maandag 11 februari 2013

Orange fighting in Ivrea, Italy - The Guardian

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Dressed up as middle ages kings’ guards, a group of men ride in a horsedrawn carriage and pelt ‘foot soldiers’ with oranges as thousands of people gather to re-enact the battle when the townsfolk of the Piedmontese town of Ivrea near Turin overthrew an evil king. In a strange twist, instead of swords and crossbows, these days the weapons of choice are oranges




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Donatella Versace geeft carrièreadvies - NU.nl

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Donatella Versace geeft carrièreadvies NU.nl De Italiaanse ontwerpster zegt er naar uit te kijken om het werk van een nieuwe generatie ontwerpers te zien en hen persoonlijk te leren kennen.

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Typical Le Marche Cheeses

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Every Summer travelers from every part of the world on holiday in Le Marche enjoy fine cheeses produced locally. The cheesemakers of Le Marche concerted effort to revive their long-dormant traditions, some of which were in danger of extinction until the recent sparks of attention to the region.

Which are these esquisite specialities? You have the Cacio La Forma di Limone, a unique cheese from the Metauro river valley made with sheep’s milk, and oddly enough, lemons. These little cheeses are shaped like lemons, and are rubbed with a mixture of salt and fresh lemon zest. After the salt is washed off, the cheese is brushed with a mixture of flour and water to ensure that the lemon zest adheres to the rind during the brief aging process. This is an example of a cheese rarely exported out of Le Marche, and a few decades ago, was in danger of absolute extinction.

Le Marche produces some notably fine Pecorinos, or sheep’s milk cheeses. Pecorino dei Monti Sibillini is an exceptional example, made in the valleys surrounding Mount Sibillini, as well as in Ascoli Piceno. The process for this Pecorino differs from the classic Tuscan method; the curds are reheated after being formed and finely cut, then they are hand-pressed into round molds. The molded cheeses are then covered in dry salt for two days, after which they are placed in a moderately humid, cool room for 20 days. During this time, they are washed, every other day, with warm water and whey. Next comes an aging period of up to two years, during which time they are brushed with their own fat, which oozes out of the rind, as well as some fine local olive oil.

“Formaggi di Fossa,” cheeses that are aged underground from mid-July to November, that can be made from cow, sheep, or goat milk. The cheeses, already two months old, are wrapped in special cotton sacks and buried in straw-lined tufa pits and sealed with chalk paste. They emerge in autumn with a distinctive, earthy tang.

Casciotta D’Urbino, the only cheese of Le Marche endowed with a D.O.P. designation (since 1996). The combined milks (70 to 80 percent sheep, 20 to 30 percent cow) is the first distinction of Casciotta D’Urbino; the method for making the cheese goes back as far as the thirteenth. Rennet is added to the milk to form soft curds, which are finely cut and reheated as with Pecorino dei Monte Sibillini. The curds are molded into rings by hand; hand pressing continues to extract the whey. The cheeses are salted either by dry-rubbing or immersion in a brine bath, after which they are stored in a very humid, cool room to age for about a month.


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POPE BENEDICT XVI: A Love Affair with the Truth

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Produced and distributed by Rome Reports.


A compelling inside look at the life and times of Joseph Ratzinger and the challenging pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI. This biographical documentary covers his childhood, his rise within the Catholic church and the first few years of his papacy as the Vicar of Christ. Through unique footage and interviews with those closest to him like his brother George and his biographer John Allen, get to know the pope of the new millennium.






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Carnavalsrecept: la Cicerchiata - bezoekabruzzo.nl

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Een typische lekkernij wat met Carnaval in heel Abruzzo word gegeten. Het bestaat uit kleine balletjes van gebakken deeg, bestreken met honing en samengevoegd tot een ronde tulband.




Ingrediënten: 500g bloem, 200g honing, olijfolie, geraspte citroen, 3 eieren, suiker, amandelen, kaneel.




Het deeg maak je door de eieren te kloppen en er de bloem, suiker, olie en de geraspte citroen door te mengen. Nu maak je van het deeg lange repen van ongeveer 1cm diameter en die snijd je in kleine blokjes. Deze blokjes rol je even snel met de hand en je bakt ze in een pan met olijfolie, als ze klaar zijn laat je ze even uitlekken op een stuk keukenpapier. Ondertussen smelt je de honing in een pan, voeg de bolletjes erbij er roer goed met een houten lepel, voeg ook de amandelen toe en strooi er kaneel over. Giet alles in een tulband vorm en versier met gekleurde hageslag. Even af laten koelen en klaar!




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Pope Benedict in shock resignation

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Pope Benedict XVI is to resign at the end of this month in an unexpected development, saying he is too old to continue at the age of 85.


He became Pope in 2005 following John Paul II’s death.


Resignations from the papacy are not unknown, but this is the first in the modern era, which has been marked by pontiffs dying while in office.


At 78, the former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was one of the oldest new popes in history when elected.




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Paus kondigt aftreden aan - orpheuskijktom.com

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Paus Benedictus XVI heeft laten weten zich per 28 februari uit het pontificaat terug te trekken, dat meldden de grote Italiaanse kranten vandaag naar aanleiding van een persbericht. Volgens de Corr…



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Paus Benedictus XVI treedt op 28 februari af

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Paus Benedictus XVI treedt op 28 februari af. Dat heeft de paus in een verklaring medegedeeld. Als gevolg van zijn hoge leeftijd is hij niet meer in staat het ambt te vervullen, zo stelt de Paus.




“After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry.”




Paus Benedictus XVI, geboren Joseph Ratzinger, is sinds 19 april 2005 paus. De laatste paus die vrijwillig voor zijn dood opstapte was Celestinus V in 1294. In 1415 legde Gregorius XII eveneens zijn ambt neer, maar dat gebeurde onder grote externe druk.




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Il Papa si dimetterà dal pontificato il 28 febbraio. Sodano: fulmine a ciel sereno

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A sorpresa il Papa ha annunciato che lascerà il pontificato dal 28 febbraio. Lo ha fatto personalmente, in latino, durante il concistoro per la canonizzazione dei martiri di Otranto.


Cosa dice il Codice canonico

Il Codice di diritto canonico, nel libro II, parte II, sezione I, capitolo I, art. 1, così afferma: «Nel caso che il Romano Pontefice rinunci al suo ufficio, si richiede per la validità che la rinuncia sia fatta liberamente e che venga debitamente manifestata, non si richiede invece che qualcuno la accetti».

Dunque, il Papa può dimettersi, se ha un motivo valido per farlo.




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De film die Italië niet mocht zien

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Het Italiaanse Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo (Maxxi) heeft de vertoning van de documentaire ‘Girlfriend in a Coma’ tegengehouden. Giovanna Melandri, presidente van het museum, stelde dat in de aanloop naar de Italiaanse parlementsverkiezingen in een museum dat met belastinggeld wordt gefinancierd, geen films kunnen worden vertoond die zich al te kritisch tonen over één van de politieke partijen. Volgens de documentairemakers kan in geen enkele andere westerse democratie een dergelijke censuur worden verwacht.




De documentaire ‘Girlfriend in a Coma’ van journalist Bill Emmott en regisseur Annalisa Piras is bijzonder negatief…




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TWO GREEDY ITALIANS: TV van 11 t/m 14 februari

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Antonio Carluccio en Gennaro Contaldo, twee internationaal bekende chefkoks, gaan in hun vaderland Italië kijken of en wat er de laatste 40 jaar veranderd is op gebied van eten.



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Caravaggio, scoperti i segreti del periodo romano dell'artista - Il Messaggero

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Caravaggio è arrivato davvero a Roma nel 1596, quando aveva 25 anni: le testimonianze concordano; e cosa abbia fatto dopo il 1592, data dell’ultimo documento che lo attesta in Lombardia, resta un mistero: un viaggio a Venezia, come scrive Giovan Pietro Bellori nella sua biografia? Non c’è nessuna traccia. Scoperte, poi, sul suo grande nemico, il pittore Giovanni Baglione: diceva d’essere nobile, ma era figlio di un macellaio. E ancora: la Natività di Merisi, il quadro rubato dalla mafia nel 1969 dall’oratorio di San Lorenzo a Palermo, non è del 1609, ma dipinto nel 1600, a Roma: se ne sono trovate le tracce.




I MECENATI

E si è capito anche che l’intera fase romana dell’artista, a parte due soggiorni a Borgo, da Pandolfo Pucci, e a piazza delle Tartarughe dai Mattei, si svolge in un chilometro quadrato: un fazzoletto della città, tutt’attorno a San Luigi dei Francesi. Queste, e svariate altre, sono le importanti novità che tre ricercatori, Francesca Curti, Michele Di Sivo e Orietta Verdi dell’Archivio di Stato di Roma, hanno scoperto tra i documenti, appunto, dell’Archivio. Li avevano già studiati per «Caravaggio a Roma, una vita dal vero», mostra ideata da Eugenio Lo Sardo nel 2011; ma adesso, hanno trovato altre piste di indagine.




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Venice in a Day

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A day in Venice (Venezia) in Italy, from daybreak to sunset in time lapse. It’s really a great place and I hope I can share some of its magic with this short video.

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The video is part of the selection of Artfutura 2012 and will be shown in large cities around the world.






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