Speaking of salvation... the chaos over the “case“ Pontremoli e Atletico Carrara was resolved with a reversal. In fact, errors were found in having reported the results of two previous days... and this changes the goal difference between the two teams that were fifth from bottom with equal points (and also equal in the direct clashes). So theAtletico Carrara is safe by direct... while the play-out (against Folgore Segromigno) will be played by Pontremoli. Bassoonist Peter Kolkay and the Calidore String Quartet with composers Joan Tower and Mark-Anthony Turnage following Thursday night’s Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center concert The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center concluded the new music portion of their current season Thursday night in the Rose Studio with a focus on an instrument rarely in the spotlight: the bassoon the bassoon is the regular butt of conservatory jokes across the country but for many has a uniquely evocative and humane sound Two composers who appreciate the instrument are Joan Tower and Mark-Anthony Turnage Both were on hand to hear bassoonist Peter Kolkay and the Calidore String Quartet play Tower’s Red Maple and give the world premiere of Turnage’s Massarosa First up on this concise program was Wolfgang Rihm’s String Quartet No Another in the current large supply of superb young string quartets the Calidore played this work with a raw intensity and physicality That the performance left an ambivalent impression had nothing to do with the playing and everything to do with the composition itself Rihm is one of those composers who manages to be fascinating and oft-putting simultaneously and the reach and strength of his roots in the classical tradition is attractive in and of itself But his language and his style can be hard to parse his music follows an emotional logic and is always expressive and sincere His nervous energy and compositional skill make his work highly mercurial The first movement is built around a repeated series of aggressive pronouncements and implosions except for a brief lyrical moment halfway through it comes off as chaos enclosed in a very small box The second movement and the concluding Adagio use harmonies that in a different context would be gripping but in this quartet merely sound monochromatic and sour The odd acoustic of the Rose Studio is antagonistic to strings and slicing a strange division between the instruments and the cello and viola were playing in separate spaces each of whom showed real appreciation for the bassoon’s qualities Their writing purposefully wove the instrument into the ensemble though such devices as sharing a theme with the violins then passing it along to the low strings Thursday’s concert marked the debut of Turnage’s Massarosa (named for a favorite Italian town of the composer’s).Though the middle of the three movements was a solo bassoon Intermezzo one was struck by the deliberate chamber quality of the music—how Turnage balanced homphony and tutti passages to create a sense of interaction and response that is the fundamental point of small ensemble music Along with melodic lines throughout the range of the instrument Turnage exploited the bassoon’s intervallic possibilities with Kolkay tossing off high notes to float in the air about distant The outer movements of Massarosa were marked “Very tender and expressive” and “Very slow and serene,” and with Kolkay’s communicative playing and the excellent intonation of the whole group Tower explained that Red Maple was named after the color and manufacture of the bassoon and Kolkay himself organized its commission the musicians set off on Tower’s through-composed style like a boat on a river the music was a deep contrast with Rihm’s quartet—yet the musical and emotional logic were transparent The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s season concludes 5 p.m, May Sunday, with music from Falla, Ravel, Debussy, and more. ChamberMusicSociety.org XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <s> <strike> <strong> Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value"  Subscribe via RSS B series. Versilia/Sgs Gestione Servizi concludes its first historic season in the cadet league, with safety already achieved, with a nice 5-5 draw with the league leaders X Martiri. Hat-trick for Gambino and singles for Ciardelli and Pitondo. "It was a season heavily conditioned by injuries, so we will try to lengthen the roster a little. In any case, a very positive season", says Matteo Paperini. Ranking: X Martyrs 47; Villafontana 41; Bagnolese 35; Balca Poggese, Arpi Nova Campi Bisenzio and Italgronda Prato 34; Boca Livorno 33; Versilia/Sgs Management Services 32; Mattagnese 30; Toringhese 24; Real Casalgrandese 23; Sangiovannese 9. C2 series. Massarosa/Family Service beats Scintilla 4-1 with a brace from Roggio and singles from Gennai and Ferrari. "The match was never in doubt - underlines Matteo Panconi -. We were also not very cynical to tell the truth. These 3 points project us to third place in the standings, a position that would be important to maintain to ensure the home factor in the playoff round of 6". Futsal Viareggio also wins 3-XNUMX against Hellas Livorno. Ranking: Five to Five 50; Quattrosquadre 47; Massarosa/Family Service 45; Slac 44; Massa 41; Toringhese 39; Futsal Viareggio 30; Scintilla 23; Elba 20; Deportivo 14; Virtus Maremma 10; Hellas Livorno 2. Female. Atletico Viareggio liquidates Futsal Pantere 7-1. To the hat-trick of Orsini are added the brace of Giubbolini and the singles of Guizzonato and Fossi. "Beautiful victory and a round of applause to the girls who are ending the season in the best way" comments Stefano Battelocchi. Ranking: Montebianco Prato 57; Pistoia 50; Florence 41; Worange Pistoia 33; Panthers 23; Atletico Viareggio and Follonica-Gavorrano 20; San Giovanni and San Giusto 13; Elba 7. Mission Statement: to assist the integration of foreign residents living in Spain and this is never more accurate than when you establish yourself as a foreign resident in a new country Being able to quickly familiarise yourself with the culture and customs can help ease the transition during a challenging time This is why Euro Weekly News makes it our mission to provide you with a free news resource in English that covers both regional and national Spanish news – anything that we feel you will benefit from knowing as you integrate into your new community and live your best life in Spain you can forget about translating articles from Spanish into awkward English that probably don’t make much sense Let us be your convenient and essential guide to all things that will likely affect you as a foreign resident living in Spain Videos circulating online show the extent of the fire in Italy’s Massarosa which has forced fifty people to be evacuated from their homes (forty of them during the night) Regional President Eugenio Giani said that ‘this is a terrible fire’ “We are worried about the right front because of the wind that is rising,” he said — Eugenio Giani (@EugenioGiani) July 19, 2022 “Over one hundred hectares of woodland gone up in smoke on the hills of Massarosa,” one news site in Italy tweeted “Closed the link road connecting the A11 with the E80 between Lucca and Viareggio 4 helicopters and 60 units of the @vigilidelfuoco The front of fire is powered by the strong mistral wind.” Oltre cento ettari di bosco andati in fumo sulle colline di Massarosa. Chiusa la bretella che collega l'A11 con la E80 tra Lucca e Viareggio. Al lavoro 4 Canadair, 4 elicotteri e 60 unità dei @vigilidelfuoco. Il fronte di fuoco è alimentato dal forte vento di maestrale. @TgrRai pic.twitter.com/gcbuwbB7Hk — Tgr Rai Toscana (@TgrRaiToscana) July 19, 2022 A video released from the fire crews tackling the blaze showed the extent of the fire overnight — Vigili del Fuoco (@vigilidelfuoco) July 19, 2022 Photos from the area show the devastating effect of the flames La Versilia brucia #Massarosa pic.twitter.com/SbelCfnG37 — PaTos (@Pa_Tos83) July 19, 2022 While others show the billowing smoke coming from the forest fire https://twitter.com/trescogli/status/1549369789646311428?s=21&t=RB9GujxDkAow8btW-1jCYw Further reports from Italy suggest that at least three buildings have been attacked by the flames The mayor of Massarosa Simona Barsotti has been present on site all night to constantly monitor the situation The firefighters explained that “some families who had been evacuated are returning to homes where the vegetation was destroyed by the fire and are therefore safe while others are being implemented due to the advancement of the fire front fueled by the fire “The motorway link connecting the A11 motorway with that of the E80 between Lucca and Viareggio is closed to traffic “The work carried out by the 4 Canadair and 4 helicopters is important and delicate request for other units that will arrive from outside the region,” he said Thank you for taking the time to read this article, do remember to come back and check The Euro Weekly News website for all your up-to-date local and international news stories and remember, you can also follow us on Facebook and Instagram Subscribe to our Euro Weekly News alerts to get the latest stories into your inbox Euro Weekly News is the leading English language newspaper in Spain by delivering news with a social conscience we are proud to be the voice for the expat communities who now call Spain home With around half a million print readers a week and over 1.5 million web views per month EWN has the biggest readership of any English language newspaper in Spain The paper prints over 150 news stories a week with many hundreds more on the web – no one else even comes close Our publication has won numerous awards over the last 25 years including Best Free Newspaper of the Year (Premios AEEPP) Company of the Year (Costa del Sol Business Awards) and Collaboration with Foreigners honours (Mijas Town Hall) All of this comes at ZERO cost to our readers All our print and online content always has been and always will be FREE OF CHARGE Download our media pack in either English or Spanish an Italy-based edible oil producer that owns the globally recognized olive oil brands Filippo Berio and Sagra and was acquired by China's Bright Food Group in 2015 has been advancing olive oil culture through talent development programs Photo shows the olive oil products of Salov The company recently took part in the first "Made in Italy Day" inviting students from the Nicolaio Brancoli Busdelarghi Agricultural and Technical College to explore olive oil culture at its Filippo Berio olive estate in Vecchiano The students witnessed the olive oil production process All these interactive experiences deepened their appreciation for the excellence of made-in-Italy It was not the first time for Salov to combine the tradition of olive oil with talent development the company joined hands with the University of Pisa on a Master's program in Food Quality Management and Communication in last May and provided scholarships for top three students enrolled in the master program in July of 2023 The collaboration between Salov and the University of Pisa extended beyond scholarships Their cooperation in the "Long Life Oil" applied research program and the Innovative Oils program has yielded significant results and new technical insights and environmental sustainability with skilled and innovative industry leaders Committed to shaping the olive oil industry's future Salov will continue to promote olive oil culture support top research institutions and foster young talent growth achieved revenues of around 500 million euros in 2023 See the original link: https://en.imsilkroad.com/p/341573.html windy weather and dry soil served as a catalyst for the estimated 279 wildfires burning across the central Italian region lead­ing to evac­u­a­tions and sig­nif­i­cant eco­nomic losses for farm­ers in the region The fires are being fueled by high tem­per­a­tures with the com­mu­nity fac­ing long-term envi­ron­men­tal and eco­nomic dam­age as a result Wildfires are burn­ing hun­dreds of hectares of olive groves, vine­yards, forests and farm­land across the cen­tral Italian region of Tuscany as the country’s scorch­ing sum­mer drags on 2,400 res­i­dents of a vil­lage on the slopes of Mount Amiata were evac­u­ated as local author­i­ties strug­gled to con­tain the flames renowned for its wine pro­duc­tion and olive grow­ing flames enveloped an aban­doned olive grove the wild­fire quickly moved to a forested area close to a res­i­den­tial one Regional author­i­ties said winds, high tem­per­a­tures and soil dried out by the pro­longed drought resulted in the blazes in one of Italy’s most impor­tant agri­cul­tural regions west of Florence and not far from the coast a large wild­fire has destroyed hun­dreds of ancient olive trees dot­ting some of the pic­turesque hills of the Massarosa area Local farm­houses had to stop oper­a­tions for at least a few weeks, caus­ing a severe set­back as July and August are the peak months for such agri­tourism another wild­fire has affected the area around Siena res­i­dents of the region have become accus­tomed to see­ing air­craft and heli­copters fly­ing to and fro as they sup­port the con­tain­ment oper­a­tions car­ried out by fire­fight­ers and vol­un­teers The farm­ers asso­ci­a­tion Coldiretti has esti­mated that 279 wild­fires have burned across Tuscany in June a 136-per­cent increase com­pared to June 2021 blazes have dev­as­tated 549 hectares in Tuscany in the first six months of the cur­rent year The area has also expe­ri­enced a 77-per­cent drop in rain­fall in the same period “We went to Massarosa and found a dire sit­u­a­tion with hun­dreds of hectares involved and rel­e­vant dam­ages caused to olive groves,” Andrea Elmi pres­i­dent of the Lucca branch of Coldiretti “After such a dev­as­tat­ing wild­fire as the fire has burned them from the roots,” he added ​“We have seen the some­times still intact canopies col­lapsed right by the black smok­ing trunks.” Elmi noted how the dam­age caused by the blazes weighs heav­ily on the farm­ers that own the groves and the rest of the affected areas the wild­fires have dam­aged small groves used by locals for non-com­mer­cial self-con­sump­tion “Not only are the wild­fires fueled by aban­doned land where the lack of man­age­ment makes it eas­ier for the flames to spread but as such blazes zero in on those small orchards many landown­ers just give up and add their burned-down groves to the long list of aban­doned land,” Elmi said Coldiretti esti­mates that at least 60 per­cent of the wild­fires are caused by care­less­ness and arson every hectare burned by the flames is cost­ing the com­mu­nity €10,000 on aver­age expenses that cover the fire­fight­ing oper­a­tions reme­di­at­ing the dam­aged land and account­ing for the eco­nomic dam­age “To reme­di­ate a burned-down for­est jobs and tourism,” Coldiretti said of the dam­age to the heav­ily forested region “Such dev­as­tat­ing inci­dents leave the locals with a sense of anger and loss,” Elmi added the forced clo­sures and can­cel­la­tions rep­re­sent an imme­di­ate deple­tion.” “Local grow­ers are now see­ing ash in place of those orchards where they used to play when they were kids,” he said ​“It is about time to work on pre­ven­tion.” Elmi empha­sized how com­bat­ing the aban­don­ment of olive groves and farm­lands should be con­sid­ered the first step “We could work on that by mak­ing it eas­ier for farm­ers to set up and launch new agri­cul­tural activ­i­ties,” he said ​“Farmers need to see a path to earn an income the effects of the Covid-19 pan­demic still loom over the sec­tor while the war in Ukraine makes every­thing more dif­fi­cult,” Elmi added Elmi also remarked on the sig­nif­i­cance of the pro­posal that Coldiretti and other groups are sup­port­ing The project aims to build a net­work of thou­sands of small reser­voirs to col­lect rain­fall through­out the year that may be used by farm­ers for irri­ga­tion and by fire­fight­ers with the war and the related uncer­tain­ties a national effort is ongo­ing to iden­tify new and wider areas to grow sta­ple crops,” Elmi said as we have already reached the max­i­mum pos­si­ble expan­sion there but it should hap­pen on the slopes of the Apennines those small basins would con­tribute to bring­ing those lands back to pro­duc­tion while also com­bat­ing the land aban­don­ment phe­nom­e­non and sup­port­ing the fire­fight­ing oper­a­tions,” he con­cluded 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Commenting signifies that you agree to our Terms of Use ' + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.webview_notification_text + ' " + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.redirect_overlay_title + " " + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.redirect_overlay_text + " we are discussing the madness that occurred at the Ft Lauderdale Pro Swim Marchand has a few areas of improvement to work on if he hopes to return to his Paris form at the World Championships this summer in Singapore having tight battles in both the 200 and 400 IM but ultimately touching 2nd in both Angela Martinez Guillen won her first over individual World Cup title in her home country Italy swept the podium on the men’s side Olympic champions Kristof Milak and Tom Dean are among the newly announced commitments to the Monaco Mare Nostrum stop from May 17-18 November 18th, 2016 Europe, International, News Italian star Federica Pellegrini dominated the first two sessions of the Gran Premio Italia in Massarosa That swim pins her for the #3 time in the world this year also more than four seconds ahead of the next-best competitor Though she’s not known for her backstroke Pellegrini was within tenths of her 2:03.75 from 2013 that marks the Italian national record and she wasn’t far outside of the world top 5 Gabriele Detti nearly cracked the world’s top 5 this season in the 400 free He won over Matteo Ciampi (3:42.55) with a strong 3:40.90 Detti is coming off of a strong Olympic performance which saw him earn bronze medals in both the 400m free and 1500m free He’ll surely be a medal contender in both of those events at the upcoming FINA SCM World Championships next month in Windsor Silvia Di Pietro came away with two wins on day 1 she posted a 57.48 to defeat Italian record holder Iliara Bianchi (58.29) Di Pietro scored her second win with a 24.27 in the 50 free to just nip Erika Ferraioli (24.30) That 24.27 puts Di Pietro just two hundredths outside of the top 5 in the world rankings Giacomo Carini came very close to breaking the Italian record in the 200 fly The teenager’s time of 1:53.95 was just .23 off of the old record of 1:53.72 That old mark was set back in 2009 by Niccoló Beni set a new Italian 200 fly record in LCM this past summer Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value" Karl Ortegon studied sociology at Wesleyan University in Middletown He began swimming on a club team in first grade and swam four years for Wesleyan More from Karl OrtegonSee All Subscribe to our newsletter and receive our latest updates the ‘lotus flower’ pedestrian and bike path transforms a 1km strip of neglected former rice paddy between the bozzano train station and the center of massarosa city. the site was in such a state of decay that the public was denied access entirely, thus making it imperative that that it be made anew, and given back to the community. ‘lotus flower’ was undertaken by microscape with the goal to establish a balanced dialogue between nature a large section of path — roughly 150m — crosses a marsh area with water several meters deep a wooden wharf was created using laminated red spruce atop steel poles materials were chosen for their low-maintenance needs — there will be little to none provided — and also for their harmonization within the dense marsh vegetation looking down the path on a foggy day  the project was considered as to upset the environment as little as possible all materials used — save the supports — are natural and have no added chemicals to interfere with the rich bio-diversity that has taken over the land ‘lotus flower’ is thought by microscape to represent a naturalized architecture where ‘constructed nature’ will become a hybrid that blurs between natural and man-made the path is open year round for cyclists and pedestrians.  client: municipality of massarosaarchitectural and landscape design: microscape architecture urban designstructures and security: eng bertiniconstruction supervision: microscape architecture urban design AAcontractor: ATI bicicchi felice srl + cemenbit srldimension: 1 kmphotography: © pietro savorelli designboom has received this project from our ‘DIY submissions‘ feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. see more project submissions from our readers here. AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style The translation is automatically generated by the system therefore it may present lexical imperfections To stay up to date, sign up for our newsletter here! olivonews@pieralisi.com It’s pretty easy to convince anyone who makes two wheels their passion to commute to work by bike has figured out a way to make it even easier particularly for those who may have never otherwise considered it: In Massarosa, Italy, a municipality just north of Pisa, a pilot scheme put forward by city councillors will offer riders the equivalent of25 cents per kilometre traveled That they take two wheels to work instead of four With the sums offered by councillors in Massarosa commuters who swap their cars for bikes could net up to 600 euros in a given year — about $850 Canadian Even if they start riding with a bit of a beat-up commuter bike could earn newly-committed cyclists a new pair of wheels by the end of those twelve months Funding for the ambitious scheme by the town of Massarosa is drawn from traffic fines collected and the project itself is an innovative one the pilot initiative will be given a test ride of sorts Facilitated by the use of a smartphone app which records the distance traveled each day the mobile system calculates in hard numbers a cyclist’s total riding and the income accrued The money collected by the city through traffic fines is mandated by law to be invested in road safety is both the spirit and the ultimate objective of the pilot project “The Bike to Work scheme will offer incentives to citizens to ensure the area becomes more liveable,” said Stefano Natali who emphasized that the reduced number of cars and trucks on Massarosa’s streets will mean an uptick in public health Local bike advocates — notably the Italian Federation Friends of the Bicycle one of the scheme’s authors — hope that other European municipalities will follow in the small Italian town’s lead Get the digital edition of Canadian Cycling Magazine November 19th, 2019 Europe, European Championships, International, News On the closing weekend of Italy’s qualification period for the 2019 European Short Course Swimming Championships which will be held from December 4th-8th in Glasgow the primary meet for swimmers looking for last-minute cuts was the Trofeo Mussi Lombardi Femiano in Massarosa The biggest news, though, might not have been the handful of new qualifiers, but rather the return to competition of 25-year old Gabriele Detti a 2017 World Champion and 2016 double Olympic bronze medalist Detti withdrew from the International Swimming League (ISL) in September and not much more has been heard from him since In his first racing since the World Championships Detti took the chance to test his training and affirm his commitment to Euros Detti took a bronze medal at the World Championships in the 400 free and also placed 5th in the 800 free He swam that same 400 free this weekend as his only race, where in short course he swam 3:40.47, out-touching Marco De Tullio in 3:41.38 but Detti was already qualified for the team Detti’s best time is 3:36.63 in short course meters The other qualifier to come out of the meet was in the men’s 200 free. There, Mattia Zuin swam a 1:44.25 in the 200 free which matches the qualifying standard of 1:44.2 That should ’round down’ and qualify Zuin as the 4th man under the qualifying standard in the 200 free Each country can enter up to 4 swimmers per individual event at the European Short Course Championships More from Braden KeithSee All