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Italian academy of language establishes Facebook page

For more than 400 years, Florence's Accademia della Crusca has studied and promoted the Italian language. And now, it's getting into social networking.
Source: ANSA

Tomorrow's Work

Fred Gardaphe *

A good way to alienate people around you is to tell them whom you are voting for. With the polls tighter than ever, the odds are you are close to people who are not voting the same way you are ...

November 5, 2012

Our Hurricane Sandy Experience

Johnny Meatballs DeCarlo

Our thanks to God

Manhattan prende luce e vita

Azzurra Giorgi

A piedi per Manhattan. Per Downtown Manhattan poche ore prima che la corrente elettrica venga riallacciata. "Non vedevo nessuno per strada, ad un certo punto mi sono girata: ero sola. Non passerà nessuno nel lasso di tempo che sono rimasta là, incredula di vedere tutte le attività chiuse, con sedie e tavoli arroccati al suo interno e finestre rinforzate. Ancora non era passato nessuno a rimettere tutto in ordine dopo Sandy. "

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South loses 20% of students to northern Italian universities

The South of Italy loses about 18,000 local university graduates each year when they receive job offers from central or northern Italy, according to the Svimez think-tank. Read >>
The South of Italy also loses about 18,000 local university graduates each year when they receive job offers from central or northern Italy, according to the Svimez think-tank.
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Source: ANSA

Translating Dino Buzzati

Victoria Grotti

Oftentimes translators do not get the attention they deserve, so i-italy interviews Natasha Lardera* an Italian journalist and translator who has worked on No Escape, 4 monologues by Dino Buzzati to be presented by Kairos Italy Theater at the Cherry Lane Theater.

Calabria. Quando la mafia uccide per caso

Doriana Vari

Aveva diciannove anni, Filippo. Viveva a Soriano, un paesino di duemila abitanti, in provincia di Vibo Valentia. Una vita e una storia normale, ma in una terra difficile. Si spegne nel silenzio notte ucciso per errore dalla mafia. Una mafia locale difficile da estirpare. La 'ndrangheta continua da decenni a fare la padrona in una terra di faide.
Filippo muore per errore, non era lui la vittima destinata, Un errore di mira, uno scambio di una persona. La popolazione di Soriano si stringe intorno alla sua vittima e cerca di rompere il silenzio della propria terra

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Suddenly, Italy's derby is top-of-the-table clash

 ROME (AP) -Inter Milan has just replaced Napoli as the top challenger to Juventus in Serie A and the timing couldn't be better with Italy's derby scheduled this weekend.


 
Source: Sports Illustrated
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Venice hit by worst flooding in two years

 (Reuters) - Tourists in Venice put plastic bags over their legs and residents wore rubber boots as water rose to knee-high levels in many parts of the lagoon city on Thursday.
 
Source: Reuters
October 31, 2012

Mr. Cupcakes Celebration In Clifton This Saturday!!!

Johnny Meatballs DeCarlo

Meet Johnny and Johnny

Quando la crisi diventa un'opportunità

Letizia Airos

Un'analisi critica, ma positiva e costruttiva, in questi tempi difficili. E' quella svolta da Don Gennaro Matino, autore di "Economia della crisi. Il bene dell’uomo contro la dittatura dello spread” (Baldini & Castoldi). Lo intervistiamo prima della presentazione del suo libro alla Casa Italiana di NYU (lunedi ,ore 18.oo)

Grillo's Sicilian Splash-Down

Judith Harris

Grillo's exploit Oct. 10 was the official launch of his party, Movimento Cinque Stelle (M5S), into the Sicilian regional election fray. In the event, Grillo had the last laugh, for when the Oct. 28 ballot boxes were opened, they showed that M5S has bounced up from zero to 14.7%, to become the single largest party in Sicily, well ahead of such rivals as Pier Luigi Bersani's Partito Democratico (PD) on the left and Silvio Berlusconi's Partito della Liberta' (PdL) on the right.

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