Artist and reconstructor of vintage jackets Dr. Romanelli has unveiled another body of work revolving around fleece. The good doc has created a line of blazers all comprised out of multiple pieces of vintage fleece. Each blazer features 80’s sourced pinstripe lining, as well as suit style metal buttons from the 60’s and 70’s. The jackets will be releasing in extremely limited quantities exclusively at Barneys Japan.

Via Highsnobiety

 

Released publicly for the first time, and only previously screened twice, Ain’t Easy Being Green is a feature length documentary that tells the compelling and heartbreaking story of Green Party Candidate Carl Romanelli who ran against Republican Rick Santorum and Democrat Bob Casey Jr. in the 2006 race for US Senator from Pennsylvania. Ain’t Easy Being Green demonstrates the insurmountable obstacles that third party candidates in America face as the major parties prevent them from achieving ballot access.

This film features exclusive and original footage of presidential candidate Rick Santorum that is not available elsewhere. (There are also many, many tapes of behind-the-scenes footage that will be released at a later date.)

Director contact info: Twitter.com/Morsels or visit StephenRobertMorse.com

We couldn’t resist spending most of our day on the B&B property, it was surrounded by beautiful countryside…wheat, sunflowers and vines.  We slept in, had a slow breakfast, went for a run and caught up on some computer work before finally making out to the charming medieval village of Montefalco.  We parked outside the wall and took our time strolling the streets.  There was one big square and the theme of the little boutiques was of course wine.  Some of the best Italian wine we have ever tasted (Sagrantino di Montefalco) come from this tiny winemaking region.  Until our trip to Umbria…we had never heard of the Sagrantino grape before.  We love it.  It’s not your typical Italian wine that is light and fruity.  The Sagrantino di Montefalco is extremely rich…full bodied…with lots of tannins.  And for you white wine lovers…the Grechetto (another local grape) is a perfect bottle to open in the sun  on a hot day.

The village was filled with a number of different wine shops and meat/cheese/pasta stores.  After doing a bit of window shopping, we stopped in a little wine shop to taste some local wine.  The Sagrantino was delicious but not necessarily cheap.

We walked out of the main area to see what the residential area of town looked like, it was quieter on those streets with the colored shutters and beautiful bright flowers planted.  We made our way back to the square and sat at one of the many wine bars for a pre-dinner snack.  The Italians eat dinner fairly late so restaurants are typically empty until about 8:30-11:00pm.

We ordered a glass of wine and an assortment of crostini while sitting outside in the big piazza.  After our snack, we walked back by the pizzeria we had seen earlier.  It was decked out with musical instruments all over the walls and ceiling and had fun jazz playing on the radio.  We sat in a corner table and ordered our pizzas and wine.  The wine we ordered was local and came in an extremely different looking bottle.  The waiter pulled the short stubby glass bottle with painted white flowers all of over it out of a box.  Even the cork had the little flowers all over it.  The glasses they gave us were dramatically large which made drinking this wine very fun.  The wine (Calcabrina) was made of a blend, but mostly sagrantino…and was very good.  The pizzas weren’t great but the ambiance made the dinner.

We went back to our place full, and settled into a movie before bed.

It brought up some interesting ideas to consider with online teaching.  First of all, it illustrated, even though it was only our second meeting (our first online) that there is real potential to create a learning community online.  Second, the hybrid etherpad/conference call model offered a unique blend of comfort.  For some, speaking was less appealing than writing; for others it was the opposite.

This wasn’t entirely new to me.  I’ve experienced the same thing using discussion boards with classes.  The difference in this case was the real-time quality of the etherpad  With the etherpad, we have a standing document of our work combined with a live time resource.  That is also a powerful and unique blend of resources.

Another issue that has proven true is one about which I have talked with Mike a few times.  He feels the video component of online resources like Skype, Elluminate, Wimba, and now, Big Blue Button, don’t serve as valuable a purpose as many believe.  Now that I have experienced the etherpad/conference call a few times, I agree.  The video would actually be an unnecessary addition to the media and might even serve as a distraction.  It’s important to mention that is in a hybrid context. We did get to meet live last week at the New Bedford eHealth campus.

One way in which we envision using the pad this term is by creating individual pads for each class member in addition to the class pad.  That way, I can see students’ writing processes and students can easily access each other’s pads when they collaborate in online writers’ workshops.  Over the past two semesters I have successfully used googledocs and that was my original intention this term.  But we’re going to try it with the pad.  It offers one less thing to deal with and it is a simpler interface for students to manipulate.  It does not offer the power and breadth of googledocs and that may be a good thing (less is more).

So . . . we’ll see where this all goes.  I love what got started tonight.  The energy was there.  I felt like the entire group was pretty attentive for the entire 75 minutes and that there was some real engagement happening around the discussion.  See for yourself if you like, and tell me what you think.

Class Etherpad – http://ehealth_eng101.ietherpad.com/2

Dr. Romanelli aka Dr. X has together with Converse, released his latest collaboration. The mad professor of from LA has turned to his roots for his inspiration for these shoes. In a time where it seems America has lost its mojo. Romanelli choses to focus on the the golden days, where the american dream still lives and the working man is the backbone of the country using materials such as duck canvas and melton wool. Now available at Concrete.

We departed from Bra at three in the morning to catch the seven o’clock plane from Milan airport. After we landed at Bari airport around 9:00am, we left for Torre Guaceto, where we visited the olive groves and tasted some of their excellent fresh cheeses, including the burrata, caciocavallo, straciatella, ricotta forte and fagotino. After that, we went for a swim at a nearby beach of Torre Guaceto.

Day 2

We went to Masseria Tagliente, a local farm, where we saw the Murgese horses. A pure horse breed used for tourism purposes and by the Italian Corpo Forestale. Next, we went to Martina Franca at Romanelli, an artisian butcher, where we saw the process of the Capocollo di Martina Franca, a Slow Food Presidium.

Day 3

We started with a visit to Maglio chocolate factory. Then, we headed for Giuggianello to visit to an old, underground olive mill. Next, we visited Cazzetta, an olive oil producer. Raffaele Cazzetta accompanied us to his olive groves and showed us some olive trees that had strange shapes.

Day 4

On the fourth day, we headed to Tenute Rubino where they gave us a tour around their vineyards and their winery. They also offered us a buffet lunch, where we had the opportunity to taste some of their wines. In the evening, after we wondered off through the streets of Brindisi, we went to see la nonna making fresh pasta where we also had a lovely dinner.

Carl Romanelli

Carl Romanelli’s name was withheld from the U. S. Senate ballot in 2006 because enough of his nominating petition signatures were challenged and eliminated by House Democratic members and staffers.  He alleges in a suit filed Monday that at least 30 House employees were paid to use state resources to keep his name from the ballot to help secure Democrat Bob Casey’s win.

The Green Party candidate is seeking at least $300,000 plus attorney’s fees from state Rep. DeWeese (D), former state Rep. Veon (D), the House, the House Democratic caucus and dozens of state employees.  Mr. Romanelli says that two former caucus members taught 30 staffers to review petitions in Rep. DeWeese’s office, and then as many as 100 staffers spent considerable time in striking his name from the ballot on the taxpayers’ dime.

Read the full story “Candidate knocked from ballot sues Veon, DeWeese,” by Tracie Mauriello in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (7/14/10).

Carl Romanelli

Carl Romanelli’s name was withheld from the U. S. Senate ballot in 2006 because enough of his nominating petition signatures were challenged and eliminated by House Democratic members and staffers.  He alleges in a suit filed Monday that at least 30 House employees were paid to use state resources to keep his name from the ballot to help secure Democrat Bob Casey’s win.

The Green Party candidate is seeking at least $300,000 plus attorney’s fees from state Rep. DeWeese (D), former state Rep. Veon (D), the House, the House Democratic caucus and dozens of state employees.  Mr. Romanelli says that two former caucus members taught 30 staffers to review petitions in Rep. DeWeese’s office, and then as many as 100 staffers spent considerable time in striking his name from the ballot on the taxpayers’ dime.

Read the full story “Candidate knocked from ballot sues Veon, DeWeese,” by Tracie Mauriello in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (7/14/10).

Daniel Pinheiro

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Requião diz que não deve desculpas

Governador culpa a oposição por transformar “pequenos incidentes” em “acontecimentos políticos negativos”

Publicado em 30/10/2009 | Caroline Olinda

Fonte: Gazeta do Povo

O governador Roberto Requião afirmou ontem que não deve “desculpa nenhuma” pelas declarações que fez na Escola de Governo da última terça-feira. Na ocasião, o governandor relacionou o câncer de mama em homens às paradas gays. O pedido de retratação foi apresentado por deputados estaduais e movimentos da comunidade homossexual na quarta-feira. Além de não se desculpar, Requião ainda colocou em dúvida ontem a opção sexual do deputado estadual José Lemos (PT), que subiu na tribuna da Assembleia Legislativa na quarta-feira para criticar o governador.

“Eu quero pedir desculpas ao Lemos, eu nunca imaginei que eu fosse mexer com suas opções sexuais. Agora, recomendo a ele, que não use hormônio feminino, porque pode ser perigoso, não faça implante de silicone. E rapidamente, do ponto de vista da prevenção e da manutenção da sua saúde, que faça um exame de mama para ver se não tem nenhum problema”, declarou Requião, novamente usando de ironia para responder às críticas às suas gafes.

Lemos não foi o único deputado a cobrar do governador uma retratação por causa das declarações na escolinha. Além dele, os deputados Antonio Belinati (PP), Marcelo Rangel (PPS) e Pastor Edson Praczyk (PRB) também criticaram Requião. Apesar disso, apenas o deputado petista foi alvo da ironia do governador.

O parlamentar atribuiu o ataque direcionado a um desentendimento com o governo que vem desde a época em que ele presidia a APP-Sindicato. A situação se agravou nas últimas semanas, quando Lemos afirmou que o orçamento de 2010 não previa investimento de 25% para a educação básica. Na quarta-feira, Romanelli chegou a chamar o deputado de “sem-vergonha” por causa da declaração.

“O governador aproveita-se desse momento para tentar me ridicularizar, fazendo chacotas, dizendo que ao defender a comunidade LGBT (Lésbicas, Gays, Bissexuais e Transexuais), eu estou fazendo defesa em causa própria”, disse o deputado, que afirmou repudiar “a forma de reagir do governado às pessoas que não concordam com a forma como ele pensa”. O deputado informou que estuda com advogados quais medidas judiciais poderá tomar contra as declarações do governador.

Sem resposta

Requião descartou a possibilidade de abrir espaço na Escola de Governo para os grupos que representam a comunidade LGBT respondam ao seu comentário. “Esse já é um assunto encerrado”, afirmou. Na quarta-feira, representantes do Grupo Dignidade e da Associação Paranaense da Parada da Diversidade (Appad) estiveram na Assembleia para pedir aos deputados que pressionem o governador a abrir o espaço para eles na escolinha.

Em discurso na tribuna da Assembleia, Requião disse ainda que a declaração foi apenas um “chamamento lúdico” para alertar sobre os perigos do uso de hormônios femininos e próteses de silicone e atribuiu à oposição a repercussão do caso.

“Evidente que não sou homofóbico. Sou até uma espécie de presidente de honra do Movimento Dignidade. O Paraná é um estado que tem uma tradição antiga de defesa das minorias. Mas as oposições, desesperadamente, se reúnem para transformar pequenos incidentes, uma manifestação clara de humor, em acontecimentos políticos negativos.”

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Romanelli was not drinking or being rowdy, though. He was taking pictures.
The photos were for a class, Photography for Filmmakers.

On March 17 around 5 p.m., Romanelli was sitting on the grass lawn between Broad Street and the Johnson and Hardwick residence halls. He saw a man exposing himself to Temple students walking on Broad Street past J&H. Soon after, two Temple Police officers arrived at the scene.

Courtesy Brian Romanelli

Romanelli got up from where he was sitting, and walked around the fence separating the sidewalk and the grass, stopping about 10 to 15 feet away to take pictures of the arrest.

He said one of the officers grabbed his arm, pushed him away and said “Get the f–k out of here.”

Romanelli moved back to the other side of the fence and took a few more pictures. Once handcuffs were on the man who exposed himself, Romanelli walked back to the gate, which was about 50 feet away from the police, and took more pictures of the arrest.
The same officer waved him away again, he said.

After the man was in a police van, the two police officers walked over to him.
“You don’t like to listen, do you?” Romanelli said the officer asked him.

Romanelli said the other officer grabbed him by his arm and pulled his wallet from his back pocket.

The police then checked Romanelli’s name to see if he had any outstanding warrants.
“I’m pretty sure I’m allowed to take pictures,’” Romanelli said.

He said the officer who first approached him said “not when the police tell you you can’t,’” Romanelli said.

“He said I was interfering with a police investigation,” he added.

After the officers took down his information, they left, Romanelli said.

“See you at [University Disciplinary Council],” an officer said.

The only witnesses called by the panel were the two officers, Romanelli said.
He called a friend to testify on his behalf.

The panel was made up of three faculty members and two undergraduate students, Ja’Nice Proctor and Chanelle Desir. The chair of the panel was Keith Gumery, an English professor.

The panel unanimously agreed Romanelli was at fault for failing to properly identify himself or to comply with the instructions or directions of a person acting in duly authorized university capacity and gave him disciplinary probation until the end of the Fall 2009 semester and 20 hours of community service, which they recommended he complete with Campus Safety.

Brian Foley, coordinator of the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards, said recommendations are “random” to some extent but can be based on the offense the student has committed.

“Sometimes we deal with certain violations that deal with someone not cooperating with police. We might refer them to Campus Safety,” Foley said.

The panel members are volunteers who go through a period of training, he said. The training includes the various violations of the student code of conduct and different kinds of sanctions, among other things.

Foley said there is an appeals process, which varies with the sanction.

This article can be found on temple-news.com.

In favore di Eluana si è movimentato anche Mario Romanelli, che si è incatenato nel pomeriggio di ieri al bimario 2 della stazione di Agropoli, con un cartello[bianco] sul quale campeggiava la frase “DEMENTE NON TOCCHI ELUANA” [demente in nero, non tocchi in rosso ed Eluana in Bleu]. Con questo gesto Romanelli intendeva attirare su di sé l’attenzione del Presidente della Repubblica Giorgio Napolitano, per ottenere la firma del decreto che impedisse la morte della ragazza. Romanelli è stato liberato dalle catene, è stato accusato di resistenza a pubblico ufficiale [procurato allarme e interruzione pubblico servizio]. Per questo motivo è stato arrestato dai carabineiri [era la polizia ferroviaria- Ho il braccio sinistro gonfio ed un formicolio nelle dita. Nella frase che segue la giornalista ha preso un abbaglio.] “Secondo il mio parere Eluana viene fatta fuori su intenzione del padre” ha dichiarato Romanelli, che ha dichiarato di aver ricevuto una lettera dal deputato Marco Cappato, una lettera piena d’insulti. [La lettera
in questione è stata scritta da Cappato a Crisafulli, come risposta ad una lettera di quest'ultimo scritta a Beppino Englaro, in cui chiedeva di rispiarmare la vita alla figlia, una volta ottenuto lo scopo del Testamento Biologico]. “I radicali sono determinatissimi, e per portare a compimento le loro idee rivoluzionarie sono disposti anche a passare sulla vita di una giovane donna. Secondo loro Eluana è un peso morto per la società, un essere non utile, proprio come pensava Hitler più di 60 anni fa”.

fonte /www.nogenocidio.com

The challenging of third-party candidate nomination petitions, including those of Romanelli and Nader, is currently under the scrutiny of Attorney General Tom Corbett in the “Bonusgate” investigation.  Employees and House Democratic Caucus members - a dozen so far – have already been charged in the scandal that uncovers taxpayer-funded bonus payments for challenging nominating petitions for third-party candidates.

History shows that minor-party platforms have introduced some of our most important issues, including abolition and women’s suffrage, which were adopted by major parties after gaining sufficient voter support.  Major parties have since adopted practices that seek to eliminate political competition at the expense of the voter and of democracy.

Please click http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/38520417.html to read “Heavy costs of a run by a third party in PA” by Ralph Nader as published in the Philadelphia Inquirer today.

To donate to Carl Romanelli’s legal defense fund to appeal this excessive fine and promote ballot access, please see “Romanelli Legal Defense Fund” on the  sidebar.

Devo ringraziare pubblicamente il mitico Leonardo Romanelli per la splendida citazione sul numero di oggi de L’Unità nel suo articolo sui blog inerenti la cucina.
“Un grande appassionato di cucina è Fabien, che ha un blog di ricette ben fotografate dove unisce la sua passione per la cucina con il lavoro di informatico” (più precisamente grafico e fotografo, ndFabien).
Ed è con grande onore che mi vedo citato al fianco di due carissimi amici come Alessandro di ‘ino (onnipresente) ed Elena (prima o poi ce lo prenderemo ‘sto gelato insieme) e di nomi illustri come il mitico Andrea della trattoria Da Burde (dove mio padre andava regolarmente a pranzo fino a pochi anni fa), Aldo Fiordelli e Elisia Menduni.
Che dire? Leonardino caro, grazie grazie grazie e ancora infinitamente grazie.

In the campaign’s lawsuit concerning ballot access, it was pointed out that both Ralph Nader and Carl Romanelli alleged that state employees working to invalidate their signatures received bonuses from their caucuses for doing so. The lawsuit appears below in its entirety.

Now an article appearing in today’s Pittsburgh Post-Gazette corroborates such claims and gives a clearer insight into how extensive the practice has been, and how it worked.

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