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Upcoming Movies of Adivi Sesh in 2018, 2019, 2020: Adivi Sesh is an Indian film actor, writer, director. he was born in California, United States of Amerika on 17 December 1985. His real Name is Adivi Sesh Sunny Chandra. He works predominantly in Telugu Films and a few Tamil films.
Height & Weight: 187 CM & 69 kg.
Career: In 2010 Adivi Sesh debuted as an actor, director, and writer in the film Karma: Do You Believe?. In the next year, he appeared in Powerstar Pawan Kalyan’s film Panja directed by Vishnuvardhan. His notable performances and commercial successes include Ami Thumi, Baahubali, Dongaata, Kshanam.
Synopsis: Goodachari is an upcoming movie and it is written and directed by Shashikiran Tikka. This Movie is produced by Abhishek Nama. It Features Adivi Sesh, Shobitha in the main leads and other supporting actors and actress. The Movie is an Action, Thriller movie. The Music director of this Movie is Sri Charan Pakala.
Synopsis: Ami Thumi is a comedy Drama film directed by Mohana Krishna Indragani, produced by KC Narasimha. The film features Adivi Sesh, Srinivas Avasarala, Eesha Rebba, Aditi Myakal in the lead roles. The cinematography was handled by P. G. Vinda while editing by Marthand K Venkat. Music composed by Mani Sharma.
Producer: Shobu Yarlagadda, K Ragavendra Rao.
Synopsis: The sensational Blockbuster film Baahubali is an epic, action film directed by India’s Top Director SS Rajamouli, Produced by Shobu Yarlagadda, Prasad Devineni Under Arka Media Mekars banner. The film Stars Sathya Raj, Daggubati Rana, Prabhas, Ramya Krishna, Tamanna, Anushka, Nasser in the lead roles. This is the second highest grossing Indian film of all time.
Synopsis: Oopiri is a romantic love and Family entertainer film produced by Prasad V Potluri under PVP banner, directed by Vanmshi Paidipalli. The film stars Karthi, Tamanna, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Jayasudha in the lead roles. Adivi Sesh played Special Appearance in the film.
Synopsis: Kshanam is an Action Crime film written by Adivi Sesh, directed by Ravikanth Perupu, Produced by Prasad V Potluri under PVP babber. The film cast Adivi Sesh, Anasuya Bharathvaj, Adha Sharma in the lead roles. Vennela Kishore, Satyam Rajesh, Satyadev Kancharana, Ravi Varma appearing in supporting roles. The film opened to critical acclaim & commercial success.


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The League of Minnesota Cities recently announced that Charity Duran, a member of the Edge Christian Worship Center located in Brooklyn Park, MN, is one of three winners of a League sponsored state-wide essay contest. Charity, a nine-year-old homeschool student, wrote on the assigned topic of what she would do if she were the mayor for a day.
Taking inspiration from the National Park Service’s Junior Ranger program, Charity thought it would be good if Brooklyn Park, MN had a similar program which included age-appropriate activity books introducing students to the various departments of local government. Her essay was one of more than six-hundred submitted to the contest.
Charity was recently interviewed for an upcoming city newsletter and for a TV news spot. In addition, she will be honored in an upcoming City Council meeting, and meet one-on-one with the mayor. Charity will also receive $100 and a plaque from the League of Minnesota Cities. Charity plays the violin with the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphony, sings with the Music Association of Minnetonka, and is part of the Southview Pathfinder Club.
Minnesota Conference Women’s Ministry in Minnesota took a group of volunteers to Lincoln, Nebraska to participate in their “God in Shoes” outreach event on September, 2017. We then hosted our first event in the Twin Cities area on January, 2016. Alice was one of the volunteers for both events. She is a nurse in a psychiatric ward. “God in Shoes” is a weeklong outreach event culminating in a spa day specifically for the women in a community. The spa day offers manicures, pedicures, facials and a brand new pair of shoes to each participant.
“I am so thankful that I was able to participate in the “God in Shoes” events. I have had a change of heart by participating in “God in Shoes”. First, from the time we came back from Lincoln, I have been able to use the “God in Shoes” experience with my patients at work. Whenever my client is having a hard day, anxious, depressed and can’t settle down, I offer them a foot soak in warm water; some agree while some refuse, and that is okay. I normally keep a small bag of Epsom salt in my locker at work. It is amazing how this exercise just calms them down and helps them to comply with their care plan.
At our recent visit to Alexandra House in Blaine, Minnesota, I did not think I would meet or see anybody that I knew despite the warning from the staff that we may recognize some familiar faces. As I passed by the lounge to go to the children’s room, I spotted a lady that frequents our psych unit as a patient. I work with her when she in our hospital. What this taught me is to be of service to anyone around me. Sometimes we are so busy and focused on our own issues. “God in Shoes” has opened my eyes and my heart to be aware of people around me and their needs. It could be my own family members, neighbors, friends, co-workers that might just need a smile, a hand, a listening ear or a prayer.
I have also learned how teamwork can make things happen. It was amazing to see how the rooms were turned in to such a beautiful and peaceful environment within a short time. The smiles and coordination were wonderful. I thought to myself, I wouldn’t have done this if I were by myself, nor would I have even thought of it. I really feel blessed to be part of this group.
My prayer everyday is for God to help me, and each one of the ladies involved in “God in Shoes” to be able to put a smile on somebody’s face every day.
Working with people who are anxious, depressed, abused, etc. I want to be able to be of service. At least if I am able to soak someone’s feet and provide some foot message to them, I want to be able to. I want to go an extra mile from just being a bedside nurse to a nurse of service. I want to make “God in Shoes” a way of life, a life of service everyday.
“Finding God’s Calling” Weekend, April 8-9, 2016 at Southview ChristianSchool, Burnsville, MN: a weekend for every woman to learn how God has called her, gifted her and what to do about it.
Sunday, February 28th, 30 guests arrived on Maplewood’s campus to present for our annual Career Day. Throughout the day, students visited multiple stations on campus that each taught them valuable information on how to find a career that best fits them. Stations included a Career Aptitude Test, how to research careers to learn about job growth and needed education, and how to write a resume. The favorite of the stations was the Career Fair. Maplewood’s gym was filled with tables, each with a representative from a different career – Anesthesiology, Pastoral Ministry, Mechanical Engineering, Air Force, Fire Fighting and many more. Students got to talk to each of the guests, ask questions, and discover what it would be like to have a job like theirs. If you would like to be a part of next year’s Career Day, please contact Laura Cummings at lcummings@maplewoodacademy.org.
In February 2016, our teams traveled to the Mid-America Union’s Basketball Tournament held at Union College. We are proud of our teams and how hard they worked. It was great to see them interacting with other Adventist youth and having a great time.
March 3rd, a team of Maplewood students, staff, and friends will travel to Belize to continue building a new school in Ladyville, Belize, as they have outgrown their old facility. Maplewood has been going to Belize for a few years now, and they are excited to work for the people of Ladyville again this year. Adventist education in Belize is well respected and the majority of the students are non-Adventist children. This school’s enrollment steadily increases year after year. The school is raising its own funds to build their new facility, and so volunteer groups from several Adventist academies, working with WeCare Missions, have been involved in the past few years.
While our group is in Belize we will carry blocks, mix concrete, lay block to build walls, and perform other building tasks. But the job our volunteers enjoy the most is getting to interact with the children. Watching our teenagers play games and give horseback rides to the little kids is a joy and blessing. This year we are reaching out to the teenagers too as we will conduct a week of prayer at the Adventist academy. Our goal is to be God’s hands and feet, to serve Him and the great people in Belize.
Thank you for your prayers and support as we embark on this mission trip to Belize. We value the help that many of you give to our students here at Maplewood.
National Honor Society students have been taking turns serving at the Salvation Army Harbor Light Soup Kitchen in Minneapolis. Over 1,000 meals are served each day to the homeless of the Twin Cities at this location. It has been an eye-opening experience for our students and a great way to serve as the hands and feet of Christ.


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Celebrate National Breakfast Week

Today marks the start of National Breakfast Week, celebrating all things good about the first meal of the day. Fans of the breakfast trend ourselves, we thought it was a good opportunity to look back at the popular topic that we've covered over the past few years.

Towards the end of 2017, we compiled a foodwatching Australia & Asia report called Brunch 2.0, looking at the changing habits of the consumer when it comes to breakfast and brunch. The fall of avocado, ways of getting creative, other lunch and dinner dishes making their way onto the breakfast plate ... take a look at what we've been finding in Brunch 2.0 here.

There's plenty going on around London this week for #NationalBreakfastWeek. A few ideas for how you can get involved too:

Head to Savoy's Thames Foyer for possibly one of the most decadent and varied breakfasts serves in the capital - you can choose from the full selection of classic British options, or go further afield with a traditional Japanese breakfast, featuring grilled salmon or Atlantic cod; or how about Chinese, with chicken, beef or seafood dim sum on the menu.

Boxpark Croydon's Octopia is celebrating the week with free porridge for all who drop by between 9-10am each day.

We also recently featured Mexican Breakfast on our trendhub, in foodwatching December 2017 - a trend that fits into three of our mega trends for 2017/18, foodhugs, instfun and stirring the senses. Check out this report here.

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Revenue managers should be looking beyond their hotel’s or portfolio’s performance and be keeping track of outside influences like distribution, exchange rates on foreign currency and the impact of guest experience.
NASHVILLE, Tennessee—Hotel revenue managers can learn a lot from looking at outside influences and their impact on hotel performance.
Petitt stressed the importance of looking at outside influences when describing how the role of a revenue manager has evolved.
The revenue-management discipline also needs to look more toward predictive-pricing methods, Petitt said.
On a 12-month moving average through June, New York’s hotel market has seen 1.4% occupancy growth to 87.4%, 0.9% ADR growth to $259 and 2.3% RevPAR growth to $226, Bowers said. He added the market has struggled with growing rate “for a long, long time,” and that it’s just now experiencing a RevPAR recovery.
Petitt said the low ADR growth in New York is evidence of hotel revenue managers focusing too much on occupancy.
“We should just be thinking about this kind of picture, which says we should have some space, and I’m not sure our customers are really going to push back on us,” Petitt said.
Through its “Stop Clicking Around” direct-booking campaign, Hilton generated much more website traffic and converted bookings, Petitt said. While Booking.com has grown its share of the distribution mix, Petitt said the hotel industry is beginning to get the upper hand on the OTAs.
“I can tell you at Hilton we were seeing greater than 20% growth from Booking.com in the U.S. in the first few months of this year, but we’re starting to see that turn. And the OTAs are starting to see that their marketing strategy is not as effective as they’d like, and they’re not making as much money off of hotels as they have in the past,” he said.
A gateway market like New York tends to see more inbound international demand, which is something hoteliers can somewhat predict by monitoring currency conversion rates, Bowers said.
Petitt said Hilton has used this method to anticipate spikes in inbound international demand.
There are some strong correlations between RevPAR index and guest satisfaction scores on sites like TripAdvisor, Petitt said. He gave an anonymous example of a Hilton property in New York that wasn’t generating enough return guests.
“700,000 customers tried this hotel for their first stay in New York, and of those about 105,000 returned; that’s relatively consistent for what you’re seeing for returning customers,” Petitt said. “But of those, about 70% decided to return to this hotel while 30% decided to stay somewhere else with Hilton but not with this particular hotel, and that says something. They wanted to stay in brand, but their experience at this individual hotel wasn’t one that stood out. That continues to erode over time.


With its attention to horror, human drama and, most importantly, craft, Robert Kirkman's comic book The Walking Dead harkens to the brilliance of George Romero's locally produced 1968 classic, Night of the Living Dead. Like people who presumed that story to be just another monster movie, those who presume this book to be just another spinning of the zombie yarn will be shocked. Yes, it has the required corpses walking the earth looking for human flesh, while the living, free of law and order, find themselves trapped by the age-old survival dilemma: helping myself or helping the group. Death is shockingly portrayed. But unlike so many zombie stories since Romero's classic, The Walking Dead, whose fourth installment will be released Nov. 18, achieves something greater than its genre.
Kirkman's tale is a story with characters -- not zombie fodder. Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard (both nominated for 2005 Will Eisner Awards for their work on this series) tell the tale expertly. Working in black-and-white, Moore and Adlard, create intimate emotional detail and sweeping illustrations of the scope of the zombie problem.
The Walking Dead succeeds because Kirkman does what Romero has perhaps been restricted from doing in the medium of cinema -- he can weave the complexity of his characters across what cinematically would be an almost impossible time scale. Romero tells separate stories across sequels; Kirkman is crafting one. Basically, The Walking Dead has what the Living Dead films cannot -- character-driven momentum. In other hands it would descend into soap opera, but with Kirkman (acclaimed writer of Invincible) the book will continue to enthrall both the seasoned, and those of us just now rediscovering the zombie genre.
I know some of you believe I'm missing the whole point of zombie stories, and I can hear you saying, "It's not about character. It's about ZOMBIES! Flesh-eating corpses wandering the world, trying to feast on humanity's last survivors! Gross-out shock and spectacle!" Don't fret. Try zombies that freeze to the ground in winter, zombies led like familiars by a sword-wielding mystery girl, and panel-busting showdowns. It's just that Kirkman's character-driven story welcomes a larger audience.
Yet, accomplished as it is, The Walking Dead lacks the sardonic social commentary that George Romero is so skilled at crafting into zombie stories. Romero's latest, Land of the Dead (released on DVD Oct. 18), contains compelling social commentary equaling that of his 1968 classic.
Finally realizing a minor theme in all of his zombie films, Romero makes the zombies deserving of our sympathy. He creates compassion to the degree that we feel sorry for these reflections of ourselves. They wander deserted streets in small towns, get strung up in bags for target practice, and chained up for photo sessions with tourist tormentors. Continuing his commentary on American society, from the nuclear family to racism, consumerism and militarization, Romero now damns imperialism from the view of the subjugated, the walking dead.
Yes, the plot is driven by the social commentary, and the characters become little more than gears moving things forward. But the machine works. It works because of a story which pulls the audience's sympathies between the zombies and the human race struggling to hold onto Pittsburgh, because of casting that includes John Leguizamo and Dennis Hopper, because of fast pacing, solid effects and of course, because of references to many things Pittsburgh (including a Land of Make Believe-like Punch and Judy show performed in the shell of a TV set). It works so well that Land of the Dead becomes Romero's best sequel, perhaps once again altering the genre.
So -- unless you're dying to see local filmmaker Tony Buba as a marauding biker wearing a sombrero in the Monroeville Mall -- skip Dawn or the Dead (and definitely Day of the Dead) and go right from Night of the Living Dead to Land of the Dead. The closing shots of Night of the Living Dead and the opening title sequences of Land of the Dead are eerily similar.


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A newspaper claims landlords who ‘game’ the current tax regime for short term lets and lodging may be in the firing line in the Budget on October 29.
Currently amateur landlords can claim up to £7,500 tax free per year through the Rent A Room allowance system by letting their spare rooms in properties where they live.
But the Sunday Times says the government suspects some landlords using Airbnb and similar short Let platforms are claiming the allowance on income derived from properties used solely for letting purposes, and where the landlords themselves do not live.
The Treasury has told the paper that the number of people claiming Rent A Room allowance rose 38 per cent between 2007-8 and 2014-15, the latest figures available.
The paper says new occupancy rules, drawn up following a formal consultation held by the government earlier this year, will be included in a Finance Bill to be published after the Budget.
It is thought that a residency requirement in the property on which tax relief is claimed is to be a central element of the new rules.
The consultation received 178 responses including one from room letting platform SpareRoom which has suggested some 170,000 individuals are renting out their spare rooms.
I know of joint property owners (mother and son) both claiming separate £7500 pa for their lodgers. While there is a review of allowance and residency requirement the Government should look at the legality of a multiple claim using the same address.
Residency requirement in the property would be a central element of the new rules.
170,000 spare rooms. Well done. The property is always good.


...or perhaps only a suspension that Raynor's new boss, Andy Stern, would agree to.
Raynor's letter above beggars belief that there is not any kind of discipline or suspension structure for E-board officers who get out of line. After all, Andy Stern sure as hell had one set up for Sal Rosselli, right?
This is why co-presidencies never, ever work.


Last weekend I was in the mood for some instant gratification projects, so I took some time off from working on my clothing projects and made myself and Frankie some collars.
A while back I was lurking around on the Colette Patterns blog and found this tutorial for a Peter Pan collar. I used the free download as a template, but instead of using the ropes I used a hook and eye for closure. This project was so quick and easy, it didn't take long to make at all and now I have a cute new accessory for my high neck tops.
On a random note, have you guys noticed how much I love this animal print? I feel like I have a never ending supply of it. Years ago Luke and I had a futon and covered it in this fabric. Shortly after we bought a couch and didn't have use for the futon cover. I saved the fabric (I didn't even sew at that point, so smart move for me!) and have been using it for various projects ever since. We reupholstered our chairs in it too!
One of the things I love most about where I live is the location. We are 4 hours south of San Francisco and a little over 3 hours north of Los Angeles. We love going to sporting events and when customers give us tickets to football games we don't turn them down!
Such a cute collar! The leopard print is so perfect for you - I loves it, I do!
Frankie is going to look so chic! And on a totally random note, are your sunglasses prescription?
Thanks! At the walk a lady stopped me because she liked it. It made my day!
You could totally rock it!
I too am a HUGE fan of leopard print. It's my neutral. I love your Peter pan collar. I think I may see one in my future. And those seat covers........beautiful!
It's so funny that you say that, I always say that leopard is a neutral too!


Alamo Heights ISD is pleased to welcome Gerrie Spellman as the new principal of Woodridge Elementary.
Spellmann comes to Alamo Heights from Judson ISD where she served as principal at Copperfield Elementary School, opening the campus in 2013 and leading the team for the past 4 years.
Spellmann’s experiences include serving as Teacher, Team Leader, RTI Teacher, Academic Dean, Assistant Principal and Principal. With 23 years of experience, 17 of which were in leadership roles, Spellmann brings a variety of skills and experiences that will support the work of the Woodridge team and encourage new endeavors for students and teachers.
Spellmann also serves as the regional president of the Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association (TEPSA) for Region 20 ESC, an organization whose hallmark is educational leaders learning with and from each other.
She is set to begin her new role at Woodridge in July.


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The Economic Research Department of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka says that according to provisional data, the overall fiscal performance has improved during the first five months of 2016.
The department says that Government revenue as a percentage of estimated GDP has increased to 5.% during the first five months of 2016. Total expenditure and net lending during the first five months of 2016 remained unchanged at 7.2% of estimated GDP compared to the same period in 2015.
Consequently, the overall budget deficit declined to 2.3% of estimated GDP during the first five months of 2016 compared to 2.7% recorded in the corresponding period of 2015.
The Monetary Board considers that further tightening of monetary policy is required to curb excessive demand to pre-empt the escalation of inflation pressures.
Meanwhile both headline and core inflation reflect an increasing trend in 2016. The gradual increase in core inflation over the past few months reflects the rise in demand driven inflationary pressures in the economy.
It was also pointed out that the Credit granted to the private sector by commercial banks continues to grow at a high rate.
Although y-o-y growth of broad money (M2b) moderated to 16.5% in May 2016 compared to 18.2% in April 2016, monetary expansion continues at a high rate.


Among the dozen or so games strewn about New York City's Museum of Modern Art (during last week's Kill Screen-curated "Arcade" event) two titles had their playable debuts: Eric Zimmerman and Nathalie Pozzi's "Starry Heavens" ("a physical game of power and betrayal"), as well as Matt Boch and Ryan Challinor's "Pxl Pushr" ("something akin to a full-bodied theremin blended with a puzzle game"). Considering what the two freshman entries were up against -- critically acclaimed games like Limbo, Canabalt, and Echochrome -- it was impressive that both games had lengthy lines throughout the evening.

I mean no offense when I say this, but Pxl Pusher looks like what would've happened if Kinect technology had existed in the Coleco Vision days. In the same way that your Dad's sweet 1973 Lacoste track jacket still looks totally rad, so does Pxl Pushr. The bizarre look is both a measure of the dev duo's style -- their day jobs are as designers at Harmonix -- and of the short-term development cycle. "Over the past four weeks-ish we've been messing around building this game," Boch explained.

In Pxl Pushr, one player places dots on an iPad, while another player attempts to catch as many dots as possible by using the contortions of their body (via Kinect). The player contorting their body is scored on how many pixels he/she is able to "push" versus the ones they miss. It's a simple concept for sure, but one that had many attendees smiling while making very silly poses. Not that the crowd's reaction was foreign to Boch and Challinor, two gentlemen who spend their working hours with Dance Central 2.%Gallery-129438%
"We're elated at the lines that have been here, and how excited people are about it. But it's a pretty simple idea that we had and we just went about implementing it," Boch explained humbly. The end product became even more impressive when he described the genesis of Pxl Pushr. "Ryan [Challinor] built this awesome app called Synapse, which allows Kinect to send open sound control messages. And basically built on that framework, we built this game." And what happens with Synapse next (or Pxl Pushr, for that matter)? "Basically, this was the finish line, and now we're gonna see what's after the finish line," Challinor said.

But despite being part of an event at one of the world's most famous art museums, it seems unlikely that Pxl Pushr dev Matt Boch will be banging the "games as art" drum any time soon. Not because he doesn't believe them to be, but because of his excellent response when asked how he felt about the MoMA's show:

"It's awesome! I think the games as art debate is really a sign of lack of self-confidence in the games industry. If someone in the New York Times wrote an article about how literature could never be art, what authors would respond? If someone wrote an article on their blog about how movies could never be art, what directors would respond? Especially if that article was written by someone who had never seen a movie or never read a book before. But the games industry for some reason has this bizarre fixation on getting respected by the culture at large -- and look, look where we are! We're being respected by the culture at large, and it's time for the games industry to stop having this silly argument about whether games are art or not and just keep making artful games which we already make."


The judge said she wanted to send a message -- that "concealing a company's financial position is always wrong." The former CFO of Safety-Kleen, Paul Humphreys, was sentenced to nearly 6 years in prison after admitting to securities and bank fraud charges. He was accused of artificially inflating earnings from 1998-2000. NYTimes, Prison Term in Fraud Case.


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Since a quarantine was imposed in parts of Italy on March 8 to stop the spread of COVID-19, I’ve been struck by the silence. In a place where people love to engage, touch, talk, and constantly debate, the lack of sound—especially of people’s voices—is eerie.

On the island of Sardinia, where I have lived since June,* the silence is palpable. It seems to weigh on the landscape.

On March 11, the policy of “shelter in place” went from being recommended to being mandatory. All bars, restaurants, cafés, and other “nonessential” businesses were closed until at least April 3.

From my open door in the seaside city of Cagliari, I see only occasional passersby, walking briskly and purposefully down the city’s main shopping street, dutifully clutching their autodichiarazione—papers that justify their reasons for leaving home.

In train cars, grocery stores, and pharmacies, the smell of bleach and hand sanitizer assaults the senses. Strikingly absent is the aroma of strong espresso, usually a ubiquitous part of the city’s olfactory landscape.

City squares are hosed down each night with large water tanks. Police officers patrol the roads. In a city known for its rich and fecund smells, its sensuous approach to life, and its vivid festivals, the streets feel sterile and empty.

But into this void of daily scents and sounds, a multitude of melodies has been born: balcony concerts, recordings, and in-home videos under the hashtags #flashmobsonoro, #iorestoacasa (“I’m staying home”), #lamusicanonsiferma (“the music doesn’t stop”), and #tuttoandràbene (“everything will be OK”).

These performances—original songs, covers, spontaneous performances, and humorous commentaries—are a sonic response to this government-imposed silence. Each of us is reaching out across the ether, from the solitude of our home to someone else in the solitude of their own home.

I came to Sardinia to study the Sardinian language, conduct anthropological fieldwork, and write and record an album with Sardinian songwriters. I was drawn to the intensity of social life on this island, its incredible culture of hospitality, and the profound appreciation people here have for music and sound.

In his song “Su Baballoti” (the cockroach), singer-songwriter Antonio Pani bemoans how the new coronavirus has crept into every corner of Italian social life. Antonio Pani

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended much of that research. But it’s also revealed new and important ways in which music echoes and amplifies the tensions that vibrate through Sardinian daily life. The songs emerging from the quarantine are a profound form of social commentary on Sardinian perspectives of power, relationships to the Italian mainland, and the ways the virus has rocked longstanding ideas of privilege and status between Italy’s north and south.

On March 12, a song arrived on one of the lively WhatsApp groups I am part of. It spoke eloquently of the connectedness of cultures. In the video, Antonio Pani plays an Irish bouzouki in a Sardinian style, wears an Oregon sweatshirt, and sings a Spanish-influenced tune reminiscent of the storytelling corrido ballads of the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, where I lived and studied previously.

The style—cantu campidanesu—is a poetic form of song well-known on the island. The genre, called gòcius or gosos, is Iberian in origin, and harkens to a time when Sardinia was colonized by Spain from about 1325 to 1708. It is primarily religious, but in its secular form, a gòcius often satirizes a person or an issue of the day. They can also be songs of protection for people, the harvest, and livestock.

In the song—called “Su Baballoti,” or “the cockroach”—Pani uses the metaphor of a cockroach to convey how the novel coronavirus (sa corona) has crawled into every nook and cranny of everyday life. He references face masks and laments the suspension of kisses during greetings and goodbyes, and the absence of gestures like the brief brush of a hand on an arm to affirm connection.

It reminds me of the day before the lockdown, when I was sitting alone in an outdoor café. A man asked the people at a neighboring table for a light. As he held out his cigarette, his girlfriend reminded him, in Italian: “Respect the social distance of 1 meter.”

Pani plays with the word “corona,” which also means “crown” and symbolizes power. He addresses the novel coronavirus, singing in the southern version of the Sardinian language, Campidanese: “Even if you walk around with a crown / you will never be our king.”

He describes the powerful ways the pandemic has impacted Sardinia and the northern Italian region of Lombardy. “Italy is in torment,” he sings. “Sardinia has also been affected but not like Lombardia, which remains in our thoughts.”

Then he stares straight at the camera and earnestly sings: “Baballoti, get away from here. You will not win.”

Performing a parody of Sardinia’s distinctive cantu a tenòre style, Giuseppe Masia and three other singers complain about the 13,300 northern Italians who fled to the island during the COVID-19 pandemic. Giuseppe Masia

Another song circulating is an example of Sardinia’s traditional cantu a tenòre style, which UNESCO designated an intangible cultural heritage. It imitates a type of rhythmic song that accompanies village dances and features four male voices singing a cappella in Sardinian-inflected Italian and low, guttural voices. The lead singer-songwriter is Sardinian comic and cabaret singer Giuseppe Masia, and his tone is both cheeky and deadly serious.

The song documents the 13,300 Italian northerners who fled to their second homes in Sardinia over the last two weeks, right before the borders of Veneto and Lombardy were cordoned off and declared “red zones.” Thirteen thousand is a number equivalent to all the visitors who come to Sardinia during the Italian vacation months of July and August.

The recent influx has, understandably, been the source of much consternation among Sardinians, who see these “northerners” as the main vectors for the virus.

Masia sings in a strident, nasal voice, with the three accompanying voices pulsating underneath his: “Coronavirus: When you can’t find a face mask anywhere (they were all purchased by Aunt Gavina) / and the people give you dirty looks when you breathe in public.” The song ends with Masia threatening, in a melodramatic style, to shoot any “Milanesi” (people from Milan and elsewhere in the north) he meets on the street.

The situation represents a bizarre reversal of a centuries-old dynamic in which poor southerners, including Sardinians, move to northern Italy for work. (Unemployment in Sardinia right now is over 30 percent.) Northerners have often treated southerners as “hicks,” or terroni (“people of the earth”). They have viewed them as symbolic vectors for poverty and lack of education, and as literal vectors for disease.

And in a perhaps unprecedented moment of reversal, this disease has hit communities of privilege first—in Italy but also elsewhere—and socially marginalized communities last.

Radio Limbara created this meme as satirical social commentary on Sardinians’ reaction to the influx of northern Italians. The text translates as “When your nephew returns home from the ‘continent’ to escape the virus and says to you: ‘I just came by to say hello.’” Radio Limbara

On one hand, wealthy northerners recently arrived in Sardinia on ferries with their cars packed full of food, ready to hole up in their beach houses, and either unaware of their privilege or unconcerned that they might bring the disease to an island long perceived by mainlanders as remote and desolate. The Sardi (Sardinians) feel taken advantage of and exploited.

On the other hand, in their quickness to judge their northern neighbors, some Sardi are repeating the exact behavior visited upon them while living on the “continente.”

So, COVID-19 has created a moment of truth, when the tables are finally turned.

But many of these northerners are also Sardinians who live, study, and work in Milan and other industrial centers, send valuable stipends back home, and have claims to family, villages, and homes in Sardinia. So, the people Masia threatens to harm might be members of his extended family.

In a time when the enemy can potentially be anyone, the novel coronavirus is both dividing and dissolving our distinctions between “us” and “them.”

A sign in a closed shop reads, in Italian: “Everything will be all right. Let’s be attentive to everyone’s health. We will reopen when the emergency has ended.” Kristina Jacobsen

Italy is a place where there is no word for privacy. In Italian, people have to borrow the English word “privacy.” The constant kisses, touches, exclamations, and opinions can at times be overwhelming for newcomers.

But I have never longed for the sense of social overwhelm and intense human contact that I associate with Sardinia like I have during this quarantine.

On March 13, I took part in a #flashmobsonoro. Each participant was supposed to play songs from our balcony for 15 minutes, then post the video to Facebook.

I live in an underground apartment with no windows, so I performed from my doorway, with my dog at my feet. I played four original songs, three country songs in a mix of Sardinian and English, and one folk song in Norwegian. As my Sardinian language teacher taught me, in the chorus I sang:

“Nois tenimos sas istorias nostras / Lassat totu fora s’ajanna / Ca custu sero nudatteru nos importat / Finzas chi sa manu tua istringet sa mia”

(We all have our stories / Leave your troubles at the door / Because tonight nothing else matters / Long as my hand is in yours)

It was a breath of fresh air to play live music and to know others were doing the same, somewhere around the corner, across the island, or on the continent. When I finished my set, I looked up at a group of people who gathered to listen, the lit sign of the closed shop behind them glowing above their heads like a halo.

“Grazie,” I heard someone say. I couldn’t see who was speaking, so looked up to a fourth floor balcony. A man in his early 20s waved at me. “Grazie,” he said again. We made eye contact. “De nudda,” I responded in Sardinian. You’re welcome.

The author performs her song “Maison Dancer” from her apartment during a #flashmobsonoro. Kristina Jacobsen

Special thanks to ethnomusicologists Marco Lutzu, Diego Pani, Ignazio Cadeddu, and Bastianu Pilosu for their assistance in the translation and interpretation of the songs discussed; to musician Antonio Pani for permission to share his song “Su Baballoti”; and to Radio Limbara for their permission to reprint their meme here. Gratzias!

* Editor’s note: On the advice of the U.S. State Department, the author had to temporarily leave Italy due to the COVID-19 pandemic.