Ferrari of Seattle FC is a local soccer team sponsored by Ferrari-Maserati of Seattle comprised primarily of Italians and plays in the Greater Seattle Soccer League. We are currently looking for players to round out our roster for the winter season, which begins in January. If you are a player of a decent skill level and can make a commitment to playing for our team, we'd love to have you come to a practice for a tryout. We are looking for players in all positions, but are especially interested in acquiring a goalkeeper and defenders.
Joining Ferrari of Seattle FC involves an $80 team registration fee and a GSSL player card, which costs $25 for one year. If you're interested, please contact Ben Hopper by email at hoppercool@hotmail.com or by phone at 425.753.3175.

Dal 12 gennaio 2009 per entrare negli Stati Uniti sarà obbligatorio presentare la domanda di autorizzazione tramite internet. La richiesta, anche in italiano (e in altre dodici lingue oltre naturalmente all'inglese), si può rinvenire sul sito del ministero della Sicurezza interna. La nuova disposizione sostituisce la scheda verde, ovvero la carta di sbarco riservata ai soggiorni inferiori ai tre mesi che ogni cittadino straniero in arrivo negli Usa è tenuto a compilare e a consegnare in dogana al momento del controllo passaporti.

La scheda cartacea è distribuita (e continuerà a esserlo finio al 12 gennaio) dal personale di bordo di ogni compagnia aerea sui voli diretti negli Usa prima dell'arrivo. Tutti i cittadini stranieri sono tenuti a consegnarla in dogana al momento del controllo del passaporto. Dal 12 gennaio invece, chi vorrà entrare negli Stati Uniti dovrà ricordarsi di fare la stessa operazione prima di partire. E' una novità di non èpoco conto, vista l'abitudine a espletare l'obbligo a bordo dell'aereo prima dell'atterraggio. Anche una dimenticanza o una distrazione potranno creare problemi allo barco. Inoltre tutto dovrà essere fatto online, compilando via internet un'apposita domanda. E questo anche per soggiorni turistici brevi, infreriori ai tre mesi. Resta peraltro obbligatorio il visto d'ingresso per i soggiorni superiori ai tre mesi.

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I got this from the Ufficio Scolastico in San Francisco:

The Advanced Placement-Italian is an exam which students can take in the 11th and 12th grade. The AP exams allow students to earn additional credits from the College of their choice.
The AP tests, as SAT, are prepared by a Non Profit Foundation, the College Board, founded in 1900, which is financed primarly by test fees.

Why is AP-Italian important?

Until 2005, it was possible to take the AP exams only in three languages: French, German and Spanish. Since then, thanks to a grant form the Italian Government and the financial support of many Italian American organizations, the Italian Ap-exam was added.
It was a great victory and a recogniton of the increasing interest for our language in American High Schools. The opportunity to take the AP-Italian exam is a strong incentive to study our language in the High Schools and to continue the studies at College level.

The problem

In 2008, 2.000 students took the Ap-Italian exam in more then 300 High Schools, with a 23% increase compared to 2006/2006.
Notwithstanding the excellent results and the upward trend, the operating costs of the exam are too high and the College Board had decided not to offer the exam, after the 2008/2009 school year, unless 1.5 million of dollars is collected by October 15th 2008 and further 2.5 million in the following months.
We need your help to save the AP-italian exam. Your donation will help to reduce the current debt and to convert to a new, less costly, computerized exam.

How can I help the Ap-Italian exam?

Thanks to the commitment of Matilde Cuomo, daughter of the former New York State Governor and of some Italian American foundations ((National Italian American Foundation, Columbus Citizen Foundation, UNICO National), a non profit Foundation 501(c) (3) has been set up to support the Italian Language in the USA and the AP-Italian exam.

You can send your donation on –line through the website of the “Italian Language Foundation” at: www.italianlanguagefoundation.org/donate.html

or a check to:

Italian Language Foundation
8 East 69 St.
New York, NY 10021

Please make checks payable to “Italian Language Foundation”

Each donation is very important.
We ask you to participate even with a very small amount.
The Foundation has the full support of the Italian Embassy and of the Italian Consulates in the USA.
Where can I find further information?

The Italian Language Foundation : www.italianlanguagefoundation.org/

College Board: www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/about.html

You can write to:
The Italian Language Foundation: info@italianlanguagefoundation.org
Education Office at Consolato Generale di San Francisco: ufficioscolastico.sanfrancisco@esteri.it

Hi there, we want to reassure our readers and visitors that the old content is not lot, but just temporarily unavailable for browsing. We are going through heavy redesign of the website and it might take a while to migrate the old content.

Stay tuned.

-the staff

Event Detail:

Date: Monday November 24th 2008 7:30PM
Venue: The Triple Door, Mainstage
Tickets: $18 adv/$20 day of

More info are available here.

Miss Italia nel Mondo celebrates the beauty of women of Italian heritage
from around the world with its 19 annual Pageant program this year.
Italian-American women who reside in the United States are invited to
compete for the crown beginning in individual State competitions. Winners of
the State competitions will travel to the Finale Show next spring 2009 and
will be crown Miss Italia USA 2009.
Miss Italia USA 2009 will travel than to Italy on June 2009 to compete
against forty-nine young ladies from other nations for the title of Miss
Italia nel Mondo.
The final pageant will be held in Jesolo, outside Venice. RAI 1 and RAI
International will broadcast the competition.
In order to participate in the Miss Italia USA competition, a woman must be
a resident of United States for at least six months before June 30, 2009, be
of Italian origin, having one Italian parent or at least one Italian
grandparent. Candidate must have a basic knowledge of the Italian language
and be between the ages of 17 and 26 by December 31, 2009.

For more informations on applying for this pageant write at
info@missitaliausa.net, call 646.498.1292 and leave a messagge or visit www.missitalianelmondo.it