| |
 Elegant handcrafted sterling silver tableware directly from a little silver factory in Italy. At "Caterina Collezione", you'll find over 500 rich examples of artistically designed tableware such as tea sets,
platters, flatware, centerpieces, candelabras and more.
"Thank you very much for crafting a lovely silver dish for my parents' 25th anniversary. I saw it, and it is beautiful. I also appreciate the individual attention you paid to my order and your gracious customer service." Anne S. (Bayside, New York)
Take a look at our grand catalog and you'll find that perfect & unexpected wedding and anniversary gift characterized by the respect of traditional Italian artisanship! Visit the exclusive "Caterina Collezione" catalog only at SilverFromItaly.com! |
Here comes that same new idea for Italian schools
|

Rome - January 30, 2015 - Students at Italian primary schools will soon be
able to learn subjects in English, Italy's education minister has announced.
“From September there will be the possibility to have proper English
professors who teach, working alongside the teacher, a subject in English,” the
minister told the news agency.
At the moment the measure is focusing on pupils of primary school age, rather
than older schoolchildren, the minister said.
“I know that it will take time,” the minister stated. “We are setting up a
national model for the next generation of English teachers.”
The new selection process for teachers will also target Italian language
teachers for children who are not native speakers, the minister said, reflecting
Italy’s growing linguistic diversity.
Never fails... Every time Italy gets a new DIY government, whoever's
turn it is to be the Minister of Education wipes the dust off the idea of
introducing school subjects in English.
Before setting up that model, how about if we fix a few quirks we have with
the Italian language?
 | English children are taught to avoid a run-on sentence and lighten
sentences of unnecessary words. What insane academic committee stated it's
fine to teach Italian children how to write one sentence that covers an
entire page?
"The quick brown (insert 68 words) jumps over the lazy (insert
another 51 words and a brief life story)."
|
 | This passionate love affair Italians have with the semicolon
has to come to an end. It has always had a reputation of being worthless
punctuation. We see enough of it in our Italian utility bills, cooking
recipes and children's comic books!
|
 | The English are taught to write clear and to the point. It's like modern
art, less is more. Why use four words when one will do fine? Italians are
taught to write more like Dante. Why write about one circle of hell when you
have nine? A production of Hamlet is less complicated that an Italian third
grader's description of what he did for Easter vacation. |
Last but not least, we'll be looking forward to the teachers' class notes in
English such as the following:
 | "Per festeggiare la sufficienza in arte Lorenzo S. spara un fumogeno
dalla finestra dell’aula."
"To celebrate his passing grade in art Lorenzo S. fired a smoke bomb from
the classroom window."
|
 | "(In nord italia) L’alunno Dario L. giustifica l’assenza del 10/11/2014 per:
Ha ceduto una diga in Puglia (sud italia)."
(In north Italy) “Student Dario L. justified his absence of 10/11/2014
with: A dam broke in Puglia (south Italy).
|
 | “L’alunno Alessandro S. assente il 16/03/2008, motivo: Dovevo
picchiare bene il mio cugino”
"Student Alessandro S. absent on 16/03/2008, motive: I had to give a good
beating to my cousin." |
-
 |
“Metà
della classe è assente, l’altra metà tenta di convincermi che gli assenti
non sono mai esistiti.” "Half of the class is absent, the other half is trying to convince me
that the absent never existed." |
What would Jesus think of the free haircut & shave at the
Vatican?
|

Vatican City - January 29, 2015 - The homeless will soon be able to use not
only hot shower and toilet facilities but also a barber service in the Vatican.
Haircuts and shaves will be available to the poor and homeless free of charge
on Mondays, the day on which barber shops and hairdressers in Italy are usually
closed, starting on February 16 under the auspices of the Office of Papal
Charities.
The service will be provided by volunteer barbers who have already donated
razors, scissors, brushes a mirror and a barber's chair toward the effort.
God bless pope #266! A pope who's trying to bring hope. He's living
the part, trying his best to reorganize that Vatican and bring some moral order
to it.
It's nice to hear the so-called Office of Papal Charities are taking never
seen before initiatives...but they've been mediocre so far. The holy salon
service caught world attention and brought much needed publicity, but what
about their other fabulous initiatives like:
 | Giving out 400 sleeping bags to the homeless over Christmas (what
happens when a Vatican employee finds a great going-out-of-business sale
with a sporting goods store on Ebay),
|
 | Distributing 300 umbrellas left by tourists in the Vatican Museums
("fanculo!", when it rains, it pours! From the holy coat check room
to the holy "lost and found" to you on the street...you know, for keeping
dry in your sleeping bag when it rains). |
On a happy note, the Vatican did warm the hearts of many Catholics and non
with the salon service, which, by the way, is paid for by donations...and the
sale of papal blessings (6 to 30 Euros each).
We know what you're thinking, "Oh, cazzarola, I have to get a blessing
from the Pope and announce it to everyone!"
Slow down...there's no blessing involved. A blessing is just a holy word for
personalized lettered scrolls on parchment, marking milestones like baptisms or
marriages. Most of it is computer generated and include a photograph of the
pope, flower designs, sketches of Rome churches and script lettering. The
closest it comes to being considered blessed by the Pope is if he happens to be
within a 500 meter radius of the closet where the parchment is stored.
And regarding those volunteer barbers who you'll be seeing at the Vatican,
rest assured they're super fans of Christ.
The ones with a huge picture of the Blessed Mother in their barber
shops...hanging over the jar with the combs in the holy blue water.
Dolce per la Festa! This gift of great Sicilian taste is sure to please. Our
cookie tray is filled with a scrumptious assortment of our best selling Italian
and Sicilian cookies arranged on a golden cookie tray (Santo Trio Almond,
Sicilian Orange Almond, Pistachio, Amarena, Buccellati and Sesame Seed Cookies).
No preservatives, additives, artificial colors, or flavors.
"My mouth is already watering... Last time, I was bringing some to party,
but due to weather, it was rescheduled for a month later... I froze the cookies
and took them out the day of the party. The cookies never made to dessert time...
Everyone kept sneaking into the kitchen to steal them and by the time dinner was
over...no more cookies! Thanks for making such a great product." Michele
N. (Howell, New Jersey)
Come visit the bakery at CookiesFromItaly.com! |
4 reasons why half of Italians want to get the hell out of
Italy
|

Rome - January 30, 2015 - Nearly half of Italians would like to leave the
country and live abroad, according to a recent poll.
This marked an increase of 8% from 2006, two years before the global economic
crisis hit the country, said the Eurispes polling agency.
It also found that almost half of Italians, 47%, say they can't make it
financially to the end of the month. This was 16.4% up on last year, Eurispes
said.
Four out of ten Italians think the Italian economy would do better if the
country left the eurozone.
The percentage of Italians that want out of the euro jumped from 26% at the
beginning of 2014 to 40% this month, said Eurispes.
The poll also showed that nearly half of Italians are paying medical bills on
installment plans, part of a growing trend for all kinds of spending.
We've had it this time. Seriously. "Andate tutti a 'fanculo!"
After years of relentless recession Italians are fed up with the country,
Europe, the Euro (our expensive whore currency), the Mafia, institutions,
corruption, post office, alley cats...you name it! Anything with the prefix
Italian attached to it.
1) We're no longer pro-European. We had greater trust in EU
institutions than in our own, which have long been taken over by the rancid
cheese type smell of corruption and an out of control 2 trillion Euro debt. How
did it get that high?
 | Oh, the "figli di puttane" in all the past Italian governments
played it real smart. They sent a gigantic supply of social studies,
science, Latin language and religion books to the schools so that Italians
wouldn't study math! |
 | If Italians knew just basic accounting the first words out of their
mouths would be, "Oh, cazzo, what the hell is this!?" |
2) Most of Italy’s natural flora and fauna is gone due to centuries of
cultivation. And most of our natural wildlife has also disappeared due to
another race of "figli di puttane" who have to over-hunt.
 | We take our lives into our hands during the olive picking season. At any
given moment when you're up in the trees picking, you could hear shotgun
pellets fly over your head. |
 | Or when they shoot an old rooster in your backyard because they swore
it looked just like a wild pheasant. |
3) We suffer more earthquakes than any other Europeans and Californians.
Unfortunately, it's a supernatural force that has brought mass destruction in
Italy's past...but won't change the way of thinking and reasoning of some
Italians. For example, when you're in the kitchen and hear the monotone
voice of a relative asking incoherent questions:
 | "Franco, when you built this table...how long did you make it and
what kind of wood is it?" |
 | "That herd of sheep over there...is it going to graze on that land or
on that other land?" |
4) Our birthrate is the second lowest in the Western world. Political
leaders and the Church have expressed concern and have offered cash bonuses to
push us to have more than one child.
 | But it has nothing to do with either post-war economic booms or the
current recession. The birthrate drop has been a part of Italian life for
over 40 years. The truth is (and we're the only ones to admit it)
Italians are getting sick of...other Italians. |
 | Can't you see we've long stopped believing in the future and in life in
Italy? Better a slow extinction than to hear an Italian couple with a
newborn insist, "The bishop must bless our offspring with more emotion.
Giuseppe will grow up to be a man of destiny!" |
-
-
- Subscribe today to the best Italian news ezine in the history of the Roman Empire, pizza, and electricity.
|
|
| |
-
-

-
-

-

February 2015 |
Su |
Mo |
Tu |
We |
Th |
Fr |
Sa |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
|
|
January 2015 |
Su |
Mo |
Tu |
We |
Th |
Fr |
Sa |
|
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
29 |
30 |
31 |
|
-
December 2014 |
Su |
Mo |
Tu |
We |
Th |
Fr |
Sa |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
29 |
30 |
31 |
|
|
|
|
-
November 2014 |
Su |
Mo |
Tu |
We |
Th |
Fr |
Sa |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
29 |
30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
October 2014 |
Su |
Mo |
Tu |
We |
Th |
Fr |
Sa |
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
29 |
30 |
31 |
|
|
-
September 2014 |
Su |
Mo |
Tu |
We |
Th |
Fr |
Sa |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
29 |
30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
August 2014
-
July 2014
-
June 2014
-
May 2014
-
April 2014
-
March 2014
-
February 2014
-
January 2014
-
December 2013
-
November 2013
-
September 2013
-
August 2013
-
July 2013
-
June 2013
-
May 2013
-
April 2013
-
March 2013
-
February 2013
-
January 2013
-
December 2012
-
November 2012
-
October 2012
-
September 2012
-
August 2012
-
July 2012
-
June 2012
-
January 2012
-
December 2011
-
November 2011
-
October 2011
-
September 2011
-
August 2011
-
May 2011
-
April 2011
-
March 2011
-
February 2011
-
January 2011
-
December 2010
-
July 2010
-
January 2010
-
December 2009
-
October 2009
-
September 2009
-
August 2009
-
July 2009
-
May 2009
-
April 2009
-
December 2008
-
August 2008
-
May 2008
-
February 2008
-
December 2007
-
September 2007
-
July 2007
-
May 2007
-
December 2006
-
November 2006
-
October 2006
-
September 2006
-
August 2006
-
July 2006
-
June 2006
-
May 2006
-
April 2006
-
March 2006
-
February 2006
-
December 2005
-
November 2005
-
October 2005
-
September 2005
-
August 2005
-
April 2005
-
March 2005
-
January 2005
-
December 2004
-
September 2004
-
August 2004
-
July 2004
|
|