Concetto Saffioti, one of the owners and founders, tells the story of the first wine-bar in Rome
Present in Rome since 1977, for over 40 years, the Enoteca Cul De Sac stands out for an encyclopedic wine proposal, which has allowed it to become over time an important point of reference for lovers, connoisseurs and beginners who love good wine and of the typical dishes of the Roman, Calabrian and ethnic tradition. Strategically located in Piazza Pasquino, in front of one of the “talking” statues of Rome, the wine shop – which was the first wine bar in the capital – still remains an original and welcoming place – with furniture that recalls the wooden wagons of the 1960s trains – where you can find a wide and reasoned selection of wines and spirits. Precious labels coming from everywhere, both from the main production areas and from the less known or emerging ones; sophisticated bottles, the result of limited production, able to satisfy all the wishes and curiosities of their customers.
Saffioti concept, what are the strengths of your wine shop?
The reasons for the success of our enoteca-trattoria are varied and are to be found both in the professionalism of the service offered and in the meticulousness with which fine wines are chosen and offered, which represent an important part of the history of Italian, European and world wine culture. A careful and scrupulous selection, which allowed the wine shop to gather over the years the best wine productions not only of the great historical and renowned wineries, but also of small producers of excellent quality. The bottles opened every month are 2200, about 25 thousand a year. The labels available are 1500 but, with the annual turnover, we arrive at a choice of about 2700 wines. The large and impressive wine list, rigorously articulated in the various regions of origin, provides some important information on the main characteristics of this precious nectar of the gods, praised over the centuries by poets, writers and artists (area of production, blends and main organoleptic characteristics.
And what about the gastronomic specialties offered?
Our gastronomic specialties – the result of a selection of raw materials and a craftsmanship attentive to the harmony of the combinations – betray the multiethnic origin of the 4 partners (French, Egyptian, Armenian and Italian). Leafing through the menu, the typical dishes such as the “Topik” (chickpea and potato bundle with raisins and pine nuts), the Babaghannush (eggplant puree with sesame) and the dishes of the traditional Roman cuisine, such as the Involtini and the Roman Tripe, the Coda alla vaccinara and the Meatballs in wine. Flavors, scents and colors that characterize a cuisine made of passion that can delight even the most demanding palates.
Donald Trump abruptly ended a critical meeting with Democratic leaders on Wednesday, calling it a “total waste of time” as the partial shutdown of the US government dragged into its 19th day with no end in sight.
The further deterioration of negotiations over the funding lapse affecting nearly 800,000 federal employees came a day after the president used his first address from the Oval Office to reinforce his demands for a wall along the southern border with Mexico.
Schumer, offering his version of events, told reporters outside of the White House that “the president just got up and walked out”.
“He asked Speaker Pelosi: ‘Will you agree to my wall?’ She said no, and he just got up and said we have nothing to discuss and walked out,” Schumer said. “Again, we saw a temper-tantrum because he couldn’t get his way.”
The meeting followed a closed-door lunch with Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill, during which Trump urged Republicans to “stick together”.
A handful of Republicans have expressed concerns over the longevity of the shutdown. At least three Republican senators – Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Cory Gardner of Colorado and Susan Collins of Maine – have said they would support reopening the government without funding for the wall.
But emerging from the private meeting with Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill, Trump showed no sign of backing down while threatening to declare a national emergency if a breakthrough is not found.
“The Republicans are totally unified,” Trump said. “We talked about strategy, but they’re with us all the way.”
“He gave no indication of any willingness to budge an inch,” said John Kennedy, a Republican of Louisiana. “The president – and I happen to agree with him – believes that his only sin is that for the first time in 15 or 20 years he is actually enforcing America’s immigration laws.”
The shutdown, the third under Trump’s watch, is the longest since 1995 and has forced the closure of national parks, placed certain food and drug inspections on hold, and sparked concerns over air travel.
Before their meeting with Trump, Schumer and Pelosi held an event with furloughed federal workers in a bid to highlight the impact of the shutdown.
“To use them as hostages through a temper tantrum by the president is just so wrong, so unfair, so mean-spirited,” Schumer said. “It ought to end and it ought to end now.”
Trump offered no new solutions at a nationwide televised address on Tuesday evening, but instead insisted that a wall was necessary to stem the flow of illegal immigration.
In a speech full of false claims and misleading statistics, Trump painted a portrait of a crisis at the US-Mexico border even as the rate of illegal immigration has steadily fallen over the years and in 2018 reached its lowest point in more than a decade.
Talks have remained at a stalemate over the president’s insistence that any government funding bill include $5.7bn toward the construction of a border wall.
Democrats, newly in control of the House of Representatives, have said they will not allocate any money toward the wall, which remains a popular concept within Trump’s base but has little support from the broader American public.
Although he stopped short of declaring a “national emergency” in his televised address, Trump insisted on Wednesday he had the “absolute right” to do so.
“I think we might work a deal, and if we don’t, I may go that route,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “My threshold will be if I can’t make a deal with people that are unreasonable.”
Asked about the federal workers who were going without pay, Trump said: “They’re all going to get the money and I think they’re going to be happy.
“Many of those people that you’re talking about are on my side.”
There is no evidence to support the notion that federal workers support a border wall or Trump’s position amid the shutdown. It is also not clear if those who were either working or furloughed without pay would eventually be compensated.
Democrats, in a bid to amplify pressure on the White House and Senate Republicans, began a series of House votes on Wednesday to reopen the government one department at a time, beginning with passing a bill to reopen the Treasury, the Internal Revenue service and some other federal agencies.
However, Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, has signaled the bills would hit a dead end in the upper chamber.
“We are all behind the president,” McConnell told reporters with Trump by his side.
Without a resolution, the closure of several government operations could soon pose a threat to the delivery of food stamps and tax refunds for millions of Americans.
Clifton Buchanan, a cook supervisor with the Federal Bureau of Prisons in Houston, is among the hundreds of thousands of federal employees who have been furloughed since 21 December 2018, when parts of the government shut down.
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He said: “Right now I’m just trying to figure out how to pay my bills and feed my family. I’m not working. I’m not getting paid. I can’t pick and choose who to blame. I just know I have no income.”
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From the 16th century, when the first family-run pasta factories appeared in Gragnano, the tradition of pasta making has become a symbol of the territory, a place naturally suited for the production of durum wheat pasta. This area, squeezed between the mountains and the sea, in fact enjoys a mild climate, balanced and slightly humid throughout the year, which favors the natural drying of the pasta. Moreover, from the sources of Mount Faito, pure water gushes out, poor in chlorine, which the pasta factories of the city have always used for the production of pasta and which gives the final product unique and unmistakable characteristics, so as to deserve the brand in 2010 of Protected Geographical Indication (PGI). Among the many artisan factories that have made this land famous throughout the world, the Gentile Pasta Factory owned by the Zampino family stands out. Founded way back in 1876, this all-Italian brand still preserves, in the age of advanced technologies, the methods of artisanal production, the attention to every single detail, from the selection of raw materials to the control of the phases linked to production and packaging.
Alberto Zampino, what makes you so special?
Our pasta factory is a magical place, where the traditions and secrets of the past take shape thanks to a constant and scrupulous craftsmanship that for 3 generations has made our products special. The secret is to use exclusively the best semolina from strictly Italian wheat, the clear water of the local aquifers and the irreplaceable experience of my father, the pasta maker Natale. The processing is completed by a slow and delicate drying, according to the famous “Cirillo Method”.
What is this innovative method that gives the pasta a special flavor?
It is a method, devised in 1919 by an engineer from Torre Annunziata named Cirillo, who repurposes the same phenomenon of natural drying in pasta factories. This innovative process, combining radiator and fan, recreates the ideal temperature for drying that respects the times dictated by craftsmanship. Today our pasta factory carries on with passion and dedication a method that allows us to preserve the characteristics of taste, color and roughness of the drawn pasta.
You recently restored an old mill from 1650, today the company’s beating heart.
In 2016, the new site was inaugurated, located in the Valle dei Mulini in Gragnano, an area rich in historical, archaeological and environmental points of view. It is an ancient mill, completely renovated, where today customers can immerse themselves in the history of pasta production, purchase high quality products and taste the typical dishes of the local tradition.
For more information www.pastagentile.com info@pastagentile.com
Products based on chestnuts made with old family recipes for three generations
The territory of the province of Avellino, rich in wooded areas where nature reigns uncontaminated, has for centuries been particularly suited to the cultivation of chestnuts, a precious fruit today protected by the IGP trademark, particularly known for its nutritional and organoleptic characteristics, and for its versatility in the kitchen. In the green heart of this precious land, precisely in the municipality of Montoro, the Raffael company has been its main mission for the production of chestnut products for over 60 years. The Ingino family, which in the 1960s gave life to this solid and dynamic company today at the top of the market, has been dedicating itself with passion and professionalism to the creation and marketing of delicacies with an unmistakable taste and refined and refined design, like the Marrons Glacès, chestnut cream, syrup and liqueur chestnuts. Of the real gastronomic treasures scrupulously made with ancient and noble recipes, jealously guarded, and thanks to the aid of innovative methodologies and advanced techniques that maintain the flavors of the best local artisan tradition. “The quality of our products is guaranteed by rigorous and effective controls at every stage of the process, in order to excellently respect the quality standards required by modern distribution throughout Europe!”, Dr. says with emphasis. Aniello Ingino, today at the helm of a reality that thanks to its professionalism and reliability has obtained numerous awards also at international level.
Marco Brizzi, general manager of Projit, describes the advantages deriving from the use of digital platforms
In the era of business competition, the professional training of employees plays a role of primary importance. In recent years, thanks to the advent of digital, online courses and lessons have strongly evolved: the use of ever more advanced technologies has allowed companies to be able to administer, support and spread e-learning training like never before from now on and the workers to be able to take advantage of highly effective training courses. Among the highly specialized companies in e-learning consulting and training activities – concerning safety at work, compliance, privacy, information security and management systems – the Rome Projit stands out. Founded in 2002, in the last few years this young and dynamic company has established its leadership in the reference market, considerably increasing its customer base (today it counts 150,000 subscribers on the platform).
Dr. Brizzi, what are the advantages for companies that decide to adopt a digital training model?
Breaking down space and time barriers is synonymous with competitiveness: the ability to learn and update faster than one’s competitors is undoubtedly a significant competitive advantage. Furthermore, with online teaching, it is possible to reduce the costs incurred for moving employees and it is possible to manage the training activity in a computerized and constantly updated manner.
What sets you apart from your competitors?
The ability to build innovative and captivating multimedia processes, able to stimulate and motivate the user, allowing them to increase their knowledge with maximum flexibility.
On July 14, 2018, the first decree of the Conte government officially entered into force, better known as the “Decree of Dignity” (Decree Law No. 87/2018), whose objective is essentially to combat the phenomenon of precariousness (Articles 1 to 4), intervening heavily on fixed-term contracts. To illustrate the salient points of this Reformation, is the lawyer. Sergio Cupellini, owner of the homonymous Law Firm of Rome.
What are the main changes introduced by the Decree of Dignity?
The new regulatory framework, in art. 19, provides that the duration of the first fixed-term contract cannot exceed 12 months where the reason why a deadline has been applied (the causal decree) is not indicated. If, instead, this reason is included in the contract, the maximum duration is 24 months. In this regard, the Decree admits, without a doubt, two types of causal factors: temporary and objective needs, not related to ordinary activities or to replace other workers; requirements relating to temporary, significant and non-programmable increases in ordinary activities. In case of stipulation of a contract over 12 months in the absence of one of the justifying reasons strictly required by paragraph 1 of art. 19, the contract is transformed indefinitely from the date of the overrun.
In light of these technical data, how important is it to turn to an expert labor lawyer?
It is very important both in the genetic phase, to assess the existence of the conditions established by law and in the pathological phase to better manage any judicial controversy inherent in labour relations.
The Director of the Department of General Surgery Hospital. S. Eugenio di Roma, Prof. Marco Cosimi, specialist in Urology, Vascular Surgery, General Surgery and Emergency Surgery, illustrates the advantages of T.R.A.P. (Tridimensional Regenerative Ambulatory Phlebotherapy)l:
Among the current techniques stands out Hemorrhoidal Regenerative Phlebotherapy (T.R.A.P.) that heals haemorrhoids but also the many surgical complications and too many surgical relapses, through simple regenerative painful infiltration into the sodium salicylate in solution. To illustrate the advantages of its creator.
Prof. Cosimi, T.R.A.P. allows you to heal the hemorrhoidal disease in a truly innovative way. What is the regenerative technique that I have been practicing for 15 years?
“Hemorrhoidal Regenerative Phlebotherapy remodels the venous walls of varicose veins that provide the hemorrhoidal stems thanks to the patient’s” cell growth factors “and their ability to regenerate these varices. It is a Copernican revolution since it goes from the surgical concept to that of anatomical regeneration, recovering all the functions of the ENDOTELIO ORGAN: the last organ studied for 10 years in all the Universities of Medicine of the World. Thanks to a non-sclerosing active ingredient able to stimulate the autologous stem cells locally, it is possible to regenerate the normal venous anatomical form. Subsequently, inside the healed venous chambers will not form a passive cell of internal lining but the endothelium organ with production of about 30 endocrine mediators including the nitric oxide gas essential for the urogenital, anal sphincter functions and for the male andrologic vasodilatory action, protecting us from oxidative damage “.
How is it possible that the endothelium organ (the last organ that Medicine has discovered) returns to function for the benefit of the pelvic organs? How can the salicylate liquid solution arrive throughout the venous plexus to heal it?
“The endothelium organ is destroyed by venous hypertension but regenerates biologically as soon as the anorectal varices have healed. The infiltration heals the visible haemorrhoids and the causes since the solution being liquid is pushed up to all the deeper varices of the plexus “.
What advantages does this technique offer to patients?
“The recent importance of the last organ studied in anatomy, the endothelium organ, has highlighted this method as the most innovative, whose effectiveness offers numerous advantages: total absence of haemorrhagic risk and complications related to anaesthesia. It does not involve any post-operative pain and offers quick return to daily activities. Furthermore, it has definitive and stable results.
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«To speak is our history, the one written by those who have chosen and continues to choose Mp Congressi & Comunicazione». Thus began the interview with Bianca Maria D’Angelo, CEO of an experienced and dynamic company specialized in turnkey organization of business events and congresses, especially in the medical sector. Combining tradition and innovation – to keep pace with the challenges imposed by an extremely competitive and constantly evolving market, the company based in Naples this year celebrates its first 20 years of activity.
Dott.ssa D’Angelo, why choose the MP Congressi & Comunicazione?
Relying on our company means having a trusted partner next to him, able to offer quality and attention to detail with passion and enthusiasm. Thanks to the collaboration of a qualified and competent staff, particularly oriented towards objectives, we are able to follow every event at 360 degrees, combining strategic, technical and creative skills. Our organizational choices are never casual, but dictated by our experience that, combined with a boundless passion for this work, has allowed us for 20 years to create exclusive events in the congress field especially medical science, business, courses etc .. also taking care of the related marketing campaigns, press office, fundraising, social events and tourist-cultural tours. The MP Congressi, National ECM Provider, also provides a complete and quality service in the design and delivery of accredited training.
What then are your strengths?
Without a doubt, in a very competitive market, the strengths are necessarily represented by professionalism, flexibility and customization, or by the ability to take care of the congress project from the conception to the final realization, taking into account the specific needs of the clients. In my opinion, further strengths are represented by the great love for our land which translates into a perfect knowledge of the territory in terms of supply and from previous work experiences that have led us over the years to work more and more on the national territory and abroad .
How do you face the challenges of an extremely competitive and constantly evolving market?
We love the challenges, and I believe I can say that MP Congressi is an innovative company that is in step with the times, able to grasp the changes related to the technologies and communication strategies and to adapt the market evolutions to the requests of a clientele. more demanding and informed.
The edentulism, or the total or partial lack of teeth, is a pathological condition that seriously affects the quality of life of an individual, putting him in conditions of disability and social discomfort. However, technological progress and the consequent refinement of the surgical techniques have allowed us to achieve extraordinary goals in the field of dental surgery, now able to offer effective solutions even in the most complex cases, in the presence of severe maxillary atrophy, or a small amount of bone in the upper and lower arch. To illustrate the new achievements achieved in this field is the dott. Michele Panico, owner of the homonymous prestigious dental clinic located in San Gennarello of Ottaviano, in the province of Naples. Thanks to sophisticated and latest generation digital technologies and the help of highly qualified medical staff, this Dental Center of Excellence is able to offer a multitude of dental services, from fixed or mobile prostheses for those suffering from periodontal problems to the work of orthodontics to correct the maxillary and dental defects in adults and children.
Dr. Panico, how do you approach patients suffering from partial or total edentulism?
The possible rehabilitations should be evaluated after a thorough diagnostic examination, carried out with a global approach that starts from the health and the age of the patient, from the causes that led to the loss of teeth, to proceed after the elaboration of personalized treatment plans in order to ensure a precise and lasting result over time. That said, the possibilities of choice vary between the execution of total prostheses, removable prostheses on implants (overdenture) or fixed prostheses on implants.
Today the new implant surgery is increasingly millimetrically precise and minimally invasive, in order to reduce the morbidity of the intervention.
Exactly. The concept of minimally invasive surgery is the new frontier towards which modern implantology is based (just think of the immediate load implants and the new “flapless” technique) which allows to reduce significantly the operative time, to accelerate post-intervention healing, increasing comfort and patient satisfaction.
What are the strengths of its center?
Without a doubt, professionalism, competence, reliability and honesty! The assiduous participation in professional refresher courses in technical-scientific, ethical-deontological and organizational management, allow me to constantly adapt my skills due to the evolution of the progress of medical science, so you can follow the patient to 360 degrees guaranteeing always great results in functional and aesthetic terms.
For more info: www.studiodentisticopanicomichele.it michelepanico79@gmail.com
A pathology diagnosed through a complete eye examination
Cataracts, a progressive and irreversible ocular pathology consisting in the gradual opacification of the crystalline lens, affects about 60% of people over the age of 70 in Italy, but even much younger patients may be affected, albeit less frequently. Nowadays, scientific research has achieved surprising goals in the field of ophthalmology: “the intervention, which aims to replace the opaque crystalline lens with an artificial intraocular lens (IOL), is no more painful or invasive as in the past, and guarantees excellent results as long as performed by expert hands with the help of the most advanced and innovative technologies “, asserts Dr. Alessandra Nuvoloni, ophthalmologist of Rome.
Dr. Nuvoloni, how is the cataract treated today?
The therapy is essentially surgical, even if the “timing” for the intervention is different from patient to patient depending on various factors (age, work activity, possibility of visual recovery). In the past it was common belief that the intake of eye drops and / or supplements could somehow block the evolution of the disease, stopping the opacification of the crystalline lens. In reality it has been widely demonstrated that none of the pharmacological substances currently on the market can completely block the progression of the disorder. In other words, the only way to definitively cure the cataract is through a delicate surgery.
Who should you contact in the presence of the first symptoms?
Exclusively to the ophthalmologist, specialist graduate in medicine and surgery with at least 15 years of education and training, which can diagnose eye diseases, prescribe drugs and perform surgery. The optician, on the other hand, has decidedly different and not “medical” skills: clearly he can not make any diagnosis, let alone perform therapeutic activities of any kind. In anticipation of a cataract surgery, therefore, only the ophthalmologist can perform a complete diagnostic examination, with slit lamp and magnifying glass, to exclude the presence of concomitant pathologies, evaluate the retinal status and the refractive defect that may possibly be correct during the intervention.
What kind of operation is that of cataract?
The surgery, which can basically be performed using laser or ultrasound techniques, is considered a highly specialized microsurgery procedure: performed under topical anesthesia (with drops of eye drops) it is fast but extremely delicate. It is therefore of fundamental importance that it is carried out by highly qualified professionals, able to guarantee to each patient the diagnostic evaluation and the most suitable and effective treatment in terms of functional results.
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