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Bagnara Calabra
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Bagnara Calabra is a comune in the Province of Reggio Calabria in Calabria, southern Italy. It is located on the hills facing the Tyrrhenian Sea on the tip of the region, about 100 kilometres southwest of Catanzaro. The municipality of Bagnara Calabra contains the frazioni of Ceramida, Solano, Bagnara Calabra borders the following municipalities, Melicuccà, SantEufemia dAspromonte, Scilla, Seminara. Bagnara is known for its torrone, a typical village delicacy, for its swordfish, Bagnara has traditionally been a fishing and agriculture center, with several terraces converted to vineyards for the cultivation of wine grapes. It is also a tourist center in summer, Mia Martini, songwriter and singer, died in 1995. Loredana Berté, sister of Mia Martini, songwriter and singer, benito Carbone, football player of Inter, Torino, and Sheffield Wednesday
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Province of Reggio Calabria
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The Province of Reggio Calabria is a province in the Calabria region of Italy. It is the southernmost province in mainland Italy and is separated from the island of Sicily by the Strait of Messina, the Aspromonte massif dominates the western part, and with its long coastline, the province is a popular tourist destination during the summer. The capital is the city of Reggio and it will be effectively replaced by the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria starting from 2018. The province of Reggio Calabria is located at the southern tip of mainland Italy. To the west lies the Tyrrhenian Sea and to the south, the land borders are short, to the northeast lies the province of Catanzaro and to the northwest, the province of Vibo Valentia. Across the Strait of Messina, some 3 kilometres to the southwest, the province can be divided into three types of terrain. Near the west it is mountainous, with the Aspromonte massif being formed of overlapping terraces of gneiss, the highest point is 1,956 m and this area is part of the Aspromonte National Park. From the mountains flow many, often seasonal, creeks and rivers, the largest being the Amendolea, the Ancient Greeks built a town Rhegion at the site of present-day Reggio, a strategic site beside the Strait of Messina. The towns Museo Nazionale houses two statues, the Riace bronzes, recovered from the sea at Riace some 50 miles to the east. By the third century BC, the Greeks were conquered by tribes from the north and they established their sovereignty over present day Calabria and founded new cities, including their own capital Consentia, now known as Cosenza. After their victory in the Pyrrhic War, Rome occupied Calabria, the town of Reggio and other parts of the province, as well as Messina and neighbouring parts of Sicily, were devastated by the 1908 Messina earthquake. This was followed by a series of tsunamis that wreaked further damage, in the 1950s there was a mass migration of rural people from Reggio Calabria and other provinces in southern Italy to the cities of Rome, Milan and particularly Turin in the north. They were driven by poverty, the soils of the region. Between 1969 and 1973, southern Italy suffered from urban unrest due to the lack of employment possibilities and poor living conditions, in 1970, Catanzaro was chosen as the location for a new regional government. Catanzaro and Reggio Calabria were among the poorest cities in southern Italy, strikes and demonstrations occurred and went on for more than a year, and were sometimes put down brutally by the police. The railway service from Sicily was disrupted, the airport, post offices and TV station were occupied at different times, three people were killed, more than two hundred wounded and over four hundred were charged with public-order offences. The Italian government responded to this by confirming Catanzaro as the regional capital but arranging for the regional assembly to be held at Reggio. A new port and steel works were announced at Gioia Tauro, to employment in the area, but before the steel works was completed, the price of steel collapsed
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Province of Varese
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The province of Varese is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Varese, but its largest city is Busto Arsizio, the headquarters of the AgustaWestland, the company merged into Leonardo-Finmeccanica since 2016, the worlds largest producer of helicopters, is based in Samarate, a comune of the province. As of 2015, it has a population of 889,410 inhabitants over an area of 1,198.11 square kilometres, the provincial president is Nicola Gunnar Vincenzi. In Roman times, the settlements of Castelseprio and the port of Angera were of high importance in the region. The House of Visconti conquered the region in the 13th century, the House of Visconti used the land for agricultural purposes and as part of the territories of Milan. During this Visconti rule, Varese became prosperous due to levels of trade in the region. Prior to his appointment as Duke, Francesco III dEste, Duke of Modena lived in the region during the 18th century, the province of Varese is one of twelve provinces in the region of Lombardy in the north of Italy. It is the most northwesterly province in the region and its northern border forms the boundary with Switzerland. The Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Piedmont region lies to the northwest, to the south lies the Metropolitan City of Milan, and to the east, the Province of Monza and Brianza, and the Province of Como. The provincial capital is the city of Varese, which is situated beside Lake Varese at the foot of Sacro Monte di Varese, the agriculture of this sub-Alpine region is based on livestock farming and the economy relies on tourism, with many people commuting daily to Milan. There are local cheeses made from milk and local meat dishes. Other local products are a variety of asparagus, chestnuts, berries and honey. Official website Media related to Province of Varese at Wikimedia Commons
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Italy
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Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a unitary parliamentary republic in Europe. Located in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea, Italy shares open land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, San Marino, Italy covers an area of 301,338 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal and Mediterranean climate. Due to its shape, it is referred to in Italy as lo Stivale. With 61 million inhabitants, it is the fourth most populous EU member state, the Italic tribe known as the Latins formed the Roman Kingdom, which eventually became a republic that conquered and assimilated other nearby civilisations. The legacy of the Roman Empire is widespread and can be observed in the distribution of civilian law, republican governments, Christianity. The Renaissance began in Italy and spread to the rest of Europe, bringing a renewed interest in humanism, science, exploration, Italian culture flourished at this time, producing famous scholars, artists and polymaths such as Leonardo da Vinci, Galileo, Michelangelo and Machiavelli. The weakened sovereigns soon fell victim to conquest by European powers such as France, Spain and Austria. Despite being one of the victors in World War I, Italy entered a period of economic crisis and social turmoil. The subsequent participation in World War II on the Axis side ended in defeat, economic destruction. Today, Italy has the third largest economy in the Eurozone and it has a very high level of human development and is ranked sixth in the world for life expectancy. The country plays a prominent role in regional and global economic, military, cultural and diplomatic affairs, as a reflection of its cultural wealth, Italy is home to 51 World Heritage Sites, the most in the world, and is the fifth most visited country. The assumptions on the etymology of the name Italia are very numerous, according to one of the more common explanations, the term Italia, from Latin, Italia, was borrowed through Greek from the Oscan Víteliú, meaning land of young cattle. The bull was a symbol of the southern Italic tribes and was often depicted goring the Roman wolf as a defiant symbol of free Italy during the Social War. Greek historian Dionysius of Halicarnassus states this account together with the legend that Italy was named after Italus, mentioned also by Aristotle and Thucydides. The name Italia originally applied only to a part of what is now Southern Italy – according to Antiochus of Syracuse, but by his time Oenotria and Italy had become synonymous, and the name also applied to most of Lucania as well. The Greeks gradually came to apply the name Italia to a larger region, excavations throughout Italy revealed a Neanderthal presence dating back to the Palaeolithic period, some 200,000 years ago, modern Humans arrived about 40,000 years ago. Other ancient Italian peoples of undetermined language families but of possible origins include the Rhaetian people and Cammuni. Also the Phoenicians established colonies on the coasts of Sardinia and Sicily, the Roman legacy has deeply influenced the Western civilisation, shaping most of the modern world
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Macerata
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Macerata listen is a city and comune in central Italy, the county seat of the province of Macerata in the Marche region. Together with the town, sprawling on the plain below the historic centre. The historical city centre is on a hill between the Chienti and Potenza rivers and it first consisted of the Picenes city named Ricina, then, after its romanization, Recina and Helvia Recina. The newly rebuilt town was Macerata and it became a municipality in August 1138. Typically hilly, the climate is both Mediterranean and continental, the Adriatic Sea, which is approximately 30 kilometres away, and particularly the Apennine Mountains influence the weather. The elevation of Macerata is approximately 315 metres above sea level, so winter is particularly rainy, balkanic and northwestern perturbations may cause snow. Middle seasons are variable, and late snowfall and frost may occur during April, october is neither warm nor very cold. Summer is rather sunny, and sometimes the thermometer reaches 40 °C, garbino is the cause, a hot wind from the hinterland. Summer thunderstorms are frequent in August during the evening, when the weather becomes quite unstable, in the central Piazza della Libertà is the Loggia dei Mercanti with two-tier arcades dating from the Renaissance. There are a number of striking palazzi, mostly along Corso Matteotti, next to the Loggia dei Mercanti, Corso della Repubblica leads to Piazza Vittorio Veneto where, in the Palazzo Ricci, there is a modern art gallery. Another museum that is worth a visit is Palazzo Buonaccorsi where you can see the amazing Eneide Hall. Soon the building will host the city Art Gallery with its most important artpiece, the University of Macerata was founded in 1290 and has about 13,000 students, Macerata also has an art school, two publishing houses, jazz clubs and the like. The Palazzo Buonaccorsi was built in 1700–1720 for Count Raimondo Buonaccorsi, the piano nobile is known for the Sala dellEneide, decorated with frescoes by Rambaldi, Dardani, Solimena, and canvases by Garzi and Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole. Just north of the town, at the Villa Potenza, lie the remains of ancient Helvia Recina, among the churches in the town are, Macerata Cathedral, built in Neoclassical style in 1771–1790, it has the remains of a 15th-century Gothic bell tower. The interior was designed by Cosimo Morelli, San Claudio al Chienti, Romanesque church south of the Town. Its unusual shape is due to one church being built on the remains of another and it was built during the 14th century as war reparation to Montolmo, which defeated Macerata in a bloody and long war. San Claudio al Chienti is very close to Macerata, but it has been a frazione of Corridonia since that time, San Filippo Neri San Giorgio Santa Maria della Misericordia Santo Stefano In July and August the Sferisterio Opera Festival is held in the 2,500 seat Arena Sferisterio. It is a huge neoclassical arena erected in the 1820s as a stadium for a form of handball by the architect Ireneo Aleandri, the orchestra pit is so wide that musicians at each end cannot hear each other
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Porto Recanati
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Porto Recanati is a town with some 12,500 inhabitants in the province of Macerata, in the Marche region. It is the northeast coastal town of the province and it was made an independent town on 15 January 1893, when, due to a Decree signed by King Umberto I of Italy, Porto Recanatis coastal hamlets were separated from Recanati. The communal territory is plain, and it is located near the Mount Conero. The towns seabord, defined north by the mouth of Musone river, the central part of Porto Recanatis is basically formed by gravel beaches and steep sea with deep bottom also a few steps from sea shore, unlike nearby towns Potenza Picena and Civitanova Marche. In the same fragments of the 6th century BC Attic pottery have been recovered. Among its churches is the church of San Giovanni Battista. Porto Recanati is home to a number of family-run restaurants. Porto Recanati serves a spring-summer tourist town, with a beach, Porto Recanatis restaurants offer a large selection of locally caught seafood including Lobster, Sea Bass and Calamari. A local specialty is the Brodetto di Porto Recanati, a traditional fishermans dish, the town also boasts a large fish market located on the outskirts of town. Kronberg im Taunus, Germany Mar del Plata, Argentina
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Eurovision Song Contest
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The competition was based upon the existing Sanremo Music Festival held in Italy since 1951. The contest has been broadcast every year for sixty years, since its inauguration in 1956 and it is also one of the most watched non-sporting events in the world, with audience figures having been quoted in recent years as anything between 100 million and 600 million internationally. Eurovision has also been broadcast outside Europe to several countries that do not compete, such as the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and China. An exception was made in 2015, when Australia was allowed to compete as a guest entrant as part of the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the event. In November 2015, the EBU announced that Australia was invited back as a participant in the 2016 contest after their success in 2015, following their success again in 2016, Australia will compete again in 2017. Since 2000, the contest has also been broadcast over the Internet via the Eurovision website, winning the Eurovision Song Contest provides a short-term boost to the winning artists career, but rarely results in long-term success. Notable exceptions are ABBA, Bucks Fizz and Céline Dion, all of whom launched successful careers after their wins. Ireland holds the record for the highest number of wins, having won the contest seven times—including four times in five years in 1992,1993,1994 and 1996. Under the current voting system, the highest scoring winner is Jamala of Ukraine who won the 2016 contest in Stockholm, under the previous system, in place from 1975 to 2015, the highest scoring winner is Alexander Rybak of Norway with 387 points in 2009. Satellite television did not exist, and the Eurovision Network comprised a terrestrial microwave network, the name Eurovision was first used in relation to the EBUs network by British journalist George Campey in the London Evening Standard in 1951. The first contest was held in the town of Lugano, Switzerland, seven countries participated—each submitting two songs, for a total of 14. This was the only contest in more than one song per country was performed, since 1957. The 1956 contest was won by the host nation, Switzerland, the programme was first known as the Eurovision Grand Prix. This Grand Prix name was adopted by Denmark, Norway and the Francophone countries, the Grand Prix has since been dropped and replaced with Concours in French, but not in Danish or Norwegian. The Eurovision network is used to carry news and sports programmes internationally. However, in the minds of the public, the name Eurovision is most closely associated with the Song Contest, a country as a participant is represented by one television broadcaster from that country, typically, but not always, that countrys national public broadcasting organisation. The programme is hosted by one of the participant countries, during this programme, after all the songs have been performed, the countries then proceed to cast votes for the other countries songs, nations are not allowed to vote for their own song. At the end of the programme, the song with the most points is declared as the winner, the programme is invariably opened by one or more presenters, welcoming viewers to the show
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Libera (song)
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While released on the RCA Records label in Italy and other parts of Europe. The song was performed fifteenth on the night, following Spains Micky with Enséñame a Cantar, at the close of voting, it had received 33 points, placing it 13th in a field of 18. Mia Martini would return to the contest fifteen years later, singing Rapsodia at the Eurovision Song Contest 1992, libera was succeeded as Italian representative at the 1978 Contest by Ricchi e Poveri with Questo amore
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Bruno Lauzi
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Bruno Lauzi was an Italian singer-songwriter, poet and writer. Bruno Lauzi was born in Asmara, then part of the Italian Eastern Africa, to a Catholic father, in the 1960s he moved to Genoa, where he became part of the local music scene and met Gino Paoli, Luigi Tenco and Fabrizio De André. After a spell as song wirter for Mia Martini, Georges Moustaki and Ornella Vanoni and his biggest hits include Ritornerai, Amore caro amore bello, Onda su onda, Genova per noi ) and a poet-composer. E penso a te and Amore caro, amore bello, in the 1980s he started a political career with the Italian Liberal Party, but without huge success. Suffering from Parkinson disease, he died in Peschiera Borromeo at age 69 from liver cancer and he was a football supporter of Unione Calcio Sampdoria. Lauzi al cabaret Ti ruberò Cara Bruno Lauzi Amore caro amore bello Il teatro di Bruno Lauzi Simon Lauzi oggi Lamore sempre Quella gente là Genova per noi Johnny Bassotto, ed altre storie Persone Alla grande Amici miei Palla al centro Piccolo grande uomo Back to Jazz Ora
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Almeno tu nell'universo
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The song later became a commercial success. It was also covered by artists, including Elisa, Mina, Thelma Houston and Marco Mengoni. In 2005, Almeno tu nelluniverso was voted the best Sanremo Music Festival song by the readers of the Italian newspaper la Repubblica, the music of Almeno tu nelluniverso was composed in 1974 by Italian songwriter Maurizio Fabrizio. During the same year, Bruno Lauzi was asked to write the lyrics for the song, the authors of the song immediately asked Mia Martini to record the song, but she refused it. However, in 1989 Martini recorded the song for the album Martini Mia, minas cover was the first recorded tribute to Martini, who had died earlier during the same year. A cover of the song was recorded by Italian singer Elisa in 2003 for the soundtrack of the movie Remember Me, My Love. The song was released as a single, and it topped the Italian Singles Chart for two weeks, later becoming the sixth best-selling single of the year in Italy. In 2009 the song was covered by Italian X Factor winner Marco Mengoni. Mengoni included a recording of the track in his debut extended play, Dove si vola
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VHS
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The Video Home System is a standard for consumer-level analog video recording on tape cassettes. Developed by Victor Company of Japan in the early 1970s, it was released in Japan in late 1976, from the 1950s, magnetic tape video recording became a major contributor to the television industry, via the first commercialized video tape recorders. At that time, the devices were used only in professional environments such as television studios. In the 1970s, videotape entered home use, creating the video industry and changing the economics of the television. The television industry viewed videocassette recorders as having the power to disrupt their business, in the 1980s and 1990s, at the peak of VHSs popularity, there were videotape format wars in the home video industry. Two of the formats, VHS and Betamax, received the most media exposure, VHS eventually won the war, dominating 60 percent of the North American market by 1980 and emerging as the dominant home video format throughout the tape media period. Optical disc formats later began to better quality than analog consumer video tape such as standard. The earliest of these formats, LaserDisc, was not widely adopted, however, after the introduction of the DVD format in 1997, VHSs market share began to decline. By 2008, DVD had replaced VHS as the preferred method of distribution. After several attempts by other companies, the first commercially successful VTR, at a price of US$50,000 in 1956, and US$300 for a 90-minute reel of tape, it was intended only for the professional market. Kenjiro Takayanagi, a broadcasting pioneer then working for JVC as its vice president, saw the need for his company to produce VTRs for the Japan market. In 1959, JVC developed a video tape recorder. In 1964, JVC released the DV220, which would be the companys standard VTR until the mid-1970s, in 1969 JVC collaborated with Sony Corporation and Matsushita Electric in building a video recording standard for the Japanese consumer. The effort produced the U-matic format in 1971, which was the first format to become a unified standard, U-matic was successful in business and some broadcast applications, but due to cost and limited recording time very few of the machines were sold for home use. Soon after, Sony and Matsushita broke away from the collaboration effort, Sony started working on Betamax, while Matsushita started working on VX. JVC released the CR-6060 in 1975, based on the U-matic format, Sony and Matsushita also produced U-matic systems of their own. In 1971, JVC engineers Yuma Shiraishi and Shizuo Takano put together a team to develop a consumer-based VTR, by the end of 1971 they created an internal diagram titled VHS Development Matrix, which established twelve objectives for JVCs new VTR. These included, The system must be compatible with any television set
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IMDb
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In 1998 it became a subsidiary of Amazon Inc, who were then able to use it as an advertising resource for selling DVDs and videotapes. As of January 2017, IMDb has approximately 4.1 million titles and 7.7 million personalities in its database, the site enables registered users to submit new material and edits to existing entries. Although all data is checked before going live, the system has open to abuse. The site also featured message boards which stimulate regular debates and dialogue among authenticated users, IMDb shutdown the message boards permanently on February 20,2017. Anyone with a connection can read the movie and talent pages of IMDb. A registration process is however, to contribute info to the site. A registered user chooses a name for themselves, and is given a profile page. These badges range from total contributions made, to independent categories such as photos, trivia, bios, if a registered user or visitor happens to be in the entertainment industry, and has an IMDb page, that user/visitor can add photos to that page by enrolling in IMDbPRO. Actors, crew, and industry executives can post their own resume and this fee enrolls them in a membership called IMDbPro. PRO can be accessed by anyone willing to pay the fee, which is $19.99 USD per month, or if paid annually, $149.99, which comes to approximately $12.50 per month USD. Membership enables a user to access the rank order of each industry personality, as well as agent contact information for any actor, producer, director etc. that has an IMDb page. Enrolling in PRO for industry personnel, enables those members the ability to upload a head shot to open their page, as well as the ability to upload hundreds of photos to accompany their page. Anyone can register as a user, and contribute to the site as well as enjoy its content, however those users enrolled in PRO have greater access and privileges. IMDb originated with a Usenet posting by British film fan and computer programmer Col Needham entitled Those Eyes, others with similar interests soon responded with additions or different lists of their own. Needham subsequently started an Actors List, while Dave Knight began a Directors List, and Andy Krieg took over THE LIST from Hank Driskill, which would later be renamed the Actress List. Both lists had been restricted to people who were alive and working, the goal of the participants now was to make the lists as inclusive as possible. By late 1990, the lists included almost 10,000 movies and television series correlated with actors and actresses appearing therein. On October 17,1990, Needham developed and posted a collection of Unix shell scripts which could be used to search the four lists, at the time, it was known as the rec. arts. movies movie database
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Al Bano
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Albano Carrisi, better known as Al Bano, is an Italian singer, actor, and winemaker. In 2016, he was awarded Albanian citizenship due to his ties with the country. He was born in the town of Cellino San Marco, where he still lives and his mother Iolanda Ottino named him Albano because, when he was born, his father Carmelo Carrisi was fighting in Albania for the Royal Italian Army during World War II. He has one brother, Franco Carrisi and he made his debut in 1966 both as a singer, at the Festival delle Rose, and on television. He won the Disco per lEstate, an Italian song contest and he recorded some major hits such as La siepe and Nel sole at that time. Nel sole sold 600,000 copies in Italy within three months of release in 1967, and eventually over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc in July 1968, soon afterwards, he started a musical collaboration with Romina Power, whom he married in 1970. After their marriage, they recorded Storia di due innamorati and they sang as the duo Al Bano & Romina Power for almost thirty years, their work has been especially popular in Italy, Austria, France, Spain, Romania and Germany. They released Dialogo in 1975 and took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 with the song Well Live It All Again and they sang Sharazan in 1981 and the following year they took part in the Sanremo Music Festival with the song Felicità, which came second. They won first prize in 1984 singing Ci sarà and again took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 with Magic Oh Magic, both their Eurovision entries placed 7th. Other hits of 1987 include, Nostalgia canaglia and Libertà and those successful songs were followed by Cara terra mia, which came in third once more at the 1989 Sanremo Music Festival, and Oggi sposi which placed 8th at the 1991 Sanremo Music Festival. Al Bano returned to his career in 1996 with È la mia vita which was followed by Verso il sole in 1997. He also played in Herşeye Rağmen music video of Sima, a Turkish singer in 1997, in 2000, Al Bano returned to the Eurovision stage, providing backing vocals for the Swiss entry La vita cosè. This song placed 20th out of 24 in the contest, on 16 October 2001, Carrisi was nominated Goodwill Ambassador of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. In 2005, he starred in the Italian reality show Lisola dei Famosi with his daughter, Al Bano returned to Sanremo Music Festival in 2007, where he sang Nel perdono which came in second place. Al Bano still tours all over the world and he is a constant on Italian television and has a large number of fans who follow his career very closely. To date Al Bano has sold 165 million albums around the world, Al Bano has visited Albania a number of times. He was there for a concert in 1989 and has been enjoying great popularity there, in June 2016 it was announced that Al Bano was granted Albanian citizenship due to his close ties with the country and career successes in Albania. Al Bano grew up listening and had a passion for opera
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Romina Power
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Romina Francesca Power is an American singer and actress born in Los Angeles. She has been part of the successful musical duo Al Bano. Born in Los Angeles, Romina Power is the eldest daughter of American screen idol Tyrone Power and his second wife and her interest in music was evoked in her childhood by American musicals from the 1950s, Mexican Mariachi bands and Italian music from the 1960s. In her early teens, Power discovered The Beatles and Bob Dylan, after receiving a guitar as a birthday gift, she learned chords and wrote her first songs. She appeared in several mainly Italian-language films from the age of 14, including the 1968 adaptation of the Marquis de Sades novel Justine and she met her singer and actor husband Albano Carrisi whilst acting in films in the 1960s. Their biggest hits included Felicità, Sharazan, Tu soltanto tu, Ci sarà, Sempre sempre, between 2006 and 2007 she organized exhibitions of her paintings, mainly in Milan. At the same time she dedicated herself to directing her film Upaya, in spring 2007 Power bought a house in Sedona, Arizona and decided to leave Italy forever and move to the United States. The clamorous interview in which she revealed her plans was published in an Italian magazine Diva e donna. According to Romina, she was perceived by the Italian public merely as a performer of Il ballo del qua-qua, and for her it was difficult to establish herself in Italy as a painter and writer. Furthermore, she was disturbed by the attention of the local press, that published multiple articles with speculations about her private life. In a November 2009 interview she gave to Italian TV she stated she had considered, at least for some time, at present Romina Power is permanently living and working in the United States where she resides full-time. In the fall of 2012 her album Da lontano was released, in the summer of 2013 Al Bano and Romina Power reunited, reportedly only on a professional basis and for one final time, for a concert performance in Moscow. In 2015 Al Bano and Romina Power reunited again for a guest appearance in the Sanremo Festival, Romina is a polyglot who speaks five languages, English, Italian, Spanish, French and Dutch. Menage allitaliana Come imparai ad amare le donne Per amore. per magia
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We'll Live It All Again
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Well Live It All Again was the Italian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976, performed in Italian and English by Al Bano & Romina Power. Along with 1984s I treni di Tozeur, 1991s Comme è ddoce o mare and 2011s Follia damore, Bano and Power also recorded the song in Spanish and French, entitled Viviremos todo de nuevo and Taimer encore une fois respectively. The latter was a hit in France. In 1982, they re-recorded Well Live It All Again for their Spanish language album Felicidad, then with new lyrics, the song is a love duet sung from the perspective of a married couple addressing each other. They recall their first kiss and their relationship and later sing about their pride at having a daughter together. They tell each other that they would each live it all again and if this were the case, the song was performed thirteenth on the night. At the close of voting, it had received 69 points and it was succeeded as Italian representative at the 1977 Contest by Mia Martini with Libera. Al Bano and Romina Power returned to the Contest in 1985 with Magic Oh Magic, Well Live It All Again –4,07 B. Na, na, na –3,33 Spanish 7 Single A. Viviremos todo de nuevo –4,12 B, mai, mai, mai –4,00 French 7 Single A. Taimer encore une fois –4,05 B. Taimer encore une fois –4,05
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Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Italy has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 42 times since making its debut at the first contest in 1956. It was one of seven countries that competed at the very first contest. Italy competed at the contest frequently until 1997, after a fourteen-year absence, the country competed in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. Italy has won the contest twice, in 1958, Domenico Modugno finished third with the song Nel blu, dipinto di blu. Renamed Volare, the became a huge international hit, reaching the US number one spot. Emilio Pericoli also finished third in 1963, before Italy won for the first time in 1964 with Gigliola Cinquetti, Cinquetti returned to the contest in 1974 and finished second with the song Si, losing to ABBA. Italy then finished third in 1975 with Wess and Dori Ghezzi, the countrys best result of the 1980s was Umberto Tozzi and Raf finishing third in 1987. Italys second victory in the contest came in 1990 with Toto Cutugno, other good 1990s results were Mia Martini in 1992 and Jalisse in 1997, who both finished fourth. After 1997, Italy withdrew from the competition, the EBU announced that they would work harder to bring Italy back to the contest in 2010, along with former participants Monaco and Austria, but again Italy did not participate in the contest. Italys return to the contest proved to be successful, with Raphael Gualazzi finishing second, Italy has finished in the top ten in four of the last six contests. In 2015, Il Volo won the televoting receiving votes from all countries, since the introduction of the 50/50 voting system in 2009, this was the first time that the winner of the viewers vote did not win the contest. Italy has withdrawn from the Eurovision Song Contest a number of times, the first withdrawal was in 1981, when RAI stated that interest had diminished in the country. This absence continued through the year, before Italy returned in 1983. Italy again withdrew in 1986 when RAI decided not to enter the contest, from 1994 to 1996 Italy withdrew again, with RAI citing a lack of interest in participating. Italy returned in 1997, before withdrawing again without explanation, none of the Eurovision winning songs were particularly successful in the Italian charts. Despite the Eurovision contests taking place more than a month before the vote, Italian censors refused to allow the contest. The song thus remained censored on most Italian state TV and radio stations for over a month, at the contest in Brighton, Cinquetti finished second, losing to ABBA. Sì went on to be a UK top ten hit, peaking at number eight and it also reached the German top 20
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Eurovision Song Contest 1977
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The Eurovision Song Contest 1977 was the 22nd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest, and was held in London, United Kingdom on 7 May 1977. The contest was won by Marie Myriam, representing France, with the song Loiseau et lenfant and this was Frances fifth victory, a record at the time. It was also Frances second victory on English soil, as well as its most recent victory to date, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its founding by the Romans, who named it Londinium. Wembley Conference Centre, which opened in 1977, was the first purpose-built conference centre in the United Kingdom, the centre was chosen as host venue for the song contest, which was presented by Angela Rippon. The language rule was brought back in this contest, four years after it had dropped in 1973. However Germany and Belgium were allowed to sing in English, because they had chosen the songs they were going to perform before the rule was reintroduced. At one point before the contest Tunisia was going to participate, had Tunisia gone ahead they would have appeared fourth on stage. Yugoslavia also withdrew, and did not return until 1981, the Belgian act Dream Express had created some controversy in the press with reports that the three female members would wear transparent tops, this did not materialise for the actual event. The British conductor Ronnie Hazlehurst used an umbrella and wore a hat during the UK entry. Each performance had a conductor who maestro the orchestra, several artists returned to the 1977 Contest. Beatrix Neundlinger and Günter Grosslercher from the group Schmetterlinge both represented Austria in 1972 as part of the band The Milestones, irelands participant The Swarbriggs returned after their previous appearance back in 1975. Ilanit from Israel returned after previously representing the nation in 1973, michèle Torr, Luxembourgs 1966 entrant participated for Monaco. And finally Fernando Tordo and Paulo de Carvalho returned once more after they previously represented the nation as solo acts back in 1973 and 1974 respectively, ^ Contains some words in English. Each national broadcaster sent a commentator to the contest, in order to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language
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Ricchi e Poveri
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Ricchi e Poveri is an Italian pop music group. Active since the late 1960s, they have sold over 20 million records, the group was formed in 1967 by Franco Gatti, Angela Brambati, Angelo Sotgiu and Marina Occhiena. Their first public appearance was in Cantagiro 1968 with Lultimo amore, ricchi e Poveri has participated in the Sanremo Music Festival several times since 1970 and in 1971 they sang Che sarà. Ricchi e Poveri represented Italy in Eurovision Song Contest 1978 with song Questo amore finishing 12th with 53 points, in 1981 Marina Occhiena left the group. Their hit Che sarà has also performed by José Feliciano and by the composer of the songs music. 1971 was the year of the Sanremo festival in which each song was performed twice. Ricchi e Poveri gave the performance of the song, following Feliciano. A crossover version for Latin American countries of the single Sarà perché ti amo was recorded with Spanish lyrics, the song, now titled Será porque te amo, also became a huge hit in Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America. Several groups covered the song, adapting it to different genres including tropical, dance, the song is featured in some film soundtracks, LEffrontée, Spike of Bensonhurst, High Tension and Unmade Beds. As of 2007 the song is still being covered in all genres and it has achieved somewhat of a status in several Spanish-speaking countries. The song was remade in 2008 in German, by Diana Sorbello as Das ist, weil ich dich liebe and in 2011, in Dutch, by Monique Smit, ricchi e Poveri held two massive concerts in the Mediterranean island of Malta on the 12 and 13 June 2009. The band remains popular in Malta and it returned for another concert on 6 November 2010, ricchi e Poveri completed a tour of Italy and Slovenia in 2012
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Questo amore
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In 1981 Occhiena left the group and the trio Ricchi e Poveri went on to have considerable success both in Italy and internationally throughout the 1980s and early 1990s. Questo Amore is a song in praise of the love the singers have for each other and it is described as a very powerful force and one which everyone enjoys experiencing. The song was performed third on the night, following Norways Jahn Teigen with Mil etter mil, at the close of voting, it had received 53 points, placing 12th in a field of 20. It was succeeded as Italian representative at the 1979 Contest by Matia Bazar with Raggio di luna
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Peppino di Capri
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Peppino di Capri is an Italian popular music singer, songwriter and pianist, successful in Italy and Europe. His international hits include St. Tropez Twist, Daniela, Torna piccina, Roberta, Melancolie, Freva, Lultimo romantico, Un grande amore e niente piú, Non lo faccio più, Nun è peccato, and Champagne. Peppino began singing and playing the piano at age 4, entertaining the American army troops stationed on the island of Capri with a repertoire of American standards, the single was an instant hit, and Peppino spent most of the following year touring. After performing as the act for The Beatles in their 1965 tour of Italy, Peppino and his group attempted, with moderate success. Their work was received, particularly in Brazil, thanks to the large Italian immigrant community in the country. The 1970s saw Peppino with a new band, the New Rockers and he won the prestigious Festival della canzone italiana in 1973, with the song Un grande amore e niente più. The same year, he released the song Champagne that was a big hit in Italy, Germany, Spain and he won the Festival della canzone italiana again in 1976, with the song Non lo faccio più. In 1991, he represented Italy at the Eurovision song contest, coming in 7th place with the song Comme è ddoce o mare, sung in Neapolitan. As of 2006, Peppino di Capri is the performer with the most appearances at the Festival della canzone italiana, his last appearance being in 2005, singing La Panchina. He recalled hearing it on the radio when he was a child and his uncle had taken him out for a drive to the Bosphorus. In The Museum of Innocence, he writes, Later on I wrapped my arms around the patient and compassionate Sibel, swaying with her as Pepino di Capri sang “Melancholy. ”Cinquantanni 1958-2008 by Vincenzo Faiella. A collection of his discography, filmography, etc. All the covers of the records, pictures, filmography, sheet music, film posters and all the information were taken from the private collection of Francesco
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Eurovision Song Contest 1992
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The Eurovision Song Contest 1992 was the 37th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 9 May 1992 in Malmö, Sweden. The presenters were Lydia Cappolicchio and Harald Treutiger, Linda Martin, representing Ireland, was the winner of this Eurovision with the song Why Me. The song was written by Johnny Logan, who had won the 1980 contest as singer and the 1987 contest as singer/songwriter. The contest took place at the ice arena of Malmö where the stage set was in the shape of a Viking ships bow with a dragon in the centre. The opening sequence included women dressed in the Swedish colours of yellow and blue, the filmic postcard tradition was continued with clips based on each country. Last years winner, Carola, appeared on stage in a dress with sheer sleeves. However, the Irish sent Linda Martin, who had the past experience of coming in 2nd place in the 1984 contest, but also paired up again with Johnny Logan. In the end, Ireland won the contest with a 16-point lead over the United Kingdom, malta with Little Child, performed by Mary Spiteri, also scored very well coming in 3rd place with 123 points. This was the first time that the three highest-placed songs had all been in English, Sweden, the host country, finished 2nd last. Switzerland had to replace its original choice of entry, Soleil, soleil which was to have performed by Géraldine Olivier. The song did not comply with some of the rules of the selection contest and so, despite having won. Each country had a jury who awarded 12,10,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 point for their top ten songs
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Sole d'Europa
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Sole dEuropa was the Italian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, performed in Italian by Enrico Ruggeri. The song is a ballad, with Ruggeri asking the sun to bathe Europe in light in order that it might forget its troubles. The song was performed first on the night, preceding Turkeys Burak Aydos with Esmer yarim, at the close of voting, it had received 45 points, placing 12th in a field of 25. Italy opted out of the 1994 Contest and in fact would not return at either of the two Contests after that, thus, the song was succeeded as Italian representative at the 1997 Contest by Jalisse with Fiumi di parole
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Virtual International Authority File
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The Virtual International Authority File is an international authority file. It is a joint project of national libraries and operated by the Online Computer Library Center. The project was initiated by the US Library of Congress, the German National Library, the National Library of France joined the project on October 5,2007. The project transitions to a service of the OCLC on April 4,2012, the aim is to link the national authority files to a single virtual authority file. In this file, identical records from the different data sets are linked together, a VIAF record receives a standard data number, contains the primary see and see also records from the original records, and refers to the original authority records. The data are available online and are available for research and data exchange. Reciprocal updating uses the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting protocol, the file numbers are also being added to Wikipedia biographical articles and are incorporated into Wikidata. VIAFs clustering algorithm is run every month, as more data are added from participating libraries, clusters of authority records may coalesce or split, leading to some fluctuation in the VIAF identifier of certain authority records
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Integrated Authority File
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The Integrated Authority File or GND is an international authority file for the organisation of personal names, subject headings and corporate bodies from catalogues. It is used mainly for documentation in libraries and increasingly also by archives, the GND is managed by the German National Library in cooperation with various regional library networks in German-speaking Europe and other partners. The GND falls under the Creative Commons Zero license, the GND specification provides a hierarchy of high-level entities and sub-classes, useful in library classification, and an approach to unambiguous identification of single elements. It also comprises an ontology intended for knowledge representation in the semantic web, available in the RDF format
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MusicBrainz
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MusicBrainz is a project that aims to create an open data music database that is similar to the freedb project. MusicBrainz was founded in response to the placed on the Compact Disc Database. MusicBrainz has expanded its goals to reach beyond a compact disc metadata storehouse to become an open online database for music. MusicBrainz captures information about artists, their works, and the relationships between them. Recorded works entries capture at a minimum the album title, track titles, and these entries are maintained by volunteer editors who follow community written style guidelines. Recorded works can also store information about the date and country. As of 26 July 2016, MusicBrainz contained information about roughly 1.1 million artists,1.6 million releases, end-users can use software that communicates with MusicBrainz to add metadata tags to their digital media files, such as MP3, Ogg Vorbis or AAC. As with other contributions, the MusicBrainz community is in charge for maintaining and reviewing the data, besides collecting metadata about music, MusicBrainz also allows looking up recordings by their acoustic fingerprint. A separate application, such as MusicBrainz Picard, must be used for this, in 2000, MusicBrainz started using Relatables patented TRM for acoustic fingerprint matching. This feature attracted many users and allowed the database to grow quickly, however, by 2005 TRM was showing scalability issues as the number of tracks in the database had reached into the millions. This issue was resolved in May 2006 when MusicBrainz partnered with MusicIP, tRMs were phased out and replaced by MusicDNS in November 2008. In October 2009 MusicIP was acquired by AmpliFIND, some time after the acquisition, the MusicDNS service began having intermittent problems. Since the future of the free service was uncertain, a replacement for it was sought. The Chromaprint acoustic fingerprinting algorithm, the basis for AcoustID identification service, was started in February 2010 by a long-time MusicBrainz contributor Lukáš Lalinský, while AcoustID and Chromaprint are not officially MusicBrainz projects, they are closely tied with each other and both are open source. Chromaprint works by analyzing the first two minutes of a track, detecting the strength in each of 12 pitch classes, storing these 8 times per second, additional post-processing is then applied to compress this fingerprint while retaining patterns. The AcoustID search server then searches from the database of fingerprints by similarity, since 2003, MusicBrainzs core data are in the public domain, and additional content, including moderation data, is placed under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-2.0 license. The relational database management system is PostgreSQL, the server software is covered by the GNU General Public License. The MusicBrainz client software library, libmusicbrainz, is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License, in December 2004, the MusicBrainz project was turned over to the MetaBrainz Foundation, a non-profit group, by its creator Robert Kaye
