The Martian

How did my photo of the new mayor end up on the front page of the June 10 “Il manifesto”? I am still trying to ask, but until now I have received no answer. (“Il marziano” is The Martian)

See also: A New Mayor
External links: Il manifesto (Wikipedia) - Front pages (Il manifesto)

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Manhunt

The nightmare is over, now we can breathe again! “Il Tirreno”, Sunday 8th September:

“Preso il ladro dei bagnanti caccia all'uomo sugli scogli”

(Caught the thief of the bathers manhunt on the rocks)

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Around the Tebah

Should we take it as a compliment if our top daily paper by circulation publishes a picture lifted from our blog? Sadly neither due credits nor acknowledgements are in sight, at least on the webpage. I have sent several pictures to this paper in the past and they almost always ended up with the proper author quoted alongside.
The problem arises from the fact that this photo was posted only on this blog, in February 2011, and it was never sent to anybody. How did it end up in the newspaper slideshow for the 50 years of the new synagogue of Livorno? A simple slip-up? An anonymous sender of someone else's pictures?

Search labels: synagogue
See also: Synagogue of Livorno - Rejoicing of the Law

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Chinese Fishes

The last news of 2010:

“Chinese fishes sold as Italian, heavy fines on fishmonger's shops”

“84-year-old lady tobacconist beats robber with a stick”

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Bad News

In a recent study, commissioned by the European Union, the port of Livorno was excluded from the top forty ports in Europe.A local newspaper, the “Corriere di Livorno”, has closed for good. Started in September 2007, it never had a sizable share of readers.
A referendum opposing the location of the new hospital took place last Sunday, but only a 20% of the voters showed up. The quorum was not met, so the new hospital will be built near Montenero.

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Three Little Owls

A newspaper billboard is called in italian “civetta”, which is literally little owl, but also means coquette, flirt or tease. So these devices are commonly referred as "civette" because their purpose is to entice the passer-by into buying the actual paper.
“La Nazione” (The Nation), a florentine newspaper with a local news desk, is the oldest of the three: its first number made its appearance in 1859. It has a moderate conservative political line.
“Il Telegrafo” (The Telegraph) was born a moderate voice in 1877, switching to a more leftist point of view after the last war.
After several changes of heading, in 1976 became “Il Tirreno” for good. Edited and printed in Livorno it has the largest circulation and is a sort of local newspaper of record, extensively quoted in any conversation.
The “Corriere di Livorno” (Messenger of Livorno) issued its first copy only in September 2007. Its editorial offices are in “Piazza Attias”, just across the street from the above owls, and is co-owned by a local soccer star.

See also: Bad News