Villa Giulia in Verbania welcomes Universo Nespolo an anthological exhibition dedicated to Ugo Nespolo (Mosso curated by Sandro Parmiggiani and organized by the City of Verbania presents about one hundred works tracing sixty years of the artist’s career irony and constant innovation.From painting to film from polychrome woods to artist’s books Nespolo has always transcended the traditional boundaries of art choosing to contaminate his language with unconventional realms His desire to bring art into life has resulted in an ongoing research involving collaborations with companies and realities outside the art system in the belief that art should interact with the everyday The anthological exhibition develops through an itinerary that traverses the main phases of Nespolo’s production from the influences of the historical avant-gardes to the most recent experiments when the artist confronted Futurism and Dadaism before approaching Pop art andArte Povera elaborating the Fogginia cycle: works made with precious materials such as ebony The artist’s inexhaustible experimental drive is reflected in the rooms devoted to number and logic themes that over the years would lead him to work on the golden section large drawings on dusting paper and works in ceramics and inlaid polychrome wood There is also a section devoted to Murano glass creations made in collaboration with the historic Barovier & Toso workshop An entire room houses photographs taken by Nespolo in New York The images document in particular the areas south of Manhattan the heart of the art scene in the 1970s and 1980s when avant-garde galleries transformed the neighborhood into a nerve center for contemporary art The exhibition also devotes space to the artist’s scenographic production with sketches and models of sets and costumes made for the opera house on commissions from institutions of international prominence The exhibition is completed with a selection of rare artist’s books and a room entirely reserved for the Dark Side series consisting of large canvases characterized by a fragmented narrative on the terrace of Villa Giulia stands the inflatable sculpture Ubu a symbol of the optimism and ironic attitude with which Nespolo faces the challenges of the present The exhibition also extends to the Museo del Paesaggio in Verbania where three works by Nespolo will be on display which has always been linked to the enhancement of the Lake Maggiore area thus becomes part of the cultural and artistic promotion project that accompanies Universo Nespolo Accompanying the exhibition will be a catalog published by Moebius Edizioni The official media partner of the event is Sky Arte which will follow the exhibition with in-depth coverage and dedicated content Ugo Nespolo was born in Mosso and trained at the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts in Turin In the 1960s he joined the Schwarz Gallery in Milan alongside artists such as Duchamp and Picabia His first exhibition Macchine e Oggetti Condizionali was part of the research that Germano Celant would call “Arte Povera.” After moving to New York he absorbed the city’s cosmopolitan energy and the allure of Pop Art while in the 1970s he approached Conceptual and Poverist art thanks to his meeting with Jonas Mekas and Andy Warhol he became one of the pioneers of Italian experimental cinema collaborating with Mario Schifano and involving artists such as Baj inspired by a text given to him by Man Ray His films are shown in prestigious venues such as the Centre Pompidou and the Tate Modern With Enrico Baj he founded the Istituto Patafisico Ticinese and While fascinated by the American avant-garde drawing inspiration from Fortunato Depero and Futurism with whom he shared the idea of art permeating every aspect of life Experimentation with materials is central to his journey Convinced that the artist must be an intellectual he combines his artistic practice with an intense theoretical and writing activity the University of Turin awarded him an Honorary Degree in Philosophy His work reflects on the nature of art itself: the object overcoming your fears and limits: this is skiing for blind people and the Verbanese Group of Blind Skiers (GVSC) is a benchmark in Italy Founded with the aim of making skiing accessible to those with visual impairments creating a unique environment for those who want to challenge themselves on the snowy slopes thanks to the collaboration between some members of the Lions Club and the Italian Alpine Club (CAI) of Verbania The idea came from the then president of the Verbania Lions Club inspired by the experience of the Ticinese Group of Blind Skiers of the Locarno Lions Club involved instructors from the Ski and Mountain Ski School of the CAI section of Intra the GVSC has been registered in the National Register of Third Sector Entities (RUNTS) as a Social Promotion Association (APS) The association aims to offer blind and visually impaired people the opportunity to try alpine and Nordic skiing accompanying them on the slopes and promoting social integration through sport Guiding a blind skier requires both technical and empathetic skills Guides must have good skiing technique and be able to convey a sense of safety which are essential for blind skiers to enjoy the experience without fear The group uses various methods to facilitate orientation including verbal communication and support with a pole which creates a physical connection between the guide and the skier The GVSC organizes several activities in the snow each year including three or four weekends and a week-long ski trip to various Alpine locations The trips are open to blind and visually impaired skiers accompanied by volunteer guides who provide their assistance free of charge Alpine and Nordic skiing have proven to be completely adaptable for blind people stimulating the development of self-control The most skilled and determined blind skiers can achieve technical levels comparable to those of skiers without disabilities Outings to the snow become opportunities to share and companions also enjoy time together after skiing The GVSC welcomes as members blind and visually impaired people who have the necessary skills to participate in the association’s activities as well as sighted volunteers who are able to guide and accompany others on the slopes wish to collaborate in the group’s activities There is no age limit for blind and visually impaired people who want to experience the thrill of skiing although children generally start the course from the age of 8 👉 Would you like to become part of their big family? Find out how to join on their website: Verbanese Group of Blind Skiers The GVSC looks to the future with enthusiasm, but also with awareness: the search for new guides and new blind skiers is a constant challenge. The collaboration with Real Eyes Sport, the association founded by Daniele Cassioli to promote sports for children with disabilities, is allowing more and more young people to discover the mountains and the pleasure of skiing. “Some of the children who started with us are now passionate skiers,” says Cassioli. The goal is clear: to make the mountains accessible to everyone, regardless of their difficulties. Because skiing, like any sport, is not just a matter of technique, but also of emotions, freedom, and the desire to push one’s limits. Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker The spry supercentenarian was born on November 29 making her the only person whose life has touched three centuries In a 2015 interview with the New York Times Morano shared that she attributes her long life to eating three raw eggs a day — she has since gone down to two eggs a day — since she was in her teens (a doctor recommended it for anemia.) She also largely credits her impressive life span with being single Although Morano had many “suitors” following the end of an unhappy marriage in 1938 “I didn’t want to be dominated by anyone,” Morano said When Morano was told that she now held the title of oldest person alive, she told the Telegraph via her caretaker Write to Cady Lang at cady.lang@timemagazine.com Dear Reader,Unfortunately our comment platform isn\'t available at the moment due to issues with our paywall and authentication vendor attributes her long life to a breakfast favorite Morano took in the festivities for her milestone celebration sitting in an armchair in her one-room apartment in the northern mountain town of Verbania a pair of caregivers and her long-time physician She received a greeting from Italy's president wishing her "serenity and good health," and appeared for a brief live broadcast on state-run television Then she blew out the candles on her cake - not one for every year 117 - and quipped: "I hope I don't have to cut it!" "I am happy to turn 117," and drew encouragement from her physician "Who would have said it?!" the doctor remarked "When you were young everyone used to say you were weak and sick." including a visit from the mayor and another cake who is believed to be the last surviving person in the world born in the 1800s Italy is known for its centenarians - many of whom live on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia - and gerontologists are studying Morano Bava has credited Morano's long life to her genetic makeup and positive outlook She has lived on her own ever since she left her husband in 1938 because he beat her she attributed her longevity to her unusual diet: Three raw eggs a day (now two raw eggs and 150 grams of raw steak after a bout of anemia) - a diet she's been on for decades after a sickly childhood Mangata Kimai Ndiwa and Josphat Kiptoo Boit finished inside 59:20 on their half marathon debuts at the 11th edition of the Nexia Audirevi Lake Maggiore Half Marathon on Sunday (15) Held on a spectacular course from Verbania to Stresa in perfect weather conditions and with no wind the previous course record of 1:00:00 was bettered by all three men One week after pacing training partner Erick Kiptanui to a world-leading time of 58:42 in Berlin Kipchumba crossed the finish-line here first in 59:06 holding off compatriot Ndiwa by just one second Boit completed the all-Kenyan podium in third place in 59:19 Ndiwa and Boit broke away from the rest of the field after three kilometres they passed through 10 kilometres in 27:47 The following five-kilometre section was covered in 14:16 then they upped the pace again with a 14:05 split between 15 and 20 kilometres The race came down to a final sprint with Kipchumba prevailing over Ndiwa by one second made it a Kenyan double by winning the women’s race in 1:09:44 Leonidah Jemwetich Mosop finished runner-up in a personal best of 1:10:26 ahead of Sweden’s 2014 European steeplechase silver medallist Charlotta Fougberg who ran her first half marathon in 1:11:58 This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Eric Verdin suggests aligning Novato's The Buck Institute for Research on Aging with organizations that could transform local advances on chronic maladies of aging into human treatments That Beatles song turns 50 this year and its writer died in 2001 at age 58 of lung cancer and a brain tumor Cancer is one of many maladies that plague us as we age: Alzheimer's newly appointed CEO at Novato-based Buck Institute for Research on Aging 'The aging field has been heavy on promise' but delivered scant results who worked as associate director at San Francisco-based Gladstone Institute for Virology and Immunology There he studied the role of diet in aging a physician and professor at University of California who served about six years and resigned in October the board announced Verdin's appointment along with pledges from a few board members totaling $11 million to shore up Buck's strained budget He pointed to the recent home run by Unity Biotechnology a Buck spinoff co-founded by Nathaniel 'Ned' David Unity raised $116 million from six investors in a funding round reported in October David served as Unity CEO until he became president in October Leonard and David had co-founded Kythera Biopharmaceuticals acquired in 2015 by Allergan for $2.1 billion Leonard will steer Unity's push for clinical trials on two drugs Unity's science takes aim at arthritis and glaucoma by killing off senescent cells that foster inflammation and disease founded in 2011 and with offices in San Francisco and at The Buck including ARCH Venture Partners; Fidelity Investments; Mayo Clinic Ventures; Bezos Expeditions Amazon founder; and Venrock and Founders Fund Stanford Law graduate and PayPal co-founder I want to push us into medically relevant aging research,' Verdin said elegans roundworms and mice studied by numerous faculty members at The Buck Verdin suggests aligning the institute with organizations that could conduct human clinical trials or use human samples the Google-backed aging-research company founded by Google and headed by CEO Art Levinson 'I haven't interacted with them since I've been here,' Verdin said after three weeks on the job I would love to get them more involved in the scientific community not just renting space but intricately woven into our fabric.' Calico has been notoriously secretive since its 2013 founding 'They can be secretive about key issues,' Verdin said He intends to promote more sponsorship agreements between the Buck and corporations such as Calico Funding is difficult to find because anti-aging science is 'radically new,' Verdin said Let's say Unity generates one drug that fights arthritis That would be a validation of this whole model is a diabetes medicine used to control blood sugar and shows promise 'The biggest surprise was that a diabetic on metformin lived longer than non-diabetics,' Verdin said The FDA supports a large-scale study of metformin's effects on nondiabetics people will realize they were right all along,' Verdin said 'We have not delivered yet.' Then 'people will rally and realize there is incredible value to this.' Some in the North Bay have expressed concerns Verdin might be some sort of — as he characterized it — Trojan horse 'I'm not here as a member of Gladstone,' he said our autonomy and name.' He was the only faculty member at Gladstone who researched aging experimented with calorie restriction at Gladstone 'It makes most animal species live longer,' he said and protects against neurodegeneration and diabetes Like many people in the aging-research field he experiments on his own body with occasional fasting as a form of calorie restriction 'I have done different variations,' including lowered carbohydrates as well as '5:2 diets,' where calories are curbed two days a week and regular meals are eaten for five 'I eat two eggs a day and that's it,' she said in an interview in The Guardian the data coming out is amazing.' He prefers biking and rock climbing 'We go to Joshua Tree once a year with the family unbelievable adherence.' Granite at Joshua Tree has a rougher surface than that in Yosemite and steep rock can be climbed using friction technique Gladstone's work on HIV led to discoveries of sirtuin proteins that function as anti-aging genes in yeast Researchers cloned seven sirtuins in humans They make metabolism much more efficient.' and could affect type-1 diabetes and multiple sclerosis Abnormal mitochondria link to neurodegeneration such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's the brain and heart contain cells that don't replicate 'You might have mitochondria for 20 years' without it being refreshed 'These mitochondria tend to get clogged up Sirtuins help maintain them in a pristine state.' He studies nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide a coenzyme found in cells that affects metabolism and aging a recently discovered form of vitamin B3 that functions as a precursor to NAD 'A lot of people in the aging field take it,' he said 'Nicotinamide riboside is available in selected foods and possibly available to humans by supplements,' according to an abstract in the National Institutes of Health 'It has properties that are insulin-sensitizing resisting to negative effects of high-fat diet and neuroprotecting.' Verdin's research on proteins called histone deacetylases which allow DNA to wrap more tightly inside cells could lead to breakthroughs affecting the immune system and aging process He plans to set up a lab at Buck and continue his research Another area of research interest involves ketone bodies generated by the body during fasting and exercise It needs either carbohydrates or ketone bodies.' A ketogenic diet high in fat with adequate protein and low carbohydrates forces the body to burn fat rather than carbohydrates Mice on such a diet live longer and enjoy better cognition demonstrated by their performance on a water-maze test a sirtuin-research company it bought five years earlier for $720 million and integrated Sirtris into Glaxo's R&D was aimed at diabetes and ulcerative colitis Verdin served on the scientific advisory board of Sirtris/GSK The Buck's 25-member board has business leaders former president of Oakland A's baseball team; Charles La Follette president of La Follette Capital and former board member Pacific Stock Exchange; and Richard Rosenberg Rosenberg was among donors on the Buck board who brought in $11 million in pledges The $11 million will be used for 'relaunching us,' Verdin said 'Buck acceleration.' He aims to continue the effort to reach $15 million 'We need to be more nimble in how we look at revenue sources,' adopting a model more like a business Former CEO Kennedy was criticized by some faculty members when he sought financial support from board members with ties to the Middle East 'Every place has to manage the interface of science and commercial interest,' Verdin said 'The fundraising approach was based on building an international network of donors' under Kennedy but not to the degree they were hoping.' Verdin plans to refocus fundraising efforts locally 'I want Marin to know that they have a gem,' he said 'I see the promise in this field,' he said I want us to be at the leading edge of the next stage' of aging research where science is translated into clinical results Google puts its might behind an effort and they choose to be here These are two of the biggest players in aging research in the Bay Area I want every aging company in the Bay Area to think this is the place to be 'We would love to hire two or three new groups' of researchers then support them for two or three years until they can obtain grants NIH grants brought the Buck about $18 million last year Corporate-sponsored research is another source of revenue There is land on which to build two more buildings 'The last 20 years have seen a complete change in the way we think about aging,' Verdin said He predicts eventual change in the medical field 'You need to understand what a patient is,' he said and he plans to help non-medical scientists with this shift to medical relevance 'They are very happy fighting one disease at a time,' he said about big pharmaceutical companies that make billions of dollars in revenue from drugs used to manage symptoms of diseases of aging 'If you think about risk factors for disease age is the strongest risk factor,' he said 'The revolution is the realization that we can control the rate of aging You can find small molecules that control the rate of aging The beauty when you do this is you affect all the conditions for which age was a risk factor in one move.' Reach him at james.dunn@busjrnl.com or 707-521-4257 From June 13 to October 3, 2021, the Museo del Paesaggio in Verbania is dedicating an exhibition devoted to the graphic art of two 20th century greats, namely Carlo Carrà (Quargnento the exhibition includes works from the collection of the Verbania museum and from a private collection in Milan and is curated by Elena Pontiggia and Federica Rabai artistic director and conservator of the museum by the two great artists who distinguished and established themselves precisely through the invention of a new language in painting and sculpture Completing the path dedicated to myth and vision is a series of sculptures by Arturo Martini drawings and engravings.The main corpus of the exhibition is dedicated to thegraphic work of Carlo Carrà: about fifty etchings and color lithographs are on display including all of the artist’s most important achievements They range from the landscapes of the early 1920s traced with an essential and stupefied drawing(Houses at Belgirate to the visionary images created in 1944 for an edition of Rimbaud mythological creatures and realistic figures Carrà initiates thanks to l’allincisione a systematic rethinking of his painting which leads him to reinterpret with etchings and lithographs his main masterpieces from the Futurist Simultaneity to the Daughters of Loth from the metaphysical Oval of Apparitions to the Mad Poet Etching thus becomes for the artist a moment of verification Carrà’s first etchings (all etchings, with the sole exception of the lithograph I saltimbanchi, intended for a portfolio published in Weimar by the Bauhaus) date from 1922-1923 that the artist systematically devoted himself to etching who that year had opened an intaglio workshop in his own home at 16 Via Vivaio in Milan he executed thirty-three etchings and printed the branches he had engraved hard sign capable of expressing his world of figures and places removed from time It is above all the landscape that attracts him which he wants to transform into a poem full of space and dreams lincisione also serves Carrà to rework earlier works in an unconquerable quest for expression This fervid initial season has anppendice in 1927-1928 who at that time adheres to the Selvaggio group (the Tuscan magazine animated by Maccari Morandi and other artists are close) executes lithographs and etchings characterized by a more pictorial language after an interval of sixteen years since his last etchings Carrà returned to graphic art Carrà’s plates are almost always grouped into articulated projects In 1944 he published the portfolio Segreti (Secrets) seen from Corenno Plinio where the artist was displaced in 1943) immersed in an unreal stillness comes to life Also in this period he devoted himself intensely toillustration In the same 1944 he executed twelve plates for Rimbaud’s Verses and Prose demons and signs of death appears (a reflection of the tragic moments of the war) In 1947 he illustrated Mallarmé’s LAprès-midi et le Monologue dun Faune he instead systematically reconsiders his own work In the portfolio Carrà 1912-1921 (Venice 1950) and in the two albums Carrà No The whole procession of muses and disturbing masks born forty to fifty years earlier come back to his memory with the levity of a daguerreotype Other works featured include the 1929 Lute Player the first work given by Martini to Egle Rosmini at the time of their acquaintance It depicts a young man in a standing position dressed in Renaissance clothing: strong assonances with a fresco where the detail of the different dress in the two legs recurs Also important is the cycle of engravings executed in Blevio in the summer of 1935 on subjects already treated also in sculpture (such as LAttesa and Ratto delle Sabine) or already present in other earlier engravings (such as Luragano; others are new such as Il fabbro or Il Samaritano which seems to participate even physically in the pain of the poor man’s vulnerable body The fact that there are no stylistic similarities between the plastic works modeled in Blevio at the same juncture and these graphic works (a discrasia evident in the case of the bas-relief of the Rape of the Sabine Women in the exhibition) attests to the fact that Martini was accessing different means of expression precisely to detach one expressive register from the other In these etchings the texture of the lines is dense to the point of obscuring the surface of Viaggio d’Europa for the illustration of Massimo Bontempelli’s homonymous short story There is the same relationship between these preparatory drawings and the final version of the illustrations as there is between the sketches of the monumental works and the final result these sketches served Martini for an initial approach to the subject of Bontempelli’s tale and while they testify to the presence of some of Martini’s topoi (the sleeper the spatial glimpses) and a general metaphysical climate their provisional and studio character is evident From 1944-45 are the group of etchings prepared by Martini for the illustration of the Italian translation of the Odyssey edited by Leone Traverso they reveal an extraordinary side of Martini’s versatile imagination again oriented toward experimenting with poor materials and poor languages bordering between image and pure timbral suggestion they are among the most convincing proofs of Martini’s graphic art Alongside these proofs of the artist are exhibited ten sculptures such as The Family of Acrobats in order to reinforce the theme of the difference between drawing and the final realization of the works The exhibition is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tickets: full 5 euros, reduced 3 euros (the ticket entitles the visitor to visit the exhibition, the picture gallery and the Troubetzkoy gallery of plaster casts). For information: Tel +39 0323 557116, email segreteria@museodelpaesaggio.it, website www.museodelpaesaggio.it Below is a selection of works in the exhibition Filippo Ganna did not miss his appointment with his third success on the roads of Tirreno-Adriatico The Piedmontese man – born in Verbania on the shores of Lake Maggiore – honoured the Tricoulor he was wearing not merely because he blazed it at full speed on the roads of Lido di Camaiore today (Ganna is national time trial champion) but also because the last three Italian successes in this competition all bear his signature the former ITT world champion had claimed the final time trial in San Benedetto del Tronto in 2020 and this same opening stage in Lido di Camaiore last year: to find an Italian flag waiving on the top step of the podium again with Elia Viviani’s winning sprint in Foligno we need a real time machine to take us all the way back to 2015 more precisely to Adriano Malori’s victory in another TT right in Lido di Camaiore the “Race of the Two Seas” has never been a hunting ground for Italians Ganna has hit these roads again and improved our statistics one more time But this victory is important from a personal point of view as well it is the first since the historic Hour Record last October as well as the first seasonal one after a series of podiums that were beginning to taste like a mockery Ganna had started the season with the best intentions: on the climbs of the Vuelta a San Juan he had fought shoulder to shoulder against riders weighing between 20 and 25 kg less than him while at the Volta ao Algarve he had been beaten in the time trial by Stefan Küng and Rémi Cavagna he was beaten by just two seconds by teammate Daniel Martinez Returning to victory was therefore the first goal of the season: mission accomplished He is unlikely to try to go for GC in this “Race of the Two Seas” he will more likely be at the service of his teammates Thymen Arensman and Tao Geoghegan Hart in particular who defended themselves well in this inaugural time trial What the talented American can do in stage races like this one is yet to be discovered he enjoyed the Hot Seat for a long time today and will wear the Maglia Bianca tomorrow if he wants to try and hold on on the climbs the gap gained today will certainly come in handy and the returning Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) also responded very well today while Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) and Mikel Landa (Bahrain Victorious) seemed far from their best shape it will be a fascinating Tirreno-Adriatico The opportunity to take another look at Aldo Rossi’s Villa Alessi in Verbania can lead to a rediscovery of some of the design themes from that time as well as to a reinterpretation of certain passages in what the Milanese architect called his scientific autobiography at a moment when the revival of the classical style that had commenced some years earlier had taken on a monumental character and Rossi’s students at Zurich Polytechnic were experimenting with a reliance on material alone as a system of façades initiating a change in composition that would result in a definitive shift in the way people thought about the language of architecture Going back to that architecture and those writings today such as an awareness of the primary aspects of architecture and a refinement in the approach to them to which we are no longer accustomed and a sense of the deep and emotional roots of a house that In his autobiography Rossi speaks of a Project for a Villa with Interior that he says has always been with him where “the configuration of time and place dissolves into habitual gestures and paths.” And so the house This villa stands on the southern shore of the lake in Verbania at the point where Lago di Mergozzo comes close to Lago Maggiore – a place steeped in memories for the architect is an assemblage of recognizable parts: first of all the choice of a septizodiumon the south front and solid columns and terracotta entablatures that open up the entire plan of the house according to the repetition of the loggia on each floor where one can feel a sense of a happy relationship between interior and exterior which his beloved Antonelli had succeeded in creating at Villa Caccia borrowed from the better-known project in Fukuoka is comprised between solid walls of split stone punctuated only by cornerstones and windows of different shapes The sculptural fireplace is between the dining area and the living-room (Courtesy Italy Sotheby’s International Realty) An enthusiasm for the Northern European style of dwelling is also evoked by the simplicity of the chimney or by a nobler dimension of relationship with the landscape makes an appearance in the roof of the building and in the citation of the alcove One of the openings seems to have been lifted from a Flemish painting and turns the familiar icon of the square window into a space to be lived from the inside like a compositecollage representative dimension and the intimacy of the domestic are brought together in this small testimony from that time which we can look back at today with a touch of melancholy and website in this browser for the next time I comment Abitare.it e Style.corriere.it rifiutando tutti i cookie di profilazione ad eccezione di quelli tecnici necessari Naviga il sito di Abitare.it con pubblicità profilata e senza abbonarti By subscribing you will reject all but technical cookies on Iodonna.it By clicking "accept" you will allow to process your personal data by us and third parties and be able to browse Abitare.it website without a subscription You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed Agustin Reiter's fascination for longevity sparked a family trip to Italy where he was able to meet the oldest person in the world Mere months before Emma Morano died in Italy at the historic age of 117 the world’s oldest person welcomed into her tiny walk-up apartment several visitors from Kenwood The American most eager to meet Morano was 15-year-old Agustin Reiter Agustin pursues with intensity his fascination with numbers and with extraordinary people who’s tall and trim and perpetually intrigued “she was the last person alive who was born in the 1800s.” late last year introduced the prospect of a family trip to Italy he implored that the itinerary include the far-northern town of Verbania on Lake Maggiore I might be able to run into the oldest person in the world,” said Agustin who lives with autism and attends the ninth grade at the Anova Center for Education in Santa Rosa Agustin’s folks run a homebuilding company in Kenwood Three years ago he survived a deadly avalanche on Mount Everest The Reiters enjoy and encourage their son’s keen interest in people who live past 100 They know it was sparked by a great-grandmother Agustin said that when Williams died four years and 79 days ago Susan and Jon Reiter learn from their son’s research into the longest-living humans just as they do from his curiosity about all who inhabited the White House “We’re on a mission to see the grave sites of every president.” “I also want to see the grave of every vice president.” Agustin and his mother went online to see if they could arrange a visit in Verbania They emailed the tourist town’s Chamber of Commerce and tourist bureau using an online English-to-Italian language translater A helpful someone forwarded one of their emails to Emma Morano’s niece Just to make sure they were on the same page the family asked fellow Kenwood resident Vittorio Belmonte of VJB Vineyards and Cellars to phone Morano’s niece They found the old apartment building where Morano lived walked up the three flights of stairs and knocked on the door They were greeted by Morano’s niece and an interpreter The Reiters could tell she was experiencing some pain Her niece helped her to sit up and get her legs into a better position “She got real excited once she got comfortable.” Agustin asked if he could sit next to Morano and help to prop her up Agustin told the oldest person in the world where he lives and how pleased he was to meet her Morano said in her native Italian that she was happy that he and his family came to see her The Sonoma County residents thanked Morano and left her some flowers and chocolates Agustin savored being in the presence of a woman who was 102 years his senior was world-renowned and was the only known person on the planet born prior to 1900 Agustin and his parents and grandmother took it more personally than most others around the world when they learned that Morano died on April 15 at the age of 117 years and 137 days He’s begun to think about whether he and his family might arrange to meet the current oldest or second-oldest people in the world It astounds Agustin to ponder that the two are the only known humans alive who were born in 1900 The teen also has a long-range plan: He’s determined to become a centenarian he has upgraded his diet and boosted his exercise “He barely has any sugar any more,” his mother said He envisions staying alive and reasonably healthy for a total of about one million hours I might still be living in this little town.” and perhaps still talking about that day a century earlier that he sat and visited with the oldest person in the world Chris Smith is at 707-521-5211 and chris.smith@pressdemocrat.com ROME (AP) — An Italian doctor says Emma Morano, at 117 the world's oldest person Carlo Bava told The Associated Press by telephone that Morano's caretaker called him to say the woman had passed away Saturday afternoon while sitting in an armchair in her home in Verbania Bava said he had last paid his nearly-daily call on Morano on Friday He says "she thanked me and held my hand" as usual was also believed to have been the last surviving person in the world who was born in the 1800s Morano, the last person documented as being born in the 1800s, died peacefully on April 15. She was 117 years, 137 days, 16 hours and some minutes old. The few worldly possessions she left behind, accumulated over the course of more decades than most of us will probably live, didn't take up much space in the tiny two-room church-owned apartment where she spent the last 27 years of her life. Those of us consumed by consumerism may have difficulty understanding Morano. "We have too many things, too many distractions, too many items offered to us, too many messages, and a person like Emma struggles to emerge," the Rev. Giuseppe Masseroni, 91, said at Morano's funeral Monday. Next to her bed, Morano had hung photos of her parents and siblings — five sisters and three brothers — along with some religious images. Inside the drawer of her night table was a supermarket-aisle anti-aging cream she had applied every evening before going to sleep. For health reasons, Morano moved as a teenager to Verbania, a small town on Lake Maggiore, in Piedmont. In 2015, when the New York Times interviewed her, she recalled: "The doctor told me to change air, and I'm still here." The reason for her longevity has long been pondered, and investigated, by researchers and fans. Could the lake's mild climate be a factor? Or the three raw eggs she ate every day for nearly a century? Or an unfortunate marriage and separation in 1938 that made her never marry again? "Emma did not put up with the humiliation of being subservient to a man," Masseroni said at the funeral. She was devout, wearing her rosaries for decades, though she did not wear them recently because her nieces, her principal caretakers, were afraid she might choke on them. She hung the rosaries next to her bed, near a photo of her only child, a son who lived from January to August 1937. That photo was buried with her, according to her wishes. After she reached 110, every sunrise increased her fame. Certificates acknowledging her celebrity multiplied. People came to see her from around the world. One man, who was blind, came every Christmas and Easter. She was always polite and patient, her niece Rosemarie Santoni said, "but after a while, she would turn to me and say, 'Are they ever going to leave?' " Morano was buried in the local cemetery, in the family tomb. At the funeral, Verbania's mayor, Silvia Marchionini, thanked her for making the town famous: "We are enormously grateful." "We don't know if it's true that living on the lake helps you live longer — certainly it's nice to believe this," she said. "Verbania thanks you. We are proud." A mountaintop cable car plunged to the ground near Italy's northern city of Verbania on Sunday, killing 14 people, according to authorities. A 9-year-old child who was seriously injured in the accident and was taken to a hospital in the city of Turin could not be saved, the National Corps for Mountain and Speleological Rescue said in a statement. There were 15 people reportedly in the cabin at the time of the incident and the treatment of a seriously injured 5-year-old child continues. Italian President Sergio Mattarella, Prime Minister Mario Draghi, European Council President Charles Michel, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Parliament President David Sassoli expressed their deep sorrow over the accident in their condolence messages. The Verbania Public Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation into the accident on the Stresa-Mottarone cable car line, according to local media reports. the Parco Nazionale Val Grande is far removed from the more domesticated beauty of the lakes only a short distance away (Verbania is 10km from its southeastern edge) it covers 150 sq km and styles itself as Italy's largest wilderness area Never more than sparsely inhabited by farmers in search of summer pastures for cattle and loggers the area has been largely free of human inhabitants since the 1940s The last of them were partisans who fought the Germans in the latter half of WWII 5000 German troops moved against 500 partisans holed up in the Val Grande killing 300 of them and destroying farms across the area.) The lower Val Grande is dominated by chestnut trees Milan’s Duomo had a special licence to log here from the 14th century Wood was needed in the Candoglia marble quarries to float the marble on canals to Milan and for use in scaffolding The absence of humans in the park today has seen wildlife proliferate and peregrine falcons and golden eagles can be spotted Information centres are located in four villages surrounding the park The handiest for those staying around Lake Maggiore are Intragna and Cicogna (both near Verbania) the latter actually inside the park boundary They tend to open only in spring and summer – call the main park number for their opening hours Walks into the park will bring you to some majestic locations but as a rule should be done with local guides unstaffed refuges where you can sleep (if you have your own sleeping bag) dot the park They come with a stove and wood for heating Routes are available at the information centres and on the website ContactGet In Touch0324 8 75 40 https://​www​.parcovalgrande​.it​/ Santuario della Madonna del Sasso this sanctuary was built after the Virgin Mary supposedly appeared in a vision to a monk Isole Borromeo The Borromean Gulf forms Lake Maggiore's most beautiful corner sheltering the Borromean Islands and their spectacular Villa della Porta Bozzolo generations of nobles have swanned about the magnificent gardens of Villa della Porta… Monte Mottarone The cable-car trip up Monte Mottarone (1492m) from the northwestern end of Stresa offers pretty views over Lake Maggiore Castello Visconteo Named after the Visconti clan that long ruled Milan this fortified 15th-century castle’s nucleus was raised around the 10th century Parco Archeologico di Castelseprio Spread out in peaceful woods about 1.5km outside the village of Castelseprio is the ancient archaeological site of Sibrium,… Fiesch & Eggishorn Cable Car The Aletsch Glacier is a mind-boggling sight and riverside Fiesch on the valley floor is a top place to access it Palazzo Borromeo Presiding over 10 tiers of spectacular terraced gardens roamed by peacocks this baroque palace is arguably Lake Maggiore's finest building View more attractionsNearby attractions1. Centovalli Railway To see the valley in beautiful slow motion hop aboard the staggering Centovalli Railway 2. Museo del Paesaggio Set in a stately 17th-century palazzo tucked down one of Pallanza's back lanes this museum houses an exquisite collection of works by sculptor Paolo… 3. Villa Taranto At Villa Taranto it's all about the gardens (the house itself is not open to the public) The grounds of this late-19th-century villa are one of Lake… 4. Villa Giulia with its towering lemon-yellow facade and colonnaded balconies 5. Isola Madre The closest of the three islands to Verbania Isola Madre is entirely taken up by the Palazzo Madre and the lovely gardens that surround it 6. Villa Rusconi-Clerici This 19th-century villa with English-style gardens hosts occasional concerts and other events though it's mostly used for weddings and other conferences … 7. Re sees a procession of pilgrims on 30 April each year a tradition that originated when a painting of the Madonna was reported to… 8. Valstrona This picturesque region northwest of Lake Orta makes for a splendid day's drive. West out of Omegna, 14km of winding valley road follows a deep river… No part of this site may be reproduced without our written permission on Tuesday (Nov 29) celebrates her 117th birthday as the last known person alive who was born in the 19th century she is the world’s oldest living person and the secret to her longevity appears to lie in eschewing usual medical wisdom But I do not eat much because I have no teeth,” she told AFP in an interview last month in her room in Verbania On a marble-topped chest of drawers stands proudly the Guinness World Records certificate declaring her to be the oldest person alive The eldest of eight children who has outlived all her younger siblings Ms Morano knows that this landmark birthday will be an event to celebrate and that people are curious about her They come from all over to see me,” she said with an amused smile But she’s not sure she will eat some birthday cake Having left her violent husband in 1938 shortly after the death in infancy of her only son working in a factory producing jute sacks to support herself only taking on a full-time carer last year though she has not left her small two-room apartment for 20 years speaks with difficulty and does not see well enough to watch television spending her time instead either sleeping or snacking she is expected to receive some relatives and journalists as well as Verbania Mayor Silvia Marchionini And in the town at the local theatre there will be a performance of music over three centuries in Ms Morano’s honour and also a preview of a romanticised biography called “The woman who saw three centuries” Todayonline.com and Today Online domains and apps are now part of 'Channelnewsasia.com' domain We know it's a hassle to switch browsers but we want your experience with TODAY to be fast Upgraded but still having issues? Contact us Two works by Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari; Verona two works by the artist will be exhibited in Verbania at Palazzo Viani Dugnani as part of the exhibition Veronese on Lake Maggiore will recount their discovery at Villa San Remigio owned by Marquis Silvio della Valle di Casanova and his wife Sophie Browne.The San Remigio complex includes a large garden laid out on terraces and a two-story villa The raised floor of the dwelling is reminiscent of a 16th-century stately home: the interiors and artwork on the walls have a strong neo-Renaissance flavor the villa was given to the Piedmont Region found in the villa two works of allegorical subject attributed at the time to the School of Veronese then traced back to the hand of the artist himself as part of a study conducted following scientific work that took place between the universities of Milan and Padua and involved experts such as Vittoria Romani This is precisely where the exhibition at the Museo del Paesaggio in Verbania starts Veronese’s works may have been included in the Della Valle Casanova Browne Collection around the early 1900s: in fact they are often mentioned in articles of the time along with Palma il Giovane’s work depicting the Battle of Lepanto They are two important allegories that have made it possible to reconstruct a series that has been dispersed over time and known only through copies In the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) there are in fact two other Allegories that are part of the same group undocumented by the sources and of uncertain provenance perhaps the vestibule of the Libreria Marciana in Venice very different from the Palladian architecture of the mature Veronese lead one to consider them youthful works by the master The two Veronese canvases depict the Allegory ofSculpture and theAllegory with the Armillary Sphere (perhaps Astronomy) and can be dated to about 1553 the works were sent for restoration to the Venaria Reale Center and then exhibited to the public from July to October 2014 at the Palladio Museum in Vicenza along with the two American “twins.” The two works by Veronese are accompanied by a documentary video on their discovery entitled Diario di una scoperta edited by Cristina Moro and directed by Francesco Clerici and an in-depth catalog edited by Federica Rabai and Stefano Martinella: with a popular slant the volume will tell the public the important history of the Villa San Remigio Collection their owners and the cultural ferment alive on Lake Maggiore between the 19th and 20th centuries Contributions will lead to revealing the context in which the two Veronese came to Lake Maggiore at the time and thus the importance of this great return in 2023 A special event in September will be dedicated to the presentation of the volume the two canvases with Paolo Veronese’s Allegories return to Verbania which occurred during the research of Cristina Moro’s thesis in art history and criticism dedicated to reconstructing the Della Valle - Casanova collection assembled between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in the Villa San Remigio in Pallanza The stages of the narrative are interspersed with archival materials and photographs documenting the history of the collectors Silvio Della Valle di Casanova and Sophie Browne and the cultural context in which they moved surrounded by personalities connected to the world of art and music and a garden built in every detail The Museo del Paesaggio historically has an important connection with Villa San Remigio and the Della Valle Casanova couple: in fact some of the most significant works in its collections are the result of the family’s donation one of them being Arnaldo Ferraguti’s colossal painting “Alla Vanga.” The works donated by the family to the museum will constitute in a tour along the rooms of the piano nobile of Palazzo Viani Dugnani to discover the two great allegories and their history The exhibition has received the patronage of the Ministry’s Directorate General for Education Research and Cultural Institutes the Piedmont Region and the City of Verbania and the support of Fondazione Cariplo and Fondazione CRT The Ministry of Culture has just released the shortlist of cities that have applied to become the Italian Capital of Culture 2021 from 17 regions: the only three regions that have not expressed candidacies are Val d’Aosta All the others have at least one nomination Here are which ones.Abruzzo: L’Aquila; Basilicata: Venosa; Campania: Capaccio Paestum Unione dei Comuni della Romagna Forlivese; Sicily: Catania, Modica the smallest is Arpino (in the province of Frosinone) a town famous for being the birthplace of Cicero and Cavalier d’Arpino the great 16th-century painter from whose workshop passed Caravaggio also passed through and known for its beautiful acropolis known as “Civitavecchia,” for its historic center that holds vestiges from every era the Latin translation championship that annually attracts the world’s best students in Latin Pictured: panorama of Genoa. 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Credit an Italian woman believed to have been the oldest person alive and the last survivor of the 19th century Italian media reported.Emma Morano poses next to a picture depicting her when she was young Available in other languagesShare this with family and friends fun and practical.Get the latest with our exclusive in-language podcasts on your favourite podcast apps.SBSKorean News A Michelin-starred chef has been sentenced to almost three months in prison after serving raw clams infected with norovirus to more than 50 guests at a wedding banquet who runs the Piccolo Lago di Verbania restaurant near Lake Maggiore served up a borage risotto topped with the raw clams to guests at a wedding in 2021 Some said they also checked themselves into hospital The Verbania court ruled that he and the restaurant manager Raffaella Marchetti were guilty of culpable negligence and trading harmful foodstuffs Sacco was handed a prison sentence totalling two months and 20 days The pair have been ordered to pay €20,000 in damages as well as €8,000 to the wedded couple Read More: Gordon Ramsay faces renovation setback on £7m home as council rejects chef's bid for new security gates Read More: ‘A true spartan til the end’: Tributes paid as ex-Manchester United player Bobby Power dies aged 40 after cancer battle The norovirus-infected clams were imported from France by an Italian company and were transported within a sealed packet Norovirus is a vomiting bug that can cause diarrhoea and serious headaches but usually goes away after two or so days prosecutors argued that Sacco should serve eight months in jail and pay €100,000 in damages The plaintiff's lawyer said they were content with his final sentence Sacco said he would appeal against the sentence and vowed that he would not give up cooking He also claimed the clams were contaminated prior to entering his kitchen and therefore the supplier should be held responsible Read More: Motherhood or stardom: Lily Allen says her children ‘ruined’ her career but ‘I love them and they complete me’ Read More: British ex-girlfriend of US soccer star fights for life after hit-and-run during shootout in St Louis "Next week we will reopen after the winter break here on the lake,” he told Italian paper Corriere della Sera “We have a spectacular new menu," added Sacco who also runs the Michelin-starred restaurant Piano35 on the top of the Sanpaolo skyscraper in Turin Raw dishes such as tartare and raw oysters and other shellfish are popular among Italian cuisine But the guests' grim experience with nausea following the raw clam incident may now turn many off the food following the intense media interest within the country See more More Latest News See more Latest News See more The News Explained See more Royals See more Highlights & Opinion See more More Topics Con l'edilizia acrobatica alla scoperta del patrimonio immobiliare italiano 2025 Copyright LA7 S.p.A - P.IVA 12391010159 Licenza SIAE 3344/I/3215 David Diamante will be the ring announcer at Verbania Boxing Night on April 22 former Italian super middleweight champion and hometown star Ivan Zucco (15-0 13 KOs) will challenge Serbian Marko Nikolic (28-1 12 KOs) for the vacant WBC International title on the ten rounds distance The show will be promoted by Opi Since 82-Matchroom-DAZN and streamed live and later on-demand by DAZN David Diamante has worked at boxing events all over the world for over 20 years and his presence adds an international touch at Verbania Boxing Night Diamante has also played himself in many movies the most famous being Southpaw starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Rachel McAdams Diamante had a seriuos motorcycle accident that needed surgery he worked at a Matchroom event that saw rising star Connor Benn destroy in two rounds Chris Van Herdeen are you happy to go back to Italy for the Verbania Boxing Night Every time that I worked in Italy I had fun for the quality of the fighters for the beauty of cities like Milan and Rome and of arenas like Allianz Cloud and Foro Italico When I was in Milan for the press conference of the Milan Boxing Night I was amazed by the beauty of the location in Piazza Duomo Same thing in Rome at Foro Italico.” You worked at the show where Ivan Zucco became Italian super middleweight champion “I remember well the fight between Ivan Zucco and Luca Capuano at Allianz Cloud for the vacant Italian super middleweight championship Ivan is an excellent fighter with a lot of heart and very good conditioning He put up a great and spectacular fight with Capuano but at some point Capuano slowed down while Zucco kept throwing punches and those were hard punches Ivan Zucco has a lot of potential and can go far.” What do you think of the other Italian fighters that you saw in the ring Some of the most entertaining fights that I saw in Italy were for the Italian championship I think that we don’t have to judge fighters based on stereotypes like Mexican have a lot of heart and are more aggressive That’s true also for fighters of other nationalities The most important difference between fighters is the quality of their sparring partners Latin American and even Uzbekistan fighters.A professional has the opportunity to spar with pros from all over the world with different boxing styles and that has a lot of weight in the ring.” You played the ring announcer in many movies “Southpaw because the director was Antoine Fuqua a movie about former WBO World featherweight champion Heather Hardy. This is a great time for women’s boxing Next week I will be in New York to work at the great show at Madison Square Garden The main event is WBC/WBO/IBF/WBA World lightweight champion Katie Taylor against Amanda Serrano It’s the first time in history that a women’s fight is the main event at MSG Only a few years ago was unthinkable to sell out MSG with a women’s main event.” HÖRFA are proud sponsors of British Boxing News