Ladysilvia

Stress test: The Italian Government acknowledges and accepts the outcome of the test

Ministero dell'Economia e delle Finanze

Rome: The Italian Government acknowledges and accepts the outcome of the test aimed at verifying EU banks' capital adequacy with respect to possible adverse economic developments (stress test), carried out within the EU by competent national authorities and the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS), in close connection with the European Central Bank and the European Commission.

Apple Updates Safari 5

Apple

CUPERTINO, California - Apple® today released Safari® 5.0.1, turning on Safari Extensions and introducing the Safari Extensions Gallery. Apple introduced extensions support in Safari 5 in June so developers could begin creating extensions with HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript web standards. With Safari Extensions Gallery, users can quickly find extensions that add powerful new features to Safari,

Apple Unveils New Mac Pro With Up to 12 Processing Cores

Apple

CUPERTINO, California - Apple® today unveiled a new Mac® Pro line with up to 12 processing cores and up to 50 percent greater performance than the previous generation.* Featuring the latest quad-core and 6-core Intel Xeon processors, all-new ATI graphics and the option for up to four 512GB solid state drives (SSD), the new Mac Pro continues to deliver amazing performance and expandability

Apple Unveils New 27-inch LED Cinema Display

Apple

CUPERTINO, California Apple® today unveiled a new 27-inch LED Cinema Display with stunning 2560 x 1440 resolution and 60 percent more screen real estate than the 24-inch LED Cinema Display. Featuring a built-in iSight® video camera, microphone and speakers, powered USB 2.0 hub, and universal MagSafe® connector, the new LED Cinema Display is an ideal companion for the MacBook® family

Letter from Apple Regarding iPhone 4

Apple

CUPERTINO, California - Dear iPhone 4 Users,

The iPhone 4 has been the most successful product launch in Apple’s history. It has been judged by reviewers around the world to be the best smartphone ever, and users have told us that they love it. So we were surprised when we read reports of reception problems, and we immediately began investigating them. Here is what we have

iPad Available in Nine More Countries This Friday

Apple

CUPERTINO, California - Apple® today announced that iPad™ will be available in Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore this Friday, July 23. iPad allows users to connect with their apps and content in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before. Users can browse the web, read and send email, enjoy and share photos, watch

iPhone 4 Sales Top 1.7 Million

Apple

CUPERTINO, California—June 28, 2010—Apple® today announced that it has sold over 1.7 million of its iPhone® 4 through Saturday, June 26, just three days after its launch on June 24. The new iPhone 4 features FaceTime®, which makes video calling as easy as one tap, and Apple’s new Retina display, the highest resolution display ever built into a phone, resulting in stunning

Apple Unveils All New Mac mini

Apple

CUPERTINO, California - Apple® today unveiled a completely redesigned Mac® mini, featuring up to twice the graphics performance, a new HDMI port and a new SD card slot, all in an amazingly compact aluminum enclosure. Mac mini is the world’s most energy efficient desktop and starting at $699, is the most affordable way to enjoy Mac OS® X, iLife® or Mac OS X Snow Leopard®

Apple Releases Safari 5

Apple

SAN FRANCISCO - Apple® today released Safari® 5, the latest version of the world’s fastest and most innovative web browser, featuring the new Safari Reader for reading articles on the web without distraction, a 30 percent performance increase over Safari 4,* and the ability to choose Google, Yahoo! or Bing as the search service powering Safari’s search field. Available for both

Apple Presents iPhone 4

Apple

SAN FRANCISCO - Apple® today presented the new iPhone® 4 featuring FaceTime, which makes the dream of video calling a reality, and Apple’s stunning new Retina display, the highest resolution display ever built into a phone, resulting in super crisp text, images and video. In addition, iPhone 4 features a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, HD video recording, Apple’s A4 processor,

Apple Sells Two Million iPads in Less Than 60 Days

Apple

CUPERTINO, California - Apple® today announced that iPad™ sales have topped two million in less than 60 days since its launch on April 3. Apple began shipping iPad in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK this past weekend. iPad will be available in nine more countries in July and additional countries later this year.

“Customers

Steve Jobs to Kick Off Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference 2010 with Keynote Address on Monday, June 7

Apple

UPERTINO, California - Apple® will kick off its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with a keynote address by CEO Steve Jobs on Monday, June 7 at 10:00 a.m. This year’s WWDC sold out in a record eight days to over 5,000 developers.

The five-day event running from June 7 to June 11, is focused on providing advanced content for skilled developers across five key

Master Stefano Festa, A biographical outline

Silvia M. Carrassi

Stefano Festa was born in Milan. In 1970, when he is only 12 years old, he meets the postcubist painter Ibrahim Kodra, a close friend and artistic heir of Picasso, who recognizes in Festa strong artistic flairs.

So young, Festa begins to attend regularly the Master’s studio located in Milan, as his pupil and then as his personal art assistant for 22 years long, up to 1992,

European data protection group faults Facebook for privacy setting change

europa

Brussels: The Article 29 Working Party, the group of European data protection authorities, told Facebook in a letter today that it is unacceptable that the company fundamentally changed the default settings on its social-networking platform to the detriment of a user. Facebook made the change only days after the company and other social networking sites providers participated at a hearing during

iPad Available in Nine More Countries on May 28

Apple

CUPERTINO, California - Apple® today announced that iPad™ will be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK on Friday, May 28. Customers can pre-order all iPad models from Apple’s online store in all nine countries beginning on Monday, May 10. In the US, Apple has already sold over one million iPads and customers have downloaded over

Apple Sells One Million iPads

Apple

CUPERTINO, California - Apple® today announced that it sold its one millionth iPad™ on Friday, just 28 days after its introduction on April 3. iPad users have already downloaded over 12 million apps from the App Store and over 1.5 million ebooks from the new iBookstore.

“One million iPads in 28 days - that’s less than half of the 74 days it took to achieve this

Apple Worldwide Developers Conference Kicks Off June 7 in San Francisco

Apple

CUPERTINO, California - Apple® today announced that it will hold its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) June 7 through June 11 at San Francisco’s Moscone West. The five-day conference includes the first ever iPad™ development sessions and hands-on working labs for iPhone® OS 4, as well as Mac OS® X core technology labs.

“This year’s WWDC

Wesak, Festival of Light Worldwide Meditation 2010

Silvia Michela Carrassi

Wesak Festival of Light Worldwide Meditation: is an annual holiday observed traditionally by practicing Buddhists in South Asianand South East Asian countries like Nepal, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Indonesia and India.

Sometimes informally called "Buddha's Birthday," it actually encompasses the birth, enlightenment

An Angel named Marcia

Alfredo d'Ecclesia

(Alfredo d'Ecclesia) - Nature is a place of indescribable beauty, a sweet music that rises from earth to heaven, spreading everywhere and spreading its fragrance. The angels are not only employees, but actively involved in the plane of the sky, are the active forces working together. There are legions of angels who take care of the entire universe, galaxies of each planet of nations, cities,

The Amazon Marcia Theophilo

Alfredo d'Ecclesia

(Alfredo d'Ecclesia) The difference between the Western idea of nature and that our
is that in Western culture we talk about a
tree as a decorative element of the landscape
while we consider one with our lives. (Marcia Theophilo)

Theophilo Marcia was born in Fortaleza, Brazil in 1941, studied at St. Paul in Rio De Janeiro and Rome where he graduated in the

Apple Updates MacBook Pro Line

Apple

CUPERTINO, California - Apple® today updated the MacBook® Pro line with faster processors, powerful next-generation NVIDIA graphics and even longer battery life. The popular 13-inch MacBook Pro features the new NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics processor for up to 80 percent faster graphics and a groundbreaking 10-hour built-in battery.* The new 15-inch and 17-inch MacBook Pro models feature

Apple Previews iPhone OS 4

Apple

CUPERTINO, California - Apple® today previewed its iPhone® OS 4 software and released a beta version of the software to iPhone Developer Program members. The iPhone OS 4 beta release includes an updated Software Development Kit (SDK) with over 1,500 new Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and over 100 new features that will be available to iPhone and iPod touch® users this summer.

Apple Director Jerome B. York Passes Away

Apple

CUPERTINO, California - Apple® is sad to announce the death of Apple Board member Jerome B. (Jerry) York. York, the chairman, president and CEO of Harwinton Capital, joined Apple’s Board of Directors in 1997. He was the former CFO of IBM and Chrysler, and former vice chairman of Tracinda. He is widely acknowledged for his contributions at Chrysler and IBM during their turnarounds.

Happy Birthday Edward Murphy

Redazione

Edward "Eddie" Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an American actor, voice actor, film director, producer, comedian and singer. He is the second-highest grossing actor in motion picture history.

Early life
Murphy was born in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. His mother, Lilian, was a telephone operator, and his father, Charles Edward Murphy,

Economic Recovery: Second batch of 4-billion-euro package goes to 43 pipeline and electricity projects

Europe (EU)

José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, said: "Under the EU's Recovery Plan we finance 'smart investment' – a short-term stimulus targeted on long-term goals. Investing in key infrastructure will not only give a push to the economy and employment, but it will also help ensuring that citizens homes will have heating and electricity, even in the event

Chemicals: New European Commission determined to make REACH a success

Europe (EU)

Brussels: "REACH is a key example of balance-striking between the three pillars of sustainable development: competitiveness, social and environment. REACH ensures a high level of protection of human health and the environment, while also playing an important role to encourage innovation, foster competitiveness and better enable enterprises meet essential demands of consumers” underlined

Whither republicanism?

La Circolare Spigolosa

Judging by recent developments, republicanism as a cultural and political force is dead. John Lydon, the former Sex Pistols front man who sang �God Save the Queen! Her fascist regime!� has announced he wants to make a documentary. Against the monarchy? No. In praise of the �good� that the Royal family does. Will republicanism soon be a word describing a piece of history, rather than an active,

King Gyanendra says End Of Monarchy in the Republic of Nepal is a Hypothetical Question

La Circolare Spigolosa

Talking to Suman Giri of Avenues TV, a Kathmandu-based private network, for the first time since is ouster three years ago, in Janakpur where he went to worship Janaki, ex-king Gyanendra has strongly hinted that the monarchy could be revived in the federal democratic republic of Nepal. Here?s transcript of the interview:

Welcome. How do you feel about the turning point through which

Second session ahead of Chelsea v Inter

INTER

APPIANO GENTILE - The penultimate training session before Tuesday night's UEFA Champions League last sixteen return leg against Chelsea took place this morning at the Centro Sportivo Angelo Moratti.

Apart from Wesley Sneijder, who rested as a precaution after picking up a slight cold, all the players took part in the training session. After a warm-up, Mourinho's players

The indescribable beauty

Alfredo d'Ecclesia

In a place
indefinable beauty
your eyes
I smile
I speak
I undressed
all knowledge
my love.

I always sense
increasing the sensuality
that your eyes gives me
that your particular scent
melt your hair in the wind
Your hug ...

Your embrace
raises holy fire
magnetic vibration

He rose with the sun.

Alfredo d'Ecclesia

He found it attractive
cross your hands on chest
was at ease
relief.
Kiss love
make vivid the trend ...
the progress of the action.
The intrigue with surprises,
nature and experience
chase in a dance
harassed sensual.
At which point conveys
general admiration.
The usual homage forgotten
and the usual

EARTHQUAKE OFF THE COAST OF CHILE

Europe (EU)

Brussels: President Barroso has made the following statement on the earthquake in Chile: "I am deeply shocked at the extent of the devastation that is emerging following the major earthquake in Chile. My thoughts and condolences go out to the families of the victims of this terrible disaster. We stand ready to do whatever it takes to help the Chilean authorities at this time of need. As a

Finding a job (European Union)

Europe (EU)

The European Employment Services (EURES) Network
If you are looking for a job in another Member State, you can consult the employment services in your home country or the country where you wish to work. These centres, most of which have specialized staff termed "Eures-advisers", are linked up to form a network called EURES (EURopean Employment Services) – visit their European

Camera lucida

Alfredo d'Ecclesia

Camera Lucida

An expansion
As lightning is
add me
your face in his hands
Is this not art?
Eye color
I'm not hiding anything
my love,

admit with all my might
your smell.
My special love
melts, internalizes, deafened, dominates,
a grant of intimacy.
From the point of view of pleasure
wire drag me
in your

"RESTLESSNESS"

ROSARIO TISO

And' night and the moon shines.
The dreams take to lulling the lion of the mind...
The sleep doesn't reduce the animal
restlessness to smell new colors...
Earths never seen, the more you aspire,
on the lips of this air that stuns me...

Rosario Tiso

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The room

Alfredo d'Ecclesia

In this space
I would be useful
better taste your lips
light of my eyes.

See
your spark shine
I stripped of all knowledge.
Yelling but not hurt
rejoice

Your dew
light of my eyes.

Danzami him
white silk
no love
depicts the essence.

Indeed
all intrusions
are rouged
in your nodes.

Oh, how sweet it is

the pain of

"THE WINTER ARRIVES"

ROSARIO TISO

"THE WINTER ARRIVES"
The winter arrives...
Odor of simple things here.
Firewood they have stacked in the streets of outskirts.
Odor of new loves among the young leaves of suburbs.
Beautiful and joyful to see them together.
In the air odor of earth and smoke.
The flowers, in all the seasons, know the secrets of the love.
My days I pass

Mirror

Alfredo d'Ecclesia

With a quick gesture
a kiss without moorings
intercepts a person without memory.
Brevity
and the silk of your body
clinging to my skin.
What have you in the eye and ..
. you got heart
Fresh morning dew.
What have you in the eyes e. ..
you got heart
gem of gems.
The look and voice,
your voice ...
light

Caress

Alfredo d'Ecclesia

In the space of the room
greeting and beauty
infuse
retention of a gesture.
Nothing is fixed,
nothing is defined.
The hand kindly
Pat the face
controlling the heat.
The look kindly
follows the line of the hand.
The curvature of the bodies
Draw
Unlimited unions correspondents.
One who offers
and

Pleasure driven

Alfredo d'Ecclesia

Fountains chanted
the quiet
of fragrant gardens.

Moving away from the spatial coordinates and
freed from invisible forms,
reveal
valuable contribution.

Light
falling down,
broke the jars below
and distributed particles
that dispersed.

Reduced to nourishment
bodies collect
fervor,
water, wind, trees, fire
path sensually persuasive
illuminating.

With

Usually accesible

Alfredo d'Ecclesia

In a moment of exception
and in an ineffable
emotion focused,
through the rain in autumn
read
the image of time.

How I love you, the path of the heart.
Not for a moment
and even for a while ...

Oh the sound of water.

Look at me,
light of my eyes,
friendly gesture
and your fill

iPad Apple

Apple Computer

Safari
The large Multi-Touch screen on iPad lets you see web pages as they were meant to be seen — one page at a time. With vibrant color and sharp text. So whether you’re looking at a page in portrait or landscape, you can see everything at a size that’s actually readable. And with iPad, navigating the web has never been easier or more intuitive. Because you use the most

The Priest and Pastoral Ministry in a Digital World: New Media at the Service of the Word

Vaticano

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

The theme of this year's World Communications Day - The Priest and Pastoral Ministry in a Digital World: New Media at the Service of the Word - is meant to coincide with the Church's celebration of the Year for Priests. It focuses attention on the important and sensitive pastoral area of digital communications, in which priests can discover new

FIRST FEMALE UNDER SECRETARY OF JUSTICE AND PEACE COUNCIL

Vaticano

VATICAN CITY, 21 JAN 2010 (VIS) - The Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace has released a communique concerning today's appointment of Flaminia Giovanelli as its new under secretary. The communique is signed by Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson and Bishop Mario Toso S.D.B., respectively president and secretary of the same dicastery.
The new under secretary is a graduate in political

The Killers

Redazione

The Killers are an American alternative rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2002. The band consists of Brandon Flowers (vocals, keyboards), Dave Keuning (guitar, vocals), Mark Stoermer (bass guitar, vocals) and Ronnie Vannucci Jr. (drums, percussion). Part of the post-punk revival movement, The Killers draw their influences from music styles of the 1980s. The group's debut album, Hot Fuss

Campaigning for the rights of the Batwa people of Burundi

OHCHR

The Batwa first lived in the central African forests, but unlike the majority of the Burundi population who own farms, they are now a people without land. Many of the women make out a living for their families as traditional potters, others have to rent land or still live under a feudal system which requires them to return some of their profits to their landlord.
“Even though we were one

New Super Efficient Pharox 60 LED Bulbs Last for 25 Years

MyPharox

SAN FRANCISCO, PRNewswire/ -- Oct 2, Lemnis Lighting, Inc., the leader in LED lighting innovations, announced the consumer launch of the Pharox60 LED bulb available exclusively online at

Courtesy

Alfredo D'Ecclesia

Courtesy
is a promise for the future.

In this place
making delicate
comes away from a reason

The center is always full
edible substances
a heart
growing
a heart
handled Vision
of a heart ...

From an idea evaporated
and before
discontinuity of the light
paths forgiveness
lighting, shape, color.

The vital energy,

Members share their Christmas traditions with us

Europe

Astrid Lulling (EPP) told us that "in Luxembourg, at least when I was a child, St. Nicolas was much more important than Christmas, as far as presents for children are concerned. But we never got presents for Christmas. Of course, this has changed and unfortunately Christmas is more and more an occasion to offer and consume or to feel

Firefox 3.6 Beta (revision 5) now available for download

Mozilla

This morning the Mozilla community released Firefox 3.6 Beta 5, making it available for free download and issuing an automatic update to all Firefox 3.6 beta users. This update contains over 100 fixes from the last Firefox 3.6 beta, containing

24 hours NO STOP pro Amazon Forest

Franca Salato

We are here to ask to all of You to give voice to the Amazonian Forest, I have asked help to everybody and in all the possible ways.

I will be present and I will sustain with all of my strengths the event created on FaceBook, called the "24

SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL with "24 hours NO STOP pro Amazon Forest"

Redazione

With joy we receive and we communicate the entrance of a new and precious adhesion, for the " 24 hours No Stop pro Amazon Forest" Survival International takes part to this initiative.

The news of their adhesion has reached us on December 04 th 2009 at 16:30 o'clock

From Amazonia to New York

Marcia Theophilo

Tree from you I have taken the wild pain
those cries, in the air in the river
Animals flee from the shelter of your branches
deafening noises of monkeys and araras
the upright trunk, falls as it blackens.
The sloth moves slowly, quietly
the ariranha and the tamanduá
ears pricked at each sound
trees tell their stories
life when it is submerged
underwater

An Open Letter from Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook

It has been a great year for making the world more open and connected. Thanks to your help, more than 350 million people around the world are using Facebook to share their lives online.

To make this possible, we have focused on giving you the tools you need to share and control your information. Starting with the very first version of Facebook five years ago, we've built tools

24 hours NO STOP for Amazon forest

Redazione

Turin: few days last for one of the most important event of these years "world climate conference in Copenhagen"

The facebook group called "United states of the world", which joins the principles of life and dignity, has run the event «24 hours NO STOP for Amazon fore» with

Federal Council Approves Mandate for Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen

DATEC

Bern - The international community will negotiate measures against climate change at the UN Climate Change Conference from 7 to 18 December in Copenhagen (DK). Switzerland supports the adoption of a binding and comprehensive agreement that would involve commitments on the part of both existing and newly industrialised countries. It will reduce its own greenhouse gas emissions by between 20 and 30

Seeing stars, Proba-2 platform passes its first health check

ESA

Into its second week in orbit, Proba-2’s platform has proven to be in excellent health. This leaves the way clear for commissioning the many new technology payloads aboard the mini-satellite, among the smallest ever flown by ESA.

As ESA’s full-sized Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission soared skyward by Rockot launcher on 2 November, it had a smaller companion.

Audit The European Central Bank

Marco Saba

AUDIT THE ECB AND NATIONAL PARTNERS!

We ask for the auditing of the European Central Bank, following similar initiatives occurring in the US, like the proposal of the acts HR1207 and S604. The so-called Public Debt is incurred because the European states surrendered the sovereign right to issue their own money to private corporations that lend it at interest. So

Global Governance: Lessons from Europe

Bocconi

Pascal Lamy Director - General. Dear President, caro Mario Dear Rector, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am very proud to be at the Bocconi University today to inaugurate the academic year 2009- 2010. For over a century this university has remained true to its founding values of being a major research university, with democratic values, engaged

The University of Craiova Romania

SCUE IT

HERPS CENTER PROJECT
Whoever of you want to know how to divert funds destined to the Partners for their own benefit and pass the inspections (?????) of the Leonardo National Agency and how to fail the Reporting Manual issued by the European Commission can ask how to do to the Faculty of Medicine and Sports of the University of Craiova in Romania. This is the epilogue of a story that has