FabLab, siamo trai primi 3 al mondo. Ecco la mappa italiana dei Makers
Mappare i laboratori di Making e Fabbricazione Digitale non è cosa semplice, perchè per la maggior parte nascono spontaneamente, “dal basso”. E non sono poche le piattaforme nate con lo scopo di censirli. Ma queste mappature sono spesso molto sbrigative e poco approfondite, poiché l’obiettivo generale è quello di mappare il più alto numero di labor...
Italy is #1 in the World with 7.8% of Electricity Mix from Solar
Italy is a world leader in solar energy. From 2010 to 2013, it has risen from 5th place in the world to 3rd place in terms of installed capacity, behind Germany and China. (And bear in mind, these are real terms and not per capita terms.) Moreover, Italy is now global 1st place in the world for the percentage electrical generation coming from solar...
La XX Way of the Cross attraverso il Brooklyn Bridge nel Venerdi' Santo seguita da duemila fedeli in una interminabile processione
di Riccardo Chioni Come venti anni fa, quando una trentina di fedeli di Comunione e Liberazione si avviarono sul ponte di Brooklyn per la prima processione del Venerdì Santo, anche ieri il cielo era grigio con pioggia a tratti, che tuttavia non ha dissuaso oltre duemila persone a seguire la Croce nel suggestivo percorso. La processione, p...
Between Belle Epoque and fascism: WWI and the genesis of totalitarianism
Date: Monday, April 20, 2015 Hours: 6.30 PM Venue: IIC 1023 Hilgard Avenue - Los Angeles, CA 90024 - USA Organized by: IIC and UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Philospher Remo Bodei, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, in conversation with historian and expert of Roman Law Aldo Schiavone, Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane....
VAP/VI position Miami U., Oxford, Ohio
French & Italian: Visiting Assistant Professor/Instructor (possible multiple positions) in Italian to teach Italian language and literature courses; advise students; contribute to intellectual environment of department; contribute minor departmental service. Required: PhD or equivalent by date of appointment (for appointment as Visitin...
Comites 2015: ha votato il 4,46%
Lo scorso 17 aprile si sono tenute le elezioni di 101 Comites (1284 consiglieri) in 38 diversi Paesi. Oggi, la Direzione generale degli Italiani all'Estero del Ministero degli Esteri rende noti i dati sull'affluenza al voto, consolato per consolato; i dati sul numero di plichi inviati e quelli tornati indietro, sui voti validi, sui seggi istituiti...
Marcello Mastroianni and Sophia Loren ... Italy's Dynamic Duo
By Cookie Curci In my opinion, the most romantic and dynamic pairing of a leading man and woman in the world of film was Marcello Mastroianni and Sophia Loren. Just saying and hearing their names titillated American audiences in the 1950s and 60s ... and when these actors emoted on the big screen ... well, it was like every adult in the au...
Meriano's Cannoli Truck: A Family's Sweet Mission
By Leeanne Griffin Andrea Meriano knew precisely how she wanted her Cannoli Food Truck to look, even borrowing her niece's crayons to sketch the exact design with hot pink and leopard-print trim. The truck's color scheme would also be reflected at her family's brick-and-mortar bakery, which was moving from Guilford to Madison. But...
Italian town sets new Tiramisù record
Weighing in at 3,015 kilos, the giant coffee-flavoured dessert beats the previous Guinness World Record set in March by over 1,000 kilos. Around 200 people, including 30 pastry chefs from across the local area helped to make the creamy dessert on Saturday, which consisted of 250 trays of Tiramisù. The dish was made as part of a compet...
End Promoting Negative Stereotyping of Italian Americans
by John A. Fratta Italian Americans are the last group left in this Country that it is acceptable to negatively stereotype. It is done on a daily basis in the movies, books, tv shows and video games. Now, the New York City Department of Education is allowing a book to remain on its "approved list" called "Al Capone Does My Shirts". Our chi...
Italian traditions: Palio di Siena
WTI Magazine #63 2015 June, 27Author : folclore.it Translation by: The Palio is a complex event organized by the Municipality of Siena that is held twice each year, on July 2 and August 16. Ten of the 17 "contrade" (city quarters) of Siena run the Palio of July 2: the seven ones who did not run during the Palio of July of the previous y...
Marco’s Pizza Creates a Taste of Italy in America
By Charles Payne, Matthew Kazin In this Salute to American Success, we're taking a look at Marco's Pizza, a pizza restaurant franchise headquartered in Toledo, Ohio. The company focuses on using fresh ingredients to create authentic Italian pizza. Marco's Pizza was founded in 1978 by Pasquale "Pat" Giammarco. When he was nine-year...