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Presidentes da Feagro e da Aprosoja discutem projetos de capacitação profissional

O presidente da Federação dos Engenheiros Agrônomos do Estado de Mato Grosso (Feagro MT), Isan Rezende, esteve reunido, nesta quarta-feira (31.01) com o Presidente da Aprosoja MT, Lucas Costa Beber. O tema do encontro foi a capacitação profissionais de Engenheiros Agrônomos, Geólogos, Engenheiros Ambientais, entre muitos outros profissionais. “Estamos construindo uma agenda institucional, visando…

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Going Solo

It’s always nice to finish work early, even nicer when a trip awaits. Thursday morning I was minding three little ones, by nighttime, I found myself in Bologna, a beautiful city in the north of Italy. Although I know spag bol doesn’t come from Bologna, I was craving a lovely plate of pasta. As soon as I dropped my bags at the Airbnb and had a quick shower, I went out to the city centre on the look out for my perfect plate of pasta. Being highly indecisive and also wanting to minimise cost, I ended up spending an hour and a bit before I sat down in the back room of La Traviata, a restaurant recommended on lonely planet, or some other trusted travel websites. And because by the time I got to the restaurant, I was starving. I promised myself that no matter how much it cost, I’d sit down and finally have my evening meal, at nine o’clock. 

The place was sophisticated and quiet, which should’ve been a sign - seeing I am a budget traveller, not one to splurge and definitely not on a plate of pasta. Hunger has taken over my senses and I almost immediately regretted it as soon as I opened the menu. €11 for a tagliatelle al ragu = fancy spag bol. It was the cheapest thing on the menu so I hurriedly placed my order, without wine or water. Why isn’t tap water an option?!

The €11 was rich in flavour but smaller than I was expecting, given the price tag. As my friend pointed out, it looked like five strands of pasta. And it felt like it. I wanted more. I am no pasta connoisseur and I don’t know what a proper tagliatelle al ragu taste like but it was delicious, might have been a little on the salty side but delicious nonetheless. 

Water costs in most Italian restaurants. Also, they charge you for service, and it doesn’t seem to be discretionary either. (I paid €3 for them to bring me my plate of pasta just to take it away five minutes later)

1/3/2019, Friday

As I do in every city I visit, I booked onto a free walking tour to acquaint myself with the city and its history. Since Sandeman don’t organise walking tours in Bologna, I went for the JM Walking Tour, which turns out to be a charity for people in wheelchairs, since Italian roads are not very wheelchair friendly. The tour was, as always, informative and ticked off most places I had dotted on my list of things to see. 

Having seen most of the city centre, I spent over an hour after lunch navigating my way to the famous San Luca, a basilica church on top of the hill. Honestly, what would I do without it and how did people live back than before google map was invented?

At first, the Ali seemed ok, all straight roads, although for some reason google maps led me to an old neighbourhood rather than the start of the 666 arches that takes you straight from the city centre to the hill. Clothes were coming off later by layer as the walk continued. 

I’m sat here now at the top of San Luca, looking directly at the church on the hill, bright orange, with a bit of yellow and a bit of brown but nothing else. I suppose the fact they build this on the hill is pretty amazing by other than that, I’m not sure if I’ll ever climb all the way up here again.

Of course, classic me, I chose the foggiest day to come to this place where people come here for nothing but the view, which I now can barely see. The tour guide did say come in the evening when it’s dark but as a solo female traveller who can never be mistaken as a local, I’d rather play it safe and come up here earlier when it’s still bright. Also, since I have basically seen all of Bologna today - I had no idea it was this small! - I thought I could spend tomorrow at another city nearby, possible Ferrara, since it’s the closest one by train - only 30-50 minutes away. 

Although not as tiring as the walk up hill, my walk back to the city centre took about the same amount of time. It’s interesting and relaxing to walk in one direction for such a prolonged period of time without your earphones plugged in and the top 40 chart music filling your head. You hear people you walk pass talking in different languages, with different voices. One lady spoke like she was signing the opera but I’m pretty sure that was her normal voice. You hear the lucky badgers in the vehicular next to you, speaking down that hill in a quarter of the time it takes for you to tread down, dogs barking behind the gates, birds chirping even at 5pm and others walking with heavy steps. 

As I continued following the arches, I fantasied about the gelato I’m going to have. Lucky for me, as if it was meant to be, the path I was on let me straight to Cremeria Santo Stefano, a gelato shop that was highly recommended on most lists online. For €3,50, I had a taste of heaven in three different flavours. I bloody deserved it. 

Still hungry, I walked around the same area of Piazza Maggiore for about an hour and still had not decided on a place for aperitivo. Finally, my stomach rambled so aggressively, giving me the permission to spend money I would otherwise save up. I walked into one do the restaurants I stumbled upon last night but decided against for reasons I no longer remember. 

I sat down and ordered a frozen daiquiri and got up and loaded my plate with food. The joy of Aperitivo. Buy a drink and get unlimited supply of food for free. With a full plate in hand, I headed back towards my place to find a perfectly round pizza that I had not ordered in front of me. 

“Gratuito” said the man at the table to my left. 

“Free?” I tried to confirm, to which the lady next to him nodded. I happily tucked into my added freebie. 

As I ate, my stomach seem to open it’s mouth wider, keeping me up on my feet every two minutes to get more food, leaving my drink unattended. A man sat next to me and started staring, making me extremely uncomfortable. At one point, he spoke to me, to which I shook my head to indicated my lack of understanding and my lack of interest in conversing with him. I tried to down a few more slices of my pizza but had left my drink untouched, worried it might have been spiked. (I know, I was probably overreacting and overdramatising the whole situation but better safe than sorry no?)

His gaze never left my direction, unless he got up and got food. (I know this sounds like some erotica but trust me, it was more of a thriller) How does one even eat properly without paying attention to his plate? I waited for him to do another round of food loading and got up, paid the bill and left hurriedly. Most of my daiquiri was left untouched, which was such a shame, such a waste. Italy really creeps me out sometimes. Me in this country is like my white friends in Vietnam. Honestly, I’m just trying to have a good time here, alone. 

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Às melhores pessoas do mundo

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The voting for the Golden Globes is underway, concluding on December 6th. Ahead of the voting the 2020 Golden Globes Ambassadors were named: Dylan and Paris Brosnan, sons of Pierce and former journalist Keely Shaye-Smith.

Formerly known as Miss or Mister Golden Globes, the Golden Globes Ambassadors not only hand out the trophys, but use their platform to put a spotlight on charities and causes they support. The Brosnan Brothers are promoting childhood hunger and education.  2019's Golden Globe Ambassador, Isan Elba, daughter of Idris, promoted mental health in teens and in the African-American community.

This isn't Dylan and Paris' first foray into the spotlight. Though they are both film students, they have also modeled which is the equivalent of having a paper route or lemonade stand for celebrity offspring.

Some past Miss and Mister Golden Globes have gone on to their own acclaim.

Melanie Griffith (Miss Golden Globes 1975)

Melanie's daughter Dakota Johnson (2006)

Laura Dern (1982)

the very powdered Freddie Prinze Jr. (1996)

Looking towards the future, who should be the next Golden Globe Ambassadors?

Laura Dern's children Ellery and Jaya Harper and Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Philippe children Ava and Deacon?

Tilda Swinton's actress daughter Honor Swinton-Byrne (The Souvenir) or her son Xavier?

actor Micheál Richardson (Vox Lux), son of Liam Neeson and the late Natasha Richardson (Micheál recently legally changed his surname to honor his mother).

theatre actress Ella Loundon, daughter of Daniel Craig and Fiona Loudon?

model/actor Rafferty Law, son of Jude and Sadie Frost. Or their model daughter Iris?

Raff with his "Twist" (an updated version of Oliver Twist) castmates Rita Ora, Sophie Simnett, Lena Headey, Franz Drameh and Sir Michael Caine.

Stella Banderas, daughter of Melanie Griffith and Antonio.

true Hollywood royalty, Carys and Dylan Douglas, grandchildren of Kirk, children of Michael and Catherine Zeta Jones.

Lily Sheen, daughter of Michael and Kate Beckinsale

Kate and Michael - the coolest exes.

model/actor Damian Hurley, son of Elizabeth and Steve Bing?

And although his eldest son, actor Will (with Meg Tilly), at 29, is too old to be an ambassador

Colin, Meg and her sister Jennifer at Will's 2018 engagement party.

Colin and Livia Firth two teen musically inclined sons Luca and Matteo could have a go at it in a few years.

They have both performed at the music festival Isle of Wright (Luca solo and with a band, and drummer Matteo in a band).

Colin, Will and Matteo watching Luca.

Matteo with his bandmates.

It doesn't surprise me that Colin have musician sons.

Look at his long-haired rebel!

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Hey, I just really like your block and would like to know you better. Is it okay if I ask you some questions? Like where are you from? What is your favourite colour? Are there any people on this platform you really like and why? Tell me one fact about you that people might not know. Would you like to live somewhere else in this world? Do you think you easily adapt certain habits or a certain thought process (like I tend to think I am someone from a show I like for example)?

Hi Anon! ☺️ And omg thank you for saying that, I'll try my best to answer these questions.

Where are you from?

I am from Asia, Thailand. More specifically from the North Eastern Region of Thailand which is referred to as "Isan." With a distinct dialect that is closer to Laos than central region dialects. Now, I just live in America. 🙃

What is your favourite colour?

It used to be pink a long LONG time ago but now I like black and blue because I look best in it. 💙🖤

Are there any people on this platform you really like and why?

Oh gosh, there are so many Anon. You might want to ask me on a separate ask (I'm not kidding lmao) there are SO many people I really like here that I follow and that are my mutuals and I have so many things to say about them. They are simply lovely people who will probably read this. 🤗💖💘💞 Love you guys! 

Tell me one fact about you that people might not know.

I did ballet and tap dancing at one point in my life… Absolutely hated it. Nothing against the art of it, it's just not my cup of tea. 😅

Would you like to live somewhere else in this world?

YES! I would love to live in Japan or more realistically Seattle. Anywhere really but I have always been enthralled by the Japanese culture and language. I would love to study abroad but it's looking to be France or England as my choices.. 🤔

Do you think you easily adapt certain habits or a certain thought process?

Omfgg are you kidding!? This is the most ME Anon 🤣 literally when I started getting obsessed with Skam france, I legit started dressing more like Lucas Lallemant and Eliott Demaury. I even have the romance jacket like Lucas ajskkss💀 and for thought process, I usually quote from favorite characters like from Studio Ghibli films because it's so embedded into my brain 😫🥴

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Anyways! Thank you for asking, I hope you've learned something about me and thanks again for liking my blog, I really appreciate it. Best wishes to you and I hope you have a wonderful day! 🤗🍀🌠

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ANCONA – Sarà domenica prossima 22 settembre alle ore 21 la data di recupero del concerto ad Ancona di Massimo Volume e Giardini di Mirò, due vere e proprie icone della musica indipendente italiana finalmente sul palco insieme.

L’appuntamento, inizialmente previsto per il 28 luglio ma poi annullato per maltempo, si inserisce nella programmazione di Sconcerti Festival e sarà tra le mura della splendida Mole Vanvitelliana (Banchina Giovanni da Chio, 28. Biglietti: 20 euro. Prevendite:https://www.vivaticket.it/ita/event/massimo-volume-giardini-di-miro/136983). I biglietti acquistati per la data del 28 luglio sono validi per la nuova data.

Non è la prima volta che le strade di Giardini di Mirò e Massimo Volume si incrociano: nel 2001, quando i GDM erano poco più che degli esordienti, Emidio Clementi accettò di interpretare il ruolo del protagonista nel video di Pet Life Saver, uno dei brani più importanti della carriera dei Giardini (https://youtu.be/7i9vaFJzZGg).

La collaborazione poi è continuata anche dal punto di vista musicale in Malmoe, traccia contenuta nell’ EP “The Soft Touch” e che vede proprio Emidio Clementi alla voce. Le due band sono legate da sempre da stima profonda e amicizia: i Massimo Volume sono stati una fonte di ispirazione per i Giardini di Mirò ed è capitato tante volte di vederli dividere il palco insieme. E non sono pochi neanche i progetti paralleli in cui i musicisti delle due band hanno collaborato tra di loro.

Da poco usciti con i rispettivi nuovi album “Different Times” e “Il nuotatore” (entrambi con 42 Records), i Giardini di Mirò e i Massimo Volume arrivano da due tour fortunatissimi che hanno fatto registrare sold out nei club e nei teatri di tutta Italia e che continueranno anche nel corso dell’estate del 2019.

I Massimo Volume sono una colonna della musica italiana, una vera e propria leggenda. Si sono formati nel 1991 a Bologna e hanno all’attivo sei dischi: Stanze (Underground records, ’93); Lungo i bordi (Wea, ’95); Da qui (Mescal, ’97); Club Privé (Mescal, ’99); la colonna sonora sonora del film Almost blue (Cecchi Gori 2001) di Alex Infascelli e il live Bologna nov. 2008 (Mescal, 2009), Cattive Abitudini (LA Tempesta, 2010), Aspettando i barbari (La Tempesta, 2013).

Nel 2008 per il Museo del cinema di Torino hanno rimusicato il film La caduta di casa Usher di Jean Epstein più volte,  in seguito, portato anche in tour. Il primo febbraio 2019 è uscito per 42 Records il loro ultimo album Il nuotatore.

Con oltre vent’anni di carriera e più di mille concerti in Italia e all’estero, i Giardini di Mirò sono un nome di punta della scena indipendente italiana sin dai primi anni duemila. Il loro suono è un mix di psichedelia, post rock, elettronica, shoegaze, noise. I Giardini di Mirò vengono da Cavriago, un comune a pochi minuti da Reggio Emilia, il cui sindaco onorario è, dal 1917, Vladimir Lenin.

Il nucleo storico, rimasto invariato, è formato da Corrado Nuccini, Jukka Reverberi, Mirko Venturelli, Emanuele Reverberi e Luca di Mira; da qualche anno è subentrato alla batteria Lorenzo Cattalani, che ha sostituito Francesco Donadello. Nel corso degli anni hanno partecipato al gruppo anche Alessandro Raina, Andrea Mancin, Andrea Sologni, Laura Loriga. Il progetto nasce nel 1994 da un’amicizia tra Corrado Nuccini e Giuseppe Camuncoli (oggi noto fumettista) nata tra i banchi della facoltà di Lettere a Bologna.

Solo qualche anno dopo, con l’ingresso degli altri componenti, la band prende forma così come è nota oggi, e già dal primo “Iceberg EP” la storia dei Giardini di Mirò è stata un susseguirsi di album, concerti, tour. La discografia è sterminata: oltre ai cinque album ufficiali “Rise And Fall of Academic Drifting” (2001), “Punk… Not Diet!”(2003), “Dividing Opinions”(2007), “Good Luck” (2012) e “Different Times” (2018), ci sono due sonorizzazioni -“Il fuoco” (2010) e “Rapsodia Satanica” (2014)-, la colonna sonora di “Sangue, la morte non esiste” (2005) con Elio Germano, ed una miriade di Ep, remix e raccolte di inediti, con etichette di tutto il mondo che hanno portato i Giardini di Mirò a collaborare con i più svariati artisti, da Apparat ai Piano Magic, dai Sophia a Sara Low, e poi Hood, Isan, Paul Anderson e molti altri.

“Different Times” è il loro ultimo lavoro, uscito il 30 novembre per 42 Records in contemporanea con un libro omonimo edito da Crac Edizioni, scritto da Marco Braggion con la prefazione di Carlo Pastore, che racconta tutta la storia della band dagli esordi fino ad oggi.

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The Hollywood Foreign Press has announced their nominations for the 2019 Golden Globe awards and their choices offered very few Surprises.  Adam McKay's Vice led the nominations with a total of six followed by A Star is Born, The Favourite, and Green book, all of which snagged three nominations apiece.Television nominations included The Assassination of Gianni Versace which grabbed up four nominations. Barry, The Kominsky Method, Homecoming Sharp Objects, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and A Very English Scandal got three each.The announcement was made by Terry Crews, Danai Gurira, Laslie Mann and Christian Slater who were joined by Hollywood Foreign Press President Meher Tatna,  Dick Clark Productions executive VP of Television Barry Adelman and Golden Globe ambassador Isan Elba.The 2019 Golden Globes ceremony is scheduled for January 6, 2019, and will be hosted by Andy Samberg and Sandra Oh.See the complete list of nominees here:Best Motion Picture - Drama"Black Panther""BlacKkKlansman""Bohemian Rhapsody""If Beale Street Could Talk""A Star Is Born"Best Actress in a Motion Picture - DramaGlenn Close ("The Wife")Lady Gaga ("A Star Is Born")Nicole Kidman ("Destroyer")Melissa McCarthy ("Can You Ever Forgive Me?")Rosamund Pike ("A Private War")Best Actor in a Motion Picture - DramaBradley Cooper ("A Star Is Born")Willem Dafoe ("At Eternity's Gate")Lucas Hedges ("Boy Erased")Rami Malek ("Bohemian Rhapsody")John David Washington ("BlacKkKlansman")Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy"Crazy Rich Asians""The Favourite""Green Book""Mary Poppins Returns""Vice"Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or ComedyEmily Blunt ("Mary Poppins Returns")Olivia Colman ("The Favourite")Elsie Fisher ("Eighth Grade")Charlize Theron ("Tully")Constance Wu ("Crazy Rich Asians")Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or ComedyChristian Bale ("Vice")Lin-Manuel Miranda ("Mary Poppins Returns")Viggo Mortensen ("Green Book")Robert Redford ("The Old Man & the Gun")John C. Reilly ("Stan & Ollie")Best Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion PictureAmy Adams ("Vice")Claire Foy ("First Man")Regina King ("If Beale Street Could Talk")Emma Stone ("The Favourite")Rachel Weisz ("The Favourite")Best Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion PictureMahershala Ali ("Green Book")Timothee Chalamet ("Beautiful Boy")Adam Driver ("BlacKkKlansman")Richard E. Grant ("Can You Ever Forgive Me?")Sam Rockwell ("Vice")Best Motion Picture - Animated"Incredibles 2""Isle of Dogs""Mirai""Ralph Breaks the Internet""Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse"Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language"Capernaum""Girl""Never Look Away""Roma""Shoplifters"Best Director - Motion PictureBradley Cooper ("A Star Is Born")Alfonso Cuaron ("Roma")Peter Farrelly ("Green Book")Spike Lee ("BlacKkKlansman")Adam McKay ("Vice")Best Screenplay - Motion PictureAlfonso Cuaron ("Roma")Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara ("The Favourite")Barry Jenkins ("If Beale Street Could Talk")Adam McKay ("Vice")Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie ("Green Book")Best Original Score - Motion PictureMarco Beltrami ("A Quiet Place")Alexandre Desplat ("Isle of Dogs")Ludwig Göransson ("Black Panther")Justin Hurwitz ("First Man")Marc Shaiman ("Mary Poppins Returns")Best Original Song - Motion Picture"All the Stars" ("Black Panther")"Girl in the Movies" ("Dumplin'")"Requiem For a Private War" ("A Private War")"Revelation' ("Boy Erased")"Shallow" ("A Star Is Born")Best Television Series - Drama"The Americans""Bodyguard""Homecoming""Killing Eve""Pose"Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - DramaCaitriona Balfe ("Outlander")Elisabeth Moss ("The Handmaid's Tale")Sandra Oh ("Killing Eve")Julia Roberts ("Homecoming")Keri Russell ("The Americans") Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - DramaJason Bateman ("Ozark")Stephan James ("Homecoming")Richard Madden ("Bodyguard")Billy Porter ("Pose")Matthew Rhys ("The Americans")Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy"Barry" (HBO)"The Good Place" (NBC)"Kidding" (Showtime)"The Kominsky Method" (Netflix)"The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" (Amazon)Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or ComedyKristen Bell ("The Good Place")Candice Bergen ("Murphy Brown")Alison Brie ("Glow")Rachel Brosnahan ("The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel")Debra Messing ("Will & Grace")Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or ComedySasha Baron Cohen ("Who Is America?")Jim Carrey ("Kidding")Michael Douglas ("The Kominsky Method")Donald Glover ("Atlanta")Bill Hader ("Barry")Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television"The Alienist" (TNT)"The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story" (FX)"Escape at Dannemora" (Showtime)"Sharp Objects" (HBO)"A Very English Scandal" (Amazon)Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for TelevisionAmy Adams ("Sharp Objects")Patricia Arquette ("Escape at Dannemora")Connie Britton ("Dirty John")Laura Dern ("The Tale")Regina King ("Seven Seconds")Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for TelevisionAntonio Banderas ("Genius: Picasso")Daniel Bruhl ("The Alienist")Darren Criss ("The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story")Benedict Cumberbatch ("Patrick Melrose")Hugh Grant ("A Very English Scandal")Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for TelevisionAlex Borstein ("The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel")Patricia Clarkson ("Sharp Objects")Penelope Cruz ("The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story")Thandie Newton ("Westworld")Yvonne Strahovski ("The Handmaid's Tale")Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for TelevisionAlan Arkin ("The Kominsky Method")Kieran Culkin ("Succession")Edgar Ramirez ("The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story")Ben Whishaw ("A Very English Scandal")Henry Winkler ("Barry")

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The Marlins did a good trade! They got three legitimate prospects back for Christian Yelich, and the fourth isn’t nothing, which makes this the best trade they’ve made in this cash-grab offseason.

Lewis Brinson, the #32 prospect in baseball for 2018, is a plus-plus defender in center with great bat speed and big raw power, with staying healthy his main problem so far in pro ball. He should be able to step in immediately to play center in Miami, which would also allow them to send Magneuris Sierra to the minors to continue developing as a hitter. Brinson’s swing can get long, and he’s going to strike out at a fairly high rate, but the ball comes off his bat extremely well and I think he’ll more than make up for the whiffs with extra-base power.

Which talented stars of tomorrow found a home on this year’s list?

• Top 100: Nos. 100-51 | 50-1 | Full list | Just missed | Top systems (Jan. 26) | Team-by-team (Starting Jan. 29).

Monte Harrison, the #85 prospect, had a breakout season as a prospect in low-A and high-A last year, shortening his swing to make better quality contact and more of it. He’s a plus runner who can play all three outfield spots, and has the power for a corner, with 21 homers last year, setting a new career high. His baseball instincts still aren’t great, as he was a football recruit to the University of Nebraska after starring in multiple sports in high school, so there may be further growth to come and there’s still some risk that he doesn’t get to enough of his power because of the strikeouts.

Isan Diaz’s year was disappointing after he slugged .469 and hit 20 homers in low-A in 2016, although he played with a hamate injury for part of 2017, eventually having surgery to repair a fracture at the end of August. He’s played shortstop in pro ball but he’s not a regular there, with much better defense at second base and the power to profile there. He did play much better in the Pan Am 23U qualifiers in November, showing glimpses of power again, and the Marlins may have done well to acquire him now while his value was temporarily low.

Jordan Yamamoto is a command and control right-hander who pitched very well in high-A last year at 21, but at just six feet tall he doesn’t get any plane on his fastball, making him flyball and potentially homer-prone. He comes from a lower slot that might pose platoon issues at higher levels, although that was not an issue in 2017.

In total, that’s two top 100 prospects plus a former top 100 prospect, or a potential above-average everyday centerfielder plus an above-average outfield prospect plus a solid-average or better second-base prospect plus a potential middle reliever in exchange for Christian Yelich and his very team-friendly contract. That seems like a good haul for the Fish, and very much what they needed after several deals that didn’t bring back enough baseball talent.

The Brewers got a great player on a great contract, though, so even though they gave up quite a bit of prospect value, I still think they did well in the deal. Yelich has averaged 4 WAR per year since his first season as a major-league regular, and would be an instant three-win upgrade over Keon Broxton in center. Milwaukee wasn’t that far out of contention last year, and while they still have a few holes to fill – first base was a weak spot after April, they could definitely use another starter – this was a sensible deal that helps them compete again in 2018 but has a lasting benefit well beyond this season, extending into the period where the Brewers’ top remaining prospects like Corbin Burnes, Keston Hiura, and Lucas Erceg will all be on the major-league roster as well.

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ASCOLI PICENO – Sarà ad Ascoli Piceno, nell’ambito del Klang Festival, l’ultima tappa del tour dei Giardini di Mirò, vera a propria leggenda della musica indipendente italiana, per presentare il nuovo disco “Different Times”, uscito il 30 novembre per 42 Records.

La band emiliana sarà in concerto venerdì 22 marzo alle ore 21 al Teatro dei Filarmonici  (via delle Torri. Biglietti: 10 euro | 8 euro ridotto. Prevendite online: https://goo.gl/v6uJWp ). In apertura, i Giulia’s Mother.

“Different Times” arriva dopo un’attesa lunga per una band dalla discografia sterminata, ma che nonostante gli lp, gli ep, le colonne sonore e le sonorizzazioni di film muti, non presentava un lavoro di inediti dal lontano 2012, con “Good Luck”.

Ed è un ritorno in grande stile, che mantiene solidi legami con il passato ma proietta i Giardini di Mirò ulteriormente in avanti, verso un futuro luminoso e ancora da scrivere, anche grazie alla rinnovata collaborazione con Giacomo Fiorenza, lo stesso produttore con cui avevano realizzato i primi due album “Rise and Fall of Academic Drifting” e ”Punk… Non Diet!”, che da subito li avevano consacrati tra gli imprescindibili degli anni Zero.

Due anni di lavoro, la solita attenzione maniacale per i suoni, per ogni minima variazione, per ogni singolo dettaglio, il tutto finalizzato a ricreare quel mood oscillante tra post rock, psichedelia ed elettronica che da sempre rende i dischi dei Giardini di Mirò delle vere e proprie esperienze sonore, dei viaggi musicali che ogni tanto si mantengono su eccentriche forme canzoni, altre volte deragliano verso le direzioni più disparate.

Esattamente come per la title track: nove minuti in cui i Giardini di Mirò hanno voluto mostrare a tutti di essere più in forma che mai, più focalizzati che mai, sempre pronti a ipnotizzare le orecchie e ad incendiare i palchi italiani ed europei come fanno da almeno vent’anni.

Ma in “Different Times” c’è molto di più, ci sono nove brani incredibilmente densi e 50 minuti di musica, ci sono collaborazioni prestigiose, come quelle con Adele Nigro di Any Other in “Don’t Lie”, Robin Proper-Sheppard dei Sophia in “Hold On”, Glen Johnson dei Piano Magic in “Failed to Chart” e Daniel O’Sullivan nella finale “Fieldnotes”, c’è una compattezza liquida che in tanti negli anni hanno provato a replicare, ma che praticamente nessuno ha saputo eguagliare.

E poi ci sono i cambiamenti di questi vent’anni, e così “Different Times” vuole essere anche una riflessione sulla durata del tempo. Senza dare particolari giudizi, solo accettandone le regole e le sue conseguenze, con lo sguardo che si muove verso altre parti del mondo, su altre centralità, mentre inevitabilmente cambiano la geografia e l’importanza delle cose. Anche per questo lo scatto di copertina, ad opera di Simone Mizzotti, mostra un campetto da calcio sperso in una periferia qualunque. Solo che quella periferia è in Cina.

Ma dalla Cina si torna irrimediabilmente a casa, e allora ecco che le esperienze e le metamorfosi dei Giardini di Mirò, l’equilibrio tra il nucleo storico e i nuovi arrivati che negli anni hanno influenzato il percorso della band rendendolo sempre originale e mai uguale a se stesso, vengono raccontate anche nel libro omonimo (scritto da Marco Braggion e con la prefazione di Carlo Pastore), uscito il 29 novembre, giorno prima della release, per Crac Edizioni.

Insomma, c’è voluto parecchio tempo, ma in “Different Times”, nelle sue forme, c’è tutto quello che si potrebbe chiedere a un disco dei Giardini di Mirò, ai Giardini di Mirò. Perché sono tornati, e sono tornati sul serio.

Con oltre vent’anni di carriera e più di mille concerti in Italia e all’estero, i Giardini di Mirò sono un nome di punta della scena indipendente italiana sin dai primi anni duemila. Il loro suono è un mix di psichedelia, post rock, elettronica, shoegaze, noise. I Giardini di Mirò vengono da Cavriago, un comune a pochi minuti da Reggio Emilia, il cui sindaco onorario è, dal 1917, Vladimir Lenin.

Il nucleo storico, rimasto invariato, è formato da Corrado Nuccini, Jukka Reverberi, Mirko Venturelli, Emanuele Reverberi e Luca di Mira; da qualche anno è subentrato alla batteria Lorenzo Cattalani, che ha sostituito Francesco Donadello. Nel corso degli anni hanno partecipato al gruppo anche Alessandro Raina, Andrea Mancin, Andrea Sologni, Laura Loriga.

Il progetto nasce nel 1994 da un’amicizia tra Corrado Nuccini e Giuseppe Camuncoli (oggi noto fumettista) nata tra i banchi della facoltà di Lettere a Bologna. Solo qualche anno dopo, con l’ingresso degli altri componenti, la band prende forma così come è nota oggi, e già dal primo “Iceberg EP” la storia dei Giardini di Mirò è stata un susseguirsi di album, concerti, tour.

La discografia è sterminata: oltre ai cinque album ufficiali “Rise And Fall of Academic Drifting” (2001), “Punk… Not Diet!”(2003), “Dividing Opinions”(2007), “Good Luck” (2012) e “Different Times” (2018), ci sono due sonorizzazioni -“Il fuoco” (2010) e “Rapsodia Satanica” (2014)-, la colonna sonora di “Sangue, la morte non esiste” (2005) con Elio Germano, ed una miriade di Ep, remix e raccolte di inediti, con etichette di tutto il mondo che hanno portato i Giardini di Mirò a collaborare con i più svariati artisti, da Apparat ai Piano Magic, dai Sophia a Sara Low, e poi Hood, Isan, Paul Anderson e molti altri.

“Different Times” è il loro ultimo lavoro, ed esce in contemporanea con un libro omonimo edito da Crac Edizioni, scritto da Marco Braggion con la prefazione di Carlo Pastore, che racconta tutta la storia della band dagli esordi fino ad oggi.