M83 'Midnight City' directly from the heart of Edinburgh!

I'm lovin' it!

Free English Lessons - #4, Grammar - Future forms... will, present continuous& be going to

We can use be going to, the present continuous and will to talk about future plans, decision and arrangements.

   A plan

   - I'm going to see that film tomorrow.

   An arrangement

   - I'm flying to Paris on Friday.

   A spontaneous decision

   - I've forgotten my my suncream. I'll go to the shop and buy some.

We can use will and be going to for future predictions.

Be going to - when a prediction is based on strong evidence - you could find definitely before the main verb:

   - Look at those clouds. It's definitely going to rain.

Will - with a generally prediction, and you could find probably before the main verb. Perhaps at the beginning of the sentence.

   - They'll probably win the match.

Free English Lessons - #3, Grammar - Past Simple Vs Past Continuous, used to and would

Il giorno in più (Fabio Volo) - Finalmente il Trailer ufficiale HD

Dal romanzo in cui...

« Il problema non è quanto aspetti, ma chi aspetti. »

Il giorno in più è tratto dal quarto libro di Fabio Volo. Nel libro la storia narrata si svolge quasi interamente a New York, città che viene descritta minuziosamente anche attraverso la continua citazione di ristoranti e bar dove i protagonisti vivono la loro storia d'amore. Il libro tratta infatti di una storia d'amore raccontata e descritta con lo stile tipico di Fabio Volo: ricco di dialoghi, il libro alterna parti ritmate a lunghe descrizioni di come i personaggi, e l'autore, vedono la vita. La trama, seppur piuttosto lineare, è resa vivace dall'intervallarsi di racconti aneddotici e di battute, tipiche dello humor di Fabio Volo...

Videomessaggio di Berlusconi diffuso dopo le dimissioni

Ecco cosa ha mandato in onda quel coglione del nostro ex Presindente del Consiglio Silvio Berlusconi... Ma vaffa va!

Joy Division - She's Lost Control from Edinburgh

A dark song for people use to laugh heartily ;-)

Il venerdì de the guardian: "Beyond bunga bunga"

Good morning Italians! This is a present for us. It means that we have to go on and on to erase these 17 years of Berlusconi.

Yesterday the guardian in its insert g2 did a close examination of our situation.

Under the title and subtitle:

Life after Berlusconi

Seventeen years of Berlusconi has meant rising poverty, rampant price-fixing, strengthened organised crime, a burgeoning black market and a shocking brain drain.

So what next for troubled Italy?

Traduzione:

Buongiorno Italiani! Questo è un regalo per noi Italiani. Ciò significa che dobbiamo andare avanti per cancellare questi 17 anni di Berlusconi.

Ieri nell'inserto de the guardian (g2) c'era una profonda analisi della nostra situazione.

Di seguito titolo e sottotitolo:

La vita dopo Berlusconi

17 anni di Berlusconi hanno significato incrremento della povertà, incontrollati cartelli nel mercato, rafforzamento della criminilità organizzata, un mercato nero sempre crescente ed infine una scioccante fuga di cervelli.

Quindi cosa ne sarà della tormentata Italia?

EICMA 2011 all the best! Video pictures

BMW C600 Sport and C650 GT

Ducati 1199 Panigale

Ducati Multistrada S Touring 2012

MV Agusta Brutale 675

MV Agusta F3

MV Agusta F4R and RR corsa corta m.y. 2012

Moto Guzzi V7 series 2012

Piaggio X10

Triumph Tiger Explorer1200

Vespa 46
Yamaha Tmax 2012

Update news from Scotland: Silvio & Italy are flying...

BBC News: Silvio Berlusconi: I will not run again in early polls                   -> link
the guardian: Silvio Berlusconi nominates Angelino Alfano as his successor -> link
The Times: Markets hit Italy as PM quits                                                 -> link
The Indipendent: Italian borrowing costs soar                                          -> link
The Scotsman: Italy’s borrowing rate soars above 7% danger level            -> link

Silvio Berlusconi is falling!!! News from Scotland ;-)

BBC News:   Italian crisis: Silvio Berlusconi faces calls to resign -> link

the guardian: Berlusconi fails to secure majority in budget vote -> link

The INDIPENDENT: Silvio Berlusconi humiliated in parliamentary vote -> link

THE TIMES: Loss of majority puts Berlusconi on the brink        -> link

The Scotsman: Knives are out for Silvio Berlusconi as Italy creeps closer to abyss -> link

The Italians are praying ;-)

Situazione fiume Sesia e torrente Scrivia Novembre 2011

Piena ordinaria del Fiume Sesia presso il ponte di Romagnano Sesia NO del 6.11.2011

Sotto il video di come si presenta la strada provinciale 226 e la briglia a Ponte di Savignone due giorni dopo la piena del torrente Scrivia del 4 Novembre 2011

Il torrente Scrivia in piena nei pressi della "diga" di Ponte di Savignone

La sua esondazione a Ronco Scrivia

Coldplay - Paradise... from Edinburgh!!!

and now... you can fly ;-)

V for Vendetta - The Speech ... 5th November [Subtitled]

Always hardcore (One)... the history of a song from Pearl Jam to Scooter through Bodylotion

Today I want show the history of one of the most popular song of the 2000's "Scooter - One (Always Hardcore)", which is partially a cover of "Always Hardcore" by Bodylotion (my prefered), which itself is based again on the chorus refrain of "Alive" by Pearl Jam, taken from the 1991 album Ten.

Bodylotion - Always Hardcore (1996)  

Scooter - One (Always Hardcore) (2004)  

Pearl jam - Alive (1991)

 

Free English Lessons - #3, Grammar - Past Simple Vs Past Continuous, used to and would

Past simple

• Use past simple to talk about completed actions in the past
• To form negatives and questions in the past simple, use the auxiliary verb did

Past continuous

• Use the past continuous for actions in progress in the past or temporary situations in the past
• Can be used as a background or context to another event in the past simple
• Use the past continuos for activities that are interrupted by a completed action. It is used in contract with the past simple

We often use when before the past simple and while before the past continuous

Used to and would can both be used to talk about habitual action in the past
Would is not very common in questions and used to is also used to talk about habitual states in the past

Free English Lessons - #2, Grammar - Questions

Kasabian - Vlad The Impaler from Edinburgh

West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum is the third studio album by British indie rock band Kasabian, which was released on 5 June 2009. The album was nominated for the 2009 Mercury Prize. In October 2009, it was voted the best album of the year by Q Magazine.

The West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum was a group of mental institutions built in West Yorkshire, England in the 1880s. The album cover depicts the band "getting dressed up for a party at the asylum, looking in the mirror at the costumes". Inspiration for such cover originated from the artwork of Amon Düül II's album Made in Germany.

The video shown below is "Vlad the Impaler" the eighth song of Kasabian's album. The lyric "Joker, meet you on the other side" is a tribute to the late Dark Knight actor Heath Ledger. Often when performed live Tom Meighan changes this line to "Heath Ledger, meet you on the other side." [wikipedia]

New Peugeot 208 2012... foto video and more!

Peugeot has revealed the new 208 supermini which bring improvements in every possible way: is smaller, cleaner, lighter and more stylish then the 207!

Peougeot is going to show its new 208 to the Salon International de l'Auto Genève 2012.

Some details:

• Full engine details have yet to be released, but CO2 emissions have fallen by 34g/km on average compared to the 207

• On average, the 208 is 110kg lighter than the 207, with the base car weighing only 975kg

• 208 is 7cm shorter and 1cm lower, but the wheelbase is the same as the 207’s

• Incredibly now we have 5cm extra legroom, plus the boot is 15 litres bigger, at 285 litres