O:9:"MagpieRSS":24:{s:6:"parser";i:0;s:12:"current_item";a:0:{}s:5:"items";a:10:{i:0;a:11:{s:5:"title";s:53:"Commodities: ?Cobalt casts a shadow on the green car?";s:4:"link";s:88:"https://moustachebrothers.com/planet/commodities-cobalt-casts-a-shadow-on-the-green-car/";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:8:"Tim Hall";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 15 Jan 2022 11:21:37 +0000";s:8:"category";s:42:"PlanetcarcastsCobaltCommoditiesGreenshadow";s:4:"guid";s:38:"https://moustachebrothers.com/?p=10365";s:11:"description";s:619:"At a cobalt extraction plant in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo, February 16, 2018. SAMIR TOUNSI / AFP LIs the combustion engine slowly dying? Renault is ready, in any case, to brandish the extinguisher from 2030 in Europe. An electric pioneer with its dashing Zoe, the automaker anticipates the launch of ten new battery-powered vehicles ... Read more";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:4554:"
At a cobalt extraction plant in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo, February 16, 2018. SAMIR TOUNSI / AFP
LIs the combustion engine slowly dying? Renault is ready, in any case, to brandish the extinguisher from 2030 in Europe. An electric pioneer with its dashing Zoe, the automaker anticipates the launch of ten new battery-powered vehicles by 2025. Including a revisited version of the Renault 5. Or how to bet on a flashback for those nostalgic for this iconic model?
Read also Article reserved for our subscribers Renault accelerates its electric transformation
This foot-to-earth conversion of the French car brand to all-electric is helping to energize the cobalt market, knowing that a Renault Zoe heart beats at the rate of 7 kg of lithium, 11 kg of cobalt, 11 kg of manganese and 34 kg of nickel. However, the blue metal ended the year 2021 propelled towards the skies of the Riviera.
Its price exceeded the bar of 70,000 dollars (61,200 euros) per ton on the London Metal Exchange. That is almost a doubling in price in one year. Even if the stratospheric record of 95,000 dollars per ton reached in 2018 has not been broken, the upward trajectory is spectacular. Cobalt drum beating? And market interest is undeniable. The Singapore Stock Exchange is preparing to launch a cobalt futures contract in the first half of 2022.
Discussions in Brussels
Compared to the 6 grams slipped into the battery of a smartphone, the quantity of this metal contained in electric batteries weighs heavily in speculation. It is also the entry into the paddocks of Elon Musk, with his Tesla, which launched the movement. Since then, all car manufacturers have been on the sidelines, driven, it is true, by more stringent environmental regulations.
But the blue metal casts a shadow over the green car. The rich subsoil of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has nearly two thirds of the cobalt reserves. A country where mining conditions are tinged with corruption and the use of child labor in artisanal mines. An ethical puzzle for buyers. The search for new veins therefore makes investors fantasize.
Read also Article reserved for our subscribers “Cobalt symbolizes the great dilemma of the energy transition, that of raw materials”
Thus billionaires Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Michael Bloomberg have chosen to bet on KoBold Metals. This Californian start-up prides itself on creating a Google Maps map of the earth’s crust, a true digital detector of “ethical cobalt”. In the summer of 2021, it signed an agreement with Bluejay Mining to extract rare natural resources, including cobalt, in Greenland. A research project for ores for electric batteries which should attract the wrath of environmentalists.
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At a cobalt extraction plant in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo, February 16, 2018. SAMIR TOUNSI / AFP
LIs the combustion engine slowly dying? Renault is ready, in any case, to brandish the extinguisher from 2030 in Europe. An electric pioneer with its dashing Zoe, the automaker anticipates the launch of ten new battery-powered vehicles by 2025. Including a revisited version of the Renault 5. Or how to bet on a flashback for those nostalgic for this iconic model?
Read also Article reserved for our subscribers Renault accelerates its electric transformation
This foot-to-earth conversion of the French car brand to all-electric is helping to energize the cobalt market, knowing that a Renault Zoe heart beats at the rate of 7 kg of lithium, 11 kg of cobalt, 11 kg of manganese and 34 kg of nickel. However, the blue metal ended the year 2021 propelled towards the skies of the Riviera.
Its price exceeded the bar of 70,000 dollars (61,200 euros) per ton on the London Metal Exchange. That is almost a doubling in price in one year. Even if the stratospheric record of 95,000 dollars per ton reached in 2018 has not been broken, the upward trajectory is spectacular. Cobalt drum beating? And market interest is undeniable. The Singapore Stock Exchange is preparing to launch a cobalt futures contract in the first half of 2022.
Discussions in Brussels
Compared to the 6 grams slipped into the battery of a smartphone, the quantity of this metal contained in electric batteries weighs heavily in speculation. It is also the entry into the paddocks of Elon Musk, with his Tesla, which launched the movement. Since then, all car manufacturers have been on the sidelines, driven, it is true, by more stringent environmental regulations.
But the blue metal casts a shadow over the green car. The rich subsoil of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has nearly two thirds of the cobalt reserves. A country where mining conditions are tinged with corruption and the use of child labor in artisanal mines. An ethical puzzle for buyers. The search for new veins therefore makes investors fantasize.
Read also Article reserved for our subscribers “Cobalt symbolizes the great dilemma of the energy transition, that of raw materials”
Thus billionaires Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Michael Bloomberg have chosen to bet on KoBold Metals. This Californian start-up prides itself on creating a Google Maps map of the earth’s crust, a true digital detector of “ethical cobalt”. In the summer of 2021, it signed an agreement with Bluejay Mining to extract rare natural resources, including cobalt, in Greenland. A research project for ores for electric batteries which should attract the wrath of environmentalists.
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";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1642245697;}i:1;a:11:{s:5:"title";s:144:"Cees-Jan Adema (FNLI) about fierce negotiations ? Joint interests of supermarkets and suppliers keep food inflation as low as possible ? Foodlog";s:4:"link";s:179:"https://moustachebrothers.com/lifestyle/cees-jan-adema-fnli-about-fierce-negotiations-joint-interests-of-supermarkets-and-suppliers-keep-food-inflation-as-low-as-possible-foodlog/";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Paula Hooper";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 15 Jan 2022 11:18:19 +0000";s:8:"category";s:89:"LifestyleAdemaCeesJanfierceFNLIFoodFoodloginflationJointnegotiationssupermarketssuppliers";s:4:"guid";s:38:"https://moustachebrothers.com/?p=10359";s:11:"description";s:932:"Several supermarket chains criticize the Financial Newspaper large A-brands that would exaggerate the increase in their costs and want to raise their prices more than justifies inflation. They would ‘abuse’ inflation to increase their profit margin. This does not go down well with supermarket chains, because they make an effort to keep prices as low ... Read more";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:5428:"
Several supermarket chains criticize the Financial Newspaper large A-brands that would exaggerate the increase in their costs and want to raise their prices more than justifies inflation. They would ‘abuse’ inflation to increase their profit margin.
This does not go down well with supermarket chains, because they make an effort to keep prices as low as possible for their customers. The same sounds can be heard from Belgium. ?The negotiations have never been so difficult historically,? says Delhaize’s Roel Dekelver in The morning.
Cost increases on all fronts It is indeed true that the costs for suppliers have risen on all fronts. Not only is there inflation, but also the costs of energy, transport, raw materials, packaging, transport and personnel increased due to the corona pandemic and supply chain disruptions. Several large suppliers, such as Unilever, have already indicated in recent months that the increased costs will inevitably translate into cost increases for consumers.
The retail prices of supermarket suppliers would have to increase by an average of 9 to 10% to cover the increased costs. But that is unmentionable for supermarkets
And so the supermarkets want to know exactly what the cost increases are in the negotiations. Is the processing industry making a profit? “The suppliers come up with their tables of the increased costs in recent months,” says Dekelver. “But they extrapolate these to the rest of the coming year, while some costs have already fallen. So some come with unrealistic contracts.”
In any case, there is not much room for (hefty) increases. According to Rabobank economist Sebastiaan Schreijen, the selling prices of supermarket suppliers would have to rise by an ‘unprecedented’ 9 to 10% to cover the increased costs. That is unmentionable for supermarkets, which are used to turnover based on high numbers of products with small margins. For example, Jumbo CFO Ton van Veen says in the FD that he had a profit margin of 2% in 2020. “Then I cannot absorb a cost price increase of 5%.”
In addition, the supermarkets are fighting each other. In the Netherlands and Belgium, the large formats such as Albert Heijn and Jumbo are fighting for every percentage of market share, as well as for customer loyalty. The weapon of choice is the price. So it’s no wonder that supermarkets are putting pressure on suppliers. Sometimes, as recently in the case of Colruyt, by banning a certain product (Nutella in small jars) from the shelves. Suppliers are suffering from the loss of turnover because in many cases they also have to run significant numbers to be profitable and feel it directly in the profit and loss account if such situations continue for too long.
‘Checks and balances’ Unnecessary price increases are undesirable for suppliers if they undermine the turnover of supermarkets too much. They need the supermarket to survive on their own. Yet they are now being handed the Zwarte Piet. Cees-Jan Adema, director of FNLI, the umbrella organization of Dutch food processing companies, thinks this is unjustified. Adema calls the annual price negotiation circus a “system of checks and balances”. According to him, there is no question of a Zwarte Piet game or the bashing of the producers who would like to make a profit from inflation.
the checks and balances are on the side of the producers themselves as well as in the negotiations with the supermarkets. Faced with unprecedented price increases, suppliers’ first reflex is to cut costs, Adema points out. But at a certain point that can no longer be done with impunity. Furthermore, the competition between processing companies that supply supermarkets also limits price inflation: nobody wants to price themselves out of the market.
“Ultimately, it is in everyone’s interest to come to a fair agreement. The last thing that benefits us is a high price for the consumer.” Because everyone is affected by inflation and cost increases, it is inevitable that prices will rise. “We must mutually understand this exceptional situation, then we will come to an agreement in mutual consultation,” expects Adema.
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Several supermarket chains criticize the Financial Newspaper large A-brands that would exaggerate the increase in their costs and want to raise their prices more than justifies inflation. They would ‘abuse’ inflation to increase their profit margin.
This does not go down well with supermarket chains, because they make an effort to keep prices as low as possible for their customers. The same sounds can be heard from Belgium. ?The negotiations have never been so difficult historically,? says Delhaize’s Roel Dekelver in The morning.
Cost increases on all fronts It is indeed true that the costs for suppliers have risen on all fronts. Not only is there inflation, but also the costs of energy, transport, raw materials, packaging, transport and personnel increased due to the corona pandemic and supply chain disruptions. Several large suppliers, such as Unilever, have already indicated in recent months that the increased costs will inevitably translate into cost increases for consumers.
The retail prices of supermarket suppliers would have to increase by an average of 9 to 10% to cover the increased costs. But that is unmentionable for supermarkets
And so the supermarkets want to know exactly what the cost increases are in the negotiations. Is the processing industry making a profit? “The suppliers come up with their tables of the increased costs in recent months,” says Dekelver. “But they extrapolate these to the rest of the coming year, while some costs have already fallen. So some come with unrealistic contracts.”
In any case, there is not much room for (hefty) increases. According to Rabobank economist Sebastiaan Schreijen, the selling prices of supermarket suppliers would have to rise by an ‘unprecedented’ 9 to 10% to cover the increased costs. That is unmentionable for supermarkets, which are used to turnover based on high numbers of products with small margins. For example, Jumbo CFO Ton van Veen says in the FD that he had a profit margin of 2% in 2020. “Then I cannot absorb a cost price increase of 5%.”
In addition, the supermarkets are fighting each other. In the Netherlands and Belgium, the large formats such as Albert Heijn and Jumbo are fighting for every percentage of market share, as well as for customer loyalty. The weapon of choice is the price. So it’s no wonder that supermarkets are putting pressure on suppliers. Sometimes, as recently in the case of Colruyt, by banning a certain product (Nutella in small jars) from the shelves. Suppliers are suffering from the loss of turnover because in many cases they also have to run significant numbers to be profitable and feel it directly in the profit and loss account if such situations continue for too long.
‘Checks and balances’ Unnecessary price increases are undesirable for suppliers if they undermine the turnover of supermarkets too much. They need the supermarket to survive on their own. Yet they are now being handed the Zwarte Piet. Cees-Jan Adema, director of FNLI, the umbrella organization of Dutch food processing companies, thinks this is unjustified. Adema calls the annual price negotiation circus a “system of checks and balances”. According to him, there is no question of a Zwarte Piet game or the bashing of the producers who would like to make a profit from inflation.
the checks and balances are on the side of the producers themselves as well as in the negotiations with the supermarkets. Faced with unprecedented price increases, suppliers’ first reflex is to cut costs, Adema points out. But at a certain point that can no longer be done with impunity. Furthermore, the competition between processing companies that supply supermarkets also limits price inflation: nobody wants to price themselves out of the market.
“Ultimately, it is in everyone’s interest to come to a fair agreement. The last thing that benefits us is a high price for the consumer.” Because everyone is affected by inflation and cost increases, it is inevitable that prices will rise. “We must mutually understand this exceptional situation, then we will come to an agreement in mutual consultation,” expects Adema.
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";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1642245499;}i:2;a:11:{s:5:"title";s:86:"Endometriosis unanimously recognized as a long-term condition in the National Assembly";s:4:"link";s:126:"https://moustachebrothers.com/sciences/endometriosis-unanimously-recognized-as-a-long-term-condition-in-the-national-assembly/";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Paula Hooper";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 15 Jan 2022 11:09:58 +0000";s:8:"category";s:75:"SciencesAssemblyconditionendometriosislongtermNationalrecognizedunanimously";s:4:"guid";s:38:"https://moustachebrothers.com/?p=10353";s:11:"description";s:748:"Demonstrators during World Endometriosis Day, organized by the French associations ENDOmind and MEMS (Mon Endometriose Ma Souffrance), on March 24, 2018, in Paris. ALAIN JOCARD / AFP It was a unanimous vote. Two days after Emmanuel Macron’s announcements, the National Assembly voted, Thursday, January 13, a resolution carried by the deputies of La France insoumise ... Read more";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:5802:"
Demonstrators during World Endometriosis Day, organized by the French associations ENDOmind and MEMS (Mon Endometriose Ma Souffrance), on March 24, 2018, in Paris. ALAIN JOCARD / AFP
It was a unanimous vote. Two days after Emmanuel Macron’s announcements, the National Assembly voted, Thursday, January 13, a resolution carried by the deputies of La France insoumise to recognize endometriosis as a long-term condition (ALD), from which one in ten women suffers. in France.
The motion for a resolution defended by the “rebellious” Clémentine Autain, deputy for Seine-Saint-Denis, invites the government to begin a reflection ?to set in stone? ALD endometriosis. This should allow 100% coverage by Medicare.
The adoption of the text, which is not binding, by the 111 deputies present was greeted by standing applause from the entire chamber.
?A giant leap for millions of women?
?We can create a floor of rights for women victims?, said M.me Autain with a special thought for “poorly paid women, for the precarious, for the poorest among them”, for which the disease is ?even more difficult to live with?.
Big victory in the Assembly for the millions of women who suffer from #endometriosis! My resolution in the n? https://t.co/Y1fuKKPXIE
? Clem_Autain (@Clementine Autain)
It would be ?a giant step for millions of women?, she completed, with a “ratchet effect” which would make it possible to standardize the management of this disease, which was discovered in 1860.
This gynecological condition, on which knowledge remains incomplete, is linked to the presence of cells of uterine origin outside the uterus, which react to hormones during menstrual cycles. Sometimes asymptomatic, it can also be manifested by heavy periods and severe pain.
National strategy
The announcement Tuesday of the Head of State, who launched a national strategy to fight to better understand, diagnose and support endometriosis, formed the background of the discussion.
If Stéphane Viry (Les Républicains), author of a bill on the subject, denounced ?a political calculation? on behalf of M. Macron, Mme Autain did not wish “to argue”, regretting, however, the absence of a precise timetable or budget. “Communication is not enough”, she warned.
For Lise Magnier (Acting together), the motion for a resolution ?comes to provide an additional and necessary response? to the strategy of the Head of State.
The Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, defended himself from making ?an ideological question?, but wondered about the modalities of unequivocal care when there are three main classifications of ALDs which exempt from costs, with care protocols which vary.
?Should 10% of women be classified as ALD 30? I have no conclusions?, launched the Minister, who said he was confident in the ?method proposed by the President of the Republic: (?) the appropriation of the disease belongs to those who suffer and who care for them?.
";}s:7:"summary";s:748:"Demonstrators during World Endometriosis Day, organized by the French associations ENDOmind and MEMS (Mon Endometriose Ma Souffrance), on March 24, 2018, in Paris. ALAIN JOCARD / AFP It was a unanimous vote. Two days after Emmanuel Macron’s announcements, the National Assembly voted, Thursday, January 13, a resolution carried by the deputies of La France insoumise ... Read more";s:12:"atom_content";s:5802:"
Demonstrators during World Endometriosis Day, organized by the French associations ENDOmind and MEMS (Mon Endometriose Ma Souffrance), on March 24, 2018, in Paris. ALAIN JOCARD / AFP
It was a unanimous vote. Two days after Emmanuel Macron’s announcements, the National Assembly voted, Thursday, January 13, a resolution carried by the deputies of La France insoumise to recognize endometriosis as a long-term condition (ALD), from which one in ten women suffers. in France.
The motion for a resolution defended by the “rebellious” Clémentine Autain, deputy for Seine-Saint-Denis, invites the government to begin a reflection ?to set in stone? ALD endometriosis. This should allow 100% coverage by Medicare.
The adoption of the text, which is not binding, by the 111 deputies present was greeted by standing applause from the entire chamber.
?A giant leap for millions of women?
?We can create a floor of rights for women victims?, said M.me Autain with a special thought for “poorly paid women, for the precarious, for the poorest among them”, for which the disease is ?even more difficult to live with?.
Big victory in the Assembly for the millions of women who suffer from #endometriosis! My resolution in the n? https://t.co/Y1fuKKPXIE
? Clem_Autain (@Clementine Autain)
It would be ?a giant step for millions of women?, she completed, with a “ratchet effect” which would make it possible to standardize the management of this disease, which was discovered in 1860.
This gynecological condition, on which knowledge remains incomplete, is linked to the presence of cells of uterine origin outside the uterus, which react to hormones during menstrual cycles. Sometimes asymptomatic, it can also be manifested by heavy periods and severe pain.
National strategy
The announcement Tuesday of the Head of State, who launched a national strategy to fight to better understand, diagnose and support endometriosis, formed the background of the discussion.
If Stéphane Viry (Les Républicains), author of a bill on the subject, denounced ?a political calculation? on behalf of M. Macron, Mme Autain did not wish “to argue”, regretting, however, the absence of a precise timetable or budget. “Communication is not enough”, she warned.
For Lise Magnier (Acting together), the motion for a resolution ?comes to provide an additional and necessary response? to the strategy of the Head of State.
The Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, defended himself from making ?an ideological question?, but wondered about the modalities of unequivocal care when there are three main classifications of ALDs which exempt from costs, with care protocols which vary.
?Should 10% of women be classified as ALD 30? I have no conclusions?, launched the Minister, who said he was confident in the ?method proposed by the President of the Republic: (?) the appropriation of the disease belongs to those who suffer and who care for them?.
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1642244998;}i:3;a:11:{s:5:"title";s:158:"Sanremo 2022, the report cards and the comments of the ?first plays?: Ranieri and Elisa convince, they disappoint Achille Lauro, Sangiovanni and Michele Bravi";s:4:"link";s:189:"https://moustachebrothers.com/shows/sanremo-2022-the-report-cards-and-the-comments-of-the-first-plays-ranieri-and-elisa-convince-they-disappoint-achille-lauro-sangiovanni-and-michele-bravi/";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Sally Scully";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 15 Jan 2022 11:02:02 +0000";s:8:"category";s:101:"ShowsAchilleBravicardscommentsconvincedisappointElisaLauroMicheleplaysRanierireportSangiovanniSanremo";s:4:"guid";s:38:"https://moustachebrothers.com/?p=10347";s:11:"description";s:904:"More than the Festival of the restart, that of 2022 will be the Festival of the reconfirmation of Amadeus. Certainly for his musical choices. The 25 songs that we have listened to and that will be competing at the 72nd edition of Sanremo (on Rai1, from 1 to 5 February 2022), are songs thought and ... Read more";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:15077:"
More than the Festival of the restart, that of 2022 will be the Festival of the reconfirmation of Amadeus. Certainly for his musical choices. The 25 songs that we have listened to and that will be competing at the 72nd edition of Sanremo (on Rai1, from 1 to 5 February 2022), are songs thought and reasoned. With him there is no longer the conception of the “Sanremo song” which, whether you want it or not, followed a predictable melodic line. In his Festival there can be anything. Because music is music, and it cannot be caged in a standard “Festival yes” and “Festival no” song.
The choice of songs “does not necessarily have to occupy boxes” of a musical genre, he said after the ratings concluded in Rai with the press. And how “there must be no “rock” song at all costsThere may be nothing else. Amadeus chooses, and knows how to choose, as few artistic directors in the history of the Festival – let’s face it – have been able to do.
He knows how it works with music, he brings it to TV and thinks about it for the radio. The majority of the 25 in the competition are radio songs, as we have become accustomed to in these three years of artistic direction. In the lyrics there is no mention of Covid (except for a few fleeting hints with just a few words, such as “masks” or “the end of the world”), a theme that has not even arrived “among the discarded songs,” says Amadeus. There is love, desire to feel good, freedom, sex, lightness, a term that embraces everything and everyone. Dance and ballad reign supreme, little (very little) rock, a little Latin sound. For the series: the desire to return to breathe healthy normality is all there. Even on the stage of the Ariston. And if on the guests – in addition to those already announced – Amadeus is not unbalanced (“I will communicate them only after negotiations are closed to TG1”), the presence of the Måneskin seems certain, winners of the previous edition. “It will be a festival in the middle, between that of two years ago (without restrictions) and that of last yearWith the theater empty. This is what the artistic director hopes. This is what everyone hopes for. By reviewing the songs in the competition, 25 in all including the three young people of the New Proposals (Matteo Romano, Yuman and Tananai), here are votes and comments. Always considering that it is a first listen, a first quick roundup of lyrics and music, without the orchestra and without the live performance. And live, everything can be reviewed. Including the judgments.
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ACHILLE LAURO – “Sunday” – 5
“Love is an overdose” and “Fuck the Rolling Stones”, “it swallows me like a boa / She says” how dare you “”. Hilarious text, between “romance” and “porn”. Live music. Sure, it’s a pop that whistles Rolls Royce. But it is also true that we must imagine him accompanied by the Harlem Gospel Choir, which Achille Lauro will take to the stage.
GIUSY FERRERI – ?Honey? – 6
Retro atmospheres. Warm sounds. Exciting rhythm. A pop that translated into “Honey” becomes a nostalgic and desperate cry of love (“Why don’t you run to me tonight / I left you a music in the wind / I hope you talk about me”). The writing is by Davide Petrella. Six hands music with Federica Abbate, Takagi and Ketra.
MICHELE BRAVI – ?Winter of flowers? ??- 5
On the throne of the song is humanity. Along with violins and a broken, whispered voice. It starts with low sounds to open up in the chorus. It tastes like poetry: “Sometimes silence burns like a wound, The heart loses a beat does not breathe under the weight of life”. Among others, the signatures of Alfredo Rapetti Mogol and Federica Abbate appear.
RKOMI – ?Unsurpassable? – 6
An electric shock ignites Rkomi at her first Festival. It starts with “Love for me is electricity” and continues “The message on your lips / it was like a traffic light, Taxi driver”, citing Scorsese’s film, but also his latest album. An overwhelming love, accompanied by guitar chords between pop and rock and ending with “one hundred and eighty thousand turns on a coupe” and “” two Molotov cocktails in flames “.
IRAMA – ?Wherever you will be? – 5.5
A ballad between canticle of creatures and prayer. “If you are wind you will sing / If you are water you will shine / If you are what I will be / And if you are time I will wait for you forever”. Nostalgic and emotional song. Orchestra and voice in symbiosis.
NOEMI – ?I love you I can’t say? – 6.5
An andante that becomes more and more andante, as you get to the chorus. Dynamism and metrics cheekily joke with Noemi’s voice which certainly lends itself without much effort. Among the signatures appear Mahmood, Dario Faini and the young Alessandro La Cava. “I’m not afraid / of feeling empty inside a sea / of words lost on the seabed.” And the words are at the center “the only bullet between you and me”.
MASSIMO RANIERI – ?Letter from beyond the sea? – 8
Track from other times. The ever-present theme: emigration. An intense and cutting ballad, with its masterful interpretation. “Love you see so dark this sea is too big not to tremble”. It is all to be listened to. So Massimo Ranieri returns to Ariston after 25 years.
AKA 7VEN – ?Perfect like this? – 6
An andantissimo enthralling beyond “defects” and “imperfections” of the “Baby” of the text. A contemporary pop, to dance and to accompany with your hands. “And smile / Because when you do it you kill me.” A song that is a step ahead for Aka 7ven at his first Sanremo.
EMMA – ?Every time it’s like this? – 6
A text that speaks of a past. Of a love that does not exist and thrives on memories. “Every time it is like this”, “We are saints or whores”, in a refrain that revolves around “And I believed you when you swore to me you were crazy about me”. An energetic and enthralling ballad, written jointly with Dario Faini and Davide Petrella. To direct Emma on the stage of the Ariston, will be Francesca Michielin.
HIGHSNOB & HU – ?Take care of yourself? – 6.5
A beautiful dialogue between the two made up of text, music and voice. The melodic line is beautiful. Get to the center. Love, farewell, hope are sung. And between a “Take care of yourself”, a “I lose my mind like Holofernes” we arrive at the end, the “goodbye wherever you are”.
IVA ZANICCHI – ?I want to love you? – 7
The lady of music returns by diving into the 80s. The sounds are those. Sing about love, passion, desire. “I want to love you for what you have in your heart and still feel alive in you”. And then the rock guitar solo.
D’ARGEN D’AMICO – ?Where to dance? – 6.5
We dance and we will dance, as the title states. The rapper and DJ arrives in Sanremo at a dance rhythm: “Fottitene and dance / Among the wrecks / Dance to stay afloat in the Mediterranean nightmares”. The reference is to the desire for sociability. That desire that makes “pà para-rà Pararà pa-pà”.
SANGIOVANNI – “Butterflies” – 5
The identity is always the same. Reminiscent of “Malibu”, enthralling and swaying. Pop dance rhythm that leaves room for instruments at the center of the song. “And I haven’t told anyone / that I’ve lost my mind / and I’m crazy about you.”
YUMAN – “Now and here” – 6.5
From Sanremo Young people, soul and black music give a boost to Yuman’s song. Interesting sound. The voice, too. “Now and here, finally I / can say that I’m fine if my voice shakes a little / I stop and enjoy the light, even if it were an instant, yes”.
THE LIST REPRESENTATIVE – ?Ciao Ciao? ??- 7.5
Don’t expect a copy of “Amare”. The track in competition with which Veronica Lucchesi and Dario Mangiaracina return to Sanremo after last year’s success is totally different. A funky dance score. From the contemporary text. She plays and jokes with her voice in an ups and downs of treble. And a lively refrain: “With your hands, with your feet, with your head, Ciao Ciao”.
MAHMOOD & BLANCO – ?Chills? – 6.5
A well-mannered duo. Mahmood and Blanco have an urban, contemporary, modern, witty piece, which rests on a score that travels on a metronome speeds up and slows down. And then, the piano, the strings, the basses. “Naked with shivers, sometimes I don’t know how to express myself and I would like to love you, but I’m always wrong”.
GIANNI MORANDI – ?Open all the doors? – 6.5
A revival score of distant years, enthralling, a la Morandi and with the verve of Lorenzo Jovanotti. A lallalero lallalà that does not make you stand still, right from the start (oops, you have already listened to a piece!). “You’re going fast / Open all the doors / Play all the cards / Let the sun in.” The legendary Gianni returns to the Festival.
MATTEO ROMANO – ?Viral? – 5
In the chorus it recalls in a softer way Mahmood’s Money. From TikTok to Sanremo Giovani, it brings a contemporary song, between new sounds and a more classic pop. “Phrases written halfway, if true I don’t know / I’ll fly even among the skyscrapers”. Among the authors appears Federico Rossi, ex of the duo Benji & Fede.
THE VIBRATIONS – ?A lot? – 5.5
The guitars and the rocking sound of the band returns to the Ariston with an energetic and brilliant song. “We call love, how many times / we pretend not to remember the name / that you hear under your breath and how”. Desire, torment, passion and “wasted opportunities”. Because “there was a time to give and take” / “I learned to feel good in the middle always”.
FABRIZIO MORO – “It’s you” – 6.5
The intro on the piano anticipates the piece. A romantic, poignant, damn classic melody. A dedication “It is you who injects destiny into my blood / and accompanies my steps as if I were a child / you are the most beautiful thing I have always defended / and you defeated my doubts when I had given up.” One of the most intense ballads of the Festival It will be the soundtrack of the forthcoming film.
ELISA – ?Or maybe it’s you? – 7
Elisa intones like few others. And this ballad is of unsettling beauty. A Disney classic that always pleases. “Maybe it’s you, among the lights of a thousand cities, among the usual advertising that excuse to make me laugh a little”. His victory at the Festival, 21 years ago with Luce.
DITONELLAPIAGA with RECTOR – 7
Together I’m a crazy metronome. It will be a question of “who-who-who-who – who – who – chemistry”, but the two shameless light the fire on a track that is a crazy turntable. Erotic. Panted. An overwhelming orgasm that also knows how to sing: “And if I stay I come repeatedly / and I don’t care about modesty / the nuns I totally give a damn”.
GIOVANNI TRUPPI – ?Your father, my mother, Lucia? – 6
Elegant. Refined. Sometimes complex. The song by Giovanni Truppi, the Neapolitan singer-songwriter for the first time in Sanremo, is to be listened to carefully. ?The heads are shining and the stars are twinkling / cover my face and don’t let me do anything / hold me tighter and let me say yes again?. Among the signatures appear Gino De Crescenzo “Pacifico” and Niccolò Contessa (of the band I Cani).
TANANAI – ?Casual sex? – 5.5
A very lively one. From Sanremo Giovani, Tananai begins with a nice song that at times seems to come out of a cartoon. “Baby come back to me and put that gun away.” He quotes De Niro. “Don’t worry about us, never calm down, calm down, I never liked her”. Among the authors is Paolo Antonacci, son of Biagio (and grandson of Morandi).
ANA MENA – “Two hundred thousand hours” – 5
Latin-like. Imbued with electronics. Easily danceable. “When the night comes / He loves me, he loves me not a flower / Latin America” ??… and so the Spanish singer sings a tune that immediately enters his head. Rocco Hunt signs the text, while the music is written with Federica Abbate and Zef.
";}s:7:"summary";s:904:"More than the Festival of the restart, that of 2022 will be the Festival of the reconfirmation of Amadeus. Certainly for his musical choices. The 25 songs that we have listened to and that will be competing at the 72nd edition of Sanremo (on Rai1, from 1 to 5 February 2022), are songs thought and ... Read more";s:12:"atom_content";s:15077:"
More than the Festival of the restart, that of 2022 will be the Festival of the reconfirmation of Amadeus. Certainly for his musical choices. The 25 songs that we have listened to and that will be competing at the 72nd edition of Sanremo (on Rai1, from 1 to 5 February 2022), are songs thought and reasoned. With him there is no longer the conception of the “Sanremo song” which, whether you want it or not, followed a predictable melodic line. In his Festival there can be anything. Because music is music, and it cannot be caged in a standard “Festival yes” and “Festival no” song.
The choice of songs “does not necessarily have to occupy boxes” of a musical genre, he said after the ratings concluded in Rai with the press. And how “there must be no “rock” song at all costsThere may be nothing else. Amadeus chooses, and knows how to choose, as few artistic directors in the history of the Festival – let’s face it – have been able to do.
He knows how it works with music, he brings it to TV and thinks about it for the radio. The majority of the 25 in the competition are radio songs, as we have become accustomed to in these three years of artistic direction. In the lyrics there is no mention of Covid (except for a few fleeting hints with just a few words, such as “masks” or “the end of the world”), a theme that has not even arrived “among the discarded songs,” says Amadeus. There is love, desire to feel good, freedom, sex, lightness, a term that embraces everything and everyone. Dance and ballad reign supreme, little (very little) rock, a little Latin sound. For the series: the desire to return to breathe healthy normality is all there. Even on the stage of the Ariston. And if on the guests – in addition to those already announced – Amadeus is not unbalanced (“I will communicate them only after negotiations are closed to TG1”), the presence of the Måneskin seems certain, winners of the previous edition. “It will be a festival in the middle, between that of two years ago (without restrictions) and that of last yearWith the theater empty. This is what the artistic director hopes. This is what everyone hopes for. By reviewing the songs in the competition, 25 in all including the three young people of the New Proposals (Matteo Romano, Yuman and Tananai), here are votes and comments. Always considering that it is a first listen, a first quick roundup of lyrics and music, without the orchestra and without the live performance. And live, everything can be reviewed. Including the judgments.
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ACHILLE LAURO – “Sunday” – 5
“Love is an overdose” and “Fuck the Rolling Stones”, “it swallows me like a boa / She says” how dare you “”. Hilarious text, between “romance” and “porn”. Live music. Sure, it’s a pop that whistles Rolls Royce. But it is also true that we must imagine him accompanied by the Harlem Gospel Choir, which Achille Lauro will take to the stage.
GIUSY FERRERI – ?Honey? – 6
Retro atmospheres. Warm sounds. Exciting rhythm. A pop that translated into “Honey” becomes a nostalgic and desperate cry of love (“Why don’t you run to me tonight / I left you a music in the wind / I hope you talk about me”). The writing is by Davide Petrella. Six hands music with Federica Abbate, Takagi and Ketra.
MICHELE BRAVI – ?Winter of flowers? ??- 5
On the throne of the song is humanity. Along with violins and a broken, whispered voice. It starts with low sounds to open up in the chorus. It tastes like poetry: “Sometimes silence burns like a wound, The heart loses a beat does not breathe under the weight of life”. Among others, the signatures of Alfredo Rapetti Mogol and Federica Abbate appear.
RKOMI – ?Unsurpassable? – 6
An electric shock ignites Rkomi at her first Festival. It starts with “Love for me is electricity” and continues “The message on your lips / it was like a traffic light, Taxi driver”, citing Scorsese’s film, but also his latest album. An overwhelming love, accompanied by guitar chords between pop and rock and ending with “one hundred and eighty thousand turns on a coupe” and “” two Molotov cocktails in flames “.
IRAMA – ?Wherever you will be? – 5.5
A ballad between canticle of creatures and prayer. “If you are wind you will sing / If you are water you will shine / If you are what I will be / And if you are time I will wait for you forever”. Nostalgic and emotional song. Orchestra and voice in symbiosis.
NOEMI – ?I love you I can’t say? – 6.5
An andante that becomes more and more andante, as you get to the chorus. Dynamism and metrics cheekily joke with Noemi’s voice which certainly lends itself without much effort. Among the signatures appear Mahmood, Dario Faini and the young Alessandro La Cava. “I’m not afraid / of feeling empty inside a sea / of words lost on the seabed.” And the words are at the center “the only bullet between you and me”.
MASSIMO RANIERI – ?Letter from beyond the sea? – 8
Track from other times. The ever-present theme: emigration. An intense and cutting ballad, with its masterful interpretation. “Love you see so dark this sea is too big not to tremble”. It is all to be listened to. So Massimo Ranieri returns to Ariston after 25 years.
AKA 7VEN – ?Perfect like this? – 6
An andantissimo enthralling beyond “defects” and “imperfections” of the “Baby” of the text. A contemporary pop, to dance and to accompany with your hands. “And smile / Because when you do it you kill me.” A song that is a step ahead for Aka 7ven at his first Sanremo.
EMMA – ?Every time it’s like this? – 6
A text that speaks of a past. Of a love that does not exist and thrives on memories. “Every time it is like this”, “We are saints or whores”, in a refrain that revolves around “And I believed you when you swore to me you were crazy about me”. An energetic and enthralling ballad, written jointly with Dario Faini and Davide Petrella. To direct Emma on the stage of the Ariston, will be Francesca Michielin.
HIGHSNOB & HU – ?Take care of yourself? – 6.5
A beautiful dialogue between the two made up of text, music and voice. The melodic line is beautiful. Get to the center. Love, farewell, hope are sung. And between a “Take care of yourself”, a “I lose my mind like Holofernes” we arrive at the end, the “goodbye wherever you are”.
IVA ZANICCHI – ?I want to love you? – 7
The lady of music returns by diving into the 80s. The sounds are those. Sing about love, passion, desire. “I want to love you for what you have in your heart and still feel alive in you”. And then the rock guitar solo.
D’ARGEN D’AMICO – ?Where to dance? – 6.5
We dance and we will dance, as the title states. The rapper and DJ arrives in Sanremo at a dance rhythm: “Fottitene and dance / Among the wrecks / Dance to stay afloat in the Mediterranean nightmares”. The reference is to the desire for sociability. That desire that makes “pà para-rà Pararà pa-pà”.
SANGIOVANNI – “Butterflies” – 5
The identity is always the same. Reminiscent of “Malibu”, enthralling and swaying. Pop dance rhythm that leaves room for instruments at the center of the song. “And I haven’t told anyone / that I’ve lost my mind / and I’m crazy about you.”
YUMAN – “Now and here” – 6.5
From Sanremo Young people, soul and black music give a boost to Yuman’s song. Interesting sound. The voice, too. “Now and here, finally I / can say that I’m fine if my voice shakes a little / I stop and enjoy the light, even if it were an instant, yes”.
THE LIST REPRESENTATIVE – ?Ciao Ciao? ??- 7.5
Don’t expect a copy of “Amare”. The track in competition with which Veronica Lucchesi and Dario Mangiaracina return to Sanremo after last year’s success is totally different. A funky dance score. From the contemporary text. She plays and jokes with her voice in an ups and downs of treble. And a lively refrain: “With your hands, with your feet, with your head, Ciao Ciao”.
MAHMOOD & BLANCO – ?Chills? – 6.5
A well-mannered duo. Mahmood and Blanco have an urban, contemporary, modern, witty piece, which rests on a score that travels on a metronome speeds up and slows down. And then, the piano, the strings, the basses. “Naked with shivers, sometimes I don’t know how to express myself and I would like to love you, but I’m always wrong”.
GIANNI MORANDI – ?Open all the doors? – 6.5
A revival score of distant years, enthralling, a la Morandi and with the verve of Lorenzo Jovanotti. A lallalero lallalà that does not make you stand still, right from the start (oops, you have already listened to a piece!). “You’re going fast / Open all the doors / Play all the cards / Let the sun in.” The legendary Gianni returns to the Festival.
MATTEO ROMANO – ?Viral? – 5
In the chorus it recalls in a softer way Mahmood’s Money. From TikTok to Sanremo Giovani, it brings a contemporary song, between new sounds and a more classic pop. “Phrases written halfway, if true I don’t know / I’ll fly even among the skyscrapers”. Among the authors appears Federico Rossi, ex of the duo Benji & Fede.
THE VIBRATIONS – ?A lot? – 5.5
The guitars and the rocking sound of the band returns to the Ariston with an energetic and brilliant song. “We call love, how many times / we pretend not to remember the name / that you hear under your breath and how”. Desire, torment, passion and “wasted opportunities”. Because “there was a time to give and take” / “I learned to feel good in the middle always”.
FABRIZIO MORO – “It’s you” – 6.5
The intro on the piano anticipates the piece. A romantic, poignant, damn classic melody. A dedication “It is you who injects destiny into my blood / and accompanies my steps as if I were a child / you are the most beautiful thing I have always defended / and you defeated my doubts when I had given up.” One of the most intense ballads of the Festival It will be the soundtrack of the forthcoming film.
ELISA – ?Or maybe it’s you? – 7
Elisa intones like few others. And this ballad is of unsettling beauty. A Disney classic that always pleases. “Maybe it’s you, among the lights of a thousand cities, among the usual advertising that excuse to make me laugh a little”. His victory at the Festival, 21 years ago with Luce.
DITONELLAPIAGA with RECTOR – 7
Together I’m a crazy metronome. It will be a question of “who-who-who-who – who – who – chemistry”, but the two shameless light the fire on a track that is a crazy turntable. Erotic. Panted. An overwhelming orgasm that also knows how to sing: “And if I stay I come repeatedly / and I don’t care about modesty / the nuns I totally give a damn”.
GIOVANNI TRUPPI – ?Your father, my mother, Lucia? – 6
Elegant. Refined. Sometimes complex. The song by Giovanni Truppi, the Neapolitan singer-songwriter for the first time in Sanremo, is to be listened to carefully. ?The heads are shining and the stars are twinkling / cover my face and don’t let me do anything / hold me tighter and let me say yes again?. Among the signatures appear Gino De Crescenzo “Pacifico” and Niccolò Contessa (of the band I Cani).
TANANAI – ?Casual sex? – 5.5
A very lively one. From Sanremo Giovani, Tananai begins with a nice song that at times seems to come out of a cartoon. “Baby come back to me and put that gun away.” He quotes De Niro. “Don’t worry about us, never calm down, calm down, I never liked her”. Among the authors is Paolo Antonacci, son of Biagio (and grandson of Morandi).
ANA MENA – “Two hundred thousand hours” – 5
Latin-like. Imbued with electronics. Easily danceable. “When the night comes / He loves me, he loves me not a flower / Latin America” ??… and so the Spanish singer sings a tune that immediately enters his head. Rocco Hunt signs the text, while the music is written with Federica Abbate and Zef.
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1642244522;}i:4;a:11:{s:5:"title";s:141:"Flowers cost the most pesticides ? the Netherlands sprays considerably less, yet the Netherlands would be under ?blanket of poison? ? Foodlog";s:4:"link";s:174:"https://moustachebrothers.com/magazine/flowers-cost-the-most-pesticides-the-netherlands-sprays-considerably-less-yet-the-netherlands-would-be-under-blanket-of-poison-foodlog/";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:15:"Pauline Moonlky";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 15 Jan 2022 09:39:52 +0000";s:8:"category";s:78:"MagazineblanketconsiderablycostFlowersFoodlogNetherlandspesticidespoisonsprays";s:4:"guid";s:38:"https://moustachebrothers.com/?p=10341";s:11:"description";s:889:"Dutch farmers used five million kilos of crop protection products in 2020. That seems like a lot, but compared to 2016 there is a decrease of 11%. At that time, Dutch agriculture used a total of 5.6 million kilos of active substances. It reports that CBS. Since 2016, the dosage per hectare has decreased by ... Read more";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:5334:"
Dutch farmers used five million kilos of crop protection products in 2020. That seems like a lot, but compared to 2016 there is a decrease of 11%. At that time, Dutch agriculture used a total of 5.6 million kilos of active substances. It reports that CBS.
Since 2016, the dosage per hectare has decreased by 13.4%. In 2020, 2.2 million kilos of plant protection products were used to combat fungi and bacteria, 20% less than in 2016. 1.2 million kilos were used for weed control and haulm killing, 14% less than in 2016. insects increased by almost 12% to 1.3 million kilos. The other products (against snails, for plant growth regulation and sprout inhibition) decreased by 10% to 0.2 million kilos.
Fewer crop protection products were used in 2020 for two thirds of the 42 agricultural crops examined. Only in seed potato cultivation was a reverse trend visible. Due to the ban on the use of neonicotinoids that crop was sprayed 27% more than in 2016.
The most resource-intensive crop in 2020 was lily bulbs (114 kilograms of resources per hectare). Chrysanthemums and roses, grown under glass, are the numbers 2 and 3 with 52 and 40 kilos of active substance per hectare respectively. Tulips and gerberas are the numbers 4 and 5. Flower cultivation requires the necessary resources.
Seed potatoes require the most crop protection products, followed by apples and pears (between 20 and 35 kilos per hectare). The other crops demanded less than 15 kilograms per hectare in 2020.
Crop protection products either have a chemical basis or they contain microbiologically active substances. There are also products of vegetable origin that are allowed to carry the designation ‘green’, just like paraffin oil-based products. In 2020, 25% of the crop protection products used were ‘green’, according to Statistics Netherlands.
Joris Baecke, portfolio holder Healthy Plants at LTO Nederland, calls the decrease “a great achievement”. But, say Baecke, it will become increasingly difficult to grow healthy crops, because the number of permitted crop protection products is “decreasing rapidly, while effective and affordable alternatives are not available”. The aim of the Ministry of LNV to replace chemical pesticides as much as possible by preventive measures and biological agents by 2030 is what LTO calls a ‘utopia. “Diseases and pests can also occur in a resilient cultivation system, and genetics, nature and technology are not sufficient for the time being to fully protect the crop.”
According to the citizens’ initiative measuring = knowing, all the good news is nonsense and lies a blanket of poison over the Netherlands. Michel Scholte, director of True Price and Impact Institute, took over the news and paid no attention to the figures of the CBL. According to Scholte, the Netherlands sprays 9.2 million kilos.
Speaking on behalf of Natuurmonumenten, SBB, HDL, NMF @JanGorterNM in the States of Drenthe: “Floriculture has exploded in Drenthe. So also the use of #pesticides. We’ve already lost half of our bugs. https://t.co/pUREcf8OCO
";}s:7:"summary";s:889:"Dutch farmers used five million kilos of crop protection products in 2020. That seems like a lot, but compared to 2016 there is a decrease of 11%. At that time, Dutch agriculture used a total of 5.6 million kilos of active substances. It reports that CBS. Since 2016, the dosage per hectare has decreased by ... Read more";s:12:"atom_content";s:5334:"
Dutch farmers used five million kilos of crop protection products in 2020. That seems like a lot, but compared to 2016 there is a decrease of 11%. At that time, Dutch agriculture used a total of 5.6 million kilos of active substances. It reports that CBS.
Since 2016, the dosage per hectare has decreased by 13.4%. In 2020, 2.2 million kilos of plant protection products were used to combat fungi and bacteria, 20% less than in 2016. 1.2 million kilos were used for weed control and haulm killing, 14% less than in 2016. insects increased by almost 12% to 1.3 million kilos. The other products (against snails, for plant growth regulation and sprout inhibition) decreased by 10% to 0.2 million kilos.
Fewer crop protection products were used in 2020 for two thirds of the 42 agricultural crops examined. Only in seed potato cultivation was a reverse trend visible. Due to the ban on the use of neonicotinoids that crop was sprayed 27% more than in 2016.
The most resource-intensive crop in 2020 was lily bulbs (114 kilograms of resources per hectare). Chrysanthemums and roses, grown under glass, are the numbers 2 and 3 with 52 and 40 kilos of active substance per hectare respectively. Tulips and gerberas are the numbers 4 and 5. Flower cultivation requires the necessary resources.
Seed potatoes require the most crop protection products, followed by apples and pears (between 20 and 35 kilos per hectare). The other crops demanded less than 15 kilograms per hectare in 2020.
Crop protection products either have a chemical basis or they contain microbiologically active substances. There are also products of vegetable origin that are allowed to carry the designation ‘green’, just like paraffin oil-based products. In 2020, 25% of the crop protection products used were ‘green’, according to Statistics Netherlands.
Joris Baecke, portfolio holder Healthy Plants at LTO Nederland, calls the decrease “a great achievement”. But, say Baecke, it will become increasingly difficult to grow healthy crops, because the number of permitted crop protection products is “decreasing rapidly, while effective and affordable alternatives are not available”. The aim of the Ministry of LNV to replace chemical pesticides as much as possible by preventive measures and biological agents by 2030 is what LTO calls a ‘utopia. “Diseases and pests can also occur in a resilient cultivation system, and genetics, nature and technology are not sufficient for the time being to fully protect the crop.”
According to the citizens’ initiative measuring = knowing, all the good news is nonsense and lies a blanket of poison over the Netherlands. Michel Scholte, director of True Price and Impact Institute, took over the news and paid no attention to the figures of the CBL. According to Scholte, the Netherlands sprays 9.2 million kilos.
Speaking on behalf of Natuurmonumenten, SBB, HDL, NMF @JanGorterNM in the States of Drenthe: “Floriculture has exploded in Drenthe. So also the use of #pesticides. We’ve already lost half of our bugs. https://t.co/pUREcf8OCO
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1642239592;}i:5;a:11:{s:5:"title";s:74:"Taraji P. Henson Directing High School Comedy ?Two-Faced? for Bron Studios";s:4:"link";s:129:"https://moustachebrothers.com/movie-production-companies/taraji-p-henson-directing-high-school-comedy-two-faced-for-bron-studios/";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Sally Scully";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 15 Jan 2022 09:33:52 +0000";s:8:"category";s:78:"Movie Production CompaniesBRONComedyDirectingHensonschoolStudiosTarajiTwoFaced";s:4:"guid";s:38:"https://moustachebrothers.com/?p=10335";s:11:"description";s:696:"Taraji P. Henson will make her feature film directorial debut on the high school comedy ?Two-Faced? for Bron Studios, in addition to producing and starring in the movie. ?Two-Faced? follows Joy, a Black high school senior whose chances to attend the college of her dreams are threatened by her wildly popular and charismatic school principal ... Read more";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:4232:"
Taraji P. Henson will make her feature film directorial debut on the high school comedy ?Two-Faced? for Bron Studios, in addition to producing and starring in the movie.
?Two-Faced? follows Joy, a Black high school senior whose chances to attend the college of her dreams are threatened by her wildly popular and charismatic school principal after she confronts him with evidence of his racist past. With the help of her friends, the student sets out to expose the principal but quickly learns that he is not above waging all-out-war against the students trying to take him down.
Henson will star in the film as the mother of the student. She will direct from a script by Cat Wilkins, who recently graduated from the MFA Screenwriting Program at UCLA and won first place in the feature comedy category at the 2020 UCLA Screenwriters Showcase for ?Two-Faced.?
Henson and her TPH Entertainment will produce with Aaron L. Gilbert on behalf of Bron and Tim Story on behalf of The Story Company, as well as Sharla Sumpter Bridgett. Wilkins will executive produce with Christine Conley and Trent Hubbard.
?After two decades spent in front of the camera, I?m thrilled to finally jump behind it for my feature directorial debut!? Henson said. ?What first attracted me to this project was Joy ? she is the character I needed to see in films growing up, but never had. It?s important that stories be told from a woman?s point of view and partnering with Bron Studios and the amazingly talented Tim Story ? both who use their platforms to help elevate women and people of color ? feels like the perfect match. I can?t wait to bring this hilariously heartfelt script by Cat Wilkins to life!?
Henson worked with Story in the ?Think Like a Man? movies. She was nominated for an Academy Award in the best supporting actress category for ?The Curious Case of Benjamin Button? and received three Emmy nominations and a Golden Globe for her role as Cookie in ?Empire.? Other credits include ?Hidden Figures,? ?What Men Want,? ?Best of Enemies? and ?Coffee & Kareem.? She recently announced her production company, TPH Entertainment, which has a first-look deal with Twentieth Century Fox TV with its first project being a spinoff series for Henson?s ?Empire? character Cookie.
?Taraji is an important voice in the world and Bron is thrilled to support her directorial debut, of a script from Cat Wilkins, that through its comedic elements examines race and culture in America,? Gilbert said. ?We also look forward to working with Taraji?s long-time collaborator Tim Story and the rest of the team behind the film.?
Bron Releasing and UTA Independent Film Group will oversee film sales and distribution.
Henson is represented by M88, UTA, Ziffren Brittenham and The Lede Company. Wilkins is represented by UTA and Echo Lake Entertainment. Story and The Story Company are repped by UTA, Ziffren Brittenham and The Collins Jackson Agency.
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";}s:7:"summary";s:696:"Taraji P. Henson will make her feature film directorial debut on the high school comedy ?Two-Faced? for Bron Studios, in addition to producing and starring in the movie. ?Two-Faced? follows Joy, a Black high school senior whose chances to attend the college of her dreams are threatened by her wildly popular and charismatic school principal ... Read more";s:12:"atom_content";s:4232:"
Taraji P. Henson will make her feature film directorial debut on the high school comedy ?Two-Faced? for Bron Studios, in addition to producing and starring in the movie.
?Two-Faced? follows Joy, a Black high school senior whose chances to attend the college of her dreams are threatened by her wildly popular and charismatic school principal after she confronts him with evidence of his racist past. With the help of her friends, the student sets out to expose the principal but quickly learns that he is not above waging all-out-war against the students trying to take him down.
Henson will star in the film as the mother of the student. She will direct from a script by Cat Wilkins, who recently graduated from the MFA Screenwriting Program at UCLA and won first place in the feature comedy category at the 2020 UCLA Screenwriters Showcase for ?Two-Faced.?
Henson and her TPH Entertainment will produce with Aaron L. Gilbert on behalf of Bron and Tim Story on behalf of The Story Company, as well as Sharla Sumpter Bridgett. Wilkins will executive produce with Christine Conley and Trent Hubbard.
?After two decades spent in front of the camera, I?m thrilled to finally jump behind it for my feature directorial debut!? Henson said. ?What first attracted me to this project was Joy ? she is the character I needed to see in films growing up, but never had. It?s important that stories be told from a woman?s point of view and partnering with Bron Studios and the amazingly talented Tim Story ? both who use their platforms to help elevate women and people of color ? feels like the perfect match. I can?t wait to bring this hilariously heartfelt script by Cat Wilkins to life!?
Henson worked with Story in the ?Think Like a Man? movies. She was nominated for an Academy Award in the best supporting actress category for ?The Curious Case of Benjamin Button? and received three Emmy nominations and a Golden Globe for her role as Cookie in ?Empire.? Other credits include ?Hidden Figures,? ?What Men Want,? ?Best of Enemies? and ?Coffee & Kareem.? She recently announced her production company, TPH Entertainment, which has a first-look deal with Twentieth Century Fox TV with its first project being a spinoff series for Henson?s ?Empire? character Cookie.
?Taraji is an important voice in the world and Bron is thrilled to support her directorial debut, of a script from Cat Wilkins, that through its comedic elements examines race and culture in America,? Gilbert said. ?We also look forward to working with Taraji?s long-time collaborator Tim Story and the rest of the team behind the film.?
Bron Releasing and UTA Independent Film Group will oversee film sales and distribution.
Henson is represented by M88, UTA, Ziffren Brittenham and The Lede Company. Wilkins is represented by UTA and Echo Lake Entertainment. Story and The Story Company are repped by UTA, Ziffren Brittenham and The Collins Jackson Agency.
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";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1642239232;}i:6;a:11:{s:5:"title";s:91:"Novak Djokovic placed again in detention in Australia, pending a court decision on his fate";s:4:"link";s:132:"https://moustachebrothers.com/world-news/novak-djokovic-placed-again-in-detention-in-australia-pending-a-court-decision-on-his-fate/";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Paula Hooper";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 15 Jan 2022 09:29:38 +0000";s:8:"category";s:65:"World NewsAustraliaCourtdecisiondetentionDjokovicfateNovakpending";s:4:"guid";s:38:"https://moustachebrothers.com/?p=10329";s:11:"description";s:709:"Novak Djokovic in training, January 12, 2022, in Melbourne. MARK BAKER / AP The outcome of the Novak Djokovic soap opera in Australia is getting closer. Pending a court decision on his case, the world number one in tennis, who is not vaccinated against Covid-19 and whose visa was canceled a second time, was returned ... Read more";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:8591:"
Novak Djokovic in training, January 12, 2022, in Melbourne. MARK BAKER / AP
The outcome of the Novak Djokovic soap opera in Australia is getting closer. Pending a court decision on his case, the world number one in tennis, who is not vaccinated against Covid-19 and whose visa was canceled a second time, was returned to administrative detention in a center in Melbourne, Saturday January 15.
Referral hearings are scheduled for Saturday and Sunday in federal court, and authorities said Friday night that they would not expel the tennis player from Australia until the judges have ruled. The player is only authorized to leave the detention center to follow, online, the legal hearings concerning him from the offices of his lawyers, and under the surveillance of border police officers.
This is the second time the Australian government has attempted to deport Djokovic from the country. The player, vaccinosceptic, had been blocked on his arrival in Australia, on January 5, and placed for the first time in administrative detention. He had hoped for an exemption to enter the country without being vaccinated, after contracting the virus in December, but authorities have not accepted this explanation.
Read also Article reserved for our subscribers Novak Djokovic’s stay in Australia could cost him dearly
Djokovic has admitted to incorrectly filling in his declaration on entering Australia, and not respecting the rules of isolation after testing positive. The champion, seen in Serbia and Spain in the two weeks before his arrival, contrary to what he declared in the immigration form upon his arrival, pleaded ?human error?.
On Saturday, Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal attacked his rival, saying that ?The Australian Open is more important than any player?, while saying not to be ?agree with a lot of things he has done in the last two weeks?.
Fear of encouraging anti-vaccination sentiment
The skirmish between Djokovic and Australia moved the news of the tournament to the political arena. The Australian government suffered a humiliating setback on January 10 when a judge blocked Djokovic’s deportation, reinstated his visa and ordered his immediate release. The Serb was then able to resume his training for his participation in the Australian Open. Eventually, Immigration Minister Alex Hawke, using his discretion in the matter, canceled Djokovic’s visa yet again on Friday, ?on health and public order grounds?, a measure difficult to challenge in court.
In his conclusions filed on Saturday before the court, the minister maintained that the presence of Novak Djokovic in the country ?is likely to pose a health risk to the Australian community?, as it, he says, encourages anti-vaccination sentiment and could deter Australians from getting their booster shots as the Omicron variant continues to spread at high speed.
Read also “There is a feeling of omnipotence in Novak Djokovic”
While admitting that the risk of Djokovic infecting Australians himself is “negligible”, the Minister felt that his “contempt” passed for the health rules against Covid-19 constitutes a bad example, and therefore a risk for public health. The Minister ?citing no evidence? in support of his arguments, retorted the player’s lawyers.
The tournament starts on Monday
The 34-year-old aims for a 10e title at the Australian Open, which starts on Monday, and a 21e Grand Slam victory, which would be a record. He is supposed to face his compatriot Miomir Kecmanovic in the first round. The cancellation of his visa, if confirmed by the courts, implies that Djokovic will be banned from entering the country for three years, except in exceptional circumstances.
This twisty soap opera around the tennis champion takes place in a country whose inhabitants have endured for almost two years some of the strictest anti-Covid restrictions in the world, and where elections are scheduled for May. Pressure has intensified around Conservative Prime Minister Scott Morrison, accused of“incompetence” by the Labor opposition.
Read also The Serbs are mobilizing for their star Novak Djokovic, in detention in Australia
The saga is also followed assiduously in Serbia, where politicians erect the star as a national hero. On Friday, the country’s president, Aleksandar Vucic again threw his support behind the player, accusing Australia of “mistreat” this last.
Ten days of imbroglio
January 4: Novak Djokovic, who then never communicated on his vaccination status, announces on social networks that he is flying to Australia, benefiting from a « exemption » to participate in the Australian Open (January 17-30), where he is aiming for a 10e victory and a 21e crowned in a Grand Slam tournament, a record.
January 5: The Serb is stranded by border police on his arrival at Melbourne airport and sees his visa canceled for failing to provide “The appropriate evidence” to enter Australia.
January 6: Djokovic files an appeal against the cancellation of his visa and his deportation. The latter is suspended and the player is placed in a detention center.
January 8: His lawyers say he has obtained a vaccination exemption from the Australian Tennis Federation and the State of Victoria because he tested positive for Covid-19 on December 16.
January 10: A judge orders the immediate release of Novak Djokovic from the detention center, ruling that the cancellation of his visa by the federal authorities was not legal.
January 14: Australian Immigration Minister Alex Hawke announces he has canceled visa for world number one “On health and public order grounds, on the grounds that it was in the public interest to do so”. The Serb must return to administrative detention.
The World with AFP
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Novak Djokovic in training, January 12, 2022, in Melbourne. MARK BAKER / AP
The outcome of the Novak Djokovic soap opera in Australia is getting closer. Pending a court decision on his case, the world number one in tennis, who is not vaccinated against Covid-19 and whose visa was canceled a second time, was returned to administrative detention in a center in Melbourne, Saturday January 15.
Referral hearings are scheduled for Saturday and Sunday in federal court, and authorities said Friday night that they would not expel the tennis player from Australia until the judges have ruled. The player is only authorized to leave the detention center to follow, online, the legal hearings concerning him from the offices of his lawyers, and under the surveillance of border police officers.
This is the second time the Australian government has attempted to deport Djokovic from the country. The player, vaccinosceptic, had been blocked on his arrival in Australia, on January 5, and placed for the first time in administrative detention. He had hoped for an exemption to enter the country without being vaccinated, after contracting the virus in December, but authorities have not accepted this explanation.
Read also Article reserved for our subscribers Novak Djokovic’s stay in Australia could cost him dearly
Djokovic has admitted to incorrectly filling in his declaration on entering Australia, and not respecting the rules of isolation after testing positive. The champion, seen in Serbia and Spain in the two weeks before his arrival, contrary to what he declared in the immigration form upon his arrival, pleaded ?human error?.
On Saturday, Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal attacked his rival, saying that ?The Australian Open is more important than any player?, while saying not to be ?agree with a lot of things he has done in the last two weeks?.
Fear of encouraging anti-vaccination sentiment
The skirmish between Djokovic and Australia moved the news of the tournament to the political arena. The Australian government suffered a humiliating setback on January 10 when a judge blocked Djokovic’s deportation, reinstated his visa and ordered his immediate release. The Serb was then able to resume his training for his participation in the Australian Open. Eventually, Immigration Minister Alex Hawke, using his discretion in the matter, canceled Djokovic’s visa yet again on Friday, ?on health and public order grounds?, a measure difficult to challenge in court.
In his conclusions filed on Saturday before the court, the minister maintained that the presence of Novak Djokovic in the country ?is likely to pose a health risk to the Australian community?, as it, he says, encourages anti-vaccination sentiment and could deter Australians from getting their booster shots as the Omicron variant continues to spread at high speed.
Read also “There is a feeling of omnipotence in Novak Djokovic”
While admitting that the risk of Djokovic infecting Australians himself is “negligible”, the Minister felt that his “contempt” passed for the health rules against Covid-19 constitutes a bad example, and therefore a risk for public health. The Minister ?citing no evidence? in support of his arguments, retorted the player’s lawyers.
The tournament starts on Monday
The 34-year-old aims for a 10e title at the Australian Open, which starts on Monday, and a 21e Grand Slam victory, which would be a record. He is supposed to face his compatriot Miomir Kecmanovic in the first round. The cancellation of his visa, if confirmed by the courts, implies that Djokovic will be banned from entering the country for three years, except in exceptional circumstances.
This twisty soap opera around the tennis champion takes place in a country whose inhabitants have endured for almost two years some of the strictest anti-Covid restrictions in the world, and where elections are scheduled for May. Pressure has intensified around Conservative Prime Minister Scott Morrison, accused of“incompetence” by the Labor opposition.
Read also The Serbs are mobilizing for their star Novak Djokovic, in detention in Australia
The saga is also followed assiduously in Serbia, where politicians erect the star as a national hero. On Friday, the country’s president, Aleksandar Vucic again threw his support behind the player, accusing Australia of “mistreat” this last.
Ten days of imbroglio
January 4: Novak Djokovic, who then never communicated on his vaccination status, announces on social networks that he is flying to Australia, benefiting from a « exemption » to participate in the Australian Open (January 17-30), where he is aiming for a 10e victory and a 21e crowned in a Grand Slam tournament, a record.
January 5: The Serb is stranded by border police on his arrival at Melbourne airport and sees his visa canceled for failing to provide “The appropriate evidence” to enter Australia.
January 6: Djokovic files an appeal against the cancellation of his visa and his deportation. The latter is suspended and the player is placed in a detention center.
January 8: His lawyers say he has obtained a vaccination exemption from the Australian Tennis Federation and the State of Victoria because he tested positive for Covid-19 on December 16.
January 10: A judge orders the immediate release of Novak Djokovic from the detention center, ruling that the cancellation of his visa by the federal authorities was not legal.
January 14: Australian Immigration Minister Alex Hawke announces he has canceled visa for world number one “On health and public order grounds, on the grounds that it was in the public interest to do so”. The Serb must return to administrative detention.
The World with AFP
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";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1642238978;}i:7;a:11:{s:5:"title";s:84:"Matthew Stafford?s wife Kelly relives wild vacation encounter with Leonardo DiCaprio";s:4:"link";s:130:"https://moustachebrothers.com/trending-people/matthew-staffords-wife-kelly-relives-wild-vacation-encounter-with-leonardo-dicaprio/";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:15:"Pauline Moonlky";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 15 Jan 2022 07:45:42 +0000";s:8:"category";s:84:"Trending PeopleDiCaprioencounterKellyLeonardoMatthewrelivesStaffordsvacationwifeWild";s:4:"guid";s:38:"https://moustachebrothers.com/?p=10323";s:11:"description";s:718:"Kelly Stafford?s vacation tale from the vault will likely give you a serious case of FOMO. During Tuesday?s episode of her podcast, ?The Morning After with Kelly Stafford,? the wife of Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford recalled a past couple?s trip with Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan and his wife, Sara, where they crossed paths with Leonardo ... Read more";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:8504:"
Kelly Stafford?s vacation tale from the vault will likely give you a serious case of FOMO.
During Tuesday?s episode of her podcast, ?The Morning After with Kelly Stafford,? the wife of Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford recalled a past couple?s trip with Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan and his wife, Sara, where they crossed paths with Leonardo DiCaprio.
?We are in the Bahamas, at this place called Baker?s Bay, the Ryans and us, and again, they?re good friends of ours, we love them to death,? Kelly began.
?We go to the owner of this place?s house, cause he?s having a dinner, he?s hiring this new chef. We sit down and there?s four seats next to us that are completely empty. And we?re like, ?Okay, we got sat at the loser?s table, it?s just us four, whatever,’? she continued.
Later into the night, Leonardo DiCaprio joined the dinner, along with Nina Agdal and two others.
?So they walk in, and we?re immediately kicking each other under the table,? Kelly said. ?Anyways, we get to know them and they?re like, ?Hey, let?s play volleyball tomorrow,? and we?re like, ?Okay, yeah, we?ll play you in volleyball, why not?’?
Kelly said they shrugged it off, thinking DiCaprio and his group were joking around about a match, but were in for a surprise when they arrived at the beach the next day.
?So the guys go to play golf and Sara and I head to the beach and lo and behold, there is Leo and Nina and all of them warming up on the sand volleyball court, and we?re like, ?Oh s?t,’? she said.
Kelly and Sara then texted their husbands, who ditched golf for the volleyball game of a lifetime.
?We play this volleyball, a ?Meet the Fockers? moment happens, where Matthew spikes it and it ricochets off ? some of the workers played with us, too ? ricochets off the worker?s hands, on the other team, right into Nina Agdal?s face,? Kelly said. ?That happens and we?re all like, ?Oh, s?t.’?
Kelly said that Agdal, who was linked to DiCaprio in 2016, brushed it off and continued. And while DiCaprio?s team didn?t walk away with an upset victory, the Oscar winner, 47, was ready for another challenge: ultimate frisbee.
Leonardo DiCaprio made a cameo appearance during the Staffords? vacationAFP via Getty Images
?I was like, ?Why in the world does this guy keep challenging us to sports?’? Kelly recounted.
Following an afternoon of athletics, the group later recouped with some drinking games, including Picolo, which is available as an app.
?So as the game goes along, the challenges get, I would say, a little dirtier,? Kelly said. ?So we?re getting to this point, and we are all hammered, Leo gets the phone and it says, ?Leo, lick Sara?s ear four times or drink six sips.’?
Kelly Stafford and Matthew Stafford vacation in the Bahamas in 2016Instagram
Kelly was under the impression DiCaprio would take the six sips, but the ?Don?t Look Up? star surprised her.
?He gets up quickly, and slowly walks over to Sara, and I?m looking at Sara like, ?Holy s?t,’? she said. ?He like squats slowly and just goes after Sara?s ear? Licks her ear, I don?t know, about four seconds, gets up, sits back down, and I swear Sara didn?t move.?
Quarterback Matthew Stafford and the Rams will face the Cardinals in the NFC wild-card game on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
When Kelly shared a clip of the story Wednesday on Instagram, Sara responded, ?Most incredible moment of my life, childbirth included! Time stood still for me!!????
As for the Staffords, they?re readying for the Rams? wild-card game Monday against the Cardinals, hoping to keep Arizona fans far, far away from SoFi Stadium.
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";}s:7:"summary";s:718:"Kelly Stafford?s vacation tale from the vault will likely give you a serious case of FOMO. During Tuesday?s episode of her podcast, ?The Morning After with Kelly Stafford,? the wife of Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford recalled a past couple?s trip with Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan and his wife, Sara, where they crossed paths with Leonardo ... Read more";s:12:"atom_content";s:8504:"
Kelly Stafford?s vacation tale from the vault will likely give you a serious case of FOMO.
During Tuesday?s episode of her podcast, ?The Morning After with Kelly Stafford,? the wife of Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford recalled a past couple?s trip with Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan and his wife, Sara, where they crossed paths with Leonardo DiCaprio.
?We are in the Bahamas, at this place called Baker?s Bay, the Ryans and us, and again, they?re good friends of ours, we love them to death,? Kelly began.
?We go to the owner of this place?s house, cause he?s having a dinner, he?s hiring this new chef. We sit down and there?s four seats next to us that are completely empty. And we?re like, ?Okay, we got sat at the loser?s table, it?s just us four, whatever,’? she continued.
Later into the night, Leonardo DiCaprio joined the dinner, along with Nina Agdal and two others.
?So they walk in, and we?re immediately kicking each other under the table,? Kelly said. ?Anyways, we get to know them and they?re like, ?Hey, let?s play volleyball tomorrow,? and we?re like, ?Okay, yeah, we?ll play you in volleyball, why not?’?
Kelly said they shrugged it off, thinking DiCaprio and his group were joking around about a match, but were in for a surprise when they arrived at the beach the next day.
?So the guys go to play golf and Sara and I head to the beach and lo and behold, there is Leo and Nina and all of them warming up on the sand volleyball court, and we?re like, ?Oh s?t,’? she said.
Kelly and Sara then texted their husbands, who ditched golf for the volleyball game of a lifetime.
?We play this volleyball, a ?Meet the Fockers? moment happens, where Matthew spikes it and it ricochets off ? some of the workers played with us, too ? ricochets off the worker?s hands, on the other team, right into Nina Agdal?s face,? Kelly said. ?That happens and we?re all like, ?Oh, s?t.’?
Kelly said that Agdal, who was linked to DiCaprio in 2016, brushed it off and continued. And while DiCaprio?s team didn?t walk away with an upset victory, the Oscar winner, 47, was ready for another challenge: ultimate frisbee.
Leonardo DiCaprio made a cameo appearance during the Staffords? vacationAFP via Getty Images
?I was like, ?Why in the world does this guy keep challenging us to sports?’? Kelly recounted.
Following an afternoon of athletics, the group later recouped with some drinking games, including Picolo, which is available as an app.
?So as the game goes along, the challenges get, I would say, a little dirtier,? Kelly said. ?So we?re getting to this point, and we are all hammered, Leo gets the phone and it says, ?Leo, lick Sara?s ear four times or drink six sips.’?
Kelly Stafford and Matthew Stafford vacation in the Bahamas in 2016Instagram
Kelly was under the impression DiCaprio would take the six sips, but the ?Don?t Look Up? star surprised her.
?He gets up quickly, and slowly walks over to Sara, and I?m looking at Sara like, ?Holy s?t,’? she said. ?He like squats slowly and just goes after Sara?s ear? Licks her ear, I don?t know, about four seconds, gets up, sits back down, and I swear Sara didn?t move.?
Quarterback Matthew Stafford and the Rams will face the Cardinals in the NFC wild-card game on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
When Kelly shared a clip of the story Wednesday on Instagram, Sara responded, ?Most incredible moment of my life, childbirth included! Time stood still for me!!????
As for the Staffords, they?re readying for the Rams? wild-card game Monday against the Cardinals, hoping to keep Arizona fans far, far away from SoFi Stadium.
We wish to say thanks to the author of this write-up for this outstanding material
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1642232742;}i:8;a:11:{s:5:"title";s:145:"REVIEW: The Legacy of Terrible Italian Food Lives On at L?Arte di Mangiare for the 2022 EPCOT International Festival of the Arts ? WDW News Today";s:4:"link";s:199:"https://moustachebrothers.com/movie-production-companies/review-the-legacy-of-terrible-italian-food-lives-on-at-larte-di-mangiare-for-the-2022-epcot-international-festival-of-the-arts-wdw-news-today/";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Sally Scully";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 15 Jan 2022 07:40:29 +0000";s:8:"category";s:112:"Movie Production CompaniesartsEPCOTFestivalFoodinternationalItalianLArteLegacylivesMangiarenewsREVIEWTerribleWDW";s:4:"guid";s:38:"https://moustachebrothers.com/?p=10317";s:11:"description";s:900:"EPCOT describes L?Arte di Mangiare as ?indulge in Baroque cuisine, prepared with rich color and dramatic flavor.? This year, the food studio returns with an entirely new food menu, and while we aren?t typically fans of the Italy food kitchens for festivals, we?re still going to try all the new items (mostly so you don?t ... Read more";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:10737:"
EPCOT describes L?Arte di Mangiare as ?indulge in Baroque cuisine, prepared with rich color and dramatic flavor.? This year, the food studio returns with an entirely new food menu, and while we aren?t typically fans of the Italy food kitchens for festivals, we?re still going to try all the new items (mostly so you don?t have to.)
Menu for L?Arte di Mangiare at the EPCOT International Festival of the Arts
Food:
? Arancini: Fried Risotto Balls stuffed with Braised Beef and served with Pomodoro Sauce ? $14.00
? Ravioli alla Boscaiola: Sweet Sausage Ravioli, Mushrooms, Caramelized Onions and Creamy Parmesan Sauce ? $13.00
Bomboloni: Chocolate-Hazelnut Italian Donut with Powdered Sugar ? $11.00
Beverages:
Peroni Pilsner (5.1% ABV) ? $6.00 for 6 oz., $10.00 for 12 oz.
Pinot Grigio – $ 10.00
Chianti ? $10.00
Prosecco ? $10.00
Royal Rose – $ 11.00
Moscato ? $11.00
Italian White Sangria with Prosecco ? $11.00
Italian Red Sangria with Cabernet Sauvignon ? $11.00
Italian Margarita with Tequila and Limoncello ? $11.00
Amaretto Bellini: Amaretto, White Peach Purée and Prosecco ? $13.00
This year?s food offerings offer brand-new interpretations on Food Studio staples, with braised beef replacing sweet sausage in the Arancini and sausage replacing the lobster in the Ravioli. The Bomboloni were previously seen at Tuscany Holiday Kitchen at the 2021 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays.
Photos of Menu Items for L?Arte di Mangiare at the EPCOT International Festival of the Arts
*NEW* Arancini: Fried Risotto Balls stuffed with Braised Beef and served with Pomodoro Sauce ? $14.00
Chalky inside, flavorless outside, and the sauce tasted canned. Hard pass.
*NEW* Ravioli alla Boscaiola: Sweet Sausage Ravioli, Mushrooms, Caramelized Onions and Creamy Parmesan Sauce ? $13.00
chalky texture from both the sauce and the ravioli exterior, so it?s not great. The mushrooms are well prepared, but that does little to save the dish.
Bomboloni: Chocolate-Hazelnut Italian Donut with Powdered Sugar ? $11.00
These are simple pastries filled with Nutella. They?re another basic dish, and there?s no reason to buy them at EPCOT for this price.
Peroni Pilsner (5.1% ABV) ? $6.00 for 6 oz., $10.00 for 12 oz.
Peroni Brewery describes their beer as ?a crisp and refreshing beer with a delicate balance of bitterness, citrus and spicy aromatic notes, combined with a fast and clean finish.?
Italian White Sangria with Prosecco ? $11.00
Usually, when a Sangria beverage of this price contains more juice than wine, we would complain. However, since the wine in this drink tasted particularly cheap and unpleasant, in this case, it was somewhat of a relief. The drink was supposed to contain Prosecco; however, this was unidentifiable from the lack of fizz in the drink.
Italian Red Sangria with Cabernet Sauvignon ? $11.00
Have you ever put red wine in the microwave? That?s what this is. We thought sangria came with ice and fruit, but this was just a room temperature liquid. The flavor was fruity, so it could have been really good, but as it got hotter, it was just too warm to drink.
Italian Margarita with Tequila and Limoncello ? $11.00
The margarita was quite good as it tasted almost like a melting lemon ice dessert. However, there didn?t seem to be much liquor in the drink, as we didn?t taste much besides the faint hint of tequila. Overall, this is a tasty drink, but don?t expect to get much alcohol for your money here.
Amaretto Bellini: Amaretto, White Peach Purée and Prosecco ? $13.00
I?m not sure there was much alcohol in our pour, so it tasted a little off. You might think it would be sweet given the amaretto and prosecco, but it wasn?t at all.
Something was off about this wine. This wasn?t even up to par with the cheap prosecco of Disney fireworks dessert parties past. The olive was also hard to get out of the cup, to the point where we saw multiple people drop the drink trying to do it. This drink just isn?t worth the trouble.
Location of L?Arte di Mangiare at the EPCOT International Festival of the Arts
L?Arte di Mangiare is conveniently located adjacent to the Italy Pavilion on World Showcase Promenade. You can find it at number 8 on the map below.
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";}s:7:"summary";s:900:"EPCOT describes L?Arte di Mangiare as ?indulge in Baroque cuisine, prepared with rich color and dramatic flavor.? This year, the food studio returns with an entirely new food menu, and while we aren?t typically fans of the Italy food kitchens for festivals, we?re still going to try all the new items (mostly so you don?t ... Read more";s:12:"atom_content";s:10737:"
EPCOT describes L?Arte di Mangiare as ?indulge in Baroque cuisine, prepared with rich color and dramatic flavor.? This year, the food studio returns with an entirely new food menu, and while we aren?t typically fans of the Italy food kitchens for festivals, we?re still going to try all the new items (mostly so you don?t have to.)
Menu for L?Arte di Mangiare at the EPCOT International Festival of the Arts
Food:
? Arancini: Fried Risotto Balls stuffed with Braised Beef and served with Pomodoro Sauce ? $14.00
? Ravioli alla Boscaiola: Sweet Sausage Ravioli, Mushrooms, Caramelized Onions and Creamy Parmesan Sauce ? $13.00
Bomboloni: Chocolate-Hazelnut Italian Donut with Powdered Sugar ? $11.00
Beverages:
Peroni Pilsner (5.1% ABV) ? $6.00 for 6 oz., $10.00 for 12 oz.
Pinot Grigio – $ 10.00
Chianti ? $10.00
Prosecco ? $10.00
Royal Rose – $ 11.00
Moscato ? $11.00
Italian White Sangria with Prosecco ? $11.00
Italian Red Sangria with Cabernet Sauvignon ? $11.00
Italian Margarita with Tequila and Limoncello ? $11.00
Amaretto Bellini: Amaretto, White Peach Purée and Prosecco ? $13.00
This year?s food offerings offer brand-new interpretations on Food Studio staples, with braised beef replacing sweet sausage in the Arancini and sausage replacing the lobster in the Ravioli. The Bomboloni were previously seen at Tuscany Holiday Kitchen at the 2021 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays.
Photos of Menu Items for L?Arte di Mangiare at the EPCOT International Festival of the Arts
*NEW* Arancini: Fried Risotto Balls stuffed with Braised Beef and served with Pomodoro Sauce ? $14.00
Chalky inside, flavorless outside, and the sauce tasted canned. Hard pass.
*NEW* Ravioli alla Boscaiola: Sweet Sausage Ravioli, Mushrooms, Caramelized Onions and Creamy Parmesan Sauce ? $13.00
chalky texture from both the sauce and the ravioli exterior, so it?s not great. The mushrooms are well prepared, but that does little to save the dish.
Bomboloni: Chocolate-Hazelnut Italian Donut with Powdered Sugar ? $11.00
These are simple pastries filled with Nutella. They?re another basic dish, and there?s no reason to buy them at EPCOT for this price.
Peroni Pilsner (5.1% ABV) ? $6.00 for 6 oz., $10.00 for 12 oz.
Peroni Brewery describes their beer as ?a crisp and refreshing beer with a delicate balance of bitterness, citrus and spicy aromatic notes, combined with a fast and clean finish.?
Italian White Sangria with Prosecco ? $11.00
Usually, when a Sangria beverage of this price contains more juice than wine, we would complain. However, since the wine in this drink tasted particularly cheap and unpleasant, in this case, it was somewhat of a relief. The drink was supposed to contain Prosecco; however, this was unidentifiable from the lack of fizz in the drink.
Italian Red Sangria with Cabernet Sauvignon ? $11.00
Have you ever put red wine in the microwave? That?s what this is. We thought sangria came with ice and fruit, but this was just a room temperature liquid. The flavor was fruity, so it could have been really good, but as it got hotter, it was just too warm to drink.
Italian Margarita with Tequila and Limoncello ? $11.00
The margarita was quite good as it tasted almost like a melting lemon ice dessert. However, there didn?t seem to be much liquor in the drink, as we didn?t taste much besides the faint hint of tequila. Overall, this is a tasty drink, but don?t expect to get much alcohol for your money here.
Amaretto Bellini: Amaretto, White Peach Purée and Prosecco ? $13.00
I?m not sure there was much alcohol in our pour, so it tasted a little off. You might think it would be sweet given the amaretto and prosecco, but it wasn?t at all.
Something was off about this wine. This wasn?t even up to par with the cheap prosecco of Disney fireworks dessert parties past. The olive was also hard to get out of the cup, to the point where we saw multiple people drop the drink trying to do it. This drink just isn?t worth the trouble.
Location of L?Arte di Mangiare at the EPCOT International Festival of the Arts
L?Arte di Mangiare is conveniently located adjacent to the Italy Pavilion on World Showcase Promenade. You can find it at number 8 on the map below.
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It is true that 2021 was a very difficult year for the production of series and movies, as the pandemic made it very difficult, but streaming platforms have never been so watched, and these are the top 10 of the most visited by the public.
Let’s list:
1. Squid Game ? Round 6 (2021)
It’s not news to anyone, not even people who’ve talked about it here, that Round 6 was a great success. For many reasons it’s impressive, a Korean series, starring only Korean actors, and reaching the numbers that the series has achieved is surprising. Not even the most enthusiastic about foreign productions would make that prediction, but it’s the truth. The search for a hefty sum of money to end debts, and its sarcastic violence scenes, took the title of the most watched series of the year and also the most watched series of the year. Netflix of all time.
Squid Game (Credit: Netflix)
2. The 100 (2014-2020)
A great series came to an end, and thus secured its second place on the list. The Hundred is a post-apocalyptic series that has conquered fans all over the world, it was 6 years of history and 7 seasons, following the story of 100 young people, sent to Earth as lab rats to research if the planet could be habitable again. Over the years, despite the series’ success, critics were not always good, but the last season was highly praised, which justifies a series finished in 2020 being the second most watched of 2021. Today it is possible to watch all seasons on TV. series on Netflix.
3. The Money Heist(2017-2021)
Not much different from first place. Another foreign series that conquered the world and had its grand finale last year, and like every success it couldn’t be different. Fans watched the end of the story of the biggest heists in Spain, and could see what end Professor and his revolutionary thieves met. Also another production bought by Netflix and distributed around the world to conquer fans from all continents and languages. The series also has several records and will surely be one of the productions that will be remembered for a long time.
4. Lupin(2021-)
Arsène Lupine is a very famous thief and a fictional character created by writer Maurice Leblanc who had his first release in 1907. However, the series does not tell the story of this Lupin. In the series we have an assiduous fan who is also a very skilled thief and uses his knowledge of the books to practice theft, until some things get out of hand and the ability to improvise comes to the fore. The series brings this connection between the modern thief and the ?Thief in a Coat? very well, so well that it was the fourth most watched, displacing several hits from other years. This is a Netlifx production and it is worth mentioning that a sequel is very likely to happen, so let’s see if it manages to stay in the top 4.
Lupin (Credit: Netflix)
5. Bridgerton(2020-)
The English noble family has won many fans, thus making it fifth on the list. In British high society 8 brothers seek love, and this plot always works. In a period series, full of elaborate costumes, castles, carriages and of course a lot of lust and betrayal, the series has been gaining followers, it even has its second season confirmed by Netflix, and it can certainly climb much higher on this list in the coming years.
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Let’s list:
1. Squid Game ? Round 6 (2021)
It’s not news to anyone, not even people who’ve talked about it here, that Round 6 was a great success. For many reasons it’s impressive, a Korean series, starring only Korean actors, and reaching the numbers that the series has achieved is surprising. Not even the most enthusiastic about foreign productions would make that prediction, but it’s the truth. The search for a hefty sum of money to end debts, and its sarcastic violence scenes, took the title of the most watched series of the year and also the most watched series of the year. Netflix of all time.
Squid Game (Credit: Netflix)
2. The 100 (2014-2020)
A great series came to an end, and thus secured its second place on the list. The Hundred is a post-apocalyptic series that has conquered fans all over the world, it was 6 years of history and 7 seasons, following the story of 100 young people, sent to Earth as lab rats to research if the planet could be habitable again. Over the years, despite the series’ success, critics were not always good, but the last season was highly praised, which justifies a series finished in 2020 being the second most watched of 2021. Today it is possible to watch all seasons on TV. series on Netflix.
3. The Money Heist(2017-2021)
Not much different from first place. Another foreign series that conquered the world and had its grand finale last year, and like every success it couldn’t be different. Fans watched the end of the story of the biggest heists in Spain, and could see what end Professor and his revolutionary thieves met. Also another production bought by Netflix and distributed around the world to conquer fans from all continents and languages. The series also has several records and will surely be one of the productions that will be remembered for a long time.
4. Lupin(2021-)
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Lupin (Credit: Netflix)
5. Bridgerton(2020-)
The English noble family has won many fans, thus making it fifth on the list. In British high society 8 brothers seek love, and this plot always works. In a period series, full of elaborate costumes, castles, carriages and of course a lot of lust and betrayal, the series has been gaining followers, it even has its second season confirmed by Netflix, and it can certainly climb much higher on this list in the coming years.
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