© Paolo Bolzoni, 25 April 2022. Picture credit Boris Johnson: Sky News on Twitter.
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A CONCISE GUIDE TO RUGBY UNION THIS IS RUGBY - HISTORY The name of the game is Rugby Football. Started in 1845 at the Rugby public school in England. The governing body is World Rugby. The greatest tournaments are the World Cup and the Six Nations. Twickenham is the Home of Rugby and has a magnificent museum dedicated to the history of the game. The Six Nations 2022 ended last Saturday 19 March. France won the tournament with a Grand Slam (five wins out of five matches). 1. France 2. Ireland 3. England 4. Scotland 5. Wales 6. Italy The current world ranking is: 1 SA 2 NZ 3 FRA 4 IRL 5 ENG 6 AUL 7 SCO 8 WAL 9 ARG 10 JAP THIS IS RUGBY - VALUES Camaraderie Discipline Enjoyment Integrity Passion Respect Solidarity Sportsmanship Teamwork And… Third half attended by both teams and match officials. Life-long friendship among team mates and opponents. Rugby is a gentlemen sport played by true gentlemen. THIS IS RUGBY - THE RULES The Laws of the Game are made by World Rugby. They are reviewed/m...
COULD THIS BE THE SOLUTION TO THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE? As I wrote elsewhere, in 1981 Maastricht hosted the first Euro Top meeting of the then European Community. The Queen’s Governor hosted a lunch at my Huize Eyll, attended by the President of France, the prime ministers of the other nine member states and all ten foreign ministers. I am tempted to host a dinner for the leaders of the 27 members of the EU, for the President of the European Parliament, for the President of the European Union and for the President of the European Commission. I shall also invite Boris Johnson and Joe Biden. I can picture the after dinner discussion. Kaja Kallas, Magdalena Andersson, Mette Frederiksen, Roberta Metsola, Sanna Marin and Ursula von der Leyen retire into the formal reception room. The boys lit their cigars and enjoy a 1957 Quinta do Noval Nacional port. Joe avidly sucks his Cohiba Esplendido. Boris is missing; he is a jolly good fellow, but he never passes the port. Very heated discussion abo...
POTREBBE ESSERE QUESTA LA SOLUZIONE AL CONFLITTO IN UCRAINA? Come ho scritto altrove, nel 1981 Maastricht ospitò il primo incontro Euro Top dell'allora Comunità Europea. Il governatore della regina ha ospitato un pranzo a casa mia, Huize Eyll, a cui hanno partecipato il presidente della Francia, i primi ministri degli altri nove stati membri e tutti e dieci i ministri degli esteri. Sono tentato di ospitare una cena per i leader dei 27 membri dell'UE, per la Presidente del Parlamento Europeo, per la Presidente della UE e per il presidente dell’UE. Inviterò anche Boris Johnson e Joe Biden. Posso immaginare la discussione dopo cena. Kaja Kallas, Magdalena Andersson, Mette Frederiksen, Roberta Metsola, Sanna Marin e Ursula von der Leyen si ritirano nel salone di ricevimento. I ragazzi si accendono i sigari e si godono un porto di Quinta do Noval Nacional del 1957. Joe succhia avidamente il suo Cohiba Esplendido. Boris è andato via; è un bravo ragazzo, ma non passa mai il porto. Dis...
IN 2012, THE EU WAS AWARDED THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FOR ADVANCING THE CAUSES OF PEACE, RECONCILIATION, DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN EUROPE. THE AIMS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION WITHIN ITS BORDERS ARE: Promote peace, its values and the well-being of its citizens Offer freedom, security and justice without internal borders, while also taking appropriate measures at its external borders to regulate asylum and immigration and prevent and combat crime Establish an internal market Achieve sustainable development based on balanced economic growth and price stability and a highly competitive market economy with full employment and social progress Protect and improve the quality of the environment Promote scientific and technological progress Combat social exclusion and discrimination Promote social justice and protection, equality between women and men, and protection of the rights of the child Enhance economic, social and territorial cohesion and solidarity among EU countries Respect its rich ...
Please forward this text, make sure it reaches Украина. All those walking to freedom, on trains, on buses, in shelters. SING! FROM ME TO UKRAINE. УКРАИНА Transposition of “Hosanna” JCS 1970, by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber © Paolo Bolzoni, 27 February 2022 Hosanna Hey Sanna Sanna Sanna Hosanna Hey Sanna Hosanna Hey Украина you’ll always be with me Sanna Hosanna Hey Украина Superstar Listen Putin get out now, we anticipate a riot Can’t you see the whole world is against you Your bullying acts are much too much The mob who follow you are fools and they are wrong They are a curse, they must disperse Hosanna Hey Sanna Sanna Sanna Hosanna Hey Sanna Hosanna Hey Украина you're alright by me Sanna Hosanna Hey Украина Superstar Украина is not yet dead, we’ll keep on fighting Nothing can be done to stop us shouting Украина glory hasn’t perished If every tongue were stilled The noise would still continue The rocks and stones themselves would start to sing Hosanna Hey ...
EPISTOLA AD FRANCISCUM PAPAM Paulus Francisco Ave. Obstrepit silentium tuum. Oratis privatim. Sile artibus uteris. Sed hoc non est satis. Clamorem doloris contra immanitatem belli huius belli, omnium bellorum, audiat mundus! Vicarium Christi te in terris esse credis. Fac ut tunc. Putasne eum cum rabbis egisse? Dicere nullam aliquam lacus? Pacem vocas, “bellum insania est”. Quis te audivit? Non, nolit. In montem ascendet, et clamabit iram suam, ut audiat omnis anima super terram. Et tu non es iustus vicarius Christi. Tu es caput civitatis, absolutus Sanctae Sedis monarcha. Civitas Vaticana habet statum Sodalis Permanentis Nationum Unitarum. Hoc est singulare privilegium. Nulla alia religio tuam dignitatem habet. Legatus tuus omnes conventus comitatur. Omnibus conventibus ius loquendi. Hoc jure utere. Sed melius est, ut New York, dic omnibus gentibus quid audiant. Mundus nec Ave Maria nec Benedictio paschalis est. Ibi moriuntur. Omit missa matutina, nuntium tuum Moscuae et Orbi para. Mun...
Cantus in memory Britten/Pärt, Stabat Mater Pergolesi
TO UKRAINE In early 2015, our Maastricht Chamber Orchestra gave two benefit concerts as fund-raising for the people of Ukraine, already then suffering for the atrocities of the war. Many donated also on-line. We donated all proceedings to Doctors without Borders. Arvo Pärt: Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Stabat Mater Conductor: Federico Santi Soprano: Barbara Haveman Mezzo soprano: Mirouslava Yordanova 31 March 2015: OLV Basiliek, Maastricht, NL 1 April 2015: OLV Basiliek, Tongeren, BE This is the live recording of the concert in Maastricht. Maastricht Chamber Orchestra - Benefit concert for Ukraine.
FIRST IN, FIRST OUT La mia casa a Maastricht, Huize Eyll, è stata la residenza ufficiale di Johan Kremers, il Governatore della Regina per la provincia del Limburgo negli anni 1977-1990. Durante la prima riunione del top europeo dei dieci nel 1981, il Governatore Kremers ha offerto un pranzo a casa mia, al quale hanno partecipato il Presidente della Repubblica Francese, tutti i presidenti del consiglio degli altri nove membri e tutti i dieci ministri degli esteri. Nella foto ricordo di gruppo una certa signora Thatcher è in prima fila: un perfetto esempio di contabilità del magazzino “FIRST IN, FIRST OUT”!
FIRST IN, FIRST OUT My home in Maastricht, Huize Eyll, was the official residence of Johan Kremers, the Queen's Governor to the province of Limburg in the years 1977-1990. During the first meeting of the European top ten in 1981, Governor Kremers hosted a lunch at my house, which was attended by the President of the French Republic, all prime ministers of the other nine members, and all ten foreign ministers. In the group souvenir photo, a certain Mrs. Thatcher is standing in the front row: a perfect example of warehouse accounting “FIRST IN, FIRST OUT”!
VLADIMIR PUTIN, frame this in your office and stare at it! When students from all over the world could have a hearty laugh at international politics. When détente gave as all a future to look forward to. This is one of the Daily Smash issues, distributed each morning to all delegates to the AIESEC International Congress in Switzerland, 1976. I attended in the capacity of President of AIESEC Italy. It is very funny. It’s a motion proposed by the Vatican, signed by Pope Paul VI, and seconded by Russia, signed by Leonid Brezhnev. The president of AIESEC USSR wrote it.
https://lnkd.in/d6558UBD TO VLADIMIR PUTIN Think again! The Ballad Of The Unknown Soldier I Gufi, 1968, by Lino Patruno - Walter Waldi I don't remember in which war In which sky in which sea Or maybe it was an inch of earth That I had to conquer. A flag was flying But I don't remember its colour That day it was my turn to die I don't remember for whom. I only remember my first love Who was far away waiting for me And who wept bitter tears The day I left to never return. I was dressed as a soldier But the rest I have forgotten I don't even know What was the colour of my skin. I don't know what time I lived I don't know if I have won or if I have lost I know I screamed for honour But I don't remember whose. I only remember my first love Who was far away waiting for me And who wept bitter tears The day I left never to return. On my grave there is no name Even I forgot it There is a granite monument And a soldier's helmet. There are so many words written t...
I was once sitting next to Jesus. He was telling the parable of the chap in Downing Street 10 who spent his life telling lies. I told Jesus: “Forgive him Lord, for he is just a buffoon, he does not realise what he says”. Jesus turned to me and said: “You just pulled words out of my mouth. Let’s have a pint, mate”. In the pub, everyone looked and pointed at me (of course nobody knew Jesus, he was not a resident in the pub), but nobody dared to address me. I told Jesus: “See old boy, they are Boris’ Cabinet, they just keep their mouth shut”. Amen © Paolo Bolzoni, 16 February 2022
Official statement by Boris Johnson on 15 February 2022. My reply to the buffoon: In case your Chancellor and you don’t know that, economic growth refers to GDP. The nominal growth of the UK GDP in 2021 vs 2020 was about LESS .002%, NOT plus 7.5% The real (inflation-adjusted) growth, as it must of course be measured, was LESS .5% If you had a proper education, you would have learnt simple maths. Or, are you perhaps referring to the growth in the number of lies? From a co-European, who is still a citizen of the EU.
My high school, Liceo Scientifico Vittorio Veneto in Milan is occupied by students. Just like I did it in the years 1968 - 1970, taking about politics, debates in Aula Magna! 8 February 2022. https://milano.repubblica.it/cronaca/2022/02/08/news/scuola_occupazioni_liceo_vittorio_veneto_milano_carducci-336936853/?ref=RHTP-VS-I270680376-P20-S2-T1
FOUNDATION "LPF Lino Patruno Foundation" for the promotion of the History of Jazz, Art, Theatre, Cinema and Culture. Established on 29 December 2020 by Maestro Lino Patruno, it is a non-profit foundation of social utility for the promotion of the History of Jazz, Theatre, Cinema and Culture. The Foundation is inspired by and applies the principles of the Third Sector and responds to the legal framework governed by the Third Sector Code and the Civil Code. The Foundation has its registered office in Colleferro and its operational headquarters in Rome. The Foundation is not for profit, pursues exclusively purposes of cultural and social utility, solidarity, equality, fraternity and social friendship, carries out activities and allocates the available resources in order to promote and support education, art, the enhancement of cultural assets and activities and environmental assets. In particular, it has as its purpose the implementation of initiatives of higher social ...
FONDAZIONE “LPF Lino Patruno Foundation” per la promozione della Storia del Jazz, dell’Arte, del Teatro, del Cinema, della Cultura. Costituita il 29 dicembre 2020 dal Maestro Lino Patruno, è una Fondazione di utilità sociale senza scopo di lucro per la promozione della Storia del Jazz, del Teatro, del Cinema, della Cultura. La Fondazione si ispira e applica i principi del Terzo settore e risponde allo schema giuridico disciplinato dal Codice del Terzo settore e dal Codice Civile. La Fondazione ha la propria sede sociale in Colleferro e sede operativa in Roma. La Fondazione, non ha scopo di lucro, persegue esclusivamente scopi di utilità culturale e sociale, solidaristiche, di uguaglianza, di fraternità e amicizia sociale, svolge attività e destina le risorse disponibili allo scopo di promuovere e sostenere l'istruzione, l'arte, la valorizzazione dei beni e delle attività culturali e dei beni ambientali. In particolare ha per scopo l'attuazione di iniziative di...