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Entries from May 2009

JFound: Powers, James Matthew [MC1965]

May 31, 2009 · Comments Off

http://whoswhoinamerica.com/james_matthew_powers/neuropathologist_educator_researcher/occ17/6567697

PROFILE: James Matthew Powers

OCCUPATION: neuropathologist, educator, researcher

BORN: Cleveland, September 15, 1943

Education

BS in Biology, Manhattan College, 1965

MD, Medical University South Carolina, Charleston, 1969

Certification

Diplomate in anatomic pathology and neuropathology Am. Board Pathology.

Career

Director electron micros. laboratory VA Hospital, Charleston, 1973-76; assistant professor pathology Medical University South Carolina, 1973-76, associate professor pathology, 1976-80, professor pathology, 1980-88; vice chairman department pathology Columbia College Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, 1989-92; professor, director neuropathology University Rochester, 1992-2005, associate chair of education, 1994-97, director residency training program, 1994-2003, professor pathology and laboratory medicine

Career Related

Secretary Biological Stain Commission, 1994-2001

Creative Works

Author: (practice guidelines) Archives Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 1995, Greenfield’s Neuropathology, 2002; member editorial bd.: Human Pathology, 1991-2005, Brain Pathology, 1995-2000, Acta Neuropathologica, 1995-2005, Biotech. and Histochemistry, 1994-2001, Modern Pathology, 1996-2004, Neurology, 1999-2004, Am. Journal Surgical Pathology, 1999-2005, Journal Neuropath. Experimental Neurology, 2000-06; contributor chapter to book, articles to professional journals

Membership

Member International Society Neuropathology (vice president 1994-97), Am. Association Neuropathologists (president 1993, Moore award 1975, 76, 77, 81, Lifetime Achievement award for Meritorious Contbns. to Neuropathology 2007), US-Can. Academy Pathology.

Family

Son of Alfred Patrick and Margaret Anne (Gunther) P.; Married Karen P. Smith, 1983; children: Kristin, Scott, Conor.

Address

Office: U Rochester Sch Medicine and Dentistry Box 626 601 Elmwood Ave Rochester New York 14642

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POSITRACTION: Man, 70, drowns saving two

May 31, 2009 · Comments Off

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/state/epaper/2009/04/26/0426pompdrown.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0

Man, 70, drowns saving two boys in rip current
By SOFIA SANTANA
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Sunday, April 26, 2009

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POMPANO BEACH — A 70-year-old man drowned in the ocean Saturday while rescuing two young boys who got caught in a rip current and rough surf off Pompano Beach, officials said.

Charles Schulze carried the two boys, ages 9 and 12, almost to shore in the 1200 block of South Ocean Boulevard.

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[JR: Greater love hath no man … …]

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ADMINISTRIVIA: JASPER JOTTINGS Week 22 – 2009 May 31

May 30, 2009 · Comments Off

JASPER JOTTINGS Week 22 – 2009 May 31

Jasper Jottings – The achievement journal of my fellow Jaspers, the alumni of the Manhattan College

http://www.jasperjottings.com/2009/jasperjottings2009W22.html

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ENDNOTE: Congress “cheats” us (again)!

May 30, 2009 · Comments Off

http://www.lifenews.com/bio2829.html

Congressional Lawmakers Admit NIH Guidelines a Human Cloning Bait and Switch
by Steven Ertelt LifeNews.com Editor
April 20, 2009

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Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) — Congressional lawmakers appear to be admitting that a leading pro-life group was right when it said the new NIH guidelines to implement President Barack Obama’s embryonic stem cell research executive order amounted to a bait and switch.

The NIH guidelines describe the process that scientists must use to get federal funding to be able to destroy human embryos supposedly left over from fertility clinics for their stem cells for research.

The National Right to Life Committee called the guidelines a “bait-and-switch” strategy, under which Democratic leaders in Congress will suddenly bring up new legislation that they will claim codifies the NIH action.

In reality, NRLC says the bill will overturn a federal law prohibiting the specific creation and destruction, possibly through human cloning, of human beings for the express purpose of killing them to conduct scientific experiments.

According to a report in Congressional Quarterly on Friday, Kristofer Eisenla, a representative of Rep. Diana, one of the prime sponsors of the bill that concerns Right to Life, “did not refute the committee’s suggestion.”

“Details of the legislation are still being discussed,” he said.

In fact, DeGette, in a press release issued with her co-sponsor, Rep. Michael Castle, responding to the new NIH guidelines, talked about how her bill would supposedly merely codify the NIH guidelines. She said she is “planning to move forward with legislation that will promote all forms of ethical stem cell research.”

Although the bill hasn’t been written, Douglas Johnson, the legislative director for National Right to Life, told LifeNews.com the intent appears clear.

“It doesn’t take much reading between the lines to see that DeGette and Castle are writing a bill that will authorize NIH to funding human cloning to produce embryos for research,” he said.

Johnson previously discussed the Obama-DeGette tactic with LifeNews.com.

“Some may characterize the guidelines issued today as narrowly crafted, since NIH will not initially fund research involving human embryos who were created specifically to be used in research. This seeming restraint is part of an incremental strategy intended to desensitize the public to the concept of killing human embryos for research purposes,” he explained.

He says the DeGette bill will go much further by “authori[zing] further expansions involving the deliberate creation of human embryos for use in research, by human cloning and other methods.”

The National Right to Life Committee detailed the strategy in a letter it sent to members of Congress in March outlining its objections to the DeGette bill and its Senate companion version.

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[JR: Politicians lie, cheat, and steal! To quote my legal mentor, Judge Judy, "I wouldn't believe you if you tongue came notarized!" They don't read what the vote on, they mix apples and oranges to vote on, they slip stuff in at the last minute. The D's and the R's both do it. And, we should be punishing them!]

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JNews: McCue, Michael [MC????] on ballot in Plumsted NJ

May 30, 2009 · Comments Off

http://www.centraljersey.com/articles/2009/05/30/the_messenger_press/news/doc4a1d4af0d3373392217073.txt

Primary preview
Wednesday, May 27, 2009 10:52 AM EDT
by Melissa L. Gaffney, Staff Writer

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Several municipal candidates are running for open positions on governing bodies in The Messenger-Press coverage area in Tuesday’s primary election, with Millstone providing the only contested race.

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In Plumsted, Republican incumbents Michael McCue and Eric Sorchik are running unopposed for two, three-year Township Committee seats. Both candidates say they would like to install a sewer system in the downtown area and maintain the township’s rural character.

   Mr. McCue, 56, of Cream Ridge, would enter his second term as committeeman if re-elected. He has lived in the township for 20 years.

   The committeeman earned his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Manhattan College and his master’s degree in the same field from The University of Virginia. Mr. McCue has a master’s degree in business from Adelphi University, in Garden City, N.Y., and a juris doctor degree from Seton Hall University, in South Orange.

   Mr. McCue served on the Ocean County Agricultural Development Board from 2002 to 2007 and has served on the township Municipal Utilities Authority since 2006.

   He is a process safety manager for Solvay Solexis, Inc., in Thorfare.

   The committeeman says the governing body has preserved the town’s farmland and kept taxes low during his tenure.

   ”We have maintained our present, excellent financial condition by restrained fiscal management and aggressively seeking county, state and federal grants to supplement 20 years of stable municipal tax policy,” he said. “We are planning for Plumsted’s future by implementing a redevelopment plan to bring sanitary sewers to our historic downtown that will revitalize the township.”

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JFound: Horbel, Doug [MC????] Evening Networking

May 29, 2009 · Comments Off

http://jobpostings.maldensquare.org/2009/05/career-place-upcoming-networking.html

Evening Networking: “Understanding and Dealing with Procrastination”
Date: Tuesday, June 9
Time: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Location: The Career Place, Woburn
Registration: Call the Library at 781-932-5518
Cost: $15/lifetime Membership

Learn what procrastination is and what it isn’t. During this workshop we will explore where, when and why so many of us continue to do this. How to manage it more effectively. What are some of the more novel approaches to overcoming it.

Presenter Doug Horbel has provided outplacement, career management and life coaching support to individuals in a broad spectrum of professions and industries. He has guided clients from diverse backgrounds to take charge of their careers, strategize their direction and produce effective action. Doug holds a BBA from Manhattan College, NY, and is a CTI Certified Professional Coach.

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JObit: Curry, John Patrick [MC1961]

May 29, 2009 · Comments Off

http://www.legacy.com/Newsday/DeathNotices.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=127799928

John Patrick Curry

CURRY – John Patrick, of Mt. Vernon formerly of The Bronx, on May 27, 2009. Beloved husband of Elizabeth. Loving father of Kathleen (Paul) Barba and Christine (John) Tuthill and loving step-grandfather of Marissa Barba. Dear brother of Thomas Curry and Patricia Spillane. Brother-in-law to Celeste Curry and Joe Spillane cherished uncle and Godfather. He was a proud member of the 7th Regiment National Guard. He was a loyal and Proud Graduate of St. John’s Kingsbridge, Mahattan Prep and Manhattan College. He retired after 27 years as an accountant and office manager from Glencore Limited, Stamford, CT. Calling hours at the Fred H. McGrath & Son Funeral Home, between the hours of 5 to 8pm Saturday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9pm Sunday. Mass of Christian Burial St. Ursula’s Church, Mt Vernon on Monday June 1 at 11am.

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Guestbook: http://tinyurl.com/msnujq

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Dear John,

   I believe that John is a member of the Class of 1961.

   May He Rest In Peace.

   Mike

[JR: Thanks, Mike. Much appreciated. ]

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JFound: Kenny, Sr. Bernadette [MC????] leads a program

May 28, 2009 · Comments Off

http://www.misericordia.edu/news/news_full.cfm?news_id=52958

MU to host Cecilia Meighan, RSM Institute of Law and Religious Life
05-28-09

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Misericordia University will host more than 120 leaders of national and international Roman Catholic religious congregations of women on June 4-10 during the 16th annual Cecilia Meighan, RSM Institute of Law and Religious Life. The institute is newly renamed for its foundress, Sister Cecilia, the former director of planned giving at the campus who retired from Misericordia this past year.

Under the direction of Sister Bernadette Kenny, RSHM, the 2009 institute, “The Religious Institute and Its Works: Canon Law and Civil Law Organizational Stuctures,” is a week-long residential program designed to promote professional development to women in religious leadership positions, particularly in the areas of corporate, civil and canon (church) law.

“The Institute is designed to enable participants to gain a new perspective on the role and responsibility of leadership, help them create a network of peers, and have the opportunity to interact with others who share similar responsibilities and challenges,” said Sister Bernadette. “Guests will also have the chance to enjoy the beautiful Misericordia campus, and enjoy a range of cultural and recreational activities available in the area.”

All faculty members for the program are nationally recognized experts in the fields of canon and civil law. They include:

Sister Bernadette is an attorney who exclusively represents Roman Catholic religious congregations in civil law. She is a member of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, and holds a bachelor’s degree from Marymount College, a master’s degree from Manhattan College, and her Juris Doctorate from Fordham University School of Law.

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JNews: Marie, Sr. Constance [MC????]

May 28, 2009 · Comments Off

http://www.courant.com/community/hc-community-articleresults,0,5942637,results.formprofile?Query=13655HC

Enfield
Felician Sisters Complete Historic Election
Religious Life
Submitted by Sister Mary Francis Lewandowski on 2009-05-26.

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The eight provinces of the Felician Sisters of North America recently completed one of the final steps to merger with the election of a Provincial Minister and Council to lead the new single province. The election culminates a decade of planning by Felician Sisters throughout the US and Canada

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Sister Constance Marie currently serves on the Leadership Team for Our Lady of the Angels Province, Enfield. Previous to that, she was Academic Advisor in the School of Education at Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY. From 1994 to 2002 she ministered at LaSalle Academy on New York’s Lower East Side as Director of School Counseling. She also served as Educational/Vocational Counselor at H.E.L.P. Bronx, a system of shelters founded by Andrew Cuomo, and supervisor of Health Care Homes, a specialized unit of the New York Foundling Hospital for developmentally and physically disabled children in foster care. After spending 18 years at Our Lady of the Angels Academy, Enfield, as English and Religion teacher and principal, she was Educational/Vocational Counselor at Covenant House, New York.

Sister Constance entered the Felician community from Clinton, MA in 1964. She earned a BA in English from Trinity College, Washington, DC, an MA in English from St. Michael’s College, VT, an M.Ed. in Administration and Supervision from the Catholic School Leadership Program at Boston College, an MS in Counseling from Fordham University and a Professional Diploma in Counseling from Manhattan College.

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JObit: O’Brien, Kevin [MC????] reported by McGoey Tom (MC1969)

May 27, 2009 · Comments Off

Kevin O’Brien, 86
by Staten Island Advance
Wednesday May 27, 2009, 5:33 AM
WWII veteran was NYPD scientist

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Longtime Grant City resident Kevin P. O’Brien, a World War II veteran, NYPD forensic scientist and author of several books on forensics, died Sunday in Livingston County Skilled Nursing Facility, Mount Morris, N.Y., where he had resided for four years. His age was 86.

Born in the Bronx, Mr. O’Brien was brought to Grant City as an infant.

The graduate of St. Peter’s Boys High School enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II, serving in Europe in a secret military unit called The Carpet Baggers from 1942 to 1945. He returned to military service in 1958 as a reservist and a chief warrant officer in the criminal investigations division.

Mr. O’Brien earned his bachelor’s degree from Manhattan College, the Bronx, and his master’s degree in forensic chemistry from John Jay College, Manhattan.

He was an NYPD chemist and investigator, working in the crime lab, for two decades. He retired in 1967 with the rank of detective first grade.

Mr. O’Brien relocated to Pittsford, a suburb of Rochester, N.Y., the year of his retirement. After leaving the police force, he began teaching forensic chemistry at Monroe Community College, and also taught at St. Peter’s College in New Jersey and his alma mater, John Jay College. He retired from teaching in the late 1980s.

Mr. O’Brien wrote several texts on forensics, including “Criminalization Theory and Practice.” He also published a paper for the United Nations about chemical components of narcotics in the illegal drug trade.

He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the NYPD’s Holy Name Society.

Mr. O’Brien was an avid traveler and Europe and England were favored destinations.

His brother was genuine, approachable and a hardworking family man, said Joseph O’Brien.

“He was a wonderful person, a great storyteller and lecturer,” he said. “He was warm, cooperative, he couldn’t do enough for other people.”

Mr. O’Brien enjoyed photography, and took many pictures of his family and during his travels.

On the Island, he was a parishioner of St. Christopher’s R.C. Church, Grant City.

His wife of 46 years, the former Kathleen MacBride, died in 1992. Mr. O’Brien’s son, Kevin Jr., died in 1962; his son, Stephen, died in 1978, and his granddaughter, Erin Richardson, died in 2002.

Surviving, along with his brother, Joseph, are his son, Rory O’Brien; his daughters, Kathleen Clapp and Eileen O’Brien; his brothers, John and James O’Brien; four grandchildren, and two great-granddaughters.

The funeral will be tomorrow from the Miller Funeral Home, with a mass at 10 a.m. in Guardian Angels R.C. Church. Burial will be in Mendon Cemetery, all Rochester.

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