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- Contents
Sommario
Servizi Speciali
Un anno di attivita'
Severino Trematore
Veritatis Splendor
Aprile - April
p. 5
p. 16
p.30
Regular Features
Due Parole
The Hill
Face to Face
Terza Eta'
Cronaca della Comunita'
Dall'Italia
In Cammino con Carmelo
Eurofocus
For a Rainy Day
p. 4
p. 8
p. 10
p.ll
p. 14
p. 19
p.20
p.26
p.27
Entertainment, Leisure & Sport
Cinema
Sportlight
Italsport
Anglo Italian Football League
Tempo Libero
Mamma's Ricetta
p.31
p. 32
p.33
p.34
p.37
p. 38
Notices - A vvisi
Chiesa di San Pietro
Calendario
Noticeboard
p.21
p.39
p.40
Victor Barrat and Doreen Freeman:
World Champions 1948/4 9.
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Due Parole
Cari Amici,
Ecco le mie Due Parole per la
Pasqua. Sono i miei auguri a tulle le
Famiglie.
Ho sempre tanto piacere a farmi
questa chiaechierata con voi, perehe'
vi vedo sempre davanti a me e sento
nel mio cuore le vostre prcoccupazioni. Tulli noi 0 grandi 0 piccoli,
abbiamo le nostre preoccupazioni.
Sono le preoccupazioni della vita che
va avanti e sono preoccupazio~ 0
grandi 0 piccole.
Noi ricorriamo tanto spesso a Dio
perche' ci aiuti e iI Signore Dio e'
sempre vicino a noi. E'· vicino a noi
s)lCCialmente in questo anno: perche'
tulle le Chiese e tulle le Nazioni
hanno dello che questo e' I'anno della
Famiglia. E' tutta I'umanita' che si
rivolge a Dio e g1i presenta le
famiglie di tullo iI mondo. E questa
umanita' !l queste famiglie siamo noi.
Non ,importa se non abbiamo la
famiglia nel vero senso della parola.
Abbiamo sempre avuto una famiglia,
abbiamo portato una cosa nuova nel
mondo con le nostre famiglie.
La vera novita' del mondo e' la
nostra nascita e la nascita della nostre
famiglie. 10 vi prego veramente di
pensare tanto a questo: cioe' a tulle le
cose buone ehe noi abbiamo creato
con la nostra vita e con le nostre
famiglie le abbiamo create insieme a
Gesu' perche' abbiamo riccvuto iI
ballesimo e iI ballesimo e' la vita
nuova che Gesu' ci ha dato.
10 vi parlo ora di due famiglie: la
Sacra Famiglia, quella che vediamo
con Gesu', Giuseppe e Maria. Ve-
Padre Roberto Russo
diamo una famiglia dove c'e' tanto
affetto, tanto aiuto, tanta fede in Dio.
E vediamo anche questa stessa Santa
Famiglia, in cni muore San Giuseppe,
perche' passano g1i anni della vita per
tutti, e poi muore Gesu' sulla Croce e
vediamo iI dolore della Madonna: e'
una famiglia che ha iI suo dolore.
E l'a1tra famiglia che vi voglio
presentare e' quella di Abramo. Cosi'
come abbiamo sentito nella messa di
qualche domeniea fa, Dio che chiede
Una famiglia con i d%r;
ad Abramo di sacrifieargli iI figlio: ed
Abramo pronto ad obbedire. E' una
famiglia che vive con un dolore
enorme, e' una famiglia che non
capiscc perche' Dio vuole la morte
del Figlio. Ed e' una famiglia che
obbediscc perche' ha fede in Dio.
Naturalmente a1I'ultimo momento Dio
non chiedera' piu' la morte di lsacco.
E' la vita nostra e delle nostre
famiglie: con speranza, coraggio, do-
lori, delusioni, villorie. Ma e' la vita
nuova che Dio ha creato con noi e
con le nostre famiglie. Quindi eoraggio, tanto coraggio.
Camminiamo tutti verso la Risurrezione di Cristo e ci aiutiamo ad
arrivare nella Vita Eterna di Dio.
E a1lora forse possiamo fare due
piccole cose per sentire sempre meglio che siamo una cosa nuova. Che la
nostra famiglia e' nuova: possiamo
dire una Ave Maria quando mangiamo
insieme 0 un piccolo pensiero religioso, anche in silenzio, quando
stiamo insieme a mangiare; e possiamo mellere un piccolo salvadanaio
vicino alia porta di easa dove
chiunque della famiglia puo' mellere
una offerta di soldi che dove essere
frullo di un piccolo sacrificio personale, una sigaretta in meno, una earnmella in meno. Non cerchiamo grandi
cose - quelle verranno da sole. Sono
le cose della Famiglia, quelle grandi e
quelle piccole. Devono essere sentite
come una cosa di tutta la famiglia che
si impegna.
E' I'anno della Famiglia: faeciamo
le nostre famiglie sempre piu' nuove,
piu' coraggiose, piu' piene di speranza, di affello, di amore. Anche con i
nostri peccati e con i problemi che
abbiamo dentro di noi e nelle nostre
famiglie andiamo avanti: con tanta,
tanta preghiera persouale perche' Dio
e' fedele, ci ha creato nuovi e vuole
nuove cose da noi. Vuole le nostre
famiglie: sono nostre, ma ce le ha
affidate il nostro Dio.
Questi sono i miei auguri per la
nostra Pasqua di Risurrezione insieme
a Gesu'.
Second Coming
Lord, why can't you just appear? Now. Prove you are
who you say you are. Wouldn't it be easier? You'd hlIve
Lord, can we talk? I'm a bit scared, in fact, I'm very the world at your fecI. But, Lord, who am I to question
scared it's the "Second Coming" that's on my mind, your your plans?
Lord, I am frightened. You see, I don't think I'm good
return to earth. I find it frightening, that you could come at
any time, even now while I'm praying. "Like a thief in the enough and I'm afraid you'll leave me behind. Help me 10
night", the Bible says. We don't' even know when•. or be ready, to be prepared. Because when you come again I
don't think I'll have a second chance.
where, or how.
How will it happen, Lord? The "thief in the night"
thing gives me the impression it will be quick and quiet,
and very sudden. Will you just take Christians? Will they
just disappear? And what about the rest? Those you don't
(Extr«<:t[rom "Can we talk, Lord?"
take. Will you give them another chance? Or is that it? All
Copyright Kevln Meyhew; licence no. 2903/)
over. The gates of heaven finally locked?
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Un anno di attivita"
Ho il piacere di presentare il
Bilancio Consuntivo del COASIT per
I'anno finanziario 1993, prcparato ai
sensi della legge inglcse e debitamente certificato dai Revisori dei
Conti, ossia 10 studio Harrison, Hill,
Castle & Co.
Nel corso del 1993 qucsto Ente ha
collaborato con il Consolato Generale
d'Italia in Londra per 10 svolgimento
delle seguenti attivita':
I. n. 170 corsi per 2585 iscritti,
aventi 10 seopo di agevolare I'inserimento dei figli dei connazionali nella
scuola britannica. Corsi di GCSE
(General Certificate of Secondary
Education) e di 'A' level, e eorsi di
lingua e cultura generale italiana a
livello medio.
2. n. 242 corsi di lingua e eullura
generale italiana a livello elementare,
per 4620 iscritti.
3. n. 2 corsi di scuola popolare per
adulti italiani e loro congiunti, per 24
iscrilti.
A sostegno e integrazione dei corsi
di cui sopra, qucsto COASIT ha anche
messo in alto varie iniziative, compatibilmente con una sua situazione
finanziaria.
Noterete che il Bilaneio di eassa si
chiude con una passivita' al
31.12.1993 di £16,733.89 pari a lire
36.463.146. Per quanto riguarda il
bilancio di competenza, tenendo presente le previste entrate (i relativi
contributi che si devono pervenire dal
Fondo Sociale Europeo: il contributo
per il 1993 di £St75,Ooo, e il contributo suppletivo del Ministero degli
Mari Esteri pr £St 45,000. e relative
spese impegnate), il delto bilancio di
competenza si chiude con una eccedenza di £st766.11 pari a lire
1.669.353. La passivita' di cassa e'
dovuta·alla neccssita' imposta
dai Revisori dei Conti di
trasferire parte delle cntrate
locali nel bilaneio dell'anno
1994.
E' mio dovere soltolineare
che durante I'anno 1993 sono
stati messi in alto dei grandi
sfoni per ridurre la spcsa
globale.
Esaminando la totalita'
delle spcsc elfeltuate, notercte
ebe questo COASIT, nell'anno 1993,
onde contenerc la spcsa, ha dowto
limitarsi a svolgere una semplice e
normale amministrazione e ba
provveduto prineipalmente al pagamento:
- degli a1litti delle aole scolastiebe
- degli a1litti degli uffiei scolastici di
4 Upper Taebbrook SI.
- degli oneri accessori agli a1litti.
- dell'acquisto dei Iibri e altro materiale didallico, effelluato nel '92, e
saldato nel corso del 1993.
- delle spesc postali e di cancelleria.
- degli intercssi passivi bancari.
- delle retribuzioni per iI personaie di
segreteria, per contributi sociali e per
i revisori dei conti.
- delle rctribuzioni dei docenti con
nomina COASIT.
Causa la mancanza di Iiquidita',
non si e' potuto procederc ad altri
interventi prcvisti nel bilaneio preventivo 1993, come ad esempio, ad
G. Giacon
organizzarc corsi per I'aggiornamento
dei docenti, a svolgere altre attivita'
riercativo-<:ulturali per ali allievi, a
contribuire alia spesa dei trasporti
delgi alunni in sedi periferiebe, eec.
Devo far prcscnte, ehe con questo
COASIT, con I'assistenza e la collaborazione di tulle le componenti
della scuol3o ha potuto raccoglierc un
contributo volontario da parte dei
genitori degialunni, e da varie altre
fonti, di piu' di £si 42,000. SOllolineo
quello ebe bo gia' delto sopra, ehe i
Revisori dei Conti ci banno falto
trasferirc £21,000 sui bilaneio del
1994, perebe' detti contribui appartengono all'anno scolastico 1993/94. A
tale riguardo ritengo doveroso soltolineare ebe la partccipazione dei genitori, delle associazioni e dei vari
membri della comunita', e la collaborazione dei docenti nel scnsibilizzarc i
genitori e' stata veramente gratificante.
Bilancio COASTI 1993
Entrate
1. Proventi locali (contributo volontario
delle ~amiglie, associazioni e altri)
2. Contributi del Fondo Sociale Europeo:
a) Saldo per i11991
b) anno 1992
3. Contributo del Ministero degli
Alfari Esteri per I'anno 1993
4. Contributo per usa locali del COASIT
Totale Entrate
Uscite
Totale Spesa 1993
. Saldo passivo anno 1992
Totale Uscite
Totale pass/vo d/ cassa aI31.12.1993
ist
(vaIuta locale)
Lire
=2179
21,666.48
47.211.260
37,000.00
88,169.00
80.623.000
192.120.251
119,320.78
17,000.00
283,156.26
259.999.980
37.043.000
616.997.490
173,278.72
126,611.43
299,890.15
377.574.331
275.886.306
653.460.626
16,733.89
36.463.146
Da sinistra: Remo Finaldi,
Giuseppe Giacon e Console
Brojferio.
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Famiglie
Menozzi e Zanetti
We continue our story of life
with famiglie Menozzi and Z3netti.
In the late 1940s Lisa with her sons,
young brother Tony and her widowed mother Giuseppina Z3netti
moved to a house - no. 93 Little
Grays Inn Road. (Now a part of
Mount Pleasant). The improvement
in her lifestyle here was the luxury
of a bathroom. With a member of
the family as severely handicapped
as Tony, this must have felt like
hcaven on earth.
Lisa was ever full of boundless
energy, dressmaking, keeping the
home o'n even keel., cooking for the
family, cleaning and tending to
Tony's needs, which became more
demanding as his Parkinsons disease
progressed. The devastating loss of
her husband Gioacchino, who
drowned when the Arandora Star
was sunk in 1940, mcant that there
was not only the grief to cope with
but the added strain of the family's
now depleted income. Victor Zanetti,
Lisa's brother helped support not
only his ageing mother, but the vast
amount of expenses that accrued due
to Tony's illness. You sce, the family never gave up on Tony. Hospitals, doctors and medication bills
were endless. Specialists were consulted, unfortunately to no avail.
There Was no cure for Tony.
Lisa's mother, Giuseppina, passed
away in 1949.
Ronnie was now working as an
apprentice jewellery maker in Hatton
Garden. Pip had joined other young
Pacsani in the Terazzo trade. Young
Victor was still attending St. Peter's
Italian School.·
'
, Eventually Famiglia Menozzi
made their final move, this was to a
new block of flats in New North
Street, a turning off of Thcobalds
Road, about a ten minute walk from
"11 Quartiere". In comparison to
their earlier home, this was luxury
indeed, there were lifts up to the
three bedroom flat, everything on
one level, a beautifully equipped
kitchen, and it was convenient to the
buses and shops.
8
Olive Besagni
At this time all of her sons were
in full employment. Lisa continued
with her dressmaking. Here as in
their previous home, there was a
constant stream of visitors. Lisa had
time for everyone, she was popular
with all of her new neighbours. If
the children in the flats arrived
home from sehool to find that their
mothers were out, they would go
straight to Auntie's (as Lisa was now
known), where they would be made
welcome with a drink or a biseuit
and chat happily to Lisa or Tony
until their parent returned.
Pip was the first of her sons to
wed, on the 8th June 1957 he married Joan Fuller at St. Peter's Italian
Church. A couple of years later
l~onnie married Giuseppina Buonocore, (daughter of Buonocore one of
"11 Quartiere's· well known sons).
Finally young Victor married Doreen
Freeman. Lisa made the beautiful
wedding dresses of each of her son's
brides.
To the
dismay of
the family
Lisa"s
sight bega n
to
fail, it was
discovered
that she
had a rupt u red
retina. An
operation
was earried out
which improved
things for
a time but
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hcr eyesight was
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never
c';;
good and
hampered her a great deal in her
later years.
When Lisa could no longer cope
with Tony's care, the family reluctantly let him go to a nursing home
in Camden. Lisa and TiIIi visited
him every day without fail, and in
the evenings her sons and Tony's
friends would go. Every weekend
when extra help was available he
would be brought home to Lisa's, to
join the family with the Sunday
dinner and the inevitable card
games. The kind of love and care
that Lisa gave to her young brother
until his demise in 1983 at the age
of 73 years, tells us the kind or'lady
that Lisa was - one of life's angels.
Lisa's other brother Victor played
a large part in her life. He had grcat
presence, eharisma and a sense of
purpose, which became apparent in
his youth. In the late 20's he was
employed as a steward' on an ocean
liner, when the ship docked in
America he jumped ship' with two
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other lads. His fellows were soon
apprehended and deported but our
Victor got himself a job at the
famous Waldorf Hotel in New York
where in no time at all he was
promoted to the post of restaurant
manager. Five years elapsed before
he returned to England. I asked
Ronnie if he remembered any of the
excitement whieh must have prevailed on the return of the prodigal.
As he was only six years old ai that
time, all he remembered was the big
travelling trunks arriving at the
house, large metal trunks, the like of
which he had never scen before.
One of the things that had developed in America was Uncle Victor's
avid interest in ballroom dancing. At
the time of the Second World War,
whilst working as a head waiter at
the "Cafe de Paris" (a West End
night club), he spent all of his
leisure time studying and practising
what, at that time, was just a hobby.
He left the Cafe de Paris to allow
himself more time to pursue, what
he decided, was to be his eareer. Six
months latcr the night club was
bombed at a time when it was full
of patrons, servieemcn and young
girls. Ronnie remembers his uncle's
distress on his return from the scene,
where he had gone to gain news of
friends and working colleagues. The
list of dead and injured was immensc.
Victor was entering into serious
dancing contest and winning all the
way. He started to teach dancing. In
the early days il was just a small
class, held in one of the rooms at
the Mazzini Garibaldi Club in Red
Lion Street. As his eareer progressed, Victor, in view of the climate at the time with regard 10
foreigners,. changed his professional
name to Victor Barrat. The next
step, was The Viclor Barrat School
of Dancing in Regent Street.
In the competitive world of ballroom dancing the name Victor Barrat was synonymous with the best. In
1948/49 partncring his wife Domen
Freeman (not to be confusCd with
his nephew victor's wife whose
maiden name was also Dorcen Freeman), they won the World Ballroom
Championships. Victor's Continuing
success was assured. Ballroom Dancing at that time was at .the height of
ils popularity. He opened another
school in Knighlsbridge. The school
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Left: Bruno Besagni with his young brother Remo.
Right: Ronnie Menoni with his younger brother Victor
flourished, endless competitions were
entered and won - they were the
best. Viclor, you see, was not only a
wonderful performer, he had a rare
quality - he was a born teacher. He
taught the art of ballroom dancing 10
many famous people. He was in
great demand. He chorcographed the
dancing sequences in the successful
English film "Spring in Park Lane".
He coached the stars in the film,
Anna Neagle and Michael Wilding.
Later he went to America where he
coached Marylin Monroe and ViclorMature.
Famiglia Menozzi followed Victor's career with pride. Lisa's expertise wilh the needle came into play,
also, in the making of many of
Viclor's partner's ballroom gowns.
You can imagine what lhat entailed.
lust look at the photograph of Victor
and Doreen to gel an idea of lhe
kind of work that Lisa carried oul.
If you remember the coffee bars
that sprung up in Ihe 60's, you may
recall "The Macabre", one of the
really carly ones. Il was situated in
Soho in a little alleyway between
Wardour Street and Dean ·Street. The
Maeabre was of interest on account
of its eerie dccor: the walls were
black, the tables were in the shape
of coffins, and the ashtrays were
skeleton heads. Dismembered forms
and cobwebs hung from the ceilings
and in the nooks and crannies.
Strange, but the customers loved it,
and in its way it became quite
famous as one of the places to see
whilst visiting Soho. Ronnie was the
manager here, assisted by 10, who
laler became his wife.
Lisa outlived bolh of her brothers. Victor died prematurely in 1970,
at the early age of 62. Sadly Lisa's
failing eyesight, blighted the end of
her days. She lived on in poor
heallh after the demise of Tony who
lived up to quite a good age (73
years), considering his illness. Elisa
passed away in 1985 aged 81 years.
Sorely missed by her family and the
many friends she had made lhroughout her life which began in "11
Quarticre Ilaliano" in 1904.
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COMUNITA'ITALIANA
Michele Scotto SAC
I wonder what our world would are the fruits of the "Me" company? Well, I personally don't
believe it. In a nursing home
be like if we required that all people generation.
who reached the age of 6S were
We have a basie responsibility to everyone shares the same difficulties
obliged to die? Some of you may our parents. They gave us our life in a sense. It is true that sharing
think .that this will never happen - and raised us to be what we arc similar problems does make, for a
but I wonder if some
support
group.
However, ,I find it
of the seeds for this
intolerable
that
idea haven't already
somcone should feel
been planted.
We have already
that they have just
been
"thrown
seen the invention of
a suicide machine for
away". Sometimes
those who feel that
just the fact that
life - is no longer
there are others who
worth living. We
share this fceling
have
established
with you may make,
nursing homes for
it even worse. They
our elderly. And, in
are our "forgotten
many countries in the
living" who might
as well just die
west the idea of
euthanasia is a very
before their time.
ask,
common option. Now,
Some
may
"What use are they
it has become OK to
pull the plug on
anymore to socigrandmother's
life
ety?". I personally
What ifall people who reached the age 0/65 were required to 'die?
support'
machine
believe that every
because we feel that her life no today. I know that my own parents person has an infinite worth and
longer has any mcaning.
have been the single most' important dignity. Therefore, if you must
For a small article like this, to influence in my life. They cared for consign someone to a nursing home,
cover a lot of ground is impossible. me unselfishly and were always don't forget about that person. There
So, I want to deal with just one there when I needed them. Their isn't a person alive who doesn't
aspect of 'our 'new "theology" about values and guidance will be with me need to feel needed or loved.
the quality of life. I want to deal for the rest of my life.
I hope I have made my point.
If one of my parents was put into
with the idca of a nursing home for
the elderly. This is probably, the one a situation that required constant
that might touch personally the lives attention, I know, that putting one of
them away in a nursing home would
of many rcaders.
Nursing
homes
are
not be the last resort and the thing I
intrinsically wrong - somet,imes, it is would drcad the most. If you ever
impossible to truly give the care have a chance to visit a nursing
necessary to an ageing parent or home, I advise you to do so. So far
relative at home. In such a case, we I haven't found one that left me
can justifY sending a loved one to a feeling particularly happy after
nursing home. There are cases, lcaving it. All you see are old
however, where it is a serious wrong people living together in community
rc-living their pasts because there
to send an elderly person to one.
We in the West worship our just is no more future left for them.
youth. We try everything to be The greatest joy that they have is
young forever. We spend more than when visitors come to see them. It's
a fair share of our income on trying the most concrete sign for them that
to do it as well. We seem to have somebody still cares about them.
lost the sense of venerating those Those are the lucky ones. How
whose wisdom and experience in life about those who have no one who
vastly surpass ours. And, worst of cares? Don't kid yourselves either.
all, we live for ourselves and our This does happen. Most of these
own personal careers to the point of people have families. Where are
no longer caring for those who they?
brought us into this world and cared
Have you ever heard the
for us when we were helpless. These expression
that
misery
loves
Look out
for next
month's
10
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Terza Eta'
Spcsso, mi viene it dubbio ehe le
cspressione "Prima, Scconda e Terza
Eta'" siano state inventate da aleuni
burocrati che volevano targarc i cittadini come fanno le macchine automatiche ehe scclgono quali cetrioli
appartengono alia prima, alia sceonda oppure alia teci classc.
Motivo di qucsta divisione, scmbra, sia stata la nccessita' 'di individuare le strategia dell'csproprio: it
cittadino lavoratore per conto terzi
appartiene senz'altro alia "Prima
Eta"', e quindi le tasse vanno pagate
prima che gli arrivano in tasca; it
eittadino che lavora per contro proprio appartiene alia " Scconda Eta'" e
quindi deve pagarc le tasse non
appcna riceve i soldi; sulle spalle dei
pensionati, sicuramente sono state
appicicate la targhette deIla "Terza
Eta'" in quanto ad essi, in vari
modi, e' stato chicsto di rcstituire i
soldi che gia' avevano
riccvuto sotto forma di
pensione.
In questi giorni
I'INPS sta inviando ai
pensionati, una lettera che
spiega it motivo delle dccisioni prcsc dall'Istiluto
di ridurrc le pensioni in
pagamento, oppure di
chicderc, in alcuni casi, it
rimborso di somme pagate indebitamente.
La lettera aveva 10scopo di spiegare le decisioni prcse e con qucsto
rassicurre quei pensionati
che si erano spaventati
Pietro Molle
riccvendo la prima comunicazione.
Ma non credo ehe si e' raggiunto
10 scopo,' perche' si lratta di una
circolare che ncccssariamente non
puo' csaminare le situazioni par!icolarl di ogni caso.
Anche a costo di ripetenni scrivendo quanto gia' riportato nel precedente numero e' ncccssario che i
pensionati abbiano prcsente i seguenti punti:
I. coloro ai quali e' stato rich·
icsto di pagare dei soldi indietro
perche' a dire dell'lstituto si lratta di
somme non dovule:
a - non dcbbono ripagare nessuna
somma se la pensione e' stata accolta prima del I gennaio 1992;
b - se la pensione e' stata accolta
dopo il I gennaio 1992 I'INPS ha
diritto di ricevere i soldi indietro se
prova che vi e' stato un errore di
calcolo. Cio' pero' dcvc csscre di·
mostrato e quindi non e' ncccssario
pagare i soldi indielro fine a quando
l'interessato non sia convinto che
quanto richicsto sia corrctto.
2. Coloro he hanno ricevuto la
richicsta di rimborso per i lrattamenti
di famiglia e' necesario che contattino uno dei patronati operanti in
Gran Brctagna.
3. A color che gia" hanno rcsti·
tuito delle somme, I'INPS assicura il
ricsame deUa posizione senza fare
a1tro.
4. Coloro che si sono visti di·
minuire sensibilmente I''importo
bimcstra\e e' neccssario che si facciano i conti precisi, perche' molte e
diverse sono le interpretazioni che
I'INPS da' aUe nuove rcgole. I Patronati saranno in grado di darvi una
mano per rifarvi i conli e se ncccssarlo farvi la domanda di ricsame.
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~- RlVJSl'A DEU.A COMUNlTA'rrAUANA
Cronaca
(
attivita'della comunita'
Assemblea Generale della FAIE
Domenica 20 fcbbraio si svolge I'asscmblca annuale
generale della FAIE, la fcderazione delle associazioni
italiane in Inghilterra. Sono prcscnti quasi tUlle le lissociazioni, un centinaio circa di persone. Introduce i lavori iI
prcsidente, Cav. Antonio Perotti iI quale ritira le dimissioni, prima annunciate irrcvocabili e si ricandida alIa
prcsidenza. Gia' si ballono le mani cd aI momento delle
elczioni rimane candidato unico, dopo iI ritiro dell'Aw.
Salvatore Sammarco, di Luigi Basancsc e del Rag.
Lueiano Rapa. Ed iI Perotti viene rielello a voce di
popolo.
Nell'asscmblca iI diballito, iI confronto e' stato vivace, per non dire infuocato. In aula sono piovuti fendenti
pcsanti. In praetica per dire ehe alia FAIE ei vuole spirito
nuovo, programmi e contenuti seri, interventi puntuali su
problemi conereti, quello della informazione e della
formazione, quello della assistenza e della prcvidenza,
quello sociale, culturale e politico, nel sellore giovani,
anziani c donne, della disoccupazione e dei dirilli. In
pratica le esigenzc nuove della comunita' che non si
csauriscono nel momento dclla festa. E' in pratica iI molo
dell'associazionismo in emigrazione che deve esscre
rivisto perche' e' diventato un po' stagno, ricerca di sedie
)
e di intercssi di parte, di personaggi e gmppi, in un
momento di grandi carnbiamenti e rinnovamenti.
In seena e' ritomato nuovamente iI testa del nuovo
statuto e nuovamente I'asscmblca ha rimandato iI testa in
commissione, formala, qucsta, dell'Aw. Sammarco, iI
Comm. Giacon, Mons. Blanda e P. Parolin. Dcbitamente
aggiomato, ritomera' in aula pe iI dibattito e I'approvazione.
Nelle c1czioni del comitato csccutivo iI piu' votato e'stato iI Rag. Luciano Rapa, che e' stato quindi elello Vice
presidente. I nuovi consiglieri sono, nell'ordine di voti
ollenuti, -Roberto Malleoda, Cav. UlT. Gino Biasi, Umberto Ballarini, Luigi Basanese, Guglielmo Sammarco,
Cav. Tcodoro Di Nardo, Luigi Picciano, Pierino Casclla,
Giovanni Antonioni, Maria Sartori Lowe, Cav. Virgilio
Coltelli.
Da sinistra: Comm. Benedetto Longinotti, Presidente
Onorario;, Virgilio Coltelli; Antonlo Perotti, Presidente;
Luciano Rapa; Roberto Matteoda e Guglielmo Sammarco
('-
c_o_s_e_N_u_o_v_e""""""_ _~)
Sono stato a benedire un nuovo ristorante di fish and chips, molto familiare:
mi sono divertito tanto con tulle queste
belle giovani Signore. Fanno parte di un
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aiuta I'altro. Naturalmente ci sono anehe
gli uomuni di casa che aiutano e lavorano con -Ioro, ma nella fotografia non
c'cntravano tulti, e allora ho seelto le
Signore.
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Signore Dio, per fare sempre la sua
volonta' e per aiutarc iI nostro prossimo.
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Photo: P.Russo
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April 94
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La Festa di San Valentino ha rcgistralo anchc
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pcrehe' abbiamo avuto iI piaccre di avere con noi i
eoniugi MARTIN che cclcbravano iI Cinquanlcsimo
Anniversario di Matrimonio. Dopo la Santa Mcssa
cclebrata da Padre Carmelo, si e' passati nei locaIi del
Club, dove si e' gustato un oitimo pranzo prcparalo
dal Ristorante Franco della Vccchia Fircnzc con
I'aiuto del caro amico Egidio Salussolia.
Ncl corso del pomeriggio dopo la gara di ballo
vinta dalle coppie Mr.Mrs. Esposilo e Mr. e Mrs.
Vuoto, abbiamo resteggiato i coniugi Maurina e
Gcorge Martin per iI loro bclIissimo traguardo e
abbiamo chiesto loro pcrche' hanno pcnsato di fcsteggiarlo con noi. Hanno risposto: "Perche' siamo amanti
dell'Italia, tutti i nostri amici sono itaIiani e ci parlano
spesso di questa rcderazione: siamo contenti di csscrc
"
qui con voi H •
Un grazie va a coloro che hanno cosi" generosa- I coniugi Mar/in che hanno jes/eggia/o 50 anni di ma/rimonio
menle donato per la lotteria e l'asta: Peter MUlli,
Maria Cavaciuti, Orlando Germano, Pini di Sullon,
Annamaria, Elephant on the River Rest." Edoardo Pini
di Harringay. Un grazie a tuUi coloro che hanno
prestato iI loro lavoro volontario: Moscarilolo, Livio
ZanclIi, Maria PelIicci, Maria Cavaciuti, Pia Pellicci,
Marisa Rice, Rtccardo Del Marc, Tony Melina, Leonardo Diodati, Egidio Salussolia.
.
La resta e' continuata finD alle 20,30 circa con
musica del Duo Gallo cd iI cantante Leonardo che,
come al solito, si e' esibilo in bcllissime canzoni del
suo rieeo repcrtorio.
Diamo a tutti i nostri cari Amici appuntamenlo per
iI 24 Aprile p.v. resta della Libcrazione dell' Italia.
Raffaele Sistina
Presidente
Scpra: V%n/ari e memhri dell'Associazione
Sollo: Amici che jes/eggiano
Photo: P. Russo
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Aprile 94
15
Severino T rematore
Fr. (now Mgr) Gaetano Rossi, in
his Memories of 1940 relates how
among the internees he met at Warth
Mill, Bury, was an artist who painted
triptych depicting the suffering Christ
which was used at what proved to be
the last Mass for Severino. Trematore
and numerous other Italians who
would shortly lose their lives on the
Arnndora Star.
The round-up of 1940 brought the
male members of the Italian community together in a unique way. Men
from all over Britain irrespective of
their profession or social status were
thrown indiscriminately into hastily
improvised camps. Many, though not
all, spent some time at. Warth Mill
before being allocated to other centres. Among these were Severino
Trematore who, after presenting Fr.
Rossi with the triptych to embellish
the temporary altar and exchanging a
few plClisantries, left with the contingent which was put on board the
Arandora Star which sailed from Liverpool on 1 July 1940. Fr. Rossi was
left behind, but he retained the triptych which he took \vith him to two
16
). Dunleavy
other camps and he still has it among accept the offer, which would have
enabled the artist to procure a more
his possessions.
Severino Trematore was born in varied diet that the rotten potatoes
Torrc Maggiore, Forli', Italy in 1895. served up daily by the Austrians,
A summary of his life and career Trematore declined the tempting ofappeared in Guida Generale... 1939 fer. What would undoubtedly have
(London, Ercoli, 1939). His earliest been an invaluable addition to the
instruction as a painter came from his growing volume of war works was
father, though at the age of fiftcen he either lost or stolen in the confusion
.entered the Royal Institute of Fine following the Austrian collapse and
Arts at Naples, where he came under hurried repatriation in 1918.
In 1930 Trematore took premises
the influence of professor Barbato. At
onc time it looked as though financial in London while continuing to mainproblems would oblige the budding tain his studio in Genoa. He was
young artist to abandon his studies but already well known here, having won
critical acclaim for his Moonlight
Sonata at the Royal Scottish Academy
exhibition in Edinburgh. The London
Tatler reproduced this work in 1926
and other commissions came his way:
from The Bystander:, L'IlIustrierte
Familie Journal in Denmark; a
number of publications in Holland;
and Scena IlIustrata, Rassegna d'Europa, and Superba, in Italy. The
inter-war years proved to be extremely creative and fruitful for
Trematore.
Many of the personalities captured
by Trematore's brush were well
known on the stage and scrcen of
pre-war Italy: Emma Gramatica, Alda
Borelli, Giulietta Dc Riso, and Marta
Abba among others. Iri this category
came Anna May Wong who enjoyed a
world wide popularity. As a portrait
painter it was said Trematore possessed a sense of colour to a high
degree and in his painting there was
always an clement of grace and
nobility that he made his trademark.
Trematore came to be a familiar
figure in London's Italian community
and was rarely ever absent from
functions held by army veterans, in
particular those organised by his AIpini comrades. His career was a
the kindly professor agrced to remit remarkable onc by any standard: despite adversity in early life he persethe fces in exchange for paintings.
In the first World War Trematore vered with his training and whether a
joined the Alpini regiment, (an unu- P.C.W. or an internce he continued to
sual choice for a Southerner) and after produce works of distinction which
frontline service was captured and were much sought after. So far as is
taken prisoner by the Austrians. Incar- known the triptych is the possession
cerated in a camp near Salzburg he of Mgr Rossi was Trematore's last
was able to continue to indulge his work. The theme he chose to depict
passion for canvas and paint. The (influenced no doubt by the uncertainquality of his works so impressed his ties consequent upon the internment
eaptors that the director of Salzburg policy) proved to be a poignant
military Museum offered to purchase reminder of Easter which wc who arc'
all Trematore's works: rather than left arc about to commemorate.
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news from Italy you may have missed
Romans were allowed to break After years of secrecy, the Italian police used tear-gas to break
the ban on Sunday shopping on 13 Vatican is to lift the lid on its accounts up a demonstration of more than 100
February, the first day of a city code and experts have revealed that they contraband cigarette-sellers protesting
allowing scvcn-<iay trading and pitting forecast a funher £17 million loss for against a law meant to foree them off
traditionalists against consumcrs.
1994. The Vatican holds shares in mM, the streets.
Many small shop-owners say thcy will Fiat and Wait Disney among other
havc to work every day to compete, companies but senior prelates are Italy's state-owned carrier A1italia
arguing that only large retailers have known to be concerned over heavy and America's Continental are set to
enough staff for the cxtra day. Rome's losses and may hopc that a new join forces on key transatlantic routes,
ordinance is an exception to the openness may encourage the faithful to providing the ailing Italian airline with
nationwide ban on Sunday shopping, foot someofthebill.
the partnership it has longed for. "We
and is being watched closely by other
have exchanged a series of letters with
cities.
Continental outlining the agreement",
an Alitalia spokesman said. "Wc just
have to wait for our new management
If divine help is required to shift AC
to give the final agreement".
Milan from top spot in. the Italian first
division, then Lazio can call on their
The mayor of Naples said that he
most famous fan - Sister Paola. The nun
plans to appcalto the European Union
from Rome is a season-ticket holder for
for
funds to help his cash·strapped city
Lazio's games at the capital's Olympic
prepare for July's summit of lcaders of
stadium. and has recently become a
the Group of Seven (G7) industrial
telcvision celebrity giving the live
nations. Antonio Bassolino, whose city
reports from the stands on Lazio's
has debts of $1.8 billion. said that he
home games for the off-beat Italian
New image for the Vatican
would meet Commission president
soccer programme Quelli Che 1/
Jacques Delors in Brussels on 10
Calcio, (The Soccer Gang). When here
beloved team play away, she comments Jose Carreras, the Spanish tenor, Mareh. The government of Prime
on the game from the tv studio in and Giampaolo Cresei, the director of Minister carlo Azeglio Ciampi has set
Milan, clutching her rosary beads for the Rome Opcra House, could go on aside $29 million to help Naples host
trial for alleged financial malpractice the summit, but city officials say thalit
good luck.
over a July 1992concen.
is not enough.
On the second anniversary of A Rome prosecutor requested that the
the unveiling of Italy's corruption two be sent for trial along with 21 80% of candidates standing for the
scandal.
newly-released ',statistics others for their alleged role in the two houses of parliament in the 27·28
underline the depths to which spendthrift management of the Opera, March elections are either new to
investigations have damaged the which has run up a $21 million deficit national politiCS or are politicians who
country. Since Milan magistrate over the past three years. The have switched panies. it emerged as
Antonio Di Pietro caught Socialist prosecution claims that Cresei illegally lists elosed.
Party apparatchik Mario Chicsa used sponsorship money to boost the
receiving a $7,000 pay-off in February fcc paid to carreras in 1992. Instead of Police investigating an allegation
1992, 338 deputies, 100 senators and the strict, Opcra guideline sum of oftrafiicking in human organs in Rome
873 businessmen have fallen. into thc $18,000, plus expenses, carreras was have exhumed four bodies. The inquiry
began after staff at the San camillo
magistrates' net. The latest charges allegedly paid $24,000..
hospital told police of the illegal
turned the spotlight on former
communists when Massimo D'Alema, The charming town of TOOi, in removal of corncas. Magistrates
deputy Ic.,dcr of the ex-eommunist Umbria, declared two years ago the diseovered that the corpses exhumed
Democratic Party of the Left (PDS), most livable city in the world by the had artificial' eyeballs. In none of the
University of Kentucky, has been cases had Ihe families agreed to the
was registered on a list of suspects.
thrown into turmoil by the US company removal of the eyes, and hospital
which' chose the location to shoot a records did not indicate that such
Judges passed jail sentences, commercial for a credit card. It shows a opcrations had taken place.
including 13 life terms. on 97 members naive elderly couple whose camera is
of onc of the country's most feared snatched by two young'locals who had R\!berto MazzoUa, chairman of
crime organisations. Prison terms offered to take their picture. To their Italy's largest savings bank. the cassa
totalli,ig 460 years were handed down great happiness. the tourists are di Risparmio delle Provincie Lomto .hicmbers of several 'Ndranghcta presented with a new camera. thanks to bardie, surrendered 10 police after
crime families found guilty of charges their friendly credit card. Needless to prosecutors ordered his arrest on
that included 20 murders. kidnapping, say, their euphoria is not shared by charges of corruption and illegal
drug sllluggling and extortion.
TOOi's outraged inhabitants.
financing of political parties.
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RlVlSl'A DELLA COMUNITA'ITAUANA
InCammino Con Carmelo
Carissimi Fratelli e Sorel/e,
Siamo nel periodo Pasquale.
Buona e Santa Pasqua ad ognuno
in particolare. Auguro a me e a tutti
voi ehe possiamo sperimentare ogni
giorno questo passaggio doloroso ma
meraviglioso da venerdi' Santo allo
splendore della Risurrezione.
II 24 aprile e' la giornata mondiale
delle vocazioni e vorrei rileggere con
voi cio' che iI Papa ci dice, specialmente riguardo alia famiglia.
Chissa' che iI Signore chiama
qualche giovane 0 ragazza della nos·
Ira Parrocchia nella via religiosa.
"In spite of profound historical
changes, the family remains the most
complete and the richest school of
humanity, in which one lives thc most
significant expericnce of unselfish
love, fidclity, mutual respect, and thc
dcfcnce of Iifc. Its particular task is to
protect and hand on virtues and
values, by means of the education of
the children, in such a way as to build
up and promote the good of the
individuals and of thc community.
This same responsibility involves,
with greater reason, thc Christian
family, because its members, already
consecrated and sanctified in virtue of
their Baptism, are called to a particular apostolic vocation by the sacrament of Matrimony.
The family, to the cxtcnt to which
it becomes conscious of this singular
vocation and measures up to it, becomes a community of sanctification
in which one lcarns to live meekness,
justice, mcrcy, peace, purity of heart.
It becomes, in other words, what SI.
John Chrysostom called "thc domestic church", that is a place in which
Jesus Christ lives and works for the
salvation of men and for thc growth
of thc kingdom of God. The members
of the family, called to faith and to
eternal life, are "sharers in the divine
nature", they are nourished at the
table of the Word of God and of the
Sacraments, and they express themselves in that evangelical way of
thinking and acting whieh opens thcm
up to a life of holiness on earth and of
eternal happiness in hcaven.
Christian parents, demonstrating a
loving care for their children from
their carliest years, communicate to
them, by word and example, a sincere
and lived out relationship with God,
made up of love, fidelity, prayer, and
obedience. In this way, parents encourage the holiness of their children
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and render their hearts docile to the
voice of the Good Shepherd, who
calls cveryone to follow Him and to
seek first the kingdom of God.
In the light of this horizon of
divine grace and human responsibility, the family can be considered a
"garden" in which the 'seeds of
vocation are able to blossom and
grow to full maturity. The task of
Christian parents is as important as it
is sensitive, because thcy are .ca1led to
prepare, cultivate, and protect the
vocations which God stirs up in their
family. They must, therefore, enrieh
How can children, rendered morally orphans, without educators and
without models, grow in their estecm
for human and Christian values? How
can these seeds of vocations, which
the Holy Spirit continues to put into
the hearts of the young generations,
dcvelop in such a climate?
The strength and stability of the
fabrie of the Christian family represent the primary condition for the
growth and maturation of sacred vocations, and they constitute the most
pertinent response to the crisis of
vocations. As I wrote in the Exhortation "Familiaris Con sortio": "cvery
local Church and, in more particular
terms, cvery parochial community
must become more vividly aware of
the grace and responsibility that it
receives from the Lord, so that it
might promote the pastoral care of the
family. No plan for organised pastoral
work at any level must cver fail to
take into consideration the pastoral
area of the family."
thcmselves and their family with spiritual and moral values, sueh as a deep
and convinced religious spirit, an
apostolic· and ecclesial consciousness,
and a clear idca of what vocation is.
In fact, for every family, the
decisive step to be taken is that of
accepting the Lord Jesus as the centre
and pattern of life, and in Him and
with Him, becoming conscious of
being the privileged place for authentic vocational growth.
The family will fulfil this task if it
is constant in its commitment and if it
relies always upon the grace of God.
For Saint Paul declares "the one who
began a good work... will continue to
complcte it until the day of Christ
Jesus" (phi I 2:16).
But what happens when the family
lets itself become in consumerism,
hedonism, and secularism, which upsct and block God's plan?
How sad it is to learn of situations,
unfortunately numerous, of families
overwhelmed by sueh phenomena and
of the devastating effectsl This is
certainly one of the greatest concerns
of the Christian comm·unity. It is
above all the familics themselves who
pay the price of the widespread
disorder of ideas and of moral behaviour. But the Church also suffers from
this, just as Society feels its effects.
Let us pray.
Family of Nazareth, community of love of Jesus, Mary and
Joseph, model and ideal of every
Christian family, to you we entrust
our families.
Open the heart of every family. to
the faith, to welcoming the Word of
God, to Christian witness, so that it
becomes a source of new and holy
vocations.
Touch the hearts of parents, so that
with eharity, wise care, and loving
devotion they be for their sons and
daughters sure guides towards spiritual and eternal values.
Stir up in the hearts of young
people a right conseience and a
free will, SO that growing in "Wisdom, age and grace", they might
welcome generously the gift of a
divine vocation.
Holy Family of Nazareth, grant that
all of us, contemplating and imitating the assiduous prayer, generous
obedience, dignified poverty, and
virginal purity ·lived out in your
midst, we might set about fulfilling
the will of God and aecompanying
with farsighted sensitivity those
among us who are called to follow
more closely the Lord Jesus, who
"has given himself for us".
Amen.
o Holy
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(higher handicappers may enter and play off the maximum handicap)
Each round draWn
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First round to be completed by 22nd May
Second round to be completed by 19th June
Third round to be completed by 10th July
Quarter finals to be completed by 30th July
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Final to be comllleted by 30th October
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Competitors are reminded that if goodwill and flexibility are
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5.
If an agreement is not reached on a date for play before the
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6.
Extensions of time, with the agreement of the Organisers,
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a mutually agreed venue if a competitor wishes to forego
"home" advantage. In any event, green fees are to be shared
by both competitors.
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Hanno unit9 le loro vite davanti a Dio nel Matrimonio
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Associazione Gioventu' Val D'Arda
)
Thc Val D'Arda Youth Association hcld a Valcntinc's Party which, tlianks to thc support of the Italian
Community in London, proved to be highly successful.
Thc highlight of thc cvening was a first prize of a
romantic holiday for two in Vcnice, donated by Italian
Impulse.
Thc Val D'Arda Youth Association is, to hold a
Gala Dinncr Dance in October of this year and it is
hoped that continued support will allow for a successful cvcnt.
Proceeds of tllC Valcntinc's party have in part been
donated to St. Pctcr's Italian Church Restoration Fund.
Thc commillcc whishcs to thank evcrybody for
coming and hope tliat you all had an enjoyable
cvening.
Filippo Inzani
Prcsidcntc
The Val D'Arda Youth Commillee with Padre Russo
Photo: Salvatore Maucuso
(
Amici Castelletto
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Castcllcllo ha fallo la sua simpatica fcsta nei locali dcl nostro Club: Don Carlo Sorcnti ha benedcllo la mensa,
perchc' Don Carlo e' proprio di 'CastcIlCllo.
Gentc simpatica: mangiarc buono, vino chc fa ballarc c cantarc: c la fcsta c' fatta.
Auguroni a Castellcllo c a tuita la gcnte.
Destra: una festa a/legra
Sollo: Padre Sorrenti con parole di ringraziamento
FolD: P. Russo
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Una fesla semplice si e' falta nel nostro
Club in favore del paesino di Ceriato. Se la
festa e' stata sempliec, iI euore delle persone
che la hanno organizzata e' stato grande, e
I'atretto delle persone che hanno partccipato e'
stato tanto sinecro.
E' sempre tanto bello ritrovarsi insieme:
alcune volte abbiamo I'abito da sera, altre volte
solo unmaglionemail nostro spirito e' scmpre
bello, elegante, generoso.
Tanti auguri a Ceriato.
lmmaginc dclla fes/a Ceria/o
L'Associazione della Madonna della Neve
Domenica 5 Marzo I'Associazione della
Madonna della Neve (CaJabritto) ha orgonizzato un lunch nelle Sale del Social Club, in
favore della Chiesa Italiana.
AlIe 12,15 abbiamo avuto la Messa dove
hanno cantato i nostri giovani. Poi tutli nella
Sala rossa del Club. C'era gente allegra e
simpatica, tanti cari amici ehe aiutano non solo
la nostra Chiesa, ma anehe gli altri Centri
Italiani. Proprio per questo abbiamo avuto iI
piaecre e I'onore di avere con noi Monsig.
Agostino Gonella che ha bencdetto la mensa.
La festa e' andata avanti con mangiare, bcre
e musica veramente eccczionali.
Ma queste feste di aiuto riescono anche
bene quando ci sono gli amici gencrosi che si
impegnano ad aiutarci: e cosi' e' andato tutto
avanti cd alia fine della festa iI nostro Paolo
Ficchi, a nome di tutti gli amici che hanno
partccipato, ha consegnato al Fondo Restauri
della Chiesa la somma di seiecnto sterline.
Sopra: Monsignor Gonella (des/ra) con amici e
membri dell'Associazione.
Sollo: alcunf ospili alia jes/a
FOlo: R. RuJSo
Madonna della Neve, Calabritto c Amici
tutti, tanti ringraziamenti a!fettuosi.
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Eurofocus
notizie da/la C£
Disoccupazione:
Pesca
Economia
sempre in aumento
ovviare la crisi
segni di ripresa
Nell'Unione, 'tanto in ollobie come
in novembre ,1993, iI tasso di
disoccupazione e' stato del 10,8%,
nettamente superiore al 9,8%',rilevato,
un anno prima. La percentuale ·di
disoccupazione femminile (12,5%)
rimane piu' alta di quella maschile
(9,7%), ehe pero' e' in rapido
aumento soprattullo tra i giovani di
eta' inferiore ai 25 anni: per i ragazzi
H20,5%, e per le ragazzc iI 21,4% (in
confroillo 18,1% e 19,8% del
novembre 1992.
In un anno, la disoccupaziQne e"
aumentata ovunque nell'Eiuopa dei
Dodici, tranne in IrJand3, dove e'
rimasta stazionaria e in Gran
Brelagna, dove e' invccc diminuita
leggermentc. Le differenzc tra i paesi
rimangono sempre enormi: vanno dal
2,9% del Lussemburgo fino al 22,4%
della Spagna.
AlI'inizio
di
fcbbraio,
la
televisione
ha
mostrato
le
impressionanti immagini dei violenti
seontri tra le forze dell'ordine e i
'pCSCatori" fraricesispinti
dalla
disperazioric e dalla collera provocate,
dall'ennesimo c;aIo dei prczzi del
pcscc, in cadutil libera gia' fin
dall'inizio del '93. Rispondendo alIa
riehiesta del governo francese, la
Commissione europca immcdiatamente fisso' i prezzi minimi per iI
pesee imporlato nell'Unione europca
da paesi terzi, ehe vennero mantenuti
fino al 15 marzo 1994.
La Commissione ha
anehe proo
posto
ai
o
Dodiei una
di
serie
misure concrete
per
lottare contro le cause
.
profonde della erisi in questo settore:
vietare 10 sbarco diretto del pcsce dai
battelli stranieri nei porti dell'Unione;
prevcdere
stanziamenti
per
rimodemare la flotta da pcsca;
I'aequacoltura; aeeordare aiuti per
I'industria della trasformazione e per
la commereializzazione dei prodotti
ittici. La Commissione ha proposto di
avviare anehe campagne promozionali
per spingere gli europei a consumare
piu' pcscc.
I dati di ottobre sulla produzione
industriale nell'Unione mostrano
piccoli segni di ripresa. Nei tre mesi
da agosto a ottobre, riSpellO ai tre
e'
precedenti,
la
produzione
auinentata' dello' 0,3%. GIi aumenii
sono stati registrati in nove paesi 50
dodiei, in particolare in Danimarca
(4,9%), in Irlanda (3,2%) e in
Portogallo (2,1%). Nello stcsso
periodo la produzione di beni
d'investimento, ehe indica la tendenza
dell'attivita' cconomica, e' diminuita
dello 0,3% e I'indice di produzione
dell'ottobre scorso ha registrato una
contrazione del 3,1% rispetto a quello
dell'ottobre 1992.
Apicoltura
Ogni anno I eiltadini dell'Unione
europca consumano· circa 250.000
tonnellatc 'di miele, di eui circa la
meta' viene fomita dai 458.000
apieoltori europei ehe eurano setti:
milioni di alveari. La Franeia e' iI
primo produttore dell'Unionc (36.000
tonnellate), s.cguita dalla Germania
(25.000), dalla Spagna (23.000) e
dall'llalia (9.000).
L'apicoltura europca, autentico
modello di agrieoltura ceologica
tradizionale, oggi si trova 1U
diffieolta" ,soprallulloa eausa delle
importazioni, di miele a basso prezzo
proveniente da paesi terzi. Le misure
suggerile dalla Commissione? Prezzi
minimi per imporlazioni, severi eriteri
di qualita' per hicommereializzazione
del miele nell'Unione, stanziare
finanziamenti diretti. Misure, quindi,
di moda. Almeno non cereheranno a
spingerei -: consumarc piu' miele.
Aparte gli seherzi, gli aiuti sono
importanli anehe ,per I'equilibrio
ceologico: le api, infatti, favorendo
l'impolIinazione assieurano iI rlnnovo
di moltisSime specie di piante e
eontribuiscono, al miglioramento di
non'poche qualita' di frutta.
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Consumatori:
primo concorso
I giovani 'consumatori, ehe in
quanto
acquirenti
ancora
non
possicdono H Senso eritico degli
adulti, assai spcsso sono iI bersagliero
preferito dl. seducenti incssaggi
pubblieitari. Per spingerli a diventare
consumatori attenti, la Commissione
ha dcciso di organizzare un grande
concorso europco sui tema "Come
scegliere un prodotto?", rivolto a tUlli
i giovani dell'Unione tra i 10 e i 14
anni.
L'originalita' dell'iniziativa e' di
proporrc ai giovani di informare altri
giovani. I candidati al concorso
Lingue
dovranno
rcalizzare
materiale
Per prepararsi a condurre i loro d'informazione (opuscoli, riviste,
treni a Parigi e a Bruxelles attmverso esposizioni, montaggi di ogni tipo,
H tunnel sotto la Manica, i diapositive, cce.) per sensibilizzare i
macehinisti Inglesi ehe a seuola non coctanei ai problemi legati al
hanno imparato ncssuna lingua consumo, come H rapporto qualita'
straniera, si sono dati al francesc, prczzo dei prodotti, le conseguenzc
prima nel proprio paese e poi in ehe possono avere sull'ambiente, la
Francia. Questo e' uno dei 96 progetti sieurezza cce. In linea di massima, i
di "Iingue straniere nella vita prodotti di eui si parla sono quelli ehe
cconomica" ehe iI programma di solito vengono acquistati dal
come
i
UNGUA ha finanziato nel 1993:Altri pubblico . giovane;
progctti hanno permcsso a quadri ~mpaet-dise, 0 gli equipaggiamenti
commerciali,
a
sindacalisti,
a per 10 sport. I vineilori riccveranno
funzionari comunali cd a handicappati svariati premi e I loro mcssaggi
di
Imparare
un'altra
lingua verranno diffusi dalle reti televisive
degli Stati membri.
dell'Unione europca.
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ment element in the premiums. Exam- and running costs are deducted. Once
ples include Family Income Benefit these liabilities on the fund are met,
policies and Term Assurance policies, any surplus premiums are placed in a
both of which offer protection for a broad spread of investments, which
limited or temporary period. A claim can include: ordinary shares, Governwill only arise should the life assured ments securities, debentures, property,
die within the prescribed term of the mortgages and loans. In addition to
policy.
Beyond this basic' protection need, the profits generated by their own
life assurance can also be used as an premiums" with-profits policyholders
effective investment medium,. In the also benefit from the profits which
case of a Whole Life Policy a payout arise from transacting non-participatwill occur on the death of the life ing classes of business, such as term!
assured, whenever that takes place. In temporary assurance and unit-linked
the case of an endowment policy, the policies..
Overall profits should arise, therepolicy will mature and payout a sum
from: skilled assessment of unfore,
of money after a fixed term, usually
ten years or more. Premiums therefore derwriting risks, efficient administraare higher compared to temporary tion of the fund and sound investment
protection policies, as a proportion of performance. Sound underwriting
each premium will have to generate a should ensure that prcmium income
return to provide'the inevitable payout exceeds claims and good management
by the life company. This return can should reduce the running expenses to
a minimum. In addition, profits
either be:(a) Guaranteed - in which case the achieved by the life assurance compolicy is referred to as "non-profit"; pany in its general field of activities
and in the investment of surplus
or
(b) Linked to the life company's premiums should collectively generate
a profit within the with-profits fund.
investment performance - either:
Periodically (usually once a year)
(I) by having a "with-profits" policy,
where the benefits under the policy the life assurance company will value
are indirectly affected by perform- the fund, which will consist of the
above assets and liabilities in varying
ance;
(2) by having a "unit-linked" policy, degrees. Any profit is allocated to the
wherc the link with investment per- with-profits policyholders as a bonus
or addition to the sum assured on the
formance is direct; or
(3) by having a "unitised with- policy. The amount of profit allocated
profits'" policy which, as the name will depend· upon the constitution
under which the life office is estab-
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Iished. If it was set up as a mutual
company (i.e. one owned by the
policy holders themselves) 100% of
any profit will be allocated in the
form of a bonus. Conversely, if it is
established as a proprietaJy company
(i.e. one that distinguished policyholders from shareholders) it is usual for a
minimum of 90% of the profits from
the fund io be paid as a bonus to
with-profits policyholdcrs and a maximum of 10% to be, paid as a dividend
to shareholders.
To summarise, with-profits policies pay a lump sum at the end of the
duration of the policy, consisting of a
guaranteed sum assured and accumulated bonus as outlined above. This
guaranteed sum assured is lower than
"non-profit" policies - but this is
provided for by the addition of a
bonus, on a regular basis, throughout
the term of the policy. Once these
bonuses are declared they are guaranteed and eannot be taken away. There
are three types of bonuses payable:
(a) Reversionary - normally added
on an annual basis, once the fund is
valued;
(b) Special - added periodically,
and usually infrequently at the life
company's discretion; as a result of
exceptional investment returns; and
(c) Terminal - paid on maturity of
the policy; to the end of its term and
reflecting any capital gains made
within the fund over the long term.
In the evcnt of the death of the life
assured before maturity of the policy,
the insurance company will pay the
guaranteed sum assured plus all bonuses (including thosc previously declared, terminal and aecumulated) at
the time of death.
However, the actual rate of any
bonus ean never be guaranteed and
will vary. The with-profits policyholder must accept that any benefit
which he is to derive from the policy
is indirect and will depend on how
\\ell the life assurance company does
in investing the surplus premiums
within its Life Fund.
(the Information above is based on OUT under..
ItandJng of cu"enl kgis!alion and tax regula.
lions which are both subject to change.
Richard Si/vio ;s a Company RepresentaJiYe of
Guardian Financial Services marketmg group
(membmofM'hlchart: membtTlofUUTROand
IAIRO) only for the purpose ofadvising on and
sellIng /ife assurance. pension. unit trust and
personal equity plan products karing Guardi~
anFinanciaJ&rvicesname.
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Veritatis Splendor
We have now arrived at the last
instalment of this series on the papal
encyclical,
"Veritatis
Splendor"
which our Holy Father wrote
concerning the Chureh's stand on
moral theology.
The third and last chapter of this
encyclical is entitled, "Lest the cross
of Christ be emptied of its power".
In the last chapter we spoke about
the freedom that each of us has and
the necessity of this freedom. I fact,
at the beginning of this chapter Pope
John Paul states that "only the
freedom which submits to the truth
leads man to his'true good. Thc
good of each man is to be in the
truth and to do thc truth". The truth
that the Pope is referring to here is
the truth of God. God is thc ultimatc
truth for all of creation. The Pope
will then go on to say that "This
essential bond between truth, the
good and freedom has been largely
lost sight of by present day culture.
As a result, helping man rCdiscover
it represents nowadays one of the
specific requirements of the Church's
Michele Scotto SAC
mission for the. salvation of the I said that sin is literally setting
yourself up as a god. Our first
world".
Our freedom is a gift and must parents did this and became slaves
be cultivated responsibly. When our to their sinful ways. We still
first parents lived in the garden, they experience this slavcry to sin. Our
were given freedom to do as they baptism washes away our original
pleased. However, they were told not sin - but the effects still remain. We
to eat the fruit of the tree that would be lost if it wasn't for the
contained the knowledge of good cross of Christ. By His passion,
death and resurrection we have been
set free. We are a new creation. In
Him we have been set free.
Therefore when the Church
stands up to defend moral norms,
Why did she is serving man's true freedom.
they eat of There can be no freedom that
this tree? opposes the truth. And before the
demands of morality we are all
absolutely eqnal.
Well, that ends my critique of
the encyclical. I hope that it made
all of you think and reflect a little
on what the Pope has tried to tell
and evil. Why did they eat of this us. If you get a chance do try and
tree? Because thc serpent, the devil read the encyclical on your own and
said to them that if they ate this discover the· great richness of the
fruit, they would become like gods. church's teaching.
If you remember from the last time,
Un Appello
del Consolato Generale
Appelio per salvare la vita del giovane Devin Colannino
Kevin Colannino, venticinquenne italobritannico abitante a Middlesborough, ha urgente bisogno di trovare un
donatore di midollo spinale.
Fino ad ora, per quanto sia stata gia~' effettuata un'accurata ricerea al centro specialistico Antony Nolan Bone
Marrow Trust e' risultato impossibile trovare un donatore idonco a causa dell'incompatibilita', probabilmente
dovuta a questioni di razza.
I medici hanno pertanto suggerito al Colannino di trovare un donatore nell'ambito del gruppo etnico italo
britannico.
11 donatore dovrebbe preferibilmente cssere:
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Si s:;ra" grati ai direttoridella rivista per ogni possibile collaborazione al fine di divulgare suddette informazioni.
Si precisa, ad ogni buon fine, che iI Sig. Colannino ha aUlorizzato, per iscritto, questo Consolato Generale a rendere
pubblico iI suo caso.
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Cinema
I don't know about you, but I had
the distinet fecling of being let down
when I saw Sister Act. It was a good
idea. A protected witness being hidden in a convent. The protected
witness being Whoopi Goldberg, one
almost salivated at the comic possibilities; evcn the cliches could have
worked.
Well, if you thought Sister Act was
somcwhat of a letdown, then you will
be seeking retribution from the gods
in Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit.
Doloris (Whoopi Goldberg - see
photo) has now made the big time and
Revcrend Mother (Maggie Smith woefully 'underutilised) uses that well
oiled Catholic weapon - guilt - to
persuade hcr to return to the fold and
help them'with a school they now run.
Every cliche is thcre including psychologieally imbalanccd brothers and
a singing nun who has come straight
out of those Airport movies.
Whoopi Goldbcrg struck gold and
an Oscar with Ghost. Hcr serious (The
Colour Purple and The Long Walk
Home) and comic talent (Ghost and
Jumping Jack Flash) are undeniable
but she really must exercise more
discernment when selecting her script.
Just what James Coburn was doing
there I'm not sure. Perhaps he was
dusting off the aeting cobwebs for I
will not be surprised if we don't see a
comeback from him in the near future.
Sec it if you must, but there are
more comic and enjoyable films
around. It will also save you the
frustration of thinking what might
have been if Bill Duke, the director,
had asked for a less slapdash script.
Bogart and Bacall, Hepburn and
Tracey, Lcmmon and Matthau. Those
partnerships of chemistry that cannot
be manufactured on screen. The latter
are back together - (for the first
time?) in Grumpy Old Men.
It deals \villi those next door
neighbours in a Minnesota town
whose rivalry is fuelled oncc more by
the arrival of a new girl on the block Ann-Margret. Burgess Meredith givC5
a lovely performancc as Lcmmon's
father and Daryl Hannah walks
through her role as Lcmmon's daughter (will wc ever see her acting again
like she did in Steel Magnolias?).
All in all a passable film, especially for LcmmonlMatthau die-hards
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but not one of their classics. Perhaps
the seript was not up to the razor
sharp Neil Simon standard, but boy
can they still actll
There-is really very lillle to say
about Gunmen except don't waste
your money in seeing it. It made me
rcalise the entertainment value in
party. political broadcasisl Just what
Patrick Stewart was doing thcre I
don't know I Why Christopher Lam-
bert was cast who knows? He is a fine
example that disprovies the theory
that all Frcnchmen are born with
charm.
Despite all this I was sufficiently
impressed \vith Mario van Pcebles
who I had nevcr seen before. Basically Gunmen suffers from the fact
that it doesn't know what it is. It is
only half way through the film and a
number of violcnt scenes later that it
decides to be tonguc-in-check which
was never going to work With Lambert around. Let's hopc he and we
have bellcr luck \vith Highlander /11.
Fortunate timing allows me to
comment on the 1994 Oscars. I am
sure there \viII be much disappointment and backlash from the Press at
the poor result of the British contenders. After all, over a quarter of those
nominated were British yet only two
were \vinncrs but really there is little
to complain about.
When it comes to the Oscars, it is
not a question of merit or necessarily
talcnt, though this has somctimes been
known to get in the wayl All too
ollen it is a question of the face
filling, a fashionable subject (or as
they say now, politically correct) or it
being someones turn to \vino An
example of the second is Tom Hanks's
award and of the last Tommy Lee
Jones. What The Fugitive was doing
being nominated .for Best Film is still
a puzzlement but .how he outvoted
Ralph Fiennes for his portrayal in
Schindler's List is beyond me. Was it
that they fclt it time to reward the
loyal Jones or that they felt they were
condoning Naziism by voting for
someone who portrayed an agent of
it? Was his pcrformance just too
good? And why on earth was Sir
Anthony Hopkins not nominted for
Shadowlands which was an enormous
acting feat for him?
Having said that I was pleased to
see some good sense and judgement
prevail \vith the just rewards bestowed
upon Steven Spielberg.a
Despite the lack of \vinners, what
is clearly not in doubt is the wealth
and breadth of talent in this country:
So why don't wc make our own films?
Showdowlands, that archetypal
British film did not have a pcnny of
British funding. I eannot even berate
the lack of imagination of the financial institutions. After all what financial incentives do theyget to encourage them? You guessed it. The ludicrous tax laws positively discourage
foreign actors and productions to
come to this country let alone anything we may have here ourselves
They seem to be SUcccding despite the
government rather than because of it.
But for how long? And when \viII the
government learn that a reasonable
pcrcentage of a small amount is beller
that a large pcrcentage of nothing!
I have also heard the general
groan that goes up when the film
industry is mentioned. The refusal to
give special treatment to an insignifieant industry. How much money has
been poured into the ear industry?
And how has it suffered by being lell
standing by the rest of the world?
Well by the year 2000 the film
industry and related media \viII be
larger than any ear industry now.
Enough! Let's stop moaning and
start queuing to see a good crop of
films out at the moment.
By the way I forgot to mention it
last month - it's good to be backI
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I am dictating this articlc while
the state of euphoria still pervades all
those around me. After a season of
mixed fortunes and form, Arsenal
have just defeated Torino 1 - 0 to
reach the European Cup Winners Cup
Semi Final. Their opponents are as yet
unknown. Can Arsenal really go all
the way and win their first European
Competition for 24 years? They say
love is blind and certainly you will
Above: exceptional Anderton
Below: Adams winner
not read anything from me which
casts doubt on that possibility.
I still vividly recall that night at
Highbury in 1970 when they won the
Fairs Cup against A!,derlecht 3 - O.
The whole of my school days had
been spent in the shadow of supporters of Spurs and Manchester United
who had doubles and European Cup
Wins 10 crow about. My proudest
rejoinder as an Arsenal supporter was
that Gcorge Eastham had been in the
1966 England World Cup winning
squad. But Gcorge had departed for
Stoke a couple of years beforehand
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and after traumatic League Cup Final
defeats in successive years, the first
expeCted against Leeds, the second
totally unexpected against Swindon,
surely now was the moment when the
Gods shone down on the men in red
and white. I was just about to achieve
my eighteenth birthday and the Mayor
of Brent in her infinite generosity was
throwing a reception at the Town Hall
for all people who eame of age. There
really was no competition. A younger
school friend by the name of Dave
Morton accepted the Certifieate in my
name while I arrived an hour and a
half early at the ground, walking the
streets, and searching the heavens for
divine intervention. It eame in the
form of Eddie Kelly, closely followed
by John Radford and Ion Sammcls
and a 2 - 1 deficit was quickly turned
round into a 4 - 2 victory. In many
ways it was an even more emotional
night than twelve months later when
Frank McLintock lifted the FA Cup to
signal the achievement of Arsenal's
double.
It is being a bit fanciful, to
compare last night's game against
Torino with that of the game against
Anderlecht.. Arsenal had controlled
the first leg in Turin when, in my
view, George Graham had shrewdly
kept Ian Wright up in the stands.
There were moments during the first
half at Highbury, when I feared that
Wright would be lucky to escape with
merely a yellow eard which, in turn,
would put him our of the next tie.
This was not because of any violent
behaviour on the field but because of
his reaction to the taunts from the
Torino section of the crowd. All
around us were praying for him to
keep his cool and get on with playing
the game. Whilst Arsenal undoubtedly
had more of the possession in their
home leg, they seldom threatened to
score, which had also been the case in
Turin. Mind you, this was hardly
surprising. Man to man marking and a
sweeper defensive system, relying
upon the counter-attack, is not a
formula likely to promote a free
scoring match. Torino were unfortunate not to have Carbone available
but in sixty. six minutes, Adams rose
to mect a Davis free kick and head it
past Galli for the only goal of the two
games. It was a relief that the match
did not go into eithcr extra time let
alone penalties. It was especially the
case for my son whose leg probably
has a vice like bruise where I gripped
it evcry time the ball wcnt anywhere
near the Arsenal goal during the last
ten minutes. Just to think we all go to
spcctate for funl
I fancy Parma, if they overcome
Ajax will provide stiffer opposition if
they come out of the hat on Friday.
Of the others left in the competition
Arsenal have a .score to settle with
Bcnfiea and although Paris St Germain remain something of an unknown quantity any team who ean
knock out Real Madrid, must obviously be taken very seriously indeed.
As regular readcrs of this column
will know I am a kcen supportcr of
Gcorge Graham's tactieal astuteness.
The Same has also been said on many
occasions of his great friend and
confidant, Terry Venables. Whilst in
one sense the 1-0 victory over Denmark was heartening with Beardsley
outstanding and Anderton exception-,
ally promising, it was also a dispiriting experience. One cOuld not help
but pose the question: what if Venables had been given the job four years
ago? In such circumstances England
might easily have been a real contender to win the World Cup instead
of having to watch the games on
television back home. The men at the
FA really do have a lot to answer for.
If the footballers have finally got
it right, the same ean also be said of
cricket. Given the narrow choice of
Ray IlIingworth or Mike Smith to be
Chairman of Selectors, the Yorkshireman must be the pick of the profesionals. It was a slightly surprising
decision, however,. beeause Smith is
much more a "Lord's man" and is, of
course, out in the Caribbean at the
moment. My only fear is that the job
may have been given to IIIingworth
too late. He is now into his sixties and
captained England over 20 years ago.
I am also very uneasy about how his
role will interplay with that of Keith
Fletcher. Taking into aeeount the
personalities involved, I believe it is
probably one man too many and the
Essex man may well have to move
out of the way. It really is a great pity
that Mike Brearley cannot be persuaded to beeome involved.
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Italsport
Calcio: Allanne per Roberto Baggio
e ultimo guaio, il piu' grave, per la
Juventus. L'infiammazione al corno
meniscal~ del ginocchio richicde un'
operazione. E' un eolpo di seena che
invcste anche la nazionale:. teoricamente un intervento al menisco in
artoscopia si risolve con un'asscnza
dai campi da gioco di una ventina di
giorni, ma csistono anche ipotesi
meno confortanti.
Atletica:Antonella Bevilacqua ha
stabilito ad Atene il primato italiano
del salto in alto con m 1.98. II record
prcccdente (1,97) appartencva alia
stcssa atleta (I'ottenne iI 12 febbraio a
Genova) e a Sara Simconi (10 stabili
nel 1981).
Calcio: II pool di "Mani pulite" si
da' al caleio. E' un nuovo sviluppo
delle indagini sui bilanci delle
aziende Fininvest, che ora chiama in
causa il Milan. AI centro deII'interesse della magistratura milanese e
della Guardia di finanza e' il trasferimento d'oro dal Torino di Gigi Lentini (16 miliardi e mezzo nel contratto
depositato in Lega Calcio). Per la
societa' granata e' I'enncsimo episodio di una situazione al Iimite del
tracollo, per quella rossonera uno
sviluppo inquietante. 11 rcato ipotizzabile e' di "falso in bilancio", rclativa
pagarncnti "in nero".
Ciclo: Rodolfo Massi ha vinto I' Ba
Seltimana Siciliana baltendo CoppoIillo e il russo Berzin. Terza tappa al
Giro di Valencia: viltoria di Barn e
primato di Dekker.
Atletica: Ai campionati europei indoor, una sola mcdaglia d'oro agli
azzurri, quella della piecola siciliana
Annarito Sidoti. E' un boltino un po'
povero, forse era lecito attendersi di
piu'. Ma si sapeva alia vigilia ehe la
squadra azzurra era presente con una
formazione priva degli clementi di
maggior spiceo, a cominciare dai
mezzofondisti. Quella della Sidoti
rimarra' anche I'ultima medaglia della
marcia italiana nella storia delI'atletica indoor: la fcderazione internazionale ha infalti cancellato la speeialita' da tutte le manifestazioni
future al coperto.
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Sandro Pratoli
Formula Uno: E' stata prcsentata Calcio: Sven Guran Eriksson non
a Imola la Minardi-Scuderia ltalia che cambia, resta a Genova e allenera' la
avra' come piloti Michele A1boreto Sarnpdoria anche nel '94-'95.
(38 anni) e Pierluigi Martini (33
anni). I due saranno aI volante di
monoposto '93 per le prime due gare Giochi Invernali: Azzurri incrcdidel mondiaIe, Brasile e Giappone, ma bili: 20 sono state le mcdaglie conper iI primo appuntamento europeo, il quistate daIla squadra italiana ai giG.P. di San Marino del I maggio a ochi di Lillehammer: sctte oro, cinque
Imola, potranno disporrc dei nuovi argellto e otto bronzo. Tra g1i iridati,
Manuela Di Centa la quale e' arrivata
modelli.
prima nella c1assifica dei plurimcdagliati con cinque mcdaglie.
Tra le grandi sorprcsc svolte dagli
azzurri, l'ltalia ha conquistato iI titulo
olimpico della staffetta maschile nella
patria del fondo, togliendo alia Norvcgia 1'0£0 che giudicava iI piu' sicu£O,
quello che aveva calamitato lungo la
pista una marca incrcdibile di oltre
200.000 persone ehe ha mandato in
tilt iI traffico, nonostanle circolassc£O
solo aulomezzi provvisti di contrasscgno.
Vuillermin ha vinlo la prima mcdaglia
olimpica nella storia del ghiaccio
italiano e Alberto Tomba ha festeggialo una mcdaglia d'argento che
egli aggiunge all'oro vinto ad AIbertville.
Michele Alboreto
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La squadra brcsciana-romagnola e'·
nata dalla fusione tra la Scuderia Russia
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di Giancarlo Minardi. Ci sono voluti Germania
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all'accordo ehe ha consentito all'ltalia Stati Uniti
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di mantenere una scconda squadra di Corca del Sud
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formula I accanto alia Ferrari e di Canada
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sehierare due piloti italiani quando Svizzcra
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sembrava ehe i nostri portacolori Austria
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fossero banditi dal grande circus. Tra Svezia
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I'altro un lcrzo italiano affianchcra'
Alboreto e Martini: Gianni MorPallavolo: La Coppa delle coppe di
bidelli.
pallavolo prende la via di Treviso. La
Calcio: Una conclusione inattesa per
iI derby tra Reggiana e Parma. Un
infortunio accusato dall'arbitro Pierluigi Pairetto ha infatti p£Ovocato la
sospcnsione della partita dopo iI prima
tempo.
Rugby: Conclusa la stagione regolare del rugby. Ai playoff si vedono: iI Milan, I'Aquila, Benetton,
Simod, Mdp, Panto, Amatori e Viro
Bo (dall' A2). Bocciata Rovigo.
Sisley ha soon/itto iI Milan per 3-2
nella finale tutta italiana. E c'e'
un'altra coppa europca che finisce
nella ricca bachcca del volley italiano: e' la Coppa Confcderale vinta
dal Padova.
La determinazione dei veneti ha avulo
ragione della resistenza dei siberiani
del Samotlor, piegati in tre sel e in
un'ora e dieci minuli. Ormai e' chia£O: la franlumazione dell'Est ha
azzcrato la competilivita' di un
blocco un lempo imbattibile.
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Anglo Italian Football League
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Up to-Fino 13.3;94
Division One
Sportsmanship
Average Marks
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La Voce
Played Won Drawn Lost,For Agst Pnts
degli
Gioc' Vinto Par Perso Per Sub' Punti Italiani"
A.e.VALCENO
12
8
2
2
35
21
26
8.37
DE MENNATO TAILORS
13
8
1
4
24
22
25
• 6.36
DI SOTl'O ICE CREAM
10
6
1
3
23
18
19
7.57
VALTARO ALIVINI
9
6
0
3
19
10
18
6.15
ITALIA' UNITA
8
6
0
2
15
12
18
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ClBORIO F.e.
8
5
2
1
21
11
14
7.37
A.e.PIACENZA
12
3
3
6
20
24
12
7.66
ITALIA WASTEELS JNRS • 11
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13
17
9
7.55
A.C.ITALIA
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2
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11
23
7
7.00
M.R.S.AZZURRI
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0
0
10
8
31
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7.27
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Results
"Bells Whisky" Challenge Cup Semi Final:
Valtaro Alivini 1 - 1 Di Sotto Ice Cream (a.e.t.)
Valtaro Alivini won on penalties 9-8
"Trofeo Negroni" Semi Finals
A.C. Valceno I - 0 Ciborio F.C.
Italia Unita 3 - I VaIlaro Alivini
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Tempo Libero
DAVVERO? NON Cl CREDOI
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II grande compositore tcdesco
Robert Schumann detestava le chiaeehiere inutili. Un giomo, egli
porto' una signora a fare una gita
in barca. Poiehe' ella non aveva
detto una sola parola in due ore,
lasciandola Sehumann esCIamo':
«Come ci siamo capiti bene,
oggi!»
I sigilli papali (0 boIle) del
Medioevo e del Rinascimento erano sempre di piombo, e piu'
raramente di cera oppure d'oro.
Essi potevano essere <aderenti»
se il sigillo veniva applicpto direttamente suI documento, 0 «pendenti» se venivano appesi con
una jimiceIla che, nel complicato
cerimoniale pontijicio, assumeva
un diverso signijicato a seconda
che fosse di canapa, di seta, e cosi
via.
Misteriosi cercatori d'oro sono
stati attomo alia Borsa di Parigi,
mentre tentavano di scoprire, con i
sistemi piu' disparati, dove si trovi
la prima pietra dell'edificio. Si sa
ehe essa fu posata if 24 marzo
1808 da Napoleone in persona: un
piccolo cofano, sigillato nella
base, conteneva il verbale dell'inaugarazione e, soprattutto (cosa
ehe spiega la frenetica attivita' dei
eercatori), una trentina di preziose
monete d'oro con l'effigie dell'imperatore.
Se le dimensioni del sistema
solare fossero ridotte in modo che
il suo raggio occupasse la lunghezza d'un regolare campo dl
calcio ed il Sole fosse posto sulla
linea d'una delle due porte, Mercurlo, Venere, la Terra e Marte
risulterebbero all'lnterno dell'antisistante area dl rlgore; Giove
sarebbe vlcino al dischetto del
calcio dl rigore e pIutone suIla
linea de/la porta avversaria.
Aprile 94
WHAT IS IT?
CHERISATA!
Un bambino sta parlando al
telefono con un compagno.
- Ma eerto, che mi piacerebbe
venire al cinema con te! - dice.Pero', devo restare a casa per
aiutare mio padre a risolvere i
miei problemi di aritmetica.
Do you remember that mail order
bu;glar alarm we bought ?....
QUESITO PER I PICCOLI
Con quattordici fiammiferi, iI
piccolo Alfredo ha formato suI
tavolo iI rettangolo che si vcde
nel disegno. Egli ha altri undici
fiammiferi e deve disporli nell'intemo di quel rettangolo in modo
da ottenere quattro parti che
siano della stessa forma e delle
stesse dimensiono.
Come deve disporre gli 11
jiammiferi?
Vedtre pol la :oluz/one pubblicata nel
proJSimo numtro tb BACKlllU-
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Solution to last month's
"Spot The Difference" puzzle.
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Mamma's Ricetta
Mrs M.G.
Costolette di AgnelIo con Olive
Ingredienti:
6 costolcllc di agncllo
3 cucchiai di olio
50 gr di pancetta, tabliata in cubetti
1 spicchio d'aglio, tritato
1 porro 0 una cipolla, trittata
12 olive nere, snocciolate
150 ml vino bianco
2 ramclli di rosmarino, tritatc le foglie
salc, pepe,
mczzo cucchiaio di farina
Lamb Chops with Olives
Ingredients:
6 lamb chops
3 tbpsns olive oil
20z bacon, cut into small pieces
1 clove of garlic, crushed
1 leek or 1 small onion, chopped
1/4 pint of white wine
12 pilled black olives
2 sprigs of rosemary (chop the leaves)
salt, pepper,
1/2 tbspn flour
Metodo:
Method:
Fatc rosolarc Ic costatc in 1 cucchiaio di olio.
MCllctcle in una pirofila.
Fatc friggere nel olio restantc, l'aglio ed il porro per
qualchc minuto.
Aggiungete la pancctta, il rosmarino, il sale e il pepe e
continuatc la COllura per altri 5 minuti.
Vcrsate il vino nel quale avcte stemperato la farina.
Cucinatc per circa 3 minuti.
Unitc le olive.
Vcrsatc il condimcnto sopra Ic costolcllc.
Copritc con carta argcntata c passatclc ncl fomo prcscaldato no.5/190C per circa 40 minuti.
Seal the chops on both sides in 1 tbspn of oil.
Place the chops in an ovenproof dish.
Lightly fry the onion and garlic in the rest of the oil.
Add the bacon, rosemary, salt and pepper and fry for a
further 5 minutes.
Mix the flour into the wine then pour into the pan cook
for a further.3 minutes.
Add the olives.
Pour the mixture over the chops.
Cover with silvcr foil.
Bake in a pre-heated ovcn no.5/190C. for about 40
minutes.
Come riclliesta, ecco la mia ricetta di.••
By request my version of...
Tiramisu'
Tiramisu'
Ingredients:
500 gr di mascarpone
150 gr zucchero a vclo
4 uova
9 eueehiai di rum 0 eognae
50 gr cacao
12 biscolli savoiardi
un po' di cioccolato grallugiato
Ingredients:
lib Marscapone cheese
oz icing sugar
6
4
8
2
eggs
tbspns rum or brandy
oz cocoa
12 sponge fingcrs
a Iillle grated chocolate
Metodo:
Method:
Lavorate il mascarpone. Unite e mcscolate benc uno alia
volta i 4 tuorli, 100 gr del zucchero e 3 cucchiai di Iiquore.
Montate a neve gli albumi. Amalgameteli con delicatezza
al composto.
Dividetelo in due partc. Ad una parte unite il cacao, 50 gr
di zucchero e 3 cucchiai di Iiquore. Inzuppate i savoiardi in
2 cucchiai di liquorc, dilutato con 2 cucchiai di vino bianco
02 di ~cqua.
Melleteli sui fondo di una coppa di circa 25cm x 20cm.
Copriteli con il composto di cacao. Versatelo sopra I'altro
composto.
Mellete il dolcc nel frigorifero per almeno 2 orc prima di
servirlo.
Coprite con cioccolato grallugiato.
Whip the mascarpone. Beat in the cgg yolks one at a
time and 4 oz of the sugar. Add 3 tbspns of liqucur and
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mix.
Whip the egg white until stiff. Gently fold them into the
cheese mixture.
Divide the mixture in two. To one half add the cocoa, 2
oz of the sugar and 3 tbspns of liqueur. Dip the sponge
fingers into 2 tbspns of liqueur mixed with 2 tbspns of
white wine or water.
Place them in the bollom of a suitable'dish (about 10"
x 8"). Cover with the cocoa mixture the cover this with
the plain eream mixture.
Place in fridge for at least 2 hours before serving.
Sprinkle with grated .chocolate.
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