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Progetto di Legalità nelle Scuole del Novese: Controlli con Cani Antidroga al Liceo “Edoardo Amaldi”

I Carabinieri collaborano con i Dirigenti Scolastici per la prevenzione e il contrasto dello spaccio di droga nelle scuole della provincia di Alessandria.

I Carabinieri collaborano con i Dirigenti Scolastici per la prevenzione e il contrasto dello spaccio di droga nelle scuole della provincia di Alessandria. Il 22 ottobre 2024, presso il Liceo “Edoardo Amaldi” di Novi Ligure, ha avuto luogo un’importante operazione antidroga organizzata dai Carabinieri della provincia di Alessandria, in collaborazione con i Dirigenti Scolastici, nell’ambito di un…

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Jack and the Cockoo Clock Heart (2013)- Movie, Spoilers

HEHEHEHEHHEHHEHEHE

I watched this movie when I was a kid, tiny me, and I found it again because its songs kept worming around my head, and I'm so glad I did.

It starts with a our protagonist, Jack, being born in the coldest day on earth, his heart is frozen, so it is then replaced with a clock. It all starts from this, his heart. This movie is, in my opinion, a tragedy, but I think it's very debatable and interpretation-oriented.

The art style is very captivating, making everyone look like some sort of pristine doll. The backgrounds are very thought out and a highlight with how imaginative it is and how much it aids the story, especially regarding time-skips and travel. THE MUSIC IS AWESOME, I enjoyed this the MOST, it's very rhythmic, very thematic, and it explores multiple genres and atmospheres depending on what part of the story they're currently on. The MUSIC WAS MY FAVORITE, if nothing else just watch it for the melodies.

That being said the story is very captivating too, it's very motive driven, so it's very fast paced (including the dialogue, but I think it's because of the translation from French and not a choice to cut time) and every moment is key to the storytelling. Despite this quick pace, it is a slow burn, but they do a very good job of keeping it dynamic while keeping the tension of the main plot.

It is, however, a very sexual story, despite nothing being very explicit. The sister-figures of Jack are sex workers, when Jack meets his love interest (IMO most important part of the story, and best chorus, and very stunning atmosphere) he references tearing her dress to confetti with his teeth which ???? he's a kid in this moment so that was very confusing and weird, relationship between George Meliès and the two headed woman, and other instances of sexual innuendo achieved in many, many angles. I feel this is very notable, since Jack never is involved with anything. Being so enamored with Miss Acacia and his heart situation, we can probably assume he's a virgin, yet it doesn't stop the main and side romances from being very suggestive.

From what I hear the book is much more sexual, and the presence of it in his childhood in both book and movie is commonly tied to the sister-like sex workers, who are very open about their work and do share work stories in front of Jack.

Miss Acacia's powers are also never noted, which is strange because it isn't like every stranger walking the street suddenly sprouts thorns around their body or purple cones in their tits, it might've been very intentional though? I like the fact it was never a center of attention, and I think it really aids characterizing Acacia, pushing forward a fairly well-rounded character for the short amount of time. It helps us visually see her feelings, emotions, and intentions, kind of like wearing her heart on her sleeve.

On that same locomotive of thought, Joe has the same birthday as Jack, which is such a random piece of lore to drop, but giving it a bit of thought forms a solid idea. Jack was born on the coldest day on Earth, this is what caused for his heart to be mechanical, meaning that Joe was also born in that same coldness, but we don't see him walking around with his own pendulum, so why is that? Probably because, following the film's very direct and literal nature, his heart is simply cold, which pushes him to be as cruel as he is to Jack.

It might've been because it was 1 AM and because the beat might've scared me, but I really felt the final kiss in my chest, and I think the building up of the whole narrative really makes this such a good ending. If it's a good ending is probably debatable, but me personally I appreciated the direction in which it was taken, and that the tragedy was taken to the end, without letting go of the romantic plot for a second. It feels very complete, I guess. Even as he climbs the snowflakes, it feels very true to the story, that's probably why I like it so much.

Props to the whole team honestly they REALLY know how to make atmosphere, and the way they used those tools to convey storytelling is PHENOMENAL!!

I also see where and why the movie could be strongly disliked, if you end up hating it, but I thought it was fire.

I watched it here!

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Title: Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart

Rating: PG

Director: Stéphane Berla, Mathias Malzieu

Cast: Mathias Malzieu, Olivia Ruiz, Grand Corps Malade, Jean Rochefort, Emily Loizeau, Rossy de Palma, Babet, Marie Vincent, Dani, Arthur H, Alain Bashung, Cali, Chloé Renaud, Moon Dailly

Release year: 2013

Genres: fantasy, drama, romance, adventure

Blurb: Jack was born on the coldest day ever. Because of the extreme cold, his heart stopped beating. The responsible midwife in Edinburgh found a way to save him by replacing his heart with a clock, so he lives and remains under the midwife’s protective care...but he must not get angry or excited, because that endangers his life by causing his clock to stop working. Worse than that, when he grows up, he has to face the fact that he cannot fall in love, because that, too, could stop his delicate heart.

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qualcuno di voi ha mai provato i bolero? se sì, quali gusti consigliate?

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OC Tag Game!

 (I was tagged by @a-master-procrastinator , thank you! :D Likewise, I’ll be doing just SWTOR characters for these answers as they’re who I’m most active with rn and who I have info out and about for hahha No pressure tags, if you feel like it! : @actualanxiousswampwitch , @serenofroses , @darkshadeless​ @mercurypilgrim​ and anyone else who feels like joining in! <3

Favourite OC - Saarai

*covers everyone else’s ears* I’m sorry everyone but it’s true. She is my favourite child. I care her very much (both the twins tbh, but Rai is just ever so slightly ahead of her sister - based on the number of songs in their playlists alone p much SJKHJSKGDJGD). She and her family started out literally as a filler side-character for a Zephyrverse plot arc, but then I just found her so much fun to play that I kept piling more lore on to their family and now look what I’ve done /lh Yep, they technically existed in the Zephyrverse first, I just loved them so much I wanted to include them in Subterfugeverse as well and here we are owo. I have no regrets tbh. She is a good girl. There is a lot of me in her backstory but also not at the same time. It’s complicated. I guess you could call it a power fantasy of sorts idk, I just really like her a lot. Best girl.

Newest OC - Vris and Berla

These two girls are so new that I don’t even have pictures of them yet! Vris is gonna be my new Jedi Knight - I completely lost muse for yet another JK so I yeeted him a while back. I think I will probably stick with her this tme, atm all I have on her is she’s a Chiss who ended up being given to the Jedi once her parents found out she was Force sensitive as they didn’t know how to deal with the Force-outbursts and wanted her to be safe and have proper training. She’s gonna end up with Kira in the end and proooobably not quite join the Alliance but be a representative for the Jedi Council and act as the liason between the Republic and the Alliance when the time comes.

Berla’s a togruta gal who’s an Imperial Lieutenant in the reverse!Zephyrverse AU. Since we broke Jask and Kas up for this AU and they’ve decided they want to stay split up, Berla’s gonna end up being Jask’s partner eventually but that’s still very early days atm and we haven’t done much with them just yet so I haven’t done much with Berl just yet either <3 She’s a sweet girl, not the biggest fan of fighting but has a strong stomach and absolutely will do her bit to defend her friends and squad. She works under the command rotation of Jask’s cousin which is how the two met, and that’s all I’ve got on her for now!

Oldest OC - Aria

The tiny gremlin gal! She was actually my first ever SWTOR OC. Originally an extra character after I decided to change my Exile headcanons, so I made her her own thing, and then transferred her over to SWTOR once I got into it. Again her backstory started out super simple and I kind of made it up as I went along until I got enough plot beats to string a whole family and a bunch of stuff together. She’s still a favourite of mine to write even if the twins have overtaken her for the top spot, I stilll am very fond of Aria and she’s not going anywhere, fear not! haha

Meanest OC - Maîyun

Now hide me bc she’s gonna kill me if she finds out I said that /jk. I haven’t drawn her just yet either, but she’s a part of the reverse!Zephyrverse AU RP. She’s Nial’s younger half-sister (making her Kas’s sister-in-law. and she is....yeah, a bitch. LMAO)This was...honestly a hard one to pick between (I’m lowkey surprised that I don’t feel the need to put D’leah here but I genuinely do thing Maîyun is worse than D’leah. At least D’leah does still love her family (even if she’s terrible at showing it) - Maîyun pretty much likes their other brother Arne, and her birth mother, and that’s it. Everyone else is collateral to them and she could care less what she has to do or who she has to hurt/kill to get what she and Arne want - she’s the reason Kas has that big set of claw marks across her face in this AU. She’s a nasty lady o.o

Softest OC - Ty and Kissai

I’ve really gotta get better screenshots of these boys, but these will do for now :P

He!! the best boy!! he is the softest of beans and just wants everyone to be friends and not fight ;-; Also, his grandpa, Kissai. Ty gets his soft’n’sweet nature from grandpa even if he didn’t get the muscles :’3 -also fun fact now that I have an excuse to put them so close together so you can actually see it; yes Ty doesn’t look a lot like Rai (apart from his eye colour) but you know who he is almost a spitting image of? Kissai :D

Most aloof/standoffish OC - D’leah (and Abaron)

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D’leah absolutely gets the #1 spot for this category. She’s aloof by default, doesn’t like to “give away” her emotions by emoting or making a lot of facial expressions and while it does make her harder to read if you’re her enemy. It also serves to hinder it if you’re a family member for example. You gotta learn to “speak” D’leah to figure her out or you’ve gotta really wear her down (Kissai managed this and she’s also pretty close with Paa, and both of her brothers, but aside from them you won’t get much of a reaction from her unless she’s mad) D’leah’s got too modes, “resting bitch face” and “pissed off homicidal Sith” /hj

Putting Abe in here too as an honourable mention since he is....teeeechnically kind of an OC but also kind of not at the same time? I mean pretty much all thats the same from canon is his name, voice and appearance and I wrote everything else so xP

Dumbest (affectionate) OC - Saarai again, and also Merak

Big of heart, dumb of ass. It’s her. It’s gotta be her. XD Honourable mention to Merak tho, he’s a pretty close second (but y’know...he’s a smuggler, are we surprised? :P) Pretty much the only reason Merak is still alive is sheer dumb luck. Dude is Han Solo levels of lucky hahaha

Smartest OC - Ni’kasi

I’d be insulting Kas if I didn’t give her this one. Rai’s the brawn, Kas is the brains, and they both know it. She might be as emotionally constipated as her mother sometimes, but in terms of intelectual smarts and knowing how to read people? Kas is “evil genius” levels of smart. She knows how to figure out what someone wants so she can tailor her responses to get the best outcome out of an interaction with them, she might not be the most (openly) empathetic person but it’s absolutely not because she doesn’t notice and understand people’s emotions - she does. She just prefers to keep detached and logical, certainly around the beginning of her story especially, because that means no-one is likely to catch her by surprise and get her off guard. There’s very little that Kas can’t figure out if given enough time to consider all the available options and anyone who’s spent any amount of time with her will tell you that.

Horniest OC - Aria (and honestly I gotta put both Kas and Rai in here as a close second. )

Ik that’s like three but genuinely I cannot pick between these three they ALL need to go to horny jail and stay there LMAO Kas is so bad that essentially all of her emotional character development happens during smut scenes. Girl. Please. Find another way to grow as a person its kinda bad js /lh

Aria used to work the red light sector at Nar Shaddaa to make ends meet, so that says a lot about why she’s here. Andddd one of Rai’s trauma responses is “hypersexuality” so there ya go *shrugs* XD

OC you’d bang - N/A

Too ace for that. I’d rather write about them banging eachother, y’know? XD

OC You’d Be Best Friends With - Vano

As much as I’d like to put Rai here again, I think realistically she’s too extroverted for me to actually enjoy hanging out with her often enough to be her best friend. I’d get on much better with Vano I reckon, we could start a book club or something, it’d be fun :D

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hey guys, more information on the wretched car spyware problem! :D Sounds like you'd better not plug your phone in to your friend's car either, not unless you're OK with their car leaking all your business to anyone with a badge who wants it.

beginning in at least 2014 infotainment systems in the company’s vehicles began downloading and storing a copy of all text messages on smartphones when they were connected to the system. An Annapolis, Maryland-based company, Berla Corporation, provides the technology to some car manufacturers but does not offer it to the general public, the lawsuit said. Once messages are downloaded, Berla’s software makes it impossible for vehicle owners to access their communications and call logs but does provide law enforcement with access, the lawsuit said.

Yikes. Your car is probably keeping all your text messages and sending them to its manufacturer if you connect to your infotainment system.

The manufacturer does two things with this data:

shares it with law enforcement

sells it to advertisers for extra revenue

HOW WONDERFUL

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I Will Give Everyone A Four Bedroom House And A Lamborghini – Berla Mundi Reveals Things She Will Do As Prez Of Ghana

Berla Mundi, a TV personality and media personality from Ghana, has disclosed her plans for the presidency of her country. It’s unclear from her posts if she intends to join a political party or if they were only jokes. In an Instagram post, Berla revealed that she would see to it that every Ghanaian citizen received a Lamborghini and a four-bedroom home. It’s obvious that they are…

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Stonebwoy, Kudus, Afua Asantewaa & Berla Mundi make Avance Media’s 2023 50 Most Influential Young Ghanaians List

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Stonebwoy, Kudus, Afua Asantewaa & Berla Mundi make Avance Media’s 2023 50 Most Influential Young Ghanaians List

Leading African PR & Rating firm, Avance Media has announced the 9th publication of its annual 50 Most Influential Young Ghanaians list. This edition is marked by a significant stride towards gender inclusivity, with women occupying 32% of the coveted spots, representing a commendable improvement from previous editions.

The list also presents diverse talented and influential young Ghanaians who are uplifting the name of Ghana globally and represent inspiration, innovation, leadership, and social impact to the youth. The list includes notable personalities such as football stars Kudus Mohammed and Thomas Partey, and tech innovator Gregory Rockson. Young social media personalities such as Nana Tea and Olele Salvador are also recognized for their substantial contributions to Ghana’s cultural landscape.

In addition, the list features influential figures from politics, media, and sports, showcasing the multifaceted impact young Ghanaians are making on the world stage. Gary Al-Smith, Sam Nartey George (Hon), and Peace Hyde are among those recognized. Outstanding individuals like DanceGod Lloyd, Gyakie, Iñaki Williams, Wode Maya and Berla Mundi, are celebrated for excelling in their respective fields and contributing positively to Ghana’s global narrative.

Founder of Avance Media, Prince Akpah, expressed pride in the initiative’s growth over the past nine years. “The vision nine years ago was to inspire young people in Ghana with a list of Ghanaians doing great things, and we believe the list has been able to achieve that. This accomplished group of young individuals represents the future of Ghana. Their dedication, innovation, and leadership serve as inspiration to millions of young Ghanaians nationwide” said Akpah.

As Avance Media continues to spotlight the achievements of young Ghanaians, the 2023 edition of the “50 Most Influential Young Ghanaians” stands as a testament to the nation’s vibrant and dynamic youth, leaving an indelible mark on the global stage.

Below is the official list of Avance Media’s 2023 50 Most Influential Young Ghanaians (9th edition)

Abubakar Fatimatu (Hon) || Deputy Information Minister

Afua Asantewaa O Aduonum || CEO, Askof Productions

Ama Pratt || CEO, MAP Concepts

Amerado Burner || Musician

Berla Mundi || Media Personality

Bernard Danso Ntow || CEO, Dansworld

Beryl Agyekum-Ayaaba || CEO, Echohouse

Black Sherif || Musician

Christian Boakye Yiadom  || CEO, Chickenman Pizzaman

Dakoa Newman (Hon) || Member of Parliament

DanceGod Lloyd || Dance Artist

Darlington Akogo || CEO, minoHealth AI Labs

Edem Agbana || NDC Parliamentary Candidate – Ketu North

Elliot Dadey || CEO, KGL Foundation

Enoch Boamah (Pastor) || Pastor, Christ Embassy Youth Church

Evelyn Badu || Footballer

Gary AlSmith || Sports Journalist

Genevieve Partington || Country Director, Amnesty Ghana

Gregory Rockson || CEO, mPharma

Gyakie || Musician

Ibrahim Mahama || CEO, Red Clay Studio

Iñaki Williams || Footballer, Athletic Bilbao

James Annor (Nana Tea)  || Social Media Influencer

Jordan Ayew || Footballer, Crystal Palace

Jorge Appiah || CEO, Solar Taxi

Joshua D. Heward-Mills (Pastor) || Pastor, First Love Church

King Promise || Musician

Kobby Kyei || Blogger

Kojo Soboh || CEO, EMY Africa

Kudus Mohammed || Footballer, West Ham United

Kwadwo Sheldon || YouTuber

Medikal || Musician

MOG Music || Musician

MzGee || Media Personality

Naa Ashorkor Mensah-Doku  || Media Personality

OB Amponsah || Comedian

Official Starter || Dance Artist

Olele Salvador || Media Personality

Paa Kwesi Asare || Media Personality

Paul Ninson || CEO, Dikan Center

Peace Hyde || Media Personality

Portia Solomon Gabor  || Media Personality

Saddick Adams || Sports Journalist

Sam Nartey George (Hon) || Member of Parliament

Serwaa Amihere || Media Personality

Stonebwoy || Musician

Thomas Partey || Footballer, Arsenal

Tracy Owusu-Addo || CEO, BRAVE Foundation

Wendy Shay || Musician

Wode Maya || YouTuber

Source: Avance Media

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moka alta 20cm e 9 in diametro mi dicono sia da 6 tazzine

feeling: dubbioso 🧐

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Berla Mundi ties the knot in a private ceremony

Renowned media personality Berlinda Addardey, popularly known as Berla Mundi, has officially entered marital bliss. The private ceremony took place on Friday, January 5, 2024, in Accra. Despite ongoing speculations surrounding Berla’s anticipated wedding since the final quarter of 2023, her close friend and colleague, Giovanni, shared the joyful announcement on X, formerly known as Twitter. In…

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Currently Watching

JACK AND THE CUCKOO-CLOCK HEART [JACK ET LA MÉCANIQUE DU COEUR] Stéphane Berla and Mathias Malzieu Belgium-France, 2013

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Jack e a Mecânica do Coração (2013) · Dublado Português

Jack e a Mecânica do Coração (2013) · Dublado Português. Swen Filmes – 23 de nov. de 2021 Jack nasce em um dia tão frio que seu coração congela. Para salvá-lo, Madeleine subsitui o coração por um relógio. No aniversário de 10 anos, Madeleine permite que Jack finalmente conheça o mundo; mas, para isso, terá que seguir três regras: não tocar os ponteiros do coração-relógio, controlar a raiva e, a…

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Kwoon featuring Babet - King Of Sea 2022

After six years of absence, Kwoon has been back since the beginning of 2020. Still as curious, still as eager for travel and discoveries. Kwoon first recorded the title "King of Sea" in Finistère in a session at the foot of the Tevennec lighthouse. Later a studio version is released. New skin, new sound, and a new video by Stéphane Berla, with the participation of Babet and Stéphan Bertholio from the group Dionysos.

"King Of Sea" received a total of 60,6% yes votes!

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Svegliarmi presto per essere domenica solo per riscaldare il latte e tagliare una tavoletta di cioccolato per poter preparare una tazza di cioccolata calda, berla e tornare sotto le coperte il maggior sforzo previsto per oggi.

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La vita va corretta, va corretta. È così difficile berla liscia.

Vinicio Capossela