The Elders call for decisive action to end sectarian violence in Sri
“I am deeply alarmed by the recent upsurge in sectarian violence in Sri Lanka. Anti-Muslim attacks are an increasing threat to peace and security across South and South-East Asia, and the authorities in Colombo need to act urgently to restore peace and order before communal relations deteriorate further.”Lakhdar Brahimi, Elder and former UN diplomat, added: To avoid further deterioration of the security environment and loss of life, The Elders urged decisive action from the Government to end impunity for those committing and inciting violence, defend human rights and promote inter-communal reconciliation. Gro Harlem Brundtland, Deputy Chair of The Elders and former Prime Minister of Norway, said: “Sri Lanka has had more than its fair share of strife, violence and gross human rights abuses in recent years. The people of Sri Lanka deserve peace, and their Government fully understands and accepts that it has a responsibility to protect the rights of all its people. All political and civil society leaders must reject the toxic rhetoric of Islamophobia from extremist Buddhist monks, the consequences of which can be seen across the region. All should do more to promote tolerance and reconciliation.” The Elders was founded by Nelson Mandela in 2007. The Elders are Martti Ahtisaari, Kofi Annan (Chair), Ban Ki-moon, Lakhdar Brahimi, Gro Harlem Brundtland (Deputy Chair), Hina Jilani, Ricardo Lagos, Graça Machel, Mary Robinson and Ernesto Zedillo.Ela Bhatt, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Jimmy Carter and Desmond Tutu are Elders Emeritus. (Colombo Gazette) A group of independent leaders using their collective experience and influence for peace, justice and human rights worldwide, today called on the Government of Sri Lanka to act with greater urgency and thoroughness to end sectarian violence targeting Muslim communities on the island.The Elders noted that the Government has taken some measures to counter the criminal violence, but also warned that since unrest erupted on 5 March, police and civil authorities have failed to make sufficient arrests or counter the inflammatory messaging on social media against Muslims being propagated by extremist Buddhist monks.
I’m always mightily impressed when I see the professional sand sculptures being created on a beach. But it’s unfortunate they are only temporary structures that will be reclaimed by the sea just a few hours after being finished.A group working out of the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia has come up with a more permanent method of sand castle construction, though. It involves the use of a new 3D printer called the Stone Spray Robot.What the Stone Spray does is combine soil/sand with a liquid to form a jet spray that can be used to 3D print structures. Once formed, they dry to a permanent sculpture. In the video above you see the robot using sand along with the liquid mix to create a structure on a beach, but the robot can be positioned anywhere and create your structure of choice on any surface.The goal of developing this robot is to research new ways for on-site fabrication. So rather than mixing materials together and having a workforce use them for construction, we could use a robot instead coupled with a predefined model of what needs constructing.The Stone Spray Robot may be a prototype unit and research experiment, but it clearly works. It’s also eco-friendly due to its low power use with the research team claiming it can be run purely off solar panels. All the materials used in the creation of the robot are LEED Certified, meaning they have been created with sustainability and energy efficiency in mind.If it could be scaled up and the jet made more accurate, I’d like to see the Stone Spray having a go at 3D printing a full-size building.Read more at the Stone Spray Project, via The Verge
Related Items: Facebook Twitter Google+LinkedInPinterestWhatsApp Facebook Twitter Google+LinkedInPinterestWhatsApp#Jamaica, September 19, 2017 – Kingston – The Government has signed a contract with Surrey Paving and Aggregate Company Limited for the first package of improvement works to be undertaken on 4.8 kilometres of main road from Agualta Vale to Broadgate in St. Mary. The contract, which is valued at more than $597 million, is expected to begin in October and last for 14 months.The project, which is being implemented by the National Works Agency (NWA) forms part of plans to improve an overall 18.4 kilometres of main roadway from Tom’s River to Agualta Vale. The second phase, which involves 13.6 kilometres of main road from Broadgate to Tom’s River, will be undertaken over fiscal years.Works to be carried out on the Agualta Vale to Broadgate main road include construction of shoulders, provision of sidewalks, relocation of utilities, installation of road furniture and road traffic control devices and the construction of surface and subsurface drains. Construction of bridges and pavement upgrading are also to be carried out on the 28 parcels of lands that were acquired by the Government.Addressing the contract signing ceremony at the Office of the Prime Minister on September 15, Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, said the need to have the roadway repaired has long been expressed, having been proposed years ago. He said the project is being financed from the Capital ‘A’ budget, which is designated for Government of Jamaica-funded projects.The Prime Minister informed that the works will improve road safety and maneuverability by removing some of the deep curves in the roadway.“It will (also) increase mobility and reduce both travel time and transportation costs. The project will also resolve the drainage issues in the area while providing greater connectivity between the northern and southern highways of the country,” he said.The Prime Minister added that the project will have a positive effect on the long-term economic benefits on neighboring towns and communities, through the creation of employment directly related to the works.“At the end of the project, I expect the people of St. Mary and indeed Portland to say that their tax dollars were well spent,” he noted.Mr. Holness informed that the contract-signing is a tangible demonstration of the government’s commitment to using infrastructural works to bring improvements to the lives of the people. He indicated that the improvement works is but a “portion of the Government’s financial commitments to the parish of St. Mary”.Since April 2017, approximately one billion dollars has been spent on infrastructural works in St. Mary. They include river training, road patching, drainage improvements and the general rehabilitation of roads and bridges.Meanwhile, State Minister in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington, said the overall purpose of the project is to “reduce the fear and trepidation associated with travelling through the junction because of ravines and hair-pin curves”.“We intend to make the corridor far more reliable and intend to reduce travel times. These are all positives, which will redound to the benefit of not only those who live in St. Mary and Portland but to the entire country,” he said.Consultancy firm, Stanley Consultants will assist with supervision on the project, and signed a contract with the Government valued at $29.4 million for this undertaking.Release: JIS
Mike McKinnon III, KUSI Newsroom, April 16, 2018 Posted: April 16, 2018 Categories: Good Morning San Diego, Local San Diego News FacebookTwitter 00:00 00:00 spaceplay / pause qunload | stop ffullscreenshift + ←→slower / faster ↑↓volume mmute ←→seek . seek to previous 12… 6 seek to 10%, 20% … 60% XColor SettingsAaAaAaAaTextBackgroundOpacity SettingsTextOpaqueSemi-TransparentBackgroundSemi-TransparentOpaqueTransparentFont SettingsSize||TypeSerif MonospaceSerifSans Serif MonospaceSans SerifCasualCursiveSmallCapsResetSave SettingsThe 13th Annual Duncan L. Hunter Wounded Marine Golf Classic is happening on Monday, April 23rd.The tournament raises money for the wounded, ill and injured fund of the San Diego Armed Services YMCA. Over $700,000 has been raised in its 13-year history. Congressman Duncan Hunter was in studio to tell us more about it.More information about the tournament can be found here. Mike McKinnon III, KUSI Newsroom 13th Annual Duncan L. Hunter Wounded Marine Golf Classic
00:00 00:00 spaceplay / pause qunload | stop ffullscreenshift + ←→slower / faster ↑↓volume mmute ←→seek . seek to previous 12… 6 seek to 10%, 20% … 60% XColor SettingsAaAaAaAaTextBackgroundOpacity SettingsTextOpaqueSemi-TransparentBackgroundSemi-TransparentOpaqueTransparentFont SettingsSize||TypeSerif MonospaceSerifSans Serif MonospaceSans SerifCasualCursiveSmallCapsResetSave SettingsSAN DIEGO (KUSI) – It’s time for parents of eighth grade students to start shopping for the perfect high school that will help prepare young people for college and careers.Dr. Helen Griffith is the executive director of e3 Civic High visited Good Morning San Diego with some tips on what to look for when searching for the perfect school for your children.Dr. Griffith advises that parents ask the following questions:Does the school offer prep for tests like the SAT, and if so, when do they begin?Does the school offer AP classes, honors-level courses, and college coursework?Does the high school take scholars on college tours?What is the level of engagement the high school expects from parents?Are there study abroad opportunities?What are the internship opportunities for scholars? Categories: Good Morning San Diego, Local San Diego News FacebookTwitter January 4, 2019 KUSI Newsroom Posted: January 4, 2019 Finding the perfect high school KUSI Newsroom, 
FOLIO: Compare Cygnus as a company from when you took it over to what it’s like now.John French: Generally, everybody’s in really good spirits about the performance of the company.When I got here in September 2009 the company was emerging from bankruptcy. It was a pretty tough way to start—there was absentee management and the CEOs beforehand had stripped the company, it was a really tough time.Jump forward three and a half years, and the biggest changes I see are not only are we hiring and expanding, we’re hiring at will. From a financial standpoint, in the early days coming out of bankruptcy it was touch-and-go. It was tough, and that’s why I hired one of the most experienced CFOs in the industry, Paul Bonaiuto, who had been the CFO of Journal Communications. Fast forward to today and the company’s performance financially couldn’t be better.In 2012 we increased our operating margin by 20 percent year-over-year.That’s something I would put on any scoreboard at any b-to-b company, considering the economy. On the digital side we were growing the top line 20 percent year over year.However, the one-third of the company that continues to get hammered is public safety—everyone’s getting hammered there. And there we just watched our costs and we dropped less than the other guys from a revenue standpoint. FOLIO: Is the hiring across the board, or are you mostly hiring for, say, digital?French: Most of our hiring right now continues to be in digital and in the events group. The events group is another great example. It was underserved and separated from the rest of the company and underperforming. I changed out all the management there from top to bottom and we have fresh new people who came in there in the last year and a half. And our show business is growing dramatically. Between 2011 and 2012 we invested just over $4 million into the digital infrastructure of the company. And for a company our size that’s a lot of money. We paid it off in 18 months out of cash flow, it didn’t deteriorate our earnings and we have a state-of-the-art IT infrastructure.FOLIO: You reorganized Cygnus under its three affinity groups. How did this change your business?French: We took a chance and we put every product in a market place under one leader. We have three EVPs and they control everything that we do in those verticals.Once they were under one leadership we could go into our major customers and put together a proposal that covers the entire landscape. We’re pulling market share that way because people see us as a very easy company to do business with, plus they can buy through one door and they can pick up all of our platforms.FOLIO: So what didn’t work so well?French: We also tried to integrate all sales under one VP of sales and that turned out to be a mistake. We killed the idea. People who sell the magazine, people who sell online and people who sell the booths are still in the same place. But they come together at the senior level of the affinity group and they report up to the EVP. So we still have that one single span of control, and it works for everything—content, business development, everything but the sales channel. That still has to be independent because people are used to selling booths and not advertising pages.FOLIO: You’ve defined Cygnus as a technology company. How does that impact how you do business as a media operation?French: This is where I get in trouble with my peers, but I’ll say it anyway. I think one of the more over-used terms in b-to-b today is ‘marketing services.’I’m not sure anyone really knows what marketing services is. It’s a convenient place to go, it sounds more sophisticated than just doing the things we’ve done before.It’s more important to understand what happens at the point of engagement. Anything we’ve ever done since the first day I sold an ad thirty years ago is based on proving what you bought from me helped increase your sales or was good for market share or share of mind for your company. But proving that has become unbelievably sophisticated. And so we’ve built the Cygnus Analytics Program which takes that point of engagement and asks, what happened? Who’s engaged, why did they come to you, why did they choose that particular platform, what message do they want to receive from you— how are you going to turn that into a sales process?And part of the Cygnus Analytics Program is our Return on Engagement Report, which is a sophisticated data-driven analytics product. When we go into our big customers, we can talk to them about how they’re viewed, how their competition is viewed and what’s working—what gets the most engagement. And because of our integrated databases we’re able to gather audiences that they’ve never seen before.That’s where b-to-b is going, it’s delivering a new audience. It’s not the same 50,000 people that read the magazine, the same 5,000 that go to the tradeshow. It’s developing new audiences that the publisher and the customer have never seen before.But in order to drive all of that you have to be really good at the technology, and that’s why we’re a technology company first.FOLIO: How has this changed the way your sales force goes to market?French: We turned over 40 percent of our sales people in the last 18 months because this demands a level of sophistication of talking to our advertisers. All of that data is unvarnished.They’re not getting this data from anyone else, it works, their sales people love it, their marketing machines love it, and we say we’re not going to charge them for the data, but we want 10 percent more of their business than last year. If they tell us their budget is flat, we say we understand that, but take it from another part of your schedule. We’re picking up share of dollars that way and that’s why it takes a much more sophisticated, stronger salesperson to do it.FOLIO: How does that sales approach impact share of dollar across print, digital and events? Or does it even matter, as long as you’re increasing your customers’ spend?French: The customer is going to buy whatever brings them to the point of sale as fast as possible. And by nature, we’re getting more information from the digital products than we do from print. But while we’re growing very fast in digital—20-25 percent year over year on already big bases—our print is declining. But we’re not declining as quickly as other companies. I’ve seen declines of 5, 6, 7 percent—we’re less than that.I’m not sure what that means longer term—we do want to be less dependent on print. But when I first came here, roughly 60 percent of the company was print, now that’s hovering down around 50 percent and it’s being supplemented with online and tradeshow growth. In some cases, people still think that’s too print heavy, but it depends on your market.If you put all the platforms together, by presenting all this data, the customer votes with their feet. They tend to consume more and more digital. They certainly increase their sponsorships in our trade shows and it seems that print is declining less than I’ve seen at our competitors.FOLIO: When you joined as CEO, you were forecasting revenues to be around $75 million by this point. Have you hit that mark?French: No, we haven’t hit that mark, but we’re around it. Part of the reason is if you look at the year-over-year growth, outside of public safety, it’s strong, robust, double-digit digital, it’s the public safety sector that’s weighing down the rest of the company. And it’s true of our competitors too. Cygnus Business Media CEO John French, who was brought on three years ago just as the b-to-b media company came out of bankruptcy protection, has spent that time making some dramatic moves in an effort to turn the company around. While it hasn’t quite reached his original goal of $75 million in annual revenues—a benchmark he says is close—Cygnus increased its operating margin by 20 percent in 2012.Magazines still represent a good portion of revenues—at about 50 percent, down from 60 when he took over— but both events and digital have been growing at double-digit percentages year over year.Some of this is attributable to a major reorganization that aligned the brands into three primary affinity groups: construction, public safety and a combined agriculture, technology and transportation group. Plus, Cygnus has poured $4 million into its tech infrastructure to overhaul its database and rebuild its digital operations. This last point is likely the most significant move for French, who describes Cygnus as a technology company first, media company second. The technology, he says, is what drives the data services that now form the backbone of everything the company sells to its marketing customers, and measures how readers engage with the brands.Here, French describes the progress Cygnus has made in the last three years and where he’s taking it next. If you’re looking to better understand how your brands can thrive in a converged media landscape, register now for FOLIO: and min’s MediaMashup event on April 16.
Individual news stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @aprn.Download AudioState Files Fairbanks 4 ResponseDan Bross, KUAC – FairbanksThe state has filed a response to petitions for post conviction relief for the Fairbanks four. The four men, George Frese, Kevin Pease, Marvin Roberts and Eugene Vent were convicted of the 1997 beating death of John Hartman, but continue to profess their innocence. Last fall the Alaska Innocence Project filed new information in the case that points to others being responsible for the killing. The state response indicates it so far is not convinced, but it has requested an evidentiary hearing.Ravn Outlines Safety Improvements As NTSB Pushes For Investigation Ben Matheson, KYUK – BethelThe National Transportation Safety Board took the unusual step last month of asking the Federal Aviation Administration to investigate the Ravn family of companies. A report says Hageland failed to achieve safety outcomes, and launched flights without proper oversight. The company’s CEO says the report does not reflect the changes Ravn has made in recent months.Trial Program Aims To Increase Number Of Insured Alaska Natives Lisa Phu, KTOO – JuneauA tribal health organization in Southeast Alaska is encouraging members to enroll for health insurance. Through a new program, some Alaska Natives will have an opportunity to get it at no cost.Special Exhibit Offers Hands-On Glimpse Of University’s New Research VesselEmily Schwing, KUAC – FairbanksA new exhibit opens at the University of Alaska Museum of the North over the weekend. The year-long installation is called “Arctic Odyssey: Voyages of the R/V Sikuliaq.” It offers a first-hand look the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ state-of-the-art new research vessel, slated to sail in Arctic waters next year.AK: Rusty BlackbirdsEllen Lockyer, KSKA – AnchorageThat’s the call of the rusty blackbird, a ubiquitous species that has caught the attention of the Audubon Society. The reason: numbers of the birds are plummeting, and causes of the decline are not well understood. The rusty blackbirds breed in Alaska’s wetlands. And Audubon is asking Alaskans to help count the birds to get a handle on what’s happening to the species.300 Villages: Point LayJolene Almendarez, APRN InternThis week, we’re headed to Point Lay on the Chukchi Sea. Dorothy Henry lives in Point Lay.
Amaravati: The state government is going to start agriculture laboratories in all Assembly constituencies to test the quality of seeds, fertilisers and pesticides. Making this announcement during question hour in Assembly on Friday, agriculture minister K Kanna Babu said a new legislation would be brought soon to allow these agricultural inputs to be sold only after their quality was tested. Also Read – Three of a family commits suicide at Amalapuram in East Godavari Advertise With Us Stating that the agriculture sector was in crisis, Kanna Babu said Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy had introduced several measures to uplift the farming sector. “Both temporary measures to provide immediate benefit to farmers and long-term steps for permanent solution to problems are being taken,” he added. Listing the steps taken by the government to bail out farmers, he said, “An amount of Rs 3,000 crore has been allocated for price stabilisation fund. Already the groundnut, oil palm, and tobacco farmers have been given some incentives to encourage them in terms of providing good market price. Also Read – Saaho movie tickets pricey in Nellore Advertise With Us The state government wants to extend help to farmers without political interference. The Agriculture Commission is also actively working to protect the interests of farmers. All the government funding agencies have been directed by the Chief Minister not to force farmers to repay their loans. The YSR Bima Scheme was introduced to help the farmers.” Advertise With Us The agriculture minister alleged that the previous government had not extended the incentives to farmers and added that 1,115 farmers died in the last five years out of which 454 cases were proved to be suicide. The remaining deaths are yet to be confirmed as suicide and the state government was paying an ex gratia of Rs 7 lakh each to the family members of the deceased. YSRCP MLAs T Prakash Reddy and K Venkatrami Reddy expressed concern over the farmers’ suicides. They requested the state government to extend support to the family members of farmers who committed suicide.
Can Trump Solve Afghanistan? Officials carry an injured man to a hospital after the blast in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 7, 2019.ReutersAt least 95 people were injured after a car bomb exploded outside a police station in Afghanistan’s Kabul on Wednesday, August 7. The explosion took place at around 9 am local time (10 am IST) near the checkpoint of a police station in western Kabul, said interior ministry spokesperson Nasrat Rahimi.Health ministry spokesman Wahidullah Mayar said most of the injured were civilians, including women and children, and have been taken to hospitals.”I heard a big bang and all the windows of my shop broke with glass flying everywhere,” local shopkeeper Ahmad Saleh told AFP.”My head is spinning and still I don’t know what has happened but the windows of about 20 shops around one kilometre from the blast site are broken,” he saidThe Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. A statement released by the terrorist group said a “recruitment centre” had been attacked by one of their suicide bombers. “A large number of soldiers and police were killed or wounded,” the statement read.The terror group and the United States are in the process of negotiating a historic pact for the US troop to officially withdraw from Afghanistan, in exchange for the Taliban’s promise to not use the country as a base. Close The attack took place a day after the Taliban called for a boycott of the Afghan presidential election that is scheduled to take place on September 28.Afghan security forces also reportedly attacked two Islamic State hideouts in Kabul in an operation that killed two terrorists and led to the seizure of a large number of explosives, according to the National Directorate of Security. Around three members of the security forces were also killed, reported Reuters. More than 1,500 civilians were killed or injured in July due to the ongoing Afghan war, according to a recent report by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). The number is higher than the UN’s numbers that reported 1,366 civilians killed and 2,446 wounded in the six months to June 30.Last month, the Taliban claimed responsibility for a bomb attack that killed more than 10 people near the Afghan Defence Ministry HQ in Kabul. IBTimes VideoRelated VideosMore videos Play VideoPauseMute0:00/10:08Loaded: 0%00:01Progress: 0%Stream TypeLIVE-10:08?Playback Rate1xChaptersChaptersDescriptionsdescriptions off, selectedSubtitlessubtitles settings, opens subtitles settings dialogsubtitles off, selectedAudio Trackdefault, selectedFullscreenThis is a modal window.Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window.TextColorWhiteBlackRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyOpaqueSemi-TransparentBackgroundColorBlackWhiteRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyOpaqueSemi-TransparentTransparentWindowColorBlackWhiteRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyTransparentSemi-TransparentOpaqueFont Size50%75%100%125%150%175%200%300%400%Text Edge StyleNoneRaisedDepressedUniformDropshadowFont FamilyProportional Sans-SerifMonospace Sans-SerifProportional SerifMonospace SerifCasualScriptSmall CapsReset restore all settings to the default valuesDoneClose Modal DialogEnd of dialog window. COPY LINKAD Loading …
Participating in collaborative group work to learn about important social issues can make children better decision-makers than their peers who learn the same curriculum through teacher-led discussions, says a new study.“Collaborative group work positions students as active decision-makers, whereas direct instruction places them in a passive role, following the reasoning of their teacher,” said study lead author Xin Zhang from University of Illinois in the US. “If children are to become thoughtful decision-makers, they need more time in the school day for collaborative group work that involves active reasoning about significant issues,” Zhang added. The study involving more than 760 fifth-grade students compared the efficacy of collaborative group work with conventional direct instruction at promoting students’ ability to make reasoned decisions.The students studied a six-week curriculum in which they explored whether a community should hire professional hunters to kill a pack of wolves that was causing many residents concern. Students examined various perspectives on the issue, including the potential impact on the ecosystem, the local economy and public policy. The study was published in American Educational Research Journal.
Costa Rica’s Health Ministry on Wednesday confirmed the eighth death this year from the AH1N1 influenza virus.The latest cases were patients at Hospital México in the capital who died this week after suffering respiratory complications caused by the virus.The first victim, a 33-year-old woman from the south-central Pacific port of Quepos, died on Monday. On Tuesday, a 58-year-old woman died at the same hospital.According to Health Ministry records, another 19 people have died in the country this year from other respiratory viruses.The San Juan de Dios Hospital, also in the capital, currently has four patients who tested positive for the AH1N1 virus, and two other cases are being tested to confirm the disease. Hospitals outside the capital activated security protocols due to the recent increase in cases.Respiratory viruses are keeping hospitals busy throughout the country, boosted mainly by the beginning of the rainy season, which in Costa Rica runs from May to November.Health Ministry officials so far have not ordered the suspension of major public events as occurred in 2009, when for the first time in more than 200 years they cancelled the traditional pilgrimage Ticos make every Aug. 2 to the Basílica de Nuestra Señora de los Angeles in the province of Cartago, usually attended by more than 1 million Catholics. Facebook Comments Related posts:Costa Rican health officials alarmed at spike in respiratory illnesses Annual vaccination against influenza begins early Caja distributes influenza vaccine Caja to distribute flu vaccines next week
Source = e-Travel Blackboard: P.T The establishment of a compliance taskforce under the Approved Destination Status (ADS) has placed the Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC) in a “unique position to advise and guide” Chinese tour operators, according to ATEC managing director Felicia Mariani. “Given ATEC’s singular focus and long history as Australia’s only inbound industry association, we have been asked to participate on this very important taskforce,” Ms Mariani said. The newly established taskforce will continue to build upon ATEC’s current involvement in growing the tourism industry’s engagement with China. “The Taskforce has been established as part of the enhanced ADS scheme announced by the Prime Minister last year and is aimed at ensuring Australia provides Chinese tourists with quality experiences and removing some of the negative practices around their free time, flexibility and shopping options,” Ms Mariani said. “China offers the Australian tourism industry a great deal of opportunity for growth and ATEC welcomes the invitation to represent the inbound industry on this Taskforce aimed at ensuring a high quality product and good business practice.” A strategic tourism investment grant was awarded to ATEC in an effort to provide training and educational programs about Chinese visitors. “We are well placed to provide feedback and intelligence around the issues of most concern to our operators and, in turn, support our operators by advocating for the best business environment possible,” Ms Mariani said.
5. Palermo, Sicily: SfincioneThe fluffy base of Sfincione is very similar to focaccia bread, and it is traditionally served with tomato, anchovy, cheese and breadcrumbs on top. It’s known to have inspired the deep-dish pizza that is popular in America and is often served in rectangular slices. You can pick up a slice or two from either street vendors or bakeries. Sample Sfincione in Sicily So hungry that you want to search for flights? We’ll just pop this box right here…ReturnOne wayMulti-cityFromAdd nearby airports ToAdd nearby airportsDepart14/08/2019Return21/08/2019Cabin Class & Travellers1 adult, EconomyDirect flights onlySearch flights Map 3. Bari, Puglia: PanzerottoLove a good calzone? How do you feel about it being deep-fried? If you’ve been to Scotland, you’ll have probably tried the deep-fried pizza delicacy at the local chippy, but if you want a good calzone in the same format, then you need to visit Bari in Puglia. So what are they? They’re known as a panzerotto and are small pizza pockets, normally filled with fresh tomato sauce and mozzarella although you can find versions with ham and onions if you’re feeling adventurous. Don’t get us wrong – sometimes you can find them in other places in Italy, but Bari is their home so if you want a truly authentic version, you best head there. Sample a panzerotto in Bari 2. Rome: Pizza al TaglioSo remember at the start of this, I mentioned circles? Scrap that for Rome. Rectangular and served by the slice, Pizza al Taglio is the best ‘fast food’ Rome has to offer. Simply pick out which pizza takes your fancy, nod when they slice up the right amount (make it a big slice. No judgement here) and they’ll give you a price based on the weight. The Roman-style is to eat standing just outside the pizzeria – the perfect snack during a day’s sightseeing. Get Pizza al Taglio in Rome
4. Turin: Pizza al PadellinoGood things come in small packages and these little delights are no different. These individual pizzas are native to Turin in Northern Italy and unique as they are baked and served in a pan. The distinctive baking style means that the dough is more risen and you get more of a fried crust than other Italian pizzas. Nearly every pizzeria in Turin will serve this indulgent deep pan style, so take your pick and enjoy. Grab a pizza in Turin 1. Naples: Pizza NapoletanaIf pizza is your priority for a trip to Italy then Naples – the birthplace of modern pizza – is the place you need to go. Famously featured in the film Eat, Pray, Love, Pizza Napoletana is the city’s signature dish and it’s not just any pizza. There are very strict rules when it comes to its preparation – only a certain recipe for the dough must be used and only two toppings are allowed. What are my options I hear you cry? Marinara or margherita (don’t even try to ask for pineapple). The end result is a delicious pizza with chewy crusts that traditionally should only be eaten with a knife and fork. Grab a pizza in Naples