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Radical Islam:Are Muslims Getting Unfair Treatment?

I am a big fan of Investors Business Daily whichholds a very conservative stance on its editorialpages. I’ve been reading this national paper forclose to two years. I found it by accident and amthankful that I did so. Recently, over the courseof two days, it ran commentaries by both RichardCohen, a member of the liberal media, andL. Brent Bozell III, who was a brother-in-law ofthe late William F. Buckley, Jr.

On March 8, in an op-ed piece, Cohen impliedthat Muslims were getting unfair scrutiny fromU.S. Rep. Pete King (R-NY) and his congressionalhearings. According to Cohen, the hearings areabout Pete King. Cohen also opined, a Universityof North Carolina expert says there has been adrop in attempted or actual terrorist activity byMuslim Americans, 47 in 2009 and only 20 lastyear. As Cohen has stated, “In fact, the threatfrom non-Muslims is much greater.” He includesthat crazed pilot who aimed his plane in the IRSbuilding in Downtown Austin a few blocks fromwhere one of my nieces works. However, was thisguy a terrorist or just plain you-know-what?

You can’t compare ordinary violent crimeagainst the violence of those who have a jihadwith America, can you? Is the American Muslimcommunity enablers of religious terrorism? I saynot. However, too often Muslims in America seemto not understand the real terror being inflictedupon the world by radicals.

Cohen even went so far as to compare RadicalMuslims with the Roman Catholic Church’sabuse scandal that first hit the headlines righthere in Boston back in 2002. This is comparing

Thomas DiBenedetto andAS Roma representativesheld a press conference inBoston on Friday, April 15,hinting at the possibilityof soon closing the deal thatwould put the Italian soccerteam in the hands of Ameri-can owners. “The deal isdone,” said DiBenedetto, “we just have to receiveapproval from the stockexchange and antitrustregulators.” Details of thedeal were not disclosed, butDiBenedetto pointed outhe was “determined to over-come any obstacles.”

Once regulatory approvalis granted, DiBenedetto’sgroup will own 67% of ASRoma, for a value of approxi-mately $100 million. TheDiBenedetto consortium’sshare will then be brokendown as follows: 60% heldby the group led by DiBene-detto himself and 40% byUniCredit, the Italian bankcurrently holding a majoritystake in AS Roma.

DiBenedetto, a successfulbanker and president of theBoston International Group,has vowed to elevate theItalian team to the glorydays of the past. “The objec-tive is to be as success-ful as Mr. Berlusconi hasbeen with his Milan,” said

DiBenedetto, referring to thewarm welcome the Italianprime minister reserved forthe American tycoon. ASRoma has won three Italianchampionship titles in thepast (1942, 1983 and 2001),and came close to winningits fourth last year, when itfinished second overall, onlytwo points behindInternazionale.

As an Italian Americanhimself (his family’s rootsare in the Abruzzo region),DiBenedetto admitted hisheritage had some part inpursuing the deal. “It wasbusiness first of all, envi-

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sioning what success Romacould obtain,” he said, “butbeing an Italian Americanand being very proud of myheritage clearly had verymuch to do with it. My fatherwas a staunch supporter ofall things Italian.”

DiBenedetto is also a part-ner of New England SportVentures, the investmentfirm founded in 2001 along-side John W. Henry and TomWerner, which currentlyowns the Boston Red Sox.The firm also recently be-came a majority stakeholderof British soccer teamLiverpool.

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The 135th annual launch of the Swan Boats in the Public Garden lagoon was heldon Saturday, April 16, 2011. Mayor Thomas M. Menino accompanied by his grand-children enjoyed the first ride of the season.

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Good Friday is observedin commemoration of thecrucifixion of Jesus. It isbelieved to have originallybeen called “God’s Friday.”Synonymous with thisholy season are the manypainted and sculpturedscenes of piety. This namecan be defined as a pious act,a pious statement, or a piousthing. I doubt the existencein this world today, of oneChristian who is capable ofa rational thought, or whopossesses even a minimumdegree of intelligence, whohasn’t developed his ownmental image of the tragedythat was the crucifixion.There are also those morefortunate individuals, whopreordained as it must havebeen, had the God giventalent to transform thismental image into sometangible form like a beauti-ful painting or statue. Someof these important and tal-ented creators of the pastwere Bartholommeo, Bellini,Francia, Perugino, Raphael,Montaulti, Titian, and ofcourse Buonarroti, who ismore popularly known asMichelangelo.

The full name of this lastcreator was Michelangelo diLodovico Buonarroti-Simoni,Florentine, born in Caprice,Tuscany, in 1475 at theheight of the great ItalianRenaissance. People seemto relate him with one Pieta’or La Pieta’ when in fact he

sculptured four of them. Atthe age of twenty-three hedid his first and most famousPieta’ which is now in theBasilica of St. Peter in Rome.At the age of seventy-threehe did the “Deposition fromthe Cross” which is now inthe Cathedral of Florence.At the age of seventy-fourhe did the “PalestrinaPieta” which is now in theAccademia in Florence, andat the age of eighty-one hedid the “Rondanini Pieta”which was the last sculptur-ing done before his death.It is now in the Sforza Castlein Milan.

The masterpiece atSt. Peter’s is by far the mostfamous of all sculpturedPieta. The scene, as weall know, represents theVirgin Mother grieving overthe body of Jesus immedi-ately after the crucifixion.When viewing this Pieta’one should bear in mindthat few, if any, other sculp-tors of the past had everattempted to put two life-

sized figures in one compo-sition, and to place a fullgrown man on the lap ofa woman was unheard of.The Bible tells us that othercharacters were present, butMichelangelo’s intent inthis creation appears tohave been to capture thatone brief moment whenMary might have beenalone with Jesus, and not tocrowd the scene with theother mourners. Every partand position of the Virginreflects the deepest sorrow,and of course every partand position of Christspeaks of death. They bothknew that one day thismoment would come; histhirty-three year journey onearth was ended and onceagain he was on thismother’s lap.

Beauty is in the eyes of thebeholder, and in my eyes sherepresents not only beautybut the loneliest person thatthe good Lord has ever placedupon the face of this earth,while Michelangelo Buonar-roti represents the mosttalented sculptor that everwalked upon the face of thissame earth.

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Housing authorities who say there is nothing theycan do are in my opinion a.w.o.l. when it comes tocreating safe housing. Residents of a public housingcomplex who commit assaults within that complex,should never be allowed back inside again. If the lawisn’t clear on this, then it behooves members of pub-lic housing authorities to demand changes in the lawrather than waving the white flag and saying theirhands are tied. It is time for them to untie them-selves, go to state authorities, go public to the media

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Mario F. Alfano, of the NorthEnd Boston and Canton,Massachusetts passed awaypeacefully at home in hissleep at age 52 on April 18,2011 after a valiant five yearbattle with pancreatic cancer,metastized to brain cancer.The loving son of Domenic andJune DiTroia Alfano ofCanton, he was born inWinthrop. Beloved brother ofPaul and Kathy Alfano of Canton, and Carlaand Jack C. of Oregon. Treasured uncle ofWill Alfano of Canton and Joanna and Jackieof Oregon. He will be deeply missed by manydear aunts, uncles, and cousins and a largecircle of faithful friends from all corners ofthe world who were loving and supportive.

Graduate of St. Johns Canton, XaverianBros. High School, Cornell University BA1980 (Phi Beta Kappa), Johns HopkinsUniversity School of Advanced InternationalStudies MA 1982 (Bologna, Italy and Wash-ington DC), and Cornell Graduate School ofManagement MBA 1984. Senior Vice Presi-dent of impreMedia of LA and Toronto,CanWest MediaWorks, Intel, and DivisionalVice President of Polaroid (Cambridge, Paris,Madrid, Buenos Aires, Hong Kong, Milanoffices). He was also Marketing Manager forColgate-Palmolive and Campbell Soup.Mario was a North End/Waterfront Neigh-borhood Council Member who fought pas-sionately against hazardous cargo trucksdriving thru the North End neighborhood.Mario was an active member of thePirandello Lyceum and the Dante AlighieriItalian Cultural societies. Mario was fluentin five languages and travelled globally buthis heart lay in Italy. As Lorenzo T Geracirecalled Mario, “There are a few people that

we encounter during thecourse of our life that define theword exquisite. Mario Alfano isone of those rare individuals.Me and so many of his friendsare lucky to have shared withhim much laughter, lunches atthe North End, espresso, andstories about Italy, food,Polaroid, and crazy Ferrarirides. Mario was an exquisite,kind, generous, opinionated

great guy that epitomized the fact that beingItalian is not only a national origin, but moreimportantly a state of mind; demonstratedmostly with a humble smile and a sincere hug.”

Throughout his career Mario was alsointerested in politics. He began as an internin 1975 with Andrew “Andy” Card then, inMassachusetts Legislature. He followedAndy’s political career and the two becameclose friends as a result. Former George W.Bush’s Chief of Staff Andy Card remembersMario, “Mario was a competent, creative andresponsible person. He stuck by my sidethroughout my unbelievable political ride. Hewas always there for me, he was a soul-mate,a loyal friend. Words cannot describe Mario’scharacter. As he was enduring his healthissues he never lost his faith. He was alwaysencouraging others even during his own tryingtimes. My wife Kathleene and I will never forgetMario and his gentle ways.”

Funeral was held at Dockray & ThomasFuneral in Canton, Massachusetts with afuneral Mass at St. Leonard’s Church, inthe North End of Boston. In lieu of flowers,donations may be sent in Mario’s memoryto “MGH Pancreatic Cancer Research Fundfor Dr. David Ryan,” Attn: Eugene Mahr,MGH Office of Development, 165 CambridgeStreet, Suite 600 Boston, MA 02114.

Mario F. AlfanoApril 18, 2011

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One reason why I seldomenjoy watching episodes of“Criminal Minds” is becauseof the feelings evilness stirswithin me. This TV showgets too graphic for me and Iusually love shows like CSIand NCIS. Watching Crimi-nal Minds I actually get sick-ened because evil scares usespecially when it seems sopowerful. I do think thatquote from Sir Francis Ba-con is quite powerful be-cause in order to see thelight shining brightly we doneed to compare the con-trast of the darkness loom-ing around our lives.

Ironically, too often wemistake things or people forevil when it isn’t often thecase. After that terribleshooting in Arizona back inJanuary, even PresidentObama used the term evil todescribe both the killingspree and shooter. In thatcase, after looking at all thefacts in the case, it turnedout this mass murdererseemed more disturbedwhich is hardly the samething as evil. Too often whenwe can’t satisfy ourselvesthat terrible things happen,we blame a force called evil,Satan or the devil. We hatenot being in control. The Ari-zona shooter didn’t appear tohave much control either orso it would seem.

Once back when I was a

kid hooked on the “TwilightZone” or maybe “Night Gal-lery,” there was an episodeof evil getting caught andput in prison. While he waslocked up, there was peacein the world. This evilshadow without a face orbody form eventually es-capes from behind bars andsets out to spread evil andbefore you know it, Hitler ismarching into Poland.

I really believe that evil isa force, a real force and notjust an idea gone bad. Whenit comes to sex offenders,when it came to the sexualpredators using their reli-gion as a cover, that was evilat work. The offenders didevil things but they were notthis evil force only its car-rier. Hitler was evil and con-sumed by it.

Remember the movie “An-gels and Demons?” I believein angels and thus believein demons.

These become the co-existing forces in our lives24/7. We all have free willsand can choose right fromwrong or vice versa.

The evil we see on our citystreets in neighborhoodsoverrun by violence is anexample when good peoplesee what is wrong and fail tostand up to it because theyare afraid. Evil is an end re-

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Normal pay gains slow asinflation heats up. Americanwages lagged rising energy,food and other costs for a fifthstraight month in March.The Labor Department datashowed sapping consumersdesire the ability to spend.Consumer prices rose .5%last month on soaring foodand gasoline prices, match-ing February gains, whichwas the biggest in two and ahalf years. On an annualbasis, inflation hit 2.7%, thebiggest since December2009. With nominal weeklywages falling flat inflation hit2.7%, the first drop in 12months after a 2.2% gain inOctober 2010. Though hiringhas picked up real wageshave fallen at 3.9% rate overthe past five months. That’sthe fastest gain since July2008 when oil peaked above$1.47/barrel and the U.S.was in a recession. If wedon’t get some relief in gasand energy, then the con-sumer is going to pull back.Due to economic spending bythe consumer, economicactivity rose about 2% in 1st

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straight monthly gain. Mostcompanies are having diffi-culty passing higher priceson to the consumer. Auto-makers and airlines wereamong the few able to raiseprices into March. Apparelprices fell .5% although theyare expected to rise laterthis spring. For the weekNASDAQ trimmed .6% alongwith the NYSE and S&P500fractionally higher. Big com-panies will report on the oilfields, Halliburton, BJ’s Res-taurant, CSX, Chipotle Mexi-can Grill and Tractor Supply.The U.S. 10-year Treasuryclosed at 3.41% and the DowJones fell .5%, no action bythe Fed probably will notcause the Democratic Sen-ate to cut 6.2% from the bud-get and will be tough to getby President Obama. Silverhit a new high of $42, a 31%high and gold climbed also to

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With all the talk about theupcoming royal wedding webegan rummaging throughold travel brochures lookingfor one in particular, it wasof the Cotswolds in England,a place that we spent a won-derful Easter just 15 yearsago.

An English friend phonedus and in the course of ourconversation suggested thatwe spend Easter togetherwith she and her family. Wehad never been away fromhome at Easter so at firstthe idea put us off, but witha bit more thought and a sec-ond call from our friend, andMom reminding us that shehad never been to England,we decided to go; two weekslater we were on our way, thetrip became one of the mostmemorable experiences weever had as a family.

We arrived on the Satur-day before Easter, afterchecking into our hotel andnotifying our friends that wehad arrived; we went to din-ner and decided to attend

Easter Vigil Mass atWestminster Cathedral,which is not to be confusedwith Westminster Abbey.Cardinal Basil Hume wasthe celebrant. He gave amemorable homily, one thatresonates even till today. Hehad a gift of putting intowords our need for reachingout to God and that we livein hopeful trust knowingthat God is near.

He then lit the Paschalcandle, the flame from thecandle was passed one to theother till it filled the cathe-dral which was in darkness;it was a particularly beauti-ful ceremony that is vividlyremembered though we at-tended it more than fifteenyears ago.

The following day we metup with our friends who weredetermined to make our Eas-ter experience in Englandthe most memorable of ourlives. We drove out to a townby the name of Broadway inthe Cotswold’s, a range ofhills in west central England.

We arrived in mid-afternoonat an Inn evidently wellknown for its charm andambiance, it was the type ofplace that seemed to growout of the ground it stood on,so perfectly was it wed to itssite. It was built of Cotswoldstone, a type of stone indig-enous to the area that has agold cast about it, a detailthat helps give the Cotswoldsits charm and beauty. We atein a dining room with wallscovered in dark red tapes-tries. Stuffed heads of gameanimals jetted out from thewalls just beneath therafters. There were Coats ofArms on the walls, the ori-gins of which made for lightconversation and a gardencould be seen through largepicture windows that slopeddown toward a stream.

Though the food was good,it was hardly what the daywas about. We were with oldfriends, friends we had notseen in years. We talkedand reminisced and caughtup with the lives of our re-spective families as the sungradually set over that de-lightful area of England. Wecommented on the fact thatup till then, we had alwaysspent our holidays with fam-ily, it was at that point thatwe saw how close our friend-ship was and that in a veryreal way, good friends arepart of one’s extended family;a realization that made ourEaster in England one of themost memorable of our lives.

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Thankfully, on March 10,the IBD ran Bozell’s piecewhich countered Cohen’spiece quite well. He said thatour media remains blind tothe threat of radical Islam.He noted that on March 2,two U.S. airmen weregunned down at the Frank-furt Airport in Germany by aradical Muslim. Bozell won-dered why CBS and NBC eachgave the story less than 10seconds of airtime and nei-ther found space for the“jihad” talk by the gunmanin Arabic.

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“Shoe Bomber” on that planea few Christmas Eves ago.It is violence but interna-tional terrorism remains aclear and present dangersince that Tuesday morningback on September 11 2001,in the heart of New YorkCity.

Brothers for BostonTake to the Streets

It was good to see the menof the African Americancommunity coming togetherto make a difference inthe struggle against vio-lence that is killing so manyyoung people on the streetsof some war-torn urban com-munities. About 40 march-ers gathered at the GroveHall Mecca shopping plazamarching down Blue HillAvenue to Warren Street toHibernian Hall near DudleySquare.

Chris Womack, one ofthe organizers of themarch stated, “We’re comingtogether to enhance thequality of life for all the

Dorchester, Roxbury andMattapan areas. This coali-tion of brothers and sistersare concerned about thesocial ills that plague ourcommunities. Former CityCouncil candidate CornellMills added, “We want tomake sure the young peoplein this community under-stand that there are elderswho care for them, whoare here to stand on theirbehalf. We are willing tocontinue that legacy ourparents and our forefathersto fight for justice andthat’s what this march is asymbolism of.”

Minister Rodney Muham-mad of the Nation of Islamwas also present adding hisvoice with theirs in supportof halting the violence andrestoring peace. As Womackadded, everyone has to getonboard and involved in thisstruggle against violencespreading like a canceroustumor across our urbanneighborhoods.

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and then shame Beacon Hilland Washington into doingsomething about publicsafety oversight.

Vice President HubertHumphrey once said, thetrue mark of government isseen how we treat thoseliving in the twilight of life.It says something about usas a society if we sit backdown on our hands and saywe can’t do anything aboutit.

We could start at the be-ginning. Why do the rightsof the so-called “disabled”inside public housing for se-niors trump the rights ofolder Americans to be freefrom the risks of elder abuse.That is still a crime, isn’t it?

I personally resented thata local public housing head

honcho quoted who wouldspeak critically of the statusquo would seemingly only doso on the condition of ano-nymity. Is it because he orshe didn’t wish to get intotrouble? What about thetrouble facing elderly whomust retreat to their roomsbecause they are afraid ofthe senior housing complexthey call home?

Trespass orders posted ona senior complex’s bulletinboard hardly mean a crack-down on violence againstelderly residents. Bulletinboards protect no one. Thefact that some public hous-ing authorities wish theyhad more funds to hireguards isn’t the answer ei-ther. Why do you need secu-rity to keep dangerous non-

elderly tenants away fromthe elderly who get preyedupon too often?

I sympathize with DianeMilone whose elderly auntand uncle live at Quincy’sSawyers Towers when shesays, “All they want is a littlepeace. They’re really, reallyafraid down there.” QuincyHousing Authority’s execu-tive director Jay MacRitchietells the Patriot Ledger, “Wehave to comply with the law.You can’t move people out onthe sidewalk and have theirbags ready for them whenthey return from court.”

Hey, if you know the pres-ence of someone inside acomplex filled with elderlyresidents poses a threat tothe elderly inside, to allowthat resident back in is thereal crime. Why don’t I hearor see any local public hous-ing authority officials con-cerned about the well beingof their tenants stormingBeacon Hill demandingchange? If you sit back,moan and then say yourhands are tied, nothing willever change. This newspa-per series clearly showschange is demanded soonerthan later.

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COMPAGNIA TPO TO LIGHT UPBOSTON WITH ‘FARFALLE’ - May10-15, 2011. Italy will be representedin this year’s Celebrity Series ofBoston by Compagnia TPO’s Farfalle(Butterflies), described as “visualtheatre of the senses, an immersiveexperience that brings togethertheatre and contemporary art andcreates an innovative, magical rela-tionship between children and per-formers.” The wondrous, otherworldly “sensory gardens” of Farfalle,take audiences on a magnificent jour-ney through a literal and symbolicstory of a butterfly’s life cycle. In But-terflies the audience is immersed inthe many folds of this life, “told” bytwo dancers moving inside a sensi-tive environment made of music anddigital images. For tickets and moreinformation about this event pleaselog onto www.artsemerson.org.

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ROBERTA GAMBARINI - Friday,May 13, 2011 – 8 p.m. will be inBoston this spring to present herlatest work, So in Love. RobertaGambarini, born in Torino, Italy, intoa family where jazz was much lovedand appreciated, she began listeningto this music as a child and startedtaking clarinet lessons when shewas 12 years old. By the time she was17, she began singing and performingin jazz clubs around Northern Italyand at the age of 18, she decidedto move to Milan to pursue a careeras a jazz singer. On February 12, 2008,Roberta made her major label debutwith You Are There (Groovin’ High/Emarcy), a collection of 14 hauntinglybeautiful melodies, with the legend-ary pianist, Hank Jones. The musicwas recorded in one afternoon;Roberta and Hank had no conceptfor the album — just 25 tunes theyliked and thought would be inter-esting to record. “There were noisolation booths, no headphones,no over dubs,” Gambarini remembers.“The sound would be just what youwould hear had you been insomeone’s living room playing amongfriends.” That is the magic of HankJones. Call 617-562-4111 orwww.scullersjazz.com for tickets.

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ARTIST FRANCA DIPIETRO ARTDISPLAY - “Notes On An AmericanJourney”. Now through May 6, 2011.The Italian-born painter has lived inthe United States for eight years, butfor her entire career, she has takenstylistic inspiration from the tonali-ties traditionally found in northernEuropean art. All these influencesnow come together in a new galleryexhibit of oil paintings, Di Pietro di-vides the 20-work collection into fourdiverse series that she painted be-tween 2005 and 2011: New York,American Aerial Views, Seaside andBoston Ghost Town. Though eachsection has its own distinct qualitiesand content, Di Pietro ties them to-gether with her “love of gray,” a colorthat she says fascinates her and re-lates to her appreciation of Danishart. “I’ve always taken an interest inwomen and their world,” says DiPietro, who pays homage to one ofher heroines, Louisa May Alcott, bydepicting her with the “fabulous”golden dome of the State House inthe background.

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PERFECT IMBALANCE, EXPLOR-ING CHINESE AESTHETICS - Nowthrough December 31, 2011. Objectsincluded reveal key aesthetic cluesthat define the art of China, and dis-tinguish it from art produced byneighboring regions

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FRANKIE VALLI & THE FOURSEASONS - May 4, 5 and 6, 2011 at8:00 PM. Frankie Valli — A trueAmerican pop music icon. Hisincredible career as a solo artist andwith the Four Seasons has produced19 top ten hits and sold over 100 mil-lion records world wide. He wasinducted into the Rock and RollHall of Fame in 1990. For more infolog onto www.thewilbur.com or call1-800-745-3000.

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JOSH GROBAN - July 26, 2011.This is Groban’s first full-scale globalarena tour since 2007, when the in-ternationally renowned singer andsongwriter hit the road for his hugelysuccessful, sold-out 81-city AwakeWorld Tour. The “Straight To You”Tour will bring the feel of a theaterexperience to an arena settingthrough stage design, lighting, andprojection, as well as through thespontaneity and interactivity Grobandelighted his fans with during lastyear’s “Before We Begin” shows. As aresult, for the “Straight To You”shows, Groban will continue to inter-act with audiences and perform fa-vorites from his best-selling albums,including his self-titled debut, Closer,and Awake, as well as songs from Illu-minations. Released by 143/RepriseRecords on November 15th, Illumina-tions debuted at No. 4 on Billboard’sTop 200 chart (Groban’s fourth con-secutive Top 5 chart bow), selling191,337 units in its first week. Enter-tainment Weekly declared that “Illu-minations might be Groban’s hand-somest effort yet.” USA Today raved:“Illuminations yields glowing music.Sturdy, deeply per-sonal statements,brimming with poignancy.” Log ontowww.ticketmaster.com for tickets orcall 800-745-3000.

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LINDA EDER SINGS JUDY GAR-LAND - May 11, 12 and 13 at 8 PM.Linda Eder is coming back to Boston!Enjoy the sounds of Judy Garland atthis special event! Eder will sing suchfavorites as “By Myself,” “Almost LikeBeing In Love,” “Zing! Went the Stringsof My Heart,” and “Over the Rainbow.”

HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD - May25, 2011 at 8PM. Our own BostonPops Laureate Conductor, John Wil-liams, the brilliant composer and con-ductor behind films including Jaws,Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and theHarry Potter series, brings you a nightof some of the most memorable moviemusic and film clips of all time withspecial emphasis on the villians andheroes we’ve all grown to love. Theconcert also features the world pre-miere of Williams’ Concerto for Oboe,written for Pops principal oboistKeisuke Wakao.

MARDI GRAS - May 17, 2011 8:00PM. The Boston Pops pays tribute tothe music of Mardi Gras celebrationsfrom around the world, including NewOrleans and Rio de Janeiro. Globe-trotting jazz ambassadors the Dukesof Dixieland join the Pops to infusestrands of pop, gospel, and countrywith authentic New Orleans soundsand songs like “Honky Tonk TrainBlues” and “When The Saints GoMarching In.” The program will also

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Italian researchers are dig-ging up the remains of thewoman believed to havebeen the model for Leonardoda Vinci’s Mona Lisa. Themasterpiece is known inItaly as La Gioconda, be-cause many scholars be-lieve it is a portrait of LisaGherardini, the wife of silkmerchant Francesco delGiocondo. Recently discov-ered documents indicatethat Gherardini was buriedin 1542 under the floor of theConvent of St. Ursula inFlorence. Art historianshope that once her bones arefound, computer modelingcan re-create her face. If thelikeness is poor, that couldlend credence to a rivaltheory-that the Mona Lisa isactually a self-portrait by theartist.

Wow! Richard Paylor, a 55-year-old truck driver, acci-dentally saved his own life inPennsylvania as he waschoking on an apple. He lostcontrol of his truck, whichhit a median; the jarringimpact dislodged the applefrom his throat. “I guess Ihave to thank the wall,”Paylor said.

Huh? An Arizona teenagerwho cut himself making asandwich has been billed$2,000 for bleeding on thesidewalk. Taylor Petz’s wounddid not require stitches, butthe City of Peoria wants com-pensation for calling out thebiohazard unit to clean upthe droplets. “It’s really likerubbing salt in the wound ofmy son,” said Petz’s motherJennifer.

Scostumata! MichelleElaine Astumian of San LuisObispo, California, convictedof forging prescriptions,showed up in court with adoctor’s note asking thejudge to delay her sentenc-ing. The doctor’s note hadbeen forged.

Lost Springs, Wyoming, isundergoing a populationboom, according to the 2010census. The town now hasfour people living in it, upfrom one who was counted in2000.

Now hear this! Police inPortland, Oregon, are blast-ing opera and classicalmusic from loudspeakers attrain stations in an attemptto drive away petty criminalsand vagrants. Police say thesounds of Carmen and “Einekleine Nachtmusic” have suc-cessfully dispersed crowdsof unruly youths in othercities, because such musicis so uncool it makes themuncomfortable. It’s too earlyfor statistical proof, but ScottNielsen, a frequent trainpassenger, says he’s noticed

a major difference at thestation. “There’s no one thatjust hangs around,” saidNielsen.

Big shot! O.J. Simpson hasgained a dangerous amountof weight behind bars, saysthe National Enquirer. Theformer NFL great, now 63,is serving 33 years for the2007 armed robbery of asports-memorabilia dealer,and a source says he’sdeeply depressed and iso-lated from other inmates.Simpson “eats snack food tocombat his depression,” saidthe source, and has bal-looned by 50 pounds. “If hedoesn’t go on a diet he’sgoing to die of a massiveheart attack,” said thesource. “His kids are wor-ried about him.”

Coffee bonus for women!Women who drank at leastone cup of coffee a day had a22 to 25 percent lower riskof stroke, according to anew study from Sweden.Researchers followed 34,670Swedish women, ages 49to 83, for 10 years. Thosewho had at least one cup ofcoffee daily had a lowerstroke risk than those whodrank none at all. “Coffeedrinkers should rejoice,” saidDr. Sharonne N. Hayes, acardiologist at the MayoClinic in Rochester, Minne-sota. “If you are drinkingcoffee now, you may be do-ing some good and you arelikely not doing any harm.”

Some interesting uselessinformation! Each year,Americans spend more oncat food than on baby food.The highest lifetime yield ofmilk for a single cow is55,849 gallons. The Englishword soup comes from theMiddle Ages word sop, whichmeans a slice of bread overwhich roast drippings werepoured. The only real foodU.S. astronauts are allowedin space are pecan nuts.Coca-Cola was first served atJacob’s Pharmacy in Atlantain 1886 for only five cents aglass. The formula for Coca-Cola was created by the phar-macist John Pemberton.Only two people in the worldknow the secret recipe forCoca-Cola. No word in theEnglish language rhymeswith month, orange, silver,or purple. Bookkeeper is theonly word in the Englishlanguage with three con-secutive double letters. Themost used letter in the En-glish alphabet is E; And Q isthe least used. And the U.S.government spent $277,000on “pickle research” in 1993.

One more time! Jot thisdown! Ten body parts areonly three letters long: eye,

ear, leg, arm, jaw, gum, toe,lip, hip, and rib.

In Victorian times, therewas an intense fear of beingburied alive. So when some-one died, a small hole wasdug from the casket to thesurface, then a string wastied around the dead per-son’s finger, which was at-tached to a small but loudbell hung on the surface ofthe grave, If someone wasburied alive, they could ringthe bell and whoever was onduty would go and dig themup. Someone was on dutytwenty-four hours a day-hence the graveyard shift.

Time to hear from thehandsome stately music-ologist Albert Natale, who isalso known as the LawrenceWelk of New England. SingerMargaret Whiting is thedaughter of composer Rich-ard Whiting. As a vocalist,Margaret had more than 40hits between 1946 and1954, including “Moonlightin Vermont” with BillyButterfield and “It Might AsWell Be Spring” with PaulWeston. Others include“Now Is The Hour,” “A TreeIn The Meadow,” and “FarAway Places.” Pianist RogerWilliams is the son of amusic teacher and beganplaying piano at age three.His commercial successbegan shortly after becominga winner on the ArthurGodfrey Talent Scouts Pro-gram, after which he signedwith the Kapp recordinglabel. His recording of“Autumn Leaves” hit thetop of the pop charts in1955. And country singer/songwriter Sheb Wooley hasalso had success in films.His best known role was in“High Noon” (1952) in whichhe was the bad guy trying togun down Gary Cooper. Hewrote and recorded thenovelty “The Purple PeopleEater,” which hit numberone on the charts in 1958.

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FILLING MIXTURE:In a large bowl place ricotta cheese, fresh cut-up

formaggio cheese, grated Romano cheese, salt, and pep-per. Mix gently with a fork. Cut up ham and Prosciutto*slices into smaller portions and add to bowl. Add eight beateneggs. Using a fork or spoon, mix thoroughly. Gently pourfilling over bottom crust in the baking pan. Fill only aboutthree-quarters of the baking pan, leaving about one inchor more from top edge of pan.

Spread top crust to about 1/8 of an inch in thickness andlarge enough to cover mixture as one piece in baking pan.Then place over mixture. With your fingers, gently crimpedges of the two crusts together and roll inward to sealmixture in baking pan. If desired, crimp edge portions withfork. This is necessary to prevent mixture from seepingthrough any openings while baking.

With pastry brush, spread egg wash over entire top crust.Prick three or four small openings of top crust to help mois-ture escape while baking.

Place baking pan in middle shelf of preheated 400°F ovenfor one-half hour. Then lower to 350°F and continue bak-ing for about three-quarters of an hour. Then lower oven to300°F and continue baking until the crust is golden brown.

CRUST:1 cup lukewarm water2 to 3 packages dry yeast6 tablespoons vegetable oil1 teaspoon salt1½ teaspoons sugar

1/8 teaspoon black ground

pepper6 to 7 cups flour – preferably

King Arthur or Gold Medal1 beaten egg for egg wash1 9" x 12" x 3" baking pan

Pour water into a bowl. Sprinkle yeast over water. Stiruntil yeast dissolves. Add oil, sugar, salt, pepper and stir.Add flour gradually until all water is absorbed. Add addi-tional flour if dough is too soft. Work dough into a soft ball.Knead dough for a minute and then separate into two por-tions. Spray vegetable oil lightly into a bowl before placingthe two portions in it. Cover and let dough rise to twice itssize.

Spray oil lightly over entire inside of baking pan. Moistenhands with oil for ease of spreading risen dough in bakingpan. Then take one portion of crust dough out of bowl. Be-gin spreading and fattening it out by hand or with a rollingpin. Place it gently in the baking pan. Continue spreadingby hand until the dough covers the entire inside of pan(including the four sides) all in one piece. Crust should beabout 1/8 inch in thickness. Set aside.

FILLING:8 beaten eggs1 pound ricotta cheese1 pound fresh formaggio

cheese½ cup freshly grated

Romano cheese

½ pound sliced ham ofchoice*

½ pound sliced Prosciutto*1 teaspoon salt½ teaspoon black ground

pepper

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*Other dried cured meats can be added such assopressata, pepperoni, and various salami slices if desired.

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Italian family recipes

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It was Easter Sunday morn-ing and I, dressed in my fin-est new outfit bought at thePicarello and Singer factory inEast Boston, headed down theBrooks Street hill to attendthe children’s Mass at the Sa-cred Heart Church. Monsi-gnor Killian was the pastor inthose days and he often offi-ciated at the children’s Mass.As I passed the intersectionsof Trenton Street, then Lex-ington Street, I was joined byfriends I would sit with dur-ing Mass. As we approachedthe corner of Brooks andSaratoga, the smell of freshbaked bread teased our nos-trils and made our mouthswater. Back then, going toCommunion meant that youhad to fast for several hoursbefore receiving the sacra-ment. As a result, we kidswould not have eaten sincesupper the night before. Thearoma came from the UmanaBakery. Guy Umana, brotherof then Judge Mario Umana,operated the bakery and wekids would stop in and remindhim to save us some piecesof pizza. I don’t know if it isstill the same, but back then,most bakeries also offeredcustomers thick or Sicilianpizza. We kids would reluc-tantly leave without samplinganything fearful of breakingany commandments or rulessurrounding “going to Com-munion.” Everyone knew thestory of the kid who ate some-thing before going to Com-munion, received Commun-ion and then died that after-noon and went to Hell. Fearbolstered our will power andwe continued on to the Sa-cred Heart Church.

The nuns who normallyconducted religious educa-tion classes after theChildren’s Mass were waitingfor us and herded us into theback of the church, lined usup and then led us to theplaces where we would be sit-ting. Once positioned, we hadto remain silent, and if not,there were dire conse-quences. Several of the nunswore rope belts with largeknotted ends or crosses at-tached to the ends. A youngman not following instruc-tions to the letter might windup having his head beingused as a target for the knot-ted ropes or the crosses. But,this was Easter Sunday andwe kids were on our best be-havior.

Monsignor Killian con-ducted the Mass and his ser-mon surrounded the Crucifix-ion and Resurrection ofJesus. Once the Gospel hadbeen read and the sermonfinished, it was time for Com-munion. We kids would belined up by the nuns and pa-raded in front of the alter andthen directed back to ourseats once the sacramenthad been received. Religiouseducation classes which nor-mally followed the children’sMass were cancelled seeingit was Easter Sunday and thethoughts in the minds of allthe kids centered around theslices of pizza being readied

for us at Umana’s Bakery. AsMass ended, MonsignorKillian had a special blessingfor all of us kids and we flewout of the church. We headedfor the bakery to prevent star-vation from setting in and af-ter paying five cents each forour pizza slices, devouredthem instantly but carefully.God forbid we stained our newEaster clothes.

After Easter Sunday Mass,my thoughts were on head-ing to see Nanna and Babbo-nonno. At this point in time,they were living in an apart-ment on Princeton Street,just a few blocks away fromthe Sacred Heart. Nannawould have gotten up at sun-rise and begun to make hergravy for the afternoon Eas-ter dinner. Knowing that Ihadn’t eaten, after kisses onboth cheeks and and a hearty,“Buona Pasqua,” I would dip apiece of Scali bread into thegravy, sprinkle a bit of gratedcheese on the top and dig intomy mid morning feast. WhileI ate, Nanna would heat a cupof milk on her black ironstove, add in a bit of Italiancoffee from the nearby pot,spoon in a bit of sugar and Iwould have my morning bev-erage insuring that starva-tion had been prevented.

Normally, Babbononno hadan allowance for me eachSunday. I usually stopped byon Sunday mornings afterMass and Sunday school.Babbononno would have adime, a nickel and two pen-nies lined up on the kitchentable and that was my usu-ally Sunday gift, but this wasEaster. On this particularday, I might be given a coupleof quarters or even a fifty centpiece, or if my grandfatherwas in an exceptional mood… a whole dollar.

After a while, I would leavemy grandparents and headhome, knowing that within afew hours, I would be backwith my folks, uncles, auntsand cousins for Easter Sun-day dinner. Once I was backin our third floor apartmentat 74 Eutaw Street, Dad whohad been waiting for me,would usher me out the door,down the stairs and into hiscar. It would be time to visitGrandpa Christoforo. Dad’sfather had been widowedfor about a year and livedalone on Putnam Street. Allmorning long, he would havebeen cooking his Sundaydinner and Dad and I oftenstopped by after the kids Massand a visit to Nanna andBabbononno.

My paternal grandfatherwas a good cook. I think Dadinherited the talent from hisfather. The only differencewas that everything Grandpacooked was hot. He loved hotpepper and doctored up hisgravies with the hottest ofspices. I don’t think I tastedany Mexican food as hot assome of Grandpa Christo-foro’s favorite dishes. Wewould join Grandpa but allthe while eating sparinglydue to the fact that within afew hours, we would be sitting

down at Nanna and Babbo-nonno’s dinner table toeat again. Of course, I wouldbe given a small glass ofGrandpa’s homemade redwine to wash down the home-made pasta and the pieces ofgravy meat in my dish. Whenit was time to leave, Grandpawould reach into his pocket,pull out a five dollar bill, handit to me and with me a BuonaPasqua. I would do the sameand kiss him on each cheek.Now, let’s see: a dollar fromBabbononno and five dollarsfrom Grandpa … I was a richkid. I also knew that later, Iwould receive something frommy Godfather, Uncle Nick.

Later that day, we wouldhead to Nanna and Babbo-nonno’s Princeton Streetapartment and Easter din-ner. At around 2:00 pm,everyone would be there,Nanna, Babbononno, Mom,Dad, Uncle Nick (no wife atthis time), Uncle Paul, AuntEleanor, their kids-my cous-ins Paula and Ellie, and UncleGino and Aunt Ninna (no kidsyet). It would take severalminutes for all of the greet-ings and kisses, and oncethese formalities were over,the men would help them-selves to the liquor on thekitchen table and the anti-pasto Nanna had made toaccompany the drinks.

Dinner would begin andtake several hours. Themany courses that beganwith escarole soup with tinymeatballs and ended withcoffee, fruit and nuts severalhours later would mellow outthe family. Dad and myuncles would head for theliving room after eating, lightup cigars and all fall asleepwhile the ladies did thedishes. When evening ap-proached, it would be time fordessert, coffee and the com-pany of relatives who woulddrop in for a while. That wasthe way Easter Sunday wasfor the Christoforo andContini families a couple ofgenerations ago, and withthose memories so fresh inmy mind, I would like to wisheach and every one of youa very HAPPY EASTER —BUONA PASQUA and MAYGOD BLESS AMERICA

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the doors dressed in charac-ter may be invited to singfrom the stage of SymphonyHall, accompanied by theBoston Pops Orchestra, inleading the audience in asing-along.

The opening night pro-gram will also present thepremiere of a new film by fre-quent Boston Pops collabora-tor Susie Dangel. Inspired byAaron Copland’s “Hoe Down”from Rodeo, the film willbe shown with live musicalaccompaniment provided bythe Pops Orchestra.

Opening Night at Pops andthe entire 2011 Spring PopsSeason are sponsored byFidelity Investments.

No Boston Pops OpeningNight celebration would becomplete without a chancefor audience members tosocialize with friends andfamily at a complimentarypre-concert (7 p.m.) recep-tion, in the relaxed atmo-sphere of a festively deco-rated Symphony Hall.

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In connection with theopening night concert andone of the major themes ofthe 2011 Boston Pops season— the American Songbook —the Boston Pops is invitingsingers and music fans fromaround the country to sub-mit video renditions of “Overthe Rainbow” for possible in-clusion in a video collage tobe shown at Boston Pops per-formances throughout the2011 Boston Pops season,through June 26.

Participants of all agesand singing ability can sub-mit video of themselvessinging all or part of “Overthe Rainbow,” by uploadinga video to YouTube andemailing a link, contact info,and geographical location [email protected].

Videos chosen to be part ofthe “Over the Rainbow” sea-son-long video collage willalso be featured on the Bos-ton Pops YouTube channeland on the Boston Pops web-site, www.bostonpops.org. Allvideo submissions are dueby Tuesday, April 26, 2011.

Enjoy!(Be sure to visit HildaMorrill’s gardening Web site,www.bostongardens.com.In addition to events coveredand reported by the columnist,“The Socially Set” is compiledfrom various other sourcessuch as news and press re-leases, PRNewswire services,etc.)

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There’s a “Summer WindStrictly Sinatra” booked forRaffael’s at the South ShoreCountry Club in Hinghamon May 28. Come enjoysome really great music andlisten to the voice of StevePalumbo who will be singinglike Frank, Dino and TonyBennett rolled up into one.If you love listening to Ronon the weekends withStrictly Sinatra and theGreat American Songbook,don’t miss this event. CallPaul Schlossberg at 617-633-5100 for more details.

LOUIS GOSSETT, JR.TO SPEAK AT BHCCCOMMENCEMENT

Hollywood actor LouisGossett, Jr., who won anEmmy, Oscar and GoldenGlobe awards will be speak-ing at the Bunker HillCommunity College’s 37th

Commencement Exerciseson June 4 at the collegecampus. In recent yearsGossett’s passion for actinghas not wavered but he hasalways given back to hiscommunity. He establishedthe Eracism Foundation ‘toeradicate the systematicimpacts of all forms of rac-ism by providing programsthat foster cultural diversity,historical enrichment andanti-violence initiatives.”

Best known for his roles in“Roots,” “An Officer and aGentleman” and a baseball

movie about Satchel Paigewhere he played Paige sowell that when I think ofPaige, I see Gossett’s face.

Gossett is a super actorand BHCC students shouldremember his speech whenit is over as opposed to mostspeeches given at com-mencement every springsince time eternal.

TALENT SHOW/AWARDDINNER, MAY 6

The Roslindale Day ParadeCommittee will be hostingits annual Awards Dinner onFriday, May 6 at 7pm atSt. Nectarios Church Hall inRoslindale Village. Theevent will feature music byOJ Knightshift. Tickets canbe purchased at the door.The evening will also fea-ture the 2nd Annual TalentShow. For more info, go [email protected] orcall 617-327-4886.

CHECK OUTCOMPETITOR.COM

On August 7, the inaugu-ral Rock ‘n Roll Providencehalf-marathon will be helddown in Rhode Island. Formore information on thisofficial Competitor event, goto www.competitor.com.

OLD IRONSIDESTURNABOUT

The USS Constitution willbe holding a lottery onceagain for winners to sailaboard “Old Ironsides” on herannual July 4th turnaround.This 1812 vessel is the old-est commissioned warship

still on active duty. Each win-ner will be allowed to bringone guest and must be be-tween eight and 70 years old.The lottery will close onApril 29. For more info, go tow w w . h i s t o r y . n a v v . m i l /usscoonstitution/Lotterv.html.

NEW BOOK ONDORCHESTER OUT

Author Anthony M. Sam-marco will be doing a lectureand book signing on May 19at the Healey Library atUMass Boston. His newestbook on Dorchester is en-titled “Dorchester: A Com-pendium.” For more info, call617-287-5944.

HARBORSIDE LOOKINGFOR BOARD MEMBERSAccording to Mike Sul-

prizio, the director of theHarborside Community Cen-ter on Border Street inEastie, the center could usesome new board members. Ifinterested, call Mike at 617-635-5114. Also, don’t forgetthat on May 4 (my birthday)between 4pm and 7pm, thecenter is having an openhouse. Check it out.

SCUP’S IS CLOSINGThe owners of Scup’s has

decided not to re-open thisspring. This eatery is apopular breakfast, lunch anddinner spot down on Mar-ginal Street at the BostonShipyard and Marina. Idiscovered the place shortlyafter moving to Eastie in2009. I am going to miss thisplace.

Check mixture after twohours of baking, insert a thinsmall knife into center. Ifknife blade comes out dry,mixture is cooked.

Cool this special EasterPie for at least eight or ninehours for best results. Pie is

served in square portions.Makes sixteen to eighteen

portions.NOTE: Rose (Marcantonio)

Sinopoli, my sister-in-law, hasbeen encouraged yearly by herbrother Dr. Joseph Marcan-tonio to prepare their mother’s(Antonietta Pisano Marcan-tonio) original Pizza Ghenarecipe. The family traveledfrom Avellino to America inthe early l920s, settling in

Boston’s North End beforemoving to Roslindale. Formany years my husband andI have been privileged to tastesome of Rose’s delicious PizzaGhena.

Because Rose makes sucha large pie each year for allmembers of her family, shekindly reduced the originalsize of the recipe so I canshare this smaller-size recipewith you.

• Recipes from the Homeland (Continued from Page 12)

POPE BENEDICT XVI URGES ITALIAN POLITICIANS TOFOLLOW DON LUIGI STURZO’S EXAMPLE. The Pope ap-pealed recently to Italian politicians, and educators, to setan example of intellectual and moral rectitude, as set forthby Don Luigi Sturzo, the priest and politician. He foundedthe ‘Partito Popolare’ in 1919, only two months beforeMussolini founded his Fascist Party. It was a “shiningexample of love, liberty and service to the people.” The Popeproffered his appeal during one of his Wednesday’s generalaudiences at the Vatican.

Too many politicians nowadays forget their political re-sponsibilities by ignoring their basic “democratic” rule: toserve the people. Politicians, in particular the long-servingones, pay no attention to the threat of a spreading atheism.The Pope called attention to the universal message left byDon Sturzo, at the seminar dedicated to him, that had beenheld previously (October 2010) in the city of Catania, Sicily,which had seen the participation of the Minister of JusticeAngelino Alfano, of Gianni Letta the Undersecretary of thePrime Minister, of Renato Schifani the President of the Ital-ian Senate and of the Nobel Prize laureate Lech Walesa.THE POPE LOVES SOCCER! Many describe the Pope appro-priately as a serious scholar, but indifferent to any sport.Speculations on this point are not rare. But recently theGerman Pope did something quite unexpected. He tooktime off his Papal duties to allegedly see the broadcast of“Italia-Paraguay” soccer game on TV during a break fromhis duties by going to his preferred Roman ‘trattoria’ at ‘BorgoPio’, just outside Rome. The Pope did so not just to stay awayfrom enjoying the game (in the past he has written essaysalso on soccer) but to enjoy a simple meal (we are not privyto what he ate).

In reality, although not a fan of the world of soccer, he hasimpressed the world of sport by writing an essay, in 1985,entirely dedicated to soccer … The booklet is now unavail-able (it sold out when it was published), save for some Catholicsites. In the essay, the future Pope extolled the values of thegame, and as a serious theologian, he looked at it as a meansto a “transcendental life”, as a last “paradise”! As CardinalTarcisio Bertone, the Secretary of the Vatican State, cantestify, the Pope doesn’t follow sport, or Soccer in particularon TV, and on a daily basis. Once he admitted to be a fan ofTorino’s team “Juventus”; the Pope focuses his interest onthe German national team. The Pope expressed his plea-sure when he stated, in his essay, that there is no otherevent on earth that has so much attraction, every four years,demonstrating that the game transcends the daily life bytouching something that is fundamentally human, furtheradding that we ought to ask ourselves where to find the ba-sis of such power/attraction.

We can confidently conclude, thus, that soccer is a ve-hicle to us to go to “heaven”!

How so? Benedict XVI explains that the “team-play” of ateam is a kind of order of things within the group, whichunites the group toward the common ‘goal’! In soccer, opinesthe Pope, freedom lives within the rules of discipline whichcondition how to act, and the correct ‘contrast’. In short, Soc-cer seems to be a preparatory exercise toward a ‘transcen-dental life’.

Ergo, we ought to follow soccer if we want to go to “Heaven”!Think about that!

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Divorce requesting that the Court grant adivorce for Irretrievable Breakdown of theMarriage. The Complaint is on file at theCourt.

An Automatic Restraining Order has beenentered in this matter preventing you fromtaking any action which would negativelyimpact the current financial status of eitherparty. SEE Supplemental Probate CourtRule 411.

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Tommy John: Act II

The left-handed TommyJohn started his majorleague career with theCleveland Indians in 1963.He was a fairly good pitcherfor them and for the ChicagoWhite Sox when he went tothem in 1965. In 1968, hemade it to the All Star team.He was traded to the LADodgers and had good careerstats before his elbow injuryin the middle of the 1974season shut him down atage 31.

Dr. Frank Jobe did surgeryon his arm by what he called“the seat of his pants.” Itwas the first time such aligament transplant had everbeen performed. John satout 1975 and in 1976 hada not bad 10-10 win-lossrecord. However, he wasn’tthe same fastball pitcher. Hebegan using an array ofpitchers to get back on topagain. From 1977 to 1980,he won 20 games threetimes, finishing second in

the Cy Young Award twiceand made three All-Starteams.

Tommy John pitched for 26seasons, winning 288 gamesand 2,245 strikeouts. Hissurgery became so wellknown that any pitcher hav-ing such an operation is saidto have had “Tommy John”surgery. It isn’t always assuccessful as his but it hashelped extend careers. He is,by far, the most successfulpatient to have had “TommyJohn” surgery. In baseballhistory, he is both a greatpitcher and a great opera-tion. He was a good pitcherfor 12 seasons before thesurgery and a great pitcherfor the 14 seasons that fol-lowed it. Believe it or not, asthey say!

We Already Had Itwith Manny

Now He’s Had It TooUnwilling to face another

drug ban, Manny Ramirezhas retired from baseball atage 38. He says he’s at easewith this retirement deci-sion. The Rays had signedhim in the off-season, butwhen reportedly confrontedwith testing positive for aperformance enhancementsubstance, he wasted littletime in quitting the game.He allegedly retired ratherthan take a 100-game sus-pension for a second MLBdrug policy violation. The12 time All-Star served a50-game ban back in 2009while on the LA Dodgers.Said Texas Rangers Man-ager Ron Washington, “Until

the past couple of years, Ithought he was on his wayto the Hall of Fame. You hateto see greatness all of a sud-den just fade.”

The Rays cancelled theirupcoming May 29 Ramirezbobble-head day and stoppedselling all Manny-relatedmerchandise, according tothe St. Petersburg (Fla.)Times. Bobble-head or not,Manny’s career stats showhim finishing with a .312career average with 12 sea-sons of 100-plus RBIs and555 home runs. His numbersare Hall of Fame material butlike Ron Washington, I ques-tion if he’ll get elected intoCooperstown too.

Brookline MilkingSox Games

When Red Sox fans try toavoid high prices for parkingtheir cars near Fenway, theyoften cross over onto BeaconStreet in Brookline for cheapon-street metered parkingspots, but town officials haveincreased the price to parkin nearby Brookline to dis-courage Sox fans from eat-ing up precious parkingspots. The town has hikedmeters on game days to a4-hour total of $22 alongBeacon Street near theGreen Line stop. Last sea-son, these same parkingspots for 4-hours were $1.50.The metered rates will applyto about 50 meters. Motoringbaseball fans will now payone buck for each of the firsttwo hours and ten buckseach for the third and fourthhours. OUCH!

sult of the forces of gooddeciding they have nopower. The force I call evilis real and can create theatmosphere for evil but evillike good lurks inside all ofus.

Some people believe in so-called bad seeds. People whojust can’t help being evil. Mygrandmother from Sicilyused to cure the effects ofthe evil eye being placed on

people. Unfortunately itoften mislabeled folks whowere mentally ill on theinside with being cursedfrom the outside.

Evil does exist. Is Khadafypossessed by the devil? Ishe just evil as in powerhungry? Did he get lured bythe power of evil where yourend justifies your means?Can the same be said of allbrutal dictators over themillenniums?

As a police officer who isSicilian/Irish Catholic, Iwear a medal of SaintMichael the Archangel toprotect me while working.

He is the patron of allpolice officers who battle evileveryday on earth.

Life is always a battle be-tween good and evil. Thebattle will always be here forus. However, every day whenwe see good things takingplace, we know that evil isonly as powerful a force aswe allow it to be. Our fatehas not been determined. Itis in our hands every daythat we wake up to begin.

Bottom line: In order torecognize good, we must rec-ognize evil first. To know thefirst, is too understand thesecond.

• Thinking Out Loud (Continued from Page 4)

PRAYER TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN:(never known to fail) O most beautifulflower of Mount Carmel, fruitful vine,splendor of Heaven, Blessed Mother ofthe Son of God, Immaculate Virgin, as-sist me in my necessity. O Star of theSea, help me and show me here You aremy mother. O Holy Mary, Mother of God,Queen of Heaven and Earth, I humblybeseech You from the bottom of my heartto secure me in my necessity (make re-quest). There are none who can with-stand your power. O Mary, conceivedwithout sin, pray for us who have re-course to Thee (3 times). Holy Mary, Iplace this cause in your hands (3 times).Say this prayer 3 consecutive days andthen publish, and it will be granted to you.

T.M.S.

Oh glorious St. Theresa whom almighty God hasraised up to aid and counsel mankind. I invite yourmiraculous intercession. So powerful are you obtainingevery need of body and soul, our Holy Mother Churchproclaims you a “Prodigy of Miracles.” Now fervently Ibeseech you to answer my petition (mention here) andcarry out your promise of doing good upon earth ofletting fall from heaven a shower of roses. Henceforth,dear little flower, I will fulfill your plea to be made knowneverywhere and I will never cease to lead others toJesus through you. Amen.

(Say prayer everyday for 9 days. By 4th day, ask fora sign. If prayers are to be answered between 4th and 9th

day, you will see a rose in a Magazine, TV picture orreceive Roses. You can also get strong scent of rosesin home even if no roses are present. Must promisepublication. Thank You.)

PRAYER TO ST. THERESA

T.M.S.

SACRED HEART OF JESUS& ST. JUDE

May the Sacred Heart of Jesus beadored, glorified, loved and pre-served throughout the world nowand forever. Sacred Heart of Jesuspray for us. St. Jude, worker ofmiracles pray for us. St. Jude helpof the hopeless, pray for us. Saythis prayer 9 times a day, by the 8thday your prayer will be answered.It has never been known to fail.Publication must be promised. Myprayers have been answered.

T.M.S.




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Ring 4 Hall of FameBanquet was held at FlorianHall, Dorchester. PresidentMickey Finn is here withlady-friend Mary Nelson.Pow! Congratulations toMickey Finn. Here aretwo great fighters in WorldBoxing history, World Wel-terweight Champion TonyDeMarco and wife Dottie andWorld Lightweight and Jun-ior Welterweight ChampionCarlos Ortiz with wife Marie.Thanks to photographerRichard Hand Jr., for yourhelp with banquet photos.An all-star lineup was inattendance.

Ring 4 Awards 2011 —Ring 4 Champion of the YearBelt Carlos Ortiz; 2011 Hallof Fame Inductees: CarlosGarcia, Ralph Wright, Car-los Ortiz. HumanitarianAward Tom Mulvoy and BillForry. Al Clemente AwardKevin Kelleher and JerryForte. Lifetime HonoraryMember Reinaldo Oliveira(Thank you, I am gratefullyhonored) and a tribute toTony DeMarco. Congratula-tions and compliments toRing 4 Officers 2011: Presi-

dent Mickey Finn, Re-cording Clerk JohnO’Brien, Board of Di-rectors Chairman JoeFeeney and MikeMullen, John Ford,Bobby Bower. Parlia-mentarian MickeyFinn, Sergeant atArms and ChaplainBobby Franklin, LowellDirector Ray Hebert,Cape Cod DirectorEddie Casey. The firstparagraph of Presi-dent’s message reads:“It is an honor to be thePresident of such aprestigious organiza-tion that has a tradi-

tion unequaled in the Sportof Boxing. Discipline, prideand loyalty are the basic fac-tors for the success of anysociety and we strive tomaintain that standard.”

“Launch Party” is atShowcase Live in Foxboropresenting B Capp, “Fight-ing his way to the top” inshow business. Here withsponsor David Gemelli andan all-star cast. B Capp, Iremember seeing on a fight-card. Rapidly disposing of hisopponent. B Capp was themost impressive fighter thatnight. He’s still entertain-ing, impressing fans onstage with song and dance,dazzling spectators. He’s gottalent. Rich Cappiello, Ican see is rightfully a proudfather. Mike Cappiello Sr.,is the first cousin of WorldHeavyweight ChampionRocky Marciano. CousinsRocky Marciano and MikeCappiello Sr., traveled theworld together. Mike “LittleRock” Cappiello is thebrother, son and cousinto Rich, Mike Sr., Rocky.He’s here along with WorldChampion Tony DeMarco,

and Dottie DeMarco, greatquarterback Doug Flutie,Alexa Flutie and DougFlutie Jr., Jennifer Cobis,Bill Spadafora, PhilGarafalo, Wayne Lopes,Aleksandra MagdziakLopes, Promoters DougPendarvis, Hank Tuohy,Don and Mary Ann Croatti,Paul Malone who in col-lege played football togetherwith Dave Gemelli at UVM.Veronica Hagler. LaunchParty was also entertained byAlexa Flutie, as was by BCapp. A portion of proceeds,donated to Doug Flutie Jr.Foundation for Autism.Check out B Capp. We hada great time at LaunchParty.

Listening here to WorldHeavyweight ChampionLarry Holmes at Venus deMilo in Swansea. This Uni-versity of MassachusettsDartmouth Scholarship pre-sentation with HeavyweightChampion Larry Holmes isinspiring. His words of wis-dom, I believe inspired allin attendance, as it did tome. World Champion LarryHolmes is a great Heavy-weight Champion. He’s alsoa great businessman. I alsotake my hat off to the Uni-versity of Massachusetts atDartmouth for having LarryHolmes. He fought his wayto the top.

I’m now, at a press confer-ence for the upcomingApril 30th Battle of theBadges 3. Proceeds are tobenefit Edwin RodriguezFoundation. New EnglandLaw Enforcement vs. NewYork Fire Department. “He-roes of 9/11” From the wordsof Rocky III? Sounds likea monster movie.” Bostonversus New York!” “WageWar Warriors!” They’ll besuper-heavyweights here too.“Ding!”

Tomasz Adamek of Poland44-1, 28 KO’s defeated KevinMcBride 35-9-1, of Bostonvia Ireland. He won by wayof a 12 round decision, overKevin McBride. McBrideweighed in at 285 pounds.

US Olympian DemetriusAndrade at 12-0, with 8 KO’s,battles 8-1, 5 KO Omar Bell.They’re fighting it out at theMohegan Sun “Tonight”April 22nd. So get down to theMohegan Sun.

Happy Fight Family Birth-days: April 13th Tim Flamos,16th Mickey Flynn, 23rd JimMelvin, 26th Ron Borges,29th RIP Bernie McNally,May 3rd Tony Bislardes, 4th

Don Green, Kevin Rooneyand Reinaldo A. Oliveira Jr.5th Edwin Rodriquez, 6th

Jerry Huston Jr., 15th ValRocha, 16th Veronica Hagler,17th Ed Connolly, 19th

Norman Stone, 20th JoeDevlin, 21st Gary TigerBalletto, 23rd World Cham-pion Marvelous MarvinHagler and RIP World Cham-pion Lou Brouillard.

Banquet 2011 with Tony DeMarco and Carlos OrtizLaunch Party with B Capp

Larry Holmes is at U Mass Dartmouth“Battle of the Badges 3” on April 30th

Tomasz Ademak WinsAndrade Fights Tonight

Patriot great quarterback DougFlutie and World title contenderIron Mike Pusateri.

As Games 1 and 2 con-cluded — and they could havegone either way — you knewthat the series between theCeltics and the Knicks wasstill very much up in the air.

Sure, the Celtics had a 2-0lead in games as the sceneshifted to New York but if youasked those on hand manywould have told you thatit certainly didn’t feel like a2-0 lead. Indeed, it felt like aseries that was earmarkedfor a long haul — one that theCeltics, if they do indeed win,will emerge from having ex-pended a tremendous amountof energy.

What awaits the winnerof the series is Miami, theEastern Conference regularseason champion that alsohad taken a 2-0 lead overPhiladelphia — although in amuch more demonstrativefashion and appeared ontrack to sail into the secondround — rested and ready —for the next opponent.

Memorable, of course, forthe Celtics was Ray Allen’sclutch three-point shot fromthe corner nearest the visi-tors bench to win Game 1 —a favored spot for the veteranall season — that sent CelticNation into hysteria.

Less recalled is Carmelo’sAnthony’s own three-pointattempt seconds later thatclanged off the rim as timeran out, a shot, that if suc-cessful, would have, in effect,nullified Allen’s memorablebasket and given the NewYorkers a one-point victory.

Although the victory wasnot attained by New Yorkwhat was achieved was anoverall feeling of confidenceby the Knicks — a feeling thatthey could indeed competewith the heralded Celtics —and on their own floor, no less.A feeling that led many ob-servers to believe that theseries will not be a sweep andperhaps will go much longer.

“We’re very confident,” saidAnthony in the post-gamepress conference. We’re goingto look at this game and buildoff it. Guys in the lockerroom, it isn’t like guys’ headsare down or anything likethat. We played with a confi-dence level we didn’t havein the regular season —

the momentum, the way weplayed, the focus level.”

That would be on display inGame 2 when the Knicks —forced to play with ChaunceyBillups for the entire con-test and without Amar’eStoudemire for the secondhalf — would again take theCeltics all the way down tothe wire before bowing 96-93.In fact, if it wasn’t for KevinGarnett getting possession ofthe ball from Jared Jeffries asJeffries approached for alayup in the final seconds, theKnicks might well have won.It was that close.

If anything, the Knicks saythey are upbeat as the seriesgoes to New York for EasterWeekend. “We can’t hang ourheads over something likethis. We’ve got to take this andbuild on it going back home,”said Anthony in the pressconference following Game 2.“My teammates feel very, veryconfident right now headingto New York. My message tothem after the game was thatBoston didn’t do anything ex-cept take care of home court.Now we’ve got to go home anddo what we’ve got to do.”

And Knicks coach MikeD’Antoni certainly wasn’tthe picture of dejection.“I’m proud of them (his play-ers). We’re still confident. Itdoesn’t start until somebodywins on the other guy’s court.It’s going to be a great atmo-sphere (in New York). I thinkour heads are high, the lockerroom is good and the playersare confident.”

Even though the Celtics leftBoston up 2-0 you had thefeeling that they knew thiswould not be a four-game se-ries. Although Celtics coachDoc Rivers smiled during hisportion of the press confer-ence, you could tell he wasnot the happiest man as hesaid “I thought we were luckyto win.”

The first two games in Bos-ton were probably the best twogames of the year from a fan’spoint of view, with the secondeven better than the first.Even if the Celtics sweep —and they do have the upperhand — they will have beenforced to expend a great dealof energy in a prelude to aseries with Miami.

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