cum Laude from Manhattan College in New York. He began his career as an accountant, but later became an independent adviser.

She and her family?she is the second-youngest of one sister and three brothers?moved to Reno, Nev., when she was in high school. Her father had a client involved in a business deal there, who hoped to relocate Mr. DiRocco to look into some investments. Always a New Jersey girl at heart, Ms. MacLeod says her New York accent never really left her despite that year-and-a-half stint out west. It is strongest when she says words like “very” and “marry:” two words that don’t rhyme when spoken by a true Jersey girl. She started college at the University of Nevada?Reno, and planned on studying writing. She finished shy of her first semester when her father died.

“We moved back home to New Jersey, and it was tough,” Ms. MacLeod says. “When he died we lost absolutely everything. And we had to really pull ourselves up by the bootstraps and figure out how we were going to pay the rent and keep my brother in [high] school.” The unexpected loss was an awakening for 18-year-old Ms. MacLeod: “You have a father that tells you your whole life, ?Don’t worry, Daddy will always take care of you.’ And then all of a sudden, when you’re just entering the real world and that safety net’s gone, you really have to figure out what you’re going to do when you don’t have that person to lean on.”

Ms. MacLeod’s dad was self-employed and the family’s sole provider while they were in Reno. So upon his death, Ms. DiRocco had to stay behind and sell the house before foreclosure hit, and the family lost their car. Ms. MacLeod dropped out of school and immediately returned to New Jersey to find work. Her mom and younger brother followed as soon as the house was sold, but without profit. Back home, Ms. MacLeod’s brother got a job at a pizza place, and her mom got a bookkeeping position. “We were barely making ends meet,” Ms. MacLeod says. She worked a series of customer service jobs. They ranged from a receptionist job at an oil brokerage in Fort Lee, N.J., to another secretary job turned credit manager position at Associated Textile Converters, to a receptionist for Integrated Resources, a company that sold annuities. But when Integrated Resources moved its offices to Denver, 21-year-old Ms. MacLeod learned the value of networking. Her older brother, John DiRocco, who worked at Prudential Insurance, encouraged her to send a letter to Jim Quinn, a manager at Prudential he knew at the time, asking for a position there.

“I ended up meeting with [the people at Prudential] and I don’t know if they thought it was a, ?why not? Let’s give you a shot.’ So I came in ? and my very first job was in their securities lending department, reconciling fees and rebates.”

Later she would recall the importance of connections: “As you get older networking is so important. If you stay within the same industry with the people you started with, and they grow up in that industry along with you, the people that sat at the desk next to you reconciling an account are now senior traders at hedge funds or they’re [chief investment officers] or [chief operating officers] somewhere. So it definitely helps you to forward yourself if you surround yourself with successful people.”

Securities Lending: Old School

When Ms. MacLeod began working at Prudential there were no systems in place to track lending activities. She essentially was the system. Certain companies would use a repurchase agreement system for securities lending, meaning that at the close of every rebate they’d pay interest. “Every time a trade closed I would get a single ticket that said ?here is the rebate we owe you.’ So I would literally sit there with these mounds of little tickets and run them against our system, and tick back every rebate. Well, I uncovered over $350,000 of lost revenue just by looking at a few months of tickets,” Ms. MacLeod says. Within a month of starting she was promoted. “They said, ?O.K., this girl’s got chops,’” she says. But she was periodically reminded by her employers: “You know, if you just had a college degree, you could go places.”

Ms. MacLeod says she received the foundation of her industry knowledge at Prudential through its training program, which rotated new employees among each division of the company every three to six months, depending on the complexity of the job. She went from billing to settling trades to covering international markets, domestic markets and repo markets. Eventually she moved on to financial reporting and got her first taste of how the company actually made its money. A friend in the systems department showed her that Prudential’s current reports were inefficient for the financial statements required by pension funds. “My curiosity took over, and I figured out how to write my own reports to make the financial statements that the pension funds required. So I took something that had been very complex over the years and made it very clear with a clean process, which then evolved into a more robust reporting system.”

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{JR: A Manhattan College diploma is guarantee of success, a trouble free life, or anything really. Just a certificate of exposure to great ideas and good people. Interesting in that his daughter reflects him so well. }

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JFound: graduated Magna Cum Laude from Manhattan College in New York

Profile: Vera MacLeod’s
Hedgeworld (subscription), NY - 3 hours ago

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An Army veteran of the Korean War, he also graduated Magna Cum Laude from Manhattan College in New York. He began his career as an accountant, …

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JFound2

JFound: Martha (Filpo) Miranda ‘93

FROM THE LEGACY SITE GUEST BOOK FOR Scott A. Spivey ‘90

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Spivey Family: I am so deeply saddened by the loss of Scott. I knew Scott from Manhattan College and just learned of his passing via the Alumni Magazine. He had the most beautiful smile and a gentle spirit. He was a great mentor to us young Engineering students. I can only pray that the memories of his smile sustain you all during your time of grief.

Martha (Filpo) Miranda ‘93 (Reston, VA)

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The obits were reported in the ezine here:
http://www.jasperjottings.com/2006/jasperjottings20061029.htm

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JFound3

JFound: Panzarella, Brianne (MC2009)

http://manhattan.facebook.com/profile.php?id=32102703

Panzarella, Brianne
Manhattan College
‘09 Communications
Best Buy Customer Service Representative Danbury, CT

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Akward, with eyes that look greener when I cry (which is quite often), I am trying to upgrade my fashion sense, but at the same time I love my sweatpants. I am a hardcore tv addict with a *TIVO* in my dorm room to prove it. I am slightly obsessed with Bethel, Connecticut despite the fact that there is nothing to do there, but I am New York girl at heart.

I love Danielle Truebeenski, the litte red school house, and fooood and General Hospital

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JFound4

JFound: Diep, Hung (MC????)

http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?
AID=/20070602/NEWS03/706020376/1019

http://tinyurl.com/ynllez

108 new citizens naturalized in Rockland
By SARAH NETTER THE JOURNAL NEWS
(Original publication: June 2, 2007)

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Hung Diep only remembers life in America. He came with his mother, Thoa Diep, from Vietnam when he was a year old.

Thoa Diep smiled as her son talked, holding the American flag he was given along with his citizenship papers.

“She basically wanted me to have a better life over here,” he said.

As he grew, Diep said, his mother pushed him to finish high school, go to college and graduate. Now 22 and living in Spring Valley, Diep graduated May 20 from Manhattan College and is interested in engineering.

“She knew back at home that she didn’t have the same opportunities I do now,” he said.

Diep first applied for citizenship four years ago. His mother applied six months later and is scheduled to take the test June 11.

Thoa Diep doesn’t speak much English, her son said, but “she learned to adapt.”

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MC mentioned web-wise

MFound1

MFound: Edward Proffitt professor at Manhattan College

http://www.primenewswire.com/newsroom/news.html?d=120644

Source: Xlibris

Coming Out Not Once But Twice! — Author Edward Proffitt Recounts His Experiences and Shares the Differences of Being Queer in the 50s and 60s to Being Queer Now

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PALM SPRINGS, Calif., June 1, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) — Out in the 50s, married in the 60s, divorced in the 90s, and out again thereafter, author Edward Proffitt recounts his life from early childhood to the present in his memoir, Coming Out Twice. Read on and discover a humorous tale of a gay man’s life, his struggles, his pain, and eventually his happy ending.

This book chronicles the author’s life and the difference between being queer in the 50s and 60s and being queer now. Though Proffitt relays his life story with much humor, one can also see the indignation and acerbic wit in the message behind the lines. He endured the horror of being gay during the 50s and 60s, faced psychotherapy, entered marriage, fathered two children, and was finally Coming Out Twice. The author’s life is typical of many gay men and as he recounts it, painting a happy ending despite the pain, Proffitt hopes to be truly an inspiration to others who are still struggling with their homosexuality.

Never pretend to be someone you’re not and take pride in coming out of the closet. The truth of Coming Out Twice will set you free! Get a copy now, celebrate your individuality and embrace who you truly are! You can purchase a copy of this fantastic book online at Xlibris.com or at a local book retailer near you.

About the Author

A full professor at Manhattan College, now retired and living in Palm Springs, Dr. Edward Proffitt began his writing career as a poet in late adolescence, at the time of his first coming out. Born in 1938, he experienced the horror of being gay in the 50s and early 60s. The demeaning situation “inverts” had to endure led him to enter psychotherapy and later to marry. He remained married for nearly thirty years, during which time he fathered two children and published extensively. However, because Erato had fled, he wrote no more poetry until after his second coming out at the end of the nineties, when the poems of both Homo Erectus (his first book of poems) and now Ecce Homo poured out. Most concern the experience of being gay in the world as we have known it seen through a critical eye as to both gays and straights. There is much humor here as well as indignation and an acerbic wit.

Coming Out Twice * by Edward Proffitt

Then and Now

Publication Date: November 8, 2006

Trade Paperback; $20.99; 135 pages; 978-1-4257-2996-7

Cloth Hardback; $30.99; 135 pages; 978-1-4257-2997-4

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Curmudgeon's Final Words This Week

http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north512.html

The Gold-Plated Sting
by Gary North

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Gold coins once provided a degree of personal liberty because governments were forced by public opinion regarding the money supply to maintain convertibility of paper money into gold coins. But war by war, central bank by central bank, economic emergency by economic emergency, textbook by textbook, central bank insiders have persuaded politicians to authorize the removal of gold from the public’s bank accounts. They have also persuaded academic economists and the media to re-shape the public’s opinion regarding gold: "A barbarous relic." It all goes back to the original lie: something for nothing. It also goes back to the lie’s corollary: guaranteed by law. Those two lies made possible the creation of a government-guaranteed gold-plated gold standard. They were part of the sting.

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Yup, you have to admire when a con works. “Helicopter” Ben stands ready to defend the USA (the gooferment that is) from all enemies foreign and domestic. Nothing should be allowed to prevent the gooferment from raiding your savings via the “inflation tax”. CIC John wrote of going to the Smithsonian and seeing the French Franc shrink from a hockey puck to a thin shirt button. At least, you can see that. As crooked as it was, it left “evidence”. The Federal Reserve Bank (which ain’t federal, nor reserve of anything, nor a bank) pretends that the dollar of my youth is the dollar of today. And you are fooled, fool. Imagine playing football on a field where every year a yard gets a little shorter. (Same thing in base ball where the ball gets livelier! Oh yeah they do that.) What good are record books? And, even after your savings depreciate in purchasing power 95% from 1970 to 2000. Is your 1970 50k$ house now that you’ve paid off the thirty year mortgage worth 475K$? If it’s congrats, you’re even. Huh? And, remember that 50$ stock you bought, is it worth 475$. If it is, congrats you’re even too!  But when you sell it, don’t forget to pay the 15% tax on your 425$ profit!! Now you’re behind. Tax on inflation. Wow, are we really suckers. Three card monte hucksters are pikers in comparison to the gooferment!

And that’s the last word.

Curmudgeon

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GBu GBA

"Bon courage a vous tous"

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