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Italy in slow motion

of AltraVita · Friday, 26 February 2010 · 20 2 Trackbacks / Pingbacks

In Italy, a football game does not stop after 90 minutes. Because then begins the slow motion. In the press conference after his historic win against Chelsea FC Internazionale, the self-proclaimed star coach Jose Mourinho's opinion on a possible penalty for the (from the game against Bayern Munich still waidwunde) Fiorentina beat AC Milan in the early evening to catch up game of the [...]

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Category: General · Football · Italy for Beginners Tags: · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·

Target shooting on idiots

of AltraVita · Monday, 22 February 2010 · 14 0 Trackbacks / Pingbacks

Even the mirror line was worth it, a message that had been on Facebook a group of 1,800 jokers under the motto "Tiro a Segno sui down" ("target shooting with Down's children") together. Meanwhile, this self-help group for amputees brain just gone and really not necessary at any comment beyond the beautiful Italian proverb: "The mother of idiots [...]

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Category: General · Football Tags: · · · · · ·

Si può fare - A film by Claudio Bisio

of AltraVita · Sunday, 21 February 2010 · 7 2 Trackbacks / Pingbacks

Like "matti per il calcio" is the film "Si può fare" ("It can be done") dedicated to the over 30,000 social cooperatives, which are from the 80s to under the "Legge Bersani Basaglia" from the Italian closed ' asylums "dismissed enabled people with psychiatric conditions of labor, employment and partly self-determined life. The 2008 released movie [...]

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Matti per il calcio - Something About Football

of AltraVita · Saturday, 20 February 2010 · 4 2 Trackbacks / Pingbacks

"Imprison sports directors, the referee in the locker room, listened to referees and players, sold championships. It's enough to want to keep their football. The sick, the sid, not us. People should turn off the TV and watch our games to come, for ours is the true football: the dust, the mud, with the doors completely torn nets. And before [...]

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Vasco Rossi - Mediolanum Forum Assago 10/02/2010

of AltraVita · Friday, 12 February 2010 · 13 2 Trackbacks / Pingbacks

Vasco Rossi is a phenomenon in Italy. Probably the exact opposite of Marco Masini, although the Italian knows everyone loves but by far not all. Laura Pausini has many "too American", Ramazzotti "too small", Masini "too depressing," Gianna Nannini "too gay", ie de Andrè "too arty" - Vasco Rossi, however, knows and loves everyone. [...]

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Ultrà Raciti sentenced in the case to 14 years imprisonment

of AltraVita · Wednesday, 10 February 2010 · 15 1 Trackbacks / Pingbacks

At 19.30 last night clock precipitated the juvenile court in Catania after eight hours of deliberation his long-awaited ruling against Catania fan of Antonino Speziale: 14 years for manslaughter. Was negotiated over the death of policeman Filippo Raciti during the Sicilian derby between Catania and Palermo on 02 February 2007. Judge Nino Minneci and his chamber seem like [...]

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Category: Football Tags: · · · · · · · ·

Tuscany - in Time Lapse (timelapse)

of AltraVita · Friday, 5 February 2010 · 2 0 Trackbacks / Pingbacks

I am so often asked why I moved to Italy. All questions should answer the wonderful video that has me on Klaus Stern pointed out yesterday: Click here! From about 50,000 individual images of this "shot" film was made. Exclusively used for the production DSLR cameras (Canon EOS 5D and EOS 5D MkII) were. Taking months were May [...]

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Anti-Fascist fan meeting in Livorno

of AltraVita · Thursday, 4 February 2010 · 2 0 Trackbacks / Pingbacks

The Bava is organizing an anti-fascist fan meeting in Livorno. It is to take place on the weekend 08./09. May in Livorno during the home game against Lazio. In addition to all sorts of other activities in and around the stadium concerts are also planned, and I've heard one or two times will also raise a hearty beer! In any case, [...]

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