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61 posted on 09/06/2023 6:31:24 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)

Honey Bee - Stevie Ray Vaughan - Couldn't Stand the Weather - 1984 (HD) | 2:41
The Blues Master | 17.6K subscribers | 46,008 views | July 2, 2013

62 posted on 09/08/2023 8:26:22 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)

To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

"This video contains paid promotion for Brilliant." (also note, YT has moved transcripts into the description, assuming one is available)
Italy's $12BN Bridge Mystery | 10:39
The B1M | 2.99M subscribers | 448,274 views | September 13, 2023

Italy revives Sicily bridge plan [ Straits of Messina bridge, 2009 ] [07/05/2011]

63 posted on 09/16/2023 10:32:19 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)

Transcript
0:00 · This is the Strait of Messina, a thin strip of water which separates Sicily
0:04 · from mainland Italy ... and this is the Strait of Messina bridge.
0:10 · When completed it will turn a 40 minute ferry journey into just a four minute drive. In doing
0:16 · so, it could make Sicily a global supply chain hub, create an unbroken highway
0:21 · across a continent and transform the economy of Italy's historically poorer southern half.
0:28 · But, not all is as it seems ... This isn't actually the official bridge design. We
0:34 · weren't able to get permission to show you the real one. And even though there
0:37 · was a big announcement about it back in March, no-one has been willing to talk to us about it.
0:42 · It's almost like there's an omerta over the bridge which has become an icon of failure in Italy.
0:51 · But despite this, there are hushed whispers that the bridge,
0:54 · which was first put forward in Roman times, could finally go ahead,
0:58 · or could it be that this infamous stretch of water is a bridge too far?
1:03 · This is the strange story of one of Italy's most controversial structures.
1:13 · Here at The B1M we know what it takes to construct a megaproject. Build something
1:18 · of any considerable size and you'll usually run into one of two problems: the fiendishly complex
1:23 · engineering of something like the Fehmarn Belt tunnel, or the intractable politics of the kind
1:28 · that has derailed Britain's HS2. The Strait of Messina Bridge has run into both of them.
1:33 · We'll come to the politics in a bit, but first the engineering. The current design
1:38 · for the Messina Strait Bridge is nothing if not ambitious.
1:41 · This stretch of water gave birth to the legend of Scylla and Charibdys,
1:45 · the mythological monsters that smash ships against rocks and drown sailors in whirlpools.
1:50 · As you might guess, that came around because the Strait of Messina is a violent stretch of water.
2:01 · It has two alternative currents strong strong enough to rip seaweed from the
2:06 · seabed and can experience gales up to 100 kilometres per hour.
2:10 · And if that wasn't enough, it also lies right in the middle of the fault line
2:15 · between the African and Eurasian tectonic plates.
2:18 · In 1908, the strait was at the epicentre of a 7.1
2:22 · magnitude earthquake which killed up to 82,000 people.
2:26 · So, how on earth do you build a bridge here?
2:30 · Well, we can't show you the official designs – we'll come
2:33 · to that shortly – but don't worry because we've drawn it instead.
2:37 · The plan is for a single span suspension bridge running from
2:40 · Torre Faro in Sicily to Villa San Giovanni on the Italian mainland.
2:44 · The single span solves the first issue the bridge faces,
2:48 · by not placing a pier in the strait, it saves the team having to contend with strong
2:53 · currents during construction and removes any obstacles to shipping once complete.
2:57 · Placing the towers on shore also gives them a firmer footing to withstand seismic activity,
3:03 · but to withstand an earthquake, more features are needed. The bridge will be fitted with a buffer,
3:08 · allowing the deck to flex and the whole thing will be kept in place by
3:12 · two anchors containing over five and a half million cubic metres of concrete and steel.
3:17 · But while that solves the issue of currents and quakes,
3:20 · it actually creates another problem: this bridge is gonna be enormous.
3:25 · When it's completed this will easily be the longest suspension bridge in the world,
3:30 · beating the current title holder, Turkey's Çanakkale Bridge, by over a kilometre.
3:35 · That leaves a huge area exposed to the strait's famously extreme winds. One
3:41 · way this is being compensated for is with an innovative deck design.
3:45 · Instead of one single deck, the bridge will comprise three separate boxes,
3:49 · two for roads and one for rail. These will be reinforced by crossbeams every 30 metres.
3:55 · The shallow wedge of the boxes deflects oncoming wind and pushes it up through the gaps in between.
4:00 · That's gonna help the bridge survive wind speeds of up to 300 kilometres per hour.
4:07 · Now, before we get into what the bridge actually looks like, you should know that for any architect
4:12 · or an engineer designing something like this, they need a good knowledge of a range of STEM subjects.
4:16 · But don't worry if you've struggled learning these through traditional schooling. There's
4:21 · actually a really fun and easy way to learn about STEM for free to start.
4:24 · A good grasp of calculus is essential for any engineer. This week's video sponsor, Brilliant,
4:30 · has courses that easily break down complex concepts into quick, easy to follow lessons.
4:35 · It's a great way of visualising problems and solutions, such as
4:39 · understanding formulas for scaling up shapes.
4:41 · But if calculus isn't your thing then don't worry, Brilliant has thousands of lessons
4:46 · over widely different subject areas like probability and computer science,
4:51 · all of which are great for helping you level up your career or setting yourself a new challenge.
4:56 · To get started, try a free 30 day offer by visiting brilliant.org/TheB1M or by clicking
5:02 · the link in the description. The first 200 people to sign up will receive a 20% discount
5:07 · off their annual subscription.
5:09 · Now let's get back to the bridge. If all the engineering challenges have been solved,
5:18 · why hasn't it been built and why can't we show you what it's going to look like?
5:23 · Well, while the bridge is a masterclass in
5:25 · how the power of engineering can seemingly overcome any challenge,
5:29 · it's also a cautionary tale in how politics can turn the possible into the impossible.
5:35 · Many Italians are weary about the prospect of the bridge being built, which is no surprise
5:40 · as the project has been kicked around like a political football for decades.
5:45 · Ok, let's try and do this as quickly as possible:
5:48 · In 1969, a design competition kicked off the official interest to build the bridge.
5:52 · It got passed around for a while until the official Messina Strait Company was
5:56 · set up in 1981. Preliminary work dribbled around for a couple of decades until 2005,
5:59 · when it was passed to an official consortium featuring architects Dissing + Weitling,
6:03 · engineers COWI and construction firm Impreglio – now Webuild.
6:06 · They crossed it to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and planned to start work the next
6:09 · year, but in May 2006 Berlusconi was kicked out of office and in October the plan was struck down by
6:13 · the Italian parliament. But, by 2008, Berlusconi was back in power and the bridge was back on.
6:17 · But Berlusconi only lasted three years in office and in 2011 the bridge was once again axed by his
6:22 · successor Mario Monti. But then in 2016 Monti's successor's successor Matteo Renzi intercepted the
6:26 · project and promised to reconsider, but forgot all about it and the bridge went out of play.
6:29 · In 2020 the bridge was thrown back in by another PM, Giuseppe Conti. Things didn't
6:32 · look good when in 2021 his government collapsed and a year later in 2022 when his successor's
6:37 · government also collapsed. But earlier this year, sweeping in from the far right,
6:40 · is new PM Giorgia Meloni and transport minister Matteo Salvini who signed a decree ordering the
6:44 · bridge's construction and calling it "a historic day for Italy" and "the dream of millions".
6:49 · So the bridge is currently back with the government in Rome. In July,
6:54 · Salvini confirmed the bridge had been included in the 2024 budget but beyond that,
6:59 · details on the progress of the bridge are hard to come by.
7:02 · The Italian transport ministry didn't respond to our request for comment, and neither the Messina
7:07 · Strait company or construction company Webuild could add any further detail.
7:11 · Maybe people are afraid of jinxing it, but it seems like nobody wants
7:15 · to talk about the bridge. Our request for images was passed around various
7:19 · departments without any luck, hence we've had to improvise.
7:23 · Currently the bridge exists more in the public imagination than in reality. These
7:28 · images were created by this Sicilian architect to create a conversation about the mythology of
7:34 · the bridge – we're gonna come back to him later – and in this 2022 TV show,
7:39 · the bridge has already been built and destroyed.
7:44 · It's not hard to understand why people are nervous about it. The bridge is super
7:49 · controversial. At the last count the estimate for the bridge construction
7:52 · and support infrastructure on either side sat at USD $12.6BN.
7:58 · There's long been concern over whether the heavily indebted Italian Treasury
8:02 · could afford the bridge. And critics of the project say the could be better spent
8:07 · upgrading the region's notoriously poor existing road infrastructure.
8:11 · "We have just driven nearly 400 kilometres with seemingly never ending stretches of roadworks"
8:18 · Others have also feared the role corruption could
8:20 · play in allowing organised crime groups to infiltrate the project.
8:24 · But for the bridge's
8:28 · supporters it's about more than the estimated €2.9 billion a year it will add to the Italian economy
8:34 · A bridge between Sicily and Italy is an ancient dream that dates back to Roman times.
8:41 · Imagining connecting these two lands would mean demonstrating that technology has reached high
8:49 · levels of efficiency, because the Messina bridge would be the largest ever built in the world.
8:56 · I think the Messina bridge would be a great engineering pride for Italy.
9:01 · This is Adriano Marchisciana, a Sicilian architect who designed his own version of the bridge,
9:08 · to increase a sense of national pride and add to the mythology of this place.
9:13 · My design proposal was born as a search for a relationship with the mythological memory
9:20 · of the site. Homer tells us that two gigantic monsters, Scylla and Caribdi,
9:27 · lived in the Strait of Messina. They tormented the navigators who passed through that place.
9:34 · Finding a relationship with history and myth means giving meaning to this enormous work,
9:42 · which in any case will have a great impact on the landscape.
9:48 · It remains to be seen whether this latest attempt to build the bridge will succeed
9:53 · but it's safe to say its legend isn't going anywhere any time soon.
9:58 · This video was sponsored by Brilliant. You can join them with a special offer at the link below.
10:03 · Don't forget that we're inspiring the next generation of builders
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10:11 · can learn more and get started today over at brickborrow.com
10:14 · And as always guys, if you enjoyed this video and you want to get more from the
10:19 · definitive video channel for construction, make sure you're subscribed to The B1M.

64 posted on 09/16/2023 10:36:50 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)

65 posted on 09/17/2023 3:56:29 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)

2021 Virtual Stay at Home Concert Series. This was filmed using a green screen background. Caitlin Armstrong was videoed playing in a basement, Derek Dick was videoed at an outdoor location in The Pas, Daniel Koulack recorded the accompaniment from Winnipeg. Thanks to Andre Brandt for bringing these scenes together to form the video and the Arts Council for making these amazing projects happen, and Dave Montgomery for coordination. Stay Tuned for more videos in the near future.
Red River Jig/Big John McNeil | 2:22
The Pas Arts Council | 194 subscribers | 50,855 views | June 3, 2021

66 posted on 09/18/2023 4:44:04 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)

I'm listening to this, the original, for the first time, and I get it now -- a now-deceased friend and I had Teac simulsync reel-to-reel decks and used to mess around with home recording with forward-back side by side, mixed speeds, and just generally overdubbing ourselves and swapping tapes. This is one that he covered and was a bit of a miss. Speaking of which, I miss him and those days. From the Octopus album (1972).
Gentle Giant - Knots (Official Audio) | 4:13 | Gentle Giant | 24.4K subscribers | 46,824 views | April 25, 2020

All in all each man in all men
All men in each man
He can see she can't, she can see she can
See whatever, whatever

You may know what I don't know, but not that
I don't know it and I can't tell you
So you will
To tell me all man in all men
All men in each man
He can see she can't, she can see she can
See whatever, whatever

You may know what I don't know, but not that
I don't know it and I can't tell you
So you will have to tell me all

It hurts him to think that she is
Hurting her by him being hurt to think
That she thinks he is hurt by making her
Feel guilty at hurting him by her thinking
She wants him to want her. Her wants her to
Want him to get him to want him to get
Him to want her she pretends

He tries to make her afraid by not
Being afraid. (permutations)
You may know what I don't know, but not
That I don't know it and I can't
Tell you so you will have to tell
Me all

I get what I deserve
I deserve what I get
I have it so I deserve it
I deserve it for I have it
I get what I deserve
What I deserve, what I deserve what I get

I have it so I deserve
He tries to make her afraid by not
Being afraid

67 posted on 09/18/2023 4:58:45 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)

Speech 02 of Greatest Speeches by "WINSTON CHURCHILL" popularly known as 'WE SHALL FIGHT ON THE BEACHES' given on 4 June 1940.

Importance of the Speech?

When Winston Churchill walked into the House of Commons on June 4, 1940, he had much to discuss. The Allies had just pulled off the “miracle of Dunkirk,” rescuing some 338,000 troops from a dire situation in France. But this victory was a hollow one. The soldiers were only saved thanks to a curious halt order from the German command, and the Nazis were just days away from entering Paris. Churchill knew he had to prepare his people for the possible fall of France. He also knew he had to send a message to a reluctant ally across the pond.

What followed was his now-famous “We shall fight on the beaches” speech, regarded as one of the most rousing and iconic addresses of World War II. While much of the oration concerned the recent Allied military losses and a reflection on the challenging road ahead, it is best remembered for Churchill’s passionate pledge to fight in seas, oceans, hills, streets, and beaches — to “never surrender.”

Even now, it symbolizes whatever be the condition, even if it is for sure we ain't gonna we should fight until the last moment and NEVER SURRENDER.
We shall fight on the Beaches by Winston Churchill (Full Speech on Youtube) | 12:21br>Greatest Speeches | 2.91K subscribers | 337,578 views | May 22, 2020

68 posted on 09/18/2023 5:09:22 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)

The great keyboard musician George Duke talks about how he started playing with Zappa.
George Duke on Frank Zappa | 4:11
neverhit17 | 316 subscribers | 468,385 views | August 7, 2013

69 posted on 09/18/2023 5:59:09 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)

70 posted on 09/22/2023 7:59:50 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Politics do not make strange bedfellows, and the enemy of your enemy may still be your enemy.)

"Rich Men North of Richmond" hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 despite Anthony not having a label or agent, according to Variety. -- Oliver Anthony Signs With United Talent Agency [09/22/2023]

Oliver Anthony - Rich Men North of Richmond (Lyric Video) | 3:10
Country At Its Finest | 397K subscribers | 313,304 views | Premiered September 10, 2023

71 posted on 09/22/2023 9:03:53 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Politics do not make strange bedfellows, and the enemy of your enemy may still be your enemy.)

72 posted on 09/23/2023 8:26:12 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)

73 posted on 09/24/2023 5:37:37 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)

This traditional Irish reel is part of a medley with "The Eighth Of January", the tune for "Battle of New Orleans", y'know in 1813 we took a little trip...

The Stone of Destiny | 4:09 | John McSherry - Topic | 240 subscribers | 2,970 views | May 19, 2017

74 posted on 09/25/2023 11:09:25 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)

A beautiful morning with nature, inspires Wendy Songe's practice time on the Mountain Dulcimer. Wendy Songe plays "King of the Fairies", with the divine accompaniment of a refreshing wind and the beauty of bird song.
Wendy Songe - "King of the Fairies" on Mountain Dulcimer | 3:10
Wendy Songe | 1.94K subscribers | 406,599 views | July 12, 2012

75 posted on 09/25/2023 11:28:11 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)

I found the Wendy Songe while looking for Planxty Fanny Power, go figure. Artificial intelligence my ass.

Fanny Poer/Power is a tune by the Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). Carolan was an itinerant musician who sometimes composed tunes for his patrons or members of their family. :) I've included the words (English translation) below.
Planxty Fanny Power | 2:30
Tiffany Schaefer - Harp & Song | 6.73K subscribers | 2,807 views | January 13, 2017

76 posted on 09/25/2023 11:34:07 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)

(C-G-C tuning, Capo 1- D minor)
Cantiga (Alphonso X, 13th Century)- Arr. by Jessica Comeau
(Medieval Dance Music / Hymns / Acoustic) | 2:25
Jessica Comeau | 9.16K subscribers | 148,354 views | May 8, 2013

77 posted on 09/25/2023 1:04:15 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)

78 posted on 09/25/2023 1:06:15 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)

This band was local/regional prog, I saw them at Silver Dollar Saloon in E Lansing in the mid- or late-70s. They'll probably deny it, but the name for the band comes from a line in a Yes song.

If it says, marked private try backing out and going back in. Worked for me.
Archaeology | 6:34
Straight Light | 100 subscribers | 801 views | June 6, 2022

79 posted on 09/25/2023 3:47:53 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)

80 posted on 09/25/2023 3:52:36 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)

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Transcript
0:00	·	This is the Strait of Messina, a thin strip of water which separates Sicily
0:04	·	from mainland Italy ... and this is the Strait of Messina bridge.
0:10	·	When completed it will turn a 40 minute ferry journey into just a four minute drive. In doing
0:16	·	so, it could make Sicily a global supply chain hub, create an unbroken highway
0:21	·	across a continent and transform the economy of Italy's historically poorer southern half.
0:28	·	But, not all is as it seems ... This isn't actually the official bridge design. We
0:34	·	weren't able to get permission to show you the real one. And even though there
0:37	·	was a big announcement about it back in March, no-one has been willing to talk to us about it.
0:42	·	It's almost like there's an omerta over the bridge which has become an icon of failure in Italy.
0:51	·	But despite this, there are hushed whispers that the bridge,
0:54	·	which was first put forward in Roman times, could finally go ahead,
0:58	·	or could it be that this infamous stretch of water is a bridge too far?
1:03	·	This is the strange story of one of Italy's most controversial structures.
1:13	·	Here at The B1M we know what it takes to construct a megaproject. Build something
1:18	·	of any considerable size and you'll usually run into one of two problems: the fiendishly complex
1:23	·	engineering of something like the Fehmarn Belt tunnel, or the intractable politics of the kind
1:28	·	that has derailed Britain's HS2. The Strait of Messina Bridge has run into both of them.
1:33	·	We'll come to the politics in a bit, but first the engineering. The current design
1:38	·	for the Messina Strait Bridge is nothing if not ambitious.
1:41	·	This stretch of water gave birth to the legend of Scylla and Charibdys,
1:45	·	the mythological monsters that smash ships against rocks and drown sailors in whirlpools.
1:50	·	As you might guess, that came around because the Strait of Messina is a violent stretch of water.
2:01	·	It has two alternative currents strong strong enough to rip seaweed from the
2:06	·	seabed and can experience gales up to 100 kilometres per hour.
2:10	·	And if that wasn't enough, it also lies right in the middle of the fault line
2:15	·	between the African and Eurasian tectonic plates.
2:18	·	In 1908, the strait was at the epicentre of a 7.1
2:22	·	magnitude earthquake which killed up to 82,000 people.
2:26	·	So, how on earth do you build a bridge here?
2:30	·	Well, we can't show you the official designs – we'll come
2:33	·	to that shortly – but don't worry because we've drawn it instead.
2:37	·	The plan is for a single span suspension bridge running from
2:40	·	Torre Faro in Sicily to Villa San Giovanni on the Italian mainland.
2:44	·	The single span solves the first issue the bridge faces,
2:48	·	by not placing a pier in the strait, it saves the team having to contend with strong
2:53	·	currents during construction and removes any obstacles to shipping once complete.
2:57	·	Placing the towers on shore also gives them a firmer footing to withstand seismic activity,
3:03	·	but to withstand an earthquake, more features are needed. The bridge will be fitted with a buffer,
3:08	·	allowing the deck to flex and the whole thing will be kept in place by
3:12	·	two anchors containing over five and a half million cubic metres of concrete and steel.
3:17	·	But while that solves the issue of currents and quakes,
3:20	·	it actually creates another problem: this bridge is gonna be enormous.
3:25	·	When it's completed this will easily be the longest suspension bridge in the world,
3:30	·	beating the current title holder, Turkey's Çanakkale Bridge, by over a kilometre.
3:35	·	That leaves a huge area exposed to the strait's famously extreme winds. One
3:41	·	way this is being compensated for is with an innovative deck design.
3:45	·	Instead of one single deck, the bridge will comprise three separate boxes,
3:49	·	two for roads and one for rail. These will be reinforced by crossbeams every 30 metres.
3:55	·	The shallow wedge of the boxes deflects oncoming wind and pushes it up through the gaps in between.
4:00	·	That's gonna help the bridge survive wind speeds of up to 300 kilometres per hour.
4:07	·	Now, before we get into what the bridge actually looks like, you should know that for any architect
4:12	·	or an engineer designing something like this, they need a good knowledge of a range of STEM subjects.
4:16	·	But don't worry if you've struggled learning these through traditional schooling. There's
4:21	·	actually a really fun and easy way to learn about STEM for free to start.
4:24	·	A good grasp of calculus is essential for any engineer. This week's video sponsor, Brilliant,
4:30	·	has courses that easily break down complex concepts into quick, easy to follow lessons.
4:35	·	It's a great way of visualising problems and solutions, such as
4:39	·	understanding formulas for scaling up shapes.
4:41	·	But if calculus isn't your thing then don't worry, Brilliant has thousands of lessons
4:46	·	over widely different subject areas like probability and computer science,
4:51	·	all of which are great for helping you level up your career or setting yourself a new challenge.
4:56	·	To get started, try a free 30 day offer by visiting brilliant.org/TheB1M or by clicking
5:02	·	the link in the description. The first 200 people to sign up will receive a 20% discount
5:07	·	off their annual subscription.
5:09	·	Now let's get back to the bridge. If all the engineering challenges have been solved,
5:18	·	why hasn't it been built and why can't we show you what it's going to look like?
5:23	·	Well, while the bridge is a masterclass in
5:25	·	how the power of engineering can seemingly overcome any challenge,
5:29	·	it's also a cautionary tale in how politics can turn the possible into the impossible.
5:35	·	Many Italians are weary about the prospect of the bridge being built, which is no surprise
5:40	·	as the project has been kicked around like a political football for decades.
5:45	·	Ok, let's try and do this as quickly as possible:
5:48	·	In 1969, a design competition kicked off the official interest to build the bridge.
5:52	·	It got passed around for a while until the official Messina Strait Company was
5:56	·	set up in 1981. Preliminary work dribbled around for a couple of decades until 2005,
5:59	·	when it was passed to an official consortium featuring architects Dissing + Weitling,
6:03	·	engineers COWI and construction firm Impreglio – now Webuild.
6:06	·	They crossed it to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and planned to start work the next
6:09	·	year, but in May 2006 Berlusconi was kicked out of office and in October the plan was struck down by
6:13	·	the Italian parliament. But, by 2008, Berlusconi was back in power and the bridge was back on.
6:17	·	But Berlusconi only lasted three years in office and in 2011 the bridge was once again axed by his
6:22	·	successor Mario Monti. But then in 2016 Monti's successor's successor Matteo Renzi intercepted the
6:26	·	project and promised to reconsider, but forgot all about it and the bridge went out of play.
6:29	·	In 2020 the bridge was thrown back in by another PM, Giuseppe Conti. Things didn't
6:32	·	look good when in 2021 his government collapsed and a year later in 2022 when his successor's
6:37	·	government also collapsed. But earlier this year, sweeping in from the far right,
6:40	·	is new PM Giorgia Meloni and transport minister Matteo Salvini who signed a decree ordering the
6:44	·	bridge's construction and calling it "a historic day for Italy" and "the dream of millions".
6:49	·	So the bridge is currently back with the government in Rome. In July,
6:54	·	Salvini confirmed the bridge had been included in the 2024 budget but beyond that,
6:59	·	details on the progress of the bridge are hard to come by.
7:02	·	The Italian transport ministry didn't respond to our request for comment, and neither the Messina
7:07	·	Strait company or construction company Webuild could add any further detail.
7:11	·	Maybe people are afraid of jinxing it, but it seems like nobody wants
7:15	·	to talk about the bridge. Our request for images was passed around various
7:19	·	departments without any luck, hence we've had to improvise.
7:23	·	Currently the bridge exists more in the public imagination than in reality. These
7:28	·	images were created by this Sicilian architect to create a conversation about the mythology of
7:34	·	the bridge – we're gonna come back to him later – and in this 2022 TV show,
7:39	·	the bridge has already been built and destroyed.
7:44	·	It's not hard to understand why people are nervous about it. The bridge is super
7:49	·	controversial. At the last count the estimate for the bridge construction
7:52	·	and support infrastructure on either side sat at USD $12.6BN.
7:58	·	There's long been concern over whether the heavily indebted Italian Treasury
8:02	·	could afford the bridge. And critics of the project say the could be better spent
8:07	·	upgrading the region's notoriously poor existing road infrastructure.
8:11	·	"We have just driven nearly 400 kilometres with seemingly never ending stretches of roadworks"
8:18	·	Others have also feared the role corruption could
8:20	·	play in allowing organised crime groups to infiltrate the project.
8:24	·	But for the bridge's
8:28	·	supporters it's about more than the estimated €2.9 billion a year it will add to the Italian economy
8:34	·	A bridge between Sicily and Italy is an ancient dream that dates back to Roman times.
8:41	·	Imagining connecting these two lands would mean demonstrating that technology has reached high
8:49	·	levels of efficiency, because the Messina bridge would be the largest ever built in the world.
8:56	·	I think the Messina bridge would be a great engineering pride for Italy.
9:01	·	This is Adriano Marchisciana, a Sicilian architect who designed his own version of the bridge,
9:08	·	to increase a sense of national pride and add to the mythology of this place.
9:13	·	My design proposal was born as a search for a relationship with the mythological memory
9:20	·	of the site. Homer tells us that two gigantic monsters, Scylla and Caribdi,
9:27	·	lived in the Strait of Messina. They tormented the navigators who passed through that place.
9:34	·	Finding a relationship with history and myth means giving meaning to this enormous work,
9:42	·	which in any case will have a great impact on the landscape.
9:48	·	It remains to be seen whether this latest attempt to build the bridge will succeed
9:53	·	but it's safe to say its legend isn't going anywhere any time soon.
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