Ricerca, Lorenzin: defiscalizzazione investimenti come in Usa
Il ministro della Salute, Beatrice Lorenzin, ha detto che proporrà di introdurre in Italia la defiscalizzazione totale degli investimenti sulla ricerca scientifica come avviene negli Stati Uniti. Parlando con i giornalisti durante una visita ufficiale di quattro giorni negli Stati Uniti, il ministro ha detto che inserirà la proposta nella...
Italy,United States : Boeing and Head Italia to Collaborate on Cybersecurity Solutions
Boeing will work with Head Italia, a leading Italian military supplier, to provide Italian government and defense customers with advanced cybersecurity solutions to protect their critical data and infrastructure. This agreement reinforces Boeing s commitment to working hand-in-hand with market experts to develop innovative and tailored cybersecuri...
Great Italians of the Past: Fiorello La Guardia
WTI Magazine #40 2014 July, 23Author : Giuseppina Salzano e Giovanni Verde Translation by: One of the three major airports in New York has an all-Italian name: the closer to the city and the smallest. And small in stature and close to the city and its citizens was he who the airport was named after, one of the politicians symbols of...
Sarasota County Commission candidate: Paul Caragiulo
Paul Caragiulo sometimes thinks it is a little improbable that he ever wound up in public office. There is so much about politics that he doesn't like. He has been seen lingering in the Sarasota City Commission chambers, after everyone else has left a meeting, fuming at how a public policy debate became derailed by personal arguments. He could ha...
Elena Sgarbi, nuovo Console Generale d'Italia a Houston
Elena Sgarbi è nata a Mantova nel 1973. Nel 1997 si è laureata in Scienze Internazionali e Diplomatiche presso l'Università di Trieste. In seguito a esame di concorso, nel 1998 è entrata in carriera diplomatica. Il suo primo incarico è presso il Cerimoniale Diplomatico della Repubblica e successivamente presso il Gabinetto del Ministro degli A...
Italian burlesque opera to sound off on issues of self-discovery at Ohio State
Gender identity, self-discovery, love and family relationships are all major themes explored in "Operetta Burlesque," an Italian production coming to Ohio State as its first performance in an English-speaking country. "We're bringing the world to OSU," said Lesley Ferris, interim chair of the Department of Theatre. Written and directed by...
Olde Time Italian Festival turns 10 in Wildwood
The 10th annual Olde Time Italian Festival will serve up Old World Italy in the Wildwoods Friday, Sept. 26 and Saturday, Sept. 27. Hosted by the Sons of Italy of Wildwood, this event will take place in Fox Park, located on Ocean Avenue between Burk and Montgomery Avenues across from the Wildwoods Convention Center. The free two-day festiva...
Siro Urban Italian Kitchen in Orlando
I first visited Siro Urban Italian Kitchen last spring. The kitchen at the Orlando Marriott World Center hit everything out of the park, but service lacked finesse and timing. Chef Alexia Gawlak — an alum of Luma on Park, Primo and The Ravenous Pig — has taken over the kitchen so a second bite was in order. Siro's rustic decor is stil...
Murano, Italy, Still Sparkling After 700 Years
It was the sort of thing that would never happen to George Clooney: As I stepped off the packed vaporetto onto the island of Murano, I slipped on the rain-slicked dock and my trolley bag went click-clacking across the dock's wooden planks. When neither the suitcase nor I fell into the Venice Lagoon, my audience — a boat full of amused Ital...
Handling of Sexual Harassment Case Poses Larger Questions at Yale
A sexual harassment case that has been unfolding without public notice for nearly five years within the Yale School of Medicine has roiled the institution and led to new allegations that the university is insensitive to instances of harassment against women. The case involves a former head of cardiology who professed his love to a young It...
Stolen Italian treasure recovered on Boston container ship
A centuries-old treasure found in Boston came from Italy, but now customs agents are trying to track the route taken to get it here. "It ultimately ended up being a 17th century Venetian swivel gun," C. Shane Campbell from Customs and Border Protection said. The canon-like weapon wasn't easy to find, it was packed into a piece of heav...
IT and US: Beauty will save Italy
WTI Magazine #48 2014 November, 26Author : Paco Simone Translation by: What kind of beauty will save Italy (and the world, of course)? It is well known that Italy holds an immense cultural heritage, treasure of the world. As the Country with the largest number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, we can say that Italy hosts Beauty, enjoye...