tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23480044927636032722024-02-08T06:36:40.857-08:00Italian at Bryant UniveristyBryant University Modern Languageshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12409141801247393320noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348004492763603272.post-20751389043128078832019-02-27T12:29:00.001-08:002019-02-27T12:29:45.091-08:00Venetian Mask Making EventOn Wednesday February 27th, 2019, in the Fisher student center room 1, we held the annual Venetian Mask Making event in honor of Carnevale.<br />
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We had a good showing at today's event to celebrate Carnevale. Everyone loved gathering around listening to great Italian american music and creating beautiful masks. It was a good environment to be in because everyone was embracing the culture of Venice.<br />
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Carnevale is like a send off before the season of lent. In the city of Venice, they party and enjoy themselves before they have to give up a lot for their religion. People celebrate for two weeks using dancing, dressing up in wonderful colors, and wearing masks. It is a wonderful time for everyone to get together and celebrate the culture of Venice. <br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348004492763603272.post-68824757288334534832019-02-20T18:29:00.001-08:002019-02-20T18:29:21.552-08:00Annual Cannoli Event <br />
On February 13th, 2019, we had our annual cannoli assembling event. We simply made the filling from a recipe then filled our own cannolis and decorated the ends with mini chocolate chips! There are various types of cannoli filling recipes, but we used the most basic filling recipe to teach our members. <br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348004492763603272.post-34595103987528449632019-02-06T16:21:00.001-08:002019-03-20T14:28:59.280-07:00Welcome Spring 2019!As we settle into the new Spring 2019 semester, we have developed an official list of our club meetings from now through April:<br />
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Feb. 13 - We will be having our annual cannoli event. Please stop by to learn the recipe and process of making this wonderful Italian dessert!<br />
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Feb. 27 - Join us for Venetian mask making! Make your own traditional Italian mask derived from the city of Venice's history.<br />
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Mar. 20 - Our film event this semester will be <i>Bienvenuti al Sud, </i>an Italian comedy about adjusting to the cultural differences between the North and South of Italy.<br />
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Mar. 27 - We will dive into the topic of immigration, study abroad, culture and travel logistics in Italy.<br />
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Apr. 10 - Viva il calcio! Join us to discuss combating organized crime in Italy, as well as what it's truly like to be at an Italian soccer game.<br />
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Apr. 24 - Join us in celebrating the end of another great year with a traditional Italian banquet!<br />
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We are very excited for all that we have planned for this semester. We hope that you will join us to learn more about traditional Italian culture and lifestyle!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348004492763603272.post-55715548043616535382018-11-28T17:42:00.000-08:002018-11-28T17:42:01.221-08:00Skype with Students in Milano 10/24/18<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Wednesday October 24th, 2018 we skyped with two IB students, Erin and Amara, whom are currently studying in Milano. We asked them many questions on their experience abroad so far. We asked about the university, classes, local area, travel and of course, speaking italian! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They said they use their Italian skills quite often rather than depending on speaking English. Which is intimidating yet exciting for students planning to go to Italy to hear and prepare for. The girls talked about how a lot of the times they take trains or buses to visit other countries. Since Everything in Europe is very close, it is easier and cheaper to travel from country to country. They gave a few tips on this such as websites to use to plan your travels. As for the college they are attending they said they are enjoying studying in Italy a lot. They also informed us that they are currently doing internships and they are especially enjoying those. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Talking to these girls, hearing their tips and advice for studying abroad and dealing with being in an unfamiliar territory was very useful and informational!</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348004492763603272.post-61409940223382009692018-11-27T16:27:00.000-08:002018-11-27T16:27:35.955-08:00Tutti Contro Tutti Fall 2018 Film Event on 10/10<span style="font-family: inherit;"> As our second official club meeting of the semester, the Italian American Association here at Bryant University hosted an event to view the Italian film </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Tutti Contro Tutti, </i><span style="font-family: inherit;">which can be translated into English as </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Everyone Against Everyone</i><span style="font-family: inherit;">. While, for once, technology was on our side and we did not have any difficulties showing the film, the characters in </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Tutti Contro Tutti </i><span style="font-family: inherit;">seemed to find much difficulty </span>among<span style="font-family: inherit;"> one another. </span><br />
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<i> Tutti Contro Tutti </i>follows the story of a family living in a rented apartment building on the outskirts of Rome. Agostino, the main character and father in this family, lives with his wife Anna, their two children Erica and Lorenzo, and the grandfather Rocco. One day, while the family is out attending Lorenzo's First Communion, the Rizzuti family moves into their apartment. When Agostino and his family return, they are shocked to discover that they no longer have a place to live, and that all of their things were left for them in the hallway.<br />
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Agostino immediately reports to the police about his problem, only to find out that the landlord he has been paying each month does not actually own the apartment building. Even worse, Agostino does not have a contract to show for his apartment lease, and therefore has no right to living in the apartment. After spending a night with his in-laws Romana and Sergio, Agostino decides he is determined to get their apartment back.<br />
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The next day, Agostino and his family set up their belongings outside of their apartment in the hallway, serving as an example to all of the other tenants that the very same thing could happen to them. As Agostino and the Rizzuti family continue to battle for the apartment each day, Lorenzo begins to fall behind in school, Anna is losing sleep and under-performing at work, and Erica is getting teased by her boyfriend and others at school. As if everything else is not already falling apart, Agostino loses his job renovating a villa.<br />
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Anna, who is sick of waiting for Agostino to find a new home, takes the children and returns to stay at Romana and Sergio's home. Rocco and Agostino do not give up on getting back the apartment. They discover that their supposed landlord has set fire to a camp of homeless gypsies, leading to the unjust death of one person. Agostino then confronts the landlord, and, in addition to a confession by the landlord's son, he is arrested for this crime.<br />
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After some time away from home, Anna begins to miss having her family all under one roof and returns to Agostino ready to give up on finding a new apartment. Agostino and his family partner with the other families in the building to devise a plan to get the Rizzuti family out of the apartment. The group is successful in taking back the apartment from the Rizzuti family, with Sergio finding himself alone in the apartment. He then informs Agostino through the door that he will be occupying the apartment from now on because Romana is expecting another child and their current apartment is too small. Agostino is then left to live in Romana and Sergio's old apartment.<br />
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Once the film was over, our IAA E-board led a discussion explaining some background information about realities in Italy today and through asking a series of questions to the attendees. We emphasized how it is important to always have a contract as proof of any deal or exchange, as well as how many people in Italy today experience this very situation of home loss. Some of the viewers felt that the film demonstrated the state of desperation that Agostino endured while trying to get the apartment back for his family. Others felt that <i>Tutti Contro Tutti </i>exemplified how important a home is to a family, and how it acts as more than just a place to live.<br />
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Thank you to everybody that helped make this film event a success; we look forward to our next IAA film event!<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348004492763603272.post-35832352939991564102018-10-05T14:00:00.000-07:002018-10-05T11:51:49.097-07:00Facciamo la pizza!<br />
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During our first IAA meeting of the semester, on September
26, 2018, our club members had the opportunity of making pizza dough. While at
the meeting, they also learned how Italians do things differently. Things as
simple as Italian eating habits up to Italian's concept of personal space, we
talked about the most important things we thought our members should know
before they head over to Italy in the future. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348004492763603272.post-55300735645697160202018-03-26T11:15:00.001-07:002018-03-26T11:15:37.401-07:00Cannoli EventOn Wednesday 03/22 we had our annual cannoli making event. At this event, students were able to follow a super simple recipe and fill their own cannoli. <br />
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Cannoli is a traditional Sicilian dessert filled with ricotta and chocolate chips. They often come in different variations with various toppings such as pistachios or more chocolate. <br />
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Thank you to all who came!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348004492763603272.post-76740742609897500092018-03-09T07:02:00.003-08:002018-03-09T09:29:20.795-08:00Ricordati di Me Progetto<div style="text-align: center;">
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Muccino mette la famiglia al centro dei suoi film e critica la societa' medio-borghese. E' un figlio del dirigente RAI. I primi anni della sua carriera, si impegnava con docu-fiction e il docu-reality.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">"Gabriele Muccino biografia." <i>ComingSoon.it, </i>www.comingsoon.it/personaggi/gabriele-muccino/77000/biografia/.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Il genere del film e' un tragicommedia. Di solito, le tragicommedie hanno una seria di vicende gravi e dolorose di una tragedia ma sempre un lieto fine. <i>Ricordati di Me </i>ha un lieto fine perche' vediamo la famiglia contenta (o almeno pensiamo che sia contenta) e realizzata. Ci sono eventi gravi quando Carlo ha l'incidente e quando Giulia si scopre che Carlo ha un amante. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Muccino dice che i protagonisti di questo film <i><b>"...pretendono di volere molto di piu' che in famiglia si sentono di essere conosciuti..." </b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">La solita insoddisfazione dell'essere umano che non si accontenta mai di quello che ha. Non si accontenta delle proprie relazioni e del tipo di vita che conduce.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Vediamo questo quando Giulia chiede a Valentina che pensa di lei come madre. Giulia e' sempre preoccupata di che pensano gli altri.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Il film rappresenta gli italiani della societa' moderna. Rappresenta una famiglia che non segue i canoni dettati dai valori della famiglia tradizionale. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I genitori rivivino i loro sogni vedendo l'interesse della figlia per la televisione/il cinema. La madre riprova a fare teatro e il padre a scrivere. Giulia in un modo si realizza il suo sogno di essere attrice. Carlo pero' non riesce ad essere uno scrittore. Valentina ottiene la parte della velina. Paolo all'inizio si fallisce ma poi si riprende.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I poteri esterni sono i desideri e rapporti di ogni protagonista. I sogni comandano le loro azioni. I ruoli di genere di Carlo e di Giulia sono poteri esterni che rende la realizzazione difficile.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Il Berlusconismo e' un'ideologia che viene da Silvio Berlusconi che promuove la vanita'. Berlusconi per molti rappresenta la televisione e il consumismo. Vediamo come il consumismo lega al tema di donna oggetto che e' trovato nel film. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>"Si costruisce cosi' un discorso pubblico in cui il corpo delle donne viene consapevolmente proposto come merce, la cui vendita rischia di apparire l'unica strada valida per la conquista della realizzazzione femminile o familiare." (Ginsborg e Asquer).</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">Ginsborg, Paul e Enrica Asquer. <i>Berlusconismo: analisi di un fenomeno.</i> Laterza, 2011.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Vediamo questo tema di "donna oggetto" specialmente con Valentina. Nel film, Valentina vuole essere una velina perche' non e' contenta. Vediamo come Valentina diventa completamente ossessionata e persa in quest'idea di essere velina. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">E' molto importante adesso definire velina e legarla al comportamento di Valentina. Una velina e' un showgirl che si presenta in televisione come una donna bellissima, con il trucco pesante e un carattere infantile. Le donne in televisione che fanno le veline vengono mostrate come donne malistruite e solo buone a soddisfare gli uomini.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">All'inizio del film, vediamo Valentina e la sua amica che guardano la televisione. Loro due cantano il siglo del programma televisivo. Questo e' un dettaglio piccolo ma gia' vediamo come la televisione cattura l'attenzione di queste due ragazze. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Lo specchio e' simbolo dell'introspezione dell'essere umano. Rappresenta un universo alternativo in cui tutti i protagonisti vogliono andare.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Questo comportamento di Valentina e la fantasia di essere una velina non e' limitato solo al film. Quello che vediamo nel film succede anche in realta' e ci sono conseguenze che non vengono mostrate nel film ma ci serve un po' di ricerca.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Lorella Zanardo e' un'attivista e scrittrice femminista. Ha creato questo documentario che si chiama "Il Corpo delle Donne". Spiega nel documentario come le donne vengono rappresentate in televisione. Come le donne vengono mostrate in televisione ha un effetto sulla psicologia delle ragazze e le bambine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: normal;">In italia, la televisione e' essenziale nella vita degli italiani. I programmi televisivi in italia sono piu' aperti per quanto riguarda la censura. Come ha detto la Zanardo, ci saranno conseguenze se i media continuano a sottovalutare le donne tramite l'uso delle veline. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: normal;">Gia' vediamo conseguenze con le bambine...</span></h4>
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Alibani, Natascia. "Baby miss, il trucco e le pose da donna delle bambine star dei social." <i>Robbadadonne. </i>https://media.robadadonne.it/galleria/baby-miss-il-trucco-e-le-pose-da-donna-delle-bambine-star-dei-social/.<br />
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"Gabriele Muccino biografia." <i>ComingSoon.it, </i>www.comingsoon.it/personaggi/gabriele-muccino/77000/biografia/.</div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348004492763603272.post-77235371441303646442018-03-07T14:04:00.001-08:002018-03-07T14:04:04.420-08:00Carnevale Mask Making EventOn Wednesday February 21st IAA hosted our annual Carnevale Mask Making Event as a late celebration of Carnevale. <br />
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What is Carnevale?<br />
It is like the Italian Mardi Gras. Carnevale is the last celebration before lent that begins on Ash Wednesday. Historically, lent is a time where many Catholics deprive themselves of a luxury or something that they typically enjoy. The idea behind Carnevale is to party and have fun before the season of lent.<br />
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In Italy, celebrations are held all over however the most prominent celebrations are in Venice. Carnevale was first celebrated in Venice in 1094 and still occurs today. People celebrate for two weeks and it is a time where people dress up in colorful costumes and masks. Carnevale allows Italians to be as creative as possible and even adopt a different persona. In Venice, Carnevale celebrations are so popular that there is a famous saying: A Carnevale, ogni scherzo vale. This means that people can go around pulling pranks on people and others will turn a blind eye to it. <br />
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<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348004492763603272.post-20088745079245380552018-03-07T13:54:00.000-08:002018-03-07T13:54:00.529-08:00First General Meeting Wednesday February 7thOn Wednesday February 7th we had our first general meeting of Spring Semester 2018. During this meeting we invited a fellow Italian student, Matteo, to talk to our members. Matteo is from Rome, Italy and is in his second year at Bryant and also a student athlete. While in our meeting, he explained some of his challenges he experienced while here in the United States as a full-time student. Matteo answered many students questions about how it is to live in Rome versus the United States. He also taught some students his favorite word in Roman dialect: Tiramose! <br />
IAA would like to thank Matteo for taking his time to talk to our curious members about his experience! Grazie Matteo!<br />
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<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348004492763603272.post-83885399754598928092018-01-27T12:35:00.001-08:002018-01-27T12:35:16.009-08:00Ben tornati!Ciao a tutti e ben tornati!<br />
Hello everyone and welcome back! On behalf of IAA we all hope everyone had a relaxing winter break and are ready for another exciting and productive spring semester. <br />
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Here are the dates for our meetings this semester:<br />
Our meetings are every other <b>Wednesday in FSC Music Room</b> (first floor to the right of Dunkin Donuts) at <b>2pm</b><br />
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Feb 7 - First general meeting<br />
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Feb 21 - We will be celebrating carnevale in style with our <b>Mask Making</b> event<br />
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Mar 7 - Our <b>study abroad Italy info session</b> where we bring in students who studied in Italy during the fall semester to answer any of your burning questions about studying abroad in Italy<br />
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Mar 28 - <b>Film Event</b> - we will be showing La Siciliana Ribelle (room and time are to be announced)<br />
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Apr 4 - <b>End of the year banquet </b><br />
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<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348004492763603272.post-71952480928832048582017-12-13T10:31:00.001-08:002017-12-13T10:31:28.424-08:00IAA Second Movie Event -- I Cento Passi<div style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 14pt 0px;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">After resolving some technical issues – which always seem to plague us! – we started the showing of <i>I Cento Passi</i>, translated into English as the <i>One Hundred Steps. </i>But what are these one hundred steps, and what do they have to do with this film?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <i>I Cento Passi</i> recounts the story of Giuseppe “Peppino” Impastato, a young man who fights to reduce the impact of the local mafia organization in his town; Cinisi, a small province close to Palermo, one of the biggest cities in Sicily. Peppino actually lives only one hundred steps from the resident mafia boss. Showcasing just how ingrained the mafia are in Peppino’s life.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Peppino grew up in a family with close mafia ties, however after a relative is assassinated when he is only 15, Peppino dedicates himself to stopping the mafia’s influence. As mentioned prior, his family has close mafia ties, so this battle is as much against his family as the mafia.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> After joining the local communist party, Peppino starts to grow more fervent in his rebellion, even starting demonstrations in front of the mayor’s office. Eventually Peppino’s passion grew even too much for the communist party, and the two parted ways. At this point, Peppino has been kicked out of his own home, but he does not let that stop him. Instead, Peppino starts a radio program dedicated to belittling the local Mafiosi. Peppino’s voice and talent for radio draws a large audience in the surrounding area, and even the local mafia take notice (much to the chagrin of his father).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> The radio show starts to hit too close to home for the Mafiosi and they try to shut it down through Peppino’s father. During this confrontation his father tells Peppino that without him, he would already have been killed. Of course, Peppino will not stop!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Unfortunately Peppino’s father dies (some say murdered by the mafia), and the capo of the mafia approaches Peppino to provide him one last chance to stop. As always, Peppino will not stray from his mission and continues, even starting a campaign for a local position.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> One night, Peppino is kidnapped and murdered by the mafia. Incidentally, Peppino won that position he was campaigning for! The police deem his death a suicide, and this ruling lasts for decades, until it is overturned and his killers are ultimately brought to justice.</span></span></div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348004492763603272.post-1689217598188951022017-12-12T13:13:00.004-08:002017-12-12T13:13:43.620-08:00Movie Event Pranzo di Ferragosto On Wednesday, 11/5/17 IAA hosted one of our two movie events of the Fall semester. <i>Pranzo di Ferragosto </i>or <i>Mid-August Lunch</i> is a film directed by Matteo Garrone. This movie takes place in Trastevere, a famous neighborhood in Rome. It is a great comedy that portrays many characteristics of Italian films. A brief synopsis can be found here:<br />
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The film captures many elements of the Italian culture such as family, food and tradition. Gianni finds himself as the primary caretaker of these elderly women but he eventually treats them as if they were part of his own family. Food portrays Italian tradition because on Ferragosto, Italians enjoy staple dishes that are made specifically on Ferragosto.</div>
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<span id="goog_925343606"></span><span id="goog_925343607"></span><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348004492763603272.post-51583184857245246682017-11-06T16:18:00.004-08:002017-11-06T16:18:43.197-08:00Pizza Dough Making Event 10/11On Wednesday, October 11th, our meeting focused on pizza dough making and the origins of pizza. Students were able to make their own pizza dough while learning facts about pizza. <br />
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Some fun facts about pizza:<br />
The traditional pizza Margherita was named after the Queen Margherita in the 1880's/1890's. La Margherita is representative of the colors of the Italian flag with green being the basil, white being the mozzarella di bufala and the red being the tomato sauce.<br />
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<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348004492763603272.post-87056337243374845032017-09-11T17:18:00.001-07:002017-09-11T17:18:23.339-07:00Italian American Association Fall Semester EventsSalve!<br />
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Ben tornati, to our returning students and to our new students, Benvenuti! On behalf of the Italian American Association, we hope you all had an awesome summer and are ready to take on this academic year with confidence! IAA has been working diligently to make our meetings as fun and informative as possible without making them feel like another class.<br />
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This semester we are meeting in Fisher Music Conference Room at 2pm - 3pm every other Wednesday. Don't worry, we will be sending out two e-mails the week of meetings to remind everyone. In addition to these e-mails, we will also be making blog posts before our meetings as a way of giving a heads up to what we will be talking about during the meeting.<br />
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Our first general meeting will be this <b><u>Wednesday 09/13 at 2pm in FSC Music Conference Room</u></b><br />
On Wednesday, we will be focusing on studying abroad in Italy. At the meeting, members are encouraged to ask any questions they may have in regards to studying abroad and receive a brief description on study abroad opportunities in Italy.<br />
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IAA will also be at Org Fair this <u style="font-weight: bold;">Friday 09/15 10-2</u><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>so come find us and leave your e-mail or stop by and say hi . . . or ciao!<br />
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Questions? Contact us! iaa@bryant.edu<br />
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<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348004492763603272.post-64888548431864677932017-03-08T12:48:00.000-08:002017-03-08T12:48:02.341-08:00Cannoli Making Event 2017On Wednesday, March 8, from 2-3 PM, IAA hosted our annual cannoli making event. Sign-ups ran the week prior and the turnout was great! The prices were $2 for 1 cannoli or $3 for 2 cannoli. At the event, we provided a simple recipe (details below) as well as the basic ingredients and tools to make the cannolis. Before the event, we listened to a presentation by Jordan Patterson, who is a Bryant student who studied abroad in Sicily. Since the cannoli originates from Palermo, Sicilia, he was the perfect guest to give us insight into the culture of the region. Next, students enjoyed assembling their own cannoli. The pictures below were captured during this time. As always, the cannoli making event was successful and we are looking forward to carrying on the tradition next year!!<br />
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- 2 3/4 cups of ricotta cheese<br />
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<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348004492763603272.post-47621668089027063612017-02-28T19:01:00.003-08:002017-03-01T11:58:11.506-08:00Cannoli Event<br />
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<b>It's that time of the year again for our annual <u>Cannoli Event</u>! Join us on <u>Wednesday March 8th at 2pm in FSC Room 2A</u> and fill your own cannoli!</b></div>
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Sign-ups begin <b>Wednesday 03/01</b>, <b>Thursday 03/02</b>, and <b>Monday 03/06</b> from <b>10-2</b> in the <b>Fisher Student Center. </b><br />
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We will also have Jordan Patterson who studied abroad in Sicily last semester talking about his experience abroad!<br />
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Please join us on <b><u>Wednesday, March 8th at 2pm in FSC room 1</u></b> to learn all about the cannoli and enjoy some as well!<br />
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<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348004492763603272.post-82216442720899405112017-02-28T18:56:00.004-08:002017-02-28T18:56:33.840-08:00A Carnevale Ogni Scherzo Vale!"On Wednesday, February 22 IAA had their annual Venetian mask making event for Carnevale.<br />
Created in Venice, Carnevale is a two week celebration that ends right before lent with martedi' grasso (fat Tuesday). The festival is famous for its elaborate masks especially Venetian masks like those shown here:<br />
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<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348004492763603272.post-74212677093255243322017-02-01T15:10:00.001-08:002017-02-02T15:23:11.490-08:00Ben tornati!Welcome back everybody! We hope you all had an excellent winter break and are all rested and ready to take on the spring semester with confidence. Italian American Association has lots of events planned for this semester so mark your calendars!<br />
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<u><b>Our Events:</b></u><br />
<b>2/8</b>: First general meeting of the semester -- Pizza and pasta will be served!<br />
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2/10: Spring Org Fair<br />
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<b>2/22</b>: Venetian mask making -- learn about Carnevale in Italy and how the whole country celebrates it while making your very own mask<br />
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<b>3/8</b>: Cannoli making event -- sign up beforehand to fill your own cannoli shells<br />
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<b>3/22:</b> IAA Film Event -- 3:00-5:30 in Bello 102, "La Pivellina"<br />
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<b>3/29</b>: TBA<br />
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<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348004492763603272.post-74994011254235083722016-11-16T10:08:00.005-08:002016-11-16T10:08:49.951-08:00Respiro Film EventThe Italian American Association worked in collaboration with the Interfaith Center to show an Italian film called <i>Respiro</i>. The film was based in Lampedusa, a small Sicilian island in Italy and it provides a typical neo-realist depiction of community. This means that the events were more realistic than "Western" fantastical screenwriting; and moreover, to add to this sense of realism, the actors were unprofessional - being amateurs and using improvisation - the attire was common, and the language was mainly in the Sicilian dialect. The IFC provided the venue and the IAA brought snacks and drinks for the film. The event itself was successful: not only were there more attendees than expected but the discussion after was highly insightful.<br />
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The story follows the main character, Grazia and her troubles with depressive behavior in a society that does not necessarily understand her disposition. Her actions are witnessed not only by her family but are scrutinized, to her demise, by everyone throughout the small town. In the movie, an emphasis is placed on the love of family and on other spiritual influences. There were many examples of cultural differences between the society depicted in the film and the average American lifestyle. For starters, in the film, the community was a small, under-educated, and impoverished fishing village. The actors never once used a cell phone or watched a television; but rather, they spent hours of the day doing the necessary labor in order to live. The men fish in the Sea during the day and women (and children, to an extent) prepare the meals and engage in manual activities within the home. In this society, the women and children are not exempt from any work - they are relied on to assist in daily tasks. Gender roles play a large part in the film and in the culture too. The men in the village are the ones with the power: they are shown - and are even expected to do so should it be deemed necessary - punishing their wives and children in public. Like when the main character, Grazia, is told to go home for the day when her husband, Pietro, finds her swimming naked in the Sea not far from where he and his friends were fishing or, during one of Grazia's mental breakdowns, when Pietro commands his own mother to leave their presence.<br />
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Some cultural differences are not acted at all; they merely are real life skills. For example, a young boy - no older than eight years of age - quickly scooped a live chicken up from its pen and ridiculed the police officer from the North who before was hesitant to touch the animal. Adding to the neo-realistic nature of the film, this goes to show that these actors have been surrounded by this environment for their entire lives. This perception is expanded when the same young boy takes the fishes he had caught that day and "gambles" with a vendor - paying her the fish in order to get a chance to win a toy. He eventually won a train set from this and was more than ecstatic. In American society, people are less apt to be so grateful should they have the same opportunity, as the expectation for material items in our community is not the same.<br />
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In all, Respiro should have painted a bigger picture to the cultural differences embedded in other societies around the world. For the most part, those viewing the film were American students who presumably have not been part of a culture like that in the film. The hope is that everyone who attended learned something new about the world that they did not know before. Poverty is not strictly synonymous with developing countries; mental disability is not exclusive to fully developed societies; and in rural areas, the reach of the family can extend to the entire community. Lessons like this can shape one's understanding of their own life by looking through a different perspective on lifestyle, the reach of culture, and standards of living.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348004492763603272.post-66086969263756169492016-04-10T18:06:00.001-07:002016-04-12T18:14:27.890-07:00Annual Cannoli Making Event<div class="MsoNormal">
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originated in Palermo, Sicily and is usually filled with sweet ricotta. However, there are many variations to the
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semester the language departments collaborate with the Machtley Interfaith
Center (IFC) for an event called the <i>Global Film Series</i>. The faculty of the Department of Modern
Languages and language clubs are sponsors of the <i>Global Film Series</i>. The purpose of these films are to stimulate
our understanding of other spiritual sides while also understanding other
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film, <i>I Nostri Ragazzi</i> directed by
Ivano De Matteo. <i>I Nostri Ragazzi </i>is an Italian take on the Dutch best selling novel, <i>The Dinner </i>by Herman Koch<i>.</i> This film is about two
brothers Massimo and Paolo and their families who struggle with their children
who get involved in the brutal beating of a homeless woman. The two children, Benny (Massimo’s daughter)
and Michele (Paolo’s son) are 16 years old and are seen constantly on their
phones, texting or on some sort of social media platform. They are so engulfed in social media that
they lose their sense of reality and do not realize how serious of a crime they
committed by beating the homeless woman to death. The fact that they are so immersed in social
media strains communication between the parents. After the incident, communication was
strained further to the point where their parents questioned how much they knew
about their own children. Throughout the
film, we see the tension between the parents and the children grow after the
incident. The ending is very ambiguous
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start of the film. Questions were asked
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they would apply it to the film. This
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should have been thinking about throughout the film. After the film, the students were able to
have an open discussion and answer some of the questions that the IAA had created. Everyone in the group was appalled by the
fact that the children were not taking the incident seriously, which led us to
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Wednesday February 10<sup>th</sup>, the Italian American Association hosted
their annual Venetian Mask Making Event. The event was held as the club’s first
meeting back of the semester. The Italian American Association meets bi-weekly
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meeting focused on Venetian mask making to teach the Bryant community about
Carnevale. Carnevale, is a celebration that takes place every year in Venice,
Italy. This year Carnevale ran from January 30 – February 9. It ends on Mardi
Gras or Fat Tuesday as it is more popularly known. During this time, Venice is
flooded with visitors to experience the packed streets, costumes and beautiful
masks. Venice becomes a showcase for acrobats, musicians and actors. The
celebration is the last one before Lent begins on Ash Wednesday. Carnevale is
meant to be a time where people have the “last party” before the time of Lent.
Millions of visitors go to experience this riveting time in Venice. A majority
of the people gather in the Piazza San Marco, Venice’s most well-known piazza.
The celebration ends with a parade through the town with everyone dressed in
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of this year’s celebration to show guests examples of the costumes and masks.
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another around the city. A famous saying during the time of Carnevale is “A
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A little over two weeks ago the IAA had a very interesting and cultural event. We sought out the expertise of one of my professors from Sicily to help us tackle this perception of the Mafia in the United States. As all of you know it is something that is romanticized in the US and all we usually see is guns, blood, and drugs. Not to say these things are not associated with the Mafia however, it is much much more than that. We called upon the help of my Mafia course professor Peppe to sit down and give us the low-down on what the Mafia <b>really</b> is!<br />
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Peppe essentially dove right into the association that the Mafia has with Italian politicians. He gave us a picture of how the Mafia launders the money illegally from the politicians and in return the Mafia gives the politicians votes. How do they do this? They have their ways. They will make sure you vote for a certain party or one of your family members will go missing. This only begins to scrape the surface of the Mafia. This can be described as the Mafia boss' level, or where the Mafia stems down from. From here it delves down into the thugs that we are accustomed to seeing. These are the brainless soldiers of the Mafia bosses that do all of the dirty work: the selling of drugs, the prostitution, and the tax collecting. Most of the time when the law makes a <i>huge</i> bust on the Mafia only the soldiers of the bosses are lost. This is not a problem, they are not the brain of the organization, they are mere pawns in the game.<br />
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Peppe continued to tell us about how politics could exist without the Mafia but how the Mafia could not exist without politics. This would just be another form of gangsterism. The three main Mafia organizations discussed during the meeting were: La Cosa Nostra, L'ndrangheta, and La Camorra. Cosa Nostra is the Mafia that comes from Sicily which directly translates to "our thing". This organized criminal based group was very active in the media during the 70's and 80's but has pulled back some since. L'ndrangheta comes from Calabria, the region next to Sicily at the bottom of the boot. This is the strongest of all the organizations in Italy, making up a solid fraction of Italy's entire GDP. The sheer size and methods that they use are unmatched by other organizations. Finally, the most bloody and romanticized group is the Camorra. La Camorra comes from Naples and has no formal boss. It is simply a bunch of rival gangs fighting each other for profits and drugs. This is the bloodiest of the three and is always in the news.<br />
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It was really cool for him to take the time to show us that what our perception of the Mafia is today, is wrong. He made is abundantly clear that it is more organized crime rather than gangsterism that we see in the movies. It is a very well-structured organization that has its soldiers at the bottom doing the dirty work, the financiers at the economic level, and finally the brains of the organization controlling the political sphere. It was an awesome speech and I think everyone took something away from it!<br />
Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348004492763603272.post-23147226288358271482015-11-05T18:03:00.001-08:002015-11-05T18:03:43.962-08:00My Siclian Emersion: Part 1<br />
What would you say if I were to tell you that I lived in a region beside an active volcano? How hungry would you get if I were to tell you that everything that I ate abroad was fresh from the garden behind my house? Would you be afraid to adapt to a society where English is nearly non-existent? These are merely three of the hundreds of realizations that I had while studying abroad in Taormina, Sicily.<br />
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My name is John Gage and I am a current International Business student in my senior year at Bryant University. I was lucky enough to find out about the opportunity to go to Sicily through the study abroad department last year. Not only did I study abroad in Italy, I even had an internship that bettered my language skills at the same time. Now there are so many different directions that I could go in to describe my experience in Sicily, but I wanted to instead think back to the questions I had before going there and how they got answered.<br />
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The one thing that was imprinted in my mind from the moment that I learned about study abroad was the fact that I had the opportunity to not only live in Europe, but better my Italian. The question that I'd like to address in this first blog was my question of whether or not I would really improve my language to the point of complete fluency. Now, no one will ever be completely fluent but you understand what I want to say. Sure I wanted to travel, party and have the time of my life, but what I REALLY wanted was immersion. The thought of fitting in to a completely different environment and culture was my first real challenge as an adult. I had been to Italy in the past and conversed with the locals but not at great lengths. From the second that I arrived in Sicily, I knew that I got what I wanted.... and then some!<br />
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To give you an idea of what I was up against, I had just gotten off an international flight and had the task of finding a house that I've never been to. I succeeded in correctly explaining where I needed to go and things seemed to be going smoothly. The family that I stayed with spoke literally no English, when I say no English I mean none. I woke up every morning knowing that English was not an option. Slowly but surely I started to be more social and by week 3 I felt like the king of the world. I had countless interactions with my family and the citizens of the city that I lived in. This was an amazing foundation for my fluency. The real test was yet to come.<br />
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As the weeks passed by, I began my internship. My job was to translate several things from English to Italian or vice versa. As the Festival got closer I did more and more public events. I had to give tours, publicize the event, and give information to tourists. You never really know what someone will want to ask you, this was where I got really, really good. You cannot plan an answer to a question that you do not know, this is not something in a text book. Not only did I learn a lot from this, but I also started to pick up on one of the many dialects, Sicilian. As my knowledge of the language grew, the happier I was with my choice to study in Sicily.<br />
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The icing on the cake came when I had weeks of vacation to travel wherever I wanted. I had the opportunity to essentially backpack up the boot of Italy and test my knowledge. I was exposed to so many dialects and I am proud to say that I held my own in all areas except one... Naples. I could communicate but my understanding was slightly lower here. Aside from that I had no issues. I even had a taxi driver ask me where I came from in Sicily! He had no idea that I was American, and laughed so hard when I explained that I was from the States. He made me speak English to prove it!<br />
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The only real improvements that you can make to your understanding of the language can come from complete immersion and dependence on the language. There is no time to be shy or timid. You have to find a way to communicate and be a functioning member of the community. In the beginning it is a daunting task, but as the weeks go by it gets easier and easier. Now, I dream about returning to Sicily one day soon showing off my language ability. I would have never gotten this unique experience anywhere else. My success and happiness came from the fact that I jumped out of my comfort zone and created an entirely new comfort zone in my own way. It was an incredibly formative experience for me and I strongly recommend it for those serious about their language.<br />
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I hope to continue to write more about my experiences but I would love to know what you guys would like to know about it. I could hit on several different aspects but this was the most important for me. Shoot me an email at jgage1@bryant.edu if you want to see me post something specific! Thanks and Saluti!!!<br />
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