Author: Italoeuropeo

Alitalia renovates cabin interiors of its whole medium-haul aircraft fleet New leather seats in all planes

Alitalia renovates cabin interiors of its whole medium-haul aircraft fleet New leather seats in all planes Rome, December 7, 2015 – A major cabin refurbishment of Alitalia’s short and medium fleet of 96 aircraft has begun with the project earmarked for completion by April next year.

Four aircraft a week – both Airbus and Embraer models – will be stripped down internally to renovate the passenger cabins completely. At the same time that the planes are in the hangar getting a new interior look and feel, the exteriors will be painted in Alitalia’s new livery that it launched in June this year.

The first refurbished aircraft began service on Saturday, December 5.

The refurbishment work on each aircraft will take five days from start to finish and more than 14,000 black leather seats with elegant beige stitching will be fitted on board the Alitalia aircraft.

Each seat will have new coloured headrests – beige for business class and red for economy. Every plane will be fitted with new ‘wood effect’ bulkheads which will feature the distinctive Alitalia logo. More than 130 new staff in Alitalia’s Engineering and Maintenance Department will help transform the aircraft cabin interiors and speed up the process.

Marco Martinasso, Alitalia’s Vice President Marketing, said: “The aim is give a greater feel of Italian style and quality on board the aircraft that will hopefully attract new customers and retain existing ones.” “We have shifted from a typically technical type of refurbishment which relied more on functionality, airworthiness and acceptable aesthetics to a new focus on customers and higher levels of service.

We want our customers to experience a higher degree of comfort by providing a much better standard of cabin”.

Refurbishment work is underway on the airline’s long-haul fleet of 24 aircraft – six have already been completed – which will also undergo a similar and major facelift, with all work completed by the end of 2016.

The lengthier time to complete the project is because of the size of the long-haul, wide-bodied planes needing a longer stay in the hangars than the short and medium haul fleets.

THE TALE OF FRATELLI LA BUFALA: PIZZA, CHEESE & BEYOND

London gets its fourth location of the global Neapolitan eatery
No need to fly to Italy to taste the Neapolitan pizza and cuisine: Fratelli La Bufala, the successful franchising of authentic Neapolitan restaurants and pizzerias centered on buffalo products, opens a new branch  in London on December 7, 2015, at 161 Edgware Road W2 2HR.

The Fratelli La Bufala brand (FLB) was established in 2003 in Naples by 3 partners, whose story is recounted as an old-fashion fairy tale: young and brave brothers who, after the loss of their father, emigrate in search of fame and adventure in different corners of the world. After many years of hard work, they reunited the respective successful ventures, which today count over 100 restaurants in Italy and the world, with plans to further expand.

The menu, with special selections created by Celebrity Chef Enzo Oliveri, promises to add a special zest to the dining scene of London.  Next to featuring the sublime mozzarella di bufala campana DoP and an extensive list of derived products, it will also present a full list of starters, pastas, salads and desserts.

A distinctive trait of the restaurants is a commitment to organic products and recipes of the most authentic Neapolitan school, especially concerning the pizza selection, but also special pasta cuts and desserts.  The main ingredients used in the franchising are mostly outsourced from small Italian farms, with exception of fresh and seasonal produce, carefully hand-picked daily from local vendors.

The new Edgware Road location, offers a lively ambiance with its colorful murals and pop-art paintings.  No overcrowded spaces, but rather a simple décor studied with care, to prepare customers’ mood and senses to an enjoyable meal. All the furniture uses eco-friendly materials, a statement to the philosophy of the group.

The restaurant will be open daily from 11:30am to 1am. All major credit cards accepted.
You can also enjoy your meals at the following venues:
Fratelli La Bufala – Piccadilly 40, Shaftesbury Avenue · 020 7734 3404
Fratelli La Bufala – Charing Cross 35-37 Villiers St · 020 7930 0311
Fratelli La Bufala – Knightsbridge 12 Knightsbridge Green· 020 7584 4466

For additional information please visit: www.fratellilabufala.eu
or contact press-uk@fratellilabufala.com

Some anniversaries of the next year

Another year is going to its end, 2015 has been a year with up and down, the economy in Italy and London is restarted but this year is began and is finishing with two terrible attacks happened in Paris.

So it’s very difficult to do a satisfactory brief about this current year, in my opinion what is happened to the offices of Charlie Ebdo, at the Jews Market and finally at the Bataclan arena, is so serious that I can not positively judge the 2015.

Furthermore I would remember to our readers that the unstable international situation in Middle Orient and the enormous migration from those problematic countries to Europe, will become a serious problem these next years. However for only one time I want stop to frighten our readers giving my opinions about the complicated international matters, but this time I would like to give you a nice and easy reading.

Indeed the next year there will be a lot of anniversary of important men, things, theories and historic happened and we would like to do a brief summary about those.

100 years from the publishing of the theory of relativity:
published on the number 49 of the journal Annalen Der Physik on March of 1916.

70 years from the birth of the famous Italian two wheels vehicle: La Vespa

400 years from the death of the great William Shakespeare.

100 years from the birth, in the United States, of the National Park Service and one century of life of the amazing Yosemite Park

100 years from the terrible and bloody ground battles, during the Great War, of Verdun and La Somme. In these two scenarios of the World War I the solders that lost their life were been hundred thousands.

350 years from the Great Fire that destroyed 3/4 of London. The great Fire that burnt the city for days was so terrible that five years later, exactly on 1771, began the construction of an high Doric Column for commemorating this tragic happened.

60 years from the Hungarian Revolution: was an nationwide revolt against their own government submissive to the Soviet’s political and military power.

10 years ago the Italian national team won its fourth Soccer World Cup.

 

Do you want to buy an home? Well below we will report 10 cheapest area

 

Since 1980 to now the real estate market has been always growing its already high prices, London is year by year the most desired city in the world, but this aspect is not a good thing for who is seeking an house.

The prices are increasing a lot and this could become a problem for who would move here in London, maybe the government should do something for trying to put a brake at this unstoppable growth of the real estate sector, but it is normal understand why the government or the mayor have not done anything about it.

Stop the real estate market would mean stop one of the most important forms of income for this city.

However London is very well linked, every area is quickly reachable with the tube station and DLR, so carry on the seeking of a home in zone two or zone one could be a mistake and a great waste of money.

In zone 2 the prices for a standard flats are average around £723,000, in zone 3 the prices have reached £488,000; nevertheless there are still occasions in zone 4 where the range of prices starts with £301,000.

I do not want to be repetitive but I would highlight that from certain areas in zone 4 a traveller can reach zone 1 in 20 – 30 minutes, so be frightened by the distances, thanks to the London’s transport, is not more a problem.

However we want give a service to our readers so below, we will report ten cheapest boroughs in zone 4: Snaresbrook, Hainault, Greenford, Newbury Park, Leytonstone are all located along the Central Line average the time to Oxford Circus is around 30 minutes; Colindale Northern Line, Wembley Park Metropolitan line (time to Oxford Circus 20 minutes), Upney District Line, East Ham and Barking both are located along the District and Hammersmith & City Lines.

We hope that with our suggestions we could give an help to who wants buy an home in London, careful choice and save money are two important rules for a good beginning in this huge city.

Tommaso Vicarelli

RAF dropped its first bombs over Syria

Last night four Tornado jet took off from Akrotiri base in Cyprus

Last Saturday we have told you the great demonstration that the opponents to the government’s military choice organized in Downing Street. The protest, which title was “Don’t Bomb Syria” will not the last demonstration that the members of Socialist workers Party and Labour Party will organize, mostly after the vote that last night in the Commons confirmed the British’s involvement in the complicated situation in Middle Orient and especially in Syria.
I invite the readers to go in Westminster because the protest that took place Saturday is still continuing, the opponents to Cameron hanged a big Syrian flag on a three light poles just outside Westminster.

However the target of that event “Don’t Bomb Syria”  to try to stop the involvement of Great Britain in a conflict in Syria, after the vote of last night at the Commons, is definitely over. MPs voted by 397 to 223 last night in favour of extending British action against the strongholds of Islamic State, Cameron that, after the tragic terrorist attack at the Bataclan Arena in Paris has always been decided to carry on this political choice, now has achieved his important target.

Official sources confirm that four RAF  Tornado jet, which  carry a range of munitions including Paveway IV guided bombs and precision-guided Brimstone missiles, took off from the Akrotiri base in Cyprus.

This first aircraft strike will be the first of a long series, the members of  Conservative party with this important choice want to hold under control and possibly eliminate any trace of the Islamic State in Syria.

It will not be a simple task because a great number of  these  strongholds of this State of the Terror, are hide within the urban areas and it could compromise the success of the strikes.

However the president of United States after receiving the news about the vote in London released this short declaration: a global threat that must be defeated by a global response&.

During the night these four Toenado jet carried out several strike over the military bases of Islamic State, but this will be only the beginning of a long series of military actions in that complicate zone of border between Syria and Iraq; we all together hope that now, thanks the aircraft action, the great threat of this State of the Terror could finish and could be remember only as a bad nightmare.
Tommaso Vicarelli

Istambul A Pipe Bomb has done fall the Turkey in another terrorist nightmare

Moment of panic and widespread terror have followed after the explosion happened this evening in a overpass closes to the Istanbul metro station. The explosion was caused by a pipe linked to a defective electrical transformer, perhaps for a overload of electricity, this is exploded causing the wounding of five people. 

photo news.com.au

Initially there were the suspects that behind this accidental explosion there was the shadow of Islamic State, I want to remember to our readers that the level of alert in Turkey is very high after what is happened in Ankara on 10 October 2015, where an suicide attack, carried out by two bombers, killed more of hundred people in which that is become the worst attack in modern Turkey’s history.
By the earlier reports from that European area of Istanbul seem that this accidental explosion was not caused by the fanatic members of Islamic State, despite before confirming this, we need to wait the response of the police.
Atilla Aydıner, the mayor of the Bayrampaşa district on the European side of the city, in a speech released to the press said that the investigation about what caused the explosion is carrying on but that likely is not involved a terrorist attack but only a unfortunately series of technical problem. Furthermore the mayor wanted underlines how the fire fighters and the ambulances have immediately arrived to succour and assist the injured.
The level of fear in this country is very high, the complicate situation at the borders with Syria is stressing the political leaders, and this kind of things do not help for maintaining a peaceful situation. However when will know the truth about what caused exactly the explosion we could understand clearly this happened and we could give you more information about it.

Istambul A Pipe Bomb has done fall the Turkey in another terrorist nightmare

Moment of panic and widespread terror have followed after the explosion happened this evening in a overpass closes to the Istanbul metro station. The explosion was caused by a pipe linked to a defective electrical transformer, perhaps for a overload of electricity, this is exploded causing the wounding of five people. 

photo news.com.au

Initially there were the suspects that behind this accidental explosion there was the shadow of Islamic State, I want to remember to our readers that the level of alert in Turkey is very high after what is happened in Ankara on 10 October 2015, where an suicide attack, carried out by two bombers, killed more of hundred people in which that is become the worst attack in modern Turkey’s history.
By the earlier reports from that European area of Istanbul seem that this accidental explosion was not caused by the fanatic members of Islamic State, despite before confirming this, we need to wait the response of the police.
Atilla Aydıner, the mayor of the Bayrampaşa district on the European side of the city, in a speech released to the press said that the investigation about what caused the explosion is carrying on but that likely is not involved a terrorist attack but only a unfortunately series of technical problem. Furthermore the mayor wanted underlines how the fire fighters and the ambulances have immediately arrived to succour and assist the injured.
The level of fear in this country is very high, the complicate situation at the borders with Syria is stressing the political leaders, and this kind of things do not help for maintaining a peaceful situation. However when will know the truth about what caused exactly the explosion we could understand clearly this happened and we could give you more information about it.

BEPPE SEVERGNINI in LA VITA E’ UN VIAGGIO (Life is a Journey)

TIJ EVENTS  presents
LONDON – UK Lyric Theatre 22nd February 2016

 

TIJ EVENTS  presents There is no need for too many words to begin: it only takes twenty, like the kilograms allowed per baggage on a plane (economy class).

Two travellers, a mature man and a young woman who don’t know each other, meet in a non-place: a small airport where they remain stuck all night because their flights have been cancelled. 
 
At first they study one another, perhaps with a hint of mistrust. He’s afraid of being paternalistic, she fears being naive. He talks, she listens.

She asks, he answers. As time passes, the forced intimacy changes their relationship: they realize to have traveled widely, discussing arrivals, departures and luggages. Then they talk about talent and tenacity, timing and tenderness, discovering that fear – in life as well as in business – is inevitable and perhaps necessary.

They speak of briefness and precision, essential qualities in these busy times;  they discuss the importance of having guides and reference points and the wisdom of finding satisfaction in life’s simple things.

They speak of pitfalls to avoid and consolations at hand; of what one brings along and what one must leave behind; of what is left behind and should be kept instead. 

Time slips by, the night passes, until it’s dawn and the airport opens again. It’s time to go: each their own way, perhaps a different one from what they had imagined .

One night can changes many things, regardless of age.
 
There is a third person on stage, another traveler stuck at the airport. The young woman, attentive and silent, fills the wait with her guitar and her songs. A musical punctuation to the amazing story that takes place before his eyes, and those of the public.

 

 
BEPPE SEVERGNINI in La Vita è un Viaggio (Life is a journey)

with Marta Isabella Rizi and Elisabetta Spada
original music by Kiss & Drive
Directed by Francesco Brandi

Freely adapted from Beppe Severgnini books:
Italiani di domani (Rizzoli 2012, BestBur 2014) and La vita è un viaggio (Rizzoli 2014).

Lyric Theatre on February 22nd 2016
 

 
 

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3.3 million British children have had their belief in Santa ended by the internet

  – Online ads, search engines and social media spoiling kids’ belief in Santa – Since 1997, the year Google search launched, 26% of children have had their belief in Santa ended by the internet.

The internet contributes to children discovering Santa isn’t real at a younger age – driving down the average age they stop believing from almost 9 years old in their parent’s childhood to 6 years 11 months old today.

 

Targeted ads, search engines and seeing the results of a parents’ shop for gifts online are the top online reasons for children finding out about Santa.

In response, and to protect children’s beliefs for longer, www.hidemyass.comhas released a free browser plug-in for parents that cleverly conceals any online content that could lead to children prematurely discovering the truth about Santa – such content is covered with a picture of Santa in his workshop The software can be downloaded at www.hidemyass.com/keep-believing-in-santa It used to be the case that as children got older they would eventually wise up to the truth about Santa.

Perhaps they found unwrapped presents squirreled away in the attic by mum and dad, heard about ‘the great lie’ being whispered on the school playground or simply put two and two together.

However, that was in the days before families lived much of their lives online.

 According to new research* by virtual private network provider www.hidemyass.com, in the 18 years since Google search was launched in 1997 an estimated 3.37 million** children in Britain (26%) have actually seen their belief in Santa Claus ended by none other than the internet.

As a result of social media, targeted advertising and the ‘truth’ of Santa being just a quick Google search away, the opportunities for youngsters to stumble across the reality of Santa Claus online, whether by accident or design, are more abundant now than ever before.

The age belief ends The internet seems to be playing such a major role in altering children’s Christmas beliefs that it may be contributing to driving down the average age youngsters stop believing in Santa. Indeed, for children born between 1997 (the year Google search launched) and 2005 (just before Facebook opened to the public), who were between 3 and 10 when they stopped believing in Santa, the average age reduced by 14.4%: from 7 years and 10 months to 6 and 11 months. If such a rate of reduction continued we could potentially see belief in Santa eroded altogether in the next 44 years***. This apparent downward trend is even more marked when compared to the age their parents stopped believing in Santa: on average at 8 years and 7 months – a 19% reduction between the generations.

[photo watsonbrunei.blogspot.com]

The main online culprits Of the 21% of parents that pointed the finger of blame at the internet, the most common online offender was advertising. Indeed, 47% of children had their Santa suspicions raised after seeing ads online for the very gifts they’d wished for in their letters to the North Pole. Additionally, over a third (35%) performed a Google search for Santa and clicked onto a web page explaining that he was no more than a merry myth.

The same number of children (35%) simply watched on in the background as their parents shopped online for Christmas presents. Meanwhile, for one in 10 (10%) children, their holiday happiness came crashing down down after reading an unfortunate Tweet or Facebook post saying that Santa is make believe.

Reflecting the fact that this generation’s youngsters are effectively born internet literate (and spend an average of 11 hours on the internet each week) the research also shows that almost one in 10 (9%) children have turned cyber sleuth and looked through their parents’ internet search history or online shopping accounts to find evidence that mum and dad had procured the Christmas presents, not Mr Claus and his elves.

Such junior detective work is obviously made all the easier with almost two thirds (61%) of parents polled by www.hidemyass.com never deleting their search history or logging out of online shopping accounts during Christmas.

For all of these reasons it is perhaps no surprise that the overwhelming majority of parents (89%) strongly believe that the internet has made it far easier for children today to find out the truth about Santa – and to find out earlier than they had when they were children. Keep believing in Santa .

In response to the findings www.hidemyass.com has today launched a campaign called ‘Keep Believing In Santa’, which aims to help parents navigate the online festive pitfalls threatening to prematurely put an end to their kids’ belief in the benevolent, bearded gift giver.

At the heart of the campaign by www.hidemyass.com is a free browser plug-in for parents that will help to protect children over the Christmas period from the Santa-sapping potential of the internet. Once installed on a web browser and activated, the innovative software monitors all online search results, web pages or social media communications that could threaten to bring a child’s belief in Santa crashing down.

If a child were to search “Is Santa real?” on Google the nifty plug-in would immediately conceal the resulting content with images of a jolly Santa Claus in his grotto. It can be downloaded for free from www.hidemyass.com/keep-believing-in-santa The development of the plug-in has already been welcomed by 72% of parents in Britain, who are keen to see an online feature that will help preserve the mystery of Santa Claus for their children that little bit longer – something 79% see as important.

Cian Mckenna-Charley, of www.hidemyass.com,-photo www.cartoonstock.com– commented: “We all spend so much of our time on the internet nowadays that the lines between ‘online’ and ‘offline’ aren’t just blurred, they’ve been erased completely.

Consequently, as our research shows, this constant connectivity makes it far easier for children to discover online content bringing Santa’s existence into question.

Not only is there a higher likelihood of the internet now being the main source of a child’s belief in Santa ending, it can also result in youngsters finding out sooner than for those born before the digital era.

With this campaign, we wanted to give parents an optional tool that would allow them to maintain the magic of Christmas and the mystery of Santa for that little bit longer.

” Santa Claus himself has issued a video appeal today urging parents to install the software and help protect the Christmas spirit for their little ones.

This can be viewed here: www.hidemyass.com/keep-believing-in-santa. Santa Claus concluded: “Parents! It has come to my attention that some people are taking the joy away from Christmas, by whispering on the inter-web that I’m nothing but a figment of your imagination.

If you don’t want your little whippersnappers to see falsehoods conjured up by internet imps, down-load this thingamabob that covers all the wicked fibs with jolly pictures of me in my workshop. Ho Ho Ho!”