JASPER JOTTINGS Week 14 - 2009 April 05
Jasper Jottings - The achievement journal of my fellow Jaspers, the alumni of the Manhattan College
http://www.jasperjottings.com/2009/jasperjottings2009W14.html
INDEX
- POSITRACTION: Capt. Sullenberger, another “Amazing Man”
- JObit: Zdrodowski, Chester A. [MC????]
- JEmail: Reinke, F. John (MC1968) self-published “CHURCH 10●19●62″
- JEmail: Morris, Joseph (MC1995) Re Brett Van Zandt (1994)
- JEmail: Gamboa, Victor “silmizuno” Jr. (MC????) remember names MC bars
- JBlogger: An unknown Jasper blogger?
- JNews: Leary, Tim [MC1968] inducted into NY Basketball HOF
- MNews: A WW2 vet has a Jasper connection
- JNews: Genovese, Matthew S. (MC1993) for Jackson NJ election
- MFound: Manhattan Students Strike Over Star Pitcher
- JObit: Murphy, Bernard A. [MC????]
- JFound: Joe Rende, Joe [MC1983] College of Staten Island Foundation Board
- JFound: Carosi, Victor [MC1988] Greenburgh Commissioner Public Works
- JObit: Chagaris, Guster [MC1941]
- MFound: SavvyAuntie (Melanie Notkin) talks to MC Comm club
- JFound: Cassidy, Richard [MC????]
- JEmail: McEneney, Mike (MC1953) aerts of an alumni job search resource
- JFound: Mariani, Paul [MC1962] Discusses Gerard Manley Hopkins
- CARTOON: Breen, Jerry (MC1971) hits the G-20 summit
- JUpdate: Mainolfi, Sylvio (MC1968)
- MNews: Manhattan College Players 4/24-4/26
- JObit: Gregg, William Gerard [MC1950]
- JEmail: Carolyn E. Predmore (MCfac) wants to study alumni. Volunteers?
- PRAYERREQUEST: Little girl doing better; long way to go yet
- MFound: Manhattan College Democrats
- JNews: Catalfamo, Chuck [MC????] honored
- Comment on JEmail: Conti, Bob (MC1977) joins the MCA Yahoo group
- Comment on MFound: WRCM Manhattan College Radio is online
- ENDNOTE: Shame on MickeyD’s
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POSITRACTION: Capt. Sullenberger, another “Amazing Man”
http://www.wxpnews.com/LEM1E6/090217-Pilot
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Airbus 320 pilot Capt. Sullenberger talks about the final moments
before U.S. Airways Flight 1549 made a dramatic landing in N.Y.’s
Hudson River. What a pro - if you missed this, it’s a must see.
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[JR: If you haven’t seen it, endure the commercials! All I can say is “hope my challenges are a lot lot smaller.]
“I was sure I could do it.” — U.S. Airways Flight 1549 Capt. Sullenberger
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* Posted on: Sun, Mar 29 2009 1:37 PM
JObit: Zdrodowski, Chester A. [MC????]
http://www.legacy.com/MyCentralJersey/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=125531630
Chester A. Zdrodowski
(Home News Tribune)
SOUTH RIVER
Chester A. Zdrodowski died Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at Elms of Cranbury,
Cranbury. Born on October 9, 1918, Chester was the youngest son of the
late John and Stefania Zdrodowski. He was a life long resident of South
River. Chester was a teacher and principal in the South River School
District from September 1946 until retiring in December 1982. He served
as Principal of the Willet School from 1959-1982. Chester graduated
from South River High School in 1939 and while a student, he was a
member of the Honor Group, Junior and Senior Class President and
Captain of the Track Team in his senior year. In 1938, he was selected
Center on the Group III All-State Football Team and later awarded a
football scholarship to Manhattan College where he earned a Bachelor of
Science Degree in Health and Physical Education. He later earned a
Master’s degree in School Administration at Rutgers University.
While matriculating at Manhattan College, Chester was President of the
St. Vincent De Paul Society, and a member of the band, Guard of Honor
and the Pen and Sword Honor Group. In 1943, he began a three year hitch
in the U.S. Navy where he was a member of Gene Tunney’s Physical
Fitness Program.
He and Amelia Luithardt were married in 1943 and on September 25, 1993,
they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. Amelia passed away on
October 30, 1993. Chester dedicated most of most of his life to
recreation programs for the youth of South River. He was appointed
director of the South River Recreation Center and for seventeen years,
he taught children to swim at Bissett’s and Daily’s ponds.
He organized Easter Egg hunts, Youth Groups, Saturday Night Rec Dances,
High School Night every Wednesday night and a variety of summer
activities. During his days off, he served as “early morning crew
supervisor” at Island Beach State Park, a position he held for 24
years. He served as Mayor of South River in 1964-65.
For the past 45 years, he was a football official on the high school
and college levels. In 1976, he worked the Army-Navy game in
Philadelphia. In 1977, at the age of fifty-seven, he was required to
come off the field so he served as a college football game clock
operator in Rutgers University and all college level football games at
the Meadowlands. In 1981, he was honored as the recipient of the
Distinguished American Award by Bill Denny Chapter of the National
Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame. Chester was a member of
many clubs and organizations as well, which included the National
Association of Elementary School Principals, NJ Principals and
Supervisors Association, Past President of South River Education
Association, NJ Education Association, National Education Association,
Middlesex County Education Association, Life Member of the NJ Congress
of P.T.A., Past President of South River Lions Club, South River
American Legion Post 214, South River Elks, Polish Union of the USA
Group 155, Charter Member of the Bill Denny Chapter of the National
Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame, NJ Football Officials
Association, Rutgers University Graduate School of Education, National
Federal -Interscholastic Officials Association, South River Public
Library, South River Baseball Old Timer’s Group, and South River
Historical & Preservation Society.
He was predeceased by his wife, who died October 30, 1993; his
brothers, Frank and Sigmund, and his sisters, Ann Cislo and Sophie
Groboski. He is survived by his brother, Adam, of Hackettstown, and
several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Services and interment will be private at the request of the family.
Arrangements were under the care of Rezem Funeral Home, 457 Cranbury
Road, East Brunswick, NJ, 08816. For online condolences to the family
or directions to the funeral home, visit www.rezemfh.com
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Zdrodowski, Chester A. [MC????]
Guestbook: http://tinyurl.com/d24ho2
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* Posted on: Sun, Mar 29 2009 3:49 PM
JEmail: Reinke, F. John (MC1968) self-published “CHURCH 10●19●62″
Reinke, F. John (MC1968) announces: “CHURCH 10●19●62″ is done and available at: http://www.lulu.com/content/6078286
[JR: Just call me "F. John 'james patterson' Reinke! ROFL!!]
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My Dear Fellow Jaspers:
Fjohn68 proudly announces that his magnus opus: “It Started In Church - October 19th, 1962″
or more simply “CHURCH 10●19●62″ is done and available at: http://www.lulu.com/content/6078286
It’s published. OK, self-published. A vanity job with Lulu, the
Print On Demand site. (That’s why there is a delay in getting
your copy after you order. This ain’t Amazon or Barnes and Nobel.
This is “cheap”. But the quality of the output is what
you’d expect of a “real book”.)
Finally! For April Fool’s Day. Any “fools” want one?
It’s either a foolish joke or a touching story that I’ve
had in my heart and head since I was an Eight Grader at Good Shepherd
School in 1960. It’s an example of TEOTWAWKI (The End Of The
World As We Know It) fiction that I summarize as:
“An alternative future history. What might have been? If Nikta
hadn’t blinked. If children were allowed to “be all that
they could be”. If adults didn’t waste their time and
attention on memes and paradigms that are insanity. If I’d known.
Shoulda, coulda, and woulda! The human race’s millstone —
obsolete thinking. Here’s what I think might have been
possible.”
Suitable as a door stop, bug killer, or fire starter, it is 750+ pages
or just under a half a million words directly from the mind of a
hormone ravaged fat little kid in Catholic School some fifty years ago.
Any way it’s a cheap download or “reasonable priced”
hardback. (Depending upon how you define “reasonable”.
It’s all about the definitions; ike the word “is”.)
I invite your to read the result of a year’s work every morning
from 5Am to 6 before I went to work. Back when I had a job. Just call
me “fjohn ‘james patterson’ reinke”. (I think
mine is better. It has my heart in it.) With the temerity of a
kindergartner bringing home a masterpiece for the stereotypical
Mom’s refigerator, please accept a humble offer. I’m sure
you’ve seen more valuable “first editions”. You may
even have some. But here’s a real rarity. Not valuable; rare.
Mine!
Now before you drag out that red pen, please bear in mind, I’m
just an injineer with a low index. I hope, that should you decide to
read it, you’ll laugh, cry, and ponder. I know some of the
characters have been distiled from the people I knew and know in real
life.
Thanks your attention,
fjohn68
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* Posted on: Sun, Mar 29 2009 8:13 PM
* Updated: Mon, Mar 30 2009 1:30 PM
JEmail: Morris, Joseph (MC1995) Re Brett Van Zandt (1994)
Re Brett Van Zandt (1994)
Joseph Morris
Today at 9:51pm
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Hi John
In the last Jaspers Jottings you mention Brett Van Zandt
I believe Brett was class of 1994, if that helps any
I actually wrote a song (”Best friend”) for my old MC buddy Brett and posted it at Youtube some time ago. Odd that!
Here’s the link if youre interested:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvjUsH71wtg
Be well!
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“Best friend” lyrics:
Remember the times
You’d be there
You were my friend
You were the best friend all those times at Jasper
Thinking of Wedge
all the poetry
the poetry you read
over on Broadway, Wave Hill plain as day
I would never be the same
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[JR: Thanks, Joe. Much appreciated. Helps a lot. And, although, I'd
never be courageous enough to sing on YouTube. At least, not without a
lot of adult refreshment. Enjoyed it!]
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* Posted on: Sun, Mar 29 2009 11:54 PM
JEmail: Gamboa, Victor “silmizuno” Jr. (MC????) remember names MC bars
is trying to remember names of bars around Manhattan College. Any
Jaspers that can refresh my memory.about 3 hours ago from fb2twitter
silmizuno
Victor Gamboa Jr
[JR: During what epoch?]
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Gamboa, Victor “silmizuno” Jr. (MC????)
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* Posted on: Mon, Mar 30 2009 4:17 AM
JBlogger: An unknown Jasper blogger?
http://peadarroe.wordpress.com/2009/03/30/pay-attention-father/
Pay Attention, Father
March 30, 2009
“From The Ghetto” blog
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Father Dwight Longenecker is a convert from Anglicanism who is a priest
in the Charleston, S.C diocese. He writes a blog (among other things)
called “Standing On My Head”, or something like that.
I’m not clear on details, and haven’t the ability to do,
what are they called?, hyperlinks. (Help, anyone?)
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Now, I think I heard of Bultmann while I was taking Theology courses at Manhattan College back in the early ’60’s.
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[JR: An unknown Jasper blogger?]
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* Posted on: Tue, Mar 31 2009 8:09 AM
JNews: Leary, Tim [MC1968] inducted into NY Basketball HOF
http://www.fiveborosports.com/ssp/news?news_id=2128
SFP’s Leary inducted into NY Basketball Hall of Fame

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St. Francis Prep coach Tim Leary has won 566 game in his 39 years at the Fresh Meadows, Queens school. Photo by Damion Reid
By Joseph Staszewski March 30, 2009
GLENS FALLS, N.Y. – One of the rewarding parts of coaching for Tim Leary is the thanks he receives from former players.
“Those are the kinds of things you’re going to get,”
Leary said. “You’re not going to make a million dollars
teaching and coaching.”
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Leary played at St. Francis Prep with Kent, Bob Leckie, the former St.
Peter’s College and Bishop Loughlin coach, and former St.
John’s University star Sonny Dove, under legendary coach Chick
Keegan. He then played both basketball and baseball at Manhattan
College.
“He played the game very smart,” said Kent, who nominated
Leary for the Hall of Fame honor. “He played the game like a
coach. He had a good feel for the game.”
After graduation, he passed the NYPD test and planned on becoming a cop
like many of the members of his family, but was not called right away.
He was planning on getting married to his now-wife Claudia and took a
teaching and coaching job at St. Augustine HS in Brooklyn. In the
spring of 1968, Leary became the varsity baseball coach at St. Francis
Prep, when it was still on North 6th Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn,
and eventually began teaching in the New York City public schools. He
has recently retired. From there, he became the JV basketball coach at
St. Francis Prep under Jack Prenderville and soon after took the head
job.
“Even at the time that I started I thought I only was going be temporary,” Leary said.
He still considered the police force an option.
“Once I got into it,” he said. “I enjoyed it and kind
of stuck with it and that was 40 years ago and it’s been a lot of
fun.”
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* Posted on: Tue, Mar 31 2009 8:19 AM
MNews: A WW2 vet has a Jasper connection
http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/article/20090330/NEWS01/903300308
Veterans: Bellville man’s war memories include rockets, castles
By RON SIMON • News Journal • March 30, 2009
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BELLVILLE — For Leonard “Gene” Leedy, 86, service
during World War II was more like a European travel tour than a war.
A 1940 graduate of Bellville High School, Leedy prizes a photo of the school’s football team.
“That’s me,” he said, pointing to one of the young
players in the picture. “We had a pretty darn good team that
year. Now there are only three of us in that picture left.”
After graduation, Leedy, who was dating Geraldine Clever,
Bellville’s 1939 homecoming queen, went to work at the Tappan
plant in Mansfield.
All that changed when he was drafted in early 1943.
Not long after completing basic training, Pvt. Leedy was transferred to
Manhattan College in New York City to take the Army’s specialist
training program.
“I think I did pretty well in the tests the Army gave me,” he said.
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Within a few months he and Geraldine Clever were married. The couple,
together now for more than 60 years, had two children, Steve of
Bellville and Becky Leedy Szymansky of Medina. Both are retired school
teachers. There are six grandchildren, Leedy said.
Leedy retired after putting in 44 years at Tappan. He and Geraldine live in the hills above Bellville.
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[JR: Here's a neat MC connection. I don't understand what was done in those days.]
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* Posted on: Tue, Mar 31 2009 10:24 AM
JNews: Genovese, Matthew S. (MC1993) for Jackson NJ election
http://www.jacksonnjonline.com/2009/03/31/three-jackson-residents-rally-under-taxpayers-for-education-campaign-slogan-but-who-are-they/
Three Jackson residents rally under “Taxpayers for Education” campaign slogan, but who are they?
March 31, 2009 by pstilton
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As you drive around Jackson today and yesterday, there’s
something different. There’s red signs posted about that say
“Taxpayers for Education”. Who are these taxpayers for
education and what is their agenda?
The ticket is being led by John Morvay, the lone School Board member
who voted for parents and against administrative pay increases for
district executive, now being hailed as the “Chief Education
Officer” for the district by other campaigns. But who are these
people and why should we vote for them?
{Extraneous Deleted}
Matthew Genovese
Raised in Jackson Township, Matthew S. Genovese is truly local color
and a civil servant to our community. Matt has four children attending
public schools here, Patrick in the 6th grade at Goetz Middle School,
Meaghan in the 4th grade, Lindsay in the 2nd grade, and Michael in
Kindergarten, all at Johnson Elementary School.
Matt graduated from Manhattan College in 1993 with a B.S. in Business
Administration and double major of Marketing and Finance. Having worked
in the financial industry, Matt returned to his hometown and is now a
Realtor here in Jackson.
Matt’s Service to the community of Jackson Township includes:
Safety Officer & Past Chief of Cassville Volunteer Fire Company,
Deputy Coordinator–Fire, Jackson Township Office of Emergency
Management, Jackson Township Citizens Budget Advisory Committee,
Knights of Columbus Council #6201 (Bartley Road) 3rd Degree Knight,
Member Jackson Township Chamber of Commerce, Delegate and Past Vice
President Jackson Township Fireman’s Relief Association.
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Genovese, Matthew S. (MC1993)
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* Posted on: Tue, Mar 31 2009 4:29 PM
MFound: Manhattan Students Strike Over Star Pitcher
Under the Heading of “Times Machine” and “Times Traveler”
http://timestraveler.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/01/manhattan-students-strike-over-star-pitcher/
April 1, 2009, 12:01 am
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Manhattan Students Strike Over Star Pitcher
By William S. Niederkorn
Thursday, April 1, 1909
The students of Manhattan College were on strike all day yesterday
after making a bonfire of the college’s wooden fence on Tuesday
night, because the school president, Brother Peter, has refused to
reinstate John P. Nugent, a freshman and star baseball pitcher. Nugent
was expelled because he violated curfew and, according to a story
making the rounds, because he was “impertinent to Brother Peter
when asked to explain his absence.” Standing on a soapbox in the
baseball field before a majority of the college’s 500 students,
the student body president, John Harrington, defied requests for
students to disperse, saying: “It’s true that Nugent got
back to the college at 1 A.M. instead of 11 P.M. one night last month.
But he had Brother Alpheus’s permission to do so, and Brother
Peter, in demanding his resignation, didn’t consider this.
Besides, we have our baseball schedule for the season all arranged. We
play St. John’s next Saturday. Then we play Brown, Dartmouth,
Cornell and Yale. If Nugent pitches, we have a first-rate chance of
beating Yale and all the rest of the colleges this season.”
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AND
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About the TimesTraveler
To read a newspaper day by day from 100 years ago is like traveling
through time. The times were very different then. Aeroplanes were in
their infancy. The North Pole had yet to be reached. Women were
struggling for the right to vote. But the theater was in its heyday.
Railroad companies were flying high on the stock market. And the Giants
were playing at the Polo Grounds. The Times was very different then,
too. Much of it functioned like a bulletin board for events of the day,
with many very short reports on subjects that haven’t been
considered newsworthy for decades. Much of the discourse has a quaint
tone, and some of it a distinctly lower level of consciousness. But
much of it is delightful and engaging, and even enlightening. The
TimesTraveler aims to provide a daily summary of the century-old paper,
while through links it also offers a variety of entrances to the
TimesMachine, where a complete centennial issue of The Times is
available to readers every day. Thanks to the TimesMachine, we can
imagine that The New York Times of a century ago has landed on our
doorstep, and we can become well-informed observers of the era as
events unfold. For post alerts, follow timestraveler on Twitter.
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[JR: At first I thought this was an April's Fool. Now I'm just confused? What's next a story about Manhattan Prep closing?]
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* Posted on: Wed, Apr 1 2009 5:14 AM
JObit: Murphy, Bernard A. [MC????]
http://www.legacy.com/CTPost/DeathNotices.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=125630586
Bernard A. Murphy
MURPHY Mr. Bernard A. Murphy, age 73, of Milford, beloved husband of
Tatiana Murphy, passed away on Saturday, March 28, 2009 at Connecticut
Hospice, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Son of the
late Bernard A. and Philomena G. Romano Murphy, he was born on December
30, 1935 in Yonkers, N.Y. Bernard was a customer service manager at
Sikorsky Aircraft until his retirement and graduated from Manhattan
College with a B.S. degree. He served in the U.S. Army during the
Korean Conflict. In addition to his beloved wife, survivors include his
six devoted children, James Murphy and his wife, Lisa of Alabama, Doris
Mortimer and her husband, Kurt of Bethel, Sherri Hottin and her
husband, Glenn of Oxford, Cathy Willey and her husband, Scott, Brian
Stevens and his wife, Wendy and Kim Geer and her husband, Frank all of
Milford; 15 loving grandchildren, Ryan, Danielle, Brendan, Sarah,
Matthew, Joseph, Joshua, Sarah, Nicholas, Jake, Tiffany and her husband
Mark, Shannon, Morgan, Frank and Emily; two cherished
great-grandchildren Avery and Cooper. He is also survived by his
mother-in-law and father-in-law, Franklin and Tatiana Jones;
sisters-in-law, Eileen Jones of Milford and Cynthia Tomaszewicz of
Vermont; his uncle and aunt, Graves and Cecil Simons of Florida; four
cousins, six nieces and nephews. A gathering of family and friends will
be held on Wednesday, April 1, 2009 in the Cody-White Funeral Home, 107
Broad Street on the Green, Milford from 4 to 7 p.m., with a service to
follow at 7 p.m. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers,
memorial Contributions may be made CT Hospice, 100 Double Beach Rd.,
Branford, CT 06405 or the Father Michael J. Mc Givney Center for Cancer
Care, 1450 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT 06511. www.
codywhitefuneralservice.com.
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Murphy, Bernard A. [MC????]
Guestbook: http://tinyurl.com/dx4fbm
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* Posted on: Wed, Apr 1 2009 5:37 AM
JFound: Joe Rende, Joe [MC1983] College of Staten Island Foundation Board
http://www1.cuny.edu/forum/?p=3562
College of Staten Island
Rende Joins CSI Foundation Board
March 31st, 2009
The Foundation of the College of Staten Island has announced that Joe
Rende, Vice President of Energy Solutions Services, Metro New York, for
National Grid, is the newest member of its Board of Directors. Rende
was voted in by the Board at its meeting last December.
In 1985 Rende joined Brooklyn Union as a Management Trainee. Since
then, he has progressed up through Brooklyn Union and later KeySpan
Energy, holding Director positions in Key Account Sales, Long Island
Regional Sales, and Corporate Marketing. He was promoted to his current
position of Vice President Energy Solutions Services in July of 2007.
Rende was the recipient of the “40 under 40” Award (one of
Long Island’s 40 rising stars under the age of 40 in 2001) from
Long Island Business News, as he was responsible for doubling natural
gas sales in the Long Island region. Rende has also received the
Brooklyn Union Alchemist Award for leading the commercial sales team to
record results in 1997.
Rende graduated from Manhattan College with a BME Degree in Mechanical
Engineering in1983. He received his Master’s Degree in Business
Administration from Long Island University in1989. He also attended
Executive Education Programs at Columbia University School of Business
for Sales Management and Competitive Marketing Strategy in 2000-2001.
In addition to his duties at National Grid, an international energy
company that purchased KeySpan Corporation in 2007 to create the second
largest utility company in the United States and one of the largest in
the world, Rende serves on the Board of Directors for ACIT (Advancement
for Commerce, Industry and Technology); SIEDC (Staten Island Economic
Development Council); and BCC (Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce). On a
national level, he serves as Vice Chairman for the Energy Solutions
Center, a national organization consisting of all of the major natural
gas utilities in the United States and Canada.
The mission of the CSI Foundation is to secure philanthropic support
for CSI to reach its highest level of academic excellence as one of
CUNY’s senior colleges and the only institution of public higher
education in the Borough.
The success of the CSI Foundation is rooted in the generosity of the
College family and the Staten Island community at large. Each year, the
CSI Foundation proudly acknowledges each and every individual,
corporate, and foundation donor in the CSI Foundation Annual Report.
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Joe Rende, Joe [MC1983]
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* Posted on: Wed, Apr 1 2009 6:19 AM
JFound: Carosi, Victor [MC1988] Greenburgh Commissioner Public Works
http://pfeiner.blogspot.com/2009/03/new-commissioner-of-public-works.html
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
NEW COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS
posted by Paul Feiner @ 3:39 PM
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The Greenburgh Town Board has appointed Victor Carosi as the new
Commissioner of Public Works, replacing Al Regula who retired after
over 34 years of service to the town.
{Extraneous Deleted}
Mr. Carosi has served as Director of Public Works and Village Engineer
for the Village of Rye Brook since 1997. He is a past President of the
New York State Society of Professional Engineers Westchester/Putnam
Chapter. Mr. Carosi will start his service with the town on May 4th.
Please welcome our new Commissioner.
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AWARDS
Young Engineer of the Year 1998, New York State Society of Professional Engineers
Westchester/Putnam Chapter.
EDUCATION
B.C.E., Civil Engineering, May 1988, Manhattan College
A.E.S., Engineering Science, May 1986, Westchester Community College
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Carosi, Victor [MC1988]
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* Posted on: Wed, Apr 1 2009 8:27 AM
JObit: Chagaris, Guster [MC1941]
[JR: Grace Feeney (MCstf) messaged me: "Guster Chagaris ’41 died on Feb 14."]
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Chagaris, Guster [MC1941]
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http://www.legacy.com/SFGate/DeathNotices.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=124223342
Guster C. Chagaris
Guster C. Chagaris Left us on Valentine’s Day - the perfect day
to celebrate the big heart and spirit he shared with all who knew him.
He was dad, papou, great-grandfather, brother, uncle, friend. Most of
all he was the loving and adoring husband of Irene, his soul-mate for
64 years. Dad had a great sense of humor, a contagious smile, and a
twinkle in his eye. He was a man of integrity and service and his deeds
and words were always loving and warm. He loved golf, playing cards and
occasionally a good Manhattan. He loved his FSS trips with his two sons
- a cherished tradition for many years. A CPA for nearly 40 years he
was a mathematical whiz with a love of numbers. Gus served his country,
a veteran and first lieutenant in World War II and the Korean War. He
served his community as president of the Board of Directors of
Mills-Peninsula Hospital 1969-1980. He was also the president of the N.
Cal Hospital District Association and past president of the Kiwanis
Club. A man of many gifts, he remains our inspiration. He was a
long-time resident of Millbrae, age 90. Family and friends may call
after 4 PM on Wednesday, February 18, and attend the Trisagion at 7 PM
at CHAPEL OF THE HIGHLANDS, 194 Millwood Drive at El Camino Real in
Millbrae. Funeral Services will be at the Greek Orthodox Church of the
Holy Cross, 900 Alameda de Las Pulgas in Belmont on Thursday, February
19 at 11 AM, with Entombment to follow at Greek Orthodox Memorial Park
in Colma. The family prefers memorial contributions be made to the
Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Cross, Belmont, CA.
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Guestbook: None
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* Posted on: Wed, Apr 1 2009 1:44 PM
MFound: SavvyAuntie (Melanie Notkin) talks to MC Comm club
http://twitter.com/SavvyAuntie/statuses/1433311514
from “manhattan college” -marymount -”marymount
manhattan college” -”borough of manhattan college” -
Twitter Search by SavvyAuntie (Melanie Notkin)
Off to speak to students at the Manhattan College Communication Club!
Ill tell them about my company and social media since they asked…
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* Posted on: Wed, Apr 1 2009 5:28 PM
JFound: Cassidy, Richard [MC????]
http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/04-01-2009/0004999186&EDATE=
Celebration Honors Two ‘Lindt Unsung Heroes of Autism’
Alongside Larger-Than-Life Lindt Gold Bunny Statue at the New York
Palace Hotel
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Stratham, N.H., April 1 /PRNewswire/ — Lindt & Sprungli, the
world’s leading producer of premium chocolate, and Autism Speaks,
the nation’s largest autism research and advocacy organization,
today celebrated their partnership and kicked off Autism Awareness
Month with an event at the New York Palace Hotel. The event included an
unveiling of a 12-foot Lindt Gold Bunny statue and was focused around
honoring and recognizing two “Lindt Unsung Heroes of
Autism.”
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Additionally, Lindt unveiled a grand-scale, 12-foot Lindt Gold Bunny
statue at the event. The statue, designed by Richard Cassidy, a
graduate of Manhattan’s College of Engineering,
with the help of Mario DePalma, Dan Hochstein and his father Jim
Cassidy, is made using an intricate silhouette filled with nearly 1,000
premium chocolate Lindt Gold Bunnies. During the event,
“Lindt’s Unsung Heroes of Autism,” joined by
representatives from Lindt and Autism Speaks, ceremoniously completed
the statue by placing the last Lindt Gold Bunny pieces on the
structure. The statue is located in the Grand Courtyard of the New York
Palace Hotel and will be on display through Easter Sunday, April 12.
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* Posted on: Wed, Apr 1 2009 7:34 PM
JEmail: McEneney, Mike (MC1953) aerts of an alumni job search resource
From: “McEneney, Mike (MC1953)”
Date: April 1, 2009 11:17:04 PM EDT
To: “Jasperfjohn Reinke”
Subject: Alumni Jobs
Dear John,
The Alumni Society, through the National Alumni Council, has partnered
with the Manhattan College Alumni Relations Office and the Office of
Career Development in creating “Jaspers Helping Jaspers”
Briefly,the Career Office lists available job openings provided by
Manhattan Alumni, and in this difficult economic downturn, provides
help for our unemployed fellow Alumni. Since late December, we have
seen a 36% increase in the number of Alumni using these services. We
urgently need more job listings. We ask all Alums to check with their
HR department regarding any job opportunities and ask that you send
this information to; bernadette.blocker@manhattan.edu. This information
will be added to our Nacelink postings available to all of our Alumni.
If you could include this announcement in the next edition of Jasper Jottings I am sure our readers will respond.
Thanks,
Mike
[JR: Done. Well done!]
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* Posted on: Thu, Apr 2 2009 6:27 AM
JFound: Mariani, Paul [MC1962] Discusses Gerard Manley Hopkins
http://www.fordham.edu/Campus_Resources/eNewsroom/topstories_1514.asp
Author Discusses Devoted Study of Gerard Manley Hopkins
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Paul Mariani, Ph.D., has penned several biographies of poets, but as he
said on March 31 at Fordham, none has moved him more than the Jesuit
Gerard Manley Hopkins.
“I fell in love with his work,” Mariani said, recalling how
he discovered Hopkins after trading assignments with a Manhattan
College classmate who wanted to research William Butler Yeats.
“It was like a bond right from the beginning,” he told the
audience that packed Tognino Hall on the Rose Hill campus.
Mariani, an award-winning poet and professor of English at Boston
College, spoke about his studies of Hopkins, an innovative poet who was
largely unknown while he was alive, but critically acclaimed after his
death.
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http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/177
Paul Mariani
The oldest of seven children from a working-class background, Paul
Mariani was born in New York City in 1940 and grew up there and on Long
Island. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Manhattan College, a
Master’s from Colgate University, and a Ph.D. from the City
University of New York. He is the author of six poetry collections:
Deaths & Transfigurations (Paraclete Press, 2005), The Great Wheel
(W. W. Norton, 1996), Salvage Operations: New & Selected Poems
(1990), Prime Mover (1985), Crossing Cocytus (1982), and Timing Devices
(1979).
He has published numerous books of prose, including—most
recently—Thirty Days: On Retreat with the Exercises of St.
Ignatius (Viking, 2002), and God and the Imagination: On Poets, Poetry,
and the Ineffable (University of Georgia Press, 2002). Other books
include A Useable Past: Essays, 1973-1983 (1984), William Carlos
Williams: The Poet and His Critics (1975), and A Commentary on the
Complete Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins (1970), as well as four
biographies: The Broken Tower: A Life of Hart Crane (W. W. Norton,
1999); Lost Puritan: A Life of Robert Lowell (1994), both named New
York Times Notable Books of the year; Dream Song: The Life of John
Berryman (1990); and William Carlos Williams: A New World Naked (1981),
which won the New Jersey Writers Award, was short-listed for an
American Book Award, and was also named a New York Times Notable Book
of the year. He is currently at work on a biography of Gerard Manley
Hopkins (Viking).
His honors include fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the
National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the
Humanities. He was Distinguished University Professor at the University
of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he taught from 1968 until 2000, and
currently holds a Chair in Poetry at Boston College. Mariani and his
wife, Eileen, have three grown sons and live in western Massachusetts.
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Mariani, Paul [MC????]
Dear John,
I believe that Paul is a member of the Class of 1962.
Mike
[JR: Thanks, Mike. Much appreciated. ]
Mariani, Paul [MC1962]
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* Posted on: Thu, Apr 2 2009 2:41 PM
* Updated: Fri, Apr 3 2009 4:29 PM
CARTOON: Breen, Jerry (MC1971) hits the G-20 summit

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John: Here’s my latest cartoon, on the subject of the G-20
summit. While British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and President Obama
are urging all the other leaders to use government spending to boost
all the economies simultaneously, others, led by Germany’s Angela
Merkel, are disputing the whole government “stimulus”
tactic. (Although, oddly, Merkel has already committed $70 million in
government spending, while Brown has so far only committed only $28
billion.) ?!? Go figure. - Jerry Breen
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Breen, Jerry (MC1971)
[JR: Thanks, Jerry. Much appreciated. ]
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* Posted on: Thu, Apr 2 2009 9:06 PM
JUpdate: Mainolfi, Sylvio (MC1968)
Mainolfi, Sylvio (MC1968)
Branson
1975 - Present
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REPORTING LIVE FROM THE PLAXO NEWS DESK
IN THE VIRTUAL JASPER JOTTINGS NEWSROOM …
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* Posted on: Thu, Apr 2 2009 11:00 PM
MNews: Manhattan College Players 4/24-4/26
Event: GODSPELL
“The Hit Rock Musical”
What: Performance
Host: Manhattan College Players
Start Time: Friday, April 24 at 8:00pm
End Time: Sunday, April 26 at 10:30pm
Where: Smith Auditorium, Manhattan College
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* Posted on: Fri, Apr 3 2009 8:09 AM
JObit: Gregg, William Gerard [MC1950]
http://www.legacy.com/TBO/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=125685639
William Gerard Gregg
GREGG, William Gerard, 82, died March 29, 2009. Better known as
“Bill,” he was a familiar personality at the Silver Oaks
Community in Zephyrhills. Bill was known for his good humor and
positive outlook on life. He always extended a warm hello and gracious
welcome to the people who entered his life. He demonstrated great inner
strength and an unwavering faith in God as he faced death, using his
sharp subtle humor to help family and caregivers through this difficult
time. He provided an outstanding example of personal courage for his
family and friends, who will remember him with love and happiness. Bill
graduated from Mount St. Michael Academy in the Bronx, N.Y. He then
attended Manhattan College for one year before enlisting in the U.S.
Army. He served his country in France and Germany at the end of World
War II. After the war, he returned to Manhattan College and graduated
with a degree in electrical engineering. Bill then began a career with
the Bendix Corporation as an aeronautical engineer. He married Joan
Claire Toohey and they spent the next 46 years together. They enjoyed
their love for each other while raising three sons. After the death of
Joan in 1998, Bill moved to Zephyrhills, where he met and married the
second love of his life, Elizabeth “Betty” Ann Lusk
Abernathy. During their 10 years of marriage, they shared their love,
faith, families, friends and a passion for golf. Bill is survived by
his wife, Betty; his sons and their wives, William and Lois, Steven and
Paree; grandchildren, Linsey (David), Lauren, Spencer, and Miles; and
great-granddaughter Paige. A son, David, and wife, Joan, preceded Bill
in death. A funeral Mass will be conducted at 10 a.m. April 18 at St.
Joseph Catholic Church in Zephyrhills. In lieu of flowers, please send
donations to Hernando-Pasco Hospice, 12107 Majestic Boulevard, Hudson,
FL 34667-2460.
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Gregg, William Gerard [MC????]
Guestbook: http://tinyurl.com/df783j
[JR: Interrupted by WW2, he still comes back to MC. 46 years of
marriage and another 10. Sounds like he lived a good life. What more
can one aspire to? Rest in peace, my fellow alum.]
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Dear John,
I believe that Bill is a member of the Class of 1950.
May He Rest In Peace.
Mike
[JR: Thanks, Mike. Much appreciated. ]
Gregg, William Gerard [MC1950]
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* Posted on: Fri, Apr 3 2009 9:21 AM
* Updated: Fri, Apr 3 2009 4:29 PM
JEmail: Carolyn E. Predmore (MCfac) wants to study alumni. Volunteers?
From: “Carolyn E. Predmore (MCfac)”
Date: April 3, 2009 10:38:52 AM EDT
To: fjohn reinke
Subject: Research on Work environment perceptions by Gen Y
Hi John,
I am looking for help with a research project that I am doing with Dr.
Abdulahad, Dr. Goma and Prof. Manduley. We want to collect some survey
information on how employers and employees look at the work
environment. We would like to have the opinions of alumni/alumnae who
have been out 1 to 10 years and then 20 to 30 years. If you are
interested, please let me know what year you graduated and whether you
view yourself as a manager or not. I will be able to email to you the
survey. I have been asked by Br. Robert to present the results to the
Alumni meeting/reunion in May 2010. I will be happy to give you the
results when I get them. So I am asking for help from our social
networking sources. So if you can put out the word in addition to the
posting I have on Linked in and the one going out on Face book, that
would be great.
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Carolyn
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[JR: Jasper Jottings is always available to reach out to the alumni!]
Please format your message: Name, Graduation date, manager or not, email address. I’ll collect and forward to Prof P.
If you don’t trust me with that sensitive info, you can go directly to cpredmor in care of yahoo dot com.
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* Posted on: Fri, Apr 3 2009 12:51 PM
PRAYERREQUEST: Little girl doing better; long way to go yet
UPDATE FROM CARING BRIDGE Caitlin’s Chronicles
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There is still something amiss from a GI perspective, but MUCH better than before.
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We started the oral chemos at home, and thankfully they are going over OK.
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please pray for continued remission!
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[JR: OK, Jaspers, we need some "GI" and "remission" prayers for one little girl.
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* Posted on: Sat, Apr 4 2009 7:43 AM
MFound: Manhattan College Democrats
http://coalitiontosaveharlem.blogspot.com/2009/04/event-health-care-for-all-rally.html
Time: 2 - 4 PM
Day & Date: Saturday, April 4, 2009
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building
163 W 125th Street | PLAZA
(125th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard)
New York, NY 10027
Guest Speaker(s): include Congressman Rangel
Join us on the 41st Anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King, Jr.
for a rally in support of the efforts to achieve our right to
comprehensive health care reform by President Obama and his allies in
Congress!
Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane. - MLK, Jr.
Organizers:
New Yorkers for Change
Co-Hosts:
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* Manhattan College Democrats
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[JR: Sorry, but while I report this, I have to editorialize. If you the
taxpayer did what Rangel did, then you'd be in jail for taxes. If you
want to see government health care in action, look at the VA. When they
get that right, then I'll listen! Argh! Maybe it's NOT our MC?]
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* Posted on: Sat, Apr 4 2009 8:12 AM
JNews: Catalfamo, Chuck [MC????] honored
http://lohud.com/article/20090404/NEWS02/904040364/-1/newsfront
Two older Briarcliff firefighters take top honors
By Danielle De Souza • drdesouz@LoHud.com • April 4, 2009
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BRIARCLIFF MANOR - Chuck Catalfamo, 77, and Dhirendra “DA”
Ashar, 63, are good friends who have shared “a lot of good
memories” while spending their later years as volunteer
firefighters.
Now they also share something else.
Catalfamo and Ashar were both awarded the Henry J. Kaufman Firefighter of the Year Award by the the Briarcilff Fire Company.
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Catalfamo, a Yorktown resident now, after living in Briarcliff Manor
for 21 years, studied electrical engineering at Manhattan College in
the Bronx and worked as a lithographic pressman for 30 years. He joined
the fire company 20 years ago, after his daughter’s boyfriend
encouraged him.
“As a kid, we all wanted to be firefighters, but being my size, I
did not think about it,” laughed Catalfamo, who is 5 foot 6.
“You don’t have to be 6-4. I never left since.”
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“If people want to volunteer, it is needed,” said
Catalfamo. “You get more out of it than those you help and much
more respect and self-worth.”
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[JR: It's unclear if he graduated or just attended. Clearly, we see
some of what I'd like think is a Jasper value -- service to others.]
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* Posted on: Sat, Apr 4 2009 8:21 AM
Comment on JEmail: Conti, Bob (MC1977) joins the MCA Yahoo group
By Bob Conti
Hi Bob,
I’m a Brooklyn boy tranferred out to sunny Southern California after High School in 1956.
Just wanted to be the first to say good luck.
Bob Conti
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* Posted on: Sun, Mar 29 2009 10:44 AM
Comment on MFound: WRCM Manhattan College Radio is online
By Jimmy Legend
Who is the new sports guy? Does he know what he is talking about? Hs a good sports voice but need to hear more.
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* Posted on: Wed, Apr 1 2009 5:25 PM
ENDNOTE: Shame on MickeyD’s
http://www.metafilter.com/79319/Sombody-Deserves-a-Break-Today
Sombody Deserves a Break Today
February 19, 2009 10:05 AM
Be a hero on your own time (VIDEO) When McDonald’s employee Nigel
Haskett interceded to stop a man who was beating a woman in the
restaurant, the assailant went outside, retrieved a gun from his car
and shot Haskett – “multiple times,” as the employee
stood at the door to keep the assailant from re-entering the
restaurant. $300,000 in medical bills later, McDonald’s insurance
says no dice: “we have denied this claim in its entirety as it is
our opinion that Mr. Haskett’s injuries did not arise out of or
within the course and scope of his employment.”
[JR: Argh! One has to wonder about corporate America. I hope that the
Universe is kinder to this hero that MickeyD's is. Maybe some one can
soften their heart. Mybe some blogosphere buzz? Hope my challenges are
smaller and my efforts better received.]
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* Posted on: Sat, Apr 4 2009 9:37 PM
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"Bon courage a vous tous"
"Dona Nobis Pacem"
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